. >> don, phyllis, i'm jamie. >> jamie, glad to meet you. >> you have a beautiful home. don and phyllis's story starts a few years back in 2011, when don retires from his job as an electrical engineer in upstate new york. oh, they have all sorts of plans. they want to downsize. they want to travel the world, see their daughter in taiwan and work with christian charities in africa. and they want to be closer to their grandchildren in denver. so don and phyllis sell their house. how long had you been in that house? >> about 20 years. we had accumulated a lot of stuff. >> with the move date looming, phyllis assigns don the unpleasant task of going through the basement. >> we had a path with boxes on both sides. it was a challenge. >> it's there that don rediscovers two paintings, draped under a bed sheet. >> both of them were probably the same vintage, probably 1920s, in their original frames. >> i knew about the paintings down there, because i'd covered them up with a sheet. >> did you know how you and your husband had obtained them? >> they came from don's parents, so tha

phyllis is now using the courts to push for compensation for victims of lead poisoning.he case begins march 19, 2018. >> we hope to win. we have done our research. what we are asking for is not a wild allegation. >> but it is not just pollution phyllis is fighting. she is also pushing for social justice. she is currently helping local residents of the kenya salt belt, where people are being evicted from their land unfairly as salt companies cut down trees to expand operations. >> we are starting from a very basic level with this community but we want to take it up to a practical level where they are actually able to practice what we are teaching them today. we know that already, a lot of damage has been done in terms of the initial stages, the eis state. -- eis stage. >> phyllis is teaching us how to defend our rights and speak up to the government, and these assault companies. >> even though there have been more threats to her life, phyllis is determined to defend the environment, no matter what. sara: and now the theme for international women's day is # pressforprogres

phyllis started working for the smelting company in two thousand and nine but quit her job as soon as she realized that the company was not following environmental regulations. in addition to the dangerous fumes that would billow out of the factory. the owner disposed of untreated waste water in open drains running through the settlement into water sources nearby. records show that at least twenty factory workers have died as a result of lead poisoning but we're still at least one hundred children have died of the same. the smelting company was finally shut down in two thousand and fourteen. we started pushing the port to impound. it and in that way we raised the business refinery and that's how we managed to shut down. and. still four years later. the dust the walls and even the i and sheets of the homes here still have high levels of lead. phyllis is now using the courts to push for compensation for victims of lead poisoning the case begins on march nineteenth two thousand and eighteen. we have done our research. at a wild allegation. but it's not just pollution phyllis is fighting

but there may be a just end to this story and viral mental defender phyllis a maid who has launched a class action suit. victims are seeking compensation of thirteen million euros as well as a cleanup of their contaminated land now phyllis is expecting at least ten witnesses to testify she hopes that this case will set a precedent on how to deal with social injustices and pollution in the country. all right and we can talk now to an environmental environmental activist phyllis meter who you saw in that report a very good evening phyllis you far to have to plant close down your longs launched this class action suit your baby fortune was also made sick by this plant i mean how was the day in court for you the victims of this lead poisoning. yet again today was a very disappointing day for us because or about the eighth time our case was that john. we had hoped that's today we're going to trial and the victims of lead poisoning would finally get the idea in court but unfortunately in the day been tuppence for us as the case was at johns adjoined again this time. do you feel that there is

phyllis diller switched it around.ow it was about her horrible husband. >> fang, that's my husband. he went to the dentist the other day, the dentist told him, he's got the worst set of tooth he's ever saw in his life. >> for a woman to go on stage and complain about that, it was emancipation, in a way. >> you sure you're a marriage counselor? >> of course, don't i have a sympathetic face? >> well, your face has my sympathy. >> the self-deprecating woman was very popular in the comedy world. >> back from the shop where she's just had her head tarred and feathered, here is miss phyllis diller! >> i think when it came to women doing comedy, certainly stand-up, you had to dress in a way that was crazy. you had to work within the confines of what guys would accept you doing. >> is that all right? i just found it in the dressing room and it fell out. >> you're basically saying, i'm coming up on stage, don't look at me as a woman, look at me as a funny person. >> just looking at the two outfits here, mom's and woody's. >> i

. >> reporter: meantime the mountain lion's morning visit an adventure for 91 phyllis. you can see the big cat trying to get into her home. she's right on the other side of that glass door. >> ooh, my! >> that will wake you up in e morning. >> i grabbed my chair because it was right in my door. my kitchen door. and he stood looking there at me like that and big blue eyes, like that. and i said, ooh, mama mia. >> reporter: rob hayes, abc7 news. >> big cat. well, taking a wrong turn in san francisco can add minutes to yo drive time or a lot worse than that. look at what happened this afternoon. sky 7 was over the safe way in the castro district where a car with an uber sticker on the windshield wound up on the steps. the driver told business insider that uber's gps app told him to go down the stairs. >> well, if the app tells you too. >> right. >> one place you will not find netflix is at this years' cannes film festival. organizers banned films from netflix from competing from the top award because the films aren't released in theaters. also banned from the festival, sel

phyllis's teaching us how to defend our rights and speak up to the government and these companies. even though they have been more threats to her life this is determined to defend the environment no matter what. now the focus on women's rights doesn't and today the whole of march is women's history month the time of the year when women's achievements both past and present are celebrated and commemorated in public institutions including schools and the arts and also on social media for our social media editor and sophia bradley and joins me in the studio good to see you sophie so how was this being marked well basically women's history month of celebrated every year and every year has a different theme this just themis nevertheless she persisted and it's meant to honor inspiring women whose achievements actually haven't been quite as recognised compared to the male peers and so social media users are trying to change bad they're heading on nine their posting images and stories of these women using the hash tag women's history month so let's take a look at a few examples this is lawy

signed by phyllis j. anderson, tribal chief. back in december of 1937, thad cochran was born in the little town of pontotoc, mississippi, population 1,832. he was born in the delivery room of the rayburn clinic. and some 13 1/2 years later, mr. president, i was born in the delivery room of the rayburn clinic in pontotoc, mississippi. now, during a campaign some years later in 1994 when i was first trying to be a member of the house of representatives, then senator thad cochran and i went around the northern part of the state and told many, many people that he and i were born not only in the same town and not only in the same clinic, but born in the same room, the delivery room of the rayburn clinic. we thought that was the truth. it turns out we found out later from our moms that the rayburn clinic had moved down the street. and so while we remember both born in the delivery room of the rayburn clinic, that clinic itself had moved. but it just points out how long senator thad cochran and i have been friends and how long our fami

he listed the children of phyllis, a 34-year-old. she had a 14-year-old daughter named margaret, a one-year-old daughter named patsy. edmund was one-year-old, and there was one person listed as a girl, this one-year-old. they had run off to the union army, and this man recorded their names. imagine what it would be during war to leave all that you had known, the plantation where you had lived and worked and tried to raise your family, to go follow the union army, not knowing what to expect and oftentimes being turned away, not having enough to eat. working where you could, trying to keep your family together. this is what the mother, phyllis, did when she left with her children, and this is what so many other mothers and fathers did. oftentimes fathers went ahead of the mothers to work in contraband camps, and when they could, they got back word to their families that they had made it, and they would send for them. we know, in a later wave, the women and the elderly would leave and bring with them the children. those contraband camps

author of the book understanding the palestinian israeli conflict she joins us out of washington phyllis bennis the palestinians want not just a statement but a strongly worded statement from the u.n. security council will they get it. i don't think it's likely that there will be even a presidential statement because the united states will not allow that to happen the problem is that asking only for a statement isn't going to accomplish very much it's not going to change the situation on the ground the notion of a united nations independent investigation of course is very important but there needs to be something more the mouth there needs to be condemnation there needs to be a recognition that these actions by israel and remember days before this set of protests began today was only the first day of what is anticipated to be a six week long nonviolent protest camps have been set up tents were put up playing fields for children had been established and the israeli response days ago was we are sending one hundred snipers who will be prepared to use force. if people approach the fence now

we heard canada mexico exempts not for long though perhaps phyllis among what could be a have their right canada mexico have been given this exemption but it's clear that it's still a bargaining chip this could be something that goes back on if he doesn't get what he considers to be a good deal in the nafta in the ongoing nafta negotiations. claire richardson with the latest from washington terry soltz with the view from brussels. we're certainly going to be talking about this one for a while thank you so much to the two of you for putting it into context for us. well here in germany foreign minister. has announced that he will not be part of chancellor angela merkel's new coalition government that's after rumors of a bitter raul with the leaders of his own social democratic party replacement the foreign ministry is likely to be heikal muffs the outgoing justice minister the news made for a slightly uncomfortable appearance by gabriele today and the scheduled press conference with his counterpart from bosnia-herzegovina. it was a routine appointment for a german foreign minister but. thin

>> reporter: phyllis found the problem went away when she quit working. >> i'm a newly retired person so i now have the freedom of sleeping better. >> reporter: of course, there are people that don't let work get to them at all. ever stayed up worried about work? >> not really. i got an easy job. >> reporter: according to the study, 13% of us never lose sleep thinking about our jobs. lou young, cbs news, new york. >>> we are following breaking news right now. this is video just into our newsroom of a fire in oakland. this is off of 880 in oakland. you can see that black smoke. we are told it is from a car fire. the car is located under the freeway on 6th and webster, no word if anyone was hurt. >>> we'll be right back. gets a station cw.. channel 44. it's a story about a woman who gets a second lease on life, roqui theus sat down with lucy hale to find out more about life sentence >>> a new show is premiering on channel 44 about a woman who gets a second chance at life. we found out more about "life sentence." >> hi! thank you so much for being here with us. tell us about life sentenc

but there may be a just end to this story and very mentally defender phyllis a me too has launched a class action suit. victims are seeking compensation of thirteen million euros as well as a clean up of the contaminated land now phyllis is expecting at least ten witnesses to testify she hopes that this case will set a precedent on how to deal with social injustices and pollution in the country. it was a great weekend of blunder sligo football here in germany and to talk about some of the highlights i'm joined by yanick speight from deed of use for theft he is with us here in the studio what a weekend it was yeah it was an entertaining weekend there were no less than twenty six goals across the nine games but the big match up was between runaway leaders by munich and chinese like hopefuls. and luckily enough we have a look at the game selection our viewers all the action. the start of this match was more notable for he was on the bench rather than the pitch top scorer robert leavened bosky one of six rescued by brian palmer out hospital left out his captain and sent it back really al

signed by phyllis j. anderson, tribal chief. back in december of 1937, thad cochran was born in the little town of pontotoc, mississippi, population 1,832. he was born in the delivery room of the rayburn clinic. and some 13 1/2 years later, mr. president, i was born in the delivery room of the rayburn clinic in pontotoc, mississippi. now, during a campaign some years later in 1994 when i was first trying to be a member of the house of representatives, then senator thad cochran and i went around the northern part of the state and told many, many people that he and i were born not only in the same town and not only in the same clinic, but born in the same room, the delivery room of the rayburn clinic. we thought that was the truth. it turns out we found out later from our moms that the rayburn clinic had moved down the street. and so while we remember both born in the delivery room of the rayburn clinic, that clinic itself had moved. but it just points out how long senator thad cochran and i have been friends and how long our fami

. >> the unsold items include works by james dean, fred astaire, phyllis diller, and kurt vonnegut, whichof it, is a pretty good start to a invite list for yet another cosmic-art happening baird and hoop are surely planning wherever they are. >> it will be a long time before we see anything like them. they were both really unusual people. together they were fantastic. >> so much that's hip in one generation is totally uncool to the next. old uncle hoop once drove his niece, hugh's daughter, to school in one of his hoop mobiles. the teen was mortified. after that, all hugh had to say to keep her in line was, "watch out, young lady, or uncle hoop will be driving you again tomorrow." i'm jamie colby. thanks for watching "strange inheritance." and remember -- you can't take it with you. >> pedal-pushing primates. >> grandpa would go with a young gorilla on a motorcycle, go get a slurpee. >> grappling great apes. >> people would come and watch people box and wrestle. >> but, this whole "gorilla magilla"... >> people would come and picket the facility. >> ...is no barrel of monkeys. >> i was to

my name's phyllis are all force i play now five years in russia. my biggest remorse or is still to play for am i live. for now but in a feliciano brown forbes is playing here for a small russian first division club at nineteen it looked like he could make it to the top he was playing for the german under twenty side but then his career is still aged twenty one the german costa rican got an offer from russia. that is going to be minus eight degrees. we will play. through shit. i can say welcome to russia. preparations for the world cup haven't exactly gone as planned it. just across the country excitement ahead of the tournament is meted. not least because of the weak russian side. vision of those morally neutral but also with the moral of the wall is permitted to move your church. member the minute the bush commercial minister nucular you were moved near to you with a cuticle which was a person with much emotion even good to be sure you'll meet a woman. and come home is full of six club in russia. cups in the russian crimea lake are only allowed si

my name's phyllis or old folks i play now five years in russia. my biggest remorse or is still to play for air motherhood. for now but when a feliciano brown forbes is playing here i'm a small russian festivals and club at nineteen it looked like he could make it to the top he was playing for the german under twenty side but then his career stalled age twenty one the german costa rican got an offer from russia. which is going to be minus eight degrees and. we will play. there russia. can say welcome to russia. preparations for the world cup haven't exactly gone as planned. just right across the country excitement ahead of the tournament is meted. not least because of the weak russian side. dish not just morally neutral but also with your commitment to the all is permitted to move your church that will be in the movie opening minute to push the motion from the news to new york or if you were moved here to do it with a cubicle which would be perfect with what you mustn't be good be sure to meet in the storm. and come home is forbes six club in russi

. >> reporter: meantime the mountain lion's morning visit an adventure for 91 phyllis. you can see the big cat trying to get into her home. she's right on the other side of that glass door. >> ooh, my! >> that will wake you up in the morning. >> i grabbed my chair because it was right in my door. my kitchen door. and he stood looking there at me like that and big blue eyes, like that. and i said, ooh, mama mia. >> reporter: rob hayes, abc7 news. >> big cat. well, taking a wrong turn in san francisco can add minutes to your drive time or a lot worse than that. look at what happened this afternoon. sky 7 was over the safe way in the castro district where a car with an uber sticker on the windshield wound up on the steps. the driver told business insider that uber's gps app told him to go down the stairs. >> well, if the app tells you too. >> right. >> one place you will not find netflix is at this years' cannes film festival. organizers banned films from netflix from competing from the top award because the films aren't released in theaters. also banned from the festival,

. >> phyllis: you're not screwing this up. i'm not gonna let you. >> shauna: she's my mentor.ary's been helping me out for a while. >> devon: why didn't you tell me you were involved in a youth mentoring program, hilary? >> hilary: i want you to be the father of my child. >> ashley: you found these in jack's office? how did you get them? i've been set up. >> victoria: it's a new feature for our in-house website where employees can post confidential feedback about their co-workers. it can be critical or positive, as long as it is constructive. i started checking the anonymous feedback site that i created for newman employees. i didn't realize that a lot of people here hate me. >> j.t.: ah! "employee appreciation day." that is, uh -- that's catchy. >> victoria: yes.

the advances many civilians there are still living in dire conditions political analyst and author phyllis bennis told us the humanitarian crisis will be felt right across the middle east. there is no place for them to go the country of syria has been decimated by these seven years of war and people have been moved from one place to another looking for safety and not finding it those who have been driven out of the country are finding the gates of other countries closed against them most notably of course the united states which has prohibited refugees coming from syria all together in the context of the so-called muslim bans that donald trump has imposed but even the countries close are the countries right in the region who are already taking care of hundreds of thousands in some cases more than a million refugees in lebanon for instance is a very small country one out of every four people in that country is now a syrian refugee in jordan where there's over a million refugees but there's simply not enough water available so the humanitarian crisis is is massive on a regional level certain

but there may be a just end to the story and vironment will defend the phyllis a me too has launched a class action suit. victims are seeking compensation it's thirteen million euros as well as a cleanup of the contaminated land now phyllis is expecting at least ten witnesses to testify she hopes that this case will set a precedent on how to deal with social injustices and pollution in the country. catherine one the reporting there from. here watching the news still to come the turkish army takes control of offering in syria now turkey says it will target other kurdish cities as it seeks to shore up its border with syria. the top goals from sunday's bundesliga action including a mouthwatering match between legal leader inspiring munich and life think. from the disco to the story of club culture as told by a new exhibition right here in germany. although for it you can always get good reviews on the go with our app get access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications on your phone for any breaking news you can also use the data to send us your photos a

it is phyllis' birthday, wish phyllis a happy birthday and her granddaughter brought cupcakes.y. why do you say that? >> because you don't know what them kids is going to have on them at anytime. i'm the first one they see. i'm the last one they see when they get out of school. i think that you know, that they should have, maybe clear backpacks or, i don't know. some kind of security there, that you can't have it unless you're on the bus. >> right. >> i have had a lot of incidents that i'm retired now. >> basically we have to do something? high-five, bristol. thanks, bristol. we're going now to brian. brian is retired military. big proponent of the second amendment. big donald trump fan. he says, he doesn't love everything the president is doing with regard to guns but he says he understands why he is doing it. explain. >> well i understand that you do have, i think a lot of the measures that the president is taking is trying to, a lot of time pacify gun control people like raising age limit, but it may be effective but what i'm really supportive of, his arming the teachers aga

harrison phyllis threw up 42 reps. safety justin read running his 40 and pulls off a 4-4-0.d. he did well at the combine which is what it is for. you want to make this impression but not this impression. gets hit right in the face, pretty much in the head by the football. the expression of the scouts behind him say it all. johnson was a 2017 big sky mvp. athletes attitude to life as it is. aldon is a good kid but he needs help. the nfl need to find a better way in collective bargaining agreement. he has a lot of money. he just tried to reduce his child support payments. and now he is getting into trouble. combination of everything, no structure, no ties with the team. he is a good kid. >> thank you. >> join us tonight at kofy tv. >> on abc news at 11:00. bill gates against roger federer. >>> at 8:00 the bachelor. >> jimmy kimmel live. >> who wants to put money on bill gates? >> that's it for this edition. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. for the entire abc7 news team, have a good night. >> share your story, tell the truth. help you understand the truth. >> empower you.

harrison phyllis threw up 42 reps. safety justin read running his 40 and pulls off a 4-4-0. brother of eric reid. he did well at the combine which is what it is for. you want to make this impression but not this impression. gets hit right in the face, pretty much in the head by the football. the expression of the scouts behind him say it all. johnson was a 2017 big sky mvp. athletes have this immortal attitude to life as it is. aldon is a good kid but he needs help. the nfl need to find a better way in collective bargaining agreement. he has a lot of money. he just tried to reduce his child support payments. and now he is getting into trouble. combination of everything, no structure, no ties with the team. he is a good kid. >> thank you. >> join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy tv. >> on abc news at 11:00. bill gates against roger federer. >>> at 8:00 season finale for the bachelor. >> jimmy kimmel live. >> who wants to put money on bill gates? >> that's it for this edition. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. for the entire abc7 news team, have a good night. >> share your stor

project and to feel bret's it when phyllis and says hi alec could you please see if you can a few the proclaimers i'm going to see them later me here keep up the great work with the tale and it will tell charlie unclick the proclaimers that's an open invitation to come on the alex salmond chill and finally from loans winston i'm really enjoying the show and in particular the last few episodes and the impact to bricks and ireland great presentation style a pleasure to watch your show or thank you very much laughs so back to tires where you'll notice that normal service in the set has been resumed. among the star turns at last sunday's march for women in london was a speaker the most famous name of all in the historic struggle for women's rights however she has a formidable record in her own right of equality campaigning and i'm delighted to be joined by her to welcome helen packers and happy international women's day to the place to be broadcasting and such an important day for women i want to start to ask you a bit about your heritage as we all know you are either a great granddaughte

project and to feel bret's it when phyllis and says hi alec could you please see if you can refute the proclaimers i'm going to see them later me here keep up the great work with the tale and. tell charlie and click the proclaimers that's an open invitation to come on the alex salmond chill and finally from loans winston i'm really enjoying the show and in particular the last few episodes and the impact to bricks and ireland great presentation style a pleasure to watch for sure thank you very much laughs so back to tires where you'll notice that normal service in the set has been resumed. among the star turns at last sunday's march for women in london was a speaker the most famous name of all in the historic struggle for women's rights however she has a formidable record in her own right of equality campaigning and i'm delighted to be joined by her to welcome helen bankers and happy international women's day it's a place to be broadcasting and such an important day for women i want to start ask you a bit about your heritage as we all know you're either a great granddaughter or a grandd

through the landscape of this lawless tribal region in pakistan with only the most basic equipment a phyllis bomb disposal unit are determined to counter the horrors of a relentless taliban onslaught. armed with faith but witness documentary at this time on al-jazeera. going on one of the top stories on our. president. has presented his resignation to congress after coming under pressure to step down over corruption allegations. most of the one hundred ten schoolgirls who were abducted in northeastern nigeria last month have been reunited with their families the girls were returned to their hometown by what appeared to be a convoy of boko haram fighters. and facebook and the british consulting firm are being sued in the u.s. for obtaining the personal data of fifty million social media users without permission. at least twenty two people most of them children have been killed by russian air strike in syria is in a province the white helmet say the children died while leaving a school in village for the south and east in ghouta a syrian rebel group has struck a deal with the government to eva

but when we think about insurance, we think of chubb phyllis in california. >> caller: hi, jim, how are you today? >> good. how are you? >> caller: i am good if president trump does put the tariff into effect that he is propo proposing and i do he will do you think it will affect my chinese stock. >> yoi don't think the presiden is done. let's step away from china a little bit we don't need to pressure. i think it will keep us up at night. let's go to sam in the illinois. >> caller: long time caller, long time viewer send you a super bowl booyah right too ya my stock is sangamo therapeutic. >> when you have so many high quality companies in that industry, i am not going to reach down the food chain and recommend sangamo. i do like amgen. always a better time to sell than into chaos. next week you will forget the reason for this sell off if we don't get retaliation. with words like trade war being thrown around, i will tell you what impact the move can really have on the market the average has been all over the place. i am opening the phone line to hear from you in tonight's sell off str

if it is true people and feel phyllis jarring or irritated.it only be because i'm upfront about it. if i pretended to be street tough to be ridiculous. >> the rick is sorta bold and sly and in the same way as what not to look at this point is to look at others the actors evening, but also these hunting people in the cultural landscape to go to a -- and each time where you describe you describe this. >> it was never intended to initiate in fact, the act of observing others can be self relieving. this misleading when people take issue but literally in sit with some camera that simply records and reflects. you have to look at it carefully and if you think of the books he himself might have in later life regretted that he was not more upfront about his sexuality if only could a written the way then that he couldn't at the time. i question that. i wonder if it would've been better because in some ways the discretion so much a part of the narrative that i don't think it would've helped at all that significantly if he been more open about his adventu

i typically write really long books and i said which 50,000, phyllis? she said oh, it doesn't matter. [laughing] to finish it though, in all seriousness, i'm with the writers house now and it's run by simon was an agent or when i turned in volume three of my trilogy which the trilogy taken in total is about 2300 pages. it took eight years of my life here simon read the last book and he called and he said, listen, man, i've never give you an editorial suggestion in my life but here's what i'm telling you. i don't think you got what you wanted to go right at the end of this thing. i don't have any suggestions. i don't know exactly where it felt she'll -- fell short but why did you think about it. i was so pissed off one hung up the phone. but within 12 hours of the time i was awake the next morning it was like by god, he's right. i completely altered the outcome of the trial, the resolution of a novel, all of it because simon was the genius to take one look and just go somethings wrong, you know? i'm not saying i don't take advice. i will but if you want

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i was pleased to join senators alexander, king, heinrich, gartner, danes, phyllis, mention this week introducing the national parks restoration act, which follows the blueprint sent in the department's budget. it is bipartisan. along with being the chief steward of our public lands, i am also responsible for the education of 48,000 american indian students that deserve a world-class education, too. the public lands infrastructure fund supports 150 bureau of indian education schools in 23 states. the school maintenance backlog stands at about $634 billion. also across indian country, the opioid epidemic is a major problem along with drugs. with the president's leadership, we are cracking down on drug dealers who are selling to our kids. this budget proposal invest in joint federal efforts like opioid task force that we have already conducted. we are also seeing a great opportunity to reorganize the department of interior for the next 100 years just as teddy roosevelt did a century ago. as a retired navy seal commander, i believe in giving more authority to the frontlines where it shou