a hand for diane! [applause] james fallows: in many parts of your speech, which i completely agree with the structural , changes in the news media, the shift from the disappearance of family newspapers, what you said elusive grail of of neutrality, also being a theme of this week's entire discussion. jay rosen let us off monday morning talking about how reporters, what they aspire to is not neutrality but being fair and honest about where they come from. so since i agree with so much of what you said, let me of course concentrate on where i might see things differently. dr. diane winston: while we drink champagne! my wife and i had an anniversary recently so we , will definitely during champagne. the change since ronald reagan, it is certainly true that when you look back through american history from the great , depression onward, that is the era of collective national shock, collective national effort in world war ii and the rebuilding afterward. the elements you talk about as reagan's imaginary, the

diane: for "matter of fact," i'm diane roberts.xt, the mayor of charlottesville, virginia on the ch face in e confederacy.ate of symbo >> still ahead on "matter of fact" -- enter at your own risk. why the naacp says travelers to the shown me -- show me state should proceed with caution.soms in 1979, sun lovers today. will you be ready to capture your me sun? soledad: charlottesville, virginia, is a college town, just about an hour from richmond. we are told protesters will weekend supporting the symbols of the confederacy. in early july, charlottesville founf kkk, met by counter protests. 50 members of the loyal white knig assembled at the park under the statue of robert e. lee. two hundred times that number, more than 1,000 people, turned out in opposition to the klan. arrested when they refused police orders to disperse. charlottesville mayor, michael signer, talk to me about the leadership challenges presented nice to talk with you. i was surprised to read that your reaction is that you want to keep the statues. often o protest

diane: for "matter of fact," i'm diane roberts.xt, the mayor of charlottesville, virginia on the ch face in e confederacy.ate of symbo >> still ahead on "matter of fact" -- enter at your own risk. why the naacp says travelers to the shown me -- show me state should proceed with caution.soms in 1979, sun lovers today. will you be ready to capture your me sun? who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. soledad: charlottesville, virginia, is a college town, just about an hour from richmond. we are told protesters will weekend supporting the symbols of the confederacy. in early july, charlottesville founf kkk, met by counter protests. 50 members of the loyal white knig assembled

. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. the weather here in houston does appear to be clearing up but harvey was such a devastating slow moving storm that the floodwaters here are still at catastrophic levels. america's fourth largest city is at a standstill. reeling from the 100 trillion gallons of water harvey left behind. >> there they are. >> reporter: first responders and volunteers alike are racing against rising floodwaters. more than 7,000 people have been rescued so far. many plucked from their roo desperately clinging to coast guard baskets. but the calls for help just keep coming in. >> i hate to think that there are people in these houses. >> reporter: at least 1,000 people are still in urgent need of help. >> don't give up on us. seek the higher ground. we will get to you. >> reporter: linda was trapped in her car on the highway for two days. >> all i could say is there are angels out here. >> reporter: those rescued are often left with only the damp clothes on their back and anything they could grab. shelters

diane, kendis. >> paul, thanks. we'll continue monitoring all those storm zones but coming up we also have some other breaking stories for you. >> including what's being called the most serious missile launch yet by north korea. the missile fired over japan sparking panic on the ground. the global response this morning. >>> and gunfire erupts inside a library in new mexico sending children running for cover. two people are dead. we have the latest on that investigation. >>> quick update on our top story this morning. tropical storm harvey is dumping as many as 15 inches of additional rain on southeast texas. new evacuations have now been ordered. thousands of people are arriving by truck, bus and boat packing into shelters and the flood threat is now stretching into new orleans. >>> let's move on to the other breaking story we're following overnight. nato's secretary-general calling for north korea to abandon its missile program after the north fired a missile over japanese airspace. >> the japanese government quick

diane: monument avenue is the call land work for residents.ectural historian, author, and member ommis we do'r pastt happen. but we need to interpret it for ato leave the statues of, and without interpretive signage that helps people understadirec, somehow endorsing them. diane: many who have grown up with the m richmond is full of y great it's another pa history. we can't turn it around, at least go back and change it. we canriane: avenue is a deterrent to progress, e past. >> when i just look at the statue, i feeland. diane: councilwoman kim gray's district includes monuavenue. a lifelong resident with a lineag gray supports adding context to save money and create teachable moments. >> it would cost more than $1 million for the scale of these statues, and if we were to relocateand we have schools than exwe have needs that are not beg met within the community that i think that. i do think that this is a compromise and it's an opportunity to discuss the lega cy of slavery and what it has done to our community, and how we can heal from it. dian

. >> good morning, kendis, diane. we're expecting the heaviest rainfall not only moving to the houston area, the parish of louisiana, as well as lafayette, new orleans. we have some projections, we co-see up to eight inches of rain in portions of louisiana and closer to the area. here's the reason why. harvey is going to slowly walk its way right along the eastern portions of texas and eventually slide into the mississippi valley region but that will take until saturday. >>> coming up, we'll get a look at other headlines, including that breaking news that north korea has launched a missile over japan, with have the response with that. >>> and maria sharapova returns to the u.s. open in style. you're watching "world news now." your toilet is germ-ridden with mineral buildup. clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach is no match against limescale. but lysol power toilet bowl cleaner has 10x more cleaning power against limescale. so switch to lysol. what it takes to protect. because your carpet there's resolve carpet care.

diane, kendis. >> paul, thanks. we'll continue monitoring all those storm zones but coming up we have other breaking stories for you. >>> including what's being called the most serious missile launch yet by north korea. the missile fired over japan sparking panic on the ground. the global response this morning. >>> and gunfire erupts inside a library in new mexico sending children running for cover. two people are dead. we have the latest on that investigation. ok, let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me. here? no. have a little fun together, or a lot. k-y yours and mine. two sensations that work together, so you can play together. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together. clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. but will it stop this teen from being embaras

welcome don contact today we discussed the rise of the charter school movement with education historian diane ravitch public education is a foundational democratic institution and i believe in choice but i think that if you leave the public system you pay for that choice. with chris hedges. america for the expansion of charter schools is creating a system of educational apartheid charter schools many of them run by for profit corporations are not designed to educate they are designed to indoctrinate break teachers' unions marginalize the poor especially poor people of color along with those with learning disabilities and those for whom english is a second language the objective is to dump these students would cost more to educate in the underfunded and dysfunctional public schools charter schools championed by billionaires such as bill gates are transforming schools through vouchers into a commodity they are turning over public funds to private corporations this project begun under democratic administrations is being accelerated by education secretary betsy divorce a billionaire heiress who i

so diane was not her natural daughter. diane went back with her after the war to portland, oregon. claire got all sorts of accolades and after her memoir came out the movie came out i should say the movie, i was an american spy is really a poor attempt to tell her story and done really in a strange, ultra romantic 1950s way that had little to do with who she was and what was going on. even to the point that little diane who was certainly a filipino girl, transforms into a shirley temple like girl with flowing, curly, blonde locks in the movie. insane mommy, mommy, mommy, daddy, daddy, daddy, which was not the case. diane basically disappears. i have not been able to track her down. she may still be with us and people who claim to be her daughter or adopted daughter, but there is no bloodline from clear side because she is not able to have children. she did have two sisters. basically i was focusing on the time of claire's life under occupation. none of them would've been able to help me in the story. diane has not been tracked down as far as i know. >> i was wondering if you could

thank you on yet joining me today is diane ravitch she is a research professor of education at new york university and a historian of education she is the founder and president of the network for public education from one thousand nine hundred one to one thousand nine hundred three she was assistant secretary of education and counselor to secretary of education lamar alexander in the administration of president george herbert walker bush she is the author of among other books reign of error the hoax of the privatization movement and the danger to america's public schools she blogs at diane ravitch let's begin with which you lay out in your books the mists or lies that are used to sell the charter school system. well the myth the greatest myth that we have going today against public schools is they're obsolete they're failing and the evidence is supposed to be low test scores so i spent a couple of years and looked at test scores and found out that the test scores today on the only national test we have the only federally funded national tests the test scores are the highest they've ever

diane? >> lana, i want to ask you about it. a subscript. a lot of people don't realize that pastor joel osteen's church is in the houston area. gaining some traction. >> yeah. i'm actually looking at it. it's right behind the camera right now. we are in the same area as the church. here's the problem. when the main -- when there's so many evacuees, when the main convention center, we left there late at night, they had 7,000 people. they were only supposed to have 5,000 people there. but the evacuees continued to come. the red cross wasn't going to turn anybody away. they were going to push people together and many people were going to sleep without cots. in this case, people are wondering why the church, this megachurch that is nationally known, hasn't opened its doors. they responded they had some flooding, which is something some people around here are will say there is a great deal of need. >> one of our producers walked around the grounds of that church overnight. and he said he didn't n

incompetent travel arrangements killed diane. failure to do up a seatbelt killed diane.aparazzi became a nuisance or threat to diane after she had chosen to get rid of her bodyguards. if charles spencer or anyone else wanted to see the cause of diana's unhappiness or ultimately the circumstances in which she died, they should look at the royal organization which had taken responsibility for her at a very, very young age. >> just 19 when she became engaged to prince charles. and dead at the age of 36. leaving behind two young boys. >> losing their mum at such a young age. >> william just 15. harry just 12. >> you know, we don't talk about it. never enough. i always thought why bring up the past. >> ain't going to change it, why won't bring her back and when you think like that it can be damaging. >> what happened with us must happen with others as well. you have to prioritize. someone has it take the lead and be brave enough to force that conversation. >> william and harry have forced that conversation. addressing mental health openly and often in a way that was difficult

i hand for diane! [applause] of your speeche in which a completely agree, the structural changes in the news media, the shift from the disappearance of family newspapers, what you said about neutrality,grail of also being a theme of this week's entire discussion. one speaker on monday morning talked about how reporters, what they aspire to is not neutrality but being fair and honest about where they come from. what yougree with said, with so much of it, i said let me concentrate on where i might see things differently. >> while we drink champagne! --my wife had anniversary had an anniversary recently. so we will definitely during champagne. since ronald reagan, things have changed and when we look back to history, from the great depression onward, that is the era of collective national shock, selective national effort in world war ii and the rebuilding afterward. the elements you talk about as reagan's imaginary, they have a president. we've always had religion and brown,s, with john earlier on, the et

kendis, diane?ctor there, all at lakewood church. >>> in the meantime, the president is planning to return to texas on saturday after making a brief visit to corpus christi and austin. >> the president and first lady gathered at a local fire house for a briefing with the governor, the head of fema and cabinet secretaries who will take part in the recovery effort. he praised their response to harvey so far and predicted the disaster would be handled better than ever before. >> i want to thank you for coming out! we're going to get you back and operating immediately. thank you, everybody. what a crowd. what a turnout. this is historic, it's epic what happened, but you know what, it happened in texas, and texas can handle anything. thank you all, folks. thank you! thank you. >> the president proceeding to drape himself in the texas flag. the president kept his distance from devastated areas like houston to avoid disrupting rescue efforts, but he did not specifically mention any flood victims at all, an

sometimes she said that diane was her natural daughter. other times she said she was the daughter of one of her house and who she had married before the war in manila. finally, she indicates in the court documents that she was never able to have children herself. diane was not her natural daughter. dagen would back with her after the war to portland, oregon. claire got all sorts of accolade in her memoir came out and after the movie came out. i should say the americans by is really a poor attempt to tell her story and really in a strange ultra- romantic 1950s way that had very little to do with who she was and what was going on. even to the point that little diane who is certainly a filipino girl transformed into kind of like a shirley temple laker girl with flowing curly blond locks in the movie and saying mommy, mommy, daddy, daddy, which was not the case. diane basically disappears. i have not been able to track her down. she may be still with us. there are people who claim to be her daughter, her adopted daughter, but there is no blood

. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the stories we're following on "world news now." >> a dangerous storm system that hit in actually is packing high winds and heavy rains. we will have the latest details ahead. >>> president trump is praising the unanimous. the united nations vote to hit north korea with tough new sanctions. rex tillerson says the best way for the north to signal it's ready to talk is to stop its missile launches. >>> and jury selection begins in denver in taylor swift's trial against a former radio deejay. she says he sexually assaulted her during a photo shoot, but he's counter suing her for gettg hem fired from his job >>> gm is recalling nearly ry. 700,000 silverados and sierra trucks. the automaker says the vehicles may have a software problem that can cause them to lose electrical power steering assistance. those are some of the top stories on this monday august 7th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> we're going to start this half hour with what is a massive cleanu

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kendis, diane? >> it's been a rough fire season there in the northwest. justin, thank you. >>> and one of the latest things president trump tastes just like chicken. >> actually >> yes, he does. >> check out the 30-foot chicken west of the white house. it has a menacing stare. and some are saying it bears a resemblance to the president, particularly with that hair. >> it's a version of the many chicken don balloons that have popped up. all yearlong. remember they popped up on tax day. a film maker put it up to criticize the president for being weak and infective. that's so close to the white house there. >> he said it took five months to get permission from the national park service to put up five months. just to be able to inflate a balloon in a park. he really wanted that chicken balloon going up. >> i'm amazed that the national park service allowed him to put it up. >> maybe they think it's decorative. >>> coming up, a car slams into a closed train crossing gates. that train bearing down. we'll see what happens next. >>> and then in "the skinny," car-p

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>> caller: you know, diane, it's been wonderful. as i walk through, and i've been talking with some of the residents there. they're in spiritinspirits, considering the trauma they've been through. with that many people in one area. people can tend to be a little, you know, maybe standoffish or maybe just, you know, want to be in their own little shilell, bu we've seen kids playing, folks playing cards. people watching movies on their computers. they're doing everything they can do to pass the time until they get the all clear to go home and survey the damage. so it's been wonderful to walk through the shelter and see the community banding together. >> you speak of the all clear. that all clear could take several days if not more than a week. are you prepared for that? and there's still going to be an influx of people coming by the truck load. >> caller: you're absolutely right, kendis. the thing to remember, the red cross, we rely on volunteers, and we've been bringing volunteers from all over the country. i just saw a bus load. fou

. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. president trump may be leaving washington, d.c. for a few weeks but his possible involvement with russia will certainly remain front and center right here in d.c. >> we didn't win because of russia. we won because of you. >> reporter: surrounded by thousands of supporters in his campaign rally in west virginia, president trump can't seem to escape russia. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. >> reporter: but in washington, all signs point to the ongoing investigation into russian election meddling only ramping up. "the wall street journal" first reported an abc news confirms that a grand jury has been secretly working for weeks in d.c. suggesting a new elevated phase in special counsel robert

diane, kendis. >> an alarming thick for many in the u.s. thank you. >>> senator john mccain was critical of the president's threats saying he overstates things. >> mccain was interviewed by a radio station in phoenix where he's still undergoing chemotherapy for brain cancer and suggested the president's response could have been worse but advised that great leaders don't make threats unless they're ready to act. >> i take exception to the president's comments because you got to be sure that you can do what you say >> no reaction from secretary of state rex tillerson or u.n. ambassador nikki haley both working to ease tensions diplomatically while turning up the pressure on north korea. >> residents of guam 2,000 miles away from north korea appear to be a little rattled by the threat but officials there say they're well protected. >> as kim jong-un works to perfect more far reach reaching weapons. abc's arlette saenz has more on this. arlette, how worried do we need to be? >> reporter: good morning. north korea's production of a miniature nuc

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. >> i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top stories we're following on "world news now." >>> the man charged with slamming his car in a group of people in a protest in charlottesville will appear in court. >>> two americans were killed in an operation in iraq. the deaths were not caused by enemy contact. five others were injured. the u.s. military is investigating. >>> vice president mike pence is in colombia, the first stop in a week-long trip to latin america. he will discuss trade issues and increasing pressure on venezuela to restore democracy. pence heads to argentina later today. >>> usain bolt said good-bye to the sport in front of thousands of fans over the week. but he was injured in his last career race. those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 14th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we do say good morning to everybody. we are going to start in charlottesville where that city reeling from the weekend's violence. they are hoping for a return to normalcy. >> hundred

. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. harvey is now moving inland as that tropical depression where it's expected to drop another 8 inches of rain on top of tennessee and kentucky and it's no longer raining here in texas, unfortunately, the worst may be far from over as it's estimated the storm may have damaged as many as 100,000 homes. in some parts of houston water rescues and recovery missions are still going around the clock. five days after harvey made landfall. now a tropical depression harvey continues to battering the gulf coast. >> inside, outside, upside down side. >> reporter: port arthur desperate to escape the rain. >> i'm scared for my babies. >> reporter: even though the rain stopped in houston the floodwaters continue to rise. roughly 15,000 calls for help have poured in. officials now going door to door marking bright orange cs on homes that are clear. officials estimating up to 40,000 homes are destroyed in harris county alone. >> about 100,000 is certainly not out of the question. >> reporter: those ret

good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, ryan and diane. president trump's latest comments really the last straw for a lot of the country's top ceos. the fallout continuing for president trump as the charlottesville community comes together. >> but still like dust i'll rise. >> reporter: less than a week after chaos and hate filled the streets of charlottesville, hundreds gathered once again. ♪ let it shine >> reporter: but this time in the name of peace. >> we're here to take back the lawn from this student generation. >> reporter: the show of support coming as president trump continues to lose backing from the business community. >> i think there's blame on both sides. you look at -- you look at both sides. i think there's blame on both sides. >> reporter: those comments setting off another wave of backlash. trump who sold himself as the businessman president forced to shut down his major business advisory councils amid an exodus of corporate leaders. a key advisory council of top ceos from powerhouse companies like pepsi, ge, ibm and wal

. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. the city of charlottesville is still in a state of emergency. the streets though are quiet this morning after a night of vigils both here and across the country. the alleged driver behind the wheel of this car mowing down a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalist rally now charged with murder. [ chanting ] >> reporter: 20-year-old james fields drove from ohio to virginia for the rally captured on video chanting a message of white supremacy. >> i thought it had something to do with trump. trump's not -- i mean, he had an african-american friend. >> fields' mother saying she didn't know about her son's views, but a former teacher claims they date back to his days in high school. >> he was into this whole idea that whites were a dominant race. >> reporter: but sunday night, solidarity against those views from charlottesville to d.c. and cities across the country, people standing together against hate. [ chanting ] >> reporter: one counterprotester in the large group of mou

diane.pression overnight will strengthen once again as she clears florida, going back to the atlantic. look for a wide range of rain and thunderstorms throughout all of florida. here's the latest tracking. we're expecting her to go by myrtle beach by tuesday morning. then problems we'll have? big impacts along the coastal region. kendis can diane. >> it's going to be quite windy across the coast there. paul, thank you. >>> a shootout has left two injured and another man dead. the man had broken into his estranged wife. apartment in los banos. there was a scuffle when officers arrived. the man was hit with a taser and then shots were fired. the suspect was killed. the officers are recovering this morning. >>> we do have new information on the killing of a police officer near indianapolis. investigators say lieutenant aaron allen was shot 14 times. he was killed while trying to help people inside an overturned vehicle. the vehicle is now under arrest. lieutenant allen is the first south fort i

diane abbott defends rioters who called petrol bombs at police diane abbott then delivered a social media slap down saying today's man online claims i defended the hurling of petrol bombs at police i'm disgusted. final fight of the night it's a royal rumble the clooney s. versus the tories as theresa may continue to holiday in italy a country currently dealing with the thousands of refugees fleeing the fallout of western was in libya jordan a mile clooney vowed to put three thousand syrian children through school that's almost ten times the amount to raise a manhunt government agreed to help in the u.k. prompting labor m.p. stella creasy who voted for bombing in syria to lash out saying extraordinary the clooney is possibly helping the equivalent of ten times more unaccompanied children than the u.k. government but given the george clooney according to brides magazine is looking through a feature film version of the al qaeda linked white helmets should be worried about where they're going to be educated. back to you in the studio option. if you were near the continuing uprisings in the ea

diane roberts has a look. ♪ >> those of us who have played sports understand the power of a team andtranslates in the classroom and into the community , you immediately have a good response. >> soccer coach is teaching these children a critical skill. how to play together as a team. doubly powerful because they have something deeper and, -- deep in common, a shared history, they are all refugees, driven out of faraway lands by poverty, hunger, war. >> they come with one suitcase, a family with one suitcase and when you flee war, you do not have time to pack up. they know they are lucky to be here, less than 1% of the refugee population gets resettled and they know what life is like back home and in the refugee camps and know they have a chance to me could better. >> she emigrated from jordan in her 20's. leaving her family and culture behind. >> when i came here and i lost all of that, it was finding family again. >> she wanted other refugees to find families so she turned her soccer team into a school. it is name -- its name taken from the word refugee. this is a place for normally