a grandmother is telling the story of lafayette's visit to her two grandchildren and a family friend. says, thealcott general, a score to buy the mayor, drove up. man in trousers. cane, smiling and bowing like a true frenchman. three old ladies rose. he bowed first to the picture -- on the back was stamped lafayette's likeness. presented.adies were as if to escape any further kissed the, he pretty girls on the cheek. this is the spot where the dear old man saluted me. i'm quite as proud as i am now as i was then could read he was a brave, good man and he helped us in our troubles. the next is on exhibit upstairs. the daughter had in her possession. the type of that is glove that was available at that time. madame hancock was wearing. , he headedeaded on august 31, stopping in numerous towns. events in for a salem, beverly, ipswich. citizens of new hampshire joined the frenzy. the rainy day in which he and his entourage visited portsmouth. lafayette proved to be a magnet or americans of all races, colors, and genders, veterans of the american revolution hastens to greet him. september 1 happens to be the day

hoffman, author alan discusses general lafayette's farewell tour. his book is an english translation of a journal written by lafayette's private secretary. we learn about his travels through america and his meetings with the founding fathers. this program was hosted by the massachusetts historical association. it is one hour. >>

i haven't finished shrinking down the french government and so they make lafayette a major general, that's what he's called. he's basically a glorified intern. until he proves himself and then so finally he gets his commission and a few days later he meets george washington and, you know, washington was six for -- six feet 4 inches tall and makebig impression on lafayette. lafayette was so starstruck when he meets washington, he wrote: it was impossible to mistake for a moment his majestic figure in department, nor was he less distinguished of the noble stability of his manner, which is a sweet memory, but does get on my nerves how he needed tall people to make a good first impression. [laughter] >> unfortunately, because of a scheduling mishap we can't be at kareem abdul-jabbar's presentation next door, so i will go out on a limb and say everyone loves kareem abdul jabbar. i do love kareem abdul-jabbar. so anyway, he joins up. washington, he fully grows on washington because he is so gung ho. the whole work, all of his men are deserting in droves and here's this french kid who is like put

general. his men hated him. so, what influence did lafayette have on him? sarah: what influence did lafayette have on washington? >> yes. without lafayette, the battle of yorktown is a whole another story. sarah: i mean, i think -- for one thing lafayette just bucked up washington for most of the war. washington was about to get fired and sometimes for cause. lafayette was always on his side know thesever, you , conspiracies arose to get rid of washington, lafayette was the one saying like, these people are idiots. you are one for the ages, so there is that. i think it was keeping washington going, and like washington keeping going was kind of the key to that war. like just his endurance, putting up with it, sticking it out, and so i think there was that influence. and also lafayette was a pretty fervent abolitionist. fervent abolitionist. he could have influenced washington's decision to have some of his own slaves -- washington to have some of his own slaves freed upon his death. there is thought about that, but i would say mostly it was moral support. i

relations said none of their members got one how can we say no so they held a counter general across the street in lafayette park it's not an american muslim advance and really it just shows that the samyn astray she is not willing to reach out to american most. yes. the president trumps contentious relationship with the muslim community began during his campaign and deteriorated immediately after taking office with a series of travel bans that targeted muslim majority countries. well the proposed ban sparked protests and outrage in cities across america the u.s. supreme court will soon begin hearing legal challenges to them last year president trump drew additional criticism for being the first president in recent history to break the tradition of inviting muslim leaders to the white house during ramadan the koran teaches that islam is a commitment to live in peace hillary clinton as first lady hosted the first holiday dinner in one thousand nine hundred ninety six as a way of reaching out to the muslim world both presidents george bush and barack obama's continue the tradition in honoring these familiar v

lafayette, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. sponges about an hour ago, the attorney general announced a $67 million settlement to help students ofhuttered corinthian colleges. >> they were shut down amid allegations of fraud. the estate is helping former students who were misled by the school. >> california's attorney general says the former christians students were cheated when those schools suddenly shut down. in his office, he is working to get them all of their money back. today during a news conference in san francisco, xavier becerra announced the settlement with balboa student loan trust. the private company that holds the loans of for about 35,000 former corinthian students across california. under this agreement, all of the students will have 100% of their outstanding debt forgiven and the lender will immediately stop collection and delete any negative credit reporting for those students. corinthian colleges also known as everest college and wyotech were shut down after the courts ruled the for-profit chain of schools defrauded students by giving misleading data about post-graduation job placement rates and also pressur

general's report, but disagrees with some of its conclusions. (ken)(ken) another big story tonight in the east bay: a high school teacher at bentley school in lafayettewas in court today. brandon genest is accused of sexually assaulting two young children he was babysitting. authorities say, he could potentially face more charges.... and as kron- 4's dan kerman tells us... investigators are looking at the possibility of additional victims. 27 year old brandon genest is charged with sexually assaulting 2 children he was babysitting in walnut creek ... one age 6, the other age 7... and authorities believe there are likely additional victimssot paul graves/senior deputy district attorney 12-24 there's obviously a lot of concerned parents who had interaction with him and we are going through those phone calls , interviewing children and determining if additional charges will be coming and i anticipate there will bethe da's office says in addition to lewd acts with a child and child molesting, genest has been charged with indecent exposure and possession of child pornography... authorities say the suspect was advertising on numerous websites including sit