ellen baker, malcolm x and otto while barnett. examine the impact of these men and women in their ear ats and across the decades and rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates and all so therefore wines by providing new insights that humanize these well-known figures cornel west takes an important step in rekindling the black prophetic fire so essentials in the age of obama. helen has been director of the beacon press since october of 1995. she pulled a master's degree in english literature from the university of virginia. she began her career in publishing and random house in 1976. acquisitions that beginning could get killed don't's the healing, national book finalist, the iron cage, one today, cornel west's "black prophetic fire" and anita hill at 3 imagining quality. cheese sayre eight years on the board of pen, new england, and is administrator of the hemingway foundation pen award. thank you for being you today. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you for that very warm miami welcome. it

i'm errol barnett. a pleasure to have you with me. coming up, break on a terror attack. a pair of men wielding axes and knives attack a sin going in jerusalem killing at least four israeli civilians. a live update on this in moments. >>> also, state of emergency. the governor of missouri takes preemptive action ahead of a grand jury decision that has the state on edge. >>> he's preparing for war and not necessarily peace. >> also coming up for you, the white house orders a comprehensive review of u.s. policy on hostage negotiations after a surge in kidnappings. >>> and coming to america. the pope with the people's touch announces plans for a visit to the city of brotherly love in 2015. all of that coming up right now. >>> we want to begin this hour in jerusalem. there's been a deadly attack inside a sin going -- synagogue. come coming after tensions between israelis and palestinians. we have more from ben wedeman on the latest. i know this is still a breaking story. what is the latest information? >> re

i'm errol barnett. here are the top headlines now -- the death toll in tuesday's terror attack on a jerusalem synagogue has risen to five. four rabbis were killed in the initial assault. a policeman has since died of his wounds. police say the attackers, two palestinians, were shot and killed at the scene. israel's prime minister has vowed a strong response. >>> a u.n. committee has taken the first step to holding north korea accountable for alleged crimes against humanity. it voted in favor of a draft resolution referring the regime to the international criminal court. the vote is only a recommendation, though. only the u.n. security council has the authority to refer north korea or its leader, kim jong-un, to the icc. >>> residents in buffalo, new york, dealing with just incredible amounts of snow now. some places have seen more than 60 inches or 152 centimeters this week. where on the way. the mayor says snowfall there is heavier than anything they've seen in 40 years. >>> now for a palestinian persp

i'm errol barnett. >> we certainly do. and i'm rosemary church. want to check the headlines for you at this hour. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is promising to respond "with a heave i why hand" to today's attack on worshippers in a jerusalem synagogue. police say the knife and ax attack left four israelis dead and six wounded. police shot and killed two palestinian suspects. hamas has not claimed responsibility but says it supports "any military action" against the occupation. >>> the u.s. state of missouri and the fbi are warning of possible violence in the city of ferguson and the surrounding areas. a grand jury could announce this week if it will charge a white police officer in the august shooting death of an unarmed black teen. if they don't, the fear is there will be protests. already there have been hundreds of protests since the shooting. >>> in hong kong police officers and even some protesters are clearing away barricades set up by pro-democracy demonstrators in the admiralty district. so far there have been no signs of resis

. >>> and i'm errol barnett. we want to recap our story at this hour there are reports that at least two people were wounded. in this is in tallahassee, several people we talked to said it happened in the campus library. a real central location. and the pictures you see here from our cnn affiliate show a heavy police presence in the area. the condition of those wounded is not yet known, it is still unclear. the gunman was captured or killed. the students we spoke to believe the situation is under control. it is just past 2:30 a.m., and we're standing by to hear from officials who are expected to update the media and find out what took place. in the meantime, let's connect with one of the witnesses who was there a short time ago. alexandria, i understand you were close to where this incident took place. bring us up to speed and tell us what happened tonight. >> yeah, i was sitting with my brother and friends on the first floor. and it happened about 50 feet away from us. we heard the gunshots. and it was in a matt

i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. we're about to head out into the cold. stay with us, "newsroom" is next for our international viewers. >> and if you are watching in the united states, "early start" begins after this break. stick around. [ rob ] we werens the most adventurous couple. once we kept the lights on. but then we started using k-y yours & mine. yeah, we were nervous to try it. there's an amazing sensation for her. amazing. this one feels fantastic for me. and combined... ohh, it's a completely new sensation for us both. it's opened a whole new door for us. i've come to clean your pool. but we don't have a pool. i'll come in anyway. next week i'm going to be a maid. [ female announcer ] k-y yours & mine. his excites. hers delights. together feel them ignite. keep life sexy. >>> a crippling storm, preparations under way to send in the national guard as a relentless storm paralyzes the northeast, trapping motorists in up to 6 feet of snow. parts of all 50 states now below freezing. >>> terror attack. new details this morning about the seven minutes

. >> and i'm errol barnett. >> all right, here is what we know about the shooting so far. a nurse at the tallahassee campus tells cnn that the hospital has received two patients with gunshot wounds. we have spoken to a number of students in the library at the time of the shooting. they described a terrifying scene. there is no confirmation of the condition of those wounded or of course the status of the shooter. we're hearing various reports on that. now earlier, students received an e-mail from the university warning them of a dangerous situation and telling them to seek shelter away from doors or windows. and we are waiting for an official news conference from the university. of course, as soon as that happens we will take you there. at least bring you the main points of that. >> yeah, at this moment, though, we can connect on the line with one of the many students who heard and saw all of this unfold. perry kostadakis is the sports editor of the student newspaper. he joins us now on the phone. perry, just bring us up to speed on what you've seen. take us to the initial

i'm errol barnett. >> the u.s. president, barack obama, said it's time to take steps to fix the country's immigration system. he announced executive action that will shield up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation. the centerpiece of this plan would let the undocumented parents of u.s. citizens apply for work permits, so long as they've been in the u.s. for at least five years. but mr. obama stressed that his plan does not grant citizenship alone. >> we expect people who live in this country to play by the rules. we expect that those who cut the line will not be unfairly rewarded. so we're going to offer the following deal. if you've been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or legal residents, if you register, pass a criminal background check, and you're willing to pay your fair share of taxes, you'll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without fear of deportation. >> knowing there would be backlash, mr. obama made a special point to def

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i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm rosemary church. we are following the breaking news out of ferguson, missouri, and indeed, across the u.s. where protesters are out in force. a live police news conference is due shortly. >> take a look at what we've already witnessed, racially charged protests have erupted into a second night of violence in ferguson, missouri. to a much lesser degree than we saw 24 hours ago. we have to make the point that the situation is much calmer now. it's just past 1:30 a.m. there at this moment. but the protests have themselves spread to dozens of cities all over the u.s. those have mostly been peaceful, as well. but not without a number of confrontations and several arrests. as we've been watching, some major transportation avs being blocked. >> while this is playing out, we are hearing for the first time in fact directly from the police officer who shot and killed michael brown. >> darren wilson tells abc news he feared for his life, as brown punched him in the face and tried to grab his gun. >> after the su

i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. well, police say they made 44 ares in a second night of racially charged violence in ferguson, missouri. and they've tweeted these pictures of some of the vandalism bad enough but certainly an improvement over monday night when dozens of buildings were burned to the ground or looted. >> we've got to make the point that protesters are making themselves heard well beyond ferguson as you see on this map. we've highlighted protests held in dozens of cities tuesday night by one estimate 170 lik0 locations and while we did see instances of violence and arrests most of these were peaceful. >> we just heard from police in the ferguson area just a short time ago, in fact, they showed off some of the bottles and other projectiles thrown at officers during tuesday night's protest and say all but four of the arrests were on misdemeanor charges. take a listen to a little section here. >> we talked last night about the fact that we were perhaps not optimistic but hopeful we would have a better nigh

i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm natalie allen. our top stories this hour. >> right now pope francis is on his way to turkey. during his three-day trip he'll meet with turkey's president, and he's expected to denounce violence by islamic militants targeting christians there. christians are among the hundreds of thousands of refugees who've fled to turkey to escape isis in iraq and syria. >>> the head of cricket australia says it's too soon to say when the next test series will go forward following the death of batsman phil hughes. the 25-year-old died thursday after being hit by a ball during a match in sydney. certainly a freak accident. >>> in mexico a disturbing find is rattling the families of 43 missing college students. 11 bodies partially boundary and some even decapitated were found in guerrero state on thursday. the victims have not yet been identified, and it's not known if there's a connection to the students who disappeared in september. >>> well, the frifg holiday in the u.s. seemed to bring more calm to the streets of

i'm errol barnett, with you on cnn for the next two hours. coming up right now, it is decision day for u.s. voters. the midterm elections are finally here. the big question, will republicans win control of both chambers of congress? >>> also coming up, an air disaster. u.s. investigators suggest a crucial mistake may have been made ahead of the break-up of the virgin galactic spaceship. >>> and running for their lives in northeastern nigeria after a ceasefire fails to materialize there. >>> and in search of the berlin wa wall. 25 years after its fall, cnn's tries to find its final remnants. >>> but first, the exciting stuff. we begin with the u.s. midterm elections in a few hours from now. folks will wake up as daylight breaks and head to the polls. what they decide will help shape the last two years of president barack obama's presidency. yet still we should note that fewer than half of eligible voters are expected to get up, get out and vote tuesday. here's a look at what's at stake. all 435 seats in the house of representatives, they are u

i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm rosemary church. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all across the globe. crash investigators now say the co-pilot of virgin galactic spaceship two unlocked the feathers. it's meant to slow the craft. it came apart while it was still ascending. the co-pilot died in the incident. the other pilot is in hospital. >>> south korean auto makers hyundai and kia have agreed to pay $300 million in penalties for overstating how fuel efficient their vehicles are. on top of a $100 million fine, hyundai and kia will also forfeit $200 million in gas emission credits. >>> it is election day in the united states. every house seat and 36 senate seats are in play at the moment. the results will determine which party will control the u.s. congress. and that, in turn, will affect the final two years of barack obama's presidency. >>> well, the big question on election day, will republicans take control of the senate from the democrats? and everyone is keeping an eye on the battleground states shown here

i'm errol barnett. i'll be here for you for the next two hours. coming up right now, soaring tensions after a van plows into israelis in jerusalem. and new clashes at a holy site revered by jews and muslims alike. we'll bring you the latest. also, friends for now. the u.s. president and the new republican leader of the senate vow to work together after an historic election. >> look, there's only one democrat who counts, the president. >> to his credit, he has never made a promise that he couldn't

i'm errol barnett. i'll be here for you for the next two hours. coming up right now, soaring tensions after a van plows into israelis in jerusalem. and new clashes at a holy site revered by jews and muslims alike. we'll bring you the latest. also, friends for now. the u.s. president and the new republican leader of the senate vow to work together after an historic election. >> look, there's only one democrat who counts, the president. >> to his credit, he has never made a promise that he couldn't deliver. >>> also ahead for you, flight to freedom. the desperate measures one woman was willing to take to get to the other side of the berlin wall. all those stories coming up this hour. but in the middle east, at this hour it's 9:00 a.m. in jerusalem and the west bank where police are on alert after a pair of attacks on israeli soldiers and civilians there. we are going to show you the security camera footage which captures the moment, but a warning, it is disturbing. a vehicle, as you see, slams into indivi

hey, everyone, i'm errol barnett. coming up this hour -- >> the american people sent a message. >> the senate needs to be fixed. >> lawmakers are saying all the right things one day after a change of ypower in the u.s. senate. >>> also coming up -- >> anger spills over at one of the holiest sites in judyism and islam. these clashes are part of a wave of violence inside jerusalem. and later -- >> thank you for keeping me up. thank you for being there for us. i'm taking my baby home. >> we have this incredible story out of the u.s. a young woman found alive and well days after she was snatched right off a city street in a kidnapping caught on camera. >> we begin this hour with the fallout from tuesday's u.s. midterm elections. president barack obama and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell say they are ready to work together. >> that's after voters gave republican as majority in both houses of congress for the first time since 2006. all the red, states that voted republican. we showed this to you yesterday. as dana

mickey barnett. mickey barnett is among a group of five bipartisan nominees to the postal board of governors submitted by a democratic president. two of the nominees republicans, mickey one of those, three of them are democrats. if we don't confirm mr. barnett and his colleagues by december 8, a little -- about on four weeks from now mr. barnett currently the board's chair will be forced to leave the board. if that happens the postal board of governors will not have enough members to achieve a quorum and will not be able to conduct business. at the time the postal service is struggling to aat the present time to the internet world we live in, being unable to conduct business would not be good for the postal service. in fact, it would be very bad and we need to avoid that happening. if it does happen, we'll be inviting a disaster. today because of our inability to come to consensus on postal reform legislation and they're colleague closer, good work of dr. coburn and other people to develop a consensu

okay. >> what you said so far there is you're not going to tear up barnett, and if we didn't have barnett, in any case, we would need some other case of needs assessment. and you have used the word. don't you think there is merit -- everyone is agreed that the barnett formula is overgenerous at the expense of the english. there isn't a single analysis that has concluded otherwise. don't you think, therefore, there is at least a least the na grand commission of some sort of all the nations to look into the question of how best to allocate resources according to need between them? >> well, it's something i'm sure, you know, it does get examined by experts and commissions and i'm very happy for that to continue. i'm just saying i made a commitment. this is not something that is on my horizon and i'm sticking to that. the most important thing is to deliver this fiscal devolution which in itself is an important thing but decreases the relevance of barnett. i'm sure people will argue about it. >> so the answer to that is no really? >> as i've said, it's not on my horizon. >> i would just like t

money between england and scotland is determined by the barnett formula. but as i said, if you didn't have that formula, you'd have to have something else. it would still then be an accident of geography if you were living just one side of the border or the other side of the border as to which pot your money was coming from. so you've got the national distributions, then you have the distributions within each nation, which should be done by the authorities. >> of course, but coming back to the fact that if you have a larger cake to distribute in first place and that that is a larger cake per head of population, that it's very difficult to make adjustments for that that seem fair across borders, and i think that -- >> i think that's really important. because -- i know, but one more go at this because i think it's important. if scotland and england were exactly the same size and same scale and there was a radically different distribution, it would have more power. i often say to english colleagues who say why don't -- the barnett formula, is so unfair. if yo

barnett greer affected the lives of countless residents and because of his passion and dedication to our community, his memory will undoubtedly live on. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. speaker. president obama is expected to sign an executive order soon regarding illegal immigration. in july 20 11, he said, quote, i know some people want me to bypass congress and change the laws on my own but that's not how our system works, that's not how our democracy functions. a year ago, president obama said, quote if in fact i could solve all these problems without passing laws in congress, then i would do so but we're also a nation of laws, that's part of our tradition and what i'm proposing, he said then is the harder path, to use our democratic processes to achieve the same goal. president obama should reflect on his o

so this is a start, and it's a great start. >> for eight years, barnett has been a model inmate. now he works as a custodian as he completes his sentence. >> you know, clean offices, you know, empty trash cans, garbage cans. whatever they need done, you know. and i -- i don't mind doing it. basically, i get up. fix my breakfast. go to work. come back, work out, walk along the lake, you know. shower, lay back, read, study, you know, can use the phone any time of night that i need to. and that's a privilege. and it's lockdown at 6:00. >> it just lightens the burden. it really helps. we get to cook our own food, and nothing is better than fresh vegetables. it's just a little bit of home in prison. >> barnett is taking the ged to better support his family. his children were in middle school when he went to prison, now they're adults. >> that's the prom night there. timothy on the left with his date, tiffany on the right with her date. and a picture of my son, 55 on the football field. and my daughter, she plays basketball. getting out of prison is going to mean the world to me. it's

barnett, we would need some other formula. and you used the word need. don't you think there is merit -- everyone has agreed that the barnett formula is extra generous at an expense. don't you think, therefore, for ais at least a need grand commission of some sort of all the nations to look into the to allocatehow best resources according to need between them? >> it is something, i am sure, does get examined by experts and commissions, and that will continue. i have made a commitment. i will stick to that commitment, and i think most important way is to deliver this fiscal devolution, which is also important but will also decrease the relevance of barnett. >> so the answer to that is no, really. >> it is not on my horizon. >> all right. i would just like to ask one question. that one lordtion has had a question in, as well. one other issue that needs picking up on borrowing. presume, thate, i is more fiscal devolution is granted, there would be spend, or in tax and tax, at least. the evidence suggests that. whatever you do. in

and scotland and wales is determined by the barnett formula. but as i said, if you didn't have that formula, you'd have to have something else. and it would still then be an accident of geography if you were living just one side of the border or the other side of the border as to which pot your money was coming from. so you've got the national distributions, then you have the distributions within each nation, which should be done by the relevant authorities. >> of course, but coming back to the fact that if you have a larger cake to distribute in first place and that that is a larger cake per head of population, that it's very difficult to make adjustments for that that seem fair across borders, and i think that -- >> on that, i think that's really important. because -- i know, but one more go at this because i think it's important. if scotland and england were exactly the same size and same scale and there was a radically different distribution, it would have more power. i often say to english colleagues who say why don't -- the barnett formul

yet you've told us that reforming barnett isn't on your horizon. could you set out how to puzzle the right that someone is living with heart disease, dementia, arthritis or cancer on one side of the border, there should be so much less of a pot to spend on health care than it would be if the sabres living on the other side of the border? >> i don't think there is so much less of a pot. as i said earlier, if we didn't have the barnett formula we have to come up with some other format that would be stupid but according to need. we would sit around and have a debate about that. what we have with barnett is a system where if we spend more in england, it has a consequence for scotland and that leads to the overall level of health spending money that is available in scotland. the scottish government has to complete power to spend less than that amount of money, more than that of money, were exactly the same. it has that choice. i sort of repeat myself but as you increase the amount of tax revenue that scotland raises, so you increased -- decrease the ski

on the fliers, the photo of tyson barnett. the postal worker who was gunned down in this very same neighborhood one year ago tomorrow. the crime is still unsolved, but a year later, some neighbors tell me they remember it well. >> i've been living here 32 years and this is the first time that someone has been killed in our neighborhood. and it was very frightening. >> robin recalls hearing a gun shot. but she looked outside and saw nothing. the fatal shooting happened in cheverly. he was on the job, which sparked concerns over delivering at night. inspectors went door to door, handing out similar fliers. >> investigators have been searching for the suspect since day one, taking tips and going through surveillance video. there's an important reason for why they are out here. >> tom with the postal inspection service says they want to jog memories in the hope that someone will recall a detail they might have forgotten. >> atmosphere that it was originally a year ago. yes, it is possible that the detail can make a world of differ