i never had the privilege of watching jackie robinson play.e retired when i was five years old, so i missed the great pleasure of watching them. i have watched a lot of grainy video of him. as i say in the reminiscence or eulogy of him, people usually talk about three great moments, three iconic moments in the struggle for african-american rights in the modern era. brown v. board of education. supreme court desegregation, the decision of 1964, 1963 march on washington, dr. martin luther king's i have a dream speech and the assault on civil rights marchers on the edmund pettus bridge, which by the way under the figure of my album richard john neuhaus participated, but i say there is a for moment, 1947 when jackie robinson breaks the infamous color line in baseball. baseball in the late 1940's held a comfortable position in the united states. it is almost unimaginable today. it was the national pastime. it defined the country in a way. the native frenchman who came to the united states and taught committees for years at columbia used to say if y

past winners are michael jordan, the harlem globetrotters and jackie robinson. here is steph. >> we continue the conversation. i'm appreciative of the acknowledgment and honor. it gives us more inspiration and energy to keep changing things in terms of what needs to happen in the black community across the country. >> steph has done a lot of work. and all the social act of them he has done. >> certainly a good role model. >>> just ahead, a family who recently adopted a dog got the unicorn in addition for free. we will explain how one puppies crush on a toy helped him find a new home. allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst psst you're good losing a tooth didn't stop you but your partial can act like a bacteria magnet, putting natural teeth at risk. new polident propartial helps purify your partial and strengthens and protects natural teeth. so, are you gonna lose another tooth? not on my watch! majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots t

nike is going to release a new pair of shoes honoring the legacy of baseball legend jackie robinson robinson became the first african-american to play in the major league. he signed with the van dodgers. the sneakers feature his number 42 and his famous quote that there's not an american in this country. free until every one of us is free. it's not clear when the shoes will be released. fans think it might be a april 15th on official. jackie robinson day. the shoes are expected to cost about $170. and that wraps up kron 4 news at 9. but our primetime news continues at the top of the hour. dangerous side shows just like this one took over san francisco streets over the weekend. >> we'll have details on one event that put 4 people in the hospital and sparked a hit and run investigation. also vaccination numbers are going up and there's concern about a possible 4th surge. >> of covid despite the fact there are more vaccines coming up, why one local doctors concerned about spring breakers in florida. we have those stories and more coming up on kron 4 news at 10. great day on the lake! it is. lun

well i keep when i hear that question i think about what dr martin luther king said about jackie robinson who called him a sit in or before sit ins of freedom rider before freedom rides jackie robinson integrates major league baseball in 1947 almost a full decade before the flowering of the monk army bus boycott and the civil rights movement in the south a sit in or before sit ins a freedom rider before freedom rides often times sports is like a weather vane in our society and it tells us which way the wind is blowing and scarcer enough right now what we're seeing is the wind blowing towards justice the wind is blowing toward some sort of reckoning with the history of racism not just in the united states but throughout the world this is a global movement and i think what you're seeing it with so incredible about this is that what it does is it punctures privilege because it's very easy to be a white person in the united states or i guess anywhere throughout the world and not have to confront the reality of what it means to be black not have to confront the reality of what it means to be a

this is a cool honor for curry, receiving the jackie robinson sports award during the naacp image awards given to him for his work off the court, past winners include michael jordan, jim brown, the globetrotters and jackie robinson. this abc 7 sports report brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >>> much more to come on abc 7 news at 11, construction workers find two people living in a cave, the elaborate rescue mission that followed. >>> tonight, a mother's >>> building a better bay area, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >>> headlines, fewer covid-19 cases and a picture-perfect spring saturday brought out crowds today, in san francisco places were packed including dolores park and some people told abc 7 this is the first time they have seen friends in a year. it comes as vaccinations are increasing, 48% of people in san francisco have gotten at least one shot. >>> treasure island's first pop- up vaccination site opened today, california has prioritized treasure island on its list of low income zip codes for equitable vaccine access. >>> there were rallies all across the coun

tonight steph curry will receive the jackie robinson sports reward during the image awards. he is being honored for his great play on the court and more portly the work he has done off court for certain of social justice, civil rights and community. the award will be presented virtually. past winners include michael jordan, jim brown, the harlem >>> now, a stray dog's passion for purple unicorns has changed his life. he repeatedly sneak into this store following a customer and steel a purple unicorn. this story went viral. the store called animal services and the officer bought him the stock unicorn. now he and his purple pal have found a brand-new home. i'm glad everyone is together. now under one roof. >>> that's all the time we have. i'm dion lim. for all of us here, thank you for joining us. we will see you >>> tonight, breaking news -- the new tornado threat as we come on the air. more than 50 million americans in the danger zone. violent lightning and large hail already hitting parts of tennessee. severe weather expected from texas to north carolina. several states bra

the naacp announcing steph curry will receive the jackie robinson sports award along with the wnba players association. he is being honored for everything he does off the court, and it will be presented the award. nfl will make $110 billion off this new tv deal, you can watch the nfl right here on the big five and streaming on paramount plus, through 2033. a big sigh of relief. they have agreed to a two-year deal with running back, worth $11 million guaranteed. to form a one-two punch. they have over 1000 polling yards and three straight seasons. baseball is, pulled after throwing 45 pages in the first inning but because it is spring training, he was allowed to reenter the game in the second inning. he retired the next nine batters he faced. that might leave a mark. the beat the padres 4-2. pj tour in south order this week for the honda classic, no shirt, no shoes, no problem, on the 11th. he got it on to the green, he is five over par, however. matt jones, 61, to take three stroke lead. opening game, mount st. mary's had a 10 point lead at the half, but texas southern outscored them 40-22

nurses his injuries he's being honored by the ncaa, the organization giving him its prestigious jackie robinson, their commitment to civil justice and their communities. it noted curry's work with civil rights leaders in addition to his support for women's causes and interviewing dr. fauci about the pandemic. >>> up next, what can we do about it. we focus on the asian attacks across the bay area in our special series "race in america." want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile, you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most reliable network? sure thing! and with fast, nationwide 5g included - at no extra cost? we've got you covered. so join the carrier rated #1 in customer satisfaction... ...and learn how much you can save at xfinitymobile.com/mysavings. >>> no more hate! >> it's frightening. it's not just the sentiment. it's the violence. >> to our asian american community, that we stand with you and understand how this has frightened and shocked and outraged. none of us should ever be silent in the face of

the naacp announced that curry will receive this year's jackie robinson award recognizing his contributions to the social justice and civil rights movements. the wnba is also being honored and will be a joint recipient of the award. the nc double a p cited curry's eat learn play foundation and his launch of the curry brand among his contributions to the community. here's what steve kerr had to say about his superstar. >> he's done so really cool. interesting things to to help people. to raise awareness for different different issues. he's really done an amazing job of figuring out how to balance his life. and committed itself to not only his craft and his career but his family and his community and all the people around you. understands the power he holds uses it for good. so he's an amazing, amazing person. >> all right. a promise to some nc double ut talk full slate of play in games today. and so far nothing less than the thrills and chills that we expect from the big dance, the first game in the day future. texas southern in a comeback win over mount saint mary's and the drake played wic

he's had the collection for 50 years, jackie robinson and terry bradshaw, rather than be upset, father i have bags of them at home. jillian: i could be a millionaire and don't know it and that's how many i have. have a good day. see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ >> dhs chief requests volunteers to help at the southern border. >> brand-new numbers, 185 migrants tested positive. >> the house is expected to vote on the covid-19 relief bill. >> the most progressive piece of legislation in history. >> imagine if president trump promised bipartisanship and i stood at the podium and said we just passed the most conservative bill, we would be ridiculed. >> we have vaccinated people and with other fully vaccinated people without wearing masks. >> this is truly following the science with the recommendations. >> ucla teachers are warn today stay off of s

he had the cards for nearly 50 years, they include legend like hank aaron, jackie robinson and terryr than be upset, father john says it is the happiest he has ever been to give something away. that is incredible and reminds me i do have quite a baseball card collection from when i was a kid. benjamin: how attached you can become to those. after 50 years he is giving them up, that is a generous man. >> i could have millions of dollars in the garage and don't know about it. carley: you would still be here at work, wouldn't you? benjamin: absolutely. a new focus group so students feel safer with police on campus so why is the district considering cutting its contract with police? school board trustee joins us next. oh, you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. cause when you hook our community up with the internet... boom! look at ariana, crushing virtual class. jamol, chasing that college dream. michael, doing something crazy. this is the place where we can show the world what we can do. comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wifi-ena

but branch rickey the famous general manager of the brooklyn dodgers who signed jackie robinson to the first major-league contract for an african-american player said that luck is the residue of design. and jim clyburn who we quote in the book says the harder i work the luckier i get. joe biden talks about luck a lot. what we saw the campaign was a candidate to win for the presidency twice before. he thought about running several times before never got more than 1 percent and an iowa caucus and was doubted by hillary clinton barack obama john kerry, michael bloomberg, donald trump certainly, much of the punditry and who could basically stick to a plan on the best candidate to defeat trump that was his message in the primary and then brought into the broader general election of basically being anti- trump on character and compassion and competence. so now i will hand it off here but for people interested in what really happened and how that informs what our political system looks like in public policy looks like over the next two or four years, you get a good feel how joe biden tries to

larry dobie was the first african-american to play in the american league, when jackie robinson brokedrin, was the second, and he played with the cleveland indians. i happened to sit next to him. he's a very distinguished man. i asked him to sign a ball and he did. very lovely. >> stephen: hank aaron, you have baseball players. >> i have so many. it's a big passion of mine. >> stephen: what do you think happens when we die? >> we go into syndication. >> stephen: favorite action movie? >> raiders of"raiders of the lo" >> stephen: i'm going to go with you on that one because there's nothing like melting nazis. ( laughter ) do you have a favorite smell? >> yes, my newborn babies. >> stephen: do you have a lot of those? smell doesn't last very long. you've got to get fresh ones all the time. >> when they were little, nothing like the baby smell. >> stephen: top to have the head. least favorite smell. >> my newborn babies. >> stephen: got it, the other end. >> yeah. ( laughter ) >> stephen: exefer size, is it worth it? >> sure, absolutely. >> stephen: every single person i've asked this qu

as a yng actor, he played icons of american life: including jackie robinson, james brown, and in 2017good marshall. when i talked with him at the time, he told me of his approach to acting the "silences" as well as the words. >> that's actually just as hard, if not harder, than having the huge speech at the end, or the closing statements. >> reporter: it was just two years ago that he achieved international stardom as the black panther, commanding his world-- and the screen. >> what is you? i don't see your name in lights. >> reporter: in "ma rainey's black bottom," his final role, boseman plays levee, a young horn player with a deeply scarred past in the south. >> i got talent. if my daddy knowed i'd turn out like this he'd named me gabriel. i'm gonna get me a band and make records. i done give mr. sturdevant some of my songs, and he say he gonna let me record 'em when i get my band together. i just gotta finish this last song. i got style. >> everyone got style. style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. everybody got it. >> everybody can't play like i do.

they blankjose 4 >>> stephen curry receives a jackie robinson award.an honor for not only is great play on the floor but the work he has done off of the floor in supportive social justice, community involvement. michael jordan, jim brown, past award winners. >>> that's the look at sports. >>> let's get a check in the forecast. lisa, i couldn't get over how beautiful it was yesterday and i'm excited we around two today. >>> we will look at numbers again. 80 degrees in the warmest inland valleys. low clouds and fog at the shoreline allowing for a cool down at the coast. instead of upper 60s in san francisco, we will be about 5 degrees cooler. the spread, about 21 degrees from half-moon to about antioce. eventually the ridge sliding to the east allowing for a trough to move in tomorrow. that will bring cooler numbers, breezy wins but just for one day. we are in the 40s in santa clara. 42, cupertino. 43, mountain view. a few 50s popping up and a few 30s. north bay, 39. a beautiful view. san francisco, you can see the transamerica pyramid. a little bit of f

brass future jimm >> nike is releasing a new pair of shoes honoring the legacy of baseball legend jackie robinson. >> these are really special robinson. of course, the first player to break the color barrier in major league baseball when he signed with the then brooklyn dodgers. he first stepped on to a major league field back in april 1947 the shoes featuring his famous number 42 along with his famous quote that reads there's not an american in this country. free until every one of us is free. the shoes will be available for purchase this year. but an official release date has not been announced. they're expected to cost about $170. as the men and women's nc double a basketball tournaments continue. the woman's bracket has already made history as mandy night reports from san antonio. more and more people are tuning into the women's bracket and it shows no sign of slowing down. >> 2021 has been a historical year in sports from the first female doing play by play in the men's tournament here in san antonio. every single game in the women's tournament is aired on national television. in addition to

. >>> a big honor for steph curry, the nba players association named call recipients of the jackie robinsonor commitment to social justice, civil rights and the committee. as for on the court his status in memphis doubtful, the same for getting kicked in the time of the splits for a rebound in houston. he probablyis out. steph curry has a bruised tailbone, painful but not expected to be a long-term issue. he fell fell fell fell curry still feels fortunate because they beat the rockets who are now on a franchise record 18 game slide. it could be worse for the wariors then steph curry missing a game or two . >> at the end of the game i start to stephen silas. you want to talk about issues to deal with. bumps in the road and adversity, talk to stephen, you know? i think we are all really thrilled about the progression of the team for sure. we would like to have won three or four wargames very winnable. >>, that sort of is how every season goes. the big picture, we are really excited about everything. we are lucky to be where we are . >> the raiders curious off- season, getting rid of their bes

the warriors superstar named the recipient of the jackie robinson award tonight given for high achievementsin athletics plus his contributions in the pursuit of social justice, civil rights and community involvement. off the court he is a youth advocate with his wife. they are committed and ending childhood hunger and assuring students have access to a quality education. congratulations to steph curry. >>> another morning coming up and we get the bay area one step closer to being fully vaccinated. the expert 4dx when california will reach herd immunity and why that could be sooner than you think. >>> oakland unified starting in- person school next week, but why many of the classrooms maybe without teachers at the beginning, coming up. i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about t

equity is tearing up the principles of equality that martin luther king, abraham lincoln and jackie robinson in their schools. it's not just here in loudoun, it's everywhere in america. >> rachel: kim, you just saw how deceptive that statement was it's not part of our framework but their teachers are teaching it. by the way we just came out of a pandemic where our children are falling behind in math and reading and everything else they need. what's going on here? >> no, rachel, you are absolutely right. just so your viewers know, i am a mother. this is very upsetting to me because i have a buy racial child. this critical race theory or equity or whatever you want to call it puts her in a tough predicament really because she has a white father and black mother. making them acknowledge race and putting them against each other. like you said we were just in a pandemic. students are just getting back to class. as far as i know we pay taxes for kids to get an education as far as math, science, english. you know, this is the role of a parent to talk about something as unimportant as race. and, you

you can make a statement with these new nikes that honor baseball legend jackie robinson. they feature is number 42 in his famous words, quote, there's not an american in this country free until every one of us is free robinson broke the baseball color line when he started for the brooklyn dodgers on april 15th 1947. he was a big figure in civil rights and sports before are pro he was the first u c l a half late ever to win 4 varsity letters in 4 sports baseball basketball football and track. and that's the bus. >> and we're back in the east bay and any our churches vandalized resulting in nearly $50,000 in damage and it was all caught on surveillance video. let's take a look. conference. michelle kingston has the story. >> this is just one of dozens of windows broken at cornerstone church in antioch early monday morning just days before easter caught on camera. a man throwing rocks into church windows indoors started our first person that came with little shaken up a little little scared. but what you went through the building in. >> saw that in no be was here everything'

great to see everybody, jackie robinson, kansas city, i love your shirt. that was for tyrus for people who can't see us. tyrus, both of these scandals just sitting on their own would be worthy of our reporting, our coverage, our attention, they are very serious. the first one with the nursing homes, though, is growing, you have deaths there, you have new information today and now the other one is growing and he says he won't quit. >> tyrus: yeah, you know, here's the thing, first of all you've just got to take your hat off to the great hero janet dean for the fight and the fact that she would not give up getting justice and getting the truth out and now we are starting to see just how much effort was put into covering up something that should've been open from the beginning. as far as, all women should be heard and respected and you need to have the investigation and the results of the investigation, we need to respect those. so that aside i think we need to focus on that, the importance of that but let's not lose sight of what happened at the nursing home

you can make a statement with these new nikes that honor baseball legend jackie robinson.eature is number 42 in his famous words, quote, there's not an american in this country free until every one of us is free robinson broke the baseball color line when he started for the brooklyn dodgers on april 15th 1947. he was a big figure in civil rights and sports before you are probably was the first u c l a at fleet ever to win 4 varsity letters in 4 sports baseball basketball football and track. and that's the bus. 9.50 for the fair so close. you can almost smell. that's right. the corn funnel cakes. the san mateo county fair. >> officially coming back this summer and in a statement the county said that they will be what one of california's first major public event since the pandemic broke out. we know alameda county. >> yulia sevens was out there live. they're also doing something similar and they say they're doing this they say the health and safety. >> regulations appear to be good. and if they hold and they're going to be able to do it. >> we will be asking 3 on health ques

from the generation where everybody wanted to be either a baseball player, which i wanted to be, jackie robinsonid somebody from greenwich village, an actor no less, end up, you know, becoming skilled at something like rodeo? >> i loved horses. i used to play hooky from school, and go to central park and muck stalls up in central park at the stables there. and i'd muck 'em with -- the deal was if i shovel all this manure, can i get to ride one of these horses around in this arena. that was my deal i just loved it. and became pretty good at it >> seth: that is quite an accomplishment this was a fantastic season of "fargo." congrats on your nomination. and chris rock is your co-star in this season, and i heard that chris rock's mother told him he really needed to bring "a" game because he was going to be acting with you. >> chris -- that was very kind of chris to say. that's the first thing he let me know when we got on set, you know and, uh, he definitely did he brought his "a" game. he's terrific in this. we had a great time with "fargo," absolutely. >> seth: you're also in "ma rainey's black bo

the naacp announced that curry will receive this year's jackie robinson award recognizing his contributionso the social justice and civil rights movements. the wnba is also being honored and will be a joint recipient of the award. the naacp cited curry's eat learn play foundation and his launch of the current brand among his contributions to the community. here's what steve kerr had to say about his superstar. >> he's done so really cool. interesting things to to help people. to raise awareness for different different issues. he's really done an amazing job of figuring out how to balance his life. and committed itself to not only his craft and his career but his family and his community and all the people around you. understands the power he holds uses it for good. so he's an amazing, amazing person. >> it's an official welcome back to the bay area for new forty-niners center. alex mack mack played his college ball at cal and he's very familiar with kyle shanahan's offense. they work together when the head coach was an assistant in cleveland. an offensive coordinator in atlanta that had a p

there's all sorts of different levels of desegregation in american life begins occur in the 1950s jackie robinson7, no coincidence that happened right after world war ii as the black community in new york grows and increases not just in its awareness but the sort of resolve to fight for civil rights pressuring local leaders to say let's desegregate the brooklyn dodgers. that's we really start to see this initial groundswell is outside of the south even though it will sort of eventually trickle into the south. in 1948 the first presidential election after world war ii both the democratic and republican parties have civil rights as part of their platform that your rate okay? we often think of white southerners leading the democratic party, white southerners needed a place to go if they were segregationists. 1948 they cannot go to the democratic party or the republican party because both of those parties were nodding to black voters they form their own dixie party that's a result of these black workers had moved out of the south and were becoming more political and politics by 1940. >> that's right

there is some good news for steph curry the naacp is giving him this year's jackie robinson award for to the social justice and civil rights movements. they cite curry's eat learn play foundation and his launch of the curry brand among his many contributions to the can be community owned. remember the q and a with doctor fauci that was they love that head coach steve kerr agrees curry deserves it. >> he's done so really cool. interesting things to to help people. to raise awareness for different different issues. he's really done an amazing job of figuring out how to balance his life. and commit himself to not only his craft and his career but his family and his community and all the people around you. understands the power he holds uses it for good. so he's an amazing, amazing person. >> it is amazing that he can juggle it all of the wnba. they also. >> are being honored and they are a joint recipient for this award. >> we'll take a break at 5.56 coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news the family and are unified school district and its teachers association have reached a tentative

the naacp announced that curry will receive this year's jackie robinson award which recognizes his contributionso the social justice and civil rights movements. the wnba is also being honored and will be a joint recipient of the award. the naacp cited curry's eat learn play foundation and he's launched the curry brand among his contributions to the community. here's what steve kerr had to say about his superstar. >> he's done so really cool. interesting things to to help people. to raise awareness for different different issues. he's really done an amazing job of figuring out how to balance his life. and committed itself to not only his craft and his career but his family and his community and all the people around you. understands the power he holds uses it for good. so he's an amazing, amazing person. >> it's the return of the mack newly minted forty-niners center. alex mack played his college ball at cal and full seasons later he's ended up back in the day. mack is very familiar with kyle shanahan's offense. they work together when the head coach was an assistant in cleveland. and when he was

but it's not all that today the naacp announced that curry were received this year's jackie robinsonward recognizing his contributions to the social justice and civil rights movements. the wnba is also being honored and will be a joint recipient of the award. the nc double a t n double acp cited curry's eat learn play foundation and his launch of the curry brand among his contributions to the community. here's what steve kerr had to say about his superstar. >> he's done so really cool. interesting things to to help people. to raise awareness for different different issues. he's really done an amazing job of figuring out how to balance his life. and committed itself to not only his craft and his career but his family and his community and all the people around you. understands the power he holds a uses it for good. so he's an amazing, amazing person. >> it's the return of the mack. yeah. and newly minted forty-niners center. alex mack played his college ball at cal 12 seasons later. he's back in the bay. mack is very familiar with kyle shanahan's offense. they work together when the h

>> this is the 1948 jackie robinson. it is in a grade of 8 near mint to mint.rd. again, how much? >> 1952 topps mickey mantle, psa 8, one of the iconic cards in the whole industry. we expect this to top one million dollars when the bidding ends at golden actions. stuart: you really do have a boom on your hands, ken golden. congratulations on that. auction started. how do i get into it real fast? >> sure. golden auctions.com. register to bid. the auction went live yesterday. closes april 3rd. you must get registered and credit approved in order to bid. stuart: first week in april. you have to come back, tell us how much you actually gotfor all those sports memorabilia items. ken, you're all right. good luck to you. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: big hour to come, jason chaffetz, senator john barrasso, grover norquist. we showed you this, wristbands that the cartels are giving out to migrants to walk across the border, issued by the cartels. hillary vaughn showed them to us. that is they were right there. we'll get back to her again next hour. first though, here c