brian: here is some video of robert sheldon. before we show it, is he still alive?aurence: he is not. brian: what was his job in 1981? laurence: he was the head of the united klans of america, the imperial wizard. brian: what do for a living? laurence: laurence: that was his living. brian: before he got involved? laurence: it's interesting. he was a prelaw student. he was a smart guy. prelaw at the university of alabama. he dropped out and went to germany, was in the army, and he saw these black soldiers dating the german women and said, that made him realize he should join the klan. and he went back and rose quickly in the klan, and was able to make his living. brian: here's the voice of charlie from cbs. this is robert sheldon. 1965. >> imperial wizards and grant -- grand dragons no longer avoid the press. klan leaders sport crew cuts, button-down collars and well tailored suits. the most publicized and best organized leader is the imperial lizard robert sheldon of the theed klan knights of kkk. he spent much of his time in his tuscaloosa, alabama office constantl

robert sheldon. >> imperial wizards and grant jargons that longer avoid the press. ew cuts,s sport button-down collars and well tailored suits. the most publicized and best organize clan leader is in pre-lizard robert shelton of united clans nights of the kkk. he spent much of his time in his tuscaloosa, alabama office constantly listening to tape recordings of martin luther king jr. while he examines pictures of civil rights demonstrators. those he can identify are circled and file. shelton expense why. -- explains why. >> i might add to this that it is effective. we uncover a lot of evidence that other departments might miss. brian: plan bureau of investigation -- klan bureau of investigation? mr. leamer: thank you the success of the lawsuit, it does not exist anymore. they have used the lawsuit against other large white supremacist organizations. there are not too many of them now. the book points out that robert shelton was close to george wallace, the governor of alabama. brian: what got you interested in the story? mr. leamer: in 1967, i was a graduate student

robert sheldon, the head of the klan. it was such a controversial thing that the five lawyers of the southern poverty law center quixotict was a very case that would be thrown out. they do not like the fact that when morris going after the klan come the officers had been firebombed, there had been death threats against morris, people showing up at his ranch with assault weapons. they had been driven off. they did not like this. there was some security at the offices. morris was going to head this no matter what. the five lawyers all quit. they brought a new team of lawyers. morris continued and fought this lawsuit. brian: here's some video of robert sheldon. before we show it, is he still alive? laurence: no. brian: what was his job at the time? laurence: he was the head of the united klans of america. the imperial wizard. brian: what did he do as a living? before the klan? laurence: he was a prelaw student. he was a smart guy. at the university of alabama. dropped out and went to the army. he saw the black soldiers datin

sheldon: we're still working to find out exactly what caused roberts' death. he was 38-years-old. adrienne: state supreme court justices rarely do interviews. today on upfront, a look behind the bench. mike gousha talks to a recently retired justice, tonight on upfront. >> it's a rare chance to hear about the court, and what has gone on with it in recent years. my guest is former justice david tonight, prosser on what led to his retirement, some notable cases, including act 10, and the one incident he worries will follow him forever. my extended interview with justice david prosser starts at 11:00, right here on upfront. adrienne: coming up next on wisn 12, new questions in music legend prince's accidental overdose. sheldon: the dangerous drug that was mislabeled. adrienne: then, the 2016 olympics have come to a close. we'll take a final look at the medal count and some of the challenges facing the real games. -- the rio games. sheldon: plus, the cost of electricity in wisconsin rates higher than other states. what this means for local industries. lindsey: temperatures are falling

sands owner sheldon adelson will walk if the public doesn't come up with $750 million. here is sand's ceo robert goldstein. >> our side of the equation is simple. it is an expensive proposio we need support from community and state and we remain committed to our position which hasn't changed from day one. we've always had that number and we remain committed. >> it is now almost 60 percent. again this is a pubically owned stadium with a 60 percent private investment. that's what we presented to the committee today. >> reporter: back now live. excuse me. it's getting windy out here. the tie is flying all over the place. sooner rather than later. don't forget whatever recommendation this committee comes up with it has to get signed off on from state lawmakers up in carson city. that has to happen as soon as possible because if this pushes the nfl timeline for the raiders down the road a bit it could, we learned today, jeopardize this entire project. here's the other thing we found out today. how serious in fact are the raiders to come here? we learned this week they had raiders. that's got to mean