states regionally. in other words, the greater mississippi area. the teams you might work with there would absolutely be a place where there would be special strength that you would bring and other places around the country. so the idea is to do this. and we want to move as fast as we can on this. >> mr. secretary, we also are very proud to have in my district a newcore steel plant. and they've gone through a lot of difficult times, you know, when the demand for steel fell below 50%. they still didn't lay off a single worker. it's a great story there. while the market has gotten better and you touched on this with mr. butterfield, you know, a surge of imports and rebar from other countries are kind of stopping this recovery in its tracks. and so, you know, my understanding is there are certain countries as we sort of touched on that do not have a natural economic advantage to produce steel and some even import steel scrap from the united states in order to produce their steel products. it does seem some of these governments in these countries may b

expand on what mississippi state and other universities are already doing? >> yes. the idea of this, what's called nnmi, this initiative which is in our budget this year one time out of nist, and the idea of this is to really work hard on the advance manufacturing of the future of this year, next year, years beyond this because we're the leader in the world in manufacturing and advance manufacturing, particularly. we are the leader in manufacturing. but advance manufacturing is where this sector, as you know from mississippi state, is going. and so what we have to be very smart about is the very best advance technologies for application in manufacturing. and the reality is technology is going to be a big part of this. and we have to work with these outstanding universities. so this nnmi initiative is to bring together just what you're describing. the outstanding universities working in this area. the outstanding private sector leaders that are working in this area, working in the labs with nist. national institute of standards and technology. and the plan is to buil

the south they vote better state constitutions than the southern states have now much better than texas is for instance for mississippi's they started the public school systems for both races there were scattered schools for white folks but no system that included the whole state and of course there were no schools at all for black folks it was illegal a felony to teach even free blacks to be ignorant so they didn't screw up so anyway i went to nearby schools i watched and this was just before massive school desegregation so i watched black teachers teaching all black classes this white supremacist history that was complete b.s. . because they were just teaching what was in the book so i tried for about a year and a half to get his story and there were more than one historian to write a new book they were too busy doing little monographs in. stuff so eventually i got a grant i've put together a team of students and faculty ad to go lou and also at millsaps college which is a nearby white school and we wrote a new history of mississippi well this was aimed at ninth graders where this was a required course and the state r

in 2008, the innocence project wrote to the mississippi state medical board, stating that dr.hayne is "a danger to the public" and should not be allowed to testify. dr. hayne is suing the innocence project for defamation. the case is expected to go to trial later this year. meanwhile, he continues to testify. among the various qualifications he cites is a certificate from acfei. >> there she is, guys, we got her, you can see her, she is coming out the front door right here. unbelievable... >> bergman: after 33 days of testimony, the defense prevailed. casey anthony was found not guilty of murder and released. >> this case utilized every single type of forensic science. they threw a bunch of stuff against the wall and they were hoping something would stick, and none of it did. you would think that there would be higher standards when someone's life is on the line. >> 99% of the time, forensic evidence is reliable and accurate and very, very necessary. and to take a small number of cases or the opinions of a few people and take that as an indictment of the system of forensic sci

on what mississippi state at of the universities are already doing? >> yes. the idea of this, what's called him him him i, this initiative which is in our budget, this year, one time out of nist, and the idea of this is to really wd on the advanced manufacturing of the future. this year, next year, years beyond this. because we are the leader in the world in manufacturing in advanced manufacturing particularly, we are the leading in manufacturing. but advanced manufacturing is where this sector, as you know from mississippi state is going, and so what we have to be very smart about is the very best advanced technologies for application in manufacturing. and the reality is, technology will be a big part of this, and we have to work with these outstanding universities. so this initiative is to bring together just what you're describing, the outstanding universities working in this area, the outstanding private sector leaders that are working in this area, working in the labs with nist, and the plan is to build as many as 50 of these around the united st

grant association now at mississippi state, i have to ask you briefly to evaluate grant's generalship at this battle. it was pointed out that wylie just mentioned, it wasn't great you seem to be saying but what about the other panelists? wylie, what do you think? give jim a chance. >> i have been doing a lot of talking. let jim talk. >> i was about to go back to beauregard and johnston. anyways -- i think that grant unquestionably was, as well as sherman, who was acting on the field as more or less commander since grant's headquarters was nine miles downriver in savannah, i think that initially, both of them looked bad in regard, that is grant and sherman, in regard to being prepared. and, of course, neither of them is expecting to be attacked. but once the battle is joined i think grant handles himself quite well from all i can understand. i think sherman does too. and -- so -- i give them high marks. fighting defensively. but, of course, fighting defensively, particularly if you have got good terrain, is a different ball game from trying to go on the attack. and i think that the con

of experience in the mexican war, and i'm going to organize this force to lead an assault on mississippi state university just two miles down the road? i don't think so. and i think what it does come down to is, nobody's ready for this war. nobody is prepared, and i think what frank says is right. lincoln came to understand this. these guys really don't know as much as they think they know, and in lincoln reading their books, reading the book of my hero henry halak, came to understand, hey, i can figure this out just as well as they can. maybe better. how come they haven't considered this and this and this? maybe this lawyer's mind in this one instance, at least, played an important role, frank. >> you mean lincoln. >> i'm from baltimore, maryland. and this is something that i've been thinking of for two days, since i heard jack davis' presentation, and it's been reiterated today. so lee, the reluctant traitor, as you called him, agonizes about his loyalty to virginia versus his loyalty to the united states. i imagine that was true for a lot of officers and the like. during the course of the w

john marzalek, director of grant association and professor of at mississippi state university is an expert on generals grant and sherman and the military culture of the u.s. military academy. craig symmonds of the u.s. naval academy, recently retired, recently unretired, taught for decades at annapolis and is the country's leading expert on the civil war at sea. civil war at sea. adam goodheart is author of the acclaimed book "1861: the civil war awakening" and i know a stranger to all of you, frank williams, our beloved chairman, also one of the country's leading experts on the law of war. he pronounces it somewhat differently. and the constitutionality during rebellion. gentlemen, all welcome. >> let's start with tom and i think i'll pitch certain questions to one or another of you and then just give me an indication that you'd like to respond or disagree or attack or whatever. tom, you obviously get failure number one. and i mean your subject, president james buchanan. he thought succession was illegal. what might he have done between january and march of 1861 to make sure the rebellion

the papers of john stennis, at mississippi state university. margaret chase smith up in maine. howard baker, bob dole have recently opened centers in their states and are gradually opening up their papers. >> if some young person came to you right now and said, okay, 34 years you were the senate historian, i want that job. what would you recommend? >> it depends on how young the person was, but i'd say -- i would ask them if they enjoy reading biographies. >> let's say they're into history. they're in college. they really, really want this. it's not just a pipe dream. specifically tell them what they should do. >> read, read, read, write, write, write. we want people who have good communication skills both with the written word and also be able to stand up and speak to an audience fairly easily. we like people who have an interest in civics and government. a person -- i remember as a teenager going to the meetings of the board of aldermen of my town of melrose, massachusetts, and being fascinated by what was going on, the political alliances. and that's at the most elementary le

state flag and a gay marriage ban. so this was untraditional. it wasn't an offyear in mississippi because all state offices were up and the man who is now the governor was a huge supporter of personhood. so what we really did, and would they're thankful for all of you helped us to do, was we created a climate where people could talk about this, and where people had doubts and where people were given permission to be pro life, because they are in the state of mississippi, and be against personhood. so i think we were the least voted on, because we did create a culture of doubt that some people weren't comfortable voting no. but they definitely weren't comfortable voting this into law. and i'm happy to report that they did try a couple maneuvers in the state legislature this year to try to get personhood back up and running and it has been defeated. so we will not see personhood of mississippi for at least a couple more years. so let me transition into what we definitely will be seeing. and i'm going to start out in the state of north dakota. on the june primary, june 12th, there wi

now, showalter went to college at mississippi state. so he's not a big fan of rival alabama.ck may not be happy if the ravens pick bama linebacker, daunte hightower, with the 29th overall pick on thursday. hightower is an all-american. a big part of alabama's defense that was ranked best in the nation. hightower grew up idolizing ray lewis. and some see hightower as the possible heir-apparent to ray lewis if the ravens pick him. and they do have their eye on him. >> hightower is a great player. there's no doubt about it. he's an explosive guy. we've seen him play live, many times, through the alabama connections. we're going to draft the best play that is available. and if that's an inside linebacker, and we think that guy is a really good player, we'll take him. >> well, there's no doubt about what will be the -- who will be the number 1 pick. it will be stanford. they announced today, what everyone expected. luck is their guy. first round of the nfl draft thursday night. >>> the second qb taken in the draft is likely to be heisman trophy winner, robert of baylor. whose heis

with its clear hostility to women extremely low on reproductive health outcomes mississippi is a state with the highest infant mortality rate and the highest percentage of teenage mothers that's according to the kaiser family foundation and also has the fifth highest rate of women who die in childbirth according to the national women's law center how very christian of them right now is crazy was mad clearly is which he is it's actually surprisingly the brian thinks that he can get away with saying the democrats one mission in life is to kill children in the womb because simply letting women have the right to choose what doesn't quite equate to going on some massive infanticide of epic proportions surely even most people that are pro-life have to be able to see that right we would be like a single democrat arguing or excuse me it would be like a democrat arguing that because republicans support the right to bear arms and refuse to put any restrictions on people having deadly weapons that obviously all republicans want to shoot everyone else that is just stupid now it's also important is

mississippi, which today i think is the poorest state, or you know, maybe arkansas is the poorest and mississippi is the second poorest. well, you know, in this period, mississippi is the wealthiest state. it's a state that's full of farms and plantations and slaves. and of course, the crop that most of these slaves are raising and the slave owners are profiting from, is what? cotton. right. this is the cotton era. cotton is being raised all over the region and it is in fact the largest export for the whole united states. it's one of the cheap engines of the whole economy. and that cotton goes to principally to one country, that country is -- great britain, right. the textile mill owners in england want american cotton. it has a reputation for being very fine cotton, high quality cotton. so, there's a lot of money at stake here. there is a lot of wealth at stake. and even though the 19th century is called the century of emancipation because that's when so many societies finally turn away from slavery, we must always remember there's a strong counter attack from slave owners who are tr

states. one, the great nation. and two, mississippi. and individual state senate race. and eventually caught up to him and eventually had to choose. interestingly enough for the whole time that he was in washington, first as a seminary, then secretary of war and under can, he was the capital extension's greatest political opponent. once he left, as he became confederacy never return to washington and saw completion of this work. so anyway, he got his money, not quite as much as he would've wished, but got the project started. he had a contest for the architects to see who would be building it and went off to mississippi to run for governor. he lost. the job of hiring an architect and designer was left to millard fillmore, the president at that time. fillmore had another contest and in june of 1851, he hired this man. thomas u. walter is his second major character in freedom's cap. a very interesting man, self-made man his father was a bricklayer and he apprenticed his father is the bricklayer and stonemason and enjoined him as a partner. later he went to the franklin in

did try a couple maneuvers in the state legislature this year to get personhood back up and running and has been defeated. so we will not see personhood in mississippi for at least a couple more years. [ applause ] >> so let me transition into what we definitely will be seeing. and i'll start out in the state of north dakota. on the june primary, june 12th, there lab religious liberties ballot initiative, very broad wide-based initiative that will legally make it you candice crime nate based on religion. birth control refusing or denying a muslim couple to rent an apartment you are the landlord. this is a primary that people will be voting in because there is an open senate seat. so that's the first one. obviously, our organization and everybody in the room does not want discrimination, especially with the refusal that we're still going through actually this is something we will be watching. moving on to florida, there is a privacy and public funding ban this, was placed by the legislature last year. what this does is public funding will deny public funding for abortion. we don't know, we are exploring what it means. this could impact public employe

states. the greater mississippi area is a team you might work with. they would absolutely be a place where there would be special strengths. there are other places around the country so the idea is to do this and want to move as fast as weekend. >> we also are very proud to have in my district in mississippi, a new plant and they have gone through difficult times when the demand for steel fell below 50% and it did not lay off a single worker. the market has gotten better and a surge of the imports from other countries are starting this recovery in its tracks. my understanding is there are certain countries that do not have made a natural economic advantage to produce steel. some even import steel scraps from the united states to produce their steel products. it seems some of these governments in these countries may be subsidizing their steel industry. you said you believe it is imperative that the department of commerce look into that. we certainly encourage you to do so and i yield back. >> thank you, yes. >> the chair recognizes mr. dingell for five

happens to be the same day taxes are due, but it comes earlier in tennessee, louisiana and mississippi. statesax burdens don't expire until later in the year. connecticut is the last one. tax freedom day, may 5th. it goes without saying that not all of the situations are the same and not everyone is fed up with the current tax structure. billionaire david rubenstein calls america's tax system a disgrace. the co-founder of the carlyle group says the government needs to change the law if they want the rich to pay more taxes. rubenstein says he's paying what he's supposed to pay under the current law and it's unfair for people to say that he's not paying his fair share. president obama's been calling for the rich to pay their fair share in taxes. he wants to change the law so that people who make more than $1 million a year will pay at least a 30% tax rate. here's the question. what does it mean when you have to work 107 days just to meet your tax bill? go to cnn.com/caffertyor go to the post on the situation room's facebook page and after all of that they still spend a trillion more than they ta

researchers asked people in all 50 states how important religion was in their daily lives and how often they attend church. in mississippi, 59% were described as "very religious." in vermont, only 23% fell into that category, making it the least religious state in the country. >>> meanwhile, about 10,000 people describing themselves as atheists, agnostics or nonbelievers gathered on the national mall for what they called the reason rally. they hoped to draw attention to the concerns of secular people. >>> the dalai lama is the winner of the 2012 templeton prize, the world's largest to an individual. this year, $1.7 million. the dalai lama was honored for his recognition of the role science can play in supporting spirituality, and for his commitment to compassion and better understanding between religions. the dalai lama spoke of his "little service to humanity," and called himself a "simple buddhist monk." he plans to donate his prize money to help malnourished children in africa and asia. >>> as western christians celebrate holy week leading up to easter, pilgrims are flooding into jerusalem. many of those pilgrims try

in mississippi today, republicans are sending to their governor legislation that the republicans are openly wishing and hoping is going to end all access to legal abortion in the state of mississippi. it's one of the so-called trap laws. a law that radically ups the amount of regulation and red tape and rules that apply specifically to abortion providers. specifically trying to drive them out of business or shut them down through targeted overregulation. republicans have proposed anti-abortion trap laws in session in alabama, arizona, florida, indiana, minnesota, north carolina, oklahoma, tennessee, west virginia. the idea with these measures is that republicans are supposed to pretend that these laws aren't anti-abortion per se. it's just that in this particular field republicans like a lot of regulation. they think that red tape is good for their state in this one particular field. it has nothing to do with abortion. any impact in running abortion out of business is completely coincidental. that's how you're supposed to play trap laws, right? in mississippi they have forgotten that's the way they are supposed to say it. here's the state's republican governor how e

this is a big area of high pressure between the great lakes and the plains states and the mississippi valley. it will be the weekend, not just today -- right there, you don't see any clouds. storms to the west. but the time monday -- by the time when he goes along, this will play in our weather. we have had guests into the 20s -- gusts into the 20s. it will feel chilly out there. 56 to 60 will be the high temperature range, but the sunny skies make a huge difference. it is going to be beautiful out there, it is. overnight last night, early this month, a bit of a breeze. winds will be quieter tonight and that will allow the chill to set in. temperature range of 31 to 41 degrees. freeze warnings overnight tonight, pre-dawn hours on saturday. it does go to howard and montgomery county as well. insta-weather futurecast shows dry conditions. even on sunday a little front will be coming in. we might pick up a few clouds, but it does not look like it will be carrying rain. temperatures will still make up 2 around 60 degrees. monday and tuesday, seven-day forecast. >> as the longest serving w

state. it will be virtually impossible, if not actually impossible to get a legal abortion in mississippi. vernor romney, are you for it or against it? this is the state where they put that person hood amendment on the ballot which would have been another way to ban abortion in mississippi also likely banning who areal memorial birth control. mississippi voted it done. mitt romney said he would have supported that abortion ban. now that mississippi is trying to effectively ban abortion by other means, mitt romney are you for it or against it? gest. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. ♪ i can see clearly now ♪ the rain is gone children's claritin chewables relieves kids' worst allergy symptoms for 24 hours. plus, it's the #1 pediatrician recommended non-drowsy brand. ♪ gonna be a bright ♪ sunshiny day ♪ >>> tax day. happy tax day. it's not a regular old tax day. it's tax day during an election year and that means both parties would like to use this moment to

mississippi valley. historian, rob henry, stated the meaning of shiloh. the issues were the defeat of major armies and the possession of the mississippi. the stake was immense. on june 10, 1862, william tecumsee sherman wrote his wife, i think the mississippi, the great artery of america, and whatever power holds it, hold the continent. and a little later in 1863, he would say, the valley of the mississippi is america. little wonder that sherman pronounced shiloh one of the most important victories that has ever occurred on this continent. he also considered it the turning point that made possible all our western campaigns. new orleans author, george washington cable dramatically captured both the decisiveness of the clash and the emotion of the day, when he famously wrote, the south never smiled again after shiloh. shiloh stand in a class by itself. >> very well said by these fine, distinguished historians. it is a pleasure to be here and indeed, thank you all for coming. i am going to talk a little bit about some new information about the battle that has

arizona certainly being perhaps the most egregious example but alabama doesn't fall far behind states like mississippi are also. courting this and immigrant. payment policies so what we have seen is that because of the inability of the white house and the u.s. congress to pass immigration reform we are seeing now state and even municipality passing their own interpretation of immigration policy making it really a very complicated reality for immigrants who would be perfectly fine and protected in one county and it's in the prospect county line they could be in maricopa county and being hunted down but sheriff joe arpaio and as well that question i mean what's the conversation like among people among us citizens who think it's an important issue obama has disappointed on but is there a better alternative they'll turn to for the american public to ensure that our policies are reflective of the traditions of this country of the values of our nation part of it is to make sure that our elected officials start using and rhetoric in the campaign trail and we're reaching out to the american public to make sur

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. >>> in other news, pregnant women and girls in the state of mississippi may soon have to go out of doctor who can perform abortions at the state's only clinic. the bill now goes to the governor who has said in the past he intends to make mississippi, quote, abortion-free. >>> also, scientists are questioning last year's study on the health risk of cell phone use among children. insisting the risk is far greater than first thought. research just published by the environmental health trust shows cell phone use doubles the risk of brain tumors in children and adolescents as well. that's contrary, though, to studies released just last summer. the latest report shows cell phone use is increasing and that young users are more susceptible to brain tumors than adults. >>> it could be a very special homecoming this weekend for a new jersey man. he nearly died after being injured in a freak accident involving a nail gun. abc's kenneth moton has the story from camden. >> reporter: with a name like dennis hennis, this new jersey man has some funny stores. >> you know, all the good stuff. >> rep

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