people of west tennessee as the united states attorney, as the chief law enforcement officer for the district. tell our viewers what is, what was operation tennessee waltz an your role in it. it was in the early 2000s in the mid 2000s in the tennessee legislature. it was a level of corruption. among state legislators and so, the u.s. attorney s office and the fbi before i became united states attorney, developed an undercover operation, tennessee waltz, where a fictional company was created. they would quote unquote lobby the tennessee legislature. of course, they were bribing those members who had been b engaged in other activity that they should not have been eng e engaged in. so, i prosecuted those cases after they were indicted. and it resulted in the conviction of 12 members of the legislature, some that were outside of the tennessee legislature, but the main thing is it sent a signal to elected officials, public servants across the state of tennessee, that just can
last 50 years. good evening. happy new year. you are looking live at the empire state building here in new york city. this is definitely the calm before the storm. in just a few hours, extreme weather will slam into the east coast, taking aim from washington up through new england. the system is hitting the great lakes region, sweeping through detroit and chicago. 400 flights have been cancelled. airlines are reporting delays. half a foot of snow will hit chicago. east coast is prepping, stocking up on shovels. the state may close major highways as a precaution. says the governor. schools pre-emptively closing in boston, declaring a snow emergency for the region, kevin corriveau is tracking the storm. it sounds big. this is big for the east coast. there has been a lot of snow in the northern plains into 2013. we are getting a combination of storms. the northern storm is bringing snow across chicago, the great lakes, pennsylvania right now. now we are getting the influen
down by police in missouri. hundreds of residents take to the streets. a typhoon strikes japan, a million scrom ble to evacuate. good morning and welcome to al jazeera, live from new york city. the u.s. says it s in for the long haul in a battle for iraq. more air strikes on saturday. jet fighters took out vehicles filled with weapons used. kurdish forces helped thousands of the yazidi community flee. this after being trapped on a desert mountain top. all this is happening while president obama refused to set a timetable for the u.s. s involvement. as tom ackerman reports, beating back the rebels will not be easy. president obama s top foreign policy policemen was to keep the u.s. forces pledge was to keep the u.s. forces out of iraqment now he s the fourth to order rehabilitation. this time, he says, to save the yazidi, and protect u.s. personal from the is group. asked whether he d understatement the islamic state fighters he said. there s no doubt that there moveme
Belafonte Rules the Roost counterpunch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from counterpunch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Giving americans a chance to reflect on how much has changed and how the nation still restless with the issue of race. entertainer and civil rights activist harry bella ffonte wasn that stage. he gathered a group of stars to lend their support to the event. myself personally, my task was to organization a contingency to come to the march on washington. i give you mr. bert lancaster. paul newman, lena horn, sammy davis junior. all of them looked to harry as their spiritual political moral civil rights mentor because they knew his close relationship to dr. king. one of the things i said in