our destination -- what conrad referred to in "heart of darkness" as the inner station.dense jungle lies our rendezvous with the congo river, a waterway responsible for both building this country and helping to destroy it. >>> two hours out of goma, we land at kisangani. this was once stanleyville and the country's second largest city, before war and neglect cut it off from congo and the rest of the world. stanleyville, known in "the heart of darkness" as the inner station. the congo river stretches across the country's middle. conrad describes it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africa's heart. to europeans, it was a natural route to transport slaves, ivory, rubber, minerals. the commodities upon which modern-day brussels and antwerp are built. for the congolese, both before and after the belgians, it provided more basic things. water to wash, to clean your clothes in, to cook with, to drink. also fishing. since long before the expeditions of dr. livingston and henry morton stanley, the wagenia tribe has been fishing th

our destination -- what conrad referred to in "heart of darkness" as the inner station.nse jungle lies our rendezvous with the congo river, a waterway responsible for both building this country and helping to destroy it. >>> two hours out of goma, we land at kisangani. this was once stanleyville and the country's second largest city, before war and neglect cut it off from congo and the rest of the world. stanleyville, known in "the heart of darkness" as the inner station. the congo river stretches across the country's middle. conrad describes it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africa's heart. to europeans, it was a natural route to transport slaves, ivory, rubber, minerals. the commodities upon which modern-day brussels and antwerp are built. for the congolese, both before and after the belgians, it provided more basic things. water to wash, to clean your clothes in, to cook with, to drink. also fishing. since long before the expeditions of dr. livingston and henry morton stanley, the wagenia tribe has been fishing the

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conrad murray. >> conrad murray was the doctor on the soviet ship "hunt for red october." >> i like conrad better. i don't know. we got to get back into this story. some say children services should take his kids away. is this wussification of america. >> it is under president obama. first of all, i have to say that gavin became hotter to me. it's true when you see a man with baby they become sexy. you've never been sexier. they say that rougher housing babies show it can be good for them. it teaches them how to interact with people. this is the problem. we start babying people when they're babies. >> can't baby babies. >> i say man up. start young. you won't have a babies sitting around. >> i agree. jesse you hate babies because they are always trying when you clean the changing room at the gap. should this be a story because a couple of youtube people left comments because one or two people said it was bad. >> first of all, i think that was lazy writing on your part. i would have gone with i've impregnated a bunch of waffle waitresses. i've changed stories. that is from the 1997 scottish

. >>> it is anything but a game and it could be a hate crime. 27-year-old conrad barread facing criminale crime charges. prosecutors say he videotaped himself sucker punching an elderly black man last month. someone who witness it could not believe what he was seeing. >> his face was swollen here on this side and he is sucking out of a straw. what is the world coming to? >> so disturbing. conrad barrhett was arrested on thursday and due in court today on a hearing. >>> the family of 13-year-old jahi mcmath wants to transfer her to a nursing home to continue caring for her. the family is speaking publicly trying to convince the children's hospital to see it their way. >> we have found out that someone is willing to take jahi away from children's hospital to a facility nearby here in the bay area to treat her, give her an tube for nutrition and give her a fighting chance. we are asking children's hospital to work with us to make that possible. >> doctors at children's hospital in oakland have said jahi is beyond help but her family has refused to accept that believing she will recover. jus

earlier i spoke exclusively with conrad barrett's attorney. the charge is a hate crime.disorder i asked him if he thought that disorder could cause racism? >> not at all. what i'm saying is that one must take a look at the mindset of people that do bizarre, sometimes brutal actions and if in fact a person has been diagnosed before as having a bipolar disorder, not on his medication at the time this occurred, that this could have a factor on his mindset at the time this happened. i'm not using it as an excuse. it is a fact. and every psychiatrist will tell you that the middle component is very important in making a determination of what actually occurred here. this is not figuratively a black and white issue. >> but your client was a functioning member of society. had the wherewithal to plan this, to pick out a victim, an elderly man who could not defend himself. and then now since he has been caught doing it, it appears to most people that using bipolar disorder as a defense is an excuse for racist behavior. >> i think the bipolar disorder is a mitigation, if you will. i

for the past decade the conrads from set up a hockey pond in their backyard in savage.y say the rink is for neighborhood kids. now some people are trying to get if shut down. they are worried not only for their children's safety but they say loud noises from children playing are driving wildlife away. now the city is saying they have to miss mantel the rink by friday or face charges. >> it makes me very angry personally. this is like been my life every winter. we are taking out a rink that is ep couldn'ting kids off the streets and away from drugs. i mean i think it's a great thing to have out here. >> the conrads say they have never had any injuries on the pond. >> angelina jolie has been banned from flying her personal plane. the faa grounded the plane after she didn't renew the plane's registration. her team sent the renewal application into the authorities back in september but it didn't make it in time. the luxury airliner is one of the fast err planes traveling up to 300 miles an hour. >>> first time to grew -- time brew on this. a boy is suspended for kissing one

conrad murray? >> that was so true. >> dr. conrad murray was the doctor on the soviet ship, hunt for red october. >> this is a pronunciation -- >> we have to get back into this story again. jedediah, some say child services -- is this the woosification of america. >> i have to say gavin was infinitely hot. you have never been sexier, but they do say rough housing babies -- it shows it can be good for them. it boosts their self-confidence and it shows them how to interact with people. we start babying people when they are babies. >> you can't baby babies. >> man up, start young. we won't have a bunch of babies sitting around. >> i agree. >> jesse, you hate babies because they are always crying when you are cleaning the changing room at the gap. should this be a story because a couple of people left u -- youtube comments. one or two people said it was bad. >> first of all that was raisey writing. i have i'm pregnanted a lot of waffles. >> i don't know what you are talking about. that is from the 1997dwarfing final. they can't ev

a judge denied bail for 27-year-old conrad alvin barrett because of how vicious it was.is victim is a 79-year-old black man whose name has not been released. he cap you are toured the insurance -- he captured the incident on his cell phone camera. james rosen has more. >> at least 25 times in the last two years cowardly urban thugs have snuck up on innocent vehicle times and knocked them unconscious with a single blow and fled the scene. now for the first time the knockout game, a sadistic crime with no sporting element to it, has seen charges by federal and not local authorities and for the first time under a hate crime statute out. the justice department said conrad barrett made several videos in the cell phone where he identified himself and used a racial slur on african-americans and stated his intent to victimize a black man in this fashion to receive national media attention. the doj alleges that on november 24 in the town of katy barrett recorded moment he attacked an african-american man and fracturing his jaw in two places. >> maybe there are those who say the i

i am willing to do it. >> rob, thanks for having us in. >> thank you, conrad.ou very much. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: rob ford has been, this year any way, the greatest gift any talk show host could ask for. every day he brings us something new. he has given so much. i wanted to give something back. so we worked up a little song to celebrate each one of the four days of christmas. ♪ on the 12th day of christmas toronto gave to me 12 rob fords cracking ♪ >> i do not use crack cocaine. ♪ 11 rob ford's fighting ♪ 10 rob ford's cackling ♪ 9 rob ford's yelling ♪ 8 rob ford's falling ♪ 7 rob ford's crashing ♪ 6 drunken stupors ♪ ♪ have i tried it? probably in one of my stupors. ♪ 5 chicken wings ♪ 4 drunk drivers ♪ ♪ 3 confessions ♪ ♪ two healll's angels ♪ ♪ and rob ford knocking over a lady ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: we are going to take a break. when we come back, the return of the pedestrian question plus tom hanks, rachel ray and music from childish gambion. -- gambino. ♪ ♪ when francois thibault said he was going to make vodka in cognac, with s

prosecutors say conrad's vicious attack on an elderly black man was racially motivated. feds claim he laughed and said knockout as the man fell to the ground. a district judge denied bail friday for him. margaret has the latest on the attack and the history of this dangerous game. >> reporter: 27-year-old conrad bareette is charged with a hate crime. a judge said the crime was vicious and he stalked his victim. there's strong evidence he committed this offense. it is a hate crime. he attacked because of the man's race and color. he made a video of the attack where he said, quote, the plan is to see if i hit a black person would this be nationally televised. he uses the "n" word saying african-americans haven't experienced the blessing of evolution. the brutal attack happened in katy texas. the victim suffered two jaw fractures and in the hospital for several days according to the complaint. he is bipolar. he went to a bar and showed the video to bystanders, one an off duty police officer. with video that has gone viral from states like illinois to washington to new york.

we all know the hilton name, conrad hilton, got to love some of that. but what are investors buying when they're buying the stock? >> hey, cory. hilton has really become pretty much a very sprawling empire ever since conrad hilton bought his first hotel in texas more than 100 years ago. they've got more than 4,000 properties, and it's really everything from the very top end to the mass market. the top end, which, cory, i'm sure you are most familiar, with it's names like conrad and the waldorf astoria, perhaps the most iconic property. it's where all the u.s. presidents stay when they come to new york. really, the bulk of their business comes from the mass market, the biggest brand itself is the hilton namesake. that's about a third of the rooms. add to that hampton inn and doubletree. together that's about 70% of hilton's overall rooms. but what's interesting is that even though they fly the hilton flag at more than 4,000 properties around the world, a very small portion are actually directly owned, about 90% of them are franchised out. core any >> yea

police say they have video evidence that conrad barrett targeted his victim because he was black.nd say barrett hoped to get famous with the violent attack. let's talk about it with holly hughs and dr. jeff gardear. holly, let me start with you. so many questions about this particular case. >> right. >> where does the line get crossed for this to be a hate crime? >> when you target a victim solely because of their race or religion, sometimes gender, it depend on your state, what qualifications they have for what we call a protective class. however in this particular instance, in texas, their hate crime statute says if you pick somebody solely because of their race, and it's clear that that's what conrad barrett did to this elderly gentleman, because we look at evidence he used the "n" word in his daily routine. there is a lot of evidence to back up. he didn't just happen it hit a man who was african-american. he picked this man because he was african-american. to hit. >> jeff, let me bring you in. because barrett's attorney says his client has bipolar disorder and takes medication

you mentioned conrad maldives.rograms are huge moneymaker for the hotels and airlines. in preparation for the ipo hilton devalued, because they need to pay less money to each individual hotel as eugene points. up to 90% increase in points needed, which sounds crazy. >> i know you know everything one needs to know about airline points. some say the hotel points of more valuable. is that the case? starwoodends bidder points are extremely valuable because you can transfer to airlines at a really valuable ratio. you have options for hotels and airlines. points are devaluing but they could still be extremely valuable if you know how to use them. >> what about credit cards? i barred a 40 inch tv on amazon because of the -- i bought a 40 inch tv on amazon because of it. >> it is all about credit hards -- credit card these days. frequent spender programs. at just getting one point for dollar. every time you use a credit card, have a posted note -- post it note. >> what are we giving up enrolling in these frequent- flier pl

prosecutors say conrad barrett's vicious attack on an elderly black man was racially motivated.s also claimed barrett laughed and said "knockout" as the man fell to the ground. a district court judge denied bail friday for barrett. the latest on the attack and the history of this dangerous game. >> reporter: 27-year-old conrad barrett has been charged with a hate crime for knocking out a 79-year-old african-american man. a houston judge said that the crime was vicious and barrett stalked his victim. there is strong evidence he committed this offense. it is a hate crime. according to the federal complaint barrett attacked because of the man's race and color and he made a video of the attack where he allegedly said, quote, the man is to see if i would hit a black person, would this be nationally televised? in a separate video he allegedly uses the "n" word and said that african-americans have fully experienced the blessings of evolution. the attack happened here in katy texas. barrett's attorney claims he was bipolar but was off his meds the night of the attack. later he went to t

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. >> mission creek gone wild comes into play here and i'm thinking of joseph conrad's heart of darkness, last words of kurtz, the greed, the greed. our fees have gone up exponentially and now $6 million more and it's going to talk from us. they can talk about $800 billion dollars in the bank account, but i don't believe it, it's going to come from us taxi drivers and it's another regulation and i'm opposing it because we're not, the government's regulatory authority is to regulate, not compete with businesses that already exist and that's exactly what they are doing here. it's they say a bridge too far in the military. i don't want my privacy invaded to the extent it clearly does. it's way too intrusive. if you want to make us employees, make us employees, give us some benefits, instead of booting us out when we become disabled did $160,000 before capital gains and that's what's happening. i mean it's just the full employment act, they are going to have to get an in person in there too for $200,000 a year, we're going to be paying them. somebody has too keep it from being hacked, this w

blame on the muslim brotherhood with sparks class including as a compensation according to russell conrad east home day. around one am susan at least two explosions went off but he's all i can just next to the security director building in mysore. we know that in these two senior security officer among the dead according to state tv. this is the deadliest amongst the patients in a series of attacks sears holdings to play the two cities that are like the house. the league collingwood's that these bombings. i'm sloppy markets tend to talk to santa teresa i thought what happened. i'd get a sense that the bits that i think it is a statement today to go out w with a specific form and employees of the security services. with the pockets i'm a table inside. i'm so this is the basis that the court which economists had it right. he saw a security building destroyed as you can see from your pictures. of cos the top three schools. i'm one which poses the real question about the key to transition yesterday was my home it was the first official reaction was from a spokesman for the cabinet office to p

tothe company dates back 1919 when conrad hilton bought the first hotel.stablishing leader status with more than 4000 hotels in 90 countries. while they own 10 hotel brands from luxury to budget, it lacks a boutique brand to compete with starwood w hotels. they got a bit of a boost. the private equity firm holds a 76% stake valued at about $15 billion after the stock officially launches. blackstone profit will pass the .ecord $10 billion >> blackstone is on a roll. what's the latest with last month's ipo? >> in november, though shares are up i almost a quarter. they specialize in longer-term lodging and just rated a buy at mk him partners. blackstone also planned an initial public offering for la quinta. they expect a strong trend for hotel stocks to continue. check out the competition. andiott, hyatt, all up .emand exceeding supply thelans to take probably four seasons and the fairmont possibly public in an ipo. keenan, thank you. president and founder of trading the street previously worked in the merrill lynch and and a group. thanks for your time. m&a

we have been with waldorf and conrad, the fastest-growing luxury brands under.n important segment for us. if you look at the nature of the business in terms of where you usl see growth, i think for and everybody else it will not be dominated by luxury. we will grow luxury as a percentage quickly. if you go around the world, it is more hover up scale. meaning doubletree by hilton and our focus service like hilton garden inn and homewood. >> what are some of your other growth plans regionally, by segments? >> it's real simple. everywhere. we think we have the best brands in the business, 10 brands at different price points. we have a dominant market share of about 15%. howe are intelligent about we deliver those brands and layer those brands around the world and adapt those brands to the different opportunities around the world, we can grow at an accelerating pace in good times and bad times. if you look where we are in terms of rooms under construction, 100,000. 100% of that is with third-party capital. we are number one in the world in rooms under construction.

steve conrad did great job. >> we had the whole cast of "anchorman "here.h. >> still sporting it. did you like it? >> i was happy to shave it off. >> kristen wiig said you're the nicest guy in the world, i believe, off camera. >> that's nice. that's nice. wish i could say the same about her. >> well, i know. i was trying to throw you the opportunity. >> well, i'm not going the take it. >> your character on "parks and recreation" so nice. real life, we hear, so nice. i'm certainly getting that impression. do you jump at the chance to play a role like this that's so different? >> it's fun. i call this character the a-hole from planet a-hole. >> i'm not sure what you mean by that. >> i don't know what that stands for. >> read between the lines. >> it's superfun. so different from my character of ben on "parks and rec." it's fun to be able to do something different. >> plans for christmas? >> rushing home tonight for los angeles to get there in time to call my kids down. hopefully, they'll get to sleep and wake up at a reasonable hour on christmas morning. >> g

then steve conrad, who is an interesting screenwriter, he took a new approach with it.- directing -- >> you are directing also? >> yes. [laughter] them i see theto script and i like what steve has does, but however -- it was a big -- i was sent the script. there was no director with it. i loved it and the tone. i had read the earlier version. this was taking a whole new approach. it felt modern and real. kind of emotionally rounded. a movie i thought it would be a great film. as a director, i thought about it. then, we kept talking and talking about it. they got the idea i was interested in directly. >> tell me who walter mitty is for you in your field. >> he is a guy who lives alone. he works at "life" magazine. in the movie it is going out of business. he takes care of all of the photographs. he is the person for the photographers in the field. negatives.zes he does not really have much of a life outside of that. he lives at his head. he is daydreaming all the time. there's a woman at work that kristen wiig place that he really likes a he cannot figure how to connect

is in court today on federal hate crimes charges stemming from a knockout game attack. 27-year-old conradarrett sucker punched a 79-year-old black man. he was arrested after flagging about the attack to an off duty cop he had just met at a restaurant. the victim lost three teeth and needed surgery to repair his jaw. >> (indiscernible). he was a good guy. he didn't bother nobody. he minded his own business. >> barrett is charged with a hate crime because police found video of him using racial slurs. >> 600 person brawl breaks out at a movie theater parking lot on christmas night. now five teenagers are under arrest. he called for backup and used pepper spray to try to control the situation. after the officer locked the doors nearly 6-people walking through the parking lot began fighting and jumping on cars. >>> a single engine plane touches down without landing gear in south carolina foyersing the runway to close. there were two people on board at the time. no one was hurt. >>> caught on camera a deer into a dick's sporting goods. a man tackled the animal and held him down. the game commis

. >> professor, conrad murray is the dude michael jackson's doctor. that's the professor.ng ginger. lil' kim will be marianne. i got and ginger, i got, yeah, ke$ha as the rich old white people, what's -- thurston howell and lovie, that's going to be tight. hmm. i don't know, lou dobbs and his wife. let's throw lou dobbs and his wife -- gilligan, greg gut fefe >> at the commercial break they had the specific music when things weren't going well. da, da, da, da -- da, da, da. oh, my god, something is happening. doo, doo, and when they were looking around in the jungle it would be doo, doo, doo, wah, wah, wah. ♪ >> it's like they made it at college. >> how is this show not on at 8:00 p.m.? >> come on. >> there were like -- everybody remembers the theme but don't remember the segmented music parts made by i think -- i can't remember the guy who did that stuff. we have to take a break. last story coming up, it's a doozy. michael, tell us why you used priceline express deal to book this fabulous tel. wellou can see if a hotel is pet-friendly before y book it and i got great deal

i found that people were talking about conrad and they were talking about dickens.he writer's room, which can be one of the great places, we were all at various stages of having dropped out of english departments to get there. the subject of dickens was always coming up - we were writing about cities, crimes, cops. dickens was one of the first people to notice how interesting a policeman is standing between the legitimate and illegitimate. the conversation turned often as a popular writer. when you talked about the fact that the weekly parts would be read aloud to others in the family living room, it resembles nothing so much as an american family gathered around a television to see what happens this week. we felt the closeness to dickens. years later, he took the plot of the play that dickens wrote and reset in contemporary terms. dickens is on the mind for anyone who writes for the public and for their own artistic muse. >> simon, when you are playing dickens, what are you trying to find? >> the thing you have to connect with is his torrential energy. that applies

brother conrad. this is a piece of wood that's slipped into the back of the hand made bag. this is from france at the turn of the century. >> we also have a very old holy card here. this is from the 18th century, late 18th century, a copperplate print, hand coloredded that says mother and child. i also have a pias souvenir. this is bark and a leaf from the hazel tree garden of the vegetation. next, my colleague, dr. jason, will speak about the earliest books in the library's collection. >> here's items i want to show you from the rare book collection. the earliest one of the book that we have is the illuminated manuscript. before the invenges of the printing press, these were the most common type of book. primarily done by monks who would handwrite each letter and then would usually illuminate letters to provide decoration and behind them together. this particular culture is an examination. it was done before the invenges of the printing press likely. it was printed with gold letters and various colors. we also have a number of books that are printed before 1500 considered

. >> the professor would be conrad murray. the dude, michael jackson's doctor.im as marianne. at ginger i have kesha. the rich old white people, thurston howl and lovey, that will be tight. i don't know. somebody from fox news. lo udaa -- lou daabs and his wife. and gilligan is greg gutfeld and the skipper is john goodman too. >> i like at the commercial break they had specific music when things weren't going well. it was ♪ oh my god, something is happening. and then when they are looking around in the jungle it was -- ♪ >> they made it at a college somewhere. >> how is this show not on at a p.m.? at 8 p.m. come on. >> everybody remembers the theme, but they don't remember the segmented music parts. made by i think the -- i can't remember the guy who did that. we have to take a break. the last story coming up is a doozie. get 3 years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ watch our new

conrad c.j. johnson, a 35-year-old montgomery county bus driver is shot at his first stop.im in three weeks, the tenth to die. >> mr. johnson had pulled up to this location like right directly across from us at which point he was shot and killed almost instantly. it was a single shot. we know that the shot came back from the wood line no more than 30 to 50 yards away. >> as you can see, the forward most bus up there is the one where the -- >> johnson's death brings the entire case back home to montgomery county. >> i can remember just thinking, they're back. >> police find another note in the woods. >> we knew that if we could engage them we would be that much closer to them either screwing up or making another mistake that would help us catch them. >> they did exactly what we asked them to do. they started writing us letters, they started calling. >> one of the phone calls basically told us we needed to look at a robbery that had occurred in montgomery, alabama. >> the call it later turned out was from lee boyd malvo. was he just bragging or hoping to get caught. no one kn

the justice department said 27-year-old conrad barrette of katie, texas, identified himself and used a racial slur on african-americans and stated his intent to victimize a black person in this fashion to receive national attention. and d.o.j. alleges that on november 24 in the town of katie, he recorded the moment he attacked an african-american man, fracturing his jaw in two plays. >> maybe those would say it is intent -- the national hate crime is not there but i do believe this is a excellent test case. >> crimes of this nature will not be tolerated said the u.s. attorney in the southern district of texas on thursday, adding evidence of hate crimes will be prosecuted with the assistance of all of our partners to the fullest extent of the law, unquote. in the past cases, the perpetrators were black and the victims were white and in new york city, many jewish cases possessed clear intent on the part of the perpetrators to single out a victim on the basis of religion but hate crime charges were never pursued. those close to the case in texas told us d.o.j. was asked to interveen but

even when he was in robin island and his conrads were saying, we need to get rid of those traditionalders, we can't make any deals with him. he said no, you don't understand that. the people have rev rans for that. it has real meaning for black south africans. so yes, he transcended that on the one hand. but he also em braszed it on the other and just as he made out reaches to white south africans, he made out reaches to the black african experience, the zulus, triable leaders and that made him such a giant, really. >> that evolution is fascinating to me, just in rereading his auto buy ogden fiographybiograp. he said he grew up with hatred towards white people and it should be towards racism in the system in place, not to white people in particular and it wasn't until later on he began to see that, kind of, there could be unity among indians in south africa and whites and others. >> and many of them joined the fight. as he grew up in kunu he was an aristacrat. his baring, everybody talks about how he stamped his authority wherever he went. even in prison, he was the authority. the pri

today the justice department announcing the charges against conrad barrett.f punching and breaking the jaw of a 79-year-old black man and recording the knockout on video. prosecutors say he was hoping to get national media attention it. joining us is our legal panel in washington defense lawyers bernie grim and ted williams and in philadelphia former prosecutor fred. thank you gentlemen for joining us. ted, if i can start with you. you think that the justice department made the right call on this one? >> yes, i do. i think that in this instance, this white guy decided that he wanted to knock someone out and he specifically said that the plan was to see if he could hit a black person and would it be nationally televised i went one step further and found the perfect african-american suspect. he also during the course used the "n" word. there may be those that would say the requisite intent for the national hate crime is not there but i do believe that this would be an excellent test case. what a coward to take a -- to hit a 79-year-old black man, knock him unco

. >> 27-year-old conrad barrett hasn't been in a whole lot of trouble with the law. he is charged with a federal hate crime. according to federal court documents, on november 24th, barrett approached a couple at a restaurant and asked if they had heard of the knockout game. the knockout game is an attack like this one. in which the attacker tries to knockout and unsuspect ising victim with one punch. the attacks are usually posted on line, barrett, according to federal prosecutors, showed the couple video of the knockout game he had played that day in katie. the 80-year-old victim had to undergo surgery to insert two metal plates in his jaw and remove three teeth. >> he wasn't doing good at all. he couldn't eat. he couldn't drink nothing. his jaw was all broke. >> another videos prosecutors say barrett uses the "n" word and states that african-americans haven't fully experienced the whether he blessing of evolution. >> some are accusing the justice department of a double standard. joining us now from houston, attorney, who are was cooper and nicole deboard, also an a

conrad alvin barrett of texas. the first to be arrested over this knockout game.e crime. and his unduing may have been what he said in a video of the attack that was posted online. cnn's margaret conley joining me. before we get to the video, what exactly is barrett accused of doing to his victim, exactly. >> kyra, knocking him out cold. there's a hearing happening right now in houston, texas. 27-year-old conrad barrett has been charged with a knockout hate crime, assaulting a 79-year-old man. this is a federal charge. and the first federal charge we have seen for these knockout assaults. i have spoken to attorneys on both sides, the attorney for barrett and the victim's attorney. he said he's going to argue this is not a federal case. he said it's unconstitutional for it to be federal and it should go to the state. he's also going to say his client has been diagnosed as bipolar and he was off his meds the day the assault happened on november 24th. he says his client is extremely depressed right now. that's the defense. the victim's attorney and the victim does no

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his name is conrad alvin barrett. they've charged him with a federal hate crime.ay he punched a 79-year-old african-american man back in late november right in the jaw. so hard, don, that it fractured his jaw. he had to have metal plates put in two places. he allegedly laughed knockout and then fled to his vehicle, fled the scene them charged him with one count of violating the hate crimes prevention act. the xlanlt says that he allegedly record himself committing this act but also some other videos. i want to read you a complaint. it reads on the video described by the offduty investigator, he states, the plan is to see if write to hit a black person, would this be nationally televised? the question is why? where does race fit in here and why would he say something like that? i've spoken through the day extensively with his employer. he wouldn't comment on the issue of race but he said, his client has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, that he is on medicine and he said, quote, mental health issues definitely played a part in anything that occurred but he woul

well now, this man right here, conrad al ban berry of texas has been charged with a hate crime for allegedlyause he was black. he hit the elderly man with such force that he suffered fractures, was hospitalized for several days and had to remove teeth and insert metal plates into his jaw. our panel of legal experts joins us. paul callan is a cnn legal analyst. alan dershowicz is a professor and an author, "taking the stand, my life and law." thank you for being here with us. alan, i'm going to start with you here. why is this particular case being singled out at the federal level? because we've seen other cases linked to the knockout game being prosecuted as hate crimes on the state level. why this one on the federal level? >> i suspect it's the race of the people involved that -- the victim here was an elderly blackman. the motive -- the racial motive seems very clear. the only thing that makes this case a little bit more difficult is apparently the defendant has a history of mental illness. now for me the real issue is even if there isn't a racial motive here, when you walk over to some pe

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. >>> a houston judge denying bail for a white man accused of a federal hate krierths conrad barrettarged with sucker punking an elderly black man in a so-called knock outgame attack. the arrest raising concerns, though, about a possible double standard. chief washington correspondent james rosen has this report. >>> at least 25 times in the last two years, cowardly urban thugs have snuck up on innocent victims, knocked them unconscious with a single blow. for the first time, the knockout game has seen a suspect charged by federal, not local authorities and for the first time under a hate time statute. the justice department said 27-year-old conrat barrett made several videos on his cell phone written he identified himself, used racial slurs and tried to victimize a black man in this fashion. doj further alleges on november 24, in the town of katy, barrett made the account of fracturing the jaw of the man in two places. >> maybe those from the reports of national hate crime is not there. but i do believe this would be an accident test case. >> reporter: suspected crimes of this natur

prosecutors say conrad barrett's vicious attack was overly motivated. >> and man planned the attack and. >> reporter: deb and victor in a case involving a brutal attack in one of these so-called knockout games, a federal judge in houston has denied bail to the alleged attacker. 27-year-old conrat barrett has been charged with a hate crime for knocking out a 79-year-old african-american man. a houston judge said that the crime was vicious. and barrett, quote, stalked his victim. there is strong evidence that he committed his offense. it is a hate crime. barrett attacked because of the man's race and color and he made a video attack where he allegedly said, quote, the man is to see if i hit a black person would this be nationally televised. in a separate one, barrett uses the "n" word saying americans haven't experienced the blessing of evolution. the man suffered a jaw fracture and was in the hospital for several days. barrett's attorney blames he was bipolar but off the meds before the attack. later he went to this bar and showed the video to people, one of them an off-duty police offic