when elsie's white roommate turned from a weekend trip she found elsie in her bed.it appeared that she had committed suicide. her sister who could also pass as white travel to new york with the wrenching assignment of claiming the body. the arrival of this ostensibly white woman allowed to elsie to remain white even in death. elsie had written to her father for financial help. he refused her and three days later she was dead. her sister would never speak to her father again. by the 1940s and through the 1960s, personal testimonies began to declare that the losses were simply too much to bear and it was time to give up passing and come home. the black press published numerous testimonials of african-americans who disavow passing and catalogued countless psychological advantages of embracing a black identity. many articles cheerfully announced the collapse of economic barriers after world war ii that seem to make 925 passing no longer necessary. other essays focus on the collective pride of african-americans experience and the growing protest spirit of the burgeoning

today it is elsie. michelle had won the case and elsie was released. but elsie has been here before. and she knows that the realities on the outside could lead her right back. >> you wear a scarlet letter everywhere you go when you go apply for a job, they ask. so even though you've done your time and you've been told that you're forgiven, you get out and you're just another criminal to most people. and they don't even wanna be bothered with you. people are unwilling to really have conversations about whether or not we really need to use imprisonment that much at all. is it really necessary, could we find other ways to invest in communities, and put the money into communities so people could really thrive. unless you have that fundamental conversation, and this is going to involve completely revamping our laws, our penal system we're not going to be able to solve this problem. >> they tell you you're gonna go and do some time and get out and go on with your life. that doesn't quite happen that way. i don't think you get through it a whole. i don't thin

this is the story of a woman named elsie roxburgh. elsie roxburgh was born to restored african-american family, and she chose to pass as white after she graduated from the university of michigan in 1937. this is a picture of her during her freshman year at michigan. her story ends in tragedy. she took her own life in 1949. during the depression, the roxborough family lived a life that few americans, white or black, could imagine. they had made -- they had made and shall first. family vacation with other blacks at idlewild a lakefront resort in western michigan make named the black eden. as one family friend explained, we knew things were bad but not for our crowd. we knew people sold apples on street corners but we were white linen jackets to sunday school. elsie was tall and slender glamorous and vivacious. she had a beauty and charm that few men, black or white could resist. langston hughes admired her. her classmate, the future playwright arthur miller called her a duty, the classiest girl in ann arbor. langston hughes road that el

for more on this i want to go to janette elsie.listen to the police conference in which he said the protests started off peaceful and around midnight things sort of took a turn for the worse and that's when those shots rang out. where were you and what did you see? >> caller: the police and the protesters were having a standoff which usually happens at protests when the police are allowed to do their snatch and grab which they've done maybe about three or four times tonight. so the police were lined up against the police department parking lot and the protesters were lined up against the other parking lot. and they were just standing there. we were just standing there for about 30 or 40 minutes. two protest, a ploeter and erprotester and a legal server and lawyer went inside to get three of the protesters who were arrested tonight out of jail. and the moment they walked across that's when i heard four shots ring out. and the shots came from the direction of the hill. which the person who was just speaking mentioned. there is a hill

at the show we have a few partners with us, but really what it is is about putting elsie and the vehiclesng that to make the car a safer place, a more productive place, and hope ling -- hopefully getting vehicle to vehicle. infrastructure that makes smart cities. >> why is at&t's network that are suited for this market? >> we have the best network in the united states. it's more about the platforms you build around iot. we started on this journey a long time ago. we invested early, we actually sell platforms that allow us to be better partners than anyone else in the world. i'm really excited about where we are, really excited about the partnerships we have. and yes we are leading the stage. >> s.e.c. chairman -- fcc chairman tom wheeler is with us and they approve new net neutrality rules that might govern wireless networks. what do you say to tom today if you see him, and how did you react to the rules? >> is tough to react to them. we haven't seen the order. we know what's come out, is supposed to come out of here the next couple of weeks. i think we will react to that once we see it.

officers were called to elsie allen high school yesterday afternoon for a report of a student who had a weapon in a backpack but police still haven't said what kind of weapon or if the student was arrested. the principal says appropriate disciplinary action was takep but gave no further details. >>> 6:08. sacramento lawmakers are introducing a bill to teach sexual assault prevention in high school. the legislation requires classes on sexual assault, violence and information about developing healthy relationships. there would also be information provided on the new state's yes means yes law. that law requires colleges to teach students how to clearly state consent for sexual activity. if the new law passes not all students would have to take the classes. california law allows parents to opt out of sexual education. >>> later this morning the u.s. supreme court hears arguments in the latest challenge to president obama's health care law. the court will eventually decide whether people in all states are eligible for federal tax subsidies or if that is limited to states like california th

. >> elsie maybe tough to take care of. >> betsy.raw reruns won't help in real life. >> if you look at meat prices, they're off the freaking charts in the last hour. demand is still there too. especially if you go around new york city and chicago. but the prices are up big. if you want money in your pocket, going in cows is the way to go. you can buy livestock in etfs today too. >> i'm traumatized. those little cows going off to be veal chops. it's devastating. i like information. gordon was on to something. no, okay. pill aidium. because it has applications beyond the intrinsic value. catalytic converts. convertors. matt: number one is copper. five and a half year low in january. all about china and the u.s. 10% growth will be good enough. the boom, building a lot of copper being used in the u.s. >> bottom fisher. charles: does anybody think the economies being beaten down associated with the global economy? is it the point they're so beaten down you may be early, but not too early. matt: copper would be great. a lot of the other co

grant-morrow keeps track of medications and helps 85-year- old elsie wise transfer from one wheelchairother. she's worked for home care associates in philadelphia for four years. that tenure is unusual for an industry where turnover rates are 50% each year. h.c.a. believes it can retain workers by offering them a better deal. though grant-morrow's pay is low-- just $8.20 an hour, she's guaranteed full time work, and she gets a transit pass to use anytime she needs transportation. that's just part of the company's benefits package, says h.c.a.'s president, karen kulp. >> they get paid time off health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance policy, 401k plan, disability insurance, and the ability to become worker/owners. >> reporter: that's right-- ownership in the company and the chance to serve on the board of directors. >> one share is $500 and the way we do it is we loan you $465 of that $500 so you, from your first paycheck we take out $35, and then you can pay that back over as many months as it takes to do that, paying $3 a week. >> i'm a part of the company. i have a part to

. >> elsy was driving to the gym one morning when this drunk driver with half a dozen prior duis smashed going 45 miles per hour and never hit the brakes. >> when you found out this drunk driver was convicted six times before and this was number seven, what went through your mind? >> i was outraged. this is people who have no regard for the law. >> like robert growthy, with 16 dui convictions. >> jeff rossen from nbc news. >> what the hell do you want? >> do you think maybe you should be in jail? some people would say you should be after 16 times? >> i've done my time. >> why would you get hintd the wheel 16 times? >> because i'm drunk. >> you could have killed somebody. >> i was [ bleep ] drunk all of the time. >> he was sentenced to just two years in prison after his 16th dui. >> all of us who share the road with people like you, it is scary. >> our investigation found others like him across the country. with an obscene number of duis. this guy may be the worst. 27 dui convictions. but today a freeman. >> it is more than staggering. it is off the charts and off the charts wrong. >> bel

is the transposition and the movement of a sectarian civil war between shia and sunni playing out elsy have lesser ability to do something. >> yemen for all intents and purposes is a failed state, one of the poorest countries in the region a country that's predicted will run out of water by 2017. i mean not to mention their oil resources being depleted. what do you do to prop up a country like yemen? is there any sort of monetary assistance? anything that the west would want to do to try to save yemen if you would? >> the u.s. has allies of the yemeni government for some time special for counterterrorism reasons. >> but the president they were allies with is out. >> i understand though, and we're backing the weaks faction in yemen, as we do in syria. we seem to always pick the guy that's losing. we always find ourselves backing the guy who somehow is the weakest when events play out. when you look at the policies in yemen, there was a period of time not far back when the administration was saying this is somehow a model of success. it was one they wanted to replicate elsewhere, eessent