he later became a congressman from his district in west tennessee. d then later became the governor of tennessee. was elected in 1857. ironically succeeding andrew johnson who was tennessee's most prominent unionist. he became tennessee's most prominent successionist. he invoted that power to have tennessee declared in the independence in may of 1861. tennessee never succeeded. as a matter of fact, the declaration of independence as it were tennessee enacted said we're not expressing tennessee on the abstract doctrine of succession. we're invoking or mor ancient right to revolution. ironically he felt like he was vindicating -- by doing so -- in a policy of stance tennessee was bound up in a terrible controversy in the late 1870 and the early 18 80. the state ran up he was a moving force that removed that as a source of controversy. that really was a service to the state. in a positive sense as opposed to the negative sense. i believe he represented the state pretty well in the senate. as far as patronage which is what senators then did and not senato

he was born in franklin county tennessee which is a couple counties to the west in 1889. he was the son of a fairly prosperous farmer in the last of his big family and he had a brother who was an attorney and moved to west tennessee they were just opening up in that time period that became a politician and was a jacksonian democrat certainly west tennessee was the flight of territory that became a slave owner himself, quite a successful lawyer in his time and was elected as a late senator and his initial has a politician was one to dispute it will launch what proviso which was a suggestion by a congressman in 1847 that the properties and territories acquired as a result of the mexican war should be organized as feed states as opposed to thus leave states or divide among the missouri compromise and said that created a lot of excitement in the south and he spoke out on that at that time and he later became a congressman from his district in west tennessee and then later became the governor of tennessee who was elected in 1947i ron ackley succeeding andrew johnson who was th

he later became a congressman from his district in west tennessee, and then later became the governor of tennessee, elected in 1857, and ironically succeeding andrew johnson, tennessee's most prominent unionist, and governor's most prominent successionist. they invoked the power to have tennessee declare its independence in may of 1861. tennessee never seceded. as a matter of fact, the declaration of independence, as it were that tennessee enacted, said we're not expressing opinion on the abstract doctrine of succession, but invoking our ancient right to a revolution, and so harris invoked that right on behalf of the state of tennessee, but in doing so, he really trampled on aspects of the tennessee constitution because the tennessee constitution had several references to its relation to state's relation with the united states, and governor harris basically amended the constitution in a way that violated the amendment provision of the tennessee constitution. ironically, he felt like he was vipped kateing the south's rights under the united states' institution, but by doing so, he perf

on, not know what is going but the people in west tennessee , they are suffering for jobs. >> thanks for the call. the president will be in nashville, tennessee on thursday. john boehner is about to gavel in the session. we will watch it live. we will come back after the state of the union address for more of your calls and comments of what you heard this evening. live coverage on this tuesday as c-span continues with state of the union programming. >> the joint session will come to order. committee will score the president of the united states. mr. cantor, mr. mccarthy, mr. jenkins, ms. polos my. hoyer, mr. crawley, mr. isreal, and ms. delaro. members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort the resident of the united mr. reid, mr. durbin, mr. mcconnell, mr. cornyn, mr. blunt. >> the members of the escort committee will exit through the chamber doors through the lobby. >> acting dean of the diplomatic orps. >> mr. speaker, the chief justice and the associate justices of the supreme court.

he later became a congressman from his district in west tennessee and then later became the governor of tennessee, elected in 1957. ironically succeeding andrew johnson. governor harris became tennessee's most prominent secessionist. governor harris invoked a power tennessee never seceded come as a matter of fact, the declaration of independence as it were that to the see enacted said we are not expressing opinion of the abstract doctrine of secession, we are invoking are more ancient right of revolution they invoke that right of the behalf of the state of tennessee because the tennessee constitution and several references to its relation to the united states. and governor harris basically amended the constitution in a way that violated the amendment provisions. ironically he was vindicating the rights of the united states constitution, but by doing so he trampled on the tennessee constitution. in a positive sense tennessee was bound up in a terrible controversy in the late 1870's. the state ran up millions and millions of dollars of debt to build the railroads. they're worries him ad

orion is the largest credit union in west tennessee. i was pleased to host mr. weickenand at a credit union roundtable discussion back in november which included the qualified mortgage rule. today mr. weickenand is here representing the national association of federal credit unions. where he serves as a board member. madam chair it's a pleasure to have mr. weickenand appear on this panel today and i appreciate his taking the time to express views with qualified mortgage before the committee. thank you, and i yield back. >> thank you mr. weickenand you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good morning. chairman capito, ranking member meeks and member of the committee. my name is daniel weickenand. i serve as ceo of orion federal credit union in memphis, tennessee. we appreciate the opportunity to discuss the cfpbs ability to repay rule and the impact qualified mortgage standard will have an credit union lending. credit unions did not causes financial crisis and shouldn't be subject to the regulations aimed at those entities that did. unfortunately, it ha

west. western north carolina there on the border of tennessee where i'm from.t is definitely a beautiful place. that is my second home. >> you could say that. this is a new season for us. the playoffs are a new year, we get another shot at them. >> which is what didn't happen november 10. when the panthers with cam newton eked out a 10-9 victory in san francisco. >> i just think a team, we are physical too, you know? i look forward to playing. >> i don't like to talk too much ant it. just want to go play. >> reporter: that dots the is and crosses the ts . it is time to bring the game on tomorrow. back to you in studio. >> thank you vern. tom brady didn't do much with his arm. a total of six touchdowns. he reached the end zone four times. this it is a 76-yard run. new england outgained indianapolis on the ground. andrew luck threw a career high four interceptions. jamie collins was a monster. seven turnovers for luck in the post season. so it all comes to an end for andrew luck and the colts as new england head to their third straight afc championship. 43-22. >>

clouds, but our focus is on this is a moving into the wood west -- the midwest that is bringing icing conditions into arkansas and parts of tennessee. it will bring us a possibility for a wintry mix early tomorrow morning. temperatures now generally in a the 30's, which is a good 10 degrees milder than at this time yesterday. traveling to date thomas well, some icy spots in tennessee and into the midwest. i have more on the timing of the precipitation in my full forecast straight ahead. >> all right, eileen, we will see you then. breaking news now -- a mistrial declared in the case of a man charged with particular manslaughter in the death of a prince george's county police officer. bell joining us live from upper marlboro with the details. what happened in court today? >> a stunning development -- the jury in this case that the case yesterday afternoon, they delivered ford two hours, went home, at 1:00 this morning, the judge it's an e-mail from one of the jurors who said that because of her religious beliefs, she cannot judge another man, a mistrial had to be declared. let me give you a background, it was august 20, 20 12 when po

we photographed women on the east coast and the west, in south carolina, florida, tennessee and montana and on a navajo reservation in arizona. these photos are a documentation of where many women are in our country now. they provide a glimpse into the lives of women who are all around us, but whom we may rarely notice. from early in the morning until late at night, these women were going strong. in chattanooga, one of my subjects was a woman temporarily living with her parents she dropped her two kids off at daycare every day, worked as an assistant in a dental office, and sold mary kay cosmetics for extra income. i photographed her throughout the day, my last photograph taken at 10:30 at night as she finally sat down to have a moment to herself, only to start it all over again the next day. i photographed another woman whose husband of 25 years left her with three teenage boys and took their life savings. she was taking a five-week course at a nonprofit that serves women so she could acquire skills to get a job. i watched the women grow stronger and more confident together and my subj

we photographed women on the east coast and the west and south carolina, florida, tennessee, montana and the navajo reservation. these are the documentation of where women are in the country today. they provide a glimpse in the lives of the women around us that whom we may rarely notice. from early in the morning until late at night these women were going strong. in chattanooga, one of the women were temporary living with her parents and she dropped her kids off at day care everyday, worked as an assistant in a dental office and sold mary kay cosmetics for extra income. i photographed her throughout the day and my last photograph taken at 10:30 at night as she finally sat down to have a moment to herself on the stoop to the coach started out the next day. they found another woman to come to washington whose husband of 25 years left her with three boys and took their life savings. she was taking a five week course at a nonprofit service for women so she could acquire the skills to get the job. i watched the woman in the class grow stronger and confident together and my subject gained

it will also be colder in the south from the tennessee valley into georgia, and it will be dry for much of the west. dense fog in the pacific northwest and northern rockies. fire danger remaining high in the southwest. >>> 80s in southern california. 40s from seattle to billings. single digits for parts of the upper midwest. >>> all right, getting the boot. the nfl is considering a change to its scoring system eliminating one of the oldest parts of the game. >>> and on the defense, the second in command to governor chris christie firing back after a mayor accused her of strong-arm tactics. she's telling a much different side of the story. >>> plus, surgery of the future. how a doctor helps in an operation thousands of miles away. ...until we found a connection. you have the power to change your child's life. the boys town national hline can help. (tdd# 1-800-448-1433) >>> welcome back. financial markets re-opening this morning after having monday off for the martin luther king jr. holiday. traders will have a handful of earnings reports to sort through in hopes of some positive indications about th

tennessee valley. in pennsylvania, virginia, maryland, and west virginia. are casting sessions tuesday as a snow storm is approaching. >> we are quickly looking at the forecast. we are talking about us know it conditions along the eastern seaboard. if temperatures are only in the single digits. we are dealing with the extreme weather for half of the country but again in the bay area we have nothing but sunshine. >> breaking down our afternoon high, oakland was a high of 72 degrees and redwood city will have a high of 71. high pressure is dominated the area. we are looking at pretty nice weather are run this entire state. tahoe have a high of- test the 7 day around the bay shows the potential of 10th consecutive heat into tomorrow. past that, the wind will pick up. >> the time right now was 8:30 a.m.. >> we are tracking slow traffic is low all round the bay. here on interstate 80 in the westbound direction it is a parking lot all the way from highway 4 down to the macarthur mayes. there was an accident at emeryville that blocked a couple of lines. they're st

she was born in memphis tennessee and overcame many challenges before moving to san francisco area in 1992. she served as the west

also colder in the south from tennessee valley into george. dry for much of the west.est and northern rockies. fire danger remains high in the southwest. >> 80s in southern california. 40s from seattle to billings. single digits for parts of the upper midwest. >>> those the have forced the postponement and recovery efforts at omaha, nebraska plant. two people were killed at an explosion there in the facility. they describe a few terrifying moments. here is abc's larry jacobs. >> reporter: it happened around 10 a.m. at international nutrition plant. >> heard a crack pop, big ball of fire. i was in the back and i took off running as soon as i heard the first crack. >> reporter: dozens of firefighters and emergency crews responded to the alarms. >> we're classifies this as an industrial accident that resulted in a structural fire as well as significant structural collapse within this building. portions of this structure had collapsed. there were victims trying to escape the building when we arrived. and we had individuals rescuing people from different portions of the str

she was born in memphis tennessee and overcame many challenges before moving to san francisco area in 1992. she served as the west coast regional ministries and lay minister and transgender minorities. her friends admired her ability for adversity. she is well-known at the tenderloin resource center and health. the wellness center in early 2013 of finding a home for her many talents and for her passion. bobby jean worked tirelessly to help people that were falling through cracks in society. she had a unique sense to find members in need. she survived by family and many many friends and clients in san francisco and the bay area and many people are in mourning for her passing. along with supervisor kim, i would like to adjourn the meeting in her memory. the rest i submit. >> the clerk: thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor yee? supervisor norman yee: thank you madam clerk. first i want to thank supervisor kim's comments and taking a lead on submitting the resolutions that i'm coauthoring with her with supervisor avalos. the three main strategies that we are going to really get to the zero tolerance which is the s

west memphis, arkansas, 1993. a small town, blue collar, steeped in religion, crisscrossed with truck traffic and interstates. just across the mississippi from graceland and beale street in memphis, tennessee's a quiet place most people drive past. but it was home for three 8-year-old boys named stevie branch, christopher byers and michael moore. >> they were best buddies. christopher started coming in to be friends, i'm going to say, about a month or so before they passed away. but it was always stevie and michael moore. >> on may 5th, 1993, the three boys went to school, came home and went out to play. stevie branch's mother, pam hobbs, remembers it like it was yesterday. >> we wasn't home probably five or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if stevie could come and go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, i said, not today, son, i'm getting ready for work and i'm cooking and all that, and he and michael just kept begging and begging, please, let me go. so like a lot of parents do, i gave in and i said okay. >> do you remember the last thing stevie said to you? >> "i love you, mama." and rode off and just as happy as he could be. >> steve branch, christopher byers an

west memphis, arkansas, 1993. a small town, blue collar, steeped in religion, crisscrossed with truck traffic and interstates. just across the mississippi from graceland and beale street in memphis, tennessee's a quiet place most people drive past. but it was home for three 8-year-old boys named stevie branch, christopher byers and michael moore. >> they were best buddies. christopher started coming in to be friends, i'm going to say, about a month or so before they passed away. but it was always stevie and michael moore. >> on may 5th, 1993, the three boys went to school, came home and went out to play. stevie branch's mother, pam hobbs, remembers it like it was yesterday. >> we wasn't home probably five or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if stevie could come and go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, i said, not today, son, i'm getting ready for work and i'm cooking and all that, and he and michael just kept begging and begging, please, let me go. so like a lot of parents do, i gave in and i said okay. >> do you remember the last thing stevie said to you? >> "i love you, mama." and rode off and just as happy as he could be. >> steve branch, christopher byers an

west memphis, arkansas, 1993. a small town, blue collar, steeped in religion, crisscrossed with truck traffic and interstates. just across the mississippi from graceland and beale street in memphis, tennessee's a quiet place most people drive past. but it was home for three 8-year-old boys named stevie branch, christopher byers and michael moore. >> they were best buddies. christopher started coming in to be friends, i'm going to say, about a month or so before they passed away. but it was always stevie and michael moore. >> on may 5th, 1993, the three boys went to school, came home and went out to play. stevie branch's mother, pam hobbs, remembers it like it was yesterday. >> we wasn't home probably five or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if stevie could come and go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, i said, not today, son, i'm getting ready for work and i'm cooking and all that, and he and michael just kept begging and begging, please, let me go. so like a lot of parents do, i gave in and i said okay. >> do you remember the last thing stevie said to you? >> "i love you, mama." and rode off and just as happy as he could be. >> steve branch, christopher byers an

we can talk about the tennessee valley authority breach we were involved in the situation with texas brine in the sinkhole, you brought up bp, and now the situation westvirginia. of large ones magnitude that we get to take a scope and look at. sometimes it is frustrating because i'm not sure we learn anything. i think we're at a critical point where we are going to have to begin to change how we do business and how we operate these facilities because they are everywhere. it is definitely something that we have seen before. there is a great deal of arrogance, not wanting to answer, especially a direct point that where you are overseeing -- why is it you didn't know? well, you didn't know because nobody was tending the farm, if you will. there is this almost mentality that we have seen, we saw with know, wheret untouchable. i'm not going to give you any answers. i really don't have to. we havav consistently and most of the work we have done. >> when we come back from break, we will continue this discussion with erin brockovich, talking to us from west virginia's capital. she is the renowned environmental it, consumer advocate, well-known because of "eri

tennessee and eventually she finds herself in cascade, montana. she's 6 feet tall, she is 200 pounds, she's a dark black woman and she is in cascade and operating in the west in the latter part of the 19th century and this includes the wife like this, it is completely different from stagecoach mary. she turns out to be an iconic local hero and that's not to say that she didn't face instances where she picked up a gun in self-defense. they were working at a place where she was in charge and they said we don't have to take orders from a slave and she is diplomatic of person that did the work and then he comes and sucker punches her. and she does herself off and said go get your gun and meet me behind the barn. and the men are hooting and hollering and they are all aghast and she gives him the first move and she kills him. and that is the beginning of the legend of black mary. there's a very nice book on this and there actually was a snippet of film trying to depict her back in the 1970s and it goes on and she has other sorts of episodes. she becomes famous as the stagecoach but untrained driver for wells fargo. and while she has these altercations she is not

tennessee, most of ohio, eventually finds herself in cascade montana. so she is 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, a dark black woman. your instinct -- and she is in cascade been operating in the west, the latter part of the 19th century. your instinct about the life of someone like that would have in that context is completely different from the reality. she turns out to be just this iconic local hero. that is not to say this season of face instances where she had to pick up again and self-defense. she actually had to do with a white man. they were working at a place where she was in charge. the fellow says, of the dishes have to take orders from an acre slaved. she is diplomatic first. that didn't work. as the conflict escalates the comes in and sucker punches there. she gets up, dust yourself off, as is go get your gun and mimi behind the bar. so the men are who. the terms of the mission where she was working were all aghast. they go behind the barn, she shoots and then kills as many she goes on, has other sorts of episodes, she becomes famous as a stagecoach driver for wells fargo. and while she has these altercations, she is of lynched. we don't have -- it is not an episode of

west mifflin, pennsylvania, then head next to wisconsin, same topic but different venue. he'll speak at the gas engine site there on thursday. finally wraps things up at the high school in nashville, tennesseetomorrow night? do we know who's going to be the gallery at this point? >> we do have a sense of some of the individuals that will be joining the first lady and first lady's box. among them familiar faces to people, they are survivors of the boston bombing, carlos arredon arredondo, the man with the white cowboy hat and the fire chief from moore, oklahoma, that was hit so badly by the tornadoes last may. also, jason collins, the first openly gay athlete and major professional team sport, the nba basketball player will be there as well as joey huddy beyond the extreme marshmallow launcher. they invited joey back and he'll be here tomorrow night. he is now intel's youngest ever intern. >> peter alexander from the briefing room. that's going to do it for me. i'm craig melvin. state of the union coverage all day tomorrow here on msnbc. rachel maddow and chris matthews anchoring coverage. up next though "andrea mitchell reports." tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease art

west port to me is just too speculative. it's just not happening fast enough. i know mr. demmers will disagree with me, uh be it's my call. let's go to steve in tennessee.r: hey, jim. i had a stock the last 30% the next few days, phillips 66. >> the refiner's doing incredibly well because of the glut in domestic versus what they can sell overseas. remember, we have fine oil in this country, the refiners buy it at a high price and can sell it at a low price. i would not buy it here, but if i owned it and it pulled back a little bit, i would buy it in a general market pullback, but it is a buy. can i go to james in virginia. james? >> caller: i'm asking about hexel, hxl. >> you get boeing, you get hexcel. these are all going higher. mike in new york? >> caller: boo-yah, jimmy. i'll see you at costco this saturday. >> thanks. i wish you were seeing me at barnes & noble after the show at paramus, but i'll take costco. >> intel? >> i see upgrades of intel, why? because intel is doing everything right now, to be able to get that cell phone business. i want to go back, just one more second again. i feel like what we have to do with these refiners is recognize

west, florida. here is sushi entering 2014 in a giant high-healed shoe. it was the watermelon drop. what else in boise, idaho but the big spud. in nashville, tennesseeountry music before the countdown. and who could forget city where the night is typically more bright with neon than fireworks, las vegas. the world rings in the new year one hour at a time. &g6ykron 4 new >> 13 people have been hospitalized following an explosion and fire inside of a three-story apartment building. it occurred around 8:15 this morning. this is pictures of flames r)ú5' shooting out of the windows. many of the victims were found on the ground outside. six people suffered injuries. firefighters have been unable to search the building and officials say it's possible that additional victims could be inglide we did the best we could to get inside. the conditions were so poor that it became unsafe to, so we removed the firefighters from the structures. >> firefighters had to deal with extremely cold conditions. ladders and pumps were actually frozen. the exact cause of the initial explosion is under investigation. grant. >> coming up at 5:15, from legal pot to jail time for

west. >> on main street. >> the young white male, well dressed, possibly in a late model white mustang, went north on main street, 610. >>> i'm soledad o'brien at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. 40 years ago, dr. martin luther king jr. was shot down and murdered right here on this balcony where i'm standing. the greatest civil rights leader in our nation's history, killed before his dreams could be realized. the alleged assassin, a small-time criminal on the run. yet to this day questions still linger and fester, and even some of dr. king's closest aides believe the full story has yet to be told. we will try. ♪ he was an american martyr. a man who broke through the barriers of segregation with the philosophy of nonviolence. only to be shot down by a hidden gunman before his time. >> we had to change the world. >> 40 years later i walked to the tomb of dr. martin luther king jr. with his longtime friend and aide, andrew young. >> free at last. free at last. thank god almighty, i'm free at last. do you think that's the appropriate thing to put there? >> for him, yeah. >> yeah? from his first days in the civil rights movement, dr. king lived under the shadow of death. his house