this chief led the drive in the tuscaloosa alabama area. they didn't spell it with that she. they spelled with a k. we are now entering into the old senate chamber. we have 35 chairs. 35 members of the alabama state senate. house the senate in this room from 1851 to 1985. this is the most historic room in the capital. the confederate states of america was formed here. jefferson davis worked in this room for several months. floodlights in here are identical to what was there in 1861. either oil or gas fired lights. the space above is the gallery. they can watch the lawmakers make the laws of alabama. we had the senate in this room from 1851 to 1985. the last room we will see is the old house of representatives. there are a hundred and five chairs. . froms to them in this room 1851 to 1985. this room is used on a continuous basis. the main purpose today is for the governor of alabama to deliver his or her state of the state address. there has been address delivered in alabama since 1851 we will continue that. it tells the story of the entire southeast. >> civil war and civil rig

came all the way from tuscaloosa, alabama, to be here. that's a long way. it is. i'm glad you -- have you been out here before? never have, not to l.a. oh, i hope you're having a good time. an emergency room nurse back in alabama? yes, sir, i'm a registered nurse. i mainly work in the emergency room with a lot of good friends. good. uh, and you're engaged, speaking of good friends. i am. my girlfriend and i got engaged last week, and, uh, we're both really excited about that. our families are really excited. and we've got a new addition to the family coming in pretty soon. all right. good for all that. nice to have you here, lee. thank you. good luck to you. thanks, pat. michelle, how are you? doing well. michelle baril, right? yes. is from west fargo, north dakota. uh, married?

i was in tuscaloosa, alabama a number of months ago working for amarketplace story and we met a ph.d.erial science at the fort of alabama, she will get a job in this new economy no matter what, right? she's working at a bbq joint in alabama to make ends meet, $102,000 worth of debt, and will get a job once she gets her degree. i said what's it like as you think about the future? she says, i'm scared. so we'll find the stories that sort of pull that thread through, why people aren't feeling good about what, according to the numbers, is a rising economy. >> woodruff: we are looking forward to the entire series, going to be working with you, talking to you throughout the rest of this election year and beyond. kai ryssdal, thank you very much. >> you bet. >> woodruff: we want to hear more from you about where we should go and what issues you feel should be part of our series. the series is funded in part by the corporation for public broadcasting. go to our website and you'll see a place where you can give us your feedback on "how the deck is stacked." >> ifill: we'll be back in just a mo

the lady dragons beat central high school from tuscaloosa, alabama, 58-33, imploring what local news said was a suffocating pressure defense to cruise to their third consecutive title on march 5, 2016, at the birmingham jefferson convention complex legacy arena in birmingham, alabama. they forced 32 turnovers that resulted in 19 points on their way to victories. the sign on our wall says, discipline plus defense equals championships, said winona high school coach emanuel bell. we're going to press, that's what we do. we put pressure on the other side. the m.v.p. of the game was alexus dye who scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. our defense is what got us here and led us to the win, said dye. the other star of the team was winona's very own kate lynn rogers who blocked six shots, handed out three assists and added two steals. this is what we came here for and we want to go out with a bang, said rogers. more noteworthy is the fact that according to coach bell every kid on my team averages 3.0 g.p.a. or higher. it's easy to coach players with academic and athletic talent, says coac

we are on the road in tuscaloosa exploring the history and literary scene of this alabama town. filmed at the university of alabama with its rich, historic sites. while we are there, we will be doing some sightseeing. our comcast cable partners in tuscaloosa, alabama -- once our team returns, we will put the program together and future the program during the weekend of april 16 and 17th on book tv, c-span2, and american history tv on c-span3. as always, you can i more information -- you can find more information on www.c-span.org. let's get a couple more calls. we go to mark who is in the valley, washington. democrat's line. good morning. caller: good morning. i feel like we should close the majority of bases around the world and keep the ones that are for the protection of america. take the trillions of dollars to involve -- to keep all of the spaces open and bring it back to america, rebuild this country for a change, and i agree with trump, even though i caucused for burning yesterday. of theick up too much cost. host: so you caucused for bernie sanders. if the general electi

host: john in tuscaloosa, alabama, bringing up prisoners and how we treat prisoners in this country. some news on prisoners and sentencing reform. president obama yesterday commuted the sentences for 61 drug ofteners, extending his administration's efforts, according to the "new york times," to reshape a criminal justice sentencing system that the president has often described as unduely harsh and unfair to minorities and badly outdated. brief comments on wednesday, the president singled out house speaker paul ryan for his support on the issue and said he was still hopeful that criminal justice reform can get done. we're going to be talking about that issue, criminal justice reform, on sunday. there's a segment on that at 8:45 on this program, if you want to watch that. in terms of other upcoming segments, the jobs report coming out tomorrow, the monthly jobs report, the march jobs numbers. a story in today's "usa today" on the jobs report, economists predict solid gains will be announced friday. those numbers come out tomorrow morning. we'll be talking about them on saturday morning

host: one more call, robert, tuscaloosa, alabama, democrat line.aller: why is it that you don't say christian terrorists? why is it that you only use islam and muslim terrorists and not christian terrorist? christians of killed more people in the world than any people claiming their religion. not only that, in this country, where black people have two kinds of christianity, you a black christianity, african christianity, nobody i see on tv looks like this. again, why not you say the christian terrorists when they start bombing here? this is where the bombing starts, burning houses, bombing homes. with christian terrorists, if you're going to say as long terrorists. -- islamic terrorists. guest: we tend to mostly the name of islam. i don't have a problem with calling it with a label. people do call christian terrorists. they may not be terrorists in the sense of domestic crime. we would call them criminals. people who attack them abortion -- who attack abortion clinic. by the way, israel terrorists, are calledorists jewish terrorists. i'll have a pr

the alabama crimson tide-- out of tuscaloosa. this is according to a poll from reddit college football of 5- thousand fans. overall, the ohio buckeyes were the most hated... followed by alabama and then michigan. and a-s-u is the favorite... this poll may be rigged. now fox weather 24/7 with cassandra jones good morning i'm cassandra jones with fox5. we'll stay in the low 80's through the workweek & remain on track to tie the record high for the tomorrow at 82 degrees with the records set back for the weekend. clouds begin to increase friday with southwest gusts 25-35 mph saturday and sunday with a slight chance of showers by sunday afternoon. shower chances continue on monday with a high of 63 degrees. average highs range from 66 to 68 this week and through the weekend. out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. ak the plunge for special olympics nevada. harry mong and nick posch join us with ho

tuscaloosa and into macon. there has been storms, i have near pelham, alabama. there is a warning. this is moving to the southeast. here is birmingham t is close to downtown and to the southeast. this is 65. ace you take that down to montgomery and over towards auburn. the college. and the town. the cell is moving this way. and storms along i-20. and severe storms in atlanta but all of this energy will shift from us. that's my concern that we would see this over us tomorrow but i don't think that will happen. our party should be okay with a couple of showers or sprinkles what is left of the front goes by. partly cloudy. the sun set at 631. and mixture of clouds and sun. isolated sprinkle or shower. bang to sunshine on thursday. cooler at the coast and 73. the next chance of rain not big. on friday but after that. we have sunshine. the weekend is great with highs >> thank you, mall.3 coming up tonight at 11... one of tampa's most wanted is now behind bars. hear about the *painful stunt he *tried to pull off... so he wouldn't be identified by police. painful. the stunt he tried. it d

june 11 when george wallace rise in tuscaloosa to make his stance in the schoolhouse door and what happens to days later on june 13, 1963, when the university of alabama huntsville campus is this a creative with very little fanfare and very little fuss. so what you see here is james mcgrath three, who is a mathematics student, graduate nasant, and employee at who is walking into this open desegregateessfully the university of alabama huntsville with very little media attention, very little police presence. it is a stark contrast between what happened just a few days before in tuscaloosa. once the school is successfully disaggregated, he sort of moved on into the national political sphere. he is using it as a political launching point. >> i am pleased to announce this morning that more than 100,000 californians have registered as members of the american toependent party in order give us assistance in gaining a place on the california ballot in next year's general election. >> george wallace makes his first initial run in national politics in 1964 where he enters a few key primaries and does very well. but his first major national run comes in 1968. he

alabama at huntsville. with very little media attention, very little police presence. it is a very stark contrast between what happened a few days before in tuscaloosa. once the school is successfully desegregated, he sort of moves on into the national political sphere. he is using it as a political launching board. george wallace: i am pleased to announce this morning that more than 100,000 californians have registered as members of the american independent party in order to give us assistance in gaining a place on the california ballot and next year's general election. makes hiswallace first initial run in national politics in 1964 where he enters a few key primaries and does very well. but his first major national run comes in 1968 where he has really set himself up through these public appearances he makes during the desegregation debate and during the stand in the schoolhouse door, he sets himself up to be this voice of conservatism standing against all of these changes the federal government is making. he takes the segregation argument he has been making and broadens it for a national audience. instead of talking specifically about segregation