they gave money back to the ymca. even mccloud, her school, the negro league players would go down and play a game and donate the money to the school. >> you're saying they did more than play baseball. >> yes. >> and break the color-barrier. >> a served in our armed forces, our country. >> we're talking about the negro league hall of fame. and we've gotalome speci events to tell you about after this break. stay with us. we'll be op this is you shping. and this is you maximizing at t.j.maxx. you shopping, you maximizing. you shopping, you maximizing. get more of the brands you love and the quality you want, and save every time. it's not shopping, it's maximizing. art maximizing today! xx maife at t.j.maxx. >>> we are continuing our talk about the negro league legends hall of fame. and dwayne, you brought a bat. >> yes, i did. >> what is the significance of this bat. >> it was on display at the smithsonian for a while a has autographs from players who ved to be 102 years old. and then i had james tilman and s sonny rand

in the triple digits now for several days.le peopooling off in the pool here at the silver spring ymcare in weather alert mode. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will join us in a few minutes with how high temperatures will go for today and this week. >>> president trump's feud with cratic congresswomen is not ending any time soon. >> it started with a weekend tweet and carried into a rally on wednesday night in north carolina. >> send her back! accept send her back! send her back! >> president trump mentioned congresswoman ilhan omar. the president tried to distance himself from the chant saying after it started he speak quickly to quiet everyone down. >> now when o congresswomanr returned to her district in minnesota last night, she was greeted with a big crowd. u can hear that. they chanted welcome home ilhan. tracie potts is joining us live from capitol hill. the presidentoesn't seem to be doing much to end this week he felt he was "winning it" to fire up his base. >> reporter: right now. now he is distancing himself nrom his base and those chants that happened o wednesday nigh

reporter: 17-year-old kaykel avila is spending her summer as a lifeguard at one of new york city's busy ymca pools remarkable because two years ago she couldn't swim. >> you watch it on tv and know you have to move your arms. >> reporter: she's a graduate of a special phys ed class. >> move them around. >> reporter: at grover cleveland high school, where students learning how to swim also train to become lifeguards with a show of hands, how many of you knew how to swim before starting this program? nobody none of you are swimmers 70% of student come from families that are economically disadvantaged meaning they are more likely according to usa swimming to have no or low swimming ability, putting them at risk for drowning the skills they learn in this class could save their own lives, too lifeguard certification is also a pathway to a well paying summer job up to $800 per week at city pools or beaches >> i'm going to put into my college fund and recently puerto rico had a hurricane and my grandmother and my family over there are really struggling with money so i'm going to like send money ove

. >>> two very lucky kids at a ymca camp not a surprise that will keep them smiling for a good while.e were some hearts, not the queen of hearts, lots of heart. this army national guard soldier hit hid inside the box as a part of the skit suppressing his son and stepdaughter. you can see emotions take over the crowd. the father had been deployed overseas for nearly a year here is a nice fact he's also an alumnus of the same imc camp in north carolina because he worked there. more than a decade ago. >> he was away a year. wow. >> that is so hard. the sacrifices they make. >> thrilled to see them. >>> as we have a look at low clouds around the bay, hazy around the bay but otherwise pretty nice really for today, the numbers are about the same as they were yesterday and things will not be changing too much as we get into the weekend i'm assuming you will take that is good news. concorde right now at 79, oakland 72, san jose 81 and santa rosa at 72. none ideal beach weather, we wait until the autumn for that. because we have low clouds coming back in, a big coastal any offshore. look at th

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18-year-old morgan avila spending her summer working as a lifeguard at one of new york city's busy ymcamarkable since just two years ago she couldn't swim >> you kind of watch it on tv and you know you have to move. >> reporter: she is a graduate of a special phys ed class at new york city's grover cleveland high school where students learn how to swim, also train to become lifeguards >>> with a show of hands, how many of you knew how to swim before starting this program nobody none of you are swimmers >>> 70% of students here come from families that are economically disadvantaged meaning they're far more likely according to usa swimming to have low or no swimming ability, putting them at risk for drowning the skills they learn in this class could save their own lives, too lifeguard certification is also a pathway to a well-paying summer job up to $800 per week at city pools or beaches >> i'm going to put in for my college fund and like recently puerto rico had a hurricane and my grandmother and my family over there are struggling with money, so i'm going to send money over there >> rep

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if you know this area, it's orth of the ymca in that area. we can tell youis is affecting trachk.you've good the sthbound lanes closed now. we have a crew headed to the scene. it appears that the striking vehicle did stay on the scene, but the signicyclist has been transported to the hospital in very serious conditionis at thoint we're not exactly sure how this happened. we're still trying to get details. we'll keep working s thetory >>> this just in. we have a new severe thunderstorm warning for spotsylvania as well as the city of fredericksburg. severe under a thunderstorm watch. this storm is producing very heavy rainfall. damaging winds u gustingp to 60 miles an hour. here's a wider look. most of the rain in northern virginia and down into southern maryland. the d.c. area could getky luc and stay dry. much more on what you can expect tonight as well as storm chances coming up at 5:45. >>> after the president went after baltimore, thecity's youth responded. teens were making mals like this one in two neighborhoods. they worked with local artists to beautify the city. they shoul

all of the money raised for the event goes to support your local ymca. >>> not every fireworks display texas teenager who tried to rob a fireworks stand got shot in the face instead with his own gun. according to harris county sheriff's deputies, the unidentified suspect approached the stand, demanded money. when an employee put the money on the counter, the 19-year-old would be thief put the money down in order to scoop up the cash. of course, the employee grabbed that gun and shot him in the face. authorities say he was transported to a hospital in very critical condition. >>> no one is screaming for this ice cream. authorities are looking for the woman who opened a carton of blue bell at an east texas walmart, licked the top, then put it back on the shelf. apparently she thought it was hilarious but police not so much. well, they say her freezer felony, if you will, could land her in jail for up to 20 years for tampering. the tainted tub was found before anyone bought it. that is just nasty, kids. if you think that's a viral sensation, you go to jail. >> i'm worried that this is goi

. >> the ymca, the ywca, those people can learn about energy and then when people come in they can be more helpful. i think there needs to be an educational component to this so that all of us know a little bit more about - especially since the possibility of this going into public power. the more we talk to people about it, the more they know. >> excellent. we are working with a community benefits team and putting together an engagement strategy. you know, i come at this with my subject matter expertise which is not community engagement. eileen on folks who have that expertise area we do have some consulting services helping us shape this in, in a culturally beneficial way to get good engagement. like you are describing. >> thank you so much. >> i just want to add, with engagement, when we did the environmental justice education, we did the education and talked about with the issues are, or possibilities. talk about each one of the options so you have a dialogue. >> thank you. >> you will hear more about this as we develop the program. >> thank you so much. now we will take public co

so coming up in the 6:00 hour, we are going to talk to the folk from the ymca and the folk from the americaeartciation about why this is so very important to do. the 6:00 hour of "news4 today," stay with us. we have even have drones flying around behind us thing a ma jig > thank you. >>> coming up at 6:00 on news4, it's usually a hot spot for d.c. night life. last nit a scene of search and rescue. 6 >>> about00 on this thursday morning. quick action on the potomac. firefighters rescuing a woman who fell into the water near the wharon >> caught camera. a vicious attack on a street f outside o a d.c. hotel and now police a hoping yo can help them find the teenagers behind this beating. >>> mueller taking the stand. the man behind the russia probe talk with congress in hour'sng lo testimony. lawh kers are botsides are trying to spin it in their favor. it is thursday rning. ank you for being with us. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm jummy olabanji. aaron gilchrist and eun yang have the week off. thank you for waking ups. with u 6:00 is your time. most of washington was glued to the tv yesterd to see former sp

fellow drove us back to the nightand we spent at the ymca.hen we had an officer in our don and hehe name of was from minnesota. he went to the university of minnesota. us that he used to sing with the orchestra. he was in a group and they saying with wes brown. he was a famous bandleader in those days. you can still hear some of his anyway, it just so happened that the westbound orchestra is playing at the palladium in hollywood, which is this huge dance hall with thousands of people there, dancing. orchestra is out there dancing. he said, let's go. us went up tof and in orchestra took their break, he said, let's see if we can get backstage. sure enough, we get to backstage ,nd we are standing back there wes brown is talking to some people, turns around, looked at me and said -- comes running over to him. we stood there talking with him. doris dayme was when was just a teenager and she had that hit song, sentimental journey. that was quite a song. she came walking over. it looked like she was dating the drummer. introduced arneson us to doris

the fellow drove us back to hollywood and we spent the night at the ymca. [laughter] so, anyway. then we had an officer in our outfit by the name of don armisen, and he was from minnesota. and he went to the university of minnesota. and he was telling us that he es brownsing with the l orchestra. he was in a group and they sang with les brown. well, he was a famous bandleader in those days. you still hear some of his music today. so anyway, just so happened that the les brown orchestra is playing at the palladium in hollywood, which is this huge, huge dance hall. thousands of people there, dancing. orchestra is the music that they're dancing to. he said let's go. he and three of us went up to the palladium, and in the orchestra took their break, he said, let's see if we can get backstage. sure enough, we get to backstage and we're standing back there, and les brown is talking to some people, turns around, looked at me and said -- he comes running over to him. we stood there talking with les brown. and right about that time was doris day, just a teenager -- she had that hit song,

this young lady made a little citof the ymca. that is pretty good, zoe!t haoff to you.look at her tv set. hold it up, baby, so we can see it. the 25th anniversary of this. janice is the brain child. you created all of this. this is your brainchild to bring these young mind here people as far as from pennsylvania and new york coming and the dmv, campers from all over. >> absolutely. this is wonderful opportunity for children to use their imagination to just dream big and to problem solve by using recyclable material and to take that summer and toct ally continue learning. >> my goodness. we have a drone flying around behind u they will be learning how to fly drone. a lot of thing they will be learning including working with e american heart association l toearn life saving technique. i've got some young mind right here working on their techniques. you can tell us more, shannon, about whys is important to incorporate this into this convention. >>heoday we are teaching t the life saving skill of cpr to save more lives and two steps. step one, call 911. step two, press hard

counter is before you and it's just a reminder the august 20th meet be will be held at the chinatown ymcaat 5:00. >> anything else? >> we can move on to item 1. the report back from the july 9th, 2019jcc meeting and i believe commissioner green attended. >> yes, the laguna honda hospital the committee discussed the following items. we heard the administrator's report discussion of the patient incidents and change of hospital leadership. we reiterated our sadness and our commitment to support current leadership to ensure the safety and quality of care of patients at laguna honda hospital and necessary changes are made. we heard the regulatory affairs report. we heard about their ethic implementation which was fantastic and they in deed had a lot of green dots that were red a week earlier. added congratulations to you and we approved a policy and procedure manual that was quite extensive and very well done with a lot of great updates. >> a consider for close the session. i have not received public comment for that item. >> is there a motion to go into -- >> a second. >> second. >> all in fa

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jenkins, who was forced out of the white house after he had a sexual liaison with another man at the ymca here in washington, d. c., and he was charged with a crime on morals charges. and i mention that from 1964 today where we are today to pete buttigieg, openly guy, running for the presidential nomination. as you look at that arc of history, what does that tell you? >> openly lgbt candidates began running for office in the united states before stonewall and weren't generally successful, but there began to be successes in the early 1970s. the first actually were in ann arbor, michigan, and city council members came out as gay and lesbian and then ran and won election. then there was a state senator elected, noble, and harvey milk winning election for the board of supervisors in san francisco. so successes in running for congress then shortly thereafter, a few governors by now. there are still, though, have been a kind of limit to that kind of success in electoral and appointive office. so we have yet to have an openly lgbt cabinet member. we've yet to have an openly lgbt vice president o

if you notice the letterhead at the top, army and navy, ymca. this is dated 1918. he just kind of goes through a few things. "it's hard for me to give you my permanent address, because i am in the army. here is my company, here is my unit, here's where i am at currently, my civilian address." he is giving all the information. he is basically following up. he is still looking for a job. really wants to go into the surveying service after the army. he closes that letter, "this army life could be worse, but i very much prefer surveying. very respectfully, private lloyd secrest." he really wants that job when he's out of the service now we find a letter from lloyd's dad going to the bureau of land management. i will go over a couple lines here. "my youngest son is in france, but the war news sounds good. i think we will soon get the kaiser. lloyd does not write very often. my last letter was dated august 28 and he was just a private. he was expected to be promoted, i don't know if he succeeded or not. if he's not in france, if you write camp fremont, perhaps it would b

we have to bring the entire community in, everything from the boys and girls club's the ymca to the community development program, everybody to expose children. what is the greatest thing you can do for a child? to what expose them they have the potential to do. kids don't know if they have never been exposed. i never knew a banker or a lawyer or a doctor other than the family physician, but when i got a little bit older and got exposed i thought about it and realized, the stuttering kid, i can do that, i can do that. kids don't know what they can do unless you expose them. [applause] with regarding is, to education, you in the classroom should be part of the agenda as to what you are going to teach. you should have a say in it. you should have a say in what you need to teach. and i would put the school districts in the position where they could fund everything. look at the art programs that have been cut, the afterschool programs that have been cut, the job training programs that have been cut. how many of you have shopping your school anymore, art programs in your school anymore, how many o

we do a lot of ymca, summer camps this time of the year. have some friendly comp tings betweecompetition. i'm doing th the dunking. >> national water park day. >> appreciate you bringing this. >> see you guys coming up up. >>> a big sunday show ahead, stay tuned. . >>> call it the podcast primary. democrats logging more than 1200 podcast appearances ahead of to to. but will the campaign strategy work? >> here to weigh in is michael knowles, host of the michael knowles show. are we at the podcast primary at this point? >> we absolutely are. totally unselfishly as host of the michael knowles podcast, i encourage conditioned dates and the sitting president to come on podcasts. as you see from 2016 to the present podcast audiences are way up. about 36% of americans had ever listened to a podcast in 2016. today that number is over 50% ap and the audiences skew much younger. unlike in 2016, in 2020 millennials will approach if not surpass the baby boomers as the larger eligible voter group in america. this is important for democrats who rely on t