so, professor krieger, welcome to democracy now!tell us about this day's roots in socialism and more. >> thank you very much for having me. it is wonderful to be with you. international women's day has a very long progressive history that is often not well-known and we've been celebrating it now for over 11 years at the school of public health to bring that history back to life so people can make the connections. the very first international -- national women state took place in 1909 in the u.s. was on the last sunday in february and organized by american socialist tied to the labor organizing going on at that time and the push for women's suffrage. one year later, the proposal was made for international women's day at the second ever international compass of socialist women, and they made good on the promise in 1911. it was held in vienna and organized by socialist and communist women at the time. it was held importantly on march 18. this was to be a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the paris commune which started on march

austin krieger had just retired from a career at h.r. and had signed up for a number of in-person opportunities. >> then austin, you can't go anywhere. you can't do anything. i hope you like your condo. you'll be in it full time. >> so she was looking what she could do from home. she found social call. it was fund in the apartment by kaiser permanente. social call matched volunteers with seniors living alone for weekly phone call. it is how austin got the number -- >> hello? >> reporter: of 81-year-old rita la force. >> i'm fine! >> reporter: rita has lived alone for many years in her apartment. the pandemic threatened to isolate her in ways she's never experience. a health aide suggested she sign up for social call. >> i didn't expect to get a dearest friend. >> when rita and i got started, we would talk sometime for over two hours. because her stories were really interest to me and i love to hear about her. >> austin's original commitment was for one area. three years later, they still talk weekly. each considering the other a dear fri

it's about two women, rita, an 81-year-old who lives on her own in san francisco, and austin krieger, a volunteer in santa cruz, who signed up to do a weekly call for one year with rita to help her not be too isolated during the pandemic. one year turned into three and the women became dear friends, but had never met, until now. >> i'm overwhelmed. >> i might cry. >> you can experience the whole story at nbcbayarea.com/bay area proud, as well as hundreds of other stories about people being good to each other in the bay area. >> that's nice. that should continue with the elderly people. >>> 5:41 right now. controversial speaker is coming to stanford's campus. still ahead, the reaction ahead of the appearance leaving divided students pointing fingers. >> if president biden were a quarterback, he may feel he's got a wide open field and not much defense. we'll stretch that analogy out. >> also, rising costs are leaving many americans more anxious this tax season. a new survey highlighting rising uncertainty for the expecting os in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smar