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Good morning on this mothers day. Im martha raddatz. Great to have you with us. We start off with those dramatic new warnings from the fbi that hundreds, maybe thousands of isis followers inside the u. S. Are being urged to kill americans. Military bases nationwide increasing security, our exclusive live interview with the Homeland Security secretary just moments away. First the latest on these extraordinary warnings from senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. Good morning, pierre. Reporter...

We start off with those dramatic new warnings from the fbi that hundreds, maybe thousands of isis followers inside the u. S. Are being urged to kill americans. Military bases nationwide increasing security, our exclusive live interview with the Homeland Security secretary just moments away. First the latest on these extraordinary warnings from senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, martha. In an urgent friday conference call, the fbi director and...

Row lit fest. Near the end of june, watch for the annual roosevelt reading festival from the president ial library. Middle of july, live at the harlem book fair with author interviews and panel discussions. At the beginning of september live from the Nations Capital from National Book festival. Thats a few of the events on cspan2s book tv. Each week, American History tv real america brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago lip done johnson delivered his fi...

Twitter. Washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. This sunday night at 8 00 eastern on first ladies influence and image looking into the personal lives of three first ladies. Sarah polk, Margaret Taylor abigail fill more. Sarah often helped her husband make political decisions. Margaret taylor was opposed to her husbands nomination for president. As a teacher abigail was the first wife to have a profession, and began to establish the First White House library. This sunday at 8 00 ...

Throughout the neighborhood things had taken on a new look. In place of this, this. Blighted backs yards had become flower gardens. Rat infested alleys before and after. Cluttered backyards before. And after. A neighborhood like this can become this. This then is the baltimore plan. It cannot work miracles. There are some areas beyond recovery, but for those areas worth rehabilitating, the baltimore plan can work and together with a program of redevelopment, and new housing public and private, i...

Prosecuted and hopefully by the time we get to vote on this resolution, this issue will be moot, but i think its very important for us to be on the record for this very tragic case. Thank you. First i want to thank supervisor campos for that resolution and say that as a former prosecutor i think its important for all of us to ask this da to consider what is in the best interest of justice in this situation and really stand up for our transgender young people. I have four items today. First item ...

Mistakes of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and we are making the appropriate changes necessary to deal with this situation. Im not just here as a supervisor to bring this to your attention, but as a member of this community. I shop at the same grocery stores, i go to the same cleaners. Whether im supervisor or not, i will continue to run into these residents because im a part of that community too. I cant walk in that community and hold my head up if i dont do this thing right for mid do...

Well. I also experience mental anguish of knowing i could have had a grown child and grandchildren to come, as well as spiritual hurts, although ive been forgiven, i still feel the loss. In sharing my testimony i hope to advocate for women and children who have experienced abortion, as well as the unborn child, which ultrasounds clearly show they are alive, although they cant speak for themselves. If they could, i think that theyd say choose life, just as your mothers did. These little ones dese...

Country, that transgender youth are not important. And i think that with a case like this its really critical for San Francisco and the city and county of San Francisco to take a very clear stand, demanding justice for julie. Taking a very clear stand that we want the district attorney, who ultimately has the discretion to decide whether or not to prosecute julie for simply defending herself, that the charges against this young woman be dropped. Charging julie is not only a travesty of justice, ...

Shows julie trying to run away. It so happens that the girls involved were suspended, but low and behold, the da in this case, Law Enforcement has decided that of the students involved that julie, who has been the tar get of the abuse, will be charged with battery. All the other students were suspended, but no other student will be charged. Its really a case that illustrates the travesty that the challenges that young transgender men and women face in our society. In a recent survey it was shown...