harry? >> smith: armen keteyian, thanks.new jersey governor chris christie landed in a bit of controversy this week over his use of state helicopters. christie flew to one high school baseball game his son was playing, and flew from another game to a dinner with republican contributors. today, christie and the state republican party picked up the tab for the flights. christie said he was just trying to balance being a governor with being a father. we'll be right back. late dinner, pill now? aghh i've got heartburn in my head. [ male announcer ] stop the madness. take prilosec otc for frequent heartburn. one pill a day. twenty-four hours. zero heartburn. no heartburn in the first place. great. [ male announcer ] use as directed for 14 days. comes centrum. with vitamins and minerals balanced to support your energy... ♪ ...immune function... ♪ ...healthy skin... and help protect your cells from environmental stress. everyday benefits from advanced formulas. the complete benefits of centrum. and if you're over 50, discover the a

>> harry potter. you have fought valiantly. >> reporter: hands down, it's expected to be that little wizard. worth his weight in gold. why "harry potter?" >> well, harry potter is the end of an era. the highest-grossing franchise of all-time. by the time they are finished, "deathly hallows part 2," this franchise will be over $7 billion worldwide. >> reporter: this time, harry potter won't be the only one wearing glasses. >> harry potter will be in 3d for the first time. >> reporter: last year, the gimmick of 3d, led by "avatar" and "alice in wonderland," helped push profits up, even while attendance was down. >> last summer was the highest grossing summer of all time with $4.35 billion in revenue. so, that's the good news, right? bad news is, it was the lowest attended summer since 1997. >> reporter: because they jacked up the price of movie tickets? >> the pricing. because of higher ticket prices due to 3d and other various things raising the ticket price, it -- >> reporter: sheer greed. this summer

i'm harry smith. also tonight, qaddafi's last chance. the libyan dictator insists he's staying put but nato's already planning new air assaults. the congressman and the coed. the tweet, the talk, the questions. >> at some point, the questions can get more and more and more invasive and bizarre. >> smith: and an american hero. he picked up a live enemy grenade, risking his life to save his comrades. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> smith: good evening. we begin tonight with late-breaking news, a new batch of violent storms, including tornadoes, that struck late this afternoon, this time in western massachusetts. at least one twister hit downtown springfield, and tore through the city, kicking up a massive cloud of debris. vehicles were flipped over, billions damaged, and area hospitals are reporting multiple injuries, and people waiting to be treated. amateur video captured the moment of impact. >> the ceiling, look. oh, my god. >> smith: another tornado struck westfield, mass, before the line of storms raced

no one liked harry. tavis: i love harry. >> harry and sidney. short order cooks together in new york. ugly guys, though. tavis: here is my question. you still got so much more to do. i don't know what it must feel like. i would love to have this feeling one day to have done kind of iconic work that you have done and still have life and energy and years in front of you still. what do you want your legacy to be? >> boy. someone said what would you like your obituary lead to be? oldest man in the world passed away today. i don't want to go. i'm going to go kicking. i think the legacy should be that he -- he never betrayed the business he chose. in other words, he -- he gave his best to entertain and inform and hopefully made the business he chose a little bit better than when he went into it. because i love this business. this is a gift. see this -- this camera is a gift. dwopets own this camera. other people own -- we don't own this camera. i never owned it. i respected it. i love my industry. didn't like all the people in it. you can't like every

this time in harris county, georgia. we've rigged it with 12 hidden cameras, five inside, seven outside. from a control room, who operates the cameras and records a man's every move from the moment he drives up to the house. we've hired a young looking 19-year-old to play the part of a young girl. a decoy who will invite the men in. >> hey, come on in. >> this is 24-year-old raymondo. he thinks he's going to meet a 14-year-old girl. he just met her in a chatroom. >> i made sweet tea for you. it's super good. that's what we do down south. >> to give you an idea of why i might be here, see what he said online. he asks a decoy if she's good at oral sex. nobody ever complained. then he asks if he shows a picture of his pen us, would she give him oral sex. the decoy says oh, yeah. sure enough, he sends her a picture of his genitals. >> >> how you doing? why don't you have a seat right over there? what are you doing here? >> we were talking online. i just wanted to come and meet her. >> who were you talking online with? >> tha

i'm harry smith. also tonight, two iraqi insurgents living in the united states are indicted on terrorism charges. their alleged mission: to kill american servicemen. could the pilots have prevented the crash of air france flight 447? we'll talk to an expert, sully sullenberger. and it's a whole new day in this school, a lesson in how to turn failure into excellence. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> smith: good evening. who among us does not spend at least part of the day talking on a cell own? and that is why we're beginning tonight with new questions about a possible health risk. today a new report says cell phones may raise the risk of brain cancer. again, we emphasize "may" because thus far there is no definitive link. but even the chance is reason for concern and reason to ask cbs news medical correspondent dr. jon lapook to explain. >> reporter: an international group of scientists spent the last eight days poring over all available studies on the possible link betwe

the ig said harry thomas jr. took $300,000, designed money for charities and used it for personal use and the council gathered in executive session this afternoon to talk about the matter. you can see him on the right and he participated. couple hab mary chay from ward 3 -- council member mary chay came in with glasses on and this is a closed-door meeting and the question that the council members were asking themselves, should harry thomas jr. be removed as the chairman of the powerful economic development committee in after the meeting, couple chairman kwame brown called the press in and said only tomorrow afternoon, we're going to make a statement as a body this was baffling. we asked the chairman a direct question here it is. >> does this mean that no decision was made? it means tomorrow. and has a decision to be made in. >> no. >> reporter: afterward, councilman harry thomas jr. told reporters as he left the room he didn't do anything wrong and he wants to retape his chairmanship of the powerful economics com

>> that's a good question, harris. lot of the pro palestinian protestors are saying that they are going to come increasing number and thousand by bus load and they are going to have a sit in and that the protest and activity expected to continue in the coming day. we'll have to see if they have the stamina and stomoch for it to continue. we move to yemen on the arabian peninsula. the president there was injured in a rocket attack on the mosque grounds. tonight we have video of the mosque. you can see the debris on the floor. president selah blaming tribal rivals that left some dead and others wounded. selah is now in saudi arabia where he underwent surgery to take out splintered wood. the scene here in yemen. joyful crowds. they are hoping that selah will stay out permanently. >> the white house tonight doing damage control. the president's top economic advisor pushing back against critics after a flood of bad news on the economy. the latest job reports slowing and unemployment kicking up to 9.1 percent and home prices

i said, "harry, that's a strong word." and harry says, "look at this. the market goes down.. he's not hurt at all. he produces 1%. market goes up, he produces 1%." >> smith: to be fair, he did report a few bad months here and there. >> sure. harry looked at that later on over the years, and told me that, basically, a baseball player would have to be hitting .925 straight for ten years in a row. would you want to bet on a player like that, that he wasn't doing something illegal? >> smith: in may 2000, harry markopolos contacted the sec for the first time, submitting an eight page mem frank casey, meanwhile, flew to meet with de la villehuchet at >> i said, "what happens if you've got all your eggs with bernie, and he is a fraud?" and thierry says, "he can't be. i've got all my money with him. i've got most of my family's money with him. i've got almost every royal family that i know has got money with him." so he says, "we really have done our work, frank. you just don't have all the >> smith: casey decided to hand the story to an investigative reporter who covered hedge fund

see me to van accountability for dwight harris you know this guy. we've got a letter with more irony than obama can handle or runs on it in a job making more sense than obama which i guess kind of piles on the irony how the communists is that we're trying to marginalize ron paul t.s.a. surrounding us i don't mean sold to the chinese and lucrative i ask you from ireland on fluoride only on adam vs the man. ok ok i don't mean to laugh at this poor woman but this story is this too funny check it out woman help elect obama campaigns hard make sure it's life is fine until she has a third child and her partner leaves or she writes a letter to obama praising but pleading she even includes this line of complete crap both i do think people are coming down too hard on you and your administration and your best cannot be fixed in only two years time i'm still behind you one hundred percent and so is my family destiny mathis hobart yet she gets a handwritten letter back from obama here it is in its entirety just sitting thanks for the moving letter and the suppo

harry? >> smith: dean reynolds. thanks. as political dramas go, the john edwards saga of self-destruction has moved to a predictable place: court. the two-time democratic presidential candidate ruined his political career over an extramarital affair. and today he was indicted on charges he used close to a million dollars in illegal donations to support his mistress and then tried to cover it all up. here's chief legal correspondent jan crawford. >> reporter: just five years after announcing presidential aspirations, john edwards' phenomenal fall from grace hit a new low friday when he was criminally charged with violating federal election law in the 2008 campaign. after a two-year investigation, a federal grand jury indicted the former democratic senator and vice presidential nominee for accepting nearly a million dollars in illegal contributions and using the money to hide his pregnant mistress, rielle hunter. >> there's no question that i've done wrong, and i take full responsibility. >> reporter: but despite his personal

this time it centers around ward 5 council member harry thomas. john schriffen is live outside the wilson building with the latest. >> wendy, serious allegation into the spending habits of harry thomas. the d.c. attorney general's office alleges that harry thomas moved more than $300,000 that was meant for city children into two of his own companies that he runs. one of those companies and a non-profit group called team tom a another for-profit group run by himself and his wife. it's important to note this investigation dates back to january 2007 and that's when council member thomas took his seat here and that's also when he became the president of the non-profit group and harry thomas telling a very different story this afternoon. he called his own press conference to tell his side. >> i've always maintained that as council member i've done nothing and the council can speak to any of the legal issues i have around this. >> harry thomas, jr., a riefred at the press conference today inside the luxury suv in question. according to this 27-page comp

and watching harry potter grow up. the last film in the magical series hits theaters this summer. why twice >>> watching harry potter blow up, the last film in the magical series hits theaters this summer. why parents may want to think twice before letting kids watch it. >>> it is 8:00 on this rainy saturday morning, june 4. thanks for joining us. i'm anne mackovic. >> i'm jim bernard, in to take a look at the rain showers across the bay today. doesn't exactly feel like june, does it? >> no, not at all! it's not just a little bit. it's a lot of rain. >> we're looking at long-time records possibly falling here today, as we take a look outside, finding rain spreading throughout the bay area today. rather well-formed frontal system for this time of year, bringing, dare i say, copious amounts of rain into the bay as of about 5:00 a.m. this morning, half of an inch of rain fallen across the bay area. for most locations, a little more, of course. up in the highcountry, taking a quick look at rainfall records for june in san francisco for this date, the record is 0.49 inches. as of 4:00

para todos los fanticos de harry potter que esperan otro libro...todavia hay esperanza!...do la escritora j. k. rowling...quien en febrero publico un mensaje en donde anunciaba que pronto tendramos mas de harry potter...ahora podemos encontrar en su canal de youtube un conteo regresivo que indica que tan solo faltan 6 dias para el gran anuncio...sera que muy pronto tendremos un octavo libro de harry potter???...ojala que asi sea... en los ltimos dias han surguido fuertes rumores de que kate del castillo y su esposo aaron daz enfrentaban una crisis matrimonial...t ras su participacin en "la reina del sur" se reg como plvora que la actriz mexicana tena ms que una relacin profesional con su compaÑero ivn sanchz, mejor conocido como "el gallego"...pue s kate y aaron, a quienes no les gusta ventilar su vida privada, decidieron ponerle fin a estos rumores publicando estas fotos en twitter en donde kate deja bien claro quien es el amor de su vida...que tal? otra que tuvo que salir a aclarar las cosas fue thala...ya que en los ltimos das han sido varios los rumores que han corrido

harry belafonte is one of the most dignified, well-educated, lucid, focused, eloquent men i have ever met in my life and has a sense of humanity to him and a sense of-- of what really matters. i wish i could run him for president. he wouldn't take the job. but he's a truly wonderful human being, and he was certainly one of the most astounding interviews. the man is a walking history book. you know, he was walking next to martin luther king at all of those things. it was him. he was there. he was the guy next to him, and he told us stuff that you won't believe. if the six bullet story doesn't make your hair stand on end and make you want to cry, i didn't-- now you have to tell it. you do need to tell it. do you? okay, i'll tell it. in the harry belafonte interview, he said, "i went--" in this wonderful, whispery voice, "i went to an event with dr. king, "and when i arrived there, there was a large man, "a sheriff, who looked at me with hatred, "with real anger in his eyes. "and i couldn't help but notice him, "but i ignored him, and i went on to do what we came to do. "dr. king spoke.

harris used to take 20 pills a day. now he takes four and he gets regular three-month checkups at ponce. what is it about this place, this particular clinic, that's so important for someone like you? >> the nurses and the doctors really seem concerned. they have a lot of programs to help you, you know, with food and housing and all kinds of things. so, you know, this place gives you practically everything that you'll need. >> reporter: angel calls it a medical home. one-stop shopping. her days are filled with rounds and patient care. what is the biggest change since '81 when we first diagnosed this disease in this country? >> the biggest change is this is not an illness that should cause someone to die. >> reporter: harry is a 36-year-old gay man with full-blown aids. he doesn't want his identity revealed because he hasn't told his family. he was diagnosed three years ago at grady. his t-cell count was 120. >> i was kind of scared, well, people donwill see me in a whol different light now that i'm positivement but i had

senate majority leader harry reid says he cannot defend weiner. a conservative blogger says he has other than more sexually explicit photos of weiner described as x-rated. >>> at the white house last night, a rare state dinner for germany's angela merkel. president obama presented her with the presidential medal of honor. merkel spoke about dreaming of freedom while growing up in communist east germany. a 19-gun salute welcomed her to the white house. germany is trying to negotiate another bailout for guess. >> i am confident that germany's leadership along with other key tactors in europe will help us arrive at a path for greece to return to growth. >> i think each and every one ought to deal with his or her own problems. we have our hands full already with what we need to do. >> reporter: the fair at the house was very formal. the first lady wore an ivory v- neck dress. >>> the wildfire in arizona, now the second large nest that state's history. coming up next, more people are forced from their homes. >>> plus, caught on camera, a vicious attack

. >> reporter: college student scarlet harris and jennifer white have been friends since s scarlet harris and jennifer white have been friends since scarlet harris and jennifer white have been friends since s scarlet harris and jennifer white have been friends since seventh grade. now they're sharing another experience, searching for a summer job and coming up empty. >> i have come to the point where i have applied for housekeeping positions because i'm so desperate for a job. >> reporter: white feels special pressure, her mom's out of work after back surgery. >> i guess i can't be too picky, i feel like i'm taking too much from her, you know? she's a single parent so i feel like it would be really important for me to have a job. >> reporter: summer jobs teach basic job skills and responsibility. in big cities there's another consideration. >> if teens who have time on their hands and are just hanging around, there's that risk of increased violence. >> reporter: disappearing federal stimulus dollars are being cut off the nation. 36% fewer spots than last year in new york. 76% fewer in dal

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harry thomas jr. was given 24 hours to consider resigning the chairmanship on his owner the couple and/or the chairman will take action. we'll find out tomorrow. brian? >> john henrehan tonight. >> to another man being wered to resign in this up to. there is one day after sending half-nake photos to women, congressman weaner's friends appear to be distancing himself from them. and let's go to tom fit gerald now. >> reporter: this got more serious for him today. congresswoman nancy pelosi, the house democratic minority leader officially support the letter requesting that the house ethics committee launch an investigation into weaner's behavior and the question for congress is did weeper's actions violate house rules and did hous any government property? toepgain in the online communications with the six women that he said he shared inappropriate messages with. several former ethics committee officials told us that the key here is whether or not wiener survived the politically and will be how far this c

harry potter author j.k. rowling will soon unveil her latest venture and all we know so far is that it's called "pottermore" and it won't be a book. the site has few details, but links to a countdown clock marking the days and hours until the launch. >> susie: tom, media watchers are speculating the big announcement will be about some sort of online "harry potter" experience. >> tom: we're not quite there yet for the harry potter books but we will be in just a short few years, susie. that is that's "nightly business report" for friday, june 17. i'm tom hudson. goodnight, everyone and goodnight to you too, susie. >> susie: good night, tom and have a great weekend. i'm susie gharib goodnight, everyone. we hope to see all of you again next week. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org 

for years, it's been-- long, long, long before harry potter, i would go out and speak about the three "ss." it was sexuality, swearwords, and satan. and that's been true for a very long time. people would ban-- choose to ban books. satan's been there. the other issue, beyond the three "ss," i think, is an issue about-- well, sensitivity, a fourth-- in that your book raised concerns among african-american parents who thought it was stereotypical. we also see a book like huckleberry finn being banned because of the racial epithet. what's your take on that? oh, boy, what a mess we get into with all those. i have a final paper by one of my students in chico who loves this book nappy hair, telling how wonderful this book is and how could people love a book like huckleberry finn and teach that when there's a book like nappy hair to look at? and the very same sentences where he was saying he has the right to have this book, he's saying we shouldn't have the right for huckleberry finn. the "n" word can hurt so bad that there needs to be some-- a little bit of education before you get into it.

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councilman harry thomas jr. is accused of stealing $300,000 from his own foundation, now as chairmanship of the committee is at risk. >> we talk to my colleagues and do what is best for the institution. >> new allegations tonight involving disgraced congress member, anthony weiner. according to tmz, the congressman and former porn star, ginger lee exchanged numerous sexually explicit e- mails. when lee was getting calls from the media, the congressman suggested to her that she lie. he also allegedly wrote an e- mail telling her to respond with, and we quote, this is silly. like so many others, i follow representative weiner on twitter. i don't know him and have never met him. >> this is almost like a sexual russian roulette. okay? are you doing something that is so stupid it's almost crazy. and so what is going on with him quite obviously seems to be a man who has impulse control issues. >> the congressman also offered public relations help to the former porn star and if that help came from his congressional sta

councilman harry thomas jr. is accused of stealing $300,000 from his own foundation, now his chairmanship of the committee is at risk. >> we talk to my colleagues and do what is best for the institution. >> one can't help but look at the council and count down the scandal. councilman at large. councilman brown and his former chief of staff today is in court in a corruption trial. councilman marion barry's car troubles for giving a city contract to an exgirlfriend. the chairman who misused taxpayer's money for his own luxury ride. and now thomas. his lawyer says dc residents don't need to worry. >> one of the things that people often confuse is whether the behavior, the personal behavior of a council member or an elected official really affects their ability to deliver their public responsibility. >> and speaking of jobs, will councilman thomas keep his job? >> so no decision today by the council chairman who himself has been a subject of some controversy after using taxpayer dollars to purchase two luxury suv's.

crystal harris days away from becoming mrs. hugh hefner opens up and breaks down with chris jacobs. >> i disappointed everybody. i feel like i did. >> the 25-year-old playmate in tiers over dumping 85-year-old "playboy" mogul hugh hefner one week before their fairy tale wedding. >> i don't want to hurt anybody. i don't want to hurt hef. >> in her only television interview, the beauty gave me details what went wrong. >> crystal when you made this decision and had to tell hef, tell me about that conversation? >> i went in, sat down with him, told him that i was overwhelmed with everything, that i wasn't feeling too well. and i didn't think maybe the wedding was the best idea. i was like super afraid to say anything, you know, because "playboy" isn't just hef, it's like a whole family. everybody has been planning this wedding and surprisingly, he kind of agreed with me. >> how did you arrive at the decision to call it off? >> i can honestly say that i was not the only woman in hef's life. i didn't feel comfortable, in my heart, kn

harry potter's author, j.k.ed website to keep the potter magic alive. our zain verjee is live in london. this is not that surprising given what a huge fan base worldwide there is important harry potter and everything harry potter. >> yeah. i'm one of them. read all the books. i don't like the slithering group. the announcement was made and this was a really big deal. basically she's announced an online reading experience. and what she said in the web announcement was that she has all this new information and new material about the harry potter world. things like the professor's love for a mugel. and i do follow all of this. the background of harry potter. all of that will be out there. the interactive -- activity thing comes where -- the audience can go online and they can pick themselves to be a certain character. they are involved in the story itself. they get sorted into houses and choose waunds and experience life and hogwarts just like harry. free until october. >> it is free. nice. >> for now you are sayin

finally, an in memoriam for gene harris, who passed away as 66 years old. ms. harris spent decades on the front line of democratic party and lgbt politics. he built a statewide, non- partisan, lgbt political advocacy organization in california and nevada. she got her start as a field organizer. she was chief of staff to supervisor harry britt. she then served in sacramento. she is survived by her partner, and their children, her granddaughter, his siblings, and her mother, who just celebrated her 90th birthday. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor avalos wanted to be re-referred. supervisor avalos: 90. in response to supervisor farrell's hearing request, i would like to partner with him. i like the idea of how we can sustain families in san of francisco, and want to make sure there is part of the frame work around that to look at what is working and how families choose to stay in the city. in my experience, i know a lot of families with young children, even elementary school and middle school kids, who want to make it a go here in san francisco. i think

shawn yancy has your top five fox 5. >> no. 5 a new harris interactive poll finds 28% have cut back onant meals, 24% on groceries, 18% on entertainment and 11% reduced the amount they drive to foot the bill for the rising cost of gasoline. no. 4, for years we've heard yo-yo dieting is bad for your body, put a new study suggests it's better than being -- but a new study suggests it's better than being obese. while a stable diet is best for achieving health and longevity, there is little scientific evidence to prove yo yo dieting is harmful. no. 3, you can store it all in apple's icloud. the free media and music storage service was unveiled today and it makes it much easier for users to add and store new purchases. it can be accessed from multiple devices via the internet. no. 2, crews are repaving king street. construction will take place over the next few weeks sunday through thursday 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. traffic will be rerouted. parking will be limited. look for the posted signs. no. 1 tonight, you can catch a ride on the world's largest passenger airplane from dulles earn. air france is

i'm back with hugh hefner's fiance, crystal harris. trailblazer at the time, wasn't it? not in terms of the race aspect we just saw but you brought everybody in together. but in terms of the sexual liberation it represented, you were doing stuff that people just didn't dare to do at the time. >> well, in terms of the show, the concept of it, it was a party in my apartment. so black and white didn't make any difference as far as i was concerned, and that was back then revolutionary. we got no distribution. it was a syndicated show. we got no distribution in the south, and i knew that. >> what was the premise of "playboy"? what was your real intent? what did you want to achieve with the brand? >> i wanted to create a lifestyle magazine for -- most men's magazines after world war ii were outdoor adventure magazines. i was not interested in hunting and fishing, et cetera. i liked the more urban life. so i wanted the life -- create a magazine that created a sense of a bachelor's existence with some style, and in that time frame that was ver

this time we are in rural harris county, georgia.ve seen a serious of men trying to meet young teens in internet chat rooms. now these suspects are under arrest and heading into a police interrogation room. again, some of what you will see see and hear is explicit. here's chris hansen. >> it was stupid. i'm a stupid man. >> after "dateline" confronts a potential sex offender here in rural fortson, georgia -- >> you're free to leave. >> what's going to happen? >> get on the ground! >> law enforcement working with the online watchdog group perverted justice steps in. >> put your hands behind your back. >> even the u.s. marshal and secret service are involved. remember scooby-doo atl-101? 23-year-old denis coulson? he made plans to teach new sex tricks to a girl he was told was 15. >> oh, my god. i'm a [ bleep ]. >> after he's arrested, he's put in an unmarked car and taken to this ems station, where he will be questioned by law enforcement. his car is searched. police find directions to the house, along with condoms and marijuana. >> m

fact is fact. >> reporter: with that, harry thomas jr.ecame the latest council member to declare his innocence. according to the suit, thomas secretly diverted about $300,000 meant for youth baseball programs and spent much of the case playing golf at pebble beach and in vegas. they claim thomas also bought this $60,000 vehicle using the money. d.c. council chair kwame brown wasted no time issuing this statement -- brown himself has been the target of two investigations. he had two luxury suvs at $2,000 a month each. then he was accused of failing to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. yvette alexander is under investigation. the commission is looking into whether she's been misusing her constitue constituents fund. the council stripped this member of his assignments. and mayor vincent greg has spent much of time in his office answering questions about suleman brown. >> between the mayor, the chairman and a number of my colleagues who are under some kind of investigation, it really doesn't make the city look

attorney general's office has filed a civil lawsuit against council member harry thomason jr.. they claim, is used money that was meant for you to place all programs on travel, golf outings, and a luxury suv. the spifbi is also investigating.

in 1994, reporter chris harris took a look at the evidence that pratt had been unjustly imprisoned. his given name is elmer gerard pratt, inmate number b13019 in the california prison system serving life plus three years for murder. born and raised in morgan city, louisiana, but the world knows him as geronimo pratt. he went to vietnam with the 82nd airborne and came home a hero with a chest full of medal including the bronze and purple heart. he enrolled at ucla in a program for gifted black students. and. >> revolution is now. >> reporter: became deputy defense minister of the southern california chapter of the black panthers. [ music ] >> reporter: and now there are growing indications pratt has spent 23 years in prison for something he didn't do. the whole case began on this tennis court in santa monica's lincoln park at 8:10 on the evening of december 18, 1968. remember that time, it's very important in this case. carol lynn and kenneth olson came here to play tennis. suddenly two armed black men came up and demanded money. the olsons gave them everything they had, $18. the man

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our winner is shane harris. the judges were national -- the judges selected him for distinguished reporting on national defense. the judges felt the the body of work submitted by mr. harris showcase some of the most important crosscutting challenges of our times. often writing about issues with which the nation is still coming to grips. his story on the laws of war raised important questions about standards of warfare and the age of new technology. the judges noted that his article anticipated issues that are being raised today in the conflict in libya. in hacking the bad guys, he highlighted america's struggle to cope with a new type of warfare that will impact the nation's security as well as its economic competitiveness. his gripping tale of waste and delay highlighted a decades-long struggle to purchase a new generation of fuel tanker. noting that today's tanker pilots are flying airplanes first flown by their grandfathers' and the pilots who will fly the next generation of tanker have not been born yet. his

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