. >> harriet tubman slave. join we put this talk uber a little while ago, i didn't know that everybody would be talking about harriet tubman right. i totally like blew past me. oh yea a book on harriet tubman. so am super excited that there is a national conversation about harriet tubman going on right now. but i think the folks who live in maryland, and in baltimore who are feeling that connection to history, i don't think people have stopped talking about harriet tubman. one of my favorite places in the city is the place called tubman house. has anybody ever been to tubman house. you should really check out on one of the volunteer days. these are folks up after the uprising the murder of freddie gray, took uber the house in west baltimore. they took uber a house and turn it into a community center. it was this neighborhood in winchester where it really people had very little if anything in the community came together to take something back themselves. they have subsequently the house had to be demolished but

harriet tubman would become one of america's most wanted fugitives, the woman who risked her live. to rescue her family, dozens of friends, all from the clutches of southern slavery. and every time tubman traveled on a rescue message to maryland, she went with one primary reason. to save lives. she came to see. and miss tubman played no games. and while tubman very well known, very few know the sort of intimate details of her live. the perilous journey, she traveled to save yourself and many others from the lifetime of slavery. most readers are familiar with tubman tying her as a conductor on an underground railroad. she was much more textured sort of nuance 19th century social justice advocate. and with the release of the film, i think as well as the release of she came to sleep. viewers and readers are introduced to a young woman. he lived and loved on the trauma of enslavement. we meet a woman who escaped from slavery and return to the eastern shores as well is to baltimore. in at least 13 times. in order to save her family and friends and never once losing a person sick slave ca

resume and african-american they want someone who actually feels the ancestrial presence of a harriet tubman put in the job here's something that i saw. antonio i hear you there but i want to bring in this person i think would agree and i saw you nodding your head as well so this is a show on twitter who says the problem isn't so much that she's british but that she has said and supported things in the past that show she doesn't understand support or respect black americans or their culture she was the wrong choice antonio your thoughts let me say 2 parts the 1st part is these actors that you brought playing different roles i don't know if history of them saying anything disrespectful about the countries or tribes that were represented in a dish. it's a hollywood financing meant that when you get a big star like forest whitaker or will smith or morgan freeman it could lead to financing the film cynthia revolt doesn't even have the history to be the lead role in this field i'm saying she doesn't have this strong backing in nigeria she doesn't have this great backing of british and she barely

the only person of color nominated for an acting oscar is cynthia erivo for her role as harriet tubman"harriet." >> i'm going to be free or die. >> reporter: one critic tweeting the academy nominating exactly one performer of color in an acting category but nominating her for playing harriet tubman feels like an on-the-nose joke in an episode of "the critic." lupita nyong'o was not nominated as expected for her role in "us" and it's being called an historic snub for awkwafina not nominated after becoming the first woman of asian descent to win a golden globe for lead actress. the best director list this year is once again all men including martin scorsese for "the irishman," his ninth nomination of his career. >> congratulations to those men. >> reporter: greta gerwig was snubbed in the best director category even though her movie "little women" received six nominations including best picture and writing. >> my girls have a way of getting into mischief. >> reporter: the movie's producer said in a statement they're honored to be a part of only the third movie ever to be nominated for be

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on the underground railroad, conductors like harriet tubman risked their lives and liberty to help fugitives from slavery make the epic juniors ys from freedom. on the reverse underground railroad the conductors and station agents were kidnappers and human traffickers motivated by money, secure simple. the number of people who made these journeys in one direction or the other, out of or into slavery, was roughly the same. each one carried hundreds of black adults and children across state lines, each and every year in the early 19th century. both of this networks roared to life in the early 19th century to exploit what by then was becoming major differences in he legal status of slavery in the north and in the south. both of these networks were loosely opportunistic, -- loosely organized and highly opportunistic can both of them ran on secrecy and relied on circle odd trusted participants, forged documents, false identities, on disguise. whether traveling from the slave states into the free states, or vice versa, from the free states into the slave states, black voyagers on these two network

in fact, only one actor of color was nominated who portrayed harriet tubman the lack of diversity is drawing criticism five years after the oscars so white movement was born and coroversalso surrounds the best director category, no women were nominated, something quickly noted this morning by the presenter >> congratulations to those men. >> reporter: the inclusion movemear top movies e directed by women, the highest percentage in 13 years, still, only men were nominated. >> hollywood is stuck in the 197r earlier and they will continue to lose revenue and relevance with decisions like we saw by the academy this morning. >> reporter: and despite a wave of criticism, "joker" topped all films with 11 nominations getting the last laugh joe fryer, nbc news. >>> next for us, rare access inside the site of a nuclear disaster. america isn't just sick of donald trump, america's getting sicker. there are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. and he's repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without health coverage can get it, and every

golden globe in fact, only one actor of color was nominated this year, cynthia oriva who portrayed harriet tubman the lack of diversity is drawing criticism five years after the oscars so white movement was born and controversy also surrounds the best director category, no women were nominated, something quickly noted this morning by presenter essa ray. >> congratulations to those men. >> reporter: the inclusion initiative found 11% of last year's top movies were directed by women, the highest percentage in 13 years, still, only men were nominated. >> hollywood is stuck in the 1970s or earlier, and they will continue to lose revenue and relevance with decisions like we saw by the academy this morning. >> reporter: and despite a wave of criticism, "joker" topped all films with 11 nominations getting the last laugh joe fryer, nbc news. >>> next for us, rare access inside the site of a nuclear disaster. >>> ahead of the tokyo olympics, we have an extraordinary look inside the nuclear disaster at the fukushima power plant. keir simmons found people still feeling the impact nine years later. >> report

speaking of that what the hell happened to the harriet tubman 20 we were supposed to get rid of her mother would obama announced it with all the fanfare and everything how stereo typically american there's always some unforseen delays when it comes to black people getting their money the interesting thing how that where i mean how long we get away we only have about 2 years left of even using cash money so we don't wait until cash is banned before we put our african-american on the front house symbolically racist to show you that the cash is no longer acceptable in society we've put a black person on it. moving on number 3 iran has a ton of oil not only do they have a lot of oil but they just discovered in oil field with 50000000000 barrels or and big oil still owns our government and number 4 israel. israel doesn't like that there's a stable country in the middle and that doesn't have america standing on its face. netanyahu is asking for war with iran for years remember when he spoke to the un and showed off his little 3rd grade picture he drew what is it with these infant tiles sociopath

speaking of that what the hell happened to the harriet tubman 20 we were supposed to get in the other remember when obama announced it with all the fanfare and everything how stereo typically american. there's always some unforseen delays when it comes to black people getting their money interesting interesting how that whatever how long we get away we only have about 2 years left of even using cash money we don't wait until cash is banned before we put our african-american on the front how symbolically race.

say, i think astonishment generally that cynthia erivo wasn't recognised for her performance as harriet tubmann but her performance astonishing. also the baftas semmed to ignore greta gerwig's little women. we have heard her story to much. these days we have had three women nominated for best director in 90—plus years. we hope that changes on monday, hopefully with greta, but if it doesn't, that will be a huge story. this is a year where she could be going up against her partner, noah baumbach. that's just one of the amazing stories. alma har‘el for honey boy. you have marielle hellerfor beautiful day in the neighbourhood. again, queen and slim. also, again, lulu wang for the farewell. at this point, if you were a female filmmaker and you're creating these stories, at what point do you say, "what do you have to do to be recognised by this industry?" but i'm honestly hoping with the diversification efforts the academy has done, starting with cheryl boone isaacs and the work that kicked off with april reign and 0scarssowhite, i'm hoping for a better result but only time will tell. on saturday, t

i was like, quoi quel bebe cool [ laughter ] then the man who wrote the movie "harriet" about harriet tubmanat a studio executive once suggested that julia roberts play her and people were like, whaaat [ laughter ] but i was like, what everyone should play whoever they want. that's why you can catch me in "y'all want this flag: the betsy ross story." [ laughter ] then there was a rally called black voices for trump -- i'm sorry. can you not have that right by my head? lower. lower. even farther oh, bless your heart now, there was a rally called black voices for trump and i was like, what?? if you think your trump supporting relatives are embarrassing, imagine how embarrassed you would be if they were black now, i wouldn't know because i don't have any trump supporters in my family - dumb enough to say something [ laughter ] so then former quarterback colin kaepernick got invited to train in front of coaches to see if they want to sign him and i was like, what do you need see him work out for you know damn well that even if he did nothing but eat cheeseburgers and play xbox the past three yea

she said she felt like she had harriet tubman on one shoulder and told her to some the other. she just couldn't send of the day. give up her seat to the white lady was demanding it. [applause]. we have to remember truly deserves to be remembered. >> want to see something else about) would she started her school strike, the climate she was only person shut up. and for which you would do it and then slowly other people would join her as we've seen over the last few weeks but here is what i wanted to emphasize in addition to her being a determined passionate advocate for us doing what we know we should do, with respect to the climate, she also has autism. she has persevered with her very strong faith that one person can make a difference in one person can spark others to join. and she has as often happens we do stick your head out especially if you are young person she has engendered while support and millions of young people wanting to be part of her campaign but she is also engendered, and enormous amount of blowback. she's been criticized and and marginalized and made fun of h

to get a nod this year, saying quote, to receive two nominations for a film paying tribute to harriet tubmanheart and spirit are the embodiment of courage, makes this morning's news beyond anything i could ever imagine. >> if cynthia wins she will become the youngest and fastest egot winner history. she's just 33 years old. >> that's amazing. >> yeah. >> when the nominations came out, there were some that were, yes, surprising. but there were others i was just like, yeah, that makes sense. some good ones in there. >> yeah, "parasite" is in the mix. "marriage story" was fantastic. no beyonce? no beyonce? just between us, you know what's better than mopping? anything! at the end of a long day, it's the last thing i want to do. well i switched to swiffer wet jet and its awesome. it's an all-in-one so it's ready to go when i am. the cleaning solution actually breaks down dirt and grime. and the pad absorbs it deep inside. so, it prevents streaks and haze better than my old mop. plus, it's safe to use on all my floors, even wood. glad i got that off my chest and the day off my floor. try wet jet

the biopic about harriet tubman should have been nominated. that was a shame. a shame. the irishman and 0nce upona that was a shame. the irishman and once upon a time in hollywood both getting ten nominations and big names behind them. massive but i don't know if you were surprised robert de niro did not get best actor nomination. i wonder whether they rewound time on him about, i think that worked against him. whereas it really worked so well with joe pesci whereas it really worked so well withjoe pesci and i'll pacino who both got nominated. 0f withjoe pesci and i'll pacino who both got nominated. of course, that was always going to do really well although scorsese films we have seen them before, let's nominate films we have never seen before. let's look at the future. rising stars. if there is criticism for lack of diversity that isn't in this category. this category is very exciting and when the public can vote for. aqua fema who just won a golden globe last night has been nominated. but also our very own jack loudon which is very exciting and we have got t

monthly series honoring those he calls freedom fighters historical figures like maya angelou and harriet tubmans recipe. >> sweet potato pie cup cacakes. the connection of the sweet poe they poe pie is it is an important and popular african-american pie >> reporter: he injects each cupcake with the filling he makes from scratch >> more sugar. >> reporter: using a family recipe passed down through the generations. >> more butter and some salt >> reporter: the only measurement involved, the size of his smile, when he knows he has it right >> that's good. >> reporter: michael tops the treats with icing. two layers >> yes >> reporter: and a bit more pie filling. a little filling beautiful. and a roasted marshmallow, the finishing touch, signaling the moment we've all been waiting for. this is beautiful. especially me. i mean, pretty amazing >> thank you >> reporter: i think you have a future a future drawing from the wisdom of the past, to carry out his own dream of helping those in need, one sweet gesture at a time >> this is his recipe. want to try it >> yeah. >> the marshmallow is a nice touch,

you ha >> cynthia erivo, playing harriet tubman she's the only acting nominee of color this year. >>verse the acting contenders were last year >> no women and only one actor of color one has to assume that the oscar folks will catch some flak for that >> i think they will the british academy award nominations were announceds agos not one non-white acting nominee in there i'm glad that cynthia erivo was in there she also got the credit for writing the song scarlett johansson, she's the one nominated for "marriage story," becomes the 12th person to get two oscar nominations in the same year. she was supporting actress nominee for "jojo rabbit." last time that happened it was cate blanchett >> best actor? >> antonio banderas was nominated. if the pain and glory. along with leo dicaprio. "once upon a time in hollywood." adam driver. joaquin phoenix. and jonathan price for "the two popes. >> he was great. >> he edged out taron egereton, who played in "rocketman." fell just short. and robert de niro was not nominated for "the irishman. i guess now in 2020 hindsight, it's not a surprise. he

she has taken the us by storm, she plays harriet a —— tubman.ise for many. a big surprise. she is fantastic in the film. she plays amy march. traditionally a problematic role in both the novel and previous adoptions but she turns this character and makes her admirable and lovable and fun and strong. amy is always seen as this annoying little sister and here she is a major player. nominated alongside her co—star. where gerwig has been muscled out of that. we spoke to florence earlier. let‘s hearfrom her. 20 minutes ago i was asleep and then my publicist called me, so all then my publicist called me, so all the lies are on now and i i am trying to wake up as quickly as possible. you have a busy day ahead. you are nominated for your role in little women at the baftas as well. once you get a bafta nomination, do you anticipate this? does it make you anticipate this? does it make you more excited for the oscar period? i don't think it is ever expected, it is completely bizarre. i have never got this far in the awards season ever before so i am just m

we are the home of william seward house and harriet tubman house. we would like to see you feature our local historic sites. host: i will pass that along. it was a big week for the bus because we got our new wrap of the bus with our campaign 2020 logo on it. i will pass that on. caller: i would like to bring up a documentary. it was made in the early 1980's. nation, how walmart they hard balled with manufacturers to lower prices. they only did short-term contracts in those days. every time you renegotiated, you had to lower their costs. this forced a lot of manufacturers out of the u.s. to mexico or china or india. i come from a factory town. this town used to have 50,000 the 1960's. now it is down to 25,000 people. we have lost so many manufacturers over the years. it is not just been nafta and china. host: what specific industries? what did they make? know isthe major one i american locomotive company. it was sold to bombardier out of canada. employees at a0 time. we had a general electric plant having 300 employees. we had a lot of other smaller

. >> harriet tubman slave. join we put this talk uber a little while ago, i didn't know that everybody would be talking about harriet tubman right. i totally like blew past me. oh yea a book on harriet tubman. so am super excited that there is a national conversation about harriet tubman going on right now. but i think the folks who live in maryland, and in baltimore who are feeling that connection to history,