i think and i know and we have seen it with veterans and seen it in the mississippi delta where i just visited where you have positive outcomes with those who have been hypertensive. they have not running into the doctor every five minutes or going to the emergency room to have casual care. they have a laptop that is assigned to them and health care cost are going down and their outcomes are getting more up and increased and all of this is made possible through connectivity. that is why on a mobile front wireless front and the legacy front we need to connect. >> this is an expansion of the fcc's traditional role in communication. >> we have been in the rural broadband business for a while. i don't know if you know that but one of the parts hof the universal service -- of the -- program is designed to help connect rural health care facilities to provide affordable broadband infrastructure. >> all of these programs are funded through the fees on the phone bill so people are paying into this. is it possible to expand the lifeline program without increasing the fees on the phone bill? >> w

. >> joe bonamassa: we went down to the mississippi delta to see the land where muddy waters and howlin' wolf came from. to see what was in the dirt and what was in the water that made these men cornerstones of blues music. when they built the levies to hold back the huge mississippi river floods that happened every year the floods plains and marshes dried up

i think and know, and we have seen with veterans and the mississippi delta, where i just visited, you have positive outcomes with those who have been hyper tentative. they are not running into the doctor every five minutes or going to the emergency room to have casual care. they are dealing -- they have a laptop that is assigned to them. health care costs are going down. there outcomes are getting more -- they have increased tremendously. all of this is made possible through connectivity. that is why on the mobile front, on the wireless front, and the legacy wire front, we need to commit -- connect. that is a national priority that is unmet. host: is this an expansion of the fcc's traditional role? mignon: we have been in the broadband business for a while. i don't know if you know that. one of the parts of the universal service program is designed to help connect rural health care facilities. it is not new. it is evolving as we evolve. brendan: all these programs -- they are funded through fees on phone bills. so people are paying into this. is it possible to expand the lifeline prog

[laughter] of course, i went to school the mississippi delta. three minutes? thanks. fred? >> some years ago at the ali, we had james hall and the daughter of one of the generals. dr. alford: tidwell. >> didn't they imply that booth had a strong connection to confederate intelligence? dr. alford: yes, they did. in fact, the old point in the book -- the whole point of the book was to see what extent that related to jefferson. i looked hard for that but i did not see anything like that. it is obvious that booth worked with payroll confederate people like thomas harvin who went back-and-forth across the river. at 1.i remember john's arrest -- at oine point john surma at surratt -- john dr. alford: -- surratt said, should we check this with the confederates? [laughter] they may hit us over the head and turn this over to the yanks. that is something the as birders talked about. -- conspirators talked about. >> you describe booth's father as troubled. booth went into his father's profession. i'm interested about his attitude. did he reject his father or did he keep a compassionat

visiting mississippi, thank you for visiting rural sunflower county specifically ruville in the mississippi delta. and there you saw a telemedicine program that is treating and attempting to defeat type 2 diabetes. so thank you so much for coming. this program depends on usf supported robust mobile broadband connections. what is the fcc prepared to do to ensure that sufficient usf support remains available so that rural wireless networks remain up and running enabling access to these critical life saving and cost saving advances in medicine? >> you know about phase one of mobility fund as well as our us,,connect america fund. we're moving ahead in the next phases of that which we will hope will be further enablers for investments. we've got broadband experiments in rural initiatives that will help us work out the kinks to for us to go to the next stage of broader series of investments. so what we're doing is on a very parallel courseworking out the kinks in terms of ip transition and the like and really continuing to fuel innovation and monies and investment. and working with communities with the

today, there is a hunt collier refuge in the mississippi delta. a woman in brooklyn, ruth macomb , she ended up becoming very famous and made a lot of money -- i'll tell you why in a minute -- they are down there in mississippi, and the big thing was the south was lynching african-americans. fdr wanted federal anti-lynching laws, and the south didn't want anti-lynching laws. t.r. went there on the hunt but also to promote and sell the anti-lynching laws. a cartoonist from "the washington post," clifford berryman, showed a cartoon of a black bear, which looked like an effort in american with a rope around its neck, and it showed roosevelt drawing the line in mississippi. a real bear had been caught and roped by holt callier, and t.r. would not shoot it because that wasn't a fair hunt conservation practice. the cartoon had a double meaning. drawing the line in mississippi. we are not going to kill a trapped animal. and we are against lynching. the cartoon went, in today's parlance viral, and ruth in brooklyn wrote a letter saying -- dear mr. presiden

[laughter] of course, i went to school the mississippi delta. three minutes? thanks. fred? >> some years ago at the ali, we had james hall and the daughter of one of the generals. dr. alford: tidwell. >> didn't they imply that booth had a strong connection to confederate intelligence? dr. alford: yes, they did. in fact, the old point in the book -- the whole point of the book was to see what extent that related to jefferson. i looked hard for that but i did not see anything like that. it is obvious that booth worked with payroll confederate people like thomas harvin who went back-and-forth across the river. at one point john surratt said should we check this with the confederates? [laughter] they may hit us over the head and turn this over to the yanks. that is something the conspirators talked about. >> you describe booth's father as troubled. booth went into his father's profession. i'm interested about his attitude. did he reject his father or did he keep a compassionate view? dr. alford: is used were mixed and not very public. i found a couple of examples. actors are ve

[laughter] of course, i went to school the mississippi delta. three minutes? thanks. fred? >> some years ago at the ali, we had james hall and the daughter of one of the generals. dr. alford: tidwell. >> didn't they imply that booth had a strong connection to confederate intelligence? dr. alford: yes, they did. in fact, the old point in the book -- the whole point of the book was to see what extent that related to jefferson. i looked hard for that but i did not see anything like that. it is obvious that booth worked with payroll confederate people like thomas harvin who went back-and-forth across the river. at 1.i remember john's arrest -- at oine point john surma at surratt -- john dr. alford: -- surratt said, should we check this with the confederates? [laughter] they may hit us over the head and turn this over to the yanks. that is something the as birders talked about. -- conspirators talked about. >> you describe booth's father as troubled. booth went into his father's profession. i'm interested about his attitude. did he reject his father or did he keep a compassionat

neumann and i have been working for or in rural water systems in the mississippi delta for 20 years. i started out as a small city water manager in my hometown which has about 1,000 homes. i then worked as a circuit writer for ten years in this capacity, i visited every one of the delta's approximately 500 small communities to help them with their water and sewer problems. currently i am working for 2 dozen communities, assisting them with their water and sewer utilities. i am honored to be accompanied here today by the mayor of one of these small towns. the town has a population of approximately 1,200 persons, the mayor challenges are compounded by the fact that as a small town mayor he has a full time job as a truck driver and has to handle much of the city's issues on his free time. his community has little professional staff because they simply can't afford it in como, the wastewater system is failing because of its age and inability to meet its current epa treatment. the cost to update the sewer system to be complaint is approximately $2 million. the drinking water system needs

what we really wanted to portray in following his story specifically, he lives in the mississippi deltat. we wanted to see if he could rise above it and overcome. and it was just absolutely to witness his journey. >> now, all four kids revealed they've been targeted by bullies as a result of their weight. and you captured a really powerful moment when some of the girls wrote down the names they'd been called. let's watch. >> we're going to put all of this ugliness behind us. we're going to put behind us big "a," fat "a," fatness, fat whale, cow, cheeseburger big blob and some of the other terrible names on here. they're hurtful. they stay with you. long after the person has said them. >> besides the health risks, how does being overweight affect these kids emotionally and mentally? >> well i speak purely from experience that it's shameful. we exist in a country whether you're looking at commercials or you're looking at who's on the cover of the magazine the way people are photoshopped, there's a stigma attached to being heavy. these kids shed the emotional weight of being ostracized bec

newman and i have been working for or in small and rural community water systems in the mississippi delta for nearly 20 years. i first started out as a small city water manager in my home town of baden, mississippi which has about 1,000 homes. i then worked for the mississippi rural water association as a circuit rider for ten years. in this capacity i visited every one of the delta's approximately 500 small communities to help them with their water and sewer problems. currently i am working for about two dozen small delta communities assisting them with their water and sewer utilities. i am honored to be accompanied here today by the mayor of one of these small towns, mayor everett hill. the town of komo has a population of 1,200 persons. the mayor challenges are compounded by the fact that as a small town mayor he has a full time job as a truck driver. and has to handle much of the city's issues on its free time. his community has little professional staff because they simply can't afford it. in komo the waste water system is failing because of its age and inability to meet its current

in the mississippi delta. and there you saw a ground breaking telemedicine program that is treating and attempting to defeat type two diabetes. so thank you for coming. this program depends on usf supported robust mobile brbd broadband connections. twhaz what is the fcc prepared to do to ensure the support remains available so rural wireless networks remain up and running and enabling access to these critical life-saving and cost-saving advances in medicine. >> you know about phase 1 one of mobility fund as well as connect america fund. we are moving ahead in the next phases of that which we hope will be further enablers for investments. we've got broadband experiments in a rural initiatives that will help us work out the kinks for us to go to the next stage of broader series of investments. so what we're doing is on a very parallel course working out the kinks in terms of ip transition and the like. and really continuing to fuel innovation and monies in investment. and working with communities with the privat

version of critically needed and currently dedicated funding for coastal louisiana in the mississippi river delta. this prosed budget under cuts the administration's previous commitments to restore infrastructure and eco systems in the mississippi river delta where we are losing 16 square miles of critical wetlands every year, a preventable coastal erosion crisis. these are the environmentalists. when i go back to louisiana -- there was a headline i recently read does president obama hate louisiana? if you're this person in that home that's a question you're asking when the money we were going to use to build back that wetlands is being taken away. now, in that is a question. don't you care about these families? it doesn't appear you do. your thoughts? >> thank you senator. of course, i care about those families as i do about many families in coastal communities that are experiencing dramatic impact. the president's proposed budget says we should revisit the revenues from federal waters offshore, the onstate waters for the benefit of all american people. >> revisit means take it away from the coa

version of critically needed and currently dedicated funding for coastal louisiana and the mississippi river delta. this proposed budget undercuts the administration's previous commitments to restore critical economic infrastructure and ecosystems in the mississippi river delta where we are losing 16 square miles of critical wetlands every year, a preventable coastal erosion crisis. these are the environmentalists. when i go back to louisiana, in fact there is a headline recently i read, does president obama hate louisiana? if you're this person in that home, that's a question you're asking when the land -- the money we were going to use to build back that wetlands is being taken away. now, in that is a question. don't you care about these families? it doesn't appear that you do. your thoughts? >> thank you, senator. of course i care about those families, as i do about many families in coastal communities that are experiencing dramatic impacts. the president's proposed budget says we should revisit the revenues from federal waters offshore, beyond state waters for the benefit of all american peopl

delta state university at mississippi. >> the easy thing to do for any average person is to judge a largey the actions of a few. >> here at ou the university's investigation continues. as for the national headquarters, they say they had nothing to do with the hiring of this attorney. national sae supports what this university did, shutting down this chapter. alex, back to you. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you so much for that. it was a peaceful night in ferguson after days of demonstrations and violence. police are conducting an intense manhunt for a gunman or gunmen who shot two police officers in the overnight hours early thursday. ron, with a good morning. what is next for the people of ferguson? >> that's a good question alex. there's still a lot of tension out here. no one is sure what's next. this is of course where it handled out in front of the ferguson police department. they still don't know whether the gunman was involved with the protesters or outside agitator has many people here claimed. nonetheless, for one night ferguson did get a break. the few people outside ferguson police

and so i think and i know -- and we've seen it with veterans, and we've seen it in the mississippi deltawhere i just visited where you've gotten some positive outcomes with those who have been hyper-- they are not coming running to the doctor every five minutes or going to the emergency rooms to have casual care. they're dealing -- they've got a laptop that is assigned to them, and health care costs are going down. their outcomes are getting more, the outcomes have just increased tremendously. and all of this is made possible through connectivity. and so that's why both on a mobile front, on a wireless front and, yes the legacy wire front we need to connect america, because that is a national priority that is unmet. >> host: is this an expansion of the fcc's traditional role in communications? >> guest: well, you know, we've been in the rural broadband business for a while. i don't know if you know that. one of the parts of the universal service program is designed to help connect rural health care facilities to provide them with affordable broadband infrastructure. it is not new. it is

west tennessee was traditionally dominated by the mississippi rivers the delta, farming agriculture, again, very democrat traditionally. but i think the point would be is that to win you had to be able to -- you couldn't just come out of one part of the state and bowl over everybody. you had to really -- had you to do well in all parts. so it forced you to be out listening to people and i think so the more you're out -- again it's a good part about democracy. the more you're actually out campaigning and talking to -- what do people really care about? and you realize, they don't care about a lot of the stuff we spend a lot of time talking on. and i think, again the three different natures of tennessee forced you to go out and listen because, well, you could -- when i ran, i'm from east tennessee and when i go to memphis, there would be like how do we know you're going to care about us. to win you better show them you understand them and their city. understanding their city means understanding their problems. >> governor, it's been so great to have you. thank you for the excellent ques

mchale sykes is the president of the chapter at delta state university in mississippi. >> the easy thing to do for any average person is to judge a large population by the actions of a few. >> reporter: meanwhile, here at o.u., the investigation continues. university officials say it would be inappropriate to comment on any pending litigation. as for sae's national headquarters, they say they support what the university did and they had nothing to do with hiring this lawyer. again, they support what the university did, which was shutting down this chapter, alex. >> exactly. gabe gutierrez, many thanks from norman norman. >>> a massive wildfire in chile is growing now threatening two major port cities. some 4,500 people in six neighborhoods have been actually evacuated from the area and another 10,000 might be forced to leave soon. this time last year another wildfire in the very same area killed 15 people and injured more than 500. >>> a popular ice cream brand is being pulled. several products off those shelves after a deadly listeria outbreak. some single serving sizes of ice cream san

i have then worked for the mississippi water association as a circuit rider for 10 years. in this capacity, i visited every one of the delta'spproximately 500 small communities to help them with their water and sewer problems. currently, i am working for two dozen small delta communities assisting them with their water and sewer utilities. i'm honored to be accompanied here by the mayor of one of these small towns. the town has a population of approximately 1,200 persons. the mayor challenges are compounded by the fact that as a small town mayor, he has a full-time job as a truck driver and has top handle much of the city's issues on his time off. in the town, the waste water system is failing because of its age and enact to meet its current e.p.a. treatment. the cost to update the sewer system to be compliant is approximately $2 million. it needs an additional one million in upgrades. the town was recently find by the department of environmental quality for failing to comply with the waste water discharge permits. it is actually discharging only partially treated waste water due to current failure. the town is just like tho