there were 10,000 gis at the kingman airbase. and 500 available women in kingman. i say available because those are the single ones, there were others but we won't go there. my mother was one of the 5 daughters, the guest girls they call them. their name was guest, a hailed out of big spring texas and my grandfather was born at a new mexico rancher, went busted in 1929, came up to work on the diamond bar ranch. cad duncan was related to blackjack ketchum, john wesley hardin, bigfoot wallace. these are legendary texan names and i love that i was related to outlaws. and it drove my mother crazy. because everywhere i went i go hey, i'm related to outlaws and i'd name them all . and mcteer was related to charlie benton and jack the ripper, that's what she heard . but i'm moving ahead of the story. mine mom was dating captains, lieutenants, the best ranchers in the county and she picked a buck private from iowa, my father.i was born in port city iowa 1946. my father left to come back here, the place he swore he'd never come back and he had a single oil gas station in ar

s at the kingman air base. and 500 available women in kingman. [laughter] i say available because those are the single ones. there were others, but we won't go there. my mother was one of five daughters, the guess girls, they called them, their name was guess. they hailed out of big spring, texas. my grandfather was born in new mexico, a rancher, busted in 1929. came up to work on the diamond bar ranch for chad duncan who s related to blackjack kvetchum. these are legendary texas names and i loved that i was related to outlaws. and it drove my mother crazy. because everywhere i went i'd go, hey, i'm related to outlaws and i'd name them all. and what she heard was, we're related to charlie manson and jack the ripper. that's what she heard. i'm moving ahead of the story. so my mother was dating captains, lieutenant, having her pick of the litter. the best ranchers in the county. and she picked a private from thompson, iowa, my father. he was born in fort city, iowa, in 1946. my father immediately left to come back here, the place he swore he'd neve

i will never come back to this god forsaken place. ... >> and 500 available women in kingman. [laughter] now, i say "available," because those were the single ones. there were others, but we won't go to there. my mother was one of five daughters, the guess girls, they called them. their name was guess. they hailed out of big spring, texas. my grandfather was born in new mexico, rancher. went busted many 1929, came up to work for tap duncan on the diamond bar ranch. tab duncan was related to back jack catcham. these are legendary texan names, and i loved that i was related to outlaws, and it drove my mother crazy. [laughter] everywhere i went, i'd go, hey, i'm related to outlaws, and i'd name 'em all. and what she herald was we're -- heard was we're related to charlie manson and jack the ripper, that's what she heard. [laughter] so my mother was dating captains, lieutenants, the best ranchers in the county, and she picked a private from thompson, iowa, my father. i was born in forest city, iowa, many 1946. my father immediately left to come back here, the place he swore he'd ne

but i -- so i was the kid that teachers thought, oh, she's going to leave kingman and people might have predicted i was the kid that someone was going to say, she got out. a phrase i take real issue with and i'll talk about that. but when i was in new york it was like, i'm surrounded by kids from the ohio version of me in west virginia and when they got to new york some of them were like -- they became new yorkers and they breathed a sigh of relief, this where is i was meant to be. for me it this opposite. fortified my since of belonging to my home which is never i thought of as a place to escape or leave but the economic realities of the country and in particular my industry required that i leave in some ways to accomplish the things i wanted to do. but i finished grad school and the second i did that i moved back to lawrence, kansas, and i lived here happily as a free lance journalist, a professor for some years, also a grant writer for some area social service agencies that have everything to do with the issues i talk about in my book. one of which is van gogh. i was -- [applause] >>

but you go to kingman, arizona, ch which i know as, like, the stop between phoenix and anywhere else.u want to build a mosque in their town. >> yes, the biggest mosque outside of mecca in their town. and yeah, it was an interesting -- we thought it could get a little hairy. >> jimmy: well, let's show a clip of it and then you can explain what happened behind the scenes. >> i'm here to tell you that kingman has been chosen as the location of a brand-new state of the art mosque. >> what? >> state of the art what? >> i know some of you are thinking, okay, this is just another typical mosque. this, guys, is going to be the world's largest mosque outside of the middle east. >> jimmy: and they -- they weren't as enthusiastic about it as you might think. did you ever -- were you ever worried that you were in physical danger? >> well, we had a body guard that day, and -- >> jimmy: good. >> which is a wise idea and he said, you know, they were taking a lot of the guns off the people who were coming into the room because a lot of people there like to carry, and he said, however, some people mig

jose after a woman claimed that someone set her apartment on fire, it happened this morning near kingman. three people were rescued and a neighbor says the couple who lives in the apartment was arguing right before the fire. >> they were constantly light, they started arguing again. when my brother left work he heard them arguing and so maybe that's a few hours later that's when the fire started. >>> crews say that several residents are now displaced and one person suffered burn injuries. >>> stocks are way up at this hour as we take look at the dow, it is surging up more than 470 points. >>> it was an election day full of firsts. we'll have more on history made during the midterms coming up. >>> and later a different states have different rules when itcomes to child safety seats in taxis and ride sharing services now there is a study that tries to clear up some of that confusion. welcome to emirates mr. jones. just sit back, relax and let us entertain you... ...with over 3,500 channels of entertainment, including the latest movies and box sets frrod rld. ( ♪ ) we even have live sports a

this happened this morning on makeue near kingman. 3 people had to be rescued. the neighbors as the couple who lives in the apartment were arguing before the fire. one person suffered burn injuries. >>> a bay area criminal defense attorney claiming that he is being black old by his bank. julia is on of the lawyer who claims he is being targeted because of who he represents, juliet. >> reporter: he told me the bank here says get your money out by next week. i asked him why and he says that the bank told him it's because of who he gives advice to. marijuana clients.>> paying bills on time and having insurance cut off. all kinds of problems. let alone i cannot take on new clients. >> longtime criminal defense attorney was told his bank is shutting down his account. credit lines canceled. he says he was told it is because of what he does. represents clients who have had marijuana related offenses. >> i am being shut down just for telling people the law. >> he says he does not use marijuana or buy it, but his website says he defends clients with marijuana charges. >>

during world war ii there was a kingman.l air base at it is now kingman regional airport. army air corps base where they trained gunners for b-17's. you have seen the tourettes and ready it shoot at the enemy air force that are shooting at the b-17's. so, this whole county was a gun ery practice range. 3,000 or 4,000 there was no worry about shooting somebody accidentally. this was one of seven sites that air corps set up for emergency landing fields because these were new airplanes that had just come from the factories and they weren't thoroughly connected out. a problem they had they had all of these emergency landing fields. county.re seven in the our landing field on what is now emergency landing field six or site six. members are not dumb. site.was a wonderful you have a lake with fish in it, year nice and warm all long, and i think we are going o have a mechanical problem when we take our practice flights and practice shooting on so crew chief make sure the fishing gear and a couple of are in the bombay when we have our emergency. so army wasn't dumb either they said

research statement, to spend the summer where i would not have to break my back at the grain elevator in kingman county during the wheat harvest or be objectified as a female server in the service industry all summer but instead i could use that stipend to research this book. i also got an undergraduate research award but can't remember that goes to the college of liberal arts or sciences or what but so that was a federal program that played a pivotal role they like to point out some people would love to look at my story and say see, you work hard, all good. but the way i see it is i'm not here to talk about some individual triumph. i'm here as someone who really represents the exception to the rule in terms of the odds of if you're born for it or no matter how hard you work and so my job now is to shine a light on the fact for all those people who don't have the privilege of being at this podium come back. [applause] >> hello. this book came out -- i read an advance copy so it came out last week and i read it so how many people have read this book so far? so many books to be sold tonight. serio