lucille clifton. and in kind my work does not ignore the history of other writers using history as inspiration, my work is immersed in a profoundly literary american tradition which explored the realities of the american tradition in dialogue with the ideas of democracy. like history, i am older than i look, my white ancestors immigrated to this country in the 1780s, my african and inditchinginous ancestors were already here before them. my mother is in labor with me in 1974. she and my father wish for a son to unite them. i came a woman in the body of a girl, 3.5 weeks late, breaking my mother in too many ways. she had an energy to name me, my father is too lazy to be original. he scribbled my mother's name on the certificate and wrote his mother's name behind the wife's name. this ritual of naming is one way we learn to love and bind with people who are no longer sharing this planet with us. in these poems the legacy of these women's lives chased me like a strong wind. this book is a love letter to

and lucille ball shows that is spectacular to be different.nd i am helen keller, when she goes blind, the pages in the book goes black. cover your ears, this is how i see the world. inland she learned to read, we put real braille of the book. this is my name and my name is helen. this is what your name. in the alphabet is there the book. none of the helen keller did that. it is about a moral lesson. enemy is helen keller this is i will know no limitations. and deceiving different. as for always, always, always be curious. those are my answers. that is who i admire. abraham lincoln is the one for me. he's the one that lives up to the height every time reading his book is about i will always choose kindness and always speak up for others. and on the front, the most important part of the book is on the front but the moral lesson. and you can see a sincere, i will always speak my mind and speak for others. that is something to aspire for our kids. we are doing i am george washington in september. i am jane goodall which i'm super excited to do pre

times so we can directly go into the ice and find odd the contents of this atmosphere is special lucille to. and from this c o 2 measurements we know all form from the last 800000 years. with the only. person that isn't what do. you want to do with. studies of this engine dice have yielded serious scientific results we can extract data about the earth's climate hundreds of thousands or even millions of years ago our from tiny bubbles trapped in the ice for millions of years. this new group of people by their them sort him and put their heads as a short folks the job is to put out a shirt so we look from obama we've got with the amounts of the police we had with you was the snowboarder got that image too because they can both wish they were the new pair of those immigrants but it was sort of political 1st because the position put them at the word used in a breath of their new. from these studies researches now know that greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane have a change in lead built up in the atmosphere leading to a warmer climate then hundreds of thousands of years later levels d

sinatra family wing at the seattle children's orthopedic hospital medical center and last year, the lucillech library at the barbara davis hospital in denver. i hasten to remind you that all the southpaw units are dedicated care of, sick underprivileged or handicap children without regard to race, religion, or the family's ability to pay. and now, before we announce tonight suffocation, let's make our guest, former eureka college football hero, feel at home. here's the fight song of the red devils. ("oski wow wow" being sung) (music) >> and for your old alma mater song,'neath the elms, would you join us, dutch? (music) you have been a variety clubs friend for many years, and i'm sure nancy has told you her work as honorary chairperson of variety lifeline, which provides surgery for children around the world, for that we are eternally grateful. thank you, nancy. and now, do you, sir, ronald wilson begun, born and raised in midwestern america, the heartland of our nation. tonight you return to midwestern america if not in body, certainly in spirit. we are proud to announce the ronald reagan w

lucille had the entire place to himself, a first look at the new outfield dimensions with bullpens nowbeing at centerfield. dimensions turned our oracle park into heavy hitters park at least tonight. yaz goes deep, 1-0 san francisco. next inning, oaklands chad decker pulls off a hit right itears pender 1. bottom of the inning, dickerson solo shot into the empty bleachers, giants sweep the two-game bay bridge series next up opening day on thursday, and then the a's house the angels on friday. for the second night in a row some giants players and coaches knelt for the national anthem. more players took part tonight than on monday. this morning president trump tweeting, quote anytime i witness a player kneeling the game is over for me, unquote. despite the president's comments it sounds like kepler will be taking any indefinitely. >> there is nobody who should make us stop doing the right thing. like, it does not matter what leader says that they are not o what matters the most, is that we are unwavering in trying to do what is right. what guides our decisions are people who need us to st

all at lucille packer children's hospital at stanford. the multiples marathon. start of the morning at june 29. three sets of twins born in one day. the fourth set came the following afternoon. stanford says the odds of having four sets in a row in such a short time are roughly one in one million. so when you are changing diapers two at a time, two college educations, remember how lucky you are parents. >> there you dear california... we know these are challenging times. rest assured, you are not alone. we've all had to adapt. and with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. together, we can save energy and money. try closing your shades during the day... setting your ac to 78° or higher... or cooling off with a fan when you can. united we are always stronger. stay well, california, and keep it golden. announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] [cheering and applause] steve: how's everybody? appreciate that. thank y'all. i appreciate that, man. thank y'all. w

now the program is funded with a 70,000 grant from the lucil packard. tests show elevated levels of arsenic and other elements. >> i've been reviewing the effects of arsenic, it's mind blowing, it's associated with multiple tumor, and we have two screening of women who have had multiple tumors. >> the doctor has also discovered several reservoir dens with high levels of vanadium. like nicole and her son emmanuel. their exposure could explain their nosebleeds and migraines. i remember going to class. and i couldn't focus. and i was like i have to go to my room. i'm sorry. it was hurting my head. i couldn't function or read. >> they remain skeptical of any connection between neighbor's health problems and toxic and radioactive elements in the old shipyard. but the doctor is determined to continue her research especially as the area is slated for redevelopment projects, an inspiration to bio monitoring project cofounder, ramona. >> she does not require others to pave the way for her. for researching the health of people living near the super fund site, thi

it happened at lucil packard children's hospital stanford. i got three of the sets for you, the lee twins, ethan and eusol. hadley and olivia. and brothers henry and logan. the marathon started june 29th with three sets of twins born in one day. the fourth set came the following afternoon. now the odds they say of having four sets in a row in such a short time are pretty slim. roughly 1 in 1 million. they're each unique. >> 1 in 1 million. seriously. i think that the odds of having some good weather probably way better than 1 in 1 million. paul hagan joins us now. >> slightly higher than that. [ laughter ]. >> temperatures pretty pleasant across the bay area today. over all, we're in the midst of a nicer weather pattern. and we're not going to see a whole lot of heat. even for inland portions of the bay area, even over the weekend when temperatures warm up to 90. this is a typical july weather pattern. the difference today, haze overhead. part of it is high cloud cover. most of it is smoke blowing from wildfires down to the south. that's goin

wing for the chronically ill and this the seattle children's orthopedic hospital and last year, the lucille] before we announce the dedication, let's make our guests feel at home. here is the fight song of the red devils. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> and now to your old alma mater song, beneath the elms, would you join us, dutch. ♪ [ applause ] >> dutch, you've been a friend of variety clubs for many, many years now. you participated in early parties like this by sending your readings to our honorees. and i'm sure that nancy has told you her work as honor nar chairperson which provides surgery for children with life-threatening problems around the world and for that, we're grateful. thank you, nancy. [ applause ] >> now to you, sir, ronald wilson reagan, born and raised in midwestern america, the heartland of your nation. you return to midwestern america in spirit. we're proud to announce the ronald reagan wing, which will be dedicated in your honor right here in the university of nebraska medical center in omaha, nebraska. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, i give you our friend, dutch. [ applaus

it's got the spirit of lucille's kind of in the design. john: sounds good.t that together for you. lemonis: we're leaving with some redeeming value where they like the item, but to say this meeting was a home run, i would say it was more like a bunt. we barely got on base, and it was by accident. how'd you think that went? john: i think i rushed it. lemonis: you step on him constantly. john: okay, sorry. lemonis: and i don't think you realize it. mike: he just took over, and -- and -- john: [ laughs ] i didn't mean to. mike: but then the problem is, people read that, and they're like, "dude, why can't they just -- what's up with these brothers?" it's funny sometimes, but after a while, it's not professional. i knew we could do better, and i -- lemonis: it's about making yourself better, too. mike: exactly. lemonis: and so if you strive for always making sure that you proof stuff before you come. somebody looks at every last detail. john: good. lemonis: all right. you've got some work to do. john: all right. good stuff. lemonis: what's up, guys? in order for

lucille doing his thing. the cove covered with kayakers and fans trying to peek in to see the game for free in right field. but inside, no fans, just cardboard cutouts because of covid-19. twin sisters kristen hembree and lisa thomas haven't missed a home opener in ten years and they didn't miss tonight's. >> just to have something positive and normal even if it's just weird. >> and even if it's just two is fragile season might last. the miami marlins today announced four more covid-19 infections for a total of 17. no more games for them this week. manager gabe kapler says players still have to focus on baseball. >> i think they're pretty focused on and excited about opening day, and i think that there's plenty to get to today with respect to our doing our jobs on the field. >> reporter: some fans like eric and daughter madison lee. are you excited to be here? >> yes. >> why? >> because. >> reporter: are rooting for the giants and for the already shortened season to go the distance. >> i'm just glad this is s

first on the west coast, this is lucille out of l.a.. suggesti would like to during this pandemic that maybe the government would ok a write off for those living on credit card debt. maybe some of the interest could be applied. so many companies have closed. and they closed down. people are desperate, their living of the credit card debt. a lot of credit card companies turned into banks once we had that recession in 2008. i think it's time to look towards those that are really struggling. there are some people paying their medical expenses by credit card. i certainly understand that. that is part of the motivation we have come we had originally , probably weut will do some like that again is to help people who have unique circumstances. what's difficult is we try to focus our efforts on one knowcular group, we don't the consequences that will come from all of that. something like allowing people to deduct their credit card interest. if you think about that, it's only going to affect people who have heavily credit card debt and also have

doctors at lucille's packard children's hospital delivered four sets of twins in a 32-hour span.o. first two arrived, they were born on monday, june 29th. next came identical sisters. they're still under the watchful eye of doctors in the nicu. identical brothers henry and logan smith. they were next to arrive. doctors delivered two more babies the next day. by the way, the odds of having so many sets of twins in a row like this, 1 in a million. that's going to do it for us. for the few of us here in the newsroom and many more working from home, thanks for joining us. stay healthy and have a great wednesday. ♪ ♪

we saw lucille dancing and even a home run. the giants beat the a's. they open their season tomorrow night. the a's open at the coliseum friday night. >>> finally, i have max, my trusted assistant here. a new bobblehead has come out. it's the dr. fauci bobblehead. see it? it is sold out. it is the best-selling bobblehead in the history of the national bobblehead hall of fame. how many bobbleheads do you have? >> 40. >> how did you get it? >> how old are you? >> 14. >> how do you afford 40 bobbleheads. >> do you notice what dr. fauci is doing, flattening the curve. >> i like the mini-me more, mini-raj. >>> up next at 6:30. containing the coronavirus on a national scale. the reason president trump is giving for a resurgence in cases. >>> plus, back open. sounds and sites from the japanese teagarden. # >>> at 6:30, help is on the way for hard hit areas. that's the message from president trump at another briefing. >> he said new cases can be linked to young people getting together on memorial day and independence day weekends as well as dem tragss. and he

coming up on 8:30 on east coast and time for one or two more calls first on the west coast, this is lucille out of la,a democrat . >> good morning. i'd like to suggest that during this span that maybe the government would okay a write off for those that are living on credit card debt. maybe some of that interest could be applied as a write-off. so many companies have closed. some have gotten the funding from the ppe program and close down. and people really are desperate, theirliving off debt .edit card the bank, a lot of creditcard companies turn into banks . once we hit that recession in 2008. and this gives us time to look up towards those that are really struggling. there are some people that are paying their medical expenses by credit card. that's all i have to say. >> i certainly understand that and i think again, that's part of the motivation that we have. we had originally for giving out this all american taxpayers will probably do something likethat again . just to help people who have unique circumstances in this time. what's difficult is if we tried to focus our efforts on one pa

and lucille ball. and that's because we are all a long time ago and feel these.this is my name it is helen what is your name. but is donald trump and hillary were fighting it out as the election was approachin approaching, something crazy happened and then to provide everything and that november that were leaders. and that has taken off from that moment that's a perfect place to talk about it. there is no traffic on connecticut now. and so gandhi and jane goodall and jim henson and that's the only thing i'm trying to do today. we just did neil armstrong so the mayor february next month we do i am billy king at first gay and lesbian hero. and how we can say officially now pbs is making a cartoon series it's called the xavier and secret museum. to go on adventures. and then come to the president and in the meantime working on the sql that's coming back in paperback next month. >> are you going to make the im stanley? and that's a good question i will sue for my rights back. yes. he is on the list. 100 pe

and lucille ball for my daughter because i wanted an education he wrote and lucy stands for the ideathat it's okay and spectacular to be different. my youngest is our creator who love to color and draw and for him to get im jim henson and i can tell you when i was 5-years-old on sesame street jim henson proved you can use your imagination and i hope i'm trying to use my creativity to bring good into the world. that is what i aspire to do and the amazing part on the kids books update as the election was approaching last year in november, we saw something amazing happened. two heroes started popping up and it was im martin luther king jr. and i am washington and they started selling like crazy. you have to understand in publishing just about everything needs balance. it's incredible they still support the written word, the most important and most dangerous and valuable thing in the world, ideas. that is what the book is full of, ideas. but books are down and movies and reading because they have so many things we are looking at a. kids books were selling like bananas and we realized wha

that he supplied photos for the franklin mint for their plates and things like that, for john wayne, lucilleall, elvis presley. >> did he own them? >> no, he didn't own them, but studios sent out press photos for years and years, and they were handed out for promotion. so he had just as much right to them as anyone else. >> by the early 1990s, howard and his dad are raking in more than $200,000 a year. things are looking good. howard next surprises both friends and family with some big news. >> i get a call from howie, and he says he's gonna get married. i was the best man. i was happy for him and shocked. >> but the honeymoon is short-lived. howard gets divorced less than a year later. then, in 2001, another loss -- howard's father passes away. >> he was the rock that i think kept howard together in terms of having a connection to somebody, and i think it was kind of devastating for him. >> he started to spiral, he started to lose focus. >> at the same time, howard's business becomes one of the many wiped out by the internet. when you need that picture of gary coleman or david hasselhoff fa

doctors, nurses and parents have been very busy at lucille packard hospital.r sets of twins in just 32 hours. it has been a twin marathon there. this all started june 29. doctors delivered three sets of twins that day. and then a fourth the following afternoon. it cincludes identical sisters and brothers. staff believe it is the largest number of twins the hospital has ever cared for at once. the odds of having four sets in a row like there are about one in a million. >> they are cute, they are happy and they are healthy. that is a blessing. >> that is. please save us, children. we need you. >> somebody needs to play the lottery, that's my thought. good to see that they are all healthy. with twin, sometimes you get more complications. so congratulations to all those families. let's take a look at what is going on in the south bay. you can see clouds to the north. they will try to make a late push into the south bay. i think that you will be one of the first to see sunshine today even though it will be a little slower over the north bay and the bay. we'll be a

lucille had the entire stadium to himself. our first look at the new outfield dimensions with the bullpen in center field. thedimensions turned it into hitter's park at least last night. yes, leads off with t. 1-0 giants. next inning, pender triples and two runs come in to score. appears it should have been a home run but the play was upheld. bottom of the inning. dickerson goes opposite field on fire. solo shot into the empty bleachers and giants win 4-2 to sweep the two game bay bridge series. next up opening day, giants at dodgers on thursday and a's host the angels on friday. for the second night in a row, some giants' players and coaches knelt for the national anthem. more players actually took part last night than on monday. yesterday, president trump tweeted, anytime i witness a player kneeling, the game is over for me. so despite the president's comments, it sound like kapler will be taking a knee indefinitely. >> there's nobody that should make us stop doing the right thing. like -- doesn't matter what leader says tha

lucille threum to himself.our first look at the new outfield dimensions with the bullpen in center field. the dimensions turned it into a hitter's park, at least last night. yes, leads off with a solo blast. 1-0 giants. next inning, oakland's chad pender triples and two runs come in to score. appears it should have been a home run but the play was upheld. via replay. a's up 2-1. bottom of the inning. josh dickerson goes opposite field on fire. solo shot into the empty bleachers and giants win 4-2 to sweep the two game bay bridge series. next up opening day, giants at dodgers on thursday and a's host the angels on friday. for the second night in a row, some giants' players and coaches knelt for the national anthem. more players actually took part last night than on monday. yesterday, president trump tweeted, anytime i witness a player kneeling, the game is over for me. so despite the president's comments, it sounds like kapler will be taking a knee indefinitely. >> there's nobody that should make us stop doing t

and the airport chairman of the pact people as lucille their bluff limpy this is a question that the country we need to ask how do we get here because this people were out since the early feet. as they go but today they're both limping and many others who have been arrested there are others who don't snore ok thank you for joining us i can't equate the. intensity. thank you very much. time fueled with a full cost here's everson thanks very much pedro would have a look at the rains in asia seasonal downpours and they are still ongoing and there's still plenty of flooding to look at lots of clout there into the northeast of india and indeed into ponds. has been producing further chaotic situations his behalf and to the northeast of in the last very heavy rain had lots of standing water more of that very heavy rain is the warm moist air gets pushed across the bay of bengal into the northern fringes of the region there as you can see in bungler tesh a similar situation here where we do have widespread flooding there is that north that south westerly wind pushing up towards northern parts

and then lucille weiss, another coronavirus victim.description of a fun movie character. she was a hoot. graduated as the tallest girl in her class with a personality to match. she ended up a middle school teacher in new jersey and supporting a children's orphanage in mexico. she had pets including a skunk and a parrot and according to the jerusalem post, quote, at the age of 80 she set out to visit a roost of butterflies in central mexico. the steep uphill journey required her to travel by horse bark and it took the effort of four men to hoist her into the saddle. her next adventure awaits. thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. our coverage continues with katy tur after a quick break. in your feet? get relief finally, with magnilife® pain relieving foot cream. while also restoring cracked, damaged, and itchy skin. and get living. available at your local retailer. ♪ >>> it's busy as usual. the last few months have been. it is tiring as usual. it was sad

lauren on facebook writes, i remember reading somewhere she was a big fan of i love lucy, lucille ball she try to help lucy in any way when lucy was being investigated by the house of american activities? >> yes. lucy had been brought before the committee. of course, she and desi arnez are terrified their careers are over with. >> ruined. >> it's ike's birthday. we're back to the birthday times again. it's ike's birthday and mamie invites lucy, desi, and vivian vance and william frolly to the white house. she says to entertain. they do a little entertainment for ike's birthday but then mamie makes a point of having lucy and desi sit with her and ike for the dinner portion of the evening. she's not saying anything about it. she's making a very public statement about who she invites and where they sit and how they are treated when they arrive. >> mamie eisenhower brings a general's wife sensibility to the white house. we're going to return to the eisenhower library in abilene, kansas, to learn more about how she approached life in the white hou house. >> as a young girl mamie was diagnos

that's lucille ball. >> the tv star, the comedienne. >> the viewer asks, "did she try to help lucy in any way when lucy was being investigated by the house un-american activities committee? " >> absolutely yes. >> when lucy had been brought before the committee and, of course, she and desi arnaz are terrified that their careers are over with. >> that they're ruined. >> and it's ike's birthday. we're back to the birthday times again. it's ike's birthday, and mamie invites lucy, desi and vivian vance and... >> william frawley. to the white house, and she says to entertain. well, they do a little bit of entertainment for ike's birthday, but then mamie makes a point of having lucy and desi sit with her and ike for the dinner portion of the evening. >> she's not saying anything about it. she's just making a very public statement... about who she invites and where they sit, and how they're treated when they arrive. >> mamie eisenhower brings a general's wife's sensibility to the running of the white house. >> we're going to return to the eisenhower library in abilene, kansas, to learn more

and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers.just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't

and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn

first on the west coast, this is lucille out of l.a..uggesti would like to during this pandemic that maybe the government would ok a write off for those living on credit card debt. maybe some of the interest could be applied. so many companies have closed. and they closed down. people are desperate, their living of the credit card debt. a lot of credit card companies turned into banks once we had that recession in 2008. i think it's time to look towards those that are really struggling. there are some people paying their medical expenses by credit card. i certainly understand that. that is part of the motivation we have come we had originally , probably weut will do some like that again is to help people who have unique circumstances. what's difficult is we try to focus our efforts on one knowcular group, we don't the consequences that will come from all of that. something like allowing people to deduct their credit card interest. if you think about that, it's only going to affect people who have heavily credit card debt and also have si

you.ank chairwoman lowey: miss lucille roy ball seeks recognition. representative: thank you. congressman serrano, i would like to say it has been a pleasure to serve with him over the years. i wish him well, and his voice on behalf of or to rico and the terror -- on behalf of puerto rico and the territories will be missed. i rise in support of the manager's amendment and make the chairman for including my amendment to direct a study on racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system. it is well-known that african-americans, latinos and native americans have greater exposure to the criminal justice system than nativeborn whites. as documented by a previous national academies report, these include large racial and ethnic disparities in interactions with police, as well as outcomes within the justice system. the need to rectify inconsistencies in our justice system as gained greater attention over the last several years, and the current social movement places the challenge of inequality at the forefront of criminal justice policy. contains funding for many outstanding progra

i was previously the program associate for the climate and land use strategies at the david and lucilleo i was on the palm oil portfolio which was based largely in indonesia and also europe, as well as our bioenergy portfolio, which focused on biomass and biofuels. and before joining the foundation, i was at the california academy of sciences, a member of the development team, and i supported our friends of the academy donors. and before that, i was at the california -- university of california irvine getting my ba degree in environmental science with two minors in political science and sustainability. and i've been a resident of san francisco for the past 7 years. i live in the inner sunset. and i'm so excited to be joining the department and have the opportunity to really contribute to amazing policies and programs that i've directly benefitted from and i'm just so excited to be here with you all and look forward to working with you. thank you. >> welcome. we're thrilled to have you and we're so excited that we're going to see you at work at the policy committee meeting coming up. any

to my subcommittee chairs, marcy, pete, jose, rosa, david, lucille, sanford, betty, tim, debby, mike, you have made your mark, not just on your bills and on this committee. thank you for your steady, effective leadership and friendship. kay, i can never ask for a better ranking member. we took turns as chair and ranking member on state and foreign operations and have shown time and again that women get things done. i will deeply miss our partnership and you personally. i would be remiss not to mention former committee chairs nacher, livingston, young, lewis, olby, my good friend rogers, friehling hausen that showed me how to do this job well. none of us could fulfill our mandate without the support of excellent staff. all of the successes i've recounted today are more achievements of many others. to the staff in both and committee and my congressional office, for a year and a half as chairwoman, six years as ranking member and for some, a whole lot longer, i have benefitted immeasurably for your wisdom, counsel, tireless commitment and on more than a few occasions from your technologi