the mississippi delta is a big sponge that stretches between the yazoo and the mississippi.illion acres. this area used to look very different. massive, wild, old wood forests and swamps. after the passage of the cheerful sounding native removal act of 1830, the delta became open for settlement by any white people crazy enough, hearty enough, determined enough, or just plain mean and greedy enough to come here. >> julia reed: there's no way to make up for our bad racial past, but you do, you know, the sense of community that keeps people here is evidenced in this place. >> anthony: julia reed is greenville born and raised. the daughter of a political family. a writer, author, and as delta as it gets. how long you been in the city? >> john currence: 22 years. i came in 1992. >> anthony: john currence is a celebrated chef, who had left new orleans to come to mississippi. and opened first one, then many more restaurants and businesses in the town of oxford. >> john currence: i've stayed busy. >> anthony: and this is doe's eat place in greenville. >> julia reed: this is the grea

he lived it and mississippi delta, and watson.e else to look after them and all the way to the township of south africa, still growning under appartide. did he ever once give up his clan or his tribe? no. he said, what does that have to do with whether we can live together? what does that got to do with whether we have to acknowledge that our common humanity is even more important than our interesting differences. and he did something unusual for a politician back then, when you couldn't check every word every day. he actually said the same thing everywhere he went. he would go into a working class neighborhood and tell them exactly the same thing. he would say in a poor neighborhood in african americans, he would say the same thing in a synagogue as he would say at a knights of columbus meeting. and if we had had a large muslim population back then, he would have gone to them and said, you, too, can be part of america if you share our values and our vision. [ applause ] the native americans literally the national congress, the am

the caress of a child's face in a shotgun house in the mississippi delta., a husband, an uncle. of a family home adorned to this day with photos of loved ones, graduations, weddings, silly moments. grandkids, great-grandkids, his brood ever growing, his love ever enduring. of his extraordinary wife and partner who 50 years after his passing still wears her wedding ring. of a family who strives every day to make him proud. those images accumulate here today. dolores hue arta, his kindred chicana spirit, john lewis, his mentor, emma gonzalez, an army of young activists, such fearless stewards of a future my grandfather imagined and summoned us to. for robert f. kennedy, this was the measure of a life well lived. people. a human connection. the touch, the look, the moment between strangers, friends, where we leave aside expectation and ego, and acknowledge each other's worth and wisdom. where we pause and see each other. when we look past color or creed or class and recognize a humanity we all share. our imperfections, our contradictions, our hope for somethin

where did -- who did the native americans in the mississippi delta think they would have to displace in order to create cotton plantations? because i'm pretty sure not a weren't interested in planting cotton. >> as far as i know, most of the native american participation in the war is from what is today oklahoma, then the indian territory, and people east of the mississippi who are mostly in the north. so seneca, iroquois. in the rest of the country. for instance in the upper midwest in minnesota, native peoples are probably watching the war thinking this is great, they are going to leave us alone for a little while. and again, this in part goes back to, at the end of the war, where do these great heroes who emancipated the slaves and destroyed slavery, where do they end up? the end up fighting the nez perce war. howard, who is a world-class hero of freedom and liberty is the one who fights the nez pearce war. the ironies are tragic and sad everywhere. >> i think it's interesting when we look back we don't realize by sent outderacy diplomats, diplomatic relations, to recruit the nati

and in the mississippi delta also with those cost savings the one program that i mentioned 20% of thediabetic population and then projected to save $189 billion through medicaid expenses. >> very good. but then to emphasize the importance of telemedicine and we found that these principles very well. look in kentucky for the first time they can treat students because there is no pediatrician and that falcon key county. or look in idaho with a give better health consultations around the country. all the things the fcc is doing in collaboration we can dramatically improve those outcomes. that isn't a direct impact on you but spending a lot of money and to save money for the system and to save money for the system how about another five minutes. >> you are recognized. >> thank you for all your service to the country and i appreciate it to have the transparency act have the commissioner publish on the website any documents at least 21 days in advance without codification of the most important aspects that is currently in place at the g5 and as part of the record to support the current tran

i saw this two weeks ago in the mississippi delta where the connected care is already making a difference. it's very met annie who noticed the first signs of diabetes when she woke up one morning with word division and after seeing little progress with the care options come she signed up for the remote patient monitoring program and showed me the ipad and bluetooth enabled glucose monitor she used to track her care on a daily basis. she can check her blood sugar levels and give instant feedback including steps she can take that day to statheday to stay h. with this technology, the levels have gone down and she says she's never felt better. research backs up to see these results showing significant cost savings and improved outcomes with connected care so we should align the public policy in support of the movement in tele- health. that's why in god they asked me to lead the new initiative which will consider at our august meeting. the pilot program aims to provide up to $100 million to support the connected to deployment to focus on low income patients. i look forward to working with all

i saw this two weeks ago in mississippi delta, ground zero for the diabetes epidemic, the delta is also a place where connective gear is artie making a difference. one woman noticed her signs of diabetes after seeing little progress with traditional care options she signed up for remote patient monitoring program and showed me the ipad and the bluetooth enabled blood glucose monitor and she cracked -- and she tracked her care on a daily basis. a app gives her feedback including the steps you could take that day to remain healthy. this technology has offered her to feel better. the research backs up her results. showing significant cost savings and the improved outcome of connective care, allying -- relying public policy. which is why i'm glad german pai asked me to lead this new initiative which will consider -- which will be considered at the august meeting. provides up to $100 million to support connective care point. i look forward to working with stakeholders as we receive comments establishing the program, thank you to the members of committee again for holding this hearing and i w

i saw this two weeks ago in the mississippi delta which is ground zero for the country diabetes epidemic. the delta is a place were connected care isec already makg a a difference. it's worth i'm met miss annie. she noticed the first signs of diabetes when she woke up one morning with blurred vision. after cingular progress with traditional care options she signed up for remote patient monitoring program. she showedwe me the ipad, the bluetooth enabled blood glucose monitor that you use to track her care on a daily basis. she can check her blood sugar levels and an app gets her instant feedback include the step she can take that day to stay healthy. withth this technology her leves have gone down and she said she's never felts better. research backs up her results. showing significant cost savings and improved outcomes with connected care. so we should align public policy in support of this movement in telehealth. that's what i'm glad chairman pai asked me m to lead the new telehealth initiative which will consider at our august meeting. the connected care pilot program aims to provide u

one program that i mentioned in the mississippi delta, just 20% of the diabetic population of magnolia state enrolled in that program, and it is projected we will save hundred $89 million in terms of medicaid expenses. >> very good. anyone else want to add to that ? >> yes. i agree with everything that commissioner carr said. a few months ago i was at an op-ed, it emphasized the importance of telemedicine. if you look at some of the cases we identified, in kentucky people are able to treat students because there is no pediatrician and all of alan kentucky. and in idaho where veterans are getting consultations from specialists all over the country. we can really dramatically improve health outcomes for millions of americans and i think we are only scratching the surface of the potential. it has a direct impact on you as well. instead of spending a lot of money on emergency room visits, if we do proactive steps for some of these folks, we can save a lot of money for the system but also save lives and help people. >> thank you. >>> seeing that there are no further -- >> i want you again f

that one program i mentioned, the mississippi delta, if just 20% of the diabetic population enrolled in that program would safe $189 million in terms of expenses. >> very good. anyone else to add on that? yes. >> i also would add and agree with everything commissioner carr said. president kennedy's first ncc chairman and i wrote a new bipartisan aned that emphasizes the importance of telemedicine and he pounds on the -- if you look at the cases we identified that for the first time are able to treat students because they're no pediatrics in all of allen county, kuk, look at the veterans affairs silt and they're providing veterans with -- what the fcc is doing is we can really dramatically improve health outcomes for millions of americans and i see here we're only scratching the surface of its potential and that has a direct impact on you, instead of spending money on an emergency room visit if we do pro-active health treatment we can save a lot of money for the system and more importantly save lives and improve hogue outcomes. >> thank you issue yield back. >> seeing there nor fur th

always said there would be a final settlement for the cherokee and choctaw that walked from mississippi deltao oklahoma. do you have any knowledge about that, or how i could find out? guest: the best way to find out is obviously to get a hold of your tribe, the choctaw nation otherahoma or whatever tribe you might be affiliated with. there have been a variety of settlements, claims with the federal government. sometimes, the tribes take those resources and actually reinvest them into services for the tribal citizens collectively, like health care, education, or other things. you should definitely call directly to the tribe to find out. to alcoholism,rd what programs are in place and what more needs to be done? ofst: -- from hhs does a lot great work with indian country and tribes. and trying to deal with behavioral health issues. some of the other kinds of challenges that are systemic -- heart of it also comes because we have a high rate of victimization in indian country. and a lot of those victims are by non-native perpetrators. adds to the that problem. we've also been working with congres

why he did not call himself mississippi williams, since he was born in mississippi, and is spent early deltapi and he said if i had called myself mississippi williams, my friends would have called me miss williams and he did not want that. his success was the glassman injury. menagerie." he wrote a script for it in hollywood, hoping they would make a movie of it. it was too literary for them at the time. they would not do it. managed to get it placed with the right people, and that was in the early 1940's, just after the period of living in new orleans. a considerable amount of money off of that book. >> [indiscernible] , is the peters street where tennessee williams completed "a street car named desire." it's also where he got the inspiration for its title. he said he was listening to the rumbling of the streetcars himing by, and it struck [indiscernible] it was used as the motive and title. if you were never come at the beginning, ranch -- if you remember, at the beginning, came to new she orleans, and got on a streetcar named desire. stanley and stella lived at the same address where tenn

in the deep south and the delta, mississippi, there's a huge tourism industry that goes out and you can in 1955. and all that is great. i want to see truth and reconciliation in this country, but you have to have truth before before reconciliation. >> tell me the name of your movie. >> the untold story of emmett lewis till, it was a documentary out in theaters in 2005 that prompted the case to be re-opened in 2004. >> appreciate your time. >> thanks so much. >> thanks for watching. "early start" begins right after this. please don't, i'm saving those for later. at least you don't have to worry about renters insurance. just go to geico.com. geico helps with renters insurance? good to know. been doing it for years. that's really good to know. i'll check 'em out. get to know geico. and see how easy homeowners and renters insurance can be. ♪ ♪ >> the president starts his first official trip to the uk by slamming the prime minister. president trump says trade deals are in jeopardy because theresa may didn't take his advice on brexit. now tens of thousands are protesting the president. >> how

happening surrounding the name emmett till and his memory right now in the deep south, and the delta in mississippiere's huge tourism entry that goes out and you can visit the sites where emmett till was in 1955. all of that is great. i want to see truth and reconciliation in this company but you have to have truth. >> thank you again. tell me the name of your movie. >> "the untold story of emmett till" it was out in 2005 that prompted the reopening of the case in 2004. >> we appreciate your time. >> thank you so much. >> we'll be right back. short sleeve shirts for under $15. a 120 quart igloo cooler for under $50. plus bring the kids for free workshops and activities. does it look like i'm done? shouldn't you be at work? [ mockingly ] "shouldn't you be at work?" todd. hold on. [ engine revs ] arcade game: fist pump! your real bike's all fixed. man, you guys are good! well, we are the number-one motorcycle insurer in the country. -wait. you have a real motorcycle? and real insurance, with 24-hour customer support. arcade game: wipeout! oh! well... i retire as champion. game hog! champion. a book t

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