in class, marla ensures that her special ed. students have all the same opportunities as their peers, but her work doesn't stop when the bell rings at the end of the day. she goes to their birthday parties. she visits them when they're sick. she even has taken some of their clothing home to launder it for them. she changes lives for the better every day, and that's because she, like so many michigan educators, knows that teaching is more than a career, it's a calling. [ applause ] i want to send a message to all the devoted educators across michigan. you're not failing us. we have been failing you. our educators and our kids deserve our support, not a funding crisis that undermines the work of the classroom, that weakens our schools and compromises the education. we know that potential is everywhere. potential is universal, but right now, opportunity is not. our students are not broken. our teachers are not broken. it's our system that has been broken, and while we can't fix it overnight, and greater investment alone won't be en

marla carter walks us through the ridicoulsness in houston.s not something you see every daya one-thousand pound tiger found inside of a garage at an abandoned home.it was inside of a rinkety cage by someone who went to the home, to smoke marijuana according to police.sgt. jason alderete/houston police dept. "a concerned citizen called 311, they were trying to get into this house to smoke marijuana. we questioned them as to whether they were actually under the effects of the drugs or they actually saw a tiger. they say a tiger in this building, this vacant house, that's obviously been abandoned for some time. somebody has been feeding the tiger there's several packages of meat."once officers arrived and saw the animal the challenge was to get it out.. first they tranquilized the tiger and they brought in a wrecker to help get the large cat outmeanwhile a crowd gathered to watch it all. mos/no name given"i was shocked, we were coming from my sister's and we were like oh my god, we were texting.""i couldn't believe it. i couldn't believe they wo

and is the fact that that might be in marla he gro mar-a-lago ay the chinese? >> i think it's a concession for both. the delay up until that meeting, the question is, what will we get out of that. i'm certain president xi will go a long way, offer a lot, perhaps more than $1 trillion to buy u.s. goods to help close the trade gap. will they make progress on l intellectuaintellectual propert. both sides of the aisle will tear this apart, especially heading into the he election. lauren: do you think the government will make any concessions when it comes to subsidies. a lot of people are saying they won't, because that changes the way they do business, it's against their culture. >> it would be a structural change for them. i think they'll drag their feet on that. one feather in the cap of president xi, he understands we're going into an election season. they think in terms of decades, we think in terms of election cycle. both sides need a deal. the election weighs heavily on the president. lauren: i want to talk about the huawei charges. this is a separate issue.

. >> it's right next door to marla's bakery. >> ok, that helps. >> i want to echo my fellow commissioner's comments. one of the things that strikes me every time is how hard people have worked for ten, 20, 30, even longer to make their businesses really part of san francisco and it's part of what makes the city special. i also love how some of the businesses are multigenerational. that's absolutely wonderful. it's what retains people in found. you have a connection to the community that's much broader than if you hadn't been here for very long. i only wish that the noodles were retail for the public. >> we are. [ laughter ] >> very good, thank you very much. further. >> there's a motion to adopt recommendations of approval for all of the legacy business applications and that motion, commissioner black. >> yes. >> commissioner john's. >> yes. >> commissioner pellman? >> yes. and commission president hiland. that motions passes unanimously 6-0. congratulations. >> thank you. this will place us on item 8 for 130156 srv for the city-bide cultural resources presentation. >> good afternoon, i'm

mueller handed down another five indictments. [ laughter ] he spoke for longer than he was married to marla maples. they had a lot of exciting new ideas. for instance, did you know mexicans are scary and we need to build a wall to keep them away? did you know this, guillermo? >> no, i didn't. [ laughter ] >> trump talked more about finding aliens than sigourney weaver. and the republicans ate it up. there was so much clamg because they know he's going to go home, he's going to watch it back is and he's going to see who was clapping and who was not. mike pence and nancy pelosi sat behind him like mom and dad the first thanksgiving after the divorce. they're just kind of -- and, of course trump gives himself an a-plus. he's making out with an arby's beef and cheddar sandwich. [ cheers and applause ] preempted the regular programming to carry the speech live, and things got off to a lively start when the sergeant at arms introduced the president and his distinguished escorts. >> madam speaker, the president of the united states! [ applause ] >> the state of the union is brought to you by kfc's

resident barack obama and his ife michelle, actors marla gibbs and ruby dee, captainsf industry likethy hughes and earl graves, and many others have shared their stories. julianna richardson is the organization's founder and joins me now. welcome. >> pleasure to be here. >> brown: tell us first ab the idea behind histriel-makers. how do you think about it? >> the goal was really to create the nation's largest african-american video oral history air kiefs. there had been virtually no attempt to record the black experience with the first voice since the w.b.p.a. slave narratives. there were 2400 slaves interviewed in the '30s as part of the w.b.p.a. project. >> brown: i named someam well-known, but how do you pick? >> we're looking for leaders in many ways, but wooe really k through people's lives to help tell a more mplete history of the african-american experience, and now we've done 3,200 interviews.0. >> brown: 3,2 3,200 interviews in 413 cities and towns across the united states and some abroad. >> brown: so you have one coming up airing on pbs. >> yeah, we're so pleased about tha

trump wants a signing ceremony with chinese president xi in marla goe, florida. and fed chair jerome powell will talk to congress today about the economy. yesterday chairman powell said the american economy continues to grow, but warns about headwinds specifically with the trade war in china, and the danger of brexit. it's a good example of when we talk about things that don't sound like they involve you, what does brexit have to do with me. >> right. >> it could very well slow down the world economy. >> the economy, yes. >> it could very well have an effect on your job. >> very much so, thank you, scott. >>> 5:18, talking about the big storm to hit the bay area. a live look outside this morning, a soggy commute for a lot of people out there. look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's backed up. the roads are slick out there, at the richmond-san rafael bridge. no flight delays to report so far from sfo, and in san jose, finally the rain hitting the south bay. it was mainly centered north yesterday. kari's been tracking the storm for us. >> now that the storm pushed

ut her >> marla gibbs, i'd like to say she was the first.arring in her own show. she had her own dinner -- like supper club. she had a school, a performing arts school and i got to see that from 13 to 19, to just witness that and see her handle it so elegantly. a lot of times you're learning and don't even realize you're learning. i think that was a lot of my preparation. >> you just won a golden globe. as mentioned, we can't stop mentioning the fact that you're nominated for an oscar which is so well-deserved and excisng. is t moment where you're taking a deep breath and soaking it in and thinking aboutow you got here? >> yeah, a bit of that. but also kind of what's next? i'm int t space of understanding that this creates more opportunity. this does increase theachet an i'm ready to apply this to the next thing. >> your role in beale street is phenomenal. you're a scenesteeler. you were always somebody who models your somebody. >> yes. >> who was the first person you thought of when you started playing this >> my grandmother and my mother.

. >> marla gibbs. i like to say she was the first.w, starring in her own show. she had her own supper club. she had a school. a performing arts school. i got to see that at a very -- from 13 to 19, to just witness that and see her just handle it so elegantly. a lot of times you are learning and don't even realize you are learning. i think that was a lot of my preparation. >> i just won a goellden globe. we can't stop mentioning the fact you are nominated for an oscar. >> thank you. >> are you soaking it in and thinking about how you got here? >> yeah. a bit of that. also, kind of like, what's next? >> yeah. >> i'm in that space of understanding that this creates more opportunities. this does increase the cache. ready to apply this to the next thing. >> your role in "beale street" is just phenomenal. you are a scene stealer. you were always somebody who models your characters after somebody. who was the first person you thought of when you started playing this role? >> my grandmother and my mother. they're both women that are -- they l

. >> her name is marla. as a lesbian. >> i'm on the cover of "time." >> and she does it on "time" magazine. yep, i'm gay. but they decide that the character ellen plays on tv will also come out. >> it is just reprehensible that abc, now owned by disney of all companies, is going to feature ellen as coming out of the closet. it won't be long before god knows what, you know. bestiality, incest, who knows. >> we were getting bomb threats. disney was really getting a lot of flack for even thinking about having a coming out episode with ellen. >> i'm 35 years old. i'm so afraid to tell people. i mean, i just -- susan, i'm gay. >> ellen coming out was a huge moment for me personally because, you know, i was a closeted gay guy. gay child at that time. and it was the bravest thing i saw. >> that felt great. that felt so great. >> initial reports suggest abc made a bundle on ellen's highly publicized outing on national tv last night. the broadcast was accompanied by coming out parties all around the country, includin