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>> that's an important point, so they investigated whether or not the state pushed them into bankruptcy indegsally. and they played a crucial role in tipping them into bankruptcy, what was that? >> they cut revenue sharing. >> meaning the state would take the taxes collected from all over the state and it would go back out -- >> yeah, parse it out. one was because of the detroit losing population. most of it, $44 million, what was a state la that went into effect in 2012 just before the city ran out of cash. >> they pass a bill that takes $47 million out of the ledger of detroit, and detroit f...

Bankruptcy indegsally. and they played a crucial role in tipping them into bankruptcy, what was that? >> they cut revenue sharing. >> meaning the state would take the taxes collected from all over the state and it would go back out -- >> yeah, parse it out. one was because of the detroit losing population. most of it, $44 million, what was a state la that went into effect in 2012 just before the city ran out of cash. >> they pass a bill that takes $47 million out of the ledger of detroit, and detroit files for bankruptcy. >> then the emergency manager

Louisiana, in addition to a confirmed twister in mississippi. the system brought flooding rains and dangerous winds from louisiana into georgia. the system is now tracking toward the northeast. they've already got some flood watches in effect. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is asking a federal judge to just sentence him already. he's also filed a motion seeking a second trial against him to be dismissed. blagojevich was convicted last year of lying to the fbi and prosecutors vowed to retry him on nearly two dozen other counts. he receives another trial will cost too much taxpayer m...

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Former fund-raising executive. ron schiller, who is not related to her, apologized and resigned after he was videotaped calling the tea party racist and saying npr would be better off without federal funding. he accepted a position with the aspen institute, but that's not going to happen now because of the controversy. an oregon man convicted of killing his wife and three kids wants to donate his organs after he's executed. but state la is standing in the way. according to oregon law, death row inmates have to be killed by lethal injection. those drugs used make organs impossible to be donat...