gabe gutierrez, nbc news, macon, georgia. >>> we'll take a break. we'll be back here in a moment with news in just today about a relic of american music history believed to be lost forever until now. >>> big story in politics being reported on the website of the "new york times" late today. details on the new book from the authors of "game change." it's called "double down." in it authors write that president obama's inner circle secretly considered switching out vice president joe biden with hillary clinton on the ticket. they went so far as to get the opinion of focus groups, but in the end the research showed there wasn't a big enough bounce in support to justify such a bold move. the vice president was not made aware of these investigations. the authors say mitt romney scratched new jersey governor chris christie off his short list for v.p. because of several unanswered questions including some about his medical history. the authors will debut their new book monday morning on "today". >>> the house of representatives is out with its legislative

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i was not in macon to observe the onerous habits of jim crow. my job was to blow the ball by any son of a bitch who carried a louisville slugger into the batter's box. like the players in this book, i was singular in purpose; have a good season and get called up to the show. i played against some of the players written about in this book including blue moon odom. i am almost 40 years removed from the game, but instinctively and emotionally once you've lived in the land of baseball, you're a permanent resident. as a player in the southern league, i never took notes or recorded my thoughts into a tape recorder. i would have been laughed out of the locker room. but over the years, a few distinct memories have stuck stubbornly in my mind. details of specific games are long gone. the memories i do carry, however, were the seeds from which this book would emerge four decades later, and each of those memories had to do with race. perhaps my most vivid memory of my season in the southern league springs from a road trip to mobile, alabama, somewhere alon

in macon, georgia. he's the second baby for parents seth and emily who said he is an absolute angel. >> born on september 5th, riley anne holtz, the first child for the couple, lisa and bobby, and they say their new daughter loves to be outside and already seems to be curious about the world around her. >> our final johnsons baby of the week is brady james scott. he was born on september 5th in wilton, maine. baby was born with a full head of hair, blonde hair, and his mom samantha says her son is already a mama's boy and loves to cuddle. >> congrats to all our babies. if you want your baby to have a chance to appear on our johnson's baby of the week, go to klgandhoda.com. >> all right. this is a big deal. >> it is. we want to remind you about our teacher of the year contest. it's time for you to vote. we need you to vote on this. they're such special ladies. >> here they are. >> interesting, they're all women. >> yes, they are. billie yeardley. a theea theater arts teacher at jefferson county high scho

ted was a natural from the beginning, and his dad quickly became him manager of the company's macon,rgia branch. >> he was running the billboard company there, building more billboards, selling more makingy for his father and for the company. >> already one of the biggest billboard companies in the south, ted turner took a risk to make it the biggest. he borrowed $4 million, bought out his largest competitor and then lost his nerve. >> he had kind of a nervous breakdown. >> fear of defaulting on the loan consumed him. >> he went against everything he taught me, be courageous and hang in there. and so it was -- it really concerned him and a couple days later he killed himself. >> ed turner shot himself in his bathtub in march 1963. the loss left a void ted has felt ever since. >> are you the man you are today, at least in part, because of your father? >> oh, sure. one of the things he told me, he said, set your goals so high that you can't achieve them in your lifetime. >> so he really worked hard to try to instill in you that same kind of competitive goal? >> yeah. and he did a good

. >> victor blackwell, cnn, macon, georgia. >> our thanks to victor for that report.'s tip our hat to victor right now who is doing tenacious reporting on this story and pushing for answers for weeks and weeks. >> hopefully, kendrick's family can get some effort of closure. >> absolutely. >>> got a shocking political scandal brewing. a big city mayor caught on tape smoking crack. police apparently have the video of toronto myer rob ford doing that, smoking crack. the rumors have been swirling for a while. ford has denied them. thursday, he vowed not to step down. >> no reason to resign. i'm going to go back to return my phone calls and be out doing what the people elected me to do and not spend taxpayers money and run a great government. >> police say the video was recovered during a drug and gang related raid. it has thrown canada's biggest city into turmoil. still the police of chief says nothing to warrant criminal charges but he did add as a citizen of the city i'm disappointed. >> this has been going on so much time and so much controversy and so much intrigue, p

and his dad quickly made him manager of the company's macon, georgia branch. >> he was running the billboardore billboards, selling more billboards. making lots of money for his father and for the company. >> already one of the biggest billboard companies in the south, ed turner took a risk to make it the biggest. he borrowed $4 million, bought out his largest competitor and then, lost his nerve. >> he had kind of a nervous breakdown. >> fear of defaulting on the loan consumed him. >> and he went against everything that he taught me, you know. be courageous and hang in there. and so, it really shook me. a couple days later, he killed himself. >> ed turner shot himself in his bathtub in march 1963. the loss left a void ted has felt ever since. >> are you the man you are today, at least in part, because of your father? >> sure, sure. one of the things he told me, he said, set your goals so high that you can't achieve them in your lifetime. >> so he really worked hard to try to instill in you that same kind of competitive goal? >> yeah. and he did a good job of it. >> and yet, to this day, ted

. >> they are going to macon shoes effort to say merry christmas in their advertising and in their stores. >>reporter: gap not admit to go bowing to pressure simply saying if a statement this season we are inincluding a number of seasonal greetings such as merry christmas, happy hand cue and joy in our message to customers. bob thinks mor moreen conclusive message is the way to go. >> i would good to happy holidays. you know why? in this community there are thousands of muslims. an jewish people. >>reporter: shoppers we tucked to see him fine with either greeting. >> i don't really see it, to me it doesn't bother me either wa way. i can say merry christmas or i condition say happy holidays. or i don't know something in another language buti we saw gap commercial from last year and did it include the words merry christmas. along with other greetings like happy l quaun in the newsroom abc 7 news. >> we will say for sure merry rain we are finally getting some. but still out there. >> you foe just the last few minutes it has become plate few areas. i'll show you rate now. here's live doppler

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now, i grew up in macon, georgia and we ate... i grew up with vegetables cooked with fatback, and i... with bacon and eggs and grits and so forth, and you didn't go out without a good breakfast of eggs, grits and cheese and all that. but i have chaed it and id that there are many things you can do with herbs and spices and things that you don't have to use a lot of butter or fat in your food. yes, i did change my diet. i think ultimately we're gonna learn that programs like this are probably more effective than some of the revascularization techniques we have to offer patients like a bypass surgery or an angioplasty. i think there will always be a place for that type of treatment and therapy. i think there will always be people who are having heart attacks and strokes, and we need to hospitalize these patients and treat them with clot busters and all the other things that we can do for patients right now. but really for overall benefit, there's nothing better than treating the disease itself, and that's really what we've begun to

the fire macon to mold through the morning. >>> typhoon haiyan may have been the strongest one in history. widespread devastation and thousand ares are feared dead. the first u.s. plane carrying supplies is on its way to typhoon. we have the latest details. >> reporter: it could be days before the true numbering are numbering -- true numbers are known. a picture shows the destruction and it is emerging in the city of packavon that experienced a 16-foot surge. >>> i have not talked to anyplace that has not loss someone. >>> the may have been believes it is as possible that as many as ten thousand people have been killed. >> survivors search the relatives. >> we all tried to leave but it was too late as the waters started to rise. >> loved ones are waiting to hear. >> we are crying, i hope they are alive. >> the hospital in haiyan doesn't have any more victims and there are survivors hoping for food and a military flight out but gina fern nan dez lost her home and business. >> get international now to come here now, not tomorrow, now. this is really, really bad, worse than hell. >> the pres

the state then hired a macon to take care of the women prisoners.r very many women here. no more than half a dozen and after 1959, after the riot this facility was converted to a maximum security for the worst of the worst criminals that warehouse in the prison and the women were moved out of the men's facility for the very first time. you can only imagine how horrible it must have been for the women because women were housed within the courtyard where the men are. they couldn't even take fresh air because they could have no contact with the male prisoners and there was no way for them to participate in any of the work opportunities in those early years. they could do nothing but sit in a place where they were incarcerated and contemplate their crimes, i guess so the women who were moved into this facility, this was bad enough that certainly better than being housed in a facility with the men. even to get here they had to come through the men's facility so it was really a prison never meant for women. until this particular building was built. the pr

. >> victor blackwell reporting live from macon, georgia, this morning. >>> still to come in "the newsroomayments being cut today to millions of people on food stamps, after the break what washington plans to do with the $5 billion it says it will save. [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing. [ female announcer ] today, cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everyone goes home happy. >>> just as winter heating bills start barreling in more people are forced to make tough choices when it comes to families. starting today payments get slashed for the 47 million people on food stamps, that's one in every seven americans. the 5% cut means $5 billion in savings for the federal government but for a family of four it's $36 less for groceries every month. cnn cor

we try to macon collusions based on that.it to travelers as quick as possible. >> airlines have that information too. why is it we don't get that immediately from them? >> airlines provide information they want to give you. flight aware is the transparent interface to the control system and where the plane is -- >> is there a reason airlines do that? are they holding that back on purpose or just inefficiency? >> a little of both. flight aware is pretty new technology. versus airlines doing this many decades. there's that aspect. they want to be able to control. do we think this will get on time? what time do we want to say this is going to arrive? it's different perspective. we provide operational tools to airlines and aircraft operators. our technology is not only the source of this information for consumers that want the inside information on the flights but we provide a lot of tools to aircraft operators for their operations to help them know where planes are, when to expect delays and help are routing. >> little bit of go

according to palestinian officials, the israelis are being very difficult, not willing to macon sessionsthey want jerusalem as the unified capitol of israeli, don't want to grant the rights of return to nepal 17ian refugees. they want to continue to build settlements and want israeli recognized as a jewish state. the palestinians believe all of these conditions are a non-starter for them, but palestinian president is committed to the nine month period of talk. he agreed to it initially. if the talks fail, he won't be blamed for their failure. >> plans for another round of talks on syria are stalled for now. the syrian government and opposition forces have argued for months, refusing to attend if the other side is present. the envoy is still trying to get the peace summit going. >> in may, a conference to seek solutions for the war has been announced. it has been delayed ever since. >> a huge typhoon is heading straight for the philippines. it is turning westward across the pacific with winds as high as 160 miles an hour. that's strong enough to damage buildings and uproot trees. the stor

cnn's victor blackwell has been investigating the story for months and he's in macon, georgia for uscorner in downtown valdosta with pictures and signs that read what happened to kendrick johnson? this morning will be different. this morning they know that the u.s. attorney wants an answer to that question, too. when he comes to valdosta, he's not bringing signs. he's bringing in the fbi. >> no justice! >> reporter: after months of rallies and protests, an announcement that the family of kendrick johnson hopes will lead to what they consider to be justice. >> at this time, however, i am of the opinion that a base exists for my office to conduct a formal review of the facts and investigation surrounding the death of kendrick johnson. >> reporter: u.s. attorney michael moore supported by the fbi will soon head to valdosta, georgia, to conduct a federal investigation into the death of 17-year-old kendrick johnson. >> i will follow the facts wherever -- wherever they lead. my objective is to discover the truth. >> hallelujah! >> thank you, jesus. >> thank you, jesus! >> reporter: kendric

. >> macon, georgia, shout out. >> from the state that brought you duck dynasty.all in for carson this week. matt and al, i'm told, have arrived at the doctor's office. >> they've made it. >> guys, good morning. how are you feeling? >> hey, guys. >> hey, guys. that's right. we're at the lenox hill hospital prostate cancer center just a few blocks from studio 1a. we're preparing to get our prostate screenings. this, i think you said it best. this is the reason behind the beards, trying to raise awareness and trying to get men of all ages to go to their doctors and talk about some of the key issues. >> certainly if you are 40 years old, not that everybody needs to do it, but everybody should at least get it once so they have a baseline that they can use for later on. >> and i think a lot of people have fears or concerns about what this must be like. we're going to tell you and show you just how quick this procedure is. in just a couple of seconds, savannah. >> we're so proud of you for leading the way and inspiring other men who will do the very same thing, we hope.

in macon, georgia.r new daughter loves to be outside and already seems to be curious about the world around her. >> our final johnsons baby of the week is brady james scott. he was born on september 5th in wilton, maine. baby was born with a full head of hair, blonde hair, and his mom samantha says her son is already a mama's boy and loves to cuddle. >> congrats to all our babies. if you want your baby to have a chance to appear on our johnson's baby of the week, go to klgandhoda.com. >> our teacher of the year contest. it's time for you to vote. we need you to vote on this. they're such special ladies. >> here they are. >> interesting, they're all women. >> yes, they are. billie yeardley. at jefferson county high school in dandridge, tennessee. >> susan bull, a second grade teacher at duke public schools in oklahoma. >> and deborah young, elementary school in haslett, texas. >> and you have until monday, november 4th. >> we're going to reveal the winner right here on the air in a couple of weeks. she's