inductor original hawkins papers, we do have some examples of what hawkins was a civil rights activist advocated for the desegregation of the philadelphia school of the north carolina gubernatorial candidate twice in 1968 and 1972 of the student smith university who organize and civil rights actions here in charlotte and across the state. dr. martin luther king jr. sent several telegrams over the course of time regarding organizing activities on a national level dr. hawkins involvement with coordinating activities herron charlatan with the nation

these modifications would clarify the cost of hawkins and exceptional agreement status and also the fact that the private sponsor would pursue and not yet received an agreement with the city to qualify from the u.m.u. in a sense and these changes affect finding number six as well as conditions number seven and 15. that concludes my presentation. i'm here for questions. thank you. president olague: project sponsor? >> good afternoon, president olague and fellow commissioners, or good evening. these are copies of the letters of support. there are eight separate letters, three of which you have not seen, were not in the package. one of which is from the president of the dog patch neighborhood association, jenna carpenelli, who is also here to speak. i don't know if you would like to look at these but i have copies here. i'm assuming you looked at the project. if we can zoom in. here. so i have lots of time. thanks. i don't want to take too much time. hopefully you're somewhat familiar with the project. but anyways, this is the existing gassing facility in all of its building. and this is wh

. >> reporter: that lady is hannah hawkins, who founded the children of mine youth center 30 years agoe said compared to five years ago the number of children seeking food has doubled. >> they're hungry and they need emergency care. emergency care. we service children four years through 18, and sometimes older than that. hunger is at an all-time high. >> reporter: much of the food here is donated by the capital area food bank, which recently received more than half a million pounds of food from the annual federal employees food drive. lynn brantley is c.e.o. of the capital food bank. >> it's gotten certainly progressively worse in the past two or three years. >> reporter: so here, just a couple miles from the capitol, there are people who go to bed hungry every night. >> oh, they go to bed hungry and wondering where their next meal is coming from the next day, yes. >> reporter: for anyone who doubts there is a serious hunger problem a short distance from the u.s. capitol, well, that's the capitol dome, and this is the neighborhood where hannah hawkins feeds dozens of hungry children ev

i'm kirk hawkins. back to you. >> kirk, what was the reaction -- maybe not so much in the courtroom but outside and down in l.a. when we heard michael jackson's voice. he sounded heavily sedated. you played a little excerpt from that. what was the reaction? >> reporter: it was chilling and disturbing. a lot of us in the overflow room above the courtroom, we were shocked. we were told that latoya jackson reached out to her mother, they held hands while they played it for 42 seconds out. side the courtroom fans said it was something at the didn't want to hear but members of jackson's family were just stunned when they heard all of it and it really came as a surprise. we should also mention that there was a photo released yesterday inside the courtroom. it was of michael jackson on a gurney at ucla. at that point the jackson family clearly stunned. it was something that they really also weren't expecting. >> tough for that family. >> yeah. it was a little disturbing and odd because he is the king of pop.

hawkins papers we do have some examples. and he was a civil rights activist for the desegregation of said chapel hill school and also in 1968 and 1972, at the johnson smith university who organized civil-rights actions here in am okay, jr. sent several telegrams to him regarding organizing activities on a national level and with coordinating activities here is in charlotte with the national events. one of the most poignant telegrams, the original is on display is a telegram stating april 2nd explaining dr. king would not be able to attend a scheduled meeting april april 4th because of the situation in meant this with striking sanitation workers and poignant in part because he would never make it and assassinated the day he was to be here in charlotte >> i want to start talking about why i wrote the book and what i hope to accomplish. i wrote the book because our party is at a crossroads. there is a division and going forward i truly believe we have to unite friday extend it on one of my fox interviews today floor karl rove a

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kirk hawkins reports from the courthouse in downtown l.a. >> reporter: frank and grace, good morning to you. right now we're live just outside the courthouse here and this is a trial that will be broadcast all around the world. a total of 80 media agencies are represented here. as we take live look in front of the courthouse, you can see some of the members of the media are already gathering here setting up arrivals area where members of the jackson family are expected to go inside the courthouse but joining members of the media some fans and even supporters of michael jackson and conrad murray, as well. a jury of 7 men and five women will hear opening statements in the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor conrad murray. he is accused of playing a role in the 2009 death. jackson died from an overdose of propofol in combination with other drugs. the first prosecution will be kenny ortega the entrepreneur of jackson's "this is it" shows. our legal analyst says the witness to watch is the forensic pathologist. >> it's a complex trial that jurors know will unfold in

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. >> since childhood, julia hawkins has been losing her sight, leaving her with only peripheral visionfor the first time, there's hope of an effective treatment for the disorder. it is known as star got disease. retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells will be injected into the back of the eye. here is the procedure being carried out on a patient in california by the biotech firm act who has linked up with more field. >> a vast number people who have blinding eye diseases because of retinal degeneration, this is a bit of excitement stem cell therapies may be of value to these people who may otherwise not have called for their vision. >> patients hope that larger doses could eventually be used to halt or even reverse the condition. scientists now have a realistic sense of the treatment. bone marrow has been successfully transplanted for decades. more recently, and build patients sense tells -- own stem cells have been used to regrow windpipes. doctors are urging caution, not wishing to raise hopes without proof that the science actually works. >> this is newsday on the bbc.

was the former chief of arlington county, tom hawkins. he just walked in the back. these were in the green shirt on the right. tom hawkins was chief of arlington county for many years at the time of 9/11 was the chief of the city of alexandria fire department. he did a lot to help prepare not only arlington and alexandria but the entire region for terrorist attacks and a lot of what happened or what will this do to people i cared and the others i mentioned you prepared to reach in with planning and contingency. glad to have him here. thanks for all your help at the boat. [applause] >> i'm going to talk about another part of the story that i thought really intrigued me and if someone would interrupt us with some intelligence questions, we'll stop reading from her book. there was such a conflict between the different missions people had at the pentagon. you had firefighters who were there to put out a fire. this is a crime scene and effectively a war zone and also the nation's military headquarters. firefighters try to put up the biggest fire any of them had never see

shaping the piece is for the hawkins and artworks -- shaping the pieces for the hawkinson artwork. the utility location continues to work. these are some of the tougher areas they continue to work this past month. that is beale and howard and the effort that goes into that. the work under second street at the end up -- of natoma. as i said, ministry repairs were completed this last june. there is a picture of the screen wall that was finished. as far as the bay area labor, we are still at over 80% coming from the bay area on the 52,000 hours that evans brothers has completed. about the same -- 84% on the 31,000 hours completed thus far by the trade contractors working for webcor/obayashi. this is where i want to move into a little description of what is happening over the next two or three years. bse stands for buttress, shoring, and excavation, and that is what the scope of their work is. it really consists of four primary components. the pre-trenching component to clear away the shore wall itself. the buttressed in the eastern zone. and the actual excavation. in the process of do

my favorite quote is from stu convenient hawkins. the man writes through his teeth. he holds it in his mouth. he is in a wheelchair, can't talk or move. one of the most brilliant men the world has ever known. i had him on my show interviewing him. he was answering my questions on his machine. this is one of the smartest men in the entire world, astrophysics, big bang theory. you name it. i ask him what puzzles you the most? his answer. women. >> don't you agree? is there anything that would puzzle you more than women? >> i think they bring a separate set as men do in relation to them, a separate set of skills, of intellect, intellectual levels. >> intimidation. >> sensitivity. you make the point here, men have no common sense. >> i have been told that. >> how do i know that for sure? my wife told me rose, whom we talked about earlier. told me, she tells me. so do her sisters and friends. when it comes on common sense, we men are cerebrally challenged. amazing how men of power and fame literally coward. given a raised eyebrow from their spouse. during the day these vi

my favorite quote is from stu convenient hawkins. the man wtes through his teeth. he holds it in his mouth. he is in a wheelchair, can't talk or move. one of the most brilliant men the world has ever known. i had him on my show interviewing him. he was answering my questions on his machine. this is one of the smartest men in the entire world, astrophysics, big bang theory. you name it. i ask him what puzzles you the most? his answer. women. >> don't you agree? is there anything that would puzzle you more than women? >> i think they bring a separate set as men do in relation to them, a separate set of skills, of intellect, intellectual levels. >> intimidation. >> sensitivity. you make the point here, men have no common sense. >> i have been told that. >> how do i know that for sure? my wife told me rose, whom we talked about earlier told me, she tells me. so do her sisters and friends. when it comes on common sense, we men are cerebrally challenged. amazing how men of power and fame literally coward. given a raised eyebrow from their spouse. during the day these vir

. >> anthony hawkins. >> nobuhiro hayatsu. >> philip hayes. >> william ward haynes. >> and my son oftor fitzgerald. we love you and miss you. and your nephew, your namesake. >> and for my brother, a firefighter with 65. your family and friends ms. you always, love you always, you are forever within our hearts. >> scott jordan hazelcorn. >> michael k. healey. >> roberta b. heber. >> charles francis xavier heeran. >> john f. heffernan. >> h. joseph heller, jr. >> joann l. heltibridle. >> mark f. hemschoot. >> ronnie lee henderson. >> brian hennessey. >> michelle marie henrique. >> joseph henry. >> william henry. >> and my sister. thank you for all the joy you brought to all of us throughout your life. we love you and him -- and we miss you. you are always proud to be and the yorker and an american. may god bless you and may god bless the united states of america. >> and my sister. she was on her way out when she went to rescue a co-worker. you are a hero. >> john christopher henwood. >> robert allan hepburn. >> mary herencia. >> lindsay c. herkness iii. >> harvey robert hermer. >> clar

corinthian escaped on this medicine this is from kim in scheme waco twenty two look you can scan hawkins. now so it's. grief in the air morial services held in russia and across europe for the forty three victims of wednesday's plane crash that killed almost one of russia's greatest place hockey team. a movie devoted to the strong message to the syrian regime should be to be addressed to both sides just put them one president medvedev speaks out against a one sided approach to the conflict in syria he also confirms russia's willingness to help and the bloodshed plus do they know where it is leading we don't know so that's cause because cuba former neighbor heard about the need to support the world in afghanistan they can't remember nine eleven because they never knew about it it's the country and the problem line of the war on terror but it's people don't even know why. noone in moscow why not try so good to have you with us here on r t our top story ice hockey in russia has been dealt a terrible blow that's being mourned in the country and across the world almost the entire locomotive t

tom hawkins was the chief of arlington county for many years. at the time of 9/11 he was the chief of alexandria farted.com since retired. people like you many others mentioned to prepare the region planning and contingency. so glad to hear. thanks for all your help with the book. [applause] >> i'm going to talk about one other part of the story that i thought was just really intrigue me. if someone would interrupt us with some intelligent questions we will stop reading from our book. there was such a conflict between the different missions people have and the pentagon. your firefighters who were there to put out a fire. this is also a crime scene and the war zone. it's also the nation's military had courted. tigers are trying to put out the biggest to any of them had ever seen that the fbi is there to collect evidence in trying to keep us all in pristine condition while firefighters are just dropping over parts of the airplane and driving over with fire trucks. vignette inside the pentagon most of the pentagon had evacuated but you had the war

hawkins dated april 2nd, 1968 explaining dr. king would not be able to attend a scheduled meeting here in charlotte on april 4th because of the situation in memphis was the striking sanitation workers, poignant in part because it would be dr. king would never made it. he was assassinated the very day that he was to be here in charlotte. .. >> host: how is it you were living next to czar ray palin when you were researching your book? >> guest: i got very, very lucky, peter. i was in alaska in 2010, looking for a place to live because i knew i was going to be out there for a few months, and i wanted to live in wasilla because in that point in my research, about 80% of the people i needed to talk to were in or near wasilla, but i couldn't find anything there, so an hour and 20 minutes away in anchorage, much bigger city, i found an apartment, and a little mother-in-law partner rented by a schoolteacher, and i was going to go over there at six o'clock that night to sign a four-month lease for that apartment, and at three o'clock tha

when hawkins hoo >> and 18-90 minute drive time. not backed up into the macarthur maze. your drive town across the san mateo bridge is still running 13- 14 minutes. it is a good and easy trip in both directions as heavy as you get off the bridge leading to 101 in both directions. of course the golden gate bridge ride is buried in fall. here is the latest in the newsroom. >> the two uc-berkeley graduates have been freed from an iranian prison and have been flown to oman. shane bower and josh fatel were freed after their lawyer contained furnitures on to judges. they are free after spending more than two years behind bars. they were arrested along the border in july 2009 and then sentenced to eight years in prison. appears now they're making the long journey back home. >> jackie sissel continues our team coverage with the release of the grass live at uc-berkeley campus. >> students, teachers, faculty and staff are waking up to the news that the graduates have been released. we have been talking to them all morning. as you can imagine most of them are extremely happy. >> it

anthony hawkins nobuhiro hayatsu philip hayes >> and my son, christopher., we love you always. >> and for my brother, tommy, a firefighter with engine 65, your family and friends miss you always, love you always. you are forever in our hearts. >> william ward haynes scott jordan hazelcorn michael k. healey roberta b. heber charles francis xavier heeran john f. heffernan h. joseph heller, jr. joann l. heltibridle mark f. hemschoot ronnie lee henderson brian hennessey edward hennessy jr. michelle marie henrique joseph henry william henry >> and my sister, lorraine. thank you for the joy of the to brought to all of us throughout your life. we love you, we miss you. we will -- we were always proud. may god bless you in the united states of america. >> and my sister, patrice, who was on her way out to survival when she ran back to rescue a missing co-worker. you are my hero. >> john henry robinson. john christopher henwood robert allan hepburn mary herencia lindsay c. herkness iii harvey robert hermer roberto hernandez claribel hernandez eduardo hernandez nubert

hawkins dated april 2nd 1960 explaining that dr.ng would not be able to attend a scheduled meeting here in charlotte on april 4th because of the situation in memphis with the striking sanitation workers. poignant in part because it would be -- dr. king would never make it. he was assessing the the very day that he was to be here in charlotte. >> and back live at the national book festival here on the mall in washington d.c. this is the 11th annual but festival. it book tv on c-span2. we will be alive today and tomorrow from the festival. lots coming up today including pulitzer prize-winning author isabel wilkerson, sylvia nasser. both will be doing call-in programs. tomorrow david mccullough will conclude our coverage on sunday afternoon by taking your calls, e-mails, and tweets. right now we're going to return you to the history of biography. he will introduce you to justin martin. he is the author of a new book out on frederick law olmsted, genius of place, the life of frederick law olmsted. he will be here on our book tv said aft