which is ellory steadman's sketch of one family coming aboard. most weren't as well dressed as this fellow seems to be. most, perhaps, of the younger men were taken into the naval service. other families, elderly people, women, children were then colonized along the coast of the on shore islands where they made a rehearsal for freedom in sustaining themselves, growing vegetables for their own sustenance and even growing cash cows for export and managing to make a tidy little profit. meanwhile, the men who volunteered for navy service became part of the crews, the first truly integrated military force in american history. there were, of course, black soldiers in the civil war, as we all know, but they were deployed in segregated regiments. hard to do that on a ship. ships are crowded places. about 15% of those crews, 15 to 18%, were made up of african-americans. many of them as former slaves known in the vernacular of the day as contrabands. for the confederates, blockades were more of a nuisance. blockade running sustained their armies in the fie

and keeping america great, the success coach, the man in oprah's life, steadman graham. >> he's somebody who is willing to stand in and stand up for you. and of that's what love is. >> only in america, why women's place is taking the tea, not that tea. the augusta national. this is piers morgan tonight. >> good evening. our big story tonight, the battle over trayvon martin. was his death a crime or self-defense? attorneys for both sides will try to make their case tonight. motor city madman, ted nugent with a feeling it might get as heated as it did the last time he was here. >> whenever i've done interviews with guys that are inclined to be anti-gun, they always go, well, nugent wants everybody to have a machine gun. >> what does nugent want? >> not even close. >> what do you want? >> what i want is the second amendment. we, the people, free individuals, to have the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. find fault with that. >> ted nugent coming up later, but first the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman's attorneys join me now. gentlemen, thank you for joining me. you've been

plus steadman graham stops by with his new book.andace bergen talks about her new broadway show the best man. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching, everyone. i'm betty nguyen. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> i heard the gunshots, like five or six like that >>

steadman graham is joining the panel this morning. he's the ceo of sram and socials.en a book called "your path to success jxds. john fugelsane is with us. we're starting with george zimmerman's father who's been telling his son's version of events the night trayvon martin was shot and killed. >> he was walking back to his vehicle, trayvon came from his left side and asked him, did he have a problem. george said no. at that point trayvon said well you do now, he punched him in the nose and knocked him to the concrete and started beating him. george was there yelling for help for at least 40 seconds. it's clearly him on the tape. >> also we're hearing from the new attorney, how rick is now representing george zimmerman and he says this is what happened that night. >> the reason that trayvon martin is dead is not because he was black or because he wore a hoodie or because he was walking in the rain. it's because that 6'3" young man-made a terrible decision and a terrible judgment who decided to smacked a guy in the face and put him on the ground. you're going to find th

. >>> they have more on the intending scandal of the gsa and steadman is going to be in studio 57.ika and i will be back in 25 minutes. >> we'll have a live update on traffic and weather. settle down ladies. >> get updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting wusa9.com. >> we'll see you tomorrow morning starting bright and early at 4:25. have a great day. go nats! [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]

nugent and steadman graham and the ladies on the trayvon martin case. >> god bless this great country. thanks for the victory in maryland and the district of columbia and wisconsin. thank you. >> three wins for mitt romney. the winner according to our own cnn projections as he said, not only in wisconsin, but washington, d.c. and maryland as well. senator santorum earlier vowing to fight on. here are the official numbers. we projected romney as the winner in all three of these contests. 27% of the vote in maryland is now in. romney significantly ahead with 47% to 31% for rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul trail in washington, d.c. santorum was not on the ballot and did not qualify. in wisconsin, mitt romney ahead right now with third. almost a third of the vote in and he has 43% to tlealt%. 6% for newt gingrich. let's bring in our own candy crowley covering the romney campaign. she is up in milwaukee and a lot of happy people. three wins. that's significant. >> we republicans are unified and you might get argument, but there is a clear push here for a clean sweep opening up. yo

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and later, oprah's longtime partner steadman graham. >>> up next, the top stories in the politico playbook. >>> but first, the latest on the tornadoes in texas. here's bill karins. >> well, tractor-trailers that look like toys. that's what we saw live on tv yesterday afternoon. the dallas, texas, metroplex area. and there they are. literally, 1,600 pounds tossed in the air, 100 to 200 feet and suspended for at least a couple of seconds. these tornadoes moved through the region pretty quickly and bounced and skipped. they were not on the ground the whole time, and these were not 200 mile per hour storms like tuscaloosa dealt with in joplin. that is why there are a not a lot of fatalities. people survived in their houses with the tornadoes unlike the ones we saw last year in a few locations. this is where the tornadoes occurred, about 17 in all. now we're still left with some strong storms down in louisiana. under a flash flood warning in the metroplex area around downtown new orleans. another line of storms just crossed baton rouge. that's headed your way again. not a fun commute there in s