and i love the state of south carolina. i love being governor of south carolina. and i will fight for the nominee in every way to show how it has hurt south carolina and what we have been through. i'm going to stay in the state and continue to do what i promise to reduce. >> i want to ask you one more question before we take audience questions. that is about women. you have a chapter in your book dedicated to a strong, conservative women, governor palen, who helped to erase. we are in the midst of your perception of women going forward and their role. >> i'm a huge fan of women. i think we are great. what the issue really is, but not enough women know about, not enough women are running. we need women in office. we are moms and daughters and sisters. we have been through a lot. i would love to see more women in office. i think that women tend to second-guess themselves. they think about their families first and think oh, what if this happens and when that happens. what i will say to women is that we need to. we will be a better country when we have more in office.

south carolina on down to texas. they go in response to lincoln's election. you need to remember this because it's going to be different motivations for the upper south. okay? you know, some days the magic works and some days it just doesn't. now what's going to end up happening, that's me talking today. i'm glad we got that title in. what's going to end up happening is they're going organize and meet montgomery, alabama. they'll come up with their own basically state constitutions. they'll revise all of them, and they'll come up with a new confederate constitution. they're going to pick for their president that guy, the top right-hand corner, jefferson davis. okay? y'all hopefully know him being from mississippi, okay? he's familiar to most of y'all. davis is an interesting character. i mean, yes, he's a west point graduate. yes, he commanded the mississippi rifles in the war. he's been secretary of the war in the 1850s. he has a lot of that background that's going to make him a very good choice in many ways, at least on paper, okay? there's a famous quote th

here's south carolina. so we have got a u.s. fort in south carolina. it's all part of the united states. south carolina secedes but you have a u.s. military installation there. what do you do with it? if you're the north you're like, no way, we're not letting go. you can't tell us to leave. south carolina is saying we're not part of the united states anymore. you might as well have a u.s. military installation in mexico. it's just not going to happen. you're not allowed to do that without our permission. so what's happening is the guys in the u.s. army who are stationed at ft. sumter are saying, we stay. in some cases you'll get forts like in texas where everybody kind of goes home. if you're from the north, you can go home to the north. if you're in the south, you can stay here. a whole bunch of weapons we'll confiscate. texas will use them, thank you very much. it comes to a head in certain spots though. florida it came to a head and it really comes to a head in charleston harbor at ft. sumter. that becomes the sticking point. that becomes that crisi

people in south carolina don't respond to people like that. there is a reason why associates of companies in this state don't want to be involved with the unions. i think she explained that better than i ever could. >> greta: you know, i thought if you had a run-in, i would be like, okay, well, but the fact that you don't know or have you no recollection, it becomes so gratuitous and it becomes something deeper in the sense that, you know, it just shows that it's shirts against skins, so to speak. this is no effort to work toward resolving problems. this is going to be whose said -- side are you on? and here's the baseball bat. >> this is the same group that will talk about civility and the same group that will talk about, you know, wanting me not to talk about unions. the thing is, i am explaining, you know, from a policy standpoint, why i think the unions aren't needed in south carolina. they are going at me with a baseball bat. it shows the stark difference between businesses and unis and -- unions and unions bully and boss and try to get t

but louisa mccord is praised by politicians in south carolina. the greinke sisters are run out of the state, basically, and end up in philadelphia. and mary chestnut pours her heart out in a private diary that remains obscure and unknown until the late 20th century. so, are there any questions or comments about the pro slavery argument before we change topics? okay. well, let's talk about slavery, shall we. let's talk about the subject of slavery. there is a large scholarship on this topic. many, many, many books have been written about the subject of slavery. how many of you took history 151? okay. and did you discuss slavery in that course? 151? okay. good. occasionally i have students who say they took history 151 and then slavery got skipped over. i'm glad that hasn't happened. okay. let's paint in broad strokes a picture of the institution. this institution that is being attacked by abolitionists and defended by pro slavery figures. slavery is very old. it goes back to the ancient greek and romans, ancient egyptians, it's older than the unit

>> guest: i found them in south carolina. mary thurmond tompkins lives in edgefield, not far from where senator thurmond and his family all grew up, although that house does not exist. his other sister, martha thurmond bishop, lives in the town of greenwood, kind of up in the northwestern part of the state. c-span: senator thurmond has quite an accent. >> guest: yes, he does. c-span: do the sisters talk the same way? >> guest: sort of, but a little softer. the one thing i think of -- senator thurmond's first name as strom. they refer to him as strum as though it were spelled s-t-r-u-m. but they were very charming. i had no trouble understanding them at all. they are both retired school teachers in what was as sweet as anything. they were both prepared for my visit and had written notes about things they wanted to tell me, not so much that strom was the most wonderful person, whatever, but just stories they wanted to tell me about their very early years in edgefield. this is not too long after the turn of the century, and thei

a teenage nurse down in south carolina is susie king taylor. she's a teenager. she goes into the headquarters there at hilton head, and becomes a part of the first south carolina infantry of african descent later renamed the 33rd united states color troops. she would become a nurse for the regiment and a teacher. she had learned to read and write. she was teaching the soldiers how to read and write. she would marry one of the soldiers in 1862. she would say that while in the regiment, i learned to handle a musket very well while in the regiment and could shoot straight and often hit the target. susie king taylor also writes a memoir so we can hear her voice in her memoirs. another one of the school teachers down in south carolina is a diaryist, from a wealthy family in philadelphia, james fortin, that's her father. and charlotte fortin would go down to teach in a school that looked very much like this. this is a photograph of one of the schools where she taught. in her diary she'd talk about the various people she would meet and she would meet one as daphne, an

a teenage nurse down in south carolina is susie king taylor. she's a teenager. she goes into the headquarters there at hilton head, the camp there at hilton head, and becomes part of the first south carolina infantry of african descent, later renamed the 8th -- excuse me, the 33rd united states colored troops. she would become a nurse for the regiment and a teacher. she also had learned to read and write. and she was teaching the soldiers how to read and write. she would marry one of the soldiers, sergeant kean, in the regiment in 1862. she would also say that while in the regiment "i learned to handle a musket very well while in the regiment and could shoot straight and often hit the target." susie king taylor also writes a memoir, so we can hear her voice in her memoirs. another one of the school teachers down in south carolina is a diarist, a woman of -- i'm going to say from a wealthy family in philadelphia. james forten was at that meeting. that's her father. and charlotte forten or charlotte for then grimke would go down to south carolina and teach in a sc

new law would require every person in south carolina to show a picture i.d.re entering the voting booth. the law has sparked charges to steal elections in her state. but haley thinks south carolina's real problem today is that votes of law abinding citizens are being cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. >> this protects elderly and people from absentee ballots. we want to make sure we are saying who they say they are. >> without photo i.d.? >> without voter i.d. i don't want dead people voting in the state of south carolina. >> there is evidence that dead people voting is a real problem according to a statewide investigation. in january, it found that 953 ballots were cast by voters who were deceased. the state elections commission director disputes those findings. the report came out after haley signed the voter i.d. law but hasn't stopped the criticism of it. >> eric: were you surprised by the reang? >> very surprised. protecting the voting process is most important things we can do. >> eric: and 13 other states like south carolina's including indiana w

coastal south carolina, actually from coastal south carolina all the way to north florida, just last 24 hours, some very close to about 100 rip current rescues out at the beaches. that's why some of these areas are closed. there's a look at the track. into tomorrow, we're dealing with the system bending off towards the north and east for the next 12 hours. still dealing with a tropical storm. should weaken into a depression. through wednesday evening into thursday morning off the outer banks it could again become a tropical storm. tropical storm right now. some slight weakening. but the rainfall and rip currents will remain an issue there. the other area, along this frontal boundary, still unsettled around minneapolis this morning as we get into the afternoon from chicago back down through northern illinois. central portions of missouri and north texas could see thunderstorms fire up. yesterday we had a number of severe reports. had to that potential shifting just a bit farther east. nearly 200 reports over the last 24 hours of hail and wind. some of the primary threats but still an

coastal south carolina, actually from coastal south carolina all the way to north florida, just last 24 hours, some very close to about 100 rip current rescues out at the beaches. that's why some of these areas are closed. there's a look at the track. into tomorrow, we're dealing with the system bending off towards the north and east for the next 12 hours. still dealing with a tropical storm. should weaken into a depression. but as we get in through wednesday evening into early thursday morning off the outer banks, it could again become a tropical storm. tropical storm right now. some slight weakening. but the rainfall and rip currents will remain an issue there. the other area, along this frontal boundary, still unsettled around minneapolis this morning as we get into the afternoon from chicago back down through northern illinois. central portions of missouri and north texas could see thunderstorms fire up. yesterday we had a number of severe reports. today that potential will be shifting just a bit farther east. nearly 200 reports over the last 24 hours of hail and wind. some of th

. >> reporter: along the georgia coast, northeast florida, an parts of south carolina, tropical storm beryl has canceledmy vacation plans. >> many in the back room is calling us telling us the storm is rolling in. we decided instead of hanging out tomorrow we're going back to gainesville. >> reporter: but for some parts of the country it's the lack of rain causing problems making the battles against wildfires more difficult. in new mexico, a fire in the hilo national forest has beened more than 150 miles. in michigan campers were forced to evacuate as more than 21,000 acres burned fueled by high winds and temperatures. those record highs could be felt across much of the nation. but out in northern california, it's not the warmth but the chill in the air. >> it's freezing. we thought we were going to go up to the sun in ta ho. >> reporter: that has people double-checking the date on their calendar. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> no kidding. >>> well, now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in florida they brought the proper wre proper recognition. the grave o

greenville, south carolina. thank all of america for supporting us, especially my family back at home in houston, texas. >> sergeant coast guard seneca, boston, massachusetts. give a shout-out to my wife, megan. >> we thank all of you for your service. thanks so much for being here. >> thanks so much, you guys. we want to say good-bye to you this morning with "today's life illustrated," our weekly look through your camera lens. in observance of memorial day, you sent your most patriotic pictures. many pay tribute beautifully it our servicemen and women, some of whom are standing right here. >> and next, a little pomp and circumstance. it's graduation season, so send us some shots of the grads in your life. >> submit them to todayshow.com. >> have a great sunday, everybody. i'll see you on "nightly news." ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ i thank my lucky stars to be living here today ♪ ♪ 'cause the flag still stands for freedom and you can't take that away ♪ ♪ and i'm proud to be an american where at lea

southeast coastline, especially northern florida over through the carolinas or especially through the south carolina be safe if you're headed out in the water. still a chance for thunderstorms in the northeast. if you're watching us on wcnc, channel 36 in charlotte, north carolina, in nearby huntersville sup our veterans with music in the biksdale village. that's your early look at "early today." >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> will smith revived his reputation for box in style. "men in black 3" took in $55 million on the first three days of the moment morial day weekend and now rests comfortably in the top spot with one more day left in the hollywood frame. >>> well, after three humongous weeks "the avengers" may have slipped to the second spot with $37 million, but that $37 million in its fourth weekend is still higher than the opening weekend of all but five films this year. >>> elsewhere, faced with threats of violence by islamic hardliners who called her a devil worshipper, lady gaga has canceled her sold out show in indonesia, sending love to

it meanders around off the south carolina coast and turns off to the northeast and passes south of maryland. it still covers us here in the southern parts of delaware, heading back to the southern edge of the base, we'll keep a close eye on this for you and keep you updated. the winds now are about 52 mile per hour. the computer models say it is taking a few different directions but for the most part moves around and then to the northeast. the east wind is 5 to 10 knots. it will pick up more so monday. tonight, calm out there, 53. we start out with sunshine and clouds, and 83 for the high. chance for a showers, starting tomorrow night and scattered showers monday into tuesday. into the early parts of wednesday it starts to move away. here in the weather department that is a big day, that is the weather field trip day to camden yards. >>> thanks so much, next in sports, a possible triple crown winner emerges from the preakness. we look at some other amazing we look at some other amazing fi,, you ready buddy? you're probably not getting called up to the majors. but your fence? that's pro. fin

the grinke sisters of south carolina. and grimke is a french name. their ancestors were french protestants who came to south carolina in the colonial period. the family by the early 19th century was very wealthy. they had a beautiful house in charleston. they had plantations out in the countryside. and two of the daughters in the grimke family, sarah grimke and angelina grimke, are the ones who become abolitionists. and even as children they seem to have been very sensitive to wrongdoing. they noticed when they thought people were badly treated. and sarah, the older of the two sisters, started saying when she was, you know, still a pubescent girl, she started saying that slaves should be able to read so they could read the bible. well, it was illegal in south carolina to teach slaves how to read. and the younger sister, angelina-s also very tense tiff to wrongdoing and exploitation. and when both of the sisters were in their 20s they became quakers. they became born again protestants and they joined the local quaker church. and in their conversations

in south carolina, i met g abino who has been in the u.s. for nearly 13 years. he's married, fourth of two south carolina-born kids who works hard and owns his own home. gabino was stopped because he was pulling into his mobile home community, one of three other hispanic residents stopped that evening. he was arrested for driving without a license. he was then placed in deportation proceedings. we can all guess why the police chose to stop gabino and martha. profiling hispanic immigrant is the most efficient way to get someone deported. you can't tell if someone is undocumented by the way they look, dress, or where they live. in chicago, a puerto rican constituent of mine was detained for five days under suspicion of being undocumented. indeed sadly, senators, there are hundreds if not thousands of cases of unlawfully detained u.s. citizens and legal residents in the united states each year in violation of their constitutional rights. some of them have even been deported and then been brought back to the united states of america. that's not an old story, that's

no one had to stand outside in the heat. >> reporter: from jacksonville to south carolina, tropical storm beryl has whipped up the surf, creating dangerous rip currents. in georgia, lifeguards have rescued more than 20 people, caught in the powerful ocean action. officials in some communities have now closed the beaches to swimming. wading and sun tanning is still just fine. while beryl will ruin some barbecues and roof top party, it will also bring much-needed rain to one of the worst drought stricken regions in our nation. lester? >> kerry, thanks. we want to bring in meteorologist paul goodloe from the weather channel headquarters. >> as kerry mentioned, this is now the second-named storm and hurricane season starts next friday. let's take a look at subtropical storm beryl. it's subtropical because we have more of a banding inside versus a clear center of rotation in terms of activity. we're dweting that, though, so we could see this form more tropical characteristics, but the bottom line, it continues to head on towards the northern florida, southern georgia coastline here, potentiall

and not expected to strengthen into a hurricane at all and high surf are expected for coastal south carolina and north carolina. in the meantime clear skies and light winds. tomorrow, warming up to 80 degrees and that is not bad. showing you the pattern of unsettled weather and have a chance of rain showers and thors every day from monday and through thursday. tomorrow, for the end of the day, and do not be surprised. i can't rule out a bit of a sprinkle here and there and into some early evening hours. very nice. >> sounds good. thank you. >>> and hundreds of firefighters battling blazes. they brought deadly and destructive fires. >> reporter: it's an early start to fire season in the western united states with fires already burning in five western states. one in prescott, arizona, and the other in northern colorado. and the fire started earlier this week and is burning near ft. collins, colorado, and that is burningin in pines and steep areas of the region. the winds helped with the fire and there are evacuations of some smaller communities. it's beautiful and dangerous. >> you have to dea

. >> here at mitchell road elementary in greenville, south carolina, he's getting it. from special education teacher january puzni. >> can you say please? tell me, please. that's good. thank you. good. come on. now, cash was not able to do this puzzle just a month ago. so he's made great progress there. good job, cash. that went in just like that. >> cash was born with a rare chromosome abnormality. his condition is, according to his mom, stephanie, incurable. >> he is missing part of his "x" and another part of it's repeated. it's very rare. or even unique. >> what did they tell you his life was going to be? >> they said they didn't know. i'll be really honest and tell you, i never went back to the geneticist because i felt like -- i felt like they wanted to watch and learn because they didn't know. he's had a very hard time walking. he has a very hard time with fine motor skills. and so those are two of the biggies. >> which way we going? >> cash still isn't toilet trained. he has very low muscle tone. he has to take a daily artificial growth hormone. he's prone to p

no one had to stand outside in the heat. >> reporter: from jacksonville to south carolina, beryl has where i happened up the surf. in georgia, life guards have rescued more than 20 people caught in the powerful ocean action. officials in some communities have now closed the beaches to swimming. wading and suntanning is still just fine. while beryl will ruin some barbecues and rooftop parties, it will also bring muff needed rain to one of the most drought stricken areas in our region. >> thanks. we want to bring in paul good lowe from the weather channel headquarters. a busy weekend out there. >> certainly is. this is now the second named storm and hurricane season starts next friday. let's take a look at beryl. subtropical, have more of a b d banding inside. we're getting that though, so we could see this form more thoughtful characteristics, it continues to head toward northern florida, southern georgia coastline here. potentially around jacksonville late sunday evening and perhaps a slight strengthening of winds. perhaps 3 to 6 inches of much needed rain in florida and georgia. eve

that's in columbia, south carolina. for details on this, and more, check out cnn.com's ahead of the curve. it's all linked up for you at my pages on facebook and twitter, josh levs. coming up in 20 minutes, i'll tell you about something big happening this week for the first time in 18 years. what it is, and how to see it, we'll have that at the bottom of the hour. >> look forward to that. thanks so much, josh. >>> the crime, too terrible to describe. it's not just what was done to 49 bodies, it's why. that has a whole lot of questions unraveling there in mexico's drug war.

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the storm will dump heavy rain all day into coastal georgia and south carolina, but it is expected token before going back out to sea. >>> but the storm did trigger flooding on i-95 from south carolina to jacksonville. it will also be wet on i-10 in south florida and i-20 around atlanta. late in the afternoon on i-90 and 95 from new york up to new england and also rain drenches i-35 from duluth to dallas and i-80 from omaha to cleveland. >>> if you're flying, just a couple of airport delays to watch out for in chicago and detroit. >>> and now to an eye-opening headline on this memorial day. on the number of veterans out there filing for disability benefits. the government says among the 1.6 million vets from the iraq and afghan wars, 45% of them seek compensation for injuries suffered while in the service. >> and compare that to the 1990s when 21% of gulf war vets filed claims. today's vets are suffering from back injuries, hearing loss and multiple psychologicalproblems from bomb blasts. they're different than they were. >> whatever they're getting they certainly earned it. >>> polic

. >> so when senator jim demint of south carolina said about health care that this could be obama's waterloo, that really was a culmination of what they were trying to get to. >> absolutely. >> that was expressing the sentiment of all republicans at that time. >> sure. but i think that in particular, the cap and trade bill was such a heavy lift for the democrats, that by the time they got around to health care, already a lot of political capital had been expended and already this narrative was developing. and in swing states, people were asking, why with unemployment are we talking about greenhouse gases? so the republicans began to use this to their advantage. and of course, then their plan, ed, was to win back the house and to use the house then as a point of the spirit against the obama administration, which, of course, is what we've seen over the last year and a half and what the subject of my book really is. >> and you document the record number of filibusters, all of that was all part of the plan, so the democrats actually had it right. it was just the party of no.

boeing makes planes in washington and south carolina. eight out of ten airplanes are a boeing aircraft, the 78, are sold based on export-import financing. eight out of ten. that's why they needed a second line of production. they're competing against airbus. france has three export-import banks. china -- china's export-import bank is larger than the united states, germany, canada, and britain combined. now it's one thing to do reform. it is another thing to unilaterally surrender. tses one thing -- it is one thing to lead the world. it is another to put the products made in america rat risk unnecessarily. the legislation in the house did compel the department of treasury to get these export-import banks wound down over time. if we could do that, great, because i think the american worker and companies are compete knit where in the world on a level playing feevmentd at the end of the day, this is about wheajst whether or not we're going to unilaterally surrender. we're weeks away. senator corker has a decent amendment of but it doesn't ge

. >> a tropical storm has weekend off the coast of south carolina. we have a look at the major change in the weather. >> we are looking at it over the coast of south carolina. this will not amount to a whole lot and is not expected to intensify. take a look at what is going on. beautiful sun side. a tropical looking sky. the satellite and radar shows an area of low pressure just off the coast which will bring increasing pressure for the overnight hours. with the clouds will come showers. temperatures falling to the 70's. this forecast will take us into the upcoming holiday weekend. it will be hot and humid. details coming up. >> people in the town of the august quake are getting a real treat. alan jackson will perform a free concert to help provide money. >> about 3000 people are expected at the show. >> it is not everyday that one of country music's biggest superstars plays a concert in this school parking lot. look at the crowd that has shown up here. 3000 people getting to go for free. and now they're paid to get in to try to may's money. -- tried

we are watching tropical storm alberto off the south carolina coast. also watching a line of storms potentially developing from texas all the way up into the great lakes with a cold front that will be punching through the heartland. a slight riske for some strorms, that does include chicago. so the beautiful weather you've been dealing with this chicago, you'll have to take a bit of a break before it turns nice once again. still, a beautiful d >>> and here is a look at the temperatures to plan your day by. for the morning, we'll see 50s and 60s through 8:00. watch what happens by lunchtime. warming up quickly from san jose to the tri-valley, already in the 80s. should see upper 80s in pleasanton, livermore, fairfield, concord, areas south of san jose. the sea breeze will pick up later today which brings in a big drop in temperatures. tomorrow, morning drizzle into tuesday, windy conditions and cooler temperatures mid week. >> that's your weather. now here's jenna. >> all right, chris, thank you very much. >>> still ahead on "today" celebrity abrentis c