. >> good afternoon, i read a lot of hank william material. in case you wanted to know, hank williams sang a lot of about suffering and pain because he believe if you spread the awareness of human suffering out enough, somehow it helps. he himself, was born with an incurable very painful spinal defect called spinal bifida. he died at the and of 29. mostly from taking what he felt what's helpful in relieving that pain. thank you for listening. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> tom. thank you. closing out transportation. corporate, private buses stopping at muny. need to be all accessible. they need to pick up muny riders also. i mentioned this before. all transportation workers muny, bart, san mateo. everybody in that work, all the workers they're losing their right to strike. they should have a right to holiday. they report to work. they open up the gates. they close the boxes. people ride free. i believe that's going to be one way to help mitigate problems with workers and the corporate structure of things. thank you. >> thank you very mu

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rebellious streak, the rebellious connotation i alluded to earlier, symbolic middle finger of hank williams jr. motorcycle riders with long beards emblazoned, those are the tee shirts many people wear today. not -- that all the merged in 1950s and has given us this alternative dukes of hazzard cultural use of the flag. at the same time the proliferation of the flag brought a more sinister kind of use beginning in the late 30's and 40s, but more pronounced in 1948 when the southern states rights party, the dixiecrat party gathered at the auditorium in birmingham alabama for a convention after they nominated strom thurmond for president, rallied, cameras all over the world's published his images of the dixiecrat convention with confederate flags and pictures of robert e. lee being waved. if you look closely i find it very interesting that the people waving those flags were college kids because they made up a very large share of the delegates to the convention in 1948. that is how the flag was introduced or reintroduce perhaps into the political arena in 1948 and became part of the campaign, n

that rebelous streak, the symbolic middle finger of hank williams jr. motorcycle riders with long beards emblazeoned. those are the t-shirts many people wear today. that all emerged in the 1950's and has given us this alternative dukes of hazard culture use of the flag. at the same time the flag brought a morecy nice sister kind ever use. beginning in the late 1930's, but more pronounced as of 1948's where the dixie party gathered at the in birmingham, alabama after they nominated strom thurman for president and the cameras all over the world published these images of the convention and robert e. lee being waved. i find it interesting the people who were waiving those flags were college kids because they made up a very large share of the delee gates to the convention of the dixiecrats in 1948. that's how the flag was reintroduced in the political aren gentleman became a part of the campaign. when you think about it there's a logic to it. in the 1860's that blue cross became the primary national symbol of white southerners trying to prevent the federal g

. ♪ baby steps until i'm free ♪ >> reporter: with a voice described as the love child of hank williamsr in a dance hall. >> it's the kind of music i play that will survive this is where it will carry on. >> reporter: it's estimated 1,000 dance halls were built in texas between late 1800s and early 1900s. now just 400 are still standing and only two operate daily. luchen b ach dance hall and greenville. this band hasn't missed a tuesday night performance in 20 years. >> i come here over the years and seen mothers with their sons teaching them to dance and then a few years later you see them here with a date. it's like a family. >> reporter: the famous family members are endless. many still play here like willie nelson who has his own window entrance. >> i worked here for 15 years. >> reporter: shane manages the 6,000-square-foot open air dance hall where they still dust the floor with corn meal so it's easier to slide as you go. if you don't know how michele simmons will teach you how to swing. >> slow slow click. that's all there is it to it. >> reporter: if only it was that easy to pr

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william county police cars dating back to the 1970s. this is not all fun and games. they expect these games to bring in about $55 million to the regional economy. hank silverberg, wusa9. >> great time for all those first responders, wish them the best. these games run into july 5th. >>> metro is staging a talent show. the transit agency is looking for performers outside its subway stations, singers, dancers and musicians invited to audition at metro headquarters next tuesday between 5 and 7 p.m. artists volunteer their time and must pass a background check. >>> from the spotlight to the sidelines, the latest on jimmy fallon's injury and what it means for his late night show. >> i'm topper shutt. we're looking at a quiet evening, but it will get crazy tomorrow. 2 p.m. showers and storms heavy gaithersburg north, but look at the line from cumberland to romney to petersburg, what that means for your evening plans tomorrow. >> a thriller of a photo, we'll see if this lightning picture strikes a chord for you right after th sfx: "gulp" what are you doing? sfx: "burp" i'm having a small snack. what? ant: "non-verbal eating sounds." have you tried this may

that is, the -- many of the flags that -- the t-shirts you see more than i do suggest that the hank williams, jr. variance the elvis presley and speaks more to the the dukes of hazzard. one of the bumper sticker reductions of the issue is history, not hate, and i always caution people that at the very least, let's introduce the third age, hazards or dukes of. it is equally important in the meaning of the flag today. when you spot a flag, when you're trying to do what you shouldn't try to do which is judge motivation of the person flying it by context but frequently if you take an educated guess it is country it's attitude, it's rebellion in general, good old boys and redneck and may have something to do with one's confederate an zest are sos but perhaps not as much as defenders of the heritage of the nag would like it to be. so it's a third element that makes it difficult to argue this issue in racial terms. many people don't understand it that way. the protectors of the heritage of the flag, who want tote be a memorial reverential symbol, many of them are troubled by a trivialized use of be