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dick worked for the government of oklahoma, he lives in oklahoma close to the texas border. grace, one of the daughters, was a passionate indian rights advocate and just everyone fattic about it all her life. gail, was also an advocate for the issues. charlotte, the third daughter, worked really, really hard for the reinstatement of olympic trophies. they were all terrific people. >> we have been talking with kate buford, the life and sporting legend of jim thorpe. >> we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. >> well, with federal judge denny chin's rejection of the 2008 google book settlement, the future of a complete online library is in question. joining us now to discuss this issue is sarah weinman. if you can give us a brief overview of what the goggle book set leapt was and who were parties involved? >> guest: sure. it arose from an original lawsuit filed by the association of american publishers and the authors guild. they objected to the fact that in their view, google was scanning primarily out of print and orphaned works, whose copyrig

it in oklahoma. these people have been doing a good job. but the mental they that we have here in washington, nothing done right unless it's done in washington. so the nation's shale deposit are predominantly located in states that effectively and efficiently regulate oil and gas in states such as pennsylvania, arkansas, oklahoma, texas, louisiana, west virginia, ohio, and north dakota. a virtual boom is transforming america's energy security and due in no small measure to the absence of federal regulation. for this reason, i would only say that i agree with something that was said by the chairman this morning when he was talking about the tremendous reserves. our recoverable reserves in gas, we're talking about natural gas this morning are greater than any country in the world. we could run this country for 90 years on natural gas without importing any from the middle east. that's why it is important. for those people that say we want to cut down the dependence, kill natural gas, kill it? yeah, you

in the past 24 hours, violent thunderstorms have raced from oklahoma to indiana, but the damage in st. louis could have an impact on air travel for days. the good news? amazingly, no one was killed. cynthia bowers has the latest. >> go back inside! >> reporter: witnesses say it was bedlam. and even though lambert field was under a tornado watch, no one expected the powerful twister to barrel down a runway and slam into the historic airport. enormous windows shattered, sending glass flying into lambert's main terminal. this surveillance video shows the time of impact with travelers and airport employees diving for cover to avoid flying debris. >> when we got to the terminal lights were out, there was glass everywhere, there was blood everywhere from where people had been cut. >> this is the jet that was pushed sideways from gate 12. >> reporter: three planes filled with passengers rode out the scary storm on the tarmac. east of the airport, dozens of homes bore the brunt of the twister packing winds of up to 166 miles an hour. >> we just thank the lord that we were okay and all our nei

south of the united states of america oklahoma. this road leads to macalister penitentiary which houses prisoners condemned to death. this is where just twelve years ago i met schoen sellars a young man condemned to death his story created a media star all over the world he was my age and i have never forgotten him ever since the night of his execution i have been convinced that the death penalty acts like a poison on all those who participated in it and now my aim is to meet all the people of were involved in the execution of sean sellers. this is where sean sellers spent the last thirteen years of his life. the camera cameras three. thousand three. football players or leave. the. channel is twenty nine when this interview took place. most people around you know all this season did you in all the see the chains the warriors crying. in baseball you can see is that some was heard by. some is killed somebody. is somewhat dangerous. you are the first good person to die. i don't blame. he said this is what. the only people who really r

their birds here in eastern oklahoma. i found some archive footage on this tragedy of the local t.v. station. one night while vonda and lee were sleeping in a home shown shot them with his stepfather's gun. he has always claimed that he committed this crime while under the power of an uncontrollable force. when the teenager was arrested he admitted the double murder and confessed to another crime. six months before he walked into a convenience store with an accomplice and shot dead a cashier he was only fifteen at the time. is accomplice in the convenience store shooting was also arrested richard was shawn's friend and both boys were obsessed with satanism. the two teenagers would tell the police that they killed the grocer just to see what it would feel like. richard accepted to testify against shawn in exchange for a lighter sentence. when this is evidence even shown sellers own confessions everything was in place for a trial but the legal system was hesitant should this teenager be judged as an adult fully conscious of

it in oklahoma. these people have been doing a good job. but the mental they that we have here in washington, nothing done right unless it's done in washington. so the nation's shale deposit are predominantly located in states that effectively and efficiently regulate oil and gas in states such as pennsylvania, arkansas, oklahoma, texas, louisiana, west virginia, ohio, and north dakota. a virtual boom is transforming america's energy security and due in no small measure to the absence of federal regulation. for this reason, i would only say that i agree with something that was said by the chairman this morning when he was talking about the tremendous reserves. our recoverable reserves in gas, we're talking about natural gas this morning are greater than any country in the world. we could run this country for 90 years on natural gas without importing any from the middle east. that's why it is important. for those people that say we want to cut down the dependence, kill natural gas, kill it? yeah, you

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at least two dead in oklahoma after tornadoes and softball-size hail leave behind a trail of destruction. >>> on the stump. president obama launches his 2012 re-election campaign with a trio of fund-raisers, but it's what he said behind closed doors that has washington buzzing. >>> and a desperate search. the frantic hunt for a young woman last seen being dragged the frantic hunt for a young woman last seen being dragged into the tennessee woods. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. a powerful storm system that raked the southern plains overnight is moving into the southeast this morning. the storms reached all the way from texas to the canadian border, but southeastern oklahoma was hardest hit. a large tornado ripped through the little town of tushka, 120 miles southeast of oklahoma city last night. the twister killed at least two people and injured more than two dozen. one resident, who took shelter in a storm cellar says when the tornado passed it felt like a bomb had hit. elsewhere in oklahoma and kansas and louisiana police r

oklahoma has more than 50 man- made lakes. it is worth noting that texas is currently suing oklahoma in federal court to get our state's water. we must be doing something right. all of us can agree there needs to be rules of the road and the need to be followed and in force. we are making sure these rules are followed an oak, causing water and our environment are protected. our record is clear -- state regulation is the best way to meet the goals. i and my two fellow commissioners hold elected statewide positions. directly accountable to our fellow oklahomans and we all that -- and we all have the best and personal interest to ensure the water is protected. not to be trite, but we drink the water, too. >> thank you for your testimony. mr. neslin? >> thank you. chairman, ranking member inhofe and other members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide our perspective on how cavallerano protect public health and the environment while we develop our oil and gas resources. my name is david neslin, director of the

oklahoma has more than 50 man-made lakes and it's worth noting that texas is currently suing oklahoma in federal court to get the state's water. we must be doing something right. all of us can agree their knees to the rules of the road and the need to be followed and enforced. we are making sure that the rules are followed and that oklahoma's water and our environment or protect it and r record is clear the state regulations are the best way to meet the goals. the fellow commissioners both hold elected statewide positions. we are directly accountable to the fellow oklahomans and we have the vested personal interest in ensuring the water is rotected. thank yo mr. chairman. mr. neslin? >> thank you. thank you for our opportunity to perspective on the public health and the environment while we develop our oil and gas resources. my name is david siegel, director of the colorado oil and gas commission. we have a rich natural heritage and thriving outdoor economy. i want to focus my comments today on the subject of hydraulic fracturing. most colorado is 44,000 wheel and gas wells as well as

>> >> born in 1887 in oklahoma, died in 1953.so first half of the 20th century, more or less. >> host: did he play professional sports? >> guest: oh, gosh, yes. yes, yes. >> host: for who? >> guest: well, both nonprofessional, but also professional. he played for the new york giants who are now the san francisco giants, last year's world series winners. he played for the canton bulldogs which is why the professional football hall of fame is in canton, ohio. and the only statue that you see in the center of the hall is thorpe. >> host: in his time was he as well known as a michael vick or a brett favre is today? >> guest: oh, more. much, much more because he was a multisport athlete. he did football, baseball, track and field, he won the gold medal for the decathlon and pentathalon in the olympics. he could do all that. that's one of the reasons he retains this status as the greatest multisport athlete. in his day and beyond, it's one of the main reasons i wrote the book, he loomed so large. i mean, people revered him and talked a

no offense, oklahoma. [laughter] when i was in high school, i would skip school a lot.would skip -- that does not sound good. stay in school. i would skip school and go to the library. [laughter] the library is not just for my work is a writer. are displayed in this book i would helps tremendously by archivists and librarians at those institutions i mention in hawaii. some of that would need impossible without them. i can't tell you what you can learn from microfilm of old newspapers. i mean, and now or even much of it has been digitized and is available widely. i can't even, i can't imagine -- libraries are just so crucial and vital, i don't even know how to talk about life without them, you know? it is like oh there and going to be any more eggs anymore. like, what? [laughter] so, the i yeah i wish i had something super tzipi to say about it but i mean i do think they are so important and i mean you don't know how great greater library is until you are born into a town that doesn't have one. i will put it that way. [applause] >> we lived in hawaii years ago and we kne

no offense, oklahoma. [laughter] >> and, you know, i would -- when i was in high school, i would skip school a lot. i would -- that doesn't sound good. stay in school, kids. i would skip school and go to the library, you know? i mean, library is not just like for my work as a writer, obviously. i mean, in this book i would work with archivists and librarians at those institutions i mentioned in hawaii. i mean, some of that would be impossible without them, you know? you know, i can't tell you what you can learn from microfilm of old newspapers and -- i mean, and not all of that or even much of it has been digitized and is available, you know, widely. so -- i mean, i can't even -- i can't imagine -- libraries are just so crucial and vital. i don't even know how to talk about life without them, you know? it's like oh, there aren't going to be any more eggs anymore, like what? so i don't -- yeah, i wish i had something super zippy to say about it. i mean, i do think they're so important. i mean, you don't kno

tushka, oklahoma, is about 120 miles southeast of oklahoma city. we're told that this tornado had touched down around 7:30 thursday evening and this is just a prime example of how powerful this storm is. right here we're looking at the outer wall of an elementary school. you can see it's been literally pushed out onto the street. there's just debris spreading everywhere. and this is just a glimpse of what this town has experienced. this was a terrifying scene late thursday over the tiny town of tushka, oklahoma. >> a tornado, look! >> reporter: at least two people in tushka died and 15 others injured by the huge twister. the storm packed high winds and was followed by a damaging hailstorm. tushka and the surrounding area suffered heavy property damage too. >> we heard the train noise, but the scariest part of it was the pressure. it was like all of a sudden a vacuum just sucked all the air. you couldn't breathe. >> reporter: the elementary school was completely destroyed. many homes and businesses were either flattened or lost their roofs. all acro

i grew up in oklahoma. >> jimmy: okay. >> there was a morning show called "good morning, oklahoma."g and deliver, like, two minutes of educational news on "butch and ben's good morning, oklahoma." >> jimmy: come on. >> that began my uh -- >> jimmy: is it on youtube or anything? >> yeah, it is. there's clips of it, i've been trying -- >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. i think we have it. ♪ >> hi, we're the trailblazers from oklahoma city you're watching five alive, wishing you a happy father's day. ♪ [ cheers ] >> jimmy: very, very good. come on. >> wow. well done. i didn't see that coming. >> jimmy: you did not see that coming at all. didn't think i'd curve ball you at all? >> no, used my celebrity status on the show as a news anchor to get my music onto the show, as you can see. >> jimmy: that was a hit song. >> yeah, that was good wasn't' it? >> jimmy: sounded like a durge, it was really good. hey, we played something backstage that was pretty fun. what was it called? >> oh, we were doing --i was saying a buddy of mine, josh hopkins, he's an actor on "cougar town," we do this game called, if

>> he was born in 1887 in oklahoma. died in 1953.o the first half of the 20th century professionally. >> did he play professional sports? >> yes, both nonprofessional and for professional. he played for the new york giants who are now the san francisco giants, last year's world series winner. he played for the canton bulldogs which is why the professional football hall of fame is in canton, ohio because of jim thorpe. if you walk in the front door, the only statue that you see in the center of the hall is thorpe. >> in his time was he as well-known as a michael vick or a brett favre today? >> oh, more. he was a multisport athlete. he won the gold medals in the 1912 olympics. he could do all of that. that's one of the reasons he still retains this status as the greatest multisport athlete because they don't allow athletes to play multiple sports anymore. and one of the reasons i wrote this book, he moves so large. people revered and him talked about him long after he stopped playing. >> what was the significance of his native heritage

if you are from oklahoma, we call them in being close -- clothes.is good to see all these dancers and singers as well, their families. when we gather like this, we start out with prayer, so please stand if you are able. creator, grandfather, we give thanks this day for the many blessings for this beautiful day, this opportunity to honor our own here in san francisco city hall. we give thanks to native and non-native alike, those that are here today. when this ends, we hope that they travel safe, that they continue this relationship, creator. we remember the words spoken here by the leaders of our native american community. creator, blessings upon them. our seniors, are dancers, everyone in attendance. remember those that have passed that are not able to be here, i am for health -- in poor health. remember our veterans. we know you have told us there is no such thing as a good war. we ask that our veterans come home safely and return to their families, their tribes. we pray these things come late -- these things humbly to you, grandfather. [singing]

no oven, oklahoma. -- no offense, oklahoma. [laughter] when i was in high school i would skip school allot. that doesn't sound good. sphai in school, kids. i'd skip school and go to the library. [laughter] it's not just for my work as a writer. ofobviously, in this book librarians at the institutions i mentioned in hawaii, i mean, some of that would be impossible without them, you know? the, you know, i can't tell you what you can learn from my cro film of -- microfill film of old newspapers, but a lot is digitized and available widely, so i mean, i can't even -- i can't imagine -- i mean, libraries are jo so crucial and vital and i don't know how to talk about life without them, you know? it's like, oh, there's not anymore eggs? oh, what? [laughter] so yeah, i wish i had something super zippy to say about it, but i think they are so important and, i mean, you don't know how great a library is unless you were born into a town that doesn't have one, put it that way. >> thank you. >> sure. [applause] >> we lived in hawaii years a

has its way big bird just going to see even more of that it's monday the oklahoma state legislature passed a bill that's now heading to the governor's desk to be signed which would mandate a sentence of up to life in prison for converting marijuana into hashish now the state already has a law that allows those convicted of cultivating or selling marijuana to also be sentenced with up to life in prison it's just another example of the tough on crime mentality that's breaking up families creating a second class of citizens and fueling an ever expanding prison industrial complex but is there any way for it to be stopped here to discuss it with me is matt welch editor in chief of reason magazine matt thanks so much for being here and thanks for having me back now i don't know what you think about this but i just think this is the craziest thing i have ever heard in my life i understand being tough on crime. no matter what people think about drugs about whether they're good or whether they're bad how can you possibly justify putting someone in prison for life for selling weed or growing

he's in oklahoma. eric, good evening. >> good evening, brian. here in southeastern oklahoma, we saw some violent storms from thursday evening one coming through thch community. it's a small town, about 350 residents that live here. when a tornado of this magnitude comes through it affects everyone in the community and those storms continue to rumble tonight. >> a large tornado crossing the highway in front of us. >> storm chaser footage shows one of nearly a dozen tornados that ripped through overnight. this twister killed two elderly sisters. high school students huddled into a storm shelter as it tore through the building and picking up school buses and flipping them on their sides. >> it looks like somebody came and stepped on it. >> all the students survives, but seniors, three weeks from graduation, wonder where they'll stand. >> i don't see the possibility of having schools in these buildings again. >> reporter: at one point, the system dropped three tornados side-by-side. >> we got go, three -- >> reporter: in western arkansas, no tornado

repatriation act to get the remains exhumed and returned to oklahoma. and buried next to his father, hiram thorpe. >> host: and what is the status, again, of that case, and where do you see it going? >> guest: the status is with jack dying they got a, as i understand it, a 30-day extension -- because he was the only one who technically filed the suit -- to add on more surviving descendants, the two remaining sons, and some tribal members. they were told by the court they needed to beef up the suit in order to resubmit it. that's where it stood the last i spoke to jack's descendants. where i stand on it, if the end result was for jim to come back to oklahoma, i would like to think there's a win/win solution, that the town, jim thorpe which has done so well by him, could keep the name, obviously, and be the good guys in this and bring the remains back to oklahoma. whether that'll happen or not, i don't know. >> host: were you able to talk with a lot of mr. thorpe's descendants? >> guest: yes. >> host: for this book? >> guest: yes. all his children. >> hos

tornadoes touched down in texas and oklahoma. days of relentless rain forced evacuations and rescues from arkansas to illinois. more storms are expected today, with another major system moving in later this week. >> this is the worse i've ever seen. i talked to two or three people who have been here and they said this is the worst since '82. >> nowhere is the flood greater than in poplar bluff, missouri, entire communities are headed to higher ground after officials warned of catastrophic failure on a levee on the black river. if it collapsed and officials say it's in imminent danger of doing so, 70,000 residents are displaced. it's so dangerous, sandbagging is not an option. >> if the levee is to break, you will have a very, very short time to get out of the way. >> the red cross and national guard are already on the ground. shelters are set up and evacuations are continuing through the night. worried residents have little choice but to wait and hope for the best. >> i'm overwhelmed, very overwhelmed. and i'm scared and i've jus

this after two days of violent storms left a trail of death and destruction from oklahoma on through alabama. and tuscaloosa, alabama, is where the weather channel's jim cantore begins our coverage tonight. jim? >> reporter: good evening, lester. so much destruction across much of alabama, scenes like this where trees have been uprooted by the wind, just pushed over, sitting on top of this house right here. amazing, one tree down, another left standing. but you don't have to look too far to see tarps on rooftops and power poles just snapped in half. this same storm system has just shifted to the east and north tonight, continues to cause tornadic destruction. >> that's a tornado, man. >> reporter: as a huge tornado swept through raleigh, north carolina, the storm was captured by an amateur photographer. the destructive winds damaged homes and businesses and destroyed a lowe's store in nearby sanford. the tornado was so massive that it sent debris falling miles from where it struck. at least 150 tornadoes have been reported in the last three days, and counting. by far the biggest outb

si si declaró el área enrojecido sobre la zona de arkansas y oklahoma.ssouri, hay probabilidad de tornado. tornados registrados ayer, anoche, domingo a las 8:03 de la noche. se registró un tornado haciacircunstancias. hay 9 tornados en las últimas 4 horas. y 129 recortes de granizo. asociado a este frente estacionario en esta región. que sigue cruzando un tren de baja situación de aquí a la zona de new york, la gran manzana y hacia el norte, la zona de nueva inglaterra ha precipitado también. delante del frente, es el tremendo calor que se ha visto en estarí join. temperaturas en la zona de

not be as visible as international terrorism, but also a threat to us just as timothy mcveigh in oklahoma city and others. what is the threat posed by domestic terrorism? how would you, just generally. not this particular case, but generally how do you see the threat of domestic terrorism?

nine people have died already 7 in arkansas and two in oklahoma. and that is where we find clayton sandell tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. we are already getting reports tonight there are tornadoes on the ground in alabama at this moment. you can already see what tornadoes have done here in oklahoma, destroying a school building, flipping cars. we are seeing scenes like that in different places. the punishing blows kept coming today. this struck near jackson, mississippi. >> this is not good, guys. >> reporter: sending eight people to the hospital and leaving massive destruction in its wake. it's sweeping across the south. >> large tornado in front of us. >> we got the tail. >> large tornado on the ground. large tornado on the ground. >> reporter: in arkansas, 7 people have died. a storm toppled this tree in a mobile home in crystal springs, killing a man and his baby daughter as they slept in their bed. >> didn't think it could happy to a friend of mine. we are talking about a loss of a friend and their little girl they will neve

. >>> residents from oklahoma to maryland are picking up the pieces of shattered homes and lives after a weekend few will ever forget. more than 240 tornadoes touched down over the plains and the south over a three-day period. that's a record for a single storm system. at least 45 people were killed by the twisters and other violent weather. nowhere was hit harder than north carolina. at least 21 people died in the state's deadliest weather day in decades. communities large and small are devastated. the governor asked for federal help in assessing the damage and helping residents get back on their feet. inez is live in raleigh with the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. i'm in one of the neighborhoods hit hardest and you can see the house behind me simply destroyed. many residents around here just feel lucky to be alive. residents in greene county, north carolina, are sifting through what's left of their devastating community. >> hopefully, we'll rebuild, you know. i don't know at this point. >> reporter: over the weekend, a line of violent storms spawned more than

hardest hit was southeastern oklahoma, where two people died.oday, this system stretches from the ohio valley to the gulf coast. >>> some rivers across the upper midwest are expected to crest today. others are receding. but there's still a danger of new flooding in north dakota and minnesota. >>> and president obama wakes up in his hometown of chicago this morning, after an unofficial kickoff of his re-election campaign. he spoke at several fund-raising events last night, where he outlined the themes he will use in his race against an as of yet unnamed republican challenger. >>> sarah palin heads to wisconsin, where she headlines a tax day tea party rally at the capitol tomorrow. that's the scene of the huge protests over legislation that stripped public workers of their union rights. some of the same protesters plan to protest palin's visit. >>> the supreme court today considers whether to hear a challenge to the obama administration's health care law, brought by the attorney general of virginia. he wants the court to skip the intermediate step

, at least 45 people were killed, about 250 tornados were reported across 14 states, starting in oklahoma on thursday and growing deadlier as the storm moved east into virginia and the carolinas. cynthia bowers is in raleigh tonight. cynthia, there are so many people there who have lost everything. >> reporter: you know, that's true, katie. because behind all those big numbers you just gave out are lots of little ones-- countless personal stories of loss. in relatively well-to-do neighborhoods like this one and in parts of the state where people didn't have a lot to begin with and now have nothing. in the tiny town of micro, north carolina, population 537, nicole johnson is living a nightmare. >> i just started crying because everything we have is gone. >> that's the tornado. >> reporter: 11 of the 22 people who died in north carolina were from the rural northeast county, linda rafferty's in-laws were among them. >> i had a gut feeling when i couldn't get them on the phone and i knew how close it had hit. >> reporter: the stony brook mobile home park in raleigh was off limits again today,

right it's time for it's nice tool time award and tonight it actually goes to a previous winner oklahoma state representative sally kern has a history of making offensive comments he's a die hard republican who doesn't like gays or is law and apparently she has a very low opinion of african-americans and working women her comments all started after lawmakers in oklahoma approved a ballot measure that would ban state agencies from using an affirmative action and hiring policies and sally kern believes that minorities are less than white people simply because they don't work as hard and they have less initiative she said quote we have a high percentage of blacks in prison and that's tragic but are they in prison just because they're black or because they don't want to study is hard in school i've taught school and i saw a lot of people of color who didn't study hard because they said the government would take care of them. oh sally yes there are a higher percentage of blacks in prison and that's due to a number of factors including the fact that our justice system does target them we've co