learning about history. we begin tonight with this image. joe biden is a devote catholic, the second in the nation s history to become president. the first jfk and today biden met with pope francis at the vatican and listen to what was discussed. can you address the climate in build back better? yes. what did you discuss about climate and build back better with him? yesterday, president biden announced a frame work on a pair of spending bills including an impressive $555 billion to combat climate change as the atla atlantic pointed out it will be a concentration of new and federal initiatives since lyndon b johnson with great society programs in the mid 1960s. here is the thing, what biden is trying to do is ambitious. it especially amounts to fdr plus eisenhower plus obama moon shot at once but the two bills being discussed are not created equal. on one side the bill is a much needed infrastructure and biden said help us to be more competitive. by itself, it will l
our participation of actors. starting off as guest stars, then we became supporting actors. who the hell are you any way? who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. then we became lead actors we don t run, we stick together and we fight. get out of my house. drama is where all of the conflict happens. scandal is my favorite drama. how many times have i told you what you have to be. everything about it, the twist, the terms, the acting. twice as good. twice as good as them to get half of what they have. i love queen sugar. david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that is being depicted. definitely new york undercover. you stupid, turn around. a positive role, a great thing to see someone who looks like you, a pivotal moment to figure out who i was. america drama almost doesn t, it doesn t exist without black people now. - that s right, hank plummer. you know, i can find him? - yeah, he s right here. it s me. - you know, for a
You had shows like star trek and then this show with a black woman in outer space. then you had mission impossible and you had greg mars in there. you had more black performers coming on series. now, it is being seen that tv should change. and, african americans are appearing in an important significant roles. supporting characters are fine, but the lead characters were still going to be white. one show, though, think about it, is different. room 222 . good morning. good morning, mr. dixon. it was set in an incredibly diverse high school in los angeles. and the lead character was played by lloyd hayes. he plays pete dixon. mr. butcher. sir? they will be expecting me in the detention room.
Is carry washington on carrie washington on scandal. her belief we needed to have a black woman play this role. there was not a tremendous amount of confidence in the pilot when it was done. i think we ordered seven episodes. i remember going into the scheduling room, this is where you are advocating for the shows. at the time i said was, i feel like as a black woman at there table it is incumbent on me to speak in favor of the show from the black female show runner with a black female lead. i feel like there is the shot, we have to take it, right? we got a second season, you know, two to three episodes in and the whole thing went . who shot fitz and took off and caught fire in the beginning it was
Office. we had crime shows starring black actors. it is only 15 stories down and you don t have to worry about the first 14. tall, glamorous, gorgeous woman, you know, being tough and all of that on the heels of foxy brown. to have it on tv it was like yes. i would like to warn you anything that you say may be used against you. that was like seeing our wonder woman, you know? i wish i can say teresa graves opened the door but from diane carol and graves starring in get christie love it took another 40 years before we had another female lead of a drama.