Dawns [ cheers and applause ] it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight and pretty phenomenal men fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say me too again. [cheers and applause] thank you. It was very powerful. It was very impactful. It was, theres no one else who does oprah like oprah. Oprah is the greatest communicator in television of the last 50 years. Its one of the many things that hollywood admires her for. As oprah became the first black woman to receive the cecil b. Demille award, she reflected on watching Sidney Poitier winning best actor. It is a long journey to this moment. His tie was white and of course his skin was black. Ive never seen a black man being celebrated like that. Reporter before the speech heard round the globe, Oprah Winfrey was pushing boundaries. Im Oprah Winfrey, and welcome to the First National Oprah Winfrey show reporter her show re
Well, he didnt shut up but he did a whole lot of dribbling and dunking last night. The king and kevin durant teaming up to beat steph currys team in l. A. Those are some off the top stories on this monday, president s day, february 19th. Say good morning to everybody on this holiday. On this president s day. And we begin this half hour with the students who made it out of that florida rampage alive. They delivered an impassioned message, one by one demanding strict new gun control laws to keep kids safe. Some will meet face to face with the legislatures and the president himself. Parkland is strong reporter students who survived the High School Massacre who killed 17 people in parkland, florida are speaking out, channelling grief and frustration and calling for a nation wide student and teacher walkout to fight for antigun legislation. The people who are throughout, the kids who need take part in this are every day kids just like us. There are students who need to understand that this
In alameda county, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Authorities say they dont expect to release the victim or suspects names before tomorrow. Linebacker reuben fosters future with the 49ers is still up in the area. Multiple reports say foster met today with Team Officials at the niners headquarters in santa clara. Abc 7 news was at the Santa Clara County jail when foster was released on bail last night. Los gatos Police Arrested him on charges related to domestic violence, threats and possession of an assault weapon. According to our media partner, the weapon was a sig sauer 516 shortbarrelled rifle or sbr. It was fosters second runin with the law in the last month. He was arrested for Marijuana Possession in alabama on january 12th. An Early Morning fire is under investigation in oakland after killing a man living in a homeless encampment. It happened just after 5 00 this morning on northgate avenue under the freeway. Laura anthony has our story tonight. Okay, our apologies, it appears th
Him another opportunity to talk about whats important to him. He didnt shut up but he did a whole rot of dribbling and dunking. Teaming up to beat steph currys team in l. A. Those are some of our top stories on this president s day, monday, february 19th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everybody on this holiday. Forget that sit a holiday for many folks across the country. And we begin with the students who made it out of the Florida Shooting rampage alive. The teenagers discovered an impassioned message, one by one demanding strict new gun control laws to keep kids safe. Some will meet face to face with florida legislatures and the president himself. Abcs jim ryan has the latest. Reporter students who survived the massacre in florida are spoking out. This is not about republicans and democrats. Reporter channelling their grief and frustration and calling for a nationwide student and teacher walkout, promoting antigun violence demonstrations in washington
We do say good morning. Im kendis. Im lynda lopez in for diane macedo. Southeast texas waking up to more drenching downpours and catastrophic flooding triggered by Tropical Storm harvey blamed for at least three deaths. Its expected to dump up to 50 inches of rain before moving out later this week. Frantic rescue operations continued. Emergency crews and volunteers plucking trapped families from homes. Water waist deep in many areas. Overnight the army corps of engineers began a controlled release of water from two reservoirs which could flood thousands more homes. In the meantime, this is what the runway looked at houstons Hobby Airport underwater. Natasha barrett has breaking details from houston right now. Natasha, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, kendis and lynda. Im born and raised in this city and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see what is going on right now. Like so many others, millions of others weve been up all night watching whats happening to our homes because