we're in charleston harbor along the east coast of south carolina. from here, ferries carry tourists out to visit one of our nation's most important civil war sites, fort sumter. >> southern states are becoming very dissatisfied with the union. south carolina is the first state to secede and this is a direct response to abraham lincoln's election in 1860. >> one of the confederacy's first acts is to seize all the federal forts in the south. >> in charleston, union troops under major anderson are stationed at fort moultrie. >> fort moultrie was in pretty bad shape. that fort had been built in 1809. it was only one level high. >> in the middle of the night, the soldiers secretly rowed out to fort sumter which was still under construction. >> anderson's men moved over here to fort sumter because this was the newest fort in charleston harbor. it was three stories tall. it is going to be a state of the art structure by the time it's complete. and it is most defensible because it has a mile of water on all sides. so south carolina militia units, should the

and i rejoice, led by the sound of a black smith's hammer, i travel to charleston, south carolina, john shannon, black smith. a large european with red hair, comfortable. they were apprentices to all africans new and old, familiar yet fresh. i have sold another of your beautiful gape with the rice design, how did you learn to craft so well? a young man stepped into the light. i learned by reaching back with one hand and stretching forward with the other he said. people said you are a genius. my father dinka was the genius replied the apprentice. he taught me what 7 generations have learned, i am the 8th. i had bound [inaudible] who answers to moses shannon. both mean safe water. he seems more confident now, wiser. playful mostafa. i had so much to tell him, he could not see me. he could not see me or hear me in this strange land. he touched the spotting smiles. [inaudible] with birds, flowers and animals inspired. i turned to someone tell moses, shannon is going to free you one day. they can find joy, [inaudible] in my mind, i have always been free. free as the wind, thank you so much.

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i mean, whenever she came to the stage, she would ask the deejay to play the charleston. [ laughter ]ers ] back when she started, the stripper poles were made of wood. [ laughter ] in her time, people used to make it rain with war bonds. [ laughter ] ♪ the deejay would be like, "shots, shots, shots, shots. seriously, get your polio shot." [ laughter ] [ applause ] "you guys put your hands together for mildred." ♪ [ laughter ] and finally -- i don't know any charleston dances? how does it go? like that? ♪ ♪ ♪ 23 sca-doo ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ let me get to my bloomers ♪ and, finally, a new report found that most students don't learn much in their first two years of college. yeah. when students heard that, they were like, "what are you talking about? i built a bong out of a shoe." [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots, right there! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, what a great crowd. we've got such a fun show tonight. that's right. the one and only, one of my all-time favorites, front man of aerosmith and new judge on this

this is charleston pierce. this is a reunion here. >> i imagine there are great stories from l.a. days that you can sharon camera? >> no. i'm not sharing nothing. today's a different day. those were wonderful days. we did a lot of casting to do with fashion or commercials or films as well. it was a great one it's been a long time. >> 1989 when i first moved to l.a. i was there until 1992 when i came back. i want to welcome you to san francisco. this is my city where i was born and raised. we are making it happen here. we saw your movie last night. congratulations. not just your career, your fatherhood. you have a son of the . i have a son. >> it's been, wow -- what a powerful journey. every moment of his evolution is intriguing. >> welcome, man. >> it must be tough being away from him. you have so much work going on. >> it is. now taking films now, i have to make the right choices and choices that i can allow my family to be there so that i can be around them while i'm shooting at the same time. there is an amount of time you spend onset. you do want your family around or otherwis

charleston, i'll put it on a bunch of different beats. i'll write down all the different devices that are americana to me. i try have an historic depth and breath in things we do in our time. i believe in putting -- i read something beethoven said in one of his sketchbooks because when he went deaf, he said when it comes to church music, go to the original mode. go to the original manuscript of these mosde. i'm a believer of the music i experienced on these lands. the american people, the indian people, the greek people. when we have a hench we have our ethnic -- heritage, we have our ethnic identity. we also have human heritage. that's who we actually are. the point that we all have that same d.n.a. strain. tavis: to your point now about human heritage. i'm wondering, silly, though the question may sound. i always thought of music as a healing force. does music still have the poet ensy, the power, the capacity, to heal? >> it can't help it because it is under language. just when you talk, you say it. oh, you know, i'm tone deaf. you're n

> on january 17th robbers made off with $2.7 million from this brinks building near this city's charlestondge? >> boston. >> jfk was shot as his motorcade passed through this outdoor plaza? watson? >> what is dealy plaza. >> correct. >> david? >> what is baghdad? >> nicely done. good. >> reporter: ahead, conveniently, i then called it quits. not sure where the game is headed or where watts onheaded next. >> diane, back to you. >> i'm going with buzzergate on you, watson. i got this figured out. and david, too. we thank david muir. we wish you all of a good night. great to have you with us. we'll be back tomorrow with "world news" on friday. h@ >>> another blast of wet winter weather hits the bay area. >> tonight we're out to show you how low the snow can go. >> the king of tides. tonight why the choppy bay waters during a storm could become an every day occurrence in the future. >> and moments ago at sfo president obama arrives in the bay area assembling a who's who for dinner and tech talk. >> and the bear hunt. plan for lake tahoe this fall. why critics say this may do more harm than goo

nine and two thousand and eight with a shoulder tear the siberian they have all sold to miami and charleston events. and set out in montreal tournaments with. some good news at last for injured formula one driver robert. out of intensive care almost a week asked for a career threatening accident in the guru. could be seen here at the unveiling of the lotus renault challenger four twenty eleven crashed during a rally event on sunday he underwent seven hours of surgery to try and save the use of his severely damaged right hand it's now believed the twenty six year old will recover sufficiently to drive again but this season remains very much a doubt. there is russian patrol has been transferred to the accident and emergency unit at corona hospital in the guru. it's a golf now where rory mcilroy is in control after the opening round of the dubai desert classic the northern irish star leaving the big names behind on the day getting off to blistering start approach shots like this on the eighth season that's when two one year old finish with just this single bogey and. the world's top three goal

thousand and eight two thousand and nine with a shoulder tear she also withdrew from miami and charleston events in two thousand and ten machines the right elbow on sat on montreal tournaments with us. all right that brings us stateside and to the n.b.a. where the pick of the day's action sol toronto gave a valiant effort but still come up short yet again the visiting some antonio spurs sounding the raptors their fifteenth loss in sixteen games the opening quarter belong to toronto is on the barn yami he scored thirteen points and not twelve minute period and finished the night with twenty nine tim duncan and george hello playing the given goal to perfection hill putting the spurs up forty three thirty nine in the second of the raptors kept the tempo up though with the martha rules on getting two of his twenty five points in style this is proving to be a more conclusive unit duncan involved in another pass and sequence as the one blur slams at home one hundred eleven to one hundred the final score in canada. just over a week now before cricket world cup champions astraea begin their title

took me to the south of carolina, and they put me on trial in strom thurmond federal courthouse in charleston, south carolina. across the street was the confederate cemetery. from the courthouse, they flew two flags -- the u.s. flag and the confederate battle flag, which was the state flag of south carolina. from the court room, i could look out the window and seaport sumter in the distance -- see fort sumter. they put me on a case with no marijuana. they invented imaginary marijuana. they said i was charged with conspiring to contribute 10 tons of colombian marijuana. i pled not guilty. i had a jury trial. i was found guilty on one account, acquitted on nine. i had an appellate case and the supreme court case. i was then facing 15 years. since may to nine. when i went to federal prison, i did time in eight different states in nine different federal prisons, including four penitentiaries -- that is a maximum security. including the united states penitentiary at marion, the first super federal max. that is on a marijuana convention. -- conviction. i spent most of my time in solitary confinemen

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more relevant as time goes on, but also getting a chance to work in boston and came bridge and charleston, it was the best. >> of course you play twins, how was that experience? [ movie excerpt ] >> he gave himself a 42 day head start but he knows but apparently you don't which is everything. >> i don't think you need to school me in the importance of getting there first. >> that was your father? >> if he thinks it is appropriate he will send us a letter. >> what do you think we need a lawyer? >> i can do that myself. there is two of me. >> making slight variations in character, was that a big challenge for you? >> we approached it like it was the biggest challenge because we knew it would be so easy to fall into the trap of saying good twin bad twin or these guys are the bad guys or they are the big handsome athletic people picking on the poor unfortunate mark zuckerberg and the audience would think, these aristocratic blue bloods, i don't like that and concerning the fact that these guys are still alive, we wanted to spread lightly and we -- tread lightly and show them they deserve a fa

she'll be performing her favorite dance, the charleston chew. [ laughter ] i bet you she'd be good on that show. and finally, this is pretty weird. a man in florida who was arrested this week listed his religion as redneck. [ laughter ] yeah, he even recited a prayer in the name of the father who's also the son of the sister's half cousin. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show tonight! give it up for the roots right there. ♪ [cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow. that's legendary violinist itzhak perlman sitting in with the roots. what an honor it is to have you here. thank you so much for being here. now, in addition to everything you have going on musically, i understand you're working with the rotary international on a new initiative to help the fight against polio? >> yes, that's right. you see, we are very, very close. it's a campaign as a matter of fact. it's called, that's -- that's close. and the thing is, that there's still about four countries that still have incidences of polio. nigeria, india, afghanistan, pakistan. and you know, i was -- i'm a polio survi

his new record charleston s.c. 1966" already has a number one single on the country charts.ren't happy about it. >> let's hear more from you. the song is called "this." "charleston, s.c. 1966." ♪ now, baby girl sleeping in my bedroom ♪ ♪ her momma loving in my arms there's a sound of rain ♪ ♪ on the rooftops and the game's about to start ♪ ♪ i don't know what i've got here ♪ ♪ but i'm glad it is one little thing ♪ ♪ changed all of this maybe it didn't turn out ♪ ♪ like i planned maybe that's why i'm such ♪ ♪ such a lucky man ♪ ♪ for every stop i didn't make every chance i did or didn't take ♪ ♪ all the times i went too far ♪ ♪ all the girls that broke my heart ♪ ♪ all the things i knew that i didn't know ♪ ♪ thank god for all i've missed 'cause it led me here to this ♪ ♪ like the girl that i loved in high school ♪ ♪ who said she could do better ♪ ♪ or the college i wanted to go to ♪ ♪ until i got the rejection letter through the tears and the heart ax ♪ ♪ i thought i wouldn't get through and the woman who almost gave up ♪ ♪ let me hear from you i didn't understand it way bac

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been brought over from africa either directly or from the transshipment points like jamaica or charleston many of those had been captured so they were very familiar especially in the traditions of warfare and those were present in haiti and in louisiana. and finally, i think as i mentioned earlier, they were everywhere watching what the planters did and how they behaved, and i find it hard to believe they wouldn't have learned and understood from the discipline and movements of the militia military how those groups fought and i spend time reading things like the old infantry manuals to figure out how military tactics work time and with 6 cents and how one fought a war wouldn't get in that sort and just how correct the movements were and it is fascinating to me to come to the realization of how sophisticated the sleeves were. >> most of the plantations being -- when you compare the cultural issues with the sleeves and plantation owners, did you see a difference between this region versus the more anclote plantation owners in other parts of the country in relation to nat turner and the othe

american big jets at charleston, west virginia. united airline big jets at charleston, west virginia. deregulation one month later, no more jets. and we subsist basically on prop planes with two propellers. and if you're my height, it takes an hour or so to restore your blood flow after you get out of those -- if you're lucky enough to get an exit seat. if you're not, it may take two or three hours. so, anyway, some of the changes with deregulation have been for the better. not all those changes have been for the best. well, there have been frustrating changes for travelers as the industry has adapted to this new reality. there have been many other benefits, primarily cheaper tickets to more places for the average flier. we must also remember that aviation is more than just a commercial air travel service. aviation counts for $1 trillion-plus worth of economic activity for the country and, again, supports more than 11 million jobs directly. and many, many more indirectly. it is a critical sector of our economy. boeing is the nation

orleans have been brought over from africa either directly or from shipping points like jamaica or charleston many of those had been captured in war so they were very familiar with especially the congolese and the chante traditions of warfare. those were present both in haiti and here in louisiana. and finally you know i think as i mentioned earlier the slaves were everywhere watching for the planters did and how they behaved. i find it hard to believe that they would have learned and understood from the discipline and movements of the white militia and the american military how exactly those groups fought. i spent a lot of time reading things like old u.s. infantry manuals to try to figure out how military tactics worked at the time and what would make sense. and how once fought a war with muskets and that's. i was struck as they went to the sources just how correct the slaves movements were. it is really fascinating to me to come to the realization of how sophisticated the slaves were. yes, sir. >> what most of the plantations in this region being -- planters when you compare the slave revo

. >> the french hugh nots came from canada to the charleston area and from west africa as well. my roots run very deep. as a matter of fact, my family history was with chronicled in the movie with deliberate speed with sidney poitier which is thurgood marshall's first case in south carolina which was brig g v. elliot. >> congratulations. >> and up into brown v. board of education in topeka, kansas. my question is -- although i'm from south carolina, educated in virginia, i stayed in the south as many of my relatives did because a lot of them worked for the railroad which was a pretty good job during that time, and there was no reason to lee -- leave the south. but a number of them took the same route your mother did, it ran through south carolina, took you to philadelphia, new york, boston, connecticut and those areas. in many speaking with the, i guess, the original migrants to the north and west and, well, north and the west, did you find that a lot of their children and grandchildren are doing a reverse migration? because what you're seeing in atlanta itself a lot of those pe

general word to people in cia was if you survive try to make it to the racetrack in west virginia in charleston. and the feeling in the cia headquarters building was apocryphal. about halfway through the crisis, president kennedy announced what was going on. in so doing completely surprised khrushchev who was sending some of the missiles and some of the planes to cuba. in the meetings leading up to the revelation, kennedy had a mixed bag of people on his x com. maxwell taylor was chief of the joint chiefs of staff. curtis lame, the dr. strangelove of that wonderful movie was on x com. ted sorenson was there. he died last month and i think was the last surviving member of that group. and the group was divided into two. the immediate reaction when kennedy assembled them and said the soviets are putting missiles into cuba, curtis lame was immediately on his feet saying, let's bomb them. that was his immediate reaction to that and to another occasion where i won't -- which i will mention on later on. kennedy said wait a minute. wait a minute. and said what other options do we have? and through a di

showers from orlando, atlanta and charleston, secret.tland. >> 42 in boise. 48 in albuquerque. 17 in the twin cities. detroit, 19. chicago, 22. mostly 20s in the northeast. 44 in atlanta. and just 38 degrees in new orleans. cold for the big easy. >>> well, we turn now to egypt where the protest in cairo took a violent turn overnight as supporters and opponents of president hosni mubarak exchanged gunfire. >> it's believed now that at least five people were killed in that intensifying chaos in that country. the u.s. embassy is now telling americans in cairo to go to the airport immediately if they want to get evacuated. >> for more on the situation, we are joined from washington by steven portnoy. good morning, steven. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. those violent clashes continued into the night as u.s. officials here became increasingly concerned that the situation in egypt will only deteriorate. this is what has become of egypt's revolution. once peaceful demonstrations now turned violent and deadly. on wednesday for the fir

the memorial is from 9:30 to 11 this morning at hoover elementary on charleston road. >>> a rash of robberies in the east bay has business owners concerned for their safety. oakland police tell ktvu robbers have hit four industrial businesses in the last six weeks. all four businesses are within about a one-mile radius. the most recent happened at baker marble and granite company on tuesday morning. the business owner says the robbers took his wallet and ordered him to the ground before searching a front office. >> they come back and says, where is the cash? and say we don't center any cash! we take checks and credit cards. >> other businesses target including a metal fabrication company and a roofing company. police believe the same people are are responsible for all four incidents. >>> after weeks of speculation oakland police chief says he is staying put. that's made the announcement yesterday. the chief was a finalist for the top police job in san jose. he did not get that job. but hinted he was considering leaving opd anyway. he says the primary reason he's staying in oakland is because

the last one for the democratic party was 1860 when it was in charleston. it's been a little while. we feel like we are due for a convention. i think it marks the return of the democratic party to the soh. for us locally if it is a big economic development opportunities for us. it puts us on an international platform, not only as a city but as a state. the economic impact will likely be 150 million up to $200 million a year there's opportunity to expose the world to the great things north carolina has to offer. we think that it will be an opportunity that has ripple effects, many years down the road. in terms of the challenges, a i think that in this kind of economy, obviously, tampa and charlotte both will be working hard to raise the money to do the convention. i think we will do fine there. other than that, i don't see any major challenges. host: our guests are in town right nows part of the u.s. conference of mayors meeting. join the conrsation. let's go to the democrat line calling from new jersey. caller: good morning. i would hate to be holding the bag with this economic situ

we will go to charleston, south carolina, next. caller: how are you doing this morning? think our problem stems from the household when you carry debt. you try to cut your spending but one of the big things you do to -- is to increase your income. the problem stems from the inequity and the tax code that allows corporations and wealthy individuals to continue to get away without paying their tax. as far as the budget, as an independent, i did not vote for somebody who would take a meat axe to the port and that is a very big issue. if you come after the pour heavy-handed like the republicans plan on doing, what you saw in egypt can happen here. i would caution that you don't come after the poorest of the poor and the most vulnerable in society because we cannot stand the appeal. host: thank you. this is from twitter -- next is jim, from virginia on airline for republicans. caller: good morning. i am in the fuel business. i see the way they put money out for these people to get assistance. they give the money about two weeks before christmas. let me tell you something -- i

the last one for the democratic party was 1860 when it was in charleston. 's been a little while. we feel like we are due for a convention. i think it marks the return of the democratic party to the south. for us locally if it is a big economic development opportunities for us. it puts us on an international platform, not only as a city but as a state. the economic impact will likely be 150 million up to $200 million a year there's opportunity to expose the world to the great things north carolina has to offer. we think that it will be an opportunity that has ripple effects, many years down the road. in terms of the challenges, a i think that in this kind of economy, obviously, tampa and charlotte both will be working hard to raise the money to do the convention. i think we will do fine there. other than that, i don't see any major challenges. host: our guests are in town right now as part of e u.s. conference of mayors meeting. join the conversation. let's go to the democrat line calling from new jersey. caller: good morning. i would hate to be holding the bag with this economic

david is joining us from charleston, south carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. but the fragility of the economy is quite troubling, i think. it can be directly tied to the confidence americans have in the value of a dollar and the standard of living and whether or not they are going to continue this standard of living. and the events of the last few days in wisconsin and the fact that in the last 30 years there has been a push to eliminate unions, which really equate to the middle class, it is a very troubling development. the unions to represent the middle class. when was the last time you saw a union for the wealthy? and this confidence factor is the key to generating our strong economy. we have to have faith in this economy. therefore, we have to go back and look at the basic premise of these united states where we set "all men are created equal" and stop this class warfare that the wealthy have agreed on the middle class. we have got to do this or we will be in serious trouble. host: thank you. one of our twitter comments on also this morning from overseas,

host: charleston, south carolina. caller: good morning. you're doing a great job. the lady before the last caller provided us a great segway for my commentary. in fact, ronald reagan made his way to a town called philadelphia, mississippi to announce his candidacy for the presidency. and during his address, he used these words. we know how you feel and we feel the same way. this is what gave him 49 states. now, the boy from that south carolina, ronald reagan may be one of the most racist individuals whoever lived. i invite people to do a little research on the way he handled the black panther, angela davis when he was governor, treated her like she was a, devoted so much police to this one individual. and the definition of like ronald reagan being a saint is something that is widely believed but has no basis in fact. host: the president has authorized airport screeners under tsa to unionize. the "wall street journal" this morning saying new york, new york. frank, republican line. caller: good morning. that lady who gave the lengthy die tribe should try and implicat

the last one for the democratic party was 1860 when it was in charleston. it's been a little while. we feel like we are due for a convention. i think it marks the return of the democratic party to the south. for us locally if it is a big economic development opportunities for us. it puts us on an international platform, not only as a city but as a state. the economic impact will likely be 150 million up to $200 million a year there's opportunity to expose the world to the great things north carolina has to offer. we think that it will be an opportunity that has ripple effects, many years down the road. in terms of the challenges, a i think that in this kind of economy, obviously, tampa and charlotte both will be working hard to raise the money to do the convention. i think we will do fine there. other than that, i don't see any major challenges. host: our guests are in town right now as part of the u.s. conference of mayors meeting. join the conversation. let's go to the democrat line calling from new jersey. caller: good morning. i would hate to be holding the bag with this economi

words to people in cia was if you survive, try to make it to your racetrack in west virginia in charleston. and the feeling in the cia headquarters building was apocryphal. about halfway through the crisis, president kennedy announced what was going on. and in so doing, completely surprised khrushchev who is still involved in shaping some of the missiles and some of the planes to cuba. in the meetings leading up to the revelation, kennedy had a mixed bag of people on his excomm. maxwell taylor was chief of the joint chief -- chiefs of staff. curtis lemay, the dr. strangelove of that wonderful movie, was on the excomm. ted sorensen was there. he died last month, and i think was the last surviving member of that group. and the group was divided into two. the immediate reaction when kennedy assembled them and said the soviets are putting missiles into cuba, curtis lemay was immediately on his feet saying, let's bomb them. that was his immediate reaction to that, into another occasion where -- which i will mention later on. kennedy said wait a minute, wait a minute. and said what other options

that represent back in south carolina that we have stability in the middle east, we have a port in charlestonves shipments that come through the suez and panama, so what is important for trade and economic prosperity in this country to stability in the suez region is maintained. stability and not only the north africa and middle east, but also east africa. there's a lot of different things that are concerning here. so he steps into the void in the process is interesting. and you stated the administration would adhere to consistent principles regardless of who was in power. and the question i have for you and taken in the light of stability and taken in the light of what our energy independent means -- a limited set way to that for just a second because dementia and other sources. i think it's imperative that the united states and the administrations policies that could american energy independence and using american resources that. to lessen our dependence on foreign sources because we are seen rising gas prices which effects and cut and commodity prices. so it is a huge trickle down effect.