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Who was unapologetic about that, and that was very, very groundbreaking in 1970s. - george jefferson with the walk out the bank move, the hit the cliff. thats how i walk out the bank when i make withdrawals. - how about this? (upbeat funky music) (audience laughs) - isabel sanford was really a trailblazer. - weezie, honey. - dont you weezie honey me. - in 1981, isabel sanford, who plays louise, became the first and still only black woman to win the emmy for lead actress in a comedy series. - at ...

- isabel sanford was really a trailblazer. - weezie, honey. - dont you weezie honey me. - in 1981, isabel sanford, who plays louise, became the first and still only black woman to win the emmy for lead actress in a comedy series. - at last. (audience laughs and applauds) - marla gibbs is everything to me. she was a breakout star. - you live in this apartment, right? - uh huh. - and you got an apartment in this building, too? - yes, thats right. - well, how come we overcame and nobody told me? (a...

Unionization in america is having a moment right now. labor unions are mobilizing to improve the power of the worker. on august 3rd, 1981, or traffic controllers went on strike after negotiations with the federal government over wage increases and work hours failed. president ronald reagan called a strike illegal he threatened to fire any controller who didnt return to work within 48 hours. and reagan followed through on that promise. two days later, he began firing over 11,000 air traffic contr...

Are struggling and how can workers get their fair share in an age of artificial intelligence and new ways of doing business. those are at the heart of not only what the writers and actors are worried about but america is worried about. yes, some actors are doing just fine in this new world but the basic battle lines are the same across industries. that gap between what workers make and ceos make has been widening for decades, at least since ronald reagan busted the air traffic controllers union ...

Who was unapologetic about that, and that was very, very groundbreaking in 1970s. - george jefferson with the walk out the bank move, the hit the cliff. thats how i walk out the bank when i make withdrawals. - how about this? (upbeat funky music) (audience laughs) - isabel sanford was really a trailblazer. - weezie, honey. - dont you weezie honey me. - in 1981, isabel sanford, who plays louise, became the first and still only black woman to win the emmy for lead actress in a comedy series. - at ...

Sung by janet dubois about moving on up. you had a different situation from "good times," where its a poor black family, to a rich black family living in a high-rise apartment. - your family started at zero, and look what youve got now, a lovely wife, successful business, and a beautiful apartment. - thats right, buddy. - i dont need you to tell me that! (audience laughs) (mid-tempo r&b music) - the character of george jefferson was a rich black man who was unapologetic about that, and that was ...

Biden going to nato, with this unfolding story, is this is why we have presidents. this is why we need serious people who are president. because i was looking at the map you had. look at -- look at that. look at the size of russia, the size of nato. this is great power stuff that can go -- look at that. >> amazing. >> its amazing. >> dont you want a grown-up sitting there to make the call? >> nobody would have imagined that map, jon meacham, in 1981, in 1991 when the soviet union collapsed. even...

This is my last broadcast as the anchorman of the "cbs evening news." for me its a moment for which i long have planned, but which nevertheless comes with some sadness. this is my last broadcast as the anchorman of the cbs evening news. for me, its a moment for which i long have planned, but for which nevertheless comes with some sadness. for almost 2 decades, after all, we have been meeting like this in the evenings, and ill miss that. that is the way it is. friday, march 6, 1981. i will be a...

Prigozhin, you have to go back to the beginning. in the 1980s, st. petersburg was known as leningrad and the soviet union was already in decline. the communist partys promise of building a workers paradise had proving to be a lie. the criminal underworld ruled the streets and st. petersburg was russias version of chicago in the 1920s. >> st. petersburg was called the -- capital of russia. >> it was here where the young prigozhin made his start as a thief. >> it was at that time that prigozhin be...

They told the story of yevgeny prigozhin, we have to go back to the beginning. in the 19 80s, st. petersburg was known as leningrad and the soviet union was already in decline. the communist partys promise of building a workers paradise had proving to be a lie. the criminal underworld ruled the streets and st. petersburg was russias version of chicago in the 1920s. >> st. petersburg was called the -- capital of russia. >> it was here where the young prigozhin made his start as a thief. >> it was...