. >> reporter: the video was made by a member of the group, john becker. >> i had two cameras.he first was in my bag right here through this little pin hole. and the second was on a wristwatch. >> reporter: becker told the clinic of feelings towards men and depression and asked if he could be relieved of his homosexual urges through therapy and prayer. >> reporter: he could cure your homo sexuality? >> yes. he said a change is possible. he bleaches full change from homosexual to heterosexual is possible. >> the truth is god has designed our eyes to be attracted to the woman's body. to be attracted to, you know, everything. >> reporter: in the office, becker also took a picture of a stock stack of brooks written by a self-proclaimed former lesbian. who claims she was able to cure her homosexuality through god. >> i believe god was by my side. calling my name even though i was trapped in this sin. >> on the wall was a personal endorsement from dr. bachmann recommending her book and saying her book spoke a truth that could set people free. >> reporter: becker attended five session

police say becker was the one who called 911 telling them that her husband deserved it.ccording to court documents he filed for divorce two months ago citing ire reck sire you believe differences. >>> a new report shows a number of spike in the hate crimes against gays and transgender people. the coalition of anti-violence groups conducted the study. it shows violent crimes jumped 13% last year. 27 people were murdered. that's the second highest total since the study began in 1996. now the coalition says hate crimes increase after other high profile attacks. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney says he will not sign a controversial marriage vow from an iowa conservative group. calls on candidates to avoid adultery, oppose same sex marriage and appoint faithful constituents as judges. romney says while he strongly supports traditional marriage, he feels the pledge contains undignified and inappropriate language. candidates michele bachmann and rick santorum both have signed the marriage vow. >>> 4:47 this morning. and republican senate leader has introduced a

becker is accused of drugging her husband and slicing off his, yeah. with a 10-inch kitchen knife.the thing into a garbage disposal. >> officers and paramedics arrived at the location were able to retrieve pieces of that and it was transported to the hospital, but i have no idea what led to that -- or what led to that if they were able to place it back on. >> police say becker was upset bases her husband had filed for divorce. >>> well you know the old slogan, milk does a body good. well now the dairy industry says it does pms good as well. a california milk processor board launched a campaign based on studies that show calcium in dairy milk helps reduce pms symptoms. the theme, everything i do is wrong. based on the idea that men just don't know how to handle women who are approaching their period. but experts say pms is nothing to joke about. pms is a hormonal imbalance and milk cannot help with that. >>> prescription medicine can be very expensive, but we uncovered surprising information about the price of prescriptions. it has nothing to do with the store. rather with the neigh

becker is now being held in jail facing charges of aggravated mayhem, which can carry a life sentencedoctors say her husband is in good condition. >>> the case is closed, but the fallout continues. a juror is in hiding tonight. juror number 12 from the casey anthony trial apparently quit her job at a grocery store and has left florida all together. in fact, she's fled florida. she's in hiding out of fear of retaliation from those angry -- many people that are angry that anthony was acquitted of killing her daughter. the 60-year-old woman's husband told nbc news she would rather go to jail than be a juror. >>> you step on an airplane in this country and there are things you take for grant it. that the pilot is trained and the airport is well maintained. would it surprise you outside of the united states things aren't so clear? yet when something goes wrong, you might be surprised who is being blamed. garvin thomas goes in depth with the story for anyone heading overseas. >> reporter: it is a little known fact in the big money world of aviation. what is painted on the tail often has not

hasn't when becker cut off his again know tills and it -- jenny tills and flushed them.aid he deserved it. >>> well, mitt romney says he will not sign a controversial marriage vow created by a conservative group in iowa. this calms on presidential candidates to avoid adultery, oppose same-sex marriage and appoint it faith itful constitutionalists as -- faithful constitutionalists michelle barbman and rick santorum have -- michelle bachmann and rick santorum have both signed it. >>> the president has a large fund-raising lead over republicans heading into the 2012 campaign. the republican presidential candidates collectively raised about $35 million during the same period. >>> democrat janice hahn has won the race to fill a vacant u.s. house seat in southern california. hahn fought a hotly contested race against a republican opponent. the vacant seat was previously held by jane harman who resigned earlier this year to head the washington think tank. hahn, who is a los angeles councilwoman ran and lost against gavin newsom. >>> opening statements start today in roger klemm

championed by obama appointee and former labor lawyer, greg becker. the newer rules making it easier for a union to organize. gap between when they file and organizing elections and ballots are cast. kim, what's the big deal about shortening the time frame down to ten days? >> look, you have to step back here, stuart. what's going on. unions have been losing membership, so they are desperate for some sort of way to stack the deck in their favorite and get more people into unions. what you do when you reduce dramatically the amount of time frame is you're making it so the companies cannot present a case to employees against union membership and the idea that they need to reduce this amount of time is so ludicrous, as it is, unions win two out of three union elections they put forward. the average between 30 days anyway, this is just designed to ram things through as quickly as they can so employees don't know what hit them. >> mary? >> you asked me before if we were becoming like greece and what, you know, one of the objectives here on the part of the

when police arrived at their condo yesterday afternoon, becker's husband was tied to the bed.hey say she had drugged her husband and knocked him out. >> when he awoke, he felt that he was already tied to the bed and his wife was over top of him getting ready to cut off his genitalia and he at that crucial moment he comes to realization of what is doing on. >> well, mrs. becker is suspected of cutting off her husband's genitals and putting them down in the garbage disposal. she's also the one who called 911. she told police her husband deserved it. according to court documents he had filed for divorce two months ago citinger reconcile differences. >>> 6:48 is the time right now. we're going to sal. how's traffic? >>> it's doing pretty well out there. i would say that this morning we've had a pretty decent commute despite the wet weather and the fog and drizzle. you can see it's getting better here in oakland for example southbound 880 which is on your left you can zoiatria traffic is looking pretty good driving down toward san leandro and hayward and the other way around as wel

police say becker drugged her husband, tied him to the bed, then severed his genitals. she could face life behind bars. >> anytime we charge torture or aggravated mayhem, those are serious cases because they are cases involving life sentences. in order to meet the threshold of torture, there has to be some extended circumstances, facts and circumstances. in this case we believe the facts merit the charges. >> becker returns to court next friday. she is being held without bail and her husband, believe it or not, it listed in good condition. >>> the casey anthony case in florida is prompting new legislation here in california. caylee's law would make it a felony not to report a child's disappearance within 48 hours. it would also be a crime to not report a child's death within two hours. caylee's mother, casey anthony, was acquitted of murder last week in the death of her daughter. anthony did not report caylee missing for one month after her disappearance. similar bills are pending in at least 17 other states. >>> time now 5:16. the man accused of stealing a picasso draw

police say becker was the one who called 911 telling them that her husband deserved it.ng to court documents he'd filed for divorce two months ago citing ire reconcile differences. >>> all right. our time is 5:48. get you to where you need to go. sal's watching the commute and says the visibility which has been getting bad is getting a little better. >>> yeah. we are improving out there for sure. one of the things we can see is by going right to the san mateo bridge. remember earlier we could barely tell what it was because of the wet weather. now it's obviously still wet but you can see a little better. that means better view for drivers heading over to the peninsula. also this morning we're looking at the bay bridge. not quite as wet here. the wet weather is primarily concentrated parking lots of the peninsula and marin county. here in the east bay it's not all that bad. but it was a little bit wet coming from san francisco to oakland on that bridge. and of course we monitor contra costa county and where else? highway 4 we have stop and go traffic which is not unusual

and joining us now from more in the studio is brian becker national coordinator of the answer coalition you've also been involved in activism. in this conflict for the palestinian cause cracked that's right in in in two thousand and two after the israelis reinvaded the west bank the answer coalition held the largest demonstration ever in u.s. history one hundred thousand people same of the palestinians must have their rights including the right to return home ok and not something that you know both sides agree on t.j. solution but within the needs quartet there is a lot of differences of opinion opinions on what that means and how to get there and what members are willing to do in order to put pressure on israel in a situation like in settlements so what is really the point of the mideast quartet as there is an analysis that arafat in effect as a global mediator well i think from your right there are different different desires different agendas within the quartet from the u.s. government point of view the purpose of these renewed hearts is to put pressure on the palestinian authority w

katherine becker will be arraigned in orange county.he police say that she drugged her husband and severed his genitals after an arguement over house guests. becker faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. >>> defense secretary is expected to announce that the pentagon is ready to lift the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. we just interviewed a former air force staff sergeant what was disgatherred for being gay -- discharged for being gay. >> reporter: that's right. the military is one step closer to allow gay and lesbian service members to serve openly, seven months after president obama signed to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. they say lifting the ban on the gays and the lesbians in the military will not hurt readiness. david haul was discharged from being game and he does not think that service members will start coming out right away. >> we know there will be some people that want to discriminate against gays and lease bens and -- lesbians and there's many ways

police say becker drugged her husband and severerred his -- severed his genitals last week. the man underwent emergency surgery. prosecutors won't comment on his condition out of respect for his privacy. becker faces a life in prison without the possibility of parole charge. >>> visitors will be able to stand feet away from kate middleton's wedding dress. you can see the display also features, the tiara worn by the duchess of cambridge, which was loaned toker -- loaned to her by the police. >>> agricultural crime is on the rise in california. police in california's criming area stay grapes almonds and beehives have been a target. they stay this has been a very good year for targets and that -- for crops and that brings out the thieves. >>> well, it's a wine tragedy in australia that will leave a few empty spots in wine cellars across the state. molly duker who was shipping wine, all but 1 of the 462 cases were destroyed. workers say the scene was read of where but the -- the scene was really a mess but the smell was phenomenal. >> oh, wow. a lot of wine. >> yes. >>> let's ch

becker drugged her husband, tied him to the beat and cut off his gentiles. >> becker returns to court next friday. she is being held without bail. her husband is listed in good condition. >>> time now is 8:19. the casey anthony trial in florida, we'll it's prompting new legislation right here in california. caylee' law would make it a felony not to report the disappearance of a child within 24 hours. it would also make it a crime not to report the death of a child within two hours. caylee's mother was acquitted of murder last week in the death of her daughter. casey anthony did not report her daughter until a month. >>> a police memo classifies this man as an undesirable police informant. back in 2008, the man claimed he had a sex tape of shaquille o'neil. he says after he made those claims, several gang members, beat him. >>> a man wrestles a shark and it's all caught on tape. why he wanted to get ahold of it in the first place. >>> good morning if you're driving on interstate 280 it's going to be pretty slow this morning as you get up to the interchange. i'll tell you why that may b

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the becker brooks was editor of "news of the world" at the time and now she is rupert murdoch that a chief executive in the u.k. and he is involved in a controversial move to take colds -- full control of bskyb. last night the labor leaders said it is beyond believe anyone would undertake such a cruel and immoral act. but some in parliament say that political leaders have been too easily cowled by the power of the murdoch empire. >> it is time they acted. politicians are frightened of a news international and they need to act. >> there were calls for a full judge-led inquiry into what happened in the case and many others. >> president hugo chavez of venezuela told state television he doesn't expect to attend tuesday that the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of independence from spain. he made a surprise return from cuba where it he spent nearly a month getting cancer treatment. he addressed thousands of his supporters from his balcony vowing he would win the battle to regain his health. >> a triumphant return for a grateful president. hugo chavez greeted thousands of support

well being brian becker national coordinator of the antiwar ansa coalition says the little chance of a peaceful resolution as long as the u.s. continues to fashion its policies around is really interests. there are different different desires different agendas within a court ted from the u.s. government point of view the purpose of these renewed hearts is to put pressure on the palestinian authority which have received nothing from the israelis and nothing from the americans during the past years seen israeli settlements growing and expanding its way to president obama's promise that there's there would be a halt a freeze and settlement construction in the west bank and spite of the fact that the siege of gaza has taken so much in spite of the fact that the israelis are claiming all drew some for themselves so the american government in particular which is the primary sponsor of israel which gives israel three billion dollars a year the largest recipient of of u.s. foreign aid they realize that israel could become increasingly isolated so they're trying to come up with some solution

back to you >> thank you, mark sayre in becker. >>> not guilty. casey anthony the florida mother accused of killing her 2- year-old daughter is acquitted of murder. it's a case that's visited much of the nation and the verdict came as a shock to many after riveting much of the nation. several people protested outside the courthouse, chanting guilty! karen braun in orlando with more on how the jury might have come to its decision. >> reporter: i can tell you outside the courthouse, there was actually an audible it was. people were so stunned by this verdict and a short time ago, casey anthony's father george anthony, the man that the defense claims covered up an accidental drowning, well, he issued a statement through his attorney and basically said, despite the baseless defense that was chosen by his daughter, he does believe that these jurors came to the right verdict based on the evidence. >>> reporter: casey anthony began to cry as she heard the verdict. >> as to the charge of first- degree murder, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. >

by insurgents one hundred karzai top advisers has also been assassinated as a war activist brian becker thinks the u.s. led coalition is losing its grip of gas. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the taliban but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because if they leave there will be a perception that the us and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai as brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to get afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling and these armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within the very heart the foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily its spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from the treasury that's already drained bas

they say that catherine becker drugged her husband's dinner before the attack. when he fell asleep she began the assault with a ten-inch kitchen knife. she then call ed and waited for police to show up. the husband is in the hospital after undergoing emergency surgery as you can imagine. >>> a courtroom turned into a huge brawl as a murder suspect was brought in. friends of the alleged victim rushed in to attack the suspect. they threw him to the ground and started stomping on his head and officers nienlly had to use tasers to break that up. >>> actress halle berry was granted a three-year restraining order against a man who trespassed on her property three times in three days. police arrested richard franco after after he climbed over a locked security gate at her home. she says on sunday franco managed to come within a foot of her and nearly got inside her kitchen door before she slammed it shut and called police. >>> in other hollywood news, arnold schwarzenegger promised he'd be back. and so he is. the former governator is set to star in a new movie called l

or becker brooks became the tenth person to be detained in the king and bribery probe annie machon who's a former intelligence officer for m i five believes the timing of her arrest raises a lot of questions i specify how the slightly suspicious turn of mind one might think that the police taking this step at this stage. allowing her little wriggle room where she didn't have to say too much and perhaps would have stayed too much about her because of the police service in london as well so it's very very interesting timing with the amount of information it is measured about the into the linkage between reasons national and the police i mean it's amazing folks have tended to be on the journalists themselves and not on the allegedly corrupt police officers who have been receiving money to provide protective information and of course it's not just about phone hacking scandal there are other practices their peers have been implicated such as the technique. where you triangulate someone's location using a mobile phones now the only people who really have access to that sort of information woul