it's the ultimate communication. >> ♪ in america >> brown: from van nuys high school in los angeles, brown, for the pbs newshour. >> woodruff: finally, another in our "brief but spectacular" series. tonight, we hear from attorney bryan stevenson, executive director of the equal justice initiative. >> i was doing a hearing in the midwest. i had my suit and tie on, i was there early. it was the first time i'd been in that courtroom, and i sat down at defense counsel's table as i always do. and the judge walked in, and the judge said, "hey, hey, hey, you get back out there and you wait out there in the hallway, until your lawyer gets here. i don't want any defendant sitting in my courtroom without their lawyer." and i stood up and i said, "i'm sorry, your honor, i didn't introduce myself. my name is bryan stevenson. i am the lawyer." and the judge started laughing, and the prosecutor started laughing, and i made myself laugh because i didn't want to disadvantage my client. but afterwards, i was thinking, "what is it that when this judge saw a middle-aged black man, it didn't even occur

this happened sunday afternoon on mission street and van nuys avenue. the bike slammed into the boy and left the scene and the boy has significant injuries but is expected to recover. >>> and then a child killed during a murder suicide, and he was hit by bullets, and ago fund me age raised more than ? >> both victims were honored at the school last night. mourners sang and burned cancels in honor of martinez and karen smith, who was killed by her estranged husband. smith was a special education teach kwrurp. school's principal said the two worked well together. >> she cared deeply for her students and she was a very good teacher. jonathan, precious, precious. jonathan, precious, precious. he was easy to love. >> a 9-year-old was also injured and is recovering and in good spirits. >>> and then a community meeting from transferring students students from the oakland hills. the district said it could no longer pay after losing funding from the state. the transit agency will try to determine if it's financially possible of transporting these students. the b

police caught him during a low speed pursuit today in van nuys, california.rts of injuries. >>> and a 900 pound manatee is returning home to the waters off of the florida keys. the manatee's nicknamed key 3po and just spent eight months in captivity. he was recovering from a boat strike. florida manatees were recently reclassified from endangered to threatened species. on that note, that's the news update. melissa, back to you guys. >> thank you very much. coming up on "power lunch," the nasdaq hitting 6,000 for the first time. another triple digit rally for the dow. the stox leading this bull run. president trump's a huge tax in kcanadian lumber, reaction from ceos on both sides and a look at what this means for u.s. home prices and a small street that is now america's new billionaire row. we take you out for a ride on that street. all that and much more ahead on "power lunch." but first, much more halftime report after this. online u.s. equity trades... ♪ ...you realize the smartest investing idea, isn't just what you invest in, but who you invest with. ♪ >

trees came down in sun valley, van nuys, and other parts of the san fernando valley. some of them even crushing cars. >> a large sink hole could pose big problems for drivers at the point reyes national sea shore. take a look at photos taken by the marin county sheriff's office. the sink hole is west of inverness. one lane is closed and the sheriff's office warns it may be closed through the weekend. the storm damage is worse than first thought. alameda county tells abc7 news the road won't open next week after all. the road runs between 580 near castro valley and niles canyon and debris is still coming off a steep canyon wall. we have now learned the road likely won't open until sometime in june. farther north, redwood rose is also closed on the north side of castro valley. the ground hasn't stopped moving there as well. the team now expects redwood road to remain closed until at least september. >> a test train of bart's fleet of the future broke down overnight at the lake merritt station causing long delays that lasted into the morning commute. sky 7 shows you a fo

>> a mechanical problem on one of the trains near the van nuys station.t's causing a reroute and delays for inbound and outbound trains. we'll track that as well as any other ripple effects. so far, the bay roads are looking all right. >> easy for you to say. >> a lot to cover. thanks for spending your morning with us. back in a half hour for a local news update. >> we'll see you again for the news at 11:00 as well. have a great day. >>> good morning. breaking news. a powerful explosion rocks the subway system in st. petersburg, russia, on the same day vladimir putin is in town. at least ten people dead, dozens more injured. investigators considering all possible causes including terrorism. we're live with the latest from the scene. >>> outbreak under way. >> the wind picking up. >> severe storms carry through the death spawning deadly tornadoes, hail, and flooding rain. 20 million people under threat today from alabama to the carolinas. >>> not so fast. democrats vowing to block

it is the service we provide as we all know in van nuys 3600 seniors rely on us. they rely on the friendly visit and the cd check. as to their neighbors, their caregivers, their sons, their daughters. that is what makes meals on wheels so special. is that we are really there for the client really needs us and really brings the community together. actually what makes kind of a win-win. between the private and public funding and the leveraging bringing our community and engaging those two really value our seniors, is what it's all about. this proclamation is something that really drives that home, gives us an average and remind all of us how important it is good we do receive 15-20% of federal funding to run our programs in san francisco. so this proclamation in so much. we are so grateful supervisor yee and to all of you and for those of you that will be going out soon to see klein in your district i look for to and we can't wait. so thank you so much >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you for your get we appreciate your service to our senior community. thank you ve