fofor more we go to tampa, florida, where we're joined by angel harris, assistant counsel at the naacpal defense e fund. welcome to democracy now! can you talk abobout thihis ce and the significance of state attorney aramis ayalala's s stand? >> absolutely. thank you for having me. we applaud her for standing up and saying that she will not continue to perpetuate a system that we e know has m many fla. in her interview, she pointed out, one, it is not a benefit to society, nor does it promote public safety. additionally, she says it is not a deterrent to crime. i agree with her on all of those things. we also must look at the racial disparitities of the death h penalty. i think it is very relevant when we are at the state of florida and we look k not onlyy how many individuals are on florida's death row, but when we look at exonerations. there are a total of 157 exoneratations from death row. so those are individuals who were sentenced to death, told they deserved to die, and then years later they werere exoneratated for various reasasons. of that 157 anand a 2% of those are african-am

angeles. i'm tavis smiley. tonight we celebrate harry belafonte's 90th birthday, award-winning singer actor and author has been a guest on this program numerous times over our 14 seasons. we will revisit some of those memorable appear uns as well as celebrate his life as an artist and activist. we are glad you joined us. our special birthday celebration it harry belafonte in just a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> with contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. >>> harry belafonte is a cultural icon whose ground breaking elements solidified his place in music history. last weekend, his music was released called the legacy of har harry belafonte when colors come together. mr. b was the artist of first race or jegender to sell 1 milln records. he has a lifetime achievement award, emmy and tony. in 2014 he received honorary oscar making him one of an elite group of performers who achieved egot status, emmy, grammy os tar tony. he has his first appearance thon program in 2004. i asked the then 76-year-old about his continued commitm

angeles. i'm tavis smiley. tonight we celebrate harryaward-winning singer actor and author has been a guest on this program numerous times over our 14 seasons. we will revisit some of those memorable appear uns as well as celebrate his life as an artist and activist. we are glad you joined us. our special birthday celebration it harry belafonte in just a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪

albert kinsey pub published a book, sexuality and the american male and a man by the name of harry hay in los angeles read the book because kinsey said so many adult men had homosexual experiences and he thought he would get the men together and organize and see if they could stop police entrapment and other terrible things that were happening to homosexuals. for two years, he had no luckment he couldn't get anyone to join his group. finally, he had a brainstorm. in 1950, the united states entered the korean war. harry hay had been a member of the communist party and he took a communist party sponsored petition to a group in los angeles beach, a gay beach, to people at the gay beach and he went from blanket to blanket on the gay beach and he said, would you be interested in signing this petition to get us out of career? in no time at all, he got 500 signatures. right after somebody signed, he would always say, and would you also be interested in joining the group to talk about sexual devian deviancesy? he got zilch interest. it was obviously less dangerous to be associated with a communist party peti

albert kinsey pub published a book, sexuality and the american male and a man by the name of harry hay in los angelesread the book because kinsey said so many adult men had homosexual experiences and he thought he would get the men together and organize and see if they could stop police entrapment and other terrible things that were happening to homosexuals. for two years, he had no luckment he couldn't get anyone to join his group. finally, he had a brainstorm. in 1950, the united states entered the korean war. harry hay had been a member of the communist party and he took a communist party sponsored petition to a group in los angeles beach, a gay beach, to people at the gay beach and he went from blanket to blanket on the gay beach and he said, would you be interested in signing this petition to get us out of career? in no time at all, he got 500 signatures. right after somebody signed, he would always say, and would you also be interested in joining the group to talk about sexual devian deviancesy? he got zilch interest. it was obviously less dangerous to be associated with a communist party petit

angeles robert gray fox news. >>> this morning california senator comma harris will speak on the floor. senator harris will highlight stories of californians who have benefited from the affordable care act and explain why she opposes the republican plan to replace it. >>> time is 5:07. san francisco police are searching for a man who tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl yesterday near stern grove. about 5:00 p.m. the police say the girl was walking on far side avenue when the man in the car approached her, got out, and tried to grab her and pulled her into the car but she screamed and people rushed over chasing after the man but he got away. so far investigators have only released a vague description of the suspect. he's a white man in his 20s driving a volkswagen passat. >>> governor jerry brown says taking away the health care would destate california. governor brown spoke yesterday against the republican plan outside the u.s. capital alongside other prominent democrats. governor brown called it a dangerous bill saying million officer people in california would -- millions of people in

angeles robert gray fox news. >> now this morning california senator will speak against the republican health care plan. senator harris will highlight some stories of people who have benefited from the care act. >>> governor jerry brown says the republican health care plan would be devastating to california. the study by the governor's office said the republican plan would shift $6 billion in annual cost by the year 2020. governor brown was speaking yesterday sgens the republican plan outside the u.s. capital building along some other democrats and joe biden. saying millions of people in california would no longer be able to afford health care coverage. >>> time is 4:07. san francisco police are looking for a 10-year-old girl. the girl was walking on far side avenue when a man in the car approached her, got out, and tried to grab her and pull her into the car. but she screamed and people nearby rushed over to help her chasing after the man but he got away. so far investigators have only released a vague description of this suspect. a white man in his 20s driving a volkswagen passat. >>> sunday night at about midnight

now out in the open, and in the harry is -- in the hands of terrorists both foreign and international. one of the leaked files reveals a program called "weeping angel," which can remotely turn a samsung tv anywhere in the world into a secret listening device. >> they can turn it on remotely, but he would not put the power light on, so anybody in that could be monitored without their knowledge or consent. it is a great spy utility. >> the cia has the ability to do the same with ipads and smartphones, even gaining access to messages before they are encrypted by popular apps. experts say it is a reminder that anything connected to the internet has the potential to be hacked. >> there is no such thing as absolute privacy in america. the cia intelligence over russian hacking, and also praised the leakers now compromising. wikileaks is like a treasure trove. i love wikileaks. >> a spokeswoman for germany's chief prosecutors is telling abc news they are looking for documents to see if there are that someonens could be criminally prosecuted. ofmy: developing now, dozens people dead after a brutal attack at a military hospital. who is allegedly responsible?

elizabeth warren, kamala harris, cory booker, kirsten gillibrand as well as steve bullock and los angelesor will all report lee be there. you have already started laughing and reaction. >> they have had so many pity parties since elected, maybe they will turn around to say we don't want another socialist, -- listen, they've gone in the opposite direction, tone-deaf to the results of november 8th, they think they can impose their ideology and will on the american people instead of listening to the american people. i will tell you this. i am going to predict, wild card for the democrats would be howard schultz, ceo of starbucks. i think he might be the guy that runs for them. >> interesting, he has become very political. i will mention a name left off the short-list is representative tim ryan who tried to take nancy pelosi on. he basically got shut down. >> he may run for governor, though. he has statewide aspirations. he is young enough that he can run. >> people wanting to go there -- >> how about oprah? speaker sheet through her name out there last week. >> she was asked about it, and sh

harris: thank you. uber is pulling self driving cars off the road. it is suspended for the test after an suv crash in tempe, arizona. no one was hurt badly. where live in los angeles with details. uber is making some changes. >> big changes with all of the technology we have seen recently the crash happened on friday. that's where uber was testing a self driving suv in tempe. the vehicle had an engineer in the driver seat but the car was driving itself when another car failed to yield and hit the volvo at a high rate of speed. while the crash was not reversible, it did prompt the company to suspended testing the self driving cars while it investigated. there is a governor has been a proponent of the futuristic technology helping pave the way for uber to run tests in states without the same type of regulations it would face in california. a number of companies are racing to get a thomas cars on the market. uber has competition from google , general motors, and tesla. a member of a self driving tesla was killed last year after he was hit by tractor-trailer. experts say they're still major safety concerns moving forward. >> the theory that if you remove the driver yo