jody williams, leymah gbowee and mairead maguire.e are broadcasting live from the world forum at hague the in the netherlands. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting live from the hague, from the world format the hague. actually, right nearby is the peace palace. this past week, the second female statue was dedicated. it was dedicated to dr. letter james, who was one of the founders of the women's international league for peace and freedom, called that session 100 years ago where 1000 women came in the midst of world war i, 1915, to say, no, to war. now we are joined by three nobel peace laureates, jody williams won in 1997 for her campaign against landmines. leymah gbowee is with us from liberia. she won in 2011. she was fighting the liberian civil war nonviolently, organizing throughout liberia. and mairead maguire is with us, who won in 1976 along with betty williams in northern ireland as they fought against the violence there. no

stabbing a 9-year-old boy in his bed says the teenager is sick. 18-year-old william schultz is charged with murder today. as jodyhernandez reports, the teen's family had been struggling for weeks to get him treated for bizarre behavior. >> the family of this young man is suffering greatly. >> reporter: william schultz' family left the courthouse without comment after learning the 18-year-old will not appear in court till tomorrow. >> they feel horrible. their thoughts and prayers are with the family of this child. >> the teenager was charged today with one count of murder while lying in wait for the killing of 9-year-old jordan aum gren. prosecutors claim he used a knife to stab his friend's little brother as he slept. >> there's no question in my mind that mental illness led to this tragic event. >> reporter: public defender represents the teenager. she says the family did all they could to get their son mental health help. the contra costa county sheriff's department confirms the family called officers requesting a mental health check less than 24 hours before the stabbing. >> based on their evaluation they sa

william schultz. he's accused of stabbing to death his friend's 9-year-old brother. jody hernandez has the latest from the courthouse in martinez. >> reporter: prosecutors filed charges against the teenagers today. he won't be in court until tomorrow. tonight, the teenager's attorney says his family did all they could leading up to the tragedy to get the teen mental health treatment. >> the family of this young man is suffering. >> reporter: william schultz's family left the courthouse without comment after learning the 18-year-old will not appear in court until tomorrow. >> they feel horrible. their thoughts and prayers are with the family of this child. >> reporter: the teenager was charged today with one count of murder while lying in wait for the killing of 9-year-old jordan. prosecutors claimed he used a knife to stab his friend's little brother as the third grader slept. >> there's no question in my mind mental illness is what led to this event. >> reporter: the public defender represents the teenager. she says the family did all they could to get their son help. th

now, meanwhile tonight the suspect, william schultz, remains in the contra costa county jail facing murder charges. reporting live in discovery bay, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jodi. >>> in the south bay now, from toilet to tap. some silicon valley leaders announce plans to expand a water recycling plant. the goal is to eventually turn sewer water into drinking water. marianne favro is in san jose with a look at some of the hurdles ahead. >> one of the big hurdles is getting the public to embrace the concept of drinking water that was once sewage water. now here at this facility they produce 8 million gallons of recycled walter every day and the plan is to expand that to produce four times that much and make sure that it's drinkable. as a sign of confidence in the quality of this water, today's silicon valley leaders drank some of san jose's finest purified toilet water. >> good stuff. >> delicious. >> reporter: it was recycled here at the silicon valley advanced water purification system in san jose. the water goes through a three-step process, including microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light to ge

jodi arias. a judge decides this morning if he will spend the rest of her life in prison or if she can eventually be freed on parole. william with us in los angeles. >> this is the last day in a long time jodi arias will have her day in the sun. the question today is straightforward. judge terry stevens will give areas life with the possibility of release after 25 years or life without parole which is what people expect. murder her boyfriend in 2008. at first she denied it. then she played the victim claiming abuse. areas confessed under cross-examination by juan martinez. >> what i did was so horrific i could never have imagined myself doing that to another human being. >> there are good things to this job and one of the good things to this job is you can prosecute people who are alleged to have committed certain crimes. >> reporter: defense attorneys allege martinez withheld evidence and other misconduct which will provide the found for her appeal. martha: what about the victim's family? will they goat weigh? reporter: they will. and will areas speak be? the emotional statements from the family who were there every day of

jodi arias in arizona. there are only two opgs for the judge today. life in prison without parole or life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years. williams following the breaking developments from the west coast bureau in los angeles. william? >> our producer is in the courtroom and she just emailed me saying that all the jurors 11 yours from the last penalty phase are in the jury box and they're all wearing blue this is the travis alexander support color, if you will. that's highly unusual. all the attorneys are there but jodi has not arrived yet. court was supposed to begin about two minutes ago. twice she escaped the death penalty but is likely to spend the rest of her natural life in a small concrete cell with an orange jump suit. arias and most analysts expect life without parole. she stabbed her boyfriend 30 times, slitting his throat and then shooting him in the head. >> because what i did was so horrific that i couldn't have -- i could never have imagined myself doing that to another human being. >> but she did and the graphic story of their sexual relationship captivated millions who tuned in each day on tv or online to see ari