after the break we're looking back at selma with oprah and director ava duvernay. alright, i brought in ensure max protein... ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't (grunting noise) i'll take that. yeeeeeah! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar drink, play, and win big in the powered by protein challenge! >>february is black history month and entertainment tonight is honoring the directors and actors who've made hollywood history kevin frazier has the story. pam and ken tonight. per in tears on the show talking about a man to help change her life. mister city but first let's talk about another oprah moment, the 2014 movie selma, which recreated a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. and of course oprah teamed up with visionary director ava duvernay i got a new in my >>a film is about a a campaign that was enacted in march and they knowing they may not get in 1965 doctor martin luther king junior led a peaceful march from selma to montgomery alabama in the fight for equal voting rights when the protesters cross the edmund pet

but there are more white people killed in the selma movement and blacks. and then and explains why a lot of things happen and also that made a huge contribution i would just give you one little nugget the capital of alabama was not always in montgomery. >> so you mentioned the national movement which was very influential in you are member of a couple of different organizations, the national movement, sclc, sncc it reminds me of today there are many organizations highlighting injustice like black lives matter just nominated for a nobel peace prize and campaign zero. how did you choose which organization to join do they work together at all? i don't want to neglect introducing my wife she is here to join me from tuskegee alabama and her family has been involved in many significant changes here and alabama. i was involved in a lot of different organizations because i needed to know how these organizations function from the inside. like when i went to chicago from the service committee and learning about the peace movement and so i laid the groundwork for the

it is not just selma.t is 1963 it is what sets the nation up for the progress it is going to make in the 1960's. susan: by november 22, john f. kennedy was assassinated. it fell to his successor, lyndon johnson, to carry the civil rights legislation across the finish line. how important was he to the ultimate passage of the legislation? thinking about the larger question, how important our -- are presidents in terms of cementing the change the public is asking for? dr. joseph: presidents are important, especially in that time. that is going to be a time where the president had arguably more power in terms of transforming legislation than our own time. this is a time without the same pressures to campaign and raise money, without the same concentration of wealth and power that impacts politics even though it existed in 1963 and 1964. lyndon johnson is very important. lbj starts out as someone who civil rights activists were very wary of. he was from texas. he had been senate majority leader when they passed

however, there was an author in the unit kingdom doing research on the group that went to selma, and she found that there was a lady that was on the clotilda, that when she got here they forced her to marry one of the other enslaved individuals and changed her name to sally smith and she ended up in selma, and she worked for a rich white plantation owner who ultimately became president of a bank there, and she lived until 1937, so we've had to put a footnote on everything that she lived, she was younger than kudzol lewis but lived two years longer than he did. most of them were somewhere between the ages of 12 and 21, is 22 years old when they came, and she was one of the younger ones that came over during that time. but we'll go to kudzol lewis, and there's still some people that practice have door, and every now and then when i'm doing tours i can see that they have had a celebration because they leave recommend mantz. it used to be around his headstone. they released silver dimes which is symbolically significant in their practice, and every now and then i'll see candles strategic

here to discuss all of this and what is unfolding in the u.k., cnn's selma abdel azeez in london. the u.k. is up to 10 million people who have received their first dose. that's a lot of people. how do authorities protect the gains, if you like? >> reporter: well, michael, there's 4,000 variants. those are the area of concern, right? those are the variable, the x factor, the unknown. this country has been hit hard by variants. no one wants to live that nightmare again? what are the steps? 4,000 so far index them, library them. in this country the vaccine minister says they are ready for any challenges posed. they're ready to create a new vaccine if necessary to defeat the variants. second thing, this country's vaccine, that's all they have. 10 million people vaccinated, one in five adults and we should see all of this country's key vulnerable groups vaccinated in a couple of weeks time. by february 15th, looking at 15 million people vaccinated. thursday those travel restrictions you mentioned, some really tough travel restrictions in place. you cannot leave the u.k. unless you have

well, a third of those individuals that were on the vessel in selma, alabama, was one of timothy meaher and associates. a third of them stayed here in this community and then there was a third that was just scattered all over this area. well, 1861, not long after that, the civil war breaks out. when the civil war breaks out, those custom agencies and federal authorities, they leave mobile because this was a confederate habit and they knew their lives would be worth of nickel. as a result of that, timothy meaher and captain foster never got prosecuted. those individuals, they said, we don't know where they came from. they just appeared, because they realized that day if they had claim them, and they were found guilty, they could be hung. well, 1863, the emancipation pro clap proclamation was signed. when it was signed, it freed all the slaves in all the ten confederate states. eight blinken was very astute and he knew that the next president could rescind the emancipation emancipation proclamation because it was like an executive order. and we know what some of the current presidents hav

she still works at selma's historic first baptist church.us getting friends and neighbors and parishioners vaccinated. >> this is selma, predominantly, you know, black. and then we are part of the black belt and most of the people don't have the transportation to get to the large sites, you know, where they are setting up for them to get vaccine. >> reporter: she got her first shot. her friend still trying. >> i know i a pray a lot. but it make you even pray more. with this going around, you don't know who has it. >> with the state broadening eligibility to people over 65 and confidence growing in the safety of the vaccine. >> we have just the vaccines here in the freezer. >> reporter: locations in selma and statewide struggling to meet demand. >> how much do you hear from people that they want the vaccine? >> oh, thousands. we've had an interest form online that people could submit their information this they are not yet eligible and we've had 15,000 to 20,000 people more interested. >> >> reporter: moving in the right direction. miguel mar

let's talk with selma abdelaziz in london. what more can you tell us?> reporter: we are in many ways past the peak, according to scientific advisers here. the epidemic is shrinking that crucial reproduction number, things are stabilizing, key indicators look much better. but, that's the key, but there are still so many patients in the hospital with coronavirus, more than during the first week, that is still the case. this country's health care system is not out of the woods yet. what does that mean? we have to stay under restrictions, under lockdown for much longer, potentially months longer, while this country's vaccination program really kicks into gear. that's the only protection here against covid-19, particularly because there is this more-transmissible, potentially more-deadly variant that is prevalent here in the uk. it is really only that protection you can get from the vaccine that is going to be able to get this country out of restrictions and out of lockdowns. where are we on that? as of right now we have about 11.5 million people in this cou

cnn's selma abdelaziz has been tracking this live from london. good to see you, selma.at news. 9 million doses of the vaccine already administered. you have some more good news to share with us. what's been happening at the age care homes? >> reporter: rosemary, so rare when i can talk about a triumph, talk about a moment of positivity but we have that today. all care home residents across england have been offered the first dose of their vaccine or received it. that's 10,000 care homes throughout england. job done. major crucial milestone the prime minister said. this was an area of concerns. care homes are where there was an outbreak during the pandemic. the death toll, 1/3 were care home residents. they were a priority. among the first people to receive the vaccination. the goal was to get all care home residents vaccinated by the end of january. this means it is on time. on saturday the u.k. reaching a milestone number. a record number of vaccinations in a single day, about 600,000 people vaccinated. the sense is, rosemary, the vaccination program is moving at break

thank you so much, selma abdelaziz. >>> france is accelerating its efforts.y hope the recently approved vaccine will improve a nationwide shortage of doses. they are under pressure for a rollout strategy which some criticized as being too slow. the centers for disease control says nearly 700 cases of new variants have been reported in the united states. the majority of those are the strains first identified in the u.k. and health officials say it could become the predominant variant by march. they also say vaccinations are one way to help contain that. according to the cdc, more than 41 million doses have been a administered in the u.s. some are concerned existing supplies are not enough. >> the demand clearly outstrips the supply right now. if you look at the escalation of availability of doses purely on the ability and the capability of manufacturing that, it's going to escalate and will continue to escalate as we go from february to march to april and beyond. >> u.s. president joe biden blamed his predecessor donald trump for some of those shortages, that

for more, cnn's selma abdel aziz joins us. good news on declines cases and the vaccine rollout going well. what is the latest? >> reporter: well, rosemary, it is a triumph, but it comes with caveats. we're looking at the lowest case number this country has seen. the first group of vulnerable people have been vaccinated. 50 million people now with the first dose. that all begs the question, when are restrictions and rules going to be lifted? last night the prime minister had to disappoint people and say not yet. the plan is on february 22nd i'm going to lay out a roadmap but everything will be eased slowly and steadily, cautiously but irreversibly. there's very little political or public want for another update. first steps should be schools. the authorities looking at reopening those on march 8th. then non-essential retail, the economy reopens and finally the hospitality industry should be the final step once the authorities are ready. they're facing a very real threat from the variant of covid-19. you're still looking at more

selma, what can you tell us? >> hello, robyn.ere in the uk, there is now the authorities looking atting easing lockdown restrictions after millions of people have received the first dose of their vaccine. so quite literally this weekend prime minister boris johnson will be sitting in downing street crunching the numbers, looking at the data, listening to scientists, reading projection charts. ultimately, the plan or the decision to ease these lockdown restrictions, to ease these rules must be based in the science. so what are we expecting? monday, prime minister boris johnson is set to announce a road map and easing of lockdown restrictions. that will not happen overnight. it will be slow and steady or irreversible. that means anything that's done, you can't go back on it. this is a third nationwide lockdown that we're experiencing here in england. so there is very little public appetite for a fourth one. two points of data here are the most important. first of all, the effectiveness of the vaccine, and i don't just mean whether

alabama in the fight for equal voting rights when the protesters cross the edmund pettus bridge in selma, they were beaten by state troopers when you as an >>i'm so coming there as someone who'd didn't experience it. they experience it you on that bridge. it's no longer a >>i saw it in a way that i had >>seen it before in 2015 oprah helped organize a march on martin luther king junior day to mark the 50th anniversary of the protests, the shell march alongside proud to be a part of the >>i want to see real change this nation to a film has have so many more black history month tributes, including spike lee viola davis lena horne cicely tyson and lee daniels don't miss it for entertainment tonight, i'm kevin frazier. >>so many iconic names making good in hollywood for more stories like this one just head to the special like history section on our website kron 4 dot com. that does it for us here on kron 4 news at a but don't go anywhere. jonathan and i will be back at the top of the hour talking about really an alarming number. >>of covid variants that are now popping up especially in san fr

she still works at selma's historic first baptist church.er focus, getting neighbors, friends, parishioners vaccinated. >> this is a human right and then we are a part of the black belt, which we don't know is black. most of the people don't have the chance to get to the sites, you know what they said. >> wimberly got her first shot. >> i know i pray a lot. it makes you pray more. >> we don't know who has it. >> reporter: with the state's broadening to people over 65 and the confidence growing in the safety of the vaccine. >> you have just those vaccines here. >> reporter: locations in selma and state wide struggling to meet demand. >> reporter: how much do you hear from people have a need? >> we have people online can submit if they are eligible. we had 15 to 20,000 people send in interest forms. >> reporter: alabama like everywhere in need of more vaccine, but moving in the right direction. miguel marquez, cnn, montgomery. >> miguel, thank you for that. there is some cautious optimism this morning. new coronavirus cases continuing that dow

get into more and more people's arms before we can ease any of the rules. >> thanks for the update, selmaow is dr. rachel clark a palliative care specialist and author. andlatest book captures what life was like during the first waiver of the pandemic. doctor, great to have you. and so when you wrote this book, the first wave certainly feels like a very long time ago for all of us. did you have any real concept of how this pandemic would play out, the world that we live in now? >> not even slightly. it was sat shattering a year ago in the uk. we were going through what you experienced in new york city, our health service completely overwhelmed and patients dying on a scale and at a swiftness that none of us had ever witnessed before in the national health service. it was absolutely devastating. and the only thing that kept you going was sort of the belief that one day it would be over. and if anyone had said to us a year down the line your health service will be more over overwhelmed, the deaths will reach a peak no one would manage, i think that we would curl up in balls and yet here we

after marching across the edmund pettis bridge in selma he went on to become legendary civil rights like others like doctor martin luther king junior. to honor his finalis wishes it was the proper thing to do. it was incredibly moving to see people of all these religions and political parties to stand in line for hours to pay homage as he called himself the boy from troy. to quote john lewis, every generation leaves behind a legacy. what that will be is determined of the people of that generation. i hopeof as alabama continues to make progress we remember the lessons of history and must consider our challenges ahead to view them in the lenses of the legacy. remember there is nothing we cannot achieve when we work together. to my fellow alabamians, good night. may god continue to bless each of you and the great state of alabama. pam emmanuel macron at the atlantic council discussing transatlantic trade, the nato alliance, climate change and working with the biden administration. the >> it afternoon everyone i am john rogers and i served as the chairman of the atlanta council and notwithst

ava duvernay was the first for civil rights drama selma. power, black power...chose the adaptation of a play about a meeting which actually did happen in the 1960s in miami, between four black icons — malcolm x, singer sam cooke, the boxer cassius clay, later called muhammad ali, and sportsman jim brown. you mean no—one else is coming? i tell regina this all the time, it was a throwback to those really great, powerful �*90s films, the full cinematic experiences, and she was a part of so many of those projects herself, in boyz n the hood and friday, and just films that really you could sink your teeth into and sit down and enjoy. and she obviously has learned through all those experiences what it takes to really bring that experience and bring that type of film—making to the finished product. another actress, emerald fennell, most recently seen as a young camilla parker—bowles in netflix�*s the crown, also has a directing nomination for promising young woman, which she also wrote. every week, i go to a club, i act like i'm too drunk to stand, and every week, a ni

one bedroom unit on clarence street in selma just hit the market. already in escrow. asking price?. the chronicle reports that harris bought the property in 2004, the same year she began serving as a san francisco's district attorney. >>> a live look outside looking north from san francisco right now, just a gorgeous shots. i love these cameras. they give us these beautiful pictures. a little bit of a break from the rain but it is coming back which is a good thing. >> a little break in between the showers this afternoon and this evening for you to get outside and stretch her legs little bit. maybe eat outside. and very welcome rainfall on the way tonight. this is not going to amount to a whole lot but we will definitely take it. more showers tonight but out of the way as the sun comes up tomorrow morning. you will see that in the future cast. drier weather this weekend, probably all this week as well. that seven-day forecast and just about two minutes but úabo settle in. beginning sunday but especially monday and tuesday. here is the rain farther up the coast, starting to get a lit

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intelligence report which accuses the saudi crown prince mohammed bin selma of approving the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi but the us to stop short of punishing the crown prince and the kingdom has denounced the report as a false and unacceptable allen freshen up from washington. when journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the 2nd 2018 he thought he was simply picking up paperwork to clear the way for his upcoming wedding instead according to u.s. intelligence the u.s. resident and saudi citizen met a team of saudi agents set to capture or kill him he was never seen alive again now a newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation the report states the crown prince viewed khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and broadly supported using violent measures if necessary to silence them prior spoke yesterday with the king prince made it clear to him the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing significant changes in today and. we are go

profile killing in lebanon in years and besides the love all of them in a message to her son's killers selma march shock said weapons are of no use if you want to build a nation a. look man's family says he was killed because of his criticism of hezbollah the main armed group he accused of monopolizing power and working for the interests of iran those who see slim's killing as an attempt to silence voices of dissent are defiant i feel that his killing was. targeting not to him alone but it was targeting pluralism and diversity in the shop on unity. hezbollah has denied any role in the murder and accused its opponents of exploiting it for political gain but for some there are facts that can't be ignored it happened in an area we know clearly who controls it and lebanon we have a history of isis and nations and many have evaded accountability the evidences were covered up some of the investigators with assassinated many activists who oppose hezbollah believe they too are at risk but 0 fear is their message to those who accuse them of working for western countries he gave to me steve young gene

bloody sunday in selma, alabama, galvanized the civil rights movement.y captain paris davis broke barriers on the battlefi were one of the first black officers in the green berets? >> yes, i was. >> reporter: how did that work? >> it worked well. i said, look, you can call me captain davis, but you can't call me a [ bleep ], and it did happen. >> northeast of saigon near bong son -- >> reporter: june, 1965, davis led a nearly 19-hour raid. >> we were stocking bodies the way you do canned goods in a grocery store. >> reporter: hit by a grenade and gunfire, davis would not leave behinds americans billy and robert, both gravely injured. >> brown had been shot, i could actually see his -- his brain pulsating. it was that big. and he said, am i going to die? and i -- i said, not before me. >> reporter: were you ever told to leave? >> well, twice. >> reporter: as davis first revealed in 1969 to an up and coming local tv host, phil donahue. >> i told him, sir, i'm not going to leave. i still have an american out there. >> what did he say? >> he told me to -- to

revealing whose side they are on in anticipation of a fierce battle for power jonathan specialist martin selma's believes on the union needs to do a lot of soul searching to figure out the direction it wants to head to. the losing the war the marrying the lost it was obviously in many circumstances you would expect the political leadership to resign i mean at the beginning it will take for example the chain with to resign after the british were defeated novick in norway so you can imagine that the room somebody has to take the blame it isn't going to be the old forces this can have to be the political leadership that presidents under normal circumstances would accept the per the prime minister's recommendation to sack the generals. overseas not on the us that suggests that the within the political class as it were this is all sorts he has been diminished of clinical demonstrators on the streets who are not happy with what's going on and the results of the war the imagine in of whatever changes take place there's going to have to be a big sort of soul searching it all mean here about the general

a new classified intelligence report says prince mohammed bin selma probably approved the operation to kill. in the saudi consulate in istanbul also coming up. nigeria suffers another mass abduction the man who kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls i mean i'm going to treat launch a joint rescue operation. and hope.

1st high profile killing in lebannon in years and the size of them in a message to her son's killers selma march shock said weapons are of no use if you want to build a nation a. look man's family says he was killed because of his criticism of hezbollah the main armed group he accused of monopolizing power and working for the interests of iran those who see slim's killing as an attempt to silence voices of dissent are defiant i feel that his killing was. targeting not to him alone but it was targeting who were listening and diversity in the shop community. hezbollah has denied any role in the murder and accused its opponents of exploiting it for political gain but for some there are facts that can't be ignored it happened in an area we know clearly who controls it and lebanon we have a history of us summations and many have evaded accountability the evidences were covered up some of the investigators with assassinated many activists who oppose hezbollah believe they too are at risk but 0 fear is their message to those who accuse them of working for western countries he gave to me steve you

. >> cnn's selma abdelaziz joining us from london. we were listening. this retooling of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will happen -- be available around autumn or fall. that is a very long time away. what happens in the meantime? >> that is. there was a calming of fears that this is not as clinically effective against the south african variant. they said, look, we have this under control. we are ready and prepared for any variants. we are preparing through our genomic sequencing programs. we are indexing in a library, all of the areas. we are preparing to make new vaccines if needed. there is a booster shot you will get to deal with any variants of covid-19. take a listen. >> we see very much a booster in the way we do with flu vaccinations where you look at what variant of virus is spreading around the world, you rapidly produce it and then begin to vaccinate and protect the nation. >> reporter: rosemary, this is one of the first countries in the world that was really hit hard by one of those variants of covid-19. no one here wants to live that nightm

acquitted in 1955 though the evidence was convincing but that then led to the -- the freedom march in selmamery and ten years after his death the civil rights and voting act. so it's something i wish they would convict but big picture the most important part is finding what the truth is and who is accountable. >> matthew, i can't agree with you more on that. so do you really think -- how do i say this? i don't even know if there's going to be a change for the republican party, maybe it's a change for the country. because i think what's happening is showing the country what really happened. because people are in their silos, right -- people -- -- do you think this was going to be a turning point for the country not necessarily for the republican party which will force the republican party to then do some correction? >> i absolutely believe this is an important moment as it was in the 1950's and 1960's. i think maybe we're finally able to confront the truth we don't want to assess in our country, which is, there is a segment of our population and some were carrying confederate flags on januar

so let's turn to cnn's selma abdel azeez. she is tracking the story from lodge done.ood to see you. nearly 9 million people have already received their first dose of the covid vaccine. that is very encouraging news. what is the latest on that rollout? and of course the case numbers and hospitalizations there. >> reporter: i mean, rosemary, i finally get to share a bit of good news with you today. we have reached a major milestone. every single care home resident in england, every single one has now either been offered the first dose of the vaccine or received it. that's 10,000 care homes across england. job done. a major crucial milestone as the prime minister said. care home residents, residents of nursing homes were among those where there was an outbreak. care home residents account for 1/3 of the overall death toll. yes, this was an area that the government prioritized. they wanted to see all of these care home residents vaccinated by the end of january. it means the program overall is on time. another major milestone. on saturday, 600,000 people vaccinated gettin

selma, what can you tell us? >> so positive signs of progress. this announcement by oxford university and astrazeneca. if true, this is huge news because this variant in the u.s. is up to 70% more transmissible. it's been spreading through europe and through the united states. so for all those woerts watchers, there's positive sign this could be available for this variant. the crucial reproduction number is down. advisers say they believe the epidemic race is lifting. when does all this let up? prime minister boris johnson says we're not outs of the woods yet. take a listen. >> i want to stress that it is still early days and we have rates of infection in this country still very, very high. and more people, almost twice as many people in our hospitals with covid now than there were back at the peak in april. >> so what happens next? well, the prime minister has promised on february 22nd we're going to get an update, a road map out of lockdown with one of the key issues being reopening the schools. and in order for that to happen, in order for the

read about that that the first thing local black leaders had done when the fpl see announced after selma where coming up northeast chicago was hold a conference and say we don't want to hear. we got our own system of power and we're doing pretty well under the daily machine, we don't need you coming in and making trouble , we are all good but in terms of the boomers legacy , it's criminal the way that they have convinced the world that the baby boomers were responsible for the great civil rights achievement of the 60s because unless you work out sharpton and civil rights activists at the age of 10 which he was, then the boomers have no credit to claim for the civil rights revolution . one of the most surprising things that i've learned in the research for this book was something about the civil rights act of 1964.i never knew that at the same time congress was deliberating at, oral warren the supreme court was preparing to issue a supreme court ruling that would have accomplished essentially the same thing. the supreme court had just heard what were known as the sit in cases where black

you may not see all the video that came out of the capitol, and maybe similar to what happened with selmaights movement. do you think this was going to be a turning point for the country, not the republican party, which will force the republican party to do some correction? >> i absolutely believes this as important a moment as it was in the 1950s and, '60s. maybe we're finally able to confront the truth we don't want to assess in our country, which is there's a segment of our population, and some of them were carrying confederate flags on january 6th that does not believe all men and women were created equal. maybe weal get to the point and we'll use donald trump to raise the truth and awareness of this. and even if he's not convicted, which is likely he's not going to get convicted, we can finally have the conversation in the country that before we get to unity and healing and reconciliation, we have to finally have the conversation in this country where we have to address the fact that a segment of our country, who stormed the capitol, who wanted to nullified election just like 1860, t

selma abdelaziz is in london. let's start with you.aybe not an unexpected result but certainly welcome confirmation of what we hope to hear. >> reporter: absolutely, kim. the first minister of scotland saying in a press conference yesterday that there has been strong and compelling evidence that this vaccine is indeed working. she said in this press conference that the latest data and figures show there has been a 60% decrease in the number of covid-related deaths inside care homes over the last three weeks. that's giving authorities the confidence to know that the vaccine is working, that the strategy of targeting care homes and the elderly residents there was the right strategy and they have the bit of protection from the virus that's needed. more positive news, boris johnson will be sharing the u.k.'s successes and delays in the vaccination. millions of people vaccinated among this country's most vulnerable people having their shot. the prime minister will lay out in the speech that they want to give away any surplus vaccines to dev

shocked to learn when i read about that bad local black leaders had done when they announced that after selma we are coming north to chicago. let's hold a press conference and say we don't want you here. we have our own system of power, we are doing pretty well which we don't need you coming in making trouble. in terms of the boomers it is criminal the way they convinced the world that the baby boomers were responsible for the great civil rights achievement of the 60s because after the age of 10 which he was the boomers have no credit for the civil rights revolution. one of the most surprising things i learned in research for this book was the civil rights act of 1964. i never knew at the same time congress was deliberating that act girl warren at the supreme court was preparing to issue a supreme court ruling that would have accomplished essentially the same thing, we had the sit in cases where black activists to cafÉs and restaurants with white only policies were evicted when they call the police and said leave my story and they sued the owners of those private restaurant saying this is a v

his murder inspired the bloody sunday march from selma to montgomery that sparked the passage of theoth rights act. if years the area struggled. rural, poor and on the dark side of the digital divide. >> it's almost like we're out in the woods and we're yelling and screaming. and because there's no one around, no one hears us. >> before the pandemic, she was on the dance and cheerleading squads and was a strong student. but at home just 10 minutes from downtown marion, she's often unable to get online and has fallen behind in her schoolwork. >> it takes a long time for your assignments to load up. it jump a little bit. so you won't get all the way through. or it will start you all the way over. >> the pandemic has brought the digital divide into sharp relief. for private internet service providers there's often too little incentive to fill gaps particularly in hard to reach rural areas. and so millions of americans like vinera are left in the digital dark. last year, they used cares act funding to give her and her brother a wi-fi hot spot after deploying wi-fi enabled buses didn't wo

we are in selma, alabama, my hometown and we know the fierce urgency is now. now for the people of texas who are on top of dealing with covid, are dealing with frozen pipes and unable to have dribble water. it's really unacceptable. but i know that biden has a compassion. this president will do all that they can with the assistance of house democrats, as well as our -- i hope our republican colleagues will help us across the aisle. the american people are hurting, hurting unequally. we know that a disproportionate amount of the burden of the pain is being felt on communities of color and underserved communities across this nation. i truly believe that help is on the way and that we will do all that we can to make sure that we pass this legislation and enact it into law. >> i want to hone on in minimum wage. as you know, that's a huge sticking point in the covid relief bill. we heard president biden speak about it. you in 2019 introduced a bill for regional. you have evolved since the democrats have taken control of both the house and senate in congress. do you

them hearing about stem opportunities that may be unfamiliar or seemed to reach if a young man from selmaama. >>can come and work at marshall space flight center and help support, he's huge mission if i can do it you definitely can do and following a summer racial justice was a universal conversation even during a pandemic year. >>the agency launched diversity dialogue where personnel from the top down had multiple crucial, sometimes uncomfortable conversations and not unlike the mission to return to the moon. it's all hands multicolored hands on deck to make the agency inclusive and equitable in huntsville, i'm shevaun bryan reporting. >>yes and for more stories like this one just head to the special black history month section on our website kron 4 dot com. >>the weekend took some questions from reporters ahead of his super bowl appearance what is your feeling about his great party carly you must of blown your budget. not exactly. you have great wine name brand snacks tons of meat, and where did you get this imported cheese? hello? grocery outlet bargain market. want some peanut butter

around 600 peaceful protesters marched from selma to montgomery to protest the police killing of a civiler. alabama police officers viciously attacked protesters at the edmund pettus bridge including the late john lewis who suffered a cracked skull. following the police killing of unarmed black teenager michael brown in ferguson, missouri. by day demonstrations were peaceful and militarized squads of police, and violence ensued. just 52 far-right extremists were arrested on the day of the capitol insurrection. at the time much of america disapproved of freedom riders and the john lewises of the world, but now they are talked about with historical reverence. if the past repeats itself the civil rights leaders have cemented a top spot not just in black history, but in american history. ory, but in american history. so you want to make the best burger ever? then make it! that means selling everything. and eating nothing but cheese till you find the perfect slice... even if everyone asks you... another burger truck? don't listen to them! that means cooking day and night until you get... [ di

ava duvernay is the creative force behind movies like "selma" and the drama series "queen sugar."she launched a personnel database designed to help women, people of color and under represented groups get hired behind the camera. she joined us to discuss making hollywood more inclusive. ava duvernay, welcome to the program. good to have you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> so talk about the impact that you want this to have compared to the way that movies are staffed today. what are the one or two biggest differences from the way hollywood typically does it? >> well, you know, it's a very insular process. and it's not much different than the rest of life. you kind of gravitate to people that you know. and, so, the idea here is that we need to push ourselves as an industry to know more kinds and cultures of people. you know, that idea of kind of just stick with what you know and who you know is why we're in a place right now in our industry where the numbers in terms of inclusion and, you know, diversity of gender, of culture, of race, of identity in all kinds of ways, age, i

>> jimmy: my next guest is an emmy-winning writer, director and producer and has made films like "selma much for being here thanks for doing the show. it is so nice to finally meet you. >> i -- love you and i watch you every night. you really helped me get through quarantine, and i just want to say thank you. one day i want you to call me "buddy" or "pal", so i can feel it, you know what i'm saying >> jimmy: not only do i love your work, but i love your work ethic and how much you do, and you go, yeah, check this out, i'm going to write this, then you write it, then you direct it, you are one of the busiest people in the business and it's quality stuff. there's something i want to ask you about, your company, array, launched last week called array crew, a-r-r-a-y crew, c-r-e-w.com. >> it's a collective i founded about ten years ago. we distribute films for women of color we make tv shows and film. but we also know that from being on all these sets, you know, when we make film and television tha of all look one way, they look like you more than they look like me. so what we want to try t

a newly declassified intelligence report says prince mohammed bin selma probably approved the operation to kill shot in the saudi consulate in istanbul also coming up. nigeria suffers another mass abduction the man who kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls i mean so i'm going to treat launch a joint rescue operation. and hope for holidaymakers europe's leaders agree on a vaccine pons force to ease travel restrictions the scheme could be in place by the something. on pablo foley s welcome to the program u.s. intelligence says saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman probably approved the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi the biden administration has released a report written at the time of the killing in 2018 but never made it public the crown prince is always denied any involvement in the saudi government has rejected the assessment the u.s. has imposed sanctions on an elite savvy unit. an old report making new headlines it was originally suppressed by the trumpet ministration but 3 years later its declassified its conclusions clear for the world to see u.s. intelligence says it's largely

he called this our economic selma, says this is it right now.akes a lot of money based on our tax dollars and they've never voted to reduce their own wages. does this wind up becoming an issue if team biden decides no the to fight this? >> it will become an issue and an issue directed at this congress and this senate. and it is an issue that we cannot back down. there is a moral part to this as well as a political, and that is that we must stand for people to be able to feed their children and pay their bills. and whether or not we have to keep fighting beyond what is decided since the parliamentarian has come with this or whether or not we see something immediate, we must not ever -- you know, they used to say when i was growing up in the movement, keep your eye on the prize and hold on. we can never surrender, particularly when we're talking about people having the ability to feed their families. we just came out of an administration that gave a tax break to billionaires. we can't tell poor people to understand some protocol and procedures. >>

and the 1st high profile killing in lebanon in years and this is in a message to her son's killers selma march shock said weapons are of no use if you want to build a nation a. look man's family says he was killed because of his criticism of hezbollah the main armed group he accused of monopolizing power and working for the interests of iran those who see slim's killing as an attempt to silence voices of dissent are defiant i feel that his killing was. targeting him alone but it was targeting who were listening and diversity in the shia community. hezbollah has denied any role in the murder and accused its opponents of exploiting it for political gain but for some there are facts that can't be ignored it happened in an area we know clearly who controls it and lebanon we have a history of us summations and many have evaded accountability the evidences which covered up some of the investigators with assassinated many activists who oppose hezbollah believe they too are at risk but the. 0 fear is their message to those who accuse them of working for western countries he gave generation to lo

his murder inspired the “bloody sunday” march from selma to montgomery that sparked the passage of theing rights act. for years the area has struggled economically: rural, poor, and on the dark side of the digital divide. >> it's almost like we have, we don't have a voice because it isn't heard. and it's almost like we're out in the in the woods and we're yelling and we're screaming. and because there's no one around, no one hears us. >> yang: francis-marion senior fannirah brown is one of those without a voice. before the pandemic she was on the dance and cheerleading squads, and was a strong student. but at home, just 10 minutes from downtown marion, she's often unable to get online and has fallen behind in her school work. >> it takes a long time for your assignments to load and either it don't go all the way through or is it just goes to you in like a jump a little bit so you won't get all the way through. >> yang: the pandemic has brought america's digital divide into sharp relief. for decades, it's been driven by both the cost of service and the lack of infrastructure. for privat