mission to redefine what is possible, for women and people of color, in an industry dominated by white men. she even got to meet barack obama in 2016. a big comic book fan. earlier this week, as disney+ dropped the finale of ms. marvel, i got to speak with miss, and her experience. thank you for joining me on the show today. first off, congratulations on the global success, of an amazing show. my family and i loved it, although we had not had time to find, to watch the finale. let me start by asking, what does ms. marvel mean to you? not just as a tv character, comic book character, marvel superheroes. but now, as a cultural or even multi multi cultural icon. i hope so, i feel this has been a very historic moment,
tanner on the classic sitcom full house. brian: bob saget joins us now. bob, where did you come up with this brilliant idea. you are a genius. they say every three years a new audience for that show is born. which is amazing. steve: what happened to you and the tv character? okay. steve: my daughter drove a car through the house. my television daughter. in the show played music. i said honey, don t drive a car through the house. steve: do you do much political stuff? i don t know there is a lot of political stuff happen. you guys do the work in the morning when you watch all the stuff. you do all of the work. brian: glad to be an american because of bob saget. you guys literally are the best volume of adjusting. this show does not need a volume knob. i like it, i m here. all good comedy comes from truth which is why this is the most hilarious segment. [laughter] steve: he is a very funny guy, bob saget, folks.
some of those munts go. unbelievable. bill weir thanks for staying on top of the low temperature story for us. we appreciate it as always. coming up, he was a teenage tv character who loved pressed suits and ronald reagan. what would alex p.keaton think of donald j. trump. we ll ask his tv parents as we countdown to the history of the sitcom. ist. connect to nature. did you know prilosec otc can stop frequent heartburn before it begins? heartburn happens when stomach acid refluxes into the esophagus.
nation s third-largest public school system. 300,000 students had school canceled today as 25,000 teachers protested. they are demanding smaller class sizes and more support staff. chicago s mayor tonight saying they don t have the money. negotiations are ongoing. and we move on tonight here and to the tributes for congressman elijah cummings. the civil rights leader remembered for his tireless work for justice and equality. and this evening here, what his wife is now saying about his final days. here s abc s linsey davis. reporter: the son of sharecroppers, tonight, elijah cummings is being revered for his ascent to the height of power in washington, remembered fondly by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. he started as a defense attorney, reportedly once saying that he was inspired by the tv character perry mason. from there, he entered the world of politics. known for his booming voice, a tell it like it is tongue and a dogged pursuit of civil rights. his quest as a champion f
all of it meant to shape trump s public persona into something resembling, well, a president. so i sat down with poniewozik ahead of the book s release. because the guy on tv became president. that s the nutshell. our society had reached this place where it was possible that you could go pretty much directly from hosting a reality game show in prime-time on nbc to becoming the most powerful person in the world. and that happened that happened because of tv through tv. one change along with tracing television and tracing the history of trump as a tv character is that tv went from a three-network mass medium where you were to reach a broad audience and be broadly palatable to a fragmented mish medium, where it was about building intense audiences.