to bessy was born in a jewish orphanage in new orleans. like to say that before there was a notorious rbgs a justice ginsburg was phone, there was an flower tous she championed the laws in her years and she was a mentor to me. >> what were the significant cases that shoe was involved in as well as the fair labor act? >> guest: well, all of their time for the labor department was spent on the fair labor standards act and was the whole body of work that caused chief justice older wayne to say the put the sin us on the bare owns of anywhere labor act and without her work the bare bones have been wholly ininadequate. her most significant case, standing alone, was the first case argued under the equal pay act and established the rule that exists today that jobs need only be substantially equal and not identical to warrant equal pay and that is a standard we still adhere to today. >> host: under research did you go into her personal life at all? >> guest: i did. it was a really being decision for me to do that because she was so jealously guarde

amelia erhardt, bessie coleman, geraldine mach, jackie coleman. the list goes on.oded my imagination with the art of the possible. then in the smallest corner of the muse i saw them, my heros to this very day, the women air force service pilots of world war ii, america's first women military aviators. so the light bulb went off in my 12-year-old head, over 40 years ago prior to my visit in 1986 those women flew. they flew in service to their country. at that moment i realized i at that moment i realized i could, too. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac

after selling two tech startups, bessie knew the next chapter would be different. >> it took all of these things that i have learned to do in high-tech and apply them to communities around the world and they can really be benefited by tech plus really good and from nation -- really good information. >> reporter: it provides an opportunity.>> it is free and accessible. >> reporter: this week's jefferson award goes to betsy bowman. kpix 5. >>> betsy says if something is born digital, it can and should be more accessible. one of one of -- one of many programs that is available. you can learn more at cbssf.com /hero. good morning, i'm phil matier. the time is _ _. good morning, i'm phil matier. and i'm julie watts. maria has the weekend off. "let them in, let them in..." >>> welcome back to kpix 5 this morning . >>> travel turmoil. from coast-to-coast, protest breakout. dozens were detained and kept for entry that's from entering the country following executive order from president trump.>>> we go one-on-one with the congressman about the band and also what is being done to repeal and replace

bessie devos has refused to pay an old election fine. by the way, the fact that her hearing was so appalling to so many americans, 15 million out just a video of a couple of the questions, 15 million people have seen it. if you go on the social media, trump supporters are saying why the heck did he nominate her? rex tillerson has refused to recuse himself for matters relating to exxon mobil for the length of his term. amazing. .ead of the biggest oil company and after one year, he can do things to help it again. his work there, decades. and just this morning, we learned that stephen h and tried in the his holdings cayman islands from the senate finance committee. the list goes on and on. and every day, there's another report of a major ethical lapse among the nominees for the cabinet, the swamp cabinet. isn'tesident-elect draining the swamp with his cabinet picks. he is filling it up, contrary to everything he promised during his campaign. these issues and others deserve to be thoroughly and rigorously reviewed by the senate. senate demo

chairman of the american federation for children and the group for those of you who may not know bessie, she had a humble beginning. her parents mortgaged everything they had to start a small auto parts business. she still remembers when she was seven years old, helping her father paint a cinderblock building that became the office at the first manufacturing location. i believe the color was steel blue. she understands the sacrifices for family has to make themselves and their children. she has successfully advocated for expansion of education opportunity and dozens and dozens of state. she also helped her husband launch a charter school in grand rapids, michigan which is now one of the highest performing charter schools in her home state. i've been to that school. way before there is any idea they should not run they said here before this committee. way before we ever assume there'd be a trump candidacy. several years ago i visited the high school and had a chance to set up lunch and talk with the kids, understand and appreciate their hunger for education at the third of devos, served