speaker, on july 21, 1964, the three men were driving from meridian, mississippi to longdale, mississippi to investigate the burning of mount zion united methodist church, which had been the meeting place for numerous civil rights groups. along their journey, they were stopped by a deputy who was also known as a member of the ku klux klan. subsequently, the three young men were arrested for speeding and held at a jail without the use of a telephone. hours later, they were fined and released. shortly after, the frio -- the trio continued their journey, they were again pulled over by the sheriff's deputy who unknown to them was followed by a mob of klansmen, who also assembled to abduct and kill the men thism three individuals were taken to a remote area of the county and were beaten and killed. their car was burned and their bodies were buried in an earthen dam. mr. speaker, the murders of james chaney, who was black, and andrew goodman and michael schwerner, both jewish, attracted national attention to the veracity of the state -- to the voracity of the state's racial problem. as a result

the the university of mississippi and mississippi state univ. all have roles to play in our state in that effort. thank you for getting off to such a good start and mapping out a plan of action. >> senator, i look for to learning the lessons that are already being enacted in mississippi. your governor and the first lady of mississippi have taken a real interest and effort in this area. i absolutely agree that community health centers can play an enormous important role. thank you. >> thank you. >> senator reid. >> senator from was your first. >> thank you. madam secretary, thank you very much. the chairman already alluded to the issue of funding in my state and practically every other state. the cold states and the warm states. the chairman over the last few years has insured we've gotten very robust funding. if the $2 billion reduction will translate in rhode island into a $13.6 million cut. which is a sizable number for us. also, it undercuts the certainty of planning in terms of what money they might have. i know you are creating a mandatory

i knew about alabama and mississippi and it had made a difference to have been beaten up so that made me aware of the fact that violence can have its effect. a new think about people like and he has talked about and moses and they talked about you have more respect for them. that is the negative things that i've learned. the positive thing is that people interments' fell did not have many heroes and i became a great hero and it was all an accident of history. suppose i had been able to get somebody to take flow aids place? than somebody else would have got to be an up and i would have gone to court and supported them but people still to this day say you are the man? that gave me the on train to do things i might not of the race have been able to do. it also made it possible for me to work constructively with the students to bring about changes in the university to buy 1968, 69 had created a movement strong enough to bring about momentous changes. that is what they got with the protest the 68/69. active recruitment of black students and active recruitment of black professors and the in

in mississippi, under their proposal, the number of people on medicaid would go up by 50%, by half.o pay as large a share as under the regular medicaid program, we would still have to pay for part of it. and that's money that my taxpayers are going to have to pay in extra tacxes. that's before you ever consider how it will clobber small businesses, how it's going to make health insurance more expensive. that's not what haley says. that's what the obama administration's experts say. health insurance premiums would go up under these proposals. >> well, what they say is that health insurance premiums would go up for some people who have very expensive care, but for others it would come down. that being said, let me share with you an op-ed from ross duthout in "the new york times," generally viewed as a conservative writer and he does say that the democrats have a health care plan that may turn out very, very badly and that the republicans, for all their protestations don't really have a plan at all. the forum exemplified why americans have every reason to hate washington right now. the

he was living in new orleans working on the mississippi river as a riverboat pilot. not wanting to be drafted into the confederate navy, he left his job in new orleans and went to stay with his sister in st. louis. he went back to his home town of hannibal, missouri, when he joined a new group of military guerrillas known as the marion rangers. they were not exactly a crack outfit. they spent most of their time arguing about strategy, falling off of their horses and retreating from what they imagine where hordes of union soldiers. one ranger accidentally shot his own horse for not giving the proper password. another got carried off by a watch dog. the entire group fell down the hill falling into a creek and sam clemens sprained his ankle when he jumped out of a burning barn he set on fire by smoking in bed. the rangers did so much marching and countermarching that one farmer said they were bound -- no government could stand the cost of the issue that it would take to follow them around. mark twain agreed and by the time he left the rangers himself he said he knew mor

it come west to samuel clemens out of work mississippi riverboat pilots, army deserter.he was returning east of mark twain renowned journalist travel and stage performer. he later wrote about his western experiences in a book called roughing it, which offered a somewhat sanitized account of his adventures and misadventures in the wild and unruly west. in roughing it as huckleberry finn would say in another book a few years later, mark twain told the truth mainly with some stretchers thrown in for good measure. that ain't no matter says the easy-going hike. i've never seen anybody but lie one time or another. after all, it went with the territory. thank you very much. [applause] >> anybody have any questions? i'll be glad to try to answer them. >> he made up a bunch of very funny names. adding a mac he was trying to figure out what to call himself before he became mark twain. some of them were hugely funny. >> writes, i wish i had the book in front of me. >> and he also used words like its graduate and so forth. are these real words or did he just made this stuff up? the

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farm report" returns, thinking smarter and smaller fuel success for a mississippi logging company. "spirit of the heartland" is next. when it comes to running a successful logging operation, being the best doesn't when it comes to running a successful orr when it comes to -- >> when it comes to running a successful logging operation, being the best doesn't necessarily mean you have to be the biggest. in this report from mississippi university, they introduce us to family that proves this point. >> reporter: like many loggers, terry owen on the right and jim owen on the left learn their dpraft their dad, walt owen who is standing in the center between them. terry and jim had left their dad and uncle's company and formed their own logging operation in may 1998. from the beginning, the brothers shared a different philosophy than their dad about logging. it was about having a life outside of the woods. the owen brothers started small and have remained small on purpose. a local timber beyer they have -- buyer they have worked with from the beginning found a good reason to cut fewer tree

and he met a guy named am so more in mississippi.ims we more have been an organizer for civil rights in mississippi for a number of years. and he said to him what good is eating in a restaurant if you don't have any money? he said the savings are nice but for people in the deep south, rural african-americans the savings are irrelevant. these are middle-class protest that they don't do anything for us. and moses realize that the tactics of the sit ins could apply to voter registration in the deep south. that is to say that in the deep south where whites tried hard to keep african-americans from voting, if you the same sort of aggressive tactics of the sit ins but applied to voter registration you could bring about change. and in merging voter registration with direct action, moses change sncc and sncc became the shock troops of the movement. and moses did a couple of things, put black political power back in the center of the civil rights movement that made local moments important that made the deep south important and major confronta

all five of the state governors in the upper mississippi region has endorsed this, the upper mississippi river basin has endorsed it and ducks unlimited, and other groups, have endorsed this approach and it is a vital national treasure that we must do more to protect. the mississippi river affects over 30 million people that rely upon it for their primary drinking source. it is north america's migratory fowl using this as migration, tourism, bringing economic activity to the upper mississippi region and additionally over $1 billion with tourism activity. but what's been lacking is the scientific data that this legislation will put in place so we can start collecting it and tracking it and be smarter with the use of the various public and private approaches that this bill calls for so we can maximize the resources. again, i want to thank the chairman of the committee, the members of the committee. i want to thank the members of the u.s. geological survey, especially in the upper mississippi environmental science lab. i have worked very closely with them in regards to their long-term resou

. >>> south capitol street is still closed between chesapeake street and mississippi street because of an ongoing police investigation. i will have a way around it coming up. lynnette? >>> the rain is gone but the wind is here making for a chilly morning. i will tell you when you can get rid of this old thing and the seven-day forecast coming up. ♪ [ sniffs ] morning. you got in pretty late last night. dad, i'm not sixteen anymore. still, it was late. well... you're not gonna have to worry about that anymore. yeah, why's that? ♪ todd's a lucky man. ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ that's what i told him when we talked last week. ♪ ...is folgers in your cup come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we are back. a lot of cleaning up to do in new england. towns from new jersey to maine are seeing the worst flooding they have seen in a half century. roads are closed across the region and thousands of people were evacuated. hopefully the water will be going down soon. thank you for starting your day w

the main body is up in arkansas and western mississippi. ahead of it, that warm tpwhrow of air and a bit more humid today. temperatures about where they were yesterday. 69 to 73. best rain chances will be after dark. insta-weather futurecast shows moisture moving in. here we see first the clouds and then tonight we get the rain chances coming in. and the computer stalling. here we go. shower chances tonight and during the day tomorrow. rain chances really increase. we'll move ahead to the insta-weather plus seven-day forecast. 71 today. because of the clouds and rain, 64 tomorrow. maybe a rumble of thunder er or two in the area, but not a major outbreak. showery weather on tuesday as the storm tries to pull away. wednesday, thursday, and most of friday will be dry. upper 60 -- upper 50's to low 60's will be the high. >> our parents wanted shoes that lasted but we want shoes that whether biodegrade. you have some great trends you want to share with us, starting with eco-friendly footwear. >> this is a company from the west coast. it is just

in mendened hall, mississippi. >> how are you doing? good to see you. >> reporter: this bank was once run by his great grandfather. >> could i have $17.50? >> reporter: not unlike jimmy stewart, gifting the town through the depression. now he's getting the town through this. doing what many have been reluctant to do. offering no interest loans and deferred payments to small town businesses. >> we may not make money on it in the short run, but in the long run, it's going to be good for our customers and be good for us. >> reporter: essentially, that banker taking a chance on the small town business owners that he seeps at church and kid's baseball. that little bank in mississippi is among the top three banks in the country offering that particular no interest loan to small businesses. and diane, when we e-mailed him a couple of followup questions, we got an out of office replay we can get. here's what was a-typical. he said if this is related to your loan, here is how you get me. this is the president of a bank. >> so, these are numbers

the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i have no further requests for time and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california, ms. davis, is recognized. ms. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i have no further speakers but i certainly wanted to say and i appreciate the wulff words of my colleagues -- wolf words of my colleague, ms. ros-lehtinen, that we are finally having an opportunity to recognize them in a way that we should have done a long time ago. but we are going to be recognizing the women air force service pilots with a congressional gold medal of honor. i certainly hope that our colleagues will join us on march 10 in emancipation hall for a very special day, i know, to see and hear from these women who were far more than trail blazers, they served their country and they did it courageously and we are very proud of them and want to let them know how much we care about that service. thank you, mr. speaker. the spea

it's almost a state requirement in mississippi to know where you came from. so when i left mississippi to go to south carolina, i took along this desire to know history. and i studied the history of south carolina. i did the same thing when i went to upstate new york. i got involved in learning the african-american history of upstate new york. which, by the way, is very vibrant. a lot of the underground railroads ended in upstate new york. so they have a very vibrant african-american community and history up there. but when i left albany, new york, to come to washington, d.c., i knew i was hitting the mother load. washington, d.c., i knew, had to have a strong african-american history component to it. i came to d.c. and immediately began working in the u.s. capitol. and like all tourists, the very first thing i did when i came to washington, d.c. was to take a tour of the national mall. but when i got there, i noticed something. if you just came to washington, d.c. and just went to the national mall, you would almost believe african-americans never lived in t

as the storl pulling out of alabama, mississippi, we'll see cold showers. in general the snow is going to melt. in oklahoma city, up to 58 degrees. but what a march storm it was. that's a look at the monday forecast. now here's a look outside your window. many areas are going to be very chilly down there in alabama and mississippi, louisiana. look at birmingham, alabama. 45 degrees. that storm will be long gone by tomorrow. lynn, much calmer weather for the rest of this week, but, you know, as you mentioned, the only element we didn't have was severe weather. for the most part it was just a snow event. >> thank you, bill. toyota shareholders sue, ebay fights crime and how health care will hit stock. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, the wimpy kid who could. >>> also, tiger talks and more madness from the ncaa tournament. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your topheadlines this morning. with lawmakers focusing much of their attention on health car

i-55 from mississippi to the midwest, and i-10 along the gulf coast. wet or snow-covered roads from northern california to seattle. >> if you're flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, salt lake city and las vegas. also in detroit, chicago, kansas city, memphis, atlanta and new orleans. >>> well, it is a radical move to revitalize a city which has seen better days. the new mayor of detroit wants to tear down parts of the city and start over. >> the demolition of thousands of homes could begin right away. chris bury reports now from detroit. >> reporter: for a city on the brink, it is a gutsy move, deciding it must shrink to survive. the new mayor, former nba star dave bing, delivered some tough love. >> i am unveiling a plan to demolish 3,000 dangerous residential structures this year. >> reporter: in its heyday, nearly 2 million people lived here. now, fewer than half that. consider the corner of jefferson and holcomb 30 years ago. look at it now. a third of detroit is too scarcely populated to function. more than 10,000 buildings could be dem

we're watching the mississippi, the red river, as many had crested or cme into flood stage.re not seeing the impact we saw last year -- as they come into flood stage. guest: you talked about having as a staid administrator, from the other end, are you able to do what you might be able to do if you are advising the state director, or are you looking and realizing that some of the complaints are reasonably remedied? guest: by -- as i have always known, it is a challenge in any situation to make rapid change. i have been added for 10 months. more than anything else, the testament is the folks that the recovery office -- the the amount of change that was made at a short period of time. many of the changes i credit the team with. it is working with state and local and getting the work done. we are moving in the right direction. people say, now that you work for the federal government, have you changed your point of view? no. my view is how do we support the survivors? it is a shared responsibility. we under play the role of local and state government. i get asked a lot of this in

lee river boat caught fire yesterday while docked on the mississippi river.y was hurt. >>> now to a new situation on the jersey shore. the mayor of seaside park was arrested this weekend in a bar room brawl. thomas conners was at a night club saturday evening whith his 23-year-old son and 22-year-old daughter. something happened inside and the family was being escorted out by a police officer when the son and daughter allegedly tried to hit the officer. the mayor tried to intervene and was also arrested for disorderly conduct. he says he'll be exonerated when all the facts are out. one news report suggested it all started because someone was coming on to the mayor's daughter. >>> people for the ethical treatment of animals is fighting mike tyson the former boxing champ who has raised and raced pigeons since he was a child and he plans a show called "take on tyson" about pigeons. peta says the races are cruel and urges a cancellation of the new reality show. >>> french fry grease could help keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer. scientists r

. >> in mississippi.in mississippi. and they extradited him back to clay county, florida. but he plead not guilty to those charges. so when they came out with that charge today, there were some other charges dealing apparently with a 3-year-old girl. >> right. which is something totally different. >> totally different. so it's probably a girl who he had molested, but is still alive. >> allegedly. >> allegedly. exactly. >> but does he have any criminal history that we know of? >> no. >> anything on the books anywhere? >> and that's the strange thing. everybody has been asking me, well, mike, you know, wouldn't someone like this, it's probably not the first time. no, it's probably not the first time. it's just the first time he got caught. >> caught. wow. allegedly, again. >> again, we always have the presumption of innocence. >> that's right. >> just like we say on session all the time, always presumed innocent. >> boy. it is such a horrific case. >> it really is. >> it's hard to comment on it. fireworks h

but it is a different story on the mississippi and its tributaries.y are still rising and won't crest for a couple more days. volunteers in minnesota are frantically trying to fill 20,000 sandbags to contain the river. crews in st. paul are blocking votes to install flood walls. the governor ys preparations should prevent major flooding. >> we're very confident in the flood fight. again, there will be damage. there will be some flooding but we believe it will be a manageable event. >> fema crews are now in place to espond to flooding threats across the upper midwest. the mississippi is expected to crest on wedsday. >> gas prices are on the rise and it is a noticeable spike. >>> plus, frustrated metro riders sound off about a proposed fare hike. how you can weigh in. >>> and the inner city high school where every senior got accepted to college. find outheir secret. that's still ahead. it's the first time you're letting your daughter shop on her own. so here's your moment of truth, mom. which 3g network would you trust to run apps like family locator, w

the mississippi is one. maybe the west with its -- >> host: i would have thought new york, too. probably not san francisco. >> guest: he did love london. he lived in london and he even made a point of staying in london during the blitz when other people were leaving book once london was no longer at risk, its charm or of which tells you something about the way in which he pursued the hard experience activity rather than simply not avoiding it so instead he moved to one of the hardest places in the british isles off the coast of scotland where he lived his last years probably hastened his death in 84. i don't know if you saw this, his son, richard orwell, adopted son maintain his silence for 60 years and we only know he existed. we didn't know anything about him and he gave an interview about a year ago. i think he is an agricultural engineer in england which is what you would expect and he describes being speaker of's son in those years and far from a been this gloomy apocalyptic jeremiah of totalitarianism, orwell was a lot of fun. he to the fishing and boating and they went on

i would point out the state of mississippi was also hit buy and devastated by hurricane katrina.hing in here for the state of mississippi. >> the reason i say it's a stunt is because it's actually written for television or the internet. it's not written for any serious debate here. and in my view it's beneath the senator from arizona who at one time was a candidate for president of this country. the reason i say it's a stunt is the words "sweetheart" are actually written in this amendment. >> whenever these deals are cut then the residents of other states are the ones who foot the bill. so i hope my colleagues will consider this amendment, remove all of these remaining provisions. >> luke, this is some of the most tension i've seen erupt on the floor of the senate. it's not uncommon for this kind of rhetoric in the house but on the senate side it seems remarkable. >> yes. the senate is often referred to by house members as the house of lords shall we say where folks expect the conduct to be more of a statesman. i find it quite interesting, david, how john mccain is really taking

he has driven from mississippi to washington, d.c. because he's concerned that the health care bill that's going to be passed is going to increase the debt for his grandchildren and his children. he had many other list of concerns that he had but he was concerned about the debt. we know for a fact that since october 1, the beginning of this fiscal year, we have overspent by $655 billion. this is money we do not have that we have gone ahead and spent. we have borrowed this money and applied it to programs that i don't believe we need. he is concerned looking at this health care bill and the total cost outlays is $1.2 trillion, money that we don't have and so we have to borrow it from somewhere. and there is only six years of health care benefits that are going to be applied in the first 10 years and 10 years of higher taxes. so he's very concerned about the direction. if you go onto the next 10 years, $1.5 trillion we will have to borrow on the health care bill we will vote on tomorrow. where is the money going to come from? the gentle

it doesn't say mississippi. it borrows the name in other ways. it is making it difficult to compete because they are not going through this inspection processes and other safeguards that are required of our domestic producers. we have got a problem there. folks are not only angry. they're going out of business. notice some bulldozers pushing down the impoundments. i found out that person, landowner involved is going to try to make money. maybe that is a good decision based on the fact that we do have this difficult competitive situation. what is the status of implementation of inspection programs for foreign fish coming in? do you have any encouragement that i can pass on to fish farmers in mississippi? >> center, ethics or asking that question. one of the things i have tried to do as secretary is occasionally walk down the various hallways of the usda building and pop into someone's office and to sit down and find out what they are up to. not long ago i happened into the office of the fellows working on the catfish regulations. first we have to

he is not from mississippi but he close the city of tupelo in 1963 to start american cable syste systemsich is now grown into comcast. so, i did forth want this opportunity to pass without giving the members that little history lesson and give our welcome on behalf of the committee to mr. ralph roberts. but, to our witness, mr mr. roberts, what do i tell my fol folks, regardless of where they get their tv, give me some specific benefits they are going to get. you are going to get this, this and this that you haven't had and it is going to be better if this is approved? >> first of all, thank you on behalf of the roberts family. somehow he gets the nice part and i get the tough questions. but i have been living with that for a long time. laugh laugh >> by the way, it occurs to me you may want to hayesen to add that you -- hasten to add that you really do love philadelphia. >> but i have been to tupelo and we are very proud of the mississippi heritage in the company. >> we are proud of it. >> right off the bat, i will tell you i hope we are going to make better programs and invest in local

. >>> the case of a mississippi high schooler who wanted to bring her girlfriend to the prom.she sued after the school officials canceled the dance. mark strausman reports on a federal judge's decision. >> reporter: for constance mcmillen, the prom is still off. even though a federal judge ruled that the high school violated her rights by refusing to let her take her girlfriend to the big dance and wear a tuxedo. mcmillen, openly lesbian since the 8th grade was pushing that same point. but itawam baagricultural high canceled the prom, rather than allow a same-sex couple to attend. >> it hurts me that they would rather punish everybody than do the right thing. >> we'll allow each school to you know, look at their particular situation. and design rules that they think are best for the conduct of their students. >> reporter: fulton's students are devoided. >> i think they need to put them on an island. whether it's a dress, tuxedo, girl or boy, let her go to prom. . >> reporter: the federal judge refused to order the school to hold the prom because a private one is scheduled. but

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the other driver is charged with reckless driving. >>> a mississippi student filed a lawsuit againster high school. the student wanted to bring her girlfriend to the dance. >> a federal judge ruled her high school violated her right by refusing to let the 18-year- old take her girlfriend to the big dance and wear a tuxedo. the type of speech that falls squarely within the purview of the first amendment. mcmillan, openly lesbian since the 8th grade, was pushing that same point. but canceled the prom, rather than allow a same sex couple to attend. >> it hurts me that they would rather punish everybody than just do the right thing. >> reporter: the school insisted same-sex couples would be too distracting. >> we'll allow each school to look at their particular situation. and design rules that they think is best for the conduct of their students. >> reporter: fulton's 4,000 students -- people are decided. >> i think they need to have an island and put them all on it. >> whether it's a dress, tuxedo, girl or boy, let her go to prom. let the kids have their prom. >> reporter: the federal j

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise in honor of national ag week. for their critical contributions to america's local economies, families. agriculture is the backbone of the south and the number one industry in the state of mississippi. not only is it responsible for providing the necessary its of everyday life, food, fiber, clothing and fuel, to name a few, but it also plays a key role in spurring economic development and strengthening american competitiveness in today's global economy. i'm very honored to serve as the only member of mississippi's delegation on the house agriculture committee. i'm also proud to co-chair the bipartisan congressional rural caucus, which i join representative adrian smith, in re establishing last year to address important challenges unique to rural america. together we reached across party lines to get universal broadband access, the creation of a white h

in a few years from the mississippi to the pacific, he promised he would return to venture through the upper midwest. as far north as alaska. he repeated his promise, whenever i think of seeing you again i get a deep longing for roaming over the western territories. a plan for which mr. jefferson would be just the right man to aid me. his dream of a large project to the far west must wait for a couple years until he published his current material. that job delayed him 30 years. he had other reasons for wanting to return to the united states. his friends were proclaiming the united states the future of your arts and sciences. in his farewell level, not just a plan for exploration but the moral imperative embodied by the united states which had offered him the consoling experience of witnessing true social project whereas europe presents an immoral and melancholy spectacle. not that humboldt was unaware of problems in america, he reminded his washington hosts of the abominable law permitting the importation of negro slaves to the carolinas. the laws of humanity dictated the united states

ice jams have blocked parts of the mississippi river. in st.aul, they are adding concrete barriers and anticipation of major flooding. >>> it is beautiful around here. >> it is beautiful tomorrow, and it will be attractive sunday. let's look at some of the temperatures on the weatherbug. a delphi 52 -- adelphi 52 degrees. it. 60's, low seventies across most of the area. the district, nationals park, 62. it will not be long before the nationals are playing there. the temperatures on the board, impressive. 73 the official high at reagan national, 44 the morning low. the pollen count was back, and we have moved from winter to spring back quick. this time of year we can't fall back and get a winter pattern, but no sign of that. -- this time of year, we can fall back and get a wider pattern, but no sign of that. today, nothing but sunshine, high pressure firmly entrenched, rotating wellaway. cloudiness across the coast of the carolinas, but the high pressure in the south pushes up the warm wind tomorrow. there are all kinds of things in the atmosphe

. >>> in mississippi a federal judge ruled the school district violated the rights of a teenager when it canceled her prom instead of letting her bring her girlfriend. while the judge did not go as far as ordering the school to hold the prom, he did say he will be holding a trial on the issue at a later date. the teenager wants the school's actions declared unconstitutional, and $1 in damages. >>> racial tensions are flaring in raleigh, north carolina. three people were arrested at a school board -- as the school board agreed to roll back a bussing policy aimed at achieving diversity in favor of a new plan that will place students closer to their homes. while many angry black protesters called it recession agreegation and the ncaa chief accused them of racial at tu attitudes. >>> oprah winfrey has settled her lawsuit. the headmistress claims winfrey defamed her. no word on the terms of the settlement. >>> and scientists cob ducting a survey for the u.s. navy snapped rare photos of an endangered whale giving birth off the shores of florida. they say the training would threaten the spec

you can see rain tracking up through arkansas currently and we're seeing mississippi and alabama covering with rain. tallahassee to detroit. the east coast you'll be dry today. tomorrow's when the rain will arrive. in the middle of the nation we'll watch oklahoma city clearing out as the day goes on. the rockies looks just fine. that's a quick look at the weather forecast. now here a quick look outside your window. thunderstorms are possible today in nashville. we're not talking severe weather thankfully. maybe strong storms and gusty winds. indianapolis, light rain for you. 54. dallas, a cool 62. that's your thursday forecast, lynn. >> thank you. >>> well, starbucks bubbles, honda sizzles, and man's best friend goes wireless. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus two more revelations, two more big blows to the marriage of sandra bullock and jesse james. >>> two more teams punch their way to the play-offs and the nets win. wait, what? yeah. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of y

acquired by the united states and the louisiana purchase to france including giving access to the mississippi valley and the port of new orleans. we will come to that briefly. the question of expanding market is important. haiti is a source of raw materials and cheap labor. how does that relate to the labor in haiti? that is no surprise. the expectation of labour has gone on since the island was depopulated by christopher columbus and his family. katie is often focused but ultimately we are talking about the human condition. in real time contemporary perspective as well. 1701-1804, leading that insurrection. and falling in to these various cultures. they blended together in to raise. haiti is symbolic of everything else going on, the so-called diaspora. one of the stories i love telling is after in france, riding out the middle of haitian flames. a projection of humanity, and rejection of whiteness which we must do. 15 years ago it was race traitor. it feels our society. they practice what some call the politics of the belly. estate never existed. and that hasn't changed. someone is alleged t

the lower mississippi valley. basically we'll be watching that particular storm tap into more moisture from the gulf of mexico. that actually charges the storm up, gives us a little more moisture than expected. we should get at least a half inch of rain out of this. because we have saturated soil, i know the stuff is going into the ground. farmers will have an interest on this one. the storm will be rotating through tonight. try to pull out of here by tomorrow afternoon. it'll leave cold air in its way. check out the clouds that'll be thickening up throughout the day. rainfall will hold off until after sunset, just after 7:00. there's the rain on our doorstep in western maryland and western pennsylvania. moves through overnight. it'll be heavy towards daybreak. 6:00 tomorrow, there's our plot, pretty hefty rains around central southern maryland. the good news here is that most of the rain would have fallen by the time many of you wake up or get out the door. the back edge of this rain line may linger with showers.

the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: i ask that further proceedings underhe the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: i ask unanimous consent that senator barrasso and others and i be allowed to enter into a colloquy for the next 30 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: thank you, madam president. i come from a background of earlier having been in the state senate and after that the united states house of representatives, and sometimes when i was a state legislator and it looked like we were making a hash of legislation on the senate side, someone would say well, let's pass the bill anyway, we'll clean it up in conference. it was always tempting to just send it on to conference and hope that cooler heads would prevail and we would get a better work product. sometimes that happened and worked out well, and sometimes it turned out that we didn't clean it up in conference. and i'm reminded of that when i hear about what is being discussed and wh

again we've got the risk of strong storms from mississippi on into alabama, up into tennessee. possibility of some tornadoes. we're looking at rain falling there. it is getting kind of heavy moving into central tennessee. rainfall amounts generally about an inch to about a half-inch. out west, big storm moving in there bringing mixed precipitation into the pacific northwest. one to two inches of>> good mora quiet start and we will see the clouds thickening up throughout the day. a chance for rain showers will hold up until this evening with a high tempe >> and that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. >>> to a new development in the deadly killer whale attack at seaworld in florida last month. the family of dawn bran show who was killed by that 12-000 pound animal went to court on wednesday to make sure the surveillance tape of the scene never goes public. nbc's kerry sanders has more. >> reporter: a family's anguish made worse, they lawyers, by a fight for video. a security camera high atop this tower at seaworld in orlando was aimed towards the tank and there was

rain on i-10 from texas, louisiana, mississippi and alabama. and snowy roads in the southern rockies and southern plains. >>> expect airport delays in denver, philadelphia, boston and new york. >>> and recapping the powerful earthquake in chile. here's the latest. the death toll now over 700. it's certain to go higher. 10,000 troops have been ordered in to present looting. >> this quake was 500 times stronger than the one that hit haiti. and yet the death toll is so much lower. how come? here's our ned potter. >> reporter: these are shake tables at engineering labs where houses are mounted to see how they'll do in an earthquake. the house on left was reinforced with extra beams and steel rods. the other was not and look what happened. in chile, they were mindful of such experiments. >> this is the ultimate earthquake. this is the earthquake that we can learn the most from, both the positive and the negative. >> reporter: after record earthquakes in 1960 and '85, chile's government got serious, demanding that buildings be reinforced. contrast th

the latest satellite picture shows thick storm clouds extending from the midwest to the lower mississippinning to clear up over the plains after yesterday's rain and snow. it's a dry morning across the southwest. and things are gray and damp for much of the northwest. now later today, showers will be scattered across the northwest. the southwest stays dry. skies will be bright and sunny over the rockies and plains. it will turn rather cold across the upper midwest. and it will be gray and soggy from the central appalachians to the gulf coast. >>> in sports, big lebron led the way in the big easy. lebron james scored 38 for cleveland, including an alley-oop jam in the second quarter. james also had 11 assists including a pass to hickson for a score and james showed his quickness and agility driving for a left-handed floater against the glass. the cavs won it 105-92. >>> in charlotte, steven jackson scored a season high 37 points against minnesota. gerald wallace added 23, including a second quarter drive and flip for a score. the timberwolves took their 14th straight loss 108-95. >>> and s

have anything in here for the state of mississippi, and i believe the governor of mississippi, i know, would argue that the devastation on the mississippi coast was equally as terrible as that for louisiana. instead, we have $300 million providing special medicaid funding for louisiana. there are also states, including my own, including others, that have suffered devastating acts of god, acts of nature also from time to time. so here we are at the 11th hour with a situation where there is still these back room deals done that possibly we could address with an amendment. the other deals we can't because they were like side agreements with the pharmaceutical companies which i just read from. like the deal with the american medical association, the ones with the hospitals, the others that were cut in order to get them to come on board and support this legislation. so this provides for an opportunity to remove these provisions from the bill, and they -- and the comments made by senator reid's office, and i quote -- "you will find a number of states are treated different from other states.

later on this afternoon all coming from spinning low pressure that is now sitting over the southern mississippi valley. in fact they are getting some snow around memphis, tennessee right now in through central tennessee. but ahead of that we got mild moisture that's coming up our way that low will be drifting through the region later on today and into tonight and tomorrow. here's the bus stop forecast this morning. bring along an umbrella waiting for the bus. temperatures will be in the upper 50s to near 60. by noon should be near 60 degrees, maybe a passing shower, perhaps a passing shower this afternoon into the mid-60s and maybe a little bit of thunder. sunset at 7:22. through the evening an additional shower. in the 50s. by dawn tomorrow mid-40s with a few sprinkles. tomorrow morning sprinkle through midday and then a little sun back tomorrow afternoon, blustery northwest wind highs in the 50s. some milder weather returns on wednesday and thursday with sunshine both days. highs in the low and mid-60s. end of the week on friday may get a few showers. weekend is looking dry. how is the traffi

. >>> a high school in mississippi canceled prom this year, allegedly, because they wanted to attend.prom was canceled. the aclu brought on a lawsuit on mcmillan's behalf. hours ago, a federal judge ruled in favor of the school system. >>> a north carolina jury awarded a woman $9 million from her husband's mistress under a rarely used state law, cynthia seen here on the early show sued for alienation of affection. shackleford spoke to cbs today. >> half of our marriage was not doing well and it seemed like she was always calling our house and he was always taking her home and one thing led to another. >> north carolina is one of seven states which allows people to sue over infidelity. >>> never knew about that. >> wow. >> that's an interesting one. >> rich mistress. > yeah. all right, we are talk about the forecast here. >> and it reminds us we are in march. we were spoiled over the weekend. >> we get a little bit of everything. >> i have been paying attention. >> we are looking at showers and winds. the winds will be with us for a while. here's your forecast first, now. we'll show yo

he is not from mississippi but he chose the city of tupelo, mississippi in 1963 to start american cable now grown into comcast. so, i did not want this opportunity to pass without giving members that little history lesson and give our welcome on behalf of the committee to mr. ralph roberts. but, to our witness, mr. roberts, what do i tell my folks regardless of where they get their tv? give me some specific benefits they are going to get. you are going to get this, they said this and it is going to be better if this gets approved. >> first of all thank you on behalf of the roberts family. somehow he gets the nice part and i get the tough questions. [laughter] but i have been living with that for a longtime. >> by the way, it occurs to me you want to hasten the fact that you do love philadelphia. >> we are very proud of the mississippi heritage in the company. let me you know, right off the bat i tell you i hope we are going to make better program; we are going to invest in in localism because we are a local company and whether that is the tv station or the cable station there has been a

from mississippi. and he was actually in scale at the -- jail at the time of the trial, so you're sort of starting on low ground, and we knew that. but we thought it was a bad conviction and that he really should not be convicted. he was looking for vindication. and i thought it was a solid case. we really, i think, persuaded some people that we did have a good case. we actually, you know, they do this the, these days judges don't get tried before the full senate, they get tried before the committee. and before the committee that heard our evidence we made some headway, and we actually defeated two of the articles, there were three, and on the third one it was 9-3. in the full senate, we did much worse because those senators didn't know the facts, they're just voting on the politics. so i actually challenged that procedure, a case that went with up to the supreme court. so it was a fascinating exercise in trying to use all the levers of government. ultimately, we didn't do too well, but it was a real i

he was a young boy from chicago, went to mississippi to visit his grandparents and while he was there he committed the crime of whistling a white woman for which he was taken out and brutally beaten disfigured. his mother had the courage to bring his body back home and have an open casket ceremony because she wanted the world to see what happened to him and what they do to black people. and that changed janet's life and a significant way because she decided after she saw that picture in digit magazine she was not going to go to any white school. >> guest: i was excited that summer as bill said after the nine white men decided i was equal to the white girls with the white kids and i was all excited up going to an integrated school i wanted to get to know them and what was perceived to be a better education and after we got word that some of the emmett till had been murdered, i thought i'd better stay in my black environment and get as much as my own roots if that was the kind of world i would have to face and i saw something happen in our community and you probably solid in doors when

the fine for foul language in mississippi is $100. in virginia, it's up to $250.nd in south carolina, swearing in public could cost $5,000 under a bill now before the state senate. the vice president isn't facing a steep fine, but on behalf of america's youth, mckay hatch asked for an apology today. >> words have power and that was one word that obviously offends people and people don't like. >> reporter: before he next whispers in the president's ear, mr. biden may want to take some advice from california. >> i think "fudge" is a good word. >> reporter: after all, the vice president may be just a heart beat away from another slip of the tongue. john blackstone, cbs news, sacramento. >> smith: that's the "cbs evening news." katie will be back on monday, i'm harry smith. have a good night and that a i'm harry smith. havei discovered the problem growing grass seed, is me. i'm a grass seed failure. well, i forget to water it, and the seed dries out. and once it's dry, it's dead. and once it's dead, it's just... [ male announcer ] that's why there's scotts turf builde

he served as circuit justice for the ninth circuit, which at that time consisted of alabama, mississippi, louisiana, and arkansas. things are different back then. justice mckinley was the most troubled of the justices in this era, logging about 10,000 miles a year writing the seventh circuit, when travel was far more arduous than today. when justice mccann left the bench, justice john campbell was born in just -- georgia, and acquired a national reputation as an advocate. one of his biographers noted that when justice begin left the bench, the members of the supreme court unanimously urged franklin pierce to appoint campbell. the president probably fall of paradise. as i said earlier, things were different back then. justice campbell served on the court from 1853 until the civil war when he returned to alabama. after the war, he became a highly respected supreme court advocate. among other things, he served as lead counsel on several cases. alabama has the distinction of not only providing the court with great jurist and advocates but also contributing in a more concrete way to the supre