the feds say the d.a. was the leader of the enterprise. >> armando is accused of bribery, extortion and racketeering and faces the possibility of many years in prison. yet, incredibly, despite being indicted and facing a trial, he does not feel the legal or moral obligation to step down. armando vilabos is still the district attorney. the law does not require him to step down. can he fairly and conscientiously run an office that prosecutes criminals? in a statement he gave just before his indictment, he said yes. >> we're going to go forward. i'm not going to resign. i'm innocent of all charges. i look forward to going to court so we can get this thing over with. >> reporter: he has acknowledged not opposing the killer's release but claims he told the judge he was against the idea during a meeting in the judge's chambers. unfortunately, this man was also in that meeting. greg gladden was the attorney for the murderer. whose idea was it for livingston to get out without bond? >> vilabos. >> reporter: gladde

all legal, no one underage. - d.a.'ving trouble taking your word for it. - this is just a pretext to search my records, my files, my clients' files. - we're looking for one document. it could be anywhere. email, hard drive. she wants to go through it all. - you mean she wants to put me out of work until i cooperate. stop this inquisition. i'll speak with your d.a. - mr. querns, we have three years of you on wiretaps, helping mr. ganzel run his business, hide his cash, edit his ads to maintain the illusion he ran an escort service. let me be clear. you are a target of this investigation as well. and you can see where this goes. - yet here i am. three years' worth of tapes. what more could you possibly want? - we have you and ganzel on racketeering. we don't have anything on the former governor's murder. - i know nothing about that. - yeah, but ganzel does. and he trusts you. - i'm sure you're not telling me to betray a client's trust. - of course not. - but he is a liability. you won't just lose your license. you'll go t

the d.a.'s refusal to do anything about it is unacceptable. >> the lawyer for william lynch is pat harris. he's scheduled to fly in to san jose from l.a. for this meeting with the d.a. today. he even accused the prosecutor of setting up the priest to commit perjury. something the d.a.'s office denied. that meeting here at the county government center will take place this afternoon and all parties will be on hand. >> right now we have breaking news to tell you about. a u.s. ambassador has been killed in libya. this has been confirmed. christopher steven. a northern californian. he had just joined the u.s. embas embassy. an attack on the u.s. embassy in libya. he also went to uc hastings where he graduated from a law school. it was a major attack there. apparently militants are upset over a u.s. film that was put out. a small film that was more kind of like an unprofessional one but it has caused a big commission over there. apparently political implications here. people are very upset. once agai

the d.a. is meeting later today with william lynch with one of the abused victims and the same man accused of beating up the priest. we have damian with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, marla. the charge of perjury looms over lintner. william lynch was on trial a few months ago for beating up the priest 37 years after the alleged assault. beating lynch flatly admitted in court. when the father said he never molested anybody, lynch's lawyer jumped up and urged to get the priest a lawyer because he perjered himself. it is the d.a.'s office that put father lindner in the way with the opening statements where it was confirmed. now a retired priest waits wondering if the d.a. will haul him back in court. >> the district attorney will tread carefully here. many people feel he got away with many serious crimes and has never been brought to justice. this perjury prosecution could be the vehicle to put him behind bars. >> reporter: perjury is a felony and the maximum sentence is four years in pri

. >>> the d.a. office is hemorrhaging lawyers and workload unmanageable >>> over the course of last six months we've had at least 10-15 percent leave and that is a constant over the last couple of years you could only give us some much work when you diminish the service >>> deputy district attorney says prosecutors leave because of the new contract imposed by borders supervisors that decreases pay increases retirement age and make them responsible for all changes to health and dental coverage. >>> we stand ready to agree to what is necessary we cannot agree to what is political. >>> i don't know that i have a response to that >>> she is the chairman of the board of supervisors for contra costa county >>> we have a fair offer on the table with its lower costs for the life of the contract and address pension reform and lowers health care related liability. >>> given public defenders are not being forced to make cuts >>> they pay more to get people out of jail than to prosecute. >>> the das are prepare

has the highest rate in the state >>> a high murder rate it as a lot to do with rival gangs >>> the d.a.'s office is hemorrhaging lawyers the work load is unmanageable. >>> over the course of the last six months we've had 10-15 percent leave that is a constant over the last couple of years. you can only get so much work when you diminish the service >>> deputy district attorney barry grove says they are leaving because of new contract it imposed by the board of supervisors it decreases pay increases retirement age and makes them responsible for health and dental coverage. >>> we stand ready to agree what is necessary but not is not what is political >>> i don't know i have a response to that chisholm she is the chairman of the board of supervisors we feel we have a fair offer on the table that lowers costs for the life of the contract which is short-term, addresses pension reform and lowers health care real liability. >>> if they argued it is anything but fair that public defenders not forced to make cuts >>> they're spending more to get criminals out of jail than to prosecute them >>>

the d.a.y thought seemed like such an honorable man. did he look you in the eye? >> yes straight in the eye. >> reporter: what did he say? >> that he was there for my sister. straight in our face. you would believe him if you were there. >> reporter: he pleaded guilty to the murder. seemingly sparing her family the agony of a trial. i say seemingly because shortly after the plea everything went haywire. livingston received a 23-year prison sentence on the day he made his plea. inexplicably, the judge ruled livingston could have 60 days of freedom without any bond. the murderer erer never came back. he's now been on the run for five years. >> translator: i'm in incredible pain. i hurt. i have such pain over my daughter's murder. i struggle to fight it but it defeats me. >> reporter: here's what makes it even worse. the d.a. the man the family trusted so much, allegedly pocketed a chunk of the $500,000 in bail money the murderer was using during the case. he is accused of taking $80,000 of it. i

but in my mind and in the minds of the majority of the d.a.'s around the state, the current state of misdemeanors and with our county jails being overcrowded, no person sentenced to a misdemeanor offense is going to do any jail time whatsoever. if they don't have jail as an incentive to engage in treatment, then there's nothing there, other than their own will to finally do something about their addiction. >> let me just ask you as a follow-up, what do you say, then, that the only thing -- if you're saying that currently being charged with a felony is going to result in drug treatment or maybe a sentence that isn't going to send someone to state prison, what do you say to someone that

but in my mind and in the minds of the majority of the d.a.'s around the state, the current state of misdemeanors and with our county jails being overcrowded, no person overcrowded, no person sentenced to a misdemeano

the tools to do what i would hope it would be able to do. >> and the d.a.'s office would be happy to work with the members of the committee to talk about the ways in which the laws may be able to be change sod we can have an enforcement tool that works. >> because i think this adds something that hasn't been a part of this discussion, you know, all along with respect to this amendment, we've been saying why from a public policy standpoint we don't believe the amendment goes far enough, but what we are hearing now from the d.a. is the amendment as worded does not give the district attorney the tools needed to prevent consumer fraud and i think that's a problem. >> and i just want to make sure that i'm understood as far as where i'm going in terms of which types of surcharges would be problematic under the current wording of the ordinance. for those employers who use a surcharge for health care benefits as an scho mandate surcharge, the work that's going be done by the olse is going to be helpful in determining whether or not that money is in fact being used f

or the d.a., helps first thought wrong become next right thing. you can do it. i can teach the incarcerated population what to want because they always get what they wanted. they wanted more, they got more. they got it, they got it. they want someday, they left with none. they wanted her or him, they got that. i can tell them what to want now. pass first thought wrong, what to want. they do the right work, i can show them how to keep it this time. my boy's safe all day. it's not because of me. it's because of efforts like this. [applause] >> as our panelists take the stage and get seated, let me introduce our discussion. earlier this year, california state senator mark leno introduced legislation that would revise the penalty for simple drug possession under the state law, making drug possession laws that punish as a felony would now be punished as a misdemeanor. the new legislation, sb-1506, does not apply to anybody involved in selling or manufacturing drugs. the stated purpose of the bill is that it would help alleviate overcrowding in state prisons and count

the d.a. wants to hear from william lynch before deciding whether he will file perjure charges against father jerry litner. lynch was acquitted of that beating earlier this year. it was in that trial that father litner took the stand. he denied molesting lynch or his brother even though the prosecutor virtually admitted it. once father denied the molestations, lynch's lawyer jumped out of his seat and told the judge to get the priest an attorney because he had just perjured himself. harris accused the pl ed the prf setting up the priest to commit perjury. he will meet told here at the center with several people including lynch and his attorney pat harris. lynch told nbc bay area the d.a.'s decision not to do anything was, quote, unacceptable. father jerry litner sleeps in his retirement home not knowing if the d.a. will haul him back into court. that meeting should take place here later on this afternoon. for now, we're live today in the bay. >>> a preliminary hearing continues for an oakland

there are other folks that i know that d.a. said being responsible to community concerns is a priority. there are some system things we have to work on but it starts with people like you insisting on it. i would recommend a process that is collaborative in nature. >> thank you for your report. what is your sense in terms of the quality of life on broadway? what is your sense as to how much of the problem can be attributable to the party bosses and how much is attributable to other issues? >> the party bosses play a big part. the clientele, the venue, the club's and what kind of customers they cater to -- we don't have many problems with the strip clubs, but it is the other clubs or the violence is coming out. >> land we are talking about party buses, is directly, there have always been a lot of tour buses that come through the area that run towards by commercial entities. here with party buses, i don't have a good feel for exactly what you are talking about. are there party causes it -- is it a more generic term that applies to

the d.a. will haul him back into court. now, that jury back in this trial, they aquilted lynch, even though he admitted in court that he did beat up father jerry lindner. we're live in san jose. >> 6:04. breaking the silence. a former student of stillerman prep in san jose says he was sexually abused at that school. saying jesuit brother farrington abused him when he was a boarding student there in the '60s. the california society jess suettes which overseas bellarmine sent a letter to staff that reads, jess suette brother william farrington was removed from ministry with minors after allegations surfaced from another former student. he now exercises no public ministry and lives under close supervision at the jesuit infirmary. the victim says he wanted to put a story out there as part of the healing process and to encourage other possible victims to seek healing their own. >>> police hoping newly released surveillance photos will help somebody identify the suspects who robbed and killed a 7 el

we don't have the declination letter from the d.a.'s office, so we have not been able to complete the homicide investigation, so currently, the third quarter is scheduled to meet and we will have been cases that we have completed to present. the locally we will get some of the other cases ready in time for that. >> thank you, sergeant. commissioner turman: [inaudible] >> i don't think we have assigned to anybody yet. it will probably be my turn. >> i think that date was just finalized. >> i have a question that is related. we have more than one commissioner attending as long as it doesn't. >> we looked at the rules apply not mistaken. maybe we should wait for ms. porter, but my understanding that it is just one commissioner. it is just the makeup of the discharge review board. my plan is to rotate through of the commission and i have not done and for a while so i thought i would take the next one. commissioner loftus: i just have a question here. i certainly understand if there is a pending investigation, he but the oldest case you hav

the d.a. says that even though prosecutors believe that he lied when he denied molesting lynch his denials were " not material to the case. he was found not guilty of assaulting a priest. police a group of teenagers along with an adult woman face charges tonight in a smash and grab robberies in san francisco and union square. the girls burst into the furry accessories " storer at about 2:00 this afternoon and made off with $5,000 worth of merchandise and police officers caught up with them about a block away. depilates high-speed chases round loss angeles are always dangerous. and today one was barrett very bizarre as police chased a carload of suspects to the streets the men's side began to toss wads of cash out the windows. stocks witnesses rushed up to snatch the money the car was finally cornered it is south deli intersection but by that time the three of the suspects had held laos. and the thief letting go of the games this is video of the sea gull stealing a camera at christie field. the

., d.a., d.a., he said i'm not saying that. come back with something true. or come back with something productive and constructive. and i'll put it on the air. it started to change how people responded. it started to change how people were thinking. several pages and i didn't look at my notes. now i don't know where i am. [laughter] another really important part was the radio drama. again, it's a radio society. you couldn't tell who was who was there were some physical differents allegedly that but we don't know if they were really that different. and so you see the strife that these people went through and the drama they went through as a result of the war, but you didn't know if it was your side or the other side. it started to develop this kind of compassion for the others. so these are just a few of the elements of a mass media that took something from the brink of genocide, where next door it was a genocide, and managed to bring it to a point of having a peace agreement, though i would argue it has long ways to go most do.

live at the complex there wasn't a guest and kudos to the bronx d.a.'s office for standing up to the n.y.p.d. and their abuse of. the bat wilcoxon ice cream wilcox and the local ice cream shop in livingston wyoming refused to sell or ice cream to a muslim customer earlier this week a muslim customer in nearby sheraton wyoming posted on wilcox ans facebook page asking what flavors of ice cream did not have gelatin in them since they could not eat pork shortly after wilcox's replied to the post said widow deliver outside of montana certainly not pakistan. wilcox's ignorance thinking that all muslims are pakistan is bad enough but to nine someone who could have been a faithful customer a product just because of the religion. that's just absurd and a very very ugly texas state representative jim murphy murphy is the latest conservative nationwide to push for more aggressive voter purge tactics on monday murphy told think progress that he had his way texas would purge the roll sooner or suspend dollars and here's the real stunner aversive murphy also told th

to be out there at the stinking goats in the fourth class michael o'leary from right there a former d.a interviewed in the new york times piece said it was fair to do this because i actually have a law enforcement would overburden the court system or the resources of the district attorney's so he's saying we can avoid due process if it's for the presence of the stinky people have to ride with the goats in the back of the plane because it's a hassle known force one is a burden on society the cross of law enforcement is obviously not in keeping with balancing the books for a just society we don't need law enforcement anymore what we need are more guys who are going to offer a v.i.p. lines to the top three or four kleptocrats around the world and everyone else can just basically being in a. war with knives and guns and fight it out with the less you know if you're trying to get on easyjet and there's only one look to shoot the guy next year stand up if you can get on to the plane no problem but you know they'll be be wishing for the days when the planes blew up at her i checked those would

program later in the letter is says participation in the bad restitution program is voluntary but the d.a's office says are collecting some kickback on this they're collecting a share of this kickback scheme with these private debt collectors lawsuit losing of accountability is delusional of the district attorney if you lose you have a justice system so the collateral is an illusion of the sun the illusion of the justice system there are always so forward to goldman sachs of the delusional the justice system futures contract at their beck and just so they borrow money to so more leverage to more collectors of debts to further the nurse of the big so they're going to write only one month to be out there are distinct and goats in the fourth class michael o'leary from right there a former d.a. interviewed in the new york times piece said it was fair to do this because i actually have a law enforcement would overburden the court system or the resources of the district attorney's so you saying we could avoid due process. if it's for the presence of the stinky people have to ride with the goats