cameras in attica protect both attica inmates and cushions officers.it will check the truth more than anything else. amy: meanwhile, others have called for attica prison to be shut down. this comes as a fourth officer who beat williams saw his charges dropped after he testified before a grand jury, and is now back to work in his old job. all of this is detailed in an explosive new investigation headlined, "a brutal beating wakes attica's ghosts: a prison infamous for bloodshed, faces a reckoning as guards go on trial." it was reported by our guest tom robbins, with the marshall project, and published in collaboration with "the new york times." a big front-page spread on sunday. the marshall project is a nonprofit news outlet focused on criminal justice issues, and named after the late supreme court justice thurgood marshall. we are also joined by antonio yarbough, who served 20 years in attica prison. he was convicted for a triple murder he did not commit, and was released last year after he was fully exonerated. welcome both of you to democracy now! t

attica! attica! attica! al: you want to play rough? ok. say hello to my little friend! al: you want to learn the first rule? you would know if you have spent a day in your life. you never open your mouth until you know what the shot is. >> there was a time i could see, and i have seen boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out and their legs ripped off. but there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. there is no prosthetic for that. al: if it's between you and some poor bastard who's wife is going to be turned into a widow, brother, you are going down. >> this guy is the top scientist in the number three tobacco company in america. he is a corporate officer. this guy is the ultimate insider. he's got something to say and i want him to say it. i want him on "60 minutes." >> you may call it mercy killing. i call it something else. i call it a medical service for an agonizing and terribly suffering patient. that is what i call it. charlie: over the years, many of his contemporaries have spoken about him on this show. >> is almost impossible for hi

>> in 1992, larry king interviewed mark chapman via remote feed in attica. >> mark, why are you blaming book? >> i'm not blaming a book. i'm blaming myself for crawling inside of a book. i want to say that j.d. salinger and "catcher in the rye" did not cause me to kill john lennon. in fact, i wrote j.d. salinger i got his box number from someone, and i apologized to him for this. >> in october 1980, chapman turns his resentment against phonies towards john lennon when he reads an article about the upcoming release of "double fantasy." >> this thing when i got angry at lennon. you're familiar with the dakota. it's a very nice building. seeing him on the dakota, i'm angry and i say to myself, that phony, that bastard. i got that mad, i took the book home to my wife and i said look, he's a phony. >> this is his calendar from december of '89 to december of '90. it leads you all the way through his manic months before lennon's death. >> writer jim gaines spent hundreds of hours between 1984 and 1985 interviewing mark chapman. >> and you can see it becomes crazier and crazier with crossings-o

. >>> hear ideas on how to boost business attica casinos. the first at harris casino in chester. the second in fishtown. the industry officials plan to testify about what's needed for pennsylvania casinos to stay competitive with gambling outlets in nearby states. in november state gaming officials awarded the second license to a group that plans to build a casino near the stadium in south philadelphia. the decision spoiled a developers plans to build a casino on the site of the old philly inquirer building. he was the last of three losing bid irs to drop his appeal of the board's decision. >>> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >>> time to hit the closet and find that winter coat that you may have put away yesterday with the mild weather. we saw 68 degrees yesterday. the winter cold is back this morning along with gusty wind that is keep the cold air coming in today and tomorrow. good news lots of sunshine for today and tomorrow. but, come friday just as spring is getting ready to come our way, we'll be tracking snow in the area. 31 no

happening today, pennsylvania lawmakers will be in the area to hear ideas on how to boost business attica see knows. they will hold two public hearings, one in chester, the second in sugar house casino. they plan to testify about what's needed for pennsylvania casinos to stay competitive in nearby states. in november they awarded philadelphia's second casino license to the live group ébz build the stadium next to the complex in philadelphia. it spoiled the plans to build a casino in spring garden. he was the last of three bidders an dropped the appeal. >>> big names in the business world are going to meet with veterans looking for a job. it won't be face-to-face. this is being done online. katy zachry is live in center city to explain. tell us more about this katy. >> this is a virtual career fair for veterans only. it's for the philadelphia area only. how do veterans apply? they go online between 1:00 and 3:00 today. any veteran looking for a job log on to veteranrecruiting.com. the goal is to connect veterans with employers in the area. two dozen big names in the business world are offe

attica! >> say hello to my little friend. >> you want to know the first rule? you would know if you have spent a day in your life. you never open your mouth until you know what the shot is. >> there was a time i have seen. boys like these, younger than these, their arms torn out and their legs ripped off. but there is nothing like the site of an amputated spirit. there is no prostatic for that. >> if it's between you and some poor bastard who's wife is going to be turned into a widow, brother, you are going down. >> the top scientist, a corporate officer. this guy is the ultimate insider. he's got something to say and i want him to say it. >> you may call it mercy killing. i call it something else. i call it a medical service for an agonizing and terribly suffering patient. charlie: many of his contemporaries have spoken about him on this show. >> is almost impossible for him to do it in false. he doesn't know how to. he won't be able to get out of the chair if there's a line of truth in him that's in violetate. it were you see the magnificence is in earnst. >>

attica. >> ok, you want to play rough, ok.ay hello to my little friend. >> you want to learn the first rule you would know if you ever spent a day in your life. there was a time i could see. and i have seen, boys like these come a younger than these, their arms torn out and their legs ripped off. but there is nothing like the site of an amputated spirit. there is no prosthetic for that. >> if it is between you and its hump or vassar whose wife you will turn into a widow,, you are going down. >> the sky is the top scientist in the number three tobacco company. he never hear whistleblowers from these companies. he is an insider, he hasn't been to say. >> you may call a mercy killing i call it something else. i call it a medical service for an agonized suffering patient. that is what i call it. charlie: over the years, many contemporaries have spoken about him on other show. flex -- not >> his blind will go, he does not know how to not act. there is a line of truth in him that is where you can really see it to its magnificence, t

. >>> in san francisco vandals broke glass in the big sand box attica russ park. no kids got to play there because -- the grass. the destruction caused about $100,000 in damage will likely delay the opening of the north side of the park. san francisco police have made two arrests. the chief is trying to improve the safety at the park. >> this is an amazing park it us frustrating when people brutal lies it. unfortunately, the park is not unique. god en -- golden gate park has been vanned all lied. it point to the need for us to invest more in our park patrol and of the forms of parking security -- security. >> one of the most important bowls of the project is to have new and larger restrooms which is almost completed. the final stretches of the pathways will be paved in the coming weeks and sciences at the park should be installed soon. >>> and we have breaking news tonight out of san jose firefighters are responding to a major injury and fatal crash on lee ward drive near al fred way. the accident was reported around 7:00 this evening. fire officials say one perso

like i remember when you were in "dog day afternoon" and said attica?o it. but he's probably so bummed that he's so good. >> it's also really nerve-wracking because i don't usually like to meet people that i admire a lot because i'm afraid that i'll say something horrible or that they'll be horrible and i won't like their stuff anymore. i just get so nervous. this time i was like, yeah, in "dog day afternoon" which i've seen every week ever since i was 17. it's like you were like a child actor in that. and he's like what? no, no, i mean like so imaginative and you weren't -- you're not self-conscious and -- like a great child actor. and he's like, yeah. [ laughter ] but he was so gracious. he was like i know what you mean. i wasn't aware of the cameras. yes. that's while trying to say. >> jimmy: security. let's get him out of here. let's go. [ laughter ] but either way, it turned out all right. >> and he was amazing. such an amazing guy. >> jimmy: you haven't seen him since? >> no. but we text a little bit. >> jimmy: what? >> he loves emoticons. [ laugh

. >> okay, thank you very much indeed and luciana assist and professor of studies attica qatar universitye moved to neighboring lebanon to join tens of thousands of people there and we report on the tight restrictions they are having to live under. >> reporter: she is too old to care for her disabled and mentally challenged daughters but she has no other choice. there are palestinian refugees who came to lebanon when their neighborhood in damascus became a battleground two years ago. they say they are barely coping with a little help they get but they were alone when the eldest daughter died from lung infection. >> translator: no one was next to me to help her, she died in my arms and no one came in time to bring a doctor. >> reporter: she and her daughters live in the largest palestinian refugee camp in lebanon and is overcrowded and people are poor. now they are sharing this space with thousands of palestinians who escaped the work in syria. >> translator: we have been under pressure since the arrival of syrian palestinians. they are our brothers but we are already finding it hard to su

. >>> i'm joined in the studio but a professor of middle east history attica at qatar and how far do it will go? >> i think countries started already just to what i call to roadmap, to yemen after this you know operation finishes. i think what is appearing now that the g.c.c. have a plan that security council should be on board and there would be a roadmap and chapter 7. >> they want chapter 7 and is a good point >> they want an international community to be on board and want to have the stick in hand of someone and the progress of the, you know, political solution and they wanted to make sure also that he is out of the game 100% and it's very clear at this time they don't want him to by think in yemen and want to make sure that he is not there because there is a strong belief now he was, you know fully in charge of pushing the what we are thinking. this roadmap seems to if it gets the support from international community. >> do you think it will? >> i think it will. it may face problem from russia because of the good relation between iran and russia, this is possible. there was a co

why did he not go to attica? this at this too inserted himself in to every imaginable situation. i found a quote about 12 years into this. he was in trust for $12 million so he decided he would write a memoir, make some cash. he didn't write the book but it did over 500 pages in all history. and if there is a sentence that comes closer than anything else and he said that whenever i found myself in a position where i was uncomfortable and i was probably willing to pull back until such time as i felt i could be in control. that it seems to me humanized is not an rockefeller more than anything he said. it suggests vulnerabilities in the men that were at least the equal of his soaring ambition. but it also raises several questions about what kind of candidate or president he would have been. why? nelson rockefeller never got over franklin roosevelt. there was an inscribed picture of fdr in his office. he was a very great man and he explained how -- she understood as roosevelt had understood the democratic system with their inequities you have to be willing in a proactive way to ident