that was the kansas-nebraska act. by letting people decide for themselves, benton feared -- as did most -- that kansas would choose to become a slave state, and nebraska would be a free state. turned out after a great deal of violence and bloodshed that kansas ultimately became a free state, but benton had no way of knowing that in 1854. california had been admitted to the union as a single great, big state that did not have slavery, but they had debated becoming two states, and there was still a movement afoot to divide california into two states. someone prominent in that movement, by the way, was james gadsden. the new mexico territory had not yet been divided, but there was in the wind the idea that it may divide author sontally. and -- horizontally. and as we mentioned that moment back during the civil war that effort was made so that benton had the fear that there was a whole thing going on in the west there regarding slave states and free states. this is benton's nightmare number three; cuba. he mentioned ambas

the kansas nebraska act opens the western territories to slavery. bid read scott decision which says african-americans can never be citizens of the united states. they have no rights whatsoever. she got not just angry but she became very bitter. when she wrote another anti slavery in all 4 appears a little waiter it is about a slave rebel who is the son of denmark may see who led a slave rebellion. even though he dies before he can launch a slave rebellion he still express's growing bitterness. what was happening was slavery is becoming more deeply entrenched. she had written a uncle tom's capt. to prevent that but unfortunately it made slavery more entrenched because it made the south more defensive even as it turned the north toward anti slavery. it had this effect and she became more better and kept sending petitions to politicians and send her novel and was good friends of many anti slavery politicians. it was really a division. when john brown comes along even though she created the gentle and uncle tom she calls john brown the greatest america

. >> las Áreas de mayor riesgo el oeste de kansas y nebraska donde no se descarta la posibilidad de descargas como podemos observar avisos de tornados en el oeste de nebraska y kansas. >> mientras tanto en los Ángeles condiciones muy estables. >> lo que sÍ tenemos noreste desde justamente detroit a nueva york, atlanta, inclusive en miami retrasos en aeropuertos debido a fuertes lluvias y tormentas elÉctricas en la noche. >> el patrÓn de precipitaciones para dÍa de maÑana hacia el sur de illinois, kentucky hacia el oeste de tennesse. >> todo el noreste vuelven a experimentar actividad de fuertes lluvias y lamentablemente estamos hablando de temperaturas muy peligrosas que se reportan para ustedes en dallas 106 °f. >> mientras tanto al otro lado del panorama tenemos las vegas 104 °f y al norte 75 f. >> situaciÓn mucha mÁs placentera es todo de mi parte continuamos con de primer impacto. >> un brote de Écoli cobrÓ una vida tras comer fresas contaminadas con la mortal bacteria. >> provenientes de una granja de oregon. >> desde el principio de los tiempos se habla de la presencia de Ángeles que no

the latest satellite picture shows storm clouds over the desert southwest heading toward kansas and nebraskarn plains are clear while the northeast has scattered clouds. later today expect showers from the ohio river valley to upstate new york. powerful thunderstorms will hit the northern and central plains. it will be sunny and very hot in texas and oklahoma. while the northwest is cool, especially in western washington and oregon. >>> in sports, a controversial call in kansas city. in the third, the royals billy butler hits the long ball against the yankees, looks like it strikes the railing before bouncing back on the field. the umps call it a homer upsetting yanks manager joe girardi. royals squeak by new york 5-4. >>> take a look at this. the twins' ben revere makes a sensational over the shoulder catch right on the warning track. on the third he stretches out for an amazing diving grab. minnesota takes out detroit 6-5. >>> and in oakland the a's brandon allen long fly bounces off the center field wall and adam jones baubles the ball so allen races around the bases for an in the park ho

around the country, stormy in the heartland with dangerous winds and rain from the dakotas, nebraska, kansas and oklahoma. thunderstorms meanwhile, from new orleans to orlando and southern georgia. showers in northern new england and the southwest across arizona and new mexico. >> mostly 80s from albuquerque to billings. 80s in the twin cities and 79 in detroit. 84 here in new york. 95 in atlanta. 90 in miami, dallas hits 101 just one day shy of tying its record for consecutive triple digit days. no relief there. >> looks like they'll hit that record and maybe even surpass it. hang tight, dallas, wow. >>> coming up next a live update from tokyo on today's wild ride for the asian markets. >>> then it took a high-speed chase and some construction workers to capture america's most wanted famimi. >>> on top of all that, we'll also have new images from the red planet. >>> asian stock markets took another hit today. investors are worried about big european debts dragging down the world economy. the latest from tokyo where abc's fujiakiko fujita is stand by. >> reporter: we saw a mixed bag througho

that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as intensive rain. it will be developing a bit more as we head into your wednesday as well. so kansas city in at 24 degrees. looking much cooler today. it does stay hot across much of oklahoma as well as texas here into louisiana as well. now for europe. very unsettled conditions for the northwestern section of europe. persistetish isles. heavy at times. down in the south staying dry and sunny. for the northern end of europe, you're looking at widespread showers here looking quite gusty as well across the northern end of poland, germany, into norway and sweden. then down in the southeastern corner dealing with the system moving slowly. showers to watch out for in places like ukraine, romania, and bulgaria. out towards the west, it will be generally settled for spain and portugal. it will stay warm in places like madrid and lisbon. fairly cool for the majority of europe today. 18 in kiev. here is your exte

that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as intensive rain. it will be developing a bit more as we head into your wednesday as well. so kansas city in at 24 degrees. looking much cooler today. it does stay hot across much of oklahoma as well as texas here into louisiana as well. now for europe. very unsettled conditions for the northwestern section of europe. persistent rain for the british isles. heavy at times. down in the south staying dry and sunny. for the northern end of europe, you're looking at widespread showers here looking quite gusty as well across the northern end of poland, germany, into norway and sweden. then down in the southeastern corner dealing with the system moving slowly. showers to watch out for in places like ukraine, romania, and bulgaria. out towards the west, it will be generally settled for spain and portugal. it will stay warm in places like madrid and lisbon. fairly cool for the majority of europe today. 18 in kiev

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the kansas nebraska act, the dred scott decision which says african-americans can never be free in the united states they have no rights whatsoever and she got not just angry but very honest, very bitter and when she writes her novel another antislavery novel appears a little bit later it's a much more bitter novel about a slave rebel who is in front of denmark who had led a slave rebellion. now even though he dies before he can launch the rebellion he still expresses a sort of growing bitterness about what was happening. what was happening is that the slavery was becoming more and more deeply entrenched to try to pretend that. but unfortunately, it makes slavery more entrenched because its defensive about slavery even as you turn the march towards antislavery. so it has this affected and startles her and becomes more bitter about it and sends petitions to politicians and sends her novel and was good friends of the antislavery politicians and mentioned in political speeches but it was a division so finally when john comes around even though she had created a gentle kunkel tom she calls

already a rough start this morning across parts of nebraska, kansas and oklahoma. take a look at this video out of western nebraska, some storm chasers -- listen. do you hear it? yeah. there's ping-pong ball-sized hail in there. 167 reports of severe hail yesterday. it all ends in a lovely rainbow. >> oh, that makes it all worth it. that damage to your car, rainbow makes everything better. >> anything for a smile. there ss. ah! >>> viagra could get a makeover. egyptian researchers have packed nano technology into a patch instead of a little blue pill. the idea is slap that baby on and get fewer side effects. no word yesterday on when it will be made available. >>> is it a boy or a girl? a new blood test out can sell the sex of your baby after just seven weeks. critics say early tests like this could lead to abortions if mothers aren't happy with the baby's gender. it's for sale in europe. doesn't have fda approval yet. we won't see it here in the united states for a couple decades. >>> incredible video of an accident in houston. this one left investigators baffled.

gusty winds and hail from eastern colorado into kansas and nebraska.s threaten new mexico and arizona. meanwhile, scattered storms around detroit, chicago and indianapolis and pop-up showers across much of louisiana and florida. >> 91 in miami. sunny 86 here in new york. 80s across the midwest. dallas hits triple digits for the 50th time this year. 73 in seattle. 90 in salt lake city. >> is that the local pronunciation of miami? >> welcome to miami. >> loving the native stuff. >>> an update on a bird we told you about last week. petey the parrot was hit by a car in coral springs, florida, and then got stuck in the grille of the vehicle. firemen came to the rescue, took him to a local nature center. >> there's good news. petey's now been a apted by a couple who love birds and rock 'n' roll. they have several other birds they let fly around their house. they say their flock likes classic rock, especially, what else, "free bird" by lenonardynyrd skynyrd skynyrd. it's funny the parrots like rock 'n' roll because i had a parakeet that loved david lee roth.

the train plowed into a farm vehicle on the tracks near the nebraska border with kansas and colorado around 8 a.m. several cars derailed. some tipped on their sides, but nothing caught fire. there were 175 passengers on board. no one was seriously hurt, but several people were taken to the hospital. the other passengers were bussed to a nearby high school to be taken care of. amtrak is renting private buses to move the rest of the passengers to chicago. >>> the two men convicted of killing an oakland journalist will spend the rest of their lives behind bars. a judge just sentenced yusef bey iv to three consecutive life terms and antoine mackey received two life terms. the two former members of "your black muslim bakery" were found guilty of killing chauncey bailey and two other men in 2007. bailey, the editor of the oakland's post, was working on a story about the bakery's financial troubles. >>> there is no easy answer but they are trying. they are meeting today on gang prevention in san jose involving police, the mayor and federal officials. now this comes as the city ends a collab

of severe weather again for the midwest and the northern plains stretching do down, through nebraska into kansas. more hail and thunderstorms on the way. they already got some rain yesterday. place not getting the rain, unfortunately, in the south, my friends still in dallas still getting with the heat. look what i'm going back to, 10and 100 in wichita and 102 in oklahoma city. they're looking at some hot weather out there and the heat advisory continues. nasa outlook great across the west coast, 60s and 70s, rain across the rockies and southeast. >> that was a look at the local forecast. robin, i have to say, i love the red today. >> i love what you're sporting t you're heading back to 107. >> that's why i put the red on. >>> big cheers in hollywood. so many people have been heading to the movies this summer to forget their troubles. at least for a few hours and all those tickets sold are adding up to what may be a record-breaking season at the box office. back from getting twinkies? >> no love for the red tie, by the way. >> purple. >> in what world is that red? >> josh, you are not part of th

forecast now, severe storms in the heartland with dangerous winds and heavy rain in the dakotas, nebraska, kansasstorms from new orleans to orlando. showers in northern new england, and the southwest. >> mostly 80s from billings to albuquerque, dallas, 101, one day shy of tying the record of consecutive double digit days. 80s in the twin cities, boston, 83 and new york, 84. >> hang in there, dallas. happening in there. >>> it is summertime, of course there is a lalapalooza. and in wisconsin it was a moo-lapalooz. when all of the mooing was over. 18-year-old brandon rogers was the bovine best. goodness gracious. >> i'm sure he's beating the women off with a stick. who doesn't love a champion mooer. he mon a golden cow bell. a thousand bucks which he's putting away for college. >> smart kid. >> that's a real talent there. >> stop lying on national television. >> look at that guy. >> oh, man. >> oh, you go get them. tyler. laid disare loving it. more "world news now" coming back after this. ♪reen acres is the place to be ♪ yikes, this color just sucks the life out of me. i was just gonna say that! y

the california deafer around 8:50 this morning central time, not far from the nebraska state lines with colorado and kansas. authorities say none of the injuries appear to be life- threatening. 178 people were on board. the train left the bay area wednesday. the passengers have been taken to a nearby high school to be cared for before amtrak makes other arrangements for their trip east. >>> the police in richmond are investigating a homicide early this morning. the deadly shooting happened at a home on the 3200 block of moran avenue around 4:00 this morning. a woman was found dead inside the house. a man who had been shot several times was also found in the home and taken to the hospital. he is in critical condition. two people who may be persons of interest in the case were detained by police. the investigators believe this may have been a home invasion robbery. >>> four years after oakland journalist chauncey whaley was killed, the two men convicted for his death were sentenced this morning. new at noon, and we are joined live from oakland with the judge's decision. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: goo

severe weather threatens northeast cocolorado, western nebraska and kansas, too.93 in new orleans. albuquerque, colorado springs and boise all hover near the 90-degree mark. >>> well, a puppy left for dead on a train track in central poland is getting a second chance, thanks to a local animal shelter. >> vets have come up with a set of wheels to replace the pup's paralyzed back legs and they say she's doing very well. a distraught train driver thought he might have driven over three puppies that had been abandoned on the tracks. >> two didn't make it, but he carried the injured pup to the shelter himself where staffers managed to keep her alive. now she's up for adoption. >> that's so great to see her walking. >> that's cool. that is cool. they really don't know at this point who may have abandoned those pups on the track there, so some unanswered questions. but that little guy's back 4p+olling along. >> i would adopt him, if i could, but you know that. >> because you're betty white. we'll be back with more news after this. ♪ when a big dog throws you a bone ♪ ♪ o

joseph all the way down to kansas city is where the wet weather will be with thunderstorms early this morning. nebraska has thunderstorms to deal with. i was talking about the temperatures, it's very enjoyable. 62 this morning in chicago. new york city at 65. some of the suburbs have dropped into the 50s. the coolest morning in a while. the heat and humidity in the southern half. watch out for afternoon thunderstorms in georgia, south carolina, definitely florida where it will be hot. orlando at 96 is pretty hot. once again, we should be near 100 in texas. but not seeing the incredible heat of 110 like last week. a sneak peek at your weekend. on saturday, wet weather in minneapolis, chicago, into ohio valley. unfortunately it looks like the east coast will be very wet on sunday. >> say it isn't so. all right. more on wall street's wild ride. why you food costs may be heading higher and the car to buy with all that disposable income that you might have, right? your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, yankees slam the door. football is back and tiger is back,

nebraska. that happened to near the kansas colorado border. the two locomotives and the first three of the 10 passenger cars left the tracks. there are no reports of serious injuries. puck a derailment this morning for an amtrak train. >> new this morning, a large and the deadly explosion strikes the united nations building in nigeria. take a look at some pictures that we have of people gathered at some of the damage done from the bombing that happened this morning. part of the building's entire wheat was leveled. these pictures are due into kron 4. the death toll has been raised 16 people. that could be even more as we keep track of the story. as a new-line building was also attacked last month in a car bombing. this was located in the same neighborhood as the u.s. embassy. we are back with more and a couple of minutes. this for watching the kron 4 morning news. we are keeping our eyes on hurricane i read with live shots from around the east coast. he 70 million people are preparing and bracing themselves for this storm. we will be right back

the heat index expected to hit 110 degrees in parts of kansas, missouri, oklahoma, arkansas, nebraskana and texas. >>> a verdict and sentence expected this week for two u.s. hikers who have been held in iran on spying charges for the last two years. the attorney for shane bauer and josh fattal says he hopes they will be found guilty, sentenced to time served and sent home. >>> a new report says hate crimes against gays and lesbians are up despite a drop in overall violent crime and states legalizing same-sex marriage in the repeal of the don't ask don't tell policy. the report of the national coalition of anti-violence programs says hate crimes against gays and lesbians has jumped by 13% by 2009 and 2010 yao researchers at the university of north carolina says researchers are buying more prepared markets that are high in sugar and calories and that is fueling an obesity epidemic. >>> harry potter and the deathly hollows hit the billion dollar mark at the box office. took only 17 days and ties an all-time record. only nine films in history have made that much money with "avatar" toppin

we're already watching large thunderstorms around omaha and lincoln, nebraska, headed for kansas cityecast for today, still hot in texas. although we ended the 100-degree streak in dallas yesterday. as far as the weekend, the worst of it on saturday from minneapolis through wisconsin and areas of michigan, illinois, indiana. the eastern half of the country is okay, but you will see typical afternoon thunderstorms in the southeast. i do think we're going to get a soaker in areas of new england and the mid-atlantic on sunday. your outdoor plans could be washed out in areas of d.c. up to new york city on sunday. saturday, choice day on the eastern seaboard if you want to get out and enjoy your weekend. you're watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money? pnc virtual wallet gathers your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial picture. so you can do more with your money. see what a complete view of your money

scattered showers, the heaviest stuff currently in portions of the unicameral state of nebraska, down through kansas valley and a little action in the piedmont mountain area. >> as you head out to this getaway friday, we have some 50's in new england if you're lucky enough to be in caribou right now, almost 60. beautiful morning up there. we've got 68 in cleveland and much of the ohio valley currently in the 60's and then 70's in the big northeastern corridor cities down through the -- you can see the mid atlantic. gets a little warmer once again in portions of the central plain states and it's going to be downright hot once again today. i think dallas is going to be -- i think today will be the -- let's see, the 36th day in a row they have had a temperature over 100. today it will be 108. >> thank you, steve. let's turn our attention to california where hundreds of prison guards have decided to take a little bit of a break for a convention and head off to vegas which under normal circumstances would be fine. except there's a little bit of a problem with footing the bill for all of this. >> they're

nebraska. the authorities are saying 22 people were hurt when the train out of the bay area derailed. the california zephyr hit a farm vehicle this morning close to the colorado/kansas state line. the train left on wednesday. it wases carrying 175 -- it was carrying 175 passengers to chicago. two locomotives tipped over. emergency workers say 20 people on the train and two on the ground were take tone area hospitals. none -- taken to the area hospitals. none of the injuries are life- threatening. >> it is a matter of cleaning up hazardous materials that might be involved, fuel from the locomotive or otherwise and calling in professional services to put any cars back on the track that can move. >> reporter: the uninjured passengers were bussed to their destinations. >>> pg&e submitted a plan to ensure the gas pipelines meet strict standards. the utility says it it will take years to implement. they say they will test all of the pipes that have not been tests in the wake of that deadly blast. and at&t will retrofit pipes: also on the list improved monitoring to quickly locate ruptures and switching to computer record keeping rather than paper records. a few homes rema

kansas said i'm wondering if the madness hasn't been around since the first time. it's just that we have more access to it now thanks to you guy and it is social media available. ron in nebraskarites term limits are a good start. i think three terms are more than enough. term in office and two terms in prison for all the wrong done in the first term. that should be retro active and should start now. dennis in florida writes thomas jefferson said we should have a revolution and start over with a new government. we are about 10 revolutions behind schedule. brian in colorado springs, the madness will never stop. please, sir, may i have some more? go to my blog to read more. you will find a lot of madness there. until the beginning of 2013, the fear of default, at least that has gone away. at least we don't have to worry about that. >> well, let's wait and see what the commission comes up with. we don't know what's going to come out of their bag of tricks. >> no idea who will be on that committee and no idea what they will do. they may not be able to do anything given the different stance that republican condition servatives had that liberal democrats have. they may not be able t

north of kansas city across the missouri river valley across nebraska. pretty good. southern areas of new mexico seeing showers today. temps wise, it's all about the heat again today. it will be the case all week long. we will break all kinds of records again across the south unfortunately not getting nil kind of a break at all. tropics acting up again. this was what was tropical storm emily. now tropical depression depression emily again, it is all going to move off toward the east. no big concerns. take a look at the models, they all pull to the east. send it back to you. >> thanks, rick. >> want a break on your car insurance? all you have to do is let your insurance company spy on you. that sounds like a small thing. we will explain. >> president obama borrowing bits and pieces from president reagan. up next, a former presidential speech writer says his strategy is like crip tonight. it's propelling america. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables p

nebraska the national guard. airmen danieler ser bay. john brown, a pararescue man. army reserve specialist spencer duncan the door gunner. alexander bennett and pilot brian nicoles based in kansas city, missouri. the pentagon still not releasing the full list of the name and they may change their minds at some point but the media has gotten ahold the names through independent means, shep. >> shepard: jen, it's my understanding there is an update on the investigation into that crash now. >> that's right a brigadier general has been put in charge by central command, questions about the crash of the chinook ch 47. why so many members of one unit were on board one helicopter was the root into the valley preprogrammed and predictable to enemy fire? why were seals flying army chinooks with less fire power than usual? should seal team 6 have been used as the imprecede i can't tell reaction force? was there another helicopter deployed? will the unmanned aerial surveillance footage reveal it was a rocket propelled grenade that brought down the helicopter. tonight there remained more questions than answers. >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. london the tripling the number of p

kansas for me and 12 others. >> terrific. thank you. yeah. >> i am from nebraska, retirement systems again.ould share with you what we're going to be doing this summer. we're currently in the process of doing a 30-year modelling study, similar to what meredith did in colorado, but we're going to make this an interactive study, a moldel that we can inpt different data about the retirement systems for our dv plans, our school and state patrol where we can change the factor, change the years of salary, the retirement age and all of these different factors. we're going to take a look at it, study it this summer. our legal counsel for the retirement systems is here, kate allen, from nebraska. we're working with the retirement committee, and i would encourage you, those of you who are legislators, to work with your agencies, your retirement agencies, because they have a wealth of knowledge. we're all in this together. we all want to come up at the end of the day to be able to fund our pension plans and do it in a smart way, and so i would just say that that's something we're doing. we're looking