damien damien, let me start with you. you've lost 20 years of your life for a crime you've always said you didn't commit. what has it like for you? you in particular you were sentenced to death, you had to live with that every day you were incarcerated. you spent most of your time in isolation, i think. tell me about the experience. >> well, it's been actually the last ten years in absolute solitary confinement. 24 hours a day seven days a week i was alone with the exception i would spend with laurie. we ar allowed to see each other once a week for three hours. >> she was the only person you saw. >> pretty much. every once in a while maybe her family would come, maybe once a year or something, but for the most part she was the only person i saw. >> what did you have? did you have a television? >> there was a television, no cable anything like that. just the basic television channels. your shower is right there in the cell with you. there's a drain in the floor. it's solid concrete walls and solid steel door. there's a you

i'd be like, how is damien? have you talked to damien? kind of pass on words of encouragement like that. >> presumably, in prison you are pariahs, right? >> yeah. in the first few years, like when i first got there, people were literally waiting for us to get there. you know, just to do us harm. >> and they would attack you? >> oh, yeah. >> how often? >> the first few years, a lot. >> like what? >> i've got shattered skull, broke collar bone, teeth knocked out, multiple scars on my face and stuff from it. but as the years progressed and people got to know me and as the documentaries came out and stuff, you know, the curses turned into prayers. fistfights turned into hugs. >> this must just be -- this is a nightmare. were you going through the same thing? >> yes, absolutely. >> it's just unthinkable to me that you're going through this. then the mood begins to change. that's when i want to bring you in here, laurie, because a campaign begins. there are rumblings of discontent about this case. people are beginning to think, this doesn't add

i'm damien trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, damien.ing book, if you will, for graffiti artists. it's up almost 40% from one year ago and now sits at the highest number of documented tags since 1999. an annual survey finds more than 44,000 graffiti tags were recorded this year alone compare ed to just under 30,000 for last year. central san jose seeing the biggest rise. that comes after budget cuts that forced the city to outsource its cleanup work. the city will talk about the problem at its meeting tomorrow. >>> as we wrap up the final week of summer, it feels like it outside. >> mother nature rolling out the red carpet when it comes to the heat today and tomorrow. two of the hottest days of the summer so far. just in time for the final week. high pressure is the reason why. compressing everything in our atmosphere, including that particulate matter. usually a good deal of fog is still hugging the coast. but marine layer has pushed out those offshore breezes. the worst air quality in the east bay. we have moderate air quality along th

could have been that damien would be executed.d an execution date and it came and went, but he could have died that day for a crime he almost certainly didn't commit. it is inspiring about power of the human spirit. these guys through went stuff in our worst nightmares. came across at eloquent, they're intelligent. >> an incredible story and i cannot wait to watch it. they're going to recount some of the life, 18 and a half years behind bars. watch piers morgan tonight 9:00 eastern. thank you very much. >> thanks, as always. >>> now, this. >> comedy saved my life quite literally. >> these gis had been to war. they had been shot at, lost close buddies, yet they're still laughing and they want you to laugh right along with them. >>> and these people keep protesting. demonstrations against cronies on wall street expanding. we're going to go live to new york with the protests in day 13. be right back. pain relief that works at the site of pain... up to 12 hours. salonpas. but afraid you can't afford it? well, look how much insurance m

mick jagger, and damien marley, here is some of the recording sessions for "the blackbird diaries." >> he was getting ready to spend a week making an album. we were spending a year. he would go for a week. we are like, yeah. he is getting ready to go. she says i have a condo. you can stay there. i say, that would be cheap. it does not cost anything. cheaper than free. dave and i looked at each other and went -- ♪what is cheaper than free tavis: 25 in time to go to the bathroom? >> i have making a film. you see me writing lyrics in the bathroom. [laughter] you hit the nail on the head. tavis: why so much activity at this time? is there something happening bringing this creativity? >> i have no idea. i started certain projects a few years before. for some reason they started coming out in the same few months even though super heavy we started two years ago. for some reason, between march and september of this year, there is a bombardment of everything. we just found out the news a call i have been writing opened in london -- the musical i have been renting opened in london on broadway.

in san jose, damien, nbc bay area news. >> i love that story. >> i know, such a nice story. >>> hereo cheer us up more is rob mayeda with our forecast. >> weather will be nice. over the next few days you'll see the temperatures, 70s and 80s inland. for now, low clouds waiting for you tomorrow morning. 61 degrees right now in oak land, san francisco, foggy skies, 68 degrees, west wind at 14 miles per hour. right now, mostly 50s and 60s right now. by tomorrow morning, i think, we'll be waking up to mainly mid 50s. temperatures overnight acting like a blanket over the bay area, but there you see the winds, if you got a strong sea breeze like that, chances are you're going to see low clouds behind it. tomorrow morning, misty in a few spots, temperatures in the 50s to start the day, then for inland valleys, we're talking the east bay and down around morgan hill, i think we're going to see a little warming tomorrow into wednesday, but the sea breeze is really going to win the forecast starting thursday. temperatures are going to go down again as we wrap up the second half of the work week.

these guys there has to be risk because without risk then there can't be reward well you mentioned damien diamond earlier and in the context of who's breaking the law jamie dimon c.e.o. of j.p. morgan came out this weekend saying that we should just walk away from the battle three agreements which is the global requirement for minimum capital in a bank and i know and anyone in the banking industry knows and i can say definitively right here without fear of any retribution that jamie dimon and j.p. morgan have broken the law consistently every quarter for the past ten years by failing to meet those requirements that's against the law he breaks the contract every single minute of every single day he breathes air jamie diamond breaks many laws that's just one and we could name twenty laws the fact that he's not in jail is the riddle of the is no max i think it shows you the power of the zombie banks everywhere and they rule our world and i want to do a little quick headline here that shows you that the high cost of maintaining the zombies cost of dying rises above seven thousand pounds a sur

. >> john damien vaccacio. >> bradley hodges vadas. >> renuta vaidea. >> william valcarcel. >> felix antonio vale. >> ivan vale. >> benito valentin. >> and my father. you would be so proud of me. i love you dearly and i miss you terribly. so do the rest of us. and i hope you're with encore ryan. >> and my aunt. i miss you very much. you are forever in our hearts. you will never be forgotten. >> santos valentin, jr. >> carlton francis valvo ii. >> erica h. van acker. >> kenneth w. van auken. >> richard b. van hine. >> daniel m. van laere. >> edward raymond vanacore. >> jon c. vandevander. >> frederick thomas varacchi. >> gopalakrishnan varadhan. >> david vargas. >> scott c. vasel. >> azael ismael vasquez. >> arcangel vazquez. >> and my father. we all miss you so dearly. we know that you're being taken care of in heaven. god bless and you are with us always. >> and my sister. 10 years later, as we continue to resume our lives, with a loss of our loved ones, we are here today to have been etched in stone but forever in our hearts. we love and miss you, little lucy. our whole family. god

. >> damien, thanks so much. lawmakers are acting now to make sure there isn't a repeat of what happened on the peninsula a year ago. the subject of gas line safety brought several first responders today where they introduced several new laws. the bills would require them to establish safety plans and require the utility to have automatic shut-off valves on the lines. >> it's been made very, very clear. have the remote control valves and automatic shut-off valve been in place, the devastation would not have been bad. lives would have been saved. homes would have been saved. communities would not have been torn up as badly. >> another bill would create a sifty position within the california public utility commission which oversees gas transmission lines statewide. join us for an nbc bay area news special report. san bruno fire, remembrance and recovery. it airs friday at 4:00 p.m. >>> yesterday the big announcement. today the new binning. yahoo is in the spotlight for what it may do next. they had a meeting to dis

in san francisco, damien trujillo? >> state regulators canceled the season. the unanimous vote comes after an unknown number of shellfish washed up on north bay beaches. scientists suspect an explosion of plankton or red tide may have suffocated them. >>> let's get a check of the forecast with rob mayeda. >> just in time for the weekend. we'll see the temperatures really climb on up right now. we have a strong sea breeze doing a number to the temperatures. look at san jose. very cool for this time of year. 59 in san francisco. average highs should be in the low 80s around san jose today. low to mid 70s at best. a good strong case of air-conditioning. it continues today. today is the coolest day. tomorrow things warm up a little bit more and then warm up a lot more through the weekend. looking at all the low clouds inland, we had spotty drizzle and drier air high irup in the atmosphere, mixing down towards sea level, breaking up the clouds and allowing for sunshine during the day around san francisco. if the winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 not going to war

. >> piers: damien, lorri and jason. "paradise lost one" and "paradise lost 2" out now and "paradise lost 3" out in january. that is all for us tonight. "ac 360" starts now. >>> thanks, piers it is 10 p.m. here on the east coast. keeping them honest, somebody, somewhere is looking at sexually suggestive photos of your teenaged child and might be just as surprised to learn where these per offy grownups find the images, part of a site one of the most respected publishing enfires on earth, would you think, reading the pages of the new yorker or browsing vanity fair's web the site, talking about a site called red read it, a division of conde nast, publish "the new yorker," gq and other high-brow magazines. grown big enough to be its own division, side by side with conde nast, still the same corporate parent. on its corporate blog, read it claims 300% growth in the last 15 months and more than 21 million unique visitors, some of them posts links to stories and photos and others vote on them. the top vote-getters end up on the

with jagger, dave stewart, josh stone, a.r.rockman, and damien majerle.playing with musicians who are not pretending to be keith richards. ♪ my home >> reporter: most unexpected collaboration on the lost notebooks of hank williams. ♪ i gave my heart and soul to you ♪ > a dozen contemporary luminaries reach across 50 years to finish songs that hank williams left uncompleted at the time of his death. ♪ if you sold his will like a rose ♪ > merrill hag effort, nora jones, bob dylan and more bring their a-game to the altar. these new old hank songs are worthy additions to the greatest cannon in country music ♪ it had to be you ♪ wonderful you > this must be a square dance. everyone has grabbed a partner. ♪ i could tell you a lot you too, right? >> reporter: tony bennett has duets too. in which younger vocalists from lady gaga ♪ that's why this is a jail > to the late amy wine house harmonized with the master. ♪ body and soul >> reporter: this fall's album release schedule is like noah's ark. they are all coming out two by two. >> osgood: look, down on the ipad

. >> senior airman damien beeman planned the birthday surprise over a month ago with his mom.g our special election coverage in new york. you had voters in brooklyn and queens deciding who replaces congressman anthony weiner today. tyra hernandez live in queens with the latest. a lot of excitement in queens? >> a lot of excitement in terms of the candidates who they're really working overtime. this is a squeaker. very close and, in fact, one of the candidates, the democratic candidate just up the block shaking hands at a subway stop this morning trying to leave nothing to chance because this race is very close. the latest poll we have from public policy shows that weprin has 41% and the republican candidate bob turner 47%. that is surprising to a lot of people. this is a democratic strong hold, district 9 of new york city. 3-1 democrats in this district but that really has not helped david weprin and he's raised $800,000 more than republican candidate bob turner but still, just behind in the polls there. polls opened at 6:00 a.m. this morning, they're going to close at 9:00. a

. >> can i just ask a question on damien collins because i'm rather confused about your meeting with james murdoch that you both had because the bit i struggle with is that if you are both adamant that james murdoch knew the full extent of what you were telling him about the email, the bit i struggle with is that this meeting lasted at the absolute maximum 15 minutes. it seems to me if you were telling james murdoch that we have evidence that other people at "news of the world" were involved in phone hacking, that's what we've got in our briefcase here. and that's why we'll settle this case. i can't imagine you can go through all of that and the implications of that less than 15 minutes? >> well, that's my recollection of how long the meeting would have taken. i can't speak for mr. what myler understood at the time or not. i've heard what he said since. i'm absolutely prepared to accept that he's got his recollection wrong, but i do know and i am certain that i explained to him that this document emerged saying what it was and why it meant that the defense we had lodged in a case cou