can cell phone cameras really compete with traditional point and shoot digital cameras? >> i'm working on a project. i need to you stand there so know take your pictures three times. he have within i stopped, the same routine. one picture with the apple much phone 4. one with a droid thunderbolt. and one with a moderately priced cannon power shot digital camera. times are changing and so are the ways people capture their memories. >> i use a camera. >> she uses her phone. >> when i want a picture, i grab the camera. when i am right there, i grab my phone. >> the phone is easier to grab because i've got to pull the camera out of the bag. >> lately, the phone. because i had it most of the time. >> reporter: are we short changing our memories when we choose a phone over a camera? >> they're pretty surprising. >> reporter: chad printed out our pictures on 18 by 20 inch strips so we could compare the three photos side by side. >> i would say it's really hard to nail down which one do better where. >> reporter: in some of the 4 bix 6 inch pictures, the dig attempt camera was t

from all spooled blue light cameras to cameras with state of the art technical capabilities watchful lenses fill the streets in what has been dubbed operation virtual shield thousands of public and privately owned security cameras have been put in place and linked together creating a capsule of surveillance over the entire city more extensive than anywhere else in the united states the number is estimated at up to ten thousand the networks cost around sixty million dollars officials say it's worth the price of privacy concerns are at a peak for twelve hundred security cameras located throughout the city are said to be powerful enough to be able to zoom in to a text of a book or even a text message this is the year of age a thirty seven page report from a renowned civil rights group the a.c.l.u. calls the network pervasive and then regulated things like cameras have shown up on the internet you know the cameras have been pointed being used in a particular way you know to women or to you know engage in some other sort of intrusive activity they wrote to many today's watch over chicago

here is how it looked from our storm watch camera. some of those fair weather clouds, and late this afternoon, they built up enough, and there are some rain showers. our temperatures right now are 58 degrees. this weekend, it is a nice weekend. our average high temperature will be 72. we will get the temperature is dropping into the 50's. frederick, after a half of an inch of rain. a lot of spots did it a bit of rain. there is high temperatures around the country, these temperatures are pretty close to average. you can see the little bubble of cooler air coming on a parade that is the good news. with the weather pattern that we have, the jet stream is moving along, it means no severe weather and the good news for the folks who are suffering down in tennessee and trying to prepare for this terrible flood, it will remain dry down there. the last thing anybody needs is any more rain for them. overnight tonight those clouds break up. we will see a little bit -- there might be an afternoon shower well after 6:00 or 7:00 tomorrow. in the mo

and khan was looking to my camera-- is it on of off. it was off. >> narrator: in the conversation, khan angrily told the taliban judge he wanted to punish a mullah who had said local villagers didn't always need to pray on fridays. >> he told to the taliban judge, "please find this mullah for me. i want to beat him up in front of everybody. why he ordering people to not pray?" taliban judge immediately sent two motor bikes, two armed guys to find that mullah. they went for a few hours, and they came back, they said, "we couldn't find that mullah." he ordered the judge, "as soon as you saw that mullah, beat him up in front of everybody." >> narrator: najibullah wasn't allowed to film the meetings between the taliban and khan, but he was able to interview some taliban fighters about their relationship with khan's men, who they referred to as al qaeda. >> narrator: as the taliban fighters waited around while the leaders talked, they sought inspiration by listening to mp3s of their favorite afghan clerics. >> narrator: as days passed, the a

shooting the phone camera hewing police as they're doing anything well here's here's what's going on to me. the easiest way for police to prevent this from happening if they want to is to watch what they've been doing which is arrest people and then simply drop charges against them so to get them to stop videotaping things in kind of you need a sense and then simply let people out there are no laws against. there are not as far as i don't there are no specific laws against. surveillance of police is law as it stands outside of the idea that your surveillance police for the purposes of terrorism rightly so there are there aren't any laws that say if you're not a terrorist you're just building police and regular public space you can't do that but what i'm saying is that is that some police departments have simply tried to detain people without charge for doing this as a way to stop it sort of in the immediate sense as the way the bush administration thought of protesters when george came to town rodney king was a real turning point in american history if people can't videotape and thus

in place. >> reporter: vera supports red light cameras. just not the errors. >> i want to make sure that people who are ticketed wrongly or incorrectly, have a way of responding an getting these things cleared up that's easy and it's not difficult. >> reporter: this is one of those red light cameras here at this intersection. senate bill 29 requires cameras be located at intersections for safety reasons, not because it would generate more money. and signs must be posted within 200 feet of every intersection with these type of red light cameras. we're live in san mateo tonight. >>> if new chief of the sfpd wants to outfit plains clothes officers with video cameras. the move would come in the wake of several videos released by the public defendant. the allegations prompted the dismissal of at least 85 drug and robbery cases involving those officers. they are in administrative leave while an internal and federal investigation continues. now, the proposed video cameras would document the officers' actions. >>> tonight, bin laden speaks. a mess

little stop motion films with their video camera.th mike and -et to, get to see that3 process, you know, outside of, you know, someone's basement. >> yeah. >> .with a, with a stop motion camera, it was, it was amazing to see that. and, and just to, just to kind of to be a part of that, just even for the three seasoos that i was there.3 i, i was so appreciative. and also just being frrm texas, i think when i first started, there was an episode they were working on my first day, which was this episode called new cowboy on thh block. and greg daniels, too, i can't, an'ttforget greg because ggeggwas actually the one who brought me in that day. >> yeah. >> .to that episode they wweee they were rewriting it. and when i had met with greg for the shoo, prior to getting hired, one of the things we talked about was when i lived in dallas i lived across the street from this guy named oug onnelly who was a special teams player for the cowboys for one season. that's all, and you know was cut after that. but he was the goddof the dallas cowboy. >>

it's all caught on camera. why his attorney says it wasn't his fault. >>> one of the world's biggest planes struck by lightning. the stunning footage. >>> and a growing fad in getting fit. bracelets that claim to help with balance and strength. we put them to the test. >>> from the cbs 5 weather center in san francisco, hoping you're enjoying today's sunshine because the day the sun will return? we'll pinpoint that day plus the day the rain arrives as eyewitness news continues on cbs 5. luke shawley, who is still an >>> a navy seal will be tried for going on a bloody rampage on the las vegas strip. luke city hallly who is still an active duty seal is accused of randomly attacking at least eight people with a metal pipe in march of last year. all of it captured on surveillance tape. tourist watched in horrors he hit anyone within his path including a 67-year-old woman. >> he has no interaction with these victims. they are unprovoked attacks. they are random people. and it's very -- it's an emotionalist interacti

dashboard cameras, surveillance cameras and cell phone cameras have caught criminals and police in situations that run from danger russ to embarrassing to deadly. >> so i can record myself when i stop people. >> reporter: but more and more police agencies are turning to body cameras. two months ago oakland police began issuing lapels about the size of a laser. they say while some video was successfully used in court discontinued the program because of costs. >> now san francisco's police chief wants his officers equipped with a wearable video camera. >> we have nothing to fear. >> reporter: it is not something they have a problem with. >> if it was a volunteer program. if the cops that wanted to wear the cameras on a voluntary basis then the other officers would see it is a good thing and it benefited us so it would catch on. >> reporter: recently a handful of san francisco cops have become the target of internal investigations after the release of what the public defender says is surveillance video showing cops breaking the law. >> i think it is fine if the chief wants to arm every san franc

i want to address the security cameras in the cabs. it is coming to my attention that they are being used to spy on drivers. you need to set down some guidelines. these cameras are supposed to be there for our protection, not to invade our privacy. >> and these are the last two people. >> i wanted to say that in 2013, there will be america's cup. i am hoping the will consider the single operator medallion as part of the taxi solution. i don't think it should be relied solely upon, but it should be part of the picture. if you could allow a few more tax drivers the opportunity to represent and the ambassadors to the city when we have a lot of these visitors come here. a hope he will consider that. and on the market street, the right turn only is a great idea. it is one of the said that it has improved the flow of traffic for buses, taxis, and pedestrians. >> the last person to turn in a speaker card. >> i think the town hall meetings are a good thing and we should have more of them. i think chris is a good mediator and liaison between th

speed cameras are going up in another maryland community. we'll tell you when and where when we come back. >>> speed cameras are going to be in another part of the metro area. the howard county council approved the cameras this week. a maryland state law passed in 2009 allows counties to set up the cameras and in howard county police plan to operate a maximum of eight mobile cameras in school zones. >> some very narrow parameters. monday through friday, 6:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night. the violations are a $40 citation, no points. >> drivers will have a little bit of wiggle ram because the cameras will take photos of cars going more than 12 miles over the posted school zone speed limit. howard county police hope to have the cameras rung by the start of the 2011-2012 school year in september. >>> coming up next, howard and the forecast. >>> jc, a very pretty noontime. we've got sunshine, comfortable temperatures, but more rain is on the way. we're talking about the upcoming mother's day weekend. we've got a look at the allergy update. tr

we were caught on camera with our own cameras. stacked four stories high, the tiny green broadcast booths overlooking buckingham palace. from inside the booth, we were watching along with all of you back here at home. apparently caught on camera, using our own cameras. >> we're not just watching it on television, we're seeing it. >> so many of you tweeted me asking what were we taking pictures of. on facebook, hope the cartwheeling clergyman made the list. i didn't catch that on my own, but that image has got to be near the top of the royal scrapbook. >> for me it was the balcony. we had a bird's eye view. we knew there would be the kiss. but two? this was one of my favorites. the other star of that second kiss, the little bridesmaid covering her ears. it wasn't the smooch that was too loud, it was the roar of the crowd and the flyover. what we didn't know is the 3-d camera captured the kiss in a historic way. those images coming this week. my favorite moment, rich telling me the spin they took in the aston martin, we were reporti

toy cameras are cameras, so it does not really matter to him what he is using to take the images as long as he is getting the images he wants. and because they are taken with these film cameras, they have a very different feel than the other pictures in the show. one of the things i want to talk about is that lindsey's body of work is running down one side of the hall, and it is all about women in afghanistan and how they serve and their special interactions with civilian women and communities, which is the special role that women soldiers play in afghanistan. across from eric copeland's work, which is extremely masculine and black and white and very aggressive -- what do you think about that juxtaposition between their two bodies of work? >> i like lindsey's contribution to the exhibit. she shoots in color, like i do, so it is great to see more color. she has a gift for capturing distinct moments that balance the conflict that these women are facing did today, but also very intimate, very feminine moments. she has one where a female soldier is shaving her legs at the beginning of h

it has a 5-still camera on the back, front facing or video to chatting.d to the keyboard based it acts as a charger and will add six hours extra battery life. i liked the feel of it, love the physical keyboard. the transformer i$$400 for 16 gb. >> vicki: could the weather be any better? it was stunning. tomorrow '70s. >> reporter: tomorrow all little bit warmer, '80s, have standing for san francisco. within the next seven days looking great, temperatures remaining '80s, maybe mid-90s next week. >> vicki: that will wrap it up for us have a good night >> vicki: that will wrap it up for us have a good night everybody. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story

well, today, several schools began a new kind of candid camera experiment.ut as dan harris reports, some people are already asking if this just goes too far. >> reporter: it's a regular lunchtime at w.w. white elementary school in san antonio, texas. but today, there's a tiny camera snapping shots of the students' trays on the food line and then again, when they throw their leftovers away. the pictures are immediately analyzed with technology so advanced they can recognize a half-eaten apple. the calories consumed are tabulated on the spot. >> they show whether you're healthy or not. >> they try to get you healthy and a better body and stuff. >> reporter: it's part of a $2 million federally funded pilot program to show which anti-obesity initiatives are working and to open the eyes of parents. >> this feedback is for parents so they can help us raise healthier children. >> reporter: if you are into counting your own calories, there is, of course, an app for that, it's called meal snap. we decided to take this thing out to a test drive here to one of my favor

a camera is acting as a deterrent.g shows us how it works. >> this motion sentence sore.... >> when the officer goes home his voice will be working overtime all over brentwood. >> the park is closed. your picture has been taken and will be forwarded to the police department. leave the park immediately. >> the flash cam 880 is a motion activated solar powered portable camera that can capture a license plate from 250 feet away in the dark. >> after it goes to dark it acts elevates itself. >> the first assignment is in this neighborhood where groups of teenagers have been causing trouble at night. he can wirelessly download the photos in seconds. >> gives me more of peace of mind. >> similar cameras are being used to catch illegal dumpers in unincorporated richmond. a $5,400 each they think it's a wise investment. >> we spend a tremendous amount of money replacing copper wire and metal boxes being stolen. if we can identify one of those persons it will pay for the cameras. >> the park is closed. your picture has just been

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look, he wanted to know about the ip cameras., how they're networked, -how to hack the system. -and you gave it to him. he said he was going to kill me. you don't understand. -he's a scary guy. -nikki: what else? he wanted access to the exchange, off-hours, over a weekend. he told me he was going to install some device inside one of the cameras on the trading room floor. -what kind of device? -i don't know. why the trading room floor? i don't know that, either. you recognize this guy? never seen him before in my life. i'm sorry to hear that. you're prolonging the situation. letting me think that i'm in control when the truth is, i am in control! you still think he's in on it. yeah, i know what the facts say. there's a call for you, line one. -who? -didn't get a name. guy's on a cell, keeps breaking up. all i know is he kept yelling at me, calling me an idiot and telling me to get eppes. (sighs) buckley, what do you want? how'd you know it was me? unlucky guess. where are you? kind of hard to tell at the moment. wait-wait a second

cameras were not allowed in court.is meso earlier, but margaret for women including roxanne test-murdering rogash,,, in the 1970's. he told the judge that he has his reasons for wanting to represent himself but would not elaborate much. other than he says he does not trust the ethics of attorneys and he cannot afford one. he has about $1 million. the judge ordered him to meet with a public defender and to come back on friday to see if he still wants to represent himself. in marin county, teresa estacio. kron 4. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room a salinas fire captain has been are arrested on suspicion of child molesting. the seven year-old girl. police say that happened about four years ago in watsonville. this is the fire chief, of salinas. the alleged crime happened only once. that is the latest will keep you posted. we will be right back, after this. úúúo >>pam: new details of the artist's rendition>> today that new target in downtown san francisco part of that $30 million renovation. fourth and mission street.

live picture from rooftop high definition camera. traffic is rolling right along and cooling off that mike was telling us about is under way and threat of showers. he'll tell you more coming up. >> kristen: tsa says airport screeners were doing their job when they frisked an infant. it gained worldwide attention after a cellphone picture was posted on twitter. the screener found nothing. then he apologized for tweet go the photo because it caused so much attention. >> police hope a camera will be a deterrent. a story from the media partner. alan wang shows us how it works. >> when the officer rusk miller l his voice will be working overtime all over brentwood. >> the park is closed. the picture has been taken and will be forward today the police department. >> it's a motion act elevated portable camera that can read a sign or capture a license plate from 250 feet away in dark. >> after it goes to dark the system automatically activates itself. >> the first assignment is in this neighborhood near creek side parks where groups have bee

the cameras will take a series of photos that police can down load instantly. there's also an audio recording attached to the cameras warning people that their picture has been taken. the cameras will be active from dusk until dawn when the brentwood parks are closed. >>> today we should find out the names of the three people who died in a shooting at san jose state university. police are investigating the case as a murder-suicide. and some students we've talked to on campus say they've heard it was a love triangle. the shooting happened on wednesday in the in the tenth street parking garage. the three victims are connected to the school but haven't said if they were students as they try to locate each of the victims families. the deaths bring the total number of homicides in san jose to 20. that's the same number the city had for all of last year. mayor chuck reed says san jose is still one of the safest cities despite the spike in homicide rates. >>> pg&e is reimbursing cities and counties that responded to the san bruno disaster. the pipeline explosion kille

it was caught on camera.>reporter: the attack happened over the weekend at about 238 and when no one was around. glass door and another person throwing a cocktail and to the lobby of the dispensary. within seconds the lobby was engulfed in flames. you could see the chairs, a table in the carpet on fire. the two owners drove year after getting a call from the alarm company. they live nearby. >> i couldn't believe it, i got really frightened in my adrenalin took over. they used a garden hose to put out the flames before firefighters arrived. so far investigators have not made any arrests. their biggest lead as the surveillance video captured by the cameras and the owners hope someone will recognize the attackers. both attackers had hoodies and bandanas covering their faces. a sweater one of them was wearing has a distinctive logo. >> it doesn't look familiar to me but that doesn't mean it's not familiar to someone else. >>reporter: the owners don't know why someone targeted the businesses, it could be one of th