great or great great great grandmother, who was a poor irish-american woman in the 1880's in western montana. when her father lay dying, she sent for the priest. she got back a message saying the priest will come and administer the last rites for $25. which was out of the question for these people. so that was the end for her. no more religion. a few years later she lay dying herself in childbirth and a priest showed up. i don't know how he knew. and he started to administer the last rites, which included putting a crucifix on her chest. the family legend is that with her last ounce of strength she took that crucifix and hurled it across the room. that is not a legacy you can shrug off. tavis: what about your parents? >> atheists. these were not educated people, particularly. populist angerl at unjust authority. we were not to like or trust bosses, lawyers, doctors, or priests. all of those categories. manipulate people and use them. that's what i was taught. tavis: my mother is watching right now. she doesn't miss this program. i will be getting the phone call when the show is over. i raise

these were poor people, these were working people, mostly in western montana, mining industry, in theic, ir catholic. sent for the priest to give the last rites to her dad. the priest sent back a note saying that will cost you $25, which was unthinkable for them. >> sure. >> and the rest of the story is that two years later, she lay dying herself in childbirth and the priest just showed up to do the last rites. and that she with her last ounce of breath took that crucifix off her chest and threw it across the room. >> as an atheist, have you ever had a spiritual experience? >> i don't like the word "spiritual" for a lot of reasons. >> why? >> it sounds too cozy, it sounds too sweet. >> depends on who says it. >> huh? >> depends on who says it. >> all right. well, if you can say it in a menacing way. >> have you ever had a spiritual experience? >> that's better. i prefer, even though it's not a great word either, mystical experience. yes. i didn't know what it was when it happened to me, this all happened when i was a teenager. didn't know what to make of it. >> what was it? >> well, t

. >>> we'll talk western states and keystone with former montana governor brian schweikert. >>> but we start in georgia where hours ago the state's governor signed the country's most extreme gun bill into law. it's pretty tough record to break and yet that's exactly what nathan diehl did. at a campaign event, that's important in this story, governor diehl explained how the new law would protect his fellow georgians from unnamed threats. he asked why the state capitol building is excluded in the bill but courthouses are not. >> is it consistent to allow guns in the county courthouses and not allow them in the capitol? >> well the county courthouses have the right to exclude them as well, if they have metal detectors there, which increasingly more county courthouses do have that. >> so more county courthouses are opting out of the provisions of the bill. i wonder why they'd want to do that. the bill doesn't go into effect until july 1st but when it does, look sharp because you'll be able to find guns in bars, some government buildings, non-secure areas of airports, potentially some churc

montana. >> the western states are being represented here. how important was it for you to be here today? >> i was here last year supporting hi wife who ran, and she finished 17 minutes before the explosions and right then and there i decided i wanted to come back this year and make it a positive experience, which i have done. i'm really happy. >> and you finished? >> yes. >> your time. >> 3:19, thanks. >> again, it's an amazing feat to finish one of these. tooerl, how did you do? >> i ran three flat. >> three flat. tell me why was it important for you to be here? >> i watched last year like everybody else --s and i got really inspired by everybody in boston coming over here, and i hadn't ran a marathon in about five years, and i wanted to make a point of qualifying and coming here and telling everybody that we're still here and you really can't mess with an event like this. >> how concerned were you guys about the safety of the event today? >> not even in the slightest. >> not at all. not at all. everything felt very secure and safe. >> i trust -- i don't know how you're still standing a

. >>> we'll talk western states and keystone with former montana governor brian schweikert. >>> but we signed the country's most extreme gun bill into law. it's pretty tough record to break and yet that's exactly what nathan diehl did. at a campaign event, that's important in this story, governor diehl explained how the new law would protect his fellow

to quote the govern from montana of the western governs association last year. >> cliven bundy, the government1 million in back grazing fees. ep says he doesn't he can federal authority on the land that his family has grazed on since the 1870's. do you take his side in the cliven bundy saga? >> this is so much bigger than bundy, steve. the issues are all across the west where the federal government is exerting control over things it was never supposed to control. in short, going back from the revolutionary war forward, the federal government was supposed to be a trustee. they do own uxe land. they do hold title to the land in trust. the supreme court, congresses and others reiterated that point all the way up to our statehood. they hold title but they have a duty to dispose of the land like they did with all states east of colorado. there is a b.y.u. law review article that came out a couple of weeks ago that goes through in detail the legal background, constitutional background on the federal government's duty to dispose of these lands as a trustee. it hasn't honored the same promise. >> let'

montana. you can see the beautiful river behind me, and water wars heat up in the seasonal outlook of the drought season. and right now nearly one half of the western the country are facing severe drought conditions or worse including huge parts of california and nevada and montana is free of drought conditions right now, but they have seen more than their fair share of problems in the past. in spring of 2001 and 2005 nearly 1 in 10 acres in montana was facing a severe drought, and about 9 billion of ground water are drawn in idaho everyday for agriculture, and 2 billion in montana and 90% of it for irrigation, but the experts warn that we should not take it for granted and water scarcity is going to be a bigger issue when times come by, and they say that it is going to make our current fight over the keystone pipeline look silly by comparison. >> well, five years from now, we will be spending a lot of our time diplomatically and a lot of the work on dealing with water. we have a lot of opportunity, and we are blessed, but we can't take water for granted. >> joining me is amy harder, energy reporter for the "wall street journal," and amy, the west

we will still have a few showers around in parts of western washington, north oregon and northern idaho is pushing the rain out for you into montana we will see some sun breaking out for you slightly warmer temperatures. similar story where we have had some incredibly heavy rainfall around the carolinas down into georgia as well. in fact >> we had over two inches in charlotte earlier today. we will continue to see the river flooding conditions continue as the rain moves out tomorrow, jonathan. >> okay. moving out just any time for the holiday there. thanks, rebecca. around the world christians are celebrating easter weekend. in jerusalem, thousands of orthodox christians celebrated a holy fire ceremony. it's considered miracle occurring the day before easter sunday. visitors packed into an ancient church believed to be on the site of jesus's crucification. worshippers light each other's candles with fire until the church is filled with light. >> vatican city, pope francis celebrated a solemn massachusetts and baptized 10 people and talked about the need of a catholic church. tens of thousands of people are expected in saint peter'

western half of the country. lighter snow showers across idaho into montana. the rest of the country is fairly quiet except for the southeast. this area of low pressure picking up moisture from the gulf of mexico is perhaps going to produce up to five inches of rain especially through parts of alabama and into georgia as well. we could also see strong storms through central florida later this afternoon. that's a >>> 7:36. taking a live look at a clear sky over the green hills of sunol. a reinforcing shot of rain on the way for next week. temperatures very comfortable. fair weather. 55 degrees right now in the east bay and headed towards the 70s, just about everywhere. it's going to be cool in san francisco, the only place you'll need that jacket and look at this as we head into your easter weekend. temperatures jump up on sunday and then we're going to drop those numbers off bringing some rain on tuesday. >>> that's your latest forecast. >> thanks. now to portland, oregon. some are questioning a deegs drain millions of gallons from a reservoir this after a tee

northwestern corner of montana is one of the most special places on earth, the north fork of the flathead river. it's a gravel bed river that starts in british columbia and runs along the western half of graisher national park before arriving in flathead lake. the north fork is a world-class trout fishery with bull trout and cutthroat trout sharing the same waters that grizzly bears rely on for huckle berries. montanans have always enjoyed rafting, hiking and fishing and hunting in it. today about two million people visit glacier national park each year bringing $170 million into the local economy and supporting 2,750 jobs. for 40 years, montanans have fought to keep the north fork pristine. my colleague, senator jon tester and i are committed to taking this across the finish line. 40 years ago, montana and british columbia reached an historic agreement to protect the river on both sides of the border border patrol agent. two years ago, canada upheld its end of the bargain. today the united states congress has the opportunity to do the same. the entire montana congressional delegation is in bipartisan agreement that the north fork deserves to be withdrawn permanently from futu