"i didn't know if you knew this, but we're on the road that paul revere rode on." [ laughter ] [ applause light laughter ] we're on the road paul revere rode. i'm sure he was going faster than we are, i can tell you that. [ light laughter ] you want to see where ben franklin's parents are buried? [ light laughter ] no. i never supported ben. ben, quit flying the kites. where is the barn key? [ laughter ] went to the alamo. i went to texas, i had to see the alamo. mrs. stellsic in ames elementary in third grade made a big deal about the alamo, so i went, and i was -- have you been? because i was, is this it? [ laughter ] was there a fire? [ light laughter ] i'm pretty sure i could hold this for two days. [ light laughter ] i always travel with a steak knife. [ light laughter ] i bought the little alamo across the street, which is almost the same size. i set it down, people started lining up for it. [ light laughter ] i'm trying to be a healthier person. that's what people say when they're really fat. [ light laughter ] i'm working on being a healthier person. not that hard, but i'm working

i missed the history class where paul revere was, like, the british are coming!t not until, like, april, okay? king george just wanted me to tell you guys in advance because he knows you guys are super busy, okay? ( laughter ) ( applause ) here's my problem -- here's my problem with all the fear mongering. my big problem with the fear mongering about this caravan is trump and his friends don't even seem to know what they're afraid of. >> they're coming with diseases such as small box, leprosy and t.b. that are going to affect the united states. >> young men in their 20s, strapping, strong. >> h.i.v., measles, pertussis, inflensa, tb, syphilis -- >> when you look at that caravan and look at largely, big percentage of men, young, strong, a lot of bad people. >> trevor: that's right. these migrants are both super strong and riddled with disease! ( laughter ) these are the strongest lepers i've ever seen! ( cheers and applause ) just coming across the border! ( applause ) jacked arms falling off in the streets! make up your mind! and, honestly, honestly, if i were th

came out of it was the gumption and the personalities like paul revere and benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson these are incredibly successful intelligent visionary renaissance men who studied the rights of man from the enlightenment in europe they brought it to america they caught a five there ideas of freedom in the declaration of independence of the constitution of united states and once they put that in motion it was inevitably going to go forward the inertia of the revolution once sparked was carried forward irreversibly there approximately twenty two thousand red coats or english soldiers we we went on a killing spree. to secure our freedom the british empire was the biggest empire the strongest. that ever existed ever you know came in to be our age and really through the battle in our favor were the french because the french hated the british the british for hundreds of years and. when the british were defeated we tried to be more americans the. winners of two world wars undefeated in the world wars. ok so you know at home trying to figure that one out. i lived in the united k

paul revere's ride was only about play. we used different teaching strategies about how students learn in other programs. one of our great young people programs for elementary is choose your george. programabulously fun where students contrast and compare. we do hats of the president in the oval office. we are employing methods of .ontrasting and comparing the stamp act rally starts things off and it is where we interpretationon of participation. students land in the middle of a scene and are called upon to be active participants. it is inspired by the coming together of the colonists for the first time for the protest of the stamp act. constitutional convention, if i could channel jeffrey rosen, i would do so. i am passionate about it. you need to come see the constitutional convention. we do not set the topic. you can almost tell what is on the news by what the students bring up. , but ifa delegate their the president is in the news, you see that. if congress is in the news, that is the way the discussion goes. we know th

a lot of longfellow's poems were like paul revere's ride. many of his poems were exhortations to self- improvement. i have used this is so often in this time period, the word improvement, that i feel like on the exam, if you don't know the answer, just write down improvement, and you have a good chance of getting something right. his poems are exhortations of self-improvement. this will give you the idea, of what people celebrated about longfellow's poetry. this is a sketch of him on the screen. this is what he looks like. this is one of his poems. this is the psalm of life. lives of great men remind us, we can make our lives sublime. departing, leave behind us, footprints in the sands of time. let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate, still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor, learn to wait. modern literary critics find longfellow pedantic and trite. in his time period, they loved him but those qualities. this was a moral, elevated tone of his poetry. this is what sarah josepha hale publishes in godey's lady's book. at t

before sunny site comes up, i want to give a quick shout-out to paul revere, one of the parent advisory groups in san francisco unified school district. sunny side. >> sorry. again, if you can hear me now. my name is lila nelson. i'm one of the active parents at sunny side elementary school, which formed our aapac group. we formed in the fall of 2017. the purpose of our group is to connect with other black families within our school, in our nearby community. we wanted to share our experiences, our voices, and just our concerns and to promote our culture at sunny side. >> 9 of the 13 third graders. we just pooled our resources and found a black man who specialized in curriculum development. we had our own little freedom school and did that together on our own. thank you. one of them is regarding common core math. i think parents, not just african-american parents don't know how to help their children. the other con -- we also need more help with more enrollment of african-american students in the lower grades. you see higher numbers in 5th and 4th and it drops off reflecting the demograp

it's a diverse group including pope paul the 6th, revered archbishop oscar romero of el salvador, andeenger who dedicated his brief life to helping others. the ceremony comes as the catholic church is mired in a sexual abuse scandal. on friday, pope francis accepted the resignation of the head of the washington d.c. archdiocese, cardinal donald wuerl over his role in handling sexual-abuse allegations in the church. ( marty ) coming up after the break... the raiders are in london conting down to kickoff for their game against the seahawks. while the niners are in green bay to face the packers tomorrow. sports is next. in an emergency, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain on-call during breaks and requires they receive fema level training and active shooters and natural disasters. vote yes on 11 to ensure 911 emergency care is there when you or your love one need it. find a wo

see it in bits and pieces but then he reveres back to scorched earth style and representing his base not ever trying to unite the american people. >> you mentioned paul he did mention it and condemned it in the rally. he also thanked the men and women of law enforcement. i don't recall him when i saw it -- reaching out to the media thanking the media for staying on and doing their job or condemning the president's words directly. so michael listen, you wrote a piece to cnn.com saying trump has divided us so he can't unite us. he built his political career on being divisive. it's not in his brand to unite. >> no, it's not. i think one of the things we lose track of is that he has been devoted to destroying trust for his entire life. he doesn't think that reality benefits him. he thinks that we should all mistrust each other. so we're now at the point where half the country won't believe the truth if the fbi shares it with us or the -- there's a perpetrator caught, some will think there's a conspiracy afoot and that there's some paranoid reality that they should it be adhering to instead of the truth because trump has destroyed the foundation of trust

that he reveres the constitution and promises going forward, quote, i will keep an open mind in every kay. >> a former supreme court justice is rescinding his support ofug kava yesterday john paul stevens made the announcement while saking with retirees inflorida. he initially praised kavanaugh, saying he was all in on him being confirmed. but now he said his behavior during last week's hearing made him think twice. >> he should have been confirmed when he was a nominee, but i think his d performanceing the hearings caused me to change m mind. >> judge stevens retired in 2015 after years of service on the supreme court. again, a final vote on judicial kavanaugh's confirmation is expected yomorrow. ll want to keep it here on news4. got to take a turn now to the weather. some big changes thimorning, chuck. what happened to all that sunshine and high >>humidity? eople voted for cooler weather. that's what happened. >> i didn't get to cast my vote, i can tell you. >> you have to t get ballots in early, chris. cloudy skies have moved in. a cold front came through late last night. not everybody got rained on last night. barely more than a sprinkle at my place in northwest washington.