mom and grandpa were out on the hill. just before 7:00 p.m. family sajak was attacked by mountain lion. >> jack being the little ball of energy that he is god a little bit ahead of his mom and grandparents and must've frying in the mountain lion. fortunately it was a juvenile. >> it was a pretty vicious attack, took him to the ground and what is described as biting into the young child. the mom longed at the mountain lion and just before making physical contact with it the lion let her son go. >> neighbor say they have seen mountain lion's before but fish and wildlife say it's rare for the animals to attack people. jack's family thinks the mountain lion was surprised by the boy. according to his family he was bruised and beat up. >> he has a lot of lacerations

bruising all over his body, but especially on his face, and he has one fracture near his eye, so his eye is really swollen, but he's all stitched up. >> they set up a gofundme page to help the family with medical bills. she says jack's parents manage an organic farm and everything they produce goes to serve people experiencing homelessness. >> i know that it takes both of jack's parents working very hard every day to keep the farm running and that they will need some extra support as they focus on his recovery. >> love ones are grateful that things were worse for jack. >> he's a brave, courageous little boy and he is going to come out of it with that spirit intact. >> in the east hearing today from alameda

county district attorney about her decision to reopen the investigations into a police shootings in in-custody deaths. those cases start in 2007 and go through last june. mario gonzalez, who you see here who died while being restrained by alameda police officers in april of 2021. then district attorney clear the officers involved in that case last year. today on getting in stairs i spoke to the da about why she's looking into these a cases. >> we have had the benefit of looking at a number of cases across the bay and some of those cases were closed almost immediately before we arrived. so my team and i felt very strongly that it was important for us to take a look as the newly elected team. >> the campaign was pledging to hold police accountable and yesterday she announced the formation of a public accountability unit. governor newsom during his support behind a new version of

gun safety legislation that proponents they will strengthen california's restrictions on exactly who can carry loaded firearms. >> we are here with absolute confidence and expectation. you can write that check, take that -- with the old phrase, to the bank. i will be signing this legislation. i don't think that, i know that. >>'s bow comes month after a similar version of the bill failed to pass last year. the legislation comes on the heels of the recent mass shootings in half moon bay at monterey park and they foul to take action. >> a bay area mother and son are faces of a new billboard campaign taking aim at president biden calling him to say no to the sites. >> these are people -- places people can go to use drugs under the supervision's of experts to avoid overdose and they could be coming to san francisco. >> i know we've been covering this story from here all the way to canada. >> yes, mayor london breed has

been pumping the brakes on safe consumption sites meaning that the sites are still illegal under federal law. last week she introduced a possible workaround calling on the board of supervisors to make way for privately funded sites. while some say it's the next great step, others aren't so sure. jackie braylen and her son cory, the faces of a mobile billboard campaign in washington, d.c., calling on president biden to enforce the federal law and say no to safe injection sites. the president's own son, hunter, having battled drug addiction. >> i'm appealing to president biden as a parent. quick she is a cofounder of mothers against drug addiction and death. her son has been on the streets of san francisco's tenderloin for more than a decade. now addicted to fentanyl. >> we need to put our funds into intervention treatment and

recovery. my call to president biden and his administration is to not allow these drug sites, drug use sites in the united states at this time. >> the drug overdose crisis is killing, on average, 50 people in san francisco every month. in some see safe injection sites as part of the solution. these are places people can go to use their drugs under supervision in case of an overdose. lydia is the executive director of the project. >> what we know about overdose prevention sites is that when people use -- a safe consumption site or an overdose consumption site, they do not die. >> vancouver, canada is home to the first safe injection site in north america established nearly 20 years ago. it is overseen nearly three and a half million injections in more than 6000 overdoses and no deaths have been reported.

despite being illegal in the united states, a nonprofit in new york city is operating to privately function safe injection sites. a model san francisco could soon follow. >> we all know how to do this. we could put it up very quickly but we want to do it correctly. we want to make sure that there are wraparound services, that there is access to as close as we could get to treatment on demand. >> mothers against drug addiction and death joining forces with nonprofits across the nation to make their message clear. >> i thing in the future there may be a place for safe consumption sites, but we need to build recovery and treatment first. >> but princeton says there's no time to waste. >> would be perfect if we had everything lined up, yes. the fact that we don't should not stop us from saving lives today. >> there is a long way to

here in san francisco before safe consumption sites could be a reality. the board of supervisors is expected to vote in favor of making way for the sites but the city attorney still have to give it the green light. >> what about the cost of the sites and the timing? >> that is seen as another big barrier. under the new york model nonprofits will have to raise millions of dollars for the sites. in speaking with the project, they say that will take time and still a lot to sort out. >> you also spoke with hillary ronen. >> yes, i did speak with supervisor ronan today and she was part of the introductory of this legislation and she said, ideally they would like to see three injection sites established before the end of the year. >> we will see if they can get it done. thank you. san jose's new mayor is having his official inauguration in just a couple of hours from now. they were officially sworn in on

december 29 and has been on the job for more than a month. tonight, this is his chance to talk about the vision for our largest city, the bay area. it begins at 6:00 this evening to celebration of san jose and all it can be with the focus of common sense and accountability. >> turning out to the weather and all that snow in the sierra, the second snow survey was just this morning. first real measurement after a very wet january, as philip station, 85 inches of snow and a water equivalent of 33 inches. what does that mean? 193% of normal for this statewide the snow packed is 205% of average. so we are doing well. let's get a look at what this means. >> we know more rain is on the way. one is on the impact scale. >> the impact scale of one is the storms approaching a

satellite snow. the snowpack means our reservoirs are in this shape barring the rapid snowmelt from the heatwave. on the go to what's coming our way weatherwise in the bay area. at midnight tonight or 12:00 a.m. tomorrow. tomorrow will be a day of increasing clouds where we are brought rainfall late tomorrow night over night into friday. a little bit of a break late friday night before another friend comes in on saturday afternoon bringing more rain. that would overnight saturday night into sunday. a couple wet days coming with us. we recognize that we talk about the little one storms in the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. not a big event but a wet one. more details later. >> coming up, it's been three years since covid hit the bay area and local authorities are going from pandemic to endemic. black history month kicks off today. the unsung lack heroes that look

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>> covid testing sites are closing at the end of the month. >> dustin dorsey explained that while testing and vaccinations are available, this is a step towards moving into the next phase of covid response. >> three long years of covid is

what friday will mark in santa clara county. the day public health officer dr. sarah cody and i was the first emergency order in the south bay. today county leaders announced a major shift. >> we are not here it to say that covid is over. as a matter of fact, the virus continues to spread. >> we are still in the middle of a pandemic but we are transitioning from a full-blown responsible rehab a sense of urgency every day to one where we are adapting to living with covid. >> one way they will do this is by closing all county mass vaccination and texting locations by the end of february. serve 30,000 county residents per day during the week and helps more than 90% of residents get at least one covert shop. >> we saved thousands of lives in this county by being on top of the pandemic right away and getting everyone vaccinated. >> this announcement comes after president joe biden said the national covid emergency will end in may as some celebrate the

side of a return to normal, this disability activist has her concerns. >> when the public health emergency ends, it will be worse. nothing will change for the better for me. >> pill, who uses that they/then pronouns takes immunosuppressive -- due to a reorg -- a rare disease. they want the disabled community to be alongside them when they make these changes because their decisions put everyone at risk. >> i think everyone excited about returning to a semblance of normal need to remember that there is developing complications after an acute covid infection so they could easily become disabled by me. >> we asked dr. cody and she agrees and adds the pandemic is not over just because they are rolling back the response with covid wastewater data showing medium levels in the community, she wants people to take precautions, like getting boosted and wearing masks to be most safe. abc 7 news. >> to discuss this further,

joining me as our abc 7 contributor. as always, thank you for your time. we heard counties like santa clara downgrading their covid response. do you think now is the right time to be doing this? >> i think it makes sense from a numbers standpoint and i want to put a's there. if we look at the numbers and look at the fact that about 90% of their residents have at least one shot, they were the first actually declare the emergency declaration, which i cannot believe was three years ago. and now the seven-day averages between it zero and five. so they are doing a really good job in terms of pushing this virus to be a background disease. truth be told, once these declarations are lifted, what will happen with respect to access to vaccines, to treatment, damascus, whether it's inpatient or outpatient. what will happen to people who don't have private insurance and rely on medicare and medicaid. i do agree that we still have a pandemic to worry about and we need to make sure we are taking care of those who are most

vulnerable because we are still losing americans every single day to covid. >> the white house also announced they will let the covid-19 public health emergency expire, so what is that mean for everybody? >> the big thing that this is going to change, simply put, is access. i mention things like testing, vaccines, treatments, which is all for free. we just heard this announcement that pfizer and moderna estimate those will cost somewhere around 80 to $130, just four times the government was paying for them. how will that affect people who may be do not need a vaccine with respect to testing and inpatient treatment, that's accessible if you have insurance, but we now know that during the pandemic there was funding to make sure there was more advertisement, there was medicaid expansion protecting people in multiple states so people could potentially lose coverage, which has a ripple effect in public health. so i hope between now and may that there is a plan in place to

protect those who may still be at risk. remember, transition to endemic does not mean that people are still not dying. it means that, hopefully, there is more prediction about who's at risk and what outbreaks may or may not happen. >> people have been reluctant to get the vaccination shots, even when it's free. if you are talking about 130 bucks, you know where this will go. probably larger covid outbreaks in the future. >> potentially. hopefully there is a plan to make sure people still have access and insurance to get the shots because the shots will be free if you go through your health care provider. like you mention, if someone doesn't have insurance, which millions of americans do not, that is an issue. endemic diseases include influenza, hiv, malaria, which still kills thousands of people every year. we have to be cognizant of the fact that three to 500 americans die every day. you still have the risk of being in the hospital and there's a chance of getting long covid.

chance is there but hopefully we are able to better control it. >> three years feels like a lot longer. >> we were just talking about this yesterday and that was three years ago. >> thank you for your time and your insight. see you soon. >> thank you. >> turning our attention to the forecast, checking in with spencer christian. pretty nice day. we had sunshine in the rain is returning. spencer: it is. but we've had a nice day, we've had high clouds where the sky is bright. here's a look at how calm the wind is. we don't even have window over 10 miles per hour except at livermore. basically, with light wind and bright skies and increasing high clouds. here's the increase and we have current temperature readings of 54 in san francisco as well as across the bay in oakland. palo alto at 59. 58 at santa clara. at the golden gate the skies also bright but you can see clouds off in the distance. temperature readings right now

or the mid to upper 50's at santa rosa, fairfield, concord. 52 at livermore. one final live camera picture from our rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero. these are the forecast. clouds increasing. chile conditions in the inland valleys. nothing like the freezing frost we've had the last couple mornings. unsettled pattern begins on friday and we could expect rain, mainly light rain and showers through the weekend. on we go to overnight conditions. we could expect high clouds, and they will be increasing during the overnight hours, but it will get chilly and then with low temperatures dropping down to the low to mid 30's at santa rosa, napa, over the inland east bay in the low to mid 30's. southbay highs -- those rather, the mid to upper 30's right around the bay shoreline. those in the upper 30's to low 40's. highs tomorrow under bright brett -- bright but increasingly clear skies. a wide range inland. upper 50's to low 60's in the

north bay. a little cooler in the inland east bay. it 60's and the southbay. we go to our forecast starting at midnight cloudy day with a cold friendly tomorrow evening producing rainfall overnight tomorrow night it's friday with a little bit of a break late friday evening followed by a second wave coming in saturday afternoon and continuing overnight through the day on sunday and rainfall totals by 11:00 p.m. sunday will range anywhere from just over half inch to just about an inch. it will be wet but not terribly wet and we are not talking about flooding rainfall. is the accuweather 7-day forecast. notice that each of the systems coming our way will rank a level one on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact. friday, saturday and sunday, but look how we start the week next week. sunny skies and a warm up with high temperatures reaching into the low 60's early next week, so we start drying out quickly.

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>> 7 on your side's michael finney is here with the headline starting with a story that i know a lot of people in real estate will be focused on. >> absolutely. if you are a buyer, its not great but not horrible news. the federal reserve continuing to fight inflation, but in a more gentle way than in the recent past. the fed board opted to increase rates by a quarter point today, that substantially below the one half of three quarters point. the fed has been raising rates lately. the lower increase indicates inflation is in backing off in shows to the economy still has a long way to go before getting to the feds inflation goal of 2%. there's a new effort to curve excessive credit card late

payment fees. currently fees could be as much as $41. the consumer financial protection bureau is proposing late fees be reduced to eight dollars, and fees would be cap to 25% of the regular minimum credit card payment on that account. they noted that fees for a late credit card payments cost americans $12 billion a year. people in san mateo county impacted by the recent winter storms can now apply for disaster unemployment assistance. those who lost work or have their hours reduced as a result of the storms are eligible for benefit. this is all through fema, the federal emergency management agency. applications for san mateo residents are due march 2. it sounds i go along way from now, but every -- if you ever see those, they can be long and complex. >> good advice. thank you. >> the museum of california

kicking off its month-long white elephant sale known as northern california's largest rummage sale and it's a pretty hot ticket. it has already sold out through next thursday. every year shoppers pack a warehouse in the jingle town area looking for deals on furniture, books, jewelry, art and more. donations are collected throughout the year and new items are added throughout the sale. >> it's a statement to the oakland museum and everything that they do there. and we always look forward to that connection in making the opportunity to give to them, to give back. >> the white elephant sale is open through february the 25th on wednesday through saturdays, it's also open on presidents' day. tickets are available for five dollars on the open museum of california's website, but land ahead because these things sell out quickly. >> still ahead, who's intereste in a four-day workweek? >> who says no? >> just do it already.

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about the officers facing second-degree murder charges in the death of terry nichols. >> are abc news reporter has the latest. nichols, a day of emotional overload. >> this family has endured the unsolicited, unwarranted, unreasonable, unjustifiable and massive murder of grieving their loved one. and at the same time fighting for justice. >> as they bid final farewells to a beloved father, son and brother. >> he was a beautiful person, and for this to happen to him is just unimaginable. >> vice-president kamala harris seen hugging his mother before taking the stage, demanding congress passed the george floyd justice in policing act, which includes reform supporters believe could have prevented would happen to him. v.p. harris: was he not also entitled to the right to be

safe, so when we talk about public safety, let us understand what it means in its truest form. tyre nichols should have been safe. >>'s loss felt as nichols police released the ministry of hr fire -- files of five fired officers seen on video beating him on generates seven. four of the five have records with suspension or written reprimand but none was found to use excessive court -- excessive. abc news obtaining an initial incident report and finding stark inconsistencies between it and footage from police body cams and a surveillance camera. family members of other victims of police violence were also in attendance for today's service, including the mother of breonna taylor and the brother of george floyd. justin finch, abc news, memphis. quick so much to process here today. on our 3:00 p.m. show we had an open discussion about the death

of terry nichols at the hands of memphis police and what it means for policing moving forward. we've seen what we could call a relatively swift action taken by the police chief in memphis and the da by firing some but not all of the officers involved in filing murder charges against five of those officers involved in the beating death of terry nichols. is that the appropriate response to this awful instance of police brutality? i would love to start with you as a former law enforcement officer. >> i think it's absolutely the right response. what the community is looking for is swift and definitive action. it doesn't take deliberation from a jury to realize what the officers did was wrong. so the fact that chief davis took definitive action quickly was the right thing to do. and in memphis or in tennessee, you could do that. had she been chief on the northern department or the department with discovery union it would have been a harder thing to do but i appreciated the fact that she move so

swiftly. >> i agree that the right response. what i'm reminded of during moments like this and on a day where tyre nichols funeral is being held is that what the families want, with the mothers want is for their children to be alive. so the appropriate response is for this to never happen to begin with, and that we are here again is frustrating, it's shocking, it's enraging and it's also an opportunity for us to see what some folks may have missed in the uprisings of spring and summer of 2020. i think there are some lessons to be learned that i hope can move us forward. >> you are so right. the justice that people call for obviously can't reverse time and bring back tyre nichols or any of the other folks unarmed and killed at the hands of police. >> my thoughts, obviously from a journalistic perspective and at a coverage perspective.

i think one of the big things that i and others are concerned about is the relationship between crime coverage and the relationship between police departments in many journalism organizations in a way in which different people are cast in the media, i think that's a big problem. if you look at how in many cases news organizations cast their lot with the access to police departments in the coverage of crime, we think about how these stories and told and how folks are cast and how perceptions are perpetuated, i think journalists really need to look closely at how -- but the impact is of our approach to coverage in the relationship to police departments. >> an emotional san francisco city hall were city and community leaders took a knee to mourn tyre nichols and demand justice. among them, san francisco's police chief phil scott and mayor london breed speaking at

the event saying it is time for an honest conversation about race. >> we have to rise above and focus on what needs to be done to transform this really horrible racist system that has taken far too many lives. >> the group wealth and disparities in the black community organized this event and demanded and end to low-level traffic stops due to racial disparities. in honor of black history month i spoke with artist joe maccoll on mid-day live about his new book called illustrative black history honoring the iconic and unseen and it depicts black heroes both famous and unsung. >> basically what i focused on where the stories that i myself was really interested, curious, that i just wanted to explore. and even the well-known folks who are in this book, the stories that i'm telling about them are not what you expect.

it's aspects of their lives and their accomplishments and their value to our history, to our collective history. but i was really interested in people who were actually pioneering, who were pioneering in their personal lives, who were pioneering in their cultural, personal lives, and who really affected how we think about american culture today. >> really quickly, if you could just tell us what you hope people walk away from as they flip through these pages, they've taken these stories and see these beautiful works of art. >> i think the word i use about black history is still casual. we are still a little too casual about black history. there is still so much that the average american does not know about the accomplishments of black americans. there are many other books out there but this when i wanted to make it accessible and i wanted people to come away with more of

a sense of our contributions to american history. >> the book is just so fabulous. if you would like to hear more from george mccall and learn more about his journey and inspiration, he's appearing at the museum on february 18, the event is free. >> coming up, the goat tom brady retires from football again. for good. we think. the other day a hornets nest fell on my head. it's not ideal, but we'll manage.

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>> we begin with an emotional announcement by tom brady. the san mateo native taken to social media to announce he is retiring from football, and this time it is for good. he announced he was retiring last year on this very same day only to change his mind six weeks later. he played 23 seasons in 17 super bowls, widely regarded as the goat, greatest of all time. some say joe montana, 4-0 in super bowls. i had just wrap my head around, the niners have to get tom in here to fix this for next year. whatever. and then he retires. spencer: i watched and listened to this retirement video. there was a bit of humility and i kinda felt some empathy and sympathy and all that. so, good for you. >> you could see he realized the

magic is gone. this is really it and we will see if it's really at this time. >> nole, the magic would be there in red and gold. take down that video. >> larry for ever the optimist. >> the nominees are out for t 2023 class of rock and roll hall of fame. country legend willie nelson have finds a group. that includes sheryl crow and missy elliott. there are several 80's pop stars like cyndi lauper and george michael. the eligible artist must have released their commercial recording at least 25 years ago, and clearly it doesn't have to be rock 'n' roll, which is always a topic of discussion when we release the list. >> but who doesn't love missy elliott? she's a great one. i was looking at the full list and i got a little excited because warren z bombs on their, not sure if i'm saying it right but my kid loves werewolves of london. she loves that song.

>> i think all the people who are nominated are deserving. i love willie nelson and i think he should be in the rock and roll hall of fame. he's done some blues rock kind of stuff. he did a lot of things with ray charles. so put him in there. >> i'm surprised he's not already in because of the length of his career. but it's not really strict rock 'n' roll per se, it's more overall musical accomplishments. >> willie nelson is the only person on their older than i am. >> i thought you were going somewhere else with that. one of them are near a our hearts. quite salvo four-day workweek. >> lawmakers meant -- and marilyn have created a bill to offer incentives to try out the incentive. it would offer business tax credits to chai a 32 hour workweek for employees without reducing their 40 hour pay or benefits. if approved it would be signed

into law in maryland would become the first state to have an official four-day workweek policy. and i just see some of the boxes upstairs saying, do not let him read the story again. we are so tired of hearing this from him. and often i get reminders on the phone. you will get four days pay, not five days. but in maryland they could figure it out. who says no to this. are you ready? click some ready. we prove during the pandemic that we could do anything. there's always a way. and even in our business that we are here every day, we could at least have people work monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and other people could cover the friday, saturday, sunday show. >> we could help the managers draw this up. >> we could. >> looking at it from the measured point of view if we can maintain the same level of productivity and profitability, why not. >> profitability, productivity, happiness all improve. so see what you have to do.

a wild new movie opens in theaters tomorrow. here's a look at cocaine bear. >> a lot of cocaine was lost. i need you to going get it. >> don't need that. >> let's see what kind of effect that has on them. >> you probably been seeing ads on social media for some time but apparently cocaine bear is based on a true story. with a little embellishment sprinkled on top. the real-life version while a bear to get hopped up on cocaine, apparently it did not kill anyone, thankfully. >> could you imagine whoever in hollywood gets the script, i'm sure they sit around everybody ago, ok, the plot is the bear gets the -- who even wrote this? >> maybe the bear found out cocaine is not what it's cracked up to be.

>> wants to see this movie? i don't know if it will be so bad that it will be good. >> i definitely wouldn't pay movie theater prices to go see that. >> he wants this when at home. this is a streaming only experience? >> yes, sica stop streaming halfway through if you want. >> it's an i

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parent company are demanding better pay and benefits. independent contractors work to improve google search algorithms. quicktake signed a petition and delivered it to google's corporate headquarters -- headquarters. here's more of what they are demanding of the tech giant. >> that's just one of the demands of hundreds of google people from around the country. >> we train the algorithms that would you search for something that your search results will be accurate, helpful and relevant. >> they work from home, something michelle says is an necessity for many of them. >> caregivers, stay-at-home parents. we have a number who are disabled. >> they are also contract employees and many live out of state. >> google employees more contract workers and they have direct hires with 102,000 employees, but 121,000 contract

workers. >> local organization tech equity collaboratives as companies like google it a lot out of contract employees for a lot less. >> our research found that contract workers receive fewer benefits unless pay for doing the same work. >> they say they want what google has promised its direct workers. >> promise a $15 and hour minimum wage. they also promised parental leave, health care, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement. >> benefits their calling for seen throughout the tech sector. >> i think all of these tech companies absolutely have enough money to compensate workers fairly, it's just a trace on their part of whether or not they want to do it. >> they deliver their petition wednesday asking for the higher standards. >> we were stopped at a secured location that we couldn't go any further, so our delegation of google employees continue the rest of the way and deliver the petition for us. >> their hope is that their voices and calls to action will eventually be heard. abc 7 reach out to google and we

have not heard back. curtis along with others say, they will be back. >> a lot of us are depending on it. it's important to encourage the big tech companies to do the right thing. >> a bit of an easter egg to tell you about in the air as a final boeing 747 love washington state as the plane headed to ohio where it will become a freighter. the flight plan took a few extra turns over eastern washington, and you can see on your screen it created the image of the number 747 with the crown in the sky. a lot of plain fans watched, the aviation geeks as they call themselves, making this the most tracked flight in the world. >> how they do that? make a left, make a right, go south,. use a little lecture gas. collect those part of the problem with the 747, it's not

really fuel-efficient. but spencer, we will look ahead to the weekend here in i know you told us earlier to take your umbrella. >> get the umbrella, keep it handy. it won't rain all weekend but there will be times of wet weather. dry conditions overnight as clouds in the basin have warm temperatures dropping in that the mids up her 30's. it will be chilly but not brutally cold. small, bright skies, but with increasing high clouds. hike temperatures will range from upper 50's at the coast the low 60's are on the bay shoreline. to about 62 degrees and some inland areas. a little milder in the south bay tomorrow. looking at the forecast animation taking us through the weekend, thursday into friday morning we will see rain coming in with the bit of a break. saturday, another wave of rain comes in. that continues into sunday. there will be wet weather through the weekend. but as you look at the accuweather 7-day forecast, you can see that friday, saturday and sunday is a level one

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>> tonight on abc 7, 8:00, schoolhouse rock 50th anniversary sing-along followed by avid elementary. at 10:00 soul of the nation presents black in vegas and do not miss abc7news at 11:00. the one hour primetime special plaque in vegas celebrates black entertainers both past and present on the vegas strip. our abc news reporter has a preview. >> las vegas, one of america's playgrounds, but in its early days in the 1940's and 1950's, people of color were only welcomed on the stage. >> how crazy i great entertainers could sell out the show room, help the casino be successful because of those people and yet couldn't stay there, couldn't gamble, couldn't have family come see the show. >> segregation was the ruling vegas as it was throughout most of the country. in this rare archival video, abc news spoke to sammy davis junior about the difficulties he faced.

>> you couldn't get a room where you were working. no, you could work the place, we can even eat in the place. >> performers like sammy davis junior, lena horne and josephine baker all spoke out against the discrimination they endured, but there push for equality combined with a long time of civil rights organizations at the naacp, made a difference. in 1971, change would come by way of an important legal agreement. >> so people at the naacp put together a consent decree in the consent decree demands 12% of jobs and a whole array of job categories for the african-american community. >> that to create -- decree open the door for people like jackie brantley, who became the first black female executive on the strip. >> i was the director of advertising and public relations

at the hotel. i loved being in that spot because it was going to open doors for other black people. >> today, casinos owe black artists and superstars who perform night after night to sold-out crowds, like grammy award winner, usher. >> usher presents las vegas residency. >> to see the type of progress that we in america has as minorities, it's good. there's more that we need to address. bikes you can watch soul of the nation starting at 10:00 p.m. tonight. disney + celebrating the start of black history month with the streaming debut of black panther, wakonda forever. the marvel studios blockbuster nominated five oscars, including angela bassett for best actress. you can stream black panther, wakonda forever now, exclusively on disney +. that does it for this edition of abc7news of four cloud. abc7news at 5:00 is coming up

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