to maxine, i will tell you, my first supervisor was named maxine [inaudible] arkansas. now she is the vice principle at [inaudible] in little rock arkansas. i hope that you know what a great maxine that was. maxine waters from la who stands for us and our housing of the washington dc. what i say is & to the white coats for black liferbs, i left tom wudel to go to [inaudible] 86. when people take over this real estate building they can influence the [inaudible] what i would say to league of women voters, in 1920 women didn't have the right to vote [inaudible] did women get the right to vote in 1920 or was it 1965 until they got to vote. i am a product of 1966 when america had the first black and white kids to go to head start that was brought in by the black panthers. i don't know what happened in 6 avenue, but 68 we had housing rights and need to be on that. i feel like i'm a funeral because in the south i used to go to funerals [inaudible] i know that unless you do these awards and we don't change what is down here from embarcadero to castro to geary street and hundred

maxine mccormick. 11 years old and at this recent ceremony in long beach was named not just all americanking at the greatest female fly caster of all time. >> i was really excited and i never thought i could do it. but yeah, i was really stoked. >> reporter: no woman in the country is more accurate than this 7th grader. the san franciscan did it in record setting fashion at the u.s. nationals achieving the highest grade ever for a female fly caster. not only was she the highest scoring woman, she was fourth overall. right behind her dad glen. >> i was always thinking about maxine how she was doing, if i was just a point or two ahead of her because i didn't want to fall behind my own daughter. [ laughter ] >> and as it stands, the margin was what? >> one point. >> right. >> up and down. >> reporter: it didn't take long to respect what she does. >> high like here. higher. >> reporter: higher? >> that's lower. >> reporter: no? yes? >> kind of. >> reporter: like that? >> use your shoulder. >> reporter: i am using my shoulder. >> you're using your elbow. >> reporter: get there, baby! oh!! loo

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you know what, you're right, maxine. we shouldn't talk about politics. and why bother, anyway? 'cause your vote doesn't count and democracy is dead. now, why would you say that... no. no, no, no, no. stop trying to deflect from the real subject. women's rights. no. why can't we tell them? your parents are harmless. yeah, they're harmless now, because they don't know how serious we are, all right? but once they find out we moved in together, it's gonna change everything. like, my mom's gonna give a million reasons from the bible why that's wrong. then my dad's gonna start... i really don't know what he's gonna do. he's a wild card. but he's probably gonna do something crazy and give advice. but right now it's cool, it's peaceful, you know? because you mean nothing to them. i mean, nothing. but, like, in a good way, you know? (phone vibrates) wait a minute. my brother's here. text him back and tell him you're not home. i can't lie to my brother. i can't even tell a lie. i'm like george washington. bet you wouldn't have voted for him, either. that's more because of the, you know..

we have maxine waters.ause] and you will hear from the first female speaker of the united states congress, nancy pelosi. i also want to thank our -- [applause] i want to thank our city council. our former senator mary landrieu, was a champion for the state of louisiana and the city of new orleans. [applause] mary, i know i do not have to translate new orleans language. but that means we love you. i also want to thank former governor kathleen, who was here today. [applause] and of course, our mayor mitch landrieu and our city council members. [applause] we owe a lot of things to millions of people around the country. they donated either money or time or who got on her knees and prayed for our resurrection and for our recovery. but i want to take a second to thank another group of people. i want to thank the people of new orleans. who had the faith and courage to come back when it looked like there was nothing to come back to. [applause] there was nothing to k to. [applause] people in new orleans rebuilt thei

look, mom, maxine and i are together. >> oh? [ laughter ] and by "thinking about" i mean maxine moved in three weeks ago. >> well congratulations. [ laughter ] >> crazy. >> mama doesn't feel the same way. >> so nice to see you. congratulations on this. >> thanks for having me, thank you very much. i'm happy to be here. >> you're writing, starring, doing it all. >> drinking rose, drinking rose, which is fantastic. >> it doesn't get better than this. >> this is great. >> and your mom and sister are here. we'll say hello to them. there they are. >> first time you came to new york you were one of the people on the plaza. >> we were on the plaza just waving, me and my mom and sister now we're here inside with rose. come on! >> and you're a big star! congratulations, mama, you did well. you did well. >> thank you. >> so tell us about this, this is interesting. was it difficult to sell a pilot based on your life? >> not really. you just come with hopefully an interesting idea. i wanted it to be a conversation. the show was -- we touch

and maxine understands that better than anyone. born with a heart deformity, she underwent two heart transplants before she turned 12. years earlier. >> someone gave her a paint set and she didn't speak very well because she had been in heart failure. >> scooted up to the table and started doing art and she would go like four hours. >> last year, maxine was waiting for her second transplant. >> she live in the hospital with me and her sister for seven months. >> art became her way to escape and heal. >> it's like transporting out of the day to day grind. it definitely takes her mind off her other stuff. that's why it was critical to do this in the hospital. >> she uses her work to inspire others with her mantras. her favorite? >> what does it say? >> enjoy yourself. >> that's what you did. >> i like the gold. i have to carry a notebook 24/7, sometimes i'm in the car and i think of a good mantra, i have to write it down. >> everything is able to be touched, seen and felt. she really has a passion for it. >> president obama turns 54

look, ma, maxine and i are thinking about moving in together. >> oh?, congratulations. >> yeah -- >> crazy. >> but mama doesn't feel the same way. >> so nice to see you! congratulations on this. >> thanks for having me. thank you very much. >> so, you're doing it all. you're writing, you're starring -- >> yes. i'm drinking rose. >> doesn't get better than this, baby. >> this is great! this is great. >> and your mom and sister are here. we're going to say hello to them. >> there they are. hey. >> first time you came to new york, you were -- >> we were out on the plaza just waving, me and my mother. now we're inside drinking rose. >> now you're a star. congratulations, mama. you did well. >> you did so well. >> you did well. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> tell us about this. this is interesting. was it difficult to sell this pilot based on your life? >> not really. >> yeah? >> you know, you just come with, hopefully, an interesting idea. i wanted it to be like a conversation. the show was like, we touch on a lot of topics. >> you do. >> we touch on

representative maxine waters from telik ornette.re who were there and those -- in those dark days. when president obama was here, he talked about going to houston to the dome to look at all the people who were gathered there. i actually escorted him. he was a young senator from illinois. hillary wanted to go. she was a senator from new york. wait, wait. this is important. and tried to make a really important point here. [laughter] it is important for you to love her, but i went to tell you -- i agree -- hillary wanted to go because she had been a senator for new york on 9/11. she never forgot what mary and other members of congress of both arteries did to step up to try to help near you again after the awful tragedy of that day. there we were. i could tell how moved then senator obama was. i could tell how overwhelmed hillary was. i was thrilled when president bush asked his father and me to have effort that you just read about. i was thrilled when the then republican leader of the senate of mississippi said that nobody in the gulf

[ laughter ] >> all right maxine. give me about five years. i'm coming after you. >>> the national league west got a little tighter as this bird was soaring today at the ,, [female announcer] during mattress price wars at sleep train, save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get interest-free financing until 2018 on tempur-pedic. plus, helpful advice from the sleep experts. don't miss mattress price wars at sleep train. >> hey, baseball up top. what a night. at the end of the day. boy, friday, a very, very good one for the giants. they woke up this morning two- and-a-half behind the dodgers. pick it up for the pirates. a new debut for marlon byrd for the reds. here is his first at bat. 1st inning, boom. a two-run smash. marlon byrd, how are you doing fellow? finished a triple shy of the cycle. and madison bumgarner, he struck again. he's the starting pitcher! man, he is dangerous with a bat in his hand! his fifth home run for the season. he picked up his 15th win, giants won the game 6-4. could they gain a game on la? well, the cameras

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steve: new study suggestions that alerting parents about their children's body maxine max index may not help fight childhood obesity, they study data at centers for disease control in arkansas, a law require that schools respect bmi to persons, they concluded there were no significant change in diet or exercise from the children. >> a city in illinois fighting back against public intoxication, aurora has a habitual drunkard list, you end up on the list, you can't buy booze in the city. steve: 6 times is a lot of incidents. >> in just a couple of months. steve: only fitting that show about pablo escobar. >> [ speaking in spanish ] >> cabbies tries to fight back against uber, the new app they hope will help level the playing steve: netflix just keeps pumping out great new shows. >> latest drama serie based on one of the world's most notorious drug lords, simone boyce joining us to talk about niarchos. >> reporter: time to set you're sites on niarchos. i like to think of it a mix of "breaking bad" meets document style film making -- cowboy meets the wire half in spanish. steve: that is a b

took a privilege to honor the legal women voters and, of course, a long time voting rights advocate maxine for advocating the voting rights give special recollection and the women's sufficient rage 95 years ago helped toe lead the way for the voting rights act and lincoln those movements we become a stronger community as we understand that for everyone it is appropriate to recognize women's equality day today in san francisco the challenge of gender equality is not one to be left to the next generation we need to fight it right here and make advancements here i'm proud to say our own san francisco workforce a half women and their equal to the men in management and professional careers outstanding women run our city departments i'm proud of that from the fire chief to the human resources director to the public health director, of course, and the zoning administrator and i see our director of our environment and the senior programs that are here as well and this year at my direction my administration will be identifying and eliminating for barriers to prevent women from city jobs prairie tho

. >> maxine was named not just an all american, you are looking at the greatest female fly caster of all time. >> i was really excited and i never thought i could do it. >> no woman in the country is more accurate than this 7th grader. the san franciscoen did it in record setting fashion at the u.s. nationals. achieving the highest point ever for a female fly caster. not only was she the highest scoring woman, 4th overall right behind her dad, glen. >> i certainly didn't want to fall behind my own daughter. >> and the margin was what? >> one point. >> and then bam. >> it didn't take long. to respect what she does. >> start high, like here. >> look at that. look at that. >> i think she did that for him. >> that was vern glen reporting. >>> the scavenger hunt sensation where people was looking for hidden cash was fun and it is back. >> i saw it on twitter. it was tweeted out it would be in san francisco, dozens of people turned out hitting cash man jason boose and hid dozens of toys with cash inside. he sold a big piece of real estate around wanted to give back some of his new found fo

the conversation and later went home and talked to my husband and he said, you know, it's not what maxineieves but what she does in life that matters, and it was a turning point for me, this idea if we raised kids to be moral and ethical and kind and generous, then what they believe is secondary. and it's been a guiding force to the book. >> brown: i want to ask you about the title. there are so many -- for so many people, god and their religion are a basic component of who they are. it's not "just god." and you use that, "relax, it's just god." what do you mean? >> i don't mean to be flippant or insensitive in any way, but it does seem that there are certain topics that are hard for parents to talk about and to broach with their children and, increasingly, religion is becoming a one of them, and in a lot of secular families, the word "god" is approaching "sex" as a taboo subject. >> brown: a hard discussion. yes. whawhat i was getting at is it's not such a difficult subjects if you approach it in the right way. so we can all just lighten up. >> brown: you are coming at this as a secular,

maxine is up next. new baltimore, michigan. >> caller: good morning, and thank you for taking my call. in respect to joe biden, i think he's a very good person. my concern with his running for president is the loss of his son and his grieving process. mind you, his son just passed away in june. this is august. that is a major decision. any grief counselor will tell you, you don't make any major decisions for at least three years. he no doubt would be president if he ran. and i'm just concerned about the pressure that he would be under. that's just too much for one person to overcome, and that's my opinion. being a person that has already lost a child, it's not easy to get over. and that's my concern with joe biden, his grieving process hasn't completed yet. i wouldn't want to see him do harm to himself or the country. and that's all i've got to say. thank you. >> maxine, thanks for the call from new baltimore, michigan, this morning. michael on twitter asks, what about o'malley and webb? some of the oth

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. >> okay, then why did i see george zimmerman at a a dave & busters, maxine? at a dave & busters? >> you did not see george zimmerman at a a dave & busters. >> well, i could have. he's free enough to do it. [ laughter ] all i'm saying is people got all up in arms after trayvon died, and george zimmerman's now running around the country, is probably going to be donald trump's running mate for president. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: jerrod carmichael! "the carmichael show" premieres august 26th at 9:00 pm on nbc. albert hammond jr. performs for us next. stick around, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] call karen. calling aunt ethel... no! no! no! no! no! no! no! john? is that you? hey! ethel! sometimes life can get a little complicated. your sandwich doesn't have to be. oscar mayer deli fresh is made with 100% turkey breast that's sliced and sealed at the peak of freshness. it's deli quality, every time. a good host, is a good host no matter where he's hosting. stella artois host beautifully so, what made you switch top taco bell's a.m. crunchwrap? they put everything in here.

. >> maxine is 11 years-old. >> and we thought.r to test that out and he is live in oakland. with the pond. and christian, are you learning lots out there? >> maxine mccormick. and it was a competition. just two weeks ago in long geech. she came in fourth in the nation. >> she will be my teacher. >> we will talk to dad first. and glenn mccormick. >> sewer daughter. is pretty awesome. >> all about fun. and loves the feel coming off. and the competition is just a part of it. >> we don't call it a that, we call it fun and gameless for her. >> i am ready for fun. >> are you ready. first thing, this is the rod. >> yes. >> then you took it like this. >> what do i want to do. >> what is the point. >> so. first i want to have it right foot forward. >> okay. >> then. you want to have your arms and let it go continued more. >> then lift up the whole arm. >> like this. >> . >>> you are being really nice. >> what if i go right there. >> try it. >> so the whole point. there is something called. anal i am trying to do that right now. >> whether

so project fatherhood went to maxine waters educational center that is in watts and it have a program called we built which is the construction program. then went and got the guys certified as a journeyman, apprenticeships to do construction. and turned around to the young men said hey, let's meet with the developer. they met with the developer and the second with a golden we wanted 30% of these jobs. so we want 10% hardware. if you was coming out of prison he was able to work. 10% for the ones that actually live in jordan down and 10% to live on the outskirts. right now we have those jobs in writing. 30% for the fathers are also jordan high school was doing a development there, redevelopment, redeveloping jordan high school with $75 million do. so we got in touch with them. one of the biggest construction company's in the country and they can get and sat with us and told us we will hire the young men as long as they are certified. .. >> his daughter who are in the back row there sort of hiding but i'm calling them out. okay. and they help rin a children's -- run a children's group an

congressman sheila jackson lee, compass and maxine waters, councilmember susan, councilmember chair itdent john young, hurray's president -- parish president, and former senator mary landrieu. thank you. thank you all. [cheers] ♪ >> it's what i call a sacred space. it is a boulevard named after one of our civil rights leaders. it was the cornerstone of african-american businesses. the last two years it got torn up. >> we brought young kids in here and what it meant to be at a table with family. >> it does a whole lot for the community. i want to help my area out. help people to become stronger. >> this location and place became a hub for the fema workers. >> there are little over 1500. >> we have 100% of graduates who have scholarships. 80% of these kids have been in the justice system. at 8% have mental health or drug prediction did 32% single families. all those berries they came through the program. -- through all of that they came through the program. >> it we see somebody who is leaving school and is looking for a job or something like that , i went through a program. great opport

among the participants, maxine waters. this is one hour and 15 minutes. following the discussion, we will have the president's remarks on the voting rights bill. later, we will take your questions and comments. rep. waters: a common truth that we have all heard is that history tends to repeat itself and that someone who has served as elected official for 30 years, i can attest that if you are around long enough you find that rings very true. there are few better examples of that than the recently renewed fight for the voting rights act in the united states. the story of the voting rights act starts not at its passage, but with the short-lived era of reconstruction, and the passage of the 14th, 13th and 15th amendments. while the 13th amendment freed the slaves, and the 14th amendment gave us citizenship, the key amendment was the 15th which gave male slaves the right to vote. these new laws immediately enfranchised more than 700,000 voters, which instantly became the majority in southern states. as you can imagine, their enfranchisement revolutionized the

and during a stop in detroit, california representative maxine waters got really real with the audiencetions. >> we don't put pressure on the president because you love the president. love the president. just a minute. you're very proud -- you're very proud to have a black man. the first time in the united states of america. if we go after the president too hard, you're going after us. hey, we want to give the president every opportunity -- >> how long? >> -- to show what he can do and what he's prepared to lead on. we want to give him every opportunity. but our people are hurting. >> yes, ma'am! >> unemployment is unconscionable. >> and back with me are cornell william brooks, and i'm going to come right to you, cornell. the frustration of the cbc at the time before was that the president's policies were leaning on disproportionate impact but weren't exclusively saying these are the problems of black america, these are the problems that are race based. >> the challenge here is one needs to be both race specific and when the naacp released a report called one suspect describing racial p

louisiana governor blanco cautioned colleagues about how to respond to a request from representative maxineters for security escorts in new orleans shortly after the storm. please handle this very carefully, aide johnny anderson wrote, we're getting bad enough national press on race relations. e-mails reviewed by the committee from aides to rm toer fema director brown reflected similar concerns. a cnn gallup poll from september 8 to 11 reported that 60% of african-americans but only 12% of whites believe race was a factor in the slow response to katrina. another poll by the pew research center found 7 in 10 blacks believe the disaster showed racial inequality remains a major problem in america, a majority of whites disagreed. november survey of 46 katrina evacuees published by the national hazard center at the university of colorado boulder concluded issues of race and class were central to evacuation experiences. for many the' rackuation process was complicated by age, mental, physical disability, need to care for dependents, material possessions they were trying to take with them. "the wa

. >> my name is maxine allen webster. i'm here to ask a question because i had a business that was drawing in very good revenues and working for the city. i have clients that were on park island. i had people all over the city of new orleans did when katrina moved everybody out, that was my business gone. i consulted with a person out of state, got another business going, and it's all in the process of rebuilding new orleans, because i am a very concerned citizen here, but i would like to know what are the opportunities for the entrepreneurs that are here? i built the business up, and now i have first of all, the sba turned me down for the loan. they're not seeing too many outside loans now. i what to be a thorn in mr. -- i want to be a thorn in mr. hutchinson side. i have been trying to get in touch with him for two months now. i was one of the people that did not want to leave. i stayed out in kanner from the very beginning, when they first of the letting people back in here, and i am not going anywhere, but i do want t

. >> my name is maxine allen webster. i'm here to ask a question because i had a business that was drawing in very good revenues and working for the city. on parklients that were island. i had people all over the city when katrinas did moved everybody out, that was my business gone. i consulted with a person out of state, got another business and it's all in the process of rebuilding new orleans, because i am a very concerned citizen here, but i what are the know opportunities for the entrepreneurs that are here? i built the business up, and now first of all, the sba turned me down for the loan. they're not seeing too many outside loans now. matureto the a thorn in -- mr. hutchinson side. i have been trying to get in touch with him for two months now. i was one of the people that did not want to leave. i stayed out in kanner from the very beginning, when they first of the letting people back in here, and i am not going anywhere, but i do want to know what kind of opportunities we mye, i have a business plan, plan includes

. >> my name is maxine i am here to ask a question because i had a business that was drawing in very good revenue and working for the city. i have client don park island. i have people all over the city of new orleans. when katrina kind of moved everybody out, that was my business star. so i consulted with the person out of state, got another business going and it's all in the process of rebuilding new orleans because i'm a very concerned citizen here. but i would like to know what are the options for the entrepreneurs here. i set my business up and now i have the sba tear me down for the love that i wanted. they are not seeing any outside london now. i want to be a thorn in mr. inside because i've been trying to get in touch with him only for maybe about two months now. i was one of the people that didn't want to leave. i stayed out from the very beginning when they first started letting people back in here. i am not going anywhere, but i want to know what kind of opportunities we have. my plan includes training people number one and employing people to work for the company and in t

louisiana governor blanco cautioned colleagues about how to respond to a request from representative maxineaters for security escorts in new orleans shortly after the storm. please handle this very carefully, aide johnny anderson wrote, we're getting bad enough national press on race relations. e-mails reviewed by the committee from aides to rm toer fema director brown reflected similar concerns. a cnn gallup poll from september 8 to 11 reported that 60% of african-americans but only 12% of whites believe race was a factor in the slow response to katrina. another poll by the pew research center found 7 in 10 blacks believe the disaster showed racial inequality remains a major problem in america, a majority of whites disagreed. november survey of 46 katrina evacuees published by the national hazard center at the university of colorado boulder concluded issues of race and class were central to evacuation experiences. for many the' rackuation process was complicated by age, mental, physical disability, need to care for dependents, material possessions they were trying to take with them. "the w

maxine is up in michigan. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. biden, i thinkoe he is a very good person. my concern with his running for president is the loss of his son and his grieving process. in son just passed away june. this is august. that is a major decision. any grief counselor will tell you don't take any major decisions for at least three years. would be a good president. i am concerned about the pressure he would be under. that is too much for one person to overcome. that is my opinion. he is already lost a child. it's not easy to get over. that is my concern. his grieving process has not completed yet. him do not want to see harm to himself or the country. that's all i got to say and thank you. host: michael is on twitter. otherbout some of the contenders who have already jumped in. martin o'malley had a story in the washington post. still early. jimmy is up next in san antonio, texas area good morning. i support joe biden. democrat and i have not donated to the dnc for a couple of years. money tong up my president biden should he j