breaking news in east oakland where police say a gunman barricaded himself in a strip mall store. oakland police received a call about a man holding a hostage on high street. police negotiators have been in communication with the gunman and he's since released the hostage unharmed. police say six gunshots have been heard from inside the wss shoe store on high street again. the gunman remains barricaded in the store said to be the only person inside. sky 7 is over the scene live right now we're told the gunman is wanted for questioning in two homicides. we'll update this on abc7news.com and the a brkbc 7 app and here on abc 7 news, as well. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. a young mother was killed in a brazen as the victim's mother

young son and siblings sat in the car with her laura anthony has the story. >> they said 22 shots in her car. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after her 19-year-old daughter was gunned down in front of her in a drive-by shooting, she stood with her 10 month old grandson surrounded by her surviving son and daughter after the family was caught in a hail of gunfire wednesday night. >> i would not be able to see my baby walk in the house, give her some kisses or anything. i just -- we just need answers. >> reporter: two months pregnant, serenity henderson was driving. in the passenger seat and her baby son and teenage brother and sister in the backseat when two cars suddenly boxed them in. >> it was a black car that pulled up behind us and a white car that pulled up on the side of us. the white car pulled up on the side of us and they just opened fire. >> reporter: somehow, no one but

say retu serenity was struck. berkeley has seen an alarming uptick in shootings including weapons capable of firing dozens of shots in a matter of seconds. >> these people never mother nobody. >> reporter: todd walker is close with say rememberenity's d a funeral director where services for people like her are too frequent. >> right now, they shooting innocent people. nobody, they feel like don't nobody care. you know. they really feel like don't nobody care and that's sad. >> they didn't even care about her baby being in the car. we just want answers. she never bothered nobody. she never hurt anyone. >> reporter: in berkeley, laura anthony, abc 7 news. former 49er dana was was was sentenced 15 years to life in

jail today and a mentally disabled woman who had gone to his morgan hill home to interview for a babysitting job. his attorneys say they plan to appeal the conviction. >> in the south bay, the district attorney's office has begun the process of dismissing select cases invinvalving san j police officers who made hateful comments on social media. here is chris nguyen. >> reporter: after revealing 250 minor cases dating back to 2005, the santa clara county district attorney's office will dismiss more than a dozen directly handled by a small number of san jose police officers who were accused of making racist remarks on social media. >> we determined that 14 of those cases we needed to discuss because we could no longer stand behind the convictions. >> reporter: the move comes after the suffers were exposed by a blogger earlier this summer. santa clara county public defender molly o'neil commended the d.a. for taking this step but hopes more case dismissals

are on the way when you have officers posting vile racist k0789s comments on a public website, there is a deep the radioed problem in the department. when you have a racist culture, you have descent officers silenced by the very nature of that culture. advocates say the public should speak out when they see something inappropriate. >> we need that data to continue to make progress to advocate for reforms and really to hold those who abuse their power accountable. >> reporter: in a statement, san jose police chief eddie garcia said the scrutiny officers are receiving regarding inappropriate behavior is warranted and i understand the d.a.'s office decision to seek dismissal in minor cases. he added any officer found to have acted inappropriately would be held accountable, however, the police union has come out against the d.a.'s decision saying quote, we will not stand

for any of our officers to be used as the d.a.'s political football. we will fight if need be in the courts to protect any officer from being a political pawn to further jeff rosen's raw political ambition. the poa added two of the four officers under investigation have been cleared of any wrongdoing and are already back at work. despite the criticism, the district attorney says this is a matter of building trust. >> trying to make sure that everybody knows that they are entitled to and will receive fair and equal treatment under the law. that's my solum pledge. >> in san joy sse, chris nguyen east bay assemblyman rob bonta announced plans to introduce a criminal justice reform bill aimed at district attorneys. the bill would require das to recuse themself from any investigation of an alleged crime committed by a law enforcement officer if they accepted direct contributions

from the agency that represents the accused. >> the proposal will impose fairness in the legal system. we want independence. we want fairness. we want uniformity. and it does this by holding district attorneys responsible for their duties to the public as both lawyers and elected officials. >> the legislation is co-sponsored by san francisco d.a., contra costa d.a. dianna beckett and form ers sasan sassn the bay area got a break from the weather and pg&e after they cancelled the planned psps shut offs. the lights went out for some further north and more outages could be possible over the weekend. amy hollyfield has the on and off story. >> reporter: rob thought his day would start at 4:00 this morning when he would need to urn the the generators on to power his restaurant. local q 707. he got to sleep in because pg&e

decided to keep the lights on in ca . >> it's a good thing for now. i think it's still going to go out possibly. because they haven't told me that it's not going to go out. >> reporter: that's how on guard people are here. even when the lights are on, they still worry. >> it's how we have to live if we live in this little town. >> reporter: a few blocks away in the down town, life hummed along this morning generator free. it was a pleasant surprise for everyone. but even if pg&e decided to shut it off, this town is well prepared now. >> it's terrific to have power. you know, they also have is a generator for the business area of town. >> reporter: even the tourists know how to roll with the issues here. this couple finally made it up here after cancelling five other times because of wildfires. >> we knew that there was pg&e outages all over the state, but i didn't know it was particularly planned for here. >> reporter: that's just how the locals like their tourists,

relaxed and blissfully unaware. they need more of them. >> it would be a great weekend to come up because it's going to be beautiful and we could use the support. >> reporter: the weather here is perfect. blue skies, no wind, cool air. a little smoke here at this barbecue restaurant but only because the smoker is fired up. business is going on as usual. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> all right. with that, let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at conditions right now. >> reporter: >> kristen and dan, take a look, knoxville gusts 25 miles an hour and mt. single digit 9% now. 14% in livermore, 12% concord. we have a red flag warning until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. it's for the north bay hills,

ooe b east bay hills. low humidity and dry fuels, any fires that develop will spread. as you look at the hour by hour wind forecast, they pick up a little bit during the late night, early morning hours and subside but stronger potentially the strongest of the season so far wind event expected to unfold sunday night into monday, sunday morning is when the fire weather watch goes up until tuesday morning. 40 to 60 mile an hour wind guest, 70 or higher with critical to extreme fire weather conditions expected. i'll be back with an hour by hour look coming up. >> thank you. now to the latest coronavirus news, global cases have topped 41.5 million according to johns hopkins. today remdesivir is the first drug approved by the fda as a covid-19 treatment. the anti viral drug is from gilead sciences. weekly jobless claims last week were historically high at 787,000. while the fda took a big step

forward today in the effort to formalize the process to release a coronavirus vaccine, a committee that advices the agency on whether drugs, therapeutics and vaccines should be approved held an hour's long meeting. they listened to detailed presentations on what's known about covid-19 and what requirements must be met for a vaccine to be approved there are nearly a dozen vaccines in phase three trials all around the world. a turkey that terrorized an oakland neighborhood for months has a new home. gerald was captured in the rose garden this morning. wildlife officials have been after him for months because the turkey had become increasingly aggressive. shortly after his capture, gerald was released into the wild in the east bay hills. >> off he goes. well, our america living while black today honoring the past while working for a better future. final showdown, the stakes are high as the presidential candidates face-off in the final debate before the election and

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before election day but after more than 30 million americans have already voted it will feature new rules. each candidate's microphone will be muted for twoopponent's respe moderator's question. you can watch them go head-to-head. the debate begins at 6:00 p.m. here on abc 7. >> we'll stay with the election for another few moments. most eligible young voters across the united states don't vote, especially in california. fewer than half the people between 18 and 24 voted in the last two presidential elections. now in the midst of a pandemic, the push to the polls has more challenges. here is stephanie sear ierra. >> reporter: emanuel can't wait to vote. at 17 he's preregistered doing what he can to push holder friends to the polls. >> so much that we are deciding right now on the policy choices that are being made now don't

just affect us for the next four years or the next four decades but they affect us for the next four generations. >> reporter: he is a model example of a dedicated young voter. abc 7's analysis of voter registration data, shows only 42% of young people in california ages 18 to 24 cast their vote in the 2016 presidential election. that's slightly below the national average for that age group. it was even worse in 2012. >> a lot of people also feel that these elections don't necessarily affect them. >> reporter: according to our analysis, the main reasons eligible young voters didn't vote in 2016 are either because they didn't like the candidate, were too busy, out of town or felt their vote didn't matter. not surprising to priscilla, a 20-year-old college student studying political science. >> we have to hammer in that this is kind of a privilege that we get to have such a voice in our own governments and it's not something that happens in every

single country. >> reporter: abc 7's analysis found young voters in california were 26% less likely to vote in 2016 compared to all other ages. nicole a volunteer with the san francisco volunteer party expects it could be worse this year as voter registration booths aren't present on college campuses. >> i think given the circumstances with the pandemic and not having those booths, the young voters are missing out specifically in that demographic are missing out on a lot of resources. >> reporter: but if you ask him. >> this isn't a joke anymore. >> reporter: there is still hope. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> for more information on the 2020 election, abc7news.com and mail in ballot versus in person voting information and key dates and deadlines for you there on the site. the gap is leaving the mall. the san francisco based company says it's closing 220 gap stores by early 2024. it's also shuttering 130 banana

republic stores. the moves are part of a three-year plan that will see gap focus on outlets in the e commerce business. while some stores are struggling, lids is opening a new location at pier 39. the athletic headwear retailer said it will be the largest store to date and eighth location in san francisco. the coronavirus pandemic is prompting macy's to forgo a christmas tradition. they announced santa won't be greeting kids at the santa land attractions inside the stores in san francisco, chicago and new york. instead, macy's will offer a free online experience where families can play games and get a virtual tour of santa's workshop. another example how we are adjusting in this pandemic. all right. enjoying the slightly cooler and less windy conditions now. sandhya. >> it's cooler and you can feel the change in the air dan and kristen. take a look at the live picture.

you are seeing the sun but it's a little hazy over downtown san francisco. low 60s in san francisco, 70 in oakland and 78 in san jose. really nice and mild. a live look from the mt. tam cam the fog is rolling back to the coast. 83 fairfield and concord. the marine layer came in from the south and showed up along the coastline. now, take a look at the air quality right now. it is moderate in oakland and san jose. good for other parts of the bay area. we're seeing a little smoke impact but there is no spare the air, good to moderate air quality expected the next two days. here is a hazy view from the camera showing you just how it looks right now. gusty winds in the hills overnight tonight. stronger winds arrive sunday night through tuesday and we are looking at a cooler weekend colder mornings next week. live doppler 7 showing you a few patches of sog. it's not socked in among the immediate coastline but has had an impact on the temperatures

down 12 degrees in fairfield as offshore winds die down and 11 cooler in navado. temperatures tomorrow morning mid 40s to the mid 50s. it is still going to be a little breezy over the hills to gusty and chilly especially in the wind sheltered valleys so definitely keep that extra layer handy. you'll need it tomorrow morning. 62 76 santa rosa and low 80s fairfield and 77 san jose and 79 livermore. here is the concern, sunday evening is when the winds begin to kick up. 40 mile an hour wind gust, 50 pi mile an hour winds showing up monday morning you'll notice in places like san francisco could see some strong potentially damaging winds going into tuesday morning. those winds will remain gusty although not quite as strong as they will be on monday. so here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. breezy and mild tomorrow afternoon but through tomorrow morning, we still have that red

flag warning going. cooler afternoon for saturday and even into sunday. sunday night is when those winds pick up going into monday so very high fire danger during this time period as we head into tuesday, still gusty. chilly mornings expected tuesday, wednesday and thursday. i mean, we're talking freezing cold in our inland valleys even though the afternoons will be milder wednesday and thursday. changes are ahead and the biggest concern i think will be the winds as we head into early next week. dan and kristen. >> thanks for watching that for us. stay with us, a pig that's more than a pet went missing after the glass fire destroyed a women with metastatic we breast cancer.rs. our time... ...for more time...

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in sonoma county the smoke and flames are mostly gone from the glass fire. most are searching for what they lost and for some, that includes beloved pets. wayne freedman has more on one family's intense search. >> reporter: the sonoma county glass fire zone, the trucks moving through a charred landscape and signs, so many, many, many signs including this one for a lost pet. >> that's a spring picture. he's a little less fat in the fall. >> reporter: that's sarah talking about the loss of piggy smalls, a 100 pound pot bellied pig. on the night of september 27th, the fire started about a mile away and advanced.

they packed up quickly but piggy ran off as if he made up his own mind sarah said. when is the last time you saw him? >> as we were driving away. >> reporter: the family left the house with no time to spare one hour ahead of the flames that i came back two days later and found nothing. no sign of piggy smalls. >> i don't see any signs here. >> reporter: not a day has passed without sarah and the family wondering or searching for their beloved pig that liked to play with the dog or cuddle up and snuggle or wonder through the forest for the last reason especially they cling to hope. >> i think he's still out there. >> reporter: which led to the hundreds of signs placed by a family that lost its home and must rebuild. this is putting one foot in front of the other says sarah. >> i think looking for piggy smalls is a beacon of hope for us. have we looked under this bridge yet? >> reporter: still missing, the pot bellied pig roughly 100 pounds, if you've ever lost a pet, you understand completely. >> when does this end?

>> when we find piggy one way or another. >> reporter: wayne freedman, abc 7 news. the mountain lion cub rescued from the zogg fire continues to make progress. the zoo posted this video showing captain cal eating meat balls injected with antibiotics. he's transitioning from milk to meat-based. coming up in part four of the week-long series our america living while black, the descendants of slaves preserving and building an their

now to part four of our five-part series, "our america living while black." for many black families in america, the history of slavery is part of their family history. while that past is brutal and tragic, the work and sacrifices of their an ses tcestors is som they are working to honor. one of the oldest occupations is farming but the farms are slowly disappearing. in 2017 farms in california and now 302. they want to build on family legacies. legacies. >> we went from slaves to

sharecroppers and jim you and here we are today. we are supposed to be free and things are supposed to be fair and equal and facing the same challenges that my grandfather were facing despite frankly, black foarmers are an eng dang- endangered species. congress saves endangered species. we can do it for animals but not for the history of black people to save the farm in this country on the verge of extinction. >> what you do is there you go. beautiful. just take your hand and press it down and pull it out. >> it's hot. >> yeah. no, it not hot. >> will scott junior is an 80-year-old fourth generation farmer from fresno, california. the oldest of 15 kids, navy veteran and father and

grandfather he credits his hard work ethic to lessons his father and grandfather taught him on the farm. >> i was in oklahoma. we lived out in the country way out in the country. matter of fact, so far out in the country that they called the place the bottom. we grew our own stuff, raise the our own vegetables, raised our own animals for slaughter. sharecropping is where you make an agreement you'll farm someone's land and give them half of the crops that are growing on it. because before that it was property of the owner, now as a sharecropper, it's property of the land. it was strictly another form of slavery. back in those days, it was them and us. there were some people because the clan, night riders, they was in the area but never messed with us because my grandfather was the kind of person that you

know you didn't bother. >> in search of a better life in 1952 the scott family fled by night on a train to california. >> you know in the '60s when dr. king and malcolm x and other great civil rights leaders, naacp banded together to voting passed was a great thing. it didn't give us the right to loans. it didn't give us the right to moneys and that's what hurt, you know, black farmers. here we are, the oldest occupation in history for black pople is farming. it was a fraction of the justice we needed so i spent ten more

years in congress on december 28th, 2010 the president signed a claims act. i'm not interested in a handout. i'm interested to be treated as a black farmer with dignity and respect. this is a sore spot because there is not enough young people, young blacks interested in being full-time farmers. >> in 1920 there were 950,000 black farmers in the united states compared to 5.5 million white farmers. today, black farmers are just 1% of the farming population. about 45,000 black farmers out of 3.4 million farmers nationwide. >> you know, those who are indigenous to those cultures, we should maintain because that makes us great. you know, there are certain things like black eye peas i grow, i would like to see that continue and i think the young people should contribute. that's one facet of this

country. ♪ ♪ >> at scott family farms in fresno, will junior passed down the farming heritage to his son will iii and then his son. >> my dad made us part of the farming dynamic. my daughter was always interested in growing things and planting her own crops and things like that, you know, and my dad just gave a lot of knowledge to her. >> it was nice he was able to pass down something i could have turned into something that benefits more than just myself. >> it's in my dna. it's in theirs. why i'm put on this earth, we were placed on this earth for something, for a reason. >> the farm's goal is to reintroduce southern specialty crops to help fight obesity and

diabetes. >> we have very intelligent young people. we encourage young people to say you got a backyard, you know, put up you some things to grow. work with the elementary school with victory gardens. we working with other centers to get them to get kids in. we have them come out and do a field trip. hope is the only thing that keep us all going. young people. they pick up the banner. they know it's not right. we need to live in a society where we can live in peace and we don't have to shortchange any one of our people, you know. we're the hope. hope is there. >> next, the keepers of the history often untold. the descendent of a slave and slave owner on a mission to make sure we never forget.

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many lessons learned in school show when the first slaves arrived by vote in chains traded on american soil in 1619. for some black families that past doesn't seem so distant as they work to preserve all history passed down through generations.

♪ ♪ >> there is still people alive who went to schools that were segregat segregated. there is still people alive that remember the signs that said whites only and coloreds only. that's how they grew up. the children and grandchildren of former slaves are still alive. my great, great grandfather was owned for his father. was he treated as a son? i'll never know, but i do know he was owned by him. he was part of his property, listed in the book that had his property listed. >> the history of black americans begins like no other ethnic of immigrant group in this country because of slavery. while most of us learn in school about the may flower, it's the arrival of another ship that marks the beginning of the institution of slavery in america, the white lion brought slaves to virginia in 1619.

a year before the may flower arrived. millions of blacks were enslaved in america until the 13th amendment officially abolished slavery in 1865 after the end of the civil war. what followed were jim crow laws that legalized racial segregation for the next 100 years. it wasn't until the 1950s and '60s the legislation was passed so even though blacks were in america for 40 0 years, they had rights for 60 years and systemic racism persists. >> i'm the descendent of slave owners and slaves. it appears that in this country in the past, black lives did not matter except when they benefitted the white man. so there is a lot to be said and there's a big message to say black lives matter.

>> thompson's mission is to collect and preserve the oral history of the african american community in north carolina. >> she is definitely on a mission to pass on the history and make sure that someone takes up the banner to keep it going. >> 400 years, right, of oppression, 60 years ago, civil rights movement. we have a whole 300 and some years to overcome. [ laughter ] >> so 60 years is a short time to overcome 400 years of oppression. that's why i believe it's the young people, my children's generation, the generations that are coming behind them is going to make the difference. >> coming up next, meet the family that helped build america brick by brick. ♪

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it's pretty delicious. in california, there are currently more than 10,000 black owned businesses employing more than 81,000 people across the state. the family running the nation's oldest black owned design and

construction are some of the most iconic and prestigious building projects and still, they faced racism. they trace their roots back to a slave that learned how to make bricks and build a better future. ♪ ♪ >> my sister is my best friend. [ laughter ] >> i love her. >> we are a kindered spirit. we're identical. we're one egg that split. >> i'm cheryl daniel. president and ceo of the the the nation's oldest black decybsign firm. i'm fifth generation in our business. right now one of the most exciting projects that we are working on is the jfk airport. we are also at the world trade center as a consultant harlem hospital.

pier 42. we're part of the studio museum. darrell is the architect of record for the mlk. that is just mind boggling. she is also the program manager for the african american museum. she's program manager for the obama library, yes, yes. so i am extremely proud of her. >> it feels like a true sense of accomplishment whenever you finish something this important to the nation such an iconic landmark and what dr. king stood for, which was racial justice for all for a if i recafirm lik be designers and construction managers on a project like this is really what dr. king stood for. the first desen dent of our family came here in 1790 as a slave and his master taught him

the trade of making bricks. we believe at some point he received his freedom. he was from the ashonte tribe. he was a builder as a slave and passed the trade of building down to our great grandfather who passed it to our grandfather. >> darrell and i grew up in nashville, tennessee off this campus on tennessee state campus, our grandfather has a phd from harvard from 1936. i feel extremely honored and blessed to have been born with that type of history and that we know the history and people are making history. one day darrell and i are at a birthday party for my mother's god son and we were probably 9 or 10. and we walk outside and it's a small yard and there is a cross burning. a huge cross.

6 feet high. i had never seen anything that. it squarcared us to death and w realized, oh my god, we lived in this little cocoon and now we're seeing that there are people who really hate us. and it was hard to grasp that when you are around the, you know, educated and elite people that we were around and that was the first time that i realized that there was racism and there has not been one day since then that has changed that. >> all the monuments we have designed and built and are working on, all of the fortune 500 companies we worked for, all the cities that we built new faces for, i am still testifying today on minority participation in a city even at this level

because at the end of the day, we're put under a different scrutiny than our white counter parts. >> it has always been an issue, always. right now, my sister and i we're going to put up our running shoes in about ten years so that we have to have faith that there is a future for our business and that we're going to pass the baton to the next generation. aaliyah is my daughter and she is 16 going on 17. >> for a long time, i did want to become an engineer because i was like i want to do what my mom does, so i did but i feel like in recent years, i've become more interested in the fashion industry. i'm going to major in business, but she's been telling me that i should major in engineering still because a lot of engineers end up being great business managers. so i was like, so i'm

considering it again. >> i really feel like the architecture engineering and construction industry can change racism in america because we spend trillions of dollars and it's going to take economics to change, you know, where we are as a country and to bring african americans who has traditionally been left behind, to bring them on par with white counter parts. there is an alternative out there because we're taught that in so many different ways, that there is not but there is a lot of success and that you, too, anybody can achieve >> tomorrow, the final topic we'll explore in our special series, our america living while black is policing. across the country, calls to defund the police are getting louder. tomorrow, what will it take to change?

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newsom made history making california the first state in the country studying and developing proposals. >> i like the spirit of what you guys are saying. this isn't just about california. it is about making impact and a dent across the rest of the country. >> slavery has never received an apology. >> the push has gone nowhere, despite more than a century of effort. congress has approved reparations for survivors of japanese american internment camps during world war ii, native americans and holocaust survivors. >> i don't think it is a good idea. >> reporter: but the assemblywoman says it's deeper than that. >> even though those who live today are not the actual slave holders, they benefitted from the resources of their

forefathe forefathers. they benefitted from racism. they benefitted from having white privilege in this country and the wealth was on the back of african-americans. >> the task force will make recommendations to the state legislature. she says it isn't just writing a check. it could be things like free education, loans and grants for businesses or down payment on a home. >> this country has never really felt that it owed african-americans anything as a result of slavery. and what happens is that we continue to see the impact of it. we continue to see the negative impact that it has on our life in terms of just -- if it's just our emotional well-being, but most importantly our economic status and those kinds of things. >> reporter: the law requires the task force to educate the public about the history of slavery in california and in the united states and the practices of discrimination afterwards. it's something charles henry, author and professor emeritus of

african-american studies at uc berkeley says is vital. >> i don't think we can really have a discussion about any sort of reparations unless we have an agreement on what happened. >> reporter: slavery continued in california, even though it was banned in 1849. in more modern times, school segregation and bussing divided cities and agreements between white homeowners not to sell to black buyers kept black people from living in their neighborhoods for decades. in 1964 california voters overturned a law that banned discrimination on the basis of race and the sale or rental of public housing. >> if you can't buy homes in the neighborhoods you want, then you have less wealth to pass on. so black families have roughly 10% of the wealth of white famili

families. >> this country too needs reconciliation. >> reporter: the city of oakland prioritized an ordinance that will disclose the history of slavery and oakland to the public and establish a voluntary fund to provide education, support and economic development to economically struggling oakland neighborhoods. >> so we started with a series of forms. >> reporter: district 10 supervisor introduced legislation in san francisco. >> when we look at the outmigration, what redevelopment did in pushing our families out and red lining, we're still exist to a degree. we wanted to make sure that we develop the reparations plan through legislation that was going to actually achieve systemic and systemic change. >> reporter: so far he's proudest of action to redirect $120 million from the san francisco police department's budget to the black community, made possible through conversations with the city's mayor and other community leaders like sheryl davis, executive director of the city's human rights commission. >> we had over 20 different

community meetings, heard from nearly a thousand folks around what that investment should go into, what that should look like. so i think in that process we're getting closer and closer to the difference between fixing what's wrong and making reparations, which is really trying to pay back people for the harm that you have done versus trying to fix the system. >> reporter: state and local leaders making moves right now to right wrongs of the past. abc 7 news. >> you can see all the stories from our five-par series our america living while black on your favorite streaming device. download the abc 7 news app and you can go to the our america section. all the stories we're airing this week all thought provoking and very well done. thank you for joining us for this special report on our america, living while black. tomorrow the effort to change how police see and interact with the blathe black community. we hope you will join us.

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