and sitting next to me is comedian sam morrell. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> pan -- pancakes with a side of protest. yes, as if brunch wasn't already controversial enough. over the weekend new york city and oakland protesters disrupted brunch spots with what they called white -- what they call white spaces by reading the names of african-americans killed by police. >> stand for justice. >> stand for black life. >> one woman tweeted this picture and wrote interruptiing white supremacy one at a time. they posted this photo saying black people are dying. white dude sips coffee. # black lives matter. another person tweeted this pic and said, attention, white man, i have no problem disturbing your brunch. it is you who has no right to be here. not surprisingly, there was backlash. one said what did you do in the race war grandpa? you said in the green room, quote, good for the protesters making those white people uncomfortable. that surprised me. >> if you look at the pictures there were three dozen people there. i don't think that qualif