, she is uncomfortable. >> why. >> she is white. >> make him convince here that harriet tubman was notero, the trick is make mount everest up popular, say it is the second biggest mountain. >> mckinley, man. kennedy: denali. >> they bumped it up a couple thousand feet. >> get them any day now. over take -- >> did you read the book? >> it is so -- did you read it? >> yes. >> so fantastic. >> it is but that is it, i am sick of people writing their novels and memoirs about how much they learned while climbs mount remount everest, after 400 people have done it, we don't need it any more. >> making it uncool. scwhr he die. >> he died in. >> you are so incentive. >> and harriet tubman. >> i blame writers and hollywood for glorifying what is an awful climb. maybe you feel good at the end, maybe you don't. you try to convince others that you feel good, you know how awful it was. >> people, i know with that -- and black nose and fingers, and woo. just not fun. mollie, michael, thank you for being here and joanne, thank you. >> coming up, reptile guy will invade the studio. stay right here for m

those on the east coast where harriet tubman was such a hero, and sojourner truth, frederick douglass, it goes on and on. cincinnati has a way of reminding us how to tell the stories because of the way in which the story unfolded here. gallery, we also have a representation of how a safe house might have functioned. moviee a wonderful narrated by oprah winfrey on real-life drama that took place of the ohio river in a place where escaping enslaved men and women were helped across the ohio river to a safe house. so you get a sense of how people helped them to come into a building like this, and then to find places to hide, such as this cubbyhole under the stairway or this cubbyhole under the cabinet or the cubbyhole under the floor. and hide out there until it was safe for them to embark upon another stage of their journey and find their way to a place where they could settle down and finally live as free men and women. is a majorver dividing line in this region and the nation. it is essentially the mason-dixon line. point sort of the meeting for those across the river and those on the

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and often, harriet tubman was struck by a weight. she was subject to fits and did all this in the middle of having sleeping fits. i would also say that notice, you may wonder sometimes if they had closer change of close, this to the desperate stratagem by the slaveholders when they went away than unhappy, then the sickness. help the disease of running away. and the insidious thing about this is that if the intense to steal agency from black folks as if we have not the ability to recognize liberty from oppression and choose liberty. that was the insidious thing about it. they also said that we suffered from another dysfunction called or keep it ethiopia to does the mind. we apparently broke tools or tried to poison the buttermilk or put ground glass, these racks of resistance and this is a familiar thread in the fabric of our resistance. again it's something that we cannot wait for the school system to teach this area remember, i've given you today there was more than likely something similar in your own family. >> you've indicated th

that was harriet tubman in the 1800s. let me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. >> time for a reminder of our news headlines. hailing it as a great victory, the cerise a party -- the syriza party has won elections in greece. the top priority, dealing with greece's debt. the migrant crisis shows no signs of slowing. thousands of people are still pouring into the continent and being shuttled from border to border. a proposal to try and end the chaos in burkina faso following the coup d'etat last week. the proposal would give amnesty to military leaders who seized power. it is time for some business news. stephen carroll is with me in the studio. starting off with volkswagen. the carmaker taking a beating. stephen: this after the company admitted it cheated tests for environmental emissions on half a million of its diesel cars in the united states. has enteredecutive an inquiry into how software was programmed to report lower emissions when tested by authorities.

quoting hair ret tubman. >> i see a line. and over that line i see green fields and lovely flowers. and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line. but i can't seem to get there no how. i can't seem to get over that line. >> it means a lot. it means my work counts for something. it means that 27 years professionally that i've put into this business means something. >> reporter: born in south carolina, davis grew up in extreme poverty. a juilliard graduate, her on-screen breakthrough came in the 2008 film "doubt," acting alongside meryl streep. >> you can't hold a child responsible for what god gave them to be. >> reporter: her role at a housekeeper in "the help" earned her an academy award nomination for best actress. >> you is kind, you is smart, you is important. >> reporter: but it wasn't the type of role she aspired to play. >> for women of color, this is basically it. i do not sit with 10, 15 scripts in front of me, all lead roles, and i say evenny meany mineny mow. that's not been my option. >> so guess what? guess what? you go to jail. >> reporte

i can't seem to get over that line. >> reporter: but davis was using tubman's words to illustrate lackopportunities in the movie industry for african american women today saying. >> you cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there. >> reporter: to pursue that further, we met up with a man who's been involved in looking at just that issue over time. he's darnell hunt, chair of the department of sociology at u.c.l.a., and the head of its ralph bunch center for african american studies. professor darnell hunt, thank you for joining us. >> i'm glad to be here. >> reporter: the other night at the emmy awards, viola davis seems to have really struck a nerve, which coin sides, incidentally, with the research you've been doing. tell us a little bit about what she had to say and how that resonated with your studies. >> well, you know, i think that viola made a really important point. it's hard to win awards if there are no roles, you know. and that's been the history. it's an industry that's been dom nailtd by white men for generations. and, unfortunately, it's woefully out of step wi

. >> powerful speech quoting harriet tubman there as becoming the first african-american -- or womantress emmy there. and a big week ahead, of course, we have the unga that is taking place this week in new york. and festivities with the pope in philadelphia. >> the pope will be in philadelphia this weekend. don't miss our updates on facebook, wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for >>> making news in america this morning, the pope's visit speaking english to american lawmakers. >> in the land of the free and the home of the brave. >> an emotional john boehner, the pope's arrival in new york city and the crowds on fifth avenue live with today's agenda. >>> a tornado touching down tearing homes and trees apart. the new pictures just coming in. where it's all heading right now. >>> deadly crash. windows shattered, twisted metal. a bus packed with passengers colliding with a duck boat. new details from witnesses overnight. >>> papal frank. a fake francis causing quite a stir on the stre

of harriet tubman, viola davis crossed a very big line in hollywood and made history. >> the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. >> reporter: this was a moment 67 years in the making. >> 67. >> reporter: what did you want people to take away from your speech? >> women of color actress, we sit around and talk about it all the time. we want to get past that line. we want people to know we've been in the game for 20, 30, 40 years, and we want the same opportunities. it's not like there's been a plethora of leading actress roles and you just haven't recognized our talent. there has been nothing. >> reporter: just 13% of female characters on television are african american. 78% are white. >> how to get away with murder. >> reporter: davis won the emmy for her role as analise keating on the show "how to get away with murder." in one memorable scene last stripped off her make-up. why is this woman so important? >> i know women like analise who don't fit the mold but have a very colorful sex life, but i have not seen that on the screen. >> reporter: yet she

viola davis the first african-american actress to win an emmy quoting harriet tubman in her acceptance speech. >> i see a line. and over that line i see green fields. >> another emotional moment tracy morgan's first public appearance since the tragic car accident that killed his friend and left him seriously hurt. he was emotional and funny. >> jon hamm's emmy daughter is over. he's a winner in his last try leaping up on the stage skipping the stairs. jon stewart went out a winner picking up three awards including best variety talk show. stewart saying he misses tv. amazon had its first wins, two statues for transparent" actser in a comedy for jeffrey tambor. both sfoek spoke out about transgender rights. >> thank you for your patience. >> other winners included allison janney, a bunch of wins for olive kiter ridge and also a winner, host andy samburg who kept things moving and funny throughout the night. backstage at the emmys, los angeles. >> something tells me the partying is still going on on the west coast. >> i was happy to see ra jean nanking win an emmy. you know, what does --

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. >> quoting harriet tubman there as becoming the first african-american or a woman of color to win thebig week ahead, of course, we have the u.n. g.a. taking place this week in new york. and festivities with the pope in philadelphia. >> the pope will be in philadelphia this weekend. don't miss our updates on facebook, wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. cades. this is abc's "world news now," informing ins >>> good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. >>> good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> a busy day awaits pope francis here in new york city. he arrived late yesterday and made his way to st. patrick's cathedral for an evening prayer service. during his comments, he thanked american nuns for their strength. >>> the pope has a busy itinerary for the rest of his 40-hour trip to new york city. he'll address the united nations general assembly, take part in a multireligious service at ground zero and celebrate mass with 20,000

. >> reporter: using the words of harriet tubman, viola davis hollywood and made history. >> the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. >> reporter: this was a moment 67 years in the making. >> 67 years, yeah. >> reporter: what did you want people to take away from your speech? >> women of color, actresses, we sit around, we talk about it all the time. we want to get past that line. we want people to know we've been in the game for 20, 30, 40 years, and we want the same opportunities. it's not like there's been a plethora of leading actress roles and you just haven't recognized our talent. there's been nothing. >> reporter: just 13% of female characters on television are african-american. 78% are white. >> how to get away with murder. >> reporter: davis won the emmy for her role as analise keating on the hit show "how to get away with murder." in one memorable scene last season she removed her wig and stripped off her makeup. why is this role so unique for a >> i know women like analise in my life that don't necessarily fit the mold but who have a ve

viola gave a great speech where she referenced the great harriet tubman of the underground railroad, great civil rights pioneer. a great, great, beautiful speech. powerful. obviously well thought out. and yes, there was one person from "general hospital" who said it's kind of like the response to black lives matter, someone saying all lives matter. she's saying, wait a minute, all of us women are struggling as actresses, we're all trying to fight for role, it's not just you, and boy, you got a great role. i don't think it was always so easy for viola. >> jon hamm, eight times, he finally gets it for "mad men." >> seven, and he finally won. i had to hand out the awards on the set of "access hollywood," reading out the names of the winners, it was brutal. jon hamm won the golden globe that year. other than that, he's never won for "mad men," which is an industry favorite, "empire" has 21 people watching it, only 3 million watching "mad men," but "game of thrones" won emmys. how about the win on both sides for uzo aduba? hadn't been done since ed asner in "lou grant" in the '70s. >> thi

. >> reporter: using the words of harriet tubman, viola davis crossed a very big line in hollywood andade history. >> the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. >> reporter: this was a moment 67 years in the making. >> 67 years, yeah. >> reporter: what did you want people to take away from your speech? >> women of color, actresses, we sit around, we talk about it all the time. we want to get past that line. we want people to know we've been in the game for 20, 30, 40 years, and we want the same opportunities. it's not like there's been a plethora of leading actress roles and you just haven't recognized our talent. there's been nothing. >> reporter: just 13% of female characters on television are african-american. 78% are white. >> how to get away with murder. >> reporter: davis won the emmy for her role as analise keating on the hit show "how to get away with murder." in one memorable scene last season she removed her wig and stripped off her makeup. why is this role so unique for a black woman to have? >> i know women like analise in my life that don

that was perfect yet tubman in the 1800's. something, the the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. you cannot win an emmy for rolls that are simply not there. and to the taraji p henson's, the kerry washington's, the the halle berry's, the nicole beharry's, megan goods, to gabriel union, thank you for taking us over that line. thank you. for the television academy. thank you. >> what a beautiful speech. very well done. >> that is for sure. >> that is great. >> you can see that taraji what's motional, kerry washington what's motional. >> you know, why not harriet tubman on the 0-dollar bill, we keep looking for a female to put on the bill. there is a good choice right there. >> wouldn't that be something. >> honoring television's brightest stars that was the the 67th annual prime time m.a. wards on fox last night in los angeles but some are criticizing the show, this morning. >> well, hosted by brooklyn 99 andy sandberg. many are upset over a few spoilers from the show. they had a video mont

to start her speech off with harriet tubman, it was a touching moment.. >> when she mentioned shonda rhimes and making roles beautiful and sexy and leading women and she mentioned some other amazing women in the crowd, what is that about? she pointed out it's all about opportunity. it hasn't been there for these ladies for a number of years. >> i think it's what she said. we can't win awards for roles that aren't there. i mean, i cover entertainment. i can count on my fingers a number of times the black woman has been the sole subject of a movie poster. it was viola davis with "the help." there were very few moments far and between where we have had that leading role. with tv and last season given her, we are finally having these big, big moments that have been afforded to mainstream audiences for years. >> where else still needs the viola davis to breakthrough? whether it's politics, music industry, other saspects of hollywood, where has that barrier yet to be shattered? >> it's interesting you ask that. now that the emmys are gone, what's next are the

she is quoting harriet tubman, but i loved seeing the girl power. going with it and gives her a great bear hug and backing her. that was a great moment. >> that was a beautiful moment. by the way, it was a nice record setting and groundbreaking activity on the "game of thrones." >> i have to jump ooi that "game >> you are never going to. >> amy schumer is photo bombing that. >> is it a photo bomb if you are in the front and hey know you are there? >> probably not. she just crashed the picture. >> looking at every face, is there one face that is like get out of our photo? no. they seemed to love it. >> office a great night for hbo. another show i have to watch is ive kit ridge. i was wing every award. i thought it was an american girl dog called kit kit ridge. >> mill murra and frances mcdor mannedss. >> so many shows that andy sandburg did great. too many great shows te hese days. >> he said he watched half. that was a joke. it took me a second. not that great, but some of them hit and he didn't care. he is very charming. >> very charming. one of th

. >> word of harriet tubman gained new rev lense. >> you can not win an emmy for roles that are not bigger. >> approval for her speech came too at manhattan's jewel yard school which the future star attended for four years, graduating in 1993. >> what she had and always had was just fire, truth, everything she did was truthful. >> richard was a junior faculty member when davis was here. >> truth came right out of here. that's nothing you can teach. she always had that. >> the win last night shows his students. >> what might be possible. and suddenly that could be me up there. and forging the way. it's an incredible moment for students of colorings , and for women. >> she thanked those behind her show, how to get away with murder. >> people who redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading woman, to be black. >> recently viola davis with students and faculty, those who remember her call her vi. they remember the school was less diverse when she was there. dramatic changes since the 90s mean the student body looks much more like america. david and liz. and that's what

that was harriet tubman in the 1800s. me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. [ cheers and applause ] >> you cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there. >> journalist and writer lola joins us now. it is very powerful. and thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> let's talk about the fact that she didn't just win, she won in an incredibly strong here. she was up against so many great actresses. so put that in per executive, the people that she defeated this year. >> they were all heavyweights, and this was the toughest category of the evening, and any of those women were definitely deserving of the award, but it was viola's night. but this woman has been working for over well three decades. she is julie ard trained and a faster on the stage. and this is a culmination of her work. i think it's the academy saying job well done for many decades. >> let's talk about the significance and history of the win. and i think she -- she probably answered a little b

ruth baiter ginsburg, eleanor roosevelt, harriet tubman. susan b. anthony.hat. >> how about huckabee saying his wife? come on. i mean, and then carson saying his mother. obviously, was a wonderful woman. but this was a time i couldn't agree with you more. a time to say something serious and make a point. some of them were quite good. but the rest of them were off the wall. >> sojourner truth. a bunch of people. here's how carly fiorina responded. >> i wouldn't change the $10 bill or $20 bill. i think honestly it's a gesture. i don't think it helps to change our history. what i would think is we ought to recognize that women are not a special interest group. women are the majority of this nation. we are half the potential of this nation and this nation will be better off when every woman as the opportunity to live the life she chooses. >> go ahead. does she have an advantage as the only woman? >> i was going to say that's a summary of what carly's appeal to women is across the country. she's not saying vote for me because i'm a woman. vote for me because i'm

the other hens here are all named after historic female freedom fighters like harriet tubman and ellaer. >> so will chip have a name change? >> don't tell ken but, yes, she will. >> reporter: the official name of her new home is the stone hurst edible schoolyard and don't worry if that sounds ominous. she has been sentenced to life without the possibility of casserole. in east oakland, john ramos, kpix 5. >> the people at the oakland animal shelter want to remind everyone that there are other pets available for adoption. most of them are smart enough, what, not to play in traffic? >> hm. yeah. [ laughter ] >> boy. [ laughter ] >> stay off the bay bridge, there you go. >> with all the bad news that we have to tell people about every day it's so nice to be able to tell people that the chicken is safe tonight! [ laughter ] >> okay? >> great minds think alive. >> order a hamburger in instead. >>> it's 105 at livermore. it's hot inland. we do that five or six months out of the year. what's intriguing, take a look at the numbers. right around san francisco bay and even at the beach, alameda

the other hens here are all named after historic female freedom fighters like harriet tubman and ella. >> so does that mean chip is probably going to undergo a name change here? >> don't tell ken, but yes, she will. >> reporter: the official name of her new home is the stonehurst edible schoolyard. don't worry. she is sentenced to life without the possibility of casserole. in east oakland, john ramos, kpix 5. >> good for chip. good line. well, the people at the oakland animal shelter want to remind everyone there are plenty of other pets that are available for adoption. not just chip, by the way. >> not just chip. hopefully most of them are smart enough not to play in traffic. >> casserole sounds good, too. just saying. >> all right. hey, liza. >>> good morning, everybody. that chicken story has taken on a life of its own. we are going to talk about this morning's commute where you have to watch out for the heat but fortunately, very light traffic for 101 in both directions. this is the bayshore freeway as it runs through the san bruno area. the taillights you're looking at would be n

. >> i love the bob, and viola davis had an amazing acceptance speech with their hairat tubman quote.can woman to win lead actress. there are spill barriers to be broken down. >> you can't win if there's not a role for you. there was great television on saturday as well. your bruins did great. >> my bruins did not do so well. actually -- >> they won. >> i had to tweet josh rosen and remind him to throw to the guys in the blue shirts. he kept throwing -- threw interceptions. i love him, 18 years old, but my goodness he had the yips. >> i didn't have to remind swag kelly. swag kelly found the right players. boys in blue. >> ole miss, blowing out alabama for the second year in a row. >> it was great, great fun. we're here now. great respect for the alabama program. i think we're 42-11-2 against them or something like that. but i've never seen quite in the excitement like this. it's like ohio state, michigan state, hotty toddy. >> what is it like being on the podium. >> i don't know. vanderbilt this weekend then florida. going to be at both of those, very excited. hotty toddy. >> i apprec

is it that hard to say rose rosr harriet tubman. >> one person said rosa parks.n. >> there were some poorly rehearsed a libs there last night. marco rubio tried this joke about the water that i know he's been sitting on for three years. he's done it now, he can't do it again. but you know in terms of unintentional comedy, you have a group of religious conservatives trying to rule america, warning us about the religious conservatives ruling iran. i mean, irony hung itself in a cheap motel. >> i want to play a moment where donald trump was being very serious. >> autism has become an epidemic. the child, a beautiful child went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic. >> dr. carson you just heard his medical take. >> he's an okay doctor. >> your thoughts on that? >> i mean look, i don't know what the vaccine is to make you look like you've been tanned out of the known color spectrum, but i appreciate scientific advice from doctors. they're talking about autism being caused by vaccines and all of

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that was harriet tubman in the 1800s. and let me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. [applause] you cannot win in amy for roles that are simply not there. here is to all the writers, -- awesome people that people who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a , andng woman, to be black to the kerry washington, the tole berry, the megan goods, gabrielle union, thank you for taking us over that line. thank you to the television academy. amy: that's viola davis, accepting the emmy award for best lead actress on a drama series for her role as a defense attorney in the series "how to get away with murder." and that does it for the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. ahead of his first u.s. visit, pope francis celebrated mass in cuba sunday before hundreds of thousands of worshippers in havana's revolution square. born in argentina, francis is the first latin american pope. he is widel

the speech, she talks about that line, opportunity in the business that line, quoting harriet tubmand railroad. i mean, a beautiful, beautiful moment. and certainly, the -- we all sort of felt it was coming and viola delivered. she wanted this to be part of the narrative. she wanted to put this to bed as an issue and she did a great job in her speech. and it certainly was the big moment. >> how about tracy morgan last night, really making a come back and making the crowd laugh. >> making the crowd laugh. it's a serious side of trace circumstance wonderful to see him walk out there under his own power and then, you know, we are all listening. we are not used to this tracy, right? we are used to outrageous, outlandish tracy and i think he sensed that and then he gave us, the oh, watch out at the after-party joke, which i won't repeat, but it was very funny and very tracy. but the serious side of tracy, very emotional, his wife was backstage. he arrived 30 minutes before that moment, so they sort of kept it really under wraps, as secret as you can possibly keep anything these days. laug

. >> powerful speech quoting harriet tubman there as becoming the first african-american -- or woman of color to win the best actress emmy there. and a big week ahead, of course, we have the unga that is taking place this week in new york. and festivities with the pope in philadelphia. >> the pope will be in philadelphia this weekend. don't miss our updates on facebook, wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for

those on the east coast, where harriet tubman was such a hero and sojourner truth and frederick douglass, and it goes on and on and on. cincinnati has a way of how to tell the story, because of the way in which the story unfolded here. in the estate gallery we have a representation of how a statehouse might have functioned. we have a wonderful movie, narrated by oprah winfrey, on some real-life drama that took place of the ohio river in a place called ripley, where escaping enslaved men and women were helped across the ohio river to a safe house. so, you get a sense of how people helps to them, to come into a building like this, and then to find places to hide. such as this cubbyhole under the stairway or this cubbyhole under the or the cubbyhole under the floor. and hide out there until it was safe for them to embark upon another stage of their journey and find their way to a place where they could settle down and finally live as free men and women. is a very, very major dividing line in this region and in the nation. it is essentially the mason dixon line here. sort of the meeting poin

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