turner? >> nat turner, i believe, is a great american hero. he has that been recognized as a hero, but because his story is complex and has nuances, we are a nation that has found it hard to put up monuments to the people that were enslaved, in if you go through the south, in the county where the rebellion took place, there will be no monument to nat turner there in the city. there will be a monument to the confederacy in that city. we have a long history of neglecting our great african-american euros. i believe this film will help change that. karen: you are a professor of history but it is apparent that you are a quiet person. wh m turner? >> it happened when i was in graduate school. i came across a document called "the confessions of nat turner," and extraordinary document. this is a confession he gave while in his jail cell before his execution. he knew he was going to be killed. he had been captured, he eluded capture for quite a while, and named thomas graves, who published that confession. that document is extraordinary because he wrot

to know what nat turner wanted, you don't have to only know nat turner.om and liberation, these are constants, you know what i mean? it's the-- freedom's binary. you're either free or you're not. and so for him, in fighting, as a preacher, as saying that, "if this bible that i'm being taught is real, then these people are wrong. if they're wrong, and i am a person that is moving as the hand of god, then i have to do something to subvert this system." >> rick francis: this is nat turner's sword. >> cooper: we were shown the sword that turner is believed to have used during the uprising, by rick francis, the county clerk, who happens to be a descendent of the family that owned nat turner. he doesn't see turner as a heroic figure, at least 17 of his ancestors were killed in the rebellion. when you see this, what do you think? >> parker: i think there's power in it. i think it-- it represents something-- very clear, you know? resistance is an option, you know? this is not only the identity of nat turner, but it's also the identity of america, you know? subjug

do you think it is fair to say you became obsessed with nat turner making this movie about nat turner? >> i became obsessed with what i believe to be the potential impact. >> reporter: when the birth of a nation was first shown at sundance film festival in january the impact was immediate. it won top prizes and hollywood studios came calling. >> first thing up right now is going to be the guys lined up. fox searchlight paid $17.5 million for this independent film, the most money any studio had ever paid for a movie at sundance. but with fame, came scrutiny. and about two months ago, nate parker's past began to make headlines. >> one of hollywood's rising stars is facing tough questions conflicting accounts of what happened at penn state one night in 1999. nate parker was a 19-year-old sophomore wrestler when he and his fellow teammate, gene selliston were accused by a female student of rape. both men admit they'd had sex at the same time with the accuser but they said it was consensual. the woman who we aren't naming, admitted to a prior consensual encounter with nate parker but on th

and hopeful that turner... will be brought to justice. bret says: turner is from chicago but has family and friends in the milwaukee area. anyone with information is asked county courthouse, bret lemoine, fox6 news. milwaukee police investigating a double shooting from late this morning. one of the victims -- died on the scene. the two people were shot inside a home near 51st and hope. a 24-year-old man was killed -- and a 27-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. police say they're still working to identify suspects and to determine a motive. an argument leads to gunshots in the fifth ward tonight. it happened near 5th and virginia. mi his mid 30's was shot... but his injuries are expected to be non-life threatening. no suspects are in custody yet. a brown deer police officer makes her first court appearance -- accused of shooting a suspect in the back. 27 year old deh-vin devon kraemer is charged with aggravated battery.prosecutors say she shot manuel burnley - following a disturbance on a county bus back in mar

they're looking for 19-year-old devon- tae turner. police say he's wanted in connection to monday's homicide at 24th and auer. a 46-year-old man, derrick ball, was shot and killed during a fight. according to the criminal complaint... incarcerated cousins girlfriend upset the family. court documents show ball was the boyfriend of turners aunt. we spoke with a witness... who saw the incident unfold as she was searching for her stolen car. n/a 'the man fell, and his girl-wife-whatever fell over the body screaming. the person that shot him took off down the road.' we're told turner lives in chicago but has family and degree reckless homicide-- but is not in custody. if you know where he is...you're asked to call police. we're learning new details about a deadly crash on i-94 overnight in kenosha county. it happened about 3 this morning- just south of state highway 158. officials say a man was driving an suv down the interstate when he hit a pedestrian. witnesses say the person was trying to cross the interstate at the time. police found

many saying brock turner got a light punishment. but two new laws expand the definition of rape and send more offenders to prison. >> this case, um, is really a journey that began a couple years ago at stanford, um, early one morning, um, when brock turner sexually assaulted an unconscious woman named emily doe. >> reporter: a jury found brock turner guilty of sexual assault. he served three months in jail and is probation for another three years. >> unfortunately, the judge in that case did not hear her cry for justice. and the defendant received a probationary sentence. >> reporter: turner got probation because his victim was unconscious. the new law changes that. in the future, people who assault an unconscious victim will have to be sentenced to prison instead of probation. >> governor brown just earlier today signed assembly bill 2888, which makes the punishment for sexually assaulting an unconscious person the same as the punishment for sexually assaulting a conscious person. >> reporter: another law the governor signed says t

ted turner: let's say the human condition right now is like a baseball game. a baseball game, it would be the seventh inning, and we are down by two runs with two innings to go. it does not mean that we are beaten. we are way behind right now, we are behind the eighth ball. but we have not lost yet. we have time, if we hold the other team right where they are. if we all of a sudden wake up tomorrow, and we decide that we are going to do everything right instead of half the things right and half the things wrong, we used to be doing everything wrong, but basically. now doing about half the things right and half the things wrong, but the conditions call for us to survive, we have to do everything right. terre: the urgency of global climate change is now recognized by almost every nation. what is needed, as we have heard, is global action for our ailing planet and from our leaders to inspire us with wisdom that looks beyond today's headlines. and we need to help those human beings who are displaced as the paradigm shifts. we have the knowledge to succeed and the

fueling your body more appropriately. >> reporter: turner said making a snack like this is an easy way to save money and control calories. >> while there are similar products at costco, and a lot of those will have were added sugar. >> reporter: turner stressed staying hydrated is key to making it to the finish line. >> these are really good. >> kelly werthmann reporting. you can get the recipe for those energy bites and you can get amanda turner's nutrition advice all you have to do is go to the cbs4 section of www.cbs4denver.com . >> i brought you some donuts. >> that will definitely served you well. >> for weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 4s here is ashton. >>> fog is a problem in some neighborhoods this morning. concern when it drops to a half- mile or lower. for the time being that is really only parker. we had a much bigger problem in southeast aurora but currently the visibility is up to a mild. we will be watching greenwood village where the visibility is .6. everybody should see at least some fog this morning with drizzle. be prepared for t well with temperatures 3

>> i guess the turner diaries.do you think that has had any influence on any current nationalist -- or not nationalist, but current movements toward terrorism within? prof. michael: it has been a big influence, primarily on the extreme right subculture. it has presumably influenced a number of terrorists, the most important of whom was timothy mcveigh, who was responsible for bombing the oklahoma city federal building in april 1995, which killed 168 people. he was enamored of the turner diaries, he bought many copies and sold them at gun shows. he was a right-wing -- there was a right-wing bomber who bombed some places in london in 1999. there is people in the extreme right subculture who think the turner diaries is kind of misguided to follow that blueprint for revolution, this idea that the federal government is going to disintegrate and there is going to be revolution. some people think, no, that is not really a viable strategy, so there is some debate within the extreme right subculture whether the turner diari

turner is accused of lewdness with a child under age 16 and kidnapping after this girl said turner touched her inappropriately. police say the girl met turner while he was helping the up and drop off another coach and he asked her to take a ride to his house to pick up his sister. that's when he allegedly started to touch her chest area. turner denies the allegation. >>> a live picture out at mccarran international airport where a new faa traffic control tower will be dedicated today. harry reid and top officials will be there. the control tower culmination of a process that started in may 2011. a $99 million project that was delayed because of government shutdowns. that was in 2011. then in 2013 a construction error that forced crews to redo the entire duct work. that's the old tower. what we're looking at is the old tower. they'll dedicate the new one, much bigger. monitor wildlifes in mount charleston after strong winds caused it to flare up. the october fire has been burning since friday. the fire is 65% contained. forest officials say a careless hiker's campfire accidentally started t

this is 19-year-old "devontae turner." police say he's wanted in connection to monday's homicide at 24th and auer. a 46-year-old man, derrick ball, was shot and killed during a fight. according to the criminal complaint... turners affair with his incarcerated cousins girlfriend upset the family. court documents show ball was turners aunts the incident unfold as she was searching for her stolen car. n/a 'the man fell, and his girl-wife-whatever fell over the body screaming. the person that shot him took off down the road.' we're told turner lives in chicago but has family and friends in the milwaukee area. turner has been charged with second degree reckless homicide but is not in custody. it's been four months since jay anderson, junior was shot and killed now -- his parents making a plea to law enforcement -- for transparency. anderson was killed in madison park back in june. police say anderson had a gun --and the officer thought he was reaching for it. last week--family saw dash cam video of the shooting -- and that's wh

turner served just three months and was released in early september. we're used to getting amber alerts on our cell phones...so why not earthquake warnings? california already has hundreds of earthquake sensors-- they provided nine seconds of warning to bay area transit trains when the napa quake hit two years ago. emergency officials are now rolling out new reports. (nats: earthquake, earthquake. moderate shaking expected in 51 seconds.) you're listening to california's earthquake early warning notification system.... these are going to be for earthquakes of significance that are going to result in shaking... california already has some 570 earthquake sensors.. but when the napa quake struck two years ago...seismologists were unable to get the warning out to the public. the two sensors closest to the epicenter of the earthquake were not fast enough to contribute to the earthquake early warning system. but today...the office of emergency services announced 10 million dollars in new state funding thanks to a bill signed today by governor brown. it will

. >> the arrest of 21-year-old volunteer freshman football coach jordan turner is a disappointment to some students not because he helped the athletes there but because they rap. parents of the athletes have other concerns. >> priority is there to protect our children and in order do to do that you need to know what's going on with your children. >> turner is accused of lewdness with a child and kidnapping. this parent who did not want to be identified, as a mentor to students, it sends a wrong respect. >> according to turner, he asked her to take a ride to his house to pick up his sister. that's when he started to touch her breast. she tried to scoot away, she was scared and shake. she didn't have permission to ride in the car by her parents. >> you have to resp women and men, and you can't touch people without permission. >> asking, what would you do for me to help start flag football. she may not have been the only victim. >> in the arrest report, turner admits they were laughing and joking in the car. he might have poked her in the breast, denies anything happened, he was driving

brock turner spent three months in jail, despite being convicted of sexual assault.the sentence, which many thought was lenient, was due in part to the lack of any mandatory sentence guidelines for sexual assault cases involving unconscious victims. the legislation just signed by governor brown will ensure that those convicted of sexual assaults on someone who is unconscious will now get mandatory prison sentences. >> it guarantees that individuals like brock turner will go to prison in the future. >> reporter: the bill was met with praise, both from the district attorney and the assistant d.a., who said she recently spoke to the victim. >> just a few months ago, we were upset and saddened by the sentence, but now the law has changed such that women on college campuses are safer. >> reporter: those who authored the bill say the rules had do change. >> we as male legislators want to make it very clear that this is not okay, and that we want do ensure that for the generations of young men that this is not tolerated. >> reporter: the governor also signed a bill expandin

his office prosecuted the turner case. >> i hope this will lead to fewer campus sexual assaults. people will know this is serious and a violent crime. >>> new at 6:00, not much confidence, i'm afraid from forecasters we're going to have a wet winter this year to help ease the lingering drought. this winter what forecasts call neutral, that means there is no el nino, or la nina. >> we have a ground water receive sit and a snow pack did he have stit over the past five years. are we still in the drought? you bet we are. >> officials marked a fifth year of california drought. >>> investigators looking into yesterday's commuter train crash is now focused on the engineer, 48-year-old thomas gallagher. abc news learned he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. investigators collected one of the two data recorders from the train and we're hearing from a good samaritan that tried to help the soul fatality. >> i just tried to console her saying i'm not going to leave you by yourself now. she fought for her life and tried to breathe. >> the young mother just dropped off her baby a

it features the face of a convicted rapist brock turner. the sign also reads, "don't be that person." it stands in a stairwell at california polytechnic university. you may recall --- turner was convicted of raping an he served three months of a six- month jail sentence. ( ren blanding / cal poly freshman ) "at first, i was like, 'that's creepy,' but you think about it and think, 'that's brock turner's face,' and that smiling face gets really dark and ominous real fast." a student group called, "safer," created the poster. the group hopes it will help spark a conversation on campus about sexual assault. right now -- the president of the mississippi naacp is demanding a federal investigation -- after a terrifying and what disgusting act at a high school. what parents of one black student say happened to their child. and -- the largest recall in history is getting bigger! if you're a car owner -- stick around. and.. don't forget to download the all new 13 action news app.. featuring live streaming.. video on demand and incredible it's free in

this time it was 23 year old "baleigh turner" from alabama. deputies say she had a gun in her backpack, as she was heading into animal kingdom. turner says she had a permit to carry a concealed weapon, but detectives back in her home state say it expired. turner was actually busted on ?monday... the same day a louisiana man was caught trying epcot. disney prohibits ?all guns from its theme parks and resorts. even ?with a valid permit. busch gardens-tampa has re-opened its congo river rapids ride. it closed down on tuesday... in the wake of a deadly accident on a similar ride at an australian theme park. the australian park had a malfuntion with the conveyer system that transports the rafts. busch gardens safety inspectors took a look at ?their ride... and found everything to be in order... a good day good deed now... from tarpon springs. firefighters caught a rescue on camera. a woman pulled into station 69.. after hearing cries from under the hood of her car! that's actually a ? kitten! firefighters managed to retrieve it from inside the fend

we had a lot of questions for nutritionist amanda turner. >> what do you eat the night before a race? >> that's a great question. night before you do want a higher carbohydrate yield but people often misconstrue that with eat a lot of food. >> reporter: while we chopped and measured we also talked quarter protein, you should have about a third to a half carbohydrates. and then a quarter to a half with vegetables on it. that would be an ideal plate. >> marathon trying to gain weight because i get so hungry after i run. >> so it kind of ties into that. right? if you have higher volume food that makes you feel more full. so you're not over eating on calories. >> reporter: as we added chocolate chip to our energy bites for a little fun flavor turner also talked about how you can train your body to function better with the proper balance of nutritious whole foods. need a nap after long runs? ey >> or during. [ laughter ] yes. energy levels should stay much more stable when you're fueling your body appropriately. >> reporter: while our treats look like in interleague -- turner says making a

. >> fallout from the brock turner sexual assault case. it's just changed california law. >> every they are going to do the crime, you'll do the time. >> plus, fire in the santa cruz mountains. why water drops are off the table. >> and the healing power behind this lion den. >>> breaking news. falling debris, checking smoke and a historic structure up in flames. the first congress a.m. church in berkeley is barely standing this evening. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us. the church has been a fixture in the neighborhood for over 100 years. the flames are just a punch in the gut for parishioners. >> yeah. first congressional church lies on the edge of the cal campus. flames began pouring out of the church on channing drive shortly after 1:00 this afternoon. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from the scene. laura? >> reporter: hi, kristen. let's give you the very latest here. i'm standing at channing and dana. behind me the first congressional church or what's left of it. i can tell

his office prosecuted the turner case. >> i hope this will lead to fewer campus sexual assaults.ple will know this is serious and a violent >>> new at 6:00, not much confidence, i'm afraid from forecasters we're going to have a wet winter this year to help ease the lingering drought. this winter what forecasts call neutral, that means there is no el nino, or la nina. >> we have a ground water receive sit and a snow pack did he have stit over the past five years. are we still in the drought? you bet we are. >> officials marked a fifth year of california drought. >>> investigators looking into yesterday's commuter train crash is now focused on the engineer, 48-year-old thomas gallagher. abc news learned he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. investigators collected one of the two data recorders from the train and we're hearing from a good samaritan that tried to help the soul fatality. >> i just tried to console her saying i'm not going to leave you by yourself now. she fought for her life and tried to breathe. >> the young mother just dropped off her baby at the day c

if you remember in the turner case, turner was accused of using a finger, which obviously came in partnto the sentencing guidelines here. another part of this would eliminate the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of rape in sexual assault and finally, obviously, the biggest one here would be removing a provision in california state law which treated sexual assault cases that involved an unconscious victim as a lesser case. obviously, turner got six months in prison for good behavior. he's out now on three months probation. a lifetime sex offender, but what this would do, make it manned other you would face state prison time. not probation, not a little jail time but state prison time for these offenses. there are people on both sides here obviously the district attorney call it is a victory in santa clara county saying sex on college campuses is a problem. harshes penalties dlaes. others on the other side see this as mandatory minimums and obviously, factor in, look at cases involving minor drug cases, a discourage on many communities, minority communities, when you talk

it's really interesting -- >> she's nat turner's wife, right? >> she's nat turner we's wife, richmond constitutional wig printed in 1831, and it's a piece of evidence that says, "i have in my position some papers that i got off nat turner's wife, cherry, by the lash." yeah! >> stephen: that's what it says in the newspaper that this person got documents by whipping the character you are playing. >> yes, yes. >> stephen: it must be an incredibly powerful thing to try to inhabit a character like that and understand what they're going through in this day and age. >> it is powerful, and it's an because, you know, she existed. she was real, and she went through this, and stepping into that, even though it was a very intense experience, i'm just really grateful that i had the opportunity to do it. >> stephen: well, we have a clip here. and this is you talking to nat turner, and you need to set this up in any way? >> all i can say is at this point, the rebellion has happened. and, you know, a lot of people are being killed in the process of trying to fi