. >> 1989 troy is a teenager in savannah georgia and african-american and the murder takes place and the victim is not only the white but the off-duty police officer so you have that melodrama and he is in the wrong place at the wrong time but not the triggerman with all the evidence i can put together. his trial hinged online eyewitness identification seven of them recanted over his 20 years in prison. no saliva, and no blood or anything for dna dna, fingerprints or murder weapon. people who identified him said at the time of the crime they were investigating, they were coerced to sign confessions confessions, a couple could not even read. teenagers at the time, scared, they cooperated because they felt that they had to and troy was nailed. any time there is such a crime it is understandable the community is up in arms there is fear and anxiety so the pressure is on the police to nail somebody quick and is on the prosecutor to convict but we need to make sure we get it right and with trade who i think is the actual culprit in the crime talked out of court and he admitted and confess

>>host: walks us through the case he is a teenager teenager, african-american in savannah georgia and a murder takes place. troy is in the wrong place at the wrong time but not the triggerman his trial hinged on nine eyewitness identification is seven of the doom recanted there is no saliva, and no blood for fingerprints or murder weapon. the people who identified him said at the time of the crime they were coerced to sign confessions and some could not read, a teen-ager's at the time, scared, cooperated with the police because they thought millhouse -- felt they had to and troy was nailed in a ton there is the crime people in fear, anxiety, pressure is on the police to nail somebody quick and the pressure is on the prosecutor to convict that we need to make sure to get a right and in troy's case who i think is the actual corporate -- culprit be admitted and confessed to several people who testified in court that he committed the crime but those recantation were not taken as seriously as they should have and the appellate judge says why should we believe you now? realigning than my qu

savannah, georgia, probably the biggest one. >> it is beautiful. >> you say you're from brooklyn, new had you been outside of new york? >> i am from texas originally. >> florida. >> i have always wanted to do a cross country road trip. might as well. >> did you save a bunch of cash to finance it or just kind of picking up random jobs on the road? >> i do freelance web and that's how i use the money now and working like everybody else and doing it from the road. >> what are people recommending after texas. >> headed up to new mexico and then to colorado and winding our way towards the west coast. we have only had friends and family really give us suggestions because this is really the first time strangers have started to give us suggestions. >> how long will you keep it up. >> it is very open ended. >>> hedge hog in a hat. ♪ >>> we featured these videos on this show before and this time i don't know who will gag more? >> didn't end too well for me. it is actually the first time i have volume itted from it. >> what did he consume? >> cow biel. >> what? >> i will not going to vomit. >> h

explosion investigators say was caused by dust, this time at the imperial sugar refinery outside savannah, georgia cite the company for dust. a huge factory building was demolished. dozens of workers were severely burned, and 13 died. >> if osha had acted and if the industry itself had paid more attention, possibly, this incident would not have happened. it should not have happened. >> these people should not have been killed. >> these people should not have been killed. >> the savannah explosion led to immediate action on the part of congress. george miller, a california democrat, told ed foulke that lawmakers would impose a new safety standard if foulke continued to resist. >> mr. foulke, i must tell you, i just see such an incredible lack of urgency on your part about the role of your agency to protect workers that it's astounding. you're here clinging to what you've done. and it's turned out to be fatal for the american workers. >> if the employers comply with the housekeeping standards, it would eliminate, or at least mitigate, the hazard of having a combustible dust explosion. >> tammy miser

anytime savannah, georgia, stopped at a red light and i look over to the right and there's a man layingin the road. pulling into a 7-eleven, there's a little ramp there, laying in the road, it's raining, water running past him. a/c him struggling, trying to set up and i'm at the red light. i i'm going to change lanes and go over and help him out. my heart grew for a second because i saw these two young men stop beside him, get out, and go over to him and i'm like, thank god, we still live in a club triwhere somebody is going to top and help something. if that had been a dog on the street everybody in the room would stop. one gentleman go around behind him, stops, poses, and natches a picture, changes the cell phone out, does his little gang sign of whatever it, snaps a picture of the gentleman laying in the street. that might have been a crackhead or alcoholic. it wasn't an alcoholic. when i picked him up, i came around behind hix, put my hand underneath his arm right there and said, pull your right leg forward. and he couldn't do it. so i'm like, i -- the smell is horrible bought i'm g

host: the sun twitter -- -- this on twitter -- steve from savannah, georgia. caller: i am calling in because i am not only outraged at what happened but your first caller, she spoke with a nice british accents telling people how she was so patriotic when she took her oath of office in this country and people she looked around the room and she was the only one who belong here and so forth. basically saying that people who did not look like her did not belong here. -- this isis citizen a british citizen. if any citizen of that country immigrates to britain, people like curt treat them as if they do not belong there. britain colonizes those countries. about howing patriotic -- basically trying to tell people in this country that they should exclude certain people. because she is accepted hear other people do not belong here. i was really offended by her comments because i took an oath in this country twice, one to become a citizen the second to serve this country and military. i am highly offended when i hear people like her talk. she is accepted here based on he

shoreline, starting south of myrtle beach, down along the coast toward savannah, but not quite into savannah in georgia. the district is made up of a concern of district. ted for romney. has been held by republicans for the better part of 30 years. 13 red bishop. the most conservative parts of the district are in an area considered a conservative stronghold, but in charleston county and other parts of the district, there are some moderate voters and even in charleston itself, some pretty liberal voters. that will be an opportunity for well inbusch to do very charleston county. her ability to compete in the other counties will play a big factor in the race. >> this is the district previously held by mark sanford was apologized for his own indiscretions, his absence when he was in argentina. give us a sense of the polling. are you looking at with a be to go before voters go to the polls? withe polling shows busch an advantage of nine points. even the democrats i have talked to think she is ahead, but not by that margin. i personally think the race is probably up for grabs, and a lot of people have decide

starting a little south of myrtle beach, down along the coast towards savannah but not quite into savannah in georgia. the district is made up primarily, a mostly conservative district. been held by republicans for the better part of 30 years. generally speaking it is about 8 plus 12 or plus 13 read district. the most conservative parts of , a conservative stronghold, but ralston town in other parts of the district, there are some moderate -- charleston and other parts there are some liberal voters. that will be an opportunity for colbert busch to do very well in charleston county. her ability to compete in the other counties will play a big factor in the race. >> the district previously held by mark sanford, former governor, who has apologized for his own indiscretions, his week- long absence when he was in argentina. give us a sense of the polling in this race with about a week to go before voters go to the polls. >> the most recent polls showed colbert busch with an advantage of about nine points. the democrats i talk to think she is ahead, but not by that kind of margin. i personally think the ra

from the savannah book festival in georgia, this is an hour. >> u.s. senator, vice president of the united states, nobel peace prize recipient. oscar winner. best-selling author. any ounce thereof these superlative alone would be enough to suggest that our next speakers is a force with which to be reckoned. but when combined into one individual, it is evident that al gore is a force of nature. he has always been on the leading edge of promoting the internet as a tool for greater communication. of climate change as one of the greatest perils of our time. and in this latest book, "the future," of the key medical technological and philosophical drivers changing our world, ever the big picture thinker. al gore explores how we might harness these entick -- epic change agents for the good although his public professional life has not been without controversy, he record of accomplishments speak to the life lived on the precipice of passion, purpose, and possibility. on behalf of the savannah book festival, it is my great honor to introduce to all of you, al g

savannah. police protected whore houses in athens. elections fraud in telfair county. truck stop brothels in rome. marriage mills in south georgia. state payroll padding. embezzlement of tax fund. use of convicts for private work. nepotism. purchasing schemes such as time the state bought a bum boats with no bottoms for lakes with no water [laughing] i could go on. many of these, many of these expose's took place during the griffin administration which president carter can well attest was notoriously corrupt. i think it was readers digest never had so many stolen so much. but, marvin griffin was kind of a forgiving sort of a crook. he, quite a few years later he and jack and some other reporters were sitting around drinking and marvin griffin said to jack, you know, when i used it think every time when i see you walking into a press conference with a notebook? and jack said, well, what? and he said, i used to think i wonder what that beady eyed son of a -- has on me today? [laughter] jack left the constitution in 1965 to, pursue the civil rights story for "the l.a. times.". . . [applause] so, president carter, given their reputat

savannah. >> his parents must be so proud. >> points for cleverness. thank you, natalie. let's get a check of the weather. >> thanks, guys. we have friends here from bainbridge, georgia. it's near atlanta but closer total has s tallahassee. geographically not possible. it's somewhere in the state. haa risk of severe storms. basically from concordia to green bay. we are talking large damaging hail. and maybe some damaging winds as well. you can see heavy showers and thunderstorms. you can see the lightning strike firing up as it makes its way into michigan and up into northern minnesota. and as you can see on the future cast, looking at strong storms firing up from the midwest on into the upper great lakes. we are looking at some decent snow back through minneapolis and also through parts of the rockies. rainfall amounts anywhere from 1 to 2 inches before it is all over. that's what's going on around the country. look, it is craig melvin eating ice cream. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> that's good. that's good. >> good morning. tom kierein. take a look here at the storm team 4 radar. scattered sprinkles in the areas on green on the eastern shore

because here in savannah, georgia, you shouldn't feel like that. right? that shouldn't -- that's just a, that's just a very spsk feeling, and we don't really want that again. so i think it's very normal. and there are actually a fair amount of amputees that are returning to active duty and even deployment. it would be a different role, potentially, than what he was in, but it's possible. you know, hopefully he'll move through his transition as well and kind of see where he can contribute to the army? yeah. where he can contribute to the army or to his community in a different way and still find pleasure and joy from that. our last question is here. this gentleman here. in the hat. in the blue hat. everyone's pointing at him. [laughter] >> hi. i'm a psychiatrist, and i've treated many veterans from vietnam to the present. one of the problems i have with what you've said, though, is that there's a marked difference between the normalcy that most people experience and the horrors of war. people in the military in wars see things, do things and experience thi