there was a traffic jam at sheridan circle. there was old general sheridan in the center of the circle with the requisite pigeon than on -- pigeon on his head. it is a wonderful statue. he is the one who did the faces of the presidents in the black hills. i wondered at the time, how many americans have any idea who that man is. people would drive around this circle every day twice a day, and would they have any idea who they are looking at or why it is called sheridan circle. at the same time, gesh win -- gerschwinn's rhapsody in blue was playing. i thought, he is a -- as alive to me and anybody else tuned into this same station as he was in the 1930's. he's real, with us, he's part of us. who is the more important character in history? phil sheridan or jonch gerschwinn. the answer is they both are very important. i thought about the movie, and gene kelly, and all that, and thinking about americans in paris. i don't know where the idea first began. it may have begun back when i was in high school, i don't know. >> one thing whe

let's hear it for sheridan. [cheering] and a big hello from the students of jefferson elementary. wow. you guys have a lot of energy today. glad to not be in school, right? i know i liked to take a day off from school. we are thrilled to have familiar faces on hand for the celebration, which is the culmination of an effort by pacific gas and electric and the unified school district to teach leadership and call skills to students in -- golf skills in 21 different san francisco elementary schools. that is a wonderful opportunity. as a a board member and a professional golfer, it is wonderful to see seven people having a chance to -- to see so many people having a chance to learn the skills provided by the game of golf. i would like to thank the pg&e president. [applause] mayor ed lee. and deputy school superintendent richard for taking the time to join us today. i would like to introduce one of our biggest supporters in san francisco who also is a great golfer himself. mayor ed lee. mayor lee: thank you. good morning, everyone. i do not know about being a great golfer, but if i can

. >> sheridan school and herbert hoover middle school. >> i have a kindergartner at daniel webster. >> i went to the middle school and high-school. >> [unintelligible] >> thank you. >> first, a few appreciations to the people who made this happen. the parents for public schools and be advisory staff, our volunteers, the middle school planning team, middle school principals and their staffs common the translation and -- staffs, the translation department, all the people that participated in the forums, and the board for extending the time line for us. we are going to talk about what we did and why, who we heard from, findings from the community meetings, recommendations to the board and the district staff, and then we will conclude. first -- it is my job to do this. sorry. what we did and why. in march of 2010, the board of education adopted a student assignment policy without community input on this idea. last fall the community reacted negatively and delayed implementation. this spring, they work with district staff to organize and conduct a community forum to talk about middle schoo

looks like it's down there new dupont circle, sheridan circle. look at all that sunshine.w actually looks pretty good. your mother's day forecast, partly sunny, lovely. a lovely day for your mum tomorrow. our high today with all of that early day sunshine made it up to 72. trace amounts of rainfall around the area. i even had a couple of rain drops come through my open sun roof but not enough to warrant closing it. temperatures back to the mid-50s, low to mid-60s right around town. on radar, most of the rain showers are starting to dry up. rainfall amounts today, a few hundredths here and there. the last of the showers asouth of frederiksberg.cluster is not us. home rain chances will be lower than today. some showers in southern ohio, might last long enough to get over the mountains into the front half of the day tomorrow. but i think as we go through the rest of the day, those droopz will be continuing to can dry up as high pressure builds down from our north. that will take our rain chance as way. our future cast model getting started late on a saturday evening. the clou

geoffrey my run in boston he's a senior fellow at the cattle institute in washington we have samuel sheridan he's a policy analyst at the economic growth program at the new america foundation and in new york we cross to richard esko he is a blogger writer and a former wall street executive all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's look at the tale of a middle class. has long been the pride and joy of rich western countries but today this is rapidly changing the middle class is in danger under pressure for decades and assaulted during the great recession the middle class is shrinking and there is little evidence this will be reversed and you time so long term unemployment in the current economy is the worst really the worst it's been in the post-war period currently something like forty five percent of all the unemployed have been unemployed for six months or longer the world is fundamentally changing and already the wealthy are getting even welfare money and power are rapidly becoming concentrated at the top and the big global c

. >> investigators looking for the cause of the huge fire this morning in waukegan and insults sheridan rode the roof collapsed there were flames and black smoke from this fire could be seen for miles. firefighters took little over an hour to get under control and they're not not in any injuries reported that up in chicago police being questioned about the deadly accident. it and killed 26 year- old and she was crossing in a crosswalk. the driver has not yet been charged for the incident. a student was diagnosed with a bacterial infection in the student diagnosed over the weekend health officials sent letters to students and include high fever hettick vomiting stiff neck and a rash. bacteria can be spread throughout direct contact with nose and throat secretions them up standing in solidarity at st. sabina church for father michael pfleger who was suspended last week. people gathering for a last minute vigil last night later sat quietly in a side depue and made no comments. church leaders did not mention him by name but the parade for his reinstatement. them up have free rein in our hea

by the time i was done with phil sheridan i was having a tough time spending any more time with him. i was happy to kill him. [laughter] but you describe vanderbilt as a predator. when i was done with his biography and i actually liked him. part of the reason was the quality of the enemies he made. you may think he's bad, but look at the other guys. they are really pieces of work. you describe them as a predator. he was drawn to the scent of the sec can't vulnerable. he even has that hawkish, beaked face. you are wonderful in your description. a very strong, large man. so he looks like a wolf, especially with his large whiskers coming down. he was, of course, the original robber baron in america made so famous and american writing, and i love how he was such a fierce competitor that people would pay him just to go away. >> that was a marvelous business strategy. you just look at them. you just look at people and they run away. he just looked at his business competitors and they said, how much can we pay you not to compete with us. >> that is actually -- this is billy fascinating. tha

alongside grant and lee, sam houston commander jackson, black jack pershing, washington, says sherman, sheridan command few others. while they won a victory in europe after years of developing their partnership i think that it may be their greatest victory, the victory that they made in leaving their imprint on the american psyche. well, they'll have been very patient with me. as jamie indicated, this is to be a discussion, not just a monologue. the payoff to me and to you, hopefully, is that i get to hear what you have to say. so, we have some questions. i would love to hear them. i believe jeremy has a microphone. we will be happy to hear what is on your mind because i am sure there is a lot there. >> yes. i am curious. as a young man? where does your involvement and interest in history come from? you have obviously spent much time becoming a lawyer. you have written many, many publications. did your interest in history come from your father? >> much of it did. the question was whether my interest in history came from my father were where it grew up. i was a young boy during the 1970's. as so

a parade will take place first at montgomery and sheridan.mal ceremony will follow at 11:00. there will also be music beginning at 12:45 in the afternoon. an hour long tribute to fallen soldiers will start at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. several people will speak before the c5 aircraft from travis air force base performs a flyover. services will end with a 15 gun salute and the laying of wreaths for p.o.w.'s. >>> federal and state courts and offices are closed. city and county offices are closed. banks won't be open either. as far as transit, bart, muni running sunday schedules tomorrow. >>> good morning to you, a live look at san jose. improving conditions for today. take a look at all that blue sky overhead. we will be mostly sunny for today as the system is now pushing off to the east with just a few lingering showers over the sierra. 49degrees in napa at this hour. 53 in hayward. cooler than how we started yesterday morning, but temperatures beginning to rebound with that sunshine out there. your satellite radar showing you the system that brough

two of the early presidents of the nra were ulysses grant and philip sheridan.was formed by these folks to enhance civilian marksmanship, as they put it in those days. this was a problem more in the north and south during the civil war. the north was reporting -- recruiting people from the city's. many of whom had no knowledge of firearms and the like. there were brought into the army and could not hit the side of a barn -- they were brought into the army and could not hit the side of the barn. they decided it would be a good idea if all citizens knew how to use firearms, in case we faced a kind of problem that your caller talked about. when world war room one came along, world war ii -- world war i came along, world war ii -- we provide a means for our police to enhance their marksmanship, for whatever needs in the future. caller: good morning. my name is valdez. i am an army veteran and retired police officer, also a defensive tactics instructor when i was working. one of the biggest problems is not mentioning is that most people do not practice. we think peop

two of the early presidents of the nra were ulysses grant and philip sheridan. it was formed by these folks to enhance civilian marksmanship, as they put it in those days. th was a problem more in the north and south during the civil war. the north was reporting -- recruiting people from the city's. many of whom had no knowledge of rearms and the like. there were brought into the army and could not hit the side of a barn -- they we brought into the army and could not hit the side of the barn. they decided it would be a good idea if all citizens knew how to use firearms, in case we faced a kind of problem that your caller talked about. when world war room one came along, world war ii -- world war i came along, world war ii -- we provide a means for our police to enhance their marksmanship, for whatever needs in the future. caller: good morning. my name is valdez. i am an army veteran and retired police officer, also a defensive tactics instructor when i was working. one of the biggest problems is not mentioning is that most people do not practice. we think people

he wrote the award-winning phil sheridan and his army. he also has his jesse james book over there. we will have about 45 minutes of