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. >> reporter: aclu is joining the court battle to block a measure that would ban male circumcision in san francisco. the measure would make it younger than 18 a misdemeanor. there would be no religious exemptions despite the fact that jews and muslims consider it part of their religion. in a court brief. aclu argues it would violate a state law that bars cities restrict doctors practices that include circumcision. >> dianne feinstein is announcing new legislation to repeal the defensive marriage act. 1996 law defines marriage as between a man and woman and bans federal recognition of gay marriage. earlier this year, obama administration say it would longer defend the law. >>> coming up this morning, i saw some fantastic pockets of fog. i wasn't so widespread. >> exactly. we do have fog especially where terry is coming from in the north bay, around santa rosa is thickest. visibility down to a mile. here is the overall pattern, remember the area of dry air we were watching slowly creeping up towards us, it is still doing that while the low is pulling away. we do have a lot of clouds but

dating the aclu four times a month and at least date around to a variety of groups. [laughter] i don't want them to feel married to any of them, though, if you see what i mean. yes. >> let me ask the concluding -- why don't you stand up here or stay here -- the concluding question. since i didn't know why john who introduced me was, needed to mention my service on the u.s. commission on civil rights, but then you explained the answer. i see a few of my colleagues here. there have been several who have been agitating to abolish the u.s. commission on civil rights, apparently because we no longer -- american civil rights is passe, and they want to replace it with a human rights commission. so if you wouldn't mind explaining what is it that is so attractive to the so-called progressives about human rights? i'll suggest one or ask you one. you know, civil rights law actually has some limits, but there are no limits to what you can dream up in the human rights realm. >> yeah. and i'm also highly alarmed by the effort to rename and rebadge things from civil rights to human

i'm with the aclu of northern california. and we have been working with counties around the state as the realignment. legislation came down try to help advocate for really plans very much like the one that we have seen coming out of our probation department so we think it's a good plan overall. i think that the chief is still to be commended and the folks on the executive committee. we do have a few concerns that i would like to share with you briefly, and also some suggestions about thinking about the future. we share the concerns that have been expressed by the public offenders office about how exactly this is going to roll out in terms of the post release supervision rev indication proceedings, particularly the incarceration. we have to see how that is implemented. the but there is an inherent tension between the idea of swift and certain punishment, which is the idea of lash incarceration. and intention between that and due process. if someone tests positive with these preliminary tests for having used drugs and is incarc

so the question is, therefore, should we tell them stop seeing the aclu, stop digging the aclu four times a month. and at least date around for effective groups. i don't want to feel marriage to any of them, see what i mean? just stick let me ask the concluding -- why don't you stand up here or stay for the concluding questions. i didn't know why john who introduced me was, need to mention my service on the u.s. commission on civil rights. but then you explained answer but i see a few of my colleagues here, there have been several have been agitating to abolish the u.s. commission on civil rights. apparently because american civil rights is passÉ and they want to replace it with a human rights commission. so if you wouldn't mind explaining what is it that is so attractive to so called progressives about human rights? i will suggest one or ask one, you know, civil rights law actually has some limits, but there are no limits to what you can dream up in the human rights realm. >> and i'm also highly alarmed by the effort to rename and think some civil rights to human rights, as you hint. civ

aclu says several d.c. police officers. >> police lied whether they told a photography student needed permission to take their pictures. with cell phone technology getting better they're afraid it will be used against them. >> it's nuts and outrageous. >> 20-year-old was a photography student last july on a walk through georgetown and says he happens on a traffic stop. looking to add to his portfolio he snapped these moats of these officers at m street and 29th. he was on the sidewalk first across the street, then on the same side as the police activity. after a few minutes he was asked to stop taking pictures and to produce an i.d. >> they told me to put the camera away, to stop reporting and that i am being detained and it is unlawful to photograph and audio record police officers. >> it's part of our free speech, just as police can take pictures of citizens out on the street. >> aclu filed suit alleging since he wasn't interfering with police work, those officers violated his first and fourth amendment r

. >> reporter: in a lawsuit filed this month, the aclu alleges that the va has misappropriated much of the land by leasing it out for commercial property instead. rent-a-car, a theater, even a dog run. >> obviously more money is being invested into the financing of the wars than the financing of the wounds. >> reporter: but the va says revenue from the businesses benefit the veterans. >> we have seen a commitment on the part of the va to a problem that just hasn't existed previously. >> reporter: elroy hay have fallen through the cracks, too proud to even tell his family that his army career ended up on the streets. >> reporter: so they don't know? >> no, they don't really know. >> reporter: how bad things are? >> yes. >> reporter: for now he's left to count his pennies and wonder where he'll sleep tonight. lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >>> when we continue here tonight, it may seem like they were little ones just yesterday, but get ready, the list is out of the most expensive colleges in this country. >>> department of education is out with the list of the most expensive colleges.

. >> the idea that -- if it is posted, the aclu's problem is that if you post they want everybody to know that you have a camera, you are being videotaped right now. people can look at you live, but if you do that aren't people going to avoid the bar? >> i suppose. i mean i take issue -- the concept that the kind of people who would be trolling the internet for bar chicks would be hot guys. >> that is now twice i have been insulted. >> i actually think he was correcting me on my point which is once people see the hot girls all of the hot guys come. >> isn't it more telling that i kind of said hot guys in finger quotes and andy got offended? >> yes, i know. he immediately took that personally. not sure why. andy is really under attack right now. >> anytime you use the word trolling andy will -- >> she like, hey. >> i don't need my fetishes brought up. >> it was a conversation we had at a bar and this is not the place for it. >> while you were trolling your beer. >> ann coulter, just a question in theory about the aclu's point that people have to know that they are being recorded on ca

police and he's getting help from the aclu. he said that the police violated his civil rights last summer when they detained him from taking photos from a traffic stop. he said that they could not photograph police officers without they are permission. >>> the holiday weekend has officially started. and anny hong is in for topper. >>> clear skies and a light breeze coming through. and the humidity and dew points are down. that is why we don't feel the intensity of the heat. downtown 90 still. but athens 88. winchester 88, annapolis 84 degrees. and the dew points are in the mid-40s downtown. and in the 50s in gaugeberg so this is low. but that will start to change tomorrow. tonight get outside if you can and get that evening walk and run in. it will be clear and cool again. the overnight lows in the upper 50s and in the upper 60s around downtown and the winds will be light. and a look at your timesaver traffic, here's monica. >> if you're headed to the beach this afternoon, things are not looking too bad. we'll take you out east

wouldn't we want that cooperation between the groups that are at the opposite number of the aclu or would that make the law school much polarized and ideological? i have my doubts they should jump headlong into a relationship with the conservative and libertarian think tanks or much less groups that have lobbying agendas which would be disastrous, and so the question is therefore, should we tell them stop dealing with the aclu four times a month and they've been around for a true for idf groups if you see what i mean. >> why don't you stand up here or stay here for the concluding question. since i didn't know why john who introduced me needed to mention my servers on the u.s. commission of civil rights but then you explant for the answer i see my colleagues here there is an several who have been agitating to abolish the commission on civil rights apparently because the american civil rights is passed and they want to replace it with a human rights commission. so if you wouldn't mind explaining what is it is attractive to the so-called progressives about human rights? i want to ask if ther

. >> you are the policy director on the death penalty for the aclu in northern california. can you share with us how the efforts are happening in the united states and whether there is a healthy effort in the state of california? >> this is a great time to work on the issue of the death penalty. every day we get closer and closer to ending the death penalty in california and across the country and indeed, across the world. several states have into the death penalty in the last four years. most recently, the state of illinois into the death penalty in march of this year. [applause] we are now at the time when 16 states, puerto rico and the district of columbia do not have the death penalty. many more states are addressing this issue, connecticut and montana, colorado, kansas, these are all states that have had bills in their legislature to into the death penalty that have moved through least one house in some cases, both houses. connecticut passed a bill a couple of years ago to end the death penalty that was vetoed by the then republican governor who is no longer in office.

funded by lawyers, aclu, they think it violates several liberties so they'll stick to their guns and not vote for if, and if it came before president obama i'm sure he would not sign it. >> are you in favor of an amendment to the constitution to prohibit the desecration of the u.s. flag. >> i'd have it see the language. >> why? >> because i read thing before i sign them. >> and in the end, you're saying -- the right to burn the flag is actually part of the freedoms we enjoy, and people are not going around burning the flags. >> 50 saw someone burning it, i think would you take it way from them. i wouldn't let it happen in front of me. >> it's an argument made by patriotic scoundrels, just trying to score points. it's silly. >> one reason is scalia, who i have enormous respect for, has a ex passengersive view of the firsthand. and was in on the decision that said the flag can be burned and this is a -- form of expression. >> without punishment it can be burned, free speech. >> and under freedom of speech -- >> that's correct. >> but however, all the constitutional amendment would do i

trading was removed reliably aclu switch trade with the most just ran through graveyards will have always better performance also since some parts in your rust telecom shares which still trade with the saw discount in comparison to the all drug rose telecom share and i would probably single as bear a bike which started trading in london. close like. the stock will be popular among foreign investors or i would but i was bear a bike in the financial sector and some other news now the ground first spot wildfire season is underway in central russia and people are stocking up on protection and provisions predict the facts will spread further than normal and that smoke could reach moscow the next few days insurance companies say they are getting ready to feel the heat. the problem culpable last year the main problem was that a lot of people didn't have their property in shoot therefore we saw an immediate twenty to thirty percent increase in demand and growth was one hundred twenty percent of those quarter obese year alone with people more actively ensuring countryside treeless stayed last year

abador and the aclu are suing the department of homeland security to stop those searches unless therereasonable suspicion that someone broke the law but d.h.s. argues electronic devices are no different than luggage and if the search has affected less than 1% of the 36 million travelers subjected to border security screening. d.h.s. would not agree to an on-camera interview but a spokesman told us searches of laptops and other electronic media are a targeted tool to ensure that dangerous people and unlawful goods do not enter our country. >> if you're going to hold a device for more than 24 hours, it would appear to me that you would need to have a probable cause in order to continue searching. >> reporter: asa hutchinson, a former federal prosecutor who was in charge of border security during the bush administration says the current policy is not a good balance between security and privacy. >> we want to not be the reputation in the united states that if you're a business traveller, leave your laptop at home. >> reporter: the justice department is asking a federal judge to dismiss ab

the aclu contends such a requirement to disclose sensitive personal information is unconstitutional. >>> anti-violence group reports a spike in hate crimes against bay area gays. it reports violent acts targeting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people jumped 65% in 2010 from the previous year. the group community united against violence says the rise in hate crimes could be tied to the downturn in the u.s. economy. >> groups of people get together, they often can figure out who they want to scapegoat and who do we want to sort of target and that's the way groups sort of bond with each other. >> prosecutors in san francisco say the disturbing trend continued as recently as last month. there were four separate attacks leading up to san francisco's gay pride parade. >>> time 4:48. a sacramento bounty hunter who spent thousands of dollars looking for casey anthony's daughter wants his money back. he plans to file a lawsuit against anthony and her attorney. a bunter hunter says jose accepted his offer in 2008 to look for anthony's daughter racking up $200,000 in expenses but felt c

. >> we called the aclu and it was a freedom of speech issue.the mayor, she was totally on our side. we went back again about one month later, we had 100 percent approval by city council to put them year-old back up. >> we were given the money back to actually do it again and even better this time. >> it has become an art project with many lessons learned. >> it went from being negative use against the city to the kids learned to speak to power, learning to write and the cold and their rights. >> writing and drawing is not a crime. we want to express ourselves. >> it is part, and we want to make richmond more beautiful than it already is. >> checking the friday traffic on the golden gate bridge. no problems a northbound or southbound, looking at the san mateo bridge, the head like our east bound, not too bad east bound or west bound. we will be right back. and >> kimberly is here with today's edition of take a look at this. >> oa florida mother accused of killing her two year old girl there is a twist in the trial. take a look at this, oyesterda

that was sort of the structure that would become the aclu after the war. [inaudible] and he sort of started working -- they went through political channels and all sorts of kind of grassroots organizations. and evan didn't believe in politics. he just wanted, i mean come hit kind of a martyr of the street. he decided to come back to the united states to take a stand. routh really believed he was fighting a cause for freedom and are the kind of what back and forth. and ended up joining, he wanted to become a fighter pilot. very adventurous. very much a part of that ethos. >> are there was my favorite in all this. identify the most with him. i want you to read this paragraph. >> constants can be a problematic notion. it's hard to say just what it is, and it's easy to conceal it from danger. they can make a person to rid himself of self-righteousness. it can be used to justify any action, even heinous ones. a group of right wing germans that they get the -- they can encourage egotism and some notion, bemoaning of hamlet or a full speech. they can encourage in

that was sort of the very structure that would become the aclu after the war. [inaudible] he sort of started working, they went through political channels and also kind of grassroots organizations. and evan didn't believe in politics. and he just wanted -- he had kind of a martyr streak. he decided to come back to the united states and take a stand. ralph really heated wilson's call for a fight for freedom and are the kind of what whether this or whether to become an officer. ended up he wanted to become a fighter pilot. [inaudible] >> arthur was my favorite. [laughter] i identify the most with him. i want you to read this paragraph. >> constants can be problematic notion. it's hard to say just what it is and it's easy to conceal from danger to a can make a person who suffers got a can be used to justify any action, even heinous ones. a group of right wing germans. they can encourage egotism, bemoaning of hamlet or full speech. they can encourage intolerance our conflict with responsibility, which sometimes doing what is possible if not it is right. >> how did

. >>> aclu is joining a court battle that would ban circumcision in san francisco. circumcision of a male younger than 18 a misdemeanor carrying a fine up on 1 had or a year in jail. there would be no exceptions to the ban despite the fact that jewish and muslims consider it's part of their religion. they asked the judge to invalidate the measure. >>> dianne feinstein will launch a new war on the federal ban on gay marriage. she is trying to repeal the defense of marriage act. it defines a marriage between a man and woman and bans federal recognition of gay marriage. earlier this year obama administrationsay they would defend lawsuit in court. the bill has little chance of passing, her proposal could make same-sex marriage an issue in the 2012 election. >> in london, an emergency hearing into the phone hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch has gone already for two hours. paul stephenson the chief of scotland yard resigned. he testified that 10 of 45 officers metropolitan police force are former employees of news international. he thought he needed to step down. >

we call the aclu and they said it was a freedom of speech issue, and the mayor was totally on our sideent back again of about one month later. we had 100 percent approval by the city council to put the mural back up. >> we were given money back to actually do it again and even better this time. >> it has become an art project with many lessons learned. >> it went from being this negative views against the city to the kids learning to speak to power, they are learning about lolls and writing the code. >> art is not a crime, we should be able to express ourselves. >> this is real art, when you're just trying to make richmond more beautiful than it already is. >> and sports, vern talked to a cancer survivor whose local golfing event will raise more than $1 million for charity. and it is gone from torture to torment, all of the highlights, next. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the

we will try to get reaction from the aclu on that. reporting live kraig debro. >>> time now 5:02 an oakland family needs a new home after fire hours ago ripped through the home they just moved into. ktvu claudine wong is there now to tell us what this family is facing. claudine. >> reporter: dave, i want to show you what is left of some of the insides of this home on the 1800 block of foothill boulevard. if you look you can see what firefighters ripped out of the inside as they were fighting this fire and doing the cleanup afterwards. take a look at this victorian. they are multi unit. there are two doors leading in. there is a unit in the back as well. still unclear how the fire started. but it does appear a family was move into the second floor of this building and overnight the flames broke out. this happened after 10:00 last night. crews were actually here within a couple of minutes and initially there was a lot of concern because the fire looked like it was heading to the building next door. building out here are close together s

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we have not been able to reach the aclu this morning. they had reaction to that in a public report. coming up we will have a reaction from ason-in-law that was killed here earlier this year. >>> time now 6:34. 90 minutes from right now volunteers will search for missing nursing student michelle le. she was last seen seven weeks ago at kizer hospital in hayward. her family has had several search parties since then. a reward offered in the case now stands at $100,000. >>> a public funeral service will be held this afternoon for a teenager from santa rosa. 14-year-old takami died from alcohol poisoning. police say she had been drinking vodka at a slumber party at her home. friends and family be if gathering in santa rosa. the services begin at 2:00 p.m.. >>> we know more about that body found in the water near a san jose golf course. a fisherman made the discovery on wednesday. police now say the man was not a victim of foul play although they are still not sure how he died. they also say the body is significantly decomposed which will make the identification process more difficult. >>