(male announcer) roadtrip nation would also like to thank the college board for supporting this series. the college board: connect to college success. (male announcer) roadtrip nation is also made possible by at&t: helping connect students to success in school, in the workforce, and in life. (female narrator) everywhere you turn, people try to tell you who to be and what to do. but what about deciding for yourself? roadtrip nation is a movement that empowers people to define their own roads in life. this past summer, teams of roadtrippers crossed the country hoping to gain insight into their lives. on the road, they met all kinds of interesting people to learn how they found their way. this is roadtrip nation. [laughter] (tina) this morning i was woken up by the laughter of vanessa and calvin, which was nice. then i realized i wasn't in my room back at home, i was in an rv. i'm really excited. [laughs] i feel like i couldn't have been put with two better people. we're just really open to whatever experience gets thrown at us. (calvin) does it smell weird in here? (tina) that's what i t

(male announcer) roadtrip nation would also like to thank the college board for supporting this seriese board: connect to college success. (male announcer) roadtrip nation is also made possible by at&t: helping connect students to success in school, in the workforce, and in life. hello, my name is jon miller. i broadcast baseball for the san francisco giants on radio and television. and also, on espn sunday night baseball the last twenty years. i really started my career at the college of san mateo, as a student working in broadcasting. taking courses that helped me immeasurably in the career path that i chose. i'm afraid now, that with the budget crisis here in california, that the young people looking toward their futures might not be given those same opportunities. you have a chance to help do something about it. check out the website at the bottom of the screen and get involved, and help our young people pursue their dreams. thank you.

a couple of these facts are from the college board. this is average tuition in u.s. public universities. and that is according to the college board. financial aid for undergraduates, currently -- the student loan debt for undergraduates, the average debt for u.s. college since, $24,000. that is of 6% from last year. robert on the independent line. could such protest happen here? caller: absolutely, with what we have seen with george soros -- george soros and anti- stern. there's no question that a point stern.anti- sterandy there's no question that it could happen. host: elizabeth, a college student in washington. can you give us an idea of what kind of tuition you pay every year? caller: it is exceedingly strangling everything i do. i go to a community college. my tuition exceeds 7 $900. i am $75,000 in the whole former education now and they want to cut social security. can someone please explain to me why the jails are being paid with social security money? instead of just stopping the checks, they trade overpayment and they pay the jail $400 within the third -- th

the san francisco school board recognizes the support of the city and community college, including his mentor, professors, classmates, law caucus, and the asian-pacific american community. the community has called, emailed, and written over 500 letters to senator feinstein and speaker policy asking a speak out against deportation. unless the dream act is passed by congress, all deportation of immigrant children should be stopped. unless the dream act is passed, steve li should be released from beo remain in the u.s. until the deferred action plan. and that senator boxer offer a bill. i did want to read the entire resolution because i am not sure if everyone is familiar with the story. at this time, we are calling for public speakers. please line up. >> i will go. i am sorry, i forgot to actually do public comment for the superintendent's proposal. my apologies for that. we will the that after this reading. we have three public speakers. >> i am a faculty member at city college of san francisco. steve, as you have heard, was a graduate of the san francisco unified school district. an en

the san francisco school board recognizes the support of the city and community college, including his mentor, professors, classmates, law caucus, and

just explain to me the following head that you took out, commit to college board, housing board, redevelop an agency, office of citizens complete -- why did we remove those? >> i do not believe they were removed from the code altogether. are you speaking to the part that says they need to file with the ethics commission? supervisor alioto-pier: page 4, it is one of the few changes it is one of the few changes that you all made.

the regional board control is going to be looking into the cleanup, in the notification process. >> and canfield - kenf with to near college avenue, their biggest are the concerns and the location which is right next to a middle school and a popular creek for recreation. >> this entire area was raw sewage. and i am concerned about because the children here. two kids here, and i do not know what to do about it. >> i go into this creek a lot with a kayak. and by even think about swimming. and now to hear that it is okay? however, when i heard that news. it was sad to hear that news that there was raw sewage spillage. >> this sanitary district says that this bill is mostly cleaned up and what remains is not a health risk. >> stay with kron 4 for the continuing coverage and at 5:00 p.m., the cleanup efforts and also of google earth to take a look of the neighborhood effected. >> south san francisco are searching for the suspect who fired a six people. was a drive-by shooting. two dead. wednesday night, and a third person was in critical condition at san francisco general hospital died today. christine connolly one back. eight

the 35-year-old lift was set for repairs prior to that accident. >> and a college student died after he disappeared while snow boarding in a resort in canada. the team found the body of the 20-year-old on christmas day at the whistler resort in british columbia. he graduated from santa rosa high school in 2009 before enrolling in humbolt state university. the royal canadian mounted police believe he ended up in a creek running through the skier and simply dmot free himself. >> and cal train is going test a weekend baby bullet service beginning january 1 between san francisco and san jose. it's a three-month pilot project aimed at increasing rail system revenue and ridership. there will be four trains in all, one train in each direction in the morning and one in each in the evening z east train making seven stops between the terminals in san francisco. and. >> here is some wonderful news. samaritan house is very pleased to report to you that it was able to provide a toy thanks to a generous surge of last minute donations. seeing a 100% increase in children on the list to receive toys a real dilemma. they appealed to the media for help, we air

by intensive training of central asian border police the customs office drugs police alone with coatings we have a board of management staff college now operating in tucson bay customs academy bishkek there is a lot of work being done in the wooded oval was part of the police academies also in turkey and many other videos so it's taken time but now i think we have created a joint perspective reserve which is an asian partner voice from i think we've been working very closely with them we have had many meetings to do you know for the whole of the way c.n.n. station partners in kabul itself. and afghanistan feels that ease as part of the greater family and we see president karzai will be is here during this time a summit he is addressing the his colleagues the heads of state in government which . it's a very very strong very clear signal that afghanistan and the problems that generated by drug trafficking are at the heart of the concerns or worse how can losses forces help to prevent drug trafficking some afghanistan considering that russia has repeatedly said that its forces will not be sent to afghanistan will be also working side

the united negro college fund. because a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> the good morning. today is december 15, 2010. this is the meeting of the abatement appeals boardthe first item on the agenda is roll-call. [roll call] commissioner romero is excused. we have a quorum the next item is item b, the oath. but all parties giving testimony today please rise and raise your right hand? do you swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth to the best of your knowledge? thank you. item c is a request for aab jurisdiction. the first item on this agenda is a request for jurisdiction. in this case, the appellate missed the deadline for filing of the appeal and as a result, executive secretary rejected the filing as of late. under chapter 77.5b of the administrative code, the aab may grant lee jurisdiction if they find that her appeal was due to mr. presentation, mistake, or other error on the part of the city. under this first agenda item, the aab will consider the request and each party will be given three minutes to make their case as to why jurisdiction should or should not be granted. at this time, the aab will not consider the merits of the appe

in my home state of emergency, the president -- new jersey, the president of 11 of new jersey's community college in consultation with the board of trustees sent a letter saying, help pass the dream act. a letter signed by the presidents of community colleges in burlington, camden, cumberland, mercer middlesex, and unix counties. one of the board of trustees said in an article although the dream act is federal legislation, many of us felt it was important to the state's community colleges to take a stand as a system is often the first opt for many of these -- stop for many of these students whose eligibility limits their higher education choices. our role is to educate our students. our role is not to engage in immigration policy. they want to see the dream act become a reality. i received a letter from rutger's university president, he said, and i quote, young people who have grown-up in new jersey, earned good grades in our high schools, taken an active part in their civic life, however because of their undocumented status cannot take the next steps toward a rewarding future. a future that would help our state and those stat

turns out henry lackey and george dale are friends and serve on the board of mississippi college together. you get all of that and you get to mildew g3 days later approaching judge lackey who baldoucci looks upon him as his mentor and as one very prominent member of the are said to me later, he said i can't understand what motivated henry lackey to through this young man, baldoucci, under the bus in order to get scruggs because from that moment on, it was never, ever any offer of money to henry lackey. the thing had happened. henry lackey waited for two weeks before he reported to the federal authorities and the decanter interested then and there is certainly an indication that not all of the federal prosecutor's fault very highly of dick scruggs either. this is a guy that is a lightning rod. he's a powerful guy with powerful enemies. lackey tries to began to tape some of the conversations with baldoucci on the phone, but the system doesn't work. they bring in the fbi and a lawyer of his phone, and there are a series of telephone conversations between judge lackey and baldoucci. nothing h

two about dominance on the night the cincinnati bengals did get on the board first but things went swiftly dunhill from troy polamalu against his former us see college teammate carson palmer taking the interception forty five yards to tie the game at seven somewhat surprising the pittsburgh defense getting into the end zone twice while they're all fans feel to not a single t.d. lamar woodley again preying on the art of form palmer in the fourth twenty three seven the final score the steelers remain on track for a post season berth. switching codes and staying stateside where the le bron james list cavaliers are free falling in the n.b.a. ranks the oklahoma city thunder handing cleveland and if straight losses a streak that previously managed to avoid since two thousand and three the op on coming oklahoma team seemingly working on their highlight reel to start the contest rant for a game high twenty five getting a good person points with efforts like this one james harden helped facilitate that effort before the reserve guard decided to take to the skies and sell the crowd witnessing a dunk fest in the first thirty one thirty team to the thunder at t

college. and. >> there is a generation and across the board, realizing that there is a responsibility at this point. >> four schools including his own are receiving goods. >> so there is what is the vast majority of the students are not lead reeding at grade level. the idea to get book that's will engage them. and some kids got a piece inside of their presents. in richmond abc 7 news. >> and what a great idea. >> thank you. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> from spencer christian, thanks for joining us. have a good evening. i hope to see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, that's more than geico and progressive combined. by a lot. 40 million drivers. more savings. and discounts up to 40%. where else you gonna get discounts like that? call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@= = at 1-800-state-farm [ girl's voice ] do you wa

the murders of a local college couple. >>> he says he is not a hero. the man who entered the school boardeting in florida said was going through his mind. >>> cleanup from our first >>> well, the winter weather is certainly here. crews spent the night treating roads. traffic moving pretty well along i-270. but it lookset out there. the district cleared the snow from the streets but the snow covered sidewalks could be treacherous. megan mcgrath right now is live in northwest washington with more on what it looks like out there. good morning, megan. >>> good morning, joe. we're seeing a mixed bagn terms of the sidewalk conditions out here. i'm standing on u street. you canee all the way down through this section. there salt on them. there has been shovels. go right around the corner, this is 13th street. you can see we still have snow pack on the road. kind of a mixed bag if you're walking around the district today. the rule is eigh hours after a storm, homeowners, business owners, you are expected to shovel your walkway. you get eight hours to d it but you have to have it cleared. a mixed

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college, first of its kind in america. no city has done this. we tried for years ago, but members of the board of supervisors did not like the idea then rejected it. we did not even get a hearing. then, we got some other faces and learned a political lesson, and they took the lead, and we got a lot more support. supervisors campos and dufty felt this was an idea worth pursuing, and they led the charge of the board of supervisors to make sure there was a fair hearing and make sure the community was part of the process and made sure we got the support of their colleagues to steward this forward, and jose cisneros had been trying to organize this, but knowing it would happen, he had to put the whole thing together, and he reached out to some partners in city bank, and we got some folks in stanford, university stanford university interested -- we got some folks at stanford university interested. all these groups said, "we love this idea." de gates foundation said they were interested in the idea, and we are here because all of that has come together. the notion is simple, and i will not take up mu

given millions of young people the opportunity to get a good education in school and be to go to college. and use their potential. the spring board to the middle class and beyond has been education. it was the promise that we made to all of our people. we as a nation said regardless of your income, we're going to provide you with the best possible education in order to succeed in life. that just -- that is something extraordinary. that no matter what your income, we are going to provide you with a great education. i went to public schools as a kid, i did have a good education. but something has gone in recent years, terribly wrong. and we have slipped further and further behind many other countries. among 30 developed countries ranked by the organization for economic corporation and development, that's the oecd, the united states ranked 25th in math, 21st in science. 25th in math, 21st in science. even the top 20% of our students, ranked only 20% in the world in math literacy. there was another study, i think probably just a more updated oecd study that came out just the other day. it was reported in the "new york times" where ki

to college to be submitted to the california department of education to establish a state schools code and alternate school of choice. >> i have no public speakers on this item. comments from the board and staff? vice-president mendoza. vice-president mendoza: i think this is such a great idea, so thank you. president kim: roll call, please. commissioner maufas: yes. vice-president mendoza: yes. commissioner wynns: aye. >> i did not hear you. commissioner yee: aye. president kim: yes. thank you. we have already heard the appointment of the board members to the san francisco board of education. we are now at item m, which is discussion of the other a educational issues. we have the consent calendar rules of resolutions. item o, vote on the consent calendar. roll call, please. commissioner maufas: yes. vice-president mendoza: yes, except on items nine, 11, 14, 16 -- is that one of the ones? 27, 29, 33, 34, 37, 48, and 49. there was a significant number of resolutions in this packet. commissioner wynns: aye. commissioner yee: aye. president kim: yes. we have a few that a separate tonight. 18 and 36, would you like to take them together or separate? commissioner wynns: j18 is a resoluti

the school board is expected to prove the text books. critics say they don't explain many scientific challenges to evolution and the books are not scientifically up to date. >> american sign language enrollment is up in collegess the country. it's the fourth most popular language according to a new report. sign language professors say the rise could reflect a growing acceptance of sign language to meet foreign language requirements as well as usefulness as a job credential. >> hitting the gym for weight training may help breast cancer patients with a painful side effect. many suffer from a debilitating condition that causes swelling of the limbs. they progressed and slashed the risk by 35%. that was cut by as much as 70% in women who had five or more lymph nodes removed in surgery. >>> another predictor of health is your grades in high school. researchers followed 10,000 high school seniors and found the higher a person's class rank was, the lower the probability the person had a decline in health as they neared retirement. they are working to figure out why performance affects health outcomes. >> good morning. we will take you to the roadways where we have a sigalert. let me show where you that is. we see sl

>>reporter: he and his 2 friends met in college and now more than ever are committed to giving to others. >> whole generation across the boardel in like starting to really realize that we have a tremendous responsibility that the point. >> yes. and we have to starting to things like this. >>reporter: 4 schools including his own leadership are already receiving the goods. >> so we have got books coming to this school. books coming to l here and richmond high school and kennedy high school. >>reporter: vast majority of thoughts students are not reading at grade 11. sought used is to get become to engage and help them succeed. today some of the kids got a peek inside their christmas presents thanks to a lot of people. >> thank you picot you are welcome. >> in richmond, abc 7 news. >> approximately come up here. china high speed rail expansion its zipping right along. as we continue the new record a super fast train has just set. >> plus inspiring 19-year-old who may just change the way you >> plus inspiring 19-year-old who may just change the way you look at your life. >> plus inspiring 19-year-old who maour points from chase y

college. it's my education, my job, it should be my choice. don't let washington get in the way. >>> a horrifying, dramatic scene at the florida school board meeting was caught on camera. a gunman threatened to kill officials. the suspect lay dead in the end. police are looking closely at the tape, trying to determine what happened. the gunman, 56-year-old clay duke, seen here, started addressing the panama city board members just after students left. >> there were about 20 members there. >> then a strange stunt. >> i saw him spray paint a big v and a circle. he pulled out a gun. >> leave. you may leave. >> he claimed they had fired his wife. he ordered all of the women to leave. one reporter turned on her camera. the only female member of the school board snuck behind him and hit him with her purse. he knocked her down, but did not shoot. the board members pleaded with him to put the gun down. after a few minutes, he pointed directly at the superintendent and began to fire. >> please don't. please. >> the shots missed. no one was hurt. a school safety officer fired back and took duke down. the gunman then fatally shot himself. the board members s

investment programs, by cutting the -- the republicans are going to be calling for across the board cuts and things like education and things like investment in collegeuition for our young people. i don't think that's the way you get an economic recovery. i think you get an economic recovery by priming the pump, by investing in things that the country needs anyway like roads and bridges. and over time that will put people -- money in people's pockets, the private sector will feel people coming back to their stores, and buying things, and they will invest then in expansion of capacity and you will get more and more employment. that's the virtyuss cycle that we need to get into. the test is going to be whether the republicans, if they get their way, will actually produce better results. i think it's going to produce a real economic disaster for the country and more and higher unemployment. so we're about to get that test. i'm urging the president to provide an alternative. to stand up and argue for jobs for the heartland, not cuts for things that we absolutely need as a country. host: the job approval for the president, 46 presidents. at this point, ho

the final four with a three set to two victory. >> college hoops, cal women hosting long beach state. denise stalworth led and maria with one of her 11 boards. she had 17 points. 82-56 victory. >> 49ers is hosting seattle. we'll have highlights tonight at 5:00. i'm mike shumann, have a great day. >> coming up, at least nine people have been shot in oakland. exclusive details on the apparent suicide >>> a look out at san francisco international airport. we're told there are delays, flights delayed up to 48 minutes. there are delays elsewhere in the country. we've got delays in new york and chicago. a mess in some parts of the nation. more from lisa in just a little bit about the weather out there and weather around here. >> 46-year-old son of bernie mad was found dead in new york city in an apparent suicide. mark madoff was found hanged in his living room apartment. >>> police say mark madoff's father-in-law found the body in the manhattan apartment. his two-year-old son was asleep in another room. >> he was found hanging from a pipe of the living room of the apartment. >> they said he sent an e-mail to his wife in florida, saying take care

comfortable not from those from boarding schools and fancy colleges but with people who are more colorful, interesting, and frankly very often completely self made. probably the most delete young person in america, his cousin had been president, mary eleanor and had done to all the right schools never working today in his life. why did he choose these people? during the depression all four stood up and actively took on wall street. that is something that impressed roosevelt. explained reversed weekend road to the sec that had the first modern regulatory system as we know it and hugo black subpoenaed said telegram which was the email of the day of everybody who had sent any telegram to washington d.c. in the hopes of finding embarrassing material on corporate executives which he did then use that on the floor of the senate. he was famous by saying wall street and big business were corrupt. jackson went head-to-head with andrew mellon secretary of treasury and one of the richest in the country and attacks fraud trial that put the national gallery in washington but that was the establishment and embody the financial system and douglas just gleefully took on neve

i am serving as the chairman of the iowa federation of college republicans but i am here today -- amidst finals and snowstorms, in an effort to the boardthe hyper partisanship that has been bred by past generations and give my generation a chance to pursue american solutions ahead of partisan litmus tests. thank you. [applause] >> my name is alexandra, and i am a sophomore at the university of new hampshire. i am president of the unh college democrats. >> my name is nick maria, a junior at the university of new hampshire. leader with campus conservatives. last year i yearunh normal, the first drug policy reform organization on campus -- national organization for the reform of marijuana laws. i like no labels because like our founders we understand compromise is the fuel that drives the engine of american governance and renewal -- and is renewable. [applause] >> my name is kaeeer and i am a sophomore of emerson college -- my name is kerry velez. also part of the organization running start to get young women interested in politics. and i joint -- [applause] and i joined "no labels" so we can move forward, instead of backward. >> my name

college application. edward gordon is a strategic workforce consultant who has written over a dozen books including "winning the global talent showdown." he currently serves on the chicago rennaissance manufacturing councils executive board. >> the message here is that we don't want everyone to go into technology and manufacturing, but we don't need everyone to go into banking and communications careers either. >> reporter: gordon says the global marketplace is in the midst of a revolution. within the next ten years he sees the emergence of as many new products and services as were seen in the last 50 years. the problem he says is that we don't have enough well trained people to fill those hi-tech manufacturing jobs. >> they don't even know about these things nor do their parents. that's the people paradox. because for the first time, we have a younger generation coming up less prepared educationally for the world that we have created. that wasn't supposed to happen in the united states. >> reporter: according to the bureau of labor statistics manufacturing jobs increased 118% from july 2009 to july 2010, but hiring during that same period only increased 13%. that, say industry experts suggests that the line between blue

people from boarding school and fancy colleges that he grew up with, but actually with people more colorful, more interesting and frankly very often were completely self made and he was the opposite of self-made. he was probably the most elite young person in america. his cousin had become president of the united states, he married eleanor, who was teddy roosevelt's favorite niece, had gone to the right schools and never had to work today in his life. now why did roosevelt choose these particular people? it had a lot to do with the fact that during the depression all four of these people stood up and actively took on wall street, and that was something that impressed the heck out of roosevelt and helped him to notice of them. so for a long weekend he wrote the first securities exchange act that helped create the modern regulatory system of wall street as we know it. hugo black, as part of his incredibly ambitious career subpoenaed the telegram which is like the e-mail of the day of everyone who did it in a telegram in washington, d.c. for several weeks period in the hopes of finding in there is a material about the executives which he did and then he used the material on