like jerry most inmates serving time at angola come from poor backgrounds and were represented by public defenders. public defenders do the best they can with what they have but sometimes it's not good enough the constitution of the state of louisiana requires our legislature to provide funding for public defenders but they don't right now the public defense in this state is funded by court costs mostly on traffic tickets it's amazing spirit to get a fair trial if you are convicted of a felony and the only access you have to your attorney is the morning that you're going to be going to court i mean that's not. that's not that's not very good representation because we have underfunded the indigent program. over the years i think you will find that many people like a proper defense particularly those from in the indigent population. was. terry to show was arrested for possession of marijuana but chance with racketeering . to show couldn't afford a lawyer and was sentenced to one hundred years in prison and a one million dollars fine he spent eighteen months at angola before winning his app

jerry to pencil and paper. we have best friends. you know i learned to pencil and paper that i was the most important woman this. unny brown jerry's mother has been on probation for four years. since her release from prison she's been fighting for the right to go to angola and visit jerry the son she hasn't seen in ten years terri he loved me more than anything. and. when things took a turn for the worse for me. it took a turn for terry for the worst. so it's my personality is built around om seen around the set a young age when i was small like. this guy used to beat my mom the palm of time right in front of me and. you know and for me what he. was not known was that it was creating a lot of anger in me because i was so small and i couldn't help him and he moved on boom boom boom and i became a drug advocate and a crack addict. and a good indeed jerry was constantly in fights concerning his modeling. over the ocean. and this. and this only. if you'll souls now the human having any. role models anything he didn't really have anybody to of or nay to his his family members that were all oh most in and out of jail a

jerry brown for governor. they say whitman wants to pay and breaks. >> what she's doing is going after the most vulnerable are. >> reporter: whitman is campaigning in southern california and did not see today's protest first hasn't. >>> meantime jerry brown has filed a lawsuit to force the federal government to reconsider its decision to block a clean energy program. the property assessed cleanage program or pace uses bond funds to pay for home improvement such as solar panels and better insulation. home and business owners repay that money through increased property taxes. federally regulated mortgage giants freddie mac and fannie mae say that institutions a loan. brown says freddie mac and fannie mae already ignore similar certain assessments. >>> june sales rose by 1.3% in the bay area with almost 8,400 homes closing escrow. the median home price was $170,000 which is unchanged. >>> stocks turned around in the final hours of trading today on word of a possible deal between goldman sachs and the government. the settlement ends a lawsuit against the company. >>> california has the largest number of illegal im

she has spent $90 million and most of it was her own money. she faces jerry brown in the general election. if brown wins in november it would be the third time elected to the state's top post. >> authorities have now identified the suspect who they say stabbed and killed a convicted drunk driver in san quentin prison. edwin schaffer plowed his motorcycle into two people, a little girl and father. the girl lost her life. schaffer was stabbed by another inmate with a homemade weapon. schaffer's mother is blaming local authorities. she claims police and sheriff's deputies often told her son they would make sure he was attacked in prison. >> the city of belmont will consider ban any massage permits for a year. city attorney said that 80% of the massage parlors are suspected of prostitution. 30% graduated from i will le jitd ma the schools. >> it's called the biggest military leak in american history. president obama is reacting to the 92,000 pages that was leaked online. >> and can dudley do what hayward couldn't. the american that is taking the top post at bp as

. >> the most recent poll has whitman essentially tied with jerry brown. whitman leads 47% to 46%. >>> today at the capitol governor schwarzenegger announced his nominee to be california's next chief justice. >> and i am reminded that what justice means to the public is that courts right the wrong. it advantage wishes the indignities and provides a forum for everyone to be heard. >> she still must be confirmed by the three member commission before she's placed on the november ballot for a 12-year term. >>> still ahead at 5:00, experts say it is a hidden form of child abuse, what some parents are doing that could be putting their children in danger. >>> also coming up, the surprising test that could help doctors diagnose a child with autism. >>> who is really at fault? a childhood prank that left a homeowner and not the prankster facing charges? did the man go too far? >> the president steps in, details of his phone call today regarding a racial controversy at the usda. >>> we saw a little bit of a warmup around the bay area today. san jose earlier in the 8

. >> reporter: whitman also stuck to the script when she attacked jerry brown's lack of specifics. the most recent poll as whitman and brown neck and neck. and while they may be virtually tied in the polls, brown is obviously the favorite when it comes to "time" magazine. he is the subject of a lengthy article that will appear in print and in the ipad additions of "time" on august 2nd. a preview of the article highlights brown's shortcomings but spending far more time on his achievements during his long political career. in the opening lines, "time" call's brown's story a comeback tale, a love story, and a little guy makes good story. >>> it turns on ultimate that seven out of every ten californians favor the death penalty. that's according to a new poll. the new poll finds 70% support the death penalty, 24% oppose it, and 6% have no real opinion about it. support is up 3% since last year, but well off its old time high of 83% in the mid-80s. executions as you may know have been on hold in california since 2006 because of legal challenges to the lethal injection process. there are currently

jerry brown. a lifetime in politics. a legacy of failure. cbs5 >>> while most eyes or oakland, a bankrupt bay area city is losing even more resources, what's changed in vallejo now that 30% of its police officers are gone? >>> the oil has been stopped. now what? the next step in a permanent fix. but the lettuce in question d three days ago. >>> a recall announced today for thousands of bags of lettuce, but the lettuce in question expired three days ago. why we're just hearing about the risk now. >>> you sit on the toilet and your butt vibrates. >> there are some things some neighbors just can't take. one woman's silent movement against the business downstairs, why she says she decided to take action. good evening. i'm juliette goodrich in for dana king. the news starts now. >> this is cbs5 eyewitness news. >> good evening. i'm ken bastida. >>> even dogs are getting pink slips in vallejo these days. oakland's had just a few days to get used to losing 80 of its police officers to layoffs, but the city of vallejo has been making due with fewer officers and firefig

>> mtv's "jerry shore," positive for new jersey or negative? >> negative. it takes mostshore. and tries to make america feel like this is new jersey. >> that's from the governor. >> i looked at her picture. she looked like the goddess. i've never seen the show because i don't like to watch humiliation. and i turned down 25 reality shows of my own. but how can it be bad for the state? someone from new york? >> first of all, they're probably not from new york. my husband's from new jersey. he always went down to the shore. you went -- everybody from your town went to certain block at a certain place on the beach. you saw the same people you saw during the week. and snooki is not an representative. >> what was your town? he said, i don't know. what do you think it is? that's all we have time for. what do you think it is? that's all we have time for. cybill's going to be back in our next half hour, talking about we'll be back. nd sauteing can be kinda relaxing at the end of the day. [ female announcer ] relaxing? for who? for fresh taste without the fuss, try new market crea

investigation by tourk attorney general jerry brown and allegations the university violated public disclosure laws. school officials say the speech raised $207,000 making it the most-successful fund-raiser in campus history. the school plans to apply money towards scholarships and other pressing campus needs. >> san francisco police chief gascone says a community policing strategy is working to reduce crimes in the city. so far, it's down 10%. property crimes dropped 12% more than 16,000 to 14,650. there was one less homicide. >> there is over 4400 less crimes today than two years ago. and that is equating to 4400 families not victimized this year. >> this chief credits the reduction to zone strategy. the department of justice recognized this strategy is effective, offering an ward to the police department. >> there is a young napa g.i.among four soldiers killed in action on wednesday in afghanistan. a 21-year-old specialist died when the truck ran over an ied and he was assigned to the engineer battalion based in fort bragg, north carolina. >> california magsal guard troops being sent again to patrol mexican boarder. just over two hundred guard members will be pa

led to an investigation by attorney general jerry bloub's office into a possible violation of public disclosure laws. in the end, the school says it was the most successful fund raise her history and palin brought in more than $200,000 for the university. >>> a second recall for bagged lettuce. fresh expression of salinas is recalling the romaine salad bags palm bags have a use by i by date of july 8th through the 12th. they also have an "s" in the product code. so far there are no reports of illnesses as i as a result of eating this particular salad. the artificial turf children play on in state parks. >> the artificial turf children play on in state parks contains an excessive amount of lead. today the state reached a deal requires most companies to remove the lead. two companies agreed to lower the lead to safe amounts, based on two lawsuits attorney general brown filed in 2008, after tests found lead levels were more than 10 times higher than allowed under federal guidelines for children's products. >> a big change coming for carpoolers on the golden gate bridge. this is the last day drivers can use cash and still get discounted rate. the

most of all by the way city leaders. during the day california attorney general jerry brown resealed his officer has issued subpoenas as part of its investigation into the bell salary scandal. the real question is what were they thinking? what was the atmosphere in bell that would allow this and make it plausible? >> if a local populace is not aware of what its representative government is doing, lord help us. lord help us. >> reporter: then, late afternoon, newly hired city manager pedro corio said mayor oscar hernandez told him he would forgo his paycheck. >> the bell mayor, oscar herbal des apologizes for the excess of administrative pay. >> all righty. let's move on to weather and jeff ranieri is back from his travels abroad, one part of the city to the other side >> exactly. a staycation. i didn't have to pay anything for that. absolutely free, and why would you want to go anywhere else. had fantastic weather in the bay area the past couple of days and continues today. cooler than average out there, but still very doable outside. look at this. 62 in san francisco and 47 in redwood city and 78 in los scatos and a wide r

most of it on private jet. and she's paid consultants $8.5 million. sterlingically ford is with democrat jerry campaign. >> the highest paid consul substantiate on the whitman campaign is murphy who's paying thousands of dollars a month by contract. >> reporter: this is an unprecedented assault of the democratic process. >> jerry brown who has the ray money the old fashion way. clearly reseptembers what meg whitman's money. >> the minds of california is being insated by this e forphaous money. >> people ask me all the time. can elections be bought. the answer is, elections cannot be bought. but candidate can be bought and paid for. and jerry brown is brought to you by union bosses. >> of course he will owe them. they'll expect him to deliver. >>> brown denies that saying he opportunity know anybody anything. >> reporter: whatever you think that he would be endieted to so called special interests, or that she is rich and would be out of touch with every day californians. >>> a san francisco spear your court judge today ruled that supervisor aliotopier is eligible to run for reelection in novemb

most of it on private jet. and she's paid consultants $8.5 million. sterlingically ford is with democrat jerrywn's campaign. >> the highest paid consul substantiate on the whitman campaign is murphy who's paying thousands of dollars a month by contract. >> reporter: this is an unprecedented assault of the democratic process. >> jerry brown who has the ray money the old fashion way. clearly reseptembers what meg whitman's money. >> the minds of california is being insated by this e forphaous money. >> people ask me all the time. can elections be bought. the answer is, elections cannot be bought. but candidate can be bought and paid for. and jerry brown is brought to you by union bosses. >> of course he will owe them. they'll expect him to deliver. >>> brown denies that saying he opportunity know anybody anything. >> reporter: whatever you think that he would be endieted to so called special interests, or that she is rich and would be out of touch with every day californians. >>> a san francisco spear your court judge today ruled that supervisor aliotopier is eligible to run for reelection in no

corporation was one of the most successful, in terms of providing affordable housing and usually better housing conditions to literally thousands of tenderloin residents. jerry: behind us, you can see these high-rise hotels that were developed in the early 1980's. the early 80's were a period of intense development pressure on the neighborhood. due to the efforts of a lot of community activists, a lot of non-profits in the neighborhood, those development pressures were lessened somewhat for a period of time. and we... i feel that we may be looking at a period where we are seeing pressure from development. carolyn diamond: it's probably an area that's known for being unsafe, a little unsavory... high crime rate at 6th and market st. and it's a place where you don't see a lot of activity in the night-time, because people feel insecure and unsafe. and even though we have the warfield theater, we got the golden gate theater, and the orpheum theater in this area. people come out here at night, but because of the area itself, you don't see those theater patrons out on the street. you see them basically disappear. chris: mid-market roughly is, say a block south and

jerry? >> i did. >> larry: do you have to like your character? >> i think you do. i think you have to like him, even if he is like the most evil creature.ee, you can't make those kind of judgments on him. i mean unless the character is specifically knows that he is evil, you know revels in it. >> larry: i think alec guiness said hitler didn't look in the mirror and say i'm a bad person. >> no. >> larry: stereotype. >> even a really bad distasteful disgusting character on the screen, if you can find some bridge that goes out there to the audience to create some sort of understanding for that creature, well then you've done your job well. >> larry: our guest is mel gibson. he star news in "conspiracy theory." we'll be right back. >> how might i do it. he is apraying. and now i'll do it so he goes to heaven. and so am i revenging. a villain kill miss father, and for that i soul sunder the same villain to heaven. this is higher than salary and not revenge. >> oh, wretched state. oh! >> no. when he is drunk, asleep or in his rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed, then trip him that his heels kick at heaven and brought to hell to it

the first response comes from congressman jerry moran 3 >> this is one of the most serious issues our country faces. at this point in our country's economy, we cannot raise taxes. any increase in fica or withholding taxes on employers and employees is a terrible mistake. raising taxes is not an option. we're looking at long-term in criminal changes in the social security system that will provide benefits over a long trip of time. the truth is, if we are going to address our deficit issues is about changing our tax code, eliminating rules and regulations and allowing the american people to go to work. -- poor and small businesses and men and women have an idea to bring to market and we have to get government out of the way. much of that has to do with the uncertainty of washington and what it is doing today. what person is going to grow the business when they are uncertain about what is known to happen with health care, tappan trade, and what is want to happen with financial regulation -- what is going to happen with financial regulation. we have to put people back to work. congress ha

jerry brown. no plan then. no plan now. meg whitman. a plan for jobs. log on. learn more. >> jimmy: our next guest is one of the mostis here tonight to perform the song "draw me a map" from his latest album, "up on the ridge," please welcome dierks bentley, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ staring deep into your eyes searching for answers to questions i can't find ♪ ♪ if i took for granted that i held your heart i'd beg forgiveness but i don't know ♪ ♪ where to start so draw me a map that leads me back to you i don't know where to go ♪ ♪ please tell me what to do help me find the road you're on i just need ♪ ♪ directions home draw me a map that leads me back to you ♪ ♪ i've never been so at a loss i'm at a canyon i can't get around ♪ ♪ or cross so baby come down here lay by my side and tell me ♪ ♪ love's not lost across the great divide draw me a map that leads me back to you ♪ ♪ i don't know where to go please tell me what to do help me find the road you're on ♪ ♪ i just need directions home draw me a map that leads me back to you ♪ ♪ you're my destiny and destination so understand my desperation you ♪ ♪ the

the first response comes from congressman jerry moran 3 >> this is one of the most serious issues our country faces. at this point in our country's economy, we cannot raise taxes. any increase in fica or withholding taxes on employers and employees is a terrible mistake. raising taxes is not an option. we're looking at long-term in criminal changes in the social security system that will provide benefits over a long trip of time. the truth is, if we are going to address our deficit issues is about changing our tax code, eliminating rules and regulations and allowing the american people to go to work. -- poor and small businesses and men and women have an idea to bring to market and we have to get government out of the way. much of that has to do with the uncertainty of washington and what it is doing today. what person is going to grow the business when they are uncertain about what is known to happen with health care, tappan trade, and what is want to happen with financial regulation- what is going to happen with financial regulation. we have to put people back to work. congress has

george mcgovern and mick carter and jerry brown says the poll he looks that shows the country is in a pre-revolutionary mentality. and let me tell you the single mostg thing i've seen in american politics the last 18 months. you, the american people, looking at both political parties and not having been disappointed by both decided to take things into your own hands. to paraphrase a famous expression politics is not important to be left just the politicians. you have to get involved. >> and through the power of the new media that right on line represents especially the internet you have been able to organize yourself, come together and establish the political force that is astonished the entire political community. you now have more power than any previous generation of americans have influence your government and make your voice heard. [cheers and applause] you have so much power. you have scred your adversaries into a panic. and they are lashing out using all of the old tried and true is near tactics that they've always used in the past. for example, the racism charge. we all know there was $100,000 reward offered by the big government for any cr

jerry nadler, chairman of the constitution committee of new york. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the leak resulting from the disaster on the deepwater horizon created the most massive environmental disaster in our nation's history killing wildlife, destroying critical wet life and fisheries and wreaking havoc. 11 peopled died and the cost of human health will probably not be known for years. the response to the spill including toxic dispersants and secrecy by bp may have compounded the damage of the spill itself. on may 27th the judiciary committee held a hearing on the legal liability issues surrounding the gulf coast oil disaster. at that hearing the committee received testimony from victims, from the responsible companies and from experts abo the outdated and unfair maritime liability regime that i denying justice to the victims of this disaster. after the hearing, the distinguished chairman of the full committee and i introduced hr-5503, the spill act, to fix those laws so that the victims can beairly compensated. the committee favorably reported the bill on june 23rd and passed the house on july 1st by a voice vote. i hope it will soon become law so bp

jerry nadler, chairman of the constitution committee of new york. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the leak resulting from the disaster on the deepwater horizon created the most massive environmental disaster in our nation's history killing wildlife, destroying critical wet life and fisheries and wreaking havoc. 11 peopled died and the cost of human health will probably not be known for years. the response to the spill including toxic dispersants and secrecy by bp may have compounded the damage of the spill itself. on may 27th the judiciary committee held a hearing on the legal liability issues surrounding the gulf coast oil disaster. at that hearing the committee received testimony from victims, from the responsible companies and from experts about the outdated and unfair maritime liability regime that is denying justice to the victims of this disaster. after the hearing, the distinguished chairman of the full committee and i introduced hr-5503, the spill act, to fix those laws so that the victims can be fairly compensated. the committee favorably reported the bill on june 23rd and passed the house on july 1st by a voice vote. i hope it will soon become law

jerry brown. no plan then. no plan now. meg whitman. a plan for jobs. log on. learn more. >>> in today's classroom prepping for the s.a.t. it is one of the mostortant tests a teen will ever take. this morning insider tips on how good morning to you both. let me start with you. you aced the test. you got into princeton. congratulations on that. >> thank you so much. >> you also said you didn't even study so much for the s.a.t. so how did you ace it? >> you know, i don't know. i think it's more about the mentality you have. i think it's how you approach the test. there are a few things i did that really helped me in the limited studying i did. one was that i got myself motivated. i actually chose a theme song and i kind of found my anthem -- >> we actually have your theme song. it's rebellion, right? >> yes. >> what's the idea behind a theme song? >> you need something that gets you motivated. and when you're studying for the s.a.t.s, it's about concentration. so that song really helped me put in the work and put in the hours and get really in the right frame of mind for tackling the test. >> cat, one of the things you say is good for tackling