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four's noelle bellow talked with east bay congresswoman barbara lee, who led the effort to create the coins. >> soon you could be holding an historic coin in your hands. my angeles become the first black woman to appear on the u.s. quarter. us meant to begin shipping the coins this week. i'm just excited because, >> you know, so many who have contributed 2 the building of this country and so many ways the public only sees skies the family that is and now they'll be able to see when women of color and our first coin our beloved doctor. maya angelou, east bay congresswoman barbara lee led the bill to create the first american women quarters program. >> angelou is the first of 6 women honorees. who's coins will be in circulation through 2025. she's pictured with her arms uplifted and a bird in flight behind her. the way she depicted in the quarter. >> it's so appropriate because she wasn't gather. she focused a lot on the black community and and connecting people. san francisco state professor of africana studies doctor dorothy sarah >> interviewed by angelou back in the 80's. she says a

joining me to discuss, congresswoman barbara lee. thank you for your time. i'll start with the immediate right following the supreme court's decision to let the abortion law stay in place for now. justice sotomayor wrote in her dissent a disaster for the rule of law and a grave disservice to women in texas with the right to control their own bodies. weigh in on this decision from the court. >> thank you, alicia. first of all, glad to be with you this afternoon, and i think what we have to recognize is that two-thirds of the public want to uphold roe versus wade, first of all. secondly, whether you agree or not to abortion here, it's a woman's right, and the supreme court justice sotomayor was absolutely correct. it's your right to control your own bodies and make your own personal health care decisions. politicians should not do that. so that is why we're ready, if the supreme court rules to overturn roe versus wade by the cases before them, come probably june, we have the women's health protection act, which congresswoman judy chu had the vision to see wher

congresswoman. >> barbara lee. thank i play it night. other news now and a big breakthrough for the more than 6 million americans living with alzheimer's disease is now at risk. >> last year, the food and drug administration approved a a controversial drug for the treatment of alzheimer's. it's called out to help. but the centers for medicare and medicaid services now considering cutting medicare coverage for the drug people would have to pay out of pocket because now it only wants to cover the drug. in clinical trials approved by the cms itself or by the national institutes of health. that's a limited amount of people getting this. certainly folks in clinical trials and it's concerning for. but and claudia of year, they live in oakland at 53 years old, but is living with alzheimer's and is currently in a trial. the couple says the medicine has given them life back. >> we do know that. he seems to be in better spirits. >> he's, you know, we're both just enjoying life. a lot more and it's a lot. let's a lot more peace of mind. and that st

thursday is oakland congresswoman barbara lee. she joins us live now. >> with more. congresswoman, thanks for joining us. i want to start before we get into what you're going to actually do on thursday by reminding people. what happened a year ago and some have tried to dismiss this or play down what happened that the police allowed protesters to walk into the capitol. it wasn't that big of a deal. you are inside the capitol that day. tell us what happened. several people died. what was going on where you were when this riot was taking place. >> thanks so much. nice being with you both this and let me tell you, there's so many trying to revise history. i was sitting right there in the chamber. when it in fact, and this was an attempted coup. these insurrectionists were trying to get into the chamber. i had to evacuate first. we had to put on. we were told we might have to put on our gas masks, which is kind of like normal right for and be prepared to hit the floor. because they were heading so closely to the speaker's lobby which is right outside the chambers. the se

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maya angelou, east bay congresswoman barbara lee led the bill to create the first american women quarters program. >> angelou is the first of 6 women honorees. who's coins will be in circulation through 2025. she is pictured with her arms uplifted and a bird in flight behind her. the way she is depicted in the quarter. >> it's so appropriate because she wasn't gather. she focused a lot on the black community and and connecting people. san francisco state professor of africana studies doctor dorothy sarah >> interviewed by angelou back in the 80's. she says angela's works are still pivotal in her classes. >> my students have followed her career. of course, and the pledge practically in the classroom is our pollen. and still i rise in addition to being a legendary poet, angelou was a performer and civil rights activist. she was also the first female african-american cable car conductor and san francisco to know cantu was to love or congresswoman lee says angeles writing inspired countless americans and fueled greater understanding across our nation. >> she says honoring her on us currency.

kron four's noelle bellow spoke with the east bay congresswoman barbara lee, who led the effort to create the points. >> soon you could be holding an historic coin in your hands. my angeles become the first black woman to appear on the u.s. quarter. us meant to begin shipping the coins this week. i'm just excited because, >> you know, so many who have contributed to the building of this country and so many ways the public only sees skies the pilot that is and now they'll be able to see when women of color and our first coin our beloved doctor. maya angelou, east bay congresswoman barbara lee led the bill to create the first american women quarters program. >> angelou is the first of 6 women honorees. who's coins will be in circulation through 2025. she is pictured with her arms uplifted and a bird in flight behind her. the way she depicted in the quarter. >> it's so appropriate because she wasn't gather. she focused a lot on the black community and and connecting people. san francisco state professor of africana studies doctor dorothy sarah >> interviewed by angelou back in the 80's. she

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kron four's noelle bellow talk with the east bay congresswoman barbara lee, who let the effort to create the coins. >> soon you could be holding an historic coin in your hands. my angeles become the first black woman to appear on the u.s. quarter. us meant to begin shipping the coins this week. i'm just excited because, >> you know, so many who have contributed 2 the building of this country and so many ways the public only sees the limit that is and now they'll be able to see when women of color and our first coin our beloved doctor. maya angelou, east bay congresswoman barbara lee led the bill to create the first american women quarters program. >> angelou is the first of 6 women honorees. who's coins will be in circulation through 2025. she's pictured with her arms uplifted and a bird in flight behind her. the way she depicted in the quarter. >> it's so appropriate because she wasn't gather. she focused a lot on the black community and and connecting people. san francisco state professor of africana studies doctor dorothy, sir, rouda. >> interviewed by angelou back in the 80's. she sa

. >>> congresswoman barbara lee was at the capitol today. in an interview she told us she had been hearing about potential unrest and said her radar was up before the attack. >> 2 and 2 together not knowing what would take place but knowing something would go down and never thinking what went down would be this violent and tragic but i actually wore my tennis shoes that day because i just knew there were possibilities that i didn't want to think about but i was going to be there to witness the peaceful transfer of power is one of the leadership members on the leadership team. so never did i think that the peaceful transfer of power would almost be thwarted through an attempted coup. >> reporter: one years later still so many questions out there and what would you at this point most like to see answered? >> what i want to see answered first of all is those who perpetrated and planned and executed this attempted coup need to be brought to justice. nobody is above the law. i am thankful that chairman thompson and the committee is moving forward

a congresswoman barbara lee, was inside the capitol that day was forced to put on a gas mask and quickly evacuate. she is among 10 house democrats have now sued former president trump over the riot. she told me today that that matter will head to court next week. the two of us also talked about the progress thus far in the justice department's investigation. the pace of the house inquiry and where the country goes from here. we have to use every tool in our toolbox to bring these perpetrators the people who plan executed and move forward with this big live . we have to bring them to just just because this was an attack on our democracy. it was an attack on members of congress speaker the vice president, the workers and the staff, and it almost started the peaceful transfer of power heaven and let me just say chairman bennie thompson and his committee. they're doing a phenomenal job. they're going to hold public hearings. they're uncovering the facts being very objective. showing what exactly took place and i'm the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against donald trump 10 of us in fact, the law

ktvu is heather holmes talked today with east bay congresswoman barbara lee about january 6th and the deep partisan divisions about what happened that day, and heather joins us now live with more on her conversation with congresswoman lee heather. julie congresswoman lee was among the california lawmakers forced from both the house and senate chambers as they were trying to formally certified joe biden election victory that day. she described the experiences terrifying and told me she never anticipated anything like this happening. she knew there would be disagreement but not a violent attack by pro trump supporters. congresswoman lee praised the justice department's ongoing investigation to the events of january 6th. and the attorney january generals vowed today to hold accountable anyone involved. she also says that house committee members are making good progress in their investigation and that it's important for americans to know the truth. i want people to know that we're resilient, but it's very dangerous and fragile at this point, and so what do we do? we've got to get engaged,

and today kron four's noelle bellow spoke with these big congresswoman barbara lee, who led the effort to create these points. >> could be holding an historic coin in your hands. my angeles become the first black woman to appear on the u.s. quarter. >> us meant to begin shipping the coins this week. i'm just excited because, >> you know, so many who have contributed to the building of this country and so many ways the public only sees skies the family isn't that they'll be able to see when women of color and our first coin our beloved doctor. maya angelou, east bay congresswoman barbara lee led the bill to create the first american women quartersa program. >> angelou is the first of 6 women honorees. who's coins will be in circulation through 2025. she is pictured with her arms uplifted and a bird in flight behind her. the way she depicted in the quarter. >> it's so appropriate because she wasn't gather. she focused a lot on the black community and and connecting people. san francisco state professor of africana studies doctor dorothy sarah >> interviewed maya angelou back in the 80's.

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lee. and capitol police officers there trying in civil court to hold trump and some of his associates liable for the insurrection that happened on generous sixth of last year. monday the court heard the motion to dismiss basically he is weighing whether or not this could proceed. what are the boundaries of the first amendment? does this violate them? swallow and is seymour arguing, if not this what could possibly merit limits? trump's team saying what the president is in office he is immune from suits and first amendment rights are extremely broad. >> we will be watching with echoes of the next three weeks. make you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> something beautiful bauman's western outfitter in livermore we don't feature a storm in this segment but bauman sends a strong local history been family owned for 140 years. if you want to visit the beese of wild was passed check out the selection of jeans, cowboy hats, and boots. >>> that the universe show. if you want to get a

. >> reporter: commerce woman barbara lee was at the capitol that day it would formalize the win of president joe biden. she says she prepared herself for the possibility of pro- trump protests. >> or my tennis shoes that day. >> reporter: she never expected the massive, violent mob behind the january 6 insurrection. to make those that planned and executed this attempted coup need to be brought to justice. no one is above the law. >> i suffered a heart attack.>> reporter: five people died in dozens were wounded, including a former officer that suffered a traumatic brain injury and ptsd. tonight, we have the town hall, and the sergeant was also hurt.>> reporter: there were individuals chanting, take his gun and kill him with his gun. >> i realize how precious democracy is. if you want to, you to fight for it. >> reporter: vigils and rallies will be held across the country tomorrow, to mark the one-year anniversary of the insurrection. many of them will be here in california. >> this is a do or die moment as far as passing the voting rights bills that are before the senate. >> reporter: they ar

. >>> earlier today we spoke with congresswoman barbara lee who gave her account of what it was like to be in the capital on that day. >> i put two and two together, not knowing what would take place, but knowing something would go down, never thinking what went down would be this violent and tragic. i wore my tennis shoes that day , again, because i just knew that the possibility that i didn't even want to think about, but i was going to be there to witness the peaceful transfer of power, of our members on the leadership team and so, never did i think that, the peaceful transfer of power would almost be thwarted, and this was an attempted coup. >> one year later, still so many questions out there. what would you, at this point, most likely want answered? >> those who perpetrated, planned, and executed this attempted coup need to be brought to justice. no one is above the law. so, i am thankful that chairman bennie thompson and the committee is moving forward, gathering the facts. soon, there will be public hearings, and we will lay out exactly what happened, so that we will have --

lee. we have links to that on our website at kron 4 dot com. if you'd like to watch. well, the smithsonian museum is working to make sure that no one forgets the events of january 6. it's continuing its continuing to collect artifacts from the insurrection. employees began collecting items last year on january 7th, and they include a black vest worn by journalist that day. protest signs and whips and sticks that were used as weapons. museum officials say that currently there's no plan to still collecting. those are the facts. 4.22. is the time. we'll take a break. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. more information on the deadly house fire tragedy. >> in philadelphia and how it's affecting that community. we'll have more on that coming up after the break. >> well, an unthinkable tragedy in philadelphia. a dozen people, most of them children killed during a row. house fire. they're in philly. tom, the govan shows us how it happened. >> neighbors who woke to smoke and flames pouring

lee taking to twitter today calling on the president to do just that and nominate a black woman to fill justice briar seat saying, quote, no black woman has ever served on our nation's highest court. i'm calling on president biden to hold true to his campaign promise and nominate a black woman for his imminent vacancy on the court. the early short list of nominees reportedly includes federal district judge that haji brown jackson and california supreme court associate justice leandra krueger, south carolina, federal judge j mitchell michelle. i'm sorry, chiles and civil rights lawyer. cheryl and i feel. in the south bay. 3 people are recovering from stab wounds and their attacker has died after apparently. >> being struck by a vehicle kron four's. charles clifford has the details. >> well, here in san jose, 3 people are recovering from stab wounds in the suspect in this case has died. >> according to the san jose police department, they responded to the 2100 block of on the east side of san jose around 2 o'clock in the morning, they found 3 people in a residents suffering from stab woun

barbara lee eric swalwell mark the and mike thompson. >> governor gavin newsom has refused to grant parole to robert f kennedy's assassin, sirhan sirhan in his decision. governor newsome says her han poses an unreasonable threat to public safety hahn will be scheduled for a new parole hearing. no later than february 2023, his defense attorney said he will ask a judge to overturn newsom's decision. robert kennedy was shot and killed in june of 1968, in los angeles just moments after he claimed victory in california's pivotal democratic presidential primary hahn was originally sentenced to death. but that sentence was commuted to life when the california supreme court briefly outlawed capital punishment in 1972. >> some encouraging news this thursday as we take a look at the latest drought monitor map. there is no longer an exceptional drought anywhere in california. the red you see on your screen indicates extreme drought, which is a sign of improvement. so let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has been a little dry lately, we've worst pretty good with the buckets righ

in fact, east bay congresswoman barbara lee made the announcement on twitter. >> this makes the legendary poet and activist who spent much of her life right here in the san francisco bay area. the first black woman ever to appear on the coin. it is the first in the american women quarters program which will include coins featuring prominent women in american history. the mit says other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year and through 2025. as has announced that tax season is starting on monday, january 24th. that is when the agency will begin accepting and processing 2021 tax year returns. administration officials are already warning, though it's going to be a frustrating season as the agency grapples with a backlog of returns from previous years. the irs commissioner says it will do everything possible with the resources it has available the tax filing season will and on april, the 18th this year for most individuals rather than the usual deadline of april. the 15th. that's because that is as a patient day will be observed in washington, dc on the kron is shining

congresswoman barbara lee made the announcement on twitter today. this makes the legendary poet and activist who spent much of her life here in the bay area. the first black woman ever to appear on the coin. it is the first in the american women quarters program, which will include coins featuring prominent women in american history. the mit says other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year through 2025. still ahead on kron, 4 news at 5 after helping the warriors get a win over the cavaliers were going play. thompson had to say about his performance. >> in his first game in more than 2 years and after being sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his friend, susan berman, real estate heir robert durst has died. the strange history of this convicted killer. >> just months after he was sentenced to life in prison for killing his friend, susan berman, robert durst has died. the 78 year-old had been in failing health and tested positive for covid last year. christina pascucci has more on his troubled history. >> yes, we have

congresswoman barbara lee says reems was a spiritual leader. too many people and call the church. she founded a sacred space. in a statement released today, congresswoman lee set of rains she truly embodied the principles of her faith. her legacy will be the lights she lit. outshining the darkness, bishop reams demonstrated throughout her life, the brilliance, beauty and strength of a black woman. who, in spite of the odds spent a lifetime uplifting and ministering to our community. in oakland motorcycle club continued its new year's day tradition of giving back to the community members of breaking bread. emc served piles of food to anyone who wanted to plate this is something the group says it has been doing now for 14 years. support because you know this is our community. you know, we get that stigma. you know, michael club, not a gang, you know, said we could have stigmas like you know, bad people, but, you know, actually, we just look out for our community. you know, saying that our brothers and our sisters around here you know that oklahoma's for everybody. that's what makes

. >> letter was also signed by east bay congresswoman barbara lee eric swalwell marked a and mike thompson. >> another big story tonight. the u.s. supreme court has blocked the biden administration from enforcing a vaccine or test requirement for large employers. but the justices did allow the administration to go forward with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers. well, for as washington correspondent jessi tenure reports. >> the court's conservative majority concluded the administration overstepped its authority with a large employer role at a time when the white house has been trying to boost the nation's vaccination rates. >> so they blow to the biden administration. large companies do not have to require their employees to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 or tested weekly and wear a mask on the job. the u.s. supreme court struck down the biden administration's role for businesses with at least 100 employees essentially means that in the pen, this pandemic is up to individual employers to determine whether their workplaces will be safe for employees. white house press secr

bay area congresswoman barbara lee was among the lawmakers stuck inside the capitol when the insurrection played out. i got a chance to talk to her one on one. you were inside the capitol during the insurrection. where were you? what can you recall from that incident? and is it painful to recall? >> yes, it's very painful to recall. i was sitting right there in the main chamber downstairs right in front of the podium. and, in fact, it was a very traumatic event. it was an attempted coup. and i had worn my tennis shoes that day, because being black in america, of course, your antennae are always up. i had been reading and hearing the right wing noise and anticipated something. we knew there were some security issues, but nothing as grave as this. then we were told immediately to evacuate. it was at that point that it almost became a mass casualty event, because that is when these insurrectionists broke through into the speaker's chamber. we had just evacuated through that door just a few seconds before they actually came in. so this was not only an attack on the capitol building. our staff

congresswoman barbara lee says reems was a spiritual leader. too many people and call the church she founded a sacred space. congressman lee released a statement about reams today saying she truly embodied the principles of her faith. her legacy will be the lights she lit. outshining the darkness, bishop reams demonstrated throughout her life, the brilliance, beauty and strength of a black woman who, in spite of the odds, spent a lifetime uplifting and ministering to our community. i just believe that if you really want to do something, you're going to do it. no matter if it's a new year and you day, so might as well go into this year trying your best and tried to be your best well, but some people think new year's resolutions are no longer relevant. coming up what you can do to avoid sabotaging yourself from reaching your goals. what you need to reach forwards an extra blanket tonight the freezing temperatures and the latest warning you need to know about. and the new year comes with births of babies across the bay area coming up, we'll introd

congresswoman jayapal and barbara lee issued a statement this week saying "we have significant concerns that new troop deployments sweeping and indices criminating sanctions and a flood of hundreds of millions of dollars in lethal weapons will only raise tensions and increase the chance of miscalculation." with me now is congresswoman jayapal. someone i am so grateful for her time. why do you believe the strategy is playing into putin's hands? >> it is always great to see you and be with you, thanks for having me on. i don't think it is directed a t the biden administration. it was more directed at our fellow members of congress to make sure that we do not play into escalating tensions. the most important focus is the engagement that the biden administration is doing with our nato allies. i understand there may be a meeting of the u.n. security council coming up. i think these negotiations and discussions are the most important thing that the united states can do. if congress then goes ahead and approves troop deployments and huge arm sales and other such things, i think we stand to ris

yesterday i had the chance to talk with congress woman barbara lee. she was there and saw it coming, wore tennis shoes to capitol hill in advance. we will have that on cbsn bay area. >> thank you so much. >>> 6:50. still ahead, nearly 700 san francisco teachers have been off the job this week. this morning, it could get even worse. say hello to 2022 with xfinity and you'll get fast and reliable internet for only nineteen ninety-nine a month for twelve months. plus, you can get twelve times the speed for the same price when you add xfinity mobile. you'll save hundreds over at&t. say hello to kicking off the year with this amazing offer. and with xfinity mobile, you can get a 5g phone on us and three hundred dollars back during our xfinity hello twenty twenty-two sales event! click, call or visit a store today! >>> going live to san francisco, if your child is part of the unified school district their teacher might not show up. hundreds of teachers and aids are planning to call out sick again. they believe they're not being protected from covid. justin

leading us off barbara lee and congressman, thank you very much for coming to the last word. tonight chairman thompson said the select committee could ask mike pence to appear before the committee this month. your thoughts should he? >> i think anyone that has information should provide it to the committee. that includes mike pence. it was targeted by supporters of the former president. they wanted to hang him. he had information about where he was and the threats he was facing. i think he absolutely should provide it. we also want to know if he communicated with the former president that day and what they discussed. >> congressman lee, you said january 6th focused you on passing voting rights legislation. why is that? >> thank you jonathan, nice to be with you and my colleague. we see what is taking place and what accommodated january 6th in the terms of the efforts of the insurrectionists who almost thwarted the peaceful transfer of power. it is extremely important we pass the john lewis voting rights act. what is taking place in terms of gerrymandering and elected official

east bay congresswoman barbara lee made the announcement on twitter. this makes a legendary poet and activist who spent much of her life in the san francisco bay area. the first black woman ever to appear on the coin. it's the first in the american women quarters program which will include coins featuring prominent women in american history. them it says other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year and through the year 2025. over in the east bay, the el serino police department is mourning one of its own. the department confirms officer jared bernstein was killed in a car crash sunday morning on i-80 near san pablo dam road. authorities say a van in front of officer bernstein lost control and collided with the center median bernstein's car and then 2 others hit the man he was pronounced dead at the scene. chp is still investigating the cause of the accident. there was procession yesterday afternoon as the officer's body was escorted from the contra costa county coroner's office. >>in a statement, the department says officer berns

in congress, top progressive democrats pramila jayapal and barbara lee called on the biden administration wednesday to pursue diplomacy amid the escalation tensions, warning there is no military solution to the crisis. the biden administration has approved a weapons sale to egypt valued at over $2.5 billion. this despite voicing concerns over human rights abuses by the government of president abdel fattah al-sisi, which the u.s. government has used as justification for withholding $130 million in military aid. state department spokesperson ned price was questioned about the weapons deal tuesday. >> what is the point of holding -- withholding 100 $30 million in foreign military finances when you're just going to turn around and sell them $2.5 billion in weapons? >> if we have anything to add on that on the report you're referencing, we will let you know. amy: meanwhile, a dozen house democrats penned a letter calling on president biden to stop servicing saudi warplanes used in deadly attacks against civilians. the democrats cited the recent airstrikes on a migrant detention center in yemen

court or congresswoman barbara lee tells us what the historic milestone means to her after she led the charge to make it happen. >> friday specter, the 60's icon behind hits like be my baby and walking in. the rain has died. specter, who was the lead singer of the ronettes passed away earlier today after a short battle with cancer. the ronettes was a family band. specter and her older sister still bennett, their cousin, nedra talley. the band broke up in 1967. after a european tour in 1986. specter's career was revived when she was the featured vocalist on any monies hit. take me home tonight. spector was 78 years old. soon you could be holding a historic quarter, your hands. maya angelou is now the first black woman to appear on the u.s. quarter. >> east bay congresswoman barbara led the builder, create the first american women orders program poet maya angelou is the first of 6 women honorees. who's coins will be in circulation through 2025. angelou was a leader in the civil rights movement and she was the first female african american cable car conductor here in san francisco. congre

lee. we have links to that on our website. you can go to kron 4 dot com. >> tomorrow's anniversary will likely conjure up a lot of traumatic memories for lawmakers and capitol employees who were there and that includes house speaker nancy pelosi. you may remember some of the rioters specifically targeteher and when they could not find her. they trashed her office instead, all of the damage that was done to the capital and to democracy that day. speaker pelosi stresses it was an attempted insurrection which was not successful. >> we won that night. michael c one that night. these people because of the courageous work of the capitol police and metropolitan police and others of they were deterred and their action to stop the peaceful transfer of power. it was a failure for them. it was a victory for democracy as we return to the capitol that night. 2 again ratify the peaceful transfer of power. >> speaker pelosi added while she is confident capitol police have made enough improvements to secu

today congresswoman barbara lee will hold a panel discussion called reclaiming our democracy . congresswoman lee called the experience of evacuating the house chamber terrifying, saying that she never anticipated anything like that happening, and she also says it's important for all americans to safeguard what she calls are resilient but fragile democracy. so i want people to know that it's up to them to protect our democracy. domestic terrorism is the highest national security threat right now we have to be vigilant . don't think that january six is over in terms of the violence. congresswoman leaves panel discussion is scheduled for today. 3 30, the event will be streamed live on her facebook page. it may be time to upgrade your face mask as health officials say cloth masks are not enough to fight off the omicron variant ktvu is exiles takes a look at some of the options available. it's going to be hard block transmission altogether. it just is because i'm a con is so transmissible and throughout the pandemic infectious disease experts making it clear not all mass are created

. >> joining me now california congresswoman barbara lee. i'm always glad to see you, my friend. let me ask you to react what jamie raskin was saying there, your colleague there in the house. the fact that the 1/6 committee may be moving forward with subpoenaing sitting congressional members. that's a big step. >> thank you, alex. nice to be with you again. yes, it's a big step, but no one is above the law. former president donald trump, members of congress, no one is above the law. and i think the committee is moving forward in a very objective and a very -- in many ways in a very bold way because they know good and well that our democracy is very fragile and what happened on january 6th, and i think now we're seeing what the justice department's indictment of the oath keepers that this was, in many respects, a militaristic operation to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. i am the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit sponsored by the naacp to hold donald trump, rudy giuliani, the proud boys and the oath keepers accountable. no one is above the law, and we have to protect our democr

and at 3.30, this afternoon, oakland representative barbara lee will be hosting a virtual round table discussion on the insurrection. we have links to that on our website. kron 4 dot com. in the san ramon valley. the school district is sending covid test kits home with students and kron four's. charles covert explains the process and the importance. >> well, this week, the san ramon valley unified school district received a shipment of 30,000 of these covid-19 tests from the state. there are 2 tests per box in the district is working as quickly as it can just days before the start of the school year to get them handed out. >> there are many students thursday morning. the san ramon unified school district began handing out free covid-19 testing kits to all parents. school doesn't start until next week, but the district wanted to get the test out as soon as possible. district hopes parents will keep their children home next week if they test positive thus increasing. the odds that the schools won't have to close or move to distance learning. >> we want all the tools that that are at our

congresswoman barbara lee led the bill to create the first american woman quarter's program and poet maya angelou is the first of 6 women who are getting these honors and the coins will be in circulation through 2025. and lou was a leader in the civil rights movement and was the first female african american cable car conductor in san francisco. congresswoman lee says honoring her on us currency is a major milestone. >> it's like it's important. not only that we recognize that this is historic moment with african american woman, a woman of color on a coin but get to know her. get to know who she was. get to know, get to read or i know why caged bird saying get to read about how we wait. she she got to the point where she cannot speak for. wow, really her history the challenges that she went through to know cantu was to lover. and so i hope our young people, we'll use this coin movement to begin to read about it. learn about the sun on the winner. >> the coin includes an image of angelou with her arms up lifted and a bird in flight behind her. and if you would like one, you can go to

oakland congresswoman barbara lee tweeted out this message saying shirley chisholm broke down barriers and paved the way for me. and so many other women in politics. i'm thankful for her. incredible legacy. and i carry her values of being an blocked and an bossed with me every day in my work. and that's it for kron. 4 news at 10 o'clock. but don't go anywhere. because the red and gold zone is next with the very latest from the forty-niners says they continue preparing. >> for the nfc title showdown with the rams sports director jason dumas says all that much more coming up on the red and more coming up on the red and gold zone. any parent will tell you the second you have a kid, it's like your heart is living outside of your body, which means you never, ever stop worrying. that's why we got health insurance and for way less than we thought was possible. the kids' doctor and dental check-ups are free, and i get screenings for my cholesterol and my blood pressure. don't get me wrong, i still worry. just a little less. covered california. this way to health insurance. enrollment ends janu

in the 9 o'clock hours, keep the tv on because then we're going to talk to congresswoman barbara lee get her thoughts and reflections. what happened in the past and then moving forward in this new year of 2022. with the nation needs to do to heal. >> all right. let's switch gears here at 5.53. talk more about the coronavirus. we're 10 days now before it was set to expire in california. the indoor mask mandate looks like it's going to be here to stay at least through mid february anyway, state health officials say the rule will be reevaluated as the day gets closer. february 15th, although there's no real specific metric that they're going to be using to decide when to drop a little uncertainty there. but the announcement comes amid concerns over the number of hospital admissions that we've seen, which is increased 8.4% overnight to more than 8,000 people. 800 out of state medical professionals right now are being brought in to try and help hospitals with that surge. so we'll see how they go with that. >> the omicron is here here now and you can abandon the tools that we've used to ac