in transition for memphis. gets called for a double-dribble and houston upsets memphis, 66-65 in the conference usa tournament. does that mean memphis will not be in the field of 65 next year? >> tough way to lose for the memphis tigers. >> of course, you said it bodes well for the pac-10 that some of these bubble teams lose in their conference tournaments. do you think now a better chance for washington and arizona state to be in the tournament? >> get into the semifinal game on friday night and one of them advancing these bubble teams are slowly getting knocked off and it gives the pac-10 a chance to get that third team in. >> another case for both arizona state and washington, they played their best basketball of the season the last several games. washington's won 9 of their last 11. right here in this first half, oregon trailing cal by 13. >>> and we're back here at staples center. one team has punched for the semifinal round for the pacific life pac-10 tournament. cal halfway to doing the same. tonight, tw

i'm especially happy to be here at davis cade in memphis. it is one of my favorite book stores and i am usually hear teasing one of my kids on the also it's nice to be here on more professional circumstances tonight. i thought i would start by answering the two questions that i always get asked when i discussed my books. no, i'm not a hypochondriac and secondly i like writing about these stories because to me they are much more about people and they are about a disease. i am one of those people that if there is a natural disaster happening in the world i include to c-span for days. i know i'm not the only one. i think what draws us and is not the tragedy itself of these disasters but more just the hope and miracle of survival. that is what inspired by first book, the american plead about yellow fever and about one-third of it took place here in memphis because i really wanted to show what a yellow fever epidemic was like up close. that one epidemic in memphis in one season killed more people than we lost at pearl harbor and more than we lost

i am especially happy to be here at davis kid in memphis. it is one of my favorite book stores and i usually hear choosing one of my kids down the aisle so it's nice to be here under more professional circumstances to mind. i thought i would start tonight by answering the two questions i always get asked for and i discussed my books. no, i'm not a hypochondriac. [laughter] and secondly i like writing about these stories because to me they are much more about people than they are about disease. i am one of those people that if there is a natural disaster happening in the world on the include to c-span for days. i know i'm not the only one and i think what really draws us and is not the tragedy itself of these disasters, but more just the hope and a miracle of survival that we look for. that is what inspired my first book the american played about filthy durham about one-third of it took place here in memphis because i really wanted to show what a yellow fever epidemic was like a close. but when the epidemic in memphis in the one season killed

little rock, west memphis, might have rough weather to deal with. strong thunderstorms, heavy rainfall. maybe even flash flooding. can't rule out an isolated storm or two. very pleasant with high pressure to the east. out to the west, the same situation for california, for much of oregon and back to washington state. of course, four corners, some areas, snowfall in the highest elevations. in terms of high temperatures, memphis, 70 degrees. 64 in atlanta. 7 tampa. 80 for miami. and 53 in chicago and d.c. 55 in minneapolis. back into las vegas. 67 degrees. 60s and 70s for much of the west coast. that's a look at the forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. enjoy your weekend. >>> usually you hear about adults disciplining kids for using bad words in this case, it's the other way around. >> why do you have to use this kind of language in front of his mother according to vice president biden he wouldn't have, so why in front of the american people? >> good point. this teenager calling on vice president bide tony clean up his language. >>> a california high

memphis, tennessee, stockton, california. and cleveland, ohio. now, that's according to forbes, ladies and gentlemen. not according to me. i like all of those places. here now with his assessment, fox business anchor john stossel. let's take memphis, tennessee first, home of the blues, great ribs. great hotel peabody. what's not to like? >> i agree. all of these places have something about them not to like. forbes picked memphis because of high crime and less opportunity. lots of corruption. 80 public officials have been accused or convicted of corruption. >> bill: sounds like atlantic city. >> sounds worst than atlantic city. >> bill: when you say lack of opportunity, what does that mean? >> well, most -- all three of these cities have something in common. they have too much government. they have government planning life and that means there is less opportunity in the private sector. >> bill: when we have too much government the upside is you have more corrupt guys getting arrested. we will load them up and have more bad guys. all right. so memp

he is from memphis where he is born and raised and he has had a very successful career in journalism. he is editor-at-large and outside magazine which many of you read. his book ghost soldiers in 2001 about the death march and heroic rescue attempt in the philippine campaign made into a motion picture and his blood and thunder of carson and the american west published by doubleday in 2006 has been enormous success and has resurrected the name of carson in american history. hampton now reside in santa fe and followed carson west and settled right where cape did and he has just completed "hellhound on his trail" which is of the king assassination and the manhunt which will be published by doubleday next month coming out so we are all looking forward to that. i think a good place to start a discussion like this we will start with jim is why did you select this topic? i actually know why donovan selected it. he has the same tragic addition i have to costar. there are no 12 step programs. georgia and for life. but how in the world do you take something that you love, a story that you've le

i'm from memphis, tennessee, where dr. king was slain on april 3. there were times when chairman lewis and other members came up, mr. lewis and other members came up to me and asked me to go on the pilgrimage. i thought i was from memphis, i had been to the civil rights museum, i had been to lorraine so many times. i knew about civil rights history. but nobody knows it until they go to the battleground where this country's future and its promise was turned around and brought to bear because of a group of students and ministers both black and white who came together to march for civil rights and to make this country fulfill its destiny and promise. mr. lewis is a man we are lucky to serve with and i am lucky to serve with. and what i learned this weekend from being with him on the edmund pet tiss bridge with -- pettis bridge where that first march ended in violence and later struggled to montgomery. 600 civil rights marchers stood strong and in solidarity on the march to montgomery 45 years ago. our democracy reflects the government of the people and

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speaker, i want to thank my friend and colleague, the gentleman from memphis, tennessee, mr. cohen, for yielding. mr. speaker, 45 years ago on march 7, 1965, hosea williams and i led 600 peaceful, nonviolent protesters attempting to march from selma, alabama, to the state capital in montgomery to say to the world that the people of color wanted to vote. we left brown chapel that afternoon on a sacred mission, prepared to defy the dictates of man to demonstrate the truth of a higher law. ordinary citizens with extraordinary vision walked shoulder to shoulder two by two in a silent, peaceful protest against injustice in american south. we were met on the edmund pettus bridge crossing the alabama river by a sea of blue, alabama state troopers. some were mounted on horseback but all of them were armed with guns, tear gas, billy clubs and beyond them were dep ue tiesed citizens who were -- deputized citizens, some even had bull whips. then we heard that major john cloud, this is an unlawful march, you cannot continue. you have two minutes to go home or return to your church. we we

and the confluence of forces that brought king to memphis. my father was a lawyer. and he worked for the law firm that represented king when he came on behalf of the garbage workers who went on strike in the fall of -- excuse me, the spring of 1968. but i got kind of captivated by james earl ray. and this story really became not so much as the story of the assassination but how the fbi tracked down james earl ray, the largest manhunt in american history at that time, $2 million, 6,000 agents, four different countries. he was finally caught by scotland yard in london two months after the assassination as he was in route to become a mercenary soldier in rhodesia. somewhat like bonnie and clyde, ray has his own mythology and ray has his own self-conscious qualities, you know, trying to be kind of a folk hero, i guess. a very -- a very dark character. someone who i guess in a way is a consummate villain in this story. the villain becomes the protagonist because it's how he gets out of these different situations. how he assumes different identitie

. >> the gruesome discovery of a womenan's body in memphis. >> they live and get traffic. it looks fine. more on weather and traffic whe. >> welcome back. 46 degrees downtown of the maryland science center. all is quiet this thursday morning. another outstanding day. you may want to take a light jacket with the. it is in the 30's in the suburbs. mostly sunny skies. a high temperature of 67 degrees. we will take a look at the forecast for the weekend in a few minutes. we have some mild temperatures and thunderstorms to talk about. >> thanks. a very bizarre story in tennessee. the visitors at a local hotel or unknowingly sleeping with a body under the bed. it was discovered nearly two months after she was reported missing. the hotel staff claimed the room. by the time the body was discovered, five hotel guests had come and gone, not one of them discovering the body. the smell of finally tipped the staff off. >> police in california went on a wild chase after a fugitive escape from their police car. he fled to a nearby hotel. officers taser to him. h-- tasered him. they event

cincinnati pulled a great upset last night. >> houston taking on memphis. another bubble team as far as the ncaa tournament is concerned. elliott williams goes in for the jam, or did he? he did jam. the problem was the ball hit off his head, goes back up through the basket. that didn't count. early in the second half, no big deal but that two points came back to haunt memphis because houston up one and then in transition, calledbl dre in. houston stunsem, 66, ib kksigou ofhea na. onnca a that was looking to get two in n landry fields probably finished second. >> 22 points, nine rebounds a game. first and second respectively in this conference. winning should be his middle name. landry fields does just about everything you can ask for. on the court he's got the strength inside. he's got the athleticism. he can step out and k with trotter, fields, green is a big-time scorer, can really hit from outside. jarrett mann is a very talented point guard and shiller is a good outside shooter. their coach is johnny dawkins. was an assistant a longtime for mike krzyzew

i was in memphis last week and we were talking about that. he always blamed himself for getting his brother a job on the riverboat and always felt badly about it. in his book connecticut yankee in king arthur's court the day of his execution is the anniversary of henry clemens's death in 1858. >> considering mark twain's role as a lecturer and story teller who is the mark twain of today? >> who is the mark twain of today? that is a good question. i was talking earlier. a southern writer named louis who wrote several books, he died fairly on. the way mark twain was, he was effortlessly funny individual. if he had lived he might very well have been considered. in san francisco lewis was talking about going to chicago and working up there for a while and chicago had two seasons. winter and the fourth of july. he was very funny. yes? >> different book but in huckleberry finn he writes about the slave jim and he is really an equal rights guy. i was wondering if you had any comments? he didn't want to be in war. >> he was considered pretty much ahe

coer air to the wet with memphis at 42 degrees. fayetteville, ark. big out of 12 inches of snow. the pressure will make it to our area and in another day, clouds will increase and mostly cloudy skies tomorrow with rain, especially in the morning hours. the clouds and increasing in our direction as quickly as it arrives. then it will just as quickly departed the area. a few scattered showers lgering by tuesday. the son returning on thursday with bright conditions. showers and cloudy conditions for of the overnig hours. for tomorrow, rain could cause some delay in the morning for the rush hour commute. 10 batters in the '50s by tomorrow afternoon. and isolated thunderstorm may be to the south, especially around fredericksburg. the extended outlook promises a bit of caring. then back into the '60s. -- that a bit of clearing. after this weekend, no complaints, the cherry blossoms are on schedule along with the allergies. >> still no complaints. who is complaining? >> it was an emotionally draining game. an incredible comeback and then we'll show you the highl hey, what's this? yeah,

memphis is going to get heavy rain, chicago, houston, maybe a downpour or two. you can see rain tracking up through arkansas currently and we're seeing mississippi and alabama covering with rain. tallahassee to detroit. the east coast you'll be dry today. tomorrow's when the rain will arrive. in the middle of the nation we'll watch oklahoma city clearing out as the day goes on. the rockies looks just fine. that's a quick look at the weather forecast. now here a quick look outside your window. thunderstorms are possible today in nashville. we're not talking severe weather thankfully. maybe strong storms and gusty winds. indianapolis, light rain for you. 54. dallas, a cool 62. that's your thursday forecast, lynn. >> thank you. >>> well, starbucks bubbles, honda sizzles, and man's best friend goes wireless. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus two more revelations, two more big blows to the marriage of sandra bullock and jesse james. >>> two more teams punch their way to the play-offs and the nets win. wait, what? yeah. you're watching

in fact they are getting some snow around memphis, tennessee right now in through central tennessee. but ahead of that we got mild moisture that's coming up our way that low will be drifting through the region later on today and into tonight and tomorrow. here's the bus stop forecast this morning. bring along an umbrella waiting for the bus. temperatures will be in the upper 50s to near 60. by noon should be near 60 degrees, maybe a passing shower, perhaps a passing shower this afternoon into the mid-60s and maybe a little bit of thunder. sunset at 7:22. through the evening an additional shower. in the 50s. by dawn tomorrow mid-40s with a few sprinkles. tomorrow morning sprinkle through midday and then a little sun back tomorrow afternoon, blustery northwest wind highs in the 50s. some milder weather returns on wednesday and thursday with sunshine both days. highs in the low and mid-60s. end of the week on friday may get a few showers. weekend is looking dry. how is the traffic? >> despite the few sprinkles around town pretty quiet morning. no major incidents. 270 from i-70 down to t

high temperatures, we've wrapped things up, 70 degrees memphis your high. 64 in atlanta. 79 in tampa. 47 in new york. 52 in salt lake city. 79 in los angeles. that is a wrap on the forecast. back to you guys. >> 79 in l.a. sounds good. >> thanks. >>> you know, rarely does the vatican lash out against the media but that is exactly what's happening. for an alleged smear campaign against the pope. the news comes just as the catholic church's sex scandal expands throughout europe. we're in rome with the latest. >> reporter: smiles and waves from the pope as ae dressed young people in st. peter's square ahead of youth day this coming sunday. his message to the young? not to fear the call to the priesthood, an important message for the catholic congregation in difficult times. the vatican feels it is under siege and not just from a deluge of sexual abuse allegations against priests but from what it sees as a sustained campaign of attack on the part of the media. the vatican newspaper wrote on friday of a tendency in the media to ignore the facts and said that there was clearly an ignoble at

. >> if you are flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, salt lake city, memphis and detroit, for most of the east coast from boston to atlanta. >>> the house has passed an historic health care bill, handing president obama a huge victory on the top domestic priority on a narrow margin of 219-212. >> and the bill will lead to big changes to any. it extends coverage for an estimated 31 million people. most americans would be required to buy insurance or face penalties. and advance insurance companies from denying coverage from preexisting conditions. >>> not everyone has been waiting for capitol hill lawmakers to overhaul health care. about 2% of primary care physicians are already implementing their own version of reform. they're eliminating insurance entirely, in favor of cash. eric horng reports from minnesota. >> reporter: at this doctor's office -- >> deep breath -- >> reporter: -- there are no insurance cards, no endless forms to fill out. if you've got cash, you've got care. after decades of dealing with insurance company red tape, dr. james alcmema had enough. >> i thou

and in fact i was just in memphis last week and were talking about it. twain always blamed himself for getting his brother a job on the riverboat. and always felt badly about it. in fact, in his book, connect team yankee king arthur's court that he wrote the date of his execution in dr. the annivry of henry clemens that's in 1958. yes, ma'am? [inaudible] >> okay, considering mark twain's role as a lecturer and rock on tour historical color, who is the mark twain today? >> who is the mark twain of today? that's a good question. i was just talking earlier. there was a writer -- i don't know if you remember a southern writer named louis grizzard who wrote several books back in the 80's. he actually died fairly done. unfortunately, i interviewed him when i was a newspaper reporter and i guess the way mark twain probably was, he was just effortlessly funny individual. and if you he had lived, p. very well have gone in and have considered that. i know louis grizzard had said allegedly that the coldest winter ever spent was the summer in san francisco. louis gr

also in detroit, chicago, kansas city, memphis, atlanta and new orleans. >>> well, it is a radical move to revitalize a city which has seen better days. the new mayor of detroit wants to tear down parts of the city and start over. >> the demolition of thousands of homes could begin right away. chris bury reports now from detroit. >> reporter: for a city on the brink, it is a gutsy move, deciding it must shrink to survive. the new mayor, former nba star dave bing, delivered some tough love. >> i am unveiling a plan to demolish 3,000 dangerous residential structures this year. >> reporter: in its heyday, nearly 2 million people lived here. now, fewer than half that. consider the corner of jefferson and holcomb 30 years ago. look at it now. a third of detroit is too scarcely populated to function. more than 10,000 buildings could be demolished. >> we are a city in a huge financial crisis as i speak. and we've got to make some hard decisions for ourselves. >> reporter: at first, the abandoned homes will go. eventually, long-time residents may be forced out. bertha shares her block only with

so i had another concert in memphis, which is where i was born, and it was like a homecoming also because i had never been back, and i decided, no i'm not going to poil this homecoming with this reminder. so i really kind of pick and choose where i'm going to do it. but the song i had the most fun with on this seed -- cede -- c d., and that's the duet i do with christian mcbride, and it is so much fun. it basically is just bass and vokals. tavis: i can't imagine anything with christian not being fun, but i can't imagine -- because i know dee dee so well, everything is fun with dee dee! [laughing] tavis: you will love this new c.d.. it is called "eleanora faga (19 a15-1959): to billie with love from dee dee bridgewater." you're in charge of everything, right? >> yes. tavis: and you like it that way. >> yes. i wanted a picture to be a kind of bust and to kind of evoke, you know, billie as a statue. but i decided to use in my hair instead of the famous gardenias, those are magnolias, which is a reference to strange fruit. and i decided to have myself body painted bronze and that's how that c

visiting memphis led early, including a big one-handed slam by rudy gay in the second quarter. but brooks came on strong, including a long three-pointer in the third quarter. and he just kept sinking the outside shot scoring seven triples without a miss and a career-high 31 points in all. the rockets won it 107-94. >>> in orlando, san antonio's tim duncan had the worst game of his nba career. dominated on the boards by the magic's dwight howard, duncan wound up scoring just five points while vince carter was the top magician with 24. orlando won it 110-84. >>> in utah, visiting minnesota was strong early, but the jazz hit the high notes in the second half including a huge one-handed jam by williams in the third quarter. utah won it 122-100. >>> and a final nba note. michael jordan has won approval to buy the charlotte bobcats for $275 million. he's the first ex-player ever to become a majority owner of an nba team. >>> and a reminder, the ncaa basketball tournament kicks off today. you can catch all the march madness action right here on cbs starting at noon eastern time. >>> w

i want to bring in mark scoda with the memphis tea party. you've seen him on cnn. mark, thank you for being with us. >> ali, thanks for having me on the show again today. >> you and i have talked a lot on tv. we're going to talk as friends here. this is lridiculous. you have to agree. >> we've stated that. first of all, let me say this. a lot of these commentaries going on with respect to all these incidents want to lay the blame at the foot of the tea party. with all due respect there is not any proof of that, first of all. secondly, we absolutely reject this kind of behavior. we've made press releases, we've indicated we do not support any kind of violence or violent acts. any kind of action where we've had this health care bill jammed down the throats of the people of the united states, unfortunate li that anger is spilling over into his events. it's not clear to me that any of this has to do with the tea party. in particular, we haven't had any evidence it does. >> just a statement from the press release you're referring to. i want to read this. tea party movem

memphis star elliott williams going up here. but watch the ball as it goes through the hoop, bounces off his face and back into the hoop. that doesn't count of the ball has to come all the way out. he got rejected by his own pie hole. >> don't you hate it when your face is up in the net. >> i often have the problem of being up with my face near the rim. >> i did not know that it didn't count if it doesn't come out of the bottom of the net. i thought it just had to get through the rim. >> that's because you and i grew up playing on playgrounds. today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to upgrade and build out our wired and wireless networks. making them faster, smarter, and more secure. connecting small businesses to markets across the country, and around the world. now is the time for investment and innovation. now is the time for investment and innovation. the future is waiting. at&t. we're the watchful ones. we like to know where things stand. we keep a

daniel is joining us from memphis, tennessee. good morning. caller: i wanted to correct something you said and the caller was asking about. i understand that the bill is so big, which really doesn't matter, i support the bill. there's so much misinformation out there. you had said the senate bill would fund abortion. only in the government paid for market, he's not talking about the government subsidies. that's my comment. i was wanting to say something to help her understand it. the women have to buy separate abortion coverage and pay out of their own money. host: which is why the speaker said this is not an abortion bill. what happens when these 17 million one and women get pregnant. it costs about $25,000 to carry a pregnancy to term. if they don't have insurance, they have to financially decide whether or not to have an abortion. it's a terrible decision. after the bill passes, these women will not have to make that terrible decision. all those abortions that were happening now, they will not have to make that decision anymore. what else w

memphis and kansas city mainly in the 60s and o50s. out west 65 in las vegas, 53 in salt lake city. 64 in seattle and 50s and 60s in l.a. and in san francisco. one thing we'll be seeing possibly some changes in the coming days for the eastern seaboard. low pressure bring some rain and snow to part of the northern plains will make its way to the east. eastern seaboard enjoy conditions while you can. rain for central and southern plains. sporadic activity in the southern plains. better chance of seeing precipitation further to the north. in the rockies mainly light dusting of snowfall. same is true for much of the sierra nevada. rain is possible in san francisco. from san francisco northward sunshine and cloudy. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. enjoy your day. >> seems simple enough a military uniform complete with medals. wait until you hear what kind of trouble you can get in if the medals are not yours. >>> a florida man is facing up to three years in prison for pretenning to be a decorated military vet. he pleaded guilty yesterday to viola

first horizon is based in memphis, tennessee. the largest bank in the state, 180 locations, 41% of its revenue in 2009. that's the heart of the business. we know the company is looking to expand by buying up weaker banks. and it wouldn't have to look very far, because here's a key stat. right next door is the state with the largest number of failed banks since 2008. and that state is georgia. get this -- since 2008, 35 out of 202 banks, or 17.3% of failed banks were in georgia. they are gone with the wind. and frankly, my dear, first horizon gives a damn. fhn is right over the border in tennessee. this company is not a carpet bagger. it's the perfect acquirer from the fdic's perspective. and it can gobble up some of those ne'er-do-well banks to become a southern regional banking colossus, which is why i like it. but what i really like about first horizon, the new and aggressive management team is getting out of the companies that don't work and sticking with one that wall street appreciates. it had a specialty lending operation o

but we seeing some moderation. 50sin the southwest. 40s texas, new orleans, to memphis and even miami down to 50. this big storm, we are watching this. a lot more concerned if it was earlier in the season and. but this is impressive, well defined. a lot of energy and it will move east and northeast. but with we have this guy spinning here blocking and that is just enough that i believe we will be safe from it. put the computer in motion. you will see the moisture in the northeast. as we go through monday, no real problems. clouds increase tomorrow. we will see them thicken up. here's the system from texas coming up from the northeast, south and east of us by wednesday morning. you notice that, just south and east. maybe areas in the middle peninsula or the delmarva may see a better chance of snow than around here. that's why i'm not thinking we will see that much. seven-day forecast shows we have temperatures by wednesday with snow showers or light snow upper 30s. could be an early snow shower on thursday. and next weekend partly to mostly sunny. highs around 50 give or take a couple

. >> a rematch in the coaching department from 2008 when john calipari was coaching memphis. against bill self. >> i think once again self wins. that is the game right there. >> the president comes up a loser in basketball. what about health care? joining us mark preston in washington. mark, we were talking about this. don't think about it too much. it is a fun segment. ed henry is supposed to join us but ed's not here. no ed. we don't have ed. solise listen, mark. it seemed appropriate after we went to a ball game and had a couple of beers, it is like the health care debate. it is down to the wire. the president may go for a buzzer beater. do you agree there are similarities? >> there are. if you look at politics like sports northern iowa who defeated kansas gave president obama his biggest political win. had it not been for iowa, we probably wouldn't have had a president obama. won the iowa caucuses and, boom, he moved forward. if you look at politics as sport, don, you are right. >> i know where you are going with this. this is our health care final four. this is our brack

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. >> i just got off the plane last night from memphis, tennessee. and this is the location of our next piece. this gives you an idea of where those risks are across the united states. and really kind of focus in on the red. you can see over here in the charleston area. that's the spot we were concerned about here. this is the new madrin faults. i don't think that's too much of a surprise but you might be surprised about what kind of an economic impact this could have not just in the nation's mid section but globally. >> thanks so much. we look forward to that next weekend as well. >> two weeks. >> in two weeks. okay. very good. thank you very much. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield. don lemons is next. duce every color in the world on tv. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

we'll talk than in two week s when i travel to memphis. >> just the first parts. thank you, jacqui, appreciate it. >>> other news now. nba star gilbert arenas could have gotten up to five years for taking a gun into the wizards' locker room. instead, 30 days, a halfway house and probation. but he got a fine and community service. is it another example of special treatment for the rich and famous? or did the judge get it right? talking with "incision" host, from our sister network true tv. >> still true tv. >> i thought the network was -- did the judge get it right? >> i think a lot of people think this was a very light sentence. he had a prior gun conviction. he was looking at anywhere from six months to two years but the judge could have just gone with probation. what the judge did, saw community service. he saw he seems to be remorseful and said, let me give him 30 days in a halfway house. >> some say he should have been made an example. another example of an athlete because of money and pro-file getting away with something. if tu were you and or or anybody else

alex chilton is like so much in memphis. he grew up in a time when elvis presley was our adversary to the world. he wanted to play music and did it his own way. independent, innovative. he never cared for the critics. he didn't have that much acclaim at the box office or at the record sales but he did with others. r.e.m. was a group he influenced greatly and the replacements did a song called "alex chilton." he was supposed to play south-southwest in austin. he won't do it. his music will live on forever. he's an embodiment of memphis music. hard, independent, brilliant, beautiful. we're lucky he came our way. he leaves a wife and a daughter. thank you, madam speaker, for giving me this opportunity. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: to address the house for one minute, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. the people of this country like to

that we have been having, 68 in memphis now and 68 in new york. but look to the best where the front passed, 36 in dallas. that is the sign of things to come, and, into the northeast, sunday and monday, much cooler temperatures. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. >> president obama has a stern warning to democrats today, find out what he said, coming up. plus, the house is still debating health care at this hour, we'll bring you the latest developments, as they happen. [ female announcer ] it's lobsterfest... when we turn lobster into irresistible creations. like new wood-grilled lobster and parmesan scampi... our signature lobster lover's dream... and eleven more choices. right now at red lobster. so i was surprised when my doctor told me i still had high cholesterol. that really hit me, and got me thinking about my health. i knew i had to get my cholesterol under control. but exercise and eating healthy weren't enough for me. now i trust my heart to lipitor. [ male announcer ] when diet and exercise are not enough, adding lipitor has been

it happened in brownsville which is a few miles northeast of memphis. investigators say the chopper was carrying a pilot and two nurses. it had just flown a patient to the hospital and was flying back to its base in a thunderstorm. we're told the witnesses reported seeing a large burst of lightning followed by an orange glow near the crash site. federal regulators have been pushing for increased regulation of emergency helicopters after a number of recent crashes. according to the national transportation safety board, there have been 11 e.m.s. helicopter crashes between last month and end of 2007. those accidents have killed at least 41 people. well, a wild police chase hitting 100 mile-per-hour speeds and the driver? the driver was a 12-year-old boy. cops say he wove in and out of traffic at night with no lights. but wait until you hear what he told them when he finally got stopped. that's coming up. [ male announcer ] parents magazine and edmunds.com called it "one of the best family cars of 2009." the insurance institute for highway safety calls it a

that would be a rematch in the coaching department from 2008, when john caliperi was coaching memphis. against bill self. >> against bill self. and i think once again self wins. that's the game right there. >> all right. so the president comes up a loser in basketball. so then what about health care? joining us now, cnn's senior political editor, mark preston in washington. mark, we were talking about this. don't think about it too much. it's just a fun segment. everybody's talking about march madness. ed henry is supposed to join us, but ed's not here, right? >> who knows what ed -- >> we don't have ed. so listen, mark, people are filling out their brackets. i have one right here predicting the winners and the losers. and it seemed appropriate. we were talking about this last night after we went to a ball game, had a couple beers and talked about it. it's down it's wire. the president may go for a buzzer beater. do you agree there's some similarities there? >> you know, there are. and you know what's interesting, if you look at it, if you look at politics like you look at sports, nor

snow up from knoxville to northern atlanta, on back to memphis, some mixed precipitation. some of the storms could be fairly strong down through florida and off the mid-atlantic coast, where we could see anywhere from one to two inches of rain. the good news is, this storm system is not as intense, won't hang around as that one from last week. it moves out fairly quickly. snowfall amounts not too bad, fairly light, generally one to two inches, but some areas back >> the weather should be pretty quiet this tuesday, until late afternoon, at that time we will see a chance for r >>> and that's your latest weather. natalie? ♪ sending out an s.o.s. >>> al, thank you. on "joy's s.o.s.," helping you stay healthy. from protein-packed breakfasts for kids to the benefits of chia seeds. registered dietician joy bauer has all the answers to your nutrition questions. joy, good morning. >> good morning. welcome back. >> thank you. good to be back. >> okay, let's get right to viewer questions. the first one comes to us from katie. she joins us from skype from virginia beach. katie, are

he is from memphis where he was born and raised. he's had a very successful career in journalism. is editor at large with outside magazine, which i know many of you read. his book, ghost soldiers in 2001 about the but and network and a i wrote rescue attempt in the philippine campaign was made into a motion picture. and, of course, his blood and done, the story of kit carson and america was published by doubleday in 2006 has been an enormous success. at that sort of resurrected the name of kit carson and american history. hampton is now, he was it in santa fe. he phoned kit carson west and south i it did for a while. and he is just completed held down on his treo, which is the story of the king assassination and the manhunt for the assassin which will be published by doubleday next month. so we are all looking forward to that. i think a good place to start discussion like this and we would just start with jim, is why did you select this topic? i actually know why donovan selected. he has the same tactic addiction that i have to custer. there are no 12 step programs but you're doom

that i studied in order to put this together included a biography of elvis presley, "last train to memphis," by peter guralnick or the book by connie bruck on steve ross, "master of the game," and also, "indecent exposure," that wonderful biography of david begelman -- the study of david begelman by david mcclintick. these are great biographies, i think, of contemporary figures that are told with -- in the narrative way so that there's a story. and a lot of the books of washington figures have indexes that make them seem more scholarly and more pedantic than i think that this book is. so there's that. secondly, the publisher decided after studying other books that a lot of people in washington buy a book by reading it backwards. they look at the index, see if they are in the book or someone they know is in the book and then make a purchasing decision. richard ben cramer's book,"what it takes," has no index. and it was packaged for the same purpose. why should there be an index when you should buy the whole thing without wondering who's in it? the paperback version will have an index, i am

host: let's hear from memphis, last call. caller: i want to make it plain and short. ronald reagan as president busted the union. we have no more bargaining rights. host: final thought on where workplace flexibility is headed. guest: going back to the comment on the labor, no matter where it is coming from on this issue, what we're looking for is solutions. sometimes when you have a union setting, that can be the place where you negotiate some of the flexibility issues. finally, what can i say? as a group called workplace flexibility 2010, to have the president talking about our issue today and bringing so many leaders from industries together to start this national conversation, is a good day for me. thank you so much. host: look for the president at about 4:30 p.m. eastern time on c-span2. our guest has been at katie couric and, co-director of workplace flexibility 2010 -- tiki corrigan, co-director of workplace flexibility 2010. appreciate all of your calls. "washington journal" starts every day at 7:00 eastern time with plenty of your calls. tomorrow w

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houston and memphis in the bottom fighting and clawing their way in. it's interesting where denver is. the loss last night has them tied for dallas for the second spot there, and utah is trying to make a move to get up took into consideration and oklahoma, they have won five straight. so the west is going to be, i tell you what, the last 15 or 16 games will be a heck of an exciting game. >> steve: the feeling in houston, last night was a critical game. all games are for them now if they will attempt the push for the 8th spot. >> phil: yeah, and now the playoffs start even earlier. every possession, every quarter, every game is very important. they have to make the most of it. for denver, they have to get their act together. i'm sure george karl, the ad, inside telling them they can't lose twice to the same team. >> steve: big injuries tonight without martin, lawson, and the birdman unable to play tonight. the wizards taking advantage of their fifth game in six nights. washington never trailed in the 1st half, and they lead it by 6. xxxxx >>> halftime c

a high temperature of 75, expected in dallas today. 71 degrees in memphis. finally, bouncing into the lower 60s in atlanta after seeing some snowflakes fly around the deep south yesterday. kyra? sfri spring is coming. just be patient. >>> alleluia! ♪ >> that's right, today is the 267th alleluia! anniversary. it was performed in london in 1743. >>> the words heard around the new nation on this day 1775, patrick henry delivered one of the most member oshl lines in history. he was imploring to take up arms against the british, give me liberty or give me death. gemini three took off. the first time they sent two astronauts into space. also on board, apparently young smuggled a corned beef sandwich on board. fill out and mail back the census today. because your census answers are more than just answers. they're the first step toward a happier, healthier community. we can't move forward until you mail it back. 2010 census. >>> i guess you could say this is just shocking, what happened in one new hampshire high school. a teacher stood by and by some accounts enco

there were also similar thefts in mississippi and memphis fp. >>> german police have arrested two in a daring height as a poker tournament. security video shows case or during the raid by four armed men. they scuffled with tournament guards and fled with more than $300,000 in cash. >>> march madness is just about here and the ncaa basketball tournament begins today with 64 teams in four regional match-ups. and, of course, america's first basketball fan has done his own brackets. president obama pre-dipgts the final game on april 5th in indianapolis will pit kansas against kentucky with the kansas jayhawks winning it all. >>> and with ncaa regional action about to start, time lapsed video shows you how they transformed the bradley center in milwaukee from a hockey ring into a tournament basketball court. you can see all the action leave right here on cbs. teams tip off beginning at noon eastern time. > let's get to dave price, the guy with a lot of game with the first look at the weather outside. >> here's my prediction. colonel take it is all in a shocker. let's go for the maps. hey,

as we watch some strong storms move in om jackson to memphis, montgomery, toward atlanta, it will be a little active today. one or two tornadoes could pop up. but the biggest problem with thisould be wind and hail here. one more nice day of warmer temperatures, as the cold front behind the coast in the northeast that will drop the temperatures down. 60 in new york. 65 in philly. 64 in washington, d.c. and there's one big rainmaker in the northwest today. some of this will be near two inches of rain opinion and seattle snow. more than an inch of rain. there will be local flooding there. >> very good morning. 50 degrees downtown, for depositing the suburbs. clouds will be moving in but it will still remain mild. let me show you, as the storm system moves i will bring it in nice push of air. pockets of cloud cover had but sunshine will break out from time to time. a few sprinkles north and west. we are thinking of you but we will not see most of the rent until tonight. 67 m and a look at the big board. more of america's weather in the next half hour. bill? >> thank you, sam. >>> let's t

look for 53, as well -- 59 in memphis and 60 degrees in chicago and 64 degrees in new york city. so, bright spot of this flooding situation, fredricka, is a lot of folks are enjoying a nice st. patrick's day. and hope far lot of evaporation, maybe weather the sun heating things up into the lower 60s. >> oh, that would be nice. rob, thanks so much. see you in a few. >> sounds good. >>> well, we might want to start calling the stock market the stress market. there's a new study out that links your financial health to your heart health. we're going to have dr. gupta out here to talk about that. and while it can never be fully answered, it helps to have a financial partner like northern trust. by gaining a keen understanding of your financial needs, we're able to tailor a plan using a full suite... of sophisticated investment strategies and solutions. so whatever's around the corner can be faced with confidence. ♪ northern trust. look ahead with us at northerntrust.com. >>> your top stories right now. an about-face from secretary of state hillary clinton. she backpedalled yesterday