we recently sat down with theresa sparks who talked candidly about her own struggles as a transgender woman. >> it seems like not just in the ten years, really the last three to five years, the acknowledgement, the education and awareness of transgender community has grown. >> it has, and the movement has picked up momentum. to a certain extent sturarting separate from a lesbian, gay, bi community. taking on a life of its own. people coming out now. and people saying "i am this." it wasn't that many years ago there weren't a lot of people out saying, i'm fighting for this, i am transgendered. now, there is hundreds if not thousand of people nationwide now that are out and proud. >> you can watch the entire interview with theresa sparks on our website. >> now to nbc bay area follow-up. a consequence of the shrinking education budget, which has raised the issue ofdiabetic stu. that launched a lawsuit against the state. the state supreme court made its ruling. justices voted ted school ems can administer insulin shots if a nurse is not on premesis. the nurses organization sued to block t

she was the director of human rights commission, theresa sparks. >> [applause] >> dir. of the southeast community facility where is he? there he is. >> [applause] >> i think i don't know where rhonda is where is rhonda? ishii requested i will save him to the end. he's either first or last. i have got to say this lady right here san francisco robin swick is with us this evening. >> [applause] >> and when i say this name people stand wave and we all know who the former it's hard to say farmer, mayor willie brown. >> [applause] >> i have been around the university for a long time. too long. what has been too long but it's been a long time. i can of course number the events of the civil rights movement. i was actually on this campus the day dr. king died and we all cried. you know, in those days all was on university were trying to do our thing. if we wanted to do we could do the big things we did our little things. on this campus i was the first chair of the psu. in many ways oh well. >> [applause] >> we must have some dsu members. now you know who started this whole thing. in those days w

the superintendent of schools you're going to hear from in a minute, he was there, i know ter theresa sparks was there, i was so proud of san francisco in being there because the superintendent, he's, you can tell he's a teacher because he took control of that room. there was a thousand people in that room, he had them all raise their hands to quiet them down, it was beautiful. you could see the teacher in him. but i was so proud of being in san francisco because the kids -- kids are kids -- they were warned, you need to be respectful, you need to be respectful of the children that are being depicted in this film, please don't laugh at inappropriate moments, that kind of thing, and the kids were great. the kids were silent and crying when things were really tough and when things were going well for the kids depicted in the film they were cheering. it was a really, really wonderful moment. it was a wonderful way to start off this summit. i'm sure our superintendent will be talking about that. so i want to turn to him, our wonderful san francisco suplt of schools, richard karutz is here with u

in a city that produces dynamic leaders and trailblazers of social causes, theresa sparks fits right in. not in her previous life as a man but as a transgender woman. >> i have pictures of myself in my former incarnation with my family. i'm still the dad, you know. my kids still call me dad. my grandkids call me teresa, and i'm not sure whether they can get to the granddad part. but i don't deny who i was. i never have flefnever denied w was because that's who i am. >> who she is a driving force in san francisco, the head of the human rights commission, and former president of the high profile police commission, but like many in the lgbt community, she came here for a fresh start. >> it is pretty amazing, very successful business person you were as a man, coached your son's football teams, i believe, smoked cigars. >> harley. >> rode your harley, all the manly things. as you were doing those things, were you confused at the end of the day? >> i think most transgender people believe from the beginning that there's something wrong. something's not right. they don't know what it is. i d

more than 4,000 lightening strikes have sparked 45 new fires here in northern california. theresa garcia, cbs news near yosemite national park. >>> this morning flash flood warnings are posted for the colorado springs area. a slow moving storm dumped up to three inches of rain there creating a flood wave that rushed through the area yesterday. besides the heavy rain, there was coin sized hail. there have been several rescues and several roadways closed. >>> this morning the united nations reports more than 1 million children have fled the violence in syria. that's nearly half the registered refugees. most of them are under the age of 11. some 7,000 children have been killed in the civil war. meanwhile, the syrian government blames the alleged use of chemical weapons on foreign fighters amid increasing calls for international inspections. jericka duncan reports. >> reporter: ban ki-moon is pushing the syrian government to allow u.s. investigators to investigate. >> i have called on the syrian government to extend the full cooperation so that the mission can investigate this most re

sparked the fire august 7th. winds and dry conditions have been fueling the flames, but firefighters say they are optimistic and that they're making progress. theresa garcia cbs news. >>> double amputee pistorius ap south african court today. pistorius was formally charged with killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. they say pistorius shot her at his home but he says he thought she was an intruder. the trial is scheduled for march 3rd. if convicted, he could face life in prison. >>> a sentencing hearing is scheduled today for sergeant robert bales, the soldier who admitted killing 16 civilians in afghanistan. bales pleaded guilty in june to a predawn shooting spree at twoville los angeles back in 012. by pleading guilty bales avoided the death penalty. >>> embattled san diego mayor bob filner is expected to return to work today after two weeks of behavior therapy. more than a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment. as carter evans reports, efforts to remove filner from office are intensifying. >> reporter: the drive to recall san diego mayor bob filner is officially underway. >> our petitions for recall are here. >> reporter: on the eve of