sub by visit teacher of history at garfield high school in seattle and the co-director. advisor to the black student union at that high school. he was in 2013 the winner of the secondary teacher of the year by the education association of arts and sciences and most importantly for our purposes was the leader or one of the leading figures in the 2013 math test boycott. that was national news. [applause] and before we start off with dao i would be remiss if we did not acknowledge there are other testers sisters in the audience anchor jupiters to the beauprez somebody who testified in the u.s. senate gina lee an elementary schoolteacher and parent and in the upper deck over their rosy and lee giles teachers at rustic heights who led a protest -- last year. c rachel ailes is here and what other bulldogs? and riosa roe from garfield high school. these were two of the leaders of a math test boycott. c fantastic. welcome all. dao tell us your story of the boycott at your school. >> my daughter is seven now but in new york city if you want to send your child to a public school y

because what erupted at garfield led to walkouts of students. just a week later students in portland oregon walked out refuse to take the oakes test and the president of the portland teachers union is here that worked with those young students. that was incredible and it led to what commentators are calling the education spring. it's ongoing. we are currently in the largest revolt against high-stakes testing in u.s. history. we had 60,000 parents opt their kids out of test here in new york state. the walkout that diane said i think is the largest walkout probably in u.s. history of high-stakes testing in colorado. it's an incredible struggle. i just want to share a couple of the best little stories that came up in the collection of this book. this one is from providence student union and they wrote passersby in downtown providence jumped startled as ghoulish looking crowd of young people turned a corner of kennedy plaza plaza. green skin shine, sunken eyes stared and torn blood spattered clothes dragged as a shovel down westminster street. these

they have so much money, they have a party for garfield every day! mariah carey is here. no other day has lived up to that first day. >> seth: so disappointing. >> yeah. >> seth: and then where did you grow up? you grew up -- >> pakistan. >> seth: no, but like when you moved here when you were 18, where did you guys live? >> i lived in iowa, i went to school. then i was in chicago and started doing comedy in chicago. >> seth: did stand-up in chicago. was that a good place to start with stand-up. >> it was great. i mean a lot of funny people are from chicago. and we had some really fun times. it was good. there's a really funny comedian named -- i can't believe i'm going to tell this story. a very funny comedian named kyle kinane, who's from chicago. very funny guy. look him up if you guys don't know him. one time, we were doing a show in chicago. and we did the show, it was great. we went outside to smoke and as he was smoking, we noticed that there was some --

>> garfield in 1881 rand m mckinley in 1901, the first reason that scholars give is that lincoln and kennedy died immediately or almost immediately. i follow this couple up through reconstruction till the end of their lives. i'm not sure i can explain this. she's devastated, ulttterly devastated. i followed her through the whole story. she wrote so much about lincoln. there's a sense of at the immediate moment i think garfield and mckinley were devastating events but they didn't have the legacies that lincoln and kennedy had partly because they were not, i guess although garfield was a very good president, they were understood to be the kind of great statesmen that lincoln and kennedy were understood to be. thank you. yes. >> i wonder if you can tell it to be more 150 years ago about lincoln's assassination 100 years later then how people feel about also how they address the issues because the cause may be freedom and justice and peace and now we can international affairs. would you give us a little bit related issues and how people feel and why do they assassinate this person. >> i'

years have activated did garfield mission district for the officers in playground as trying to make the mraurgsd police friendly and have a success story we want to model across the city friday we began to activate no campus and southern station b will open at third street are saturday are morning at 6:00 a.m. and the modification will be set to do business an april 13th we've been doing tours of the building is a spectacular structure and it is the power noun the place couple of days 96 hours of sustainability so we can literally run a police department out of this building it equals with the safe earthquake it is a public building we'll graduate your first candidate k can do he did class and we'll take young people going to school in and around san francisco and the cloosz look like san francisco and young 0 people that are interested in about law enforcement they have a full load of posting high school 12 unit a very good job for the public safety in the building and look sharply and lastly a dispatcher of the command staff for the chief told me it's been as many know the partiti

we saved our teacher and the black student union at garfield now is just won the city's human rights award for leading a march -- first marching to the precinct demanding that black lives matter, and then leading a walkout the day after there was no indictment of darren wilson and they're becoming leaders not just at the school but for the entire city, and defining what black lives matter means and it's all part of the growing struggle. and i want to say one last thing about the transformative nature of these struggles. i want to just end by reading a quick passage. there's a chapter in here you should not miss which is by a young woman named amber cudlow who wasn't to a school here in new york state, and she was the school's valedictorian and she -- because she had the best grades and the highest test scores she was told by the principal she had to give the graduation speech for the school, and she said, absolutely not. i don't have anything to say. i'm not a good public speaker. i'm not going to give the speech. and the principal said, it's not that you don't have to it's just you

lincoln was there an eyewitness to garfield assassination at a washington, d.c.rain station. in 1901, he was there again lincoln at the pan american exposition in buffalo new york when william mckinley was assassinateed. truth stranger than fix. iain and lucy? >> absolutely bruce. >> usually it always is. >> dangerous situation to comes to peaceful end but the video a dramatic. >> a driver goes the wrong way for miles down several highways. police could not waste a second in stopping her. how they did with tax strips. >> talented kids earned their spot in a robotic championship but they need your help to go and they don't have. time. howard? >> flyers general manager ron hextall makes a decision on his head coach. well sort of made a decision and phillies have made a line yup change with ryan howard. that's all coming up in sports. ♪ >>> wrong way driver. >> there was car driving the wrong way down the -- >> i just saw the lights coming towards me. >> there was a car going the wrong way. >> we almost had a head on collision. >> those are the frantic 911 calls of

it's a wonderful book about the assassination of james garfield. and claims that secretary of war robert todd lincoln told this dream to president garfield during the final cabinet meeting on june 30 two days before garfield was assassinated. what irony you can't get more than that. historian recently appropriated the story for the title of his new book, lincoln dreamed he died. don't buy that book. wait for mine to come out. the question is is the story true? i think we should be naturally hesitant to accept such a fantasticical story and the story could be greater cause for concern. first published his account in a newspaper in 1887 more than 22 years after lincoln died. it later appeared in his recollections of abraham lincoln, a book published in 1895. in recollections he claimed to recount the story from notes which i made immediately after its recital in april 1865. now, for years scholars have treated the stories with some reservation. harvard historian said that was highly unreliable in some accounts while stanford historian claimed that mo

an environment that values a quick fix on education over learning, he was a new math teacher at garfield. >> rand paul was just reading wikipedia and passing it off as his own words. a few days after that, one time he ripped off the associated press in his state of the union response in 2013. and then again in a speech at howard university in 2013, he ripped off a passage from the conservative group called focus on the family. also, there was him plagiarizing in an op-ed. pages and pages of his book were just copy and pasted. he did a lot. and all these stories started to break. and senator rand paul at first refused to answer any questions about them. look, rand paul mum after plagiarism allegation. but then he decided to talk about it. in his explanation where he had found up to be ripping people off and copying portions of people's work and presenting it as his own, his explanation was that it was very unfair for people to be point thing out. people were only reporting this story because they hate him. >> i take it as an insult and will not lie down and say people can call me dishones

but he didn't -- he had just been appointed secretary of state and garfield but as you know garfieldwas assassinated months later so blaine did not last very long in the new administration, and did not have enough money to support this house, this staff and the entertaining that went along with it. so in 1883, by 1883 had he bought a house on lafayette square the surety house, had renovated it and moved there and rented this house out to then a relatively unknown family from chicago called the lighters. now the lighters over time would change the face of washington society. at the same time that blaine was building his house washington was seeing a new wave of immigration and this different sets of people. it was this military set and the new vo reach. this military consisted of high ranking military officers following the great generals to washington name there uly lis sees s-grant phillip sheridan hoping to fill the high paying positions in the war in the navy department. that was one secretarier of the military. the other also followed the generals to washington but they were alre

deliver" describe the main plot this way "in the area of east los angeles in 1992 a new teacher at garfielda of east l.a. in 1982, in an environment that values a quick fix on education over learning, e escalanta was a new math teacher at garfield high school. >> rand paul was just reading wikipedia and passing it if it was his own words. a few days after that, one time he ripped off the associated press in his state of the union response in 2013. that takes chutzpa in a national address like that. and then again in a speech at howard university in 2013, he ripped off a passage from the conservative group called focus on the family. also, there was him plagiarizing in an op-ed. he wrote for "the washington times" also pages and pages of his book were just copied and pasted for some conservative think tank. he did a lot. and all these stories started to break. and senator rand paul at first just refused to answer any questions about them. look, rand paul mum after plagiarism allegation. but then ultimately he decided to talk about it. his explanation for all those instances where he had foun

they were going to cut a teacher garfield high school nine weeks into this voyeur after kids averted put all this work into the class. it was going to leave 150 students without a class. some of those students hated that class to graduate so it was going to put their graduation in jeopardy. we had a staff meeting to figure out what to do about this problem and i said you know we have got to do something about this. we should rally the school board and tell them about how we can't lose this teacher. another teacher said that's not going to do anything. let's just walk out. [laughter] >> that's a good idea. the entire building emptied of all the students and teachers who said this is outrageous. we are not going to stand for this and they said oh yeah just kidding. we were planning on doing that. and we saved their teacher and the black student union at garfield now is -- just won the city's human rights award for leading a march first marching to the precinct demanding that black lives matter and then a walk out the day after there was no indictment of darren wilson and they're becomi

katrina adams who grew up not far from marshall high school and whose parents still live in the east garfield park community. earlier this year katrina adams became the first african-american and first former pro tennis player to become president and c.e.o. of the united states tennis association. the 134-year-old organization that has barred black athletes from its premier event, the u.s. nationals championship formerly known as the u.s. open until 1950 when it allowed althea gibson to compete. at 46, adams is the youngest of the 53 people, among them just four women, who have been the usta leader an unpaid volunteer position. in an article done by the "chicago tribune," the writer states that although her term lasts only two years, adams understands that her being the face of the u.s. tennis association can have a significant impact especially at a moment when the best female player in the world serena williams, also is a train train. -- is a african-american katrina is supposed to have said, and i quote, i think having a african-american as president is a huge statement. it shows how far w

garfield, who was the chair of the house appropriations committee, was shot. and grant did back off. but in his heart, i think he was keynesian before keynes, if you well. to counteract the depression, the congress passed the in and -- the inflation bill, which would have pumped $90 million of currency back into the economy and grant very seriously considered signing that bill but orthodox thinkers said, no, you will flood the economy with too much money. and he did veto that bill. the inflation bill did commit the republican party to orthodox thinking a monetary policy. in civil service reform, grant became a civil service reform or, at least for a while. congress authorized a commission to be established to write rules for appointment in the federal bureaucracy. grant appointed the premier civil-service reform or two had that commission, a man named william curtis. with strong opposition in congress, however, because that was a direct assault on the patronage machine that the senators in congress had built up to recommend people to office. the civil service

garfield.what is significant about that is a large part of the argument for grant in 1880 was he would be a strong man in the white house after what people regarded as the weak hayes. some called him nancy jane hayes. in the minds of his supporters in 1880, grant had established the notion the president should be a strong voice. he should be an activist leader. we take this for granted today. if you look at the long evolution of the presidency versus the congress, this is a milestone. more and more, we will see presidents being assertive. that is what grant was up to during his presidency. these people who voted for him at the convention in 1880 was saying it should not be a handmaiden to the congress. that is another step in the creation of the modern presidency, that this was the appropriate role for a president to make. all right. thank you very much. [applause] please. >> a quick question. you briefed us on grant's actions for the annexation and that it was defeated. in his annual address t

san francisco police in garfield park and today it held a community resource fair with games, face paintingit from the park's horses. saying he recognizes police must be involved in the community. >>> golden gate bridge is supporting a 7-foot tall deck coclock. the clock was removed last august to rebuild the electric motor, hands and other mechanical featurers. crews plan to work over the next few weeks to reattach the clock's arms and neon numbers. it's part of a $2 million retrofit project. >>> a beautiful weekend wrapped up with a beautiful sunset. in case you missed it it we want to show you a picture. just what it looked like over the oakland estuary. >>> coming up next meteorologist mark following a warmup this week. a look at when we return to the 80s. >>> well, a beautiful day across the entire bay area. temperatures sored over yesterday's readings. a lot of 70s out there. take a look at the highs from this afternoon. san francisco topped out 71 degrees. a few 80s to report out napa and antioch and san jose in the upper 70s at 78. there's a weather system out here in the pacific. t

san francisco -- steps up the presence at garfield park in the mission district.parently, it's making a difference. today, community resource fair with games, face painting. police must be involved in the community to be effective officers. >> >> another meeting is planned to discuss a possible ban on wood burning fireplaces in bay area home. air quality district wants to require owners that sale or rent their properties to replace the fireplaces. meetings have been held in several counties. tomorrow's meet something set for 6:00 p.m. at san raff-year-old city hall. raphael city hall. >> >> a lot of 70s, even a few lowle 0s showing up inland toward concorde andlymore. most of the clear conditions looking out toward san francisco bay there is golden gate britain in the distance. some haze, i think we'll have fog later tonight into tomorrow morning. a few changes developing as we head into monday's forecast, weak system approaches northern california and the pay area. very nice sunday as you can see the live camera. live satellite showing you this, clear skies over

weekly is reporting that emma stone and andrew garfield are pumping breaks on their three-year couplingar relationship. others close say break is due in part to their work schedule. >> to go back to that shot real quickly can we do that, here's the deal. when i look at hair, like that guy, i'm trying to keep what i got. johnny, when you look the at a guy's hair like that my, my, my i wish i had that hair. >> this is what happens. chris goes home looks in the mirror and shows his face and then he says. >> my, my, my, my, my, i want hair like that tonight ♪ >> my, my, my my, i want hair like that tonight. >> oh, my gosh. >> exactly johnny. guess what i'm doing after the show getting me a haircut. >> it is all messed up now. >> along with six boys in north carolina she's expecting baby number seven this summer. baby number seven. family threw a special party complete with a gender reveal cake where it is a secret for the couple but you tell the the baker i give them result, it is blue fit is boy pink if it is a girl and you you don't know this until you cut in. everybody else knew a baby g

people have already drawn comparisons between him and garfield and his owners say they're not too far off. he posted that he walked into the kitchen one time to see george eating a plate of bow tie pasta. don't like the standing cat? leon: i'm getting a little choked up. emotional. alison: i see that. leon: standing cat. alison: ok. leon: check this out. this video at the zoo standing around isn't that exciting or important. actually it is. this is the very first video clip ever posted on you tube. 18 seconds worth of it that happened 10 years ago today. how about that? get ready for changes coming to your facebook feed. the company says it doesn't want you to miss updates from your friends. so it's making changes to make sure that they are higher up in your news feed. this is after criticism that the social network's last update made it harder to keep up with friends. alison: from the where have you been all my life file? tonight, we bring you the taco cannon. an omaha taco shop is teaming up with the university of omaha to launch them right into the stands at the school's new $81 1/

the shop in garfields gives female customers a 24% discount on everything while male customers have to full price. >> there's been a few guys that have come in. i've been nervous to tell them about what this is. >> the items in the store are all made by women and many of them are local artists, what do you think? you have to pay more as a man. >> i'm okay with that. what the heck? >> i understand their point but yea it could make a lot of men a little angry. >> i don't feel a lot of men in the store. >> just so send in you know their -- female friends or -- >> there you go. >> wife or girlfriend. >> go in and buy some pottery. i'm all set. >>> all right, it's r5:40. a dream come true for a teen too sick for the prom. great story, how one hospital didn't let her situation get in the way of a very special night. >> and let's take a live look out at oakland right now. this is 880. traffic is moving along pretty well on this monday morning. elizabeth is going to be back to let us know how the rest of the roads ar just can't seem to escape... another sneeze attack... you may be muddling thr

accident in north philadelphia at 19th and diamond and a crash in pennsauken to avoid along 130 near garfield avenue. there's some downed wires in doylestown this afternoon along swamp road at york road. that's a good spot to steer of. in east greenwich a wreck along kings highway and if you're headed into south jersey by the delaware memorial bridge expect big delays along the northbound side of 295 just 12 miles per hour coming out of new castle because of a crash on the bridge. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this finally friday afternoon and sounds like it's going to be a beautiful weekend so if you're headed down the shore, so far so good on the a.c. expressway, garden state parkway. let's see what we have cooking on absecon boulevard. a pothole on the road. that's no surprise. we'll check it again brian and monica in the next half hour. >> 'tis the season. that's right. >> much more ahead on "action news" at 4:00. pope francis could be adding onto his trip in the u.s. the stop in the caribbean he might be making either before or after his visit to philadelphia. >> but firs