a loan shark we've got a male there. >> at last, a solid lead but everyone, including the fbi's james caseyplexed over why the kidnappers were still asking for the money didn't they have it? >> they pulled into a gas station not far from joe's crab shack after they had done a little driving around. so as we're sitting there watching them, a jacksonville beach police cruiser pulls into the gas station and starts talking to these young men. >> you're thinking what? >> we had no idea what's going on >> trying to keep the kidnapping quiet, so as not to tip off the local media, the fbi and sheriff's department had not told the local police about the ransom drop. so a frantic call was made to the jacksonville beach police instructing officers to bring the suspects in. detective howard cole of the sheriff's office rushed to the scene. >> immediately everybody, rightfully so, says these guys are involved, we need to interview these guys and we need to find out what the connection is >> one man told the detective he was german. >> what's your address in germany? >> hamburg, germany. >> even though t

. >> the two alameda county prosecutors who are trying the ghost ship case are casey bates and james. james has been a prosecutor since 2005. he's handled everything from murder trials to white collar crimes to unfair charges. he made the change after a big career switch. >> we just want anybody who has heard anything, saw anything, to come forward and let us know. >> james spent 20 years as a san leandro officer, rising to the level of sergeant. he investigated murders, drug and juvenile crime. james was lieutenant rocket mcmannis's training officer. >> autry for his career in san leandro. and now the district attorney's office, he is a man who has sut sought justice for the people he represents. >> fellow d.a. was brought in for the case after the sudden departure of david lim, who left the d.a.'s office, right before jury selection. lim is now criminal defense and land use attorney. he declined to comment about why he left when he did. bates has handled a variety of cases including murder, child sexual assault, domestic violence and human trafficking. >> casey bates is a very dynam

reporter: the two alameda county prosecutors trying the ghost ship case are casey brace casey bates and audrey jameshas been a prosecutor who has handled everything from murder trials, white-collar crimes to unfair competition cases. he joined the das office after a big career switch . >> we want anybody who has heard anything, saw anything to come forward and let us know. >> reporter: james spent 20 years as a san leandro police officer rising to the level sergeant. investigated murders, drug and juvenile crime and was a patrol supervisor. james was lieutenant robert mcmanus his first training officer. >> r-tree, for his entire career for here in san leandro and now at the alameda county district office has shot justice for victims he represents. >> reporter: james has been on the case and stay 1 but fellow prosecutor, casey bates was brought into the case after d.a. limb left. he is now a criminal defense and land-use attorney. bates was a d.a. in san francisco before crossing the bay in 2000, handling a variety of cases. >> casey bates is a very dynamic , charismatic person. a very good speaker.

. >> reporter: the two alameda county prosecutors trying to ghost ship case are casey bates and audrey jameshas been a prosecutor since 2005. he has handled everything from murder trials to white-collar crimes to -- he joined the das office after making a big career switch . >> we want everybody who has heard anything or saw anything to come forward and let us know. >> he spent 20 years of a san leandro police officer. he investigated murders, drug and juvenile crime and was a patrol supervisor. james was lieutenant robert mcmanus his first training officer. >> for his entire career here in san leandro and now at the district attorney's office, he is a man who has sought justice for the victims he represents. >> reporter: james has been on the ghost ship case since day one but fellow d.a., casey bates was brought into the case after the sudden departure of prosecutor, david lim who left right before jury selection. he declined to comment about why he left when he did. bates was a d.a. in san francisco for several years before crossing the bay in 2000. he has handled a variety of cases includ

james island, epstein's ranch in new mexico, or his residence in florida." casey frank, if you can talk about this relationship -- i mean, it is known that i think it is believed president clinton took something like 20 tririps n his plans, which i think jeffrey epstein himself calls the lolita expressed. and also talk about his neighbor in palm beach, now president trump, the relationship with trump and clinton. well, clearly, people like the former president andnd the currrrent president are going to be endeavoring to minimize any might havetext they had with mr. epstein over the years. and i guess the truth will possiblyly come out during court proceedings moving forward. , mr. epstein had a friendly social relationship with president trump before he was the president. and clearly, he had a relationship of trust with the former president, which sort of got entangled with the former foundation. and i believe he may have also donated funds to mr. trump's foundation. it will be interesting to see whether those who have received large amounts of money from mr. epst

11 seasons, a run that started with him playing alongside james harden they'll reunite there was heavy indication westbrook would be treated caseyul george to the clippers. this now means the rockets lineup features too. 3 in the piece harden won it last year westbrook this season before for the last 3 years he's averaged 3 triple double now paul. >>he joins the thunder after to your stake in houston with a loss to the warriors in the playoffs in back-to-back seasons, but his contributions were key in getting the team there. also worth mentioning through all of this chaos in this summer alone. so casey has acquired 8 first-round draft picks. and back in the bay area we've got some warriors news to be excited about assistant coach and defensive wizard ron adams staying put in golden state reports emerged over the last several weeks the lakers were interested in interviewing him, but he'll remain with the warriors he's been voted the league's top assistant for years in a row and during his 5 seasons in the bay area. the warriors defensive rating has never dropped below 11. now to wimbledon serena williams once again on the verge o