i believe thomas really wanted to push on at jonesboro. he had hardy's men trapped, could have destroyed them. as i recall sherman said no. seems like they could have prohibited a lot of the whole tennessee campaign from even happening at that point but it already seemed also sherman never liked the army of the cumberland. he was more the army of the tennessee man. so i'm just interested on your thoughts at what happened at jonesboro with general thomas and how that impacted the tennessee campaign. thank you. >> i'll be honest with you. jonesboro is a battle that i don't really know a lot about, partly because frank cheatham was absent. but it was hardy's corps. that belonged to him who went down there. it was a battle where the confederates were badly outnumbered and the goal really for the federals was to sever the last rail line into atlanta which by winning at jonesboro they did. i really didn't know that thomas had wanted to continue on and really follow up the victory more than he did. i think -- my guess is that sherman felt that he

. >> reporter: jonesboro is both a college town and a farm town.ends to the needs of young minds and rice farmers on the vast plain of sticky, fertile clay west of the mississippi river. it's where marc despain breezed through school with his easy charm. tana is his mother. >> he was the only freshman that we know of that was chosen by a senior to go to the senior prom. >> reporter: marc became a high school football star and his sister jacque watched him bring his trophies home to lay at the feet of his father, jack. >> he really did look up to dad. and he -- you know, he always wanted to, you know, impress him and stuff. >> reporter: and then -- well, its an old story, really. >> when i was 18 and he was 19, we just bumped into each other. >> reporter: pretty michelle. she was sitting on top of a car when marc spotted her one night. tiny, doe-eyed, and, before long, pregnant. >> the way i was brought up, you know, if you got a girl pregnant, you married her. that's just -- that was just what you did. >> reporter: so there was a shotgun wedding. t

thank you. >> jonesboro is a battle that i don't really know a lot about. frank cheatham was absent. it was part of the corps that belonged to him. it was a battle where the confederates badly outnumbered. the goal was to sever the last rail line into atlanta. which they did. i didn't know that thomas had wanted to continue on and follow-up the victory. sherman thought he had gotten the objective, the railroad. for him that was good enough. a difference of philosophy, i would say. >> i would add, i think by that stage of the war, through the entire atlanta campaign, sherman increasingly saw the benefits of the maneuver, and he was sick of the killing that was taking place. i think he believed that he had what he wanted, and he was not inclined to initiate more bloodshed. i think also that sherman, this has been a controversial issue. i'm not sure of sherman held tomas in particularly high regard. he and grant were somewhat akin in that respect. any other comments? >> i agree. i think sometimes in analyzing the relationship between some generals, a senior an

i believe thomas really wanted to push on it jonesboro. he had the men trapped, could have destroyed him. as i recall, sherman said no. it seems like they could have prohibited a lot of the tennessee campaign from even happening at that point. it always seemed also that sherman never really liked the army of the cumberland. he was an army of the tennessee guy. i am interested on your thoughts of what happened it jonesboro, how that impacted the tennessee campaign. thank you. >> jonesboro is a battle that i don't really know a lot about. partly because frank cheatham was absent. it was part of the core that belonged to him. it was a battle with the confederates badly outnumbered. the goal for the federals was to sever the last rail line into atlanta. which they did. i did not know that tomas wanted to continue on and follow-up the victory. sherman thought he had gotten the objective, the railroad. for him that was good enough. , a difference of philosophy, i would say. >> i would add, i think by that stage of the war, through the entire atl

i believe thomas really wanted to push on at jonesboro. he had hardy's men trapped, could have destroyed them. as i recall, sherman said no. seems like they could have prohibited a lot of the whole tennessee campaign from even happening at that point, but it already seemed also sherman never liked the army of the cumberland. he was more the army of the tennessee guy -- man. so i'm just interested on your thoughts at what happened at jonesboro with general thomas and how that impacted the tennessee campaign. thank you. >> i'll be honest with you. jonesboro is a battle that i don't really know a lot about, partly because frank cheatham was absent. but it was hardy's corps. that belonged to him who went down there. it was a battle where the confederates were badly outnumbered and the goal really for the federals was to sever the last rail line into atlanta which by winning at jonesboro they did. you know, i really didn't know that thomas had wanted to continue on and really follow up the victory more than he did. ewing my guess is that sherma

on friday officers were called to the father's home in jonesbo jonesboro south of lan to look for the but the father denied he was there. they came back a second time. the boy send a text message to his mother guiding them to a false wall leading to the attic where the boy was found. sergeant kevin hughes. >> the real investigation begins that we need to know all the questions, the who, the what, the where, the when, and the why. so to find out exactly what happened is going to be the job of our detectives now. >> reporter: why the boy didn't attempt to call his mother before this weekend is not known. his father and stepmother are now being held without bond. vicente arenas, new york. >> quite a story. >>> when we return, some of the nfl's best quarterbacks light up the scoreboard on sunday. story. >>> when we return, some of the nfl's best quarterbacks light up the scoreboard on sunday. .. shh! taste better in our savory broth. vegetables!? no...soup! oh! soup! loaded with vegetables. packed with taste. you think it smells fine, but your passengers smell this... eliminate odors you'

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they found him behind a fake wall at his biological father's home in jonesboro, georgia. jean says he was abused and kept as a slave. his mother reported him missing four years ago after he went to visit his father. the mom never heard from him again until last week when jean sent her a friend request on facebook. after telling his mom what was happening, she called police. jean then managed to use an internet-connected phone to lead police to where he was. >> i just went on the play store and downloaded an app called magic jack. >> reporter: jean's father is now facing false imprisonment and cruelty to children charges. jean was eventually found during a second search. >> it's a standard linen closet and one of the shelves, a door access panel into the upper garage area, which was beams and insulation. >> reporter: police say more charges are possible in the case. don champion for cbs news new york. >> three other people who live in the home where jean was found could also faces charges. it is not known if the child had been enrolled in school and if he was only kept the

. >> reporter: police found gregory this weekend at his biological father's home in jonesboro.icers say the couple gregory jean and samantha davis had him hiding in a fake wall in a storage room when police searched their home. smith says before friday, it had been one year since she talked to her son and she didn't know his address. the teen had gone to visit his father four years ago and wasn't allowed to go back home. and then last friday she received a friend request from him on facebook. that's when he gave her his address and told her about the abuse he had been enduring. smith says the couple basically use her son as a slave. gregory says he did all of the yard work and all of the cleaning. after hearing this, the mother called police right away. at that same time, gregory found a phone in the home with no service and used his computer skills to call his mother and in realtime led police to where he was hidden. >> i just went on and i downloaded an app and called magic jack and called my mom. >> reporter: smith said she had no idea the woman accused of beating her son wa

. >> reporter: in jonesboro, georgia, an emotional reu general fo reunion in the making after he wasreconnected with his mother after police found him hidden in his father's home. >> we opened the compartment where he was and i saw him and asked him to come forward and he was horrified and he retreated away from us until he knew that those people weren't around him. >> reporter: the discovery was made on friday night after police received a tip asking them to check the home. authorities did not find the boy during that first visit and people inside told them they had no information on the child. but during a second search, the boy reportedly was able to contact his mother who told police to look behind a false wall. one of the officers involved opened it up and the reaction once he finally realized he was free. >> he couldn't thank us enough. he just kept saying, thank you, thank you, thank you. just overjoyed that we had found him. >> reporter: neighbors of the family who moved into the home about six months ago are absolutely stunned, saying they saw the boy playing outside frequen

. >> reporter: in jonesboro, georgia an emotional reunion four years in the making.13-year-old boy reported missing in 2010 finally reconnected with his mother after police found him hidden in his father's home. >> we opened the compartment where he was, and i saw him and asked him to come forward and he was horrified. he retreated away from us until he knew that those people weren't around him. >> reporter: the discovery was made on friday night after police received a tip asking them to check the home. authorities did not find the boy during that first visit and people inside told them they had no information on the child. but during a second search the boy reportedly was able to contact his mother who told police to look behind the false wall. one of the officers involved opened up about the 13-year-old's reaction once he finally realized he was free. >> he just couldn't thank us enough. he kept saying thank you, thank you, thank you. just overjoyed that we had found him. >> reporter: neighbors of the family who moved into the home about six months ago are absolut

been through, officers found him this weekend behind a fake wall in his biological father's home in jonesboro ready to go home. >> jean says he was abused and kept as a slave. his mother report he had him missing four years ago, after he went to visit his father. the mom, never heard from him again, until last week when jean sent her a friend request on facebook. after telling his mom what was happening she called police. jean then managed to used under connected phone to lead police to where he was. >> and i just went on, download dollars the app, that called my mom. >> jean's father and stepmother now face false imprisonment, cruelty to children charges. stepmother allegedly lied to police when they initially showed up to the home. jean was eventually found during the second search. >> it is a standard linen closet. in one of the shelves where an access door access handle into the upper garage area. which was beamed and insulation. >> police say more charges are possible in the case. don champion, cbs news, new york. >> our time now 8:37. are you still working on your whom day shopping list

nbc's kerry sanders has the latest from jonesboro, georgia. >> reporter: safely back in his mother'sgators this morning are trying to piece together the story of what happened to this 13-year-old boy, who had been missing for four years. in court sunday the boy's father and stepmother samantha davis sat in shackles, charged with false imprisonment and child cruelty after police found the boy in their house n a hidden room, behind a fake wall, camouflaged with towels. according to authorities, the amazing rescue started when the boy somehow contacted his sister, using a cell phone. she relaid the message to their mother who tipped off authorities where the boy was being held. but when police went to the house, their search came up empty. >> officers went, made contact with individuals in the home who deny having any knowledge of who the child was. >> reporter: it was only after a second call from the mother with more details, that police went back to the house and this time, they found him. neither the mother nor the boy spoke with reporters. they didn't need to. >> wow. nbc's kerry s

let's go to jonesboro, anthony. caller: good morning. find mostings that i unbelievable about this business , if a york, firstly , stop, weshould say have a problem, we want you to move on or whatever, then the .erson should comply or not be surprised if they are tackled. but the thing i find most unbelievable about this event is, how many rules can you have? i believe this man ended up dying for selling individual cigarettes. find the most ridiculous of all. oh, i lost you there. sorry about that. next we go to nico in gibson berg, ohio. the police have been and profiling black people since the 1960's. now, suddenly it's getting all of this attention. now that a bunch of african-american males are being killed for selling cigarettes, walking down the street with -- in the wrong neighborhood with a hood on. how are the police protecting the people? how is that camera protecting the people? maybe they should give the officers, when they go through this and they are shooting people 50 times, you know what i'm saying, just for being black a

that is debra in jonesboro, georgia. if you are a democratic viewer and you want to comment on this, we have eight minutes left before the house comes in. happy to hear from you on this question. we have asked whether the passage of the affordable care act was good politics for the democratic party, an issue that was raised by senator schumer last month and then debated since then. the latest stats on the affordable care act, this from gallup, a new report coming out in recent days. 57%,y six in 10 americans, say they are satisfied with the total cost they pay for health care, on par with other readings over the last five years. so far there is little indication that the afford will care act, also known as obamacare, as affected the way americans view their health care costs, either positively or negatively, despite -- positively or negatively. backdrop, there is little evidence of change in those perceptions from recent years. conversely, few are satisfied with the total cost of health across the u.s., indicating that w

joins us from jonesboro, georgia. good morning, stooe. >> reporter: good morning, robin.ies say they once saw the 13-year-old on top of the roof sweeping it. they thought it was dangerous. but no one suspected he was being held captive. this morning, a mother's prayers were answered the. four yours after she thought she would never see her son again, she put her arms around her on saturday. he went missing after visiting with his father, gregory jean, when he was 9. the 13-year-old managed to get his hands on a cell phone, download an app, and text his mother. telling her he was south of atlanta, hidden in his father's home. >> we came to the home and were able to get inside. >> reporter: they visited the home twice. the first time, they couldn't find him. the people home denied he was there. the teenager sent a second text saying he was there all along, hid. in a secret come part in the walls of the home. >> we opened the come papartmen where he was. i saw him, asked him to come forward. he was horrified. he was frozen with fear. >> reporter: they found him in a small at

then of course you have a yeyear and a half ago in jonesboro, arkansas. this is enough is enough. really is more -- it's way beyond ferguson. >> but, you know, i hope it's not called the hands up, don't shoot movement, because that's -- >> i think for some it is. >> you know what i hope it is. i hope it's the i can't breathe movement. i hope it's the dosh i love this -- this stops today movement. you know why? because that's on camera. the facts are not in dispute. it's actually something that allows us to be forward looking. >> the hands up, don't shoot isn't applied just to mike brown. >> but why even go there? >> as an african-american, you know what my dad taught me, he said, you get pulled over, you put your hands up. that was way before ferguson. >> yeah, that's what -- after trayvon, that's what jean robinson and i talked about. i guess this is what i'm saying, mr. mayor. the facts are not in dispute in staten island. also, i think for most fair minded good americans, the facts are not in dispute. what we've said here since trayvon, there are two criminal justice systems in