amy: on to thank you for being with us, kevin moore, one of the people who documented freddie gray's al moments before being taken into police custody. kevin is a member of wecopwatch, a nationwide effort to reduce police violence and harassment by videotaping encounters with the community, and is the founder of wecopwatch baltimore. when we come back, we go to firste where there is the teacher strike going on in 30 years. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "the revolution will not be televised" by gil scott-heron. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. schools are closed in seattle again today as the city's first teacher strike in 30 years enters it fifth day. teachers are represented by the seattle education association unanimously voted to go on strike demanding fewer standardized tests for students, more time to prepare for classes, and better pay. the impasse has delayed the start of the public school year for about 53,000 students. the strike comes after washington's supreme court ruled earlier this month that the state's new charter

hi, i am kevin moore. i work in the linguistics department. i've been a lecturer here for fourteen and a half years. hi, my name is elena dorabji and i was a lecturer in political science since 1990 and i have just recently retired from the political science department. hi, my name is jonathan karpf and i've been a lecturer in the department of anthropology at san jose state for 25 years. i'm also, because we're unionized faculty, i am the elected lecturer representative for san jose state university. hi, i am gloria collins. i am a lecturer in the english department. i have been a lecturer here for 35 years and i have also taught at local community colleges, san jose city college, evergreen valley college and for many years, west valley college. hi. my name is jennifer gonzalez and i am the correspondent for the show. i want to thank all of you for being here today and i think it would help the audience if we started by explaining the differences in terms. in the academic world we have professors who are tenured, we have professors who are pa

freddie gray in baltimore earlier this year, as witnessed and video-taped by a bystander named kevin moore. >> the camera is the only thing...? >> yeah, the camera is the only thing we have to protect us that's not illegal. >> brown: the storyteller is writer and actor anna deavere smith, who wove moore's experience into her new project, titled "notes from the field: doing time in education." the project began with an anecdote a friend told her about a young person in baltimore who was arrested after urinating on a water cooler. >> she said to me, "what ever happened to mischief?" and i said, "wow, poor kids are pathologized. and rich kids have mischief." and it just grabbed me. i thought it's time to go home really. go back to what i began with and look and see what's wrong with it. >> brown: home is baltimore, where smith lived until she was 15. after the killing of freddie gray and the riots that ensued, it was a sadly appropriate setting for smith to tackle her latest issue. anna deavere smith is a recognizable presence on television, most recently these days on the showtime program, "

among the guests are dave chappell, whitney cummings, sam moore, kevin nealon, trevor noah, jay farrelloe piscopo and chris rock. >>> we will show you the tech >>> we will show you the tech goodies you're a parent. we're both busy people. so pick up my new hand prepared $20 family fill up meal. eight pieces of original recipe chicken, two large mashed potatoes and gravy, a large coleslaw, and 4 biscuits. i'll get back to ya. (door squeaking) it's finger lickin' good. >>> we have had the heat, the humidity, three days in a row, temperatures 90 degrees or higher. today, we reached 94 so far and we do have some scattered showers and storms and this marks the end of the heat wave today a couple of storms around the beltway, i-95, more storms developing down toward the south, all moving north and east, heads up woodbridge, quantico, portions of charles and prince george's county, seeing a couple of showers, stafford county, a few showers here and showers lining up along the blue ridge, frederick, back on toward bluemont. nothing too heavy but what we are watching is an area back to the west.

moore. the third quarter, stanford up by three and kevin hogan to hickenlooper and one yard line and picking game. the cardinals up by ten and they would go onto hold on that league. stanford was a ten point under dog. they'll take on the beaver in corvallis next week. >> there was a shoot out that ends up with the bears' victory. cal escapes with a 45-44 win on the road. the bears are undefeated. they play the huskies next week. >>> happening today, the 49ers are on the road playing big ben roethlisberger. coach jim solis says running back--kickoff is about half an hour at 10:00 this morning. they'll be faceing baltimore ravens this afternoon. quarterback jered carr is expected to play after hurting his hand last week. charles wilson is trying to give it a go despite his dislocated shoulder kpigging off kicking off at 105. >>> still ahead for you, pope francis delivering mass in cuba this morning. after the break, we'll take a look at this impact that it is happening. >>> just two more days until pope francis makes his historic trip the u.s.. first, the pontiff right now is in cuba. he deli

moore dimpka. thomas james farino john gerard farrell joseph d.farelli. thomas patrick farelli. rosa maria feliciano kevin.fraling. irving vincent gerrard. steven ian goldstein. philip henssler. >> brian hennessy. paul rexford hughes. susan hewey. richard john kelly junior. thomas w. kelly. thomas patrick knox. gary edward kokler. >> adam j. lewis. michael william lomax. louise neil limari. eileen mary rice. bruce albert reynolds. thomas f. crost jr. david torrado. frederick t.varicchi. john g.ultzhoffer azel vazquez gregory kamal bruno watler victor wald thomas f. faircoff jr. and my brother and my uncle christopher quackenbush. miss you, bro. ♪ [ playing "taps" ] ♪ ♪ >> at the white house, president obama and the first lady led a moment of remembrance at 8:46, the time the first plane hit the world trade center. [ bell tolling ] ♪ [ playing "taps" ] ♪ >> and you may have noticed the white house and here live at the u.s. capitol building and around capitol hill, congressional leaders and members of congress issuing a statement on the 9/11 anniversary. flags are at half staff today. here's house speaker j

one time gary moore had the same idea, and we quick changed together. >> later carol burnett date her favorite was kevin spacey. >> i wanted to come out here tonight. >> kevin spacey went on to read a home just like jimmy used to do. >> the guests tornado including -- the guests tonight include the u.n. secretary general. favorites a little mom, mom, if you're watching. >>> a texas starbucks employee likely had his caffeine fix before this happened. [music] work the khakis work them! this drive-through customer uploaded the clip to youtube last week, and the customer was blasting this week's hit, you know it, i can't feel my face when i'm with you. the barista busted out his moves, and he said he can't believe all the attention he's now getting. believe it! own it! >> that's a nice way of serving your coffee, but just make sure you're facing them the entire time. don't turn around. >>> time now 5:26. up next, the day's stop stories. >>> a livery cab driver stabbed overnight, and police are coming up. >>> we don't want to hear about your careers and volley back and forth. your both successful people. con

would be wise to read into the record >>commissioner kathrin moore: why are you trying to amend those as well? >> i'm going to defer to kevinat one, commissioner. >> thank you. >> commissioner moore. there are several exhibits in the general plan that are essentially copies of regulatory maps and figures in the zoning code. so where those particular aspects of the project in terms of zoning and what the d for d expects there are companions in the general plan so you don't have a conflict to where we enable the zoning to enable the packing controls an zoning regulations contemplated while you are in conflict with the same graphic for the tower separation and the again plan. >> have you created the new tower separation and the diagram in the d for d? >> yes. they include for certain buildings and customized controls for the n 1 building around those topics. i'm sorry, the h 1, building. >> i for some reason must have missed identifying that. that is why i'm asking the question. i am very concerned that the rules as stand having created a successful city and to tear the two buildings of heights but they have same values. i wou

would be wise to read into the record >>commissioner kathrin moore: why are you trying to amend those as well? >> i'm going to defer to kevinat one, commissioner. >> thank you. >> commissioner moore. there are several exhibits in the general plan that are essentially copies of regulatory maps and figures in the zoning code. so where those particular aspects of the project in terms of zoning and what the d for d expects there are companions in the general plan so you don't have a conflict to where we enable the zoning to enable the packing controls an zoning regulations contemplated while you are in conflict with the same graphic for the tower separation and the again plan. >> have you created the new tower separation and the diagram in the d for d? >> yes. they include for certain buildings and customized controls for the n 1 building around those topics. i'm sorry, the h 1, building. >> i for some reason must have missed identifying that. that is why i'm asking the question. i am very concerned that the rules as stand having created a successful city and to tear the two buildings of heights but they have same values. i wou

now are dorian moore, roosevelt institute, fellow and msnbc contributor and also host of "nerding out." policy editor for think process and contributor to the nation magazine. and kevin hassett, the chair in american politics and culture at the american enterprise institute. thank you all for being here on this labor day weekend. >> thank you for having us. >> dorian, i sort of feel like i just want to be like "go." how much are these new realities reflective of a workplace shift that we may not even quite have our hands on yet in terms of what it will mean a decade, two decades from now? >> you're started off by saying we're talking about the future of work, but the future is here now. this development has been long in the making over the past 25 to 30 years. in fact, that labor board rule you mentioned is a rule that stopped the joint employer status, meaning that the parent company like mcdonald's was off the hook since the '80s for any of the working conditions at any of its franchisees, and many may wonder what role should mcdonald's play in terms of the work conditions? is it really just the franchi e franchisees that has the power but mcdonald's determines eve