. >>> she is the star of a hit sitcom, an emmy winner, and recently sang at the super bowl sheryl lee ralph now on the hurdles she overcame and why she is only just getting started. she spoke with dana griffin. >> reporter: with a career spanning nearly five decades in showbiz, sheryl lee ralph is back in the spotlight. do you still have pinch me moments, especially now when you see we're sitting in the middle of hollywood? >> yes i have real pinch me moments in life, because, you know, i've lived most of my life as a very regular normal human being i will go to the 99 store, the dollar tree or whatever. i will do that and now when i go, i'm like what in the world are they staring at? and then oh my god, it's me. >> reporter: the entertainment icon has had a whirlwind of recent success, inspiring a new generation >> now who took that picture of me? >> reporter: last year, she won an emmy for supporting comedy actress for her role in "abbott elementary" where she plays teacher barbara howard what was that moment like for you >> first of all, i was listening to the whole thing, and i was like

a limited time. >>> she is the star of a hit sitcom, emmy winner and sang at the super bowl sheryl lee ralph hurdles she's overcome and why she's just getting started >> reporter: with a career spanning nearly five decades in showbiz, sheryl lee ralph is back in the spotlight. do you still have like pinch me moments especially now when you see we're sitting in the middle of hollywood >> yes, i have real pinch me moments in life. because, you know, i've lived most of my life as a very regular, normal human being, i will go to the 99 cent store, the dollar tree or whatever. i will do that and now when i go, i'm like, what in the world are they staring at then, i'm like, oh, my god, it's me >> reporter: the entertainment icon has had a whirlwind of recent success, inspiring a new generation >> now who took that picture of me >> reporter: last year she won an emmy for supporting comedy actress for her role in "abbott elementary" where she plays teacher barbara howard what was that moment like for you? >> first of all, i was listening to the whole thing, and i was, like, getting ready to be happy

sheryl lee ralph is a force that many people are just discovering and she is not new.ill cosby in the late '70s and in the early '80s one of the original dream girls. most people don't realize she can sing. she is not just an actress. >> i love what she said, she and the world are catching up with each other. >> yes. i have always been this way and you are finally noticing more of you. >> we are catching up with a lot of things, especially when it comes to women, african americans. >> can i say something? i was looking back at the history of the black national anthem. it was performed by 500 school kids at a segregated school in jacksonville, florida. she brought up educating about full black history. i thought that was notable in this moment. >> great interview. >> mr. latham and all the nuns and miss scott who taught us about black history, we had black history all the time, taught us the black national anthem as kids, it's important for kids to learn. i am glad i had that foundation as a child. >> great. >>> still in florida. >> yeah, a lot going on this morning. fl

. >> reporter: the big game also featured all-star music performances from actress sheryl lee ralph, babyface edmonds and chris stapleton. is so full national anthem brought coaches and players to tears. singer rihanna shop fans with her visible baby bump, while cramming over a dozen his into her highflying halftime show. >>> along the coastline heading into the next couple hours we will be under a wind advisory is not last throughout the evening tonight into early tomorrow morning. keep that in mind. i want to start taking a look at the wind gusts. this morning was not that bad. gustier conditions of north. heading into the afternoon, this is at 5:00, we have wind gusts up to 40 or 50 mile-per- hour winds along the coast. even into san francisco, based on your microclimate and how the winds get into the local area, that will be a gusty set up. this is into the late overnight hours. we have strong winds tonight. it lightens up as we get into the early morning hours tomorrow. as we wake up tomorrow morning, we will deal with mostly clear conditions heading into the early morning hours

emmy award-winning actress sheryl lee. ralph perform lift every voice and sing. >> while acclaimed musician and songwriter, chris stapleton gave us his rendition of the national anthem. i think you're going to like your new knows miss and let's not forget the commercials. i'm steve as an actor. it's my job to make people believe that what they're seeing ads featuring big name celebrities like snoop dogg and will farrell. >> all right. that was carlos saucedo reporting for us tonight. here's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow with the weather. yeah, guys. so so far so good. not a bad day around the bay area. that's some sunshine. the winds started to kick up, though, as we head through the day and those winds going to be blustery overnight tonight. some of those gusts maybe as high as 55 miles an hour along the coastline. but temperatures not bad at all. in many parts of the bay area. as we've got numbers soaring into the upper 60's in the santa rosa. 69 degrees. 68 in concord, 65 degrees. a little more. 62 in san jose, 61 in oa

. >> reporter: the big game also featured all-star music performances from actor sheryl lee ralph, kenneth edmonds, and chris stapleton. the national anthem brought si rihna shoed fans to tears. her visible baby bump while cramming over a dozen hits into or high-flying halftime show. yes, i think a lot of people were definitely looking at the screen twice to double check to see if rihanna was, indeed, pregnant, which she did confirm. and when we talk about philly fans, this loss adds onto their heartbreak there. the city in the last six months lost the world series, the mls cup, and now the super bowl. wendy? >> tough for them, but it was an amazing game. danya bacchus in glendale, arizona. thanks. >>> ahead on "cbs mornings," kansas city chiefs linebacker and super bowl champion nick bolton will be on to discuss his team's huge win last night. >>> for the fourth time in a little more than a week a u.s. fighter jet shot down an aerial object. the pentagon said president biden ordered the unidentified object to be shot down yesterday over lake huron near the border with canada. it follows o

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sheryl lee ralph, who sang the black national anthem, alsoe ha'sd a super bowl lip syncnl malfunction. >> laura to and the three oh b t sheryl lee ralph said it doesn't matter that she lip sync laura . theadershit really doesn't matter. well, it does matter when you're doing no choreography. and the song is lift every voice and sing, not lift everye and thand mouthed the lyrics. >> so you got it out this way.s but i was waiting for the third national anthem, the national to that. ukraine. i can't believe they didn'ts at get to that. that was really upsetting thatho is at the end of the game. you miss that as valentine's day, laura . and for those ladies trying to avoid valentine's, they are getting down to the studs, so to speak, searching for love in an unexpected place.s they're getting down searching i ladies, no joke. home depot is where you go if you want to meet a man.go i just deleted all my dating and now i'm coming in here to hokeypokey to find my nextome husband. >> you have know specificallypod we're single m men at home depot for the third time this month. no h >> no husba

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a national audience had its spirits lifted with song actress sheryl lee ralph rendition of lift every voice and sing so emotional and impactful. the songs and anthems prior to kickoff brought one coach to tears. here we go. once the gridiron clash was underway . for many, it was time to key in on what took place off the field. the super bowl for decades now has really become a social event. um very much so, like we see internationally with the world cup and the olympic games, the super bowl really that the men on the field who played the game have somewhat become a side dish to what has become the main dish from cultural icons such as snoop dogg showing they can do anything and sell everything titans of industry enjoying the spectacle. there was a beer commercial. that wasn't what it appeared only mentioning the sponsor after saying its rivals name multiple times. and this egg shining a light on the emergence sport of women's touch football, and how not even family can steal the show. but the big talker came when the players were in the locker room. from the rafters singer rihanna . t

plus we've got an all access pass taking you behind the scenes for the rest of the action as sheryl lee ralphkes the most of her amazing night. it's moments away on "access hollywood." back to you. >> mario, thank you. >>> before we go, we want to give you an update on our breaking news. reports of an active shooter on the campus of michigan state university. this is in east lansing, michigan. right now it's past 10:00, almost 10:30 there. we do understand multiple people have been shot. here's some video from the scene. police are looking for the shooter as we speak. that shooter apparently wearing a mask and is on foot. campus police saying that they plan on releasing more information in about 30 minutes from now, so about 8:00 our time. we will continue to follow this story online and on-air of this active shooter on the campus of michigan state, where multiple people apparently have been shot. again, we'll update that throughout the evening. >>> that's going to do it for us at 7:00. for everyone here at nbc bay area, thanks for joining us. we'll see you at 11:00. with gold bond... you can

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sam rubin caught up with the actress sheryl lee. ralph, before the awards. are you wearing this? because it looks like a statue you will likely take home with you yeah, i hope you take home that little golden statue. it would be nice that's how it haha, you have done so wonderfully well during quote, unquote. award season. >> and like barbara howard, you had given lessons from the lectern given lessons from the stage. when you look in the mirror. >> you bet. i love what you see. >> sam, you've known me a long time. i'm just being the person that i've always i've just got say my life. people are able to hear. absolutely no, i am what i am what i have to and i've just been given the incredible platform to share with that people are enjoying what you have to in that wonderful. haha. did you have any trepidation that maybe you know, they would do or no? because sam, all i can do is be real to me. i can't make these up. i can't be anything other than what i am. it would be too much to be something else. as as beyonce would sam cozy with i am? >> well, despite the rain, people and oakl

included country music star chris stapleton singing the national anthem abbott elementary star sheryl lee. ralph performed lift every voice and saying the black national anthem and baby face saying america, the beautiful. >> very james. >> haha here. >> don't know how you allow it owned forecast 4 he goes. joining us now, the golden gate bridge. gave take a look at your final 4 zone forecast because we are going to track some windy conditions out there to start your work week monday, especially for those of you along the coast. wind advisory going to go into effect at 10 o'clock monday morning. that's going to continue through 6 o'clock tuesday morning. so we are going to see pretty gusty winds when tracker for tracking feely, calm conditions out there right now. >> but winds will certainly start to howl, especially when that wind advisory goes into effect by 10 o'clock. as you could see, 20 to 30 miles per hour sustained wind speeds with gusts near that 40 mile per hour range, especially for those of you at half moon bay. and it's only going to get stronger from. they're really going to peak an

abbott elementary star sheryl lee, ralph performed lift every voice and sing of the song.urse, the dubbed as the black national anthem and baby face saying america, the beautiful well, they did not win. but first lady jill biden made it clear. >> who she was rooting for tonight tweeting this video sporting her eagles president biden added cheeky response to a video saying as your president, i'm not picking favorites. but as jill biden's husband fly eagles fly so much for that. at home. the forty-niners might not have made it to the super bowl, but the bay area was still watching. of course, a good day to check out the big game at stadium pob in walnut creek. the bar was positively packed with patrons of i was, of course, more subdued than it would be if the niners were playing fans, though, still had a lot to say after the chiefs big win. >> it was a great game. in all honesty. was where so i just say i'm angry. all i can say is patrick mahomes curls. we're looking also happy about the outcome your happy about it. >> what the referencing there's time here are photographer

i saw you on the red carpet with sheryl lee ralph and everyone else.ewing celebrities and dancing with rihanna. i tell you what, it's all great. >>> now we'll go to brittany bell from our new york station wabc. over to you. from me and julia. >> thank you, michael. looking forward to more of your singing, but now we're watching some of the snow, and this is in stevens pass, washington. and they have five feet on the ground so far. we're watching two different storm systems. check out all these storm alerts. 19 states under alert, and that includes winter weather alerts, also high wind alerts as well. looking at the storm system, tracking things out, and this moves off to the heartland bringing rainfall. with the second one we're focused on that one for severe weather. late wednesday, that will stretch from dallas to little rock all the way to memphis. a potential for a some tornadoes, and then thursday, that threat is more expansive. it's stretching from new orleans, jackson, all the way to columbus and cleveland, and they could see the potential for d

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tomorrow night, you're going to see chris stapleton singing the national anthem, baby face, sheryl lee ralphof faces. there's something for everybody. i think rihanna, she's going to knock it out of the park, knock it out of the stadium. >> very good, and i'll hold you to that super bowl prediction. i won't ask you who's going to win the game, rihanna, no question about it is going to score huge tomorrow night. chloe melas, thank you very much, appreciate it. >>> tonight, canada says it ordered a high altitude object to be shot down over canadian airspace. it comes just a day after the u.s. shot down another object over alaska. more on this to come. stay with us. you're live in the cnn newsroom. well, there is a smarter way to) save. (einstein) oh?! (cecily) switch to verizon! (vo) that''s right. for a limited time get verizon unlimited for just $25 a line, guaranteed for 3 yeaears. (einstein) brilliant! (vo) only on verizon. welcomto my digestive system. with align probiotic. when your gut bacteria is out of balance. you may feel it. but just one align daily helps promote a balanced gut and

before kickoff, sheryl lee ralph performed lift every voice and sing, the black national anthem. meltdown over the inclusion of a rallying cry for liberty for black americans. lauren boebert pre-emptively complained about what national anthem while marjorie taylor greene whined about the wokism of it all. in a league where nearly 70% of the players are black, actually, the ishould be singing that song, but anywhom. meanwhile at a time when women's bodily ought omany is under siege, reani used her platform to break the internent and announce her second pregancy. it was also an occasion for the nfl to pat itself on the back to do the bare minimum when it comes to promoting diversity and inclusion. prominently featuring calls to end racism even as kansas city fans brought a litany of racist iconography. and then of course, there were the ads which in my humble opinion were really not that great this year. but two from a group called he gets us really stood out. telling viewers to be childlike, and urging us to look past our differences with a tagline, jesus loved the people we hate.

emmy award-winning actress sheryl lee. ralph perform lift every voice and sing. >> wall acclaimed musician and songwriter chris stapleton gave us his rendition of the national anthem. i think you're going to like your new knows miss and let's not forget the commercials. i'm steve as an actor. it's my job to make people believe that what they're seeing ads featuring big name celebrities like snoop dogg and will farrell. >> all right. well, that was reporting. now the forty-niners mine and i made it to the super bowl. but the bay area, we still represent it because history was made with the first all female flyover crew during the national you realize that? yeah, that's cool. even had a san jose native james. this is lieutenant commander kelly zimmerman. she was one of the air crew supporting that flyover as a member is a graduate of lee high school in 2007. so she was up in the sky about that. did you have any of favorite commercials that you yeah. there are a handful that were pretty funny. well, one a ram truck ev >> but the wh

emmy award-winning actress sheryl lee. ralph perform lift every voice and sing. >> wall acclaimed musician and songwriter chris stapleton gave us his rendition of the national anthem. i think you're going to like your new knows miss and let's not forget the commercials. i'm steve as an actor. it's my job to make people believe that what they're seeing ads featuring big name celebrities like snoop dogg and will farrell. >> well, that was carlos a reporting. now the forty-niners might not have made it to the super bowl, but the bay area, we still represent it. history was made with the first all female flyover crew during the national anthem. did you know i did not know that at the time. so that's pretty fantastic. and i guess this the local did. the tenant commander kelly zimmerman was one of the air crew supporting a flyover. she's a graduate of lee high school in 2007. and that's a lot of girl has in the half. time over is always fun to watch that school. that was a historic one of the super bowl. they have really was a lot of

a national audience had its spirits lifted with song actress sheryl lee ralph rendition of lift every voice and sing so emotional and impactful. the songs and anthems prior to kickoff brought one coach to tears. here we go. once the gridiron clash was underway . for many, it was time to key in on what took place off the field. the super bowl for decades now has really become a social event. um very much so, like we see internationally with the world cup and the olympic games, the super bowl really that the men on the field who played the game have somewhat become a side dish to what has become the main dish from cultural icons such as snoop dogg showing they can do anything and sell everything titans of industry enjoying the spectacle. there was a beer commercial. that wasn't what it appeared only mentioning the sponsor after saying its rivals name multiple times and this ad shining a light on the emergence sport of women's touch football , and how not even family can steal the show. but the big talker came when the players were in the locker room. from the rafters singer rihanna send

. ♪ color from two black quarterbacks for the chiefs and eagles to sheryl lee ralph singing the blackl anthem. of course, rihanna stole the show with her halftime show performance, and that's not the only reason either. joining us now is billy bush with extra tv billy, how you doing? hello andre. alright so, so, billy, let's talk about rihanna. oh let's talk a little about rihanna because she came out with the she'd probably the most covered up performance that we've seen on the super bowl. in some time. it was a fantastic performance. tell us what you thought about it as you're as you're watching it. it's been a while since we've seen her perform. you know, it just erupted in the room where i was watching. everyone's like, oh, my gosh. is she pregnant? she pregnant? you can't tweet. is she pregnant? you can't say on radio ship pregnant. you're gonna get thrown out of the room. you're gonna throw it out of life. this is very touchy times. we live in good for her to come right off the stage and basically make the announcement right then and there, but she told nate burleson, who used t

that's actress sheryl lee ralph and emmy award winning singer who sang lift every voice and saying itrd straight year. the nfl included what is known as the black national anthem in pregame festivities, charlie rouse said that song was first performed publicly 123 years ago and that it was her great honor to perform it before the super bowl. during the halftime show. it was rihanna's long away to return to live performance, and she throwed her fans at the super bowl. you knew every word . didn't you have it? rihanna sang. she danced to several of her hits like umbrella, diamonds and work, she said the hardest part of the show was fitting her 18 year catalog into a 13 minutes set. she also said, well , she made a big announcement indirectly after the show, her representative confirmed rihanna is pregnant with her second child. well, the super bowl celebrated 50 years of women and naval aviation with that. and all female flight team performing the pregame flyover at state farm stadium in glendale, arizona, featured planes from three tactical aircraft squadrons and 10 female pilots. one