and movede graduated to mound bayou mississippi. all-blackme it was an town. it was founded by blacks and run by blacks. in moundg man live bayou, who was a black man who was rich. he had this insurance company. so he gave met her his first job of selling insurance for him, and he said he started out in the little town of clarksville mississippi, selling insurance. then he ventured out onto the plantations. look at some of the conditions under which these people were living, and he talked about black people not even knowing what interest was. ands he was talking to them watching their conditions, looking at their conditions and looking at the reactions that he was getting when he talked about human rights, civil right, the ncaap, getting registered to vote and people would tell him these stories, which were true. what was happening to people in the area. in fact, in many places there were no schools for blacks and if you fried to register to vote what would happen to you, what happened to others and what could happen to you. he was telling them that is your ri

for a family in a louisiana bayou a $48 million settlement systems from this sink hole that opened up. swallowing up land and trees, the cause, salt mines. michael oku toured the area. [ singing ] >> reporter:. >> reporter: bayou corn is a remote stretch of the southern louisiana, deep in cagen country. its 350 residents have been known to call their home without a trace of irony, a little slice of heaven. heaven is not the word that comes to mind. as in much of southern louisiana, great wealth lies beneath the surface. oil, natural gas and below here the napoleon salt gun. there are 53 wells. this well was drilled by texas brian in 1982 and sealed in 2011. at some point the side wall begone to collapse. the first sign of trouble came in may 2012, the earth shook. gas bubbled up in the bay use. the general was the commander of joint task for katrina, responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for the hurricane battered coast. he's become an outsubpoena advocate for communities like this. he and a few residents took us on a boat to show us the beauty and the hazards faced. >>

two-thirds of the residence are black, but one member of the city council is, i take you to the louisiana bayou to a small town at the center of a gas revolution. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money". >>> this is "real money," and you are the important part of the show, tell me what is on your mind. the fallout from burger king's deal to buy tim hortons, canadian company, is turning into a public relations nightmare. dick durban, the democrat from illinois blasted the $11.4 billion deal and said how disappointed he is in burger king's decision to renounce its american citizen. billionaire investor, warren buffet is in damage control mode over the tax rates. buffet is famous for calling on america's wealthy to pay their fair share to uncle sam. his participation puts him in an walk ward supposition. burg -- awkward position. >> burger king is the latest of companies to merge with a foreign firm - on paper. they operate in the u.s., but doing the inversion, they take advantage of lower tax rates outside the united states. burger king denies this deal is about denying uncle sam its due. it's m

. >> it stems from the sinkhole that opened up in a bayou two years ago.owed land and trees and is blamed on salt mines. we got a tour of the region. ♪ a million tears." >> a remote stretch of southern louisiana is deep in cajun country. its residents have been known to call it home a little slice of heaven. heaven is not the word that comes to mind. as in much of southern louisiana, great wealth lies beneath the surface. oil, natural gas, and right below here, the napoleon salt dome. there are 53 wells. this well was drilled by texas brian in 1982 and sealed in 2011. at some point after that, the side wall of the cavern began a collapse. gas bubbled up in the bayous, the commander of joint task force katrina, responsible for coordinating military relief efforts for the hurricane battered gulf coast, widely considered a hero has become an outspoken advocate for these communities. he and a few residents took you the on a boat to show us the beauty of this place and the hazards they are facing. >> this is incredibly beautiful, general. >> that's why i wanted

a young man lived in mount by you -- bayou. he had this insurance company. 's firsthe gave medgar job. he then ventured out onto the plantations, and that is where he was selling people -- trying to sell insurance other. medgar began to look at some of the conditions under which these people were living. he talked about what people not even knowing what insurance was. ande was talking to them watching their conditions, looking at their conditions, and looking at the reactions that he was getting when he talked about human rights, civil rights, the naacp, registering, getting registered to vote, people would begin to tell him these stories, which were true, what was happening to people in the area. in many places, there were no schools for blacks. if you try to register to vote, what would happen to you, what could happen to you, what happened to others. medgar was telling them, that is your right. allowhey would medgar not -- they would not allow medgar onto their properties, he started initiating several boycotts. storesces in the grocery on many occasions

. >> after medgar graduated from all corn and moved to mississippi and he was out in mount bayou was an all-blacktown. and this young man named tim howard was a black man who was rich. and he had this insurance company. so he gave medgar his first job of selling insurance for him. medgar said he started out in the little town of clarksville, mississippi selling insurance. and then he ventured out into the plantation and that's where he was selling people -- trying to sell insurance out there. and medgar began to look at some of the conditions under which these people were living. and also he talked about black people not knowing what insurance was. he was talking to him and watching their condition looking at their condition and looking at the reaction that he was getting when he talked civil - he would write rights, the naacp, getting registered to vote and that kind of thing and people would get wind of these stories which were true, what was happening to people in the area. in fact, there were no schools for blacks. and if you try to register to vote what would happen to you -- wh

historic farm, american original form of music with history in the bayou.ouisiana's home to the music and freemont is the site of the cajun music festival celebrating music and food. $24 for the craw moms and dads. what more could you ask for? want more? north. oakland's lowell park, food, music, and soccerment let's ceo plain. this means unity in swahili, but they are bringing together top chair musical performances, and african food and dance, and an soccer tournament. soccer starts at 10:00 a.m., music at noon, festival's free, and kids invited to participate in youth soccer activities. about the time playing youth soccer, friends from the small screen hit the big screen. it's the muppets. bring them to the theater for the 11:00 a.m. matinee, and as a special treat for the special occasion, there's a special q&a. the voice of gonzo. maybe he'll tell you what creature he is. favorite song? "it's not easy being green," but it is easy driving green. join me for my traffic reports monday here on "today in the bay." ♪ go! go! wow! go power...oats! go! made fr

. >>> and taking you down to the louisiana bayou at the center of a natural gas revolution. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." this is "real money", and you are the most important part of the show. tell me what's on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi. it was billed by ukraine's leader to decide the fate of peace and the fate of europe, end quote. and in the end, the leaders meeting today in belarus decided that the fate of ukraine will be more of the same. despite public handshakes, poroshenko denounced the rebels fighting in ukraine, and vladimir putin shot back with his denounceiation, this time of ukraine's recent trade pack with the european union, which he says threatens russia's well being. that's the very issue that triggered ukraine's upheaval last year, and since then it has deinvolved into europe's biggest crisis since the cold war with no end in sight. ukraine said it captured ten russian paratroopers who it said snuck on to its territory. and now the russian military is helping the rebels open up a new front in east ukraine to relieve cities to the nor

to find out how to contact ace bayou and receive a free repair kit, go to our website www.wusa9.com. >>> for years american express has been the favorite credit card of customers in the jp powers satisfaction survey. now it has to share that top ranking with discover. the companies each scored 819 out of 1,000 points. chase came in second with 789 points. barclay card, u.s. bank and wells fargo round out the top five. these survey rankings were based on responses from credit card customers in six service areas. now if you've got a consumer problem, we want to know about it here at wusa9 wusa9 call for action. you can contact our team, file a complaint on our website www.wusa9.com and click on the wusa9 call for action link or call our hotline. >>> another recent surface found for many americans this summer vacation was not quite a complete get-away. trip advisor found 77% of americans confessed to doing some work during their vacation. some of them were motivated by guilt, others by the boss and according to the survey, nine in 10 american workers checked their e-mail on vacation and

. >>> and ten bucks would bayou a priest of kraft foods. they are offering 1.5 million shares as part of the social stock plan. the foot giant is partnering with loyal three securities which allows investors to purchase frank l shares in the company. shared edged up to $58.85. >>> our market monitor guest says this is the ideal time for investors to buy small cap stocks. portfolio manager of the hodge's stocks fund up 8% so far this year. craig, nice to have you back on the program. >> thanks, susie. glad to be on. >> you know, you probably hear this all the time because you managed a small cap fund, so many strategist tell individual investors, put your money in large stock caps, they are safe in times that are uncertain. you're obviously doing well. make the case why investors should buy small caps. >> you know, i think in a portfolio, everybody needs some small caps. you know, there is a lot of advantage to small caps. you know, the one thing is they are entrepreneur in nature. the main reasons that we like them is, you know, there is no

avery island is located in the bayous of louisiana, west of new orleans.les wide, the island has been owned by the mcilhennys and their family for almost 200 years. >> tony simmons: this is where we take our pepper mash... >> gupta: it's 9:00 a.m. that means tony simmons, the fifth-generation c.e.o., is heading to the warehouse for his daily taste test. farmers all over the world grow the peppers, mash them, and ship it all back to avery island. you do this every morning that you're here? >> simmons: every morning i'm here, i check these barrels, if they're making mash. where's this from? >> colombia. >> gupta: that means every bottle of tabasco in the world has his personal seal of approval. >> simmons: so i'm looking at the color, and that's why i've got an incandescent light. i want to look at the color, i want to look at the seed. and when i taste the mash, usually, what i'm looking for is i get some salt out on the edges of my tongue, and then about the time you think, "well, this isn't that much of a big deal," the heat comes late. you want to try? >

here's the area near bayou in 1932, farmland steadily disappearing, wow, over the last 80 years. by bayou dupont in 1932 so thoroughly reshaped over the years by texaco oil wells it is now known as texaco canals. now, there's a $50 billion, 50-year effort under way to restore the wetlands. but even if that succeeds, louisiana will still lose miles and miles of land, everything in red according to the propublica prediction. the question is, are we looking at a future without the louisiana coast? joining me now, bob marshalll who co-produced that report, covers environmental issues for "the lends. ""when obviously we know climate change is rising sea level and something we've covered in new york and the context of hurricane sandy. this isn't quite so much about that, although that obviously was playing some role. what is doing the damage here? >> well, the damage began actually when levees were put on the river putting in a straitjacket. those were finished about the 1930s which meant the river that created these deltas was no longer collected, couldn't resupply them with sediment.

the chairs are made by ace bayou and sold in several stores, including walmart and online on amazon. even if you have a different brand of bean bag chair, you should make sure that zipper won't unzip. >>> a bill aimed at fighting cell phone thefts is now law. the governor signed a bill requiring cell phone makers to install kill switches. the kill switch allows the owner of a smartphone to remotely disable it if it's ever stole opinion it's meant to deter thieves by turning stolen cell phones into nothing more than a brick. >> you'll get into the head of a perpetrator, it's not worth his time, trouble, or risk, because the item he's thinking of stealing will be worthless. >> now more than 3 million americans had smartphones stolen last year, nearly double the number of thefts in 2012. but as scott mentioned, the most important smartphone already has it. >> apple, yes. >>> the tech world abuzz by the sell of twitch to amazon. around $1 billion when you total it all up. this is twitch, a video system that allows people to broadcast their video games for others to watch. sort of a spect

there is one other piece in that resolution that may be slipped by use of want to go bayou of w repeat the phrase. the most frequently occurring absolute in american politics. they made reference to preserve the inalienable rights of american free men. they are referencing the declaration of independence. to me the most frequently used absolute in american political panic is the founding fathers and it cuts across time and it cuts across the political spectrum. far left, far right, everything in between. what is the absolute? the absolute is the implication that the founding fathers shared a vision. yes, they did. they all agreed we should be part of england. after that, it is a little hard to know if they agreed on anything. they would have had trouble defining a lunch catch these guys. it is use so often as i am sure you are all know. two quick examples from the 1910 early 20th centuries, the end of the political spectrum, from the right wing end, in 1906 there was a book called the danger:socialism or empire, this was a book that was stirring up fears of radical movements, socialism

by the time sherman's chickasaw bayou campaign in december of 1862, smith was a division commander within sherman's army. he continued as a division commander under grant in the entire vicksburg campaign. he did well. the fall of vicksburg, smith continued in division sommand, but in the 16th corp which did primarily occupation duty in western kentucky and west tennessee. the rear areas of the army of the tennessee. this was not all just administered duty, this occupation duty included suppressing confederate raiders in that region. it included a certain amount of .ombat, but not too much not in a large-scale and no major battles. 1864, innter of january of 1864, sherman was tasked with leading a raid from vicksburg eastward into mississippi to strike at the confederate logistical base and meridian. for that purpose, sherman decided to use contingent from force,h core, as a field aswould use the 17th corps well as a 16th. aj smith again wound up having a division of force that marched on meridia and successfully and returned to vicksburg. then, immediately after a thedian operation, guerr

he was command of the bayous of mississippi, he had no choice, johnston was in command. the union army that was opposing johnston was based in chattanooga, and when sherman moved into north georgia in 1864, he confronted johnston in his fortifications. and the campaign began and followed a pattern johnston's idea of a perfect battle was to take up a strong position, fortify it, and sit in it. hoping that sherman would attack it, in that case, johnston's fortified men would be able to repulse the attack and win the victory sherman however had made up his mind based on earlier experience, that attacks in the civil war were not likely to work, and it was better to do something else. the pattern of the campaign was set, one general didn't want to fight at all, the other general didn't want to fight unless it was perfect conditions, which never exist. so sherman -- johnston would take up his position, fortified it, sherman would march up in front of it, they would skirmish for a few days, she weren would say, this is too strong, his army would march out, usually to the west,

two-thirds of the residence are black, but one member of the city council is, i take you to the louisiana bayouo a small town at the center of a gas revolution. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money".

this used to be the bayou cafe. >> he exited and waited for a friend and then his friend went back intoe bar and my son josh walked over here, was on the phone for a few seconds and then dropped to his knees, got the dry heaves. he had hot flashes. and started to take his outer wear off. and then walked down the street. >> josh was caught on another surveillance camera and then disappeared. his cell phone was found the next day more than three miles away in an industrial area at the port of albany. >> my son's cell phone was found here in the roadway. >> this new york state government vehicle was stolen from that location at approximately the same time josh disappeared. >> this is where the dodge that was stolen crashed this gate and went south down to the ship-yard where it was abandoned. >> he thinks it has something to do with his son's death. together with his daughter, bill searched the port of albany for crews. >> my son had a celtic cross and that was a great meaning to all of us and it wasn't on his body upon retrieval. so we're trying to search the river bank. maybe it fell off

alligator hunters down south patrolling the waters for giant beasts of the bayou landing huge record-settingke this 15-foot-long creature caught in alabama. last weekend. >> it doesn't even look real but it is. >> it is. >> how much did it weigh? >> according to the teleprompter, it weighed over a thousand pound, paula. >> and the people searching for these gators in the dead of night, they aren't letting anything stop them. abc's gio benitez went along for the ride. >> reporter: it's midnight deep in the dark waters of the mississippi delta and we're along for the final 48 hours of this record-breaking alligator hunting season. meet beth trammell and her family of unusual gator hunters. they caught this 723-pounder. and just an hour later dustin bachmann and his team wrangled this one, four pounds heavier, so on this night we hit the pitch black swamps of mississippi with that ordinary suburban family turned reptile wranglers. >> beth, you're a paralegal by day, alligator hunter by night. >> the alligator queen. >> reporter: the alligator queen. for the next three hours of chasing, the tram

the consumer products safety commission is recalling 2.2 million of the chairs made by ace bayou corporationa 13-year-old in texas and 3-year-old in kentucky opened the bagged zippers, crawled inside and suffocated to death. the chairs were sold at walmart, way fair.com and amazon.com. they come in all different shapes, colors and sizes. the maker is offering customers a free repair kit to stop the zippers from opening. >>> fortune telling and magic arts are the talk of a community in northern virginia. front royal in warren county has long had a code on its books banning fortune telling and practicing magic. the town council has already voted once to remove the code and will take a second vote on monday. those in favor of reversing the ban say freedom of religion is at stake, but others fear losing the ban could bring crime, if they take the ban away it could bring in crime. they say things like tarot card readings need to be regulated. >> these people are selling something. even if they think of it as a religion, they are selling their advice, so it ceases to become a religion and is now a

voluntary recall by ace bayou after kids suffocating. listen to this. officials say zippers on the beanbag chair can be opened and crawl inside, get trapped and suffocate or choke on the foam beads. they were sold at walmart and online at amazon.com before july 2013. officials warn parents to check beanbag chairs for any zippers that can open. >>> the number of americans making late credit card payments reached its lowest level in seven years. credit reporting agency said the credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 1% in the quarter. lenders extend to people with poor credit histories. right now average debt per borrower is just over $5,000. >>> chick-fil-a is test marketing new breakfast items hoping to catch the attention of early risers. we will be one of the first to try them here. the fast-food chain is testing a chicken and waffle item in georgia, memphis, tennessee, philadelphia, and inland empire, california. the new item includes a boneless seasoned chicken breast served alongside a maple syrup flavored waffle. can't go wrong ther

the beanbag chairs are made by ace bayou and were sold on-line and in stores nationwide.ur website nbcwashington.com for more information. >>> american airlines is raising the age now for what it considers children flying as unaccompanied minors. the nation's largest airline says it charges $150 for children ages 5 through 11 to fly as unaccompanied minors beginning september 3 reasonable doubt that age goes up to 14 years old. by the way, united airlines charges $150 each way for minors. delta and jetblue currently charge $100 each way, and the best deal? southwest, $50 each way. >>> well, jell-o seems to have lost its jiggle. no one seems to know how to fix it. helped along by commercials like this one with actor bill cosby, sales of the dessert treat have fallen. kraft says that sales have tumbled 19% from five years ago. consumers reach for more natural alternatives and that same time greek yogurt has surged in popularity. >>> apple is scrambling to get enough screens ready in time for the launch of the new iphone 6. we're on to the second hand, folks. suppliers say t

. >>> and taking you down to the louisiana bayou at the center of a natural gas revolution. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money."

. >> we could also use rain down there in the bayou.d today that the feds are worried a potential lone wolf may strike within our borders of retaliation for u.s. air strikes in iraq. we've been worried about lone wolves since 9/11. we're always worried about that. welcome to the new normal. have we forgotten about normal? lone wolf always a danger. a warning over possible islamic state sympathizers who are right here in the united states. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. . . >>> here's one to think about. the fbi and homeland security are now warning that u.s. air strikes in iraq could provoke attacks from islamic state sympathizers here in the united states. fox news has confirmed the two agencies did indeed send a bulletin to local and state and federal law enforcement officials and in that bulletin they warned of a poten

i would also like to say thank you for the bayou bowl although -- deeply worrying information shared with us. the level of pilot in the past -- of violence in the past month in the gaza strip that has taken almost 2000 lives come at the vast majority of which is simply unacceptable and profoundly saddens us. this particular waste -- situation is particularly disturbing because not only was the senses lost love -- senseless loss of life or in palestine and israel bowl preventable but also the continuation of hostilities will only distance the parties even further from unnecessary lasting case. the briefings we heard here cannot but shocked our elected -- are collected human conscience. behind tragic statistics are real human beings. some gravely affected for the third time in a short span and whose lives are not less worthy than ours. as we stated recently in the security council, peace in the middle east is so fundamental and the states -- stakes are so high that the international community cannot allow the future of israelis and palace -- palestinians and consequently that of the wh

. >>> and taking you down to the louisiana bayou at the center of a natural gas revolution.'m ali velshi, and this is "real money."

the consumer product safety commission says certain chairs by ace bayou suffocation and choking hazards zippers can be opened by children. youngsters can crawl inside, get trapped, suffocate or choke on the foam beads inside the chair. we've got the details for you on our website myfoxphilly.com just click under seen on tv. >> okay a rock crashes through a woman's home the force is so powerful she thought it was bo bomb. >> it came, however fresh nearby quarry but for a minute she had no idea what happened. the rock left a gaping hole in her san diego home you see it right there. bianca bush nel thought her water heater exploded but she quickly that is not what happened. and then she got scared. >> i cam outside. i saw a hole blown in the house it's like a cannonball size. did somebody shoot the house? >> bush nel called police. minutes later a man from the quarry walked into her yard and said an explosion had just rocked the quarry. he told bush nel the blast and stone flying in all directions clearly right into her house. luckily nobody is hurt. >>> so we have all seen a lot of the ic

> reporter: friend miles martin met greg in the fourth grade in louisiana, and those boys from the bayouthose damn cigarettes. they finally, you know, they snuck up on him. >> reporter: inside room 348, detective apple says his initial investigation indicated that the victim had a regular, rather humdrum routine. fleniken, at home with his wife in louisiana on the weekends, but during the week, he would live out of a small suitcase here at the elegante doing pretty much the same thing every night. >> he'd set up, and that was his routine for the evenings. he had his phone to communicate with his wife or business. >> reporter: it seemed the travelling oilman had settled in for the evening. he just ordered "iron man 2" on pay-per-view. >> he, he was a creature of habit, and that was his routine. >> reporter: but this cajun cowboy had taken his last ride to texas. all that was needed now was the medical examiner to list a cause of death. everyone thought the case would be closed. >> reporter: so his body is taken away to the medical examiner? >> right. and pending if he can just essentially

unfortunately, that is a result of the my yew bayou front that they're familiar with. see the aftermath of what occurred there. the first responders deserving certainly an emmy for that. all right, let's check in on the rest of conditions. here we continue with rainfall. unfortunately japan will get in on that as well and include places like shanghai, but to the south of beijing. look at manila getting pounded. torrential downpours here and it is bringing hefty amounts of rainfall from 100 to 200 millimeters. we're not done with the rain gauge. it's still collecting rain because it's still pouring over the same area. look at the scenes across the philippines. people just trying to grab on to something there to get themselves away from a dangerous situation although sometimes making things worse for the rest of them there. in india as well raining here heavily. here it's because of the monsoon that has continued although the totals have not been all that bad, 40 to 6 emil meters. they're used to it in this part of the world. got to get to school so makeshift bridges and

bayou probably the only remaining example of this now, but people with a few dollars could come here,uy enough land, set up sometimes cooperative farms, communities, set up villages and all of that. i don't know if that is possible in the 21st century is all i'm saying. and i'm not sure that the idea of it is even as strong as it was. it's not difficult to imagine people who had been enslaved, a., wanting to leave the place where they served as slaves, and, b., wanting to own property and seeing the ownership of property as directly connected to their sense of what freedom was. i think that notion has faded. i could be wrong here but i think that notion has faded in the 21st century. is that -- thank you -- oh, you're not -- one question here, yes. >> i want to know -- [inaudible] >> oh, yeah, the story of fanny lou automatic -- fanny lieu lou hamer, and who you point the finger at toward the local history not being told in and the local history, especially in the local schoolsor, blame it on the city government, the city and be people, the federal government, the state government. >>

. >>> and taking you down to the louisiana bayou at the center of a natural gas revolution.li velshi, and this is "real money."

creating bayous they widen out pretty soon they sink into the gulf of mexico and the storms the end hurricanes are right at the city gates so what happened was i was warned about this by the what may be the top hurricane expert in america i've war bond here to the needy enter a state university hurricane center he went out and said look it was intrigued rina it was exxon mobil it was chevron and they're making it worse and we're now more vulnerable than ever in the nine years since katrina we drag the gulf of mexico even closer we're going to have another katrina we're not ready for it and it's all because we won't put the clamps on the oil company marauders i mean that's what's acting now and by destroying fourteen thousand square miles of mangroves not only are they destroyed in a natural buffer to storm surges they're also i mean those mangroves that's that's that's sequester carbon. this is norton earning our planet mean look uglow warming is a profit center guys i was up in the arctic if you read my book well just picnic you can see that up at the arctic circle above the arctic wildlife n

know is the number one preventative action becomes complex social leaders say we are as concerned bayou need resources in place even washing your hands in equipment, a sink's available, housekeeping making sure soap dispensers are filled, where do they put that down? on the floor? i don't think so it is a ripple effect you need equipment and people to understand. mentioning about transparency staff have to understand the metrics we can do national promoting and information among hospitals but here is our inspection rate so all of those go into something as simple as he and washing. >> senator you should have been on our research team. with precarious would allow a hospital to get at zero? we borrowed peer to peer review developed after three mile island. we went into hospitals to understand. what we found is there was no magic bullet but there was the clear chain of accountability so if the ceo said 00 they looked at the rates and they knew it to enable support structures the fdic you and director on the problem to say what is your rate? if they had a culture where nurses could open the

there is bayou. the teachers prepping for school got quite a story, didn't they?l: so class is in session apparently. martha: so president obama is weighing in on the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager who was killed by a missouri police officer. the president's comments coming as new protests and unrest continue in ferguson. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> this is so tense in this community that the police say they can not release the name of the officer who was involved in this shooting. now you've got the faa saying that nobody should fly over ferguson, missouri, if you can believe it, until this situation calms down. the president did weigh in. there was discussion whether or not he should. he did so last evening. he said know the events of the past few days have prompted strong passions but as details unfold i urge everyone in ferguson, missouri, and across the country to remember this young man through reflect shin and understanding. joined by marjorie clifton, former obama campaign consultant and row conn, the host

he was command of the bayous of mississippi, he had no choice, johnston was in command. the union army that was opposing johnston was based in chattanooga, and when sherman moved into north georgia in 1864, he confronted johnston in his fortifications. and the campaign began and followed a pattern johnston's idea of a perfect battle was to take up a strong position, fortify it, and sit in it. hoping that sherman would attack it, in that case, johnston's fortified men would be able to repulse the attack and win the victory sherman however had made up his mind based on earlier experience, that attacks in the civil war were not likely to work, and it was better to do something else. the pattern of the campaign was set, one general didn't want to fight at all, the other general didn't want to fight unless it was perfect conditions, which never exist. so sherman -- johnston would take up his position, fortified it, sherman would march up in front of it, they would skirmish for a few days, she weren would say, this is too strong, his army would march out, usually to the west,