you know, there was this story that i was interested in about these communities in south louisiana that were losi their land. but when you go there and you meet the people there isn't this sort of sorrow, there isn't this, you know, there isn't people feeling sorry for themselves, there is a real pride in staying and a joy in the culture that remains. and then that was sort of a parallel to the story of this little girl who has to survive the loss of a parent. and the connections between the loss of a parent and the loss of a place were what really resonated to me and that is something that i didn't necessarily understand when i started making the film. but which i saw was true. and i thin thas so o how we began. >> we conclude this evening with cbs news foreign correspondent from rome, allen pizzey. >> it's ego test kelso is a say that we write the history of the world. i think if we do our job right, politicians and the public cannot say we didn't know. you did know. did you foe bad things were happening. you did know people were starving. you did know there was tragedy. you did know

characters, actually no-- ever who is in the fill some from south louisiana. >> rose: how many young girls did you see. >> we saw about 4,000. >> rose: they came in and you said hello to them and listened to them read or what did they do. >> they came in and told us stories, that was their method. >> rose: tell you a story about your life. >> tell us a story about anything, literally anything you want to tell us and we would take that and work with it. >> rose: what were you looking for. >> a miracle, basically. we had this humongous film that would sit on the shoulders of a 6-year-old. >> rose: a story that is sitting on the shoulders of a 6-year-old. >> and all of our lives depending on it. it was a brash, it was a brash ambition. but you know but specifically, you you know, we were looking for somebody who was fearless. you know, i think that is the essence of the story, what the characters are about, what this little girl is learning is how to be fearless. and when we saw quvenzhane wall is come not audition, she wasn't nervous, she wasn't afraid of me, she wasn't afraid of showi

two things, you know there was this story that i was interested in about these communities in south louisianawhen you went, when you go there and meet the people there isn't this sort of sorrow. there isn't this, you know, there isn't people feeling story for themselves, there is a real pride in staying and a joy in the culture that remains and then that was sort of a parallel to the story of this little girl who has to survive the loss of a parent. and the connections between the loss of a parent and the loss of a place were what resonated to me and that's something that i was-- i didn't necessarily understand when i started making the film but which i saw was true. the story is about hush puppie and she lives in this town called the bathtub cut off from the world by a giant water production system in a sort of mythic version of louisiana and you know, the film is about a sort of environmental myth logical a position lips that comes to this town that she has to survive with her father. so much of how the film was written was, came from interviews with people, came from travel income south lo

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states to the south texas, louisiana, mississippi, as well >> as you head out the door >>> we are lookingr. we are going to be dealing with severe weather to the south, but close to home, we are dry this morning. we'll stay that way throughout the day. not only are we dry, but we'll be dealing with plenty of sunshine. we are cold this morning, coming in at 29 degrees. good morning darlington, 27 degrees. this is what future trend looks like. it's nice this morning and then we'll begin to see some change in the forecast as we head into tuesday. now, look at the time line on tuesday. this model picking up tuesday afternoon. the rain beginning to push in. if this pushes in earlier, we will be dealing with a wintery mix. sleet, snow, freezing rain, all mixes together. now, this goes back into motion. we'll still have lingering rainshowers across the area through the next couple of days, meaning wednesday and thursday, but for today, 47 degrees. nice and seasonable. get out there and enjoy, change is coming to the forecast that will last for awhile. 31 degrees by tonight with increasing clouds

south. louisiana spanning into mississippi. we are seeing a severe thunderstorm warning starting. see the warnings, looks like it may have turned into a tornado warning. it has. that's the red on your screen. it has turned severe in that region, also flash flooding. now lets go up to the north where we have a lot of winter weather products issued. you can see the whole region blanketed with winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories. surface temperature is already at freezing. then you have this rain coming in on top of that. you can see the rain/snow mix that's falling right now. again, we have the ice accumulation. not going to see any snow accumulation although the snow is flying. you see the heavy rain where temperatures are freezing on the ground. freezing rain, ice accumulations a big danger. we're expecting flooding as well to the south. it's not going to be out of the area until saturday morning. >> we will show uh-uh how the weather is blasting 20 states. it's even snowing in the desert. you don't see this every day or any day for that matter, snow in tucson, ari

. >> this is not allowed in south louisiana.> well, the business was started in 1868. my great grandfather edmund started it. we've gotten bigger over the years. >> reporter: yeah. paul is the fourth generation of this family to run the company. >> now i'm told we often make over 750,000 bottles a day. we have exclusive distributors in over 165 countries around the world. so this is one we packed for the white house. >> reporter: tabasco is on air force one aboard space shuttles and our soldiers' m.r.e.s and in queen eye elizabeth's pantry. to this day tabasco contains only three ingredients. hot peppers salt, and barrels. >> reporter: in the warehouse it is immediately clear that for all the problems we face in this country, a tabasco shortage is not one of them. why are my eyes and nose running and i can barely speak? >> it's pretty powerful in here. reporter: my tour guide dave landry and i coughed our way through the next steps. i'm choking to death. where strong vinegar is blended with the aged pepper mash in 72 two,000 gal

where are you from louisiana? south carolina. so are you selling them as a pair? george: no, either way. either way, okay. so where'd you get these? i don't even know how long i've had them. i just bought it somewhere i liked them i have them outside by my garden and i decided to bring them in. i like them. they're great just to make a little stool. so what are you asking for one? how about $150? oh, my. i don't know, george. i like this one more because this one kind of has a little crack on the top. yeah, yeah, no, no, the white one is in better condition. i don't know, george. i'm between $65 and $75. between $65 and $75. yeah. how about $70? how about $68? $68, you got a deal. yay! okay, this is great. for me, this is when it's cocktail time. i can put my cocktail right here on top of the elephant. walberg: george moonlights as a dealer and works primarily as a sports marketer. hey, george, let's get a photo of me and you, you're on the one and i'm on the other. walberg: i bet he could hook you up with a lot more valuable seats than those elephants at any numb

south. a lot of rain across texas, louisiana and the deep south. to the north of us, low pressure.s heading up towards canada. front moved through our region. by wednesday another area of low pressure is going to form off the east coast and move away. the question here is, how much moisture gets in here and how much cold air we'll have. we could see rain, maybe a little bit of snow late wednesday or wednesday night. that's something we're watching. another chance this weekend by the way. west winds picking up to 25 knots. so for tonight partly cloudy skies later on, breezy 37. way above average. tomorrow little bit cool er 48 degrees but we'll have some sunshine. it will feel a little cooler but not a bad day. >> no. today was warm. >> thank you. >>> still to co come on eyewitness news tonight. >> it hasn't happened in centuries, the pope is stepping down. i'm rochelle richie with the reaction from >>> coming up next on wjz news at 5:00 -- >> a violent morning in delaware where three are shot inside a county courthouse. i'm jessica kartalija, the latest on the investigation coming

down to the south, severe weather, tornado watches, louisiana over towards alabama and mississippi. down through portions of florida and all of that moisture is moving our way. we're not going to see severe weather here. this is not going to be a snow threat for us but some of us would still deal with wintry precipitation. nice weather with plenty of sunshine today. after what was a beautiful sunday. tomorrow, rain and wind, again, incredibly nasty. back toward the west, some of the higher elevations, snow, freezing rain and sleet will be what you'll be dealing with back towards portions of the mountains. southern maryland, down towards portions of virginia, heavy rain possible. 1 to 2 inches. cold, nasty afternoon, wind chills in the 30s all day. with the wind chill of 35 and heavy rain, that's where you get the nasty weather coming in. flood watch including baltimore and down toward washington, including montgomery county, prince george's, anna rundle, arlington and fairfax county. they'll see a lot of rain back towards the west but you need more for flooding back here. speaking o

missing by thinking the south is a bunch of pig farmers. >> there are pig farmers but it's also a place of great literature and music. this issue is dedicated to the music of louisianaich is some of the greatest in the union. jazz was born in the south. the blues, had a baby, it's name was rock 'n' roll. it was born and raised in the south. >> stephen: what was it about the south that was so different that allowed for jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll. there was some pa cuellar institution that made that possible. >> yes. and out after this tragedy is slavery we have given -- we have received the gift great culture. because the fusion of british culture with the african culture with the spanish and the french it comes together in the american south. >> stephen: there's a cd that comes with this issue and you can put the headphones on, put this in front of your face and you can imagine you are in louisiana with the oxford american. >> you might, yeah especially if you put on mardi gras beads. happy mardi gras, by the way. >> stephen: thank you, happy mardi gras. show me your tits. [laughter] thank you so much. [cheers and applause] editor of "the oxford american," rog

lakes, maybe bringing some rain throughout parts of the mid south, into parts of the south there, northern louisianas having good chance for some showers. another chance for some snow around the great lakes. temperatures right around the freezing mark for the northeast. and then on wednesday, high pressure building in. you get to bring at least a temporary end to that lake effects snow throughout the great lakes and dealing with some milder temperatures in the southern plains until this next system moves in on thursday. snow to the north with some mild air to the south. you're going to see just rainshowers, upper 60s in dallas. remember, weekdays on the weather channel you can wake up with al and stephanie. i played a round of golf.id in the last five hours? then i read a book while teaching myself how to play guitar; ran ten miles while knitting myself a sweater; jumped out of a plane. finally, i became a ping pong master while recording my debut album. how you ask? with 5-hour energy. i get hours of energy now -- no crash later. wait to see the next five hours. it's the fourth annual today's show

get unemployment benefits that shouldn't and goes through the list, it's arizona, mississippi, louisiana, southota, new mexico, there are all of these states where the payments have been going improperly to the jail and yet at the same time we're listening to members of congress talking what to do about sequestration and whose taxes they're raising and see the waste and fraud just doesn't stop. >> and that's what it was our department of labor when i became attorney general-- excuse me, governor in 2011, my secretary of labor and industry created an office of integrity. looking for waste, fraud and abuse and we started looking into and talking to the counties if they wanted to enter the the programs if ne wanted to enter the state system and they did. i don't want the viewers to think that the check goes to the jail. >> greta: it's a bank account. >> their bank account. keep in mind people live in county jails are shorter term sentences or awaiting trial and the important point is they shouldn't be able to collect anything there because we're taking care of them. they're getting three squares a

. >> if we look elsewhere like louisiana, south carolina, mississippi, they don't want any part of this want association with obama care sigh there no threat of the tea party coming after the governors who they believe were the face of this battle that, i mean, you might recall john boehner said the law after the supreme court's decision, he came back and shuffled around the words because there's a great number of more conservative republicans that want to fight that battle. >> some of them could certainly face a primary threat from the right, from the tea party folks and playing the odds. they realize that they have to look at their own states, especially in florida which is one of the largest health care markets in the country. if they figured they're better off getting a million more people health insurance in their state with no cost to the state, compared to angering a few folks on the right in their political base, i think what scott did is a political odds and this medicaid expansion goes through after he's done being governor. >> sure. but the political odds, millions of dollars

a tremendous amount of moisture down through the south, around areas of louisiana, just north and westnville, florida right now, so that next system organized, comes into the area, will start as rain for most, the possibility of some snow accumulation. temperatures at the beginning i think will be high enough that snow will fall, but a lot of it will start melting. we could see temperatures drop low enough where conditions could get slick north and west of the area. that indeed is the best chance of seeing that snowfall. through montgomery county, loudoun county up north into frederick county, maryland for wednesday. as far as the forecast goes from 54 to 42, we'll couldle it down with the rain/snow mix. the high on thursday of 48 degrees. we're looking at breezy conditions. friday right now partly sunny, the high 47, then there's the potential of another system where temperatures could be lo enough. we could see more accumulating snowfall. that's the way it's looking right now. for wednesday, 70% chance during the afternoon of that rain changing over to snow. we will of course keep yo

missing by thinking the south is a bunch of pig farmers. >> there are pig farmers but it's also a place of great literature and music. this issue is dedicated to the music of louisiana which is some of the greatest in the union. jazz was born in the south. the blues, had a baby, it's name was rock 'n' roll. it was born and raised in the south. >> stephen: what was it about the south that was so different that allowed for jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll. there was some pa cuellar institution that made that possible. >> yes. and out after this tragedy is slavery we have given -- we have received the gift great culture. because the fusion of

thunderstorms to parts of the south including texas, arkansas and louisiana.lot of rain moving into the great lakes region and a little bit of ice on the eastern edge of this in ohio and kentucky. then it's an all out blizzard from parts of the plains from nebraska to wisconsin it's a very large system impacting many people. we can see this on the future cast. after midnight question start to talk about those rain chances. but notice this pink shading. that's trying to indicate ice mainly in the form of freezing rain. so the onset of this system it could be cold enough on the surface and higher up in the atmosphere to produce some of that freezing rain. it's not a big threat. it's very brief and a very small area. most of this is just a rain event as we go through tomorrow morning and then clears out as we go through the afternoon. that will be helping the temperatures warm up as well. as for tonight, increasing clouds. the rain arrives late and at the onset there could be a little ever -- the temperatures tonight do drop back into the mid 30's. some spots wil

louisiana's bobby jindal, south carolina not taking it.l aspirations are not taking it. >> pennsylvania is a different case. they're actually in a weird position because they already had eligibility above the -- it's a less devastating impact in wisconsin in terms of who is not going to be covered. >> and i love what scott walker did in wisconsin. he understands the point i was making before. the way he set up his system was to maximize the degree. >> this is what drives me crazy, the republican act saying the exchanges are going to be better. none of the republicans are setting up exchanges in their state. exchanges are incredibly complicated. if people think they're going to provide health care, why aren't they getting it together to get it going? >> they don't need to. they have very little latitude to change or design the exchange in a different way than the federal government will. so it's easier to offload that risk on the federal government because if there's anything that goes wrong with the implementation -- obama gets blame -- >>

south say different place today than it was in 1965. and yet not one african-american has been elected to state office in mississippi, louisiana or southarolina. in the last few months states covered under section five and not covered have shut down voting. the i.d. laws, last october, a panel of federal judges blocked south carolina's proposed voter i.d. law from taking effect. and john bates wrote one cannot doubt the vital function that section five of the voting rights act has played here. the supreme court under roberts has hinted that has run its course. president obama approved a local exemption in section five. and in the oral arguments justice robert questions if section five is necessary and why it burdened separate jurisdictions differently. >> so is it your position that today southerner, more likely to discriminate than northerners? >> i wouldn't frame it in that way, chief justice robert. >> so your answer is yes? >> i think it's fair to say that the pattern has been more repetitious violations in the covered jurisdictions and more one off discrimination in other places. >> well, it's remarkable that the case before the c

you look at some of the seats up for democrats in 2014, west virginia, iowa, south dakota, louisiana, arkansas. obviously all states that the president lost, except for iowa. very rural states. it is going to be difficult see democrats supporting a measure that goes as far as where -- as what the president wants. host: why is that? what are the regional dynamics of this? guest: i looked at this the other day during the ides of holster. the great summary looked at the makeup of gun owners by demographic. what they found was that the most likely gun owner was someone who was married, white, southern, mail. the least likely to own a gun was an unmarried woman between 18 years old and 29-years old. or someone who is hispanic. you look at those demographics in terms of voting, we know that man is 100% likely to be a republican and an unmarried woman is 100% more likely to be a democrat. these rural states are states that, a couple of them, our southern states. in those states, for democrats to do well, it is not that dumb rights are important. it is that they look at that they are cultural

south. the end ooh end of the same storm. north and eastern louisiana, and watch the map. southeast louisiana is going to get it as well. the upper right part of mississippi as well. some rough weather throughout the day. be careful. >>> nasa reports a massive black spot on the sun is the size of six earths and could trigger solarrer flares this week. they're bursts of radiation that have the potential to disrupt the power grid. radio communication and satellite feeds. nasa reports the sun is reaching the peak of its 11-year activity cycle this year. >>> then, there's this. before we wrap things up here. police in a boston suburb say they received a 9-1-1 call on wednesday night, which is last night. the caller said nothing and hung up the phone. the dispatcher called back to find out why you called me and didn't say anything. a woman answered and explained her ten-year-old son called nine one one with the intention of reporting her to police. the crime? making him going to bed when he didn't want to. so an officer went to the house to make sure the story checked out. so t

. >> section five currently covers alabama, alaska, arizona, georgia, louisiana, mississippi, south carolina texas and virginia. and some jurisdictions in several other states, including new york. during oral arguments, justice sotomayer spoke on the litigation permitted to catch the new forms of discrimination practices being developed. as the court struck down one form, the states would find another. justice scalia said the courts should be skeptical because it would be damaging for politicians to vote against the perpetuation of racial entitlement for minority voters. here was reverend al sharpton on the steps today. >> last year the id lines, and long lines and ending early voting, and stopping those going to the polls, showed that jim crow's son, james crow jr. is still trying to do what his daddy did. and that is rob us from the right to vote. >> joining me now is the co-director of the project which focuses on democracy and race. and i just want to get your thoughts on oral arguments today. i think we knew going into this, the last supreme court case this court looked at on the voting

the states targeted most are alabama, georgia, louisiana, mississippi, south carolina, texas, and mosttes of the old confederacy along with alaska and arizona. so is this law outdated? has the south changed so much that it no longer needs to be on virtual probation with respect to its electoral laws? well, since 2005 seven of the nine states covered by the vra have passed voter i.d. laws. only 16% of nonvra states have tried to enact them. states that historically enacted suppressive laws are still at it. in 2008 texas passed a voter i.d. law that a three-judge federal court unanimously struck down because texas couldn't prove it wouldn't harm the voting rights of texans of color. the court found the law tantamount to a poll tax because it impose an implicit fee on the privilege to vote. if you don't have a driver's license, it will probably meantime off from work to get one and the court recognized that as a problem. the opinion stated, quote, a law that forces poor citizens to choose between their wages and their franchise unquestionably denies or abridges their right to vote. courts

south. we're talking ant tornado warnings out in louisiana and texas. watch out for that. out towards the west things are looking clear and fine. another system will be dominate in the sections that will create really major storm systems. until now los angeles looking at 14. down from 27 on saturday. a really big dramatic drop there. winnipeg minus 22 up towards the north and 8 here in new york. last but not least we're looking at europe with cooler systems to talk central mediterraneans looking at thunderstorms. high pressure dominate here in the central regions making clear and fine. here in the temperatures will sag. i'll leave you now for our extended forecast. >>> we apologize for the poor sound quality during the weather forecast there. just a reminder of our lead stories. european foreign ministers have agreed to sharpen sanctions against north korea. they watched last week as authorities follow through on their threats to follow out another nuclear test. now they are trying to restrict the country's ability to trade. the ministers expanded upon trade. they barred n