. >>> undocumented immigrant acquitted of murder in kate steinle case was in federal court today. >> continues to draw debate over san francisco's status as sanctuary city. >> lyanne melendez in court. >> possession of gone as felon and alien. could get ten years in federal prison. gun had been previously stolen and jury in the murder trial seemed to believe garcia zarate when he said he found it and it went off accidentally. he already served time for that conviction. attorney will argue double jeopardy if he can prove collusion between local and federal authorities to hurt his case. >> vindictive, revenge. >> second motion to get off. vindictive prosecution, proven retaliation against the defendant. professor of law rory little says the judge will certainly listen to the claims. >> only reason you're prosecuting him is you're angry about acquittal, that's his constitutional right, shouldn't be allowed to do that. >> today in federal court stated different name, not one used in kate steinle murder trial. >> he's utilized approximately five different names. call that akas. >> name was

when it comes to nominations for our federal courts. and it sends a dangerous message to the public. we want a public that can have confidence in the outcomes that are produced by courts. we want the public to feel that our courts are served by judges who are fair and impartial. and moreover, we want courts that are represented by judges who bring a diversity of perspectives. so that they can truly handle and wrestle with the complex and varied issues that come before them. cases that concern immigrants' rights, lgbt issues, reproductive rights. really the business that goes before courts demands that we have judges that bring with them a diversity of perspectives. , so you know, it's truly a travesty what we're seeing from this president. christine: so i would add that the senate judiciary committee did a hearing a couple of years ago talking about the influence, even if there's just one woman on a three-judge panel, how it feablingts even how the male -- affects even how the male judges vote and rule on those panels. it was this really

they'll have to quickly redraw its 13 congressional districts after a federal court ruled the map is e state has about three weeks to file a new plan with the court so it will be in place before the midterm elections. >>> it is the first federal court ruling to strike down a congressional map as a partisan gerrymander. ten of the 13 north carolina districts are currently in republican hands. the head of the gop calling the ruling a hostile takeover. >>> and a swift reversal, the trump administration says there will be no new oil and gas drilling off the coast of florida. interior secretary unveiled a proposal last week rolling back offshore drilling restrictions, but governor rick scott immediately voiced his concerns saying florida and its coasts are heavily reliant on tourism as an economic driver. after talking with governor scott, the secretary decided to change his decision for florida, not clear what this means for other states that have offshore areas. governor cuomo tweeted about this saying where's our waiver? >> global stock markets mixed but wall street's new year's rally e

this is the president of the united states criticizing the federal court system. have you ever heard of a past president doing something like this? >> no. >> what effect do you think that has on just regular people's understanding how courts work and this whole third branch of government? do you think people hear this and believe, wow, we can't trust our court system? >> i think that's his hope. i think this president is trying to tear down any institution that will hold him accountable. so whether it's the press, whether it's courts, you know, whether it's a special counsel. i think that there is a lot of just trying to decrease trust in anything that will hold him accountable. and i think the courts are a big part of that. i mean, he has had loss after loss in his muslim ban, and each time he in sumted the judinsult the judge or something about hawaii. >> what did he say? >> island out there. >> when he criticized him for being latino and claiming as if he couldn't be impartial against trump and trump university when this had been a former ausa who had fought aga

this is the president of the united states criticizing the federal court system. have you heard of a past president doing something like this? >> no. >> what effect does that have on just regular people's understanding of how courts work and this whole third branch of government? do you think that people hear this and people think that we can't trust the court system? >> i think that is the hope. i ti that the president is trying to tear down any institution that will hold him accountable so whether it is the press or the courts or whether it is a special counsel. there is a truth trying to decrease trust in anything that is going to hold him accountable and the courts are a big part of th that. and he has had loss after loss and the muslim ban and any time he criticizes, even the judge from hawaii, and the opinions of -- so, i, but we saw it again, and we saw that during the campaign when he attacked judge cure owe for the ancestry, and, right, for being latino, and claiming as if he couldn't be impartial, and between trump and trump university, and this had been

the same legal issues will arrive in the federal court. >> to federal court we go. the district attorney didn't want to difficult into details. >> it's a separate track we're not engaging inlp any conversatn or second guess what the federal government would do. >> but his counterpart on the public defender side had no reservation. >> this case has been a tremendous tragedy. but what has compounded it is the fact that we have a president and attorney general who are really pitting in the face of justice. >> twin charges against zarate, possession of a weapon by a felon and possession by undocumented immigrant come backed by the oval office and will be challenged in federal court. >> and everything that trump had said with regard to this case and generically he said with regard to immigrants. >> reporter: now he says he will file a motion to dismiss next week on the grounds of vin dikt i have prosecution. i will say the state charges don't affect the federal charges except the jurors will know that garcia zarate had been convicted on the same charge. reporting live fr

. >>> the undocumented immigrant acquitted of murder in the kate steinle case was in federal court today. >> the case continues to draw political debate over san francisco's status as a sanctuary city. abc 7's lyanne melendez was in court today. the jury in the kate steinle murder trial seemed to believe surat awhen he said he found it under a chair at pier 14 and it went off accidently. his attorney will now claim double jeopardy if he can prove there was collusion between the feds and local authorities to hurt his case. >> revenge. >> reporter: and that will be the second motion to try to get him off. it's called vindictive prosecution, when there is proven retaliation against the defendant. professor of law rory little said the judge will certainly listen to his claims. >> and the only reason you're prosecuting him is because you're angry about the acquittal. you shouldn't be allowed to do that. >> reporter: today in federal court he surprised everyone by saying his name was -- not host soarte. >> he'sulatealized approximately five different names. we call that aka's. >> from texas he

today, both sides head to san francisco and federal court where they will be debating whether or not this case can move forward and there's also going to be a rally outside of the san francisco federal courthouse and environmental groups, labor groups that part of the no coal oakland coalition. they will be rallying against the plans. reporting live in oakland, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> taxpayers will help pay for the legal defense for one of the men charged in connection with the oakland ghost ship warehouse fire. max harris will be able to use county funds to pay his attorney through the appointed attorneys program. harris and derick almena are each facing 36 counties of involuntary manslaughter. one count for each victim. they face up to 39 years in state prison if convicted. it's expected the trial will take place later this year. >>> the united states supreme court is being asked to review a local case regarding alameda county barring a gun shop from opening in san lorenzo. it's aimed against the alameda county ordinance prohibiting gun stores within 500 feet of the residen

court is done. now the next step is to have him transferred to federal custody and tried in federal court. >> that wasthe question i wanted to ask, what's next in this case? so at this point is he released from jail? how long could that be? as soon as he's released, will federal agents take him into custody? >> theoretically, he could have turned around and walked out of the courtroom as soon as this was pronounced. he'll be processed through the jail but then we get into an interesting conundrum because, of course, san francisco is a sanctuary city. the sheriff who has him in custody is prohibited from even calling the federal officials and saying, hey, we're going to release him in a couple of hours, do you want to come pick him up. >> are you surprised by three years here in this decision? >> no, i expected that. three years and the obvious sentence, given that he's already done three years and given his background. the result of denying a new trial, i'm not surprised at all. it's very difficult to get a new trial because the judges are human, too, and in order to grant a new trial they have to ess

that's the latest from the federal court house in alexandria. back to you. >> all right, chris gordon. thank you, chris. >> despite high profile mass shootings like the harvest festival m violent crime was down in big cities last year. one of the biggest drops in crime happened right here in washington, d.c. here in the district, crime fell at more than three times the national rate. violent crime down more than 20%. property crimes down nearly 10%. and overall crime down 11%. the murder rate also fell, d.c. police chief says there were two big factors behind this drop. >> trust and legitimacy with your police department. we need to have trust and legitimacy with the community that we serve. we also need a community who takes an active role in making our community safe. >> he also credits new technology, like free resident security cameras and improvements at the d.c. crime lab. news4's mark segraves has a look at the areas of the city that haven't been part of this improvement trend and that is coming up in our next hour. >> and we have some br

. >> it will now be up to civil rights attorneys to argue that in federal court. >> we can bring a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. >> he was found not guilty of murdering 32-year-old steinle as she was walking along pier 14 on july 1st. the jury agreed with the defense which argued that a single shot killed steinle after the bullet ricochetted off the ground, traveling 78 feet before striking her in the back. >> we treated this case as we would any other similar case. we're comfortable that the system worked the way it was meant to even though we're disappointed with the outcome. >> he may be arraigned in federal court as early as this monday. abc7 news. >>> efforts ramp up to release a u.c. berkeley student. he was arrested by agents. >>> twitter explains why it won't delete the president's account. >>> and the little fish with the big problem. >>> i'm michael finney with free tickets to the auto show and dessert. >>> a 20-year-old student was detained after he was stopped at a check point over the weekend. leslie brinkley has more on his predicament and the efforts to get

prosecutors will bring him back to federal court here next monday afternoon and argue that he should remain in custody because he poses a danger to the community. that's the latest live from the u.s. courthouse in alexandria, virginia. wendy, back to you. >> chris gordon. thank you, chris. >>> big cities across our country saw fewer violent crimes that news is even better here in the district which saw drops three times the national average. last year there were 116 murders in the district, down from 2016. other violent crimes, robberies, burglaries, assaults, also down. news4's mark segraves talked to the police chief today who credits not just good policing, but a little science for this drop. >> reporter: here at the district's crime lab, they test every gun taken off a d.c. streets. it's just one way the district is reducing crime. that's why d.c. mayor muriel bowser and police chief peter came to the lab to highlight the city wide drop in every single category of crime. newsham pointed to the arrest last week of james mayfield who within hours of being caught with a gun was char

[laughter] in jail or to -- so we thought our action in federal court district court. the federal district judge in san antonio supported the taken by the city an joined e enforcement appealed to fifth circuit unfortunately dissolved allowing part of the law to continue to be enforced. maintaining the injunction on other parts of it mow is back in the san antonio district, district court. but at this point, because of the state law that expressly requires our state or cities to do things we are complying with that expressioned revision even as we challenge it which is why our city avoided the -- the honor i guess yesterday of being named with 23 of our colleague cities. but know that we are fighting this battle as from trench it is that exist --- so this was supposed to end 12:what but we want to have face for everybody to speak so another ten minutes i think that gives us five minutes to walk 30 seconds oh to the next session. and take whatever breaks people need to fool free if you food to peel off but we want to have space for all off you. ryan will be here. day will

and common but to bring up a case in his interview with the new york times last week with the federal court case a former aide for congressional democrats. what ever happened to the pakistani guy working for the dnc with those two servers they broke into a million pieces? what happened to him? >> it is not surprising the president would try to distract attention away from fact he had several members of his campaign team indicted brought up on charges and doing everything he can to put attention that they are investigated c for colluding with the russian government so this is just par for the course and frankly it would be more constructive if we could of the needs of the country not corporations to keep the dreamers here in the country to cooperate fully with those investigations in congress to get to the bottom to have the outcome of this electionon. >>host: debbie wasserman schultz please come back again >> welcome to the institute and use the moment to advertise our upcoming events

a major court ruling impacting hundreds of thousands of dreamers. a federal judge in california blocking the trump administration's effort to end dak th da daca. >>> the judge ruled the department of homeland security must resume taking daca renewal applications while the lawsuit proceeds. the ruling does not require the administration to process papers for first time applicants. this is for renewals. >> the white house planned to wind down the program by early march, but the judge said they are likely to win their move. the ruling does not change the justice department's position. the obama administration circumvented congress when it created the daca program. >> the suit was filed by four states. uc president helped create the daca program when she was homeland security secretary under president obama. >> daca is all but guaranteed to come up when the president holds a joint conference today. what's unclear is exactly how the judge's order will affect the white house and both parties in congress. >> so the question now is whether this temporary reprieve for

my brother was three months in prison for tax evasion today, and in federal court in uniondale. the judge's decision expressed the belief my brother had some association with organized crime. two news they reporters were present, one of whom i knew. i anticipate there will be a story in tomorrow's paper. i don't want you to learn of this secondhand. i read over my little speech, hands trembling. there was no escaping now, no need rationalizations. i cannot pretend that everything would be as it was. the phone on my desk rang. it was the governor but i placed the script in front of me, singing to it like a life preserver. hello, governor, i said, shaking. what is going on, steve? he said as he usually did. i read my script word for word. the governor was silent as i read. i finished, closed my eyes and waited for his response. my heart pounding. this is mario cuomo. i don't see how it should affect you, he said without hesitation. i certainly feel for you but i don't see how it affects you. you are a superb public official and i don't think it should have any effect on you. stunn

whether this particular district court ruling will stay in place is a different question. the government -- the federal government has indicated that there's going to appeal the ruling to the ninth circuit court of appeals. it certainly has been a friendly court to immigrant interests in the past and not a very friendly court to the actions of donald trump. but from there, there is the possibility that this could go to the supreme court, and their prospects for this ruling being upheld get much murkier. >> why do you say that? >> one, the makeup of the court generally leans conservative. two, a case -- not a case on daca but a case on president obama's other program, deferred action for parents of americans, the 2014 program, previously went in front of the court and currently is no longer a program because the fifth circuit and then the united states supreme court chose not to overrule the lower court ruling that dismantled that program. just reading those tea leaves, it suggests this litigation is going to still have some way to go, and the judge's ruling may not have -- may not survive the supreme c

several federal courts have challenged that order in the months following but now a federal judge in san francisco ordered the trump administration to start daca back up until the lawsuits are played out. president trump said if he can't get the money he wants for a border wall, a daca deal will not be reached. >> without the wall, we cannot have border security. >> reporter: yesterday, democrats wanted to finalize the daca deal. republicans wanted border security, ending the visa lottery and limiting immigration based on family ties. in a statement, state attorney general said: the department of justice released a statement last night ng .. the im tion of daca was quote an unlawful circumvention of congress. they vow to continue to fight to end daca in court. kenny? >> the department of justice said the implementation of daca was an unlawful circumvention of congress. they vow to continue to fight to end daca in court. >> thank you. >>> authorities in santa barbara county are still searching for victims after a mudslide triggered by powerful storms. 15 people are dead and 25 with in

under the state is unconstitutional in a san antonio federal court. we challenged that because it required cities to do things that we believe violated constitutional guarantees. we challenged that law because we believe that state action is federally preempted by a congressional balancing of what should and should not be required of local entities. and we challenged it because it was impossibly vague. it is impossible to apply a law that is seeking to prevent local municipalities from preventing or needing to support federal action to know what that means in any given situation. does it take from our police chief any and all discretion on whether he sends his officers to investigate a murder or do support on an ice raid? we just do not know how that >> we just do not know how that works. under texas law, there is a section where the attorney general and governor have the ability to remove me from office if i were to endorse a policy different than that expressed in our senate bill 4. clearly, that cannot be constitutional. >> i do however have a very

. >> will be up to civil rights attorney to argue it in federal court. >> we can bring a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. >> garcia was found not gimty of murdering 32-year-old steinle as she was walking along pier 3 14. defense argued the bullet ricochetted off the ground, travelled 78 feetd and struck her in the back. >> we are comfortable the system worked even though we're disappointed with the outcome. >> he may be arraigned in federal court early as this among. in san francisco abc 7 news. >>> garcia z scheduled to be arraigned on monday sat 9:30 we'll cover the story of course. >>> it's wife of the pulse nightclub shooter said she knew the attack was going to happen. omar martin killed 49 people when he open fired in the club. his wife admitted to the fbi that she knew about the attack and watched him prepare for months. she previously said she did not know. she was arrested in january. her trial on terrorism charges set to begin in march. >>> san francisco police arrested man shooting apt a car in the tenderloin district on christmas morning, 27-year-old javier watson

when her sentence is combined with the sentence of the federal court. remember, he's doing 60 years on a child pornography case that he pled guilty to in federal court. but it was a powerful, eloquent statement by this judge. >> and it was remarkable. paul, for folks who haven't followed this day to day, dynamics of this case, larry nassar pled guilty to seven counts. the judge was saying as she went through the sentencing that her hands were tied a bit because she wanted to honor and respect the plea agreement. she could not give him a longer sentence because she had seven counts before her. so she gave up to the maximum on each of those. it was remarkable as she had with larry nassar standing there, you are a sexual predator. you are about self-preservation. i just signed your death warrant. you don't get it. she read scornfully from statements nassar made early in this case, blaming it on the news media, saying the victims were hyping things, the victims were exaggerating things, that he was giving them necessary vital treatment. i want you to listen

now, one federal court has found that our prisons are overcrowded and understaffed due in part to facilities that are worn and old. correctional professionals work diligently to provide security, medical, mental health and rehabilitative services in our challenging environment, they deserve our attention and support. we must also worked very diligently to provide appropriate care to those who are placed in the custody of the department of corrections. officetely after taking i instructed commissioner jeff his staff working closer with my -- f this is health care. we have entered contract negotiations with a new health care provider to expand in that health care at a reasonable cost. we will be able to make smart, cost-effective decisions. i am committing to meeting this challenge head-on. with this legislature, we will solve this problem for generations to come. problem, welabama must have an alabama solution, now is the time to act. [applause] as many of you know, i am from a small town in berlin alabama, camden and wilcox county, rural communities have a very special place in my heart. i u

under the state is unconstitutional in a san antonio federal court. we challenged that because it required cities to do things that we believe violated constitutional guarantees. we challenged that law because we believe that state action is federally preempted by a congressional balancing of what should and should not be required of local entities. and we challenged it because it was impossibly vague. it is impossible to apply a law that is seeking to prevent local municipalities from preventing or needing to support federal action to know what that means in any given situation. does it take from our police chief any and all discretion on whether he sends his officers to investigate a murder or do support on an ice raid? we just do not know how that >> we just do not know how that works. under texas law, there is a section where the attorney general and governor have the ability to remove me from office if i were to endorse a policy different than that expressed in our senate bill 4. clearly, that cannot be constitutional. >> i do however have a very

to the effort to undermine confidence in the federal courts, federal law enforcement, the intelligence community in the free press, toth perhaps the most vexing untruths of all, the supposedly hoax at the heart of special counsel robert mueller's russian investigation. to be very clear, to call the russian matter a hoax as the president has done so many times is a falsehood. we know the attacks orchestrated by the russian government during the election were real. they constitute a great threat to both american sovereignty and to our national security. it is in the interests of every american to get to the bottom of this matter wherever the investigation leads. ignoring or denying the truth about hostile russian intentions towards the united states leaves us vulnerable to future tax. we were told by our intelligence agencies that these attacks are ongoing. yet it has recently been reported that there's not been a single cabinet level meeting regarding russian interference and how to defend america against these attacks. not one. what might seem like a casual and routine untruths, so cas

every federal court including the very liberal ninth circuit has upheld the law. . . that court's decision. these courts consistently determine that a warrant is not required to collect or query 702 information. moreover, the independent p club review board has reviewed the entire framework of 702 and found it to be constitutional. the other main claim against this bill sl that provides -- is that it provides new powers to the government. again, this is not true. nevertheless this bill clueds -- includes significant reforms. first the bill requires the f.b.i. to get a warrant in some criminal cases. in other words, >> in w other words we added a warrant where others have had the necessary it also provides protection to us are blower's and requires the inspector general report. in short this bill provides our government the tools it needs to protect national security with much needed transparency with civil liberties and protections. you can tell i am strongly in support of this legislation i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of this national security protection legis

there might be some other federalism problem. i think if the court -- if congress tells a state to move its state capital, i'm not sure it's a commandeering problem. i just think it's -- not to use a word maybe i'm not supposed to, but maybe a national league of cities problem, but i don't think it's a commandeering problem. >> you could imagine a situation where it's the same kind of commandeering. the federal government wants to reduce expenditures on public employee pensions. so it tells the states there's a state law, you cannot spend more than 20% of your budget on state employee pensions. they're commandeering the state to achieve that result. can they do that? >> again, i don't think that's a commandeering problem. i do think it's probably a national states league of cities problem. if the court wants to say that there are certain things that get too far into the state's kitchen, you know, that's one thing. but i do -- >> hypothetical indicates that this blurs political accountability. the citizen doesn't know, is this coming from the federal

plays out today in federal court. fight is over whether the city of oakland ha >>> good morning? >> it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. a legal showdown over the city of oakland's ban on coal plays out today in federal court. the big fight is over whether the city of oakland has the right to ban the storage and handling of coal. >>> an axe-carrying intruder is dead after a confrontation with police at a power plant in south san jose late yesterday afternoon at the metcalf energy center which is owned by calpine. >>> stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. >>> 7:27. we are tracking an accident that's causing a bit of a backup for drivers heading through the south bay. this is northbound 85 at almaden expressway. it's not blocking lanes but causing slowdowns, 34 minutes from 101 heading northbound 85 up to 280. give yourself some extra time heading through the south bay. 101 from hellyer to san antonio, just under 15 minutes. san mateo bridge it's jammed westbound. 27 minutes from 880 to 101. >>> we are taking a

court of appeals. >> host: that was curious. normally federaljudgeships it's the presidents call pick senators have a big say in the district court with the court of appeals because of the more the justice department and the president in 1977 president carter did something no present have ever done before or since. and it ever to diversify the federal judiciary he committed himself by regulation to create a citizens commission in every one of the circuits around the country. half lawyers, half nonlawyers. he committed himself to say for every vacancy i want the commission to give me a list of five names and i will limit my choice to one of those five. in my case it turned out to be eight names because there were two vacancies at the same time. we were interviewed by this commission. they asked very probing questions. and, frankly, was more rigorous than the senate hearings, to tell you the truth. if you didn't get on the list you had no shot. so that judge and i were to the eight and then the president could pick from the eight, and he picked th

the president reacts after another order is blocked by a federal court. larry: how the class president appealing to the nation's president to make it happen. alison: coming up later, why people can't stop talking about how you get a deep discount in the new ikea catalog. larry: oh, my. but first, getting out. the latest on the tourists trapped in the snow in switzerland. hey, need fast heartburn relief? try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. try cool mint zantac. no pill relieves heartburn faster. alison: they were snowbound for two days but now they are leaving a swiss ski town. 13,000 tourists stranded when 40 inches of snow fell. the officials were worried about the risk of avalanches and the cries were able to dig out the trains and they are working to reopen the road. bit that reminds me of my best ski day ever in northern they got 40 inches of snow overnight. i kid you not. i snowboarded that day all the way to -- this is a true story. i got s

essentially is turning the clock back to the jim crow era when it comes to nominations for the federal court and it sends a dangerous message to the public. we want a public that can have confidence in the outcomes produced by courts. we want the public to feel that the courts are served by judges who are fair and impartial and moreover, we find chords that are represented by judges who bring a diversity of perspective so that they can truly handle and wrestle with the issues that come before them and cases that concern immigrants rights, reproductive rights. the business that goes before the court's demands that we have judges that bring with them a diversity of perspectives, so it is a travesty what we are seeing from this president. >> there was a hearing a couple of years ago talking about the influence even if there is just one woman on a three-judge panel how it affects the boat and crew on those panels so it is about the influence of just adding the one element of diversity on the panel and so that just shows as an example how it can move the needle in terms of the outcome. >> it dram

he was talking about the federal court case against former it aid for a number of congressional democrats including yourself. he said in the interview "whatever happened to the pakistani guy who worked with the dnc? what ever happened with them with the server they broke into a million pieces. what happened to him?" i want to get your response. >> it's not surprising at all that the president would try to distract away from the fact that he's had had several members of his campaign team indicted and brought up on charges; that he's doing everything he can to focus attention away from the fact thatd he and white house employees are being investigated for colluding with the russian government to impact the outcome of the 2016 presidential campaign. so this is par for it course with the president and frankly, it would be a lot more constructive if he would make sure that we could sit down and take care of the needs of this country and not focus on his wealthy contributors and corporations and make sure we can keep those dreamers in the country and cooperate fully with the investigations in c

. >> the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the boston marathon bombers all tried in federal courtconvicted, all housed in the federal prisons. not a single security incident. >> because the u.s. tax picker about four and $50 million a year to keep gitmo open. in 16 years, despite seven active prosecutions, there've been no convictions by these military tribunals. see you on jennifer, thanks. event senator jim mattis considering a ban on personal cell phones at the pentagon. this comes after data from personal fitness training apps has shown up on the internet revealing the locations of military personnel. pentagon spokesman men's has no official decision has been made. white house white house chief of staff john kelly says the california high school teacher whose antimilitary rent went viral should "go to hell." he made the remark on fox news radio. >> because the military a bunch of dumb blanks. lowest of the low. what's your reaction? he's teaching 17-year-olds. >> i think the guy ought to go to hell. i hope he enjoys the liberties and the lifestyle that we have fought for. >> b

[laughter] we filed our action in federal district court. it was appealed to the fifth circuit, which unfortunately dissolved part of the injunction allowing part of the law to ,ontinue to be enforced maintaining the injunction on other parts of it now is back in the san antonio district court. at this point, because of the state law that expressly requires our state, our cities to do things, we are complying with that express division even as we challenge at which is why our city avoided the honor yesterday of being named with 23 of our colleague cities. no that we are fighting this battle as best we can from the trenches that exists in texas. this was supposed to end at 12:45, but we want to have space for everyone to speak. that gives us five minutes of to for the nexteconds session. we want to have space for all of you. brian will have you just be here. makeked folks just to brief and concise questions just to make sure we can get through a handful of mayors before we have to recess. i want to thank this entire panel for their current, f

they are thinking more of a supreme court decision with the day-to-day workings of the federal districtcourt and they are well-regarded. so i think it is okay. it could always be better i know our court makes a huge effort for what the courts are doing. and then to educate the public. i hope this book makes a slight contribution. for what they should know or enjoy to find out. >> and parties to a lawsuit. >> so thank you for this conversation i recommend this book it is full of insight and stories and anecdotes you may think that is an oxymoron but it really is full of interesting stuff. i look forward to many more years of your service on the bench. . . live conversations about hair works. this year as a special project, we're featuring best selling fiction writers it for our monthly program indepght fiction edition. join us for our first program sunday at noon eastern, with david, the author of several national security thrillers, including agents of innocence. body of lives, blood money, and as most recent, the quantum spy. our special theories indepght fiction edition with author da

man accused of accidentally shooting her in federal court. >> reporter: for starters man facing charges at federal level surprised everyone stating a different name. court documents show that garcia zarate has used several aliases. >> convicted a number of times of re-entry, had different identities. >> dominguez aparra was used in texas where he served time for unlaufl entry. brought to salz on pending drug case. but then released. >> when released incumbent upon him to report to the texas probation department within 72 hours. didn't do that. >> reporter: district court in texas issued warrant for his arrest. must now serve in texas for violating terms of release. after he's tried in san francisco federal court on gun charges. faces possessing gun as felon and alien in possession of firearm. could get up to ten years in federal prison. gun had been stolen and jury seemed to believe him when he said he found it under chair at pier 14 and went off accidentally. he's already served time for that conviction. attorney will claim double jeopardy if he can claim there is collusion between the

you're in federal court. you're in federal court on diversity of citizenship. guess what? case dismissed. there is the federal diversity. goodbye. work it out in the states. have a nice civil war. he doesn't do that. he makes it worse. he says, although he is not a citizen and there is no diversity jurisdiction, whethery wants to know or not congress can regulate slavery in the territories. those political lightweights, washington, adams, jefferson, monroe -- they all ducked that question. chief justice tony, elected by nobody, will man up, and he will tell you that congress cannot extend or block slavery from the territories. they have no power over slavery in the territories. very tough lawyer from illinois said, i don't think so. courtited states district for the district of columbia in the case of northwest austin municipal utility district number one and the attorney general of the united states in 2008, the district court judge david ruled that section five of the voting rights act of 1965 are hibbitts covered jurisdictions from making any change in their voting proc

state department of licensing will no longer release personal information to federal immigration authorities unless there is a courtuiring them to do so. washington is among a handful of states that allow illegals to get drivers licenses. and because it now looks like federal immigration officials will have to go to court every time they want to get a driver's license and information, the new policy is expected to hinder their efforts to support illegals from washington state. on this martin luther king holiday, there is much to celebrate and what doctor did tell my king did to advance social justice and to try to heal the country's divisions. like many, the naacp believes there's still a lot of work to do, now pointing to climate change as the next battle for civil rights. naacp officials say to fully achieve dr. king's vision we must defeat global warming. if the media's latest they get first lady melania trump, some of her dresses are foreign-made, not america first. a feature by the associated press has said since most of her clothes are made by european designers, she seems unconcerned about how her foreign fa

a federal grand jury indicted him on new immigration charges after he was acquitted in state court ofurder and assault in the fatal shooting of kate steinle in 2015. if the president taking to twitter calling the verdict disgraceful and within days a federal grand jury handed down the indictment saying it civil rights attorney blasted the indictment, it's highly unusual for the feds filing such charges against someone who has no record of gun violence are gang affiliations. there are also double jeopardy concerns that he will move to have the case thrown out. >> this is retaliatory. there is going to be a motion made right at the beginning for dismissal predicated on the vindictive prosecution which is disallowed under federal and state law. this is a case that ultimately will be summed up, a vote for guilty in the federal case is a vote for trump. >> he will now be turned over to u.s. marshals and will be housed across the bay in alameda county while the legal proceedings continue in san francisco. if he will be arraigned in federal court early next week and could face up to ten year

steven fisher is live for us outside federal court philadelphia. ury selection is happening right now. ped polowski is still in court. i want to show you a video from earlier this morning. our cameras were there when polowski showed up. he's facing charges stemming from an alleged scheme in involving in contracts and campaign donations. 70 jurors were brought into court. when the judge asked if any of the jurors have heard or seen anything about this trial in the media, about one out of three said yes. we learned this trial is expected to last six weeks and will start on monday. right now i am going to head back inside as jury selection process is still ongoing, i will be live again coming up at 5:00. steven fisher. >>> new details of a murder of the university pennsylvania student. the death of blaze bernstein is being investigated as an act of rage. the 19-year-old penn sophomore was stabbed more than 20 times. his body was found at a california park where he was home on break. samuel lincoln was arrested last week. he told investor gators he was

that's even nice. >> they got a lifetime appointment to the federal court. ike 9 years old. they will become cyborgs and live forever. they will be in the court in like 2,200 and we aren't even talking about it. >> worst judgment. his decision again and again, to take to twitter. almost 2,500 times in the year following his election, taunting foreign leaders, making policy, announcing staff changes and pouring insults on his foes. >> it's definitely new that the president has such a strong twitter branding. yeah, i'll put it that way. >> this is not a person of nuance. for him, it's perfect. >> his twitter feed helped push a torrent of misleading, deceptive, offensive and downright false statements out of the white house. starting on day one. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. >> there were more people at my bat mitzvah than were at the inauguration and i'm not even jewish. >> when trump was called out, he always had the best response from his fans' point of view. >> some of the fake news said -- the fake news. you are f

. >>> and a federal court has ordered state lawmakers in north carolina to redraw their congressional district map. those districts must be redrawn because the previous map was created to entrench republican control of north carolina's congressional delegation. the new map must be approved in two weeks, but state lawmakers plan to appeal the ruling. >>> jeff record as he retains the title of world's richest man. >> $105 billion. it sends him past bill gates. poor bill. >> he's still in the 90s. >> bezos's title is greater than the record gates set. >> still making a lot more money than any of us will combined. >> speak for yourself. >> true. >>> coming up. >> it's becoming increasingly uncomfortable, less legroom, now one major airline wants to do away with the reclining seat. >>> plus, new warnings about this deadly flu season and how you can protect yourself. you're watching "world news now." because no mattergineer what life brings,rgent? our commitment to clean remains the same. now with 10x the cleaning power. tide, america's #1 detergent ...studying to be a dentist and she gave

>> the federal court would order mediation. so i would have to sit in a room with him. i would say is, is he charismatic? no. i think he's kind of boring, there's one word keith raniere cannot handle, and that's the word no. >> reporter: toni natalie told police her mailbox was illegally searched. court filings also allege private investigators working for nxivm harassed friends and colleagues of those they were suing. though nxivm and the private investigators deny all these allegations. now the company may have opened a new legal front south of the border. >> i got a letter from a lawyer, and then a state attorney general, stamped, saying cease and desist or you will be imprisoned. >> cease and desist what? >> from speaking. >> the reason i finally decided to give this interview is i don't want him abusing me or other women or other people anymore. and it needs to stop. >> reporter: coming up, will the recent torrent of accusations finally attract the attention of law enforcement? and if trouble does come how will vanguard react? >> what frightens me is where does he

to the effort to undermine confidence in the federal courts, federal law enforcement, the intelligence community, and the free press, to perhaps the most vexing untruth of all, the supposed hoax at the heart of special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. mueller. to be very clear, to call the russian matter a hoax as president trump has done so many times is a falsehood. we know the attacks orchestrated by the russians during the election were real. they caused a grave threat to american sovereignty and to our national security. it is in the interest of every american to get to the bottom of this matter wherever the investigation leads. ignoring or denying the truth about hostile russia, russian intentions toward the united states leaves us vulnerable to future attacks. we were told by our intelligence agencies that these attacks are ongoing. yet, it has recently been reported that there has not been a single cabinet level meeting regarding russian interference and how to defend america against these attacks. not one. what might seem like a casual and routine untruth, so cas

november with money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent a man a four has asked a federal court to finally bulldoze probe exceeded his authority. the u.s. senate has a sworn into new democratic senators reducing the republican's majority to two doug jones from alabama won a special election to fill a vacancy towns in a certain state tina smith was appointed to replace al franken resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct. after nearly a week of rioting deaths on arrest song iran's streets the general in charge of the country's revolutionary god has announced what he called the end of sedition general mohammed ali just to clap and many of the arrests many of the arrested had received training from counter-revolutionaries and that firm option will be taken against them the general remarks came as iranian state media showed footage of pro-government rallies. iran's leadership has mobilize support thousands of demonstrators in of us in southwestern iran took to the streets to show they're on the government's side protesters yell death to the usa and death to israel state televis