that's why i am calling on president tuscaloosa and on romania, which will have the presidency during the first half of the year 2019. i want them to organize a special summit in romania on the 30th of march, 2019. i would like that summit to be held in the magnificent asian city. that would be the right moment to take very important decisions -- essential decisions, in fact, to shape europe. a more united europe, a stronger and more democratic europe. my hope is that on the 13th of march, 2019, europeans will wake up in a union where they know we're defending their values. where all member states vigorously respect the rule of law. where being a member, a full member of the eurozone, the banking union and the schengen area have become a member state of the european union. we need to ensure we defend our single currency in all circumstances, good and bad, without recourse to external aid. single market needs to be fairer for workers in the east and the west. i hope they will wake up in a world like that. we also need to agree on bedrock of social standards where profits are taxed wher

shelton spends much of his time in his tuscaloosa, alabama office, constantly listening to recordingsin luther king junior while he looks at pictures of civil rights demonstrators. those he can identify are circled and filed. he explains why. robert: we have an organization called the kbi, the klan bureau of investigation. charles: the klan says it does not advocate intimidation or harassment or violence, that it is a peaceful organization. let us take a look at some proven klan activities. in the small community of gray, georgia, the only movie theater in town permitted negroes to sit in the balcony. the klan decided this was not a healthy thing for the white people, and every friday night, 50 car loads of klansmen circled the theater. today the movie house gray, georgia is closed. a victory of the klan. further examples of klan intimidation were uncovered in a lawsuit in new orleans. the hearing revealed that in bogalusa,oko loser, louisiana, sometimes called called klantown usa in of the city's 19,000 klan members were city policemen. the city attorney was himself identified as a k

can -- i started off my career at the birmingham post herald, and i alabamauniversity of games in tuscaloosafootball unites that eight and binds together a lot of wounds, and i think trump has a visceral understanding of what his base is, and he understands a lot of his face -- white, working-class voters -- look at colin kaepernick and think of somebody who is violating with a view as a time-honored code, so he is definitely, definitely viewing that from a tactical perspective, and we are hearing from our reporting over the last 24 hours or so, he has flat out told people he thinks it has played really well with his base. something that he views as feels intuitively and something that he feels as changing the subject from health-care reform, from luther strange cost loss, from this tax reform stuff, and more importantly, from what is going rush investigation. charlie: where's the molar investigation yet is it getting closer and closer to the white house? our molar investigators prepared to go into the white house and interview staffers? bob: it is. i'm sure glenn has thoughts, to on this, b

a very damaging storm in tuscaloosa. additional rainfall from the system across the ohio river valley, mid-atlantic and we are watching showers and thunderstorm activity across the gulf of mexico. yesterday we were thinking a system in the gulf of mexico this weekend into next week, the hurricane center is monitoring but don't think anything will develop in the next 5 days which is good news. irma watching this carefully, the tropical models if you live across the caribbean, puerto rico, dominican republic, cuba, bahamas, florida, east coast, gulf coast, you need to monitor this. we have the possibility of a category 5. >> you said it was going to be very busy and it is keeping that promise. >> we have time to prepare, days to go. if we have impact it will be next weekend, time to prepare. >> people have to listen. we will keep you posted every hour. more rain could be coming to flood ravaged houston next week. todd: good going door to door searching for survivors and officials warn more chemical blasts could be on the h

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shelton spent most of his time in his tuscaloosa office listening to tape recordings of martin lutherile examining pictures of civil rights demonstrators. those he can identify are circled and filed. shelton explains why. >> we have a division in our organization called the clan bureau investigation and i might add it is pretty effective. we are unable to uncover a lot of evidence. >> the klan says it does not advocate intimidation, harassment or violence and that it is a peaceful organization. let us take a look at proven klan activities. in the small community of gray, georgia, the only movie theater in town permitted negroes to sit in the balcony. the klan decided this was not a healthy thing for the white people. and every friday night 50 carloads of robed klansmen circled the theater. today the gray theater in georgia is closed, a victory for the klan. further examples of klan intimidation were uncover in the injunction lawsuit in the fifth circuit court of appeals in new orleans. the hearings revealed that in bogalusa, louisiana, sometimes called klan town usa, some of the citie

the plans include construction of a battery plant in new leg trick models at its factory in tuscaloosa, bam balance. they plan to offer one electrified alternative in all of its vehicle segments by the year 2022. >>> a police officer had quite a surprise while racing to the scene of a traffic accident in colorado. a raccoon! >> whoa! >> it was on the hood of a police van. the four-legged hitchhiker just hopped. on he safely jumped off after the officer stopped to take a few pictures. raccoons are among smartest and most adaptable mammals in north america. let's not forget photo genic. >> how smart can he be if he jumped on top of a police cruiser? >>> ricky henderson -- >> a car comes up in a black escalade. a fancy car. and i was like, oh, my god. that's really him. >> the oakland family could not believe their good fortune after some bad luck. >>> a neighborhood grocer who is much more than that. the community and family, really, the community's life blood. >>> i felt i was in a war with food. >> using dna testing to find a healthy diet. a local business leading the way. >>> and walm

all in all, we have over 50 reported tornadoes from harvey and a really damaging one around the tuscaloosa area. still dealing with the remnants of harvey as we head into the long holiday weekend. unfortunately, it's going to rain on some parades here for saturday and sunday and then by monday, out of the picture. we have seen this storm do too much damage. there is the potential 4-6 isolated amount of 8 inches plus as we continue to watch the storm. 11:00 a.m. advisory on my hair down to a category two, but not to let your guard down. still a lot of warm water potentially here. high-pressure, that's the bermuda high. this high is very strong, they're going to continue its westward path straight westward. if the high breaks down and it's influenced across the east coast, then we are going to see more of a curving and that's what's happening right now with the models. still, we are 5-7 days out. we were watching this model yesterday. puerto rico needs to watch this, do minnick and republic of my cuba, and the bahamas. that is a very powerful storm there. you can see it's kind of curving up

around the same time that the book was released, the league of the south was founded in tuscaloosa, alabama. the organization was founded and it's led by dr. michael hill, a former college professor. there is a multitude of organizations that compose the southern nationalist movement. the movement is far from monolithic. some organizations are divided on particular issues, especially with respect to race. essentially, there are two competing camps in the movement. one is racialist. and prefers a southern nation that is anglo celtic in character. the other is strictly territorial and favors, if you will, a diverse dixie in which southern culture can flourish without regard to race. a few years ago, gregory kay published four novels in his third revolution series. tells the story of a guerilla movement in the south that secedes from the united states and establishes a new independent southern nation. recent controversies surrounding the display of the confederate battle flag have had a polarizing effect in the south between its mostly white offenders who view the flag as part of their regiona

. >> we will bring a luxury vehicles to the tuscaloosa plant. vehicles in the future.e will continue to establish our battery production in the plant as well. shery: we won out go to -- will now talk a little bit more about this, this breaking news. we will get you more details with our reporter as soon as we can. now we are going to first word news this afternoon with mark crumpton. mark: puerto rico has been declared a federal disaster area after hurricane bury a battered -- maria better the u.s. commonwealth. it makes puerto ricans eligible for financial assistance. hundreds of homes destroyed and officials say it could be months before everybody gets the lights turned back on. president trump plans to visit puerto rico to ss the damage, he spoke -- assess the damage he spoke about the destruction today in a meeting. >> puerto rico is in very, very tough shape. they're eligible grade is destroyed -- their electrical grid is destroyed. it is totally destroyed. and so many other things. we are starting the process now and we will work with the government and people of

mercedes benz plans to add about 6 huredges jobs at this plant in tuscaloosa, alabama.e also planning to ad a battery plant to that area as well. now, this should -- construction of that battery plant should start some time next year. >> really shows their faith in american workers. because that's some of the best engineering newscast world. them building them here is a good sign. heather: something you never want to do is drink and drive but tgi fridays is checking out booze delivery to your home? >> this is a great idea. tgi friday be able to order food and alcohol through their mobile app. the company will -- the delivery company will go to a partnered liquor store, pick up your beer, your liquor and pick up the food and bring it to you in one nice little package. they are testing this out in texas right now. hopefully they will roll it out nationwide sometime in 2018. and you know, they are are going to check ids when they come bring you your food and alcohol no. underaged drinking there for the kids. rob: ears are picking up. bottles of booze not a gin and tonic. 9

s in tuscaloosa and that includes building a battery plant.ercedes claims it will add 600 new jobs and i wants electric options for vehicles from sedans to survivor's by 2022. inspectors shut down a thrill ride at a fair in central pennsylvania weeks after a similar ride was involved a deadly accident. the ride is called "the wild claw." it's the same model. not the exact same ride as one that broke apart at the ohio state fair in july. one person was killed and serve were seriously injured in >> this is great. that is what should be done. that is the purpose of having rides inspected. >> think they they are smart to close it down. i love the fair. i wouldn't want it to have a bad reputation. michelle: the owner of the ride plans to remove it from the fairgrounds even though they are not required to do so. nancy: 4,000-mile cable running from spain all the way to virginia beach now completed. transfer the information. 16 million times faster than the average home internet connection. representative from facebook as well as microsoft and the vi

♪ >> reporter: ross harris grew up in tuscaloosa, alabama, and that's where his close friend, billy kirkpatrickmet him. you called him a massive dork? >> massive dork, yes. >> reporter: why did you call him that? >> because he's a massive dork. >> reporter: billy says ross was a lot of fun to be around. he remembers one beach holiday in particular. >> ross took his guitar and, like, walked up to people on the beach and started conversations because that's who he is. >> but ross seemed to settle down when he met his wife, leanna. she encouraged him to get his college degree. his cousin katie, who quickly became leanna's best friend too, says leanna made ross want to be a better man. >> we've said that without leanna, ross would've probably been a lost little puppy. >> reporter: after six years of marriage, they moved to atlanta when ross was offered a job as a web developer at home depot. cooper was born a few months later. what was it like for you, the first time that you -- that you saw cooper? >> oh, man, he was so beautiful, just blonde hair, blue eyes. just tiny little perfection. >> i just

the investment is expected to create hundreds of new jobs in tuscaloosa.lan to roll out at least one electric version of all their vehicles by the year 2022. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. melissa is in for adam and yes its fall but you don't need a jacket. >> i mean, i'm not complaining, right? feels really good. it's not going to feel like fall as we head into the weekend. we'll show you what's going on as we walk over to the weather center. sky6 live in hd looking at philadelphia international airport on this get away friday. shouldn't have any weather related travel delays because temperatures are pretty comfortable and skies are nice and clear for the most part as well. as we look at the weather headlines, we've got that july-like weekend. it's pretty warm and above average but it gets hot and humid as we get into sunday and the eagles home opener, season home opener taking on the giants. going to be a sizzler at the linc by sunday and dangerous rip currents is also a big concern. right now in philadelphia we're coming in at 82 degre

the epicenter still lives in tuscaloosa, alabama. they own college football. the last seconds against clemson. >> acc edging over the s.e.c. >> everyone is talking about the bowl records and i think it's a misnomer. it's so disjointed, some guys have a week to prepare for a bowl and others have a month. but the acc they did win a ton of bowl games a season ago. so they have the bragging rights as the best conference in college football. we'll see. they have a good case to makes. i think miami is going to be for real. finally we can believe in what mark richt is building there. so they have some dynamite teams. >> clemson is ranked fifth. you think they're a contender? >> they'll be a contender, but i like florida state. but they've got so much on defense. lawrence and then they've got wilkins. he cance but he's 295 pounds so they have recruited well. d'abo has won as many games as nick saban has. i like what jimbo fisher is working with. we'll find out about florida state this evening when they take on big bad alabama and alabama losing a lot of pieces on the

harvey not done with us yet and then the tornadoes, that's pickens county, alabama northwest of tuscaloosaere were tornadoes reported in three different states in the south. so, yes, the threat is still on for flash flooding. but the rain eventually moves east and will be a lot lighter by the time it gets here but will start to rain on your holiday weekend. the heaviest will center itself on southern ohio, northern kentucky up to 6 inches. >> thank you very much. you know, we have all been moved by the volunteers, the countless volunteers pitching in across the country in the wake of hurricane harvey and we have a big announcement this morning. >> also coming up on the business of kids sports is the love of the game worth the hefty price tag. >> there's a lot playing youth sports. >>> jason derulo live in central park, special summer concert. look at him. only here on "gma." come on back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ "im on the phone"! ♪ ♪ while other insurance companies just see a house. we see the home you've worked really hard for. so why not give it the protection it deserves