>> they do an amazing jury box but no, can't handle it. >> it wasn't real? >> it looked real.as scared watching it! >> let's head outside, we have a big weekend, a lot of stuff going on with a warming trend. in a few days, let's start with what is happening now. high pressure is building over nevada that is perfectly situated to give us offshore winds also to boost the temperatures. that is one of the reasons there are red flag warnings. wind gusts as high as 50 miles an hour. the humidity goes up. fire danger goes up. waves are up as well. the surf, nine to 13 feet. this is because of a big storm in the gulf of alaska. be careful if you are going to the beach. this is how it looks now as we gaze at the bay bridge. 60 at concord. 58 in the city. now let's look a little bet. we were cool the past couple of days. high pressure out, weekend arm up. there will be a chance of showers late tuesday. i don't know if we mentioned the giants are playing the cardinals. game time temperatures 54 degrees. they are playing in saint louis. forecast and average, we are pretty much there. litt

trust and also on the sea level rise and today we thought that we would give the members of the grand jury an opportunity to present their findings directly. alana smith is the forewomen of the jury and we have larry bush here as well who was one of the principle authors of the report and we want to know that the staff level that civil grand juries volunteer a amount of time looking into the city government and trying to make helpful recommendation and we were appreciative of the... (inaudible) shared along with their constructive criticisms and so we will start with alena and giving her report and then i think that larry will come up and then i will come up and give a very short response. >> i was the foreperson of the jury, and it has been fascinating to sit here and listen to this discussion this afternoon and it was a tremendous applaud to you for in the consideration no the southern water front in the use and most especially on the rising sea levels near and dear to our heart. and so, what i thought that i would do is just kind of hit the process, of the grand jury and how it works and h

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serving on the jury were 10 whites, one filipino, and one latino. anon by a nearly all white jury to let off white cops who beat a black man. and that's exactly what happened. man: we the jury find the defendant, lawrence m. powell, not guilty of the crime of assault... poussaint: on the night of april 29, 1991, public outrage exploded into riots on the streets of los angeles after it was announced that none of the officers was found guilty. kowalski: people were beginning to doubt whether police officers could be held accountable for their misconduct. poussaint: but ironically, the story wasn't over. late yesterday afternoon, a grand jury returned a two-count indictment. poussaint: although the state would be unable to try the officers again, the federal government could, and did. you know, i didn't do anything wrong so i can't believe that they are doing this again to me. the officers' first response was to say, "wait a minute, "we got tried in state court, we won. "the government's not allowed to just keep trying us "until they convict us. "i mean,

jury. there does seem to be an indication that he doesn't want a prosecution and he is using the grand juryat's not unusual for prosecutors to do in controversial, high-profile cases like this. >> you know, because of the questions around mccullough's intentions and what will ultimately happen with the grand jury, a lot of pressure and hopes have been pinned to the doj civil rights investigation. we know last night the washington reports that the doj is unlikely to bring civil rights charges to zimmerman. eric holder, soon to be former attorney general has launched a similar investigation in ferguson. do you think the standard of proof is too high and weir unlikely to see a civil rights charge? >> it is more likely a civil rights case against george zimmerman for killing trayvon martin in this case where we have a police officer who is a much more sympathetic defendant than george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch guy. importantly, though, there is another federal investigation in ferguson, not of wilson, but the whole police department. in terms of people who want justice, that's the best

an alternative to lack of trust. were have to believe the grand jury will do what they have to do. indictment, good counsel represent him in front of a jury hopefully in an open court. >> i want to get in michael smerconish's people have been listening to your radio show and you've been talking a lot about the comments from charles barkley and that was big on your show today. play a little, michael, and then your response. >> when you are black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people. it's a dirty, dark secret. i'm glad the coming out. for some reason we are brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. if you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent and don't break the law, you're not a good black person. and that's a dirty, dark secret, anthony. i hate to bring black people into our crap, but as a black person, you all go through it when you're successful. >> talking about the seattle seawks quarterback russell wilson and other team members not thinking he is black enough. what are you hearing from your li

jury. the whole wikileaks scandal and an interview with the new yorker, he is confident that the supreme court would eventually rule that the nsa surveillance program is

nichols says she did not tweet a message i know someone sitting on the grand jury and there is not enough evidence to warrant an arrest. she denies deleting the message and account itself. the grand jury is considering possible charges against ferguson police officer darren wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown. >>> a federal appeals court clearing the way for texas to immediately enforce a restrictive abortion law that will close all but seven clinics in texas. it trumps the lower court ruling requiring them to spend millions on hospital upgrades making abortions more difficult. advocates say legal challenges will continue. >>> the fast spreading enterovirus-d 68 has hit california. two patients in the san francisco area and a boy between 5 and 10 years old is infected in los angeles. listen to doctors describe his condition. >> the child had what appeared to be normal cold. upper respiratory tract infection. a week with the symptoms, woke up and unable to move a limb. >> four deaths nationwide are investigated to find out if they were caused by the virus. there are over more than 500

the twitter account, i know someone sitting on the grand jury and there is not enough to warrant an arresteleted when the post of grand jury proceedings are secret. officials are looking into the matter. >>> george zimmerman is not expected to face civil rights charges for the shooting death of trayvon martin in 2012. there is insufficient evidence to charge zimmerman who was acquitted in the martin shooting. an attorney for martin's parents have not heard a final decision from the justice department. >>> details emerging about michael phelps and his dui arrest. phelps had a blood alcohol level of .14. nearly double the legal limit in maryland. police say phelps was driving 84 in a 45-mile-an-hour zone. he struggled to keep his balance during several field tests. when asked to stand on one legal, phelps told the officer, that's not happening. >> is he trying to make a comeback? >> he is trying to make a comeback. >> he has been swimming well. his second dui arrest. >> dui is incredibly serious. >>> take a look at our weather. chad myers has that. >> good morning. absolutely spectacular day

present on the jury's report to encourage business and community leaders to embrace these partnerships as opportunity for positive change and hope for productive life post-incarceration and as an investment in our community. jury members looked forward to reviewing a revised inmate happened book and this resource for inmates is required under the california code of regulations title 15, minimum standards for local detention facilities. the jury was concerned that the current orientation materials may be too sophisticated for many inmates. to assure that inmates have the necessary information to understand expected behaviors, daily routines and procedures within jails, the jury associates with its third finding recommendation that inmate hand book be revised to reflect the literacy levels of the jail population. and into the operation of the san francisco jails including a review and update of policy and procedure documents, particularly related to the instances of interdepartmental cooperation with san francisco police department, and associated -- as associated with the station transfer unit operations and with jailhouse services and provision of medical and psychiatric servi

seven years later, just a few days ago, an american jury disagreed, finding one guilty of first-degreeder. today, blackwater, per se, is no more, having undergone two name changes and a merger. joining me now is the former ceo of the company known as blackwater and author of "civilian warriors, the unsung heroes." erik prince is here. thank you for joining us. it's a very interesting book. i want to start off with the news, the verdicts last week. when you right about this, you say i will not secondguess the split second decision of my men. have you changed your opinion on the jury or the trial? >> they were there, they were operating, they were four military veterans that had served in that arena already. they were operating under the use of force continuum and there's been a lot of politics in this. the government is one for two. first time it was thrown out for prosecutorial conduct. they have a good basis for appeal and i'm sure they will exercise their rights to do that. >> do you believe that these iraqis, unarmed civilians, do you feel bad about it? is that something that -- >>

a grand jury returned an 18 count indictment against ahmed abu khattala. u.s. special forces captured him in june and brought into our area to face trial. he could face the death penalty if convicted. strong words from president obama about isil. a woman crashes hundreds of feet down into a ravine. hell technology led obama posted a today.on the isil threat he praised military leaders from 21 nations for standing up to its efforts to take over parts of syria and iraq. >> we are united in our goal to destroy isil so it is no longer region, or iraq, the the international community. >> the u.s. continues to use airstrikes. u.n. has warned about a potential massacre if they were to take over the town. we want you to join the discussion. leon and i are hosting a town hall on the terror threat. go to wjla.com/townhall. it will be held thursday at 8:00. >> a california woman is recovering tonight after an ordeal when her car plunged 500 .eet down a ravine she was seriously injured when her car went into her ravine -- into a ravine near san jose last night. the onstar

>> in the sense that we've had an american jury who heard from people on the ground, heard from the same i spoke with who told the story of what happened that day. so we now have for the history books an irrefutable indication that this was murder. this was manslaughter. it never should have happened. what happens of what happens on the appeal that jury verdict will always stand for that historic point. so in that sense, it is over. justice has been rendered. obviously, the criminals are going to try to get the verdict overturned and use different forms of arguments to do so, so as a legal matter it will continue to proceed. upon. >> but it is an important moment for our criminal justice system and the department of justice. faisa, before we go just to highlight the point you're making, the ratio of contractors for the american military was one for every 50 soldiers. by 2011, private contractors constituted over 50% of the force in iraq and afghanistan. it is dramatic how much we're using these folks. thank you both for your time. >> thank you. >>> coming up, more on the doctor in new yo

jury of this case. there isn't enough at this point to warrant an arrest. >> the grand jury is sworn to keep everythingthey hear in that room secret even from their friends and family. >> it's discovered that the juror did reveal information the entire hearing would have to start from scratch. let's go to darryl parks. he is the attorney for the brown family in all of this. mr. parks, good to have you back with us tonight. i want your reaction to the news of possible misconduct by a grand jury member, and as you see it, what does this all mean some. >> ed, first, i have to say michael brown's parents have said all along that they are very optimistic and they can't get the proper investigation and prosecution by this prosecutor. so now that we're learning this that one of the jurors on the grand jury has possibly misbehaved is a very serious concern and we believe that this -- we still are calling for a special prosecutor to be a pointed by governor jay nicks. you have to bear in mind, too, that we have someone that has said that officer darren wilson who is also being -- in many of the cases that this

facing matthew, authorities are working on when he could be brought to save charges, a grand jury yesterday beforeup an indictment sexual assault. he now faces charges of abduction, rape, and capital murder attempt last week. coming to fairfax county for an initial appearance on the charges. back here, what we are being told by the state's medical examiner, i called them this morning and they said they do not anticipate anything to come out today. that was 10:00 this morning. it could have developed today. authorities tell us when they receive the medical exam report, there are no plans to have a press conference or any type of media briefing here in the county. they will only bring us the details, likely to be very limited, they will only release those details in a statement. kennedy, live, suzanne abc 7 news. >> thank you for that report. a far fall from grace. behind bars for a shooting death of his girlfriend. him ande convicted sentenced him. we have more on the latest development. >> he boarded the bus this morning to take him away from jail. the judge who sentenced him to five years time parts t

custody. >> a florida man is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars, now that a jury has convicted him for killing anrmed teen over laud music. this time, the jury not buying dunn's claim of self defense. what was different between this trial and the first trial? >> well, he's been tried twice. first time, he was actually convicted of attempted murder of the other three teens in the car, and convicted of firing into an occupied vehicle, so very odd that he wouldn't have been convicted of the top charge, the jordan davis murder. this time around, the jury flat out -- and this is a different jury, there was a mistrial on the top charge, a new jury is i am paneled to reject his claim of self defense, that he thought he was going to be killed if he didn't kill. the -- >> he was going to go away for a long time -- >> anyway. >> -- was the prosecutor right to retry this case? >> yes. this is the trayvon martin state and jurisdiction, angela cory, the same prosecutor essentially, the same top prosecutor. there's a lot of political pressure to try the case, but factually she was right to retry the case. they

the grand jury could not believe that a parent would not express an interest in the whereabouts of their son. as a mother with such a devoted son, you weren't interested in knowing where he was, queerried the foreman of the grand jury. mortin sobell's father, lewis sobell, was an even more hoss file witness. he was repeatedly warned to tell the truth or face indictment for perjury. the queries about whether he knew his son was in mexico, he responded. how i do know he was in mexico. you are being too reluctant chieted lane. lane also reported sobell to answer questions truthly. you are under oath and subject to penalties of perjury. at one point sobell warned the grand jury not to push him because he had high blood pressure and a bad heart. sobell's sister-in-law edith denied she helped sobell escape or knew of his whereabouts after he left new york. she said she did not know sobell and her sister left for mexico until the next day, especially because she was living with them at the time. the grand jury warned hr to tell the truth or face indictment. lane informed her that the grand jury

they found but are now presenting evidence to a virginia grand jury suggesting prosecutors think the girls died in bedford. >> this is an investigative grand jury that has the ability to swear witnesses under eat and require them to provide truthful -- under oath and require them to prmony. >> reporter: but family members accuse investigators of playing one relative off the other while family here in maryland is staying behind closed doors as if under siege. scott broom, wusa9. >>> the search for missing uva student hannah graham has stretched into its 20th day with still no sign of the 18- year-old all while suspect jesse matthew sits in jail charged with her abduction. debra alfarone has been on the ground for us in charlottesville and joins us now live with the latest. >> reporter: today the search was impacted by the weather. it's raining a little right now. what happened was the drone they were using the last two days had to be sent back to virginia tech. the helicopter was grounded. here's the thing. tips are still coming in and they say that every time we do exactly what we're doing right now, which is doing a st

. >> reporter: this morning as polo mogul john goodman's fate is in the hands of a jury, a twist. aned rest for jury tampering. sending a text to goodman's friend, chris campson, seen here testifying last week, offering to sway a jury member in exchange for cash. it sparked an investigation. it's the latest jury drama to rock the high-profile retrial of the multi-millionaire who's first conviction and 16-year instance was thrown out due to juror misconduct. inside the courtroom on monday, the defense using closing arguments to make an impassioned final push for his freedom. >> a tragic, terrible accident occurred. but there were no crimes committed by mr. goodman. >> reporter: arguing that goodman, pleading not guilty, wasn't drunk when he t-boned 23-year-old's car into a canal, but the brakes on the bentley failed. and he only left the scene because he was disoriented. >> he wasn't thinking about the can canal. >> reporter: prosecutors striking back. >> if he had stayed at the scene, scott wilson might be alive today. >> reporter: saying he was drunk from a night of partying. and he

following an 11-week trial, a federal jury found them guilt of murder. three others of voluntary manslaughter. >>> coming up on the "morning news," an ak demming scandal expected to affect thousands of students and a hearing on ray rice's suspension. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ oats go! wow! go power oats! go! go power! yayyyy! bechicken noodle soupst >>because i make the best chicken noodle soup because i make the best chicken noodle soup for every way you make chicken noodle soup, make it delicious with swanson® went to the auction. started my camry. won a storage locker. found an old guitar. tracked down the previous owner. reunited them. hit the jackpot. the bold new camry. one bold choice leads to another. toyota. let's go places. >>> in ferguson, missouri, new clashes overnight. the protest followed information leaked from the autopsy of michael brown it. was suggested he was shot in the hand at close range in the struggle police officer darren wilson in august. >>> an accident is under investigation at the airport in the twin cities. two plan

jury will not indict them and then end the case early. >> how often do you get out of a grand jury without an indictment? i mean, my experience when i've covered criminal justice, the prosecutor wants an indictment, they get an indictment >> well, the phrase, the grand jury will indict a ham sandwich. that's absolutely true. most times the grand jury will dieted any case that's presented by the prosecution. and the reason -- >> let's keep in mind also, they're working together every day. grand juries are impanelled for long periods of tile. it's the same person coming before them day in and day out. i've got this case, i've got this case, boom, boom, boom. here are the facts, indictment, here are the facts, indictment. >> that's right. so the grand jury is supposed to be independent. however, the way it works -- >> in reality. >> -- in reality, they see prosecutors time and time again, day in and day out. usually grand jurors sit for a lengthy period of time and sometimes it's a month, sometimes it's longer. and they will hear the evidence from just the prosecution's side. so, they oftentimes

leaks are being put out to try to get people to see what the grand jury is seeing and try to get them to understand that there may not be an indictment. of course, the grand jury is supposed to be looking at all of this in secret but those secrets keep coming out. let me talk to you a little bit about what we heard yesterday from the governor, governor jay nixon talking about a ferguson commission that he plans to put in place. but their role is not going to be to look independently at the investigation into what happened in the death of michael brown but instead to look at some of the underlying economic and social conditions that are causing some of this unease. here's what he had to say a little bit about that commission. are you worried about what might happen when the grand jury decision is made and announced? >> when you have this level of energy and when you have what has happened over the last 73 days, you can rest well assured that we are focused and concerned about what could be the most problematic of scenarios. >> reporter: so you heard that. there is concern, they are preparing. the police certainly are also p

police brutality cases -- this week, a federal jury awarded an historic $4.6 million to the family of a homeless preacher. marvin booker was in a denver ail when he was grabbed by deputy, piled on by a team of officers who handcuffed him, put him in a chokehold, and tasered and. he died. then, the colorado senate race could control that determine who controls congress. cory gardner and mark udall are neck and neck in the polls. >> you voted with barack obama 99% of the time, 107 out of 108. for someonegumption who had the tent most partisan record in the house of representatives to continue to make that charge. >> we will look at the senate race another key issues -- fracking, immigration, and more, with mike litwin, veteran "denver post" political analyst who now writes for "the colorado independent. all that and more coming up. welcome -- the official told molly and the ivory coast are the most vulnerable. -- >> we have identified the ivory coast and mali. 18 is going to do a thorough assessment. it is moving from an assessment to making sure that things are in place. jamaica has be

an evidence hearing. the juryt year of murdering her boyfriend, travis alexander, back in 2008, but was deadlocked on whether she should receive the death penalty. here it goes again. retrial sentencing for jodi arias. >>> 25 minutes after the hour. a cruise ship with a quarantined passenger makes it home as some of the people in dallas that may have been exposed to ebola reach the 21-day milestone in their observation. quarantine over. a key milestone. but what's next? that's coming up. know that no two mouths are the same. that's why there's a listerine® product for every mouth. one to clean your whole mouth. one for those hard to reach places. one to protect kids mouths from cavities. even one to freshen breath on-the-go. with over 100 years of innovation in oral care... there's a listerine® product for every mouth in your house. for cleaner, healthier mouths go beyond brushing alone. listerine®. power to your mouth ™. >>> breaking overnight. dozens of people in the clear as those in contact with the now deceas

just about an hour before a jury is set to issue their decision, he joins us now from austin.come to democracy now! the significance of this trial and why you are on trial -- this is a misdemeanor that faces $500 fine, and yet you have been in court now for days. >> and i think it all revolves around the fact that police officers don't like to be held accountable and prosecutors tend to cover for corrupt police officers. were a domestic terrorist threat? >> that came from the austin police department, one of the officers arrested me for filming whose name is justin berry. he created a powerpoint presentation, presented it to the regional fusion center and enter they said i was a domestic terror threat as was the peaceful streets project because we go out and film cops. they said we were a threat to all police officers and we encourage violence against police officers -- which is just not true. >> antonio buehler, the response , as ar project in austin west point grad and a war theran, what has been marshaling of support for you? >> the people tend to really support us. the pro

. >> hernandez's lawyer and mother declined an interview. >> a jury of aaron's peers will find that he's, had no part in the killing of odin lloyd. >> days after what would have been odin lloyd's 28th birthday, family and friends come together for the unveiling of number 53's headstone. >> i don't know if he can really hear me right now. he was the love of my life. >> in loving memory of odin lloyd, our son, our brother, amen. >> and you still talk to him? >> yeah. >> what do you say? >> i miss him. i love him. miss him. >> no matter what the outcome is, we still lose at the end of the day. even if you get justice. do you really come out a winner? i don't think so. >> do you think there's a chance that aaron hernandez may be found not guilty? >> that's my biggest fear. all it takes is one juror. >> we lue you odin. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> great to have you with us. live to hong kong, protesters are spending china's national holiday speaking out against beiji beijing. we will take you to the scene. also ah

the jury is trying to decide whether or not raghunandan yandamuri intended to kill baby saanvi right away or an accidental product of this kidnap for ransom scheme. the jury is grappling with that and they will soon be back in the deliberation room and folks are expecting a rather speedy verdict after that. live in norristown, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> david thank you. >>> four people were hurt including at least one child after a crash on the new jersey turnpike. it happened in west hamilton at exit 5, a suv lost control and went into a wooded area, a child and an adult were flown to the hospital and two other people when by ambulance, there is no word on how badly they were hurt or what caused the suv to lose control. >>> a crash between a transport bus and a horse sent two people to the hospital this morning. chopper 6 hd was over the scene in doylestown, police say that the bus hit a horse just aft 7:00 a.m., the horse died and two students went to the hospital to get checked out. >>> doctors in dallas are expected to get test results back on a second potential case of ebola

and i think it is cents an indication that the jury's looking at the evidence carefully, and going through that, and we would expect that in this type of case. >> jurist, pretty tough business, but i think it will be a mat their has to be resolved one way or the other. i think there will be some interesting arguments about this case. >> reporter: well the prosecution and police say the motive of this crime was to kidnap the ten hospital old baby girl for ransom to get cash to cover $20,000 in gambling detectives from losing big over at the valley forge casino, just a week before the killings. the baby was suffocated, then the grandmother stabbed to death, to quiet the only witness. the defendant told the jury two guys with guns order him to do the kidnapping, enough apparently, chris, kerrey, of a closing and a case that he made to give this jury something to think about for more than six hours, at least. >> discusting, story so tragic. >> we'll see how the deliberations cents go today. meantime pennsylvania governor tom core bert and democratic challenger tom wolf go head-to-head in final

tonight, the man's court appointed defense attorney indicated that had there may be an issue regarding the jury and men and women are obviously quote, not close to a verdict. prosecutors say they believe the length of time shows jury is looking through the evidence carefully and taking this case seriously. judge steven o'neill ordered the attorneys back to court here at the montgomery county courthouse at 9:00 a.m. jury will resume deliberations at 10:15 in the morning, jim. reporting live tonight, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> kenneth, thank you. >>> a four three-year old homeless man is facing charges of attempted murder for that supermarket stabbing last night inside of a northeast philadelphia pathmark. police say brian duffy attacked a 50 year-old man in the produce section, stabbing him in the neck and face. the victim is recovering at temple university hospital. >>> we are hearing a chilling account tonight of the murder of a pennsylvania state trooper, in the words of the accused killer himself. authorities have revealed that a discovery of a journal at a campsite aban

and then, each committee presented those ideas to the full jury, and then we went through an exercise of widling down the ones that we thought could come to a report that would be useful that could actually maybe result in some kind of change and we had one, and we had some that were going to come together, and going to be a single report that broke apart, and we had others that we thought that we were going to have a report and we thought that would be exciting, and it died in about february and, so it is about, and it is a process all the way through. and that was, and that is the general outline. >> thank you. >> well, thank you for selecting the port and like i said, we really do appreciate the communities. and i, do, think that we can do a better job in out reach, and communication, and again, i want to thank commissioner adams for taking that first step in getting the commission out in the community. but i do think that we should be able to increase our out reach and especially our mailing lists from 1500 to, you know, i think that is the first place that we can increase our out

what i like about this grand jury is the prosecutor has already said, if there is not an indictment,here is an indictment, at the right time. as soon as possible all of the transscripts are going to come out. while it is secretive it will be transparent when they're done? >> liz, many people black people here in ferguson and around the country saying, they're demanding justice, demanding the truth. isn't it possible though that the officer in this case is telling the truth? >> well, it is possible. anything is possible. mike brown could have had a note saying i plan on shooting the police officer. the question is not whether it is possible. it is whether or know it its credible. and how do we get to credibility with what the police officer said. we get to credibility when we have a prosecuting attorney that is fair, impartial. i would look to speak to what the defense attorney said a few minutes ago. he made the comment that, that, bob mccullough said all this information is going to come out if we have, don't have an indictment. well that is not necessarily true. because, the fact o

the defendant had claimed it was an act of self-defense, but the jury found one guilty of murder andhree others of voluntary manslaughter. all could face decades in prison. >> after 11 weeks of trial and years of legal battle, a verdict. a federal jury found for former -- four former blackwater security guards guilty of killing unarmed iraqis seven years ago. three of them are convicted of involuntary manslaughter, a force of murder. -- a fourth of murder. the accused open fire at a busy roundabout in september, 2007 leaving 30 dead or injured. they claimed self-defense, but witnesses said their act was unprovoked. the victims included women and children. the lawyers of at least two of the defendant said they will appeal the verdict. >> i will review our options and i expect we will appeal and continue to fight vigorously. but the security guard were first indicted in 2008, but the case was later dropped and later reinstated by an appeals court. some 30 iraqis flew to the united states to testify during a new trial that started last april. the shooting sparked fierce debate over the

the grand jury could not believe that a parent would not express an interest in the whereabouts of their son. as a mother with such a devoted son, you weren't interested in knowing where he was, queerried the foreman of the grand jury. mortin sobell's father, lewis sobell, was an even more hoss file witness. he was repeatedly warned to tell the truth or face indictment for perjury. the queries about whether he knew his son was in mexico, he responded. how i do know he was in mexico. you are being too reluctant chieted lane. lane also reported sobell to answer questions truthly. you are under oath and subject to penalties of perjury. at one point sobell warned the grand jury not to push him because he had high blood pressure and a bad heart. sobell's sister-in-law edith denied she helped sobell escape or knew of his whereabouts after he left new york. she said she did not know sobell and her sister left for mexico until the next day, especially because she was living with them at the time. the grand jury warned hr to tell the truth or face indictment. lane informed her that the grand jury

jury that's hearing the michael brown case. one juror is reported to have told details to a friend who then posted it on twitter. >> this is the tweet that's prompted aneciding whether or not to indict ferguson police officer darren wilson. who shot and killed unarmed teenager michael brown. the stweet was setweet was sent. louis account. i know someone sitting on the grand jury and there isn't enough at this point to warrant an arrest. the proceedings are supposed to be secret until a decision is made. the prosecuting attorney's office wouldn't give details of the investigation, but we found the owner of that twitter account. she is denying to cnn she sent the tweet and doesn't want to be identified. >> was that your account the tweet was sent from? >> right. it was my account but i haven't used it. i'm not sure if someone hacked into it. it had been hacked before. but, you know, sending out a bunch of spam mails or whatever they call it. i haven't used it. >> did you know someone on the grand jury? >> no, i didn't. >> have you talked to the prosecuting attorneys office? >> well, i left a message with his assistant. i'm not sure what the name is. whe

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have a better process, and it will be what we envisioned, which really is an independent office, that can act like a grand jury, in a sense, to decide whether there's enough there. and take it to the ethics committee, and the first judge and jury, and present the evidence. and now they don't do that either. so we would love to see it refined. but, the most important thing, is to fine the opportunity to make it happen. >>> without it, we don't have any credibility here. >>> we all know the low polling numbers, in the approval of congress, and there's this feeling, that washington is becoming irrelevant, and nothing useful is going to happen. >>> i think, knowing that the senate ethics process is broken and, house needs still some improvement, one of the ways you begin to reconnect, with members of the public, you have a congress, that's good ethical standards, and a process that work. when you have a process, where allegations arise and go into the black hole, this is not a way to say the team did it, and increase congressional approval. it is part of a answer, of how you reconnect a body with the american peop