i didn't see solomon the first time. saw story of a man who goes through this experience and it was really later on and reading the book as well that he -- that i realized it's a story about him. about this specific person going through these moments and i think it was trying to get as close to him as possible that was the kind of revelation for me about the story, about his own personality and that the choices that he made were kind of unique to him and that journey and those are the reasons he was able to survive. it ended up with me feeling that he was just a very special man and i think his book is a reflection of that and just his attitude of the world, attitude to his circumstances >> think of the following thing but it's not the same but it's true. when nelson mandela was freed he insists his jailers sit in the front row and it is said that when he was at -- on the island that they had an enormous amount of respect for him. there was a dignity that all -- 27 years on robbens island could not, never did destroy. an

solomon. >> i neglected to call on ms. o'keef any comments you want to make about this request before we move into any discussion. >> thank ou good evening. no, just to say we're excitedblast about this resolution and we look forward to working with the staff and our union partners to figure out the details and come back to the board. we have grab and go breakfast so we think that having this opportunity will help participation and we have a breakfast expansion grantee elementary level with different schools our second chance breakfast. so thank you >> thank you. any comments from board members? did i lose >> i have some comments. >> wait i think we just lost quorum. in terms of go ahead >> first of all, i want to have my name added as a sponsor i'm extremely commented to this and it's important for our school nutrition program this is just in keeping iowa we want to do and that will have a huge impact on students. it's been what i understand from talking to the student nutrition managers i appreciate what ms. solomon said

the story passed down to them from their mother. >> we didn't know about solomon for a long time.om came forward and started telling us. >> when you learned of the troubles that your ancestor went through, how did you respond or react to that? >> clearly, he had the life of an entrepreneur. he had skills. he had the american dream, the american family. there's something for blacks other than the negative stereotype. >> solomon endured 12 years of slavery before being rescued. he wrote a memoir about his experiences. it became a popular back in the 1800s. >> this is the first edition, 12 years a slave. published in 1853. >> wow. >> so this is an original book. >> vera shared her story with co-workers. one of them found a ship manifest, showing how solomon's name had been changed before shipping him to louisiana. after writing the book, he became an abolitionist, speaking out against slavery, and helping slaves find freedom. his family gathers annually for solomon day, when the town pays tribute to his lasting legacy. >> my freedom was never taken away from me. i've had the luxury t

susan solomon who wishes to comment an item k-2. ms. solomon you have two minutes >> can you tell me what item that is. president norton. and i looked at it oh, the reading partners >> that's what i thought. good evening board of education and superintendant. i probably thought i was going to talk about lay offs i'm going to - i have a couple of questions aboutrd partners. i was occurring whether this is during the structural day or i wanted to know it says it's retroactive it looks like it starred in september because of the language. that's all thank you >> thank you, ms. solomon. all right. i have no other cards on consent items so item g. may i hear a motion and a second for the consent calendar please. any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendant >> yes. president norton one item to be corrected. correction to item c-33 resolution 130 dash 2229 on page 49 of your agenda. it says new academic campus the word demolition should be stricken >> i'm revved to know we'll not be diminishing our campus any items for first reading

>> my name is solomon northrup and i'm a free man, and you have no right whatsoever to detain me. >> reporter: on the one level, the film tells of bondage and brutali brutality. >> a man is his property. >> my name is not platte. >> your name is platte. >> reporter: on a deeper level, it explores how religion and the bible were used to justify slavery. >> and that servant which knew his lord's will, which knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, prepared not himself and neither according to his will shall be beaten with many stripes. >> that is scripture. >> i am the god of abraham, the >> >> reporter: and he lives in obscuri obscurity. >> no thanks to you. >> and it perpetuates evil. >> and he is a slave -- >> under the circumstances. >> under the circumstances he is a slaifr, and when you go to the boots, you luxuriate -- >> i will not despair, and i will offer up my talents to master ford, and i will keep myself aftforded opportunity. >> ', you think that he is your opportunity? you think that he does not know that you are more than you suggest, but he does nothing for you,

solomon has given us a new and fuller idea about what difference and diversity can mean.st several years professionally in the past several decades for only thinking about vertical identities. so that wasn't the term i apply to my recent genealogical studies. joined from solomon, jacob heller in his review from the new york boat economy through which the benefits have shared it. , empathy, insight, a sense of who you are can travel. a horizontal identity on the other hand is one where, and i quote, there's a rupture between the townsite and the parent six. sis. they seem to challenge many premises of family, he continues, and interrupt the basic continuity that relationship resumes. the genealogy of african-americans if you think about it is replete historically with all sorts of ruptures between the child's life, for example in the parents experiences. imagine that first generation of slaves in this country. first generation to have arrived from africa to this new enslaved world. could there have been enraptured more profound? first-generation children born to those slav

solomon, of course, had 700 wives and 300 concubines. while i don't recommend that i know solomon had been given the wisdom of god; and we can learn from god through him. solomon said in proverbs 12 and verse 4 "an excellent wife is the crown of her husband but she who shames him is as rottenness in the bones, in his bones." again, in proverbs 18, verse 22 solomon said, "he who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the lord." he also says in 19 chapter 19 and verse 13, "a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping." well, just like a dripping faucet, a quarrelsome wife is a constant irritation. proverbs 19, verse 14 says that "houses and wealth are inherited from parents but a prudent wife is from the lord." a man who has a godly and wise wife is doubly blessed. king lemuel, not solomon in proverbs 31 gave a marvelous insight into a virtuous woman. he said in chapter 31 and verse 10 of proverbs "a wife of noble character who can find? she is worth far more than rubies." and he ends the chapter by saying that "charm is

but solomon chose to go to d.c. to work. he had a legitimate cause to go there.lavery. this is what's happening today for a lot of people. they choose a form of legitimate work and find themselves enslaved. >> and guess what? there's also an economic dimension here we don't have enough time to talk about. but keep in mind solomon is in d.c. in the midst of slavery thinking about his own economic future. so what the movie captures is not just the complexity of being a black person in the midst of the greatest slavery system ever known that doesn't mean that solomon is in d.c. trying to free people. he's trying to get paid. >> and his wife is gone for those weeks. she's working. but also, i think the other economic part was this -- you know, roots is like the rich, fancy white folks over here. but these slave holders are right down in it. they're economically marginal. they're dealing with the cotton going bad. they're dealing with mortgaging their slaves. suddenly you get a sense of what -- like, just how much these people are property when you can take out a mort

going from solomon jacob heller in his review said the vertical identity is a conduit through which the shared experience of apathy in insight, a horizontal identity of the other hand is one where there is a rupture between the parents' experiences they seemed to challenge many promises of family interrupt the basic continuity of that relationship and what it presumes. said genealogy of african-americans is replete historically with all sorts of ruptures between the parents' experiences and imagine that first generation of slaves in this country to have arrived from africa to the new age and enslaved world. could there be rapture more profound? first-generation children born to a those slaves would have known the world radically different from the one their parents could possibly he handed down. still culture and languages and movement it is the vertical connections that so many of us spend time pursuing. but to create worlds in which horizontal identities of the family life through the sheer force of the difference with a diversity of a heroin ring sort but no less than those we tend t

solomons island road, we have an accident. delays on the north side. 12 minutes from 95 over towards the 83's. this is 95 near the white marsh exit. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it looks like most of the rain should hold off until after the commute. 72 right now at the airport with cloud cover. rain developing mainly after 10:00 a.m. thunderstorm is possible with stronger wind gusts this afternoon. morning showers giving way to steady rain. wo could see about one to t inches of rain from this front. the wind will be 10 to 20 miles per hour. we will come back and take one last look at >> we have some school closes this morning. booker t. washington booker school is closed because of electrical issues. eutahare to report to washburn. >> we have an accident on 795. we are down to 10 miles per hour. it will be a while before they can clear that accident. broken land accident, another accident -- broken land parkway. 13 minutes on the north side. 17 on the west side. that will start to back up some of the other area r

there are those showers coming through leonard town toward solomons and the eastern shore and pullinglady smith area toward newland as well seeing a couple of showers still leftover. colonial beach, this shower south of port royal is -- look at that. tracking toward the east, northeast. that may just clip you and swan point may potentially get in on some of that, too. temps, 50s and 60s. westminster and gaithersburg at 57. some of the cooler readings. while easton is 64 and down at pax river naval air station, a very comfortable 63 degrees. going to turn it over to my colleague monika samtani who once again has too much to share. >> yeah. it's not good information i'm sorry. it's good information but not about good things. if you're planning to head out of gaithersburg right now, the problem has been an overturned vehicle right now on the eastbound side of route 117. all lanes are blocked. you're being forced to exit on 270 southbound coming off

you can reflect on yourself in terms of solomon and what he goes through.hat that is the in a way the kind of crucial essence of what the book is talking about. i think it's -- i think it's something that we can always apply. we can always apply these sort of ideas, you know. i think that's what is remarkable with the humility and the extraordinary dignity with which solomon wrote this book and the very fact that ultimately he doesn't hate. there's no hatred in the book. it's an extraordinary thing for something to go through an experience like that, realization is that hatred won't help him. he is somebody who is kind of leaned down into a very pure survival mode about his -- his physical and his mental strength. he takes exactly what he needs to do that and it's i think an extraordinary journey and way to view the world actually. >> something very beautiful about human nature and something very scary about human nature also in the film. thank you so much for joining us today. >> a real pleasure. thank you. we're waiting for the president to speak right ac

opening is the incredible true story of solomon northrop.hing to unforgettable. >> days ago i was with my family in my home. now you tell me all is lost. >> it was a trap. a business deal gone bad that cost him 12 years of his life. northop, a free black man living in new york in 1941 was duped to taking a trip to washington, d.c. for a job and ended up sold to a plantation in louisiana. for 12 years, he was separated from his wife and children. after his harrowing trip back to freedom, he penned a best-selling memoir while the nation was on the brink of civil war. his chilling account of slavery would help change a nation. >> for me in some ways it was sort of a restoration process. i tried to approach it with an invisible hand. >> john ridley transformed the memoir for the silver screen. >> there is an immediacy with the story that is unmatched. you have to remember, at that time, for people of color, if they could read or write, they would be killed. so the amount of these personal narratives that could come out of the south were actually

solomon is taking part in the town hall meeting were the common core standards will be one of the keyics of conversation. >> i hope to bring back with me more knowledge on the common core and if there is any information on teacher evaluation systems and what do i need to do to improve myself as a classroom teacher here in baltimore county. >> solomon believes in the goal of making students master the basics create >> i believe that all children have the ability to learn. it is very important that those children have the opportunity to learn in a safe environment, and we have to be able to teach to their needs. >> her principal believes the trip to and new york and education nation will pay off in baltimore county. quick she will bring things back to us and we have done a lot of work on common core but she will learn many new things that she can bring back and share with us. >> thank you for focusing. >> we are talking about things that are working and things we need to improve upon and we have just a great wealth of knowledge that is going to be there. baltimore kimberly, county's tea

baltimore county teacher can really solomon is headed to the big apple. it will cover a number of issues. is headed to new york. he will have education nation reports starting monday. >> states along the gulf coast are keeping a close eye on tropical storm karen. areas from louisiana to the florida panhandle, many people are heading to higher ground. the storm was packing sustained winds. forecasters expected to possibly gather strength before reaching the shore line. like new orleans or not taking chances. us the allows flexibility and authority to make necessary actions. should things change quickly. our merge operation center is going to be activated 24/7 starting this evening. >> name is daily operations briefing says the agency is what they call non-mission capable because of the government shutdown. only 19% of the agencies workforce is available deployment. you can track the storms at your fingertips with our free her cap. -- free hurricane app. remnants. >> would make it the rain from it. an extended stretch of dry conditions. it feels tropical ou

>> solomon northrup was this man. actually, i met some of his t descendents last night.ertain time when slaves weren't being imported, any black body in the country was fair game. so people got sold into slavery all the time. rarely would they get back into their lives. it would be as if one of us would get snatched -- there are more slaves worldwide than there were in the slave era here. >> think of yourself getting snatched on your way home out of slavery, away from your family, everything. so that's what's amazing about this story, is that we take that journey with him. we can't really look at distance. when solomon did get back from his hard-won freedom, within four months he published this book, "12 years of slaves." it is a firsthand slave account. >> i can't wait to see this. >> it is amazing. >> it will be in theaters. now, right here and now. >> thank you so much to be with us. >> happy to be here. >> from the essays to the s.a.t.s to your facebook account, whatnot to do if you're applying to college. >> how to get noticed. look at that face. lovely. lovely face

kymberly solomon is one of the educators heading to the backup will -- the big apple. it will cover a number of issues and curriculum to digital education. >> the opportunity to go to you new york and spend time with experts in the field, and have these commerce stations, and to what is happening around the country, around the world, gives us a special opportunity. all four county is excited to participate in education nation. >> tim tooten is headed to new york. he will have education reports on monday. will do when not needed i'm too -- you will not need a dime to celebrate the reopening of the powerhouse. delivered to your door, the eye-opening mail delivery straight ahead. >> a blizzard in the northern plains. a tropical storm in the gulf of mexico. a warm evening across the region. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ try new fiber

solomon was on three different plantations and i always just thought of slavery as one, but it was so to me that the differences on the plantations where there was timber, sugar cane, picking cotton, they're so huge and affect the nature of what is happening on those plantations affect everything that goes on there. >> and the peties of that come through. you should absolutely go see it. it is out in theatres now. thank you. >> thank you. >> we will be right back with click 3. the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams, there's just no way we're going to let them die. ♪ like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. that's how ameriprise puts more within reach. ♪ [ male announcer ] over time, you've come to realize... [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. and that keeps you going strong. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we get that. with over

an angelic orchestra in the temple of solomon celebrates this mystical union of heaven and earth by its harmonious celestial music. these happy sounds may also refer to musical therapy practiced in medieval hospitals. shown as if defined by light alone this is the most convincing resurrection ever painted. prophet of the atomic age, grunewald conveys a sense of weightlessness as christ rises. for the final opening, painted wings contrast with a sculpted centerpiece. saint anthony is enthroned in triumph at the center and show again at the left meeting paul the hermit in his forest retreat. for this scene of saint anthony's torment and trial in the wilderness, the artist brings back all the irrational-- the images of monsters he saw in medieval and 15th-century art. he gives them an amazing quality of reality, a sense of immediacy. half human a fearfully diseased demon clutches his prayer book in a bag. an inscription in the corner could apply to him as well as to the patients of saint anthony's hospital-- "where are you, good jesus? where are you? why haven't you come to heal my wounds?

for solomon northrop a free man to be able to tell his story immediately after his liberation is ones the story has such an emotional velocity. >> and john makes a good point. we talk about the division between north and south which still exists in some way. i'm not saying that the south is still a bastion of slavery by any stretch of the imagination, but there are cultural divides, there are racial divides that america has not made peace with. those involve both political dialogue and debate? >> i think that's why this movie will resonate why all the other films you mentioned resonate is because it's the unfinished conversation. to talk about race requires trust. two people who trust each other intimately who can have -- who can ask each other very painful questions but don't question the motivation of the other, because they know the person in their heart is asking, because they want to understand, they want to know. we, as a nation -- we don't trust each other. we have don't trust each other enough to have the conversation that's needed to really start the healing process. now, ev

solomon is in a world that views him as a slave and calls him a different name while he knows he's notkilled so he must be quiet and hide his intelligence. so he's forced to reconcile the way the world sees him and how he sees himself which is central to being a black-american. this film is bleak and sever i couldn't say and somber. this puts you in the point of view of a slave who should not be a slave, but, of course, none of them should have been slaves. this, i dare say, is slavery's schindler's list and as that film gained power from being a true story, so does this one. this film, directed by the phenomenal, steve mcqueen, michael fast bender, michael women yams from "the wire" and brad pitt, this film could win the oscar

the story of solomon northrup, born a free man and sold into slavery, his memoir was a best seller. his riveting story is about to be revealed to a new generation, 160 years later. we spoke recently to the film's director, steve mcqueen, and his cast. how did the story come to you? >> i had the initial idea of a free man who had been kidnapped into slavery. i talked to my wife who is a historian. she found this book. as soon as he she put it in my hand, i couldn't let it go. i couldn't believe i didn't know this book. she put it in my hand, i couldn't let it go. i couldn't believe i didn't know this boo she put it in my hand, i couldn't let it go. i couldn't believe i didn't know this booshe put it in my hand, i couldn't let it go. i couldn't believe i didn't know this book. what was strange was most of the people -- all of the people i spoke to had never read the book. for me it was a huge parallel to anne frank and her diaries. >> reporter: you describe it's the story of a man who is born a free man and becomes a slave. then the 12 years it took for him to find a way out of that.

i think king solomon pointed out about that. is. >> we started out with a position that we don't want any obama care. that is what we truly believe. we think it's bad for the country. president wants all of it, 100%. i would think a compromise would be both sides come off their position some. >> the house republicans have acted reasonably and responsibly to act on two different principles, the government should be funded and the american people should get relief from obama care. we have repeatedly made reasonable and responsible compromises. >> i think it is indefensible that president obama and harry reid have forced a government shutdown. the reason we have a government shutdown is because they're refusing to compromise, they're refusing to negotiate. >> let me go to david corn. is there a new acting school in washington? i mean, seriously. this is the method acting. how do you convince yourself, even, that a law that's been passed, upheld by the supreme court and three years old, you have a right to destroy it or slice it in

if we really wanted to do justice to solomon's story, who are we to decide where to censor? >> that view is endorsed by the director, who also believes the film is resonating strongly with audiences who have already seen it because it taps into concerns. >> i think people especially in the united states think about this quite often. to have an outlet, to have a vehicle for their voice i think has made the film a torch and a way. >> the film is already being talked of as a front-runner in the oscars race, even though the trophies will not be handed out until march of next year. immediate challenge will be to prevail at the box office. the big question is will significant -- sufficient numbers of americans want to see such a brutal portrayal of slavery? >> slavery and all its brutality there, bringing today's broadcast to a close, but you can continue watching "bbc world news america" for an update. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to char

solomon is in a world that views him as a slave and calls him a different name while he knows he's notlled so he must be quiet and hide his intelligence. so he's forced to reconcile the way the world sees him and how he sees himself which is central to being a black-american. this film is bleak and sever i couldn't say and somber. this puts you in the point of view of a slave who should not be a slave, but, of course, none of them should have been slaves. this, i dare say, is slavery's schindler's list and as that film gained power from being a true story, so does this one. this film, directed by the phenomenal, steve mcqueen, michael fast bender, michael women yams from "the wire" and brad pitt, this film could win the oscar for best picture and best actor. it's possible. but something far greater than oscar is also possible for this film. this is a film that could have a lasting impact on american lives. that does it for "the cycle". it's time for martin bashir. >> i hope it does, tour e.r.a. an amazing film. monday, october the 14th. 14 days into the shutdown. three days to default.

i think king solomon pointed out about that.ere he is. >> we started out with a position we don't want any obama care. it's what we believe. it's bad for the country. the president wants all of it, 100%. i would think a compromise is both sides come off their position. >> the house republicans have acted reasonably and resonsably to act on two principles. the government should be funded and the american people should get relief from obama care. we have repeatedly made reasonable and responsible compromises. >> i think it is indefensible that president obama and harry reid have forced a government shutdown. the reason we have a government shutdown is they are refusing to compromise and refusing to negotiate. >> is there a new acting school in washington? i mean seriously, this is the method acting. how do you convince yourself, even, that a law that's been passed by supreme court three years old and is about to be implemented, but you have a light to slice it in half or destroy it because of what? remember the dictators, i'm not

if we really wanted to do justice to solomon's story, who are we to decide where to censor? >> that view is endorsed by the director, who also believes the film is resonating strongly with audiences who have already seen it because it taps into concerns. >> i think people especially in the united states think about this quite often. to have an outlet, to have a vehicle for their voice i think has made the film a torch and a way. >> the film is already being talked of as a front-runner in the oscars race, even though the trophies will not be handed out until march of next year. immediate challenge will be to prevail at the box office. the big question is will significant -- sufficient numbers of americans want to see such a brutal portrayal of slavery? >> slavery and all its brutality there, bringing today's broadcast to a close, but you can continue watching "bbc world news america" for an update. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to char

the columns suggest trajan's column in imperial rome as well as the bible's description of solomon'semple. the dome is like the domes of papal rome. towers at the ends of the building suggest an imperial fortress. begun in 1716, the charles church is the work of fischer von erlach, who studied works of bernini and borromini in rome. it's dedicated to charles borromeo, one of the great counter reformation saints. it's not a coincidence that the austrian emperor at the time was also named charles. for in the lands where absolute monarchs ruled, architecture was part of the vocabulary of royal power. the belvedere palace in vienna was built in 1721 for prince eugene of savoy, the general who led the austrians to their victory over the turks. the architect was lucas von hildebrandt. the belvedere actually consists of two palaces set at opposite ends of an enormous formal garden in which nature has been completely subdued. the design is based on a simple program. the two palaces and the garden present the visitor with an allegory of life's journey. at one end, where prince eugene lived, i

solomon and gomorrah is about positives by tallet. welcoming the stranger.n the irony very strip tougher that people fight over to exclude homosexuals is probably the very scripture that calls them in to embracing all the gay, lesbians bisexual, transgender, the stranger in their midst. >> in addition to bible study the open and affirming committee put together panel discussions, videos and movies. >> we have a man in the congregation i think he's close to 90 and he was at every event, every film, every panel discussion and i remember specifically a film we showed in august and he turned to me and thanked me for doing this and said that it just had really opened his eyes and his mind and his heart. >> there are times when i have kids over the years who were struggling with their identity. there were a couple that i look back and i think, we lost them to suicide. and i think it's because society is so cruel. and i want my church -- i don't want my church to be cruel i want it to be loving. >> before the vote there were still doubts about the final outcome. >>

financial institution with a threat of a criminal action against it but i did at one time. >> rose: the solomon brothers. >> i did it. and every day you wake up wondering whether the plug will be pulled. >> rose: when you look at what they did and in terms of the future, j.p. morgan can absorb this. >> they can absorb 13 billion. that's why they got asked for it. it is the exact same actions that happened in a place that couldn't have afforded 13 billion, even -- >> rose: they wouldn't do that. >> no, no. >> rose: do you think too big to fail is still with us? and should be with us? >> i think -- yeah, i think -- but too big to be punished -- the people that were active participants and have walked around rich, you know, it is the shareholders of those institutions that pay, i mean, shareholders of aig paid, they didn't have anything to do with the actions of aig financial products, but the loss was a significant percentage of their network that owned the stock. i think that if you run a major financial institution and you need the help of the government you and your spouse should go away broke