and black boys were obviously incredibly deadly. this was 1944, obviously 11 years before the emmett till lynching. and also, you had this mill town that was sort of bifurcated racially. these girls were playing near a railroad tracks near the black side of town. and he admitted to having talked to them and told them where they could find flowers they wanted to pick. but there s weird things about the physical evidence in the case, which was very little. one thing they found was a prosecuted spike which was the murder weapon that detectives say george stinney pointed out to them. he weighed 90 pounds. he was five feet tall, maybe 5 1 . the railroad spike was huge and it alone weighed 20 pounds. so one of the pieces of evidence the stinney family was this boy couldn t have possibly killed two girls. their skulls were fractured, in one case in four or five pieces. these girls were brutally beaten in the head, each of them. and that for him to have done that alope, a little small 14-year-
years before the emmett till lynching. and also, you had this mill town that was sort of bifurcated racially. these girls were playing near a railroad tracks near the black side of town. and he admitted to having talked to them and told them where they could find flowers they wanted to pick. but there s weird things about the physical evidence in the case, which was very little. one thing they found was a prosecuted spike which was the murder weapon that detectives say george stinney pointed out to them. he weighed 90 pounds. he was five feet tall, maybe 5 1 . the railroad spike was huge and it alone weighed 20 pounds. so one of the pieces of evidence the stinney family was this boy couldn t have possibly killed two girls. their skulls were fractured, in one case in four or five pieces. these girls were brutally beaten in the head, each of them. and that for him to have done that alone, a little small 14-year-old boy, the stinney lawyers was saying was not
we ll have you use a banana to drive in a railroad spike after the next system comes through. awesome. that will be novel. it s been a long night in the u.s. senate. republicans are forcing an all-night session to protest democrats changing the rules to limit filibuster power. they re still in session right now. good news is, it looks like actual work is getting done. many of you are attacking me for saying that, saying with no, no, no, this is vengeful play. an appeals court judge was affirmed this morning and another one is scheduled for later. a vote on the budget deal is expected today but it could prove tricky for some republicans. here to explain, cnn s joe johns. joe? this is both to stop the government from lurching from crisis to crisis every few months and there s a public battle over the heart and soul of the republican party that s gotten much uglier recently. the speaker of the house has been caught in the mid. now he s throwing punches, too.
in the usa because we produce all of our products here in the united states. so we re also creating jobs here in america. and you have this over here? we have necklaces, bracelets. these are all railroad spike designs. what is this? skinny spike. this is a necklace, and so that s all also made of stainless steel. and you have different colors. this is from bullet casings? recycled bullet casings and brass. all of the same railroad spike design, and this one is made out of stainless sterling silver. how difficult is it for you to find the material to make these? the process of working out how to help the cities figure out how to do this may take a while. it s been pretty straightforward. in fact, we ve had great collaboration with the politicians in the cities as well as the police forces. sales? how are they going? terrifically. we ve had a terrific response so far. what is terrific? tell me. give me a number. we d love for people watching right now to take part