celticefer a southern nation. he other is territorial and in whichdiverse dixie southern culture can for -- flourish without regard to race. published 4 novels that tells the story of a movement in the south. establish a new independent southern nation. recent controversy surrounding the display of the confederate auto flag have had a polarizing effect in the south between mostly white defenders who view the flag as part of their regional identity and african americans who view the flag as a blatant insult of past servitude. now, on the other side of the country, harold covington advocated for the creation of an all-white homeland. his organization is called the northwest front. his career in politics has spanned over five decades. he was from north carolina but he lived overseas included south africa, england and ireland. while he was in ireland the republican army left a deep impression on him. exemplar ofra as an the revolutionary movement. his chief criticism of the american white nationalist movement is that i

they seek to secede from the union and create a new, independent southern nation.and this movement really crystallized around the mid-1990's. brothers published a book -- teedo brothers published a book called "the south was which they championed the so-called lost cause of the confederacy. around the time their book was released. -- the book was released, they were founded in tuscaloosa, alabama. now, there is a multitude of organizations that compose the southern nationalist movement. fromovement is far monolithic. some organizations are divided on particular issues, securely with respect to race. there are two competing camps in the movement. one is racialist and refers to the subornation of anglo celtic in character. the other is strictly territorial and favors, if you will, a diverse dixie in which seven culture can flourish without regard to race. a few years ago, gregory k -- 4 -- hisr novels revolution series. it tells the story of a movement in the south that secedes from the united states and establishes a new independent southern nation. recent controver

thursday afternoon and there may be some left over chill that for some of you worcester his, southern national, that might start as some sleet thursday afternoon but essentially a chilly rain. sheer what the jet stream that's not going to allow us to warm up. temperatures at this time settling back from the upper 50's now down into the low 50's and upper 40's. jaffrey 48, orange 48, downtown boston at 54. northern new england, northern new york they didn't make it out of upper 40's this afternoon and high pressure from canada responsible for that. we had a cool front come through here this morning with clouds and some sprinkles but now the high pressure takes it from here and that will start building into southern new england overnight tonight. was a little bit cranky at times this afternoon. 15 to 20 miles per hour. this evening around ten to 15 miles per hour then settling to under ten miles per hour after midnight tonight. temperatures between 33 and 39 so a chilly morning commute and here is the difference. it will be chilly all day long we had several cold morning this fall but we have be

. >> the southern african nation of zimbabwe, government security forces arrested and beat up the leaderthe opposition movement. >> the president felt threatened by his popularity so they threw him in jail for three years. >> trevor: donald trump stole worst parts of africa. thinks like an african dick tairkts threatens like a nigerian prince, and constantly spews out of his mouth like he has ebola. tomorrow on the show, we'll continue delving into the debate and digging into some of the nuance. that's what we're going to get into. unless there's another tape. who knows, maybe this time trump says (bleep). come on, n word! congressman xavier becerra joins us after the break. we'll be right back! heineken light makes it ok to flip another man's meat. no no no, you never flip another man's meat. award-winning heineken light is the best light beer you've ever tasted. that's true. can i have one? can i flip your meat? no. suit yourself. that i was on the icelandic game show. and everyone knows me for discounts, like safe driver and paperless billing. but nobody knows the box behind the disco

there was a tremendous of swelling a patriotic enthusiasm for this new nation in the southern states, a nation that hadn't existed before. this was the air of new nations and the confederate states of america was most definitely a nation for couple years and it enjoyed broad, popular support from the people whose opinions mattered, the white males of the southern states. as i mentioned, they volunteered. volunteering took it a long way so it was more than a military age turning out to fight for the confederate see then for any other war in american history. would the war have turned out differently if it ended quickly, would it have been a war of demonstration? no, but it was not in the cards. it didn't happen right away. when it does happen in september 1862 with the emancipation of the preliminary, you are quite right. lincoln has a situation in britain very much in mind and suspects that this'll help to appease british public opinion at a time when many of the cotton mills in britain were running desperately short of cotton and there was some feeling in britain that it might be a g

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southern nevada. here's good news nationally, it is dry over the carolinas which is helping the rescue workers there. meanwhile, a line of showers in the upper midwest through the great lakes and of interest to us, somewhat going on in the northwest, our weather has been coming from the south with an onshore flow with a deep atmospheric flow from here in the northwest and it will stir up our offer, kick up our winds and -- atmosphere, kick up our to lower 80s. we have sprinkles in northern clark county and lincoln county and they did not amount to much, and we're not showing much on the weather bug network and you see nothing going on here in the valley. 63, the overnight low and cooler with southwest winds 5-10 miles an hour. the lows, a range of 44 pahrump and 67 in laughlin, degrees warmer and you can plan the day, 65, 7 a.m. band mid-80s by 5 p.m. the 7-day forecast, as promised the, the winds kick in on friday, but you know, from 90 today, we'll be down to 80 by next monday, so i think that's a nice progression, which means we're in the 70s most of days and the overnight lows cooling off, too. t

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southern new england. throughout october, recognized nationally as awareness month men across massachusetts were invited to step up and join in the local fight against breast cancer. pink tie guys a community of men committed to making an impact in the fight against breast cancer given the fact that one in eight women in the united states will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime according to the national cancer institute massachusetts has the second cancer in the united states and this year more than 5,000 residents will be diagnosed with breast cancer. to tell us how they did this year p we have inviteed lori van dam who's the executive director of susan g. komen of southern new england. welcome to urban update. thanks for coming in, lori. i guess everyone knows why i'm wearing the pink tie now. why don't you tell us what you've been asking men to do all month. >> well, thank you for being a pink tie guy along with the rest of our group one is to recognize the role that men play in supporting the women in their lives with with breast cancer. of course men can be diagnosed with breast cancer. t

terrible. [ screams ] >> immediately, there was anger manifesting itself across southern california. >> while the nation's eyes are glued to los angeles, on the other side of the country, police had been called to a bizarre crime scene. >> fbi agents joining the source of missing cindy reso. his wife patricia says he left early that morning and later he was found hiding at the end of the drive way to his home. >> it seems to strange, where and why. >> they had followed their routine and had breakfast together and she walked him to the door and shade good-bye. she always did around 7:30. >> his car never got beyond the bottom of the drive way and the engine was running. the guy just went poof. >> friends and colleagues say reso is a lot like the home he live in, solid. >> nbc news, new york. if you are a cynical person, you are speculating maybe he got something on the side. even that scenario did not fit leaving a car in the driver with the engine on it. >> this case is being handled under foul play. >> robbie king, the verdict were tragic. it actually was some what beneficial to us because it directed th

paving the way for raider nation to relocate to southern nevada. ((denise valdez)) >> but... more still needs to happen before we can officially say we're home to the las vegas raiders. sports director chris maathuis is in houston with the nfl... and has more on what's happening there... chris? ((chris maaths) halfway over and there are a lot of big issue space in the league, health and safety, tv number dropping, expanding internationally. but the biggest topic maybe the raiders and vegas players and the possible relocation bid efforts. leading the charge will be raiders owner mark davis. jerry jones daniel snyder dean spano's martha ford robert mcnair all of them were here they met for about four hours, broke for lunch. it wasn't until about 3:30 vegas time that they let out. we cut up with the most influential and possibly the ((you mentioned steve wynn, jim urine and those guys in vegas when they got before the assembly it was interesting that steve says i know jerry robert craft of those guys and he says you guys are ready to go jerry jones "well i think i would say a ma

. >> immediately, there was anger manifesting itself across southern california. >> while the nation's eyes are glued to los angeles, on the other side of the country, police have been called to a bizarre crime scene. >> fbi agents have joined the search for a missing new jersey executive, sidney risso, president of exxon corporation. >> his wife said he left home early that morning, later that evening his car was left idling in the driveway of their home. >> they had followed their routine, they had breakfast together and she walked him to the door and said goodbye as she always did around 7: 30. >> the car never got down to the end of the driveway, and there was no sight of him, the guy had just gone poof. >> friends say risso is just like the house they live in, solid. >> if you're a cynical person, you're speculating, maybe he's got something on the side. but even that scenario didn't fit leaving a car in the driveway with the engine running. >> no ransom has been received according to the morris county prosecutor's office, but this is being handled with the assumption of foul play

be sure to tune in booktv's coverage of the national southern festival of books all this weekend. >>so much of revenue comes from stopping and resting its citizens. 20,000 people in ferguson, 16,000 have warrants. it's a stunning number. in 1,920,000 people, 16,000 having warrants. that's the town business. michael brown gets stopped it wasn't because he stole some thing. i was initiated time of this topic it was come he was stopped for jaywalking or these are the types of offenses people are stopped for, particularly in ferguson. a failed experiment of black by any measure, liberal and conservative. all of those things like people to go to ferguson, let people to see to what happened to mike brown. to some extent the story of mike brown was much deeper than the story of particular active state funds. as a school director proposals and send it out, we were back in new york and eric garner it would been killed, or i should say daniel pantaleo, we often don't talk about the, the policeman who killed eric garner was not indicted and we're marching in the street. were back in ferguson ri

. >>> three people killed in plows through the southern part of that nation. the storm let six crewmembers stranded inside a fairy and when coast guard rescuers went to help six people got swept to see. fortunately, they were all rescued and survived. the typhoon is now headed for japan. >>> evacuation orders are in place for several coastal cities in the us as hurricane matthew is now heading toward america. hurricane winds issued for florida d -- state of emergency declared in north carolina and south carolina. store shelves are bare. people are stocking up on gas as well ahead of this storm. president obama even warning people to prepare and not to take this storm lightly. it does have the potential of leaving massive damage and flooding behind. >> just remember that you can always rebuild, repair property , you cannot restore a life if minimize any possible loss of life. >> you can see the devastation already left behind in haiti. that hurricane becoming deadly. the bahamas now dealing with the same strong wind and rain. this storm will likely impact flori

hurricane matthew made land fall on the island nation as a category four storm ripping through the southern part of the island nation. and aid has begun pouring in to the hard-hit town where or destroyed. and many people were running low on food. the united nations official says hurricane matthew is the country's worse humanitarian disaster since the 2010 earthquake. >>> hurricane matthew has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate over the southeast and with shelters and hotel rooms booking up, many are coming north into our area. we caught up with people as far south as georgia who hit the road for central north carolina to escape matthew's wrath. while some decided now was a good opportunity to v friends and family. and others did not have much of a choice but to leave their homes. >> we looked at columbia, because that was closer, and greenville, and spartan burg areas, those were all full and the closest place to go to make sure we were safe. >> we wanted to get away from the storm and head to our family. >> our whole area is evacuated right now. >> most of the people we talked with s

southern nevada. >> gentlemen, nevada has shown the nation and the world that las vegas is ready for nfl. we're handing the ball off to you. >> the bill designates $750 million in hotel tax dollars towards an nfl stadium that could become home to the raiders. there is also money for an the tourist industry to the next level. >> now to decision 2016, the latest poll numbers that hillary clinton is increasing her lead over donald trump and now, he's fighting back. >> the supporters are saying the system is rigged and now he's upping the ante and providing no evidence to back up that accusation. >> thanks and good evening. wednesday night might be win undecided voters. this is the first day in georgia and some of the supporters of trump are concerned about the large scale of voter fraud in his latest tweet storm, but he's not a victim of the cheating, but is falling behind because of the accusations of bad behavior and the comments about women. hillary clinton is not helped by a steady flow of her private e-mails and fbi documents show discussed keeping a clinton e-mail unclassified in turn

>> reporter: the devastation was at its worst in southern haiti wherein hour pummeled the nation. roads have been cut off from the rest of the country. 10 people total have died in thescreen, the youngest may have been a teenaged boy who was swept away in a landslide while cleaning a drain behind his home. hurricane matthew now taking aim at the bahamas and the u.s. coastline from florida to north carolina. >> with the storm going up our coast, a small deviation with this track could mean a catastrophic change along florida's east coast. we have to prepare for a direct hit. >> reporter: in florida the governor has ordered people to low-lying areas. in south carolina, bumper-to-bumper traffic lines the interstate out of charleston with a rush on supplies and gas. >> the main thing is their safety and our safety. >> reporter: following the governor's order tuesday, more than a quarter million people have been told to leave immediately with the rest of state's coastline now on notice to evacuate thursday. >> we are not in stable territory yet. we're still kind of moving as the storm

. >> immediately, there was anger manifesting itself across southern california. >> while the nation's eyes are glued to los angeles, on the other side of the country, police have been called to a bizarre crime scene. >> fbi agents have joined the search for a missing new jersey executive, sidney reso, president of the exxon international corporation disappeared yesterday morning. >> his wife said he left home early that morning, later that evening his car was left idling in the driveway of their home. >> they had followed their routine, they had breakfast together, and she walked him to the door and said good-bye as she always did around 7:30. >> his car never got beyond the bottom of his driveway and there was no sight of him. the guy had just gone poof. >> friends and colleagues say reso is lot like the home he lives in, solid. he's not the kind that would disappear. >> if you're a cynical person, you're speculating maybe he's got something on the side. but even that scenario didn't fit leaving a car in the driveway with the engine running. >> no ransom note has been received accord

so i think one of the easy reasons is that there weren't a lot of courts that did national security cases. southern district of new york and the eastern district o virginia that had done spying and national security cases and were comfortable with classified evidence. but as you began to expand that outwards and had 400 prosecutions in states across the nation, where could you get the jumps that would actually feel like they had the competence to weigh in on this? and as a result of this, the national security -- in part the national security division was established at the department of justice for the purpose of being able to manage, oversee, make consistent the argument that were used in and legal framework used to prosecute the indicates bus took a longtime, and in taking a long time there became a lot of political backlash to let's not use the courts. that's one of the stat thus to goes that happened, sense in the halls of d.c., the halls of congress, that courts weren't up to the task. they are up to the task and were up to the task, and by the way, compared -- again to the 9/11 trial, who co

. >> immediately there was anger manifesting itself across southern california. >> while the nation's eyes are glued to los angeles, on the other side of the country, police have been called to a bizarre crime scene. >> fbi agents have joined the search for a missing new jersey executive. sidney reso, president of the exxon international corporation, disappeared yesterday morning. >> his wife said he left early that morning. an hour later his car was found idling at the end of the driveway to the home. >> it seem sod strange. why where? why? >> they had followed their routine, had breakfast together, and she walked him to the door and said good-bye as she always did around 7:30. >> his car never got beyond the bottom of his driveway and the engine was running and there was no sight of him. he'd gone poof. >> friends and colleagues say reso is a lot like the home he lives in -- solid and suburban, not the type who would simply disappear. >> if you're a cynical person you're speculating maybe he's got something on the side. but eve than scenario didn't fit leaving a car in the driveway

of then beneficiaries format of 1965 are southern and eastern europeans. greece, hungary, the same nations that have been fighting the cold war are beneficiaries of that reform, which performs those quotas. -- reforms those quotas. any questions before we look at this? >> after the hungarian revolution, because nixon went hishe refugee camps, where intentions coming from a humanitarian place? were his intentions very much focused in the foreign-policy? i do not have a good answer. i do not know his intentions. if you do look later in nixon's -- nixon do not think was an extraordinarily pragmatic politician. what is clear is that he saw the political opportunity and he seized it. powerwas, we can expand at the executive branch through refugees. it was his insight that if we use this little-known provision here, per rolling immigrants to refugees, we can get more in. that was good for foreign-policy interests, which is what he was engaged with. it also expanded the power of the president. that is very consistent with the later nixon who was the so called imperial president. whether it was ge

both the boy and dog are doing >> >> hurricane matthew took a toll on the southern part of the nation and stranded animals. 17 dogs arrived in cleveland yesterday morning after being rescued in south carolina floods. the dogs were all homeless and they do not have owners: they're now in care of the cleveland apl and will soon be up for adoption, if you would like to help out, and find out more information about dogs, we have that for you posted at wkyc.com. >>> the time now is 5:11. holidays, how you can be more than one of 100,000 new employees. >>> plus, 2017 car models, new feature, you have to see it to believe it. we're getting our first peak at them this morning. hey, holly. >> it is like our 7-day. you have to see out the believe it. i am talk about ups and downs and everything else. today is going to be seasonal. it is a go tribe friday. we have a lot of cold and frosty weather to start, but we 60s and live allot progressive field where you can -- a live at progressive field. we have you cover window traffic and with the fest -- covered with traffic and with the festive spirit

. >> reporter: mystery is what brought me to this national park in southern oregon.old man of the lake. >> it's an honor to meet you, sir. >> the old man of the lake was first discovered in 1896 by joseph diller, who was a geologist and explorer, and he described him as a spectacle, curious enough to excite the imagination. >> reporter: it may not look like much, but this part of a tree has been part of this park since its inception. a 30-foot-long log implausibly bobbing upright for 120 years. mark batenica is an aquatic ecologist for the park. as he monitors the water quality of crater lake he also ends up monitoring the movements of the old man. that's right. this seemingly unsinkable tree gets around. >> you would think that the four foot above the water would act as a little sail, but sometimes he'll move all the way across the lake against the wind. >> reporter: it's as if he has a mind of his own. the old man can travel miles in a single day. today he's close to the shore. tomorrow he could be in the middle of the lake. in the 1930s the government commissioned

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national headlines. eight family members from southern ohio killed and the rest of the family says they still aren't getting any answers. >> brian: that's right. family, though, now speaking out, tia. lawyer demaria getting answers from the family who claims the case just doesn't seem to be moving forward. >> tell me what's going on. >> there's blood all over the house. >> ok. >> my brother-in-law is in the brother-in-law's dead. >> laura: the chillingen foul ka police now all that family members have left are the memories. >> it's dorkie but it's his voice. >> yeah, stacy when you get a chance i want you to look up on the internet and see if you can find me another orange steel hat with white letters. >> that's it. >> laura: an eight-second voice mail, the only one kendra has left of her father, kenneth. six months later, she says she still hasn't after her father was killed execution style as he lay in bed in his camper. he was the 8th in the final rhoden family member. >> still to this day sometimes i'll wake up. but it will be just like a dream. >> laura: the rest of the family doesn't think law enforce

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homes, flooded entire villages and collapsed the main bridge connecting southern haiti to the rest of the country. the island nationtill recovering from the devastation earthquake in 20 so. there 2010. this is just devastating for haiti. >> the wind, waves and rain pounding florida right now. live reports are straight ahead. there is our michael holmes. >> michael holmes, i think. >> getting ready it looks like. we'll have that and more coming right up. . >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome back to early start, i'm christine romans. >> and i'm miguel mar questioqu. it is 31 minutes past the hour. we welcome our guests around the united states and world. now hurricane matthew lashing the coastline of florida and may very soon slam ashore somewhere along florida's flick coast atl and maybe just as bad, it may skirt along it, feeding off the ocean's injury, before making landfall in the north, and 11 million people are under hurricaine warnings and more than 210,000 homes and businesses are without power. the storm is blasting the coast with sustained winds of up to 120-miles-per-hour with the poundin

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the southern city was a mix of nationalities and loyalties melting pot that might support either nation. that was the challenge facing a now famous general when he arrived to defend the local citizens. andrew jackson gave this impassioned speech on jackson square asking the citizens of new orleans to let go of their cultural differences and to united in a national emergency. and to his surprise and the governors surprise, they did :15) 3:18 on screen: al historical park and preserve jackson assembled a truly multicultural force. free men of color, made up a third of the city's population and were a vital part of his group, along with those of a variety of other backgrounds. (he reached out to choctaw indians who had fought with him in previous battles during the creek wars and the war of 1812. he reached out to the french and spanish in the city of new orleans and a large irish contingent. and he brought in jean laffite and the barbiary pirates as 1814 turned to 1815, the british assembled south of city, preparing for attack. but if not for a teacher named jimmy driftwood, the average a

vanderbilt was looking to become more of a strong national university rather than a southern school. the media attention that came from expelling reverend lawton was embarrassing moment for the university on a national stage. a new chancellor was brought in. a progressive new south type of figure at the time. he spoke about race and the central issue facing the country at that point in the 60's and his daughter connie, a music professor at vanderbilt now, was a sports fan. he understood for better or worse the role that sports made in the culture. he knew if he made a move in the sports sphere people would pay attention. so he called the basketball coach, roy, we've integrated the school two years ago and can recruit a black player and i'd like you to. across the town, perry wallace, valedictorian, and he was the player to choose. but was perry going to be the first african-american in the entire league and face the road trips to alabama, mississippi, louisiana, georgia. a couple years after the famous civil rights encounters. so i spent eight years working on this book. the first fou