damien winslow. be seated. (anxious sigh) morning, your honor.e waives reading; asks that all charges be dismissed, in that my client was acting out of necessity. he was coming to the aid of mr. fung lao, whose laundromat was in the process of being robbed at gunpoint. judge: whoa, whoa, whoa. guilty or not guilty. those are your two choices. not guilty, judge. okay. question... and i ask that all charges be dismissed, in that my client was acting as a good samaritan. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. first case, counsel? no, your honor. as if. well, the way this works is we go through a little fact-finding process... the facts aren't in dispute. my client walked in on an attempted armed robbery. the legal defense of "necessity..." hold on. your honor, sometimes in the interest of judicial economy, and convenience to the witnesses, cases can be expedited. counsel... trials are expensive. they can bankrupt rich people. as for the poor, forget it. this could cost damien winslow his house, if only he had a house, which of course he never will. why? 'cause he'

damien has been canonized. a project in idaho which connected important ecosystems and habitat and important timber lands and preserved grizzlies and gray wolves. in idaho, mcarthur lake corridor which protects acres of critical private timber land. utah benefited it to the dry lakes. it protects not only the timber lands but a scenic view and kept press teen a whole area. as of 2010, two million acres have been protected. it is important to realize that it is not taken from private owners, but it is in partnership

here's damien. >> reporter: angelo is like many other south bay renters finding himself priced out of the rental market. the latest figures by the real fax company shows rents are rising again, especially in the silicon valley. just ask this south bay techie. >> it's about 1,000 square feet. and it's a little over $2,000. >> a drop in the bucket? >> no. >> all that is compounded by the fact that there's not been a significant amount of new rental housing built in the past couple of years. >> joshua howard is ceo of the california apartment association's south bay headquarters. he thinks the rise in rental prices is actually a good thing. >> i think that we're seeing the economy turn around and this is a sign that the bay area economy is beginning to im. >> research was done on complexes with 50 or more units like this one that are still duplexes in san jose with rents as low as $700 per month. but those come without a pool or a gym. he says he might not be around to see how high the rents will go by this time next year. >> well, they increasing them so rapidly people are having to mov

under the previous labour government, when my right honorable friend the member for ashford damien green was arrested by the metropolitan police, the prime minister and home secretary today were not notified of the details of that investigation. at the time the labour front bench insisted that the matter of ministerial primity that they were not doing do. has he done what he should do and to say otherwise is hi-spock si? >> my right honorable friend makes a very good point. i think when you read the exchange of emails and you see what edward luellen said, you see it was cleared by inadvance of jeremy hayward. we don't live in a country where the prime minister should start ordering who should be arrested and who shouldn't be? >> the home secretary made a statement on monday of over 1,000 words but the two words neil and wallace weren't mentioned. she like me was unaware of his appointment. but we didn't -- we weren't in a situation where neil wallace's buddy was working for us. did the prime minister know neil wallace was giving advice to the metropolitan police. >> no i didn't know. and

thank you very much, damien. 5:37. check the forecast and see how things are clearing up in that area with christina loren. >> it's going to get worse instead of better in the fog department especially at the coast. see that marine push all the way inland as it has over the past couple days. things are improving. if you're looking for warmer weather we've got that on the way for you. right now perfect visibility at the surface. we'll let you know when that changes. mike inouye and myself watching very closely for you this morning. we do have changes, low pressure pushed a little further off to the north this morning and that means we're not going to see as strong of an on-shore flow. still a mild day at the coast. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, comfortable conditions in oakland where you're at 54 now, same for san francisco. on your way to about 68 degrees by noon with a mix of sun and clouds. so the good news is you're going to see sun break through quite a bit earlier today than previous days. that trend will

we're live in san jose, damien trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, damien. >>> new tonight at 6:00, the man accused of gunning down an east palo alto community leader has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. a judge decided today that 58-year-old gregory elams will not stand trial for capital murder charges. the ruling comes after two of three court-appointed doctors found he cannot aid in his own defense. he's accused of following childhood friend david lewis to a shopping center last june and shooting him in the parking lot. the slaying went unsolved for six months until he called police in december and implicated himself. he'll be placed in a state-run mental health facility late they are month. >>> also at 6:00, a concord woman is asking for her mother's ashes back after they were stolen during a home burglary this. happened tuesday at marcia fortne's home in the dana estates neighbor. a small white plastic box containing her mother's ashes was taken from a clothes, and the box may have a sticker with her mother's name, sally fortney in small print on the bottom. marcia

look, you hired damien mcbride. you had alistar campbell falsifying documents in government. you still got tom baldwin working in your office. gotcha! >> order! order! can i just remind the house that i've not been hiring people at all. mr. john cryer. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> order! order! the house will listen to mr. john cryer. >> thank you, mr. speaker. on july the 8th the prime minister said that he commissioned a company to do a basic background check on coulson. now, for the fourth time i'm asking for the name of the company. it's a pretty simple question. just come to the dispatch box and name the company. >> we did hire a company to do a basic background check and that is an entirely appropriate thing to do. and it's an entirely appropriate report but i have to say the reason i hired him was above all the assurances that he gave me. that is the key part of the decision and that's what i'm prepared to say. >> mr. gary streeter. >> mr. speaker, can i thank my right honorable friend for a swift and decisive action in setting up these inquiries which will get to the

we know it and feel that, damien, god has blessed you and by doing that blessed us all.eally. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thank you for the great work you do. >> i'm not a tehano, i'm a california kid. i love the music. what is it about it that tugs at our heart. i guess we're all from there. we'll get into that. >> it's the spirits that go with the music. no. in my case, it's just music. it's entertainment. i've been fortunate with what music has done for me. it's taken me around the world a couple of times. get to meet so many people from so many different walks of life, many cultures. the one thing, the common denominator, music. >> willie nelson gets to say, i played with little joe. >> yeah, my grandson reminds me, grandpa, grandpa, you remember when willie met me. >> joe is going to be on for the entire half hour on comunidad del valle. he will actually be in town. there you go. july 29th at club avalon in santa clara. there's the number to call for information we will be there. it's going to be big. make sure you come out and texas m tex mex, whate

and damien for the games we take a look at one of russia's girls dream of making the limpid take next. but first the news that argentina have appointed a new coach for their national football team fifty six year old are hungry sabella takes over from sergio but better had led to the liver to doris title three years ago to take charge of al-jazeera in the united arab emirates before practice to step down last week argentina hoping he can revive their fortunes on the world stage the team got not. out of the quarter finals of recent corporate america and having got past the last eight in the last two world cups meanwhile bob bradley has been fired as the coach of the u.s. team after five years in charge it follows the team's loss to mexico in the final of the gold cup although bradley's overall record isn't too bad with forty three wins twenty five draws and twelve defeats during his reign he also led the team to the last sixteen of the twenty ten world cup replacement is expected to be announced before an exhibition match between the usa and mexico on august tenth now match the city hav

i'm finishing human rights activists here and been has been prevented by pennies from entering us damien's participate in an anti now see rally he says it's a sign a time and tolerates nots of them. are supposed to participate in her demonstration or that because they can. sort of bridge financing the man but the fact that i was to talk to the border to the truth is clear evidence that. is going to government is protecting me when i hear that a british female liberation is it's a problem that the celebration in the bright. week for right extremists and me on earth to sit around the around the world and they're using the symbols they are using swastikas. it is mainly mainly a celebration of this is their troops. orlin there had none from the finnish and he. says many modern fascist movements a built on historically inaccurate foundations. united nations and european union should definitely go in there and they're right there in the ball. and all kind of all of it occasional all over no these them and most of all because no history and because european union have you thought long and weak ar

he was a young man who took his rap music seriously, stage name damien. >> reporter: this is murder victim leonard smith-matthews. videotaped freestyle rapping several years ago outside north central high school in hyattsville where leonard was in the class of 2008. >> this video was during lunch the friday before christmas break. >> reporter: classmate eddie kyle shot the video of his high school buddies posting them on youtube, this one getting more than 600,000 page views, says leonard was one of the best. >> he had like a really good flow. he didn't mess up and his content was always on point. he always had a story to tell about his life, lot of struggles. >> reporter: that young and colorful life ended last night around 6:30 when smith-matthews was stabbed to death at university town center on east west highway in hyattsville. it was a fight between about two dozen young people. four got stabbed. leonard was the only one who died. >> it's still shocking to me. i was thinking about it today all day at work, so still hard just sinking in. >> reporter: we're not sure what the brawl was a

. >> thank you very much, damien. 6:16, radars meantime reporting to training camp. it all begins with them for a team meeting at the naacp marriott. raiders have to work out a lot of roster issues to meet the new salary cap. they play their first preseason game august 11st at the coliseum around the corner. >>> the tough economy put a bay area animal shelter in a tough spot. they are asking the community for help. they are hoping to raise $125,000 in the months to avoid cutting programs and ultimately closing the pleasanton shelter. directors say they have seen a decrease in donations as operating expenses go up. valley humane society has rescued thousands of animals and provided several pet therapy programs for students and the elderly. >>> it will cost to go to burning man this year. the countercultural festival sold out for the first time in history. we checked stub hub and most there are around $100 mark. one seller has a few for $5,000. if you've really got some money to burn, one seller asking $25,000 for a ticket to burning man. let's check in with meteorolog

. >> if you go back to the 1960's, you have damien bell and richard hofstadter saying that america is on the verge of becoming a working-class state. you have every headline in the 1970's, the 1980's, the evil, angry white male. the white working-class became the scapegoat for the white, liberal elites. they were saying this country would work perfectly well if it were not for these reactionaries -- reactionary working-class whites. the complex plan -- the complex plan -- ku klux klan, things like that, over a -- it is more liberal. the -- i am skeptical sabout -- about this. it's a matter of time. in 1914, you might have anglo- saxon protestants wondering if the country has broken down with the irish, greeks, italians. the only reason we can sit here and talk sitwhites it -- and talk about whites is that all of those european ethnic identities have collapsed. int he -- in the 1970's, that was it. we will see the largest minority, the latinos, that we are 20 years or 30 years from that collapse. it is speculation. >> i want to give back to bill in a second and brought and now the disc

damien has been canonized. a project in idaho which connected important ecosystems and habitat and important timber lands and preserved grizzlies and gray wolves. in idaho, mcarthur lake corridor which protects acres of critical private timber land. utah benefited it to the dry lakes. it protects not only the timber lands but a scenic view and kept press teen a whole area. as of 2010, two million acres have been protected. it is important to realize that it is not taken from private owners, but it is in partnership with all the parties, including the states to preserve these important habitats for the future. this is the kind of program that we are always talking about and looking for, the preservation through partnerships. not simply government going in and buying things. this is making it possible to some of the actual individuals and communities, the neighbors, for example, in idaho, are able to get together with government to preserve important easements. it is for this reason that i ask to vote for support