i also want to recognize ken smith, who is the president for jobs for america's graduation. graduates. and ken, it was good seeing you. you know, america's promise and j.a.g. do some incredible work. and i will tell you, it's an organization -- a couple organizations we love standing beside and being involved in this cause. and the young people that you saw in this video, and there are a lot of them like that. but they're here today. and it's great having the kids from ballou high school here with us this morning. i had a chance to spend -- yeah. in fact, why don't you stand up, kids? where are you? they're here at one of the tables. stand up. please, stand up. i had an opportunity this morning to meet with all of these kids. you notice some of those faces are the same faces you saw on the screen up here. and i have got to tell you, you walk away excited. you have a little bit of an adrenaline rush. and that's what i'm talking about, right? that's what this is all about, and that's what we're trying to accomplish. so congratulations to you guys, and after meeting with you, i

who at our first meeting to go over the manuscript and talking with the index showed me why it was ken smith that he should be the index sure my book by pulling up his shirt and showing me his tattoo that reads, some madness but always some reason in madness. how fitting. of all that is written i love only when a person has written in his blood. he that verizon blood does not want to be read the learn by heart. doesn't turn who wanted to learn by heart did so by bringing him in their blood. examples bike his rib cage simply make a literal what has been figural in american history or 20th century american history, and that is that he has been inscribed on the american body, in our blood, as he put it, us. the risks involved in making his to page epistle more interpreters with american barrick, can the type of cranky a letter or to to tell us anything broader for understanding the importance for 20th-century american thought and culture? my belief is that they do precisely because they speak to the ways in which an astonishing range of readers participated in a much wider circle of intellectua

. >> we love director ken smith's movie.ing a knenew tit that we can't say on >>> he made his mark with slacker moves like "clerks" and "mall rats." >> kevin smith, director, writer, podcaster. the subtitle is "life advise from a fat lazy slob who did good." welcome. >> we tend to say tough smith. for years i've interchanged that word. so i said tough smith. but can i share something where w you? >> yes. it's very nerve racking to come on live. of course, i just got off the plane, my pulse is running. i'm standing backstage and between one of the breaks gayle comes back. >> do a reading of your book. >> she literally read my book out loud. the filthiest passages. >> gayle was walking around the office, all this morning saying, wait a minute, i need to read this to you, which we can't read those things on tv. >> i said, charlie, you have a question for kevin smith. i read him the part i read to you, and i said, charlie, what would be your question after that, go ahead, charlie? >> is there anything you don't tell us? >> i put

i also want to recognize ken smith. it was good seeing you. america is promisedja andg -- america's promise and jag do some great work. the young people you saw in this video -- and there are a lot of them might get, but it is great having the kids from blue high school here with me this morning pupate -- here with me this morning. stand-up. please, stand up. [applause] i had an opportunity this morning to meet with all these kids. you notice some of those bases were the same faces you saw on the screen. -- some of those faces for the same faces you saw on the screen. that is what i am talking about, right? congratulations to you guys. i have no doubt you guys are going to be successful in whatever you pursue. what we have achieved says a lot. is as a lot about these kids, the character they have, the drive that they have. it says just as much about the teachers and the administrators that they are driving these kinds of programs inside their school. over the past couple of years, almost 100% of students have graduated. did you hear that? [app

want to welcome ken smith.eing involved in this cause, and the young people we saw in this video -- stand up, kids. [applause] i had an opportunity this morning to meet with some of those kids. you noticed some of those bases are the same. you walk in here excited. .ongratulations to you this says a lot about those kids, the drive you have, it says a lot about the teachers and the administration, and over the past couple years, almost those students have graduated. that is something we are proud to be a part of your your -- to be a part of superior it is going to been -- to be a part of. economic opportunity is flowing into those markets but have the best prepared talent. an educated work force has been america's greatest competitive advantage, and that is going to be more important, and i am pleased we are making progress. there is still more we are trying to do. we are going to have american businesses struggling, and the center of gravity will shift to where labor pools reside, so it is in corporate america

i also want to welcome ken smith.n organization we love standing beside and being involved in this cause, and the young people we saw in this video -- stand up, kids. [applause] i had an opportunity this morning to meet with some of those kids. you noticed some of those bases -- faces are the same. you walk in here excited. about.what i'm talking congratulations to you. this says a lot about those kids, the drive you have, it says a lot about the teachers and the administration, and over the past couple years, almost 100% of those students have graduated. [applause] that is something we are proud to be a part of your your -- to be a part of superior it is going to been -- to be a part of. i get asked why a company like ours is involved in programs like this one. to me it is simple. if the united states is going to win in the future, it will be by education. our economy is more global. economic opportunity is flowing into those markets but have the best prepared talent. an educated work force has been america's greates

tests and sheriff smith says more polygraph tests are planned but won't say who will be given them. 300 volunteers from the community joined the search, combing acres near sierra's house. ken love who lives near says since she disappeared he no longer lets his youngest daughter out of his sight in the front yard. volunteers found 150 items of interest. deputies are looking at all of those to see if they may be possibly linked to this case. reporting live in morgan hill, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> could be a bumpy ride hundreds of miles of city roads in san jose might go without repair for a while. the city has created a priority street network. san jose has $18 million to spend every year and will go to high traffic areas. but that means other quieter parts of the city might pay the price. some drivers say you can't drive far before plunging into one of those pot holes. >> it's just you think you're dodging one and you hit another one. so yeah, i mean, they got to do something. >> the city plans to increase its budget for road repairs by possibly increasing sales tax or a parcel tax. >> a pair of companies made a lot of money for employees and investors going pu