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regular democratic party was dominated by george wallace and the dixiecrats. and despite being a dentist and a two-time valedictorian, his advocation was agitation, and he poured hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money -- this is in the '60s, mind you, '60s and early '70s -- into this political party so that alabamians could vote for lyndon johnson rather than george wallace and that the hundreds of thousands of newly-registered black voters would have people to vote for. could not just vote, but also run for office. and so that was his life's work, and he was very much com...

have any more jurors been cho n chosen? >> reporter: we don't know. they're in what they call one of the early phases here today. this morning they brought in a new group of 40 people who weren't questioned at all yesterday, and they're starting to ask them broad questions. later on, they'll do individual questions in chambers with the judge, things specific to what they do, who they know, and whether or not they work at penn state, which has been something -- an answer a lot of people have said yes to just because of the nature of this town, how small it is, and how large penn state...

airport. another work in the dallas-ft. worth airport. cops say they were members of two puerto rico-based drug trafficking operations. that bust after airport officials installed a new system for checking cargo that makes it possible to track more drugs on the island. we're expecting a press conversation this hour. we'll take you there as soon as it happens. all right. day two of jury selection and it's moving quickly. the judge has made it very clear he wants opening statements in the jerry sandusky child rape trial to start next monday. then comes all the witnesses. dozens for e...

Currently incarcerated in pakistan who has diplomatic immunity and should be released. >> and what exactly was his job? >> i can go back -- you know, he has, you know, technical -- provides technical services to the -- a member of the administrative and technical staff of the u.s. embassy in islamabad. >> is it a correct -- >> i'm not going to go any further than that. >> just one thing. the reports say that he was carrying a gun. obviously he shot the two guys. >> i think that's a safe assumption. >> is that standard operating procedu procedure? that diplomats carry guns? >> there are people ...

A -- you know, as some kind of consultant, adviser. that would -- most diplomats aren't necessarily armed, that's very unusual, even in a country like pakistan. but, you know, if you're part of the group of people that is designed to provide safety not only to the american embassy but american consulates and indeed american citizens living in pakistan, you know, that's a reason you might be carrying a weapon. so that would be a sort of -- you know, what's puzzling is if that's the case, why not just say it. >> why not say it. why not be transparent. all of this happening at a time with all the...