there were 21 students on the bus from birmingham to montgomery. none of them were over the age of 23. they were black and white. as they were being attacked, congressman lewis suggested to the students in the middle of all of this that they stand together and try to huddle together and not get separated. two of the people that were most badly beaten were the lone white male on the bus. he was an exchange student at the time from wisconsin. he and congressman lewis were the first to offer bus. the crowd that formed had all manner of weapons with which to attack these students with. there were bats and chains and pipes and crates and just any manner of weaponry that you could think of to attack the students. after he was attacked, the crowd turned to commerce and lewis. he was hit with a coca-cola crate. that is the last thing he remembered. a were both beaten unconscious. others caught up in this attack were the assistant to attorney general robert f kennedy. his name was john c installer. he came upon the scene as the students were being attacked

it is also front and center in the city of birmingham. lisa stark joins us now from birmingham with more. lisa? >> reporter: well, tony, this has become quite a battle between this city, which is majority african american and democratic, and the republican-controlled legislation in the state capitol. the issue whether birmingham can raise its own minimum wage in this area. the minimum wage in alabama is $7.25 an hour. it hasn't been raised since 2009. the city council decided it really needed to raise the minimum wage in this city where 30% of the people live below the poverty line. so they voted to raise it to $10.10 an hour in two phases. >> in the city of birmingham, there are 40,000 people that are making minimum wage. 47% of our children are at or below poverty right now. so the immediate impact would be for those families, those children, and those people that have to make that decision between those bills and food and -- and all of that. >> reporter: now i spoke with one state lawmaker, he didn't want to go on camera, but he told m

in breaking a huge story on their governor today, "the birmingham news" today in birmingham, alabama, got hold of and published tonight some of the most politically damning tape in recent memory. because of their efforts, we're able to play some of that tape for you next. it's the kind of thing you will not forget once you hear it. that's next. stay with us. oh, look... ...another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair works... ...in one week. with the... fastest retinol formula. ...to visibly reduce wrinkles. neutrogena®. >>> attention to anyone watching with your kids right now or watching with anyone who is easily embarrassed by things of a sexual nature. i'm hereby letting you know you got a few seconds to be really distracting before something of a more sexual nature than we would usually play on this show is about to be played on this show. and the reason we don't take a decision like this lightly, we don't do this just for prurient entertainment. the reason we are going to play this in just a second is because it is legitimate

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right now it's just birmingham, but next week it could be huntsville or mobile. >> reporter: fighting back the city council voted last week to fast track its wage hike, making it immediate. the state counterattacked taking just three days to pass its bill, blocking birmingham's new law. >> republicans are concerned about state's rights, and home rules, and that's how they are nationally, but it's only convenient for them when it's convenient for them. >> reporter: alabama is one of 17 states to pass such laws, as the national fight for a living wage heats up. higher wages and good jobs are hot topics on the presidential race. bernie sanders supports $15 an hour. and hillaryclinton, this weekend in alabama denounced the state's move. >> at some point it just doesn't add up. part of the reason you raise the minimum wage is because people deserve a living wage, and that actually helps other people get ahead. >> reporter: on the republican side the three leading candidates, trump, rubio, and cruz all oppose a minimum wage increase, focusing on expanding jobs and job skills. at a non-profi

there were 21 students on the bus from birmingham to montgomery. none of them were over the age of 23. they were black and white. as they were being attacked, congressman lewis suggested to the students in the middle of all of this that they stand together and try to huddle together and not get separated. two of the people that were most badly beaten were the lone white male on the bus. he was an exchange student at the time from wisconsin. he and congressman lewis were the first to offer bus. the crowd that formed had all which to weapons with attack these students with. there were bats and chains and pipes and crates and just any manner of weaponry that you could think of to attack the students. after he was attacked, the crowd turned to commerce and lewis. coca-cola with a crate. that is the last thing he remembered. a were both beaten unconscious. others caught up in this attack were the assistant to attorney general robert f kennedy. his name was john c installer. scene as thethe students were being attacked and tried to intervene. as anounced

at least four people in alabama are hurt when a tornado batter is the birmingham area. survivors say they never saw it coming. >>> welcome back to earth! with a smile and a thumb's up, astronaut scott kelly returned from orbit. what comes next for the man who spent nearly a year in space. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> donald trump and hillary clinton rolled up decisive super tuesday victories. both trump and clinton solidified control of their race, if not control of their parties, and began to focus on each other. trump, battling opponents, and hardening resistance from the republican establishment, won in the deep south and as far north coverage. >> reporter: donald trump was looking for a knockout punch and he nearly got it, after sweeping contests in the south, trump republican establishment on super tuesday and finds himself well on the way to securing the gop nomination. >> i think, honestly, we have done something that almost nobody thought could be done. and

well birmingham, upwards of all been from the same parent cell. we'll survey the damage today, national weather service will and will let us know as far as what happened there as far as the intensity. it's a damage scale so they have to look at debris, by that they can determine what winds caused the damage. the front is weakening as it moves through today. for us that means just mostly cloudy skies, a couple of showers, then we're looking pretty good as we head through tonight. at arrows depicting a south wind, bringing us a little more moisture. you can feel the humidity this morning. then we'll begin to clear out as we head through later in afternoon. dry air begins to move in, i think we'll be in pretty good shape, look at the temperatures, it's been a while since we had temperatures in the mid-60s. feels nice, more spring-like. inverness 63. you were in the low 40s yesterday so much cooler. and we'll continue to track futurecast here, but chunk of dry air tomorrow, nice. then another weak front comes in friday setting us up for a pretty spect

the next storms approaching nashville and birmingham is the weather make they are afternoon. pushing off toward the east, northeast, the time on this may be right around the late afternoon and early evening hours. so most of the day should be rain-free. but there is potential couple of these storms could be on the heavy side late today. this is 8:00 this morning, still dealing with fog and low clouds, but then that gives way to partly sunny skies for the mid-day, as that system approaches from the west, that allows for showers and storms to fuel. by 4:00, not too much happening, there may be adjustments on this the afternoon, late afternoon in the evening hours, showers and storms sort to blossom and a few could be on the heavieride. no rain out there right now, we clover leaf elementary school until statesville, we have a little bit of fog this morning but not so here in charlotte. 61, south breeze at 3, dew point high. most of us in the 50s, low 60s. 57 statesville, 54 morganton, 58 shelby, 62 monroe and 63 around rock hill. for today, 62 is what i'm forecasting everybody w

you can see some thunderstorms developing just north of interstate 20 from birmingham over toward metro atlanta. there is a risk that we could see some severe weather but the storm prediction center has it from atlanta through most of north georgia into knoxville and back into alabama and birmingham. >> this risk as far east as western oconee county from franklin, bryson city and southwest bound through gainesville and back into atlanta. it does include you folks in taco with a, in stevens county. most of these -- it's not a major system. and really i'm talking about maybe a few isolated strong to severe thunderstorms and the main threat would be damaging winds as we go through the evening. we'll have to watch it closely. here are some showers developing just west of gainesville heading toward lake lanier. we had some stronger storms move as it made its way closer it fell apart. hopefully we'll stabilize the atmosphere enough to where we'll see just thundershowers and nothing strong to severe but i'll keep you updated. look how fast we warmed up. 71 degrees. 11 degrees above the average

it happened in birmingham with the bus boycott and in little rock in 1957, then again in birmingham. these were the ears -- years of the end of jim crow. they forcefully sought full equality and the share of the economic affluence they had been denied. martin luther king jr. became one of the most dominant figures, taking leadership of the movement, boosted by television and its influence. now, what happened in birmingham during the civil rights era did not happen in georgia. we had our own mad men, visionaries and dreamers who turned success stories like coca-cola, delta and others, into international brands that became synonymous with economic power. clark bradley, responsible for the banks that fathered synovus. in 1955, in the heart of the time we are talking about, two brothers started in insurance company and columbus that became one of the most successful in the world. they make a family life insurance company. they were entrepreneurs that made georgia and atlanta the capital of the new south and created an environment where business could work with civil rights leaders to cre

that storm hit about 100 miles from birmingham. it also damaged homes and power lines as well. >>> high winds and low visibility is what's greeting people. some are getting 8 to 12 inches of snow. that snow is expected to stop falling. alyssa, we are having plenty of rain that people are ready to see go away for a bit. >> yeah, get it out of here for the morning commute. as the skies begin to clear, we have an awesome shot courtesy of our crew in raleigh. look at that. the moon's shining bright as we start off our wednesday >>> it is 5:49 right now. it is raining for some of you. we have to talk about that. the rain is quickly moving out and skies quickly clear behind it. here's where the rain is falling right now, stopping this and bringing you in for a closer look. a few spotty showers around nash and halifax county. the steadiest rain in the southern portions of wilson county and across wayne county. goldboro seeing the steady rain up towards 795 as you celebrate north into wilson county. look for water ponding. here's the hour

we are in birmingham this morning. overall turnout expect to be 40%, pretty high according to many officials here, considering there aren't a lot of other big state races drawing voters to the polls. alabama expected to be a bigger player this year. in previous super tuesday election, alabama was not a part of it, but this past year, the legislature voted to move alabama's primary up to super tuesday. you've seen more focus on this state, candidates stopping by and pending money on advertising. let's look at the polls on the republican side, donald trump really with a commanding lead, most of the polls showing him now over 40% of the vote. really the thing to watch here in alabama will be who can come out in second, because rubio and cruz both running neck and neck. they will see if they can win. a large part of the electorate in alabama is made up of african-americans. hillary clinton has been talking directly to african-american voters, hoping to pick up supporters just like she saw in south carolina. >> that's impor

let's hop over to birmingham now. jonathan martin is live for us there. alabama's governor has said that the state will take a difference this time around. so what kind of a turn out are we talking about? and who is leading? >> reporter: yes, alabama is expected to play a bigger role in this year's primary. in past super-tuesday's alabama typically voted after super-tuesday a week after. but their legislature voted to vote with the rest of the states, so that's why they are a bigger player. you see a lot of candidates spending time and money here, and there is expected to be a 40% turnout, which is high, considering there are not a lot of big statewide races on the ballot. donald trump continues to have a pretty sizable lead in most of the polls. the latest shows him at around 42%. so the forry line is not who will win but who will come in second place. so they hope to win some of those congressional districts, so they can take home of delegates. and then hillary clinton polling at around 70%, a little over 70% over bernie sanders, and she has really spen

the tornado near birmingham seriously damaged at least a dozen homes then there was this. in chicago, the problem was snow. triggering a couple of runway spin-offs at o'hare. one private jet slid off the runway while an american airlines jet slid on a taxiway and had to be towed back to the terminal. no one was injured. that storm system is now moving east stretching from georgia to new england. it could be a wet commute for the major cities on the east coast. overnight a chemical leak following a train derailment. 14 cars went off the tracks near buffo, new york. two of those cars we carrying ethanol and they are now leaking. th sheriff says a fire station is down the street so the response was immediate. about the people nearby were told to evacuate. >> looking past super tuesday to the next battleground states. >> and more tearful testimony. erin andrews on the stand in the lawsuit facing grueling cross-examination. glass slide a thousand feeup.lergies distracting you? when your symptoms start... doctors recommend taking ...non-drowsy claritin every day of your allergy

look at these images coming in, a possible tornado hitting south of birmingham, alabama. voteing halted for a time. also damaging hail in oklahoma. this is moving across the south. it couldn't come at a worse time. further north, in chicago, this plane sliding off the runway. no injuries. but meteorologist rob marciano tracking all of this and the travel problems coming tomorrow. rob? david. we do have a severe weather threat. not a huge outbreak, but it's going to impact some states that are having primaries right now. including alabama, northern georgia, parts of tennessee, maybe even virginia. birmingham to atlanta, chattanooga, knoxville, certainly some cities that'll be impacted over the next few hours. here's the front passing over the appalachian mountain chain, with those showers and thunderstorms. snow is from chicago to detroit, upstate new york. but tomorrow morning, the rush from new york to d.c. will be a bit of a mess. david? >> you'll be tracking it. rob, thank you. >>> much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. erin andrews' tearful testimony, d

and in one neighborhood, look at this, south of birmingham, rooftops ripped off by an ef-2 tornado. winds, 1205 miles an hour. the ceiling clear to the sky. abc's steve osunsami on the scene in alabama tonight. >> reporter: this is what's left tonight of pine valley drive, south of birmingham. the view from the alabama sky shows the roofs peeled off homes and the giant trees pushed on top of them. the tornados set off sirens just after supper. the weather service now says there were two of them tearing through the state, the strongest that af-2, with wind speeds near 125 miles an hour. grant sims says he could hear holes into his house. >> and the wind, you know it straight through -- straight through the house. >> reporter: it got so bad, the election precincts nearby had to stop the voting. ben allison and his wife ran for the laundry room. >> i got on top of her, and i heard my roof leave. >> reporter: families here in alabama say that all this happened in an instant. and much of this material came from the attics of these two homes. david? >> steve osunsami in alabama tonight. s