he had spoken about the interaction with carolyn bryant, who died yesterday. this was about 2:00 from that interview. >> the 2017 book by duke university historian was the next big accelerant in seeking justice. what was the big news in timothy tyson's book? >> his book gave me a lot of hope. it brought a lot of closure. all my life i did not like the way they were portraying emmitt. she said that she lied. that gave me some sense of closure. you cannot bring him back. i didn't like the way he was looked at were viewed in history. i got very excited about this book, very excited. you read the story there. >> the central claim, the part that was the big news in the book was that tyson said carolyn bryant had recanted on her story. what did that piece of information give you, your family, and the fbi licensed to do? >> we weren't at odds with each other, that is what i wanted. the main thing i wanted. that is all i wanted in life. i had what i wanted when i heard she admitted that she lied. they wanted much more than that. i wanted -- i was not against that. i f

carolyn bryant on m accused. 14 year old emmett till of accosting her in mississippi osmond and another man then tortured and murdered till based on her allegations which were never proven till killers were quitted bond or why jury . they later admitted the murder donna was the last living person involved in the case. she was 88 years old. that's it from me and the new scene for now. our world news update for you at the top of the article without coming up next d, w. 's asia. my colleague melissa chap, gabrielle f, as in berlin from me and the new scene. thanks for can you we are all set. we are watching closely o e to bring you the story behind the new i we're all about.

. >> carolyn bryant donham, the white woman whose accusation led to the lynching of emmett till, has8 years old. in august of 1955, 14 year old emmett till was taken from his bed, it brutally beaten, shot to death and horrible other things after she accused him of whistling at her. till's grief-stricken mother made the decision to open his casket at his funeral, shocking the conscience of the nation. bryant donham's husband and his half brother confessed to the murder after the -- they were acquitted by an all white jury. her role in the brutal death has been investigated several times and was reconsidered by grand rapids recently as last year. ryan young is covering the story. so, ryan, it's been more than -- years. -- >> you think about, one, how shocking this was for the nation -- just last year, a movie came out talking about what happened with him. and it was very powerful. but when you put the pieces together, the family discovered an arrest warrant just last year in the basement for this woman of a closed courthouse. and they were pushing for her to be arrested. and people wer

carolyn bryant donham died tuesday in louisiana at the age of 88. accused the 14-year-old of making improper advances at a mississippi grocery store. till was kidnapped, tortured, and killed. his murder became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. >>> a 13-year-old boy saved a busload of students in michigan, and the head of the federal reserve was pranked. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." the "associated press" reports fed chair jerome powell was tricked into a fake call with madison pranksters. the russians pretended to be ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy during the january call. videos of the conversation where powell appeared to discuss the economic impact of interest rate hikes were posted on social media. a fed spokesperson said no sensitive or confidential information was discussed. >>> and the "detroit free press" says a michigan middle school student saved a busload of children after the driver passed out. video from the bus wednesday shows 13-year-old dylan reeves springing into action. he hit the brak

carolyn bryant donham died tuesday in hospice care in louisiana when she was 21. she accused till of whistling at or at the grocery store where she worked. she told her then husband and his half-brother and they kidnapped and killed that 14 year-old boy, an all-white jury acquitted both of those men in that killing later, they both confessed but never saw any jail time. her death marks the last chance for anyone to be held accountable for that kidnapping last year, an un-served arrest warrant for dunham was discovered. but the mississippi attorney general said that there was insufficient evidence to pursue the case. also, last year, president biden signed the emmett till anti-lynching act officially making lynching a federal crime. and we're learning more about the death of the king of talk show chaos. jerry springer. he died in chicago on thursday. multiple news outlets are reporting the 79 year-old tv legend died from pancreatic cancer. springer turned talk show confrontations into an art form in the 90's. there was never a shortage of insults and flying fists a

he had spoken about the interaction with carolyn bryant, who died yesterday.00 from that interview. >> the 2017 book by duke university historian was the next big accelerant in seeking justice. what was the big news in timothy tyson's book? >> his book gave me a lot of hope. it brought a lot of closure. all my life i did not like the way they were portraying emmitt. she said that she lied. that gave me some sense of closure. you cannot bring him back. i didn't like the way he was looked at were viewed in history. i got very excited about this book, very excited. you read the story there. >> the central claim, the part that was the big news in the book was that tyson said carolyn bryant had recanted on her story. what did that piece of information give you, your family, and the fbi licensed to do? >> we weren't at odds with each other, that is what i wanted. the main thing i wanted. that is all i wanted in life. i had what i wanted when i heard she admitted that she lied. they wanted much more than that. i wanted -- i was not against that. i felt so good when s

carolyn bryant donham had accused the teenager of whistling at her.he never acknowledged any role in the lynching, but her husband at the time later confessed to the crime. the biden administration now plans to open asylum processing centers in colombia and guatemala. the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas made the announcement today. he said it's aimed at slowing a surge of migrants at the u.s. southern border when covid restrictions end next month. >> we do expect that encounters at our southern border will increase as smugglers are seeking to take advantage of this change and already are hard at work spreading disinformation that the border will be open after that. geoff: officials say more processing centers will be announced in other countries in the coming weeks. the smoking rate among american adults has hit a new low. cdc findings show that in 2022, about 11% of the u.s. adult population identified as smokers. the rate had been 42% in the mid-1960's but has fallen gradually for decades. the study also finds electronic cigarette use

carolyn bryant donham died on tuesday in hospice care. louisiana when she was 21. she accused a young till of whistling at her at a grocery store where she worked. >> she told her then husband and his half-brother and they kidnapped and killed the 14 year-old boy and all white jury acquitted the 2 white men in that killing later. they confessed, but they never saw jail time. her death marks the last chance for anyone to be held accountable for that kidnapping last year and unserved arrest warrant for her for down on was found. but the mississippi attorney general said that there was insufficient evidence to pursue the case. also, last year, president biden signed the emmett till anti-lynching act officially making lynching a federal crime. >> you know that he would the tonight. we're learning more about the death of someone who really had chaos on his talk show. jerry springer died in chicago today. multiple news outlets reporting the 79 year-old tv legend had pancreatic cancer. springer turned talk, show confrontations in 2. you could say something of an art form

. >>> and carolyn bryant, the man who accused emmett till, has died.ndict her on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter. she was 88 years old. jim? >>> well, police in mississippi concerned that one of the four inmates who escaped jail over the weekend is now dead. the charred remains of dylan arrington railroad pulled from a house after a two-hour standoff. authorities say he shot and wounded a detective, and suspected of killing a local pastor two days earlier. jerry rains, corey hairs are not, casey gracin. emma walker has been covering this story since the beginning. do we know how wide an area police are now searching? >> right now, jim, we know that authorities are focused on two states, still texas and mississippi, specifically the houston area and central mississippi. in fact the sheriff of headlines county released a still image from surveillance video of 51-year-old jerry raines at a service station in spring valuie, texas, just outside houston, this image captured on sunday. you can see in the image he is wearing a dark shirt and jeans and a

it was 1955 when carolyn bryant dunham accused emmett till of whistling at her and her store that promptedthe adduction of till and his murder. in 2007, she confessed she had fabricated her claim, leading the fbi to reopen till's case but the justice department ended its investigation in 2021 without filing charges. last year, a team searching for evidence in emmett till's case found an unserved warrant charging dunham in his kidnapping. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in montana, where the republican-controlled state house of representatives voted wednesday to censure the state's first and only openly transgender lawmaker zooey zephyr, banning her from the house floor and forbidding her from speaking during floor sessions. zephyr will only be able to cast votes remotely for the remainder of the legislative session. the move comes a week after representative zephyr delivered a searing condemnation of a bill that would ban gender-affirming healthcare for youth. >> if you disallow

carolyn bryant was never charged for her role.canted parts of her testimony when asked in 2008, bryant told tyson, quote, i have thought about everything about emmett till, the killing, the trial, telling who did what to who. when tyson asked her about what happened, she told him that till did not grab her waist, which had been one of the critical claims, when tyson pushed her on what did happen, she said this. quote, honestly, i just don't remember. it was 50 years ago. you tell these stories for so long, that they seem true. one of till's cousins saying today, she was never tried in the court of man, but i think she was judged by god and his wrath is more punitive than any judgment or penalty she could have gotten in a courtroom. >> i appreciate the years we spent together. it was a joy watching the unfolding of his mind and development of his body and i don't regret a minute of the time that we spent together. i am sorry it was so short because if i had known that we were going to be separated so quickly, i probably would have