states that fall, but truman still won the election. there was a lot of commentary this week about mark sanford s surprise victory over elizabeth colbert busch, that sanford won tuesday s special election by nine points, we ve been told swb a credit to his savvy as a campaigner or to the public s increased willingness to look beyond personal scandal. but the reason he won and won so handedly is a lot schismer than any of that. it s nothing more than the story about how race and politics have played out in the south since that 48 dixey accurate walkout. the story is this, white southerners, in the deep south especially, almost always vote republican. it can be hard to fath thom now, was from the end of reconstruction through world war ii, white southerners voted almost universally for democrats. 1936, fdr racked up more than 98% of the vote in south carolina. 98%! in the south in those days, the republican party was at best a
you know, i hope that relations with north korea get better. but, on the other hand, north korea has to stop doing a lot of things, not only repressing its people, but also launching three stage ballistic missiles and detonating atomic devices. that really is the reality of what s going on. it s interesting dennis rodman tried to make the statement about how the president and the north koreans swb as well as their leader, they share this big love for basketball. listen to what he said about that. obama loves basketball. let s start there. let s start there. if you see the quotes in the papers, he says that. he says that about sports. both of you guys love basketball so much. can sports serve as a unifying ambassador of sorts ultimately? well, you know, it did in the case of china with ping-pong diplomacy in the 1970s. but in 1970s china, beijing wanted better relations with the united states because they were involved in what they thought
sports. mary, i know you spent a lot of time with oscar, he was one of the most popular people in the world, on social media, people were fascinated, gq man of style, man of the future. his need for speed and featured him now. we don t know all of the details here, but tell us what you learned about this guy when you spent time with him. tamron, you re right, we were together at the olympic games, he was one of the best stories there, i mean here s a guy who was born without the lower part of his legs, who had been a paraolympian, who fought for the right to compete against able-bodied athletes. caroni james ended up winning, exchanged with oscar. it s the ultimate show of admiration and respect for swb somebody to change bibs, i got to spend almost a week with oscar and his coaches and his
kswb. thanks. well, guarantee you haven t heard a story like this one before. family of ca could be headed all the way to the supreme court. famous writer ernest hemmingway left behind some of the greatest american novels and a six-toed cat snowball. she left four dozen descendents and they re healthy and happening and living at the estate as we speak. the government wants to regulate them and the museum lost a battle to keep the cats beyond the government reach. now the case could be headed to a higher court. the hemmingway home s chief executive is joining us himself to tell us the story. thank you for being with us, mike. how does this case make it all the way to the 11th circuit? well, it became a local issue that turned into a federal case.
the man that just after midnight burst into a theatre, a packed movie theater in colorado and started to open fire on the folks inside that theater. one thing we have learned is that his parents live in san diego, and heather forward with kswb is live in front of their home now with more for us. heather. good morning. this area is a nice area in san diego. what we know right now is his mother of james holmes is still inside that house. san diego police officers have been in and outside of the house this morning. they have issued a statement from the family. what we ve learned this morning is the father who was also escorted out by police this morning was taken to the airport and is boarding a plane as we speak. if you take a look around you can tell that san diego police officers are still outside at the scene here, and they will be, and as the media stands by and waits for anything else from the media, and from the family.