emmett till's death could be lost in america if it was not for her mother. amy till. demanded the funeral be open casket so the world can see what happened to her son. i warn you though the image is graphic but i do want you to see it. those photos of emmett till publicized galvanized america. 95 days after his death rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the bus. when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back i just couldn't move. now his case has been reopened, thanks to a bill that bears his name, the emmett till act. it allows the department of justice to investigate civil right -- the emmett till's case has been reopened based -- sources familiar with the case tells "the washington post" new details in a book came out last year of his accuser let to investigation. in america where black and brown people still face a threat every day will emmett till get justice after 63 years? 63 years later. joining me now is keith bow shawn. maker of the film "story of emmett till." i think we went to the same high school. >> yes, we did. >> let's talk about this new inf

cases of this history of wrongs the brutal mississippi murder in one nine hundred fifty five of emmett till a fourteen year old african-american visiting from chicago who was accused of making inappropriate advances on the local white woman and was later found savagely murdered and drowned in a river to this day the emmett till tragedy leaves civil rights a story ends with more questions than answers but is there a chance this may finally change. incredible story incredible story that's just come up and i mean it's interesting because i guess what spurred this was that a book came out last year and in it it was documented that both of the men who were accused of it had admitted and also that. the woman herself had admitted in interviews that it never that he hadn't done anything that the story was wrong and her husband said whatever the boy did it didn't he didn't deserve what happened to him you know it's sixty years now since the emmett till murder and the resolution to the case is complicated by the fact that these witnesses and suspects aren't even alive some of them the to original sus

the murder of 14-year-old emmett till in 1955. more than a half century before black lives matter. -americans were horrifyingly common has the power to shock to this day. well, till, was a chicago kid visiting family in mississippi when he was taken from his bed in the middle of the night on august 28, 1955, accused of making advances toward a white woman. 21-year-old caroline bryant. well, he was beaten, shot, and then dumped in a nearby river with a cotton gin fan strapped to his neck so it would weigh him down. caroline bryant's husband roy, and his half-brother, j.w. millen, they were tried by an all male jury. their defense attorneys called on the jury to acquit their fellow white men. after less than an hour of deliberation, they were found not guilty. they confessed to the murder the following year, telling a reporter, quote, i like -- he said the word. i like niggers in their place. i know how to work 'em, but i just decided it was time a few people got put on notice. that's the end of the quote. in 2008, caroline bryant, the woman whose claims led to emmett till's brutal de

with today and that we will be wrestling with for generations to come. >> reporter: 63 years after emmett till was abducted, murdered, his body mutilated, the question tonight, has justice long been delayed or will it once again be denied? till's cousin deborah watts runs the emmett till legacy foundation. >> if this case gets solved and justice prevails, our country has an opportunity to heal. >> reporter: donham is alive and living in raleigh, north carolina. she'll turn 84 later this month. a family member turned away a reporter after the news broke saying, "we don't want to talk to you." >> glor: jim axelrod, thank you. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," air force one could be getting a whole new look. but not today. today, there's a new treatment for women like me who won't be held back. learn more at treatmbc.com. and now is the best time to buy. and check out the all-new ecosport. protect those who matter most, and make the summer go right with ford, america's best-selling brand. now during the ford summer sales event, get 0% financing for 60 months on a huge selection of suv's.

well that new information could be from a book titled "the blood of emmett till" emmet till" publishede lied about her encounter with till. with me is the author, timothy tyson, research scholar at duke university and gloria brown marshall, associate professor at jay college. timothy, first to you, do you believe the new evidence is, in fact, from your book? and tell us about the interview. >> the most important thing to remember about emmett till case is not the crucifixion of a small black child in mississippi in 1955, but the resurrection that his mother and her allies in chicago were able to ring from this, this ongoing movement that they so transformed with their energy and courage and brilliance. and, you know, the virtue or lack thereof of caroline bryant seems a matter -- minor matter to a historian, but i understand people's interest in it. >> can you fill us in on the details, the circumstances of what led up to you getting this information, this new information? >> i got a call from a nice woman in raleigh, who said she liked my previous book and had given it to her mother-i

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the emmett till case rivers and absolute worst of that.owed anger people worldwide. this was under scrutiny as a result of that. people said we have had an hour. the civil rights movement was pushed forward as a result of that injustice —— we have had enough. pushed forward as a result of that injustice -- we have had enough. you said that people saw. i believe his mother, famously, asked for the casket to be open so they could see the damage that had been done to his face. that is exactly right. she saw it and she said she could never describe that to anybody. she said the world would have to see and that is what happened. that votu of emmett till‘s body was published in jet magazine and another black newspapers throughout the country and got the attention of the world that make photo. that moment a bravery on her part really made the difference. that is devery anderson who has written about emmett till and the civil rights movement. thousands of people in nicaragua have taken part in a march through the streets of the capital, managua, d

cases of this history of wrongs the brutal mississippi murder in one nine hundred fifty five of emmett till a fourteen year old african-american visiting from chicago who was accused of making inappropriate advances on the local white woman and was later found savagely murdered and drowned in a river to this day the emmett till tragedy leaves civil rights a story ends with more questions than answers but is there a chance this may finally change. incredible story incredible story that just come up and i mean it's interesting because i guess what what spurred this was that a book came out last year and in it it was documented that both of the men who were accused of it had admitted and also that. the woman herself had admitted in interviews that it never that he hadn't done anything that the story was wrong and her husband said whatever that boy did it didn't he didn't deserve what happened to him you know it's sixty years now since the emmett till murder and the resolution to the case is complicated by the fact that these witnesses and suspects aren't even alive some of them the to original

the civil rights movement was pushed forward as a result of that injustice with emmett till.rfamously asked for the casket to be open so they could see the damage that had been done to his face. that's exactly right. she saw it and she said she could never describe that to anybody. she said the world would have to see and that's what happened. that photo of emmett till‘s body was published injet magazine and was published in other black newspapers throughout the country and got the attention of the world. that moment a bravery on her part really made a difference. historian devery anderson. charges against the us porn star stormy daniels have been dropped. she was arrested in a strip club in columbus, ohio last night for allegedly touching a customer. her lawyer had earlier called the arrest "politically motivated". she came to wider public attention when it was revealed she's been paid by donald trump's lawyer to keep quiet about an alleged affair she had with the president. molly roberts is an opinion writer and she told me about the case. michael aven arty, her lawyer, all

afterwards, the men freely admitted they'd killed the teen.r, last yimothy tyson's book "the blood of emmett till" had this revelation: carolyn bryant admitted she lied about her interaction with emmet till, saying the teenager never "grabbed her around the waist or uttered obscenities" as she had testified at trial. bryant added, "nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him." tyson spoke with jeffrey brown about this revelation last year: >> i certainly never thought she was telling the truth at trial. she's been in hiding almost for all these 60-some years. it was her husband who did the killing and her brother-in-law. it's not clear what role she had in that. >> brangham: in a letter to congress, the department of justice said it was reopening the investigation into till's murder "based on the discovery of new information," but it didn't specify what that information was, or whmight bee bject of their inquiry. both of the admitted killers ve since died. joining me now is democratic senator doug jones of alabama. in his earlier life, jones successfully prosecuted another famous

i was 12 years old and she brought me the pictures of emmett till in his coffin, explained to me what and moreover told me black people were being killed not only in mississippi but in birmingham by the klan and the police. so that case was life changing for me and i think it's appalling that someone with no civil rights connections like jeff sessions would try to dress up his image. >> i just want to remind viewers that that impression left here on howell was intended to get there by emmett till's mother, that 14-year-old boy who was so brutally killed. she had an open casket there so people could see exactly what was done to him. >> that's exactly what emmett till did, and when his body was exhumed, i republished it when i ran the paper because americans needed to do it as well. do i appreciate the department of justice reopening this? yes. but i can still be critical of every other action he has taken. also, the author of his book, i can't let him off the hook as well. he waited until he published this book to turn these notes over. carolyn bryant made these comments a long time ag

the fbi then reached out. >> the result about this is the truth of what happened to emmett till and howhat speaks to the predicaments we're wrestling with today and we'll be wrestling with for years to come. >> reporter: 63 year after he was abducted, murders, and his body mutilated, has justice been delayed or once again be denied. till's cousin emma -- deborah watts leads it. >> if this case investigated solved and justice prevails, our country has an opportunity to he heal. >> donham is still arrive in living in raleigh, north carolina. she'll turn 84 this month. she turned away from a reporter saying, i don't want to talk to you. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," more on the recovery of the thai soccer team rescued from the cave. we'll hear from a father of one of the bow and a preview of a new series called "whistle-blower" that tells everything and exposes wrong doing. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com c -- www.vitac.com >>> a live

federal prosecutors are relaunching the investigation into the 1955 killing of emmett till. the crime so disturbing it galvanized the civil rights movement. nbc's ra meme a ellis on the new effort to find justice for till. >> reporter: it was one mother's nightmare she insisted the world had to see. her 14-year-old son, emmett till's tortured body was found in a mississippi river after he was accused of flirting with a white woman. now, 63 years later, the justice department is reopening the case after receiving unspecified new information. there's speculation it's connected to a book published a year ago. >> i cooperated fully with the fbi's investigation and i was happy to do so and i gave them all my research materials including my interview with carolyn bryant. >> reporter: in his book, timothy tyson revealed that carolyn bryant, who testified that emmet whistled at her, admitted it was a lie. >> she said that nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him. >> reporter: bryant's husband and brother-in-law were charged and acquitted back in 1955 by an all-wh

ho sever, someolars believe the book entitled "the blood of emmett till"ay have something to do with he suspects later admitted that she wasn't truthful when she said till made sexual advances towards her. wendy, back for you. >> we'll see what happens when this. thanks, erika. >>> amelia is back with another check of our weather and would like the trend to continue the way it has been. >> i'm t going to steal his line but credit him. chuck belng is known as sa the trend is your friend and when you get into a trend like this with the weather it sticks around for a while and that's exactly what we're seeing, low humidity, plentyf sunshine, and we're looking mainly dry. a beautiful day for chopper 4 make a flight over. take a look at this. >> oh, lovely. that's always etty. >> sunflower fields up there. i love this, andhe love t photographers that are going there and taki beautiful pictures of the scenery there and sharing them on facebook and prit twitter. guys, please continue to do so. appreciate your eye for the beautifnflowers that go on as far as the eye can see. temperatures in t

federal prosecutors are re unching the investigation into the 1955 killing of emmett till. crimeo disturbing that it galvanized the civil rights movement. here's nbc's rehema ellis on the effort to find justice for him. ns reporter: it was one mother's nightmare sheted the world had to see. her 14-year-old son'smmett ti tortured body was found in a mississippi river after he was accused of flirting with a white woman. now, 63 years later, the justice department is reopening the case after receiving unscified new information. there is speculation it's connected to a book published a year ago >> i cooperated fully with the fbi's investigation and i was happy to do so and i gave them all m research materials including my interview with carolyn bryant. >> reporter: in his book timothy tyson revealed carolyn bryant, who testified that emmett whistled at her, admitted it was a lie. >> she said that nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him. >> reporter: bryant's husband and brother-in-law were charged and acquitted in 1955 by an all-white later they confessed t

you know it's sixty years now since the emmett till murder and any resolution to the case is complicated by the fact that these witnesses and suspects .

of emmett till the fourteen year old african-american visiting from chicago was accused of making inappropriate advances on the local white woman and was later found savagely murdered and grown in a river to this day the year matilde tragedy leaves civil rights a story ends with more questions than answers but is there a chance this may finally change incredible story incredible story that's just come up and i mean it's interesting because i guess what spurred this was that a book came out last year and in it it was documented that both of the men who were accused of it had admitted and also that. the woman herself had admitted in interviews that it never that he hadn't done anything that the story was wrong and her husband said whatever about boy did it didn't he didn't deserve what happened to him you know it's sixty years now since the emmett till murder and any resolution to the case is complicated by the fact that these witnesses and suspects aren't even alive some of them the to original suspects so you know we have to wonder what new information could the d.o.j. be operating on and it th

emmett till was fourteen years old when he was kidnapped tortured and killed by a group of white men in rural mississippi the crime and widely seen photos of till's battered body added fuel to demands for civil rights and an end to widespread violence toward black americans says filmmaker keith beauchamp it was emmett till's not it that sparked the american civil rights movement because it immaterial step that rosa parks decided not to get up for mercy on that bus of the government alabama now the federal government has quietly reopened the case citing new evidence in august one nine hundred fifty five a white woman claimed till had whistled at her and made sexual advances in the segregated south of that era the claim was enough to motivate a group of whites to kill the boy the woman's husband and brother in law were prosecuted but found not guilty by an all white jury the pair later told a reporter they had in fact murdered till the case was reopened once before in two thousand and four but a mississippi grand jury did not indict any suspects the alleged killers are long dead but car

they are reopening the investigation into the brutal slaying of emmett till.cked the world and helped sparked the civil rights movement. the author of the book says he shared all his research materials with the fbi last year, including recordings of 2008 interviews with a white woman acknowledging she was not truthful in her original testimony decades ago. nevertheless, he's got harsh words now for the trump administration. >> i find a deep irony and appalling hypocrisy that jeff sessions and donald trump would pretend to care about african-american children, about a black boy murdered in 1955. >> shannon: wants to talk about it with gianno caldwell. great to have you with us. the author provoked enough information that this justice department says we've got some doubt and were going to dive into it again. he clearly doesn't trust they are going to do a good job with it. >> yeah. you know what, mlk said something important, martin luther king, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. this story is deep and personal to me because emmett till was fr

now, an investigation into emmett till's murder is become opened again. much more on why, ahead. >>> temperatures are in the 60s and low 70s now ross the area. a pleasant morning to be outside. ti do a little gardening. temperatures are mid t upper 80s. you can plant your moon rose and your primrose that open up after nighttime. shee sheena's back with the ten-day coming up. >> a little bold meets sweet with dunkin's new brown suga cold brew. swtly balanced with brown sugar. >>> welcome back. we're following more breaking news. the federal government reopened its investigation into the murder of emmett till. >> justice department reports to ngress says the agency is reervestigating the case a receiving what it says is, quote, new rminion. the black teenager was killed in 1955 in mississippi. a white woman said till tried to flirt with her at her store. after that, he was kidnapped, tortured a killed. she admitted to lying under oath. till's death helped inspire the civil rights movement. >>> we're following a development story in brussels. president trump

her 14-year-old son emmett till's tortured body was found in a mississippi river after he was accusedflirting with a white woman. now, 63 years later, the justice department is reopening the case after receiving unspecified new information. there is speculation it's connected to a book published a year ago. >> f ily with the fbi's investigation and i was happy to do so and i gave them all my research materials including my interview with carolyn bryant. arolyn bryant, emmett whistled at her, admitted it was a lie. >> she said that nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him. >> reporter: bryant's husband and brother-in-law were charged and acquitted in 1955 by an all-white jury. later they confessed to a reporter knowing they couldn't be retried. both are now dead. emmet's cousin who was with him the night he was kidnapped told me last year the family wanted the case reopened. >>> can you forgive? >> oh, yeah, i can't a tord to hate. hate destroys a hater. i can't carry that. >> reporter: regardless of whether charges are ever filed, the new investigation means emmett

thanks, erika. >>> the brutality of emmett till's murder is largely seep ac atalyst that spurred peopleo action inspiring the civil rights vement. till was just 14 when he was killed. his body now the justice department is reoping the case. till was accused of whistling and grabbing a white woman while visiting relatives in mississippi but she admitted on her deade bed lied about that incident. now 16 years later the government is reopening the case, possibly because of a new book called "the blood of emmett till." >> seems to me possible in investigating my research materials that they connected somehow with other thing the fbi might know. that's just speculation on my part. >> the fbi andic the ju department contacted the author out.ly after the book came the government has not revealed what the new information is which led them to reopening the case. >> a community is in mourning after a popular high school student killed in a car wreck. just ahead, what wee learning about the dangers on that road where he died. >> plus, four things you b shouldn on amazon if you fo (sound of otsteps

with today and that we will be wrestling with for generations to come. >> reporter: 63 years after emmett tillas abducted, murdered, his body mutilated, the question tonight, has justice long been delayed or will it once again be denied? till's cousin debra watts runs the emmett till legacy foundation. >> if this case gets solved and justice prevails, our country has an opportunity to heal. >> reporter: donham is alive and living in raleigh, north carolina. she'll turn 84 later this month. a family member turned away a reporter after the news broke, saying, "we don't want to talk to you." >> jim axelrod, thank you. >>> coming up next, air force around here, i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. heads up! you know what, don't worry about it. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. it was mostly water. so, i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated, so i get a better clean. i mean, i give away water for free. i'm not about to pay for it in my detergent. number one trusted. number one awarded. it's got to be tide >>> there is perhaps no more impressive or majestic. >> of th

. >>> up next here, more than 60 years ago, 14-year-old emmett till was brutally murdered in mississippirights movement and tonight the justice department is reopening the case. >>> and we'll take a look at the weather. it's real hot and we'll look at the fog, chance of thunderstorms in the mountains and your weekend forecast. . >> today the federal government announced they have reopened their investigation into the murder of emmett till. he was brutally killed in mississippi in 1955. his death helped to inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. the justice department says they received new information in the case that was closed in 20067. it may be from a new book called the blood of emmitt till written by a white woman who said she lied about till. her husband and half brother were charged with the murder but acquitted by an all white jury. they were not retried and both are now dead. >> san francisco based uber announce thad one hundred employees involved in the company's self driving operations have been laid off. most of the employees on operated self driving vehicl

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. >>> a new book may have led the government to take another look at the 1955 murder of emmett till. till was just 14 when he was killed, his body mutilated. he was accused of whistlingd at grabbing a white woman. on his death bbed, the woman admitted she lied abo his advances. >> it seems to bpossible that in investigating my research materials, they connected somehow with other things the fbi might know. that's just speculation on my part. >> the fbi and the justice department contacted the author after the book came out. the government has not said what the information is. >>> doctors said they are fairly optimistic about the recovery o the boys rescued from a cave in thailand. part of the healing is shiftinl to their menhealth. ptsd is a condition that can fter an onths or years event. we're hearing from one of the divers that found the boys insi that cave after a lot of people assumed the worst. >> we're very pleased. we're relieved they were alive. at that point, we realized the enormity of the situation. that's why it took a while to get them all out. >>> film producers alread

civil rights activists are pointing to a book that came out last year "the blood of emmett till" by timothyson. they say this could be the source of information. in that book, carolyn doneam, the half sister of those two brothers who admit today till's murder. in this book she says she lied when she testified. she says she was untruthful when she said that till made sexual advances against her and grabbed her in that store in mississippi in 1955. in the book, she is quoted as saying nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him. poppy, we have reached out to her for comment but have not received a call back. >> important story, important reporting. kaylee hartung, thank you very much for that. >>> meantime, quote, i am focused on doing our job. that's the latest message from embattled congressman, jim jordan, as he faces even more questions over accusations that he ignored alleged sexual abuse while he was an assistant wrestling coach at ohio state. listen to what he told our sunlen serfaty seconds before this house oversight hearing with peter strzok. >> reporter: there are

emmett till was abducted, beaten, and shot after a white female store clerk named carolyn bryant initially claimed till wolf-whistled at her, though she has since recanted this claim. after bryant made the false accusation, till was kidnapped from his uncle's farm on august 28, 1955. his corpse was found three days later in the tallahatchie river with a bullet hole in his head, barbed wire wrapped around his neck, and a cotton-gin fan weighing down his body. till's mother, mamie till , held an open-caskeket funeral for her son in chicago, and the published images of his brutalized body galvanized the civil rights movement. store clerk carolyn bryant's husband, roy bryant, and his half-brother, j.w. milam, were tried and acquitted for till's murder by an all-white, all-male jury that fall. the two later confessed to the murder but have since died.. and carlos russell, one of the major figures in the black liberation movement of the 1960's and 1970's, had died here . he was a panamanian-born educator who was one of the co-founders of black solidarity do. he also served as panama's ambassador

the information may be from the new book called the blood of emmett till . s a white woman who said she lied when she testified that twill -- till grabbed her, whistled, and made sexual advances.'s husband and her half-brother were charged with tells mother, but were acquitted by an all-white jury. the man later confessed to a crime in it magazine interview, but were not retried. they are both out debt. >> report recommends school should include threat -- threat teams. the teams would be tasked with finding troubling behavior. it also calls for developing a strategy to intervene. that report comes after recent research on suspects linked to violence in schools and other public places, it concluded that 64% of attackers showed symptoms of mental illness. >>> cal fire says it now knows what caused that big wildfire burning near lake berryessa. investigators have determined the county fire was started by an electric livestock fence that had been installed incorrectly. cal fire is not saying exactly where the fire started. the fire has burned 140 square miles. bu

history, the lynching of 14-year-old emmett till in mississippi 63 years ago.are hoping this will lead to an anti-lynching law. linsey davis is here with more on this. >> good morning, robin. this move from the department of justice comes after bombshell revelations in a recent book about the landmark case of racial violence. emmett till was killed in 1955 after a white woman alleged the 14-year-old whistled at her and grabbed her by the waist. the woman's husband and brother-in-law were later acquitted by an all white jury and in an interview for the book "the blood of emmett till," carolyn bryant donham reportedly recants some of her original testimony. she said till had merely insulted her and nothing he ever did possibly could justify what happened to him. overnight till's family released a statement to abc news saying, we appreciate the overwhelming support from around the nation in response to this historic update and, robin, it's not clear if 63 years later if donham face perjury charges. >> the two men are now dead. she is 84 years old. what is the hope

. >>> the justice department is re-opening the investigation into the brutal 1955 murder of emmett tillf you information about the case that help sparked the civil rights movement. till was 14 years old when he was killed in mississippi after a white woman accused him of grabbing her by the waist and whistling at her. investigators are taking another look at the case after a recent book in which the woman accused admitted she had lied. >> she spoke of her testimony in court which had been that he had assaulted her really grabbed her and just said that part is not true and i said, well, what is true? as you might -- and she said, honestly, i don't know. i would like to tell you. >> two white men who were acquitted but later confessed in a magazine interview were never retried and are now deceased. it's unclear if till's accuser who is now in her 80s could face perjury charges. >>> police in new york released video of what appears to be a mob hit. a passenger in a nissan is seen opening fire on a man inside an suv here in the bronx. the victim tries to roll away but was hit three times. h

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racially charged life sentence of alice marie johnson and i think this sort of renewed focus on the emmett till case can be seen as a sort of continuation of a subtle approach to writing some of those those infamous cases of of racial injustice and hopefully even in the midst of what we're going on in the united states and abroad we can really make some make some right in this situation thank you so much for joining me from new york. thank you as we go to break out forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on facebook and twitter your forces that are to dot com coming up we explore the commercial underbelly of frest feeding and the baby formula industry say to washington. to watch the futurama or the jetsons they are traveling inside troops it's pretty normal this thing have fallen so that concepts like that there were several in implementations that were planted in the minefields in the sixty's. so. when he or paul says i dear and he says he was too busy this has some space if you want someone else to pick it up. at. seventy four design submissions. seven thousand piling

emmett till, from chicago, was visiting relatives in the southern state of mississippi when he was abducted men were acquitted of the murder by a jury but later confessed to killing the boy. both have since died. the medical charity doctors without borders has accused the european union of taking a cold—blooded decision to let migrants drown in the mediterranean. the group said more than 600 people including babies had perished since italy barred rescue ships last month. the eu commissioner for migration said europe was taking steps to strengthen its border security, and that all members would benefit. there has been a huge explosion near the international airport in cairo, the capital of egypt. a military spokesman said the blast occurred in a fuel storage facility and was caused by high temperatures. at least eight people were injured. eyewitnesses said the sound of the blast was deafening and flames could be seen from a distance. at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to hit japan in nearly a0 years. torrential rains have triggered landslides and f

. >>> the federal government announced it reopened its investigation into the slain of emmett till whonspired the civil rights movement more than six years ago. he was killed in the community of money, mississippi. back in 1955 the justice department received new information in the case which had been closed in 2007. information may be from a new book called "the blood of em mitt till" which quotes a white woman she lied about him grabbing her. her husband and half husband were charged with his murder but acquitted by an all-white jury. they later confessed to the crime. both men now dead. >>> in the state of florida a dozen sur vies have filed a federal lawsuit. defendant includes scott resource deputy scott peterson. both men have been criticized for the shooting. >> this is a shot at specific law enforcement officials who failed the students on that particular day. >> the lawsuit follows revelations that mental health counselors told cruz's mother she should not let him buy guns and the mother ignored the concerns. they put cruz into a diversion program for troubled teens and he nev

. >>> the federal government is re-opening its investigation into the 1955 murder of emmett till.ississippi. the justice department says it is reviewing its inquiry based on the discovery of new information. a central witness in the case, carolyn bryant dunham, recently recanted parts of her original testimony. it's not clear whether the government will be able to bring charges against anyone. two men who confessed to killing till after they had been acquitted by an all-white jury, are now dead. >>> the secret service is urging schools to set up threat teams to prevent future mass shootings. they just released a 27-page guide to schools nationwide. the guide was fast-tracked after the parkland, florida, shooting in february which took 17 lives. it's a step by step framework for identifying students of concern, assessing their risk for engaging in violence, and enacting early intervention strategies. the threat teams would consist of school staffers and law enforcement. members would flag troubling behavior, threatening social media posts and information about student access to wea

emmett till was a black teen who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in mississippi in 1955. inspire the civil rights movement. the "los angeles times" reports that the department of justice has said it is re- opening its inquiry based upon the discovery of new information. the department would not elaborate, though, citing the ongoing nature of the investigation. >>> thousands of people lined up at "build-a-bear" stores here in the bay area and across the country. >> you can see that there's so many kids here different ages, and the parents get to experience it with the kids. >> up next tonight, the big promo that was so po stores had to turn customers away. >> and we are looking at the high clouds that are out there now. that's some subtropical thunderstorm in the uth. far east bay late tonight. we'll look into that and we'll have the fog at the coast and the weekend. >> coming up at 7:00 on ktvu plus, opening day at the new oakland zoo following a massive expansion project years in the making. we'll show you the new exhibit and the new animals. >> plus, continuing coverage

the other was the reopening of the emmett till death. j edgar hoover, who went after martin luther king. i thought that was no longer possible. and i have no confidence in the fbi anymore. that is all. that was from iowa, independent line. again, the announcement of the reopening of the emmett till case by the fbi. democrats line, ruth, jackson, mississippi. caller: hello. it's nice to hear you guys this morning. our president is another country, and he is doing what he is always done. throwing his strong arm out and telling the world what he wants to do. he is being a bully as he always has. we are going to be the one to suffer for it. do not see that, because they like the bullying. we always said we did not want a dictator, but we got a dictator. that is what they really want. realize he is dictating their lives, and he is going to ruin their lives and our lives. all they have to do is wait and see. host: john in san antonio, republican line. caller: good morning. i just wanted to touch on the cyber digital task force that this admini

foundation of industry here from the get go, to jim crow, lynchings, to church burnings. 14-year-old emmett tills to a white lady in 1955. the assassination of medgar evers in 1963. the murders of civil rights workers james chaney, michael schwerner and andrew goodman in 1964. hell, they had to send in 30,000 armed federal agents, national guardsmen, and military police just to enforce federal law allowing a black man to attend state college. a notion that was, shall we say, less than popular here. to be honest, that was about all i had for an image of the state of mississippi. that was all i knew. and it hadn't occurred to me to look further. but i've traveled the world since then, and i've visited and learned to love many places not my own. cultures and beliefs very different from the upper east side of manhattan. why can't i love mississippi? ♪ y'all know the name pyinfamous ♪ ♪ all bets are off i'm through talking ♪ ♪ never gonna fall for my spider move august and september ♪ ♪ block your october so you should be thankful the party's not over ♪ ♪ we won the race 'cause they ran a lame campai

. >> the government is taking a look at the 19 the 5 murder and mute las vegas emmett till, a black 14-year-old kidnapped and killed after allegedly whistlini at a woman and grabbing her. a jury acquitted two men in his murder and both later confessed. prosecutors won't say if there's any information but in a new book the wan who accused her of grabbing him admits she lied. >> it was right around this time last year when a little girl got hit by a r after buying canned from an ice cream truck. >> no charges filed yet against the drivon but this after one of the girl's family members is facing charges for an apparent confrontation after the accident. ex that crash along yorktown road ington park in st. mary's county. news 4's chris gordon reports. >> chopper 4 shows the spot where the 10-year-old girl was hit along yorktown road into len park, maryland. the sheriff's office says 72-year-old linda glaser was ice cream suv past an truck parked on the side of the street. >> the child purchased something om the ice cream truck and darted out from behind the ice into the path of the driver o

. >> brown: there are also poems about darkeroments in american life, from emmett till to trvon martin, again, sifte through young's own experience. >> i was writing the poems, many them, during this moment when race and our division seemed to have resurfaced or at least to be on the news daily. someone's getting thrown out of a starbucks, or shot, you know, being unarmed. when you're writing about your childhood it's hard not to think about those things too. >> brown: these days kevin young has another very public perch, as poetry itor of the "new yorker" magazine. >> i get to be like a public fan.>> rown: a public fan of poetry? >> yeah, i get to think about what's exciting about the "new yorker" is also what's exciting about poetry right now, it's extremely diverse. it's really coming from a lot of different voices. >> brown: for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown from the schomburg center for research in black culture in harlem. >> woodruff: we've all heard of racial profili. what about "accent" profiling? hernan diaz is the associate director of the hispanic institute at columbia

department is reopening the investigation into the brutal 1955 murder of a black teenager. 14 year old emmett tilld in mississippi after a white woman accused him of whistling and grabbing at her. she has since admitted that she lied but waited until 2008 to make that admission. two white men who were acquitted but later confessed in a magazine interview were never tried and are now dead. >>> a judge's decision is being questioned on whether to allow the merger between time-warner and at&t. the justice department argued that it would hurt consumers. the judge's ruling opened the way for other megamergers. >>> this year's emmy nominations are out, and there's something very familiar about the list. >> but brad mielke shows us what's different this year. >> hey, guys, so as stars were wracking up accolades, there was one number people were paying attention to. 112. that is how many nominations netflix got in total, knocking hbo off its first-place perch for the first time in 17 years. meg james is a media reporter for the "l.a. times" and she says prestige networks like hbo are asked to look more li

. >>> the federal government has reopened the investigation into the killing of emmett till, one of the most notorious racially motivated murders in our country's history. his 1955 killing in mississippi helped inspire the civil rights movement. the justice department says it has new information. it's not clear what that information might be. though a key witness admitted she lied about till in a recent book. two white men were charged with till's murder but acquitted. >> stormy daniels, the adult film actress who was paid to keep quiet about a 2006 alleged affair with the president, was arrested at a strip club in columbus, ohio, overnight. daniels was taken to jail, accused of letting people touch her on stage. it's illegal in ohio for nonfamily members to touch a nude or seminude dancer. her lawyer michael avenatti called her arrest a sting operation, tweeting, this was a setup and politically motivated. >>> an fbi agent who once led the investigations of russian election meddling and hillary clinton's private e-mail server plans to vigorously defend himself at a coccal hearing that

federal authorities have reopened the investigation into the murder of emmett till, a 14-year-old african-americand and killed in 1955. the justice department says it reopened the inquiry after discovering new information, but declined to comment further. victors of till's mutilated body continue to resonate, even years after he was killed in mississippi. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. julie: we have live pictures in opt for sure, where president trump is set to dine with prime minister theresa other business leaders from companies like black rock and dimaggio. dinner, what is on the menu, scottish salmon, beef and strawberries, and, quite a rich finish, clotted cream ice cream. that will be on the menu. and on the menu for discussion will likely be right that as as the trade, relationship between theresa may and donald trump has been strained at times. and if they want to add to that, they can talk about russia as well. julie: to throw some strawberri

emmett till was a young man who was murdered brutally in mississippi in 1955. a case that brought a trial in mississippi where two white men, who were identified by a black man, one of 14-year-old till's relatives, were tried, and the all-white jury found them not guilty. both men looked back and said afterwards that they did it and nothing happened. there have been lots of investigations about this. lots of reports. and the justice department has seized upon some, quote, new evidence, unquote, to reopen the case. the economy -- i commend the justice department. while justice delayed is justice denied. justice whenever it can be found in these civil rights cases is appropriate and proper. thank you to the department of justice. the speaker pro tempore: thank you, sir. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? thank you. without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. on behalf of our central florida community, i am proud to recognize the orange county library system for being a recipient of th