. >> reporter: harris graduated from historically black howard university where she pledged alpha kappa alphare she blazed a trail of firsts as san francisco's district attorney, then california's attorney general. and in 2017, she became a u.s. senator. >> a child of immigrants, she knows personally how immigrant families enrich our country, as well as the challenges and what it means to grow up black and indian-american in the united states of america. >> harris has said she often draws her words and inspiration from political power house shirley chisholm, the first black woman from a major political party to run for president. >> i am not the candidate of black america, although i am black and proud. >> reporter: only two other women have run as vice presidential nominees as a presidential party. >> i would be honored to accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate john mccain selected sarah palin as his running mate in 2008. and in 1984, democratic congresswoman geraldine ferraro made history alongside walter mondale. >> am

as a student at howard university joining alpha kappa alpha, the oldest historically black sorority.ing weekends protesting on the national mall, during the week competing on the debate team. throughout her career, shattering glass ceilings and making history, becoming the first more than once. in 2010 as the first black woman elected california's attorney general, running the country's second-largest justice department. in 2016, the first black and indian american woman as a california u.s. senator sworn in by then vice president joe biden. now breaking another barrier as his vice president-elect. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. >> we say this time and time again. in 2020, it's so weird to see there are firsts and glass ceilings still to break but she said it best herself. she may be the first, but she will not be the last. >> a polarizing, divided country, but you cannot deny that that is an incredible and big moment in u.s. history. >>> right now on "a

alpha kappa alpha sorority. >> my heart is full. >> reporter: at 7:00 a.m., we'll talk to three of harris' sorority sisters about what it's like to watch their friend of over 30 years shatter the glass ceiling of politics. with your "gma" first look, i'm kenneth mouton, abc news, new york. >>> we have a howard alum on the set. >> and a member of alpha kappa alpha sorority. >> yes. so represent. >>> coming up, new video of snow popping up at tahoe ski resorts. >>> and as coronavirus numbers surge, some stores are putting buying limits on some products. >> there's a big question floating around in california, who will replace kamala harris in the senate? i'm julian glover with what we're learning about who could be on that short list. >>> first a live look, this is the golden gate bridge as people are making their way into town. we'll be right back. there's no bad time to start at amazon... ♪ i like the flexibility. it also allows for picking up shifts. safety comes first, speed comes second. safety. safety. safety. we're making sure that somebody is getting their very important items. it makes me very happy. ♪ look, let's not kid ourselves, this holiday is gonna feel different. but after the year we just had, what if less gives us more? time with loved ones. help for you, and the planet. or simply a chance to kick back and relax, re

she was involved in activism, student government and her sa roarity, alpha kappa alpha. harris has broken a glass ceiling. >> smashed it with a howard hammer. that's a hammer that a lot of alum as well as students are being equipped with. let's be honest about that as well. >> the president dr. wayne frederick knows the family doesn't always agree on politics and policies, but when you go to howard or really any hbcu you find family. >> when you try to explain what that experience is, that black college experience, especially coming from the bay area or coming from a predominantly white school, i feel like you're home. >> abc7news. >> getting attention today, this little girl watching kamala harris's acceptance speech. her mom says the moment means a different future for her daughter and other girls. 12,000 of turkeys. one organization is about to find out. next. definitely on the chilly side i didn't have health insurance - not because i didn't want it. i worried it was too expensive, and i was having a hard time paying our other bills. but now, for the first time in ou

we see her rority sisters from alpha kappa alpha which hearted at howard university 22,000 individual donations alone, so i think this has excited the days that biden was really hoping for women in color in particular. we saw after the debate for example, a huge fundraising haul for democrats because the i think this worked, you know, and i've talked to folks close to her. i think democrs still have some problems with men of color, latinos and black men in particular. they're going to have work to th do with election even after they win, but i think kamala harris has served to shore up some of the basin the fundraising numbers biden was hoping she woultt >> swhat we'll it mean for california if kamala harris becomes the new vice president. >> would beextraordinary not just for california but the whole country. certainly would nancy pelosi as speaker and kamala virris as president, we would have a pipeline to the white house and to washington, but i think in general, really for the country and perhaps for the world, seeing someo like kamala harris, a woman of color, of mixed race disse

alpha kappa alpha is the country's oldest black sorority and from coast to coast the women of aka have been celebrating. >>> more now on president trump planning rallies to push his claim he has not lost the election. >> to get some perspective we spoke overnight to former congresswoman barbara comstock and amanda renteria, former political director for the hillary clinton campaign. it appears president trump's fight ramps up today. does he have any ground to stand on as he tries to hold on to the white house and with only two gop senators even acknowledging president-elect biden's victory, are party leaders simply holding off because of trump? >> well, i think this weekend you didn't see many republicans out there with any specific details defending the president, and the president's team itself has not come forward with a lot of legal information. you saw chris christie, a former u.s. attorney and friend of the president, saying they have to come up with evidence. so today we will see if they have any actual solid legal information, but to date, neither campaign finance lawyers nor c

outstanding to have that leadership a black vice president female and asian and she's also a member of alpha kappa alpha sorority in which i am a member so i am expect proud of her and the entire biden administration so it's just a proud. you know we've seen before americans elect. barack obama we saw what that meant in terms of symbolism for those who are historically marginalized and oppressed in fact but even with those 8 years there were still issues that exist do you feel that that challenge and biden speaking yesterday saying that there is systemic racism there are things that need to change how do you think you can go about by these issues well he's got to bring the country back together because champ spent 4 years tearing us apart and the problems are going to go away obviously so he's going to have to address the systemic racism the police brutality the prison system all that has to be addressed and very quickly just you know trump refuses to accept defeat. all you want i know there's relief now got. to richmond but are you worried that there could be some tension over the next couple of months

she's a member of, you know, alpha kappa alpha, i'm a member of omega si phi. on the hollywood walk of fame, a few blocks away from your high school, do you ever find excuses to be saying, yeah, this is the quickest way, we have to drive past my star. >> i'm at the corner of highland and hollywood, across the street from hollywood high where i graduated and where i walked those streets many a day and night as a youth, never thinking in a thousand years would i be importlized on the walk of fame. so that's how full circle of a moment that was for me. but i find myself driving down hollywood and highland quite often, hopefully getting stopped at the red light on the corner so i can scream out the window, hey, hey! get off my star, sucker! ( laughter ) >> trevor: before i let you go, anthony -- >> before i go, i'd like to show that. we bring up the hollywood walk of fame, my friends george lopez and sedric the entertainer got me this walk of fame ring. >> trevor: is that a super bowl ring for the hollywood walk of fame? >> yeah, this is our brotherhood, man. georg

alpha kappa alpha. the toldest historically black sorority. >> ultimately the final numbers showed, you know, what direction we want to go in and so that is what makes me excited, you know, those -- so with the tears i ultimately shed will be tears of joy. >> reporter: not lost on the generation of women she continues to pave the way for. >> that's very empowering and eye opening knowing that you could potentially do everything that you want to do just because you have an example set for you. >> reporter: and joining us now, three of kamala harris' closest friends, her alpha there in dallas, lorri sadler in the atl and monique poydras is in washington, d.c. and you got, oh, a couple -- a little backup there, i see, monique. >> yeah. that's right. that's right. >> lorri, let me begin with you. what was that moment like personally for you when your close friend walks out on that stage with mary j. blige playing? what was that moment for you? >> wow. it was absolutely amazing. absolutely amazing and what made it even more special was to share that moment with my three daughters. i actually have three daughters, the oldest is a graduate of clark atlanta university and i'm very proud to say it's also our sorority sister. my middle daughter is currently a student at howard university, and actually the silver lining of the pandemic was that she was at home in georgia voting with us as a family for her first voting opportunity and then, my youngest daughter is a high school student so experiencing it with them was really amazing and seeing their reaction and they

uncommon of howard students, she was involved in activism, student governor and her sorority, alpha kappa alphast sorority on campus. harris has broke a glass ceiling. >> she smashed it with a hammer, it's a hammer that a lot of lum have lifted. >> reporter: howard's president, dr. wayne frederick knows the hu family doesn't always agree on politics and policies. but when you go to you what ward or really any hcbu, you find family. >> so when you try to explain what that experience is that black college experience especially coming from the bay area or coming from a predominantly white school, you feel like you're home. >> so, at the end there, i added some pictures of my friends and my sisters, a family there. but i think what we did not -- or i want to make sure we got across to people is you get to experience diversity within black people. we have students from 47 states, over 50 countries, and kumasi aaron is also an hcbu alum hailing from florida a&m university. though this is a big win for howard, it's also a big win for the hcbu family. >> it definitely is. there's so much pride. we have

glen da glover, the president of tennessee state university and the international president of alpha kappa alphaion as the president of aka's two, one of your own, one of your sorors becoming vice president? >> it was a moment of tremendous pride to see vice president-elect kamala harris today. so much pride and so thankful. the first thing we did is said a prayer of thanksgiving, thank god for what he had done for us as black women to bring us this far as the number two in this country of vice president-elect. >> have you had a chance to speak with her? >> i did. she gave me a call saturday afternoon before she went on stage. it was so special to say thank you all that you have done, what it means for america and it was a very, very special moment. >> yes. tiffany, you know, you write about the sort of white narrative that black bodies live in. this is a different thing. this is reversing that. >> that's right. >> how do you expect this to change the way we think about politics and the way we talk about politics over the next four years? >> yeah, let me first say, i know it's awkward when peopl

. >> alpha kappa alpha was founded at howard university where kamala harris went to school and is a partr friends talked about the woman they know and how she made history. one of her friends said watching her on stay after joe biden was announced was a huge moment for them. for her and her daughter. she said it showed them there are no limbs to what they can do. they also talked about what destined harris to be in this position of leadership. >> reflecting on our time at howard university, the activities she was involved in clearly, you know, just transcend where she's at today. it's overwhelming and just so amazing and we're so proud of kamala harris. >> and coming up on "gma," you will hear more from harris' sorority sisters and how howard shaped her life and career and i also graduated from howard and i'll be working on a story here about bay area alum. reggie? >> so proud. thank you. >>> now your morning money report. many eyes have been locked on wall street to see how markets are reacting to a joe biden presidency. so far investors are reacting positively. taking a live look at th

comment.ve got a referenced the president of the alpha kappa alpha sorority was written on february 17, 1913 and the right way -- no way to right wrongs is turn the light of truth upon them. -- the way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. put that in your notebook. you, i seeng back to similarities between what you are doing now with the association of african american museums and the work that dr. 1915, woods did in getting out the journal of negro history and establishing black history month. what are your priorities for using the museum community to highlight african-american history, african-american culture, the african-american experience? tie that to voting rights but anything else you are working on at this point to make people more aware. you have a moment right now. vedet: thank you. for us, it is really about education. the doctor, it is about educating folks, making sure that they know their stories. we, asople, as much as scholars, would love to say, did you redo this book, that book, most people want to do the tangible things such as go to a museum. i

as a student at howard university, joining alpha kappa alpha, the oldest historically black sorority the national mall, during the week competing on the debate team. throughout her career shattering glass ceilings and making history becoming the first more than once. in 2010 as the first black woman elected california's attorney general. running the country's second largest justice department. in 2016 the first black and indian-american woman as a california u.s. senator sworn in by then vice president joe biden. now breaking another barrier as his vice president-elect. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. [ cheers and applause ] because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. >> reporter: and i have to point out rachel scott used that sound bite in her piece too. and it's because it was so powerful. this kind of representation really matters and kamala harris has really gleaned into the intersectionality of who she is as a woman and a woman of color. it's a testament to what she says that her mother has to

she had aka on her shirt, alpha kappa alpha. that's kamala harris's so rority.k letter system is very important in the black communities. the deltas, the akas, the zetas. what kamala did, she unitesed all the greek organizations. it is a special pride that african-american fraternity of her achievement. you'll see more greek letters if you watch. >> this is a speech that joe biden has been waiting to give for at least a half century. >> at least. >> he was thinking about being president as a junior senator. everybody saw him as a potential president. >> hopefully he's updated any reference to time. >> but he did. he was the -- when he was a newcomer in the senate. he was the one people thought of as the new kennedy, and when he ran in '88 didn't work. when he ran in 2008, barack obama bested him. he decided he wasn't going to run in 2016. hillary clinton was already there and his son beau had just died. he's been thinking about being president for a very long time. >> i'm sure he wasn't thinking about being president. everybody hungers -- everybody looked in the

and we see the alpha kappa alphas. say it again? >> there room in the room for all you haters. i tell all my divine line brothers and sisters in the final analysis, you may not know it, but you will end up in the omega chapter. >> thank you. and we are appreciating the akas out there as well and the deltas. and don't get mad. my sister was a kappa sweetheart. so, you know, it takes all kind. >> that's great. that's great. and look. just remember, i told kamala that i was an aka through november 3rd. so her success allows me to go back to being the cute dog that i am. >> thank you. so america is getting to know its next vice president. an coming up we're going to talk to a life-long friend about the kamala harris she knows on this remarkable night in american politics. we'll be right back. at visionworks, we know it's easy to forget to use your vision benefits before the year's up. this is us making sure you don't. use 'em before you lose 'em, backed by our 100-day guarantee!! visionworks. see the difference. the lack of control whenover my business kai, made me a little intense

the letter referenced by natalie, the first national president of the alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated, was written on february 17th, 1913. quote, the right way to write wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon it. a bit more information related to that. there you go. put that in your notebook. vedet, coming back to you, i want to say, i see similarities between what you are doing right now with the association of african american museums and the work that doctor carter g woods ended in terms of establishing asalh, getting out the journal of knee grow history back in the day that was known as knee grow history week. what are your priorities for using the museum community to really help highlight african american history, african american culture, the african american experience? where are you going from here? please tell that to voting rights but then also anything else that you are working on at this point in time. make people more aware because y'all have a moment right now. >> thank, you alan. for us, it's really about education. right? much like dr. woods in, it is really about ed

that letter referenced the president of the alpha kappa alpha sorority was written on february 17, 1913 and the right way -- no, the way to right wrongs is turn the light of truth upon them. -- the way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. put that in your notebook. vedet, coming back to you, i see similarities between what you are doing now with the association of african american museums and the work that dr. carter woods did in 1915, getting out the journal of negro history and establishing black history month. what are your priorities for using the museum community to highlight african-american history, african-american culture, the african-american experience? tie that to voting rights but anything else you are working on at this point to make people more aware. you have a moment right now. >> thank you. for us, it is really about education. much like the doctor, it is about educating folks, making sure that they know their stories. some people, as much as we, as scholars, would love to say, did you read this book, that book, most people want to do the tangible t

>> today means so much to me, ari, i'm wearing my alpha kappa alpha shirt today because my sorority sister is the next vice president of the united states. i've been watching my twitter feed and social media and the thing that has stood out to me and so many little girls whose moms have posted messages about what this moment means for them, about, number one, being able to talk to our children about decency and honor in elected offices and also just seeing themselves in someone in the next vice president, the one that stood out was greenly, eight years old in alexandria, virginia, and she said i can do it, too, mommy and, greenly, you can do it. i am just so happy and so full that representation matters so much and who we put in elected offices to show our children what leadership is supposed to be like matters so much and we're getting decency back in our country. we made sure that our democracy was strong and voters decided the direction of this country. >> professor cooper? >> look, i'm representing my howard t-shirt. this is what they produce. all black women are having a victory lap t

. >> you are wearing the pink and green and alpha alpha kappa is the vice president elect kamala harris was going through your mind last night listening to the speech and talking about the possibilities, and she says that she is not going to be the last. >> she is not going to be the last. i am thinking of the doors that she is opening up for so many people who realize the doors that are opening up. i am a congresswoman alike, and it moved me to know that anything is possible as a black woman in this country, and shi shi is an hbcu college, and i have to shout out to my college who made me, and opening up the doors that opened up so many doors in the communities that showed us what is possible in the country. >> i am a howard alum, and i get you on that. and one of the things that she said in reference to congressman john lieu, which aewilewis, and democracy not a state but an act. before john lewis passed he wrote, democracy is not a state, but an act. and what he meant is that america's democracy is not guarant guaranteed. it is only as strong as the willingness to fight for it. >> ho