so we have the prospect of an arkansas versus arkansas general election.ansas got a lot of attention when bill clinton was elected. is arkansas ready for all of that attention again? >> absolutely, arkansas loves a good story, and we have a lot of good places to e-commerce so we -- to eat so we are ready for everyone to come down and enjoy a little bit of southern hospitality. >> we are ready to come back. there are researchers looking into the clintons background. there are people investigating. have either of you stumbled into them? >> we haven't. there are maybe two or three opposition investigators, diving into dumpsters and stuff, we try to avoid diving into dumpsters. [laughter] >> your dad is looking in running and left his fox thing, how is the family dealing with this? is it fun? is it exhilarating? >> everybody thinks running for public office is a difficult -- office is glamorous but it is a difficult process and luckily our family all really likes each other and we believe in my dad and we are going to support what he does and we are all on boa

the economic impact has wide impact on arkansas. we have a company making steel for the pipeline and there's a strict he will-down impact -- a trickle-down impact throughout the state. a caterpillar employee wrote to me about the importance of this project to his job because of its impact to his livelihood. the keystone pipeline would be a huge boost to us, he wrote. "once not the infrastructure will provide a safe and reliable supply of energy. currently this oil is transported from canada to refineries by rail and truck. a new modern pipeline poses less risk to the environment than these current modes of transportation. the project will help maintain lower fuel prices which is good for all americans. at every hurdle, using science and commonsense this project gets the green light. last week nebraska's supreme court upheld the state's law approval a route for the pipeline through the state. time and again this project passes the test but the president has threatened to veto the bill. this isn't surprising considering the administra

arkansas's governor prevented the students from attending classes until president eisenhower sent 1000.s. army troops and federalized the 10,000 strong arkansas national guard to restore order and enforce school disaggregation. in the film, mr. thomas and several other of the little rock nine reflect on their experience, life beyond high school, and hopes for the future. the film won an academy award in 1965 for a documentary short subject. ♪ >> hatred is easier to organize an understanding. there was a minority in our state who founded to their advantage to bring hate to little rock in 1957. while we watched, the white children went to school and we stood outside. we had been taught in school that we were a nation under law and the law said segregation was wrong. now we waited to see if our laws had meaning, or were just words in a book or idle talk in a classroom. on september 27, 1950 seven, president eisenhower sent 1000 men of the united states army to capture out the law -- carry out the law. the supreme court of the united states had said the entire strength of the nation may be

. >> arkansas. >> arkansas other states like that. i think that it is clear that you are seeing a shift in terms of the economic arguments which is why you're hearing mitt romney jeb bush and them -- >> they want to get on the

when they come after him for his arkansas brecker, -- his arkansas record, can he take the hits? >> let's start with a strengths. one thing about 2008 that impressed me was the line he had which was, i am a conservative that is not mad at anyone. that was a powerful thing to say. he speaks to downscale voters. for those reasons the obama white house in 2012 worried more about him than mitt romney. >> i got to tell you, if the guy runs the table in iowa, i think he can do it. if he built a team and he figures out a way, dominate south carolina, he is a strong candidate. the other thing about it is he has as good a touch on radio and television and in debates is anybody else. >> here are his problems. first he does not like talking to rich people. he does not like rich people much at all. you have to raise money. he can live off the land more than some candidates. but he has a problem with that. and he has a chip on his shoulder the size of gibraltar and it comes through. the counterpoint to i am a conservative who is not angry at anyone is he has a lot of grievances. >> he needs a

this is not how it was in little rock arkansas, 1957.erhaps it is best for those today to look where they are going and not where they have been. but when you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more of an equal chance, you have the right to discover if you are really moving forward or if the world is just moving beneath your feet. i have a special reason for looking back. i am one of the nine from little rock. there is nothing strange in seeing nine american children walking to school on the september morning, but this was a special morning in a special part of america. a place for negro children had never gone to school with whites before. hatred is easier to organize an understanding. there were the minority in our state who founded to their advantage to bring hate to little rock. while we watched, the white children went to school and we stood outside. we had been taught in school that we were a nation under law and that the law said that segregation was wrong. we now wanted to see if our laws had meanin

. >>> the blackbirds fell to the ground in arkansas. the governor of arkansas's name is bebe. and there was something put out of arkansas called "don't ask don't tell" by a former governor. this was proposed bill clinton. and so could there be a connection? between this passage and the repeal of "don't ask don't tell." we could say it is okay for people who commit these acts to be recognized in our military for the first time in our history. it shows that there is something that actually happened in the land where 100,000 drum fish died and also where these birds just fell out of the air. >> could there be a connection. is it possible that one of the policy consequences of the don't ask don't tell repeal was freak bird death in arkansas. cindy jacobs says while eating chips and salsa one day god interfered her -- >> i might be eating mexican food, between the chips even salsa, and i said look do you know the president, and i said look the military is going to do a coup. call him and tell him up they will start praying and it will be averted. i mean it's not hard. >> it's not h

and mariposa connecticut and arkansas thank you. >> hi good afternoon. i'm deborah warner a parent of two live oaks student motives old child was diagnosed with asthma as my younger son our greatest fear was his asthma attacks and the proximity to his inhaulers thank full he's out grown that but additional mitigates needs to address the air quality it was addressed in the check list but not the eir the check list i got the limitation of the dust control plan and monitoring we're concerned because we have observed windblown dust on the construction site nearby that was not being water down as required by the city control dust ordinance because it was too windy to water down ultimate measures to should be provided to take care of those circumstances on this site no individuals available to deal with the problem an additional mitigation measure should be included via e-mail and mail and contact information in the event that problems should occur proper signage with the name of contact information should be posted permanently on the project site children hav

prevented the students from attending class until eisenhower sent army troops and federalized the arkansas national guard to restore order and enforce desegregation. in the film, mr. thomas and several others reflect on their experience and hopes for the future. the film won an academy award for documentary short subject. ♪ ♪ >> where do you begin? where do you look? like an ancient battlefield, the ground is silent though people still move in familiar places. now on this field, negro and white run together remembering how it was in little rock, arkansas in 1957. perhaps it is asked with those today to look or they are going and not where they have been. -- perhaps it is best with those today. when you are a dark man in a country where the negro is demanding more and more an equal chance, you have the right to look back to discover if you are really moving forward or if the world is just moving beneath your feet. i have a special reason for looking back. my name is jefferson thomas and i'm one of the nine of little rock. there is nothing strange in seeing american children walking to schoo

former mayor of harrison arkansas. want to bring in the national director of the knights, the kkk, his group is responsible for the billboard. he says there is nothing wrong about it and an advertisement about for web based radio station. appreciate you joining me as well. your organization sponsored the billboard. >> that's correct. >> there is so much national tension given the protest as cross the country. i want to get right to the point here. how is this billboard not racist? >> if anybody sees racism in the billboard then they themselves are racist. the billboard just asks white people to do the same thing that every other racial ethnic people in this country is allowed and encouraged to do. nobody would, would be offended if a black put on the billboard, if they love their heritage love their culture, love their people. and they're encouraged to do so. when a white person simply says to love your people. that is kiddedconsidered racism. those people that find racism there are really exposing their own racism. >>

arkansas tried it for years. in a situation like that where there ought to be plenty of examples if there's a problem, they ought to be able to produce some of the examples. the degree of deference depends on the quality of their explanation, the quality of their consideration of the issue, and here there's. no indication they ever considered the religious needs of the prisoners in andthe adoption of this rule. and the testimony is very conclusory, devoid of examples, devoid of attention to other jurisdictions. the level of deference cannot be so great as to negate the statutory standard. you have to administer deference within that standard, not substitute deference for the standard and the statutory standard is still compelling interest and least restrictive means. thank you. >> thank you, counsel. case is submitted. >>> on the next washington journal, lawmakers react to president obama's state of the union speech and talk about their party's priorities for the coming year. first we'll hear from tom price, repu

arkansas is governor ventas students from -- arkansas' governor prevented students from attending school until then national guard was sent. and the film, mr. thomas and several other of the little rock nine reflect on their experience , life beyond high school, and hopes for the future. the film won an academy award in 1965 for documentary short subject. ♪ >> hatred is easier to organize than understanding. there was a minority in this state who found it to their advantage to bring hate to little rock in 1957. while we watched, the white children went to school and we stood outside. we had been taught in school that we were a nation under law and the laws of segregation were wrong. now we waited to see if our laws had meaning or were just words in a book or idle talk in a classroom. on september 27, 1950 seven, president eisenhower sent 1000 men of the united states army to carry out the law. the supreme court of the united states had said the entire strength of the nation may be used to enforce in any part of the land the security of all rights interested by the constitution. that incl

congressman bruce westerman of arkansas.

. >> reporter: heading east to little rock, arkansas, not much snow or ice, but the city is ready evenif they aren't happy

there is a newspaper called the arkansas democrat gazette. there is a newspaper in town called the tallahassee democrat. it's because back in the day, the tallahassee democrat was the democratic paper, and the arkansas gazette was the republican newspaper. >> right, but business models changed. you didn't have to show both sides and people decided this is a pretty good business model. we need to be aware of that role. >> also with the internet, you don't have editors in all cases, so so much material is out there on the internet which may or may not be true. i have right wing cousins in texas that used to send me things saying, isn't this terrible in congress? i had to write them back and say look, you understand that's not exactly true and let me tell you what the truth is. but we have to understand the system, and we have to live with the system we have. >> we talked about all of the things that get members of congress there. but congress itself and how it works is broken. i am of the theory that leadership is too powerful and committee cha

arkansas defended its policy in the supreme court saying it had two compelling interests. it wanted to cut back on the hiding of contraband within beards. it also wanted to ensure quick identification of prisoners who might by growing beards alter their appearance and get into forbidden areas of a prison. justice alito wrote for a unanimous supreme court today and said the kurt doesn't really question the compelling interests but the problem was that arkansas did not choose the least restrictive means here to achieve them. for example the contraband issue, he said it's very hard to believe that a prisoner could hide contraband like razor blade in a half-inch beard. he said they allowed prisoners to grow hair long and searched the hair, why not do it with beards. then on the quick identification of prisoners, he said why not a before and after photograph that you can use? so it's a very straightforward opinion. >> woodruff: and, again, unanimous. >> yes. i'd like to point out 43 states and the federal government allow beards on prisoners, some even longer than a half inch.

president -- >> senator from arkansas. >> mr. president, it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to talk about the keystone pipeline. i also want to thank the senator from north dakota for literally his tireless efforts, his leadership on behalf of getting the keystone pipeline project moving. for the past six years, i've urged the administration to approve the project, i've voted for legislation to speed up the pipeline construction. this pipeline makes sense for job creation and the future of our nation's energy supply. in a recent e-mail survey sent to more than 30,000arkansans, i asked what issues the new majority in the senate should focus on in the 114th congress. participants told me that one of their top priorities is an all of the above energy policy that creases current and future energy needs. the senate has an opportunity to pass legislation that is a common sense plan to improve our nation's energy supply by approving the keystone xl pipeline. tapping into these canadian oil sands will offer us a reliable source of

>> we caught up with them in arkansas where he was getting a look at the cleanup of an oil spill. here is some just off the top of the water. it's sticky. it's extremely sticky. it smells awful. >> in march, 2013, a shallow underground pipeline owned by exxon runs down the residential street as you see in this video. >> the smell is unbelievable. look, there is oil. >> the oil flowed down the street through a drainage ditch. the crews had come from alberta, canada, thousands of miles away. >> what are they for? >> they are to soak in the oil. they are supposed to. >> literally? >> literally. they are supposed to soak in water. >> steyer had come to mayflower together ammunition for what may be the biggest fight of his life, trying to stop the pipeline from being built. he worries more leaks like this one could happen. the proposed keystone pipeline would stretch from the canadian border across the u.s. to the existing pipeline that carries oil to the refinery. he says the oil would be sent directly to the international market. >> it is not going to the united states. what the true

former arkansas governor mike hawk bee, the [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts ♪ ♪ 800,000rs of supercomputing time 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real. ♪ ♪ you want a loan to build a factory in america? you can't do that. nobody builds factories in the us anymore... you can't do that. using american raw materials makes no sense... you can't do that. you want to hire workers here in the states? they're too expensive, you can't do that. fortunately we didn't listen to the experts. at weathertech we built american factories, we use american raw materials and we hire american workers. weathertech.com, proudly made in america. quality like this...you can't do that. >>> welcome back. this time next year, we'll be on the verge of the iowa caucus and, of course, the entire primary season. the jostling for position on the republican side has already begun. 2016 hop

which tends to create a vacuum as big as an arkansas watermelon. to heat thing up, bill clinton went on rachael ray to do what he does best which is talk about anything he likes. >> you like jalapeno. >> i love that. >> what do you like to watch, do you watch "house of cards." >> i love "bluebloods." i never miss it. >> if you fell off the begin -- the vegan wagon what would it be? >> a frozen yogurt. peach ice cream in the peach ice cream in the summertime. and i like hard cheese. i miss hard cheese. i resolved to start playing my horn. >> get back into the music. >> if the president is a man we call his spouse the first lady. if a woman became president we could -- i could be called adam, i don't know. the first >> the man gets a huge ovation. the full interview will be on rachael ray's show thursday. >> of course it was awesome. he is her greatest asset and her biggest liability. the question is, does he have the discipline this time as he did last time to go the distance? >> both of them will do a ton of those shows. rachael ray, entertainment

former arkansas governor mike hawk bee, the [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. one week? this one's a keeper. rapid wrinkle repair. and for dark spots rapid tone repair. from neutrogena®. just tell us your budget an >>> welcome back. this time next year, we'll be on the verge of the iowa caucus and, of course, the entire primary season. the jostling for position on the republican side has already begun. 2016 hopefuls have been gathering this weekend for what's called the iowa freedom summit and they've been making some strong pitches. >> every candidate will come in front of you and say i'm the most conservative guy to ever live. you know what, talk is cheap. >> secure the border now. override this president's lawless executive order. >> if you want a candidate who agrees with you 100% of the time i'll give you one suggestion. go

my name is is nick noise i'm the president of the homeownership association at 18th arkansas we'll not anti growth or anti development we think the developers is an excellent developer and the architect is excellent i have here a petition that we gave to the planning commission in may of 2013 which states that we are extremely concerned about the offer scale proposed for our neighborhood the height and densest are completely out of scale with our neighborhood i've had a lot of meetings with the developers i'm an architect i understand what we're talking about it become observe they were trying to max out the project and start off at the starting point and become very, very contrary there was not going to be a change until someone said see i'm here to support the reduced density alternative listed in the draft eir always the environmentally superior alternative it would simultaneously reduce the impact of the large number of resident and better respect the character and scale of the neighborhood thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello i'm sharon daniel i live in th

. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is holly friedman i live on arkansas street a half a block away from the proposed development i'm here to talk about the deficiencies in the draft eir and urge the commission to take action to support in group assembled here to build a better community we're working hard to do that we need our support so peppering i commute everyday by public transportation i'm a pedestrian address commuter and bicyclist i'm here to talk about traffic you've heard a lot about the poor timing of the draft eir the poor timing is a reflection of the developers rush to justify to not do dmruns on this project traffic impacts will result in 2 hundred one hundred and 912 car trips 23 percent are at a failing service of the intersections what is a failing level of service according to the draft eir study it's greater than affordable unit a stop time of 50 seconds 50 that's a delay it states the number of pedestrians will more than double because of the recipe living in the context and i'm calling this out because the eastern neighborhood eir the final eir of the eas

>> we caught up with steyer in the tiny town of mayflower, arkansas, where he was getting a look at the cleanup site from an estimated 5000 barrel oil spill. [splashing] >> here is some just off the top of the water. it's sticky. it's extremely sticky. >> very sticky. >> it smells awful. >> in march 2013, a shallow underground pipeline owned by exxonmobil burst, sending oil running down a mayflower residential street, as can be seen in this video. >> the smell is unbelievable. i mean, look. there's oil. >> the oil flowed down the street through a drainage ditch and emptied into a marshy area. the heavy crude had come from alberta, canada, thousands of miles away. >> what are the booms for? >> they are to soak in the oil. they are supposed to -- >> literally? >> yeah. literally -- >> that's what they're for? >> yes. they're supposed to repel water and soak in oil. >> steyer had come to mayflower to gather ammunition for what may be the biggest fight of his life -- trying to stop the keystone xl pipeline from being built. steyer worries more leaks like this one in mayflower could happen.

what do we know about the shooting range in arkansas?- >> it really is andrea. apparently there are a firing range in arkansas which has designated itself a muslim-free zone. they have a no muslim sign hanging on the outside of their store. and an indian -- american indian hindu college student went to the firing range with their father and because of the brown skin they thought they were muslim and denied them service. if it was a gun range with no blacks or jew sign i would be horrified. arkansas can do a lot better in the year 2015. >>> as we look to europe there's increasing tensions anti-muslim backlash we've seen steps taken by france against a prominent muslim comedian while they are busy proclaiming free speech in the name of quts"charlie hebdo" appropriately and at the same time we have the jewish community feeling under siege. i don't know whether heads of government can deal with this what faith leaders can do what we in journalism can do. >> you know that's a very good question. even before the "charlie hebdo" attacks in pari

former arkansas governor mike hawk bee, the i will light up every room i walk into. olay presents the regenerist luminous collection. renews surface cells to even skin tone. in just two weeks, see pearlescent, luminous skin. regenerist luminous. olay. your best beautiful. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. introducing new always discreet underwear for sensitive bladders, from always. with soft, dual leakguard barriers to help stop leaks where they happen most. plus, a discreet fit that hugs your curves. always discreet visit alwaysdiscreet.com for coupons and to learn more. >>> welcome back. this time next year, we'll be on the verge of the iowa caucus and, of course

former arkansas governor mike hawk bee, the last speaker there, will be my next guest. from phillips ♪ ♪ ♪ "here i am. rock you like a hurricane." ♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals antioxidants and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. >>> welcome back. this time next year, we'll be on the verge of the iowa caucus and, of course, the entire primary season. the jostling for position on the republican side has already begun. 2016 hopefuls have been gathering this weekend for what's called the iowa freedom summit and they've been making some strong pitches. >> every candidate will come in front of you and say, i'm the most conservative guy to ever live. you know what, talk is cheap. >> secure the border now. override this president's lawless executive order. >> if you want a candidate who agrees with you 100% of the time, i'll give you

the court said that arkansas prison officials failed to show that the inmate's beard was a threat tocurity. the court's decision was immediately praised by muslim groups as well as religious freedom advocates including the beckett fund. >>> pope francis concluded his trip to asia this week. he received a warm welcome in the philippines where he met with natural disaster survivors praising their faith and resilience. on his trip back to rome he generated some controversy when he remarked that catholic parents did not need to reproduce "like rabbits." although he reaffirmed the church's ban on artificial birth control. >>> pope francis also confirmed that his trip to the u.s. next september will include stops in new york and washington, d.c., as well as philadelphia. >>> anti-islam protests continued throughout europe this week sparking fears about rising islamophobia in the aftermath of the paris attacks. in france more than 100 anti-muslim incidents have been reported since the shootings. >>> meanwhile, muslims in many parts of the world held demonstrations denouncing what they see a

the former arkansas governor announced he's leaving his cable show to consider a run for the white house. the conservative unsuccessfully ran in 2008. he sat out the 2012 election. >>> searchers are hoping for improved conditions in the recovery for flight qz8501. airasia flights had been suspended. the airline was flying without a permit last sunday. singapore says the airline was cleared to fly. officials say four large pieces located in the java sea are debris from the flight. we have this report from jakarta. >> before the cause of the crash op september 28th is nine it has been banned from flying between the ski. the airline was found to have operated the flight that went down. the minister does not rule out sanctions, but is investigating everyone involved. >> air traffic control, airasia, and the other airlines. and also the whole play in this air transport. in the schedule. including our own people. if any airlines does the same thing we will cancel the licence of the route, the specific route. if everybody doing it we will cancel everything. >> reporter: analysts say it's not on

highway patrolman about four miles into arkansas from oklahoma on a road that takes you straight to if he wasn't at elohim city, where was he? >> timothy mcveigh made some calls to elohim city. he drove near the area, we know, but beyond that, any connection to elohim city or the notion that there were others involved is speculation heaped on top of speculation. >> but even assuming others were involved, why would mcveigh so strongly insist that he acted alone with help only from nichols and fortier? >> he believed that in lying, he would protect the others, so they wouldn't be convicted. and he spun a series of lies to shield the others. >> i think it's possible that there were other people that helped along the way, but did not know they were helping with the bombing. but i believe that the only one who actually knew what they were working on were the three men that were punished by the government. >> mcveigh, fortier and nichols. >> we got him. >> two years and 44 days after the worst terrorist attack on united states soil, a verdict has been rendered in the bombing trial of timo

. >> hi, larry eddmond, juicy (not speaking english) when i left arkansas i knew how to say it twice in spanish and. since i've been in san francisco i know there's many different international tongues here and just to adding with the youth, sometimes i feel that i've never been to jail, i never got in trouble, sometimes i think when we always concentrate just to the youth, we never think about the elderly. i think the police department should have special services and get together with people who are elderly because this is america. one thing i was talking to a guy the other day and he told me i only met 4 people from europe. he said europeans don't like to come to america because american politicians take the money, people are hungry they don't have jobs, they don't have houses and they should have it. that's a very good thing. but i think the women that i want to -- a lady -- i have a picture here. her name is shirley taft. this is her picture, she was a black college (inaudible) uapb and she was a lesbian. the police department mean a lot to me because in 77 i knew that a lady fr

wright was born in mountain home, arkansas in the ozarks, went to college in arkansas and memphis, andives now in rhode island. her books of poetry include one inspired by visits to louisiana state prisons. she once said, "poetry is a necessity of life. it is a function of poetry to locate those zones inside us that would be free and declare them so." >> lake echo, dear. is the woman in the pool of light really reading, or just staring at what is written? is the man walking in the soft rain naked, or is it the rain that makes his shirt transparent? the boy in the iron cot, is he asleep, or still fingering the springs underneath? did you honestly believe three lives could be complete? the bottle of green liquid on the sill, is it real? the bottle on the peeling sill is it filled with green, or is the liquid an illusion of fullness? how summer's children turn into fish and rain softens men. how the elements of summer nights bid us to get down with each other on the unplaned floor. and this feels painfully beautiful whether or not it will change the world one drop. ( applause ) thank you.