wesleyan took a risk accepted him.s and kennedy were married, started an organization at the school for girls in a slum that is the most inspiring, encouraging thing you can imagine. >> a lot of people you describe as being transformative in their communities are making a big impact. one of them is nine years old. the one that opens up your book "a path appears," rebecca beckwith. tell me about her. >> so rachel is a remarkable girl from seattle. at age 8 she heard about how many people worldwide didn't have access to clean water. she decided to donate her ninth birthday to charity water. instead of gifts she asked for money to build a wedge. -- build a well. she was bummed out she raced just over 200. soon after she was in a car accident, she was figging for life. people were trying to show support. people went to her page donated. thee passed $300, $5,000 - but - and she died. she did not make it. but people wanted all the more to commemorate her life to support rachel's last fundraiser, and raised $1.2 million, wate

janamanchi is a wesleyan student from rockville. four other students are charged in this case. it began when nearly a dozen people overdosed on the drug molly last month. >>> a man listed online as the operator of a child care center in virginia is now in jail because of sexually abusing children. prince william county police arrested thomas ferrantino. it's not clear if the victims attended his child care center. the case heads to a grand jury. he's being held without bond. >>> the owner of a popular maryland restaurant who's accused of secretly recording women in the bathroom is taking a long-term leave of absence. kyle mulehauser is accused of putting a cam kra ra in the bathroom at ram's head tavern last year. he was charged earlier this month. his father, who founded the ram's head group, says his son wants to focus on himself, his family and the legal road ahead. >>> snow is causing a delay in the hearing for a man who's accused of shooting at an nsa building. hong young had a bond hearing scheduled today, but the coats are closed for weather. he's charged with attempted

hall said he'd also been near the campus of indiana wesleyan university, where tricia reitler had disappearedcause i needed to be with somebody. there was a small shopping center. i had a van. hall said he raped and strangled a girl here, too. then he identified his victim by pointing to tricia's picture. tricia's disappearance had remained a mystery for 18 months. >> we were just kind of sitting on the sidelines waiting for information to come in. >> with little evidence, and local police insisting on another suspect, tricia's parents, gary and donna, still suffered. >> i know with each thing that came in, the urgency was great. and the heartache was great, too. and the anticipation and the hope. >> hall's confession meant the reitlers might at last find their daughter and gary miller had found the killer of jessica roach. but the next day, hall changed his story. >> as i was talking to him, he said, i was just telling you about my dreams, that didn't really happen. he said, it was just my dreams. i said, larry, that's not what you said. you said this happened and you didn't like talking abo

. >> up next on american history tv, lois brown, wesleyan university history professor discusses the relationship between whites and newly freed blacks in the aftermath of the civil war. ms. brown says there was a great deal of racial tension in the south and north. as a result, slavery was replaced with wage slavery with sharecropping. this was hosted by the vermont humanities council. lois: good morning. it is wonderful to be here today. i have to begin with a sincere thanks to the vermont humanities council, the executive director peter gilbert two amy cunningham, and the staff of vermont humanities for everything in between. thank you to mark for that wonderful introduction, and for inspiring me and all of us with all that you are doing at vermont historical society. i also come with greetings. from the connecticut humanities council to which only days ago i was appointed to the board. david, yes, there is a connecticut board. yes, we will be calling. yes, we do need you. [applause] i have to say that when i first moved, i stumbled into the civil war in vermont. i was a young ass

. >>> a new connection today for the party drug overdoses at wesleyan university and students from our area. police in connecticut tell us a fifth student named abi man is now charged with multiple drug counts. he's from rockville. four other students are also linked to the distribution of a bad batch of mali blamed for putting a dozen people in the hospital last month. two of those accused students are frals maryland one from bethesda another from baltimore county. >>> now to the latest on actor harrison ford's real-life plane crash drama. the "indiana jones" star is still recovering in the hospital after the vintage plane he had been piloting crash landed on a golf course in santa monica california, and crews have now moved the plane to a hangar where the national transportation safety board will take a look at it. we'll have an update on the investigation and on ford's condition and take a look at his other aviation mishaps in our next half hour. >>> also developing right now, this fire still burning out of control after a train derailed in a small illinois town. more than 20 cars c

. >> up next on american history tv, lois brown, wesleyan university history professor discusses the relationship between whites and newly freed blacks in the aftermath of the civil war. ms. brown says there was a gre

he taught journalism at wesleyan university and graduated in new hampshire. to larry, first of all propublica seems to be the hottest discussion item among research and polling communities. so what in the world is propublica? how are you funded? who is your audience? what is your overarching asian? -- what is your overarching goal? larry: thanks, jack. appreciated being here with the consumer federation and with this cluster's panel of reporters. as a lowly editor i'm somewhat , of an odd man out, but propublica is a nonprofit independent newsroom that started about six years ago. and that was in the midst of the real upheaval in the way the internet was changing the news business. there was real fear among many of us at the time that the traditional news organizations because of the change in a business model were not going to be able to devote the amount of resources and time to investigative reporting in the sense of long-term in depth work that takes reporters months to produce. and at the time a lot of different kinds of elements of a noose ecosystem sta

he taught journalism at wesleyan university and graduated in new hampshire. to larry, first of all propublica seems to be the hottest discussion item among research and polling communities. so what in the world is propublica? how are you funded? who is your audience? what is your overarching asian? -- what is your overarching goal? larry: thanks, jack. appreciated being here with the consumer federation and with this cluster's panel of reporters. as a lowly editor i'm somewhat , of an odd man out, but propublica is a nonprofit independent newsroom that started about six years ago. and that was in the midst of the real upheaval in the way the internet was changing the news business. there was real fear among many of us at the time that the traditional news organizatio

he taught journalism at wesleyan university and graduated from franconia college in new hampshire. so first of all, pro publica is the hottest discussion among media analyst and research and polling community and how are you funding and what is your overarching mission. >> thanks, jack, appreciate being here with the consumer federation and with this ill loose russ -- illustrious panel and as an editor i'm sort of the lone man out. pro publica is a nonprofit independent newsroom starting in the midst of the real upheaval in the way the internet was changing the news business. there is a fear of many of us at the time that the traditional news organization, because of the change in the business model, were not going to be able to devote the amount of resources and time to investigative reporting in the sense of long-term in depth work that takes reporters months to produce. and at that time a lot of different kinds of elements of the news eco-system started to spring up. pro publica raised money from foundations, from individuals, and has built over the last six or seven years a new