mrs. dunn, i want to go back to you. tell me about the challenges gewards with being involved in something like this? >> well some of the challenges investigate these cases that happened so long ago #, trying to reach people who were alive during that time, trying to recover documents. a lot of the different agencies and cities struggle with trying to keep up with their documents so i think that was the hardest part was the research and trying to locate people who are still alive. >> and the rewards? >> well besides the practical legal skills that you gain from the clinic # it was really contacting the family and personally seeing the impact that our work and our research has on these individuals; for example, one of the sons of the daughter of the man who was lynched sent me a text message and said today is my 50th birthday and i just want to thank you all. i never knew the real story of and you guys are angels for it and that was pretty impactful. #. >> and giving the family that sense of peace. what lies ahead for you

. >> according to witnesses there were statements of are you talking to me coming from mr. dunn and i believe a couple witnesses said they heard "you're not going to talk to me that way." >> reporter: suddenly the argument escalates. >> and before anybody knows it dunn is leaning over to his right reaching into his glove box pulling out a taurus 9-millimeter. right about this time tommy comes out of the store. gets into the car, straps himself in, looks over, and sees a gun pointed three feet away. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: it was over in moments. a life gone, lives ruined. jordan's mom tried to cope with her heartache by clinging to the last conversation she had with her beloved son, less than 24 hours before he died. >> mom, happy thanksgiving, mom. you thank you for loving me. >> tell me about your boy. >> he was not a perfect child by young man. always the life of the party. people would say when jordan walks in the room the room lights up. he was humorous. very intuitive. >> mama's boy? daddy's boy? >> he started out mama's boy but ended up daddy's boy. >> reporter: when mi

, you know, not blaming the parent, but if you talk to your kids and you say welshing i was dunn stairs with mrnd-so, in the basement playing video games. you're like wait, that's a red flag. who else was with you? nobody. that's a red flag. that's the kind of stuff kids will tell you during the day. gout investigate that. >> of course not blaming them at all. who would think that somebody lying -- something like that would happen? putting them in your care. any other questions then before we let go that parent should be asking when going to day care to see hey this is a good place to put my wild? >> don't be afraid to walk around. look. >> basement, where some of this untoward activity might perhaps be? >> and see how the people interact with the kids, see what the ratio of how many kids to caretaker s there a supervisor watching the care taker. >> and i guess in this case, falls township case, also ask who else will be around, who i'm not looking at right now, earl family members, friends, who stop by? >> yes, exactly. >> lieutenant ward, thank you for your time. merry christmas. >> you too.

oregonian, mark prader and brendan dunn, george hallas and chairman brady's staff, all of them came together to help us put together this effort. and i believe now, mr. president, that there is really an opportunity to use this bill as a springboard to real tax reform. i've written two bipartisan tax reform bills over the years, first with my former colleague from new hampshire, judd gregg. the second with our current colleague, senator coats, the distinguished senator from indiana, and i know my wife would always say i keep hearing about these tax reform bills, dear. write me when something actually happens. well, i tell you i think now the combination of this inversion virus, which really, if it keeps growing, is going to hollow out america's tax system, plus the fact that we have brought some certainty and predictability to the tax code, added some very sensible provisions in a permanent way. this really gives us an opportunity now. the table is set for real tax reform, and that is not something we have had before, and i just want to close by way of saying that i am so honored to represent oregon in the united states senate. director of the senio