weldon mcdavid.e leah was home with her newborn baby when the phone rang. >> and i answered the phone. it was s.w.a.t. team. they were on smy street. did you have any idea why they were there? >> none. >> they were there to look for evidence that weldon shot greg. >> the most striking thing about the house is that mr. mcdavid had guns everywhere. >> san diego county district attorney jodie white said they found a number of guns in the house but none was connected to the crime. but then hidden in the garage -- >> they found the upper portion of an ar 15. >> police noticed there was a suppressor or silencer attached to the weapon. and a brass bag which catches shell casings so they don't fall to the ground. >> and the brass bag happened to have seven spent shell casings in in it. which is the same number of shots that were fired that night in carlsbad. >> you think you found the weapon? >> without a doubt. without a doubt. >> but leah still had plenty of doubts. >> he has the skills to do that. but he

now police had another suspect, weldon mcdavid. wife was home and it was s.w.a.t., they were on my street, they told me to come out of the house with the baby. >> did you have any idea why they were there? >> none. >> they were there to look for evidence that weldon shot craig mullvahill. >> jody white brittain said they found a number of guns in the house but none was connected to the crime. but then hidden in the garage -- >> they found the upper portion of an ar-15. >> police noticed there was a suppressor or silencer attached to the weapon and a brass bag catches the casings. >> and it had seven shell casings in it. >> which is the same number of shots fired that night in carlsbad. >> you think you found the weapon? >> without a doubt. >> without a doubt. >> but leah still had plenty of doubts. >> he has the skills to do that but he doesn't have the personality or heart to do that. >> police arrested weldon. at the station he initially denied anything. >> a gentleman got shot. i'm asking you where you were at when he got shot.

well, james weldon johnson's anthem won, but the judge rejected it. and now we have the national anthem full of the bombastic violence. and so i say to all people, no matter what your age, if you can't do it when you're young as i was and growing up in the rural segregated place in virginia, do it when you get old. >> eugene, thank you for the call. john tinker, what are you hearing? >> i think that's an excellent idea. that's a wonderful comment. and it points out the need to bring it up, to say it, to bring that to us, to let us know that. and lift every voice and sing is a wonderful song, and i agree. the francis scott key song is a glorification of war, and i think the "lift every voice and sing" would be a better national anthem. i don't know how other people feel about that, and i think it's open to debate. i think everybody should say what they think about that and let us know. but i think that's an excellent idea. >> you heard from rebecca schnide as you and your family and sister mary beth continue to travel to talk about the significance of

james weldon johnson wrote the anthem in the 1900s, his brother set it to music in 1905.d if you would go to wikipedia right now and looked up james weldon johnson, you will find that years ago there was a contest between james weldon johnson's lift every voice and sing and francis scott key's the national anthem. well, james weldon johnson's anthem won but the judge rejected it and now we have the national anthem full of the bombastic violence. and so i say to all people, no matter what your age, if you can't do it when you are young as i was and growing up in the rural segregated place in virginia, do it when you get old. >> eugene, thank you for the call. justin trudeau, what a john tinker, what are you hearing? >> i think that's an excellent idea. that's a wonderful comment and it points out the need to bring it up, to say it, to bring that to us to let us know that and lift every voice and sing is a wonderful song. and i agree, the francis scott key song really is a glorification of war and i think the "lift every voice and sing" would be a better national anthem. i

james weldon johnson's won, but the judges rejected it. i say to all people, no matter what your age, if you cannot do it when you're young like i was, do it when you get old. >> >> thank you for the call. >> >> i think that is an excellent idea. that is a wonderful comment. it points out the need to bring it up. to say it and bring that to us, to let us know that. i agree. the francis scott key song is a glorification of war. i think to lift every voice and sing would be a better national anthem. i do not know how other people feel about that. i think it is open to debate. everyone should say what they think about that and let us know. i think that is an excellent idea. >> >> you heard from rebecca. what are your general observations about this generation? >> >> thank you, rebecca for your comments. i have had the opportunity to meet with journalists from parkland, florida. the school there that had the terrible shooting with 17 students killed. the student journalists are very aware that another court case limited press freedom in the sc

americans, but he worked very hard with african american writers, and what they say about him, james weldon johnson, they idolized mencken. he more than anyone else took it upon himself to make sure that literarilly the harlem renaissance succeeded. much more than you asked. >> thank you. eric: is that it are questions? abby: all right. thank you so much. thank you all for coming. if you have not had a chance to get a copy of the book yet, you can get them and bring them back here to be signed. [indiscernible conversations] >> "history bookshelf" features historytry's best writers of the decade talking about their books. every saturday at 4:00 eastern on c-span3. >> products are now available in the new online c-span store. see what is new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. tonight on lectures in history, professor anderson talks about efforts in the early 1950's to register african american voters in mississippi. here is a preview. >> moses goes down to the courthouse. he has a couple of guys with him. they are going up the steps to register black folks to vo

>> weldon, brother. 60 years later there would be another revolution that happene right here in the state of texas . the odds of success just as long . this spectacular awe-inspiring victory just as impressive. to this point, not as widely known. that's about to change is we bring you same houston and the texas fight for freedom. >> the alamo isn't just a battle , it's a myth. but it's a good myth. it's about brave people making sacrifice for something they thought was important. leading a rallying cry for the rest of the world. >> he is a guy looking for a second chance here in texas. he has been the governor of tennessee. he's got military experience with the u.s. army. he was an officer. >> houston wanted to preserve himself in texas for a better day. >> sam houston honorably led an started the process of the texa republic. ♪ >> welcome to san antonio, texas . behind your famous building bir that is the church inside the alamo were famous battle took place. we will talk about this battle in a way in which you never heard before. before we do that, i want to flashback. flashback to what

. >> weldon, brother. 60 years later there would be another revolution that happene right here in thevictory just as impressive. to this point, not as widely known. that's about to change is we bring you same houston and the texas fight for freedom. >> the alamo isn't just a battle , it's a myth. but it's a good myth. it's about brave people making sacrifice for something they thought was important. leading a rallying cry for the rest of the

the administration is giving california 30 days to comply with a federal law known as the weldon amendment that law prevents federal health care money from being provided to states that practice discrimination against health care organizations that decline to pay for abortions. so far governor gavin newsome has indicated that the state will not make any changes. >>in national news, the impeachment trial and to president trump continued today as the president's legal team took to the senate floor to tell their side of the story over the past 3 days democrats have laid out arguments that they hope will sway some republican senators they'd like to see those republicans vote to hear from new witnesses and potentially vote for impeachment. whitney wild reports the president's defense team is arguing for a swift trial and acquittal. >>you cannot simply decide this case. >>in a vacuum, a new chapter of impeachment is underway as the senate shifts its attention to president donald trump's defense president trump republicans turn comes after house democrats spent 3 days urging senators to remove th

the department is giving california 30 days to comply with a federal law known as the weldon amendment that law bars federal health care money from being provided to states or entities that practice discrimination against health care organizations which do not provide pay for provide coverage of or refer for abortions. >>in national news tonight, president trump's defense team will take center stage tomorrow and the president's impeachment trial house democrats made their final case today focusing on obstruction of congress and how they believe the president blocked their investigation into his activities about ukraine come has the latest from washington. >>so ordered the senate adjourned. house impeachment managers out of time i don't know about you, but i'm exhausted in their final 8 hours of floor arguments focused on obstruction of congress and pleaded for republican support so i ask you. i implore you. give america a fair trial. give america a fair trial. she's worth it. but many in the senate republican majority are unconvinced the case that they're presenting. it is weak. it's f

friday, the health department is giving 30 days to comply with the federal law which is known as the weldon amendment that law prevents federal health care money from being provided to states that practice discrimination against health care organizations that decline to pay for abortions. >>and happening today prolife advocates in the bay area will be taking part in the 16th annual walk for life you're taking a look at video from last year's walk in san francisco. >>it begins at 12 30 this afternoon at the civic center plaza, then they will walk down market street to justin herman plaza, organizers expect thousands of people to attend today's event. >>coming up on kron 4 news weekend an effort to curb panhandling in one east bay community. it's 20 in a there actually putting up signs discouraging people to give their money. well details coming up after the break. >>i watch the big game on a brand new 65 inch tv we're giving one away on the kron 00:04am morning news watch for the winning word of the day on monday and enter on kron 4 dot com brought >>morning welcome back to kron 4 news weeke