now we are back on the uss missouri. now come to recognize this part of the ship for an event that happened in world war ii. tellsa touching event and you a lot about the ship and its crew. particularly its commanding officer. in the battle of okinawa, the less great naval battle, the missouri saw herself under a, causing attack. comic ozzy is a word that means zi has a lot of feelings attached to it because of world war ii. the 13thback to century when japan found itself under invasion from a mongolian flea. twice it was wiped out by a typhoon. this is viewed as divide into invention so the term they used was kamikaze, or divine win. this is what they used to save the country one more time from the threat of invasion. the pilot was spotted at about 7000 yards off the battleship missouri's starboard side, where we are currently standing. he came in low. missouri's five inch guns took ,p firing on the kamikaze hitting him a few times. at 14:42 in the afternoon on april 11, he slammed his plane into the side of the missour

we will all answer simply, i was on the missouri. missouri is bow to bow with the uss arizona. the start for the war for the americans was the attack on pearl harbor, where the end of world war ii was that surrender ceremony aboard the missouri. by having the missouri sitting here in pearl harbor, we have the bookends of world war ii for the united states. the beginning on the arizona, and the end on the missouri. bow, the 16 bow to inch guns point symbolically over the ship, standing watch over the sailors forever into an arizona -- forever entombed in arizona. >> the c-span cities tour travels the country, exploring the american story, taking book tv end american history tv on the road every first and third weekend of the month. we visited 24 cities in the last 12 months. our look at some of the highlights from the tour continues as we take you to memphis, tennessee. memphis strike was at a crossroads in the period of the american civil rights story. 1968 memphis was a moderate city, more moderate than other areas in the deep south. memphis was considered the mid-south right

and the kansas missouri border would be one of those. yes, they're framing that as you started it and we're getting back. but this had been going on since the mid 1850s. yes. >> yes. dennis doyle from joliet, illinois. professor, have you seen in research where an officer or enlisted man or group of soldiers refused an order based on their own ethics or morality, that they refused in the chain of command to commit an act of violence. and what were the repercussions if they did that. >> that's a good question. i didn't. i think the short answer is no, i didn't see anything explicit. there are times when certainly orders are countermanded. the issue i don't deal with is violence against native people during the war. the sioux uprising in minnesota, the kind of pope and town fathers of minnesota, the white settlers want 300 men involved in that uprising executed. and lincoln diminishes that, kur tails it to 38, still the largest execution in american history, shocking on its scale, but that's one of the places where there's an intervention.

this is one, actually in butler, missouri. this is the battle of honey springs in oklahoma, which was one of the most famous battles that the first kansas colored participated in. let me be clear. we all probably remember the movie glory, and we know the history of the 54th infantry regiment. and officially, it is the first lack regiment in the civil war. unofficially, this is the first black regiment. these people proceeded the glory folks by two years. by two years. >> [ applause ] >> these are kansas people. these are kansas people who were fighting for the freedom. of course, this is one of the officers. captain william matt hughes. you can see that there are changes that are taking place rapidly in kansas. oh all of this is going on against the backdrop of just a few years. remember, 1816-1865. and i love this. this is the battle flag of the first kansas colored volunteers. these women, i don't know where they are, who they are. but, they still preserve the battle flag. you can almost see in the faces how proud they are o

we crossed the missouri river on a ferrari goat to forth t. leavenworth, kansas and i then felt like a free man. >> this is july 1862. >> thousands of missouri slaves found their way into the union mines. protected by the gallant union soldiers and their free state of kansas. others still crossed the missouri river in search of liberty on the bridge of ice which god had built for their special accommodation. these people came among as wholly destitute. their suffering was relieved by charity of friends here and elsewhere. >> those friends here and else was was the kansas emancipation league. they were dedicated to the destruction of slavery. i'll read this. this is short. this is richard cordley. the negros are not coming. the negros or not coming. they are here. they will stay here. they are to be our neighbors whatever we may think about it, whatever we may do about it. it says a number of things. it says about the determination of abolitionists and suggests there's resistance to those black folks coming in to kansas at that particular time.

he was a missouri politician and painter. he gives us the quintessential american 19th-century images. every u.s. history textbook is required to use his county vote to talk about antebellum democracy. he was a diehard unionist and he served in the legislature in missouri. he was a unionist state militia member. despite that he felt the general order number 11 was horribly unjust and it's pressure on union civilians in missouri was counterproductive. after the war in 1868 he uses his blush and gets the last word in on the tyranny that is general order number 11. thomas ewing, the issue who the general who issues the order comes to sherman's step brother and a dead civilian on the ground and more destruction , it is a little traumatized but the scale of destruction in general order number 11 is quite dramatic. this policy i would submit is a policy developed with the laws of war in mind as a way to apply nonlethal pressure to this problem of guerrillas. the problem created by the confederates refusal to fight the war way the w

next, one of the highlights from our stop in independence, missouri. exhibition about harry truman in world war i. harry truman was the only president to serve in combat in world war i. lifeis the story of his leading up to the war, why he went to the war, what he did in the war and what lessons he learned from the war. there were other president who is did -- had important roles, for example, herbert hoover, did relief programs. franklin roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy. and dwight eisenhower, of course, became the commander during world war ii. he was running a base on the home front. so he did not get into combat in the war. so truman's experiences are pretty unique since he was the only president to serve in combat. we've selected this title "heroes are corpses" for this show. it's taken from a memoir that he wrote about his experiences as he was leaving new york harbor on the ship on the way to france in 1918. he wrote in that he was wondering if hay would come back heroes a corpses. harry truman's interest in the military started

state of missouri. systemic failure to blame in nigeria for the continued sex trafficking of hundreds of girls and young women. welcome back to international weather forecasts we're watching a tropical storm make its way across the philippines and into the south china sea right now a lot of clouds right now over the philippines really lot of heavy rain across the region now the good news with the storm is it's moving quite quickly so a lot of areas are going to be seeing a lot of accumulations because the storm will be pushing out quite quickly as we go towards wednesday we're back into the south china sea with very heavy rains still lingering across parts of luzon as well as the central philippines but by the time we get towards thursday notice how quickly that storm makes its way towards the west we're going to start to see the impact of the storm on parts of vietnam as we get towards thursday but it's really not going to be until friday that we actually see a landfall across the northern parts of vie

." >>> panic at a walmart in missouri as a heavily armed man wearing body armor walks into a store. what happened next. >>> action on gun control? after back-to-back gun shooting, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he's open to gun laws. >>> and forecasting officials, upping their hurricane predictions, warning it will be busier than previously thought. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. anne-marie green is off. i'm brook silva-braga. >>> there's been another terrifying incident at a walmart in the wake of the el paso mass shooting. this time it happened at a store in springfield, missouri, about 165 miles south of kansas city. police say a man armed with a rifle and another gun walked into the store yesterday carrying more than 100 rounds of ammunition. more now from tom hanson. >> reporter: springfield, missouri, police say they arrested an armed man after he walked into a walmart store dressed in body armor and dressed in military-type clothing. the man who appeared to be in his 20s sent shoppers running yesterday afternoon

raised in world missouri, senator josh hawley sizzurp as missouri's attorney general. he quickly earned a reputation for battling big government and big business, special interest, organized crime and anyone who would threaten the well-being of missourians. in 2002, senator hawley graduated from stanford university and from the law school in 2006. he then moved back home to missouri with his wife where they became the proud parents of two sons. senator hawley is recognizable definitions leading constitutional lawyers. he has litigated at the supreme court of the united states, the federal courts of appeals, and in state court, fighting for the peoples liberties. he previously fought obamacare at the supreme court and one as one of the lead attorneys in the landmark hobby lobby case. senator hawley has also taken on egg opioid manufacturers, has cracked down on human trafficking in missouri, commander stood up to the tech, launching investigations of the most powerful companies in the world, google and facebook, to protect missourians. their data, and the first amendmen

this very restrictive abortion ban in missouri would have gone into effect on wednesday but on tuesday this federal judge stepped in and temporarily halted it you were being temporarily said that would hold to a further litigation plays out in the courts here this was signed by the missouri governor a back in may and it's been a real closely watched case ever since then it would have been the most restrictive abortion ban anywhere in the united states it would have banned women from having abortions any time after 8 weeks of pregnancy or about 2 months or so and this isn't the 1st time that states have tried to implement some abortion ban states of ohio and mississippi tried as well but they were also blocked by federal judges as well but the one here in mississippi would have been by far the most restrictive abortion still very much a hot button issue in the united states very political as well dating back to 1973 actually and that's when the supreme court ruled in the very famous roe v wade case that made abortion legal in the united states in 1983 ever since then both pro and anti a

ll-being of missouri. in 2002, he graduated from stanford university and from yale law school in 2006. he then moved back home with his wife where he became the proud parents of two sons. he is recognized as one of the leading constitutional lawyers. he's litigated as the supreme court of the united states, the federal courts of appeals and in state court fighting for the people's liberties. he previously thought obamacare at the supreme court and won as one of the lead attorneys in landmark hobby lobby case. she's also taken on big opioid manufacturers, crackdown on human trafficking in misery and to step up to the tech launching investigations of the most powerful companies in the world, google and facebook, their data and the first amendment. she serves on the senate committees on the judiciary, armed services, homeland security and governmental affairs, small business and entrepreneurship and the special committee on aging. please join me in welcoming the youngest senator in america, senator holly. [ap

state of missouri all that more let me come back. hello again to welcome back we're here crossing that state it is still going to be quite warm here out towards the west we're talking excessive heat watches as well as warnings in effect along most of those western states anywhere from oregon all the way down here towards california even up here towards seattle $27.00 degrees doesn't seem that hot but for them it is actually above average and that is going to continue as we go from wednesday and into thursday los angeles it is going to be $29.00 and inland that he goes down to about the mid thirty's so it's a big problem there out towards the east that we are talking atlanta 31 and a nice day in new york at about 27 degrees well here across the caribbean we are watching tropical storm dorian making its way across the leeward islands and now into the caribbean making its way towards the northwest now the big threat over the next few days is the storm strengthening as well as getting very close to parts of puerto rico as well as into do

ferguson in missouri. the spark for what would become daily street protests was the killing of an unarmed african-american teenager. in the days that followed the police responded to the demonstrations with massive force. such as it was because of course is the message you little kill if necessary. an autopsy would show the brown was shot at least 6 times twice in the head. he was the 4th black man to be killed in the united states by police in the span of a month the street protests and police tactics brought ferguson into the national and international spotlight things quickly spiral reports of gunshots fired from the crowd a state of emergency was declared the national guard was deployed and the u.s. attorney general launched a federal investigation into the killing fault lines i was in ferguson to witness how michael brown's killing sparked something bigger exposing tensions that had been bubbling beneath the surface for years always the. i felt. that. this is the area ferguson's residents are calling

. >>> a man with a rifle wearing body armor causes a scare at a walmart in missouri. >>> live pictures right now as protesters swarm hong kong's airport for a demonstration that could last for days. >>> 21 of the democrats running for president head to iowa with the first 2020 caucuses now less than six months away. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm allison coffee sitting in for christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. 10 p.m. in maui where i'm just returning from. >> welcome back from vacation. >> thank you. republicans in washington searching for a path forward to address gun violence. on one side they face pressure to take action. on the other side, there is strong opposition from the national rifle association. president trump at the moment seems inclined to act. >> there's a great appetite, and i mean a very strong appetite, for background checks, and i think we can bring up background checks like we've never had before. >> but a source tells cnn nra association president wayne lapierre has spoken to the president over the la

management of lead mines in present-day missouri on the other hand presented a significant challenge. upon completing the louisiana purchase in 1803 the united states inherited a quagmire of legal -- land claims made by french and spanish governments as well as the longstanding traditions of people far removed from centers of power. secretary bates among others were tasked with sorting through various land claims for legitimacy as well as overseeing the leasing of mineral lands. the presence of preexisting land claims complicated the leasing system by allowing some to mine legally on their own land without paying any rent while others, potentially on neighboring tracts, were required to acquire leases. the process of validating land claims dragged on for decades, complicated by a lack of formal documents and grants made illegally after the purchase. in the interim, bates was unable to keep fraudulent claimants from mining and suffered the willful flouting of his authority. unsurprisingly by 1816 he could only report two active leases and sarcastically mused he might be fined and impri

he moved to missouri and crossed the border in search of john brown. when brown took pate's knife, he acquired a battle trophy. soldiers often collect relics after their first battle when troops strip a defeated enin em they assert dom mans. by stealing the knife he disarmed the southerner of his weapon, but battle trophies seldom remain with their collectors. soldiers give them to family and friends, gamble them away or exchange them for luxuries. in the process, these battlefield trophies circulate from war front to home front where civilians prize a tangible piece of the war. months after blackjack, brown paraded his trophy during a fundraising tour across new england. after listening to his lecture, audiences thrilled to see brown pull pate's knife out of his boot, this was like the dramatic flourish at the end of the lecture and people came to expect it. when ralph emmerson and henry david throw met john brown for the first time, they asked to see the buoy knife. after brown spoke in collinsville, connecticut, blacksmith charles blair admired the

up next four seventh grade students from the phelps center for gifted education in springfield, missouri presented alice paul the fight for the 19 amendment. >> hello. we are doing a performance title alice paul who died for the 19th amendment. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> alice paul an activist and fighter for equal rights helped in the triumph of women being able to vote despite injustice treatment she fought for women's rights. they continued to fight. lucy burns was another one in the women's rights movement. >> they founded the national women's part in 1913 and participated in many women's contests about rights. >> this event and many others thought women should vote. women participants was established and on january 18 1885. they are parents were there and she had two brothers. she grew up being a strong leader and in 1901 she went to a co-ed college. her mother had her do graduate work and in 1906 she started the suffrage movement. they joined that and said men and women were equal. she was arrested several times and she and other activists were beaten and harassed. they worked together and it

>> five years ago, ferguson, missouri erupted after 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed by police officer darren wilson during an altercation, what many say were years of lingering tensions between police and the community boiled over. the power of social media was really on display in terms of organizing during ferguson did that make it stand out >> it certainly did make it stand out, but i think fundamentally what happened is that young black and brown people across the country simply said this is enough no more. >> months later following investigations both state and federal prosecutors didn't upti of anger also a reflection of the time, the shooting of brown following the deaths of trayvon martin and ericne of ferguson in 2014. >> i think five years is n five years after the end of slavery, everything wasn't better >> this quick trip convenience store burned to the ground today the ferguson community empowerment center sits in its place. >> all the shirts in these bags -- >> the save our sons program is housed here as staff and volunteers aim to get residents jobs throu

>>missouri police are charging and arms man arrested at a walmart was making a terrorist threat. the 20 year-old caused a panic in the springfield store he walked in carrying a rifle yesterday video shows. >>dimitri andre chiang co being arrested, he was wearing military fatigues and body armor you see him there. authorities say he was armed with tactical weapons more than a 100 rounds of ammunition and armed off-duty firefighter detained him until police took him into custody. no shots fired nobody was injured. it is not by the way against the law for people over 19 to openly carry guns in missouri as long as the guns were legally obtained. walmart is removing violent video game displays after the 2 recent shootings in its stores. officials say the move is meant to show respect for the incidents. >>it does not change what games are available for sale walmart promise to quote thoughtful and deliberate response to the shootings earlier this week. so hope that what that she would change to bring change his source policies on selling firearms. walmart is one of the world's largest s

>>and a small missouri town dolls are causing real confusion. from a distance. it looks like a person, small child like dolls have been popping up around the streets. best is at intersections and behind dumpsters. some are faceless summer headless all are creepy local authorities believe it's likely a prank that have concerns nonetheless they want all residents regardless of good intentions to be safe. so i think this is really a child. they take steps to drag this out of traffic may get injured. >>it's our job more. >>so very creepy. >>the mayor of colder germany has a very personal stake in her community. the town has been without a practicing doctor since the mid 90's and now mayor you'll see fish mid is offering a little extra incentive to potential practitioners, herself. for the position published in the journal of german physicians included this blur insider tip. the mayor is still unmarried with the low doctor. local media is reporting more respondents have shown interest in the mayor in the job. schmidt says the priority is finding a qualified doctor si

was shot and killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. the moment touched off months of protests and thrust into a new light questions about police use--force, race relations ad criminal justice in this country. micheical correspondent alcindor traveled back to ferguson to see what progress has and hasn't been made. >> alcindor: a typical summer barbecue-- near what some see as hallowed ground. it was here fiveears ago that officer darren wilson shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown. >> to me that little patch just reminds me of exactly where it happened at. i can't drive over it. i don't know what that is. i don't know how to explain it or why, but i can't. i drive around it. >> alcindor: fran griffin helped arorganize this event as pt of the southeast ferguson community associatn. the group was formed in the wake of brown's death to provide community services. like many othersgriffin was spurred to protest after brown was killed. and eaier this year, she won a seat on ferguson's city council, becoming the first black woman to repres

then, five years after the police killing of michael brown, we return to ferguson, missouri, to look at the emotional toll left behind. >> when i wake up in the morning, my otions are all over the place, and i really don't know if i want to go forwards, backwards. every day is a fight for me since august 9, 2014. >> nawaz: and it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart are here to break down the political response to mass shootings in el paso and dayton, as well as the lates20from the campaign trail. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> ordering takeout. >> finding the west route. >> talking for hours. >> planning for showers. >> you can do thes you like to do with a wireless plan designed for you. with talk, text and data. conser cellular. learn more at consumercellular.tv >> babbel. a language program that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and wi

i'm an armed man in missouri. this comes at a time when americans are still on edge. >> a scare at a walmart in spring field missouri a man taken into custody with body armor and rifle. >> he was not trying to cause comfort. his lucky he's still alive. >> staff pulled a fire alarm to get everyone out safely. >> not panic, but everyone is scared. they are concerned and had no idea what was going on. >> there was a brief moment i saw what was around his neck, he could grab that at any minute. >> he had a weapon on him. who knows what could happen. >> the former firefighter holding the man until the police came up even though i'm no longer in public safety i feel i can protect people if i need to. hopefully my actions prevented something like el paso from happening. >> this happened days after the attacks in ohio and texas. >> the suspect in a series of deadly stabbing attacks in southern california history with law enforcement. accused of killing four and injuring two others during a rampage. he's a documented gang

we get slavery in missouri. slavery won't go 3630, but slavery is there. one more thing. the new york emancipation law. think about this. new york. new york can't figure out how to emancipate it some slaves. it passes many, especially black people to go out and try to start up what we think of as modern abolition. the friedman's journal, first black newspaper published in america, and united states, in new york. 1829,walker's appeal, calling for slaves to fight for their freedom. lloyd garrison's the liberator. england, abolition having more success. keep that in mind. iss reflects english slavery well in the not cotyou can sees average price of a slave over the years before civil war. what does this chart show? booms and busts. maybe i don't know how to use this. whatever. happen in thenics world economy, the american economy. panics happen but slavery is there. the price of slaves growing, 1860, price of slaves is at an ?ll-time map. right there on the petersburg, between norfork on the north carolina border. here is a map, i'm not sure how well it appears, part to see.

doing it's job >>> just days after the mass shootings in el paso and dayton, panic at a walmart in missouri, a man charged tonight with making a terrorist threat after police say he walked into the store with two guns and a load of ammunition. >> what police revealed about the suspect in the el paso shooting explosive new claims about jeffrey epstein, one of his accusers says epstein trafficked her to powerful men for sex, claims that some of them are denying tonight. >>> the price you pay, how to beat the expensive airline baggage fees, what you can do to save big bucks on travel and beyond >>> and the unforgettable surprise reunion, kidnapped as a baby, he finally gets to thank the fbi agent who rescued him 22 years ago. >> the only thing i was praying for was that he was still alive. >> the remarkable moment they shared today after all those years. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us i.c.e. officials tonight are defending how this week's massive immigration sweeps in mississippi were conducted as the community at the ce

federal judge has blocked the state of missouri as new abortion law pending a legal challenge by pro abortion activists the new law was due to come into effect on wednesday it's one of the strictest in the u.s. effectively banning the procedure unless medically necessary. has more from washington d.c. . this very restrictive abortion ban in missouri would have gone into effect on wednesday but on tuesday this federal judge stepped in and temporarily halted the we're being temporarily said that would hold to a further litigation plays out in the courts here this was signed by the missouri governor a back in may and it's been a real closely watched case ever since then it would have been the most restrictive abortion ban anywhere in the united states it would have banned women from having abortions any time after 8 weeks of pregnancy or about 2 months or so and this isn't the 1st time that states have tried to implement some abortion ban states of ohio and mississippi tried as well but they were also blocked by federal judges as well but the one here in mississippi would have been by f

to welcome you to missouri headwaters state park. we are at the headwaters of missouri. and just west of where we are standing is where the madison and jefferson rivers come together to form the missouri. right here on our right below us is the gallatin river which flows into it. some people refer to this as the three forks area because we have these three rivers that come together to form the missouri. this park has a lot of historical significance, especially with the lewis and clark expedition which came through here in 1805, searching for the headwaters of missouri. by the time they arrived in this area, they realized they probably were not going to find an all water route to the west. they had already been traveling for a year and a half on their journey. a previous winter in north dakota, and that is where a french trapper who was staying with the indians, and his wife, sacagawea, and hired them on the expedition. july twayed here in seven, when sacagawea arrived in 1805. when they approached the place, they had to make a decision, which river do we continue on up?

let's go to missouri. this guy was found outside of a walmart in springfield. various news stations in the area are reporting a 20-year- old man has been taken into custody. he was spotted with a rifle a handgun and body armor. he also reportedly had over 100 rounds of ammunition in his possession. this comes on the heels of that horrible mass shooting at the walmart in el paso texas last weekend. 22 people were killed there. about a dozen people wounded police say in missouri there is no longer a threat. this guy is in custody. they are questioning him to figure out what he was doing there with all that hardware.>>> this giant tree collapse into a sacramento home almost hitting a six-year-old boy. who was inside. you see how the trunk snapped. the rest of the tree nearly destroying the house. ryan hill spoke to the family whose little boy walked out of that home without injuries.>> reporter: >> we just saw the ceiling cave in. it's where my son told me he was at. >> reporter: the study tree snapped tuesday night. crashing into the roof of the house. alphonso m

reality playing out in missouri. police this morning and other folks want to know why a man walked into a walmart heavily armed wearing fatigues all while recording himself on a cell phone responding police to respond to an active shooter. no shots fired the panic however, reeled what more do we know about this. >> bottom line, these were scarey moments. this man walks into a walmart. no shots fired. no one injured. police were responding to what they thought was a potential active shooter this time at another walmart in springfield, missouri. you see what he was wearing and what he was yielding. body armor and a rifle. the motif is still under investigation. he was recording himself on a cell phone and pushing a cart around. the manager saw him, he pulled the fire alarm urging people to get out when people started evacuating after the calls for the potential shooter came in. the off duty firefighter held this man up until police got there. no shots fired and no one injured. here is what the police had to say about t

there is breaking news in connection with a frightening episode at a wal-mart in springfield, missouri. 20-year-old dmitriy andreychenko sss just been charged with itking a terroristic threat. police say he walked into the wal-mart yesterday carrying a loaded rifle and wearing body armor. customers understandably panicked. an off-duty firefighter who had a firearm, held andreychenko for flice. at the white house today, the president expressed new hope that congress will strengthen background checks for gun purchases. but as weijia jiang tells us, not everyone shares that optimism. >> i don't care politically. i don't want to have crazy people having guns. >> reporter: before taking off for his summer vacation, president trump tried to explain, without details, how he plans to keep guns out of the wrong hands. >> but we have to have meaningful background checks. i am talking about meaningful-- add that word-- meaningful. te reporter: but his call to action may be meaningless tithout legislation that satisfies congressional democrats, republicans, and the national rifle association. this

. >>> former missouri secretary of state and afghanistan war veteran jason candor has been seen as a rising star in the democratic party and was on the verge of become kansas city's next mayor last year when he made a decision that surprised his supporters. he dropped out of the mayoral race to pursue treatment for depression and post traumatic stress. now he's fighting for his fellow veterans. jason candor joins me now. thank you so much for being with us. it's been a year since you basically dropped out of the mayoral race. do you ever look at city hall and think, gosh, i wish i were there? >> no. honestly, john, not even a little and that's not a comment on city hall. that's a comment on how gratifying the work i'm doing now actually is. i'm here at veterans community project where we fill in the gaps and services for my fellow veterans whether they they be homeless or otherwise, and it is really gratifying work. it's something that i'm honored to have the chance to do. >> it's such important work and i know so many people are grateful eighty-four doing it. i want to give our view

louis and missouri but across the country. i remember the pain in people's faces. there was so much excitement from young people who really saw this as a moment to force some change but it was built on emotion and pain and hurt and so many people identified with michael brown not because they knew michael brown but they knew of michael brown. they knew an 18-year-old black man stopped by the police every single day in missouri. they understand the disparities in the treatment from law enforcement and the courts. and to think back to that moment, there was so much anger and frustration and pain but, also, so much great hope. when i think back to those days, five years ago, and we wonder how much has changed and we remember those moments where the seeds were planted we have to question how much has changed? how much blood and sweat and tears were spilled? and for what at this point? >> how much has changed, jason? >> a lot has changed and not for the better. when i think of that and i was there, i was there for two riots. i was tear gassed. i saw the police basically

we begin with the arrest of a heavily armed man at a walmart in missouri. less than a week after the shooting at a walmart in el paso, texas. ron mott joins us with this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. very scary moments at this walmart yesterday afternoon. happening about 4:00, a little after 4:00 yesterday. the young man carrying an assault style rifle walked into this walmart, started pushing a cart through the store. especially, a store official pulled a fire alarm, ordered the store evacuated. people scurried outside, including the gunman, who ran into a former firefighter who drew his weapon, held the suspect until police arrived to arrest him. the suspect is dmitrey andreychenko, a 20-year-old. in february, he posted a message about walmart. he said, it is official, i hate walmart. they don't sell rifle and shotgun ammo if you're under 21. new policy. however, i can walk into the store with a loaded .40 caliber and nobody says anything. what a joke. this scare comes five days after the deadly rampage at a walmart in el paso.

. >>> a man with a rifle wearing body armor causes a scare at a walmart in missouri. >>> and you're looking at live pictures right now in hong kong as protesters swarm hong kong's airport for a demonstration that could last for days. >>> 21 democrats running for president head to iowa for the first 2020 caucuses now less than six months away. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> good morning. i'm alison kosik sitting in for christine romans. it's august 9th, 5 a.m. in the east. republicans in washington are searching for a path forward for gun violence. there is strong opposition from the national rifle association. president trump at the moment seems inclined towards action. >> there's a great appetite and i mean a very strong appetite for background checks and i think we can bring up background checks like we've never had before. >> but a source tells cnn nra president wayne lapierre has spoken with the president multiple times over the last two days. the source said he believes trump's red state supporters oppose background checks. in the past trump has b

we are at the headwaters of missouri. west of where we are standing is where madison and jefferson come together to form missouri. some refer to this as the three folks area. this park has a lot of historical significance, which came through here in 1805, searching for the headwaters of the missouri. were probablyhey not going to find a water route to the west. they have been traveling for a year and a half on their journey and spent the previous winter in , where they met a french trapper. and hiredfe sacagawea them on the expedition. here on july 27 in 1805. they had to make a decision, which river can you continue on up? been here who has before, has been kidnapped from the jefferson river, taking the .orth dakota told the expedition they had to find her people. she played a very critical important role on the expedition. the travel to a lot of saw this young woman with an infant. they were able to approach many different tribes and all through the journey they received a tremendous amount of help from various tribes.

is missouri an open carry state? can he just wander into walmart with a long rifle and tactical gear? and the guy who apprehended him, i think you said he was an offduty firefighter. i read that he had a concealed carry permit. is that correct? that's one of the ways he was able to stop this guy. >> that's correct. so first for starters, missouri is an open carry state. now, excuse me. what makes the difference there on that front is when it is being wielded in the presence and potentially a dangerous man or in front of people. that would certainly apply the this. you walk into the middle of a crowded walmart in this case. and also the type of weapon makes a difference. a handgun or what we can see here as a long gun as well. for the firefighter, as we understand, he did hold this gunman up, this potential gunman at gunpoint as he exited that emergency exit until police arrived. so quick thinking, right place, right time. almost like what we saw in times square when people ran from the back fire motorcycle. i think w

alexander donelson had missouri volunteers from santa fe to to allah mixico. the missourians march more than 2000 miles and won two battles. they marched from here all the way to monterey and then to the coast and then they took a ship back to new orleans. it was called the of the age. the treaty ending the war, the treaty of guadalupe held all go in february 1848 cost united states $18 million or $.37 per acre. it was the second best land bargain in u. s. history after the louisiana purchase which brought the eight u. s. 820,000 square miles for $15 million. just as the treaty was being signed, california was learning of a gold strike. it would be the gold rush of 49. during what they call the roaring 40s, america's industrial age was in its early years steamships are being rapidly built and the telegraph linked from washington to baltimore and soon thereafter richmond. the rotary press launch the printing press. the day of immigrants were arriving from ireland and germany. when the snow melted immigrants poured out from missouri into the great plains for ore

that's why we're doing the town hall in missouri because they only have one clinic left. wi women across that state are going to have trouble getting access to care when they need it in a timely manner. these are vital issues. it's why i won't appoint a judge or justice who don't believe roe v. wade is settled precedent. >> you know and other democrats have voted for budgets that include renewing the hyde amendment. >> only because it was law of the land. as president, i'm going to repeal it. i'm going to make it a priority. i'm only going to appoint judges and justices that see roe as settled land and make sure no matter what state you live in, you get access. these are human rights. these are civil rights. these are basic constitutional rights. president trump has done an all-out assault on women's reproductive freedoms since becoming president, even saying during his campaign that there has to be some punishment. he nominates gorsuch. he nominates kavanaugh. his goal with these 30 legislatures around the country is to overturn roe. these are legislatures emboldened by

note of influence that might be more familiar to you is the one that centered on thomas benson, the missouri democrat and champion of manifest destiny, his daughter jesse married topical engineer, john fremont. benson provided critical support and patronage for the western surveys in the 1840s that were a model for emery and later engineers. he also supported polk in 1844 but he then broke with the administration over polk's handling of fremont court- martial in 1847, notwithstanding, some emerging wartime animosities, i think all of these men broadly supported westward expansion and scientific discovery and publication of the natural history of these newly obtained lands. the success of topographical engineers like fremont and emory in the u.s. mexican war can be measured both in terms of aiding military campaigns and in popularizing the west and the american mind. emery's notes of the military reconnaissance was published in 1848 with, i believe, 100 copies made immediately by congress, but then distributed to the public where publishers could then make their own additions. and add in the