attorneys general roy cooper, martha coakley, doug glanceler, david louie, bill shuty, john smothers and, of course, the fantastic nag staff for their considerable time and effort in organizing our meeting. if you could join me in thanking them for their hard work, we would appreciate it. as we move into our first session i would just remind you that there are written speaker biographies in your materials. so as is our custom rather than providing those introductions orally as they come up, we will refer you to pose biographies to save time, keep introductions short and keep us to the heart of the matter. we're doing to start with the hot topics and best practices round-table, what we're working on, what we're interested in and concerned about. we're going to follow the pattern or the model we established at our winter meeting in san antonio where instead of going around the table alphabetically, the planning committee has identified several topics that we'll be addressing together. i would like to invite hawaii attorney general and massachusetts attorney general to come up front and

is that right, general coakley? >> yes. we're going to switch around, and gang units will be last, so it's switching places with handling scaldals. >> okay. we're now going to talk about scandal reporting, and so that's the second topic that we wanted to cover. let me just tee it up for discussion. um, the issue many times comes up as to when there's sexual abuse allegations in schools or in state agencies or things like that. um, and the issue comes up as to when you're supposed to do something, what you're supposed to do, whether you report it, whether you call the police, what do you do. in hawaii we've actually had two recent cases. the first case involved allegations that surfaced about a high school track coach who allegedly had touched inappropriately a 13-year-old girl. and what had happened in hawaii was that the coach, that complaint was made, and it was made to the principal, and the principal decided that she would make an investigation as an administrative investigation. she interviewed a thurm of people, decid

we're going to take one topic out of order, is that right, general coakley?> yes, we're going to switch around and gang units will be last. so it's switching places in your brochure with handling scandals. >> okay. we're now going to talk about constantly reporting and so that's the second topic that we wanted to cover. let me just tee it up for discussion. the issue many times comes up as to when there's sexual abuse allegations in schools or in state agencies or things like that. and the issue comes up as to when you're supposed to do something, what you're supposed to do, whether you report it, whether you call the police, what do you do? in hawaii we've actually had two recent cases. the first case involved allegations that surfaced about a high school track coach who allegedly had touched inappropriately a 13-year-old girl. and what had happened in hawaii was that the coach -- that complaint was made and it was made to the principal and the principal decided that she would make an investigation as an administrative investigation. she interviewed a number

is that right, general coakley? >> yes, we're going to switch around. gang units will be last. it's switching places in our brochure with handling scanne i. >> we're now going to talk about scandal reporting. that's the second topic we want to cover. let me tee it up for discussion. the issue many times comes up as to when there are sexual abuse allegations in schools or in state agencies or things like that. and the issue comes up as to when you're supposed to do something, what you're supposed to do, whether you report it, whether you call a police, what do you do? in hawaii we've actual little had two recent cases. the first case involved allegations that surfaced about a high school track coach who allegedly had touched inappropriately a 13-year-old girl. and what had happened in hawaii was that the coach -- that complaint was made and it was made to the principal and the prirns p prans pal decided she would make an investigation, as an administrative investigation. she interviewed a number of people, decided that the girl was not credible and that the coach was credible. a

general coakley. >> all right. changing topics a little bit, we've talked about veterans before and i wanted to address it again today. general biden, i may ask you to weigh in because i know you have some thoughts about this also. this is an issue as it seems to me as attorneys general you have a range of opportunities to think about how your office can be involved. particularly working for the federal government. this is an area where i think it's a question of figuring what are the needs, what can you do as an attorney general's office and how can you partner with federal and other resources in your state for the men and women who live in your state. obviously the ones most visible we think about are those returning from middle eastern conflicts. you still have world war ii korean war veterans, vietnam war veterans. i just want to give you a couple of things we started to do in our state and hear from other states about what you've been able to do or issues you've had around it. because i think one of the things

d.a.office, martinez police, and several named individuals including former district attorney, robert coakley, and the hand picked successers. he claims he was prosecuted because he supported o mally's political rival. current district attorney mark peterson. >> we believe there was a political motivation that directly led to charges against him which had no place being brought in the first place. >> have you a top law enforcement officer in the county reserving a job for whatever reasons they find beneficial to them. >> and none of the named in the claims returned our calls for comment today, his accuser moved out of state and received a $450,000 settlement from the county in the fau. he no longer works here at the d.a., michael continues to receive full salary nchl martinez abc 7 news. >> there is embattled chair ross mirkarimi will have to step aside, for now. abc 7 is live at san francisco city hall with the changing. guard. >> that is right. this afternoon, the organization representing the kmajd staff is praising at pointment of vicky hennessey saying she's the right choice at the right

including former district attorney coakley, and dan o mally. gresett claims he was prosecuted because he supported o mally's political rival, mark peterson. >> we believe it was this political motivation that led to charges against him. which had no place being brought in the first place. you have the top law enforcement officer in the county that is preserving a job. and corruption is running amuck. >> and the claim gresett filed here is a precurser to a lawsuit. there is no dollar amount but his lawyer told us they'll ask for damages in millions. this names the county, police and o mally, none of the parties responded today for our request for comment. >> thank you. >> the search for a missing teenager has galvanized her community. friends of the 15-year-old posted this video to you tube showing her at disneyland. friends are hoping someone will recognize her. and we are live with efforts to find sierra. >> this sheriff's office says more than 150 tips have come in, possible sightings and other leads, so far they're checking out this informat

those of you who have coakley seen some of the media, china has been mentioned quite often, and i willocus on this in the next couple of minutes. the volume of chinese imports has been declining, but experts are increasing. it is written to be the sixth largest exporter, and it is within touching distance of the u.k. worth stressing is one reason behind the increase in exports is the increase of imports by pakistan. china -- pakistan accounts for 2/st. volume of chinese exports. in particular, its combat aircraft, naval vessels, and tanks. china has yet to make a major breakthrough in another major recipient states. there are a number of states that depend on china. russia is taking concerns with regard to china emerging as a potential rival in its established markets, and since 2010 there have been efforts on the russian side to focus on china as a competitor. with regard to the picture of recipients, headlined this year was the top five recipients were all based in asia. it is worth noting into a desolate and we saw major deals been concluded that states in the middle east. when it c