the courthouse after antolin garcia torres had just avoided the death penalty, district attorney jeff rosen telling reporters that the less said about garcia torres the betterjeff rosen" the jury made it so he will die in prison and never take another breath as a free man..."garcia torres had no obvious reaction to the verdict. the decision was unanimous. the jury rejected the prosecutions call to show him no mercy because he showed none to sierra lamar. in closing arguments, the defense had urged the jury to spare garcia torres,' life. that justice doesn't have to be an eye for an eye.brian matthews/defense attorney "we're thankful for the jury's verdict, we're still going to fight for him, we're very thankful..."there were some murmurs of disappointment in the courtroom but none of the raw emotion that occurred when he was found guilty last month. legal analyst steven clark suggests that the fact that sierra lamar has never been been found may have stayed the jury's hand. sheriff laurie smith weighed in on that as well.laurie smith/sheriffif garcia torres has once ounce of humanity in tha

take sot jeff rosen/fiscal condado sta clara el fiscal del condado de santa clara jeff rosen dice quegracias al jurado, garca torres va a morir en prisin y que no va a poder respirar en libertad nunca ms, ni poner en riesgo las vida de otros menores... sierra lamar tena 15 aÑos cuando desapareci cerca de la casa de su madre en morgan hill en el 2012... tratamos de hablar con el abogado de garca torres ... pero se neg a rendir declaraciones luego de la sentencia... quien s lo hizo fue steve lamar, padre de la vctima.. y declar que para l... la sentencia no alivia en nada el dolor... y agreg... que considera que no se hizo justicia... sot steve lamar/padre de sierra dice que garca torres va a vivir y que sierra no est viva, que el va a poder respirar y que sierra no... que garcia torres va a poder comer y ver a su familia, y que ellos no lo podrn hacer con sierra... pero para el abogado experto en derecho penal... esau herrera y quien no est relacionado con este caso, la pena que recibi garca torres es la ms dura posible... sot esa herrera/abogado es una sentencia an peor de muerte porq

the courthouse after antolin garcia torres had just avoided the death penalty, district attorney jeff rosen telling reporters that the less said about garcia torres the betterjeff rosen" the jury made it so he will die in prison and never take another breath as a free man..."garcia torres had no obvious reaction to the verdict. the decision was unanimous. the jury rejected the prosecutions call to show him no mercy because he showed none to sierra lamar. in closing arguments, the defense had urged the jury to spare garcia torres,' life. that justice doesn't have to be an eye for an eye.brian matthews/defense attorney "we're thankful for the jury's verdict, we're still going to fight for him, we're very thankful..."there were some murmurs of disappointment in the courtroom but none of the raw emotion that occurred when he was found guilty last month. legal analyst steven clark suggests that the fact that sierra lamar has never been been found may have stayed the jury's hand. jeff rosen/district attorney" there is no joy in this verdict, only mourning the death of a child who was murdered, a

jeff rosen, district attorney:" the jury made it so he will die in prison and never take another breath as a free man..."laurie smith/sheriff: "if garcia torres has once ounce of humanity in that cold murderer's heat of his, i call on him now to tell us where she is so we can bring her home...." (grant) sierra lamar's dad said today's ruling was frustrating. the 15 year old disappeared in march of 20-12...when she left her house and was on her way to the bus stop. her dna was found in garcia torres' car. i'm gl, k4n. ( vicki) summer is quickly approaching...but rain is in the forecast for parts of the bay area.(steve) chief meteorologist brittany shipp is back with how the weather will look.... in your neighborhood. dry and seasonable weather today into tuesday. some cooling starts by wednesday ahead of the next weather system. on thursday a late season cold front will likely bring some light rain to the north bay down to around the golden gate. lingering showers and cool on friday. dry with a warming trend next weekend. >> announcer: next, a paid presentation from perricone md featurin

district attorney jeff rosen said justice was served. >> he is gone now, but michael tyree's tragedy was worthy of our outrage. his death will never be invisible. >> reporter: michael who was bipolar was beaten to death in his cell in august of 2015. fellow inmates testified they heard tyree screaming for help. >> even though they have long criminal histories, needed to be evaluated individually as to whether or not they were telling the truth and this jury saw that they were. >> reporter: the sister did not want to speak with us on camera, but she issued this statement. michael was a human being. those jurors recognized that. he was loved. he mattered then and he will continue to matter with this verdict. sheriff lauri smith said the death served as a catalyst for jail reform. >> the acts carried out by these three individuals have tarnished the reputation of this profession and of our entire agency. >> reporter: the jury did not reach a verdict on charges the men assaulted another inmate. the guards will be sentenced september 1st. they face 15 years to life. in san jose, katie mar

district attorney jeff rosen. >> just the presence of police officers make criminals think twice about breaking into a house or stealing a car or attacking another person. >> reporter: watchdog cautions the passage last fall increases pay and benefits and extensions. the number of recruits won't turn the tide and make streets safer. >> it needs to be quality good. and as long as the officers have been trained with this intervention and their skills then it's a good thing. >> reporter: police officials promise cleaning will be second to none as the largest academy in 11 years prepares for life dressed in blue wearing a badge. this department is rising. it's a great sign. to me it's not a blip on the screen. we fixed the issues that was plaguing this police department and we're rising again. >> the department has 110 officers. 54 in the academy. the 154 officers if they become police officers could ultimately work in the substation, the building where the training is going on right now, which has been vacant because of the shortage of police officers. in the south bay bureau i'm jesse ga

district attorney jeff rosen said justice was served. >> he is gone now, but michael tyree's tragedy was worthy of our outrage. his death will never be invisible. >> reporter: michael who was bipolar was beaten to death in his cell in august of 2015. fellow inmates testified they heard tyree screaming for help. >> even though they have long criminal histories, needed to be evaluated individually as to whether or not they were telling the truth and this jury saw that they were. >> reporter: the sister did not want to speak with us on camera, but she issued this statement. michael was a human being. those jurors recognized that. he was loved. he mattered then and he will continue to matter with this verdict. sheriff lauri smith said the death served as a catalyst for jail reform. >> the acts carried out by these three individuals have tarnished the reputation of this profession and of our entire agency. >> reporter: the jury did not reach a verdict on charges the men assaulted another inmate. the guards will be sentenced september 1st. they face 15 years to life. in san jose, katie mar

speaking in front of the courthouse, santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen said he believes justice has been served, but that the verdict brings him no joy.sot it's a sad day when law enforcement officers are convicted, when those who are sworn to uphold the law and protect others choose to victimize and in this case kill a mentally inmate. so it's a very sad day.santa clara sheriff laurie smith, who's department came under intense scrutiny as a result of this case, said she hopes the sheriffs office can regain the public's trust.sotwe will not be defined by the actions of these three individuals. we have been undergoing a broad transformation ensuring transparency, safety and quality within our facilities. smith also said that an internal investigation into this case continues at the sheriff's office. the three deputies will also be eligible for parole, but will need to serve at least 15 years before they are eligible. in san jose, charles clifford kron 4 news. (grant) a pastor in menlo park has been arrested on suspicion of sex crimes against minors and adults. police inte

jeff rosen, district attorney:" the jury made it so he will die in prison and never take another breaths a free man..."laurie smith/sheriff: "if garcia torres has once ounce of humanity in that cold murderer's heat of his, i call on him now to tell us where she is so we can bring her home...." (grant) 15 year old sierra lamar disappeared in march of 20-12...when she was on her way to school in morgan hill. her dna was found in garcia torres' car. (grant) we have video of antolin garcia torres' family...as they left the courthouse today.. they didn't make any comments about the jury's decision. but sierra lamar's family... and some of volunteers who have searched and are still looking for her...had plenty to say. kron 4's haaziq madyun was there. outside the courthouse steven lamar, sierra's father, did not hold back his displeasure with the jury's decision

speaking in front of the courthouse, santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen said he believes justice has been served, but that the verdict brings him no joy.sot it's a sad day when law enforcement officers are convicted, when those who are sworn to uphold the law and protect others choose to victimize and in this case kill a mentally inmate. so it's a very sad day.santa clara sheriff laurie smith, who's department came under intense scrutiny as a result of this case, said she hopes the sheriffs office can regain the public's trust.sotwe will not be defined by the actions of these three individuals. we have been undergoing a broad transformation ensuring transparency, safety and quality within our facilities. smith also said that an internal investigation into this case continues at the sheriff's office. (pam) deliberations in the sentencing phase of the sierra lamar case are done for the week... antolin garcia-torres is still waiting to find out if he will get the death penalty or life in prison.. three weeks ago, the 26-year-old was found guilty of first degree murder in the

<jeff rosen/santa clara county district attorney" in order to accomplish it's purposes, a jail must belace where inmates and correctional staff are treated with respect and dignity...." > officials are still deciding if they will appoint a permanent inspector or civilian-based oversight to dictate how mentally ill inmates are dealt with. it's a horror. people are gonna die. habitat will be destroyed. seas will rise. (pam) governor jerry brown on the grim picture of the consequequences of failing to deal with climate change .. (steve) california is one of several states affiing thr commitment to the paris accords on global warming.(pam) there is plenty of heat generated by president trump's decision to pull the u=s out of the climate agreement . as catherine heenan shows us ... some people are calling it outrageous.others say it was courageous.. "the president made a very informed and i think thoughtful and important decision for the country's benefit." so, we're getting out.as the u=s steps out, china is stepping in ... signing a pl

here's the d.a., jeff rosen. let me stop talking and let him talk for a second. >> today, a jury convicted three correctional officers of murdering michael tyree, a mentally ill inmate. this murder happened in the jail right behind me. the jail has three purposes. first, to hold individuals accountable for the crimes they have committed. second to protect our society from those criminals who have harmed others. and third to give inmates an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves and become productive, law abiding citizens. in order to accomplish its purposes, a jail must be a place where inmates and correctional staff are treated with respect and dignity. where everyone, including a slight, mentally ill inmate named michael tyree are treated with respect and human dignity. i want to thank the men and women of the jury for the public service. with their careful consideration and just verdict, they treated michael tyree as a man of value, a person with strengths and problems, rights and dignity, and a family who lov

. >> well, let me see if jeff rosen is there.y i know about constitutional stuff. is that true? is there anything constitutionally that caught your snangs. >> yes. the central question of whether the president obstructed justice remains very much open. the legal standard is was there an intent to impede or obstruct investigation. kl was asked about this directly. he said i know the president fired me because he didn't like something about the russia investigation. comey said he didn't know whether that met the legal definition but he was concerned enough that he turned over his records to mueller. so mueller has his task set ahead of him. but it is not clear that the president was exonerated. comey clearly felt uncomfortable enough tha tre's a case that he did feel pressured to end the flynn investigation. not the broader investigation. and mueller's findings might be central is that might lead, not to criminal prosecution. but if director mueller finds that it was met, it could lead to impeachment. >> senior fellow at the foreig

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mueller may review jeff sessions and rosen stein in the firing of james comey. speaking of comey, the white house is considering whether to employ executive privilege in efforts to stop him from testifying next thursday. >> holy city university is replacing the police force and replacing them with private security guards. after a thorough review they have decided to outsource safety needs. they are being encouraged to apply for the new jobs. >> lee caplin, the bucks county man accused of sexual assaulting six girls from an amish family and fathering children with one of them. the parents gifted the girs to the 52-year-old caplin in exchange for financial help. >> the community is trying to put an end to illegal practices at stop and go stores. protesters say the businesses are classified as restaurants but don't operate as such. some of the stores sell shots of alcohol but don't have restroom and are not handicap accessible. they want businesses to follow the law and respect the community. >>> a florence new jersey man is drawing praise for rescuing a man from t

imagine doing that now go to sewn -- go to a jeff rosen and say i've worked you, you have done these incredible things, such an important feature in the community. we want you to run for congress. here's what is going to happen -- [laughing] >> here's from the day you agree to do this you'll spend 70% of your time doing call time, raising money so that you can use that money to run ads against your opponent that shred the reputation your opponent has developed which is why he is running and your campaign advisers will dance a jig if your opponent's children come home from school crying and saying, i didn't know daddy or mommy was so awful and i can't go back to and cool again. -- can't go back to school again. and if you're lucky in this culture you'll get elects and once you get elected you'll be spending 70% of your time running off the campus of the capitol and go to designated places to have call too raise money for yourself and your tribe and now you have to geoff insurance if some anonymous outside groups decides to parachute in with $10 million against you, you'd better rates

thing is that part of the obstruction aspect of the case is the role of the president and jeff sessions and rosenf they start looking into the role of rodrosenstein that is tricky because he is overseeing the special counsel so would he have to recuse himself from the investigation? >> whether as was said in the report there could be nothing there at the end of this. there could be no charges and nothing that congress does and yet sucks up a lot of the oxygen and attention for the white house. >> it is a part of it. there is policy making that has to go on with russia&number of other areas. there are people who have to lawyer up. you can be career person in that white house. you don't make a lot of money. you are facing enormous legal bills now. you are supposed to be helping make policy plus you know that there is a pretty good chance that trump will ignore your advice and diminish the russian situation. it's a chaotic scene. >> can i add one thing about this obstruction? >> that is that we shouldn't be looking just at the question of donald trump firing comey or might fire mueller. there -- >>

officials, jeff sessions and rod rosens and they sent that now discredited letter recommended that comey be fired for one reason, which president trump later said was not the real or only reason he fired comey. they discussed that firing with trump, despite recusing himself from the russia probe, he suggested that letter caused the firing but trump of course admitted that was not true in an interview with nbc's lester holt. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> what i did is i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came to dinner. >> i was going to fire comey. there's no good time to do it, by the way. >> it's in your letter. you said they accepted their recommendation. >> yeah. >> so you already made the decision. >> i was going to fire him regardless of recommendation. he's a smart guy, the democrats like hill, the republicans like him. he made a recommendation. regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you k

as it affects his legitimacy as the guy who beat hillary clinton. >> jeffrey rosen, what do you make of attorney general jeffg a lawyer? we heard last week mike pence getting a lawyer. what do you make of all of this? >> you know, once an investigation gets started, it's just sensible legal advice in d.c. you've got to get a lawyer. it would be foolish not to. but it's certainly the case that to the degree that sessions is investigated for being part of interfering with the russian investigation or even for participating in the firing of comey after he had already recused himself from the investigation, it's relevant. the fact that he's hired a lawyer doesn't suggest that he's a subject of mueller's investigation, but it's just sensible in d.c. to have a lawyer once the prosecutors are looking into you. >> sensible. everybody should have a lawyer at all times. all right, thank you all. >> unfortunately, so. >> good conversation. well, it's perfect for jeffrey's business, he's a law school professor. everyone needs a lawyer. >>> coming up, that senate intel hearing has just begun and the house hearing will be

rosen stein ever recuseed himself. she was the one that discussing a possible recuseal with. if he decides to take a step back from the whole russian matter like jeff sessions has then rachel will be thrust into the spotlight. >> do you think he's up to the task. there's talk that when if then the president would bant to most that have voiced out on her now that rosen stein recuseal caught attention they really say she is up to the task. >> again this is one of the top lawyers in the country and she's been serveing a long time in the department and she's been in private practice and she has a rally strong reputation and really that is the question that no one necessarily knows the answer to and that's if trump were to instruct her robert mueller to refuse that and would she refuse it and that's really something that i guess you could only know if she was tested. >> ellen the wuping one things that strikes me you have outside groups entering fray and running ad. we saw the ones against james comey before his testimony and there's a concerted effort to let be honest discredit robert mueller before his appointment was rashded as somebody very highly.

and maybe it was the rosen stien memo about how he behaved during the election. it will be interesting to see jeff sessions point of view here on the comey firing and his explanation of why he was involved in it. >> speaking of firing, michael, i'm going to pose this one to you. one of the president's attorneys appeared and did not rule out firing these special counsel bob mueller. listen to this. >> would the president promise not to interfere and attempt at any time to order the deputy attorney general to fire robert mueller? >> the president of the united states, as we all know, is a unitary executive. when the president is going to seek the advice to counsel? inside the government as well as outside, i'm not going to speculate on what he will or will not do. i can't imagine that issue is going to arise, but that's something the president with his advisers would discuss if it there's a basis. >> michael, there's no way the president is seriously considering firing bob mueller, correct? >> i can't think he would seriously have any thoughts about that. including whether or not they are recorded e

presumably, as jeff sessions is recused here, so it would be up to rob rosenstein, who was the person who appointed bob mueller just a couple of weeks ago. so the question is would rosen stein acce rosenstein accept an order to fire mueller, or would he refuse and resign and would the order be followed by someone lower down in the hierarchy in the justice department. that's -- it's technically up to the attorney general. >> matt, do you agree with that legal assessment? >> i do, and the special counsel is just an attorney in the department of justice, it's appointed, there's no statutory construction like we had with the independent counsel law that expired in 2000. let's remember that bob mueller has ethical opportunities to practice law and so did jim comey. so there are riules and regulations that could raise some situations that i hope he's analyzed before he accepted this position. >> jeff, do you agree with that? i mean is his law firm apparently represented some members of the donald trump family and he had a meeting with the president? >> i would have to know more. i mean certainly it's a big law firm, and there are often theoretical conflicts that are not rea

rosen stein hearing. supposed to be about funding but we guess it will go into other territory. jeff sessions testifies to the senate intelligence committee later this afternoon in an open hearing. there is no denying the hot water will be wading into. he will be wading into it. let's bring in judge andrew napolitano. good to see you, judge. you said yesterday this was a dangerous position for him to be in testifying under oath and in open setting now. how do you feel today? >> i feel the same way today because he is not testifying as the person in charge of these criminal investigations and intelligence investigations. he is testifying as a witness. and he has three issues to concern himself with. the president of the united states who appointed him, the justice department which he still heads even though he is not responsible for these investigations, and himself. because the democrats are going to come out very hard and strong and accuse him of perjury because of what i think was honest misunderstanding of the nature of a question about his relationship with ambassador kislyak whi

general jeff sessions is going to be going before the senate intelligence committee this week, the attorney general set to go on tuesday. that is the same day that deputy attorney general rod rosenfore the house appropriations committee. one week after fired former fbi director james comey took the stand >> blockbuster testimony is still the talk of dc. fox's garrett tenney has the details. >> reporter: washington reeling from the senate testimony and the president's response, which disputed parts of that testimony. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of >> 100%. i didn't say under oath. i hardly know the man. i'm not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance, who would do that? >> committees in both the house and the senate want to see all the memos james comey has with president trump along with tapes of those conversations the white house may have but there are also questions on whether comey was contents of the memo in the first place. legal experts point out, agents are not allowed to disclose any records gathered on the job and that this applies to every employee. >> people are treating this like a diary entry. he wrote this on an fbi comput

think we should be on the watch for, jeff sessions talking about today, is the discussion about whether the president is considering firing robert mueller rod rosen stein, the deputy attorney general addressed that in his testimony before the appropriation's committee today and he said that he would refuse an order to fire robert mueller even from the president unless good cause existed, since the law is that you need good cause. but i'd expect jeff sessions to be asked about that as well. >> you know, i -- i don't know anything about this, no one knows what's in president trump's mind at any point and time one thing i'm a little leery of. i'm a big support of mueller, i met him several times, i don't know him mentally. some trump supporters are raising the issue he's hired four lawyers and they all cribbed to the clinton campaign and the clinton foundation my answer is fine, the next four should be committed to the gop or none of this matter at all. >> abegin gring that's changed his mind over the last week. >> i don't think this disqualifies -- here we come >> and we have u.s. attorney general jeff sessions sitting down in front of a flurry of

rosen stein office capitol hill to testify on the budget request for the department of justice in place of attorney general jeffsions and was appearing that same day before the senate intelligence committee as part of the russia investigation. the subcommittee hearing is just over two hours. the committ >> the committee will come to order. mr. deputy attorney general, welcome to the justice and science appropriations subcommittee which we will be examining the defendant of justis fiscal year 2018 budget request. i am pleased to welcome you here to your first hearing before the subcommittee, and i'm grateful that you and attorney general sessions have brought new, desperately needed leadership to the dog. your input is helpful and necessary as we review the spending priorities for the justice department in order to ensure the national security and law enforcement needs are funded appropriately and sufficiently. this is a challenging budget climate, as you know, as violent crime has risen and terrorists have escalated, fiscal constraints have tightened and they increase funding at the department of justice by $63