so virgil blossom was new superintendent of schools in little rock. he had just integrated in fayetteville. they only had six black kids up there, so he thought piece of cake. i can go to little rock, show them how to do it. he was a school man who was on top of the decisions that were coming down through the supreme court, through the court system, and he knew intergration was coming. the very week the brown decision was handed down, blossom called together his school board and he told them, we are going to have to do this. we are going to have to integrate, so we might as well just step out front and do it voluntarily. he had some strong segregationists on that school board who didn't run the next time. and they had some concerns about it, but strong-willed man, he persuaded those people that they needed to issue a public statement in may of 1954 that they were going to comply. so they did. blossom went all over. first of all, he had meetings with all kinds of public groups trying to sell the idea and gather information for how they should proceed i

survivors of sexual assault and their supporters gathered for a virgil at stockton university. students at the atlantic county campus are protesting trump administration roll back of tidal nine. new guidance allows schools to use a higher standard of evidence when handling complaints. >> president trump is continuing his social media attack of a democratic florida congresswoman wilson. trump tweeted fake news is going crazy with whacky congresswoman wilson who was on a personal call and gave a total lie on content. wilson was traveling with la david johnson as a long time family friend as the widow went to retrieve her husband's body. both wilson and johnson claim he made insensitive comments. john kelly yesterday came to the white house briefing room to defend the president's phone call. >> if you elect to call a family like this the most difficult thing you can imagine. there's no perfect way to make that phone call. >> reporter: after a day of extensively speaking to the press. wilson said she'll be silent. a spokesperson said it shouldn't be about her and honoring sergeant

acknowledgment that this is going to be a large recovery, a large recovery for florida, texas, the virgil green, puerto rico and the hurricane season -- virgin islands, puerto rico and the hurricane season is not over. it will be upwards of billions of dollars. some want to nickel and dime that recovery which is going to undermine the resilience and the restoration of these communities that are suffering. people in my district that are still homeless and i say homeless. their homes are in total disrepair. they are low-income individuals. any of us remember hurricane katrina, we will certainly realize the difficulty we had with hurricane katrina because we had the right to return that did not work but we in houston house many, many people that were -- >> this hearing is scheduled to go another five hours. we will continue to cover it live online at c-span.org. the u.s. house gaveling in momentarily. beginning work today on rewriting the u.s. tax code under the republican budget proposal for fiscal year 2018. $1.1 trillion proposal. four hours of general debate still ahead and also alternat

julayne virgil, ceo of girls inc of alameda county. "2:27 it really makes a difference for the girls that there's someone who deeply understands what they're going through currently, but also has a vision of what's possible for them in the future, so amber's able to do that." amber serves the east bay community in other ways: she gives marketing and social media training to overcomers with hope tv studios .. which teaches digital media to at-risk youth. and she's a trustee with the alameda county board of education. at the end of the day --- "12:40 it's a great day to me if i've been able to help one person." so for her work as a community volunteer, especially as a mentor to girls, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to amber childress. sc kpix 5. thanks for joining us. "face the nation" is next here on "k- >>> really makes a difference for the girls to know there is someone who understands what they're going through currently but also has an interest for what's possible in the future. >> she gives marketing and social media training to overcomers with tv studios which

just cut the award but i now have 4 feet of books that they were getting me that we will read and virgil -- and enjoy. >> is our home hear we love it.

.>>> the sentencing hearing for army sergeant bo virgil starts today. he pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the energy for -- enemy for leaving his post. he said he left his unit to draw attention to problems in his unit. he became lost then was captured by the taliban and held captive for five years. he worked out a deal in exchange for his plea of guilty and he now faces a possible life prison sentence for endangering his fellow soldiers who searched for him.>>> shooting is being investigated on another freeway. at this time on the peninsula. the chp says the driver who worked for uber had just picked up two people from san francisco international airport just after 11 pm last night they were driving west on 380 in san bruno when the driver was shot in the neck. you can see one of the bulletholes that. another car was also hit by gunfire. the driver was taken to seven cisco general hospital and expect to survive. no one else was seriously hurt. investigators are asking anyone who heard anything to call chp in san francisco. the freeway