. >>> columbus, mississippi, has always been a little closed town. if you weren't born and raised here and lived in one of the antebellum homes, you didn't belong. >> it was kind of a typical southern town that's not a real bad town, but a place where things played out in some instances along racial lines. >> on april 11th, 1989, it was a quiet night at columbus hospital. nurse peggy agent was on duty when shortly after midnight, 18-year-old sabrina butler showed up cradling her 9-month-old baby. >> sabrina came running in, screaming, my baby's not breathing. my baby's not breathing. the nurses all ran out into the waiting room, and we took the baby to the back and started working on it. and when the pediatrician got there, he was going to intubate the baby, and he could not get the head stretched back. we began to think, hey, he's been dead for some time. >> after attempting resuscitation for 30 minutes, walter butler jr. was declared dead. nurse peggy began claeaning the infant's body. >> there was a mark across its chest, and it had a look like a

-- mississippi river.d food. the blues were perfected in memphis. rock 'n roll was invented here still defines the city. memphis is 65% african-american. memphis during the civil war was the heart of the confederacy and any city int as america. herelave trade was active in part because of the proximity bit -- proximity to the mississippi river and cotton was driven mostly i slave labor. -- by slave labor. in thew was terrible early 1900s. one of the good things is memphis was one of the first cities to allow african-americans to vote. they could vote in the 1900s. we were not a city of good abode or brotherly love. it was a racist culture. we struggled with that and still struggle with that. in the 1950's and 1960's, the civil rights movement took off here. the leadership here was very strong and integrated the city facilities. we are much more integrated as a city than we were. we have a long way to go. an example.you fred davis was one of the first african-americans on the city council. he told me 25 yea

it was right at the mississippi river.if you are a cotton planter in rural shelby county or other parts, as well as north mississippi, then you ship -- you would bring the cotton to memphis, so that you could reach the wider world. to sell your goods to a large industry. said, by the 1830's memphis is an. and beginning in 1847, the railroads begin to develop, which provides another opportunity to ship caught the two other points. in 1857, the methods and charleston railroad is open, that connects the mississippi river with the atlantic ocean, which is crucial to the growth of this industry, because this means you can very easily ship cotton that is being produced in the surrounding region, bring it to memphis, have it processed, then it is loaded onto the measure 10 -- the memphis charleston railroad, shipped to charleston and then it can be shipped to england. in the 1850's and 1860's, the textile mills in england to rely on southern cotton. and memphis is a key component to that. and then come at the same time, soon afte

so the boundaries aren't going to be clear even in a place like mississippi, but the consequences ofse are as clear as anything. and that's why you can't draw from the fact that there aren't any races, you can't draw from that the conclusion that racial identities don't matter, they matter enormously, but in insisting that they aren't real, i'm pointing out that they're created by these forms of behaviour, by these beliefs, many of which are false, that's why the book's called the lies that bind. but what's created by those... and you would apply the same approach to religion or creed, as you call it, and presumably to sort of gender and politics. yes. imean again... patriarchal politics, underclass politics? yes. so in essence, what you're saying, if i may say so — and this, i don't mean this to sound rude — but it's fairly simple in a way. you're saying that, you know, people in power, which particularly in the 19th century, which was very a important century for all of us, were white men, basically constructed a whole series of different frameworks in which they could explain and

so in mississippi right now, the distinction between black and white people is extremely clear and ite that there is significant differential treatment by the government, by other people and so on in that place, although there are going to be people even in mississippi who are hard to place. there are going to be people who have said one african—american ancestor four generations ago, but the rest of european, you might be thought by some people to belong to the backside in mississippi, and by others to the white side. so the boundaries are not going to be clear evenin boundaries are not going to be clear even ina boundaries are not going to be clear even in a place that mississippi, but the consequences of being one side or the other, those are as clear as anything. and that is why you can't draw from the fact that there are not any races, you can't draw from that the conclusion that racial identities do not matter, they matter enormously but insisting that they are not real, i am pointing out that they are created by these forms of behaviour, i these police, many of which are false.

some of the necked bridges in mississippi were built when hair s. truman was president. that was 68 years ago. now because these bridges are closed, what was just a two-minute trip can now take more than 40 minutes getting from point "a" to point "b." >> we've got a problem. the bridge. >> reporter: washington county supervisor jerry redmond says when a resident had a heart attack paramedics couldn't reach him quickly. they thought they were on the fastest route until the ambulance hit a closed bridge. >> it was really about an hour before they got there, and the man had died then. >> reporter: tonight a risky reality for mississippi residents, anxiously waiting for repairs and answers. kerry sanders, nbc news, holmes county mississippi. >> it is being called a victory for students. a court is forcing the education department to cancel $150 million in federal loans to students who attend some of those for-profit colleges that later went bankrupt. critics say it's not enough. here's matt bradley. >> the jobs of tomorrow are here. >> reporter: for-profit colleges made big

some of the neglected bridges here in mississippi were built when harry s. truman was president. that was 68 years ago. now, because these bridges are closed, what was just a two-minute trip can now take more than 40 minutes getting from point "a" to point "b." >> we've got a problem with the bridge. >> reporter: washington county supervisor jerry redmond says when a resident had a heart attack, paramedics couldn't reach him quickly. they thought they were on the fastest route, until the ambulance hit a closed bridge. >> really, it was about an hour before it got there, and the man had died then. >> reporter: a risky reality for mississippi residents, anxiously waiting for repairs and answers. kerry sanders, nbc news, holmes county, mississippi. >>> now to a b the united state north korea, with north korea threatening to shatter any deal at denuclearization, if the u.s. continued its sanctions against the country. the increasing tension comes months after president trump sat down with north korean leader kim jong-un in singapore where the two leaders committed to denuclearization

they are going to be much better off west of the mississippi. they are going to be just fine and they are being compensated. ,that humanitarian argument carried over in the sense of central policies following this, that basically said the united states knew what was best for american indians. this section of the american activation is really about words and texts. read, whiching to because it'sdo, not very long, 200 words. it never references any particular indian tribe. it is almost like a real estate pitch you know, "let's come to a deal, if you want exchange , lands." it does not directly suggest that if american indians choose not to accept lands in the west, they can stay and everything will be fine. it's extraordinarily misleading. it's also revealing in that it does state pretty clearly that the states in the south would grow in economic wealth and power, an explicit goal that this would help build this part of the united states, which is being held back by these internal nations. on one hand it's very clear what , it's saying. we are doi

harper, for five minutes -- from mississippi, mr. harper, for five minutes. mr. harper: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor my friend, representative ray rogers of pearl, mississippi. on november 17, 2018, ray completed his 55th and final season of service as the pearl high school voice of the pirates. public ears, he was the address announcer for the pirate football games and so committed in 55 years he missed one half of one game in 55 seasons. now, the reason ray missed the first half of that game was so he could attend his daughter's wedding rehearsal dinner. after listening to the game on the radio during much of the dinner, ray left as soon as the dinner ended so he could announce the second half of the game. ray's commitment to the pearl community was recognized several years ago when leaders of the pearl public school district decided to name the football stadium ray rogers stadium. ray was one of the first students to attend pearl high school when it opened in 1948, and was the first quarterback for the first football team in 1949. ray has been

our state and nation are proud of east mississippi community college's success. i am confident that their football dynasty will continue, and i look forward to cheering them on to other championships in future years. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: i rise today with two of our colleagues, senator markey and senator jeff merkley, to reflect on the 24th session of the united nations framework convention on climate change that concluded just this last week in the country of poland. this important conference which is better known as crop-24, which i believe refers to conference of parties 24, met there for the past -- i think they have been doing that for the past 24 years. they met there for two weeks as leaders from nearly 200 nations worked to reach their agreement on how the world, our world will actually implement the paris climate agreement. the states could not be -- stakes could not be higher, mr. president. i'm not one, as my colleagues know, i am not one giv

for example, meredith and the university of mississippi. one man, federal troops, chaos, rioting, he gets into school, he graduates. does it have a larger lesson for us? well, today, 13.4% of ole miss' undergraduate population is black. so what do you have to lose? how about this. i was up at harvard earlier today giving a talk. 14.6% of harvard university's freshman class last year was african-american. what the hell do you have to lose, mr. president? what the hell do you have to lose with you in the white house? apparently we have people who would lose their memory of how far we've come. my point is to stress that real people, black, white, male, female, northerners, southerners, lost their lives. but again, that growing black middle class, that growing black political voice, and the promise of equal rights for all, is not the story that president trump relates to. it's a story that to him, is somewhere off to the side when it comes to american history. again, it doesn't fit into his set of what i think of in this era as his alternative

except for one thing, this is the mississippi school for the deaf. we talked to the team using sign language and interpreters.o d >> if you are dribbling, you hey have to use one hand and hold the ball and use the other hand, i guess. >> reporter: no one communicates like the school's coach. >> watch, watch, watch, both eyes, watch. >> reporter: in a recent game, a fan tweeted this video of the coach, rallying had his team signing, who's house? and the player's signed back, our house. >> reporter: what was your reaction to the video? >> you know, first my reaction, i thought, you know what is the big deal, it's what i do every day. but then, you know, when i step back and i started to realize that maybe it's a big deal for the whole community. >> reporter: you think you are an inspiring as coach? >> yes, i try as much as possible to inspire my players because i used to be like them. >> reporter: the coach white grew up being bullied as the only deaf player on his high school basketball team in lexington, kentucky. but percen pushed through, and overs

we had civil rights activists murdered in mississippi in 1964. we had protesters beaten on the beach of st. augustine, florida, in the summer of 1964, but in truth, the heroic period civil rights movement, from '54 to roughly '68 was happening really virtually in every major city but also rural, urban hamlet across the united states. so by '67, what we see is that the movement has lost in the minds of the american public some of the cohesiveness that we had seen when the movement was going for the voting rights act and the civil rights act in the aftermath of brown, in the aftermath of emmett till and the montgomery bus boycott, but in fact the movement was going for more than just civil rights or voting rights. it's trying to transform american democracy and really reimagine black citizenship by calling for an end to not just racial and economic oppression but it's calling for things like a living wage, the right for black women and men to have good jobs, decent homes, and schools that actually educate young people. >> and on that, kathleen clea

they are going to be much better off west of the mississippi. and, they are going to be just fine. and they are being compensated. so that humanitarian argument carried over and a century of policies following this that basically said the united states knew what was best for american indians. so, this section of the americans asked the position as more about words in text and meanings. it's starting to actually read the act, which you can do because it's not very long. a few hundred words, never directly references any particular indian tribe, it doesn't even reference the south in a particular way. it is a very, almost like a real estate pitch that says, look, let's come to a deal if you want. exchange land, and it does not directly suggest that if american indians choose not to accept lands in the west, that they can stay and everything will be fine. so it's extraordinarily misleading. it states, clearly, that the states themselves would grow in economic wealth and power. that this will help build this part of the u.s., which is being held back by these internal nations in the u.

i'm originally from oxford, mississippi, southerner. i moved to texas. i started working for the "dallas morning news" in 1987, worked there for about two years, and both in texas and in mississippi, where i first started as a reporter, i did a lot of work looking at racial issues, history of civil rights. you know, once you pay attention, you can see it all around you. and tyler, certainly, some people say tyler is the most southern of texas cities. and so, the history here is also pronounced in terms of civil rights struggles. some of those struggles, they're very prominent and involve national figures. the movement -- it's not unnoticed. it's very quiet. but tyler was a battlefield very early on, right after brown v. board of education in the civil rights movement. that interested me. once there started to be a discussion last year about the name of a public school in tyler, one of the two major high schools here is called robert e. lee high school, and there began to be a discussion over why this school was named that and whether it was a good idea t

you can see heavy rain coming you up from new orleans in to southern louisiana, sweeping across mississippi and alabama, this is the big flood threat that we are watching as it trains along the area. the front extendsll the way to the northeast, snow in new england and heavy rainha and will impact the travel delays as we go lou the day today. >> a lot of problems. thanks, bonnie. >> a transformer eyolosion in ne lit up the night's sky, turning it bright blue. it was an erie sce from an alienas invn movie. the light could be seen around the city and even from new jersey, the blast sparked a brief fire, causinger p outages and temporarily shutting down laguardia airport. acthe airport is up and running and no one was injed. >> we ar officially a week in to the government shutdown and there's no c sign pcompromise. the senate adjourned until monday. that means it will stretchn to the new year, when the dms will take control of the house. mewhile, a new to poll shows that president trump is taking the lion's share of the blame for the shut down. you see 47% there blaming the president and 33% s

they are going to be much better off west of the sith -- west of the mississippi. they are going to be just fine and they are being compensated. the humanitarian argument sense ofver in the central policies following this, that basically said the united knew what was best for american indians. it's really about words and texts. the act, with reading which visitors can do. it's not very long, 200 words. it never particularly references any -- never references any particular indian tribe. pitch.lso a real estate you know, "let's exchange -- let's come to a deal, exchange lands." if american indians choose not to accept lands in the west, they can stand everything will be fine. it's extraordinarily misleading. revealing in that it does state pretty clearly that wouldates in the south grow and economic wealth and explicit goal that this would help build this part of the united states, which is being held back by these internal nations. it's very clear what it's saying. we are doing this for economic development reasons. that this iss voluntary, that it is an offer. it

post in natchez, mississippi, part of the louisiana and mississippi department. now, in fact, the vast majority of white veterans accepted black veterans in their organizations, and they were elected to public office in many states. the most common role was junior vice commander, the third in command. members of the council administration, which was like an executive, day-to-day operating group. in tennessee at their meeting, a white veteran explained why african-americans were elected to office, at least in his state, and i think in others. the new department commander in tennessee responded to a black member's complaint that there were no african-americans elected to office in the state that particular year. "i desire to go on record in favor of a colored representative. his body was as good as a white man's to be shot at, and it is just that he be given one counsel." a white member withdrew from the council, and they nominated an african-american, and he was elected. white officials would visit black posts all the time. a florida official councilman to an all-

>> whitaker: mike moore says he's "just a country lawyer from mississippi."his country lawyer has engineered two of the most lucrative legal settlements in american history. as mississippi's attorney general, he engineered the historic 1998 settlement under which big tobacco paid billions to address smoking-related health issues. in 2015, he convinced b.p. to settle multi-billion-dollar lawsuits over its huge oil spill in the gulf of mexico. now, mike moore has taken aim at the manufacturers and distributors of opioid pain killers, claiming they should pay for the epidemic of addiction and death that has swept this nation. as you'll hear in a moment, he has powerful new evidence that he says proves that states like ohio-- among the hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic-- should collect billions from all the companies he's suing. >> mike moore: if we try the ohio case, if we win a verdict against these manufacturers and distributors there, it could bankrupt them. it'd put them out of business. >> whitaker: truly? these are huge, profitable, wealthy companies. >>

in mississippi nearly 500 bridges are in such disrepair they are closed. >> definitely a problem. i would say it's closer to a cries snois state, county tsand local governm all lack the finances to fix the dilapidated bridges. it cost $1,300 alone to put up closed bridge signs and up to $10,000 per federal inspection. some of the necked bridges in missiippi were built when hair s. truman was president. that was 68 years ago. now because these bridges are closed, what was just a two-minute trip can now take more than 40 minutes getting from point "a" to int ." >> we've got a problem. the bridge. >> reporter: isashington county supeor jerry redmond says when a resident had a heart attack paramedics couldn't reach him quickly. they thought they were on the fastest route until thembulance hit a closed bridge. >> it was really about an hour before they got there, and the man had die then. >> reporter: tonight a risky reality for ymississippi residents, anxiouaiting for repairs and answers. kerry sanders, nbc news, holmes county mississippi. >> it is being called a victory for students.

we start off with a murder in a small town in mississippi and a trial and execution coming and that'sthe stuff that might bread and butter. all of a sudden that's part one but part two the book takes a hard left turn he goes off to war. for 150 pages. nobody saw that coming and i was not sure i saw coming and i have to do it that way but it was fascinating and the more i wrote it probably important at some level because you guys are dying off everyday and the veterans and it's rewarding for me to take a story that involves so many american prisoners in the way they were tweeted and as way of saying we do remember and it was fascinating but in the end hampton, i'm about selling books. [laughter] >> you do it well. have you ever thought about -- i've asked you this before but just how many trees you killed? [laughter] >> is a difficult thing -- >> if you're going to get personal but think about it, in my contact with my publisher they have to use paper that's been recycled. i think it's in their. nowadays with e-books i don't have to worry about that. no trees involved. hang on, sir. yo

my name it ta -- a black southern writer from jackson, mississippi. wrote a novel called long division ethic division how to those in america, and have a memoir coming out tuesday called heavy thank you all for coming. [applause] >> hi i'm ray paris from carson, california. and i was a professor at michigan state and i just went to seattle now a profess at the university of washington, and this is my first book. [applause] my name is rochelle riley i'm the media. i've been a -- a journalist my whole life. i was a tar heel study journal i feel at the university of north carolina at chapel hill work at six including washington post in dallas morning news and louisville, kentucky i'm not a columnist for the detroit free press, and i have decided that after all of these years of journalism i now want to write books. so i'm not a prolific author i'm a prolific writer you know when you write three columns week for years and years and years you get used to deadlines writing nonfiction and this is nonfiction i'm working on my first novel but it is very differ

the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. a senator: my friend from nebraska, senator sasse tells me he has remarks that will take approximately two minutes. mr. wicker: i have remarks that will follow that will take somewhat longer thatten two minutes. i ask -- than it would minutes. i have unanimous consent that senator sasse be allowed to speak before me and i might speak afterwards for such time as i might consume. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senator from nebraska. mr. sasse: mr. president, thank you to the senator from mississippi for yielding to me. mr. president, i rise to highlight the work of some truly impressive high school students. in september to celebrate constitution day, my office offered a challenge to high schoolers in my state to submit essays describing the relationship it the declaration of independence and the constitution. we received contributions from nebraska from across nebraska from students in public, private, and home schools. today i'm pleased to announce t

. >> madison, mississippi is next. call independent. good morning. >> congressman, i'm a retired military. i travel all over the world and i do see the global warming is

. >> i was on my dad's front porch in mississippi. i wanted to check on the flower. >> reporter: he never expected to see this. >> what's going on in look at this guy. >> he ran inside and called 911 and only got mississippi coulelp. rs who told him they >> your heart sings. . >> reporter: he set up tmera b vacati. seeing this person in his house leaves him wondering if it's happened before. >> there's a stranger in my house. has he dom in before? >> reporter: he landed back in san diego christmas night and sdored the -- discovered the things he's missing, including a class ring and watches. >> taking sentimental items is -- i don't know the word for it. heart wrenching. gut wrenching. >> reporter: he believes the thief didn't come in and out of the front door. >> there was never an entrance or exit from those doors. >> reporter: for him, that's a huge part of this leaving him rattled. >> i don't feel safe or secure. >> reporter: he's hoping someone will recognize the thief and turn him into police. >> i feel bad for the guy for not h

tyler luna/victim"so i was on my dad's front porch in mississippi and i was like 'oh lets see if that flower bloomed. you know, it's suppose to bloom on christmas. it's christmas eve, let's check it.'"hoping to check on a gift, tyler luna never expected to see this.tyler luna/victim"uh oh. what's going on? look at this guy."he immediately ran inside and in his panic, called 911 and only got the mississippi dispatchers who told him they couldn't help.tyler luna/victim "your heart sinks and its like what's happening?"luna set up this surveillance camera right before leaving for vacation. now, seeing this person in his house leaves him wondering if it's happened beforetyler luna/victim"there's a stranger in my house, has he come in before? has he come in when i was sleeping and i just didn't hear him?"he landed back in san diego christmas night and discovered the things he's now missing, including a class ring and his watches.tyler luna/victim"taking sentimental items from my house is just, i don't know the word for it, heart wrenching, gut wrenching."judging from the surveillance video,

caller: i am here, but i am from mississippi. host: oh, wow, you are from my home state. what part of mississippi are you from, james? caller: hattiesburg. host: down on the coast. what is your question? caller: i am a land surveyor. some people have outsmarted the government on that. theythey call dry land, if land, theynks of dry just donate it to a college and don't pay taxes on it. most of the land i survey, it is not dry, so something should be done, because these people are having to give up land that they have been using for years and years that is not a wetland, that has nothing to do with wetlands. it is just another government project that some tree hugger dreamed up, because it is not wetlands. it is absolutely not wetlands. host: this is something you are talking about earlier, about the argument about what is water and what is not. this wetland issue, have you seen this argument before? guest: absolutely, and it is true that if you are a layperson, you might expect the lands to be wet, and they could be soggy or muddy or even at times bone dry. that is why th

want to go back to mississippi.ssippi, 16 mothers who live in public housing with an average annual income of about $11,000 will receive $1,000 per month, no strings attached. it's part of magnolia mothers trust which aims to boost people out of poverty by giving them some cash and turn some -- in turn, some breathing room. recipients say this could be what they need. >> another one of my goals is to get on my feet and try to find me a job through this 12-month process. >> presentation is everything. so i could find me some nice clothes and stuff to wear to a job interviews. i'd be able to have my own gas to put in my vehicle to get to my job interviews and get to my job. >> let's talk about this more. joining me is aisha, ceo of springboard to opportunities. and chris hughes joins me as well korks-chair of the economic security project and co-founder of facebook. we had a nice conversation last week. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> we had a lot of chances to talk about mississippi. it has got the highest r

except for one thing: this is the mississippi school for the deaf.ed to the team through sign language and interpreters. >> how do you dribble and sign? if you're dribbling you might have to use one hand or use the other hand i guess. >>> no wung communicates quite like the school's coach.ù sekoe white. at a recent game against nearby jackson prep a fan tweeted this video of the coach imploring the team to play better defense, and signing.ù. "who's house?" the players sign back emphatically: "our house"!. what was your reaction to the video? >> you know first my reaction, i thought, what's the big deal? because i do it every day. but then you know, when i stepped back i started to realize that maybe it is a big deal for the whole community. >> you think you're an inspiring coach? >> yes, i try as much as possible to inspire my players, because i used to be like them. >> reporter: coach white grew up being bullied as the only deaf player on his high school basketball team in lexington kentucky, but persevered playing overseas and in the deaf olympics.

has reduced recidivism of the statee level and we have evidence from the state of texas, georgia, mississippi, many others to justify that fact. the bill provides incentives for inmates willing to put in the work to complete these programs. under this bill a prisoner may earn ten days of time credit for every 30 days of successful participation they can apply towards pre- release custody. however, access to these incentives is only available to those who pose little risk of committing new crimes. the first step act requires the bureau of prisons to implement a risk assessment system to determine an inmates risk of returning to crime after prison. access to the earned time credit is limited to those that oppose a minimum or low risk. bill also makes clear violent and high-risk criminals on the id of serious offenses our knowledgeable for the pre- release custody program. the list of disqualifying offenses include crimes relating to terrorism, murder, sexual exploitation of children in gun crimes among others that are listed in the bill. all fentanyl traffickers are disqualified whatsoever from

john's in newfoundland to fort viewed on the lower mississippi. -- for two butte county lower mississippi. approximately the distance separating london from the ancient port city of the red sea, jetta. many of these posts were accessible only by long overland marches or securities water rinse -- circuitous water routes. viewed from its headquarters in new york, the army's nerve center of transatlantic communication, the network of posts included halifax, which anchored the british fisheries in the northeast, niagara, detroit, mackinac, occupying the chokepoint on the great lakes, the forts at opposite ends of the ohio valley that link the great lakes to the mississippi, and apalachee, pensacola, and mobile on the gold coast. simply to take in the strategic significance of all these posts, to appreciate the ways in which climate and geography made them different form one another and to grasp how native american nations largely determined their capacity for effective action could require a lifetime of study and reflection. the challenges of managing britain's army in north america were legi

up to a foot of rain fell in parts of mississippi and louisiana.norco, louisiana, flooded streets forced detours, but this 18-wheeler flipped trying to turn around. in new orleans, st. charles parish, many residents woke up to a watery misery. >> i heard the alarm that went off, thank god. so when i did wake up, i stepped into puddles of water. >> reporter: the wintry mix has been marching across the west and upper plains all week, dumping snow up north, flipping a tank truck on icy roads, and drenching the south. one of the hardest hit-- hattiesburg, mississippi, and nearby greene county. >> it's wet, muddy. it's bad. >> reporter: pastor devin mcilwain says four feet of water flooded his baptist church. >> the smaller pews, they're not bolted down, are floated in. and tables are turned over, chairs turned over. >> reporter: fulton, alabama saw the same type of high-water drama-- flooded homes and trapped people needing evacuation. the atlanta fire department tweeted this warning to motorists, "turn around, don't drown." even one of the fire statio

it had vast back country that went to the mississippi river or the state of alabama and mississippi. georgia realized it could pay its deficit to sell the land off. it made a deal in 1795 to sell 35 million acres for a penny and a half an acre. every member of the george magistrate are -- legislature was bribed, the going rate was $1000, one legislature said he wasn't greedy. when word of us got out, the people of georgia replaced all of these legislators at the next election with a new set and they pass the repeal act which nullified the sale and forbade it from ever appearing in a georgia court. the repeal act said any officer of the state who referred to the land sale would be fined $1000. georgia has undone the sale and made it impossible to litigated in the georgia court. the purchasers of this land were not intending to move to alabama or mississippi but flip their purchases immediately for profit. and and and this would only work if the sale were valid. they have a legal opinion who from alexander hamilton is no longer in government, practicing in new york and hamilton wrote a

the military finished briefing the families of 16 men killed when their marine kc-130 crashed in mississippis concluded the crash was caused by mistakes during maintenance six years earlier. cbs news spoke with one of the iedows. here's david martin. >> it kills me inside, because my children could still have their dad. i could still have my husband. >> reporter: cbs news spoke with ashley kundrat just after the marine corps told her last year's crash of a c-130, which killed her husband, staff sergeant william kundrat and 15 others, could and should have been prevented. the transport plane had simply disappeared from radar during a routine cross-country flight. the plane was at 20,000 feet when, without warning, a blade on the left inboard propeller flew off and sliced through the fuselage. a 130-pound object traveling at almost the speed of sound. that caused so much structural stress, the right inboard propeller came off and spun into the fuselage. the cockpit was severed from the plane and plummeted to earth, followed moments later by the fuselage. the doomed aircraft belonged to an air

each one report of 15 1/2 inches of rain in mississippi.recast for the southeast for the next three days. now, today, the focus remains. the low pressure system sitting over the gulf of mexico, that's going to surge more moisture up. stretching from texas all the way over towards florida. that system, what it does in the coming days, that's where it becomes important for areas in the mid-atlantic, the northeast and the midwest. there comes that low as it begins to push off to the north. really ramping up especially with the moisture and the heavy rain on sunday. then by monday, it pushes off to the east. places like the ohio valley, into areas of the northeast. unfortunately, say you have plans for new york city on new year's eve, it looks like right as the ball drops, you're going to be looking at rain showers. not only in new york but also cities like philadelphia, cleveland, knoxville, to atlanta, and it's the southern cities where you're really going to have the bulk of that heavy rain. widespread, about 2 inches. some can pick up an ad

what are now the states of alabama and mississippi. and georgia realized it could sell the land off to pay its debts. it made a deal in 1795 to sell 35 million acres for a penny and a half an acre. every member of the georgia legislature was bribed to make the sale. the going rate was $1,000, one legislator took only $600 and said he wasn't greedy. when word of this got out the people of georgia replaced all of these legislators at the next languaged with a new set and they passed a repeal act. which nullified the sale and also forbade it from ever appearing in a georgia court. the repeal act that said that any officer of the state who so much as referred to the land sale would be find $1,000. so georgia has undone the sale and its made it impossible to litigate it in a georgia court. now of course the purchasers of this land were not intending to move to alabama or mississippi. they were going to flip their purchases immediately for a profit. this is very old american real estate story. so, and then the second purchasers were going to

he goes to places like sparks, mississippi and he goes to the southwest and meets up with mexican american activists, farmworkers. he meets up with poor whites as well, and he will have a whole caravan of -- a multiracial caravan that will come to d.c . in the summer. by the summer, he's talking about a guaranteed income. and remember, 50 years ago, there were many americans across political lines who were talking about a guaranteed income as a way to fight poverty and end poverty and joblessness once and for all. some people talked about full employment and how would that work, a works progress administration. when king went to memphis, he used memphis as the first beach head in this larger battle for social justice. even though king is always, always articulating a philosophy of nonviolence, journalists and politicians will criticize him him say he's trying to bring violence to washington, d.c. when all he is trying to do is force the united states into a reckoning with the gap between democratic rhetoric and reality, especially for poor people. but for people of all colors. he is intere

senate runoff race in mississippi. losing democratic candidate played the race card.etting to the ballot box when they are sufficiently motivated to do so, sometimes higher rates than white voters in states with toughest voter i.d. laws. the candidates didn't motivate their voters. stop blaming racism. paul: mary. >> this is miss for the trump administration tax increases on middle-class americans, aka tariff increases. 94% of imported buys come from china. more than 80% of christmas lights come from china. we already paid something like 1.4 billion in new taxes. imports from china. if you go downstairs this year the tree looks a little dark, that bicycle is not there, you know who to thank. paul: dan? >> a few weeks ago i gave a hit to nasa for probe of the sun. in my continuing effort to bring happy news from outer space, nasa should be congratulated for landing the insight spacecraft on mars. get this, this thing was traveling seven times the speed of a bullet. had only one degree of entry to land safely. had to slow down to five miles an hour in seven minutes. onl

host: i am from mississippi. you are in st. louis. what exactly is flyover country? guest: the term "flyover country" is usually used in a pejorative way by people who live on the coast who imply that where we live is not really worth talking about, not worth investigating. it is where you "fly over." in my book, i talk about what it is like to live here. it is not a monolith. you are talking about the majority of american space. we have cities, we have rural areas. there is a perception that everyone who lives here is an elderly, white, trump supporting former manufacturer or farmer. you find that same kind of diversity as you find on the coast it and you find the same problems, only inverted. in big coastal cities, you have justification and high costs of living taking a toll, where i live you see abandonment, apathy, a lack of jobs and opportunity. if there is one thing that holds "flyover country" together, it is the collective feeling of abandonment. the feeling that people only come here if there is a disaster, a hurricane, and election, a riot. not --se, peopl

this is the mississippi school for the deaf.rpreters. how do you dribble and sign? >> if you're dribbling, you might have to use one hand, or you have to hold the ball and use the other hand, i guess. >> reporter: no one communicates quite like the school's coach, sekoe white. >> watch, watch! >> reporter: at a recent game, a fan tweeted this video of the coach rallying his team, signing, "whose house?" the players signed back, "our house!" what was your reaction to the video? >> you know, first, my reaction, vithought, you know, what's the yig deal? that's what i do every day. but then, you know, when i stepped back, i started to realize that maybe it is a big deal, for the whole community. >> reporter: you think you're inspiring as a coach? >> yes. i try as much as possible to inspire my players, because i used to be like them. >> reporter: coach white grew up being bullied as the only deaf player on his high school basketball team in lexington, kentucky, but persevered, playing overseas and in the deaf olympics. >> basketball

this is a man who'd been fighting for equal rights in mississippi, alabama, but los angeles he said, he just threw up his hands, i'm leaving. >> host: your thoughts as we approach the 50th anniversary of his assassination next week, april 4 that is coming up. >> guest: you know, martin luther king said a a great thig once to a friend of mine. they were talking and king said, you know, as i look at the news and to see what's happening in the world, i think that we may be trying to integrate ourselves into a burning house. my friend said, well, so if that's the case, what should we do? he said, we're going to have to become fire. and that's, you know, whether it's the 50th anniversary or the 51st or the 37th 37th or the 120 ninth, his understanding of the duty that we, all americans have is really a very special thing. >> host: albert in chicago. >> caller: albert in chicago. >> host: that's you. >> caller: hello, hello. can you hear me? >> host: we can. go ahead, question or comment. >> caller: by, is i want to thank you for being here on each day and the, is about i didn't know he wa