of 63 peopleroup in north carolina and south carolina and north georgia who are all traveling togethero knoxville. they all join together, they are a party of 76 and they by chance run into a lieutenant, james hartley from the third north carolina, a union regiment that offers out of east tennessee. he is on a recruiting expedition. this is very common. these parties run into union officers who are moving into north carolina and into south carolina on a recruiting expedition. there's a great, i don't have to travel any fun. will you join the union army? they said yes we will. the whole party travels to knoxville in company with 63 recruitsnow has for the union army. what i have found is when i put all this together and i look at the union army records, when i look at the reports of these escaped prisoners there are literally thousands of people on the move any appellations in the last winter of the war. people that the confederacy wants to keep contained because they are deserters that are moving out of the can -- out of the confederacy and returning as raters. what was interesting to

in the case of voting, north carolina does not take away -- north carolina draws the line at people who have completed their parole, their period of supervised release. but in richardson versus ramirez the court looked to the text and history and tradition and said in section 2 of the 14th amendment there was affirmative sanction for felon disenfranchisement. if you look at that same section which dealt with the people who were bailed in the civil war you didn't need to restore their first amendment rights. with the second amendment, when somebody's convicted of a crime, they immediately lose their second amendment rights. they don't lose their first amendment rights. in the simon & schuster case, this court vindicated the rights of somebody who was a serial kill history wanted to write from prison, where he was serving a life sentence for murder about his experience. >> it's a little difficult -- you said look at the text in history. we don't have a lot of history here concerning access to websites and all the sort of things we're dealing with here so i don't think that's a very useful

montgomery: and so -- justice ginsburg: north carolina, could north carolina bar those as well? bar the photo sharing and the chat room? mr. montgomery: the problem then may be that it would not be as narrowly tailored as it should be. justice ginsburg: then what did you mean in your brief when you said that north carolina can proceed one step at a time, that it could take further steps consistent with constitutional? mr. montgomery: well, certainly, there are other steps that may be taken, and perhaps that would be one. but at this point, the -- justice ginsburg: well, what did you mean in your brief, then, when you said north carolina could take other steps, additional steps? mr. montgomery: there -- there are certainly other laws that could be put in place to try to prevent sex offenders from finding out information. justice kagan: when you just said to justice ginsburg, well, maybe that would be unconstitutional if they included these things that are instead exempted, so you mean that there's a constitutional right to use snapchat, but not to use twitter? mr. montgomery: i'm

hudson of north carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 382, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. hudson, and a member opposed each will control phi minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. the gentleman is recognized. mr. hudson: thank you, mr. speaker. access to a fair and just court system is a vital part of the makeup of the united states. it's important that courts used to seek justice, not for the financial benefits of lawyers looking to take advantage of patients, but basic protections these amendments provide frivolous lawsuits provide peace of mind for the vast majority of physicians who work so hard to heal and protect their patients. they have seen health care costs decrease and access to health care increase. this will benefit patients nationwide. all provisions within this amendment defer to state laws and directly address issues covered. these provisions, the first one is called the sorry provision this provision would allow physicians to apologize to a patient

state as premiums in north carolina have gone out 176% just since 2013.ionwide that amount is 105%. so reality is american people don't have health care. it reminds me of that song by johnny lee the can you think western song looking for love in all the wrong places. there is no love found in obamacare for the american people. >> well, two points, sir. first of all, senator ted cruz says this bill won't consult premiums and you list the insurance companies that are leaving states. do you expect with the pass average senate bill that ultimately all would return? >> yes, ma'am, i do believe that the market will open up and i think that we'll have access for the american people. remember, this is not going to be a federally mandated program. the american people will be able to buy the kind of health insurance that they have warrant to b want to buy and not be forced to purchase something they don't want. so plans will be catered to the american people. and it also allows the states to direct this. nothing that the federal government does is managed well. you

river in fayetteville, north carolina.emical, genx, a byproduct has been making its way 80 miles downriver into wilmingt wilmington's tap water. the cape fear public utility authority, co-authored a three year study on the chemical's elevated presence in the water. but the findings were never made available to the general public not even to wilmington mayor. >> since 1980? >> 1980. >> reporter: last week a city council meeting in wilmington was over capacity as they demanded that they held them accountable. >> why has this been allowed to go on so long. i have been drinking this watt r my entire life. >> wilmington's self proclaimed cancer mom showed up. amy herman's son jacob had leukemia and received chemofor three years. >> odd we have to fight for clean watewater. >> lisa grogan's son was diagnosed with a rare kidney cancer. >> because of what our kids have been through. it is hard for people to look at us and say, the water is probably okay. or, there is probably not -- not too much toxin in there to cause health effe

well, north carolina is one state that has given small business owners a bit of a break, and some sayform could be a good model for a federal plan. in her latest installment of small business matters, kate rogers has more from charlotte, north carolina. ♪ >> reporter: in charlotte, north carolina, small businesses like melt in your mouth cupcakes are hoping for federal tax reform under the new administration. mother/son business owners julie and michael chambers said they pay some 35 cents in taxes on every dollar they make, and it is one of the things that weighs most heavily on their minds as they make decisions about when to hire and expand. >> we're in the process of trying to open up two new stores, and just paying the taxes on this one is taking a lot of capital away that we could be spending, using on something else. it is very important for us to get the tax burden off of our backs. >> reporter: their company is structured as an llc, meaning they pay taxes at the individual level. >> thank you so much. have a great day. >> reporter: the chambers aren't alone in their desire fo

guest: in this case, north carolina said we will take care of this ourselves. fema allows you to do that. they did a good job of it, and information is available online's for people to see what their risk is. people'ssubsidize premiums, you are failing to do a fundamental job of the government, which is to protect citizens. factor.a key risk my premium is too expensive, $3000. what can i do to reduce my rate by reducing my risk? what can the community do to mitigate the risk and drive down the rate by driving down the risk? host: yvonne is in st. paul, minnesota. i was looking at the map and i noticed these areas. i am from florida, but i bought my first house, and my dad chided me into getting a flood policy even though i am in a preferred risk area. it is not cheap, about $400 a year. but i read when i got a letter in the mail recently that 25% of claimed -- 25% of claims actually come in from places in preferred risk areas. that was kind of shocking to me. , insuranceney companies do not always clearly define what flood is or what water damage is. i think th

hudson of north carolina. this bipartisan bill takes steps to help make training for energy manufacturing jobs available to women and minorities as well as veterans. by way of background, the bill was nasmsly approved by the house last congress with a voice vote. it was also included in the energy bill conference negotiations. but unfortunately, even though the bill received overwhelmingly -- overwhelming support in the house and senate, it didn't make it to the president's desk before time ran out. the u.s. has undergone an energy renaissance driven by newly discovered resources, technological innovation and a skilled work force. millions and millions of new jobs have been created and many more are opening up but we've got to continue to invest in our workers noffered to -- in order to maintain global leadership and maximize the economic potential of our energy abundance. this bill h.r. 338 takes important steps in the right direction by requiring that the department of energy modernize and improve coordinati

and durham county, north carolina, holds the state's most reliably democratic voters. that forced the county to issue ballots by hand, meaning longer lines and delays, factors that can often depress turnout. again, this was not an attack on the way you count the votes, but it may have been an attack on the most democratic county in the state, where hillary clinton was going to get her biggest margins on election night in north carolina. and for whatever reason, things did go wrong in that county on election night when it came to their poll book software. >> welcome to the election hq on election night. >> we'll be here all night watching the big races on air. >> the big news at this hour, eight durham precincts extending voting hours, some 15 minutes, some a full hour to 8:30. >> several precincts had problems with the check-in system. the computers didn't work right, so they went to paper books. >> because of the decentralized nature of our american election system, it is hard to get a nationwide sense of exactly which parts of our election system got hacked, got atta

north carolina's had an interesting history. 2010, during redistricting, trevor, they went redistricting crazy. they created apartheid districts, right, and that stacked and packed black voters in a way that in the 2012 election, more progressives voted for progressives but because to have the redistricting we end up with a super majority extremist legislature. that extremist legislature then passes every law they could, anti medicaid expansion, anti gay, 22 states passed racist voter suppression laws and racially driven redistricting laws, 57% of african-american votedders, 44 u.s. senators and over 50% of the united states congress, that started in 2010. i got a secret for you, it wasn't the russians! racism hacked this system before trump was ever elected, before he and putin got together. it was racism, racially -- racial germanderring an and ract voter suppression that set up the congress we have now and the people who got hurt most by the policies that have been elect bid these so-called what i call unconstitutional consti

eastern and will be covered live on msnbc. >>> a north carolina woman is back home after surviving ark. tiffany johnson, the mother of three went snorkeling in a shallow reef in the bahamas with her family when she came face-to-face with his shark. >> all i could see was red surrounding me. he looked and saw my arm gone. he cried out, baby, and i san jose saw this terror in his eyes. >> she fought free from the shark and was brought to a nearby hospital. doctors were able to save her life, not her arm. that's credits her survival to her faith and keeping calm. >>> a group of fishermen made the catch of a lifetime in more ways that won, a marlin weighing 533.8 pounds in a tournament in north carolina. they netted a big check worth $463,250. the competition continues, so we'll see if there are bigger fish out there for other teams. >> beautiful. >> with father's day just a few days away -- >> what are you getting me? >> we'll talk about that later. there's a new surveil from wallet hub that ranked all 50 states and d.c. to see which are the best and worst places for working dads to liv

a graduate of the united states of north carolina at penbrook and native of st. paul's, she's a mefment carolina and morning eam with the nbc affiliate wect in wilmington, north carolina. during her tenure, victoria will focus on her work. on behalf of the southeastern north carolina, congratulations, victoria, mr. rouzer, we wish you the best of you represent our great state over the next year, compete in the miss america pageant, and continue to enrich the lives of others. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. you represe state the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. higgins: mr. speaker, with the congressional budget office reporting the 22 million people will lose health care coverage and premiums for those who keep their coverage increasing by more than 20% next year, it's not surprising that the republican senate bill was pulled due to a pervasive lack of interest and supp

i was a retired teacher's assistant, and was in the district 17 years here in north carolina. ofs year, i went back first help because i wanted to finish up the are. i helped out in kindergarten, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade, and i saw this common core curriculum that we have a north carolina -- the teachers, it is not there fault. -- bald -- their they cannot stay with something long enough for the kids to actually get it or deviate that ones thatlp the really need the help. they are one person there and have lost the resources, which is the teaser assistance -- onesschools are under resource. there have been a lot of budgets and a teachers, shortage. they are under a lot of stress. end of the day that teachers matter, and we also know that there are some students that, because of where they live, they are not -- they do not have access to a lot of other schools have. so figuring out an answer to this is not easy. host: a viewer tweeted in a question, asking how much input are the teachers unions given in the teacher evaluation component? it varies by state, so

from that stonewall, they will throw back and attack by a north carolina brigade. later in the day, they will resume their position facing the north and toward the red are in and help repel another attack. they put in an awfully long day. the pressure has become too great and this line will begin to rake. the union army will begin to slowly retreat act to the town of gettysburg into the high ground of cemetery hill just south of here. ton major sellers came dedicate this, he did not think about a retreat. he did not think about a withdrawal. he thought about this says one finest moments.s' he won the medal of honor. battle,wrote about this he wrote about it as a triumph from start to finish. it was not simply the outcome of the fight. it was the outcome of the battle in the out come of the war that made the sacrifice worthwhile. this monument is rather unusual. it is shaped like an oak tree. the soldiers who served here knew that. formed their monument into the shape of a note tree. the impact of artillery fire can be seen in the area where the bark is been peeled a

. >> mason: north carolina parents worry a toxic chemical released into their drinking water may be causing cancer in their kids. >> it just seems odd that we're having the fight for clean water after we've fought for our children's lives. >> you're a wizard, harry. >> mason: and celebrating 20 years of harry just whizzedy. b >> harry potter! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. the supreme court gave the green light today to president trump's travel ban. the 90-day moratorium on citizens of six mostly muslim countries entering the u.s. the administration said the 90 days would be used to review screening procedures to keep terrorists out. it's now been 150 days since the been was first signed. the justices did put some limits on it, but it could go into effect as soon as this week after months of court battle. here's chief legal correspondent jan crawford.