a district court judge denied bail friday for barrett.est on the attack and the history of this dangerous game. >> reporter: 27-year-old conrad barrett has been charged with a hate crime for knocking out a 79-year-old african-american man. a houston judge said that the crime was vicious and barrett stalked his victim. there is strong evidence he committed this offense. it is a hate crime. according to the federal complaint barrett attacked because of the man's race and color and he made a video of the attack where he allegedly said, quote, the man is to see if i would hit a black person, would this be nationally televised? in a separate video he allegedly uses the "n" word and said that african-americans have fully experienced the blessings of evolution. the attack happened here in katy texas. barrett's attorney claims he was bipolar but was off his meds the night of the attack. later he went to this bar and showed off the video to bystander, one of them an off-duty police officer. knockout incidents have dated as far back as 1992, but vi

barrett never spoke and entered no plea.is lawyer said he was diagnosed with by polar disorder and battled alcoholism for a decade. he feels badly about his actions and is extremely depressed. 234* washington, james rosen, fox news. >> james, thank you. secretary of state john kerry shedding back to the middle east for another round of talks. but there is a new obstacle that could make that con conversation an uncomfortable one. still to come, weighing in on the brand-new nsa data mining rule. >>> welcome back, everybody. now for a look at the other headlines making news right now. a million americans will be cutoff from receiving jobless benefits. congress leaving without voting for an extension. president obama is said to be pushing for the benefits when congress returns. and we may never know why lanza went on that deadly rampage. his mother told a friend that adam had become increasingly despondent before the shooting spree. and video of a pair of hikers being plucked out of a canyon near pasadena, california. take a loo

barrett's lawyer will be joining us exclusively.y has more on this story for you. >> reporter: 27-year-old conrad barrett has been charged with a hate crime for knocking out a 79-year-old african-american man. a houston judge said that crime was vicious and barrett struck his victim. there is strong evidence he committed this offense. it is a hate crime. according to the federal xlanltering attacked because of the man's race and color. and he made a video of the attack where he allegedly said, quote, the plan is to see if write to hit a black person work this be nationally televised? in a separate video he uses the n word and says african-americans haven't fully experienced the blessing of evolution. the brutal attack happened here in katy, texas, in november. the victim who does not wachbt to be identified suffered two jaw fractures and was in the hospital for several days, according to the federal xlanlt. barrett's attorney claim he is bipolar but was off his medicine the night of the attack. later he went to this bar and showed o

and the violent crime is simply the extreme consequence of this failed policy. >> ifill: paul barrettere should this be addressed. if he state level, the local level, prevention that needs to be addressed first. >> i think it's all of the above. i think prevention is certainly a big part of this issue. i think trying to separate out the radioactive second amendment related debate from the potentially more specific and not necessarily specificly gun related issues of mental health that we're talking about here this evening, would be a huge step forward. i think that's an area where a lot of consensus could be found. and i think it has to be addressed at all levels. it has to be addressed at federal level with funding, state and local agencies will ultimately be the ones that have to carry it out and even nonprofit and private organizations that are part of the picture-- picture as well. >> dr. lieberman, help me with something today, i read that the rate of mass shootings has increased but the rate of gun homicides is actually down. how do those two things coexist. how can that be? >>

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. >> 27-year-old conrad barrett hasn't been in a whole lot of trouble with the law. he is charged with a federal hate crime. according to federal court documents, on november 24th, barrett approached a couple at a restaurant and asked if they had heard of the knockout game. the knockout game is an attack like this one. in which the attacker tries to knockout and unsuspect ising victim with one punch. the attacks are usually posted on line, barrett, according to federal prosecutors, showed the couple video of the knockout game he had played that day in katie. the 80-year-old victim had to undergo surgery to insert two metal plates in his jaw and remove three teeth. >> he wasn't doing good at all. he couldn't eat. he couldn't drink nothing. his jaw was all broke. >> another videos prosecutors say barrett uses the "n" word and states that african-americans haven't fully experienced the whether he blessing of evolution. >> some are accusing the justice department of a double standard. joining us now from houston, attorney, who are was cooper and nicole deboard, also an a

barrett never spoke and entered no plea. he has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. barrett is said to feel badly about his actions and is extremely depressed. >> thank you. >>> the african-american population voted almostingly -- overwhelmingly for president obama but has missed out on economic gains made in recent years. carl cameron reports on the troubling numbers. >> a critical measure of prosperity is employment and during the obama era blacks have not fared as well as others. when president obama took office the unemployment was 7.6% and the white unemployment was 6.9% and latino was 6% and now hit a high of 16.7%. last month over all was 7%. white jobless has come down seven-tenths of a point to 6.2%. latino is down to 8.7% but black employment is down two-ten jz at 12.5%, double the white unemployment rate. >> we are never satisfied as long-term as the unemployment rate is double-digits. that is not okay for any community. and until we put more stimulus and more money back into the economy, instead of cutting and cutting and cutting, we're going to see high

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his name is conrad barrett.pproached a 79-year-old african-american man, hit him so hard in the jaw, and he fell to the ground. and barrett laughed, and said knockout, got in his car and fled. this is all according to the criminal complaint just unsealed. the law enforcement officials say the victim, a 79-year-old man, suffered two jaw fractures, was hospitalized for days and had to get metal plates inserted. so you can see how serious this is. again, this is charged as a federal hate crime. in the complaint i won't even read you some of the language, but federal officials say they saw other videos on the cell phone of barrett that used the "n" word, and had very racist things that were said. so that is why this crime is being charged as a hate crime. one of our affiliates in houston had a chance to talk to a family member, somebody named joseph lewis who is the nephew of the alleged victim. i want you to listen to what he said. >> his face was swollen on this side. had he had three plates in there, he is suckin

conrad alvin barrett of texas. the first to be arrested over this knockout game.e crime. and his unduing may have been what he said in a video of the attack that was posted online. cnn's margaret conley joining me. before we get to the video, what exactly is barrett accused of doing to his victim, exactly. >> kyra, knocking him out cold. there's a hearing happening right now in houston, texas. 27-year-old conrad barrett has been charged with a knockout hate crime, assaulting a 79-year-old man. this is a federal charge. and the first federal charge we have seen for these knockout assaults. i have spoken to attorneys on both sides, the attorney for barrett and the victim's attorney. he said he's going to argue this is not a federal case. he said it's unconstitutional for it to be federal and it should go to the state. he's also going to say his client has been diagnosed as bipolar and he was off his meds the day the assault happened on november 24th. he says his client is extremely depressed right now. that's the defense. the victim's attorney and the victim does no

federal court documents say barrett targeted the man because he is black.e attack was racially motivated and is a hate crime. >> "i think it sends the message that they're taking this very, very seriously. that this sort of thing shouldn't be tolerated and that they're going to investigate it thoroughly, and they're going to prosecute it to the fullest >> prosecutors say barrett recorded himself on his cell phone driving around working up what he called "courage" to knock someone out. according to prosecutors, on the recording, barrett said, "the plan is to see if i were to hit a black person, would this be nationally televised?" >> "probable cause. i knew we had our work cut out for us." >> barrett's attorney is well-known defense attorney george parnham. he says --if--- his client is involved, then mental illness played a role. >> "we know that he was diagnosed as being bipolar. that he's on three separate medications-- two of which i can't pronounce. one of which i can, which is lithium. whether he was taking it at the time of november 24 or not is a mat

and say barrett hoped to get famous with the violent attack.et's talk about it with holly hughs and dr. jeff gardear. holly, let me start with you. so many questions about this particular case. >> right. >> where does the line get crossed for this to be a hate crime? >> when you target a victim solely because of their race or religion, sometimes gender, it depend on your state, what qualifications they have for what we call a protective class. however in this particular instance, in texas, their hate crime statute says if you pick somebody solely because of their race, and it's clear that that's what conrad barrett did to this elderly gentleman, because we look at evidence he used the "n" word in his daily routine. there is a lot of evidence to back up. he didn't just happen it hit a man who was african-american. he picked this man because he was african-american. to hit. >> jeff, let me bring you in. because barrett's attorney says his client has bipolar disorder and takes medication. could his mental health have triggered this? >> typically w

you know, the opposite direction. >> the barretts quickly realize an 1800 pound bull is on the loose.rah marie run for cover while scott whips out his video camera. the bull kept bucking back and forth and zigzagging and people were jumping back. they didn't know what to do because the bull came different directions. >> i was absolutely terrified, because i thought that a bunch of people were going to get hurt because there was no sign of anyone that was trying to do anything. >> a female wrangler steps up to the challenge. hardball charges her and throws her to the ground. >> he actually bucked a girl and hit her right in the chest, and knocked her back. i feared for her. i was really afraid that she was hurt very severely because he hit her really hard. >> spectators jumped the fence to escape hardball's charge. a man tries to distract the raging bull with garbage barrels. >> the bull like almost bucked the trash can and almost hit a guy. >> the distraction buys enough time for security officers to arrive at the scene. one of them whips out a taser and confronts the powerful bull. >

barrett's attorney blames he was bipolar but off the meds before the attack.n off-duty police officer. a strange of cases over the last year has guarded more national attention with video that has gone viral, from states from washington, to new york. the purpose of the game is to knock people out cold with a single punch. the barrett case is to re-exam hate crimes. >> state law enhances hate crimes. in other words, your sentence is enhanced if it is proved that you committed a hate crime, however that is defined in a particular state. but under federal law, hate crimes are a separate crime. which again raises some questions about the constitutionality, about the equal protection clause. >> barrett's attorney says he's sorry. he will not await trial and if convicted face a $250,000 fine and up to ten years in prison. >> i spoke to attorneys from both sides. the defense attorney is going to argue that his client has a mental disorder, is bipolar and was not on medication the day of the attack. i spoke to the victim's attorney. he said while the victim is recover

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his name is conrad alvin barrett. they've charged him with a federal hate crime.ay he punched a 79-year-old african-american man back in late november right in the jaw. so hard, don, that it fractured his jaw. he had to have metal plates put in two places. he allegedly laughed knockout and then fled to his vehicle, fled the scene them charged him with one count of violating the hate crimes prevention act. the xlanlt says that he allegedly record himself committing this act but also some other videos. i want to read you a complaint. it reads on the video described by the offduty investigator, he states, the plan is to see if write to hit a black person, would this be nationally televised? the question is why? where does race fit in here and why would he say something like that? i've spoken through the day extensively with his employer. he wouldn't comment on the issue of race but he said, his client has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, that he is on medicine and he said, quote, mental health issues definitely played a part in anything that occurred but he woul

i thought that was a partial statement. >> paul barrett, thank you for being here with us. will have a link to your article. his latest book is called "glock: the rise of america's gun." we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >>this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> president obama has commuted the sentences of eight people he said were serving unfair sentences for drug crimes. as to the six men and two women had been sentenced to life in prison for charges related to crack cocaine. all of them have already spent more than 15 years behind bars. in a statement thursday, obama --ed >> the prisoners were sentenced under what obama called an unfair system, where there was a hundred to one sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. that disparity was reduced by the fair sentencing act of 2010, but he came too late for thousands of inmates. for more we're joined by jennifer turner, human rights researcher with the american civil liberties union. she wrote about several of the people who

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he minded his own business. >> barrett is charged with a hate crime because police found video of himsing racial slurs. >> 600 person brawl breaks out at a movie theater parking lot on christmas night. now five teenagers are under arrest. he called for backup and used pepper spray to try to control the situation. after the officer locked the doors nearly 6-people walking through the parking lot began fighting and jumping on cars. >>> a single engine plane touches down without landing gear in south carolina foyersing the runway to close. there were two people on board at the time. no one was hurt. >>> caught on camera a deer into a dick's sporting goods. a man tackled the animal and held him down. the game commission duke ttook deer from the store. >>> time for brew on this. consequences of cutting class in michigan could be getting a lot worse. it would allow the state to revoke the driver's licenses to cut down on truancy. >> legislation introduced by democratic and de shore that a student's license be suspended for six months if the truancy gets so severe that the school brings the

you both. , colonyst a few minutes capital's john barrett is joining us.g him about deal with the weinstein. missed any of our interviews, don't miss them again. -- they are always on bloomberg tv. let me get this straight. you can now see them on apple tv. e.r.a. live on apple television. -- we are now live on apple television. ♪ >> in mexico, a new tax on sugary drinks makes us wonder. does everything still go better with coke? latin america is the world's soft drink bottler. sintering almost twice as much code as americans drink. -- mexicans drink almost twice as much coke as americans drink. drinksw tax on sugary goes into effect january 1, but analysts are forecasting it is not going to have a lot of impact on coca-cola. average shares of the company will rise 19% next year. today's latin america report. >> we are approaching 26 past the hour. it is time for bloomberg to take you on the markets. we are looking at the u.s. market and we are actually down slightly today. the s&p is down almost half a percent. no one seems to like the snow and they do no

in the case of konrad barrett of texas, the justice department alleges barrett himself made several videoshone wearing -- he identified himself, used a racial slur on african-americans and stated his intent to victimize a black man in order to receive national media attention. on november 24 in the town of cady, texas, he allegedly recalled the moment where he fractured the jaw of a black man. >> we have a white guy that specifically say he's looking for an african-american to knock out on national tv. now, that question mark, and i agree with fred be, as to whether the requisite intent for the hate crime is there, but i do believe this is going to be a test case. >> who's involved in this case? the u.s. attorney's office, department of justice civil rights division, the fbi and the dea. an absolute, utter waste of money. why? because cady, texas, i'm sure, has seen a crime like this before, and they can prosecute it and put this guy in jail. >> reporter: if convicted, barrett faces a maximum of ten years in prison and a hefty fine, but experts told us convicting barrett under texas state

. >>> a texas man 27-year-old conrad barrett is facing federal hate crime charges for an alleged knockoute in texas. he videotaped himself sucker punching an elderly black man last month. someone who witnessed couldn't believe what he saw. >> his face was swollen on this side. he is sucking out of a straw. what is the world coming to? >> indeed. authorities say barrett wanted to see if a knockout attack on an african-american victim would make national television. >> beyond words. >>> the 911 operator in seattle is being praised after she helped prevent a mother from jumping offer a bridge on christmas day. the would-be jumper's 7-year-old daughter was in the car and would have seen her mother kill herself. the woman called 911 and told a dispatcher about her plan. the dispatcher took her on the phone eight minutes and long nouf a state trooper to come and grab her. >> i kept saying, we don't want your daughter to see you jump. she's not going to want her daughter to have that last image of her so i did keep saying that over on and over again. we don't want her to see you jump. we need to

today the justice department announcing the charges against conrad barrett.f punching and breaking the jaw of a 79-year-old black man and recording the knockout on video. prosecutors say he was hoping to get national media attention it. joining us is our legal panel in washington defense lawyers bernie grim and ted williams and in philadelphia former prosecutor fred. thank you gentlemen for joining us. ted, if i can start with you. you think that the justice department made the right call on this one? >> yes, i do. i think that in this instance, this white guy decided that he wanted to knock someone out and he specifically said that the plan was to see if he could hit a black person and would it be nationally televised i went one step further and found the perfect african-american suspect. he also during the course used the "n" word. there may be those that would say the requisite intent for the national hate crime is not there but i do believe that this would be an excellent test case. what a coward to take a -- to hit a 79-year-old black man, knock him unco

and folks like barrett simpson from sweden, kentucky. barrett had a health plan he liked and wanted to keep, a $540-a-month policy that was, in his words, perfect, perfect for his family. the folks responsible for obamacare apparently thought they knew better than he did about the needs of his family so he lost it. here's what he had to say about that. "my plan is being eliminated because of the a.c.a., obamacare, and the cheapest closest plan will cost us $1,400 next year. we can keep the plan until the end of next year but we will have to pick a new one. we don't need the extra coverage for maternity, or vision or dental but yet we'll be forced to pay for it." and he continued, "these changes are absurd. most people in this country who were content with what they had are now paying for what obama is trying to do for a very few." barrett closed his letter by asking me to work to repeal obamacare. well, barrett and lana should know this -- in fact, every kentuckian should know this, every american should know this -- the members on my si

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. >> reporter: the progress made on the state level, barrett remains frustrated that congress has failed to pass tougher gun laws. >> we have a very very big problem. >> reporter: gun rights activists say that stricter gun laws don't equate to a drop-in violence. >> as far as a drop-in violence, it seems very very shallow and superficial to think that having more restrictions on firearms, you're going to be able to restrict people from going into schools and going into malls and things like that. >> reporter: meanwhile, natasha christopher continues to push for tougher gun laws of. >> all i know is that we have to all come together and say enough is enough. >> there's a non-profit called the brady campaign, focused on enforcing public policy that addresses gun violence on the federal and the state level. every year, they release a scorecard ranking every state with guns and ammunition. california scored the highest with an a minus. >>> to prove your point in texas, authorities shorted the training course for those wanting to carry concealed weapons, and made it easier to carry gun permit

two months ago the duble family at last moved to barrett's burg. and i'd like to spend at least ten years here and i want to settle properly and save enough money to buy flats for my kids. i do your homework yet a bit. i haven't seen you for ages so does it feel better having a family with you or do you need to ask you must feel more like real man yes. in the past barron's bug was always a male domain not a place for women with children. men still account for the majority of the population. there are no old or socially disadvantaged people here. every inhabitant of the island has to be young and healthy enough to be able to work because. my grandfather worked here and nine hundred fifty six such as he spent two years on this island and dad always dreamed of going where his own father had worked that issue came in two thousand and eight with my mom at the show and in two thousand and nine my wife and i came here to you know i thought i'm the head of the tourist agency and the hotel administrator that's part of my job description. some of them was ju

. >> michelle, i was speaking earlier today to craig barrett who devoted much on his life to schools and education. he made exactly the same point you just did on accountability. is it not just accountability of the teachers and administrators all the way up to the superintendents of schools, but is it accountability for students? in other words, do we need to be tougher with students? more demanding of them? and hold them back more if they are not making the grades? >> well, we do have to have accountability at every level including students and i think part of the challenge that we face today is that in american culture, we really shifted in the last couple of decades where now we spend a whole lot of time trying to make kids feel good about themselves, but we lost sight of taking the time that's necessary to actually make them good at things. i always use the analogy, i have two girls that play soccer, they are not so good but they have trophies and medal and ribbons. they have become this culture where just by showing up you get a trophy and that doesn't do a lot for the american

joining former intel chairman greg barrett, president and chairman of basis a charter school group and michael block, the founder and ceo of basis tucson and basis scotts dale and ranked in the top ten in "u.s. news & world report's" list of the best high schools. gentlemen, welcome, nice to have you here. >> thank you. >> craig, i'm going to start with you. we know basis has been doing extremely well and your students test better than students who go to both private and public high schools here in the united states. why is it that u.s. students are lagging so far behind internationally? is it what we are teaching them or how we are teaching them or perhaps both? >> it's probably a combination of three things. the great education systems like shanghai or basis, have great teachers, high expectations, and a degree of accountability or tension in the system. you find that in all the high performing education systems around the world. you hardly find it at all in the united states. >> and michael, do you agree with that? and when you say that there's tension in the system, what do you mea

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with the lines of losses total for canada of usa sweden and the russians likely to be very very barrett's finalist played in january. richard and big three to altering. now into football and by munich secured their fifth piece of silverware this year after the german giants won the club world cup in marrakesh but got out as men beat moroccan champions roger casablanca to no in the final after just six minutes and down to open the after finishing off from a corner made midway through the first half that can come out at double the changing from the edge of the box last season by untinged an historic travel of the champions league one to sleep and german cup titles and then also edged chelsea on penalties in this new way for the super cup. well beaten fine is roger were happy just to have got that far in the local players were apparently overjoyed after a shocking run all day and he's athletic i mean they're outside three one in the sun me finals the resilient world cup when it was mobbed up to the match after scoring his side's only goal was also stripped of his jersey and believes they did

today is a representative of the development team, [speaker not understood] freeman with mccormack barrett and salazar. we appreciate your support and that concludes staff's presentation. thank you. >> thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? okay. mr. rose, do we have a budget analyst report for this item? sorry, i don't have my notes in front of me. >> [inaudible] do not have a budget analyst report. there is no fiscal impact on this matter to the city. >> thank you very much. okay. at this time i'll open it up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, can i have a motion to move this item forward? >> so moved. >> we can take that without opposition. [gavel] >> mr. clerk, can you please call items 2 through 12 together? >> item number 2 -- item number 2, resolution approving a mills historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between john moran, the owner of 1772 vallejo street (burr mansion), and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and asse

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