keisha blain, thank you very much for being with us. ms. blain: thank you. >> this week on first ladies, we learn about ellen and edith wilson. ellen oversaw the creation of the rose garden and the poor andnt of the washington, d.c. she passed away. remarrieswilson edith. he suffers a stroke. wilson, onse c-span's original series "first ladies: influence an image," examining the public and private lives of the women who were first ladies and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama. p.m. -- 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> i don't think any other people in america can take this kind of suffering. anybody would be a revolutionary. what do you think of the police? >> they are nothing but pigs, man. just picking me up because -- man, [indiscernible] the pig came. my aunt, buddy. >> when you live in the community that is oppressed and people are living like we have to live in the black community, how are you going to handle all of these problems? create an awareness of a need for dramatic and rapid change in th

the white house says president obama -- you got it, keisha? minnesota.ta lynx, our floor director and basketball coach keisha just saved us there. president obama will honor themarkry for giving back to their community today. >>> very nice. you're watching nbc 10 news. nbc 10 news today at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >> nbc 10 breaking news. >>> we are following two breaking news stories for you this morning. first, a deadly crash in burlington shuts down route 130. we'll help you get around that crash. >> a live picture from the scene of an apartment fire, what was an apartment fire in montgomery county. 16 units destroyed, 30 people displaced and they just got the fire out within the past half hour. we're live on scene as the investigation into what caused the fire continues. >>> we're off to a cooler start, lower humidity. we'll get your first alert forecast hour by hour to take a live look outside. good morning, welcome back to nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. it's a beautiful morning shaping up out there. it feels just like

. >> keisha blain, a graduate of princeton, and you studied at penn state. the premise of your research is really working and looking at women at the margins. african-american women. why? dr. blain: i have been interested for a while in capturing the voices of women who have just -- their voices have been lost, and really hidden in the crux of u.s. history. i wanted to excavate their stories. i wanted to help us better understand african-american history, the lack freedom struggle, and the complexities of that struggle. i wanted to add to the discussion, beyond mainstream narratives of the civil rights movement, for example, or women's involvement. i wanted to look at women activist that most haven't heard of. >> what did you learn? dr. blain: in that paper, i life of aut the woman, a working-class black woman from this joy. i spoke about the ways in which she and gazed in the concept of black internationalism, primarily through the 1930's. forgingabout her work activists.etween part of what i did for this particular panel was to try and get people to think

keisha, an aide to the governor said he was not talking about them being bare breasted. i think somebody tipped him off it was under the law okay to do. that he was talking about them harassing the traffic. but what about that argument? >> it is a valid argument. the statutes, and there are restrictions on how aggressive and how they treat the tourist and citizens. >> that is subjective, isn't it if >> they are aggressive and they come at you and they want tips and you see these women with their breasts hanging out. i understand everyone has a right and first amendment but there should be a restriction on the type of behavior. >> i am scared of clowns and that is my own personal thing, but keith, the people, we are a block from time square and i am down there all of the time. and the people who appear to be aggressive to me is the cartoon characters, elmo, and cookie monster and spider man and batman and that a minon? >> and mickey mouse walked by and the smurfs. >> there is pan handling which is legal and except for subways and aggressive pand handling. and it is a fine

as keisha referenced there are legal mechanisms to deal with the types of issues.ts you can bring, statutes like hipaa that protects your medical information. the united states deals with these issues on unique basises, it doesn't have a broad idea of hey, google you decide what's private and what's not. >> everything is out there on cyber space. we may have hipaa and you do a search and google doesn't restrict the links it will be there. it is up to them to say we will delete the links if somebody asks them. >> they have no way of enforcing that -- >> no, there's no statute in the united states that makes this a requirement. >> let's take this to another level then. we're talking about national security. we've had a debate where there was a exchange between senator paul and governor christie about exchange of our privacy. if they do this if we can follow through with what france is saying, europe is saying would that be an infringement on our national security by having that information out there? am i asking the question the right way? >> it can be. because certa

. >> reporter: the home is rent stabilized but keisha was the last paying tenant to move in. >> people saying this building is about to change drastically. >> reporter: she started to notice bunk beds being moved in the building and she asked the supervisor what was happening. >> it's for the people. and i said what people, for the shelter people. >> reporter: they were turning the building into a type of a shelter known as a cluster site that houses families. >> they are housing families in need of emergency shelter in my building. >> reporter: the city created cluster sites over a decade ago as homelessness grow mayor bloomberg increasingly paid landlords for shelter. >> the folks who own this building are really making lots of money from these people and so. >> reporter: her landlord is a prominent real estate family called the padalstia sn own about 40 cluster shelter, since 2010 the city has paid them over $90 million to house homeless families, four of their shelters are in keisha's neighborhood. >> this is pretty typical, door wide open, broken into and broken mailboxes. [knocki

drop, drop it ♪ ♪ bam, bam up ♪ back it up, down, down up >> this is nicky smith dancing to star keisha'sshe posted this video fsome tim ago. >> women in the second trimester you can't get comfortable. ♪ it's time to sleep, time to sleep ♪ ♪ i feel like i'm going to be ♪ i need sleep, i need sleep and i really want some coffee ♪ >> tell us more about this. we have nicky "right this minute" all the way from south carolina. what made you want to make these videos about your pregnancy? >> i just wanted to be an inspiration to all the pregnant women saying okay, you're not alone. we'll just dance it out, whatever. >> 37 weeks is quite far along in a pregnancy. did you worry maybe your moves would turn into another performance? >> yes, i have. i'm just like okay, maybe doing this this will get me further along. i'm getting towards the end. >> how does it feel moving like that when you're 37 weeks. was it easy or does it help you? >> it is not easy. >> is this your first child? >> it is. >> you got the "frozen" and disney tune down pat. >> that's my favorite movie. >> can you have the baby on c

. >> brangham: keisha henry certainly agrees with that.three years ago she and some family members opened cafe dauphine, the only upscale restaurant in the lower ninth ward. they serve traditional new orleans fare. she says business has been up and down. she hopes they'll soon see a profit. >> the ultimate goal is to have people come down here and see how nice the neighborhood is. and they can enjoy it and say: i never thought of this neighborhood in this light. maybe i could move here. >> brangham: so you'd like this place to be a magnet. not only to bring people here to eat, but to live. >> yes. our neighbors next door from canada, they said, "keisha, you know, you're one of the reasons we bought the house." >> brangham: but henry, who's a single mom, and who lives just across the street from her restaurant, is quick to say what she doesn't like to hear. >> i don't mind newcomers coming in. but it is offensive to people who have lived here a long time when they say they are here to "save" the neighborhood. my family has been in this neig

. >> keisha. >> tatiana,. >> heather. >> are you ready for this match. >> yes. >> east coast west coast match up. i will kick it off and try not to embarras myself. botchy ball we term white ball in the center. i don't know exact terms. or it is, but forget bit. white ball in the center. we have green. west coast. east kes gets red. whoever gets it the close to the white ball is obviously the best at it. we will also knock each other out. lets get it on. i'll go first. ready. here we go. >> i may have done this before. >> east coast turn. >> here i go. >> you see that spin move. >> very nice, very nice. >> that is what i'm saying. >> nice guys, we got this. >> that is going. >> little shore. >> i mean, you know what, i think, i think the the jersey girls have it. give me some. give me some, going down, going down, going down, welcome to the east coast. welcome to philadelphia, the city that loves you back. >> are you feeling brotherly love. >> yes, i am welcome to spruce street harbor park, it is opened seven days a week until end of september. it is free, fun, ukee, jessica, i mean, i

. >> keisha brings up a good point. u.s. supreme court addressed voucher programs and the famous cleveland school voucher case. seems like yesterday, but it was actually in 2002. i looked at it again today. the supreme court said, look. three things. if there is a valid secular purpose that is to help poor children who are trapped in these failing schools, then it doesn't violate the first amendment. second of all, if it's religiously neutral, that is they have an alternative they can enroll in other schools, and third, there are nonsectarian schools that are available as well. so how is this case going to end up in the supreme court? >> because we have the nevada constitution here and it's clearly a violation of the nevada constitution. >> the supreme court overruled -- >> you make a great argument. she's a great lawyer. but the bottom line is it doesn't matter if, yeah, the main purpose is education and a little bit will go toward religious, it doesn't matter. if a dime goes towards religious -- a religious school or a sec

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