dyslexia. another bill would require school districts to hire a dyslexia specialist today marks the third annual decoding dyslexia virginia dyslexia advocacy day. also today at the general assembly building medical marijuana advocates made a new push for cannabis oil last year lawmakers passed a bill allowing virginia epilepsy patients to use cannabis oil but there's no way to legally acquire in virginia lobbyists also supported a senator louise lucas to allow cancer patients to use medical marijuana. the city of norfolk has a new or learn to sew some for severe storms in norfolk alerts allows users to customize the content they want to receive you choose how you want your lawrence on public safety such as text message or voicemail. you can also receive targeted messages for specific neighborhoods in norfolk. more information is available on the city of norfolk website was selling porn of brazenly virginia beach road will mean a traffic headache for a lot of drivers we have a look of the projects that will cause some big delays on a busy street in the city and a warm a construction trailer for your drivers could

dyslexia. yes tell me what dyslexia dyslexia is a neurological based disorder is it just causes them to learn differently and take it they have trouble with reading with language with processing however excuse me with the diagnosis of dyslexia doesn't mean that their iq was below their iq was perfectly fine most of them are fine or higher rate and so it just shows you a difference between a functioning level and in knowledge and were looking at video right here these are the faces of dyslexia in for julia that i guess are going to show tomorrow while they are in richmond that the idea is to get students or teachers trained in this mess that that that really helps and teachers are really treating them right. it's the ongoing him aphids which is multi sensory structured language based learning strategies and so if they learned right from of third grade to be all set with their reading their writing their spelling and teachers can be trained on it it's a program that you need to diagnose the lesson plan for each student and so it works. yes these are like you said these are generally bright student. yes yes

dyslexia, which frequently and sadly goes undiagnosed. our guests today are dr. sally shaywitz. she is author of the book "overcoming dyslexia." and tobie meyer, who led the fight in sacramento to get a law passed to acknowledge dyslexiaducation code. so, thank you both for being here. this is your book. you've got another one coming out. this is "overcoming dyslexia," and the whole point of this show is to help people and talk about it. so, dr. shaywitz, let me start with you. you and your husband have been working on this issue for decades. why is this your passion? >> well, dyslexia is our passion because we know it affects so many people -- 1 in 5, as you had mentioned. but as i testified to congress a year ago -- we always need more information, but in the case of dyslexia, we have enough knowledge to do better. so what we have is an action gap, not a knowledge gap. and we need to use the 21st-century knowledge we have, and we have to make sure education is aligned with 21st-century science. and, basically, dyslexia is very prevalent. we study the brain. we know where it is in the brain. we know so much about it, and yet kids -- we're gonna hear -- go struggling. teachers don't use the word. that should change no

dyslexia which is the leading cause of reading and writing difficulties. another bill would require school districts to hire a dyslexia specialist today marks the third annual decoding dyslexia virginia. this left dyslexia advocacy day at a group of richmond parents once cannabis oil for their children with epilepsy they're trying to convince lawmakers to allow production in virginia. i mean i'm faced with the decision of wearing it again around in the lead i think a lot to do so anyway after announced a departmental honors in it too and that will help pass a bill last year to use these oils but right now it's illegal to acquire them without breaking state and federal laws. the faa is putting the brakes on a new parallel runway at norfolk international airport the airport this as helping the event of a crash and improve safety but that didn't fly with the faa says the airport can make other adjustments to meet new safety standards and set the standard for federal buildings is changing today president obama signed an executive order requiring all new or renovated federal buildings be equipped with the latest protections against earthquakes. you may remember back in two thousa

dyslexia. here in california our own lieutenant governor gavin newsom has dyslexia. carl jennings -- cheryl jennings has the story. >> school was a terrible and terrorizing experience. i will be candid. spelling, reading, writing. >> gavin newsom talked with me on the set of our show about the impact of dyslexian his life. >> i remember coming home and finding out i had dyslexia, i just thought i was not that smart. >> dyslexia is a brain processing disorder that affects a person's ability to learn. knew so many gives credit -- newsome gives credit to his family especially his mother. she was a single mom and fought hard to get her son's help to read. >> my mother hid it for me. i was diagnosed dyslexic, but she didn't want me labeled. >> school was torturous. he didn't want to read. >> back of the class with the eyes down. i never forget the moment i had to stood up and people start laughing. i am shaking and trying to read and i can't. they are laughing. >> he survived the humiliation and learned to read well enough to graduate college. his mere was -- his mother was by his side. >> he was a successful businessman and went into politics. he became mayor in 2004. the youngest mayors in a century. >> one of the first things i did was visiting kids with dyslexia in a school and everyone was sh

dyslexia on his life. >> i remember coming home and found out i had dyslexia. i thought i was in the that smart. >> reporter: it is a brain processing disorder, affecting a person's ability to learn. he gives credit to his late mother for success in learning. she was a single mom, raising a daughter and fought hard to get her son help to read. >> my mother hid it from me for years. >> reporter: school was torture. he doesn't want to read outloud. >> you sit in the back of the class with eyes down. i'll never forget. that moment i had to stand up and people started laughing and i'm shaking. and i'm trying to read and i can't. >> reporter: he survived and learned to read well enough to graduate from college. his mother, by his side, he went into politics and became mayor at the age of 36 in 2004. the youngest mayor in san francisco in a century. >> one of the first things i did was visiting kids with dyslexian a school, and everyone was shocked to know that i had this disability. >> reporter: he had a lot of successes and failures in life. >> being creative. learning how to fail. because that becomes an expertise ability. it is a risk orientation. >> 36 days after, he ordered the clerk to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. state laws limited marriage to between a man and woman and newsom appointed the first police chief and first female fire chief. >> i rarely read speeches and if i do, it's the worst thing i ever do. >> i'm not focused on it. our kids are 6, 4, 2, and a brand new baby. they're dyslexic? fab lugs. >> amazing, huh? >> we'll have an interview posted on our website and i hope you'll join us for our half hour special on beyond the headlines at 4:30 in nine afternoon. there is a lot of resources. >> it's great. >> he changed schools 5 to 7 times just trying to get help. >>> getting a company started is not always the hardest part. >> sometimes, it's harder to

dyslexia on his life. >> i remember coming home and found out i had dyslexia. i thought i was in the that smart. >> reporter: it is a brain processing disorder, affecting a person's ability to learn. he gives credit to his late mother for success in learning. she was a single mom, raising a daughter and fought hard to get her son help to read. >> my mother hid it from me for years. >> reporter: school was torture. he doesn't want to read outloud. >> you sit in the back of the class with eyes down. i'll never forget. that moment i had to stand up and people started laughing and i'm shaking. and i'm trying to read and i can't. >> reporter: he survived and learned to read well enough to graduate from college. his mother, by his side, he went into politics and became mayor at the age of 36 in 2004. the youngest mayor in san francisco in a century. >> one of the first things i did was visiting kids with dyslexia in a school, and everyone was shocked to know that i had this disability. >> reporter: he had a lot of successes and failures in life. >> being creative. learning how to fail. because that becomes an expertise ability. it is a risk orientation. >> 36 days after, he ordered the clerk to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. state laws limited marriage to between a man and woman and newsom appointed the first police chief and first female fire chief. >> i rarely read speeches and if i do, it's the worst thing i ever do. >> i'm not focused on it. our kids are 6, 4, 2, and a brand new baby. they're dyslexic? fab lugs. >> amazing, huh? >> we'll have an interview posted on our website and i hope you'll join us for our half hour special on beyond the headlines at 4:30 in nine afternoon. there is a lot of resources. >> it's great. >> he changed schools 5 to 7 times just trying to get help. >>> getting a company started is not always the hardest part. >> sometimes, it's harder t