] >> anthony: meet one of the owners of the charleston river dogs, charleston resident bill murray.ke shotgun. >> bill: we're gonna see how fast he can go all the way around the outfield. >> anthony: today the river dogs are facing the evil forces of the dreaded savannah sand gnats. >> bill: yow! that's going to score a run, and that's going to leave a mark. he's gonna hold him. >> anthony: bad day for the sand gnats. >> bill: you're hated. you're hated. >> anthony: we will crush you like a -- well, sand gnat. >> bill: a sand gnat has almost no backbone. almost no skeletal structure. they fold. >> anthony: as difficult as it might've been to forgo the joys of the bacon-wrapped foot-long corn dog known as the "pig on a stick," we knew we'd be coming here, husk, sean's restaurant in downtown charleston, one of two that have helped make the city a fine dining destination. so i wanna know, southern living, it's very different up there and down here. it's a big transition. easy, easy for you or not? >> bill: it's easy. the only -- driving was the real transition because i drive like a ne

more than 150,000 enslaved africans passed through charleston.obert smalls may have been raised on the beaufort south carolina plantation, but he soon discovered he was at home on the water. jermaine fowler is the author of the humanity archive. >> i'm 12 years old. -- by 12 years old, his mother requested that he work at the docks of the harbor and he takes to the water like a fish. he works as a longshoreman, a sale maker. >> smalls was conscripted into the confederate army and put to work as the pilot of the planter , a side wheel steamer. >> it was for cotton and other goods that would be going through at the charleston harbor. when the war broke out, the confederates took over the planter and made it into a warship. theyeaponized it with nons and ammunition and it became a cargo ship of weapons to be dropped off at different places along the charleston harbor. >> smalls was forced to work on the ship for the forces fighting to keep him enslaved. but he had an ea. >> he starts formulating this plan to escape. >> three officers would go ashore

so i feel it's not fair to the citizens in charleston. the have to bear the burden, the total cost of these improvement that are needed because the sea level run. the complaint directly targets a host of big oil companies, including exxon mo, bill, shell, chevron and b. p. mainly because of that disinformation campaign. defendants concealed the dangers, promoted false, and misleading information, sought to undermine public support for greenhouse gas regulation, and engaged in massive campaigns to promote the ever increasing use of their products at ever greater volumes. i believe that they contributed a willingly to this problem and they should be part of the solution. they lied, they lied. yes, it was a misinformation campaign. it's very similar to what the tobacco companies did with the cigarette smoking and the impacts of cigarette right. mm. charleston lawsuit against the oil johns isn't the only one. some 30 major u. s. cities and states have done the same, including baltimore, new york, washington, massachusetts, and minnesota. the

okay, so charleston also faces chaos surge events. if you have a major hurricane. irma was not a major hurricane if you get a major hurricane and it comes in, it could push a wall of water 101214 feet high. and if you would get that, that would over top this, this would all be flooded. so we're working with the federal government to see if we can get them to help us build a surge wall or serge structure around the entire peninsula. the idea is to build a giant dyke of shoul like that in venice to hold back the ocean. but the cost is estimated at around $3000000000.00, a staggering amount of money for a city of only a $150000.00 inhabitants. so the mer is taking legal action against those. he holds accountable for the threat they face the city. charleston is suing $24.00 big oil companies over damages to the city and their contributions to climate change. we are filing lawsuit day against big oil. and the reason is they have contributed through a i intentional deception to, to change the story. busy of the impact of the burning of foss

charleston is a wonderful place full of rich history.what we are kicking off today will make history. [applause] i want to thank all of our law enforcement. they do not get enough credit. [applause] i want to recognize nikki's husband michael haley. [applause] michael, not only are you the first gentleman, but i want to congratulate you on your many years in the army national guard. thank you. [applause] i cannot describe how honored i am to stand here today to speak on behalf of my good friend nikki haley. as some of you know, we go back. in 2004 we were both elected as freshmen members of the south carolina legislator. back then i had brown hair, i did not have all of these wrinkles. did not have a turkey neck. you know who has not changed? nikki haley. i need to some of her genes. nikki and i immediately became kindred spirits as we took on the corrupt regime that has ruled our great state for far too long. though we felt as if we were small fish in a big pond, we were not afraid to stand up to the establishment and the good old boy s

need a podcast >> we love charleston. >> i was in charleston yesterday. >> amazing >> it is one of ther you've got josh. it's all there >> today's winter escape is today.com to find out more >>> coming up, we have royalty in the house "the crown's" elizabeth debicki right here after your local news >>> good morning. it is 8:26. i'm laura garcia. an a living worker charged in the death of a 94-year-old walnut creek senior care resident is back in court. the hearing will focus on whether or not there's enough evidence to proceed to a trial for leticia starling. she was accused in the death of that 94-year-old resident last august, who died after medical examiners say he drank a cleaning chemical, this after the company for months insisted to family members it was from a food related emergency. a single charge against starling could still lead to an eventual plea deal. >>> let's check with forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> it's a cold start. a lot of the bay area still near or below freezing. it's slowly going to warm up today coming out of the 30s to the upper 50s and low 60s and

two innovative inland ports 2300 miles of airline and 41000 state maintain highways the port of charlestonas the deepest harbor of 52 feet on the east coast and the volume grows exponentially. >> [inaudible] and then we continue to break records in south carolina and in thehe 2022 fiscal year accommodations of taxes were up almost 50 percent in the state parks system revenues were up 46 percent. and admissions was up 20 percent not only do we drive our way through deep and debilitating pandemic based on common sense and constitution but we thrived. tonight we will recognize several businesses which have announced new investments in south carolina during the record-breaking year of 2022. as you noticed continuing to move toward electric vehicles and self carolina is moving along with that. and then to prioritize equipment to make sure that they will be the same for manufacturers and suppliers we will continue as industry innovates and grows. and there is three.$5 billion and then toba create 1500 jobs for those materials. >> in the upstate bmw will invest one.7 billion will but that is. >>

i made other people rich. >> this is the city and county of charleston, south carolina.al black history month banquet, sponsored by the county republican party. the keynote speaker, south carolina republican u.s. senator tim scott. >> my story is the american story. >> and scott's story could soon include running for president. >> i am running for president of the united states of america. >> his fellow south carolinian, former governor nikki haley, already is. these republicans in the palmetto state are enjoying the attention. >> we would definitely be a trump state and i think people still have a great deal of feeling for him, but there's nikki, she decided she's going to run and there's a lot of passion for her, too. >> larry is a republican charleston county member. >> it makes you feel pride because both of them are legitimate contenders and you could imagine either of them being president. >> indeed, a number of republicans we talked to here are ready to commit to one of their fellow south carolinians. >> i love tim scott. he's got our best interests in mind. >> no

just last night he was keynote speaker in charleston.tuchman was there and also talked with voters. >> reporter: a packed ballroom with many of south carolina's republican movers and shakers. >> i'm retired. i used to be a banker. i made other people rich. >> reporter: this is the city and county of charleston, south carolina. the occasion, the fifth annual black history month banquet sponsored i the county republican party. the keynote speaker, south carolina republican u.s. senator tim scott. >> my story is the american story. >> reporter: ann scott's story could soon include running for president. >> i am running for president of the united states of america! >> reporter: his fellow south carolinian, former governor nikki haley, already is. these republicans in the palmetto state are enjoying the attention. >> we were definitely a trump state and i think people still have a great deal of feeling for him, but then there's baby nikki. she decided she's going to run and there's a lot of passion for her, too. >> reporter: lyrica poskey is

you get to be in charleston for this. nikki haley running for president.lay out the significance of this. >> reporter: yeah, look, it's trump's first official challenger. you remember this so well because south carolina was such an important place for trump. especially in 2016. the night that he swept through this state, you and i were sitting in a ballroom there and it was really the beginning of the end of the establishment wing of the republican party during the 2016 primary. now all these years later as trump tries to make a comeback, we're seeing someone from within his own administration be the person to try to challenge him. you saw part of what she's trying to do here in that video. i imagine she's going to echo many of those same themes here tomorrow when she does what she's calling a special announcement. she's already announced for president at this point, but you see her touting not just the work she did on the world stage with u.s. adversaries and allies when she was working with donald trump within the administration, but you're also watching

not only is there a ground stop in wilmington, north carolina, charleston, south carolina and myrtlerolina. now we're learning there is a temporary flight restriction off the coast of the carolinas, about 20,000 square miles in area. we're talking about 140 miles by 140 miles. it goes all the way up to 60,000 feet. that's pretty telling because the pentagon was telling us yesterday this unmanned chinese spy balloon was up at that altitude at 60,000 feet. we know the coastline is a safe place to shoot it down because it's far away from billings, montana, then it made its way to the st. louis area and was spotted over the carolinas earlier today. the fda says the airspace restriction and ground stop that has been put in place is not only affecting commercial flights, but all flights, and the faa says in a statement this is specifically to support the department of defense in a national security effort. the faa not outright saying this is because of the chinese spy balloon, although all of the arrows are blinking in orange pointing toward the fact that this would be possibly because of

. >> pete, let's also be joined by cnn transportation analyst , an the charleston area is usually your back yard when we come to you. >> my home. >> right. so i'm wondering when pete is underscoring that even from that graphic that shows that 20,000 square miles, a lot of that is encompassed by u.s. waters along the coastline, but it is believed that some of that may borrow space into international waters. what's the coordination for that to happen? now we're talking about, obviously, domestic airways, but even beyond that, international aircraft that are now all impacted by what is to come. we know at the center is that spy balloon, the chinese spy balloon. >> and one more overlay on top of that all, and being from charleston, south carolina, working in anchorage today, is the military aspect. in south carolina, we have a lot of military bases, we have f-15s stationed there. they commonly operate up and down the carolina coast and do training missions. but they're going to be operating up to a ceiling of 65,000 feet, remember this balloon is at 60,000 feet. and presumably they'll be s

nikki haley makes the first stop of her 2024 presidential campaign, we're going to take you live to charleston, south carolina, and just in a key report shows that retail sales surged in january, beating expectations. more signs of a very strong economy. we do begin, though, this morning in michigan with more on the shooting that has left that campus, that community yet one more campus, yet one more community grieving. cnn's adrienne broaddus and josh campbell join us. adrienne, like i said, you look at those pictures of those young people, three young lives snuffed out, their families are suffering, their friends are suffering, what more do we know about them? >> reporter: i think about those parents, parents who will now plan funerals instead of celebrations. i think about my friends who come back and return to campus, normally we come here to celebrate homecoming, but now we are focusing on the victims and recognizing their lives. behind me this is the sparty statue, it's at the center of campus and sparty is known as a symbol -- we heard from the aunt of one of the victims and we're talkin

i know like it, but it was the writing of the charleston speech even after we had that discussion and but i really struggled through it. i mean you are you're eulogizing, man. which is which is first and foremost. but the way president obama viewed eulogies is you've got this captive audience. it's not enough. just remember, somebody you have to tell people, what are our obligations and responsibilities now that this person is gone and, for me to have to write about racism, gun violence and the confederate flag all under the umbrella of a eulogy was very, very difficult. and i just kind of procrastinated up till the last possible minute. not procrastinated, but but waited till the last possible minute to give him a draft. and i knew it wasn't quite there. and he called me back to the white house at 10 p.m. the night before he had it was a four page draft and he had marked up the first two pages, as he usually does, but three and four each just had one line through it. i just he had never done that to me before ever, and i'd had three days to work on his speech and in 3 hours he comple

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>> we can expect a party at charleston.ley will have quite the crowd, takes the stage behind me in the next hour, she says she's running for president as a new generation candidate but almost instantly the former un ambassador will face questions on the campaign trail not just in the carolinas about how she will handle the relationship campaigning against the former president, donald trump. haley is only the second candidate to jump into the race for 2024. she says she is ready to spotlight her foreign policy credentials and domestic experience when it time to her time in the government, she released a preview previewing the kind of race, the message she plans to unveil on the campaign trail. >> you should know this about me. when you kickback, it hurts them more if you are wearing heels. i'm nikki haley and i am running for president. >> reporter: campaign spokesman says she does not plan to make this a battle against trump specifically but two years ago, nikki haley told reporters she had no plans to run against trump if

it goes into production here outside of charleston. >> i feel it first off, charleston, as we know, phil, is one of the most spectacular cities i hope you went to halls to get a steak. you need a second home between boeing and volvo and now mercedes-benz and bmw. all of these things, can they find the workers that has to be the hottest job market in america right now. >> reporter: there is huge growth in skilled labor in the area we were down here when they first opened this mercedes-benz plant. they have over 100 employees now they have 1,600. this is a different campus now than it was in the late '90s it continues to grow that is wis what we are seeing. manufacturing has taken off. they believe the e-sprinter will do well. they are optimistic with production growing over time. >> we talked about the energy crisis in europe, phil it is expensive to make stuff. there all of the input costs i have to imagine the u.s. and these workers down there can be very cost competitive. >> reporter: yes absolutely they won't be doing if they didn't think it would be cost prohibitive. they believe the

take it from us going to charleston. >> evie: no. >> stephen: the fact that you were mad at me that ihours when we got to charleston. >> evie: i have forgiven you. >> stephen: that's recent. go ahead. go ahead. >> evie: here's what i remember. here's what i remember. we went for a lovely walk and we were in the battery in charleston and the gazebo and you asked me if i would marry you and i said, and this says a lot about me, not about you. i said, are you sure? how stupid is that? >> stephen: you didn't say it like that. you said "are you sure." you left out the part where you were mad at me in the car for s. >>e:'t remem>>en: weg nd and i w so to asyo that my f was beet rndtore dng rely, don't get sick at christmas. are you getting sick? >> evie: that is so mean of me. i am sorry. >> stephen: i have set it for years. you are an awful, awful mean person. i was so nervous. no, i feel fine. i said, could you pull over here by the park? you are like, now you are sick and we have to stop by the park? let's go for a walk. oh, my god. >> evie: [laughs] i think that's actually true. >> step

me that i didn't call you for 24 hours when we got to charleston. >> evie: yeah, but i have forgiven. go ahead. >> evie: here's what i remember. here's what i remember. we went for a lovely walk and we were in the battery in charleston and the gazebo and you asked me if i would marry you and i said, and this says a lot about me, not about you. i said, are you sure? how stupid is that? >> stephen: you didn't say it like that. you said "are you sure." you left out the part where you were mad at me in the car for looking like i was sick. >> evie: i don't remember that. >> stephen: we were driving around and i was so nervous to ask you to marry me that my face was beet red and you turned to me and you were driving and you were like, don't get sick at christmas. are you gettsi >> evie: that's so mean of me. i'm sorry. >> stephen: you're mean. i have said it for years. you are an awful, awful mean person. i was so nervous. "no, i feel fine." i said, could you pull over here by the park? you are like, now you are sick and we have to stop by the park? "let's go for a walk." "oh, my god." >>

myrtle beach international and charleston international and charleston international airports are resumingat brings an end to the disruption for people in and around that area trying to get in and out. airspace not start for that long in the scheme of things. that means this operation was relatively slickly planned. this is when the balloon was no longer overland. they took that action pretty swiftly, and furthermore maintain —— mundane reasons, they will be very relieved that there airspace is now back open and they will be able to come and go. we will eventually take a look at that flight radar website. it is really useful to give an overview of what is happening. when the airspace is a bit fuller, we'll take a look at those pictures. but these have been and extraordinary couple of days. we haven't known exactly what threat level and why and how it managed to steer off course if it was accidental or deliberately into areas where it was always going to be seen by the us. it can almost be seen by the naked eye. these questions about why and what the strategic thinking was behind china's mo

. >> the haley campaign launch gets under way today in charleston. kylie atwood is there. >> i'm nikki haley and i'm running for president. >> reporter: nikki haley telling her story to the american people as a presidential candidate for the first time. >> i was the proud daughter of indian immigrants. not black, not white. i was different. but my mom would always say your job is not to focus on the differences but the similarities. and my parents reminded me and my siblings every day how blessed we were to live in america. >> reporter: the 51-year-old casting herself as the future of the republican party. >> it is time for a new generation of leadership. >> reporter: urging the gop to chart a new course. >> republicans have lost the popular vote in seven out of the last eight presidential elections. >> reporter: and highlighting her accomplishments as a two permanent governor of south carolina, the state where she was born and raised. >> every day is a great day in south carolina. >> reporter: cutting taxes and leading her state through the aftermat

by steamer and it was supposed to be one shot from charleston all the way up to philadelphia there was supposed to be a steamboat going that way. but that doesn't happen and instead they have to take this really intense long journey with many more stops and they have to constantly improvise their roles. susan: what other aspect of their escape, you said william carried a gun? how is an enslaved man able to find a gun? ilyon woo: that is an excellent question, that was one of those moments when i was researching when i it just took my breath away because they don't mention having any kind of gun in their own written narrative. in fact there is a lot they don't say in their story. these things will come up and really turn the story a whole new direction. where i found this was in the late 19th century legal case where william is under oath and this is about something entirely different and he's describing what happened. so in their narrative when they landed in philadelphia they get to a friendly's abolitionist boardinghouse. the way they recount this moment is almost comedic because the

abc's senior congressional correspondent rachel scott in charleston tonight. >> nikki haley! >> reporter: tonight, former south carolina governor nikki haley becoming the first republican candidate to take on donald trump, launching her campaign with veiled swipes at her former boss. >> america is not past our prime. it's just that our politicians are past theirs. we're ready. ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past. >> reporter: haley, who served as trump's ambassador to the united nations, says it's now time for a new generation to lead. even suggesting this -- >> mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old. >> reporter: trump is 76. president biden, 80. haley is the first major candidate for the republican nomination who is a woman of color. she insists under biden, a self-loathing has swept the country. >> every day we are told america is flawed, rotten and full of hate. joe and kamala even say america is racist. nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: donald trump's campaign put out a long statement accusing ni

by steamer and it was supposed to be mono shot from charleston all the way up to philadelphia, theyere supposed to be taking a boat going that way that does not happen. they had to take a long journey with many more stops. they had to improvise their roles. host: one other aspect of the top escape was that william carried a gun, how was an enslaved man able to find a gun to carry? ilyon woo: that was actually one of the moments in that i was researching when i just took my breath away, they are not mentioning having any kind of gun in their written narrative, these things will come up and it turns the story in a new direction. in the late 19th century, william is undergrowth and this is something entirely different. he is describing what happened, in their narratives, when they land in the here they get to a friendly abolitionist boardinghouse and the way that they recount this moment -- actually when they come they come down and she had a costume change in the boardinghouse housekeeper is completely william is is where a master and williams of this my master. it is almost like a sl

. >> former south rona governor nikki haley held a campaign lncevent in charleston, south carolina, to mark her firstubc appearance as a 2024 candidate. during a rally, sh was introduced by several supporters, including ralph norman. this event is just over one hour. ♪

charleston, south carolina, speech at mother emanuel ame church

charleston, south carolina, speech at mother emanuel ame church. we'll start this week with george washington,

the hate-filled murderer who massacred our brothers and sisters in charleston has a sick and twistedin many ways revere it. those south carolinians view the flag as a symbol of respect, symbolism and duty and see it as a memorial, a way to honor ancestors who came to the service of their state during conflict. that is not hate, nor is it racism. at the same time, for many others in south carolina, the flag is a deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past. as a state, we can survive and, indeed, we can thrive as we have done while still being home to both of those viewpoints. we do not need to declare a winner and a loser here. >> so we were talking about is nikki haley going to be able to straddle the future of the republican party and the past, the donald trump part of the republican party and there you hear her straddling quite a bit when it comes to the confederacy. >> yeah. i mean, i was in charleston when the mother emanuel shooting happened and interviewed nikki haley in the aftermath of this moment and went to her hometown to try to understand where she came from. it

take her out of charleston harbor to the blockading vessels. they kept it a secret because they didn't want word to leak out about what they were doing. and one night before dawn, on may 13th, 1862, he and 15 other enslaved people, including his wife and children and a friend and his wife and their kids, they get on to the planter and they make their out of charleston harbor. nelson smalls had been working on ship. he knew this. the signals you had to make to the confederate guards to get out of charleston. he was wearing a hat that made him look like a captain. so i don't know what the signal was, but we'll pretend doctors had at them and they saw him going out and they thought he was the commander of this ship. and so he gets through the first very dangerous part of this voyage. but then gets out to the union blockading vessels and they see a confederate ship approaching before. and he has to persuade them that he's not attacking and he's somehow able to do that. and he turns the ship over to union authorities and he becomes a hero throughout

she's holding a campaign kickoff event in charleston. she announced her candidacy yesterday in this video. the big questions being raised right now, what does her bid mean for the former president, her former boss, and so far the only other republican in the race. and what about the other republicans who may still throw their hats in the ring, nbc's ali vitali is in charleston ahead of haley's campaign event, and joined by carlos curbelo, republican from florida, now an msnbc political analyst. first and foremost, what are we expecting in this 11:00 a.m. announcement, and then what about the others that are going to likely throw their hats in the ring? >> reporter: yeah, because this is really the starting bell. of course donald trump has been running for president for the last several months, but this is his first official challenger, someone coming from within his own former administration. nikki haley, of course, was his ambassador to the united nations. i imagine that's something we're going to see on display even looking at once thi

democratic party in lowell when he was beginning his career as a lawyer there and he did go to charleston and voted for jefferson davis. all those times because he believed that the party should win, that 1860 election at that point, i would say. and there it's a complicated calculation he makes. and i'm sorry to sound like i'm just promoting the book, but really i do lay that out. what it was the calculation that he made. he wasn't pro jefferson davis as much as he as i understand it, was looking for a candidate who could actually win that 1860 election for the party. but once the south began to secede, he became disloyal to the party or loyal only to the war. democratic side of the party. and he was infuriated with what was happening in the splitting of the party. and then he moves into the war as a very clear, i think, war democrat. but when the as the war progresses, it's really the war itself and his experience of the war and the ways that he understands that the republican party more clearly represents his views about things. and the democratic party, as he understood it, has kind o