also with us is linda martin alcoff, professor of philosophy at the city university of new york. s the author of several books including "visible identities: race, gender and the self." her forthcoming book is titled, "the future of whiteness" which will be out in september. and with us from hartford, connecticut, jelani cobb is associate professor of history and director of the africana studies institute at the university of connecticut. he is also a contributor to the new yorker. his latest piece is headlined "black like her." i want to start today with stacey. despite the fact that you are getting this big award last night, you spent the day interviewing professors about their feelings. you talk to the professors at eastern washington, where rachel dolezal also taught. stacey patton: i had a chance to speak to the director of the program there and i was interested in trying to get a sense of what the impact that this media surge surrounding rachel dolezal was having on the department itself and students and faculty there. he indicated that her deception came as a huge shock to

seamless hopefully transition but i see how critical as mayors come here tomorrow from all over the city, universalpreschool system that we created here such a great model for many many other cities. in addition to all the other great things that you and the staff michelle rutherford and others are doing. i am really excited about the citizens advisory committee for -- in the development of a citywide plan building off of what tom amiens of the author of proposition eight that establish for preschool for all -- 20,000,004 preschool for all, k-12 and sports musical arts and other thing. but escaped tremendous pops to our former a summary man and president of the board tom amiens oaks for his vision with a lot of the early education care and activism is a good thing for the great visitation, two. >> thank you to >> colleagues know the questions, when we moved your port mr. roosevelt took a? >> yes mr. chairman members of the committee, page 61 of our report i recommend reductions for the proposed budget total 9,000,001 at $20,000 and 1516 oh 4000,008 ongoing savings and 4 million [inaudible] one-time

fight across the board. >> thank you. >> councilman harriet wong has a question. >> hi, thank you, raquel for coming today. i also attended city college and san francisco state universityand they are both excellent schools. i guess my question is so when the student transfers from city college to state college and has to retake a course is that even when they have a passing grade from city college? >> yes, because the university does not consider it upper division. and it depends on the class which is a gray area. for example, i'm a psych major and a minor in counseling and rehabilitation. i have to retake the class. psych 5 is equivalent to psych 1 at state. some count as a transfer, others do not. right now the university is limiting the retake of classes to twice even if it's a w.

fight across the board. >> thank you. >> councilman harriet wong has a question. >> hi, thank you, raquel for coming today. i also attended city college and san francisco state university and they are both excellent schools. i guess my question is so when the student transfers from city college to state college and has to retake a course is that even when they have a passing grade from city college? >> yes, because the university does not consider it upper division. and it depends on the class which is a gray area. for example, i'm a psych major and a minor in counseling and rehabilitation. i have to retake the class. psych 5 is equivalent to psych 1 at state. some count as a transfer, others do not. right now the university is limiting the retake of classes to twice even if it's a w. they have recently instituted after we complained to the department of education. they have the ability to withdraw for medical. it's on an individual case by case basis. a lot of units are still being double counted. >> i really commend all of your hard work on this and back in the late 70s san francisco state had a very strong disability student committee. because i was very active in o

. >>> joining me here in the studios is egyptian journalist and fellow at the city university in newalways good to have you with us so one year in what do you make of what abdel-fattah el-sissi has been up to? >> well first of all i have to say that i'm not out here to judge the president, we are here to evaluate. >> sure. >> the president so evaluating one year in office i guess initially i have to say that it's very difficult to evaluate the performance of the president based on the first year in office. >> do you evaluate against his promises? >> yes, of course but let me put it that way, i mean the first year should work as an indicator for what is coming up ahead. so in terms of achievements the president and his inaugural speech he made three promises main promises the first one is to restore stability in terms of security. the second was to achieve independence from the west which i don't know i do not understand that promise. the third was to improve the living condition of the poor and the fourth actually four promises was to launch a political map, roadmap, which the parlia

property in violation of law in the earlier 1970s there was a large controversy in the city post secondary universities the university of california and hospitals were acquiring housing expanding their physical plant and it became 0 controversial that the law was changed what the attachments are to my letter is the initial presentation about 6 months into the controversy by allen jacobs the planning director by planning decoration ago the second bit of my attachment is a legislation that was carried by then supervisor quinton and took effect in the middle of 21st century 197 of a 3 year process when they adapted the institutional master plan owners the city was really aware that post secondary institutions the academy of art could wipeout housing stock it's not in the overhead all of of of those are housing acquired by the academy of art they've wiped out that neighborhood the uttering tenderloin their expansion areas are those are from the eir those are documents you had before you their expansion are on this second thing i've sent letters about one 50 hayes street the permitting they're using that pl

the city university of new york's institute for state and local governance, the center for court innovation, the justice management institute justice system partners, and the vera institute of justice to generate actionable plans for reducing incarceration and creating more fair and local justice systems. they will focus on who is in their jails whether there are racial and ethnic disparities in jail usage or experience. they will propose new approaches and innovations, including alternatives to incarceration as usual that can be developed, tested, and adopted on a larger scale. they will explore better ways of targeting resources and assessing risk to ensure that confinement used only when necessary. they will do all of this while maintaining an emphasis on public safety. and together this work will create momentum for change on a national level. it is important to note that many of the jurisdictions that are involved in this work, all of them, actually have already made great strides in justice reform. their work in the next several months will explore how to build upon that progress. all

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federal authorities say it happened in early 2013 when the company renovated the sheraton university city hotel which the university owns. investigators say he raised construction charges as much as 20%. if convicted, he could get 20 years behind bars. >>> from our south jersey bureau nearly 1,000 job openings and nearly four times that many eager candidates willing, ready, they're able to work. job seekers came by the busload to the gloucester premium outlets job fair at camden county college. there are still two hours left to apply for 800 jobs in 90 stores. most of those stores are set to hold their grand opening on august 13th. among the sea of job applicants who stood outside in the heat one father of triplet boys and an 11-year-old daughter who says it will change his future. >> i'm unemployed right now. after having the triplets it was very expenseive to have day care. i had to sacrifice paying for day care and taking care of the triplets. >> the job fair runs until 7:00 tonight. just announced today, more name brand outlet stores including a sunglass hut, nike factory store, gymbo

get jobs back in the city of philadelphia and where melissa murray bailey sees us going when "inside story" continues right after this. >> "inside story" is presented by temple university. temple fuels students with academics and opportunities to take charge. plugged into the city, powered by the world. temple.edu/takecharge. >> and welcome back once again to "inside story." i'm brian taff, and we are talking this morning with melissa murray bailey, the republican candidate for mayor in philadelphia. good to have you again. we talked about a lot of topics this morning but want to change gears now to the economy. as you well know, keeping businesses, attracting new ones is sort of the linchpin to growing the economy, and philadelphia has done a pretty decent job in recent years of drawing business and keeping some high-profile ones. but how does melissa murray bailey the mayor go about doing that? how aggressive would you be in luring new business here? >> i'd be really aggressive. our people need jobs, and that's one of the most important things that we can do to turn around the city is get people jobs. >> so, how do you do that? >> well, that's what i do. i've been st

he did in independent report by the city of the university of new york with people who do biometric backgroundy day. every taxi and limo driver in new york and around the country and in many states is required to go through this process where the government background checks them and the government makes the decision as to whether that driver is safe to drive you and me. what uber is doing is just going onto the internet and checking public records. they're not getting access to the federal database. that is the difference. we are not asking for a lot. betty: on a final note, is that true? karen: they are different. they are third-party that search database records. in portland, what they did is that the city decided to change the rules for both the taxi and the uber drivers for background checks. they can both use third-party systems. part of that was practical. uber had more than 1000 drivers signed up in the city of portland. as a relatively small city to track 1000 background checks. everyone knew it would take too long or longer than uber wanted. that is why they were able to make a persu

that are accepting pot or not i don't think it is there for worked the same way across the city we need a universal approach to look at how all the neighborhoods sharing the benefits and burdens moving forward in terms of recreational use of marijuana i know the task force can look at what was done in the past and upper studies one i asked for a couple years ago that was on the books it worthy at looking at in terms of ideas for how we can move forward to decide on places to purchase medical marijuana or recreational marijuana okay. if i could add mr. chairman you've identified an incredibly important issue the system we have has challenges the fact that part of your district like the sky is the limit in terms of the number of mcds in the castro area it is impossible to find a legal place for an mcd so it is is problematic system and certainly one the key issues the task force can look at especially it is going to bet much more complicated only mcds but every other manner cannabis relate issue it's important to get ahead of the curve with that our former colleagues. >> just a qualification the sky

the military. federal education expenses account 3- 5 trillion in 2012. for 2 years, a little bit of history, for 2 years students were held from transferring to the university at the city college level because of impacted limits in the college as well as programs. you were forced to remain at city college for 1-2 years. disabled students also historically have to take more remedial courses. when you transfer from city college to university you are required to take classes over again. that is disabled students having more units. that's where we are running into a problem. no one is speaking out against this except for the disabled students organizations across the college campuses. then the big question is what happens to disabled students in higher education. where does the education come in at. like i said before this does increase student loans to lifetime aggregate limits and they take out more in the hopes they can graduate. still forcing disabled students to take more courses in 1 semester even if they have reduced course load accommodations through pdrc. this lowers gpa and scholarships. some students are feeling that both the government and the university are tr

the roberts. >> reporter: in university city one of the modern marvels of cancer treatment bears the roberts name penn medicine's multi million dollar proton therapy. this therapy is a national model for research and care patients receiving the most advanced form of cancer treatment. in roberts' boyhood home of germantown, time and disrepair have crippled the boys and girls club but an $8 million gift gives new life through a state of the art building. the chairman says thousands of children will benefit. >> this will jump start our efforts to rebuild our infrastructure. >> reporter: having better infrastructure does what? >> it helps these kids have a great place to go instead of the dilapidated buildings we currently have. >> reporter: ralph roberts began his ascent in the business world by bringing cable tv into homes. he passes after bringing a bit of down-home compassion to the big city. live in center city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >> the roberts family says it's planning a private service for ralph roberts and at some point a celebration of his life but has no details on a time and place y

memorial on the sidewalk of this building in downtown berkeley just a few blocks from the city's famous universityspectors removed the dangling structure and checked for signs of water intrusion and dry rot. other factors that may have weakened the balcony's wooden joyce. this multiuse building with both apartments and retail space is only the years old. officials say it's undergone inspections over the years. no expectation there were any violations city inspectors declared the flee other balconies here off limits until they undergo a safety check as they try to figure out whether weight or structure turley integrity or something else is to blame for what is truly a parent's worst nightmare here greta just a horrible tragic accident. >> indeed. thank you claudia. and coming up, you will not believe but one jerk is putting on his car. i will tell you off-the-record. that's next. we all feel the calling to build something great. ♪ i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. it's tough, but i've managed. but managing my symptoms was all i was doing. so when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is

the city. he ultimately found what he hopes to be the browns university. down in what is known as the east side of providence along the weather -- along the waterfront. refreshments were served. the group resolved to end the menace in rhode island waters. those graders, led by what to nick bunker called for maritime elite providence set out with blackened faces, long boats, and rode down the day. they make their way to the stranded gaspee and surrounded it. as daniel harrington recounted in the providence journal captain abraham spoke first for the rhode islanders. there's a warrant to apprehend you, expletive. it was, as harrington, a classic rhode island greeting. i consent that his article be added to the record at the end of my remarks. the lieutenant refused his command and ordered his men to fire upon anyone who attempted to lord -- attempted to board. the rhode islanders outnumbered the british and swore on. shots rang out in the dark. the lieutenant felt wounded. that's night the very first blood in the conflict that was to become the american revo

i got it because i was able to go to the city university of new york. watching mr. christie, i look at him and it has been 116 years since we have had a bona fide bull loose. i look at him and he is literally, figuratively, and physically a bull loose in the presidential run. i'm a life long democrat but i'm serious attempted to cross my lines. i'm also in an ordained clergymen. my father soap is that mr. christie will go to bed one night, have a revelation and his sleep, and wake up a populist democrat. believe me, i'm thoroughly tempted to cross party lines. i think that guy says it like it is. i think he is a brush of fresh air in the overgrown and overbloated field of one of these -- of wantabees. host: thank you for the call. here is a tweet that echoes what he was saying. chris christie once voters against turning over the white house two obama second mate, hillary clinton. a call from patrick in california, line for independents. go ahead. caller: yes. i have heard mr. christie speak before. he lays out lots of times -- the american people work hard, we do no

talk temperatures it's another cloudy day outside as we end the work week, this is a live picture showing you center city from our temple university cam adam joseph is keeping an eye on the rain chances, will we see sunshine this weekend? everyone sees the sun this weekend it's more north and west breaking back up on double scan live radar the clouds being stubborn and in fact in newcastle county in western parts of salem county we are seeing drizzle and patches of light showers from newark to salem and as far south address bridgeton these move from the south to the north it is again adding to the misery we are dealing with much of this week with the gloomy weather we can call it june gloom. looking at the satellite the thickest brightest white clouds we see the patchy clouds in buck county and allentown and the poconos we start to break it apart with sunshine and as we look to the south live on sky 6 in cape may nobody at the shore right now, at least in this vantage point some patchy drizzle at times and the temperature is 61 degrees right now in cape may and margate at 68 degrees, as we go inland the farther north of west you a

accuweather a rainy friday and things are expected to dry out we are looking live from the temple university cam from the center city skyline, adam joseph is outside now with the latest on what to expect. >> reporter: much brighter over the weekend and you the sky is trying to brighten but a lot of cloud cover and radar shows light showers in bucks county and parts of bucks county heading into new york city and cape may and lewes delaware. we see showers pivoting in off the atlantic ocean it's another dreary day to be down the shore. as we look at satellite, you can see all the thick cloud cover all points to the shore the lehigh valley and reading and lancaster and the poconos, are you starting to see breaks and that will help move the temperatures up this afternoon. not at the shore we see the wind doing its job again 56 in surf city and avalon 59 degrees, as we go inland the temperature in millville 61 and 62 in philadelphia with the clouds 60 in trenton and again where we brighten the sky 66 in reading and allentown and temperatures are really warming to the west, 80 degrees in st. louis and atlanta coming in at

the music city. vanderbilt university's campus police have accidentally stumbled upon a suspicious surveillance videoess and half clothed, in the clutches of football players, being dragged seemingly unconscious through a dorm hallway after a night of hard drinking. but what actually happened? typical college hijinks or a crime? campus police go to the pros -- digital forensic investigator chad gish and sex crimes detective jason mayo of metro nashville police. their alarm bells go off immediately. >> i didn't know what happened. but i thought something did happen. >> it didn't take a whole lot of investigation skills to understand what we thought we had on our hands at that point. >> reporter: and what did you think you had? >> sexual assault. >> reporter: mayo parades a who's who of vanderbilt students in for questioning, beginning with the 21-year-old woman in the video. the honor student says she has no memory of what happened after fireball shots and mixed drinks at the tin roof bar. and no recall of any alleged assault. >> how often do you have a case where you're called about a victim, and not

the city. the ultimately helped found what we know today as brown university. brown and lindsay rallied new england patriots down on what is now the eastside of providence along the waterfront. refreshments, no doubt, were served. refreshed or not, the group resolved to end the menace in rhode island waters. that night, those readers -- raiders, led by what nick bunker called the maritime elite of providence, set out with blackened faces, long boats, and rode down the day. oars muffled to prevent detection. they make their way to the stranded gaspee and surrounded it. as daniel harrington recounted in a recent op-ed that he wrote in "the providence journal," "captain abraham spoke first for the rhode islanders, summoning d unningston. imd sheridan -- i am the sheriff of the county. there's a warrant to apprehend you, expletive. so surrender, expletive." it was, as harrington said, a classic rhode island greeting. i consent that his article be added to the record at the end of my remarks. >> without objection. >> the lieutenant refused his command and ordered hi

of a police officer was made all walking along of our our street and friends she has the story from university city missouri >>reporter: as the moment she was sprayed with mace and write in the middle of the low to set it all happened when police told her and her friends that were blocking the sidewalk she is the daughter of a police officer and says they taught her to comply with police request within the moment she was based on what other started shouting water when a search he was complying at the end of the day at should be able to wait for my friends but whatever he asks me to do i was i did i want to please the find out why this group was asked keep moving to refuse to talk to me on camera was said there is a city ordinance about blocking the sidewalk on a friday night there are dozens of people on the sidewalk they said they mated) movement and then resisted i hope you guys enjoyed the heat in the sunshine of doors today pretty mild warm and and and vocational decisions antioch 94 for livermore and it for fair share and 96 over a conflict they specialize in one focus of if i were here is how

. >>> 10 young girls competing for quite the honor at university city. e police athletic league of philadelphia hosting their miss positive attitude lady pageant. the first of its kind pageant featuring girls ages six through one it from pal centers throughout the city. >> love that. miss positive attitude. >> a mom walking out of court lashed out at a group of reporters putting out her cigarette on a woman's cheek. why she was at the courthouse in the first place. >> she was kick out of a bar for being transgender. told they don't serve people like her. bar owner now calls a mix up. >> a guy got jumped in front of traffic to save his owner's life. the incredible story love and loyalty. >> now with foam's traffic here's bob kelly. >> good evening everybody. last night we were washed out so let's try it again. we'll shut down the vine street expressway tonight from about 11:00 o'clock till 5:00 tomorrow morning. the stretch between broad street and the schuylkill expressway should be coming into or out of the city that eastbound side of the schuylkill you

the phillies legend met this rising rookie. >> and we are looking at sky six live from temple university of the city skyline. a lot of sunshine out there and you can expect more of that over the upcoming weekend. we'll talk about those warm temperatures in accuweather. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues. >> philadelphia teachers union along with school nurses picketed outside an elementary school in germantown this morning. they're protesting a district proposal to hire contractors to replace nurses in schools. union officials say having consistent medical professionals inside philadelphia schools is essential because many children suffer from chronic health problems like asthma. >>> anybody interested in seeing pope francis when he visits philadelphia and that will be at least a few million people, will also have a chance to see treasures from the vatican. the franklin institute will host the new exhibit featuring artwork by michelangelo, bone fragments of saint's peter and paul and re-creations of the papal chambers. the vatican splendors display opens september 19th just before th

currently work at san francisco state university with the san francisco students that live in the green bayer u bay area that pay $10 to come to the university in the is a city they graduated from high school from so this semester my family is currently facing eviction in san francisco and we don't know what to do as someone that cares as a service provider didn't have the answers i don't know y where she can go we don't have affordable housing for this student she should be studying and working on her career instead she's trying to you find out where they are family and older brother can go i want to join me as the representatives of the community workers please join me in responding to the student and families and give them the answers we have housing for them in san francisco so that's part of power we have together we can work on issues of income and economic inequalities we're on par with the income equities according to the international scales you need 90 thesis person income to afford rent in san francisco as a teacher for the san francisco unified school district i've been out of the market i can't bye a house but i'm here to figure out this this is

it would study how the shoreline has changed in response to rising sea levels. >>> a nice night for a stroll. nbc 10 in university city. not a bad way at all to kick off the weekend we've been waiting so long for with our gloomy week. let's get the latest. >> the timing is perfect. this week was chilly. cloudy rainy many days. but now we're seeing nicer conditions. tonight a few showers north and west very light. most of us are on the dry side. if we look to the north and west we could see more showers in the lehigh valley or the poconos. but the weekend is shaping up to look really good. more sunshine in the forecast. temperatures are pretty mild at this hour. 68 in philadelphia, 64 in millville. 68 in allentown. and by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. you will see the clouds around. the temperatures in the mid-60s. a nice start to your day. there is a chance we could see a light shower around but not a big deal. by 10:00 67 degrees and developing sunshine by the middle the day tomorrow, it will be warmer this weekend. some areas could see afternoon showers. i'll show you which areas and the shore for

the city to fund education. >> got to go to a break. we'll be right back. >> "inside story" is presented by temple university. temple fuels students with academics and opportunities to take charge. plugged into the city, powered by the world. temple.edu/takecharge. >> another video surfaces renewing debate over excessive force by police, this one in mckinney, texas. and i'm sure you've seen this. police officer david casebolt has resigned over what he is seen doing at a pool party that raged out of control. youths were trying to scale a fence to get in, and casebolt is seen slamming a teenage girl to the ground. now, meanwhile, a recent wall street journal article offers a new view of this debate over policing across the country. it cites the ferguson effect -- as in ferguson, missouri -- as part of the reason why homicide and other violent crime rates in chicago, new york, atlanta, and particularly in baltimore have taken a sharp rise. and the article suggests that police may be backing off not only to protect themself, but also to not incite things, and that may be other people in these communities -- crimin

one of our sites is based in the bay area to create a more activity engaged citizenship you learner civics by doing services we started with before a university and new york city and in the bay area we see a huge education growth parents educators and students realize we have to be doing something different to get our democracy on track there are voices across the spectrum that agree with educating youth around civics is a good thing we building that one way to get the generation invested provide them a tangible and relate way to do so we've seen our youth this year over 7 hundred and 50 students across the bay area to take action on a range of issues one school one class addressed the infrastructure and one clalsz affordable housing in their neighborhood several classes address did youth homelessness in the city i can give you thirty other actions that our students are taking on those communities issues so while generation citizen is work hard to provide a vehicle for students to get involved in a meaningful relevant way this initiative takes it to a whole new level to take the message to our community and country and most importantly to the generations thank

the parkway are expected to draw huge crowds. >>> florida developer glen straub says he will sue stockton university. that lawsuit surrounds a deal to buy atlantic city's showboat casino. the $26 million deal for the university to sell the casino to straub is set to be finalized thursday but straub says stockton has yet to work out some issues including a restriction that says the showboat can't reopen as a casino. stockton university is not commenting because it says the lawsuit has not been filed yet. >>> right now i'm still watching the radar as more storms are heading our way. plus i have your holiday forecast coming up. >>> also a swimmer missing down the shore after he went under. tonight, the dangerous spot as we head to the holiday weekend. >>> all eyes still on our radar. first alert meteorologist sheena parveen will be joining us in a few minutes with the weather forecast. but take a look at conditions a short time ago in philadelphia. this is washington square. sheets of rain blowing right through there. soggy trip home for people in that area. >>> rescue crews are still searching for a swimmer who went under in the ocean off cape may this m

[applause] please welcome the association of colleges and universities the city college in chicago, director on higher education reform and the strategic advisory and cofounder and the moderator staff correspondent national journal. >> it's great to be here today. thank you so much for coming. we've had a great conversation so far and i have a million questions to ask. but we don't have a lot of time and we have a lot to talk about so i thought we could dive right in. and i wanted to start with you. i hope that's okay because i think we've been talking a lot about the things the federal legislation and the government can do to enable innovation at the college level and i know that the city colleges of chicago you look over a whole lot of innovation over the past few years. so i think that from what i've gathered basically in about three years you've been able to double the graduation rate. is it about 14 or 15? which is high at the community college and they've managed to do that by doing things that seem like pretty commonsense innovation making it easy for the students to select courses et

of the naacp lost her position as a part time african studies instructor at a local university as well as her job as a freelance newspaper columnist is that now the subject of a probe by the city's ethics commission. dolezal has not only identified herself as black for years but has also filed

the neighborhoods. reporting live in university city this morning, katy zachry nbc 10 news. >>> steamy this morning and humidity will stay with us all day long. we'll see temperatures climb from the 70s to near 90 degrees this afternoon. 75 right now at philadelphia international. look at that humidity at 87%. certainly feeling it this morning. this is a view from sky top lodge in pocono mountains. not a lot of light at this hour. you can clearly see there's fog in the pocono mountains. we see that in wake of the showers overnight. storms moving through delaware this morning. that's not the only spot that's getting some rainfall. we're seeing a good though small shower move through eastern bucks county right now. and delaware county is seeing some heavier shower activity. this shower is on the move. it's sliding to the southeast and it will head into delaware in the next half hour. so right now we're seeing occasional showers in the area that will continue the hour by hour future weather showing 76 degrees with some heavy downpours in south jersey. that's at 8:00 this morning. won't be an all day rainfa