jay nixon h been recruited be a state public defender. >> missouri's lead public defender ordered missouriernor jay nixon to represent a poor >> yang: the courts said barrett didn't have to power to do that, but he made his point. now, the courts are considering a $20 million class-action suit the american civil liberties union filed against the state. the fe plaintiffs, all represented in criminal court by rublic defenders, say the constitutional rights were violated by long delays and barrett acknowledges that when defenders are handling as many as 200 cases at a time, there's no way they can fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients. >> you have to go visit with your client. you have t that your client faces. you have to investigate the case. you haveo meet with witnesses you have to talk to the police officer you have to file motions you have to receive the evidence that the prosecution has and then discuss the evidence with your client. to think that you can do eh one of those steps in 150 cases is absolutely ridiculous. >> yang: as a result, defendants like raysh

may god continue to bless you and to bless the great state of missouri.ernor -- >> the missouri governor a republican, once a rising star in the republican party has just resigned. he says his resignation is effective friday, june 1st. we are joined on the phone by people who have covered him for some time. rebecca, the governor was embroiled in multiple scandals but what led to today's resignation? >> that's right. most recently there was a court decision just today that the governor would have had to open documents from his campaign, from an affiliated nonprofit called a new missouri for a missouri house committee that's been investigating the governor, and so essentially all of their dirty laundry would have been out there in public, and really could have led to some really damaging revelations for the governor. and, of course, he had an impeachment process ahead of him. they were going to vote on his impeachment, and then he had months for a process of an impeachment trial. he had all this ahead of him. he faces a felony charge of computer tampers for

these were two depictions in missouri. of honeythe battle springs, in oklahoma, one of the most famous that the first kansas color participated in. all probably remember the movie "glory? officially it's the first black regimen in civil war. unofficially, this is the first black regimen. these people preceded those years.y two two years. these are kansas people, kansas people fighting for their freedom. and of course, this is one of the officers. captain william matthews. you can see that there are changes taking place rapidly in kansas. remember, 1860 to 1865, i love this. this is the battle flag of the first kansas colored volunteers. these women, i don't know who they are, you can see in their faces how proud they are of the fact that they held the flag that was waived in battle numerous times during the american civil war. what happens here is that african-americans in kansas become a part of the body politic or they demand to become a part of the bali -- the body politic eerie they meet in leavenworth and remember the

about a similar process in missouri. florida and missouri make a good comparison because they are from tiers of the same time, kicking native people out, bringing white people and slavery in in the 1820s, '30s and '40s. the missouri senator is the architect of the pact he gets passed in florida. he tried in missouri and gets defeated. the homestead ak is written like the aoa. in florida it's the armed occupation act, the most honest policy title ever, right? so, there's a lot of similarities there. although, because of missouri gets carved out of the louisiana purchase. the state of louisiana has been created, the civil law tradition stays in louisiana and doesn't affect what happens in missouri and other parts of the louisiana purchase. louisiana is really interesting because it keeps civil law codes and never changes them so, there is property in louisiana at the same time under the civil law that they can't get divorced because louisiana remains catholic, even under u.s. rule. there's a slight, they never pass a speci

white men, men, going to free black men in missouri. city in the beginning paid tribute to the abolitionists this is the first of two pictures that i took in the kansas state senate chamber. names? guys read the ,harles robinson, john brown these are abolitionists. their names are enshrined in the state capitol building into a begun. eka.n top kansas then becomes displaced of freedom. i am going to say there were whites dedicated to freeing the black people and we have to give them credit, but ultimately the black people freed themselves. the best -- vast geordie of people becoming free. there were only 627 blacks in all of kansas. were 12,000.e to put that in perspective, these 12,000 represented 9% of the population, a larger perspective -- percentage than the black folks to this day. why did that happen echoed a confluence of geography and politics. there were a lot of slaveholding counties on the side. they were in the missouri valley and along the border with kansas. there were a lot of people who were going to say, we need to leav

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in kansas city, missouri. >> woodruff: e.p.a.inistrator scott pruitt has been under heavy scrutiny for the way he has spent money on tanravel, securitpay raises for staff. he's facing at least 11 investigations related to a number of such matters. now, as william brangham tells us, pruitt's in the spotlight yet again, this time over trip to morocco. >> brangham: the "washington pt"nd others reported that pruitt's trip to north africa last december was arranged in part by his longtime friend, former comcast lobbyist, richard smotkin. a few months after the trip, according to the post, smotkin was awarded a $40,000-a-month thontract he moroccan government. federal laws prohibit public officials fromsing government resources to financially benefit their friends. but the e.p.a. has insisted the trip was proper and that pruitt did not fully know about smotkin's ties to the moroccan gerent. pose of the trip has bee publicly questioned by some lawmakers, and so was its cost, which reportedly topped $100,000. juliet eilperin of the "wash

missouri lawmakers have been moving to possibly impeach him. abc's alex perez on greitens' fall from grace, and his own explanation just a short time ago for his resignation. >> reporter: tonight, embattled missouri governor eric greitens bowing to pressure. >> good afternoon. today, i am announcing that i will resign as governor of missouri effective friday, june 1st at 5:00 p.m. >> reporter: greitens' fall from grace accelerated after he was charged with felony invasion of privacy. the charges stemming from an affair he had with a former hairdresser before becoming governor. the woman accused him of taking a partially nude photo of her and threatening to distribute it if she told anyone about their sexual encounters. greitens slamming missouri legislators, who on may 18th started the process of impeaching the governor to remove him from office. >> this is a political witch hunt. >> reporter: investigators never found the alleged picture, and that invasion of privacy charge was dismissed. until today, greitens had remained defiant. >> and i am

missouri governor eric greiten greitens -- >>> good evening. it is great to be back with you after the memorial day holiday. and we gbegin tonight with roseanne barr. her comeback cut short after a racist tweet she sent about a former top aide to president obama. tonight, the president of abc entertainment describing roseanne's tweet as abhorrent and repugnant. roseanne and the cast of her original sitcom returning, and it seemed for a time, connecting with millions in this polarizing moment in our country, with many families divided, often under the same roof. but tonight, the words used in her tweeteading bob ige to say, there wasnlthing to do -- the right thing. abc's matt gutman leading us off. >> reporter: it was the comeback that reflected the times. 27 million americans tuning into the premiere. but today, roseanne barr's own words sew sowed her show's fate. the comedian posting a since-deleted racist tweet about a former adviser to barack obama, valerie jarrett, saying if the "muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals

my office enforces the laws of missouri and defends the people of missouri, no matter who it is that'save always done and that's exactly what i'm going to keep doing. >> martha: there was criticism of you early on that you weren't tough enough on the republican governor of your state. is that something that you think is going to come up when you are in debates against clair mccass skill how are running against in missouri. >> clair mccaskill is eager to change the record anything to do with her record. she has a terrible record for the people of missouri. she has voted to keep our border open. not secure it she has voted to send jobs overseas. she has voted to raise the cost of our hlthcare, martha. that is whyhes th popular senator in ameri on a ballot. we're going to send her home. i'm proud standing up for missouriens and i look forward taking that to the november election. >> martha: good to see you tonight. attorney general josh hawley and candidate for missouri. also develop this evening on another front. names coming under fire for peddling fake news. they say on again off again

in missouri he was facing possible impeachment. he was facing an ethics inquiry, a reported fbi investigation, a felony charge from one prosecutor, another felony charge from a different prosecutor. a charge that had been filed against him and then dropped, but it might be filed again by a special prosecutor. all of this swirling around governor eric greitens. the top prosecutor revealed her agreement with the governor, that she would drop one pending felony charge against him in exchange for him resigning from office. he so will be out as missouri governor by the end of this week. and then not one felony charge again -- that one felony charge against him will be dropped. the document spelling out that deal is amazing and we have it to show you later on in this hour. one of the things fascinating to watch here is whether this deal eric greitens just cut is going to be enough. eric greitens traded his job as governor in exchange for this prosecutor dropping one felony charge against him. but what about all the other pending investig

i should also say, a proud graduate of the mid-missouri -- missouri school of journalism. [applause] page,my left is clarence the political allies -- pulitzer prize winning tribune. and an analyst on the mclaughlin group. editor ofris buskirk, american greatness, who has written commentary for the washington post and has been interviewed regularly on npr, pbs, and cnn. gold, whoris is jaras covers media and politics. last, and certainly not least, is dan false, the chief correspondent of the washington post. welcome them to the panel. [applause] >> is journalists who have years of experience and are here to tell us what it is really like to report on washington today. we will have time for questions at the end and on facebook life. last year's early symposium we gathered a similar group of journalists who seemed to be shocked with the changes that came with the trump administration. ofre were fears to the loss access, climbdown of information lurking in the background, threats of investigations and defamation lawsuits. on top of that, the president declared the news media

one was this one, a 15 bed hospital in unionville, missouri.gling to keep its doors open. >> we were shocked. when we started to look at the financial record. notice tens of millions were coming through. i remember sitting down at the table with my audit staff and, you know, i just said, we got to dig deeper on this. >> her team discovered a management company called hospital partners. swooped in weeks before putnam was to close. promising to turn it around. they made deals with labs around the country to funnel billing for blood tests and drug screen throughs putnam that collects higher rates as a rural hospital. putnam kept 15%. but most of the money was wired back to the labs and the management company. >> essentially the hospital appeared to act as a shell company for the questionable lab billings. >> how much money? >> in six month period the hospital funneled through $92 million in revenues to. put that in perspective, $7.5 million. >> it wasn't just happening at putnam according to court filings. insurance companies are attempting to cla

we crossed the missouri river on a ferry boat to 14 leavenworth -- fort leavenworth, kansas. i found myself a free man. quintard: this is from the "leavenworth daily conservative

. >>> embattled missouri governor eric greitens announcing he will resign friday over the scandals that rocked his time in office. the republican faces accusations of sexual misconduct including blackmail and felony charges connected to misuse of a charity donor list. during a speech to reporters, greitens did not admit legal wrongdoing, but he said the scrutiny has become too intense for him to continue as governor. >> this ordeal has been designed to cause an incredible amount of strain on my family. millions of dollars of mounting legal bills, endless personal attacks designed to cause maximum damage to family and friends. >> the st. louis prosecutor says a resolution of the pending charges against the governor has been reached. more information expected later today. >>> the planned release of a video game called "active shooter" has been canceled.

i live in missouri, i was encountering a lot of people who plan today vote for him for a variety of reasons. before that i briefly worked in new york. it's very effective.

. >>> breaking news from missouri. the governor says he's resigning. the fall of a rising republican star. amid sexual misconduct and blackmail. outrage over a new video game that lets users play as a gunman opening fire on a school campus. tonight parents and students calling for it to be stopped. >>> the new panic button in your uber. it starts today and we have your first look at how it works in an emergency. >>> and the doctor is in. an nfl star balancing football with getting his medical degree. tonight he's the graduate. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester tonight. the fast and furious response to roseanne. abc today firing the star of its hit show just hours after she posted a racist tweet directed at a former adviser to president obama. the network had a lot riding on roseanne. a ratings darling again with the reboot of her popular sitcom. but abc found itself with few options today and some questioning why it had embraced a comedian with a long history of controversy.

my friends and the people of missouri. >> reporter: his legal team has fought back hard, accusing st. louis prosecutor kimberly gardner, of political buy as. she dropped a felony invasion of privacy charge against the governor last week after the judge agreed she could be called as a defense witness. a special prosecutor has now been appointed to consider refiling the charge. r consideri refiling the charge. a political firestorm with the woman at the center of it saying she is done being a punching bag. >> i had no ill intentions, other than not being made to be a liar. i'm not lying. this was hard. it was hard at that time and it's hard to talk about now. i'm not lying. >> she adds that she has not accepted any money to tell her story. and apologized to the governor's wife. she's not showing her face, you noticed. she says that's to maintain whatever privacy she has left for her children. savannah and hoda. >> blake, thank you very much. >>> we have a lot more to get to, including a wild scene at a texas airport. after, get this, a monkey

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, resigning his office, the state of missouri can move forward to a better day. shannon: the resignation, i wish my very best to lt. governor parson who will be taking over a difficult situation. there is a top senate race in tennessee where the president touched down to support marsha blackburn after taking the stage with the commander-in-chief, she will join us live while the president made no mention of rosanne barr. let's bring in editor of the halftime report, you wrote about this today and talked about the fact that all of us need to be careful wherever you are on the political spectrum, democrats, republicans, people who have embraced famous people who speak when they feel their voices are left out but everybody makes mistakes. do people embrace everything rosanne has said? did they walk away from some of it? based on whatever their convictions are. >> the president and his followers were so excited that rosanne barr or this character on television was embracing him and the show was popular. it was evidence their movement was succeeding in these blue colla

another paper reporting from nashville -- these are union papers, the missouri statesman wrote women in the city by early 1865 or quarter" dropping off into the arms of union soldiers. ifl the boys down in dixie they don't return soon, they won't find a single girl or widow below conscript age in these parts. the national daily press noted that a number of such relationships had formed among volunteer nurses, patients, and doctors in the city. mds seem 1864 that the to make the most headway in marrying the fair daughters of dixie. what a world we live in, it exclaimed. these relationship for fascinating and very likely exaggerated and even made up his newspapers. echoi cannot go -- can what he said about newspapers. they made a a lot and they loved to make up stories about these families. why would they do it? in some of these cases, but these articles are really doing is jabbing at those confederate men. look what's happening in your absence. you're not only losing your women, they certainly are not paying attention to you anymore. what kind of men are you? the kind of gender warfar

two weeks ago, the missouri supreme court ordered david robinson's release.l being held in prison. the department of corrections stalled last night saying they wanted clear direction before releasing him. last night, robinson's attorneys filed an emergency motion to have him freed, and it worked. [ cheers ] david robinson walked out of a jefferson city prison on monday night after nearly 18 years. he finally got to hug his mom as a free man. >> i love you, mama. >> i love you, too. >> reporter: it was an emotional reunion that almost didn't happen. hours before, family members waiting outside spoke with robinson on the phone as his attorneys worked to have him released. on monday, robinson's attorneys filed an emergency petition describing his situation as "a miscarriage of justice that requires immediate intervention." >> i think that it's certainly fair to say that the institutions have failed david for the past 17 years. >> reporter: his release brings to an end a legal struggle that began when he was wrongfully convicted in the 2000 murder of sheilah bogg

including one from missouri involving student newspapers where the supreme court decided the students could be journalists to appoint but that their statements were controlled by the school's administration. it was an agency. let me jump quickly. we all know what was happening in the last few months. another school shooting, and i will not get into the policy what to do about that. but what impresses me is what the young students have done since parkland. in my opinion they have change the direction of student speech. you've heard statements by many who are very articulate and in some ways much like the tinker's and chris eckardt they stood up for their principles were able to make their point. this is still unfolding. we don't know what will happen but the parkland cases one that is fascinating. yesterday we saw walkout, march for our lives and i would say one of the things the parkland students and those that participate in the walkout around the country have learned as they can make their feelings best known outside of school by leaving and not risking what might happen. yesterday

. >>> a special legislation session for missouri to consider impeaching embattled governor eric greitens. the statehouse and senate leaders announcing the move thursday. there is mounting pressure on the governor to resign over two felony criminal charges. he faces three reviews into his conduct. they will not avoid doing what is right because it is hard. the special impeachment session could last up to 30 days. >>> issue of guns is front and center at president trump and vice president pence address the nra in dallas. you may recall the president told lawmakers not to fear the nra and dialed back. mr. trump is the first sitting president more than 30 years to speak to the nra convention. >>> the jobless late hits a level not seen in 17 years. we will know when the labor department releases the jobs report. the economists expect the rate to fall to 4% in april. the lowest since december of 2000. it is at 4.1%. the fed reserve expects 3.8% unemployment by the end of the year. also expected is the u.s. to add about 190,000 new jobs. bouncing back from a slowdown in march. wages should pick

nbc's ron mott is in the capital city of jefferson city, missouri. ron, good morning to you. >> good morning to you this resignation takes effect at 5:00 p.m. here friday at the state capital. when he took office, eric gritens vowed to clean up missouri politics, but he's leaving under dark clouds, admitting to an extra marital affair, allegations of campaign finance violations. >> eric greitens will step down in disgrace. >> i'm announcing i will resign as governor of missouri effective friday june 1st at 5:00 p.m. >> this election is all about -- >> the embattled republican governor, once a rising star in the party lashed out at critics in the face of multiple controversies and a bipartisan i impeachment effort zwlxt it's cloer for the forces who oppose us, there's no end in sight. >> but the former navy s.e.a.l. who campaigned on fighting politics as usual was also fighting back tears. >> time has come, though, to tend to those who have been wounded. >> his resignation comes after a bombshell sex scandal and ethics investigation. on tuesday a judg

there's now a new governor of missouri as of friday.rom valerie garrett what's going on next and we're all with a itsing president trump. a lot of people hoping he does not pour gasoline on a fire that could go ablaze any moment. that's all we have tonight. "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >>> our top story is about that gasoline and about why words matter. how casual racism can swiftly be punished in 2018 and why even in the trump era it is not always safe out here for trumpism. today began with roseanne bar who is of course in charge of top rated sit come, a reboot of getting away with or even being rewarded for her many offensive tirades. tonight something different. the day wrapping up with rows anne" writing herself back into history literally. her show is now history again. canceled for her racist attack

now, this is how a missouri newspaper put it in 1861: there is scarcely a family that is not divided, it wrote. while a man in virginia struggling with divisions in his family wrote that, quote, there are thousands of families in the same situation. well, thousands it turns out is no exaggeration and probably kind of low-balls the total number. in states in the upper south and in the border region, the states like missouri and tennessee, kentucky, maryland, delaware and right here in virginia, this is where the civil war most often pit members of the same family against one another. probably not much of a surprise because this is also the region where we see members of state houses pit against one another. people in the same towns, and the same neighborhoods and so forth. it's a region as one kentuckian put it where, quote, treason and loyalty overlap. it's the region where mary todd lincoln came from, from kentucky. she found herself facing her todd half-siblings on the confederate side. it's the region of stone wall jackson from western virginia who found himself pretty painfully di

and campaign-finance violations. >> i came to office to fight for the people limited -- of missouri. i came to fight for the forgotten. >> governor eric greitens was facing possible impeachment over an inch extramarital affair and allegations he misused campaign donations. he will resign effective friday. he said the ordeal has caused incredible strain on his family and cost him millions of dollars in legal fees. >>> a u.s. attorney who serves in california says he will focus his drug fighting efforts on illegal marijuana farms in recreation areas. mcgregor scott says he will direct his staff and financial resources that illegal growers who were turning national forests and parks into danger zones. scott says the problem is worse since california legalized marijuana. he says mexican drug cartels have moved in and are using outlawed pesticides to kill plants and animals as well as booby tracks -- booby-traps to keep people away from their crops. >>> an official says there is the tunnel that may have been used by bonnie parker and clyde barrow, better known as bonnie and clyde during t

the chin hills of myanmar lie just east of the indian state of missouri eighteen years ago creel to me walked across the border into india with the five children to escape what she calls false labor by the military. we'd be forced to carry heavy loads for the soldiers and follow them for days on end distant towns we couldn't refuse there was no one to look after my small children a new life in missouri was tough at first but the sixty six year old says it's better now the traditional designs she weaves in the loom is not only to old many can refuse you say they fled harshman into rural poverty and religious persecution and but this majority myanmar ethnically related to local musicians who share the christian faith making it easier for them to integrate an estimated sixty to eighty thousand of them live in working as a formal laborers and trade but this is a poor indian state where even local struggle to get jobs while many. have made the hells of their home the lack of jobs and the desire of nation and political asylum grow all those are the capital of delhi where things don't always

quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. blunt bunt are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are. i would move we suspend the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blunt: mr. president, across the country this week and very evident here in the nation's capital, people are honoring men and women who serve in law enforcement. if you're visiting the capitol this week, you'll see more law enforcement officers in more different uniforms than you would have expected to see unless you're here for law enforcement week. you know, when you and i came to the senate, mr. president, senator coons, a democrat from delaware, came at the same time. we started the bipartisan senate law enforcement caucus, and on law enforcement week, it's a privilege for me to speak as we honor those in law enforcement and speak on behalf of senator coons and i both at a time when we think it's particularly important to recognize what law enforcement officers do, and in my case i want to talk a little bit about the law enf

caller: yes, in columbia, missouri. we have the option of going to to theis, missouri, v.a., which is terrible. my father-in-law was down there. it is so filthy. i know politicians would not go down there to get their care by any means at all. my son is currently in the army. he's got a very tough job. he is a mortician in the army. they have a high rate of suicide in their unit. they don't help them. they come back off of a tour in afghanistan and set them in the barracks for two to three weeks at a time and don't help them at all. they drink all the time. they commit suicide and nobody wants to help them. then they don't understand why these kids are like they are today. we turn our backs on these veterans. he is a mortician and yes ptsd, but they say if you say that, then you are a coward and you can't handle the situation you're in most of he has volunteered so many different positions, and in afghanistan it was really bad. is outhis best buddies with ptsd. like the gentleman said before, they don't help him, they j

slavery's bait had largely lain dormant since the 1820 missouri compromise. but in august 1846, congressman david wilma of pennsylvania proposed abolishing slavery in any new territories obtained as a result of the war. the south bristled at this direct threat, and the so-called wilma proviso led to congress' first far-reaching debate of slavery. the debate only intensified until 1861 when words no longer sufficed. the mexican war was a war of firsts; first war begun on a dubious pretext, first anti-war movement, first successful offensive war, first occupation of an enemy capital. it also marked the debut of large numbers of west point graduates in combat. and for the first time american newspapers sent reporters to cover a war. the public now read dramatic battle accounts rather than dull government reports. in 1846, five new york newspapers began sharing war news and costs, and so was born the associated press. the world's large and oldest newsgathering organization. the new american field artillery was the war's great military innovation. using horses, gu

and this is a big relief for republicans in missouri. and on another front, the missouri knew governor, the lieutenant governor mike parsons will take office on friday. right now it seems he is generally being welcomed by both parties in missouri. described as having long relationships with legislative leaders and reputation as a deal-maker. dana? >> dana: it pays off to have those relationships. all right, matt. thank you. >> thank you. >> there really is no real logical explanation for us wanting to pin down the numbers. we want the real numbers to come out. >> dana: the governor of puerto rico saying he welcomes the study where harvard university researchers found that thousands of deaths can now be blamed on hurricane maria. 4,600 deaths are dramatically higher than the initial governmentally of 64. the study finding many of the victims died from delayed medical care. >> we had a vertical that was sub par and we recognize that. for the future we want to make sure it's effective and not only a good one but can be a model for other jur

he was considered a rising star in the republican party, now missouri governor eric greitens is due inomorrow. he is accused of taking a photo of a partially nude female without her consent, among other charges. k cnn's ryan young reports. >> reporter: after spending months refusing demands from state democrats skprand republi to resign, eric greitens will go into a political courtroom. in january, just one year after becoming governor, greitens disclosed he had an affair with his hairdresser in 2015. the admission came just hours after a tv station released audio telling her then-us that she had slept with greitens, a conversation that her husband secretly recorded. >> he said, i'll make you feel better. i'll make you feel good. come downstairs. i want to show you how to do a proper pullup. and he knew that -- i knew that he was being sexual and i still let him. and he used some sort of tape, i don't know what it was, and taped my hands to these rings and then put a blindfold on me. and he stepped back, i saw a flash through the blind ks fold and he said, you're never going to mention

once again, this is such a slow-moving storm system, there's another impulse behind d missouri. look at some of the warmth today, spreading finally to the northeast. warmest day in a long time. so, again, we're talking about the warmth coming to the east. storms in the middle of the country. >> thank you very much, bill. >>> a horrific red light collision caught on camera. watch as the hair-raising video shows someone on a motorcycle approaching an intersection when out of nowhere a semi runs up toward him. avoiding direct impact with the truck. and can you believe he walked away with only scratches from that. >>> outrage over a violent arrest in alabama. plus new information in that deadly 20-storey blaze in brazil and the warnings ahead of the building collapse. you're watching early today. rox. party's over, 'six legs', she's got simparica now. simpari-what? simparica is what kills tick and fleas, like us. kills? kills! studies show at the end of the month, it kills more ticks in less time than frontline plus and nexgard. guess we should mosey on. see ya never, roxy! use simp

there's a quirk in missouri case law.u are facing life in prison, if you're not on death row, actual innocence does not give you habeas. if you can't prove you have a constitutional violation at trial, david robinson could have spent the rest of his life in prison even though everyone knew he was innocent. >> you point out no physical evidence. even the victim's family, a crazy guy with a story. >> two paid -- well, one was paired, but both snitches. that was it. >> hopefully he'll finally receive justice today. >> i'm hoping. i can't absolutely say that, but i'm hoping. >> i hope so too. >> and hope he gets to hug his mother. what about the two decades of his life that are gone now. >> he's going to be 51 at the end of this month. he went in when he was 32. yeah, that's a huge part of his life missing. >> let's hope today's the day. >>> critics are trying to pull the plug on a controversial water deal in michigan. adriana diaz explains why nestle is under fire. >> the next bottle of water you drink could come from inside

guest: this is the culmination of months of controversy in missouri.nd to give viewers an idea, this was a guy who had erictered the web domain greitens for president, years before he ran for governor, so he has always had higher ambitions. what happened a few months ago is it came out of allegations that he had photographed a woman nd,le she was boud blindfolded and partly nude, to keep her from speaking about next to marital affair. it prompted an investigation in st. louis, he was indicted by a grand jury in february. the indictment led to a house investigation and at the same time you had the attorney general's investigation into allegations of misuse of a charity donor list. so you had multiple scandals, multiple investigations, and what happened yesterday was a court in central missouri had ordered the governor to turn over some documents, or ordered his nonprofit to turn over documents related to donors, his political nonprofit. and shortly after that is the governor announcing his resignation. so, you have to understand the governor was not in

at that point, he had -- missouri had a law that said once free, always free. once he had gone into free territory, he was no longer a slave. so on april 6, 1846, they went to the house in st. louis and petition for their freedom. the missouri lower courts held that he was a free man. 12 white man on a jury gave them their freedom. it was a wonderful thing, but it was short-lived, because mrs. emerson immediately appealed the case. >> the supreme court in missouri changed the precedent and said it didn't for him, and that's when he brought his federal action. >> after 11 years, the case lands in the supreme court. >> the course was stacked against scott. >> heading the court is chief justice roger b tani. >> they did something the framers never imagined, they invented a constitutional right to own slaves. >> justice tani wrote the decision, and it ran into hundreds of pages. included commons like these -- comments like these. >> i can't imagine that anything could be worse. they said all men are created equal, but they didn't mean it. >> within three months of

louis, but the growing conflict between north and south can't be avoided, especially in missouri. >>right, left, right, left, right, left, right. watch out! >> war for jefferson davis! >> hey, what happened to the agreement? please, let him go! >> missouri was a mess because on one hand, it sticks with the union, but it is a slave state, and you have those who are preaching secession, preaching rebellion, and it creates this civil war within missouri, neighbors against neighbors. it's chaos. >> unable to escape the horrific war that only he sees coming, sherman enters the fray prepared to do whatever it takes to end the rebellion and bring about peace. but in sherman's eyes, peace will only come by making the people of the south really feel the wrath of war. >> mayor? >> it is astonishing that a man whose prescient analysis of union unpreparedness was once dismissed by president lincoln, a man whose superiors deemed him unfit for duty and was called insane in the press, is now not only at the center of the war effort but in a position to bring the south to its knees. >> as a multitud

. >>> in today's "gma first look," missouri governor greet tense stepped down after allegations with an ex-mistress. alex perez has the details. >> reporter: missouri governor eric greitens buckling under pressure, unable to survive the bipartisan criticism that began swirling after he was charged with felony invasion of privacy. those charges are stemming from an affair before he was governor. the woman accused him of taking a partially nude photo of her and threatening to distribute it if she told anyone of their sexual encounters. greitens admitted to the affair but denied any wrongdoing. >> this ordeal has been designed to cause an incredible amount of strain on my family. >> reporter: raters never found the alleged picture and those charges were dismissed. in a separate case where he was accused of illegally obtaining a charity's donor list to fundraise, the prosecutor saying a statement, she has reached a resolution. we'll have the latest on his resignation coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma first look," alex perez, abc news, jefferson city, missouri. >>> coming up the seven

and at missouri republican governor eric greitens, once considered a rising star in the g.o.p. has just resigned this afternoon i made an impeachment effort sparked by a pair of scandals that we have been covering here on special report for weeks. first, to our midwest newsroom, and governor greitens was mired in political scandal, and it was an active special session in the missouri house to consider whether greitens was going to be the first governor in missouri's history to teach impeachment proceedings. he was also facing a trial and now a short while ago the governor formally announced his resignation. however, the governor insisted he is innocent and chose careful words to strike back at those he believed wanted to take him dow down. >> this ordeal has been designed to cause an incredible amount of strain on my family. millions of dollars of mounting legal bills, and less personal attacks designed to cause maximum damage to family and friends. it's clear that for the forces that oppose us, there is no end in sight. i cannot allow those forces to continue to cause pain and

the speaker: without objection, the gentlewoman from missouri, mrs. hartzler, is recognized for one minute. mrs. hartzler: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to welcome my pastor, mark goeglein, to the u.s. house of representatives and commend him for his many years of faithful service to the lord and to others. it's a blessing to have him here offering the opening prayer for today's legislative session. he grew up familiar with the legislative process as his mother was a long time state representative from indiana. i'm thrilled to have him here today and appreciate his support of me and his love for our country. mark has served in ministry for 25 years in churches in his home state of indiana, texas, california, and now as pastor of the harrisonville community church in missouri. i appreciate his passion for sharing god's word with his congregation and how his love of scripture shows in his preaching and in the faded thumb print on his bible testifying to the many years he's held that bible preaching, studying, and praying. besides a love of the wo

rigger in missouri has found extra room in the budget to expand its sales team and begin selling its products further across the country. in the democratic leader's own back yard of brooklyn, the new york distilling company recently cut the wholesale price on its signature gin by more than 50%, according to one of its cofounders alan katz, the reaction from our industry peers has been just dropping. and in kentucky, which is the home to more than 50 distilleries, there are plenty of examples from which to choose. thanks to lower excise tax, casey jones distillery, a small operation in hopkinsville, is growing its team, increasing production, and planning to enhance its event space. copper and kings in louisville has been able to hire more workers and is preparing to expand its warehouse and add a new bar. the copper and kings team recently shared with me that tax reform is, quote, one of the most important initiatives the senate could pursue to help create jobs for small businesses in kentucky. my democratic colleagues failed to block tax reform last year. now they want to just keep

louis post dispatch" reports prosecutors dropped a felony invasion of privacy charge against missourican governor eric greitens. he was accused of taking a revealing photo of a woman with whom he has acknowledged having an affair. prosecutors say they will re-file the charge and pursue the case. the missouri legislature will convene a special session friday to consider whether to impeach greitens. >>> louisiana's "times picayune" reports a coroner has ruled the death of a black man who died during a struggle last week with white sheriff's deputies was a homicide. more than 100 people took part in a march yesterday in a new orleans suburb to honor 22-year-old keeven robinson. [ chants ] >> authorities say robinson was the target of an undercover drug operation when he spotted detectives. he crashed his car trying to escape and was apprehended during a struggle with deputies. the coroner says that robinson had traumatic neck injuries and died of asphyxiation. >>> and the "los angeles times" reports on the death of "superman" actress margot kidder. >> i've got you. >> you've got me? who'

the scandal-plagued governor of missouri resigns in the face of possible impeachment. a tv preacher wants his congregation to buy him a $54 million private jet. and a nine-year-old opens a lemonade stand to help his ailing brother. >> i'm going to help pay his medical bills and buy him a teddy bear. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening. we're going to begin tonight with a show that went from a huge hit to canceled in 11 hours. the reboot of "roseanne" got a ton of attention and viewers this spring, but after its long controversial star posted a racist tweet, the show was racist tweet, the show was over. the network said the tweet sent by roseanne barr was "abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values." here's vladimir duthiers. >> reporter: roseanne barr tweeted early this morning, taking aim at valerie jarrett, former adviser to president obama. "muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals v.j." and within minutes, barr dismissed a twitter user who claimed her post was offensive and racist writing, "islam is no

i know the missouri press published the book but you can't have everything. a couple of people i would like charity, my, stan favorite one like it caret -- my one-legged cavalry officer. we spent 10 or 15 years together, six months in bosnia 20 years ago. steve is a retired army colonel and intelligence officer heard -- intelligence officer. officerher rare army who can actually read without moving his lips. a friend of mine is irish and stan is irish. names, patrickt ryan or ryan patrick, he is back there. another irishman, mike burke, he and i went into an advanced course in 1977, we were soldiers once and young. i went to school with a guy named steve who was from kansas and his sister is here tonight with her husband, who is a marine. choose your friends on the basis of what service they were and so we are glad to have them here. we have a korean war veteran. sir, what you raise your hand? service inor your the 34th united states infantry regiment. we are going to talk about the first infantry division in the theext which it served, u.s. army's institutio

. >>> the governor of missouri will be stepping down friday after a sex scandal and an investigationnto his use of campaign donations. an invasion of privacy charge related to an extramarital affair he had was dropped. a felony charge stemming from his alleged fund-raising violation is expected to be dropped today, but impeachment proceedings were already under way, and he says it's all created incredible strain on his family. >> i know and people of good faith know that i am not perfect, but i have not broken any laws nor committed any offense worthy of this treatment. >> missouri's lieutenant governor will serve the rest of greitens' term, which runs through 2020. >>> we learned overnight that 75 homes on hawaii's big island have now been destroyed in the volcanic eruption. that's a dozen more in the last 48 hours. now, fountains of lava are shooting hundreds of feet into the air, and the lava has forced the partial closure of a major highway there, highway 132. it also cut off access to a local power plant, but authorities insist the plant poses no danger to the public. the volcan

republicans taking aim at missouri senator claire mccaskill.he is seen and one of the most vulnerable democrats in the upcoming midterm he'l elections. the challenger could be facing his own problems for handling of a criminal case surrounding the state's republican governor. matt fin has more on the missouri election. >> it's a tough situation for the state. it's a sad situation for the state. >> reporter: republican state attorney general josh holly wants to show voters that despite political turmoil over scandals involving the republican governor, he is the best candidate to unseat veteran democratic senator claire mccaskill this fall. holly's office led the investigation into governor eric wrighten's new felony charge of allegedly misusing a charity donor list for political purposes. he denies any wrong doing and in a statement wrote in part, i will have my day in court. i will clear my name as all faithful people know in time comes the truth. this after prosecutors dropped a felony invasion of privacy charge this week over a photo he repor