to speak to that, reading your book it feels one of the threats is how the black panther party was sort of barely born before the fbi and the justice department. can you explain what happened on the black panther movement? >> it stands for counterintelligence programming and this was a hectic the fbi used to infiltrate organizations and they would use paid informants to bring different organizations down. up until that point, probably the most or aggressive organization was the communist party in the united states, but they targeted the black panther party and successfully destroyed them. what we talked about in the book, there was an activist in the area, japanese-american and there's overwhelming evidence that he was fbi informant provocateur. and a okie was the person that gave bobby and huey their first guns. he was a local in the san francisco and even bobby and huey said he was one of the founding members of the panthers. that means the black panthers were actually infiltrated before they became the black panthers which means they were infiltrated from the first day and they were

and the background to the black panther party. do you want to talk about how they fit into the broader civil rights movements. >> the black panther party was formed by huey newton and bobby seal in oakland, california. both were activists, avid followers of malcolm x, very frustrated with contemporary, nonviolent side of things where the attitude was turn the other cheek and not towards self defense and that is to say malcolm x or robert f williams and very serious cases of police brutality in the bay area and they came to gather, they call themselves the black panther party named after a political organization, democratic something that shows their mascot in the black panthers. this is an offshoot of student bound violent courting committee so the black panther party forms in 66. one of their primary goals was to police the police, protect the community from police brutality, to end poverty and hunger, the organization grew very quickly, carrying guns. and and and in the case of the panthers most of that publicity was bad. >> pool

father's killing, hampton jr., now 51, an activist like his father, serving as chairman of the black panther party the ideological offspring of that organization. unfortunately, we are dealing with the same issues the black panther party had to deal with. police brutality we refer to as police terrorism. >> reporter: jerri, a lifelong activist devoting herself to social justice causes in chicago. >> i feel complete as a person when i'm doing this work. i used to make a je a that the sri of chairman fred would haunt me if in this period we haven't achieved freedom or power tobecome a reality. >> reporter: the spirit of chairman fredrk now resurrected and the black messiah." though he died young, the wisdom of his words proved prophetic. >> you can murder a revolutionary, but you can't murder revolution! >> "judas and the black messiah" is now in theaters. >>> up next, the new and diverse faces of "sesame street" singing "i am somebody." ♪ i am you are we are somebody ♪ ♪ like a giant i'm tall getting taller ♪ ♪ i'm strong getting stronger ♪ you're not using too much are you hon? charmin ultra soft

even in conflict, chairman fred and the black panther party found common■ç interests but not the sacrificen't aligned with you, you feel like you're selling out, you're compromising yourself. that thought wasn't in their mind. it was to bolster the love for the community. they saw that they were-- it was better in solidarity than fragmentation, you know,. >> trevor: i would love to know from your side as daniel, how did you begin to embody fred the way that you did? like, what did you look for in him that helped you bring him to life in this movie? >> you know what it is, trevor. i was kind of-- i was in a space where i would watch his speeches, and be aware of how i was feeling as a result of it. you know what i'm saying? how i was feeling, the mood. and my goal is to occupy his spiritual space, that position. and go i want to move the audience in the way that he is moving me at this moment. i don't really know the words for that feeling that i felt, but i knew i felt it. and i said i knew i was able to occupy it. i was like, cool, let me go there and have that as my aspiration in terms o

the original black panther party started in october of 1966.e reason why it came to be was one of the most systemic issues -- there were several -- number one, that people didn't feel that anything was being told concerning who they were or their history or knowledge of themselves. it was originally the black panther party for self-defense and the concept of defending yourself against police brutality but, most important of all, understanding your legal rights. at that point in time, it was ripe. the conditions were ripe. and we see the great comparison of the black lives matter movement to the civil rights movement. so when we want freedom, we want the power to determine the destiny of our own community. we want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, and peace. that's where that phrase came from, "no justice, no peace." this is the camron stanford house, a very well-known place. in 1968, right after bobby hutton's funeral, which was held at ephesians church in berkeley, thousands of people showed up, not only people from the commu

when the black panther party first formed, they had this platform divided into two sections.t and what we believe. they wanted to end police brutality, they wanted better pay and to end poverty. they started medical services and grew into this multifaceted organization, all which was dedicated to serving the poor black community. unfortunately, there are remembered for carrying guns and scaring people when there is so much more to their story. >> there is a way in which black people standing up and asking for or demanding their rights be respected has been met with fear, especially when we ask as strongly as the others have done. >> the general impression most people have about the black panther party is distorted. a lot of that is because the fbi launched a counterintelligence program. in the false stories the fbi would spread would get picked up as -- picked up in mass media and reported as truthful. a rift begin to -- began to delop between members of the party and that rift was caused by the misinformation the fbi was bombarding them with. that is part of what this book i

it was a tale all too familiar to black panther party co founder huey p.age of 15. it was more of a banking system. we're going to fill you with something. we don't want any objections and what we're telling you does not tell you anything about who you are, and most important of all, we don't want you to think we don't want you to know anything. we don't want you to be productive and prosperous. we flip that script and began to change that whole way of thinking and dynamic. so when nlcs opened huggins as this question to her colleagues, if you look back and you could give to your little self, the things you needed, what would it be? the question. birthday unique curriculum that encourage students to be seen and heard. even as a kid. i was aware that there was something dynamic going on with these teachers. and this school, gregory lewis attended the school from birth. nlcs opened until his parents left the panthers in the eighties and says he was encouraged to speak out and think. critically lack of funding, government harassment and community elements for

it answered peoples sense of what they were trying to do so that's why we get to the black panther party organized in lowndes county as a political party which is quite separate from the black panther party which becomes much more famous. a. >> we have a question here development that led to this. >> i would put a great deal of emphasis on, as i said, the failure of the challenge which was the effort to challenge or on see the delegation to the convention from 1964. but again, this comes just weeks after the murder of the civilized workers of mississippi. you could take that with a sense of betrayal of people who were considered friends and wanted a compromise and some way of smoothing over to get lyndon johnson elected president and the goal was for the people that had been working very hard to bring this challenge about were deeply hurt i think and disappointed in the reaction. again not the party as a whole but i think that begins to shift. if you told me a few months after that the selma march and of course the formation of the project in lowndes county that leads to the black panthe

we need to look no further than the health activism legacies of the black panther party and the youngs. both grassroots organizations rose to prominence in the mid- to late-19 60's and, despite their short-lived success. made a tremendous impact through their activism, which centered on their communities' right to self-determination and to health." you are talking right now to one of the young lords, juan gonzalez. if you could talk about that effect and then we will get juan commenting as well. >> super excited to be in conversation with one of the founding members of the young lords. my sister and i felt very compelled and inspired to write this op-ed, really thinking about what the black panther party and the young lords were able to do in terms of really showing the ways in which when communities that are most impacted, communities that are most burdened are allowed to really have their concerns centered and are able to lead and develop initiatives that really understand the ways in which the social condition of the social -- now that we know our call the social determinants of he

still to come, america's black panther party was one of the most influential political organizationsrom the author of a new graphic novel about the group. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this, the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours, the soviet union lost an elderly, sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these gunshots . from the gym, then he came out and started firing at our hearts. - god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41 — sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90 — travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what'll you do now? will it change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really, i've never married before. this is bbc news, the latest headlines the us city of minneapolis is to pay $27 million to the family of george floyd, in one of the biggest pre—trial settlements ever in a civil rights case. and with more on that news, patrick ngw

you know, the black panther party when they first formed, had the 10 point program.ay and an end to poverty. an expanded, started a free breakfast program for children, education program, medical services, so they really grew into this multifaceted organisation, all of which was dedicated to serving the poor black community. unfortunately, they are remembered mostly for carrying guns and scaring people and there is so much more to their story than that. there is a way in which black people standing up and asking for, demanding their rights be respected, has been met with fear, especially when we ask strongly as the panthers dead. the general impression that most people have about the black panther party in this country is really distorted and a lot of that is distorted because the fbi had launched what they called the counterintelligence program. and the false stories that the fbi had spread were picked up by the mass media and reported as being truthful. a rift began to develop between members of the party and that rift was largely influenced by misinformation that

the civil rights struggle in school so i knew quite a bit about it but we didn't study the black panther partywhite country and the challenges that brings. so i arrived to it not from a different perspective. for me, this process deepened what i was feeling about myself and about my friends and about people, life in america, it kind of deepened that and got me a better understanding about the self-love that they had and the love that they had for the black community and they were uncompromising about it. >> yeah. to that point, you know, shaka, so many americans never learn about the black panther party at all or about fred hampton. what do you think people should know about fred hampton's life and legacy? i know that you have launched an educational program to that end. what should people take away both from the film and what they might be googling right now about the black panther party? >> we made the movie to counter the propaganda that has been put forth in history books and articles about them being, you know, a racist, terrorist, militant group when, in fact, they were community organiz

that people really know what the black panther party represented? ear those comparisons even made today, you know, when they compare, for example, the capitol rioters to members of black lives matter. you look at the way that those individuals at the capitol who -- how they are not going to face the prosecution that a protester who set a trash can on fire is getting eight years in ferguson. that's the reason we put the line in there to kind of -- the struggle is parallel to today in a lot of ways. >> it's important. i'm curious about your preparation. >> yeah. >> for the role. number one, the speaking style is very distinct. you have some very emotional, passionate speeches. how did you prepare for that? >> my amazing dialect coach, audrey, just diligently did a lot of work and working with shaka. shaka helped me and guided me along. i sat down with an opera singing coach because i felt fred sonically occupied the space like an opera singer. it was great to engage ply diaphragm and condition my vocal cord for 12-hours days which is tough. and studied

sweet sweet back, required it became required viewing by members of the black panther party.ary. i do not know if you caught it, but this was how the film ended. dedicated to all the brothers and sisters, we have had enough of the man. in a 42nd clip, that is what blaxploitation is all about. sticking it to the man. as eric has so cleverly pointed out. sticking it to the white man. you saw the police who said we have to take a black person down to the station so we look good. that was my white person voiced by the way is pretty good. it is pretty incendiary, and the connection here, is that it is the soundtrack from many of these films isaac hayes, james brown even, curtis may field contributes scores to several of these songs. and it gives artists power to -- with a distinctively black voice. now let me get back to the powerpoint because one of the things that i want to point out is that motown is not the only label that we have discussed that is impacted by this period, and become really important contributors to the cultural movement that funk represent in the post war era

washington, dc and we could go on for the lesson plan requires children t examine the ways the black panther partyuccessfully functioned to preserve the values of the black families an villages. the black panther party, racial separatist with a history of murdering people. of course that's not included, this is rewriting history including recent history that all of us are familiar with. look at the image on the screen. this is from a third grade clas in the fairfield unified school district. the comparison suggested please respond only to blm rights. of course that's a lie. kids are being taught more broadly that the police are the problem, they're the ones that commits violence. this was posted on an online photo album that dc public schools black lives matter at school week of action. how young was the kid that was forced to draw a police officer shooting and killing someone? this is not education. but again, that's just the beginning. skills have eliminated biology and their teaching kids that biology isn't real. how can you teach something tha is fake? what are the guiding principles the black

david walker and illustrator provide an illustrated industry of the black panther party.amuel goldblum offered the thoughts on addressing poverty in america. this evening, books editor charles kessler argues that there are two competing views of the u.s. constitution. best-selling biographer walter isaacson shares a story hill received a nobel prize for the development of a method of genome editing and gil reports on a group of kurdish women fighting and winning against isis in syria. find more schedule information online at booktv.org or consult your program guide. now here's the history of the black panther party. .... .... they are an incredible organization. they are one of several across the

lewis is one of the activists to design the logo, first female member of the black panther party. >> asian and black unity is nothing new, going on for decades, before california became a state. i'm so glad we were able to produce these shirts and signs that went on asian businesses not only during the george floyd protests but we can go back to oscar grant protests. >> other creator is tommy wang, a cofounder of good good eats, oakland-wide effort to help small food businesses in ethnic cultural districts in the pandemic and beyond. said after hearing antiasian and black sentiment in recent years, had to act. >> chinatown is everywhere now, everywhere is places like chinatown and oakland. we come from a mixed environment, and where people have been doing work for decades together. hearing these stories that are divisive or talk on the street that's divisive, we're here to remind people we've been together through worse for a long period of time. >> demand is surging for these shirts. proceeds to manufacturing costs and community initiatives. >>> one of marin county's streets could be

he is a former member and defense captain of the black panther party in baltimore. bookseller, he was targeted by the fbi as part of its cointelpro. counterintelligence program. yes, he is also the father of the acclaimed writer ta-nehisi coates. we welcome you both to democracy now! bonnie, you were the one who cased the joint. is that right? who went to these media fbi offices, media, pennsylvania, to get a sense of the blueprints of the two rooms, whatever it was? >> that's right. we had cased the exterior environment, so we knew what the police patrols were but -- we had to get inside the offices to see whether there were alarm systems and to see what the layout of the offices were, where the doors were that we hoped to get through. so i had to call and say i was a college student doing research on opportuties for women in the fbi and i wondered if i could have an interview with the head of the office. they very graciously gave me an appointment. i showed up trying to look not at all like my usual identity. i disguised my parents as much as i possibly could. they

he was the youngest imprisoned member of the black panther party. for decades, authorities in california refused to grant him parole, even after he had a stroke and was forced to use a wheelchair or walker. chip fitzgerald was 71 years old. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i am amy goodman in new york, joined by cohost juan gonzalez in new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy, and welcome to our viewers across the country and around the world. amy: we begin todays's show in burma, where more than 500 people have been killed during protestsgainst the february 1 military coup that toppled burma's democratically elected civilian government. at least 141 people were killed on saturday alone in the bloodiest day so far, as soldiers opened fire on civilians demonstrating against military rule in dozens of cities and towns across the country. children were among the dead, including a 5-year-old boy, according to amnesty international, and a 13-year-old girl. on sunday, burmese troops fired on

jazz clubs and blues clubs, but as you get to the later part of the 1960s the office of the black panther partyat particular street. it really represented the black community. >> sreenivasan: the fillmore street location would be home to generations of the richardson family >> i grew up in one big purple victorian on filmore street. there was marcus books on the bottom at the storefront, my grandmother and at some point cousins on the second floor, you know, everybody was responsible each other and to this broader commitment to blk literacy. >> sreenivasan: but that commitment would be sidelid as the city's efforts to redevelop meant the destruction of the neighborhood, forcing the store-- and the family-- to move multiple times. in 1976, the richardsons opened a second store, in oakland. it was the height of the black power movement, when the f.b.i.'s co-intelpro program was surveilling black businesses. >> we were targeted for a lot of reasons, just like a lot of other black organizations were. so, we had challenges in terms of the greater society being threatened by us. later, it was really

supporting actress nominees, while daniel kaluuya, who plays fred hampton, leader of the chicago black panther partyporting actor nod. along with clarke peters in spike lee's da 5 bloods. if my daddy had known if i'd have turned out like this, he'd have named me gabriel. chadwick boseman, who died of colon cancer last year receives a posthumous leading actor nomination for his performance in ma rainey�*s black bottom. he's one of 16 of the 2a actors shortlisted who comes from an ethnic minority group, which is quite a turnaround from last year, when there were none. we can onlyjudge what's entered but what we did do is make sure there was a more level playing field. that more films were watched by more members, and therefore a greater variety and range of films and performances have been recognised. i'm not leaving my flat! anthony hopkins gets a leading actor nod for his portrayal of an elderly man suffering from dementia in the father, a british movie that is also shortlisted for the prestigious best film award in a bafta short list unlike any other. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc

. >>> this 2,000-square-foot mural shows women of the black panther party, taken by artists nearly a finish. wow, okay. just a month. the homeowner says she wanted to create something that was permanent and celebrated black joy. >>> meteorologist kari hall with a look at that, a lot of joy from the forecast. >> absolutely. i'm excited to see some rain coming our way for the weekend. and i know it's going to be during the weekend, but it looks like it's early in the day on saturday. and then we'll start out monday with some off and on showers that will continue into tuesday, and our temperatures will cool off quite a bit. san francisco is going to stay cool with those upper 50s today. that's more of what we'll see going into next week. marcus? >> thanks, kari. >>> that does it for our midday newscast. the next one for you at 5:00. we're always on nbcbayarea.com. see you tomorrow morning at 4:30. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones, - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit ♪ ♪ ♪ why

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supporting actress nominees, while daniel kaluuya, who plays fred hampton, leader of the chicago black panther partyknown if i'd have turned out like this, he'd have named me gabriel. chadwick boseman, who died of colon cancer last year receives a posthumous leading actor nomination for his performance in ma rainey�*s black bottom. he's one of 16 of the 24 actors shortlisted who comes from an ethnic minority group, which is quite a turnaround from last year, when there were none. we can onlyjudge what's entered but what we did do is make sure there was a more level playing field. that more films were watched by more members, and therefore a greater variety and range of films and performances have been recognised. i'm not leaving my flat! anthony hopkins gets a leading actor nod for his portrayal of an elderly man suffering from dementia in the father, a british movie that is also shortlisted for the prestigious best film award in a bafta short list unlike any other. will gompertz, bbc news. scientists are excited about the remarkable discovery of meteroite rock in a residential area near cheltenham

the black panther party started n sports, many aspects of our lives there still anything but normal.league games are underway and at the point on the calendar that we've come to expect them. the giants took the field in scottsdale today for their spring opener against the angels and very happy now buster posey behind the plate. some nice d for the giants in the first inning as connor man, as gets joe adele to ground into and around the horn double play and has walked a pair but pitch that one scoreless inning. two different giant pictures gave up too. in the second and two in the third bottom of the third warmer floors. it's a shot to right, adele slips and it goes is a double. posey who had singled comes around to score. not much scoring after that is the angels go on to win five to the giants managed just two hits on the day, a nice day for 2000 fans that have a socially distance picnic and mesa where the a's hosted the dodgers, the dodgers trying to break through in a scoreless game in the second and one rios rips a single to write for l a. but buddy read comes up throwing and put

supporting actress nominees, while daniel kaluuya, who plays fred hampton, leader of the chicago black panther partybloods. if my daddy had known if i'd have turned out like this, he'd have named me gabriel. chadwick boseman, who died of colon cancer last year receives a posthumous leading actor nomination for his performance in ma rainey�*s black bottom. he's one of 16 of the 2a actors shortlisted who comes from an ethnic minority group, which is quite a turnaround from last year, when there were none. we can onlyjudge what's entered but what we did do is make sure there was a more level playing field. that more films were watched by more members, and therefore a greater variety and range of films and performances have been recognised. i'm not leaving my flat! anthony hopkins gets a leading actor nod for his portrayal of an elderly man suffering from dementia in the father, a british movie that is also shortlisted for the prestigious best film award in a bafta short list unlike any other. will gompertz, bbc news. roger mudd — the long time cbs and nbc correspondent and anchor — has died at the age

. >>> good afternoon, 20-year-old chairman of the "black panther" party, fred hampton, was shot and killedficers wounded. they were fired on when they tried to enter the apartment on a search warrant for possession of illegal else with. three more panther party members are in police custody in connection with the shooting. >> when you knocked on the door, what happened? . >> well, i didn't actually knock. i heard our officers at the front announce their office and shots fired. so i kicked in the back door. and as soon as the door opened, i could see shoots fired on the backside. . >> was it lit. >> the kitchen and was lit. the bedrooms were dark >> did you know they were black panthers? >> no, we didn't. we were informed there were guns and con tkra band in the building. >> did you have indication that fred hampton might be there. >> not teenage. >> the ride raid was conducted by the states attorneys office. . >> that was the news report from wmaq december 5th, 1969 following the shooting death of fred hampton, chair shooting de fred hampton of the black panther party. he was shot and kill

one of the activists was the first female member of the black panther party. >> so to keep things in context, asian and black unity this is nothing new. this has been going on for decades. probably before california became a state. i'm so glad that we were able to produce these shirts. and signs that went on asian businesses during not only during the george floyd protest. but we can go back to the oscar grant protest. >> the other creator is tommy wong. a effort to help small businesses. he says after hearing antiasian sentiment in recent years he felt he to act. >> i would say that china town is everywhere now. everywhere is places like china town and oakland. so it comes from a mixed environment. and where people have been doing work for decade together. and so when we're hearing these stories that are really devicive. we're here to remind people that we have been together through worse. for long period of time. >> profits from the sale of the shirts go to help with community initiative. >> the berkeley childhood home of vice president harris could soon be named a historic landmark

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they have in store but what i like is seeing judas in the black messiah which is based on the black panther party in oakland getting some big nods, so excited to see that and what else might be there. >> we will see if it ends up on the best picture list. that will be announced now. let's watch. >>> or if you just got up and are joining us now, welcome. >> let's continue. members of the academies documentary branch have chosen these nominees for best documentary theater and they are, collective mole agent, my octopus teacher, and time. >> for best documentary, short subject, here are the nominees. colette, a concerto is a conversation, do not splits, hunger ward, and a love song for latosha. >> congratulations, everyone. the nominees for best international feature film were voted on by academy members from all branches living and working outside and all over the world. the nominees are another roundr better days, hong kong. collective, romania. the man who sold his skin, tunisia. quo vadis. and the south branch chooses nominees for best achievement in sound. they are, greyhound, mank,,,, of the w

it requires children to examine the ways black panther party successfully pump functioned to preserveof black families. black panther family, racial separating, a history of murder people. this is rewriting history including race and history all of us are w familiar with, they are flying already. this is from a third grade class at a unified school district in california, comparisons suggest police respond only to blm right about that a lot the kids are being taught that. there taught police are the problem, they are the ones who commit violent. this was posted on an online photo album d.c. public schools black lives matter at school week of action. how young was a kid forced to drop a police officer shooting and killing someone? this is propaganda, not eeducation but again, that is just the beginning. schools in the managed biology teaching children biology is real, how can you teach something fake? so they are not. one of the guiding principles the school curriculum is to be transgender confirming so they have no choice. out with biology, and with blm how one pre-k teacher to just d

. >> "judas and the black messiah" based on the black panther party from the trial of the magnificent is a drama set in arkansas. the oscar show is april 25th. >> a lot of good films to be seen. i've seen "the trial of chicago 7." i saw that. that was really good. now we have some more ideas. we may need to bundle up. we're going to have rain, right, jeff? >> definitely, janelle. some good movie weather coming our way with some rainfall a few days away. we'll detail that rain, how much we will get, and i'll also have an update on the very cold morning moving in tomorrow morning. i'll be back with that in about five minutes. >>> plus one year later the bay area is starting to make a comeback from covid. we'll take a look back at the ups and downs of this pandemic. >>> tomorrow will mark one year since the bay area shut down to stop the spread of covid-19. since then we've seen a lot, we have learned a lot. as every needle in an arm helps get us closer to the end, nbc's jerry rosato jr. looks at the year behind us. >> reporter: so often we would crack a bat on a saturday night, walks in

nine months after and of course the foundation of those projects in lowndes county for the black panther party and then a year later during the march of james meredith after he was shot, the march against fear he called it, stokely, michael and the perfect audience and platform for articulating the idea of how as noble, not integration, not just people rights power. so i would do it from a lot of people who were disillusioned, who i think that's about the time bob moses left the movement for example. for more complex reasons undoubtedly but it was a turning point. in a movement that had been getting pretty optimistic despite all of the harshness and death that it had endured to come to that point. and to lose that fight. >> there was a real exodus of leaders from the before movements, those for help sponsor the march on washington and produce this march on washington in 1963 and we have a poor people's campaign started before doctor king was assassinated but it had a march also in washington. didn't get the same kind of level of momentum . and if your argument is that is not about the charisma

a powerful mural on the side of a home showing women of the black panther party. le. >>> after performing for more than 50 years on the sideline, the washington football team will no longer have cheerleaders. they are being replaced with a coed dance squad. they want to create a more modern franchise that reflects inclusivity and diversity. washington started using cheerleaders back in 1962 and were known as the first ladies of football. >>> up next at 6:30, looking back but also looking forward. the congressional hearings on the capitol hill riot, including the next threat to look out for. >>> if you have an electric vehicle, right now you're probably looking for a charging station. le but what about a service that swaps your battery. covid has made clear that having health insurance is more important than ever. at covered california, every plan is comprehensive, covering everything from preventive care to mental health. and it's the only place that offers financial help for health insurance. enrollment is open due to covid-19. if you or someone you know isn't co

the critically acclaimed film about the oakland-based black panther party. leading the list with 10 nominations is the film, mink . >> it's a movie with a big budget. the director likes to do a lot of takes. 100, 200, the production was high. we didn't see a lot of heavy budgeted movies coming out in 2020 because of the pandemic . >> good morning america breaks down the fullness of nominees with special guest coming up. here are the best picture nods, we can see who takes a home at the 93rd academy awards live on april 25, 2021. the show starts at 5:00 p.m.. >>> congratulations . >>> her is getting a huge year, and academy award for fight for you with judas and the black messiah. she's also nominated for golden globe. last night winning the grammy for best song for i can't breathe. her spoke exclusively with jobina, you can watch their conversation on the streaming app the search for abc 7 bay area on apple tv, android tv, fire tv or roku . >> i'm so excited just to see her thriving from the super bowl performance to all of this recognition that she's gettin

while the group's style echoes the black panther party of the 1960s their goals are distinct focusingl of a black ethno state. >> what makes us different is our goal is our own country, a place where we can determine our own future. >> is violence an option to reach your goals? >> the united states was built on violence being an option. violence should be the last option. >> extremism experts say the group is distinct from far-right militias. >> they've not risen to the level of concern of, say, the 3 percenters and the oath keepers. they've not engaged in violence and most of their demonstrations they have, in fact, coordinated their activities with police. >> when you talk about january 6th and we saw those rioters storm the capitol, what do you say to critics who say you're no different from them. they're extremists. you're extremists. >> show me where we have done those things. they've killed people. they disrespected the government to the point where they have invaded its sacred halls. show me where we've done those things because we have done none of them. >> we were allowed rar

it's a 2,000 square foot mural on the side of a home in west oakland showing women of the black panther party the artist nearly a month to finish. the homeowner says she wanted to create something that was permanent, and celebrate black joy. >> i love that. >> wow. she says it took her a month. i would think that would tash me take me a lot longer. >> i would have started six months ago and still etching things out. if you're living in that area you might want to walk by and take a look president meteorologist kari hall says the sun is going to be shining for us. >> yes, later this afternoon, we are starting out with some clouds and we'll see some very cool temperatures and n some spots and headed into the rest of today nice and comfortable and some rain this weekend. we'll talk about that. let's get you planned for the day to head outside and enjoy some of that fresh air, as we are checking out our forecast for american canyon, we'll be at about 50 degrees at 9:00, and then going into the low 60s by lunch time, and you may still need a light jacket but overall it's still going to be a nice d

. >> reporter: while the group's style echoes the black panther party of the 1960s, their goals are distinct our own government, our own country. a place where we can determine our own future. >> reporter: is violence an option to reach your goals? >> the united states was built on violence being an option. violence should be the last option. >> reporter: extremism experts say the group is distinct from far right militias. >> they have not risen to concern of the oath keepers. they have not engaged in violence. in fact, most of their demonstrations they have coordinated their activities with police. >> reporter: when you talk about january 6 and we saw those rioters storm the capitol, what do you say to critics who say, you're no different than them, they're extremist is your extremist. >> show me where we've done those things. they have killed people. they have disrespected the government to the point where they have invaded their sacred halls. show me where we have done those things because we have done none of them. >> reporter: we were allowed rare access to one of their training sites i

the black panther party in chicago. and i was struck by and i startedto talk about this before but the phrase all power to the people . the founding declaration of the we the people and i've always been like, are these the same people? what people are we talking about here. because the people that fred hampton was talking about don't seem to be included in the idea of we the people area that's really kind of a fundamental narrative of it. so what was which brings me to a questioni asked for elizabeth about language . which is that you are very specific about the way from which the word riot has been deployed. and that euphemism and i'd like you to talk about how you come to the terminology around it. >> when riots throughout most of the early 20th century were instances of white mobs, from springfield in 1908 to tulsa in 1921 two the red storm of 19 17 and various battles during world war ii going into blackcommunities , these white residents were hostile to integration and in many communities as though black residents