the wilmington 10 was a scapegoat did. of the information that came out shows we were completely innocent of these charges, there for a pardon of innocence is more than justified for governor perdue to issue. >> benjamin chavis, in terms of this new evidence, the notes of the prosecutor, were you surprised the extent to which there was this effort to frame you? >> we were not surprised the prosecutor did everything it could even though we are innocent of the charges. there is irrefutable evidence in the prosecutor's own words and handwriting of the frame up of the wilmington 10. when people are framed up, that means you put innocent people in jail who should never have been charged, never been prosecuted, never in prison and never should have taken 44 years -- people are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. for 40 years, the wilmington 10 have had to prove their innocence. >> cash michaels, your court matter for the wilmington 10 cartons of innocence project. talk about the innocence of these latest notes, and what

when we come back, we look at the wilmington 10.hy are so many calling on the north carolina governor to pardon them. we urge you to listen. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> she died wednesday at the age of 72. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> we turn now to the case of the wilmington 10. as a new year approaches, civil- rights activists are making a last-ditch push for north carolina governor bev perdue to pardon a group of civil rights activists who were falsely convicted and imprisoned in the city of wilmington over 40 years ago. on thursday, supporters delivered more than 130,000 petition signatures to the governor is rep. at the press conference, the state naacp president rev. william barber said it is not too late to right a wrong. what we come here after advent and christmas and believing north carolina can turn this tragic history into a triumph, a time of redemption and repentance. >> the case of the wilmington 10 goes back to 1971 when the city of

over 22 miles an hour in baltimore. 23 in wilmington. still pretty blustery as the wind chill factor drops into the mid-40s. you can see hour by hour down into the mid-30s by midnight. we're looking at a frost in the morning. temperatures will be slow to warm up. the front continues to push offshore. the last showers are out of here by mid-morning. as we take a look west, we can see nothing but clear air. sunny, bright, but a chill in the air. as we go beyond thursday into friday, a little bit of a disturbance developing over ohio. we'll see what happens as we go into saturday and sunday. a new front, a warm front pushes up out of the front. warmer air will begin to try to make a move into the area. the chill hangs tough tomorrow. this holds tough on friday. once we go beyond friday, some of this milder air will make a push back. looks like the big game at fedex, redskins, ravens, that could be mild, temperatures close to 60. to the west, dry, some snow over the great lakes. none of that for us. so here we go. overnight down to 29 or so

gustapproximating almost to 30 in wilmington. so you can get cecil county you are being whipped. a few showers up in the pennsylvania area. we stayclear and windy as techls dush -- temperatures fall to the 30s overnight. we will warm up a little before we get much colder. when this happens is is coming up. . >> the memorial continues to grow outside of sandy hook elementary. look at these white roses. each rose has a puck chur of the students and teach eers that were killed. it has a poem attached that starts with dear mommy and daddy, please don't be sad. >> the tragedy in newtown has everybody talking about mental health issues and gun control. among the topics is should we arm our teachers with more than just books? should teachers be armed in the classroom. there's a school district in texas where this rule is in place. >> in the remote town of harold texas, there is a plan called the guard yan plan. >> my mantra is this, as school personnel, we are the first responders. >> they believe that teachers armed with a gun will prevent a school shooting. >> my goal is that if someo

a british fleet was going to land soldiers at wilmington, and an army formed inland, marching towards the coast to join up with the british regulars. a force that were rebels, but what we call patriots, intercepted them and massacred them at moore's creek, which is -- a blind gull issue where rebels were wait r for them to wipe them out. without the loyalists support, the british troops couldn't land keeping the south free of british control for a few years until they landed at charleston. yes, sir? >> you mentioned that the boston tea party spread south to new york and to other cities. almost sounds as though were the network of people who were having the same thought or inspired one way or the another or working together. i never thought of the boston tea party as being that, but is that really -- >> yes. sam adams set up because there was no other form of communication, set up a series of committees of correspondence in every major city in the country. they started communicating with each other, and that's how word was passed. that's how we eventually decided on a continue thenal c

we have seen gusts up to 40 wilmington. right as it crossed central maryland, it is below freezing in frederick and's ton. so tonight, 34, some rain and snow, windy. we will talk about how things will change through the day tomorrow and the next storm pushing in saturday. all those di tails coming up. >> thanks wyatt everhart. that wind is already causing problems. we checked with people in towson. no street lights or home lights. we are seeing power outages. we have watched bge's power outage numbers. 1800 people are in the dark right no. not too bad. most in hartford and baltimore counties. as we brace for high wind, the highway administration is warning people to stay off the road until morning because they would freeze overnight. but driving here shh nothing compared to the midwest. record snow on the ground tonight in the midwest. these pictures are from indiana. airports being caused problems. the same storm system is showing tornadoes in the south. it is those storms impacting us. lots of problems here at the baltimo

and alabama, especially down along the coast, all coastal areas here from south carolina up to wilmington and even san antonio. some of the worst fog is definitely in the lower portion of the great lakes. visibilities are extremely poor from milwaukee to chicago to cleveland. visibility a quarter mile or less now. expect major airport delays around chicago o'hare and also cleveland early today. just enjoy this warm weather. it will last probably about two or three more days. but even then, veronica, it doesn't look like a big real cold snap, just maybe returning back to normal. >> i'm liking it. >> yes. you like it. the ski resorts are bapging their heads, though. >> thanks, bill. >>> a number of bizarre topics at bradley manning's wikileaks hearings. details ahead. >>> one little girl gets the shock of a lifetime at seaworld. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm...99 bushels of wheat! ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 layers of whole grain fiber in those mini-wheats® biscuits... to help keep you full... ♪ 45 bushels of wheat on the farm. 45 bushels o

. >>> known at the wilmington ten.store in wilmington, north carolina during riots, spaed by the shooting of a black teenager by police. the group want tos fully pardoned by the north carolina governor. the convictions were thrown out because of perjury and prosecutorial misconduct but the records never cleared. purdue said she'll make a decision next week. >>> in new york city, police are asking for your help finding this woman. take a look at your screen here. she was seen running from a subway station thursday evening after witnesses saw her push a man under the tracks as a train entered the station. the victim has been identified at 46-year-old sue naunld oh na. the second time in ahas been put of a train. >>> the win the weather just will not quick. >> heavy winds, rain, tornadoes and snow, some parts of country are bracing for another round. meter theologist bonnie schneider is tracking it all for us. any good news? >> snow lovers, most of the country is covered with it right now. since the kid are still off from

he is joining us from wilmington tell me what happens if we go over the cliff? >> i have been saying for a while we will go over the cliff. republican members in the house have made it pretty clear they will not vote for tax increases. this has been around for 30 years. the simplest answer to this is what i predicted will happen and that is after the 31st that the bush tax cuts will expire and then there will be a bill in order to reinstate the taxes for everyone below the lowest 2% and republicans will be able to both about. i think that is what it will take to make this happen. dagen: are you surprised by the way washington has gone about this? when these were written, they were expected to sunset. you leave every business and every american on the hope and on the edge of our seats. >> right. dagen, i do not mean to be partisan, i am not running for anything, will the republicans and the house vote for a tax increase of any time? i think that plan b that speaker boehner paul ford is a clear indication that they will not. at some point, the republicans have to

wilmington 66. dallas was 80 and down to dell rio you find 85.ere's the colder air coming in. 28 for fargo. 21 for international falls. when you've got an 80 and a 28 on the map you have a set up for a big storm to form and we saw that process begin tonight toward the colorado rockies and they'll be a potent storm that starts to feed on the heat and the contrast in temperatures we see on the map. that storm will bring us rain on thursday. for wednesday no, it's not 62 but wednesday is looking like a nice day here ch lots of sunshine and 54 degrees is above average for this time. mid-40s would be more typical. that's a bonus day. most of thursday will be dry. the rain we get from that system that will be developing will hold off until after dark for most areas. as that system is moving in our direction we have another fairly mild day at 52 degrees. beyond those two days, though, the trend is for it to get colder. back in the 40s and maybe lower 40s at that. we'll show you that extended forecast in a moment. meanwhile we're getting chillier now. ce

governor perdue, it is time to par d pardon the wilmington ten.s you know 1972 nine african-american men and one white woman were wronglily convicted of firebombing a store. most of them were teenagers ats the time, and despite shaky evidence, the musics and student activists were sentenced to 282 years in prison. governor perdue, you must stated that there is nobody in america who could say that trial was fair or that there wasn't some kind of undercurrent or overt racism involved in the jury selection. in indeed it was so overt that three witnesses had recanted their testimony, and in 1980, the u.s. supreme court overturned the convictions noting that the chief witness lied on the stand and chief prosecutors suppressed evidence. and now according to the naacp new notes from the prosecutor said that he racially profiled prospective jurors writing kkk, good, next to some students and referring to one black candidate as an uncle tom. but despite that these people never committed the crime, and the time they lost unjustly incarcerated, they have nev

in wilmington, randy paige, cbs 5. >>> and new numbers are out today showing the housing market is makingack. u.s. home prices rose more than 6% in october compared with a year ago. that is the greatest yearly gain since july of 2006. prices increased in 45 states in october including california. >> we're considerably higher in the bay area than the rest of the country. our entry level homes are tough so when you start seeing homes in the east bay for $200,000, $250,000, you know, people are lining up for them. >> so what is making home buying more affordable? mortgage rates near record lows while rents are on the rise. >>> the u.s. still marching steadily toward the edge of that "fiscal cliff." we have about four weeks before we actually fall off of it. lawmakers still can't agree on how to pull us back. the key sticking points still the same, the white house says no tax hikes for the wealthy, no deal. republicans say it's out of the question. >> the math is clear. the only way to accomplish these things is allow the rates to go up in the top 2% of taxpayers. >> he is going to punish suc

democratic congressman of delaware joining us now from wilmington. i'll ask the question, but the majority of the citizenry is looking at all of you with disgust. you can't get a deal done. the deal that's going to come forth was probably something that was offered a year, a year and a half ago. why do we go through this chaos? >> well, i think that's exactly right, and that's certainly what i hear from my constituents here in the state of delaware which is just get it done, keep at it, work hard, compromise, come up with something that's going to really address this. adam: why don't they do it? the 400-plus members of the house of representatives put up with this bs? >> well, that's a good question. a number of us sent letters to our leadership and made our opinions known. i actually agree with my colleague, mr. hogan, from the senate about wanting a big deal. we have to deal with the fiscal situation now. it's not a one time thing, but a process, particularly, when you consider that the major ease caylating costs, rising cosss, are in health care,

wilmington, myrtle beach, damaging winds and possible tornadoes. a big day for severe weather this?ures in the single digits and below zero with blizzard conditions. highs today, and even though you see highs in minneapolis, and kansas city, 28. the morning temperatures much colder. today's high. 36 degrees. just yesterday, we had temperatures in the 70 as long the gulf coast. 20 degrees cooler than new orleans, and to stay warm in south florida, the front not making it through there. keep in mind, the temperatures this cold in oklahoma and arkansas, that snow will stick and with so much of the on the ground and so much still falling it will make for troublesome travel throughout the day. something we're monitoring very closely. we'll continue during the cnn weather center. >> you know, there was a 21-car pileup in oklahoma city. bonnie, take a look at video that we got in of a wedge tornado seeing ripping through mobile, alabama. i want to take a look at another view, as a car race ahead way from the storm. the people who captured this on camera were actually on their way to their

we've had some tornado warnings already issued across portions of southern north carolina in the wilmingtono get any of these warnings issued, if you have a basement, go ahead and go in there. however, out here many people don't actually have basements, so just stay away from windows and go to an interior section of your home on the lowest level. again, a tornado watch currently in effect across portions of the carolinas with possible tornadoes and tornado warnings being issued throughout the afternoon today. that does go in effect until 5 p. it also includes areas like raleigh, north carolina, we can seed severe weather further off towards the south in charleston, south carolina. and, of course, that's the warm section of the storm system. this is a massive storm, and on the cold side, we're talking about significant snowfall accumulations, easily 6-12 in. s. when you factor in the wind, that's the bigger issue across parts of ohio, indiana and illinois. blizzard conditions with whiteout conditions out here, very dangerous road conditions. you guys probably should not be hitting the roads

i notice you charleston and wilmington, those are places where basements are not likely, to your advices very sound. maria, thank you. jamie: a fox business alert for you, the government's housing bailout may get even bigger. new reports out of the white house that they're quietly backing a new plan to help homeowners that are underwater on their mortgages. fox business network's elizabeth macdonald tracking this story live in new york city. liz, i didn't get to see you, merry christmas. happy holidays. >> reporter: merry christmas to you, jamie, good to be with you. here's the plan, this is now in discussion stages. the white house is considering getting more underwater borrowers to have their mortgages refinanced with the help of fannie mae and freddie mac. taxpayers now own both fannie mae and freddie mac. so the idea is if you were current at least five years on your loan, if you got a irate on your loan -- high rate on your loan, you may be able to get help from fannie and freddie. already a fifth of u.s. mortgages are underwater, that's equal to about 11 million homes meaning they

he'd come to wilmington for an event that senator joe biden, then senator biden, hosted at the delaware heart museum. there was maybe 200 folks in a big auditorium, and i'll never forget senator biden introducing senator conrad as literally the most serious, most thoughtful, most detail oriented budget leader in washington. so senator conrad stands up and fires up his slide projector or overhead projector, the lights dim, and he launches into a lengthy discourse on the minutia of the federal budget and the deficit of the time. 30 minutes and more than 40 slides later, the lights come back on. i think there were maybe 20 of us left in the auditorium. everyone else having wandered outside for the cocktails. but i was enthralled by his presentation, by the clarity of his thinking, and by his dedication to getting things right for the american people. today i'm on the budget committee and i've enjoyed serving with senator conrad as my chairman. it was for this budget nerd a dream come true to have the chance to show up on time and know that this budget committee chairman was the other membe

host: david in wilmington, north carolina. the house is about to go -- come in. we will get your comment quickly. caller: my understanding of the constitution is that the house of representatives would pass a budget and then the senate would pass it and then it moves on to the president for approval. why is it the john boehner -- they are having conferences and then he goes back. something is upside down without. without.

host: let's go to ben in wilmington, north carolina. hello. caller: how are you this morning?ost: good, how are you? caller: i am fine. i would give up my volunteer benefits we are hoping to get, because it does not seem that we can afford them. also, things that i pay of my income tax, if they decrease my charitable contributions, i can live with that. [no audio] host: are you still with us? caller: yes, ma'am. host: one of our messengers said that if you own multiple homes, you should not keep getting it. caller: the thing about home ownership in this economy is the pride of ownership and taking care of, it makes people work hard. but we have to be careful of the people who cannot afford it. i would live without the deductions. i look forward to my children being able to afford homes. host: do you get a deduction for both of your homes? caller: yes, ma'am. host: thank you for the call. this is from duane. host: that is a twitter message coming in to us. you can share your comments by writing twitter.com/c-spanwj. we have a special hashtag that many people are using. we're wa

andy from wilmington action delaware delaware.here somebody bring up the assault weapons ban t drives me nuts. >> because? >> i will tell you why. the last assault weapons band did not ban one single assault weapon. it defined the assault weapon in such a way if you changed a couple of parts, it's no longer an assault weapon but it is still a weapon that will fire as many rounds as you can shoot by pulling the trigger of one single shot for each trigger pull and you can take two 14 round clips, tape them together like they do in the military and it's complete bs, bill until they address what an assault weapon really is. >> bill: andy listen. i don't disagree with you on that. but that just proves the law was really very poorly written, very poorly designed and the gun manufacturers were smarter than the politicians. surprise. surprise. and they immediately changed the their products. right? so that they could get around the law. dianne feinstein. i trust her. is he has been working for the last year, not to just come up with the s

host: wilmington, ill., with anna palmer of politico.still stuck on social security and entitlements. i retired. i worked for my social security. i never hear anybody talk about the va. i worked there for quite a number of years. i got retirement benefits from that. no one says that's an entitlement. why is the va not being asked? it is that being considered? host: in little bit off topic, but maybe you want to reply? guest: these are the types of issues in terms of seniors, entitlements, and medicare, these groups really do focus on this in making sure if they want to see changes or not that those kinds of voices are heard. host: who is doing the lobbying? does it really make a difference? to talk about social media but these people are going up to the capital trying to push for their causes. does it make a difference? guest: it is unclear how many influence any of these groups have. we will see if there are any red flags are there going to take a piece of a social security or do something like that. they are prepared to fight back. cer

host: wilmington, ill., with anna palmer of politico.r: i'm still stuck on a social security and entitlements. i retired. i worked for my social security. i never hear anybody talk about the va. i worked there for quite a number of years. i got retirement benefits from that. no one says that's an entitlement. why is the va not being asked? it is that being considered? host: in little bit off topic, but maybe you want to reply? guest: these are the types of issues in terms of seniors, entitlements, and medicare, these groups really do focus on this in making sure if they want to see changes or not that those kinds of voices are heard. host: who is doing the lobbying? does it really make a difference? to talk about social media but these people are going up to the capital trying to push for their causes. does it make a difference? guest: it is unclear how many influence any of these groups have. we will see if there are any red flags are there going to take a piece of a social security or do something like that. they are prepared to fight

bohanan currently serves in wilmington, north carolina. he completed an interim where my family atends when we're in the d.c. area and we're honored to have our good friend, dr. glen bohanan here as the pastor of the house for the day. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? >> address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain 15 more requests for one-minute speeches. >> mr. speaker, i come to the floor today to recognize dr. harry rosenburg, founding president of roseman university of health and sciences. in 1999 dr. rosenburg rented a small office space in henderson, nevada, believing he could establish a pharmacy school that would produce highly-skilled graduates ready to be recruited for work across the country. his innovative approach to education led him to develop a block format curriculum that emphasizes a student-centered active learning environment, allowing students

16-year-old alexander ca mayor mayor -- camarra was playing at a soccer field in my hometown in wilmington this summer when he was shot and killed in an execution-style public murder. dominique helm, age 19, standing with his teenaged cousins on the steps of his brandywine village row house when a gunman opened fire. he stumbled through the doorway and died in his living room as his mother nicole ran to him. stories like these are tragically appallingly common across our country every day, every day 34 americans are murdered with a gun. it happens in our streets and in our neighborhoods. it happens in movie theaters in aurora, colorado, in houses of worship in oak creek, wisconsin. it happens at high schools in littleton, colorado, and a college campus in blacksburg, virginia. it happens outside a supermarket in tucson, arizona, where one of the six people killed was 9-year-old christina taylor greene, a child born herself on 9/11, imbued with a sense of hope and a call to public service who wanted to meet her congresswoman, gabby giffords, in order to learn more about public service. they

deborah is from wilmington, delaware, working a full-time job and a part-time job on top that have to make ends might. she wrote concerned about tax increases and this fiscal cliff. she said, "the middle class is the heart and soul of this country. what keeps it going and growing? what else can we be hit with? i know i cannot take anything more on financially." so my first call today, madam president, is let's give deborah and families like hers in delaware and around the country the serntle before we end this -- the certainty before we end this calendar year of knowing their taxes will not go up in 26 days when the calendar turns to 201. one way to do that is for the moushouse to take up the legisln that this body has already considered in a bipartisan way that would extend the tax cuts for 98% of families and 97% of small businesses while also achieving nearly d is trillion of debt and deficit reduction. this bill extends tax cuts that would otherwise expire for all americans who earn income and for all small businesses, but just on the first $250,000. tax ratetax rates on income ab