he describes his covered wagon journey on the oregon trail. >> thank you for that introduction and i am glad to see so many people here. there would not be any booklovers left in savanna. i am especially happy to be here and i think the organizers because there is a rounding back in savanna, this lovely city. which is typical of my life and the kind of things that have happened. in 1970 while a freshman in college i came down to participate in a vista program for there were any houses out there, just the old gullett community is remnants of plantations that had been there. i was there for a combined work-study, things college students in the 60s and 70s did. there was a male boat that only ran once or twice a week. they said there is a schoolteacher and if you are down at the bluffton docs every morning at 6:30, quarter to 7 you can get a ride over to the island every day so i got down there and there was this skinny guy, mid-20s. had a beautiful sunburn. i felt we belonged together. you can just tell this guy had a wacky upbringing just like me. not every morning but the few morning

>> lapook: oregon physician dr. william toffler, who's taken care of terminally ill patients for 40 years, worries doctors prescribing medication may not know people well enough and might miss signs of depression. he believes one reason oregon's legislation is flawed is that the state isn't required to track what happens to people after they fill their prescription. >> dr. william toffler: 90% of the time here in oregon, there's no doctor present. so there's really a shroud of secrecy under this whole thing. the only cases that come to light really aren't very reassuring. >> lapook: dr. toffler is of the nearly 1,000 people who've taken the medication, about 30 cases of complications have been reported to the oregon health authority. mostly vomiting, and six patients regained consciousness at least once before dying. >> toffler: it's basically corrupting the practice of medicine where we are no longer providers for the health and well-being of patients until they, they die naturally. but we're now actually hastening

eric walsh, the oregon physician who prescribed the medication. dr. walsh couldn't talk about the specifics of brittany's case the first time has agreed to discuss why he prescribed the medication to her, as well as to 19 others. >> dr. eric walsh: when somebody's facing the end of their life, shouldn't they be in control? shouldn't i be able to help them when they're suffering, and the burden of living becomes intolerable to them? >> lapook: we hear a lot about statistics about the oregon experience. but it's a lot of sort of statistical detail, and not a lot of emotion. >> walsh: you're right, the statistics are very dry. someone said that statistics are human stories with the tears washed off. >> lapook: tell me about your tears, perhaps once you're involved in this. >> walsh: you know, we categorize tears into a single adjective. tears of joy, tears of sorrow, tears of regret. but actually in the physician aid-in-dying, these are tears that contain all-- all of those adjectives. >> lapook: elizabeth wallner looks healthy, but has advanced surgerie

the 41-day occupation of an oregon wildlife refuge. taking from the cell phone of one of those charged in the occupation, it shows him driving barreling toward a police road those three shots. after crashing into a snowbank, says go ahead and shoot me. >> go ahead and shoot me. go ahead and shoot me. >> stay down. stay down. stay down. stay down. >> reporter: oregon police say officers on the scene had been told that he routinely carried a gun. police say he twice ignored commands to get on the ground and twice reached for what they thought was his gun. the third time, two oregon state police officers fired three shots in all. >> are they shootsing him? did they shoot him? >> reporter: striking him in the back and killing him. a gun was found in his left jacket pocket. >> he was reaching for that loaded 9 millimeter gun when the troopers lawfully used deadly physical force. >> reporter: still unanswered tonight investigators say one, possibly two other shots were fired that did not hit anyone. state investigators say fbi failed to disc

the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. walden: mr. speaker, could i inquire how much time each side has? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon has 21 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from iowa has 24 minutes remaining. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. at this point i'd like to yield such time he may consume to the distinguished and very effective majority leader of the united states house of representatives, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i thank him for his work on this. mr. speaker, government policy is stuck in the past. regulators from the 20th century agencies are trying to manage and control a 21st century world. and it isn't working. the world is too complex in individual situations or too unique for a big bulky government to try and apply standards to everyone. and every time government tries to micromanage the markets or the free exchange of i

who fired the shots heard in dramatic new video of an oregon occupier's final moments? why fbi agents are under investigation in the case. >>> carbs and cancer. could some of your favorite foods increase your risk of lung cancer even if you don't smoke. >>> and what a save. a dad hailed as a hero for his split second reflexes stopping a flying baseball bat from hitting his son. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "ennightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll just how tight the republican nomination is for president. donald trump leading by just three points nationally. trump is at 30%, cruz in second at 27, but inside the margin of error with john kasich and marco rubio trailing behind. the poll comes as republicans are voting today in four states, but it's next week's primaries in delegate-rich ohio and florida that many expect could blow the gop race wide open. democrats, mean phil, are squarely focused on today's vote, in michigan. a state key to bernie s

in oregon. so eastern oregon where it's dryer is the best place to view it. the path goes across the u.s. right over nashville, tennessee. and then heads out across the atlantic ocean off the coast of south carolina. so that's certainly our best -- i'm taking care of that opportunity. i'm traveling to oregon to watch. >> we may have to join you. dr. hathaway, thank you for your time. you can see, we are coming out of totality now. seeing more of the ring around the sun as the moon begins to give way. it has just been an amazing event. >> we will get to see it if we travel to oregon next year. >> the next solar eclipse is august of 2017. let's take a look at the central path where people can see the total phase of the eclipse. it crosses the entire u.s. and we are teaming up with the exploratorium to bring you this amazing astronomical event. >>> just ahead, the call for a state of emergency to deal with san francisco's homeless problem. what the declaration could put into motion. >> 7 on your side is hosting a tax help hotline. call the number on your screen

oregon occupation in the final moments. state officials say their investigation shows police were justified in using him, but as our pete williams reports the video raises a new shots at him and when. >> cell phone video captures the moment the first shots were fired. >> hang on. >> reporter: oregon investigators release it had today recorded inside the suv driven by robert lavoie finecum, the leader of a 40-day occupation at an oregon refuge. >> you want a bloodbath, it will be on your hand. >> reporter: taken from one of the cell phones it shows him driving barreling towards a police roadblock when state police fire those three shots. >> hang on. >> reporter: after crashing into a snow bank, finicum gets out out and says go ahead and shoot me. >> damn. >> go ahead and shoot me. >> stay down, stay down. stay down. >> reporter: oregon police say officers on the scene had been told that he routinely carried a gun. police say he twice ignored commands to get on the ground and twice reached for what they thought was his gun. t

joes and oregon in the second half, st. joes, up honor gone, top seed 58-51. was a five-point deficit at half time. how resilient thinks st. joes basketball. >> they went down ten early in the second half and they just, they are toughness is showing through and they have made great plays. they are a defense that has tightened up. they are really setting and sending a message to oregon. >> we will keep you updated. >> villanova returned to campus tonight, with plenty to smile b cats are heading to sweet 16 for first time since zero on nine. thursday night they will face miami hurricanes, in louisville, kentucky. villanova beats iowa easily, 87-68. they led by 38 points. they scored 54 points in the first half. you played nova during regular season. do you think they had this kind of game in them today. >> they do. when everybody is shooting the ball as well as they are. they can beat any team in the country. the other thing that is so under rated about villanova is their defense. they take take pride in it. they can shoot the ball. when they turn up the screws

leaders of that armed oregon occupation in his final moments. state officials say their investigation shows police were justified in using deadly force against him, but as our pete williams reports the video raises a new mystery over who fired shots hat him and when. >> reporter: cell phone video captures the moment the first shots were fired. >> hang on. >> okay. >> reporter: oregon investigators released it today recorded inside the suv driven by robert lavoy finicum, a leader of the had 1-day occupation of an oregon wildlife refuge. >> you want a bloodbath, it will be on your hands. >> reporter: taken from the cell phone of one of those in the occupation it shows finicum barreling towards a police roadblock when state police fired the three shots. >> hang on. >> reporter: after crashing into a snow bank, finicum gets out and repeatedly says go ahead and shoot me. >> go ahead and shoot me. >> get on the ground. >> go ahead and shoot stay down. stay down. >> reporter: oregon police say officer on the scene had been told that he routinely carrie

oregon prosecuted muller for violating the state's law. after an unsuccessful defense in oregon's courts, muller asked the u.s. supreme court to take the case and declare the state's 1903 law unconstitutional. muller had cause to be hopeful. in 1905, the supreme court had ruled 5-4 in lock ner against new york that new york had acted unconstitutionally when it enacted a law limiting the hours bakers could work to ten per day, 60 per week. according to the court, the hours limitation interfered with the right of bakery owners and bakery workers to contract freely a liberty the court lodged in the 14th amendment's due process clause which reads no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. i was reminded of lockner reading some decisions of the court concerning workers, consumers, credit card holders, who signed agreements saying if you have a dispute with us, you can bring it only in arbitration, not in court, and you cannot use the class action device. you must sue for your individual claim whic

the canyon in oregon could be designated a national monument.but the locals are not too happy about it. >> it may be the largest least inhabited, least developed area in america's 48 states. canyon most easily seen from the air. a land of massive lava flows eroding clay-based cliffs. millions of acres of sage brush with free-roaming relic and wild ors and big horn sheep. where cattle have roamed for hundreds of years. and unimproved dirt roads. and where you can hike for days without setting foot on pavement. where outdoor enthusiasts in the know come out to play. >> i really don't want anybody to know about it. [ chuckling ] i want it to be my secret. >> and it is a secret compared to so many of america's other national wonders. raise your hand if you have heard of the owaihi canyon lands. >> it is a treasure, it is a national treasure. i think that our nation recognizes that. >> a broad coalition of environmental groups is pushing president obama to designate as much as 2.5 million acres a national monument, which he can do without congression

oregon police say the other two came from fbi guns as finicum stepped from his truck.hots missed finicum. now the justice department and the sheriff's department are investigating where those shots came from, and why the fbi didn't list these shots. >> i can assure you that no one from the director of the fbi down to each and every employee wanted this situation to end in violence. >> it was an ambush involving a roadblock on a blind curve along a lonely stretch of highway. my husband was murdered intentionally and deliberately. >> reporter: and she disputes the insistence that he twice reached for a gun. >> he was walking with his hands in the air. when he reached to his left, he was reaching to the pain of having been shot. >> reporter: the probe is reportedly focused on five so far unnamed fbi agents. >>> repairing a relationship, vice president biden meeting with israeli prime minister, benjamin netenyahu, but can he bring the white house and jerusalem back together? >>> and a tornado tears through parts of texas as residents in other states are bracing now for sev

sunday night they have top seeded oregon. the hawks are feeling good after that last second victory but in the ncaa feelings like that are short lived. on to the next challenge. oregon is a team that went 29-six this season. >> playing a team that you have never played before, it kind of shows where we line up at and test for us and we are ready to step up to are that test. >> they are fabulous. they are as good, you know, up close and personally know what villanova looks like. i know villanova a could end up in houston. i know oregon can end up in houston. >> how about this for an exciting day of basketball on sunday, nova a and iowa tip off at 12:10. st. joes and top seeded oregon will go at 9:40. penn facing washington in the opening round of the women's tournament. even of the second quarter casey chambers just before the buzzer, you beach a. but it is downhill from there. katie, down low in the fourth quarter, penn loses, 65-53. >>> to hirsch pay for boys 4a state championship. roman catholic. lemar stevens, 27 points, r

oregon, the first number one seed for the ducks. kansas, cal could meet them in the sweet 16.north carolina beat virginia for the acc title and putting virginia in over michigan state, ranked second in the country, doesn't make sense in addition to cal and oregon, pac-12 with five other teams making the field. arizona, oregon state, utah, usc, and colorado, seven teams, tied for most in the field. >> the wars have the day off but won the division title because cleveland beat the clippers. the dubs got a handful last night. steph curry, turns 28 tomorrow as the warriors face the pelicans. after the game, steph considery's sister called him. >> i'm doing media. hold on. >> we're capable of being beat if we don't bring our "a" game no matter who we play. you can tell the way the energy was and pep in our step and hype and talking, this is a big game for them. so we had to take it. couldn't just show up and win and that's the lesson we learned. recently. >> coming up at 6:00, we'll tee it up because drew won't let me with all this rain, and more from selection sunday. so stick aro

the third time two oregon state police officers fired three shots in all. >> they shot him? >> striking him in the back and killing him. a gun was found in his left jacket pocket. >> mr. finnicum was reaching for that gun when the troopers used lawful deadly force. >> one or two other shots were fired that did not hit anyone. fbi agents failed to disclose they fired them. the fbi says the agents did not fire. that's now under investigation too. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> an american tourist who was killed today in a stabbing rampage in israel, vanderbilt university says his name is taylor force. a graduate student who was on a school trip. at least ten others were injured in the stabbings near tel aviv, before the attacker was shot dead. it happened near an event attended by joe biden. biden condemned the attack on social media, calling it an act of terror. >>> two of the jurors who handed airen andrews a $55 million verdict are speaking out. she won her civil suit yesterday against her stalker and the hotel where he secretly taped her. as these jurors tell mor

brooks for oregon. st.en point need second half and out scored 18-6 they have a chance to tie down by three and deanne dray bambry losses ball turnover and foul. oregon wins 69-64. it's tough on players and coach when mistakes are made. . >> it was right there. last turnover i had you never know what could have happened. i could have hit a three. i could have made a lay-up. so i blame this loss on me. even though coach don't want me to say that. i can't turn the ball over at the end of the game like that being i leader of the team. >> where was the difficulty, size, quickness, what was it that caused --. >> dna. >> the dna. >> dna. whatever they got at birth, size, speed, they didn't get that when they got to oregon i'm not being disrespectful in oregon they got that at birth. >> he has to work on the dna. villanova the first two games were way too easy. great draw for them to get to the sweet 16. the game was over before half time against iowa team that struggled last part of this season. and 'nova was up

oregon police say the other two came from f.b.i.uns, as he stepped from his truck. >> go ahead and shoot me. >> those shots missed him. the justice department is investigating why the f.b.i. didn't list the shots on their report. >> i can assure you that no one, the director of the f.b.i. found that each an everyone employee who was working in harney county wanted the situation to end in violence or death. >> it was an ambush involving a road block on a blind curve along a lonely stretch of highway, a dead man's blockade. my husband was murdered intentionally and deliberately and with malice. >> she disputes that he reached for a loaded gun. >> he was walking with his hands in the air, a symbol of surrender, when he reached down to his left, he was reaching to the pain of having been shot. >> the justice department probe is reportedly focused on five so far unnamed f.b.i. agents. john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> a man wanted in the shooting of an idaho pastor has been arrested outside the white house. the secret service arrested ky

oregon oregon stretched out their five-point halftime lead with a strong second half performance. ducks. >> get into it. >> the ducks dreaming of their first final four in 77 years. >> oh. >> it lives on. lives on. as does the pride of the pacific 12 conference. they face oklahoma in tomorrow's regional final after a 82-62 win. oregon's first ever win against i do have to apologize because i ruined your bracket. there was a key moment when he was putting together his bracket, i told him to pick baylor over duke. >> i should say everybody else's bracket has been so mad that mine now lives. >> you're serious. >> third place, jack? third? >> yeah. >> third is not first. guess who has first. >> this is the first place one right here, baby this is it. >> it's not over. this is why they play the games. >> it ain't over. >> no heels. >> till the fad lady sings. >> we have one more sport note. an eighth grader from long island who is still months away from entering high school has already been recruited by and committed to penn state university. >> that's because of brennan o'neal's abili

oregon police say the other two came from fbi guns, as finicum stepped from his truck.hots missed finicum. now there is an investigation as to whether those shots came from, and why any fbi didn't list the shots on its report. >> i can assure you that no one down to each and every employee wanted this situation to end in violence or death. >> reporter: finicum's wife claims the opposite. >> it was an ambush involving a roadblock on a lonely stretch of highway. my husband was murdered intentionally and deliberately and with malice. >> he was walking with his hands in the air, a symbol of surrender. when he reached down to his left, he was reaching to the pain of having been shot. >> reporter: the justice department probe is focused on five so far unnamed fbi agents. john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> defense officials telling al jazeera u.s. special forces have captured the leader of isil's suspected chemical weapons team. he was captured in northern iraq, and is being questioned. that raid was part of a new pentagon strategy to use clandestine teams to capture and kill i

joe's hawks lose to go number one seed oregon. from spokane in the second half, hawks down two points, when isiah miles hit the jump shot to tie the game. later talks down pie just a point. deandre, hawks took dollars heat under 9990 seconds left. st. joe's linking to that one point lead, oregon still nails a three pointer. top seeded ducks take the lead for good beating the hawks 69 to 64. >> there is no finger pointing. they came into this building as champions. they're going to leave as champions. and i've been honored to work with each of them since august, than doesn't -- a result tonight doesn't change that. >> st. joe's fans are nursing the loss this morning. more than 100 student packed the perch on campus to cheer on their team, but it just wasn't meant to be. many hearsay they're still proud of their team already looking forward to next season. >> really sad for me to see the loss. they played really well. i'm proud of them for the season they played. >> real tough loss, i'm surprised we did lose. but, you know, at least

there was a long drive home to haines, oregon. the big surprise welcome from just about the whole town. >> how are you? good to see you. >> sierra, overjoyed to see her own bed. and lindsay, the trampoline. just a regular kid again. >> so, are you letting yourself feel like we're home, or do we go there? >> we have a new norm now. to think it's over now is just the beginning. >> the family, though, was finally back on the ranch and the binghams settled gratefully into their new normal. the life jason and stacy knew a sunset. >>> coming up, a setback for sierra. >> it's time to start thinking about transplant number two. >> oh, my goodness. you get that feeling it's never going to end. >> she meets her second family. her heart donor family. >> tell us about nicholas. >> when "dateline" continues. ar overheated... what are the chances? can you send a tow truck please? uh, the location? you're not going to believe this but it's um... it's in a tree. i wish i was joking, mate, but it's literally stuck in a tree. (car horn honking) a c

the oregon/idaho border. jason bingham worked at his father's accounting business. stacy was an obstetrics nurse at a nearby hospital. this was the home the binghams loved, and where they imagined they would raise their kids and live for the rest of their lives. >> hi! >> hi! easter morning. we're really late for church. >> it takes each one of them to make us a family. you have sierra, compassionate and loving. megan, who is confident and athletic, and lindsay has been our little jabber jaws. she makes sure everyone stays in line. and then hunter, who is just a happy-go-lucky 5-year-old. >> oh, yeah. >> full of energy. >> just full of energy and life. and then gauge kind of the family clown. >> we love it. the life of the party. >> but parties don't last forever, because the bingham family was about to become a terrifying medical mystery, one of the strangest, most off-the-chart, unlikely story we ever heard of. it began in 2006, when sierra, their eldest, threw up for several days. her parents took her to the doctor. >> the doctor came in and said we have one of t

. >>> dramatic new video out tonight showing one of the leaders of that armed oregon occupation in his final moments. state officials say their investigation shows police were justified in using deadly force against him. but as our pete williams reports, the video raises a new mystery over who fired shots at him and when. >> cell phone video captures the moment the first shots were >> hang on. >> oregon investigators released it today. reported inside the suv driven by robert lavoie finnecum. >> you want a blood bath, it's going to be on your hands. >> taken from the cell phone of one of those charged in the investigation, shana cox of oregon, shows him barreling toward a roadblock when state police fire those three shots. after crashing into a snow bank, finnecum gets out and says, go ahead and shoot me. >> stay down, stay down. >> officers on the scene had been told he carried a gun. he twice ignored commands to get on the ground. the third time two police officers fired three shots in all. >> did they shoot him? back and killing him. a gun was found in his left jacket pocket. >> he

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and in addition to cal, and oregon, the pac-12, five other teams making the field, arizona, oregon state, utah and colorado. tied for the most in the field. >>> the warriors with a day off. they won the pacific division. monday steph curry's birthday. his sister called him during his post-game press conference last night after the win over phoenix. >> i'm doing media. i'm doing media. hold on. say hi. >> hi. >> hey. >> great finish in nascar. kevin harvick in the lead. but carl edwards making a charge to take the lead. but harvick stays in control. bumps back on the straightaway. only .001 of a second separates the two at the finish line. harvick by a nose. he's won 6 of 8 in phoenix. >>> in the pga, one back of bill hass. the birdie to drop the 18th hole to win. first play-off hole. didn't get up and down. two putts for par. >>> mls champion timbers. 30th minute. the goal. 1-0 quakes. just before halftime, this is phenomenal. look at that. into the top left corner. 2-0 quakes. they hold on for a 2-1 victory. first time in franchise history they started the season 2-0. >>> spring trainin

we start in the west where top-seed oregon took on number two-seed oklahoma.nal in anaheim brought out kobe bryant, along with aaron rogers and his girlfriend, olivia mudd. the ducks force a turnover, and it's elgin cook going in for the dunk. but the game belonged to sooners. right before the first half buzzer, another tray by the sooners senior. oklahoma led by 18 at intermission. he put on a show, finishing with 37 points and included hitting 8 of 13 shots from beyond the arc. oklahoma beat oregon 80-68. this is the sooners first trip to the final four since 2002. at the south regional final, villanova was trying to upset top-seed kansas. josh heart with the steal and slam. nova led by 7 at the half. the wildcats were also hot from outside. daniel and hart hit back-to-back threes. this game would go down to the final seconds. the jayhawks frank mason with a pretty reverse. down by three. kansas had the ball with six seconds left, but mason loses it. two free throws made the final 64-59 so it's going to be villanova versus oklahoma in the final four. the sha

> here is a look at the current best-selling nonfiction books at powell's book store in portland, oregon. topping the list -- >> our look at the best-selling nonfiction books continues with marie condo at the like changing magic of tidying up followed by "dark money: the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right" in which jane mayer talks about how big money has infiltrated the american political system. jane mayer was a recent guest on booktv's recent "in depth" program which you can watch online. wrapping up the list in the geography of genius. that is a look at some of the current nonfiction bestsellers according to powell's book store in portland, oregon. many of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our web site booktv.org. >> welcome to booktv's live coverage of the tucson festival of books. this festival is held annually on the campus of the university of arizona. we have several author panels and call ins for you today. topics range from fdr to education, women in washington, guantanamo bay and many in college sport

joe's fell to oregon. >>> owls and wildcats, go cats, keep going. >>> let's go over to david murphy. >> reporter: go cats. storm tracker 6 live showing we did get the snow as expected. as you look around the lawns in philadelphia, nothing sticking there. over by the shore it could be a different story as much as one to two inches or more, but mostly on grassy surfaces. right now the temperatures are above the freezing mark. nonetheless we have a winter weather advisory up to 6:00 a.m., then atlantic county southern ocean county should be done with the snow. we did have a lot of the wet snow falling around philadelphia. not much sticking. 34 in wilmington, 34 in in allentown. freezing in trenton. holding numbers above freezing at the airports down in south jersey, you want to be careful in case there's a slick spot. on the bus stop the snow is over, we might have damp roads by 6:00 a.m., 32 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 33 by 8:00 a.m. i doubt with yesterday's temperatures and recent temperatures above freezing we'll have many slick spots. but that's to watch out for. 36 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 4

she goes let's hike the 25 most famous trails in oregon. that was our goal. >> reporter: as rhonda and steven made their way up this eagle creek trail they had some challenges. >> had it been raining at the beginning i would not have gone up. >> reporter: by the time steven and rhonda headed back down this narrow path the weather suddenly disaster struck when rhonda slipped off the trail. >> a man hiking with rhonda said she fell off the cliff. >> reporter: rhonda's best friend recalls an ominous conversation about that hike. >> i knew there was a hike planned. >> he said he is either going to propose to me or kill me. >> reporter: five long years past until a grand jury was called to review all the circumstantial evidence. their decision an indictment. nickels was arrested and charged with the murder. >> what changed after all these years that lead to his arrest? >> evidence was really nothing at all but what did change was a best selling true crime writer, steven jackson writes an e-mail to the prosecutor saying that he is writing a book