the prescott has become a real center of the community.est oakland has seen its share of challenges over the years but for generations prescott, nestled on campbell street, has been strong. christine >> reporter: some childhood memories stay with you for a life time. >> [ singing ] >> reporter: 83-year-old timothy smith jr. learned that school at prescott school in west oakland. >> 's beautiful. i come back and they're still here. >> reporter: the school is marking 150 years of educating kids. >> we were established in 1869. we're the oldest school still existing here in oakland. >> reporter: the principal booker is bringing in things from the past. >> my earliest memory of coming to this school was that it was integrated n.new orleans i went to a school with all black student, all black teachers and so i was kind of in awe, in a way, of looking around me at everything. >> i remember mrs. howard, mrs. dunbar. i remember my principal, mr. dyson. >> reporter: one of the most important pieces of history is a teacher, eye da louise she started

learned that song in kindergarten at prescott school. >> this is just so beautiful. i come back and it's still here. >> reporter: the elementary is marking 150 years of educating children. >> we were established in 1869. we're the oldest school that is still existing here in oakland. it's something to be proud of. >> reporter: principal emma bay booker is collecting photos from years past and bringing allumni. >> my earliest memory of coming to this school was that it was integrated. in new orleans i went to a school with all black students. all black teachers, so i was kind of in awe in a way of looking around at everything. >> i remember mrs. howard, i remember mrs. dunbar. i remember my principal mr. dyson. >> one of the most important pieces of history at this school was a teacher named ida louis jackson. she started teaching and was oakland's first african- american teachers and one of the first in the country. >> she was very strict. but pleasant. no one made snide remarks to miss jackson because she would come back at you so fast. >> reporter: the campus was r

for the past 150 years, prescott school on campbell street has stood strong in the community. preparing to celebrate its history. >> if i had wings, back to prescott i would fly. and there, i would play with the students and there, i would pray until i die. >> 83-year-old, timothy smith junior learned that school in kindergarten. >> this is just so beautiful, i come back and it is still here. >> they are marking 150 years of educating oakland's kids with a celebration on saturday. >> we are the oldest school that is still existing here in oakland. it is something to be proud of. >> the principal is gathering photos from decades past and bringing in alumni like an 89- year-old who first attended the school in 1987 -- 1937. >> my earliest memory is that it was integrated. in new orleans, i went to a school with all-black students and all- black teachers, so i was amazed looking around me at everything. >> i remember ms. howard, i remember ms. dunbar, i remember my principal. >> one of the most important pieces of history at this school was a teacher named ida louise jackson, she

.>> the prescott school marks 150 years of serving children and the community.>>> he went around a security fence and fell 70 feet into a volcano in hawaii. why rescue crews say the man is actually pretty lucky.>>> lots of sunshine once again in the bay area, a very nice friday and we have been on a roll. it will continue through the weekend but a few changes are on the way, we will talk about the forecast coming up. >>> record-breaking flooding continues across devastation across iowa, the disaster began when the mighty mississippi river crashed through some of the states major flood barriers.>> devastating floods brought governors here, had during fall and 11 bridge along the river have left the region submerged. >> reporter: devonport is reportedly the largest city along the mississippi with no permanent flood control protection system. this week the river arose past the previous high of 22.6 feet. public works officials admit the sewer system is not equipped to handle this much water.>> we continue the fight, we are hopeful for the water to reseed. >> reporter: more than 60 of iowa's 99

. >> reporter: timothy smith junior learned that song in kindergarten at prescott school in west oakland.>> this is just so beautiful i come back and it is still here.>> reporter: elementary school march 150 years of educating kids with a celebration on saturday.>> we were established in 1869. we are the oldest school still existing in oakland so it is something to be proud of.>> reporter: the principle is gathering photos from decades past and bringing in alumni like 89-year-old deborah who attended the school in 1937. >> my earliest memory of coming to this school was that it was integrated. in new orleans i went to his school with all-black students and all-black teachers and so i was kind of looking around me at everything.>> i remember ms. howard i remember mr. dunbar, i remember my principal esther dyson.>> reporter: one of the most important pieces of history was ida luis jackson, she started teaching in 1935 and was the first african-american teacher and one of the first in the country.>> she was very strict but present. nobody made snide remarks to miss jackson because she came

these children are here to learn from the best twenty world famous prescott to nest have gathered in a fair capital to share their work and skills. holding such an event and a few is quite significant after years of autocratic rule the country's political cartoonists are on the rise. last year newly appointed prime minister ahmed pledged to restore freedom of expression now more political drawings up being published. he's speaking on behalf of our lives our women's rights and their freedom to express themselves for the reforms i didn't do a lot of want to kind of hard to lose. because i didn't feel safe so this is also one way of expressing yourself and i would see you know it's one form of. telling that there is freedom. today there are no more journalists in jail in a few. elias has been a political cartoonist for twenty years he chewed this contain six years ago so he's like me it was like everybody who are shocked by the government or the politician is to twenty years in prison so these guys have to be treated i don't see totally there is freedom but we when you come here from th

for the last 150 schools prescott school has stood strong in the community. going to hold a special celebration later today. >> some childhood memories stay with you for a lifetime. >> reporter: he learned that song in kindergarten at prescott school in west oakland. >> it is so beautiful to come back and it still here >> reporter: the elementary school is celebrating 150 years with the celebration on saturday. >> we were established in 1869. we are the oldest school in oakland. >> reporter: the principle is gathering photos from decades past and bringing back alumna like this 89-year-old woman who was harris's second grader in 1937. >> my earliest memory is that it was integrated. in new orleans i went to a school with all black students, all-black teachers, and so i was in awe of a way of looking around me at everything. >> i remember ms. howard. i remember ms. dunbar. i remember my principal, mr. dyson. >> there was a teacher named ida jackson who started teaching in 1925 and was oakland's first african- american teacher. >> she was very strict, but pleasa

. >>> prescott elementary school celebrating 150 years of educating kids. as part of the festivities students created birthday cards on painted tiles to be put on display at the school. it was rebuilt after the earthquake. despite the struggles over the years it remains an anchor in the community. >>> turning out to florida where the national transportation safety board is launching an investigation into an airplane that slid off the runway into a river. there were no serious injuries. it happened as the jet was landing at the naval air station jacksonville. the outcome could have been far worse. >> at least one passenger calls it a miracle on a florida river on friday night. a chartered boeing 737 flow it flying through a thunderstorm skits off the end of the airport runway plunging into the st. johns river as it tried to land at the naval air station in jacksonville. aircraft sitting in the mud in the shallow part of t not subme all 143 people on board survived. >> the aircraft was completely in the water in the sense that it was not on land. >> firefight

i was born in prescott, maine. when we went to wisconsin, i was about 5 or 6.ad had a couple dairy farms. we lived in an amish community. we drove horse and buggy. gave us a chance to live off the land. i drove horses. plowed with them. it was different, but it was cool. when my father asked us to come to alaska, started building houses. i was about 18 years old. i got married because i had a son. it was a good environment. we lived well. >> i'm trying to figure out is how did you even get in this situation? because you weren't raised in too much of a negative environment. >> no. no. i wasn't. you know, i bought a car from my father. a fast car. it wasn't supposed to be on the street. i was driving basically a drags car on the road. so i eluded police and when i did that, i came to jail. that was my first experience in jail. i got a felony eluding. i got three years for it. >> your initial underlying crime was driving away from the cops. >> yeah. >> just driving fast. >> yeah. just driving fast. that's all. >> then you wind up getting sent here, then what happe

for more on this tonight, we welcome jeffrey prescott to the broadcast.e's a former special assistant to president obama. he served as senior director for iran, iraq and syria and the gulf states on the national security council during the obama administration. these days he is strategic consultant for the university of pennsylvania's center as well as on the foreign relations. jeffrey, i asked this of a guest last night. i'd like to ask it of you tonight, where do we stand on iran and specifically, what is the greater threat? the threat posed by iran to u.s. forces in the region or the threat that someone is going to do something remarkably stupid on this side and force a conflict? >> well, thanks for having me. you are absolutely right that there is a real risk of a mistake or a miscalculation here. and the mixed signals that the president in the clip that you just showed seems to be bragging about is really part of what is making this a dangerous situation because you have got a president who a year ago pulled us out of an iran nuclear deal working to

and oakland schools are celebrating 150 years of reading, writing, arithmetic and memories and how prescottcial place in this group's heart even decades after they walked its halls. we will be right back. nutes f. ashley's meeting all her in-laws, and she's about 10 minutes from a hotel by wyndham. jeff is flying to.... oh never mind. but hey, 10 minutes from a wyndham. he's having the best. day. ever! and he's about 10 minutes... 10 minutes from a hotel by wyndham. with over 6,000 hotels across the country, a great hotel by wyndham is closer than you think. book direct at wyndhamhotels.com >>> welcome back, happening today, after 8 years of work, the dam replacement project was one of the biggest bay area reservoirs, and has been completed. the san francisco public utilities commission and its partners will celebrate the complete meant. it is the largest and last part of the water system improvement project that is critical could to the water supply in four bay area counties. >>> today is the final day of the competition, of the best in the west in san jose. the santa clara office is hosti

hospital in prescott, arizona, his body was found in his garage next to his service duffel bag and pictureshis iraq service. ( gunfire ) >> reporter: as an embedded reporter with fox 2/5 on two of their tours of duty in iraq, and following with them over the years, many of them have shared their difficulties with varying degrees of p.t.s.d., and the different treatments they've tried, with mixed resus. >> i felt extremely isolated because i couldn't relate to anybody. >> reporter: kaine marzolla, highlighted here fighting from a i,rooftop in ramadraq, was first diagnosed with p.t.s.d. inwhile still in the mar. after his discharge, he was treated at his local v.a. vehospital near las. >> when they started to give me astll the medications, i ll of that what made me special, onich made me different, which made me stand out t my peers. i just was a zombie. i didn't ce to fight. no more fight left in me. >> reporter: fstrated by the traditional p.t.s.d. drug and therapy protocols, hcreated one of his own, based on an intense physical traininto regain what he calls his" fighting spirit." >> seein

host: this is from prescott, arizona, scott, you're on with our guest from the democrats line.o ahead. caller: good morning, pedro. my thanks to c-span. back in 1978 and 1979, i was a united states sailor in the gulf of oman. this was the start of the iranian revolution. we were continuously shadowed by a soviet union navy cruiser and they continually broke our lines of formation, got between us and the u.s.s. constellation mainly just to irritate us and dem -- demonstrate that they could do it. my question is directed to congressman himes what, does he think of the possibility of the soviet involvement would be if we attacked iran? guest: thank you for your service to the country in a very angerous region. the russians are a far cry from the military power they were in the 1970's when you were serving. they have a hard time sort of keeping their military deployed. they are deployed pretty aggressively in syria. so the threat that they represent militarily is a lot less significant than it was in the 1970's. however, putin is not a dumb guy and he recognizes that he can cause a