And the thrilling final seconds in College Footballs biggest game of the year. Florida state comes from behind to clinch victory over auburn. Josh elliott is there behind the scenes. Good morning, america. From the frozen apple. Josh, nice and toasty last night watching the game there at the rose bowl. And those seminole fans celebrating still in the wee hours of the morning. Theres tallahassee, only 25 degrees there this morning. And that temperature, the big story, affecting 49 out of 50 states right now. Every state except hawaii below freezing this morning. See new york city, thats the temperature right here at 7 01, the wind is blowing the camera around. It is 3 degrees right now here in new york city. And its how fast that happened, george. You can see how it got so cold so fast. The thermometer timelapse overnight, plummeting 35 degrees in over ten hours. Moving fast. Our extreme weather team is spread out across the frozen zone. Ginger starts us off from a cold times square. He
In march 8, 1971, a group of activists come including a cab driver, a daycare director, into professors, broke into an fbi office in media, pennsylvania. They stole every document they found an elite the press shocking details about fbi abuse and the then secret cointelpro program. , the firstr letter file i read was about a group of fbi agents who were told to enhance the paranoia and the Antiwar Movement and create an atmosphere that there is an fbi agent behind every mailbox. No one was ever caught for the fbi breakin. The identities of the media burglars made a secret until this week. Today, three of them join us on the show as well as the former Washington Post reporter, Betty Medsger, who first broke the story of the still of fbi documents in 1971. This week she revealed the identities of the burglars in her new book, the burglary the discovery of j. Edgar hoovers secret fbi. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im a
Home at this hour after taking part to a tribute to Nelson Mandela in south africa. Nearly 100 heads of states were there. Rainy weather may have kept some away. About 95,000 capacity stadium was only twothirds full. The controversial handshake between president obama and cuban president raul castro is getting plenty of attention. The gesture triggered strong criticism from cubanamerican lawmakers. Those are the headlines at this hour. Im john seigenthaler. America tonight is next. On america tonight, remembering mandela. This is a day of celebration and not to mourn. Talk of reconciliation and a handshake that reminds us of healing yet to come. L. A. Confidential the latest scandal to rock Southern Californias Law Enforcement. Allegations coming from behind cars. Some members of the Sheriffs Department consider themselves to be above the law. And feeding frenzy. The Main Attraction on the Northern California coast this season and whats drawing those big crowds. Good evening. Thanks fo
Minutes as they slowly die in front of their family. It would take a big imagination to come one a more brutal form of execution than that. Good evening, im joie chen. Crime and punishment, they go together, thats understood. But when the punishment involves brutality, neglect, even torture, something has gone terribly wrong with our criminal justice system. Cruel an unusual punishment, not only unconscionable, its unconstitutional. America tonight looks at three stories about away can go wrong behind bars. We begin with the largest jail in the country, run by the Los Angeles Police department. Shockingly the jailers themselves had been accused of criminal behavior about. Not only the friends and relatives who come and visits. America tonights michael okwu reports. At that point im lying face down with my face on the ground, my hands behind my back and i have about four or five officers come around me. And then i hear this crack. Thats what happens says leo figueroa. When he went to vi
To come one a more brutal form of execution than that. Good evening, im joie chen. Crime and punishment, they go together, thats understood. But when the punishment involves brutality, neglect, even torture, something has gone terribly wrong with our criminal justice system. Not only unconscionable, its unconstitutional. We beginning with the largest jail in the country, run by the Los Angeles Police department. The jailers themselves had been indicted for criminal behavior. Merrick michael okwu reports. At that point im lying face down with my face on the ground, my hands behind my back and i have about four or five officers come around me. And then i hear this crack. Anything else . Thats what happens says leo fifigueroa. When he went to vista his visits brother. He was arrested and being held at the jail. Juan, a veteran of desert storm. He had had a few minor scrapes with the law but they didnt amount to much. What he heard left him stunned. Your brother calls you from jail tells y