banks i'm honored to introduce my friend ralph of mississippi native a journal in mississippi dark path which book critic name as one of the best of 2003. ralph the graduate of the university of mississippi and university of michigan a recipient of a guggenheim fellowship he's been a fellow at the if new america foundation. ralph lives in washington, d.c. with wife and three children and former editor of the virginia quarterly review at the university of virginia and scholar in southern studies here in jackson so welcome ralph. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you i'm really honored to be moderating this panel. we have a really great lineup, and i just want to start off by introducing each of the panelist. our first panelist to my left is derby and book "wednesdays in mississippi: proper ladies working for radical change" and to her right is author born of conviction white med dis and mississippi clothe society. a professor at emory and henry college in virginia. his left is jasonward who is author a of herman cain bridge racial violence, and america's civil rights century. he's a

, idealistic people have when they have no understanding not just here many mississippi, but -- here in mississippi, but what our public schools are like all across the country in low income areas which are often minority area ares, right? because of history -- areas, right? because of history. i was immensely naive, and i think that i did harm at times in imagining that i understood what was happening or what i needed to do or why children were misbehaving or believing somehow it was about me which is, i think, a tendency of any young person who is 22, but especially someone who comes and does a service teaching program that has a year or two-year stint. and i think, i think that the answer is that people coming in need to be more humble and to do better. i don't think we should justify people's assumptions about children or about schools under any circumstances. at the same time, i think you have to recognize probably the difficulty for somebody who has no experience both of the south or of poverty or of our public schools and doesn't know the craft of teaching. they probably have, as

history. booktv on c-span2 is live coverage from the mississippi book festival, it starts now with a panel discussion on race. .. >> reporter: i just recently was promoted to full professor. >> congratulations. [applause]. so my colleagues might be watching this morning. james baldwin, i have a very good relationship with him when i first encountered his name i encountered it as my dad working in the village together. then then i met him when i was 14. i remember coming behind him and tracing collars as an adult in graduate school his words blonde with audrey and it literally saved my life. i was one of only two african-americans in the program to my knowledge on the first african-american to graduate in poetry and the msa program. so it was very isolated. my friends were the ladies who cleaned the building and we would talk about those sort of things. i would remember that i was young them. them. i was in my 20s feeling a real rage. his rage really help me it was sustained and it was intellectual. it was not messy rage it was purposeful rage. that was a real lesson that i learned fr

mississippi department of archives and history. please silence your cell phones. c-span is recording these sessions. this is the mississippi history panel. sponsored by beard and ricer architects architects architects and nautilus publishing we thank the legislature for letting us use the beautiful mississippi state capitol this year for the book festival. we could not ask for a lovelier spot to be. all of our authors, all of our panelis are authors. all of their books are available for sale outside today, and they will all be signing copies of their works. you can find the schedule for a when they'll be available to sign in your program. and i encourage you al all to visit with him. thank you for doing this. this is wonderful and we're excited about it. our moderator for the panel today is jerry healthridge, the distinguished author of "theodore roosevelt and the assassin and the campaign of 1912" and the fantastic book "high cotton. ." >> thank you, chris. thank you for choosing to come to the mississippi history panel this afternoon. we're fortunate we have authors of four really

in mississippi compiled county histories, and one of the topics was war. block... they were. >> that meant there was a lot more out there. in addition to looking at private collection at world war ii started reading county newspapers from all around the state. i did want to try to cover all areas of the state. i have succeeded to some degree but actually not as much as i'd like to because some towns where i thought there would be letters to the editor about publication from the boys overseas were not any. there could be just to the addition of the paper to get a microfilm that was not the addition that had the letters. the different additions used to be. i do not know if early on if there are two or three editions of the paper. i did the best i could. i found some wonderful letters. i tried to have men who served, i found a lot of letters of women who went over as red cross nurses or army nurses. surprisingly i found some letters of some pastors who resigned their church position and went over to work for the ymca. i thought that was an interesting slant that i had not thought about

building on mississippi st.. there are number of sellers who will have looks and adjacent to the industry as the signing tent. in the back page of your brochure you will see this fantastic schedule. authors will not necessarily be on immediately after the panel so just check the other name and the time in the brochure. we are delighted to have c-span broadcasting live this morning so welcome to jackson. the panel will also be shown on october so if you want to review it again. thank you for the state legislature for the use of this facility today and i want to thank the authors and the moderators for being here with us this morning. the first panel is sponsored by the university of southern mississippi friends of the university library so we are grateful for their support and now i will introduce jesmyn ward who is our panel moderator. she received her b.a. and m.a. from stanford university and an msa from the university of michigan. she serves as the jon renee grisham writer residents of the university mississippi and she's the author of the novels where the line bleeds and salv

never left mississippi or their hometown in many instances. they were going overseas to fight for a cause. they were really behind it of the most part all of the ones that i found were willing to go and serve and in some cases people wonder why we had not been there before. i had one letter from an individual who fought with the canadian expeditionary forces. he went early went early because he thought it was a just cause. we always read about people saying, what if the south had won the civil war? what my question is, what if we had not entered that war? the world would be a vastly different place. as for its relevance today i would not have know this if i'd not been researching this book, again i was not aware of the consequences. all of this trouble in the middle east that we are having right now, so so many of those countries involved, involved after world war i. promises were made after world war i and we do not look up to them. conflict is still resulting today because of that. so if it is any more relevant i do not know how you could be more relevant to the wars we are fighti

murder mystery. two nuns, one from wisconsin, found dead in their mississippi home. what we're learning about her and he made the ultimate -- >> and he made the ultimate sacrifice. the hometown tribute for a fallen soldier who grew up in brookfield. but we begin with that breaking news. an explosion levels a house and rocks an entire neighborhood. adrienne: it happened in fitchburg, in dane county, just south of madison. take a look at the incredible video in the moments after it happened and before firefighters arrived on the scene. you can see debris from the home the fitchburg fire department says a 57-year-old man was transferred to the hospital. he was conscious, but has significant injuries. no one else we know of was hurt. kathy: 26 other houses were damaged. the fire department says the debris field is extensive. we want to show you a picture of what appears to be the actual house inie blast. local, state, and federal agencies are investigating. we will continue to follow the story. adrienne: police are investigating the death of a two-year-old child on milwaukee's north side. t

we have microphones? do we have seats?nd his welcome, everyone. chris goodwin with the mississippi department of archives. you will begin the final panel here in the old supreme court chamber. think the state legislature for letting us use once again this beautiful state capital for this book festival. and we think tiger rhymes and graham who are the sponsors for this panel in a presidential year coming here to say a few words about the panel is andyy taggart of that term and alsoshh co-author along with organizer jerry nash of the mississippi politics. it's >> considerably dated. it's really a privilege for my partners and i too have an opportunity to participate in this way. i thank you all for participating. this is an extraordinary gift that the board in the paid staff of the book festival have contributed to our state and the sponsors are thrilled to have a chance to be a part of it.t [applause] also welcome to the great treasure that a state capital represents to all of us. if we were playing what is my line, among the three gentlemen to my lab, one of them would be able to d

mississippi. one is from wisconsin. we are learning more about the services south and one planned here later in the week. >> a memorial mass for the nuns is held today at the cathedral of st. peteer in jackson, mississippi. 300 people attende yesterday in lexington, mississippi. they were found stabbed to death at their home last thursday. now sister held grew up in slinger, wisconsin and joined the school of sisters of frchlt are francis. they worked at nurses in mississippi for 20 years and rodney earl sanders confessed to the crime and charged with capital murder. being planed in wisconsin and buried here as well. >> thank you, tim. >> new this morning, the state of wisconsin one time bonuses or pay increases for the workers in the state for 2016. those bonuses wept to 4600 workers, or 15% of the state's work force and going to the department of transportation, correctian resources. that was more than double the amount awarded in the previous fiscal year. >> and later today, governor walker is visiting spots along lake superior and checking in on the recovery efforts after last month's fl

>> [inaudible conversations] good morning welcome to the mississippi book festival. a little housekeeping first. silencesilence their cell phoneu would in terms of books outside the capitol building on mississippi st. there are a number of booksellers who will have the adjacent to mississippi st. is also the signing tent. in the back page of the brochure you will see the fantastic schedule. authors will not necessarily be on immediately after the panel suggests check the author name and time on the brochure. we are delighted to have c-span broadcasting live this morning so welcome to jackson. the panel will also be shown at october so if you want to review it again. thank you for the state legislature for the use of the facilities today and also the authors and moderators for being with us this morning. the first panel was sponsored by the university of mississippi friends of the university library. now i will introduce the panel moderator this morning from mississippi who received her ba from stanford university and from the university of michigan. she served as the resident

their own home. this morning, police in mississippi are hunting for their killer. close ties that one of the nuns has in massachusetts. >>> do you recognize this guy, police say he is the suspect in a sexual assault. details that have one community on edge. >>> complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> julie: good friday morning, everyone, it is 4:30, i am julie grauert. >> stephanie: i am stephanie coueignoux. we on that fatal accident in the sumner tunnel in just moment, but first the weather, very important on this friday morning as sarah wroblewski is track the humidity, the heat, the storm, everything wrobz wrobz we have a lot going on today and -- >> sarah: we have a lot going on today. showers this morning over parts of the cape and the boston area and not too bad. mild. a little bit cooler north and west where we have clear keys for that heat to go up into the atmosphere. mid-60s for parts of the is central and parts of the state. notice the rain to the west will be headed our way through the afternoon. i will time that out for

today's tmj4 live at 10:00. >> new at 10:00, a local nun murdered in mississippi. she has been a part school sisters saint francis for decades. >> they were found dead inside their mississippi home >> coreen zell is live where people knew sister margaret would refer to her as a living saint. >> george and carole, the sister has been a member of this congregation for 49 years. every sister would have met her at some point, many knew her milwaukee, this family of sisters learned one of their own lost her life to violence. police say 68-year-old sister was found slain in her durant, mississippi, home, along with her roommate, a fellow sister. >> naturally, the news of her death is extremely shocking. she is like a living saint. >> she taught in kenosha during the school says sister margaret's memory will live on in the st. joseph community through all those she encouraged, influenced and inspired. she moved to mississippi for social work. that's when she and audrey peterson became friends. >> i have never heard sister margaret say anything unkind about another human being. >> she became

wisn 12 news. sheldon: a man is behind bars in mississippi, accused in the brutal murders of two nuns, one with ties to the milwaukee area. what investigators are saying about the suspect. connected to the unrest in milwaukee. the role police say this man played in the violence. but first, we're learning about the victims in a deadly crash on milwaukee's northside. sheldon: trey hale and his cousin demetrius batchelor junior, both just 15-years-old, died after they were thrown from the car. adrienne: friends and family are gathering at the site of the crash tonight. wisn 12 news ben hutchison joins us live from 35th and keefe. memories of both boys. >> those loved ones been three hours out here and left moments ago. they put flowers and balloons near the tree where those two men lost their lives. it was a tough sight to see for many of the people at the scene of the crash, a lot of hugs and tears. debris is still spread out from the violent impact of the car hitting the tree last night. investigators say speed was a fact half. family tells me the driver was excited to take the ot

mississippi prosecutor may consider the death penalty for a man charged with killing two nuns. one of the sisters was from milwaukee. however, relatives and colleagues of the sisters are expressing opposition to executing the man. a judge denied bond to 46-year-old "rodney sanders" in the wake of the brutal murders. sanders has been charged with capital murder... as well as, grand larceny and burglary. sanders targeted the nuns. the man previously spent more than ten years in jail for armed robbery. sister "paula merrill" and sister "margaret held" were found stabbed to death in their rural mississippi home last week. meanwhile -- an emotional mass was held to honor the two nuns yesterday in mississippi. sister margaret held grew up in school sisters of saint francis in milwaukee before heading south. both of the nuns were nurse practitioners, working in one of mississippi's poorest communities. funeral services for sister margaret held will be this thursday at the resurrection catholic church in allenton. visitation starts at 4-30 p-m with mass starting at six. they are also asking that

the there can. we have systems off to the west. we have that low still over the lower mississippi valley bringing soaking rains, a lot parts of mississippi and louisiana, and then we have our next cold front coming in. and since you think of it as a brick wall of air, nothing can bust into this ridge, so either go around it or just stall off to the west. when you have this moisture linking up at the front, we're expecting soaking rains across the ohio valley this weekend,ed mid-mississippi valley, the lower mississippi valley. none of that will get here. we'll take a look at rainfall in the next half hour. it is very impressive, scary and maybe flooding situations throughout the mississippi ohio valleys. for us those showers diedown. if you want to step out and view the perseid meteor shower. tomorrow morning we make up to mostly sunny skies, partly cloudy in the afternoon. notice one, two, three four little green blips and that's about it. just an isolated shower possible tomorrow afternoon. the bottom line should be a very dry hot afternoon. this evening watch out for an isolate

"one mississippi", tig notaro is dropping in. >> steve: oh! and we have great music from florida georgia line! [ cheers and applause ] isn't that cute? "dig your roots." that's awesome. i love this picture. we've got the little vinyl back here. record player. that's not even them. >> steve: really? >> jimmy: no, just random -- [ light laughter ] >> steve: just two random kids? >> jimmy: two random babies, yeah. >> steve: and they love the roots, that's great. >> jimmy: yeah, they love the roots. yeah. [ light laughter ] as you guys know, i love wa [ light laughter ] and the other day, i came across this really great one called "bonk." it's sweeping the nation. it's basically they take pictures of celebrities and they bonk them. well, it's hard to explain. just watch and enjoy. ? >> jimmy: hello, i'm chris vander bonk. and welcome to "bonk." we have lots of celebrities to bonk today, so let's get things started. adam levine. i hear the voice and it's [ bonk ] [ light laughter ] the olympics are over. so let us honor these amazing olympians. [ bonk ] [ light laughter ] did you say

tired of being used by these phony politicians. >> donald trump in mississippi with mr. brexit himself. >> i tell you what, i think he's going to win. >> tonight the latest strange twist in the republicans' effort to resuscitate his campaign. >> i caught the undercover trump voter. >> is donald trump winning if you count secret trump voters? then senator chris murphy on the latest trump resistance to releasing his taxes. >> it would be foolish to do. >> the nexus of hillary clinton, epipens and another odd introduction for mike pence. >> i'm a white male and i am prejudice. what did i do to change? >> when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, in the latest perplexing move by hissoun orthodox campaign, donald trump is about to take the stage tonight in jackson, mississippi, where mitt romney won by 12 points in 2012. following a fund-raiser in the city with the second highest percentage of african americans in the country. and trump has right-wing british politician nigel farage, the leading politician for britain to leave the european union. he's n

, mississippi. he told another news outlet what his plans are for immigration and it is a major shift from what we've been hearing from donald trump in his campaign. you know we've been getting hints about it. tonight, we do know the details and we'll tell you what they are and see if he talks about it at tonight's rally. also a 360 exclusive. secretary hillary clinton joins us in her first national television interview in nearly a month. she's facing more heat and sources say the campaign expected or the clinton foundation. her husband fired back late today and perhaps she will, too, tonight. plenty to talk about, in any case and we begin with a new batch of polling and inside politics arningor john king joins us to break it down by the numbers. let's get down to the basic. who has the edge in the polls? encouraging poll numbers from donald trump tonight. he still has a long way to go and encouraging numbers and let's start out in the red state of arizona. there's been talk hillary clinton could compete there. we'll get deeper in that in a moment. among arizona voters, and gary hilla

mid-to-late 1990s, as the poverty central law center reports, 34 members were in the mississippi legislature and powerful republican party allies including then senate majority leader trent lott from mississippi. 2004 mississippi governor haley barbour, the chair of the republican national committee, and 37 other powerful politicians had all attended these events in the 21st century. earl holt, the chair, gave $65,000 to republican campaign funds including donations to the 2016 presidential campaign, rand paul, rick santorum and ted cruz. the try season enjoyed precisely the cash of respectability that racism requires to achieve its own goals within american society and hatred and lies provided the education dylan roof craved. he drink in the poison of its message, got into his car, drove to charleston, entered the manual ame church and landed in a bible study with a group of african-americans who were the model of respectability. roof prayed with them, read the bible with them, thought they were so nice, and shot them dead, leaving just one woman alive so she could tell the worl

do probably some more of the same in mississippi. that gets started about 8:00 p.m. eastern as far as we can tell. former arkansas governor and former presidential candidate governor mike huckabee goes "on the record." good to have you here this evening. >> thanks, martha. >> it's very interesting. a couple of weeks ago before all the changes at the campaign donald trump would be in the same situation. he would be going after the press. he would be going after the party, paul ryan, all kinds of people shooting within the tent as they call it big, big difference. very focused and all about hillary now. >> that's the smart play. i have said for a long time this is a prize fight. is he like a boxer. when he goes into the ring he only has one person he needs to be punching, that's hillary clinton. she is the opponent. don't go after the ref. don't go after the corner man and foregoodness sakes don't go out of the ring. beat up a heckler. that's what we have seen him do is focus on hillary clinton. he needs to be. this a.p. story that came out over the last 24 hours is just stunning. $156

overnight, an arrest is made in the murder of two nuns in mississippi. one of them with ties to massachusetts. police say rodney sanders was an early person of interest. antoinette: they announced capital murder charges against him overnight. police say sanders stabbed sister margaret held and sister paula merrill to death in their home this week. their bodies were found thursday after they failed to show up at a clinic for work. sister merrill is from stoneham, massachusetts. her family here says they are trying to focus on the good she brought to those around her. >> they loved with a date. they had a passion for it. they loved their patients. antoinette: sanders is being held in a detention center while he awaits a court appearance. a wake for the nuns will be held sunday at their mississippi are hurt, two seriously after this crash at a restaurant in hingham. police say the truck driver veered off north street around 10:00 last night, crashing into the square cafe. a 59-year-old hingham man and a 52-year-old hull woman suffered serious injuries. the passenger of the truck wa

. we're going to start with this rollover crash on southbound monaco at mississippi, just south of leetsdale. this is from a twitter follower that sent this picture. we have a photojournalist, josh, taking a look at it as well. you can see that truck on its side in the road there. southbound side of monaco is closed down. holly will be your best alternate. we have an accident coming in near alameda, santa fe. rescue crews are there now, causing slight delays. the big problem is up to get north. let's take a look from daryl orr. daryl, we have unfortunately a fatal accident this morning. >> reporter: that's right. while we were showing the amber alert sign earlier, we were in a black jeep, and behind us, unfortunately, this is a fatal accident, a black jeep also. was us involved and it wasn't. they continued down the road about a quarter mile from where we are. we have multiple police agencies, and also this is down the road from where that police chase ended earlier this morning with thornton p.d. we're going to zoom in and take a look at the scene. fire crews are on scene. plenty

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from china. >> reporter: today's he's pitching his reshoring initiative at mississippi state university in starkville, mississippi. >> so my favorite single case about reshoring is g.e. they brought back appliance production to an appliance park in louisville, kentucky. >> reporter: moser argues, companies could afford to bring nearly a million jobs back to the u.s. >> we conclude that about 25% of what is offshore today would come companies did the math. >> reporter: while u.s. employment in manufacturing started declining in the early 1980s, the massive job losses really didn't start until the millennium. between 2000 and 2009, close to six million manufacturing jobs were lost. but in 2010, the hemorrhaging started to slow. moser says, since then, 265,000 manufacturing jobs with around 900 companies have been created or reshored to the united states. >> so, we've gone from a net loss of over 200,000 a year, to a net loss of zero, so huge improvement. >> reporter: the jobs are in industries as diverse as appliances, autos, and furniture. in june, emerald home furnishings, a

mississippi and one of them grew up here in massachusetts. those stories and much more >>> a letter from bonnie and clyde will hit the auction block. >> the 4-page letter written in april, and on the last page, see the signature there. expects it to bring in $40,000. >> he has nice handwriting. >> got his name in at the end. >>> much more still ahead. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> want to start right away with breaking news at 6:00. skyeye is over a pool in chelmsford where a young boy nearly drowned. >> police tell wbz that the 5- year-old is pulled from the pool water. chantee lans is live at the scene. >> reporter: david and lisa, the boy was pulled from the water, semi conscious according to police. you can see the in-ground pool. you can see the children's toys surrounding it. this home is on gorham street. the call came in at 2:30 this noticed that the boy drifted under the water and pulled him out. the child was semi conscious and breathing on his own. authorities made the decision to fly him to a boston hospital. back out here live i spoke with the homeowner's dad and

in the death of two nuns. a crime that rocked the small town of mississippi and the nation. this morning, how the pe capture the alleged killer. >>> flooding fears. all eyes on florida as a tropical system in the caribbean is closer to landfall. major concerns it will dump up to 10 inches of rain. the middle of the country slammed by flash flooding forcing drivers to flee for their lives. >>> governor under fire. maine's top official facing lawmakers phone. >> i want you to prove i'm a racist. you little son of a [ bleep ]. >> the governor apologizing saying he wishes he could have a duel. >>> and saved by the sand. two sailors stranded on the tiny south pacific island for a week are spotted after writing sos on the beach. miles. now they are all safe. today, august 27th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on saturday. i'm sheinelle jones alongside craig melvin and stephanie ruhle and dave price here from wnbc. he is here for dylan. to work in the sos song. >> it is perfect. >>> let's ge

now retired educators my mom taught english in northern mississippi she was my seventh and eighth grade english teacher and my dad taught science and industrial arts in my early years of abrupt and of this than we moved back to mississippi and lived on the same land our great great grand grandfather got so my grand - - my family is still there. being the oldest son your expected to go into the family business but that would never happen with me. i knew i wanted to be a writer in appearance release encourage me to follow my dream is to write. but my dad's a farmer when he stopped teaching he went into farming full-time he reads when he is not operations. but when he read something and he says it is good it is high praise probably one of the greatest compliments of my entire life that my father bed the early draft to say this is good. cspan: how far have you gone back genealogy of pro-family quacks. >> guest: i am the family historian the starter when my daughter was born in 2006 but have a nine year-old and a seven year-old. wanted them to know their family because we live in washi

conversations] >> and the second annual mississippi book festival continues live from the state capitol grounds in jackson. starting now, a an author panel on presidential politics. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, everyone. can everyone hear us? everyone can hear us? we'll keep at it until you can, i promise. everyone here? everyone ready? everyone have a chair? mostly? [inaudible conversations] i know, i don't think it's on. do we have microphones? [inaudible conversations] >> all right. do we have seats? all right. welcome, everyone. i am chris goodwin with the mississippi department of archives and history. we're going to given the final panel here in the old supreme court chamber. i want to thank the state legislature for letting us use once again this beautiful state capitol for this book festival. and we thank taggert, rhymes and graham who are the sponsors for this panel on the presidential year. here to say a few words about the panel is andy taggert of that firm and also co-author along with festival organizer jerry nash of the book "mississippi politics." >> now

. classroom confusion. the hardware. ben: two nuns are found dead in their home in mississippi and a >> his death triggered unrest in milwaukee. now family and friends are laying sylville smith to rest. the high-profile guest attending his funeral today. >> and chaos in a wisconsin neighborhood after a home explosion. the injuries we're learning about this morning as authorities scramble to figure out how it happened. >> first, weather watch 12 as we take a live look outside. look at the sunrise this morning. a quiet and less humid morning but rain is on the horizon. we're tracking when you might need an umbrella. "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm ben wagner. >> and i'm melinda davenport. it's 6:30 on this friday, august 26th. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is in the weather center. good morning, jeremy. >> good morning. leave the umbrella home today. let's get out the door this morning. fairly comfortable. northwest breeze at 5 miles per hour. now the forecast looks like, have the sunglasses ready to go. you can have the windows open too. cloud later in the day a

right now in mississippi after two nuns are found murdered. one of those victims is a massachusetts native. station's nicole oliverio is live in stoneham where that nu n grew up. >> reporter: and we just spoke her faith that is moving her forward. and she remembered her sister for all the work she did in mississippi with the poor, and in particular with the children who she helped at the medical clinic. >> she was a wonderful, wonderful human being. she worked very hard for the people who needed the help mos most. i am praying for the people who did this. they need the prayers more than we do at this point in >> reporter: so far, police are not made any arrests and they told us they found the car stolen from both of these nuns. after they were murdered. it was found a mile from their home. police are looking for evidence inside that car that might help them lead to an arrest. an unthinkable crime committed in mississippi, a pair of catholic nuns found stabbed to death in the jackson home they share. sister merrill grew up in stoneham and moved to mississippi in the '80s. >> margaret

how many people were taken to the hospital. >>> two nuns killed in mississippi and one with ties to massachusetts. who is sending prayers to her killer. as we report live outside the family church in toneham. >>> a police officer is going an unusual mile to help an shooting victim. >> we all decided to split the cause. >> >> daniel: a man in boxers jumps an airport fence and the injuries we are learning about as police pull the man off in handcuffs. >> announcer: complete new england coverage tarts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> daniel: good morning, it is 5 a.m. on this friday, august 26, i am daniel miller. >> julie: and i am julie grauert. a hot and humid day ahead and sarah wroblewski in for shiri and when we can expect this to unfold. >> sarah: a few showers off the cape and more wet weather pushing into the berkshires tracking this eastward. and if it makes it toward the coast after 7:00. current temperatures in the 60s and 70s out there right now. it is muggy and temperatures climbing into the upper 70s by 9:00. 80s that's what we will have to watch for a risk

mississippi river commission and the mekong river commission and both of which are mrc and in addition the first time we have had the ceo of the mekong river commission here and other distinguished visitors and participants, so that is very important. the rivers are some of the world's most important river took everyone knows, i think. for interest on-- for instance on annual discharge in a help wikipedia was right on this, but the mississippi river 16000700-- 60700 cubic meters annually and mekong river 14600, so very comparable in size in terms of discharge. the other thing is that they both are muddy rivers. the mississippi river has always been called the big muddy and we have call mekong river the big muddy as well because they have high volumes of sediment that they carry from their beginnings to the end. the other thing related to that is both are under great stress and partly due to climate change and sea level rise, but also and even more important in the short term from infrastructure upstream whether dams, locks and dams, garages and other things. mekong river is st

, to mississippi. then it acquires the louisiana territory from france, and it acquires florida from spain, and alaska from russia and oregon through agreement with britain. and it acquires the southwest from mexico. there's a lot of nations mentioned in that. and not one native american nation. not a single indian nation on this map. so what our students see when they look at it is this growth of the nation happened in the absence of native people. and what i suggest is it happens the way it happens in large part because of native people. and this is not inevitable. thomas jefferson spoke about an ocean to ocean republic. an ocean-bound republic. here it is. so it makes sense that we look at this map and say, yeah, everything falls into place lock step, because we know this is going to happen. but our problem is whether we're teachers or students is that we're blinkered if not blinded by hindsight. we know how the story ended. and so given this massive expansion, if you like, of this juggernaut, yeah. indians don't figure much into it because, of course, they are just the victims of

: two catholic nuns were killed in rural mississippi where they ministered to the poorest of the poor. sister margaret held. >> this is one of the poorest counties in all of mississippi. >> reporter: and sister paula marrow. >> we have worked together for many years. we do what needs to be done. >> reporter: for more than 30 practitioner's in homes and the medical clinic. when they didn't show up for work this morning police did a welfare check and found them dead, reportedly stabbed to death. >> they're the only healthcare providers in this neighborhood for a lot of these poor people. >> reporter: david marrow is sister paula's nephew. he says his mother's and paula were sisters, and the family was very close. these pictures he shared with fox 25 are from a family trip to europe last year. david says his family is devastated. >> it's sad that people come to this, whatever motivates them. i mean, you know, my aunt and sister margaret, they lived their lives to try to make the world better for the people who have nothing. >> and to that end, the charity of nazareth are asking for praye

from mississippi, by the way. moss point, mississippi. and i said, mama, did you put sardine juice on my face when i had mumps? and this devout catholic woman said, i sure did. [laughter] zora neale hurston speaking to us. so i want to thank the workers of this amazing -- the organize tokers of this amazing book fair. it is truly a blessing to be here in historic harlem surrounded by lovers of books, people who revel at ideas and those who are committed to a more just and loving world. as you can see, i'm a text preacher. we need this. in these trying times, to take comfort in each other even as we are angry and as we grieve that our lives are not reducible to that anger and to that grief. i want to thank brother max rodriguez for his vision, his courage and persistence. i can only imagine what it takes to do this, in making all of this a reality. i want to thank all of the folks who are running around behind the cameras, trying to manage this atrium and the sound and all the folks out there on the street. i'm honored and humbled by your presence and by your powerful witness. now,

murder of two nuns in mississippi. one with ties to massachusetts. police say rodney sanders was a early person of interest. antoinette: they announced capital murder charges against him overnight. police say sanders stabbed sister margaret held and sister paula merrill in their home. their bodies were found thursday, after they failed to show up at a clinic for work. sister merrill is from stoneham, massachusetts. her family is trying to focus on the good that she brought to those around her. >> paula and margaret had a loved what they did. they had a passion for it. they loved their patients. antoinette: sanders is being held awaiting a court appearance. a wake for the nuns will be held sunday at their mississippi parish. their funeral is set for monday. also breaking overnight, morning. boston ems on scene within minutes. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. doug: more breaking news. police have located a stolen boston ambulance. now they're searching for the thief. it was taken from charlestown just before 5:00 this morning. it was tracked down in everett a ha

mississippi introduced this british guy, the leader of the uk independence party to preach in mississippi about how politically inspirational it was when britain voted for brexit. as if anybody in that room had any idea what he was talking or how they should feel about it. >> this is a great honor for me. i am going right now going to invite onto the stage the man behind brexit, and a man who led brilliantly the united kingdom independence party in this fight and won despite all odds. despite horrible name calling, despite so many obstacles. ladies and gentlemen, mr. nigel ferage. >> well, thank you. good evening, mississippi. i come to you from the united kingdom. we saw experts from all over the world. we saw the international monetary fund. we saw moodies. we saw polls. we saw global leaders giving us project fear, telling us that if we voted not to be run by a bunch of unelected old men in brussels -- it's okay. they don't like me either. it doesn't really matter. does it? >> this is the british guy preaching the gospel of what happened on june 23rd with the brexit vote to

. mississippi are searching for a killer. two nuns are found stabbed to death inside their home. one of them, a massachusetts native. police found the bodies of the two nuns on thursday. officers say there were signs of a break-in, and the nuns' car was missing. that car was found late thursday about an hour from their home. those close to victims say they are shocked by the news. >> they were loved by everyone. here in lexington and also in durant. such a senseless homicide. they came here to mississippi to outreach to the poor, using their medical services. >> sarah: both nuns were nurse practitioners. the clinic where they worked will be closed today allowing coworkers time to grieve. again, one of those nuns is a native of stoneham. nicole oliverio spoke with her sister who is heart-broken. >> a mississippi community devastated over the brutal murder of two catholic nuns that pain reaching right here in massachusetts. one of the victims, sister paula grew up in stoneham where her sister and other family members still live. >> she was a wonderful, wonderful human being. she worked ve

stabbed to death at their mississippi home. one of those nuns has a milwaukee connection. ashley sears has reaction from the school sisters of st. francis. she's in the newsroom. sister margaret held had been a member of that community for 49 years. it's based on milwaukee's south side. tonight-- those who knew her are heartbroken by her death. 09:35 this is one of the poorest counties in all of mississippi. for the past four decades...sister margaret held has dedicated to her life to helping the people of rural mississippi. the nun worked as a her ministry. her work was documented in an online video. 12:20 they know when you are genuine. i know when i've connected with them. but thursday--when held and sister paula merrill didn't show up to a clinic where they worked-- people worried. they were discovered stabbed to death inside their mississippi home. 33:16 shock and extremely sad. held was a member of the school sisters of st. francis--based on the community is remembering her for her concern and charity. 34:52 just a gentle, kind soul, a very warm smile...a very loving person. earl