maryland chose to remind us of betsy ross and francis scott key.ctators had their reminders too. missouri's float drew cheers and jeers as the six girls, whose for coats strongly resembled mink, reminded the crowd of more current affairs. arkansas joined in to remind america on which side of the political fence she was. most of the states boasted of industrial, agricultural, and recreational prowess in colors and animation that made each spectacle in itself. ♪ narrator: north carolina, with their great forests, emphasized her stock and trade. while her neighbor made an invitation to the rest of the nation. ♪ narrator: alabama symbolized her industrial power with vulcan, ancient greek god of metalworking. vermont boasted of its spring of unbroken victory. old man river was personified by mississippi's float resembling an old paddlewheelrre. new jersey chose to dramatize another famous general's speech, george washington crossing the delaware. floats from north, south, east and west, 59 of them come up brilliantly proclaiming their states contributio

he recalls the murder of francis scott key's son by u.s.epresentative from the york, daniel sickles, and the trial and coverage that followed. tammy: so, a little bit about our speaker, who we are really excited to have today, chris derose. chris, actually, was in, i believe, sweden -- was it sweden? -- last week. we just got the call last week that he was coming, so we are just thrilled that he took time away to reach out to us and to confirm his appearance.

some of the schools under the resolution mission, george washington high schools, jefferson and francis scott key elementary schools, and james denman middle school. the board plans to vote on whether to support the recommendations at its meeting this afternoon. >>> we're all talking about the rain that's coming our way. our storm ranger is being put to the test this week as it tracks this big incoming storm. here's a live look outside in oakland where it is clear for now, but that will soon change later today. a live look in the sierra, as well, which is set to get so much snow from the system that is moving in. kari hall is timing it all out for us this morning. this is a big, juicy one coming. >> absolutely. and we need it at this point. we just don't want it all at once, right. we are going to have huge impacts from this atmospheric river moving in, and this is what we're expecting -- the cold start to our morning. we've seen temperatures in the 30s as you get ready to head out the door. and as we go into today, the winds start to pick up, and some of those gusts may reach 20 to 50 miles per

he recalls the murder of francis scott key's son by u.s. representative from the york, daniel sickles, and the trial and coverage that followed. tammy: so, a little bit about our speaker, who we are really excited to have today, chris derose. chris, actually, was in, i believe, sweden -- was it sweden? -- last week. we just got the call last week that he was coming, so we are just thrilled that he took time away to reach out to us and to confirm his appearance. but he is a new york times best-selling author of "the star spangled scandal," which is the topic for today, the precedent for congressman lincoln and founding rivals, and he was the senior litigation counsel to the arizona general, professor of constitutional and international law, and clerk of the superior court was america's fourth-largest county. chris sits on the board of directors for the abraham lincoln association and the board of scholarly advisers to president lincoln's cottage. he and his wife reside in phoenix. i present to you, chris derose. [applause] chris: thank you,

he talks about the 1859 murder of francis scott key's son by daniel sickles and the trial and newspaper coverage that followed. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, on real america -- reel america, we take you back in time to experience residential inaugurations and events and traditions surrounding them. prof. depue: it is a pleasure to be here to talk about this. i did a presentation about a year ago on d-day and it went over very well, i think, but i got several comments, hey, how come you never talk about the pacific theater? i got that comment from submarines, and a couple -- from some marines, and a couple are here tonight. it is not by accident that we are doing this presentation on the 13th of august. on the 14th of august was the official surrend o

day the trial begins, simmons is at onocal inn, located down patrick street, around where the francis scott key hotel is located today, and he is shooting his mouth off about how he knows the president wants wilkinson to be convicted, he knows the verdict is in the bag. jurors here about simmons bragging about that, brings it to wilkinson's attention, madison'sbrings it to attention and madison has to reprimand simmons for shooting his mouth off. there's probably not a single believedthat jury who the accounting with a vengeance. , the charges related to being a travel voucher cheat -- the trial lasts from september until december. it begins, it inns in fits and starts. .t's a charade they say, i've had it, i'm getting out of here and i'm not coming back. they say, you will do what you are told. go back and finish trying the case. the jury comes back on christmas day with a verdict. it's not real until madison approves it in february. they get to trial, looking at how the charges are done, not only how the jurors are picked. the question is, does madison want a conviction? reason why madison be

the trial begins, simmons is at a local inn, located down on patrick street, around where the francis scott key hotel is located today, and he is shooting his mouth off about how he knows the president wants wilkinson to be convicted, he knows the verdict is in the bag. jurors hear about simmons bragging about that, brings it to wilkinson's attention, wilkinson brings it to madison's attention and madison has to reprimand simmons for shooting his mouth off. his testimony is rejected by all of the jurors, and i think the reason why was there was probably not a single juror on that jury who believed the accounting with a vengeance. so, simmons, the charges related to being a travel voucher cheat , he is acquitted of all of those. the trial lasts from september until december. it begins and ends in fits and starts. it's a charade. basically one day he stands up and says i've had it, i'm getting out of here and i'm not coming back. the president of the court contacts radisson -- president madison and basically they say, you will do what you are told. go back and finish trying the case. he goes ahea

so in terms of francis scott key, there has been a process around naming the site, and so one of the names that the collective has come up with is shirley chisholm, which is a great name. commissioner cook, if he's still on there, agrees, as well. so that name, there was a process that went through to land on that name to include educators. and i just want to say, i also spoke with supervisor mar, and he says that the district has been very inclusive , and the community folks in the area. however, we are working on reconvening our educator housing group so that we could go over the current land. there's been some hiccups with the tax credits at the state level which has made it a little bit more difficult to access the funds that we were trying to go for, so we are needing to recon convenient as a group to figure out how to strategize how to go forward with our community and figure out how to go forward. >> okay. committee of the whole for tuesday, december 1. vice president lopez? >> we went over the student assignment committee, and i think we should have that conversation again. t

so as a test, i'd like you to complete a phrase from your beloved "star- spangled banner" by francis scott key yet" -- it's fred it's fred and he's watching live [ light laughter ] i apologize, fred. our first guest tonights are very funny comedians and "new york times" best-selling writers. the third season of their fantastic show "desus and mero" premieres january 31st on showtime please welcome back to the desus nice and the kid mero! how are you gentlemen! seth >> hey, seth >> and i'm going to ask you the question every talk show host has asked. how do you think comedy will be affected by the biden administration and how have you felt about the first week >> oh, i thought we were here to do the new -- the new chinese swab >> seth: you guys were going to do the swab? >> i thought that's what they told us in the -- in the pre thing. >> seth: we're not doing the new chinese swab >> you're not gonna -- we're not doing that i was kind of looking forward to it >> seth: we were -- if you were here in person but being remote, it would have to be such a long swab >> yeah. an extend-o. [ laughter ]

francis scott key what did he ever do that's lasting? the national anthem.tood out. general tecumseh sherman helped win the war for the north? thomas jefferson. in 2017, they said it's only cill war. it's only civil war icons. that's only people that are going to pay the price. those are the people whose monument should come down it's never washington and jefferson. guess what, john, it's now them. your thoughts? >> yeah. here we are. here we are. it's ridiculous, absurd and misguided and is frankly immature. these people are just o -- i don't know if they're adults or not making these decisions they are very immature. we have got to cut this out. look at anybody's life from decades orson tries ago and pick out things that don't measure up to 21st century standards. and we have got to with these historical figures you have to take them in the totality of acts and lives. by any measure, abraham lincoln lived a great life and his accomplishments are magnificent same for the other people on this list. we should be reveering and honoring people not tearing them

item 3 formally known as francis scott key. 135 unit housing development at 1360 43rd avenue in collaboration with s.f.u.s.d. it will provide housing for paraeducators and educators. units ranging from 40% to 120% a.m.i. please note items one and two were amended at budget and satisfy nance to include he -- to finance. the items are continued to be heard at today's meeting. in terms of schedule, in the projects are awarded bond allocation, they will return to the board for issuance approval this summer. in all three projects to close on construction financing in fall of 2021. joined here by representatives from each project sponsor. we are happy to answer any questions the committee members may have. thank you. >> thank you so much for the presentation. do we have any questions or comments from committee members? >> chair haney. >> i wanted to thank jonathan for the presentation and thank mayor breed for your work on these three really important affordable housing projects. especially i want to highlight item 3. the shirley chisholm village. this is the city's first ever affordable housing cr

including george washington, abraham lincoln, thomas jefferson, paul revere, dianne feinstein, francis scott keyion pushing back pointed out the following. the google sheet that contains the research referenced by the committee generally contains a single link tough a wikipedia page. so they're going to wikipedia, they're going to news articles, they're finding some link, and they're saying get rid of paul revere. >> well, first of all, we have to start with some fact it is. the san francisco public school system has about a 55% proficiency e rate in reading and a 50% proficiency rate in math which means basically have the kids can't read, and half the kids can't do math. and they're using all of this stuff to distract from the fact that they are just not educating children. this is indicative of a sort of lodge rick around the woke left which is that they have a certain idea of what they think these his editor call figures are. and instead of going to facts and actually books and learning, today go to articles written by other people on the woke left on the internet. is so it's actually really