now back to "witness at jonestown." >>> jim jones' kingdom was spreading. d valley, san francisco and los angeles, jones negotiated the lease of nearly 4,000 acres of virgin jungle in the south american country of guyana. >> the beautiful promised land. see they made progress on the road and leveled it. >> he sent down a small advance crew from the temple to carve out a settlement they called jonestown. >> clearing it for five miles. going over the piggery now and the chicken area. also the grazing -- >> to wake up in jonestown was a breathtaking experience. it was just so overwhelmingly beautiful looking into the jungle. the sun rising, the howler monkeys calling from the jungle. it was just beautiful. >> i fell totally in love with guyana. it's the most spectacular country. so when i got to go, i was delighted. >> it will be an egalitarian society. but there won't be this aggression that's here in the u.s. >> jonestown would be peoples temple's future. jones had these movies made to inspire the folks back home. >> every moment i could see the changes we we

we talked to jim jones jr. by phone tonight about the fbi documents and his father's alleged terror plot. >> i have not seen them, so i challenge the validity of them. it's time for people to move on. a tragic event in history. i hope many of us have learned from this. >> reporter: that book will be out in october. live in san francisco, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> very interesting. thanks, cheryl. >>> we have new developments tonight involving that deadly pit bull attack in pacifica yesterday. the victim's grieving mother arrived at the house this evening and police returned to collect specific evidence. city leaders are now considering changes to pacifica's pet regulations. jean elle is live in san mateo with the latest tonight. jean? >> reporter: experts here at the humane society performed a necropsy on the pit bull. pacifica police carried boxes of evidence out of greg and darla's home. a day after their male pit bull mauled darla to death, a department served a search warrant. >> we're taking s

in fact, the reason jim jones fled as a couple of very good reporters were preparing an article in which they had gone to members of people's temple and said -- disaffected members of people's temple who claimed that jones was beating them and stealing their money and sleeping with their wives or husbands and so on. and, um, they were preparing this article which was going to blow the lid off who jim jones really was. and keep in mind that he was an ally of willie brown and george moscone because he had thrown out the people of people's temple to walk precincts. they had a very disciplined cadre of precinct walkers. and jim jones was aware this article was about to be published. somebody actually broke into the offices of "new west" magazine and rifled the files trying to destroy the article before it could be published. and then when it was clear it was going to be published, that was when jim jones left. so it was very much connected. and george moscone and i'll willie brown defended jim jones until the day he died. history is tragedy, not mello drama. >> what about tommy norman and jo

in fact the reason jim jones fled is tracie and marshall killed off were preparing an article in which they had gone to members of peoples temple and said, a disaffected of people's temple who claimed jones was feeding them and stealing their money and sleeping with their wives or husbands or so on. and they were preparing this article which was going to blow the lid off of who jim jones really was and keep in mind he was an ally because he could throw out the people temple to the precincts. the petit jury disciplined country of the precinct and jim jones was aware of the article and it was about to be published. somebody actually broke into the office of the new west magazine and rifled the files to destroy the article before it could be published and then when it was clear that it was going to be published, that was in jim jones left so very much connected and george moscone and willie brown defended jim jones until the day that he died. history is tragedy, not melodrama. >> what about tommy norman and joe freitas after the trial; was that the end of their careers or whatever it? >>

chilling details about a controversial bay area cult leader. 25 years before the september 11 attacks, jim jones planned a similar terror attack by airplane, and the target was san francisco. that's some of the information coming out in october when a new book is released about jones and the church he founded called the people's temple. "the new york times" reports a trusted confidante even took flying lessons in preparation of these planned attacks. the book titled "1,000 lives," says jones abandoned his airplane plot when he decided to move his church from san francisco's geary boulevard to the nation of guyana in south america. it was in guyana where jones made international headlines forcing the suicide of more than 900 church members including himself. >>> casey anthony, the florida mother who made national headlines when she was acquitted of murdering her daughter, has been ordered to come out of hiding. a judge ordered anthony to return to florida to report to the department of corrections by august 26 to serve a year of supervised probation. the probation stems from a check fraud convict

. >> still ahead at 6:00 -- new revelations about the san francisco cult leader, jim jones, the terror plot he apparently planned here in the bay area, similar to the september 11th attacks. >> also ahead -- your mail always ends up in your mailbox. do you ever think about who is getting it there? coming up, the bay area mail carriers joining an exclusive club today. >> lights, camera -- dmv. would you believe a new reality tv show about the department of motor vehicles. would you watch? >> sure to be interesting. good evening, i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. the good old san francisco fog starting to roll in right now. temperatures dropping. let's get a look at where we were for high tuesday. san jose, 78. san francisco, 66. oakland. 72. we will talk about your weekend forecast coming right up. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, all your back to school favorites are on sale! so get in extra early for 5 hour steals saturday, like $14.99 city streets denim, 55% off kids' school uniforms, and $8.99 guys' st. john's bay polos! bras are just $14.99, too! plus, with jcp cash, earn $10

they lost vondra and sean i just lost my father and they lose more you bet grandfather jim jones and debbie refused to come to the execution on february fourth one thousand nine hundred nine about six minutes to die. i don't know what i thought. i saw an end. person. because i didn't want to. but i was still angry. and i have great remorse sometimes for us most of the time i'm not thinking about it it's done it's done deal done and over the years i've not had to worry it's what is just as nap and what if it gets out and gets up and i worry about things that just i had no worries chain years closure. the only ones present a chance execution that night there were also those who have tried to save him. think. jones execution left scars on his lawyer steve presson. steve still lives in the little town of norman near oklahoma city. specializing in final appeals and taken damaged he has lost eleven of them and he has defended and succeeded in saving only two of them. and was here so many people who support the death penalty say well as part of our system we have a well the only reason that

than i did they lost vonda and sean i just lost my father did they lose more you bet grandfather jim jones and debbie refused to come to the execution on february fourth one thousand nine hundred nine sean took about six minutes to die. i don't know what i saw. i saw. a person i tried not to think about that. because i didn't want to think. but i was so angry i still wanted it to go. and i had great remorse sometimes for. most of the thinking about it it's gone. years i had to worry. what it just doesn't happen what if he gets out of the kids out the mayor worry about the job. i had no worries teen years done closure. lorna know well we're not the only ones present a chance execution that night there were also those who had tried to save him. jones execution left scars on his lawyer steve press and. executive. steve still lives in the little town of norman near oklahoma city. rationalizing in final appeals of the condemned he has lost eleven of the men he has defended and succeeded in saving only two of them. and we hear so many people who support the death penalty saying well it's part of

. >>> a new book claims people's temple leader, jim jones, once planned a september 11th-style plot to crash a plane into the san francisco -- into san francisco. "1,000 lives" is the book. jones hatched a plot in 1975 to crash a commercial plane filled with his followers and he even sent one follower to an oakland flight school. zones considered driving people's temple buses off of the golden gate bridge. instead he led more than 900 of the followers in mass suicide. >>> actor james franco is writing a documentary. he was recently in the bay area shooting scenes for a movie in this building, the old mission armory. now the home of an adult porn business. apparently franco wases so intrigued during the business that he started planning his documentary. >>> young doctors to be shared their discovers today on this the 30th anniversary of a special program. the annual summer research program at oakland children's hospital research center wrapped up today with a big party. 50 students did real life lab and clinical research over 90 weeks with a mentor from the hospital. one student studied

. >> a new book claims jim jones once plotted to crash a jet liner into san francisco. a thousand lives the untold story of hope, deception and survival at jones town is written by julia shears. she said jones wanted to crash a commercial jet he wanted to fill it with top members of his church because he thought they were trying to undermine his leadership. he even went so far as to send a church member to a flying school. he said he had plotted for years about how to kill his followers including loading them in buss and driving them off the golden gate bridge. in the end he led 900 in a mass murder suicide. >>> a judge in florida has ordered casey anthony to report to orlando and serve a one year probation for check fraud. a jury found her not guilty on charges of killing her daughter. she went into hiding because of threats. her lawyer said her life could be in danger if her location is known. she has two weeks to report to a probation officer in orlando. >> police say they won't back down in their massive crack down on rioters and looters. today officers broke down d

is making an alarming claim about a plot to crash a plane into survive by people's temple leader jim joneshe book by a former temple member is the untolled story of hope, deception and survival at jones town. sheer writes jones wanted to charter a plane and kill about 200 members of the church calling it a revolutionary suicide. two years later in 1978 he led the mass murder and suicide in jonestown, guyana where 818 people died. >>> plans for a high speed rail network hitting another roadblock today. the manufacturer of the bullet trains recalled 54 of them acknowledging some flaws. it does not appear those flaws had a role in last months' crash though that killed 40 people. earlier this week officials reduced the top speeds of the bullet trains and put a moratorium on new rail projects. >>> meantime opponents of california's only high speed rail plans made their case today at a court hearing in sacramento. palo alto and several other cities do not want the trains to run through the peninsula. they argue the trains would hurt the environment, cause too much traffic and they question rider

is making an alarming claim about a plot to crash a plane into survive by people's temple leader jim jonesformer temple member is the untolled story of hope, deception and survival at jones town. sheer writes jones wanted to charter a plane and kill about 200 members of the church calling it a revolutionary suicide. two years later in 1978 he led the mass murder and suicide in jonestown, guyana where 818 people died. >>> plans for a high speed rail network hitting another roadblock today. the manufacturer of the bullet trains recalled 54 of them acknowledging some flaws. it does not appear those flaws had a role in last months' crash though that killed 40 people. earlier this week officials reduced the top speeds of the bullet trains and put a moratorium on new rail projects. >>> meantime opponents of california's only high speed rail plans made their case today at a court hearing in sacramento. palo alto and several other cities do not want the trains to run through the peninsula. they argue the trains would hurt the environment, cause too much traffic okay, kids, we can record one more s

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jones and his wife practiced what they preached. they had a biological son, stephan, and adopted an african-american baby they named jim junior. it was indianapolis' first adoption of a black child by a white family. >> he had this great family of all different colors. he had a wonderful wife. i loved his kids. i was enchanted by everything he had going. >> i really don't feel comfortable being photographed. i really don't. >> in 1965 jones moved his

texas governor rick perry is running and jim acosta's got the story. he jones us now. this sunday in south carolina rick perry is expected to make it official and although may not be official throwing his name in the ring, not have a a republican source close to the perry campaign has confirmed to cnn that the texas governor will throw his cowboy hat into the ring, if you will excuse me me on saturday at red state conference in south carolina. his speech is expected to focus heavily on the texas economy, half of the jobs created in this country. the perry people will point out in the last two years, were in texas. republicans are going to point to that as a success story. democrats say, not so fast. most of those jobs are low-wage jobs. the democratic source told me earlier today. governor perry is all hat and no cattle but after the speech in south carolina, anderson, he heads off to new hampshire. he taped an interview with one of the tv stations up there today. so he's making all of the moves of a candidate tonight. >> he's also headed to iowa this weekend but he wa

texas governor rick perry is running and jim acosta's got the story. he jones us now. this saturday in south carolina rick perry is expected to make it official and although may not be official throwing his name in the ring, not have a republican source close to the perry campaign has confirmed to cnn that the texas governor will throw his cowboy hat into the ring, if you will excuse me me on saturday at red state conference in south carolina. his speech is expected to focus heavily on the texas economy, half of the jobs created in this country. the perry people will point out in the last two years, were in texas. republicans are going to point to that as a success story. democrats say, not so fast. most of those jobs are low-wage jobs. the democratic source told me earlier today. governor perry is all hat and no cattle but after the speech in south carolina, anderson, he heads off to new hampshire. he taped an interview with one of the tv stations up there today. so he's making all of the moves of a candidate tonight. >> he's also headed to iowa this weekend but he wa

jones and vladimer guerrero score and o's go on to win. >> history in detroit after hitting homer 3599 in sixth inning, jim thome gets 600 in the seventh,ha! a blast, to become the eighth player in major league history to reach 600. everything is working for milwaukee. triple play, josh wilson, and fielder, around to score and out at the plate. triple play and they won 17 of the last 19. marcus ambrose won it but there was plenty of action after the race. final lap here, he attaches the back of david reagan's car. he hits rudiman that car careens violently end over end. rudiman has a score to settle with greg biffle. >> he won't come out of the car. he throws a few baby punches and then he runs and hides. i'll find him. >> don't mess with him. >> no way. >> >>> tonight on "nightline" -- murder in paradise? an american woman still missing in aruba. an american man held in her disappearance.

jones scores. vladimer guerrero scores and o's are leading. >> after hitting 599 in the sixth, there it goes for jimthat is historic 600. he is so strong. thome, 5 r.b.i.s is eighth player to reach 600. >>> and here a triple play, josh wilson. then they get him out at the plate. triple play! milwaukee has won 17 of their last 19. on to football, jason campbell, raiders starting quarterback. the back-up job has a distinct local flavor. mike shumann has more. >> if you check out the raiders' quarterback position, our local colleges are well represented. stanford edwards and san jose state, are battling the spot for this friendly competition. >> we are all in here and jordan is a great kid. i look forward to working with both of guys. >> there is a west coast connection. great character. loves football. >> kyle was with the team last year and trent was a free agent this summer. he is no position to talk trash to his local teammates. >> i lost all five years in college to cal. >> again, he a guy that works hard. football is very important to him. he is very passionate. >> the rookie of the group is tryi

jim mcgovern from massachusetts. good congressman for north carolina, walter jones will be traveling into primary states to raise the issue of afghanistan. you do it to give these two issues, not to tackle president obama, but you've got to pick this up. we're trying to change who we believe is the policy undermining your possibility as a reform president. they think we work hard to elect more progressive people of the congress. i am not for a primary. i think it is a destructive policy in 2012. you work to elect as many progressives into this congress and state legislatures. i think so much of the action right now, in order to prevent the assault and to stop some of this class war, conservative class war is that the state level, were a lot of attention the to be paid. i think president obama has been given a gift with paul ryan's budget and is being given a gift with a republican field that is more and more looking like that scene in "star wars" at the bar. [laughter] >> you know, they are releasing the blu-ray of all the episodes. another democratic plots of hollywood to release "star wars" right before the. >> i

on afghanistan, good congressman jim mcgovern from massachusetts, good congressman for north carolina, republican walter jonestravel into primary states to raise the issue of that cannot stand. you do it to give space to issues. not to tackle president obama, but you've got to pick this up. we are trying to change what we believe is a policy undermining your possibilities as a reform press and. i think we work hard to elect more progressive people in the congress. i think it is a destructive possibility. you build towards 2016 amort to elect as many state legislators. i think so much of the action right now in order to prevent the assault and stop the class where you talk about the state level. a lot of attention needs to be paid. i think president obama has been given a gift with paul ryan's budget and a gift with the republican field that is more looking like the scene in "star wars" at the bar. [laughter] they are really seen the blu-ray of all nine episodes. to release "star wars" before the election. >> i would echo what katrina is saying with the added point that i think obama had a relatively easy reel

and chipper jones has a home run and the giants have just lost to the lan to braves want to nothing, on to houston the giants go, having lost three out of four in atlanta. now jimon, the quarterback of the chicago bears to a ben 90 super bowl title is joining in a suit against the national football league. he and six other players said the police handling of concussions over the years has left them with serious injuries in their retirement. it is a first class action suit of its kind, they claim that the lead the trains players to hit with their hands. they did not properly diagnose or treat concussions trying for decades to conceal any leak between football and brain injuries he suffers from football making--brain trauma and henry lost. and jim mcmahon married a young lady from san mateo he played at byu. she was a very good mormon. jim was not a mormon and they fell in love and let their religion does, worked its way out. i do not know where he is now what he is doing it is still in love with jim mcmahon was married to a woman from san mateo. >> in local lady. >> now time for our brawl of the night. the georgetown basketball is played against a chinese pro te

jones joining us live from the capital in annapolis. we know the downtown area where you are can be prone to flooding if there is a right storm coming in. >> reporter: absolutely, jim not long ago with the mayor of annapolis. officials are expecting a storm surge of two-to-three feet. annapolis may not get a direct hit from the storm as other points along the coast, the impact in terms of flooding will be significant because we are in a low-lying flood prone area. we are talking 6 to 8 inches of rain. some businesses saw buildings under several feet of flood water in 2008. officials here want to make sure people take this seriously. the surge at hurricane isabelle was a big one. people are encouraging people in low-lying areas to clear out voluntarily. we are talking about 500 to 1,000 homes. they set up annapolis high school to shelter in place. there will be buses to get people out. there will be a reverse 911 call warning system to help inform residents. overall the message is to take this seriously and not to gamble. let's listen to what mayor josh cohen had to say earlier. >> i'm concerned that people are going to assume that it will just stay too far off the