they call you gangs. >> we are not a gang. we do not do gang things.are not affiliated with gangs. >> reporter: jimmy graves is high up the texas bandido gang. but he is also the texas state chairman for confederation of clubs, a multigroup biker association. braves who was supposed to lead the event said this was a friendly organizational meeting. he blames a few bad apples. >> they want to be outlaws. >> reporter: the cossacks want to be the outlaws? >> yeah. >> reporter: so the bandidos are trying to go straight? >> we've been straight. we're not trying. we have been straight. we didn't do nothing here. we're fighting for our rights. they're saying lies on tv and saying that the bandidos are after police officers. >> reporter: so none of your guys pulled out weapon against the police? >> never. >> reporter: about 170 arrested from the brawl. graves fears he'll also be arrested and wanted to talk to us at an undisclosed location outside of waco. a bandido for 24 years, graves says the club has changed. like his now faded swastika tattoo crimes are a

with biker gangs. this is the chaos shown in a nevada casino as three people are killed in 2002. >> shots are being fired in the hotel. people are being stabbed. >> reporter: rival gang members shoot it out, leaving the casino crowd dodging bullets police forcing everyone to the ground as they try to sort suspects from victims. in 2011, shots fired at another casino, this time in sparks, nevada, when it's all over, a member of the hells angels is shot dead by a rival gang. the violence between gangs hasn't stayed just in the u.s. violence exploded between the bandidos and the hells angels. at one point the bandidos accused of using a car bomb and a rocket propelled grenade against their rivals. in america there's a way to quell the violence keep known gang members from getting concealed weapons. >> the problem we're seeing now is in states where you're allowed a concealed weapons permit, the biker gangs have been ordered by their leadership to get a concealed weapons permit if they're not felons. right

gangs. tell me what they said. >> it's an absolutely fascinating look at how these gangs work. he talked about the fact that you heard police saying five gangs -- sort of said look there are five gangs involved with this. just three of those gangs were sort of feeder gangs like you have in baseball where you have a team that's the team that's the feeder team to the big leagues. then there were two that were the big leagues. they are very well put together. they think through all of these things. they're looking at who they're going to let into their gang. it's fascinating what he said caused this. we heard from the police earlier it may have been caused by a fight over a simple thing like a parking space. we've seen those in reality between regular folks. this was between gang members. but this person who has infiltrated gangs for nearly five years, but is now out of doing that, and has been very involved in helping law enforcement. he said there was a very different reason for why this shoo

to use that to step into the gang or step up in the gang. anytime anybody tells me they're going to hurt me i believe them. >> is this the same as street gangs where they have a no-snitching policy? is this their code as well terry? >> absolutely. if you're a snitch there's phrases like snitches get stitches but they're also going to kill them. we've had informants in other cases that have been severely injured or killed. i've had informants who have had their houses burned down. they do not tolerate informants. >> steve, do you want to weigh in on that? >> terry's absolutely right. you'll see one of a couple of things happen. you'll tell who's hard-core and who's not, now that the smoke's kind of settled a little bit. you're going to have members of both organizations, i can assure you, that are going to roll their patches. some of these guys that aren't as hard as the others the, are going to look at this and say, you know what? i like to get high i like to chase women, and i don't mind a fistfight, but murder was never part of the plan. s

gangs in different types of gangs around our country.uu)n here in our city limits yesterday, and we were fortunate enough to have a strong contingent of officers here that immediately moved to the scene, and i can tell you because of our intelligence that we got from one particular detective who worked for us who shared that information with multiple agencies around here, we had a great response to that and we were able to product our city. >> very quickly, sir if i can ask you about the threat of other rival gangs are more gang members arriving there and the threat against other uniformed law infers officers there. >> yes, that is something that we have got good solid intelligence on is that there have been green lights, if you will, or hits put out on uniformed officers. we're aware that that is a possibility. we have shared that information with our officers, and it's certainly something that we are trying to make sure we spread that message so the officers are aware. >> especially after this deadly fight that has gripped the communit

though you walked away from the gang, it doesn't change your gang mental state because what happens is that you've already been trained by the gang. so it's easy, again, to re-establish yourself. >> so a lot of them they go in sny, they see older inmates, weaker inmates, and they band together again, you know, whether as a formal gang, we have dropout gangs, or even just a group of four or five, you know, bigger guys that just want to pressure other guys out of anything, out of money, out of clothing, out of food, out of anything they can get out of them. >> lieutenant munoz must now determine whether de la cruz is a victim of a gang or an active gang member himself, perhaps one who has requested protective custody under false pretences. >> one of the two terms that they use is sleeper. it's one of the names. you know, he's a sleeper. he's coming in under radar. the other one they term they use, he's a torpedo. he's coming in and he's got a target and he's going to find his target, and explode on a guy. so i questioned him about that. >> while de la cruz still refused to give officials

if that's a gang, you can say sure i was in a gang. i was in a gang along with other people who were deprived of fathers, food, direction stability. >> at what age did you enter a clique? >> 13. >> 13. >> 13 years old. going to party, banging, walking around with straps, everything. straps meaning guns. i mean you know. >> at 13 years old, you were walking around with guns? >> come on man. it's east oakland, california. it happens every day. ain't got no choice. kill or be killed. >> my brother was killed by two oakland police officers in 2003 while he was in the house asleep. so it was life-changing. like he was who i leaned on. it was me and my brother against the world, because it was me and him going through the struggle that my mom was on drugs that she just abandoned us and he was just my rock. >> have you ever lost friends or family to violence? >> oh, yeah, definitely. a lot of friends, a couple family members. but you kind of like, just learn to deal with it after so many. >> you're trying to get out of the street life halfway

explain, chris, how biker gangs operate like organized crime members. >> well, every gang or every chapter out there actually operates on its own. within that group, you're going to have members that commit various crimes and some that probably don't do hardly any crimes at all. but the thing is they've got a society that they built amongst themselves where they know that the guys that they're working with they can trust. and they can do illegal things with it without police finding out about it. so it's their way of finding good criminals to work with amongst themselves. >> but if it's just about territory and reputation what's the difference between that and, you know just a normal gang or as they call it a street thug? it sounds the same to me. >> you're right. you're absolutely right. >> go on. >> you know in my charter up here what we did, we give a lie detector test to make sure that no law enforcement ever infiltrated the club. and i think that kind of went throughout the nation with other charters in the hells angels. i don't know what other clubs do but you're right in what you're

particularly when you're speaking about motorcycle gangs or biker gangs, they usually wear about three patches. that center patch, which is their logo and pretty much identifies who the gang is. then they have a rocker across the top to state that. then the third rocker at the bottom which basically tells the territory they operate in. in terms of biker gangs, they use probationaries in their recruitment effort to do a lot of their bidding and then once that individual is considered a full member then he receives his patch that say he's a full-fledged member. >> i know we have so much more on this next hour, including with someone who wants to be interviewed anonymously just because of his knowledge with all of this sort of subculture within these biker gangs. detective alford brown, thank you very much for your expertise expertise. >>> a major turn in the war against isis. american forces engaged in hand-to-hand combat during the secret raid to take out an isis leader. but was the risk worth. reward reward? we'll explore that. also, a mysterious mansion fire a family killed and now he

child molesters or gang dropouts.ng we learned about prison, doesn't matter where you're housed, your safety is never guaranteed. >> we believe you may have been a victim of a battery. >> joseph de la cruz is a gang dropout, serving nine years for attempted murder at california san quentin state prison. when we first met him, authorities had just discovered that he had been assaulted inside his protective custody cell. >> this morning, you come out of your cell, we did a sweep to find out how many people stayed behind. you were discovered with injuries. and here's the medical report. >> despite obvious injuries, de la cruz refused to give correctional staff any information about the attack. >> we're trying to find out who -- i want to tell them what happened. >> any specific individuals you know are your enemies? >> no, sir. >> how about any prison weapons offenses? >> no, sir. >> do you belong to a gang? >> no, i don't. >> aside from what you're being accused of being a victim, are you involved in any other batteries

are other gang members.eted in retaliation to the shootings here in waco. jose? >> charles, thank you so much. we are expecting any minute now an update by authorities in the waco area on the latest on that investigation. we will be monitoring that for you. there you see the makeshift setup there where they are expecting officials to come out. no word on exactly when that's going to start, but we'll be keeping a close watch on that. let me bring in julian cher, he's written extensively on biker gangs, coauthor of "angels of death." julian thanks for being with me. >> pleasure to be here. >> you say among the bad guys, biker gangs are the baddest of the bad, the department of justice say the banditos biker gang is involved in trafficking cocaine, marijuana and meth and this goes well beyond the u.s. borders, right? >> it does. i think people don't realize that biker gangs are america's crime export to the world. you have the italian mafia, russian gangs triads and the banditos rival the hell's angels. those t

what are these gangs like? is it a matter of individuals committing crimes not kind of an organized crime? >> the individual members in the gang not everyone who wears a patch, a hell's angels patch, a bandidos patch, is a murderer or a rapist. but they all fall under the umbrella of their gang. and they benefit from the name of that gang the intimidation of it the influence of it. they all come to war when there's a problem, when there's a fight. and so is every single member a hard and violent criminal? no. but they all benefit from the ones who are. >> and is there -- i mean you know law enforcement says there's gun running, there is narcotics trafficking, prostitution in some cases, is that common? >> it's the tools of the trade. there's a myth that they promote, which is they're just these big, rough-looking teddy bears who don't want to live by society's rules and they want to live by their own code and the romanticism of the motorcycle and the freedom and the liberty of riding with the wind in your hair.

. >> well you know you can call them criminal gangs, but they're not criminal gangs.y're motorcycle clubs. but there are criminals in them. i can't, you know defend that. the record speaks for itself. there are individuals that have criminal records, but the idea of the club is not about committing criminal acts. >> steve, you believe these groups are dangerous. >> absolutely. >> and why? i mean i know george is saying there are some criminal elements. he's not denying it altogether but again, the impression that's being given to the country is it's not just a few people. >> well when you look at these organizations on the whole, you know take them just separate it down piece by piece. look at the process that people go through to join. look at some of the things that are expected of them as members, and if you look charter to charter, and i don't care if you pick the banditos or the outlaws or the hell's angels you'll find the majority have been involved in some kind of felonious activity while they have been a member of the organization. >> the majority? >> i'm not

>> which gangs [ inaudible ] come from? of different moving pieces here. >> yep. >> do you have a breakdown of which gangs? >> i do. i will tell you this, we have five known gangs involved here. i am not about to give them the respect of mentioning their names. you will not hear that from waco police department. we don't care what their names are and not going to give them publicity. there are five active bike gang members in this. you won't hear their names from us today or throughout the remainder of this investigation. yes, sir. >> [ inaudible ] you mentioned capital murder because of the amount of people killed. is there any way to get a sense of what those 170 will be charged with? cap you guys figure out [ inaudible ]. >> the question in -- walk me back through this, the question was? >> [ inaudible ]. charge everybody with capital murder? >> 170 individuals have been charged with engaging in organized crime in reference to a capital murder case at twin peaks. that basically says that 170 people have been involved in

to infiltrate these gangs. talk about that experience and how it relates to this. across the country, how big of a problem are these motorcycle gangs? >> the bandetos have 12,000 members. across the united states, you probably have 500 to 1,000. fear and intimidation is what they do. when i worked them undercover, that's what you found. you were treated like a rock star. you went in. people did things for you. the equation i always use is you were treated like a rock star. they love that. without that gang, they're nobody. >> and now according to you, terry, their threats should be taken very seriously. known to be vindictive. thanks very much. a lot of information here about something i don't think people know a lot about. >> it was great having terry on to offer that perspective. folks in texas are now familiar with it but lots of other places maybe not. >>> coming up for us, isis leader killed and his wife captured in a daring delta force raid. will intelligence collected lead to other isis leaders and was t

gangs in the future. scary stuff. >> the fbi says they found no evidence that a firearm caused damage to the windshield of an amtrak train that derailed last week in philadelphia. >> however, investigators are not ruling out the possibility that another object may have hit the windshield. in fact, two other trains were reportedly struck by objects in an area that was relatively close to the crash site. >> now the national transportation safety board says the amtrak engineer didn't dell dispatch the train had been struck. that crash killed eight people and injured more than 200 others. four passengers have filed a federal lawsuit against amtrak now. >>> now the iraqi government is moving to retake ramadi with the help of thousands of shiite militia fighters. the city fell to isis over the weekend. and now the militants are pushing east. isis said it seized tanks and killed dozens of iraqi security forces. >> for many of the people who fled,st the second time they've escaped this city. the areas of syria an

gangs left nine people dead.yclists to stay off of the roads, and the police have snipers on roof tops in case of revenge attacks. 170 gang members have been charged with engaging in organized crime. biker gangs have a long history in u.s. popular culture. here is rob reynolds. >> reporter: motorcycle gangs have been part of american popular culture since marlon brando road with the wild ones in 1953. but the romantic image is at odds with the reality of outlaw biker gangs. >> they are criminal enterprises. they are interested in dealing drugs, guns and sex. they are very very high-level in the methamphetamine manufacture and the methamphetamine trade. they do a lot of sex trafficking, a lot of prostitutions, and they are high-level gun runners. >> reporter: the mayhem in waco was one of the deadliest gang clashes in years. they are known for a culture of extreme violence but that reputation is exaggerated by media, tv and the movies says gang expert. >> violence is a part of their lives, but it is not used on an

i started gang-banging. you know?d, if i'm going to cry, then i'm going to let their blood be my tears, you know? >> what did you do to gain notoriety? >> point of word, blasting fools, you know? >> did you kill anybody? >> i mean, you know, i've been -- i've been -- it's been alleged, you know. >> through his years of coming in and out of custody, he has elevated his status within both the inmate population and the gang population to be considered a very violent inmate. >> all the things that i've been through, it's like i've been walking through hell wearing gasoline shoes. >> i'm telling you right now you've got the green light to do what ert is known best for. >> nice and steady. nice and steady. >> the team is on its way to briceno's cell to launch a surprise shakedown for contraband. and they're taking no chances. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. get on the ground or we will use less lethal weapons against you. >> slide out. slide out. on your stomach. keep coming out. just like that's fine. start headin

because all these gang members are known gang members. the feds and the local police department has files on them. they're in the system as gang members. so you simply would just have to flag these folks in the system so when they did apply for a concealed weapons permit it came up they were a known gang member and you don't allow them to get a concealed weapons permit. >> when you talk to law enforcement, they see these gangs as kind of like getting away with the worst of what we have in society. they believe that they are responsible collectively for over half the drug trafficking in the country, that they believe they're responsible for a large percentage of unsolved murders. what was the big lesson that you learned in your time infiltrating that you think people should know? >> that biker bangs are much more sophisticated and structured much more structured than your average street gang. they know what they're doing. they have bylaws and rules and a highly sophisticated way of conducting war. they keep files on their enemies. they do

we do not do gang things. we are not affiliated with gangs. we don't like street gangs. the reason that is is the ninth palate court in california and they had street gangs and they put the motorcycle gangs in that and we are not gangs and we don't appreciate being called a gang and we don't like it and have never been a gang. >> the u.s. justice department disagrees with him, and they say they are drug runners, and the texas department of public safety rates the banditos as dangerous as the airens brotherhood. >> you heard what mr. graves said he said we are just a bunch of brandgrandpas riding bikes, is he right? >> when i first got into ride with them they were fun, and they had vests with long hair and loved the open road and they were tough and you didn't mess with them, and they were a good natured group of guys and a darker version of shriners and i didn't see any type of gang activity going on and i didn't see them in some organized -- organized crime that was taking place. these are not the saeutas. they are not organized crime families in new york dividing up t

we're probably unique in how we deal with the gangs out here. we've accepted the fact that there are going to be gangs and there's nothing we can do about it, so we try to control, you know, what they do. and we use the leaders a lot to control that. most of our leaders here have done a lot of time in our maximum security facility. they don't want to go back. and we hold that over their head. we tell them to keep their people in line or they're the first ones that are going to go down, because we know how gangs work. we know this gang member isn't going to do anything unless he's got it cleared to the top. come on in, have a seat. so you want to give me your story? >> well, i mean, to be honest, i don't really have one. i mean, i feel like this dude is just trying to get out of trouble. he knows who i am and i go under the bus every time. >> who was the other guy? >> wright. >> the other one that got him -- >> yeah. >> was he doing something to him? >> no, i mean, maybe. i mean, everyone knew this guy was a piece of trash, but who knows, you kno

we don't need additional death. >> we are not a gang. we do not do gang things. they reading too many comic books and watching too many "b" rated biker movies. we are not thugs. when we find a thug in our bunch, we get rid of them. >> the bail is set at $1 million each. the brawl was mainly over territory that the bandidos don't allow the others to wear the texas insignia. the bulletin obtained of wfaa tv warns the violence of the two gangs. the twin peaks restaurant was warned of the danger but ignored the advice. we have the latest from waco with kyung lah. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. there is so much evidence that the processing of it and collection of it will spill over into a second day. this morning, a continuation of what we have been seeing. the police focusing on what they can collect like the motorcycles. they are pushing motorcycle after motorcycle on to flatbed trucks hauling away dozens of them. they are going through the cars and trying to decide if they will release them to the owners. more than 100 guns have been collected and knives and bat

it's you. >> i hate everything about gangs.gang members. >> yeah, but this is a good experience for me. >> this is good experience here? >> yeah, because if we want to come here we'd still be doing the same [ bleep ]. >> and you're going to go home and do the same [ bleep ]. >> all day long i comb my hair on my face. what are you doing? i'm thinking. i think about [ bleep ] reliving the shots. being 17 you just preparing yourself to destroy yourself. if you want to destroy yourself, i'm happy for you. be destructive. >> his advice is not only for these inmates but all potential gang members. >> we destroyed ourself, man. so if you want to destroy yourself, more power to you. i'm not going to say don't join blood because i'm miserable so a miserable person loves company. join me. >> coming up -- >> it makes it a little human again. >> tyerance and mickey pay a visit to the one spot in jail that feels like home. >> have barbara shop one, barbara shop two, we have barber shop three right here, babe. quieter, but life should be lou

the motorcycle gang threat is rated at similar levels to prison, street and neighborhood gangs. many large motorcycle gangs make their living producing and or distributing drugs like methi cocaine, and marijuana. in more recent years, some have formed alliances with mexican drug cartels. motorcycle gangs a notorious part of american culture. around about as long as the motorcycle itself. the fx hit series "sons of anarchy" about the friction within a motorcycle gang in california. it is nowhere near the first portrayal. america's interest in motorcycle gang culture immortalized in the 1953 film "the wild one." it was based on a real life biker brawl in 1947. the next chapter in motorcycle gang violence, now being written. miguel marquez, cnn, new york. >>> u.s. federal investigators are focused on a cracked windshield as they search for clues into what caused last week's deadly amtrak derailment. >>> and cnn heads to thy waters where a boat seen just last week crammed with migrants is now suddenly nowhere to be found. stay with us. this is good, mom. "good"? (chuckles) it's deli

we don't need additional death in the waco area. >> we are not a gang. we do not do gang things. they have been reading too many comic books and watching too many "b" rated biker movies. we have been stereotyped. we are not thugs. when we find a thug in our bunch, we get rid of them. >> late monday a judge set bail for the suspects at $1 million each. sources tell cnn the brawl was mainly over territory. the clash reportedly claim as no surprise to police. law enforcement bulletin obtained by wfaa tv warns of escalating violence. in turn waco police warned the twin peaks restaurant of danger but the restaurant ignored the advice. cnn's kyung lah has the latest. >> reporter: scene is so large and so much evidence the processing of it will spill over into a second day. this morning, a continuation of what we have been seeing. police primarily focusing on what they can collect. like the motorcycles. they are pushing motorcycle after motorcycle on to flatbed trucks hauling away dozens of them. they are going through the cars and trying to decide if they will release them to the owner

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>> biker gangs are no different than any other gang. they represent their colors.y represent their color. they're about hate. they're about money. they're about violence. and whether it be biker gangs or traditional street gangs, they held to same things dear. >> now what do you think happened here? what actually do you think is someone that knows their culture really made this happen? this seems like such a big, just the size of the crime is so big. >> i think what is not being reported is that this was a coalition meeting. it was a meeting of biker gangs clubs in the waco area. the meeting was being run or organized, administered by the bandidos who claim texas as their sovereign territory. and other gangs are there with their gang colors, formatted in a way that the bandidos didn't like. and you know what? with crips and bloods, red and blue, the same thing happens in biker gangs. with the way look and the way you dress is sometimes all it takes to set off a riot. >> you mention the bandidos. tell us about them. >> they're an international crime syndicate. very

while out law gangs are known for a culture of extreme violence and hostility towards rival gangs thation is exaggerated by media tv and the movies says an that poll just and gang expert jordan. >> violence say part of their lives but not used on an every day level. violence is used very strategically. what i would say is the threat of violence is much more potent in their day-to-day existence they intimidate and that's thousand how they control. >> reporter: the u.s. justice department says there are more than 300 outlaw biker gangs in the country some numbering thousands of members. many motorcycle gangs got their start here in california think but have spread across the country and across the world. one of the best known clubs the hells angels have chapters in 26 countries. don davis is a former outlaw member and now rights about the biker would. the motorcycle club world is a manmanifestation of the american frontier. it's america as wide open spaces and you can gets on your bike and escape. >> reporter: at the heart of biker gangs appeal over the decades is the intense camaraderie

some gangs allegedly recruit members of the u.s.to get weapons expertise and combat training and rob reynolds al jazeera, los angeles. >>> shortness for one of the most prestigious awards and the booker prize aside from $95,000 prize money it gives the winner a chance to reach new readers and profiles some of those in the running. >> one of the most coveted awards in literature. >> you slipped it. >> reporter: the international man booker prize is given to authors whose words transcend borders and boundaries. >> for here i would leave this earth. >> reporter: many of the finalists are relatively unknown outside their own countries but not any more. >> twist her spine into an elm tree. >> reporter: for the first time four out of ten short listed authors are from africa with themes of colonialism and conflict and migration. the prize is awarded every two years to writers publishing fiction in english or works translated into english. previous winners include celebrated nigerian author giniwa and the prize has drawn less attention than

gangs are highly organized.hey have a constitution and bylaws and their meetings are run strictly in accordance with robert's rules. and it's administrative it's about what is going to happen next with the club. whether they are going to do a benefit run a poker run, or some other kind of run. it's really not that interesting. >> all right. so i want to believe you here. except for the fact that in waco texas nine of these guys are dead. so when i was in ferguson missouri during the protests there. there were white motorcycle guys with confederate flags on their bikes, riding through, just riding through. i thought of them as just sort of attention-seeking posers right in the media was there and they were riding through. i'm wondering now, was i wrong. are these bad guys looking to stir up trouble? what is your response? >> my response is it's tough to judge an entire sub culture of american society based on the actions of a few. >> can i have you say that one more time, please. >> it's not fair to judge an enti

some gangs allegedly recruit members of the u.s.toy get weapons expertise and combat training. rob reynolds, al jazerra, los angeles. >>> thousands of miners in peru have gone on strike demanding better working conditions they want to scrap a law making it easier to fireworkers. mariana sanchez has this update from the capital lima. >> reporter: many mining unions have joined this national indefinite strike accord to this federation of miners as least 20,000 of their members are participating. but analysts believe that it's about 15% of the mining workforce around the country because many of them are afraid to lose their jobs. what they are demanding is to strengthen labor laws they want to revert laws that allow identifyfiringworkers in large numbers and want a large reduction? the use of contract workers. >> translator: we want the laws to change because they benefit the companies we do give bonuses from utilities but that's fair for the miners work tends of the year, however the business men take 70% of the utilities and the work

- different, separate gangs. we know that there were two majorities, if you will, of gang members and then there were branch-offs or small factions. >> in terms of the suspects you've got in custody, this remarkably large number of people in custody on potentially very serious charges, you said today at one of your press briefings the suspects in custody aren't cooperating with investigators or they're lying about who they are, making this as difficult as possible. can you explain what you meant by that, how that's going? >> typically people commit murder and are involved in gang activity are not always honest and especially with police officers. so obviously we have to do some very serious investigation to determine if what they tell us are truths, half-truths, or no truth whatsoever. >> are there people you have in custody with no identification? >> no. it's my understanding every one of the individuals we have processed and booked have all been identified. obviously the jail has a huge resource available to th

i don't think biker gangs are all that much different than traditional street gangs.pts and bloods fight over red and blue. biker gangs fight over the different colors they wear. >> are there lawful members of the gangs? i know the justice department recognizes many of these as crime as i understand cat. are there people who join it and they join it intending lawful purposes and having lawful goals? >> i think there is hundreds of thousands of bikers out there who are not criminals belong to civilian clubs that are not criminal. the 1%, the outlaws, they are the dangerous ones. they're the violent ones. and not every person had who wear as bandito vest or hell's angel vest is out there murdering or raping or selling drugs and guns. there are members that are. they are tolerated within that gang. they are protected and respected within that gang. that's what delineates them from being a club. when they commit those types of violent crimes and they are protected you become a gang. >> is there a leader of the banditos? do you know who that is and are they well-known? >>

gang members were shooting at each other. police already on hand surrounding the building looking out for trouble engaged those shooters and they returned fire killing some of the gang members. that is some of the evidence they're trying to figure out which bullets killed which people other. that's going to take a long time to short out. nine dead 18 injured, more than 200 in the restaurant at the time of the shooting. more than 175 were detained. today waco police said they arrested all of them and charged them with engaging in criminal activity. luke? >> we hope things get back to normal there. truly a wild situation yesterday. charles, thank you. we appreciate it. >>> the key iraqi city of ramadi has fallen to isis according to officials. today reports that isis fighters are containing the fight east. video emerged of iraqi forces fleeing radadi and oncoming isis advance. residents were reportedly killed in the fight for the city. 8,000 were forced to flee their homes. a propaganda video surfaced on social media over the w

police say it started when an uninvited gang showed up to the planned meeting between invited gang members. >> i have additional information that may go beyond a parking incident to somebody had their foot run over and started the disturbance in the parking lot. >> so 170 suspects, all said to be members of rival gangs, are now in custody, each held on $1 million bond. their charge engaging in organized crime. this the aftermath of that deadly brawl police have been on high alert for retaliation. they say now that a threat has diminished. >> there have been credible, reliable threats towards law enforcement in and around our area. i will tell you those have toned down a bit in the last 24 hours. we're absolutely thankful of that. >> charles joins us live from waco texas. we heard this may have started by someone's foot being run over. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: yeah thomas. 48 hours ago right now this restaurant parking lot was filled with 135 motorcycles. they were cram into this area. apparently one of the motorcyclists foot got run over by another motorcycle. that sta

war could continue, where the gang members are still focused on their rivals. with that said, you know, you have a number of reports quite honestly differing on what set off the chain of events that resulted in nine of the bikers being killed, so we don't know what caused this fight in the first place. >> well we're hearing reports that started in the bathroom and you've got to understand this is a gang turf war, the bandidos have controlled much of texas for years and now the cossacks have tried to band together with other smaller groups and larger groups to try to overtake some of that territory. apparently one of the cossacks members had a banner on the bottom of his leather vest that said texas and that made the other bandidos members mad and they started a fistfight in the bathroom. it stilled out into the restroom, shots were fired more than 30 people were firing at each other throughout this melee, the cops were there, they knew about this meeting ahead of time and had s.w.a.t. team members surrounding the restaurant in advance just in case there was tro

these guys here are part of a gang and there's a gang war and that gang war will continue at some pointbably after all the dust has settled and everything has calmed down there. i don't see a boss of a motorcycle gang allowing their members to go after police officers. i would be surprised about that. you may have rogue members of those groups that will be off their rocker and do it. >> when you read this bulletin, i was surprised not only just the fact that they're going to go after police but the amount of detail that's provided in this bulletin to officers. c-4 explosives. grenades. car bombs. molotov cocktails and target not only texas troopers but also their families. from your knowledge of the gang element of biker groups, are they capable of that? >> i wouldn't put it past them to have those types of weapons. we saw in this case down in texas they recovered hundreds of weapons. a cache of weapons spinning all kinds of people's heads around. i'm a second amendment guy. i believe we have a right to bear arms. i don't think i would have a need for an ak-47 or hand grenades. they hav

their ruthlessness shown on the show gang land. edward was a member of the bandidos for six years. >> some of them are criminals and some criminal activity is not known to the members of the club. >> reporter: he has written ten books on biker cull chirtureculture. he said for bikers turf is everything. >> it goes back to the playground on first grade and two bullies on the playground and the playground wasn't big enough for both. >> the feud has been brewing for years. fighting over the right to claim texas on their jacket. >> last year in 2014 the cossack put on the bottom rocker and they told the bandidos that wasn't happening. >> reporter: in 2013 a fight broke out in abilene, texas between the two groups. it ended in the stabbing of two victims. charles falco is a former atf contractor who spent years trying to take out these gangs. he requested we not show his face. >> i'd say half are full-time criminals where they are selling dope, drugs, involved many prostitution or illegal gambling any other types of crimes you can think

he doesn't want the gang style anymore. he doesn't want the gang life. that was a lot to give up, his respect, his authority, his position within the gang. that's all gone. >> it's just i was at the wrong place at the wrong time. police was like where we found some marijuana. i was like well, it's not mine. he was like somebody got to go to jail for this. >> i told him some of the stuff i can't figure out for you no more. you get to a certain age, you got to do it for yourself. >> so what you're saying is like 90% of the time, 99% of the time, he's fine? >> he could be outside at 2:30 in the morning, there's not much outside to do at 2:30 in the morning. >> right. but that 1%. can bring him in here. one percent will say i'm going to go out at 2:30 in the morning. >> it's consequences. >> like i said, we'll go to court and talk to the judge and let her know how you've been doing but she's going to make that final decision. all we can tell her since you've come home up till now how you've been doing. that's a good report. that's not a bad report. we'll see

the gang squad went and they did a sweep on my neighborhood, on my gang on the streets.nd because i'm in jail, they think i cut me a deal to turn in a couple of my homies on the streets so i could get out. basically they made some threats toward my girl like, because everybody knew where my old lady lived at. >> the next day, martinez was allowed to contact his fiance before anything happened. but he says the experience only deepened his resolve to give up gang life. >> my whole life i've been doing this. i've been in and out of jail since i was 10. the longest i stayed on the streets was three months. i know anybody who's anybody on the streets. not one of them put money on my books. not one of them sent me a postcard, visit me, or call my old lady when she's struggling, ask her if she needs gas money or if manuel is doing all right. none of them do that, you know what i mean? it's overrated, straight up. it's very overrated. everybody is afraid of the last part of their name, mafia. the mexican part, once you say mafia, everybody shivers. ooh. i don't give a [ bleep ].

we think it's directed at rifle gang members and law enforcement.we believe that and know it's a threat towards us and we're prepared to address that if we need to. >>> still ahead. a backlash towards police and isis seized another in iraq. and the party plans to cap the primary debates. we'll bring in the former chair of the rnc to figure out who might make the cut, ahead. ed technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network, and cloud and hosting services - all with dedicated responsive support. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner you're free to focus on growing your business. centurylink. your link to what's next. >>> it's out there. there we çgo. >> the president got his own twitter account. hello, twitter, it's barack. the twitter world picked up on the new handle and got 1 million handles. including bill clinton. welcome to twitter. @potus. does that user name stay with the office? good question. does anyone interested in flotus? many other tweets he got today on our facebook page and tomorrow i'll be on fac

these are members of one of the gangs running the drug trade-in the cape flats area of cape town. a gang leader and believes taking and selling drugs is the only life possible here. >> young boys are dreaming and the dream is to be a drug dealer and they don't have school fees and don't have money to go to college, they don't have a boyfriend in prison and no food at home and take the drugs for the escape goat. >> reporter: there is a price to this drug-fueled world and he was hit by a stray bullet in a gun fight between the gangs. these children are growing up in a battleground. >> we use drug dealers and shootings and all the kids here can get shot any times especially when you see someone's baby shot. >> you get killed for just witnessing it? >> yes. >> reporter: gang leader believes the government doesn't care about the mixed race or colored communities as they call themselves and have allowed their neighborhood to become a ghetto. >> when the party was young and the government and this is a different day because the role models and took the gangs for role models and i call th

both incidents involved the bandidos and a rival gang. a retired alcohol, tobacco and firearms agent who infiltrated the he hells angels sense the violence steles from territorial control to so- called colors on gang vests. >> these gangs, their club, their patch, their organization, their brotherhood, it's their religion and they will fight for it and kill for it and die for it. >> so colors and images because police believe sunday's shooting all started over one gang wearing texas on their vests notoriously worn by a rival gang. >>> still ahead on wusa9, he says he's a fan of humans. hear what else stephen colbert told a group of graduates at wake forest. >>> the parade marchs on >>> the curtain is nearly closed for david letterman. his 33-year reign on late night tv only lasts two more shows. we take a look at the long list of stars sending him off. >> reporter: taking the stage at the ed sullivan theater, the legendary late show host was poking a little fun at himself. >> unusual weather for new york city today. it was 68 and foggy. w