tommy smith.ant to present you with your own wheaties box today. >> reporter: in the documentary "with drawn arms" -- >> we heard that you have always had a dream of being on this box. we wanted to make sure that you had the opportunity to see your face and likeness on this box. >> reporter: an intimate moment for all to see an olympic champion overcome with emotion. >> hopefully this is a small token of the legacy that you've led. >> reporter: recognition more than 50 years in the making. >> take a look. there you go. >> reporter: wheaties, the breakfast of champions, announced this week that it would honor san jose state university track star tommy smith with a limited edition cereal box with all proceeds going to the naacp. >> that is the front of it. cute little guy there. and on the back, on the back it's this. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, we spoke to the famed athlete activist about his podium protest at the 1968 mexico city olympics after he won the 200 meter sprint. >> i wanted

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tommy smith.ant to present you with your own wheaties box today. >> reporter: in the documentary "with drawn arms". >> we heard you have always had a dream of being on this box. we wanted to make sure that you had the opportunity to see your face and likeness on this box. >> reporter: an intimate moment for all to see. an olympic champion overcome with emotion. >> hopefully this is a small token of the legacy that you've led. >> reporter: recognition more than 50 years in the making. >> take a look. there you go. >> reporter: wheaties, the breakfast of champions, announced this week that it would honor san jose state university track star tommy smith with a limited edition cereal box with all proceeds going to the naacp. >> that is the front of it. that cute little guy there. and on the back, on the back it's this. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, we spoke to the famed athlete activist about his podium protest at the 1968 mexico city olympics after he won the 200 meter sprint. >> and i want

tommy smith will be on the box. one has an iconic image of raising his first in the air in the national anthem at the 1968 summer olympics. john carlos took part in the podi podium want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most reliable network. sure thing! and with fast nationwide 5g included at no extra cost. we've got you covered. so join the carrier rated #1 in customer satisfaction. and get a new samsung galaxy starting at $17 a month. learn more at xfinitymobile.com or visit your local xfinity store today. >>> good evening. big problems for the warriors, james wiseman out with a wrist injury. kevon loony limped off with an ankle injury against boston. outside, it's france. inside, it's oakland forever. steph curry, misses a floater. training a three. lit it up in the first half. had 22 points and would finish with 38. to the loony injury. rolled his left angle under the basket. woul

during the medal ceremony he raised his fist alongside teammate tommy smith.modern american history. john carlos went on to become a professional football player, high school track coach and activist. and he was awarded several honorary doctorates. jack brewer played four different teams in the nfl. after his retirement he went on to become a successful businessman and he supported president trump, a member of black voices for trump, and was involved in the opportunity zones project designed to reduce poverty and create jobs in communities of color. both men join me now. and john and jack, when people ask me how i want to recognize black history month on "the faulkner focus" i say watch the program today because i want to bring incredible icons of history together with those people who are working so hard in all communities of color and outside of that. so that's why you guys are here together. i want to start with you, john. we had an incredible conversation leading up to this and i asked why did you raise your fist as you stood on that podium as a medal winn

one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, at mexican olympics, winning gold, stood with tommy smith and both raised fists as sign of black power. >> it's amazing we're fighting the same issues today. as i fought 53 years ago. still you sit back and say we've been fighting this issue 553 years. it's to the point now where young individuals are so much more aware of the atrocities that have been applied to him. >> hear more coming up on "nbc nightly news." >> started at san jose state. >>> update to the breaking news at valley fair mall. stay with us. >>> update on the breaking news at valley fair mall in south bay. nbc bay area sky ranger is head. san jose police telling us a man was threatening a shooting, streaming on social media about shooting up a mall. police tracked his location and saw he was inside valley fair. we want to be clear, no shooting ever occurred, but there's still heavy police presence at mall right now. man in custody without anyone getting hurt. valley fair mall in the south bay. >>> coming up at 6:00, we recycle food but what about fashion? working to keep unu

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anthony, tommy smith and the victory stand as a militant act. >>it was not a militant at it was the only way i could show my allegiance to a country which represent freedom representative democracy represented culture the gesture touched off a firestorm the pair was proud of their silent protest the u.s. olympic committee was not. >>after being immediately sent home smith recalls of toxic environment that touched every aspect of his life and school tonight because afraid to go to school during the day because received death threats as with many athletic protest. smith recalls being unjustly vilified misunderstood with it was a platform. that's ray we were not there fight only the negativity. >>of how we were treated smith would finish his degree. he would later teach at levels from elementary school to the university through that time the country began to change. >>people saw the protests differently for decades later settles a state unveil this statue of the pair it would be over a decade still before the u.s. olympic committee saw the error in

the general mills brand celebrating athlete activist tommie smith.fist in protest of racial inequality in 1968 during the olympic games. smith was a world champion runner who. tended san jose state university, his limited edition wheaties box will be sold online, only sales will go to the naacp. we're starting to get a sneak peek at some of the super bowl ads, and one of them has dolly parton reimagining one of her biggest hits. working to nine. you've got passion and the vision does its husband time whole new way to make a living. that's dolly parton is re recording of 9 to 5. she partnered with the website building companies, squarespace, the company says the new song 5 to 9 is meant to celebrate the hours that gig workers spend on their so called side hustles. barton says she wanted to take part in the ad to inspire the next generation of entre. the door's coming up in sports. stefan the warriors battle one of the nba's best teams from the east mark has the highlights of the match up with the celtics. next then on the 11 o'clock news, a $1 million

. >> reporter: this is tommy smith and giancarlos at the 1968 olympics, head down, fists held high, blacktention to black poverty, beads to protest lynchings. >> what was happening in the country at that time >> basically civil unrest, and i think we were reckoning with ours in terms of saying enough is enough. >> reporter: it was a protest that follows dwreered of pain from freed dom rides to the assassination of martin luther king now years later. >> many of the incidents we speak out againsdirectly affect us. >> reporter: she's leveraging her n stow power in the fight for equal pay and equajustice. are you all surprised that you are essentially fighting the same fight for equality more than 50 years apart? >> it's amazing we are fighting the same issues today. >> you know, so one could say, oh, there's black athletes, you know, there's black presidents, black coaches. but who's hiring these black athletes >> that's right. >> who's putting these people in these positions? th if those people don't reflect the society we're in, the job is not gettin black athletes in pa have always been o

one side features tommy smith running in his san jose state uniform. other shows the iconic image of him raising his fist in the air during the national anthem at the 1968 summer olympics. bill spar ton and john carlos also took part in the podium protest. there's a statue honoring the two men on the san jose campus. >>> a livingston, new jersey resident made this time lapsed video showing 19 inches of know piling up on the deck between sunday night and yesterday morning. the nor'easter caused flooding in other parts of that region. >> oh, oh. oh, my. >> that looked a little bit too much for the snow blower to use to clear out. that's going to be a back-breaking arduous task. i don't envy them whatsoever. you ever shoveled snow? you get all hot and sweaty when it's below freezing out site. it's just awful at times. a look at the northeast. you can see we have a little bit of snow left over there. it's going to unwind that storm as we head throughout the day. our storm still well to the north. you can see mountain snow in the valley. light to moderate r

tommy smith will be on a commemorative box and one side features him running in his san jose state uniform other the iconic image of him raising his fist in the air during the national anthem at the 1968 summer olympics. john carlos also took part in the podium protest. there is a statue honoring the two men on the san jose state campus. >>> apple is finding a way you unlock your iphone with face i.d. while wearing a mask. the new feature will require you have an apple watch. all you need to do is have an unlocked watch and then look at your phone as usual, and it will open up. the update is expected to be available in a few weeks. currently when your phone sees you're wearing a mask it triggers the pass code entry. i guess that's just too much to deal with. >> i hate to complain about this, but it kind of is for me. >> is it, friend? >> i don't know why i get really embarrassed. i put my phone on the thing, and then i, like, center my face to tell me i can't and then it takes a second and then the person behind me is getting irritated and then i'm trying to put in my code. >> you doing to