is little jessie's father. >> when is the last time you talked to jessie?at his home on a cold, winter day to learn more about his son. >> everybody loved him. little kids called him uncle jessie. >> 17 years. >> jessie's father says he had a good heart but his son struggled in school and he didn't make it past the ninth grade. >> at the time he was 17 years old. he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough kid. he was low functioning in school. he had been in special ed from the time he started school. >> low functioning. >> iq i think at 72 is what he's been measured at. >> and what does that mean? how does he compare to a normal student? >> well, if the normal student is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation legally. and so he was just above that. and he had been in special ed until he'd finally dropped out in high school when he was 16, a year earlier than this. >> jessie knew damien echols and jason baldwin but not very well. they lived in a neighborhood close by. what was your world? what

you may as well tell us what you did. >> jessie, damien and jason were all arrested hours after jessie'sll, i think, breathed a sigh of relief that someone was in custody that was being accused of committing the crimes. >> pam hobbs is stevie branch's mother. >> based on what the police told you, they were 100% certain these were the guilty guys. >> uh-huh. and so believing in my justice system and believing that the police who are to protect and serve i really felt like they had the right ones and i wanted to do something to them. >> what did you want to do? >> i wanted to bash their head up against the wall, kick their face in. i was just so angry. if i could have got ahold of them i think i probably could have shredded them with my bare hands. >> you wanted to kill them. >> i did. >> but while jessie may have confessed, he soon took it back and steadfastly refused to testify against jason and damien. ultimately, jessie was tried separately, and ultimately, it would be his own words that would convict him. >> he hit him with his fist and bruised them up real bad. then jason turned arou

the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. broke the checkpoint had a torch just the. tip just. came out of the top of the turret and they think that broken his neck. that was it was a little. guy you know. within an hour of the incident just the arrival of the thirty first combat support hospital in baghdad where he died on the operating table as doctors tried to save his life jesse was pronounced dead at two thirty five that morning from what doctors at the scene described as. massive blunt abdominal trauma the result of being thrown from the humvee that evening when the doctor examined the results of the post-mortem cat scan he noticed the presence of a bullet in just his back but did not fill out the paperwork to correct the death certificate later in a sworn statement he claimed that jessie did in fact die as a result of a gunshot wound or g.s. w. the final autopsy was performed on jessie's body at dover air force base during the autopsy the doctor dis

i interviewed jessie's dad neil a few times. the last time you saw jessie was a year ago today.his anniversary for you and your families must be in ways excruciating i imagine but take me back to a year ago the last time you saw him and what happened. >> the last time i saw jessie, a normal morning like any other. we were getting ready for school and work, and neil was there to pick him up, and i walked him out, you know, a little late for work and he was a little late for school, and was turned to talk to neil about meeting to make ginger bread houses the next day with jessie and i turned around and saw jessie had written i love you with his fingernail in the frost of my car, and little hearts all over the windows, and i was just so loved, and i knew that was one of life's moments, and so i said, wait right here, and i ran inside and got my camera, came back out, took a picture of him. actually moved -- i remember taking him by the shoulders, loved him over to get him and the message. actually dellating a picture because its over exposed and taking a closeup shot and walked him

i interviewed jessie's dad neil a few times. the last time you saw jessie was a year ago today. this anniversary for you and your families must be in ways excruciating i imagine but take me back to a year ago the last time you saw him and what happened. >> the last time i saw jessie, a normal morning like any other. we were getting ready for school and work, and neil was there to pick him up, and i walked him out, you know, a little late for work and he was a little late for school, and was turned to talk to neil about meeting to make ginger bread houses the next day with jessie and i turned around and saw jessie had written i love you with his fingernail in the frost of my car, and little hearts all over the windows, and i was just so loved, and i knew that was one of life's moments, and so i said, wait right here, and i ran inside and got my camera, came back out, took a picture of him. actually moved -- i remember taking him by the shoulders, loved him over to get him and the message. actually dellating a picture because its over exposed and taking a closeup shot and walked h

you can't bring jessie back. can keep it from destroying your own life. >> you can't always control what happens to i see how everything is a choice. my reaction to this is a choice. i have found meaning in my suffering. the book is my journey of hope and forgiveness. i think when you finish reading it it gives you an occasion to health and joy in your own life. healing from any type of sorrow or pain and that equation is gratitude plus forgiveness plus compassion. it walks clearly and i hope everybody takes that from this book. >> thank you for sharing the story. also into a mother's capacity to forgive. you helped all of us cope with the hurt and pain of our lives. thank you for your courage in sharing it with us. god bless you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next month hole cast survivors at all swits. they are going to be there to hold the historic meeting. the young man who is oirg niezings that event joins me next. >> 6 million views by nazi germany in the holocaust is one of the most horrendous acts

the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. a dump truck had broke the checkpoint and the torch just to be hit just. came out of the top of the turret and they think that he had broken his neck. that was it was a little. guy now. within an hour of the incident just the arrived at the thirty first combat support hospital in baghdad where he died on the operating table as doctors tried to save his life jesse was pronounced dead at two thirty five that morning from what doctors at the scene described as. massive blunt abdominal trauma the result of being thrown from the humvee that evening when the doctor examined the results of the post-mortem cat scan he noticed the presence of a bullet in jesse's back but did not fill out the paperwork to correct the death certificate later in a sworn statement he claimed that jessie did in fact die as a result of a gunshot wound or g s w the final autopsy was performed on jessie's body at dover air force base during the aut

the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. broke the checkpoint had the torch just the hitch. and jesse came out of the top of the turret and they think that he had broken his neck. that was it was a little. within an hour of the incident just the arrived at the thirty first combat support hospital in baghdad where he died on the operating table as doctors tried to save his life jesse was pronounced dead at two thirty five that morning from what doctors at the scene described as. massive blunt abdominal trauma the result of being thrown from the humvee that evening when the doctor examined the results of the post-mortem cat scan he noticed the presence of a bullet in jesse's back but did not fill out the paperwork to correct the death certificate later in a sworn statement he claimed that jessie did in fact die as a result of a gunshot wound or g s w the final autopsy was performed on jessie's body at dover air force base during the autopsy the doctor disco

the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. the checkpoint and the torch just to be hit just. came out of the top of the turret and they think that he had broken his neck. that was it was a little. now. within an hour of the incident just the arrived at the thirty first combat support hospital in baghdad where he died on the operating table as doctors tried to save his wife jessie was pronounced dead at two thirty five that morning from what doctors at the scene described as. massive blunt abdominal trauma the result of being thrown from the humvee that evening when the doctor examined the results of the post-mortem cat scan he noticed the presence of a bullet in jesse's back but did not fill out the paperwork to correct the death certificate later in a sworn statement he claimed that jessie did in fact die as a result of a gunshot wound or g s w the final autopsy was performed on jessie's body at dover air force base during the autopsy the doctor discovered

the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. broke the checkpoint had the torch just to be hit just. came out of the top of the turret and they think that he had broken his neck. that was it was a little. bit now. within an hour of the incident just the arrived at the thirty first combat support hospital in baghdad where he died on the operating table as doctors tried to save his life jesse was pronounced dead at two thirty five that morning from what doctors at the scene described as. massive blunt abdominal trauma the result of being thrown from the humvee that evening when the doctor examined the results of the post-mortem cat scan he noticed the presence of a bullet in just these back but did not fill out the paperwork to correct the death certificate later in a sworn statement he claimed that jessie did in fact die as a result of a gunshot wound or g s w the final autopsy was performed on jessie's body at dover air force base during the autopsy the docto

when you had the devastating news that jessie had been killed at the school, you found that jessie hadinstrumental in saving some of the other kids' lives. >> nine lives, yes. >> how did he do that? >> the shooter entered his classroom and continued his killing spree, killing jessie's beloved miss soto, his teacher and then his gun ran out of bullets. so during the short time it took for him to disengage his clip and reload, jessie sensing the delay, yelled out to nine of his classmates for them to run. and it was because they ran they were saved. jessie was a hero that day, not just a victim. i can't imagine a 6-year-old to have the presence of mind to take that kind of action. i would think he would be, like all of them, just terrified. how surprised when you found out jessie acted so unselfishly? >> when i was at the firehouse and i got there when all of the parents were being reunited with their loved ones and jessie was not among those. and the hours kept going forward and it -- i kind of realized jessie wasn't coming bag. -- coming back. i thought he probably tried to do somethin

the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. a dump truck had broke the checkpoint had a torch just to be it just. came out of the top of the turret and they think that he had broken his neck. that was it was a little. guy you know. within an hour of the incident just the arrived at the thirty first combat support hospital in baghdad where he died on the operating table as doctors tried to save his life jesse was pronounced dead at two thirty five that morning from what doctors at the scene described as. massive blunt abdominal trauma the result of being thrown from the humvee that evening when the doctor examined the results of the post-mortem cat scan he noticed the presence of a bullet in jesse's back but did not fill out the paperwork to correct the death certificate later in a sworn statement he claimed that jessie did in fact die as a result of a gunshot wound or g s w the final autopsy was performed on jessie's body at dover air force base during the a

did in fact die as a result of a gunshot wound or g s w the final autopsy was performed on jessie's body at dover air force base during the autopsy the doctor discovered that jessie had not died from a trauma but from a penetrating gunshot wound to the back the issued a new certificate of death the media only although jessi's officers in iraq were alerted to the change in status the family continued to believe that their son was killed in a traffic accident. on the day of the funeral jessie's family and friends were joined by thousands of canton residents who pay their respects for the funeral it was amazing i mean i've never. been to a funeral where even i literally felt the love from the people around the community helped raise in the community help bury him within hours of learning that jessie died from a bullet lodged in his back army officers in iraq knew that jessie was killed by either us or polish forces who opened fire when the driver of the dump truck failed to slow down or heed warnings to stop as gunfire rang out across the traffic the driver was shot and killed sending

to answer that question, jessie a senior reporter and a columnist for ""the new york times"" and won a prize for investigative reporting of the financial crisis. jessie, nice to have you on the program. >> hi, thanks for having me. >> the prevailing view seems to be that banks are in much better shape, they stabilized that the financial crisis is over from that perspective and the government is out of the bailout business. we just reported this week it no longer owns any part of general motors. we just reported housing is doing a lot better. so what is your thought on this? satisfied nationis thsatisfieis? >> i think the financial crisis is over. the question is whether we've done enough to prevent the next financial crisis and since crisis is inevitable, the question is will it be huge and blow up the world economy? i think the answer is no, we haven't done enough. >> have we solved the problem of too big to fail, a bank that is too system to let it go? >> it was said last week in a speech we could say with a straight face we solved too big to fail. i think that -- i don't think wal

his 6-year-old son jessie louis died trying to help his classmates.st of all, your reaction to that interview with marsha lanza, the first member of the family of the shooter to come out and speak in public. what did you make of it? >> i respect her for coming forth and speaking. i personally don't hold the family responsible for adam's actions. my heart goes out to the family the same it does for other victims' families. it -- i had the opportunity this past year to speak with mr. lanza. >> adam lanza's father. what was that meeting like for you? >> it was -- i felt good after i met with him and spoke with him. it was just -- i felt it was something i wanted to do, i needed to do. it wasn't any answer to why it happened or what could have been done to prevent it, but he is a father that lost a son, as i did, and i said that last year. he's carrying a heavier cross or a bigger burden than i am. you know, our loved ones will be honored and remembered for the tragedy, and as victims. his son will be remembered as a mass cure killer. mr. peter lanza was

all the women love that. >> look at jessie's christmas tree. >> it's beautiful, jesse.e late, but happy, happy holidays. >> all right. >> whatever. >> all right, jamie has a question and it's this -- every year, we throw a new year's party, which i enjoy more than my husband. the bulk of the work ends up on me. >> of course it does! >> how on earth do i get him to pitch in? >> oh. >> i mean, just from the question, doesn't it sound like what she's really saying -- that's code for i want the party and he doesn't at all. like, he really doesn't want it each year. >> yeah. >> i think, firstly, there's two ways of answering this. one is to say ruthlessly, look, it's kind of your thing that you want, so you do it, right? i'm sure there are things in the year that he wants for him that you don't really pitch in on because you don't really want to do it. >> yes. >> the other way of looking at it is you saying, okay, look, there are lots of things that i help you out in the year with because they're important to you, and that's why i pitch in. it would be important to me for yo

. >> there it is, there i am with reverend jessie jackson. he's taking the phone so the reverend can put his wife on the phone to give a hello. the morning i met former president nelson mandela. he spoke to me in an incredible voice that is unique and said, "morgan, are you here to visit me." he was reading four papers, one in africans, english, zulu. his mind was sharp. he was brilliant, vibrant, all the things you would expect. >> when you lived in south africa, what was it like when you were there? >> when i was there it was surprisingly still very racially tense. this is something that is not foreign to me, because i am a southerner, and i come from greens bro north carolina which has racial tension, like a bad hang over from the 1960s that put us on the map. when i lived in south africa, it was not foreign to me, but it was different. this is what i hear. my parents, african mernts, grew up in segregated schools experienced. i was fresh out of college. here i was, a grad with my backpack travelling the world. they have this understanding

. >>> i'm kimberly guilfoyle with bob beckel, jessie waters, debuta perino and jedda dia perino. it is 5:00 and this is "the five." >> 2013 is winding down but before we ring in 2014, let's visit the top news stories of the year. what were the hot topics you heard on "the five," here is looking back. >> if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you keep your health care plan. >> i'm sorry they are finding themselves in different situations from what they heard from me. >> i will speak until i can no longer speak. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> i intend to speak in support of defunding obamacare until i am no longer able to stand. >> we, the jury, duly impanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oath do find the defendant count one, first-degree murder, guilty. >> help me, i'm amanda berry. >> do you need police fire or ambulance. >> i need police. >> what is going on there? >> i've been kidnapped for 10 years and i'm here and free now. >> the fact is we have four dead americans because of a protest or guy

one of the murdered children was 6-year-old jessie lewis. and tonight his father, neill heslun, talked to piers morgan and he told him he wished the tapes were not released. and as this interview went on there, was a moment it just absolutely took my breath away. because piers asked this father who lost his only child what this christmas will be like. and what you're about to hear is something no parent should ever endure. >> i don't think it was necessary for the tapes to be released. and there's always the worry or the thought that they'd be exploited the same as the information that would have been released or could have been released from the investigation. it's at a very rough time, a very hard time. it's the one-year anniversary coming up. and aside from that, we have christmas, which -- now it's a very difficult time for many. >> i interviewed you soon after the tragedy last year just before christmas last year. and i remember one of the most powerful and moving interviews i've ever conducted. and my heart just bled for you literally.

funciona con cabello corto como el de cherryl y también en cabello grueso y con frizz como el de jessienario para probar el perfecter por solo tres minutos. no importaba el largo, la textura de su cabello, los resultados fueron increíbles. allie tiene el cabello muy largo; parecía desordenado y opaco hasta que usó el perfecter. >> es un milagro. se ve increíble. ya puedo verlo brillar. ahora veremos lo suave y hermoso que quedó, lleno de brillo y estilo. >> hola, preciosa. >> me encanta. >> guau. mira eso. >> es hermoso. >> dios mío. me encanta. qué transformación. >> es una transformación total. >> el problema de jessie era el cabello seco y crespo, pero después de una simple pasada con el perfecter su cabello está sano, brillante y lleno de cuerpo y elasticidad. >> quiero que sacudas tu cabello porque quiero verlo. imírenlo! se mueve. >> guau. >> no se movía antes. >> ahora es tan hermoso. >> el brillo es increíble. >> el cabello de cherryl es tan corto que no puede utilizar un rizador, pero el perfecter le permite estilizarse sin quemarse. solo mira los resultados. increíble. volumen

name is john avalos the chair of the authority and today's authority meeting is broadcast to us by jessie lar larson thank you for your work. madam clerk will you please call the roll. >> campos absent. chiu absent. mr. farrell farrell present. commissioner kim. tang present. commissioner wiener. wiener present. we have quorum. ? m. any comments or questions on the minutes? okay we can do comment on item number 2 seeing none we'll close public comment and the motion to approve the minutes a roll call vote. commissioner avenue avenue. >> aye. >> commissioner breed? >> chiu absent. >> commissioner cohen. >> kim aye. >> wiener aye. >> commissioner ye the item passes. >> chair report this is an information item. >> good morning colleagues it has been another busy and productive year at the transportation authority. in particular i wish to thank vice chair scott wiener for your partnership and leadership on transportation issues and eric mar for plans and programs and on behalf of my colleagues i wish to thank all of our aids to help with the large work we have here and the transportation staf

he never lost the sharpliness of his mind. >> reverend jessie jackson.l jazeera will return in a moment with more on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> it was more than 20 years ago that mr nelson mandela visited atlan atlan atlanda -- atlant ageorgia and paid his respects. robert ray is at the historic site. >> we have a special privilege, al jazeera america does to be at the king site at downtown atlanta where martin luther king and his wife are buried behind me. june 27th, 1990, nelson mandela at the tail end of his american tour stopped here in atlanta. some of the first things he said when he got off the plane is it reminded him because of his home town of south africa, because of the landscape and warmth. it was a hot day. it was a whirl wind tour around the state of georgia, as he was escorted in a bulletproof limousine and brought out at three locations, morehouse college being one, where he was made an honorary morehouse man. after that, as you can see, the cameraman can zoom in, he was brought to this site where martin luther king is bur

. >> jessie, you have been involved in journalism for a long time. if you have a health care and a democrat sitting on a committee, both investigating with the same investigation at their finger tips who dispute a report in the new york times, do you not think that is valid. >> it is a bipartisan situation when you have democrats and republicans both on the house intel committee saying it was al qaeda related. you have the number two guy who was stevens, the ambassador, there saying there was no video situation. it had nothing to do with the video. and you also have an independent analysis of social media saying there is no mention of this anti-muslim video even 24 hours after 9/11. but it is not about the video for me. for me it is about on 9/11 we had a planned and coordinated attack against our guys. we did not have the security, we did not go in to save them. the president, no one know where's he was that night. he flew off to a fund raiser the next day and now they are wishy washy about terrorism and this whole nonsense. what was the ambassador

but i'm alleviating to la in the morning to help jessie produce his film it's about coming from an urbancan do it there's a lot of people that can step up and go for city office. thank you and it's a real honor and not a lot of people knew my dad so thank you, everyone. (clapping.) >> thank you. let's visit liz hunt the ceo of the santa clara 50i7bd health center to the stage. (clapping.) >> thank you earl and thank you very much. and welcome to the wonderful, wonderful event. it's an honor to be here and share the space. the indian health program serves the south bay area we were founded in 1977. we provide comprehensive health and innocence services to the indian and general community. it's my pleasure to announce the first animate necessary vietnam veteran. he worked seat the indian center he works at the contract analysis. he's been here 10 years doing a fantastic job we've seen him grow and take on more responsibility. one of the things i'd like to share i'd like to tell people will verp he's the one who came up with the judged of annual fundraiser. so he pitched this to our committ

. >> jessie duarte was nelson mandela's special assistant. she told us what it was like working with him. >> we had a good working relationship. madiba was a strict employee, but strict in the sense of much more strict on himself. he was punk tul -- punk tulle. he had great ideas about meeting people. he needed to meet the people of south africa and talk to them about the future and where we needed to go. he spent a great deal of time talking to the people at home and engaging as he did with many african leaders to talk about un iteming the countryman. madiba's greatest wish was to reunite the african continent and believes we should un item the people of south africa. in many ways he was a symbol of freedom in progress. on a personal note, you know that he's gone, but will live on in the hearts of many people. i was at his home tonight, and certain outside of the house people are singing and celebrating a life that had given them hope and courage. i think madiba was thinking that we needed at the time when our country was in transition, and

name is john avalos the chair of the authority and today's authority meeting is broadcast to us by jessie lar

name is john avalos the chair of the authority and today's authority meeting is broadcast to us by jessie lar larson thank you for your work. madam clerk will you please call the roll. >> campos absent. chiu absent. mr. farrell farrell present. commissioner kim.

them i was invited to meet president nelson mandela and president jacob zuma while reference rend jessie jackson was in down. i never forget nelson mandela greeting me in that voice, "how nice to meet you, young lady." highs mind was sharp and he had a charisma. i met his grandson, who later told me about the important example his grandfather set for him. >> he came out of gaol and said, "i don't want to take revenge, i want to create peace and mover forward. for me i'm continuing what has been started by our grandfather, involved in the liberation movement across africa. >> i'll never forget what dooeb said in the end, "when we feel like we are running out of time that's when it's important to take our time. and i will remember his legacy. >> i was not the only one with a special memory. president obama met nelson mandela in 2005 and will travel to south africa to attend memorial services. he'll be joined by former presidents bill clinton and george bush. >> 2013 is poised to be the best year for hire since 2005, before the recession. year low and is at 7%.l to a of the u.s. economy gai

and over the last few months there's been a team of us doing extensive outreach and jessie lorenz and myself and we've given now 21 presentations about more than half of those were to disability specific groups including this body and the mayor's disability counsel and the accessibility committee long-term care coordinating counsel and independent living resource center we've been to a couple of public pour you forums that included the democratic club and we've been gathering public comment which is being documented as if it were an environmental impact report and i'm giving you this background and updates letting you know these recommendations are moving towards the next step and the next step would be a hearing or agenda item on the san francisco municipal transportation agency's agenda next tuesday and next tuesday is november 21 st and what we are asking the smmta to do is consider a resolution supporting these recommendations it would be wonderful if people who either support or even people who don't support, would be able to attend the next sfmta meeting on tuesday november 19th