from robert blake is the unexpected.er holds back especially when he talked about the town that turned its back on him. which of your hollywood friends stood by you? >> i don't have any hollywood friends. nobody stood by me. >> how do you feel about that? >> i'm grateful to god that i lived long enough to find out that 98% of my personal life was [ bleep ]. i don't think anybody else would ever have to face that because they are different from me. i constructed a life. i constructed marriage. i constructed friends. i constructed business associates but it was all about what i could do for them. my hand was open to them and their hand was in my pocket. i paid for love, like it says in the book. >> where do you live now? >> i live in an apartment. i told you. i'm broke. i couldn't buy spats for a hummingbird. i get a little pension and social security. >> do you have any women in your life? >> like i told you i have been on a [ bleep ] for quite a long time now. i would like to eventually learn some girls first name but i'

robert blake is a hollywood legend. he shot to fame as star of the our gang series, and went on to a chilling role as a murderer in a 1967 film "in cold blood" and won an emmy for a series, "barretta." and it changed wen he met bonnie blakely the woman who became the mother of his child in 2000. it was her tenth marriage and his second. less than six months later she was dead from a gunshot in a car outside a restaurant where she and blake had dinner. he was charged in his wife's mother and acquitted. then bonny lee bakley's children filed a civil suit against blake alleging he was responsible for his mother's death. he was found liable and ordered to pay $30 million and declared himself bankrupt. since then, robert blake has kept a very low profile and hasn't given a television interview for nearly a decade and written a book called "tales of a rascal." what i did for love. tonight, he breaks his silence. you haven't seen an interview quite like this. robert blake is a man on the edge, a man full of pent-up fury and wh

ethics probe into the mayor's administration.the &pinvestigation underway and ho stephanie rawlings-blake iss responding. clearing skies and cooler temperatures. the ootlook for the weekend in the skywatch forecast. and... keep tabs on recalls. four other things you can do to prevent appliance fires. 3 3 today is thursday, august 16. 3 33 3 3 mmyor stephanie rawlings-blake speaks out for the first time since baltimore's board of ethics announced plans to investigate her administration. adminissration.members voted in favor of the inquiry after it was reveaaed the mayor recived hundreds of free tickets.megan gilliland is here with more on how the mayor is responding to all of this now. good morning guys,when we first asked the mayor about these tickets about a week ago... you may rememeber she called the topic trivial... pow she's talking about it for the first time. time.13:11:22 i welcome the review of the long standing policy regarding the bbltimore arena. the city's board of ethics will be reviewing hundredssof free tickets she received to showw like rihanna and jay-z at firsttmariner

>> every day. >> reporter: i saw you and blake yesterday. you looked like friends.th the rivalry talk? >> i think people want the rivalry because it builds the sport up. >> reporter: after recent back problems bolt says he is now healthy and has shaken off the losses to blake and is ready to prove there is still no one faster than him in the world. you can watch the 100 meter finals tomorrow night during nbc's prime time olympics coverage. we are back in a moment with another world record far away from these games here in london. ♪ [ male announcer ] ok, so you're no marathon man... but thanks to the htc one x from at&t, with its built in beats audio, every note sounds amazingly clear. ...making it easy to get lost in the music... and, well... rio vista?!! [ male announcer ] ...lost. introducing the musically enhanced htc one x for $99.99. only from at&t. rethink possible. i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicor

>> reporter: lately bolt has looked vulnerable, a loss in the 100 meters to training partner yohan blake at last year's world championships seemed like a fluke after bolt was disqualified. >> i believe usain bolt just false started. >> reporter: last month at the jamaican olympic trials, blake did it again, this time beating bolt outright in the 100 and 200-meter races. earlier in the year both men spoke to me about their relationship. do you think you make him better? >> every day. >> i saw you and yohan yesterday. you look like friends. what's up with all this rivalry talk? >> i think people want the rivalry because it builds the sport up. >> reporter: after recent back problems, usain bolt says he is now healthy and he has shaken off the losses to blake and is ready to prove there's still no one faster than him in the world. you can watch the 100-meter finals tomorrow night during nbc's primetime olympics coverage. we're back in a moment with another world record far away from these games here in london. >>> we're back from london with some of the most incredible images from our time

here's what frank blake declared near the top of the call. and i'm quoting frank, we see strength in the core of our store, stabilization within the heart of the housing markets in california and florida and signs of gradual improvement within the overall housing market. believe me, that's some serious greatout bullishness from a very muted, conservative guy who had been reluctant to call any turn whatsoever. he goes on to say, and i quote again, housing is not a contributor, my emphasis, to gross domestic product growth rather than a drag. and private sfixed residential investment as a percentage of gdp improved in the quarter. for years now, i had to listen to blake say just the opposite, housing hadn't turned at all and most importantly, it was a shrinking part of the gross domestic pie. i had to hear that. unless home depot could take share from the true values and lows, there couldn't be any notable growth for the suppliers. he keeps saying it's shrinking from a percentage of the gross domestic product. this is a major change. that's the

16th 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 mayor stephhnie rawlings-blake speaks out for the first time since baltimore's board of ethics announced plans to investigate her administration. administtation.members voted in favor of the nquiry fter &pit was revealed thh mayor received hundreds of free ticketssmegan gilliland is here with more on how the mayor is responding to all of this now. good morning guys,when we first asked he mayor about these tickets abbut a week ago... you may rememeber she called the topic trivial... now she's talking about it for the first time. time.13:11:22 i welcome the review of the long standing policy regarding the baltimore arena. the city's board of ethics will be reviewing hundreds of free tickets she received to shows like rihanna and jjy-z at first mariner arena.all sold out concerts that the mayor had easy access to. although the facility is citt owned... it's operation is contracted. 13:11:44 the event tickets are not paid for with taxpayer funds and none of this is new oo out of the ordinary. (lu/ethics board)12:28:26 i think the ticket issue is an issue enough peopleehav

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derek blakely cbs news >>> president obama quit to extend his condolences saying he was deeply saddened and will provide whatever support necessary. his statement continued " as we mourn the loss at a house of worship we are reminded how much our country has been enriched by seeks " the tragedies there's emotion among sikhs here in the bay area the temple in san jose was saddened and concerned when they heard then news. the wounds felt close to home to members of the san jose temple. >>> one of our relatives is the president here he was actually shot and wounded we have been in contact with the family >>> what concerns me this happen in a place of worship, that worries me it might be at a hate crime targeted at our community. >>> san jose police sent units to the temple as a precaution >>> new details about the integrity of bay area bridges caltrans engineers have uncovered problems with safety testing according to the sacramento bee anne mackovic shows us tests done on the new span of the bay bridge among those questioned. >>> the new span of the bay bridge take shape the new doubt ove

mayor stephanie rawlings blake. blake.15:38:49-15:38:54"won't take it no more.... won't takk it no more." more."downtown... at the mitchell courthouse... city... circuit coort employees... protested... for better and safer working cooditions... at the courthouse....//they... say... employees are constantly having... to work... in depressing conditions... that include dirty bathrooms... and... severe rodent problems. 15:49:44-15:50:00"everyday on a day to day basis employees are dealing with tryinggto get through the day. we have employees who've won workman's comp cases because of their illnesses. we have employees that have died, we say, from the illnesses from the building. but it's just deplor" deplorable."the city says... there's... daily maintenance... in... the but... employees say... those cleaning crews... show up... sporadically.../ and... employees... re expected... to help... with the cleaning...//.they... want... a... sit- down meeting with the mayor... to discuss... thhir concerns. u.s. secretarr of edu

. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake will be taking a vacation next week and her security team will beoing with them, to the tune of $2,000. >> the board of estimates today approved a $2,000 for the security detail to travel with the mayor and her family to california next week. police say is their call and they believe it is necessary. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake is going onto vacation with her family. the board of estimate approved around $2,000 for security detail to go with her. >> it is a decision made by the police department. >> city police say it is common practice by police departments around the country, and that's been done here before. >> they're not going to california to watch movies or to go to vineyards. they're working for the mayor and accounble to the mayor and the people of baltimore. >> they determine the need for security on a case by case basis. >> we determine the level of security and staffing that is needed for each person. we have a unit that specializes in this area. we will not compromise on one's personal safety, especially when you are a chief exec

derek blakely cbs news >>> president obama quick to extend condolences saying he was deeply saddened and will provide whatever support necessary. the president's official statements as as through mourn the loss at a house of worship where my how much our country is enriched by sikhs. that tragedy revives memories by six in the bay area 12 years ago a man opened fire with an assault rifle at the sikh temple in el sobrante a. the shooter was a sikh angry the leader did not allow him to address the congregation. reaction to today's shooting raged ranges from average to sympathy. members of the sikh temple and san jose 7 and concerned with the news. the loans fell close to home for members of the san jose temple. >>> i know one of our relatives who's the president there he was shot and wounded in we are in contact with the family. >>> what concerns me this happened in place of worship that worries me is that it might be at a hate crime. >>> no specific threat san jose police sent units to the sikh temple as a precaution. a tense standoff as employes held hostage at yuba city sporting goo

news at five. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 free tickets to sold out concerts.it's a perk mayyr stephanie rawlings-blake was receiving... that is now the center of an ethics probe. probe.for the ffrst time since baltimore's board of ethics announced plans to investigate... the mayor is speaking out.megan gilliland isshere with more on what happens if the board finds a violation. good morning guys,we revealed to you last week... that the mayor was receiving hundreds of free tickets to sold out concerts here at first mariner arena.now... the city's board of ethics is investigating those tickets. and we're talking about big shows... like jay-z and rihanna.tickett she was either using herself... giving to her friendd and family or even staff.although the facility is city owned... it's operation is contracted.when we fiist talked to the mayor about it... she called the topic trivial.here's what she's 13:11:15 having made ethics a prority of my administratioo i welcome the review of the long &pstanding policy regarding the baltimore arena. it's a practice thattgoes back several decades and several adm. admini

the interview went on, robert blake got madder and madder.t reminded me of bugs bunny and yosemite sim. we thought it would be fun to take the audio from that interview and combine it with the video from the cartoon and we were right. >> i want to get to the truth if i can. >> you want to get to the truth, if you can? does that mean i'm lying to you? >> i don't know. are you in. >> what the [ bleep ] matter with you. >> it's not about me, is it? >> yes, it is. because you owned that door, charlie potatoes. i'm not going to sit here and let you or anybody else kick the [ bleep ] out of me without defending myself. if you want to show me the door, that's fine too. >> i'm not interested in doing that. >> we better start talking about the little rascals. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: after the interview for some reason, our local news here in l.a. went to robert blake's condo, i guess to talk to him about it. i don't know what their plan was going in, but the result was some of the finest local news reporting this american has ever seen. >> b

i'm katherine blake. - i've just come from the chandler agency. - from where ? the employment office ? mr. brashov ? yes ? we got a problem with the freezer door. - can you fix it ? - i'll see what i can do. you must be very busy. i can come back. no, wait a minute. i remember now-- come with me i can't hear a thing in here. sorry about the mess. oh, that's okay. we are very busy getting ready to open. you can sit here. please. thank you. here's my resume. i think you'll find i've had a lot of experience, especially in the area of-- look how thin you are. how could you work in a restaurant and be so thin ? just lucky, i guess. it runs in the family. - anyway, the first restaurant that i worked at was-- - have something to eat first. and then we can talk. - please. - what is this ? - romanian sausage. - ohh. mmm. water ! are you all right ? excuse me. i'm looking for mr. brashov. and you have found him. i'm sorry i'm late. my day has been a total nightmare. first my roommate's car wouldn't start-- dead battery. so i had to run to the bus stop and get on the bus j

derrick blakely in eek creek, wisconsin.wjz" "eyewitness news." >> >> this is specially alarming to the hundreds of sikh that worship here. derrick is live in the newsroom with reaction. >> reporter: a nightmare come true. worry that the wisconsin residents were targeted because of their faith. here at this temple in randallstown. prayer for the wisconsin shooting victims. >> our deepest sympathies to the families of the victim and to the police officer who was wounded. >> >> reporter: the sikh as here say they are often mistaken for muslims because of their appearance. >> ever since 9/11, communities feel this type of things could happen anywhere any time. >> reporter: the civil rights group based out of washington, sikh coalition. since 9/11, alarming increase in several harassments, even violence against them across the country. >> there are perceptions out there because of the articles of faith because of a tower ban and a beard that people misunderstand. we are not al-qaida. >> reporter: these sikh's have opened their t

blake lively. a perfect match. >> it is. >> tell me about your future.ook at your watch, and i'm thinking, you don't need the money, right? look at this thing, it's like a clock. >> yeah. >> that's not really a watch, is it? that's like a clock. how much is that worth? >> a lot of money. way over $10,000. >> really? >> yeah. >> and your grill thing which we'll come to, when my surprise guest comes on, that's $25,000. >> yes. >> you can walk around here at any one time, what, 50 grand worth of -- >> at least. >> you like your bling, do you? >> i do. i love my bling. >> tell me about being an american at the olympic games. what it means to you to represent your country. >> it means the whole world. it means everything. you know, you get a kind of like goose bumps when you walk into a village or any kind of arena at the olympics, because everyone from every country just stops what they're doing and just stares at you. because team usa is coming through. and we're like the most dominating country in the world. and they just stare at you. >> i'm not sure you

stephanie rrwlings-blake... speaks out... for the first time.../ baltimore's ...board of ethics ... announced plans ...to investigate... her... addinistration.../. crime... and... justice reporter... joy lepola... says.../ the... mayor ...isn't calling the issue... trivial anymore. ((pkg)) hundreds oo free tiikets to shows like rihanna, jjy-z and sada.... all sold out concerts the mayor of baltimore had easy access to. just yesterday, the city's ethics board launched an investigation into the mayor's tickets.(lu/ethics board)12:28:26 i think the ticket issue is an issue enough people have questions aboot that it ought to be looked at. today... mayor stephanie rawlings blake read questioned about the ethics boaads decision.13:11:22 i standing policy regarding the - baltimore arena. a week ago,the mayor called questions on the opic trivial. rawlings-blake agrues an agreement allows her access to the tickets and she's allowed to give them to whom ever shee wants... with no questions asked. 13:11:44 the event tickets are not paid for with taxpayer funds and none of this is new or out of

rawlings blake isn't the firss. (dedie) 14:25:17 people like to say that's how we've always done it but that doesn't make it right. (mayor) 14:11:54 i &pthink when your outlet and other are focusing on practice that's been going on since 88 it tells me one thing.. that crime is gone down, are school's are getting bbtter, ouu neighborhoods are getting stronger. the things people so now you tart focusing on in city ethics tell fox 45 ... - this may not be that trivial. there's a chance the mayor violated the city code of ethics by using goverment property aka the tickets for personallgain. several family members received tickets... anddthey received more than one. joy lepola fox 45 news at ten. a lobbyist was among those getting some free tickets from the mayor. things got a little teety at baltimore city hall this morning. morning. counnil president jack young said he wanted to get the reguuar meeting of the board of estimates going... but couldn't because the mayor was running late.when the mayor finally did arrive

most anticipated event at the games was billed as jamaica versus the united states bolton patrick blake aiming to show their superiority over the usa impairing have just begun. an enticing date and despite a less than stellar start it was bolting blitzed across the line in an olympic record time of nine point six three seconds blake took silver gatlin who had a four year ban for doping offense took from us. i came here to thirty five my legend my legend c. and i started out good stuff happy myself now now got a push on people to go to work hard what is this whole london experience mean to you it's a great experience for me it's wonderful the crowd is just amazing i knew was going to be out but when you were a car my name i couldn't be here what you would think that to be the energy that is just wonderful now the chairman of the london twenty twelve organizing committee notes a bastion kerry says officials will take a zero tolerance approach to incidents similar to the one which saw a bottle thrown onto the athletics track on sunday night a man has been arrested following the incident ah

living on to athletics where jamaica's yohan blake blitzed the one hundred metres and you same boat cruise through the two hundred on a night when the olympic stars shone at the latest diamond league meeting in less than a live picture bolster started not to compete in the one hundred meters and silver medal as blake for the personal best of knowing point six nine seconds to win in the joint third fastest time in history a revolt has run faster american. icing gave a finish second chance to make it mr carter third while bolt comes to be won the two hundred meters and nineteen point five eight seconds and others john demartini took silver to make his nickel ashmead clinched bronze what olympics champion kirani james of grenada won the men's four hundred meters in forty four point three seven seconds ahead of the dominican republic getting some toss while there was a photo finish in the women's one hundred meters as american calmly to jessa is to make it shelley and fraser price both clocks ten point eight six seconds that jetta was awarded the gold. and finally to bikes of the most of our a

start it was blown to bits to cross the line in a limping record time of nine point six three seconds blake took silver while kaplan who had served a four year bomb for doping secured. i came here to thirty five my legend my legend started out good stop you must of now know not to push on people can go to work hard what is this whole london experience mean to you it's a great experience to be one of the crowd is just amazing i knew was going to be all about going to record my name i couldn't be here what they were thing to be the energy the obvious just wonderful. for a year and that day that was the life for tennis player on the murray the team g.b. member winning gold after sweeping aside roger federer in straight sets six two six one six four a rematch of the wimbledon decider just four weeks ago federer won his seventeenth slumber day but it was stopped murray and ruptures this time. another upset in the bronze medal match up to with argentine juan martin del potro beating novak djokovic chance traits at seven five six four clearly showing no ill effects of this record breaking marfan s

let's begin with derrick blakely. he brings us the latest developments from oak creek, wisconsin. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. team officers and several police officers swarmed a sikh temple after a gunman allegedly killed six people and wounded three others. >> because of the heroic actions of our officers, they stopped this from being worse than it could have been. >> reporter: police say the suspect ambushed a 20-year veteran of the oak creek police department before back-ups stepped in. >> another officer on scene was engaged by the suspect. our officer did engage that individual. and that individual is deceased. >> witnesses here at the sikh temple ever wisconsin say the shootings started around 10:30 as worshippers gathered for sunday morning services. >> there was one guy outside. he just bang, four shots, and he just went inside. i was just hiding. >> reporter: people already inside the temple also looked for places to stay safe. >> my mom called my cousin. she said that her and 15 others locked themselves in a pantr

it was born to blitz to cross the line in the olympic record time of nine point six three seconds blakeknob silver had served a four year ban for doping took bronze. i came here to thirty five my legs and my legs and i started out good now knowing how to push on people to go to work hard what is this whole london experience mean to you it's a great experience for me it's wonderful crowd is just amazing i knew was going to be there when you were a car my name i couldn't be here what they were thing to be the energy there i was just wonderful. earlier in the day that was the light for a tennis player on the murray the team g.p. member winning gold after sweeping aside roger federer in straight sets six two six one six four a rematch of the wimbledon final just four weeks ago federer won his seventeenth day but it was stopped murray enraptures this time. another upset in the bronze medal match up to with argentina juan martin del potro beating novak djokovic in straight sets seven five six four poncho clearly showing no ill effects of this record breaking martha's semi final defeat to fede

that's blake hanson, our affiliate report from wdsu. situation as it changes. we're going to go there and give you a report live with the latest in new orleans and what's happening there. isaac is nearing hurricane strength on a collision course with new orleans. right now the storm packing 70 mile an hour winds. forecasters expect it to make landfall sometime tonight or tomorrow morning near new orleans. isaac could be a category 2 hurricane by then with triple digit winds and torrential rain. as much as 18 inches expected in some areas of alabama, louisiana and mississippi. john? >> here in tampa, it is the first real day of the republican national convention after the threat of isaac essentially forcing the gop to cancel most of the speeches and festivities yesterday. may still impact this week as it goes on. i want to talk about what is planned for tonight. i'm joined by anna navarro, strategist from florida and erick erickson, the editor in chief of red state.com. tonight we have ann romney peek speaking and chris christie. marco r

to talk more about the latest in the hacktivist world our producer andrew blake joins us now hi andrea liz could hack this really hack into a spacecraft on mars i mean anyone can do anything i mean if you reverse engineer anything you don't like if you have the technology to put it there you have the technology to take it down it's that simple we can essential we do anything i don't see why not but the way in the reason this all started developing was back around a week or two ago someone at p.c. mag. in addition they wrote that oh if you really wanted to have curiosity out of curiosity this is how you would do it and they kind of pinpointed step by step well if you know you can get three hundred if you can send a signal at four hundred thousand kilowatts to three hundred fifty miles away and you know how to do essentially rocket science because that's really what it is so they publish this saying that well if you really have all the means to take down this billion dollar craft you probably already know how to do it but they leave it out for everyone and allegedly someone with this sec

and i want to make as yohan blake blitz the one hundred meters and use same boat cruise through the two hundred on a night when i lympics start showing that the latest diamond league meeting in less than and then the champion bowls decided not to compete in the one hundred meters and silver medalist blake ran a personal best of nine point six nine seconds to win in the joint third fastest time in history bolt has run faster and there you can tyson gay finish second and jamaican nesta carter while both come to be one the wonder to. it reaches a nineteen point five eight seconds in other words joined in latina took silver and is nicole smith pinch bronze champion kirani james of grenada won the men's four hundred meters in forty four point three seven seconds ahead of the dominican republic so they get in some sauce while there was a photo finish in the women's one hundred meters and american calmly to jetta and drank his shelley and fraser bryce both clocked ten point eight six seconds but jetta was awarded the gold. and we finish where we started with frankly local swiss riders have swe

and king all the spring just same bold retains his two hundred meter olympic title competitors film blake and water where the podium just jamaican. to the london games first where russia has moved up to the fourth place thanks to wherever a bit was victory in the women's wrestling she won the gold in the under seventy two kilogram category to become the first ever russian female olympic wrestling champ and there were also two silver and bronze on day thirteen for russia here's richard profit. russia continue their steady progress of these olympics of a gold two silvers and a bronze to show for their efforts on day thirteen however things could've been so much different having had a little bit more skill and a little bit more luck on their side i want to tell you about the other one gold in the women's wrestling seventy two kilogram category which is only twenty one years old and produced almost beyond her years to be the vastly experienced from bulgaria who was actually a five time world champion so it looks as though natalia has a bright future ahead of her and she's the russians was spa

pleasure to have in the studio that was all artsy web producer andrew blake thanks well coming up next hour it's he is the capital account with lauren lyster chat let's check in with learnt to see what is on today's agenda lauren what have gone on over there hi liz i know that it's friday it's summer friday it may feel like we're in the peak of summer but i'm going to break down for you why we are in the middle of winter at least according to our gas. winter which may explain the economic situation where and when this economy's going to hit rock bottom and when we're going to bounce back to prosper. you will not want to miss that right doesn't sound like you want to miss that and that is coming up next on the capital account with lauren list server that is going to do it for the news for more on the stories we cover check out our you tube channel you tube dot com slash r t america or check out our web site r t dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter at liz wall we'll be back here in a half hour see that. can someone. please find. the. wealthy british scientist sign some tim

or you get blake shelton.r example, i said okay, blake, i'll let you sing, warm up, and then i'll come in. he came in with "baby you'll find." and i'm saying, do you have a volume knob on that plaid shirt somewhere? you can't turn him down. and then tim mcgraw and these guys. these guys -- it's so much fun. little big town, these are the ones. >> did they say yes right away? which i can't -- >> absolutely. you know what's so wonderful though? is that it's almost you get in the studio, it's the way the music business was, where you're actually having fun. it's -- >> you remember remember why you got into it. >> it was so much fun. we told more jokes. you know, we laughed a lot. >> will there be a volume two? it seems it would only make sense. you have so many more hits. >> i'm going to go there. we're going to try it. but right now i'm just going to survive the first wave. oh, my god. >> watching you in some of those videos with rascal flatts, you guys were taping, you have such a connect with them. >> well, yo

that was a good one, blake. what's the latest there?really made astonishing gains over the last few weeks and there was that dramatic inkurgs into damascus when they were able to kill four top security officials of the regime. this regime is reel beingiing rw but hasn't cracked. they have the tanks and helicopter gunships and for the time being the upper hand. it looks like their control is slipping and they are more high level defections every day. >> our announcement that we've learned that the president has authorized secret aid. you talk about their ability to take out these four leaders in the syrian government, talking about the rebels of course. is that thanks to cia aid and other kinds of aid? >> i highly doubt it. the finding that president obama signed was a nonlethal finding. so that means that the united states can give anything short of weapons that can be used to -- >> but with cia, you can give intelligence. >> well, you know, it's quite possible that the cia had information on where these people were, but to be honest, i