we're looking for mary alice. i don't know where she is. you know? i even made a pretense of anything i can do to help, let's do flyers, let's do this, let's do that. >> clapsy's offer to help, however, fooled no one. four days later he and his roommate were arrested. both confessed. >> i usually review inmates' records. i realized during the interview that i was actually talking to him on the anniversary date of the murder. and he had been so unemotional and almost cavalier in his telling of his crime, so i decided to ask him what day he committed the murder. >> august 4th, 2001. >> you know what today is? >> yeah, i know what today is. >> what happens to you on august 4th? >> well, now that you've brought it up, something is probably going to happen to me that i get to deal with all by myself, but usually nothing. it's not an anniversary i celebrate or don't celebrate. i can't posture and say, you know, i think about her all the time. i don't. she's dead. now, how i feel about what i did is a different story. i feel horrible. i mean, i can't believ

of "desperate housewives" airs on sunday night and all started eight years ago with the death of mary alice then we've seen our share of murder mysteries, family dramas, extramarital affairs. the show also gave some really juicy roles to a wonderful cast of lovely ladies. >> i mean, really started out as a big deal. it was a hot thing on abc when it first started out. >> absolutely. >> they were called a dram di meaning drama and comedy. not sure it will be a great finale but when you see them hugging and crying and kissing, i'm sure it will be heart felt. >> a lot behind the scenes. >> said about teri hatcher. those things are leaking out now that the show wrapped. tune if for that. should be a good finale. >> i think so. >> i will miss eva longoria. >> i know you will. your favorite. >> yes. >>> for some of you your local news is next. >> for everyone else on this friday morning, we will be right back with an unusual hollywood makeover. a how to book for moms made into, guess what, a hot new movie. >> all moms have that book. "what to expect when you're expecting." >> i think i saw that m

alice died in 1880, just a little bit after the time that mary's sister died. so here is alice passed away how my terrible tragedy for the family. the first break in the family circle and daisy -- daisy has been a difficult position of having to mother her mother because mrs. gordon has fallen apart. i can imagine what would be like to lose a child and this is gordon was just brokenhearted. she had no time to take care of her other children. the oldest daughter was abroad, so daisy had to mother her mother, take care of her father. there's no one to take care after daisy. enter the young man despite the fact her mother said to her, he worked unsupportive himself was preferable to a man born rich, daisy fell in love with william weld as her father called him comedy idol english name. now william lowe said you are beautiful, charming and you can muster is harassing me, so i think it was in court timing to understand the relationship. i think she really loves him and he truly loved her. they were married and all girl scouts that would have been on day. a couple of

alice died in 1880, just a little bit after the time that mary's sister died. so here is alice passed away how my terrible tragedy for the family. the first break in the family circle and daisy -- daisy has been a difficult position of having to mother her mother because mrs. gordon has fallen apart. i can imagine what would be like to lose a child and this is gordon was just brokenhearted. she had no time to take care of her other children. the oldest daughter was abroad, so daisy had to mother her mother, take care of her father. there's no one to take care after daisy. enter the young man despite the fact her mother said to her, he worked unsupportive himself was preferable to a man born rich, daisy fell in love with william weld as her father called him comedy idol english name. now william lowe said you are beautiful, charming and you can muster is harassing me, so i think it was in court timing to understand the relationship. i think she really loves him and he truly loved her. they were married and all girl scouts that would have been on day. a couple of

alice died in 1880, just a little bit after the time that mary's sister died. so here is alice passed away how my terrible tragedy for the family. the first break in the family circle and daisy -- daisy has been a difficult position of having to mother her mother because mrs. gordon has fallen apart. i can imagine what would be like to lose a child and this is gordon was just brokenhearted. she had no time to take care of her other children. the oldest daughter was abroad, so daisy had to mother her mother, take care of her father. there's no one to take care after daisy. enter the young man despite the fact her mother said to her, he worked unsupportive himself was preferable to a man born rich, daisy fell in love with william weld as her father called him comedy idol english name. now william lowe said you are beautiful, charming and you can muster is harassing me, so i think it was in court timing to understand the relationship. i think she really loves him and he truly loved her. they were married and all girl scouts that would have been on day. a couple of

mary o'reilly in boston. and gradually he came to the conclusion that his -- you know, his argument was fallacious. and especially his wife. his wife was a strong supporter of women's suffrage. and the very shy alice actually went on stage to speak for it and that may have been the final thing that brought him over. in terms of civil rights movement, as a historian you have to be very careful to distinguish between what was going on in the 1910s, '20s and '30s in terms of a civil rights movement and what happened later. the naacp at that time was a very small group. felix frankfurter was involved in it. and the jurisprudence of the time was very different. segregation was seen as state action. and even the naacp didn't know how you would attack state action in federal court. you have to recall that not until the 1950s really do we begin to get a supreme court that allows federal review of state action in a number of areas. now, interestingly, although brandeis has been charged -- i think the main charge is he wasn't a champion of the african-american. he championed all these other groups, why didn't he champion them as well. which is a strange argument. but in all the cases that did come up before