it's a cruel tax on the people of north mississippi as they try to go back and forth to work. it's a cloud hanging over economic development and job creation. it appears to me this administration continues to drag its feet on oil exploration, possible fuel development and recovery. how do you respond to that? >> well, i think absolutely we should be judged on what we're doing. i should be judged on my track record when i became secretary of energy. and when this administration started, we were in a free fall and a recession. the price had plunged from roughly $140 a gallon down to -- or barrel. $140 a barrel down a little under -- about $40 a barrel. and we -- and the solution to this, we will do everything in our powers to -- and we agree there is great suffering when suffering when the price of gasoline increases in the united states. and so we are very concerned about this. and as i've repeatedly said in the department of energy, what we're trying to do is diversify our energy supply transportation so that we have cost effective means. natural gas is great and so we're push

donelson, having abandoned kentucky and middle tennessee and the forces pshd back into alabama, north mississippi and west tennessee, concentrated to defend the railroads. corinth mississippi, where they junctioned. you can see the interplay of railroads and the river which in 1862 was a viable interstate highway. brings about the concentration of major military forces. armies of the united states, under the command of ulysses s. grant and don carlos buell, both moving to form a juncture here on the tennessee river, and the confederate state western forces under albert sidney johnston concentrating now in and around corinth to hold the railroads for the purpose of holding the valley, defending the valley. and that's what brings in all this activity here at this location in the early spring of 1862. what you would have seen here was, in shifts, steamboats coming in, offloading personnel, as well as all of the elements of what it takes to wage war, all of their equipment, food, tents, you name it. so it would have been very noisy as this massive offloading of personnel, animals and equipment begin

. >> my aunt lin lives in north mississippi and she has the hard back bible. she's ready to go to hollywood and have a come to jesus meeting with these folks. you are right. people of the christian faith are outraged by how hollywood is treating them. and not only on gcb but many other shows . what would happen if abc had put out a show good muslim or good jewish? there would be an outrage like you could imagine. >> gcb stands for good christian b word degrading depiction and it is disgusting. >> you know what the issue is governor? i write about this in my book. they have too many vegetarians living in hollywood. you are not right with the lord and b, the other issue is when you don't eat pleat, you - meat, you don't eat right. >> i think queue queue and may fixed it >> a good smoked pork but would do hollywood well. >> it is it a great book and by the way, here is good news. all of the folks will get their own cope of the book. thank you. we take great pride in the democratic system ask everyone gets an equal vote and or not more than half of the americans d

. >> governor, my aunt lin lives in north mississippi one of the big bibles, the hard back where you your genealogy, she's ready to go to hollywood with these folks because you're absolutely right. i think that people of the christian faith should be be outraged how hollywood is treating them and depictions not just on that show gcb, but many other shows and think about this for a second. what would happen if abc had put out a show called good muslim, or good jewish? there would be an outrage like you could not imagine. >> mike: there really would. and gcb stands for good christian, the b-word, speaking of women. it's a degrading word and degrading depiction and it's disgusting. >> you know, the issue is, governor, i think i figured it out. i write about it in the book. i think the issue is they've got too many vegetarians living in hollywood. a you're not right with the lord and when you don't eat meat you don't think right. >> take them to get some barbecue and may fix it, what do you think. >> a good smoked pork butt would do hollywood well, absolutely. (laughter) >> the book is "

these red boxes are tornado watches, including jackson, mississippi. north of jackson, a pretty strong storm crossing interstate 55 in about a half hour. just outside of baton rouge, we had strong storms just to the north side of town. few isolated tornadoes. otherwise, we are watching some rain out there this morning. we're just north of st. louis, through central illinois. and if you're down there in the keys, you've got some thunderstorms and some of that rain's heading for miami. give it about another hour, hour and a half from now, probably the peak of the rush hour. some light rain will move on through. then it's a chilly morning up in the great lakes and up through new england. definitely wear the winter coat, probably even the gloves for the kids this morning. it will warm up this afternoon with the sunshine, but it's definitely on the chilly side. as far as the severe weather threat later today into this afternoon, really, it's all of the southeast, you have a chance of seeing some strong storms with the wind and the hail and the lightning. again, n

water life refuge you will see the louisiana style swamps with natural diversity pushing north on the mississippi for migratory birds southern illinois is vital habitat all the way to the south to the gulf coast beyond that having these refuges allow the birds time to stop and rest ... and then there's magnolia manor and cairo ... the john bogan museum in murphy borough tells the dramatic story of the region's the civil war history and how ulysses grant was rushed to southern illinois to keep this strategically important piece of real estate from falling into confederate hands with rebel forces on either side of the two great rivers fort defiance with its battery of canon's defended cairo which sits at the confluence of the mississippi and the ohio rivers to this day amazingly rich territory that you will love to explore we have a pair of web exclusive stories on illinois and the civil war and if you want to learn more about general grant and fort defiance you can go to our web site wgntv.com/ i know that it has been cooler but i keep waiting for that afternoon sun ... >>there has never been a wa

and now the threat shifts farther to the east and farther north across the upper mississippi river valley. some strong stoths expected. these are going to be fast movi s cells,mo which could produce strong tornados once maain, the main threat being ging winds andda large hail down into texas. new severe thunderstorm watch box out until 11:00 a.m. you see that shaded in yellow. as we expect that line of storms to quickly move off to the east there. severe storms on monday, as well. only in a slight risk for the interior northeast. pittsburgh, you're including around the eastern lakes all the way down into the mountain states of west virginia. and we could see hail and damaging winds once again on monday. the extra vigilant today on this sunday. a lot of es, lester, still in the danger zone. >> crystal, we'll check back with you in a few minutes for the day's national forecast. >>> now the president obama's meeting with world leaders in south america. the trip is being overshadowed by the widening scandal involving secret service personnel. kristin is in colombia with details. good morning,

the threat moves a bit farther east and north across the upper mississippi river valley all the way down into eastern texas. we could see strong storms. some may produce tornadoes once again today. that's a look at your l >> good morning. we are looking for to another mild day as we wrap up the weekend. clouds, clearing to the weekend. a very mild with temperatures in the upper 70's. >>> and back to you, lester. >> all right, crystal, thanks. >>> up next on "today," the fbi's ten most wanted list. who replaced osama bin laden on that list? we'll tell you right after this. i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. hershey's drops.

louisiana style cypress tupelo swamps natural diversity pushes its way north on the mississippi migratoryn >> for its follow mississippi river corridor down south to the gulf coast and in some cases far beyond that happened in the refugee down there provides us with important place for birds >> cultural treasures like magnolia manor in cairo john logan museum in murphyeboro tells the dramatic story of the region's civil war history and how ulysses grant was rushed to southern illinois to keep strategically important piece of real-estate from falling into confederate hands with rebel forces on either side of the two great rivers >> you have kentucky and missouri southern illinois you just move the blockade a further up the mississippi >> battery of cannons before to the finance defended the beach and conflicts of the mississippi and ohio rivers to this day amazingly rich territory that you would love to explore. >> to learn more wgntv.com internet exclusive stories on the illinois and to civil war got stranded in the antarctic not quite stuck days far from home later in sports tweak or maj

the only complete railroad to link the mississippi river with the atlantic seaboard and north/south mobile and ohio, linking the ohio river valley to the gulf of mexico. corinth was quite simply that spring the lynch pin containing the confederacy's effort to halt the mississippi. after ascending the river a national army under general ulyssess grant at pittsburg landing its front encompassing shiloh church. while western confederate forces led by sidney johnston concentrated by rail. the military issues confronting these combatants proved not to be the mere possession of the field, or even the vital crossroads. but involved the defeat of their respective major armies and ultimate possession of the mississippi valley. grant's mission, sever the western railroads linking with the eastern with the mississippi valley and to recover the valley. johnston's mission, hold the mississippi by defeating all union armies such as grant's for there were four threatening his responsibilities in the western confederacy. threatening the valley. today as one gazes upon the historic corinth railroad crossin

mississippi and louisiana. but as we take it firther to the north. we're dealing with showers and thunderstorms across the area as well. draping back into mississippi and kentucky as this time. but i told megan, we are dry for today. so, a nice day on tap with sunshine in the forecast. this morning the temperatures are on the cool side. good morning to you. more of the same in chestertown. centralville at 45 degrees. and northeast at 35. bel air at 37 degrees. now, 43 in baltimore and 37 in york. this is the wind chill. the wind chills are out of the northeast this morning at 5 to 15 miles per hour. we will start to taper those off a little bit into the afternoon. stim the winds 5 to 10 miles per hour. now, your future trend is not picking up on a lot. you can see where the weather is, right? we have high pressure building in for today and keep the clouds at bay. the rain to the south of us and the storms as well. that's where the focal point will be. a lots of sunshine for today and tomorrow this will continue through your sunday, easter. for today t

winning iowa, missouri, minnesota, colorado, tennessee, oklahoma, north dakota, kansas, alabama, mississippiisiana. he received more than 3.2 million vote votes in the 37 contests so far and he often pointed out he did so against a well-funded opponent. >> tonight we have an opportunity to see what a campaign look like when one candidate isn't outspent 5 or 10 to 1 by negative ads impugning their integrity and distorting their record. >> bret: santorum barely qualified for several debates at the beginning of the race. hovering at only around 1% in the national polls. when the republican field was more crowded, he frequentenly complained about not getting enough attention. >> you guys have been giving the guys a lot of time. not a lot of time to answer the question. >> santorum's early strategy involved visiting all 99 iowa counties. emphasizing old fashioned retail politics. sometimes holding town hall meetings with only a few iowanss in attendance. >> this is the little engine that could campaign. >> bret: even when his hard work in iowa paid off with a victory, he wasn't recognized until 1

the severe weather that left a trail of dam trail of damage in north texas, has moved into louisiana and mississippiallas area, with winds up to 165 miles per hour. >> possible tornado in new orleans already. >>> in politics, mitt romney has won decisive victories in the wisconsin, maryland and d.c. primaries. this time he was able to attract conservatives and tea party voters who had shunned him in the past. newt gingrich and rick santorum say they are still in it. >>> looking at today's weather. stormy from the mid-atlantic to the midwest. and south to the gulf coast, where you can expect strong wind, hail, and possible tornadoes. so, stay safe, everybody. >>> and finally, think about it. when was the last time that you saw the police pull over a driver, then shake his hand and send him on his way? i'm going to guess, probably never. >> doesn't happen a lot. but when it's batman behind the wheel and the dash cam video burns up the internet, you have to wonder, who is that masked man? abc's dan harris found out. >> reporter: it was a caught-on-tape moment that went viral. the dark knight, targeted

mississippi river. his most recent book is field of blood, the prairie grove campaign from the university of north carolina press. it received the fletcher-pratt award of the new york civil war roundtable for the best book published on the civil war in 2010. and the j.g. ragsdale award of the arkansas historical association for the best book published on arkansas history that year. among his other books are pea ridge, which we are here tonight to hear excerpts from, civil war campaign in the west, university of north carolina press, vicksburg is the key, the struggle for the mississippi river, university of nebraska press, and the virginia militia in the 17th century, louisiana state university press. let's give a good saline county welcome to dr. william l. shea. [ applause ] >> i understand that i am honorable to everyone in the room and possibly this part of the county. before i begin my canned presentation will somewhat tie me to my notes, i want to point out this masterpiece of cartography. almost arkansas. what the arrow depicts is essentially the movement of the united states army of the southwest i

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north texas. violent storms ripped through the dallas/ft. worth area on tuesday. as many as a dozen tornadoes touched down. this morning those storms are moving into the mississippi valley and forecasters say more tornadoes are possible. >> now incredibly no deaths have

north. grant's army could have been reinforced from john pope's army, the mississippi and basijing island number ten. it fell the day after shiloh on april the 8th. that would have left bul almost unopposed to march directly on to chattanooga. for the south, it was important because the south had to accomplish at shiloh exactly what it failed to accomplish, which is it had to destroy a federal army. they had their best opportunity, grant cooperated by putting his back to a river. they failed to do it. so i would say that this was a great missed opportunity for both the north and the south to shorten the war. >> jim? >>> i want to say first that it is a pleasure and an honor to be here as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the great campaign and the battle of shiloh. it is good to be on the program with these distinguished gentlemen who have been studying and interpreting the civil war for many years and also i certainly am appreciative. we all are, of your presence. fill your can teens boy. some of you will be in hell before night and you will need it. those were the words of pew. he was a

mississippi. northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose one life. that is incredible. if you can view the damage that happened there. and the reason that is, is because they prepared. they took the time. they were exhausted. but they saved lives. devastating, it will take years to rebuild

north of l.a. rains and storms in the plains here heading toward the mississippi valley. but the east other than a few showers yesterday out toward our east, well, pretty quiet. so that patch of clouds this morning, it quickly leaves the region. by this afternoon we're sunny. by mid-morning we're sunny. we stay clear basically overnight tonight. tomorrow looks like a little system is going to pass mainly to our north. we may get a few clouds in the afternoon and tomorrow night. going to be on the warm side of the equation with 70s tomorrow. we stay in that warmer air for sunday and monday as well. so warmest numbers i've put this season on the seven-day. 67 today. 74 tomorrow. tonight we're only going to be in the 40s or so. so very comfortable tonight. 50s tomorrow night. by sunday 84. one of the reasons i'm going to warm, it's just dry and the dry ground heats up more quickly. monday 86. that's in town. again south and west even warmer. tuesday 75. could be an afternoon or evening shower or storm into wednesday. then only about 70 but still pretty nice on thursday. >>>

north carolina. notice the real warmth down here, jackson, mississippi, close to 90 degrees, we'll get in the mid-80sday and sunday, too, temperatures will continue to rise. so sunday as well as monday i think we will be getting in the low and mid 80s throughout the area. that is much of the eastern portion of the country. getting that warmth. and again, lack of rainfall, brush fire threat could be high. so, some folks asked me yesterday, what does that mean we should do when the brush fire threat is high? if you're barbequing, watch the ambers, the flames of course. for anyone doing any type of equipment work, a rotary blade can make a spark, and of course that could lead to a brush fire. so just know that and be well-aware. overnight, 35 to 42 degrees. frost advisory to the north of us, rising to the mid and upper 60s, some locations up to 70 down to the south around fredericksburg. forecast for the next couple days, really nice weekend coming up. 85 on sunday, but again, we need the rain, and that rain now out of the forecast for tuesday, so when the shuttle comes in town next tuesday, we've taken

distributed in alabama, florida, illinois, indiana, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, mississippi, new york, northll going -- ohio, pennsylvania, tennessee, virginia and wisconsin. so they could be out there widely. they're stamped with a used by date of april 11, 2012. >>> fresh off baseball's annual celebration of jackie robinson day, new research suggests there are fewer african-americans in baseball today than since the earliest days of integration. african-americans make up just over 8% of major leaguers. that's down from 8.5% last season and less than half the 17% in 1959 when the red sox became the last team to integrate. the number of african-americans peaked in 1975 when th$1975 whe compromise 27% of all roflters. a lack of college scholarships and opportunities are said to be contributing factors in the steady decline. >>> ahead on "early start," a principal arrested and charged with child abuse. look at this. it is shocking video of him yanking an 11-year-old boy off a bus. he was yanking him by the neck. you know there are consequences here. we'll share it all with you. you're watching

north and heavy thunder showers to the south. severe weather in much of the plains and the lower mississippi valley will continue overnight and the threat will continue in the southern plains into tomorrow. a lot of rain could trigger flooding here. toward the west, a low pressure system, which is very powerful, is set to move into the west coast. it will produce staggering amounts of coastal rain in parts of british columbia, pacific northwest and northern california. temperatures are as follows. 10 degrees in seattle and 11 in winnipeg. to the east, unseasonable warmth is continuing up to 20 degrees in chicago, reaching 25 in oklahoma city. 31 degrees in miami. all right. up next is the three day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour, north korea invited members of japan's space development agency to attend the launch of what it calls a satellite rocket. officials in japan and elsewhere say they are testing a long range missile. members of the general association of korean residence in tokyo handed the invitation to officials. the invitation was sent under the name of the north korean committee for space technology. the committ

they were distributed in dozen states, alabama, florida, indian, maryland, massachusetts, mississippi, new york, northarolina, ohio, pennsylvania, tennessee, virginia and wisconsin. now the company said that the bags are being recalled a random sample tested by the state of new york came back positive for salmonella. no other dole salads are it included in the recall by the way. recalled salad are stamped with use by date of april 11, 2012. hear is the upc code. 7143001057. below are the product codes. now the product code and used by date are located in the underer right-hand corner of the package while the upc code is on the back of the package below the bar code. the most common symptoms of salmonella are diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever within 8 or 72 hours of eating. contaminated food. dole says luckily no illnesses have been reported. they're contacting retailers to make sure the bags in question are no longer available for sale and they urge retailers an consumers with any kind of questions to call the dole food consumer company response center. that is 800-356-3111. so far no illnesses i s

sunshine will be obvious east of the mountains but farther to the north and west, a low pressure area is organizing in the upper mississippie area of showers will push with the warm front to our direction overnight and as we get through the day, it looks as though warmer air will kick in and there will be cold front tomorrow afternoon. early tomorrow morning a fair amount of rain in the morning and then it will break up and we will get some sun and warm up into the 70's and later we'll get more showers. our forecast today looks good lots of sunshine and not nearly as breezy as the last couple of days and some will hit 70 and clouds roll into night and we will have some overnight rain and tomorrow showers and areas of rain in the morning and sunshine and warm temperatures and thunderstorms in the afternoon. we will look at the trend for the weekend with adam caskey in a couple of minutes. >> the time is 6:51 and let's look said dulles airport where there is some change on the way. look at their right hand side of your screen. that is the space shuttle enterprise getting ready to take off friday. >> it is heading north and w