so joining me now, christopher jones. he's been our graphics operator for eight seasons on this program, so chris, thanks for your work. i'm glad to have you on our team. christopher jones: oh, thank you. it's been a pleasure being a graphics op for your show. i've had the opportunity to work on everything from the logo back there on the screen to all of our lower thirds - (crosstalk). there you go. (laughter) tavis: all right, so glad to have you, and so take it away. >> right. we're glad you joined us. a conversation with eva mendes, coming up right now. tavis: eva mendes's breakthrough >> as we opposite denzel work together, we can stamp hunger out. to youry contributions pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: eva mendes's breakthrough role was opposite denzel washington in "training day." she has since gone on to make her mark costarring with an array of actors, from johnny depp to matt damon. she's now costarring with ryan gosling and bradley cooper in an emotionally charged movie called "the place beyo

so joining me now, christopher jones.en our graphics operator for eight seasons on this program, so chris, thanks for your work. i'm glad to have you on our team. christopher jones: oh, thank you. it's been a pleasure being a graphics op for your show. i've had the opportunity to work on everything from the logo back there on the screen to all of our lower thirds - (

jones. he's the one police say was driving the car when christopher lane was shot in the back. jones is the only one of the trio not facing life in prison without parole since he's only been charged as a first-degree accessory after the fact for being the driver. the other two, 15-year-old james edwards, jr., and 16-year-old chancey luna, are being tried as adults for first-degree murder, and prosecutors say it will likely be another 18 to 24 months before this case goes to trial. gregg? >> garrett tenny, thanks so much. >>> president obama making his first public comments after the reports of a chemical attack in syria. we're going to tell you what he had to say and what it could mean for possible u.s. military action there. >>> plus, it has been nearly one year since the terror attack in benghazi. the suspects still at large. and now sources are telling us why they may stay at large. that's coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and top of the news. ♪ there's a new way to fight litter box odor. introducing tidy cats with glade tough odor solutions. two trusted names,

christopher lane. >> reporter: chancey luna and james edwards. and michael jones for driving the get away car. among grief and outrage, they caught up with the alleged shooter's mother. >> he needs to be punished, anybody that does that needs to be punished. >> reporter: in australia, a nation with strict gun control laws, some are urging boycott travel to the u.s. to what they call murder and mayhem on main street. >> we respect the right of all australians to express their views on any issue, including this one. obviously it is a tragedy. the loss of a child, loss of a loved one, that's always a tragedy. >> reporter: in the wake of acquittal of george zimmerman, president obama weighed in, the white house seemed caught off guard about the oklahoma killing. >> i am not familiar with that. >> reporter: spokesman josh earnest dntd say why he hasn't addressed the christopher lane murder, but says his remarks after zimmerman verdict still aplay. >> a few weeks ago he talked about the impact violence is having on in particular young people in this country. >> reporter: and jesse jackson senior twe

christopher lane. >> reporter: chancey luna and james edwards. and michael jones for driving the get away car. grief and outrage, they caught up with the alleged shooter's mother. >> he needs to be punished, anybody that does that needs to be punished. >> reporter: in australia, a nation with strict gun control laws, some are urging boycott travel to the u.s. to what they call murder and mayhem on main street. >> we respect the right of all australians to express their views on any issue, including this one. obviously it is a tragedy. the loss of a child, loss of a loved one, that's always a tragedy. >> reporter: in the wake of acquittal of george zimmerman, president obama weighed in, the white house seemed caught off guard about the oklahoma killing. >> i am not familiar with that. >> reporter: spokesman josh earnest dntd say why he hasn't addressed the christopher lane murder, but says his remarks after zimmerman verdict still aplay. >> a few weeks ago he talked about the impact violence is having on in particular young people in this country. >> reporter: and jesse jackson senior tweeted t

wait for this, police say they shot christopher lane for fun because they were bored. 15-year-old james edward junior and chauncey were charged as an adult and michael jones and no bond set for edwards and luna. thank you for joining me captain evans. few stories capture me like this one. the randomness and senseless killing. your reaction to it? it's very hard on the community here. our community is approximately 23,000 people. it's a wonderful community, a great place to have your kids grow up, and normally, it would be safe to go anywhere in town any time day or night. you wouldn't have to worry about being attacked or anything like that. in this particular neighborhood, it's affluent, everyone is out at various times of the day walking with their wives or jogging up and down this particular street is a pretty long street and runs in front of the golf course and this happened just shortly before 3:00 in the afternoon on a friday afternoon, so you had a lot of people out. it was fairly hot day, so there wasn't that many people out jogging or exercising at that particular time, but the residents are just absolutely appalled, and shocked that it happened

christopher lane was randomly shot while jogging. 15-year-old james edwards jr. and 16-year-old luna are charged with first-degree murder, michael jones is charged as an accessory. police say he was driving the car the teens were in. lane was visiting his girlfriend and her family in the town of duncan, oklahoma. the australian college baseball player was out for a run when he was shot once in the back. his father in australia says the murder was pointless. >>> firefighters still burning in 11 states. it's 12 days old and already burned 158 square miles, forced thousands of evacuations. the cost to put out the flames now tops $1 billion. near yosemite in california, crews are fighting four big fires. wind and lightning strikes added to the problem. >>> the city of detroit can't catch a break, firefighters trying to fight a business yard blaze. the fire destroyed everything in the yard. it still has not been contained as of last night. >>> now for a look at the weather, bill karins, good morning to you. how's it look in the west? >> enough fires. nothing much has changed. the weather pattern pretty much status quo. it's a good time to

michael jones is being charged as an accessory after the fact. their target was 23-year-old christopherfrom australia. he was on scholarship to play baseball at east central university. family and friends describe lane as the kind of man you want your sons to grow up to be. >> this was just senseless. >> nine-thousand miles away in melbourne, the family of christopher lane say they are trying to deal with this tragedy the best they can. >> mayor evan low, the openly gay mayor of campbell. has launched a nationwide campaign, urging the f-d-a to end a policy that prohibits gay men from donating blood. mayor low's petition is posted on change-dot-org. he has already collected more than 17-thousand signatures. last month, mayor low held a blood drive in campbell. and was turned away as a donor, because of his sexual orientation. current f-d-a policy on blood donations. prevents all gay men from donating >> the democratic national committee plans to vote on a resolution this week urging san diego mayor bob filner to resign. the embattled mayor has been accused of sexually harassing more than

they are facing life in prison and 17-year-old michael jones, he was driving the car when christopher lane was shot and killed. he is charged as accessory after the fact and using a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon. five days after the killing now, we are hearing from civil right's leader jesse jackson who posted this on this twitter. >> praying for the family of christopher lane. senseless violence is frowned on and the justice system must prevail. police are still searching for the murder weapon and the next hearings on this case are scheduled for october. shannon. >> garrett, thank you very much. beggest fast-food chains are racing for a major strike. workers are demanding higher wages and they have questions about how widespread it will be and whether the movement will expand in other industries with low wage workers. lisa mcdonald has details. >> we are hearing from the a fcio there could be work stoppages next thursday in fast-food chains in 35 cities. we have seen a flurry of one day work stoppages and potentially on thursday, we could see a walk out in mcdonalds, burger ki

jones. he is the one police say was driving the car when christopher lane was shot in the back.e're told the other two teens remain uncooperative at this time. jon? >> jon: according to the district attorney it likely will be 18 to 24 months before this case goes to trial. he says he expects that trial to last no more than two weeks. officials seized more than a quarter billion dollars worth of cocaine from a yacht. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. australia. u.s. and australian agents say they found more than 1600 pounds of cocaine hidden in the engine room while the yacht was in the south pacific island. they say the boat was on its way to australia i can't understand at drugs are worth around $330 million. no arrests yet. since 2010, the u.s. and australia have worked with south pacific governments to crack down on the use of yachts to smuggle cocaine from south america to australia. portugal. crews battled deadly wildfires in the central part of the country. six different fires spreading across that region. according to local reports, a commander says o

and 17-year-old michael jones is accused of being an accessory to the crime. prosecutors say they shot christophera jog. the motive, police say, was boredom. one of their parents didn't want to speak to the media at the arraignment on tuesday. >> is there anything you want to say about your son, ma'am? >> no, i don't want to say no more. >> i want to do everything i can to make sure these three thugs pay for. >> prosecutors say the 15-year-old danced and laughed when he was arrested. the 16 has refused to cooperate. both charged as adults. >>> in iowa, an escaped inmate is dead this morning shot by a man he had taken hostage. police say rodney long broke into a home in bedford monday night. inside were 70-year-old jerome and his wife caroline. the thief had woke them up, grabbed the shotgun that jerome kept in the house. jerome was able to grab the shotgun back and shoot the escaped inmate killing him. >> i hate to say it, that's the way i hoped it would end. i think jerry did what any honest person would do. >> he escaped from the prison shortly before that. he stole a patrol car and obviously pe

jones. he was driving the car when christopher lane was shot and killed. he is charged with accessory after the fact and using a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon. the hearing of the case is not until october. we are learning more about the teens. direct attorney jason hicks said the boys had very little parent supervision and raised them by playing violent video games and 15-year-old james edward junior posted several disturbing remarks on twitter including 90 percent of white people are nasty, hate them. and another tweet bragging about knocking out five white people after the george zimmerman verdict. edwards is no stranger to the law and apparently his mother is not either. she's been in and out of jail and currently serving a five year sentence for fraud and forgery. and the district attorney said the case will not go to trial for 'or 24 months, shannon. >> thank you very much. >> the story sparked a fierce reaction and why the nation is not debating what is missing in the suspect's lives why would they kill for the fun of it? we heard from the bro

michael jones is being charged as an accessory after the fact. their target was 22-year-old christopher newly released 9-1-1 tapes from friday. >> dispatcher? where is your emergency? >> this man has been shot. >> dispatcher:is he talking to you? those three teenagers say that they were bored. they followed him in a car and shot them in the back. nine- thousand miles away in melbourne, the family of christopher lane say they are trying to deal with this tragedy the best they can. and terisa estacio >> reporter: here is what the new stations will look like it is a work in progress. the bikes will go up in these slots these kiosks will accept credit or debit cards. there is also a membership programs with frequent rider ship that participation is available. it is an $11.2 million program to reduce vehicle traffic and improved air quality. and after taking public transportation is also its goal to take down the number of bicycles on the public transportation vehicles. this is one of the 70 stations and there will be a station in palo alto, mountain view and san jose. for some commuters the

christopher lane simply because they were bored. the australian college baseball player was randomly shot while jogging. 15-year-old james edwards jr. and 16-year-old chancey luna are charged with murder. michael jones was charged with accessory. they are all being charged as adults. lane was visiting his girlfriend and her family in the town of duncan, oklahoma. he was out for a run when he was shot once in the back. his father in australia says that murder was pointless. >>> out west, wildfires are still burning in 11 states. firefighters in idaho are working to contain the massive beaver creek fire. it's 12 days old and it's burned 158 square miles and forced thousands of evacuations. the cost to put out the flames now tops $1 billion. it remains just 10% contained. >>> and in northern california near yosemite, crews are fighting at least four big fires, the largest of which is near the shirley peak ski area. no homes or structures have been damaged there. >>> now time for a look at scrambled politics. ted cruz of texas will remain a canadian citizen for eight more months before he can officially cut ties with the country where he was born. at a town hall meeting last night about defunding obamac

jones, charged with discharge of a vehicle and accessory to murder after the facts. one of these kids apparently admitted that they were bored and wanted to kill just for the fun of it. christopherane was unarmed, should these three teens be treated like the murderer of trayvon martin? >> if you wonder main stream media cover these stories, have so much energy and attention is because they cover stories that the 911 stream media clearly don't want to cover. so was there overreaction in the trayvon martin case, and under reaction here? >> there was originally underreaction until the social media got on to the trayvon martin case. i mean kirsten pointed out earlier this week that in this case, the alleged perpetrators were immediately arrested, unlike trayvon martin. but, look, when the white house spokesman has never heard of chris for lane and he's an australian? i think there is a double standard here. and i think the media, ed henry was right, of fox news which is covering this murder, was right to ask the question, i find it appalling that the white house spokesperson didn't know about it. >> the activist s like al sharpton were all over the trayvon martin shooting. but now j

-year-old sat in the rear of the car and shot christopher lane in the back. 15-year-old james edwards jr. in the passenger seat and 17-year-old michael jones the wheel. all three being charged as adults. lane was in oklahoma on a baseball scholarship. his girlfriend has started a facebook page in his memory and wrote, quote, you will always be mine and in a very special and protected place in my heart, end quote. >>> there's a new twist in the kidnapping and rescue of san diego county teen hannah anderson. the family of her alleged abductor wanted to know if he was her father. a spokesman for james dimaggio's family tells the san diego tv station they want dna samples from hannah and her 8-year-old brother ethan to determine if dimaggio was their father. the family says dimaggio named the children's grandmother as the sole beneficiary of his life experience policy, ordering money to be used to care for the children. dimaggio was shot and killed by authorities in idaho after he kidnapped hannah anderson and believed to have killed ethan anderson and their mother before setting his home on fire in san diego county. the anderson family says d

jones is accused of being an accessory to the crime. the police believe the 23-year-old victim was chosen at random. the victim christopher lane came to the u.s. to chase his dream of playing baseball. police say he was gunned down from behind while jogging in the town of duncan. tim fisher, australia's former deputy minister called for a boycott of the u.s. he expressed out rage. >> you're 15 times likely to be shot dead in the u.s. than in u central ya. they should think twice in the circumstances by these senseless killing. the shooting in the back of an out standing young austral yan in the usa has probably caused anger. >> still having a hard time wrapping my head around this crime. if you take it one step further and listen to what police are saying. they say the 17-year-old suspect told police he and his friends with bored and they decided to kill somebody. >> you just don't understand how something like that happens. >>> very disturbing. here is more of what we're working on. it's race against time. japan tries to seal a dangerous leak at a nuclear plant. we'll have a live report from tokyo. >>> the founder of fac

there indicate that the killing of christopher lane was related to either his race or to his nationality. >> apparently one of them is speaking. we understand that to be jones, the driver. and is he the one who said that they were just wobored and lookg for something to do? >> that would be correct. >> and what was sort of the followup on that? i guess that they were aghast at hearing that. any followup things he said after that? >> i don't want to get into too much detail as to what he said. because at some point these three are going to have to go to trial. but in followup, we're still visiting with that particular defendant at this time trying to pin down exactly the motive and what not behind this particular crime. >> after the shooting, they fled. how was it that you were led to them? >> we were led to them -- they fled. they went west from the murder scene to a hotel and restaurant. there's approximately a mile from the scene of the shooting. stayed behind a hotel for approximately 11 or 12 minutes at which time it's our understanding they hid the murder weapon inside a compartment of the hood in the vehicle, fled the scene, and then they took edwards

christopher lane, in oklahoma last friday. prosecutors have charged james france ses edwards and chancey allen luna as adults. they're being held without bond. 17-year-old michael jones who allegedly drove the car carrying the other suspects was charged with an accessory. his bail was set at $1 million. the teens were fighting boredom when they saw lane jogging by and they got in the car following him until one of the boys, luna, was close enough to fire a single fatal shot at lane. take a listen to the 911 call from a passerby who saw lane fall over after the shooting. >> young man in the -- he just fell over in the ditch and he's got blood on him. he's got on blue pants with white stripes and a gray shirt and he's got blood on his back. >> okay. is he in the roadway or is he in the ditch? >> no, he's in the ditch. come around the corner off of twilight beach says he's been shot. tell them to hurry. he's turning blue he said. >> all right. is he -- is he breathing? is he conscious? is he talking to you? what's happening? >> he's not conscious. is he still breathing? barely. he said they're on their way. >> officials are now calling this vicious murder a, quote, thri

the third teen, 17-year-old michael jones, who police say was driving the car when the other two shot and killed christopherane has been charged with accessory after the fact and using a vehicle during the discharge of a weapon. his bond is set for one million dollars. that district attorney, jason hicks described the area there in oklahoma where this happened, saying this is not something that you would expect to see there. >> this is not something that is supposed to happen here and to those friends of ours in australia, we would say to you this is not duncan, oklahoma. this is not stevens county, oklahoma. this is not something we see happen here and i will do everything that i can to insure we see these three thugs pay for what they did to christopher lane. >> reporter: today police are continuing to search for the gun the teens used in this crime. gregg? gregg: this is so mystifying that this could happen anywhere in america. do we have any idea, a better idea, just why these teens targeted christopher lane? >> reporter: yeah, gregg, there are some growing questions whether or not this crime was racial

christopher lane because they were bored. james eduards jr. and chancey luna charged with murder and michael jones as an accessory.eputy prime minister spoke to cnn's "new day." >> you have 15 times more likely to be shot dead in the usa per million people than here in australia. people should factor that in. they should think twice in the circumstances but by the senseless killing and the shooting in the back of an outstanding young australian on a scholarship in the usa which has caused deep seeded anger right across australia. >>> in the meantime, security is tight at the high school in duncan after anonymous threats were made. >>> and we're watching the opening bell at the new york stock exchange right now. could be another bumpy day for the markets, we hope not. investors are waiting for the federal reserve to release information on their latest meeting and they're looking to see if the fed will cut back on the stimulus program. good news for lowe's and target. both companies reported higher quarter sales and profits. we're back after a quick break. ( bell rings ) they remind me so much of my grandkids. wish

jones, did admit to what happened, identifying the 16-year-old as the shooter in this case. basically saying they were bored. they decided to shoot christopher lane shortly after he jogged by them in his girlfriend's neighborhood. what we're hearing from family members is a lot of remorse, a lot of regret, and a lot of handering about how this all happened. they can't wrap their heads around the fact that these boys, from what we're hearing, hadn't been in much trouble. had no connection to drugs or gangs or anything like that and committed an act of violence like this simply out of boredom. that's what this entire community is trying to wrap their heads around at this hour. >> randy, if these allegations are true and these confessions are real, this sounds like a thrill killing, some kind of sick thrill kill by these suspects. the congressman who represents the district released a statement saying, there are no words that will help us make sense of the tragic loss of chris lane or truly express the sympathy felt by those living in oklahoma. it's heinous crimes like these that shake our state and nation and leave our hearts broken. the peopl

christopher lane's killing was random. he believe it was part of a gang initiatuation. it was johnson's call to police that ended with the arrest of 15-year-old james edward johnson and michael jones. johnson said the three teens threatened his on son because he refused to join a gang. police have not confirmed that the killing was gang related and cnn has tried to reach johnson repeatedly without success. we're also hearing today from man who says he tried to help lane moments after he was gunned down. here is what richard told the sydney morning herald. take a listen. >> laying face downright there. face down. his face in he has hand. that's when i started putting two and two together. that's when i looked at his shirt and realized he was shot. i said he's been shot. i got the description of that car in my head. >> he says he stayed with lane there. he also says that a woman stopped on the road and helped him give lane cpr but it was too late. >> i understand there are memorial services for lane this weekend. >> his friends and family are being viented to a memorial game in chris lane's honor on sunday. there's a donation page set up to raise money for a memorial fund in his nam

christopher lane was out for an afternoon jog friday in the town of duncan when he was spotted by 15-year-old james edwards jr., 16-year-old chancey luna and 17-year-old michael jonesun of it, the three boys followed lane in a car and shot him once in the back. then drove away as lane lay dying by the side of the road. >> he's in the ditch. he's got blood on him. >> is he breathing? is he conscious? is he talking to you? >> he's not conscious. >> i am appalled at the behavior of these three children. i think it is something that this community can certainly do without. >> reporter: in melbourne the 22-year-old's family struggled to make sense of the tragedy. >> this extended family his grandparents his cousins, his nephews, nieces whatever, all have lost something that's just never going to be replaced. >> reporter: lane had just come back from a five-week trip to australia with his long time girlfriend sarah harper. the two were in duncan visiting harper's family. on tuesday, she broke down in tears at the spot where lane was killed. >> such an amazing person and i'm going to miss him forever. >> reporter: a star athlete in both baseball and aussie rules football,