he did. so many jokes. i won't do it, though. that's it for me. thank you for watching. have a great 4th of july. i'll be back after then. i'll be back after then. "ac 360" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening, john berman in for anderson. two big stories, each involving your safety. a major storm on track to hit the seaboard and fresh concerns that terror groups found a new way of getting bombs on to airliners. we start with tropical storm arthur soon to be hurricane arthur, and our first clear indication of where peak impact will be. for that, let's check in with chad myers at the weather center. chad, you've been in the weather center all day tracking this storm. how are things looking now? >> the pressure is getting lower and the winds are picking up. that means arthur is about to get to that hurricane strength. hurricane center saying sure, by morning, probably this will be above the 74 mile per hour

threshold. everybody wants to know will it affect me inland? we won't know that. there will be outer bands here, john, that will come on shore, maybe a rain shower. you can see one right there in georgia. a big one down through here in florida. there is no way to predict whether one of those ends up over washington dc or new york city closer to the northeast there is no possible way to predict that. we can probably predict the size, 80, 85 miles per hour. yesterday the hurricane center was thinking 90. that's not out of the question. you can see the eye in the three-dimensional depiction. the eye is right down there in the middle. hurricane hunter aircraft flying through it now. finding the pressure going down, wind speeds picking up and the storm doing exactly what we thought it would do. this storm by tomorrow is going to be affecting the coast of south carolina right through there and then it's going to be effecting north carolina with on shore waves probably six to ten

feet tall. over washing beaches, maybe washing away some roads, certainly some devastation to the homes along those beaches as it does move right on up toward the north to the northeast. this is as close to approach to dc sometime around 2:00 tomorrow. is it close enough to make a lot of rain? no. one band, maybe. is it close enough to make showers and rain in boston? yes, absolutely about 8:00 tomorrow night and moves over all the way out even to atlanta and canada, completely gone. that's the good news. computers agree, i think all you need to do is stay out of the water, stay in the windows if you're in the carolinas, you'll be fine but this could get stranger. we'll watch it tomorrow if it does, john. looks like it will keep you busy, chad. thanks so much for that. we need to keep a close eye over the next 48 hours, you can bet cnn will. the other big story, action to meet a different kind of threat to what is sadly a

traditional target, air travelers. richard reid tried and failed to set off explosives in his sneakers, there is a kind of race between the bad guys and airport screeners when they started screening shoes, the bad guys tried explosive underwear and got a guy with a pair of them on a flight. the fact that he and reid failed to make bombs dead natonate was welcome but they didn't pass security. one or more bomb makers came one a harder to detect advice. jim shutto on what is being done to answer the threat. >> reporter: the first line of defense for the american homeland, foreign airports with direct flights to the u.s. and now the department of homeland security is directing those international airports to step up their security screening. in a written statement, dhs secretary jay johnson said, we are sharing recent and relative

information with our foreign allies, and are consulting the aviation industry. among the changes passengers may see more screening of electronics in shoes, more explosive detection machines and in some cases, extra screenings at boarding gates. driving the new directive is increasing concern that terrorists from al qaeda and the peninsula or aqap are refining bombs to avoid detection by current screening methods. al qaeda has long looked for vulnerabilities in airport security and in particular, finding ways to put together bombs using non-metallic material that can make its way through metal detectors but also try to hide bombs in body parts that will not be identified by newer machines placed at airports. >> reporter: this is the man

believed to be behind the threat. in recent months, u.s. officials have warned that a aqap terrorists trained under him were improving designs of new explosive devices like shoe bombs that could fool screening systems. we talked with the dhs secretary. how concerned should flyers be about what this means about the threat? >> i would be mindful of the fact there is probably increased risk. i don't think it's dramatically different. i wouldn't not fly. the good news here is that the government sharing information with others and other parts of the world is responding to this. >> jim joins us tonight. how are they adhered to? >> good question. they have liaisons at the airports with they can observe, share intelligence and measures

they want to be i wemplemented. another question i asked, secretary under george bush was how well do they do this when we make requests like this? he said they want to cooperate. they are a long-term relationship here but one challenge is they don't have the resources at these overseas airports, talking about europe and the middle east here. they don't have resources we have here and that's a challenge and something they have to be conscious of. >> thanks so much for that. let's dig deep we are tom who served as secretary of homeland security, the very first one during the george w. bush administration. mr. secretary, what do you make of these security measures? is the implication here that these overseas airports don't have what it takes right now to protect the u.s. from these emerging threats? >> a couple take aways if you don't mind, john. one, there is obviously a consensus within the intelligence community both in the united states and elsewhere that it's a serious threat. two, my sense is that this is probably a new kind of threat.

this is out of syria and it involves a different approach toward a traditional target, and that's commercial aviation. ever since 9/11, commercial aviation is part of the threat stream that countries have had to deal with, but my sense is this is a new kind of approach, a new process and potentially a new technique ifrom a subgroup out of syria. >> a threat that requires changes and measures in place. the u.s. can't technically force the airports to change but they can threaten to suspend service to the united states, which i suppose no airline or airport ever allow. how can the u.s. make sure that these changes are being taken seriously? >> i think again, because there is mutual recognition, remember a lot of european carriers are government owned and when government intelligence services speaks to those who operate the airlines, i'm confident there is a consensus, whenever the new measures are and clearly, john, i think visible changes but i

suspect working together with our colleagues and allies across particularly europe, there will be changes that are not dete detectable through the naked eye. if you have that consensus wraps it up. they can always take off if there is any push back. the faa can say you can't land. i think there is serious recognition. it's an emerging threat toward a traditional target and we have to start doing things differently than before. >> let's talk about the measures. they can include additional screening of shoes and electr electroni electronics, explosive trace machines or swabs, maybe another screening at the gates, as well. do these measures address what you think and where you think the airports are most vulnerable? >> i think again without knowing the specifics so i have a good idea the nature of the new emerging threat, for the time being, the kinds of responses that we have to take that

doesn't mean that over the next several weeks or several months there may be additional response, even more technology and i have to remind everybody that, you know, american western world, we look at our watches all the time. they are in no rush. we have watches, they have time. we've seen before, i think, this is if the information i have and others have, this is -- they have learned from the detroit bomber over that on christmas day, they learned from the cargo plane plot a couple years ago. so what we try -- we can't be static but neither are they. they look for new means and new techniques to bring the same kind of horror and destruction they did on 9/11. >> you have a lot of experience dealing with threat situations. now officials today are saying it doesn't stem, these measures don't stem from a specific plot or a specific threat, so what kind of threat does it stem

from? >> well, my sense is and i think it's very important to note, john, that even way back when in those early days of homeland security, we met more often and concluded we shouldn't go public, then we went public. so my sense is there are been multiple meanings to see if there is enough information, enough credible information shared not only by us but other intelligence agencies to talk about the threat, and it doesn't necessarily have to mean there is a specific threat on a specific date or a specific target, but if they are aware of a new technique or a process, this is a signal to not only to our allies and our friends but to them that we're watching you. >> all right. former homeland security tom bridge, thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. we have one other breaking item on the homeland security front. moments ago, federal authorities in denver unsealed a complaint

alleging an american woman and others tried to provide support to a terror organization, the organization isis, the sunni extremists fight income iraq and syria. the woman charged, shannon maureen connally. she was trying to board a flight for turkey and been under investigation since last fall. she intended to wage jihad against non-muslims and referred to u.s. military bases as targets. quick reminder, make sure to set your dvr to watch 360 whenever you would like and next, we'll take you to the town that said no to undocumented immigrants. we'll speak to the mayor about being on the front lines and later, a look inside the palestinian conflict as hour by hour the fuse there burns short.

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for weeks now the problem has been building, immigrants, hundreds every day streaming over the southern beaoarder, so women and children, hundreds a day swapping immigration authorities overwhelming boarder towns in texas and arizona and sparking protest in towns like marietta, california north of san gee yed diego with a federa facility for holding and processing. the hard-pressed mayor in a m t moment but first, fed up constituen constituents. >> reporter: chanting go back home a wall of protesters blocked the road into the marietta boarder patrol station. >> you are obstructing the road way. please move or you will be cited. >> reporter: as anger grew in the crowd, some not understanding these my grants

were all from central america, tempers flaring, one protester spitting at an immigration right supporter. >> don't talk to me. >> reporter: the buses with many women and children turned around, 140 undocumented my gra migrants left for another station. this city wants to know what now? >> the bus turned around. it's going to turn around again and there is more buses that will be sent this way. >> reporter: do you feel your city then has become almost like a dumping ground? >> of course. i think anyone who has been pinpointed for these buses to come to is going to feel like it's a dumping ground. why us? why this small little town? >> reporter: that's the sentiment among many community, an influx of undocumented immigrants, many children crammed facilities in texas, not enough beds, bathrooms or food. another 60 to 80,000 children

without parents expected to cross illegally this year. to cope, the government is putting them on planes and buses to nearby towns, processing them at boarder patrol centers in smaller towns. in texas, arizona and california. towns like marietta. but after this angry face-off with the buses, immigration and customs enforcement says it will keep future plans under wraps due to security concerns. sharing less isn't going to help says a union representing boarder patrol agents. >> i think they are trying to be secretive of what they are doing. to me that adds more suspicion. >> reporter: the ugliness aside, the question remains, who will take care of the influx of immigrants? the anger continued hours after the buses had left, anger that many in this town do find embarrassing. >> i mean, these are kids. your heart goes out to them. >> reporter: but he still wants a say in whether his town is where they are sent. >> there is no discussion about this at all. they put it upon us.

yeah, i think that's unfair, definitely. >> i want to ask you about immigrant children in texas because today, late today we heard there is at least one child being treated for h1n1 flu. >> reporter: you're right about that, john. there is that one case at that air base in san antonio but listen to this, this is not according to medical experts any real cause for alarm because h1n1 is prevalent here in the united states. it's common. the last flu season, it was the most prevalent strain in the u.s. there were some health concerns with the children who were aboard those three buses that have been the top pick of this here in marietta. ten of those children had to go to a hospital for undisclosed reasons and seven went for skavvies. that's a tretble condition. even if these aren't serious

illnesses, who pays and takes care of them. >> thank you for pointing out the reality of that. marietta's lawyer supported the protest and encouraged it. on monday the transfer of illegal immigrants was quote a failure to enforce federal law at the federal level. mayor alan long joins me right now. mayor long, thank you so much for being with us. was what happened yesterday in your city what you had in mind and are you happy with the outcome? >> well, i think the ultimate outcome is fixing the problem, and that can only be done by washington d.c. we identify two problems and one of the missions we had is to make sure that people can protest peacefully and remain safe and that mission was accomplished. as far as turning the buses around, the residents and citizens that were out there walked in front of the street, boarder patrol made a decision to turn the buses around. regardless, the problem still is

there. the problem is in washington dc. we have two people pounding at each other and no one really coming up with a solution. that's what we're here to discuss, how can we collaborate and demand a solution? >> you said the problem is there. this was supposed to be the first, actually, there are a few more scheduled before that never came but there are supposed to be more bus loads of immigrants coming, maybe as many as 140 people every day for every three days for the next several weeks. do you think you will encourage similar protests every time these buses come? >> you know, that is a potential and we have a plan in place to deal with that. right now, the only thing we know is that marietta still is a designation point but also important to remember it's not against the immigrants, it's not against the people. they are trying to come to the greatest nation in the world, can't blame them for that. immigration happens every day in

marietta. nobody is protesting that. what we're protesting is the product of a broken system that finally reached the doorsteps of our community. >> it's certainly a subject that needs to be discussed in washington and dealt with. you said it's not against immigrants but you turn the bus around, that bus is filled with them, with women and children there. surely it has a direct impact on them at the moment you're doing it. >> well, and again, the city never called for the protest. we oppose the process by which they are getting here. you said it yourself, these are women, young children, fathers and young children and that local boarder patrol office cannot sustain long-term housing and without definitive numbers, which we haven't really received nor have we received a definitive plan to date, we have never received one communication from department of homeland security. everything we've gotten, we had to get from the local office and most of the time we have to reach out to get that information. >> if they don't go to your city, where would you have them

go? >> well, that's up for the boarder board boarder patrol and department of homeland security to come up with a place that can sufficiently sustain the services these immigrants need. >> how many -- >> they are in federal custody. >> how much can you handle? how many could you handle over the course of several days or weeks? is it a numbers issue right now or is one too many at this point? >> no, no, it's a numbers issue. in fact, that's a very important piece. originally we were told 500 every 7 two hours and then 300 every 7 two hours and we simply told them along with the boarder patrol office that is beyond the capacity. once they told us it was 140 every 7 two hours, we told the public that that is within the capacity of the local boarder patrol and we would be putting a plan together to assist them for the contingencies, the what ifs that may or may not happen. that was the plan in place, that plan still is there today. what is uncertain is if this is

every 72, what is the end point and that's the question they haven't answered. >> mayor long, thank you for being with us tonight. it's certainly a problem now facing so many cities and so many states in this country right now. something has to get done. appreciate your time. >> thank you. up next for us, more breaking news, air strikes tonight and clashes on the ground in the middle east. the region on edge after the death of another teenager, this time the palestinian. also ahead, what to expect when the father charged for murder for leaving his 22 month old son in a hot car faces a judge.

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all right, more breaking news we got word of eight more israeli air strikes in gaza. war planes and helicopters are flying over the area. tensions in the middle east have escalated sharply in the last 4 hours and really in the last few minutes, as well. the killing of a palestinian teenager today sparked more violence. clashes broke out when the boy's badly burned body was found. he was kidnapped on his way home from a mosque. pal testinians are calling it revenge. those teens were buried yesterday. today officials released a recording of an emergency call one boy made the night they were abducted. [speaking foreign language].

>> first officers thought that call was a bank. tonight's air strike is one of several since monday. ben joins me from jerusalem. eight air strikes in the last hour, what can you tell us? >> we got word another air strike has taken place in gaza. they are hitting a variety of targets, one more instance we understand is a hamas training facility, another building used by hamas intelligence, but of course, because these air strikes are well anticipated, usually those buildings, those facilities have been evacuated. now this comes about two and a half hours after a missile made a direct hit on a home on the israeli side. apparently, the family was already in a bomb shelter so there were no injuries but this

is how it seems to work. there have been strikes, missile strikes out of gaza into israel and israel strikes back and it's hard to say at the end of the day what started what but it goes on, john? >> let's talk about the death of the palestinian teenager. how much do we know at this point? israeli police are looking into whether it was criminal or nationalistic. >> we spoke to the family today and they insist it was not criminal, they are convinced as are most of the people in that part of the town that this was motivated by recent events, that it was a revenge kidnapping and murder by israeli settlers in their words. police are investigating all possible motives. there are reports in the israeli media at the moment they tend to be leaning in the direction of concluding that it was motivated by revenge, john?

>> that will only make the problems worse there. the clashes that we've seen as a result of this that are not happening in typically violent areas. they are taking place in areas that are normally quiet and under israeli control, right? >> yes, the major clashes today took place in a neighbor hood which is a very middle class, in fact, wealthy palestinian neighborhood i used to live there when i lived here before, and any sort of violence was unheard of. these are people, these young men you're seeing in the pictures, they are fully within the israeli health system, the education system and they have a lot of -- a lot to lose by doing this in a sense, unlike residents of the west bank, which are technically outside the control of israel. so to see them out in the street fighting with israeli police sends a message this is very serious. >> right. thanks so much.

we'll keep our eye on this all night, appreciate it. there is more happening tonight, susan with the 360 bulletin. >> iraq's prime minister maliki is offering amnesty except to those who killed kurtish forces. a 21-year-old woman shot in new orleans died. she was one of ten gunned down on bourbon street. police have identified 20-year-old justin odom as a person of interest. they are asking the public for help in finding him. a quantas flight had to turn back after a water pipe sprung a leak. economy class passengers got drenched but no one was in danger. it happened about an hour into the flight. with bad weather expected from tropical storm arthur, boston is not taking chances.

the city will hold the annual boston pops concert tomorrow, july ma3rd, a tradition a day before to be safe. >> the greatest celebration in america. we're just getting it one day early. thanks so much. coming up for us, a hearing in georgia tomorrow in the case of a father charged with the death of his 22 month old son. justin harris left his little boy in a car for eight hours. was it an eight hours. >> the public is in danger because of california's lax policies when it comes to convicted sex offenders. drew griffin has an update to that story when 360 continues. quiet! mom has a headache! had a headache! but now, i& don't. excedrin is fast. in fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. excedrin. headache. gone. when folks think about wthey think salmon and energy.

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it is a crucial day tomorrow in the case of a father accused of killing his son believing him in a hot car. justin harris will go before a judge to decide if there is enough evidence to keep him in jail. harris pleaded not guilty. what we know about that terrible day and the questions that remain. >> reporter: the question a father cried in this parking lot weeks ago is just as relevant today. >> he just screamed what have i done loudly? >> reporter: 33-year-old justin ross harris says after taking his son to breakfast, he forgot to drop off 22 mondth old coope at daycare leaving him strapped in his car seat in the hot car

discovering after leaving work. >> hopped out of the driver's seat, opened the backdoor, pulled his child out, laid him on the concrete, tried to resuscitate him. >> reporter: cooper was dead and within hours his father charged with murder and child cruelty held without bond. >> he'll enter a plea of not guilty at this time. >> reporter: public outcry was swift. a petition demanded charges be dropped saying they only added to the heart break over a terrible accident. and there was this anonymous youtube ad slamming the case. >> the justice system has become the criminal and robbing ross the right to grieve with his family. >> reporter: the police responded with a rare public letter saying the chain of events that occurred in this case does not point towards simple negligence and in a warrant authorities said during questioning harris admitted to recently researching online child deaths inside vehicles and what temperature it needs to be for that to occur and the second stutter, the child's mother, lee

anna harris made similar statements researching in car deaths and how it occurs. harris says he's not guilty of the charges but the news gave supporters, even long-time family friends doubts. >> i mean, he could have gone to the car and not seen the little boy, if the boy was sleeping or, you know, could have. he could have been districted, but i do have questions about it. >> reporter: then came cooper's funeral. his mother remembering not only the young boy but speaking out defending her husband saying ross, is, was and will be if we have more children a wonderful father and cooper's father himself calling from jail. with suspicions and police claims, many outside the investigation struggle to understand if cooper's death was accidental or intentional. hoping to find the true meaning of a father's anguished question what have i done?

>> martin savidge joins me from marietta, georgia. martin, based on your reporting, what do you think we can expect at this probable cause hearing tomorrow? >> good evening, john. authorities are not revealing a lot, especially about the probable cause hearing. there are givens, the suspect will be there, little cooper's father. it's possible other family members, maybe his wife will be there, certainly a defense attorney and the da or somebody from his office to layout the essentials of the case, the evidence that would zus significa suggest it was something other than a tragedy. video maybe and there is going to be questions, of course, coming from the defense team and magistrate judge will have to make the determination, is there enough evidence to warrant continuing holding the father. if he says yes, then the next debate will be about possible bond because up until now, there has been ungranted but i think a lot of people will listen for

motive. what could possibly motivate a father to kill his own son? to many people it's unfathomable. >> let's see what our cnn analysts thing, paul, sunny hostin and mark geragos. paul, we talk about this probable cause hearing tomorrow and there is this notion and i think police hinted at it, that they have more, that they haven't told us yet. do you expect that whatever that is, if that, in fact, exists will be enough, you know, to meet the standard they need to meet at the hearing? >> i think unquestionably they will meet the standard because i believe we know enough already to meet the standard, if i could just for 30 seconds lay it out for you. we know that he takes the child to breakfast in the morning at chick-fil-la. three and a half minutes later, he and the baby pull into the home depot parking lot. the father says he forgot three and a half minutes after having breakfast with his 22 month old baby he was in the car.

the father goes inside the home depot, comes back out to the car over two hours later, opens the front door of the car. now that baby was roasting in the hot georgia sun for those two and a half hours, the smell from the car would have been overwhelming, probably a dirty diaper, nonetheless, the father does nothing, goes back inside. he comes back out at 4:00 and sits in the car. can you imagine what the smell must have been at that point? once again, no knowledge the kid was in the backseat. those factors alone suggest extreme negligence, depraved indifference to human life and would support the charge. >> sunny, i know you don't agree with paul's entire premise here but if i can keep it to the hearing tomorrow, the probable cause hearing, i think the prosecutors will make the case paul is stating. you think the defense will use the opportunity for a mini trial presenting character witnesses, why? >> i do, i do disagree with paul, i think what we're going to hear is we're going to hear

from character witnesses. i think the defense in preliminary hearings don't usually do that. you usually have the prosecutor putting on the lead investigator. in this case, we'll hear probably from his wife, i think, who is standing by him, talking about the fact he was a loving father, that there was no motive for him to do this. they weren't in a custody battle. they weren't in a bitter divorce. there was no insurance policy out on this child and so i think we are going to see basically the two theories of this case, one, that this wasn't an accident, and one, that this was a very terrible accident and they want to have him come home so that he can grieve with his family. >> mark cggeragos, you heard bo sides. is that enough or does there need to be more evidence? >> no, you don't -- look, i jokingly say and it's not that far from the truth. the standard of probable cause standard in a preliminary hearing is my client breathing?

if the client is breathing, they will hold the client to answer. the judge generally will not dismiss the case. he may dismiss counts and reduce it but a straight out dismissal in a case like this is unlikely. i'll tell you, however, i suspect you'll see he'll get bail tomorrow and the reason is because the police have been taking so much heat locally if they really had more evidence than what they have already shown to the media, they would have leaked it and the fact they haven't leaked that evidence tells me that the police don't have all that much, other than what we've heard and if that's all they have, i would suspect that the judge is not going to continue holding him without bail and that will probably be the headline tomorrow is that he's granted bond. >> paul, you disagree? >> i disagree with that, i think they probably do have more evidence. there might be surveillance tapes that were taken of the home depot, that's a possibility. there are also the possibility that maybe there were phone calls that we haven't heard about and i also think that as

the facts of this case settle in, people come to realize that i forgot is not a defense to killing your own child. >> of course, it is. of course, it is. >> it is -- it actually -- >> not paying your taxes, they take you away in handcuffs. you think you can kill a human -- >> an accident is simple negligence, right? they charged him with criminal negligence. that's different. that kind of case looks like this, you sort of weigh the options and they have a job enter view and i know it's hot outside, i'm going to crack the window a bit and choose to leave my kid in the car. that's criminal negligence. that's very different from a case where you accidently leave your kid in the car. that doesn't rise to the level -- >> after doing a computer search how long a baby can stay in a car before he dies? >> paul, if you believe this was intentional and if they believed it was intentional, they

wouldn't be charging felony murder. they are saying exactly what sunny just said -- >> no, i think it was -- >> are you agreeing with me mark geragos? >> i know, i can't believe i'm listening to sunny. i can't see salmon tore. >> reckless homicide. >> last word. >> look, the fact remains that he is going to get bond tomorrow. they don't have anything more. that will be the headline tomorrow when we come back. >> are we saving the tape on that? >> yeah, save the tape. save the tape. >> something we'll all be watching at 1:30 tomorrow in georgia. great to have you-all here with us. >> thanks, john. a whistle blower under attack for telling about sex offenders who violate parole again and again but barely punished. some are back on the street the very next day.

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tonight a disturbing story, sex offenders in california violating parole conditions brazenly, repeatedly and barely getting their wrists slapped. our report was sparked by a whistle blower who contacted drew griffin because she believes the public is in danger. she felt she had to speak out. now that she has, she's paying a price. more on that in a moment, first, keeping them honest. here is what drew found in his original report. >> reporter: it's early on a tuesday evening in stockton, california. parole agents are arresting 41-year-old jack turner. described by agents as someone with an extensive history of sexual violence. tonight, though, his only

problem is the gps monitoring ankle bracelet he's required to wear has run out of power. it's a parole violation, not an actual crime but he's tracked down and found by the agents that know his usual hangouts and taken to a jail where less than 20 hours later, not even a full day behind bars, jack turner is let out. he may be a sexual offender, he may have a dangerous past, but turner knows violating parole in the state of california means almost nothing to him. how many times do you think you've gone through this parole violation procedure? >> last week, this week last week, the week before that, probably before that, so they know me real well here so i'm always -- >> reporter: is it always the same, come in, spend the night, come out. >> come in, spend the night, come out. >> reporter: in stockton, california, this convicted sex offender has no real incentive

to follow any rules of his parole, which is why parole supervisor susan cane is trying to sound the alarm. she is speaking out against the state's wishes, saying she believes the public is not safe. she says she's speaking out for herself personally and not the department of corrections. >> all my years in law enforcement and it's been over 30 years, i for the first time feel at a total loss that i can honestly say we do our job, we do the very best job that we can, but we can't protect the community with this. we can't protect them from these sex offenders because they get out of jail the next day. >> reporter: how did this happen? two words, prison overcrowding. there is simply not enough room to keep people in jail. the state of california tried to solve its own prison overcrowding by passing a bill called 109 backed by the

governor jerry brown and called for a realignment of where criminals serve time, low level offenders and especially parole violators would no longer come to state prisons. they would instead go to county jails. but the jail is under a court order to relief it's overcrowding according to the sheriff, the state dumped its problem on the county and the county is now dumping criminals on the streets. so no matter what the state or governor says are the county's duties in terms of handling these parole violators, you just have no room? >> the overcrowding situation is such that we can't afford it. we can't keep them here because of the court order so we have to follow the court order. >> reporter: in this county it's judge richard gualiana.

he released four inmates, the ten the day before. amazingly he admits they shouldn't be on the streets. are you comfortable with who is being released? >> i'm not comfortable releasing anybody. i think it's an unfortunate reality, and we do the best that we can by prioritizing the people that we do release. >> reporter: parole violators like jack turner that have not committed a new crime are usually the first to go. susan cane says parolees, especially sexual predators know they can get away with almost anything. >> i even had a parolee who was upset last week because we arrested him for being around minors when he's a child molester and says you can do whatever you want to me, i'm only going to be in jail one night and when i get out, i'm doing what i want and i'm going to make your life miserable. >> as we said, that report first aired last august. you would think the state of california would have taken notice and perhaps looked into

the very real safety concerns, one of their parole supervisors, susan cane was trying to raise. well, the state did the exact opposite. it is now trying to punish susan k c kane for appearing here on cnn. drew, what is going on here. >> the state of california is trying to penalize kane. shortly after our interview, kane retired and the state took away $3,000 of salary saying she appeared on cnn without getting prior approval from her supervisors. even though, john, she made those comments not at work and made sure we knew it was her own personal opinion. >> let's call this for what it is, it looks like the state trying to silence a whistle blower. >> trying to silence her and perhaps, john, anyone else thinking about speaking out. we found susan kane on our own and we wanted to know more about

the sex offenders basically being allowed to roam the streets of stockton, california. you would think the governor or department of corrections would be equally concerned but both the governor jerry brown and corrections department have refused to comment about susan cane's case and we learned the state postponed the appeals hearing for several months, we'll stay on it. >> even more important to report on the story. thanks so much, drew. i understand you have a followup to the investigation you brought us on monday. >> that's right. it was the story, john, about the new york attorney general reaching the multi million settlement, and the disabled veterans national foundation, a fair we have been reporting on for more than three years. we got a letter from the direct marketing association non-profit federation and the federation wrote in part that cnn has performed a valuable service by showcasing the mismanagement and

mistakes made by the dvnf, one that organizations and those working on their behalf can learn from but that does not mean it should leap to conclusions about all mail and advice its audience to stop helping all charities. the federation makes a fair point. we didn't mean to suggest all charities are suspect. it's important, though, before giving to any charity, that you thoroughly check out what you're donating to and how efficiently donations are used, john? >> smart advice, drew griffin, thanks so much. up next, this is tropical storm arthur from space. the question, the worry, really, for tens of millions of people is the holiday weekend going to be ruined by hurricane arthur? an update next.

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