it's my pleasure to introduce assemblywoman nancy skinner (clapping) >> good afternoon distinguished guests officials, elected and others and my constituents. it is a wonderful day and i'll i'm so thrilled to be here. i want to thank mayor brown and, of course, other senators that - and the other officials who figure out so hard to make that a beautiful world-class structure that rivals the golden gate bridge. as a san franciscan native i can say that. i feel like i've come full circle as my father and grandfather we deserve the whole bay as he does the world-class bridge. now we're standing in my colleagues district who is from district 18 and allow me to introduce my other colleagues - apologizes assembly members himself mark levine the tenth district and assemblyman from the 22 district and from the 19 and assembly member from the 25th (clapping) >> now mayor brown made a very i think prospective statement when he talked about the bay area wanted a bridge that expresses the daring the human innut and symbols the splendor of oakland and the ante bay. as the other speakers who stood

. >> nancy skinner now a state assemblywomen, was a student who led the anti-investment committee. >>felt we were morally i am ply crated in the regime that was denying the people of south africa their freedom, their ability to participate in government and other parts of democracy. >> larry wright harass a longshoremen unloading ships at port. he recalls how union members refused to remove cargo off ships. >> every day there was a demonstration. every day the longshoremen refused to work. they tried to negotiate to get the ship unloaded but we refus refused. >> reporter: the movement gain momentum. >> until the world stood with south africa through means of divestment it's struggle would never have reached its fruitful conclusion. >> reporter: for city hall showed how decisions made here decades ago and ten thousand miles away from south africa showed it could make a difference. al jazeera, california. >> al jazeera america is the only news channel that brings you live news at the top of every hour. >> here are the headlines at this hour. >> only on al jazeera america. >> i'm phil to

assemblywoman nancy skinner was part of that movement. >> it was so thrilling that we americans, that we east bay residents, could have been part of something with that kind of global impact. >> reporter: a lone rose left an oakland monument memorializing mandela last night a reminder of the impact he will have. >> he was above the divisions. he was above anything that occurred that would take away from being with people and making sure that people understood he was going to be different. different because that's -- that was his mantra, that was his -- that was who he was. >> reporter: in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> glide is planning two specials services on sunday to honor mandela's life. we're also looking back at his life on our website, kpix.com, complete with a photo gallery. >>> the deep freeze continues into the weekend but the end may be in sight. let's go over to lawrence for the latest. >> maybe a little reprieve tonight. three straight days of temperatures in the 20s and the 30s. even some record-breaking cold numbers. now outside the clouds beginning to fill in

assemblywoman nancy skinner was part of that movement forcing the campus to cut ties with corporationsked with the attartide regime. nelson mandela's visit here four years later was particularly emotional for the east bay. skinner says south africa's hard fought victory was one the east bay shared. >> it was so thrill tag we americans, that we east bay residents could have been something with that kind of global impact. >> reporter: in oakland, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> former san francisco mayor willy brown served as the host when nelson mandela made that bay area visit back in 1990. >> president kennedy was assassinated for his brother, bobby, martin luther king jr. , or, any of the other great people whom we have honored appropriately by virtual of their contributions. my guess is each one of them at this moment are welcoming in the real leader, nelson mandela. >> yeah, you heard it there. brown put mandela in the same group as john f. kennedy, robert kennedy, and he called nelson mandela the real leader. >>> barbara rogers visited south africa in 1993 and met with nelson mandela.

. >> nancy skinner, now a state assemblywomen, was then a graduate student who led the divestment committee>> we felt we were morally implicated in the regime that basically was denying the majority of people of south africa, their freedom, their ability to participate in government and in any democracy. >> reporter: many others took action not only students. in 1984 larry wright was a longshoreman. he reports how union members refused to move south african cargo off ships. >> the ships sat there for 11 days. every day there was a demonstration. every day the longshoremen refused to work. they tried to negotiate some way to get the ship unloaded but we refused. >> the divestment became inevitable. >> until the world stood with south africa through means like divestment their struggle would never have reached its fruitful conclusions. >> and so at city hall it was a dual honor for nelson mandela but also for the tradition of progressive politics in the bay area showing how decisions made here and ten thousand miles away from south africa could make a difference. melissa chan, al jazeera, cal

. >> reporter: assemblywoman nancy skinner was part of the movement. sit-ins and mass arrests at uc- berkeley to force the campus to cut ties with corporations linked with the apartheid government. the board of regents voted to divest in 1986. so mandela's visit here four years later was particularly emotional for the east bay. >> never, ever forget it ever. >> reporter: skinner says south africa's victory was one of the east bay shared. >> it was so thrilling that we americans, that we east bay residence, could have been part of something with that kind of global impact. >> reporter: in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> former san francisco mayor willie brown served as host when mandela made his bay area visit back in 1990. >> president kennedy was assassinated, his brother bobby, martin luther king, jr., or any of the other great people whom we have honored appropriately by virtue of their contributions. my guess is that each one of them at this moment are welcoming the real leader nelson mandela. >> brown says no one has matched the inspiration an

nancy skinner was the leader of the committee. >> student leaders and community leaders did initiativesso there is this activism. >> there were daily rallies students began camping out until police staged a raid arcs resting dozens. one of the leaders of the demonstrations was student body president who spoke to us via skiep. >> all that is left of the future is now. >> the movement gained a lot of attention and interest of lawmakers. and pro fessors. >> ask a question what the hell is the university of california doing making process of a slave system in 1986? then willie brown addressed the crowd helping convince regents to help withdraw the university in businesses strayed treyeding with south africa. >> and first vet was a regent vote that caused california to become the identifiable capitol of the movement to kill apartheid. >> former california george george duekmedjian decided it was a good political move to support divestment. now, a memorial will take place in the rotunda at city hall on wednesday. >> thank you. >> the reverend cecil williams is speaking tonight about nelson ma

a student campaign that would fuel antiapartheid movement on campus and beyond they belong to nancy skinner that spring led the committee in berkeley. >> our purpose was to end the regime in south africa and bring democrat stoi south africa. we felt not only to divest city money, but began camping out until police staged a raid and arrested dozens. by now, movement gained a lot of attention and in the interest of celebrities like raven havens. lawmakers were called in to convince regents to vote to withdraw investments. one of those was willie brown. >> that is what i was doing. exercising power of the speakership to achieve the goal. >> celebrities joined in and marched with students. in june reej yenlts voted on a plan to divest holdings. in august in 1986 california legislature voted to do the same. now, mayor ed lee announced that the city will host a memorial to remember of live and legacy. >> and we have a special edition of 2020 tonight at 10:00. nelson mandela a man who changed the world. >> ebay's ceo responds to the drone delivery debate. >> hi, emily. >> right. we're at ebay head

nancy skinner was the leader of the committee. >> student leaders and community leaders did initiatives. so there is this activism. >> there were daily rallies students began camping out until police staged a raid arcs resting dozens. one of the leaders of the demonstrations was student body president spoke to us via skiep. >> all that is left of the future is now. >> the movement gained a lot of attention and interest of lawmakers. and pro fessors. >> ask a question what the hell is the university of california doing making process of a slave system in 1986? then willie brown addressed the crowd helping convince regents to help withdraw the university in businesses strayed treyeding with south africa. >> and first vet was a regent vote that caused california to become the identifiable capitol of the movement to kill apartheid. >> former california george george duekmedjian decided it was a good political move to support divestment. now, a memorial will take place in the rotunda at city hall on wednesday. >> thank you. >> the reverend cecil williams is speaking tonight about nelson mand

. >> nancy skinner was a graduate student who the let the campus divestment committee. >> we felt morally implicated in the regime that basically was denying the majority of people of south africa their freedom, their ability to participate in government and any democracy >> others took action, not only students. in 1984 larry wright was unloadingships at port, remembering how south african cargo was refused to be moved off the ship. every day the long shore maup refused to work. they tried to negotiate with us on how to get the ship unloaded. we refused. >> the movement gained momentum until divestment was investibule. >> until the world stood with south africa through means like divestment their struggle would not have reached its fruitful conclusion. >> and so at city hall it was a dual honour for nelson mandela and the position of progressive politics. decisions made here decades ago and 10,000 miles away from south africa - how it could make a difference. >> the african union will increase the number of soldiers deployed to the central african republic, hoping to restore order and di

. >> nancy skinner what is a graduate student who led the divestment committee. >> we felt morally implicated in the regime that was denying the majority people of south africa their freedom, their ability to participate in government and any democracy. >> many others took action. not only opportunities. in 1984 larry white was a long shoreman, and he recalls how they refused to move cargo from the ship. >> every day there was a demonstration, they tried to negotiate with us to get the ship unloaded. we refused. >> the movement gained momentum until devestment was inevitable. >> until the world stood with south africa through means like divestment the struggle would never have reached fruitful conclusions. >> and so at city hall there was a dual honour for nelson mandela and the tradition of politician in the bay area. decisions made decades ago and 10,000 miles away could make a difference. >> a silent honour in arlington national cemetery today. volunteers laid wreaths on the head stons of 100,000 veterans. trucks were needed for the ornaments. the family members and volunteers wanted to ma

. >> nancy skinner was a great ute student. >> we felt that we were morally implicated in the regime denying the people of africa their freedom, and ability to participate in government. >> many other took action, not only students. in 1984 larry wright was a long shoreman, recalling how union members refused to move south african cargo off ships. the ships sat there for 11 days, every day there was a demonstration. the long shore man refused. they tried to negotiate but we refused. >> the union gained momentum until the devestment became inevitable. >> until the world stood with south africa through means like divestment the struggle would never reach fruitful conclusion. at city hall it was a dual honour for nelson mandela and the tradition of progressive politics in the bay area, showing how decisions made here decades ago and 10,000 miles away from south africa could make a difference. >> secretary of state john kerry arrived in vietnam for decades after first setting foot there as a naval officer. he spoke about trade and will inspect farming projects in the mee conning river de

among those, now assemblywoman nancy skinner. >> the only people i can think of are like gandhi, chavez. >> he came back to the east bay to the oakland coliseum to thank the hundreds, the thousands of people that had been there, americans in solidarity with south africa trying to get that regime thrown. >> reporter: nearly 60,000 people turned out to see the man who had endured more than a quarter century of inprisonment. willie brown still has the photographs from that day and remembers a humble man. >> he carried off the presidents as if he was totally unaware of how significant he really was. >> reporter: brown says mandela inspired change far beyond his homeland. >> i think his legacy will be the world not just south africa. i think what he did for south africa was as significant as what lincoln did with slavery. >> reporter: ultimately the uc system did divest more than 2 million into the fight. >>> president obama said he was one of the many millions inspired by nelson mandela as he mourned his passing. he called him a moral giant. >> we have lost one of the most influential, cour

among those, now assemblywoman nancy skinner. >> the only people i can think of are like gandhi, chavez. >> he came back to the east bay to the oakland coliseum to thank the hundreds, the thousands of people that had been there, americans in solidarity with south africa trying to get that regime thrown. >> reporter: nearly 60,000 people turned out to see the man who had endured more than a quarter century of inprisonment. willie brown still has the photographs from that day and remembers a humble man. >> he carried off the presidents as if he was totally unaware of how significant he really was. >> reporter: brown says mandela inspired change far beyond his homeland. >> i think his legacy will be the world not just south africa. i think what he did for south africa was as significant as what lincoln did with slavery. >> reporter: ultimately the uc system did divest more than 2 million into the fight. >>> president obama said he was one of the many millions inspired by nelson mandela as he mourned his passing. he called him a moral giant. >> we have lost one of the most influential, cour

assemblywoman nancy skinner helped organize the protest as a cal student. >> we had over a 100 day sit in in the plaza. celebrity arrested where we went to the office of the president and said we won't move. >> reporter: the city of berkeley was among the first to vote to divest from south africa. during mandela's 1990 visit, he quoted it as a pivotal moment in the fight against apartheid. >> when he was released and came to oakland, it was so thrilling. we had a rule, not only in his release, but in the xhachange t freedom and democracy. >> reporter: a soft spoken man who said volumes with his acts and words. >> he did it with the power of his wisdom and with his power of his action and with the power of his concern for human kind. >>> the bay area remains under a freeze warning. coming up on today in the bay, what you need to know whether you are heading outside, hitting the road or want to help the vulnerable population. >>> good morning to you. looking live at san francisco from our camera in emeryville. believe it or not, one of the hot spots in this very cold snap. the rain stopp

california assembly woman nancy skinner was the leader of the student difficult vest committee. >> it was students and city leaders and it was the if is to difficult vest 1979 so there was already activism. >>reporter: there were daily rally at this plaza. students quickly began camping out. berkeley police staged a raid and arrested does he says of protestors. one leader of those demonstrations was student body president pedro. who spoke to us by skype from new york. >> i think our protest played in a role in elevating the issue and generating broad support for the issue. >> all that is left of the future is now. >>reporter: by now the movement had gained a lot of media attention and interest of professor, celebrity and lawmakers. >> ask the question what the hell is the university of california doing making profit from slave system in 1986? a then speaker of the calf assembly will brown was in serrated to address the crowd and help convince the uc regent to vote to withdraw the university investment in businesses trading with south africa. a little over a year after the protest bega

assemblywoman nancy skinner was part of that movement. >> it was so thrilling that we americans, that we east bay residents, could have been part of something with that kind of global impact. >> reporter: a lone rose left at an oakland monument memorializing mandela last night a reminder of the impact the leader will always have. >> there have been lots of people in our lifetimes who had positions and have passed on but nobody has ever matched the incredible inspiration and humanity of nelson mandela. >> reporter: that was willie brown, who puts mandela in the same group as martin luther king, jr. and john f. kennedy. but he calls mandela the "real" leader. live in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> grace cathedral and the black represent repertory group will be holding services. we have more on our kpix.com complete with a photo gallery. >>> it is 5:06. hopefully it's "friday light" out there. let's check traffic. >> it is exceptionally "friday light." we just checked in with chp. looked at their reports of their ongoing incidents. 0. so not a lot of major hot spots which is gre

assemblywoman nancy skinner helped organize the protest as a cal student. >> we had over 100-day sit-ins. celebrity arrests where we went to the office of the president and basically said, you know, we won't move until we see divest. >> reporter: the city of berkeley was among the first in the u.s. to vote to divest from south africa. skinner remembers during mandela's 1990 visit, he counted cal's vote to divest as a critical moment against apartheid. >> when he was released and came to oakland to the coliseum, it was thrilling we had a role not only in his release but a change to freedom and democracy in south africa. >> reporter: williams calls mandela the world's greatest liberator. a soft spoken man who said volumes with his action and words. >> he did it with the power of his wisdom and with his power of his action and with the power of his concern for human kind. >> reporter: joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >>> some are asking if mcdonald's executives have lost touch with reality tonight, after a post on the company's employee-only website offered advice on tipping opares and na

nancy skinner, recalls the visit mandela paid to the bay area shortly after being released from prison in 1990. >> he came back to the east bay, to the oakland coliseum to thank the hundreds, thousands of people that had been there, americans in solidarity with south africa trying to get that regime done. >>> an estimated 58,000 people turned out to see mandela at the oakland coliseum that day. >>> 7:15. the bay area is dealing with colder than normal temperatures, the central u.s. is in a deep freeze. in fact, there are weather alerts from michigan to illinois, even down to oklahoma and texas. our reporter is live in dallas where it's blanketed with snow this morning. kind of an unusual site for dallas. >> reporter: good morning, tori. this ice storm is hitting hard from here in texas all the way to tennessee. let me show you what people woke up to in dallas. look at this table and chair in the park. this is completely iced over. everything from the bushes to the branches. everything frozen in place. even worse, this isn't anticipated to clear up any time soon. this could last through