the group nikki considers family. >> what's up, nikki? >> what's up?ou. >> i love you, too. >> i almost got arrested. >> reporter: if the drag rats are a family, davis nikki's big brother. >> first time i met her, she didn't have a sleeping bag or blanket or nothing. i have been looking out for her and her for me for about a year and a half. >> nobody is going to look at a guy like me and say, hey, you want to come to my house? come on over. so we are all we have, is each other. so we got to look out for each other, otherwise, no one else will. i love this guy. >> i love my big brothers out here. they always take care of me. being a female on the streets is definitely harder than being a guy. there's obvious reasons. my big brothers are protective of me. hey, guys, see you later. >> reporter: nikki seems to spend most of her time with dave and gage. not with her boyfriend, ak. >> we try to hang out as much as we can but we are always on different missions. we have different agendas and different sets of friends. cops are right around the corner. >> rep

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she also got a wig so she could look like nikki. sang a duet. ♪ her boom-booming heart never slowed as they danced relentlessly through the commercial break. even her sidekick couldn't get her to kick it down a notch. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >>> this hour, texas governor rick perry delivers a major speech aimed at reigniting his presidential campaign. his focus? creating jobs for as many as 1.2 million americans by ramping up the nation's production of gas and oil. here's what he said earlier on cnn. >> we're sitting on a treasure trove of energy in this country. 300 years worth of energy. yet we're sending hundreds of billions of dollars out of this country every year to foreign sources of energy. americans are ready to make what americans buy, buy what americans make, and sell the rest of it to the world. >> jim acosta joins us from washington. perry's looking for a campaign jolt. is he hoping this speech will be a pivotal point for him? >> yeah. kyra, he's hoping this speech will provide energy to his campaign, no question ab

nikki haley, i don't know what to make of her. she's brand new to politics. why would she be so wind swept and elitist in her conversation? most people don't get on airplanes. i think my parents were on an airplane maybe once in their life. i remember when my grandmother took a trip once, the whole family went off to see her off to st. louis. not everybody is so frisky as to jump up on airplanes all the time. what is she talking about? like everybody flies, therefore everybody should have a voter i.d. card. who is she now? >> well, she's out of touch with reality. you know, she just got back from a trade mission to paris where she sponsored, spent our money, $22,000 on champagne for a cocktail party while out there, stayed in $600 five-star hotels. she hasn't got a clue. this makes perfect sense to her. why should we have to convince african-americans, poor people, students to vote for the crazy programs we have? just don't let them vote. >> let's go to this. i think the aclu ought to be involved in this and everybody else, naacp and everybody. the associated

south carolina's republican governor nikki haley said she so wants drug testing. >> it's something i'ven wanting since the first day i walked into office. >> nikki haley's policy goal and unrequited dream thus far as governor of south carolina is to collect body fluid samples from fellow south carolinians receiving public assistance or unemployment benefits. this year 12 states proposed drug testing for unemployment insurance and some considered making it a requirement for food stamps and home heating assistance. forced drug testing measures were enacted already in three of the 30 states in which republicans proposed them this year. including of course in florida, where republican governor rick scott says his forced drug testing program is going totally awesome. >> i gave a speech yesterday to the chamber of commerce in miami. when i went through the things i accomplished, it was a standing ovation when i said we drug screen welfare recipients. >> i wonder what an almost standing ovation looks like. i'll sit back. point is, drug testing poor people is awesome. politically. for rick scot

. >> nikki giovanni is one of the best known voices to come out of the power movement in an 1860s. she's a well-known poet and well known for her free verse. she was born here in knoxville and grew up right here on mulvaney street. this was the sight of her grandmother's house, where she spent much of her youth. she remembers very fondly in an essay, which is much apology is called 400 mulvaney street, or grandmother's address. baldini street is now what is known as hall of fame drive. it runs by the women's basketball hall of fame, just on the east side of downtown. this area was once a fairly prosperous middle-class predominately black suburban area, but it is now since the urban renewal of the 1950s and 60s has been lately redeveloped for apartments, rec center, -underscore and then other things. diet nikki giovanni's essay, 400 mulvaney street talks about the shot coming here in the middle of the demolitions involved in everything in her grandmother's old home. she talks about the rose garden. it seems that the rose is still going in the yard as the house has been torn down. >>

. >> republican governor nikki haley back in may after she signed a new voter identification bill intoen there have been complaints by many south carolinians that the law will effectively end up disenfranzing many traditionally democratic supporters in the state and a new study just released by the associated press backs up many of those claims by proving that blacks in the state of south carolina will be hit the hardest by the new photo i.d. requirements. the department of justice is currently looking into whether or not the south carolina law violates the voting rights act of 1965, but will the law stand up to the increased scrutiny, or will it the scrutiny? judith brown-deanis, and dib harputlian is the chairman of the democratic party in south carolina. i know you have a very hard time winning general elections down there on the democratic side for president in these recent years, but why are the republicans getting so randy to roll up the vote, if that's what they're up to. >> well, i think two reasons, chris. they saw what happened here in 2008. huge african-american turnout. hug

performers including aretha franklin stevie wonder and acclaimed poet nikki giovanni.rowd cheered watching on jumbo trends as president obama and his family walked through but the memorial site, president barack obama in his remarks drawn parallels between dr. king's vision for a quality and the country's struggle to rebuild the economy. >> i know we will overcome, i know there are better days ahead, i know that because of the unmanned towering over us. >> this granada sculptures it's between lincoln and jefferson memorial. >> here i am overjoyed and humble to see this great day when my brother martin takes his symbolic place on the national mall. >> he must be looked upon as one of the founding fathers of the new america. >> king's children are urging the crowd to focus less on the man himself and more on what he stood and died for. >> we need to live and love like him into care like him. >> an 11 year-old from kankakee with her mom. >> i thought this to be a great opportunity for her. am taking it all in. >> for jennifer this is a lesson in history, for those who liv

nikki gives me and her friend alexandra he's also a member of the time bank and lesson one of the free services she provides and in exchange alexandra helps out with the gardening so the time is repaid it's an amazing way. of receiving finally by giving to the other. many greeks struggle with wage cuts tax increases and with unemployment in the country now cripplingly high there's been huge interest in the time banks and bars and networks places in aladdin's cave of arts and materials and it's no wonder really that this idea of swapping gets in services has proven so popular it's building solidarity as a time when the economic situation is extremely uncertain. it's not a response to the economic crisis in the sense that it's going to overturn the terrible economic policies that are being posed by the troika it's giving people support to feel that they can do something with the tough economic times leaving many greeks feeling worthless there is real value in projects like the time bank and with the greek government drowning in debt these creative solutions are offering all they need sup

>> nikki dresses in those crazy wigs. >> which costume are you going to wear?nt all the time. >> i think you'll know it's her. halloween is coming. we have not revealed what our halloween costumes are going to be, but we want you guys to come to the plaza, especially at 10:00. we are going to meet lots of people at 10:00. >> you get a chance to win a great prize. >> tickets to justin bieber's concert on november 23rd. we've done costumes over the years. we did "star wars" one year. >> i was big bad wolf and you were little red riding ho. >> then we did lucy and ethel. >> that was my favorite. >> this is my favorite. i put lipstick on because i hated how ugly i felt. >> and that really helped. it really did. >> we will be equally as interesting this year, if you know what i'm saying. >> we hope. we also want you to know we have nothing to say about it. we just do what we are told. >> and we want to apologize. >> we have a facebook fan photo of a guy with a pumpkin with junk in the trunk. someone posed their pumpkin that way. is that a person? >> whatever they di

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. >> my son nikki is going as the red angry bird. >> oh, it is so cute. >> it is the cutest costume.d pair of jeans. >> it's perfect. so easy. >> it is. no makeup or anything like that. >> it's the biggest not only nationally, but regionally. around the world people are really into angry birds. >> wow. >> my son is obsessed with angry birds. number two would be black swan. that's an easy one. >> wow, that's a fun one. >> black leotard. >> that's fun. >> do you have to get the red eyes? skinny and disturbed? >> this is for adults, right? >> yeah. could be -- >> number three is playboy bunny. >> that's definitely for adults. >> better be for adults. >> then nicki minaj. that would be big padding. >> can i be honest, i don't know who nicki minaj is. am i culturally ignorant? >> you're living under a rock. >> what's wrong with me? you know what i'm doing, googling right now. number five, smurfette. katy perry plays smurfette in the movie. >> who doesn't love smurfette, come on. >> rounding out the list, will fred, and rapunzel. hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawbe

i found a psa that involves katy perry, nikki minaj and lady gaga. this is put together by a comedy writer. >> i decided to be myself and now i'm an 86-pound blonde hatched from an egg. i used to be a christian singer. but then i decided i need to start being myself. so i started writing songs about kissing girls and shooting whipped cream out of my [ bleep ]. >> if that's what it means to be yourself. i'm not about being real. i got a wig on a wig on a wig. >> be yourself! >> it's a be yourself, paid for by artists who are not themselves. >> and it is really funny. because you actually do hear some of the artists that we saw in this video do talk about you know, being yourself and having the strength to you know, empower and do what you want and all this other stuff. and yet, it's kind of ironic that really when they're performing, they're not necessarily being themselves. >> it is sort of true. the whole element, little girls should realize, they have an image. they're not really you can be who you are, and be yourself and not have to be like them.

>> come on out, nikki! ♪ >> wow! can you believe it?n the place when you saw her response. she was overjoyed but not shy and got a chance to sing with her favorite artist. how fun. we will take a look now at some of the stories we will be following at news4 this afternoon. betty white has a new music video out and she's still got it. >>> what beyonce is saying that she stole ballet moves for her new video. >>> at 5:00, sorting out the new credit card rules. liz crenshaw breaks out the good and the bad coming out tonight. >>> we have had passing showers this morning. we will have them with us from time to time into the afternoon, and they will be with us, perhaps, into tomorrow midday as well. right now we are in the upper 60s to near 70, but a clearing and drying trend and cooling down for the weekend. enjoy and see you tomorrow morning. >>> okay, tom. see you then. >>> that's "news4 midday" for [ male announcer ] does your cable company keep charging you more... and more... and more? stop paying so much for second best. upgrade to veri

. >> that was governor nikki haley promising may 18th the voter i.d.bill she was signing into law that day, was, quote, a great thing for every citizen in south carolina. but according to a new analysis by the "associated press," south carolina's new voter photo identification law appears to be hitting black precincts in the state the hardest. south carolina's photo identification law requires people to show a south carolina driver's license, state identification card, military i.d., or passport when they vote. without those forms of identification, the only other ways to vote are through a provisional ballot or absentee ballot. the "ap" analysis shows among the state's 2,134 precincts, there are 10 precincts where nearly all of the law's effect falls on nonwhite voters who don't have state-issued driver's license or i.d. cards. a total of 1,977 voters. the precinct that votes at the historically black benedict college campus center has 2,790 voters including only 9 white voters. in that precinct, 1,343 of the precinct's nonwhite voters, 48% lack state

hearing from the poet, nikki giovanni.d about why it was important for them to come. let me bring in allison join who's from washington, d.c. let me tell you why you decided to come today. why it was important. >> this is a historic moment. we're here wenting history, a man who fought for social, economic, and political justice is being honored today and we all should be here to honor him. >> reporter: one more thing i thought was interesting, a lot of the speeches we heard, whether it was from andrew young who spoke about the housing market collapse and the need to keep the president obama in office, even marian wright edelman talked about the need to not focus so much on the cuts for the poor, are you surprised about the political nature of some of the discussion and the fact that they've talked a lot about occupy wall street? >> no. no, because if we think about it, dr. king -- he would definitely have been there marching all this time because he was fighting for the same things that they're fighting for, social, econom

coming up, the video rendition of nikki minaj's song. >>> plus, "access hollywood" >>> well, at firstnce she's just a little girl in a princess costume. but one kindergartner is surely making headlines around the globe for rapping like a big-name star ♪ you've got my heartbeat running away, beating like a drum that is pounding away, did you hear that boom baa doom doom ♪ >> sophia grace bowenly of the united kingdom can nail every word. her mother recorded this rendition on her cell phone. no surprise this 5-year-old's pipes have made her a youtube sensation. get this. more than 6 million viewers, pat, are singing her praises. >>> three, two, one, go! >> first lady michelle obama is leading an attempt to break the world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. she launched the attempt this afternoon with the help of national geographic kids and hundreds of d.c. stupdents. they performed jumping jacks on the white house south lawn for a solid minute. this effort is part of her let's move campaign to fight childhood obesity. former olympic figure skater michel

take, for example, our governor, nikki haley. she's the daughter of immigrant parents.aised and converted to christianity. that becomes less and less of an issue in south carolina which surprises a lot of people. surprises a lot of people. >> and kate, in iowa -- i love iowa. because basically we give poll numbers and it shows romney in the lead and you think, well, that's great, compel for polls mean absolutely nothing when it comes to a caucus. so to you, the question i think is the same as to adam -- what is the feel you're getting in terms of the campaign best suited to turn out on caucus night enough folks to stick with them? >> well, "the des moines register" issued its iowa poll this morning and i think it highlights what romney is doing here. he has held on to the people who supported him last time around pretty credibly through this campaign and what you see in herman cain, who has a 23% compared to 22% for romney in today's iowa poll, is that herman cain has that likability factor. he has the tea party factor. and those are weaknesses in the romney campaign. s

. >> thompson: his daughter nikki is saving pictures for him of the events he's missed. >> this is aof easter. >> you know, every morning when i go to work, i have got his car in front of my driveway, and it just reminds me of where he's at right now. >> thompson: in september 2010, the judge hearing lopez' appeal concluded that he had received ineffective counsel at the original trial. this moves the case to the texas urt criminal appeals, whi will now decide whether to overturn the conviction. there is no word on when that will be. >> coming up next on this special edition of frontline... >> i do want to get my bachelors before i get out. >> are for-profit colleges exploiting a generous new gi bill? >> these veterans get this benefit one time, and if they don't get a quality education and something that can really help them with their lives, they'll never get it again. >> "educating sergeant pantzke" is next. >> smith: covering the wars in afghanistan and iraq, you spend a lot of time with young soldiers, barely out of high school, who are asked to do the toughest work the country

but nikki giovanni's essay talks a little bit about her shock about coming here in the middle of theime of of the demolitions involved in her renewal which he raced her grandmother's old home. she talked about the rose garden and seeing the rose is still growing in the yard but the house had been torn down. >> booktv has over 100,000 twitter followers. be a part of the excitement. follow booktv on twitter to get publishing new scheduling updates author information and talk directly with others during her live programming. twitter.com/booktv. >> next jack neely, local author of knoxville tennessee this obscure city takes booktv on a tour of the literary history of knoxville. >> cormac mccarthy is one of america's best-known writers of course famous for no country for old men a book that has been made into a major motion picture but his first four books were all set in east tennessee in the knoxville area mostly. the most knoxville centric of all of his books is called sultry about

. >> nikki giovanni, you should see what is happening backstage. it is so fun. our morals are creditor a combination of public and private resources. -- our memorials are a combination of public and private resources. the chairman of the dedication and chief executive officer will be followed by tommy hilfiger, dedication co founder and cut designerr,od guillam, and chairman of the king memorial foundation. welcome and thank you, for a mr.ckerson. [applause] >> g,wen. i am honored and humbled to be here today. at this truly momentous and historic event in front of the king family and such important guests. including my granddaughter emma. it is both a personal and professional honor for me to be here. as i look back on line life,two moments that i really remember it resonates with me -- the first is the john f. kennedy inauguration went to the embassy said ask not what your country can do for you but rather what your -- what you can do for your country. the mlk freedom rch -- i have a dream that my four little children when they will live in a nation where they

nikki malawi.ier allen malawi as the chairman and ceo of ford motor company and his wife there are. tomorrow president oh -- obama and lee will be in detroit and they will be touring the general motors plant. >> mrs. alene shuster and mr. gerald shuster. [inaudible conversations] mr. david cam and mrs. mente. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] mr. scott a. nathan and ms. laura dibona's. mr. mark nichols and ms. jane keonna. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] mr. peter kwan and ms. jeannie kwon. ms. candy crowley and mr. michael roselli. dr. robert marchant. senator richard lugar and ms. deb lugar. senator lugar is the ranking republican on the foreign affairs, foreign relations committee. mr. chris courts and mr. andrew courts. mr. peter krause and mrs. lisa krause. senator max baucus and miss melody haynes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] amb

think of nikki hailey, elected governor in south carolina.ks palin's blessing could be a big help for any of the republicans in the race. >> i think she's an open book, but if i had to guess who she would be more closely aligned with, that would be texas governor rick perry. >> but it's not certain whether palin's endorsement power will extend to next november. scott con roy says her pop icon status will stick around, but she may have hurt herself politically by not running for president. even though polls showed it would have been an uphill climb for her to get to nomination. >> her endorsement is going to be a big story when it happens, but i don't think it will carry the same weight as it did in 2010. in 2010, she was a potential presidential candidate. at that time, people assumed she would be a very viable force in the national scene herself. that's a big reason why her endorsement carried so much weight. >> so sarah palin, the popular culture icon is more than just with us. she's embedded in the culture. she is hoping to keep her politi

he's enlisted the support of high profile republicans, including chris christie of new jersey, nikki haley. his opponent earl ray tombln is appealing to the democratic base which has been traditionally in this state almost insurmountable, but that is changing, and in large part it's due to the unpopularity of president obama in this state. president obama enjoys approval ratings in west virginia of only 28%. consider that is just remarkable given that democrats out number republicans two to one in the state. republican bill maloney has been driving that home with attempting to tie his opponent to president obama. his democratic opponent fighting back portraying maloney as a interloper, a carpet bagger. he moved to west virginia only after he graduated from college. >> americans are trying in court to stop obamacare. obamacare will jack our taxes on businesses, destroy jobs, stop obama. stop tomblin from implementing obamacare. >> what does bill malone stand for. >> he sent our jobs to pennsylvania. >> he says he'll end business incentives. >> maloney will reject all federal education

s because he had this exchange on a blog he was doing as well, another user called nikki american andgust for universally shared american characteristics, not the nicest ones either, be fat, stupid and eating cheeseburgers, his words. >> some of our favorite things. >> exactly. he's actually going to go to a boarding school in bosnia. and it was posted on their website and that's how the media got hold of it. interestingly he posted a survey asking his friends if they preferred democracy or communism and he said he preferred democracy. so -- >> really? >> that will land you in a prison camp if you were back home in north korea. >> that's a real problem. both of these have been taken down, no longer able to -- we can't and friend them. >> no, you can't friend them anymore, i'm afraid. the son had a twitter page and that's gone as well. the thing that strikes me, what were they thinking? nobody would find out? >> it's public but then -- >> facebook, there is no privacy. >> a lot of people have been surprised by that. >> exactly. it was a nice little window into that side of the family,

. >> nikki giovanni, you should see what is happening backstage. it is so fun. a combination of public and private resources. -- our memorials are a combination of public and private resources. the chairman of the dedication and chief executive officer will be followed by tommy hilfiger, dedication co founder and cut designerr,od guillam, and chairman of the king memorial foundation. welcome and thank you, for a mr.ckerson. [applause] >> g,wen. i am honored and humbled to be here today. at this truly momentous and historic event in front of the king family and such important guests. including my granddaughter emma. it is both a personal and professional honor for me to be here. as i look back on line life,two moments that i really remember it resonates with me -- the first is the john f. kennedy inauguration went to the embassy said ask not what your country can do for you but rather what your -- what you can do for your country. the mlk freedom march -- i have a dream that my four little children when they will live in a nation where they will be judged -- will

. >> nikki giovanni, you should see what is happening backstage. it is so fun. our morals are creditor a combination of public and private resources. -- our memorials are a combination of public and private resources. the chairman of the dedication and chief executive officer will be followed by tommy hilfiger, dedication co founder and cut designerr,od guillam, and chairman of the king memorial foundation. welcome and thank you, for a mr.ckerson. [applause] >> g,wen. i am honored and humbled to be here today. at this truly momentous and historic event in front of the king family and such important guests. including my granddaughter emma. it is both a personal and professional honor for me to be here. as i look back on line life,two moments that i really remember it resonates with me -- the first is the john f. kennedy inauguration went to the embassy said ask not what your country can do for you but rather what your -- what you can do for your country. the mlk freedom march -- i have a dream that my four little children when they will live in a nation where the