ways has a feel a lot like new orleans, an old port city with traditions and quirky and sometimes spooky history. i always kind of feel at home in baltimore just as i feel at home in new orleans. where i lived for ten years. what i want to do tonight is introduce you to this case that has kind of disappeared from the american memory. but for the summer of 1870 captivated the nation. newspaper readers across the country. try to explain it to you so that you can see what i saw as i stumbled across it. i began writing -- i found this story while i was doing much more traditional legal history. i was researching the famous slaughterhouse cases, the first case where the supreme court interpreted the 14th amendment. i was reading every single day of the new orleans newspapers in 1870. suddenly, there's this story about a white baby being abducted by two african-american women. the rumor begins to circulate that the baby has been abducted for use as a voodoo sacrifice. what could that possibly be about? is that true or is that just the press telling a story? the new orleans newspapers ta

poe. baltimore in many ways has a feel a lot like new orleans, an old port city with traditions and quirky and sometimes spooky history. i always kind of feel at home in baltimore just as i feel at home in new orleans. where i lived for ten years. what i want to do tonight is introduce you to this case that has kind of disappeared from the american memory. but for the summer of 1870 captivated the nation. newspaper readers across the country. try to explain it to you so that you can see what i saw as i stumbled across it. i began writing -- i found this story while i was doing much more traditional legal history. i was researching the famous slaughterhouse cases, the first case where the supreme court interpreted the 14th amendment. i was reading every single day of the new orleans newspapers in 1870. suddenly, there's this story about a white baby being abducted by two african-american women. the rumor begins to circulate that the baby has been abducted for use as a voodoo sacrifice. what could that possibly be about? is that true or is that just the press telling a story? the new

they decide to take a trip to new orleans. i think that was sort of an attempt to see if they can make the marriage work. from what i understand, the trip to new orleans was actually fairly successful. >> patrick chronicles the journey on facebook, chronicleing this photo with the caption, good thing starla didn't see this. despite the innocent facade, they are exploring the transgression, of the big easy, eventually it leads them to the man prosecutors label witness no. 1. >> his wife had found him randomly as we understand and tried to get him to buy what i believe was cocaine at that time. >> not only does the witness claim to know the best places to purchase the drug, he introduces himself under a cousin's alias is there that was the name he used originally with he and his wife. so there were some issues with identity theft. >> patrick says the witness tells an erroneous tale about the recent deaths of his fiancee and two children. >> he and his wife had taken some pity on the witness. the witness returned to charlottesville with them and lived with them for a while. >> why is

orleans and they made the traitor who took him to new orleans. we think he is in new orleans. this particular freedman's bureau agent went into the african-american community, try to find any information about this young man. went and found the slave trade. the slave trader says i don't know where they are. i don't have any records of them. maybe the company has a record. but by now, the company thinks slavery is over, so very, very difficult to try and add people because nobody had kept track of them. a particular owner kept track of his possessions or her possessions. but not in the sense of keeping any thought of a family in mind. so it was just very difficult to find family members. >> host: when it came to the slave trade, how important was new orleans? >> guest: new orleans was one of the very important ports. you've got places like richmond, virginia. charleston, new orleans. it is a place where many thousands of people were sold. big slave trading markets. there's been quite a bit of research done on new orleans. the charleston was another place where slave trading took awa

there's no question in my mind -- >> and gives two out of town lawyers a crash course in new orleans justice. >> do you really understand what you're up against? >> when evidence of innocence emerges -- >> something was going on that was very unscrupulous and was very deliberate. >> the system will stop at nothing to get what it wants. >> we had struck out and he was going to die. there's a body in the water. >> he was butchered and murdered. >> many people proclaim their innocence. >> in this case, there are many things that stink. >> this man is remorseless. >> he needs to pay for it with his life. >> the electric chair flashed before my eyes. >> get a conviction at all costs, let the truth fall where it may. >> world famous bourbon street. you can buy a song and dance for a dime. >> on december 5th, 1984, a fun loving 34-year-old bachelor from a prominent new orleans family was out on the town celebrating his promotion as vice president of one of the city's biggest hotels. >> he was a true new orleanians, the fine cuisine and music. >> late that night as he returned to his garden district

trips to a place where money flows, the big easy. a big convention town, new orleans hosts 9 million people every year. some come for work, while others are here for the party. >> new orleans is the most exciting city in the united states. when i land here, i feel like i'm home. it's going to be all about pink and black tonight. >> before antonia heads to the club, she invites me to join her in a ritual. >> so what is this place? >> it's a candle shop. >> it's not like a candle shop i've ever seen. >> it's a magic candle shop. the spirit of new orleans has to bless you in order to do well here. usually i get this one. >> he's good for luck. he's also good for money, but i think that you might want to go towards one of his girlfriends. it's the spirit that rolls over love and beauty and abundance. >> she sounds like the lady i need. >> yeah, she's a beauty. >> this is something i can only do in new orleans. >> why is it something you like to do here? >> strippers particularly, we have our beliefs, and it's so much about bringing attitude and luck and attention. and you're going into a

society. jonathan martin reports. >> reporter: in this new orleans art gallery visitors are greeted by guns. some pointing towards them. in one corner there is a jar filled with ammunition and a back wall pierced by bullets. each piece designed to share a personal story or make a bold statement. >> there are 33 individual artists in this exhibition so 33 different perspectives on the issue of guns and gun violence in our country. >> reporter: new orleans has long ranged as one of the america's deadliest cities a big reason gallery owner jonathan ferrera was moved to create guns in the hands of artists and it's forcing dialogue about it. >> you have conversations about the second amend think. conversations about murder, conversations about solutions, conversations about who cares. >> reporter: the artists from around the country use decommissioned firearms taken off the city streets as raw materials. ferrera had to work closely with the new orleans police department. >> when i originally walked in they said you want to do what with these gun? i met with officers from the evidence depart

targeting the problem of gun violence. they are transferring guns off the street of new orleans and creating a powerful new exhibit. jonathan martin has the story. >> in this new orleans gallery, visitors are greeted by guns, a back wall pierced by bullets. each presented a bold story. >> there's 33 different perspectives all on the issue of guns and gun violence in our country. >> new orleans has long ranked as one of america's most dangerous city. the exhibit is forcing frank dialogue about gun violence in the city and across america. >> you have conversations about the second amendment. you have conversations about murder. you have conversations about what are the solutions. you have conversations about who cares. >> the artists from around the country use decommissioned firearms taken off the street as raw materials. ferrara worked directly with the new orleans police department. >> i went and selected 186 guns. >> this chain is made from slices o of the barrel of a shotgun. >> debra lester is award winning photographer, her mother was killed by a home invasion 20 years ago. >>

majority to 54 seats in the senate. john roberts is live in new orleans. >> arthel, good afternoon to you. it was not just a victory for republicans last night, it was a blowout. bill cassidy buried senator mary landrieu by 12 points. cassidy rode the republican wave tapping in a deep well of resentment that really is very, very deep set clear across the state. his only line of attack was that she votes with the president 97% of the time. but that was all he needed to do. >> it was the exclamation mark. the people of louisiana put behind that which the rest of america said on november 4th. we don't like the direction president obama has taken our country. we wish to go in a different direction and i'm privileged to represent these fine folks in louisiana as we place that exclamation mark. >> cassidy's victory was a huge blow to democrats who now do not control a u.s. senate seat, st from texas all the way to the carolinas. landrieu went out gracefully. >> we honor and accept the decision tonight, but i cannot tell you all and my family how proud we are to have made a big difference ev

violence. they are transforming guns taken off of new orleans streets and creating a provocative new exhibit. >> each piece designed to tell a personal story or make a bold statement. >> there are three different perspectives on the issue of guns and gun violence in our country. >> new orleans has long ranked as one of america's deadliest cities, jonathan ferrara was compelled to create this exhibit. >> you have conversations about the second amendment. you have conversations about murder. you have conversations about solutions, you have conversations about who cares. >> consider the artists from around the country use decommissioned firearms taken off the city streets as raw materials. ferrara had to work closely with the new orleans police department. >> when i walked in they said, you whatnot to do what with these guns? i met with the evidence department and selected 186 guns. >> this chain is made from slices of the barrel of a shotgun. >> debra lester is afternoon award winning photographer, her mother was killed in a home invasion more than 20 years ago. >> if you ask a questio

quite the opposite. so i think there is always truth and misperception on both sides. in new orleans, which has had a ton of controversy as it relates to the police department, before and after katrina, as it relates to levels of brutality, of misconduct, so on and so forth, how have you found effective ways to bridge that gap that mr. stryker is talking about? and then health community members understand what real policing looks like? how do you help find that balance and have you seen success with that? whether it is in new orleans or other places where you have been working? >> i can't measure any actual success, but i can say that, through our not-for-profit, annually we put on a summit called the summit on the plight of the african-american male. we have taken different approaches to engaging the community at large, government, political officials, and particularly law enforcement, from the u.s. attorney to every day cops and the like. one of the things we realized is that new orleans, like many communities, is the tale of two cities where we have those who function well and don't have

the organizers of the march, marc morial he's also the former mayor of new orleans also husband of cbs news correspondent michelle miller he joins us from new york. as a former mayor, what do you think local governments need to do, what was the purpose of these protests and what do you want to happen now? >> so, we have articulated ten important points around police reform and police accountability. and i think that the changes that need to happen in this nation, this is a moment when these changes are truly needed and necessary, have to be carried out not only in washington by legislative changes, by the justice department or the president, but my mayors, police chiefs and local communities. my experience in new orleans taught me in the '90s when we basically engineered comprehensive remake of the new orleans police department that you can have a safe city and an accountable police department. and the two can go hand in hand. so the changes we seek obviously are a shift away from what i would call a broken window or stop and frisk approach the police, more of community policing mo

washington memorial training ministry in new orleans, louisiana. he is an activist and manifests the prophetic word. for those of you who don't know what that means, he operates in speaking the words so that we can move and engage in communities. he comes from i think a legacy of men and women of god who understand that we can't afford to be apolitical but it is necessary for churches to engage in the communities that they help bring about the change is necessary. please give him a round of applause. [applause] so if i can join you all -- mr. stryker, i would like to start with you. i think there are so many directions we can go into this conversation and the first one, when we start talking about why do police shoot, why do officers shoot, talk a little bit about, for those in the audience who don't understand, what training do your officers receive and by a large can we assume that officers receive as it relates to the use of force and the discharge of their weapons in particular. >> there are a lot of training that goes into this and it is not something that is specific to use of

orleans. this -- mayor of new orleans. this signals the end of her career. >> what were the deciding factors of this race? >> money was the big thing. >> the koch brothers pouring a lot of money, and a lot of adds linked her to president obama. president obama not popular in the state of louisiana. >> she supported the keystone xl pipeline. jonathan martin in new orleans. thank you. >> that will do it for this news update. thank you for joining us. i'm thomas drayton in new york. i'll be back at 11:00 p.m. eastern, 9 pacific for a full hour of news and the recap of the headlines coming out of louisiana. thank you for joining us, see you >> growing up in a poor neighborhood in baltimore means the odds are stacked against you. >> and so we have a school to prison pipeline operating in baltimore and in other cities across the nation where young people believe with some good reason that their destiny lies behind bars and they, too, will become members of the under-caste. >> females is getting pregnant and they're having children. now it's children raising children. without no high school

eve are actually new orleans number one, new york city came in third. so all of this pretty expensive. my own apartment is looking better and better. >> i'm telling youment i'll be checking my eyelids for cracks. >> i just thought new york would be number one. would you think. how about that? >> pretty incredible, new orleans, yep. >> happy new year. >> is that your new orleans accent? >> no, i'm just sag happy new year that's all. >> i enjoyed it. >> thanks, jill. >> hey, coming up after a short break, traffic and weather together, we do it on 39's, we'll be right >> good morning. >> good morning, erika 4:52, like you just said. going outside where we already have incident out on the boulevard, just around bridge. the southbound lanes here, we do have some tow trucks, and police activity in the area trying to get that accident cleaned up and out of the way so far. but not sending anybody back too much as of yet. over on the ben franklin, everything moving great this is from the fit i side, so westbound headed into the city currently no problems. no problems heading on into new jersey

lunch and later they will attend the game against the pelicans of new orleans. the warriors will go for the 11th straight win. new orleans jazz, i can say, but they are not in utah but pelicans ... >> the new orleans pelicans. >> pelicans. >> all of the other animals they could pick... >> crawfish. >> that is a good one. muskrat. muskrat. >>> okay, moving incredible rainfall deficit, this year, finally, we fine. that is just this year. it could be temporary. but the next 8-14 days will be wet. conserve although we have a surplus for the rain, in santa rosa, the ron you are not here is because your rain page is not working not because we don't love you. as far as winds, they coming from the south which is a moist flow so we have drizzle and light showers. up and down the napa valley from st. helena to napa and american canyon and vallejo and benicia you are ready to get wet. i will show you what happened with the cold front was the focal mechanism for the heavy rain and we don't have that will set coming our way today. we got this moist flow from th south. the mountains will lift it, tha

opposite. so i think there is always truth and misperception on both sides. in new orleans, which has had a ton of controversy as it relates to the police department, before and after katrina, as it relates to levels of brutality, of misconduct, so on and so forth, how have you found effective -- to breach that gap that mr. strecker's talking about -- mr. stryker is talking about? and then health community members understand what real policing looks like? how do you help find that balance and have you seen success with that? >> i can't measure any actual success, but i can say that, through our not-for-profit, annually we put on a summit called the summit on the bright of the african-american male. we have taken different approaches to engaging the government, large, political officials, and particularly law enforcement, from the u.s. attorney to every day cops and the like. one of the things we realized is that new orleans, like many communities, is the tale of two cities where we have those who function well and don't have any issues with police harassment and the like, biases a

partying with us, we love you. >> reed -- new orleans, touchdown. a convincing win for the saints. their defense with the seven sack. >>> and "all that mattered" -- >> the director is now apologizing. the kids can't let it go. >> she has gone to saying thank you to sorry that the kids are still listening to those songs nonstop. ♪ let it go! ♪ >> on "cbs this morning" -- >> hackers continue to leak more documents. >> these hackers also leak scripts mall guard 2 -- what? what, that movie has a script? [ laughter ] >> announcer: this morning's yo "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome. a horrific attack on a school. the pakistan official says the death toll is at least 126. more than 100 others wounds. the taliban said the attackers were suicide bent. >> and they want, quote, pakistan's army to feet bane. clarissa ward is near the border with afghanistan. good morning. >> good morning. in its most recent statement, the pakistani army said the attackers have now been pushed into the last of four blocks in that school. five militants have been killed so far. and

complaints. really they are having problems over in new orleans. there is a lot of tension and things going on over in new orleans. but in jefferson parish, no. host: so what works in jefferson parish as opposed to new orleans, veronica? host: i think -- caller: i think the difference is the police chief. i mean, we have had the same police chief since over 20 something years. host: so there is a trust relationship with community? between the leader of the police department in the community -- between the leader of the police officer in and the community? they go through so many police chiefs, and a lot of the police officers have been getting in trouble since the hurricane katrina thing. it is a lot of controversy. they just got in trouble with , withustice department eric holder, and overcrowding of the prison and not training police officers. veronica, i appreciate you telling us about the situation as you see it in jefferson parish. the dangers police face on the job. here is a graphical with the lead story today. "policing deaths are on the rise." whether are asking things are go

north korea is behind the sony hack. >>> plus, police officers in new orleans have been wearing body cameras for months. doesn't mean that they are always rolling. >>> this is al jazeera america, i'll john seigenthaler. coming up, most republicans are outraged over the president's decision to normalize relations with cuba. especially marco rubio. the federal government steps in at rikers gaol to deal with reports of excessive violence. >>> and a grow number of police are using body cameras. a look at the impact they are having in new orleans. >>> tonight the white house considering how to respond against the hack against sony pictures. the breach was followed by an online threat against movie theatres that led soapy not to -- sony not to release a movie making fun of north korea. no one has accused north korea of being behind the attack, privately it's pointed to the administrative of kim jong un. >> this is treated as a security matter of the there's evidence that we have seen constructive activity initiated by a sophisticated attack. >> not everyone is convinced north korea is behi

means pastor -- [laughter] of watson memorial training ministry in new orleans, louisiana, is a activist and manifests the prophetic word for those of you that done know what that means. he operates in speaking the word so that we can move and engage in communities. he comes from, i think, a legacy of men and women of god that understand that we can't afford to be apolitical. but it is necessary for churches to engage in the communities that they exist in, that they help bring about the change that's necessary. please give him a round of applause. [applause] so if i can join you all. mr. striker, i'd hike to start with you. >> okay. >> and i think that there's so many directions that we can go in with this conversation, and the first one when we with start talking about why do police shoot, why do officers shoot. talk a little bit about, for those in the audience that don't understand, what training do your officers and, by and large, can we assume that officers receive as it relates to the use of force and the discharge of their weapons in particular? >> well, there's a lot of

reports in new orleans. with the latest as we set up for a fresh week, john? >> harris, good evening to you, last night's republican victory was a powerful coda on games across the country. some analysts believe it could be a decade or more until democratic candidates could rise to state wide office. bill cassidy buried republican senator mary landrieu last night. the strength of his victory coming mostly from tying her to senator obama. now republicans have a responsibility to show they can govern. >> that great responsibility, but we all rebel nice the president is still the president, and h he still has veto power. he can still stop the will of the american people and he's obviously willing to do so. >> it was a tough defeat for senator landrieu who despite terrible poll numbers fought all the way to the end and she was gracious as she ended her 18-year long career in the senate, represents the people of louisiana. >> it has been a great privilege to be able to represent them to fight for them in washington. tonight, we have so much to be proud of, a record of courage, honesty and in

-- [laughter] -- of washington memorial training ministry in new orleans, louisiana. he is an activist and manifests the prophetic word. for those of you who don't know what that means, he operates in speaking the words so that we can move and engage in communities. he comes from i think a legacy of men and women of god who understand that we can't afford to be a political but it is necessary for churches to engage in the communities that they help bring about the change is necessary. please give him a round of applause. [applause] so if i can join you all -- mr. stryker, i would like to start with you. i think there are so many directions we can go into this conversation and the first one, when we start talking about why do police shoot, why do officers shoot, talk a little bit about, for those in the audience who don't understand, what training do your officers receive and by a large can we assume that officers receive as it relates to the use of force and the discharge of their weapons in particular. >> there are a lot of training that goes into this and it is not something that is

me because my parents immigrated from united states. my dad accepted a job in the new orleans shipyards and literally would not be in america today if it wasn't for the transportation industry. as a former senate staffer i have deep respect for this confirmation process so i'm honored for your time and your consideration today. i have served in a variety of positions in the executive and legislative branches. currently a service counter to the secretary of u.s. department of transportation. it produced a work in an agency with a visionary leader clear mission and dedicated workforce and a very strong partnership with is congressional oversight committees. secretary fox directed me to focus on high-end priorities policy issues such as the roe america act the tiger grant program and promoting mobility equity and economic development in urban areas across the country. i have had the opportunity to see first-hand the impact that infrastructure has on communities. .. for the federal government to work with our nonprofit. my most personal work came in making the federal government a better pa

tonight by marc morial, a former mayor of new orleans, now president and c.e.o. of the national urban league. mr. morial, what do you see in the eric garner case in new york? >> you know, the decision of the grand jury, scott, seemed to defy common sense. this case was a case where there's a video which allows us to for the most part see a man being surrounded by five police officers and then a chokehold, and then he's dead. so it's a travesty of justice the decision of the grand jury. but it also just deifies, i think, a lot of people's common sense in that they saw what happened and the sense is that there should be a charge coming out of this incident. >> pelley: now, some reasonable people say that michael brown in ferguson had just robbed a convenience store. that eric garner in new york was resisting arrest, that these were men who were asking for trouble. to that, you say what? >> they shouldn't be dead. one should not be met with death. one by chokehold, one by a gunshot, because michael brown shops lifted some sig reloze. eric garner was standing on the street. now the video

morning dish. >>> new orleans i'm joined by political analyst ellis. >> no jokesed to. >> i'm not touching that. i do want to talk about this. are we seeing a resurgence of president obama? the economy is on a roll. with the expected release of a cia investigation, he's really clearing the deck of doubts surrounding the interrogation. >> the president has been exhibiting a little personal confidence lately. a lot of folks, even his spoe t supporters i think sometimes have been frustrated he's been slow to act on these things. the report about some of the torture unfortunately the cia engaged in after nine ler9/11. i'm with president. release it. >> you support the release of this report but many are saying that it could cause a lot of danger for people overseas. >> it's something that we do need to be aware of. i think it's prudent to urge our people over seas to take extra caution in the days to come. first of all, everybody in the world knows we did it. isn't it better for us to hand up like honest grown ups and say this is what happened, this is why we did it and here are the lessons th

around the country. >>> in sports, the new orleans saints are back on top of the nfc south after pounding the bears. drew brees throws for 375 yards including three touchdowns. two were caught by josh hill. saints intercept three of jay cutler's passes in seconds seven times. and new orleans hammers. >>> and cleveland led by kevin love and lebron james jumps out to a 21 of had 0 lead. james ended up with 27 points and 13 assists. but charlotte comes back and gets to within two points in the third quarter. but cleveland holds on to win 97-88. its ninth win in 11 games. >>> in college hoops, julia okafor did it leading duke past elon. okafor has 25 points. duke never trails but commits a season worst seven turnovers. duke still manages to beat elon 75-62. >>> a new york teenager admits he made up a story earning millions trading stocks. the article in "new york" magazine set off a media sens islam and his friend said it was a hoax. he said he runs an investment club at school but making only simulated trades. >>> when we return, there are no american idiots, we'll show you what art

which means i can give not only my daughter but also younger friends, kids from new orleans who are struggling after the hurricane, you know, i can give them something that is a visa debit card where i can put the money on it because they are unbanked. i know most of us watching shows like, this we don't think of people who are unbanked in society but want to be part of the economy. it's like globally. once you open the market to the next billion people coming on-line and the next billion people who can make, you know, cell phone, text payments and that sort of thing, i think it changes the economy quite radically. >> let's talk about a story we have been following the last several months, the massive decline in oil prices. that's throwing off kinds of ripples in to the economy. i wonder how you think it plays out in 2015. >> for two reasons, one we have an oversupply and smaller demand than people thought and also for geo strategic reasons it was clear dau saudis weren't going to cut production because it helps their geo strategic goals right now to have lower oil prices. every sil

payments. i also have a kimbo card meaning i can give my daughter or kids in new orleans struggling after the hurricane, i can give them something that is a visa debit where i can put the money on it. there's loads of us watching shows like this we don't think of people who are unbanked in society but want to be part of the economy. it's like globally when you open the market to the next billion people coming online who could make cellphone, text payments, i think it changes the economy radically. >> let's talk about the massive decline in oil prices throwing out all kinds of ripples, dhou you think it will pay out in 2015. >> one we have an over suppose and smaller demand than people thought but also geo statistically it was clear to have lower oil prices. the cloud is as the saudi's know it will probably cut back on fracking and alternative energy in the united states. on the other thing, this is hugely important in our attempts to contain russia and putin's ambition, low oil prices are truly great for the american consumer and for america's interests and not as good for us to develop a

from new orleans as cassidy wins in landslide loss for mary landrieu. is more from cassidy, as he declared victory last night. [video clip] >> we have a lot of challenges, if anybody hasn't noticed. my commitment to you is to listen and learn from you. so that we, together, can address those challenges for our state and for our country. because, again, as colonel said -- it is not about us. it is about the united states of america. each of you, in this room, cares about our country deeply. the so honored to be person you elected to express those concerned. now, we have lots of work to do in the future, but tonight is a night to celebrate. so, god bless you. i'm sorry? by the way -- the probably cost me vote. so it's my grandma's fault if it didn't turn out. but god bless you. god bless louisiana. god bless the united states of america. host: congressman bill cassidy winning in that runoff. bruce albert is joining us live on the phone. he is covering the story in louisiana. thank you very much for being with us. this race was not even close, but what about turnout? was not very ut

the battle of new orleans. >> reporter: that's right, carol. alabama and ohio state fans have taken over the french quarter. a preview of tomorrow's college football playoff games after the break. >>> finally college football fans get what they want, a playoff. the nation's football teams go at it tomorrow with the winners advancing to the championship. cnn's andy scholes is in new orleans. good morning. >>> new orleans is an awesome place to be on new year's day. this time the sugar bowl is a part of the new college football playoff. the other game is the rose bowl in pasadena california. both playoff games take place tomorrow on new year's day and for the first time both of these games will help decide a true national champion p. after 16 years, college football fans are finally getting what they've been asking for. >> playoffs? >> in the inaugural four team college football playoffs the finals will take place at the chicago a bowl and the rose bowl. >> this is part of sports history, not just college football history. >> reporter: in the sugar bowl number one alabama faces off ag

, happens in new orleans after katrina, just locally here in prince gorges county maryland one in the last six or seven years with the police department and never the less, the attorney general out front in announcing this. context mean as lot. >> the pictures are also meaning a lot. the common vagues where the die in continues and these are dramatic pictures, dramatic protests when you think about profests for civil rights you don't necessarily think of pittsburgh, you may think of oakland, or new york, it gets to the degree where this has personal nateed. what is the mood inside the white house, as they recognize okay this is the burning issue in our national discourse. the president is not standing for election, so it is hard to describe a political motivation, obviously eric holdser on his way out the door as well. i think we are simply seeing an effort by the administration, by two african-american individuals obviously, in the attorney general and the president of the united states, to get out ahead of this, the president has put his credibility on the line, he says he is fully engag

demonstrations. >>> college football playoff fever, andy scholes has it. he's live in new orleans with the "bleacher report." we've got that for you next. >>> all right. the wait is almost over for college football fans. tomorrow the inaugural playoff will take place is he sugar bowl and andy scholes has got more. >> new year's eve, but we're also calling it college football playoff eve as well. you know i walked around here in the french quarter yesterday. all you see is alabama and ohio state fans having a good time getting ready for tomorrow's big game. the sugar bowl here in new orleans, this one features two of the most successful college football coaches over the next decade. nick saban and urban meyer. together they won five of the last eight national championships. the rose bowl is being called heisman versus heisman. marcus mariota is going to face off against jameis winston and all four team excited to be a part of the first ever playoff. >> this is a part of sports history, not just college football history. >> it's fantastic, i mean, why not alabama, you know? why not being one

church and the heart of new orleans. at the end of the day, the faith community, the business community, the government community, there has to be the connectedness that cedric talked about. if we begin to work as a country the coalition building. we can't just dialogue and walk away and say, we had a great evening. i would hope that notes are taken and we can begin to talk about how to build on the takeaways. otherwise, we are going through the motions, the processes of coming together. although this can become more of an aggregate, if we would put it in writing and declare in new orleans, cincinnati, atlanta, across the country. we would have more discussions like this that are purposeful. again, we walk away with solutions. i go back to short-term, long-term. this will not happen overnight. there are things that can be done immediately in every community with a great leadership, visionary leadership. inquiring of the lord as to what we need to do. it doesn't take everybody doing it. if we can entrust not only the elected leaders, but as i said earlier, people on the ground.

of new orleans, marc morial. i want to start with this question of black crime, mr. morial. mayor giuliani likes to point out 93% of blacks in america are killed by other blacks. so, the point he's making, and i think a lot of people are making, is when the protesters, when civil rights leaders are focusing on the problem with the police, aren't they ignoring the real problem in the black community? >> let's add another fact, and that is, about 84% of all whites are murdered by other whites. and the concern about violence in the black community is pervasive, the advocacy, the ral lis, the events that take place. should be no mistake that black-on-black violence is not tolerated in the black community. the protests are directed at the response of the system, to the killings of unarmed black men, and in the case of cleveland, a child. and the lack of accountability when those events take place. it's also the fact that we've had five high proceed fife incidents in this country, and now the young boy down in -- out in cleveland. and combined with the fact that the number of killings o

was district attorney of new orleans. >> arrested this evening in the district attorney's office was clay shaw, age 54, of 1313 darby street, from new orleans, louisiana. mr. shaw will be charged with participation in a conspiracy to murder john f. kennedy. >> clay shaw was a very respected business man in new orleans. he had served in world war ii. >> clay shaw was also a homosexual and closeted, and i think that played a part. >> garrison started bribing witnesses, intimidating witnesses. >> he said i could be made to serve this whole nine-year sentence. or i could be cut loose right away. >> hypnotizing witnesses. >> we decided to give him objectifying to make sure he was telling the truth. >> does he have a last name? >> oswald. >> would you say these methods were illegal? >> i would very say illegal and unethical. >> he had everyone and their grandmother involved in the assassination. at one time, it was oil millionaires. then it was the minutemen. then it was a homosexual killing. >> yes, sir. >> do you feel that homosexuality or the coercion of homosexuality was a factor in th

rape charges in three states this morning. a new orleans grand jury indicted sharper and two alleged co-conspirators friday. the former tv commenter is already in jail accused minnesota vikings and then here for the new orleans saints where he played with the 2010 super bowl champion. >> look at darren sharper. >> reporter: darren sharper was an nfl star player for the new orleans saints beloved by his city. but a local grand jury there has now indicted sharper for three counts of rape. a federal grand jury has also indicted sharper for allegedly distributing drugs with the intent to commit rape of several women. >> let's start with the good teams first, darren. >> reporter: sharper's string of alleged crimes began when he was an analyst for the nfl network. prosecutors have charged sharper with raping women starting in new orleans in late 2013. and then in los angeles in october of that year. less than a month later an alleged rape in tempe, arizona. and then another in mid-january back in los angeles. the next night, two women claim they had were raped in las vegas. women went to t

whitman walker health clinic in washington d.c. and from new orleans, dion haywood, executive director of women with a vision. given the direction of research, where the dollars were going, where the scientific energy was going, wasn't a preventive met sin one of the next steps, a place we were going to have to anticipate going? >> sure. we want to find a vaccine and a cure. everyone wanted that. unfortunately vaccine research has not really gotten anywhere and we have not found a quur tore h.i.v. -- cure for h.i.v. >> so is truvada a great weapon in your armament or does it have to about carefully negotiated with an at-risk generation. >> it's not new, but people living with h.i.v., it's an effective tool for those living with h.i.v. the question is whether those not affected by h.i.v. should take the drug. that's something we need to talk about, how we talk to populations about it, the gay communities and all communities. if you take the pill will you not do other things to protect yourself. discussion. >> you can do other things, but do other things fall by the way side because of h

. campaigning with iowa senator-elect joni ernst in lake charles and just outside new orleans. they were there to thank volunteers who have been working so hard to get out the vote. cassidy is taking today off of the campaign trail. why, you ask, because he has to learn the new electronic coating system at the lsu medical school where he teaches. we asked cassidy about not working today to get out every vote. >> i'm not sure there's anything the candidate can do the final day. people know these issues. senator landrieu supports obama 97% of the time. she would vote for obamacare again tomorrow. i voted to repeal and replace over 50 types. i can go down the list. people know the issues. i'm comfortable people have made their choice. >> the incumbent is still campaigning today. she had a big event in new orleans last night. she just voted and is going to go out knocking on doors today in several precincts around new orleans. shep has campaigned since the primary without the support of the democratic senatorial campaign committee which pulled out, believing her candidacy was a lost cause. e

chicago, toledo. that is also new york. and of course, down south westward to new orleans. there were a lot of trains coming through and they were located right through the center of town. one route went directly north and south, from lafayette on 5th street to the north to chicago. the other came through at a diagonal. to the southwest. and so those trains -- they went diagonally across the city. you will see. to have hospitals on either side, fire stations on either side. if you were late, you would say the train held me up and they would believe you, because it was probably true. at one time the largest employer into the -- they movedas their shops into lafayette. so you had railroad cars being drove here. of the people here, you had a significant bunch of people, enterprising people.

we would get involved in the recovery of katrina in new orleans for sometime now. so we had a lot of things that had happened in our lives and we had been married for 20 years an so it seemed like a good time to sort of recount what we seen and have done. >> it also compare then with now, you know we thought in '92, it was such a nasty campaign '93, 'know, such horrible environment, but, god, compare it to now, it's just insane. >> you know, honestly i said i would never write another book. it's like giving an epidural to the real love letter she's looking, she must have had her pep do you recall. i had to give james an epidural for our babies he couldn't take it. politics can work. we did it in new orleans, you know our mayor famously said go miss you, seven years ago, we were 15 feet under water, who could forget that from the bush white house, now we're the number one tourist destination, number one silicon south, entremendous (neural. so entrepreneurial. a lot of that is how this happen and how good citizens inform virtuous citizens who love a place to come together and do it. >>

dividend. think about new orleans after katrina. that wasn't just a storm that hit. it was also about poverty and race. and new orleans today has built back stronger than ever. and they are getting a resilience dividend because they're not rebuilding the same. they completely transformed their education system. they completely transformed their health care. inc magazine rated them the coolest city for a start-up or have an entrepreneur. who would have thought that? so a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. they haven't wasted it. but let's not wait in the united states until we have crises. let's plan and prepare now and yield that resilience dividend. >> so many young people say, i want to go to school in new orleans. the applications are amazing. the book is called the resilience dividend. thank you very much for coming on "hardball." >>> up next, former vice president dick cheney, some people want to put him on trial. "the new york time "the new york times "the new york times" wants the and the aclu wants the attorney general to investigate. most people call it torture. you're watc

route to new orleans with three siblings. 21 years old, a grown man. a slight exaggeration to say patrick cleburne proved america the land of opportunity. he was a better position to exploit it, no doubt. much hard work lay ahead. one america gave cleburne was a chance to reassess his life. had he remained in ireland his future may have been defined by his failed exam. in the united states, the society offered the chance to undo past failings. this was an opportunity to work with both hands. he arrived in arkansas and early 1850. over the course of the next decade he drew from a prescription us to a major community leader. in 1851 he graduated into drugstore owner and began his social rise with membership in the masonic lodge in 1852. by 1854 he decided to study law. by 1855 he had become involved in open politics. he was active in an anti-immigrant party from gaining a foothold. during this time he became friends with a fiery democrat politician. the two ran of paper together called states rights democrat. it illustrates how closely he views were aligning with his friends in arka

new trial. in 1975 at the age of 17, diana ran away to new orleans with a few friends. >> it was a horrible time. my sister had been taken away by the state of texas. it had to do with sexual abuse that i suffered. i was 17. i didn't know how to deal with stuff like that. so i left. i met these three people. went to new orleans with them and after a little bit, i wanted to go home. i didn't have any money and there was a plan. so i went to the french quarter, started talking to this guy. and the ruse was that i would exchange sex for money. we left bourbon street together, got in his car and one of the two guys came in. he got on the passenger side. i was scrunched in the middle. >> diana's friend pulled a gun and demanded money. the driver gave them $60. they jumped out of the car and ran. >> made it about three blocks. pulled over by the new orleans police department, up against the wall. the victim was a u.s. marshal. it's like dumb and dumber a little bit. what do you expect from an air head 17-year-old. i pled guilty to armed robbery and off i went to the louisiana correctiona