course dedicated to nicki minaj. have heart failure and still experience unresolved symptoms? heart failure and seemingly unrelated symptoms like carpal tunnel syndrome... ...shortness of breath... ...irregular heartbeat... ...and lower back pain could mean something more serious called attr-cm a rare, underdiagnosed disease that worsens over time, so it's important to recognize the signs. sound like you? call your cardiologist and ask about attr-cm. > >> students at uc berkeley can n about hip hop star, nicki minajn nicki minaj, in a class next year. the course is still beind being proposed and needs department approval. it would be offered through the african american studies department as a special topic in cultural studies course. according to a tweet from the course's professor, the class is called nicki minaj, the black barbie mc and hip-hop feminism. it will run for the entire spring semester. > >> nicki minaj, herself, actualy herself, actually responded by this tweet writing, "i love to stop by." so how cool would ite it be for the kids if nicki minaj actually stopped

course dedicated to nicki minaj. want more from your vitamins? get more with nature's bounty. from the first-ever triple action sleep supplement. to daily digestive support. to more wellness solutions every day. get more with nature's bounty. > >> students at uc berkeley can n about hip hop star, nicki minajn nicki minaj, in a class next year. the course is still beind being proposed and needs department approval. it would be offered through the african american studies department as a special topic in cultural studies course. according to a tweet from the course's professor, the class is called nicki minaj, the black barbie mc and hip-hop feminism. it will run for the entire spring semester. > >> nicki minaj, herself, actualy herself, actually responded by this tweet writing, "i love to stop by." so how cool would ite it be for the kids if nicki minaj actually stopped by? >> guest lecturer? adjunct policy. she's spreading her brand. she's the endorser of cal of duty, modern warfare. >> oh wow. >> we got our floor director's . >> all right, well thank you soh so much for watch

and it is all about, yes, hip hop star nicki minaj. what do you think? you may be wondering what is this all about? we were wondering the same thing. so we sent our reporter there to find out. so i know this course is still awaiting approval. i'm wondering, what exactly will the focus be here? what will they be talking about really? >> reporter: well, right. so like you said, it is stale proposal so it is in the beginning stages. from what we can tell about the title and the tweets that have been circling around social media from the professor that is supposed to be teaching this course, it is going to be doing a deep dive into who nicki minaj is, her persona. and her part in hip hop feminism. so they're doing a deep dive into what her lyrics mean and how she has changed the embassy in terms of femme 9/11 in the hip hop genre of music. >> okay. hip hop feminism. i'm sure people's ears are perking up. what are you seeing on campus today? >> reporter: as you might imagine, kids on campus are excited about this. you talk about bringing pop culture, rap cult

it is called nicki minaj the black barbie femme see and hip hop feminisms.i didn't know femme see was a term. did you spencer? i'll use it. yeah, the course will apparently be offered through the american african-american studies department according to the professor. it will focus on menage's career within the greater context of hip hop feminism. the course will be offered in the spring by the way. she may be making the appearance. she tweeted that she would love to stop by. i mean, i'm all for it. not a mirage just nicki minaj full of puns you >>> tonight, major new developments on the war in ukraine. for the first time vladimir putin's angry response to the devastating attack on a critical bridge connecting russia to crimea. the massive explosion destroying part of the bridge, a crucial supply route for russian forces. putin is calling it a terrorist act blaming ukraine, an ironic twist after the kremlin launched a barrage of missiles aimed at civilian infrastructure killing more than a dozen people. members of putin's inner circle are now demanding payba

if you don't know who nicki minaj is, ask your kids. now she's connected with uc uc berkeley. a new course at cal with some swagger. here's nbc bay area's velena jones. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the name of nicki minaj's super fans may soon be able to take a deep dive into the messages behind the super singer's lyrics. >> i will be first in line. i will camp near the building wherever it's held e. >> reporter: the black barbie femme c. >> this would be so fun. >> she comes from different backgrounds. and i think she really is an image and role models for a lot of people. >> reporter: not everyone is cheering the idea. the singer has come under fire before for some themes and lyrics, but many students we spoke to believe it offers a new take on feminism. >> i think she's empowered a lot of young women. >> she just brought in the definition of what it means to be a feminist and how we reciprocal to music that portrays our bodies in different ways. >> reporter: cal students are practicing their own skills. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it's not the first time pop culture has entered the classroom. the

nicki minaj, a cal professor teaching a class examining her role as powerful woman in male dominated industry. they say it's in planning stages but out of the bag, nicki minaj tweeting she would love to stop by. then have doja cat and everybody rolling through. >> saw a documentary on her, she's so hard working. not that you wouldn't think she was. it's whole other layer. >> to reach that level, got to put in the work. >>> stuck between two systems. >> nice today. >> beautiful. fog at coastline and socal getting the rainfall. microclimate forecast. because of the system to the south, going to keep the fog going, pretty aggressive at coastline, spotty drizzle. low clouds north bay, east bay, south bay. most clears back through the afternoon with lingering fog through our beaches. start off in the morning with temperatures in the 50s. light wind 4 miles per hour. isolated heat in inland valleys, 84 in santa rosa, 89 in concord, 88 in morgan hill. dropping closer to the bay and coast. 73 oakland, 62 in half moon bay. seven-day forecast has 70s saturday and sunday, nice fall weather movi

. > >> still ahead, nicki minaj heag to uc berkeley, sort of. how the sort of. how the hip hop queen will be influencing future graduates. > >> you have the chance to recoge your favorite 49er super fan. gt your cell phone out now and scan and scan that qr code on your screen to nominate members of the faithful. all season long we'll be highlighting these supr fans. naomi: every year the wildfires, the smoke seems to get worse. jessica: there is actual particles on every single surface. dr. cooke: california has the worst air pollution in the country. the top 2 causes are vehicles and wildfires. prop 30 helps clean our air. it will reduce the tailpipe emissions that poison our air kevin: and helps prevent the wildfires that create toxic smoke that's why calfire firefighters, the american lung association, and the coalition for clean air support prop 30. naomi: i'm voting yes on 30. ♪ ♪ wow, we're crunching tons of polygons here! what's going on? where's regina? hi, i'm ladonna. i invest in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to the nasdaq-100 innovations, l

the class is called nicki minaj, the black barbie fmc and hip-hop feminism. focusing on her career in the contrast of social structure and hip-hop reminiscing. the rapper said she was love to sit in on class sometime. >>> [ music ] switching musical gears now. from nikki to elton john. the farewell in fantastic fashion from rock icon, l john. our very own ian call at the concert loving it, tweeting this out from sir elton's concert at levi stadium. this is part of the farewell yellow brick road tour. >> he 75. he's rocking d rolling.an

. > >> nicki minaj is heading to ucy uc berkeley >> there was a rash of sideshows sideshows over the weekend. around 42nd avenue and foothill boulevard. gun shots ring out from the crowd. bottles and rocks were shot at the officers. officers. > >> and 18-year-old man was shot and killed at the parking lot of of a condominium complex. he died at scene. police say they do not have a suspect in the shooting and there is no word at word at a motive. > >> police say they have arrested arrested a guy in oakland who tried to rob a marijuana dispensary. the man rammed the car of an employee who tried stopping him. luckily the victim victim was not hurt. this went down on saturday at circadian way. they are familiar with the suspect, who happens to be on probation. this morning, they are searching for a second person linked to the failed robbery. > >> time to get a check on the weather and traffic. > >> it is another layer for us. this is from the mount diablo camera overlooking the valley. we are seeing the fog rolled in. in. it will stay dense as we go to the next couple of hours but it wil

it's called nicki minaj the black barbie femcy and hip-hop feminism. the course will be offered through the african-american studies department and according to the professor. it'll focus on menajah's career within the greater context of hip hop and feminism. she says she's still in the process of finalizing details, but the course will be offered in spring and take a look at this minaj may make an appearance. she tweeted she would love to stop by. that'd be pretty cool and i'm sure the the people that take that class that are learning a lot of important lessons right would love to see her there. yeah. i wouldn't mind learning some hip hop lessons for her too. yeah, maybe a free performance right there in the classroom. let's talk about the weather francis because everyone's gonna be looking up hoping they can see the blue angels today. i know and personally, it's a little tough once again today because of the fog and low clouds. so i want to show you what visibility is. it is better compared to yesterday at this time. although still quite limited in s

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and freaking good, but bill, how could you imagine if nicki minaj shows up in your classroom?you're like, hello. yeah, i'm sure she's got a lot to teach us and me and for right now. we are really keeping an eye on that marine layer. so it's the fog that's going to be a factor again for the afternoon fleet week air show. here's a live. look at abc 7 live doppler 7 and the satellite radar image. so we have the clouds off the coast now as we show you live shot of the exploratorium. the fog doesn't look as dense as yesterday, so i'm a little hopeful that it might be improving thifternoon current temperatures are mostly in the 50s. in fact in san francisco and oakland. it's currently 55 palo alto and santa clara at 58 degrees and this time we're looking from emeryville out towards the bay bridge now yesterday we couldn't barely see anything in there emeryville cameras. so i'm a little more hopeful today. but i can't promise better vlog editions this afternoon in santa rosa and novato currently 50, we could see some fog developed once again parts of the north bay vacaville 60 degree

nicki minaj, the black barbie. fend see and hip-hop. feminism. ys, we'll encourage students to think about how minaj is impact on the hip-hop music industry actually connects to the broader historical social structures and hip-hop feminism. cesar, large ideas here. uc berkeley isn't the only college offering classes focus on celebrities. san diego state will be offering a course focused on rapper bad bunny and his impact on latinx culture and texas state university also announced they were going to be offering a class focused on harry and the culture of the celebrity. would you ever sign up for something like like one of those types? of course, i knew i didn't have many of those options. i think yeah, but i went to my alma mater. i think there was a course. they often feel like a decade. park. >> because of all the that they would go on on that show. yeah. worsen. nikema. not always common. carry on like cold. it's probably 5. it's probably ryan might college in los angeles and i don't think we had any celebrity son curious, right? yeah. classes p

it's called nicki minaj. the black barbie fmc and hip-hop. feminism. ys. it will encourage students to think about just impact on the hip-hop music industry connects to the broader historical social structures for and hip hop. sons. uc berkeley isn't the only college actually offering classes focused on celebrities this year. san diego state university. it's going to be offering a course focused on rapper bad bunny and his impact on latinx culture. texas state university also announcing they're offering the class focused on harry styles and the culture of the celebrity. and let's assign a very interesting stuff. all right. let's head up the space, right. nasa says that it's providing a public update on its dart mission on tuesday. >> the double asteroid redirection test was done in late september by striking an asteroid with an autonomous spacecraft as the world's first planetary defense mission. the mission's goal was to prove that the space agency was capable of changing the path of an asteroid with the kinetic impact. the space agency's briefing will be

this is america guns in my area ♪ >> reporter: but it's lyrics from a song "anybody" featuring nicki minajtors are presenting alongside other evidence as proof of criminal conspiracy. ♪ i never killed anybody but i got something to do with that body ♪ >> young thug and gunna a money a group charged in a 56-count indictment. count one, racketeering, accused of being involved in ysl, the young slime life gang. notorious in atlanta for violent crime. >> to say an artist expressing themselves, now on legal charges? i never heard it happening before. that was for real gangs that they knew were killing people that they knew were exporting people. now we're talking about lyrics. >> what is the rico act? how did we get to this spot? >> basically, a federal statute that was enacted in 1970. it was designed to go after criminal enterprises. not always, but mafia. those individuals that were involved in what would be called the mafia or the mob. i don't condone crime on any level by any person. and if young thug or gunna or anyone else, despite their affiliation or their profession, if they've been i

(gasping) ♪ >> starting this spring, uc berkeley will offer a nicki minaj course.ts to think about not just impact on the hip-hop music industry and how it connects to broader historical his social structures. uc berkeley is not the only college that offers classes focused on celebrities, though, san diego state university will offer a course based on rapper bad bunny and his impact on latinx culture. texas state university also announced they would offer a class focused on harry styles and the culture of the celebrity. happening tomorrow. the world championship pumpkin weigh-off returns to half moon bay. you're watching video from years past and the year of this, this the winner of this year's grow, i should say winds $9 per pound. so for a little perspective, their last year's winning pumpkin weighed almost 2200 pounds, which would translate to nearly $20,000 this year. now with the winning pumpkin breaks a world record, the prize will automatically go up to $30,000, which makes me wonder what happens if you have a pumpkin that over that time out. now the pumpkin

not a mirage just nicki minaj full of puns you >>> tonight, major new developments on the war in ukraine. for the first time vladimir putin's angry response to the devastating attack on a critical bridge connecting russia to crimea. the massive explosion destroying part of the bridge, a crucial supply route for russian forces. putin is calling it a terrorist act blaming ukraine, an ironic twist after the kremlin launched a barrage of missiles aimed at civilian infrastructure killing more than a dozen people. members of putin's inner circle are now demanding payback for the humiliating bridge attack, and after president biden's stark warning over the threat of nuclear armageddon, how the white house is responding tonight. britt clennett standing by in kyiv. >>> back here at home, the disturbing video from san antonio. an officer fired after he shot a teenager who had been eating a hamburger in his car and then drove off when the officer opened his vehicle's door. tonight the teen's condition and why the police union will not represent the officer. >>> the battle for control of congress. f

berkeley is going to offer a class focusing in on nicki minaj kid you not in the spring semester classesicki minaj, the black barbie, emc and hip hop feminism's, according to a tweet from the courses professor. the class has been offered through the african american studies program there at cal nikki panache has caught wind of the move to and in a tweet thursday, she said she would love stop by and meet some of the students. speaking to cal, deadly shooting in berkeley, right outside of campus dorm. what investigators say happened before shots were fired also ahead. the last time she saw a psychiatrist was probably six months ago. i just feel in total despair and trying to get anything from kaiser like i've given up on kaiser helping my family thrive. a new law will force healthcare systems to pay hefty fines if they do not help patients in a timely manner. next good morning on two families talk to us about struggling to get the mental health care they need. and you can have the headlines delivered right to you by signing up for the ktvu newsletter. all you gotta do is head to ktvu .com

. >> donald trump will be tweeting about how bad nicky minaj bombed this dinner. >> hasan minhaj knowshe same thing paula dean. >> we first met him backstage at a live taping of that since wrapped netflix series "patriot act" with hasan minhaj in march of 2020 just hours before covid-19 was declared a worldwide pandemic and our lives ground to a halt. something happened that day. >> something was going on in the world. i got a text just saying should we do this interview and i was like i don't know. >> and then it was an e-mail that said let's do it in two weeks. >> and here we are 2 1/2 years later. >> we finally met up for a long delayed conversation here at the cherry lane theater in new york city. you're up on the wall of fame here. >> yes, that's the poster. >> the stage is where minhaj workshoped the theatrical heavy style of stand up. he would debut in his netflix special "home coming king." >> my dad says everybody down at the dinner table and he says whatever you do do not talk about muslim and do not talk about politics. i was like, i was kind of hitting a wall in the clubs a

taylor swift and nicki minaj also received several nods. we'll find out onr 15. so in about a month. i was looking at the nominations. liz, first class. there are diverse genres. >> there are 17 artists that hae never been nominated. that's exciting too. >> new music. that's how a lot of people get exposed to new stuff. >> fun stuff. >> looking forward to it. > >> 6:25. one of the wealthiest towns in the bay area doing something it's never done before. affordable housing development that could make a difference. >> all eyes on january 6 commite later on this morning. a live report from capitol naomi: every year the wildfires, the smoke seems to get worse. jessica: there is actual particles on every single surface. dr. cooke: california has the worst air pollution in the country. the top 2 causes are vehicles and wildfires. prop 30 helps clean our air. it will reduce the tailpipe emissions that poison our air kevin: and helps prevent the wildfires that create toxic smoke that's why calfire firefighters, the american lung association, and the coalition for clean ai

well, you see, berkley is going to offer a class focusing on nicki minaj in the spring semester. nicki minaj, the black barbie fmc and hip hop feminism's, according to a tweet from the courses professor that classes being offered to the african american studies department, nicki minaj said in a tweet that she loved to stop by well, netflix is launching a new tv show that's all about a staple of the nineties and the two thousands blockbuster video. look there's no easy way to say this seven more blockbusters. just close your officially the last one on earth. i don't love the pattern that starting tumor hello. come to the last man standing sitcom is about one store managers attempt to save the last of the iconic movie store rental store chain. it starts randall park from the tv series fresh off the boat, and you can find that series on netflix. starting next take your money will take a blockbuster kids, weren't we? i used to say that that's got to be the best job when i was a teenager. i'm like you just you know, waves and late fees watching movies all day. that's not really how it

hip-hop to having queen latifah be out with her partner having, you know clear wrappers.it not like nicki minajrs being open. we were not fighting for that 15 years ago. i say that to say that i think both things can be true. it can be true that we are confronting a material violence that i actually think a black woman vice president, a black woman on the supreme court, if stacy abrams can pull it out, a black woman governor, black women focused. they always react that way. at the same time, you are also feeling a winning of the culture war. this is why they are acting so crazy. black people everywhere. for me, what i hope is we stop being away from the positive renegative representation or assuming. i think that you can see more black female complexity when you turn on the television or go to the movies than we have ever seen looking at the long brought history of black culture production. i think we should allow young people to take joy in that. i think the fact that they will also be facing a kind of violence that we probably have not seen in a couple of generations in terms of backlash >> w

having queen latifah be out with her partner having queer rappers, not people who flirt with it like nicki minajbut we're not fighting for that 15 years ago in the scholarship and i say that to say that i think that both things can be true. it can be true we are conforming on material reality of violence but actually think given a black woman vice president, a black woman on the supreme court and potentially a stacy abrams can pull it out a black woman governor i see a ratcheting up of black women focused violence from the right because theyalways react that way . we made gains, they do ship to us. and at the same time you're also seeing a winning of the culture wars so this is also why they're acting so crazy because now there are black people everywhere. for me, what i hope is that we stop moving away from the sort of positive negative representation for we are assuming that those representations are doing damage because i think that you can see more black female complexity when you turn on the television or go to the movies and we have ever seen looking at the broad long history of black pop-