innocent people are dying. >> i'm not surprised given it's the atf.rogue agency. look at what they did in waco. >> i think this instance is probably one of the darkest days in the u.s. history. >> we love this country. we respect its leaders. respect requires truth, and the straightforward, simple truth is this: when it comes to the obama administration, we have had it. we've had it with eric holder -- [applause] we've had it with hillary clinton and the rest of this administration. [applause] and lord knows americans have sure had it with the arrogant, sanctimonious, gun-hating liars who call themselves the national news media in this country. [applause] we, we respect and we admire the law enforcement officers, the dedicated field officers who work every single day in this country under difficult conditions. but there's a big difference between the good field agents and their bureaucratic, politicking bosses back at atf headquarters in washington d.c. [applause] when it comes to those scheming bureaucrats in washington, gun owners have had it. our r

. >> the atf screwed up. it is up for them to follow what.hat is the ball that got dropped. >> this attorney represents carter's country in houston, that was falsely labeled by "the washington post" as one of the biggest sources of firepower by the cartels. >> bill carter was angry, and felt used by the atf because they thought they were doing exactly what atf wanted them to do. they were doing what is called stall and call, stall the purchaser, and called atf, and say there is something suspicious going on here. often, they would not have gone through with the sells, except they were encouraged to go through which the sells by the atf agents. in some occasions, atf asked the store people to follow the purchasers to the parking lot, and get a license number if you can. >> carter's country shared the same concerns echoed in damaging e-mails to the atf from a gun shop owner in phoenix, and recently obtained by senator chuck grassley. the owner wrote that he wanted to help atf investigation, but not if it risks the safety of the agents that prot

. >> caller: yeah, i was wonder oring if you could tell me of the fbi's involvement with the atf. they were reported to have lost several automatic weapons to mexican drug cartels, and i was just wondering what the involvement is with the fbi and the atf. >> host: thank you. >> guest: the fbi and the atf continue to have, despite i think what you will hear from executives, a very difficult working relationship in many instances. they serve together on some task forces, but it is something that you see a lot of the bureau on the case level really still struggling with. >> host: next is a telephone call from denver. you're on for garrett graff as we talk about the fbi. go ahead, caller. >> caller: yes. quick story and then a comment. >> host: okay. >> caller: i was on a chat room shortly after the election. there was somebody on there who came very, very close to physical threat against president obama. i called the fbi to find out if they monitor chat rooms, and i called three times. they eventually called me back, asked me why i was asking, gave me -- we had quite a conversation,

inappropriately, then failed to hold anyone accountable. >> when i made those complaints to the atf, they were expired ignored, entirely white washed and they left the same people in place to conduct project gun runner. >> project gun runner is atf's latest scandal, it allegedl allowed more than 1800 guns to cross into mexico, illegally. >> they're dead americans vul of this failed and reckless program. >> that was a great exception -- i take great exception to what you just said, the notion that somehow or other this justice department is responsible for those deaths that you mentioned, that assertion is offensive and i want to tell you that it's -- >> attorney general eric holder told jut inspector general investigation is adequate. dobbsins says it's not. >> the agency, atf, does not care what doig says, they do not care what the oig's conclusions are. jon: dobbins says that, because his case was run out of the phoenix atf office and the same officials who the oig investigation recommended get disciplined were left in place by this administration, now they are charged or are at le

. >> reporter: well, jessica, these were 90 kids, the atf and local leaders eidentified as perhaps needing nudge. today that nudge may have included 90 future leaders. there were no caps and gowns at this graduation, just a few dozen kids who spent the last 13 weeks learning how to stay out of trouble. >> in my day that's how it worked. whoever punched the hardest, that was conflict resolution. now we can give the kids the skills and abilities not to do that. >> reporter: they completed community projects like litter and graffiti cleanup while supervised and mentored. with dwindling budgets the mayor says he needs all the help he can get with p community policing. >> we do not have a large police force for the size of city we have. we're right at 40,000 population and we have less than 40 officers within our department. so they are very focused in on outcomes. how can they achieve outcomes. how can they involve the entire community to help them police the community. >> my concern for her is recognizing the -- you know, bullies out there. that's mainly my concern for her and to learn to spe

most violent criminals. >> atf. >> reporter: like this raid last year on a motorcycle gang.t's time to move in, they call out the dogs. >> in essence they're a locating tool. they're there to help us locate the hidden suspect or apprehend the fleeing suspect. >> reporter: there are seven k-9 teams scattered across the country. they occasionally come together to practice all kinds of scenarios. let's say a suspect tries to get away in a car. or maybe he decides to run. bad decision. >> there you go. there you go. >> pretty scary. >> that's why i run so far. unfortunately i can't run as fast as a dog. >> reporter: that's instructor andy wilbur as the fugitive. >> when he hit me all's i saw was stars and then the ground. >> reporter: with these dogs their bite is worse than their bark. but some barking is usually all it takes. >> most people fear dogs more than they fear firearms. oddly enough. >> reporter: jeff perryman runs the k-9 program. >> the objective for atf is to apprehend somebody without doing any harm to anybody, without our people getting hurt, without the suspect

let me go to the atf situation. we had a report by the oig that ticketed that the greater guns, that long guns have a shorter time to crime than handguns in mexico. we know the atf has no permanent director, but i believe as the oig has said, atf needs to have reporting responsibility or be able to get da and have more enforcement responsibility of this ak-47s killing people on both sides of the border with these horrible drug cartels. what is your answer to that? >> we've certain proposed that with regard to long guns along the border with regard to four states that there be a reporting requirement if somebody buys two long guns over the space of five days that are larger tha .22 caliber, if they're semiautomatic and have detachable magazines. it's a process that omb -- >> so we are working on that. i'd like to see that happen. i'll pursue it later with respect to harris county, i have a series of questions but i will ask them in writing. we submitted to the justice department a police brutality tape regarding chad

atf and other and gangs have such a strong appeal. they completed a 13 week program . stay away from the gangs. certificates were handed out with special t-shirts. >> in my day who ever punched the harest. we can give them skills not to do that. >> the program has been in affect for 20 years. >> okay, did you catch lady gaga as she kicked off the summer concert series for good morning america. >> fans camped out three days to catch that performance. she zip lined over the crowd and in a smoke filled stage. she sang several charge and changing her wardrobe and cent out a strongg anti-bullying message to america's youth. >> be someone that nurtures and if there is someone who doesn't have friends, be the person that sits with them in the cavuto at times and be the bigger person. >> yeah, you can hear the cheers. lady gaga draws praise not only for her music but the constant message of the youth of today to be themselves and original and kind to one another. c>> the golden gate bridge will turn 75. >> there is a year long program that culminates with a two-day extrave gan

let me go to the atf situation. we had a report by the oig that ticketed that the greater guns, that long guns have a shorter time to crime than handguns in mexico. we know the atf has no permanent director, but i believe as the oig has said, atf needs to have reporting responsibility or be able to get data and have more enforcement responsibility of this ak-47s killing people on both sides of the border with these horrible drug cartels. what is your answer to that? >> we've certainly proposed that with regard to long guns along the border with regard to four states that there be a reporting requirement if somebody buys two long guns over the space of five days that are larger than .22 caliber, if they're semiautomatic and have detachable magazines. it's a process that omb -- >> so we are working on that. i'd like to see that happen. i'll pursue it later with respect to harris county, i have a series of questions but i will ask them in writing. we submitted to the justice department a police brutality tape regarding

the atf and elementary school students. a unique graduation ceremony that we're going to share with you in a moment. >>> and good evening. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. fog-free conditions here across the bay right now. plenty of sunshine right throughout the san francisco bay. and as we head throughout tonight, we're looking at temperatures dropping to the 40s to near 50 in the south f bl wy have the latest on your travel forecast across the nation and right here in cole cal coming up. r >>> well, the golden gate bridge is celebrating a birthday today, but it's going to have an even bigger birthday next year. officials unveiled their plans for the 75th anniversary celebration today. it will cost about $8 million, and it will be paid for by the park service foundations and corporate sponsors like the giants. >> 75 tributes to this wonderful bridge. and the whole community will be involved. and ultimately, we will have a visitor center and historical museum at the bridge. that is the ultimate goal. but really just an

we went along as they combed the trains with the intensity of atf agents. >> we keep our wits about us and anything or anybody who is trying to harm our patrons. >> reporter: muni also upped patrols and, for some riders, it's simply too much. >> i don't think anything is gonna happen in regards to terrorists but it's okay if they want to patrol the area. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. officials admit there has been no credible threat and on a transit system with 300,000 riders a day it could be difficult to identify one. >> it's tough. you know, we do the best we can, try to be visible, and get on as many trains as we can. get off one, get on another. >> reporter: they say the watch fullness of b.a.r.t. riders could make all the difference. for randy heli who has seen evil up close. >> police and protection are a good thing. >> this type of security is exactly what country needs now. the you're riding b.a.r.t. you're also going to notice more transportation supervisors, the men and women who wear the yellow vest. it's not clear, again, how long we will see this heightened security presence. a b

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. >> officials confirmed an attack on atf by agitated patient. few of the employees suffered minor injuries. it is the latest in the series of attacks there and including one with a skull fracture and one that led to the strangling death. workers are demanding a campus wide system and police officers to be stationed inside of the hospital. >> pg&e successfully completed the first in a series of pressure test. the pipes came through with flying colors and no leaks are found. heather has the story from mountain view tonight. >> engineers held the gauge at will you pounds per square inch. they hold the water forced in the 24 inch pipe. the natural gas it normally holds was emptied last week. >> we operate at less than of you pound and testing at 600 pounds we are getting a significant margin of safety. >> the pipe dating from the late 1950s, indicated there are no weak wells or defects that could lead to the disaster like the san bruno explosion that killed eight people. >> the first thing that has happened since san bruno okay, we are turning the c

the purchasers are criminals and the people that atf were trying to get to are still targets.n our case we are looking at what went wrong. what was wrong in the organization, the aparole and oversights of what's called fast and furious that allowed for these weapons to be lost track of after they were purchased and ultimately americans and mexican officials paying with their lives because these weapons are loose. >> you bleach i.c.e. agent zapata was killed with one of these fast and furious guns. >> we have reason to believe and brian terry are the victim of these weapons found in acore dance with it and matched up. i think the important thing is as tragic as this is weren't entire process of trying to do something which we all understand, they needed to get peopleaking straw purchases. but where the controls failed and now where the coverup is going all the way to the office of the attorney general, and as chuck grassley, senator grassley said, we know it goes to his office. we know there were many of his most key lieutenants involved in this. what we can't understand is why

let me go to the atf situation. we had a report by the oig that ticketed that the greater guns, that long guns have a shorter time to crime than handguns in mexico. we know the atf has no permanent director, but i believe as the oig has said, atf needs to have reporting responsibility or be able to get data and have more enforcement responsibility of this ak-47s killing people on both sides of the border with these horrible drug cartels. what is your answer to that? >> we've certainly proposed that with regard to long guns along the border with regard to four states that there be a reporting requirement if somebody buys two long guns over the space of five days that are larger than .22 caliber, if they're semiautomatic and have detachable magazines. it's a process that omb -- >> so we are working on that. i'd like to see that happen. i'll pursue it later with respect to harris county, i have a series of questions but i will ask them in writing. we submitted to the justice department a police brutality tape regarding

we have members of the atf here, along with pepco and washington gas trying to determine what it was that set off the explosion at 3:00 this morning. i am here in rockville, i have reports that it was heard as far away as bethesda. the neighbors came out of the house as soon as the explosion was heard. knowing that a young man and woman had just moved in over the weekend and many people rushed to the area to see what they could do to help. here is what some of them saw and heard. >> there was a loud explosion around 3:00, around 2:40 and all i saw was a big cloud of smoke and flame and the next thing you know i was out here coming out and i was actually -- i was one of the first to come out and i saw the neighbor actually helping them in the back and i just went through the debris to see if they were okay. >> he was screaming his wife's name. i wasn't sure what was going on, whether she was alive or whether he was single. so i was on the phone and when i was on the phone i found her and begged them to come as fast as they can. >> reporter: now there was debris several hours away in e

i have, as i said, 114,000, 115,000, the atf, dea, a whole variety of things we've talked about here today. >> i guess my concern here is, here's an operation where we're knowingly allowing more than 1500 guns to go across the border, maybe with good intention, but obviously with consequence that is unparall unparalleled. i'm just not aware of us on a regular basis allowing and knowingly allowing guns to be put in the hands of bad guys and now we've got -- i just don't understand why that doesn't come to your attention. also, my understanding is that they are receiving task force money and these types of programs a task force must be approved at high levels, including the level of deputy attorney general. who did know about this? who did authorize this? and when did they authorize it? >> again, that is part of what the inspector general will be looking at, who exactly was involved, what the level of knowledge was, who should be held accountable, if in fact there were mistakes that were made. that's what the evinspector general will be looking at. >> is it your intention to not comply

atf and other law enforcement officers work with kids before they reach the teenager years when gangs seem to have more appeal to them. these kids completed a 13 week program that gave them reasons to avoid violence and stay away from gangs. each received assert and special t-shirt. >> in my day that is how it works. whoever punch the hardest that was conflict resolution. now we give the kids the skills and ability not to do that. >> program has been in effect now for 20 years. >>> well this is graduation season. very special time for young people and not so young as well. unfortunately for many leaving college they find options are much more limited than previous classes of students trying to get jobs. jonathan bloom reports from community college commencement in the east bay. [applause] 30 steps from the back of the gym to the podium where the college of alameda graduate will get their diplom diploma. first step towards something that 49-year-old robin sullivan wanted all her life. >> dream of mine to become a teacher to further my educatio education. i had children young and i was

we all were looking atfe flash before our eyes. >> here's the person who caused all that trouble. bay area man with passport from yemen. subdued on flight from chicago to san francisco early today after causing a ruckus outside the cockpit. >> good evening. man now in federal custody and awaiting hearing on charges of dig 0-- disobeying the orders of flight crew. the pilot remained calm as he requested a priority landing. listen. >> american 1561 we need priority handling on arrival. we have a conflict here. we need priority. >> you are receiving it. >> cool. >>reporter: suspect now in custody. federal custody has been identified as 28-year-old man here carrying a california identification card with an address in vallejo. so what happened? well his cousin tells us that the out burst is completely out of character. >> whatever he was trying to do wasn't a terrorist attack. wasn't trying to harm anybody. >>reporter: this man of vallejo shares the same name with his cousin. a man fbi is investigating for unexpectedly jumping out of his seat and branging on the cockpit door. >> under

related tovewhen >> was project -- i was wondering if that was related to product gun runner by the atfey were instructed to proceed with questionable and illegal sales to suspected straw-buyers. i would like to get your opinion projectject beg-- on gun-runner. guest: it is a stain on law enforcement. they started getting information on these purchases. a number of agencies work on the border to try to prevent guns from coming across, guns from being run from the united states and mexico or the other way around. they found out that these officials were involved in in it. in fact, the police chief was involved. they followed it and they cracked down on them when they thought they had the evidence. i am not so sure this relates as much to the program you're talking about. it is just a good effort by law enforcement at the border to talk well -- tackle a serious problem. it is in the legal system now. host: richard is a democrat in canton, illinois. welcome to the conversation. caller: i have three quick points i would like to make that i would like the senator to answer. the main reason w

. >> they did atf at one point and they did have a police report on file because he was causing someting scared. at the end of the day, your not going to be held in a jail for that. >> do you know what we saw in these e-mails, is this guy mentally disturbed or just a real pain in the whatever? he kept asking questions for clarification over and over again, criticizing his professors. they didn't know whether he was a troublemaker or whether just someone who was obsessive compulsive. at the end, they figured out this kid, this young man had real mental health issues. that's why they banned him from the school and said, he needs a psychiatric report to come back. >> the history is that in the 1970s and before, we used to lock people up all the time who made us uncomfortable, who were not what we considered normal. it was a horrible scandal that we were unjustly locking people up. mental illness is not a crime. it is an affliction. the needs of society outweigh the needs of the individual. you have to look at the rights of the individual. >> great and complex discussion. thanks for join

related tovewhen >> was project -- i was wondering if that was related to product gun runner by the atf. they were instructed to proceed with questionable and illegal sales to suspected straw-buyers. i would like to get your opinion projectject beg-- on gun-runner. guest: it is a stain on law enforcement. they started getting information on these purchases. a number of agencies work on the border to try to prevent guns from coming across, guns from being run from the united states and mexico or the other way around. they found out that these officials were involved in in it. in fact, the police chief was involved. they followed it and they cracked down on them when they thought they had the evidence. i amot so sure this relates as much to the program you're talking about. it is just a good effort by law enforcement at the border to talk well -- tackle a serious problem. it is in the legal system now. host: richard is a democrat in canton, illinois. welcome to the conversation. caller: i have three quick points i would like to make that i would like the senator to answer. the ma reason w

[applause] >> i call on president obama to order atf and the justice department officials to testify before the united states congress, and fully disclose every detail of their rope operation. mr. president, it is time to come clean. stop the stonewalling, and stopped the lights. -- stop the lies. [applause] >> because the lighting is getting people killed every single day. the justice department called mexico's drug cartels the biggest organized crime threat to the united states of america. almost -- over 1 million gained members, now active in every state in the united states. cartels are bringing drugs, murder, torture, and mayhem right into our neighborhoods. the administration does not care. while calling for more gun laws, they have done nothing to crack down on the border, and everything to make it worse. janet napolitano, the secretary of homeland security, recently told americans the border was safe. well, janet, you must have been thinking about our friends in canada. if you are talking about the mexican border, where what you said is either clueless, or is dishonest. i wen