freddie has hired many veterans to be drivers. >> that's the main thing. >> jessica. >> meet lisa parada. >> we are always coming out with new things so we are just not deserts. >> how well you really know the people that you work with? [laughter] >> oh, man. this is every guy's dream. >> i wanted to see the most interesting man i know. name is jason. >> what i do everyone gets to watch and they like it. >> hopefully they like it. >> estimated 21.8 million veterans in the united states who need special assistance even with day-to-day activities, each of us should be doing something to help. meet freddie castillo, new york native, he's doing just that with his company simple ride. >> i noticed when i used to go to the vai noticed that the veterans outside would take forever to get picked up to and from home, to appointments, i started asking around how long does it take an hour or two hours which i felt was unsatisfactory that we could do better for the veterans. >> freddie use it had motto from his marines inspired the name sinperride, to mean loyal. to be providing transportation that's

the video of the arrest of freddie gray has been seen and seen again. the riot affected every citizen of baltimore. they are watching as the first of six attorneys is on trial. gray family attorney murphy said it must be a fair trial. everybody's interest is about justice. it's not whether they should be convicted. >> 26-year-old former officer william porter is accused of involuntary manslaughter and assault for the role in handling gray after his arrest last spring. this morning protests making enough noise to be heard in the courtroom. >> i hope we have justice. >> all i know is someone is dead and someone did it. >> she says she hopes that they will respect that this system works. the trial is expected to wrap up december 17. in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: thank you. maureen: now to a wet and dreary day, monday, too. leon: how about tonight? see what is coming our way this evening. doug hill, what is the word? more rain coming our way. it's 40 in burke. 38 in dale city. 40 in aspen hill. 41 at washington. the temperatures may rise a degre

accident she never imagined the gravity of the situation. [ speaking spanish ] >> she tells me freddy has a badly burned arm and a broken leg. martha, his wife, two broken arms. she was pregnant and due to give birth this week, but she lost a baby. a boy she planned on naming isaiah. their daughter is in a coma, but 9-year-old freddy, jr., was released from the hospital with a broken arm and several bumps and scrapes. these families all rely very much on their faith, but this tragedy is definitely testing them. tonight at 5:00, you'll talk about her talk about the thing that has shaken her up the most. the one moment she's dreading. pat? chris? >> thank you, erika. >>> d.c. staff and police are on alert after online threats to students on howard university's campus. the threats came after an anonymous website -- on an anonymous website yesterday and right now the school is taking them very seriously. security is increased on campus and at area metro stations and the fbi is now joining the investigation. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is on the campus and she'll have reaction coming up in a fe

arm and scrapes, but he's asking for his parents. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: she tells me freddy has a badly burned arm and a broken leg. martha, his wife, two broken arms and she was pregnant due to give birth this week, but she lost the baby a boy she planned on naming isaiahs and her daughter is in a coma. it's been overwhelming. the moment when her sister-in-law realizes what all has happened to her family. >> they're asking for the community to pray, to pray for these children and they're going to need a lot of support. we've got a link right now on our nbc washington app to a paypal account. if you can contribute, if you'd like to, you can go to the nbc washington app and search hyattsville crash. wendy, jim, back to you. >> thank you. >>> that crash could have been worse if not for the actions of a witness who ran toward the flames. michael tymas used a pocketknife to cut people free. he described the chaotic screen to news 4. >> i seen a whole lot of blood and all of the passengers, you could tell they were all in shock. i actually thought that the van was going to explode be

. >> reporter: freddie rodriguez has been home from the hospital a couple days, he has a broken leg and badly burned recall a. he tells me he remembers the truck that would eventually hit them zigzagging through traffic with smoke and two wheels on fire. he would swerve the van which carried morehan a dozen people headed to church but couldn't get out of the way fast enough. screams and sirens, the impact he says pushed the steering wheel and dashboard into his chest and the van caught fire. from eddie jr. says first responders freed him from the wreck. were you scared? >> worried. >> reporter: you were very worried. what were you worried about? >> my mom, if she went up with god. >> reporter: freddie's mom survived the crash, she's badly injured, still in the hospital and so is her six-year-old daughter but the baby boy she was set to deliver did not make it. once in the hospital rodriguez says the infant was laid on his chest for an hour before he was taken away. the first and last moments with his youngest son. the emotional pain is greater than the physical. and while he knows there

tonight--freddy crisp has been charged with his murder. he's being held in the sac county jail tonight. jack: we're getting new details tonight about a horrible accident in the metro that took the lives of two people from des moines. it happened tuesday on i-80 near the iowa speedway exit by newton. police say the driver was a 14 year old girl who did have a legal learner's permit. the girl's 39 year old mother, sabrina watkins, died in the wreck. and so did her 11 year old sister. the 14 year old driver and her other sister, who's 13, both survived. investigators have ruled out speed or alcohol as a factor in the accident. they think it was likely just an inexperienced driver who lost control behind the wheel. "it is tragic especially for people who have their own kids to know who was driving, who was in the car. yeah pretty sad." jack: they can give to parents with teen drivers is to take their time and give them responsibility slowly. the two girls who survived are in good condition tonight. stephanie: the grocery scene in des moines is

he's ta ae's stolen money from s and tried to profit from the death of baltimore teenager freddie gray. jackie has news how he got caught. >> reporter: we're told some sharp-eye'd employees at the courthouse noticed something was wrong. >> they saw a pattern of activity the women that worked at the courthouse that shay knew this man was abusing the system and brought it to the attention of the judge. >> reporter: prosecutors say 51-year-old kenneth hinton is this man who sued every one. court filings showed dozens of class action lawsuits he tried to join despite the fact he never used the product the subject of the suit. >> we don't really know the full extent he benefitted financially but hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: hinton had worked as aparalegal at a prestigious law firm. he even sued them. he sent over 400 legal filings to the state attorney's office and presiding judge. even after he was jailed in april he kept filing fraudulent claims. just 6 days after the baltimore riot in baltimore, hinton told sheriff's deputies his stomach hurt and needed to go to the hospital. >> we

police officers charged with the death of freddie gray has begun in baltimore.the 25-year-old black man's death sparked protests against police brutality. gray died of spinal injuries a week after his arrest. john terrett is live for us in baltimore. why is it just one person today? >> hello, peter, welcome to al jazeera, by the way. the history goes all the way bac back to april when a man called freddie gray was transported by police. a week later he died. there was rioting in the city. lots of african-american property was damaged. six police officers were then charged with freddie gray's death. i can't tell you how exhort it is in the united states for any police officer to be charged with this kind of alleged crime. today the first of six individual court cases comes up. it is the beginning of a trial of one of the officers, william g. porter, and his jury is being selected at the moment. the judge is deciding who to put on the 12-person jury with four alternates. this could go on for several days. and the case itself when it starts. when it finally starts,

with the rioting, there's not a single jury in that pool who has not impacted or has a strong opinion about the freddiehe judge has already denied a motion from the defense asking for a change of venue. also the judge has said the jurors will not be sequestered. do you think that's unusual for a trial like this, especially considering the protests and disturbances that happened? >> it's not so unusual to have sequestration. it's anomaly. it's not done very often. when it's done it's high-profile, celebrity trials. really the anonymity for each juror should technically be sufficient and they should be transported from remote locations. that's going to be the biggest issue every potential juror has, which is my personal safety and whether i'll be harassed. outside of the courtroom today you can hear chants from protesters outside, talking about freddy gray. these jurors know that they -- although they have anonymous numbers, they will be located. they will likely be identified. and they will have some impact of having their role in a jury selection. in fact, i think over 20 jurors already stood up to say

freddy rodriguez has been home from the hospital just a couple of days and he's got a broken leg and badly burned arm. rodriguez tells me he remembers the truck that would eventually hit them zig-zagging through traffic with smoke and two wheels on fire. he would swerve the van which carried more than a dozen people headed to church, but couldn't get out of the way fast enough. screams and sirens, the impact, he says, pushed the steering wheel and dashboard into his chest and the van caught fire. freddie, jr., says first responders freed him from the wreck. >> reporter: were you scared? >> very worried. >> reporter: you were very worried. what were you worried about? >> that my mom that she went up with god. >> reporter: freddy's mom survived the crash. she's badly injured, still in the hospital and so is her 6-year-old daughter, but the baby boy she was set to deliver did not make it. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: once in the hospital rodriguez says the infant was laid on his chest for an hour before he was taken away. the first and last moments with his youngest son. the emotio

trial of officer william porter, the first of six officer to go on trial for the death of freddie gray. porter hass of involuntary manslaughter and second degree assault. freddie gray died earlier this year of apparent injuries a week after he was arrested by baltimore police. joining me to discuss both cases, msnbc chief legal correspondent ari melber. last time we talked was the night this video came out in chicago. jason van dyke we saw posting bond, $1.5 million. was there any surprise he wasn't held without bond in this case or was that expected? >> this is a tough one. people look at this and ask sometimes, are we all being judged by the same standards or not? there is an argument people indicted on a first degree murder charge of this nature wouldn't necessarily get out on bond. the legal situation is prosecutors did ask in this case for him to be held in jail, no bond, but the judge ruled he was not a flight risk. thus he with the presumption of innocence should be able to put up bond. the way it works in the numbers is 10%. he put up $150,000 collateral saying he won't be a flight risk an

freddie gray. the 25 year old died in police cus sparking days of violent swell has >>> a jury trial for one of the six baltimore officers charged in the death of freddie gray. the 25-year-old died in police custody, sparking days of violent protests. craig boswell has the latest from baltimore. >> reporter: demonstrators gathered as baltimore braced for the trial. officer william porter faces manslaughter and other charges for his alleged role in the death of the 25-year-old who died of spinal injuries while in police custody. prosecutors say gray was illegally transported without a seat belt and gray should have received medical attention. >> reporter: many believe this will set the tone in a fragile city that exploded in violence after gray's death. >> i think people are willing to let the judicial process go forward. we are waiting to hear the truth, we are waiting to hear what happened to freddie gray, and what evidence the prosecution will present. >> reporter: in court this morning, the judge asked 80 potential jurors a series of questions. all of them were familiar with the case the riots a

. >> reporter: in spite of the emotional toll that night, fizz iksly freddy jr., just has a few scrapes and a fractured wrist. >> right there it hurts. >> reporter: he's taken on a lot, but being home with his dad are helping and reading these notes from his friends have also made him feel good. >> there we are. >> a lot of cards. this is a lot of people that love you. >> i know. >> the family needs a lot of help and we've posted a link to the go fund me page to the facebook washington page and freddy's dad tells me about the first and final moments that he had with his youngest son. that's tonight at 6:00. >> thank you, erika. >>> well, we are getting a new look at what russia is calling long-range air strikes against isis in syria and the ministry of defense targeting oil refining and storage facilities. russia says the strikes will cost isis more than $1 million a day in lost profits. russia ramped up the air strikes in syria after confirmation that a bomb took down the russian jetliner in egypt. also one week now since the attacks in paris. the death toll rose to 130 today as someon

freddie gray's death begins on monday. news 4's chris gordon reports now on what came out of a pretrial hearing there today and how the city has changed since gray's death and the riots that came after. >> reporter: the cvs is being rebuilt in the neighborhood that broke out in riots after freddie gray's funeral last april. the cvs burned out, cars started on fire. the governor sent in the national guard. a curfew was imposed. may look like calm has returned here but there's still too few jobs or opportunities for young people, not enough recreation centers. >> took everything from the, really from the youth and the youth that's really out here going crazy. >> and i feel like it's a lot more violence in the city. >> reporter: why is that? >> i mean, because i say, you know, like my generation and people that's kind of older kind of tired of police sky lens. >> reporter: six baltimore police officers will face separate trials on charges arising from the death of freddie gray who allegedly suffered spinal injuries in a police van. the medical examiner ruled it a homicide. officer william porter will be tried first on charges inc

. >> the death of freddie gray and many allege a slowdown in policing. now the city has a record high number of homicides as js's randall pinkston shows us, more than 300 murders have left the city and its citizens realing. >> it's not good fences make good neighbors. in baltimore a fence may have got kendall fenwick killed. why were the drug dealers upset? >> either he interrupted business or it became personal. >> christopher irvin helped to organize the effort to complete the fence after the death. the 24-year-old had been building the fence to keep his three young children safe. >> he was 24 years old. a father of three. he worked. he engaged in his community. where is his support from the administration, from the municipality itself? >> his murder, number 295 of this year, was another step towards a depressing statistic for baltimore. in 2014 there were 211 murders. on thursday, the day before fenwick's funeral, it was 306. >> i believe the uptick in violence has to do with the gang culture and some respect issues on the streets of baltimore. >> deputy commissioner

baltimore has started to deal with more deaths in may following the death of freddie gray. mparison d.c. has 341 homicides this year. that's about a 50% jump since last year. >>> french say hundreds showed up to volunteer. doctors at the french blood institute say usually donations are really low and this surge is going to help fill the gap. one nurse encouraging folks to return because blood will be needed over a much long irterm. >>> and with that tragedy in paris, a lot of you are going to feel that generous urge, the urge to give, but before you open your wallet the fbi wants you to be aware. there are some scams that may be popping up on your social media feeds. be aware of one that closely resembles a reputable one. watch out for those who require a wire transfer and any that offer a run on your money you should be aware of. alert the police of it. >>> arrests made in the terror attacks. you're looking live at a growing tribute to the 129 killed more than 300 injured that. is one of the scenes from those terror attacks. when we come back, we're going have more on the l

the death of freddie gray has brought attention to the fact that we do not have data. we do not have data about the number of people who die each year in police custody. we don't have that number. states isthe united very decentralized. we have plenty of good departments that make this information transparent, but we have many other departments around the country that will not make such information available. governor scott walker in wisconsin, to his credit, nine legislation about a year ago after an incident in that state where every year, there is going to be a tally of anybody killed in the custody of police, and that's going to be caliente end of the year along with the next one nation as to what happened and all that information is going to be publicly available. each state should have such a procedure. let me turn to ferguson. police shootings is another area where we do not have solid and accurate information. this is unacceptable. it's absurd that we don't have an accurate tally of the number of people who are killed by the police each year. i know many of the

has expressed a desire to talk with the russians. >>> the trial offing six policemen set to get underway in the death of freddy gray. >>> a car he bombhas gone off and killed iraqi soldiers. five civilians also died in the shelling which is blamed on the iraqi army. get out as soon as they can ahead of an offensive to retake the city from i.s.i.l. well, iraqi security forces say they scored a major victory over i.s.i.l. in anbar province. ing al jazeera's imran khan has more from erbil. >> iraq's largest province anbar, this operation had a brake through on thursday, authorities say, connecting supply route between ramadi and fallujah, that means i.s.i.l. are effectively cut into two and cannot reinforce their fighters in ramadi. now what iraqi security forces are doing is going through neighborhoods very slowl slowlyd iblg. ickily. methodically. now iraqi security force he to go in what we're also being told is that any civilians still trapped in ramadi are able to leave as long as they wave a white flag. we haven't seen any pictures ever waving a white flag or civilians able to leave, but it will be seen as a very key victory in th

he's the first of six to go on trial for the death of freddie gray. sara ganim hasowing this from the beginning. when you look at this, six officers charged, facing from 30 years to ten years in prison. however, this is the first officer who be tried and they'll all be tried separately. >> that's right. this is officer william porter. his jury selection begins tomorrow. he's charged with involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. prosecutors say he ignored freddie gray's pleas for help when he was in the back of the transport vehicle. porter's trial is the first because he may later testify against his fellow officers in the trials that follow including the officer who is charged with murder. now, the baltimore sun is reporting that porter actually told investigators that he and his fellow officers weren't sure if freddie gray's complaints about his pain and injuries were real or fake. the state's attorney, marilyn mosby said it was the 45-minute rough ride in the back of a police van that caused gray's death. ro

freddy jr., the 9-year-old boy was awake and describing how the firefighters had rescued him. he has since been released from the hospital [ speaking spanish ] >> he's asking for his parents. she simply told him they're working on getting better. >> the family is asking the community to pray for healing. they're going to need a lot of help with medical bills and the funeral costs for their unborn child. if you'd like to help with that, you can go to the nbc washington app and search hyattsville crash. we have a link to a paypal account there. i've also posted it on my facebook page. vance and doreen? >> thank you. >>> tonight this scary mid-air incident prompted chuck shum tore renew his ban on three laser pointers. three helicopters were targeted in new york, including one owned by w nbc. the high-powere light beam nearly blinded the pilot. he reported it and the police helicopter that came to investigate was also targeted. one man was arrested and two others detained. pointing a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime. >>> you're talking about a helicopter that weighs almost two to

that has not prevented the officers from going out and doing their job. >> the death of freddie gray in police custody and the upheaval that followed brought national attention to baltimore, but this city isn't the only city in america where the murder rate after years of decline is on the rise. "the new york times" collected dat from from several police departments, milwaukee, st. louis, washington, d.c., new orleans and chicago. all showed a substantial increase in murders between august 2014 and august 2015. in all of these cities police need help from residents to identify people responsible for violent crimes, but irvin says baltimore residents are reluctant to come forward. >> baltimore has something of a history also of people who have come forward and then are supposed to be protected of them being touched. >> what do you mean by touched? >> intimidation, threatening their lives. >> yes, the full gamut. >> baltimore police admit that trust building is a problem. they say they're making progress in getting the community's assistance to find kendall fenwick's killer and prevent

before the case of freddie gray and afterwards, it seems like it has been almost the same scenario. many times there have been videos or stories told of white police officers killing unarmed black men in various cities across the united states. the one we are looking at closely now is baltimore, and there is a good reason for that. there are so many killings and so much violence in baltimore now. there have been over 300 murders in that city in one year alone so far, and that number could still go up by the end of this year. those riots in baltimore were seven months ago. since then there have been so many different protest movements, so many different cases of young black men killed by white police officers. for example, there were protests recently in the city of minneapolis. this last weekend in the city of chicago over a video that as released from a police dash board camera showing a white police officer killing a black man in full view of those cameras. that led to protests in the streets of chicago. there is this bigger umbrella movement if you will, the black lives matter mo

freddie gary's death. >>> a white police officer in chicago has been charged with killing a black teenager. jason van dyke pumped 16 bullets into laquan mcdonald and a dozen of those shots after the 17-year old was on the ground. prosecutors say laquan mcdonald was holding a knife when he was shot but they say witnesses claim he was moving away from the officer. >>> police in minneapolis have arrested two men suspected of firing shots into a crowd of protesters. five people were wounded as a protested the shooting death of a black man named jamaal clark. that was nine days ago it might be protest have not let up since. prosecutors say it will be up to a grand jury weather to bring -- prosecutors say it will be up to a grand jury weather files to bring any charges. >>> hundreds of airport workers are staging a hunger strike to convince private contractors to raise their wages to $15 an hour. the workers now make 6-$12 an hour as baggage handlers, security line guides and airplane cleaners. >>> coming up, four siblings discover the world animals, seen those before but sometimes they do it on

freddy gr gray. his death sparked rights on the streets of baltimore. john terret haseen following events at the courtroom. >> reporter: the back story is that freddy gray was a young african american man from baltimore who was being transported in a police wagon last april when a week later he died of spine injuries. now court cases involved in the six officers involved in his arrest and death. william g. porter, accused of involuntary manslaughter, when freddy gray asked for medical help it is alleged that the medics weren't called for a following 24 minutes. there is a new seat belt law in the city of baltimore for all suspects to be strapped in. it is not universally applied and in some of those police wagons there are no seat belts at all. the other defense will be that freddy gray somehow contributed to his own death. the trial gets underway here in baltimore with jury selection. the judge has been asking the jury pool three key questions, number one do you have any relationship with law enforcement, number two do you have strong feelings about manslaughter or po

freddie gray. any member of this panel who has not heard or read about the case, please stand up. nobody stood up. that means everybody is aware of the freddie gray case. however not one member of the jury was aware of the curfew or they said they were not aware of officer william porter. we will update how long the jury selection might take and how long this trial might last tonight at 4:00. that's the latest live in baltimore. back to you. ♪ >>> you can see chris gordon standing out there in baltimore, where the rain has not quite t gotten to yet. you guys will get in on the action. we have had rain and a few snowflakes out in the shenandoah valley, and in higher elevations freezing rain. for the rest of the day, gloomy monday. we're talking about temperatures almost static, low 40s. they'll rise as we continue into the evening and overnight. we expect continuing tonight, through the day tuesday and wednesday we'll talk more about those freezing rain advisories coming up. >>> i'm angie goss, 100 proteshgts arrested in paris. police say they detained the demonstrator fors for thro

from inside the courtroom say all potential jurors had heard about freddie gray's death. >>> the national security administration has officially changed how it will collect phone records. the nsa is first required to get a court order and then go to the phone company to get phone numbers, length and frequency of calls. previously, the nsa could collect that data without question. the new law went into effect yesterday stemming from when whistle blower edward snowden leaked information about the program. some lawmakers voicing concerns about a new system could make it difficult to prevent terror attacks. >> i think what's troubling is you are going to have to go to multiple telecom companies and at their pace search their records, which means it could take weeks. >> senator burr says it is a mistake to take this tracking tool away from intelligence community. >>> a neighbor helped catch a male thief. he called the police after he noticed suspicious behavior yesterday. mail was taken from five different homes over the weekend and some of it was found scattered on the ground and the owners were able to get it back. the

(matt) county attorney has announced the arrest of 48-year-old freddy crisp, of pomeroy, iowa, in the death of a north dakota man. (sheila) if you're just getting home hehe's a quick look at t tay's headadnes. crisp is charged with first-dedeee murder of 41- year old dale currie potter of devils lake, north dakota. potter's body was found dack on november 10th at a home in pomeroy. crisp is in the sac county jail, tonight. sac county sheriff's office released the names of three men injured in an explosion at the proliant plant in lytton, iowa last night. 34- year old earl moore of ohio was inside a large when the explosion occurred. the other twtwvictims were identified as 32-year old manuel ruiz of ohio was assisting 52- year old dana boom of lake view, owa. cef meteorologis t ron demers joins us with the forecast. wind advisory in effect thursday 8 am until 6 pm winter storm watch in effect friday for central siouxland it was another day of rain across siouxland with even some snow mixing in for some locations, especially to the east of sioux city. as this system exits, the wind is

has been stepped up and students living in dorms were told to stay inside. >>> jury selection gets under way today for the first of six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. william porter has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and misconduct. each officer will be tried separately for gray's death which sparked violent riots across the city. gray's spinal cord was nearly severed in april while in police custody. >> now to the weather and oklahoma is a state of emergency this morning after a nasty holiday storm, freezing rain and ice coated power lines sparking transformer fires as you can see there and knocking power out across the state. abc's phillip mena is there with the latest on the storm that killed at least 14 people. of ice, snow and rain this and a dangerous drive for millions on the move. >> so many trees down. >> reporter: el reno, oklahoma, crippled by more than an inch of ice. roads turning into obstacle courses, ice covering trees like a blanket, falling limbs crushing cars. tyler french says it'll take him a week to clean up the damage at his house. what did that sound like when this massive tree came apart? >> well, it kinda sounded

baltimore has experienced a dramatic increase in violent deathsince freddie gray's in police custodyast april. prince george's county police are investigating a homicide in langley park. a man was found outside of an apartment building near new hampshire avenue and university boulevard. there was trauma to his upper body. the police have not made arrests. a man saved not just his own family from a fast-moving fire last night in southeast, but jonathan gibson had just parked at his mother's home when he saw the neighbor's porch on fire. he said he kicked open the door and alerted the family to the danger. with the fire moving quickly, he ran into his mother's home and helped get her and the rest of the family out. >> my son is my hero. he is my backbone. he came in and said, run, mama, run. >> likes more important. more important. i'm not a hero or nothing like that. he said the house is a total loss. nobody was hurt by the fire, and there is no word on how it started. 7 on your side with a consumer itst --volkswagen launching first major marketing campaign since an emissions cheating

background check that has gone to the system will then report back to whatever agency has asked for it. the indian freddieortgage guarantors' why small banks back we'll loans so that people can get mortgage loans. darr the entity behind the scenes. most of the time people think even though your statement says u.s. bank really it is just the servicer is it is freddie mac that owns the note until you pay off your mortgage. >> will quickly remind you of the question is this is very brief. the first one has been answered i will skip bit the next with about direct access of high student tuition and student athletes in the defining qualities trying to solve problems for themselves but the what the panelists think about that if they agree or disagree and to what extent is that the way to cut across the political boundaries to mobilize action? >> i think those were more comments ban questions that'll have any questions or answers bedmate appreciate those for every institution of higher learning to organize and support them. i think the issues raised about direct action coming it is multifaceted on one hand it cer

that got us into this problem is not just freddie and fannie, but if you look at all of our, the weight of all of our programs to stimulate housing, and it just has gone too far. and freddie and fannie are not going to be able to stay in their present form. it's a -- they need to be, i their mission needs to be shrunk, they need to be restructured in very, very fundamental ways. but right now we need them where they are. but i think how we, how we unwind in this situation is going to be very important. >> when you were getting grilled by congress and they would point out how there was too much leverage in the banking system, did you ever get tempted to say that the institution they ran had most leverage of all? >> i got tempted to say a lot of things, juan. [laughter] but i -- warren. but i resisted that temptation. one of the things i am pleased about is that i was able to build enough relationships on both sides of the aisle that congress did act before the system collapsed. and if it had collapsed, we would have easily had 25% up employment in this country. it would have been a terrible situation. and the crisis -- the book is very, is to a la

could be called in the first of the freddie gray trials including reporters, baltimore's police commissioner and states attorney maryland mosdy. delia gonclaves has the latest. >> reporter: the protesters braved the cold to send out a clear message saying they will not accept anything less than a guilty verdict. tawanda jackson is here for freddie gray and here for her own brother, tyronne wallace. >> it's sad when one unarmed man can get brutally murdered in front of credible eye witnesses ranging from 80 years old to young kids saw my brother get murder and nobody even investigated thoroughly. >> as a judge searches for a jury of 12 impartial from baltimore a small but spirited group of protesters gather outside a courthouse. officer william porter a baltimore native and one year older than freddie gray faces manslaughter and wreckless endangerment charges. prosecutors say he failed to buckle gray into a police van and ignore the 25-year-old pleas for help. freddie gray was unresponsive at the end of that 40 minute ride. he died of a spinal cord injury a week later. >> it's not about the individual. it's about the system itself. >> because when

helping veterans stay physically active after jury selection has begun for the first baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray earlier this year.craig boswell is in baltimore with the latest. latest. (natz protestors)no justice, no peacedemonstrators gathered outside the courthouse as baltimore braced for the first of six trials in connection with the april arrest and death of freddie gray.sot: (mos protestor, no name available)we want jail for killer cops in baltimore city. officer william porter faces manslaughter and other charges for his alleged role in the death of the 25 year old who died of spinal injuries while in police custody. prosecutors say gray was illegally transported without a seat belta&. and porter should have sought medical attention when gray showed signs of distress.(standup bridge: craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore)the six officers involved will all have separate trials. many believe what happens with porter's trial will set the tone in a fragile city that exploded with violence after gray's death.sot: doug colbert/court watcher 42:55 i think people are willing to let the judicial

the death of freddie gray has also wrought attention to the fact that we do not have data, we are talkingout data earlier. we do not have data about the number of people who die each year in police custody. we do not have that number. policing in the united states is decentralized, we have plenty of good departments that make this information transparent. we have many other departments around the country that will not make such information available. governor scott walker in wisconsin, to his credit sign legislation about one year ago after an incident in that state wherever your now there will be an official tally of anybody killed in the custody of police. that will be tallied at the end of the year along with an explanation of what happened and that information will be available to the public. each state should have such a procedure in place. let me now turn to ferguson. police shootings is another area where we do not have solid and accurate information. this is totally unacceptable. it is absurd that we do not have an accurate tally on the number of people who are killed by the polic

alison: we have new information in the freddie gray case today. a baltimore judge has ruled jurors in the trial of the first officer charged in gray's death will not be sequestered. officer will porter's trial is set to begin monday. at a hearing this morning, the judge again denied a defense motion for a change of venue. video of gray's april arrest will be allowed and six officers as you know are charged with gray's death while in police custody. a judge denied bond for a white chicago police officer charged with killing a black teenager. officer jason van dyke faces a first-degree murder charge in the 2014 shooting of mcdonald. mcdonald was shot 16 times after van dyke says he refused to drop a knife. prosecutors say the teen was walking away when he was shot. >> all evidence in the case show he he gan shooting approximately six seconds after getting out of the vehicle. alison: van dyke is the first on-duty chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder. a judge ordered dash cam video to be released by tomorrow. more americans say racism is a problem today

. >> and jury selection has begun for a police officer in the death of freddy grey. they failed to get medical help for several stops after grey's arrest. he died of a severe spinal injury suffered while in police custody. it sparked days of rioting in baltimore. the presiding judge expects the trial to last three to four weeks. >>> bail has been set for a $1.5 million for chicago police officer jason van dyke. he is charged with murder in last year's shooting death of mcdonald. the teenage victim was shot 16 times while walking down the city street holding a knife. the dash cam video was only released just this last week more than a year after the incident took place. phil: the fbi said a threat that shutdown a university in chicago is out. he is charged with making the on-line threat and for bringing guns to the quad. charges are pending against the student who by the way lived off campus. phil: leaders from around the world are meeting in paris at this hour. leaders are talking climate change, but terrorism of course is a top talking poimt weeks after the deadly -

. >> i'm going to come back to where fannie and freddie are today but i wanted to first ask proceeded to collapse that has occurred. i don't know how many of you remember the period in time at the end of 2008 we were watching institution after institution to simply collapse. danny and freddie put in conservatorship. the home prices dropped 30%, hundreds of thousands of jobs, 600,000 jobs a month we lost when the president obama began his first term and so much damage clubhouse come out of it. there's a lot of frustration on the various issues and how things have been implemented in a lot of dynamic tension in the regulatory process etc.. but you know, in many ways the markets functioning far better than i would have ever expected given what happened preceding. and you know, today we are just past implementing the final rule that was obligated under dodd frank. >> which will argue from -- are you referring to >> clarity into those kind of things. i look at the fact that we've got through this and now we can begin talking about opportunity again at this point as sort of a positive most surprising outcome wh

freddie gray. in may, he died in police custody. baltimore has recorded its 300th homicide this year. this is the first time the city has reached that number, since 1999. there were 211 homicides there last year. four people are still in critical condition after a double-decker bus crashed in san francisco on friday. officials say the bus driver was driving recklessly and out of control. he hit several people on sidewalks in union square. a hospital spokesman says the victims have severe facial and head injuries, as well as internal injuries. a landslide has buried a chinese village in mud and rock. officials say at people are dead. on friday night, the landslide buried nearly province. this is in eastern china. rescuers found one survivor among the debris. they say that person is in stable condition. we'll take another look at your first alert forecast, next. stay with tv9. new this morning, a plan to medicaid includes cuts to reimbursemen ts for organizations helping people with disabilities. some care providers say the the loss of money is enough to force smaller organizations to c

freddy gray is seen on video being dragged to a police van in april, that led to rioting and now demonstrations. the judge asked potential jurors this morning has any member of the panel not heard or read about the case? no one stood meaning they all know about it. demonstrators chanted around the courthouse they want justice for freddy gray. law professor doug colbert is providing legal analysis of this trial for news 4. >> so i was pleased that everyone acknowledged that they knew about the case, and i'm very confident that people will continue to provide the information that eliminates people with biases or prejudices. >> ahead, all new at 5:00, the answer to the question so many are asking how long will this trial in baltimore take? we'll have the answers on news 4 at 5:00. that's the latest in baltimore. chris gordon, news 4. >>> >> i'm adi'm adam tuss at t station. it's a new day for metro. paul wiedefeld took over today, his first official day on the job and he is faced with a pretty stark reality right off the back. a new report coming out this thursday will tell metro that its riders are extremely unsatisfied with service. there's been

has been determined. >>> the first baltimore police officer to stand trial in the freddie gray case says he plans to testifythe trial for officer william porter starts in 11 days. he faces assault, misconduct in office and manslaughter charges. porter is one of six officers charged in the death of fretty gray. >>> in ferguson, missouri, there is a new sign of recovery. starbucks broke grounds on the city's first location. the coffee chain sweetened the deal by agreeing to partner up with a local bakery damaged during last year's riot after michael brown's death. starbucks also plans to offer freon site job training skill programs to help local youth. >>> and what fans across the country can expect before they even step inside the stadium. >>> and thanksgiving still a week away but we are already giving wusa 9 our wall of gratitude. >>> a former coach under fire at a cheerleading team >>> as the war on isis ramps up, so has the security on the vatican. the fbi and others have been warning the vatican that they are a target, including other places like churches. >>> and there will be extra security when the b

the "baltimore sun" has been reporting that porter told his fellow officers he wasn't sure if freddiets about his injuries were real or were fake. the state's attorney marilyn mowsby has said it was that rough ride in the back of a police van that caused gray's death. rough rides is a term use d to describe police brutality. prosecutors say that gray, who had been picked up on an weapons charge suffered a severe spinal cord injure ne the van and that led to his death. interesting thing about william porter, the officer going on trial tomorrow, who is 25 years old. you can see him. he says that his life unparalleled gray's in many ways. you see him here on screen. in a "washington post" profile porter talked about growing up in the same neighborhood as gray, dealing with the same hardships saying this to "the washington post," if i had made different choices, i would have been freddie gray. if he had made different choices, he could have been an officer porter. fred. >> all right. sara ganim. thank you so much. jury selection beginning tomorrow in baltimore. >>> three years ago on blac

the calhoun county attorney's office says 48-year-old freddy crisp was arrested for the murder of dale currie potter. crisp has been charged with first degree murder. he's being held in the sac unty jail witht bond. a motive for the murder has not been released. the former city clerk for the town of casey now faces mail fraud and arson charges for this -- for a fire one year ago that destroyed the town's community center. kevin: the fire that broke out august 19, 2014. the night before state auditors

a pomeroy, iowa man has been death of another man last week. 48-year-old freddy crisp is charged with first- degree murder in the death of 41-year old dale currie potter of north dakota. potter was found dead of a gunshot wound at a home in pomeroy on november 10th. crisp is now in the sac county jail. charges have been dropped against a man who was arrested in october for a sioux city shooting. 23-year-old mykale johnson was initially charged with aggravated domestic and carrying a weapon. johnson was involved in the shooting incident at the 1400 block of isabella street in sioux city in october. authorities said 35 year- old nadia broady and johnson were engaged in a mutual domestic assault, where a handgun was involved. during the struggle, the gun went off. johnson was shot in the hand, while an unnamed female was hit in the chest. broady has pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm, domestic abuse assault and reckless use of a firearm in an incident. a sioux city man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual abuse. investigators say 20-year- old alex anderson met up with