we were given a grant of $650,000 from the department of justice. this is a grant that my office applied for with the assistance of casa de las mujeras. i don't know why i keep saying that. [speaker not understood] the issue of women's shelter and other organizations. the goal of this grant is to be able to enhance our ability to deliver services, especially for the most vulnerable victims of domestic violence. as many of you know, this year -- this month we celebrate domestic violence month. and every year my office has an event that we do in order to educate service providers and the public about the things we can do in order to enhance our services. and we're so fortunate today that we're also getting this grant. the reality of domestic violence is a serious crime and don't let anybody else tell you otherwise. one in three households in the u.s. are impacted by domestic violence. around 22% of every women report having been the victim of domestic violence. if you walk into any of our prisons, you will find that the majority of the people that are

so, i am so happy for not only the department of justice and president obama seeing this to be important, but that all the family of agencies that we have are can you having together very strongly to prevent this from happening. so, migratefulness to especially the community-based agencies because without them we would not have the model programs that we have. * we wouldn't be able to penetrate the barriers that exist, or to offer hope to victims and their families for overcoming this very, very strongly challenged area of our city. and i want to continue making sure this city is very strong in this and makes it very visible as part of our public safety approach to everything that we do. thank you very much. (applause) >> next i'd like to invite to the podium dr. morassi, the director of our department of health. >> thank you very much. i'd just like to take a minute to introduce who we have behind us today. esta solo futures without violence, cathy black. (applause) >> from the casa. from asian women's shelter we have orchid, [speaker not understood]. (applause) >> from mujeras juan a f

guest: the justice department plays a role in a couple of ways in every election. justice department in a number of jurisdiction will send federal observers to watch what is going on in the polling place. and they send federal observers to places where the attorney general candidate from a list of jurisdictions that are covered under the special voting rights act. and another is they have a federal agreement saying they have permission to be in the polls. they are literally observing. they are watching what is going on. they are not interacting with a poll workers or interfering at all, but they are watching what is going on. they are reporting what is going on. they are the eyes and ears. host: when election day rolls around and we see all this takes place, why would a state governor need to call a monitor? and what is the chain reaction in bringing in water in? guest: in this observer face, it is not the states that are calling it in. it is the attorney general making the decision that there is a need to put observers in the polls. it is usually based on some form

eric holder is my favorite department of justice official. tom perez is my second favorite department of justice official. we are very honored today that tom perez has come from washington, dc, to give welcoming remarks here at this summit. tom perez is the assistant attorney general of the civil rights division in washington, dc, he was nominated for that position by president obama and sworn in in october of 2009 and we are all the lucky -- we are all very lucky that that happened in october of 2009. tom has spent his entire career in public service and on protecting the civil rights of our most vulnerable people. tom actually joined the civil rights division as a young lawyer and while he was there he prosecuted some of the most significant cases in the country. lawyers in the civil rights division get fanned out to places in the country to handle cases in mississippi and alabama and california and all over and tom was one of those people. he was sent to texas to handle a very significant hate crime case when he was a young lawyer that invo

one of the ways that we have partnered, department of education and department of justice was right here at the university of california in san diego where you might have heard about the compton cookout and the alleged noose in the library and we have heard similar instances in california and elsewhere, things like (inaudible) the kinds of resolutions and remedies we seek are not just about ensuring that those that were responsible for these activities that caused a hostile environment that adults knew of, should have known of and knew of and done something about it, is about ensuring that the culture that gives rise to that is eradicated. so our resolutions are about mining the data in detail so that you know not just what's happening but who feels comfortable saying it and how they are going about trying to remediate it. it is about doing climate checks because unless adults consistently talk to their student body and understand you don't know whether it's getting better. in lots of instances in our resolutions it's also been about ensuring that there was a community school leader comm

negotiations with the department of justice and other government agencies are, quote, advanced. you'll recall that explosion and fire aboard the deepwater horizon rig back in april of 2010 killed 11 workers, set off a spill which continued nearly three months. this settlement is expected to be the largest corporate criminal penalty assessed by the department of justice. >>> right now some good news for niners fans. alex smith could be back on the field monday night. smith has been cleared to take part in limited practice after he got hit hard in sunday's game, actually got a concussion. wearing that black jersey, that means hands off, you can't hit him. he must be cleared to play in full contact practice if he wants to play monday night to take on the bears of chicago. >>> major league baseball will be handing out its biggest award today, the mvp. among the national league finalists, san francisco giants buster posey. if he wins, he'll match a feat accomplished by the giants great willie mays back in 1954. a batting title, a world series and mvp title all in one year. that winner

passing ballot initiatives last week to legalize marijuana but are president obama and the department of justice ready to let them roll the reefer. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that many americans call a tony. i'm sorry i'm just a guy here's what he said. you know what that is my chair so. that's what he was saying. the future isn't a liberal chris. conceivably but it's. you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that's. garbage he calls it breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here sees some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. in the us to the rest of the news among the biggest winners in last week's election where those of us who want to put an end to richard nixon's failed drug war voters in washington state and colorado took a bold steps last tuesday to approve ba

passing ballot initiatives last week to legalize marijuana but our president obama and the department of justice ready to let them roll the reefer. free. education free school which you just read. me. video for your media project. r t v dot com. in the best of the rest of the news among the biggest winners in last week's election where those of us who want to put an end to richard nixon's failed drug war voters in washington state and colorado took bold steps last tuesday to approve ballot measures the legalize marijuana for all purposes and regulate and tax marijuana just like alcohol and already the passage of these new marijuana legalizing ballot initiatives is having a profound impact on that failed drug war in washington state two county prosecutors have already moved to add and dismissed more than two hundred misdemeanor marijuana cases providing much needed relief to an already overburdened criminal justice system in two thousand and ten alone more than seven hundred fifty thousand americans were charged with possession of marijuana and virtually all of those arrests take place on a state

department of justice refuses to prosecute hard core criminal banks or as they refused to so over and over we see this total hubris that these guys can openly they openly laid out exactly how they were wreaking markets but filled it with all sorts of expletives how they were you know these actually these these traders were also previously at enron i remember enron famously those audiotapes emerged where they were bragging about ripping off granny but in an expletive filled way you know they have a banker tourette's syndrome where everything is a freak and this and fricken that they kill people so it's no secret that they're in the business of homicidal banking and that their goal is to wipe out the entire population so that they have more to share with themselves but they don't understand that they're basically shooting. selves in the head that's committing financial suicide is financial ira carey financial kamikaze and we saw that famously nine eleven. the email sent by barclays american traders have echoes of the brash messages sent by their counterparts in london who boasted about

the congressional record shows that section five, that free clearance by the department of justice isecessary. we have elements on the supreme court that don't understand that. and it's up to the department of justice and the friends of the court to make this majority of the supreme court understand that section 5, free clearance, has to stay. >> final question goes to you. on the supreme court's ruling expected by june, do you agree with avery? >> i agree with avery. listen, this voting rights act came about in 1965 at the height of the civil rights movement in the united states. it's important. all it says is that in these southern states which have exhibited issues of prejudice when it comes to voting, they cannot change their voting laws without federal approval. i know they don't like big brother looking over them. but you know, it has to be done at this point. look what happened in this election and some of the states. look, it's not that much of a burden imposed upon the states. i think the supreme court is going to continue it. >> avery friedman and richard herman -- >> three

it's technically within the department of justice the department of justice has a unit called the foreign agents registration unit it's filled with wonderful people who are working their heart out to try and oversee this this half a billion dollar industry every year five hundred million dollars spent for not being in the u.s. yet we've got about a dozen people who are actually conducting meaningful oversight of so it's impossible to fully track everybody who's registered let alone everybody who doesn't register and so what we know unfortunately is frightening but what's what what we don't know that's what's really scary how many people are not registering how many people are in filing that should be you know how many other you know iranians and north korean woman what ever country that might scare you how many of their agents are working here in the u.s. and we just simply don't know about it right and you say fewer than ten people monitor the foreign lobbying for the u.s. government very shocking ban let's talk about the media blackout i mean this issue gets virtually no attention as we

of the department. >> december 13th is another opportunity to see another historical day. that the oakland police to foreman is going into receivership by the department of justice. that action by the department of justice is currently under appeal by oakland city officials. jeff pierce, kron 4. if >> steam engine enthusiasts are gathering tonight in west oakland. they are celebrating machines of the industrial revolution. jeff bush. >> it was a perfect day for a steam powered festival. steamed wizards came from all as far away as seattle. >> we bring all of our toys and beg and plead to get as much of vintage steam equipment in one place as we possibly can. west oakland phase-in interesting addition but we manage. >> all of this is powered by wood, fire, water. >> this is kind of a lark a thing we do on education and help teach the general public thought things used to be back when. the most of the steam beaches are all more than 100 years old and can power anything from a paddle boat, tricycle, a player piano but restore these machines were used for more practical purposes. >> some like this could be used on a far to haul off to tran locations. perhaps a flywh

that case it's not congress's job to pursue criminal action that of course rests with the department of justice and executive branch and what they can do is say hey look we found this they're not passing judgment on intent that's a very difficult question the part of a justice is going to have to look at what they are saying is there obviously were some problems that happened at m.f. global these problems were directly attributable to mr corps and it's time for regulators and the people that are in whose job it is to prosecute the wall and wrongdoers to to go after this guy so i think while it's not maybe the smoking gun hey we have it now it is yet another data point we have a sip a trustees report we now have a report from congress and we have to regulatory agencies that have yet to file any civil charges which have a much lower burden of proof then criminal charges so i think it's a positive development it is certainly not earth shattering but it is something we've been looking for for a long time ok and i'm just really dying to know if it includes the most damning evidence that john corps i

trying to restrict voting and preparationtation because of race must get permission from the department of justiceon before changing any voting districts or procedures. this strange roster of miscreants even include new york new york's own borough of manhattan. but most areas on the list are in the southern united states. as mentioned on last night's show, the suit has now reached the supreme court. let's bring in dale ho assistant counsel on the political participation group for the naacp legal defense and education fund. >> thank you for me. >> eliot: whywhy does shelby county feel aggrieved. >> shelby county is saying they actually no longer need section 5 of the voting rights act because the fight free process is over. while it's true that the nation has seen progress since 1965, we're unfortunate not at the place where everyone can participate on full footing. >> eliot: now we're in a very odd moment that those who want the tricks structures of section 5 want to be lift, but many say yes we only succeed in doing that because the voting right acts was used to strike down voter right laws that

essentially the department of justice is saying that on top of those issues already already described in the g.a.o. report such as insufficient standards for detention, severe overcrowding and implications for the public safety, there would be even more issues that aren't mentioned at all. and that's from a department of justice that is fully supported the idea of moving gitmo detainees into the united states. housing these detainees in d.o.d. corrections facilities does not seem to be the answer, either, because of equally troubling legal and safety issues for detention of these individuals, including geneva convention prohibitions on detaining prisoners of war in penitentiaries. these are some of the reasons congress has prohibited the transfer of these detainees to the united states and why those prohibitions must continue. mr. president, this prohibition made sense last year and it still makes sense today. in the g.a.o. report only confirms that. the detainees who remain at gitmo include the ones who have been determined to be too dangerous to transfer, including individuals who w

department of justice doesn't have the people. the u.s. stice declines all the time. which brings us back to one doctor and one nurse who stand to make millions if the allegations of fraud prove true. the u.s. government will recover the bulk of whatever they win. they and others like them are the deputies in the fight against health care fraud. >> are you surprise thad you have to defend the u.s. tax pair and not the u.s. government knocking on this door? >> it is not easy to come forward and stand up and tell the truth but it is the right thing to do. >> their case set for trial later this year. >> drew, is theresy chance that the company settle the case and put the allegations behind them? >> you know the attorney for the company couldn't rule that out. but insists this time the company is going to fight the allegations. that is the bread and butter for the $7 billion business. more than 2/3 of the company's revenue comes from treating patients on medicare and medicaid. the company will make sure that it has that contract in place. even

. >> at the very highest level at the department of justice, they knew what was happening. >> eric holder was sent.... >> i heard about fast and furious over the past few weeks. >> ten months before that. >> a cover-up and deception. >> allowing people that are not citizens of the united states to vote. >> these ballots are being in the name of the dead. >> he is registered to vote. >> it would require identification before they went to the i.d. against the poor, elderly. >> how the structure is putting in place. how they are distributed. whether it has an impact on people of certain race. >> why would it? >> it feels like a lot of these laws are in search of solution to a problem. >> would that be of interest in the f.b.i.? >> sean: welcome to that to a special edition. that was movie called district of corruption. we'll be showing you clips throughout the hour tonight and current administration was supposed to be most transparent in history. it's turned out to be anything but the. now, we have another four years to look forward. so can we anticipate corruption until 2016. joining me is

pennsylvania from enforcing its law this november, and south carolina and texasÑi e suing the department of justiceking theirs. attorney general eric holder is an outspoken critic against these and similar voter i.d. laws calling them the equivalent of a modern day poll tax. i caught up with the attorney general in washington, d.c. busy time for you. >> always is. the justice department is an interesting place and a lot of issues we are constantly conare fronting. it's always busy here. >> i know why it's especially busy, everyone is debating whether or not this is discrimination, whether or not this is something we shouldn't even be talking about. >> the justice department has a unique responsibility inñ that regard. we're the enforcers of the voting rights act of 1965 and in particular section five of that act which deals with the whole question of voting and so we've been active in that regard. we file suits against certain states where we thought the practices that they sought to introduce were." inappropriate. we have precleared other states where we think the changes they have made are in fa

i worked as a federal prosecutor the report directly to the department of justice. ork for the department of justice. the idea you did not know about it, i don't understand that. lou: is it even imaginable that the head of the fbi and the attorney general would not have some considerable discussion about surveillance of the head of the country's foremost spy agency? we will come right back with the case for an answer that question. at least they will in just moments. ds card gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more... [ midwestern/chicago accent ] cheddar! yeah! 50 percent more [yodeling] yodel-ay-ee-oo. 50% more flash. [ southern accent ] 50 percent more taters. that's where tots come from. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase plus a 50% annual bonus on the cash you earn. it's the card for people who like more cash. 50% more spy stuff. what's in your wallet? this car is too small. lou: fiscal cliff, fiscal cliff. you think we will be able to get a solution,

. >> at the very highest level at the department of justice, they knew what was happening. >> eric holder was sent.... >> i heard about fast and furious over the past few weeks. >> ten months before that. >> a cover-up and deception. >> allowing people that are not citizens of the united states to vote. >> these ballots are being in the name of the dead. >> he is registered to vote. >> it would require identification before they went to the i.d. against the poor, elderly. >> how the structure is putting in place. how they are distributed. whether it has an impact on people of certain race. >> why would it? >> it feels like a lot of these laws are in search of solution to a problem. >> would that be of interest in the f.b.i.? >> sean: welcome to that to a special edition. that was movie called district of corruption. we'll be showing you clips throughout the hour tonight and current administration was supposed to be most transparent in history. it's turned out to be anything but the. now, we have another four years to look forward. so can we anticipate corruption until 2016. joining me is

it agreed with the department of justice to pay the more than $4.5 billion in fines ovea period of five years. >> i hope this sends a clear message to those that engage in this conduct. >> all bp workers deeply regret the loss of life caused by the accident as well as the impact of the spill on the gulf coast region. bp is not expected to face an additional financial burden. it's set aside money in a trust to pay the fines and compensate viims. >>> japanese prime minister has come together to back his plan to call a general election. they've agreed to dissolve the lower house later in the day. voters will go to the polls on december 16th. the prime minister met friday morning. they signed an official document to dissolve the lower house. noda will hold another cabinet meeting to decide on the schedule. the party carved out a victory. noda and dpj will have to fight to hold onto power. their support has opinion sinking because of broken promises. the main opposition could gain the most seats. no party is expected to win a majority. >>> whoever forms japan's next government will inherit a

. >> on the streets of california department of justice.why they're knocking on doors in the bay area and the unknown that waits for them on the other side. oÑ >>> special agents are targeting one city at a time going after gun owners. >> you will be close covered. >> reporter: locked and loaded, radios on. target city on this night. >> we'll search the residents. >> reporter: san leandro. >> initial contact is the most dangerous. robert slide around to the left. >> reporter: special agents from the california department of justice are on the hunt. >> it appears nobody is home at this time. >> reporter: but they keep moving. >> door to door from day into night looking for a number of people. >> 10:23, next one up is number six on the plan. >> reporter: people who they say lost their rights to own guns. but who still have them. >> these people have security doors, you can't see behind the security door when you're on the outside. >> reporter: he talks about the unknown and it's critical to point out because agents don't know what they're doi