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. >> did james brown ever order for you? >> james brown and i used to eat similar meals.ave it like that. >> see you learn something every time with the rev. lloyd, much reported on the secrecy, and you look at the reliance on the ndas, a willingness to sue people, it's not an empty threat. huntingly i'm reminded of pusha t, who said the money count is the only moment of silence, because hush money balances all this drugs and violence. basically one of best lines about an nda. the hush money hasn't worked the way it's supposed to. doesn't that stick out as the hunting practical error? >> i defer to you on the legal aspects of all of this, but it seems to me kind of silly that somebody who is not work fog donald trump, being paid by the taxpayers, that this nda would in any way be valid. >> a lot of experts say it's not. >> yeah, and cliff sims' book, which is very entertaining, i've read a bit of it now, is devastating to trump. i know he wants to sort of play both sides and say i really like the guy, but one of the accounts that hasn't gotten a lot of attention is the fi

james brown reports from atlanta. >> brees' pass is incomplete. >> reporter: outraged fans have called it the worst missed call in nfl playoff history. >> that should have been a penalty. >> reporter: today for the first time nfl commissioner roger goodell discussed the controversy and acknowledged the officiating mistake. >> we're going to make sure that we do everything possible to address the issues going forward and see if there are improvements that can be made through instant replay or anything else. >> reporter: goodell says the league will look into possible rule changes, but the nfl has been opposed to making judgement calls like pass interference reviewable. >> there's not been support to date about having a replay official or somebody in new york throw a flag. >> reporter: the league is also facing continued backlash from fans who believe that former san francisco quarterback colin kaepernick has essentially been blackballed for two years because of his social justice protest during the national anthem. goodell said team owners are not colluding against him. >> i think if a

they didn't know years ago that was james brown.ney has told me to the godfather of soul to the godfather of paul, vice president joe biden. [ applause ] [ laughter ] [appl] biden: i have an announcement to make. i am not one of the famous flames. those of you know james brown. good morning, everyone. thank you for the introduction >> i have an announcement, i'm not james brown. reverend, thank you for your introduction. >> the one title i can claim is i am mr. an amtrak. i tell you, they keep the city's records of how many miles you are flying in an air force plane. about 6 1/2 years in, the headline say biden travels over 1 million miles an air force to. i tried to go home to see my mom every friday and didn't want to take the g5, it took too much money. one guy that's been writing 73 came up and grabbed me and grabbed my cheek and i thought the service was going to kill him. he said the boys and i sat down to figure out how many miles you traveled on amtrak . >> and i said yes and he said you average 119 days per year we figured

he's written a biography of james brown which we will talk about in a minute. he is a serious musician, composer, sink writer. he's played with a lot of groups, toured all over the country. played with a lot of famous names including michael jackson. you might ask him about that later. he's also a member of probably the worst pain i've ever seen my life. there's this rock band called rock-bottom remainders. it's a bunch of writers who think they belong on the stage and think they can play. stephen king on the guitar, scott's place the tampering, who plays the timbering? they perform at festivals and conventions and book expos with a have captive audiences. people would come and i guarantee you, he's the only person in the band who belongs on the stage. in 2016, president obama want james the national metal. president obama said, james mcbride is humanized, the complexities of discussing race in america. the writings of his own uniquely american story, and his works of fiction informed by our shared history, is moving stories of love display the character of the

james brown reports from atlanta. >> brees, passes...eporter: outraged fans have called it the worst missed call in n.f.l. play-off history. >> that should have been a avnalty. >> reporter: today, for the first time, n.f.l. commissioner l.ger goodell discussed the controversy and acknowledged the officiating mistake. >> we're going to make sure that in do everything possible to address the issues going forward and see if there are improvements that can be made through instant replay or anything else. >> reporter: goodell says the league will look into possible rule changes, but the n.f.l. has been opposed to making judgment calls, like pass interference, reviewable. l there's not been support to date about having a replay official or somebody in new york throw a flag. >> reporter: the league is also facing continued backlash fr fans who believe that former san francisco quarterback colin kaepernick has essentially been blackballed for two years because of his social justice protests during the national snthem. goodell said team owners ar

those of you know james brown. good morning, everyone. thank you for the introduction., the one title i can claim is i am mr. amtrak. you, people the press will tell you, they keep the records of how many miles you are flying in an air force plane. about x .5 years in, the headlines of the paper was biden travels over one million miles an air force two. i try to go home and see my mom every friday and i didn't want to take that. cost too much money. secret service did not like the train to a they thought it was more dangerous. i'm getting on the train and one of the senior guys on the road i had been writing since 1973 came up and grabbed me and said jelly, jelly. the secret service was going to shoot him. he said a million miles, big deal. the boys and i figured out how many miles you travel on average. i said you did and he said yes. the average is 119 days a for 36 years and as vice president, we figured it thousand 210 roundtrips. 259 miles a day. you have traveled over 2 million want to hear anything about their forced to. let me get to the point. everyone knows, l

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i say i was trying to assimilate and also very strangely run around imitating james brown, which is the opposite of assimilating if was literally, hit man, and fly and scream and that would not make my fit in with the white kids but i didn't understand. was thinking about awkwardness. the way we perform or don't proffer in the ways means to go back into black spaces if would good to church and be told you are a white girl and then can go to a white school were told, you're "black lives matter" black -- you're black, black, black, and i wanted know what i meant. >> camille, you can jump in or i can ask a more specific question. >> you mentioned that you a -- as you were writing in this particular work, the motion of respectability politics. was on your mind, and i wonder maybe kind of digging a little bit deeper based on what we were just talk us about. >> i think in part what nafissa is saying of seeing the variety and range of black experience. i mean, sort of always on this history question. growing up in d.c., if it was a very black city -- i should say was a very black city. it's no

certainty and the opera and ballet and shakespeare in the park and the apollo theater and seeing james brownas so vibe rant -- so vibe rant with live music. >> your father is black and your father is jewish. she goes on to play one of the first interracial couples. did you realize what a big deal that was? you see this -- >> because my father was whiets. so it is very interesting that norman lear chose her. i just saw norman lear recently and i hntd seen him since i was a teenager and i walked up to him and thanked him because him choosing my mother changed our lives. i would not be sitting here with you, i don't think, if that hadn't happened and i hadn't gone to los angeles. because i learned so much and my life changed so much and musically i ended up doing a lot of things out there musically. but back to that question, it was interesting that he chose this woman, that he had no idea that my mother was married to a white man. and so he had her come out to los angeles to audition and he decided that he wanted her to play the role. and he said, listen, i just want to talk with you before i

stephanie brown james, let me begin with you.le things about that trip to iowa, and it's happening with all the candidates that explored, massive, massive crowds on the democratic side. >> almost like the super bowl of politics is just starting up, and people are really hungry to see candidates who are authentic, and i think that there is three things that the democrats are going to realize as they get out into the field of whoever is running, you know. one is you have to show leadership. two is you have to be able to beat trump and three which is important is you have to be able to speak to the issues of what most americans are going through right now, but also you have to be able to make sure that you are speaking in a way where different types of voters can understand, and especially diverse voters. i'm looking forward to this field starting to thin out because -- >> it will be awhile before it thins out. >> i think it will be sooner than we think because if donors or diverse voters don't get behind someone early, it will thin

brown's publicists at sony music have not commented on his most recent arrest. ( james ) new this morning. an internal memo from uber says the people tasked with investigating safety issues are overworked, underpaid and at times ... traumatized. we're talking about uber's special investigations unit. it handles more than one thousand cases a week... from criminal misconduct... to car crashes and deaths. but most of the cases it invetigates involve sexual assaults and rape by uber drivers. a cnn investigation found more than 100 documented cases... but inside sources say the true number of reported rapes is much higher. another cnn report found thousands of convicted criminals and sex offenders who were approved to drive for uber. of the nearly 12-hundred cases uber investigates ... the company says some of them were found to be unrelated to uber, withdrawn or false. ( james ) the station broadcasting the super bowl has rejected a comercial that makes a case for medical have s suffering from different health issues. those peopple would then say that their lives were made better by medical

inauguration live on our mobile app and on kron 4 dot com startiung at 11 this morning. ( james ) outgoing governor browno county's first sikh judge. 57-year-old joginder dhillon was appointed to the sacramento county superior court last month. dhillon has served as a senior advisor in the governor's office since 20-13. yesterday he was honored by members of his community at the sikh temple in sacramento. ( james )( james ) dhillon earned his justice degree from harvard law school he also received a master's degree from the university of houston law center. ( james ) on tuesday, paradise high school students will be returning to class from their holiday break ... and begin learning in a new temporary space. about 7- hundred students will be at a temporary campus near the chico airport. the 23- thousand squre-foot building has 30-c

he is serious about running and uncertain about plunging his family into a campaign. ( james ) outgoing governor brownnto county's first sikh judge. 57-year-old joginder dhillon was appointed to the su court last month. dhillon has served as a senior advisor in the governor's office since 20-13. yesterday he was honored by members of his community at the sikh temple in sacramento. ( james ) dhillon earned his justice degree from harvard law school he also received a master's degree from the university of houston law center. ( james ) on tuesday, paradise high school students will be returning to class from their holiday break ... and begin learning in a new temporary space. about 7- hundred students will be at a temporary campus near the chico airport. the 23- thousand squre-foot building has 30-classrooms, offices, a library and cafeteria. there is also a basketball court and plenty of open recreational

represented of king is beyond his time, and for the gentleman who called out james brown, say it loud black and i am proud? in a nation where black people have been tried to be squashed, we need an anthem. laurelhat's lisa, from maryland, or last call on this topic. joining us next, we will hear the thoughts of the former customs and border action commissioner gil kerlikowske. and we have a chance to learn about william barr and his confirmation hearing starting today. c-span3 is where you can see that, and carrie johnson will join us to talk about mr. barr and what he brings to the table as he testifies. those discussions coming up on washington journal. ♪ day, -- on q and , abringing down the colonel late 19th century sex scandal involving a kentucky congressman sued by his former mistress. >> william campbell, with a number of middle names, he had been the southern elite, a respected calvary men in the confederate calvary. at the time of the lawsuit he is in his fifth term in congress, and his mistress was, by contrast, nobody. a poor girl from kentucky with literary aspirations wh

its unclear how the deck collapsed. ( james ) new this morning ... troubled singer chris brown has been arrested overseas after a woman says she was raped by brown. this is video of brown from one of his previous appearances in court. he was arrested in paris france yesterday. brown has been in repeated legal trouble since pleading guilty to the felony assault in 2009 of his then-girlfriend, rihanna. he completed his probation in that case in 2015. brown's publicists at sony music have not commented on his most recent arrest. ( james ) new this morning. an internal memo from uber says the people tasked with investigating safe issues are overworked, underpaid and at times ... traumatized. we're talking about uber's special investigations unit. it handles more than one thousand cases a week... from criminal misconduct... to car crashes and deaths. but most of the cases it invetigates involve sexual assaults and rape by uber drivers. a cnn investigation found more than 100 documented cases... but inside sources say the true number of reported rapes is much higher. another cnn repo

brown. now stick around for james corden. goodnight!

.> ( james ) khan was facing 25 to life for his role in the 2003 stabbing death of a pot dealer in antioch. last month former governor jerry brownan's sentence to 15 years to life. ( james ) teachers in oakland will vote next week ... on calling for an official strike. the vote will take place over four days, starting january 29th. it comes after hundreds of teachers demonstrated in front of the district office in a sick-out on friday. they demanded higher pay, smaller class sizes and more resources for students. over the weekend, educators and supporters created signs and banners in case a strike takes place. ( james ) teachers are demanding a 12 percent pay

james landale, bbc news, davos. prosecutors in paris say chris brown has been released without charge.rrested have also been released. the police say they're continuing their investigation. some of the tower of london's beefeaters — as well as staff members at hampton court palace — are on strike. it's the first time the yeoman warders have walked out since 1963, and stems from a dispute about pensions. historic royal palaces insisted the new penison was "generous". there were picket lines outside both sites on tuesday — the beefeaters are due back at work on wednesday. netflix has scored its first oscar nomination for the spanish language film 'roma' which is up for ten awards. the royal—romp 'the favourite' is also up for ten — as our arts editor, will gompertz, explains. did you just look at me? did you? look at me! look at me! how dare you! close your eyes! olivia colman giving what might well turn out to be an oscar—winning performance as a potty—mouthed queen anne in the favourite. alongside fellow british actress rachel weisz, who is shortlisted in the supporting actress categor

advocates for brown say while in prison she completed an associate's degree program with a 4.0 gpa. ( james ) a suspect in a deadly bowling alley shooting in torrance is behind bars. police arrested 47-year-old reginald wallace in los angeles sunday. he served 17-years for assault with a deadly weapon, before being released on parole in 20-17. the shooting broke out at a busy bowling alley friday night, leaving three people dead, and four others wounded. witnesses said it started after a group of people got into a fight. police didn't arrest anyone at the scene, but they asked witnesses for cellphone videos of the incident. investigators say they believe wallace is the sole shooter. coming up on the kron 4 morning news... .. gavin newsom starts his first full day as our governor. we'll take a look back at his inauguration. and after the break ... a fixer-upper on the market in the peninsula. details on what the home is missing ... after the break. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) today will begin dry but showers will continue to approach the bay into t

james all calling for clemency. there's nothing that can justify what i did cyntoia brown has never denied what happened on an august night in 2004.i shot himbrown said real estate johnny michel allen agent picked her up on a nashville street and took her to his home for sex.she testified that she acted in self defense.he's trying to rape me or murder me or somethingbrown was tried as an adult.the jury didn't buy her story.guilty of first degree murdershe was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole until 2055.her case drew national attention ... a documentary film described how she was traumatized and abused bu her alcoholic mother.she ran away and fell into the hands of a pimp named "kut throat" hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions calling for clemence.that's very nice but we're not going to make a decision based on how many people call our office.tennessee's republican governor bill haslam waited until his last days in office to act.he issued a statement saying "cyntoia brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16," yet, he said, "imposing a life sentence o

james baldwin into feature film >> i love you. do you know that? >> i do. and i understand what you are going through because i am with you. >> browntwo young people looking at each other through the glass of a prison visiting room." if beale street could talk" is the story of tish, played by kiki lane, and fonny-- stephen james. childhood best friends growing up in harlem in the 1960s and '70s who become lovers as adults, only to see their dream crushed in a deeply racist society when fonny is falsely accused of a crime. >>o you want me to die in here? >> brown: based on the 1974 novel by the great james baldwin, it's been adapted byto writer-dirbarry jenkins. >> what mr. baldwin does so well is to crystallize these momentsw you hese moments in times, these feelings and describe thee to the reain a way that soey're both relatable, distinctive and pecific in a way that makes them un, ersal. you kn was a very observant person, a very wise pers and he spoke the truth. and i think that, unfortunately, the truth or the fact of america is so manyhings that have been issues going back 50, 60, 70 years, that are still issues today. >> bro

james all calling for clemency. there's nothing that can justify what i did cyntoia brown has never denied what happened on an augustnight in 2004.i shot himbrown said real estate johnny michel allen agent picked her up on a nashville street and took her to his home for sex.she testified that she acted in self defense.he's trying to rape me or murder me or somethingbrown was tried as an adult.the jury didn't buy her story.guilty of first degree murdershe was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole until 2055.her case drew national attention ... a documentary film described how she was traumatized and abused bu her alcoholic mother.she ran away and fell into the hands of a pimp named "kut throat" hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions calling for clemence.

brown versus board of education. >> 48 and so he refused to preach to segregated audiences. james cohen. >> the father of black liberation theology. and it's a reminder we are not called to be enslaved but to be free and so how do we work for the freedom and against oppression and injustices. a strong powerful voice in the black church and in theology. >> period. >> because all that his theology led to liberation movement. >> for women and gays and for. >> latin america. >> latin america and, yeah. >> and to white christians it was the call to recognize larksment and repent. look at the way your theology has led to the killing, the lynching of so many innocent people. your theology has supported white supremacy in its cruelest, harshest most inhumane expressions, and you all got some work to do. >> yeah. yeah. >> dr. king's birthday is coming soon. and you mentioned three words that come out that i thought was significant. >> different sources have their word of the year for the year gone by and different sources lifted up three words of the year this year. misinformation, toxic a

. >> every great songwriter, came through, jackson brown, j.d., henley and frey, linda ronstadt, joni mitchell, jamespressing themselves. >> is it difficult to reveal it constantly to so many people? why do you do this? >> i feel an obligation to myself and to people to try and share myself. maybe as honestly as i can. ♪ i left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out ♪ ♪ well i hit the rowdy road and many kinds i met there many stories told me all the ways to get there ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ so on and on i go ♪ the seconds tick the time out ♪ ♪ there's so much left to know while i'm on the road to find out ♪ >> everyone was just trying to do whatever came into their head. >> in the early days paul and i we wanted to be the king of england from england. they were very big those days. >> we had no idea who the people were, the mysterious mr. king was. who had written all these songs, chains the beatles did, i'm into something good, which is part of the british invasion. we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behind-the-scenes woman to a star i

understand that. >> reporter: brown was found guilty in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 2057. but stars like rihanna, kim kardashian and lebron jameshared clips of her interviews and rallied behind her. >> it was so necessary to change. it wasn't so much of a choice but i had to. >> reporter: now after years of working towards bettering herself behind bars, brown will be released on parole in august. >> cyntoia's transformation is nothing short of a miracle to watch her go from where she was to where she is the most amazing thing. >> brown worked to get her ged in prison. she's now one course away from earning her bachelor's degree. she is set to be released in august and will serve ten years on parole. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is missing arguments at the high court for the first time in more than 25 years. ginsburg is recovering from cancer surgery but she's still working reading the transcripts and briefs from home. at 85, ginsburg has no apparent plans to retire. she's hired law clerks through 2020. >>> and turning now to the weather, a mix of rain and snow is arriving in the northeast while on the west coas

brown's publicists at sony music have not commented on his most recent arrest. ( james ) a san francisco appointed as california's first ever surgeon general. governor gavin newsom appointed doctor nadine burke harris. she's the founder and chief executive of the center for youth wellness in san francisco. burke harris is also a pediatrician. newsom says she will focus on combatting the root causes of serious health conditions by using her office to reach young families across the state. burke harris will be sworn in as surgeon general on feburary 11th. ( james ) new state legislation makes it legal for cannabis businesses to deliver pot anywhere in california, even in cities that have banned it. which is raising a lot of questions for business owners and resident. jake ingrassia has more. the law overrides bans that some cities have on cannabis sales. some businesses are urging city leaders to catch up with the growing marijuana industry. the owner of a dispensary in cathedral city says this is an opportunity for him to expand his business to new customers who may not have access to dis

brown who. >>> deuintroduced it. it wld not allow or require james comey to return to the job but he acknowledge it's a challenge to president who fired comey back in 2017 p >>sident trump had the authority to remove the director, but i think d he it for the wrong reasons. i think the that president trump removed him becau director comey was unwilling to back off that was toogati close to the president. >> with democrats now controlling the u.s. house, our local cgressional delegation, all democratic has a stronger hand getting their bills on the floor. congressman brown said he expects a vote in the house but he expecting to face opposition in the republican controlled u.s. senate. in the news room, scott macfarlane, newst >>> jet me know if i can expect to go outside and see tomorrow what i saw today, a frozen newspaper. >> his newspaper was frozen. >> in my driveway. frozen in a block. >> from the rain on sunday and the col air on monday. >> boom. >> that's what happens man. i thinkl you w see it again tomorrow we are talking about cold temperatur

james ) new this morning... police investigating a deadly crash after a woman was hit and killed while crossing the street. it happened last night on lewis brownroad between sonoma boulevard and broadway street. police say the woman was not in a crosswalk when she was hit. the driver did stay on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. ( james ) oakland police arrested a person of interest for the deaths of three men. the three were shot and killed on center street january 4th ... that's three- blocks from the west oakland bart station. two victims were in a parked car... while a third was standing outside. they were identified as 21- year old gino houchins ... 29- year old marcus fuller jr ... and 31- year old dante johnson. police are not releasing the name of the person of interest right now because the investigation is ongoing. ( james ) police are looking for someone who robbed a mountain mikes pizza restaurant in walnut creek. it happened late yesterday morning ... just before 11:30 ... and the business on ygnacio valley road. the robber was last seen driving this white, ford focus with license plate number 8-e-g-y- 7-4-5. ( dary

james ) new this morning... police investigating a deadly crash after a woman was hit and killed while crossing the street. it happened last night on lewis brown road between sonoma boulevard and broadway street. police say the woman was not in a crosswalk when she was hit. the driver did stay on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. ( james )in the east bay ... family and friends of a discovery bay woman who was murdered ... rallied outside the contra costa county district attorney's office seeking justice for their loved one. last year a judge determined that the 15- year-old suspect accused of killing 20-year old allie sweitzer was to be tried as ult january first ... prevents those under the age of 16 from being tried as adults... that means if convicted, instead of as much as 25 years to life in prison, the suspect would be released at the age of 26. the family says district attorney becton originally agreed to appeal the new law... and then changed her mind. ( james )

james all calling for clemency. kron 4's catherine heenan has the story. there's nothing that can justify what i did cyntoia brown has never denied what happened on an august night in 2004.i shot himbrown said real estate johnny michel allen agent picked her up on a nashville street and took her to his home for sex.she testified that she acted in self defense.he's trying to rape me or murder me or somethingbrown was tried as an adult.the jury didn't buy her story.guilty of first degree murdershe was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole until 2055.her case drew national attention ... a documentary film described how she was traumatized and abused bu her alcoholic mother.she ran away and fell into the hands of a pimp named "kut throat" hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions calling for clemence.that's very nice but we're not going to make a decision based on how many people call our office.tennessee's republican governor bill haslam waited until his last days in office to act.he issued a statement saying "cyntoia brown committed, by her own admission, a horrific crime at the age of 16

governor jerry brown declared a formal end to a three year drought in 20-17. but added, water conservation efforts must continue. (jamese back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... some more sunshine today but amid increasing cloud cover leading us into what will be a cloudy, windy and rainy weekend, most notably on saturday. temperatures will peak into a range of 50's again with little change in temperatures expected into the weekend. weekend. expected into the temperatures little change in temperatures expected into the weekend. weekend. no major hot spots. bay no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) ( darya ) the south bay family of a woman fatally shot by police on christmas eve ... want charges brought against the officers involved.( james ) but san jose police say the shooting was justified kron-4's charles cliffor

governor jerry brown declared a formal end to a three year drought in 20-17. but added, water conservation efforts must continue. ( jamesack to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. some more sunshine today but amid increasing cloud cover leading us into what will be a cloudy, windy and rainy weekend, most notably on saturday. temperatures will peak into a range of 50's again with little change in temperatures expected into the weekend. weekend. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( darya ) ( darya ) the south bay family of a woman fatally shot by police on christmas eve ... want charges brought against the officers involved.( james ) but san jose police say the shooting was justified kron-4's charles clifford has nats natswednesday afternoon, the parents of jennifer vasquez spoke to the media on the spot where their daughter died christmas morning. they are pleading for the district attorney to take a closer look at the case because they believe the police department is not being forthcoming a

brown: how could we not. >> it's toni morrison. and barbara smith writes about jamesaldwin and how his words helped her become a writer. there's one writer, debby writes about how reading the memoir "boy" was fund meant toll her experience, so it's not necessarily just about seeing an exact reflection, but to make sure that these symbols had meaning and they build significance. you can really explore. reading feels to me like an exploratory practice. you should be able to find characters and stories you can , ll into. >> these are writemen who became writers. >> yes.ou how much didee their beigin story connecting to the writers that theme? >> oh, yeah, completely. i think at the end of her story, she said she read this one book and it wasn't until she wrote herow that she was able to really -- >> brown: that's right. >> it was su a profound statement, a powerful way to end, it compelled her to want to bring write her own story, and i think that is the takeaway from the anthology that we could write our own stories and be persistent with that and not give up. >> brown:

james passed away in 2013. the prequel called the many not yet newark has been announced. >> wow, he wasn't even born when the soprano's started. >> no charges for chris brownape allegation in paris. we'll have more details for you here on early today. it looks like jonathan on a date with his wife. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps your heart so you can keep on doing what you love. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. it helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren,... ...or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto for heart failure. yeah! entrust your heart to entresto. ♪ we'd love some help with laundry. here's how you do it. spray and scrub anything with a stain. soak your nasty jersey. it stinks! wash the really dirty clothes separately. remember - hard work builds

brown. after she shot and killed a man when she was 16 years old. the case fueled a debate and true national attention with support of celebrities like lebron james andst michelle miller shows us what's next for brown. >> good morning. one of brown's attorneys said she was dancing when they told her she'd be released in august. in his decision, governor haslam called brown's life sentence who harsh. and says she's taken extraordinary steps to rebuild her life. >> reporter: during her nearly 15 years behind bars, cyntoia brown pleaded for forgiveness. >> i do pray that you show me mercy. that is my prayer. >> reporter: on monday, governor bill haslam responded. commuting brown's life sentence. houston gordon is one of brown's attorneys. >> to see the absolute joy flowing from her. and then to see her give the glory to her maker was worth it all to me. >> you understand why you're here? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: in this 2011 documentary, brown recalled an encounter when she was 16 years old and a victim of human trafficking. she was forced to sell her body by a pimp named cut throat. she claims johnny allen, a 43-year-old real estate agent picked her

measures. ( james ) the new congress brings the largest number of women to the house in american history. its at an all- time high of 102 women. kron 4's dan thorn spoke with former mayor willie brown is a perfect fit for this new beginning. san francisco ngcoresswoman nan in the house..former san francisco mayor willie brown says with the number of women now serving in congress, pelosi is the ideal leader..0 o are now part of the 535 i.e. the house and senate have came from what nancy has been attempting to do. brown calls those women disciples of pelosi..he says the speaker will be embraced by a democratic majority in the house that is more diverse than ever..sot: she is perfect for the role that she will now have to play..incidentally, bay area women are leading the way in representing california in congress..pelosi is joined by u.s. senators dianne feinstein and kamala harris.. brown says it shows northern california having a surplus of leadership..something the u.s government needs more of..sot: nancy pelosi is the only person who appears to be focused on trying to do right pursuant of this democracy with mutual respect for everybody.. (robin) (robin)(robin) with no end in sig

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brown road between sonoma boulevard and broadway street. police say the woman was not in a crosswalk when she was hit. the driver did stay on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. ( jamesthe east in the east bay... police are looking for someone who robbed a mountain mikes pizza restaurant in walnut creek. it happened late yesterday morning ... just before 11:30 ... and the business on ygnacio valley road. the robber was last seen driving this white, ford focus with license plate number 8-e-g-y- 7-4-5. ( james ) police are searching for a man who impersonated a "meals on wheels" employee last week. reports say the man was outside of the safeway on shattuck avenue asking for donations. police say the man ran away after being confronted by an actual meals on wheels employee. the suspect is described as a man in his 60's about six feet tall, last seen wearing a white meals on wheels t-shirt. ( james ) in national news... the fallout continues from last week's incident involving students from a catholic high school in kentucky and a native american elder in washington d-c. now... the student in the center of the controversy is breaking his silence. miguel marquez has the l