, it starts off local and then stretches to spanish harlem, and then in the world. >> i mean part ofour mission here is teaching history >> i'm a musician, i'm a producer, i'm an artist, but i want to be a person that makes history fun, makes history entertaining and makes it beautiful. >> a beautiful treasure almost forgotten now a masterpiece for the world to see man, i would have loved to have been there. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thanks for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night newsome. tonight california stepping up to help ukraine. we have an up close look at the operation is aid refugees in poland. what happens in the uk usually happens here, so should we be worried about the covid sfiek in the uk? a covid expert has some answers. >>> and this video went viral. a local mom stealing a $4,000 bottle of cone knack. why the owner tells us he is not going to press charges. >>> could we finally be saying good-bye to daylight saving? >> why do we keep doing it? >> what happened today that might signal the end of chang

, it starts off local and then stretches to spanish harlem, and then in the world. >> i mean part ofour mission here is teaching history >> i'm a musician, i'm a producer, i'm an artist, but i want to be a person that makes history fun, makes history entertaining and makes it beautiful. >> a beautiful treasure almost forgotten now a masterpiece for the world to see man, i would have loved to have been there. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thanks for ♪♪ don't be sad that it's over ♪ ♪ just be happy that it happened to us ♪ ♪ don't look back and remember ♪ ♪ drunken tears oh, remember the love ♪ ♪ in my head i see you laughing ♪ ♪ from the words i said felt like a new beginning ♪ ♪ in my head i see you standing there ♪ ♪ the words you said felt like a story ending ♪ ♪ we will never ever be the same ♪ ♪ the picture changes but not the frame ♪ ♪ when i'm sleeping i still kiss your face ♪ ♪ i can't have it when i'm awake ♪ ♪ even though we lost it i still get nostalgic ♪ ♪ even if we wanted you can't turn back the hands of time ♪ ♪ even though we lost it i still get nostalgic ♪ ♪

it would connect east harlem and barrio and harlem on 125th street to the rest of the world. these stops will connect a transportation desert where over 75% of itsries dents use public transportation to the lexington avenue line which is the most overcrowded subway line in the city, if not the country. east harlem, as i said earlier, is currently a transportation desert. and this second phase will change the lives of over 100,000 new yorkers that will use it on a daily basis. this phase will extend train services to 96th street and 125th street. a two-mile stretch. and bet fit thousands -- benefit thousands upon thousands of new yorkers t will also connect to metro north, a total of 124 stations in seven different counties in upstate new york, suburbia new york, as well as connecticut. as such it will connect also folks to la guardia airport via bus and future water transportation in the hudson river and harlem river. this is truly a regional project that will connect harlem and east harlem, elbarrio, to the rest of the world. i am very happy and proud that president biden in

reportera: la policÍa busca a un sospechoso por cometer un intento de violaciÓn en harlem.o asaltÓ. >> hay que tomar medidas. reportera: estas agresiones ocurren a cumplirse el primer mes de seguridad en los subterrÁneos. >> ahorita estÁ lleno de policÍas y por quÉ no antes. reportera: una frustraciÓn que se refleja en un aumento del 73% de delitos en lo que va del aÑo. la alcaldÍa informÓ que esta semana se hicieron 143 arrestos. el alcalde adams defiende el progreso que se hizo y que camino por recorrer es muy largo todavÍa. leÓn: en miami beach, florida, se declarÓ estado de emergencia y medidas de control de multitudes, luego de tiroteo ocurriÓ en ocean drive. reportera: esta forma las escenas que se vivieron en miami beach luego de que se presentaran dos tiroteos durante el spring break, lo que hizo que las autoridades declararÁn estado de emergencia. la gente intenta buscar protecciÓn. se ven oficiales rodeando la zona y se escuchaban las sirenas de las patrullas. esta maÑana la policÍa encontrÓ dos mujeres heridas y el domingo pasado fueron tres las personas heridas.

provided over 1 million meals that we have given up with your people over the course of covid in harlemou know, president biden have to tell me how great you are what you do. and your organization, the world central kitchen has been preparing an average of 250,000 meals every day for refugees. spread over seven countries, which is really incredible to say the least. so can you tell us what these efforts look like behind the scenes? >> well, i want to say that it has been an honor. to be side by side with you and your people. and this is the message that we the people together will always achieve more. what we see in ukraine, is an amazing explosion of empathy. where every single men and women that are capable, they are doing something to bring hope to people in need of light. and right now, we are doing around 4 million meals. we have more than $3,000 of food that we have put inside ukraine. we are in more than 270 shelters. we are in more than 27 stations and bus stations. we have more than 24 trucks, more than 1000 -- -- we are in every single border crossing across all of the countri

addition she's working in education for 40 years with a moderate school [inaudible] labor in east harlemcouncil. miss edwards, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good morning, committee members. my name is melanie edwards. the song that you are considering today for national him status was composed by my grandfather, j. rosamond johnson. not john, not john johnson, not john rosamond. thank you, the limits were written by his brother, james weldon johnson. when people ask me how i think of this song, i add soften to their disappointment and display. this military is one of many, some 200, according to nascap american society of composers authors and publishers, [inaudible] one of many on things that my grand uncle wrote. this song is a small part of both men's artistic output, so i have no sense of it being an unusually remarkable achievement. i am however always humbled and impressed by the staying power it has had. few things over 100 years old or referenced for their relevance or timeliness. this quality is what i hope you, making your decision today, keep in mind. "lif

you provided over a million meals that we gave out with your people over the course of covid in harlem. so you know joe biden didn't have to tell me how great you are at what you do. and your organization, the world central kitchen, has been prepared about an average of 250,000 feels every day for refugees spread over seven countries. which is really incredible to say the least. can you tell us what this effort looks like behind the scenes? >> well, i want to say, sir, that it's been an honor during this pandemic, being side by side with you and your people. this is a message that we the people together, we will always achieve more. what we see in ukraine is an amazing explosion of empathy, where every single man and woman that are available, they are doing something to bring kind of hope to people in need of light. and right now, we are in the north forming the meals. we have 300,000 tons of food, we have more than 270 shelters. more than 27 stations. we have more than 20 food tracks. more than 1,000 points of distribution. we are in every single border crossing across all the countri

and i also briefly wrote for the harlem globetrotters. >> jimmy: what?king that script and the whole show to china. so i think they just googled chinese american comedian or something. and i was probably the only one that showed up that would accept the job. and i did it. they met me at a hilton hotel by l.a.x. >> jimmy: all of them? >> no, no, no. just the white guys. >> jimmy: okay. >> you know. met me at the hilton out there, and they wanted to ask me questions to see if the script would translate in china, to see if it's offensive, any part of it. the only note i gave them is in the script, hello kitty was in it. well, don't put hello kitty in chinese, because that's japanese. i don't know if you knew that. hello kitty is not chinese. that's the only advice i gave them. >> jimmy: how did they work hello kitty into the basketball script? >> i have no idea. but they paid me $200. and i think it was $200 well spent. >> jimmy: $200 just to check it out. they didn't ask you to write them any kind of bits or anything? >> no, no, no, i don't think so. >> ji

she was decades ahead of her time in her sympathy for neighbors in spanish harlem, lgbtq couples, creatives of all walks of life. she saw everyone's innate humanity. that set her apart at a time where outside expressionism was the most popular form of american art. she stuck to the human figure was most important, first and foremost. >> i guess what she means by people come first, do you think that is the sentiment captured in all of her artwork? >> yeah, the title of the exhibition comes from a phrase she said to her friend, mike gold. she said people come first. it is really what she believed. even in her cityscapes, landscapes, and still lights, which are probably less well-known. you get the sense of people and humanity, it infuses her work. >> look at the eyes, they really strike me in all of her portraits of people. there's some crazy intensity to it. >> people also remark on her hands. i will invite all of our visitors to look closely at hands and think about how character is shown in hands. both in her works, and maybe see a similar pattern in your own life. she really saw how peopl

but that changed last summer, when a search of facebook led to his stepdaughter in harlem.e that ultimately ended in disappointment. >> she went on to explain that he had been a camera shy person. >> reporter: the search for a photo led next to ancestry.com which revealed he had been a maytive of a detroit suburb. they reached out to a high school and eight months later, they had his ninth grade photo of albert. >> i was very treated. >> reporter: now his photo is being added to the museum wall. finally a face attached to the name. >> the small trace of him really brings back the words "no day shall erase you from the memory of time." >> reporter: that's what the 9/11 museum is all about, and why it will keep looking for a photo of the last victim without one, another cafeteria worker named antonio dorsey pratt. >> what an amazing journey to find his photo. >>> still ahead on nbc bay area news, they are hiring. hundreds of spots open at the united states postal service. what you need to know about a job fair in the bay area this week. did you know that renovating your kitch

in east harlem.ith drug treatment programs. we serve the needs of people from other communities. the justice department is considering whether to make it easier for states to open injection sites. but is this initiative looks to take off in the united states supporters point to the decades old safe injection sites already operating in canada, europe and australia. gary baumgarten, fox news. this is ktvu fox two news at six. there were just a slap in the face. it's just. the san francisco woman whose rape kit was used to identify her as a suspect in a crime breaks her silence tonight. good evening. i'm julie julie haener, and i'm alex savage the woman's case exposed to practice in the city's crime lab that triggered a national scandal. ktvu investigative reporter evan sernoffsky sat down with her and has more now on what happened. i feel betrayed. i feel hurt. six years ago, this woman submitted to a forensic exam after she was sexually assaulted, but investigators turned around and used her dna from

happened right before the documentary for "summer of soul" which you had to be the music festivals in harlem and questlove. it seemed like we were moving in the direction of really celebrating minorities, and then this one incident -- do you think it set that back or changed the specter of it? >> no question, no question. when you look at how hard folks worked at the academy to make the oscars more inclusive and you look at the diversity that we had in that program, you had three female hosts for the first time. two of those three people were women of color. when you look at the diversity in the presenters and diversity in those who were nominated, i mean, it was a big deal. with one stupid action, all of that went out the window. all that went out the window. >> today wanda sykes said what happened to her is not cool, that she feels she's owed an apology. listen. >> and it was sickening. it was absolutely -- i physically felt ill. i'm still a little traumatized by it. >> me too. >> yeah. because -- and for them to let him stay in that room and enjoy the rest of the show and accept his award

so i was in harlem at the time that that happened. i remember it was 1989. i remember public enemy with fight the power came in like, you know, there's certain things that i just remembered from that time period and so, you know, i tell the story of how you know, my grandfather would take me to the park, you know to play ball against the older guys because i was tall and i literally remember the police coming and like rounding everybody up all the young black and brown, you know teenagers up and i tell the story of when i got separated from my grandfather and it was this, you know, big intense moment, um and and hearing my grandmother talk about seeing trump on tv calling for the men to be executed. and what that meant and how you know, i just take a real personal, um, you know of everything that happened. with the central park five because i was actually there and my grandmother worked for spot burger and if i know sponsors attention center, so what i what i found out while doing the interview why interviewing one of the members of the now exonerator five r

author, politician, journalist, poet, educator, lawyer, songwriter and one of the prime movers of the harlem renaissance. he was indeed the embodiment of in early african-american trail blazers. most people recognize johnson as the author of "lift every voice and sing." however, few are aware of his hard work and dedication to the cause of civil rights and social justice advocacy, exemplified by his fight against racism and his fight for equality during the ten years that he served as the executive secretary of the national association for the advancement of colored people. i need to note here that james welden johnson succeeded a white man who served in the position until he was beaten nearly to death by a white mob in texas where he'd gone to investigate a lynching in 1919. johnson had been hired as secretary by the association in 1916. when he resigned, johnson became the first negro to hold the senior staff position at the association in 1920. for context, i remind you that the association was founded in 1909. johnson's personal story is emblematic of much of the spiritual meaning that i

. >> reporter: every morning george updates the prices at his harlem gas station and lately using bigger driver? >> yeah. >> reporter: last week average prices hit $4.33 a gallon and much higher in some places. because it costs more to transport anything everything costs more. why are gas prices spiking? got to be russia, right? >> no. the problem with energy prices is not just russia. >> reporter: jason is the director at columbia university. he said it started with the pandemic. >> we shut down the global economy, the prices collapse. >> reporter: demand fell and then the supply fell and when the pandemic began to ease up people had more money to spend and a lot are spending it on travel and the oil industry is trying to ramp production back up. supply chains with cars and other parts of the economy there are bottle necks. >> reporter: they were trying to gear up and russia attacked ukraine. >> much less russian oil is out in the world. that pushes price up for the global oil price. too much demand. not nearly enough supply. we only get 3% of the oil from russia. why does that affect p

in sundry statements have real life consequences says new harlem han, a member of the national assembly, who spoke out against his governing p. t a. these failures, he says his children have been threatened, in addition to receiving thousands of messages of hate and profanity join p t a because of him, ron hahn's seeing and he said that in his own manifest also that there will be an accountability across the board. he will not be having any cut up minister. i really go against 2 things. a for have speech. second allegation by the prime minister. any, everybody will have named us the minister for information does not believe the prime minister speeches that inflammatory people are very angry on yours. how can you tolerate such people who will sell the award for for money? there is a history of horse trading and bug hassan out of there that he got out on years ago . the minister was defending activities of diary, the former leader of the pakistan people's party or people. he chaudhry his chief, 3 parties in the last decade. but he says allegiances can be changed before elections, and thos

>> no, we could probably limit most of this -- >> how about the harlem globetrotters movie?three? >> i too straight. >> how about " " tutsi 2?" >> what's left? >> there's this video of a cat by a toaster. >> that's your best picture winner right there. [applause] >> we are done. >> that was easy. >> i know! >> take a moment, i will go cheat on my wife. [laughter] >> greg: if the oscars no longer rely on excellence, why bother? after looking at the writings decline -- answer that question. now that the oscars are dead, hollywood could go back to making movies for people and not awards shows. it does make me sad. growing up, i love the oscars. it's my favorite thing to watch some of -- besides aunt corra changing. [laughter] stars of their presence. they rarely spilled their gods, candles that sounded like junk. today, you look at the stars, and there are no bigger than the actual oscar. the same charisma. woke-is him choked. this is because we want entertainment. if you want electric, do what i do: spend the weekend with geraldo. will smith was a jerk. the oscars should thank

we fed over a million people in our partnership in harlem., one of my producer's father is the largest distributor of eastern european spirits in the u.s. mid atlantic region. he has announced that all profits from ukrainian bottles sold in baltimore bars will be donated to your organization of the world central kitchen. who else has reached out to help support your organization? and what are can people who are unable to physically go volunteer, what can they do to help? >> it's a great question. as you said, we did incredible work together during the pandemic. world central kitchen, we rely on such incredible support. we're not funded by the government or anybody else. it's all individuals coming together, businesses donating to make this work possible. you can support our work at wck.org. follow us and our founder chef jose andres on twitter. we're posting on instagram, facebook, twitter. we couldn't do this work without our incredible partners on the ground. we have dozens of restaurants serving meals, we have food trucks in poland and oth

for four decades in spanish harlem having the police called on him hundreds and hundreds of times. so he finally stopped doing it, right. that's an aspect of gentrification. that's particularly troubling. so that's i but i can't speak to exactly what's happening in atlanta. but as i read that sounds like a lot of what's happening in terms of formerly. majority black neighborhoods turning turning over but i don't have specific knowledge leon. lincoln, nebraska, please. go ahead. yes, but just wanted to thank you for having me on today. what an appreciate you taking my call i wanted to. maybe talk about the situation and i don't know if she has any thoughts on that matter but on affirmative action in which we're dealing with and it has been a i think in my opinion a good tool and we have the situation in the nfl where we're looking at a black guy. coat ahead coach that has been overlooked not because of this qualifications, but apparently it has to do with possibly the ownership of these teams and who is who's in position to make these decisions. so if if it's not affirmative action

but he was the first presidential candidate ever to campaign in harlem. truman said to his attorney general, you have to look into this. if necessary, if right, bring charges against this chief of police. that was just in the south in 1946. >> was this around the same time that truman integrated the armed forces? >> yeah, he wasn't the first to try. he was the first to make it a policy. isaac was blind for the rest of his life and never knew that truman had come in for him. that the trial took place and the judge in the trial was absolutely on his side. and actually set a bunch of precedence for civil rights law. he was alienated from his town. and he never knew about any of this. >> this judge had never particularly shown any interest in civil rights issues. but he was so horrified by this. needless to say, for that period, the jury acquitted the police chief, correct? >> of course, in minutes. he took a walk around town so they couldn't acquit him too fast. his wife burst into tears. isaac never forgot it. >> an incredible story. the last section of the

our exclusive sky 7 technology shows the driver turning right onto harlem street, he stops, appears toistance before continuing forward, turning around and driving towards officers who had gotten out of their cars with guns drawn. the driver then reverses into a pickup and another car, driving towards officers again, then reverses, driving into some bushes near another set of railroad tracks. the driver then gets out of the truck and runs along the tracks. he appears to run into one of central mazda's buildings. people came out of the dealership and pointed officers to where they had last seen the suspect. nearly an hour later, the officers walked out with a man in handcuffs. dan ashley, abc 7 news. liz: a bart spokesperson tells us part police assisted oakland police during the pursuit. jobina: happening today, a youth local climate strike is planned in more than 85 countries and 500 cities, including here in san francisco. friday's for future is organizing the global climate strike. they are being demanded hirer ties people, not profit. youth and allies will be marching in support of

nella larson, one of the harlem ren sawns writer. ruby rouse who was an aide decamp to eisenhower. sam everyson, a general and friend of colin powell. without that history and those individuals, we would not be the virgin islands we are today. which i am proud to represent and call home and my heritage. throughout the month of march let us celebrate our heritage, our history, and look to our future. happy virgin islands history month. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from nebraska, mr. bacon, for five minutes. mr. bacon: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in recognition of women's history month and honor carol mcbride perch who served 18 years in the nebraska state legislature and eight years on the douglas county board of commissioners. through her various roles she has dedicated her time and service to bettering our community. as an overwhelm ma native, she attended central high school and university of nebraska at omaha. one of only three women in the 49 member nebraska unicameral, her accomplishments in

i grew up in harlem in the '70s and it was without doubt the most violent neighborhood i america.y would have these programs call up and drop a dim on someone. so the person comes back six-point later in the kill the whole family. i would watch people stab someone and then they would be to go away on their own and com back or go to jail and come back . if we open violent people away for a long time, virtually forever, you know, more cops help but the turn is really important when you're talking about security but ultimately w have to get them off the street and keep them off the streets. >> kat, as long as we keep creating new victim status definitions, we can keep them off the streets. matter what they're always goin to be homeless mentally ill. the never say criminal now. it's just homeless and mentally ill. >> or a good guy. again, asked the good guys neve talk about good guys there. that is something that i learned . but be a bad guy is not an imprisoned the ball event. i've really agree with you but think that violent criminals, that is a crafty-year-old you need to go away f

if i was in here, i would have been easily in the park or on street parliament, east harlem are oversaturatedh drug treatment programs. we serve the needs of people from other communities. according to the cdc. drug overdoses in the united states increased by almost 30% from april of 2022 april. 2021 critics say injection sites promote drug use advocates say they save lives, pointing to safe injection sites already operating in canada, europe and australia over the past decades. right garcia time is 7 18 and salads back once again, there is some problems in our community. what's happening now? yes well, the biggest one is westbound 5 80, david garcia at santa rita road, and that is making traffic very slow. driving from livermore toward pleasant in getting out toward the dublin interchange, and we've had a crash that's blocking almost the entire freeway here involving a big rig in several other vehicles. if you're driving over to dublin. try and stay off the freeway. until you get past santa rita road. a lot of more people are now on val acenas road trying to get out and this is putting press

he's really given credit for it, but he he was the first president or candidate to campaign in harlem. truman said to his attorney general you got to look into this and if necessary and if right bring charges against this chief of police. that was just unheard of in the south in 1946 and was this around the same time that truman integrated the armed forces? oh god, no. well, i mean it was yes. it was the first time. yeah, he that was about 1950. but yeah, he was the first to try. it's really happened then but yeah, it was the first to to make it a policy. anyway woodard was was blind for the rest of his life and never knew. truman had come in for him that that in fact the trial took place and the judge in the trial was absolutely on woodard side. and and actually set a bunch of precedents for civil rights law. in the time going forward was alienated from his from his town and and that and that and woodard never knew about any of this and that this judge who was in charleston had never particularly shown any interest in civil rights issues defending the rights of black people, but he w

he was the first presidential candidate ever to campaign in harlem. truman said to his attorney general, you have got to look into this. and if necessary, and if right, bring charges against this chief of police. that was just unheard of in the south in 1946. >> was this around the same time that truman integrated the armed forces? >> oh, god, no. i mean, yes, it was the first time. that was about 1950. >> okay. >> but, he was the first to try. it didn't really happen then, but he was the first to make it a policy. anyway, woodard was blind for the rest of his life and never knew that truman had come in for him that, in fact, a trial took place, and the judge in the trial was absolutely on woodard's side and actually set a bunch of precedents for civil rights law in the time going forward, was alienated from his town. and that woodard never knew about any of this. >> this judge, who was in charleston, had never particularly shown any interest in civil rights issues, defending the rights of plaque people. >> no. >> but he was so horrified by this -- ne

. >> a group of let's on dirt bikes in harlem, new york brutally beat a father and son were sitting in their car. surveillance video shows bikers surrounding the car. they pull both men out on the street and began kicking and punching them. the bikers stole their phones, their wallets. police say all this started after one of the bikers ran a red light and collided with the car. none of the bikers are in custody. both victims are recovering in the hospital in stable condition tonight. >> 5 people are charged with spying on behalf of the chinese secret police with the aim of targeting chinese nationals who are living in the united states. the justice department alleges that the chinese got government order. the spine operation is part of a longstanding campaign to quiet dissidents in the u.s. the u.s. olympic figure skater alysa liu and her father, arthur liu, a former political refugee are among the targets, the use as his 16 year-old daughter learned about the scheme as she was getting ready for the winter olympics in beijing. the criminal cases were filed in federal court in new york

how do you color a sound that was one of the reasons why performing in harlem was so important to us.e were hoping that they would receive us >> seth: please welcome back to the show our friend questlove, everybody! [ cheers and applause ♪ >> seth: welcome back! >> how you doin' >> seth: a lot has changed since the last time you were here. we were talking about this film coming out and since then, you won a bafta, just this weekend, a spirit award >> yeah! >> seth: nominated for a grammy, nominated for an oscar how does it feel >> whew, i'm living the dream. >> seth: yeah. >> this is living the dream. every day it's, you know -- i'm about to say some cliche like "every day's a winding road. [ laughter ] no, but it literally is. because, you know, at least with the music world, i know, you know, well -- using a frisbee, is that too much of a '70s term, like >> seth: no, you can use it. it's summer of soul, you can use a frisbee. >> okay, okay. no, i'm just saying that i don't know how -- you know, at least i know with music what a goal is, but with the movie world, like, i just had no

all right. joining us live from harlem in new york is mike sergeant. he is the chief film critic with w. b. a. i radio am co president of the black film critic circle. quite an interesting, i think we can say at the very least oscar ceremony last night. what did you make of that? well, i think there's, there's a lot of context here. i think that, you know, it was clearly an unplanned moment. but i also think part of the context here is what's going on with will smith. what's going on with the will smith marriage? that's what people have been calling in question for a while. and when you have such a public life are you then have to deal with people talking about people having a perception of you and you want to control their perception. i don't know what's going on in their marriage, but it seems to me that for a moment he decided to go old school and defend his woman. but what is the over compensating for what was the trigger when i see that? ah, he started to laugh. but then she rolled her eyes and that clearly triggered something in him and what to w

. >> reporter: every morning, manager george ramos updates the prices at his harlem gas station. using bigger numbers. >> in one week, it went up almost 90 cents. >> reporter: have you ever had a really angry driver come yell at you guys? >> yeah. >> reporter: last week average american gas prices hit a record high, $4.33 a gallon and much higher in some other places. and because it costs more to transport, everything costs more. why are gas prices spiking? it has got to be russia, right? >> no. the problem with energy prices is not just russia. >> reporter: jason is the director of the energy policy at columbia university. and, by the way, an electric bike fan. he says it all started with the pandemic. >> we shut down half of the global economy to keep us home and to keep people safe. so prices spiked. >> reporter: so demand for oil fell and then the supply f when e pandeeto sand at them are spending it on pent-up ndand eilisngoamoduction ck but li, but like supplychains ws hard. >> reporter: all over the world, countries stopped buying russian oil. >> much less russian oil is g

cassandra mar took i have told harlem, and he wants to move away from super presidential rule and build a presidential republican said he wants a strong, a parliament, a reformed electoral system. and a constitutional court now the annual south by southwest festival in texas, his back this year after going virtual because of the pandemic concern over global issues have turned the festivals focus increasingly towards social justice. while brenner spoke to some artist and activists attending the event, came in from the jungles and our names. he told us to change him. and i may, as you say, one must tame him for simulation in the nation. i find that lame lamb young, come to come with denise trying to get a pop artist, david shoe, bonnie's lyrics, explore issues of inequality. the pandemic. are this new coven night scene era? has put a magnifying glass on some of the social issues, some of the ills of the world. i'm on issues that's out a working class. people go through at this year's south by southwest festival, the eclectic annual showcase of world music, film, and other forms of express

browbeat john kennedy into agreeing to come to a civil rights gathering at abyssinian baptist church in harlem, which is where he says that he will abolish federally discrimination and family supported family financing with one stroke of the pen. she traveled without secret service. she carried her own luggage. okay, that that is her suitcase that she gave to maureen core her great secretary when when eleanor died eleanor goes this this case goes with her to chicago where she spends us almost six days in and out of black churches and labor halls jack kennedy becomes president because he wins illinois by 220 something thousand votes he was behind until eleanor went to chicago because nixon had the better civil rights record. he went chicago by the black vote and the labor vote that eleanor receives because bobby went after hoffa. and jack voted to weaken the civil rights act. so this suitcase encapsulates everything but what she would say to you quote. okay, because this is what david is saying and it's democracy is only as strong as its weakest link. here and the last senate she ever wrote. no

work that alice walker did to rediscovers or neil hurston, you know, she was the great writer in the harlem renaissance, but she was forgotten for 50 years and alice walker rediscovered her her grave in, florida. we discovered all her work and now she's required reading in high schools and colleges and in languages around the world. so dr. winner is an excellent company, you know her work on the blind african slave really is prodigious. from that first fragile copy that she read in the mid-90s at the special collections of the university of vermont. she began to work with other scholars other teachers. she was awarded grants to dig deeper into reintroducing or figuring out how to reintroduce jeffrey brace. she traveled to barbados london and libraries and collections and universities across the country and then ultimately she found a jeffrey braces family in vermont and that includes a rhonda who's on the program tonight dr. winner. she's a historian. he's a literary critic. she's a screenwriter. she's professor of american studies and the department of global gender studies at the universi

army afghistan were a retired veteran was killed in 2018 in harlem new york.rvived the battlefield of afghanistan. was killed right here on the streets of new york. he was killed by four people he did not know nor had he done any any harm to the four people consist of two brotrs and sister and their friend. all four were apprehended -- were apprehended. theyere between ages of 35 in 40 years old. the three men are currently still being held on rikers island being held whout dale awaiting trial. the sister of the female is being held on the 750,000-dollar bail for 14 months until a bill reform that took effect in 2019 when a judge reduced her bailo $12,000 because the judge stated mary had children and she need to be home with her family. also the district attorney in foreign-made he felt sorry for her. mary has been out on bail for over 2.5 years coming and going as she pleases. she's home with their family and she works. she has no monitor no supervision. there's nothing standing between me, my grandchildren or the publico protect us or to terror any type of,