initially when alabama passed its immigration law, the immigration law was very tough. it was going to place a lot of requirements on law enforcement and a lot of things that we were going to have to do procedurally in order to enforce this law. ironically, most law enforcement officers disagreed with the legislature in the passage of this law. and the reason is we recognized that citizenship goes to the united states of america, not necessarily to the state of alabama. >> so christians feel we have a responsibility, and we certainly have demonstrated the neediest of the needy and alabama is a state with a lot of poverty and all, the neediest, those at the bottom, were the immigrants. had had eight or so con gre congratulations that we were versing, hispanic congregations. all of these were con gre congratulations were just devastated overnight. >> there are also many misconceptions about illegal immigrants. for instance, many believe illegals don't pay taxes. reap erican jobs, and american health benefits. >> i think a lot of people believe illegal immigrants because o

initially when alabama passed this immigration law the law was very tough. it was going to place a lot of requirements on law enforcement and a lot of things we were going to have to procedurely in order to enforce this law. ironically, most law enforcement officers disagreed with the passage of this law. the reason is, we recognize that citizenship goes to the united states of america, not necessarily to the united states of alabama. >> christians feel that we have a responsibility to help those in need. we certainly demonstrated the needs to the needy and alabama is a state with a lot of poverty. the neediest, those at the bottom were immigrants. we had eight or so congregations , hispanic congregations. all of these were just devastated overnight. >> there's also many misconceptions about illegal immigrants. many believe they don't pay taxes, take american jobs and reap american health benefits. >> a lot of people believe that illegal immigration is an issue because of the misinformation that is out there. you also hear that illegal take health care but w

from alabama. . mr. bachus: i yield one minute to the gentleman from alabama, mr. bonner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama, mr. bonner, is recognized for one minute. mr. bonner: thank you, mr. speaker. this is the right thing to do at the right time and for the right reasons. and hopefully in some small way this legislation will bring some form of closure to a cowardly act, one so outrageous it became a turning point in the passage of the civil rights act of 1964. on behalf of the people of alabama, i want to say a special thank you to our colleague, congresswoman terry sewell, and the dean of our delegation, congressman spencer bachus, in working together hand in hand to bring this very appropriate bill to the floor for consideration and a vote. while nothing he we do here will ever replace the loss of these four innocent young girls, especially to their families and to their loved ones who lived with the void in their hearts for the last 50 years, may this action today ensure t

all of alabama's executions are carried out here.rison was originally built to house 540 inmates. today, that population is nearly doubled, and most inmates, including serious felons, live in one of five open dormitories. >> i've been locked up 12 years, and it's not getting any better around here. instead, they try to pile us in and pile us in more and more. >> at holman, 630 beds are dedicated to general population. 200 accommodate inmates in administrative segregation, and 172 are set aside for death row inmates. >> you have anything from a property offender here all the way to self-proclaimed serial killers. >> because of a lot of difficult inmates or inmates that other camps can't contain, they will send them to us, and we take them, and we deal with them. >> you'll be out in 30 damn seconds. [ pounding ] >> people can get tied up. people can get shot up, you know. people can get stabbed up. >> wrong place, wrong time. you might get hurt. >> so it's up to you to maintain and weave. you know what i'm saying? if you can't weave, t

the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentlelady from alabama is recognized. ms. sewell: i yield back the balance of my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentleman from alabama. mr. bachus: mr. speaker, at this time i recognize the gentleman from new york, mr. gibson, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. gibson: i thank the gentleman for yielding, and it's a great privilege to rise today in support of this bill. i'm proud to represent cooperstown in upstate new york, home of the baseball hall of fame. baseball, something that unites us, and i think also something that engenders hope throughout our country. the feeling that we all have in april, the possibility that our team could go all the way and win the world series, something indeed that unites us. the coin -- a coin is a fitting way to honor the hall of fame and also help our efforts for and this bill and this coin is able to do this at no cost to the taxpayer. i might also say that this comp

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but this is not just an alabama problem. in kansas, they are pushing a radical personhood bill that would define life as beginning at conception. in missouri, a bill was introduced saying doctors can deny emergency contraception to rape victims. in arkansas, they just passed a law banning abortion at 12 weeks. and in north dakota, the state approved a ban on abortion as early as six weeks. it's the strictest abortion law in the nation. this is state by state all over the country, while the republicans are talking about rebranding. >> well, we're going to have a situation in some states, other states in which it's going to become ever more difficult and there's lots of ways in which this is a civil rights issue. it's right for a woman to have autonomy over her body and what happens when you drive clinics out of business and put regulations, who does that fall on? the women with the least means, the least access and least ability to travel. unfortunately, low income and women you have color. when these legislatures, very small

clinics in alabama. trap laws. they're laws that put new regulations on clinics specifically for the purpose of shutting them down. the trap law in alabama passed through the statehouse earlier this year, state senate passed it yesterday, which is why these people, hundreds, were at the state capital protesting against that anti-abortion bill. this is alabama. now the bill is going to the republican governor who has said he will sign it. we watched this same tactic at work in mississippi this year. the effort to close down the last single remaining abortion clinic in the state of mississippi through the same, same type of legislation. these bills all look the same. it is impossible to meet regulations designed specifically to shut down the clinic. for awhile, we watched in mississippi as though it were an anomaly, as if mississippi were a pioneer. since then, north dakota used that same language to shut down its last remaining abortion clinic. mississippi's is already in effect, a judge considers whether

y enrique acevedo se fue a alabama y en alabama.s capitalinos. que la llegada de la flor del cerezo es augurio de mejores tiempos. este 1110 de abril percibió a miles de inmigrantes. >>> escucha estamos en la lucha. >>> por fin llegó el día el día que venimos aquí. a mostrar que salimos de las sombras. y que aquí estamos. y que somos parte de esta gran nación. y que queremos será parte de ella. >>> el primer objetivo de la jornada era el tercer piso de este edificio. en la avenida constitución ahí se ubica la orficina del senador republicano por alabama y torpes de la reforma migrator migratoria. >>> una marea vestida de rojo y plannin blanco cubrió la capital. >>> los colores de su estado con mensajes en español e inglés, dieron los pasos visibles de un largo camino por las sombras. las palabras que guardó el miedo, se reparten por las calles y avenidas de la gran ciudad. por la explanada de un capitolio desbordado de esperanza. >>> somos 11 millones de personas, que estamos aquí en ese país sin un documento, pero que, estamos dis

so they thought themselves as moderate in context of alabama. they were the online info, as it were. folk, as ithtened were goo. so to see that what king was doing to create ill will among the races, it tells you something about the mindset of even the moderates who were the abject of "letter from birmingham jail." king explodes on the phone at robert kennedy and kennedy is so taken aback that he hands the phone over to burke marshall. this anger that had been building, frustration over moderate whites saying go slow, be cautious, don't push things, was all embodied in the eight white ministers who basically said nothing about love the negro because he is your brother. these are clergyman simply ising protest is extreme, violent, it causes bad feelings. a new be -- wait because administration will come along and it just got to king. as white walker put it, his cup of endurance runneth over. that is why the letter is so important t. it was not just the clergy. it was his view of the kennedy administration and a nation that was not willing to beco

they're mississippi style north dakota style alabama style laws. they kept saying the war on women thing is something that the republican party was going to repent from after the 2012 election. it's just a new front opening all the time. the republican part was going to repent on. it's just a new front. "first look" is up next. >>> good thursday morning. on "first look," real and clear danger. secretary hagel has new threats. they are ready to launch a new attack. connecticut lawmakers approve tough new gun control measures and the governor will sign them into law at noon. >>> new technology is helping moms bond with their babies. alzheimers costs more to treat than cancer. >>> queen elizabeth gets a multimillion dollar pay raise. >>> hours ago, connecticut state legislature passed the toughest gun control legislation in the country. it cleared the house after hours of what was respectful and somber debate. earlier, they approved the sweeping bill. requires background checks for all firearms sales and bans the sale or purchase of magazines. the bil

i grew up in a farm in rural alabama 50 miles from the company. growing up there during the 40s and 50s, when we would visit the town of troy, visit montgomery for tuskegee or birmingham, the white man, colored men, white women and my mother and father asked my grand parents and recruited parents, wife? they said that the way it is. don't get in the way. don't get in trouble. when they heard about rosa parks and the safety or loaded in the 10th grade. i heard about martin luther king jr. in 1957. became the next year in 1958 at the age of 15. my folks can't seem to get in trouble. dr. mengele. rosa parks and martin luther king jr. inspired me to find a way to get in the way. i was so inspired the 1956 at the age of 16, with my brothers and sisters and cousins at the public library and troy, alabama trying to get library cards. trying to check out books. i never went back to that library until july 5th, 1998 with my buck, "walking with the wind." [applause] hundreds of blacks and white came. we had a wonderful program. food, something to eat, some

, brian. >> gabe gutierrez in birmingham, alabama, tonight. thanks. >>> at the white house today president obama awarded the medal of honor to a genuine american hero. a u.s. army chaplain who risked his life to save and care for hundreds of others in a p.o.w. compound during the korean war before he himself died in captivity more than 60 years ago. he was 35 years old. speaking today about army chaplain emil kapaun, president obama said to friends and family members, i can't imagine a better example for all of us whether in uniform or not in uniform. a better example to follow. we get his extraordinary story tonight from our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> reporter: it was one of the bloodiest phases of the korean war. the chinese had just entered the fight. through it all walked a one-man miracle. father emil kapaun. an army chaplain on the front lines. kapaun, with no regard for his own safety often rode a bicycle into combat. that's him on the right carrying a wounded soldier from battle. army veteran bob wood says the father w

del edificio en la avenida constituciÓn donde estÁ ubicada la oficina del senador republicano por alabamacubriÓ la capital portaban los colores de la marcha pero tambiÉn los colores de su estado (gritan) con mensajes en espaÑol e inglÉs, dieron las pasos visibles de un largo camino por las sombras las palabra que guardÓ el miedo hoy estÁn en las calles y avenida de la gran ciudad por un capitolio desbordado de esperanza (gritan) somos 11 millones de personas que estamos aquÍ en este pais sin documentos pero que estamos diciendo basta ya es tiempo de reconocer la humanidad y darnos una oportunidad de ser ciudadanos. >>> todos hemos pasado por lo mismo y creo que no hay porque echarse para atrÁs. >>> bueno ya sabemos que la mayorÍa de las personas que llegamos de alabama han en prendido el largo viaje de regreso a casa se quedaron unto cuantos para seguir presionando para aprobar una reforma migratoria es apenas el inicio de bi de un largo camino en un tema de identidad y termina personal para todo regresamos contigo al estudio, esto es todo desde washington dc por lo pronto. >>> si que lo

king headed for middle alabama instead.ht, march 22nd, driving east from los angeles, james earl ray stopped here at this motel in selma, alabama. he registered as eric galt. the motel was just past the edmund pettus bridge, where three years earlier state troopers had attacked civil rights protesters on what would become known as bloody sunday. ray could not explain that stopover, even to his lawyer, arthur haines jr. >> typical ray, evasion, i was just passing through and i stayed there. nothing. >> from selma ray went on to atlanta, staying at a cheap boardinghouse near downtown. later the fbi would find in his room a city map with circles drawn around the ebenezer baptist church where martin luther king preached and around the neighborhood where he lived. on thursday, march 28th, reverend king returned to memphis for a massive protest in support of the garbage workers. violence erupted among angry black youths at the rear of the march. >> somebody threw a rock, a brick, or something. in a store. >> everything went haywi

here in alabama, it left people without power.tem moved east, it created problems outside atlanta, dumping hail and damaging homes. >> the roof of the building wrapped around trees like it is nothing, like it's paper. >> i'm lucky. i'm sure there are folks who cannot go back to their home. >> reporter: the severe weather threat continued to parts of the east coast including the carolinas and northern florida. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, huntsville, alabama. >> joining me now with more weather channel kelly cass. i see a lot happening behind you. where are you keeping your eye? >> thank goodness the severe weather threat is greatly diminished. we can't rule out more pop-up showers and storms. especially watching the sunshine state. we've got that blossoming of clouds over tampa and orlando. for places like georgia, alabama and mississippi, hit so hard yesterday, lots of lightning strikes as well. here is a look at the forecast if you're heading out to the masters tournament. storms very close to this location yesterday. a beautiful w

state of alabama where i practice has no public defender system. >> none?>> none. >> the defendant gets an appointed lawyer by the judge and in many places the lawyer is appointed based on prior conduct. and so if you make the judge happy, don't take cases to trial, do the right thing, you get appointed. if you make the judge mad, take a case to trial, you won't get that appointment. we have statutory caps on compensation. half the people on death row in alabama were represented by lawyers who by statute could not be paid more than $1,000 for their out of court time. and that kind of system is necessarily going to produce some very, very bad outcomes. and you see that all over the country. you know, 70% othe people in floridamisdeanas, d't ve lawyers when ey go before the judge. >> how does the legacy of slavery, jim crow, and lynching play out in justice in the south? >> well, i think we have really never confronted this problem of disfavored people in our society. i don't think we've actually done a very good job of embracing people who have been victims

camino que han recorrido estas familias es mucho mÁs largo que la red interestatal que conecta a alabamatos en caravana a ll es una experiencia muy buena para todos nosotros. >>> el pasajero mÁs pequeÑo todavÍa no cumplen aÑo, y a la mÁs grande presume de sus 65 vienen de todas partes principalmente de mÉxico, honduras y el salvador. >>> pero todos avanzan hacia un objetivo comÚn. >>> esperamos que haya muchos que nos apoyen sobre todo para que salga la reforma migratoria todos para los indocument ados que vivimos en las sombras. >>> demasiados plan los primeros rayos del sol alumbraron la llegada de los pasajeros, 1 a 1 acomodaron maletas y provisiones para el viaje. >>> para muchos, el primero luego aÑos de permancer escondidos. >>> quiero que esto finalmente pare, que hagan algo que no solo digan, que hagan que tomen acciones. >>> tiene 17 aÑos y josÉ asÍ como su hermano vÍctor son unos veterano de las lucha por los derechos de los inmigrantes en su estado. >>> soÑ dores que dicen no estar conformes el haber conseguido la estancia legal en el paÍs. >>> no voy a dejar que ellos digan n

flies right out the window during a legislative session in montgomery, alabama, in 2007. day ends with a bang. or more literally a punch. >> oh! >> uh-oh. there it is. that was quite a punch. that was a roundhouse punch it looked like. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> journalist rhonda colvin covers the state senate for alabama public television and was there that day. >> it was the last day of the session, so usually they stay until about midnight, getting a lot of last-minute legislation through. it was very mundane, actually. >> but mundane quickly turns to exciting when senators from both sides of the floor start spatting. >> and you can see between mr. barren and mr. bishop there was a heated exchange. >> republican senator charles bishop and democratic senator lowell barren, both notoriously outspoken, begin to argue heatedly. >> you definitely see when you watch the tape that there are some words being exchanged and you're not quite sure what they're saying, but you knew that there was an argument at least. we didn't know, you know, what the outcome would be, but we

in alabama, 1992 law actually requires public schools to teach that homosexuality is criminal and anble lifestyle. that's in their sex education classes. patricia todd plans to interview a bill to strike that language from the law. two birmingham high school students have launched an online petition supporting her effort. they have collected over 80,000 signatures so far. they join me tonight to talk about how members of the lbgt community are treated in their own state. welcome into "the war room," adam pratt, and sarah noone. >> thank you. >> hi. >> michael: what made you decide to start this online petition? >> well, when we found out that representative todd was going through this bill it was definitely something we wanted to do anything we could to help. >> michael: yeah. >> so when -- >> michael: no tell me. so you thought a petition would be the best way to get started? and did you have any idea it would grow like this? >> we had no idea. our original hope was 5,000, and we had hoped that several thousand would draw at attention to the issue and send a message to legislators t

. >>> la corte suprema de estados unidos rechazó una petición del estado de alabama para que convirtieraentados, esto causaría que el gobierno del presidente barack obama demandó a alabama argumentandoq esta medida criminalizaba acciones rutinarias. >>> un jugador de la nba reconoció públicamente su homosexualidad, su confes. >>> causa que sea el primer miembro activo de un equipo profesional en reconocer que es gay. >>> el basquetbolista jason collins hizo historia, pero no por sus encestadas, sino por ser el primer atleta en un equipo masculino activo que reconoce que es homosexual, su confesion la hizo a través de la revista sports illustrated. >>> dijo que en el 2011, cuando no jugó por 161 días, mientras que negociaban dueños y jugadores, tuvo suficiente tiempo para confrontarse, primero se lo dijo a una tía,que dijo que lo sabía hace mucho tiempo, y también collins estuvo comprometido, confiesa que su familia ha tenido conmociones de mayor magnitud, sus padres esperaban solo un hijo, en ese entonces, los doctores felicitaron a los padres, pero minutos después venía otro bebé, que n

>>> coming up, 50 years ago in birmingham, alabama, thousands of school children braved police dogs, fire hoses and arrest to march against segregation. >> it was about having a dream of a better day. >>> and is there a connection between god and baseball? bob faw reports. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics news weekly" is prov e provided by the lily endowment dedicated to its founders' interests in religion, community development and education. addition funding prod by mutu ofamerica, designing customized individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome, i'm deborah potter, sitting in for bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. u.s. muslim leaders this week condemned the deadly bombing in boston as more details emerged about the suspects. officials have described the tsarnaev brothers as motivated by religious extremism, but said they did not have ties to terrost orgizations. some attention has focused on a boston mosque where the suspected bombers occasionally prayed, after reports o

. >> maybe he is a crack pot and maybe they can always call mobile, alabama. >> it is unfair to call a crack pot. why would you call him a crack pot? >> just hang on. because there were tens of thousands of people there. this one guy is going around saying the police said -- >> wait a minute. this is a guy that has gone to multiple marathons. he has run marathons all over the world. i guess if he is a crack pot he has seen things not so right. >> he is a crack pot that is a very -- he is very healthy. >> and on your description of it, andy, he may not be a crack crack -- crack pot. maybe he did hear this is a drill. it wasn't a drill. what does he have to adhere? >> this is the stuff that gives legs to silly conspiracy theories. the initial reporting after a tragedy go back to the week after 9/11. we are talking mainstream organizations in the things they got wrong. if this investigation shouldn't be carried out by the authorities, we see how good of a job it was when it was crowd sourced. >> they were fingering people that were not -- they were different runners. >> the same thing a

guy on thehe alabama team, too. cool for him to meet the president. congratulations to alabama.s what happens when youons , to the victors go the spoils. >> that's right. very good. thank you, sir. >> coming up, as the united kingdom prepares to bury former prime minister margaret thatcher, a music campaign celebrating her death making headlines.head why some are taking pleasure inn her passing. >> it's 9:16. stay tuned for more news and a your forecast is coming up fromm tucker in a little bit. we'll be back.  >> an effort from former primeor minister mash get tacher goat g song ding dong the witch is deaa has failed. it peaked at number two. there was debate as to whether the bbc should play it. in the end the bbc opted to play a five second excerpt from the wizard of oz while a radio reporter explained the actions of opponents. the prime minister died last week and the funeral is set for wednesday. >> the popular book series 50 shades of gray is topping charts. it's among the books most likely to be removed from library shelves. the trilogy faced fourth on t

it all happened in mobile bay, alabama. the explosion and the fire still burning so intense firefighters have set up a one-mile safety radius. firefighters at this hour unable at this point to get near the flames. the first explosion happening just before 11:00 eastern followed by at least five more and heard up to 20 miles away. the barges are reportedly loaded with gasoline. and that's why it's keeping the fire going at this point. firefighters, the fire so fierce, firefighters can't get in there to fight it. three people have been rushed to the hospital suffering from severe burns. they're in critical condition. we're learning this morning the flames are finally starting to die down but firefighters say they will wait until daylight to get a better look at what can be done. ironically, all of this happening at the same facility where the crippled carnival triumph is docked. the cruise ship under repair, of course, after an engine fire left it adrift at sea with more than 4,000 people on board in february. we are continui

needed a good contractor so i moved up to alabama.years later i got a warning to get out of town and stop contracting or we're going to stop you. i laughed at them because i was licensed for everything. plumbing, electrical, everything. they stopped me. they pulled the rug out from under my feet, laid fake charges on me and took me to court. i have been here since 1990. and it's a long time. now i have three grandkids out there, and i'm a great-grandfather, i was told. and all this has happened while i've been in prison the last 20 years. the hardest part of it is being without my wife. it's like she's -- she's everything. she's the bubble i live in. >> i'm here to visit my husband robert teter. >> ava teter lives just a few miles from holman and visits regularly. >> thank you. >> you ready? >> yes. >> all right. come on. >> you visit every two weeks and you can stay from 8:00 until about 1:20. for a long time it was real stressful, but then you sort of get used to it. it sort of gets like a daily routine and everything. just like eve

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he was nominated as a moderate in february of 1861 in montgomery, alabama. i do not think he ever did get elected. one of the things that the american thing -- the confederate constitution was a replica of the u.s. constitution. but it was not. a number of crucial changes occurred. one of them was a one term executive. and i believe it was a five-year executive term. >> host: professor stephanie mccurry, was there a lot of political insight during the war in the south? >> just come otherwise. there were no formal political parties. one of the things it that is interesting about the confederacy as it became clear and the things didn't exactly materialize. theoretically everyone was a democrat. there was no republican party or the republican party ticket. you could not vote for lincoln. they were allies with the democratic party. during the war, opposition arose and some of them were calmly profoundly opposed to days administration on very good grounds that the administration wasn't for centralizing federally concentrated power regimes of the entirety of ameri

. >>> if you're in alabama it might be time to find the most secure room around you. i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead, happening as we speak, a deadly tornado outbreak in the southeast. homes smashed to splinters. at least one person dead and the danger is far from over. >>> in other national news, the argument about whether or not to start the argument is over. senate democrats joined by a chunk of republicans blocked the filibuster on gun control today and now the real debate begins. in just moments we'll be joined by west virginia democratic senator joe manchin here in the studio. he'll talk about his bipartisan plan for background checks that has gun groups up in arms. >>> the world lead. north korea pulls the equivalent of a pump fake with a missile raising it to a firing position then tucking it right back into the launcher. if it's our attention they want, they've got it. >>> good afternoon. the national lead, breaking news. a killer storm system is raking across the southeast at this hour. already it has left at least one person dead i

the thief made away with the woman's personal items. >>> in mobile, alabama, some 200 national guard soldiered bid a tearful farewell to family before heading to afghanistan as part of operation enduring freedom. the troops will spend training time at fort hood before heading off to participate in base management. >>> a los angeles hospital has found a new way for moms and babies to develop that very special bond. infants in the neonatal intensive care unit can connect with their mothers remotely thanks to ipad face time. the pilot program allows moms freedom and the ability to spend time with their newborns even when apart. >>> and in baltimore, an annual elephant brunch meant a feast fit for a king right on the street. the giants paraded past fans and made their way to the brunch buffet set up just for them. that's a lot of food. >>> in sports now, 13 faculty members are calling for the resignation of the rutgers university president for his handling of the abusive behavior of the basketball coach who was recently fired. and the athletic director could also be fired. the disturbing

this aboard two fuel barges in mobile, alabama. it is out now.the flames were caused by seven explosions on the barges. three people in the hospital with burn-related injuries. >> how about this story, former first lady, barbara bush, says, enough already. there has been enough bushes in the white louse. in an interview that will air later on on the "today" show, mrs. bush brushing aside a talk of a jeb bush for the white house. she says, there are many worthy candidates and her other son doesn't need to be commander in chief. >>> are you ready for this one? twinkies are set to make a comeback. hostess brand owners are getting ready to reopen factories and they expect to have the treats back on store shelves before july. >>> more good news if you are a bay area homeowner. >>> prices have shot up. these are according to zillo. there are lots of different companies out there offering different data. home prices in san jose rose 22% over the past year. san francisco almost as good, up 21%. now, we were one of the few markets is to see double digit g

they're docked in alabama. the fires are simply too hot and too dangerous for firefighters to battle there. the barges are loaded with gasoline. they exploded. take a look at that. this was last night. officials say there were six explosions. they were heard up to 20 miles away. the shipping channel where the barges are docked are closed right now and leaves three people hospitalized. we do not know what condition they're in. fire officials believe everyone has been accounted for. the barges are burning from where the chip will ed carnival cruise ship is docked. we're going to continue to follow this developing story for you. let's head back to boston. john berman is standing by there. >> thanks. important new developments to tell you about in the boston marathon bombing case. right now the tsarnaev brothers used a remote control device similar to one used to operate a toy car to set off those explosive devices. that could be a critical piece of information for investigat s investigators. we're told the father

it's extremely hard to get an abortion in north dakota and alabama is gdoing this.ascinating when it goes to supreme court because it seems to me a state has the right -- this is my opinion and i know a lot of pro choice people will attack me for saying this -- i think they have a right to regulate abortion clinics. if you're going to have a doctor performing this procedure, they have to at least be admitted to a hospital somewhere in our state. instead of somebody, you know, some abortion doctor flying in from, you know, across the country, landing and doing 10, 15 abortions. i'll admit, i don't know how many abortions they do when they come in and fly in but i guess they wouldn't fly in out of state to do one abortion. they fly in out of the state and do 10, 15 abortions and then fly out of state. the state has a right and i believe the roberts court will believe the state has a right to pass these reasonable regulations which is if you're going to come in and do abortions in our state, you should be admitted at least to a hospital in our state. >> whatever the co

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i thank the people from alabama. they have the vision to want to do this. a wonderful recognition, and we certainly are in hopes that we will have passage. >> i have to tell you that all of the state of alabama and city of birmingham are really excited about this opportunity. we just hope and are very elated that most of the family members have really appreciated this humble gesture. we thank you for being here today, and we really like forward to finally at last given the national due recognition to the four girls. the fact that their loss of life really led to the civil rights movement and the passage of the civil rights act. this nation owes your whole family and all the families a debt of gratitude. this is but a small gesture, but we are honored that you're here with us today. >> ladies, we owe you a debt of gratitude. thank you for making time for me this morning. i appreciate it. >>> that's going to wrap things up for me. >>> a quick reminder, chris matthews will anchor or special coverage of the george w. bush presidential library. don't go anywhere

one area i'm considered about is reform, alabama, tuscaloosa here. the more storms we see fired tonight, some of them ahead of the lines to the west could rotate. if you see storms coming, play worst-case scenario. get inside. stay inside. get pets, kids, stay inside, get away from the windows. and if it looks bad, sounds bad, get inside the lowest level of your basement away from windows. >> chad myers, thank you very much. >>> now, three teenaged girls charged with a shocking crime, running a prostitution ring, enslaving young girls out of this ottawa townhouse. luring their victims through social media, pitching them out to johns, some who raped them, others who sent them home after realizing they were sex slaves. one of these alleged ring leaders even boasted about it on twitter called her victims hos tweetsing she was the female quote/unquote bill gates. they had cell phone photos and along with names and phone numbers of mens willing to pay for sex. i were recruited from online sites like lava quest. we're joined by john walsh, live from new yo

he viewed the entire practice video just this week. >>> deputy ins alabama say they arrested a man theyiving while texting on two phones. deandre moore driving through a tunnel in mobile. he admitted to deputies he had been driving and texting on two phones since he was 15 years old. oh, and that's not all. of course not. investigators found hundreds of oxycodone pills, prescriptions for tranquilizer and $4,500 in cash in the car. moore's passenger was the one booked for narcotics possession. but get this, there was also a 3-year-old girl who was riding in the backseat of that car. >>> all right. areas of north dakota bracing for what could be record-setting floods. it's almost an annual ritual in fargo. they're filling the sandbags hoping to fill 2 million bags over nine days and when the red river is expected to crest 20 feet over its banks threatening more than 100 homes. good luck to them. here is a look at your weather rain in savannah, jacksonville, tallahassee, texas final drying out. a new storm bringing rain from san francisco to seattle. rain is also possible after dinner in t

this time high winds sent a drifting alabama river. >> the carnival cruise ship that was disabled inn after it broke free from its moorings. the triumph was docked at a shipyard in mobile, alabama, when it happened. >> it wasn't planned obviously. it broke its moorings. there happened to be a tugboat in the area and it was alongside. once this big ship got sideways there was no stopping it. then it collided with the other ship. >> the other vessel went way over the side and then come back and then the back of it hit, and then it pinned the tugboat in between. >> high wind are likely to blame. carnival cruise line saying -- quote -- "we can confirm all crew members and contractors who were working aboard carnival triumph have been accounted for. additionally we're hearing reports of wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour." as the ship was dislodged heavy winds knocked over a guard shack causing two to fall into the water. the coast guard says one has been rescued but a shipyard worker is still missing. the triumph -p was disabled on february 10 by an engine fire. despite additional dam