most of those went with the ymca. about 100 of them went with the salvation army and were known as lassies at the time, perhaps an odd term today, but these were women who were hired to go serve doughnuts, open huts and canteens for soldiers in the war, and this began a long history of the american military, sending women abroad to entertain soldiers, sailors, germans, and marines, and that is what the book is going to be about, the long history of these programs. this is something that will start a long history. in world war i, these women were typically in their late 20's. they were, for the most part, single, and they were overwhelmingly white. there were exactly three african-american women who were sent abroad to work with about 200,000 african-american soldiers who also were sent to the war. this picture is a pretty good depiction of these women. somehow puppies keep making an appearance here in world war i today. it's hilarious these group photos they have these mascots and these dogs do make a frequent appeara

by a large, the ymca -- well, it depends on the situation. the ymca generally segregated huts. thatimes it operated huts it would allow african-american soldiers to come into, but what you also see happen in those cases is that the military finds out about it and comes in and down toes it, closes it african-american soldiers. the three women who were tasked donuts and hot chocolate to african-american soldiers were, to put it mildly, overwhelmed. one of the best books about this is by two of these women who wrote a very detailed and great account of their service, and they talk about the men lining up around the building and waiting and waiting and waiting, but also feeling like they are there as representatives of all african-american women in the united states and really feeling that weight in a way that white women did not talk about that. they do not write in their diaries, "i feel the burden of representing white womanhood." it is sort of the invisibility of race for them. african-american women see the ways in which these african-american soldiers are treated and all the

yes, rodney and the ymca, and anisha's here. i'm excited that they're going to be implementing great programs that the ymca provides, and i'm looking forward to being here in how long, phil? >> 15, 16 months. >> the hon. london breed: 15 months when we cut the ribbon of the new recreation center and playground. and hopefully, the swings are going to be strong enough to bold adults, too. >> both of us. >> the hon. london breed: thank you, phil. appreciate it. because we are still kids at heart, and that's what parks do for all of our citizens. we want kids to get outside and play. we want adults and others to enjoy our basketball courts and our tennis courts and our rec centers and all that san francisco has to offer. so i just want to say thank you to the voters for continuing to support parks funding every time you see it on the ballot. thank you to the community of the western addition for not only supporting this and being actively engaged, but continuing to support parks in this neighborhood. and i guarantee you that even th

nick stopped by a ymca. >> oh! >> a huge splash. a ymca in sacramento.s got a chance to sit on santa's lap, tell him their last minute gift ideas. they even snapped someho with him in the pool. the fourth year, the ymca posted the event. organizers say it's a great way to kick it with santa without all the hustles and bustle of malls. there you go. there you have it. >> that might be a good place to be. >> good exercise for santa too. he's got to burn all the calories off. >> thank you very much for watching. we'll be back at 6:00. hope you can join us then. >> see you then. >>> tonight, t >>> tonight, the fight over health care is back on after a federal judge declares obamacare unconstitutional. president trump claims victory. democrats promise action. and all of this as the enrollment deadline is just hours away. so what happens now? >>> whoa! >> state of emergency out west. triple threat along the pacific coast as lifeguards on high alert and surfers waiting for more massive waves. >>> a tight-knit community once contro b polygamous warren jeffs now

like ymca. >> the usmca like "ymca", the song. ymca. ♪ ymc [ laughter ] >> seth: oh, boy.et mike pence hear you singing a village people song. [ laughter and applause ] no. [ cheers and applause ] he will attach a car battery to your nads and read to you from leviticus. [ laughter ] seriously dude, you're not the village people, you're the village idiot. [ light laughter ] now, the argument that trump can pay for the wall through a trade deal makes no sense. savings from a trade deal, if there are any, wouldn't go to the government. they would go to businesses. a reporter tried to clarify that with sanders in her press briefing yesterday, but sanders just kept repeating the lie. >> where are the additional monies for this wall going to come from? and why is he asking the american taxpayer for them when he promised mexico was going to pay? >> look, we're not asking american taxpayers for that. the money that would be saved through the usmca deal, we could pay for the wall four times over. and by doing that new trade deal we have the opportunity to pay for the wall. >> but t

world for the ymca. had lunch as buckingham palace and gave speeches all over the world. he was very conservative man, but a big activist as well. those things went very closely hand in hand in the rhetoric of racial justice in the late 19th century when he came along. her mother,ed a linea, when at adi, did among other things -- one of only three black women who went to europe during world war i with the black troops. there were all these hundreds and hundreds of white women who went to work in basically we think as the uso type jobs but run by the ymca so troops were placed to unwinds and so on, before for the black troops, only three black women and she wrote a best-selling book about the treatment of black soldiers during world war i, a book that is still referenced when historians write about the subject today. her mother was ang activist. went for the naacp as a field secretary and her particular job was to go to town, especially in the south and midwest, where the klan was dominant that the black

the ymca has continued to sponsor boy scout troops for decades.adolescents, more or less embedded in the same time. persond to say working in 1880 or 1840. they were working a full-time job. so the 1910s and 1920's, adding middle and high schools, people going to them, not just a rare exception but the majority, requiring children to go to schools, meant they were removing them from the adult communities, the work world, political world. they told children out of those spheres, and programs like boy scouts and girl scouts wanted to try and reintroduce that bridge into adulthood for particularly urban and town and suburban kids and industrial corporate places like downtown memphis. they were not as concerned with for -- rural farm boys because they thought they work, most of them were working on family farms, and for the boys growing up under their father's tutelage. they didn't feel there was a problem. they would have weekly troop meetings at a place like the ymca and other sponsors. or at a church or chamber of commerce, all these places that sp

his early involvement in the ymca, his advocacy for americans with disability act, and his support for volunteerism and service throughout his career are testament to that fact. he called on americans to be a thousand points of light, and he was too modest to say that he and his wife barbara were two of the brightest. our hearts >> the remains of george w. bush made its way. bush to the capital to lie in state.

the ymca has been a long-standing tenant at this site, working with the kids to give them the love and support, attention, recreation, and culture that they deserve, and they are going to continue to be here with us. our partnership with the y is really extraordinary. it's at bodecker, it's all over the city. i am really excited for it, and with that, let me invite up rodney and gary from the ymca. >> thank you, phil, and thank you, mayor breed. the last time i saw the mayor here, we were having a program for kids about sugary beverages. and then, mayor breed came over and spent the better part of an hour with them, being involved with them on a really personal level. and i didn't have such the great appreciation for her relationship to this park, but it was clear in her relationship to those children. and i want to thank you for that leadership. also, supervisor brown, i may be the oldest person here right now, but i was born here. we lived on pine street, and the history of my family in san francisco really started in what we call the fillmore, and now the western addition. so this i

his early involvement in the ymca, his advocacy for americans with disability act, and his support for volunteerism and service throughout his career are testament to that fact. he called on americans to be a thousand points of light, and he was too modest to say that he and his wife barbara were two of the brightest. our hearts are with the bush family today. and, madam president, my heart is also heavy today at another loss. giles perkins, who is one of the top lawyers in birmingham, alabama, and former head of the alabama democratic party. he died of cancer over the weekend. he was a close friend and mentor of one of our friends here in the senate, senator doug jones, who fondly called him the yoda of his campaign. i talked to giles frequently. in fact, just a few days ago, and he was always filled with a desire to do good, a desire that the right thing be done, and a desire to help his friends, doug jones at the top of the list. giles was a booster of many things alabama, and he'll sorely be missed by his family, his dear friend, the junior senator from alabama, the state he loved,

this is the fourth year the ymca hosted the event. with santa without the hustle and bustle or chaos of the mall. that is adorable. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 news tonight. it's "sunday night football night in america" and xfinity sports sunday prime time airs at 8:30, followed by a special edition of "nbc bay area news" at 9:00 and we'll be on again as always at 11:00 tonight. be sure to stay up to date on nbcbayarea.com. download our free app to get the latest on the storm rolling in later today. follow vianey on social media. have a great morning and be safe. >>> this sunday all the president's investigations. michael cohen sentenced to prison, and implicating president trump in illegal tabloid hush money payoffs. >> he directed me to make the payments and to become involved in these matters. >> i don't think and i have to check, i don't think they paid any money to that tabloid. >> this as new investigations emerge involving donations to mr. trump's inaugural committee and to the trump inv

the bayview, the main library across the street, visitation library and visitation vallie, bayview ymca, third baptist church, the western edition family resource centre, the episcopal church to name a few. we also thank the community partners that will help make this week a memorable one. lastly, as families, friends, and communities gather this week to light the kenora, we want to send our best wishes. city hall will light up in the colours and we are very excited for that. thank you very much and have a joyous celebration. >> thank you. i failed to mention, for the first time in 13 years, city hall will light up in the red, black, and green candles. gay. [cheering] -- yes! [cheering] thank you. i don't know what i would do without you guys. thank you so much. we have to move right along because we have to get out of here, and we want to be on time. so we will have brother maleic -- brothernk the drummers for helping their libations go higher. [applause] >> i will make sure this water finds its way outside so can breathe again, and ride up into the sky and may be come back down on our

world's mightiest military once said i got more of a kick out of being one of the founders of the ymcain midland texas back in 1952 than almost anything i've done. what a testament to the qualities that make this country great. service to others, commitment to leaving behind something better, sacrifice in the name of lifting this country closer to its founding ideals. our thoughts are with the entire bush family tonight and all who were inspired by george and barbara's example. from the former president barack obama and the former first lady michelle obama on the passing of president george h.w. bush. i want to bring in now jeffrey enggle, the director for the center of presidential history. he joins us now by phone. i think what the former president is true. a statesman in many ways who was as humble as anyone. >> yes, he really should be remembered as perhaps the last great gentleman of washington, d.c. he really was from another ear a, from the world war ii era but also from an era where you really could reach across the aisle. and even if you just agreed with your political opponen

zachary: i'm at the ymca outside detroit.y phone is face down on the ground, a little under the basketball hoop. i am dribbling the ball down the court and i had just taken a shot and i hear my phone started ringing. and i dig it up and i see it as my mom, and for some reason, i just had a sense this was not going to be good. i don't know what it was. but i said, this is not going to be good. i answered the phone, she spoke, urt, butvery calm, c very calm. zachary, child protective services is here, please come home as soon as you can. i knew that tone in her voice. child protective services is here. i am asking myself, am i going to live to see the next day? really. that is what is going through my mind, am i going to live to see the next day? because if ever at any point she has a moment alone with me and i make it through whatever happens when i get home and talk to them, lord knows what she is going to do, that is what i'm thinking. so i get on my bike and i get home as quickly as i can, and my mom puts on probably the be

. >> i could tell them to walk into the ymca with a bag and they'll do it. >> reporter: today alhaggagi was in federal court to face sentencing for helping isis set up multiple social media accounts on which he pleaded guilty, but the feds say his plans are much more elaborate. they say he hoped to kill as many as 10,000 people in the bay area, even signed up to join the oakland police department so he could steal weapons to help kill innocent people. one of his plots prosecutors say included combining rat poison with illicit drugs, another planting bombs on the uc berkeley campus targeting the dorms. >> i want to make it to the point where every american here like thinks twice or three times before he leads his own life. that's how i want it to be. >> reporter: alhaggagi's family insists the 23-year-old is not a terrorist or even a violent person. a forensic psychiatrist and counterterrorism consultant for the defense took the stand today saying alhaggagi is not a terrorist but more of a coward who trolls online. alhaggagi even laughed at the comment. now the prosecution also showed a

give-away, a joint effort between the nonprofit, the san francisco police department, sf fire and the ymca's urban services. >> really excited. >> reporter: 9-year-old josiah and hisbrother are psyched about the gifts. >> it just brings a lot kids joy. >> i remember when i was a kid and my mom was a single mom for a while and she'd be like i'm not sure if we're going to have a good christmas and then people would come out of nowhere and give gifts for our christmas. >> reporter: care organizer and part-time elf missouri peace green said memories of her own family's financial struggles inspired the give- away which has now become a neighborhood tradition. >> it's a time for putting smiles on people's faces and the kids. so do not worry. everybody will get a toy. >> reporter: and every kid did get a toy. >> i got a football. >> reporter: and a visit with santa. >> bonding and the building up of community as a whole is what truly is the essence of her work. >> hello. merry christmas. >> reporter: in san francisco, kenny choi, kpix5. >>> coming up how the government shutdown is impacting a decad

we could walk into the ymca. >> another target was the dorms at uc berkeley. there a mass casualties. >> they are young little americans. >> [ laughter ]>> alhaggagi applied for a job at the oakland police department. he said he was steel weapons and he was often armed including this meeting with the undercovered agents. >> the plot thickens. alhaggagi explains he bought rat poison and wanted to make a deadly mix. >> we could mix it. with cocaine. >> it's like a white powder. after you make it, you inserted. >> he was distributing isild re opened twitter and facebook and gmail accounts on behalf of terrorist brothers. >> i want to make every american thing twice or three times. that is how i want to see it. >> reporter: when his arrest for identity theft, agents found this suicide note explaining alhaggagi terrorist operations and calling them the deeds and prosecutors are asking he spent 33 years in prison followed by life of supervised release. >>> a cleanup worker at the site of the fire who posted fires online could face criminal charges. the photos and ca

. >> during the spanish-american war, the ymca began an initiative to recruit women. next on american history tv from the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri, historian carrot xoncks it -- cara -- kara di vuic talks about women in world war i. this 50-minute event was part of an all-day symposium. vuic talks about women in world so, on that, it is my pleasure to introduce our next speaker in our symposium

i could tell them to walk into the ymca -- >> reporter: the dorms otuc berkeley, the goal was mass casualties -- at uc berkeley, the goal was mass casualties. >> young little americans who are -- >> reporter: he also applied for a job with the oakland police department and if he couldn't make bombs he would steal weapons from work and he because often armed including this meeting with the undercover agent. and the plot thickens. he explains he bought rat poison and wanted to make a deadly mix. >> he was distributed isil prob gmail accounts on behalf of his terrorist brothers. after his arrest in 2014 identity theft agents found this suicide note explaining his operations. calling them good deeds. prosecutors are asking he spend 33 years in prison followed by life on supervised release. his attorney said he is willing to engage in foolish behavior and claims he is not a terrorist, and not dangerous. court records say he is remorseful and has done some growing up. sentencing is tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> a camp fire clean up worker who posted photos of himself online may face criminal charges.

you could walk into the ymca with a bag. >> reporter: video shows the oakland man talking about his elaborate scream -- scheme of lacing cocaine with my poisoning. >> i would distribute it. >> reporter: and then laughing is a plan to set fires in the berkeley hills and target students living in dormitories. >> they are just young little boys. >> reporter: he giggled in court as a psychology expert called the medi-cal or -- coward saying he was just talking and his actions show he is a low probability of violence. the government said he not only got a ball making guide but open facebook twitter and gmail accounts on behalf of his terrorist brothers to push propaganda. hours of testimony from the expert of his ulnar personality and time spent in the bay area in yemen caused him to feel like an outsider. his family also supporting him in a statement saying he is not a terrorist or a violent person. although he said many terrible things into the undercover agent, amer opened a small number of social and -- social media accounts. he knows this was wrong and was sorry to have spoken as he did. >> a

commanding the mightiest military, president bush said i got more of a kick of being the founders of the ymca in midland, texas, in 1952 than almost anything i've done. david, how do you think bush saw his own time in office? >> well, look, first of all, we should say a few things. one thing, as noted several times, the last of the world war ii generation. his service spans 70 years and he, like a lot of those veterans who fought side by side from different backgrounds, different political philosophies, he emerged from that with a sense of mutual regard, even for political opponents. and that was helpful to him in terms of forging bipartisan consensus in the time that he was president with the democratic congress. he was an institutionalist. he believed in the institutions of government. he served in more high government positions than any other president that i can think of over the years. and he understood it and he understood how to use the mechanism of government to advance the public interest and he believed in global institutions and the importance of them, and the importance of america

. >>> abz 7 was at the ymca's western neighborhood where there was a colorful show celebrating kwan sarated through new year's day. >> it's really about unifying our culture. there are so many things that we don't know about ourselves that, if we come together, we come to know so much more. it's really a great way of practicing our power which is love. >> 30 million people across the world celebrate kwanzaa every year. >>> new year's eve party prep is under way in new york city. organizers are making sure the big celebration goes off without a hitch. >> four, three, two, one. happy new year! >> that was only a test. employees took turns learning how to use the confetti machine in midtown yesterday. hundreds of thousands are expected to pack times square for a rainy celebration to ring in 2019. the police department for the first time will deploy drones to help keep an eye on the crowd. you can watch the ball drop here on abc 7. dick clark's new year's rockin eve. >>> weatherwise, what are we looking at? >> some fog this morning. santa rosa in concord, visibility just over a mile. that

i can tell them to walk into the ymca with a bag and they'd do it and i could detonate it from outside. >> reporter: he is being sentenced for helping isis set up multiple social media accounts to which he pleaded guilty, but the feds say his plans were much more elaborate that, he hoped to kill 10,000 -- elaborate, that he hoped to kill 10,000 people in the bay area and wanted to sign up to work at the police department to he could steal weapons to kill mountains people and wanted to use rat poison in people using illicit drugs and planting bombs in the dorms. >> that's how i want it to be. >> reporter: alhaggagi's family insists the 23-year-old is not a terrorist or even a violent person. a forensic psychiatrist and counterterrorism consultant for the defense took the stand today saying alhaggagi is not a terrorist but more of a coward who trolls online. alhaggagi even laughed at the comment. now two informants are expected to take the stand come january and that's when sentencing will continue. now the defense says that alhaggagi should only get up to six years behind bars. the pros

that they are developing adjacent to the shipshape building, and also to work on the mural at the ymca. they had a workgroup. we had images of the community garden they are developing next to the shipshape. just an outdoor seating area place where they can have outdoor activities when the weather is nice and people can enjoy that community centre. as well as the work began on painting the mural and the wall of the gymnasium. this is being done in part -- in partnership with the presidio. it is almost halfway complete now, and we will be scheduling additional workdays as the weather allows to finish that f. later this year. also, at the end of november, thanksgiving weekend was the last treasure island island fleamarket of the year. complete with a man-made snow. the fleamarket will be dark for december and january and will return at the end of february. last weekend, december 9th, a group of about 70 members of the bay area travel writers visited the area for the annual holiday party. the treasure island museum took a group of about 25 of them to the building lobby for an orientation o

. >>> during the spanish-american war, the ymca initiated a program to recruit women to bring a littleit of home to u.s. troops abroad. in this program, historian kara dixon vuic talked about the women who were sent to france during world war i. she's author of "the girls next door: bringing the home front to the front lines." this is an hour. >>> so on that, it is my

her father's name was william, he worked for the ymca. injected imagine it is a big battle organization with chapters all over the world. and he traveled all around the world. he most famously had lunch at buckingham palace where also he gave speeches in tokyo and other places. he was a very conservative man. but a big activist as well. those things went very closely work hand-in-hand with racial justice in late 19th century when he came along. her mother was known generally as addie. among other things, she was one of only three black women that went to europe during world war i with the black troops. there are all these hundreds of white women who went to work and now what we think of is a uso type job. so the troops replaced to unwind, before the thousand black troops only three black women. and when she came back she wrote a best-selling book about the black soldiers during world war i. a book that is still referenced when historians look. her mother went and talked to the naacp and was called a field secretary. and her particular job

. >> during the spanish-american war, the ymca initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little home to u.s. troops abroad. in this program, cara dixon talked about the women who were sent to france during world war i

to hear sarah sanders saying from the podium that the u.s., cmexico, canada -- >> we're not doing ymcaafta 2.0. >> that that's going to generate revenue? it's just a lot of voodoo. it will be interesting to see if the president eventually fully caves on what is his signature campaign promise. >> jeff, do they tell you their spin with a straight face? or are they smiling? do you see the wink? no, the answer is mexico's paying for the wall, jeff! >> no, there isn't. senator durbin spoke to this. there are border patrol officers who say they do not want a concrete wall. you have to be able to see what's on the other side of that wall. in places like california, arizona -- >> i thought we were building a see-through wall. others call it a fence. >> right. but again, that's why people make the point saying a concrete wall isn't the solution. metal barriers, perhaps, you can see through to the other side, drones, law enforcement. but this notion of a medieval concrete wall from one coast to the other is preposterous. >> the important thing is his base knows he cares about the wall, that he c

. >>> during the spanish-american war the ymca initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little bit of home to troops abroad. in this program,