marilyn farris was bludgeoned to death while asleep at her home. to police, one of the two men charged in her death has been living in the united states illegally for years and has a long history of run-ins with the law. let's getting right to stephanie elam live in los angeles. the local police chief says the blame for this incident lies squarely at the feet of federal immigration officials. explain. >> yeah, he did not -- any bones about that. the issue is you have an undocumented person within the country. whose job is it to highlight who that is? and whose job is it to get that person out? that's the crux of this sad story. the attack was brutal just before 10:00 a.m. on july 24th, when two men broke into the home of marilyn farris. they beat her with a hammer and sexually assaulted her. despite injuries, she was able to call for help. they found victor martinez ramirez hiding in a nearby home, and the other spect was arrested five days later. charges including attempted murder, sexual assault and residential burglar. for martinez ramires, the

farris. do toan ordinary citizens get behind this to get this underway? guest: you can sign up on our website, convention of states.com. we need health and north -- help and north caroline a. we had a committee this year. i came and testify. if there are enough restaurants backing, north carolina is a state that should really pass a convention of the state. we got close to getting the votes there, but they weren't quite there. we pulled back and are waiting for next year. priorities again on what you would like to see addressed. guest: limiting federal spending, limiting federal regulation, balanced budget, some realistic checks and balances on the federal court, particularly the supreme court. the supreme court has said approximately 20 times that there is no realistic check on their power other than their own internal sense of self-restraint. either term limits or legislative overwrite -- oversight where something is done to check the supreme court. i was thinking when he was saying he was going to amend something, i thought he said he was going to amen

to sacramento, there's a blood trail into the bedroom of marilyn farris. >> the case follows the high profile shooting death of kate steinle on the san francisco waterfront. the suspect in that case pleading not guilty, an undocumented immigrant who had a fer immigration hold, a federal request to be held for pickup or deportation, but he was protected by so-called sanctuary laws which prohibit local authorities from touching him over to immigration officials. but federal officials say there was no such hold on ramirez because he was charged with a misdemeanor. u.s. immigration and customs enforcement tells abc news it is seeking notification in advance of his release or transfer from local custody. the los angeles times reports before farris' death, ramirez pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, sexual assault, and burglary. ramirez remains behind bars and is scheduled to appear in court later this week. aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >>> the u.s.-led coalition is beefing up air power in the fight against isis. six f-16 warplanes, support equipment, 300 personal have arrived at a

our very own oliver farry has joined us in video.e has been plowing through the international papers. a lot of papers are focusing on the foiled attack on the train from amsterdam to paris. right, and one paper calls in an ordinary terrorist. born in morocco, fallen into petty crime in madrid, and then radicalized in a mosque in spain. he had been drifting through a number of countries suggest spain, germany, france, and belgium in recent months. he was subject to what is known fine as. of terrorists who have carried out attacks in recent years have had that classification. the person who presides over the it needs to be rendered properly effective, particularly getting known -- getting rid of what is known as the biannual lapse in which cases are purged from the system every two years. she wants a similar system for sexual offenders. they will have to declare when traveling or dealing with the authorities. thesenator also wants personal records of air travelers. this response from major attacks in europe. oliver: that is right, the

farry says absolutely. also here, ben stein, gerri willis, and charlie gasparino. why do you this one so much? >> it's a darn good start. the middle class has been crushed with taxes, how much they have to spend just to file their taxes, 75,000 pages of tax code. something's got to be done. there are people in this country that work for the month of july just to pay their first dollar. more money in people's pockets means more savings, more spendings and a better economy. corporations are not competitive because of how much they pay in taxes. >> we have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world. >> 39.1%. that's where the money is. if you're going to do anything, cut corporate taxes. there will be more jobs, better paying jobs. we have fewer people working in full-time jobs today than we did at the high point before the recession. that's job one. >> i love that, too, because it's diametrically opposed, opposite of what hillary clinton is saying, we need to snatch the money from the corporate balance sheet, tax them more, get their income and redistribute i

of arrests and had been picked up just days before he and another man allegedly attacked marilyn farrisbefore this murder santa maria police officers arrested him for possession of meth. we had to site him out. this is the problem with the system. this is all over the state of california and all over the united states. >> the local sheriff blames federal and state laws for not allowing police to hold ramirez. federal immigration officials say they had asked to detain him and were not told of the release. ramirez and another man have been charged with murder rape and burglary in the brutal attack that eventually claimed the life of marilyn farris. police say they bludgeoned her with a hammer and sexually assaulted her. ramirez has pleaded not guilty for the charges and remains in custody. he has been arrested 16 times in the last few months. and it's unclear whether prosecutors will pursue the death penalty. >> it is too soon in our process for me to make a decision about whether this will be a death penalty case whether it will be prosecuted as a death penalty case but the way it is fil

before that, the 18-year-old voter amendment. >> michael farris is our guest. we are talking about amending the constitution. his group's effort to call a convention of the state to address some of the issues. 202-748-8001, republicans. democrats, 202-748-8000. all others, 202-748-8002. backers of constitutional convention are stepping up the campaign. >> what's involved in the campaign? >> our efforts are involving trying to get enough grassroots participants to have at least 100 people in 3/4 of the state house districts of the country. there are 4,000 state house districts that are primary targets. if we can get 100 people in 75% of those districts, we believe the grassroots pressure will allow state legislatures to feel free to vote in favor of it. our hope is that this will be done in a couple of years. it is not going to take six months. it will not take ten years. >>s ha the effort to call a convention to the states ever been undertaken? you say we have never had a convention of the states? >> correct. >> has anybody ever tried to call a convention of th

oliver farry has the story.oliver: israel supreme court will decide whether to free mohammed allan. the portrait of petition on monday to him on health grounds -- the court heard a petition on monday to free him on health grounds. israel had offered to release allan if he agreed to leave the country and not return for four years, but his lawyer rejected the offer. she did see the court's position as a positive move. >> we need to see what offer they will have. i think that we take it as a very positive issue. issuing an order is very important. it means the supreme court is ready and willing to hear us and that we have a case. 63rdr: allan was on the day of hunger strike on monday. he is being treated at this israeli hospital. his father accuses the israeli government of keeping the family and their doctors in the dark. >> views on artificial representation -- he is on artificial respiration, in very serious medical condition. no medical experts have been allowed to visit. my son is in the doctors' hands. it mak

oliver farry has the story. it has become something of a summer tradition. putinn president vladimir plunged watery depths on tuesday, and they were in a new, albeit disputed russian territory. lasta, which moscow seized year from ukraine. putin accompanied an exhibition examining a 10th century byzantium ship. hey, i thought you were going to dive down with me. i recommend you try afterwards. it is very interesting. summary objects in the seabed. you can see very clearly. n spoke to reporters about a recent increase in violence in eastern ukraine, which he blamed on kivevc. but he remained optimistic that the cease-fire would eventually bear fruit. i hope therein: will not be direct clashes. with regard to the minsk agreement, i think there is no alternative for resolving the situation. and peace will without any doubt prevail in the end. i would ask minimize the losses by the time we reach that peace. oliver: as for any controversy over his visit to the disputed territory, the russian president was adamant it was what the locals wanted. president putin: th

oliver farry has an explanation. oliver: august 2013, a chemical weapon attack in the damascus region so severe that he could not be ignored. hundreds of people were killed. a security cancel resolution ordered bashar al-assad to give up his chemical weapons. he agreed. inspectors from a chemical watchdog arrived, and syria's chemical weapons were taken away and destroyed. a -- and yet attacks using chemical weapons in syria continue. the international community cannot hold bashar al-assad responsible for the attacks because no one came forward claiming to use chlorine gas. now russia and the united states have come together in support of further security resolutions. john kerry: what we are trying to do is get the on the mere finding of the fact that it may have been used and actually find out who used it. designate accountability for its use. what we will achieve, we believe with this resolution, is the creation of a mechanism which will actually enable us to do that. >> no information yet on how that resolution wi

police say he attacked 64-year- old marilyn farris with a hammer and her home eight days ago. she died in the hospital this morning. law enforcement lays blame for this attack on all levels of government.>> i believe there's a blood trail from washington dc to sacramento into the bedroom of marilyn. we see time after time that this administration shows -- those buckets of nails in front of ice. our state has been dumping thousands of visitors under eb 109.>> officials say is too mac early to know whether they will seek the death penalty. this attack comes weeks after an undocumented immigrant allegedly killed steinle in san francisco. that question -- called into question policies allowing immigrants to stay in the country as well as policies dealing with undocumented immigrants. >>> a juror in the movie theater trial in colorado discusses how it came to the decision of life instead of the death penalty. three years ago, james holmes killed 12 people in a movie theater, and yesterday, a jury refused to sentence him to death.>> the issue of mental illness was everything. for th

once you get past that, what farry b. is talking about, it's a slippery slope.spring, some considered them freedom fighters, some considered them terrorists. nelson mandela, the same thing. i don't want a social media company deciding my morality for something like that. but in the hard cases like this, i think it's simple. take this stuff down. >> jonas, what do you think? >> i kind of agree with thee points. the graphic stuff should be removed or censored. just the -- that's for the government to decide who the terrorists are. i will say broadly for regular media, we have to stop turning people into celebrities. i think that plays a role in all this. social media gives everybody a chance to be a celebrity, eventually weather look what i did. there has to be a way to remove their names and images somehow from the internet. i know it's difficult to do. that's i think where you'll get an edge with these people including the terrorists. >> thanks, guys. thank you, emily, for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> cars lining up in florida trying to fill u

farry says absolutely. also here, ben stein, gerri willis, and

farry says absolutely. also here, ben stein, gerri willis, and charlie gasparino.o you this one so much? >> it's

people don't go around and say, what if mike farris gets nominated? >> it is not possibly. it is possible to trim the power of the federal government and trim the regulations and have a little check and balances on the supreme court. in he dramatic move one direction or another is not possible. i think it is time we go in a very strong direction as far as we possibly can in limiting some of the power in washington, increasing the rights of the people, increasing the responsibility of the states. >> that previous caller's view, state versus federal rights or obligation, grace on twitter agrees. tweeting that the federal government needs to control civil rights law, not the states, otherwise, we would be back to slavery in some states and the civil war. >> i want to ask about some of your articles. some virginia republicans want to amend the u.s. constitution but a party split in the way. a big sign says, no article v convention. conservative legislatures are pushing a measure meant to reign in federal power. what's the status of your effort in virginia? >> in virginia, we ha

next up, we will hear from michael farris, the cofounder of the group convention of the states project. he will talk about the groups grassroots effort to amend the constitution. later on, more about the economy. he will talk about economic populism as a rising theme in the campaign 2016. as washington journal continues. ♪ >> tonight on the communicators -- >> he was really into computers, sci-fi, and that pushed them. he had always heard of silicon alley and dreaming of getting to america. from a young age, that is what he opines to do and at a young age she ran away from home and did it. >> a bloomberg reporter on one of silicon valley's most inventive leaders. elon musk. >> he is seen as the next steve jobs kind of figure. .e has this attention to detail he pushes his workers hard. i tend to lean more to an edison idea. i think elon has lots to prove. i take away that he is a guy who has these thousands of engineers at space x tesla, the brightest of the bright, he is a hard-working individual and is able to get products out of them that can be commercialized. that has really change

in terms of air farris, what are we seeing -- air fares, what are you seeing with ticket prices? now that there is open relations, are we going to see prices skyrocket? >> there is still limited inventory. flights from miami to havana run around $485. other agencies are more expensive than that. scarlet: a final question for you. how do you compare the current restrictions to coupe with programs other pariah states, offense going to iran or north korea if someone were so inclined? >> well, iran you can fly to. to ould book a flight teheran. cuba is different because it has been -- there is this intrigue for cuba because it has been forbidden so long. you tell someone they can't go somewhere, and it makes them want to go, and cuba is so close. it is hard to find too many parallels to cuba. i don't think there is another destination i would put in the same category. scarlet: for adventure travelers. jeff, thank you, c.e.o. of cheap air.com joining us from los angeles. betty: maybe on the vacation list next year. scarlet: till ahead on the bloomberg market day, cord cutters look to

when two men broke into the house of marlin farris, a 64-year-old woman who worked for the air force.s brutally beaten, that she was sexually assaulted including being beaten with a hammer. what they say is that this woman was actually able to call authorities and saying she needed help. they responded and they were able to track down one of these individuals that they say played a part in this beating at a nearby house where he was apprehended. now, what i can tell you about marilyn farris, she went on to die on august 1st of a coronary embolism. back to this picture that you see on the tv, that's victor martinez. he's 29 years old and from mexico. this is not the first time that he has tangled with law enforcement. he's since been charged with sexual assault and residential burglary with special circumstance of torture. they believe there's a second man involved. they apprehended fernando gomez born in san francisco. both of these men could face the death penalty. but obviously a lot of interest surrounding martinez since he is not an american. >> a lot of questions raised. stephani

to sacramento there is blood trail into the bedroom of marilyn farris. >> reporter: pharis tracked satellites. he tortured raped her and peter to death with a claw hammer. they say he made a living victimizing american citizens. not unlike kate stein lie's killer who was a repeat multiple drug offender. police did not send him home. those policies are designed to protect illegal immigrants. under california law, police are prohibited from cooperating with the feds on immigration. while the feds, per the president, can not deport illegal immigrants unless they're convicted of a felony or three serious misdemeanors. otherwise they are free to stay in the united states. if you watch, the dhs secretary, jeh johnson two weeks ago on capitol hill, jenna, i know you know the administration has no intention of changing its current policy. back to you. jenna: we'll talk a lot more about this, william. thank you very much. certainly a developing story. our legal panel will delve further into this case. we know you have a lot of questions about it and so do we. where does the pursuit of justice lie, wit

farris is that she served our country for 40 years. she was in the air force, and when she got out of the air force she worked at the air force base. she was much loved and appreciated by her colleagues at the air force base. >> you don't get into immigration because it may poison the jury pool, your job is whether or not to seek the death penalty or prosecution. >> and the immigration issue is irrelevant for the case. my job and the prosecutors involved in the case will prove the allegations, the enhancements, the standards beyond a reasonable doubt. whether someone is an immigrant or not an immigrant or not here lawfully. >> and people get so upset in the case. most people sitting at home probably think it's an easy decision because they're so angry about what happened. >> yes. >> anyway, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> and in ferguson, missouri, tension is very high. dozens of arrests and people on edge as they await nightfall. ferguson's mayor goes on the record. >>> and now we know what secretary of state

marilyn farris was sexually assaulted and beaten with a hammer last month. two week before the suspect was arrested for drug possession but released. >> we had to sight him out. this is all over the state of california and the united states. >> martinez ramirez was arrested six times in the last 15 months, but they ever convictnever convicted of a felony and they ever deported. those are critical factors which help determine whether an immigrant can be detained.ever deported. those are critical factors which help determine whether an immigrant can be detained. >>> large hailstones friday night slammed into the front of a kell take flight and also took lightning hits. passenger with respect headed from boston to salt lake city. the pilot made an emergency landing in denver. kris van cleave shows us the air traffic recordings. >> reporter: good morning. this is the third time an airliner has suffered significant hail damage just this summer. this incident somebody on board had to be taken to a hospital. we wanted to know why pilots in the cockpit couldn't see

[applause] facts michael farris from the convention of states project on efforts to amend the constitution and health state legislatures -- how state legislatures could have a role in the process. also how themes like economic populism and income inequality are playing out in the presidential race and a look at the impact big game hunting is having on wildlife populations in south africa. we will get your reaction by phone, face book, and twitter. live every day the brookings institution here's for federal reserve chair ben bernanke. he and others talk about defense spending and the impact on the u.s. economic outlook. c-span at 10:30 a.m. on 2. >> followed the c-span cities tour as we travel outside of the washington beltway to communities across america. is to take a programming from our american history television and look television beyond the beltway to produce pieces more visual and provide again, a window into the cities that viewers would not normally go to that have rich histories. and a rich literary scene. >> a lot of of people have heard of cities like new york and l.a. and chi

victor martinez ramirez is charge with sexually assaulting and killing marilyn farris with a hammer laste was arrested for drug possession and released. >> we had to sign him out. that's the problem with the system. this is not just in santa maria. this is all over state of california and all over the united states. >> reporter: ramirez was arrested six times in the last 15 months but never convicted of a felony and never deported. those are critical factors that help determine whether an immigrant can be detained. >>> safety questions this morning after a scary drama in the sky. large hail stones friday night slammed into the front of a delta flight. the jet also took lightning hits. passengers were heading from boston to salt lake city. the pilot made an emergency landing in denver. kris van cleave shows us the air traffic recordings. kris, good morning. >> good morning. this is the third time an airliner suffered significant hail damage just this summer. this incident somebody onboard had to be taken to a hospital. we wanted to know why pilots in the cockpit couldn't see a storm that,

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i'm in the farris while here at the sonoma county fair.ng to give us a look around of the hillsides out here and the carnival rides they have. a little bit of fog cover this morning, but it's good. it's a nice temperature out here. it's a great day to come out to the fair. i'm going to give the thumbs up to the worker down there to get this ferris wheel going. as soon as this ferris wheel gets going, i don't know if he --ive davy helm here. here we go, now we're moving. this is your family business. you guys go around the state of california bringing these carnival rides to different fairs and events. sonoma county is really home for your family. >> yeah, that's true. i'm third generation. my grandparents and my parents are originally from sonoma county. i'm from riverside, and so for our family, really in a sense this is our hometown fair. >> and i found that with a lot of the people i've talked to this morning, we talked to a young lady this morning who was a fifth generation dairy farmer here in the north bay, and does the county fair k