. >> london breed and chris chat mon, joseph bryant, we also have a lieutenant daniel. we are celebrating black history month and president obama has issued a proclamation that extraordinary progress has been won by the tears and toils of our predecessor but barriers still remain. with the election, it erased the last racial barrier but what is it having on average americans? >> i think the momentum of the movement was wonderful and inspiring to the people, especially african-americans but now, the fanfare and things have changed and reality has set in. they are inspired in different ways but they are feeling a lot of hopelessness in their communities when they are still dealing with issues of violence and still dealing with issues in their schools and not being educated properly. yes, it's had a great impact but there is work that needs to be done on the home front in order to deal with that. >> and when london talks some of those issues in terms of education, chris, what do you see as opportunities and challenges? >> there are opportunities. it's an opportunity for us