we had a spring flood and the mississippi that mr. masingill mentioned and still challenges there because of that. poplar bluff flooded in the missouri river looks like it will be an flood stage through the entire state through the iowa border to st. louis for all of august and then a number of tornadoes including one that hit the st. louis airport and the area around that. and the tornado that mr. o'brian describes so well. so we have had lots of fema experience and flooding and in branson and with with the lake there are lots of problems. i think we have tried to deal with those the best way we could bet i know you have got to leave and mr. o'brian you have to leave at 3:30 or so. 4:00, good. we have a second round of questions them and i'm glad to have that. just to start with mr. o'brian, you have been in the middle of this every day now since late may. to you have any recommendations that fema and the private sector could individually or collectively improve what we do to respond to these disasters? >> well, we have dealt most sp

he gave a speech there on states' rights with which in mississippi has historically meant the right to discriminate against african-americans why would he do that as his first speech in philadelphia mississippi a little town in illinois where his promise this is what he said these are actual quote from ronald reagan's speech he said he was going to restore to states local governments their power that properly belongs to them he said i believe in states' rights i believe we have distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended to be given in the constitution to that federal establishment this was his first speech after his nominated president ronald reagan why philadelphia mississippi well it turns out the reason why philadelphia mississippi is pretty straight forward in one thousand sixty four three civil rights workers james chaney andrew goodman and michael schwerner were murdered in philadelphia mississippi they were missing for two months they this story inspired the movie mississippi burning these guys had been had been stopped by the klan

the fall of the mississippi river to the minnesota river. then there's a straight line over there on the northwest the tics and referred to the big river and follows the big sioux river to the missouri river. it's not a logical but in fact in its day it made sense in comparison to other states in the northwest jerkily. if that were on a lot it wouldn't look all the different. what when iowa camp for statehood with the proposed border, and samuel, a congressman from ohio opposed it, and what's important is in opposing it, he reminded the contras about jefferson's original vision of 1784 and how the congress in 1787 straight from the division. he then went on to say what has been the effect of this change? the vast region between the ohio, the leaks and the mississippi, goes illinois, wisconsin and michigan has been reduced from 12 to 14 states to five uppermost that can never have ten votes in the senate. as an equitable compensation to the western country for this flagrant injustice, i would make a series of small states on the opposite bank

incredibly detailed he said that they have said about being there in mississippi i misspoke about the race relations in that community you know perhaps the white part of the community only trusted the police department black part of the community only trusted the sheriff's department i think even had a line from a defense attorney there that said we don't lynch black people outside of mississippi courthouses anymore but we still lynch them on the inside so do you think that race played a role in this case. well i mean i you know i've seen some people who got caught up in the same sort of situation. you know there's no question that race was a factor in this particular case and in that race is we kind of a suffocating part of everyday life in this part of mississippi it is going to unavoidable everywhere if you talk to people in these homes and again like you said i mean not only people will be the city police i'm the one people go to the sheriff's department the sheriff's department in the city police don't trust each other without them so don't get involved. so there's. yeah there's

councilman, jackson mississippi.ce to discourage racial profiling. [applause] the measure was proposed by the congressman to prevent law enforcement from asking to see someone's proof of citizenship, based on his or her race. the councilman said that his action was based on the draconian emigration law in my home state of arizona, and it was the inspiration behind his ordnance. all the federal government's and to some extent this administration shies away from and is afraid to deal with this issue, while other people use this issue to exploit the political and vantage, while other people use this issue to marginalized people, it is so good to see a local elected official with the foresight and courage to say no, we are much different than that, and we are much better than that. this award is about political courage in the face of, and about being a head, because now the nation is catching up to jackson, mississippi, and questioning communities and questioning mass deportation, and questioning why we cannot have somet

believe in dr ames question but that short of calling around and asking the jury the mississippi other medical exam or the process that they knew anything about this will turns out everybody knew. everybody knew that he added legal work. by himself. and that question will testimony and a number of. the bodies that there were when the government fired the bullet. which is you know. that. you know and. so. it was i mean finding the faces. of. some of them in. this particular issue. really i mean it's worth a lot of the problems. or make the system. actually that is you get well you know in two thousand and six you've very long extended incredibly detailed piece about this and about being there in mississippi and you spoke about the race relations in that community how you know perhaps the white part of the community only trusted the police department black part of the community only trust that the sheriff's department i think even had a line from a defense attorney there that said we don't lynch black people outside of mississippi courthouses anymore but we still lynch them on the inside

we had the spring flood in the mississippi that mr.asingill mentioned and still challenges there because of that. the black river at poplar bluff flooded. the missouri river looks like it will be in flood stage through the entire state from the iowa border to st. louis for all of august. and then a number of tornadoes including one that hit the st. louis airport and the area around that. and the tornado that mr. o'brian described so well. so we've had lots of fema experience. and flooding in branson and at the lake there. lots of -- lots of problems. i think we've tried to deal with those the best way we could but, i know you got to leave and mr. o'brian you got to leave at 3:30, 4:00, good, so we've got a second round of questions then. i'm glad to have that. just to start with mr. o'brian, you've been in the middle of this every day now since the late may. do you have any recommendations that fema and the private sector could individually or collectively -- how they improved what we do to respond to these disasters? >> well, we have

they follow the mississippi river to the minnesota river. then there's a straight line of the northwest that takes it refers to this where river and follows the sue river to the missouri river. it's not a logical. in fact in its day it made sense in comparison to other states in the northwest territories if that were iowa it would look of a different. but when i know what came up for statehood with that proposed border, samuel, a congressman from ohio, opposed it. and what is important about it is that in opposing it, they reminded congress about the jefferson's original vision of 74 and how congress in 1787 st from that division. it then went on to say this. what has been the effect of this change? of the fertile region between the ohio, the leaks and the mississippi, and that's those five states, ohio, indiana, illinois, wisconsin and michigan has been reduced from 12 to 14 states to fight that the most. it can never have but ten votes in the senate. as an equitable compensation to the western country for this flagrant justice, on a would

to mississippi where it all unfolded. i think. it's a day corey made his we did nearly a decade. the day he could wrap his arms around his kid. i will wait a long time just to have a world. we don't have to see behind the walls like the say we're going to take the time room. there should be ready and eat his mother's cooking. it was great could only dream up from his cell on death row. bump the head to the old chair with a roll call for. this but in his character it really took a full a real. he is in jail for murder but i always feel my will one day. he was coming home cory story begins here on december twenty sixth two thousand and one police executed a warrant against his favorite jamie smith before proceeding to his side of the duplex what happened next would change corey's life forever corey says he was asleep when police broke down the door looking for drugs came in the someone you know this is actually happened you know someone breaking your house you know the girl. was frightened defending his eighteen month old daughter corey says he hid behind her bed and fired three sh

come to the mouth of the mississippi river. . the river system facilitates between 8 -- $85 billion and $1 to 04 billion annually in foreign trade through the mississippi river system. it comes up the river to refineries in louisiana. this year's historic flooding carried an estimated $6 -- 60 million cue -- cubic yards of setment down the mississippi river. this sediment doesn't just float out on the gulf, it settles along the river from missouri to lake providence, louisiana, all the way down to new orleans, where it currently five extra feet of sediment has built up over the normal levels. five feet. and for every foot that's taken away from the draft of a ship it costs that ship $1 million. mr. chairman, one doesn't have to be a mathematician to tell that that's pretty expensive to our economy. the flood has not only highlighted a need for dredging, it has also damaged levees and floodways all along the mississippi. the corps of engineers estimates that the river alone will have to spend an additional $1 billion to $2 billion

questionable testimony in this sort of calling around and asking you know defense attorney the mississippi other medical across the south that they knew anything about this doctor is it turns out everybody knew about this doctor and everybody knew that he added we will work somewhere between fifteen and eighteen hundred autopsies here by himself. and that you know he gave testimony and a number one case very justified to be held by the body that there were two hands on the gun that fired the bullet. just you know if you don't have that kind of degree to see the volume that. you know in this guy just by finding thousands of cases of the year so you know it was i mean finding this case was was. you know sort of what it was. this particular issue but really i think it was a lot of other problems and from the justice system here in the city and it actually began to. you know in two thousand and six very long extended incredibly detailed piece about they have said about being there in mississippi and you spoke about the race relations in that community how you know perhaps the white part of the

liberty, mississippi, is a small rural logging town not far from the louisiana border. the fbi believes that some people here have been keeping a dark secret for nearly 50 years, from one of the ugliest periods in the state's history. >> you will not be allowed to proceed past this point today. >> kroft: it was a time when civil rights activists were beaten and arrested, when state and local politics were controlled by all-white citizens' councils, and when people like louis allen were murdered in cold blood, without redress. you keep a photo of louis allen on your desk? >> cynthia deitle: i do. >> kroft: why? >> deitle: the case bothers me. i feel like we failed, and not just the fbi, but law enforcement. >> kroft: cynthia deitle is a 15-year veteran of the fbi's civil rights division and, until recently, was in charge of the cold case initiative. of the 100 unsolved racially- motivated murders she's been charged with investigating, none has been more promising or frustrating than louis allen's. >> deitle: somebody knows something. some husband came home with bloody cl

in mississippi, there is 117 temporary housing units there now. looking to actually bring similar to the area as necessary, but we are bringing them in at the request of the state and the request of the city. >> should i talk to the state? >> the task force has been working together to get through the solutions we want to get to together. we don't want to come in and say we'll bring in 1500 trailers when that's not what they want. >> okay. i just want to make sure we take care of speeders and we're working on. >> senator, i might add we're plenty of rental property down in benton county. >> be careful. be careful. we don't want to turn any of these people into big fans. we want them to stay up on our side of the lines so we've got to be careful about having them come down to arkansas. let me ask you, mr. masingill, about the delta regional authority and birch point. we're working hard, the entire delegation has been reunited on all of these issues and we're particularly united about getting birch point rebuild. what are you hearing from where you

mississippi. every one will fund education. better than the 8th richest. every one of our children deserve this. we aren't walking the talk. the reality is, we talk a good line. but we don't walk the talk. this public, all the citizens. not only in san francisco, but in california better start standing up for our kids. we are not funding it. let's start getting behind and forcing the politicians to say, the most important thing is our children. >> all right. okay. so that is actually an excellent segway. we have approximately 7 minutes. so i am going to try to squeeze in 2 questions. i want to discuss what we're working with right now. we are working with and schools incorporating school based programs. they don't have the funding or resources. with that being said, what are some of the barriers of working with the community based organizations to be able to work in an effective manner with the schools. i would like to refer to bianca. i know she worked with united players. to talk about a successful working with the program at a community based organizati

i have been told that this is a video from the former warden of the mississippi prison. >> it is clear that the execution will take place and something happens. they may not come out and say that they did this, but they will tell the victim -- i am sorry. and then they say, i did this. and i leaned down to whisper in his ear, and i thought i could reach them because i wanted to make certain that he is at peace with themselves. i said it is not important for you to confess to this crime and is not important for anyone in this room. the only thing that is important is that you let your god know the truth. and he looked at me and he said -- i am at peace with my god. how will you be with yours? >> do you think that he did this? >> i do not know. >> this is terrible. >> the former governor has come to the conclusion that this boy was probably innocent. we are good friends and have remained so, and the one thing we talk about when we get together -- let's hope that he was guilty because the idea that he signed the warrant and i signed the execution on an innocent kid is something i would no

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california ranks 41 in the nation n mississippi, 34.% of the people there are obese or overweight. that state is number one. colorado had lowest rate, 19.8%. but here is the rub. 16 years ago, that number would have been the highest. jeff levy is the executive directer for a nonprofit compiling this data. today releasing this interview. obesiy rates of over 20%. >> jane is a nutrition consult yapt at california pacific. >> we're more computerized. >> the food industry increased portion sizes, saying that has contributed to this problem. >> so this is enticing and people want to be able to spend less money and get more. >> accord together report, income matters. those who earn less money are more likely to be obese, and education matters, one third of american who's did not graduate from high school are yob ease. obesity increases the risk for diabetes and heart disease n 1995, california had a diabetes rate of 4.9%. it's now 8.7% f we don't reverse the epidemic, the current generation could be the first in u.s. history to live sicker and die younger than their parents. >> and the r

it happened on mississippi avenue southeast near wheeler road. derrick ward just talked to police. i understand police say there's evidence that alcohol might have been a factor, huh? >> reporter: indeed, preliminarily there is evidence to that. but this is still under investigation. i want to give you a sense of the vast distance involved. this crash actually started back there at the intersection, almost a block away at a speed bump. it hit one speed bump and then another and left the road. it ended up in a stand of trees. very tragic and deadly start to the weekend here in southeast with the loss of three lives. it was just after 3:00 a.m., police say that the mitsubishi was traveling west on mississippi avenue. investigators say speed was a factor. >> there is evidence of alcohol. but we can't say for sure if that played a factor in the crash. >> reporter: the car hit a speed bump and the driver lost control. it continued over a second speed bump and began flipping and ended up off the roadway in a park where it smashed into several trees before coming to a rest. a woman who kn

you saw the word from mississippi said that this had a personal effect on him and i wonder if you can address the issue that comes up with the victim's family often get satisfaction of some kind -- some relief because of the person that they understand has committed the crime and they are finally put to death. can you remark on this? >> let me say, i agree with everything that they have talked about. i cannot really speak for the families of the victims, only what i have observed to the execution process. this has an impact on everyone who is involved, including the staff. and of course the inmates' families. and the people who show up to watch this. and the whole show of people who are there for this. you cannot walk away from this without having been impacted. i want to talk about the war and has said, that these executions have been 7-10 years after the crime and we're not executing the same person. in california, everyone who has been executed has been 20 years after the crime and you are not executing the same person. people do change. from my observation of the victims' family m

the 2007 mitsubishi was traveling at a high rate of speed here on mississippi avenue and then it hit this speed bump and went flying out of control. the sedan rolled three times and as it did, three of the four people inside were tossed out of the car like rag dolls, including the driver. a rear seat passenger remains in the car as it crashed down an embankment into two large trees. a male passenger died on the scene. the second passenger and the driver died at the hospital. the only passenger not ejected is now in critical condition. >> and this deadly accident is one of the reasons why many police departments through the metro dc area will be having dui check points throughout the fourth of july weekend. reporting in southeast dc, i'm armando trull, matt, back to you. >> in other news tonight, fire investigators in anne arundel county are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly fire. flames started engulfing the home around 1:00 this afternoon. when rescue crews arrived, one person was already dead and a woman in her late 60s was air lifted to hopkins with life threatening injur

he'll go by the piano, and there will be a white guy from mississippi playing.and 20 minutes later it will be a black guy playing another song. he sees -- wilkins sees this as the model of the future of america. this to him is what we can become. we can become a fully-integrated nation. of course what's happened to these guys is because, in deng the blacks the bonus, which has always been one of the major -- although seldom stated, you can parse right down to it quickly. one of the reasons for denying the bonus in there was to make sure the black guys don't get the money. for every black guy, there were eight white guys who didn't get it. so they're both in the same boat. so to the powers that be, the mississippi delegation, marching into washington, integrated. and a favorite character, a black woman who comes all the way from california, from los angeles. she lost her husband and her brother in the war. she, on the trip here she is beaten she's robbed. her wedding ring is stolen. she becomes one of the leaders, black woman, in 1932. becomes one of the leaders,

mississippi state university. in 2003, he made the decision to serve his country by enlisting in the u.s. army. shortly thereafter, sergeant vaughn became a member of the fifth battalion, 20th infantry regiment, third gribury gade, sec infantry division which is paced out of fort lewis, washington. while serving in operation iraqi freedom, sernlt vaughn was tragically killed by an improvised explosive device on may 10, 2011, right outside of barquoba, iraq. he was only 29 years of age when he lost his life in service to our great nation. mr. speaker, in recognition of this young man's bravery and accomplishments, i ask that we pass the underlying bill without reservation and pay tribute to the commitment and sacrifice made by sergeant jason vaughn. i have no further speakers, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lankford: i urge all members to support the passage of h.r. 2213 and yield back the balance of my time. th

and mississippi have cut medicaid some much that most of that, people in the state of mississippi in poverty just dealing with medicaid. host: we will leave it there and say of senator wicker have the response or solution. guest: ok, well -- with regard to your second part, medicaid is a federal and state partnership and the decisions like the one you mentioned are made at the state legislative level. so, perhaps, your state senators and representatives are listening and can be responsive to that issue. with regard to the cola, cost of living adjustment that occurs each year, it has not been received by anyone in the federal government over the past two years because the inflation rate has not been such that it has called for a cost-of-living adjustment. host: the next call, tennessee. allen, a democrat. you are on with senator wicker. caller: senator wicker, i really appreciate you coming on. i followed your career since you were down in the weeds in the house of representatives. i respect your opinion and i want to ask you take questions. have you considered means testing for socia

he is paddle boating down the mississippi river. look at him. his journey is 2400 miles long. he is trying to break the record for the most miles traveled on a standup paddle board. and he is raising money while doing this for the red cross and to help victims from flooding. >> in minnesota, all the flooding up north and it happens down near my house. >> he says it is fesscally and mentally tough to keep ongoing. but he is set on breaking records and raising money no matter what. >> unbelievable. a great fund-raiser. that's going to be exhausting. >> does he sit down and rest? >> he has to. >> i hope so. >> i wanted to tell you earlier on. someone sent me a story that happened about a week ago many ellicott city a dog broke out and ran a marathon. you know the story. we have to get that on here. there's video of the dog crossing the finish line and raised 13,000 dollars for charity. a local dog. anything for money. >> weather wise maybe a little too hot? >> yes this morning get out for an early run. some of you are up early. and the back of my feet people get up early and chec

his first speech was in philadelphia mississippi old town of seven thousand people and he gave a speech about states' rights which is dog whistle code for for basically you know a racist agenda and what philadelphia mississippi is famous for is for three civil rights workers were murdered so basically reagan was reaching out to the races democratic base that that had been feeling left behind by when and johnson signing the voting rights act of things like that. if that and we either of those are very good democrats or republicans these days i mean they have once again you know back in yeah yeah and so i mean you know if even that myth is a myth and then there's the myth you know of well then the reagan democrats became clinton democrats well maybe maybe not i mean how did the sea merge in for example you write today in your piece about tom friedman tom friedman was wrong about the lexus in his famous book olive tree lexus it was that the lexus was actually created with huge government subsidies in japan and protectionist policies how is tom friedman wrong now in this whole narrative. we