>> in mississippi? >> yes. >> no, of course not. >> as the civil rights movement grew, the dominant point of view on wlbt was from the segregationist citizen's council. >> the civil rights proposals currently being studied by the congress, these range all the way from black male to bribery to threats. >> reporter: evers wrote letters pleading for equal time but was turned down for six years. what kept your husband going? >> his determination to do whatever he could possibly do to turn this state, and help the nation accept us as citizens, as full rights of citizenship. >> reporter: he sued the city of jackson to desegregate schools and call for equal access to public accommodation. then on wlbt jackson mayor alan thompson criticized the naacp as outside agitators. ever was finally granted time to respond may 20th, 1963. >> the setting is different but this is the room where medgar evers made his historic speech at wlbt. it was the first time mississippians had seen a local african-american perspective o

it's called that because that stretch of the mississippi from baton rouge down to the mouth of the mississippi down new orleans can be very dangerous. this is -- this area is chocked with refineries, grain elevators, a lot of barge traffic, and they don't have have many accidents. the name "suicide alley" goes back decades, but that's what they call it, and it gets sketchy. there were times we floated down the river and you're not floating, but you are powered by four big diesel engines on the boats that we were on, and the boat is so big and the cargo that we were pushing that day was so big, 40,000 tons of coal, and it's not like they can change direction on a dime. they are kind of sliding down the river and the traffic going down river has the right of way of course because if you go with the current, you can't change the path that easily. it was exciting at times. you're only going 11 miles per hour, but that feels fast. >> chris, explain the role of the government in this industry. >> guest: well, that was something that i found very interesting. i started taking a look at the river as p

right now the supreme court of mississippi is debating a case that could lead to charges of manslaughter for women who suffer miscarriages or stillbirths the case involves thirty three year old nina buck halter has been standing trial for manslaughter and the loss of her fetus which prosecutors claim was caused by her illegal drug use according to a mother jones report halter was charged based on the action of methamphetamines in her system which led a grand jury in to declare the defendant quote did willfully kill a human being by culpable negligence however medical and policy groups have argued it's scientifically impossible to determine a direct cause between in utero illegal drug exposure and harm to the fetus so if there is a guilty verdict in this case what kind of precedent might it set for pregnant women moving forward talk about all that and more i'm joined by far diaz tello staff attorney with national advocates for pregnant women who is also part of the legal defense on this case thanks so much for taking the time thanks for having me so what laws exist in mississippi that she

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>> in mississippi? >> reporter: yes. >> no, of course not. >> reporter: as the civil rights movement grew, the dominant point of view on wljb. >> these range all the way from blackmail to bribery to threats. >> reporter: evers asked for equal time but was turned down for six years. >> reporter: what kept your husband going? >> his determination to do whaefrl he could possibly do to turn this state and help the nation accept us at citizen extends with full licensed citizenships. >> reporter: evers sued the city of jackson to deseg regate schools. then on wlbt jackson mayor albert johnson criticized evers as outside agitators. he was granted time to respond may 20th, 1963. the setting is different but this is the room where medgar evers made his historic speech at wlbt. it was the first time mississippians had seen a local african american's perspective on the civil rights. many were outraged. >> wlbt. >> what are you people of mississippi going to do just stand by and let the [ bleep ] take over? >> they

colorado, maine, and georgia are already scaling back, following the lead of mississippi. randall pinkston explains what's behind the change in correctional thinking. >> reporter: parchman, in the heart of the mississippi delta, is a sprawling 1800-acre prison. its unit 32 once housed 1,000 inmates in solitary confinement, each prisoner crammed into an eight by 10 foot cell 23 hours a day. inmates got out one hour a day for exercise and a shower. >> it's torture. it's the worst kind of torture. i'd rather be beaten or burned. >> reporter: kirby tate, who served nine years on a nonviolent drug charge spent three of those years in solitary confinement, mostly in unit 32. >> you pray to god. you lay in bed every day and pray, "please, let this be the last day." if you're not a psychopathic maniac, they have no business putting you in solitary confinement. >> we should be looking at those individuals that we're afraid of. >> reporter: chris epps opened unit 32 in 1990 when was parchman's second in command, but in 2010, as the state commissioner of the corrections, he decided t

he was born in mississippi which is part of delta in 1872. the delta is a famous and notorious place in american history. it's been called the most southern place on earth was it 'em -- because it embodies all of the most striking feature, good and bad, of the old and post-civil war south. and, um, it's clear to me that my subject, frederick, got his wigs in life from his parents who were remarkable people. they had been slaves until emancipation, and then in 1869, four years after the civil war ended, they did something absolutely remarkable for a black family in that part of the south at that time. they managed to buy at auction a 200-acre plot of land including farmland for the price of $20. moreover, they had three years to pay off the money in installments which meant that six and two-thirds dollars during the first year and some change was all that they had to spend. now, within a year of buying this piece of property, they were registered in the 1870 accept us as having property and crops that were worth $5,000 in 1870 during si. so, i

but it was dismissed by a mississippi judge. that judge, sadie holland, received one of the ricin-laced letters. we spoke with judge holland's son, who beat dutschke in a race for a seat in the mississippi state house a year later. >> i've about decided that actually i might have been the target, not my mother. but, i'm a momma's baby of extraordinary proportions, and maybe he just said what the heck, if i get his momma, i've got him. >> reporter: the affidavit also mentions a series of texts sent from two cell phones registered to dutschke's wife, saying get the fire going, and, we're coming over to burn some things. later identified as, quote, my paperwork and personal things. the fbi has not said whether any more arrests are likely in the case. alina machado, cnn, oxford, mississippi. >> so many bizarre twists and turns there, right? all right 47 minutes past the hour. he broke the barrier for major league sports and coming up, we're hearing more from jason collins on his decision to come out of the closet. leanser. acne medi

the work was to build a parallel organization called the mississippi freedom democratic party that was because the regular democratic party excluded blacks. so our idea was we were going to build a parallel one, choose a delegation, go to the atlantic city democratic convention, 1964, challenge the racist democrats, and replace them with our democrats. and that was going to be a blow for the civil rights movement. so the work was going to people's houses, black people, talking with them, registering the freedom democratic party, have a house meeting, come to a caucus, get elected. working with people to find courage, to find solidarity, to find a sense of hopefulness, to stand up to pretty scary stuff. i mean, you know, three of our group were killed before we even left oxford, ohio. that was goodman, chaney, and schwerner. and so it was, i've often thought about that book by paul tillich, "love, power, and justice." >> bill moyers: "love, power, and justice." >> marshall ganz: and where he argues that power without love can never be just, but similarly love that doesn't take power ser

senator, and a mississippi judge. a 41-year-old martial arts instructor was arrested on suspicion of sending those earlier letters. as of this morning, we don't know if the letters are links. richard? >> tracie potts in washington with the latest. thank you. >>> attorney general eric holder already under fire from republicans is now facing a new round of criticism. this time from the news media. the "new york times" is refusing to attend a scheduled meeting with the attorney general. editors say they won't go because the meet is off the record. the associated press says it will also pull out of the discussions unless the doj agrees to go on the record. reporter and lawmakers have been critical of the justice department's seizure of ap phone records as part of a leak investigation. holder testified before congress earlier this month where he denied any wrongdoing and cited national security as the reason for that search. >>> a possible game changer in pakistani taliban leadership and influence. intelligence officials s

mailing letters of ricin to president obama and a senator of mississippi. both were stopped at mail screening centers. and the fbi arrested a man in spokane, washington, last week, accusing him of sending threatening letters containing ricin to a federal judge there. as for the potential penalties for sending letters containing ricin, the mississippi man faces a biological weapons charge. it carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. he has denied doing anything wrong, brian. >> pete williams starting us off from d.c. tonight. pete, thanks. >>> we have an update on a deadly shooting connected to the expanding investigation into the boston marathon bombings. you may have heard last week a friend of the bombers' was shot and killed while being interrogated by the fbi. today, that man's father back home in russia, said his son was killed execution-style, shot seven times by the feds, including once in the back of the head. the fbi initially said their agent shot the man when he lunged at them with a knife, but now the fbi says he was holding a metal rod. th

look at the torrential rain in mississippi and southeastern louisiana. inches of rain are possible in both areas. we will see the biggest threat being large hail and strong win winds. not so much tornado activity in that area. still those storms will be strong. >> sounds good. thanks so much, dylan. >>> the body of the boston bombing suspect is finally laid to rest but no one knows where. >>> plus prince harry takes washington by storm. "first look is back in 3." [ children laughing ] energy efficient appliances. you can get a tax write off for those. a programmable thermostat, very smart, saves money. ♪ cash money sorry. i see you have allstate claim free rewards, for every year you don't have a claim, you'll get money off your home insurance policy. put it towards... [ glass shatters ] [ girl ] dad! dad! [ girl screams ] noise canceling headphones? [ nicole ] that's a great idea. [ male announcer ] home insurance that saves you money for not having a claim? that's allstate home insurance with claim free rewards. talk to an allstate agent... [ doorbel

>> in mississippi? >> yes. >> no of course not. >> reporter: few people of color appeared on jackson, mississippi's, main tv station wlbt. his mother recalls how sometimes the screen would go dark even when black entertainers came on. >> we were blocked from seeing successful people of our own race appear anywhere. i can recall my elder son saying to me, mommy, the television is broken again. >> reporter: as the civil rights movement grew the dominant point of view on wlbt was from the segregationist civil council it's currently being studied by the congress. these range all the way from blackmail to bribery to threats. >> reporter: for six years evers wrote letters to the station pleading for equal time and was turned down repeatedly by station manster stermanager edward beard. former mississippi governor said they were mostly white segregationists at the time. >> on local tv and in the print media it was a one-sided story all the way. >> reporter: but evers did not give up. what kept your husband goin

the mississippi and some of its tributaries are already above flood stage. st. louis, which sits where the mississippi and rivers meet could see its worst flooding since 1995. >>> now, in western illinois, floodwaters overwhelmed the campus of carl samburg college on tuesday. water rushed through the door of one building. no injuries were reported though. and relief efforts to help oklahoma victims are picking up steam. ♪ surrounded by a million people i still fill all alone i want to go home ♪ >> blake shelton, an oklahoma native, helped organize yesterday's "healing in the heartland" benefit concert. last week's storm killed 26 people and damaged or destroyed nearly 4,000 homes. >>> serve people including children were killed in a crash in upstate new york. a tractor-trailer collided with a minivan yesterday in truxton. that's about 25 miles north of syracuse. the trailer became disconnected and crossed the center line hitting the van. seven people in the minivan were killed. two people in the truck were not injured. >>> u.s. army staff sergeant robert bal

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he was elected governor of mississippi in 1988. he has been posted to saudi arabia as our american ambassador. he has been a highly visible leader of our marine corps. you might have seen him on the evening news while helping out on the gulf coast in the wake of the deep water horizon oil spill. he has traveled 715,000 during his tenure. he is also a world class photographer. a true renaissance man and the 75th secretary of the navy. [applause] >> admiral miller, thank you so much for that warm welcome. mr. president, my thanks for all you do as our commander in chief for our sailors and marines around the world every day. and all that the first lady does on behalf of those who served and those who love them. to our distinguished guests, to family, friends, faculty, and most importantly u.s. naval academy class of 2013, welcome to commissioning day. it is wonderful to be here, and i cannot think of a more fitting location to graduate and to be commissioned here where so many memories of your class were formed and where the heroic d

he was elected governor of mississippi in 1988. he has been posted to saudi arabia as our american ambassador. he has been a highly visible leader of our marine corps. you might have seen him on the evening news while helping out on the gulf coast in the wake of the deep water horizon oil spill. he has traveled 715,000 during his tenure. he is also a world class photographer. a true renaissance man and a 75th secretary of the navy. [applause] >> admiral miller, thank you so much for that warm welcome. mr. president, my thanks for all you do as our commander in chief for our sailors and marines around the world every day. and all that the first lady does on behalf of those who served and those who love them. to our distinguished guests, to family, friends, faculty, and most importantly u.s. naval academy class of 2013, welcome to commissioning day. it is wonderful to be here and i cannot think of a more fitting location to graduate and to be commissioned here were so many memories of your class were formed and where the heroic deeds

african-american reporters like him. >> more blacks are registered to vote now than ever before in mississippi's history. captioning sponsored by cbs

you can see the city name down on the lower left, mississippi. the number next to the city is the derivative of the gps marker for this google location and i sort of transposed the numbers and used that. i wanted to connotate that virtual world and also there was a visual connection to the photographic heritage that was pretty wild. on top of this moment in time, there is also a breaking down of the imagery thaps in the google pictures themselves, most of these are lo fi and i chose that i guess because of the esthetics. it did not contain the same look as these and it also erode the truth and makes the lens a little bit blurry, it alters things from a technical point of view. so, you could see these pictures that sort of describe them as drive-by pictures that we are drive-by really captures this and not necessarily immersive in any way. it is literally a car driving by capturing a moment. some of this has been done in the past, walker evans took pictures out of a moving vehicle. in fact, strangely, right upstairs in the library before this talk

enacted in mississippi. in each case local radio and television's nations where the lifeline when cable and cell towers are gone and i would like to publicly thank them for their service to my constituents. actually i misspoke mr. chairman. it was not just peddle mississippi. it was a vast portions of hattiesburg, hattiesburg as well as lamar county mississippi with a devastating tornado. as with arkansas and west virginia, mississippi has a number of rural remote areas that make it difficult to reach the traditional infrastructure. satellite providers such as dish and directv have stepped up to write access to competitive quality video and broadband resources. the satellite industry serves approximately 450,000 households and businesses in my state. many of its dish's are commonly visible at football tailgate parties during the autumn in mississippi. finally cable has demonstrated a strong commitment to broadband adoption investing $200 billion in 1996 to build a broadband across the country. cable has crea

instead, a bill sponsored by james eastland of mississippi and john rankin of mississippi passed into law. and that bill was justified by eastland in the following way. these boys, hero, are fighting to maintain the rights of the states. these boys are fighting to maintain white supremacy. that's a precise quote stated on the floor of the u.s. senate. or hear one more voice. the great writer eb white, writing to the "herald" tribune in november 1947, a letter to the tribune in which he began, i live in an age of fear. and the last voice to begin my remarks belongs to dwight eisenhower on the day he was inaugurated in january 1953. science, ma he noted, seems ready to confer on humankind its final gift the power to erase human life from this planet. now, these voices, the voices, the kinds of voices that i believe had not been fully attended in new deal histories, remind us that the concerns about fear did not stop in 1933 or 34 or 35 or 36. but fear remained a constant feature of american public life throughout the 1930s and 1940s. and it was that recognition, multidimensional quality

because we have the mississippi river. and we're happy to have the mississippi river. but the mississippi river doesn't belong only to us. may i remind everyone that the mississippi river, the missouri river, the ohio river are the -- is the spine, the backbone of our commerce for the whole nation. so why should the people of louisiana that drain the entire continent, the river runs right here through the mouth of the river through new orleans, why is it that the people that live in south louisiana have to pick up 100% of that risk? and that's the way this bill is structured, to put the burden, 100%, instead of spreading it to everyone, to the whole country in a -- in a reasonable and responsible way, is to say that you have to be self-sustaining in your flood insurance policies. so we're sorry the mississippi river, which provides commerce and -- and -- and wealth and creates huge, huge amounts of wealth and jobs for all of us but the people that live at the mouth have to take the water and pay for it yourselves. that is not going to work for us. it's not working for

but it was dismissed by a mississippi judge. that judge, sadie holland, received one of the ricin-laced letters. we spoke with judge holland's son, who beat dutschke in a race for a seat in the mississippi state house a year later. >> i've about decided that actually i might have been the target, not my mother. but, i'm a momma's baby of extraordinary proportions, and maybe he just said what the heck, if i get his momma, i've got him. >> reporter: the affidavit also mentions a series of texts sent from two cell phones registered to dutschke's wife, saying get the fire going, and, we're coming over to burn some things. later identified as, quote, my paperwork and personal things. the fbi has not said whether any more arrests are likely in the case. now dutschke is expected to be back here in federal court first thing tomorrow morning for a preliminary hearing and also for a bond hearing. john, zoraida? >> this case just keeps getting stranger. alina machado, thanks so much. >> ahead on "starting point," close to 50 million americ

senator and a mississippi judge. in court papers today, the f.b.i. says ricin was found in a martial arts studio that was run by james dutschke of tune low, mississippi. dutschke was arrested on saturday. now on to the economy. americans are feeling better about jobs and pay increases and as a result the survey of consumer confidence rebounded after a sharp drop in march. another reason for the confidence is a jump in home values. home prices in february rose on average 9%. that's the biggest year-to-year increase since 2006. the case schiller index shows that phoenix led the way with prices up 23%. san francisco was up 19%. dallas, 7%. boston and chicago 5%. and new york home prices were up about 2%. there is a big increase too in los angeles. and here's carter evans. >> reporter: home prices in los angeles are up more than 14% over last year. rising so quickly, alex griswald had to rethink his plan to buy a bigger home for their growing family. >> we decided that the best way to get a good house in a good area for us for the next five to ten years

not record flooding expected, but a major flood on the mississippi river. something that seems to happen way too often lately. here's the set up. washington, d.c., if you don't have the the a.c. ready to blast, do it today. it's going to be in the 90s. the middle of the country is ghoing to be stormy. severe weather kpped. we have a wind damage potential today. but it's really i think wednesday that will be the best chance of getting tornadoes. a little mini tornado outbreak is possible. we have the major flooding. we don't need that. we went from drought last year and now the farmers are struggling with too much water. and then tornadoes later this week. >> thanks, bill. >>> at the top of the hour, questions about the rollout of obama care. who will be impacted the most when the law goes into effect? lewis in the house. a little water cooler action with the national spelling bee hours away from getting started. this year will be different. the rule change that has legions of fans talking. i frankly think it's unfair. we'll talk about it next. [ male announ

this is the whole flood basin for the upper mississippi river. it will flood down through areas north of st. louis. st. louis could have a top five all-time flood forecast as we go through next week. these records go back almost 200 years. a top five is a big deal for that area. of course the city is protected by the flood wall. yeah, by the way, since barn kna icle only wants to talk about washington, d.c., 92. >> he has the white socks on today. usually you go bear foot. >> usually the old people stay indoors. >> play a little shuffle board. >> the seniors need to watch out. >> we are making up for lost time. >>> black shelton led a cast of some of country's biggest names for healing in the heartland. a concert in oklahoma city, not far from moore, oklahoma where 24 people were killed and hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed. miranda lambert was one of many stars who gave an emotional performance. ♪ >> we blow through these stories in the news cycle, but you can't forget lives were at stake. carrie underwood, rascal flatts, vince gill

across the lower mississippi valley, there's an upper storm here. very unsettled. for us you would think it would be here in a day or two. that's not the case. we have high pressure coming out of canada. our winds will stay east and northeasterly. that will push the moisture away from us and keep us high and dry. the storm stays out west. here we are tomorrow morning watching the moisture in the atlantic stay south of us. it just may bring in a few clouds saturday night into sunday morning but other than that, what a stretch of weather we have headed our way the way it looks right now through the weekend. here's your forecast. today 70 degrees. it is going to be a gorgeous afternoon. tonight 52. some low to mid-40s outer suburbs with light winds. tomorrow pleasant, 69. during the day we'll have winds out of the east about 10 both days. by saturday another beauty with a high temperature around 70. now, as we head towards sunday, also 70. a little cooler pond, tuesday and wednesday as the clouds thicken up. showers possible monday. better chance of some showers as we

that's all about to cross the mississippi river. it's not that it's severe, but we have horrible flooding in iowa and missouri. the mississippi river is going to be a major flood. and today more storms. chicago, watch out. kansas city again. not tornadoes so much today but as we go throughout this week, the tornado threat grows wednesday into thursday. it's may. we expect this. we just -- >> that's tornado alley. >> as long as they miss we're fine. >>> just ahead, scare in the skies as a passenger tries to open an airline door while in flight. >>> plus bernie madoff's house is a steal. we're back in 3. [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. for every year you don't have a claim, you'll get money off your home insurance policy. put it towards... [ glass shatters ] [ girl ] dad! [ girl screams ] noise canceling headphones? [ male announcer ] get al

i guess what i wonder is, we have the case in mississippi this week where there's doubt. we have the case in georgia that, the troy davis case where there's clearly doubt. but then what happens in situations where there really isn't doubt? you know, i think of people looking at dzhokhar tsarnaev in boston. most people look at that and say there isn't much doubt here, what this guy did you couldn't do anything worse than what this guy did and how is death not the appropriate punishment for that, for killing others? >> you know, i think in those cases we have to be careful. i would bet that kirk would say at the time he was prosecuted and i bet the 125 other people on death row would say at the time they were prosecuted, the prosecutors, the public at large were saying this is a very clear cut case of guilt, this is a person that's definitely, absolutely unquestionably guilty. in the excitement and anxiety and upset of what are unquestionably brutal terrible crimes, mistakes are made and we know that. there's no question about that. not only are people convicted that are in

sent a letter to the state of louisiana and the state of mississippi saying we think it's ok to reopen these fish grounds state officials having someone to pass the buck to the grounds or improperly opened open them we have to gain back the market share that we've lost the perception of folks that there could be a problem in the gulf we have to overcome that and we're busy at that every day something goes wrong they could say well we were told we could do it by the f.d.a. our department pulls hundreds of samples we pull hundreds of samples a month along with our federal partners the e.p.a. no one and the food and drug administration on. this is louisiana. you'll notice. here for this entire area here this green area we're testing for the hydrocarbons in the water and the dispersants literally at this point thousands of tests have been run. one shrimp sample not a single one has reached a level of of concern for human hailed the. fraud they hire laboratories who set artificially high levels that say that background is five parts per billion of a chemical they set the sensitivity at twen

sent a letter to the state of louisiana and the state of mississippi saying we think it's ok to reopen these fish grounds state officials having someone to pass the buck to the ground or improperly opened open them we have to gain back the market share that we've lost the perception of folks that there could be a problem in the gulf we have to overcome that and we're busy at that every day something goes wrong they could say well we were told we could do it by the f.d.a. our department pulls hundreds of samples we pull hundreds of samples a month along with our federal partners the e.p.a. no one and the food and drug administration on. this is louisiana. you'll notice. here for this entire area here this green area we're testing for the hydrocarbons in the water and the dispersants literally at this point thousands of tests have been run. one shrimp sample not a single one has reached a level of heat of concern for human hail the fraud they hire laboratories who set artificially high detection levels that say that background is five parts per billion of a chemical they set the sensitiv