i spent me first few years of life in columbia south carolina. but in -- at a young age, my parents left south carolina. they were refugees from the jim crow south, and they moved to washington, dc in search for more opportunity. i grew up here in washington, dc. i went to public schools for a good long while. i went to tacoma elementary school, and then i went to paul junior high school, and then i went to st. albin's school for boys. it's on the grounds of the national cathedral. st. albins was a formative influence for me. st. albin's cool was probably the most influence sal school -- influencal school i attended. >> host: why? sunny learned the rudiments of expository writing, and so anytime i write an article, anytime i write a book, i, quite literally, say, thank you to my teachers at st. albins. i think of ferdinand rda who taught class of on writing. i think of mr. willis, i think most importantly of my high school history teacher, john f. mccune, who introduced me to history, introduced me to the study of history, the study of historical

already, many wind reports near columbia, south carolina. i want to show you map of who is still included in the threat area for the next couple of hours. the morning and early afternoon. the carolinas, the panhandle of florida. southeast georgia. you could still see isolated tornadoes, more importantly hail and damaging winds. we'll have more coverage throughout the program on what happened here and across the region. for now, back to you. >> we'll talk to people who were right where you are standing right now. >>> now to western kentucky. which has never seen anything like this. 14 people dead. the area's most lethal outbreak every. kendall harold rode out the storm there. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the pictures and what we're seeing here in piner are devastating. three people in piner alone were killed last night. i spoke with an official. he tells me that as of right now, everyone is accounted for. no one is missing. as the sun is rising this morning, he said that could all change. now that same official tells m

today was 86 in columbia, south carolina, by the way. that was the nation's high. east winds, 5 to 10 knots. sunrise, 7:15. sets, 7:16. the bay temp, around 50 degrees. tonight, let's call it slight, slight chance of a shower between now and about 9:00. otherwise, patchy fog, upper 40s to low 50s. tomorrow, maybe some morning low clouds and fog. otherwise, becoming sunny to partly sunny. and a pleasant high of 70 degrees, which is still 17 degrees above normal. >> okay. >> which has been all month long. >> soon we're going to be officially spring. but it's been unofficially -- >> for about three or four weeks. >> or more. thank you, bob. >>> one of the prettiest sights to see in our nation's capital. whit johnson reports for wjz. it will soon be the time to see the famed cherry blossoms. >> cherishing the cherry blossoms, an event that brings millions of people every year. >> i'm a romantic man. so to me, that's an easy question. i love flowers and they are pretty. >> reporter: for those snapping pictures. >> i can just imagine what they will look like when they ar

south carolina. >> hi, hoda and kelly. >> hey, honey. >> we know you're both from the south and we're also from columbia, south carolina visiting -- mostr favorite thing do in new york is. >> oh, my gosh -- the shopping, the food, the food's amazing here. i love italian food. i love new york pizza. >> the pizza is crazy. also, it's always great just to make sure you poke into central park and do a little loop. it is a beautiful time. >> the shows. there's always amazing broadway shows going on. >> if you can see one show today, one of the best ones we've seen is called "once." it is a 10, a home run. you'll love it. thanks. >> next up, we've got suzanne from michigan. >> hi, guys. hoda, i just wanted to ask you, my kids and i just spent two years in cairo and we loved it. we were wondering, we know your parents are from there originally. have you been able to get back there and if you have, what's your favorite thing do there in egypt? >> i went several years ago. i have a lot of relatives who still live there and i just love it. it is one of those places that's always felt like home because my relatives are there. when we go we do the

from columbia, south carolina.n political editor, paul steinhauser. paul, i'm going to start with you again. yesterday the 11th amendment was killed in the senate. we're going to look at an op-ed piece by charles krauthammer. the less said about contraception the better. a lesson santorum refused to learn. it is a settled question. the country has no real desire for cringe-inducing admonitions from politicians about libertinism and procreative, versus pleasurable, sex. will this argument over birth control sdut scuttle the republican's chances? >> it starts specifically with santorum. one of his top advisers admitted to our own jim acosta that maybe it's time to speak more about the economy and moving ahead to super tuesday. as you know, rick santorum has been talking a lot about social issues, krcontroversial ones. in some states like tennessee, oklahoma, that may actually help santorum more than hurt him. overall, yeah, in the general election, not a winning argument for the republican nominee. >> i think that wa

>> the first republican candidate to campaign in an african-american church in columbia, south carolina. i very eagerly are talking with a number of african-american leaders. i am convinced that when have you 43% black teenaged unemploim, there are a lot of church leaders and neighborhoods who want to work with you. you talk to african-american congressmen, like tim scott, allen west -- they will tell you that they believe there is a real opportunity for republicans to reach out. herman cain is a very strong supporter of mine. i worked for years with michael steele. j.c. watts is a very strong supporter of mine. i have had a more managedical effort to include african-americans in my campaign than any other republican. i think this is part of this that i am proud of. professor of carnegie, leading african-american is endorsing me. i think there are a number of people who give us a much broader reach than the other candidates. >> greta: you know, i know your time is limited. every candidate's time is limited. but i have been monitoring this. i haven't seen one republican candidate and i h

let's talk truth in new york, kelly anne conway and columbia, south carolina, the community indications can get to 1,144 or is the true santorum goal to stop romney from getting there and have momentum at the end heading into a convention? >> first of all i am a little offended i'm from the south and i would expect her to go first but i'll just answer your question. >> i'll go longer. >> there you go. that's a good trade-off. no, look, i think that math is a little bit flawed and one of the things that mitt romney has been talking about from the get-go is that math and money and spread sheets are going to win in this election. that's just a flawed strategy, because first of all, you have to operate within the rules of how this election is conducted, and quite frankly, mitt romney is putting up numbers on the board that he hasn't won yet. he hasn't scored yet. we outlined on a memo and had a conference call again today and our delegate expert john yaw who worked for bush and mccain outlined how we'll get to the number. we're not promising we're going to get there but it can be done becau

on the left, an f-16 pilot and an excellent attorney in columbia, south carolina. we have about 500 air crew members in the air force and smaller in the navy and i will tell you they are there not because they're women but because they're good. here's another typical story you could have seen in france in 1918 and kosovo more recently. american soldiers giving candy to the boys. the troops have set up a dog pound so they can care for the iraqi dogs. it's an incredible compassion. well, what went wrong? we talked about what went right and i've run long. fratricide was the worst thing that went wrong. percentages seem high and the reason is because the total casualties are so low. the percentage is 23 -- 2% in world war i and ii and 15% in vietnam and 25% here. two major incidents with the patriot missile, one shooting down a british tornado attack fighter and one shooting down an f-18. two different stories on it. there's a strong body of opinion that believes the british fighter was returning without iss -- its full identification on and the patriot shot it down be

. >> these videos are obtained by the state newspaper in columbia, south carolina, as part of an investigationms inside the highway patrol. as the paper digs deeper, it discovers several more troubling incidents. >> power of an image on tape can be much more dramatic than what's written on a page. >> an officer points a shotgun at the driver of a pickup truck who had refused to pull over. then another officer is seen poking a shotgun at the passenger as he drops to the ground. the passenger accuses the officer of hitting him in the face with the shotgun. >> the internal affairs reports indicate that he struck the motorist on the cheek with the barrel of the shotgun, causing it to bleed a little bit and his face to swell, at least according to that motorist's statement. >> the officer is demoted and reassigned. in another car chase, a vehicle that refuses to pull over finally comes to a stop. >> get out of the car! get out of the car! >> one officer drags out the passenger and appears to beat him as another officer stands over the man and a third walks slowly around the car to the scene. >> acc

>> guest: i was born in columbia, south carolina in 1954. i spent my first few years of life in columbia, south carolina but at a young age my parents left south carolina. they were refugees from the jim crow south. and they moved to washington d.c. in search of more opportunities. i grew up in washington d.c.. i went to public-school for a good long while. i went to tacoma elementary school. and then i went to st. augustine school for boys. a private school on the ground of the national cathedral. it was a formative influence for me. it was probably the most influential school that i attended. for one thing, i learned the rudiments of expository writing. so any time i write an article, any time i write a book, i quite literally say thank you to my teachers at st. albans. i think of ferdinand roubaix who talked a wonderful class on expository writing. charles sullivan and mr. willis, most importantly of my high school history teacher john mckeon who introduced me to history, introduced me to the study of history, study of historical writing.

i spent me first few years of life in columbia south carolina. but in -- at a young age, my parents left south carolina. they were refugees from the jim crow south, and they moved to washington, dc in search for more opportunity. i grew up here in washington, dc. i went to public schools for a good long while. i went to tacoma elementary school, and then i went to paul junior high school, and then i went to st. albin's school for boys. it's on the grounds of the national cathedral. st. albins was a formative influence for me. st. albin's cool was probably the most influence sal school -- influencal school i attended. >> host: why? sunny learned the rudiments of expository writing, and so anytime i write an article, anytime i write a book, i, quite literally, say, thank you to my teachers at st. albins. i think of ferdinand rda who taught class of on writing. i think of mr. willis, i think most importantly of my high school history teacher, john f. mccune, who introduced me to history, introduced me to the study of history, the study of historical

i witness povmrtv every day inj columbia, south carolina. 500 people in my -- i see it an.re people have a chance for a good education. the best thing you can do for a person of poverty is still open those channelsokx#tju an educat. i think our education system still needs to be under inspection. >> education, healthcare and jobs sounds like an urban league agenda. >> it is an agenda. education and jobs. but i think it'sçó also importa inr eyes those who aree1xça==i and struggling. i met a group of 50-somethings up in connecticut a while back. they're people who have exhausted their unemployment benefit, they're people who work most of theirt( life who find themselves on the edge of poverty. the face of poverty is not a traditional stereotypical face. what we've got to do isok recognize that there are policy levers. whether a social safety net, how you do education tha)ow3 are rey important. >> on exactly the policy, this isn't just accidental or aboutoa huge gap in personal responsibility that leads to this additional poverty. there's real policy oriented questions here. >

the justice department has sued south carolina first and that state's attorney general, allen wilson, joins us from columbiaa. welcome to fox news. >> thank you for having me. >> what gu is your reaction that the united nations human rights council is investigating photo-i.d.? >> i don't have a reaction to it. first, it is not disputed by anybody that the u.n. has no legal authority to investigate or enforce anything under the laws of our constitution or our state. secondly, while they have no legal authority, they are no moral authority. when you look at the members of the counc they'll comprise, saudi arabia, kine china, cuba, they have a long history of discriminating and violating human rights. i am not concerned about their opinion. i am concerned about enforcing the laws of our state that are otherwise constitutional. >> just for a moment, communist china, cube akuwait twasn't until 2005 that they allowed women to vote. you mentioned saud odd -- they don't let women vote now. they won't have the right to vote in saudi arabia until 2015. >> you make a very valid point. like i said, it's amazing that th

this is just a few of them. 88 in columbia, south carolina. 87 degrees as far north adds norfolk, virginia chicago. that's a good 30 degrees above average. again, this trend will continue it looks like right through the week. daytime highs for your st. patrick's day, 62 new york. 76 in d.c. 81 in atlanta. 78 degrees in chicago. that will likely be the warmest st. patrick's day on record. the next 90 days don't look much cooler. cpc prediction center is saying above average temperatures for a good chunk of the country right through the rest of spring. christine? >> enjoy chicago. green river and you can wear shorts. thanks. >>> today's "a.m. house call" researchers say eating a lot of white rice could put you at risk for type ii diabetes. americans who eat high amounts of white rice are 12% more likely to develop that disease than others. the risk is higher in asian countries where a white rice is a major part of the diet. people in china and japan who eat the most rice are 55% more likely to develop type ii diabetes. >>> a group of daredevils take the dine and dash to the most extreme leve

columbia, south carolina, got up to 88 degrees. some folks seeing close to 90-degree temperatures.oing to continue as we go lieu the next 90 days. climate prediction says above normal temperatures, much of the country right through the rest of spring. so, guys, get your swimsuits out and enjoy. >> yes, great idea. >> no thanks. got to go to the gym. >> thank you, rob marciano. good to talk to you. >>> ten minutes past 6:00. ahead on "early start," march madness taking an ugly turn. the band members singing a different tune. and at least this guy probably didn't like it. >>> ipad mania. it's going global. can apple get any hotter? wait until you hear about their stock prices now. you're looking at a live picture of the apple store right here in manhattan. look at that. that sure is pretty. we can't -- oh. >> where are the people? >> there they are. >> unbelievable. >> can i go and steal a spot in line? >> you can. >> we're going to find out if it's worth it. we're going to talk to somebody who has sampled one. you are watching "early start." isn't major medical enough? huh! no! who'

about having every part of our government in one city, and we moved those folks down to the south carolina and columbia and you lease ad a building fro the university, saved about $35 million. i want to applaud you for trying to be creative to decentralize the doj, if we're attacked here we don't lose all our national assets and a way to save money. >> we also have that relationship with the university about the rule of law component as well. and i think that's been a good synergy. >> to my colleagues, and i've been to afghanistan, like many of you, and we're trying to develop a rule of law program in iraq, afghanistan, africa, you name it, without some basic rule of law. no country can develop. and all the lessons we've learned the hard way from making mistakes but finally getting it right in many ways, we're trying to create a center at the university of south carolina for those who have been overseas can share their thoughts about what worked, what didn't. you could train before you went. department of justice, department of agriculture, department of defense, this is a team. this war require as tea

we moved those folks down to south carolina and columbia can and lease the building from the university, saving about $35 million. i want to applaud you for trying to be creative, to decentralize the permit justice we are ever attacked here, we don't lose all of our national assets. >> we have that relationship with the university about the rule of law component as well. quinn has been a good synergy. >> we are trying to develop a rule of law program without some -- without some basic rule of law, no country can develop. all of the lessons we have learned the hard way from making mistakes and finally getting right. and those who have been overseas can share their thoughts about what worked and what did not. you could train before you went. the part of justice, agriculture, defense, this is a team. this war requires a team concept and we are trying to reach out to the islamic world and create partnerships with lawyers and attorneys general and judges in the islamic world so we can understand each other better. i am excited about it and i appreciate your support. justice scalia came out t

we moved those folks down to south carolina and columbia can and lease the building from the universitysaving about $35 million. i want to applaud you for trying to be creative, to decentralize the permit justice we are ever attacked here, we don't lose all of our national assets. >> we have that relationship with the university about the rule of law component as well. quinn has been a good synergy. >> we are trying to develop a rule of law program without some -- without some basic rule of law, no country can develop. all of the lessons we have learned the hard way from making mistakes and finally getting right. and those who have been overseas can share their thoughts about what worked and what did not. you could train before you went. the part of justice, agriculture, defense, this is a team. this war requires a team concept and we are trying to reach out to the islamic world and create partnerships with lawyers and attorneys general and judges in the islamic world so we can understand each other better. i am excited about it and i appreciate your support. justice scalia came out tal

we moved those folks down to south carolina and columbia can and lease the building from the university, saving about $35 million. i want to applaud you for trying to be creative, to decentralize the permit justice we are ever attacked here, we don't lose all of our national assets. >> we have that relationship with the university about the rule of law component as well. quinn has been a good synergy. >> we are trying to develop a rule of law program without some -- without some basic rule of law, no country can develop. all of the lessons we have learned the hard way from making mistakes and finally getting right. and those who have been overseas can share their thoughts about what worked and what did not. you could train before you went. the part of justice, agriculture, defense, this is a team. this war requires a team concept and we are trying to reach out to the islamic world and create partnerships with lawyers and attorneys general and judges in the islamic world so we can understand each other better. i am excited about it and i appreciate your support. justice scalia came out t