janie has been called a heroin. her quest for identity takes her on a journey during which she learned what love is, experiences life's joys and sorrows, and comes home to herself in peace. what is it about this novel that connects the masses to this work? >> everybody wants to be free. you know, it's a book we love and its better to be loving. but without freedom, it's not, it's not the best. and so i think we connect with this story because at the end we find the woman alone and happy to be by herself, at peace with being by herself. she has had many adventures and gone on many jennings -- journeys. there she is at the end coming out her hair and sitting on her own porch, and she is autonomo autonomous. and she would choose her community. she will choose her family. she would choose her lovers, you know? she is herself. she is as free as probably anyone could be on this planet. and especially in a place like even though. this is what is before all of us, that we would like to connect directly with life we have to

janie mounted the stairs with her lamp. the light of her hand was like a spark of sun stuff washing her face and fire. her shadow behind fell black felt black and headlong down the stairs. now in her room, the place tasted fresh again. the wind through the open windows had burned out all the defeated feeling of absence and nothingness. she closed in and sat down, calming road dust out of her hair, thinking. the day of the gun and the bloody bloodied body and the courthouse came and commenced to sing a sobbing side out of every corner in the room. out of each and every chair they commenced to saying, commenced to sob and side singing and sobbing. then takaik came prancing around herb, where she was and flew in the window and lit in the top of the tree. takaik with the sun for a shawl. of course he wasn't dead. he can never be dead until she herself had finished thinking. the kiss of this memory made pictures of love and light against the wall. here was piece. she pulled in her horizon like a great fishnet, pulled it from aro

janie has been called a heroin. her quest for identity takes her on a journey during which she learns what love is, experiences life's joys and sorrows, and comes to herself in peace. what is significant of this female character and the american literary canon? ms. ruby dee. >> my friend here, i love zora because she has brought us to -- she brings us to essences. she brings us to beginnings. she defines in a sense, a reason that we have not considered why we had to come to this country. we have a job to do and we are still in the process of doing that job. that is to particular eyes the absolute nature of the human character, the human experience as a human being. because she may feel, no matter what religion you come from, and eventually i find out oh, oh yeah, zora was describing human beings and telling us something about ourselves. she was telling us that we are the god stuff, and she was egging us on to become -- she was trying to point out the richness of who we are as human beings, as living creatures on thi

janis ian's "society child," she is singing the story from the standpoint of a white high school city you anymore, baby. she says she can't continue the relationship because she is society's child. ♪ come to my door baby ♪ face is clean and shining black as night ♪ ♪ now i could understand your tears and your shame ♪ ♪ she called you boy instead of your name ♪ ♪ when she wouldn't let you inside ♪ ♪ when she'd turn to sit and honey, he's not our kind ♪ ♪ she says i can't see you anymore, baby ♪ ♪ i can't see you anymore ♪ walk me down to school, baby ♪ everybody's acting different ♪ and they say why don't you just stick to your own kind ♪ ♪ my teachers all laugh ♪ preaching equality ♪ and if they believe it then why won't they just let us be ♪ ♪ they say i can't see you anymore, baby ♪ ♪ can't see you anymore >> it's interesting to note that this song entered the charts about a month after the supreme court decision in loving v. virginia in 1967 which declared laws banning racial intermarriage, a violation of equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. that might explain why the son

jani outside of some of these houses some people sleep in the. amounts the price paid for its resistance has been high following the un observers we find a population for him elections the last thing on their minds here inside of danielle is full you've got a lot of election campaign pasted instead of. head you've got the faces of people who died during the conflict one boy just thirteen years old. many lies have been lost dave because the conflict in syria is part of the reason many people are now desperate to seal sides lay down their arms and resolve this conflict and love the way the killing does not there's not too solution because they. should start i suppose. this would be the opposition's boycotted the election has left little room for discussion here the opposition should have participated and should have requested some sort of monitoring monitoring teams in order to. scrutinize the elections and the results of the elections this does not happen it is one of the mistakes of the opposition did not purchase a period which is one of the mis

summer began singing in the church at i ayoung age and was influenced by motown and janis joplin.he defined the dsk owe area with a string of hits like last dance, love to love you, baby and bad girl. >> donna summer first came out in the u.s. in about 1975 and she exploded on the disco scene. that was her best place that she shined at. >> reporter: when disco fadeed away, donna did not, segueing in pop rock. one of her biggest hits in the '80s, she works hard for the money became an anthem for women's rights. she faced controversy after becoming a born again christian and was accused of making anti- gay comments in relation to the aids epidemic. she denied making the comments but was the target of a boycott. >> she has a strong following in the gay community. i guess years later, bygones were bygones and she came back and was phenomenal. >> she made two appearances on american idol, one in 2004 and again in tweet. in tweet. - - in 2008. she also released her final album that year, crayons, her first sphiewd i don't album in 17 years. the broadway show, police sill a, queen of the

i don't think any of us knew what gerry and jany hart had to prepare themselves to do to defend us as a group. mind you, we didn't know each other yet. and so i knew jackie cochrane. she had been very generous to support phase one financially. and i've had wonderful letters from her and from gercobb but i didn't realize. i was out of the country or so buried in my work i didn't realize until after it was over with that these hearings had gone on. and then that's when we found out the parameters our jet test pilot experience to be an astronaut which let us out of the league. >> for the time being at least -- >> yes, yes. thank you for adding that because eileen did it. we have three girl test pilots, and i think we've got two female -- eileen and another gal that are testing because eileen has to have a backup, a girl backup. >> and hopefully we'll be seeing more and more. >> absolutely. >> you went on, as you said, you were traveling overseas for lengths of time. you had your career in aviation. tell us something about that, you would, an overview of what you continued to do. >> i kin

. >>> "by, bye baby," janis joplin. >> my collection is this deep. i've completely given up.t's a start. >>> yes, you go. >> if you live in dallas and you know pizza patrone or any of the surrounding area, on june 5g9, pay taepgs very closely to what i'm about to say say. [ speaking spanish ] >> if you can order in spanish, you get your pizza for free on june 5th. >> in dallas? >> anywhere where pizza patron delivers. quite a bit of controversy. people who are saying this is discriminating against people who speak english. and on the left side of the spectrum is saying -- i don't even know what they're saying. they're downward -- >> my question is, speaking spanish to each other and say i guess i landed on cnn espanol today. or cnn. >> this is cnn. >> romney should take a position on this. >> clearly. clearly. what have you got? >> turns out that those skinny jeans that -- >> the ones you're always wearing in here that mark and i are telling you not to wear? >> first of all, i don't wear skinny jeans. these are not skinny jean. >> are you showing off your skinny jeans? >> the

. >> janie will offer training to cert yoga instructors who want to teach next month.0 p.m. here is what is coming up 6 pm 9 >> baltimore is in the market to fill one of its most high-profile jobs. police commissioner, the iii.tmendeparture of fred beald >> an economist takes issue with the way to maryland balances its books. she calls the current system a flawed and erratic experiment. you will hear from her next. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal tv 11 news tonight. >> good evening. our big story at 6, the commish is leaving. stepping down after more than 30 years on the force. >> fred bealefeld iii was never afraid to hold back his opinions. he was always refreshingly straight forward. >> a lot of people dead.

my mom read it to the dad and said jany's gay. and he said is that bad? no.hey loved each other very much and they never talked about this, but they both said later on after the smoke cleared that they both suspected but they never talked about it. they were afraid for me. they were afraid for the choices i would have, the life i would have to live. one of the things i say in the book is living a normal life was up there with food and shelter for my mother. you want to live a normal life. like when i found out i was deaf in one ear and i heard her whisper to the doctor, will she lead a normal life? i always had that in my mind. >> one thing parents of that generation would do is worry about my daughter can never get marry or have children. you have both. >> i have both. >> that's another great reason, i believe, this debate is wonderful. it removes that fear from parents' lives. they don't have to worry about their children being deprived. >> who wants their kid to grow up in a world where they're not accepted for who they are? that's a horrible thing to be w

hi, jany. >> i used this as an excuse to go buy a mcmuffin. we got starbucks. we got duncan.use to buy food. restaurant earnings have done well. and some analysts have wanted to credit, wait for it, the weather. but that may moderate now that the weather's supposed to be nice because it's may. but when wendy's missed expectations today and is being punished even as the number 2 burger chain returned to profitability, wendy's lowered full year guidance and margins are taking a hit on higher beef prices. ubs expects a tough second quarter as burgherer king comes on strong. the king used to be number two. it could impact mcdonald's. opening its first store in india the baskin robbins -- >> jane, i don't mean to interrupt you but we've got some breaking news that we need to go to phil. phil, it concerns ford. >> ford has just announced it's going to be effectively cutting in half its summer shutdown, the traditional two-week shutdown will only be one week. all of this so that they can increase production here in north america. this means they're going to build an additional 40,00

in 1938 sigmar and alice and their three children norbert, jani nirx e and trudy set out on what would be a five year odyssey to find sanctuary. from fridayburg at the edge of the black forest they fled to a region of france. as the german occupation advanced, the family moved from one northeastern town to another. then to lyon and the port city of marseille where they board one of the last boats carrying european jews to safety. after stops in casablanca and cuba in 1943, they finally arrived in the united states. janinio e and roland first met and again in lyon where their love grew but were separated when the family sailed away from france. despite vowing to find each other after the war they lost all contact. in 1946, on a blind date in new york city, she met the man she would marry, american leonard maitland. two children and 43 years of marriage later, leonard is die og. and janline and leonard daughter's leslie has begun her own odyssey to trace her po mother's story. through her research and travels she learns that roland is alive and living in canada. in 1991 nearly 50 years a

. >> upgraded from buy to neutral at jany capital. up 2.4%. >> dfw shoe warehouse. of my very favorite places to shop. >> apparently a lot of people love to shop. up on earnings. beat by 9 cents a share. same-store sales doubled wall street expectations. guidance on sales above consensus. they increased their dividend to 18 cents a share from 15 cents. look at that move. 10% for dsw. >> who doesn't like discounted designer shoes? really, honestly? manitowoc. did i get it right? >> a little south of green bay, wisconsin. goldman sachs upgrading from a buy to neutral. they see something called a, quote, emerging crane recovery. cranes. not the birds. the heavy machinery stuff. they did cut their target from 17 to 15. still nearly 4 bucks of upside from where it is. stock down 37% over the past -- >> i hear flocks of cranes are also on the upside. >> flocks of sea gulls. great '80s band. >>> sea zbln gate technology. >> western digital. a two-fehr. morgan stanley comments on hard drive envenn toir sales. they say the largest inventory since january putting a lot of pre

. >> my name is janie robinson, and i'm a mother of three children, one child with autism. >> i'm joy ming. i teach second grade at ross elementary. >> i'm wilma ann anderson. i'm a wife and mother of four. >> oh, i'm so glad to meet you! >> getting to meet susan was incredible. her skin is beautiful. she's beautiful. that's my dream, to look like her at her age. >> kathleen, thank you so much for coming. >> having three teenagers, i haven't had much time for myself. >> this is a chance to really, really treat yourself. now let's get on with the fun, because we all deserve a youthful essence day. >> we are ready to start your youthful essence facial. i think you're really going to enjoy this. we're starting with the cial warng cleanr. >> i can feel it heating up. >> the fial cleaing brus and ose circular motions-- it actually felt like i was getting a massage and it was bringing my skin back to life. >> we're now going to use the resurfacing tool and the resurfacing cream. >> theesurfaci cream smelled so good, and it made my skin tingle and just feel so clean. >> it's relaxing and it

got a tweet from janis who says today she did not have a good day on 237 getting over to 101.o remind you that guardrail repair is ongoing here in the cupertino sunnyvale area, ramp from southbound 280 to northbound 85 is closed as they repair a guardrail from a truck accident. alternate routes you can use the foothill expressway on 280, or homestead or 101 to 85 instead. let's go to steve. >> thank you. and a very good morning. mostly clear, already warm for some. low 60s to the interior, yet a little fog dancing around on parts of the coast. mainly san mateo coast and towards santa cruz and monterey. most of the marin coast will be fog free. yet still a westerly breeze, we don't get that north-northeast wind which sends temps up words to the coast but today mainly 60s. couple low 70s, clear skies, sunny and warmer. inland temps, up, up, up. top out today 80s, low 90s. and then tomorrow starts a trend way down, especially if we head towards sunday and monday. you can see fog towards santa cruz, also monterey. not much of a brose but there's a little westerly breeze and pacifi

thank you, janis. northbound 101 traffic is busy as well, approaching 880. to steve. >> thank you, sal. good morning, every. mostly cloudy, system in mend encino county although drizzles made it to santa rosa and sausalito. 80s on monday. remember those? no! they'll be back. probably not until sunday but today the coolest day of the week. monday was the warmest. now temperatures sliding down. we had to cool breezy conditions, but at least it was sunny to mostly sunny yesterday. today though looks cloudy to mostly cloudy. our system doesn't have much left to it but it's still holing together. still a band offshore that will sweep through. so light drizzle, light rain north bay on the coast and anything that makes it this afternoon would be brief but -- hold on -- right there. still holding together. now i mention this, and this could be the last system in the series or for the season, because the 10 day outlook is dry, the 15 day outlook to third week of may is a cool pattern but getting late in the season for any rain so this system may be one of last to sho

arizona woman are learning they donated thousands of dollars to her fake cancer scheme. 27-year-old janiebreast cancer and needed surgery. she said she didn't have health insurance so found a doctor who performed doctor under the table but needed help raising the money so she reached out to coworkers at the hallmark hospice center. >> we're in the business of helping people in need. and you are expected to show compassion and you want to bring comfort to those who are suffering. >> now police say it was all a lie. they say she never had cancer and wanted are money for breast implants. she stole about $8,000 from people and has now been arrested for that crime. >>> a dog is now in a santa clara animal shelter after lying with a body of his owner on the side of the road. the man was hit and killed by a car while riding his bicycle on highway 1, north of builder ranch state park. police say his body was on the side of the road for almost 12 and hours, hidden by bushes. the man's dog who was riding in a basket on the bike was carped up next to the man. he was not hurt and is now being evaluat