i still believed that mr. fordas guilty at that time however, i have doubts about the fairness of his trial and i thought he should be afforded a new trial. as the case continued and going through the appellate process, i testified on one or maybe two occasions. i was asked about evidence and police reports that i don't remember seeing. that caused concerns for me. as we proceeded or as the case proceeded, it was then developed through other investigations that a confidential informant had come forward and advised the authorities of another individual who allegedly committed the crime. and at a hearing or meeting with the investigators, i was told that had we know the evidence at the time mr. ford not only would have been convicted but it would have been insufficient to cause arrest warrant issue, which is a very stunning statement to make. 30 years after the fact. amy: so he would not only perhaps have not gone to death row, he not -- you would not have been arrested. >> that is correct. as you know, the standard

. >> i am gratified that mr. ford was released but it doesn't take away the pain that i feel that i've caused that man. i believe that there's a special place in heaven reserved for people like lynn ford who have suffered so much prosecution during their lifetime. >> also outrage over republican lawmakers who call loretta lynch, quote, unfit to serve as attorney general. >>> and i'll tell you why hillary clinton made a surprise visit to my old neighborhood in brooklyn brownsville. but first, the least surprising thing you hear all day. the donald talks about his pick for 2016. >> i think donald trump is the best by far. >> but you're not in there. >> no, i haven't announced. i haven't done that no. but i feel very strongly about a guy named donald trump. create new york city's first self-serve frozen yogurt franchise. and now you have 42 locations. the more i put into my business the more i get out of it. like 5x your rewards when you make select business purchases with your ink plus card from chase. and with ink, i c

. >> mr. ford. >> reporter: their paths first crossed in 1983 when isadore rosemund a watch dealer in louisiana was found shot in the head inside of his home repair shot. within days, police zeroed in on ford who had done yafrd work for the victim. after a seven-day trial, even though there was no eyewitness or murder weapon, the jury came back with a guilty verdict and a death sentence. >> you were pleased when that verdict came down. >> i was very pleased. >> you went out and celebrated with drinks. >> i did that. >> reporter: now marty admits it was not a fair fight. >> the deck was stacked going in. >> reporter: ford's court-appointed defense team had almost no experience and no resources and stroud reluctantly admits he further stacked the deck against ford by ensuring the jury was all white. >> looking back on it i was not as sensitive to the issue of race as a i am now. >> reporter: ford's out-matched defense team was also never told about confidential informants who had pointed the finger a

. >>> mr. fordounced a airlift to the united states from vietnam. >>> that would become baby lift, 3,000 very young children, many of them orphans were airlifted out of south vietnam just weeks before the fall of saigon. >>> and many to be adopted by american families. >>> i didn't know, that, ford, himself an orphan, had decided to start evacuating some of the people out of saigon. >>> and as luck would have it, the air force pilot was assigned to fly the plane. >>> a young captain, he had no clue that he would be carrying babies inside his massive cargo hold, with no gameplan, what we need is, blankets and juices and milk and pillows and diapers, and all that stuff. >>> his c5 8 departed the air base with the bearest of the necessities than 300 people on board. and, 12 minutes into the flight, the locks failed. >>> the locks all broke the ramp dipped into the slip screen and, ripped off and when it did, it broke the back of the pressure door, the trouble was when the door went through the tail, it

. >> mr. fordounced an air lift to the united states from vietnam. >> that air lift would become operation baby lift. an operation in which 3,000 very young children many of them orphans were air lifted out of south vietnam just after the fall of saigon on april 30th, 1975. many to be adopted by american families. >> i did not know at the time that gerald ford himself an orphan by the way had decided to air lift some of the victims out of viet flam. >> bud schrader was authorized to fly some of the orphans outside of vietnam. he had no idea he would be carrying orphans in his cargo hold. his survivor instinct came in to play. >> what we needed were blankets and pillows and orange juice and all that stuff. >> more than 300 people on board. 12 minutes into the flight, at 22,000 feet, disaster struck. the locks on the plane's rear loading ramp failed. >> the locks all broke. the ramp dipped into the slipstream, ripped off and when it did it broke the back of the pressure door. the trouble was when the

. >> mr. fordannounced an air lift to the united states from vietnam. >> that air lift would become operation baby lift. an operation in which some 3,000 very young children, many of them orphans were air lifted out of south vietnam just weeks before the fall of saigon on april 30th, 1975. many to be adopted by american families. >> i didn't know, that gerald ford himself an orphan by the way had decided to air lift some people out of vietnam. >> authorized to fly the first baby lift flight out of saigon. just after 4:00 p.m. with the barest of necessities and more than 300 people on board. 12 minutes into the flight at in 22,000 feet disaster struck. the locks on the plane failed. >> only a handful of people survived. >> in all wu 38 people were killed in that crash including 78 children. baby lift adoptee laura price was told she was on that plane. one of the dozen seated in the top portion of the plane who survived. laura was air lifted out of saigon with very few records and almost no informati

this case it will be with them to the day they leave this earth and the fact i am gratified that mr. fordthe pain that i feel that i've caused that man. >> this story is a perfect example of why we need to reform the criminal justice system in this country. there have been a total of 337 exonerations in the united states with exonerees serving an average of 14 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit and we're learning an alabama inmate end inmate introducing legislation that would wrongly convict people with a chance to clear their names through a separate court. this is not just having a weak heart for those accused of a crime. those that are hard on crime need to understand for every person we put in jail that is innocent, the guilty person is still out and still able to commit crimes. and you make sure that the right people pay for crime and innocent people are not put away for things they didn't do while murderers and other criminals are walking away free. that's being hard on crime. thanks for watching. "hardball" starts right now. >>> leadership. let's play "hardball." ♪ good

ford's theatre. first, we begin at the national museum of american history to see the carriage that transported president and mrs. lincoln into ford's. >> behind me is the carriage that abraham lincoln rode to ford's theatre the night of his assassination on april 14. it is part of an exhibit and a project we are working with ford's theatre on in their silent witnesses exhibition which opens this month. april 15, 1865, was an incredible day for both the lincolns and for washington. news had reached the city that robert e lee had surrendered to grant. the war was finally coming to conclusion. that morning, abraham lincoln has breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, his eldest, joins them for breakfast. he was at appomattox. he was part of ulysses s. grant's staff, and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration of her and the lincolns themselves were celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war coming to an end and all the burdens that had on the president. he decides that, to celebrate in different kinds of ways. one thing he decide

mrs. lincoln to ford's theatre on april 14, 1865. >> behind me is the carriage that have lincoln road -- rode in to report theater. it is part of the exhibits we are working on, which opens this month. april 14 1865 was an incredible day for both the lincoln's and washington. news had reached the city that robert e lee had surrendered to grant. the war was finally coming to a conclusion. that morning, abraham lincoln had breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, has all this -- his eldest son, joined him for breakfast. and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration. and the lincoln's themselves, you know, or celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war and all of the burdens that it had on the president. he decide that day to celebrate a difficult of ways. one thing he decides this to go on a carriage ride with his wife. and it is an incredible ride that the two of them take. mary asked whether they should invite anyone to join them. abraham lincoln said, no, he would like to go just the two of them to and they ta

mrs. lincoln to ford's theatre on april 14, 1865. >> behind me is the carriage that abraham lincoln road to ford's theatre then as if his assassination.

ford's theatre to the peterson house. here is the timeline of events. it was at 815 when the pres. when the president and mrs. n the evening some notes booth entered the presidential box and a few moments later a single shot rang out. the pres. was too unstable to travel to the white house. house. doctors tended to president lincoln. a crowd gathered outside then as tonight holding a vigil. the next morning april 15 when president lincoln passed away ironically a light rain falling tonight and there was light rain 150 years ago as well's. our 16th president died. this is the scene. we will continue to watch. part of american history tv. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 's. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] 's. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] 's. [inaudible conversations] [inaudi

mrs. is years later in the ford administration, -- this is years later in the ford administration, had given away the tomahawks and the backfire issue that he had pledged in salt one to support to his dying day. so that was part of the rift. >> you didn't agree with kissinger's approach? john lehman: i certainly agreed with -- you know, kissinger has always wanted or been tempted to have favor of both sides in these debates. and so he liked to have plausible deniability that he was really for tomahawk and pushing tomahawk and trident. so i was, in some ways, the sacrificial, i was the expendable person in that lehman, he made this deal with jackson, but i can assure you, i did no such deal without henry's blessing. and i thought that it was -- it was a good deal. in order to get a firm commitment for the trident and the tomahawk, which i thought would be a tremendous benefit, i thought it was a good deal. i thought only the balance it was a good deal. -- on the balance it was a good idea. s.a.l.t. one, limiting us to two abm sites, excepting a three-to disadvantage, kissinger was right in th

ford's theatre. first, we begin at the national museum of american history to see the carriage that transported president and mrs. lincoln into ford's. >> behind me is the carriage that abraham lincoln road to ford's theatre the night of his assassination on april 14. it is part of an exhibit and a project we are working with ford's theatre on in their silent witnesses exhibition which opens this month. april 15, 1865, was an incredible day for both the lincolns and for washington. news had reached the city that robert e lee had to surrendered to grant. the war was finally coming to conclusion. that morning, abraham lincoln has breakfast with his family. robert todd lincoln, his eldest, joins them for breakfast. he was at appomattox. he was part of ulysses s. grant's staff and he was telling the story to the family about what had just taken place. the city was in celebration of her and the lincolns themselves were celebrating and finally seeing the end of this incredible war coming to an end and all the burdens that had on the president. he decides that, to celebrate in different kinds of noise. -- kinds of ways

betty ford and mr.her tenure 1974-1977 held in historic press conference announcing to over 150 reporters that she would be a firm supporter of the equal rights amendment and she would undertake the passage. her art and declaration was perceived as an act of political coverage while others are quite offended by her outspokenness. decades prior, florence harding in 1921 advocates women's suffrage urging women to participate in politics and holds a press conference exclusively for women. by her actions are applauded being reprehensible by others. then we see historical accounts lean the other way with first lady system in a very junior role. the feminist movement is intentionally disregarded. coolidge 1923-1929 successor to lawrence harding carried out her role as apolitical, demonstrates complete allegiance to her husband, calvin refrained from trying anything new. maybe speeches of any sort and is forbidden from wearing trousers is directed to host tea parties and ladies luncheon. she obliges with delig

mr. calhoun was driving to see his girlfriend in d.c. things got out of hand. his ford car clipped this nissan car and then into the house it went. >> i just couldn't think fast enough. i just panicked. tried to hit the brakes and hit the gas again i guess. >> reporter: derrick campbell owns that blue snee nee san car. he said mr. calhoun has hit his cars three times in the last year. >> used to park back there at the driveway so i pulled up here because he kept hit my car back here. pulled up there and he did it again. >> reporter: do you think this will keep you from driving again? >> i think so. >> i guess this is the last straw. >> reporter: is that a good idea? >> a very good idea. >> the family who lives here they weren't home when it happened. but it was close. more at 6:00. >>> retaliation today for a deadly terror attack. bombs are being dropped on two camps for the islamic militant group al shabab. the strikes in somalia in response to last week's attack at a university in kenya. 148 christian students were killed. video recorded today shows abandoned shoes an

ken joining us from fremont california again like scenes outside of ford's theatre in washington d.c.. >> caller: good evening steve. in mr thank you for c-span. >> host: our guest is not with us. this is a chance to reflect on the events from 150 years ago as we watch the scenes outside of ward's theater. this is what it looks like live coverage here on c-span2. >> it's very hard to believe that just a few days after appomattox after the surrender we would find ourselves here in washington city and hearing the news about the shooting tonight. for this to happen so suddenly at the end of the war when this is supposed to be a moment of jubilation and of all times on good friday. what's the world coming to? that surrender ceremony was really something. seeing the army of northern virginia pass through for the last time in coming to washington and seeing this and hearing this horrible news. we should stay here tonight and see what's going to happen. we can only pray for the president pray for our nation right now. it's the only thing we can do. did you hear about the assassin and who was? >> no i didn't. he was the great act

mrs. booth was there, but she would not go look at her son's remains. the fords were there. because the funeral home in baltimore was across the street from ford's baltimore theater. there was a number of actors who knew booth and were present. and they identified him to their satisfaction. i remember henry clay ford harry clay ford, rather who managed the theater here says that booth no doubt about it and his future bride asked him, how do you know that, and he said, i know him better than i know you. one look told me that was john wilkes booth, no doubt about it, and then william burton a friend of booth said if that's john, look at the boot. look at the boot he wore. we went ice skating, and there should be hole in it where skates were affixed, and look at the boots and you saw the holes they screwed in and affix ice skates into the boots that period of time. this was february of '69 and when the weather improved in june of '69, they got together and buried him in greenmont certainly tear. the grave is not marked, but it was well known to everybody distinguished by a moun

ford, kpix 5. >> people all over the bay area celebrated earth day today. mr. president, schools, volunteer groups worked on cleaning up garbage and beautifying their neighborhoods. in concord, elementary school students helped plant four drought-tolerant trees. >>> in the south bay a volunteer group took over cesar chavez park picking up trash cleaning up the area. the group from the marriott hotel staff said it's now officially adopting the park in order to keep it looking good. >> every day should be earth day. don't you think? >> absolutely. all good stuff. >> yeah. nice to see that happening. >> yeah. every day picking -- kind of take care of your little chunk of the country. >>> how about a little rain on our little chunk of earth? >> now, you know, don't get greedy, ken. now, here's the weird thing. it is raining to our east and south and -- it is every direction but here. but we have a chance of rain in the seven-day forecast. we'll talk about what's going on now first. sunshine at the golden gate. big contrast from yesterday. san francisco, eh, a littl

ford, toyota and vw are those six anding. fed policymakers have been split over whether to raise rates in june or later. mr.udley said the economy is not where policymakers would like it. >> the unemployment rate is still too high. the inflation rate too low. because the economic outlook is uncertain, i cannot tell you when normalization will occur. timing is a dependent, so we won't see when the timing unfolds. mark: he also says there are some " downside risks." coming up on bloomberg television, education reporter janet lawrence has a bleak outlook for student loan repayments. at 2:30 analysis of president obama's meeting with the crown prince and war on terror. highlights of my discussion with central bankers from peru and colombia. that in more when we returned. ♪ mark: welcome back. the new york fed is painting a bleak outlook for student loans. more borrowers failing to make their payments five years after graduating. janet lawrence joins me with more on this board. why does the student loan balances continue to increase? >> good question. you see the number of loans continue to creep up because ever

sam ford is in northeast with the latest on this one. hi, sam. sam: hello, leon. in this lawsuit, mrs. barry accuses kim dickens who donated marion barry a kidney of unauthorized use of her husband's name and she is seeking restitution for any funds she might have raised. of course, kim dickens' side has a different story. >> for someone to give you an organ and risk their life is significant. sam: he is talking about kim dickens, the woman who donated a kidney to the late marion barry five years before his death and who is now being sued by barry's widow cora masters barry for holding fundraisers for a kidney foundation that dickens-barry formed. she thinks it's a money grab and violation of his estate. he compares it to the martin luther king family's fight to control the brand of the civil rights leader. but the one who is treasure of the barry-dickens kidney foundation says it's personal. dickens was there among barry's closest friends after his death. >> i loved him so much. sam: did miss barry give him an organ? no. kim gave him an organ. sam: reaction from the public? >> i don'

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mr. gohmert: it was amazing most of the millionaires built a business and farm, the number one most common vehicle was a ford f1 50 truck. they were workers. there was a time in america where we looked around and fall someone who works 16 hours a day my aunt and uncle did and build a farm. we were proud of them. my aunt lily died and the fdic dumped land out there before the land could be sold. the irs came in and eventually sold every acre of her land. the family was called in, let's try to at least by some assets from her modest home. i bought this music box from her, it plays"amazing grace"they ran into the amazing greed of the congress. thank you. i yield back. pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. >> are you ready to close? mr. brady: we have one more. i am proud to yield one minute to my colleague from taxes. exas. mr. herd: i want to share the story of bobby mcknight for my district of fort davis texas. he said many families like his might be asset rich, but cash poor. most of their asset is used to grow food and cattle. a lot of that food, my colleagues will enjoy today. he has ha

mrs. peter cottontail. >> i didn't know he was married. i was behind on that. they arrived in style. look at that. >> you no he what they do like rabbits. >> anyway, that is a ford thunderbird convertible. >> classy. >> cool. >> so it was great to see everyone walking down south street. my favorite parties looking at all a the of the kid and how they are dressed especially the socks with little lace. >> mary jane shoes. >> bow ties. >> yes. >> weather was decent too. >> when my parents lefty walk them outside, for their ride to the airport. i started walking around. >> where did you go, conshohocken. >> very funny. >> i didn't go that far. >> where did you watch the the basketball games, at day night. >> i watched it at a sports bar. it was fun. i wanted to see the two final four games. >> yes. >> it was duke won, and then wisconsin. >> where were you watching. >> i had to go up to new york to do some work, so i -- where did i see it. is there a place called the eventi hotel. >> eventi hotel. >> in the spending floor there is a restaurant and bar. look out windows. on the building next door they project tv. giant screen up against the wall on the building next d

who had never committed any crime in his life retired from ford, and the police stopped him, beat the hell out of him and then if you believe mr. dent, planted cocaine in his car, and they took him to jail and he said no no, take a drug test, take my hair, do whatever, i've never used drugs in my life and he said, i didn't do anything, these police officers attacked me and then when you look in the background of the police officers who attacked him he had then charged before with planting evidence, he was found not guilty but they charged him in detroit and now he was with a small suburb police department and so you ask yourself, why don't we ever listen to our community versus just accepting the narrative? they accepted the narrative on floyd dent. he went to jail. he was well on his way of being convicted as a felon and then the video came out and you saw what these guys did and you saw the evidence being planted. and so why do we keep accepting the standard police narrative? he was threatening, i felt in fear of my life. it keeps happening over and over again. let me back up for one quick second. tamir rice case, the shoote

ford. dillon taylor, utah. nahisis of colorado. charlie landeaux and the list goes on and on. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: i thank you, mr. speaker. april 1, just a few days ago, most people don't realize it but the center for medicare and medicaid services reduced physician reimbursement for medicare patients by 21%. this occurred as a matter of law. this is a deadline that we've been up against before, a drama we've seen played out in this house multiple times during my tenure here. this time it's different because the house of representatives right before the end of march, chose to act and passed by vote of 392 individuals to repeal this formula that crops up every year and threatens our medicare patients and those that provide care for them. this bill is sitti

ford and honest wage for an honest day's work. [indiscernible] in that particular union, the largest of the uaw. this is to paint the brushstroke of the context here. we will go to mr. shaw who is with the congressional research service. he is the person who does the research, writing, analytical written work for the members of the united states congress. biographies are on the materials you picked up coming in on your cpa i ask that you write a question on a three by five card and pass them to national council staff who will bring them forward and i will use them in the question and answers. the ambassador is due here around 11:00. he called yesterday to say i will be there. we're looking for an operational and just go feet because he has been in the kingdom in the last 72 hours and now he is coming back, and this particular event is highest on his agenda. jeremy sharp. mr. sharp: thank you, john. i wish i could do that. just go to a map and give a country's history in a broad brush stroke. thank you to the national council and u.s.-arab nations for hosting this event today, and a welcome not just to the media and our outside guests, but a special thanks to our co