my father's name was leori. -- leroi.i changed my name when we became aware of the african revolution and the whole question of our african roots. i was named by the man who buried malcolm x. the name he gave me was arabic. i brought it down into swahili land. so it is amiri baraka. if it was arabic, i would probably have more difficulty flying. >> amiri baraka moved back to his hometown of newark and began focusing on political organizing. nearly beaten by police during the uprising in newark. he was once identified as the person that would emerge as leaders of the pan african movement in the united states. in 1970, he formed the congress of african people. he continued writing performance poetry up until he was hospitalized late last year. in 2002, he was named poet laureate of new jersey, a post that was eliminated after a poem about thefter the -- september 11 attacks which created a firestorm throughout the country and state. baraka's work also influenced a younger generation of hip-hop artists and slam poets. in a m

>> leroy and nicole. >> they wanted to play with you, so they got it. >> it's not from me, leroy anderoy and nicole are friends from xbox live. they had an older generation xbox and that's how he knew they had been playing with each other online, for years, never met in person. >> that's cool. great. >> so sweet. >> when he learns that this is from those two, watch his reaction. >> oh my god. why would they do something like -- holy [ bleep ]. are you kid me? man, i tell you what, those people, i swear. >> you can see him getting choked up. >> this is my favorite video of the day, number one, they got to give somebody something they totally didn't expect, i love that. >> yeah, the guy who posted it is his friend. xbox live friends for a while and knew he deserved it. >> beautiful act of generosity. >> they say technology makes us less personal. but to me, this has made them more interpersonal. >> he looks like the little thing on his shirt. >> he does. >> so cute. >> another cool feature this guy can do now, skype calls on this thing where they can see each other. >>> from the christ

i want to recognize commissioner leroy king who's the long time lasting commissioner. whose heart has been in the western edition and i served with him a commissioner for many years and leroy is 98-year-old. thank you la roadway with all your years with the agency. i think that everything that mary helen rogers figure out for abnormal housing and protection for those who are dispolice department because of what happened she was the true advocate for the affordable housing. i hope mary will be part of our new affordable housing for seniors. i'm glad this is being done under the item of mayor ed lee who's legacy he he's known as the housing mayor. he's done more than any mayor before him. he will speak later. i would also like to recognize the community advisory members. thank you (clapping.) and the community development corporation is hear from reverend mckay and the director whitney thank you to you and to urban core and to the staff that developed this project and our unsung hero our property manager he's the person who's going to be operating this wonderful housing.

dellmon and leroy. dellmon is from north carolina, and leroy is from west virginia. >> i am wearing a north carolina snow hat. >> and leroy? >> a jenkins family snow hat. w woo-hoo! >> reporter: why? and does it work? >> yes, it works and keeps the wind and the snow out of my face and it is snarly. >> no, he is right, it blocks it like a visor over my head, and they are great. >> reporter: okay. if you think that these are great, wait until you see beards and hat. let's go now to the snowstick challenge. it is the pat collins' snowstick challenge. best snow hat gets the snowstick, and the entries keep flying in. we call this category hats with beards. that is right. hats with beards. apparently some come with a beard accessory, and it is not just for men. is this beard part of the hat or is the hat part of the beard? and what about this guy? can you say floor mop? we have animals wearing people hats, and people wearing animal hats. hat like elephant. hat like bear. hat like moose. hey, where is squirrel

police are trying to figure out the motive behind a deadly stabbing in georgetown. 88-year-old leroy elliot and his wife were stabbed in their home. the suspect, there 56-year-old son. -- their 56-year-old son. >> this is something no one could foresee. it can happen anywhere. whether it is mental health issue or something else, we don't know. >> bradford elliott is facing murder charges. an update on marion barry. he has been in the hospital for a week. he will undergo more tests and should be released in the next day or so. he is doing ok and working from his hospital bed. marion barry is 77 years old. another glitch involving the health exchange. state officials confirm hundreds of medicaid enrollment packets were mistakenly sent to the wrong address. the packets contain name, dates of birth, and medicaid id numbers. officials say they are correcting the problem. the health exchange website has had its share of problems. it had a number that directed people to a pottery center instead of the call center. a surgeon and air -- a surge in an airline is giving up -- take over the slot

both were taken to the hospital p leroy did not survive. vonn is recovering.olice believe the attack was the result of a domestic situation. >>> this afternoon, the family of a 28-year-old postal worker killed delivering the mail in montgomery county will march to end might time postal delivery. jerome barnette was gunned down in the fairmont heights area. his murder remains unsolved. barnette's family traveled from north carolina to join postal workers at a rally at the mlk memorial today at 5:30 and then will march to the postal quarters. tom is outside now enjoying the sunshine and no snow right now. om, tell us when it is come. >> feels great here now. sunshine and a bit of a blustery wind coming in from the southwest. and bringing in mild air, beautiful weather here for dr. martin luther king jr. day. for a january day we will take this hour by hour through the day. we will have our temperatures climbing a little bit more into the low 50s. right now it is in the upper 40s. and then it will take us deep -- a steep drop mitt. after mid might, down below fre

police found leroy elliot in his house on q street. they believe his son, 56-year- old bradford elliot is responsible for his death. elliot's 81-year-old mother was also injured in the attack. police say bradford elliot has a long history of mental illness. >>> how could a woman stab her own children to death? a germantown woman and her friend are accused of doing just that. investigators say the woman told them they were trying to perform an exorcism. officers were in tears after finding a is and 2-year-old dead and -- a 1 and 2-year-old dead, and two others wounded. zakieya avery is the mother of all four children. her former pastor knew she was having hard times. he spoke to us about the children. >> they were confident and happy kids, you know, you kind of get a feel for kids who are abused or neglected and that just did not fit these children. >> avery who is the mother and a 21-year-old friend, monifa sanford are charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. they are due in court tomorrow. >>> two months a

aileene leroy locke.d the work they do now is just as impressive. >>> joining me now is jonathan mason, the international president of phi beta sigma fraternity. congratulations on this big anniversary. tell the listeners and viewers why phi beta sigma has such staying power over the years, 100 years. >> well, you know, it's truly an exciting day for us. it's our birthday, our 100th birthday. and the seed that our founders planted on the campus of howard university on january 9th, 1914 is still bearing sweet fruit today. here is what a lot of people don't know. these organizations were founded at the same time as the urban league, the naacp, and other civil rights organizations. and they were founded for the very purpose of social justice, equal rights, and freedom for all people. so that's what we've been doing for 100 years. our motto says it. culture for service, and service for humanity. >> what about the countless numbers of young black men that have given to streetlight, that have given to negative

. >> leroy is watching us in kentucky. >> did the bush family go by the scriptures?> we do have a clip where barbara bush talks about her faith. were they church people? >> they always had very strong faith. i cannot really attest to how much church attendance was part of their lives, but i believe it was considerable. >> they did go to church. president bush did give one speech about his own spirituality. i am a person of faith, but i am an episcopalian and we do not talk about these things. >> they moved to texas and into california for the oil business. how did they make the transition to politics? >> they came back to texas and they had a great deal of success. they moved to houston. george bush was asked to consider running for harris county republican chairman. that was his first campaign. she really enjoyed it. she felt very competitive and they won that race. 189 precincts and they visited every one. >> we should also note that about that same time, george's father was involved in politics. >> he was a senator for the state of connecticut. one of dwight eisen

leroy is waiting in new york on our line for democrats.aller: good morning. -- if it does factor basic , 100cs into his analysis feet of freefall on building seven -- host: we are going to hold off on the 9/11 conspiracy theories. you have a question on this subject? please don't try to deflect the question by discrediting that by distracting question by distracting everyone with this topic. it is the basis of our ful oreign policy. host: regarding 9/11 -- guest: regarding 9/11, it is clear the al qaeda leadership has taken credit for it. seeing in a range of areas is this organization is much more decentralized than it was on 9/11. we have seen elements of it or at least those inspired by this jihadist ideology from north africa. we have 8000 civilians killed which terrorism in 2013, is the highest number we have seen over the past five years. this is a renewed challenge. host: from e-mail -- guest: that is a good question. the way al qaeda is set up right now -- i would call it loosely organized -- is they have a central command that has

and if you'll take a look, here is leroy stampe of iowa 101 years old today.at's my favorite. that's it, that's all from hillwood museum in washington, d.c., your nation's capital. you pay for it, you better enjoy it. now back to new york. >> wow. >> he's still got it. >>> meanwhile, tamron, what a weekend for you. got to hang out with hugh jackman and his wife over the weekend. >> oh, yeah. exciting. the australian native took time out of his hectic schedule to celebrate australia day with some of their close friends. and they were kind enough to invite me to join. >> reporter: hugh jackman has traded in the australian outback for life in the big apple. >> this city the our other home. >> so when they flip the switch on empire state building lighting up the landmark in green and gold for australian day, it's symbolized the perfect union between his two worlds. >> happy australia day. how does it feel to have this moment here celebrating your country in new york, your home as well? >> the empire state building is such the spirit of new york to celebrate all cu