dotty dotty go away just lay down. go lay down first off my name is. i'm an author i've written eight books so far three of them to do with transsexuality i was born male grew up in a very conservative republican family my father was pretty much absent most of my childhood he was an alcoholic. my mother was mentally ill the childhood was so troubled and so traumatic that in retrospect i was able to look at it and realize that there was no way i was getting out of childhood normal you go and you take a shower and you're there to get clean but every time i had to take off my clothes every time i went to bed you know there's no getting around the fact that i wasn't a girl that i was a boy and that really is the one memory that sticks out is just how much i hate. my penis hate it my p.s. by the time i left high school when i was eighteen i was cross-dressing most of the time once i was away from school and a couple of years afterwards i ended up in san francisco which had a very small gay community and i started i had made the decision by the time i would

. >>> this is such a special day for little dottie here. she's 4 years old and been waiting for this day for such a long time. >> princess dottie. >> look at her smile. >> she's so sweet. >> late last year she was diagnosed with berket lymphoma that spread to her chest. she ended up having ten blood transfusions. as much as cancer sucks, when you hear stories of 3 and 4-year-olds going through it, it is ten times worse. >> yeah, but her mom says incredibly, she never lost her smile. even as she was losing her hair. >> um, is this for a good reason, i'm hoping? >> she was finally able to ring that bell of being cancer-free. the hospital where she was being treated heard that she wanted to spend a day as a princess, so they reached out to this foundation set up by owen's parents in his memory. we get to see her turn into a beautiful princess. >> oh, cool! >> well, can you really be a princess without a carriage? >> no, but they went all out. they went extra steps. >> oh, yeah. they put her on the carriage, they had also set up a funding page.

dottie, let's start with you.eat success in this career, this one and the one before. what is something you learned along the way? >> to build a great company, the assets are the people and if you involve them, if you make them part of it, of course it's not profit, but there's also a purpose to your company. i think you get brand ambassadors and people want that brand and that company to win. >> how do you do that? it's easy to say you want to get people involved. sometimes, as the ceo, you want people to do what is right. how do you balance that? >> we do a lot of things off site. people getting to know each other better and outside work. they really get this, i think the leadership has to paint the vision -- we are all a big family. i think we will root for each other. >> it's interesting to create a culture of, we are in this together. by the way, i interviewed someone from zillow. they have a card on the desk of how many years you have been there. >> you bought this company when you were 27 years old chl. >>

dottie has hurricane proofed her home. she is riding out the storm with her husband.ow are things going so far? >> it's been very calm today. we just started getting rain just a little while ago. kennedy: what are you hearing in terms of other storms you have been through, through the course of your life. >> this our first hurricane. we moved here from western north carolina. this our first hurricane. kennedy: when the governor and various law enforcement and fire agencies are telling you to get out of dodge because they can't help you, what happens if you hit a snag and end up in crisis? >> well, actually, when were going to evacuate until this morning when the storm was downgraded to a category 2. we are in a home that's built to sustain 140-mile-an-hour winds. so we feel confident to stay here. kennedy: it's not wind. it's the water. >> you are correct. where we are, we are not in a flood zonen we are fairly high up for this area. so we are aware of where the storm surge could go and it won't reach to where we are. kennedy: what kind of stuff do you have on hand? >

christian neighbors, muslim fine,ors, they used to be and when all the dottie declared a caliphate, he in mosul to say we gave christians and non-muslims already eight hours to leave, or you die. the muslim neighbor went to the christian neighbor knocked on the door and said i think you've heard all the dottie, saying you so if you don't flee i have a right to use your house it kill you. christian families didn't believe the neighbor would do that for them though they went back and she went to her husband shocked and said after 24 hours, this i came back to say you have 24 hours and if you don't go i have to do what i have to do. the mother went back home and spoke with her husband. they took their suitcase and she she said neighbor, ,his is the key, i'm leaving shame for me not to say goodbye since i've been your neighbor for 30 years. she gave the key and she fled and is now in exile. i will give you one more example. many people say you can pay the islamic tax for protection. there were a few families that were unable to fully because they don't have sources to do that. families sta

when they were dottie we'd love to hear your thoughts on all of our stories so do get in touch by following guys on social media will be back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines join us that. because there's survival guide book stacie just like all the start simply that have all this or that. he should still there you don't stand a bad. public no good citizen repatriations he will get the rest in seven years. philip the seventy year was kaiser report. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. scary dramatic probably the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. later. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and the impact upon all of us and our children in washington thanks for joining us coming up today we talk budgets and deficits of national governments with a few episodes on the outliers including the tale of two european union nations italy and france with the the williamson.

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>> reporter: the library has the university fm of rockford peach star dottie key. >> she was their recordsteals and of course she's doing is in a skirt. >> reporter: when jackie robinson took the field for the brooklyn dodgers in 1947, america was astonished. baseball integrated before much of the country was ready to. here's a letner robinson's own hand thanking dodger general manage other branch ricky for ng hiim. i want to thank you very much for all you have meant not only to me and my family, he wrote, but to the ntry andc particularly the members of our race. dr. carla haden, the liberianongress loves the game and loves what it's done for the country. >> baseball is community. baseball that unites people in the stands, baseball tas really helped change the culture. >> baseball, so much more than just a game. harry smith, nbc news, washington. >> love those letters. that is "nbc nightly s news" for tsunday, and from baseball to football, up next "football night in america. the chicago bears taking on the green bay packers. lester holt wilbe ck here tomorrow. i'm kate snow. for all of

>>eporter: the libraryas the uniform of rockford peach star, dottie key. >> she was their record holder course, she's o doing it in a skirt. >> repter: when jackie robinson took the field for the brooklyn dodgers in 1947, america wasastonished. baseball integrated before much of the country was ready to. here's aetter in robinson's own hand, thanking dodger manager, branch ricky, for hiring him. i want to thank you very much for all you have meant, not only to me and myfamily, he wrote, but to the entire country. an, particularhe members of our race. dr. karla hehayden, librarian of congress, loves the game and loves what it's done or the country. >> baseball is community. iseball that unites people the stands. baseball that has really helped change the culture. >> reporter: baseball, so much re than just a game. harry smith, nbc news, washington >> it reall, it's such a big part of our culture, and the library of congress has so many amazing things to offer. if you haven't visited it, it's just ndectacular. >>hey really in recent years have done a lot for children. so if youre a parent

>> reporter: the library has the uniform of rockford peach star dottie key. >> shexp@4 was their recordield. >> reporter: when jackie robinson took the field for the brooklyn dodgers in 1947, america was astonished. baseball integrated before much of the country was ready to. here is a letter in robinson's own hand thanking dodger general manager branch rickey for hiring him. >> i want to thank you very much for all you have meant not only to me and my family, he wrote, but to the entire country and particularly the members of our race. >> reporter: dr. carla hayden, the librarian of congress, loves the game and loves what it's done for the country. >> baseball is community. baseball, it unites people and the fans. baseball has really helped change the culture. >> reporter: baseball. so much more than just a game. harry smith, nbc news, washington. >>> still to come, a wedding planner helps a bride with a deadly disease in her final week. we look back at one of our most memorable bay area proud stories as we celebrate 500 stories. >>> and right now we're seeing a fog-free night, at leas

my good friend, dotty guy used to be a commissioner. so i'm looking forward to hopefully not just being a visitor to the club but actually getting membership. >> supervisor safai: thank you. so i think you answered supervisor yee's most important question, have you actually even attended commission meeting, and it sounds like you've been hanging out there. you live there, so that -- >> looking for my membership. >> supervisor safai: okay. we'll call up the next speaker. george. thank you. >> supervisors, i'm george ishikata, i'd like to start out first by thanking you, expressing my appreciation both for the opportunity to appear before the committee as well as your time in considering my application for a position on the veteran's affairs committee. i'd like to answer two questions in my brief presentation on -- that i think you have. first is why does this guy want to be on the committee, and the second is what qualifications does he have? as far as why i'd like to be on the committee, i think i can best explain that by telling you wh

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