the history of mississippi understand the history of mississippi and share the history of mississippi. thank you so much. the moderator for reshaping discourse is dr. robbie. robbie is professor history at jackson state university and director of the margaret walker. his books include a collection of essays

in atlantic city, hamer was there with a group from mississippi challenging the right of the mississippi all white democratic party to be seated on the convention floor and vote for president johnson as the nominee of the democratic party that year. and she belonged to a more diverse group of people that wanted to represent mississippi. so, they have this challenge. martin luther king was there to support them, but he did not have a feel for the people. he inspire people and he spoke eloquently, but he read his speech before hamer got on stage and she was the one that wowed everyone personally. the press followed king around until they heard hamer speak and then they could not get enough of fannie lou hamer. she spoke to people across the country living in circumstances like her. and so, some of those, mostly men around king, felt threatened by her rising power. they did not want her to have the strong voice that she had. but there was no denying fannie lou hamer. the nation really responded to her. she also had this amazing singing voice. so, she used that so effectively as part of her

the history of mississippi understand the history of mississippi and share the history of mississippi. thank you so much. the moderator for reshaping discourse is dr. robbie. robbie is professor history at jackson state university and director of the margaret walker. his books include a collection of essays entitled redefining liberal arts education in the 21st century and t paterson and the wise south dilemma evolving resistance, black advancement. i serve

local mississippi time. this individual who doesn't own this plane, it's owned by a local doctor, you know, got the plane out, was able to get on the runway and then take off. we don't know how quickly he did so. he stole this plane and presumably worked at the airport and obviously didn't catch too many people's attention. soon after that, he was calling 911 letting them know exactly what he was up to. they were on the phone with him for some time, or communicating with him for some time and on and off we're told, right newspaper now, we don't know and cannot confirm all of that, but we know that he could be running out of fuel in this beechcraft vehicle that it's in. a beechcraft air 90 turbo-prop, depending on speed and whereabouts in condition up to five hours. he's up to that limit and we're told by a number of pilots depending on the conditions and if you're relatively low and you're flying like this, presumably go a lot longer. we'll keep an eye on it if we keep reporting. his goal is or was to crash

in mississippi, brett favre is mississippi's favorite son. try leaders are in particular pretty starstruck individuals. these are people who wanted to use their position to get close to athletes and famous people and people that made them feel important and powerful. and so, i think when favre started trying to get money and support for programs that he was interested in, you volleyball stadium, there was a pharmaceutical start-up company that he was investing in. he wanted the state to open on. that company also ended up receiving 2 million instill and welfare funds. he went to the governor and the governor was more than willing to help his friend out and the governor was the one in charge of telling what to do with the welfare program and i think the text. messages reveal and really illustrate how those people were communicating ways to get around federal regulations so that they could use this money all the ways that brett favre wanted it to be used. >> this is one text and it's brett favre going back on nancy new trying to find a way to m

whole worth mentioned readers in mississippi every year, book tv covers the mississippi book festival in jackson and always thousands of people show up at the state capital for that. if you have a reason to be in oxford, mississippi, make sure to stop in at the square bookstore and say hi to richard haworth. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. i appreciate being with you today. and you're watching and listening to the about books, program and podcast. well, each tuesday, dozens of new books are published here. some recent ones, former goldman sachs executive jamie fiore. higgins is out with her exposÉ on the culture of finance and corporate america. her book is titled bully market my story of money and misogyny at goldman sachs. speaking of wall street. former wall street journal banking reporter greg steinmetz released his book about one of the wealthiest gilded age millionaires. it's titled american rascal how jay gould built wall street's biggest fortune. and freelance journalist mike mariani released his book on what happens when humans experience life changing events. th

whole worth mentioned readers in mississippi every year, book tv covers the mississippi book festival in jackson and always thousands of people show up at the state capital for that. if you have a reason to be in oxford, mississippi, make sure to stop in at the square bookstore and say hi to richard haworth. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. i appreciate being with you today. and you're watching and listening to the about books, program and podcast. well, each tuesday, dozens of new books are published here. some recent ones, former goldman sachs executive jamie fiore. higgins is out with her exposÉ on the culture of finance and corporate america. her book is titled bully market my story of money and misogyny at goldman sachs. speaking of wall street. former wall street journal banking reporter greg steinmetz released his book about one of the wealthiest gilded age millionaires. it's titled american rascal how jay gould built wall street's biggest fortune. and freelance journalist mike mariani released his book on what happens when humans experience life changing events. th

what is happening in mississippi. jackson, the state capital, what more than 40 days without clean drinking water. the city, under one of many boil water advisories. its main water treatment facility were already damaged, and flooding last month, caused the system to almost, completely, fail, leaving residents without water to drink, cook with, or flush their toilets. people lined up, for hours, just to get cases of clean water. but the boil water notice, since, been lifted. many locals remain hesitant. just this week, some jackson residents, filing a class action lawsuit against the city. its current, and former mayor, city officials, engineering companies, saying the years of neglect culminated in this crisis. that affected more than 150,000 people. jackson's water problems are years old and, they failed and epa inspection early 2020. the agency found, the water had the chance to post harmful bacteria and, parasites. from the beginning, republican state leaders told the world, the black leadership in jackson, and de

, and also a former mississippi state representative. jarvis, thank you so much for coming on the show. let me start by asking, you are based in jackson. what has life been like in the last week for you, your family and friends? are you having to use only bottled or boiled water? >> yes. i mean, thank you again for reaching out and, sharing our story. and you know, prior to this past weekend, everything has been going on with the floods and how it impacted the water system, the city was under boil water alert so we have been having to boil water in jackson for about 30 days. and that is something that pops up, usually at least once a month, that there's a prolonged boil water alert, citizens are faced with this, citizens are faced with this. so that has been ongoing. there are parts of the city, impacting more than others. there is water pressure in different areas of the city. i think most parts of the city have some type of water, at least at some part of the day. for more, we are hearing, there's more of an issue in south jackson, wes

we begin with breaking news out of mississippi. police in tupelo say a pilot is threatening to crash a twin-engine plane into a local walmart. cnn's aviation correspondent pe

white people in jackson, mississippi. there are quite able in jackson, mississippi. it's not black people in jackson. thank you so much for your program. host: all right, shirley. the president tonight giving a primetime address. in philadelphia this evening to discuss the state of american democracy, focusing on what they are calling for the battle of the soul of a nation coming two months ahead of the midterm election. live coverage from outside of historic independence hall begins at 8 p.m. eastern time on c-span. you can watch on the free mobile video app c-span now or i'll mind on demand at c-span.org. now, before the president addresses the country the republican leader in the house kevin mccarthy of california is set to give a free bottle to the speech and is going to scranton, pennsylvania. mccarthy has traveled the country campaigning and fundraising for the august house recesses he will talk about what he has heard from the american this summer regarding rising crime, record high inflation and other hardships brought on by democratic party politics accordin

, northeast mississippi ended peacefully. the suspect is in custody, guys. griff: let me just follow-up on that a little bit. moments ago i got off the phone with the benton county sheriff's office, sheriff robby goolsbee and that the sheriff is the one that took him into custody and not to confuse our viewers. ashland is in benton county headed west on highway 4 where that landed and that highway 4 goes into a dense national forest. holly springs national forest. do we know anything about where he landed, was it in the forest or closer to ashland on the east side? >> griff, i couldn't hear your question clearly. i did hear do we know anything about the area. it was near highway 4, appears to be a rural area from what we can see, images posted to social media, it looks as if it was some sort of farm of some sort. a soybean-filled of some sort. the plane landed looked like upright. not sure if there was any crash of any kind. we could only see one side of the plane. it plane looked to be in good condition. the suspect was then

of jackson, mississippi. volunteers from other state associations include georgia, florida, alabama, south carolina, and maryland. they came to assist in the efforts to provide direct assistance to restore operations for service lines to disinfect the system. these services were provided at no cost to the city. the national water association and its affiliates are governed by 350 volunteer directors selected from these water systems associations and nations. we have 750 professional workers in the field, boots on the ground, and tribes in us territories. as we know water utility is balanced to america and the nation. according to the environmental protection safe drinking water information system there are 50,000 community water systems, 91% of them serve populations of 10,000. 60% serve a population of 500. the current public health crisis in jackson, mississippi, the drought conditions in western states as we speak all highlight the essential fact that safe drinking water service and wastewater treatment is

this was an article published by mississippi today. one of our local media outlets on august the 31st. and it says feds a flag jackson water problems a month before the system failure. our water system and the city of jackson has been under epa since 2013. there was a follow-up decree that was later entered into i believe 2021 if i'm not mistaken between the city of jackson and the epa. and then there was a report that epa published in july of this year. just a few ultimately weeks before the failure of the jackson water system. and these were some of the things cited in the epa report. poor administration, lack of staff. it's at operator turnover is high with some reporting working 75 hours a week without overtime pay. the report talks about finances are in shambles. the city was unable to provide a complete list of customers when inspectors visited. and explain some customers received no bills while others receive large bills. the city could not calculate its collection rates. that this issue is not something expected to be resolved

, you know, the state of mississippi folks, and jackson, mississippi, folks supposed to be hand in hand. we should be able to see them more on the tv, talking about streets and crime and whatever else might happen. this is our state. this is the capital city for mississippi. so everybody has to be involved, and it's just like -- i don't get paid to talk about the communities of mississippi. i don't get paid for that, but, you know, these folks get paid. so, therefore, you should be, you should be showing us a great example about working together. i just have to say it again. we're in mississippi. we're the hospitality state. this is what we do. and so it's a shame that we're, seems like we're so divided, and, you know, i hope people can hear me, because my message is loud and clear. and you need to get it together. >> pretty confident, nick. folks are hearing you. i am so sorry for what your community and you and your business is going through right now. but i'm sure the folks in jackson are very appreciative of you using your voice to get the message out there. thank you, nick, for sha

mississippi's former welfare director pleading guilty to state and federal fraud charges. investigators say the agency under john davis misspent millions in welfare money on projects including a volleyball facility requested by nfl legend brett favre at a college where his daughter played. favre has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged davis faces sentencing on the federal charges next year. >>> also in mississippi, it's been a week since a boil water notice was lifted in jackson, but many families still don't trust the water there. now some have filed a class action lawsuit >> reporter: cassandra is a lifelong jackson, mississippi, resident >> i wouldn't drink the water because we don't trust it. >> reporter: a social worker and mom of three says she's worried for her kids health. what impact do you feel this water crisis is having on your kids specifically? >> with ziah who has a disability, it's been difficult for her to comprehend in some ways don't drink the water, don't use the water, and she began to have, you know, upset stomach. >> reporter: and she's no

thing available to mississippi and the governor has to act. can you elaborate on that a little bit? what does the president think the governor has to do now that he has not yet done? ms. jean-pierre: so let me just say a couple of -- a couple of things that give you all an update. so fema administrator deanne criswell is in jackson, mississippi today to assess the ongoing emergency response operations. she will be joined by infrastructure coordinator mitch landrieu and other federal officials. i know she will be providing an update from the ground a little bit later today, fema, e.p.a. and the u.s. army corps of engineers continue to deploy personnel to support the state's emergency response and identify longer term solutions to improve the infrastructure as far as water distribution goes. i know some folks have questions about that, fema has a number of personnel on site in the state emergency operations center and is coordinating with the mississippi, the emergency management team to ensure that everyone has access to water. as you know, the

how were people in mississippi hurt by this? >> it is an incredible tragedy and thank you for having me, kate. if you look back, in early 2020 agents from my office, auditors from my office were investigating this. we disclosed this to the public for the first time and for the first time as a result of our investigation and our audit, people were made aware of tens of million dollars of welfare money was misspent in mississippi. some was the subject of fraud. and so now we have to reflect on what that means. it is a tragedy because there are tons of people who could have benefited from that money and they will not. i hope the state is able to get as much money back as possible. but the truth is a lot of the money was simply set on fire and we probably won't get some of it back. so it is an incredible tragedy. there is no other way to say it. >> and this latest twist coming from the text messages revealed as part of the civil suit, one of the person at the center of this is nancy new. she's pled guilty to felony counts and the te

well, johnny, we lived up from jackson in mississippi. is the city council president, mr. erin banks. mr. banks, thanks for joining us. live on al jazeera. i mean, what is the situation right now? day 3, for hundreds of thousands of people with no clean drinking water. well, the situation right now is, you know, today instead of having a flow at 87 p s i, we our drop down to around 40 p s i. and our whales and our tanks, their supply, the area from the surface water lines are basically depleted. so that means people are experiencing low to no flow. and so, you know, right now, what we're trying to do is make sure that we can provide water, whether they're stu, haven't distribution sites with bottled water. right up the street from where i am right now, far to high school. there's a 6000 gallon tape for people to receive less water to put a contain so they can flush the toilet. and we're just trying to make sure that there's not so much of an interruption in their quality of life. ok. so when you expecting the, the broken down plan to star

what is going down in mississippi? even if brett favre gave these speeches, it's a poor state in the country. we've given millions of dollars to football players and pro wrestlers for what? >> stephanie, the initial question is the most important, houses happening is a state like mississippi? power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. in states like mississippi, in alabama we saw the same thing happened after we saw republicans take complete control of the state. they ran on an anti corruption platform. one of the first people that went to prison for the new ethics violations was the republican speaker of the house. absolute power corrupts. they have no test checks, then no balances. and they have no media left, except for the young lady, in mississippi today that is trying to get to the bottom of this. so when you have no checks and no balances, you can we both illegally corrupt and morally corrupt. and that clearly seems to be happening in mississippi. >> how do the poorest states remain so deeply red, when

>> in mississippi. >> my name is missy jones. my title is a visiting instructor of history at mississippi college. >> how long have you been working on the clinton riots? >> almost 15 years now, if i think back. >> what is this? >> this is johnson milling company. it's been here for ages, but right behind it is the location of the old train depot. and the thought was that we would put the marker for the clinton riot here because of the importance of the train depot. the clinton riots began on september 4th, 1875. and the diorama behind me tells a version of those events. the original train depot is where white paramilitary units flocked into clinton. there was a political rally, and it was one of the first times that african americans had gotten together to really listen to political candidates. and it was organized by the republican party, but there was also a group of white democrats who were sent there to disrupt things. shots rang out. african american families began to flee the scene. even one mother left her child in the ho

host: jackson, mississippi in the water problem. talk about the actual problem and what you think of the causes. guest: there is flooding throughout the south over the last few weeks during the summer and one of the incidents was acutely related to the flooding of the main water system there. water coming in from the pearl river. it overwhelmed it. the plant was already compromised. we kind of used deferred maintenance and it disabled the pumps and filtration systems and 150,000 residents were not able to get clean water for a week. now, this was one of several over the last year and a half. many people may remember during the winter last year when about one quarter of the residents had clean water. it is clearly an issue around a broken system, broken infrastructure, at least from the water system there has been in a lot of talk in the media that one of the actual cost because this issue is years in the making, no one denies that. but from our perspective, we know that water management is a problem of segregation in this country. w

>> our focus right now for fema is handling the immediate needs that jackson, mississippi, has. and right now, that's making sure that they have safe water to drink, and that we are bringing in the resources that can do some temporary repairs to restore the water pressure to the city. >> o'donnell: even with that water pressure coming back, residents are being told to shower with their mouth closed. in some cases, the water is brown, it's dirty. how can this be happening in a major city in america? >> it's an absolutely tragic situation that we find ourselves right in. how are we going to make sure that this doesn't happen again, and bring in the right resources, the right experts, that are going to define a plan to help repair this critical piece of infrastructure, and help the community of jackson, mississippi, get back to where it needs to be. >> o'donnell: more than 80% of jackson's residents are black. has there been a lack of investment in communities of color? and, is this the prime example? >> you know, i don't know about the investment there, in mississippi, but what i

life without drinking water in jackson, mississippi after a water treatment plant failed following flooding. we ask how many other water systems in the u.s. are at risk. fans of serena williams are still celebrating after she knocked out the number two seed at the u.s. open. welcome to world news america on pbs at around the globe. inspectors from the united nations have finally arrived at the nuclear power plant in ukraine. russian forces have been occupying it since march. shelling around the plant has led to fears of a catastrophic nuclear accident. this comes as ukrainian troops are pressing ahead with the counteroffensive in the nearby region to try to reke areas seized by russia. our correspondent has this exclusive report from the frontline in the donbass region of eastern ukraine. a warning, there are some distressing scenes in his report. >> in donbass there will be no harvest. as russian shales philip borrowed us, these are plowed by gun tracks. ukraine's national guard leads us through the barrage. they pause only briefly and by the cover of tree lines. this is a war of artillery

." >> tonight, day four of the humanitarian water crisis in jackson, mississippi as frustrations grow for the nearly 200,000 americans living without clean drinking water. officials reported progress in repairing the city's water treatment plant, but even as the water pressure returns, the state capitol and its surrounding communities can't drink that water. some 600 national guard troops are on the scene, helping the city and volunteer groups get drinking water into the hands of residents. thousands are lining up in the 90-degree heat. jackson's population, which is more than 80% black, has been under a boil water notice for more than a month. and all jackson public school district students are learning remotely. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs' elise preston will start us off from jackson. good evening, elise. so how are people holding up? >> reporter: norah, they are trying to make do. but as you can imagine, it is extremely difficult, and there is no timeline for relief. families don't even have clean water the take showers or even brush their teeth. so they're co

millions in funds sent to mississippi for people in policy. she's pleaded guilty to fraud and is cooperating with prosecutors. after she secured $4 million in welfare funds for the volleyball project, favre texted, very big deal and condition thank you enough. he asked for more two years later. just left brett favre. can we help him with his project? they paid favre $1 opinion 1 million for radio ad tsz, but the texts showed he was worried about how it would look. if you were to pay me, is there any way the media could find out from and how much? new said no, but i understand you being uneasy about that. it's part of a welfare spending scandal that's led to an fbi investigation, no there is no indication favre is under scrutiny. he paid back the $1.1 million. brad was hired to claw back $77 million that was misspent, but when he demanded answers on the volleyball building, he was fired. the state agency says they weren't on the same page. we asked him about the new texts. mr. favre all but badgered the governor of mississippi to get this publi

in tupelo, mississippi. let's listen in. >> this morning, i believe that after the initial threat, he did not want to hurt himself or anyone else. and i believe that we had what you would think would be the best case scenario. a lot of people i'd like to thank. first of all, the police and fire department. lee county sheriff's office. union county sheriff's office. bent county sheriff's office, tippa county sheriff's office, and tupelo airport authority. and the fire department and lake count volunteer fire department, the fbi, and the u.s. state's attorney's office, the faa, missing homeland security and fema. and first of all, i want to say that in the situation like this, communication was key. when we first learned about it this morning we started filling out what we knew to the citizens and the media where they could keep everybody updated. and i think that all of these organizations and departments, emergency services did a great job this morning. no one was injured. the suspect is now in custody. he w

the history of mississippi understand the history of mississippi and share the history of mississippi. thank you so much. the moderator for reshaping discourse is dr. robbie. robbie is professor history at jackson state university and director of the margaret walker. his books include a collection of essays entitled redefining liberal arts education in the 21st century and t paterson and the wise south dilemma evolving resistance, black advancement. i serve the board for the void. the book festival. i'm sorry. along with robbie. robbie, take it away from the venue in the lobby. so glad to see such a wonderful audience and it's my pleasure to introduce our esteemed panelists today. i will start with dr. eddie glaude. eddie glaude is the james mcdonald distinguished university professor and chair of the department of african-american studies at princeton university. he's the former president of the american academy of religion, the largest professional organization of scholars of religion in the world. he's the author of several important books, including his most recent work that we're

caught up in a scandal over the misuse of millions of dollars of welfare money in his home state of mississippi. and there's new evidence that a former governor was also involved. steve osunsami reports. >> reporter: state officials say it's the largest case of public fraud in mississippi's history. some $77 million in welfare money spent on things that have nothing to do with needy families. and there are text messages from one of the state's most famous sons that have him allegedly caught up deep in the scandal. brett favre is questioned over whether he knowingly took the $5 million to build a volleyball facility for his daughter's team and his alma mater. in text messages provided by an attorney representing former non-profit nancy new, who has already pleaded guilty to fraud in the $77 million scheme, favre asks, if you were to pay me, is there any way the media can find out where it came from and how much? the former quarterback who broke all career passing records has returned $1.1 million that the state of mississippi paid to him from that same welfare fund for motivational speeches that

let's bring in mississippi entrepreneur and also the host of mid days with gerard on super talk mississippi media. it is worth noting for our viewers you are a jackson guy born and raised. you have some real intimate knowledge of this area. there have been number of heartbreaking high-profile infrastructure stories in recent years. many of the peak minority communities really hard. president biden is traveling all over the country. he's been touting this 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure package which passed last november. a lot of focus on water water projects. he has been promising to help disadvantaged communities. do you see this as an opportunity for the president? >> hey molly, thanks much for having me. well i do. let's all point out that the president enacted the american rescue plan in march of 2021. one of the first really big pieces of legislation he set forth. that also allocated funding directly to municipalities and counties. it was very restrictive in that most of that money actually had to be used for infrastructure. also money was sent as part of the american rescue plan dir

kelly o'donnell, nbc news, the white house. >>> now to the growing crisis in mississippi. the city of jackson without safe drinking water for a fourth straight day the national guard arriving to provide much-needed help morgan chesky is on the ground >> reporter: tonight in jackson, the mission couldn't be more clear >> have a nice day, ma'am. >> reporter: hundreds of national guardsmen handing out clean water to a nearly nonstop line of cars the site one of seven just opened by the state. >> it's sad. and i can't even afford to move out of jackson, so i have to stay here and deal with this. >> reporter: today at the treatment plant left crippled by recent floods, water pressure improved. but the advice to everyone who relies on it remained the same >> you can shower or bathe. please make sure in the shower that your mouth's not open because, again, you do not want to ingest the water currently. >> reporter: with the boil-water notice now in place for the last month, the growing toll hitting hard. >> people are fed up they're running to bordering cities who have clean wate

host: the mayor of jackson, mississippi earlier this week. we are asking all of you this morning to tell us if you are concerned about the drinking water in your community and why. we will get to those calls. joining us this morning by zoom is mark edwards, a professor of water resource engineering at virginia tech university. thank you for being with us this morning. experts in newspaper reporting are quoted as saying that there could be jackson's happening all over the country. do you believe that's true? guest: without a doubt. many cities have revenue shortfalls, that are shrinking in population and struggling to meet pa regulations. what happened in jackson is exactly what i noted when the flint disaster occurred back in 2015, 2016. the only thing unusual about flint is that it got national attention and outside assistance to fix its problems. guest: what does the infrastructure of jackson look like and how is it similar roster country? guest: jackson is in many ways a twin of flint michigan. they have had a source water change instructo

you're in the cnn newsroom. >>> a pilot threatens a miss mim -- mississippi community for hours and lands. before dawn the pilot of the stolen plane called 911 and threatened to crash into a local walmart. cnn pete followed the five-hour drama to the peaceful ending. >> jessica, this is the best possible outcome after a man who worked at a local airport in mississippi stole a plane, threatened to crash it into a local walmart and then ultimately crash landed in a nearby soybean field. his name corey wayne patterson an employee at a fix base operator at the regional airplane where he fueled airplanes. police now say that patterson did have some flying experience. they're not totally sure how much so the big question is how he was able to start an airplane like this, a twin engine commuter plane, beach craft king air c- 90. he got on board at 5:00 a.m. made a phone call. local 911 operators picked up and they heard patterson say he'd crash into local walmarts. the tower not operating yet. it's only operating part time circle led the walmart. police negotiators got in touch and police brough

. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "going down to mississippi" by phil ochs. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. we end today's show in jackson, mississippi, the majority-black city where tens of thousands of residents who went for two to three weeks without water have now had their water restored in most cases. but in videos that have gone viral online, many show it is now brown water that is coming out of their taps. meanwhile, the capitol city remains under a boil water notice as children return to school. the latest water crisis stemmed from a flooded water treatment plant, but has been decades in the making. as residents look for solutions, mississippi's republican governor tate reeves has said, "privatization is on the table." but privatizing jackson's water system may be part of what led to this crisis. for more, we look at how jackson contracted with the german multinational conglomerate siemens in 2010 to overhaul the city's water infrastructure and install new water meters for its billing system. the system turned out to be faulty. siemens has sa

circling around tupelo, mississippi. mississippi governor tate reeves saying those in that area should be on alert. this is a guy who stole a plane out of the local airport and has been circling the area with a warning that he wants the crash into it a local walmart in tupelo that has since been evacuated. now, he's running out of the currency that he would use for that crash if if he were so inclined because, as our jon scott was telling us, that vehicle, that plane is rapidly running out of fuel. maybe he has about a half hour or so worth of fuel left. there's no way of mowing -- knowing, but we're keeping track of his whereabouts. he's simply circling again and again the same area. i want to get the read on this from lieutenant colonel mcginnis. he knows all things safety, it's something he has worried with about and talks about, the potential for local pressure, local terror activity. this is not a terrorist incident, i want to brace for that, but anytime you're threatening going into a building of any sort, that's t

the following day in mississippi the university of mississippi has designated it as james meredith recognition day. and so, mr. president, at this time i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 8 of 9 -- 809 which is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 809 designating september 30, 2022, as mississippi national guard recognition day. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. wicker: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. a senator: i ask unanimous consent that i, senator leahy, senator schumer be permitted to complete our remarks prior to the scheduled vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr.

>> stolen plane in mississippi that circled for hours now on the ground and rogue pilot in custody after threatening to crash into the a wal-mart. welcome to fox news live i'm alicia acuÑa. griff: i'm griff jenkins, mississippi governor tate reeves reporting that there was no injuries, charles watson with the latest on this story, hey, charles. charles: sigh of relief authorities confirmed that the suspect landed the plane in highway 4 in mississippi, for reference about 3 hours north of state capital johnson. authorities say suspect was taken into custody without incident, whether or not he was injured in la landing is unclear right now. we have been call to go local hospitals to see if the suspect was sane for any treatment of any kind. faa is investigating. a spokesperson for the agency released a statement to fox news saying, quote, a air 90 landed in a field several miles northwest of ripley airport in ripley, mississippi, the pilot departed from regional airport earlier this morning and circled the area, only the pilot was on board. the police have not identified the suspect just

we begin with breaking news out of mississippi. police in tupelo say a pilot is threatening to crash a twin-engine plane into a local walmart. cnn's aviation correspondent pete muntean is following the story from washington. pete, can you give us the latest on what we know, how long this pilot has been in the air, and what the danger is to the public at this point? >> reporter: well, sara, we know that this plane took off from the tupelo regional airport around 5:00 a.m. central time, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. we're coming up on the plane being in the air for about five hours now. the plane is a king air c-90. you can see it there, that's a small twin-engine turboprop airplane. it seats between six and eight people. it can go about 250 miles an hour. the question now is how this will end, how this story will end. will the airplane run out of fuel? we've been talking to sources who fly king airs and they tell me it can only fly for between four and six hours if the plane is fully loaded with fuel. that is the track from flighfl f

jackson, mississippi is the capital city of the state of mississippi. government of the state, when you come to a capital city, it's very historic. but like a lot of big cities, the population is predominantly minorities. the mayor, and city council our private predominantly minorities. they have to look for opportunities to keep the city afloat. everything that you outlined, in your monologue before you introduced me is what most cities in our state do when they need to generate revenue. it's just that every time the city of jackson would put forward similar methods, that always did other issues. it is disheartening for a person like me who votes to bring money to my state, that desperately needs it. and to see republican elected officials do the opposite of what the money is intended to do. we need health, our water system is antiquated. there is no doubt about it. in order to do it and get it right, we have to have help. president biden, as you know, signed the disaster declaration. that would help us tremendously. it will not help fix the entire pro