. >> chris walter, a registered nurse, and his brother james, a psychiatric technician, work with the mentally disordered offenders. >> one of the main reasons that these guys are in here is that the mental illness played a major part in the crime that they were originally convicted on and a huge part of that is violence. the crime was considered violent or had an element of violence within it. >> in my mind i had already wished her dead so many times. you know, and the only thing that held me back was my dad, i knew that how disappointed my dad would be. >> richard guest was convicted of killing his stepmother when he was 16 years old. he was tried as a juvenile and served seven years in the california youth authority. >> my dad used to do everything she wanted. you know, it was like she was manipulating him. and then whenever he wasn't there, i'd get abused by her, so i just told myself, i'm going to kill her. you know, and i don't care what happens to me. now that my dad is dead, i am going to kill her. and that is what i did. and i went over to her house, and i shot her. >> since

the senator chris walters has been talking to people. i know suzette rains has also.s. i don't want to say disappointed but i'd like to see more of them. i'd like to see our governor and senators come to these meetings. governor rockefeller, you need to hear the people here. that's imperative, come and hear what the people in west virginia are concerned. people are scared. we need you to come here. >> the office communicated to us they're there for you guys. do you feel that way at all? >> i mean, i have seen interview, but i'm here in charleston down by the capital. i would like to see them in the forefronts, out on the street, at community meetings. i would like to see them more interactive. really i haven't seen people being interactive with the people. that's where they're going to get information from. you can meet somebody in the office, but until you hear the people come together and hear what's going on, that's what we need. people to come out and hear us. we'll have more community meetings, and i'm hoping they take this opportunity to come and talk top us. >>

walters. these are the stories we're following for you. it is inauguration for new jersey governor chris christie as questions continue to rise about the number of scandals. >>> on the hunt for a suspected terrorist known as the black widow who may be plotting attacks on the olympics. >> we're going to go there and try to minimize the suffering of the syrian people. >> reporter: heading to geneva the key playe

walters. these are the stories we're following for you. it is inauguration for new jersey governor chris christie as questions continue to rise about the number of scandals. >>> on the hunt for a suspected terrorist known as the black widow who may be plotting attacks on the olympics. >> we're going to go there and try to minimize the suffering of the syrian people. >> reporter: heading to geneva the key players hoping to reach common ground. >>> and take two, a snow storm slowing down the midwest and the northeast. ♪ >>> a short while ago, new jersey governor chris christie taking the oath of office being sworn in for a second term. his nomination being overshadowed by several scandals. the potential presidential candidate using today's speech to put all of that behind him, he hopes. john terrett is here to talk about more of the woes on the christie administration. >> the speech hasn't happened yet, del, but i have seen a copy. there is no mention anywhere of the scandals. it's all talking about what the people of new jersey part and bipartisanism. but he really does clearly still have

walters. these are the stories we are following for you. in the wake of a scandal, new jersey governor chris christie preparing to make his state of the state address. >>> reviewing the nsa, a senate committee set to review the recommendations by the presidential panel. >>> and egyptian voters go to the polls deciding on a new constitution. >>> updating our breaking news coming out of roswell, new mexico police confirming there has been a shooting at a middle school there. that school now on lockdown. three students were injured. they also say a suspect is now in custody. roswell police saying they will hold a news conference around 3:00 this afternoon with more details. >>> facing a series of scandals, governor chris christie will deliver new jersey's state of the state address today. last week we learned that a top aide ordered lane closures causing a massive traffic delay, and now there are questions over how governor christie used funds from superstorm sandy. >> reporter: the feeling is he has got to nengs. it has become too big in his life, career, and in the people he serves. we and me

walters. these are the stories we are following for you. in the wake of a scandal, new jersey governor chris christie preparing to make his state of the state address. >>> reviewing the nsa, a senate committee set to review the recommendations by the presidential panel. >>> and egyptian voters go to the polls deciding on a new constitution. >>> updating our breaking news coming out of roswell, new mexico police confirming there has been a shooting at a middle school there.

walters. new jersey's republican governor, chris christie doing some serious damage control 24 hours after a bridgened to derail a promising political career, the governor holding this press conference yesterday, apologize in, saying the buck stops with him. christie was emphatic he had no knowledge of that keep to close the lanes on the busy george washington bridge. he said he learned the vendetta wednesday morning. he fired two senior members of his team for involvement. the fallout doesn't end with that apology. the u.s. attorney in new jersey, a job christie once held announcing that a federal investigation is now underway. we have more. we may learn morgan today. >> new details coming from the new jersey state assembly expected to release 900 page little of documents turned over by the official who cared out the instructions to create the traffic jam. while the governor has expressed humiliation over the scandal, those documents could lead to more humiliation. >> words governor chris christie used during a two hour pros conference explained his feelings while saying he played no part in the p

walters. here are your headlines today. world leaders including un leader ban ki moon are arriving in geneva today. >>> and new jersey governor christie set to take the oath of office today. christie's inauguration being overshadowed by several controversial scandals. >>> some 2500 leaders of business and politics today arriving in swezerland. >>> imagine walking into a library and not seeing a single book? that's the goal in san antonio. heidi zhou castro gives us a tour. >> reporter: it's a library without books where instead of hushes from the librarian, the walls talk. it's 12-year-old [ inaudible ]'s favorite place to go after school. >> they don't have books, books. they really just have digital ipad books, they got. >> reporter: his family is among the 13,000 people who signed up for library cards here since it opened in south side san antonio you last september. the area is 88% economically disadvantaged. 17% of the population lacks basic reading skills. >> there are a lot of families that don't have access to wi-fy or even computers in their home. >> reporter: the new library has 20,000 ebook titles. >> but they are also g

walters. these are the stories we're following for you. reviewing the nsa, a senate committee set to question those new measures recommended by the presidential panel. >>> new jersey governor chris christie preparing to make his state of the state address. >>> violence as egyptian voters go to the polls, deciding on a new constitution. ♪ >>> a presidential panel tasked with looking at how the national security agency spies on you is set to testify today. the group recommending 46 changes after those disclosures that the nsa taps phone calls and collects millions of emails. the senate committee acting in advance of the president's recommendations. libby a front page article this weekend saying that contrary to what the white house says all of the information the nsa collects really didn't stop any terrorist attacks. >> yeah, that was previewing a study that came out yesterday that showed that traditional investigative techniques like using informants was more effective than the surveillance programs. now as you mentioned that runs contrary to what the white house administration officials have said initialally they said that nsa surveillance programs have prevented dozens of poten

chris christie is a national figure. >> and look, andrea, i recall vividly you asking myself and amy walter about this a few weeks ago and me saying look, i don't think it's an issue in 2016. steve made this point. now that it is the deputy chief of staff in the governor's office, it's a different thing now. you can no longer dismiss it as these are some port authority guys. yeah, they're connected to me, but this really didn't have anything to do -- this is not in his office. and it's the kind of politics that i think you don't want to see played. you know, traffic's going to get worse in fort lee. that line in the e-mail is going to be -- is going to sort of linger throughout i think the next couple weeks and maybe even months. i know they're not saying anything right now, but i think the christie people now understand this can no longer be sort of laughed off or dismissed as he did in this clip you played. this is something he now has to address. >> and the inaugural is coming up in the next couple weeks, the celebration of chris christie's second term. so they have a short window to respond. they maybe don't have to

walter, and bob cusack jim gerity. amy, overall crisis management by the two, compare and contrast. >> you have two very different people, of course. the issue for christie, he had very little choice. he had to come out yesterday and show that he was doing something about these people who wrote e-mails that all of us could see that said, i actually was responsible for shutting this down. that was understandable that he did that. but the other thing it shows too, is look, at the end of the day, they're going to be held accountable for the ultimate actions, not just for the press conference. so how is chris christie going to be perceived two months from now, versus how is he perceived in the immediate after the press conference? same thing with president obama. he's gone through a series of difficult times during his presidency. this, the one thing that really has dented his popularity, more than anyone else was obamacare, and it was dented for the first time because what voters saw was which was somebody that they felt like they could no longer trust in the way they once did. >> i think that all presidents are loyal to a fault. this president is no exc

walters. these are the stories we're following for you. reviewing the nsa, a senate committee set to question those new measures recommended by the presidential panel. >>> new jersey governor chrispreparing to make his state of the state address. >>> violence as egyptian voters go to the polls, deciding on a new constitution. ♪ >>> a presidential panel tasked with looking at how the national security agency spies on you is set to testify today.

walter the hill's manager editor bob cusack and bill garety. comparison between the two. >> two very different people, of course. the issue, i think, for chrise had very little choice. he had to come out yesterday and show that he was doing something about these people who wrote emails that all of us could see that said i actually was responsible for shutting this down. that was understandable that he did that the other thing it shows too, look. at the end of the day, they are going to be held accountable for the ultimate actions, not just for the press conference. right? so, how is chris christie going to be perceived two months from now versus how was he perceived in the immediate after the press conference. same thing with president obama. he has gone through a series much difficult times during his presidency. the one thing that really has dented his popularity more than anything else was obamacare. and that was -- it was dented because for the very first time what voters saw was this was somebody that they felt like they could no longer trust in the way they once did. >> bob? >> i think that all presidents are loyal to a fault. and this

walters. it has been a rough week for new jersey governor chris christie as he prepares now for his state of theater today. first he was hit with that politically motivated traffic scandal involving his top aids, then we learned about a federal probe with the improper use of shandy relief funds. not only those scandals, but today the state of the state address. >> timing i guess everything and this is material timing. he's got to deliver the state of the state, so we are going to be looking closingly today when he stands up at 3:00 eastern to find out whether he's going to be contrite or mention the issues at all. he doesn't have to, but it is one of his biggest problems right now. last summer, that ad was one of many pushing tourism on that the jersey shore. >> we're stronger than the tomorrow. >> this campaign is now under scrutiny from federal authorities amid allegations that christie put himself and his family front and center of the ads right in the middle of his reelection bid. in order to do this, the christie team spent $2 million more on production costs than the next lowest bid, givin

trouble for chris christie, that it signals she did not want to cause him further trouble that was sort of the upshot of that "new york times" article. and that coincided with the word that walter timpone was going to be defending her. flash forward to a week later and walter timpone was saying i'm out. what makes that so curious to people in trenton, the conflict he is citing, the fact that he is part of the elections enforcement commission, in a way that was an obvious conflict from the beginning. if you're a lawyer and asked by bridget kelly to defend her, that conflict is going to be in your head right away. so why is he suddenly siting that conflict now? and then yes, you look at his ties to christie world. this is a guy that is intimately connected to chris christie's world. and she is switching to michael critchley, as you say, one of the top criminal defense lawyers in the state. he has gone head to head with the federal prosecutors before. it makes you think back to "the new york times" article and think gee, maybe in the last week, bridget kelly has changed her thinking. is she no longer concerned about chris christie's image and reputation and maybe a little more wor

walters joins us. >> happy birthday, stephanie, good morning, richelle. >> asking tough questions of sex abuse by priests, a day after a report says little has changed. >> laying the blame or the benghazi attack on chris stevens himself. >> 34 officers dealing with nuclear weapons accused of cheating on proficiency exams. >> a legal battle in texas over the fates of a woman who is brain dead on life support, pitting her family against hospital officials. we'll talk about the law that is keeping her alive and whether it could happen elsewhere. >> hollywood award season in full swing, oscar nominations set to be announced in 30 minutes. we will break down the nominees and who has the best shot of taking home the gold. >> high winds and snow could create whiteout conditions for the midwest today. i'll have your national forecast. >> no is aljazeera america. the morning news continues. del walters will be back in about two and a half minutes. >> thanks so much for watching. >> tough questions for the catholic church. the united nations taking the vatican to task for allowing priests to abuse children and looking the other way. >> a stinging new report about those deadly tax in benghazi, libya, a senate co