. >> miriam is a journalist and dissident on the island. the way to fight the human rights abuses i not through restricting travel. >> i think the government should be accountable. we, the cuban people are the ones that have to gain the spaces and open our society. >> patricia is an artist who restores stained glass for hotels. >> you think that will hurt the military? or do you think that will hurt the people? >> that's going to hurt everybody. >> the white house says it's goal is to reward entrepreneurs like her, not the cuban military. but on this island the line is blurred. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, havana. >>> following this week's devastating shooting at a congressional baseball practice, calls for unity are growing louder. the country's been through this before, an outburst of violence followed by a push for peace, the gunman may have been targeting elected officials, there's new urgency for change. democrats and republicans coming together this week for their annual congression game. the night wasn't about winning, it was about show

host: i wanted to show you this tweet from miriam. documentaries. thanks for holding the competition. we appreciate that tweet. our education folks, it is a labor of love for them. they also operate the c-span classroom website. that is a free service for teachers. it provides resources to support history -- teachers of and other subjects. it allows class remembers to bookmark resources. you can find more you go to c-span.org and learned that how to become a member of our c-span classroom organizations. i want to mention a couple of .acebook comments that came in improve and increase our military to ensure the national security is not compromised. thing i don't want this president or the congress to address anything other than removing the president from office. toyou didn't get a chance see our top 21 finishers, we are going to air them tonight. them on the studentcam website, to find out more about that. contest will officially launch this coming september. the theme has already been announced. create a video illustrating why it is important to yo

hi, miriam. caller: hi, there. about theng to ask assessment in texas. i'm an eighth-grade teacher and sometimes i find myself very -- what is the word, pressure to and at the same time, create a collaborative environment, but since i am under a lot of stress, it feels like we have to do so many things in a fast paced manner. my question is, how does he see the staar assessment going? is it going to last, slow down? also, what happens to -- how can we -- how can they check it administrators are being affected? last year, for example, i was it,uated and what you call distinguished, and another came this year, and i was lower standards, so how do we do that? how does the system work? host: ok. guest: there are a lot of -- these are- again, complicated questions. said,rs are, like you under a lot of pressure straight the use of test scores is a sensitive topic. -- a lot of pressure. is ase of test scores sensitive topic and are the reflective of how these students are doing? before, these questions really matter because -- i moved from memphis, tennessee, w

. >>> con su pincel, colores y vivos y mucha pasiÓn miriam va dando forma a la imagen de la vservir varra donde la compras te, dona puedo comprar al igual y empecÉ con este negocio >>> los milenios latinos quieren representar su cultura con su ropa >>> representa como una cultura de nuestra religiÓn y enseÑando una imagen de una mujer fuerte >>> las diseÑadoras tienen pÁginas en instagram con miles de seguidores donde muestran sus diseÑos desde ropa hasta protectores con dle telÉfono. para una fiestaa especial valeÍa hizo esto especial. >>> mi abuelita querÍa para su fiesta de ella quiero tener a la virgen de guadalupe >>> esto estÁ en la v va vanguardia de los jÓvenes latinos. llegamos al final, mÁs noticias a las 11/10 centro por telemundo muchas gracias buenas noches. ( ♪ mÚsica♪) - y Él nos estaba usando como "testaferras" para sus negocios ilÍcitos. - nosotras estuvimos cinco aÑos en la cÁrcel ¡por culpa de esta perra! - yo tambiÉn, doctora. - no. yo tenÍa 21 apartamentos a mi nombre y ni siquiera me habÍa enterado. - y yo 18. - ¿y tÚ no lo sabÍas? ¿esta es la casa de la seÑora?

cerraran sus puertas por razones economicas miriam gerace/vocera de planned parenthood 7:20 nadie puede operacion sino puede cubrir sus gastos. el gran problema explicaron es que necesitan consolidar servicios, ante los bajos reembolsos que estan recibiendo del estado por los pacientes con seguro medico de medical... 6:49 el nivel de reembolso es muy bajo y ha sido muy bajo por muchos anos problema que agregaron no es nuevo....pero al que esperan el estado le de soluciones. 6:55 en el 2011 el gobernador decidido hacer recortes por la presion economica y no hemos regresado al mismo nivel de antes georgina gomez/uso la clinica de planned parenthood 19:;22 ellos ayudan mucho a la gente que no tiene aseguranza georgina tambien lamenta la noticia....uso sus servicios cuando quedo embarazada de su unico bebe 23:16 de verdad me duele que lo corten porque mucha gente de alrededor de aqui lo necesita 23:20 planned parenthood acepta que esto sera inconveniente para algunos, pero resaltaron que continua una red de 20 sucursales en otras ciudades como antioch, y el cerrito... 25:08 mucho, muchos em

by then, nancy and miriam had moved away and she was here for a number of years -- he was here for aumber of years. then he decided to sell val-kill. it offered to the national park service and the federal government in 1970 and they were not interested. property and he sold eleanor roosevelt furniture at public auction. 1975 that a grassroots movement here in hyde park started the movement to save val-kill and make it into a national historic site. eleanor roosevelt story is not just the story of a first lady, but it's a woman activist who really devoted her life to improving the world. she had always hoped that there would be world peace someday. she's really an inspiration to women, because she was a woman of great issues that really needed to be addressed, like civil rights, and she made a difference in the world. she is such an incredible role model for women, even today. she was a woman who was way ahead of her time. veryas a woman who was important in the 20th century, but her ideas in the 21st century still ring loud today. this weekend, we are featuring the history of hyde p

we are honored to be joined today by mario's parents, miriam and mario, and carlos' sister, mirta. where are you? [applause] those are great, great parents who love their children so much. what they've done is just an incredible, incredible thing. what they represent, they did not die in vain. what they represent to everybody. and especially to the cuban people. so your children did not die in vain. believe me. [applause] so to the castro regime, i repeat. the harboring of criminals and fugitives will end. you have no choice. it will end. [cheers and applause] any changes to the relationship between the united states and cuba will depend on real progress toward these and the other goals, many of which i've described. when cuba is ready to take concrete steps to these ends, we will be ready, willing and able to come to the table to negotiate that much better deal for cubans, for americans, much better deal. and a deal that's fair. a deal that's fair. and a deal that makes sense. our embassy remains open in the hope that our countries can forge a much stronger and better path. americ

mayor miriam bowser, police chief peter new sham heading up to the microphones.d evening, everybody i'm muriel bowser, i'm the mayor of washington, d.c. i'm joined by the chief of police, peter newsham and members of our police force. we are at the washington hospital center. we are here to give you some information about an incident earlier today in adams morgan where three of our employees were struck by a vehicle. two officers are being treated here and an employee who we believe for the district's department of transportation was investigating exactly what happened and we look forward in the coming hours to put what happened together and be able to give you more information. but i am going to ask the chief to say a little bit more about what we know. >> all we really have and this is all preliminary at this time it's subject to change. all we know is we had a vehicle that was traveling at a high rate of speed in the adams morgan area, struck two of our bicycle patrols officers that were working in the area on duty at the time and it also struck a department o

miriam a read an interview from you something struck me.h isn't something that you have really experienced. >> well, it's not that i haven't experienced it because i'm an actress. [ laughter ] >> i don't know if you know this we don't like actresses -- i've been playing older women the older women since i was in my 20s. my very first job i was -- on tv i was 27 and i was playing in show about an older woman and younger you go i was playing the older woman's best friend i was 27. about two years older than younger guy. so you know i have experienced but i always play the older characters. so for me, now i'm playing my actual age. for some reason -- how do i do that. >> people wanted me to be older. but it's also to play diana trout character i play who's this boss from hell, i've never been anyone's boss i'm mother now in a way i'm someone' boss. >> you are you're the boss sister. >> they don't know. >> you're good boss. >> they they they're my boss. >> you let them think that. but you rule. >> exactly. >> it's not how i go about treating pe

and miriam a krrc costa. we are joined by carlos' sister and mario's family. where are they?> those are great, great parents who love their children so much. what they've done is just an incredible, incredible thing. what they represent. they did not die in vain, what they represent to everybody, and especially to the cuban people. so your children did not die in vain, believe me. [ applause ] >> so to the castro regime, i repeat. the harboring of criminals and fugitives will end. you have no choice. it will end. [ applause ] >> any changes to the relationship between the united states and cuba will depend on real progress toward these and the other goals, many of which i've described. when cuba is ready to take concrete steps to these ends, we will be ready, willing and able to come to the table to negotiate that much better deal for cubans, for americans. much better deal and a deal that's fair. a deal that's fair. and a deal that makes sense. our country remains open in the hopes that our countries can forge a much stronger and better path. america believes that free, inde

it was trending worldwide, covfefe, spawning memes, video game mock-ups and a response from miriam websterctionary. the president resurfaced to say, who can figure out the true meaning of covfefe. enjoy. the president seemed to be acknowledging the silliness in a sort of charming way, i thought, surrounding what seemed to be a run of the mill mistakenly sent tweet. no big deal. but it did come up with sean spicer today in a briefing the white house decided would not be on camera. all sean spicer had to do was the same thing the president did. >> do you think people should be concerned that the president posted somewhat of an incoherent tweet last night and that it then stayed up for hours? >> uh, no. >> why did it stay up so long? is no one watching this? >> no, i think the -- the -- the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant. blake? >> wait a minute. >> blake? >> what does it mean? >> blake? >> what does covfefe. >> blake? >> so covfefe was not a mistake, but covfefe was a code word to a small group of people. well, there's a growing sense that in the eyes of his

<miriam davis, former family friend: "i guess i just hesitated for so long.i didn't want her kids to be in the system, but i didn't know they would die if they didn't do into the system.">( mark ) hawkins told doctors they collapsed while smelling flowers but later admitted to police what happened. ( james ) uber is discussing the fate of its c-e- o today. uber management has been accused of turning a blind eye to harassment, discrimination and bullying. the accusations are being investigated by former attorney general eric holder. the board met yesterday to consider recommendations made by holder. the meeting comes days after the company fired 20 employee for bad behavior. the board is considering asking c-e-o travis kalanick to step down amidst all the controversy. ( james ) the newly elected montana congressman greg gianforte has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault for body slamming a reporter. a journalist was asking then-candidate gianforte a question about health care when an altercation occurred. the reporter accused the republican of body sl

<miriam davis, former family friend: "i guess i just hesitated for so long. i didn't want her kids to be in the system, but i didn't know they would die if they didn't do into the system.">(mark) hawkins told doctors they collapsed while smelling flowers but later admitted to police what happened. (james) attorney general jeff sessions has agreed to testify before the senate intelligence committee. it's not clear whether it will be a public hearing or conducted behind closed doors. the panel will decide. sessions recused himself from overseeing the federal investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia back in march. this after admitting he met twice last year with the russian ambassador to the u-s and not disclosing those meetings when he received his security clearance.. sessions will likely face questions from senators not only about those meetings... but also about his involvement in the firing of f- b-i director james comey. ( james ) the kron4 morning news wants to send you to see disney's broadway hit aladdin! watch the kro

host: i wanted to show you this tweet from miriam. documentaries.ition. we appreciate that tweet. our education folks, it is a labor of love for them. they also operate the c-span classroom website. that is a free service for teachers. it provides resources to support history -- teachers of and other subjects. it allows class remembers to bookmark resources. you can find more you go to c-span.org and learned that how to become a member of our c-span classroom organizations. i want to mention a couple of .acebook comments that came in improve and increase our military to ensure the national security is not compromised. thing i don't want this president or th announcer: talking about this week's british election for the next prime minister. andriy and corporation international vice president discusses the upcoming elections and transatlantic relations. be sure to watch washington journal coming up sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. join the discussion. >> former fbi director james comey will testify thursday before the senate intelligence committee investiga

those victims included, mario and carlos cast that we are honored to be joined by mario's parents, miriam and mario and carlos's sister mir that where are you those are great -- those are great great parents who love their children so much what they've done is just an incredible incredible thing. what they represent, they do not die in vain, what they represent to everybody and especially to the cuban people, so your children did not die in vain, believe me [ applause ] >> so to the castro regime i repeat, the harboring of criminals and fugitives will end, you have no choice, it will end. any changes to the relationship between the united states and cuba will depend on real progress toward these and the other goals, many of which i've described. when cuba is ready to take concrete steps, to these ends, we will be ready, willing and able to come to the table to negotiate that much-better deal for cubans, for americans, much better deal. and a deal that's fair, a deal that's fair, and a deal that makes sense. our embassy remains open in the hope that our countries can forge a much stronger

we are honored to be joined today by mario's participants, miriam and mario -- parents.? [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> those are great, those are great, great parents who love their children so much. what they've done is just an incredible, incredible thing. what they represent. they did not die in vain. what they represent to everybody and especially to the cuban people. so your children did not die in vain, believe me. [applause] so to the castro regime, i repeat: the harboring of criminals and fugitives will end. you have no choice. it will end. [applause] any changes to the relationship between the united states and cuba will depend on real progress toward these and the other goals, many of which i've described. when cuba is ready to take concrete steps to these ends, we will be ready, willing and able to come to the table to negotiate that much better deal for cubans, for americans. much better deal and a deal that's fair. a deal that's fair. and a deal that makes sense. [applause] our embassy remains open in the hope that our countries can forge a much st

>>no, miriam, no. no... es que me di con la puerta del carro y... voy por mÁs flores. [♪]