all lillian france wanted to do was pay a visit to her niece. on camera. brooklyn, new york -- the senior community is not aware of a string of vicious muggings targeting the elderly. so far, it hasn't hit the media. >> we had absolutely no idea. my aunt would have definitely been a lot more cautious. >> a very independent and unknowing lillian france, an 85-year-old woman from the area, is planning to surprise her niece with a visit. >> she lives about a mile from me. she occasionally makes surprise visits. and that day, unfortunately, she decided to do so. >> before she arrived at her niece's house, she makes a few stops in the neighborhood, although she says she was feeling uneasy on this day from the get-go. >> she woke up with like a heavy feeling, as if something was going to happen. >> france goes against her instincts and makes a stop at this bank to withdraw money to give to her grandnieces who are in from out of town. as she becomes more comfortable walking around that summer afternoon, her fears dissipate. she has no idea someone is w

live in san francisco lillian, abc 7 news. >> thank you lillian. we have breaking news in new york city right now there's a man hunt under way for a gun man who shot 2 police officers. started when the plain clothes officer cop fronted him. witness reported hearing 4 shots. one officer was hit in the arm the other in the back. both are expected to survive. new york police officers have been on high alert since 2 officers were killed in an ambush last month. >> in san francisco transgender woman recovering from a brutal stabbing attack over the weekend. it began when man started shouting slur at the woman and her partner but police say they will not investigate it as a hate crime. cornell is live on vanness avenue tonight to explain why. cornell? >> the da may have the last word when it comes to charges in this case victims got off muni bus at golden gate and vanness avenue to get away from man screaming insults at them once on the sidewalk he was right behind with a knife. >> i was convinced i was going to die. >> is a map that is still in shock af

live in san francisco lillian, abc 7 news. >> thank you lillian. we have breaking news in new york city right now there's a man hunt under way for a gun man who shot 2 police officers. started when the plain clothes officer cop fronted him. witness reported hearing 4 shots. one officer was hit in the arm the other in the back. both are expected to survive. new york police officers have been on high alert since 2 officers were killed in an ambush last month. >> in san francisco transgender woman recovering from a brutal stabbing attack over the weekend. it began when man started shouting slur at the woman and her partner but police say they will not investigate it as a hate crime. cornell is live on vanness avenue tonight to explain why. cornell? >> the da may have the last word when it comes to charges in this case. 2 victims got off muni bus at golden gate and vanness avenue to get away from man screaming insults at them once on the sidewalk he was right behind with a knife. >> i was convinced i was going to die. >> is a map that is still in shock

live in san francisco lillian, abc 7 news. >> thank you lillian.ve breaking news in new york city right now there's a man hunt under way for a gun man who shot 2 police officers. started when the plain clothes officer cop fronted him. witness reported hearing 4 shots. one officer was hit in the arm the other in the back. both are expected to survive. new york police officers have been on high alert since 2 officers were killed in an ambush last month. >> in san francisco transgender woman recovering from a brutal stabbing attack over the weekend. it began when man started shouting slur at the woman and her partner but police say they will not investigate it as a hate crime. cornell is live on vanness avenue tonight to explain why. cornell? >> the da may have the last word when it comes to charges in this case. 2 victims got off muni bus at golden gate and vanness avenue to get away from man screaming insults at them once on the sidewalk he was right behind with a knife. >> i was convinced i was going to die. >> is a map that is still in shock after

lillian is live from the crash site with the latest. lillian. >> the 2 cars hit this guard rail before crashing just few yards down the street. they were in the direct path of woman just out on a run. san jose police believe this crash was the result of racing. they say 19-year-old gabriel in the nissan and 24-year-old manuel in the bmw were speeding down yesh brain road when they lost control. gloria perez heard the whole thing from her house. >> i heard cars coming down the street. kind of at rapid pace and i heard a crash and then i heard a louder crash. >>reporter: both cars ended up just past eden wood drive same spot where woman in jogging clothes it's walking or running. identified by relatives as this woman pinned against a tremendous and died at the scene. neighbors are horrified. >> i came out here to pray for the girl. the family. >> she has lived along this road for 16 years. she and others in the neighborhood say they pleaded with the stoy do something about the speed that go goes on regularly on a street. officers get -- g

. >> reporter: lillian pittsburgh steelers and her cousin sterling brown -- lillian pitts and her cousin sterling brown walked out of gw hospital in what was the scariest moments of their lives. the two say they had just got on a metro train at l'enfant plaza when the smoke started boiling out of the tunnel. >> the smoke engulfed us point where we ng. >> reporter: brown is in a wheelchair and pitts was desperate to get him out but could not tell where she was going. >> she didn't know if she was pushing me off the track or not. >> reporter: doctors evaluated and treated scores of patients, 34 at gw and 18 at washington lot center including one in critical and another -- hospital center including one in critical and another in serious condition. >> the issues with smoke inhalation are what's in the smoke itself as well as how hat the gas is that they breathe in -- hot the gas is that they breathe in. >> heavy breathing, chest hurting, nausea and i vomited a couple times. >> reporter: doctors have told the two to rush back to the e.r. if they have any more symptoms, but 1 thing they will n

lillian is live from the crash site with the latest.an. >> the 2 cars hit this guard rail before crashing just few yards down the street. they were in the direct path of woman just out on a run. san jose police believe this crash was the result of racing. they say 19-year-old gabriel in the nissan and 24-year-old manuel in the bmw were speeding down yesh brain road when they lost control. gloria perez heard the whole thing from her house. >> i heard cars coming down the street. kind of at rapid pace and i heard a crash and then i heard a louder crash. >>reporter: both cars ended up just past eden wood drive same spot where woman in jogging clothes it's walking or running. identified by relatives as this woman pinned against a tremendous and died at the scene. neighbors are horrified. >> i came out here to pray for the girl. the family. >> she has lived along this road for 16 years. she and others in the neighborhood say they pleaded with the stoy do something about the speed that go goes on regularly on a street. officers get -- giving

lillian kim abc 7 news. >>> here we go again. another spare the air day is set for tomorrow just as the weather is warming up fairly dramatically. let's check in with abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma with the latest on the forecast. >> it seems like warm air and spare the airs are one and the same in the month of january. as we warm up over the weekend the air quality unfortunately is going to decline. live doppler 7 hd right now, we will show you we don't have any precipitation on the map so we will take you live outside on the east bay hills camera on this friday evening. gorgeous shot as the sun is setting today at 5:23 p.m. here's your air quality forecast. poor air quality forecasted for saturday in the north bay and the santa clara valley as we warm up. then we moderate a bit as we head into sunday. we will track that air quality over the next couple days for you right here. out on the town your evening planner will feature clear skies, a light breeze early on. we'll have a starry night on the way and typically cool tempe

lillian is live from the crash site with the latest.an. >> the 2 cars hit this guard rail before crashing just few yards down the street. they were in the direct path of woman just out on a run. san jose police believe this crash was the result of racing. they say 19-year-old gabriel in the nissan and 24-year-old manuel in the bmw were speeding down yesh brain road when they lost control. gloria perez heard the whole thing from her house. >> i heard cars coming down the street. kind of at rapid pace and i heard a crash and then i heard a louder crash. >>reporter: both cars ended up just past eden wood drive same spot where woman in jogging clothes it's walking or running. identified by relatives as this woman pinned against a tremendous and died at the scene. neighbors are horrified. >> i came out here to pray for the girl. the family. >> she has lived along this road for 16 years. she and others in the neighborhood say they pleaded with the stoy do something about the speed that go goes on regularly on a street. officers get -- giving

lillian has more on how it is designed to make crossing the bridge safer. taken on many nickname over the year. suicide lane and death lane jaws couple. >> i call it the scary lane. so pretty much everyone knows the middle lane or the scary line you know what you are talking about. lane right next to on come traffic. >>reporter: lane closest to the center divider which for decades has been nothing more than plastic pylon had the share of head on collision. 158 since 1970. resulting in 16 deaths l. soon the concrete steel barrier unit 3500 in all will essentially eliminate head on on the golden gate bridge. workers apply reflective sticker on each of them placed on the bridge soon after the bridge closes after midnight tonight. >> in 1962 we started lane management on the bridge. brand new innovative across the country. excited to have another innovative step to have the narrowest median barrier ever right here on the golden gate bridge. >> despite being touted as the nair oath at 24 inches the new median is still going to take 6 inches off each center lane.

in napa, lillian kim, abc 7 news. >>> the case of the missing moose. i hope it gets l solved.crapers this morning. >> oh for sure. our freeze warning just about to expire but still numbers are climbing out of the upper 20s in our north bay valley that would be in anapa. from santa rosa to napa with less than a quarter mild visibility santa rosa and after we get over these freezing temperatures, we're going to be above normal in terms of high temperatures by the time we get to the monday/tuesday time frame. we show how clear it is. we have that strong radiational cooling with the clear sky the light winds. now take a look at all the haze we have at sfo. it really is clear to see why we have a spare the air day in effect with the haze and the pollutants out there. 36 san carlos. san jose 33 for you. still plenty of readings hovering around freezeinging. 41 half moon bay. the numbers coming up where we are closer to the bay. emeryville looking hazy with 28 still in napa. 29 by the delta, freezing in livermore. concord 33. the final look from our east bay hills camera hazy with th

lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> i like that.ead back no questions asked. >> exactly. >>> thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with cheryl and dan. >>> they step to the front of the line and give themselves a 33% raise. >> worker revolt in contra costa county. the bid to stop supervisors from a massive pay hike. >>> plus -- >> undocumented immigrants file in to get a california driver's license legally. what this means for everyone else. >>> the golden gate bridge will soon close for an entire weekend and when it reopens drivers will see a big change in their commute. >>> very confusing. it will take a little getting used to. >> i'm abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma. how low will our temperature go in the accuweather forecast? >>> boxes and boxes of backlash. the board of supervisors in contra costa county recently voted to give themselves a big pay raise. now it may not go into effect after all. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl j

abc 7 news reporter lillian kim is live in san francisco with the latest. >> reporter: from mommy forum to the play ground, measles are the topic of conversation and many are doing what they can to protect their children. the measles vaccine usually combined with mumps and rubella is usually given twice the first at 1 year old and the second at age 4. but suzie is taking the advice of her family's pediatrician. her 2-year-old will get his second shot next week before going to lego land next month. >> the more you are in big places with big crowds of people, there's airports hotels amusement parks and all kinds of tourists activities we will be attending with big groups of people. that just ups the risk a little. >> reporter: the outbreak is traced to disneyland. at least 70 people in six states and mexico have gotten sick since mid-december. most are from california. eight from the bay area. >> if somebody is coming to visit, is that okay those kind of questions are coming in. >> reporter: this doctor is a pediatrician at the california pacific medical center. she says she has been gett

abc 7 news reporter lillian kim picks up our coverage live. >> reporter: small plastic tubular pylons like this one are the only thing that separates northbound and southbound traffic here at the golden gate bridge but in a matter of hours, they will be history. workers near the golden gate bridge spent the day putting on the finishing touches on the movable median barrier. crews put on reflective tape on each steel and concrete unit. there are 3500 in all to replace the plastic pylons that have been separating the northbound and southbound lanes for as long as anyone can remember. >> 1962 we started lane management here on the bridge. that was brand new, innovative across the country. we're excited to have another innovative step to have the narrowest median barrier ever right here on the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: despite being touted as the narrowest at 24 inches, the new median is still going to take six inches off each center lane. >> you think six inches is a lot? i do. yeah. it's already kind of tight as it is. to take six more inches off it seems like a bit. i think peop

the paternity suit alleged lillian had a brief relationship with juan har loes in 1965. her mother is willing to testify and already has a signed notarized statement from her. 38 years on the throne guiding spain to democracy and poles showed him hugely popular until a series of recent scandals. his expensive safari was heavily criticized and he made a rare apology. of the same for the rest of switzerland. portugal and into spain by the second half of the weekend. here is a storm system already starting to form. and look at these impressive snowfall totals. if you have been to the region you know what it looks like. very beautiful part of the world and the snow is going to add to its beauty. maybe you are snow boarding or skiing near pandora. that's all the time we have here on the cnn world weather center. plenty more news to come after the break. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit clo

historical society for hosting tonight's event and especially ada jasonm, and the director and to lillianor putting together this lovely event. also thanks to chs for co-publishing my book. you can see why i felt the book had found its home when i spoke to malcolm. if you like to hear about other events you can sign up on my mailing list which i will have after the show. also, we are going to publish them on the site. if you want to hear about other topics, please sign up. tonight i will be pretty -- presenting a brief introduction to the great world fair held in 1915 also known as the ppie. i hope you will enjoy the stories i selected tonight. first, i will give you background on the fair, why and how he came to be built, and we will take a short tour of the grounds before peering into a few of the exhibits and finishing off with a jotted down the midway. afterwards, i will be happy to take questions. here we have driven brooks hale brothers department stores. he first suggested san francisco host 1915 worlds fair in january of 1904. he wrote the occasion could be advertised as the openi

lillian?ese pylons will be removed from the golden gate bridge. >> it's taken on many nicknames suicide lane and death lane are just a couple. >> i call it scary lane. >> the lanes have had a share of head on collisions. 128 since 1970 resulting in 16 deaths. as soon as, these barrier units will eliminate head ones on the golden gate

lillian? >> in hours these pylons will be removed from the golden gate bridge. >> it's taken on many nicknames suicide lane and death lane are just a couple. >> i call it scary lane. >> the lanes have had a share of head on collisions. 128 since 1970 resulting in 16 deaths. as soon as, these barrier units will eliminate head ones on the golden gate bridge. workers applied figures on both of them. and will be place on the bridge. >> we're excited to have another step to have narrowest barrier ever right here on the golden gate bridge. >> it's tight as it is. taking six more inches off seems like a bit. people just have to slow down. >> the shut down will be the longest in history. workers will use time not only to install units but practice using machines that will move from one lane to the next. the closure will no doubt affect tourists. many juggling their itineraries today >> my wife told me about it this morning and so we've made the journey out. at the golden gate bridge abc7 news >> the c

lillian? >> in hours these pylons will be removed from the golden gate bridge. >> it's taken on many nicknames suicide lane and death lane are just a couple. >> i call it scary lane. >> the lanes have had a share of head on collisions. 128 since 1970 resulting in 16 deaths. as soon as, these barrier units will eliminate head ones on the golden gate bridge. workers applied figures on both of them. and will be place on the bridge. >> we're excited to have another step to have narrowest barrier ever right here on the golden gate bridge. >> it's tight as it is. taking six more inches off seems like a bit. people just have to slow down. >> the shut down will be the longest in history. workers will use time not only to install units but practice using machines that will move from one lane to the next. the closure will no doubt affect tourists. many juggling their itineraries today >> my wife told me about it this morning and so we've made the journey out. at the golden gate bridge abc7 news >> the c

i have been instructed by lillian and others, i won out have the responsibility of introducing each of the members of congress -- will not have the responsibility of introducing each of the members of congress. you have your program. you know the order they will speak in. i have been asked to just simply discuss the occasion. but what i would like to do is something that just happened to fall in my lap this morning. every morning i read on our show black history facts. one an hour. in the 9:00 hour the producers gave me the following factoid. i'm going to read it. house resolution hr-40 was brought before the first session of the 105th congress on this very day january 6th, 1989. house resolution 40 was the first formal attempt to obtain reparations to compensate african-americans for slavery since reconstruction. briefly, hr-40 read as follows. to acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty brutality and inhumanity of slavery in the united states and the 3 american colonies between 1619 and 1865, and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery subsequently the r

lillian? >> bart says it's prepared. >> we can do this again. >> pro testers made it clear. during the height of rush hour protestors got arrested disrupting service. >> how are you going to deal with they make this regular? >> i don't know. driving into the city and parking is a nightmare. so i'm not sure. >> until demands are met, bart says the demonstration looms. >> bart police and operations department will do whatever it takes to keep people safe. we're just taking it as it goes along. >> the hacker group anonymous spearheaded a protest. riders say they'd be upset if they continued to disrupt service as they did this morning. >> in taking care of kids is going to be a losing game if they keep doing that. >> missing a day of work is my cell phone bill. they may as well take the food out of a fridge. >> frustration is building over what may happen. >> rider ship was down by 23,000 from a week ago the ferries and highways leading to the bridge were crowded for a friday morning. more than a dozen people linked arms. one says it was part of four days of nonviolent demonstra

lillian? >> bart says it's prepared. >> we can do this again. >> pro testers made it clear. during the height of rush hour protestors got arrested disrupting service. >> how are you going to deal with they make this regular? >> i don't know. driving into the city and parking is a nightmare. so i'm not sure. >> until demands are met, bart says the demonstration looms. >> bart police and operations department will do whatever it takes to keep people safe. we're just taking it as it goes along. >> the hacker group anonymous spearheaded a protest. riders say they'd be upset if they continued to disrupt service as they did this morning. >> in taking care of kids is going to be a losing game if they keep doing that. >> missing a day of work is my cell phone bill. they may as well take the food out of a fridge. >> frustration is building over what may happen. >> rider ship was down by 23,000 from a week ago the ferries and highways leading to the bridge were crowded for a friday morning. more than a dozen people linked arms. one says it was part of four days of nonviolent demonstra

lillian has a look. >> some very brave person was in central park and sent out this picture.d in snow. some students at penn state are trudging through the snow to class. got go to library when you have to, so they're stuck in it. this is the scene from the water in new jersey out over the ocean, that front moving in. that's now. and somebody else who is taking picture outside of their window in mid-town, from a little earlier. you can see now outside it's pretty gray. >> lot more snow. >> no practice outside today. >> i don't think so. thank you. >>> on this day in 1979, bo and luke duke hopped into the general lee nor first time, as the song said the dukes of hazzard didn't mean no harm but not in trouble, tangling with the county chief boss hog or sheriff roscoe coltrain and going airborne. uncle jesse and cousin daisy in her short shorts. the show ran for seven seasons and lives only in rerun. but america met those good old boys 36 years ago today. when news breaks out we'll break in. it's "snowpocalypse" monday. enjoy your day. >> say it ain't snow. a blizzard bearing do

was announced 15 years ago that measles had been eradicated in the united states. 7 news reporter lillian has more now on the developing story. >> new mom' isn't taking any chances. her daughter olivia only 4 months old. too young to get the measles vaccine so she follow her pediatrician advice. >> we are just trying to do is be cautious and not take her out in very crowded areas like the ferry building. stay kind of local in our neighborhood and do shopping there. a little bit less crowded populated. >>reporter: outbreak is trace >>reporter: outbreak is traceed to disneyland. at least 70 people in 6 states mexico have gotten sick from the highly contagious disease since mid december. most from california. 8 from the bay area. >> somebody is coming to visit. is that okay. those kind of questions are coming nishtion vl this doctor is a pediatrician at the california pacific medical center. she says she has been getting a steady stream of calls from parents worried about the measles. which typically starts out as a cold. >> pretty sick after awhile. eyes red. funny rash. if there is a possi

lillian is on the story. >> napa tree mooz has large following in napa even own facebook page.r the years the growth on the side of eucalyptus tree taken on rainbow color in honest of same sex marriage orange and black during the latest world series run and most often the colors of napa local high school. but now that the moose is gone the people in napa are in mourning. >> i don't think i have ever seen any other town that has something as unique as moose head on a eucalyptus tree so it is really sad that someone took it. >>reporter: mooz disappeared new years easement one neighbor said it was around 11:00 p.m. when her husband alertded her to the sound of voices and chain saw. >> i went to the back door i said okay it does sound like a chain saw but never put it together that the moose was chopped off. >>reporter: mooz day on dry creek road were already numbered. it's scheduled to be removed in the spring to make way for sidewalk and new housing subdivision but was to live on mounted on the wall for all to enjoy. councilman mott still has hope that will happen still has hope

lillian has some of the tweets coming in over here. there have been so much from such a diverse crowd of people around the world. >> these first tweets are from people who were nearby. this is a journalist who said attacked by the two hooded men on the offices of charlie hedobdo. we've taken refuge on the roof. he's take an picture of what the scene was like. another journalist tweeted shooters #je suis charlie facing a car opened fire, the officers returned fire and backed off. that translated. the president of france tweeted no barbaric act will exit ting wish freedom of the press. we are a unified country will that we rookts and stand together. #je suis charlie conde nast france supportings the charlie hebdo team. picture of an icon trending a lot. and lastly, this is what actually charlie hebdo about an hour before tweeted, best wishes indeed. and posted this picture which looks like al baghdadi and the caption reads al baghdadi wishes also and especially health. if you go to their website right now, actually this page comes up. it

lillian sparks robinson from the administration of native-americans. bill mendoza, and we also have key representatives from other agencies, including the departments of agriculture commerce education, fcc, interior, justice, veterans affairs, homeland security. we're also honored to be joined by former senator ben night horse campbell. we're also joined by the members of the ncai board including the chairman and lance gum. we're joined by tribal leaders of more than a dozen tribes including timothy belew. leaders and staff of many of our partner organizations are also in the audience today, such as partners from mass ahec, naia and a lot of acronyms. we're honored to be here, to have several important ncai partners from outside indian country to join us jenny baucus from google, pepe from walmart cathy coechin. and we want to recognize our leaders from washington, d.c. native students from george washington american universities, and we have student parties watching across indian country including the arizona state and yale universities. i specially w

a hellish lawsuit that the old bag lillian hillman caused and caused people to shorten their lives andf dollars. >> she was a great playwright, regardless of her politics. watch on the ryan? what a great movie. >> and great stalinist. >> i know all that, by the way. i'm on the liberal side. thank you, dick cavett. "brief encounters." >>> up next s. john boehner is not backing now, after inviting netanyahu without telling the president. that's ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ before larry instantly transferred money from his bank of america savings account to his merrill edge retirement account. before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved season". and before he quit his friend's leaf-raking business for "not offering a 401k." larry knew the importance of preparing for retirement. that's why when the time came he counted on merrill edge to streamline his investing and help him plan for the road ahead. that's the power of streamlined connections. that's merrill edge and bank of america. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits kids,

. >> lillian greenwood. >> my constituents keep telling that the number one concern is what's happening to our national health service but across the country essential services are a breaking point. give an hour and h. s. didn't even make the prime minister's top six priorities for the election shouldn't everybody who cares about our nhs labour on the seventh of may? >> i think what people need to know about our nhs is it is this government that decided to invest in the nhs am ignoring labour's advice to cut the nhs. and when we look at nottingham we can actually see compared to 2010 the our 158 more doctors 646 more nurses, and the nhs is doing well. what a contrast with wales where labour are in charge -- [shouting] >> i know they don't like to hear but they cut the nhs by 8% in wales and because of labour the nhs is doing worse in wales than it is in england. >> thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz-birkenau. but a welcome my right on old friends acceptance of all the recommendations to the holocaust commission which was set up by

. >> lillian pits and her husband among the hundreds left stranded on board a metro train after smoke filled a busy downtown subway station. it happened just before the afternoon rush hour, investigators say the train stopped several hundred feet from where cables along the track are. filling the tunnel with smoke. >> i never experienced anything like that. >> as firefighters evacuated passengers people, were seen covered in soot, gasping for breath overnight national transportation safety board investigators inspected the track area, they say, an electrical problem along the tracks third rail could be to blame. >> in certain kay cents the arc can start sort of feeding on itself. >> generate gases that are more conductive. >> shows it could take to up a year. don champion, "eyewitness news" on the "cw philly". >> central bucks school district meets later tonight to discuss the status after high school guidance counselor. on merry kate's facebook page, quote red quote my child cannot get to the eagles game due to protesters, ill personally shoot everyone of them. you have been warned,

rubato from ihs lillian sparks robinson from the commission on native americans bill mendoza from the white house initiative on american indians and alaska native education, and we also have three representatives from other agencies including the departments of agriculture commerce education, fcc, interior, justice, veterans affairs, homeland security. we are also honored to be joined by senator campbell and ernest stevens junior. we're also joined by german manual hard who gave the indication this morning and lance come. we are joined by tribal leaders from more than a dozen tribes. leaders and staff of many of our partner organizations are also in the audience today. we are honored to have several importance and ncai partners from outside the government today. we have representatives from google walmart the asian pacific island community and we also want to recognize our future leaders here. we have native students from george washington american university and student parties watching across indian country including arizona state and yale university. i especially want to take a mom

completely unsung but others quite a bit better known for example frances perkins eleanor roosevelt, lillianald, nellie bligh, that we would do what we've done before quite successfully and that is develop a multimedia film that sort of packaged this story which would be unfamiliar to many of our visitors and particularly to our students but would provide a kind of orientation to what they would see on display. and we actually hired the filmmaker who had helped us with the film that we have on view in our auditorium right now, donna lawrence, and i'm goingú4i( you a brief trailer at the end of my remarks for that film. donors are another great strength of our institution. our trustees are smart, they're knowledgeable, and they're very generous, and i want to say a few words about a couple of them. first of all, roger hertzhog who was the chair of our board at the time that we began developing this project. roger was always interested in the story of clara driscoll, but he became something of a semiexpert on late 19th century new york women because his wife, biographer susan hertzhog is writi

her name is lillian. she lives in washington. last year, her son was going into the fourth grade in the same school district where i used to serve as a school board member years ago. her son has a learning disability, but with the help of teachers and specialists at his elementary school, he has shown great signs of progress. but then lillian said she got a letter in the mail two weeks before school started describing the school as failing and that left her worried about her son's education. and because no child left behind is broken, so many parents and schools and districts across the state of washington are facing similar uncertainty and that's not fair to our students and that needs to change, too. so mr. president, it is time to rewrite the no child left behind with something worthy of this nation's children and their future. in the coming weeks and months, those are some of the -- these are some of the core principles i'm going to be fighting for. let's work with our states and districts to reduce unnecessary testing, espec