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Mischaracterized. the president of mississippi's naacp says it sends the wrong message. and the group can calling the governor to denounce the idea. the governor spoke on camera just today. but first, i spoke with greg stewart who is behind the effort to honor forest. mr. stewart, general forest was a slave trader, he personally oversaw the bull whipping of slaves, without a doubt a brilliant confederate officer but he oversaw the slaughter of hundreds of black troops and a grand wizard of the kkk. why do you want to put him on a license plate? >> well, what you've just alleged is not necessar...

Other presidents had parents who were not born in the united states, including herbert hoover and woodrow wilson. so the idea there is some new requirement that your parents have to be born in the united states is as ridiculous as all the other arguments. >> jeff toobin, thanks. still ahead, a fascinating story. a confederacy group in mississippi is launching a campaign to honor this man, he was a klu klux klan man and a brilliant general in the civil war who oversaw the slaughter of hundreds of black union troops and a slave trader. should he get a lie sense plate? plus, the doctor charge...

Returned to the united states the next morning. she's currently in the hospital recovering." they request privacy at this time. lara logan is in our thoughts and prayers tonight. as always, let us know what you think. the live chat sup and running. up next tonight, a lawmaker who says his legislation has nothing to do with president obama. he just wants presidential candidates to prove they were born here. we'll ask him why the proof of president obama's citizenship, however, isn't proof enough for him. keeping them honest. a leader of the kkk, and a brutal slave trader. why does one south...

Which can be found on the internet if anybody wants to google that, and he made it plain he had great love for all of his fellow citizens there in memphis. >> so he wasn't a slave trader who oversaw the bull whipping of slaves? >> i don't know. i mean, the bull whipping part is something that you added. >> that's in a biography about him that's been written. >> okay. i haven't read that. but yes, while he was a u.s. citizen under the u.s. flag, he was engaged in the slave trade. >> professor, what about mr. stewart's argument that people basically -- he's saying people have their facts wrong a...

Controversy is brewing in mississippi. the sons of confederate veterans can campaigning to put general nathan bedford forest on a commemorative license plate. most historians agree he was in the kkk. we talked with an expert who said not only was forest the first grand wizard of the kkk, he was also known for bull whipping slaves when he was a slave trader. there's also controversy whether he condoned the massacre of hundreds of black union army members during the 1864 raid at ft. pillow. they say forest has been mischaracterized. the president of mississippi's naacp says it sends the wrong me...