And a special day to say thank you to mom. How the bay area is showing appreciation on this mothers day. The news at five starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Im Terry Mcsweeney and im gia vang. Today a sad goodbye, but a joyful celebration of life has glide memorial honored the late reverend Cecil Williams. More than 60 years ago, the reverend arrived at glide in San Franciscos tenderloin neighborhood. And today, the community lifted in praise and worship to honor his legacy. We shall overcome. We shall overcome, shall overcome. Today we hope over the decades, reverend williams transformed the congregation as a pioneer of civil rights activism, lgbtq inclusivity, and service to the neighborhood. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana takes us to glide for the special service. Today. The first thing you need to know about this special service dedicated to reverend Cecil Williams is it is not a solemn memorial. This is a celebration. Its now been nearly three weeks since reverend williams pa
Bay areas tom jensen tells us, it is a true demonstration that humanity is alive and well in the city by the bay. Reporter it was an otherwise sunny and peaceful saturday outside the sanaa cafe near the San Francisco museum of modern art. The serenity interrupted when this man walked past the cafe windows, where customers worked on laptops and then turned and went inside, targeting a female customer. The ladies, they screamed loud, so it was so scary. This employee asked us not to use her name or show her face as she describes what she witnessed. She says the man went to the back and quickly grabbed a womans macbook before darting out the door. But watch what happens as he exits customers hot on his tracks, tackle him less than 100ft from the front door and hold him without hurting him until Police Arrived minutes later. It surprised me, but yeah, im so happy when they do that. And it wasnt just customers from inside the cafe that helped. There were patrons outside here too, with their
Bay areas tom jensen tells us, it is a true demonstration that humanity is alive and well in the city by the bay. Reporter it was an otherwise sunny and peaceful saturday outside the sanaa cafe near the San Francisco museum of modern art. The serenity interrupted when this man walked past the cafe windows, where customers worked on laptops and then turned and went inside, targeting a female customer. The ladies, they screamed loud, so it was so scary. This employee asked us not to use her name or show her face as she describes what she witnessed. She says the man went to the back and quickly grabbed a womans macbook before darting out the door. But watch what happens as he exits customers hot on his tracks, tackle him less than 100ft from the front door and hold him without hurting him until Police Arrived minutes later. It surprised me, but yeah, im so happy when they do that. And it wasnt just customers from inside the cafe that helped. There were patrons outside here too, with their
A life well lived. How San Franciscos glide memorial is remembering the late civil rights legend reverend Cecil Williams today, and thick black smoke you could see from miles away what we know about this east bay container fire. We begin with those dueling demonstrations at stanford today. Propalestinian protesters have been camping out at white plaza for weeks. Weve been reporting that today they were met by jewish and nonjewish students rallying against hate. We have learned the jewish students and their allies were asked to leave the area by Campus Security because of alleged heightened security concerns. Nbc bay areas emma goss is live for us at stanford tonight. And, emma, what is happening now and what are both sides saying . Gianna and terry, things are quiet now that the dueling protests and rallies have ended. But at one point there were some 2000 people gathered here around white plaza and there were propalestinian activists with the encampment, you can see the encampment rig
Africanamerican film director ava duvernay and her powerful new documentntary 13th. Off13th is the jumping point of a wideranging conversation, and tour through history of racism, especially in subjugation in this country. Is the first time a documentary opened at the new york f film f festival in its me than 50 year history. We will speak to director ava duvernay and see clips from her new film, which shows our Justice System h has been driven by racism from slavery to mass incarceration today. Y. The 13th mm and t to the constitution exit unconstitutional to be held as a slave. There are excxceptions includudg criminals. Courts the loophole was immediately exploited. What you got after that was a rapid transition to a mythology of black criminality. The we will speak with director as well as the love the film malkia cyril of the center for media justice, professor kevin gannon of grand View University, and lisa graves about alec in the private system from the cca to the american veil