about to shine a new light on rice farming around japan. nhk world, yamaguchi. >> that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> wednesday marked two months since a powerful cyclone hit the south pacific nation of vanuatu. a team of japanese experts went to vanuatu to try to assess the strength of the storm and the damage it caused. >> reporter: this image of cyclone pam was captured by a japanese radar satellite. the eye of the cyclone is clearly visible. the pressure near the center of the storm reacd 896. the strength of a super typhoon. many buildings were destroyed. and more than 160,000 people, 60% of the population of vanuatu, were affected. late last month, a research team from kyoto university went to tanna, an island near the center of the damage. it suffered the most damage. this neighborhood is in the northern part of the island. most of the buildings here were destroyed in the high winds. this church built of concrete blocks was one of them. jutting from the damage, the research team determined the wind speed

rice. he's finding street lamps are impacting the plant's growth and come up with a bright idea to solve the problem. nhk world ria tamia explains. >> reporter: an exhibit at the recent lighting equipment show in tokyo drew a lot of attention. the reason was the street light. it's not having a negative effect on rice. it's the first time that such lights are being marketed in japan. >> translator: i was amazed. i didn't know about this. >> translator: this will be very useful because there are many rice paddies near street lights. >> reporter: the street light was invented by a professor at yamaguchi university. he's been studying the effects of light pollution on rice plants for ten years. yeah ma motto began to look into the effects of artificial lighting on crops by observing a rice paddy at the university. he found that rice plants exposed to the glare of street lights at night experienced a delay in their development. normally in late summer when the nights begin to grow longer rice pl

rice but it's a completely different size and color from the rice we usually eat. >> reporter: the rice comes from northern italy, an area famous for rice growing. it's also famous for its water. high-quality rice and water. these are the two essential ingredients of japanese sake. she took a holiday. she's a sake promoter. on learning the local people wanted to promote their town she persuaded them to create their own brew. the plan appealed to this group of six italians including a wine sommelier who decided to come to japan to study how to make sake. he put them in touch with him. >> translator: the brewery is small and its brewing is highly regarded, so that's why i contacted him. >> reporter: but it's not easy working with italian rice. it is harder than japanese rice and doesn't absorb water so well. he carefully adjusts the lid as he steams the rice. his experience tells him to reduce the pressure so the rice turns out softer. >> translator: because it's harder than i'm used to i've had to adjust my process to make it a bit softer. >> reporter: to make it the study for the sake f

he's using same rice that is usually eaten as risotto. >> translator: italian rice is a similar shape to japanese rice, but it's a completely different size and color from the rice we usually eat. >> reporter: the rice comes from northern italy. an area famous for rice growing. it's also famous for its water. high quality rice and gorgeous water. these are the two essential ingredients of japanese sake. -- took a holiday there. she's a sake promoter. on learning the local people wanted to promote their town, she persuaded them to create their own brew. the plan agreed with this group of six italians including an architect who decided to come to japan to study how to make sake. she put them in touch with sintani. it turns out he is the per forget person to help. >> translator: its brewing is highly regarded so that's why i contacted him. >> reporter: but it's not easy working with the italian rice. it is harder than japanese rice and doesn't absorb water so well. shintani carefully adjusts the lid of his team's rice. he reduces the pressure so the rice turns out softer. >> translator:

gray subsequently ran from lieutenant rice. lieutenant rice then dispatched over departmental radio that he was involved in a foot pursuit at which time bike patrol officers and nero officer miller and nero also began to pursue mr. gray. mr. gray surrendered to officers miller and nero in the vicinity of the 1700 block. officer miller and nero then handcuffed mr. gray and moved him to a location a few feet away from his surrendering location. mr. gray was then placed in a prone position with his arms handcuffed bei hind his back. it was at this time mr. gray indicated that he could not breathe and requested an inhaler, to no avail. officers miller and nero then put mr. gray in a seated position and subsequently found a knife clipped to the inside of his pants pocket. the blade of the knife was folded into the handle. the knife was not a switchblade and is lawful under maryland law. these officers subsequently removed the knife and placed it on the sidewalk. mr. gray was then placed back down on his stomach at which time mr. gra

if you've eaten, rice is such a fundamental component. >> eating is synonymous with eating rice.would be unthinkable. >> what makes their whiskey special? >> because of the flavoring that they add to it. >> conveniently, our hosts in addition to having provided us with a fine meal, just so happen to run a distillery out back. >> they use a spice mixture they add to the yeast balls, let it ferment for five days, then she smashes it with a wood mallet. >> thai rice whiskey, lao khao, bucket of hootch, whatever you want to call it, this is a delightful beverage and tastes better and smoother, apparently, the more you drink. >> here we go. sneaky, sneaky. >> well -- >> and then fried fish. i believe it's called nile tilapia or nile carp. they just salt the hell out of it and then deep-fry it. >> this one like gasoline. fire. >> guy's trying to kill us. >> yeah. >> okay, okay. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> for your uncle, yes. >> 69 years old. >> he looks good. >> he drinks half a bottle a day. >> so it's pretty much the keith richards health and preservation plan. all right. i'm

amy: sister megan rice?> what have we spent $10 trillion and 70 years when that could have been used to transform not just the united states, but the world into life enhancing alternatives? instead, we make something that can never be used, should never be used, probably will never be used unless we want to destroy the planet. amy: this idea of plowshares go back to 1981 father dan and his brother phil berrigan let others the general electric protest. >> they were feeling as we did. they knew these things were immoral. beyond the beyond. and they know -- knew they needed to be converted into that which is needed and useful until they began -- so they began the deconstruction which was immoral and obscene. it was a deconstruction to reconstruct what we really need. amy: they broke into the general electric facility in pennsylvania, the general electric nuclear missile facility there, hammered on the nose cones of nuclear missiles and poured blood onto the documents and the files. >> right. the same thought. a

an innocent report filed a week after tamir rice was shot and killed classifies rice as a suspect and had he not been shot and killed. the first charge is aggravated menacing and the second inducing panic. the report lists the state of ohio, officer layman who shot and killed rice and officer garback as a victim. in a statement cleveland mayor mike jackson's office says rice was never charged with a crime saying the document that is being referred to is an incident report from that night. it is not listed in the official charges scene. the document gives an indication of what rice might have been charged with had he not been abated by death. yesterday i asked for another response from the incident report. >> chris, it's just outrageous, the family of tamir rice can't believe it when you look at that videotape that somebody would put in black and white in a police report that tamir was at fault for his death. it just flies in the face of all common sense and, really humanity. when you think about this child was, in less than one second shot by the police. there was no de-escalation or

lieutenant rice then directed bpd wagon to stop at baker street. at baker street, lieutenant rice, officer nero, and officer miller removed mr. gray from the wagon, placed flex cuffs on his wrists, placed leg shackles on his ankles, and completed required paperwork. officer miller, officer nero, and lieutenant rice then loaded mr. gray back into the wagon, placing him on his stomach, head first, on to the floor of the wagon. following transport from baker street, mr. gray suffered a severe and critical neck injury as a result of being handcuffed, shackled by his feet, and unrestrained inside of the bpd wagon. from baker street, officer goodson proceeded to the vicinity of fremont avenue where he subsequently parked the avenue and proceeded to the back of the wagon in order to observe mr. gray. despite stopping for the purpose of checking on mr. gray's condition, at no point did he seek nor did he render any medical assistance for mr. gray. officer william porter arrived on the scene near dolphin street and druid hill avenue. both proceeded to the b

ground beef, onion, and cooked rice.ay, we are a very interesting nation. >> and very, very confusing. >> extremely confusing. >> the contradictions are just -- >> enormous. >> enormous. >> iranians, we take you into our house and take you to our hearts. in that way we are extreme. we are extremists in so many ways. >> you see this tortured relationship between america and iran for many years. how do you think most americans will react when they see this? >> they will start coming. >> yes. >> it is very important for us as iranians, to get true, to make sure that we are seen as humans here and not the so-called enemy or the darkness of iran. like you go to anybody's house in iran, and i am sure they will welcome you. >> the axis of evil. we are not the axis of evil. just normal evil like everybody else. >> ten years ago iran was -- people, they had hope for future. young people, they wanted to travel. they had a little bit of money but because of sanction, this sanction really squeeze everybody. eight years, no foreign i

and ambassador susan rice.ause] alex: ambassador rice received her phd in international relations from new college oxford university england, where she was a rhodes scholar. she served in the clinton administration in various capacities, including special assistant to the president and senior director of african affairs from 1995 to 1997. from 2002 to 2009, she was a senior fellow at the brookings institution where she focused on u.s. foreign-policy, transnational security threats weak states, global property poverty, and development. from january 2009 until serving as national security advisor in 2013, ambassador rice served as the u.s.'s permanent member to the united nations and a member of president obama's cabinet. at the u.n., she worked to advance u.s. interests, defend universal values, strengthen the world's common security and prosperity, and promote respect for human rights. please give a very warm welcome to ambassador susan rice. [applause] susan rice: good morning everyone. alex, thank you so much

domestic abuse charges for ray rice dropped. yosemite's lesser known wonders and the science behind the nighttime rainbows. and, why a generation of chinese americans toddlers are sent back to asia by their parents. >> ifill: after a week in which the islamic state group made dramatic gains in three countries-- iraq, syria and libya-- there were new doubts in washington over whether they can be stopped. isis fighters trumpeted their conquest of ancient palmyra, in central syria, after days of fighting. and syrian state tv confirmed it. >> ( translated ): syrian national defence forces have withdrawn from palmyra. islamic state fighters have entered the city in big numbers and are trying to enter archaeological sites. >> ifill: syrian activists reported the militants had, in fact, already seized the world- renowned roman ruins, just outside palmyra. the site is famous for its 2,000-year-old colonnades and other antiquities. and, there are fears that isis extremists will destroy them, as they've done in iraq. the head of the globa

. [ applause ] ambassador rice received her ph.d.e oxford university university, england, where she was a scholar. ambassador served as special assistant to the president and senior director for african affairs from 1995 to 1997. from 2002 to 2009, she was a senior fellow at the brookings institution where she focused on u.s. foreign policy trans national security threats, weak states, global poverty and development. from january 2009 until assuming the role of national security adviser in july 2013 ambassador rice served as the u.s. permanent representative to the united nations and a member of president's cabinet. at the united nations she worked to help u.s. interests defend universal values strengthen the world's homeland security and prosperity and promote respect for human rights. please please give a very warm welcome to ambassador susan rice. [ applause ] >> good morning, everyone. alex thank you so much for that generous introduction. thank you, members of the diplomatic core for joining us. thank you to all of our beloved a

the keynote speaker is ambassador susan rice. i am also delighted to welcome on behalf of her sister, former secretary of state, the honorable madeleine albright kathy silva. and miss karen cucurullo, the chairman of the board of the friends of the national world war ii memorial. [applause] from the military district of washington, chaplain col. gary. thank you all for being here to commemorate this very special day at the world war ii memorial. ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of the colors, the playing of the national anthem. ♪ ["star spangled banner" playing] ["star spangled banner" playing] [applause] ["you're a grand old flag" playing] alex kershaw: ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the invocation that will be given by chaplin gary. >> let us pray. almighty god, today we gather to commemorate the end of a great tyranny that threatened not only america, but the world. we also remember and give thanks for the men and women who served at a critical time, both home and on very troubled and di

gray subsequently ran from lieutenant rice. officers miller and nero then handcuffed mr. gray and moved him to a location a few feet away from his surrendering location. mr. gray was then placed in a prone position with his arms handcuffed behind his back. it was at this time that mr. gray indicated that he could not breathe and requested an inhaler to no avail. officers miller and nero then placed mr. gray in a seated position and subsequently found a knife clipped to the inside of his pants pocket. the blade of the knife was folded into the handle. the knife was not a switchblade and is lawful under maryland law. these officers subsequently removed the knife and placed it on the sidewalk. mr. gray was then placed back down on his stomach at which time mr. gray began to flail his legs and scream as officer miller placed mr. gray in a restraining technique known as a leg lace. while another officer physically held him down against his will until a bpd wagon arrived to transport mr. gray. the officers failed to establish probabl

first, condoleezza rice at the college of william and mary. followed by madeleine albright at tufts university. then the graduates of st. joseph's university here from philadelphia mayor michael not her. later remarks from retired general john allen at monmouth college in illinois. condoleezza rice delivered this year's commencement address at the college of william and mary in virginia. she was presented with an honorary degree by robert gates who served with rights during the bush ministration and was chancellor of the college. this is 20 minutes. [applause] secretary gates: condoleezza rice, your service has been exemplary. william and mary is proud to honor you. by virtue of the authority vested in me in the charter of the college i hereby confer upon you the degree of doctor of public service. [applause] congratulations. [applause] secretary gates: asserting the massive authority that accrues to me as chancellor -- [laughter] -- i am preempting the president briefly to introduce our commencement speaker. ladies and gentlemen, my dear frie

ladies and gentlemen, my dear friend, and a very great american, condoleezza rice. [applause] secretary albright: thank you very much for that and for the tremendous honor. secretary rice: it is quite something to be named in the same breath as benjamin franklin, and i would\\\as the 66th secretary of state and the first as an alumnus of william and mary. i want to thank you for your life of exemplary service to our country. i want to thank the president of the college. you have done such a marvelous job of leading this fight institution. to the board, thank you for your leadership of william and mary. to the faculty love guided these graduates through their academic paces to academic success, and to the staff who have nurtured them and care for them. to family and friends, thank you for your support and love of the graduates enter the class of 2015 congratulations. [applause] as an economic i'm pleased to be here because this is such a respected place of learning, and has had such an important role in the history of our country. as a southerner it is closer to my r

gray subsequently ran from lieutenant rice. lieutenant rice dispatched over departmental radio that he was involved in a foot pursuit at which time bike patrols officers and nero, officers miller and neros also began to pursue mr. gray. having come in contact with the pursuing officers, mr. gray surrendered to officers miller and nero in the vicinity in the 1700 of block of presby street. they handcuffed mr. gray and moved him to a location a few feet away from his surrendering location. mr. gray was then placed in a prone position with his arms hand cuffed behind his back. it was at this time that mr. gray indicated he could not breathe and requested an inhaler to no avail. officers miller and nero placed mr. gray in a seated position and subsequently found a knife clipped to the inside of his pants pocket. the blade of the knife was folded into the handle. the knife was not a switch blade and is lawful under maryland law. these officers subsequently removeds the knife and placed it on the sidewalk. mr. gray was then placed ba

no team has signed rice. and ray rice hopes that he will get a second chance at the nfl. we'll have to wait. >> absolutely. good to see you john. >> enter a look at what's coming up at the top of the hour. david schuster. >> coming up tonight at00, a manhunt underway for the quadruple homicide in washington d.c. and they have identified dna left on a pizza and we'll look at the science between behind investigation breakthroughs. and the story of survival. a little girl in georgia 1 offering thanks to those who saved her from a life of abuse. helping at-risk children. and we'll take a closer look. >>> also tonight traveling to cuba. a wave of tourism and investment. but do american tourists and travel investors say that cuba 1 prepared? the photographic art that's meant to provoke thought. from lynching to profiling by the police, why these statements matter. those stories and more in a few minutes. >> thank you. a touching memorial day tribute to the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending america. soldiers from the 3rd u.s. infantry known as the old

>> if you look at the dynamics associated with tamir rice and the brelo case rice is a 12-year-old kidnever had his first date first kiss and that family is suffering. >> that plays on people. >> it played on people and it should. >> a spokesperson for the sheriff's office says they are still investigating the death of tamir rice. he says that investigation is expected to be finished sooner rather than later. and they'll send it to the district attorney to decide on charges. >> erin thank you so much. "outfront" we have walter madison, the attorney for tamir rice's family. we have david klinger, a former officer with the los angeles police department. i want to ask you, david, because some of these recommendations from the department of justice, there's a key one that says police essentially get a refresher course on when the use of force is proper and lawful, but you look at that tamir rice video, and you believe that the officer acted lawfully. how does a recommendation like this help prevent a situation that i think everyone agrees needs to be prevented? >> i think what you have to

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it's been 170 days that tamir rice this 12-year-old died and about a week after tamir rice's death theustice department released a very critical report on the cleveland police department. it found some officers fired at suspects without justifiable cause, beat suspects in hand cups and then tried to cover things up failing to write accurate police reports. how do they start to fix this department? >> with a lot of work and with a lot of desire to get it fixed? i think that the report was horrible? the report said of laid out what's happening in cleveland, and it does not bode well for what happened to tamir rice especially when you consider the fact that the officer who shot and killed tamir rice had already resigned under very unusual circumstances from another police department because he had exhibited behavior that indicated that he was someone who couldn't handle being -- using a gun. so it's very very troubling, and i think that the cleveland police have a long road ahead of them in fixing this problem for sure. >> you know mark you would think that with the justice department rep

gray subsequently ran from lieutenant rice.ieutenant rice then dispatched over departmental radio that he was involved in a foot pursuit at which time bike patrol officers miller and narrow began to pursue mr. gray. having come in contact with pursuing officers mr. gray surrendered to officers in the vicinity of the 1700 block of pressberry street. mr. gray was handcuffed and moved to a location a few feet from his surrendering position. he was placed in a prone position with his arms handcuffed behind his back. it was at this time that mr. gray indicated that he could not breathe and requested an inhaler to no avail. officers miller and narrow then placed mr. gray in a seated position and found a knife clipped to the inside of his pant's pocket. the blade of the knife was folded into the handle. the knife was not a switchblade and is buffalo underlawful under maryland law. mr. gray was placed back down on his stomach at which time mr. gray began to flail his legs and scream as officer miller placed mr. gray in a restraining te

is it beans and rice or rice and beans. don't [bleep] with me. >> all right all right okay. maybe he's just having fun with him. but he's got to be satisfied with that. beans & rice sounds supercuban to me or as they say in havana sup cube. you believe he is de havana now. >> favorite, you like cuban music, do you have a favorite cuban singer? >> mister you may have passed my cuban food test. but let's see how you do with my cuban music test all right. because one of us is not leaving this interview until he establishes his level of kubality. now. >> i have to admit in that i'm much more of a texan. i tend to listen to country music more than cuban music. >> well played, fake cuban senator cruz. well played. [bleep] got to do something. you would have to know-- if only there was some way i could get him to sing some-- i know i will just slip it in at the end of a question to see if he notices. (laughter) that will trip him up. he will be none the wiser. stop impressing me. >> finally i want to give you the tant to directly el come your colleague senator sanders to the race a

, for example. >> thoseere are those who have said it's to make up for ray rice.ou say? kwl i think the punishment was justified. any time you create an unfair advantage to go out and win a football game you deserve to be punished. not just the player but, and drew you cutest to this. you win as a team, you lose as a team. that's the reason they're getting punished as a team. this is theantn't the first time this has happened. i'm sure he'll appeal the suspension maybe get two games, but he cannot go unpunished because the nfl had no choice. >> i'm fine with punishing him. i'm just not comfortable with the degree of it. >> so drew hold on. hold on one second. plett me interrupt you. you're telling me you don't have evidence high did anything wrong. but you're saying it's okay that he got punished. >> i think there is enough conduct there to fine a guy, or at the most maybe one game. but four games to me a first round pick a fourth round pick and $1 million fine that's way excessive. >> shawne. >> if you don't want to penalize him for not cooperating, but don't sus

you probably remember this surveillance video when rice hit janay rice knocked her to the ground last year. today the judge dismissed the charges after rice completed the one year pretrial intervention program. former player was suspended from the nfl league indefinitely but after an appeal rice was reinstated late last year but no team has signed him. >>> tonight a lehigh county man behind bars accused of sharing child pornography. police arrested kirby hower, following an undercover investigation. he shared files believed to show child porn. agents searched his whitehall home, say they found multiple images on his computer. >>> tonight signs the economy is improving in the garden state. new numbers released today show new jersey now has more than 4 million people working. that's the first time that's happened in more than six years. the data shows 4,300 jobs were added last month mostly in construction and the public sector. new jersey's unemployment rate held steady at 6.5%. >>> well, it should be easier soon to pay for parking in philadelphia. the parking authority is working with

rice were dismissed completed the terms of his pretrial intervention, rice hasn't played in the nfl since he was suspended for hitting his now wife, jena rice, in a atlantic city elevator in 2014. charged with third agree aggravated assault while charges were dropped they will remain on his record. >>> also, 19 guns are out on the streets tonight after a brazen gun shop robbery in delaware county. robbery happened at the suburban armory gun shop on mcdade boulevard in collingdale, around 4:00 a.m. suspect smashed glass cases, and got away with 19 firearms, including, some semiautomatic weapons. surveillance video from outside the shop shows two cars working together, signalling to each other through headlight. police are now looking for a white oldsmobile cutlas sedan dark colored pontiac montana vinny -- mini-van, third time in eight years that store has been robbed. >> two days after the primary mayor michael nutter, meets with the man who those succeed him. officially endorsed democrat jim kenny at city hall today despite the fact kenny was vocal part of the administration when on city

i'm joined by walter madison, who represents the tamir rice family out of cleveland. that's the 12-year-old young man who police thought was holding a real gun. turned out to be a toy gun. he was shot dead. and cnn law enforcement analyst cedric alexander. walter, to you first. one has to wonder how influential this case and the outcome of this case may be for any upcoming case involving the police officers who shot tamir rice. do you see there being any correlation? >> absolutely. and i think it feeds to the public's distrust of the system. one of the things that i think needs more attention is that the prosecutor and only the prosecutor engineers, if you will, the inputs for a grand jury. he controls exactly what comes out of there because he controls what's presented. >> meaning in this case timothy mcginty, the prosecutor, imposed a charge or charges for only one of the 13 officers, and you heard from the mayor earlier who said he didn't think it was going to be -- it was not likely to bring a successful outcome. he thought it would be very difficult to prove thes

lieutenant rice then directed bpd wagon to stop at baker street. at baker street lieutenant rice officer narrow and officer miller removed mr. gray from the wagon placed flex cuffs on his wrists placed leg shackles on hisd required paperwork. officer miller officer narrow and lieutenant rice then loaded mr. gray back into the wagon, placing him on his stomach, head first on to the floor of the wagon. once again, mr. gray was not secured by a seat belt in the wagon, contrary to a bpd general order. >> the state's attorney also saying today that police illegally arrested gray as no crime had been committed adding that the type of knife police found on gray was actually legal if the state of maryland. you can find the list of those criminal charges to be filed against those six police officers on the nbc app. at the live desk, i'm kristin wright. >> let's switch gears a little bit this morning. a poll that shows most people support using drones. the associated press gfk poll found 60% of americans favor using drones to target and kill terrorists. the

no officers have yet been charged in the shooting death of tamir rice.gation is still ongoing. but the results of that investigation whether anybody involved, any of the officers will be ultimately charged, that is a big unknown still hanging over cleveland right now. even with that big announcement today about reforming the police department and, of course, it hangs over the protests, the peaceful protests in the streets of cleveland. and in the meantime while we wait to learn what will happen in the tamir rice case, the cleveland police department and department of justice say they will get to work implementing these changes right away, these fixes for what is broken at the cleveland pd. they will get to work on it right away, and yet, soon enough, not even close. joining us now is pastor richard gibson from the elizabeth baptist church in cleveland. he's one of the co-chairs of the greatest cleveland congregations which organized a march today in response to the acquittal of officer michael brelo. pastor gibson, thank you for being with us tonight. >>

, who once supported the program, now led the charge to shut it down. >> secretary rice had long had her doubts about the program and was now really quite uneasy about it. >> narrator: with congressional and public pressure mounting the president had to make a decision. >> finally, there's a dramatic meeting that takes place inside the roosevelt room, where everybody's sitting around the table except for two members of the cabinet, who are on television screens. >> secretary rumsfeld and the vice president, they appeared, one on one large screen at one end of the table, the other on a large screen on the other end of the table. >> narrator: as he polled his advisors, there was near unanimous agreement with rice's position. >> there was no one who objected until the voice on the screen coming from the vice president a loud: "no. i vote no." and for a brief instant, everyone in the room, including the president, stared up at his image on the screen. >> finally, rice responds, and she pulls really what's her trump card with the president. she says, "mr. president, don't let this be your

today for the first time, tamir rice's father is talking about his tragic death. >> >>> and of course we've been on the hot side the last couple of days. 92 today the next few days close to that 90 degree mark. but then a big shift. well below average to start off next week and to start off the month of june. i've got those numbers and the reasons behind it coming up. >>> also how this image and these girls there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or get $300 back and free dvr service for 1 year, with a 2 year agreement. hurry, offer ends june 8th. go to getfios.com. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4. >>> tamir rice was 12 years old when he was

the baltimore ravens terminated rice's contract and the nfl suspended him indefinitely.lled the incident the biggest mistake of his life. >>> a 2013 investigation found the child protection agency in georgia ignored child abuse claims. some even died. >> reporter: the child welfare system across the country is in desperate need of funds and more workers, and a lot of times foster kids slip through the cracks, and bad things happen. but one example here in the state of georgia, this girl who is now nine years old, a horrible thing, when she was eight months she was beaten so severely by her mother and her mother's boyfriend that she lost the ability to use her legs. but today she is with a loving mother and happy family. it's no secret that georgia's child welfare system has been an absolute mess. but now there is a new director. he was adopted as a kid, so he understands the system and he thinks he can make it the best in the world in the years to come. >>> in the current fiscal year we have added 278 caseworkers. that's in excess of 10% of the original amount that we ha

think about ray rice. he wasn't known as a fighter per se but it took a video that we watched, that took -- that allowed the nfl to actually hold him accountable. so when you look at the fact that this is a man who fietle forfightsfor a living and nobody is holding him accountable, this is to a point very easy for a person to separate his private life from his public, so hypocritical the same people who are call for for goodell's head, in the ray rice debacle they are going to be at the fight and watching pay purview. i'll go on record, saying every dollar spent every person who watches there fight is contribute tolling the support of a batterer or the culture of violence against women. first of all mayweather is accountable. the system that allows him to go unpunished is accountable and the viewers themselves. we have to look and say why is it that the value of a woman's life, women life, his children's life and the larger sense of this society is less important than being able to sit around and have some

security camera video captured rice playing with a pellet gun.the police pulled up, and within two seconds, an officer shot the boy. on the left, you see tamir's 14- year-old sister being tackled by police as she rushed to her dying brother. the police ride up, and almost even before the door is open the 12-year-old boy is shot. >> williams: a 12-year-old boy lost his life, period. and what makes it even more difficult for me, not just as a person that lives in the city but as a chief, is that that happened at the hands of a police officer. >> whitaker: the rookie officer who killed rice was hired by the cleveland p.d., even though another police department had found him emotionally unfit and forced him to resign. how did he get hired by the cleveland police department? >> williams: those are things that are under investigation that we're definitely taking a second, a third, and a fourth look at. >> whitaker: how did he slip through? >> williams: we know some of the things that happened in that process, and we're-- even at this moment-- changing

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