a man involved in the klu klux klan could be atlanta's serial killer. >> atlanta was about to explode and here was information, potentially, that the clan could have been doing this. >> bob ingram, with the gbi, georgia's bureau of investigation, got the case. >> it was an entire family of brothers that were involved in the clan that were the focus of this particular intelligence information. >> and informant said that one brother had threatened lubie geter, the child found dead only weeks before. the clan associate lived here on a dead-end street in the railroad town of mountain view on the outskirts of atlanta. >> we're tapping telephones and we heard a lot of rhetoric. we heard a lot of racial slurs. >> on one wiretap, the detectives heard this said -- go find you another little kid? the gbi followed the four brothers for almost two months. >> these family members were under surveillance at the time, physical surveillance, where we had an eyeball on them. >> in those two months, six more black youths would disappear and die. detectives saw nothing to lij the clan to them. >> if som

a man involved in the ku klux klan could be atlanta's serial killer. >> atlanta was about to explode, and here was information potentially that the klan could have been doing this. >> bob ingram with the gbi, georgia's bureau of investigation, got the case. >> it was an entire family of brothers that were involved in the klan that were the focus of this particular intelligence information. >> an informant said one brother had threatened lubie geter, the child found dead only weeks before. the klan associate lived here on a dead-end street in the railroad town of mountainview on the outskirts of atlanta. >> we're tapping telephones. we heard a lot of rhetoric. we heard a lot of racial slurs. >> on one wiretap, the detectives heard this said. go find you another little kid? the gbi followed the four brothers for almost two months. >> these family members were under surveillance at that time, physical surveillance where we had an eyeball on them. >> in those two months, six more black youths would disappear and die. detectives saw nothing to link the klan to them. >> if somebody was in t

in atlanta, -- i speak about atlanta because that is where my son lives, in atlanta, georgia. in atlanta, you have the african-americans who go away and they come back. they are educated, and they are more goal-oriented. they are more goal-oriented, and therefore, if you teach the children to reach for the sky, and they will study hard. most people from atlanta are a little more conservative. >> do you have something you would like to add to that about economic situations? >> i definitely think -- this is -- you know, the old saying, it is not rocket science? some of this stuff is harder than rocket science because it involves people, and we do not always act in a logical, decisive way. elaine brown i heard say a little while ago that she lived in atlanta, and we always talk about how great atlantic is doing, but we do not own nothing in atlanta. they look like they are doing good, they have the cosmetic liberation, right? cosmetic change, cosmetic liberation, but when you look at who owns most of the city, right? who is in control of the power in the city? it may be marginall

narrator: atlanta is a rapidly growing urban area. its primary source of drinking water is the chattahoochee river, which also provides water to many downstream communities. but its infrastructure is dangerously old, without outdated facilities and combined sewer overflows polluting the watershed. the city faces strict consent decrees and lawsuits, along with a severe lack of funding. man: when i started working for the city of atlanta in the late '70s, we were approaching that point in time where a lot was going to be needed, in terms of rehabilitation and upkeep. most of the very large pipes were at least 80 years old. we had needs that were identified in the '50s and in the '60s and in the '70s that were deferred. woman: we are urging that we all try to find a way to overcome the obstacles and limitations that might exist. woman: when i was running for office, i met someone who knew mayor hartsfield, who, in the late 1960s, said, "i don't know who the next mayor will be, "but i know they'll have to fix the water and sewer infrastru

cheating was found in nearly 80% of atlanta public schools but the cheaters are not students. they are teachers and principals. mark strassmann has more. >> reporter: it's a scathing report, a decade of cheating in atlanta's school system by the adults, dozens of educators erased wrong answers on standardized tests and inserted the right ones. in all investigators accused 38 principals were accused of cheating and 82 of the 178 educators they identified as part of the scandal confessed. >> when indicators failed to uphold the public trust and students are harmed in the process, there will be consequences. >> reporter: the motive for cheating, show phony progress at often troubled schools what the report calls the pressure to meet targets in the data-driven environment. parents are outraged. >> 185 people are in on this, they should be fired immediately. >> reporter: atlanta's scandal is the biggest in recent years. other school systems in baltimore, houston and detroit have had isolated cheating on tests. >> reporter: diane ravitch blames a law that links funding with test per

a decade of systemic cheating in atlanta school system by the adults. dozens of educators erased wrong student answers on state standardized tests and inserted the right ones. in all, investigators accused 38 principals of cheating and said 82 of the 178 educators they identified as part of the scandal confessed. >> when educators have failed to uphold the public trust and students are harmed in the process, there will be consequences. >> reporter: the motive for cheating? show phony progress at often troubled schools. what the report calls "the pressure to meet targets in the data-driven environment." parents are outraged. >> 185 people are in on this? they should be fired, immediately. >> reporter: atlanta's scandal is the biggest in recent years, but other school systems in baltimore, houston, and detroit have had isolated cheating issues on state-wide tests. educator diane ravage blames it on a federal law that links funding with test performance. >> we have a terrible federal law called no child left behind that says that all schools have to have 1

in atlanta, -- i speak about atlanta because that is where my son lives, in atlanta, georgia. in atlanta, you have the african-americans who go away and they come back. they are educated, and they are more goal-oriented. they are more goal-oriented, and therefore, if you teach the children to reach for the sky, and they will study hard. most people from atlanta are a little more conservative. >> do you have something you would like to add to that about economic situations? >> i definitely think

i mean, the perception in atlanta was at the time kids were missing. and i think if i'm not mistaken, the perception was a lot of young males are missing. that's what i asked. this is about those kids or boys or something like that, isn't it? >> remember what fbi agent mike mccomas said he saw when he got to the scene? >> saw a black male. he had on a baseball hat. >> this is the sketch provided by the witness who saw lubie geter talking to a man the day lubie disappeared and died. mccomas had never seen this until we came back to show it to him nearly 30 years later. >> this is a real strong resemblance to the person that i talked to, wayne williams. he had on a baseball cap. his hair was in an afro. so this just looks like him. >> williams agreed to let mccomas search his station wagon. on the floor, in the front of the back seat, he saw -- >> there was a nylon cord. the best that i could describe the nylon cord was a ski rope type, the woven type. and it was my guess about 24 inches long. >> no. >> williams denies there was any such cord. >> because

ron mott, nbc news, atlanta. >>> quick news from overseas tonight. the 2018 winter olympic games have been awarded to pyeongchang in south korea. it was their third bid for the games. persistence paid off here, they beat out bids from france and germany. >>> when we continue here tonight, a great moment on stage, a man, a guitar and the thrill of a lifetime. ♪ all the promises we made >>> this happened in nashville saturday night. a 32-year-old father of four and a big u2 fan, adam bevell. he had his lifetime wish fulf l fulfillfulfil fulfilled. bono spotted the sign that he was holding up, it read, blind guitar player, bring me up, and so he did. he has been blind since the age of 14. he left the stage with a gift of a guitar as pictures of the evening were quickly beamed around the world. >>> and briefly tonight, two big birthdays, landmark birthdays in the news. former first lady nancy reagan turns 90 today. she is celebrated with a lunch with friends and family in california. and 43 has turned 65. former president george w. bush has finally rea

ron mott, nabz, atlanta. >>> fantastic note from overseas tonight. the 2018 winter olympic games have been awarded to pyeongchang in south korea. it was their third bid for the games. persistence apparently paid off here. they beat out bids from france and germany. >>> when we continue here tonight, a great moment on stage. a man, a guitar and a thrill of a lifetime. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not a narcotic. when it comes to relieving your arthritis pain, you and your doctor need to balance the benefits with the risks. all pre

kathy augustine's involvement in the scandal there in atlanta. there is also some push from some people at the board meeting yesterday, look, this woman hasn't been convicted, hasn't been charged with any wrongdoing, she should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. so there is some sentiment of that as well. but it's interesting to see just the fallout of this massive scandal in the atlanta area. >> quite a bit of fallout. thank you, ed. >>> next hour, the acting superintendent for atlanta public schools is going to be randi kaye's live guest. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. [ tires squeal ] an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual. it's a better policy that gets you a better car. call... or visit one

. >> brown: we get the latest on the investigation of widespread cheating in the atlanta public school system from heather vogell of the "atlanta journal constitution." >> ifill: from sudan, an on-the-ground report on new clashes as the southern part of the country prepares for independence saturday. >> brown: and ray suarez talks to david epstein of "sports illustrated," as former pitching great roger clemens faces charges of lying to congress about taking performance- enhancing drugs. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the heart of local communities, providing jobs, keeping people at work. they depend on us. >> the economy depends on them. >> and we depend on them. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea t

you attended a meeting at atlanta public schools. first of all, why is this happening? the teachers must be feeling some sort of pressure here. there's no excuse for the cheating, but you wonder why it's happening. >> when you have programs like race to the top and programs like no child left behind, you have benefits offered to schools. the thing is, these benefits, which can come from the federal government or the threat of school closures, as in the case of no child left behind, there are sort of strings attached, where schools have to prove progress in order to stay open. so some say that could have led to this sort of culture of cheating. what we saw this week in the meeting of atlanta public schools is the new superintendent, the interim superintendent, errol davis, has put forth this plan to help atlanta public schools to start recovering from these scandals. we have some graphics here to illustrate this for you. the tenants of his plan include the following measures. what we have, ethics complaints. they're going to go right to the top now. if some teachers beli

i could not eat at a downtown restaurant in atlanta. i couldn't sit downstairs at a movie theater, i couldn't work at most white collar jobs. >> yeah. >> life was extremely restricted for me, and now, for my children and their children, life is open for them. they can go as far as their minds and their energies take them, and that's an enormous change in just a few years. and the fact that we've come this far and that we now have a president who most people, including myself, never thought could be elected, is a great step forward for the country. you like him or hate him. he's there. >> yep. >> and the very fact that he's there is a great mark in our favor, but that doesn't mean that all the work is done and we can sit at home and just fan ourselves and take it easy. there's much more to be done and we need to do it. we need tooget to it. >> equality is measured notú just in tangible ways, but in intangible ways. >> indeed so. >> yeah. and so in some of the intangible ways, do you believe that therr's a lot of progress that's been mad

así se ve en la vida real un día sin inmigrantes estas imágenes llegan desde atlanta, georgia, donde muchas calles wluzieron vacías y mucha gente no se presentó a trabajar. >> parte de la protesta a la ley hb 87. >> tiene todos los detalles y nos cuenta cómo fue la jornada. >> gracias desde la emblemática zona latina por excelencia en el área metropolitana en atlanta donde el día de hoy 1 de julio donde entran en vigor 21 de las 23 sección de la ley hb 87 presentó casi nula actividad como mostramos en el siguiente reporte. >> casi vacíos y poco inmigrantes en las calles, fue el panorama visto desde temprana hora en el día del incumplimien incumplimiento, como medimedida protesta. >> los pocos establecimientos que abrieron sus puertas como este restaurante y pastelería fue para cumplir con algunos compromisos de entregas pendientes a sabiendas que no tendrían empleados y mucho menos clientes. >> de todas maneras no tenía ningún personal para trabajar, ni panadero ni pasteleros porque todos se fueron para la marcha. >> el detalle roir de ventas han visto una merma importa

let's go to rob marciano live in atlanta. he's not in my circle of trusted friends or whatever they call it, but the day is early yet. good morning. what have we got? >> well, for one thing, you'll always be in my inner circle, regardless of whether it's google or facebook or whatever. a number of storms down across the southeast, in through and building also parts of the plains. if you're traveling to those areas, there will be some issues. but another gorgeous day in the northeast, just beautiful stuff. atlanta, minneapolis, will probably see thunderstorms this afternoon, and high temperatures will be decent, 85 in new york city and 93 degrees expected in memphis, but the heat's going to be building, and we'll see a heat wave, you know, of pretty decent proportions over the weekend as far north as the canadian border. let's go to ukraine zoo where a two-headed snake seems to be the highlight of this thing. if you can imagine, two heads on one snake body. >> oh! >> now, when one of the heads gets hungry, they sometimes fight

. >>> let's take it over to reynolds wolf live in atlanta. he's watching weather and flight delays. >> good morning. looks like we'll have quite a few delays possibly into the afternoon due to the same old culprit, those pesky thunderstorms bringing beneficial rainfall, but the delays at the airport. atlanta, raleigh, miami, as we take the switchers which are 107 or really 170, you're going to see the delays on this particular map, you see of course the radar popping up and showing storms across parts of omaha and back over to wichita. more of those developing in places like atlanta, back over in raleigh, even into miami and maybe even st. louis before all is said and done. something else we can also anticipate later on today, the storms to develop possibly across parts of the northern rockies. hot and sunny across much of texas and maybe a few thunderstorms across parts of the lower midwest. you're up to sped. let's pitch it right back to you. >> thankthanks. i'll check in with you later. >>> the quote of the day today. "he is a superior man

. >> he came to atlanta in 1977. there, he and his future wife, phyllis, were set up on a blind date. >> when i went to pick him up, he came around the corner. and he was the most gorgeous man that i had ever in my life seen. >> over 23 years, they would raise 5 children, including brandy, their only daughter. >> i felt like nothing could ever happen to him. he was my superhero. what he said, that was word. you know what i'm saying? you know, i guess a lot of kids, a lot of people listen to peer pressure and their friends. i listened to my dad. when he spoke, that's what it was. >> there would be six grandchildren. memorable family vacations. >> san juan, puerto rico. >> during those 23 years, derwin brown would move up the ranks in law enforcement in dekalb county, georgia's second largest which contains a piece of the city of atlanta and a wide swath of its eastern suburbs. he eventually made captain and was an assistant precinct commander. robert crowder was his partner when the two officers worked undercover narc

is this a big problem in atlanta? >> absolutely. there's no question about that. people are wondering how far and how widespread this all is. the mayor of atlanta saying the results of the year-long investigation is their worst fears coming true. two years ago, the head of atlanta public schools was named the top superintendent. she was credited for turning the atlanta system into a model of urban school reform and accomplishing significant gains. georgia's governor says the state's just completed investigation into the standardized testing process found widespread fraud dating back ten years. >> tests, results and targets being reached were more important than actual learning on the part of children. when reaching targets became the goal, it was a goal that was pursued with no excuses. >> reporter: according to the report, cheating was found in 44 of 56 schools involving almost 180 principals and teachers. some educators could face krim tall charges. hall stepped down from her job in june. in her farewell, she said they acted on their own. >> let me be clear, the

atlantic is doing, but we do not own nothing in atlanta. they look like they are doing good, they have the cosmetic liberation, right? cosmetic change, cosmetic liberation, but when you look at who owns most of the city, right? who is in control of the power in the city? it may be marginally better for black votes in some other places, but there are still fundamental issues with the school system. look at the endowment of emory compared to some of the black universities and colleges in atlanta. entrepreneurship is a big part of it. i did not understand and nobody told me what is involved with buying your own home until i was in my second law school, where is the my counterparts, the white students i was in class with, they had had that information coming up. it was just second nature. i asked the guy across the hall from me what his folks did. but told him my mom was a nurse and my dad was a teacher, a soldier before. he said his father was the deputy prime minister of jordan. i was like, "ok." minute court partner -- my moot court partner,

eastern time. >>> let's go to rob in atlanta. tropical storm bret still churning away in the atlantic. what's the impact? >> not a whole lot. if i may say, ali, it's a little jarring to wake up to cold play. you get us going in the morning. and that's what we need at 5:00. bret is churning out to sea. it's not looking too healthy. as it stands now, it's already in the middle of the ocean. it's north of the bahamas. it's not going to bother anybody. it's moving about 6 miles an hour. unlikely to become a hurricane. >>> some low clouds and wind for strak if you're traveling there. low clouds in the new york metros. d.c. and philadelphia will see some delays as well. and the heat is on. these are the current heat indices, what it feels like right now in minneapolis and ohio. it feels like 92. that's steamy. the heat and humidity continues across much of the country especially the north and in our opinion part. those thunderstorms are going to pop in the afternoon. the heat wave is expected to continue for the next couple of days. >>

. ♪ >> grupos activistas de varios estados del paÍs estÁn en atlanta han venido a sumarse al boicot. >> se llevaron a cabo leyes similares, estamos aquÍ para enseÑar lo que aprendimos de allÁ. >> se hizo un llamado para cerrar negocios hispanos y no presentarse a trabajar. >> para que los americanos nos vean que somos trabajadores, que hacemos falta. >> juan arturo y sus compaÑeros no participaron. >> nos dijo el patrÓn que tenÍamos que venir, si no nos despedÍan. >> aÚn asÍ celebran el bloqueo les estÁ dando un respiro. >> feliz porque no pasaron esas leyes, y de alguna manera podemos trabajar mÁs tranquilamente sin presiÓn de que la policÍa nos pueda detener. >> con todo para muchos el daÑo estÁ hecho, pues cientos de inmigrantes han abandonado las ciudades y los campos. >> nuestra gente sigue siendo detenida y deportado por faltas menores de trÁnsito, que nos traten menos mal no significa que nos traten bien. >> es por eso que maÑana dos de julio estÁ programada una marcha. >> se llevarÁ a cabo por las calles de atlanta, y se espera una concurrencia de 5000 pers

atlanta takes the lead. in the seventh, thor gets all comic-booky. in the bottom of the seventh, mccann hits it and thinks it is gone. he does not run that hard. it is off the wall. nailed, threat ends. collet strike three. there is no complaining about finally getting a break. the birds when, 5-4. the predicted matchup of rafa and novak djokovic. djokovic control the match most of the way. this play was symbolic. he was tired and resorts to desperation. it is a no go. in the fourth set, match point. djokovic, is punishing groundstrokes is too much. long. hits l novak djokovic wins the title. >> let's take a look at the radar. that is a strong thunderstorms cell. there is a thunderstorm warning until 7:15 this evening. you can see the map showing the yellow shaded areas for the warning the region to the district. there's a warning for the larger area of the day until midnight. tonight, scattered storms. tomorrow, around 80 and pleasant. there will be thunderstorms south of us on monday afternoon. south of annapolis and washington, there cod be some t

a friend in atlanta and let him know about tuskegee airfield. the military base under construction at day's driveway in tuskegee, alabama. they instituted training civilian pilots, a primary flight training base that operated under contract for the army air corps. now the war department was building from scratch on the outskirts of town. the idea of building an air base in treat him. he found a job at taft and are carpenter's apprentice and as soon as he got to tuskegee he learned about training black instructor pilots. he used the skills he learned in civilian pilot training to pass the entrance exam and began a training course. when the program was unexpectedly interrupted he found work driving the station wagon that ferried aviation cadets back and forth from their living quarters at tuskegee institute and was later hired as a timekeeper in the control tower tabulating cadets flight time. on march 1943 in order to save enough money to return to lincoln he quit his job and went back to atlanta to drive a cab. by september he had enough money t