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. >> reporter: now, yanira maldonado is an american citizen who lives near phoenix, arizona.he was in mexico because an aunt of hers died in a state just south of the state of sonora where nogales is. on her way back, they decided to take a bus, and at a military checkpoint, where they're routinely checking buses and just any kind of vehicle, that's where they got stopped. so, i wanted to know, i asked yanira, how exactly did it happ happen, and this is what she had to say. >> at the checkpoint, they asked us to get off the bus, and they were checking for drugs or i don't know what else, and they say they found something under the bus seat, but i never saw anything, they didn't show me anything. it's just amazing all that, what they did. >> so, let me understand this, were drugs actually -- >> reporter: they're telling me that -- >> sorry, were drugs found in her bags or just in another package underneath her seat? >> reporter: it was in packages underneath her seat. and what a local official was telling me on condition of anonymity, is that it is very unlikely that anybody c

americans live. at university of phoenix we kis where it can take you.cation (now arriving: city hospital) which is whyct our students with leading employers across the nation. (next stop: financial center) let's get to work. >>> it's decision time at the u.s. supreme court. justices are about to issue rulings in several big cases. athena jones reports on the decisions that could impact every american. >> reporter: from now until the end of june, the supreme court is expected to rule on big issues. affirmative action and same-sex marriage. >> it's almost unimaginable the number of things the supreme court's going to decide that affect all americans in the next month. >> reporter: first up could be whether public schools can consider race when admitting students. abigail fisher sued the university of texas arguing she was rejected because she's white. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> reporter: the school says race is one of many factors it uses to achieve diversity on campus. court watchers say anthony ken

. >> reporter: now, she is an american citizen who lives near phoenix, arizona.he was in mexico, because an aunt of hers died in a state just south of the state of sonara where nogales. on the way back, they decided to take a bus and at a military check point where they're routinely checked, buses and any kind of vehicle, that's where they got stopped. so i wanted to know -- i asked, how exactly happened -- how exactly can that happened, and this is what she had to say. >> at the checkpoint, they asked us to get off the bus, and they were checking for drugs or i don't know what else. and they said they found something under my seat. but i never saw anything. they didn't show me anything. it was -- just amazing, all of what they did. >> so let me understand this. sorry. were drugs found in her bags or just in another package underneath her seat? >> reporter: it was in packages underneath her seat. and what -- a local official was telling me, on condition of anonymity, it is very unlikely that anybody can get on a bus, carrying six kilos of marijuana and go unnotic

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. >> reporter: born in mexico, now an american citizen, maldonado was with her husband, traveling from hermosillo to their phoenix-area home after they say they attended a funeral. their bus was stopped by the mexican military when police say they discovered 12 pounds of marijuana strapped under her seat. mexican police aren't talking. maldonado's family says yanira never had knowledge of the marijuana. they say they are not sure it existed as they never saw police take it off the bus. >> my wife is a loving mom, a great wife. a grandma. our one-year anniversary was this last saturday. she had to spend it in prison. >> reporter: today maldonado's mexican attorney fought for her release inside this -- nogales courthouse. she has still not been charged. a judge will decide if there is enough evidence for trial. meanwhile her story is spreading on social media. an arizona lawmaker and the u.s. state department are in contact with maldonado and her family. >> we are working to schedule another visit with her. the last time we were able to visit with her was may 24. >> reporter: tonight this mormon mother of seven rem

. >> reporter: phoenix where the sprawl hasn't yet devoured the desert. behind the wind chimes and the american flag, and past the truck with the bumper sticker announcing a child is inmate of the month. >> reporter: do you miss the bay area? >> not a bit. too nice. this is the motorcycle capital of the world. >> reporter: he is the hell's angel. he has been known around the world as the leader of the motorcycle club. >> when i was in the federal prison there i enjoyed the weather. >> reporter: throat cancer cost him his voice but he still tells an incredible story. >> everybody wanted to know one of us. everybody wanted to have one of us for a friend. >> reporter: some of his friends were celebrities, including jerry garcia. and johnny paycheck. >> we were all still friends. >> the '60s were drugs, bar fights and free love and more than anything getting on the motorcycle for another run. >> reporter: movies tried to capture that feeling. this one featured sonny and his oakland angels. give me shelter, featuring a rolling stones concert in the east bay. >> you can do it, it is within your power

it is the protestors against the american legislative exchange council, alec. in phoenixe was a protest that both the occupy people and the protestors against the american legislative exchange council were planning. well, what did the phoenix police department do in coordination with the fusion center in arizona? they said let's get the downtown banks all of the information they need to know about these activists who may be protesting then they actually sent them what's called a face sheet with the faces and names and identities all the people in their file who had been attending protests. working hand in glove with the people the activists were trying to protest again. who is law enforcement working for here? the taxpayers or the corporations? >> bill: i think it is pretty clear. they're working for the koch brothers right? >> yeah. it is just amazing. >> bill: that's their organization. the koch brothers. they're the funders and the creators and the founders of alec the american legislative exchange council. is this something that went on a couple of years ago when the

millions of americans followed the trial on television. joining us from phoenix attorney monica lindstrom is covering the story for us. number one, that reaction almost no reaction. like a zombie. didn't break down and cry. >> right. >> bill: how did you read it? >> you know, bill, i was shocked. i thought for sure when they actually said guilty, that she would at least exhale or scream or cry or something. and nothing. she was just very stoic. she did have a couple tears and she got a little red in the face. but it was nowhere near what i thought we would see. >> bill: whats watt tipping point in your opinion, monica, about the first degree murder guilty charge? why did the jury, they could have gone lesser. we discussed that. but they gave her the full monty and now she may be executed. >> you know what, bill, when they were deliberating we were thinking oh my goodness they must be thinking about second degree or manslaughter. after all, why would they take so long to come back with this verdict. but when i heard the verdict read i don't think there was a tippi

american citizen, said she was set up. along with her husband, she was returning to her phoenix area home after attending a funeral across theborder. the bus she was on stopped at a military checkpoint and police say they found 12 pounds of marijuana underneath her seat. >> i need to be back home with my family, and my children. and my loving husband. >> her husband and seven children. mexican military officials with are supposed to testify in court today regarding this case. but they never showed up. meanwhile, maldonado's attorney is hopeful surveillance video from the bus station will prove her innocence. >>> parents and children in east palo alto, please be warned. beginning at 11:00 p.m. tonight until 6:00 in the morning, anyone under the age of 18 is not allowed to be out and about. if you get caught, you could get slapped with a $250 fine for a first offense. $500 for a second. east palo alto police say their goal is not just to throw kids in jail, but to put them on a better path. anyone caught breaking curfew tonight will be sent to what is called youth court. a program where kids serve as jurors and bailiffs, and w

. >> an american mom jailed in mexico on drug charges is finally released overnight. the surveillance video that proved h >> breaking news from phoenix, arizona, two small planes have collided midair and crashed in the desert. three were killed. two were injured this happened an hour ago. one caught fire after the crash. investigators are looking for the cause of the one of the planes is registered in massachusetts. >> new this morning, an american mother of seven arrested in mexico on drug smuggling charges is out of jail. she is back home in arizona. the 42-year-old walked out of a mexican jail overnight after a week behind bars. soldiers found 12 pounds of marijuana under moldonado's seat on a bus she took back to arizona after attending a funeral. the surveillance video showed she only carried a purse and two bottles of water on board. a mexican judge dismissed the case. >> i'm free! i'm free! i was innocent. i was very, very happy. >> gary moldonado believes the mexican authorities wanted them to pay $25,000 bribe for his wife's release. >> for folks inland the heat will be uncomfortable but outlying areas... >> headed to the va

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phoenix courthouse. crowds celebrated. the sentencing phase begins today. >>> plus emotions ran high during congressional hearings during the benghazi terror strike that killed four americans. nbc's richard engel returns to syria for the first time since his kidnapping. >>> on a much lighter note, surfing's best ride and worst wipeout. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday, may 9th. >>> good morning, i'm dara brown. we begin this morning with new developments out of cleveland, ohio where prosecutors have filed charges against ariel castro accused of keeping three women as prisoners for more than a decade. castro will be arraigned in ohio in a courtroom today facing seven felony counts of kidnapping and rape. we're learning details about what life was like in that house. nbc's ron allen has more. >> reporter: on a brilliant afternoon a scene many feared would never happen, gina dejesus arrived home. her face hidden but with a big thumbs up as family, friends and neighbors cheered all around her. >> i never gave up. never gave up searching for her. >> reporter: just hours earlier another reunion, amanda berry the woman who bravely l

phoenix. all right, belated happy birthday to the oldest living american. she is, geraline tally. of suburban detroit. mother tally. turns 114 years old yesterday. can you believe it? >> wow. tally says the secret to a long life is doing to others what you want them to do to you. she gives credit to being nice, worshipping god and eating pigs feet. >> my dad ate pigs feet. mother tally passes time watching the ellen show. and wheel of fortune. likes listening to baseball on the radio. bless her heart. 114. >> 114. every time i hear a story about somebody who has reached into the 100s and past the 100s and continued to have birthdays god bless them. they always eat something funny. always drink a bottle of beer. or eat pigs feet. they're never going to give up. >> she likes ellen degeneris' show. >> action movie sequels fighting for your dollar at the box office. >> going to show you all twins in the fifth grade at the same school. what key can learn from the students. >> the woman who insists her goat is more than just a pet. a real lifesaver. wait untell you hear -- wait until yo

from the census bureau finds americans youth flocking to the biggest cities. 48 of the 50 most popular cities have shown growth since 2010 including new york, houston, phoenix, san diego, and dallas. and it outpaces the nation's 1.7% growth rate. now they dire to live in u.s. cities is a major contributing factor. they also drive the "way too early" and "morning joe" staff as well. detroit and cleveland lost population between 2010 and 2012. >>> all right. i'm looking for good stories. we have them by the way. a bunch of them. your heroes. it could be a veteran, police officer, or even your mother. i will tell that you i think any adult who dealt with me in high school is a hero. i think i was pretty obnoxious. tweet us your personal hero with the hashtag #waytooheroic. the reason we're discussing this is because of the heroism we saw from the marathon bombings all the way through what i witnessed yesterday in moore, oklahoma, including the police department which worked so hard to give these residents dignity as the world media just ascended right literally in their driveways. still ahead on "way too early," paul george came up for the pacers last night. n

. >> reporter: an american mother of seven behind bars in mexico, accused of smuggling marijuana. yanira maldonado from phoenixeling to mexico with her husband to attend her aunt's funeral while returning home, the couple's bus stopped at a military checkpoint. police say allege they found marijuana beneath gary's seat and charged him with smuggling. then released gary and arrested his wife, yanira, instead. saying the marijuana was under her seat. a mexican state official with extensive knowledge of the case believes maldonado was framed. telling cnn, she would not have been able to carry 12 pounds of pot on to the bus without being noticed. gary visited his wife over the weekend at women's jail where she's being held. >> yanira saw me from a distance and she just kind of like started jumping up and down and giving me a big hug and we just cried. >> reporter: the couple, seven children and two grandchildren between them, denied the charges. gary maldonado claims they've never sold or even used drugs. their daughter, 21-year-old anna soto, pleading for her mother's release. >> i know there's people out there s

she is on american soil, with her family, with her husband, and is suspected to travel tomorrow to the phoenix where she lives, christine. >> so going home to phoenix. did she say if she'll ever return to mexico? i mean, she said that she goes every year, she has family in mexico. this must be -- it will give her pause, no question. >> reporter: that's right. she's a native of mexico. she migrated to the united states when she was 17 years old. she still has a lot of family there. as a matter of fact, she was arrested after attending a funeral for her aunt. so it is a very bitter situation, what happened to her. but she was asked that specific question this morning, and this is what she had to say. >> i love mexico. my family is still there, so mexico -- it's not mexico's fault. so it's a few people who, you know, did this to me and probably to other people, who knows? you know? so i probably will go back. >> reporter: something that she told me on wednesday, when i sat down for an interview, inside the prison, was that the reason why they were traveling by bus was because they thought it woul

americans for political gain. did that happen? >> if that's the case, john, that's outrageous. ( cheers and applause ). hey, welcome back. i'm going to tell you something. very big news out of phoenixrizona, jody arias has been found guilty of the boyfriend killing thing. for their seemingly nonstop coverage of the trial, cnn was found guilty of news slaughter. look it up. it's a thing. in the culmination of a long-running saga that involves almost every cnn correspondent as well as a homemade crime scene and gruesome re-enactment and the murdering of an innocent carpet, that stain is never coming out. here's the problem. because cnn put all their news eggs in the arias basket they were forced to cover other stories including another good crime drama from their current location. ashley banfield from a parking lot in phoenix reporting via satellite with nancy grace who seemed to be in the same parking lot in phoenix. i'm basing that, of course, on the fact that the cars that are passing by both locations also appear to be passing directly into nancy grace's box. that must have been shot at the same time. therefore, ups owe fact owe those two people had to be in the pretty much same

americans currently selling their homes, they're looking to cash in. home prices across the country surging, which is why the mcdougal family of phoenix has their home ons are up more than 22% from just a year ago. >> take you through the virtual tour. this is the outside point of our house right here. >> reporter: we heard it in las vegas today. >> good afternoon. coming to you from indigo springs creek in las vegas, nevada. home prices are soaring here in las vegas. >> reporter: and atlanta too. >> coming to you from atlanta georgia. like to show you my new listing. >> reporter: this 1,400 square foot single family home in las vegas would have listed for roughly $158,000 a year ago. today it's $200,000 -- up over 20%. and in atlanta, this three-bedroom home could now fetch $180,000, up roughly 19% from last year. >> you think this is a trend that's going to continue. why are you so optimistic? >> the prices seem to be right in line with where buyers are willing to pay and sellers are willing to sell. >> reporter: but even in a hot market, there are ways to put more money in your pocket. tip number one, listing earlier in the summer is better. may and

phoenix. i'll see you back here at the top of the hour. thanks for watching. >>> a recovery, yes, but is it enough for the millions of americans still reeling from the recession? i'm clps clhristine romans, welo "your money." 165,000 jobs added in april. enough to bring the unemployment rate down to 7.5% in april. that's the lowest it's been since december 2008. most months we see the unemployment rate fall because people are falling out of the labor force. not the case in april. for the first time in a long time the unemployment rate fell because people went back to work. monthly revisions reveal more than 100,000 more jobs were added in the beginning of the year than we initially thought. put that in perspective, the unemployment rate was 4.5% before this recession. we still have a lot of work to do. one big problem many of the jobs coming back are low-wage jobs. largest gains in april were service jobs, retail trade, health care, leisure and hospitality. i'm telling you, every job in america is important but some of these jobs aren't the jobs you can send your kids to college on. the quality of the jobs we lost higher than the quality of

americans currently selling their homes, they're looking to cash in. home prices across the country, surging. which is why the mcdougal family of phoenixhe market where prices are up more than 22% from a year ago. >> the virtual tour. >> this is the outside point of our house here. >> reporter: we heard it in las vegas. >> good afternoon, paula, coming to you from las vegas, nevada. home prices are soaring here in las vegas. >> reporter: atlanta too. >> coming to you from atlanta, georgia. >> reporter: this 1,400 square foot single family home in las vegas would have listed for $158,000 a year ago. today it is $200,000, up 20%. in atlanta the three bedroom home could fetch $180,000. up 19% from last year. you think this is a trend that is going to continue? why are you optimistic? >> the prices seem to be right in line with where buyers are willing to pay. and sellers are willing to sell. >> reporter: even in a hot market there are ways to put more money in your pocket. tip one, listing earlier in the summer is better. may/june the best months. tip two, list on a friday. studies show what gets toured nearly 20% more. tip three, use a p

she is back on american soil and we understand that at this time, she is going to -- she is getting close to being reunited with her seven children in the town of good year, near phoenixack on american soil with what she's been through. rafael roma, thank you so much. >>> first on cnn, a new development in the boston marathon bombings, cnn obtained video of the boston bombing suspects grabbing a workout at a local gym just 72 hours before explosions went off. security cameras at this mixed martial arts center in boston shows the tsavraev brothers arriving with a friend before 2:45 p.m. on friday, april 12th before they get started, tamerlan tsavraev gets in an argument with the manager about taking otherwise his shoes, a policy at the gym. and then the brothers begin their workout. tamerlan tsavraev here seen skipping rope. remember, the bomb is finished, they have already picked their date. he has had just shaved off his beard. >>> 23 years in prison for attempting to set off what he thought was a bomb outside wrigley field. he was arrested in 2010 in an fbi sting. he pleaded guilty charges to trying to set off explosives. >>> new developments in the case of the hatc

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american mother of seven children is in custody in mexico right now on charges she tried to smuggle drugs into the u.s. the woman's family says she is being framed. as our correspondent from our phoenixon report the kids say it is the thought of their mother's smile that helped them keep going. >> reporter: a smile, this girl thought she would never be able to see again. >> i cried. i cried. >> reporter: she rushed done to mexico hoping to see her mother. >> i was in shock. when i got the phone call i was at work. so, you know, i couldn't believe it, i had to take a couple minutes for myself. >> reporter: the couple were on their way back from a funeral in mexico when the bus they were on stopped at a mexican checkpoint in hermosillo. >> everybody is asked to get off the bus. >> reporter: it seemed like a routine search. then mexican authorities singled the couple out after finding drugs on the bus. >> that they claim that they were strapped to my son's seat. >> reporter: after first arresting gary, mexican authorities decided to take in his wife instead making claims the drugs were hers. >> i am 100% positive she is innocent. she wouldn't have anything to do with the illegal activit

americans are in a home buying mood as home prices see the biggest boost in years. in april they jumped nearly 11% from the year before and that's the largest gain in nearly seven years. phoenix, san francisco and las vegas had the biggest price jumps with increases of more than 20%. >> well, that big news from the housing market and word that consumer confidence is at a five-year high propelled the dow to a fresh new high. it'll open at a record 15,409 after gaining 106 points yesterday. other indices up, as well. >>> if you want to make money on wall street, turns out the day of the week to do it is tuesday. yesterday was the 20th tuesday in a row that the dow closed higher. while some analysts say this is just a coincidence, numbers show that over the past decade tuesday has been the best trading day of the week. >> how about that. >>> kellogg's agreed to pay a $4 million settlement in a class action suit over false advertising for frosted mini wheats. the company claimed the cereal improved children's cognitive functions. if approved the payout will be up to nearly three boxes of cereal. >>> lance armstrong's admission he used performance enhancing drugs cost his charity

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an american mother of seven is behind bars in mexico accused of smuggling marijuana. from phoenixary to attend her aunt's funeral. while returning home the couple's bus was stopped at a military checkpoint. police allege they found marijuana beneath gary's seat and charged him with smuggling. then, they released gary and arrested his wife instead. saying the marijuana was actually under her seat. a mexican state official with extensive knowledge of the case believes maldanado was framed telling cnn she would not have been able to carry twelve pounds of pot onto the bus without being noticed. gary visited his wife over the weekend at the name's jail in nogales where she's being held. >> -- jumping up and down and giving me a big hug and we just cried. >> reporter: the couple who have seven children and two grandchildren between them have denied the charges. gary claims they never told or even used drugs their daughter, 21-year-old anna soto is pleading for her mother's release. >> i know there's people out there saying or asking did she really do it? are you sure? you know, it hurt

she and her husband were on a bus and headed home to phoenix from an aunt's funeral in mexico when 90 miles south of the american border that bus was stopped by mexican officials. all the passengers were ordered off the bus while authorities searched it. they then claimed they found 12 pounds of pot strapped underneath her seat. more testimony is expect in the courtroom from arresting officers and her family. her husband gary telling fox he is optimistic saying quote, it is looking promising like our case looks solid and their case looks weak. it is worth reminding our viewers, they know this well, mexican authorities have a history of corruption. it is not unheard of for american citizens to be framed in exchange for a payoff. that is exactly what that family is claiming. by friday, what you should know if she will be released or she will be processed into the prison system. we'll keep following this one, jenna. jenna: thanks, heather. her family is very concerned that their mother, their wife, is in the federal prison system and may never get her out. heather told us that is one of the options. maybe she is fr

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american woman locked up in mexico on drug charges. her husband says it's all because she chose the wrong seat on a bus. her name is janita maldonado. she lives outside phoenixhusband says she e. and his wife were returning from a funeral when the mexican military stopped their bus at a check point. he says they found nearly 12 pounds of marijuana underneath his wife's seat. she is now behind bars. facing years in prison but her family back here in the u.s. arizona. no way she did. huge misunderstanding it's a nightmare for our family. >> we just want her out. her daughter clearly upset because her mother is still. before she gets out. trace gallagher live in our west coast news hub. judge has been hearing her case. >> yeah, the hearing has been underway harris for two full days. remember, in mexico, you are guilty until proven innocent this is a court system that has long been very corrupt and very, very slow. for example, all of the testimony is actually typed up by hand and then submitted to a judge. the judge reads it and then makes his ruling. and today the prosecution's star witnesses the federals or federal police who actually arrested maldonado for s

phoenix, 100 degrees. but still, watching out for some unsettled conditions. especially in seattle and portland. >> thanks very much for that update. will the weather keep americansut for the weekend? that is the big question as we look at the traffic from coast to coast. that is the 110 freeway in l.a. on the left and laguardia airport on the right. according to trip adviser, a third of all american families plan on traveling this weekend. that is a 6% increase from last year. i hope they have a little patience on the road. the good news is that gas prices are going down. yes! you heard that right. a gallon of regular is now a few cents cheaper than last year. by july, prices should fall below $3.40. we want to bring in trip adviser.com expert, brook, we heard jonathan talking earlier about the fact the jersey shore was officially opened. ceremonially for business for this weekend this morning by governor chris christie. so that with willie geist on the "today" show. >> he can say this as a jersey guy, the jersey shore is in your heart. so to see this back reopened means everything to our state. >> so brook, obviously a really important weekend for the jersey sh

american legislative exchange council, or alec. the undercover officer apparently worked for the benefit of the private entity alec despite being on the public payroll. >> democracy now! reached out to the phoenixolice department to join us on the show but declined our request. the media relations to permit said in an email -- for more we go to matt rothschild, the editor of publisher for the progressive magazine. he wrote the cover for the june issue on magazine, "spying on occupied activist: how cops and homeland security help wall street." he is also the author of "you have no rights." welcome to democracy now! lay out what you have found. >> thank you for having me. these documents from the center for media and democracy and dba press show law enforcement homeland security at equated protesters, left-wing protesters, as terrorists. they have diverted enormous to spy onf resources fr his protesters and collaborated with some of the very institutions these protesters were aimed at. as you read any stigma from the phoenix police department, the effort was to mitigate these protests. why is law-enforcement, homeland security, in the business of mitigating protests? >> i want to go to a response