. >> host: heather wilson, i think, was the only one, and, certainly, there's none in the senate. >> guest: none in the senate who served in the military. on that sort of hard defense issue side, i do not find that much gender defense, but on the soft issues, there's gender difference. >> host: yeah. >> guest: the women are more likely to care about the benefits, what's happening to the families, and they are more likely to support that, and you see that a lot right now with what's going on with sexual harassment in the military. >> host: right. >> guest: at the time i'm writing the book, the big issue at that time was whether or not to have women in combat, and there was something going through the house trying to basically enforce the policy on the book that you can't have women on the front lines, and the bush administration was not supporting it because it was difficult enough to recruit people that they didn't want to have to take people, women who are fighting already and hold them back so the administration didn't support it, but the people who lobbied on the issue said th

. >> reporter: heather wilson was once a student in mrs. grant's plays. now her daughter participates. >> what do you think when you look at that costume? >> it makes me feel old. [ laughter ] >> reporter: these costumes are a small part of what it takes to put on two decades' worth of plays but all of it is a testament to mrs. grant's vision and dedication. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: in the school auditorium, now dedicated in her name, wilma grant has put on the nutcracker, oliver, original plays all adapted for the growing number of students participating. it's free and no one is turned away. >> everyone has a talent and gift and i feel good when i can bring that gift to light so everybody can see it. and i think the most beautiful thing is, on production nights to see it all come together, to see these children on stage giving it their best, seeing these children supporting each other. they're like a team. >> reporter: a team with a great coach. >> i love miss grant. all the parents and teachers love miss grant. she really, really, really has a big heart

. >> reporter: heather wilson was once a student in mrs. grant's plays.w her daughter participates. >> what do you think when you look at that costume? >> it makes me feel old. [ laughter ] >> reporter: these costumes are a small part of what it takes to put on two decades' worth of plays but all of it is a testament to mrs. grant's vision and dedication. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: in the school auditorium, now dedicated in her name, wilma grant has put on the nutcracker, oliver, original plays all adapted for the growing number of students participating. it's free and no one is turned away. >> everyone has a talent and gift and i feel good when i can bring that gift to light so everybody can see it is. and i think the most beautiful thing is, on production nights to see it all come together, to see these children on stage giving it their best, seeing these children supporting each other. they're like a team. >> reporter: a team with a great coach. >> i love miss grant. all the parents and teachers love miss grant. she really, really, really has a big heart

>>reporter: heather wilson was once a student in mrs. grant's plays. now her daughter participates.hat do you think when you look at that costume? >> it makes me feel old. >>reporter: these costumes are a small part of what it takes to put on two decade's worth of plays, but all of it is a testament to mrs. grant's vision and dedication. >>reporter: in the school auditorium now dedicated in her name, wilma grant has put on "the nutcracker," "oliver," original plays, all adapted to meet the growing number of students who participate. it's free and no one is turned away. >>> everybody has a talent, everybody has a gift, and i feel good that i can pri that gift to light so that everybody can see it. and i think the most beautiful thing is on production night to see it all come together, to see these children on stage, giving it their best, seeing these children supporting each other. they're like a team. >>reporter: a team with a great coach. >> i love ms. grant, all the parents and teachers love ms. grant. she really, really, really has a big heart for the children. >> probably the be

reactions include campus forms on this, roundtables, other things, maybe the funniest one is heather wilson, who is a former congressman from new mexico and she wrote me from the south south dakota school of mines for which we have great praise in the book. she said please come to the winter commencement in rapid city. she said it's december 21, rapid city, and i said maybe not. [laughter] >> she said that we recognize the budget and i said that my salary is public information. $62,500. the average graduate makes $63,500. so anyway, if they buy me the boots i will go in december. the report shortly after this came out and go the main themes of the book and we were very good to hear that and we were delighted in the brookings institution when they said the following. college can be were that provided the student graduates and goes to the right school. this is very much along the lines that we wrote in an editorial that college can still be worth it for the right price at the right place and this is a major factor in making itself from the perspective of the individual. the institution report

it is starting to change and of course we have a few female veterans and prior to that we had heather wilson smacked certainly there are not many in the senate. >> but on these issues you do find gender equality. so the women are more likely to care about the benefits and what is happening to the families and they were more likely to support that. you see that with what is going on with sexual harassment in the military. the issue at that time was whether or not you should have women in combat and there was something going through the house to basically enforce the policy that if you can't have women on the frontlines in the bush administration was not supporting it, that they didn't want to take people, the women that were fighting already in hold them back. the administration did not support it. but the people who lobbied on the set that they go to people like hillary clinton and elizabeth dole and olympia snowe first because they are sympathetic to the position of women and they say that these are what they call no dollar issues. >> there is no big defense contract. >> there is not a spec

invitations to go to campus forums, a stanford may be the funniest one from the university is heather wilson former congresswoman from mexico and wrote me and she said please come to the winter commenced in rapid city in on december 21st device said maybe not. [laughter] she said recognizer don't have a budget to pay you because they don't pay be much public information it is $62,500 the average graduate make $63,005 i said take a collection in 78 decency. -- a decent feat. if they buy me a pair of boots i will go but this echoed the main themes of the book and we were glad to hear that because people hope they could characterize the book as a diatribe that we were delighted to hear brookings institution said college to be worth it if they study the right subject, graduates and goes to the right school this is very much along the lines of what we wrote in an editorial that college could still be worth it major in the right subject at the right place look data from the perspective of the individual the brookings institution report said there is enormous variation of the return to education de

wilson and sorry the muni, you know how it is. so we're going to get on with moving with the reading of the agenda and approval from heather . >> co-chair wilson, do i have your permission to do roll call first? >> yes, roll call first. >> harriet wong? >> present. >> sarah burgett. >> present. >> wendy james, absent. co-chair wilson. >> present. >> chip supanich. >> here. >> denise senhaux. >> present. >> tatiana kostanian. >> present. >> roland wong. >> present. >> now i will read the agenda. one, welcome, introduction and roll call. two, action item, reading and approval of the agenda. three, public comments, items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc, each speaker is limited to two-three minutes. four, information item report from the chair. five, information item report from the director of the mayor's office on disability. six, information item, accessibility planning for the 34th america's cup and update on the city's plans to make the 34th america's cup the most accessible and international sailing event in history, including accessible paths to travel, transit, seating and signage. presentation by adam

. >> heather graduates for the university of minnesota in december 2009, but coach wilson will never et heather's golden moment. >> she's got the heart of a lion. we may never see that again ever in our lives, something of that nature. >> coming up, speedboaters make a hard left and then exit stage right. and, there's nothing routine about this villa. when "caught on camera: when you least expect it" continues. speed-eating contests. that's a hebrew national hot dog. a kosher hot dog. that means we're extra choosy about the cuts of beef that meet our higher kosher standards. and only a good, old-fashioned slow-motion bite is gonna capture all that kosher delight. and when your hot dog's kosher, that's a hot dog you can trust. hebrew national. that's a hot dog you can trust. if you've got it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and man, you know how that feels. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihal

now this happened on wilson avenue right off 5 80 when someone came to the front door. the heather has the story. >> bullet tore through the security gate and front door. and through 8-year-old her body. she was on asleep over at her friend's apartment. the uncle 22-year-old harden right behind the kid after the door bell rang followed by gunshots. >> she got hit. i don't know how she got hit. she was sitting right there and she got hit and went all the way right there and blood was coming out but looked like it was come out of her mouth but it was right here. >>reporter: her stepfather says she was very talkative. and funny. >> honor student. she loved helping folks. tutor kids. after school program. stay busy. just a real sunshine to be around. >>reporter: he didn't know the girl or her family but was moved to bring flowers. >> just heart breaking. family. just heart breaking. >>reporter: morrison lives in the adjacent glen view neighborhood and people here are moving away because it seems there's no end to tragedy like this one. >> we are not just talking about you know white fa

heather? >> a 13-year-old girl hiding in a closet helps bust a burglar breaking into her home. wilson tried opening the kitchen window to get in. whieflz filling the bag with video games and jewelry a teenaged girl was hiding in the closet. she called her mom who alerted police. >> it just happened somebody sees an opportunity they take it they went in the wrong house i guess. >> cops swarmed the house. he tried to break into another home that's where police arrested him. smart teenaged girl. >>> time for the first degree weather update with maria molina. >>> a hot start to the day for a lot of you. >> hot starts to the play in the plains and the southeast. it was a hot weekend. temperatures climbing into the 90s then when you factored in the humidity that made it feel like the upper 90s and even triple digits for some of you that's what we are looking at today in cross-sections of the plains. kansas city dallas and denver 96 degrees for the high temperatures. we have a chance for showers and storms across parts of the eastern half of the u.s. already seeing some of that activity over