host: elizabeth warren also at the national educators association. she talked about how the wealth tax that she has proposed will help pay for education initiatives. [video clip] here is what we can do with two cents. we can provide universal childcare for every baby and child in this country, age zero to five. universal pre-k for every three-year-old and four-year-old in this country. [cheers & applause] raise the wages of every preschool teacher and every childcare worker to the professional levels they deserve. invest in our infrastructure, so we have good, clean schools, state-of-the-art for all of our kids. [cheers & applause] sen. warren: universal, tuition-free, technical schools, -yearnity college, and four college for everybody who wants to get an education. [cheers & applause] warren: and there is more. we can same two cents, make all of these investments, plus we can cancel student loan debt for 95% of the people who have's student loan debt. mr. mccluskey? guest: yes, this sounds like promising everything you can think of. we will pay wit

a proud number of the i was state education association, sue was an active leader in local affiliates, the iowa city education association, and served as president, chief negotiator, and other leadership roles through her career. sue and i began working together when she became the iowa democratic party chair, which culminated in the pivotal reelection of president barack obama. [applause] there are few days in my life that i have been were proud to be an iowa democrat. when gary and i sat along pennsylvania avenue and cheered on sue dvorsky when she came to the inaugural parade, carrying the iowa flag proudly. it was a great moment to see, and i'm sure brought me to tears. in retirement they continue to support efforts to make their community and iowa a safer, more welcoming, and more inclusive place. so it is with great pleasure, that gary and i presented this 2019 beacon award to two outstanding islands, of light. that we aspire to be. sue and bob dworsky, would you please come forward? [applause] [applause] >> wow. thank you very much. one of the things we were looking at. my care

. >> reporter: she was a teacher before becoming president of the education association. since the deadly shootings at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, students have taken challenge and spoken up for gun control. >> there's no longer a code of silence. the code op silence has gone away. the teens understand the importance of making statements. >> reporter: in addition to the earthquake safety drills, our kids are now experiencing active shooter drills. covered in fake blood, calling out for help, and knowing the best escape route is the reality for a lot of students across the country. that weighs heavily on parents' minds. >> every time they go to school, i think about it. and worry about it. it doesn't go away. >> my day, it was nuclear war drills. this day, it's the fire drills, the shooting drills. and the other things that may have to navigate through. >> reporter: as part of the project this summer, the unified school district made a number of security updates, including cameras, gates, and fencing along the perimeter of the campuses. the p

ramon schools are back in class and we caught up with the president of the san ramon valley education association and she explained what the new year means for students and teachers. >> having kids come back is a new beginning and as teachers, we have to teach students how to get used to us as individuals and professionals and set expectations. >> along with san ramon valley unified, it's the first day of school in palo alto, castro valley, piedmont and foster city unified school districts. >>> and lee elementary, the new principal, chad slife, is opposing guidelines -- proposing guidelines to bullying at school. 20% of students said they've experienced some form of bullying and 30% admitted they had bullied someone in 70% said they've seen bullying in schools. this principle said teaching empathy is the best way to change that. >> for a long time, developmentally, they were only focused on themselves. in elementary school, i can watch the little ones and in fifth grade, they say, how are you? >> reporter: early intervention is key and talking to kids to teach them how to be a kind human being. h

. >> reporter: kate brown, president of the oakland educators association, says the strike is not to blame. >> the strike is a step in the direction to improve our school. it is not the blame for principals leaving, it highlights some of the symptoms, the problems that have existed in the oakland unified school district that we seriously need to change right now. >> reporter: in oakland, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> still to come, the message behind heated protest today against the president trump. >>> plus, i am along the banks of the iconic redwood creek, which is about to be drained. i will tell you why, and for how long coming up. >>> wait until you hear what made this huge crowd run for their lives in times square. >>> it was a big day for bay area baseball teams, but now the giants and the a's are going in different directions. >>> same sunshine as yesterday in san jose, but the temperature going in a different direction, it is heading down. we are falling below average, staying there for a while. coming up, which part of your weekend will be cold, and which part will be much warmer be

the president of the oakland educators association said the strike is not to blame.>>> the strike is a step in a direction to improve our schools. it is not to blame for principles leaving. it highlights some of the symptoms the problems that have existed in the oakland unified school district that we seriously need to change right now.>>> join michelle and kenny choi in our morning team as students head back to school. we have two weeks of special coverage starting on monday. >>> a look at our top stories at 5:30 pm. a grass fire in contra costa county. if forest homes evacuate near the town of oakley. >>> burned 58 acres and destroyed 2 outbuildings. they have stopped the fire is forward progress. evacuations have been listed lifted. >>> the suspect in the fatal shooting in livermore has been arrested by police in elk grove. 30-year-old jonathan now faces charges of murder. both the suspect and victim were said to be living in a creek. near the walmart parking lot. >>> gilroy police are trying to track down a man accused of stealing life-saving cancer medications. they say this man

we will begin with elizabeth warren in july at the national educators association, talking about how would use a wealth tax to improve public education. warren: here is what we can do with two cents. we can provide universal childcare for every baby in this country, aged zero to five. pre-k for every three-year-old and four-year-old in this country. raise the wages of every preschool teacher and every child care worker to the professional levels they deserve. invest in our infrastructure so schools,ood, clean state-of-the-art for all of our kids. universal, tuition free technical schools, community college, and four-year college for everybody who wants to get an education. and there is more. cents, we canwo make all of these investments, plus we can cancel student loan debt for 95% of the people who have student loan debt. host: we will go to ronald first in louisiana. ronald, how would you improve education? number one, i would improve education by getting rid of 11th and 12th grade. i do not think 11th and 12th grade for young american males -- i think it is a waste of time. i think

there are still job openings and a new program to help special education associates get free tuitionse state to complete d credentials. >>> parents are upset after the chatter school did not open for a second year in a row. promise academy is a small, free public school in san jose, administrators say it was supposed to open on monday with 96 students el old. parents say a week ago, the san jose unified school district told them they would not be able to use classrooms in south san jose as was initially planned. district leaders however disagree saying they are being made a scapegoat. >> as a mom, i have been working to help create this school and have a place for my children to remain for the next number of years. we had everything set. we had our perfect school. it's been extremely emotional. >> we raised concerns with them throughout this process about uncertain enrollment numbers and whether or not they would be able to execute their agreement and unfortunately, they didn't show that information. >> promise academy filed a second lawsuit against the district. >>> community theate

. >> ann catsburg was a teacher for years before becoming president of the education association. she said since the deadly shootings in parkland, florida and san jose. >> that doesn't work anymore that teenage code of silence has gone away because our teenagers now understand the importance of making statements. >> in addition to earthquake safety sdrils that practically every adult experienced in california when they were in school, our kids are now experiencing active shooter drills. knowing the best escape route is today's reality. >> every time they go to school i always think about it. and worry about it. and it just doesn't go away my day with nuclear war drills. it's the other things that may have to he may have to navigate his way through. >> as part of their 8 modernization projects this summer a number of security updates including cameras, gates and fencing. that's along the perimeter of their campuses. projects are multiparameter and move out to the perimeter. catsburg is encouraging san ramon valley students to speak out. >> i am experiencing and seeing at this time.

according to national education association internal studies the majority of teachers remain conservativeu have all these teachers funding the demise of their own belief in the demise of their own political beliefs. the demise of their own classrooms. horrific discipline policies teachers are in crisis and can't teach anymore because the discipline is so out of control. they don't know their teacher union. it's the reason they are behind a bit behind it all. they are funding every divisive problem in this country and in our classroom. steve: just being specific with parents watching tonight what should they do? >> to adopt a teacher? steve: yes. >> i'm so glad you asked. i wrote the book and addressed in engaging stories, personal stories of teachers every lie teachers have been told. i show them how the unions have been controlling that through a culture of fear. using fear, intimidation and ignorance to control them. parents will put their arms around to teachers and hand them a copy of the book and walk them through it and stay with them. we even have it on our website. adopt a teacher

a proud number of the i was state education association, sue was an active leader in local affiliatesthe iowa city education association, and served as president, chief negotiator, and other leadership roles through her career. together began working when she became the iowa democratic party chair, which culminated in the pivotal reelection of president bark obama. -- barack obama. [applause] life are few days in my that i have been were proud to be an iowa democrat. when gary and i sat along pennsylvania avenue and cheered when she came to the inaugural parade, carrying the iowa flag proudly. to see, great moment and i'm sure brought me to tears. they continue to support efforts to make their community and iowa a safer, more welcoming, and more inclusive place. so it is with great pleasure, that gary and i presented this 2019 beacon award to two islands, of light. that we aspire to be. bob dworsky, would you please come forward? [applause] guest: [applause] wow. thank you very much. one of the things we were looking at. my career in mason city. then my career in public service. essen

but my question is has there been a line of leadership what can we do with those educational associations media organization organizations, constitutional or law or members of congress themselves to take up that position with those rights of free speech? what do we do to pressure leaders to come forward devoid of that idea that it means something in our constitution especially talking about those in congress you present a problem to a lawmaker they want to solve it in ways that the efforts right now to solve the perceived bias on social media sites or on google you can have a debate if there is a bias but also what could be done about i it. there is a lot of people like the missouri senator has come out with a proposal that has some protection of platforms. so whether or not you think these entities are biased against conservatives that these policies would not help with more conservative speech and to say who can say what is a disaster that the right should strongly oppose. i tend to not recommend to the lawmaker specifically and say you need to do something about this. but what grade ta

what we are doing as a department as a whole is we do have an education piece associate with what is happening in caesar. we had a competition which is the cyber force competition that reaches out to all the universities. several of the labs, seven of the labs participate. that's her outreach and we are attempting to also work with the labs as well as us to then hired directly from the winners. we have a challenge just like the rest of the, just like the sector as a whole in this area. so we're working on greed of ways through our threes to be able to do that. on the other part of the question is to looking at how we're using artificial intelligence and quantum computing, we have several research and development efforts that are underway it is really to try to get at machine to machine so you're elevating the skill level, so things machines can do based on how we know will happen is to build that into the technology and into the solutions. and then have those learning capabilities then go across her data storage as it relates to that to the artificial intelligence piece so that then

education. it offers the district's current instructional associate as chance to get their special education credential at san jose for free. that would normally cost $20,000. >> we pay all of the tuition expenses and testing fees and mentorship and support to help them pursue their dream of becoming a special education teacher. >> the school district says there are 7 people enrolled in the new special ed teacher training, that number is expected to double by next year. >>> the treasure island music festival has been canceled. there are no plans to return. the festival was founded in 2007, held on treasure island until 2016. there was no festival in 2017 and last year, it was moved to oakland. promoters feel it's not possible this year to put on the kind of festival that fans expect. >>> 6:26, the oakland zoo responding to complains about traffic if the neighborhood. the changes underway to try to prevent cars from backing up on to city streets. >>> plus what pg&e is doing in the east bay to prepare peoplep to pebble beach this morning. it is a little gray. nice and cozy there. steven says it is 56 in

education. it offers the districts current instructional associate a chance to get their special education credentialste university for free. something that would normally cost $20,000. >> we pay all of the tuition expenses, we provide mentorship and support. >> in exchange the educator commits to teaching four years at the district. san jose unified has about 30,000 students, 3500 of them were eligible for special education services. the district says that number continues to rise along with the need for the specialized teachers despite in over all drop in enrollment. >> it's gone up for a couple reasons. one is we have more students qualify for special education support. the other is we are seeing a decline in the number of individuals qualified to teach special education. >> reporter: amy spent 14 years as a special education teacher and will serve as a mentor and the new program. >> even on the most challenging of days working with the students and being a part of their growth and development it's an honor and a privilege like no other. it's really an opportunity to change lives on a daily basis.

education. it offers the district's current instructional associate a chance to get their special education credentials state university for free. something that would normally cost $20,000. >> we pay all of the tuition expenses, testing phase, we provide mentorship and support to help them pursue their dreams. >> in exchange the educator commits to teaching four years at the district. sent was a unified has about 30,000 students, 3500 of whom are eligible for special education services. the district says that that number continues to rise along with the need for the specialized teachers despite an overall drop in enrollment. >> it's gone up for a couple reasons. we have more students qualifying for special education support. the others we are seeing a decline in the number of the vigils who are qualified to teach special education. >> reporter: amy spent 14 years as a special education teacher in will serve as a mentor in the new program. >> even on the most challenging of days working with the students and being a part of their growth and development, it's an honor and a privilege like no other which

education. it offers the current instructionalsore associates to get the credential for free, something that would normally cost $20,000. >> we pay the tuition expenses and fees and mentorship and support to pursue their dream of becoming a special education teacher. >> the school district says there are 7 people enrolled in the special education teacher training. they expect the number to double by next year. >>> this time of the year kids are going back to school and now volunteers this the east bay are getting ready, prepping much needed supplies for children. cristina rendon visited the backpack drive in pleasant hill. >> reporter: volunteers are gearing up for back to school by filling backpacks with supplies at this county office in pleasant hill. the backpacks going to under privileged students across contra costa county. >> families spend close to $700 a year per child in supplies and clothe getting ready for back to school. this is just one other expense that's difficult for some families to come one the money for. >> reporter: folders, binders, erasers and crayons and more, part of the c

>> i think it's because people haven't educated themselves about the history associated with the monumentsgnoring the ways in which white nationalists are using these monuments to their benefit. i think a lot of americans want to feel nostalgic about c confederate memorials and think they just represent heritage. the fact of the matter is there is a long history of white supremacy that underlie these monuments. even the white national i have thes who showed up in charlottesville understood that connection. that is part of the reason i'm here on your show. >> but is there a line between those who say, well, it's it's just about heritage and history and others who are actually white supremacists who are pushing hate and violence against other races? >> there may be a difference. white nationalists might act out on white supremacy. that doesn't mean americans who aren't acting out on it don't hold some of the same views. so they may, to play it safe, say this is just about heritage. but at the same time i'm sorry to say, they are ignoring the true facts of the matter on the history of this mo

education next year. we're joined now from norwich by geoff barton, general secretary of the association of school and collegever the last week, about education and funding, give us your thoughts on this amount of money and put it in context for us. sure, yes, there has been announcement and there has been leaks so it mice to get to a point where we take stock of what is being said. yesterday we had a significant announcement, and what the government was talking about a headline figure of £14 billion over the next four years, if you lock at how much we are spending on education, which is round 44 billion, they are saying in four year it will be 52, that is something between seven and 8 billion. we welcome that hugely, we have one caveat about this, because the way that funding has been built, is that it is going to come in two 01’ is that it is going to come in two or throw years' time. there are heads and principles going into schools with governors next week, who will be making decisions about losing staff, perhaps teaching assista nts losing staff, perhaps teaching assistants because of the current crisis,

it ended last week when 16 educators reached a three-year contract deal with the district. the forestville teachers association says the employee also get a 5% raids in fst two years of the contract. >>> 4:36 for you right now. and satisfaction for rolling stones fans who had a late night at levi' ♪ don't you worry about what's on your mind, oh, no ♪ >> a capacity crowd, they blew past the original 10:00 p.m. curfew. 49ers stadium management and the city of santa clara prearranged to have the curfew extended to 11:00 p.m. so yes the stones did have time on their side and remember, this concert had to be rescheduled from may when mick jagger underwent the successful heart procedure, rocking again. no stopping them. >> 4:36 for you right now. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," ikea wants to make your home smart. new technology ikea wants to include in its latest lights and window blinds. >>> disney world offering a new deal if you want to sleep in. the midday magic ticket that will help your family get a few hours more sleep on vacation. >>> good morning. i'm rahel solomon at cnbc headquarters and here are tod

ensure low income students have the tools they need to prepare for postsecondary education and manage the costs associated with earning a degree. as we consider what must be done in reauthorization of the higher education act, we have the opportunity to ensure that restructuring our higher education system provides all students that access to opportunities that offer pathways to success, both inside and outside the conventional classroom. that could be alternative pathways to a degree, such as offering programs so that students can only take courses .hey need to do their jobs any of these changes to take place, we must recognize that money is an important part of the conversation, and institutions need to be willing to take responsibility for the outcomes of their students. stories like one from this weekend, were a billionaire gifted an entire graduating class by paying off their student debt, are great examples of one person's capacity for excellence, but they also illustrate something else that is too easily forgotten, that nothing is free and someone always pays the price. this means congress and othe

associate themselves with. and they look really different. they are younger, they are whiter, they are more educated than the general population with a different set of priorities. host: what is the percentage? how much of the democratic party of primary voters do they make up, these hyper engaged? guest: there are about 1/10 of the overall primary electorate . we are only looking at likely primary voters. this is not about getting to swing voters in the general election. this is just the primary. it kind of happens in every off year, that the hyper engaged drive the conversation, and then the primary voters actually come in and vote, and they vote for different candidates. we saw this happen in 2017, before the 2018 midterms, where all of these news reports that the left took over the democratic party, that our revolution were putting up all these candidates. when we came to voting in 2018, a lot of those folks lost their primaries. only 33% of them won their primaries, whereas the folks who are the new dems, the pragmatic progressives, they cleaned up in their primaries, and in the general, the ne

should take-12 education, democratic strategists and young americans for liberty. and one associateprofessor writes this. without doubt ethnic studies courses will allow all students to cultivate critical thinking of problem-solving, civic and cultural awareness, adaptability and resilience through a curriculum centered on the perspectives of historically marginalized groups. having those conversations in classrooms? >> there is no problem with ethnic study programs with this particular curriculum is marked by extremely system and its glossaries like a parody of political correctness, it capitalism, quote, a form of power and oppression and redefines terms the left-wingers who like you don't like like history which is called herstory and teaches about racism and islamohphobia and white the premises him but no mention of anti-semitism in spite of the fact that more jewish people live in california than nearly any other place in the world and hate crimes are on the rise. the bigger picture is history in public schools isn't just poorly taught, it has become irresponsibly politicized a

for life in all these different ways she was essentially denied an education because of it certain members of her family were not associated with her. at all. one of her cousins told me about a family gathering sure members attending, this would have been in the 1930s probably. where taylor is just sitting outside this gathering in a car by herself and nobody talk to her and she doesn't talk to anyone. she is in this situation where you know, the people are supposed to love her and care for her and protect her, reject her and she becomes kind of a vagabond and lives this really -- youth peered she moves out west when she is very young. she ends up in california and her story is marked by race and all of these different ways. i was able to find a record of her marriage when she was in california. she married a white man and her race was marked as hawaiian. which is kind of odd. but then looking into it more, california has a ban on the books at that time and so if she had been listed as mixed race or black, then her marriage would have been illegal and it was legal at that time for a hawaiian person to marry a white person.

bee was essentially denied an education because of it, certain members ofer her family were not associate with her at all, one of her cousins told me about a family gathering that she remembers attending, this would've been in the 1930s probably where she was sitting outside the gathering in a car by herself and nobody talks to her and she does not talk to anyone. so she's in a situation where the people that are supposed to love her and care foror her andr protect her, reject her. and she becomes a vagabond and lives is itinerant youth. she moves west when she's very young and ends up in california. her story is marked by race an d all these different ways. i was able to find her record of her marriage when she was in california and she married a white man and her race was marked as hawaiian which is kind of odd but looking into it more, california had a band at that time. if she had been listed as mixed-race or black, then her marriage would'vema been illegal and it was legal for hawaiian person to marry a white person. so these are the sorts of tribulations that a legal regime and all

so as president of the minnesota state association, we took it upon yourselves to educate our firefightersin the state because firefighters will listen to other firefighters. so that's how we tackled that. as far as consumer safety products, perhaps putting more of an onus on manufacturers and retailers to get it on the packaging. you can't buy cigarettes without seeing the surgeon general's warning front and center, so perhaps something like that where it is on everybody's mind. thank you. >> i yield back and thank you chairwoman. >> there's still 270 people that have not voted yet. not that i want to promote delinquency when it comes to voting, but i wondered if you had something short that you wanted to present? >> thank you, madame chair. it is short. as a former first responder, police officer, captain, we've seen a lot of death. some preventable. some accidental. mrs. ellis's case, it was preventable. in many cases of young children dying, it's preventable. and what i heard a common theme here today is that the action that there is -- [inaudible] -- it is too slow. the education proc

educate potential victims. >>that was nick watt reporting investigators say those 2 men had help from associates back home and inther countries. coming up tonight. the 5 a california teenager caught in the middle of a police raid is now suing that police departments plus the organizer behind a straight pride event in california says is happening this weekend with or happening this weekend with or with oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box. ♪ try my $4.99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. >>straight pride event in the death toll is set for this weekend even though the city denied a permit to some people in that community say they plan to protect their city from what they call a bigoted event by holding a counter protest if the straight pride parade does happen. bridget boileau has the story. >>we're not going to be stopped by any way the founder of the national straight pride coalition says a straight pride event is still on and from and esto despite being denied a permit by the

some groups choose mexican american, political association or mexican-american legal defense in educational fund. part of that has to do with where they are located. if they are in california or the southwest. maybe they will go with one name as the puerto rican legal defense, a spin off for a group that modelled itself off of naacp chose the puerto rican legal defense. spanish speaking was important term. the '60s, latin. there's so many names. yes they have some kind of meaning and the meaning can have, you know, political availances. i don't know if any one of these names are tied closely with any partisan identity. chicana is thought of being a more activist identity. i don't place a whole bunch of emphasis on the defendant names. >> it's just always shifting. in the early part of the '60s, naming is one of the stumbling blocks for organization from different parts of even the southwest that are composed primarily of ethnic mexicans getting together. there's a reason why they call viva kennedy viva kennedy. a lot of the names did corresponds to political organizations or socialization s

education initiatives. as a person leading the program in the field associated with medicine and public health, he was obviously be one of the best people to talk to in order to understand what people should know about the current ways of opioid dependencies sweeping across the vast swaths of the american landscape. as you will see in his book, he comes to the topic from his own struggles against that very dependency. after crushing his foot in a motorcycle accident about four years ago now, an injury that almost necessitate amputation, he underwent numerous surgeries to put his body backhe in placea procesprocess an incomprehensibe amounthat an incomprehensibleamn various forms. to manage that, he creates relief in the form he wasor prescribed morphine content and all and more. the question then became of course how do you back away from those doses when the time is right and that is a question that is likely debated among the medical community is. that reader unfortunately came to experience for first-hand to grapple with it as best as he could. with the notes forming while she was still in the hospital docum

educational equality. she was one of the founders of the naacp and the national association. she also founded the negro fellowship league and the office club. she fought for women rights, she fought for people to fall for black, political and economic empowerment. her unrelenting focus on fairness and equality was saved by the education and the great state of mississippi. she was grounded by the state that she invested in her great state. so it is moving this morning as she is being honored and recognized in her home state by being inaugurated into the mississippi writers trail and it is my hope that she will inspire both mississippians and visitors to the state for generations to come. from the civil war to the great depression. both alone and through organizations she confronted the challenges that this country faced for her 68 years. she showed by example. how much the impact of one person can make lives of others better. of writing, speaking, organizing and staying true to themselves and their conviction. a hand for ida b wells. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very muc

education. it offers the district current instructional associates the chance to get their credential at san jose state for free. a process that normally costs about $20,000. >> we pay all tuition expenses, fees to help them pursue their dream. >> the school district says right now, 700 people are enrolled in the program. that number is expected to be doubled by next year. >>> a lawsuit against the boy scouts of america says hundreds of former scouts have come forward with new reports of sexual abuse. they want to make public the names of scout leaders accused of abusing boys and teenagers. the lawsuit says the new reports are from nearly every state, including california, and that they date back to the 1940s. attorneys say the organization is not adequately investigated its volunteers and the depth of the sexual abuse scandal. >>> the nation's leading group of pediatricians is warning about the harmful effects that racism can have on a child's health. exposure to racism in adults has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, depression and other illnesses. now, researchers can identify

the trade association for investor-owned electric power companies . jessica covers appropriations, education, works or is ei. before that she was government affairs from representative at alberton and works for john boehner and speaker paul ryan. last speaker is kelly farmer, associate director with the florida building energy efficiency for the district of columbia.kelly as you saw is management district property assesses clean energy program and of course a low income home energy assistance program. we have a terrific panel and the intent is to provide you with a perspective on energy poverty in our state and how it's being addressed not just through one program but through a partnership with state utilities and local governments working together to help low income families pay their home energy bill. so a couple of things when thinking about energy affordability and energy poverty, what does it really mean? is it some broad topic and we hear a lot about poverty in the united states but what specifically do we mean by energy poverty? for low income families about 10 percent of income is wh

>> i can tell you here at the national association of black journalists convention we are nearly 4,000. that's 4,000 black journalists, students and educatorsnk it's remarkable that four candidates chose to come here today to talk to our constituents. we are in the on the front lines of reporting news and information that the african-american public and black people are interested in hearing. and so just by making the choice to come, you know, senator cory booker, senator bernie sanders, mayor pete buttigieg and former governor bill weld, they're making a statement being here and engage ing with journalists of color and black journalists to take the questions that we know that the black community is interested in hearing. that in and of itself it's where you are, how are you engaging? and at the end of the day journalists of color are part of the ability to report your stories and report the message and ask questions on behalf of the communities. >> thank you both. we'll be right back. e communiti. >> thank you both. we'll be right back. so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. the united states postal serv

some groups choose mexican american political association are mexican american league of educational fund, and that has to do with where they are located. if they are founded in california or the southwest maybe logo with one name whereas the is a spinoff of for a group that modeled itself which in turn modeled itself on the end of the acp. if they chose the political puerto rican legal defense fund because that is where they are located. nixon, we know introduced the term hispanic on the 1970 census the term on the census in 1930 was mexican. that is the first time mexican was designated as a separate category of kind of american. i guess. spanish-speaking was an important term in the 60s. so there's just so many names. yes they have some kind of meaning and the meaning can have, you know, political valences but i also don't know that anyone of you service is tied closely or exclusively with a particular partisan identity. i don't know. chicano, is thought of as being more of an activist identity from the 60s and 70s but then you have henry ramirez calling himself a chicano so i'm n

education has been his passion for himself and others. >> i just got a scholarship. >> reporter: oh in high school he worked at mcdonald's while completing three associates degrees and his diploma. he was on his own living with his aunt after his father passed away and his mom was not able to care for him. >> that was the beginning of a new beginning for me. my teenage self was resilient, determined, persistent because i think it takes a courageous and strong individual to be able to persevere through some of the most difficult obstacles that you can face in your personal life.>> reporter: that and resolve let him to georgetown as an undergrad and then on to johns hopkins for a masters degree before completing his doctorate at usc. now, back in the bay area he is reconnecting with those who helped him achieve his educational goals like oakland unified school district superintendent.>> the cheeks gave it away. i knew exactly from a block away who he was.>> reporter: she was his favorite elementary school teacher. they haven't seen each other and almost 2 decades.>> i can't see myself in a classroom.>> reporter: they will catch up and delve and has a rice for others w

america, even though he directly participated in a number of associations including the international club at colorado state college of education in greeley, colorado, where he lived for six months in 1949. he also joined a number of church clubs, which he wrote about in his accounts of america. he tended to emphasize instead the individualistic rather than the communal tendencies among americans. on evening walks through the neighborhoods of greeley, colorado, he would note the tidy and well-manicured lawns. each house appears like a flowering plant and the streets are like pathways. he observed the residents who took care of these lawnsn never interacted with one another. they spend their leisure time watering their private yards and gardens. he saw the residents preoccupation as a selfish, noncommunal and utilitarian sort of activity. he was not alone in making such a general assessment about individualistic inclinations in american society at that time. his interpretation should be qualified, i think by the observations of a later french visitor, jacque maritan who also spent time in the united states and wrote about what h

a trade association for investor-owned electric power companies. jessica covers operations, education, workforce issues, i and before that she was government affairs represented in halliburton to work for speaker john boehner and speaker paul ryan. i last speaker is kelly farmer, he associate director for the affordability and energy efficiency division for the district of columbia area she is responsible for the management of energy programs, the fitness program and of course the low income home energy assistance program. we have a terrific panel and the intent is to provide you with a perspective on energy poverty in our state and out of the address not just through one program through a partnership of states, utilities and local governments all working together to help families pay their home energy bill. so a couple of things in thinking about energy affordability and energy poverty, what does it really mean? it just some broad topic and we hear a lot about poverty in the united states, affordability what specifically is meant by energy poverty ? for low income families if 10 perc

amvets where he signed an amazing executive order eliminating date for disabled veterans associated with higher educationct with folks it was a special day here. griff: i saw here at the fair not just the jacket but a lot of other trump things. ultimately this fair is about families. this one is a special one the time you get to spend here. would you recommend people come here. >> i would. come here, go through the barnes, see the animals, eat the food. good times. griff: all right, governor. >> thank you very much. i have got to do some eating. a ham to get through. steve: 3-million-dollar ham. breakfast starts at 7:30 this morning. griff, have you got to give us a report in a couple perform hours. griff: you got it. brian: is he a surfer. 19 mention before the top of the hour. dolphin's owner steven ross criticized for hosting a fundraiser for president trump. now stepping down for nfl social justice committee. is that the right move? steve: ladies and gentlemen diamond and silk are in the studio and they have a lot to say about that. they will join us on the other side of a quick time-out. you are wat

we hope the pm and chancellor follows through to prioritise further education funding and the associationeping you waiting a while. i am so grateful for you bearing with us while we got to you. how often these days will farmer choose one crop over anything else? that is a good question. i think generally, farming is much more of a sort of specialised operation than it was perhaps 100 years ago and diversity casing was much more imminent. now, we see much more specialism and you have to consider the people are growing call flowers and brassica in general in places like lincolnshire because they is the best place to grow them. and you look at the records and they clearly say that this is the one crop in the uk that really is suited to the uk climate. and yet as we have seen, they have really struggled this year because of the weather. so how in future might farmers choices have to change to melt gate against the exposure they will face to changing weather. —— mitigate. they will face to changing weather. -- mitigate. that is of course the big question. and one of the things that climate cha

education has been his passion. both for himself and others.>>> i just got a scholarship.>> reporter: dalvin work part-time at mcdonald's. while completing three associates degrees and his diploma. he was on his own living with his aunt after his father passed away. and his mother was not able to care for him. >>> that was beginning of a new beginning for me.>>> my teenage self was persistent. because i think it takes a courageous and strong individual to be able to persevere through some of the most difficult obstacles that you can face in your personal life.>> reporter: that inner resolve led him to georgetown as an undergraduate. then on to johns hopkins for a masters degree. before completing his doctorate at usc. now back in the bay area he has reconnected with those who helped him achieve his educational goals. like oakland unified school district superintendent doctor kyla johnson. >>> i knew exactly from a block away who he was.>> reporter: kyla was his favorite elementary school teacher. they haven't seen each other in almost 2 decades.>>> i can see myself in the classroom.>> reporter: it is time for catching up any bit of career advice. dalvin

education initiative. as a person who's leading a pathbreaking program in a field associated with medicine and public health he was at the resume be a best person to talk to what people should know about the current wave of opioid dependencies that is sweeping across vast swaths of the american landscape but as you will see in his book in pain reeder comes to the topic from his own struggles against that very dependency. after crushing his foot in a motorcycle accident about four years ago now an injury that almost necessitated invitation he underwent numerous surgeries to put his body back in place, a process with an income principal amount of pain in various forms. to manage that he thought for relief in a way he was prescribed of men fentanyl, morphine and more and then the question became how do you back away from those doses the time is right. that is a question that is widely debated among the medical committee, a fact that he first came to understand firsthand and needed to grapple with. with his initial notes were made while still in the hospital his book is an exceptionally vivid account of much de

. >> people go into service for education benefits and some are to seek help because i don't want to associate me in that way. if have you more of a program, more helpful in having some of these more en cessful veterans that oft imes are not driving narratives. not just stories of how unhappy they are. ut how we're doing. >> in terms of success stories, right, you have a lot of these nonprofits out theres the ere is funding. > do you feel this is like you've got that you're fog to be this up? to hold collection of the here? > we have a lot of funders are supporting this had effort. and it's not happening. that.re concerned about hat we have real findings t elp hink can drive to h individuals as they're getting out. but also, if you're a funder and w what program you hould be funding because of grams are are illeding verses not. good news stories, i don't know. >> if i want to know what is going on in veteran lands that, is kind of it. right? is a they don't know hat and think it's a health care system. so they're not educating themselves whether the issues back to s and coming if you're pushin

. >> organizations like aha and the other associations and societies really get out there and do what aha is doing, educatingeople because people don't know it's a problem that's happening. the more you can talk about in your offices or your constituents is really important to bring up real-life examples with them. >> i've been seeing a lot of academic literature real push on the internet saying it will save us from human error when we are talking about i.v. transfusion pump but i always did have this fear in the back of my mind that these things are hackable but most of literature i'm seeing lately dealing the securities focused on the path of data collection. there really is not as much direct risk there or is that something that will be forthcoming as more of these crises become mainstream? >> a lot of these systems are very smart and there is always human error. we are finding that medical records are in many cases more secure than they were when they were paper records in many cases but you know everything is going to be hackable eventually but there's always going to be when there's no 100% guarantee t

the association members stand ready to help develop a curriculum and interpretive program to educate current students and future generations about these important murals, and the history they portray. thank you for your time. >> i am an elder of the -- we heard all of this controversy. i believe those murals are our evidence that genocide happened. that is why they should stay up. without in mind, as an elder, i just want to suggest to you. you did this for other people, why not do this for our people. have a native counselor there, because one of the issues i'm hearing is that it is affecting our native people in the safe space. we have ceremonies for that. why not use that? why not bring in a native, spiritual guide, to help our people. they are going to face this every day of their life. after school. where is their safe than? we need to train i was accused of being a colonialist. if we start thinking these doctors, who are coming in, yelling at the top of their lungs at one of the meetings, is saying the way that we calm our kids down, put them on drugs. that is what they did to

. >> i think it's important organizations like aha and the other associations and societies get out there and do what ha is doing, educate people. people don't even know this is a problem or that is happening. and you know, the more you can talk about it and your offices work with your constituents in, it's important and bring up real-life examples with them. >> i've been seeing a lot in academic literature, pushed the idea of the internet of things that will save us from human error when we'retalking about iv transfusion . but i kind of always have this fear in the back of my mind of these things are handled most of the literature i've seen lately dealing with security is focused on either the of data collection do you think that there's not really as much direct risk there or is that something that could be forthcoming as the more of these devices become mainstream? >> a lot of the systems are very smart . and there is all always human error and we're finding that medical records are in many cases more secure than they were when they were paper records, in many cases but everything's going to be couple eventually. ther