university founded in 1877 for the first major event in the state of mississippi. we're here with senator warren. a former special needs teacher and law professor. if elected she would make history as the first female president of the united states of america. she'll take questions from democrats and independents that say they plan to participate in the democratic primary and caucuses. please welcome senator elizabeth warren. >> how are you, good to see you. have a seat. >> oh, this is fun. >> so you're a former law professor. feel good to be back on the campus. >> always. absolutely. >> which is more fun? teaching law students? teaching on a campus or working with senators in the u.s. senate? >> teaching. are you kidding? much more fun. >> i thought you might give that answer. let's start with our first town hall question. the first one comes from christopher, he's a doctoral candidate in public health here at jackson state university. >> good evening, my question is mississippi is a deeply red state and one of the poorest states in the country. yet many white poor and working class citi

jerry mitchell talks about his 30 year career with the jackson, mississippi "clarion ledger." he describes how he put four klansmen in jail in the 1960's. american university investigative reporting workshop like alumni alliance and school of communications cohosted the cement -- this event. it is over an hour. charles: good evening. my name is charles lewis, professor and executive editor of the investigative reporting workshop. welcome to the american university school. this important event tonight is cosponsored by the au school of communication, investigative workshop and black alumni alliance. the investigative reporting workshop is an award-winning nonprofit organization that develops more than 200 new stories copublished with at least 200 media partners, especially the pbs program "frontline" "the washington post" and the au. u. -- wamu. the mission of the black alumni alliance is to create a lifelong and worldwide community among more than 6600 au alumni who identify with the black in african heritage committees through increased opportunities for meaningful engagement th

30 year career with the jackson, mississippi "clarion ledger." he talks about how he helped put four klansmen in jail. who were responsible for notorious assassinations and bombings in the 1960. this event is just over an hour. jerry: good evening. my name is charles lewis, professor and executive editor of the investigative workshop. welcome to the american university school. this important event tonight is cosponsored by the au school coalition and black alumni alliance. the investigative reporting workshop is an award-winning mission of the black alumni alliance. to create a lifelong and worldwide community among more than 6000 hundred au alumni who identify with the black in african heritage committees through increased opportunities for meaningful engagement through the goal of meaningful awareness, pride, participation, involvement and philanthropic commitment to american university. we are pleased to have a number of alliance members here tonight, including alliance president gordon andrews, fletcher will make some president gordon andrews. he will make some remarks at th

another way, that was through the mississippi river, which borders our state on the right. we were the first free state to get to from the south, if you are traveling up the mississippi. often anybody who is migrating, which typically was young african-american males, the idea was they would come, get a job, secure some funding, send it back home with the hope that their family could come up with him. they ultimately were trying to make their way as far north, canada was a popular place to go, and oftentimes they would get off on rafts. they would work the steamboats. and they would stop somewhere, they did not have enough money to get further north up into canada, so they would stop, do some work, find african-american communities on the river and they would decide to stay. when african-americans got here, um, and settled into some of these already established communities, they found most employment as being farmhands, laundresses, domestic servants. theey shift occurs when railroad gain popularity, the middle 1800s, which is true for the whole country. as the railroad moved west,

conclusion race was a essential part of evans' automation is inescapable and mississippi supreme court's decision to the contrary is erroneous. jus. roberts: thank you, counsel. the case is submitted. announcer 1: after the oral argument, the attorney for curtis flowers spoke on the supreme court steps. the court will hand its decision later in the term, scheduled to end in june 2019. >> can i get you to come forward, don't talk to me, talk to them because they will kill me other ways. say your name so we have it all on tape. ms. johnson: i am sheri johnson. s h e r i. johnson. >> how do you pronounce sherry lynn? ms. johnson: i am just sheri. >> you began your argument by summarizing what the facts were here. can you do that for us? ms. johnson: yes, when you look at all of the evidence in the case he relatively, beyond the -- cumulatively, they began this with an unconstitutional end in mind, to seek as few african-americans as the evidence is included in his history, the disparate questioning, disrespectful treatment of jurors, and in the flimsy ridiculous reasons he gave for

works at a public library in madison, mississippi. maggie. >> hi. >> presently the state of mississippi imposes a special tax on owners of electric and hybrid vehicles as a penalty for paying less in gas taxes. do you believe this is the right approach considering the warnings about climate change, and what would you propose to encourage increased use of alternative energy? >> okay. so can we just start with the issue of climate change? and i want to say something that is very controversial. so most of you are sitting down. maggie, is it? you may want to sit down too, okay, or just hold on to a chair. because i spend time in washington. in washington, this is a very controversial statement. i believe in science. [ applause ] climate change is real. it is manmade, and we are running out of runway to be able to fix this problem. we need all hands on deck on this one. so i mentioned earlier as part of infrastructure, we need to be thinking about infrastructure in terms of hardening our infrastructure against the climate change that's coming our way and in terms of building gree

third race is mississippi. these are states where president trump remains very popular. if you could pick one state where he could campaign abuse the eventual nominee, who would it be? we. ricketts: well, i think would love to have the president go to all the states where he has an opportunity. obviously our first priority is protecting our incumbent, so kentucky will probably be the highest priority with regard to that. we have a great candidate in mississippi. we have great candidates in louisiana. we think there is great opportunity if the president can help support our republican governor candidates, we would love to have him help us out. thee: governor, you ran for senate wants before and are now in your second term as governor of nebraska. theinterest in seeking senate again or in a national office? gov. ricketts: i tell people that i have got the best job in the world, and i guarantee you that if i just got reelected, i will be governor for the next four years. that is my plan. i will worry about what happens when i get done with my term after i get done with my term. i am now

, mississippi, alabama adopting a gasp -- nitrogen gas. host: good morning, richard. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i missed the beginning of the show. if i say something factually incorrect, you can correct me. i understand the voters of california had the chance to overturn the death penalty. they did not do it. this is governor nixon imposing wsom imposing his view on the voters. just to a process of reviewing those cases rather than stopping executions altogether. killer, issen's remember how awful he was to his father. do you want to tell the man that killed his daughter did not deserve to die? guest: there are three interesting points. did the governor to find the will of public -- to five the will of -- defy the will of the public? california, the repealrejected referenda the death penalty in 2012 and 16, narrowly. adopted reforms to speed up the review process. that is not worked. withnor newsom was elected one million more votes than was voted to speed up the appellant process. the situation on the ground has changed. when people voted for governor they knew this po

mississippi. >> confirmÓ un total de 15 tornadoscoman regiones de arkansas, norte de luisiana y otras zonas del estado de mississippi y tennessee. >> estas imÁgenes muestran el mo snt desprende de las edificaciones confirmÓ quedaron destruidas. esta reciente del lugar dijo que escucharon un ruido muy fuerte y que inmediatamente fueron a buscar refugio. no se salvo de los embates de la naturaleza. no sÓlo tornados se han registrado por mal tiempo en el paÍs. en colorado avalanchas de nieve tan grandes como un esestadio de fÚtb la familia reyes quedÓ sepultada bajo la nieve y permanecieron allÍ. con su niÑa de dos aÑos que se salvÓ de milagro. la guardia costera tuvo que rescatar a 40 pescadores de hielo con un tÉmpano se rompiÓ. y de meteorologÍa emitiÓ alerta por fuertes vientos en illinois con rÁfagas de entre 20 a 30 millas por hora. >> las temperaturas subirÁn. se espera que traiga algo de alivio para millones de residentes en las Áreas golpeadas por el crudo invierno. en chicago, viviana Ávila como univisiÓn. >> el presidente trump solicitarÁ fondos adici

about the mississippi plantation? prof. greenberg: this book that i wrote is a biography of sarah polk, but it is about all the people she owned. there were a lot of people and it is about slavery. slavery was central to the polk presidency and central to sarah's life. one of the reason that -- reasons that sarah was such an eligible marriage prospect was that, upon her father's death, she inherited eight or nine slaves. those slaves were valuable human property. men were lining up to meet her. she was wealthy, and a lot her wealth was based on slaves. both her family and james family got rich off of slavery, growing cotton. slavery was part of their family makeup. james started out as a lawyer, but he did not make a lot of money. it did not seem like he cared about money that much. he was not a rich man. he bought his first plantation when he was in congress. he bought it in tennessee. he just hoped to make money with it. this required buying slaves to staff the plantation. he eventually sold that plantation and bought a whole bunch of land in mississippi that the choctaw indians had

, kentucky, mississippi. democrats have fielded good candidates in all of the states. candidatescans challenging him have not raised a ton of money, do you expect anybody else to get into that race? as thecketts: as far republican governors association, we want great strong candidates to run. we have two good candidates running right now, abraham who has a great reputation in his state, and the businessman who was not so well known. was a member of the executive roundtable before he decided to run for governor, so i have had a chance to get to know him. goinga member of the rga back to 2009. heis a great guy, integrity, wants what is best for louisiana. we have two great candidates, if somebody else gets in, that is great too. this highlights what the rga does, we do not pick a person in a primary. that is up to louisiana. when someone gets through that primary, the rga will be there ,o support them against presumably, the incumbent. so we can help them and win that race. the governor in the louisiana has raised taxes. we think we have a good pickup opportunity. >> let's move to kent

melting snow will drive the flooding south, down the missouri and mississippi rivers. meanwhile, half of iowa's 99 counties are already under emergencies. and in nebraska, the estimated damage has topped $1 billion. governor pete ricketts asked for patience today. >> we know this is going to be a months long recovery, just from the public infrastructure side. replacing a bridge is not something that's quick and easy. so this is something we're going to ask the patience of the people of nebraska as we go through this. >> woodruff: downriver, the state of mississippi declared an emergency, in ticipation of floods to come. several small towns in missouri began evacuations, and forecasters also predicted major flooding for of kansas and arkansas. in new zealand, funeraan today for victims of last friday's massacre at two mosques. in christchurch, where the killings took place, hundreds gathered at a park to pray before t burial sites.fins to an students performed a traditional maori haka in tribute tohe 50 victims. prime minier jacinda ardern was there, and promised quick action on new gu

standing up. this time it was in mississippi for mississippi freedom summer. that summer only about three or 4% of african-americans were registered to vote in mississippi and throughout much of the south because of the terror of the ku klux klan. so young people again spoke up and led the way as young people do to speak up for justice and equality and democracy and it was called freedom summer 1964. >> our parents went down south to participate in that and also our older brother leonard. >> that's right because our father was a methodist miniter. he became involved with the quakers. he said to wait for heaven to put your values into action, let's just do it right now on earth. let's take action to speak up for love and all those things we preach in our religion. so these people were doing that, putting love into action and also speaking up and using their first amendment rights. well when they got there three of them immediately disappeared. cheney, schwerner, and goodman. andrew goodman james chaney and michael schwerner. everyone suspected that the ku klux klan had them but they

pembroke new hampshire or gulfport mississippi. these are the towns in your be a part of the digital economy. your members are making it happen. we are so happy to learn of your decision to commit to stay on as chairman. that delighted us. [applause] in fairness, judge judy said she wasn't retiring, so i thought i have got to stick with the day job. we will see. led to: tell us what has that. mr. pai: the excitement on executing on our agenda. the job is not done. our top job of closing the divide, modernizing, extending opportunities to everybody hasn't been accomplished. there is more we want to do. having the ability to work with fantastic. it has been amazing. they believe in this mission, work every day to make sure we execute. i enjoy traveling the country. the last couple of days i was in atlanta talking with folks on what digital opportunity means especially for entrepreneurs, minorities and women and other underrepresented populations. broadband really is -- to be one small piece of the puzzle has been extremely rewarding. matthew: any particular story that comes to mind? mr

right wing, not even a mississippi. we need each other. on this issue of criminal justice reform, it is the most anti-liberty, anti-justice thing we have built. i learned it from newt gingrich who i had a tv show with. are doing avan, you bad job on criminal justice reform because you only speak about it from the racial justice perspective. he told me as a conservative -- newt gingrich. he said, now we have a big failed government yurok is the that eats up -- bureaucracy that you that money and since people home bitter and not better. that is wrong. he said the lid to her -- libertarians and my party they get is eating up too much of the right. he said as a christian conservative, where are the second chances? where is the redemption? when they come home, they cannot get a job. they cannot get a student loan. he said, we have to do something i said, where have you been all my life? [laughter] where have you been? that point, who has been better for criminal justice reform, former president obama or president trump? what, as on so many things, both parties should be proud. -- givepres

something like this at the cnn town hall in jackson, mississippi. >> come a general election, presidential candidates don't come to places like mississippi. my view is that every vote matters. and the way we can make that happen [ applause ] is that we can have national voting. and that means get rid of the electoral college. >> warren mentioned hillary clinton's winning the popular vote in 2016 but losing the election and said the electoral college disenfranchises voters in states dominated by one party. that was just one of the ideas that she put out there. joining me now to talk about this, jeff zeleny and cnn political correspondent in jackson and covered the cnn town hall last night. warren chosen to do this event in mississippi. that's not a swing state. she took pretty bold positions related to race and the african-american community. she talked about reparations and said mississippi needs to get a new state flag and talked about taking down confederate monuments on federal grounds. she implies that the electoral college disenfranchises minority voters. was that her goal to reach ou

was also an amazing year for young people speaking up and standing up. this time it was in mississippi for mississippi freedom summer. that summer, only about 3% or 4% of african-americans were registered to vote in mississippi and throughout much of the south because of the terror of the ku klux klan. young people again spoke up and lead the way as young people do. to speak up for justice and equality and democracy. it was called freedom summer, 1964. john: our parents participated in that, and our older brother, leonard. mary beth: our father was a methodist minister and we later became involved with the quakers. they said don't wait for the happened to put your values and action. let's do it now on earth. take action. speak up for love in all the things they preach in all religions. these people were doing that putting love into action , and speaking up. using their first amendment rights. when they got there, many of them immediately disappeared. cheney, shorter and goodman. goodman, cheney, and michael swarner. everyone suspected that the ku klux klan had them, but they kept searc

people of nebraska as we go through this. >> woodruff: downriver, the state of mississippi decred an emergency, in anticipation of floods to come. several small towns in missour began evacuations, and forecasters also predicted major flooding for parts of kansas and arkansas. in new zealand, funerals began today for victims of last friday's massacre at two mosques. in christchurch, where the killings took place, hundreds gathered at a park to pray before they carried coffins to burial sites. and, students performed a traditional maori haka in tribute to the 50 victims. prime minister jacinda ardernnd was there, aromised quick action on new gun laws. >> we have a large number of loopholes in our laws and many new zealanders would be astounded to know that you can access military style semi- automatics in the wa you can here. there are a range of things that nebe fixed and i guess if i was to say new zealand was a blueprint for anything in some ways it's a ueprint what not do. sh woodruff: an australian man is charged in thtings. today, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan portray at

days. tomorrow she will hold a cnn town hall in mississippi. then she heads to alabama. cnn senior political analyst mark preston is in jackson, mississippi, where warren's cnn town hall will be held tomorrow night. mark, why is warren campaigning, spending this vital time in these southern states right now that are not part of the early states to hold caucuses and primaries? >> reporter: well, there's something to be said about getting out of the log jam right now with the democrats in new hampshire and iowa. we know elizabeth warren has spent a considerable amount of time in new hampshire and iowa already. for here to come to the south is very symbolic but also strategic in many ways. when you get to next year and to 2020, mississippi, alabama, tennessee are all going to play an important role in the first couple of states that actually vote for the democratic nomination. of course, this will come after we see the first four states vote, new hampshire, iowa, south carolina, and nevada. but again, where we sit here in mississippi, a very important state in the democratic primary.

flood emergencies. the mississippi river overflowing to record levels as residents downstream fear the threat isn't over. > that was kathie park reporting. rescuers were searching for two men that got swept away by flood waters in nebraska. >>> new tonight cell phone video shows a police officer being dragged down the street. dozens of people were driving atvs and dirt bikes past the arena inhe nashville the sec tournament is being held. people on the street rush to help him. the atv driver got away. fortunately the officer is expected to be okay. >>>thook at . it's a massive fire burning out of control at a refinery plant. it started at 10:00 this morninni still b tonight and fire officials expect it to keep burning throughout the night. this ist a petrochemical facility. emergency officials issued a city wide order telling people to stay indoors. right now there's no reports of any >> a d.c. bar is using one of its busiest days to help out one of its employees. the folks at franklin hall donated part of today's proceeds to nathan epps and his family. his daughter is battling a rare l

town hall last night in jackson, mississippi. she rattled on off a long list proposals and got a big ovation when she announced that she supports replacing the electo e le al college. >> come a general election, presidential candidates don't come to places like mississippi because we're not the battle ground states. well, my view is that every vote matters. that means get rid of the electoral college and everybody -- >> the idea of abandoning the electoral college is gaining traction among democrats. in the popular vote hillary clinton beat donald trump and al gore beat george bush but both lost the election. 12 states in washington, d.c. have said they plan to assign electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote regardless of who wins their states. >> the is switch could only hap once they have the 270 electoral votes. warren wants medicare for all and including less aggressive transitions that might keep the private insurance industry relevant. >>> we're learning a second top aide to senator gill graibrand resigned. in 2017, the aide made at least one sexist remark in front of

applause from democratic voters in jackson, mississippi. >> everybody. >> reporter: warren citing hillary clinton's loss in 2016 despite winning the popular vote with nearly 3 million more votes than president trump. describing the electoral college as a means of disenfranchising voters and states. >> come a general election presidential candidates don't come to places like mississippi. they come to places like california and massachusetts, right? because we're not the battleground states. >> reporter: warren becoming the first senate to study reparations for americans desce descend ants of slaves. >> i believe it's time to start the national full-blown conversation about reparations in this country. >> reporter: but stopping short of calling for financial payments. the massachusetts senator who made a name for herself by taking on the big banks, distancing herself from the socialist moniker. >> i believe in the value we get out of markets. but it has to be markets with rules. >> reporter: warren again addressing criticism that her past claims of having native-american heritage we

recover from several days of devastating flooding. >> the water levels continue to ri the mississippi river. a runway in minnesota had to be shut down because of flooding melting snow and heavy rain are causing the missouri to spill over its breaks. and there won't be any spring training at this baseball field. water.nder >>> flash floods in iran from kille 17 people and left 74 rehurt. the dctor of the emergcy medical services says most of the deaths were people trying to take video of the floods with their ones. >>> overseas, search and rescue operations continue mozambique following a cyclone there. the death toll stands at 750. there's concerns over diseases. the flooding has left unhygienic conditions. and officials are seeing typhoid outbreaks. >>> there's a rare paragraph of harriet tubman here in the district. you can see it at the national muse museum. it showtubman in her late 30 or early 40s, taken in the 1860s in auburn, new york. >> i felt like, this is our mona lisa. she would be the equivalent. >> the museum and the lieri of congress jointly own that photo. the photo wi

effect across the plains. the mississippi valley and parts of the ohio valley yesterday and 42 of iowa's counties declared emergencies there. vice president mike pence set to travel to nebraska later today to survey the damage and visit with local leaders. >> some of the images unbelievable. >> unbelievable that we're still dealing with this flooding today. >> any relief in sight? >> very slow. a lot of these rivers are meandering. we had ice jams in areas of iowa that caused new flooding concernings in a few spots. kansas has been by far especially hit. plenty areas of illinois and southern wisconsin and even areas of iowa have been hard hit too. every where that right now these little dots, we have river flood gauges. these are gauges in the river that go up and down. through history when we have a flood, depending on that height of the gauges we know what's flooding and how bad it will be. it helps with us the flood forecast. 274 locations are in flood stage. when those gauges go into flood stage we have river flood warnings. this is the missouri river. mississippi river, rock

says it is not a problem. >>> and for the second time in a year, mississippi is trying to ban abortions before some women even know they have a baby on the way. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm dave bligriggs. >> and i'm cries tehristine rom. sad news breaking overnight. two u.s. service members killed while conducting an operation in afghanistan. information still coming in. ryan browne is joining us live from washington. good morning, what do we know about this terrible news this morning? >> reporter: we don't know much yet. i spoke to one of the members of the coalition there in kabul and they said that the incident is under investigation. we're being told two u.s. service members were killed during operation. there were no additional details at this time. this is the third and fourth u.s. death in avenue in 2019. and it really underscores that despite talks between the u.s. government and the taliban that have shown some progress, that fighting between the afghan government backed by the u.s. and taliban continues. very violence. the afghans just celebrating the

chronological order. 1862, ida b. wells is born in holly springs, mississippi to enslaved parents, who like many extraordinary african-americans make a good transition to freedom. her father, james, was a skilled carpenter who would have his own business and family home. her mother, elizabeth, was known as a famous cook. educated at russ college by the methodist inspired pre-movement -- friedmans society, wells attended with many other blacks in the region, including her mother, who also went to school with her. she had a happy childhood until about 1878. a yellow fever epidemic raged across the mississippi valley. her parents, james and elizabeth, die within 24 hours of one another. leaving ida, then age 16, and three younger sisters and two younger brothers -- leaving them as orphans. soon after we see ida's first act of defiance when she refuses the wishes of family friends, who wanted to divide the children among them. instead she asked help to get a teaching job so that she could support the family herself. in this chaotic, lawless and victorian environment of ravaged holly spring

an addition on a tornado watch that was already valid. memphis and northern mississippi, they have added southern mississippi, areas that include, jackson, for example, in the mix. you have a lot of showers and thunderstorms starting to fire up along that portion of the mississippi. you can see this line here, to the north of jackson, north and east there, the line that's beginning to fire up. that line is firing up because this is the area where we have had a lot more sunshine than the other areas in tennessee or kentucky. the heating of the day that's helping to fire up a lot of powerful thunderstorms. you have numerous severe thunderstorm warnings along the back edge of the line as it continues to progress east. in addition to that, look at the tremendous amount of lightning with this particular storm. the lightning goes as far north as illinois and indiana, stretching back toward texas. we have had reports of a house fire because of a lightning strike with some of these storms as they continue to push east. now, the main threats going forward are going to be the lightning, pote

still out there in harm's way. and i just wanted to let people know. martin, in talk to mississippi, on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. ,y comment was more or less they've been on trump since he has been elected. the day he has been elected, cnn has been on him every day. it's hard for a man to run the country when somebody is biting your tail all the time. my concern is why they never got on clinton when she was in office and she represented the city, and country. and she did all of this corruption stuff. and they are going to bypass or to hang him when she was representing the country when she was in office. she should be prosecuted before him. , andhey are jumping on him he didn't have time to run anything because he's busy fighting with his own courts. everyone is on his case. but nobody says anything about ms. clinton. where all the money went to her foundation. how did she get all this money in the foundation? how many other countries where she paid by doing stuff for other countries? gladys, fromo to alexandria, virginia, on the democratic line. calle

across portions of northern mississippi and into done see. these -- tennessee. these are the spots we're concerned about in the overnight hours tonight. there are plenty of places where you're looking at a tornado watch in place, everything highlighted in the red area, central tennessee, nashville, including portions of northern and centrallal ba central alabao mississippi. the pink highlighted areas are tornado indicated, across portions of mississippi right now. the back edge is probably the biggest concern, that's the one we'll be watching as it moves through the southeast overnight tonight. the areas of largest concern continue to be northern mississippi, outside of the memphis area and northern alabama. this system is one to pay attention to as it moves overnight tonight and eventually gets into sunday, you begin to see that threat shift from saturday's warnings and watches into sunday's. and that moves it closer to the area where we saw the damage last week. all the pink highlighted areas is where a tornado touched down last weekend. you see that same threat a area for tomorr

. mississippi. looking at the methods and jury selection in six trials related to a 1996 armed robbery. >> we ws morning in case 17 9572, flowers versus mississippi. miss johnson.

. [applause] we need to restore our moral leadership in the world. we mississippi secure our borders effectively and fight terrorism relentlessly. but let's be very clear. racism and fear is not a national security strategy. [applause] building a wall, ripping apart families, banning muslims and turning our backs on refugees and asylum seekers isn't just wrong. it makes us less safe. we need to repair our relationships with our allies and stop fawning over our adversaries. we need to leverage our diplomatic tools to make americans more prosperous and more secure. and always treat military force as a last resort. [applause] we must bring an end to these endless wars. america's commander in chief is not a dictator. and the decision to deploy our troops can never be made lightly or unilaterally without congress. [applause] and we need to protect the integrity of our elections by holding accountable any threat to our democracy from abroad or ight here at home. the stakes of this just got higher on friday. the mueller report must be made ublic. all of it. nobody in this country, not even

past few weeks, our brief but spectacular series has profiled several voices from jackson, mississippi. tonight, we hear from terun moore, who at the age of 17 was charged with capital murder and sentenced to life without parole in 2012, the supreme court ruled such sentencing of minorsti uncotional. as a result, moore was recently paroled following 19 years of incarceration. he's currently enrolled in y college and works with "the people's advocacy institute," focusing on reducini ence in jackson. >> i went to school in north jackson my whole life, i love ing ball you know, growi , around here. on april 2nd, 19was actually playing ball at the park, and a couple o neighborhood guys, they were about to commit a robbery on some guys from out of town, they gave me a gun they asked me to stand there so, i was 17 ath really wasn'king about consequences or whatever. so, i held a gun oa dude, i wanted to take the gun from me, so he ended up getting shot, a he later die >> and who was it that shot the man? >> i did. they didn't seek the death penalty because i was 17 years old at the time. so

, mississippi. she rattled off a long list of proposals and got a big ovation when she announced for the first time that she supports replacing the electoral college. >> come a general election, presidential candidates don't come to places like mississippi because we're not the battleground states. well, my view is that every vote matters. that means get rid of the eelectric ele electoral college. >> the idea is gaining traction among democrats. in the popular vote hillary clinton beat donald trump by 3 million votes. al gore beat george bush. yet both lost the election. 12 states and washington, d.c. have said they plan to assign electoral college votes to the winner of the popular vote regardless of who wins their states. >> the switch could only happen once enough states have signed on to secure 270 electoral votes, that is enough to win the electoral college. warren also on board with medicare for all. she says she is open to mull paths to universal coverage including less aggressive transitions that might keep the private insurance industry relevance. >>> selecting the right running

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downpours led to flooding in birmingham, alabama. inro mississippis became rivers and people had to be rescued from their homes. >>> we have team coverage ofth winter w. depending on where you live, you saw snow, rain or sleet. is is video from frederic maryland. the snow came down steadily there last night. >> the snow in most places is gone, the concern is ice. s stin finch is on the roads telling us what heeing. justin, where are you? >> we're just off of route 1 here in frederick county. now, making our way ono a neighborhood street. conditions here are a bit different from the main streets here. take a look here. youan see the slu and the ice accumulation here from that snow in the l parkings and driveways. and this is what we've seen a lot of this morning. whereas, your travel roads are looking pretty good. streets, eighborhood parking lots, perhaps our own driveway, may provi more of a challenge. make sure that's treated as much as possiine, as you b to make your way to work and school this morning. we're above freezingstill, ere we are. we know the temperatures are going to dro

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. it was their way of honoring a man who served aboard the "uss mississippi" and was involved in almost all of the war's major battles in the pacific. hanson has received cards from 47 states and six countries. >> can't believe it. we got over 2,000 now, and a bunch in there yet. got one from the white house i haven't opened. >> hanson joined the military when he was just 17. he's one of the few surviving crew members of the "mississippi." >>> there's an incredible story of survival from oregon thanks condint. a man survived five days trapped in the snow on a diet of taco sauce packets in his car. jeremy taylor and his dog were driving last sunday when his vehicle got stuck in the snow. he didn't have a cell phone and stayed warm by periodically starting the engine. rescuers found him on friday. he and his dog were in good condition. taylor said he was a bit hungry. he posted a comment on facebook thanking everyone who helped rescue him. >>> an estimated 8,000 gathered in a town in northern italy for the battle of oranges. tons of oranges will be thrown during the battle that con