and here is a black policeman in new orleans, a couple of depictions of black policemen in new orleans. you can see the caption from the man who wrote this book. the polite but consequential negro policeman. they were on the street with full authority to arrest white people for many whites in new orleans, it was almost too much to bare, a world turned upside down in a short time because of the civil war. this is a critical depiction of the new orleans legislature -- of the louisiana legislature at the time where the critics of the legislature depicted it as a place where former slaves in from the fields illiterate, elected to office run amok in the legislature along with poor whites from the dirt perishes and the north of louisiana who they called sk eed skal low wag. this will be depicted in a movie and still haunts the american imagination that somehow the reconstruction legislatures were places where -- where things had gone awry. so as this case gets sensationalized, as the white press is arguing, this is what we can expect, now that african-americans are free from slavery, over 10

and here is a black policeman in new orleans, a couple of depictions of black policemen in new orleans. you can see the caption from the man who wrote this book. the polite but consequential negro policeman. they were on the street with full authority to arrest white people for many whites in new orleans, it was almost too much to bare, a world turned upside down in a short time because of the civil war. this is a critical depiction of the new orleans legislature -- of the louisiana legislature at the time where the critics of the legislature depicted it as a place where former slaves in from the fields illiterate, elected to office run amok in the legislature along with poor whites from the dirt perishes and the north of louisiana who they called sk eed skal low wag. this will be depicted in a movie and still haunts the american imagination that somehow the reconstruction legislatures were places where -- where things had gone awry. so as this case gets sensationalized, as the white press is arguing, this is what we can expect, now that african-americans are free from slavery, over 10

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 anothe

going to move to new orleans. they was going to sell everything and go to new orleans, they was going to open up a restaurant down there. >> in the interim, i believe they developed more marital problems so that plan zivent greated. >> as the marriage dissolves the condo becomes a stream of endless parties. >> it sound like some point both of them engaged in some extra marital sexual relationships. >> eventually starla returns to new orleans alone, moving into friends she made during the trip. patrick informs his mother-in-law about the turn of events. >> he just told me that things was over between them. but i never thought that i would lose him for a son-in-law, because he was such a sweet guy. >> the apartment is now the exclusive domain of patrick and the man he met in new orleans. >> cocaine was obviously a big part of the story. i believe at some point patrick got completely grandiose and thought he was ready to be king of the cocaine world start his own cartel. >> police say patrick also becomes convinced h

a regular singing gig in new orleans. but he was thought of as being fairly aggressive as well. it was a stated policy in his office to provide the defense the minimum amount of information required by law and nothing more. we talked about the right way to handle this, and rather than hold a big press conference and point the finger at the district attorney's office, we thought the first right step was to go to mr. connick himself. >> connick's reaction initially was that he wanted some time to think about it. we told him he had a matter of two, maybe three hours. we have an execution date in less than two weeks. and we said, if you can't agree even with these facts, we'll take the next step that we think is appropriate. >> mr. connick realized he had no alternative, the evidence was all too clear. it was physically and scientifically impossible for thompson to have been the carjacker. >> michael gordon and connick met with judge patrick quinlan who had presided over both of thompson's trials. upon learning of the hidden

. >> 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 really, really dark, seedy place, and you have to bring light. i can use all the help i can get. >> when you go out there sometimes, do yo

john roberts there in new orleans. new orleans to those of us from there. >> from there, exactly. >>> today, we mark the day that will live in infamy. it's a somber rememory entrance of respect and reflection. coming up, we'll take you inside the museum that honors and keeps alive the sacrifices of this greatest generation on this historic december 7th. >>> and prince william and kate middleton heading to the big apple. a preview of their week around the states. [ female announcer ] hands were made for talking. feet...tiptoeing. better things than the pain, stiffness, and joint damage of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist decide on a biologic, ask if xeljanz is right for you. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz can relieve ra symptoms, and help stop further joint damage. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, someti

. >> 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 department a

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. >> if you ask a person there's anoth

it is a non-nominal 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. 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. all of 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. 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 be elected leaders, but as i said earlier, people o

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 question there's a

as a new orleans saints. cbs news found key mistakes may have been made by the police that allowed sharper to roam free for three years. a 2011 miami beach police department report shows two women who said sharper sexually assaulted them 20 a rape crisis center. police wrote in the report that a nurse at the center did not find any evidence of sexual battery, but the nurse when reached by cbs news told us she would never say that. that's not my role. the miami beach police department told cbs news there was no probable cause in the case to make an arrest. when sharper was accused in new orleans, detective derrick williams handled the case. but a recent report by that city's inspector general found 97% of williams' cases had no documentation of any investigation, including the report against sharper. howard schwartz is an assistant inspector general. >> there was an initial report or original report that was written by a detective in the sex crimes unit. and i could find there was no further documentation of a

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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, that creates instability, and will create scattered showers. >> the sun will be out and that will lend heat to the atmosphere an

>> 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 from the philadelphia area. but we do have an accident, naught rich land, route 309 between toll gate road and station road closing that for the time being so your alternate to get around that for right now is to take old bethlehem pike. we do have some morning work on the 42 freeway f

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 ri

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 model which focuses on violent crime. but also relationships between

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 childr

in new orleans, that trust is already there in some parts of the city. in other parts of our city, it has never been there. that's why oftentimes we are called the tale of two cities. oneness canat a come about. we don't like resources in america. we lack togetherness. my time is up. thank you for yours. [applause] >> a good preacher knows what two amens mean. [laughter] think -- i know there might be some final remarks. but i'm appreciative, being this moderator, that there was no way to cover all the things that needed to be covered. but i think the conversation was a good one. i know one of the things mentioned was young people. the next time there is a panel like this, i hope we have a young person on the panel. if there is an answer to the it is that ails us, coming from the minds and hearts of young people. so often they are the brunt of what is being dealt with, but we seldom ask them to be involved in the solution process. one of my mentors is in the house. dr. ben. he was part of the wilmington 10. who was part of the 10. he understood that no m

legally she maintains enough of a residence here in new orleans. we'll see what she does in terms of a presidency now u that she no longer is going to be in the u.s. senate. >> the question is what do the democrats do, i was just telling her audience about no more states in the south with a democratic senator or governor. >> that is a big question, i talk with mitch landrieu as the mayor of new orleans, mary land drew's brother, it may start to state like georgia and we saw some races in petersberg, but georgia is because immigration is beginning to turn more purple as is alabama. >> very interesting, john roberts, thank you, always good to see you. >> let's go to something president obama set signing an executive order on in his first week in office in 2009, closing guantanamo bay. gitmo is on the president's list to get done, as i just mentioned that executive order. critics say the flood of inmates leaving gitmo could create trouble down the road. lee land bitter has more from washington. >> no question it has major political implications on two

about4, new orleans had 400,000 citizens. that was before katrina. but we were called and still get called the murder capital of the world if you will. that is based on the per capita population. in 1994, we had 420 murders on the streets. storefront church where i started out, fortunately i was able to move a little bit beyond that to a church front, but at the storefront level, we were in a neighborhood near a major .ousing development what our church did and our not-for-profit, we did a protest on city hall. it was peaceful. for jobs. communityn with leaders, with the chief of police, with other elected officials and faith leaders and community leaders, and we were able to throw the police department and the whole city government, bring a police substation right in the neighborhood to begin to build trust between police, between community leaders, between everyday citizens. so my point is that we have engaged the community at the grassroots level to connect to the police department. it is not an easy task but it is one worth doing. on the protests

in new orleans, just google it. we are under a police consent decree but if you google what's happening in new orleans, we have been notorious. it's never been isolated come in my lifetime, from choking a civilian to shooting. after katrina, for instance, henry glover, if you google his name, he was not only shot as an unarmed citizen trying to survive after the storm, but his body was burned, shot and burned. of the five or so officers, i believe there are three now through appeals, the one officer that shot him is off on appeal. the officer that burned him is doing 17 years, but still going through the appeal. how do you think we d feel in tt community? here is an unarmed man burned and shot. so for new orleans it's never isolated. and again i believe they can get better. you mentioned the training. the cultural sensitivity that's necessary come in here we have a population that's over 60% african-american. we have a new police chief know who is african-american, and i believe he is trying real hard to begin to me

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 behind the attac

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 alternative sou

in 1994, new orleans had about 400,000 citizens. that was before katrina. but we were called and still get called the murder capital of the world if you will. that is based on the per capita population. the storefront church where i started out, fortunately i was able to move a little bit beyond that to a church front, but at the storefront level, we were in a neighborhood near a major housing development. what our church did and our not-for-profit, we did a protest on city hall. it was peaceful. for jobs. we sat down with community leaders, with the chief of police, with other elected officials and faith leaders and community leaders, and we were able to throw the police department and the whole city government, bring a police substation right in the neighborhood to begin to build trust between police, between community leaders, between everyday citizens. so my point is that we have engaged the community at the grassroots level to connect to the police department. it is not an easy task but it is one worth doing. again, be on the protests, you have to have

. >>> 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 that we

we seen it in new orleans, he had the highest education reform rate in this country. it's teach for america. it's trying new things so it's all of these things there is no magic solution. there is no one size fits all. we will start over and do one kid at a time and make a parental unit a structure. >> it's hard work. >> it takes a village. >> still ahead, everyone loves a comeback story. >> texas governor rick perry joins us to talk about the growing speculation that he's going to run for president again. >> it's funny. >> in 2016 and why this time may be different. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself it's just ordinary fleece but the comfort it provides is immeasurable. the america red cross brings hope and help to people in need every 8 minutes every day. so this season give something that means something. . >> he is a good looking man. >> i'm sorry. is this not the greatest thing

i led a city, new orleans, at the same time that rudy led new york. we reduced crime by 60%. we did it with community policing. we also had a significant reduction in civil rights complaints against police departments. so, this is a false, if you will, narrative that you've got to be out there doing stop and frisk. you've got to be -- there's a tradeoff between what i would call safety and violations of civil rights. you can do both. that's the future we have to embrace in this nation. >> let's talk about that because you just heard mayor giuliani, and i put a list of what he -- he agreed with the body cameras, he agreed with a police force that makes up the racial makeup of the city, which wasn't the case of ferguson, where he disagreed with you, at least partially, on the question of aggressive police forcing. you have called for an end to the broken window kind of policing and stop and frisk. but don't those -- doesn't the crime rate actually go down? it certainly did in new york when they did stop and frisk? >> you know, stop and frisk used selectively and in a targeted w

and new orleans, dion haywood, executive director of women with a vision. you mentioned that you work with populations that may not have reliable access to health care. they may resemble people in much of the rest of the world, in latin america, asia, africa. do you anticipate the cost of the drugs will come down, and until it does, whether there'll be a social justice dimension to the introduction of truvada? >> i'm hoping it does. as the stands, the majority that we see, it would not be available to them if it doesn't. in terms of social justice, we realise that we have to think of h.i.v. as a social justice issue, the right to health care and sex education, the right to prevention programs that fit individual communities, instead of a one-stop shop in making sure that we hold elected officials and health departments responsible for the type of getting. >> before the black, you called out gilliad, the company responsible for developing the drug. what has worked in the past, aides drugs have come down. can't we expect that truvada would do the same. >> it'

orleans would be just a business attack. so our nation and the west have to figure out how we can have rules of engagement, just like for nuclear weapons and for many other chemical, biological weapons. sometimes people break the rules of engagement but we need to know what we will do as a nation when people attack us. >> another thing we need to figure out is how we are dealing with cuba. the president kicked things off with changing and opening the relationship. how does that look for business and who comes out on topper? ? >> i think it is wonderful. i have been to cuba many times as a journalist with "time" and cnn. it is an interpret nurial country. every time you walk around old havana you see the restoration of the city. i thought it was wacky to try decade after decade something that wasn't working which was, you know, the sanctions and the isolation of cuba. instead you send american express, hilton hotels, time warner cable, american businesses in there and obviously it bends the arc of history towards freedom and

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 the planning or the assassination of john f. kennedy? >> no comment. >> at one point, he had 15 assassins in dealey plaza. with that many assassins, i don't know how kennedy made it to the autopsy table. >> garrison announ

. >>> 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 sensation. it said high school student mohammed elamade $72 million butting on the market during his lunch break. late monday islam and his friend said it was a hoax. he said he runs an investment club at school but ma

during in a dress new orleans -- during an address in new orleans last week the irish minister, the equivalent of the secretary of state, specifically referenced the experience the irish american civil war and highlighted those people that i have come to her for as -- that i have come to refer to as the forgotten irish. thankfully, they are most early not forgotten americans. they continue to be appropriately remembered by those in this nation that they came to be a part of all those years ago. as an irish person, i would like to extend my gratitude to you all for that. for the privilege of speaking to you about their number today. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] select few are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter for scheduling, programs and to keep up with the latest history news. >> 2014 marks the 20 fifth anniversary of the american ind

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 partner to local communities following disasters. wh

for some insight into all of this, we're joined 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 g

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.

headline 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 abo

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in new orleans, after the police abuses in the wake of the katrina hurricane catrina. and cincinnati, in oakland, and even in cleveland. in 2004, the city enters into another consent decree, obviously here we are ten years later, they need to revisit this, many of the reforms did not hold, but this is something that the department of justice, and not just this department, this is something that the civil rights division has historically been very active in purr sighing over the course of the last 25 years. >> one more question, and that as we await, the mayor having a press availability in a police training academy to talk about the measures that the police are going to be undertaking in the months ahead, to make sure what happened with eric garner doesn't happen again, there was an interesting moment, and that he was at the white house on monday for this big meeting in which a number of civil rights leaders and people concerned about the relationship between police and communities met with president obama at the white house, and bill said that the president himself sp

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 correctional institute for women. one day, the prosecutor in my case came to the prison to visit and he said, i just want you to know that you don't have to be what you did that day, and you can make it, and you can be somebody. and i'm still -- why wouldn't every prosecutor want to do that? >> d

not a bad assignment here in new orleans. all quiet right here in the french quarter. i'm thinking most people are resting out to have a good time out here later on tonight. >> oh yeah this is all about storing up the energy or the sleep for what's about to happen. andy scholes, thank you. >>> we're following breaking news sonar equipment believed to have located the wreckage of airasia 8501 on the ocean floor. we're live with the difficult task ahead at recovering victims and figuring out what went so wrong. you should just give them to us i mean, we're going to be there anyway why don't you just leave it for us to pick up? or you could always get in your car and take it back yourself yeah, us picking it up is probably your easiest option it's kind of a no brainer ok, well, good talk ♪ when you don't get enough sleep... and your body aches... you're not yourself. tylenol ® pm relieves pain and helps you fall fast asleep and stay asleep. we give you a better night. you're a better you all day. tylenol® >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news this

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. even though the dscc has left her for dead politically, mary la landrieu told fox news she doesn't care. >> i don't run hurt. i run happy, fearless, courageous. because the people that i fight for are courageous. the people that i represent are the most amazing people on this planet. so my heart is not hurt. we just fight heart to the end and it looks like we're going to win. >> now, of course, the polls would suggest she has a difficult job doing that. she may fall victim to the republican tide sweeping the south. she's been in difficult races before and pulled it off. we pulled it off what really happens in louisiana. >> thank you very much, john. >>> there were thousands and thousands of pages of documents that were p

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 watching "hardball," the place for politics. while every business is unique, ev