job bobby peters says he knew the suspect. the judge is also the form are mayor of columbus, georgia, and joins us now on the phone. thank you so much for talking to us. you were the former mayor of columbus georgia, and you say you actually noticed this guy in the past and you knew him for a long time. maybe you can tell us a little more about him. >> well, he is part of this community for many years and he come from a political family. his dad was an elected official here in columbus as a tax commissioner, very beloved man electioned many times. mr. houser -- knew him as rusty houser in columbus. he ran for office himself. he did come to council meetings all the time, he did question government. didn't seem to trust government, and i think he wanted to project the image he was kind of the watchdog of government locally here and questioned many things about government. unfortunate situation, but he was never rude, never made any threats, simply came and talk about issues at public forums and on the radio and seemed to be want

. >>> with us tonight is bobby peters. he was the mayor of columbus georgia, when john houser lived there. thank you for your time. you were very familiar with this man. he was also known as rusty around town. tell us about him. >> well first of all, our hearts go out to the victims in this and to the family of mr. houser. he comes from a good family. his dad was the tax commissioner here. very loved individual for many years. rusty, in the early years, was always active in city council and involved with issues at public forums and seemed to be wanted to be the voice for the citizens the champion of a cause. had a lot of dreams about what he wanted to do in early years. this is nothing like we had seen back in the '90s and the late '80s. >> you talk about the council meetings. he would show up regularly. you said he would go off on rants. what would he say? what were the rants about? >> he would pick an issue. local issues change every week. but he would find an issue, get on the agenda and have his facts laid out and pres

and i had this image of peter being like pierre salinger. i had not been a great bobby kennedy fan in the early days because when the president... his brother was president, they had appointed a lot of segregationist jobs, judges, in the south, and secondly, they had wiretapped dr. king. and i had remembered him as well from the mccarthy hearings. >> hinojosa: you were kind of angry. >> i was kind of angry, and i thought this was a nice, arrogant, cigar-chomping man who was coming down, so i didn't have time for him, and he turned out to be this really nice man, just as robert kennedy turned out to be this very nice, open, funny, caring man who was transformed by his brother's death. and the thing that i remember most about robert kennedy is he could transmit so much just through a touch. i would watch him just touch the cheeks of children or to, you know, try to get feelings out of them or when he liked something, he would just give you a pat. but at any rate, he came, and i don't know where it came from that i would not talk about head start. i would talk about hunger

peter schweizer. gary from south dakota. >> caller: i like your analogy about restlessly joy just finished reading the book about pretty boy bobby king and jake peavy insight about the bruiser wrote down a loser of indiana and he got paid for throwing the chair and lost the match so it was great. i used to tell my sons i went to see them and i loved him in the 70s. anyway, back to what i'm talking about, basically i always registered democrat. my family has always been democrat but as far as hillary clinton and the clintons i don't see it. they are just a power-hungry machine like you were saying and i just don't think she is the right candidate. they have had their run. using their eight years, she is secretary of state, now get out, run the clinton foundation put more money back into america. we hear about president obama talking about the infrastructure, our schools put your money year. if you have problems in haiti south effort that and whatever, what is wrong with good old united states of america? and maybe if they put some money into the school system maybe we can hire better teachers. as far as jeb bush i did in tampa, t

peter schweizer. we have time for one more caller. jerry from south dakota. >> caller: hide. yes, i like your analogy about the wrestlers did i just finished reading a book about pretty boy bobby human and boy bobby hume and indicate the inside about how they rode down to louisville, indiana and got paid to throw the chair they lost the match. it was great. i tell my sons actually i love those guys back in the 70s. anyway, back to what i'm talking about. i basically have always registered and they've already been democrats. as far as hillary clinton, i don't see it. they are -- you know i think a power-hungry machine like you would say and i just don't think she's the right candidate. he was in the 80 years. okay, get out. put more money back into america. when you hear about president our schools will put your money here. we have problems in haiti, south africa and whenever. what is wrong with good old united states of america. maybe if they put some money into the school system we can hire better teachers. i lived in the tampa bay area for pretty much 28 years and i was there with martin child beat him in 94 and douse a problem. the first thing he did was no child left behin