overburdened. it's a hell of a lot easier to take a plea than take a case to trial and we've got our conviction, we're out. this is lazy prosecution. >> his name is joseph goodman. if you see him in your bar you might not want to give him a drunk or have him in your bar. thank you, mel. my colleague, wolf starts right now. right now, a slap in the face, that's how one one veteran is describing delays in v.a. health care and how it also affected troops fresh off the battle fields of iraq and afghanistan. and two palestinian teams getting worldwide attention and say they're using only rubber bullets but the doctors say the bullets were real. and protests plaguing brazil just weeks before the world cup is set to start.

hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. disturbing details coming to light today disturbing the scandal plagued v.a. hospital in phoenix. troops coming home were kept waiting for 10 months for follow-up at the facility. these were not run of the mill issues that could be delayed. >> we're talking about people that were injured by being blown up by ieds. we're talking about people who had a mental breakdown and have severe ptsd and having trouble functioning. we're talking about veterans that were severely injured by some means in the -- while in the military, even if it wasn't in actual combat. >> cnn senior investigative correspondent drew griffin was the first to expose the extent of the problems inside the v.a. facility in phoenix and elsewhere. drew, white house chief of staff, rob nabors has now

arrived in phoenix where you are and the president directed him to try to deal with this crisis. what does he hope to accomplish? >> reporter: we asked him that on his way in this morning. rob nabors didn't have any comment as he arrived meeting steve young, the interim director. he is just about wrapping up an executive briefing in the next half hour and after which he will roam the hospital talking to the health care providers and experts trying to assess what is going on the ground there. i hope he will meet doctors like dr. kathryn mitchell who will tell him exactly what their concerns are and later sit down with veteran service organizations and hear those complaints. at the end of the day, he will go back presumably to report to the president. it is a very quick trip for rob nabors but will plan to spend the whole day there at the hospital. >> as you know better than any,

dr. mitchell's allegations strike at the heart of what the v.a. is supposed to be about caring for wounded veterans. has the v.a. responded to her charges? >> reporter: we asked specific questions related to the allegations she's brought up. the v.a. has told us they have been advised not to respond to any of those allegations while this current inspector general investigation is going on. so i guess the comment is no comment right now while they still try to sort out this mess. wol wolf. >> excellent reporting by drew. thanks very much. republican congressman, jeff miller, chairman of the veterans affairs committee in the house told cnn the v.a. scandal over wait lists is quote the tip of the iceberg. there are some 1700 v.a. facilities all over the country. 26 of them are now under investigation because of cnn's reporting. three senior v.a. officials were invited to appear this morning before congressman miller's

committee but last night they informed him they couldn't make it. miller's annoyance was obvious. >> i will ask one thing real quick because i don't see any faces, familiar faces from v.a. and the central office. is anybody here from v.a.? >> no one there from v.a. while some in congress are demanding that v.a. secretary erik shinseki step down, here's what the house speaker john boehner said about that when asked by our own chief congressional correspondent, dana bash. >> i've not called for general shinseki to resign although i have to admit i'm getting a little closer. here's the point. this isn't about one person. this isn't about the secretary. it's about the entire system underneath him. the general can leave and we can wait around for months to go through a nomination process and we get a new person, but the

disaster continues. >> our chief political analyst, gloria borger is here with me. the president was very specific yesterday. he wants to see the investigations go forward, wants to get a report from rob nabors, his deputy chief of staff and only then will he decide if heads will roll. >> not at all. this is a president who doesn't believe in immediate sacrificial lambs and no drama obama. remember during the bp oil spill, people were saying, where's the outrage? where's the outrage? that's not who he is. we saw it with the rollout of the affordable care act. that was complete disaster. did he fire kathleen sebelius right away. is she leaving now? yes. at irs, did he fire people right away? did people leave eventually? yes. did he leave the door open yesterday for shinseki to be

fired or allowed to be resign. the answer is yes. don't forget, erik shinseki is a war hero. he has two purple hearts, four star general. i think this is a president who kind of wants to wait, take the lay of the land. he did publicly say, i told erik directly, as he told us yesterday, i have to see what's going on here. when nabors reports back to him, if the president is upset, shinseki could go. left the door open but decided not to do it immediately. that's very much in keeping with president obama we've seen throughout his term >> and certainly left the door open for shinseki himself to say, i'm resigning because there's too much commotion now for the good of the country, let someone else take charge >> with a little nudge maybe. >> the president demands accountability >> there are even more democrats not just republicans but democrats putting pressure on the president to fire him. >> look, there are. it's not what i would call a

ground swell. there are some democrats saying, we ought to get rid of him. i think there's a larger issue at stake for the president, wolf. that is, he's under pressure because this goes to the core of his presidency. this is a president who promoted big government solutions to problems. and every time big government seems not to work, as in the rollout of the health care plan. it hurts what he's about. when he ran for election the first time around and when he was a senator, he put streamlining the v.a., making it work better as a top priority, making government work. now, he's having to defend a v.a. that obviously doesn't work. it goes to the question of competency in the administration and a lot of republicans will be using this to say, we told you, this was an inexperienced manager, inexperienced first term senator should never have been president of the united states. i think he has a lot on the line here, in terms of his managerial

skills and also in terms of the core of his presidency, about government solutions to problems. >> when he took office he knew there were problems and had been on the veterans committee when he was a united states senator and they told him about these problems and i'm sure he's looking back and saying what could we have done different. and republicans are saying, the bush administration told you this was getting out of control. >> thank you. >> sure. and in thailand, the military is announcing it's now in charge. what's going on, on the streets of bangkok. and the political battle over benghazi. democrats have joined in the investigation. i will talk to adadam, named to the panel yesterday and standing by live. ♪ b♪ we're investing big to keep our country in the lead. ♪ load! we keep moving to deliver what you need. and that means growth, lots of cargo going all around the globe.

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some international headlines right now beginning in thailand where the army chief says he is in charge. the military there has officially take over after two days declaring martial law. paula hancocks is in bangkok. >> the military has officially taken over in thailand. the army chief has been on national television a couple minutes ago and confirms they have taken control of the country. we know he has created a development agency called the national peace and order. just about half an hour ago we saw some of the leaders and some protest leaders that were meeting inside to try and hammer out a deal with the army chief being escorted from the place itself. we know all the participants

have been detained. this is information just now coming to me on cnn. those participants we know they were members of the caretaker government and the anti-government protest leader, the pro government protest leader and certainly at this point we understand from officials that all of those participants have been detained. so confirmation on cnn there has been yet another military coup here in thailand. >> disturbing information there. meanwhile, north korea fired two shells at a passing south korean patrol boat in the yellow sea earlier today. they missed the south koreaion ship by 600 feet. south korea then returned fire. north korea promised retribution after south korea fired warning shots at three north korea patrol boats earlier this week. it took a decade to finalize but russia's natural gas deal with china takes on more significance because of the

crisis in ukraine. under the deal, russia's state owned gas company will supply china with gas for 30 years equal to about 10% of gazprom's annual sales and will be shipped through 4,000 miles of pipelines. it comes as europe tries to reduce its dependence on russian gas because of russia's takeover of crimea. first, violent protests, now a crippling bus strike of brazil raising questions whether the country will be able to host the world cup in three weeks. take a look at this. worse than rush hour. a two-day strike by bus drivers paralyzed brazil's biggest city, san paulo. the strike is over but just the latest problem affecting brazil ahead of the world cup. we hope they get their act together by then. political flash point, reluctant democrats join the committee to investigate the

compound in benghazi. we will hear from one of those democrats live when we come back. a public utility in the united states compromised by hackers. we'll tell you what happened and find out how vulnerable the grid is to a potential attack. if i told you that a free ten-second test

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elijah cummings, adam sheriff, adam smith and linda sanchez and tammy duckworth. >> i assume you were totally on board with nancy pelosi's decision, right? >> i am on board. we were thinking the select committee was unnecessarily that the questions on benghazi has been asked many many times and were divided once the speecher changed course and decided to establish this committee. we're united again. this was an approach we're going to take. it was felt by the leadership we should have people in the room to make sure the subpoena process isn't abused and witnesses not abused and hopefully try to do something more productive like looks at the security of our embassies now and how we're implementing the recommendations of that accountability review board. i don't know if that's where the republicans want to go. it doesn't appear that way.

we will certainly try to steer this in a direction that may be productive. >> the initial reluctance to join this committee is it would give legitimacy to the select committee. the other reasons you just explain explained clearly overruled that kern. republicans say their biggest question they want answered is the president of the united states. what was he doing during those critical hours? was he directly involved? was he not directly involved? do you have answers to those questions? is that legitimate query material subject they should get answers to? >> i think the accountability review board really went over who had responsibility for the security, what lapses led to the death of four americans and made a series of recommendations on the basis of that. they looked at how high the responsibility went and made a nonpartisan determination about that. i think we have had a pretty extensive look at that.

wolf, what you're suggesting i think is exactly what the republicans want to do and that is not get to the basis of any new facts which have already been plumbed time and time again but see if they can embarrass the administration and see if they can score political points against the president and see if they can raise money off benghazi, a blight nonetheless something they're doing. all about motivating their base, wolf, a lot less about any of the actual events in benghazi. >> congressman, to be fair, there are legitimate questions that need to be answered to make sure everyone learns from the mistakes that occurred so this kind of tragedy doesn't happen again, right? >> absolutely. wolf, that presupposes we haven't had eight investigations already and we have. precisely those questions were raised. where we are lacking is we got good recommendations about what needs to be done. but there's nobody on that new select committee that can tell us where we are implementing those recommendations.

the state department say they're making progress. unfortunately progress isn't often good fodder for a select committee. i haven't seen much interest away mong the select committee members to focus how we can improve security and even more astonishing, very little interest expressed on where we are in the hunt for the people who killed these americans. that has to be a top priority. >> it is. so far as i know no one has been called to justice for the killing of ambassador chris s stevens and three other americans. do you know why ambassador chris stevens was even in benghazi in those days after there had been other terrorist attacks against the british facility and international red cross and so many other international organizations that abandoned benghazi. why was he there to begin with? >> that issue has been explored, wolf. i think ambassador stevens was

someone who loved the libyan people and wanted to be close to the libyan people and understood the risks and understood diplomats can't live in bunkers and wanted better security but at the same time wanted to do his job, he couldn't completely live in that bunker. we might question that call right now but frankly, this is a dedicated public servant that gave his life ultimately for his country. i have to respect the fact he wanted to be where he was, he felt it was important to the execution of his mission and his responsibili responsibility, and regrettably we lost a great american. >> that was his decision to go to benghazi. no one in washington ordered him to go there? >> no, i haven't seen any evidence he was ordered to go there. >> we'll be watching the hearings together with you, congressman. do you think hillary clinton will be called to testify? >> i don't know. i think if she is, it's a pretty telling indication what the committee is really about. she's already testified, she's already answered the questions

they had for her. if they want to drag her back with a subpoena, i think it's more about the elections in the future than conduct in the past. congressman adam schiff, thank you for joining us. >> you, too, wolf. a public utility compromised by hackers. you will hear how they did it and what the attack says about the vulnerability of the entire electrical grid. plus outrage over two palestinian teens in the west bank and a surveillance camera captures the shootings and the response to this escalating controversy. ...and a choice. take 4 advil in a day which is 2 aleve... ...for all day relief. "start your engines" oh! the name your price tool! you tell them how much you want to pay, and they help you find a policy that fits your budget.

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welcome back, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. the fbi director says a training camp in syria poses a direct threat to the united states and telling lawmakers of the judiciary committee. there are complexes in syria where militants are learning new tactics and returning home to plot new attacks. comey says they have a place to counter that threat and didn't release new details and that information for now is classified. no secret a u.s. power grid is a potential target for terrorists. the department of homeland security says hackers have already staged an attack on the network of public utility in the united states. brian todd is following this

story for us. what have you learned. >> wolf, we've been speaking all day with officials of department of homeland security. they won't name the company involved or what department. it could have been a power station or water purification plant, gas pipeline, telecommunications firm. those are the possibilities but this did recently happen according to the report from the department of homeland security and they recently compromised the work of a public utility in the united states. and apparently got into it by what's called an internet facing host. in layman's terms a system accessible from either someone's home or other remote location via the internet something like that. the homeland security official does tell us the cybersecurity emergency response team at the department of homeland security as well as the company in question worked something to mitigate this attack, to repel the attack and there was no impact to operations. but we have seen examples in the past of what hackers can do. we have some video to show you

of a test in 2006 where researchers at the department of energy were able to demonstrate how a hacker can instruct an electric turbine engine to basically self-destruct. the smoke poured out. this is an example of what hackers can do, the turbine engine of an electrical generator and has cybersecurity and homeland security experts really worried about our infrastructure and what hackers are able to do. apparently, very recently, now we know from the department of homeland security. they tried it. didn't work this time, it could work soon. >> how vulnerable is the nation's electrical grid? >> the electrical grid is considered the glass jar of the american industry system. last year, according to the department of homeland security they responded to 256 what they call cyber-incident reports. more than half of them were from the energy sector alone. it's an example of hackers always trying to probe into that system and see what they can do.

again, with those incidents, there were no major disruptions. there are some good safeguards in place. but it's frightening to think of that many incidents, that many attempts on the electrical sector just last year, 256. >> i know you will be working this story and have more coming up. thanks. very disturbing information. other news we're following, two palestinian teens and intensifying debate over who called them and calls for an investigation and getting louder and live report from jerusalem coming up. later, ukraine preparing for critical elections sunday and asking the u.s. for help. those little things still get you.

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palestinian teens during rock throwing last week. it comes down to two very different accounts what happened. the israelis say their military was firing only rubber coated bullets, essentially ball bearings with a thin coat of rubber designed to hurt but not penetrate people. the video in this report shows two teens hit with real bullets sometimes called live fire. the doctors say the live fire passed through the bodies of these teens and killed them. here's ivan watson's report. >> reporter: it that been a day of skirmishing, palestinian youth hurling stones, israel soldiers and police firing tear gas and rubber coated bullets. then caught on camera, the shooting deaths of two palestinian teenagers both gunned down on the same patch of asphalt. the second, an hour and 13 minutes after the first. the israel defense force tells cnn a preliminary inquiry shows

no live fire was shot at all thursday during the riots in ba ba bat batun batunyah and we have to determine what caused this result. cnn was there much of that day filming the back and forth clashes. among those seen on cnn's video was a 17-year-old throwing a rock. he had gone to the protest after attending school in the morning. at 1:45 p.m., a security camera catches the moment he is fatally shot as he walks towards the israel positions. another shows his rushing to the ambulance. the report says it entered his chest and exited his back. at the precise moment he was shot cnn's camera was rolling filming an israeli soldier shooting his rifle at the

palestinians and demonstrators carrying the mortally wounded teenager to the ambulance. he later died in hospital. the shootings were filmed by this little private security camera mounted to this building right here which the owner tells us operates 24 hours a day for the protection of his home, his family and his business. as for the boys, the first one was shot and mortally wounded right here. at 2:58 p.m. the security camera captured the second shooting when a 16-year-old was shot as he walked away from israel positions. doctors pronounced him dead on arrival at the hospital with a single bullet wound that entered his back and passed out through his chest. we met the grieving father of the first shooting victim at st. george's school in ra mullah, where relatives and classmates are in morning.

he shows me the bullet hole left in the bloody backpack his son was wearing. you think this was the bullet hole? >> yeah. >> reporter: inside the backpack, a bloodstained textbook and a bullet, not a rubber coated projectile. >> you think this is the bullet that killed your son? >> yeah, of course. of course. inside the bag, i found this, inside the bag. >> who do you think killed your son? >> soldier. >> . >> reporter: israel soldier? >> israeli soldier? . israeli defense force insists only rubber coated bullets were fired that day. a united nation spokesman expressed what he called great alarm at the shooting of the two teenagers he says were unarmed and appeared to pose no direct threat. >> ivan watson is joining us live from jerusalem. a little while ago you spoke

with an idf and israel spokesman. what did he say? >> reporter: he responded to our report. the israeli military standing by its preliminary investigation conclusions which are that no live fire, no metal bullets were fired during this altercation. the video, the exclusive video that our camera filmed on the afternoon of may 15th, that shows israeli police and soldiers firing their rifles at palestinian demonstrators at the exact moment when the first victim was fatally wounded. the israeli military spokesman argues that those rifles the israeli troops had, had tubes on them, made for firing those rubber coated metal projectiles. i asked the officer, is it possible there could have been a malfunction or accident that could have lead to firing a

metal projectile and the israeli lieutenant colonel said he was not aware of any malfunction. as for that slug that the grieving father said he found in his dead son's backpack, the israeli military spokesman, wolf, says the israeli military is reaching out to the palestinian authority to do some kind of ballistic forensic report using that slug. the father of the dead boy says that he will only give it over to investigators in the presence of cameras, to people he trusts. he says he wants justice for the death of his eldest child. >> ivan, i want you to stand by because michael loren is here, the former ambassador to the united states, former spokesman earlier in his career for the israel defense forces as well. thanks very much. what's your reaction? it's a very disturbing report. >> good to be with you, wolf, always. israel has had a lot of experience with pictures like this going back to 2000. remember the mohamed al doura

case that helped trigger the second intefada, great questions whether he could have been shot by israeli forces and whether he was shot at all. in 2006 a report from gaza about a family of eight palestinians killed supposedly by israeli tank fire and turned out upon further investigation they wear killed by a hamas mine and even in 2012, during the latest fighting in gaza, a palestinian man holding the picture of his son apparently killed by israeli planes on the front of the "washington post" and that was staged as well. they don't apologize, investigate very carefully. >> two teenage boys are dead. >> we don't know that for certain. the pictures are very disturbing. >> you don't know these two boys are dead? >> we don't know anything right now. these pictures were taken four days ago and released only in the last 24 hours and two hours of film were taken and only two

minutes released of these films. the many many inconsistency, you see two young people supposedly shot, one through the chest and one through the back but they both fall in the same way, they fall forward which is inconsistent with what we know about combat deaths. we see a picture of israel forces shooting. if you zero in on that picture, you will see those rifles indeed have the sleep barrel, which is used for rubber bullets, not for live ammunition. >> let me ask ivan about that. on that -- we're showing the viewers on that shot. do you see a sleeve on that rifle? >> right there. >> reporter: yeah. there's supposed to be some kind of tube attachment i'm told can be used for firing these rubber coated projectiles. that is the argument that the israeli military spokesman has put forward, yeah. >> you can see the sleeve very carefully. >> ivan, i take it there's a

full-scale investigation, but there's also been some international outrage as well. what's been the reaction? >> reporter: the u.s. state department has called for a frompt a prompt and transparent investigation to look into the possible dispr prproportionate f force in this incident and the united nation says the initial report suggests the two boys did not pose any real threat to the israeli troops in the area and they were unarmed. furthermore, the united nations indicated it has observed a quote sharp increase in the numbers of palestinians killed and wounded in the west bank during israeli security operations over the course of the last year and a half. for example, no fatalities in 2012. the united nations saying th ii were at least 17 palestinians killed during these operations in 2013. so far this year, at least

seven, including this 16-year-old and 17-year-old killed in the west bank. meanwhile, the u.n. says there were at least 51 palestinians wounded by live fire in the west bank in 2013 and so far at least 43 wounded again by live fire in 2014. that's the united nation's statistics in this matter. >> let's bring back the former israeli ambassador. you hear those reports, very disturbing information. what i hear you suggesting, it's possible you think this whole thing was staged? is that what you're suggesting. we don't know. the israeli military has a way of investigating this thing. if they can get the bullet they can determine if it came from an silver weapon and determine what weapon it came from. even weapons -- >> there's the capability of having a joint palestinian security forces israeli army investigation to take a look at that specific bullet the father

showed us. >> that's frisk 101. every police force -- >> and they don't trust the israelis to do it alone if you can cooperate with the palestinians and determine whether or not this was an israeli bullet. >> the israelis forces have very specific rules for engagement in using live fire. the soldier's lives have to be in clear and eminent danger and if they were not in eminent danger and determined live fire was used they will be held on trial. investigators will look at it closely, the way the bodies fall and the fact there's no blood and when someone is hit in the back and there is a tremendous amount of blood and you see no blood. >> a palestinian young man throwing rocks and later the same one and wearing different clothes. you have to ask questions. i've had a lot of experience with this. >> we will continue to follow up and sure the israelis and

palestinians will be following up. thanks for coming in. ivan, you stay on top of this story and if you get more information, let us know, we'll update our viewers. targeting the ukrainian military as the government tries to derail upcoming elections. we'll take you there live. women senate candidates are grabbing headlines, how they could make 2014 an historic year. ement, you outlive your money? uhhh. no, that can't happen. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive.. confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor can get the real answers you need. well, knowing gives you confidence. start building your confident retirement today.

ukraine's prime minister is calling for an emergency meeting of the security is calling in the eastern ukraine area overnight. 32 others were injured. the prime minister says he has everyday that russia plans to interfere with sunday elections.

we are in kiev, the ukrainian capital for us. what are the expectations for the vote, the turnout, especially in the eastern part of ukraine? >> with this violence today, truly a disturbing development because it's violence like this, the officials here in kiev as well as international observers were concerned that itd would bring down that turnout to the point where the election might not be viewed as legitimate. 16 soldiers killed. that said, to this point you speak to officials here. i have spoken to observers here and they believe that in the vast majority of the country voters will be able to get to the polls. the interruption confined to the regions you talk about. if the rest of the country can

get there and you can get it high enough, but with violence like this today it's really a disturbing development because you know the violence had declined to the point where people thought one that russia was not interfering as much and that forces were getting a handle on the violence but today just a very disappointing result to see so many soldiers killed in attacks like this. >> we're glad you're on the ground for us. other news, schools across nigeria were closed today. teachers held a day of protest in support of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped last month. it has been more than five weeks since the abduction and there is still no sign of them. the u.s. will deploy 80 u.s. military personnel to aid in the

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>> the dust has now settled a bit and we are getting a better picture of what the race will look like in november. women candidates and women voters could tip the balance of power here in washington. >> from kentucky. >> i am not an empty dress. >> to oregon. >> i am a doctor, a mom. >> to georgia. >> washington's going to learn a thing or two. >> these female senate candidates will try to defeat a male incumbent. add them to a list of vulnerable female senators and it's clear that the balance of power could be determined by the way the women candidates fair.

>> i am a strong kentucky woman. >> she is already leaning way in, using her gender to appeal to female voters who make up more than half the kentucky ele electorate. >> allison grimes is a 35-year-old woman running very much appealing to women. you have a gender gap. >> we will find out in november, won't we. >> but belying that bravado is the appeal. >> i am so happy to be joined by my wife. >> and three kentucky women he says were hurt by obama care. democrat's other hope is in georgia. >> i believe that change is possible.

>> i'm not a career politician. >> republicans are favored to pick up a democratic seat in west virginia with -- but even if she loses the state would elect its first female senator. >> and our chief congressional correspondent is with us. >> there are 20. that is a record. but when you think about it it's still only 20% of the senate. and the country as a whole is just over 50% so it's not representative at all. it's really fascinating to watch as i have done over the past many years is there is a they have regular dinners and it does make a difference. >> democrats and republicans. >> sort of like a women's

caucus. >> they meet once a month all led by barbara, the dean of the senate women. >> the democrat from maryland. she has been there the longest. and they have these relationships that i think the men don't have, especially in these times. >> there were more women, there might be more cooperation and they might get more done? >> i will go out on a limb and say yes. >> watch very closely. women will play a critical role. see if democrats continue to have the majority. thanks very, very much. before we go, one programming mote for all of our viewers coming to cnn, a new series from executive producers tom hanks and the series is entitled the 60s. the decade that reshaped american's lives in ways that still affect all of us today. be sure to watch. set your dvr for the premier

that airs next thursday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only here on cnn. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i will be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. >> thank you. great to be with you. she has been found alive. here is what we know. she has told investigators that her mother's live in boyfriend kidnapped her, forced her into marriage starting at the age of 15. she is now 25 years of age and the only reason we are hearing her story, sharing her story with you today is that she finally escaped. orange county authorities arrested and charged this man for these alleged acts. website photos of t