we used to joke that we were the cinderellas of the department of justice because we were so small andistreated. when there was reorganization into the department of all mine security in 2001-2002, we wanted separation from the immigration enforcement organization. we felt the most effective way of doing that was by remaining in the department of justice while the department of homeland security was created. we feel that that temporary solution has not gone far enough because of events that have transpired since that time. >> we have time for probably one last question. >> very quickly, one of the problems with our agency is that it makes no concerted effort to track the number of weapons that are stopped from coming into our facilities. right now, the agency policy is that if one of you were to come to my hearing and the guards stopped you with a one and found that you had a firearm on new and said you cannot come in, the agency policy is if that person takes the firearm back to their car and leaves it in the car and comes back they can come in or they can give it to a relative or a f

that was a large agency under the supervision of the attorney general in the department of justice long ago and then you had a very small agency. we used to joke that we were the cinderella because we were so small and mistreated. when there was reorganization into the department of homeland security in 2001 is when it took effect in 2002, we wanted separation from the immigration enforcement agencies. we thought the most effective way to do that was by remaining in the department of justice of the department of homeland security was created. i would be happy to give you more materials. we feel combat, that temporary solution has not gone far enough because of events that have transpired since that time. >> we have time for one last question. are there any? >> very quickly. one of the problems with our agency is it makes no concerted effort to track the number of weapons that are stopped from coming into our facilities. right now the agency policy is that if one of you were to come to my hearing and the guard stops you and finds you have a firearm on new and said you cannot come in with

because of the importance of this issue, the oig evaluated the readiness of the department of justice and its components to respond to a potential wmd attack. we also examined the readiness of department field offic in the washington national capital region to respond in a coordinated way to a potential wmd attack. in my testimony today, i will briefly summarize the findings of our report as well as the department's response to it. first, our report concluded that the fbi had taken appropriate steps to prepare to respond to a wmd attack. the fbi's developed a wmd directorate to manage the fbi's wmd operational response. and other activities. the fbi has developed plans and handbooks to guide its staff in responding to a wmd attack. the fbi also regularly participated in exercises and provides training specific to wmd incidents. in contrasto the fbi, however, we found that the department as a whole did not have adequate policies or plans for responding to a wmd attack. we concluded that the management of the department's response program was uncoordinated and fragmented. in addition, w

he also stated that the department of justice's office of professional responsibility would investigate the actions of the two officers, yet a year after that, we still have heard nothing out of office regarding their conduct. the department of justice has publicly talked about how they increased training in terms of discovery obligations, and they have issued memos in terms of what they are supposed to be doing, yet they have yet to do anything regarding the behavior of those prosecutors. contrast that to the case that occurred a couple years ago, that boasts -- that of the prosecutor in north carolina, where six months after the charges were brought against the lacrosse students, and they were charged with rape, the defense attorneys uncovered evidence in the files, and north carolina is open, but they found evidence in the files showing their clients were innocent. the state attorney general immediately dismissed the charges against those individuals, and a few months after that, he was disbarred for withholding evidence and evidence of innocence as well as improper statements he mad

now, oakland police today are going to be meeting with the f.b.i., the dea, department of justice, bureaualcohol, tobacco and firearms to figure out some kind of a counterattack strategy against gangs. using what happened down in salinas. police down there a few years ago got together with state and federal law enforcement agencies, came up with a plan and it is working in a big way down there. but one piece of controversy about the situation here in oakland. u.s. attorney joe rusenello says two years ago he contacted the city of oakland. he contacted mayor ron dellums and he never heard back from the mayor. it wasn't until chief bath contacted him a couple months ago the ball started rolling. the meeting today, a two-day conference starts today at the oakland zoo. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. it's 5:34 now. more fallout this morning from the state's budget stalemate. governor schwarzenegger says the state will withhold $3 billion a month in payments to school districts and counties next month instead of october. the move will allow the state to me

wie echo the chairman's statement when he wrote to the department of justice. this merger will move the country down the path of an airline system dominated by three carriers. if united and continental merge, other mergers will form and will be additional consolidations the concern by. already, the president of u.s. airways of a low-cost carrier, has announced that if this merger goes through his airline will soon follow suit. we cannot look at united- continental transaction in isolation. the industry has been interim while -- has been in turmoil. the regulation in this industry and others as has disastrous effects. the housing meltdown was the result of corporate greed. looking daily at the news reports about the catastrophe in louisiana, the oil spilling out, we can tell that the regulated industries only operate in their own best interests. the airline industry needs to be stabilized because it drives one $1.40 trillion. it is too vital a industry to lead to its own destructive devices. it is clear the industry has failed to deliver on its promises. albert e

as the cars go by, the license plates come up on the screen and are cross-referenced with a department of justice database. >> the stolen vehicles, lost or stolen license plates, amber alerts, also be on the lookout for any serious offenders. i can go ahead and look out into the roadway and not be distracted by my computer by also looking at -- for people flagging us down. >> reporter: cameras look forward, two to the side. >> when we switched parking, these two side cameras were the parking cameras so it allows us to see plates better in parking lots. >> it helps us to find stolen cars. i had my car stolen, and i think it's a great idea. >> reporter: what about the argument that, you know, i haven't done anything wrong so why are they looking at my plate and running it? >> if you haven't done anything wrong, then don't worry about it. you should be lucky that they are protecting you and they know who you are and that you don't have any warrants for your arrest. >> it's taken in the same way as if we were just to run a plate. the only difference is this is helping us recognize those serious offen

whether bloggers may have to pay a tax for the privilege of writing a web log and why the department of justice may be looking for translators to interpret african american drug dealers into english all next on our team. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. it's time for tonight's true all time winner and this one goes to a right wing businessman running for the republican nomination for governor in new york carl paladino who calls himself a member of the tea party has an idea on how to help all those people on welfare and the empire state just provide the poor with job and lifestyle training by putting them in prisons. would use facilities available prisons were just one of them and when we were talking about prisons we're talking about minimum security facilities which are basically dormitories basically something like a college campus for all intents and purposes and you take the barbed wire down and you confer and repurpose the facilities for that. now that was paladino on the fair and balanced fox news talking about this prog

so far, the department of justice has been in new orleans for the most part every day. 're imbedded in the department right now. as you know, chief surfpath has completely reorganized the structure of the dfment when he did that, he actually hired two new civilians to become deputy chiefsing which is about 4.3, and she is now as a lawyer the head of the public integrity unit in the department. that's quite a monumental change. also, subsequent to that, i ordered the inspector general and the police monitor into the department and ordered the chief to give them every document that they had been seeking for the past two or three years. that is the only way that you'll fix this department. there are some wonderful men and women that work there. but that department has lost its way. and you know that, for those of you that are lawyers. if you stand before a jury and during the voir dire, you ask them whether or not they would give any credence to a police officer's testimony and they say no. that's when you know you got a real problem. there are other ones as well. this is o

department of education, the u.s. department of justice and of course, samhsa, to bring dollars to the local level so people can come together. if there isn't a coalition, parents could consider bringing people together themselves and going online to the samhsa web site and be able to learn how to bring a coalition together, who should be there at the table, how do i get expertise, and it's very accessible. we have a facebook page now. everything is becoming far easier to approach and to get our messages out. have the power of a coalition of every single person in a community that touches a child come together and talk about what needs to be done and then learn the tools of bringing in, to do an assessment as we do in treatment, we do in the community, we can then begin the process and start. our new health reform legislation is going to help us because we are bringing in the attention and the dollars to support the funding for prevention, for treatment, and for recovery services. so our future is very bright but a parent needs to see that

oakland police today going to be meeting with the f.b.i., dea, other department of justice officials,he bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms to figure out a counterattack against gangs. the model is what went down in salinas. a few years ago police met with state and federal agencies, came up with a plan, put it into place and it's working dramatically reducing the number of killings down there gang-related. one controversy though here in oakland, what took so long to have this anti-gang summit. the u.s. attorney general says that he called mayor ron dellums two years ago. he never heard back from the mayor. a couple months ago police chief anthony bass calls him up and says let's have a summit, let's have that summit and today it begins. a two-day summit at the oakland zoo. the media is not invited. this is a very, very sensitive material they're going to be discussing and don't want any of it getting out anywhere in the public. it begins today here in oakland. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. more fallout this morning from the state's b

earlier in the day we heard the department of justice and san diego police had been tracking barrientos' cell phone signal. that what led them to believe he was headed to southern california presumably to cross into mexico. san diego police got a heads up. one officer alertly kept an eye out. he saw barrientos pull into a parking lot. heas able to arrest him without any further violence. diane. >> garvin, thank you very much for that update. we are looking at pictures of oakland, where the original shooting happened where the officer todd young was shot yesterday in oakland. he was a fremont police officer doing some undercover work in oakland during that shooting. >>> first heat, then cool now the wind. there is one more weather change, beli iadg ouwa >>> here are some live pictures outside of at&t park. the giant are warming up for tonight's game against the arizona diamondbacks. it is an important game beg beginning in less than an hour. we will get a live preview in sports. >>> tv takes the spotlight in hollywood. the emmy awards on nbc will honor the best in television. late night

under the directions of the subpoena those issued by the joint investigation team and the department of justice. we are complying by all of those. >> please state your name and affiliation before you asked her question. >> thank you. some of the scientists involved have been speaking to oil masses suspended within the water column and there are varying assessments of these. i would wonder if you could please address this and elaborated -- elaborate on it further. >> let me start with what i feel is my role. first of all, there are a lot of members of the scientific community that are looking at the impact of oil in the gulf and we need everybody's eye on this. >> let me tell you how we got to the oil budget from where i sit. from the start in this event, there has been a concern about the flow rate. it has been reported in the press many times. early on, they're rough estimates. and 1,000 barrels a day. 5,000 barrels a day. at that point, i started a team under the national incident team that was ultimately headed by marcia midinette. we then separated and the estimates of flow rate from bp and

the state department of justice believes that the home is connected to a mexican drug cartel. >>> s salmonella out break is likely to get worse. that worning today from the feds. the california department of public health is testing samples from those who got sick. scientists here were the first to link the out break to an i was farm. hundreds of millions of eggs are involved. it has sickened nearly 2,000 people nationwide. >> it is a very aggressive salmonella. it is strong. it takes a locality to kill it. -- a lot the kill it. >> reporter: this strain is typically found in row dent and fly feces. it affects the chicken's off reese. they then produce the con to me natured -- contaminated eggs. >>> transit agency needs to shave 2.3 million dollars from it's budget, probably the most aggressive proposal eliminating weekend service and service to and from gym roy. -- gill roy. it's considering several weekday service cuts and raising fares by 25 cents. tonight it held the first of six public hearings on the matter. >> we are human being. we go places, we do things. we need transportation. >> the

. >> the team has made it clear message outside body like the department of justice has spelled wrong doing by the professor and his colleagues at the office of legal counsel that he has the right to teach your. >> we try to contact the professor but have not heard back from him and paid today's protest was not the first time and they made it clear this would not be their last time protesting. reporting live, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in san francisco this was the first day of the new school year and there was a help worried about the threat of a whopping cough. there is a letters said the 02 parents and parents are told to keep their children at home and 81 between the ages of 18 and 64 who interact with children is the urge to get a booster vaccination. >>> the man of accused of sexually assaulting the wouldn't meet his first court appearance today. the 22-year-old man is charged with one count of, to turn this attempted and one count of burglary. he has been identified by victims and dna links him to one of the case is pretty his bill is set at almost full plate $5 m

ants outfiel . >>> department of justice tea baker's reds come in having won 8 of it. in his new diggs outfielder cody ross unpacked and got a base hit. hops, doubles in two, doubles in a run. you get the picture. freddy sanchez an r.b.i. base hit. giants score five in the first off edison vslquez and dusty baker has seen enough. pulls his pitcher after 2/3 of an inning. but it wasn't pitching. andress torres launches his 13th home run. 7-2 giants in the third. all big daddy jay needed, goes will innings, struck out seven. gave up just two. but huff added a little bit more, there is a home run. giants win big. a rare laughe they get, 11-2. the giants are tied with the cardinals for that second spot in the wildcard standings, both teams a game behind the phillies, giants all gain a half game on the idle padres in the west. >>> if you hear tiger woods in the ski line shouting "single," there is a reason, he is. he is now the ex-husband of elin, filed for divorce in light of his infidelity scandal and today elin got that divorce. no terms were announced. only that they wo

. >> the cameras only pull up crimes listed in the department of justice database. that does not include unpaid parking tickets or expired registrations so you're safe there. >> the lists are updated every four hours, though. >>> 6:08. closing in on the kill. coming up next, the important test bp is running today and why it could clear the way to permanently plug the leaking oil pipeline in the gulf. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, wi

a department of justice grant paid for the 7 $50,000 custom device. >>> getting busted may cost you less. state lawmakers have approved a bill that would reduce the base fine for turning right at a red light without making a full stop. if approved by the governor, the base fine would drop from $100 to $35. the dmc says a incomplete stop is the most common violation. >>> one year ago jaycee dugard walked out a free woman. she was 11 years old when she was kidnapped. she and her two daughters were kept hidden in a backyard compound at a home near antioch for 18 years. although he was a registered sex offender parole officers never checked on reports that people were living in the yard. they are now training officers to have a greater sense of diligence. they are in the jail awaiting trial. >>> this weekend marks the 5- year anniversary of hurricane katrina. many people have focused on the ---- on new orleans. but in mississippi, more than 5,000 hurricane victim remain homeless today. only one in eight homes in the area has been rebuilt. many of people won't ever call that place home again.

as we understand the department of justice's ruling, grantees that already have awards from n.i.h. are permitted to continue their research and need not stop in place. >> woodruff: late today, the department of justice said it would appeal judge lamberth's decision in the stem cell case. two views now on the decision, and what it will mean from people who have worked in this field. dr. evan snyder is director of the stem cell research center at sanford-burnham medical research institute; and david prentice is senior fellow for life sciences at the family research council. he served as an advisor to the plaintiffs in this court case. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. dr. snyder, i'll begin with you. essentially what is your reaction to what the judge ruled and the fact that the obama justice department is going to appeal? >> well, i have to echo dr. collins' response that it was both shocking and we recognize that this is a major, major blow to american biomedical research and ultimately health care. >> woodruff: a major blow for what reason? >> yes. well, as was indicated

representatives from the f.b.i., the department of justice, even the secret service showed up for thiswo-day summit how to stop gang crime on oakland streets. >> in a modern contemporary city there is no excuse for the amount of lives lost in this city. >> lives that continu to be lost, incling a pair of shootings last night that ft two men dead. the first around 9 p.m. in downtown oakland. the second in west oaand an hour later. the u.s. attoey says the problem runs deep. >> we have commities that are plagued with drugs and violence. we have young people who drop out of school who have no education, who don't have jobs and can't find jobs. sometimes ose people turn to a life of crime which is what gives us all something do. >> oakland police are now looking to salis as a model. gang murders there have dropped after police turned to state and federal agencies for help. but those working with oakland's youth a this city's gang problem isn't easy to spot. many young people identify as gang members by police don't identify with a gang. it's more about turf and nehborhood clicks. >> our yo

department of education, the u.s. department of justice and of course, samhsa, to bring dollars to the local level so people can come together. if there isn't a coalition, parents could consider bringing people together themselves and going online to the samhsa web site and be able to learn how to bring a coalition together, who should be there at the table, how do i get expertise, and it's very accessible. we have a facebook page now. everything is becoming far easier to approach and to get our messages out. have the power of a coalition of every single person in a community that touches a child come

the national guard and state department of justice helicopters airlifted the marijuana from a ruggedea spread over 100 ikeers. deputies say the marijuana was trucked to another location and destroyed. no arrests were made. rangers from the marin water district were the first officers to discover the farms. >>> a bay area actor who was the victim of an attack on muni last year is expressing disappointment over the and given this morning to his attacker. according to prosecutors, ulau massai and three other gang members mistook him for a rival gang member while riding the bus. they beat him and stole his wallet and ipod. massai pled guilty in exchange for a two-year prison and. with time served, he could be released in a hit over a year. >> i feel it may be not fair enough for the time that i have to spend spend, spent for all these different types of therapists, and, you know, these doctor appointments and more surgeries. >> he works as an actor, on his way to an audition at the time of the attack. >> a man with nine prior felony dui convictions has been arrested again for driving dru

so far, the department of justice has been in new orleans every day and they are invested in the apartment -- the department right now. they hired two new civilians to become deputy chiefs, one of which is about 4.3. she is the lawyer of the public integrity unit. i have ordered the inspector general and the police monitor into the department and ordered the chief to give them every document that they had been seeking for the past two or three years. that is the only way that you are 26 this department. there are some wonderful men and women that work there, but the department has lost its way. if you are a lawyer and you stand before a lawyer -- a judge and ask if they would give any credence to a police officer's testimony and they say no, that is when you know that you have a problem. this is one thing that i am certain is one to happen during the next couple of years. i am very appreciative of the work and leave it is one of our first priorities. -- and believe it is one of our first priorities. i gave you some talking points, but we have 12 million more dollars in cuts that we have to

what do you think of the mayor calling the department of justice to try to fix, to clean up the policef new orleans, your police. >> in a word, perfect. that's exactly what needed to happen. let me say this perfectly clear. for the first time in the new orleans police department history, on september 1st, forward, if you lie, you die. >> reporter: what do you mean, if you lie, you die? >> when our department, if you lie, you die, which means, you lose your job. if your word cannot be trusted because at work you decided not to tell the truth, how do we know you're telling the truth about where you found the dope? how do we know? >> reporter: he told me his top priority is rebuilding the community's faith in its police force. do they get away with lying like that before you came? >> right now, the disciplinary process allows on a first offense, a three to a ten-day suspension. that's not acceptable anymore. >> reporter: no more? one chance? >> you don't get any chance. you got to tell it right all the time. >> reporter: what the cops we met seem to want mostly was to move on and put the