four, i m alex savidge. and i m cristina rendon. now that the district is trying to deal with the budget deficit that they say will likely lead to closures. paul chambers joins us live from the newsroom with more on how the community is responding to these proposed cuts. reporter: more than $21 million in cuts were proposed today, something the district says is necessary for it to survive. the board listened to hundreds of upset and passionate students. educators, parents, and supporters who spoke for three hours. but when it was all said and done, the cuts were approved, and the crowd wasn t happy. you are taking every program down? it s up to you, the board, to ensure these programs are not cut in the name of teacher raises. reporter: sund, e union endestrike by approving a new contract which includes an 11% salary increase over four years plus, a 1% bonus, smaller class sizes and a five-month delay over school closures. the delays that the teachers ratified ye
reliable punishments x. if that s why we work so hard to expose that. our look at nonfiction books that have been adapted into films continues with margot lee shetterly s hidden figures. 9 the book follows four african-american women who were integral in devising aeronautic calculations that proto pelled the united states in the space propelled the united states in the space race. the movie adaptation was released in 2016 and every ised oscar nominations. here s the author, margo lee shedder margot lee shetterly, in hampton. physics, of course, meant math, and math meant mathematicians. and since the middle of the last decade, mathematicians had meant women. langley s first female computing pool started in 35 had caused 199 35 had caused uproar among the men at the laboratory. how could a female mind process something to rigorous and precise as math? [laughter] the very idea with, investing $500 on a calculating machine show it could be used by a girl. [laughter]
with the academy awards taking place this weekend we want to look back at some of the authors we had covered on book tv with have the books adapted into the film. first up is just mercy. his book tells the story of walter mcmillan. he was accused of murdering an 18-year-old girl. brian stevenson spoke with us about his book at the miami book fair. here is a look. the story focuses on walter mcmillan. there is a murder downtown young white woman was murdered. after seven months they were putting a great deal of pressure there. i think they decided to arrest someone. they didn t have a crime. it was not the kind of person you would expect. it was having an interracial affair with young white woman. he was arrested and actually put on death row for 15 months before the trial. actually put on death role death row before the crime. and then i talked to his family. at the time of the crime he was 11 miles away and about 20 people from his church and family raising money. all of t