especially for black tech talent goodbye silicon valley and hello atlanta. tech talent diversity san francisco ranked 49th out of 50. some of the biggest names in the tech sector opening offices and headquarters in atlanta, including apple, airbnb, google, microsoft and so many more now atlanta's tech job growth rivals the bay area. cnbc's frank holland is there. >> reporter: atlanta may not be top of mind when it comes to tech but many of the top tech companies have headquarters offices or hubs in atlanta and one of the top university for tech degrees in the u.s., georgia tech. >> my plan 100% is staying in atlanta after i graduate >> he is a georgia tech sophomore who previously planned to move to silicon valley to pursue his dreams. >> the companies that i wanted to work for in different states now that they're actually coming to atlanta it gives me like all the reason to stay here. >> payment powerhouse visa is one of many tech companies in atlanta to tap into the diverse talent pool and pipeline of historically black colleges. >> our constituentsat all

>> yeah, i mean in atlanta, the great majority 90 plus percent oh, i forgot. and the data is showing that we don't-- if they're caught with a gun we don't have repeat offenders. >> you don't. that's a question i was going to ask. what's the percentage of repeat offenders which means they weren't trying to get something through. if 90 to 95% of the people is inadvertent, i'm not sure where penalties are going to avert that because it was a mistake. i mean, you could charge me $100,000 and if i forgot something in there i'm not sure that's going to avert anything. so, there has to be, i think, the solution to this for 90, 59% is greater signage and greater signage and greater signage all over the airport, it's not, it doesn't just happen when you walk into the tsa check point. when you walk into the airport, there are no guns and trigger, oh, my god, i have a gun. and is there a place, i go he is, where if you have a gun in your carry-on, you say, hey, if you have a gun in your carry--0 check that gun and you don't have to go home. that's something i'd like to s

frank holland is in atlanta with that story >> reporter: good morning, jon here in atlanta, 27% of tech workers are black compared to 8% nationally the city is becoming a grow tech hub compared to the city like the bay area similar growth atlanta's tech work force is growing double digits. atlanta has the top tech producing university georgia tech as well asa number of black colleges companies like alphabet and microsoft opened offices in atlanta. visa is moving the chief diversity officer here to find talent >> our constituents at all levels, including the black community, we are not shy about wanting black community in our work force >> reporter: atlanta is becoming a hub for start-ups. a software scheduling company growing to a $3 billion valuation. proving tech can thrive here in atlanta. >> we've seen a bit of more investors that come down with more start-ups here in atlanta it is exciting to see that >> reporter: a great pipeline, but brain drain is an issue. 15,000 tech graduates moved away from the city over the last five years. the city is trying to stop that trend. sub asidizi

what other company in atlanta can i work for and so while atlanta itself is not -- it's a great city the calculation they're making is if for whatever reason it doesn't work for me, where else can i work there it becomes difficult to convince people >> so, you thought online calendars were solved, think again. you thought remote first was for hiring talent outside of the tech hubs, think again >> i love this so much what you described is so great for innovation and productivity in the long run and for cities like atlanta and being a startup anywhere and redistributing some of that across the country but jon, i have used calendly a bunch and i love it, but if you do it in a condescending way, it can come off harsh >> the first time i used it, or clicked on somebody's link, this entrepreneur steven wolfe pereira, who we had on "power lunch" and the exchange before, i thought at first it was weird. wait, i click a link and i schedule myself, but then i realized i'm scheduling myself this is great. >> is there a pro version you use? what are we all missing out on >> yes, there is a paid

mr. -- he is the general manager of the jackson atlanta international airport. he was the chief operating officer for the houston airport system and he has been serving 22 years in the u.s. army. next we have mr. greg regan who serves as president of the transportation trade department of the aflcio, a labor institution including 42 unions across the transportation sector. members are transportation and security officers, flight attendants, colleges -- pilots and other workers. he is the secretary-treasurer. i would like to welcome mr. jason wallace, the president of the airport law enforcement agency network, he also serves as the chief of police for the port of portland oregon where he has -- port of portland, oregon where he has worked for two decades. we will hear from mr. ralph, the -- i hope i did not mess that up , the chief directive officer of the miami-dade aviation department where he has also served in a variety of other roles. without objection, the witnesses' . ms. will be put into record. i recognize each witness to summarize their statements for

, be over 1000 people in atlanta.nt to be close to our customers and give employees an ability to live where they want to live sonali: is dallas changing the culture of goldman sachs and the kinds of people you are bringing on board? stephanie: if you look at goldman sachs, engineering has been an important part of our employee population. but as we grow consumer and transaction banking, it becomes a more important part of what we are doing inside goldman sachs. kriti: stephanie hansen ali, that's a very dear place to me. i grew up in dallas. how is that helping more and more consumers get involved with the financial market? stephanie: one, i need to get some advice from you. we moved to dallas in august and i will take all the advice i can get. the reality is, i think we are seeing people move to different places across the country, one, because they want a different type of lifestyle, but you raise a point on cost-of-living. that gets back to how we think about how employees live, but also how our clients and custom

throughout the country, including in atlanta, the fbi leads joint terrorism task forces. sitting on these, jttfs, including in atlanta, i suspect are the georgia bureau of investigation, the atlanta pd, the fulton county sheriff's office, and all of their state and local partners. together, as part of the jttf, they can certainly provide to the district attorney what she needs. they can advise her about hardening the facility or securing the courthouse. they can get her intel from their own holdings, they can search their own holdings, they can query or task their informants so it is a very good thoughtful public way for the district attorney to say i think i need help. >> and chuck, i was struck in the way that she phrased the request. she explicitly mentions president trump promising pardons to people convicted even of violent vanes around the january 6th attack on the capitol. she's connecting the threat posed by trump calling for supporters to get in the streets if there is an indictment, essentially, and casting the aspersions he did with all of the various prosecuto

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lewis' old district in atlanta for sponsoring this effort. as a georgian, as a colleague, and as a friend, i'm especially honored to support this legislation and urge all of my colleagues to do the same. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, at this time i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from rhode island, a member of the judiciary committee, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding and giving me an opportunity to say a few words about our extraordinary colleague, the late john lewis. john lewis is someone who had such an enormous impact on this country, someone who risked his life, endured violence, intimidation to help create a more beloved community and a better country. he was a gentle man who continued his fight for equality and justice for every single person in this country. many people had the privilege of cross

former mayor of atlanta. mayor, welcome aboard. great to have you. >> nice to join you.>> so opening an investigation is one thing. bringing charges is another thing. getting a conviction is a third thing entirely. do you think this investigation has any teeth? >> absolutely. the district attorney would not pursue this special grand jury if it did not have teeth. and just by way of background with fani willis, she is a seasoned prosecutor. she's not an administrator. she's not a bureaucrat. she is one of the top prosecutors in the district attorney's office before she sought to become the district attorney. i've worked with fani in three different places, including her first job out of law school. and she walked in the door fearless. so if she is pursuing this, given her experience, given what she knows about what you need to move forward with a criminal case, i assure you there's something there. >> you know, we've played it in sara's piece right there. in a two-year period of some of the craziest politics i've ever seen, the piece of sound where donald trump says, i ne

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cnn's jessica schneider reported. >> reporter: the atlanta d.a. is speaking out, giving extensive commenting about what's to come in this probe against trump and his allies. she always talks about the racist attacks she's receive and that they've ramped up in recent weeks especially after trump lashed out at her and two other investigators in new york, all of whom are black, last weekend. here's what the d.a. fani willis told the "atlanta journal-constitution" about what she's endured really over the past year. >> i get called the "n" very regularly. it's really silly to me that they believe by hurling those kinds of insults that it's going to impact the way we do our investigation. it's not going to impact me to do something faster. it's not going to impact me in treating the former president or anyone else unfairly. and it's not going to make me stop what i have a lawful duty to do. >> the dchlt a. disclosed she's begun her conversation with the fbi about the letter she sent them earlier this week where she asked them to do a risk assessment of

in jackson mississippi even atlanta more than tripled our size with roughly the same number of murdersyear. it is three times worse it's worse than st. louis and baltimore. and his scars familiesvi for generations. and by the senseless acts of mayhem we need a capital city governed by laws not abandon. and we all have an interest with the deadly cycle. [applause] and we all go down to be a brighter road. and that capital city where residents don't have to fear for their safety and they can run around in the yard without having to fear if they will be home for dinner. i believe that still exist. i haveve faith we have what it takes to make jackson in a city that is a hub for business and capital investment where jobs are plentiful and opportunity is only limited by how hard you are willing to work. and then those that want to wish harm then there are pending and then and women of law enforcement will always be the first line of defense that they cannot be left to their own devices and that is why i have championed our capital police force to bring peace back to jackson and law enforceme

. >> reporter: the atlanta area district attorney investigating donald trump said as soon as she hasury seated in may, she'll start firing off subpoenas. >> most of them will come in heavier in june and later months. >> fulton county district attorney fani willis said she isn't worried about trump working. >> are you worried that former president trump could avoid, delay, you know, what's going on with your investigation. >> why? >> what gives you that confidence? >> this is a criminal investigation. we're not playing a game. i plan to use the power of the law. we are all citizens. mr. trump, just as any other american citizen is entitled to dignity. he will be treated fairly in this jurisdiction, but i plan to do my job. and my job is to make sure that we get the evidence that gives us the truth. i'm not concerned at all about games to delay this. >> and she casts doubt on whether trump's off views argument that he can't be prosecuted will protect him in georgia. >> i don't think that protection will prevent a prosecution if that becomes necessary in this state case. >> willis has m

maria: well, look, look at atlanta fed involving expectations for growth latest number from atlanta feded down so much atlanta fed was up 9% a few months ago now looking at growth for the first quarter one-tenth of one percent. >> let me explain how that works, it is called a now cast, as data come in, they are pluggeding into a model that simulates the calculation for gross domestic product early in quarter you don't have much in the way of data, so, you i don't think you can take that number very seriously. i used to explain to people, that the atlanta fed now cast gdp now as it is called, should be, paid attention to, in the third month of a quarter. but in the first month even well into the second month, you simply have not collected enough data to tell you anything. so don't overreact to that we are at beginning of february, the data, that has been accumulated is very, very -- very, very limited. maria: maybe. but given the inflation pressure, the disruption in supply, as well as the expectation that things are slowing, has so he will people bringing into the conversation the rword

host: tia mitchell covers washington for the atlanta journal-constitution. erik wasson covers washington for bloomberg. we are looking ahead to the week ahead in washington. 202-748-8001 is the line for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. for independents and others, 202-748-8002. we are two weeks away from the state of the union, but it seems to me that the president would like some things in the win column in two weeks. what other priorities do you see the president emphasizing in that speech? guest: i think that infrastructure will be big for him because, again, that is his latest and biggest win. but i think a lot of what democrats are trying to portray to the american public is that they are trying to respond to the needs of americans, they are trying to address inflation, and have government fill in the gaps that exist, particularly as the covid pandemic endures. and i think that if the numbers continue to decline in the pandemic, you may see the president make comments about turning the corner to living with covid as something that exists in our

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of an individual gun owner's lack of responsibility be it forgetfulness or misguided. >> reporter: atlanta was at the top of the list of airports nationwide in 2021 where guns were found in carry-on luggage followed by dallas, houston, phoenix and nashville. of setting 6,000 firearms found at airports nationwide last year, almost 90% were loaded. it comes aver behavior. >> it's apartment that the current amount doesn't escalate to gun violence. >> reporter: lawmakers at the hearing praised the exceptional work of tsa officers for detecting the firearms but that it takes them away from focusing on other threats. >> it shuts down the checkpoint lane and a stressful situation for tsa staff and travelers. >> reporter: experts testifying recommend more education outreach including consistent and clear signage as well as precise communication from airlines to passengers. some suggest increasing the penalty for a violation which runs from 1500 to nearly $14,000. cbs news, capitol hill. >>> it's black history month. visit oakland is celebrating the black history. in an interview, there is somethin

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in atlanta, they saw 158 murders in 2021. in jackson, mississippi, even though atlanta is more than triple our size, we sell roughly the same number of murders last year. the rate of killings in jackson is three times worse than chicago. it is worse than st. louis, baltimore, meant this. the violence scars families for generations. our communities are torn apart by senseless act of mayhem. if our state is to thrive, we need a capital city of order governed by law, not abandoned to daily violence. we all have an interest in stopping this deadly cycle. [applause] we can all do our part to go down a brighter road. create a capital city that is vibrant, full of life and safe. a capital city where residents do not have to fear for their safety. a capital city where parents can let their children run around in the yard without having to fear if they will be home for dinner. i believe that jackson still exists. i have faith that we have what it takes to make jackson a city that is a hub for business and capital investment. a city wh

cnn sara murray with more. >> reporter: the atlanta-area district attorney investigating donald trumprand jury seated in may she'll start firing off subpoenas. >> most of them will probably start to come in a heavier flow for lack of a better word in june and later months, but we will certainly start to do some in may. >> reporter: fani willis says she isn't worried about trump trying to slow. >> reporter: are you worried that former president trump could somehow avoid delay what's going on with your investigation? >> no. >> reporter: what gives you this confidence? >> this is a criminal investigation. we're all citizens. mr. trump, just as every other american citizen is entitled to dignity, he's entitled to be treated fairly. he will be treated fairly in this jurisdiction, but i plan to do my job. and my job is to make sure that we get the evidence that gives us the truth. i'm not concerned at all about games to delay this. >> reporter: and she cast doubt on whether trump's of the used argument he can't be prosecuted for actions while president will protect him in georgia. >> i don'

the letter's address to the special agent in charge of the fbi's atlanta field office. the letter asks the fbi to quote, immediately conduct a risk assessment of the fulton county courthouse and government center, and that you provide protective resources to include intelligence and federal agents. on january 6th, when donald trump told his followers to go to the capitol and fight like hell, thousands of them did exactly that. and that is with the district attorney willis fears after donald trump told a rally audience in texas to stage quote, the biggest protests we have ever had. those were his words. the biggest protest we ever had. that means bigger than january 6th? and he said to enlarge those protests against prosecutors in atlanta, new york, washington, d.c., who are investigating donald trump. this is the clearest statement yet of just how fully terrifying donald trump's of fani willis and other prosecutors investigating him. district attorney willis's letter tells the fbi wet they already knew. quote, security concerns were excavated this weekend by the rhetori

cnn's ryan young is live with this story in atlanta. tell us about this trend. >> reporter: yeah.ianna. you know, every police department that we called across the country is having an issue. they have help wanted signs out, but not a lot of people are answering that call. >> i have never seen the morale so low. i have never seen the rank so low. i have never seen the level of violence we are seeing now. >> basically, we are one bullet away from death and one bullet away from indictment. >> reporter: unless people want to become cops and more cops wanting to leave earlier. >> reporter: patrice andrews trolls her cities and knows firsthand the shortages. >> the 911 calls don't stop. people are still having emergencies. so the emergencies don't stop. certainly the emergencies don't care if you are 60% staffed or below. and the expectation is that we continue the level of service that we have always done. >> reporter: maintaining that level of service is difficult when you're down 90 officers and constantly battling against covid and negative perceptions of law enforcement, along wit

rich: charles watson, live in atlanta. we'll be right back.nsportation has a plan to help fix supply chain issues. involves getting more truck drivers on the road. but to make it work they have to make one change. austin westfall explains. >> and many states people 18 years and older can already drive trucks within state lines. but if you want to drive state lines you must be at least 21 years old and new program is ending aiming to change that. cracks between 6000 truck missions about 3500 trucks a day. cracks those who run the 300-acre terminal and mount pleasant, south carolina call it a ballet of loading and unloading trucks and ships request a lot of ports have been affected including ours. and at different ports at different times very quick to coo of south corona port barbara melvin said the ballet is only possible when the terminal is flowing well. which could be tough during a national trucker shortage. works with local charter schools frequency apprenticeship program is not the sole answer to it but it will help it out. cracks in pil

in new york, in atlanta and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt. >> joining menderson and b bakari sellers. that panel is racist because we are all black. they're all black women so i am going to start with you neil. the key investigation into former president trump are being pursued by black prosecutors, two of them are women, right? this is not a dog whistle. it is a straight up bull horn, come on and some bull you know what. >> this is a favorite tactic of donald trump calling people of color racist. the washington post did an analysis of this, he's been three times more likely to call non-white people layracist as h been calling white people racist. he called the squad racist and he said yamiche alcindor was asking a racist question. so it is not a surprise and the base of spoupporters that suppo donald trump, these are white americans, do they think discrimination against white people is as common as discrimination against black people and latinos and other non white groups. it is a favorite tactic of his. he's very much of the patron saint of these white g

. >> live from cnn in atlanta. also this hour, a game plan for living with covid. england scraps all remaining restrictions. >>> welcome everyone. russian president vladimir putin has ordered troops to deploy to areas of the eastern ukraine controlled by russian backed separatists. the latest escalation in a stand off that has the west on edge. the u.s. warning russian forces could arrive in eastern ukraine at any moment. the video there on your screen is from russian media and shows a military convoy moving through separatist control territory. it's unclear who the equipment belongs to. his order came after he signed a decree recognizing the break away regions. as independent republics. separatists have long had backing from moscow. and putin announcement further cements that relationship. it's hard to tell if russia moves are a prelude to full scale invasion of ukraine. he appeared to cast doubt on ukraine's very state hood on monday. >> essential to understand that ukraine has never had a tradition for genuine state hood. since 1991 it took the path of copying f

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. >> a report from the georgia historical society that while deciding the route of i-20 the atlanta burrowanning said it twoob the boundary when white and african american communities. >> because the highways in atlanta were laid down primarily with regard to keeping the races apart rather than keeping traffic moving efficiently, it is the way that today traffic in atlanta is incredibly snarled. i-20 zig zags from east to west in a route that makes no sense unless you know it was laid down with the desire to steg regate. >> racism is a hell of a drug. i mean think about t instead of designing the most efficient highway they instead made it zig zag around the city like some kind of racist mario kart. if you real about mario kart is pretty racist. in real life when italians get in a car accident they don't yell mama mia, i love a that spaghetti, do you have any insurance on you. and guys, i don't know but, but there is nobody that i hate more than i hate traffic. like i will literally shake hands with my worst enemy if it means i can get where i am going 30 minutes faster. i'm still not frie

i'm kim brunhuber live at the cnn center in atlanta. just ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> every indication we have is they're prepared to invade ukraine, attack ukraine. >> russia says it's pulling back forces. we do not see that happen on the ground. >> it will be mr. putin who will bear the responsibility for the suffering and the immense sacrifice that ensues. >> america's top leader is giving direct warnings to russia's president putin. it comes as clashes between the ukrainian armed forces and separatists escalate. we have reports from washington, london, donbas and moscow. plus, a major legal setback for donald trump and two of his children. a judge now orders them to testify in new york's investigation into their business practices. and a shocking loss. the russian figure skater at the center of a doping scandal stumbles through her routine. we're live at the olympics ahead. >>> u.s. president joe biden is delivering perhaps his strongest warning yet. he's scheduled to host a call with world leaders in the days ahead to discuss the c

. >>> i'm kim brunhuber live from cnn headquarters in atlanta. we're hours away from the olympic closing ceremony where a history-making athletes will bear the u.s. flag . >>> welcome, everyone. we begin here in ukraine where the threat of a russian attack seems to grow by the day. as the u.s. warns moscow could strike at any time, president biden will be meeting with his national security council in the hours ahead. still, western leaders are making an 11th hour push for diplomacy. french president emmanuel macron spoke with ukraine's president on saturday ahead of a telephone call with russia's president, vladimir putin. >> go, go, go! >> on the front lines, though, no sign tensions are cooling. a cnn team on tour with ukraine's interior minister coming under mortar fire on saturday. the latest example of escalating cease-fire violations in the east of this condiuntry. some in the west warn, the worst could soon come. >> there were many people who would want to think hopefully about the situation. but i think we need to prepare for the worst-ca

said in texas on saturday, he said prosecutors investigating him are ratest in d.c., new york, and atlantaf the prosecutors do what he called anything wrong. bomb threats made today, at least six historically black colleges the targeted schools including bowie state university, delaware state, southern university in louisiana, plus albany state in new york, and howard in d.c. howard got a previous bomb threat less than a month ago, along with seven other schools today's threats led to class cancellations. the cops report no bombs found, but fbi and atf say they are aware of the threats, working with local officials. >>> for incoming college students le got an e-mail, a michigan school had just given them full scholarship. they sent an e-mail on january 4th, to 5500 incoming students, tell them they're good to go, full ride. word was they were getting the highest grant, good for about $12,000 a year, but the e-mails were mistakes. a spokesperson for the university said, it isn't even possible to grant that many full scholarships, and that the group of students had applied for lesser awards

so far one flight down, two to go. >> i just landed in atlanta. it was a great flight.ot some sleep and everything and not a lot of sleep, but actually they shouted me out on the plane. that was cool. the whole plane clapped for me. getting ready for my next flight to paris. >> he started two weeks ago when he unexpectedly tested positive for covid. several negative tests later he is hoping to make the 1,500-meter speed skate. he will miss his specialty, though, which is the 5,000 meter race. i hope he makes it. >> i do, too. what a strange, bizarre story. you think it's so smooth. >> they work so hard to get to that point. i hope he gets to compete in at least one thing. >> good luck to him. >>> that's a powerful thing you got going there behind you. >> it's february. i mean, it is -- we have to convince ourselves it is winter. san francisco, all sunshine, 62 degrees. not much of a wind from any a little patchy low clouds later tonight. right now 66 livermore, hazy skies in walnut creek and strong high pressure might have to watch that air quality at times, especially

you were leading the stiff atlanta at the onset of the pandemic.tes. again, we didn't know a lot back then. the cdc has yet to issue new guidelines on masks. do you think that the governors that are lifting the mask mandates in places like new jersey and elsewhere are listening to the science or are they listening to the polling as indicated by some, what we're seeing with angry parents all over the country in. >> i absolutely believe that they are listening to the science the same way that we did in atlanta when our governor, so at the beginning of the pandemic, we convened a cross section of people. public health experts, university officials, school officials, business leaders, large companies, small businesses, to give us a set of guidelines that we could follow so that we would not make rash decisions based on what we thought we knew. guided by those guidelines and the metric that's we set in place. in december, late november, early december, we removed our mask mask mandate in atlanta. personally i was conflicted by it. but the science said i

we sat down with wil lis in an atlanta hotel, security threat at the fulton county courthouse. alert after trump took aim at her and others in a rally. >> i hope we have the biggest protest we have ever had in washington, dc, in new york, in atlanta. >> reporter: after those comments, asked the fbi for help with security deficiencies and sharing intelligence on potential threats. >> i don't want to pretend like i didn't hear what i heard. it would be crazy for me to not pay attention to that, so i wanted to make sure they were also paying attention. >> reporter: we also asked the district attorney when she's planning on talking to brad, the georgia secretary of state, really at the center of this whose call with donald trump set it all off. she knows what it's like to be in the middle of a campaign as brad's in the middle of reelection. she's not going to try to get him talk before the grand jury before the may primary but not certainly going to hold off until the november midterms. >> thank you so much. jeffrey toobin is back with us. jeffrey, you know the law. president's on

the atlanta braves. in utah there they are the running-utes and that tribe loves them and they give them a payment every year. there is nothing but pride. it's just this woke crowd trying to create mayhem where there is not any. >> laura: the choice between the washingtoncrats or the washington lobbyist which would be the better team title. >> the redskins committed suicide. i can't like them anymore. before they change their name, 90% of native-americans said we are not offended by this. liberals try to play the victim and get everyone else to submit to what they want. it's crazy. >> laura: it never ends. jason, what position did you play in football? >> i was the placekicker. if they touch you they throw a flag. that was the position for me. >> laura: now i can tease you although the placekickers, amazing. say special teams. from embarrassing media moments, raymond arroyo joins in moments. a special friday's follies that takes aim at nbc's dangerous propaganda at the beijing games. stay there. >> laura

it was not just civil rights leaders in birmingham or atlanta determining what went on, it was women organizing on the ground in these local communities, serving as a bridge to the national civil rights organizations. these women were not protesting, they were attached to the larger -- they were attached to that. women's roles bridging the local campaign and the national movement. also, you had women who led these campaigns. who organized these campaigns. there are studies that documented these roles in various civil rights protests across the country. when we actually see who participated, initially, in many of these protests, that may have been organized by the women, the ones that actually participated, often times, were teenagers. for example, in the case of selma, we had civil rights activists coming to town, going to meetings, usually in the churches, organizing protest in downtown for a restaurant, a supermarket or a lunch counter. they would have these meetings and all the community would show up. friday morning at 9:00, we are going to be out there picketing. make sure you a

an illustrator in atlanta self taught animator he says he's just. thrilled to have his work come to like, take a look. >> was a little straighter in atlanta. south top animator been very fortunate to work with some great people. great people like george lucas who had jamie bring to life a memorable star wars character. for me when i was working on, you know, to it was really kind of the turning point my career because >> i was breathing life into this little guy and it just was exhilarating that couldn't get enough. and so that i want withhold can work with family the cars caribbean. it was on that film that he created one of the most amazing special effects characters of all time, davy jones and his 10, a cold beer. but we do as animators is you. you drill down into that psychology. what's really going on there. so you can project that through the digital creature. a few years ago, he was approached with another idea. was funny is we actually got to design from, you know, ground and that was quite a test. in 2009, he rented the petaluma municipal s

an old woman tv station and the atlanta rose newspaper. in the weeks after cobbler fell, realize there was no way they could speak. they fled on evacuation fly to dickie in canada and be in the united states. it's difficult to get exact numbers, but estimates are that over the past 6 months, more than 1500 off con journalists left the country scattering across the globe from pakistan to albania, to the united states. among those who mean many are still waiting to make their escape. the hemorrhaging of the outcome, media space has had a domino effect. within the 1st 100 days of taliban truly, more than 250 televisions patients, radio stations, and newspapers all shut down. that eh, do the ha, that's all i with the last 2 decades, media and of honest on managed to find its rightful place. it was a big achievement, but it was not an easy process whether it was during i made cut, his eyes presidency, our ashok arnie's. we always had a lot of people being targeted in the off gone media family, quarter one, you know, one already mad. what are ho