and that director is the brilliant ryan coogler. sit down with him and talk to him about the biggest film of the year. take a look. >> first of all, i just want to welcome you to "the van jones show." on behalf of like so many people, i just want to thank you. we never had a black hero before. when i was coming un -- not on screen. we had superfly. we had sidekicks. we never had an actual king, though. >> i think it was hard for people to articulate, you know, is the fact that you look at those movies, you look at blade, you look at "blade 2," wesley killed it in those movies, man. but those movies are generally about a black guy in a white world. you know what i mean. and there's nothing really in those films about the continent, which is where we come from. so i think for our movie we're dealing with the continent, ground zero. even though it's a fictional country. and everybody in the film with the exception of a couple characters are of african descent. >> it's the first heroic world -- i mean, wakanda's like a real country. >>

>>> few of oakland's finest made time magazine's list of most influential people of 2015, ryan coogler made the list for his hit movie black panther. other bay area residents are kevin durant and elon musk. >>> and another big night in sports. the warriors are just one game away from moving on to the second round of the playoffs. jason will have the highlights up next in sports. (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) >>> all right the warriors win again and put the spurs on the brink of elimination. >> the spurs on the ropes and the warriors, it's just funny that we were so concerned about them. >> yeah, we were! >> lost by 40 in the season finale. >> they had injury after injury. >> right, but now they've won three in a row, and looks like they'll get steph back some time soon and can wrap up with spurs sunday in san antonio with the win. the spurs coach left the team to be with family a day after losing his wife to an undisclosed illness, but they played

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others to make the list are ryan coogler, as well as house minority leader nancy pelosi and tesla ceo elon musk. >>> getting sharks fever here, the excitement is buddiilding across the bay area. some fans are so excited there willing to paint their house teal. the sharks are doing their marketing campaign where they urged fans to have their home painted sharks colors. would you do this? former sharks player were on hand to honor the first family selected. they will not only have their home painted teal but they'll also get a plaque labeling it an official teal house of sharks territory. >> let's try it, you know. sounds like a great -- we never win anything but we'll try. >> here we are. >> and we got the email and i'm like oh, my god. >> i've been bragging all over my friends. i'm getting a teal house. who needs to say anything else? >> great interviewing skills there by sharkie. four other families will be selected over the next few weeks. the sharks play the las vegas golden knights in round two. >>> a tech advancement almost anyone can relate to. we'll show you the robot that can

movie director ryan coogler made the list for black panther.thers know him for fruitvale station chronicling the last 24 hours of oscar grant's life. other bay area residents who made the list include warriors forward kevin durant and spacex ceo elon musk. >>> the case of prince's death is closed. coming up next, hear why investigators decided they wouldn't charge anyone with his death. >> new at 6:00 new developments from the state capital over a practice meant to change a person's sexual orientation. the vote today that banned conversion therapy and why opponents say the ban would violate constitutional rights. >>> his death in 2016 shocked music fans around the world. today authorities looking into the death of prince have officially closed the case. we have more now on the untimely death of the music icon. >> without probable cause and no identified suspect, the carver county attorney's office cannot file any criminal charges involving the death of prince. >>> reporter: two years after the death of prince, thursday no charges will be filed

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it was directed by ryan coogler. >> concerning that it's the first movie they've had. but women can >> it's really breaking down barriers. >> for that to be the first movie? >> yeah. >> amazing. >> here's my accuweather forecast. here's a look at san jose. 101 and 880. you are driving through wet weather this morning. also, about .04 of an inch here. about a quarter around the bay and 2/3 in the north bay already. we're well on our way. steady rain, heavy at times. breezy this afternoon. a late burst of heavy rain tonight and a late burst of -- last burst of breezes and then our next storms are trending a little drier as it should for april. here's a look at the temperatures today. 62 at half moon bay and lakeport. everybody else around 63 to 68 degrees. very mild afternoon. even with all that rain. here's a look at live doppler 7. marin and sonoma county have the moderate rain to even heavy rains. you see the yellows and oranges there. moving away from inverness and towards novato and petaluma. also, towards pen grove. there's more off the marin county coast and also

oakland native ryan coogler makes the list. the film "black panther" has grossed nearly $700 million defectically making it the second fastest money maker of all time. he is a person with extraordinary tal ended yes but also with a spirit of integrity. elicit with you but not least. warrior star kevin durant, the tribute to k.d. says he is not just incredible basketball player. he is an incredible human too. committing $10 million to help disadvantaged kids go to college. durant responded on twitter today saying big honor for me to be on this year's time's 100 list. thanks q. for the kind words. of course q is eddy "the apple executive found warrior side. he wrote the tribute to kd. each tribute is written by someone interesting in themselves. we have a link to the time 100 on abc 7 news.com. still look for your faces larry and ama. >> keep cycling through. we are bound to come up at the very, very back end of the list. >> somewhere. >> or not at all. >> we'll keep looking. >> spencer has done more. spencer deserves a spot. >>

ryan coogler with "the black panther" and that can precede a lot of changes.st folks on the ground, you know, there is some malware glitching. the exact same thing but if one has darker skin, you think that person is doing something wrong, one has lighter skin, you think that person is doing something perfectly fine. >> at that starbucks, these two gentlemen handled it in a really inspiring way. while it was a heartbreaking thing, you know, to say, and you know, one of the gentlemen saying this is a people thing. and now starbucks teaching classes in a month. so is this a starting point or is this a false start that it's a pomonth from now? >> it takes a while to pull the curriculum together and that kind of stuff and frankly, if you're going to take a whole day as starbucks is doing, close all your stores, that's a huge statement, and then try to retrain everybody all at once. you better do it right. if you rush and do it day after tomorrow and it's a disaster and it doesn't work and makes no difference, that's not good. i think the fact that they said they'r