thank you ishmael reed for asking me to join the board.hank you for your support, and thank you for the great legacy that you have left -- that you leave for us, the model that you present for me, personally, as someone who is committed as a wonderful writer, but also as an activist. which is the same way i feel about louise maryweatherer who spent her entire life others a creative writer also as an activist, and committed to human rights and committed to helping to leave the world a better place than she found it. she and i have known each other for perhaps 40 years, but only now am i really beginning to get to know her, both as a writer and as a human being. she enjoyed her 93rd birthday on may 8th this year. my birthday is may 9 so we are sisters and twins in a way, sharing almost the same birthday. i feel privileged to have met her and to know her and to know her unrelenting energy. she is finishing her fourth novel. she has just finished the fourth draft of it and is the most up to do it person i know on contemporary movies, film, and

so if we could have the winners ishmael, do do you want to come up? do you want to say something about joyce? >> joyce carol thomas was one of our long term members of the before columbus foundation. she began her life picking cotton, like this old 19th century stuff, in the cotton fields and was the fifth member, she had a big family, nine children and she worked her way out of the cotton fields through literacy and she began writing books. her hispanic coworkers, david murray said black people (fields [inaudible] she received from the university, what i wanted to say to her fellow hispanic workers who taught her spanish so she received in spanish at san jose university. her most famous book is called marked by fire, and she has received a national book award and wrote a number of children's books and i was a contributor to her book about brown versus board of education, the decision that came down ending school segregation. she was very valued member of our organization and lived a long and productive life and produced a number of books. we are real

so if we could have the winners ishmael, do do you want to come up?o you want to say something about joyce? >> joyce carol thomas was one of our long term members of the before columbus foundation. she began her life picking cotton, like this old 19th century stuff, in the cotton fields and was the fifth member, she had a big family, nine children and she worked her way out of the cotton fields through literacy and she began writing books. her hispanic coworkers, david murray said black people (fields [inaudible] she received from the university, what i wanted to say to her fellow hispanic workers who taught her spanish so she received in spanish at san jose university. her most famous book is called marked by fire, and she has received a national book award and wrote a number of children's books and i was a contributor to her book about brown versus board of education, the decision that came down ending school segregation. she was very valued member of our organization and lived a long and productive life and produced a number of books. we are really

ishmael was suffocated and mahmoud doesn't want to let go of his brother's body. aleppo is a place where the children have stopped crying. in the corridor, mahmoud is still cradling his baby brother. the boy now acts like the father that he's lost. they go from room to room. we don't know their names and they don't know yet if they're orphans. they left their father in the rubble and they're looking for their mother. she sees proof of the news. why have you left me she calls out to the daughter that she describes as her rock, knowing that this question in this place has no real answer. and in another room, brother and sister are still waiting for news of their mother. on another hospital bed, blanketed with dust. exhausted beyond words by a life beyond description. >> his last words are certainly true. there are no words. we're joined on the phone in damascus in syria, she's a communications director with unicef and united nations children's fund. i know you're on the phone with us. the story that we just saw from a hospital in aleppo, it's just surreal auto and t

ishmael was suffocated in the ruins. and mahmoud doesn't want to let go of his brother's body. aleppo is a play where the children have stopped crying. in the corridor mahmoud is still cradling his baby brother. the boy now acts like the father that he's lost. a nurse leads in a brother and sister. they go from room to room. we don't know their names and they don't know yet if they're orphans. they left their father in the rubble and they're looking for their mother. she sees proof of the news that she had feared most. why have you left me she calls out to the daughter that she describes as her rock. knowing that this question in this place has no real answer. and in another room, brother and sister are still waiting for news of their mother. on another hospital bed blanketed with dust. exhausted beyond words by a life beyond description. >> very, very, very true words there at the end of his report. what a chilling story. we want to remind our viewers, that's just one aftermath of one bombing. they've been hit repeatedly. we're joined by the turkish syrian border. that story a

ishmael." >> steve: they're making it modern. they're making these books -- >> jimmy: yeah, i mean here's one from "romeo and juliet." >> steve: okay. >> jimmy: it says, "juliet, art thou up?" [ laughter and applause ] here's a charles dickens classic, "a tale of two cities." it says "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, i don't know, whatevs." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: whatevs. modern. >> jimmy: whatevs. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: next one is from mark twain's "tom sawyer." it says, "group text, who wants to come help paint a fence? free pizza/beer." [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i'll do it for the beer and the pizza. and finally, this last one is from "animal farm." it just says -- a poop emoji. [ laughter and applause ] it's a classic. >> steve: classic. classic. >> jimmy: some health news, you guys. a recent study said that even one drink a day can be harmful to heart health. so if you're thinking about drinking some wine, just wait a a month until a new study says it's good for you again. [ laugh

ishmael zino seen here. details of his relationship with the victim, if any, have not been released. >>> police have not identified a woman killed yesterday morning in an east bay fire. it happened right near castro valley elementary school. neighbors tried to save that woman. they even tried to hose down the house before firefighters arrived. the fire house is less than a block away. >> the flames had to be 30 feet in the air. >> well, firefighters have not determined what caused that fire. >>> flames engulfed an apartment complex in east palo alto. 60 residents had to evacuate yesterday. firefighters say this wcaused about $5,000 in damage and was started by an electrical malfunction in the clothes dryer. nobody was hurt. everyone eventually did get to go back home. >>> chris, this is a great event that will live up to its name. santa clara theme park tonight getting into a holiday spirit. the park will be offering a free night of fun to bay area's boys and girls clubs, aptly named winter fest. and it feel

ishmael was expected to make a plea during his court appearance today. the 37-year-old was arrested this month for the shooting death of 35-year-old melissa owens. he and owens have a three-year- old child together. >>> new details on the home in san mateo that went up in flames yesterday morning. the fire started just before 5 a.m. on newbridge avenue. the city reportedly already red- tagged that house because of safety violations. and there was another fire on property just last week. no one was in the home during the fire. >>> in southern california, a massive criminal enterprise has been busted. police say that more than a dozen people have been arrested for stealing nearly 40 cars and using them in other crimes. all of the cars were taken from an old costco parking lot in torrance california. it now acts as overflow storage for the nissan and infiniti of south bay car dealerships. the managing partner says he only learned about it when one of those stolen cars was used in a police chase and two accused gang members were arrested. >> they have appare