that tennessee was involved. my question is, how could the court -- how could they compel the tennessee legislature to reapportion? i think they could say, tennessee legislature, you should reapportion and they could say, we appreciate your advice, and no. douglas: that is a great question and that was at the heart of part of frankfurter's rationale for his position. we thought the reaction to brown versus board of education was bad in the south, get ready to see throughout the nation when you tell legislatures what to do. they leave it up to district courts to enforce reapportionment when the legislature does not voluntarily do it. it worked. the state courts -- the federal district courts made it happen. once we get to the decisions, and actually happens very easily. susan: here are the questions before the court in baker versus carr. there are two. first, is a jurisdictional one. can federal courts are a constitutional challenge to legislative apportionment? and the second, what if the test for resolving wheth

yes, malapportionment in tennessee is bad, but it is nobody's business but tennessee's to fix it.usan: you have given a nice introduction. here's the first bit of audio. this is just get a flavor for -- just to get a flavor for the argument here it these are the two attorneys arguing the case. one is baker's attorney. you'll hear from the state of tennessee's attorney who was the assistant attorney general, jack wilson. let's listen to a little of their argument in this case. >> i say there is nothing in the constitution of the u.s. that ordains and nothing in the constitution of tennessee that ordains that state government is and must remain an agricultural commodity and there is nothing in either one of those constitutions that says it takes 20 city residents to equal one farmer. it for the legislature of tennessee not to reapportion, or is it worth the federal district court to violate the angel doctrine of separation of -- age old doctrine of separation of powers? susan: you hear the arguments. the court has northern stitching -- no jurisdiction over this changing of powers. w

tennessee had to comply with its own constitution but tennessee had to comply with the 14th amendment with respect to whether a vote in one person's vote was equal to it or not equal to another person's vote. >> i canthat was the state of tennessee's defense in the case, yes, malapportionment in tennessee is as bad as you say it is but nobody business's like tennessee's to fix it. >> we'll hear the first bid of audio to get a flavor for the arguments in the supreme court and these are two attorneys arguing the case. one is bake are's attorney, charles rin and then you'll hear from the state of tennessee's attorney who was the assistant attorney general of the state, jack wilson. let's listen to a little of their arguments in this case. there's nothing in the constitution of the united states of america or tennessee that ordains that state government is and must remain an agricultural commodity and nothing in either one of those constitutions that said it takes 20 city residents to equal one farmer. >> is it worst legislature of tennessee not to reapportion? or is it worse for the fede

this is not just tennessee. for me, this is the united states. >> the main thing we have to think about here is voting rights. and a gradingent and delusion of those light -- those rights all over the u.s. i grant you that this is a rocky situation. and that it is destroying the integrity of the state government. the only way to a story that integrity is to carry out voting rights and that is the very point that we are making here. susan: a bit of the argument. in the second hearing of this case in october of 1951. we will move on to justice william brennan as he has an exchange with the tennessee assistant attorney general, jack wilson. if my arithmetic is any good, based on a voting population of 2000 richard 40, i think these are 1950 figures. and 600 more. -- ppears that -- 600 larger, otherwise, there apparently three times the representation as the other location. how can that be justified if they are both rural counties, what would be the factors which -- perhaps you might justify a disparity between rura

first quarter, richie james takes the option pitch and races 46ards for the touchdown....7-0 middle tennessee state... --but western michigan only needed about 60 seconds to answer....jamauri bogan up the middle...he makes one man miss and then it's nothing but green grass....that 62 yard score ties the game at 7... defensese..this routine 15 yard pass turns into a 68 yard touchdown as western michigan outscores middle tennessee state 45-31. thanks, scott. now here's a look at today's top web stories on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24-hour

. >> these 11 tennessee voters lived in five of the largest cities of tennessee. they are the intended an actual victims of a statutory scheme which devalues, reduces the right to vote to about one 20th of the value of the vote given to certain rural residents. >> by the early 20th century, population shifts in tennessee had a majority of voters from rural areas move into the city. yet those rural districts with smaller populations health voting power equal to the larger urban districts. a group of voters from nashville, memphis, and knoxville challenged the disparity and took the case to the supreme court. v carr hasker b continuing relevance today as the term one person, one vote still has relevance today. of chris smith, author democracy's doorstep, the inside story of how the supreme court brought one person, one vote to the united states. that is live monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. for background while you watch, order your copy of landmark cases, available for a dollars $.95 less shipping at c-span.org/landmark cases.

tragedy in tennessee. a group of teen targeted by a gunman. the brave has the entire city calling one of the victims a hero. this is the best block of all. it's like candy cane lane. i know. oohhh. oh, holiday ferris wheel. i kind of love it. look at those reindeer. jeffrey, you're awfully quiet back there. i was just thinking... maybe it's time we finish this test drive dealership? that is so jeffrey... soooo jeffrey... so jeffrey... oh. elves.. it's practically yours. but we still need your signature. nthe volkswagen sign p p p p p on a new passat s turf and surf. the new lobster hollandaise filet. the new renegade sirloin & lobster & shrimp scampi. or flo' s filet & lobster tail. only at longhorn steakhouse. you cant fake steak. anncr: when the ...the person behind this desk will have to protect your family. will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump? will he have voted to dramatically weaken counter-terrorism surveillance, like ted cruz? will he have skipped crucial national security hearings and votes just to campaign, like marc

i'm from tennessee and the entire economy of tennessee before the civil war consists of whiskey, which then transported up the tennessee river, from pittsburgh landing, down to new orleans, to sell it. it was their on cash crop, but then later, half of the counties in tennessee to this day are still dry. so, i'd like you comment on hugh you could go from the sole economy on a cash basis, before the civil war, to half of the counties being dry today, and how that transformation happened historically and where you think it's going to go, because i know you have observations about that. >> again, ignorance. don't know much about tennessee hoyt but a that's what we do. we were only able to pass the prohibition amendment because -- thanks to alexander hamilton, the entire economy of the united states was bailed on liquor taxes until 1916. so we couldn't have prohibition. right? but so they passed the income tax amendment and then we could have prohibition. so, it's so weird how we are about this, and this coming together of dry and wet is just -- i mean, the same counties that had liquor as

among the six who died in tennessee, three were found in a car submerged in a river. this aerial view of ashland, mississippi, shows the devastation of the most powerful storm. it reportedly stayed on the ground for at least 145 miles, packing winds of up to 160 miles per hour. rooftops were completely torn off, trees pulled from the earth, roots and all, scattered cinder blocks stood where homes used to be. barbara williamson was inside her clarksdaily home when it shredded out around. >> i don't know how i'm alive. >> reporter: in hole springs, display. donated toys for children who lost their presents in the stormed. laverne zinn picked out new gifts for her nieces and 97 use. >> the smiles on their face, that made me happy. >> reporter: a hard rain here families from salvaging what they could. jim, the forecast brightens stormy again. >> axelrod: mark strassmann, thank you. the storms disrupted holiday deliveries, so today was no day off for some fedex employees. here's demarco morgan. >> reporter: employees for shipping giant fedex found themselves in overtime pl

and he is stumping in tennessee. will have a live report on the latest event, and the event right now in nashville. that is coming up next. >>> republican senator ted cruz is riding high in the presidential race right now as he campaign s s in the south. a new quinnipiac university poll shows cruz nipping at donald trump's heels. tr trump is ahead by four point, and 28% to 24%. and now, we have sun lyiynn -- sunl sunlyn nerfati is out there on the trail. what are you seeing? h >> well, they are feeling the beneficiary of the ben carson fall in the poll, but they are touting the ground work saying that the fruit of those labors are paying off, but the line that we are constantly hearing is that this shows a consolidation of social conservatives, of evangelicals coming behind the kacandidate which is something that ted cruz specifically went out of his way to bring up at a campaign stop earlier today in tennessee. this is what he had to the say. >> they are looking for someone who is a consistent conservative, and the

from tennessee.. to mississippi.. gwendolyn jones: "it lasted.. we heard this great big whooo- train and it was gone." at least two dozen reported tornadoes touched down.. cutting a path of destruction? and leaving so many.. homeless. weather pkg ms holly springs damage/reax"it 's devastating. it kind of crushes you here at christmas." kathy swopshire/ church damaged: "it's very heartbreaking .. i don't even have the words to explain it." the damages are so widespread.. a state of emergency has been declared in tennessee and mississippi.. state officials vowing to help everyone.. now beginning the process of recovering and rebuilding.. phil bryant: mississppi governor tbaelizabeth tag: ananmother nature is s ill on t te move.. the same storm havoc in the south.. is now triggering dangerous flash flooding in parts of alabama and georgia.. eh, abc news, ny. police in charlotte, north carolina, say an argument at a crowded shopping mall ended with a police offifir fatally shooting one person. there's not a lot of information yet, but a police stateme

--from basketball in hawaii to football in the bahamas....wes tern michigan and middle tennessee state in the popeyes bahamas bowl.... --and if you like big plays and no defense, this was the game for you....just over a minute into the first quarter, richie james takes the option pitch and races 46ards for the touchdown....7-0 middle tennessee state... --but western michigan only needed about 60 seconds to answer....jamauri bogan up the middle...he makes one man miss and then it's nothing but green grass....that 62 yard score ties the game at 7... defensese..this routine 15 yard pass turns into a 68 yard touchdown as western michigan outscores middle tennessee state 45-31. thanks, scott. now here's a look at today's top web stories on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24-hour christmas eve. it's christmas eve and our low temperatures are expected to be well above normal, dropping into the upper 20s. a few snowflakes will be likely through the evening hours with partly cloudy skies. christmas morning we keep parary cloudy skies around before starting to see some sunshine throughout the after

now a major general, grant led his forces south to mississippi on the tennessee river where the confederate army was massed. and by this time of course he started drinking again. on the morning of april 61862, the confederate army launched a surprise attack with the aim of wiping out the main union army once and for all. the first day of the battle at pittsburg landing which is also the battle of shiloh come, as you know all of these have two names, and the confederates named the battles after the places where they were five sharpsburg, bull run coming and i getting this right command the union army named him after a landmark, shiloh, and he him, etc.. so i can't collect pittsburg landing but it was really shiloh. okay so the first day of the battle of shiloh was disastrous for the the union that grants troops held on fighting desperately in in the mud also grant himself was not around. it was said that he was visiting troops across the river. night fell without a retreat from the union although union although many of the men were 2 miles closer to the tennessee river in defeat from where t

tennessee. mr. corker: madam president, i rise today in support of the confirmation -- the senate is in a quorum call. mr. corker: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. corker: thank you so much. madam president, i rise today in support of the confirmation of a fellow chattanoogan, travis randall mcdonough, nominated to serve as united states district judge for the eastern district of tennessee. i have known travis personally for many years and i have full confidence he will serve the people of tennessee honorably if confirmed to the federal bench. travis is well known in trat into ga as -- chattanooga as a civic leader. he served as chief of staff and counsel lore to the mayor, having previously served as a partner in the law firm of miller and martin where he specialized in criminal and white collar litigation. a truman scholar, he received his undergraduate degree from swanny and law degree from vande

three people alone killed in the state of tennessee.e is dean fleaner, spokesperson for the tennessee emergency management agency. thanks for taking some time to be with us. we know you folks are really busy there on the ground. give us a sense what is the situation like this morning? >> well, we have unfortunately had three fatalities in tennessee from the storms last night. we had one person in ray county and two people in perry county. we have about 13 counties overall reporting some type of damage, homes that have been impacted. we had a post office that has been destroyed but we are working with local officials, local emergency managers today to do damage surveys to get a sense of exactly how extensive it is so the number of counties impacted could go up from there and we know the national weather service is also out looking at potential tornado touch-downs, how intense were they and taking those kinds of evaluations. >> the pictures are devastating. i understand a state of emergency is in place. how does that help you to have that

let's focus on tennessee where the emergency management association there is working with the tennessee civil aviation group to schedule fly-overs to get a better handle of the damage on the ground. we know a post office was destroyed in one county, a road washed out in another. while the winds in many communities have calmed down, the wind is a major concern as flooding emergency warnings part-time across the south, kate. >> those images are hard to believe. the harsh reality they're waking up to right now. >>> moments ago governor of mississippi declared a state of emergency in his state. he's joining me on the phone. governor, thank you for your time. we know this is, unfortunately, a very busy day for you. you do have an update up. just offered an update on the number of those killed and injured in your state. give us an update. >> we do, kate. thank you for those reports. unfortunately, this has been a tough holiday season. the storm season came in yesterday, 14 tornadoes. the largest one we think was about 150 miles across the state of mississippi, virtually from the mississippi r

lightning strikes in indiana and tennessee. and left significant damage in at least half a dozen states. >> i'm just thankful all lives were saved. >> the roof came off. i'm lucky to be alive. i get to see my kids. >> reporter: survivors were reminded that possessions can be replaced. >> i could just hear my windows breaking out o myfcar. i was blessed. you can buy the things, the toys, you can buy those over. but i can't replace my kids. >> reporter: the dangers and unusual weather is making holiday travel more difficult. in addition to the devastation in the south, record-breaking temperatures in the northeast kept some airports locked in fog. on the west coast, rain caused cancellations and delays. more than 100 million american and new year's.\__8 mark strassman is in atlanta. >> raise your hand if your flight is still going. >> reporter: in a throng of stranded travelers in atlanta, we found tara stockdale. >> do you think you can get out today? >> reporter: her family of five flies to chicago to see relatives. but today s

port manned port manned: i e senator from tennessee. these individuals not going to be left in the lurch. there are kids in the state of ohio who are expecting to get their perkins loans this january as they go into the next semester and certainly thousands of young people who are hoping in the fall that they're going to be able to take advantage of it and they were very uncertain. it is a big program in ohio. we actually have over 25,000 ohio students who've received financial aid through perkins. one school alone, kent state, 3,000 students. and by the way, i got lobbied on this very directly, a young woman named kerry richmond, interned in his office last summer, she's an classic excellent for someone who needs perkins because it fills in the gaps for her. in her case, she has a expel yeg woman who has gone in and out of foster homes her entire the life, and by the way, is a wonderful advocate and spokesperson for that young program and helping young foster kids to get on their feet, she does not have the help at home that many kids

there is now a state of emergency in tennessee and mississippi. abc' s elizabeth hur has the latest. >> back it up. elizabeth: the tornadoes so tractor-trailers flipped, debris tossed for miles. >> there was a rumble of thunder. the lightning striking, then you see it. that is when it was really, really intense. elizabeth: from tennessee to mississippi -- >> we heard this great a drawer a plane, and then it was gone. elizabeth: tornadoes cutting a path of destruction and leaving many homeless. >> it' s devastating. >> is very heartbreaking. i don' explain it. elizabeth: the damages are so has been called in tennessee and mississippi, state officials vowing to help everyone beginning to process recovery >> this is a well organized effort and we will recover. at elizabeth: mother nature is still on the move. wreaked havoc in the southwest is triggering dangerous flash flooding in georgia and alabama. phil: you can see the activity on the radar behind his heard no watches, no warnings, but i is ready. at harvey: -- harvey: we do have thunderstorms, v

in the southeast, tennessee and ohio valleys. storms also forecast in the appalachians and southern plas. a christmas surprise in las vegas--. momoer nature gifted sin city with its first christmas snow in seven years. forecasters say snow started falling in the city around midnight. snow is rare in las vegas-- we'll te another look at your first alert forecast, nene. stay with tv9. here's a look at today's top back now to today's'sop stories. waterloo police a a investigating a shooting near waterloo's downtown area. officials received reports of gun shots in the 100 block of lafayette street. police say no one was hurt. we're working to get more details. some will be wakakg up to just a few snowflakes through the morning hours. as temperatures warm throughout the day into the middle to upper 30s our snowflakes with switch over to rain drops. the best chance of see rain will arrive late afternoon and evening, mainly down to the south east. sunday will be our last quiet day for some time, with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures

a state of emergency has been declared in tennessee and mississippi.. state officials vowing to help everyone.. now beginning the process of recovering and rebuilding.. ((sot)) phil bryant: mississppi governor tba elizabeth tag: and mother nature is still on the move.. the same storm system that wreaked havoc in the south.. is now triggering dangerous flash flooding in parts of alabama and georgia.. eh, abc news, ny. nevada governor brian sandoval.. was in the holiday spirit today.. he tweeted out these photos of snowfall at the state capitol.. he also thanked his staff for putting togeer the state holiday display. and not far from there.. in big bear, california.. (47-51) santa jumps over a rail on a snowboard. santa claus was shredding some fresh powder! according to officials in big bear, "saint nick" always likes to get in a few last-minute runs before dropping off gifts.. adlib toss to meteorologist carlo falco... vo keeps rolling a stormy christmas is in store for las vegas with the action starting tonight. an upper level low pressure system will

nearly two dozen tornadoes cut a wide path of destruction across mississippi, tennessee and arkansas including this twister caught on camera in mississippi. >> it eventually crossed interstate 55 tossing a tractor trailer onto its side and reducing homes to rubble. we're t out of the woods yet. >> looking at the massive system on satellite still raking across a wide swath of the southeast. abc's kenneth moton leads us off with our coverage this morning. >> reporter: caught on camera overnight. >> oh, i think that's a tornado blowing up. >> reporter: a strong line of powerful and deadly storms churned up tornadoes from the midwest to the south last night. indiana, iowa, mississippi and tennessee survived nearly two dozen confirmetwisters that left 8 people dead and 40 more injured. >> i can't stick around here. i'm going to go find cover. >> reporter: in holly springs, northern mississippi, a 7-year-old boy was among the dead. drivers were caught on the roads trying to figure out how to escape. >> no. you ain't got time to turn around. >> there's a tornado in front of us. >> settle do

in the southeast, tennessee and ohio valleys. storms also forecast in the appalachians and southern plains a more pleasant weather surprise in las vegas--. mother nature gifted sin city with its first christmas snow in seven years. forecasters say snow started falling in the city around midnight. snow is rare ih las vegas-- though it's not uncommon in the nearby mountains. fedex says the weather is to blame for them sending gifts to customers late on christmas y! and many customers across the country took to social media to complain. many fed ex offices stayed open on christmas day to allow customers to pick up packages. but the holiday gesture still wasn't enough to appease many people. we'll take another lookokt your waterloo police are investigating a shooting near waterloo's downtown area. officials received reports of gun shots in the 100 block of lafayette street. police say no one was hurt. we're working to get more details. the waterloo- cedar falls courier says firefighters extinguished an apartment bathroom fire. this h

dozens more are injured across mississippi, arkansas, and tennessee. now people are there sifting through the rubble. spending krmsz day trying to pick up the pieces. nick valencia has the very latest for us on the storm and its destruction. the destruction is just horrific, nick. >> it is horrific. especially for those waking up and some othe states affected here on christmas morning. yesterday holly springs, miss mishgs getting hit very hard by a tornado. you mentioned, kate, at least 14 people dead across three states, including georgia, tennessee, and mississippi. apparently the worst is gone, but there's still concern for flooding and, yes, even more tornadoes. heavy rain causing widespread flooding across north georgia and tornadoes across several states. >> started getting louder and louder, and i told her we we need to get in the house now. >> it sounded literally like a freight train. sounding of the horn. it was coming. >> in ashland, miss mshgs all that's left of theresa mckay's home is the porch. she and her husband were inside when they sa

in perry county, tennessee.. west of nashville.. rescuers searched for people buried under the rubble. (sot / sheriri nick weems - perry county, tn. :33 - :44) "we spent much of last night trying to extract the people that was trapped. after several hours we were able to get them to safety." in marshall county, mississippi... a seven year old boy died when the vehicle he was in@was struck by a tornado. to the hospital in ambulances with many more injured. (sot / chief kenny holbrook - holly springs fire dept. :57 - 1:02) "i could not even begin to tell you how many walking wounded went to the doctor, hospitals on their own." people are returning to assess the damage as power crews work to restore electricity. (sot / kenny dickerson, sheriff of marshall co 1:08 - 1:11) "considering what has happened, it's bad but it could have been a lot worse. while the risk of tornados is diminishing. the concern now is flash flooding across parts of the southeast and mid-atlantic... with more thunderstorms expected through the christmas holiday. s

al jazeera's tom ackerman has more from tennessee. >> on the tennessee river it's the fishing. >> like how the weather is. >> that concerns these locals but not the watch bar 1 nuclear plant that's been producing carbon free electricity to the region. soon the watts bar 2 will go into production. the doubled the initial cost estimate to more than $4 billion but officials of the government owned utility that built it say they have no regrets. >> nuclear is clean. and second only to hydro, in cost. it's a smart choice for changing times, it was a sound business decision. >> yet nuclear power is having a difficult passage for the country that first developed it for peaceful as well as military purposes. while watts bar, five others have closed in the past few years and utilities have announced plans to shut down eight more saying that more regulations softening demand and competition from natural gas have made them unprofitable. they also blame the addy nooucial movement points to catastrophes like chernobyl and feuks. fukushima. >> is this the gamble we want to make in order to boil wate

14 people were killed in that violent wave of spring-like storms that the roared across parts of tennessee, arkansas and mississippi. this new surveillance video that you are seeing here shows one of the deadliest twisters in mississippi, and this storm is stay thing on the ground for 150 miles, and 150 miles destroying most everything in its path. those who is survived have a harrowing story, and nick valencia has that. >> reporter: this christmas scenes of devastation in parts of the south and midwest, and heavy rain causing widespread flooding across north georgia and tornadoes tearing across several states. >> it started hearing a real loud roar and getting louder and louder, and i said, we need to get into the house now. >> it sounded literally like freight train and the horn, and it was coming. >> in mississippi, the only thing left of their home was a p porch. they were inside when they saw the tornado coming, and they ran and hid in this truck. >> not one thing left in my house. nothing pu all of that debris. >> reporter: this building may have saved tony's life when a tornado hit

this used to be a home in tennessee. let's get right to angie goff now at the live desk. >> eun, that video continues to roll in from the devastation in mississippi where most people died including a 7-year-old child. you can see the destruction after tornados and storms hit the southeast. houses levels. a lot of damage done. at least 40 others were hurt. at last check there were 21 reports of tornadoes. search and rescue efforts continue right now. aaronso aaron? >> all right. thank you, angie. >>> it is 6:47. d.c. police are looking for a driver who left the scene of a serious crash in southeast. you can see from the video here that the cars hit each other pretty hard. this all happened on naylor road near alabama avenue in the southeast. we know two people are in serious condition. we're working to find out which driver left the scene before police arrived. >> four teenagers are facing murderer charges. a teenager was found stabbed to death in the park back in auchlgt three others are being charged in murder. two were

those are storm chasers getting a look at one of the twisters that went across tennessee. it killed six people in the states and we're getting a sign of damage. the winds were so strong they tossed trucks around the highway. neighbors are sending in pictures of homes torn apart or blown away. the mayor at clarksville said he has seen horrific damage. there is concern strong winds could turn things into projectiles. >> out of southeast d.c. police are on the scene of a major crash involving two vehicles on naylor road. that's where we find jackie bensen with details. >> reporter: jim, we're told at least two people have very serious injuries. tow trucks here to move the cars. the video we have to show you, you can see from looking at that video that there was a lot of force involved in this accident. terrible terrible damage to these two vehicles and very serious injuries. we do not know in which car the most seriously injured were. d.c. police are investigating. there's a possibility one of the drivers of one of the vehicles did not remain on the scene. that's what we're l

popeyes bahamas bowl....first to middle tennessee's richie james ... son of a nutcracker!... 46 yards, blue raiders strike first...but story of the game: big plays. end of the first quarter, zach terrell to corey davis, under the defender, through the coverage to the house he goes -- 80 yards to the endzone... first time all season in division one football both teams scored seventeen before

fedex has an major hub in memphis, tennessee. today some of its employees have volunteered to deliver the delayed packages and that priority is being given to residential customers. u.p.s. is having a better holiday, i's not immune to delays. u.p.s. getting his fair share of angry tweets. a u.p.s. spokesman said there may be some individuals who had their packages delayed but overall most people got the packages they were promised. two years ago amazon overwhelmed u.p.s. with hundreds of trailers of last-minute christmas orders that didn't make it on time. it's part of the reason that amazon may be looking around for another carrier. the pressure comes at a time when shopping more online. e commerce sales from just after thanksgiving to just before christmas are up 12 pores to compared a year ago. delivery companies hire extra workers to handle the extra volume but a lot of that is on retailers giving an accurate forecast to shippers of what is expected for the holiday season. could be a lesson to a lot of procrastinators out the

voterse 11 tennessee lived in five of the largest cities in tennessee. victims ofe intended a statutory scheme which devalues, reduces their right to vote to about one 20th of the value of the vote given to certain rural residents. >> by the early 20th century, population shift in states like tennessee had a majority of voters from rural areas moved to the city. getet those rural districts voting power equal to the urban districts, a group of -- challenged the disparity in their case all the way to the supreme court. carr.of baker v. joining us in the discussion, it smith,o in and douglas author of on democracy's doorstep, the inside story of how this in court brought one person one vote to the u.s. nights live tonight at but eastern on c-span, c-span3 -- that is live onight at 9:00 p.m. eastern c-span, c-span3 and c-span radio. tonight, on the communicators, terrorism and the use of social media. we will examine how social media is used by various terrorism groups to radicalize and recruit new members from around the world. we are joined by alberto anda

my grandmother was a judge in tennessee. he stepped coffee with the local political guys every morning downtown, so i would go down at a very young age which makes plain why am as strange as i am. the district attorney would be there, senators senators would come by as a courthouse group. so for me politicians were always real people. when i went into journalism, i went into print journalism which was like being the last rat to board a sinking ship. i thought that was unkind but accurate, ultimately. what i always wanted to do was write about these great events that they were great events that were shaped by people. what impresses me most bite politicians in my mini character flaws is that folks in your line of work are fallible, you make mistakes, but you do great things. you bend history. what i always try to find when i write a book about someone is what is that moment of transcendence when all of the human realities are still there but you managed to rise above them to put the country in the world on a better course. tha

three state affected by the weather, mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. at least ten people are dead today killed in their homes or inside cars when the storms hit. let's bring in chad myers, it's christmas eve, not a joyous day for many people in the deep south today. can you tell where the storm system is right now? >> i can. it is still in the warm sector. it's where the warm fronts is just to our north right through here. the same areas by about 150 miles to the east as we saw yesterday. this is what we saw as the warm air, moisture from the gulf of mexico, rode right up into the frontal system, right through here and there was a jet stream involved. some of these storms were going 60 miles per hour. most of them were severe. some had tornadoes and some had very large tornadoes. hundreds much people are waking up to utter devastation. the destruction caused by a tornado outbreak cutting across the south and midwest. >> i see debris. claiming multiple lives, including a 7-year-old boy, as residents desperately tried to hide in cars and homes. >> by the

and i live in tennessee so it's just about a guy living in tennessee dreaming of getting back to pariser. it just felt great to be there and walk down the streets and feel the magic of the city. so you know, i got to hear the song for the first time mixed on my record when i was back there this summer. so i made it all the more bittersweet to have just been there and then hear the news about the attacks. it was -- it was mind blowing and so sad. >> okay, so you're releasing this song early "paris calling" and hoping to raise money for charity because until the end of the year, all the proceeds of the sale will go to this french chairity. and it's a great connection between the song and charity which you've decided to raise money for. >> yeah, it's a non-profit in france and fight poverty and exclusion all over the world. we wanted to do something to just do our part to give back. and also, you know, equally as important just to try to put some joy and love into the world and some celebration of life in the midst of the darkness that happened there a few weeks ago. so, you know, putting

into east tennessee in our cumberland plat area.widespread power outages or anything like that, but the system did what the weather service said it was going to do, we were going to have heavy rain, straight-line winds and tornado damage. that's exactly what happened. >> dean flener, i'll let you get back to work. >>> severe weather isn't the only concern for holiday travelers. terrorism is always a constant worry, especially this time of year. the tsa will be relying more on body scanners this season as more than 5 million passengers travel on airplanes this holiday. that's because body scanners are better at detecting hidden threats than a physical patdown. even if a passenger requests a patdown, the tsa will require a body scan anyway. sara is at laguardia airport to tell us more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. a lot of people don't know about this new rule. basically it says you can't completely opt out of having to go through the body scanner. this will affect some passengers, not all. you can still ask to be p

allegiant flight 760 landed in chatanooga tennessee after some engine trouble. passengers on board that flight are expected to land in the eastern iowa airport later this afternoon. now, one last look at this morning's weather, justin. given temperatures in the upper portion of the day being sunny, most of the last night's snow should melt itself away. plan on a chilly evening if you are heading out to ring in the new year with midnight temperatures around 10 degrees. wind chills will likely be near zero during the evening as well. plan on a nice new years day, with a decent weekend also still on track. have a great day! that's all the time we have today on the kcrg-tv9 news at midday. be sure to watch kcrg- tv9 news at 5 and 6. the hostess with the mostess

. >> we're just getting a look at some of the devastation in tennessee where at least two people were killed there. look at that. that car just tossed around. our coverage begins with phillip mena in memphis. >> oh, man. >> reporter: this massive tornado touching down in mississippi. but the storm dumping half a foot of rain on mobile, alabama. this neighborhood underwater, the street looking more like a river. pied spread damage across the south as storms moved through. in arkansas 60-mile-an-hour winds uprooting winds. an 18-year-old woman died after a tree crashed into this home. an 18-month-old baby pulled from the wreckage. >> the toddler was transported to a local hospital. the 18-year-old female was pronounced dead at the scene. >> on the other side of that storm system, heavy snow causing spinouts in wisconsin. meanwhile in the west, snow-covered roads snarling traffic in utah. while gusts over 80 miles an hour in mojave, california, toppled 15 to 20 tractor-trailers. watch as the roof of this building is ripped clean off. those big rigs banned from the highway till the winds

it was in tennessee. where in tennessee? white pine.nd there were two families, and they lived next door to each other. the boy in one house was 11, the girl was 8. they both got put byes. -- puppies. the girl didn't want to show the boy her puppy. he pulled out a 12-gauge shotgun, and he came and shot and killed the 8-year-old. that's what this is leading to. i'm not saying this is every day, but this is the culture that's being built, that problems get solved this way. and we've got to stop to it. because it has the ability to destroy the fabric of this country. >> thanks, everybody. [inaudible conversations] >> congress is scheduled to be in for two more weeks of work on capitol hill before wrapping up for the year. house leaders are hoping to finish next week. government spending for the 2016 budget year tops the schedule. current funding runs out next week. the house will also vote on a bill to tighten the visa waiver program. the senate will vote on a revised education program, doing away with no child left behind. the house appro