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End of the civil war its been the top agenda of racists in the south and elsewhere to try to stop african-americans from voting. and weve seen it again and again and again. now theyre a little bit more subtle than they used to be. but still what dodge city is doing by not having a single voting place within the town limits, not a single voting place that anyone can even walk to or ride a bike to, putting outside, thats about as transparent as it gets. what they did in north dakota when they said...

For 153 years, ever since the end of the civil war its been the top agenda of racists in the south and elsewhere to try to stop african-americans from voting. and weve seen it again and again and again. now theyre a little bit more subtle than they used to be. but still what dodge city is doing by not having a single voting place within the town limits, not a single voting place that anyone can even walk to or ride a bike to, putting outside, thats about as transparent as it gets. what they did ...

Code? you know, up to two years ago, most of our homes have to be, ill say, between 130 and 150. two years ago any home built within the last two years are at the 185. we have structures in our most vulnerable areas that are built so long ago, we cant be confident that structure will even be there when this is over. >> do you have any trailers within your town limits? >> we have one, only one. and so, no, that hasnt been the problem. the problem has been getting people to evacuate from those low...

Of major damage. police are searching for people who might be trapped. we dont have word on injuries. this just happening. we are following this this morning. well bring the latest when we have it. this is hours after twin tornadoes. amazing pictures of them now. the tornadoes tearing through several towns in nebraska, destroying so much in their path. at least two people were killed. another 16 critically injured. these pictures are stunning. you can see the debris as the storms raced through t...

A struggle inside the house or if the mcgees were robbed. the autopsy results have now come back and the coroner confirms that the couple was killed by gunshot wounds. shep? >> shepard: still as far as we know nothing toind indicate they were in a feud with anybody? at least nothing obvious. >> no. in fact those who knew john mcgee said any time he had a problem he was calm and diplomatic about the way he handled it for example, back in 2008 he he was involved that pretty tough land dispute and ...

the former illinois governor is going to have an opportunity to speak before the federal judge announces the sentence. prosecutors want blagojevich to get at least 15 years for his conviction on corruption charges. a 19-year-old man says that jerry sandusky gave him whiskey when he was 12, then sexually abused him. sanduskys latest accuser claims it happened once inside an office inside the penn state football building. the man says he was a member of the second mile. that is sandusk...

Now there were about three officers. its definitely a smaller force with the department. >> it sounds completely completed. explain to all of us, what have you learned or what have you heard happens to these talented men and women who have been let go. are they going to try to get other jobs by crossing town limits and going into another city? >> definitely tuesday was an emotional day for a lot of ice fighters. a lot were hugging and crying and hugging each other. a lot are hoping theyll be abl...

Pulverized by not the earthquake, but by the tsunami. and the reason we know that, from years of covering disasters i can tell you that, is because when you leave the town limits, there is no damage whatsoever. we drove 75 miles from the west coast of japan to east coast of japan. we saw no damage whatsoever until we got to this town, and almost everything is flattened. about 20,000 people live there, there are undoubtedly fatalities. there are thousands unaccounted. that doesnt mean they are de...