maya angelou says. that type of fight, that understanding of what it means to be shut out for not only people of color but for the lgbt plus community, for the disability community, our seniors. i have had many challenges, and have had to break through those barriers. liz: she has let ■on issues like the hiv crisis and cannabis reform, she introduced the first marijuana justice act in congress. it will be a tough race, the democrats running against each other, a competitive field. when voters are looking at everybody, what differentiates you from adam schiff or katie porter? >> i have had a fighting for progressive causes. it didn't just start when donald trump was elected president. i have been resisting so much. liz: she shares a story from growing up in los angeles where she fought to become her high school's first black cheerleader. >> when my high school says cheerleaders could be black, i took them on. liz: she was the only member of congress who voted against -- despite this long record, she is 7

maya angelou said, that type of fight, that understanding of what it means to be shut out. not only for people of color but the lgbtq community, disabled community, our seniors. i have had many challenges and have had to break through barriers. liz: she said she has let on issues like -- lead on issues like cannabis reform, introducing the first marijuana justice act to address high incarceration rates. it is going to be a tough race. field. a competitive field. why should voters choose barbara lee? >> barbara lee has had a history of fighting for progressive causes. i have been resisting so much. liz: in her campaign video she shares a story from growing up in los angeles where she fought to become the first black cheerleader. >> when my high school said cheerleaders could not be black i took them on. liz: she was the only member of congress to vote against giving the president brought authorization for military force in afghanistan after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. >> in the face of countless death threats, i was the only no vote. liz: she is 76 years old and would be

. >> i remember the call i got around 2000 from maya angelou. she had summoned us.vous. you enter a space where there was so many incredible black icons. she says, we're going to create a change in harlem. all of you guys need to move your businesses or do something here. marcus, you can cook, you should open a restaurant. eight years later, that's red rooster. >> it reminds me of the legendary stories about pascal's restaurant in atlanta. >> yes, yes. >> it was a gathering place for all the black leadership, safely gather and strategize and be intentional. how do you two know each other? >> when red rooster opened, the only department open was pastry. i applied to work pastry. one of the things i vividly remember that shocked me a little, was you were front and present, at the restaurant, on the line. i had never been in a space where the owner of the restaurant was front and present. i remember one day, i believe you made a staff meal. i remember thinking, wow. like, it's so amazing that you're so attached to this place that you would be here all the time. but one

maya angelou said, you may shoot me with your words but still like arrow, i rise! [cheers and applause] but you can write us off but you better write in pencil, because we have proved you wrong every time before and soon we will again. it's what we do. we endure, we adapt, we lead and in this city anything is possible! we turn ships into hotels and offices, power plants into housing and new neighborhoods, we built satellite that sweep across the sky and we create a world where young girls from the projects can be mayor! [cheers and applause] that's what we do! [cheers and applause] i am, i am committed to you, i'm committed to this city. and i am inspired by the knowledge that together we will do what has always been done. we will rise, we will stumble, and we will rise again. with our voice in uni sense with our eyes to the world and we will show the world that this is san francisco and we will never ever give up. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon and welcome to the february 7, 2023 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madam

maya angelou said, you may shoot me with your words but still like arrow, i rise! [cheers and applause] but you can write us off but you better write in pencil, because we have proved you wrong every time before and soon we will again. it's what we do. we endure, we adapt, we lead and in this city anything is possible! we turn ships into hotels and offices, power plants into housing and new neighborhoods, we built satellite that sweep across the sky and we create a world where young girls from the projects can be mayor! [cheers and applause] that's what we do! [cheers and applause] i am, i am committed to you, i'm committed to this city. and i am inspired by the knowledge that together we will do what has always been done. we will rise, we will stumble, and we will rise again. with our voice in uni sense with our eyes to the world and we will show the world that this is san francisco and we will never ever give up. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. the san francisco music hall of fame is a living breathing world that's all encompassing about music. [music

as maya angelou said, you may suit me with your words still, like air, i rise. larry: let's revisit that. >> i'll take it. [laughter] we are here to build a better bay area and part of that is showing what is going on. it is not to offer apologies or cover it up or report on someone's aspirations. she is right. sometimes we jump on a city or someone when they stumble but it is our job to point out that the sidewalk was cracked. that is what we have done. the paradox is that yes the criticisms have possibly hurt san francisco. the image goes out to the world. but it is those very things we have shown that the mayor is now seeing -- saying it needs to be fixed the most. so you guys out there listening, you decide. larry: and she is inheriting a lot of problems. it's not like it is all on her watch but it is her job to fix it and the list of challenges is very long. >> and it is not money that will fix it, it has to be an attitude change. if you want to see police officers, maybe once in a while, you tell them good job rather than just knocking them around. larry:

maya angelou says. that type of fight, that type of understanding of what it means to be shut out, for not only people of color, but for the lgbtq+ community, the disability community, our seniors. i have had many challenges, and i have had to break through those barriers. liz: she has led on many issues saying she introduced the first marijuana justice act in congress to address high cannabis related incarceration. it will be a tough race. a competitive field. when voters are looking at everybody in this race, what differentiates you from adam schiff or katie porter? >> i fighting for progressive causes, it didn't just start when donald trump was elected president. i have been resisting so much. liz: lee shares a story from growing up in los angeles where she fought to become her high schools first black cheerleader. >> i took them on. liz: she was the only member of congress to vote against giving the president broad authorization form military force in afghanistan. >> in the face of countless death t

. >> i was reminded by the maya angelou quote. this is exactly the situation i think we are finding ourselves in with the central banks. they say we are watching the data and if the data is stronger, we will keep with the rate hikes at the beginning of january, the market got in its head and the rest of the community would have to start cutting in the second half y -- half of the year the market is now realizing that, yes, inflation is moving in the direction, but we are far from 2%. you get a week with a stronger than expected jobs data print and stronger than expected cpi and stronger than expected ppi and all of a sudden, they may not only have to pause, but continue with the rate hikes and we are far from the zone where the central banks will take the fight off the accelerator and say we're done we are not there yet >> you look back to q3 and q4 last year and the banks ceos said they thought recession was coming this year they paved the way for the bellwether for the u.s. economy. that was the reason that the market believes t

maya angelou said. that type of fight, that type of understanding of what it means to be shut out, for not only people of color but the lgbtq+ community, the disability community, seniors, i've had many challenges and i've had to break through barriers. liz: she says she's led on issues like the hiv-aids crisis and cannabis reform, introducing the newest act in congress. it will be a tough race, democrats running against each other. when voters look at everybody, what differentiates you from adam schiff, katie porter? why should voters choose barbara lee? >> barbara lee has had a history of fighting for progressive causes. it didn't start when donald trump was elected. liz: lee shares a story from growing up in los angeles where she fought to become her high school's first black cheerleader. >> i took them on. liz: she was the only member of congress to vote against giving the president brought authorization for military force in afghanistan after the attacks on 9/11. >> in the face of death threats, i

there are luminaries like poet, maya angelou. >> i'm not talking to blacks and blacks alone, tall womenlike a young barack obama. >> who would you say influenced you most in your life? >> richardson interviewed him when he was an illinois state senator. >> not just malcolm x, dr. king, but bob moses and fannie lou hamer and rosa parks. >> think about this, this is 2001. by 2008, he's president of the united states. it's extraordinary. >> reporter: extraordinary is a good way to describe the breadth and depth of the collection. >> you want to hear something real crazy? >> yes. >> reporter: not long before he died, bass baritone william warfield gave an impromptu performance in germany while recounting his performance of "show boat" that brought down the house. >> everybody who sees this is sort of enthralled. >> reporter: julieanna richardson says as a child, all she knew of black history was that her great grandfather had been enslaved. she grew up in a predominantly white ohio town and told us, when she was nine, she was the only black student in her class. >> you had not been taught a

maya angelou said, you may shoot me with your words but still like arrow, i rise!pplause] but you can write us off but you better write in pencil, because we have proved you wrong every time before and soon we will again. it's what we do. we endure, we adapt, we lead and in this city anything is possible! we turn ships into hotels and offices, power plants into housing and new neighborhoods, we built satellite that sweep across the sky and we create a world where young girls from the projects can be mayor! [cheers and applause] that's what we do! [cheers and applause] i am, i am committed to you, i'm committed to this city. and i am inspired by the knowledge that together we will do what has always been done. we will rise, we will stumble, and we will rise again. with our voice in uni sense with our eyes to the world and we will show the world that this is san francisco and we will never ever give up. thank you. [cheers and applause] you're watching san francisco rising with chris manners. special guest is david chu. hi i'm chris manners and you're watching san fra

on the shelves, maya angelou, dick gregory and some of the finest vhs tapes the '90s had to offer.has been building for nearly a decade. >> do you remember getting your first, was it an "ebony" magazine >> it was an ebony magazine. a dick gregory cover from with all his children >> and you went from that dick gregory cover to how many would you say? >> 5,000. >> 5,000. >> yes. >> reporter: now she has turned it into a full-fledged business in west charlotte. >> now we have this space for coffee, meetings, it means everything to us this is black love this is black feeling. this is black vibe >> reporter: carefully curated to pay tribute to black culture. from the decor, to the artwork, the coffee beans, even the drink names. >> stevie wonder >> reporter: the house favorite, the foxxy brown, a nod to the movie and the rapper >> i see why this is a favorite. >> reporter: it even extends to the bathroom >> this whole bathroom is a vibe. >> thank you. >> you never say that about a bathroom. >> people come in and say i never want to leave, i just want to read the articles >> when people

i mean, you know, maya angelou said if somebody tells you who they are the first time, believe them.n't say is for hunting, you couldn't say for any of the excuses they have been giving us for the last several years through the mass shootings, what are you saying to us now that you are now not only saying that your second amendment right, you are showing us the normalizing of the instrument of mass killing. i mean, have we gotten that sick to where we are just running around parading, advertising on our lapels what has wiped out all the people that you named in each one of those disasters. and this is sick. i wouldn't expect any better from george santos. but for others in the republican caucus, not to be attacking there, you are talking about omar and -- you are talking about people are wearing this on their lapel. how do the victims of all these mass killings families feel seeing members of congress walking around with ar-15 buttons on their lapel? >> thank you for sticking around with us. the rev is staying around to talk about the eulogy he delivered for tyre nichols and the path

angels. >> seth: oh, yeah. >> and it was me and octavia and viola davis and maya rudolph who before she went off to do that show, you know, from there, like, that trust grew. so, when she hit me and was like, "i have a great opportunity for you to join season 3 of 'truth be told', but it's some really tough material. but i think you are uniquely prepared for this. and when i read the script, i was like, "this is going to be a gut punch. every day, you know, it's going to be a little triggering or a lot triggering but for the greater good of getting, like, to create a bigger platform to let more people know that human trafficking, sexual trafficking is a global pandemic and when black and brown girls go missing, we do not have the resources or the media attention. and we are often demonized and sort of -- are held complicit in our own abuse and just trying to, you know, re-center the focus on the most marginalized of the marginalized >> seth: you, before you became an actor, you actually were thinking about being a lawyer. >> yeah. >> seth: which just seems very similar to what you were talking about. >> seth: w