and a national strategy to end aids a topic we would establish a three day aids encampment in oxford mississippi. so beginning yesterday, eight caravans from arana the country started making their way to oxford including one replicating the steps of james meredith so we i was yesterday at the corner of martin luther king and eldridge, medgar elbridge boulevard in jackson for the kickoff of these folks walking 172 miles from jackson mississippi to oxford mississippi in the walk against aids. james meredith spoke at this occasion, and what he had to say was interesting. he talked about of course the importance of addressing and race and the importance of addressing aids particularly in mississippi. but most of all he said the critical challenge facing our nation today is the role and the responsibility of the wealthy for the poor. he said the biggest and most important issue that should be debated between the presidential candidates today is though responsibility our nation has four children growing up in poverty. now, you might wonder why housing largely works with adults, formerly homeless peopl

oxford including one replicating the steps of james meredith. i was in jackson for the kickoff of walking 172 miles from jackson, mississippi, oxford, mississippi, in a walk against aids. james meredith spokane at this occasion and what he had to say was interesting. he talked about the importance of addressing race, the importance of addressing aids, particularly in mississippi. the critical challenge facing our nation today, is the role and responsibility of the wealthy for the 4. he said the biggest and most important issue that should be debated between the presidential candidates today is the responsibility our nation has for children growing up in poverty. you might wonder, housing works with adults, formerly homeless people living with aids and hiv, why we would sponsor something that focuses on children in poverty. the reality is what we deal with is the result of childhood poverty. what we see every day is the consequence of people growing up as children, for with all the ravages that come with that. just one simple statistic, we did a study a few years ago, 70% of the women we surf, experienced sexual violence before they turned 18. it

he is very well connected in oxford, mississippi. rock on.nouncing federal funding in the city of philadelphia for law enforcement. they are up an arm because the big apple is not on the list. rick leventhal has a full report on this from new york. thousands of local agencies applied for aid, about 1000 were approved. why the disparity? >> there was not enough money to go around for all the people who needed it. philadelphia getting enough money to create or keep 50 law enforcement jobs, so they are a big winner. rochester, n.y., 630 jobs, and kalamazoo, mich., gets to cover the 30 officers. seattle, whose department was tested in 1999, making almost 600 arrests, and new york city, considered the no. 1 terrorist target in america, gets nothing from the program, sparking outrage from commissioners to mayors and other officials. bill: we have been the target of international terrorism twice. why would we not get the money? >> the department feels is being punished for success. major crime is down 14% over the last couple of years, and there has

the university of mississippi and oxford is third.he fourth party school is the university of georgia in athens. fifth, ohio university. by the way, the annual rankings also highlighthe country's most sober schools. brigham young university in utah topped that list for the 12th straight year. all we can hope is that there's a lot of learning going on. >> yes, in addition to partying. and recovering from those parties. >>> coming up on "news4 at 4," the price of being overweight. the toll obesity is putting on our health. >>> and new information about what may have led to the disastrous wrong-way crash that killed eight people. >>> here's some of the top stories making news on the web this week. >>> the driver of a minivan that barrels down the wrong side of a new york parkway and slam understood an suv apparently wasn't feeling well before the crash. eight people were killed in that accident and a young child is still in the hospital tonight. it happened yesterday in westchester county. the van's driver was killed along with four chil

mississippi state will be first s.e.c. school to report toep preseason practice. p then you see when everybody you checks in. ole miss will report the latest. the players arriving in oxford. and remember, college football r media days on espnews continuess on monday with the a.c.c., the , big 12 and the big 10.12 11 acoverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. all the news conferences and the coaches and the pertinent players from those conferences and plus thursday pac-10. same deal right here on espnews. we are the place to be. college football right around the corner. and with s.e.c. football media week wrapping up today, espn.com college football reporter mark schlabach has been in hoover, alabama, all week. he joins us now with his tick on what transpired. mark, i think i know the answer to this question, but what was the biggest story of the week there in alabama? >> well, obviously who didn't vote for tim tebow. i don't know if it's a surprise or a disappointment that that was the biggest story coming out of three days of s.e.c. media days, but it was the question asked of every coach, often the first question. we had to wait until friday of the last day today to