board member sam davis will hold a virtual meeting with oakland unified cfo to discuss how the districtan best use its resources. that townhall is set to start at 5:30 p.m. part of the conversation is expected to focus on teacher pay. for the past four months, oakland teachers have been without a working contract. negotiations continue, but ousd is warning about an expected budget deficit. moving to the south bay now, where community members showed up to support two street vendors who were recently attacked in san jose. they held a cookout in support of the victims, and to raise awareness. carlos sanchez, you may remember, was taunted and even threatened by a man with a baseball bat, and days earlier, saul rococo was brutally attacked from behind and knocked unconscious. today both victims served customers at the site where sanchez was attacked. >> i feel blessed with all of these people around trying to help us. >> i think it shows that society does not approve of those actions to you know, they are a big part of the economy and they are a demographic that is at risk every day. dion: d

. >> next monday sam davis the school board member will be hosting a zoom town hall.he chief financial officer for the school district will explain the budget and let parents what the district can and cannot afford if they want to balance the budget. ama: oakland and religious leaders staged arguably their loudest call yet for the reinstatement for former police chief. a large crowd looked on, waving plaques and support. >> bring him back. bring him back. >> we must stand up and stand out because it is time to bring our chief back. ama: armstrong issued a statement thanking the community for the support. he was fired without cause last week. the dismissal came a month after he was placed on paid leave after they questioned the chief's response to misconduct charges. they said it had no comment about today's rally. dan: let's turn our attention to the forecast. sandhya: winter again. time to bring out the heavy coats and jackets and umbrellas. these live pictures, beautiful views as we see a post something sky from our tire cameras. a lot of high clouds passing through

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the first transgendered woman to win the pop duo for her song "unholy" with sam smith the accolades keep adding up for viola davisand harry also nabbing album of the year and dr. dre was presented with the global impact award for his impact on the industry the monoclonal antibody mogul's speech was followed by the 50th celebration of hip-hop request performances by ll cool j and missy elliott. >>> and beyonce is smashing records. she is now the most winning artist in grammy history with 32 awards >> she may be that girl, but will ticketmaster break some souls today? because presale is beginning for beyonce's renaissance concert. her first solo tour since 2016 but after taylor swift's ticketmaster meltdown, the bey hive could be in for stinging disappointment the demand was so high for swift tickets that it crashed ticketmaster's system and eventually they had to halt sales completely this time ticket master is staggering sales based on city select members of the official fan club received access codes last night you'll be able to start purchasing tickets for group a which includes los angeles, new jersey, and hou

davis achieved. you've got status with a grammy for best audio book, sam smith and kim petras also made history at rice is now the first transgender woman to win for best pop duo group performance. a surprise win for bonnie raitt song of the year for her track. just like that lizzo one record of the year with about time. i want to dedicate this award to prince. >> when we lost prince, i decided to dedicate my life to making positive music. i stayed true to myself. >> because i wanted to make the world a better i had to be that change to make the world a better place. >> tomorrow joy was named best new artist and by the end of the night, it was harry's house as harry styles took home album of the year and the grammy goes >> i don't think any of us in the studio thinking making decisions based on what is going to get as one of these. this is really, really so so grateful. kendrick lamar intel also took home awards. of course, there are also lots of star-studded performances what the standout moment of the night came when the grammy celebrated the 50th anniversary of his top. >> with many of the biggest l

davis achieved. you've got status with a grammy for best audio book, sam smith and kim petras also made history at risk is now the first transgender woman to win for best pop duo group performance. a surprise win for bonnie raitt song of the year for track. just like that. with one record of the year with about time. i want to dedicate this award to prince. >> when we lost prince, i decided to dedicate my life to making positive music. i stayed true to myself. >> because i wanted to make the world a better i had to be that change to make the world a better place. >> tomorrow joy was named best new artist and by the end of the night, it was harry's house as harry styles took home album of the year and the grammy goes >> i don't think any of us studio thinking making decisions based on what is going to get was one of these. this is really, really so so grateful. and kendrick lamar and dell also took home awards. of course, there are also lots of star-studded performances >> what the standout moment of the night came when the grammy celebrated the 50th anniversary of his top with many of the biggest legen

sam smith for their hit unholy. >> i just want to thank all the incredible transgender legends performing. >> reporter: viola davis made another bit of history. she won in the spoken word category for the audiobook of her memoir finding me. she got an emmy, grammy, oscar and tony. she is now only the 18th person to win all four of those trophies. >> just like that -- >> reporter: bonnie raitt was visibly shocked to win song of the year beating out beyonci and taylor swift. >> i'm so surprised because they were just massively talented, great tunes. >> reporter: the grammys also broke new ground by opening the show with puerto rican superstar bad money performing in spanish. and ll cool j, run dmc, salt and pepper and queen latifah were among the nearly 2 dozen artists that took to the stage to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. >> bonnie raitt didn't just win song of the year, she also took home best americana performance and best american roots song. that brings her total up to 12 grammys. >>> a lot of grammy gold comes back here to the bay area. four other bay area artists got trophies last night. some of

category for her song "unholy" with sam smith >> dedicating her win to the late prince, lizzo accepted the record of the year about damn time >>> and accolades for viola davise now has an emmy, grammy, oscar and tony after winning best audio book for her memoir, "finding me. ♪ ♪ as you are ♪ >> harry styles rocked the stage, performing his single as it was before agenda album of the year >> dr. dre was presented for his mark on the industry the speech was followed by the 50th celebration of hip-hop featuring performances from run dmc, ll cool j and missy elliott. >> beyonce is smashing records she is now the winningest artist in grammy history with 32 awards >> ticketmaster may break some sales too. presale begins for beyonce's concert tour and this is what's happening with that. it will be the first solo tour since 2016 so will it be another ticketing disaster savannah sellers is on the story. ♪ you won't break my soul ♪ >> reporter: the bey hive is buzzing. fans getting in formation. as the first tickets for beyonce's upcoming tour go on sale it's her first solo world tour since 2016 but after taylor swift's ticketmaster meltdown, fans are fearing the wor

davis achieved. you've got status with a grammy for best audio book, sam smith and kim petras also made history at risk is now the first transgender woman to win for best pop duo group performance. a surprise win for bonnie raitt song of the year for her track. just like that. with one record of the year with about time. i want to dedicate this award to prince. >> when we lost prince, i decided to dedicate my life to making positive music. i stayed true to myself. >> because i wanted to make the world a better i had to be that change to make the world a better place. >> tomorrow joy was named best new artist and by the end of the night, it was harry's house as harry styles took home album of the year and the grammy goes >> i don't think any of us studio thinking making decisions based on what is going to get was one of these. this is really, really so so grateful. kendrick lamar, adele also took home awards. of course, there are also lots of star-studded performances what the standout moment of the night came when the grammy celebrated the 50th anniversary of his top. >> with many of the biggest legend

davis achieved. you've got status with a grammy for best audio book, sam smith and kim petras also made history at ricethe first transgender woman to win for best pop duo group performance. a surprise win for bonnie raitt song of the year for track. just like that lizzo one record of the year with about time. i want to dedicate this award to prince. >> when we lost prince, i decided to dedicate my life to making positive music. i stayed true to myself. >> because i wanted to make the world a better i had to be that change to make the world a better place. >> tomorrow joy was named best new artist and by the end of the night, it was harry's house as harry styles took home album of the year and the grammy goes >> i don't think any of us studio thinking making decisions based on what is going to get was one of these. this is really, really so so grateful. kendrick lamar and dell also took home awards. of course, there are also lots of star-studded performances what the standout moment of the night came when the grammy celebrated the 50th anniversary of his top. >> with many of the biggest legends of the t

davis achieved. you've got status with a grammy for best audio book, sam smith and kim petras also made history at risknow the first transgender woman to win for best pop duo group performance. a surprise win for bonnie raitt song of the year for her track. just like that lizzo one record of the year with about time. i want to dedicate this award to prince. >> when we lost prince, i decided to dedicate my life to making positive music. i stayed true to myself. >> because i wanted to make the world a better i had to be that change to make the world a better place. >> tomorrow joy was named best new artist and by the end of the night, it was harry's house as harry styles took home album of the year and the grammy goes >> i don't think any of us in the studio thinking making decisions based on what is going to get was one of these. this is really, really so so grateful. kendrick lamar, adele also took home awards. of course, there are also lots of star-studded performances what the standout moment of the night came when the grammy celebrated the 50th anniversary of his top. >> with many of the biggest leg

trans artist win a grammy, who has a hit song with sam smith, the british singer who came out in 2019 as nonbinary. black actor superstar viola davis became an egot, winning a grammy to add to her golden globe, oscar. lizzo, beyonce took home her 32nd grammy to become the most grammy decorated singer in all time. besting george sulte. record of the year went to harry styles, a british male singer who frequently puts on dresses to pose in magazines and is a sex symbol to women and men because of it, and there was a 15-minute epic tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. so yeah. culture wars are over, and the left won. like total defeat. i could only imagine the heads exploding in red states. i imagine ron desantis is somewhere stalking through his governor's mansion trying to figure out how to ban the airing of the grammys in florida and take away cbs's tax exemptions. no educational value, queer theory, black music. it's a helpful reminder that despite the almost hysterical war the right is waging to take the culture back to the john wayne era, they're not just losing. they literally cannot win. cultural progression is relentle

sam smith and kim petras with best pop duo. adele and harry styles had best album. viola davis can add egot to her resumÉ.won for her memoir "finding me". >> she's one of the few of the most recent to win all of those by performance. some have from producers and stuff like that. jennifer hudson and john legend. but she's all performance. so there you go. >> it was an entertaining show. >> i have to find it now. i forgot to record it. >> a lot of times i don't watch the award shows because we're going to have a recap throughout the next several days, they're going to be talking about who wore it best on the red carpet. >> i think we're all going to wear some of the styles, right? >> you've got to check out cardi b's outfit. it was this blue thing. seriously, it was like this. it was like an art sculpture. >> we're going to have you wear that next week. >> i'll be doing weather, and people will be, like, what is going on? the ocean. let's talk about what we had over the weekend. they didn't get any rain in l.a., but we are seeing some showers moving away from the bay area and it's all quiet. i've been tally

song "unholy" with sam smith global superstar bad bunny opened up the show, the first performer of the night, he also took home best musica album. >>> the accolades add up for viola davisafter winning for best audio book for her memoire "finding me." >> harry styles rocked the stage performing "as it was. also nabbing album of the year >>> and dr. dre with presented for the global impact award. the speech was followed by the 50th anniversary celebration of hip hop featuring performances from run dmc, ll school j and missy elliott. >>> beyoncÉ is not just breakin souls she is smashing records. she is now the most winning artist in grammy history with 32 awards >>> she may be that girl, but will ticketmaster break some souls of their own today that is because pre sale is beginning for beyoncÉ's "renaissance" tour her first solo tour since 2016 after taylor swift's ticketmaster meltdown the beehive could be in for a stinging disappointment. demand was so high for swift tickets it crashed ticketmaster' system and eventually they had to halt sales. this times ticketmaster is staggering sales based on city so select members of beyoncÉ's fan club received access codes last ni

sam smith for unholy. >> i just want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me. >> singer joy was best new artist. viola davis' win for finding me made her the 18th person to receive an emmy, grammy, oscar, and tony award. there are moving tributes to those who died. new honors like the global impact award named after its first winner dr. dre. >> this is the 50th anniversary of hip hop. >> reporter: a major milestone marked by all star hip hop performances. what an amazing evening and an even more amazing tribute to hip hop. there were other big winners. dave chappel won best comedy album and taylor swift for best music video. >> that was my favorite part, the hip hop performances took me back. it was so much fun to watch. in true grammy fashion there were a lot of upsets and surprises of the night. >> reporter: i don't know if i would say there were a lot of upsets but there were a couple, one being bonnie rait. di evsee that f the year. coming. she got on stage and said she was surprised by that because she was up against harry style, lizzo, beyonce, adele. i think even though beyonce now has most grammys o

viola davis won for the audiobook of her memoir "finding me" and joins the exclusive egot club, having won all four major entertainment awards -- an emmy, grammy, oscar, and tony. kim petras and samith also made history, becoming the first openly trans and non-binary duo to win a grammy, bringing home an award for their hit "unholy." first lady jill biden presented the iranian singer with the new song for social change special merit award, which has become an anthem for the iranian uprising. the singer was arrested after the song went viral, is out on bail awaiting trial. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show looking at u.s.-china relations after president biden ordered the pentagon to shoot down a high-altitude chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina saturday. the balloon is believed to have first entered u.s. airspace in alaska and was then spotted in montana, which is the home of malmstrom air force base, a major u.s. nuclear weapons site. on friday, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken announced he was postponing a trip this week to china where he w