looking at the title page of the famous constitution written in the fall of 1857 in kansas, inside samuel jones's commercial building, today known as constitutional hall state historic site, this constitution would have made kansas a slave state. it was endorsed by the president james the buchanan from pennsylvania. he was a norther man but was strong proslavery. though he was from new england he was a strong proslavery man. the democratic party in the 1850's, strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was the father of kansas territory who believes in the concept of popular sovereignty. let the will of the people be spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by that constitution. when that constitution arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate it did not represent popular sovereignty. it did not represent the will of the people. this constitution was debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, which was controlled by southerners, did pass it. they got the u.s. house which had more northern influence. the debate was so rancorous that in february of 1858, l

inside samuel jones' woodframe commercial building. this constitution would have made top -- would have made kansas a slave state. it was endorsed by president james buchanan from pennsylvania. he was a northern man, but he was strongly proslavery. his predecessor, franklin pierce from concord, new hampshire even though he was from new england, he was also a strong proslavery candidate. democratic party in the 1850's was controlled by southern influence strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was stephen a douglas, who believed in the concept of popular sovereignty let the will of the people be spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by the lecompton constitution. when it arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate and called it a swindle and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty or the will of the people. this constitution was ferociously debated in the halls of congress. the u.s. senate, controlled by southerners, did pass it and ratified it. it got to the u.s. house with more norther

famous lecompton constitution, that was written in the fall of 1857 in lecompton, kansas, inside samuel jones;' woodframe commercial building. this constitution, lecompton of kansas, would make kansas a slave state. it was endorsed by president james buchanan from pennsylvania . he was a northern man but he was strong proslavery and his predecessor was franklin pierce, president franklin pierce and concord new hampshire, even though he was from new england he was also a strong pull -- strong proslavery man. the democratic party in the 1850's, controlled by southern influence, strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was stephen a douglas, the father of kansas territory, he believed in the concept of popular sovereignty and let the will of the people being spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by the lecompton constitution. when the lecompton constitution arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the senate and called lecompton constitution a swindle, and a fraud. it did not represent popular sovereignty, it did not represent the role of the people. this constitut

that's when ex-con samuel jones enters the cab with a gun. >> he snatches the door open and his exactive, bitch, or i'll kill you. >> jones is on the run from police. the day before, the 32-year-old carjacked a vehicle at a lowe's parking lot. then crashed it. when a doctor pulled over to help, jones stole his car, too. >> next thing i knew, he put a gun to my head, just told me to get out of the car. so that's a lot of motivation, so i got out of the car. >> now jones has abandoned that car at the fairview gas station where he spots christie's truck. >> i asked him which way he wanted to go. i said north or south. he said south. >> christie pulls out and heads south through plano toward dallas. her son-in-law, who witnesses the abduction, calls 911. and within minutes, plano police officer koy clements has located the truck and is in hot pursuit. >> i had never chased an 18-wheeler before. and not realizing that even if you disable nearly every tire, it's not going to stop. >> police try stop sticks, spikes designed to puncture the tires. but they have little effect. the big rig keep