for years, she harbored the secret that she was the daughter of segregationist strom thurmond. following his death, she decided to tell the world her story, including a conversation with me in january of 2004. miss williams, it is nice to talk to you. thank you for coming on. >> thank you. tavis: this press conference a few weeks ago was a remarkable event. there have been a few days to put distance between that moment and now, when you came out to the world with this secret you have been harboring. how do you feel that the world now knows your secret, all of your business? >> i feel fine. in fact, i feel somewhat relieved to get this out of my system. tavis: when you say you feel relieved to get it out of your system, tell us why. >> well, because it was something i never talked about, even the people had tried to get me to talk about it. i did not want to talk about it. i thought that after talking with my children perhaps i should get it out because it is a part of history, and so we made the arrangements to do that. tavis: there are a lot of folks in the country now, white

asked about my aclu connection and among the people who voted for me was strom thurmond, who had opposed my nomination in 1980 two the d.c. circuit but was in my corner or the supreme court nomination. i hope people will see that the way we are headed now is wrong. we should reverse it and go back to the way it was when it was bipartisan support for the president's nominees. >> thank you for being here. someday when i grow up, i would like to be like you. [laughter]when you are a law school sitting in my shoes, did you expect to see a time when women would be appointed to the supreme court? would you think you would be one

projects are too often hand strom with burden some regulations. our energy has improved in some respects but we can demand better. to take full advantage of our energy opportunities and to face up to our energy challenges, this week i released a report entitled energy 2020, a vision for america's energy future. it's based on a simple insight, energy is good. energy provides the basis of modern society and allows to us live comfortable and productive lives. ate louse us to produce food and communicate. as we found out at the power outage at the super bowl it's also important to professional football. energy is not a necessary evil, energy is good. that is why nits our interest to make it abundnt. affordable, diverse clean and secure. i believe there is a consensus around these five objectives and our chalsleng to align federal policy with them. to accomplish them, my blueprint offers 200 recommendation. these span the spectrum of resource and reforms from the immediate approval of the keystone pipeline to a trust fund for energy research that is pa

. >> a couple of days ago, that big story that nebraska -- the strom produced a foot of snow in kansas. the storm has broken into three parts. one part winger's over the great lakes. the other part is producing more snow for new england. there is some rain to the south of us guess what? a new one is developing in the mountains. it will be coming into the plains and repeating the procedure. so we've got some interesting weather over the next few days. forecast is just ahead. >> tonight, we're following a developing story of daytona were a crash injured 33 fans. >> this was unbelievable. the 480 turns at daytona turned disasters, showcasing the horror or high speed crashes. the drivers are well protected. but if it reaches the stands, it to be terrifying. the 32 car went airborne and broke in half. more than 30 suffered injuries. tonight's race was the undercard for sunday's daytona 500. >> who's going to get here first? >> it was the final turn and the checkered flag lap of the copd 300 in daytona. the number 32 car, driven by a 20-year-old, airborne, careening into the catch offense de

and they hopeful to have back strom and chow mera on the -- chmurra and it will be the first time for them to take on semon, one of the top goal scorers in the history of the -- history of the franchise. the right wing earned a reputation as a spew sioux peoplely talented player who didn't always give maximum effort. the outseason, 7 and the caps parted ways and with that deal to caroline a. troy brower was a straight shooter when asked about semon's tenure in d.c. >> it was tough to lose him. all in all, i think who have about have been doing well without them. >> so nice, you didn't know if he was going to come to the ring. it's -- it's tough to play longside guys like those. you don't know what you're going to get out of them. >> and how do you feel going into a game where you have that bulletin board material? >> and he's highly skilled. i am sure he's going to come on out pretty hard and show whoever made comments that he can pray, and we'll be ready for him. >> and the first in the big east over the weekend. a nice win over sera cows and that is their 10th consecutive way and to

how could they be going in that direction and at the same time playing the southern strategy with stromhurmond and those boys? >> that's why the great gary wills said richard nixon was the last liberal, and there is a reference -- willie brown is right, there should have been more. in a longer piece there would be more on that, on the philadelphia plan, but, yes, affirmative action, a phrase originated in the kennedy years, was seized on by the nixon administration. hey, daniel patrick moynihan said about nixon, this guy is not trying to undo the great society, he wants to outdo it. and what happened? ideologues within the conservative movement turned against nixon. >> well -- >> women -- >> let me go to willie brown. i know nixon. i'm not necessarily a nixon hater by any means. he was a member of the naacp in the '50s. pretty friendly with whitney young, getting to know martin luther king ahead of the kennedys. and then becomes a totally mean guy in terms of electoral politics, hooking up with strom thurmond figuring he was going to grab what was left of the segregationists in the sout

that big swirl in the low pressure is indicating just a sfrengtenning strom storm and it's already bringing gusty winds off portions of hokkaido here. also, that heavy snowfall, some places in hokkaido could see about 50 centimeters of the white stuff. i want to show you a video coming out of here actually into central hokkaido with this heavy snowfall continuing to come down due to this strong low pressure area. it's already causing some traffic problems and officials have cautioned at the possibility of a traffic accidents, not to mention power outages in some areas here. not just due to that wet and heavy snow accumulating on some of the power lines and the trees, but also due to these winds. one report here upwards of 108-kilometer-per-hour winds coming on shore along the west coast. not just those conditions, but also because of that wind, we're seeing these northerly cold air come down towards the south. into tokyo, temperatures getting up into the teens here on your thursday, but that is going to be dropping right off down to near the freezing mark going into friday and on the weeken

. >>> the black daughter of former south carolina senator strom thurmond has died at age 87. thurmond who was a staunch segregationist fathered a child with his family's black made and kempt her secret for more than -- kept her secret for more than 70 years. essie mae washington-williams did not reveal who her father was until he died. she said she doesn't want to damage his political career. fred lick douglas -- frederick douglas will find a home at the u.s. capitol. congress approved a resolution to move the douglas statue to statuary hall. it will be dedicated in february for black history month. >>> it is just about 4:35. 37 degrees as you're waking up here in northwest. wintry weather is expected, at least to the areas north and west of the city. howard is back in two minutes to tell you what you can expect. >> more americans have begun to add gas into their family's monthly budget. >> mini seems to be the trend when it comes to fast food. >> wusa9 is back in two minutes when it comes to >>> welcome back. 4:37. your weather first. a chilly morning out there. 20s and 30s

the bi-racial daughter of former segregationist, senator strom thurmond has died. essie mae washington-williams only revealed her identity nine years ago. she kept it a secret until after her father's death beause she "never wanted to do anything to harm her father." thurmond was a segregationist leader for decades. he died in 2-thousand-3 at age 100. essie mae washington-williams died of natural causes. she was 87 years old. still to come this midday more fallout for compounding pharmacies in massachusetts following last year's deadly meningitis outbreak. but first, coming up next, a new report about gun background checks and why there were less of them the number of gun background checks fell last month as retailers ran out of guns. the associated press as background checks dropped 10% nationally in january as compared to december. aho and natural gas and oil production that includes for acting as the second-biggest source of greenhouse gases second only to power plants. here's why it is such a big concern. it is associated with methane leaks. methane is more eff

as strom mores have identified 1,400 potentially dangerous asteroids. 2012 da-14 will pass within 17,200 miles to earth. that's closer than a satellite that's beaming this television signal right now. >> the european space agency posted on twitter that its experts do not believe it's in any way connected asteroid 2012 da-14. >>> a message from ray rice this morning after an impersonator sets up a fake facebook profile to try an attract women and girls. a publicist for the ravens running back says the -- says they were sending private messages with inappropriate content asking for face to face meetings. rice says he hopes this incident will persuade parents the talk to their children about online safety. >>> maryland is just weeks away from its first ever casino table games. patrons will be able to play craps blackjack and poker as early as next month. kai jackson explains how they hope it will make a bigger economic boom. >> when the hollywood casino opened in 2010 it was the biggest thing to hit the small town of perryville. >> hollywood casino. >> near ly ly 3 years later the operators

the east coast is getting hammered by a powerful winter strom. bringing wind. freezing rain. and lots and lots of snow. this is a live picture from boston. which is bracing for what could be a historic snowfall. as much as three- feet of snow. could be produced from this powerful system. we've just learned power has been knocked out to 350- thousand homes in the new york and new england region. travel is becoming increasingly difficult as the storm presses on. hundreds of flights into and out of the region are either delayed or cancelled. we'll have more on the bay area impact. later in this newscast. >> jacqueline: let us take a look at the heavy snowfall through several states. this is churning up the coast. and it is intensifying up to the north because there is another system that is feeding cold air into it. as we take a closer look boston. that did de plume representing very heavy snowfall at this hour. 1 in. of snowfall and it was still linger. we are going to see gusting wind fall. that is probably why the wind was knocked out with 2 ft. possibly more. of accumulation

has ever taken place on the steps of the capital of any state in the south, and this cold march and stromast sunday more than 8000 of us went on a walk from selma, alabama. they told us we would not get here. there are those that said we would get here over their dead bodies. well, all the world today knows that we are here and we are standing before the forces of power in the state of alabama saying we ain't going to let no one turn us around. [applause] today i want to tell the city of selma, today i want to say to the state of alabama, today i want to say to the people of america and the nations of the world that we are not about to turn around. we are on the move now. yes, we are on the move and no way of racism can stop us. the burning of our churches will not deter us. the bombing of our homes will not dissuade us. the beating and killing of our clergymen and nine people will not divert us. we are on the move now. like an idea whose time has come, not even the marching of mighty armies can halt the spread we're moving to the land of freedom. i know you're asking today how long it wi

nick back strom, gets it ahead, and check out the veteran. stays with it. pokes home his own rebound. the capitals get a much-needed road victory. >> two points is two points. we've a few games where we've given away two points. now it's our turn to battle back. you know, the way we did it i think is very encouraging, too. we rely on our skill a lot of time, but this time it was ugly. it was good balances, guys going to the net. those are the ways you score those goals. >> this is just perfect for us, you know. it was a huge game, division game, and that's a good boost for us. we know we're playing better and it's a matter of keep pushing like this, and it shows character for us. >> obviously every win is important and to stay with it for 60 minutes is what we talk about all the time. it was the kind of night that goals are going in, fight through the mistakes, and they did it. good for them. obviously it's a goodwin for us. >> reporter: the caps across the state getting ready to play tampa bay tomorrow. all right. you know college basketball has no bigger

alan can tell us exactly what the record is, but if i recall, strom thurmond held the floor for something like 26 hours in so many minutes. how one could do that, i know i couldn't. but he did and their centers who held the floor for that length of time. we got away from that. so it seems to me there's a reason why filibusters were used so rarely before because they were such an inconvenience. people had to stalemate. george mitchell tells this wonderfully funny story about how one of the first 19 naysayer, they were subject to a filibuster and he had to find a cause and at that time, john warner was married to elizabeth taylor. george mitchell had just given up his seat on the federal bench to be the united states senator and he was lamenting all the problems he had and how convenient it would be if he was sleeping in his own bed and said john sleeping i if he was elizabeth taylor. how can i be complaining about it? but i think we lost a filibuster we need to bring back. before we go into those changes, i'd like to see if those two reversions back to the tradition of the senate could hel

he had strom thurmond used to send them all the time. ronald reagan, deal the action i had with him within the senator's thoughts are a congress they are invited me to come in. he seemed like a very affable, personal guy. sunny personality and all the rest, but the least amusing thing for me as he told the press when he fired me in the press asked him why. a reporter came back and told me she stares at my pleasure and she's not getting any pleasure in the press got a big laugh out of that one. >> host: what was your reaction? >> guest: that was almost as bad as the guy in the bush administration and the justice department supposedly said he liked his coffee like mary frances berry, black and bitter. but reagan was better. i served at his pleasure, not getting him very much pleasure. the court was brought into evidence when i sued right and in the court says, that among other things, the president doesn't fire people in an independent agency who are watchdogging had because they're not giving in pleasure. they're not supposed to be giving

senator strom thurman has died. she announced in 2003 that she was the daughter of thurmond. former presidential candidate who supported segregati segregation. she was 22 at the time. she kept her father's identity a secret until he died. she worked as a teacher in los angeles for years. she was a mother of four children and was 87 years old. >>> arizona senator john mccain is under fire this morning for what some are calling a racist tweet. mccain tweeted about mahmoud ahmadinejad saying he wanted to be the first iranian in space. he wrote "wasn't he there just last week" referring to the country launching a rocket with a monkey into space. michigan republican justin a mash responded calling it racist and tell mccain to wisen up. >>> new jersey senator robert menendez is speaking out about a prostitution scandal. >> it's amazing to me that anonymous, nameless, faceless individuals on a website can drive that type of a story into the mainstream. the bottom line is all of those smears are absolutely false. >> a conservative website reported in november that menendez flew to th

. >>> the biracial daughter of the late senator strom thurmond has died at the age of 87.kept her parentage a secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging her segregationist father's political career. she did not come forward until after her father's death at the age of 100 in 2003. >>> change is coming. saturday mail delivery is about to come to an end, as the postal service is fighting for its survival. mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. good morning, mandy. >> good morning to you, chris. you're absolutely right. from august, no mail on saturday. but packages will continue six days a week, and it's also aimed at saving about $2 billion annually. so all in all, wouldn't you say a good thing. in australia, we've never had saturday mail and it hasn't hurt us. anyway, why is package delivery going to continue? well, it has increased by 14% since 2010, chris. the delivery of letters and other mail, as you can imagine, has been declining with the increasing use of e-mail. also post offices now open on saturdays will remain open on saturdays. and the postmast

allen can tell us i am sure exactly what the record is but if i recall if strom thurmond who held the floor for something like 26 hours and so many minutes. he held the floor for that long. how one could do that -- though i know i couldn't but he did and many others held the floor for nearly that length of time. but we got away from that. so it seems to me there is a reason why filibusters were used so rarely before, because they were such an inconvenience. people had to stay all night. george mitchell tells this wonderful funny story about how one of the first nights he was there, he was subject to a filibuster and he had to find a and -- acod and at that time john warner was married to elizabeth taylor. george mitchell had just given up his seat on the federal bench to be a united states senator and he was lamenting all the problems that he had and how convenient it would need if he could be sleeping in his own bed. then he said he saw warner sleeping and he said -- [inaudible] but i think we have lost the drama of a circumstance involving the filibuster that we need to bring back.

it has 230 storess across the united states and it has a cheaper nortd strom outlet and they have a fabulous brand. nordstrom's brand of shirts and pants that everybody really does seem to like very much. their private label. right now the company is investing heavily in expanding to canada. they plan to go -- build many more nordstrom rack locations. here they come, steve tanker with 24 openings expected this year. they intend to roll out the first store in new york city. that's not for a while now. but more important they're spending big on the nordstrom website. nordstrom's is moving aggressively into mobile. last year, mobile accounted for a fifth of the total sales and it grew at a 31% clip last quarter. it can help the stock to continue to power higher in a world where everyone gets 3 and 4-g. the next gatsby component, how about ralph lauren -- maybe this isn't the best example. this is the premiere high end apparel brand. nothing says preppy like polo. they earned 240 a share. these companies are doing better even if their stocks aren't. and it gave very healthy guidance for 2013. th

we take a look at the life of essie may washington williams, the biracial child of the late senator stromhurmond, who died yesterday at the age of 87. william washington, who was the daughter of thurmond, the straunch segregationalist and his family's black maid, never revealed her identity, because in her words, he trusted me and i respected him in reference to her father. it was in 2003 thatstrom th str thurmond that washington came forward about this secret that had been rumored for decades. >>> another twist in president obama's cabinet shuffle. just a short time ago, republican senator lindsey graham sent out a statement bashing chuck hagel's nomination for defense secretary, saying, "what kind of signal are we saying to the iranians when our nominee for secretary of defense seems clueless about what our policy is? i hope the obama administration will reconsider his nomination." joining me now, more to talk about this, "washington post" op-ed columnist, dana milbank. dana, good to have you here. and don't we have senator john mccain, and we know how this went down, several other repu

. >> he still is 11 years younger than strom was. >> the party needed him, and he came back and served. >> and he loves the job. i see him all the time. i bump into him at coffee, and he seems pretty fired up still. >> morning, noon, and night. thank you very much. kelly, what a week. from the pope to the meteorite. >> a news lover's week. >> religious people might wonder if we're starting to see some of the signs. i guess locusts were on the -- the locusts were on the cruiseship. >> among other things. >> thank you very much. >> good to see you. >> thanks to all of you, chris, and questions now in california are being raised about the decision by the san bernardino sheriff swat team to use that powerful form of tear gas known as the burner that ended up igniting the cabin where former los angeles police officer christopher had been holed up. police deputies deny that they intended to burn down the cabinet. that was the result. los angeles mayor an dono joins me now. thank you very much. i know you and the lapd put in some long hours and tremendous pressure as you were protecting 50 se

remember and i worked in the senate some years ago, when we actually worked together and, you know, strom the ranking republican on judiciary. ted kennedy, the democrat. you couldn't have two guys further apart. yet we tried to reach agreements. we had a drink after work. i have think the partisanship is frankly just out of control. >> all right. we'll see what happens in the next week and a half when they do get a jet vote, as you say, probably will get a vote and see if he gets through. susan, thank you so much. always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> eric: arthel? >> arthel: hi, guys. how would you like to have this in your man cave? look at this tv! if you're in the market for a new television, the latest models have high-tech features you have probably never seen before. here is the question, are they worth the money? "consumer reports" took a look affidavit them and brought along the best of the bunch and we're going to show them to you coming up next hi. hi. i'm here to pick up some cacti. it should be under stephens. the verizon share everything plan for small business. get

he had strom thurmond used to send them all the time. ronald reagan, deal the action i had with him within the senator's thoughts are a congress they are invited me to come in. he seemed like a very affable, personal guy. sunny personality and all the rest, but the least amusing thing for me as he told the press when he fired me in the press asked him why. a reporter came back and told me she stares at my pleasure and she's not getting any pleasure in the press got a big laugh out of that one. >> host: what was your reaction? >> guest: that was almost as bad as the guy in the bush administration and the justice department supposedly said he liked his coffee like mary frances berry, black and bitter. but reagan was better. i served at his pleasure, not getting him very much pleasure. the court was brought into evidence when i sued right and in the court says, that among other things, the president doesn't fire people in an independent agency who are watchdogging had because they're not giving in pleasure. they're not supposed to be giving

1993, not one question was asked about my aclu connection and among the people who voted for me was strom thurmond, who had opposed my nomination in 1980 two the d.c. circuit but was in my corner or the supreme court nomination. i hope people will see that the way we are headed now is wrong. we should reverse it and go back to the way it was when it was bipartisan support for the president's nominees. >> thank you for being here. someday when i grow up, i would like to be like you. [laughter]when you are a law school sitting in my shoes, did you expect to see a time when women would be appointed to the supreme court? would you think you would be one of them? >> in the ancient days, women were three percent of lawyers in this country. on the bench, they were barely there. the first woman appointed to a federal apple a court -- appellate court was appointed by franklin delano roosevelt. she served on the sixth circuit. when she retired there were none until president johnson appointed shirley hostettler. she became the first secretary of education. then there were none again. there was a pr

1993, not one question was asked about my aclu connection, and among the people who voted for me was strom thurmond, who had opposed my nomination in 1980 in the d.c. circuit, but was in my corner for the supreme court nomination. so i hope people will see that the way -- we should reverse and go back to the way it was when there was bipartisan support for the president's nominees. >> justice ginsburg, i would like to, thank you for being here giving us your time but i would also like to say someday when i grow i would also like to be like you. [laughter] spent my first question is when you're in law school sitting in my shoes did you expect is a time when women would be appointed to the supreme court? if so, did you ever imagine a dream that you would be one of them? >> in the ancient days when i was -- [laughter] >> women were 3% of the lawyers in this country, on the bench they were barely there. the first woman appointed to the federal appellate court was appointed by franklin delano roosevelt in 1934, florence allen, who served on the sixth circuit. when she retired there were none un

. >> bill: strom thurmond, baby. >> the first lady is heading out on the road to celebrate the thirds move campaign. michelle obama visiting jimmy fallin's late-night program also "good morning america" and several other shows and many schools across the country in a trip to promote the anti-obesity movement and she's making a big announcement on a new physical activity initiative in schools in chicago later today. >> bill: going out so people can see her bangs. >> which is now on the new official white house portrait of hers. as reported by "the hill" newspaper. >> if they are to be trusted. >>> hillary clinton will not be missing her secretary of state salary, a measly $186,000 per year. buzzfeed reporting on the speaking circuit she will be earning north of $200,000 per speech. there is a very exclusive group of people who make that much. only her husband, bill clinton and former governor arnold schwarzenegger are known to pull in that much per speech. behind that, george w. bush, dick cheney and al gore earn between $100,000 and $200,000 per speech. >> bill: i will repeat again f

was a segregationist who -- he didn't believe in segregating his pen from -- she was the daughter of strom

1993, not one question was asked about my aclu connection, and among the people who voted for me was stromthurmond, who had opposed my nomination in 1980 two the d.c. circuit but was in my corner or the supreme court nomination. i hope people will see that the way we are headed now is wrong. we should reverse gears and go back to the way it was when it was bipartisan support for the president's nominees. >> thank you for being here and giving us your time. someday when i grow up, i would like to be like you. [laughter] when you are a law school sitting in my shoes, did you expect to see a time when women would be appointed to the supreme court? if so, did you dream that you would be one of them? >> in the ancient days, women were 3% of lawyers in this country. on the bench, they were barely there. the first woman appointed to a federal appellate court was florence allen, appointed by franklin delano roosevelt 1934. florence allen, she served on the sixth circuit. when she retired there were none until president johnson appointed shirley hostettler. she became the first secretary of educati

1993, not one question was asked about my aclu connection, and among the people who voted for me was strom thurmond, who had opposed my nomination in 1980 two the d.c. circuit but was in my corner or the supreme court nomination. i hope people will see that the way we are headed now is wrong. we should reverse gears and go back to the way it was when it was bipartisan support for the president's nominees. >> thank you for being here and giving us your time. someday when i grow up, i would like to be like you. [laughter] when you are a law school sitting in my shoes, did you expect to see a time when women would be appointed to the supreme court? if so, did you dream that you would be one of them? >> in the ancient days, women were 3% of lawyers in this country. on the bench, they were barely there. the first woman appointed to a federal appellate court was florence allen, appointed by franklin delano roosevelt 1934. florence allen, she served on the sixth circuit. when she retired there were none until president johnson appointed shirley hostettler. she became the first secretary of educat