. >> alford has not ever had any stolen but plenty has. >> we've seen almost double in the mast. >> alford should know. he's also the sheriff. alford has an ally in george daifers whdavis who owns the cae auction. >> they might not even have a license plate on their trailer. >> high cattle prices are a big reason why theft is on the rise. davis says cattle prices are about 25% from two years ago. >> a good cow is worth $1.50 a pound. >> 16 so far this year, stealing cattle is not that hard. all thieves need is a property where no one lives, a $10 bag of feed and a trailer to get the cows out of here. >> i've done more cattle theft investigation than i've everybody done before. >> he's not just a cattle rancher, he's a victim. >> you work all year long to, you know, to accumulate something and then they take it from you. you know, somebody drives in your place and steals half your calf corroborate that's pretty bad. >> here comes another one, that's got only my brand, that's a major deterrent. >> but he's amazed so many ranchers don't brand their cattle. >> if we get them branded it's a lot

. >> ranger bob alford has more than a dozen longhorn on his 42 acres. each one, except the calf is branded. >> like this brown cow. she has two brands. >> alford who has pictures of each animal has never had one stolen. but he knows plenty of people around here have. >> we have seen almost double what we have experienced in the past. >> alford would know. he's not just a ranch. he is the johnson county sheriff. >> a lot of them support dope h habits: we work together. alford has an ally in george davis, who owns the johnson county cattle auction. >> i mean, you can tell. they are reliable to give you an address that's not right. there will be something. it may not even have a licensed plate on their trailer. >> high cattle prices are a big reason why theft is on the rise. davis says cattle prices are up about 25% from two years ago. >> a good 500 pound calf now is worth a dollar and a half a pound. >> livestock theft in johnson county has gone from 10 cases all of last year to 16 this year. stealing cattle is not that hard. all thieves need is a propert

what we've experienced in the past. >> alford would know.e's not just a rancher, he is the sheriff. >> we kind of all work together. >> alford has aan ally, george davis, who wins the johnson county cattle auction. >> there will be an address that's not right, there may not be a license on their trailer. >> high cattle prices is a big reason why theft is on the rise. davis says cattle prices are up about 25% from two years ago ago. >> a good calf is worth about $1.25 a pound. >> 12 cases last year to 16 so far this year. stealing cattle is not that hard. all thieves need is a property where no one lives a $10 bag of feed and less than an hour to get the cattle on the trailer and they're out of here. >> i've done a lot more investigating. >> he's not just a detective, he's a victim. >> i dairied for 19 years and i had three baby calves stole in that time. >> shaw says many thieves stay away from branded cattle. the cows are likely to be traced back to the owner. >> somebody drives in your place and steals half your calf crop, that's pretty go

. >> reporter: ranger bob alford has more than a dozen longhorn on his 42 acres. each one, except a calf is branded. >>> this brown cow has two brands. >> reporter: he also has pictures of each animal has never had one stolen but he knows plenty of people around here have. >> we have seen double of what we've experienceed in the past. >> reporter: he's not just the rancher, he's the johnson county sheriff. >> we all work together. >> reporter: he has an allie in the fight against kalt and other left in george davis who owns the johnson county cattle auction. >>> you can tell they give you the address is not right. there will be something. they may not have a license plate on their trailer. >> reporter: high ca cattle pris are why it's on the rise it's up 25% from two years ago. >>> a good 500-pound calf is worth $1.50 a pound. >> reporter: it's gone from ten case to 16 so far this year. stealing cattle is not that hard. all they need sa property where no one lives a $10 bag of feed and less than an hour to get the cows on a trailer and out of here. >> i'm doing mo

have. >> we've seen double what we've experienced in the past. >> reporter: alford would know.'s not just a rancher but the johnson county sheriff. >> we all kind of work together. >> reporter: alford has an ally in the fight against cattle and livestock theft in george davis who owns the johnson county cattle action. >> yoauction. >> you can tell. they'll give you an address that is not right. there will be something, and they may not have a license plate on their trailer. >> reporter: high cattle prices is a big reason why theft is on the rise. cattle prices are up 25% from two years ago. >> a good 500-pound calf, you know, is worth $1.05 a pound. >> reporter: livestock has gone from ten cases all of last year to 16 so far this year. stealing cattle is not that hard. all thieves need is a property where no one lives a $10 bag of feed and less than an hour to get the cows on the trailer and out of here. >> detective steve shaw spends most of his work hours investigating cattle theft. he's not just a detective, he's a victim. >> i dairied for 19 years and i had three baby calve

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>>> an accused serial kill er is sentenced to 85 years in prison. 30-year-old jason scott took an alfordconnection of the 2009 murders of dolores dewitt and her daughter ebony. prosecutors dropped charges against scott in three other cases for the plea. in january of last year he was sentenced to 100 years in prison for dozens of armed home invasions and burglaries in maryland. >>> 35 maryland high school students are recovering after their bus crashed into a car. it happened yesterday in waldorf in charles county. the bus slam ed slammed into the suv. five students had injuries. the rest were checked out as a precaution. >>> stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next a team back for team usa at the america's cup. plus a potential price hike f >>> "60 minutes" as you may know doing a piece on me on sunday off the "killing jesus" book i released. here's a clip. >> what would you be surprised to learn? >> thats he was a regular guy, very afraid. very afraid. this interview was two hours long. norah o'donnell and i sat for two hours. i thought i was in a filibuster situation. and th

. >> rancher bob alfords has got more than a dozen long horn on his 42 acres. each one is brand he except this calf. >> she's got two brands. >> alfred who has pictures of all his animals, have none stolen but he has seen many around here who have. >> almost double what we have had in the past. >> alfred should know, he is also the sheriff. >> a lot of them support drug habits. >> alfred has got an ally in george days of who tones johnson county cattle auction. >> they're liable to give you an address that's not right, there may be something, they may not have a license plate on their trailer. >> high cattle prices is a reason why theft is on the rise. davis says cattle prices are up about 25% from two years ago. >> a good 25 pound calf is worth a lot. >> 16 so far this year. stealing cattle is not that hard. all thieves need is a property where no one lives, a $10 bag of feed, and less than an hour to get cows on a trailer and out of here. >> i'm doing more livestock now than i've done in a long time. >> detective steve shaw spends most of his work hours inves

killer in prince george's county is sentenced to 85 years in prison. 30-year-old jason scott took an alford plea yesterday in connection with the 2009 murders of dolores dewitt and her daughter ebony. in exchange for the plea prosecutors dropped charges in three other cases. he was sentenced to 100 years in prison last year for dozens of home invasions and burglaries in maryland. >>> this morning 35 maryland high school students recover after their bus crashed into a car. the accident happened yesterday in waldorf in charles county. the bus slammed into the suv severely damaging both vehicles. five students required medical treatment for their injuries. the rest were checked out at the hospital as a precaution. >>> harford county sheriff's deputies searched for the heavily armed suspects who robbed a bank. take a look at the surveillance photos of those suspects both dressed in dark gear with masks and guns. they rushed into the sovereign bank in forest hill yesterday afternoon. deputies won't say how much money they got away with. >>> for the first time since the party bus brawl jacoby jon

he entered an alford plea in the case of delores dewitt and her daughter ebony. he admitted prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him. >>> the dow and s&p 500 will try to snap a five-day losing streak. there is a lot of data to look through this morning, too, to see how the state of the economy is doing. we'll get the job market figures, a reading on second qarlgter gd -- quarter gdp, a look at pending home sales and a look to see if mortgage rates are going up. the dow lost about 60 points in trading. the s&p 500 was off by four and a half and the nasdaq was off by seven. >>> jcpenney stock has hit a 13- year low. at one point yesterday it dipped below $10 a share. jcjcpenney has not commented on the dip. some analysts believe the struggling department store chain may run out of cash by next year. >>> the c.e.o. of american international group or aig is apologizing for comments he made comparing criticism of his company to lynching. he complained to "the wall street journal" that aig employees were treated badly because they were paid $165 million in bonuse

smyser is currently the henry alford kissinger scholar in the sean w. lucre center and is teaching at the bmw for german studies at georgetown university. he has an outstanding career in public service and you can find it in his book a lot of details about his career. during the berlin crisis he was in berlin. he got a lot of insights which you will be introduced to in this book. he also served later in the white house with henry kissinger and the national security council. he was a specialist on vietnam and other parts of the world. he has an outstanding career and biography. today he will talk about his book which has the close connection to the wilson center because he wrote major parts of this book when he was a public policy scholar at the wilson center so in some ways it's a wilson center book and we are very proud of the final product. it's a very engrossing reading i can tell all of you. i look forward to have -- having him talk about his book for 30 minutes and i will introduce the two commentators. >> thank you very much mr. shafer. on january

smyser is currently the henry alford kissinger scholar in the sean w. lucre center and is teaching at the bmw for german studies at georgetown university. he has an outstanding career in public service and you can find it in his book a lot of details about his career. during the berlin crisis he was in berlin. he got a lot of insights which you will be introduced to in this book. he also served later in the white house with henry kissinger and the national security council. he was a specialist on vietnam and other parts of the world. he has an outstanding career and biography. today he will talk about his book which has the close connection to the wilson center because he wrote major parts of this book when he was a public policy scholar at the wilson center so in some ways it's a wilson center book and we are very proud of the final product. it's a very engrossing reading i can tell all of you. i look forward to have -- having him talk about his book for 30 minutes and i will introduce the two commentators. >> thank you very much mr. shafer. on january

derek alford. i wrote an article years ago on proving discrimination and a minority business context. the issue is the racial alternatives -- race news show alternative is alive and well. i think you're right it's been around for quite some time. it also proved to be good with equal opportunity for minority businesses. my question is how do we look at research alternatives and what they spoke about in terms of residential segregation for the fact go legislation. what types of alternative ways or proxies could one look at our school where? and also not face a question that is just another ruse for race. look in our racial segregated developments. >> thank you. >> well, i think it raises the question that this is the top 10% plan cannot exist without segregation. it cannot work to achieve diversity. so that was justice ginsburg has been her point in defense for some time. so the question really goes back to talking really only about the state of texas. you know, there's all sorts of other state insti