we also see a book like huckleberry finn being banned because of the racial epithet. what's your take on that? oh, boy, what a mess we get into with all those. i have a final paper by one of my students in chico who loves this book nappy hair, telling how wonderful this book is and how could people love a book like huckleberry finn and teach that when there's a book like nappy hair to look at? and the very same sentences where he was saying he has the right to have this book, he's saying we shouldn't have the right for huckleberry finn. the "n" word can hurt so bad that there needs to be some-- a little bit of education before you get into it. and again, my wonderful father-- when i first read that book, he sort of sat me down and told me, you know, what the book was doing and all this sort of thing. and i admired the book so much that i actually went around-- when i was in high school and in college, i would dramatize the part of jim to try to get people to see what was-- what i felt was really going on. i'm very much--i mean, "hey," you know, "samuel clemens." let's

you will hear from one of those programs, huckleberry house. we have the detention diversion advocacy program. the use the justice organization. there are so many, a lot of good programs. " we did is we created this diversified -- what we did is we created this diversified range of service options that had never existed before. instead of relying on institutionalization, and incarceration, we started to rely on community-based interventions. and culturally specific interventions because we have a diverse population. we expanded our community based organizations and those organizations when their work was recognized became recognized for their achievements by many of the city departments. in 2005. bill embraced many of the things that were happening and expanded on it. at the time, we were almost operating two parallel systems. what had happened is we took a juvenile probation system that for many years have been criticized for being isolated. now embraced the is community- based approaches and created what is close to a national model. it is no

the main course was bison wellington with french beans and for dessert, a warm pudding with huckleberry>> no dip? >> no dip. >> you and i are going to have to indulge for a second. michelle obama, what she wore. >> she looked at mazing. michelle obama just knows how to do it. she looks stunning in each one. th she didn't know michelle obama was going to wear this teel draped column silhouette dress, the british prime minister's wife there also in a designer dress. michelle obama didn't wear a belt. which she often does. >> you know how i feel about michelle obama and heavier fashion. and apparently president obama turned to the first lady and whispered, they look better than us. i think it was a tie. >> they wore tuxedos by nobody cares. >> all i can say is that you two know entirely too much about this. next story please. >>> the next time you crave a cupcake, you can get a quick firks from an acm. sprinkles are installed in automated machines. the cupcake company has an eye on the nation's capitol to be the next in line. the machines could be installed by this summer. >> and if i make

halibut with brussel spouse and bacon, for dessert, steamed pudding with idaho huckleberry sauce. some of the ingredients came from the white house garden. are you hungry now? >> had a buffalo wander through his backyard. >>> our time is 4:38. ahead on news 4 today, goldman sacks stars question the company's ethics. >>> hbo is ending a popular show. >> we are heading for the >>> our time right now is 4:41. we are 64 degrees already. warmish at this hour. wait until you see what the rest of the day is going to be like. >> record-breaking heat today. thomas, what's going on? >> good morning. at 4:41, we have a large area of high pressure over us allowing heat to build. right now, 56 at reagan national. all the areas in the green in the 50s. a few spots in the 60s. most in the mid-50s now. we have a clear sky. gorgeous half-moon in the southeastern sky. a line of showers and thunder rolling across ohio heading east. it shows signs of weakening as it heads toward the mountains. here is the day planner for the region. a sunrise at 7:19. upper 60s by 9:00 at noontime. near 80. the recor

huckleberry you services. the mission neighborhood center, the northwest crisis response network, the samoan community development center, the sunset use services, larkin street center for young women development, the omega boys club, with its director year, dr. marshall, the japanese community youth center, the institute of familia, the boys and girls club, the international studies high- school, the united playas, sfpd teen/young adult form, the referral center, the truancy assessment referral center, downtown high school, the advisory board, horizons unlimited, the jewish vocational services, and others, so you can see we have a lot of groups in this town that are dedicated, and it is a very diverse group. an announcement here. an announcement to make from the sheriff's department. vehicles parked in front of city hall, 1050 and 1192 need to be removed. i am just passing that along. we are going to move into public comment, because we want to hear from the kids first, to hear what you are thinking, and then

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member has made a reasonable efforts from the field or from the juvenile center facilities such as huckleberry house or jjc to -- may a member brink of a juvenile to a facility that -- bring a juvenile to a facility that includes a lot of four adults. there is room where officers can bring people to do their investigations. since the cannot bring them into the police station. we do not want them doing it on the street or in the back of a vehicle. there is an interview room that is located at carc and jjc for officers to conduct their interviews. this room has been set up. it has a life scan and hoda machine, and has a secured and locked the door. behind there is all the equipment officers need to further their investigations. there is a system there and a tape recorder. a paper shredder. everything they need behind in this locked door. so, we think it is important for officers when they are in the field to be able to access not only this interview room but the interview room at jjc. officers are under a lot of constrained to get in, to do what they need to do and to get back out in the field.

course was bison wellington with french beans and for dessert warmier lemon pudding with idaho huckleberry sauce and newfoun pippin apples. earlier in the day the president and prime minister were talking about a serious subject. at the top of the list was the war in afghanistan. he said the u.s. move to an assist role next year. both leaders acknowledged the road forward in afghanistan is not an easy one. >> this is a hard slog. this is hard work. >> recent days have reminded us how difficult our mission is and how high the cost of this war has been. >> the president also talked about iran's nuclear program, saying the window for this issue diplomatically is shrinking every day. >>> meanwhile the u.s. military has not revealed the identity of the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians last weekend. we do know the suspect is a 38-year-old father of two who served three tours in iraq and is based in washington state. a military official says the soldier was flown out of afghanistan today. he's being detained in another country, but he could face proceedings in afghanistan. the news

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. >> reporter: he got a job at huckleberry fine arts and started taking lessons. >> they started consistentlyelling my work. >> reporter: known for portraits and city scapes, teaches classes and has received multiple awards over the years. his work displayed in galleries all over the country. and he is quite literally living his dream. >> things have worked out pretty well and i feel great. >> reporter: this is something he plans to do for a very long time. what is your greatest hope as an artist for your career? >> my greatest hope for 500 years from now to be remembered as the greatest artist of the 21st

downstate illinois is -- you know, it's huckleberry finn territory.he suburban votes around chicago versus the downstate vote. and right now rick santorum is heavily outspent. i don't think he's up on the air right now. he's already getting beaten to a pulp. he has to get the enthusiasm going and hope that the romney vote just stays away in the suburbs around chicago and that kind of combination works for him. >> karen, what do you think about that? >> i think that's exactly right. it means illinois isn't going to tell us much more of anything. that's the pattern we've seen. that's where mitt romney's strength is. we're seeing the emerging strength of rick santorum which shows, again, this party very fractured, two polar opposites and the voters, themselves, in the republican party have not decided which way they want to go. >> karen, eugene, and richard, stay with us. please do that. we're right back with more coverage coming up. >>> up next, my final thoughts on tonight's primaries in alabama and mississippi. you're watching special coverage here on

downstate illinois is -- you know, it's huckleberry finn territory.he suburban votes around chicago versus the downstate vote. and right now rick santorum is heavily outspent. i don't think he's up on the air right now. he's already getting beaten to a pulp. he has to get the enthusiasm going and hope that the romney vote just stays away in the suburbs around chicago and that kind of combination works for him. >> karen, what do you think about that? >> i think that's exactly right. it means illinois isn't going to tell us much more of anything. that's the pattern we've seen. we've seen that. that's where mitt romney's strength is. we're seeing the emerging strength of rick santorum which shows, again, this party very fractured, two polar opposites and the voters, themselves, in the republican party have not decided which way they want to go. >> karen, eugene, and richard, stay with us. please do that. we're right back with more coverage coming up. >>> up next, my final thoughts on tonight's primaries in alabama and mississippi. you're watching special

was bison wellington with french beans and onion and for desert warm steamed pudding with idaho huckleberry sauce and newton pippen animals. >> don't you have bison every night? i do. >> bison wellington no less. >> it is good. some of the ingredients we should note came from the white house garden. >>> wedding plans for an american idol judge? keeping up with the kardashian lawsuits. and kelly clarkson's got a new beau? >> inside for hollywood headlines. joining us as always on thursday georgia alfredas cohost with the russ par morning shoe on the view kys 93.9. georgia, let's start off with kelly clarkson. out with a new hit single. now sounds like a new love interest. this one is reportedly close to one of her other idols. >> reba mcintyre. he is reba's step son. this is cool because it's really great when you can give it to somebody that you know. the other thing about him is his father is her manager. so there are two good things about this. if this guy does her wrong she can fire his dad. the next thing is if he does her wrong we'll get a whole album of girl power songs. it's a win-wi

i think huckleberry finn is a wonderful novel and its impulse is antiracist. antislavery, obviously over the years there have been many people who wanted the book banned or wanted to erase the word. i'm not for that. you have a white author, but he is using the term "nigger" for purposes that are clearly antiracist purposes. there are others. lenny bruce. lenny bruce was a great social sat -- satirist. he had a number of times when he used the word nigger, not to insult black people, but to turn the table on people who were antiblack in their feeling and he used the word nigger to laugh at them. using the word nigger as a mirror on race simple in order to combat racism. adore used the word anythinger in some of her short stories. she wasn't using it to be a racist. rather, she was using is as an artist to de-legitimate race simple. that's what i meant. obviously there are black people, too who have used the term nigger in ways that in my view, are completely unobjectionable. dick gregory titled his first autobiography, "nigger "an autobiography." and richard p

nigger appears in huckleberry finn over 200 times. i think it is a wonderful novel and its impulse is anti racist. its impulse is anti slavery. over the years there have been many people who have wanted the book banned or wanted to erase the word. i am not for that. you have a white officer but he is using the term nigger for purposes that are clearly anti racist purposes. lenny bruce was a great social satirist. he had a number of skits in which he used the word "n" word not to insult black people. but to turn the tables on racist -- he used the word "n" word -- "n" word to laugh at them. he was using the word has a mirror on racism to combat racism. those are some examples. there are others. some of her short stories -- she wasn't using it to be a racist. she was using it as an artist to they legitimate racism. there are black people too who have used the term "n" word in ways that in my view are completely not objectionable. dick gregory titled his first autobiography "n" word -- nigger:an autobiography. richard pryor had two great