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he promised that he would enact whistle-blower protection.ere is a bill right now that i think has passed the senate, but it still contains no protection for someone in the fbi or 16 intelligence agencies. and he's also prosecuting whistle-blowers who blew the whistle on bush's illegal actions. if you remember the warrantless monitoring. so that very much cuts across what he promised. and it's very disappointing to see this type of repression on the media. >> is there any relationship to your experience between the amount of reaction from the total number of governments relative to the comparable truth of what has been whistle-blown, what has been released by somebody like assange? >> well, the comparison, of course, wikileaks hasn't released a lot of documents, but they have not all been published. and he is working with mainstream press. so, again, i think it's quite responsible. in my case, my memo leaked on its own. it was not my own intention to have it leaked, but once it got into the papers, it was my sole protection. i didn't realize

whistle blowers are calling up and telling abc 7 the construction company is pretty much on the mark but that pump station should not have been shut down during the problem. because it was overwhelmed and the reason it was overwhelmed according to these whistle blowers is because of lack of maintenance. they're blaming the sanitation district and say that thing about environmental terrorism is just a cover story. crews here now working on the second pipe hoping to get it fixed before the rains. live in greenbray, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> thanks for the update. time now 6:02. the federal judge who put a hold on california's lethal injections has set a date to tour the state's new death chamber at san quentin. the judge halted executions in 2006 over concerns that staff members were inadequately trained and the death chamber was too small and dark. the june has requested a hearing in early february to look at improvements officials made since then. that could determine if and when the judge will lift his ban on execution. >> two incoming lawmakers are raising flags about budget

the expression went up facing the gas station last month after a dispute over noisy leaf blower between an employee and the neighbor. >> when dave started reallycussing at bob because -- really cussing at bob, bob smiled at him, turned the blower up and finished his job. by the time he was done with his job, the words were on the garage. >> reporter: the neighbor, dave bryant, did not want to be interviewed but he told me this is about more than just a leaf blower. he says the gas station compressor makes noise all night, gas trucks come in late and there's loitering and trash on the property. the manager says the station is quiet by about 10:00 p.m. and most noise happens during the day. what do do you make of this? >> he's a childish old man. i'm sorry. but that's what i see, yeah, and i told you. >> reporter: people who pull into the car wash could plainly see the phrase. >> i'm all for the freedom of speech but kids come through here and stuff like that and that's not cool. >> reporter: napa police tell me it's not vandalism because bryant did it on his own home. >> normally when we

a whistle-blower claims dui test results for the last 10 years are now in question. and d.c. police am let it play out in court and paul wagner has more on the fallout. >> reporter: a top official with the d.c. police department told fox 5 that there is no clear-cut answer as to the accuracy of the breathalyzers and they will let the court decide what to do and a whistle- blower who examined the alcohol said the machines were rarely, if ever, tested for accuracy for a decade and likely longer. the question came to light last february when the new head of the breath alcohol testing program found records showing the machines had not been properly calibrated since the fall of 2008, and that is not all. ilmar pagol, a man hired to take over the program after retiring, said in a four-page memo that he found the machines had never been or rarely ever been tested for accuracy. a claim that was not made public until fox 5 discovered the memo in a d.c. superior court case file. he wrote that the calibration has to be verified by accuracy tests and these legally- mandated tests of the

there's work left to be done for the whistle blower who was the hero to a california town. why ckovich is back in >>> storm gates are open. >>> there is work left to be done for the whistle blower who was a hero to a california town. why erin brockovich is back in hinkley. >>> the while collar brawlers going toe-to-toe. right now we will show you the last man standing. >> we have used books to find information for years. now google has a way to show us what we have been looking for. >>> good evening, i'm juliette goodrich in for dana king. >> i'm ken bastida. steady rain falling on drivers during the evening commute. this was the scene where drivers splashed their way home. >> around the same time steady rain was falling in oakland. this storm is supposed to drop several inches of rain over the next few days. >> meteorologist brian hackney with us tonight. >> mr. bastida good to see you. they had more than 2 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. even in san francisco. almost an inch of rain. wind advisories that were just posted by the national weather service 12 minutes ago

the whistle blowers say, no, that's not exactly right.is a cover story for a lack of pipe maintenance and the pump station that was shut down should not have been shut down. health officials say whatever happened there, stay away from all of it. take a listen. >> stay out of the water. >> anything else? >> keep your dogs out of the water, also. and i would probably not kayak, boat, or do anything like that. >> the construction company that's been working out here for months replacing that pipe agrees with the whistle blowers that the shutting down of the pump station was a major contributor along with the runoff from the rain to the problem. what's immediately important right now is to finish fixing the sewer pipe out here. and as i said crews are out here right now trying to get it done. if they don't get it done by the next heavy rainfall, again could be a third raw sewage spill coming up. live in greenbray in marin county, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. it's 5:31. the water off three san mateo beaches will remain closed until at l

berkeley the city council has decided it's too early to vote whether to honor the military whistle blower who fed classified information to wikileaks. council members say they're not ready to proclaim army private branly manning a hero because he hasn't admitted to or been convicted of leaking 92,000 sensitive documents as a combat video to wikileaks. he's in a military jail facing a 52-year prison sentence. the peace and justice commission drafted the resolution saying whoever leaked the information deserves to be thanked by the american people. >> a 14-year-old boy accused of raping a young girl and stabbing her young brother will be tried as an adult. the 14-year-old suspect identified as alexander servants entered the home and woke up the girl, raped and stabbed her and abeing at thatted her 18-month-old brother. the two were able to escape to a neighbor's home for help. he's being held on $9 million bail. the girl and her young brother are recovering at u.c. davis hospital. >> san rafael police and assemblyman jared huh man are planning to offer a $15,000 reward for information that

one >> the lincoln memorial was shot down as crews with snow blowers walked on-were-on up those steps. with icy roads causing traffic nightmares and hundreds and thousands of accidents. this was early in atlanta or raleigh, n.c., the same, with ice. and this fountain in raleigh, north carolina became one big block of ice. just how cold it is. and one georgia neighborhood, sheets of black tights. and there were just abandoning their cars, up sheets of black-ice. that did not always work. >> i'm going to walk it. >> please be careful. >> she was startled but not hurt. >> also in georgia, through a long wait on this bosthis school bus >> and i felt that we were sliding in and work on there for three hours. the minneapolis, a difficult finding of another lesion in their roof. >> and the 40's, that are still trying to get a 40'-- authorities are still trying to rescue these people. >> and this is through which you brunswick, with homes, businesses. >> and we had to show you with this lighthouse on lake erie! encased in ice, this is what happens when crashing waves and icing temperatures co

wiki leaks the online whistle blower is under pressure from the government as some hack s.e believes secrets exchanges and has been dropped by u.s. domain servers and his switched to new web site. a europe wide arrest warrant is out for the founder for allegations of sex crimes in sweden. >>> one star to be extinct federal wild life biologists concern say two more of these, they believe that these are the latest in the ones that photograph this summer. >>> it's been cloudy, but really not a whole lot of rain, that's going to change. i'll talk all of that when we're going to see the heavy rain coming up in just a bit. ♪ ♪ you can find your feet and you can find your way ♪ ♪ you can find yourself in bed at the end of the day ♪ ♪ you can find some fun on a tropical isthmus ♪ ♪but you'll never find my... ♪ you can find it in your heart to be patient with me ♪ ♪ you can find a new star for the top of the tree ♪ ♪ i don't mean to be coy and i don't mean to be vicious ♪ ♪ but you'll never find my christmas ♪ share minutes for free when you add a smartphone to a family shareplan. a

wiki leaks the online whistle blower is under pressure from the government as some hack s. he believes secrets exchanges and has been dropped by u.s. domain servers and his switched to new web site. a europe wide arrest warrant is out for the founder for allegations of sex crimes in sweden. >>> one star to be extinct federal wild life biologists concern say two more of these, they believe that these are the latest in the ones that photograph this summer. >>> it's been cloudy, but really not a whole lot of rain, that's going [ male announcer ] welcome to the far reaches of the internet. when you go faster, you're free to go farther. at&t. rethink possible. get high-speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month. >>> here is what economist expected to hear today. here is what the labor department reported. an anemic 39,000. that's short of the 172,000 new jobs in october and way short of the the number needed to put adept in the unemployment figure. it has now topped 9% for 19 months, longer than any other time in american history. last month the jobless rate adjusted 9.8%.

they get shovels and snow blowers. it will be >>, the spiders? >> things that get to 50 percent off because they are starting to first quarters .... >> if i go to a store that does not anything 15 percent off i am not enticed to go in. >> we are a consumer nation. you give me something if you want me to give you my dollar. >> something needs to come out for success in 2011. we will be right back after this praye (music) for 20 a.m.. the next room that is headed our way. we're looking for it some very heavy rain. in the meantime at it san francisco and is not bad day. the accord to cut up as this storm comes in. i will surely what is coming here. a lot of heavy rain out in pacifica. it is advancing towards your recap. a difference in the models for the last day, going to intensify off shore. we're off target for some of heavy rain coming in. especially it late hours. as we take a look at storm trackers there are the first rains of making their way with your recover ain't right now. that is take a look at future test. ed drive home tonight with the

you know, the idea that this guy is a whistle blower, what did he disclose here? >> you object to the publication of pentagon papers? >> you know what, i think there's a huge moral difference. the moral difference is that was a situation where you had daniel ellsworth on his own -- >> "the new york times." >> "the new york times" didn't tell him to take the documents. once they took the documents, they gave it to "the new york times." >> they published it. >> that's different. it's very different from assange encouraging working with people -- >> "the new york times" encourages people to bring them news worthy material. >> i don't get it. this is a hypothetical. you're saying give me your leak documents. if you're wikileaks and not soliciting. >> that's a big difference. >> people need to know there might be whistle blowers and that does keep their actions within parameters. >> we will continue this. jeff, naomi, thank you for being with us. coming up, one of the few senators to vote against the tax compromise. sharon brown joins us next to tell us why. we'll be r

digging out is no easy task especially when the snow is higher than the blowers.eet fell in parts of the new york metro area new yorking out power to thousands and creating a day of back breaking work for the sha peery family. >> hots of snow, lots of shoveling, but it's fun. we're with my family so i'm happy. >> the blizzard dumped 20" of new york city. most streets are plowed but freezing temperatures are making roads very slick. >> then they are not that good. they are not that good. >> this is a common sight. even the snow plows are getting stuck. and a lot of food deliveries aren't getting through either, they can't make pizza at this restaurant because they ran out of cheese. >> if we don't get a certain amount of deliveries i don't know how we'll be able to open up much more. >> reporter: there's so much snow in times square workers had to figure where to put it all. they moved it to the side of the road or piled it up in the middle. >>> the major airports around new york were shut down most of the day as plows worked to get the runways cleaned off. thousan

health to use their money efficiently to help the obviously need, rather than going after whistle- blower'slike myself, with in my opinion, fake charges of mandatory sick leave and being mentally ill. as many people have noted in my basement here at city hall for the past year, if douglas is mentally ill, it says a lot about all of the other people here at city hall. thank you. supervisor chu: are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on item number four? seeing no one, public comment disclosed. bill, did you want to say a few words? do we have a motion to table the item? without objection. madam clerk, please call item no. 1. >> item #one. hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 48 on-sale general public premises liquor license from 730-732 broadway street to 163 jessie street (district 6) to jon gasparini for jessie street cafe will serv

coming up here on ktvu channel 2 news at 5, we are following that story about the whistle blower pilotn francisco airport who says that security for ground crews is far too lax. check out more of the startling videos he posted online and also find out what federal transportation security officials have to say about his allegations. that story and a lot more coming up at 5:00. have a wonderful day, everyone. hope to see you back here at 5:00.

your fiction and the non-fiction of journalism, which uncovers the news with the help of whistle blowers>> well, we don't try to create fiction. what we try to do is to use the information we have to recreate it into images. it's not fiction. >> but, now you at next tv often put out a story without any of your own journalists having covered the incident themselves or without maybe confirming the facts themselves. >> you know, other news channels or news service give us the information. we don't just have one. we have a few news agents, you know, different kind of media that we gather the information and we get -- just use more than one media, you know, is reporting the news. >> next tv's political often receives huge numbers of hits on youtube. the term "tabloid news" doesn't bother you at all? >> no. because it's obvious that, you know, we are becoming more popularized. a lot of tv channels are using us in the west, and you know, we have capacity, so our business is very well. for us we have to go through trial and error to adopt to what people actually comfortable seeing and people fac

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. >>> the whistle blower web site wiki leaks is fighting to stay online after releasing classified cables. today the site was forced to change its web address from wikileaks.org to wikileaks.ch. the company that had within providing the internet stopped. and he's threatened to release the rest of the tumts if arrested. >> governor schwartzeneggar swore in the next chief justice of california today and says she's the living, breathing example of the american dream. >> and he is the first minority and second woman to lead the state's high court. she's philippino american, her husband, japanese american. >> it's a vertical climb. i take comfort no knowing that the governor of the great state have faith in my ability to figure it out and to execute it. and i will, thank goodness with the help of you good people. thank you very much. >> replacing retiring christmas eve justice, and will assume office january 3. >> president owe ob yaims budget debt commission approved a plan to slash the nation's deficit but did not get enough votes to send it to congress. recommendation woz have cut $4 trilli

the whistle-blower has passed me the full transcript. >> i will keep my sights on mr. murdoch. [inaudible] >> right. >> [inaudible] i cannot politicize said. for people who know what happened -- is happening -- >> what does the former tv boss makes of it all? >> i have never heard anything like it. for a secretary of state to say anything while a review is underway. i don't think undercover reporters have ever recorded his or her vince cable words. vince the the has the same -- vince cable has the say on deciding whether the takeover will happened. in saying he declared war on mr. murdoch appeared to be taken side. it was like a judge in a court case saying he was going to war against the defendants. it is not a surprise that these marks are unacceptable and the prime minister has prevented vince cable from all future role in media decisions. this is what news corp. said tonight print either we are shocked and dismayed by reports. they've raised serious questions about fairness in due process. here is the minister who denies he has given mr. cable media powers. it is down to hi

. >> ah but tough breaks for wikileaks as more companies make moves to stop the whistle blowers deadn their tracks. >> santa and his reindeer are expected along the streets of downtown san jose this morning but financial constraints could jeopardize the events' future. it is 730 on sunday morning, december 5th. thanks for joining us their morning. >> we have got a lot of news and talk to cover in the next half-hour. the latest in the search for a man who shot a girl in her home. >> plus bad news for people who enjoy eating fish. salmon in very short supply. we will have pa have a look at what is being done to protect that supply. >> this is one reason why there are a lot of midwesterners living in the bay area. >> president obama is still hoping for a compromise with republicans on tax cut. he says he will consider keeping all of the bush era tax cuts if republicans agree. the talk of accommodation came after republicans blocked a bill. now senate majority leader harry reid, a democrat, says he hopes an agreement this coming week could combine tax cuts with a renewal of unemployment

they are pulling out every weapon to deal with all two feet, snow blowers, plow trucks, most of this snow is lake effect from the great lakes. >>> and it's not taking much snow to cause this pile up. temperatures are causing concern even in florida endangering crops there. >>> another terrorist plot in our backyard is foiled. this time federal agents nabbed a virginia man threatening to blow up the metro system. kelly mcpherson explains the government zeroed in on this suspect in a familiar way. >> reporter: the suspect goes by several different names in life an online. but the fbi believes that they have caught the man who has been threatening bombings online for three weeks. 26-year-old uniss has been arrested for threatening to bomb the dc metro after chatting about it via facebook with his girlfriend. the suspect said he would put the pipe bombs in the third and fifth cars of the trains because that's where more people would be so he could have a deadlier impact. the complainant told the fbi quote you wouldn't do that, he responded watch me. agents raided his arlington, virginia

the wind is like being on the business end of a blower torched while people -- of a blowtorch well people throw sand that you. there is a similarity between the extremes. at the height of summer, 57 degrees, there is a hundred degrees difference between us. we wanted to know why people came to settle here in the first place. this man is mining salt by hand as his forefathers did before him. this is not work. centuries on, this is the only job going. -- this is hard work. there's nothing much to do but sit in the shade and drink tea, but there's not much of that either because water is rationed. he gets 3 barrels for his wife and their 8 children. the truck has are the been year but already 1 barrel is empty. on the first day, they did a washing. after that, the water is just for drinking. if the truck is a day late, it is how, he says. temperatures here reached 55 degrees celsius. there is the curse of extreme heat and a lack of drinking water combines to provide the only blessing that families can really count on here. this is winter. in summer, the temperature of the water alone reaches

they say the founder and accused whistle blower are revealing information that the government won't. many are members of the coat pink movement. >>> san jose may be days becoming the largest california city to ban plastic bags. the city council is expected to approve the law tuesday. it would require shoppers to bring reusable bags for pay to buy a paper one. they hope others in the area will join them and the ban will event by be statewide. >>> a rescue for bird lovers. how they managed to remove a beer can collar from a seagull what's being done to find the people who put it on. >>> a wild ride for drivers in the midwest. a massive winter storm that's closed highways and canceled flights. >> the weather center, the fog has been the big story this weekend but soon it's going to be rain. we will talk about that. [ female announcer ] get the season's top toys at walmart's toyland, where you'll find a huge assortment and a price match guarantee all in one special place at walmart. the new tangled rapunzel doll, the nerf n-strike stampede blaster and more. they're all waiting for you in

in the whistle blower passed me the full transcript. >> i have declared war on mr. murdoch. i did not politicize it because it is illegal. [inaudible] >> right. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> what does this former tv boss makes of it all? >> i have never heard anything quite like it. for a secretary of state to say anything like that. secondly, i don't think undercover reporters have ever recorded it his or her words before. >> it was back in june when rupert murdoch's corp. offered money for 61% of eithersky b. then mr. cable either ask the media regulators to investigate the deal. eivince had the ultimate say on whether news corp. could own sky. he is supposed to be an impartial judge and would adjudicate whether the deal would happen. in saying he would declare war on news corp., he appears to be taking sides. it is like a judge in a court case announcing he will go to war against the defendant. it is not surprised by the prime minister said these remarks are unacceptable and he will strip him of all future role in media decisions. this is what news corp. said tonight. news

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this guys tried to use this snow blower in new york to get the snow out of the way of his driveway so we could drive to work. this kid biking in this know what you guess is what happened? what you think? yes, he wipes out. a lot of fun for the kids not so much for the adults. >> looking forward to that snow in tahoe here's a look from heavenly. you can see snow on the ground but clear skies that certainly going to change as we head into the next few days. the storm that is pushing in it is not going to be a warm storm at all. you mean the good is the rate of this. snow levels of the 300 ft. of rain snow mixed into to our notice afternoon temperatures all in the '40's overnight temperatures cool enough for us to see that snow on thursday we will see this snow in the morning and the attention of the evening for only one knew which of snow is expected out of the store for the sierra. will be gusty if you can't plan on driving up be careful. a look at storm tracker 4 radar increasing cloud cover or the north bay but no less insofar the leading edge of this storm has stalled over the west

an hour in some areas the only solace in most neighborhoods spinning tires and snow blowers. >> some areas cut to 3 ft. of snow is no dress as high as 6 ft.. despite the growing weight once stranded driver took a positive approach to the ordeal. >> it's been a long 24 hours but this is buffalo power whether and make the most of them >> i 90 as reopen their visit to traffic moving the national weather service says most of the really heavy snow has tapered off however, more snow is expected this weekend. stay with us will be back after this break. [ female announcer ] give yourself the gift of time with the kfc festive feast. twelve pieces of the colonel's hand breaded original recipe chicken. with three sides and six biscuits for only $19.99. have a so good holiday. texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your savings can earn three times the national average!! three times the national average!!! new school banking at capital one bank. wit

. >> hackers launched a series of world wide cyber attacks today in defense of the whisel blower web site wiki leaks. and bonl companies say transactions were not affected. and this is following release of classified state department documents. hackers have targeted sara palin, paypal, joe lieberman, swedish prosecutors and a swiss bank. facebook and twitter have both suspend add kts that appear to be organizing attacks. san francisco electronics frontier foundation is concern btd about a backlash. >> we think freedom of speech is a core american value this, is something to protect. the backlash is going to result in the introduction of law that's will likely end up having a tremendously bad affect on speech. >> and the berkeley city council is considering a resolution to clearing army private bradley manning a hero calling for his release in custody. he is expecting of providing wiki leak was the document autos a san jose flight diverted to new mexico after a passenger tried to force his way off the plane. continental airlines flight bound for houston, texas. the pilot land so the m

they invented a robot snow blower. it runs on batteries and uses electricity to navigate. kite be in your driveway some day. the prototype is $6,000 but the students think a marketable version could be sold for about $1,500. that would be a worthwhile investment. >>> now that slots are a go in anne arundel county another part of maryland looks to lure slots parlors. where, on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. >>> six people are dead, three adults, three children, ages 9, 3 and 1, in a fire on homewood avenue in east baltimore. i'm jamie costello. it was befo

. >> whistle blowers need to be respected and protected. >> reporter: commission member tom segol was against it. >> he's a traitor and he went against his -- whatever he signed to join the military. he violated his word. >> reporter: the peace and justice commission is a volunteer advisory group and tonight's resolution is symbolic only. what do you tell people when they ask the point? >> well, we are participating in the democracy in america and that makes it healthy is participation. >> reporter: he faces 5 two years in prison. at least count $100,000 have been raised for his defense. >> i could urge the counsel to vote no. the right to privacy is essential. the state department would like us to believe he's unleashed danger to our troops but yet, they haven't point today a single person that's been harmed by these releases. >> we need to have information if we don't want to go towards a closed government. >> reporter: so the city counsel wants to wait and see what happens at which point they will take the resolution back and reword it and at some point revisit the topic and debate

today's activists carried signs across the golden gate bridge and rallied in support of accused whistle blower bradley manning and julian assange, wikileaks' founder. >> to me, we need to hear from them because we're not hearing the truth from our own administration. if you want to imprison someone, imprison the real war criminals. >> the truth needs to be told. if the truth was told, this would have never happened. >> today's activists are members of code pink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement. when asked about the sexual assault charges against assange, the supporters could only say they back the founder's role in wikileaks. >>> checking other bay area headlines, some head scratching in oakland over plans to license large scale pot growing operations. the deadline for applications is 10 days away. but the city council met behind closed doors next monday to discuss a memo from the city attorney, who hints the whole idea may be illegal in the eyes of federal law enforcement. >>> san jose may be just days away from becoming the largest california city to ban plastic bags. the city

they carried signs across the golden gate bridge showing support for accused whistle blower bradley manning, and julian assange, wikileaks' founder. >> to me, we need to hear from them because we're not hearing the truth from our own administration. if you want to imprison somebody, imprison the real war criminals. >> the truth needs to be told. if the truth was told, this would have never happened. >> many of today's activists are members of code pink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement. >>> last month, san francisco decided muni operators didn't have to be the second highest paid drivers in the country. now, as anne mackovic shows us, operators say the city sadding insult to injury and acting like scrooge. >> we want our money! >> reporter: but unless something changes, muni drivers are not going to get the thousands of dollars they normally do this time of year. >> my kids are sad right now. you know, everybody's sad. >> reporter: muni has a special fund set up for the city's transit operators. at the end of the year, each worker normally gets around $3000 on top of their nor

. >> whistle blowers need to be respected and protected. >> never theless he is a traitor and he went his -- whatever he signed to join the military. he violated his word. >> i would urge the council to vote no against this foolish resolution. the right to privacy is essential in our country and essential to diplomacy. >> we need to have information if we don't want to go towards a closed government. >> 90 minutes ago the council wants to wait and see what happens with manning's trial. if convicted of all charges manning faces 52 years in prison. >>> a bay area soldier has been killed in action in afghanistan. army specialist derek simaneta was back home two months ago celebrating his 21st birthday. he had some misgivings about returning to the war front. he was one of six american soldiers killed on sunday. >>> a man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from virginia and bringing her to the bay area will not fight extradition. jeffrey easley appeared in court today and will be sent back to virginia to face charges. he was captured friday after a woman spotted him and the 12- year

. >>> the berkeley city council has tabled a resolution calling the wikileaks whistle-blower a hero. army private bradley manning is jailed for supplying the website with hundreds of thousands of classified documents and cables. after an hour of public comment, the city council decided to wait and see if manning is in fact the man who leaked the documents. >>> and san jose is now california's largest city to put a ban on those plastic bags. the city council passed the ordinance last night. starting in 2012, store customers will have to bring their own reusable bags or pay for paper. >>> frugal fatigue seems to be setting in this holiday season. macy's and other mid level retailers are seeing an increase in luxury purchases up about 3% over last year. and the really high-end stores, the increase double that. shoppers say it's not decadence. it's just a sign of the times. >> we can afford to more or less live like we used to live. >> the economy is a compilation of people willing to share their earnings. i'm doing my part. >> in the past several stores have seen spikes in sales of 45%.

this move again comes as the whistle blower website continues to a bare steel, administration with atream of lead internet tools. all lots are embarrassing and awkward from an international relations standpoint especially for secretary of state hillary clinton. as hillary clinton begins a trip to central asia the leak at its closest to home is one for office. it directs american deployments to collect personal formation of four diplomats of the fee when carried now the founder of the wicked weeks takes aim directly at clinton telling time magazine it could be time for her to resign. >> ordering u.s. diplomatic figures to engage in espionage and committees of the united nations, in violation of the national convenience to which the u.s. to sign up. ". >> no documents that is allegedly in the troughwikileaks change the role of any deployment anywhere in the world. >> to call him an anarchist a former senior state official in clinton supporter tell cnn calls for clinton to resign are part of an organized campaign to recapture gone american diplomacy and 6 secretary clinton and first of

. >> whistle blowers need to be respected and protected. >> in terms of he's a traitor, and he went againsthatever he signed during the military. he violated his word. >> i would urge the council to vote no against the resolution. the right to privacy is essential in our country and essential to diplomacy. >> we need to have information. if we don't want to go toward a closed fascist government. >> the council decided it wanted to wait to see what happens with manning's trial. if convicted of the charges, he faces 52 years in prison. >>> a bay area soldier has been killed in action in afghanistan. army specialist derek simonetta was back home two months ago celebrating his 21st birthday. his family said he had misgiving about returning to the war front. he was one of six soldiers killed on sunday. >>> oakland's police chief asking for a federal investigation into the police shooting of derek intelligence. jones shot and killed last month by officers responding to a domestic dispute at a barbershop. police say the 37-year-old appeared to pull a metal object from his pants just before he was

he said assange is not a journalist nor a whistle blower but "a political actor with a political agendas it for this edition of "newsline." i'm gene otani in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour with the latest news and weather.

tavis: what happens to a whistle-blower like you when you come out saying what you have been saying in the media? >> you do this knowing you are putting yourself at risk and your family at risk. i went into this with eyes wide open that that could happen to me. i have not had that kind of attack on me. i think the industry knows that what i am doing, what i am saying, is the truth. they know i had a high profile in the industry and with the media all the time. i am always going to speak the truth. they have a hard time attacking me for that. that may yet come. but so far, i encourage more people to get beyond their fear, if they feel they are in a job that is not the right job. they need to make a change and are worried about it. listen to your heart. tavis: i assume you must have a healthy savings account. >> that is true. i knew going into this that i was never going to work in corporate america again. i am not a rich man, but i had enough money to be able to say what was right after doing this. i had a few months of money saved up. it was not the money, quite frankly. it was the nee

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similar language appears in most other federal whistle-blower statutes. i daresay that the government would be reluctant to prosecute individual who complied with federal whistle-blower laws but i think that the statute could be amended to remove that from even a realm of possibility. finally i won't even talk about this in detail because it has been mentioned by my colleagues the problem of the over classification should there be a defense for improper classification how we actually attack the elephant in the room when we are talking about the disclosure of things perhaps should never have been kept secret in the first place. what then is to become? perhaps unsurprisingly in light of my observations of that and those of my colleagues i recommend free changes to the espionage dhaka. first, in turn is a clear and precise specific intent requirement that constrains the scope of the espionage act to cases where the defendant specifically intends the disclosure to harm national security and or benefit of the foreign power petechia already heard this one. seco