booker jr., the 20-year-old kansas man, is accused of planning to kill american soldiers there. he is being described as mentally ill and acting strangely days before his arrest. this as we are hearing a second man, 28-year-old alexander blare, has been arrested for failing to report a felony in connection with the alleged bomb plot. we have more about the other man charged and are joined from our west coast news room. >> reporter: according to the federal complaint, these two men shared the same extremist views and were kind of business partners in booker's plan to carry out a suicide attack at fort riley. the complaint saying blair loaned booker money to rent a storage unit to stash his bomb making materials, and if blair is convicted of a felony he could spend three years in prison. booker meantime could get life if he is found guilty of the charges against him, including attempting to provide material support to isis. he had been on the fbi's radar ever since he joined the army in february of last year and took to the internet to post his jihadist aspirations. when questione

prosecutors also say booker, who was recruited by the u.s. army, has wanted to hit military targets over a year. shortly before reporting for basic training last spring, booker allegedly wrote on facebook "getting ready to be killed in jihad is a huge adrenaline rush." when the f.b.i. questioned him investigators say booker admitted that he wanted to commit an insider attack against american soldiers, like major nidal hassan who is on death row for killing 13 slajtz fort hood in 2009. after he was questioned by the f.b.i. booker was denied entry into the military but he stayed on law enforcement's radar. scott, i had attorney did not respond to our request for comment. >> pelley: jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. jeff, thank you very much. jeff just mentioned the fort hood massacre. well, today, the victims of that terrorist attack were awarded purple hearts, an honor that had been denied. it was five and a half years ago that major nidal hassan shot 45 people at the texas post. manuel bojorquez was there today. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we honor those

if convicted booker faces life in prison. we are seeing a lot of this nearly military people getting involved in this. is. >> thank >> thank you john.purple hearts and diefnsive defensive freedom medals were presented they had been ineligible for the medals but this changed the law. army sergeant nadal hasan has been sentenced to death. >>> the jury will beginning hearing arguments on whether dzhokhartsarnaev shall be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty. you logistical issues with potential witnesses. . >>> we now know just how powerful the twister was and how much damage it left behind. >>> and more on our top story dumb hillary clinton is expected to announce for presidency and her plan and when she'll contend with. with. a tornado rated as an ef 5. diane eastabrook has the story. >> a powerful tornado tore through the area, obliterating his home and those of many others. >> you know everyone is being told they have to go to search and rescue. >> emergency crews could search for victims. two women were founded

that's up to john booker.e the 22nd considered american arrested for any potential isis activity. is that a big number to you? >> i don't think it is fredricka. you know when you're talking about 20 people in a population of 300 million in the united states there are going to be strange actors out there. and this individual seemed to fit in that category. what concerns me more about him is his background and some of the things he participated in before he actually thought of this plot. >> so this alexander blair, the second person arrested you know charged with failing to report booker's plans to authorities. so the complaint alleges that blair and booker shared extremist views and that blair loaned booker money to rent space to build and store a bomb. so what kind of message in your view might these charges be sending? the message being that you may be you know allegedly complicit and anyone aware of your plan may be facing charges as well. >> well yeah. mr. -- i would suggest though fred mr. blair was a lot

fully committed. >> reporter: booker's mission to target ft. riley, kansas, allegedly began a year ago when he tried to enlist in the army. but he wrote something on facebook that caught the attention of authorities. "getting ready to be killed in jihad is a huge adrenaline rush." the military blocked his enlistment, and the fbi sent in undercover operatives posing as radicals. they say booker embarked on a chilling plan to detonate a massive car bomb at ft. riley. the fbi claims booker was trying to put his car bomb together this morning when he arrested not far from ft. riley. but the bomb was a fake, he was busted in a sting. >> pierre thank you. >>> now to new troubles for the secret service tonight. a developing deadline, with an officer accused of attempted burglary. >>> and in new york city four people found dead in their home. and tonight, a warning about the invisible killer carbon monoxide. >> reporter: the call came in at 3:15 the couple in their 80s and two others killed by the colorless, odorless gas. neighbors, startled by the sce

when booker t. washington was head of the testing he -- tusk eegee institute, he had to take into account the reality of alabama. he was running a state institution, although he had privatized it. he had to navigate in a different context then did dubois, who was for the most part an obscure academic -- i say obscure for most americans -- until he became affiliated with the crisis and the naacp after 1909. they occupy very different positions. i think for washington, his story was one about what african-americans had done with their freedom. he wanted to emphasize african-american capacity. he did not want to emphasize obstacles or inefficiency to that. we can criticize all we want about those choices. if dubois had a phd, he had the finest education one could have had at that time. he had a much larger vision of the obstacles that he thought african-americans were facing. i really do think it is a case that they are speaking to different audiences and speaking pass each other in some ways. i'm conf

sen johnson: senator booker question mark sen. heitkamp: sen. booker: booker? sen. booker: your leadership is essential to the safety and security of our nation. it is clear that the scale differences in the challenges and threats are between the northern and southern borders. it is not the same scale on the northern border, and we understand that. this committee has held numerous hearings that focus on the southern border. i am happy that we are having one here. as you enumerated in your written testimonies, there are still tremendous threats along our northern border. the fact that it is so porous and i asked for that picture to be put up there, this vast -- over 5000 mile border, with incredibly diverse terrain has areas that are to amend is the poor's, as this picture right here demonstrates how easy it is to cross undetected, really illustrates the need for the urgency for the threat. i am not calling for any fence but also what i am looking for is a proportionate focus on our northern border threats. mr. hartunian, you illustrated the nature of these threats,

booker senior spoke with the associated press this afternoon and said that the bookers have always been christian and that he is not long his son has been a muslim even let alone one that would seem to be radicalized. >> 2014 he enlisted in the military planning to go to basic camp sometime in april. in the interim period sometime in march, he began making threatening staples so then in march of 2014, he was said that he would not be able to be in the military. but then they wait about 13 months to arrest him? >> they have been tracking him actually six months after that since october of last year. during that time he met with an fbi agent who, of course he didn't know was an fbi agent. and since then, they have been -- he has been doing different things. he has been putting together a propaganda video, for example. he has been storing bomb-making material in a storage facility in topeka kansas. leading up all the way until this morning when he drove to fort reilly and expected to be able to drive through and set off this bomb according to federal prosecutors. and that is when fbi agent

booker made his first court appearance an hour ago. the court proceedings still underway. to terrorism that could put him away from life if convicted. >> claudia cowen, thank you. >>> this suspect may have acted alone but are there others like him? lieutenant colonel tony schaffer says absolutely. yes, there are. you think there are other people planning to join the army and then from the inside, once they're in attack. right? >> let's be clear here. this guy was essentially kind of the first of the attempt to get someone in and the thing about isis and al qaeda as well, they're very good about watching and learning. so i can tell you the next guy or the next set of guys or gals, a number of females have been picked up recently -- will not make the same mistakes. one thing about this guy, he was low-hanging fruit. this guy was broadcasting like a beacon at midnight about his intentions, and he got caught. the next guy is going to be smarter, and that's what we have to worry about, the ones who are not as inept as this guy was and inevitably it's going to happen. >> what do

booker admitted he only joined the arm to commit an insider attack. even made a propaganda video in arabic and english to be played after his death. that included this warning to families. >> he said he wanted members of the public whose sons and daughters were members of the military he wanted to get their loved ones out of the military, because the islamic state is coming for them. he said they were targets in their homes as their bases, recruiting stations or in the streets. >> that video obviously a key piece of evidence in this case which goes before a grand jury next week. sources tell me federal agencies spend months last year trying to convince booker to give us his criminal ideas, even getting the imam at his mosque to try to interare interveered. he resurfaced, and yet was arrested near a utility gate. agents say no one at ft. riley was ever in any danger, because the materials booker had acquired to make his suicide car bomb came from an fbi informant and were inert. uma? >> thank you very much, claudia. >>> news that russian government hac

we know more of the arrest that lead to john t booker junior. we're learning that booker also known as hue ham mad has been charged with attempts to use a wmd and atemptss to damage property and attempting to support isis. >> what have you learned this morning? >> reporter: a 20-year-old man drk john t booker enlisted last year, but the army cancelled before he showed up for basic tra training. booker goes after hue ham mad. he wanted to carry out friday's attacks for isis. two fbi agents helped to ork strakt and booker was interviewed last year and one of them read i will be leaving for forever, so good-bye. the fbi says that he told agents that he wanted to carry out inside attacks like ft. hood. >> thank you so much. john booker is one of the americans trying to join isis in the last few months. listen to what the u.s. attorney had to say about this. >> once gain this reminds thaus we have to remain vigilante. we can not think of something like 20 years ago like something many the past. >> yeah, 20 years ago next sunday and we have with us li

and while booker t.ashington kind of advocates for moving on and forgiveness and ignoring it so we can reconcile and move on, frederick douglass says you need to remember, be aware of what we went through and where we need to go. jennifer murray: right. so even among the african-american community, it -- is there a consensus about what they should push for. booker t. washington very reconciliatory in his own right. the going slow approach. how did african-americans commemorate the civil war? blue and gray paternalism seems to overshadow any true economic equality for african-americans. one thing they can and will commemorate is, emancipation day. so wrote -- throughout northern and southern communities emancipation day is celebrated. this is in richmond, virginia. >> the celebrations, the number of them peter out further south. jennifer murray: as we move forward in time as well. so, if you have to put into a hierarchy, reconciliation, which the premises, emancipation is, where will you put that? >> at t

prosecutors say 20-year-old john booker wanted to set off a car bomb at ft. riley in kansas. agents busting booker after he tried to arm what he thought was a bomb. it was actually a dud. a second person arrested on charges failing to report booker's plans. >> funeral services today for the south carolina man killed by a police officer one week ago. walter scott was running away unarmed when officer michael slager shot him during a traffic stop. slager was fired and is now charged with murder. investigators questioning a passenger in scott's car. new dash cam video shows an officer patting him down. >>> i'm gregg jarrett. now back to "bulls and bears." >>> tax day just four days away. a new report exposing millions in government waste may have you seeing red. john from an anti-u.s. movie to $15,000 to study shower habits of hotel guests. just more money down the drain? >> yes. i say we create a website. won't cost much money. won't be like health care.org. it's going to be i'm stupid and i wasted the money of the government.com. we'll put pictures of all these idiots to spent

. >>> we also did hear from new jersey democratic senator corry booker who issued a statement a short time ago. he is speaking of menendez he's been a invaluable resource and amen for to me since i have arrived in the senate booker said, our system of justice is designed to be fair and impartial and it presumes innocence before guilt. i won't waiver in my commitment to stand alongside my senior senator to serve our great state. corry booker today. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" here on the air and on line the at cbs philly.com where we will continue our coverage of the menendez indictment. you can follow us on both twitter and facebook. >>> it was a terrible crime scene, authorities ruled that the death of the montgomery county couple as a murder/suicide. their bodies were found inside a lower moreland township home on tuesday. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is live with the latest on this matt. >> reporter: officials identified the couple involved here as christopher and nicole pebbleman and christopher killed his wife and then himself using a chain saw. the couple's 14 year

booker was arrested yesterday.s say he told an fbi informant that he wanted to kill americans and engage in violent jihad on behalf of isis. booker was taken into custody as he tried to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb outside the army post. >>> funeral services held today for new jersey woman who went missing in december. final services for erica crippen a-wife an mother of two. they were held today at faith holy temple in camden. that was this morning. investigators found her body last month in maryland. crippen's husband, kyle crosby has been charged with herd murder. crippen's mother-in-law helped her son cover up the crime. she leaves behind a three month old daughter that she had with crosby an seven-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. >>> he went overseas to fight in the korean war and he never came home until now. after more than 60 years the remains of a local veteran have been identified as fox 29 reporter tells us the community bowed their heads in bensalem to honor a man who gave t

a muslim cleric said today booker is mentally ill. to mark the upcoming fifth anniversary of the "deepwater horizon" explosion and the huge gulf oil spill that followed the obama administration is set to announce new regulations covering offshore oil and gas drilling. this, according to the "new york times." the newspaper says the administration will propose tightening safety requirements on what are known as blowout preventers, what it describes as the last line of protection to prevent explosions in undersea oil and gas wells. even as it moves to tighten safety rules, the obama administration has signaled that it will open up new areas in the atlantic to drilling. the president and first lady have made public their tax returns, and they show that the obamas' adjusted gross income last year was a little less than $500,000. that's actually the lowest amount since 2004 as royalties from the president's book sales declined. the obamas paid more than $93,000 in taxes, just less than 20% of their income; and they donated more than $70,000

according to the federal complaint he knew about and helped fund booker's plan to attack. faces charges for failing to report it. booker could get life if he is found guilty of bomb making charges and attempting to provide material support to isis. the case goes to a grand jury next week. back to you. >> claudia, thank you. julie? >>> well the senate foreign relations committee getting ready to vote next week on a controversial bill that would give congress a say over the emerging nuclear deal with iran and critics say this legislation could make a final agreement impossible. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more. >> reporter: pressure is building as senate foreign relations chairman bob corker with trying to win over enough democrats to achieve a veto-proof threshold to allow lawmakers to review an iran deal. while some democrats are among those offering amendments to neutralize the bill and make it acceptable to the white house. utah republican mike lee says frustration is building because lawmakers aren't entirely sure what's been promised to the regim

we're told booker was arrested. he's set to appear later this afternoon in court inny to peek amp authorities also say -- in topeka. authorities also say there was no breach of security at ft. riley. we'll stay on top of the developing story. >>> newly released dash cam video showing the moments before that horrible deadly police shooting in south carolina. does it answer any questions? >>> mother nature crippling towns across the midwest as americans across the country face more severe weather today. >> it's down on the ground. it is down on the ground. [ siren ] >> it's coming toward us! shopping online... ...is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers carpenters and even piano tuners... were just as simple? thanks to angie's list now it is. start shopping online... ...from a list of top rated providers. visit angieslist.com today. >>> police cash cam footage released moments before the horrible witness of the shooting and killing of an unarmed man by a police officer. began with a traffic stop

john booker jr. targeted ft. riley in kansas prosecutors say, allegedly telling a confidential fbi informant, quote, we will be coming after american soldiers in the streets. we will be picking them off one by one. on facebook last year booker posted i will soon be leaving you forever, so good-bye. i'm going to wage jihad and hope that i die and getting ready to be killed in jihad is a huge adrenaline rush. after the postings booker was not allowed to join the army. when the fbi interviewed him, he admitted he wanted to commit an inside attack against american soldiers like major nidal hasan at ft. hood and they say he kept planning that violent strike. >> it's alleged he told another individual that detonating a suicide bomb was his number one aspiration because he couldn't be captured, all the evidence would be destroyed, and he would be guaranteed to hit his target. >> reporter: two weeks ago charges say booker and the informant bought the components needed to make the explosive device. on friday prosecutors s

booker: thank you very much. madam president i rise today with some excitement that i get to tell a story that is in america, thank god a common story, but this take on this common story also has its difficulties. this story is, in fact, a love story. the first time that jim obergofeel met the love of his life john arthur, neither of them were swept off their feet. like a lot of couples they met at a bar though through mutual friends. they met then a second time, but the sparks didn't really fly then either. it wasn't until a few months later that they met for the third time a at a new year's eve party, and this time they fell in love. jim and john like to joke that theirs was a story of love at third sight. following the new year's eve party, john and jim began building their lives together in cincinnati ohio. the next 20 years they spent it doing so many of the things that connected couples do. they said "i love you" for the first time. they saidthey had their first fight but their brondz bond grew and grew and

booker jr., aka mohammed abdullah hassan. he has been on the fbi's radar for quite some time, in fact, more than a year. federal prosecutors saying that he joined the army in kansas city last year with the intent of carrying out an insider attack at ft. riley kansas, eerily similar to the ft. hood massacre in texas. at about the same time he took to the internet to declare his jihadist acespirations and cheer the murder of americans in iraq. he spent time last year in a mental health facility, but he apparently did not give up on his dream to attack american soldiers on behalf of isis. this morning federal agents arrested him without incident in topeka. just about an hour and a half ago, the shocking details were given of the case. >> the criminal complaint today alleges that he has spent months developing and attempting to execute a plan that would result in his own death. it's alleged that he planned to pull the trigger of the explosives himself so he would die in the explosion. >> agents say booker's targets were soldiers

while booker t. washington kind of advocates for moving on and forgiving, frederick douglas says you need to remember, be aware of what we went through and where we need to go. jennifer murray: sell among the -- even among african-americans their consensus, there is not a consensus. they are diverted. booker t. washington was consolatory in his own right. how did african-americans commemorate the civil war? blue and gray for journalism -- blue and gray fraternity seems to overshadow any true meaning. one thing they can and will commemorate is, emancipation day. throughout the northern and southern communities emancipation day is celebrated. this is a richmond virginia. >> a number of them peter out further south. jennifer murray: as we move forward in time as well. so, if you have to put into a hierarchy, reconciliation, emancipation, where will you put that? >> at the bottom. jennifer murray: at the bottom. and at the top, re-conciliation. so, between the north, south african-americans, do you have

, kansas, this morning the fbi says agents put handcuffs on a 20-year-old topeka man, john thomas booker, who thought he was about to set off a powerful car bomb. but it was made of material he didn't know was nonexplosive provided by the fbi. >> we face a continued threat from individuals within our own borders who may be motivated by a variety of reasons to take extreme and terroristic steps against our folks. >> reporter: authorities say booker, who'd been in rotc in high school, enlisted in the army a year ago. but the fbi says three weeks before he was to report for duty he posted on facebook, i will soon be leaving you forever so good-bye. i'm going to wage jihad in hopes that i die. agents say he told them a short time later that he wanted to commit an insider attack against american soldiers. hearing that, the army rejected him. for the next several months two fbi undercover operatives say he showed them isis propaganda videos and said he wanted to commit violent jihad with a suicide bomb attack at ft. riley. after he bought what materials to make it and drove what he thought in

blair loaned john booker money to rent a storage building to conceal bomb making materials.bocker could get life if he is found guilty of the charges againstiment including building a bomb and providing material support to isis. he was trying to arm a gun just outside of the gates of fort riley and turns out the materials came from fbi sources and they were inert. he had also made a video last month with two men who could help him join isis. and turns out they were undercover agents. booker known as mohammed abdullah hassan recorded a message that he hoped would be played and including a warning to military families. >> he said he wanted members of the public whose sons and daughters of the military. he wanted to get their loved ones out of the military. because the islamic state is coming for them. and they are targets in their homes and at their bases and recruiting stations and in the streets. >> this video is a co piece of evidence in the case that goes before the grand jury next week. >> annual national rifle association in nashville, several potential presidential cont

authorities say the plan was meant to show support of isis and booker believed the attack was justified and the quran says killen mys wherever they are. today in texas, survivors of fort hood massacre were honored with purple heart six years after deadly rampage and following long fight over military policy whether their injuries qualified for medals. the 2009 shooting spree where army psychiatrist nadal hasan opened fire on unarmed soldiers was classified as workplace violence not terrorism and congress pass aid law to change eligibility standards and award the purple theert 1 victims killed and 31 injured. >> in southern california today ten sheriff deputies placed on leave after captured on camera punching and kicking a suspect. it happened yesterday in san bernadino county when deputies tried to serve a search warrant he drove off and stole a horse and led officer on a 2 1/2 hour chase and the officers rhawnched and civil right investigation. >> it was a chase in south los angeles. the driver behind the wheel of bright green taxi. at one point snopd tracks bypassing train this was n

don booker accused of planning a terror attack.dy to get killed in jihad is a energy rush. i am eager to meet my lord. it isn't chilling words. he had a plan. car bomb attack set to go off u.s. soil at a major military base. join us topeka reporter justin. tell me what's the latest? out of northeast kansas, he had what he believed was

booker was arrested yesterday. prosecutors said he told an fbi informant heed to kill americans and engage in violent jihad or behalf of isis. booker was taken into custody as he tried to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb outside the army post. >>> the summit of americas kicks off today in panama and it's already made some history. president obama and raul castro met for the first sight sit down between u.s. and cuban leaders in more than a half a century. both leaders sat downside by side in a bid to inject fresh momentum into their month long efforts to restore diplomatic ties. president obama says although differences have a risen between the two countries the relationship is growing in a way that could benefit both nations. >> i think if we can bill on the spirit of mutual respect and candidness that over time we will see not just a transformation in the relationship between our two countries but a positive impact throughout the hemisphere and the world. >> the two-day summit at tracts more than third

of reasons to take extreme and terroristic steps against our folks. >> reporter: authorities say booker who'd been in rotc in high school enlisted in the army a year ago. but the fbi says three weeks before he was to report for duty he posted on facebook i will soon be leaving you forever so good-bye. i'm going to wage jihad in hopes that i die. agents say he told them a short time later that he wanted to commit an insider attack against american soldiers. hearing that the army rejected him. for the next several months two fbi undercover operatives say he showed them isis propaganda videos and said he wanted to commit violent jihad with a suicide bomb attack at fort riley. after he bought what he thought were explosives and drove there in a van he was arrested. officials say he was under such close watch there was never any danger and appears to have some mental problems. no comment from his public defender lester. >> pete williams in our washington newsroom thank you. >>> it took five years but today the purple heart and defense of freedom medal were awarded to the victims killed or wo

booker repeatedly stated his desire to engage in violent jihad on behalf of isis.s arrested today while trying to arm what he thought was a bomb outside that post. if convicted booker is facing live in prison. >>> emotional goodbye for a courageous young woman who lost her battle with cancer. ♪ amazeing grace ♪ >>> 19-year-old lauren hill's teammates walking together into today's vigil at mount st. joseph's university. hill was diagnosed with brain cancer less than two months after joining the school's basketball team. the ncaa allowing the university to move up the season so hill could fulfill her live long dream of playing in college game. hill passed away early this morning. she helped raise more than a million dollars for cancer research. >>> and local nfl star devon still post add touching tribute to lauren the pair got to know each other as still's daughter lea fought cancer. devon wrote on instagram "lauren left her mark on this world by showing people what it really means to never give up. because of herself less act of using her fight to raise incredible a

>> reporter: booker faces three federal charges including one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, another count of attempting to damage property with an explosive device, and this third count attempting to provide material support to a terrorist group, in this case isis or isil. charges that could put him away 0 for the rest of his life. he makes his first court appearance in to peek -- topeka in a half hour. >> thank you very much. >> a police chase across state lines are investigators say a kidnapping suspect shot and killed a man at the u.s. census building in maryland, then led cops through theíe streets of washington, dc some six miles away. cops were on the lookout for the suspect after reports of an armed kidnapping. police say a guard at the census building spotted the suspect's car and approached it. that's when he shot and killed the guard who later died from his injuries. police say the chase ended in washington but there's no word on the suspect's condition. an fbi spokeswoman says the shooting was not related to terrorism. >>> just ahead, you're goin

booker jr., of topeka, kansas. evan, thanks very much. >>> there's new video of that deadly police shooting in north charleston south carolina. and it's raising a lot of new questions. why did walter scott run after a routine traffic stop? who was the passenger in the car with scott? what happened in the crucial moments between the dashcam video and the video of the police officer, now former police officer, he's been fired, michael slager, shooting scott in the back. the dashcam video shows the officer approaching scott's car. moments later after the officer returns to his patrol car, scott gets out and takes off running. dash camera video also shows an officer patting down and searching the passenger who was in walter scott's car. a family attorney says the man was a co-worker and a friend of scott's but did not identify him by name. the passenger was detained, placed in the back of a patrol car. cnn spoke exclusively to a new witness in the case. she says she saw a scuffle between walter scott and the police off

john thomas booker jr.hree counts including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. booker who also goes by the name of mohammed abdullah hassan allegedly admitted to the fbi that he enlisted in the army with the intent of carrying out an attack at fort reilly. >> it's alleged he told another individual that detonating a suicide bomb was his number one aspiration because he couldn't be captured all the evidence would be destroyed and he would be guaranteed to hit his target. >> authorities say booker has been under surveillance for a few months and at no time was the public in any danger. >> the penalty phase of convicted bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev will start the day after the running of this year's boston marathon. a judge granted a request by tsarnaev's lawyers to delay it so that they could work out issues with potential witnesses. the same jury that convicted dzhokhar tsarnaev will decide if he will spend the rest of his life in prison or receive the death penalty. >>> world news tonight with davi

he had founded a radical newspaper in 1901 to take on booker t.assert a more, you know direct we have to get in the white man's face, we have to hit the streets. i mean, the protests around this movie in 1915, there are archival photos in the boston newspapers. 3,000 blacks marching on the statehouse. and in my research i'm going what year is this again? 1915? 1960 something? so he was, in many ways way ahead of his time. but 1915 after that a couple things happened. first his wife geraldine trotter, died in 1918 from the flu pandemic. and he was never the same. in a personal way, he was a broken man. they had been inseparable and i probably should have mentioned her earlier in terms of getting the newspaper out being by his side. women were very much part of the protests against the movie and what not. so he struggled along in a big way in the years after his wife's death. the other thing in terms of why he has become kind of lost to time is he was overshadowed by the naacp which he would not join. in 915 -- 1915 turns out to be a hugely pivotal

i know senator booker had mentioned, sharing the no-fly list information. that would be very important. but are there are there any other specific initiatives that we need to look at, as far as joint activities with canada? anything that in your mind, maybe chief fisher, if you could address this, or mr. wagner but specific initiatives that we really do need to take a hard look at and implement? >> yes, senator. i would say i briefly mentioned the ibet teams where we're are working very closely embedded many places physically in space where we can share information. equally important not just the sharing of the information but for them to figure out what we collectively will do about that information on a particular threat and if you take a look at the two countries and the different jurisdictional authorities and associated authorities that go with that we're a lot stronger doing that. to the extent we can expand not just the concept of those teams in some of these regional concepts i think we'll be better for doing just that. >> continuing to work with ou

referred to as black wall street i booker t. washington, the greenwood district in tulsa was the center of black commerce in the early 1900s. together with our cox cable partners, the c-span staff recently visited many sites exploring tulsa's rich history. learn more about tulsa all weekend here on american history tv. woody guthrie: i got started in oklahoma. that is where i was born. the population is one third indian, one third negro, and one third white people. i have the -- hit the road when i was 12 years old traveling and working on jobs. that is where i picked up these songs. ♪ this land is your land this land is my land from california to the new york island from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me ♪ >> woody guthrie's most famous for his writing of "this land is your land," but he was very much more than that. he was born in 1934 in oklahoma. we are proud to have this work back in oklahoma where we think it belongs. he was an advocate or people who were disenfranchised, for pe

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none other than booker t. washington remembers that how when the war closed the day of freedom came. a u.s. army belatedly read the emancipation proclamation that lee's surrender brought deliverance deliverance. and we have a remarkable set of interviewed conducted in the 1930s but a new deal agency, the works progress administration or wpa for short interviews conducted with men and women who had been alive in the time of slavery. they were quite elderly in the 1930s. they were children in the days before the civil war. but these interviewees more than 2,000 altogether, left this remarkable body of testimony about slavery. it is all available on the website of the library of congress. and if we look at these interviews for reflections on appomattox we see they echo reminiscences look booker t washington. fannie berry remembered that slaves in virginia burst into spontaneous song when they learned that lee had raised the white flag. for at that moment, she said they knew they were free. and as news of the surr

and booker t.washington at his tuskegee institute produced g.p. -- gpas of blacks with a higher tess test scores. they're the best fighter pie -- and when the tuskegee airmen entered world war ii, they were given third rate training, the second rate equipment, but they never lost a bomber because he realized the way to eliminate racism and prejudice is not through demands but through excellence and through the unassailable excellence of their performance. that was the america we could have had. it was the america we should have had. it was the america that we deserved to have. it was the america one of the greatest americans we ever had. booker t. washington who said if we become victims we'll stay victims. we are their betters. we will enter the society as he -- as equals, and america made a choice. and we have it front of us today. i don't want to hear about republicans are racist. we believe that black americans should have the same right as any other individual in this country. the right to det