the union. we will go to oxford, mississippi, to the university of mississippi to talk with two of the students were leading the effort to pull down the flight that contains the confederate flag rum campus grounds. -- flag from campus grounds. in missouri, officials are investigating a spate of arson attacks on predominantly black churches in the st. louis area. over the course of less than two weeks, six churches have been damaged after their front doors were set alight. in maryland an african-american , transgender women has been murdered in what police say may be a hate crime. 21 euro old -- 21 euro old zella ziona was shot in the head in montgomery village thursday night. her friend, jasmine black, spoke to the local nbc station. >> embrace her life. she wanted to show the world how to be transgender. she helped people. she inspired someone else named chris to come out and be himself because it is hard for people to be themselves. amy: zella ziona was the 22nd transgender or gender non-conforming person murdered this year, the highest number ever recorded. and in pawtucket, rhode island, ci

he is the second ranking jenna mississippi, only to jefferson davis. he is placed in command of the transmississippi department, and he leads an army to defeat at pea ridge. he brought across the mississippi river, shortly after the battle of shiloh. he misses a few opportunities to hurt general halak's army group during the siege of corinth. in the late summer of 1862, this army of west tennessee attacks corinth from the northwest and it's a two-day battle, and van dohrn is terribly beaten. ... >> interestingly enough, all the history books missed that. if you look at the top ten lists of the casualties, those men ofe the second texas, 42nd alabama, they get forgotten. and van dohrn, he doesn't even realize it, but at the time of the battle, he's been replaced.n john pemberton has been brought in to be d the overall commander in mississippi in the department. van dohrn hasre just reare organized the department -- reorganized the department and put himself right out of a job. but it works to his advantage. a few short months later after grant begins his

bright orange, red and yellow leaves surround the bluffs of the mississippi. "the fall colors attract people...number one...it's pretty." "so what is it about the fall weather that makes leaves change color?" well the science behind it is -- those bright colors are actually always there, but the cooler weather makes leaves lose chlorophyll...the substance that makes leaves green. and so that means...there's not much time left to get out, see...and trees, it turns dull and lifeless and they know what's ahead." i'm told the fall colors actually peaked really late this year along the the mississippi. they just peaked last week. we've got you covered live in dubuque...shirley descorbeth, ...kwwl news. different times throughout the state. for more information -- you can check out our website at kw-wl dot com. the hawkeyes are movin' up in rankings. in the new a-p college football poll -- the hawkeyes are ranked number ten. let's check in with mark woodley -- to hear what this means for the hawkeyes. mark? well mac -- you'd have to consider this a solid move for iow

mr go is what locals call the mississippi river gulf outlet. once dubbed the surge superhighway -it's a 76-mile artificial chanel built for commercial shipping. dr john lopez is a member of the mr go must go coalition. he's also a coastal biologist who consulted for the army corps of engineers. >> tell me about mr go why was it created? >> well it was like a lot of federal projects. it was based on some sort of cost benefit that they projected by increased commercial use navigation on the channel. now that might seem kind of ironic because it's built right adjacent to the mississippi river. they saw some advantage but in reality it didn't pan out. the use of the channel was very small. >> and because mr go cut right through precious wetlands...that act as a flood buffer---there were immediate community concerns. >> there were people...even before...some locals who were heroically trying to fight to get this thing changed but it was just a few locals fighting this huge bureaucracy. >> their concerns proved valid on august 29th, 2005. we're at the

>> will, on tuesday, the afc past resolution to take down the mississippi state flag -- the current mississippiflag from the university. i believe it was 33-15. 33 in favor, 15 opposed and one abstained. right after that, the council post the resolution in support. and on thursday, faculty senate passed the resolution with 14 in favor and one opposing. then the graduate school past theirs. yesterday morning, they took it down. amy: were you surprised? >> i was very surprised. -- it wase in a very very secret. nobody really knew about it. i just woke up. i always check my e-mail when i woke up. when i woke up, there was an e-mail that said they took it down. i was just, like, wow. i checked my e-mail from before i checked my text messages were booming with all my friends us and, oh, my gosh, they did it. amy: dominique scott, the chancellor and the offices of the administration had originally said, this isn't about us taking it down, this is about the mississippi flag having the confederate flag with in it. are you moving on to the state flag, removing the confederate symbol in it? >> in the res

had senate majority leader of the mississippi. ray maybe business is our ex-governor. chairman of the appropriations in the united states senate is senator thad cochran. y'all hearing this? congressman thompson is ranking member in the house on homeland security. for my fellow veterans over here, one of the most important pieces of veteran legislation ever was montgomery g.i. bill sponsored by senator montgomery from mississippi. how bus a state with less than 1% of the population have all that power? because we understand relationships which i what i think no labels is all b when somebody from mississippi meets you, they will ask you two questions, where are you from, and who is your family. within five minutes i will know somebody that you know. we don't call it networking. we call it relationship building in mississippi. if the whole country adopts and adapts to that way of thinking being friends with people regardless of party that is how we will move this entire nation

i'm the director of the university press of mississippi. i am thrilled to see all of you here this evening and i want to give a special thank you to our friends at the university press of mississippi for this beautiful spread of snacks and also to take another opportunity to thank the bookstore. they are fantastic bookstore partners and we are grateful to them as always. [applause] the former mississippi governor haley barbour needs no introduction. you are familiar with the many years of work in the nation's capital, and also he's a man that gets around on the world stage. i was talking several years ago to develop mississippian and novelist who asked the time was doing a teaching summit in dublin and he was wandering around the campus kind of exploring his new settings and he opens the door to the lecture hall and there is haley barbour lecturing on international politics in front of them )-right-paren ireland. so a governor with many talents but i will say what we have may have been the most significant chapter in mississippi was the poli

continued free access to the mississippi river, which was a matter of the treaty. for the english, that they should be able by whatever land connection they can make they should be about to get to the can -- get to the mississippi river, they would have free access all the way to the sea. the basis for all border adjustments is that which we actually possess. that is a matter of concern. he will discuss it in just a moment. be no american naval presence on the great lake. -- the the printed british trade rights with indians. and adjusting the borders between main and canada in particular. our opening positions was that , that blockades be clarified what is in the nature of a blockade. what are our fishing rights as per the treaty of 17 eight -- the treaty of 1783. and that which existed before the war began. notice there are some difficulties here. the reason there are difficulties in all of this, first of all the english position was we will win this war, we will have territory, we will use it as a marker for americansns, and the will exceed as a consequence of th

on tuesday they vote whether to remove the mississippi state flag from congress. e only state flag that still uses the confederate flag in its design. tuesday's vote is nonbinding but it carries a lot of symbolism no matter what the outcome. nick valencia is on the ole miss campus. how much support for this proposal to remove the state flag? >> hey there, fred, good afternoon. earlier i spoke to allen kuhn who introduced this resolution. he expects to have the votes to get the resolution passed but he did express disappointment with university officials here saying he wished the student government did not have to bring forth this issue. he wanted them to act unilaterally. in the charming southern city of oxford, mississippi, relics of the confederacy are pervasive. this week the university of mississippi associated student body senate will vote on a resolution to try and remove one of those symbols, the mississippi state flag. the explanation of why remains largely in the past. >> we are forever tied to the horrors of our past. >> reporter: 20-year-old sophomore se

crews will soon resume their search for a missing boater on the mississippi river... the search began saturday night... when a 50 year old man fell off a boat into the river. it happened near the town of buffalo... southwest of davenport. officials say others were on the boat... but no one saw him fall in. today crews will continue to search on the surface on the water... but they will also use sonar technology to cover the river floor. des moines leaders are getting city parks ready for the temperatures to drop... the "parks and recreation department" took action during this weekend's warmer weather. crews want to make sure everything is done at the city's 70 parks before the first frost. officials say damage to the water pipes could mean thousands of dollars in repairs... the process usually takes about two weeks... but they say it will go a little faster this year... "well, we are making sure that all the water is turned off. we are closing down restrooms. we are cleaning out the irrigation line, so nothing freezes and damages the pipe. we are also wrapping tree so

rahall there's a conversation about whether the mississippi state by should be flown over the nations capital. mississippi,rol but should the nations capital of something like that about it russian mark conversation is and it's a matter for this country to begin to figure out how it is we want to be represented. if this continues to be a strong symbol for what we stand for it may make others think that's our argument about democracy -- we do not apply equally. others said, this is become a major controversy. like to dot we would today is seen coming conversation could have among ourselves about this issue. thank you for coming let's open the floor. >> a couple comments and then we'll open it up. [applause] >> i also want to say that we would not be a today are or two kassie unclean who cooks this all up between them. i make a very much couple of quick comments. now that we have a controversy theou brilliantly outlined question will arise for business and conflict and resolution of your vertro controversy like this from a conference resolution perspective? one person i know who is been

this morning, crews pick up their search for a man missing along the mississippi river. it all started saturday night -- when officers say friends noticed the 50-year old wasn't on their boat. first reponders immediately put boats in the water in scott yesterday, and will start again at sunrise today. new this morning... at least three are dead after a whale watching boat sank. kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live with more about what happened. according to rescue officials... a search is underway right now to make sure all 27 passengers that were on board are accounted for. the whale-watching boat sank off the the cost of british columbia.... on canada's pacific coast. the boat that sank was operated by a local company. a staff member says that right now they are focused on making sure they can find everyone. we don't have a lot of information about the passangers who were on board at this time. authorities have requested a military helicopter and two canadian coast guard vessels to aid in the search. we've got you covered... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. the area where th

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activists want the emblem removed from the mississippi flag. orters of the confederate flag were there to counter what they call teg nif attacks. organizers say they want to change the sense of shame that the confederal emblem could portray. >> it's not about letting go of your southern history. it's about having a flag so that people can look at it and all feel proud of and not feel a sense of fear or shame. >> the organizers want a similar outcome to that in south carolina where they voted to remove the confederate flag from the state house grounds. >> a new report shows pennsylvania lawmakers spent big money on defense lawyers in the past several years. the legislature spent more than $2.8 million in public money on private defense attorneys since 2011. those attorneys represented state lawmakers and their staff. most of that money was used in cases that sent legislators to jail, forced resignation of high levels of government, and prompted plea deals and immunity agreements for staffers. >> the annual columbus day parade brought people out t

trip of the mississippi river, because it took so long to unscrew -- unscroll. the panorama painters displaying the life of this mr. jones, one ists.e famous daguerreotyp own version of his life is that of a frontiersman, a country lawyer and crusader for women's rights. ofwas a kind of forest gump the 19th century who claimed to be the first white man to see the yosemite valley and counted among his friends mark twain and abraham lincoln. toually, his bombast is easy dismiss, but there is some truth in his claims. he did once study law who had been a law partner of abraham lincoln, but there is no reason to doubt his most amazing claim. which is, in 1851 he led a party is and at sketch artist from california all the way back to st. louiss, making the daguerreotypes that would serve as studies for an enormous panorama that he called the panther scope of california. penta scope of california. his claim of these daguerreotype s seemed implausible, but he did provide documents of the interior west, capturing images of topographic features and important site along th

students at the university of mississippi vote to remove the state flag from campus... the ole miss student senate passed the resolution last night -- which enclouded an encouragement to the mississippi leleislature to crcrate a new state flag. the current flag contains the confederate battle flag -- which s fallen underthe radar recently as a sign of hate. tonight iigame four in the national league championship series -- and the cubs are oh and three to the mets... chicago has to win tonight -- otherwise they're done... skunked by the mets. coming back from a three e ame deficit in post season ball has happened before... to the 2004 red sox under general manager theo epstein - who is the cubbies' current general manager the cubs nened to win to continue playing -- they also need to win to help a prophecy foretold in back to the future two come true. 2015? you mean we're in the future? today is the day marty mcfly traveled to to save his children in the second installment of the series... october 21st, 2015. the move famously prrdicted the cubs would win he world series

state flag is not flying over the university of mississippi this morning. the flag has been taken down because it contains the confederate symbol. the students voted to recommend no longer flying it calling it a painful reminder of slavery and segregation. >>> more deadly violence in the west bank. a palestinian man stabbed an israeli in the neck north of hebron. the attacker was then shot and killed. 59 palestinians and 10 israelis have been killed since the wave of stabbings and shootings last month. >>> benjamin netanyahu is considering revoking social benefits and travel rights within israel for some palestinians living in east jerusalem. the government has long extended the benefits and treated jerusalem as an united city. palestinians in the united west bank are already denied those rights. >>> european leader have announced a new plan to deal with the flood of refugees arriving every day on the don't inspect. the 17-point plan includes more humanitarian help for the refugees and the building of new shelters to house them but also includes more guards

by the 1840's, the garrett types were in the mississippi west. they recorded the shifting fortunes of california's gold seekers. they set off across the overland trails to record what's prospective immigrants would see. the picture the west native people, largely to show that they would soon. before the superior culture of the expanding united needs. and they documented the highest leaks and deepest canyons to capture evidence of the divine blessing upon the american nation. americans found persuasive evidence of what they had into the they were, and what the could become. and in the west, 19th-century american photography found a distinct subject. yet, and here i want to be a bit contrary in, for all of the fresh detail and astonishing realism of these photographic images. photography did not instantly change the way that americans understood the west. i want to argue here that notionss pre-existing of the west made them resistant to the relatively cramps and static content of a photographic image and there lingered a tension. between the west of

student leaders voted last night to remove the mississippi state flag from the campus of the universityssissippi. the state flag is the only one that still bears the iconic blue cross representing the confederacy. several other schools cities and counties have already stopped flying the state flag. >> a five-day rest for the flyers did not do much good. they took on the dallas stars at the wells fargo center last night. steve mason was back in goal after missing two games for personal reasons. by the start of the second period it was two-nothing dallas. sean couture ray put the puck in the back of the net and he almost went there, too but the stars held on. the flyers lose two to one. >>> mets have a three to nothing series lead over the cubs in the nlcs. daniel murphy homered for a record tying fifth straight game in the post season. the mets can advance to the first time in 15 years with a victory tonight. the royals are in a similar position. they lead the alcs3 to one. kc crushed the blue jays. they can clinch a second world series appearance with a win tonight. >> a new survey from

he is the writing residence at mississippi valley university. yeah. [applause]. >> next is beth ann fennelly who directs the program at ole miss where she was named the 2007 outstanding liberal arts teacher of the year. she has published three poetry books. the great lakes writers association award and was a top ten book pick. she has published a book of non fiction in 2006 with norton and writes essays on culture, travel, and other things. thank you for coming. >> next is kerry madden, author of "up close: harper lee." it traveled off side and was followed up by "up close: harper lee" which was released this summer. in between was a creative writing book for young writers and dozen of short stories appearing in the los angeles time and los angeles post and others. kerry teaches creative writing at the university of birmingham and other schools. welcome kerry madden, please. [applause]. >> and w ralph eubanks is author of ever is a long time, house at the end of the road: the story of three generations of an interracial family in the american south. hi

there is a question about the mississippi flag with the stars and bars. you cannot control it in mississippi, but should the nation's capital have something about that -- like that above it? the conversation is getting warmer and going to greater depths. it is to for the country to figure out what we stand for and how they want to be represented to the larger world, because of this continues to be a strong symbol for what we stand for, it might make others think our sense of tolerance, our argument about democracy, is hollow because we do not apply it to members of our own society. this has become a major topic of conversation and our country. today i would like to see what kind of conversation we could have among ourselves. we will open up the floor to conversation. >> i have a couple comments, they will be short and then we will open up. but first, thank you. [applause] i also want to say we would not be here today if it were not for two of our staff and friends. cassie and claudine who cooked this up and organize it. so, thank you very much. [applause]

since 1894, the mississippi flag has had the confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner. residents chose to keep the flag during a 2001 statewide vote. the first bear hunt in florida in more than 20 years was so successful, it will come to an end on just day two. that has protestors taking aim at wildlife officials, with fears that more bears were killed than the quotas that were set. jamie yuccas reports. jamie: when the hunt started on saturday, officials said that up to 320 bears could legally be killed. by midday today, hunters had killed 293. the florida wildlife commission may shut the project down tonight and stressed in a conference call that the numbers are still in range. >> none of these numbers are worrying to us. we have large, resilient, growing bear populations. jamie: in 2012, the black bear was still on the endangered species list. now, wildlife officers estimate there are more than 3,000 bears in florida, and fewer places for them to live. cameras have caught bears walking by bicyclists on a neighborhood street, roaming through yards and going through ga

. >> tonight on c-span's new series landmark cases by 1830 the mississippi river had missi become a breeding ground for cholera and malaria. to address this problem, louisiana allowed only one government-run slaughter house. crescent city, to operate in the city district. and the other houses took them to court. follow the cases of 173. we're joined by paul clement rmer solicitor general and constitutional law attorney and michael roth author of the book justice of shatrd dreams to help tell the history of this the personal story of the butchers and the state of as well new orleans as the attorneys and supreme court justices. be sure to join the conversation as we take your call, tweets, and facebook as w as the sections of the health care law and defund comments. for background on each case order your case of the landmark cases companion book. it's available for $8.95 plus shipping. >> coming up next on c-span, q&a with author and former public relations executive. phone 7:00 we open our lines and take a look at this on ng's headlines brian: this week on "q&a," don cogman. mr. cogman, a lon

hundreds of students and faculty members have urged the university of mississippi to stop flying thelag, that fee ur churring the confederate symbol, but today's vote facing opposition, an online petition asked people to rise up and push back and support the flag. mississippi has been asked to change the design in the past, a call echos by olemiss in a statement the college writes as a university committed to posters a welcoming and inclusive campus for all students we continue to join other leaders in mississippi to encouraging our government to companying the state flag. olemiss is one of several schools, states and municipalities now taking steps to get rid of the confederate symbol, following june's deadly shooting at the emanuel church in south carolina. those defending the flag, says it represents surge heritage. >> i am proud of my family, and i am proud of being in the u.s., and having the freedom to display whatever flag i am allows to display. >> opponents see the flag as a sign of supremacy and slavery. the legislature voted to remove fit the state house grounds a month la

americans are in for an early dose of wintry weather as frost's freeze warnings stretch from the mississippi> clashes on the campaign trail. donald trump doesn't back down for blazing blame on 9/11 on george bush. >>> and hillary clinton gets ready for questioning on ben gha ghazi. >>> one swimmer is fighting for his life after one shares his story of survival.

that area of the country will start off on the cool side east of the mississippi, but then warm up and in the western parts of this above normal area it will probably start to cool down a little bit as we head to the latter parts of the week. near normal expected for most of the mountains and the west coast a a also near normal expected for the southeast up and down the eastern sea board, including the mid-atlantic. precipitation during this coming week expected to be below normal for the southeast, most of the eastern seaboard. near normal for much of theheorn belt the way itt looks, now some of these areas might be slightly below normal, but you are going to be close to normal. above normal then for the four corner region, on up and down the rocky mountain states, below normal for most of california again and late e the some of that tropical moisture gets involved late this week from a potential system there. the computer models have been howing that for a couplelef days. thirty day outlook for temperatures above normal from western minnesota back across the northern half of the plai

a new push to remove the mississippi flag from the campus of ole miss. student senators have voted to ask the school to take it down. since 1894, the mississippi flag as had the confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner. the residents chose to keep the flag during the 2001 statewide vote. emily: the u.s. and russia have reached an agreement to avoid conflict between pilots and drones in airstrikes in syria. there have been recent incidents of russian warplanes flying close to american aircraft. syrian president assad met with russian president vladimir putin in moscow yesterday. russia began airstrikes last months. randy: a daring leap in alaska. a man with his cat tucked in his jacket jumped onto a rescue ship. the coast guard with this video. on tuesday. the sailor says he lost his reading and rudder and became stranded. emily: bob barker is back at home after a serious fall landed him in the hospital. his publicist says the former prices right host stumbled on on even pavement during his daily walk yesterday. his leg needed stitches and a cut

the field. eastern mississippi community college was leading 48-0 when the fight broke out. the school's coach says tempers were running high after a team manager was hurt by the other team before the game even started. >>> sumo wrestlers aren't exactly known for their speed, but three competitors put their sprinting skills to the test. they lined up at a track during some free time on their fall tour in japan. the middle wrestler picks up an early lead! but the sumo on the outside lane grabs the win! who knew they were so "light on their feet" sort of? >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," actor bradley cooper joins us in studio 57. i'm anne-marie green. news." when your cold makes you wish... ...you could stay... ...in bed all day... ...you need the power of... new theraflu expressmax. the power to feel better. feel secure in your dentures... feel free to be yourself all day. just switch from denture paste to sea-bond denture adhesive seals. holds stronger than the leading paste all day... without the ooze. feel secure. be yourself. with stronger, clea

in the project where they want to build a canal from the mississippi to the gulf of mexico. it's in the levy repair. it's a rule or ruin strategy, where campbell and his allies are trying to discredit this government, claiming that everything is the result of corruption. and slow the process down. it works very effectively. ties things up for a number of years. they can't get anything done. finally, what the legislature does is says, we can't take this anymore, and they create a new district court. they say, this is the only district court that can issue injunctions. they put a dye and wool republican judge in that court. from then or in, it shuts out the lower level courts. at that point, campbell doesn't care because he's moved his chain of argument now to the federal courts. using the 14th amendment. now, he can make the same claims in federal court that he had done successfully in state court, until he was thwarted by the creation of the new district court. >> let's take a call from joe in minnesota. you're on the air. >> caller: yes. good evening. i would like to thank

they say the 50-year old fell off a boat on the mississippi river. it happened saturday night near the town of buffalo... that's about 15 minutes southwest of davenport. officers conducted extensive searches yesterday using sonar, but were unsuccessful. "tomorrow we'll have someone on the water all day long pretty much doing searches and then we will continue throughout the week as we can with searches. its hard to pull man power to run 8 hour shift every day." police say several other people were on the boat... but none of them saw the man fall in. police have yet to say what caused the a southeast iowa girl who was at the center of a weekend amber alert is back home today... 13-year old paige johnstone of ottumwa was reported missing from her home friday night. saturday authorities triggered an amber alert. about two hours later... police pulled over 19-year-old kevin ramirez in georgia. they found the girl in his truck un- harmed. he is being charged with child stealing and enticing of a minor. both are felonies with cold weather coming, the des mo

four cities split by the mighty mississippi river -- two on the iowa side, two in illinois. these days, the quad cities is a sometimes uneasy mix of old-fashioned midwestern values and modern urban life, where crime is an inescapable part of the landscape. this is where carrie olson went missing in december of 2013. >> she had a heart of gold. and she made you always feel welcome. >> reporter: amanda smith and carrie were b.f.f's from the moment they met at as 11 year-olds at a neighborhood pool. >> we were just day, and sparks just flew. >> how do little girls have sparks? what was it about carrie? >> she was outgoing, fun. she'd push you in the pool. she'd splash you. and she'd give you the best bear hugs. you know, just would send tingles through your body and made you feel so special. >> reporter: the vivacious carrie was a people person and according to sarah paxton, another friend, a dog person too. she loved her kolby. >> her dog, kolby jack. kolby cheese. she loved, loved, loved kolby. kolby was like her child. >> reporter: 29-year-old carrie worked in her father's f

americans are in for an early dose of wintry weather as frost's freeze warnings stretch from the mississippi to the atlantic. >>> clashes on the campaign trail. donald trump doesn't back down for blazing blame on 9/11 on george bush. >>> and hillary clinton gets ready for questioning on ben ghazi ghazi. >>> one swimmer is fighting for his life after one shares his story of survival. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. thanks for joining us. i'm meg oliver in for omg. >>> parts of the eastern u.s. for the an early taste of winter. freeze warnings and frost advisories are in effect this morning from northern mississippi into northern massachusetts. the mid atlantic' northeast. on sunday, people in northern michigan saw their first snow of the season but the wintry seens won't last long. highs in michigan will hit 60 degrees. >>> up next on "cbs this morning," we will track the fall freeze and get your full weather forecast. >>> a major commercial highway in southern california will stay closed for at least several more days after major mudslides.

student leaders voted to remove the mississippi state flag from the campus of the university of mississippi. the state flag is the only one which still bears the iconic blue cross representing the confederacy. the vote from student senators is a non-binding resolution, and there is some support on campus for keeping the flag up. several colleges in mississippi have already taken down the flag. a bull leaps into the stands during an event -- injuring several people. you can see spectators throwing items and splashing him with beer at the event in peru. and that clearly did not sit well with him -- as he jumps into the stands -- forcing people to frantically run away. some climbing onto posts to get to safer grounds. at least four people were injured in the incident. authorities say they're investigating the event because of the lack of security. the teenager known as "clock boy," is moving to afghanistan... after accepting a scholarship there. the 14-year-old was arrested at school last month when a teacher mistook his homemade clock for a fake bomb. the arrest sparked outrage on social medi

our nick valencia is live at the university of mississippi. numbered? i've been on that campus many times covering things and it is one that stands for tradition. so what has changed now? >> reporter: well, just a couple hours ago, we spoke to the student sophomore senator alan kuehne who introduced the resolution that's going to be voted on on tuesday. he says he's a lot more confident now than he was last week about whether or not that resolution is going to pass. part of that has to do with what happened on friday. hundreds came out to watch protesters and counterprotesters. among those in attendance were the southern league, as well as supporters of the kkk. when i spoke to alan, he says it's the stark images that he hopes influences those senators still on the fence and will show them just how much is at stake here. >> this is the time now. it's been well over a century. we've flown this symbol of oppression. we've defended it. we've fought for it. and it's time to recognize that that was a mistake and to move forward and show the world a