dr. rachelle haverloch. she's a professor at the university of chicago. she has written a wonderful book "the river jordan." it talks about how the jordan river has been used geographically as a boundary line in the region. welcome, rachele. thank you, rabbi white. >> so, what's the book about? >> well, the jordan river plays such a prominent role in you wish life and imagination. it's also importance to christians and important to islam. i wanted to look at why the jordan is important in these three religions and how it came to persist as this important boundary and location and symbol in jewish life from antiquity. >> for some who may not be familiar in the ways that the geography of the region is layed out, and putting aside what some may consider the political issues around the state boundaries between jordan and israel, egypt and the region. can you let folks know, in a frame work, where does the river jordan situate itself? >> so, the river jordan is the lowest river on earth. it flows from northern mountains and israel and syria. it cuts through a

dr. king. among those was "washington post" writer rachel mantufol who wrote the original piece supported by maya angelou and others. >> been really heartening to see all of the people sort of come forward and say this is wrong, this is not the way he saw himself. it's wrong for us to represent him that way. >> the national parks service will work with the king memorial foundation and the king family members to come up with an alternative. >>> four republican presidential candidates are deciding tonight if they should appeal a judge's ruling to get on the virginia primary ballot. the judge in richmond ruled against a challenge by newt gingrich, rick perry, rick santorum, and jon huntsman. they had argued that virginia's through forbids out-of-state residents from collecting signatures violates free speech. right now only mitt romney and ron paul are on the ballot for the march 6 primary in the old dominion. >>> south carolina's primary is just a week from tomorrow, and the latest polls show mitt romney and dproich neck in neck. newt gingrich spent the day campaigning in florida, whose primary fol

>> rachel, we must raise our protests so that the governor understands that the vote is sacred. dr. king died for voter rights. the public act is an attack on the sacred right. we thought that the protest would have a deeper significance if it would raise our voices in this way in the city of ann arbor, the governor has said that michigan citizens are in favor of public act 4 and so 2,000 more black and brown, non-religious occupiers, naacp, many from around the state from benton harbor, muskegon, flint, inkster, ecorse, flint came to let the governor know that there is a sizeable contingent and a growing number of citizens in michigan who are appalled at the way the vote has been made null and void. >> what do you make of the overall argument that in troubled communities, particularly financially troubled communities, places where local budgets are a difficulty, services aren't being provided to the degree they ought to be, that democracy is a problem, that local control, local elections for officials is something that needs to be got around so things can be done in a correct way,

rachel maddow impersonator. we will be right back. >>> this is a wanted poster. wanted poster that was distributed by anti-abortion forces targeting drgun. it lists the office, describes him physically, height, weight, noticeable character sticks, then describes him as responsible for killing children, that two specific addresses in pensacola, florida. after the wanted poster was distributed, dr. david gun was shot and killed by anti-abortion extremist. was in march, 1993. this was a wanted poster about dr. george wayne patterson. medical license number, what kind of car he drives, physical description of him. this doctor, dr. george patterson, owned the clinic where dr. gun had been murdered. dr. patterson himself was murdered five months after dr. gun was killed. dr. patterson's killing is still unsolved. when the new york times reported that year on dr. patterson's killing they got a quote from an activist saying paul hill approving the murder saying "the killing has stopped, so it had the desired result." the murder had the desired result. less than a year after giving that quote, paul hill murdered yet another doctor who provide