rosa parks taught us...cts) you sometimes have to oppose an unjust law, but the mayor says rosa parks is a criminal. >> i have never said rosa parks is a criminal. >> stephen: oh, really? let's check the tape. >> rosa parks is a criminal. (laughter) >> stephen: all this unwanted attention comes as a shock to this shy philanthropist >> i am shocked for people to be asking me to rip down the american flag is pretty tough. >> mr. trump has certainly accused me of having the desire to rip down the american flag. >> that's really what they're doing. they're ripping down the american flag. i just can't understand why they want this. >> you don't always have to put up a huge flag just because you can. >> stephen: mr. mayor, if there's one thing americans know: size matters. when it comes to flags or anything else that waves in the breeze. (laughter) but mayor sterns doesn't understand that the denying mr. trump his pole is very un-american. >> it really is ridiculous. >> stephen: and? >> and very un-american. >> st

. >> rosa parks school community invited me to be on their v.i.p. cable car in which i did. and also with chris and his son quinn and we had a fabulous time. i wanted to thank the rosa parks community for the invitation and i hope to join them next year. vice president yee: sometimes i don't remember when things happen. not sometimes, always it seems like. but did the visit from -- that visit was in between -- ok, i should mention that. madam leo is from china and she's, i guess, we couldn't figure out exactly, but she's like the equivalent of hillary clinton and very high level official that came to san francisco but -- after -- visiting the president. and they made it a decision to visit one of our child development centers and when they were planning it they had anticipated that, ok, she's going to be there only half an hour, it's a tight schedule and once she got there she wouldn't leave. she just loved it there. the kids were great, the staff was great. i have to give a lot of credit to the facilities people who went in there for several days to get the place prepared f

think of this pilot kind of the way that we would think of i don't know the bus driver who told rosa parks this at the back of the bus that that he probably didn't think of himself as a fundamentally even evil person or maybe even as a bigot he was reflecting a cultural illness that had infected america in the case of in the case of rosa parks' had infected america for four hundred years and was just beginning to fade in the one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's and now we've got a brand new cultural illness and this is this cultural illness i remember. a native american professor of native american studies actually name is jack forbes at the university of california davis i interviewed back in the ninety's for a book i was writing carr the last hours of ancient sunlight book that inspired leo di caprio to make the eleventh hour movie and and tom shadyac to make his movie i am and and i think it was frankly frank's or jack forbes's concept that inspired those two filmmakers. what jack told me was that native americans had this concept when they first came here you know when europeans first

rosa parks and clarendon are not contiguous to presidio, but there is existing staff who teach japanese. clearly, there is curriculum reasoning for assigning those families to presidio. my question is about lakeshore. is there a curricular reason? some of these neighborhoods, it is not clear why there would be assigned to a particular middle school. i think the really curious fact is monroe is assigned to hoover but is in the neighborhood of deadman. that seems crazy. deadman is done good enough for monroe's students? is it the language issue? that helps me understand the reason one non-contiguous areas are assigned to a particular middle school. in the end, i think this proposal is a solution for our language students. in the previous presentation, i received some angry e-mails about privileging language students over others. it amounts to 30% of the students at a middle school. it is not 50% or 60% at most of the middle schools. the other alternative, if we continue with the rental choice -- i think there still needs to be a remedy for those families who have pursued language for six

the man who set himself on fire in tunisia is the rosa parks of the time.he man who set himself on fire stood up and refused to acquiesce in his own dehumanization like rosa parks did on that bus in montgomery in 1953 but echoed the sentiments of hundreds of millions of other people and people like this, steve biko, lech walesa echo the sentiments of millions of patriots and they change history, and this is what's going on in the region, i believe. >> charlie: what's the perception of the president before he might say thursday night? >> the perception of the president is that he is a decent, honest, serious man who really would like to try to do something but is unable to get beyond rhetoric, is constrained by domestic factors, by regional and global factors and continues to show both a hesitancy and a little bit of partiality when it comes to dealing with arabs and muslims and people in the middle east -- that people don't see obama as capturing fully the great principle of american life and governance and policy which is equality and justice. he's better

. ♪ the music inside santa rosa memorial park was upbeat.ow a war transformed a boy in a man was plentiful. >> i quit high school my senior year four months before graduation and went down to enlist to the marines and the sergeant said you are over 17, aren't you? and i said yes. >> the colonel served in korea and vietnam and laos. hattie served in world war ii. >> it was all i had all day. but they told me i would never make it. >> she did and reminds me everyone has made huge contributions in times of war. >> families performed the rituals every year. cleaning grave sites and leaving flowers and nothing like two patriotic cub scouts to tell us why their parents brought them here. >> memorial day and remember my grandpa. >> it is a 40 year tradition in santa rosa memorial park. it has on it the name of the man and woman who served. >> i have two brothers whose flags i brought and they fly here. they served in the korean conflict. it is great to come and pay tribute to those who served and those who gave their lives for our country. this is

of people were able to raise issues and couldn't really create conflicts that resolved things or rosa parks or a city under fire from a bus one person motorist it was of course there were mass protests as well like the i have a dream speech in washington d.c. that kind of came later and so i think we're now were people who cared are economic justice people who care about torture accountability and war need to hear active and do if they can and build this momentum up i see it happening i see it happening on every issue as housing foreclosure bankers not doing your taxes so meanwhile you are sure wealthier by peace torture accountability people are getting active i see protests every day or carry around this country it really is a culture which is next in the kind of formation stage but it's growing quickly so if it does exist around the country that's something that you see every day let's talk about some of the reasons why we all as a fairly see it on our mainstream media you know very often as you mentioned there will be anti-war protests and we'll see veterans who come out in front of the

the defiance of those patriots in boston who refused to pay taxes to a king, or the dignity of rosa parks as she sat courageously in her seat. so it was in tunisia, as that vendor's act of desperation tapped into the frustration felt throughout the country. hundreds of protesters took to the streets, then thousands. and in the face of batons and sometimes bullets, they refused to go home -- day after day, week after week -- until a dictator of more than two decades finally left power. the story of this revolution, and the ones that followed, should not have come as a surprise. the nations of the middle east and north africa won their independence long ago, but in too many places their people did not. in too many countries, power has been concentrated in the hands of a few. in too many countries, a citizen like that young vendor had nowhere to turn -- no honest judiciary to hear his case -- no independent media to give him voice -- no credible political party to represent his views -- no free and fair election where he could choose his leader. and this lack of self- determination -- the ch

stokely carmichael and rosa parks and, of course, dr. martin luther king. but there was a parallel movement. there was a movement, how about desegregating the schools? a movement about education. you know, the march on selma, the bloody sunday march on selma between montgomery and selma actually occurred three years to the day of the second walkout of the kids. the police beat up, the police beat up the marchers, of course, in selma. guess what? the police beat up high school students in classrooms and in halls. and what were their weapons? books. so it's interesting how the movement is a parallel. in fact, thurgood marshall convened with a fellow by the name of chavez who were working on the second desegregation case in texas. we aren was the lawyer who helped get me out of jail when they threw me in jail. and, of course, senator robert kennedy also contributed to getting me out of jail. it was a national story. in fact, talking about cesar, three hours after senator kennedy was in delano with cesar, three hours later he was with the kids taking that famou

i tell you, we know each other because, what it was a year or two ago, rosa parks school and you started school initiative there and now you're helping another community. >> sydnie, it's great to see you. every time i see you it means that another project is happening. >> yes, that's good news. this is telegraph hill. >> this is telegraph hill right here in this community. and it was made possible by a number of partners that have come together. paul scott from one atmosphere brought a number of groups together to a concert that was held here, climate palooza, the band cake came together with lum noel and janine kotter. a number of groups came together and made this project possible. >> again, this is the telegraph hill neighborhood center. >> yes. >> so take a look at the solar panels. >> you're going to put a solar- powered roof on it? >> yeah. serving the community this solar installation is going to save them 86% on their electricity bills. >> wow. >> so they can turn more of that money, those scarce dollars into care for the people. >> it serves a community, an underserved community

he compares his experience to that of civil rights activist rosa parks. >> reminds me of the black ladyed from the bus because of racism. >> delta deferred comments to the flight's operator, atlantic southeast airlines which told cnn compensation and reaccommodation on the next available flight were immediately offered to the passenger and the passenger's travel companion. we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. meanwhile, the two imams flew back to memphis on sunday afternoon without incident. their attorney says the attorney wants delta and southeast atlantic airlines to institute training programs for delta pilots to ensure this doesn't happen again. allan chernoff, cnn, new york. >> in the headlines tonight, memphis officials are bracing for the worst flooding in more than 70 years. the mississippi river is expected to crest at 48 feet by late tuesday or early wednesday. residents are urged to evacuate the low-lying areas that could be engulfed by the historic flame. security scares today forced two passenger flights to be diverted to nearby airports.

in the north bay the avenue of the flags is now a 40 year tradition at santa rosa memorial park. each flag is donated by a family member and has on it the name of the relative who served in the war. >> i have 2 brothers whose flag i brought and they fly here. and they serve at the same time i did during cooep conflict and it's just great to come here and pay tribute to those that have served and to there's have given their life for our country. >> back to the east bay where about 300 people march this memorial day oldest military cemetery on the west coast. annual ceremony at the benecia why cemetery. listed on the national register of historic places. cemetery has 2 11 graves dating from 1849 to 19 l 58. >>> and while we of course honor our fallen hero today the nation is divided over the current war in afghanistan. the latest poll show i hope creasing opposition to the fight there. lawmakers and congress are responding. political reporter mark matthe matthews has that story. >> opponent of the war in afghanistan say in the current economy we can't afford it. >> if we took the 3

of santa rosa, in the parking lot of dodger stadium following the season opener. prosecutors met with l.a. police departments to review the case and decided they didn't have enough to charge ramirez. there are a number of witnesses who can testify that ramirez was elsewhere that night. with stow in critical condition at san francisco general the family filed suit against the dodgers saying the financially troubled team was skimping on security the night of the attack. >> what we have seen what happened on dodger stadium, they cut on security. they knocked the security budget, eliminated all the people that used to be out there doing security. what do you think is going to happen? >> reporter: the attorney claims it took ten minutes for help to arrive after the attack on stow. dodgers say they will vigorously defend themselves in court. the stows say if they win in court they want to reimburse everyone who gave to relief fund, except for barry bonds who doesn't want to be reimbursed. he gave college scholarships to both of the stow children. >>> a police officer ar

. >> you can't help think of rosa parks in the united states when she moved from the back of the bus cause. what i'm curious what the united states government is say being this. >> one of the things that caught the attention of many around the world is -- president obama's middle east speech is the country he did not mention. that is saudi arabia. an important u.s. ally. important strategic ally in the region as well. we asked the state department's spokesperson for a reaction to the story. here is the response. not the most enthusiastic condemnation ever. there is an ongoing social debate within sawed sxaud there are voices that need to be respected and heard on a variety of issues. that's the response we have gotten from the u.s. now so far in this. >> well, i like -- like the president said, it needs to come from the countries and sounds like it has. we will check back in with you on this story. >>> the secret deal. osama bin laden considers with pakistan. we are learning what he was offering and what he wanted in exchange. plus, the chilling end to a transatlantic flight. new det

the defiance of those patriots in boston who refused to pay taxes to a king, or the dignity of rosa parks her seat. so it was in tunisia, as that vendor's act of desperation tapped into the frustration felt throughout the country. hundreds of protesters took to the streets, then thousands. and in the face of batons and sometimes bullets, they refused to go home. day after day, week after week, until a dictator of more than two decades finally left power. the story of this revolution and the ones that followed should not have come as a surprise. the nations of the middle east and north africa won their independence long ago, but in too many places, their people did not. in too many countries power has been concentrated in the hands of a few. in too many countries, a citizen like that young vendor had nowhere to turn, no honest judiciary to hear his case, no independent media to give him voice, no credible political party to represent his views, no free and fair election where he could choose his leader. and this lack of self-determination, the chance to make your life what you will, has ap

think of the defiance of the patriots in boston who refuse to pay taxes to a king or the dignity of rosa parkssat courageously in her seat. so it was intonation. that offenders act of desperation tapped into desperation felt throughout the country. hundreds of protesters took to the streets and then, thousands. in the face of batons and sometimes bullets, they refused to go home. day after day, week after week until a dictator of more than two decades finally left power. the story of this revolution and the ones that follow should not have come as a surprise. the nations of the middle east and north africa won independence a long time ago. in too many places of their people did not. in too many countries, the power has been concentrated in the hands of a few. into many countries a citizen like the young vendor have nowhere to turn, no honest judiciary to hear their case, no independent media to give them a voice, no credible or political party to represent their views. no free and fair election to choose a leader. in this lack of self-determination, the chance to make your life what you will h

once this afternoon to extend this is what we expect 84 in san rosa, run of parks, the peninsula if you'rell be in the upper 70's, along the coast mainly upper 60s. oakland 78 degrees, warming the farther south you get 80 in hayward, 83 fremont, san ramon valley will be warm today, as you head south to pleasanton warming up a degree or two. in the south bay 88 degrees give or take a degree. friday, saturday, sunday at cooling trend against. friday temperatures take a dive, along sunday a similar pattern. 636 a m let's go traffic. >> erica: we are slowing things down at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza, pretty much solid the back up beginning from the first over cross. 880 is probably the best bet to the bridge. the san mateo bridge ride looks good, abet said on the right-hand side making your way towards foster city, golden gate bridge probably the best perjure of them all. lots of space between cars, no delays for your ride through marin county just 24 minutes out of novato in to san francisco. >> mark: we will be right back as the news continues, president barack obama headed to

the defiance of those patriots in boston who refused to pay taxes to a king, or the dignity of rosa parks as she sat courageously in her seat. so it was in tunisia, as that vendor's act of desperation tapped into the frustration felt throughout the country. hundreds of protesters took to the streets, then thousands. and in the face of batons and sometimes bullets, they refused to go home -- day after day, week after week -- until a dictator of more than two decades finally left power. the story of this revolution, and the ones that followed, should not have come as a surprise. the nations of the middle east and north africa won their independence long ago, but in too many places their people did not. in too many countries, power has been concentrated in the hands of a few. in too many countries, a citizen like that young vendor had nowhere to turn -- no honest judiciary to hear his case -- no independent media to give him voice -- no credible political party to represent his views -- no free and fair election where he could choose his leader. and this lack of self- determination -- the ch

of the defiance of the patriots in boston who refused to pay taxes to a king or the dignity of rosa parks as she sat courageously in her seat. so it was in tunisia. -- thatdor's at the vendor's @ touched the frustration of others. they refused to go home, day after day, week after week, until a dictator of more than two decades finally left power. the story of this revolution and the ones that followed should not have come as a surprise. the nations of the middle east and north devore, won their independence long ago. but, in too many places, the people did not. in too many countries, power has been concentrated in the hands of a few. in too many countries, a citizen, like that young vendor, had nowhere to tune, no honest judiciary to hear his case, no independent media to give him a voice, no credible political party to represent his views, no free and fair election where he could choose his leader. and this lack of self determination, the chance to make your life what you will, has applied to the region's economy as well. yes, some nations are blessed with wealth and oil and gas and tha

the defiance of those patriots in boston who refused to pay taxes to a king, or the dignity of rosa parks as she sat courageously in her seat. so it was in tunisia, as that vendor's act of desperation tapped into the frustration felt throughout the country. hundreds of protesters took to the streets, then thousands. and in the face of batons and sometimes bullets, they refused to go home -- day after day, week after week -- until a dictator of more than two decades finally left power. the story of this revolution, and the ones that followed, should not have come as a surprise. the nations of the middle east and north africa won their independence long ago, but in too many places their people did not. in too many countries, power has been concentrated in the hands of a few. in too many countries, a citizen like that young vendor had nowhere to turn -- no honest judiciary to hear his case -- no independent media to give him voice -- no credible political party to represent his views -- no free and fair election where he could choose his leader. and this lack of self- determination -- the ch

or the dignity of rosa parks as she sat courageously in her seat. so it was in tunisia that vendor's act of desperation tapped into the frustration felt throughout the country. hundreds of protesters took to the streets. then thousands. and in the face of batons and sometimes bullets, they refused to go home. day after day, week after week, until a dictator of more than two decades finally left power. the story of this revolution and the ones that followed should not have come as a surprise. the nations of the middle east and north africa won their independence long ago. but in too many places, their people did not. in too many countries, power has been concentrated in the hands of a few. in too many countries, a citizen like that young vendor had nowhere to turn, no honest judiciary to hear his case, no independent media to give him voice, no credible, political party to represent his views. no free and fair election where he could chase his leader. and this lack of self-determination, the chance to make your life what you will has applied to the r

it should move in to santa rosa and rona park in the next 40 minutes or so.will be light but it will cause enough moisture to reach the ground. it could cause slick streets. keep an eye on that. frances will be, let us know if anything develops from that wet weather. all right. as far as the temperatures, we're in the upper 40s to low 50s everywhere. los gatos at 46. around the monterey bay and inland, we have the mid-40s. upper 40s. even watsonville is warmer at 51 degrees. we have light rain. then it will change over to showers in the afternoon/evening hours. all of us are going to cool. not all of us are going to see measurable rain. scattered showers thursday and friday. not a big deal. breezy, cool and dry. that is the holiday weekend forecast. all right. for today. down in south bay, start in mid-to-upper 60s. san jose is 66. your average high is 76. low to mid-60s on the peninsula today. with mid-50s along the coast. upper 50s to near 60 downtown, south san francisco and saucelito. mid-50s at your beaches in the north bay. with low to mid-60s in your v

police departments in santa rosa, petaluma and rohnert park along with the sheriff's department are allacing cuts. "the press democrat" says the studies are -- the agencies are studying dispatch systems. but questions need to be answered about response time and dispatcher pay. >>> tonight, the atherton city council will consider higher garbage rates for the second time. two months ago, they proposed the same increase because it was too high. they are looking at the higher one also because the wrong increased schedule was attached to the notice about tonight's meeting. regardless of which increase gets the vote, the city council says rates will be going up. it's just a question of by how much. >>> 7:55. hey, sal have you ficked things at the toll plaza yet -- fixed things at the toll plaza yet? >> trying to. >> i know. >>> right now, traffic is gonna be busy there. westbound coming into the city. there is a little bit of a delay. by the way, westbound 24, we have a new crash in la fayette that's making traffic a little bit difficult getting up to the orinda area on 4. let's move along an

rosa. she has to go across to glen park to get out transit. >> those new stations, those are the ones that we are going to have to depend on. >> along balboa park station, near geneva, i have been pushing hard to get ramps for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street. i want to insure the department of parking and traffic is painting lines on alemany street. beyond that, we need to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars go speeding through. sidewalks are not convenient for people. >> i am the supervisor for district 11, the debt -- the best district in san francisco. this year, we get to show how great district 11 really is. >> we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. it is inevitable that we will make painful cuts. so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact on every day san franciscans? >> i really appreciate what you're doing here. you are a really patient gentleman, and i appreciate that. >> our parks are often cut first. how do we maintain our safety net, public health services, security services? all of these are critical decision

rosa. she pulled into a parking lot yesterday afternoon and when she left she drove straight off the cliff.o one else was in the car. >>> in news of the world tonight in afghanistan nato is calling the taliban's assault on the city of kandahar a failure. they attacked several offices in two days of fighting over the weekend. 25 insurgents were killed along with two members of the afghan security forces and a civilian. the taliban were not able to get in the building. militants were captured. >>> if italy the police and coast guard rescued hundreds of immigrants from libya after their boat crashed last night. all 400 people were saved. but others trying to flee libya have not been as fortunate. an overcrowded boat broke apart near tripoli on friday with 600 people on board and many were lost. >>> in cuba the government has made a series of economic reforms official. a list of guidelines went on sale at newsstands. the government will allow cooperatives that would function as companies. the goal is to jump start cuba's ailing economy. >>> a ceremony billed as the largest of its kind in the co

rosa. she pulled into a parking lot yesterday afternoon and when she left she drove straight off the cliff. no one else was in the car. >>> in news of the world tonight in afghanistan nato is calling the taliban's assault on the city of kandahar a failure. they attacked several offices in two days of fighting over the weekend. 25 insurgents were killed along with two members of the afghan security forces and a civilian. the taliban were not able to get in the building. militants were captured. >>> if italy the police and coast guard rescued hundreds of immigrants from libya after their boat crashed last night. all 400 people were saved. but others trying to flee libya have not been as fortunate. an overcrowded boat broke apart near tripoli on friday with 600 people on board and many were lost. >>> in cuba the government has made a series of economic reforms official. a list of guidelines went on sale at newsstands. the government will allow cooperatives that would function as companies. the goal is to jump start cuba's ailing economy. >>> a ceremony billed as the largest of its kind in the