don phillips: yes.nitely a person of interest that we need to go talk to? dennis murphy: did you put your body armor on? don phillips: yes, i did. dennis murphy (voiceover): marty wonderlin did, too. he was preparing for anything, even a shootout. marty wonderlin: we got strapped up. were all ready-- ready for business. dennis murphy (voiceover): marty was in the backup car while deputy phillips and a partner drew line-of-fire detail, approaching brian tate for an interview. marty wonderlin: hes our prime suspect. its very possible in all of our minds that he just shot and killed lisa. dennis murphy (voiceover): as the phillips team walked slowly up to the tate house, marty and the chief deputy provided cover in the driveway. marty wonderlin: i had my-- my rifle out, locked and loaded. had the red dot turned on. if things popped off, we were ready. dennis murphy (voiceover): nerves screaming. everyone was poised for battle. everyone but, it turned out, brian tate. he wasnt armed or belligerent. they cou

don, thank you for this wonderful honor. it means much to me. this honor is also special to me because of phillip reed. phillip reed was an african-american. he supervised the casting of the bronze statue of freedom. he was the only slave who worked on the casting and as a slave, he was paid $1.25 a day. the other laborers were paid 1 dollar a day. however, he was only able to keep his sunday pay. monday through saturday's pay went to his master. phillip reed was freed in 1862 and it's not known whether he witnessed the last segment of the statue being placed atop the capitol in 1863. but i would like to thank that the 33 consecutive weeks that he labored, that he had hoped that one day he would be free, and that america would live up to its ideals of equality and freedom for all. i will tell you all a story. my career as a congressional staffer he can in january 1989. a month later i was at the library of congress at a black history event and there was congresswoman mandy bonds. i introduce myself because she was the congresswoman representing new orleans, and we began the conversation. and someone ph

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