he is a guy from huntsville. if you ever get a chance to read the hate mail that he received, there were a lot of people who wrote him, bringing up his past during the war and said, we thought you understood us. essentially calling him a race traitor for standing up and navigating civil rights here in alabama. his was an evolution. whether he was truly a civil libertarian,ivil had seen the light or been converted, or just wanted to build rockets and would say or do whatever would clear that path -- depends on which biography you want to read, and who you want to believe. [laughter] there are some great biographies. >> we have a story in the book, of -- when george wallace was preparing to run for president decides he is going to invite the national press to come along on what he calls "the real alabama" tour. makes the decision to come to nasa, because he loves to say, look what i brought to alabama. minute he at the last is going to come along with this country of national press. -- this cadre of national press.

this is spread from huntsville. -- fred from huntsville. let's give trump a chance.hether you like him or not, that doesn't matter. he's got some faults, some fallacies and all that. give him a chance. down.ody needs to calm donald trump is donald trump . he is a terrible politician, but give him a chance. he is there, he is trying, it seems. he might have some affiliations with russia and all that, but give him a chance. he's the best we had other than the guy from ohio who should have been president. give trump a chance. we can stand him for four years and then move on. let's give him a chance. if you can do something for this economy, let's give him a chance. host: missouri. democrat. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. first -- at first, i would like to ask if i can read something i wrote the day after the election which won't take as long as some of your colors already have -- callers already have. and then another thing i would like to say if the media had done to donald trump what they , wedone to bernie sanders would not be having this convers

one at huntsville high school, another one at lasertele, a research park in huntsville, interacted, gaveupdate remarks, they grilled me with whatever questions they want to ask of me. so we can get into how it is best to interact with people in their districts, i would submit to you that the fact that i have within these last few elections with 65%r more, indicates that the people in myongressional district are very satisfied with my interaction with them. i would add i have never turned away a meeting with any constituent who wants to meet with me in my district offices in huntsville, decatur, or florence, alabama. over six years we have 100% success rate in meeting with constituent whose want to meet with me in the confines of an office, where we can have candid discussion on any concern they may have. >> thank you, congressman. >> thank you. >> next, breaking news on capitol hill. we will take you right there after the break. and the pentagon giving president trump a plan to obliterate isis. they say it can be done in months. what's in it. a man allegedly shoots three people, killing

they're not coming to huntsville, alabama, and hosting their shows here.talking to individuals. they're staying in dc, they're following the president around. it's really quite simple to me that they don't get people like me. they don't get my callers. they don't get the people i talk to every single day. andene have though huntsville, alabama has rocket scientists, engineers. my wife is an engineer with an mba. i'm telling you there's very smart people out there. and theyen winkle think we're nothing but rude. and if you pay attention to the reaction of my comments. i tell you the stuffed pigs squeal. they know i'm onto simple here, and there's an elite media bubble and they don't let guys like me, a local talk show host from alabama and ask question on their time. they said exactly that. this was for journalists to ask questions, and we're taking away it their time. and that's a complete misreading of this election. that's a complete misreading of our society. and it's generally pretty embarrassing. liz: so you're saying that the elite media, if they got

here are today's contestants -- a library assistant from huntsville, alabama...tical science professor from oklahoma city, oklahoma... and our returning champion -- a microbiologist from berwyn, pennsylvania... whose 5-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i've been trying to figure out how to express how i feel about our current champion, lisa. in a very quiet and unspectacular manner,

gil jackson from wv and and -- wvnn talk radio in huntsville, alabama. reporter: thanks for taking questions from outside the elite media bubble in d.c. my question is about immigration. donald trump made this the forefront of his campaign, the forefront of it. yet the daca and dapa programs still exist and i learned from a member of congress that the trump administration is issuing work permits to individuals in question. question one, when are these programs going to be ended? question two, when will they stop issuing work permits to these individuals? mr. spicer: as you know, secretary kelly just assumed office. we are reviewing these programs. we've made it clear we'll have further updates on immigration with regards to dapa and daca. the president has made significant progress on addressing the pledge he made the american people and i think we'll see more action on that in the next few weeks. >> yesterday the president , described nafta as a catastrophe. we heard about his concerns with mexico. but i am wondering if you can outline some of the irrit

here are today's contestants -- a library assistant from huntsville, alabama...ce professor from oklahoma city, oklahoma... and our returning champion -- a microbiologist from berwyn, pennsylvania... whose 5-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i've been trying to figure out how to express how i feel about our current champion, lisa. in a very quiet and unspectacular manner, this young lady has proven to be a juggernaut. 5 consecutive victories, over $100,000. that's impressive. so, tyler and marion, look out. she's good. you know that. let's go to work in the first round. now the categories... uh-oh. followed by... we'll give you the shows. you give us the city in which they were mainly set in the category television city, followed by... and, of course... lisa, off you go. let's try sorting hat, $200. marion. what is the supreme court?

they ship them about 50 miles to huntsville where they carry out the procedure.i'm sitting there with dwayne and talking to him and i see family running in, pastors running in and lawyers running in and i was sick, hey, man i promise you, that'll never be you. i promise you that'll never be you but i wasn't so sure i wasn't going to make it on that promise. the other thing food related because i love food, of course, $20 in vending machine quarters to buy food for them and so i would go and bring $20 in quarters, all the junk food he could eat, chicken nuggets, he loved hawaiian punch, we got our own little thanksgiving where i buy him $20 worth of food and we would sit there and i would say, take your time, what can i do for you, let's sit for a long time. and actually began to form a brotherhood. that's when it transcended lawyer-client to true brotherhood, i knew the story, the story wasn't all complex. he was home. sometimes that -- i would go just to see him to tell him that there was someone who loved him and cared for him and wanted more than his freedom.

reverend carroll picket witnessed 95 executions at the death house in huntsville, texas. >> we've hadpeople down and faint in the death house. we've had guards come back in to undo the straps and they'd freeze, because they can't touch death. they come and go quite rapidly. every couple weeks another one changes. and they just couldn't do it. >> the life of an executioner is very much a hidden world. literally shrouded in secrecy. >> film maker patty dillon had a documentary about executioners entitled "there will be no stay." the executioners i stayed with worked their way up from a correction officer to a major, which is when they became executioners. it was the highest promotion. it just happened to include execution. >> among the executioners patty found were craig baxley and terry bracely who carried out executions at the broad river prison in south carolina. >> they made us less than just a few feet away. the duty that i had was to take the syringe, screw it in and then do the plunging. >> if the inmate does not die within a certain few minutes, then you have to actually do anot

[ laughter ] next one was sent in by phillis mchoarder in huntsville, texas.ide a shoe store. "major shoe sale. one shoe $60. two shoes $100." yeah. [ laughter and applause ] i'll go with the one shoe. >> steve: i'll take the one. >> jimmy: see if i like it. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, see if i like this one. i'm feeling it. >> steve: i feel like a heel. >> jimmy: [ inaudible ] >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: this next sign was sent in by dave harris in saint george, utah. he spotted this in a men's room. "please, no pee." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: oh, come on! it's america! so what? >> jimmy: it is america, but still, come on, man. >> steve: come on, "no pee." it doesn't say that on the other thing. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] that one's open for wiz-ness. if you know what i'm saying. it was sent in by lia manning e. she spotted outside a vets office. it says, "i like big mutts and i cannot lie." >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ oh my god look at that dog i like big mutts and i cannot lie ♪ ♪ you other puppies deny ♪ >> jim

i went to huntsville high school, a local company, and we had a town hall type format where i give aashington update and then questions and comments, whatever comes at me from -- >> i was only asking because i saw in your local paper they said you had some concerns about -- is that true, that you had some concerns about the reaction if you had a town hall? >> there are a lot of factors that have caused me not to have a town hall, people who interpret that phrase. that's where it's open to anybody and everybody. town hls aren't what they used to be. they used to be a forum in which citizens could come. you would have a polite, courteous, interchange of ideas and i as a congressman would have a better idea as to what my constituents wanted. my constitute yens would have a better idea of what my belief system is and why i'm doing what i'm doing. nowadays with different elements from the democratic party, you've got the disrupters, the social -- >> we're showing some pictures. >> somewhat criminal element engaged in criminal conduct at some of these type of events. you cannot have an hal

the fourth skype, dale jackson from wvnn talk radio in huntsville, alabama. >> sean, thank you very muchor taking questions from outside the elite media bubble in d.c. my question is about immigration. donald trump made this the forefront of his campaign, the foundation of it. yet the daca and dapa programs still exist and i learned from a member of congress yesterday that the trump administration is still issuing work permits for the individuals in question. one are these programs going to be ended, and question two, when will they stop issuing work permits to these individuals? >> thanks, dale. i think as you know secretary kelly just assumed office, we are reviewing these programs. we've made it very clear we'll have further updates on immigration with reference to daca and dapa, the president made significant progress addressing the pledge he made to the american people regarding immigration problems that we face and we'll see more action on that in the next few weeks. yes, sir? >> the president described nafta as a catastrophe, we've heard about his concerns with mexico but i wonder