>> guest: it is fascinating because phoebe phoebe, her great-grandmother lived in hyde park.that is a big deal. somebody recommended to me the chicago commission study of the race riot when i discovered the bombings to african-american moving into hyde park there was a campaign to move them out realized my goodness. >> it was not parlor conversation but propaganda. remarkable. i cannot remember how many that began before and continued after. it was a striking time. talking to her relatives i learned phoebe had to talk to cut there. the violence was sweeping the city she was by herself her husband traveled she got a pot full of water and lye and a boil that on the stove and said she was ready. it was interesting to be placed there to feel her there. >> host: by the time you get to the reconstruction reconstruction, anything is possible. one "new york times" reviewer said of machel's ancestors were all playing people who've had no writings or left no property. abandonment, death, poverty and illiteracy and it the vocational sweet story of letting this. is that entirely correct?

for phoebe and her family that you are somewhat contradictory and partly because phoebe, who was proud and private, appears to have clung to her old habits of keeping quiet about her troubles. that is really beautiful. you discovered in one of the marriages actually, and i believe it was fraser leaves the family, goes off to war and what does he write? what does he say to the army? >> he, fraser, came from south carolina, the golden boy of his small-town and goes off to chicago to the big time and lands in the depression and couldn't find work of any kind. struggled, struggle struggle. got married, had two children and things fell apart. he left his family, and listed and the paperwork reads from his unless meant papers, described his marital status separated, no dependents and he had children. >> i will under what you felt like in that moment as a researcher when he saw that? that would have been hard to share with the descendents. >> it was hard to share with the descendents, yeah. >> heel to metlay went back home. >> he ultimately went back home and he rejoined his family as if he h

the phoebe gins in 2014 and lasts three years.ance companies say most of the fee will get passed on to workers. >>> there is actually good news this morning about childhood obesity in america. several big cities and smaller ones say obesity rates are going down. "the new york times" reports that new york city, los angeles, anchorage and kerney, nebraska all report the drops in childhood obesity. the declines have been small. but researchers say it's significant. it is unclear what's contributing to the declines. >>> 8:40. more games are being canceled by the national hockey league. all games have been canceled through december 30th the that represents about 43% of the nhl season. team owners and the players still don't have a collective bargaining agreement. the talks between the two sides have been frozen since they broke off last thursday. >>> san jose sharks' organization still managed to bring some smiles and please fans despite the lockout. they held their annual family party for low-income families yesterday. the players wer