tonight, an american city stunned yet again.ust months after those three women found captive in a cleveland home, tonight, another horror uncovered. have they caught a serial killer tonight? >>> the deadly fall from a roller coaster. what we're now learning about the mother who fell 14 stories. her first time at the park. tonight, her son's reaction. and the numbers. just how rare this really is. >>> extreme weather. the system clashing with all of that heat. bringing storms, flooding, streets suddenly rivers. and is that heat really gone for good? meteorologist ginger zee right here. >>> and tonight, here, the mystery solved. [ drumming ] close to 2 million views. the so-called grandma drummer and her stunner. tonight, we find her, drum roll please.

this is the systematic destruction of an american city. it is a government coup, basically, without violence. and it is completely unjustified and unnecessary. now, why am i all over this story? i want to explain the coverage on the ed show. this, my friends, is a live government takeover. right before our eyes. we are seeing local elections being circumvented. we are seeing people being put in place that have authority. not by way of the people and making additions that affect peel's lives. that is a government takeover. the voices of the people are not being heard in any of this. although we are being told by snyder that they'll have a seat at the table. that's hog wash. meanwhile we have some breaking news on the ed show tonight. conservatives are angry with me. righties are upset because i correctly said, republican policies trashed the city of detroit and it did. trashed is the right word. this week roughly 35 articles were written about my detroit commentary on this program last weekend. and most of the reports cherry picked a few se

tonight, an american city stunned yet again. just months after those three women found captive in a cleveland home, tonight, another horror uncovered. have they caught a serial killer tonight? >>> the deadly fall from a roller coaster. what we're now learning about the mother who fell 14 stories. her first time at the park. tonight, her son's reaction. and the numbers. just how rare this really is. >>> extreme weather. the system clashing with all of that heat. bringing storms, flooding, streets suddenly rivers. and is that heat really gone for good? meteorologist ginger zee right here. >>> and tonight, here, the mystery solved. [ drumming ] close to 2 million views. the so-called grandma drummer and her stunner. tonight, we find her, drum roll please. [ drum roll) "world news" begins now. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us here on a sunday night. we begin tonight with that chilling headline from east cleveland. authorities believe they could have a serial killer in custody. three bodies found already. investigators say

. >> an american city on verge of bankruptcies trying to raise cash by selling off treasures.that once belonged to buffalo bill. or a letter that billy the kid wrote, and if you're guessing this auction will be happening in the american west, guess again. it's going down in pennsylvania. rick is live with the details in our new york city newsroom. harrisburg, pa. how did they get this snuff. >> good question in 1980 voters evicted a mayor with a vision of a museum showcasing their status as the gateway to the west. so he spent moneys on artifacts, wanted postersers and sheriffs badges. one museum was built but have to more weren't. leaving 10,000 items collecting nuss massive warehouse. >> when about it in ways that weren't exactly according to the rules in that he took city moneys to acquire things he thought would look well in museums, and he was a great fan of the old west. >> the money they raised will help pay down outstanding loans and bonds. >> are they going to make enough money to pay town what they need to pay down? >> not even close. the city is hundreds of millions

. >>> also, an american city, a great iconic truly american city is tonight on the verge of total financial collapse. what can be done for the city of detroit? >>> plus, tonight, we will introduce you, and this is really a fun one, to the southern avenger. a wild and wacky character who thinks poor john wilkes booth was misunderstood and happens to work for a united states senator. that is coming up. >>> first tonight, democrats have said enough and are calling attention to one of the most outrageous acts of gop obstructionism which is, of course, saying a lot given the stiff competition in the category of outrageous acts of gop obstruction. by refusing to confirm the president's nominees, republicans have effectively shut down the supreme court of labor law in this country. the national labor relations board. and today 201 house members sent a letter to senator mitch mcconnell demanding that the filibuster of nlrb nominations come to an end. >> without the nlrb, 80 million private sector workers will have nowhere to turn for legal protection. hardworking americans deserve better than mitch

. >>> also, an american city, a great iconic truly american city is tonight on the verge of total financialcollapse. what can be done for the city of detroit? >>> plus, tonight, we will introduce you, and this is really a fun one, to the southern avenger. a wild and wacky character who thinks poor john wilkes booth was misunderstood and happens to work for a united states senator. that is coming up.

. >>> also, an american city, a great iconic truly american city is tonight on the verge of total financialn be done for the city of detroit? >>> plus, tonight, we will introduce you, and this is really a fun one, to the southern avenger. a wild and wacky character who thinks poor john wilkes booth was misunderstood and happens to work for a united states senator. that is coming up. >>> first tonight, democrats have said enough and are calling attention to one of the most outrageous acts of gop obstructionism which is, of

henry ford, the summer that he had this mad idea to build an american city in am sonya. so just sort of one thing after another. there was lots and lots and lots going on. so the whole nature of the book changed to looking not just at these two iconic figures, ruth and lindbergh -- who are still central to the story -- but looking at all of the stuff that was happening. jazz singer was filmed, the first talking picture was filmed the same summer. so it was this frenetic amount of activity, a great deal of which changed the world, you know, changed the way we perceive popular entertainment and so on. so it was a consequential summer, but it was also a really, interesting and lively one. >> host: is there any reason all these events happened in the summer of 1927? >> guest: they just happened. that's what's kind of interesting about it. you know, sometimes these things just happen, you know? and all of these happened, and there wasn't -- by and large, there wasn't any particular reason. they weren't there because they had to happen in the summer of 1927: mostly they just h

an entire american city collapses financially under the weight of billions in debt. tonight, the sad news from detroit, the largest u.s. city to file for bankruptcy. >>> found dead. a mob story continues to unfold in boston, as a long-time rival and a potential witness against whitey bulger may have been murdered while the trial is under way. >>> and making a difference, a big loud difference, which has made one nurse so popular with patients, they request him by name and by song. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening. and now this heat wave we have been covering turns fatal. that makes what is even traditionally the hottest week of summer in some very big u.s. cities a very different matter. now, half the country, 24 states, are under heat advisories and warnings. it's just plain brutal from the population centers in the east to the fires burning in the west. we have all of it covered tonight. we want to begin with nbc's stephanie gosk in brooklyn, new york, on a hot thursday night in the city. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, thi

they're going to need a lot of support from their larger region but i would say that certainly an american city has every opportunity. >> brown: richard florida, bruce katz, kathryn wylde, thank you all three. >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: before we go, a word about a woman of "firsts" who died over the weekend. former congresswoman lindy boggs led an improbable life born marie clay burn she was raised on louisiana sugar and cotton plantation. she married a young lawyer who became a democratic powerhouse in washington. he disappeared in an alaska plane crash in 1972. a year after she ran for his seat, became the first woman elected to congress from louisiana. she also became an outspoken advocate for equal rights for women and african-americans. she was the first woman to chair a national democratic convention. served as ambassador to the vatican. she was a mother to three including n.p.r., a.b.c. and former newshour congressional correspondent cokey roberts. lindy boggs was 97. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. a renewed bid for peace in the mideast gained momentum, w

an entire american city collapses financially under the weight of billions in debt. tonight, the sad news from detroit, the largest u.s. city to file for bankruptcy. >>> found dead. a mob story continues to unfold in boston, as a long-time rival and a potential witness against whitey bulger may have been murdered while the trial is under way. >>> and making a difference, a big loud difference, which has made one nurse so popular with patients, they request him by name and by song. nightly news begins now.

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history for an american city. troit lays in the hands of a federal bankruptcy judge. the big question is will this help the people of detroit in the end? detroit's downfall has been decades in the making. >> this is not any recent development. this has been going on far too long and isn't it time to say enough is enough? >> reporter: a dwindling population, the decline of the automakers and political corruption are just some of detroit's woes. now as it files for bankruptcy, detroit's workers are bracing for what could happen to their pensions and health care. >> will this affect pensions? >> based on what we know, anything's possible. >> we paid a percentage of our wages every year into that, so it's not something that's being given to us. it's our money. >> reporter: more than $18 billion in debt, michigan's governor called bankruptcy the only choice. >> detroit is broke from a financial point of view and more importantly the citizens deserve better services. >> reporter: those services have taken a significant h

it's an iconic american city. the motor city. the capital of the u.s. auto industry.he city that gave us the motown sound. today, detroit has a more dubious distinction. it's the largest u.s. city ever to file bankruptcy. tens of thousands of current and former city workers are deeply worried right now their pensions will be slashed and that could set a precedent for other struggling cities across the united states. but

it's an iconic american city. the motor city. the capital of the u.s. auto industry. the city that gave us the motown sound. today, detroit has a more dubious distinction. it's the largest u.s. city ever to file bankruptcy. tens of thousands of current and former city workers are deeply worried right now their pensions will be slashed and that could set a precedent for other struggling cities across the united states. but michigan's governor who signed off on the bankruptcy filing says it's a chance to start turning detroit around. >> this is our opportunity to improve citizen services. they deserve a better answer than what they've gotten for decades, and with respect to retirees, clearly i empathize with their situation. many are on a fixed income. this needs to be done in a thoughtful way. let's stop and look at the situation. $18 billion in debt. the city is broke. if we weren't to take this action to stop and say, let's get things done in a thoughtful, well-organized fashion, the city would continue to go downhill. enough is enough about detroit going downhill. t

and this is an american city. how's the best way to fix that? it's to pull people out of poverty. illinois has a big government. illinois has very generous stuff they give but illinois does not -- is not good lately at generating jobs. so is big -- has big government helped those people in a tough situation in south chicago? no. you know what would help the people in south chicago? is an opportunity to go out, work hard, earn a living and an opportunity to get ahead. that's what this is about. this is about how do we give everybody the opportunity that all of us speaking on the floor of the house of representative, who have all different backgrounds, that we got, where it was from our parents or from our education or from whatever it was, how do we ensure we replicate that? >> the good news is that we can do that. if we empower our communities and empower individuals, empower families, we can do that. the solutions are not inside this beltway. they're out there. and washington needs to get out of the way so that people can take their own initiative. mr. rothfus: and build those re

intent, hunger for legality in the immigrant that soy, the pride many want to say one day i am an american citynot enough to restore the rule of law to fix broken immigration. i have met with dreamers, there moms and dads and i want the same thing for their kids that i want for my two wonderful daughters -- i want an indivisible family. i cannot imagine that republicans who i know also honor the sanctity of families want to legalize the children but leave the rest of the family for mobile to our broken immigration system. after the election i travel to missouri to meet with united we dream another dream activists and leaders and i was told in no uncertain terms that they would not leave their parents behind. i will let them speak for themselves because they are well and fully capable of doing so, but let me tell you what i saw. i saw a maturity and a level of confidence that i think any politician would be a fool not to consider. they will not settle for what is good for them if they cannot also when what is good for their family. why,now what, you know because their parents instilled values in

leading an american archaeologist to an ancient city.for the explorer and his team. the ruins are so high up a mountain they're hidden in the clouds. they stretch across five miles. spanish invaders wiped out the city in the 1500s. and until that point, only the locals were aware of its existence. but the archaeologists wrote a book about and it soon folks from all over showed up to visit the site. today it's one of the top tourist destinations in the world. there is our executive producer and her fiance enjoying it. the german we call him. it was the city of the incancanincas found 102 years o today. if kim could find it -- well -- >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> i think it's police got a black zimmerman. the question would be whether they beat him to death. >> bill: after making those controversial remarks we wanted it talk to congressman rangel. he told me would coal on the factor but then he ran. however, jesse watters caught up with him. >> you are saying you don't think he got a fair trial? >> an intense interview w

we don't really know the threat i mean everyone has their own bias i have a bias as an american living in new york city so from my perspective i have no worry about the government the obama administration or of even a bush administration coming into my house and killing me i do have a fear of terrorists i was a block away from times square a couple years ago when the car bomb almost went off i was in the streets of manhattan when the twin towers came down so i like a lot of americans do have a fear of terrorist and yet there's been no evidence of the obama administration or for that matter the bush administration using this data collection to go after innocent americans or to go after their political opponents ok t.j. have they foiled any major terrorist attacks i mean they do say believe us do you believe them. well the u.s. government claims that it's foiled claims seeing some attacks i mean yeah and i don't know for certain i don't work for the n.s.a. or the united states government but we haven't had any major successful attacks since nine eleven that doesn't mean it followed it but you can't prove

we don't really know the threat i mean everyone has their own bias i have a bias as an american living in new york city so from my perspective i have no worry about the government the obama administration or of even a bush administration coming into my house and killing me i do have a fear of terrorists i was a block away from times square a couple years ago when the car bomb almost went off i was in the streets of manhattan when the twin towers came down so i like a lot of americans do have a fear of terrorist and yet there's been no evidence of the obama administration or for that matter the bush administration using this data collection to go after innocent americans or to go after their political opponents ok t.j. have they foiled any major terrorist attacks i mean they do say believe us do you believe them. well the u.s. government claims that it's foiled claims seeing some attacks i mean yeah and i don't know for certain i don't work for the n.s.a. or the united states government but we haven't had any major successful attacks since nine eleven that doesn't mean it followed it but you can't prove

i think -- jenna: sure. >> -- detroit is, you know, an iconic american city, it has a lot going for itit can kind of turn away from those policies -- jenna: how much time would they have? >> finish that are dragging it down. how much time do they have? jenna: do they have like a year to turn it around? how much leeway would they get before best case scenario the city reemerges, and it's so much better tan it was ten years ago -- than it was ten years ago? >> again, that will be decided by the bankruptcy judge about the terms of the repayment of the debts that it owes. but you were talking about, you know, all of the dilapidated and abandoned buildings. one of the things that probably has to be done is this demolition a lot of those areas and turn them into green spaces. you know, look, major cities can come back. a lot of cities are making a comeback. i still think there's a future for detroit, and i don't think this is the worst thing that could possibly happen. one last thing, jenna. jenna: sure. >> there will be some impetus for a federal bailout. i think president obama and the dem

an american. it is in our interest as an economy and as a city when you look at all the relationships that are intertwining, going on, bringing the world to chicago and chicago to the world. it is a huge economic opportunity for the city of chicago and the country. >> before i jump to grover, let me ask, as mayor, if you are on a national tour and you stop in kansas, a place where i was born, and it is not bending over backwards to be welcoming to immigrants -- what would you tell parts of the country, particularly those that have representatives that are not moving in a progressive manner. what if they say this is not our story? how do you reach them? >> that might be true, although i do think immigration is changing what used to only be an urban story. i am not so sure -- and, it also it is quickly becoming a rural story. that is cultural impact. my appeal is one on economics, then -- but nobody should dismiss the cultural piece of that, which can be disconcerting. it is not true for the city of chicago because my grandfather came to chicago in 1917 as a 13-year-old to get away from eastern europe. that

it is not the city's fault of what is happening in detroit. it is an american policy that stopped believing in workers. it is an american policy that said, manufacturing is really not that important. and detroit is the first city to pay the price. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question -- are republicans happy to see detroit go bankrupt? text a for yes. text b for no. we will bring you the result later on in the show. let me just say this. detroit is the result of republican policy when you don't believe in workers, when you don't want to invest in communities and when you start picking and choosing neighborhoods like rom emmanuel is doing in chicago. i offer to you tonight that this is, god dang it, it can't be the beginning, but i'm afraid it is. for more, let's turn to the mayor of lansing michigan who ran against rick snyder and lost in that election. also with us is msnbc analyst dr. eric dyson. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. >> thank you. >> great to be here, ed. >> virg, you ran against snyder for gover

like to read the part how the reagan administration made sure there was an american flag, heroic statue and an inspiring inscription city vietnam vert memorial but i want to part that shows the kind of man that reagan truly was. what he believed. and the way he treated people. and the tremendous gulf that separated him from the other side. environment gentlelady germannists were rehelpless in the attacks but one man in particular cared the attack to an obsess skiff degree, the legendary photographer, an sell adam, gap writing a letter a day to newspapers and congressmen decrying president reagan's disastrous environmentam patrol sis sis and his interior secretary, james watts, he warned us of a catastrophe, tragedy, and the pearl harbor of our american earth. then in may of 1983, adam declared baldly, i hate reagan. and that got the president's attention. he told the top aide, i want to talk to this man, adams to final out why he dislikes me so much. meanwhile, reagan decided it was time to clear the air and straighten out the record on where my administration stands on environmental and natural resource management issu

are all in this together, that we all share a common destiny, that the challenges of an inner city african-americanoy does relate to our lives and we are invested in that outcome no matter what our opinion. >> the president stayed trayvon martin could have been me in the past. what's your experience? you have grown up in a world of some privilege, your parents having worked hard to achieve in this country, you went to a nice school, you had a nice job, before you became a city councilman and a mayor, not that those are not nice jobs, but you know what i mean. are you familiar with the kind of experiences that president obama talked about today, clutching purses in an elevator? >> after the rodney king verdict really expressing the pain it was having that kind of suspicion directed towards you, having interactions with the police, being accused of stealing a car that i was driving that was my own and that build up and it's very frustrated, it's very challenging. but for me, you're right, in many ways, i grew up with a lot of privilege, and the challenge for me now is i see that a lot of these racial

tragic downfall of the great 20th century american city that ended up being unsustainable in the 21st century. that arguably never got to the 21st century as far as an economy was concerned. while many american cities experienced what detroit experienced in the final decades of the 20th century, a suburban shift, where wealthier residents fled the cities. places like pittsburgh, philadelphia, and even new york city. but all cities eventually experienced an urban renewal with diversified economies. of course government corruption was cleaned up. detroit never did that. population is now estimated to be just 700,000. down from a peak of 1.8 million during the auto industry boom years of the '50s. population has plunged 25% in just the last decade. roughly 78,000 city structures had been abandoned. the city's unemployment rate has nearly tripled since 2000. and is more than double the national average. and the even bigger fear now is whether detroit is the first example of what a lot of states and cities are fearing. that they're going to get crushed by pension obligations that they can't meet. that's at the core of this bankruptcy. it's unique and tra

for more we're joined by mark binelli, author of, "detroit city is the pace to be: the afterlife of an american metropolis." he's contributing editor at "rolling stone" magazine and "men's journal." welcome to democracy now! what has happened in detroit? >> it has been about 50 years in the making, going all the way back -- a lot of people look at the 1960 seven riots and think, that is where everything started to go wrong, at the seeds of what is happening today, when all the way back to the 1950s am really when there was a steady flow of capital out of the city and a steady flow of population. a lot of this had to do with race, of course. detroit was predominantly a black city surrounded by predominantly white suburbs, so there is definitely a long, simmering tension between the two areas and it is a region that never really coalesced over the years. that has taken us up to the present moment. along the way there is been political corruption and the general decline of u.s. manufacturing and the final death blow came with the recent financial crisis where you had the foreclosure crisis hitting

we don't really know the threat i mean everyone has their own bias i have a bias as an american living in new york city so from my perspective i have no worry about the government the obama administration or of even a bush administration coming into my house and killing me i do have a fear of terrorists i was a block away from times square a couple years ago when the car bomb almost went off i was in the streets of manhattan when the twin towers came down so i like a lot of americans do have a fear of terrorist and yet there's been no evidence of the obama administration or for that matter the bush administration using this data collection to go after innocent americans or to go after their political opponents ok t.j. have they foiled any major terrorist attacks i mean they do say believe us do you believe them. well the u.s. government claims that it's foiled claims see some attacks i mean yeah and i don't know for certain i don't work for the n.s.a. or the united states government but we haven't had any major successful attacks since nine eleven that doesn't mean it for all of it but you can't prove

an iconic figure in our city. and as mayor lee said, the first african-american mayor of san francisco. it is such an -- and a very close friend of mayor moscone. so, it's my pleasure to introduce mayor brown. (applause) >> ann, thank you very much. mr. mayor, members of the boards of supervisors, assemblyman ammiano, [speaker not understood], moscone family, gay men's course, and all of you who are assembled herein, as i look around, i absolutely know that i had probably the greatest pleasure, other than the moscone children, of literally living with george moscone for so many years. mr. mayor, it was when we were in law school together, we were fellow janitors at hastings college of law. george moscone was amazing. he was just as aggressive about inclusionary activities. he was just as focused on sharing. and he had an immense pride in the city and county of san francisco like no other. i suspect that much of my love of the city comes from my exposure to george in those very early years. george went through a considerable amount of evolutionary process politically. he allowed john burt