nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us with what some of the options are. lot of people are going to gather in union plaza today. what is it they're going to call for from the government? >> immediately, a seize-fire, so the muslim brotherhood and others can sort of come out and participate openly in trying to form a new government. now, that's what they're calling for. they're not likely to get that. the military is pretty firm about this in terms of suppressing it and perhaps chasing them back underground. what some people, particularly those who want to jump in there and do something about it from our point of view, we don't realize the extent to which we need egypt much more than egypt needs the united states. i'll explain. when american military ships want to go through the suez canal, the most important waterway in the world, they get priority over everybody else. when the united states needs to fly personnel and material to afghanistan or whatever, they have under overflight privileges through egypt. and there's the egypt/israeli treaty, which those

coming up, we'll sit down with political analyst larry gerston. >>> a developing story now where just over an hour from this moment, a hearing on governor brown's request to prevent b.a.r.t. workers from striking come tomorrow morning is set to begin in san francisco. looking live at the civic center courthouse on mcalister street this morning, the courthouse will open for the first time on a weekend for a hearing -- first time in 15 years. governor brown requested that the judge order a 60-day cooling off period to block b.a.r.t.'s two largest unions from walking off the job if there's no deal by midnight. the court ultimately does have the power to grant that order. after some 13 hours of negotiations last night, both sides walked away from the bargaining table before midnight with no agreement in place. union officials say they did receive a comp hengsive proposal from the district last night and they're taking the time to evaluate it this morning. despite the hearing, both sides say they'll be back at the bargaining table at 1:00 this afternoon. >> what i said from the very beginn

political analyst larry gerston joins us with a look at the past century, and what have we seen in terms of racial ecallty in california? >> we have seen change, kris, no doubt, but not without a struggle, lots of struggles. a couple moments come to mind. in 1963, that's the same year as king's speech, the california legislature passed something very innovative, the fair housing act, which made it illegal to discriminate against african-americans and other racial minorities hoping to buy houses. in those days, it was very, very important. in 1964, the voters repealed that act through proposition 14. that was a bitterly contested ballot initiative sponsored by the california real estate association. and just a year or so later in 1966, the state supreme court declared proposition 14 unconstitutional, and in the process, restored the legislation. now, that was an incredibly big moment here, and it rippled nationwide. >> now, have matters improved? can people buy houses? do they have access to higher education? >> in some cases, absolutely. no question about it. red lining, that was the ter