viola davis, recognized in the icon category of influential people. she talked about what the honor means. plexus inspiring. it makes me feel like, you know what, i need to live up to the honor. it puts it into the forefront of my mind that i have to live a life bigger than myself. i could just listen to her talk. she has such a soothing voice. many of her speeches she just gives him a moment. she's all about living in the moment, stuff like that, we love our viola davis. kendrick lamar, the fifth artist ever to have 14 spots at one time of the billboard hot 100 chart. sit down, be humble, sit down, be humble, j third to first. he is now in the company of the beatles, drake, and justin bieber. the beatles had to work a lot harder for that back in the day, you didn't have the internet or access to the music is quickly, but that's a shows have big to beatles were back in the day. still a huge accomplishment for those artists. congratulations to them. there you guys go, now you are in the now, time for your 60 second express. >> with a nuclear payload ca

honoree viola davis brought her husband and our favorite influencer of the night, ryan reynolds who brought his mom, and wife blake lively, to celebrate. and katie couric's husband. >> probably talking to blake lively or something. >> can't blame him. >> i don't blame him yeah, i do blame him. >>> well, also in new york last night, we got to see another one of our favorite couples justin timer laik and jessica biel. >>> jessica may have worked the red carpet solo last night to promote a new project. but you can be sure, it was still a date night. her hubby of four years, not far behind. >> she's really excited for me. he's been such a huge supporter of this all along. >> jessica, wearing an asymmetrical, conservative meets sexy tweed dress. justin, in blue, topped with a beanie. >> he's seen me in a very different light. >> i think there's something wrong with me. >> it was totally different from what i have done in the past. >> jessica is making a return to television after nearly 14 years, with a shocking departure from her days as a preacher's daughter on "7th heaven." >> i'm sorry. >> i

. >> like viola davis. >> jimmy: i love viola davis. >> it's like completely normal.they're just as excited to meet you. and you're like, "no, no, you have like an oscar." like -- >> jimmy: no, i -- >> you're not supposed to be excited about me. >> jimmy: i have pictures of you with people. >> oh! >> jimmy: some with katie couric. >> katie! >> jimmy: she's awesome. >> oh, my gosh. >> jimmy: super funny too. >> that was funny, too, because she took this picture and they were showing a refugee film. and she was like, i don't think it's appropriate to take a a selfie during the refugee film. so we just sat there. and we like, "oh, that's messed up. [ light laughter ] okay, let's get this selfie real quick." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: opportune time. >> great, like -- >> jimmy: then have you -- >> oh, okay! let me tell you, this man, oh, ryan reynolds. i love you. [ cheers and applause ] yo, did you see where this is on the railing? him and his wife, his cool wife, blake, yo, that's my home girl, yo. [ cheers and applause ] she is the home girl. like one of the -- i mean, you

if you look at the people on the list, we have a musician, john legend, entertainers like viola davisphilanthropists like melinda gates. theoes to show how broad influencers are that we cover. tim: who is the most surprising person to make the cut, as far as you are concerned? >> one of the people who is a surprising is sandra day o'connor, former supreme court justice, no longer on the bench. and what is really interesting about her, is as justice sotomayor writes about in her blurb, she has become more influential outside the supreme court because she has decided to get into civic education, and she created a video-game nonprofit to teach students how to get involved in civic s education and it is one of the most widely adopted middle school curricula in the country. tim: it is always fun to look at and people not on the list get very cross about it, i'm sure. thank you very much. >> thank you. tim: adele grabbed the headlines and five awards of the grammys, but it was a remarkable might for another young british musician, jacob collier, creates a distinctive sound at his mother's h

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this eclectic mix of names also includes olympic gymnastic champion simone biles and the actress viola davis. >>> nbc4 is working with a fairfax county group that's trying to end homelessness, and celebrating a big turn-out at its spring fund-raiser. they've been helping low income families and individuals for 30 years. they fed and house the 280 people during the winter months. the hot meals program operates all year round. but the organization also helps with job training, career counselling and tutoring for the children of those facing challenges. >> facets has caring case workers, case you, care for you, show you love. and the good thing about it, some of them went through what i went through. >> facets uses a housing first strategy with its clients, making sure they have a safe place to live long-term before moving on to address other challenges. >>> an old railcar finds there is life after metro. >> instead of being junked and sold as scrap metal, this retired subway car is getting a makeover now. an artist from new york city is chopping up the decommissioned 4 4,000 series railcar at

. >> it also includes simone biles, pope francis, and viola davis. >>> dozens of people had to be rescued in fact from the high water and the flooding situation here. >> take a look at the water there. up to car windows and right now they're kind of wading through that. three women were trapped inside a burger king in the shopping center there. they did make it out alive, but they did lose everything they had with them. >> i'm cold. my phone is destroyed. i don't have no blanket, no jacket, no nothing. i don't know what to do. >> i'd consider myself lucky and i'm sure they do. it looked bad in ohio. chec the midwest was slammed by lightning, thunder, and sheets of rain. no reports of serious damage or injuries. >> i don't think they have any reprieve coming anytime soon. i think their forecast is still rainy. i think they've got more rain coming for them today. >> the good thing is they have really dried out for a while. there are still storms that are going to be moving through. we have a round of showers and storms as we go through the afternoon today. don't put away with the umbrella j

. >> reporter: chris jenner, viola davis, taraji p. henson, hollywood's elite posting about d.c.' them to tmz. >> we have to look out for all of us. >> reporter: the reality, there was no spike in disappearances. rather d.c. police launched a social media campaign back in march, and that effort sparked an unintended reaction. now city leaders, including the services, are coming together, not just to set the record straight, but also to help find missing children. >> we really appreciate all the attention and the spotlight that has been shown on our kids who are missing. certainly we know the response can't be any one particular agency or certainly not even government alone. and definitely not just the metropolitan police department. it is gonna take a community-wide effort. >> news4 was there when local child and family welfare agencies came together to launch mayor bowser's six-point plan to combat the problem. >> whatever recommendations we put into place, we want to make sure there's accountability to that as well. >> our series continues tomorrow on news4 today with a look at

. >> viola davis, tiriji hen der sen. now talking about them tmz. >> we have to look out for all of us. >> the reality, there was no spike in disappearances. rather, d.c. police launched a social media campaign back in march and that effort sparked an unintended reaction. now city leaders, including the director of child and family services, are coming together, not just to set the record straight but to help find the missing children. >> we appreciate the attention and spotlight shown on our kids who are missing. certainly we know that the response can't be any one particular agency or certainly not even government alone and definitely not just metropolitan police department. it is going to take a community wide effort. when local child and family agencies came together to launch the mayor's six-point plan. >> whatever we put into place we want to make sure there's an accountability piece to that as well. >> next month mayor bowser will get those recommendations. the keeping our kids safe series continues tomorrow with a

. >>> chris jenner, viola davis, tirajip. henson. talking about them to tmz. >> we have to look out for all of us. >> the reality, there was no spike in disappearances. rather, d.c. police launched a social media campaign back in march and that effort sparked an unintended reaction. now city leaders including the director of child and family services are coming together, not just to set the record straight but also to help find missing children. >> we really appreciate all the attention and the spotlight that has been shown on our kids who are missing. certainly we know that the response can't be any one particular agency or certainly not even government alone and definitely not just metropolitan police department. it is going to te wide effort. >> news 4 was there when local child and family welfare agencies came together to launch mayor muriel bowser's six point plan to combat the problem. >> whatever we put in place, we want to ensure that there's an accountability piece to that as well. >> now next month mayor bowser will get tho

but after celebrities like viola davis and l.l.l j re-tweeted the alerts, the story went viral, fueling concerns that d.c. had a sudden epidemic of missing kids. >> we can't go nowhere by ourselves, because we're out here worried about someone trying to take us. >> reporter: the story turned out to be largely overblown. not only was there not a spike in missing children, but 2016 saw fewer kids go missing than the year before. however, washington, d.c. acting police chief peter newsham doesn't regret using social media to highlight these cases. >> it took on some legs that we hadn't anticipated, but i do think that it was an eye-opener for a lot of people, to see how many young people we do have that run away. >> reporter: newsham also says that nearly all the missing kids are located. >> we find 99% of those kids. i think the awareness that has come about as a result of this, though, is a lot of people are asking the question, "why are they leaving in the first place?" and the other question, which is really important to get to th

viola davis is trying to bring her to the screen for an hbo movie. when she won & emmy award in september, 2015, she paraphrased tubman's words to advocate on behalf of black actresses. quote, in my mind i see a line and over that line i see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me. over that line, but i can't seem to get there no how. i can't steam get over that line. davis went on to say that was harriet tubman in the 1800s and let me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. . in march, 2017, she will appear as a regular on the gn series underground for those uh watching it although sadly i haven't seen the new series but the promos do show her carrying a rifle rather than a pistol. so, mercy street has many more hornz consulting on it. but although she was featured in the 2012 abraham link on vampire hunter although i have a special weakness for this, my friend tony krisher in was quite rightly outraged that this movie would be the first m

and viola davis gave a heartfelt toast to fellow honorees. >> i lift my glass to everyone in this roomd to live a life bigger than yourself, and i applaud you and i am honored to be in this room with you. thank you. >> notably absent from the room, five members of the trump administration including president who were named on the list. our charlie rose sumped up the event and the people being honored. >> but i think they tray to reflect a sense of community at large in terms of media, in terms of male/female, in terms of diversity, regional diversity. >> i feel like "time 100" is like dinner at charlie rose? >> oh, yes, it is. except the menu is pizza and hamburgers. >> the list featured more controversial people than in the past like kim assange. nancy gibbs called it complicated saying there was a different kind of depth and dimension in their thinking this year. both of you said this on the red carpet. it's not necessarily that the people that you like or the people that you admire. it's the people that are the most influential. >> you always say who do you want to meet. you don't w

the list which is not ranked also includes the likes of melinda gate, viola davis, gretchen carlson, arterback tom brady. >>> the tribeca film festival getting under way in fork and jennifer hudson performing at a special concert to pay tribute to music mogul clive davis whose documentary premiered last night. >>> and finally one team mascot going above and beyond at college baseball game in florida. take a look at this. the mascot named albert gator is shielding a young fan from a foul ball, take another look. he takes that hit directly in the snout. i think right between the eyes. but he did let us know that it hurt so the boy, look at this. the boy is going to spring into action performing cpr. of course, the gator had plenty of padding, everybody, in case you were concerned that albert was injured. lots of padding. he wasn't hurt, lara, maybe he just needed some bodacious corn. >> yes. >> it all comes back to the corn. >> this just in, we have breaking news, bodacious corn has very large kernels and it's extra sweet. >> good to know. >>. [ applause ] >> a little extra in "pop news

that will viola davis with the role she has take win fences, speeches that she has given during the awards. all right. we have to read more about them. >> maybe stuff we don't know. >> the president of the united states is on in there, one of the 100, ivanka trump, emma stone, ed sheeran, really, alicia keys, donald glover, leslie jones, is that -- tom brady, labron james, simone biles. >> also, jordan peel, who came out with get out. that, a lot of people talking about, that how good it was, how it was commentary, social commentary. >> it is only 100 people. >> yes. >> how many people live on the earth? >> i wonde wonder if it is onlyn the u.s. language american he will isn't on there. >> i think all of the people we named were here in the u.s. >> that's because we're the number one country in the world. >> oh. >> so, we will read more about it. >> 8:12, is this video what it seems, al next. >> we talk about this yesterday. people are furious after mom and dad prank their son. but there may be more to it. how the parents are now defending themselves. we know they put another video out yes

as are academy award winning actresses like emma stone, viola davis who have used their platform to call for equal pay in hollywood. the fact that women at the top of their field feel the repercussions of this issue speaks to its pervasiveness. women from the boardroom to the factory floor and in every industry in every state are hurt by the wage gap. the biggest issue of our time is that people are not making enough to live in. they are jobs that just don't pay them enough money. pay and equity does not just affect women, aeffects children, families, and our economy as a whole. and that is because women in this country are the sole or co- breadwinner in half of families with children today. first introduced the paycheck fairness act in 1997, almost 20 years ago. it made real progress in the fight to eliminate the gender wage gap and help families. the act ensures that employers who try to justify paying a man more than a woman for the same job must show the disparity that is not sex based but job related and necessary. it prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who discus

(nat)robert duvall has joined viola davis and the cast of the thriller, "widows," directed by "twelvears a slave's" steve mcqueen. colin farrell and liam neeson are also on board. based on a british mini- series, the movie centers on the wives of four armed thieves who were killed during a failed robbery. the widows come together to finish the job -- with a little help from duvall's character.in hollywood, i'm douglas hyde. (james) coming up... a showdown in federal court in san francisco between santa clara county and the trump administration. what the county is fighting the president for. and.. it's known as "the mother of all bombs"... what president trump is saying about using it for the 1st time in battle. and rain this weekend. your forecast coming up. and here's a we're coming up on 4-30... here are the big stories we're working on for you this morning... the search is on for ashes that were stolen from a rental car. hours after a family in mourning touched down into san francisco. the victim died of a sudden heart attack. and his wife and daughter wanted to spread his ashes in

viola davis. >> and harry styles direction star turned solo artist opens up about his relationship withience. he said when i see photos from that day, i think relationships are hard at any age, and adding that you don't really understand exactly how it works when you're 18. trying to navigate all that stuff didn't make it easier. so are her songs really about harry? he says he doesn't know but admits they're really great. >> wow. >> sounds like he needs a pair of cargo shorts relationships. >> what? >> a relationship of cargo shorts. >> something. >> all right. >> huh? >> i don't know. >> thank you. >> let's go to the weather. >> relationships and weather is hard. very difficult. you can see wet weather making its way into the pacific northwest. strong storms from the dakotas all the way into iowa and wet weather along the mid atlantic at severe weather. we're looking from des moines to davenpo davenport. golf ball sized hail. a few tornadoes and even 60 miles per hour winds. fire danger continues through the southwest because it's been try drive there. the april warmth continues in the

other women that people recognize, viola davis, reese witherspoon, ariche slecicia ke. >>> harry stylesin an interview, the singer calls the past relationship a learning experience. he said, when i see photos from that day, i think relationships are hard at any age. and adding in, you don't exactly understand how it works when you're 18, trying to navigate that stuff didn't make itti easier. are taylor's songs about harry? he opportunity know. but they're real lly great. >> sounds like he needs cargo short relationships. >> what? >> a relationship of cargo shorts. >> something, something. >> huh? >> i don't know. >> thank you. >> he saud it, not me. >>> let's do the weather. >> i should just stay there. relationships and weather is hard. very difficult. you can see wet weather making its way into the pacific northwest. strong storms coming from the dakotas, all the way into iowa. and wet weather along the mid-atlantic states. we have an enhanced risk of severe weather. looking from des moines to davenport. but a wider swath, golf ball-sized hail. a few tornadoes and we're looking at 60-

can see behind me, here are the five covers they have released, including as we go to my screen, viola davisnner. m marlyn streep writing about it. and we have senator elizabeth warren here earlier this week, writing about warren's battles with the big banks. and we have a special inside the magazine, there's simone biles, written by less lee jones who calls the olympian extraordinary and inspiring. and russell crow writing about less leslie, saying she's the best comedian of all time. and you'll see ivanka trump and jared kushner. if you want the complete list, we have it for you. it's the "time" 100 list at today.com. >> it's cool. i like to see what celebrities write about other celebrities. always good to read. #singcopatoday. we need it number one, people. this is so important. do it for us. do it for the children. >> do it for america. >> do it for america. >>> and we have iconic barry ♪ predictable. the comfort in knowing where things are headed. because as we live longer... and markets continue to rise and fall... predictable is one thing you need in retirement to help protect what y

the stars included viola davis, ryan reynolds and leslie jones., at the intersection of accomplishment and acclaim. icons of all walks of life, expanding our views of how we see the world. you are one of "time's" most influential people. who was the most influential person in your life? >> my mom. she taught me how to be a woman. she's my first example. >> reporter: what would she think about you sitting here with these accolades, your mother. >> i have one of those mothers that says, i have five other children. i don't have just one child. >> probably mom is influential. she's standing behind -- right there. hi, there. yeah. there she is. she's one of the most influential people in my life, for sure. she raised four men. four boys that became men. and you know, there's every right to end each of those relationships in a messy stabbing death. >> definitely my parents. my mother and my father. i can't pick one without the other. you know, my dad was the reason that i'm funny. my mom was the reason i'm a hard worker. >> my parents. without a doubt.

. # last year, viola davis were on the cusp of success when they and their manager were killed in a roadies bidding. with me now is that mike, the head of cultural services here in pembrokeshire. we are quite short time. why saint davids? it is so tiny. surely it cannot possibly be a city of culture question mark i think it can. it has a unique proposition. we have a world—class coastline behind us, beautiful and amazing magnificent heritage. just something completely different from all the other cities across the uk. what we offer is going to be transformational, it will be innovative, it will be something that will blow the minds of people andi that will blow the minds of people and i think everybody needs to get behind us to make that happen. can i have one big event, one big thing that you hope to achieve that as a city of culture? we will have a huge number of events. the main thing, rather than one thing, the thing is the inclusivity of this programme. much as things that people think about, theatre, opera, art, culture is for every body. people who skateboarder doing culture, peop