and that the mona dixon.erstand here, mona, that you have been awarded something that is quite, shall i say, important. the 2010 national youth of the year. denzel, explain to me what that is. >> throughout the country, we have these youth of year competition in each boys & girls club. it moves up the ladder from the local clubs, city clubs, regional clubs, state clubs, region kral, all the way up to the finalist who is ramona dixon. she has won this year's award. she is the national youth of the year for 2010. >> wow. well done. and mona, i understand your grade point average is not bad. what was it? >> a 3.92. a graduated third in my class. >> holy moly. i was about to say, how did you do, denzel? i don't want to see what my -- >> if you add up all my grades, it might add up to 3.92. >> maybe you add all of my years together, i have 3.92. >> or maybe 2.93. >> look, you're here to talk about a new campaign. and this is to help produce more mona dixons, people that are extremely successful and you're trying t

denzel i was going to introduce mona, but i'll have you introduce mona and then tell us why you're advocatingr? >> for mona dixon just -- how are you, first of all? >> great. >> very good. just anourcnounced as the youth the year for 2010-2011. she's a freshman at arizona state university. she is a longtime member of the boys and girls club, and she can tell you a little bit -- tell them a little bit about your history, where you've come from and what you've been doing. >> well, i grew up from streets to shelters and what i finally moved to tempe, arizona i joined the boys and girls club and a stranger paid my fee for me and it basically changed my life. >> i know she doesn't have an earpiece. ask the question how she was able to find her way from those very difficult beginnings? >> they warrant it know how you found your way from those very difficult beginnings to the boys and girls club? >> i had a lot of mentors and i also had tern topersonal tutor, guy who played a father figure in my role -- re, in m well, in and that helps me be successful. >> talk about the dropout rate. 90% of boys an

mona's time and the neighbor's time and the money they collected from muni riders, there is a lot of way to roll stuff like this. >> yeah. >> the standpoint of looking at stake holders through our community meetings. are you excited about this plan? yeah, great. are you excited enough to donate money up front or will it be worth it to you to say 20 dollars a month because you live, work in front of this pla place. are you interested in the spiritualy and financially enough to contribute to it. that's going to the community benefit district is to create an informal but binding subscription, if you will. yeah. i think -- i think it's going to be a bit of both. it will be we who i don't work there anymore but the people that are still in that lyndon building are the primary tenders. they will pick up trash and replace plants that get stolen or vandalizeded. whether it's tree pruning or paving repair that might need to be done by an ouder a outsider for. there will be a fund established. like in a homeowner's association. >> but that's a very complicated project. there are much smaller p

she found out how the mona street had been turned into a prison camp for prisoners of war from a relative who was serving in the soviet even in secret police the n.k.v.d. . raging every day a special train was coming to the city of should you put a polish prisoners of war barely had any roof over their heads there for all. all of a monastery is buildings were hastily adapted for their accommodation a triple plank beds were made for that purpose. polish prisoners of war were brought to the soviet union soon after the start of world war two german troops had altered by poland in the autumn of nineteen thirty nine and so obvious entered the country's eastern regions the poles were sent to prison camps in a gold star a belt and cars outside. the poles were held in order to prevent any potential riots or attempts to restore poland's territorial integrity among them was career officer. the father of polish film director and j. vida yeah coleman his fellow on the servicemen were sent to the camp in the smolensk region to feel that it was a few that i mean unlike my father most of those taken pri

the woman we spoke to, mona ortiz, says that valdermoro would come to her house and ask her brother to teach him how to do tricks in his corvette, especially donuts. she says she still can't believe a week ago valdermoro was hold are her 2-year-old nephew in his arms. and tonight he's accused of killing a long list of people. live in hercules, tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >> a long list of warning signs. who could have predicted this. thank you. we'll continue our coverage of the store story at 11:00 tonig. >>> firefighters are trying to get a fire in the upper county. there was a lot of dry brush around that fueled the flames. about 10 to 12 acres burned so far and fire crews are building containment lines. now the fire dangers are only going to get worse as the week wears on. temperatures getting hotter around the bay area. jeff ranieri joins us to show us how things are going to get hot. jeff? >> yeah, lisa. we've seen a 10 to 15-degree jump in the temperatures this afternoon as compared to yesterday. plenty of mid 9 o's ut there right now. 94 in livermore. 93 in san jose. even h

joining us julie cavanaugh a teacher at public school 15 in new york city and mona davis, from the newdo i have that right. i went to see the movie yesterday. it's very emotional. it's heart breaking because you see all of these kids who desperately want a good education and the system is failing them. now shall the documentary film makers seemed to place the blame at the foot of teachers and the teachers union, who they say have protected really incompetent teachers far too long. let's start with you, julie, you are a teacher, what do you think about that message? >> well, our entire kind can be found at waiting for superm superman.org. i think one of the major issues, the film does kind of set up the correlation between student and achievement and unions, it's not true. virginia is a right to work state, finlands touted as being an excellent example of educational opportunity is pro union in a unionized education system. >> you don't think that the unions in this country are protecting incompetent teachers? >> i think when you really get to the issue what we're talking about is tenur

ra mona from st. louis, missouri. you call yourself underemployed? caller: no. i'm unemployed. i've been unemployed since january of 2008. host: and what did you do before you were laid off? guest: i worked in the scrap metal business and my background is in community and economic development. host: how are you surviving day? guest: barely -- caller: barely. my husband took early retirement. so we are liing off of $775 a month. host: and what's the job market like for you personally and in st. louis in general? caller: things are very, very tight in st. louis as it is across the country. for me personally, i'm 58 years old and although i am a professional, it's just not a lot out here. 12 resumes sent out and not even a response. i've totally exhausted my employment. i'm a 99er. so i'm twoers. so what i would like to know is for what does it look like for individuals like myself who are now long-term unemployed but not only long-term unemployed but also not oldnough to retire and have multiple skills but there's just nothing out? in order for me to stay connected to my industry

if we could put a man on the mona? i do not want a tomato pick by a mexican, i wanna pick by an american. sliced by a guatemalan, and served by 11 the venezulena, ina spoa that while i am getting a brazilian. and the plight of lighter workers, >> and when i'm putting these beans. >> and is his experience to work on a farm in new york. >> i have to do something because i'm not going out there i get a cold sweat at the site of a salad bar. >> and sometimes he was serious. >> one of the least powerful people in the united states our migrant workers to come in and do our work. and however, they have no rights and still we invite them to come here and then ask them to leave. >> a lot of the trademarks from him. >> a this jobs bill would help? i don't know, like many members of congress, i've not read it. >> and why is he qualified to speak? >> and this one day working in the field? >> and i think one day is for me makes an expert in everything. >> and how many were illegal aliens? >> i did not ask them for their papers. how

host: va, mona is on the republicans line. hi, there. caller: it is easy to forget saddam hussein, who bush got rid of. it is easy to forget the election in iraq. and it is also easy to forget that osama bin laden was standing on the mound during the clinton administration when his secretary of state said he was in good shot of the security people to eradicate him and he said it was not actionable. now, osama bin laden is the main source of all of the enemy's of all of barack middle eastern countries -- all of our middle eastern countries when clinton had the choice of getting rid of him. guest: what the question raises is the relationship between war in iraq and our, adding extremism and terrorism around the world. i think the caller is right, nobody misses that saddam hussein, one of the bloodiest dictators in the world. probably 1 million people died in the work going to war against iran. he was clearly a danger to the region. at the time before was in government i was not a supporter of the war, but i think there were people who did

ra mona from st. louis, missouri. you call yourself underemployed? caller: no. i'm unemployed. i've been unemployed since january of 2008. host: and what did you do before you were laid off? guest: i worked in the scrap metal business and my background is in community and economic development. host: how are you surviving today? guest: barely -- caller: barely. my husband took early retirement. so we are liing off of $775 a month. host: and what's the job market like for you personally and in st. louis in general? caller: things are very, very tight in st. louis as it is across the country. for me personally, i'm 58 years old and although i am a professional, it's just not a lot out here. 1200 resumes sent out and not even a response. i've totally exhausted my employment. i'm a 99er. so i'm twoers. so what i would like to know is for what does it look like for individuals like myself who are now long-term unemployed but not only long-term unemployed but also not old enough to retire and have multiple skills but there's just nothing out? in order for me to stay connected to my in

host: va, mona is on the republicans line. hi, there. caller: it is easy to forget saddam hussein, who bush got rid of. it is easy to forget the election in iraq. and it is also easy to forget that osama bin laden was standing on the mound during the clinton administration when his secretary of state said he was in good shot of thsecurity people to eradicate h and he said it was not actionable. now, osama bin laden is the main source of all of the enemy's of all of bark middle eastern countries -- all of our middle eastern countries when clinton had the choice of getting rid of him. guest: what the question raises is the relationship between war in iraq and our, adding extremism and terrorism around the world. i think the caller is right, nobody misses that saddam hussein, one of the bloodiest dictators in the world. probably 1 million people died in the work going to war against iran. he was clearly a danger to the region. at the time before was in government i was not a supporter of the war, but i think there were peoe who did have u.s