missouri became missouri. now i ask you which is correct? missouri or missouri? >> missouri. okay. neither one. [laughter]. you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their language, just different ways of pronouncing the same word. that is where we have the problem with the word different. different isn't a synonym of the word wrong. we have to be careful how we use it and our children. it answers the question, why do you write that? i write to tell the story. one that has fallen through the cracks, one marginalized by main stream history. either misrepresented or represented to the way in which it is a stereo typical, write to take those stereotypes, reshape them and give them back to you dressed in a new dress. i mean when i say different is not a synonym for wrong, it means that we should celebrate those things. everyone in this room is different in some way. but you should not feel bad about that. your uniqueness, as my grandson who loves to make up words, that is your wonderment. [laughter]. it

louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and began a life long friendship with the librarian. missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up the mississippi river. they said that would be a great place to have a trading post. they set up a tng

sexual orientation is not protected in the state of missouri. >> no. we've been trying to add sexual orientation to the missouri human rights laws for years. >> you needed an ally, and i know just the person. she's all about protection. she's all about priv see, her name is wanda brown. i will talk to her. hold on a secretary. >> with wanda's help, we shall overcome. >> would you support something beyond the second amendment, for example, sexual orientation. >> well, i don't know. i wouldn't-- i have no idea -- >> oh. >> but you are a very core person who disagrees with discrimination. >> well, absolutely. you know i am all for any legislator that wants to file the bill. >> great, i'm talking to wando, looking good. >> i don't know if we are talking about the same wanda brown. >> wanda brown, she's german

. >> reporter: last year grellner recruited freshman missouri state representative dave schatz to sponsor a prescription bill. chpa won again. with newspaper and radio ads, phone banks and lobbyists. >> well, i wasn't prepared for that. i didn't realize that you would walk into an issue like that with that strong of an opposition and how powerful they were. >> tell us how many grams were in the box. >> reporter: chpa's solution is an electronic data base. it tracks retail pseudoephedrine sales. and chpa actually paid to put it in place. it's called nplex. if someone tries to buy more than the legal limit, nplex red flags the sale to block it. >> so it says that exceeds your gram purchase limit. >> obviously, when we put this technology in place, our hope is that it would drive down the meth labs. >> reporter: but last year the number of meth lab busts in missouri was up. nearly 7%. in part because meth makers are still using straw buyers. law enforcement in missouri tells us that meth labs are going up because crooks are circumventing nplex. >> criminals are always going to find ways to g

recruited freshman missouri state representative dave schatz to sponsor a prescription bill. chpa won again. with newspaper and radio ads, phone banks and lobbyists. >> well, i wasn't prepared for that. i didn't realize that you would walk into an issue like that with that strong of an opposition and how powerful they were. >> tell us how many grams were in the box. >> reporter: chpa's solution is an electronic data base. it tracks retail pseudoephedrine sales. and chpa actually paid to put it in place. it's called nplex. if someone tries to buy more than the legal limit, nplex red flags the sale to block it. >> so it says that exceeds your gram purchase limit. >> obviously, when we put this technology in place, our hope is that it would drive down the meth labs. >> reporter: but last year the number of meth lab busts in missouri was up. nearly 7%. in part because meth makers are still using straw buyers. law enforcement in missouri tells us that meth labs are going up because crooks are circumventing nplex. >> criminals are always going to find ways to get around the system.

surely wanda knows of countless oppressed missouri gun owners. how many examples of gun owner discrimination dow currently know of? >> (laughter) >> well, you know, i would rather not get into examples. >> yeah, but you must have thousands of them, you can give me a few? >> this is preventive, to protect the second amendment of everyone in the future. >> well, what-- okay. so this is a preventive bill. >> yes. >> good plan, you skip all the oppression and discrimination and just jump to the civil rights. >> yes. >> sadly others still await their wanda brown. i talked to mike colognea the only gay man in the missouri house. >> i can be fired based upon my sexual orientation, is that right, no it's not right. sexual orientation is not protected in the state of missouri. >> no. we've been trying to add sexual orientation to the missouri human rights laws for years. >> you needed an ally, and i know just the person. she's all about protection. she's all about priv see, her name is wanda brown. i will talk to her. hold on a secretary. >> with wanda's

to missouri's department of corrections is tonight's tool time winner. our guys it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening party correspondent christine freeze out and independent journalist run a college girl thank you for joining me i think thursday happy thursday all right let's start this is when you were filling in last week i believe you guys did a tool time on this arizona congressman that was calling for the abortion ban here in washington d.c. . and i think we have a little news clip to to remind you about some of the controversy they're. fighting for d.c. home rule will again hit capitol hill today a group of protesters target arizona congressman trent franks last week d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton was barred from testifying at a hearing about a twenty week abortion ban in the district it's a people are now there continue to try to protest him and they've got this other approach which is kind of fun i must admit d.c. residents are now just bringing their local every day problems that they have directly to this congressman they'r

to missouri's department of corrections is tonight's tool time winner. our guys it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening party correspondent christine freeze out and independent journalist run a college girl thank you for joining me i think there's a happy thursday all right let's start this is when you were filling in last week i believe you guys did a tool time on this arizona congressman that was calling for the abortion ban here in washington d.c. . and i think we have a little news clip to to remind you about some of the controversy they're. fighting for d.c. home rule will again hit capitol hill today a group of protesters in a target arizona congressman trent franks last week d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton was barred from testifying at a hearing about the twenty week abortion ban in the district are it's the people are now there continue to try to protest and they've got this other approach which is kind of fun i must admit d.c. residents are now just bringing their local every day problems that they have directly to this congress

to missouri's department of corrections is tonight's tool time winner. our guys it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening party correspondent christine freeze out and independent journalist run a college girl thank you for joining me i think there's day happy thursday all right let's start this is when you were filling in last week i believe you guys did a tool time on this arizona congressman that was calling for the abortion ban here in washington d.c. . and i think we have a little news clip to to remind you about some of the controversy they're. fighting for d.c. home rule will again hit capitol hill today a group of protesters target arizona congressman trent franks last week d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton was barred from testifying at a hearing about the twenty week abortion ban in the district are it's the people are now there continue to try to protest him and they've got this other approach which is kind of funny i must admit d.c. residents are now just bringing their local every day problems that they have directly to this congr

missouri is inclusive

missouri is inclusive to -- it is inclusive. i can tell you. there is 106 of us out of 163 down in jefferson city. each of us have something different to bring to the table. i really enjoy that. >> missouri state representative, zach wyatt, gets tonight's last word. thanks for joining us tonight, zach. >> thank you very much, lawrence. >> you can have the last word on our blog and follow my tweets @lawrence.

missouri is inclusive to -- it is inclusive. i can tell you. there is 106 of us out of 163 down in

missouri is inclusive to -- it is inclusive. i can tell you. there is 106 of us out of 163 down in jefferson city. each of us have something different to bring to the table. i really enjoy that. >> missouri state representative, zach wyatt, gets tonight's last word. thanks for >> good evening, americans. "the ed show" is taking the night off to show you brian williams and his exclusi

it began in guerilla warfare missouri in september 1861. the question is, the question that we have to think about is, who was arrested? what kind of people were arrested? historically, most people only knew about famous cases. people like merriman. and one we'll talk about in a minute, clement van decamp, a politician from ohio. about 20 years ago, a historian named mark kneelly, who will be here as part of our conference next week, did about ten years in our national archives, going to look for any scrap of paper he could find that had anything to do with military arrests and trials of civilians during the civil war. and he found about 14,000 civilians who were arrested by the military, and about 4,300 who were tried before military commissions. and what he found was that the traditional narrative that these were all democrats who opposed lincoln was not true. many of the people who were arrested, in fact, most of the people who were arrested, were civilians who in some way were either aiding the confederacy, were hurting the union war ef

fugitive slaves heading out of the slave state of missouri crossed into these illinois counties, taking advantage of the numerous underground stations that operated inside the grassy region in the 1830s, '40s, '50s and '60s. slaves working on barges and steamboats as deckhands, barbers, cooks, maids, valets and waiters, also fled from these river crafts. if they'd leave, they'd have a decent chance of escaping safely. this is not to suggest that fugitive slaves were home free once they arrived in western illinois. many freedom-seekers never made contact with underground railroad agents. these fugitives made their way to freedom alone, depending on their own wit, guile, and sheer determination. still others were tracked down and returned to bondage. slave owners hired detectives or full-time slave trackers to go after escapees. many trackers used what were called negro dogs, specifically trained to hunt down runaway slaves. these vicious dogs could tear a slave to pieces if not restrained. bounty hunters were also quick to turn in a runaway slave for handsome rewards. owen lovejoy, unlik

in missouri, we have had companies as far as japan come to missouri because of the awareness now by cellulosic ethanol technology owners of the fact that, one, the price of oil is significantly higher, so they're more competitive. but number two is, they're finally figuring out the chicken and the egg problem, which is you can develop all the technologies that if you don't have the biomass, you've got -- you have a mismatch. and it does take a significant amount of -- and because of v-cap and what's happened just in our northern ohio congressman and our project area up there, one in northern east arkansas, two in missouri, we have had numerous global players come to missouri to investigate. >> and chairman, you have spoken -- advanced biofuel and it's one that commercially available today and from our standpoint, the biodiesel education program which has a modest amount of funding, we ask that that continue because it does help and it very vital to us having market place acceptance of our fuel and marketplace. and so from an advanced biofuel standpoint, it is available, it is being accepted in

>> that is in northwest arkansas, sort of in the corner between oklahoma, arkansas and missouri, and for years and years we've told the story of the battle that took place there. it was a union victory. it was critical for trying to keep missouri in the union, and a typical park service fashion we did a lot of telling who shot who where, when, how, so forth, but there are a lot of other interesting stories there as well. there were about 26,000 combatants, about 16,000 on the confederate side. about 10,000 on the union side, and the union won the battle which was unusual at that time. usually when they were outnumbered they didn't win, but, anyway, that's the military story. the other story is that there were about 1,000 cherokee indians fighting for the confederacy, and many of the cherokee leaders, commanders, actually were slaveholers, and so they had a lot more in common -- many had a lot more in common with the confederacy and it's fairlimore complicated than that, but had a lot more in common with the confederacy than they did with the union. so that's a story that we haven't t

here to answer: missouri senator claire mccaskill! thank you for coming here. >> thank you. >> stephen: thank you for join us. okay, all these good men want to do is run attack ads against you with money that is not traceable. why do you have to make that ugly? [ laughter ] >> because secret is usually ugly. you know, it's kind of sleazy, slimy, secret money that people -- >> stephen: no but datda. the money is not secret. the money is public. the men are secret. >> the folks giving the money are secret. >> stephen: are secret. would you lick to apologize to the money now. you called the money secret. or do you have something against money, ma'am? >> i'm pretty sure if missourians knew who was giving this money they would appreciate the enemies i've made. i think they'd be proud of me if they knew who was paying for it because i don't think the folks looking after them. >> stephen: if people knew, the men or women -- >> or women. >> stephen: might face attack ads you are facing. >> wouldn't that be unfair. [ laughter ] >> stephen: but

here to answer: missouri senator claire mccaskill! thank you for coming here. >> thank you. >> stephen: thank you for join us. okay, all these good men want to do is run attack ads against you with money that is not traceable. why do you have to make that ugly? [ laughter ] >> because secret is usually ugly. you know, it's kind of sleazy, slimy, secret money that people -- >> stephen: no but datda. the money is not secret. the money is public. the men are secret. >> the folks giving the money are seek yet. >> stephen: are secret. would you lick to apologize to the money now. you called the money secret. or do you have something against money, ma'am? >> i'm pretty sure if missourians knew who was giving this money they would appreciate the enemies i've made. i think they'd be proud of me if they knew who was page for it because i don't think the folks looking after. >> stephen: if people knew, the men or women -- >> or women. >> stephen: might face attack ads you are facing. >> wouldn't that be unfair. [ laughter ] >> stephen: but thei

, and missouri in many ways was the harshest place during the civil war. you had guerilla warfare that went on for years. you had one side fighting against the other, neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, and oftentimes you didn't know who the enemy was because guerilla fighters didn't fight in regular uniforms. they might wear their enemy's uniform so they could approach the enemy and get close enough and then pull out their guns and shoot their enemy. you had instances where one group of people would burn down the other group's home and then the other group would retaliate and it would go back and forth so you could have whole villages or towns burned down. have any of you -- it is a terrible movie. have any of you seen ride with the devil? jewel is in it and not a particularly good actress. jim ka veez he will is in it and toeb maguire and the love story part is terrible but for the first 30 minutes they portray guerilla warfare in missouri and gives you an idea of how brutal it could be and they had to deal with this difficult situation.

folks-- will this make missouri different from other states? sure. will other states tease them for this peculiar desire? yes. but to protect their children from thinking that gay is normal, missouri is going to have to do some freaky stuff. and that's the word. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, anybody who watches this show knows i am a huge fan of carrying concealed weapons. but folk, i'm not alone. 37 states currently have laws allowing concealed carried permits, compared to just 8 states there 1984. which is a shame. think of how many guns women in the 80s could have hidden in those shoulder pads. because sometimes you want looks that killment luckily gun owners no longer have to sacrifice fashion for firepower. according to the "new york times", companies are rushing to meet the demand for concealed carry clothing. finally, the handgun meets the tim gunn. make it work. or else. (laughter) now i've always been a fan of gun fashion but for me it meant stylish clothi

university of missouri recognizes the problem is and is trying to help. kent with missouri extension has more on the project to improve nutrition. >> family was limited incomes often turn to food pantries for help but this one provides client was more than just food. >> that's -- >> jennifer is with the university of missouri food pantry nutrition project. families get a chance to taste some easy, healthy recipes from items at the pant. > >> coming to all these pantries everybody is great and they want to learn. they want to be healthy especially people with kids, they want to help their kids eat healthy. >> missouri is 11th nationally in obesity, low income families tend to eat cheaper foods miner calories, they so they are trying to address the problem by providing better access to fresh produce. >> fruits and vegetables normally aren't that cheap and families have to make choices. >> bill is the coordinator of the mu food pantry project. he wants pantries to reach out to farmer's markets and produce auctions, also the mu college of agriculture food and

, and missouri in many ways was the harshest place during the civil war. you had guerilla warfare that went on for years. you had one side fighting against the other, neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, and oftentimes you didn't know who the enemy was because guerilla fighters didn't fight in regular uniforms. they might wear their enemy's uniform so they could approach the enemy and get close enough and then pull out their guns and shoot their enemy. you had instances where one group of people would burn down the other group's home and then the other group would retaliate and it would go back and forth so you could have whole villages or towns burned down. have any of you -- it is a terrible movie. have any of you seen ride with the devil? it's an ang lee movie. jewel is in it and not a particularly good actress. jim caviezel is in it and toby maguire and the love story part is terrible but for the first 30 minutes they portray guerilla warfare in missouri and gives you an idea of how brutal it could be and they had to deal with this diffi

folks-- will this make missouri different from other states? sure. will other states tease them for this peculiar desire? yes. but to protect their children from thinking that gay is normal, missouri is going to have to do some freaky stuff. and that's the word. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) [ train whistle blows ] [ ball hitting paddle ] ♪ riding to work, with my best friend pete ♪ ♪ pete, pete, pete ♪ riding to work with my best friend pete ♪ ♪ riding to work with me [ orbit trumpet ] don't let food hang around. clean it up with orbit! ahh. [ orbit glint ] ow...ow...ow. fabulous! for a good clean feeling after any meal. ♪ eat, drink, chew orbit! (cheers and applause) welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, anybody who watches this show knows i am a huge fan of carrying concealed weapons. but folk, i'm not alone. 37 states currently have laws allowing concealed carried permits, compared to just 8 states there 1984. which is a shame. think of how many guns women in the 80s could have hidden in those shoulder pad

truman high school in independence, missouri. and that was held at the lds auditorium in independence. and that is the church of latter day saints. it was at their world headquarters building. and they started that commencement out with a moment of reflection, no prayer. do you think that has to do with the church and what they would allow them to do in that building or do you think that would be leadership in that high school that failed those children to not be able to pray before that? and then we're going to end up at that same commencement that day with a moment of reflection also and no prayer but they just skipped that completely. >> partly that curious arrangement of activities reflects a perception of what the law permits. may have been the desire of some people present to have a prayer, a nondenominational prayer but thought -- people thought that that would be held invalid by a court. they could be right about that. but other than that, i don't know what would cause the local school authorities to do what they did. if

louis, missouri. >> this is corporal tim whitney with the jefferson county sheriff's office. we are heading out today to go knock on doors of suspected meth labs. >> we deal with a lot of method labs. we continue to lead the nation as far as a single county for meth lab seizures. >> reporter: it's a high priority because meth labs can easily catch fire. especially with the new one pot method they call shake and bake. among the ingredients, liquid fuel. drain cleaner. immode yum nitrate from cold packs. lithium from household batteries. they're plastered with warning labels. but they can turn sue do e fed rin, the active ingredient in some decongestants, into meth. >> if you take your time, shake and bake comes out better. >> reporter: but it can backfire. this is a demonstration by sheriffs deputies from neighboring franklin county. they shake it up and the chemicals react. it's soon a flame thrower. that's how joe was burnt. >> i haven't slept a full night since i've started cooking meth. because you're always scared no matter what. the bottle blew up. flipped me over. i had

louis, missouri. >> we'll hit de soto. >> let's gear up and start going. >> on arc one. >> reporter: this is corporal tim whitney with the jefferson county sheriff's office. we are heading out today to go knock on doors of suspected meth labs. >> we deal with a lot of method labs. we continue to lead the nation as far as a single county for meth lab seizures. >> reporter: it's a high priority because meth labs can easily catch fire, especially with the new one-pot method they call shake and bake. >> i have people who actually prefer it. >> joe will call him used shake and bake to feed his habit and to sell to others. among the ingredients, liquid fuel, drain cleaner, ammonium nitrate from cold backs, lithium from household batteries. they're plastered with warning labels. but they can turn to pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in some decongestants, into meth. >> if you take your time, shake and bake comes out better. >> reporter: but it can backfire. this is a demonstration by sheriffs deputies from neighboring franklin county. they shake it up, and the chemicals react. it's soo

woodruff of the 21st missouri infantry. a unit that participated in the battle with prentiss's division and fought at hornet's nest. flags underwent renovation. you can see the dark fabric backed by the lighter fabric to fill out what's missing on the flag. same is true for the white stripes as well, where you can see that the flag was in tatters. these fabrics, of course, ravages of time, storage, light, moisture, you name it, it's amazing that things like this do survive even if they're stored away in an attic somewhere, usually they go through some major deterioration over time if they don't have proper treatment and care. people are always fascinated by the unique star configure augss on the flags. because there's no standardization to them. many of them were sewn by ladies in the communities in which these organizations were raised and thus the flag would be presented to them, to the units, as they marched off to war. a thing of honor to be carried and cherished. and so a little bit of the artist's freedom to alter con