her dog, j.t., is in the living room. at around the moment just after 10 to 3:00 in the afternoon, pam is told to head home. 11 seconds later, j.t. gets up and waits at the door. he stays there until pam returns. coincidence? not for this doctor. >> i think it shows that the dog's responding to her intention. in other words, it's telepathic. >> you think the dog is psychic? >> yes. the word psychic includes telepathy and precog mission. >> he believes dogs and their owners are connected at a distance by something he calls a morphic field, a kind of invisible elastic band. his ideas are similar to the entanglement theory of quantum physics, what einstein calls spooky action at a distance. so, what do dog owners think? >> she knows i'm coming to the door, but i think that's probably what she hears the car coming up the road or maybe she has a special sense of smell. but i don't think she's psychic. i don't think she's bright enough. >> is there something there at times where they do something and you think, well, how did th

more importantly, to help him in the future -- present to j.t. as a result of everything he has been through, but more importantly, for everything he will do in the future. you can support the work he does with a reentry program for persons coming back from prison. so if we could present this to you. [applause] moving forward, our work cannot stop here. i would like to have christine talk about what we are going to be doing moving forward. we have had meetings with district attorney george gascono about doing things differently. within the police chief, a new district attorney, we have that opportunity -- with a new police chief, a new district attorney, we have that opportunity. i would also like to acknowledge supervisor ross mirkarimi to come up here just for a moment and say hello, and let me have christine close the program. >> good afternoon, everybody. it was a pleasure to listen to the last panel this afternoon. i am the chief of staff for mr. gascon, and i joined him when he moved over to the d.a.'s office. joining the office on his requ

j.t. says simply, good riddens.emocrat, been sympathetic to their cause, but that message has been lost. go away. i take the bus downtown every day and walk to my office near mcpherson and grow disgusted with the sight and smells of the once beautiful park. grow up. you have worn out your welcome. and bonnie frederick writes this, they are out of control. time they think of the taxpayers, how much is it costing the taxpayers for all this? maybe it's time the 1% take care of business and clean them out of the park. it's our park, too. and listen to christopher. everyone has the right to protest, but when you take it so far, you make yourself look bad and no one will take you seriously anymore. i think happen of them just showed up because it was the in thing to do. i hope they all go home and occupy a shower. folks personally, i tend to agree with all of you. is the first amendment only for nice, organized groups who only stick around as long as it's comfortedable? i know, the city has been bending over backwards, bu

>> so this is j.t. >> this is j.t.ducated research scientist who believes dogs do have a telepathic relationship with their owners. this is one of his many experiments. pam is out shopping. her dog j.t. is in the living room. at around a moment just after 10 to 3:00 in the afternoon pam is told to head home. 11 seconds later j.t. gets up and waits at the door. he stays there until pam returns. coincidence? not for dr. sheldrake. >> i think it shows that the dog's responding to her intention. in other words, it's telepathic. >> you think the dog is psychic? >> yes. the word "psychic" includes telepathy and precognition. >> reporter: dr. sheldrake believes dogs and their owners are connected at a distance by something he calls a morphic field, a kind of invisible elastic band. his ideas are similar, he says, to the entanglement theory of quantum physics, what einstein called spooky action at a distance. the majority of scientists have rejected dr. sheldrake's theories. they say animal behavior can be explained by habits

>> yeah, j.t. -- >> he can play the piano, sing -- >> he's pretty talented. >> he would have to put a couple -- get a little bigger. >> i think he'd do a good job. >>> this comes to us from ksnw in wichita, kansas, where even in the dead of winter america's pastime played a vital role in one couple's wedding plans. they decided to get married where it mattered most to them, the couple met on the baseball diamond after a game in which their daughters played on the opposite teams. six years later, the bride and groom stepped onto home plate and made the commitment to take a swing at life together. that is so sweet. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. this will likely be the coldest day we have seen so far this winter season. we are around 30. you say that is not bad. it cannot move. that will be the high temperature in the day. it is a little breezy. the wind chills are running in the upper teens. a mixture of sun and clouds. a chance

wh >> coach j.t. and the hoyas have plenty of time to rest up.s afternoon maryland at temperature. the head coach said that hill would not be on the bench for next week's home game against duke, pending investigation. first half, temple wearing white here, juan fernandez flies and sends a no look book. naert, more bad news for maryland. check out alex len, he goes to the locker room and did not return. second half now, ter terps by ten, career high 15 points for the sophomore. maryland within seven. time and a half to go now, terrell drains the long two. he had a team high 20 points. terp down one. but temple's response was immediate. the next trip down the court, three contest three pointers. next up for the terps home game on wednesday. all right, let's go to fairfax, george mason, look who's in the house. bill murray. his son luke is an assistant for the tigers. first half patriots up 30-22. jonathan gets the offensive rebound and gives it to mike morrison. wow, he's tall. george mason up 17 another the break. second half now, eric walden drys

this is james "j.t." thompson. he came all the way from louisiana to be here today. [applause] one question, how did you survive? >> god. god. god. death row is a place that brings out the truest human being in you. it makes you realize you can't take nothing for granted. you need to love every moment of each day and praise and thank god for each moment you have out here. for the system to do what it did to me -- i was the only child from my mother. i was a father too. the system didn't see none of that. it did not see me not having a criminal record. it's hard to accept. it's hard to keep on continuing to accept a prosecutor or somebody that wants to sentence swub to death with a system that's corrupt as ours. all right. [applause] >> i want to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors who have made the summit possible. the law firm of brown and furtel and my good friend, dave young, thank you. the criminal trial lawyers association. we'll hear from their incoming president in a few minutes. and also stuart hanlon as well as the bar association of san francisco. s

j.t. knows how risky it can be. we're pleased to have him here. welcome. one more time what is it you get out of this. why do you do this? >> it's good clean fun, charlie. >> more than that, huh? is it the rush, the adrenaline, proving yourself? is it the challenge? >> we're like kids. parachute and skis are fun toys. >> you were tempted to do this? >> i would do it. if the proper safety procedures were in place and i've talked about this with j.t. i know that he's big on the safety awareness thing. i think one issue worth talking about here is, is the recognition that you're not putting yourself at risk but potentially others if something happens to you and they have to save you or rescue you. they're putting themselves in danger too. >> there's a risk not just to yourself but to others if they have to come and take care of you. >> it's true. a reckless approach is certainly irresponsible. you can get stuck in precarious places and that's why you want to take every precaution to avoid doi

j.t.3 trying to keep it humble. maybe he knew something would happen when he went to morgantown today. the first half, thompson environmentally unsound, offshore drilling. three ball and the foul with 20 points. typical big east getting ai little gritty, physical. jason clark with the steal, one of his five. second half, trent bryant only had two points at the half, told his coaches, i'm gonna get better, and he did. he got help from kevin jones, pure. then truck playing like a lamb gore guinea puts it away. west virginia 74-62 over number 9 georgetown. virginia tech/wake forest, acc opener for both. 21 seconds to go. let's get right to the nitty- gritty. c.j. harris, cold blooded. he had 15 putting the jackets up by three. tech's got time, though. robert brown, what can brown do for you? not that. he misses, virginia tech falls to 11-4. colgate at american. coach 'em up, jeff. eagles were blowing this away. charles hinkle with 21. a.u. remains undefeated at home, 82- 54. >>> speaking of american university, the sch

this is j.t. gaskins. he survived cancer.ks of love for hair given to cancer patients, but the school wants him to dress according to the dress policy. >> females can grow their hair and cut and it donate it. but yet my son can't do the same without getting kicked out of school. >> the superintendent issued a statement saying, i don't know what decision j.t. and his mother will come to, but we have offered various accommodations, one being to use hair gel and a comb, as long as he styles his hair to keep it off his collar. >>> in the seattle area where investigators are looking at disturbing sea lion killers. the oceanic administration brings the count to nine sea lions just in the past week. they're offering a $10,000 reward that leads to an arrest. it shows at least three of the sea lions were shot. >>> a typical birthday party at school turned into a wish come true. get your tissues ready. bailey page was celebrating her sixth birthday in her class, which is nothing unusual, but watch who was waiting to see her. >> turn ar

but j.t. wick managing it isn't worried because he isn't really raising a crop here. he's raising the farm itself. >> we're the only people in the united states doing this. >> reporter: the plan is to raise the level of the entire farm about 6 feet and the dirt they will need is coming from an unlikely source. dredges keep the bay area shipping channels open and every year they remove millions of cubic yards of mud. she government pays private companies to dispose of it and wick's company is proposing to take nearly a million yards of it annually for the next 20 years. >> this soil comes from the sierra nevada. this is the leftovers of a hydraulic mining during the gold rush. >> reporter: but the dredge material is a salty clay muck that nothing could grow in. so they are turning to an ingenious low tech solution. >> there you go. there is a mussel for you. worms. millions of them. >> reporter: they are allowed to sit and creates a soil that can grow almost anything. but why are they doing this here? >> the land i'm standing on now is only about a foot above sea level

. >> host: j.t. tweets in, how likely is a debate format like the tv series "west wing" where the candidates agree on the fly to suspend the rules? >> guest: well, that was all -- i happen to -- well, i think that's very unlikely. i think it's too much, too risky. i doubt -- it may happen, but in order for it to happen, you'd have to have two or three candidates, let's say two candidates who are completely at ease about their debate technique, completely at ease about what they know and don't know and are willing to just go at it. and do not want the restriction and don't need the restriction of time, time cues and all of that. thus far, there vice president been any -- there haven't been any. i did one in '92 for 45 minutes that was not that restricted, that was among jrnlg h.w. bush, bill clinton and ross perot. it scared everybody so much, there hasn't been any repeat of that since where you just kind of went at it. >> host: do you write your own opening statements? do you have full editorial cont

. >>> and the reports, meantime, that j.t. might be pairing up with elton john on the big screen.works and that is called rocket man. justin is his number one on the wish list and portrayed him on the music video "this train don't stop here anymore." the reps say he's taking the offer seriously. >>> coming up on the news edge, a new plan to fight for d.c. statehood. how some of the district's top officials will head outside of the city to push for voting rights. plus. >>> and flipping through some music history in d.c. i'm beth parker. i will tell you why people in the store are crying and hugging. . >>> and hear which local county could be next at a plastic bag tax. we'll so you at 6. @@@@@úhd@h . >> a man who made $4 million by rigging local pay phones is going to prison. a judge sentenced nikolas to three months and a $20,000 fine. and he pleaded guilty to tampering with the phones to make till them dial numbers. >>> thanks for joining also 5. the news edge at 6 starts now. >> last night, the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice and so i have decided to stand aside.

j.t.he ninth ranked hoyas know they'll have their hands full. >>> in this league you'd be a fool if you look at records. you know, every team in this league is very good. pitt is still pitt and know how to play. they have jamie sitting on the bench and a lot of good players. so we look at the record more as a blip opposed to that's who they are. >> their record doesn't show how good they are. they are always a tough team. the games that i've seen them play, you know, they weren't getting blown out. they were losing and losing by a couple points. so they're the same team they had in the past, still a tough team to play. >> georgetown and pitt scheduled to tip off tomorrow at 4:00. >>> talking tennis now. on sunday novak djokovic will play rafael nidal in the australian open final. djokovic will try to become the fifth man since 1968 to win three straight majors. on friday djokovic outlasten th. we pick it up in the third set. novak djokovic won the first set. andy murray won the second. the

willie bolden, j.t. johnson, these were people who were king's bodyguards who in philadelphia and mississippi one year after the killing of. >> westerner, goodman and cheney during the her at this -- meredh march, king went back, and they're standing in philadelphia, mississippi, and king goes up to the assistant sheriff who had had the three men in his custody before he delivered them to the mob that killed them, and king says you're the guys that had, you know, those boys. and price looks at him and says, that's right. and king is preaching and saying i believe the people who killed those three boys are in this crowd, and people are proudly saying, we're here, all right. and it was the most frightened king ever was except for marquette park, chicago. so these men who i wanted to talk to who have been scarred up, and they said were reluctant to talk to you because you're going to get our story. and i had to stay on their case. but i started -- they did start to open up, and i did see when willie bolden

i want to introduce you to a kid named j.t. there on the right.tudent at madison academy in michigan. as a kid he surviveded childhood leukemia and now he's choosing to help others who are going through the same thing. he's growing out his hair to donate it to locks of love, a charity who maeks wigs for all cancer patients. my daughter did this. his school has suspended him because he's got long hair. long hair on boys is against school policy. his mother says this is a double standard. listen. >> female students sitting next to my son can grow her hair out and cut it and donate it, but yet the male student, or my son, can't do the same without being kicked out of school. >> sounds like a lawsuit to me. but it does sound like really, really, really bad p.r. for this school. >> i agree. >> we looked at the student handbook for mahdison academy. boy's hair must be clean, neat, free of unnatural and disstrabting colors, off the collar, off the ears, out of eyes. but we say, get real. s that there's an online petition to change the school's policy. we

host: next is j.t. on the democrat lane from cleveland -- line from cleveland. you are on the "washington journal." caller: hello, how are you? the first thing i would like to say is i want you to know, mr. scheffler, i have love for you. i'm a 52-year-old black democrat. but i'm not a democrat just because obama is a black man. i'm a democrat because president obama is a man that is trying to do something that no one else is doing. and i'm appalled at you or anybody else who always goes back to talking about getting back to our forefathers. look at me as a human being? do you look at me as a human being? that is the thing i want you to really truly think about. what i say next goes to democrats and republicans. each party and every party has a lot of flaws in it. we really as people need to work on getting these flaws out of both parties. one thing is the people that vote democrat like the welfare stuff but then again you have to say they like it because they have been given a chance to do things without needing this assistance. the republican party stands for