redwood beryls. they grow on the side of the trees of. >> beryl is a type of wood. >> each piece can fetch up to $5,000. beryl bandits have gotten dozens of them and they are undiscovered. >> every time we discover one of the big beryl cut sites, it's shocking. >> the road is lined with shops selling scarfs from burl. he says that he never buys illegally cut wood. >> they need to knock it off. it's hurting my business in the long run. >> two burl bandits have been arrested so far. >> we were able to match burls that had been cut from one of our sites to a giftshop. >> one man has been convicted of nfl theft and vandalism and faces jail time. it's a recent phenomenon, but the first settlers came to the area in the 19th century, and they saw the redwoods not as irreplaceable nature, but as lumber. >> so down they come. some of the world's oldest and tallest trees. >> this educational film celebrated redwood logging in triumphant tones. by the 1960s, 90 perfection of all old growth redwoods were gone. i

and what do the nuchl beryls show? ?he last three years, the nfl managed the most arrests in citations, about 54 a year. for the nfl population, it's a rate of 3.2%. in the nba, the three-yore average is 13 incidents per year. the nhl was the lowest. it's a rate of 3.8%. meaning the average pop dwrulation commits crimes at a higher rate than the a leets of these four major sports. >> and while the spike in legal problems for a few 49 ersz players have spawned an awful lot of media attention, it does not speak to an overall trend. . >>> coming up next on this reality check special, the current congress is tanking in the polls. but how does its productivity compare to the so-called worst congress of all time. and the corporate shuttles known simply as goolgle buss are inspiring hot debate in san francisco. it turns out the opposition isn't about people over profits after all t. full story ahead. 6 when laquinta.com sends him a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what salesman alan ames becomes? i thin

the department of labor is part of a job fair in beryling town county today the gi go fair. the job fair runs from 10 to 2:00. >> the philadelphia fire department will announce a water safety program to help prevent drownings this summer. operation stay on shore will increase awareness of the dangers of swimming in the city's creeks and rivers. one of the voices is kimberly boyle, the mother of 13-year-old brandon boyle who drowned last summer. he was a student in northeast philly which is where the assembly will be held. the fire department says six people died last year while swimming in creeks and rivers. many more had to be rescued by first responders. >> speaking of keeping cool, gloucester county is giving away fans to help keep older citizens cool. low income seniors can pick up a fan at the franklin township community center from 10:00 to 11:00 this morning, then again from 1:00 to 2:30 this afternoon. also fans will be given out ot the gloucester county senior services office in west deptford. heat and humidity can cause health kongss for the elderly. >> a montgomer

. >>> for more on crime in america fine in so "the system" with joe beryl iping are, taking -- beryl ipinger, taking a -- berlinger taking a look at the criminal justice system. >>> the lights are on in venezuelan this morning much it was a scramble to restore electricity friday evening when more than half of the country was without power. according to the electricity minister a wind storm knocked down eight electrical towers. the president says officials are investigating the blackout, and this is the second nationwide outage this year. >>> authors in kenya say the book industry is threatened by piracy. they say illegal copies of their work are printed by the millions, and cheep copies imported by india and china. malcolm webb explains why little is done to stop them. >> reporter: it's time for a class in literature. what is in the children's hands is worth millions. they are studying a short novel. books that are required raiding for secondary school students sells hundreds of thousands. book pirates in kenya caught on. >> translation: it was a big break when this author's novel wa

"the system" with joe beryling or is -- berlinger is next.nd for updates we invite you to go to aljazeera.com. thanks for watching. goodnight.

white, as a numg beryl of you have mentioned, said that they're going to look at structural issues, long-overdue. >> and i think there may be a role for congress. >> we may disagree as to with what those steps are. to deal with conflicts and to deal with the other kinds of problems which exist in the current market. it's clear there can be improvements. very much appreciate your testimony. we're sorry it was interrupted by two votes of the senate. but that's the way our life works around here. i wish we could pass a law to end interupgss in hearings. thank you, all, we'll stand adjourned. >> book tv sat down with hillary clinton to discuss her newest book, hard choices. i rerned before to expect the unexpected. nobody expected arab spring until it was upon us. while we tried to build the world to be what we want, we've got to be aware of the fact that all these other countries. all of these billions of people making hard choices every single day. i am absolutely convince pd that we have to continue to lead the world into the kind of the future that we want. we can't sit on the sidelines. we can'

but if you see the beryl's you know what's happening. thank god someone like me is here to bring you this routing construction news. >> coming up, but walgreen's flagship store debuts. >> of south suburban strip club is suing the city of harvey. >> and the cubs and socks both tried to snap a losing streaks. >> good morning marcus. >> come morning we are in the edge water rogers park area checking of a new store dedicated to all vintage audio equipment. they have a ton of old vinyl records. we will show you everything coming up. check thisstocks fell on tuesday, with the dow posting its biggest one- day decline in over a month. it dropped 119 points. the nasdaq lost 18. and the s-and-p fell 12. today is grand opening day for the wrigley building's newest tenant. walgreens' new flagship store will open on the ground floor this morning. it's twice the size of a typical walgreens. you'll be able to buy frozen yogurt, and even craft beers out of a walk-in cooler. and the store will offerthe new walgreens replaces one that was just a couple do

this whole thing is an echo cham beryl chamber. and i will bet you a thick steak and fixed drink the lawsuit never gets filed. it's him trying to calm down the tribe. >> is he getting challenged from the right, thinking maybe i have to push harder. >> this eric cantor think was tectonic in washington. how would you like to be mitch mcconnell right now? boehner's seat may be seat but this is not a good time to be an incumbent of either stripe. >> so do you think the republican party is guided by these hard right conservative voices out of fear that they don't want an army working against them? they want to keep their job? it's almost as if a lot of republicans are trying to keep their head under the radar and don't want to be on the target of the right wing talkers? >> when the congressional offices are flooded with e-mails and phone calls, they hear that. and talk radio and cable is good at mobilizing that regardless of what does or doesn't come of it, but i think this lawsuit thing is phony baloney and will probably never happen.

the country at risk by making a deal too release five prisoners from guantanamo bay in exchange for beryl dahl, a move they claim is illegal because wait done without the approval of congress. qatar helped negotiate the deal. the release of the prisoner is is not the target of criticism. critics called bergdahl a desserter who was captured because he abandoned his post and held to account for the death of six soldiers who were killed trying to rescue him. not long after he was captured, he was called a liar and suggested the taliban would do the u.s. a favor by killing him. >> if he walked away from his post and his buddies in wartime, i don't care how are how hard it sounds, the taliban can save us a lot of legal hassles and legal bills. >> joining me now, pentagon press secretary, rear admiral john kerrby. why now? i know negotiates head been ongoing for quite some time. was was the breakthrough that allowed bowe bergdahl to come home? >> well, there was a -- i think the way i put this was there was a lot of effort over years and certainly recent months, weeks, but the real impetus to m

could have been taken to increase ark says to betsder care sf for that, i yield to the ranking mem beryl. intradwral to accomplishing this mission, his ablt to sexily the destruction. at this time, i do not have much comforts that the ba is ache to do that analysis. >> seems to me having a significant number of patience on the waiting list that is orr wept md and unare the va-oiz reported in january that vha officer of the report had nine roemd dagszs. one of the recommend dalgss was to have the vpa relative develop dads it. >> it's un5:00 septemberble. while br listen, all can have how they're measuring capacity in a time line for when this will be done. >> importantly, many askigs nap resources to sunis sdmoo mr. chairman, i know that the vast majority are hard working and ked kated. for that, i applaud them, but we till have a responsibility and duty. and i look forward to hearing from the vrksz action he's accompanied by we appreciate you both for being here tonight. dr. lirj, we apreerkuate you coming y usual jepds. >> good efing, chairman miller and members of the committee: i'm ac

that is, i think, artist beryl all of those. the way that i attack that barrier is, a single female on the ship. i was assigned back in 1985, a senior boarding officer on board a law enforcement cover. one of these things like a policeman at sea. wearing the protective gear. you have been to the boarding officer school and all of that. senior boarding officer and only woman on ship. pacific northwest boarding the shipping fleet. as another part of the country that has different mindsets about culture. so people were telling me, you will never, you know, be able to have respect going on a fishing boats. telling them what the rules are and how they're supposed to comply. without really knowing of the time i was convinced the was not going to legend define me and be my own person. so i did go on board those boats, fishing boats, all male crews. had been out to sea for a week or two or three fishing. surf toward iraq had anything of working in. the first one on board with a boarding party behind me. i would walk on board. the first

the chain-saw wielding thieves were after these, redwood beryls, lumps that grow on the side of the treesthis is a type of wood that is valued. each piece can fetch up to 1,000 problems. bandits face dozens of trees. more are undiscovered. >> every time we discover one of the sites it's shocking. >> the road to redwood park is lined with shops selling carr viption, bols and slabs. the shop owner says he never buys illegally cut wood. my opinion is they need to knock it off. two bandits have been arrested so far. >> we were able to match burls cut from a site. to a gift shop. >> one man has been convicted of felony theft and vandalism and faces gaol time. >> the attitude of rev rens towards the trees. first settlers came to the area in the 19th century. they saw the redwood not as irreplaceable wonderers of nature. >> down they come. >> this 1940s educational films celebrated the logging. by the 1960s 95% of all old growth redwoods were gone. in light of that sad history, the burl bandits hurt more than trees. when you come into a place like this, described as cathedral like and you see th

president obama says newly freed american soldier bowe beryl dahl has yet to be interrogated. president is getting grilled for his decision to swap mid to high-level taliban leaders for the release of this army sergeant. his fellow soldiers say these six men died while searching for bergdahl. president said the exchange for his release upheld, quote, a sacred rule to never leave a man behind in uniform. >> regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if he's held in captivity, period. we don't condition that. is there a possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that are detrimental to us? absolutely. that's been true of all the prisoners that were released from guantanamo. there's a certain recidivism rate that takes place. i wouldn't be doing it if i thought it was contrary to american national security. this is what happens at the end of wars. that was true for george washington, that was true for abraham lincoln, that was true for fdr, that's been true of every combat situation, that

our operation to save sergeant beryl da bergdahl's life was, first, we complied with the national defense authorization act of 2014 by determining that the risk the detainees posed to the united states, american citizens and our interests was substantially mitigated. and that the transfer was in the national security interests of the united states. second, we fulfilled our commitment to recover all military personnel held captive. third, we followed the precedent of past wartime prisoner exchanges. a practice in our country that dates back to the revolutionary war. and occurred in most wars that will be fought. fourth, because sergeant bergdahl was a detained combatant being held by an enemy force, and not a hostage. it was fully consistent with a long-standing policy not to offer concessions to hostage takers. the taliban is our enemy. and we are engaged in an armed conflict with them. fifth, we did what was consistent with previous congressional briefings this administration had provided, as i already noted in late 2011 and early 2012, reflecting our intent to conduct a transfer of this