his mother gladys recalled that her son didn't want to play baseball, like the other sacramento boys.solitary pursuits, including reading, writing and stamp-collecting. that's all -- wasn't your typical japanese-american male. i don't know anyone that collects stamps. [laughter] as a 6-year-old boy, he even authored books titled "the history of stamp collecting" "and the history of coin collecting." he'd staple them together and sell them to his aunties and you go -- uncles for 10 cents apiece. [laughter] this one really got me. so while in high school, he earned money plucking feathers from ducks for hunters. and spent that cash on stamps while his friends spent their money on going out to dates. so you could kind of see jeff's beginnings of a writer, an author, a publisher. but you can also see how coming to san francisco really changed his life. [laughter] and it begun in 1978, when he became involved with the defense committee. the case involved a korean immigrant man, who was wrongfully convicted of a murder in san francisco's chinatown. his work on the free chol soo lee movement

gladys knight and the pips, midnight train to georgia and gladys knight was there.ts. chart toppers. guy me your requests. ill aa take them. use the hashtag ktvu. facebook, instagram and twitter. >> i love it. thank you. >>> spacex and nasa getting ready for an historic launch tonight. pardon me. the new capsule called the crew dragon will be launched on a cape canaveral rocket. the going to the international space station. no people will object this test flight. but it will carry a dummy covered with sensors that elon mick has nicknamed ripley. experts are hoping reply will help determine environmental conditions for humans on the spacecraft. the dragon capsule could be used to take astronauts to the international space station later this year. >>> a texas school district is changing its dress code now hoping to fight teenaged vaping. officials in the city of channing are banning long sleeves. after several reports of kids vaping on campus and several vape pipes and pens being confiscated from students, the superintendent took some action. he says students were hid

gladys chavis says that casting manufacturers should be regulated to reduce plastic production thanks for your comments. plastic is controversial but of course it's extremely versatile no wonder scientists are hard at work developing bioplastics. architecture to do is looking for more sustainable raw material what if we could build our homes not with bricks or concrete but out of living growing plants. would is one of the oldest building materials in the world. trees and certain other plants have a property that distinguishes them as a source of building materials they grow. in human forests in northeast india tree roots have been trained intended sometimes over a period of centuries to form bridges they are living structures. if you built a steel bridge in that climate it would soon rust and become unstable fall off its load capacity would decrease. but with the living roots you get the opposite effect it grows steadier bigger stronger and anywhere in ten is repaired by the new roots that grow up. with. the idea of a living structure fascinates heiko hammond he's not a gardener but a

gladys, fromo to alexandria, virginia, on the democratic line.r: thank you for taking my call. a lot of people are talking about the mueller report, and attaching it directly to trump. it's not all about trump. it's about our democracy. people have to believe in our democracy. that was an attack on our democracy, with russia and so many people being convicted. i think people should get out of the different parties and think about our country. a lot of these people treat trump like he's a rock star. they laugh at everything he says. it's not about that. they need to open up their eyes and look at our country, and do what's best for our country. thank you. , in: let's go to anita missouri, on the independent line. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call, and for c-span. i'd like to comment on the previous caller remark about taking his salary. i would be more impressed if he didn't take a pension. at this point, i feel like he thanaused -- cost far more his salary and i would like to know how much more it costs every time he goes to mar-

para hablarnos mÁs, nos acompaÑa la psicÓloga gladys. >> un placer estar con ustedes.al. lo más lejos mi libertad. michael: pero no te desanimes. tenemos que ser fuertes. santos: sí, lo sé. lo sé, lo sé, por el amor que le tengo a maría no voy a perder la esperanza. concho: Óiganme, por más influyentes que se sientan, esta es mi oficina, y la respetan. susano: para pedir respeto, primero hay que darlo, ¿no? maría: don concho, no se preocupe, no venimos a faltarle el respeto. venimos porque queremos tener una junta con usted. siéntate, por favor, susanito.