the annual harlem hellfighters parade in harlem, new york, became a marker of african-american service to their nation and their service was frequently referenced as part of the civil rights campaign. this bill directs the u.s. mint to strike a congressional gold medal honoring the harlem hellfighters for their sacrifice during world war i. the gold medal will be displayed at the smithsonian institution so that others may learn of the patriotisms and courage displayed by the men of the 369th infantry regiment. so i thank mr. suozzi for introducing this bill and urge members to vote yes, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. mchenry: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mchenry: madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3642, a bill to awards the congressional gold medal to the 369th infantry regiment, commonly known as the harlem hellfighters. this gold medal is in recognition to their bribery an

he wants to write an autobiographical novel about his experiences growing up in harlem buddies having a hard time doing that any things what he needs is to leave united states in order to reflect on united states so he goes to paris and begins work as a literary critic reviewing the work of others and then writing his own essays and short stories and eventually his first novel. what alden tries to do in this novel is to write a novel that doesn't fall into the trap of being what is called protest fiction for protest fiction for baldwin is the kind of writing of the ideological preoccupation of the other assuming the humanity of the characters so baldwin writes a novel that captures the depth of the characters life. he writes a very powerful novel go tell it on a mountain in a few years he finishes his second novel giovanni's room in 1956. he goes back to his publisher and it says i have another novel for you cut off a very famous publisher. he says jimmy you are promising young rider why are you giving me and all white novel? giovanni's room for those of you have not read it as a nove

it has the detriment -- >> guest: tom grew up in harlem but harlem was not the pilot -- with gunfire -- wasn't -- people don't understand that. harlem was not what it became later, and so tom might've grown up in harlem but it was a very different place back then. >> host: also is it fair to say and feel totally free to say it's not fair to say, but i think that most americans today, black and white, have a picture of black life prior to the '60s as other servitude humiliation, non-achievement, you know, which is such a distorted picture. obviously it was evil of jim crow, we all understand that but jesse owens was an american hero in 1932 or 36, i don't remember remember which olympics and was in berlin, when to hitler's great chagrin was a black writer will be all of his arian runners. people don't know that though, do they? >> guest: they don't, and thomas spent quite a bit of time writing about this time of black history that's often overlooked, what was going on between the end of slavery through reconstruction through the jim crow era and before the modern-day civil rights move

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baldwin was born in august 1924 at harlem, the oldest of nine children, born to -- his mother married a man named david baldwin, the only father that james ever knew. baldwin describes his life as one marked by domination. he said at the experience of growing up in harlem in those days in the 20s and 30s, he felt dominated by all sorts of divisional people trying to limit opportunities. he describes what he calls a catalog of disaster. policeman, taxi drivers, waiters, landlady, the landlord, insurance companies, millions of details of everyday which spelled out to me i was a worthless human being. baldwin described ways in which he felt oppressed and dominated by forces that did not have human face. the merciless cruel structures of power that limited his freedom and opportunities as a young man. he watched the system of domination consumed his father. david baldwin was one of the most sad human beings he ever witnessed great he said david baldwin, father of nine children, he can never remember a single time when any of david baldwin nine children were happy to see him come home. as

♪ ♪ ♪ lord, i'm goin' uptown to the harlem river to drown dirty water ♪ ♪ gonna cover me over and i'm not gonna make a sound i'm on a roll mama ♪ ♪ i gotta go gotta get there while i still can troubled days ♪ ♪ are behind me now and i know they're gonna let me in when you see me ♪ ♪ walkin' up the empty yard just a-singin' and a-clappin' my hands tell my mama i love her ♪ ♪ tell my daddy i tried give my money to my baby to spend 'cause lord ♪ ♪ i'm goin' uptown to the harlem river to drown dirty water ♪ ♪ gonna cover me over and i'm not gonna make a sound ♪ ♪ ♪ good times come and they go ♪ and they go even a good man'll break he'll let his troubles bury him whole ♪ ♪ even though he knows what's at stake so i'm taking no chances carrying over while ♪ ♪ i'm still good in his grace i'm no fool mama i know the difference ♪ ♪ between tempting and choosing my fate 'cause lord i'm goin' uptown ♪ ♪ to the harlem river to drown dirty water gonna cover me over and ♪ ♪ i'm not gonna make a sound ♪ ♪ lord, i'm goin' uptown to the harlem riv

but i am still hopeful that harlem is an option for us. >> i started attending a class by the harlem congregation. that class taught me all the steps i needed to take. i continued to live beneath my means saving as much money as possible until i had enough for a down payment for a property. i live on the third floor with my girlfriend. on the second floor, we are going to get that rented out to a tenant. on the first floor, i decided to give that floor to my parents. it gives me a great sense of pride. this is where i struggled. this is where i moved from one place to another. the fact i purchased a property at 26 is a huge deal. it gives me a sense of this is where i belong because i own real estate here. i can generally say this is my community. this is where i am from. this is where i belong. announcer: when we come back, a deep dive into the extraordinary world of astronaut kathy sullivan. i've never slept like this before. we gave new zzzquil pure zzzs restorative herbal sleep to people who were tired of being tired. what is even in this? clinically-studied plant based ingredien

i am a mental health therapist, and i live in harlem. i've been thinking about buying a home, it feels like forever, honestly. rebecca senn: my name is rebecca senn, and i've been the executive director for the new york mortgage coalition for five years. people see owning a home as an avenue to build wealth as their largest asset. and it's still the american dream today. o'neil edwards: my name is o'neil edwards from brooklyn, new york, and i'm 27 years old. we've moved probably like, maybe 10 times in the past 10 years, seven to 10 times. my parents definitely did the best that they could, but due to external factors, they wasn't able to have a job that's any better than like a minimum wage job. so, like, the dream of home ownership is very important to us. but it was like, it seemed very impossible for like a period of time up until recently. rebecca senn: i'd say we're in one of the most competitive homeownership and housing markets i've ever seen. we serve over 15,000 people a year. we work with a host of affordable mortgage lenders

[laughter] it has the detriment -- >> growing up in harlem but harlem was not best violent place with gunfire, a lot of people don't understand harlem was not what it became later so it was a very different place backman. >> is it fair to say, feel free to say it's not fair to say but i think that most american today, black-and-white have a picture of black life prior to the 60s as utter servitude humiliation, non- achievement which is a distorted picture, obviously there was the evil of jim crow, we understand that but jesse owens was an american hero in 1932 or 36, i don't remember which olympics it was, hitler's great chagrin, it was a black runner who be all the other runners. people don't know that though, do that? >> they don't and i spent quite a bit of time writing about this. in black history, what was going on between the end of slavery and reconstruction and the jim crow era. before the model day civil rights movement, in charge of the progress being made and it was markable progress. you saw gaps and income gaps closing. the poverty rate for example in america so by 40 per

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it has a the detriment. >> harlem wasn't this violent neighborhood. it wasn't that people don't understand that how it wasn't what it became later. he might have grown up in harlem, but it was a very different place than. >> also is it fair to say, and feel totally free to say it's not fair to say, but i think that most americans today, black and white, have a picture of black life prior to the 60s as other servitude humiliation non-achievement which is such a distorted picture. obviously there was the evil of jim crow. we all understand that. but jesse owens who was a hero in 1932 or 36 i don't remember which olympics it was in berlin where to hitler's great chagrin it was a black runner that a beat all of the other runners. people don't know that though, do they. >> they don't. thomas spent quite a bit of time writing about this period that is often overlooked. they chartered the progress that was being made and it was remarkable progress. we saw the gaps closing, income gaps closing. the poverty rate, for example, in america fell by 40 percentage p

[laughter] >> but harlem was not violent with gunfire. people don't understand that. what it[l became later so he grew up in harlem that it was a very different place back then. host: is it fair to say and tell me if it is not, but i think most americans today, black and white have a picture of black life prior to the sixties as other servitude humiliation, non- achievement, which is such a distorted picture we all understand jim crow but jesse owens was an american hero in 1932 or 36 whichever olympics it was in berlin to hitler's great chagrin of black runner be all of his aryan runners but people don't know that. >> they don't. and thomas spent quite a bit of time writing about this time in history what was going on between the end of slavery through the jim crow era and before the modern-day seller rights movement and charted the progress that's being made you saw income gaps closing , the poverty rates in america were black fell by 40 percentage points that is before the civil rights act or the voting rights act black entering the skills profession social workers

the harlem festival. he never found a distributor work the footage was in the basement for decades. >> i wonder if this film were a lot of the same would it have found me. not only african-americans but people in general. i thought instantly this could change lives.>>> it raises the question about what gets remembered. woodstock did, the harlem cultural festival did not. why has it been so hard to preserve this and other black music? >> i'm so in love with music. the passion i have. i want people to see the magic. often times, because black creators are not seen as artists were important. the canon isn't held up the same way. it is often seen as disposable. our history is disposable. that is the true meaning in my definition of what black lives matter means. even our creations. our art cost stories are just as important and life-changing. >>> amir thompson, request love, says since the film he has archives telling him of unknown treasures. that means there is more to come.>>> i am jeffrey brown in harlem,

. >> yuccas: tonight, we have the story of an elementary school in harlem where reading, righting, and arithmetic are an elementary school in harlem, where reading, writing, and arithmatic are not the only subjects on the curriculum. cbs's meg oliver reports. >> good morning! >> reporter: at mosaic prep elementary in harlem, new york, getting pulled out of class is a good thing. five-year-old king ortiz knows he has done something special. >> what did you do to earn those coupons? >> i was being nice. >> reporter: 25 coupons scores you a shiny token for the vending machine. no chips or candy; only books fall. why did you want a book vending machine? >> during the pandemic, i noticed that people were reading less and less online. i saw in kansas and texas they had a book vending machine. i thought, you know what? i'm going to get that for my school. i started writing letters and begging people for support. >> reporter: when the vending machine arrived, what happened? >> the vending machine arrived, and it couldn't get through the door. >> reporter: she dug into her own >> reporter: the

it has the detriment. >> harlem wasn't this violent neighborhood with gunfire. it wasn't people don't understand that how it was not what it became leader and so tom might have grown up in harlem, but it was a different place back then. >> also, is it fair to say, and feel totally free to say that it's not fair to say, but i think that most americans today, black-and-white, have a picture of black life prior to the 60s as others servitude humiliation, non-achievement which is such a distorted picture. there was the evil of jim crow. we all understand that but jesse owens was a hero in 32 or 36 went to hitler's great chagrin about this period in black history that is often overlooked about what was going on between the end of slavery through reconstruction and the jim crow era and before the modern-day civil rights movement, and he's chartered the progress that's been made and it is remarkable progress. you saw gaps closing, income gaps closing. the poverty rate, for example, fell by 40 percentage points between 1940 and 1960. that is before a civil rights act, b

[laughter] it has the detrimentnt -- >> tom grew up in harlem for harlem was not best violent neighborhood with gunfire, it wasn't cash people don't understand that often what it became later so he might have grown up in harlem is a different place back. >> is it fair to say, feel totally free to say it's not fair to say but i think most americans today, black and white have a picture of black life prior to the 60s as our servitude humiliation, not achievement which is a distorted picture, obviously there was the evil of jim crow, we all understand that. jesse owens was an american hero in 1932 or 36, i don't remember which olympics it was, went to hitler's great great simpering, all of his brothers, people don't know that. >> they don't and he spent quite a bit of time writing about this. what was going on tween the end of slavery, reconstruction, through the jim crow era and before modern-day movement, he chartered the progress being made and it was remarkable progress. he saw income cap closing, poverty rates in america fell by 40 percentage points 1940 -- 60, that is before the civil r

he opened a business in harlem. he opened the green publishing company. now, what is so important in the reason i always talk and show alma is because victor green dies in 1960 and the green publishing company was then operated by alma green and by four other women, so it was a five woman operation, and this was a business that publishing business was very unusual for women to be working in publishing in this time period much less running a publishing company, but alma green continues to run the publishing company until the late 1960s. victor green had a variety of ways of finding places to put in his green book and alma i have to make sure alma's in there. one of the ways was by sending out postcards and by sending out letters and asking his travelers people that had good experiences traveling to to send him information about the places that they stayed. the green book included gas stations and this one of course is an ss station hotels motels restaurants ymca's, but also churches doctors beauticians barbers and there was an article at least one article

and this church is a hub for the community in harlem, administering 11,000 doses inside. linsey? >> trevor, thank you. >>> and now to an eruption of gun violence in this country over the weekend. some with cildren caught in the crossfire. authorities in miami-dade county investigating this shooting. one victim killed. and in new york, a 10-year-old little boy shot and killed by a bullet fired from outside. hundreds of children, victims of gun violence this year. here's janai norman. >> reporter: tonight, yet another family devastated, as the list grows of young lives cut short by a startling surge of gun violence. police in queens, new york, looking for the suspect they say opened fire into a home overnight, killing a boy and hitting his uncle in the shoulder. >> the bullet just came through the window. are we safe home or we safe outside? where are we safe at? >> reporter: such stories are heartbreaking. but the statistics showing how often gun violence is leaving families grieving innocent children caught in gunfire are gut-wrenching. so far this year, at least 307 children und

however, the work did not stop at the boundaries of harlem. in fact, in 2013, the foundation expanded their mission of all lacking opportunity and addressing inequality across our country and the world. due to the extraordinary work of the foundation, 430 million people in more than 180 countries have benefited from the clinton global initiative. 21 million people now have access to lifesaving hiv-aids medication. 1.2 million children's books have been distributed to underresourced communities across the world. and 71 megawatts of clean energy projects have been facilitated in small island nations. in the face of the pandemic, the clinton global initiative also launches action network which brings together leaders from business, government, and philanthropic sectors to take action and address inequalities facing historically excluded group. now as we look to the challenges of the next 20 years, we know that the clinton foundation will continue to sharpen their focus on partnership building, expand upon new horizons, and empower more and more c

monteiro and the samba band, thank you from harlem. have a great day, everybody. ♪ ♪ ♪start spreading the news♪ ♪i'm leaving today♪ ♪i want to be a part of it♪ ♪new york, new york♪ ♪it's up to you♪ ♪new york, new york♪ ♪new york♪ [ birds chirping ] oh. oroweat small slice. i wonder if this has the same quality ingredients as the original whole grains bread? great question, dad. and it does. it has all the same nutritious deliciousness as the original slice but only a little bit smaller. just like timmy here. my name's lucas. it sure is bobby. enjoy family. enjoy. he looks smaller in person. i heard that. [hippo groans melodically] [iguana belts major 3rd] [gator reverb] [splash] [singing indri sings] [elephant trumpets] [buffalo punish timpani] [cassowary crescendo] ♪ [goat does a sick vibrato] ♪ >>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone. i am kumasi aaron. jobina is standing by to a look at the roadways. >> we are taking a live lo

he was the pastor of a baptist church in harlem, represented a harlem district and he serves a very long time in congress, this is from the beginning of his congressional career. this later moving from the paper form to wax is a recording he made called "keep the faith, baby" it's a series of speaking meditations on a number of different issues and these really sort of book end his career, which is very long, and he is no william dawson, he has a very different approach at how to do things. >> all human beings, black and white, rich and poor, equal in the sight of god, keep your faith in the life of your fellow man even though he abuses you. when he abuses you he makes himself a lesser man. great man once said love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray, pray, pray, pray, pray for them which they use you. keep your faith. >> up through the 1970s powell was the person who kind of embodied civil rights in the house, right? civil rights in congress. he is elected in 1944, he and dawson are the only two members of congress for a number of congresses u

but before all of that, we are in harlem to visit this joyous ode to color and pattern. when you walk through my front door, it truly is a feast for the eyes.

arthel: alex hogan live in harlem. thank you. meanwhile, the migrant crisis at the southern border continues, testing the biden administration as vice president kamala harris is taking her first foreign trip to guatemala and mexico, looking to forge a partnership with the two nations and address the root cause of migration. let's go to aishah hasnie live on the border in la jolla, texas. >> reporter: hi, arthel. i'm standing in a very popular crossing point in la jolla. behind me, you can see about 2 dozen migrants that are waiting now to be processed. but just in the last five minutes, border patrol agents gathered a couple more families and to my right they brought them over here to now be loaded onto busses. we're going to try not to show as many face as possible because there are several children here as well. and some babies are crying and obviously it's about 90 degrees out here so this has been very strenuous for them. this will be the focus on vice president kamala harris' first foreign trip today, departing joint base an

. >> i could have gone to the apollo theater, i was raise in harlem, i could have gone to europe to make a statement, but that wouldn't reach the masses i wanted to reach. i'm not the only black man in peril in the united states, there's people in peril around the world. we need to send a message out that we're fighting for a bet erday for all people. for me that was my ticket purpose of going to the olympic games was to make a statement. not to win a medal or show how great i was in track & field. >> so for you taking that platform and using it to send your message was more important than even placing to begin with. >> absolutely. it was just as important today than back at that time. i'm committed to this. i'm not here for the moment i'm here for the movement. >> that movement has exploded since that momentous day 53 years ago, ask colin kaepernick's kneel to locking arms and hanquinn barrie lookin away of the flag create going trouble, that's something to be proud of, particularly when a people, a race of people are in the fire. many individuals run in that crisis situation but there'

they noted that the fillmore neighborhood was once considered the harlem of the west. we're talking in the 1950s and 1960s. but urban renewal and gentrification pushed people out of the neighborhood beginning in the '50s and '60s. now they want the long shuttered center where san francisco's black panther party once operated to become a black heritage center. glover fired up the crowd as he recounted the neighborhood that he remembered as a kid. >> i'd come here with my dad and i'd see this magic that was happening in the streets down here, magic when i went up there. people looked like me. people who had businesses, people who were doing work, people who were building communities, people were caring and [ bleep ] loving. come on. and now it's here. look what we have here. >> joining us now is dr. amos brown, president of the san francisco branch of the naacp and the long-time pastor of third baptist church. dr. brown, nice to have you on the program. let me just ask you, is this a big ask on your end giving that building to the black community? there are plenty of peo

he was taken to harlem hospital and is in critical condition so far, police have not specified a motive in the attack. a go fund me has been set. for the victim who remains in a coma tonight more than $300,000 have been raised so far to help his family. his wife says that he quote picks up bottles to help pay the rent and bills. he is innocent. he didn't do anything wrong. he is a very kind person. he is quiet. he doesn't cause trouble. the effort to recall governor gavin newsom is now one step closer to making it to the ballot. secretary of state announced today. they have verified more than 1.49 million signatures needed to qualify. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now live with reaction from petition organizers and what happens next. janna well, julie, the secretary of state's office says it will be at least until june before they're able to finalize the signature count. but in the meantime, political science experts say, it's very likely you'll see a crowd of candidates lining up to be on the back. what. recall, organizers needed nearly 1.5 million signatures or 12% of the votes cast in

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> finally tonight here, honoring the harlem hell fighters of world war i. tonight, an honor long overdue. the world war i harlem hell fighters. the black soldiers of the 369th infantry regimen. their unit serving 191 days on the front lines. more than any other american unit. their courage and heroism for american on full display, even amid discrimination back home. celebrated for helping to change the culture and perception of black soldiers in the military. tonight, 103 years after their service, now receiving the congressional gold medal. the house and senate voting unanimously to honor them and this evening, president biden signing the bill into law. their families grateful. lynn willett, the dra saying, we are so proud today. this is a culmination of a dream. >> california's wildfires just keep growing. the caldor fire now the number one firefighting priority in the entire country. hundreds of homes have been lost, tens of thousands of acres have been burned. not only the fire but smoke now causing major problems all across the state. good afternoon an

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> finally tonight here, honoring the harlem hell fighters of world war i. tonight, an honor long overdue. the world war i harlem hell fighters. the black soldiers of the 369th infantry regiment. their unit serving 191 days on the front lines. more than any other american unit. their courage and heroism for america on full display, even amid discrimination back home. celebrated for helping to change the culture and perception of black soldiers in the military. tonight, 103 years after their service, now receiving the congressional gold medal. the house and senate voting unanimously to honor them and this evening, president biden signing the bill into law. their families grateful. lynn willett, the granddaughter of sergeant leander willett, saying, "i am very proud of my family and we are so proud today. ♪ anchor: oakland police trying to catch a killer. next, gunshots and a trip to the hospital. >> a new timeline for covid vaccine booster shots. when you can expect your turn. anchor: have you seen him? he did not just wander off. somebody took it. announce

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[laughter] it has the detriment -- >> harlem was not this violent gunfire, people don't understand that.. it's not what it became later so it was a very different place back then. >> is it fair to say, feel free to say it's not fair to say but i think most americans today, black-and-white have a picture of black life prior to the 60s as under servitude humiliation, non- achievement, such a distorted picture. obviously it was the evil of jim crow, we all understand that but jesse owens was an american hero in 1932 or 36, i don't remember which olympics, hitler's great chagrin, it was a black one who beat all of his runners. don't know that though, do they? >> they don't. thomas spent quite a bit of writing about this. of black history often overlooked. what was going on between the end of slavery, reconstruction through the jim crow era and before the modern-day civil rights movement in the progress being made, it was remarkable progress. he saw gaps close, income gaps closing. poverty rates for example in america fell by 40 percentage points 1940 to 1960. that before the civil rights ac

we've heard the harlem gospel choir singing them all morning long. we've been singing along with them as well. >> what song did you feel the most -- >> me too. >> that's good. they're that good. which song did you feel the most pressure about singing for the movie? >> i want to say all of them. i mean think about it. they're all so iconic. i think the one that stopped me in my tracks the most when i realized like, whoa, jennifer, do you realize what you're singing was "respect." when i got to "respect," sometimes you have to stop and have that moment like oh, my god. that was my oh, my god definitely "respect." but then all of her songs are iconic and legendary so all of them. >> yeah, all of them. but you -- if you had to select your favorite, what is your favorite? jennifer hudson, what is your favorite aretha franklin song? >> that is so hard, but i like the songs that she wrote. one of my favorites is "all the king's horses," "oh me, oh my," i sang for her in tribute on my 30th birthday. if you don't know it, look it up. okay and then, ooh, "ain'

. >>> see what made a rising young photographer from harlem shift her focus fromebti to aeople first here's today's eye-opener. >>> they provide 10% of the energy here to california. roughly 5,500 megawatts. >> the virus itself can transfer readily from person to person. the issue is given the number of people in the country who are not vaccinated, that really is the concern. >> while the demonstrations here may be commonplace, what is happening in cuba is not only rare, but historic. >> raising speculation about a threat to baseball's all-star game. >> the fbi said there's no reason to believe the incident is connected to terrorism. >> richard was generous enough to give me a spacecraft of my very own to, give scientific accurate play by play of today's historic events, as well as doing this. >> you know, what is also cool about yesterday, richard branson took a small picture of stephen colbert up in space, and he pulled it out of his jacket the other day, and it showed stephen colbert and pictures of his family, and so i thought that was really cool. >> very cool spacecraft. >> we

past winners include michael jordan, jim brown, the harlem >>> now, a stray dog's passion for purple unicorns has changed his life. he repeatedly sneak into this store following a customer and steel a purple unicorn. this story went viral. the store called animal services and the officer bought him the stock unicorn. now he and his purple pal have found a brand-new home. i'm glad everyone is together. now under one roof. >>> that's all the time we have. i'm dion lim. for all of us here, thank you for joining us. we will see you >>> tonight, breaking news -- the new tornado threat as we come on the air. more than 50 million americans in the danger zone. violent lightning and large hail already hitting parts of tennessee. severe weather expected from texas to north carolina. several states bracing for what could be a dangerous night ahead. tornado watches now in effect as residents in georgia clean up from that devastating ef-4 twister. rob marciano standing by. >>> cases on the rise. the warnings tonight of another possible surge. at least 22 states seeing an increase in infections, a

anthony fauci were at abyssinian baptist church in harlem. they meet with people getting covid vaccine shots at the church's clinic. it was open to ease vaccine concerns. but the holdouts are still an issue, especially in underserved communities. cbs' mola lenghi has that story >> you're doing the right decision. >> reporter: this shot in the arm was not inevitable for alfie aracena. it took some convincing to get his covid vaccine. >> i heard all these rumors about the covid vaccine, negative rumors. my doctor always advise me, telling me about this, about the vaccine. >> reporter: dr. rosario has been alfie's primary care physician for 20 years, about as long as rosario has been practicing in this harlem neighborhood. it is not unusual for him to care for several generations of a single family. it is also not unusual for his patients to be weary of the covid vaccine. >> they don't feel that comfort level when they go to a vaccination center, they might have hesitancy. and they will not get it anywhere. but they will get it with their primar

we sat down at a salon in harlem to talk about her story. we'll share that coming up. >> you want to have a good conversation, you go to a salon in harlem, you have a good chat. looking forward to that. >>> we have a lot of news this morning. so much focused on that summit with president biden and president putin. that's happening right now. >> that's right, and we just saw the leaders arriving at the villa la grange. now meeting face-to-face for the first time since president biden took office. >> cecilia vega is right there in geneva. she joins us with the latest. good morning, cecelia. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. the meeting site is happening up the road from me. just a few feet away. that meeting is under way right now behind closed doors. those two leaders, we saw them, shaking hands. vladimir putin saying he wants this to be a productive meeting. the high-stakes meeting with russia's vladimir putin under way right now. the two leaders shaking hands before getting down to business. it's all taking place right here in this s

harlem is not what became later. they were very different places back then. >> is it fair to say and feel totally free to say is offered to say but i think that most americans today, black and white, have a picture of black life prior to the 60s as certitude, humiliation, underachievement, you know which is such a distorted picture and obviously there was the evil of jim crow and we all understand that but you know jesse owens, was an american hero in 1932 or in 36, i don't remember which it was berlin. and of the black brotherhood been all of his brothers and people don't know that though do they rated. >> they don't hand, spent quite a bit of time writing about this time in black history is often overlooked what was going on between the slavery in the reconstruction it through the jim crow era and before the modern-day price movement and he is trying to show this. it was remarkable progress. use of the income gaps closing. in the poverty rates for example in the box down by 40 percent between 1940, and in 1960 pret

all black peoplethat go to harlem and detroit and chicago, many of them are still there . that's whenmany of these families first arrived . so black folks getting better jobs. using those better wages to buy new homes where they could. to pay for rent in northern cities. not everything was peachy certainly but a lot ofafrican americans became middle-class at that time if you will because they were able to tap into these war industry jobs . for african-american women working outside in the south they were able to get jobs that were well-paying for the first time in their lives so if you are a black woman, if you live in alabama before world war ii the only job you could get wereworking as a domestic . as a maid or nanny or a cook but if you had a college to agree maybe you could be a teacher so that's pretty much it but if you leave alabama and you go to oakland you could get a job as a welder. you could join a union. you could get a good hourly wage paying job that paid you 100 or 900 percent more than what you were making back in alabama, washington in their backyard. so

william: inside this harlem building is the latest and most controversial strategy yet to save people from overdosing. >> so, welcome to the overdose prevention site at nyhre. william: they're called safe consumption sites, where anyone can use their own illegal drugs under the watchful eye of medically trained staff, who'll step in if something goes wrong. everything you need is here for free, including ways to test drugs for fentanyl. >> this is all the clean equipment people can use when they visit us. william: kailin see helps runs this site and a second one a few miles away. >> methamphetamine pipes. these are for crack inhalation, mouthpieces. william: this man let us film him as he prepared a shot of heroin. he said he's been using since he was 16, but just started injecting a few years ago. when you first heard that this was going to open up, this facility, what did it -- what was your reaction? >> i didn't think it was going to open up, because it sounded too good to be true. william: really? >> yes. you got to understand that the majority of us don't really want to be here.

ice hockey in harlem is a non-property that serves over 300 kids in the harlem community. it has been around over 30 years. i played in it since i was three years old. check out on free of charge. kids in the neighborhood play a non-traditional sport. we offer them things other kids in the neighborhood don't get. so they can better themselves and improve their lives. i received notice the night before. i had to tell kids, i had to tell 300 kids and parents we're done. this is something we take pride in. we have boys and girls ages five to 18. they start when they're young. they stick with it. we're dedicated. something they all look forward to, especially now. it is the one thing that they have. now that is the one thing they have and it is being taken away from them overnight. will: i think the statement was we're impeaching trump from the skating rinks in new york. this was a few weeks for the contract was scheduled to end between former president trump and the rinks in central park. it was scheduled to be canceled in april. being cans sell here in the middle of february

documented life from the western addition and fillmore neighborhoods before redevelopment in his book "harlem of the west: the san francisco jazz era." >> there were black run hotels in this neighborhood, black churches, and people said with this concentration, this is like the harlem of the west. w.h.i.p. the majority of san francisco's black residents lived here, since many parts of san francisco and black people from owning or even renting homes under racial covenants and restrictions. the city's redevelopment plans forced most of them out. >> what happened was there was a mass eviction, a lot of people living here alnoces so wn is fish, move back. ut than it was a promise unkept. more than 800 businesses closed, and nearly 5000 black residents had to leave their homes, with no eminent domain or reimbursement. when rebuilding started, mostly white residents moved in, while black residents were forced to find housing in less expensive areas outside of the city. >> some people went to daly city. some people went to oakland and richmond and in different places. they were dispersed, and litera

when i 1st heard of hart allentown problem, a physician who was at harlem hospital and she was talking about infants that were born addicted to crack. and that they were buried in shoe boxes a 1000 at a time on hard island. and at that time, hard island was open to journalists and to academics. and so i decided that i was just going to get there. and it just so happened that that day was the very 1st day that these inmates had ever been on hard island. and these were a young man convicted of misdemeanors like turnstile jumping graffiti. so you know, they're not felons or anything like that. they're young men that couldn't afford a good lawyer or i used to live in in red oak that was one of the bad neighbourhood. but about a return only brooklyn and our new york city who's crazy in, in 89. it was cracked and stuff like that and we used to, so we'd in in drugs is buffalo done in our one a getting caught with possession and i went up going a rug dissolving for a little bit of time in those days it was, it was a 0, you could get anything, you get a knife or anything. 11 term that guy had a

they met in harlem, that's where they were largely headquartered. they're pretty influential in terms of getting people who worked on trains into this unit and fighting for increased african-american civil rights. because they're coming so influential in new york especially both in the state and the city of new york, a lot of white politicians stopped by their organization are at their convention to speak and pay homage. they wanted the black vote. and so their union meeting in 1940 attracts thousands of people. but among the thousands of people come to that meeting our newark city mayor laguardia, near state governor and future senator herbert lehman, united states secretary of labor frances perkins and the first lady are selfless at this union meeting. she speaks to the union mean that night. she says and i quote, the color line is gradual been broken down to becoming a thing about the past. all the other speakers get up and say we're going to attack jim crow the southwood were going to make sure african-americans have the right to vote. twelve da

the harlem globetrotters, uh, could be moving on up. this is for real. the trotters have written an official letter to the nba and commissioner adam silver, telling the commish it is time to make. them an official nba franchise time to honor what the globetrotters have meant to the sport. the innovations they have brought the style substance. all of that, and the nba is going to have to take that under serious, serious consideration. you never know where they would play all those kinds of things who would be on the team. details to be worked out. as we reported yesterday on the news someday. this will not be a big deal of a story. but as it is, it's huge and to say it's been accepted as an understatement yesterday. it was carl nassib of the raiders coming out as the first openly gay active player in the nfl. get this today, his jersey is number one. the top selling football jersey at the nfl to say he is getting acceptance. that would be an extreme understatement. good for him, alright. euro cup. 2020 got one today into the knockout stage goes team engla

[applause] >> we are the harlem choir. we are delighted to bring you this song today. at this time, we ask you to please rise for the knee grown national anthem. -- the negro national anthem. >> ♪ lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring ring with the harmonies of liberty let our rejoicing rise, high as the list'ning skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea sing a song full of faith that the dark past has tought us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won his word h-- his word ♪ ♪ >> for nearly 30 years, national action network has championed the call for social justice by promoting a just agenda for all. with more than 130 chapters across the country, it is a national movement for equality, rooted in the tradition of reverend, dr. martin luther king jr.. despite the extreme challenges of 2020, they redoubled activism and efforts to fight for the voiceless and push for change at the highest level possible. in january, they kicked they are rough wi