we are here at howard university.ck university in the nation's capitol. how many people here are considering going into teaching? so you can see, tom and secretary duncan, a number of students interested in teaching. a lot of us want to know about incentives. what incentives are there to go into teaching. ? >> yes. thank you. my question is you talked about the incentives to join, but how are you going to make sure after they join it they stay in the classroom? >> great question. we talked about the 9 through 14 school that will be created here. one thing howard has done in a creative way is they run a phenomenal charter school on the campus. it's not just the series of education or a philosophy of education. they have a fantastic school where the students are going to train. as we start to think in a more creative and innovative way, i would love to see more universities like howard pop up and create the pipeline to enter great universities like howard university. i talked about the teach grants. something else we fo

i took my little b minus and walked out. >> walters spent 25 years at howard university before becomingan-american leadership institute at the university of maryland. >>> the 17-point lead, game winning field goal that wasn't and a tough early season loss for the redskins. up next, why so many -- so many reasons why the redskins snatched defeat from victory. dave ross coming up after the break.  so you a time out taken! gano drilled in. >> houston called time before they snapped the ball. >> you know, i usually hate that play. that was reinforced yesterday. i guess the fact that it is in the rules, you can't do anything about it. you give him cede feat kicking a 52-yarder. you wish he could have done it twice. we are talking a little monday morning quarterback with dave ross. we were talking on friday about some of the waits you can go to beat this houston team and i give them credit they want shut down the running game. we saw the week before they gave up a couple hundred yards on the ground. but when you shut that down and you give up 500 yards in the air. >> i

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. >> reporter: at howard university it was a steady stream of praise for dr. ron walters and healing thoughts for his family. >> something vast and noble has passed from among us. it is like a mighty oak has fallen leaving an empty and gaping and against the sky. ♪i believe the children are our future ♪ >> reporter: the 72-year-old was considered the brain trust of the civil rights movement. today a long list of those me mentored spoke about the man who talked to the powerful and the powerless with the same gentleness. many were humbled in his presence. >> thank you, dr. walters, thank you, sir, because you never lowered the bar. in fact, you raised it so high that some of us had to stand on our toes to try to reach your expectations of us and we promised to stop being so petty. >> reporter: it all started at a lunch counter in wichita, kansas, in 1958 when walters took a seat even before sit-ins caught the headlines protesting segregation. walters went on to be a teacher, author and advisor to politicians. his former students like congressman elijah cummings

he taught at the university of maryland and howard university where he headed the poll science departmentxpert on race relations, civil rights and public policy. ron walters lost his battle with lung cancer earlier this month. he was 72 years old. >>> with vincent gray all but certain to become the next mayor of d.c., we should learn more about the future of one of the key figures in outgoing mayor adrien fenty's administration, michelle re. kristin fisher joins us with more. >> reporter: michelle rhee will be returning from vacation this week. when she does, she will meet with vince gray about her future or lack there of as d.c. public school chancellor. michelle rhee's controversial reform style was a major issue throughout the primary battle. supporters of adrienne fenty at the credit them with making tough decisions. but opponents accused her of alienating teachers and parents and firing 200 d.c. teachers for under performance. rhee said she doesn't think she can work with gray. one day after his primary win she called the results, quote, devastating for d.c. students. as for gray, he

howard university, it is going to be a cool morning. temperatures are in the 60's. tomorrow, we will see temperatures in the 50's. 58 degrees right now in vienna, virginia. here is what is going on in the tropics. igor has become a nasty storm in the north atlantic. there is bermuda -- that was earlier today. it is a cold storm. we begin with temperatures up again above-average. eight of the first nine months we had this year, to a mergers have been above average. memphis is 100 degrees today, a record high. even right now, temperatures in memphis are in the 80's. later on in the week, we will be seeing a return of that warm air. but not tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow morning could be in need 40's for you folks out in the shenandoah valley. as we get on into wednesday and thursday, a little touch of humanity might give us a little chance of an afternoon shower. primarily, out in the mounds of west virginia. -- mountains of west virginia. >> it is so beautiful. ♪ storyteller: little miss muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. along came a burglar who bro

he taught at howard university 25 years. he directed the african-american leadership institute in maryland. rev. jesse jackson delivered the eulogy today. >>> the president of iran is in the u.s. today, one day after an american hikers returned after a year in prison there. sarah shourd's police gave new hope to the families of two other americans held prisoner on espionage charges. now the report. >> with the iranian president in the country at the u.n. general assembly, the mothers of two american hikers will meet with him hopefully for the release of their sons. shane bower and josh fatttal, held 13 months after being accused of crossing illegally into iran. >> just showing the human face of a mother wanted her son backs. two mothers faces with two sons in prison. that is how we would approach him. >> they want the same compassion sarah shourd experience last week. >> my disappointment in not sharing this with them is crushing. i stand before you today on the one-third free. >> she spoke guardedly about her two companions

. >>> a morial service was held today at howard university -- died on september 10th after a long battle with lung cancer. spent 25 years at howard, but was known for his column. reverend jesse jackson was one of many at today's memorial. a funeral for walters is planned for tomorrow. >>> president obama gave a speech last night at the congressional black caucus dinner. he urged black leaders to energize communities to get out the vote. mr. obama also warned that republicans trying to seize control of congress would quote, turn back the clock. the president said he needed everyone's support at a grass roots level to help electeople in congress who would help support his programs. >>> back to the weather now. >> it's beyond nice. last few days here in d.c. have bee legendary. >> the only trick is it's so nice, we're running it five to eight degrees warmer than average for this time of year. we're done with the 90s. 63 for the year. i don't see any 90s in the upcomi upcoming week, but it's going to stay be close asemperatures stay above average for the last full wek of september. outside,

service today to honor the life and legacy of a ron walters be and a service was held on the howard university campus -- the legacy of ron walters. a service was held on a hard university campus. he was a civil rights activists, scholar, and political analyst. friends and colleagues said he lived and taught the life he lived. >> he was an active scholar and a scholar active list. he wrote about what he knew, indian allies about what he knew to be true. ? -- he wrote about what he knew, and he studied what he knew to be true. >>> parking meters are going to get another look. earlier this year, some of the meters, including adam morgenson and georgetown, -- including adams morgan and george tenet, are involved. greta kreuz has more -- and georgetown are involved. greta kreuz has more. >> the biggest problem is how do you make up an estimated $6 million in lost parking revenue? however, clearly not happy with the extended meter feeding. it is until 10:00 at night, monday through saturday, here in georgetown as well as other highly trafficked areas, and he is getting an earful from others, as well

a memorial service was held yesterday at howard university. he spent 25ears at howard but was known to millions for his weekly column on race and politics. jordan and the reverend jesse jackson weremong many at the memorial service. he died after a long battle with lung cancer. 4:38 is your time. 70 degrees. on news 4 today, one of the american hikers is out of iran. now there's a new push to free the other two prisoners. >>> could you end up saving money at the meters with vincent gray with mayor as washington? >>> and jerry back with [ male announcer ] antiques can be nice. but you wouldn't want an antique computer. or an antique tv. ♪ or an antique remote control. so why are you still using an antique cable network created in 1948 for your 2010 tv? it's ti to hook your tv up to a 100% fiber optic network. it's time for fios. visit veriz.com/getfios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-9-6006 tty/v. >>> good morning. there's the washington monument under a clear sk on this monday morning. i'm meteorologist tom kier

walters spent 25 years at howard before becoming director of the african- american leadership institute at the university of maryland and he was to return to howard this fall. >>> questions continue to linger about the death of a man in frederick, maryland. police were called to a home on south market street three times to break up a fight between a man and woman. on the third visit they found the women injured -- found the woman and another gunshot by the man. >> everything is still under investigation by our criminal investigation division and some determinations are yet to be made. >> the woman involved was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. an autopsy is being done to determine whether the gun shot that killed cohen was from the officers. >>> police got a call on saturday that the wife of steven combs le floor has fallen on lime kiln road. they determined she had been beaten to death. combs-le floor is being held without bond. >>> yet another armed robbery in college park. this one early sunday morning in the parking lot of college park center on baltimore half new. three men came up from the

turns out there are no metal detectors at the howard university hospitals, however, there are 33 security guards manning the doors and patrolling the halls. the hospital did away with uniformed officers that considerlied guns. now the security officers carry collapsible batons. studies show hospital violence is on the rise. so security officers focus on training to combat the problem. >> whether there's an active shooter, a bomb threat, whether it's any low patient and you have to train to it each and every day. >> according to the bureau of labor statistics, 131 people were killed conducting healthcare or social services between 1997 and 2008. even though local security officers admit that things like this one in baltimore yesterday are very rare. >>> a water main replacement project in silver spring turned into a bit of a nightmare for a family. now this started with an e-mail to 9news and when we showed up, a plumber was just finishing up replacing expensive fixtures for the third time in less than a year. the problem, gravel and other debris from water main work kept coming through th

walter spent 25 years at howard university. he was most resectly the director of the african- american leadership institute at the university of maryland. >>> well her political aspirations have been put on hold. a green party candidate challenging barbara mccloskey, the victim of hit and return and she'll clinging to life right now. we'll tell you more about the accident coming up. >>> and why the first ever genetically engineered meat could come to a dinner table near you. >>> but first before you go out and get your oil changed, we have a consumer alert that could save you time and money. topper. >>> we'll take you out with the numbers. you can access this on our website at wusa9.com. 81 and 67 goes in the books. 78 and 61 are the average. it can still get high. record low was 41 and high was 81. one of our cooler nights so far. we'll talk about fall arriving but it may feel more like summer. we'll explain. think about the internet. growing, evolving, literally transforming our lives. now imagine the possibilities of what to

. >> centered on busy georgia avenue -- howard university hospital gets a lot of foot traffic, but you won't find metal detectors at the doors. instead, a special officer with a hospital protective services, keeping a watchful eye. >> even if it's a concealed weapon, they will stop you and detain you. >> the brains behind the more welcoming look. the hospital was once guarded by uniformed officers, wearing bullet proof vests and guns. now the 33 special officers carry collapsible batons. >> we know exactly where to hit you if we have to restrain you or if we have to take you down. >> those and what they call verbal judo are their only weapons. >> we try to see if we can't talk you down. security staff say the murder suicide at baltimore's johns hopkins represents the extreme, but studies show hospital violence is on the rise. >> you just have a stressful population right now. whether there's an active shooter, whether there's a bomb threat. whether it's any low patient and you have to train to it each and every day. >> a retired indiana deputy sheriff and a former new york and dc polic

at howard university hospital, for example, there are no metal detectors but 33 security guardsman thers and patrol the hallways. last summer, the hospital did away with uniformed officers carrying guns. now security carry batons. they show hospital violence is on the rise, so security officers focus on training to combat the problem. >>> well, you know, sometimes you just got to stick it to the man. they told a popular beer garden in arlington ta make some major changes in how they do business. but they said no thanks. brittany morehouse is there tonight with the scoop on how it all went down, brittany. >> reporter: not exactly no thanks. they're working on the changes. but years ago this was just a market and now it is a popular beer garden. now they're at risk of having to close down because the county says, hey, you have to change your zoning here. so fun even wrigley is just dying to get inside the fence. >> left overbeer gorden is just one year old, but the family friendly sometimes rocking neighborhood place seems to hit the right spot, given the area's demographics. >> we've al

. >>> hundreds gathered at howard university to remember dr. ron walters, the professor, author, political advisor and civil rights leader who passed away on september 10th. among his many accomplishments, shaping presidential campaigns for the reverend jesse jackson and teaching thousands of students. congressman elijah cummings says dr. walters taught him a life lesson the day he complained about a grade. >> he said don't measure yourself by them. you are better than that. and i'll never forget those words. and the respect we had for him was so great, i took my little b minus and walked out. >> dr. walters taught at howard for 25 years before becoming director of the african- american leadership institute at the university of maryland. >>> how much sleep do you get a night? we've always been told that eight hours is the magic number for good health. but up next, that might not be the case for everyone. we'll tell you who might not really need that much sleep. >>> a powerful typhoon rocks asia. massive floods, power outages and transportation

hundreds turned out for a memorial service at howard university. walters taught at howard for 25 years. after that, he directed the african-american leadership institute at the university of maryland. >> he was an activist scholar and a scholar activist. he wrote about what he knew. he analyzed about what he knew to be true. >> walters died earlier this month of cancer. he was 72 years old. >>> well, the time now is 5:17. we turn to today's tech bites. facebook on your smart phone, or your facebook smart phone. those stories and more. >> a rumor facebook is building a smart phone. the move would give facebook friends a new way to keep in contact. facebook says the report is not true. >>> apple reportedly looking to sell newspapers and magazines on the ipad. the wall street journal says apple could offer a print subscription in the next month or so. >>> apple making a move into china. it will be selling the wi-fi enabled i4 in china. sales of wi-fi enabled ipads begin in china on friday. those are your "tech bites." >>> and the time is 5:18. >> good

at howard university, athletes prepare. he is a freshman.mong the hundreds having to meet a new requirement. testing for sickle cell. >> i did not really know what it was. when i went to my doctor, they were surprised. >> it -- sickle cell is detected with a simple blood test. it is a serious chronic disease, especially for athletes. the risk of exercise related sunbath is 35 times higher. >> the trainers have him sit out a little bit. >> some fear that testing athletes for sickle cell will discriminate against minorities, particularly blacks were disproportionate carriers. >> what will happen if you have some false positives? will they be stigmatized? will the coach treat them differently? --the ncaa's new testing is >> it is for their safety. >> testing is only required for division 1 athletes. if students can prove that they have already been tested, they do not have to go through it again. >>> 7 is on your side tonight with what could be a surprising statistic. fewer americans are being killed in crashes due to driver distraction. about

he spent 25 years at howard university before transferring to the university of maryland in 1996. the d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton spoke at the funeral today and reverend jesse jackson delivered the eulogy. he died septemr 10 after a long battle with lung cancer. >>> residents on the island of bermuda are cleaning up this afternoon from hurricane igor. high winds and waves blasted the isle last night. the storm knocked boats about and do you understand trees and branches. there are power and communications outages and some roads were buffed by the rains. igor is now churning u the atlantic. doug kammerer has mor on this. if it is going to impact our weather. >> the only impacts for us, we're seeing itight now. some northeasterlyinds and clear skies as that storm makes its way to the north and east. if you're down toward the beaches, thinking of heading down there, watch out for rip currents. that will be it. that storm is past bermuda and wol its way into the open waters of the atlantic. you can see right now, on saturday sxlit radar. nothing but sunshine today. beautiful w

memorial service was held yesterday at howard university. dr. walters spent 25 years at howard, but was known to millions around the country for his weekly column on race and politics. jordan and the reverend jesse jackson were among many at the memorial service. he died september 10th after a longbattle with lung cancer. and he appeared many times here on news 4. giving his opinions on politics, incisive, brilliant and wonderful, wonderful person. >>> this morning we have a traffic alert before you head out the door. if you're driving through tyson's corner, you may want to give yourself extra time. a new traffic pattern. crews closed another ramp as part of the dulles corridor metro rail project. the new exit will divert traffic to south of international drive and from there you can access route 7. the new pattern will remain in effect until the end of the year. >> if the road is pink, don't take it. if it's green, it's okay to go our time is 5:07. >>> still ahead, could vince gray as mayo save youoney the next time you park downtown. >>> new

a memorial service was held yesterday at howard university. he spent 25 years at houfrd. he was known to millions on his weekly column on race and politics and a fquent guest analyst on news 4. vernon jordan and jesse jackson were among the many at the memorial service. his funeral service will be held at shiloh baptist church on nine street in northwestwashington. services beginning at 11:00 a.m. >>> right now hurricane igor is quickly moving away from bermuda. category one storm is still bringing tropical storm force winds and heavy surf. igor threatened to make a direct hit. widespread power outages frb reported along with some flooding. it could cause heavy surf and dangerous rip currents up and down the east coast the next couple days. >>> a texas-sized comeback takes down the skins. houston texans nailed the field goal to seal, or is that steal, a win, 30-27. redskins held 17-point lead in the third quarter. coach gary quickly called a time-out just before the ball was snapped for the kick. second try, graham missed wide right, giving the texans the ball back. redsk

howard university. head over to children's hospital. just around an inch of rain. we will see anywhere between 2-5 inches of rain by the time this system moves on out of here. localized areas may see more than that. especially off towards the east towards the delmarva peninsula. in the most of the metro area, farings, arlington, points to the east until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. lisa? >> well, we have -- let me say four separate wrecks on 95 just to get out of fredericksburg. first at the stafford airport. then two between triangle and dump fris and one before you get on to the ox kwan river bridge. a jackknifed tractor-trailer rig at the exit for 270 north before old georgetown road. let's go to a live picture of traffic and see what's happening on 395. flashing lights at washington boulevard and from the pentagon toward 49 a 5. >> one thing after another. thank you. 5:22 is the time. 67 degrees. >> coming up next, the national bid farewell to d.c. so did they give their fans a parting gift of a win? >> and on oprah, confessions from aging star lets. teri hatcher,

students from howard university middle school of math mattics.sident of th event said it offers children lessons for life. >> it is very important for them to be a part of this. this is where the wor is going. and we want our ildren to be very much a part of it. so manyids don't know. it is a matter of exposure and that's what we're doing today. >> general electric trick, nbc's parent company, sponsored today's events. >> now a look ahead. hi, jim. >> coming up, new details about the terror plot against the pope. six people have been arrest. we'll have more of pat collins' interview with the employees of the discovery. and a pair of bridges about to shut down. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. >>> we'll see you then. thanks. >>> still ahead, the end of an era. >> a popular family run deli closing up and moving on 50 years in hey, ove, i'm gonna need a bank. any ideas? capital one bank. they're everywhere. ♪ yeah, you're right! [ horns honking ] hey, there's one right up the street. [ male announcer ] capital one bank. the most branches an

. >>> remember is a civil rights icon at howard university as hundreds gathered on sunday at a memorialervice for dr. ron walters. he was not only a civil rights leader but also a professor, author and political advisor. his accomplishments include shaping the presidential campaign of the reverend jesse jackson and teaching thousands of students. one of his students was congressman elijah cummings. >> thank you for seeing in us what we could not see in ourselves. thank you, thank you so, so much for making us realize that we could be better. >> walter was thrust in the segregation debate after he took a seat at a wichita, kansas lunch counter in 1958. >>> she was fired over allegations of racism that were eventually proven to be false and now scherrly sherrod brings her message of redemption for a d.c. church. we'll hear from her coming up. >>> they lookeddom faint no most of the game but in the end, the redskins -- they looked dominant for most of the game, but in the end, the redskins came up short. what went wrong? dave ross will join us with that. yeah, why's that? ♪ todd's a lucky

he taught at howard university for 25 years before becoming director of the african- american leadership institute at the university of maryland. eleanor holmes norton today spoke about a roundtable walters led just one month ago. >> caused the decline because he was not hearing well. i prevailed on ron to come and lead the forum. there was simply no one who could do it as well. ron generously agreed to come and ron did not disappoint. >> he died of cancer on september 10th, he was 72 years old. >>> the race for governor of maryland is still neck in neck. a new poll shows the rematch between martin o'malley and bob ehrlich is close. o'malley leading 50-47. among likely voters 3% still undecided. the poll allows for sampling error of 4%. >>> well, it was a game the redskins let slip away. it was painful. squandering a big second half lead and then losing to the texans in overtime and tonight one redskin is strengthing his 40 cents -- venting his frustration as i'm sure many are. we are live. >> reporter: i know you're a redskins fan. they led by 17 points in the third quarter but the hous

participate because i instituted when i became a head coach -- actually i was a head coach at howard university at one time for about four years. and then after i became the het coach at the university of rhode island and subsequently after our experience at indiana. we instituted the test. every player that was of color, and then eventually we did it with every athlete. which is the case right now as of august 1. and all i can say to anybody about having to sit down and have a conversation about the trait they should have to sit down and have a conversation with the participants of a student athlete and tell them the ultimately bad news. >> and my understanding is that you can alter a players training program to compensate for this so they can still participate? >> oh, yes, tony. as a matter of fact, any time the trait showed up in my testing with our student athletes, we had a conditioning program which we put into play which was a graduated and elevated intensity from degrees, and if i remember correctly, ours was anywhere from 4-5 days in the preseason. and we had no effects. none whatsoeve

there was a memorial service yesterday at howard university. walters spent 25 years at howard but was known to millions around the country for his weekly column on race and politics. he als taught at the university of maryland, and he was a frequent guest analyst on news 4. vernon jordan and theeverend jesse jackson were among those attending the memorial service. walters died september 10th after a long battle with lung cancer. the funeral service is taking place at this hour at shiloh baptist church on ninth street northwest. the services got under way just a few monts ago at 11:00. >>> the doctor who was shot during a standoff at johns hopkins hospital last week is in fair and stable condition this morning. d david cohen was shot in the stomach thursday morning by the son of an elderly patient. police say the gunman, 50-year-old paul partis, lost his come pe surefter dr. cohen delivered news about his mother's condition. he shot cohen, then killed his mother, then killed himself. >>> frederick police are continuing their investigation today

she joins us live from howard university hospital in northwest dc and delia, have the security procedures there since what happened there yesterday in baltimore? >> not necessarily a change, but they are at increased emphasis on what they have been doing. they are evaluating and analyzing the situation that happened yesterday. security officers tell us while it rarely escalates to the level we all

they both enrolled at howard university which is where they met. finally, they eventually realized they were the right people for one another and married and then there became me. >> brothers and sisters? >> i am the only child of my mother ever gave birth to because i was born very late in her life. my father died before the book came out and my mother is alive and has a shrine to the booked in her home. >> here in washington? no, she is an atlanta. >> what did you talk about day to day in your home the guts to into the journalism world? >> my father was a civil engineer. my mother had been a teacher. the idea of going into journalism was not anything that was ever discussed at all. i just have this affinity for writing and and if it in the -- and an affinity for english. this was always my passion. i was quite a curiosity to my parents because there had never been any journalists in the family. my mother later told me a story involving my grandfather, her father. it still gets to me about how he wanted to be a writer. there has been no one that w

and howard university professor roderick harrison, who studies census data for the joint center for political and economic studies. tim noah, you write in slate about the great divergence. describe what you mean. >> really it's a three-decade trend that began in the late 1970s. a trend towards income and equality. incomes have been growing less and less equal since 1979. a lot of people accept that as the norm but in fact for much of the 20th century, the trend was going the other way between 1929 and the early 1970s incomes were becoming more and more equal. in the middle of that period you had a great deal of prosperity after world war ii. >> ifill: professor harrison, what is the cause of this? >> the underlying cause is that the gains in productivity have been divided more towards corporate earnings and profits than towards the workers and employees. we've maintained the historical levels and share of sharing productivity gains . the middle- and lower- income portions of the income distribution would have fared much better and you wouldn't see this acceleration in the gap. >> ifill: but w

his law degree is from howard university. how often do you get back here? guest: i'm actually here amount. i am on washington on a regular basis. host: before coming to the mayor's office, who was a partner in the law firm. i am wondering what you learned from going from the legislative branch to the city? guest: it's about being able it move and do anything faster. i spent four years in the house and seven years in the senate. it's really policy-driven where you worked on the legislation. you turn your work over to the governor that has the executive power to implement in their discretion candidly. many of things you worked hard for. when you are a mayor, you can change things and make reform judgments every single day and see the results. i enjoyed it a good bit. the job is much bigger than i anticipated. i all learned being a relatively young executive. no matter what you think you knew about the job, i was very close to my predecessor and ran their political campaigns. until you deal with it day in and day out. you don't really know. i think the job wil

they both enrolled at howard university, which is where they met. they finally and eventually realized that they were the right people for one another and married. and then came me. >> brothers and sisters? >> i'm the only child that my mother ever gave birth to, because i was very late in her life. >> parents alive? >> father died, unfortunately, before the book came out. and my mother is alive and has basically a shrine to the book in her >> in her home? >> in her home. >> here in washington? >> no, she's in atlanta now. >> ok. so, in the home, what did you talk about day-to-day with the family that got you into the journalism world? >> actually, they didn't talk about it. my father was a civil engineer. and my mother had been a teacher. so, journalism was not -- the idea of going into journalism was not anything that was ever discussed at all. i just had this affinity for writing and an affinity for english and for languages. i took french and german. i didn't -- i'm not good at them now, but i was interested in them. so, this was always my passi

lorenzo morris from howard university. good to see you, dr. morris. >> good to be here. >> so surprised by the results last night? >> in some sense i am. but given the last day's polling that gray was able to pull it off, but i think in march it would have been impossible for me or others to predict anything like the current outcome. i think it has to be, one, a well organized gray campaign with a lot of influence from the activists of other years. many barry supporters were probably actively supporting gray but a fairly disorganized appeal to a large segment of the voters in ward 7 and 8 that fenty's campaign never managed to overcome. that contrast with a hugely different image of the fenty administration and the campaign from outside of the city that strikes me as well this morning. a different image -- i've observed media apr the world that there is a momentary observation and most of the media are astonished. >> what we came to learn through this was vincent gray, you say he nounced, but he didn't make a push until later on. and mayor fen

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they come to howard university school of education.rn a traditional master of arts and teaching degree and they return to serve in these communities for a minimum of three years. and in out 2 1/2 years we've already producedteacher of the year in chicago public schools. >> wonderful. >> and we have a number of wonderful stories. the profile of each of our cohorts is very diverse. it's men, women, african-americans, caucasians, hispanic latinos. wre continuing to recruit and we're really pleased about the performance of the program. our firstyear had373 applicants for 25 slots. >> wow. >> so there's an interest out there in become a teacher. >> that's huge. >> and in serving in urban communities. >> our viewers should know d.c. has the most iterms of charter schools of any other area in the country aside from w orleans. >> that's right. we have the highest concentration of public school kids in charter schools. we have about 28,000 of our public school students in the district are enrolled in charter schools. we have 52 charter schools

anay, since the dean told you about the history of howard university, i do want to say i have a new bookalled "power and words" it's president obama's speeches first time he ran for senate and why they did everything that they did which you might find interesting. it's coming out in october. i do not believe dean or unless it was ke one of you said it, that he would have been surprised by somebody trying to use the 14th amendment for whatever they tried to use it for today. i don't think -- i think they had an awareness that people use constitutional amendments and law for whatever they can. i did know thurgood, but i don't think he would have been surprised about that it's one of the things you expect as life goes on. it's there, and as miller said, not only negroes use it, anybody can use it. what i wanted to say about the citizenship issue is that subject to a jurisdiction thereof, we may think the whole story is clear, but depending on what the supreme court, who's on it, okay, and there's guys on it now i wouldn't think -- i don't know what they'll do -- [laughter] anyway, including

anyway, since the dean told you about the history of howard university, i do want to say i have a new book coming out in october called "power and words". it's president obama's speeches first time he ran for senate and why they did everything that they did which you might find interesting. it's coming out in october. i do not believe dean or unless it was ken, one of you said it, that he would have been surprised by somebody trying to use the 14th amendment for whatever they tried to use it for today. i don't think -- i think they had an awareness that people use constitutional amendments and law for whatever they can. i did know thurgood, but i don't think he would have been surprised about that. it's one of the things you expect as life goes on. it's there, and as miller said, not only negroes use it, anybody can use it. what i wanted to say about the citizenship issue is that subject to a jurisdiction thereof, we may think the whole story is clear, but depending on what the supreme court, who's on it, okay, and there's guys on it now i wouldn't think -- i don't know what they'll d