two of those inmates are thomas costa and his girlfriend alyssa schlossberg.hey're both facing drug charges and hope to be assigned to a rehab program in lieu of more jail or prison time. >> our crappy ass mirror, but it's cool. you can actually see me better through the camera through the mirror, which is weird. but i don't know, maybe it's a reason why people can't see their real self through this mirror. that it's not really who a lot of people are. because it's not how i look when i am who i am. and this is just a piece of me, it's not the whole thing. this -- actually, this book is on rosh hashanah. >> schlossberg said she's using this part of time in jail to reconnect with her lost heritage. >> and it is the hebrew bible. >> and this is the transition on this side? >> this is hebrew. >> and this is english? >> this is english. >> wow. >> i was raised catholic and jewish and i made communion and i was confirmed. it is more that the boys did the jewish thing and i followed my mom with the catholic thing, and we celebrated both christmas and hanukkah. but t

reporting live in oakland, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> alyssa, much appreciated. >>> fire crews are hoping calmer winds today will help them make progress against the massive thomas fire that's now spread into santa barbara county. the fire break broke out a week ago today and burned more than 230,000 acres making it the fifth larges wildfire in state history. right now, it's just 15% contained. it has destroyed nearly 800 buildings. another 18,000 are still threatened. >>> napa county is closing its fema and small business administration disaster center for the victims of the north bay fires. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us live as the staff prepares to close its doors. wayne? >> reporter: what a difference from a few weeks ago. a few weeks ago in that office opened, it covered an entire floor. not anymore. in napa county, this qualifies as the calm after the firestorm. the napa county local assistance center for fema and the small business administration where helpers finally outnumbered victims today and idle hands signal a time of transition. >> progress means

we are live from oakland, alyssa, any signed of a resolution. >> reporter: well, dan, union leaders say they are stuck on some issues but they have made progress. they've been in talks for more than eight hours and say they won't back down until their workers get what they deserve. there is still to deal between oakland unions an the city. but philippy chapter president said they are making progress. >> we have made some progress and i find that promising and we're going to try to keep going, we've gotten a little bit of traction. >> he said the union negotiators are in one room, city negotiators in another. and the workers enter day seven of the strike as they say, cautiously optimistic. >> workers set up picket lines outside of city hall. this woman who worked at the library for seven years is disappointed the mayor has not offered them a fair contract. they are at odds over pay and labor practices. >> they created a budget that did not staff the city and refusing to listen to workers compress our concerns for the safety and health of co-workers and people of oakland. >> the local 21

alyssa, any signed of a resolution. >> reporter: well, dan, union leaders say they are stuck on some issues but they have made progress. they've been in talks for more than eight hours and say they won't back down until their workers get what they deserve. there is still to deal between oakland unions an the city. but philippy chapter president said they are making progress. >> we have made some progress and i find that promising and we're going to try to keep going, we've gotten a little bit of traction. >> he said the union negotiators are in one negotiators in another. and the workers enter day seven of the strike as they say, cautiously optimistic. >> workers set up picket lines outside of city hall. this woman who worked at the library for seven years is disappointed the mayor has not offered them a fair contract. they are at odds over pay and labor practices. >> they created a budget that did not staff the city and refusing to listen to workers compress our concerns for the safety and health of co-workers and people of oakland. >> the local 21 is in the middle of its own negoti

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abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has the story. >> reporter: it's not christmas. it doesn't feel like christmas at all. >> reporter: the holiday season has been tough for the swann family. keira, cody and their trip let daughters lost their home in october's red wood fire and have struggled to find a place to live since. rents are high, housing competitive. >> i haven't wanted to listen to any christmas music or, like, i'm not in the christmas mood. and it sucks because my husband loves christmas, and now we just want it to be over. >> reporter: just in time for christmas, help came in the form of this 32.5-foot rv. the trailer was donated to the swanns from rvs without borders. >> it's so much of a relief. i feel like we'll be able to relax and not worry about, okay, what's the backup plan? >> reporter: the goal is to help the short-term housing shortage and allow victims to stay in their communities. >> they need to have someplace they can call their own so they can rest their nervous system and start to establish their new normal. >> reporter: carr said it's al

the rest of the alyssa family is stuck in the northern greek city of thessaloniki despite permission from german authorities they haven't been able to travel to cologne their case seems to be stalled in greek bureaucracy. it's so hard that so far away i wish i could give them a hug one of them was on the phone. for the family going back to syria is unthinkable even once the war ends one of five sons was shot dead in aleppo he was twenty two years old. they were bored they were both i mean i still dream about him all the time. in the last one he laid his head on my lap and i stroked his legs i told the military man that i missed him. the other children try to keep their parents' spirits up eighteen year old amar goes to school instead. but she's taught herself to speak german in hopes of joining her brothers in cologne and studying further she's tired of living in limbo and wouldn't even and. it's been two years since i've seen my brothers and all of us mother my siblings it's such a long time but i don't miss it so. in cologne the two brothers have to be patient along with their pare

you can register for those alerts by texting nye 2017 to alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> a little bit more about the preparations in san francisco for tonight's fireworks display. it takes a team 48 hours to get the pyrotechnics ready. they'll be launched from a barge offshore along the embarcadero. there is a concern the 15-minute fireworks show will worsen the already poor air quality. >> particles from these exploding fireworks linger in the air for quite some time, especially with the conditions that we have right now, calm conditions, cool temperatures. that means that air pollution is just lingering in the air. >> you heard lisa say a winter spare the air alert is in effect for today. hundreds of thousands of spectators typically take in the san francisco fireworks show. >>> many bay area transit agencies are providing free rides tonight. caltrain, ac transit, samtrance, vta, muni all offering free rides. they'll begin at 8:00 tonight and run until the early hours of the morning. as part of new year's tradition, bart will run extra trains until 3:00 tomorrow morning. bart sa

democrat you wouldn't have as many votes as you might need. >> one was the last time you cared about alyssaano thinks about politics? >> you have roy moore, a guy who said our greatest time was during slavery, that homosexuality should be criminalized and we should not allow women to vote. >> harris: let me step in there, all of those things you are talking about, voters know who roy moore is. voters are seeing that before the day they go to the polls. you add in doug jones. who is not what voters in alabama want to on issues important to them like abortion, not even close. christian values, something people are talking about coming out of those polling sites today. about how they feel like roy moore hears them on that issue more. >> something that needs to be taken into account is for alabama voters, roy moore has been a public figure going on decades. let me finish, getting back to outsiders telling alabamians what to do, hey, you get your house in order before you come barging into ours. what have you been reading about these institutions? sexual harassment and sexual assault left and ri

. >> another child to the fox family, congratulations to alyssa frick my goodness a cute baby. >> oh.she and her husband tony, the birth of her daughter, her name is emery elizabeth frick, arrived yesterday at 11:39. it was almost today. she's our vice-president of creative services, and new media, and she has a new baby. >> beautiful. >> that baby girl is so cute. such a great name, emery elizabeth. wasn't she here. did she go home have a baby. >> she was here. >> she was at the show meeting >> wow. >> in fact she's still in her office. >> stop it. >> she's a trooper. last night we were at an event , one of the people said alyssa's water just broke and three hours later, baby came out. >> is that how it happened. >> boom. >> so born on december 7th. >> a date that will live in infamy, congratulations. >> so cool. >> that ace good looking baby. have you ever seen a babe that i doesn't look good after it is born. >> my kid all had their head like this but they are two good looking parents. >> they are a beautiful couple >> good genes. >> then they will go to the american girl store. >>

that are actually involved in this need to movement and want to start off here with a tweet from alyssa milano and she was one of the first to really encourage women to speak out on social media using that hash tag need to and here she writes in twenty seventeen women stood up and they said me too we overcame our fears to break the silence technology and social media have connected us all we can't turn away from each other's pain we are connected to each other label the conversation also revolves around president trump he was last year's choice he was nominated this year and he's also been accused of sexual misconduct and this is actually from a former obama administration member and he writes the person of the year award could have gone to donald trump instead it goes to the women who launched a movement that stands and powerful opposition to his values well done time magazine other nominees this year calling happen it just bezos kim jong un i think though this me too movement very good choice clearly a very good choice well who are the silence breakers yeah i mean that's the cover rig

in berkly, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> the strike continues tomorrow for 3,000 city workers. contract talks this afternoon were as the city was presented a new offer. the strike has left city without street cleaning, parking enforcement and child care or senior center since tuesday. >> as a city we're absolutely committed to being at that table and trying to work out a deal that is responsible to our workers who we value very much but also responsible to our residents. >> the workers' contract with the city expired in july. the two sides are at odds over the second year of a proposed two-year c.the union wants a 4% raise and the city wants to tie the raise to revenue growth. >>> one man died and another woman remains in the hospital this evening after they suffered carbon monoxide poisoning inside their home in san francisco. sky 7 flew above the bernal heights area after firefighters evacuated a two-unit building on maltry street. a carbon monoxide detector went off in both units. one upstairs resident called 911. firefighters found two unconscious people after they broke in

the "today" show spoke with alyssa alyssa milano who helped it. >> i thought if women could come forward and say me, too, two beautiful words she started. we can shape it and get an idea of the magnitude of the issue and problem. i sent the tweet and went to sleep. i woke up and there are 53,000 replies. >> gave a lot of people the outlet to speak out. you can see the full interview that includes the movement's original creator. that's after "today in the bay." the magazine did select two runners up. china's president came in third place. president trump placed second. he was the top choice last year and last month, he claimed he turned down the magazine's offer to be this year's story. the magazine said this morning, that was a completely false statement. so far, no new reaction from the president. >>> the san mateo bridge as far as commutes affecting your drive. the crash cleared. good news affecting the bridge wbld. we look at the map. it's in the middle there as you cross over the bay. speed sensors in hayward looking smooth. moving toward the dumbarton bridge. the south bay starts t

. >> abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more on the confusion before january 1. >> my phone has been ringing off the hook a day. >> a partner at the accounting firm in san francisco came into work on her day off. many of her clients are confused by the new tax bill which caps deductions for state and local taxes and property taxes to $10,000. >> i think they are shocked. okay? that this is happening. i think those types of deductions have been taken for granted for many, many years. >> the rush has people lining up at tax offices like this one in sacramento exambli sacramento scrambling to pay property taxes before they are due january 1st. >> i know we can get it in this year and write it off but i don't know about next year. >> this is all about deductions. >> homeowners can pay the second installment of their property pand still get that deduction. >> that can be paid in december. instead. and then it will fall in the year 2017 and you can deduct it this year. >> but the clock is ticking. alameda tax collector received more than $32 million since christmas. 865 property tax p

first up, alyssa milano. >> she's hear. we heard you two are linked. >> a little bit.porter: 2003, the start of an over three-year relationship with cameron diaz. after the breakup, they remained friends. they starred in the comedy bad teacher together. >> you're worth the wait. >> i think so, too. as it turns out, we think the world of each other. had great experience together. >> what are you going to do entertain me? ♪ what guess around comes around ♪ >> reporter: after this steamy music video, rumors j.t. got with scar jo. then in 2007, found his future wife, squesz ka biel. >> did you watch him on the mickey mouse club? >> i'm sure. i don't remember. but i'm sure i did. ♪ i'm bringing sexy back yeah >> reporter: at 36 years old, he's a total triple threat. he can sing, dance, and act. justin's got ten grammys and four emmys thanks to get stars on "snl." ♪ open the box that's the way you do it ♪ ♪ and i want to follow you ♪ all the single ladies >> i'm a little bit confused sflp we're the dancers. ♪ we don't mind all the watching ♪ you go as far to make a complete

and she told alyssa, it was more than just a job. >> they'll never replace her. >> she is an icon of trader vick's. and now, claudette is saying her last aloha. she has decided to retire after 57 years with the restaurant. her final shift, new years eve. >> i'm 80 years old. and i've been working all my life. and now i want to enjoy my family and all my friends. >> claudette says this wasn't just a job. >> it was like journey. >> her co-workers and customers, like family. >> the most heart warming part of this position here is that i know children that have come here in their little baby beds and now they're taller than i am. >> she was first hired there in 1960. then moved to the location in emeryville. she worked as a hat check girl and continued up the ranks to hostess and mate r di. >> her personality. she is very passionate. she'll meet you for the first time and make you feel very warm. >> customers agreed. >> her personality. >> yeah. she said she remembers everybody. it makes you feel special. >> people are scooping up her christmas cards to keep as souvenirs. some customers

first, let's head outside to abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington. elisa? >> reporter: flowers cover the steps of city hall tonight. mourners are stopping by to leave flowers, candles and letters for ed lee. i spoke to gavin newsom just a few minutes ago. he said you want to live like your eulogy and mayor lee did. he is being remembered for being kind, his humility, his deep love for san francisco. >> ed lee was a real person. he was a person that communicated integrity. a love of life. >> in china, san francisco's first chinese american mayor, he was like a superstar. an icon. but to everyone we met and everywhere we went, mayor lee was like beyonce with a mustache. >> ed lee had the qualities of a person whom, if you did an interview of all of the ones that i just spoke about, he would be the only one that would be rated appropriately by the head hunters as to who ought to be mayor. all the rest of us would be considered okay. >> i think if there's any legacy of ed, it's a reminder that life is short. and our wisdom is way too limited to win fleeting vic

it's something his older sister alyssa says she's had to deal with. >> they said i look digusting. look like a rat. they picked on what i look like, my nose. >> reporter: alyssa says cyberbullying can be fast and furious, with kids piling on mean comments. >> adults could ususally say oh just ignore them, brush it off but it can really get to someone's child if it's constantly happening every single day. they don't feel the loneliness that their child might feel. >> reporter: now, her brother connor is about to deal with some cyberbullies. and their dad is watching from our watchmobile. the bully takes a picture of our victim, and posts it with this commment, >> he's like, "no wonder why he voted harry potter. that's who he bases his outfit on. hashtag nerd." >> and then connor sees all the comments? >> connor sees. he's following. >> reporter: the bully turns up the heat, calling our victim "the biggest nerd ever" and then writing -- >> the latest comment, you'd be so much better if you wore a bag over your head." >> reporter: this time, one of the bullies actually asks connor to

first, let's head outside to abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington. elisa? >> reporter: flowers cover the steps of city hall tonight. mourners are stopping by to leave flowers, candles and letters for ed lee. i spoke to gavin newsom just a few minutes ago. he said you want to live like your eulogy and mayor lee did. he is being remembered for being kind, his humility, his deep love for san francisco. >> ed lee was a real person. he was a person that communicated integrity. a love of life. >> in china, san francisco's first chinese american mayor, he was like a superstar. an icon. but to everyone we met and everywhere we went, mayor lee was like beyonce with a mustache. >> ed lee had the qualities of a person whom, if you did an interview of all of the ones that i just spoke about, he would be the only one that would be rated appropriately by the head hunters as to who ought to be mayor. all the rest of us would be considered okay. >> i think if there's any legacy of ed, it's a reminder that life is short. and our wisdom is way too limited to win fleeting vic

. >> abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington has more on the confusion before january 1. >> my phone has been ringing off the hook all day. >> a partner at the accounting firm in san francisco came into work on her day off. many of her clients are confused by the new tax bill which caps deductions for state and local taxes and property taxes to $10,000. >> i think they are shocked. okay? that this is happening. i think those types of deductions have been taken for granted for many, many years. >> the rush has people lining up at tax offic offic sacramento exambli sacramento scrambling to pay property taxes before they are due january 1st. >> i know we can get it in this year and write it off but i don't know about next year. >> this is all about deductions. >> homeowners can pay the second installment of their property pand still get that deduction. >> that can be paid in december. instead. and then it will fall in the year 2017 and you can deduct it this year. >> but the clock is ticking. alameda tax collector received more than $32 million since christmas. 865 property tax payments com

this video was shot saturday but the situation caught alyssa howard's attention in the summer of 2016>> i drove by and saw dogs panting and when i finally pulled over and stopped, they were literally drinking their own pee trying to survive. >> reporter: since then she and others have been checking in on the animals weekly bringing food and water. >> even the bunnies. people would try to help the bunnies and he would never answer the door. never come to the spca. >> reporter: recently installed fencing prevented us from making contact with the property owner and when we arrived just one rabbit was present, no dogs in sight. we were informed by the pspca that early monday morning the dogs were reported, quote, stolen and that they will continue to investigate the situation. >> it's my dogs. >> reporter: this case is a complicated one because under pennsylvania's recently enacted law, it works to prevent owners from keeping their animals out in extreme heat or cold but much of that pertains to leashed animals. they were not on leashes, they were just confined to a space, a cement porch

too movement will be launching times square new years eve ball drop, she's a social activist with alyssa milano got to mash too me too movement going last october that encourages sexual harassment victims to come forward. she will press button to drop the ball in new york. >>> of course, berk had quite the impact, all over different industries this year, we know me too movement were the face of the time, this year, the person of the year, and also, miss berke has philadelphia roots. >> i did in the know that. >> interesting. >> from philadelphia to all over the world talk about creating change. >> in kidding all right. a change is coming. cold today, or colder. >> exactly, colder, not coldest, just yet but we are still going on this, drop on the thermometer, swinging it backup by the time we hit weekend and wet weather with all that. all these changes have to come with a reason and these front that come through and that is why temperatures keep switching and why we have got more wet weather in the forecast here. taking a live look ever looking bethlehem from hotel bethlehem main str rig

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this video was shot saturday but the situation caught alyssa howard's attention in the summer of 2016. >> i drove by and saw dogs panting and when i finally pulled over and stopped, they were literally drinking their own pee trying to survive. >> reporter: since then she and others have been checking in on the animals weekly bringing food and water. >> even the bunnies. people would try to help the bunnies and he would never answer the door. never come to the spca. >> reporter: recently installed fencing prevented us from making contact with the property owner and when we arrived just one rabbit was present, no dogs in sight. we were informed by the pspca that early monday morning the dogs were reported, quote, stolen and that they will continue to investigate the situation. >> it's my dogs. >> reporter: this case is a complicated one because under pennsylvania's recently enacted law, it works to prevent owners from keeping their animals out in extreme heat or cold but much of that pertains to leashed animals. they were not on leashes, they were just confined to a space, a cement porc

alyssa 28. a masters in physics the mit of japan. and is one of 100 people got a job from 23,000.his brother, simon, named, not after my father. but he graduated from the university in the city of london. a four-year course in philosophy. and was awarded a two-year course speed to get a bachelors in philosophy. with he graduated from in one year. the 21-year-old granddaughter, sarah. my enemy is my family. michael thought processes of world war ii was to kill japanese. and now i have three grandchildren in japan. family in japan. and i found that was the biggest learning experience i could ever have. i wrote about that in 1988. it is called the war and -- do not like to promote myself but physically you can read on amazon. and i am proud of them, in front of my great grandchildren. and my love for them. >> off to the right, sir. [applause] >> we have time for one last question. and we will take that now and then we will hear from our choir and band. the very dramatic republic. afterwards jerry will be available to autographed copies of the book the front lobby which are available

pence's spokeswoman, alyssa farah, called the decision "unfortunate" adding that the palestinian authorityfrom an opportunity to discuss the future of the region." the united nations secretary general is weighing in on the ongoing conflict with north korea. in an interview sunday, antonio guterres expressed hope that the conflict could be solved. but says it will take some meaningful dialogue-- and not on twitter. both the united nations and north korea agree the tension on the korean peninsula is a very dangerous security issue for the world. she's already got a truck load of gold medals. now olympic hero simone biles, has something else for her trophy case-- some pom poms. she made her debut as the first-ev the squad presented the gold medalist with a pair of their legendary red boots. simone has plenty of talent, but don't expect her to stay on the sidelines. the 2020 games in tokyo are just around the corner. it's xx and we're just getting started. breaking right now-- a wildfire in california-- spreading at a historical rate. and as the flames spread-- many residents are going from "d

off the hash tag me too was used millions of times in more than eighty five countries after actress alyssa milano encouraged women to speak out on social media using the very hash tag of just a few months ago and she of course took to twitter today to celebrate time's decision she wrote in twenty seventeen women stood up and said me too we overcame our fears to break the silence technology and social media have connected us all we can't turn away from each other's pain we are connected to each other now many others agreed with her we're seeing lots of sentiments like this one this is for everyone he was able to speak out we were able to find their voice and finally feel validated and heard we are all times person of the year the conversation on social media also involves president trump who has also been accused of sexual misconduct former obama administration member crystal who says the person of the year award could have gone to trump instead it goes to the women who launched a movement that stands in powerful opposition to his values well done time. and international praise for this pic

first, let's head outside to abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington. elisa?porter: flowers cover the steps of city hall tonight. mourners are stopping by to leave flowers, candles and letters for ed lee. i spoke to gavin newsom just a few minutes ago. he said you want to live like your eulogy and mayor lee did. he is being remembered for being kind, his humility, his deep love for san francisco. >> ed lee was a real person. he was a person that communicated integrity. a love of life. >> in china, san francisco's first chinese american mayor, he was like a superstar. an

alyssa is live. >> some offended by how a prominent speaker described late mayor. >> reporter: talking about his smile and squinty eyes, and lot of people took great offense with. some people in asian-american community say that was insensitive, especially at his memorial service and tonight they're honoring him in chinatown with a candlelight vigil. chief of protocol charlotte schutz recalled his laugh. >> wonderful laugh with swingely -- wetwingel twingely -- just like the picture, squinty eyes. >> reporter: deeply offended. >> i was shocked. am i hearing it correctly? >> everybody felt uncomfortable but didn't know how to handle it. >> reporter: retired judges spoke at different memorial service for the mayor thursday, this one in chinatown. >> felt uncomfortable when one person spoke about slanted eyes. >> reporter: say they don't think schutz was trying to be racist but found the words uncomfortable. and lack of seating arrangements and lack of asian-americans in reserved area of the rotundra. >> not very sensitive to the chinese community and no asian speakers other than the mayo

we are live from oakland, alyssa, any signed of a resolution. >> reporter: well, dan, union leaders saystuck on some issues but they have made progress. they've been in talks for more than eight hours and say they won't back down until their workers get what they deserve. there is still to deal between oakland unions an the city. but philippy chapter president said they are making progress. >> we have made some progress and i find that promising and we're going to try to keep going, we've gotten a little bit of traction. >> he said the union negotiators are in one negotiators in another. and the workers enter day seven of the strike as they say, cautiously optimistic. >> workers set up picket lines outside of city hall. this woman who worked at the library for seven years is disappointed the mayor has not offered them a fair

the mainstream can change the internet it will include less americans not more shouting in all caps alyssa milano has been very busy lately time though to tweet funny thing happened yesterday agit pyle f.c.c. attacked me for using my voice to speak out against his plan to kill net neutrality but what has passed by the head of f.c.c. got to say this is what he told fox news on monday have a listen. the hysteria has reached a pitch which is completely disproportionate to the facts and as i say we were living in a broken internet in twenty fifteen all of these harms of these celebrities and what not to write talking about our hypothetical would there's no market failure here in a service providers are not and have not blocked content willy nilly and we're confident going forward to giving the robust rules we in the federal trade commission has they won't going forward and so we know facebook google and we did as part of this conversation he declined busy right now many so this is a perspective that of course this conversation is happening in the u.s. but because we're a global t.v. show this

alyssa is live. >> some offended by how a prominent speaker described late mayor. >> reporter: talking about his smile and squinty eyes, and lot of people took great offense with. some people in asian-american community say that was insensitive, especially at his memorial service and tonight they're honoring him in chinatown with a candlelight vigil. chief of protocol charlotte schutz recalled his laugh. >> wonderful laugh with swingely -- wetwingel twingely -- just like the picture, squinty eyes. >> reporter: deeply offended. >> i was shocked. am i hearing it correctly? >> everybody felt uncomfortable but didn't know how to handle it. >> reporter: retired judges spoke at different memorial service for the mayor thursday, this one in chinatown. >> felt uncomfortable when one person spoke about slanted eyes. >> reporter: say they don't think schutz was trying to be racist but found the words uncomfortable. and lack of seating arrangements and lack of asian-americans in reserved area of the rotundra. >> not very sensitive to the chinese community and no asian speakers other than the mayo

alyssa who run the pageants seems to think it is. >> there's no different in sex here in thailand.ke to welcome every sex preference. >> what do you think it means for the contestants who come from countries where being transgender is not really accepted, to be able to participate in this event? >> when they come here they feel they can be themselves and they can be whatever they want to be. >> and there are other reasons why these women may feel more comfortable here. thailand is home to some 75,000 transgender people. it's impossible to say if there are more trans people here than in other parts of the world where many hide their identities, but there are elements of thai culture that allow a sense of tolerance and greater visibility. >> buddhism has long recognized the existence of an additional gender some where between male and female. for more than a thousand years their scriptures have included stories about people who cross-gender lines but even with this awareness, discrimination and inequality are pervasive. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> hi. >> i'm lisa. >> at the s

alyssa is live. >> some offended by how a prominent speaker described late mayor. >> reporter: talking his smile and squinty eyes, and lot of people took great offense with. some people in asian-american community say that was insensitive, especially at his memorial service and tonight they're honoring him in chinatown with a candlelight vigil. chief of protocol charlotte schutz recalled his laugh. >> wonderful laugh with swingely -- wetwingel twingely -- just like the picture, squinty

>> we're joined by talana burke, the creator of the #metoo movement, and alyssa milano.moments ago. >> i heard there was a big hug there. >> we text like 20 times a day. >> but the connection is there. i'll start with you. you did this hash tag. you said #metoo in 2006. has this exceeded your wildest hopes for what could be accomplished? >> i would never have imagined this. i would change the world. i was trying to change my community. >> stepping forward is tough. you both did that. can you put us inside your head, the minute before you decided to speak out, alyssa, what was going on? what kind of courage did it take? >> a few things was going on. i was in bed with my daughter. she was sleeping next to me. and my children are the great impetus for everything i do in live. but my friend, rose mcgowan had been hurt and silenced for a long time. she was fighting back. i wanted to support her in what she was going through. in turn, support women everywhere. i thought, if women could just come forward and say, #metoo. two beautiful words that tarana started, we can shape thi

he wouldn't paint the mona alyssa until the end of his life and only after doing a lot more anatomy and science and geology other art historians say it is a shame he wasted his time doing all this math and geology and fines and anatomy because he could have painted more paintings. that is true, but if he hadn't done all those patterns of nature and been so enriched about being curious about everything i don't think he ever would have gotten to the mona lisa which is the combination of a lifetime spent finding the patterns of nature. he used his theatrical knowledge. the adoration of the magi also done, in florence, we don't just see a scene, we see that swirl he loves, the curving spiral, and it is a drama, stage drama. in perspective as if it were on a stage with the second kink offering the gift at the bottom, swelling up to the first king, already bowing down and each person in the spiral, expression, is reflective of the person before them. it was very complicated. leonardo doesn't finish the painting. that happens to leonardo often. he puts things aside, flying machines the don't f

burke, along with alyssa milano, viral last go october. it encourages sexual harassment victims to come forward. the new year comes new momentum to fuel the work and that they won't stop anytime soon. adrianna: lady gaga is on the growing list of names heading to las vegas. she kicks off her residency next december. she says it's been her lifelong dream to perform their and she joins a long list of legends like tony bennett, frank sinatra, and elvis presley. larry: i would go. what i.: so maybe see mariah carey and britney spears. larry: exactly. time for your 60 second express. has been passed. >> republicans are on their way to celebrate their first significant victory. >> america to new heights. a disgrace. >> airport workers planning to walk off the job, licking sure that their message is heard, striking during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. the amtrak train still littering the ground. >> you have been distracting. >> meeting last night, edward burroughs says that school leaders knew about the issues involving the record-

what a colombian the 50s alyssa marxists. i was never harassed by my professors the way conservative kids are harassed these days. students in the class had one opinion they took the opposite to teach us how to think. this one of the great achievements of mankind real (story, doesn't exist. what's going on in schools like harvard and yale is disgraceful. it's all over youtube, you can see it. so is there a solution? well, there's two ways of looking at the question, sure, my bill of rights was one attempt on a solution if they just observe universities. the principles they preach, everything would be fine, but they don't. there is not an administrator in this country who has reached out to ann coulter myself or any of the conservative speakers and attempt to reverse this quick. here's my proposal. in doing the bill of rights i have looked at external forces, we passed a few resolutions supporting the idea. but no legislation and no wielding a political power. the left has convinced me that appeals to reason her for utile. so

alyssa took this from a helicopter and it captured one of the cities under water from the nature's nfuryhis year. it ties to a lot of issues like climate change and government's role in everything. i thought this image had a real point of view, the vantage point was perfect and the reflection off the oil in the water made it just a little bit extra. >> yeah. we tend to become very ethno centric and think all of these things are happening in the united states, but the photographs around the world are capturing images, historic images and this image of this woman and many other women in the background in the world's newest independent nation of south sudan. this is not brought pure celebration to this country and there remains suffering and these women are waiting for water? >> yeah, they were waiting for water and they were just near a camp in south sudan refugees and the conflict is displaced thousands and thousands of people. and there is just not enough water to really go around. they wait for hours and hours. >> go ahead, sorry. >> one of our staff, tyler hicks made this and he was br

. >> reporter: the hash tag found a wider audience when alyssa milano tweeted about it. >> i want companies to hire more women and teach our children better. >> reporter: a moment that prompted "time"'s choice led to a lasting movement that will be answered in the years ahead. mark barger, nbc news. >>> the runners up for this year's honor, president trump and the president of china. so do you agree with this year's choice? we asked you to weigh in on facebook and the vast majority of you, more than 70%, say yes, you do. >> shot my mistake. >>> and the surprising new research out today about birth control and what some doctors are saying to women in their 40s to reduce their risk. >> and a happy ending after a shipping mix-up left a bride without her >>> another sign of the holiday season. the capitol tree is glowing. >> paul ryan lit the tree a while ago. every year, the u.s. forest of its forests. this year's tree is from montana. >> it's a big one, just under eight stories tall and decorated with thousands of ornaments handmade by children from montana. it is a big tree and it's always s