as of now it only aplays to two categories. one, terrorism, and two, controlled substance terrificers. so to expand that category is a real alienation, and i do intend the play on words. and then the very real threat of the foreclosure of appeal. what i mean when i say that, right now, especially in the ninth circuit, we have a favorable circuit court of appeals. and what congress has chosen to do in 2007 and 2008 is propose a structure by which the ninth would be split into the ninth and a new circuit court of appeals. >> i have to ask you to finish. thank you. you can finish your statement if you can and then your time is up. >> very good. the last issue you may wish to consider is appeals would otherwise be considered under another proposal, all to go to the d.c. circuit court of appeals, which has no specialization in immigration. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> geeping, commissioners. my name is bar tholmue murphy. i am the chairman for the year national immigration reform.

california cap still aplay for concealed weapons permit. >> alameda residents including non-smokers are voicing their opposition to the city tough new anti-smoking ordinance. starting today smoke is banned÷ú in most public places including city sidewalks, bus stops, parks even apartment buildings in balconies. city leaders wanted to take a major step to protect resident from secondhand smoke. new rules left many people confused not sure where smoking is allowed including one police officer we spoke w.violators face fines ranging from 100 to 500 dollar dollars. >>> well a lot mr. to come here this mon. up next. good time great time to be a forty-niner fan. but finding team memorabilia and some of those coveted play off tickets well that's a challenge. >> also a big announcement today for the surfing contest you can not wendy burch from the beach. >> and life without plastic bags. how san jose shoppers cope with the city new bag law. >> then later on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline". less than 24 hours from the crucial iowa caucus still anyone guess who will win. tonight my c

california cap still aplay for concealed weapons permit. >> alameda residents including non-smokers are voicing their opposition to the city tough new anti-smoking ordinance. starting today smoke is banned÷ú in most public places including city sidewalks, bus stops, parks even apartment buildings in balconies. city leaders wanted to take a major step to protect resident from secondhand smoke. new rules left many people confused not sure where smoking is allowed including one police officer we spoke w.violators face fines ranging from 100 to 500 dollar dollars. >>> well a lot mr. to come here this mon. up next. good time great time to be a forty-niner fan. but finding team memorabilia and some of those coveted play off tickets well that's a challenge. >> also a big announcement today for the surfing contest you can not wendy burch from the beach. >> and life without plastic bags. how san jose shoppers cope with the city new bag law. >> then later on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline". less than 24 hours from the crucial iowa caucus still anyone guess who will win. tonight my c

that is an adjective that i'm aplaying to the word endorsement, not to any particular candidate. >> okayhave us guessing. i want to turn the mic over to se cup who would like to talk to you about the tea party. >> sure. >> hi, mr. cain. good to see you again. >> my pleasure. >> you ran as tea party candidate and were seen as the only candidate on the stage that managed to capture the tea party's attention. michele bachmann had that in your absence and now of course she is dropped out. do you think there's anyone left in the field who can affectively reach out to the tea party voters? >> i believe that many of the tea party people connected with my campaign because of how clearly i talked about specific solutions. many of the other candidate initially were generic and general. that's not resonating with the american people. so yes, i believe i attracted a lot of tea party support. now, what i believe that the tea party people are going to do, because i have been in dialogue with many of the tea party leaders around the country to talk about the 9-9-9 revolution that i'm leading, and to ta

new rule aplays to out door open top boots in general but they say uggs are the biggest culprit. >>> when we continues here tonight. government investigation in mortgage abuse and homeowner who has we finalle page in all these foreclosures. >> there are a lot of skeptical commuters in the south bay tonight. they are concern that some new toll lanes going in will just be a disaster. that story. >> it's official. state border increase in super clean cars. stay with us. another half increase in super clean cars. stay with us. another half hour of news begi >> good evening once. look at the headlines we are following for you tonight. police say this man is suspected of sexually assaulting 4 women in a dorm rooms at san jose sate university. michael escobar a student under arrest on suspicion of burglary with intent to commit a felony including sexual assault. >> last slayings man who bilk bay area homeowner, mortgage holders and lenders out of more than 200 million dollars is a free man tonight. allen david teak find and sentenced to 16 months time served. prosecutors say he continued hi

. >> just by aplay and standing ovations as well.ows that state so well, thank you so much. >>> hold on to your seats. the latest polling in south carolina show newt gingrich closing the gap, but national polls might be behind romney's quiet confidence right now. let's bring in frank newport. romney is really trending down in the last 24 hours, your five-day tracking poll here, and you can see newt gingrich bumping up. some in new data. >> that's right. that's when we release the update every day, and we'll see this gap closing more. romney was up 23 points over newt gingrich. now it will be down about ten points, so clearly things are collapsing. >> and contracting. >> this is national. national. >> got you. historically, have see seen so much movement at this time? and is there any possibility that romney might be able to reverse this sort of collapsing? >> anything is possible. we have seen more movement, more roller coaster kind of effect this year than any other republican primary in our history of tracking. down and up, we don'

his lawyer is going to aplay for his release to house arrest or another form of protective custody because he's emotionally unstable. he suffers the pain for all of the deaths and, you know, people's lives who are destroyed. so this, today, is a very technical hearing. the lawyer or the captain is going to try to get him out of jail. and then the judge is going to ask a few questions based on the previous investigation. so far, that's about a hundred crew members and passengers that they have interrogated over the course of the last 72 hours. the magistrate is expected to ask about a half a dozen questions and then make a decision whether or not to keep the captain schettino in jail or not. >> now, barbie, we're just receiving these transcripts right now. are they going to be using these transcripts in court today? >> these transcripts are part of the investigation. and the lawyer for schettino is as going to try to stop further publication of these transcripts because he feels his client is public opinion. it is, theoretically, illegal to publish transcripts during an on going criminal tr