by the mississippi national guard for his distinguished career and public service. as a man of wisdom, kindness, and selfishness, representative rogers has made a positive impact on our state that will last generations. i am grateful for the example representative rogers has set for those serving in elected office and i wish him many years of happiness in his much deserved retirement. thank you. i yield back.

including jackson, mississippi. and this will take several more hours. only getting into the heart of the afternoon. this sort of thing can run until 7:00, 8:00 at night. udc as you trail off towards the east, you run out of the danger zone. but the highlighted area is mississippi and louisiana, play very close attention for the next couple of hours, you do get on the backside of this as it gets a little bit later and typically at this point, the systems run out of energy because they are getting late enough at night. for the next several hours, central mississippi. and continue to pay attention to the central louisiana areas where the conditions are just right and you can see the tornadoes come up come up. >> ed: adam, it is scary when you hear the parish official in central louisiana saying that it basically snuck up on them and they were surprised. even though there were a big picture warnings about the region, that you and others have been making going back to last friday as you noted a moment ago, but he said t

people like to ask us in mississippi about how is it we've got the grant papers in mississippi, for example. one of the things we tell them, and some actually believe it, what you have happening is a famous letter during the wilderness campaign lincoln writes to grant. grant had already written to lincoln, back and forth. he says, look, hang on with a ew as much asand ch possible. the mascot of mississippi state university is the bulldog. >> no, no, no. we are not going there. [laughter] john: i have to get that in. >> one last question, then we will go to the audience. grant ends his memoirs at the end of the war. is that because that is what people are interested in? is that because he did not want to talk about the presidency? what is that about? john: the answer is yes. [laughter] john: actually, what grant came to realize was that people wanted to read about what he did in that war. they could not have cared less about his presidency. by the same token, grant is the only president in american history from andrew jackson to woodrow wilson, nobody else serves two terms except for ulysses

at least 14 tornadoes were reported today in mississippi and louisiana. that is a rare outbreak in december. one death was confirmed in vernon parish, louisiana. 11 others have died on icy roads in kansas, nebraska, and missouri. an avalanche killed a snowboarder in the mountains of utah, and the danger is far from over as the storms push east. mola lenghi tonight leads off our coverage with this widespread destruction. >> reporter: drone footage shows rwned trees and damage to homes after a tornado touched down in afwards, mississippi. this school in alexandria, louisiana, was ripped to shreds anter a tornado was on the ground for 63 miles this afternoon. 50 miles west in vernon parish, the same twister killed one person in their home. to the north in webster parish, arother tornado left just twisted metal and wood, now a part of the landscape where a home once stood. these tornadoes are part of the same storm system that began in the rockies and moved east this weekend. on sunday, hard-driving snow wreaked havoc on missouri highways. parts of kansas cit

call from i got a a mississippi and working at the white house. i was in florida on vacation with the family. he said i think there is something you should read. be even described it as a smoking gun. i got on a plane and flew back. he met me at the baltimore airport late at night. i read it by car light on the way back to washington. it was obvious at that point that the one article of impeachment for obstruction of justice would hold. i basically acknowledged i would support that one article of impeachment. i actually had one newspaper in ironically, the name of the newspaper was the popular vote democrat -- poplarville democrat that condemned me for not sticking with nixon. >> you wrote an article when the tape came out to say though you had voted against all three articles of impeachment, but you said when it went to the house, you would vote for it. that must of been very difficult. >> very difficult. at that point, there were not but about two or three resisting. >> did you talk to wiggins, sandlin, and moorehead? did they come to the same c

of the entire civil war he crosses the mississippi and in november and december, north-central mississippi, followed the railroad to jackson, shift right and go out to vicksburg, he has to come back but in and out he lost control of his troops, in iowa and indiana, went on occupation duty in tennessee. it reminded me of vietnam actually and re-develop a hatred in the country. using snuff for example, gums or tobacco. and tools in the field and equipment resting. it sounds minor. this is a cultural degradation where you are reducing the person you know on the simple cultural scale and an atrocity against them. we are not talking, to free slaves. grant didn't want it. they put 21,000 union blue. he, not lincoln. and one country declare slavery, illegally, they can to do that but under the power, war powers given to him he had a right -- slavery is a state issue. lincoln couldn't end slavery on the border states. even slaves and union occupied territory but he doesn't want to begin a social revolution but his troops he three things. they see slaves helping the confederacy but african-american

at least 14 tornadoes were reported today in mississippi and louisiana. that is a rare outbreak in december. one death was confirmed in vernon parish, louisiana. 11 others have died on icy roads in kansas, nebraska, and missouri. an avalanche killed a snowboarder in the mountains of utah, and tonight the danger is far from over as the storms push east. mola lenghi tonight leads off our coverage with this widespread destruction. >> reporter: drone footage shows downed trees and damage to homes after a tornado touched down in edwards, mississippi. this school in alexandria, louisiana, was ripped to shreds after a tornado was on the ground for 63 miles this afternoon. 50 miles west in vernon parish, the same twister killed one person in their home. to the north in webster parish, another tornado left just twisted metal and wood, now a part of the landscape where a home once stood. these tornadoes are part of the same storm system that began in the rockies and moved east this weekend. on sunday, hard-driving snow wreaked havoc on missouri highways. parts of k

host: it wasn't just mississippi. in alabama, the figure rose from 24% to 57%, and one million new voters were registered within a few years after the bill became , bringing african-american registration to a record 62%. guest: part of what we see is in wisconsin. -- theresin, you had were 60,000 fewer votes cast in wisconsin in 2016 than there were in 2012. wisconsin had implemented a racially discriminatory voter id law, among other things. 80 targeted milwaukee were 70 80 -- itthis date's -- targeted milwaukee, where 70% up african-americans in the state live. lack voter turnout went down -- black voter turnout went down by 7%. when we look at early voting turnout like in north carolina, their state legislature targeted the days african-americans turned out early in droves to vote early, and removed those that so there is an email goes around republican circles, where they are celebrating in 2016 the 8% decrease in early voting turnout for african-americans. so, this is what we are seeing across-the-board. the hous

dozens of tornados were reported in mississippi, louisiana, and alabama. these tornadoes were part of the same system that hammered the midwest yesterday. drivers are urged to stay off snow- and ice-covered roads. at least 12 people have died. our chief meteorologist tells us where the storm is headed next. >>> a dynamic storm system impacted the eastern half of the country monday, continuing into tuesday, and it started with a deadly tornado outbreak. severe weather across portions of the south resulted in over 30 tornado reports. you see across mississippi, louisiana, and into alabama, with multiple injuries reported as well. if there's any good news, it moves across on tuesday. very low possibility of tornados as that front exits the coast. what it will bring is dangerous snow and ice to portions of the notheast. you can see this shield of snow early tuesday along new york and pennsylvania that will head to new england, bringing snow and ice into boston, much of massachusetts, into vermont and new hampshire with dangerous icing across portions of rhode

it's just north of tupelo, mississippi. jericka, in alexandria, this system brought along winter weather. i was about an hour to the west of here yesterday. we were wearing flip-flops and short-sleeved t-shirts, and today we're dressed appropriately like it's winter. >> i can tell it's cold out there, david. thank you so much. >>> millions of the people in the northeast face slippery systems because of the deadly storm is. it dumped as much as 9 inches of snow on parts of the midwest in the last three days. now it's causing snow, ice, thunderstorms, and possibly flooding from missouri to rain. cbs news climate expert jeff berardelli has more. >> look at all of this snow and ice. to boston, not an easy commute r as you can same here's a lack hour by hour. late this morning, snowy in boston but starting to turn over to an icy mix. that is some of the most damaging conditions this morning where we have that mix of ice and snow. here we are at 4:00 p.m. rain along the coast, but just inland, it's snow and still ice. to round ou

by the spring, i was his chairman in mississippi. i was excited about that. i thought he was what we needed at the time. it also gave me a chance to salve my conscience for what i have done in 1976, even though i endorsed him and i tried to be helpful, i did not go to the convention because i could not stand the thought of all i knew would happen at the republican convention in 1976. timothy: in your book, you give the impression that you might have actually switched the mississippi delegation, in which reagan would have been nominated. the vote was 17-16 in favor of the ford position. if i had been there and voted my conscience, i probably would have switched that vote the other way. timothy: what did you mean in the book when you said that your watergate judiciary express was -- experience was a watershed? what did that mean? mr. lott: it had so many profound effects on me, both in terms of what i was exposed to and the disappointment, but the learning i went through with how the media conducts itself. it really showed me the partisan side of congress, the

i remember i got a call from a mississippi and working at the white house. i was in florida on vacation with the family. he said i think there is something you should read. i think he may be even described it as a smoking gun. i got on a plane and flew back. he met me at the baltimore airport late at night. i read it by car light on the way back to washington. it was obvious at that point that the one article of impeachment for obstruction of would be unavoidable. i basically acknowledged i would support that one article of impeachment. i actually had one newspaper in my district, and ironically, the name of the newspaper was "the poplarville democrat," that condemned me for not sticking with nixon. >> you wrote an article when the tape came out to say though you had voted against all three articles of impeachment, but you said when it went to the house, you would vote for it. that must have been very difficult. >> very difficult. at that point, there were not but about two or three resisting. >> did you talk to wiggins, sandlin, and moorehead? did they come

by the spring, i was his chairman in mississippi. i was excited about that. i thought he was what we needed at the time. it also gave me a chance to salve my conscience for what i have done in 1976, even though i endorsed him and i tried to be helpful, i did not go to the convention because i could not stand the thought of all i knew would happen at the republican convention in 1976. timothy: in your book, you give the impression that you might have actually switched the mississippi delegation, in which reagan would have been nominated. mr. lott: the vote was 17-16 in favor of the ford position. if i had been there and voted my conscience, i probably would have switched that vote the other way. timothy: what did you mean in the book when you said that your watergate judiciary experience was a watershed? what did that mean? mr. lott: it had so many profound effects on me, both in terms of what i was exposed to and the disappointment, but the learning i went through with how the media conducts itself. it really showed me the partisan side of congress, the ugly

. >> reporter: reports of another possible tornado touching down in mississippi trees uprooted, a neighborhood in ruins millions of other americans facing a blast of winter drivers struggle through the snow in missouri and much of the midwest. while the northeast is expected to get hit with a winter storm, a storm welcome by some. >> i don't like the heat i like the cold. >> reporter: and there is plenty of that cold in the forecast dan scheneman, nbc news. >> all right so he says plenty of cold left how much is plenty here's nbc's meteorologist janessa webb tracking the storm. good morning, janessa. >> good morning. it continues to wreak havoc across the south with over 37 tornadoes in the last 24 hours the squall line continues to brew, but really starting to let up on the northern side of the system, you can see the pink, that's freezing rain, a little bit of gropple in pittsburgh and new york city, on top that of snow cleveland to buffalo. that's where you'll see the significant snowfall in the next 24 hours accumulation up to 6 to 8 inches new york city, pittsburgh, central pennsylvania,

most of the tornadoes reported in mississippi. in guntown, mississippi, several homes and churches were challenged. no one was killed. and the town's mayor called that a blessing. a woman was killed in a mobile home in vernon parish. and a man and his wife were killed. >>> the big pharma family accused of fuelling the opioid crisis withdrew 10 billion as the scandal was building. and it could be untouchable overseas. >>> former pakistan president pervez musharraf was sentenced to death for high treason. he seized power in a military coup in 1999 and ran pakistan as president from 2001-2008. he is currently in dubai receiving medical treatment. >>> trade negotiators from the u.s. and mexico says the trade deal is a done deal, despite last-minute objections and complaints from mexico in that bill. matt rivers is in mexico city. >> reporter: this has been a confusing couple of days in mexico to say the least, surrounding this usmca deal. in terms of getting this deal passed now appears to be resolved. how did we get here in the first

they work for mississippi's economy and they work for america's economy. and so i just want to thank you very much for your leadership on regulatory reform, your adership on cutting taxes, lowering regulations and the trade deal. it's making a difference in my tate and across the country. >> i want to build on the momentum of where we are. we've lowered regulatory costs of $50 million over three years. we're going to double that in the year 2020. what that looks like is about $220 billion of savings to the economy per year. so substantial growth from deregulatory initiatives. that's about $3,100 per family that's going to benefit when we're all said and done, when the president and the vice president are all said and done, of real money in households' pockets. that looks like about three mortgage payments. that's about the size of a family's entire gas bill for the year. so this is real money, real benefits, and it's only just begun. president trump: thank you very much. >> let me pile on the praise. and tell you why it's so easy to do so in terms of a few

potentes tornados causaron devastaciÓn en luisiana y mississippi. la cÁmara de representantes se alista para votar sobre el juicio polÍtico al presidente trump. congresistas son campo de crÍticas en sus distritos. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. ♪ ♪ locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn edición nocturna, con enrique acevedo y patricia janiot. patricia: buenas noches. un nuevo reporte confirma los temores que habÍan advertido muchos activistas. que el asilo polÍtico sería casi imposible para los inmigrantes devueltos a mÉxico, a esperar el resultado de sus casos. cifras recientes revelan que apenas se ha concedido un Ínfimo porcentaje de peticiones. ante el standard panorama, muchos vuelven a sus paÍses, justamente lo que pretendÍa el gobierno de trump. pedro: miles de personas continÚan esperando en mÉxico a que se decida su solicitud de asilo en estados unidos. segÚn estadÍsticas, el 0.1% de los casos se aprueba. esta abogada considera que quienes esperan en mÉxico tienen menos posibilidades de aprobaciÓn, principalmente por

el mal tiempo tambien golpea parte de lousiana, mississippi y alabama.. alli, al menos tres personas han muerto y se reporta, mas una decena de heridos, esto ante el paso de unos 25 poderosos tornados.veamos este video que compartio un residente en redes desde columbia, mississippi, donde se ve la fuerza destructiva de uno que toco tierra causando multiples daqos... otro de los videos, tambien en columbia, muestra el desastre que dejo uno de esos tornados que molio al menos 12 edificios y dejo tres personas heridas.el alcalde de la ciudad pidio a los residentes quedarse en casa y anuncio que cualquier persona que sea atrapada saqueando ira a la carcel... a esta hora mas de un millon de personas estan bajo alerta, ante el desarrollo de tornados...para saber mas, nos conectamos con albert martinez, jefe de meteorologia de univision.albert se acerca la navidad ?que podemos esperar para estos proximos dias?. ?en cuanto a la nieve, donde se seguira acumulando? el comite de reglas establece hoy los parametros para el debate que tendra lugar maqana en el pleno d

potentes tornados causaron devastaciÓn en luisiana y mississippi. la cÁmara de representantes se alista para votar sobre el juicio polÍtico al presidente trump. congresistas son campo de crÍticas en sus distritos. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. ♪ ♪ locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn edición nocturna, con enrique acevedo y patricia janiot. patricia: buenas noches. un nuevo reporte confirma los temores que habÍan advertido muchos activistas. que el asilo polÍtico sería casi imposible para los inmigrantes devueltos a mÉxico, a esperar el resultado de sus casos. cifras recientes revelan que apenas se ha concedido un Ínfimo porcentaje de peticiones. ante el standard panorama, muchos vuelven a sus paÍses, justamente lo que pretendÍa el gobierno de trump. pedro: miles de personas continÚan esperando en mÉxico a que se decida su solicitud de asilo en estados unidos. segÚn estadÍsticas, el 0.1% de los casos se aprueba. esta abogada considera que quienes esperan en mÉxico tienen menos posibilidades de aobaciÓn, principalmente por la

toni in mississippi, harold in colorado. and when toni was finally able to move west to be with harold -- >> they suffered a lot of fertility issues and had miscarriages. it was a sadness to her. >> reporter: back in mississippi, toni's brother todd and sister-in-law rhonda were also struggling to have a baby. but then after years of disappointment for both couples, all their prayers were answered. >> we both ended up pregnant at the same time. >> reporter: that must have been a really happy time given what you went through to get there. >> absolutely. >> all of a sudden, you know, good news here, good news here, and, you know, get ready because, you know, you're going to have a houseful. >> reporter: in june of 2005, toni and harold welcomed their baby girl, haley. by then, todd and rhonda already had anna kate. when the girls were a little over a year old, the henthorns came to mississippi and the who cousins got to meet. >> it was a very happy occasion. and i do remember toni just being so happy to have haley, so -- and s

blayne alexander nbc news, jackson, mississippi. >> a fascinating idea. >>> we'll take a break, just ahead, outrage after a group of high school students of students on a field trip find cameras in their hotel rooms. >> if you haven't sent holiday packages yet, where you should look for the cheapest deals on shipping to still get the deals there on time. >>> well, it has happened again. hidden cameras discovered in hotel rooms this time by high school students on a field trip in minneapolis here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: students discovered hidden cameras in their hotel room tonight madison school district staying tight-lipped on details but confirmed a school staff member accompanying the students was put on administrative leave as a precautionary measure the sky cams were only hidden in the teen's rooms the hyatt says no other devices were found and no one associated with the hotel was involved. minneapolis police are actively investigating while students and parents remain on edge spying on hotel guests is becoming alarmingly common. >> i'm so angry. >> reporter: most famou

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mississippi. was wounded in the arm and in 1863.general cleburne called him the bravest man in the confederate army. his men called him the preacher general, so he must have been fun to be around. confederate soldier sam watkins actually wrote about polk, in his book. every battle polk was engaged in men to in, he led his victory or held the enemy at bay. he always seemed to snatch victory out of the very jaws of defeat. in every battle, polk's brigade of cleburne's division, the making of his name as the stonewall of the west was due to lucius polk. guard,rat was to the old what sam watkins said. so they have to cross chickamauga creek. i took a picture of the creek in june of 1997, and it was still pretty high at the time. remember, november 27, it is pretty cold, very cold. apparently there were ice floes on the river that evening. this is at about the spot cleburne's men crossed. you can see the town of ringgold has put a little walking path along the side of chickamauga creek. another picture

pueden trabajar, no tienen para comer, y han sido separadas, a tres meses de la mega redada de ice en m mississippi les mostramos la desesperaciÓn de decena de familias latinas >> lunes de cangas las ventas en este cyborg mandaermonday sa $9,000,000,000 las ofertas son t tentadoras pero mucho cuidado con las estafas tenemos consejos para que no caiga en la trampa . >> noticias telemundo con josÉ dÍaz balar no nos dieron con el dedo asÍ dicen los lebaron on las investigaciones y dispuestos a colaborar con las autoridades, dicen que van a exigir justicia y mÁs seguridad. el encuentro de dos horas con el presidente de mÉxico pero a pesar de mostrarse conforme con las investigaciones y dispuestos a colaborar con las autoridades dicen que van a exigir justicia y mÁs segurida hablamos con ellos >> siento que se hace las cosas >> al salir de la reuniÓn con el presidente adriÁn le barÓn y se que si hay avances y estÁn contentos que no se escapen los con la investigaciÓn de la masacre de nueve de sus familiares pero por ahora no darÁn detalles para que no se escapen los criminales >> hay cierta

blayne alexander nbc news, jackson, mississippi. >> a fascinating idea. >>> we'll take a break, just ahead, outrage after a group of high school students of students on a field trip find cameras in their hotel rooms. >> if you haven't sent holiday packages yet, where you should look for the cheapest deals on shipping to still get the deals there on time. >>> well, it has happened again. hidden cameras discovered in hotel rooms this time by high school students on a field trip in minneapolis here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: students discovered hidden cameras in their hotel room the school staying tight-lipped on details but confirmed a school staff member accompanying the students was put on administrative leave as a precautionary measure. the sky cams were only hidden in the teen's rooms the hyatt says no other devices were found and no one associated with the hotel was involved. minneapolis police are actively investigating while students and parents remain on edge spying on hotel guests is becoming alarmingly common. >> i'm so angry. >> reporter: most famously broadcaster er e

this mass for people's assembly and in the back hills of mississippi and alabama, we're finding a lot of people who have decided to read their bibles and not just listen to greed and fall well and read what the gospel says and they know something is deeply frubling. it's something deeply troubling, they are saying, when somebody can say there are four against abortion but for taking health care once people get here. they're for tax cuts for the wealthy but they're against living wages here when the bible clearly instructs the labor. they're for the capitol being in jerusalem but not for dealing with the poverty and the problem of capitol among the poor here in this country. i do believe and i'm meeting peep logical over, white and black, many who identify themselves as evangelical but they stop because of the way the title has been hijacked and we must recover it j take it back. >> that's one of the last parts of that editorial.

. >> alabama and mississippi suffered the worst. but tornadoes reported as far north as pennsylvania. >> we have breaking news on cnn, two children in texas now confirmed dead after at least two powerful tornadoes touched down there today. >> the rash of storms killed at least eight people including three children. number seven, in october more than a dozen wildfires tore across california. >> right now brand new brush fire has flared up this morning if simi valley threatening neighborhoods and the ronald reagan libly. >> there goes the -- right on cue we've seen helicopters coming through, the super soakers dropping retardants. >> a library spokeman saying it caused half a million dollars in damage. shut off power to thousands in an effort to prevent firefighters. firefighters worked tirelessly to save people and homes from the flames. hundreds of thousands were forced to evacuate. number six. >> hundreds of active bushfires raging across australia after a heat wave. the unprecedented number of fires has burned millions of acres an

attorney for the southern district of mississippi. cnn has made repeated requests to interview u.s. attorney mike hearst. >>> just ahead as lawmakers decide how to break the impasse over the terms of the senate impeachment trial, one republican senator is speaking out against majority leader mitch mcconnell and his coordination with the white house. we'll speak to a democratic congressman about that, next. >>> and we are moments away from the opening bell on wall street. while stocks are expected to start the day after christmas flat, it was likely a good holiday season for retailers. mastercard said retail sales during the two months before christmas rose 3.4% compared to last year. and amazon says two of the most popular gifts under the tree this year were the instantpot pressure cooker and roomba robot vacuum. at leaf blowers. you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. make ice. making ice. but you're not mad because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and s

most of the tornadoes reported in mississippi. in guntown, mississippi, several homes and churches were challenged. no one was killed. and the town's mayor called that a blessing. a woman was killed in a mobile home in vernon parish. and a man and his wife were killed. >>> the big pharma family accused of fuelling the opioid crisis withdrew $10 billion as a new audit shows the withdrawals from 2008-2018, as the crisis was worsening, were more than eight-times as much as the previous decade. there's growing concern that a large chunk of the sacklers' wealth would be overseas p that would put it out of reach for plaintiffs and purdue suing them for the dangers of oxycontin. pursue says the audit shows extreme transparency. >>> coming up, drew brees cementing his hall of fame legacy with his performance on "monday night football." andy sholes has that. looks likes and you feel like this. aveeno® skin relief. get skin healthy™ up here at the dewar's distillery, all our whiskies are aged, blended and aged again. it's the reason our

host: it wasn't just mississippi. in alabama, the figure rose from 24% to 57%, and one million new voters were registered within a few years after the bill became , bringing african-american registration to a record 62%. guest: part of what we see is in wisconsin. -- theresin, you had were 60,000 fewer votes cast in wisconsin in 2016 than there were in 2012. wisconsin had implemented a racially discriminatory voter id law, among other things. 80 targeted milwaukee were 70 80 -- itthis date's -- targeted milwaukee, where 70% up african-americans in the state live. lack voter turnout went down -- black voter turnout went down by 7%. when we look at early voting turnout like in north carolina, their state legislature targeted the days african-americans turned out early in droves to vote early, and removed those that so there is an email goes around republican circles, where they are celebrating in 2016 the 8% decrease in early voting turnout for african-americans. so, this is what we are seeing across-the-board. the hous

not going straight to vicksburg but going and relieving a threat on his rear, jackson, mississippi, and fighting at raymond and jackson, move and foo trying to capture vicksburg by storm and settling into a siege. that will fall to the union. just the largest confederate mass surrender until the end of the civil war. it is an astounding victory for the union. coupled with a victory that happens a week later at port hudson, louisiana. another siege is lifted. the anaconda plan started the beginning of the war, finally taking shape, the confederates not only are having trouble getting things into their ports, but they don't krolt mississippi river. it doesn't just cut the confederacy in two in a symbolic way. the confederates have no way to cross the tennessee -- the mississippi river with their men, with their slaves, with their beef, with their salt, where is the confederates supposed to get this stuff? somewhere else in the blockade, they choose florida, not as well equipped as anything like this. a stunning defeat for the confederates and by far more important than gettysburg, i don't

todo de patricia: un grupo de salvadoreÑos alista maletas para venir a mississippi, a trabajar legalmente en campos agrÍcolas. forman parte del programa piloto de visa de trabajo, vendrÁn por cuatro meses, luego entra un segundo grupo. reportero: las caravana de indocumentados podrÍa ser cosa del pasado, en el salvador. moisÉs tejada es una muestra de eso. >> me siento feliz de ir legalmente a trabajar,poner en alto a el salvador. salvador: Él es parte del primer contingente de 50 campesinos que viajan con boleto pagado y con la visa h2a, otorgada por los estados unidos. >> van con destino a mississippi, a trabajar en el tema agrÍcola. salvador: es una gestiÓn que ha hecho el gobierno de el salvador, con empresas estadounidenses que accedieron a emplear mano de obra de este paÍs centroamericano. >> hemos estado en coordinaciÓn con empresa. hemos garantizado absolutamente todo el marco legal. ademÁs de eso, el respeto al estado de derecho material laboral de los estados unidos. salvador: significa alimentaciÓn y vivienda para los trabajadores. la cual correrÁ a cuenta de la emp

and of course mississippi alabama louisiana think of them on the map the three of the new territories and states rising up along the gulf of mexico along the gulf coast. the american settlers swarming into territories and states like those three they needed and demanded a nearly bottomless supply of forced labor to cut sugarcane and pick cotton. it seems that they would take almost anyone to do that work including children of as young as 10-year-old cornelius sinclair. planters might not have liked a small proportion five percent of their and slave labor force from kidnappers but they have few other options. they been forced to look to forces within the united states to satisfy their labor needs ever since 1808 the year lawmakers in washington passed legislation that outlawed any further slave imports from overseas from africa, from the caribbean, wherever it might be. that 1808 decision outlawing further legal participation in atlantic slavery. it proved to be a major turning point in the history of slavery in america.the 1808 decision spurred the growth of an internal slave trade wi

a mississippi town is still reeling months after one of the largest i.c.e. raids in u.s. history. nearly 700 workers most latino swept up in that operation back in august. many families now live in fear another raid is coming. cnn's nick valencia reports. >> reporter: like so many others here, sophia hernandez is worried. three yeahs ago used the money saved working at the local chicken plants to buy this mexican market, but now with business crippled by the i.c.e. raids in august she doesn't know if she'll be able to keep it open. had to cut hours of employees. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> you're worried. >> [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> you're worried. >> [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> reporter: latinos make up nearly a quarter of the more than 3,600 residents here. looking at the streets, wouldn't be able to tell as rumors spread of another raid, most have chose ton spend their days in hiding's in the nearly four months since the raids on chicken processing plants across six mississippi cities, miguel's wife is among the dozens detained leaving him to care f

there was a large church in mississippi that was wiped off its foundation. cnn's nick valencia is live in gun town, mississippi. what are you seeing around you, nick? >> good morning, alisyn. those tornados, nearly 30 of them ripping across a huge swath of the southeast affecting states like alabama, louisiana, and here in mississippi. this is gun town mississippi, a bedroom community as described by the mayor, about 2,500 residents. most of them live here and work in nearby tupelo. this is the subdivision that took the brunt of the damage of the tornado that came through here yesterday afternoon. i mentioned they have 2,500 residents. the mayor said they're lucky. those who were injured, a man and a woman were actually trying to take shelter as that tornado was ripping through here. they were knocked down by the wind. the mayor credits a reverse weather alert system sent to land lines and cell phones to alert residents that a tornado was on its way. later this morning, you can see behind me here, a fire truck has just shown up. you have police personnel mak

llegan medio centenar de salvadoreÑos para trabajar en los campos agrÍcolas de mississippi, mediante un ♪ david. lo siento pero tenemos que despedirte por el dui que te van a dar. amor, solo quiero que veas a la niÑa antes de que vayas a la cÁrcel. nos harÁs falta. david, estÁs a punto de chocar y matar a mi familia. vas a causar mucho dolor. maneja tomado y serÁs arrestado. una bebida se puede convertir en dos. y un medicamento puede ser más fuerte de lo que pensabas. ¡para! hay muchas maneras de obtener un dui y muchas maneras sobrias de ir. lo que elijas. vaya con cuidado, california. una bebida se puede convertir en dos. y un medicamento puede ser más fuerte de lo que pensabas. ¡para! hay muchas maneras de obtener un dui y muchas maneras sobrias de ir. lo que elijas. vaya con cuidado, california. ♪ ♪ ♪ ilia: el lujoso yate del cantante marc anthony se hundiÓ luego de ser consumido por las llamas en miami. el incendio de la embarcaciÓn valorada en 7 millones de dÓlares fue controlado por 45 bomberos que tardaron dos horas para extinguir el fuego. afortunadament

latinos make up nearly a quarter of the residents in morton, mississippi, but looking at the streets, you wouldn't be able to tell. as rumors spread of another raid, most have chosen to spend their days in hiding. in the nearly four months since the raids on chicken processing plants across six mississippi cities, miguel's wife is among the dozens still detained. leaving him to care for their three children alone. their daughter was just four months old when it happened. she was still nursing. she cried and cried he says of his baby. i had to keep fighting for her. he is physically and mentally exhausted. recently she signed voluntary deportation orders. soon the family will be reunited again, but not in the united states. it is not that it was hard, it still is hard. he says the financial burden of being a sole breadwinner and now sole caretaker. those who were released were let go on the condition that they couldn't work and that makes it pretty hard to pay the bills which means that they have had to rely on the kindness of others, including churches like this one. but even they don

to west point mississippi in the 18 forties and when the war start spring 1861 and then in the 44th mississippi infantry. and officers from the slaveholding glass he would have brought a body servant as their personal slave. so these men would have existed with the confederate military hierarchy. it was likely taken at a studio early in the war. what's really interesting is it's very likely what you see as weapons are studio props even uniform that cyrus is wearing is a studio pop although you will see that camp slaves did wear uniforms which i will talk about later. so i look at this photograph now after how many times over the last ten years, there's something quite funny about it. i chuckled quite a bit because what i see is not to confederate soldiers and then walks into a studio to see all these weapons and the first thing that comes to his mind is to demonstrate in the form of a photograph to send back to his family to cram in as many weapons as possible. one in your coat jacket? stick one in their. that something bizarre is highly unusual as we will see as they are standing next to the a

veamos cÓmo nada es igual. >> despuÉs de esa gran redada que hubo aquÍ en mississippi, ha estado la ciudad muy afectada. hay gente que ha decidido irse a otros estados. otra gente decidiÓ cortarse su grillete y huir. reportera: todo esto es lo que han visto a pasar aquÍ, yolanda soto, quienes todos conocen como nena. >> la necesidad, que no hay trabajo. sigue llegando ayuda, pero no igual como en un principio. >> la gran pregunta es: si no hay trabajo, ¿quÉ pasa con las fÁbricas? >> una la van a cerrar. otras siguen trabajando pero no igual. reportera: otras estÁn distribuyendo la poca comida que le llega, y desarrollando el movimiento "mississippi resiste", para juntar ayuda para quienes han quedado en el desamparo. en la iglesia habÍamos conocido a muchas familias que fran separadas por la redada. >> arrestaron a mi mujer, y me siento muy triste. reportera: una de ellas fue berilda, que con seis meses de embarazo le colocaron este grillete que la incomodaba por la retenciÓn de lÍquidos. >> me dijeron que se me lo ponÍa tenía que ser flojo porque no aguantaba el dolor de pie. r

by the way, in mississippi we won the governorship, a very close ration. it was tied going in, two days before. i went up. we made a speech. we had a rally and he won by a lot. we have a wonderful governor in mississippi and everybody else won. both candidates won a lot. we have never had the spirit that we had. i don't think we've ever had the spirit that we have right now in the republican party and the impeachment hoax is what's done it. so that's the way -- honestly i think you people know that better than anyone. >> the dow is down over 400 points. the china trade deal -- >> it's not -- let me tell you. when we picked it up it was about 16,000 or 15,000 and now almost at 30,000. it's going to be at 30,000. i have to tell you if it's not going to be a good deal, i'm not signing a bad deal. we have picked up record numbers in our stock markets. that's the way i feel. vi to make the right deal. i'm not going to make a deal that's not going to be great for our country. it can't be an even deal. if it's an even deal, it's no good. china -- other presidents

devastating twisters have hit parts of louisiana and mississippi. we'll check in now. at least 1 person killed in the city of alexandria, louisiana. hit hard. that storm just about flattening the baptist church and school next door. luckily the kids were able to run for cover. and in western mississippi, tornadoes took down trees, power lines, roofs on houses and blocked major roadways as well. the twisters are just a part of the dangerous weather that's moving through that part of the country. winter storm has taken at least 10 lives, almost 60 million people were under weather alerts today. missouri was a prime target as well. a blizzard dumping 9 inches of snow there. a handful of motorists have been killed in spin outs and rollovers. kansas also reporting up to 11 inches of snow in some areas. at the live news desk, i'm ken bastida, back to you. >> out of the water. >>> a dramatic rescue caught on camera near humboldt county. an exhausted surfer was plucked out of the water. the student called for help when powerful waves started pushing him toward the dangerous ro

this comes as deep-pocketed mike bloomberg campaigns in mississippi tonight. correspondent peter doocy reports from jackson. >> is building our michael bloomberg brings his brand-new campaign to mississippi -- >> the city and state haven't got as much tension from other presidential candidates. >> kamala harris is bowing out. >> my campaign for president simile does not have the financial resources to continue. >> emailing supporters i am not a billionaire, i can't find my own campaign. there was no sinuses coming seven days ago at paris headquarters in iowa and from things giving to caucus day, does anything change or are you just going to -- >> we are just pushing through. >> the night harris made 100 caused 100 organizers in the state trying to my preserve a campaign that generated buzz with the swing. >> you also worked with them but today, no hard feelings. >> i have mixed emotions because she is really a solid person. >> a bite and apparently thinks less of candidates still in the race like mayor pete buttigieg and william accused of ripping off his heal

this the one ripping through gun town, mississippi. a string of at t aslolesian mississippi, and alabama yesterday. 3 people confirmed dead. in louisiana you can see this school, partially destroyed. people trying their best to clean up that mess. emergency response teams are still searching for people who may be stuck underneath the rubble. >>> let's go to darren peck now for the latest on our weather and rain. >> yes, meanwhile here at home, we have 2 california storms coming our way whic means rain. we can h handle that. but the timing is impeccable. the first storm rains on the drive to work tomorrow, and the second storm keeps a chance of rain all weekend. let me show you what these look like. there's the view from the top of the sales force tower. plenty of clouds showing up and temperatures in the mid-50s. that's pretty typical. pretty much right on the mark. looking at high def doppler, you can already see the rainy commute in the band of green sitting off the coast. a closer look and a switch from high def doppler into futurec

. >> and he said i know this guy in mississippi. it was lance bass. >> in mississippi, no one ever dremts dreamt of being a successful musician. it was out of the cards for someone like me. >> reporter: until a phone call changed his life. >> i arrived, 14 year old justin timberlake looking real cool and sly. then they have lou pearlman, and they pull up in the rolls-royce limo, that's how i'm introduced to this whole world. >> reporter: the five became 'n sync and would go through the same boot camp as back is street boys. >> if wt was so hard, and it rey took us months to focus on that and learn thousand dance without being out of breath. >> i would come watch and be there to make sure they're getting the best training, that they're getting pampered with every possible need. that is what i did. ♪ every beat ♪ >> so the first show we ever did was a showcase we did at pleasure island. and we just did some of the songs that we had. >> reporter: like back street boys, 'n sync needed a record deal. >> every record exec out there tu

nothing that brings mississippi together more than friday night lights. and to have this many in the first eams district is quite an honor. i'm proud of the young men who their all in the heat of august two-a-days, the regular eason and the playoffs and finally at the rock in hattiesburg to win a state championship. to recognize the hard work and dedication of the ands, cheerleaders, dance teams, and all the other participants who make football games such an exciting friday ight community event in mississippi. i want to give a big thank you o the parents who drove their children two and from practice, spent every friday night in the state ofing across the mississippi to watch their kids compete on the field. finally, i want to express my eart-felt gratitude to the teachers, school administrators and coaches that worked every ay to make sure that our kids have a bright future on the field and in the classroom. thank you, mr. speaker, and i back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman five exas, mr. green, for minutes. the chair recogni

have one - - helping appellation just made life harder there and i do have a long treatment that the mississippi delegation was not seated and that decision was a betrayal by organized labor to turn away those people because they had to vote with the regular mississippi party. >> i'm excited to be one - - read your book it seems like a rightful successor but there seems to be two schools of thought of the welfare state but first it was counterproductive and second more common and if you include transfers and tax credits you will see they help to reach poverty and we should not accept so much more of the scandinavian or european so basically enough transfers now and you can count that with benefits are without so when you go without what are we doing? i would argue we are anesthetizing people they are so accustomed they don't see an opportunity to work and they don't believe they can work. so it's a drug even if they keep people quiet clearly some of the benefits of the sixties particularly the money flowing from the office of economic opportunity was meant to call people not to riot. because it

rashad is joining us from olive branch, mississippi. democrats line, what do you think? >> i think this whole, you know, process of impeachment has been a total sham, but the democrats someone who came of age in 2008, i voted democrat in 2008 and 2012. and the way the democrats have operated here has been a total farce in my opinion. as far as donald trump goes, i don't think this phone call is perfect as he says, but, you know, i think with the way adam schiff has operated, you know, he pretty much said the other day when they announced articles of impeachment and so the question is to why they -- when they subpoena people that they want to interview to the white house, why they didn't wait to go to the courts. he said they had to wait eight months for a court to rule on just on having don mcgahn. that tells it all to me as to why they rushed it forward so fast. >> some have suggested censure over impeachment? >> i think they should have gone that route. they would have to go on record as to whether or not they agree with the actions of donald trump. i think it would ha