wells pulled out a hidden revolver and shot charles strobel after the soldiers were walking away. that incident was covered nationally. and it played into the the violent reputation the town had. by this time, the town was known as the charleston of the west. it was because of its strong southern sympathies. an that was an incident, incident that they said it was so bad -- they pointed to the visalia incident as the incident that was going to drive californians to the slavery side. people that were friends became enemies. i mean, we hear about on the east coast brothers fighting against brothers. we almost had the same thing here with the citizens of visalia. so it was pretty nasty times. and there were some pretty dark years for visalia. i always find it interesting how when abraham lincoln was assassinated you , would have thought there would been a divided town. some would have cheered, some would have been saddened. the town actually came together. visalia had a little bit of class, in the sense that they said assassination is not the way to go. we had a ceremonial procession

wells pulled out a hidden revolver and shot charles strobel after the soldiers were walking away. that incident was covered nationally. and it played into the the violent reputation the town had. by this time, the town was known as the charleston of the west. it was because of its strong southern sympathies. and so that was an incident, an incident that they said it was so bad -- they pointed to the visalia incident as the incident that was going to drive californians to the slavery side. people that were friends became enemies. i mean, we hear about on the east coast brothers fighting against brothers. we almost had the same thing here with the citizens of visalia. so it was pretty nasty times. and there were some pretty dark years for visalia. i always find it interesting how when abraham lincoln was shot in 1865, assassinated, you would have thought there would been a divided town. some would have cheered, some would have been saddened. the town actually came together. visalia had a little bit of class, in the sense that they said assassination is not the way to go. we had a ce

dixie strobel's plans to see her 96-year-old mother are not going as she hoped. >> i am an old lady.his bothers me. >> reporter: both of her flights to las vegas were canceled. when we spotted her, she was trying for a third time. >> i will get there at 11:00 tonight. 12 hours after i originally started. >> reporter: while snow in las vegas may be to blame for the deletion cancellations, cancellations, delays in service repairs have taken several planes out of service. cbs news obtained these photos of what mechanics described as landing gear so worn it was grounded yesterday. the airline has declared an operational emergency. >> safety is our utmost prayer. >> reporter: that was the director of safety management last month, but the airline declined an interview with cbs today. days after the network's investigation, mechanics felt pressure to keep planes and service. however, the ceo of the airline says the cancellations of the mechanic union, which has a history of work disruptions. >> i want to think of a solution. >> reporter: some passengers tonight found other flights. others w

dixie strobel tells us both of her southwest flies out of san jose minetta was canceled and she was tryinghere 11:00 tonight, 12 hours after i originally started. >> the priority first and foremost is safety. >> mechanics told cbs news that were pressured to keep the unsafe planes in service and the southwest coo says it is the mechanics unions fall with a history of disruptions. airport officials told us that southwest airlines is already canceled one flight today with 17 southwest flights canceled last night at sfo. >>> a deadly plane crash in southwest california in the preliminary research shows that the pilot was worn before takeoff he was heading into bad weather. they warned pilots of developing rain and required them to navigate by instrument rather than by site in it is unclear whether the pilot followed the instructions. the crash happened minutes after taking off killing five people including four in the home that the plane crashed into. >>> i am emily turner at the live news desk with the breaking situation at the capital just now. democrats introduced a resolution to block the