the alabamaattended secession convention in montgomery, alabama. he voted to secede from the union because he was a strong state right supported. he felt that the federal government was overstepping its bounds and trying to regulate slavery in the state of alabama and other southern states. he voted to secede along with the majority from the union and he rose to the rank of general. he was sworn in as a senator, and probably two of the most important things he was known for was he was known as an expansionist. he was very much in favor of the united states acquiring a wide cuba and philippines and also the second thing, he is known as the father of the panama canal

i looked at the map and it was with montgomery alabama. she'd never been outside of montgomery alabama, let alone alabama, let alone the united states. and it dawned on me that my going to scotland was like sending an astronaut to outer space and with me were going not only their prayers, but their hopes and aspirations of and dreams but imagining the unknown in the world but for me, and yet again i was reminded that to whom much is given, much is required. a friend recently found himself at a conference and in the company of a very successful attorney from montgomery alabama. my friend attempted to play the name and place game. do you know eric motley? no, i don't know him and where is madison park? my friend was taken aback because after he heard me talk abouhad heard metalk about it se last decade, everyone in alabama, lebanon montgomery knew of madison park. telling me the story, he added he looked at me as if it not exist, as if it were invisible. i guess in many ways it doesn't exist on the radar in many system or maps except for tho

on thursday, the national memorial for peace and justice opened in montgomery, alabama -- a monumento victims of white supremacy in the united states. the memorial's centerpiece is a walkway with 800 weathered steel pillars overhead, each of them naming a u.s. county and the people who were lynched there by white mobs. this a clip, played during one of the opening events for the museum, featuring the family members of lynching victims. was great-grandfather lynched. this man was taken and strangled to death. they also shot bullets in him. him, beat him, tied into the back of the buggy and drove it around town. >> his lynching was in the mississippi news. parts of his body as souvenirs. >> are we going to hang him? they put a noose around my neck. i remember. >> there was no accountability. families torn apart. communities torn apart. loss of businesses. >> as a black person, you don't expect justice. amy: in addition to the memorial dedicated to the victims of lynching, its partner site, the legacy museum: from enslavement to mass incarceration also opened thursday. the museum is loc

the alabamaattended secession convention in montgomery, alabama. he voted to secede from the union because he was a strong state right supported. he felt that the federal government was overstepping its bounds and trying to regulate slavery in the state of alabama and other southern states. he voted to secede along with the majority from the union and he rose to the rank of general. he was sworn in as a senator, and probably two of the most important things he was known for was he was known as an expansionist. he was very much in favor of the united states acquiring a wide cuba and philippines and also the second thing, he is known as the father of the panama canal because he very much thought that the united states should be involved in a canal system that went through central. the french had started the panama canal and he was instrumental in working with theodore roosevelt and making sure that the other states were instrumental in finishing the panama canal. he did reconstruction, john was very focused on trying to rebuild the state of alabama. h

he moved to selma and selma girl.cal in 1861 he attended the alabama essation convention in montgomery, alabama. voted to sucede. he felt like they were overstepping their bounds in slavery.o regulate so he voted to sucede along with union and y from the he served in the civil war rising to the rank of general in 1876 during reconstruction he was appointed as a senator from the state of alabama and probably two of the most things that he was known for is he was known as an expansionist. he was very much in favor of the united states acquiring hawaii, and the philippines, and also the second thing is, he's known as the father of the canal because he very much thought the united states should be involved in a canal centralhat went through america. the french started panama canal. gave up on it and he was instrumental in working with in make sure velt that the united states was finishing the panama canal. john reconstruction, tyler morgan was very much focused on trying to rebuild the alabama. he was not in support of rights for african-americans. he was very much in favor of jim crow laws in the

similar to the people in montgomery alabama who did the bus boycott of women.ou can say for some people things are better. and that is not hyperbole things are better. they been able to get through those open doors that were close before. what is it better as that good working class jobs. there was 3,000 workers who have a family income. those jobs are all gone. international harvester that used to be in frazier. you can go down the list. that is the one thing. the unionized high-paying jobs. and secondly the jobs that have replaced. with hospital jobs in the and white-collar jobs. also are pretty low-paying in most cases. and almost none of those people have unions which means how do you increase your wages. if you're working person as a union. no one will raise the wages for you. $7.25. that is what the union is for. and in memphis like a lot of places. we have a form for three days sponsored by the national civil rights museum. this is one of the things that came out. you need to increase the wages and the people don't have jobs you need to do something abou

growing up near montgomery, alabama, willie mae always had a passion for singing. - ♪ i love to singo be raunchier. you know? like, uh... like, something in the-- if you could shimmy your breasts, maybe. one or the other. preferably both at the same time. - but she had her own style in mind. or... what if i did it this way? just... ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ ♪ just snoopin' 'round my door ♪ - god damn. [sniffles] that is so beautiful. - thank you, white man. thank you. - willie mae's soulful rendition of "hound dog" told the story of a good-for-nothing man who wants to be taken care of. it was like the great-grandmother of "no scrubs." - see, a scrub is a guy who thinks he's sly, and-- - if i know, i think everyone knows. - in 1953, big mama thornton's "hound dog" reached number one on the r and b chart. but it never crossed over to the pop chart because it was seen as a "race record," which is a not-so-not-racist way of saying "black music." - willie mae was shafted, but what she didn't know was that there was an even bigger shaft headed her way. - and not the good kind.

. >> but montgomery alabama mr. stevenson but the appeal that he is even in this building and not that one. that case that he spent the last 30 years. but before we meet these two alabama heroes we have a short five minute video that does a much better job to explain what you will see here. but then we will take time out for a commercial so every book here is signed as soon as the presentation is over we will have signed copies of his book and also signed first editions of his books. >> for 30 years he was subjecte subjected. >> 58 years old spending more than half of his life inside a correctional. facility now today he experiences things for the first time in decades. >> oh my goodness. [applause] >> he iss welcomed home that was the equal justice initiative so just to say you got an innocent man off of death row. >> while reagan was president to restaurant managers were shot dead closing time another man help to identify hinton as the shooter. >> you are a free man now. >> it is taken away from you you cannot put

this was montgomery, alabama, today. in the birming hall area, the driver of this white suv made it out alive after high winds knocked a tree on tom of the truck. it was one accident after another. >> every trooper on duty is working a wreck right now in birmingham. >> reporter: it's the subtropical storm that washed out memorial day for millions. tv viewers in the carolinas tonight are remembering news anchor mike mccormick and photographer aaron smeltzer who were both killed in the storm, when a tree crushed their station vehicle. they had just interviewed a fire chief about the dangerous weather. >> we had talked a little bit about how he wanted us to stay safe and how we wanted him to stay safe. and then, of course, 10, 15 minutes later, we get the call and it was him and his photographer. >> reporter: the national weather service now says there were at least 12 reported memorial day tornadoes in northeastern colorado near the kansas border. >> and steve with us live there. you told us the power company will work int

the montgomery, alabama, essay describes various types of black "negros and pronounced have played a novel part in the cities quite steady growth." however, writers found it however, writers found it difficult again to avoid descriptions montgomerie's atmosphere of measure dignity tempered by cordiality is matched nowhere else in alabama. and negro boy, usually across the travel with, you have to do -- you don't have to tote that grip boss man, although chi. -- all do it for cheap. in most cases, writers at least follow brown's suggestion with minimal changes. still, brown is often frustrated with state officials let him to pursue a project focused entirely on african-americans under federal writers project auspices. brown and his colleagues collected materials between 1937 and 1940, for an ambitious broad study entitled the portrait of a knee grow as an american. which included sketches, studies, folklore studies and materials on slavery. research conducted largely by african-american writers with a guidebook also contribute to important study of black culture. former illinois writer

he didn't have ambitions to be well famous but then he got involved in the montgomery alabama boycott and he wrote a book about it he is in new york city and harlem signing copies of the book now there is a little trouble tonight before speaking at a rally and black woman started to haggle but nobody paid attention. and then somebody said maybe should have bodyguard it was just a department store is a great photograph sitting with black children and white children shaking his hand it is the picture of racial harmony. and then people waiting to buy the book and get it autographed and a woman walks up and it was from the night before comes at him and she said her you doctor king? she was dressed for sunday church region not threatening she looked respectable. she also i have been after you for five years and reaches into her bag, fortunately she did not reach into her bra where she had a pistol left back she could have shot him down. she brings out a letter opener a miniature samurai side on -- sword and she brings it up and brings it down and he lifts the arm up and she plunges it into

rives in montgomery, alabama, to join the assembly.h is soon surrounded by an angry mob of 3,000 southern whites. >> there's a risk they're going to burn the church down. and king calls the attorney general in washington and says, i need your help. >> hundreds of lives are in danger. bobby realizes he has to act. >> on the issue of civil rights, there's no middle ground. you're either for civil rights or you're against civil rights. >> the attorney general couldn't very well let all these people die. that would have been an immense tragedy. bobby knew that he had to protect them. >> it was really a question of doing the right thing, politics be damned. >> bobby sends in a federal force to protect the lives of martin luther king jr. and the freedom riders. >> and this was bobby's real baptism in terms of what the civil rights movement meant to him. >> bobby kennedy has to be educated. he doesn't come to the civil rights struggle with anything much different than any other wealthy white man of privilege would. >> but after the freedom ri

he's the head of the equal justice initiative head quartered in montgomery, alabama where the lynching memorial was opened last month. this is a very serious person. he also talked to heather mcgee from demos, anna debeer smith the play right and actress. the head of the ncaap legal and defense education fund who also awarded howard schultz the national justice award last year. i know that because i was the em see of that event. that's why i knew given the speech he gave that night in november, that howard schultz would do something significant when the philadelphia arrests happened. >> jonathan, in some sort of perverse way, is there a silver lining that this incident happened in a starbucks? a company run by howard schultz, someone who will truly take this seriously and try to move the needle? >> yes. i think it's two things. it's howard schultz the man. he believes this to his core. but also i think it's starbucks the company, and what they were trying to do. as you played in the video, i believe it was melody hopson, another person, a call also on the board, she said, she talked ab

air war college in montgomery, alabama. her husband, major general john mcdonald, usa retired, volunteer to support an annual west point leadership and ethics seminar. honored to have general mcdonald here, who will be on it -- who will be moderating a panel on leading military women, commanders and trailblazers in the u.s. army. -- leter deuced general me introduce general ann mcdonald. mcdonald: this is leading women in the united states military, coast guard and marine corps. i am delighted to be here with you, and we are going to get our guest. introduce the first one is captain holly harrison. i said, how should i introduce you, and she very humbly said, just tell them i am a cutterman with 10 years at sea. let me tell you exactly what that means. almost half of her career, she has served on the sea, in five different ships. two of the ships, she was the commander and one of those she commanded in operation iraqi freedom and the other one, a 270-foot cutter at fort smith, virginia. she is a 1995 graduate of the u.s. co

air war college in montgomery, alabama. she and her husband, major general john mcdonald, u.s.a. retired, volunteer to support an annual west point leadership and ethics seminar. for the faculty members of 45 high schools in the d.c. metro area. we are truly honored to have general mcdonald here, who will be moderating a panel on leading military women, commanders and trailblazers in the u.s. army. i'm pleased to introduce general ann mcdonald. [applause] >> thank you so much for those generous comments and the first thing i want to say is these women over here cut their eyes quickly. this is leading women in the united states military, coast guard and marine corps. i am delighted to be here with you, and we are going to get started and introduce these rock stars to you. the first one is captain holly harrison. when i asked holly harrison, panelist, i said, how should i introduce you, and she very humbly said, just tell them i am a cutterman with 10 years at sea. let me tell you exactly what that means. almost half of her career, she has served on the sea, in five different ships

alabama, a key state to watch. >> let me shake your hand. >> reporter: audrey scott williams is a teacher activist and grandmother going door to door in this montgomeryd. in her first bid for elected office, she's running for congress. >> you're literally pounding the pavement. >> reporter: exactly. she's part of a wave of enthusiasm sweeping across alabama inspired by doug jones stunning victory. >> the african-american community, thank you! >> reporter: with 98% of the black female vote, jones defeated a republican in one of the reddest states in the country. now just months later, a record 71 black women are running for office themselves. on issues like affordable housing, education and equal pay. >> we did it. now we can go further. and i think that that's the moment we're in. >> reporter: other newcomers, a lawyer, business woman and mother. running for the state house of representatives. clairen mcclure, activist and founder of birmingham's black lives matter. she's in a tough battle for public service commission. a statewide office no black person has ever won. why are you running now? >> there's a need. people are hungry. people are hurting.

in montgomery, alabama, there is a new memorial for peace and justice and addresses the history of slaverythe over 4,400 victims of racist lynchings. you think about all the talk about statues in america recently. these new statues show many of the innocent victim who's in been scrubbed from southern history for too long. there are statues you see of people shackled and a mother holding her baby, also chained at her feet. there's a bronze statue called raise up that shows victims attempting to surrender. >> i grew up in the '60s with colored and whitewater fountains at montgomery fair. and i'm just so thrilled with the progress. >> i've seen stuff in there that i've never ever could have imagined. >> it's american history. we all need to be involved and to learn and to own up to the shame of it all. >> the names of those people murdered are engraved on 800 columns suspended in the air. it's a dramatic illustration of a history that must be acknowledged. we wanted to show you that. that is the end of our broadcast. "hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >>> the big leak. let's play "har

people every day they would be waiting for bus similar to those people in my camry alabama -- montgomery alabama. are better and that is and hyperbole if they are for some people who can open the doors that were close before. that union wages are almost gone. to a factory of 3000 workers meet a family income with pensions and sending their kids to college it is gone. those jobs are all gone and go down the list. and those jobs are mostly gone and those that replace them in the service economy but also those are prettyst low paying and almost no buddy has unions so how do you increase your wages? but what is minimum wage right now? $7.25 so that is what the union is for. and in memphis we have a forum for three days sponsored by the national civil rightsl museum. if you want to fix memphis increase wages if they don't have jobs do something about it. but the wages have to go up and it will not happen by themselves.. so these are all things that are pressing on is across the country with communities everywhere if they are doing very well, and where they are doing terribly. i live in tacoma washing

one i've scheduled to go to montgomery, alabama to the opening of ryan stephenson's new equal justice civil-rights leader in the country would be there and whether or not i should go. the second, had a public appearance to speak at morehouse college. i was advised not to go to morehouse. you will not be treated well there. i think you should cancel that. i went both to my camry and i absolutely went to morehouse. i did speak there, and it was tough. and as a white person, i felt the pain, i felt the concern that young african-americans had an especially young african-american men have about the opportunities in america. if the country is going to achieve its true promise, it's true promise, you cannot leave millions of kids behind. there has to be a sense of healing and a new national purpose and a new national renewal. the other issue i would say, is everyone of us is being inundated every day with the level of disrespect and devaluing a language. some concerns i have is how were becoming desensitized. as if this is the norm. this is not the norm. we are better than this. this is a m

hinton on stage is don stevenson, founder and ceo of the equal justice initiative in montgomery, alabama. mr. stevenson represented mr. hinton at the supreme court of the united states. and his successful appeal is the reason mr. hinton is in this building and not that one. the five by seven cage that he spent the last 30 years. before we meet these alabama heroes, we have a short video that will give a much better job with what you're about to see and hear. however, before the video runs, we're going to take time out for a commercial. so every book at the alabama book fine as soon as this prengs is over, we will have signed copies of mr. stevenson's book and signed first editions of mr. hinton's book for sale. and now if you will please start that video. >> for 30 years, anthony ray hinton was a dead man walking. [ crying ] >> thank you. thank you, jesus. thank you, lord. >> they took my life from me. >> 58 years old, hinton lived more than half his life inside a cage. homan correctional facility. today he is experiencing things for the first time in decades. >> oh, my goodness. [ appla

one was i was scheduled with sherry to go to montgomery, alabama, to the opening of brian stevenson'squal justice museum and memorial. and i knew that every major civil rights leader in the country would be there. and whether or not i should go. and the second is i had a public appearance to speak at moorehouse college. and i was advised, don't to go moorehouse. you're not going to be treated well there. and i think you should cancel that. i went both to montgomery, and i absolutely went to moorhouse. and i did speak there and it was tough. and i will say, as a white person, a caucasian person, i felt the pain and i felt the concern that young african-americans have, especially young african-american young men have, about the opportunities in america. and if the country is going to achieve its true promise, its true promise, it can't be for a select few and we can't leave millions of kids behind. and there has to be a sense of healing. and there has to be a new national purpose, a new national renewal. and i think the other issue i would say is, this is not about starbucks, but everyo

this was montgomery, alabama, the driver of this white suv made it out alive after high winds knockede on top of the truck. one accident after another. every trooper on duty is working a wreck in birmingham. it's the subtropical storm that washed out memorial day for millions. and mike mccormick and aaron smeltzer are being remembered. they were both killed in a storm when a tree crushed their vehicle. they had just interviewed the fire chief about the dangerous weather. >> we talked about how he wanted us to stay safe and how we wanted them to stay safe. then of course, 10, 15 minutes later we get the call, and it's him and his photographer. >> reporter: the national weather service now says a separate system spawned tornados in northeastern colorado near the kansas border. about 20,000 people in alabama will have to get through without power. one of the reasons the trees are coming down is across the southeast, the ground is already saturated after weeks of stormy activity. steve osunsami, abc news, decatur, alabama. >> and the commute is likely to be a mess in many midwestern citie

kerry sanders is in montgomery, alabama. hey, kerry. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.s because the power lines were knocked out by this storm. alberto causing problems throughout the region, 16,000 people without power here in alabama. the concern is the amount of rain that's associated with this slow-moving storm. it's impacting and came up all the way the peninsula of florida, now inland moving in alabama and moving up to the tennessee valley and impacting as far east as the carolinas. as you know, this has been a deadly storm. two of our nbc colleagues from our station wyff there killed when a tree collapsed on their vehicle, when they were out covering weather-related news. the concern is flooding, as well. the rain coming down, is collecting. so, there is close attention being paid to rivers that will likely swell and could go over their banks. hoda? >> kerry sanders, thank you. >>> there's new signs of momentum in a push to salvage the historic summit meeting between president trump and the president ir of north korea is headed to new york to help work out detail

memphis and then across the lower south through atlanta and west point, georgia, over into alabama to montgomery and westward into mississippi. now, the problem with this southern line, let's call it, was that is it was not complete. the rail lines came to montgomery but ended and then anything that was transported had to be put on steam ships, brought down to selma about 70 miles by river and then back on to the rails. so that was not ideal but when huntsville fell, when some of the northern areas fell, the northern route through the confederacy was not available so they began to look elsewhere. selma was prime for this. selma has deep river access to the port of mobile. selma has access by river to montgomery and the rail lines to the east, rail lines to the west. it also is a very short distance from the cahaba river valley coal and iron fields so we had an almost inexhaustible supply of coal and iron. we also had woodlands supplying timber for ships. we also had agricultural areas that was essentially part of the bread basket of the confederacy nearby so selma had many positives going for it

alabama. to learn more about the cities tour, visit our cities to her banker we continue with a look at the history of someone. -- selma. ♪ >> many people think the selma to montgomeryarch sprung up overnight, and was a one-off idea. there had been a voting rights movement brewing here ends the 1930's. ♪ [video clip] >> here in selma, alabama, in many places throughout the south, african-americans were denied the right to vote not because it was the constitutional right, but because there were folks throughout the south in positions of power that did not want these folks to have the right to vote. that way they could be considered second-class citizens. poll taxes and literacy tests were to methods used to deter african-americans the right to vote. poll taxes was a fixed price you had to pay per year. i make $60 a year. let's i i live here in dallas county in a were well -- rule -- and i make $60 a year. we may have rent that is $40 a year. $40 a year out of my entire $60 your income goes to the rent. then i'm going to have $20 in which i have to get close and some sorts of comfort for my kids. there aren't many black people that are going to have money left over to

alabama. that is what is left of alberto. beginning to impact montgomery and into birmingham and when you look at the region, we have been hammered with 4 to 6 inches of rainfall in parts of the region from the panhandle into southern alabama. they are under a flood warning. the broader view gives 30 million people under a flood watch for tuesday and as that system is moving north, notice additional heavy rainfall for key west apparend miami. rainfall totals in may have been 5 to 10 inches above normal this time of year. any amount of rainfall on top of this will result in additional flooding across the region. there goes the system. notice where it ends up. in the midwest where it really heads to the warmest temperatures in the country. 90 degree readings in the last couple days. it cools off in chicago to as cool as 68 on friday afternoon. guys. >> p.j., thanks. >>> a maryland national guard member still missing after historic flooding in ellicott city. authorities are searching for edis eddison hermond. he was searcertif helping a wom her cat. electrici

after the busboy cot in montgomery, alabama, dr. king came up to michigan state university and he spoke with reverend abernathy. he told the people they had a choice between riding in humiliation or walking in dignity. that was one of my personal drivers. the other thing is i worked for a very interesting admiral from georgia, admiral steve morrison. his son was jim morrison of the doors. admiral morrison told me in no uncertain terms he did not want me using my position as a naval officer to advance civil rights. so i said, you're talking to the wrong guy. normally i wouldn't wear my whites in the summer time. i put on my whites and my gold wings and went up and testified in front of the committee and told senator my story, what i had to deal with. it was about ben cloud and the resistance, bill normal, frank peterson. we all had to adapt. when you traveled across country and you didn't know where you could -- you slept in your car just because you're black. you didn't know what hotel was segregated. i didn't want to stay in any se

these can kill you if you drive into them from montgomery, alabama to morgantown, north carolina. can see the circulation of what's left of alberto as it moves north, places like chicago, madison, wisconsin, grand rapids up to cadillac could see the potential for 2 to 3 inches of rain. so keep all of this in mind as you travel around today. >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. you'll notice a difference this morning and even more so this afternoon as temperatures drop 10 to 25 degrees compared to yesterday. more clouds, a little drizzle possible tonight, and the heat comes back this weekend. we'll have low 60s along the coast into san francisco, mid-to-upper 60s around the bay and low 70s inland. tonight more cloud cover, cooler, upper 40s to mid-50s, a chance of drizzle. my accuweather seven-day forecast, the 80s and 90s return saturday >>> we use big words like stunning and incredible often but this dust devil really deserves those words. that is in scottsdale, arizona. blue sky behind. that's classic because this is not a tornado. it forms very differently.

we don't have enough juvenile criminals to justify having a juvenile prison in montgomery, alabama. and so that's the big problem and it creates a real problem. years ago, i dealt with it in foreign countries where the prosecution had to go to the german government because we didn't have the military jurisdiction over non-military people. my people have worked on it, have heard your proposal. we think we've got that cleared with support from the department of justice. maybe we can get something done, congressman. >> let me know. i'm serious about this. thank you. >> thank you. i recognize the gentleman from washington state, mr. kilmer. >> thank you, chairman. thanks, mr. attorney general, for being with us. it was a pleasure to get to meet your family in washington state. they were residents in my district. and they did love it. >> i have to say, it's a great place. >> i want to follow up on something from the opening comments. it was referenced the marijuana policy and the complexities about this issue where you have states, including washington state, where in our state voters pa

alabama. flash flooding near montgomery. storms sat there in the hill of the country that caused problems. flash flood warning that's red, that's a flash flood emergency for that possible dam failure. couple of slifvers in the mountains of georgia, and flash flood around alabama, montgomery. evansville to hopkins, nashville cleared out of this, so is atlanta. heaviest rains in blue, one to two inches. chicago and areas of western michigan could get drenched. severe weather, six tornadoes yesterday. 1 million at risk in western oklahoma. other than that, it is plain old hot. looks like a hot period across the country. >>> and tragic stories, two journalists in south carolina killed. devastating news from maryland. searchers discovered the body of the missing national guardsman eddie herman. military instincts kicked in as he tried to rescue people in the floods that overtook ellicott city. witnesses say he was last seen trying to rescue a woman and cat when he was swept away sunday. his body was found tuesday morning. family

rainfall if we're going to get destruction and devastation out of this, panama city uppp to montgomery through alabama, that is the area of greatest concern possibility, willie, of a foot of rain on soilhat absolutely soaked andan't hol any more. >> and as you said, an early start to that season. bill karins, thank you very chwel keep an eye on that m. meanwhile an american man is bookome in the united states this morning after being held two years in a venuela prison. president trump welmed josh holt into the white house after helping secure his release from nezuela. the president also talking positively about the possibility of that summit with the leader of nth rea. nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house with all of it for us. kelly, good morning. >> good morning, willie. president trump showcased the relesion o anmerican citizen from v v venenenezezezezuela as under his administration of the ability to secure the release of erics hd unjustly abroad, mang one family's answered prayer a foreign policy win and whithouseven >>> a joyful embraced dreamed about for two painful years, a utah man, jo

alabama here. there is what is left of alberto impacting montgomery and eventually into birmingham. with 4 to 6 inches of rainfall from the panhandle into southern alabama which is under a flood warning. notice the broader view gives us 30 million people that are under a flood watch so far for tuesday and as that system is moving north, notice additional heavy rainfall for key west and miami and central florida. rainfall totals in the month of may have been 5 to 10 inches above normal for this time of year. any amount of rainfall on top of this will result in additional flooding across the region. there goes the system. eventually it ends up in the midwest where it really heads to the warmest temperatures in the country. we have multiple days of 90 degrees in the last couple days and it cooling off in chicago significantly to as cool as 68 degrees on friday afternoon. guys. >>> pedram, thanks. maryland national guard member still missing after flooding in ellicott city. emergency responders searching for sergeant eddi is son he -- eddison hermond. so much flooding in businesses and

and to give one example, when we have the march from selma to montgomery in alabama in 1965, at the end of the day what lyndon johnson did was to say since alabama cannot afford to pay to guarantee the protection of the marchers, that the federal government will take up the cost. and that march did occur successfully and peacefully, so there are moments where the government can become like an ally. we do get a civil rights act, voting rights act, fair housing act, so there are those legislative accomplishments, but it is you have to push so hard to get your ally to take action. belinda: so once again in west germany, very similarly to the question of it depends at what level and the frenemy issue, in which germany beginning in the 1950's is a program of political education, which among other spaces allows for young people to have very open kinds of discussions of politics, including the reading of marx, which young people were supposed to be reading to see how evil marx was, but instead inspired many of the young people. but they were generally at the local level very open. and i would

phyllis is in montgomery, alabama, a democrat, go ahead. i am hoping that a democrat can be seated.d them. republicans are not standing up to the president. just comes on tv and says whatever he wants to say. we need someone that is for the right, for what is the middle class, for the poor, and not just for the rich. host: thank you for the call from alabama. so the three senate seats that are being -- that are the focus of today's primaries -- ohio, indiana, and west virginia -- all held by democrats. so if democrats want to increase their numbers in the senate and possibly take it over, they would still have to hold these seats and gain more and other states. we can certainly focus more on the map for democrats as they look to take over the house and senate. we want to go to darrell and rochester, new york. the line for independents. go ahead. caller: how are you guys doing today? i was just reaching out in response to a couple of the callers, saying that the democratic party is kind of fractured and we do not have strong leadership and things like that, but as an american, it is

a rainy morning in montgomery, alabama and now the rain is arriving in birmingham. what's left of the system has enough moisture for flash flooding. 27 million people at risk. we go from panama city to nashville. eventually the rain making its way to the southern illinois and as far as the path goes, we take it today up towards decatur then through nashville overnight tonight and tomorrow up through indiana and up here through areas of michigan. so the rainfall totals possibly one to three inches, that's going to be the big deal. as joe was mentioning, some areas feel like summer, still in the 90s today in the plains. we'll deal with severe weather there, too, we'll give you updates on the crazy weather. washington, d.c., you're one of those spots, gigts to be cloudy today. you avoid the heavy rain. poor visibility this morning. that's not good if you have a flight out this morning. as a control enthusiast, i'm all-business when i travel... even when i travel... for leisure. so i go national, where i can choose any available upgrade in the aisle - without starting a

let's take you back to alabama montgomery earlier in the year for a taco bell that burnt down.ously apparently. >> they even coordinate their dancing and the sistahs singing. too bad there was not enough chick fil as to get over it. >>> there's this guy from armenia who does these one-finger pushups and stuff. he's at it again, just trying to be a showoff. one finger, one hand. and he's drinking -- >> ow! >> i don't believe it. >> ow. >> there's some trickery there. >>> the met gala isn't the only theme embracing catholicism. >>> this morning on "world news now," the first super tuesday primaries ahead of november's midterm elections are today. voters will be heading to the polls in four states. one controversial candidate in west virginia is calling himself trumpier than trump. >>> also this morning, the first lady unveils her policy goals with her new advice to kids, be best. plus, what the white house says about a new report that the first lady doesn't even live at 1600 pennsylvania. >>> "dancing with the stars" may not be here for a long time. but the athletes are here for

alabama's only u.s. vice president. learn more about summa, all weekend on american history tv. selma, all weekend of american history tv. >> by district includes birmingham as the largest city but include montgomeryounties of the historic alabama black belt. i feel like i'm a member of congress today, which is a wonderful upbringing that i had here in selma. i grew up with a great understanding of my city's place in history. every year, others would come back and reenact the rich -- bridge crossing. i wouldery young age, see these wonderful civil rights activists once the year come back to my church, and help to reenact the march. it was really special for me growing up in that church, growing up in selma, and brown chapel. the first to see and meet john lewis as a young member of the choir and then on the board on osha. him my collie, all i can say is god bless m america. i had to pinch myself sitting next to him because i knew my very existence as the first african-american woman to represent the state of alabama was only made possible because of his sacrifice in his struggle. people come to selma but they come once a year to march across that bridge. they keep on marching to montgomery, to bir

alabama. now heading toward montgomery. it's weakened. the winds were never a problem.the path of the storm as we go throughout the rest of today, tonight, into tomorrow. along that path we still have a chance for flash flooding. it's been very wet in this areas as we are going to get another one to 3 inches of rain as much as 4 to 5. that will cause issues. we feel roughly 29 million people under flash flood watches from panama city up to louisville, kentucky even to the mountains hereof north carolina and virginia. you can see that path near the center as it spins its way up. that's where the heaviest rain is. that's one to 3 inches. isolated totals could be higherment we'll have to watch what areas to the west of montgomery this morning and the mountains of north georgia and mountainous areas, high terrain of south carolina later. i expect tornadoes, a few of them at least in areas of central kansas and oklahoma, those storms should weaken towards tulsa. at risk 5 million people at risk of severe storms. a lot of busy weather, and warms up in areas of the east. new y

when her papers at the alabama department of archives and -- its in montgomery letter after letter talking about the difficulty she had selling her diary. that is to louisville publishers -- she finally got john morton of louisville to publish it in 1866. 1890's, she publishes another version of the diary. it is quite interesting to read it. while we see her critical of the confederacy, she's equally disgusted with yankee depredations that she witnessed. really, i think she left all of her non-conciliatory references to soldiers and to president lincoln in the published texts. those are there for anyone to see. they are quite striking. what i want to zero in on with regard to cumming is that her realistic depiction of medical trauma deteriorates over time. it's not so much her ability to chronicle what she sees as it is the sense that language no longer has the power to represent what is with the civil. initially, she gives is highly descriptive catalogues of suffering. here's one of them. maybe withly, again, in a month or so after she joins the forces in 1862. first mang the war, to writ

that assumption, i'm afraid she was terribly wrong in her papers at the alabama department of archives and history in montgomery is letter after letter talking about the difficulty she had selling her diary as is, pretty much, to little publishers. she finally got john morton of louisville to publish it in 1866, without taking out any of the references. she doesn't do this until the 1890s; she publishes a sanitized version of the diary. but anyway, it's quite interesting to read it. and while we see her critical of the confederacy, she is really equally disgust and perhaps more disgusted with yankee deprivation that she witnessed and i think really she left all of her nonconciliatory references to soldiers and to president lincoln in the published text. so those are there for anyone to see. and they are really quite -- they are quite striking. what i want to zero in on with regard to coming is that her realistic depiction of medical trauma deteriorates over time. it's not so much her ability to chronical what she sees as it is the sense that language no longer has the power to represent what is witness bl. init