and northeast mississippi. they are looking at a very focused area in the hopes that they can start to identify some real individuals that might belong to this social class. looking at papers of wealthier people. sometimes there would even be letters. they oftentimes were illiterate. north carolina had an insolvent debtor's law. apply to take the benefits of this law. it gave me information about these people's lives. and i've gotten information in criminal records because one of the places where they became visible was when they became prosecuted for various crimes and a little bit of a problematic source because most of the people i was talking about were not criminals, but they shared some of the same whatt of life in terms of they did for jobs and what their family relationships were like. i had very few voices of these people. a lot of what i have is looking at their circumstances are these various records. the book starts off as an amazing story. i did find one autobiography of a poor white and. one of th

the heart of my research, my interest in the war, lies in what happened in northeast mississippi and tennessee, and aside from the book i've written several magazine articles, regular column in "the daily corinthian" with articles about civil war in corinth, mississippi, and i'm writing on the battle of tupelo. you want to say hi to mike. i'm saying hi to tim. we used to be next-door neighbors when he was a ranger up at shiloh as well. tim. >> and i'm tim. i did a series that i called the sentinel, the series of civil war books and photographic books of the battlefield. of the three books we did one ol' gettysburg, vicksburg, and shiloh. if have written five more civil war books. and written two books on civil rights since growing up in jackson, i grew up there in that time and there's a big interest in that. and when i'm not doing books i'm photojournalist at the sun herald newspapers in biloxi. so i was a member of the news room that won the pew litter prize for our katrina coverage. and my labor of live right now is i promised myself, after seeing so much damage from katrina, i wa

hurricane comes up north to south, the worst place to be is in the northeast quadrant, the upper-right hand. like a boxer's right cross. mississippi line which is the pearl river. mississippi and louisiana make a 90-degree angle. it pushed it all into that corner with 150-160 mill after an f hour winds. we thought camile would be the bad as can be. we planned for katrina. the thing is the goal standard. it couldn't get worst in katrina. it couldn't get worst than camile. well, katrina was much worst than camile like i said, the winds weren't as high. that wasn't the problem. it was the storm surge, it was the great storm surge ever reported in the history of meterology. the storm surge was more than 30-feet deep. 38-feet deep when you count the waves on top. everything was gone. the problem was it was also gigantic. the eye was 32 miles across. 70-something miles away, the storm surge was still more than 20 feet deep, more than 20 feet above sea level. nothing left but the foundation. in fact, most people don't remember downtown mobile flooded from the storm surge that was generated by a storm that came on shore at the peal river.

northeast louisiana. >> okay. so anywhere close to shreveport or you over toward mississippi? >> caller: about four hours both ways. >> joe is up next in marysville, ohio, democrats line. what's on your mind? >> caller: this is joe from the canton marysville area. i wanted to make a comment on the 14th amendment. they talk about the anchor babies, and it amazes me, why is it so confusing. even some law professors don't seem to interpret it correctly. when it says foreign nationals, when they are living here under our jurisdiction, not above it they come here so-called legally. if they are here illegally, if a worker is here working with a green card or students here under student visa and a woman would have a baby here, the baby, of course, is an american citizen. if their green card expires, or their visa expires and they are supposed to leave, then they are outside our jurisdiction and here illegally and that baby, if she had another child would not be another citizen. so the first one would be a citizen. the second brother or sister would not be. it's simple and i don't und

northeast. northern new england. we have a risk of strong storms making their way through the mid mississippi river valley. beautiful in the northeast and midatlantic coast. look for sunshine out west. >>> very comfortable. high temperature of 87. sun filtered out from time to time. tonight, mostly clear a l comfortable. 67 in mid-town. 50s in the suburbs north and west. a sunny start with a cloudy finish and a high empelprature of 84 degrees. it looks like the rain stays south on fridays. 81. clouds and developing sun saturday, 82. someestorms by tuesday. >>> what the hec happened to your drink? >> i have a weakness. when i have a cocktail with a straw, i drink it faster. >> a shtraw? really? what's coming up next, willie? [ slurring ] tell the people. >> once a music teacher in reel al life. now playing one on tv. >> we love this guy. >> we love him! >> trying to g craig robinson to jam for us right after this. >> i love you, man! >> feel it, craig. >> feel the love, craig. >> bring it on in here! yeah! craig. i love you. >> i love you. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through ev

northeast. northern new england. we have a risk of strong storms making their way through the mid mississippi river valley. > good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. clouds to start with but more and more sunshine and a bit breezy. that's less humid air coming into the area. temperatures upper 80s to near 90 this afternoon. a cooling trend, tomorrow 86 degrees and then look at friday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, just 81. then clearing skies as we head into the weekend. 85 saturday, bright sunshine, 86 on sunday. and a chance of showers returns later on monday. have a great day. >>> what the heck happened to your drink? >> i have a weakness. when i have a cocktail with a straw, i drink it faster. >> a shtraw? really? what's coming up next willie? [ slurring ] tell the people. >> once a music teacher in reelal life. now playing one on tv. >> we love this guy. >> we love him! >> trying to get craig robinson to jam for us right after this. >> i love you, man! >> feel it craig. >> feel the love craig. >> bring it on in here! yeah! craig. i love you. >> i love you. you loved brad. and then you

northeast. northern new england. we have a risk of strong storms making their way through the mid mississippi river valley. look for sunshine out west. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're making it into the mid-60s across the bay. a lot of sunshine too. a few clouds will start to mix in. and it will be a little bit warmer today than yesterday with a high of 84 degrees in the south bay. 85 in the north bay. 81 in the peninsula. in the east bay topping out at 78 degrees. in the tri-valley you'll be warming up to 87 degrees while san francisco tops out at 75. over the next couple of days we're in for a warming trend, but cooling down in time for the weekend. >>> what the heck happened to your drink? >> i have a weakness. when i have a cocktail with a straw, i drink it faster. >> a shtraw? really? what's coming up next, willie? [ slurring ] tell the people. >> once a music teacher in real life. now playing one on tv. >> we love this guy. >> we love him! >> trying to get craig robinson to jam for us right after this. >> craig robinson. i love you, man! >> feel it, craig. >> feel the love, craig.

northeast quadrant -- quadrant. it's like a boxer's right cross and of course katrina came on shore almost on the louisiana mississippi line which of course is the pearl river and where mississippi and louisiana make virtually a 90-degree angle and it came and pushed all this water that it had been pushing in front of it for days, pushed it all into that corner with 150, 160-mile an hour winds so that while camille's went for 200 miles an hour that spawned probably 200 hurricanes and we thought camille would be the worst, as bad as is a hurricane can be. one of only three category 5 hurricane to come onshore in the united states and we planned for katrina thinking it was the gold standard. it couldn't get worse and katrina. i mean camile, couldn't get worse than camille but katrina was much worse than camille. the winds weren't as high but that wasn't the problem. it was the storm surge. the storm surge was the greatest storm surge ever recorded in the history of meteorology according to the national weather service. the first town near the nearest louisiana line in the eye of the hurricane storm surge was more than 3

northeast. more of the same type of weather tomorrow like we had today. then our focus is coming into a cold front that's right now igniting showers and storms across the hudson valley around the mississippi valley. that's headed in our direction and will give us steady rainfall across the area as we go tomorrow night into friday. the futurecast shows lots of clouds tonight. tomorrow, cloudy skies and patchy fog. watch out for a thunderstorm west of the city like today. tomorrow night, the front makes its approach. by the morning hours of friday morning for the morning commute, it will be problematic in areas like the garden state parkway, the turnpike, the thruway. i-80 will be a wet ride heading into the city. the line doesn't shift until the evening. looks like we'll be seeing steady rainfall through the 5:00 boroughs and towards the jersey shore. friday night things quieten down. as we go into the weekend, we'll see more in the way of sunshine with a mix of sun and clouds. we have tropical storm danny in the atlantic right now. on its current track it will make an approach towards the lesser antilles towards the end of the weekend. we'll keep an eye on it to see where it could affect

mississippi river valley. gorgeous day in the northeast in new england. breezy conditions in the central plains. wet weather and windy in the pacific northwest. sunday we are looking for more rain in the pacific northwest. heat continues through the southwest into southern california. erika makes its way closer to southern florida with showers through the southeast. again, another warm sticky day england. >>> al, thanks very much. a fine looking friday out there. 65 degrees in the city now. 68 in islip. a few 50s around the fringes north and west. um upper 50s there. everyone warms to the 80s. a full fair weather clouds dotting the sky. comfortably dry, too's into night, comfy. 50s in the suburbs north and west. tomorrow, upper 80s. humidity not bad. stickier by sunday. turn up the heat. hazy, hot and humid monday right through thursday. >>> and that's your latest weather, guys. >> it's beautiful today. soon it will be football weather. willie has a big announcement. >> yes, darius is a football fan. dolphins, south carolina. loves football. the summer days are getting shorter and that means fal

mississippi river valley. gorgeous day in the northeast in new england. breezy conditions in the central plains.cific northwest. heat continues through the southwest into southern california. erika makes its way closer to southern florida with showers through the southeast. again, another warm sticky day in the northeast and new england. . >> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. get ready for another beautiful day. you'll need your sunglasses today. bright sunshine, low humidity, back into the lower 80s this afternoon. with a light breeze out of the northwest, keeping things comfortable tonight. we'll drop down to 63 tomorrow morning. a warmer day saturday, but the humidity stays lower saturday. it's the temperatures climbing sunday up to 92. another hot one monday, then a chance of some much needed rainfall tuesday and wednesday and the heat continues thursday. have a great day. >>> and that's your latest weather, guys. >> it's beautiful today. soon it will be football weather. willie has a big announcement. >> yes, darius is a football fan. dolphins, south carolina. loves football. the

mississippi river valley. gorgeous day in the northeast in new england. breezy conditions in the central plains.e pacific northwest. heat continues through the southwest into southern california. erika makes its way closer to southern florida with showers through the southeast. again, another warm sticky day in the northeast and new england. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's already 74 degrees in livermore. 76 in concord. 66 degrees in napa. expect a high of 90 in san jose, 86 degrees in san mateo. in the low to mid-70s in san francisco. concord, 94. danville today topping out at 92 degrees while livermore sees a high of 98 degrees. still hot today, but cooler down this weekend. >>> and that's your latest weather, guys. >> it's beautiful today. soon it will be football weather. willie has a big announcement. >> yes, darius is a football fan. dolphins, south carolina. loves football. the summer days are getting shorter and that means fall and football are around the corner. we are partnering with the national football league for the special series, together we make football. we

northeast louisiana. host: anywhere close to shreveport or closer to mississippi? caller: about four hours both ways.oe isis patrick up next. he is in marysville, ohio on the democrats like your what is on your mind? caller: this is joe ward. i want to make a comment on the 14th amendment. they talk about the anchor babies. -- it so confusing that so many other countries do not interpret it correctly could it says foreign nationals when they are living here under our jurisdiction -- not above it, come here so-called legally. if the workers here with a green card or students here under student visas, a woman would here and then the baby, of course, is an en.rican citiz but if the green card or visa expires, ar out of jurisdiction. if she had another baby, that child would not be a citizen. ae first one would be citizen. the second brother or sister would not be a citizen. it is simple and i do not understand what the confusion is. that is joe in marysville, ohio on that issue. ona today" has an opinion their editorial page. -- retaine view birthright citizenship for babies born in the u.s.. politician

mississippi river valley. things clear out in the northeast. hall. temperatures are in the 60s. all across the bay with a few more clouds mixing in with some subtropical moisture rolling into the bay area. and it'll be a slight chance of a shower or storm near the coast. otherwise, we'll see dry conditions and highs reaching into the 60s and 70s. the north and south bay will be in the lower 80s as well as the tri-valley today. seeing a high of 83 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds. we'll have some warmer weather the next couple of days. >> and that is your latest weather. >> thank you, al. it's one of most difficult decisions parents and kids have to make, choosing a college. >> princeton review is out today with the best 380 colleges, 2016 edition. ranking the top schools of all kinds of categories. rob is the senior vice president and publisher. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's start off with great financial aid category. princeton university. >> we have heard of this school before. we may not think it's a great value, but $55,

mississippi river. he could not find it. he finally decided in late 1865, he would load everything he had left on la belle. he would sail it as far as he could to the northeastuld go overland, find the river, come back and get his ship. people la belle with 29 loaded with cargo saying i will be gone 10 days. stay there, don't move. two months later the people on board that ship went out of the water and things got so bad that the captain of the ship decided he would violate la salle's orders. pull a banker, sail back around to where other french people were at the other end of the bay, and when he did that, one of the most notorious cold fronts blew through texas in february 1686 and la belle wrecked on the southern shore of matagorda bay. >> the ship was discovered in 1995. the texas historical commission decided at that point to build a double-rimmed coffer dam around the entire wreck. matagorda bay is very difficult to dive in. there is not much visibility. with this cofferdam all of the , water can be pumped out and it could be a moist dig. it took about two years just looking at the ship itself to clean all the services of the timber. then a rough recon

northeast. pretty much up and down the east coast. you go down south and that will be brutally hot. we have excessive heat warnings through eastern oklahoma and arkansas and louisiana and mississippis surrounding this. this is the area where temperatures are in the triple digits, but the feels-like temperature is hotter. the forecast highs over the next three days will remain very hot if not hotter in dallas. up to 105 by monday. little rock, 102 tomorrow. louisiana, 104 degrees as we go into sunday and monday. again. the feels-like temperature makes it feel stifling. stay hydrated and in the cooler air conditioning. we have a chance of stronger storms near rapid city and down into parts of western kansas and also into the area in the midwest. just north of kansas city. omaha and southern iowa. this is where we could see strong storms. large hill and damaging wind gusts and possibility of tornadoes. >>> a good saturday morning, i'm meteorologist michelle grossman. another weekend winner. looking so nice today. sunny and warm, 83 to 86. a little breezy, though, at the beaches. keep that in mind as you head out today. once again tomorrow, 86 degrees, lots of sunshine, monday, that's

northeast new england and look at the parts of texas. once again baking all the way into oklahoma arkansas mississippi and alabama with air temperatures aboverain we had last night all out of here. we're waking up to bright, sunny skies. the fog we usually have in san francisco, not today. that's going to mean for a warm day. temperatures up to 70 degrees later this afternoon. east bay near 80. peninsula at 77. the south and north bay at temperatures in the mid-80s. hot spot today, the tri-valley with temperatures near 90 degrees. have a great weekend. >>> that's your latest weather. get the weather any time you need it on weather channel on cable, weather.com online. mr. lauer! >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> all right, al. thank you very much. this guy right here keith urban is just moments away from performing live on the concert stage. but first, how about we take a look at how he became the undisputed king of country? ♪ >> keith urban is more than just a country music superstar. he's a four-time grammy award winner a hit maker with 18 number one hits and a musici

northeast new england and look at the parts of texas. once again baking all the way into oklahoma, arkansas, mississippi and alabama with air temperatures above 100. some of those heat indexes feeling like 115. >>> al, low 70s. comfortable this morning. staten island, 62. still cooler around the fringes north and west of town. 70s across longpushes off away from us. high clouds down the jersey shore. high 83. comfortable friday night and beautiful saturday. 84, sunshine. a few mow clords sunday, 85. 83 monday. watch out for some thunderstorms, though, come tuesday. >>> that's your latest weather. get the weather any time you need it on weather channel on cable, weather.com online. mr. lauer! >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. [ cheers and applause ] >> all right, al. thank you very much. this guy right here keith urban is just moments away from performing live on the concert stage. but first, how about we take a look at how he became the undisputed king of country? >> keith urban is more than just a country music superstar. he's a four-time grammy award winner, a hit maker with 18 number one hit

northeast new england and look at the parts of texas. once again baking all the way into oklahoma, arkansas, mississippi and alabama with air temperatures bill henley. some rain overnight, but today we'll see sunshine and a few scattered clouds. more sunshine in pennsylvania than in delaware and south jersey. warm this afternoon, 80s later today. sunshine, bright this weekend. low humidity, 87 on saturday. a nice day sunday, just a little bit warmer up to 88 degrees. showers, thunderstorms, could return later monday and are likely tuesday with a high of 83. plenty of sunshine wednesday and thursday. have a great day. >>> that's your latest weather. get the weather any time you need it on weather channel on cable, weather.com online. mr. lauer! >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> all right, al. thank you very much. this guy right here keith urban is just moments away from performing live on the concert stage. but first, how about we take a look at how he became the undisputed king of country? ♪ >> keith urban is more than just a country music superstar. he's a four-tim

mississippi monday as a tornado touched down near a hospital. heavy winds in genoa colorado crushed silos and there were no injuries. heat could impact millions in the northeast today. temperatures will hit at least 90 degrees in cities from washington to boston as the heat wave continues. high humidity will make it feel much worse. >> thailand's capitol bangkok was shaken by a second explosion. it happened at a riverside pier where people were waiting for a ferry. there were no injuries. this was less than 24 hours after a larger blast killed at least 23 people. we're getting our first look at the man suspected of setting off that bomb. charlie is tracking developments from london. good morning. >> good morning, police released that footage of a suspect they say is a bomber and they're asking the public to join in the manhunt. he was seen dumping his backpack not long before the bomb went off and they're investigating links into the other blasts that rattled bangkok today. >> police say an unidentified man hurled the bomb at a busy pier but the explosive fell into the water injuring no one. here's the suspect police are looking for. a young man in a yellow t

northeast. new york hitting above 90 degrees for the third straight day. yesterday making it the city's first official heat wave since 2013. it's been especially tough for anybody working outdoors. >>> in mississippiin the southern part of the state. a large tornado roaring through taking down trees and causing some structural damage. there were no reports of any injuries. >>> it could be another day of tornado watches and warnings across the middle of the country. >> the denver area had a scare late yesterday as a funnel formed north of the city but did not develop into a tornado. accuweather's justin povick has today's storm watch. good morning. >> thanks and good morning to you. we're very concerned about tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail later on this afternoon over the nation's heartland. this is a very intense storm system for this time of year. numerous travel delays from des moines to chicago and south towards kansas city and wichita. it's not just the center portion of the country we're concerned about. out west, it's the heat, it's the drought and the continuation of high fire danger right through midweek. into the east, it's heat and humidity coming a little bit late. it's still

northeast, parts of florida, also midsection of the country. the temperature cools down along the west coast. as we move to saturday, again, showers northern new england, risk of strong storms in the upper mississippi river valley. sunshine continues in the upper northwest. sadly the heat continues as well. sunday more heat in the pacific northwest, rain in the northern great lakes, showers making the way from the central plains to >>> al, thanks very much. clouds out there. certainly low clouds. not the rain-producing type of clouds now. some sun this afternoon. 48 the high. watch for a pop-up shower. heavy thunderstorms by morning. low 74. seven-day forecast. tomorrow, heaviest rain elf iest rain in the morning. 81. monday, late-day storms and drier by wednesday. and that's your latest weather. we're live here in abu dhabi at the grand mosque. it's amazing to see. we've been here for about a total of three hours. there's so much more to see here in this amazing city. the fans we plucked off the plaza david and alex are joined us, joined by the host of the travel channel show "50/50." good to see you all. >> good to be here! >> has it settled in yet where you are? >> no. >> no. >> it's slowly sett

northeast, parts of florida, also midsection of the country. the temperature cools down along the west coast. as we move to saturday, again, showers northern new england, risk of strong storms in the upper mississippin the pacific northwest, rain in the northern great lakes, showers making the way from the central plains to the gulf >> i'm meteorologist bill henley. showers and storms on the way, temperatures in the '80s. steamy conditions through the day. we could see damaging storms later today, heavy rainfall overnight tonight. into tomorrow morning. then the storms take a break headed into the weekend. saturday will be warm, 85 degrees. muggy on saturday. a slight chance of a shower on sunday. here comes the heat monday. monday afternoon, 90 degrees. have a great day. and that's your latt .á on the today show. brian nicoles shot four people and takes the woman hostage and she gets him to turn himself in. what attracted do you this role? >> the fact that it was two broken people and, as i said, a miraculous outcome. ashley smith has never touched meth since that night. she was captive to that drug, and something about that night switched something for her. >> it's interesting because you want pe