yay, south carolina.rolina are in the middle of a success story there, but across the border in north carolina, different utility. different power company. there it's duke energy which has 32 coal ash pits in 14 different sites across the state. this same group that fixed the problem in south carolina decided that they would also try to fix the problem in north carolina. but that's when scandal struck in north carolina. you may have heard about this. governor pat mccrory's administration effectively blocking that group lawsuits last year, one after the other and eventually blocked them from suing over any of duke energy's coal ash dumps anywhere in the whole state saying in effect, no, no no. governor mccrory spent nearly 30 years working for duke energy before we became governor. his administration offered to settle two lawsuits with duke for a total of $99,000 and no promise duke would clean up the coal ash. and that might have been the end of it in north carolina, except for what happened along the dan

. >> not even in north carolina. >> now i am from south carolina. i know there is a lot of rivalry between our two states. let's see how much of a connoisseur of barbecue you are. i have a plate here of south carolina barbecue and a plate of north carolina barbecue. and see if you can tell which one is which. okay? >> some people would call this pulled pork. >> yes. >> it's not a chopped barbecue. i don't know what that is. >> that's as close as we could get to north car line barr bq. with -- >> that's disgusting. >> i agree. there it is, you believe north carolina barbecue is disgusting. congressman, thank you so much for talking with me today. >> thank you, stephen. (cheers and applause) >> let's put north carolina's 1s up on the big board! oh, and there is duke basketball team going up in flames again. we'll be right back. ♪ music plays ♪ music plays [ "find you" by zedd plays ] ♪ [ male announcer ] the night starts with so much possibility. anticipation. electricity in the air. so, when you're ready to turn up your night. turn to bud light plati

>> show me you're a south carolina resident and show me some money. private sales between individuals must be done within the state. >> within the state? >> i can't cross state lines. >> this is $325 and this is $600... we find another group of private sellers, and pick out a handgun. >> is cash all right? >> cash... >> cash and carry's ok? >> yep. south carolina id >> uh, if we're from out of state, is there a way to... we're just passing through... >> there are grey areas that do come in handy. >> well i have to be extremely careful with them grey areas. >> what are you looking for? kind of nice. >> what do you want? >> what do we want? the .40 here. >> i'll take it out with them. all we're going to do is put it in a box. >> sounds good. how much? what's >> $425 >> you didn't get it from us. >> we hand over the cash and we walk out with the gun - no id, no background check, no record. all in less than an hour. >> later that day, we sold the gun back to a licensed pawnshop. in 9 out of 10 gun crimes, the shooter is not the original purchaser. guns ar

. >>> up next -- a human skeleton is found in the marshlands of north carolina. >> the longer a body's been dead, the harder it is to determine how long it's been dead. >> we don't know who she is or why she was killed. >> but it tells a story all its own. >> whatever happened to precede death, it probably was sexual. >> a story of anger and hatred. >> at what point does a person realize that, you know, they're dying? >> and a violent end. >> had this person remained anonymous, we would have had nowhere to go. >>> on a cold, spring afternoon in 2004, ray lee jacobs found what looked like human bones in the backyard of the home he rented in wilmington, north carolina. >> it was kind of gruesome. we came across these bones. it was horrible. at first, we seen her leg bones and then we came across her skull. you know, and ribs and -- and then we realized, you know, it wasn't fake. it was real. you know, so it was terrible. >> he called authorities who moved quickly to collect the remains and any possible forensic evidence. >> the bones had been scattered by the animals and maybe by the tid

north carolina and around this area up towards virginia.s across the peninsula there in virginia, north carolina, just off of the coast of new jersey, clearing out by tomorrow, but this will be followed by colder air, starting to see a little snow up around the great lakes this weekend. lows tomorrow in the northern plains down below zero. it really doesn't make it too far south here. maybe as far south as philadelphia, but some mild air returning across the southeast and southern plains, but right in the middle is the area that is suching south. del? >> dave warren thank you very much. and thank each and every one of you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. "the truth is" is next. and check us out 24 hours a day at aljazeera.com.

now to a very closely watched trial in north carolina. at 1 point, everiry st. clair was looking at life in prison, now it's no jail time for the army general accusing of mistreating a subordinate, who also happened to be his former misstress. in natasha joins us now by phone, natasha, what was the sentence? >> dell, as you alluded to, for this two year process, general st. clair lives with the possibility of having to register as a six offedder if he was convicted. sexual assault charges those charges were dropped this week, he pled guilty to 14 counts including adultery, and mistreating his former misstress. and he walked out of the courtroom today with a reprimand and a $20,000 fine. he spoke to reporters briefly. >> it's been a difficult time for me and my family. the system worked. i have always been proud of my army. all i want to do now is go up north, and hug my kids and see my wife. >> this is what happens next. sinclair will have to go to a separate board. as all people who are requesting retirement, which sinclair is, and the board will determine his

and i believe that north carolina and the u.s. are well positioned to lead and to take advantage of opportunities in the 21st century energy economy. i look at north carolina's research triangle partnering which is an international model for bringing together industry, research institutions and government, to help develop clean energy technologies that reduce carbon emissions and make our country less dependent on fossil fuels. companies and institutions across north carolina are developing ways to use energy more efficiently, harkinasing harkinasing -- harkin asking -- harkinasing smart grit grid technologies. while it presents new economic opportunities we must also be sure to minimize any economic burdens on the least fortunate and take efforts to ensure that we do not harm our global economic competitiveness. the challenge before us is great but if we come together, democrats and republicans, we can move forward the with commonsense measures that increase our energy independence and put the u.s. back on a sustainable path all

it spread like wildfire in states, south carolina included. 24 states with some form on the books. the backlash is growing as shooters use it as self-defense. it became the issue in trayvon martin in florida. it was used as a defense after the shooting death of darrel niles in columbia, south carolina. in 2010, the unarmed teen was shot sitting in a car outside a girl's home. the homeowner shot niles, an innocent bystander, by mistake. on monday, the parents of martin and davis will join a rally and march led by reverend al sharpton. democrats concede it will be an up hill battle with a republican legislature there. it remains to be seen if the fight will be as stiff in south carolina. i'm joined by harold mitchell. he chairs the legislative black caucus. senator, thank you for being here. i want to play you something that your colleague in the state of florida, state senator chris smith, who was on the show yesterday. he said this about the chances of repealing florida's version of stand your ground. listen. >> the votes just aren't here in t

the department of social services in baltimore county is also working with dss in south carolina. caitlyn is expected to return to maryland as soon as possible. >>> now our other breaking story tonight, news out of marlakey why. china state news agency says via -- malaysia. china state news agency says signals have been detected on the missing plane. the search and rescue teams are honing in on that signal. the flight vanished while traveling from kuala lumpur to beijing. contact and radar communication was lost somewhere over vietnam. it was a boeing 737, an aircraft with a very strong safety record. malaysia airlines says the pilot and copilot have more than 21,000 of flight hours between them. >>> tonight topper is tracking a possible storm for wednesday. how big could this one get and really, more snow? it's march. >> that's the whole thing. it's a battle between winter and bring. we think tuesday night the storm will be in missouri, the cold air well north of town hovering over the great lakes and northern new england. the storm tracks over the tennessee valley tuesday night

>> live from moncure, north carolina. thank you very much. >> at one point big dear general jeffrey sinclair was looking at life behind bars. instead no jail time for the army general accused of mistreating a subordinate who happened to be his former mistress. he was sentenced a short time ago. natasha is live in fort bragg, north carolina. what is the reaction from where you are? >> well, the reaction i'll give you in just a second. let's back up a little bit. as you alluded to. when this process began, general sinclair had the threat facing life in prison after being convicted of sexual assault charges hanging over his head. the sexual assault charges were dropped. today after pleading guilty to 14 counts including mistreating his former miss stress of three years and having an inappropriate relationship he walked out of a courtroom with a reprimand and 20,000 dollar fine. he says the process worked and he is always been proud of my army. now, immediately after the sentence we are told he went to go call his wife. she h

joining me now, democratic state representative from north carolina, pricey harrison. i want to start with the full-page letter in the north carolina newspapers on sunday from duke. they say "following the events of the last few weeks we want to regain your confidence. we're taking immediate action to ensure the safety of our ash basins, our highest priority is the safe operation of all of our facilities and health and wellbeing of our communities." do you believe them? >> they've been facing a pr nightmare as a result of the high-profile spills and toxins into our waterways. i wish they may have had the same attitude back when day were operating these coal ash ponds and building them. >> had they been fighting efforts to more stringently regulate the coal ash? >> absolutely. at all levels. at the state legislative level and at the federal level. i couldn't even get a study or hearing on my bill that i filed after the kingston spill in tennessee.

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the murder of a woman in an industrial section of raleigh, north carolina. offered me a chance to prove i'm innocent, i jumped at it. >> but the police didn't believe him. perhaps because investigators found a spot of what looked like blood on the fender of his truck. taylor had abandoned it just yards from where the woman was found. the crime lab backed up the cops' suspicions. >> the blood was the issue right from the very beginning. there's no way i could be telling the truth with the victim's blood on my truck. >> at trial, taylor was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. he appealed the conviction all the way to the u.s. supreme court. unsuccessfully. >> you figured you were going to die in prison? >> yes, sir. >> taylor's fate began to change when his case fell into the hands of a north carolina attorney who fights to reverse wrongful convictions. she got ahold of the original blood analysis. >> it's one of those moments i'll remember forever. >> the documents showed the substance on taylor's truck did test positive for indications of blood in a p

the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: mr. president, we have had a very productive day on the childcare development block grant bill, and we have processed a number of amendments, some by voice, some with recorded votes. all members have had the opportunity to come down during the day and offer their amendments, and we continue to have amendments that are either filed or talked about. it is still the intent of senator harkin, senator alexander, senator mikulski and myself that we finish this bill tomorrow afternoon, and we see no reason that we can't do it with the level of cooperation that all members have shown. so let me try to sketch out for our colleagues what our intent will be. we intend to hopefully go to a period of morning business, length to be determined by the leaders, when we conclude after we speak. at some point in the morning, probably 10:30, we would resume consideration of amendments. and we would process those amendments until shortly before lunch. it is our hope that members would take the opportunity to

their work and the work of other reporters around north carolina is having an effect.the week after the "ap's" expose about the street's sweetheart deal with the governor's former boss, the week after that the u.s. attorney's office in north carolina opened a federal criminal investigation into the state's handling of coal ash. federal prosecutors subpoenaed duke energy and subpoenaed the mccrory administration. 18 separate staffers of the mccrory administration's environment agency. prosecutors specifically asking staffers for details about money or items of value they might have exchanged with duke energy. those subpoenas call for testimony, testimony, in-person testimony before a grand jury in raleigh, north carolina, starting tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. and possibly continuing through thursday of this week. that testimony happens in closed court starting tomorrow morning. north carolina's environmental agency tonight said they wouldn't confirm whether the hearing is still scheduled for tomorrow or how many staffers they expect to testify. so what happens before that gran

. >> north carolina moved to withdraw a legal settlement that environmentalists said was too easy on the nation's biggest electric power company duke energy. the state had agreed to settle a massive pollution case with a fine of $99,000 and no requirement that the $50 billion company clean up the pollution. duke energy and state regulators are under investigation over the disposal of ash that is left over from burning coal. mark extras than found that prosecution, that follow lucian is still flowing. >> reporter: these are photos taken by north carolina state regulators and environmental groups. the state claims the pictures show duke energy illegally pumped contaminated water into the river along the state's coast. from two of its colash bay since at a retired plant, the wastewater contained arsenic and celine yum, known to cause cancer. >> duke declined an on camera interviewed but in a statement maintained it followed the law to train the pond for routine maintenance. iit was being pump to the existing out falls and monitored according to the plant permit. state regulators said th

welcome to carolina. tonight we're coming to you from the city of greenwood, a diverse city and one that has the distinction of having the widest main street in the world. >> greenwood is a very small community. everybody seems to know everybody. we're related to everybody here. it is very tight knit. so when the news came out about this horrendous murder, it was devastating. >> on a cold monday morning in 1982, the bruised and beaten body of 75-year-old dorothy edwards was discovered in this upscale home. >> dorothy edwards, she was just a loved woman in the community, and she had been horribly killed. >> dorothy was known as a graceful and charming woman with a beautiful singing voice and a wonderful sense of humor. [ sirens ] >> the next door neighbor, mr. holloway had noticed a couple of newspapers that had piled up, and he went over to check on her. >> on january 19th, 1982, inside the home holloway told police he found signs of struggle everywhere, a heavy glass ashtray shattered on the living room

so, iowa state is moving on north carolina is going home. 85-83.t looks like they made the ride decision. >> that was about as strange of an ending as i have seen in a long time. there's no question the clock did not start right away when the ball was inbounded. there was maybe a half a second or more that should have elapsed. and at that point it looked like the dribbler the guy bringing the ball up the floor was in rhythm. >> pretty hard to call a time out one second to go in the game. had about a 35, 40er. he's had a good look. i was surprised by the time out. officials were not a hundred percent clear at least in my view whether they said the clock started late or the time out was taken when the clock went to zero. >> i don't think there was an official claire fix at the end of the game. >> regardless even if they put time on the clock. they probably would have put maybe .2 or .3 and as you know with .3 or less you can't even grab the ball and shoot it. you have to tip it. so, north carolina really didn't have much of a shot at that point. >> n

will they reclaim that senate seat in north carolina? are the urban centers where those mayors have to ac vate those bases. does canon's bad behavior impact kay hagen? >> does the mayor, the former mayor, is there a team of his that was moving voters day-to-day or another set of folks. but no doubt if there is a mayor that has a strong power base then that can have a negative impact. who steps up in that vacuum to get people out to vote. >> you are going took hang out with me longer. thank you to our guests for being here. they are going to stick around for the rest of the show. coming up, i want to share with everyone the story of my great great grand father this four wives and what it tells us about a case being argued before the supreme court this week. there is nor at the top of the hour. [ male announcer ] new gain flings! smell so amazing, they're like music to your nose. ♪ your love ♪ ♪ love keeps lifting me ♪ ♪ higher and higher [ male announcer ] lift your love with new gain flings! more gain scent than ever plus oxi boost clean

welcome to carolina. tonight we're coming to you from the city of greenwood, a diverse city and one that has the distinction of having the widest main street in the world. >> greenwood is a very small community. everybody seems to know everybody. we're related to everybody here. it is very tight knit. so when the news came out about this horrendous murder, it was devastating. >> on a cold monday morning in 1982, the bruised and beaten body of 75-year-old dorothy edwards was discovered in this upscale home. >> dorothy edwards, she was just a loved woman in the community, and she had been horribly killed. >> dorothy was known as a graceful and charming woman with a beautiful singing voice and a wonderful sense of humor. [ sirens ] >> the next door neighbor, mr. holloway had noticed a couple of newspapers that had piled up, and he went over to check on her. >> on january 19th, 1982, inside the home holloway told police he found signs of struggle everywhere, a heavy glass ashtray shattered on the living room

. >> in north carolina, a yellow sign stands in front of many farms, it's a caution marker saying thathe pve virus has affected the population. >> newborn pigs, mott of them die. >> 3,000 pigs on the commercial hog farms have died since june. but on a snowy march morning, there's no sign of the virus on this farm. he and his family own this 75-acre operation. they raise free range hogs. >> my pigs have a robust immune system, because they live outdoors. >> many commercial pig farms are densely crowded. and that could play a factor in the spread of pve. >> it's very concerning because most of the farms in the united states are in confinement facilities, and those pigs are very vulnerable to pve because it's easily transmittable. >> the virus can spread to humans, and it prevents an outbreak in the adult population. >> thousands of pigs continue to die of the pve across the country, environmental groups warn in north carolina of the potential health risks that can occur with the disposal of infected hog carcasses. >> we have a large number of carcasses that are left in dead boxes for a l

welcome to carolina. tonight we're coming to you from the city of greenwood, a diverse city and one that has the distinction of having the widest main street in the world. >> greenwood is a very small community. everybody seems to know everybody. we're related to everybody here. it is very tight knit. when the news came out about this horrendous murder, it was devastating. >> on a cold monday morning in 1982, the bruised and beaten body of 75-year-old dorothy edwards was discovered in this upscale home. >> dorothy edwards was just a loved woman in the community. she had been horribly killed. >> dorothy was known as a graceful and charming woman with a beautiful singing voice and a wonderful sense of humor. [ sirens ] >> the next door neighbor, mr. holloway had noticed a couple of newspapers piled up and hewent over to check on her. >> january 19th, 1982, inside the home holloway told police he found signs of struggle everywhere. a heavy glass ashtray on the floor. a pair of bloody ice tongs. dorothy edwar

it crosses both the dan river and north carolina.rts. >> reporter: this spill of coal and ash from a retired duke energy power plant coated an 80-mile stretch with toxic sludge. eight days later, federal prosecutors issued the first of 23 s&ps investigating the relationship between utility and north carolina regulators. >> it's clear they have been coordinating their legal efforts. >> he says the questionable relationship became apparent last year. his group tried three times to sue duke to clean up spills but he said state regulators block them every time by fining utility instead of demanding a cleanup. >> it's an inappropriate or too close relationship between duke and the state that's contributed to that. scrutiny is due. >> reporter: the federal subpoenas demand the records of 18 employees of north carolina's department of environment and national resources or denr. the prosecutors are examining whether the regulators were influenced by utility with a monetary payment, pref rein ren chal treatment, of promise of future employmen

polices in raleigh-durham, north carolina, had two suspicious deaths.ller's death was caused by a massive dose of arsenic. six weeks later, eric's friend, derril willard, committed suicide. the two had been together at the bowling alley on the night eric miller fell ill. >> derril completely out of character for him, according to everybody we talked to, buys a pitcher of beer while they're waiting for a lane to free up. but when eric took his first swallow of beer, you know, it doesn't taste quite right. >> and shortly before derril willard committed suicide, had he confessed to his wife that he had been having an fair with ann miller, iraq an's wife. >> we don't know the whether or not he told his wife anything else about his potential involvement with arsenic or eric miller at the bowling alley. >> investigators searched willard's work computer and phone records. they also searched ann miller's. they found ample evidence of the affair. >> from the middle of october until eric's death, she's got like 500 cell phone calls to derril willard's desk, to hi

this is high point, north carolina, where you can see all of the ice and the snow. it is quite beautiful at the university. they have already seen about one .5 inches of ice. it is a little messy. for us, not bad. we stayed relatively dry all day long, but we are starting to see over of light rain southern st. mary's county, but temperatures are above freezing. the area of low pressure will continue its trek to the north and the east. eastern counties might see light rain showers, but that is about it. the main story will be dry weather moving in just in time for the upcoming weekend. i will show you closer on the satellite and radar, the moisture that stretches from south carolina, north carolina, and even through virginia where in central virginia a lot of freezing rain is being reported. we will be clipped by the system . a southern scooter, if you will. overall, the system is bringing us the easterly wind component, keeping us under the cloudy skies and cool temperatures, but another cold front moves through saturday night into sunday and that might bring sprink

alexander: i thank the senator from iowa and north carolina. i thank the senator from wyoming for his leadership, for a number of years he has been the ranking member of the health, labor, education and pensions committee. he's been there, his focus on trying to spend his money more efficiently. sometimes we forget that head start is not the only early program we have in the country. it's the most famous, it's best known, it's very popular with most people. it's about $8.6 billion. but the bill we're debating today is another -- the childcare block grant is another $5.3 billion, two-thirds the size of head start, affects a million and a half children, and then there are another $5 billion or so of federal funding for early learning and early childhood. now, without getting into a debate about what we should have new programs or not i think there's a consensus among most of us that we should at least start by taking the money we're spending for early childhood and spend it wisely. one step we took few years ago was to create centers of exlen exc

the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: i thank the president, and i thank my good friend and colleague, the senator from maryland, senator mikulski. you know, in the senate, for those of us that have been around for a while, we understand how it works. and i'm not sure that the media does justice to the american people about how difficult it is for legislation to actually pass the united states senate. as a matter of fact, the historical threshold of 67 and then 60 in agreement means that in you're a serious legislator and yoand your interest to workn good policy -- not perfect; i think senator alexander said, we've never seen a perfect bill -- then the first thought that goes through your mind as you work on a legislative agenda is, who on the other side of the aisle can i get that this would be appealing to from a standpoint of their interests and, two, an individual that understandunderstands how to geh difficult times? well, i'm here to say to my colleagues, barbara mikulski is one that fills that category -- not

but they did have to survive a scare by number 16 seed coastal carolina. advantage of a sluggish virginia team. they had a 10 point lead with four minutes left in the first half. the cavs came out of the locker room a new team, tightening their defense. finished with a team-high 17 points and they beat coastal carolina. >> that is what we were trying to do. >> memphis is very good, a very tough team. they will come out and play hard. >> virginia continues its preparations for a very quick memphis team. tomorrow night, tip-off at 8:40, a chance to go to the sweet 16. horace holmes, abc seven sports. the country, my alma mater, syracuse come is out. the wars upset by eight and. dayton.range upset by patric young, florida is up by 10. moments later, florida steals the ball, the deflection, great save. casey bradley. florida goes to the sweet 16. they beat puitt, 61-45. louisville, st. louis, hancock from the corner. the cardinals with 19. louisville up by five. a lot of pressure, st. louis gets the basketball back. the jam. louisville moves on with a 66-51 vi

i said, no, i'm talking about virginia, the carolinas, georgia to louisiana. people are surprised. well when we looked at to about people think of florida because there's a large community. and that is what people think. they think brazil says, jamaica. and the idea, you know, of a large, growing community, well, there were the exceptions. for the americans marin communities are actually small, you know, not as big as well we think. they lived for sometimes only several months, several years, one generation. and so what they do, again, because the communities look for individuals and groups and communities based on three criteria. that's settled. they have to leave there in secret, and that is tsongas -- there is no control whatsoever. and when i took those criteria than i really find a whole world that has very much remained under the radar even though they represent the global majority. and my criteria to exclude a member -- a number of people to my those, for example, i mean, there were just there for a few days. also excluded the marines a florida because they were not leaving

also today in north carolina, a federal grand jury began looking into possible criminal charges.rk strassmann is in raleigh. >> reporter: this spill of coal and ash from a retired duke energy power plant coated an 80- mile stretch of the dan river with toxic sludge. eight days later, federal prosecutors issued the first of 23 subpoenas investigating the relationship between utility and north carolina state regulators. >> it's clear they have been coordinating their legal efforts. >> reporter: derb carter is a lawyer with the southern environmental law center, or selc. he said the questionable relationship became apparent last year. his group tried three times to sue duke to clean up spills, but he says state regulators blocked them every time by fining the utility instead of demanding a cleanup. >> it's an inappropriate or too close relationship between duke and the state that's contributed to that. scrutiny is due. >> reporter: the federal subpoenas demand the personal financial records of 18 current or former employees of north carolina's department of environment and natural r

he was in lexington, south carolina, 160 miles away, the week of heather's murder. then investigators got an unexpected call from an antique dealer 26 miles away in south carolina. he and his wife read about the murder in the newspaper and had some information they thought might help. >> they told us of a gentleman who had come down there. he looked like he had been in some type of a scrap or a fight. and he was trying to sell a camera. >> the cameras was the same make and model as the one missing from heather's apartment. >> just real suspicious acting the whole time. he even got a little aggravated when they told him they didn't want it. and he had a look that scared them. >> he described the man as white, mid-30s with dark hair. and he had the presence of mind to write down his license plate number on his coffee cup. >> it was registered to heather stigliano, who is our victim. >>> an antique dealer gave police a detailed description of the man driving heather stigliano's car. from that description, a police artist created this composite sketch, which was distrib

my friend from south carolina and i are not sure what he will do now.but i think it's obvious with his troops massed on the border of eastern ukraine, he is contemplating further action. whether he does so or not, i'm not sure. but i think his calculation has got to do with the cost-benefit ratio of further aggression against a sovereign nation. i see my -- could i just make one more comment because my colleague was in ukraine recently. these are wonderful people. all they want is what we have. they don't want to be part of russia. they're tired of their corrupt dictatorrian owe coffee itch that they had. they're wailing willing to stand for weeks in this huge square in ukraine, 110 were assassinated by snipers. can't we at least give give them weapons with which to defend themselves and speaker up for them rather than say the -- speak up for them rather than say additional costs should russia take the ?eks step? i yield to my colleague from new hampshire. ms. ayotte: i want to thank my colleague from arizona and south carolina. i was in ukraine on sund