which the atf investigates.s called in. >> i remember taking a call from a lady that owned the barn. she was very upset about losing her horses in the fire. >> the owner suspects 43-year-old russell sublet, a former farm hand. he left on bad terms. so hayes paid him a visit to ask about the barn fire and discovers something else. >> we conducted more interviews in reference to the fire and developed information that russell sublet had possession of a sawed-off shotgun. >> they are small enough to be concealed and illegal. one week later hayes gets a warrant to search sublet's house. sublet agrees to meet, but 30 minutes later, cancels saying he has to take his dad to a doctor's appointment. hayes goes to the doctor's office to present sublet with a warrant. suddenly he hops in his car and pulls out of the parking lot. >> there he goes. he's out of the hospital because there goes his car. >> the atf and state troopers are on sublet's tail, closely following him. >> we followed him for a couple of miles, trying to

the atf used to be of the treasury. when the atf was involved in the scandal of walking guns over the border into mexico, fast and furious, of the fbi guys i talked to were feeling caught literally smoke coming out of their ears sang these people are irresponsible, borderline criminal. nothing has changed in that respect. outside talking, that independently and are the section amendment, and i don't want to get into that particularly, it has to be a problem that anyone who has a criminal intention has tremendous access, far more than other countries to deadly firepower. a tremendous amount that you can access legally. also a tremendous amount that you can access with relative ease that is illegal in terms of explosive material. you cannot buy ammonium nitrate anymore without sounding alarm bells, but plenty of other materials that can be used to devastating effect which should be of concern. so i have gone on for quite a long time this. i would love to know your experiences, the things that may have concern do, whether

the fbi and atf still hate each other. it hasn't helped anything. when the atf was involved recently in the scandal of guns -- the fast and furious operation, many of the guys were fuming, there was literally his smoke coming out of their airs, -- they behave this way, nothing has changed. they also argue, and this is the outside the box top, and independently of the second amendment, and they don't want to get into that particularly, it has to be a problem with anyone who has a criminal intention -- that they have tremendous access, far more than other countries, to deadly firepower. there is a tremendous amount you can access legally, but there's also determine this amount you can access illegally in terms of explosive materials. you can buy ammonium nitrate without ringing alarm bells. they are not that hard to get ahold hold of. this is something that should concern everybody. so i have gone on for quite a long time. i would love to know your experiencesfrom other things that may have concerned you, whether the very fact that somebody comes from

that is what atf agents do. day in and day out. 1883, he was already setting our traditions of protecting communities against violent crime. and what makes it unique is that he was lost but now he has been found so to speak and we are really excited as an agency to honor him, after 130 years, during police week, at a time when we are all honouring our agents our fallen heros. >> reporter: right >> it is a wonderful opportunity. >> it is interesting too. as you step back in here i want to tell people a little bit more. you were able to track down the family even, four generations of the foot family will be here for this today. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: what is it look for them. >> i think they are so excited that their relative is finally being honored for all of his contributions not only to law enforcement, but to civil rights as well. and this is a great opportunity for them all to meet, and so now, they are one big happy family joining the atf family. >> reporter: barbara, thank you so much. we are glad, this p

. >> atf special agent in charge, tom, says catching the flashlight bomber is the agency's top priority. >> we are concerned this person will keep building these until they are caught and that's why we are aggressively following up on all leads and working it as fast as we can. >> the atf is telling anyone who sees a yellow flashlight to call police if they think it looks suspicious. for now, the salvation army will no longer be accepting flashlights after their dangerous donation. >> somehow we got it and it did explode. praise god everybody is okay. >>> you know it's memorial day when rolling thunder comes to town. the motorcycle group held a vigil at the veteran's memorial last night. tomorrow is the big event. the group is meeting before riding over to the lincoln memorial. this weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the group's memorial day demonstration. and preparations are well underway for the concert on the national mall. american idol runner up, jessica sanchez, got no down him earlier this week. she is one of several performers who will take the stage tomorrow night for a sho

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an atf led operation. dismantling violent robbery crews in oakland. >> robbery crews are some of the most violent criminals on our street. they arm themselves and go into drug and money stash houses. >> reporter: 60 suspects were taken into custody during the 120-day operation. >> atf arguments and opd officers seized 92 firearms along with 3-kilograms of marijuana, 1 kilogram of heroin. >> reporter: the shooting deaths of three children prompted the call for additional help. >> the tipping point for me was the fact that we had three toddlers that were murdered last year. the fact we didn't have enough resources. we've asked for help from the feds. >> former massachusetts governor mitt romney won the texas primary election tonight. he has unofficially clinched the republican nomination for president. tonight he was in las vegas. romney got more than the required number of delegates he needed. that will be made official at the republican national invention. >>> tomorrow the owners of this mansion are hostin

attorney and atf agent in charge of this operation announced the full outcome. that involves 60 suspects being arrested, 92 firearms off the street as well as drugs, heroin, cocaine, meth and march -- and marijuana. >> to combat violent crime in oakland, to take guns off the street and target and infiltrate robbery crews involved in dangerous confrontations that in er innocent and not so innocent people. >>> through the partnership atf has removed some of the most violent career criminals from the streets. >> reporter: some of federal charges that the suspects face include using acé]z gun during a crime of violence or drugs. also dealing guns and assaulting federal agents. it looks like the news conference has wrapped up. laura anthony was inside as well, she will be bringing more details later in our broadcast. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> a 6-year-old boy has died from injuries he suffered in a drunk driving crash in berkeley earlier this month. his mother was killed at the scene. her boyfriend was critically injured. police say the boyfriend's blood alcohol

for help >> help came in the form of 44 undercover federal agents, half of them from out-of-state >> atf brought in season under cover veterans from around the country >> police say the under covers blew the lid off a gun trafficking operation that twins were running out of an oakland auto body shop >> that is a lot of firearms in one place >> the operation also resulted in the arrest of three men in a richmond parking lot. police say the men had agreed to sell an undercover agent a grenade launcher and then tried to rob him. the goal of the operation is to get criminals like these into federal prisons out of state. if convicted they will be paroled where they did time making it unlikely they will come back to oakland for a very long time. the mayor says the strategy has already started to work. there has been a 49% drop of murders >> this group has given neighborhoods a breather and the community needs to continue to work with us. >> the chief says that phase two of the operation will take a look at where the guns were coming from and how they're getting into oakland. although the state

attorney's office would not comment, but an atf spokesperson says, quote, we are not in a position to second guess a judge's decision. >>> a major drug bust has interrupted the flow of heroin into northern california. state and federal agents arrested a dozen nortena gang members. it is the culmination of a operation called "operation middle man." during raids in east palo alto, hayward and oakland they seized guns and marijuana and methamphetamine. they say they bought three pounds of heroin during the course of the investigation. >>> facebook's initial public offering keeps getting bigger. cnbc says facebook will issue 85 million shares pushing the total number to more than 420 million. facebook could read more than $16 billion if it sells those shares at its proposed price. and before the big ipo, general motors is reportedly unfriending facebook bay pulling its ads. the nation's largest auto maker determined that the ads have little affect on consumers. >>> another whale found entangled in netting. it is the second this week. what rescuers are doing to free this humpback near mont

attorney and atf agent in charge of this operation announced the full outcome. that involves 60 suspects being arrested, 92 firearms off the street as well as drugs, heroin, cocaine, meth and march -- and marijuana. >> to combat violent crime in oakland, to take guns off the street and target and infiltrate robbery crews involved in dangerous confrontations that in er innocent and not so innocent people. >>> through the partnership atf has removed some of the most violent career criminals from the streets. >> reporter: some of federal charges that the suspects face include using acé]z gun during a crime of violence or drugs. also dealing guns and assaulting federal agents. it looks like the news conference has wrapped up. laura anthony was inside as well, she will be bringing more details later in our broadcast. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> a 6-year-old boy has died from injuries he suffered in a drunk driving crash in berkeley earlier this month. his mother was killed at the scene. her boyfriend was critically injured. police say the boyfriend's blood alcohol

did with the fact that somebody put a gun to atf's atf officers had the aids pretty shocking. >>> defenseued in court that he played a minor role on the crime but prosecutors believe he is a drug abuser who's been in trouble before, says the judge's move sounds like an attempt at rehabilitation. >>> the charges be serious but it's obvious the judge care is a little bit about his potential. >>> the lawyer did return a call and request for comments and prosecutors have argued he is a flight risk if released on bond he was still with his grandmother in sebastopol. in oakland kristen air cbs five. >>> hit the eye opening test drive it shows just how quickly it text on the wheel can turn it into a car crash. >>> mcdonald is taking a healthy fast food to level the bay area city getting a mickey d's like you've never seen before. >>> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and drive of the drivers do anyway. seeing is believing alan martin shows us what is being done to drive home the message. >>> the average teenagers spends 60 text messages a day. and they're dragging their eyes at&t and business to sell wireless

attorney's office would not comment, but an atf spokesperson says, quote, we are not in a position to second guess a judge's decision. >>> a major drug bust has interrupted the flow of heroin into northern california. state and federal agents arrested a dozen nortena gang members. it is the culmination of a operation called "operation middle man." during raids in east palo alto, hayward and oakland they seized guns and marijuana and methamphetamine. they say they bought three pounds of heroin during the course of the investigation. >>> facebook's initial public offering keeps getting bigger. cnbc says facebook will issue 85 million shares pushing the total number to more than 420 million. facebook could read more than $16 billion if it sells those shares at its proposed price. and before the big ipo, general motors is reportedly unfriending facebook bay pulling its ads. the nation's largest auto maker determined that the ads have little affect on consumers. >>> another whale found entangled in netting. it is the second this week. what rescuers are doing to free this humpback near mont

atf will give the reward if the information leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible. >>> the edge on virginia. loudoun county police say the accident happened on evergreen mills road. the driver of the car has died and there is no word on the status of the dump truck driver. >>> tonight, dispatching a new team of military trainers to yemen in the wake of a foiled bomb plot against a u.s. airliner. u.s. military officials confirmed the decision as new concerns are ramping up. fox 5s tom fitzgerald is following this new. >> reporter: it appears they're going to pick up from where they left off. and they were -- to storm and displace the al qaeda networks and asked to leave following a series of attacks. the u.s. has 100 train or the way to disrupt further attacks and they're looking at the question of who this new wave of activity in yem sep something the u.s. has to be concerned about. this latest bomb plot appears to have strike resemblances to the christmas 2009 underwear bomber plot that nearly detonated a flight over detroit by mutallab. officials say the updated

attorney's office would not comment, but an atf spokesperson says, quote, we are not in a position toess a judge's decision. >>> a major drug bust has interrupted the flow of heroin into northern california. state and federal agents arrested a dozen nortena gang members. it is the culmination of a operation called "operation during raids in east palo alto, hayward and oakland they seized guns and marijuana and methamphetamine. they say they bought three heroe course of the investigation. >>> facebook's initial public offering keeps getting bigger. cnbc says facebook will issue 85 million shares pushing the 420l number to more than million. facebook could read more than $16 billion if it sells those shares at its price.d price. and before the big ipo, general motors is reportedly unfriending facebook bay pulling its ads. the nation's largest auto maker determined that the ads have little affect on consumers. >>> another whale found entangled in netting. it is the second this week. what rescuers are doing to free this humpback near monterey. >> i'm michael finney. 24r* is new concern ab

all five coconspirators were taken into custody last night while the fbi and atf -- by the fbi and atf shortly after they attempted to detonate these devices. >> the group wanted to plan several plots to terrorize the cleveland metropolitan area. >>> earlier today we talked to virginia congressman gerald connolly about the arrest. mr. connolly is a member of the house foreign committee on terrorism. they're saying homegrown terrorism is not something new. >> sadly we've had homegrown terrorism in this country for a long time. it's sadly a long tradition and so we just need to stay vigilant. i think that's really the lesson from this latest incident. >> congressman connolly says since 9/11 the cooperation among our local governments and fbi has grown exponentially, but we will always be a target and must remain vigilant. the fbi says it's gotten hundreds of tips on a former d.c. elementary school teacher since adding him to their 10 most wanted fugitives list. 30-year-old eric toth was added to the list last month accuse of producing child porn, has been on the run since '08. the fbi be

atf special agent scott thompson. >> their some of the most violent criminals on the streets.ups of offenders who arm themselves and go into fraud and money stash houses to steal from other criminals. >>haaziq: 60 suspects were taken into custody during a 120 day operation. >> agents and officers seized 92 firearms along with nearly 4 kgs of methamphetamines and 3 kgs of marijuana, 1 kg of heroin and a half a kilogram of crack cocaine. >>haaziq: the chief says the shooting death of three children prompted the call for additional help. >> the tipping point for me was the fact that we have three toddlers murdered last year. we looked at our resources and the fact we did not have enough resources, we ask for help from the feds. this is the result of the help we ask for. hall >>catherine: some of the residents told police that they heard arguing near the area about 530 anhui enhance data and the same time i saw them was the same time it was reported yesterday. cuffs her >>catherine: there are no suspects in custody in a corner is now trying to identify the victim to determine exac

they had a shuffling at the atf and u.s. attorney general and the u.s.ttorney for arizona resigned. there was wrong doing here. he called it a regrettable situation and apologized to the family but we still don't know who in the world thought it was a good idea from the beginning to have the firearms going over the border to mexico to track them to drug king pens. the only place we have found them is next to the body of a dead agent. >> judge jeanine: how do you respond to the fact that eric holder uppishially said he knew nothing and then new nothing and next time said he knew it sooner than he said he knew it. >> that is why he has been there seven times. >> the fact that issa is just seeing the light. >> has it been around since 2006. >> some forms this of but not operation fast and furious. it began in october of 2009 according to the attorney general's own testimony and by march 23, 2011 president obama himself came out and said a serious mistake may have been made. >> judge jeanine: the direness is that the guns weren't tracked. why didn't they tra

. >> between the federal atf and oakland police. one top official believe is already made the city safer. >> in just under 120 days operation gideon klab aretive operation between atf and o pd resulted in rae move of over 90 firearms on the streets of oakland. >> this group has given the neighborhood a breather and the community needs continue to work with this. >> 90 arrest in all. 60 face federal charges. 30 state charges. these twin brother christian and francisco deltor row charged with selling guns out of the east oakland body shop. police seized scene of them including high powered rifles. >> with this amount of guns being sold on the street, i think you can kind of connect the dots to why we have the number of firearms latest shootings and homicides we do. >> 3 suspects arrested in richmond including month pwlichlt he and 2 other men were allegedly trying to sell grenade launcher to undercover atf agent but instead according to prosecutors they pulled a gun and tried to rob him. shots fired in the parking lot of a busy restau

william henderson will be added to the atf memorial mall. he was killed in mississippi 1883 and is the first african american federal law enforcement official killed in the line of duty in post reconstruction era. he was lynched after intervening to save another man from being lynched days earlier. now we are talking more about today's ceremony with the acting director of the atf in our 9:00 a.m. hour. the candlelight service was held for police officers, corrections officers and military police killed in the line of duty, 362 law enforcement officers were formally dedicated on the walls of the national law enforcement officers memorial. eric holder delivered the key note. >> these men and women place safety and security of others, above their own. when facing uncertain dangers and confronting unpredictable threats they consistently respond with courage, selflessness and strength. >> today's other events include an honor guard competition and conference for surviving children of fallen officers. >> time now 7:10 a.m., monday morning. still a

and in the minds of his followers, when those atf agents are coming across that field there in february of '93, they're playing right into his religious apocalyptic theodicy. so i found myself out on mount megiddo in israel, overlooking the plain of armageddon. and if you know a little bit of mythology in revelation, the plain of armageddon is where the mother of all battles is going to take place. so in this short roll-in, i'm just kind of musing about how the apocalypse in the book of revelation could be reapplied and reinterpreted doctrinally to be an apocalyptic theodicy for people who find themselves suffering in this own culture. did jim jones in fact have an apocalyptic theodicy? something to keep in mind. but let's check the roll-in. >> looking out on the peaceful jezreel valley on the sabbath, we see people coming home from the beach, crops growing in the field- indeed a peaceful scene. but as we've mentioned, this is armageddon- the field of armageddon, where the mother of all battles will take place. now it's an interesting case. we've mentioned that this is a kind of eschato

the arrest was a culmination of an atf operation gone bad. mobley, his cousin and another man accused of to sell a grenade launcher. according to court papers who accomplices aimed loaded weapons at the under cover agent. shots were fired and two guns were found on the ground. now district judge affirmed lower court's decision to release mobley on a $150,000 bond, pending trial. he will live on his grandmother's rural property with an electronic ankle bracelet and one more condition. that mobley read and write at least 90 minutes every day. >> i have seen a lot of unusual conditions but have never seen anything like this. i don't nochl i can't imagine what the rationale is for requiring him to read books and make book reports. >> prosecutors appealed the release order. he did not have a gun, mobley is still charged with brandishing a firearm and assaulting a federal officer. court papers say mobley uses alcohol and elicit drugs regularly, as a criminal background including a conviction for domestic battery z he admitted he quote shot someone

there is a collaboration between federal atf ask police, one top official believe is already made the city safer. >> this is operation giddeon that resulted in a removeal of over 90 firearms from the streets. >> this group has given this neighborhood a breather. the community continues to work with us. >> there are 90 arrests in all. there are 30 state charges and these brothers are charged with selling guns out of their east oakland body shop. police seized 16 of them. >> with this amount of guns being sold on the streets, you can kind of connect the dots is why we have the number of firearms that we do. >> three suspects were arrested in richmond including otis mobely allegedly trying to sell a grenade launcher to an under cover agent but according to prosecutors they pulled a gun and tried to rob him. and there are shot fired. once going to trial they were nabbed on federal charges face long prison jents autos in a federal prison there is 86% of the time. >> there are residents in oakland deserve safe and liveable neighborhoods and we're watching. we'll find you. we'll prosecute yo

a "seattle times" investigation found atf put him up in a cheap mo tell last year. an undercover agent and then attacked her for days. we want to bring in one of the reporters who helped uncover this case. you actually found the domation. how did this happen? >> well, we were closed about mr. jackson's es capades in the motel. we assessed, you know, what kind of background he had and what the atf might have known when they brought him in as an informant. we've reached out to them here at cnn. we couldn't get an interview but we could get a statement. we could not identify a confidential informant. however, i that must adhere to strict rules. atf officials are investigating the allegations made by the "seattle times" to ensure that employees are complying with all a liapplicable law enforcement d the general public. is it possible they may have actually complied with all the different laws in trying to use this certain as an informant and something just went wrong that might have been out of their control. one of the things they are to look at is criminal history as

but it was an atf agent so maybe he can do reports on how the atf handled waco and ruby ridge and total other snafu's. i like diversion out of prison. nobody ever comes out of prison a better person with the exception of mike tyson and bill. give it a shot. if they can protect the citizenry from this guy and his grandma's house, i would rather see him do that than go to jail. >> i guess the solution is, you can commit a crime and your punishment is your wonderful grandmother cooks for you while you read. >> they just need education. if they had books they wouldn't rob people. >> this guy has to read a book a day and then write a book report every other day? what is he an x man? >> he only has to do 90 minutes of reading. >> a half hour of book reports. but a half hour of book reports every day. how many books can he do? >> maybe he is afraid of books. maybe this is like the perfect sentence. >> they found out -- they did a psych exam and found out he is definitely afraid of books. >> she should read a book on calculaters. you can't read a book a day and do a book report every day. >> bi

attorney are talking about operation gideon, the atf led joint operation with otb primarily targeting illegal weapons. >> robbery crews are some of the most violent criminals. " when costs >>catherine: they say the man ran towards an officer as he pulled a metallic objects from his pocket that turned out to be black metal of object. >> i am hurt because they took my son's father away from him. >> he is the father of three children. the sun in this picture is 10 years old. he also has a 20 year-old daughter and 18 year-old son. his son was also arrested the same night his father was shot for resisting arrest. >> he wanted the best for his children theory if from a he worked hard to support his children. >> he has a criminal past. five convictions including manslaughter. when he was 17 he accidentally shot and killed a friend. >> he did have a past, but he has changed. >> she said he grew up a tough in oakland in and moved to vallejo to turn his life around. this photo was from his job at a napa winery but he had trouble escaping his demons. " two of his previous felonies are from as la

atf says they will give the reward if the information leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. >>> placing it in the safety of or constitution where it will be safe from the whims of state justice, who might seek to redefine marriage for us. >>> i thought they were more progressive than the rest of the south. >> north carolina passed a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman. the ban got 69% of the vote. it eliminates other domestic unions from carrying legal status. that could disrupt protection orders for unmarried couples. >>> long time senator, dick lugger lost an indiana primary, beaten by tea party favorite, richard murdoch. he has been a fixture in the senate almost 4 decades but was targeted as to moderate, by conservatives in the state. he lost a lot of support for not having a permanent home in indiana. >>> not so surprising result from tuesday's primary, is that mitt romney swept the republican contest. romney easily took the vote in indiana, north carolina, west virginia, at this point romney has 919 delegates on his way t

six people were hurt by the second blast including a federal atf agent the they said it was a miracle that the second blast did not kill anyone. that was the women's clinic in sandy strings, georgia in 1997. this year another women's clinic in the same place just about a mile from the bombing was hit by burglaries. that could just be a random break in. a couple of months before that another women's clinic had been burglarized. it was a place about 15 miles away from the sandy springs location. there was one burglary and another one in early march and then two weeks after the clinic this sandy springs was burglarized there was another break in at the offices of the georgia society. three burglaries and then a couple of weeks after the third burglary, on april 5th, the atlanta journal constitution published this letter. it's a letter arguing against a 20-week abortion ban that was just passed. it came from the infertility conso consortium. the letter was not signed by any medical member. they said a professional group of doctors opposes the bill recently passed that out laws abortions a

. >>> the atf offering up to $5,000 for information following fire that injured seven prince georges county firefighters. ruled arson. of the seven firefighters injured, two separate critical life changing injuries. atf says they'll give the reward if the information leads to an arrest. >>> funeral services today for an ellicott city priest killed inside her church. dr. mary marg retearite-kohn. douglas jones killed them and took his own life. he had been banned from the food bank because of aggressive behavior. funeral services for brewington are scheduled for thursday. >>> another big story tonight, metro riders jumped into action when they spotted a man grab another passenger's iphone. the riders cornering the suspected thief. fox 5's sherry lee has the story. >> it's a typical night on metro as a crowd of passengers unloads from a red line train at the van s station, notice a man running from the far end of the platform near the escalator after snatching an iphone. metro surveillance cameras captured it all last month. another camera shows how fellow passengers react, chasing the

arrest culmination of atf operation gone bad. he the cousin and another man accused of trying to sell grenade launcher to agent in the parking lot of a restaurant. according to federal court papers the 2 accomplice aimed loaded weapon at the undercover agent. shots fire. one suspect was hit in the leg and 2 gun found on the ground. now federal district june gonzalez rodgers has affirmed the lower court decision to release the man on 150,000 dollar bond end pending trial. live on his grandmother rural property with electronic ankle bracelet and june rodgers added one more condition. that he read and write at least 90 minutes every day. >> i have seen a lot of unusual conditions of release in the past but i have never seen anything like this. l i don't know. i can't imagine about what the rationale is for requiring him to read books and make book reports. >>reporter: federal pros cawtors have appealed judge rogers release order. though he did not have a gun he's still charged with bran dish ago firearm and assault ago federal offic

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. >> reporter: you're looking at just a handful of the guns oakland police and atf agents have pulled off the streets over the past few months as part of operation gideon, an effort to arrest the most dangerous criminals. >> these were firearms taken out of the hands of those we determined were the worst of the worst criminals and those responsible for the shootings. >> reporter: they announced the results of the undercover operation this morning. they've arrested nearly 100 people including a man who alleg allegedly orchestrate add bogus deal to stop a grenade launcher to undercover agents in richmond back in march. >> we hope what we've accomplished so far sends a strong message to those who choose to engage in violent crime on the streets of oakland. we are watching. we will find you. we will prosecute you, and you will be removed from the community. >> reporter: chief howard jordan says he called on the atf for help following the killings of three young children last year. >> just the fact three toddlers were killed in our city last year, and we reached out to the feds and this is

atf agents and local police have been teaming up to now suspects who have attempted armed robberies and tried to sell drugs. today the u.s. attorney for northern california said that more than 60 people now face federal charges and more locally. >> our work here in oakland continues. but we hope that what we have accomplished so far sends a strong message to those that choose to engage in violent crime on the streets of oakland. we're watching, we will find you, and we will prosecute you and you will be removed from the community. >> so far nearly 100 guns have been seized as well as various illegal drugs including derwin and crack cocaine. >> billions of dollars will be needed to upgrade pg&e pipelines thaw following the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. so who will be footing the bill? cate caugurian tells us that one day every lawmaker wants to make sure that it is not the customer. >> we expect and deserve for the penalty money to be used to improve the deficient pipeline system in their neighborhood. >> the bill says that 200 million pg&e set aside for funds should be used to pa

an undercover atf operation goes bad in march in richmond. agents shot at suspects, trying to sell them a grenade launcher. court documents say one of those men, 23-year-old otis maubly, didn't call a weapon on agents. but is facing conspiracy to commit robbery. under the law, he is liable for the group's crimes. >> two people go into to rob some place, and one person is the lookout and the other is the gunman, it's the same for both of them. >> his attorney asked to release the young father on bond. 11 people vouched for the alleged drug user. the judge agreed to release him to his grandmother's custody, on $150,000 bond. on several conditions. judge yvonne gonzales rogers said mobley must read one book a day. >> having to read and write reports, the judge is being creative. it could be that the judge sees the potential of this particular defendant and says, you know, if he did a little school work, it might help him get a job. >> reporter: it could be the judge's way of steering mobley away from scenes like this in richmond. the judge did m

oakland police asked for help and got it with undercover atf agents trying to dismantle organized crime and robbery crews. they are heavily armed to rob drug houses or high risk locations. police seized 92 guns. charges include unlawful gun dealing, drug trafficking, and assaulting federal agents. >> as a result of this operation, a significant number of weapons have been taken off the street, and some serious offenders have been introduced and in some instances reintroduced to the federal judicial system and the local judicial system. >> this highlights the proliferation of violent offenders armed in the city of oakland and the danger our officers face each day. we will continue our fight to rid this community of guns and violence precipated by them. this operation will continue indefinitely. >> reporter: investigators say in addition to all the guns they seized, they also seized a significant amount of methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, and crack cocaine. investigators say one defendant has already pled guilty. live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> clear sailing now

we lost all of our law enforcement agencies, the secret service, atf, kus tcustoms, buts something that has sort of fed our growth as an important player in our security. that's two new offices. a policy office that is specifically dedicated to developing innovative approaches to combatting elicit finance and an intelligence shop. we now at the treasury department have our own intelligence unit that is comprised of analysts whose day in day out mission is to develop financial intelligence to help us understand the networks that are involved in a variety of elicit conduct. whether it's narcotics trafficking, terrorist financing, transnational organized crime, weapons proliferation, these analysts working with others in the intelligence community, help us understand where we should be targeting our efforts. so adding on top of the preexisting regulatory responsib responsibleties that we have, the policy shop and intel shop, we now are able to not only be much more effective in combatting finance dmesically, but we're able to take it internationally in a way that is quite useful in pursuin

atf says the agency is not in a position to second guess a judge's decision. >>> a killer believed toficer is terrorizing one southern state. police believe he pulled over two people in mississippi in fake traffic stops and shot the drivers. tahman bradley with the hunt for the killer. >> reporter: police are urging divers in mississippi and surrounding states to be on alert as authorities search for a shooter who may be posing as a police officer. this morning local and state police along with federal law enforcement are launching a massive manhunt in mississippi to find in person who may be pulling cars over on the side of the road and killing the drivers. >> we'll continue to hunt this person down. >> in these times definitely best to be cautious when you are traveling. >> reporter: last tuesday 74-year-old man was driving from nebraska to florida along this remote stretch of i-55 in northern mississippi, he was shot and killed. >> this is a violent end to a kind man's life. >> reporter: three days later 50 miles away a woman was found dead along another highway. authorities say th