>> well, judge john bates, we should talk about him. he was appointed by president bush in 2001. he's a former prosecutor, served in the u.s. attorney's office as an assistant u.s. attorney. from everybody i talk to, they seem to tell me they can't be quoted, but they seem to think that the recommendation of 46 months, which is almost four years, it's going be a lot closer to that than it will be. the lawyers want 18 months. i've been told that the u.s. attorney will not be there and will not make a statement and that they will let probably harry thomas junior report voluntarily. he won't be taken from the courtroom and incarcerated. but they definitely came out earlier last week. they definitely want some very serious time and the time seemed to me that would be given. this is the first elected official that has been indicted and convicted to set an example. >> given the history with politics in this town, is there any indication this is going to tarnish his reputation or potential he could come back, perhaps stronger than ever? >> are you talking about harry thomas jr.? >> yeah

the judge, john bait, was very strong in saying this had been -- john bates, was very strong in saying this had been a public portrayal and they wanted to set an example and i think send a signal to anybody else that steals public money that you're just not going to get a slap on the wrist. >> does this provide perhaps a little bit of information into the sales of these other investigations? -- perhaps put a little bit of wind in the sails of these other investigations? >> well, i don't know. nothing had been under investigation. nothing has been proven. there have been no indictments, but believe me, the u.s. attorney was very vigorous on this and he is just a council member. there is a move afoot and i made some calls about this in other states that would ban somebody like harry thomas, a convicted felon, from coming back and ever being elected to office. i spoke to four council members today, council chair of the judiciary committee phil mendelson, who said he would have hearings on that proposal but probably didn't think it would go anywhere. jack evans told me he would discourage

. >> reporter: the judge, john bates took into account the irony that thomas would then convert more than $350,000 earmarked for such programs to his personal use. the fbi seized a luxury suv and a motorcycle as a part of the lewd that thomas collected from the stolen funds. months ago in this very same spot after harry thomas jr. pleaded guilty to stealing federal funds and not paying his taxes, i asked him what his father would say about all of this, a former d.c. councilman. today he cited that question and for the first time he gave us an answer, saying that his father would say stand up, accept what you have done, be responsible for your actions. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney, ronald machen. >> we were certainly sending amessage that this city will not tolerate the unethical issues. if you violate the public trust, there will be consequences. >> reporter: the mother of harris thomas jr. said that he lectured her son about the shame he brought to the people and the family he served, quoting the words, saying that there is something good in the worst of us and something bad in th

earlier thomas told judge john bates that he had humiliated his family and community and said, "what i did was wrong, your honor, and i broke the law." >> reporter: u.s. attorney ron machen spoke to us not long after sentencing. >> i think justice was served today. i think a powerful message was sent that if you engage in public corruption that there will be consequences and you'll forfeit not only ill gotten gains of your corrupt conduct, but your freedom. >> reporter: when asked about other investigations currently underway and to mayor vincent gray and council chairman kwame brown, machen was limited in what he could say. >> we really can't talk about that. i can tell you we're obviously working as hard as we can. we understand there's a sense of urgency, but we have to do a very thorough comprehensive inquiry and it takes time. >> reporter: do you have to be more careful when it involves someone like the mayor? >> certainly. i couldn't know about more careful, but you have to certainly be careful when you're talking about somebody like the mayor or chief of the council. >> back t

university professor at columbia and a winner of the 2001 nobel prize in economics as well as the 1979 john bates clark medal. he served in the clinton administration as the chair of the president's council of economic advisers followed by an appointment of senior vice president and chief economist of the world bank. he's a co-founder of the initiative for policy dialogue current president at the international economic association chair of the u.n. commission studying ways to reform the financial system and a member of the sftc committee on emerging regulatory issues. last year foreign policy magazine named him one of the top 100 global thinkers. dr. stiglitz, thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you for holding these hearings. i welcome this opportunity to share with you my thoughts on senate bill 1138 and the broader subject of how we can best finance research on hiv/aids and for health more generally. i should begin by saying that the approach taken by the bill is exactly right. it reflects an approach that i have been arguing for years include my book "making globalization work" an

professor at columbia university and winner of the 2001 nobel prize in economics as well as the 1979 john bates clark medal. he served in the chair of the economic advisers followed by an appointment of chief adviser of the world bank, he is a co-founder of the initiative of dialogue economic association, chair of the u.n. commission to perform ways of the financial system and a member of the cdc on one of the top 100 global thinkers. thanks very much for being with us. >> thank you very much for holding these hearings. i welcome the opportunity to share with you my thoughts of bill 1138 and the broader subject of how we can best enhance research on hiv/aids and help generally. i would say the approach taken on the bill is exactly right. it reflects the approach i've been arguing for for years, including my book "making globalization work ". the timing of this hearing couldn't be better. coming soon after the release of the report and the consultive expert work of the world health organization. i was able to present a keynote address in the launch of the report in geneva just over a week ago. i

and the rest is sort of history. >> amazingly, after this brazen act the john sticks around to talk to batesou a married man? >> yes. >> what would your wife say? and why don't you have a wedding ring on? >> i lost it in iraq. >> you lost your wedding ring in iraq. why don't you buy another one? >> i don't have the money. >> you just paid for a hooker. you can afford a hooker, but you can't afford a wedding ring? you know, it's funny, these johns go out and think wow, what a great deal on robinson. you can buy just about any sex act for $20. i'm here to tell you, $20 can also cost you your job. it can get you a disease. it can cost you your marriage. it can cost you your reputation in the community. and if i post the video online, it's a life sentence. so i guess it's quite a deal for 20 bucks. so this is your ride. i was just stalling till the cops got here. >> i'm going to jail? >> we called lowe's, and they tell us that the incident concerns them. they have this to say -- "the behavior we observed on the video is clearly a violation of lowe's policy, and we have taken corrective measures

inside, told judge john bates that he had hue -- humiliated his family and his community. >>> a prince william county elementary school principal is under arrest. jenny debarmont is accused of embezzling more than $#,000 using a school issued credit card. she is currently on administrative leave -- $8,000 using a school issued credit card. >>> new details involving a drug bust of a dentist. dr.karmand was arrested at his home yesterday accused of trying to deal crystal meth. police told the court they found $11,000 worth of crystal meth and seven ounces of ghb in the doctor's home. he is being charged with possession with intent to sell. >>> coming up next, he is charged with nearly 3,000 counts of murder. tomorrow, self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9-11 attacks will be in court. >> first, the final words of osama bin laden. what his writing reveal about the new plan to share his message of terror.  >>> doe classified documents revealing new details about the final days of osama bin laden. the writings were seized during the raid that ended with the death of the terrorist

. >> the judge, john bates, was very strong in saying this had been a public portrayal and they wanted to set an example and i think send a signal to anybody else who steals public money that you are not going to get just a slap on the wrist. >> lawyers for harry thomas, jr. asked the judge to accepted him to prison in either florida or alabama. the location as well as a date for thomas to report to jail will be decided at a later time. >>> a doctor and developer links to the corruption scream involving jack johnson is headed to prison i'm judge sentenced mirza beg to 18 months behind bars. agents overheard johnson telling his wife to tear up a $100,000 check. beg wrote that check. at check. >>> the campaign for president officially starts tomorrow and virginia is becoming more and more of a key battleground contest. president obama is visiting the commonwealth today. just yesterday, mitt romney got the endorsement of the tea party favorite, congresswoman michelle bachmann. we get more now from fox 5's sureyly who is live where the president will be in arlington. good morning. >> good

. >> reporter: 92 people including thomas' mother, wife and children wrote letters to judge john batescy. they want weights to consider thomas' long record of serving the residents ever wards five. thomas' attorneys believe a year and a half would be a fair prison sentence. but u.s. attorney ron machin indicated months ago how long thomas should serve for his crimes against those he represented. >> rear that are than facing another four-year term on the d.c. council, mr. thomas will now face the prospect of serve is three to four years in prison. -- rather than facing another four-year term. >> prosecutors did agree to seek a maximum of four years as part of the plea agreement to get thomas to sign the affidavit that he did indeed embezzle the money from the city. no, ma'am as was also ordered to pay back the city the money he stole and also to forfeit an suv and a luxury motorcycle. there may also be a fine imposed today. it could be up to $75,000. wisdom and sarah? >> thank you. >>> developing overseas, secretary clinton tells china to must protect human rights. she made the statemen

> reporter: but first thomas's mother, a prominent political figure in her own right told judge john bates i humbly and passionately plead for mercy for my son. thomas himself said what is wrong? i broke the law. i humiliated my family. i humiliated my mother. he said i took this money because it was a sense of entitlement. my needs ahead of everyone. thomas pleaded guilty in january to two felony counts after several years of siphoning city money intended for youth programs he championed. he also resigned the council seat his father once held before him. judge bates, who neated thomas's earlier positive work with young people agreed with prosecutors that thomas led the scam that cheated city children. this is a case of betrayal the judge said. these programs were to benefit under privileged and needy children. most of the stolen money was used for lavish personal purposes by thomas. the former council member could have received 51 months in prison. he left the courthouse again without speaking to reporters. mayor vincent gray whose 2010 campaign is under federal investigation said the tho

we know brendan coil as the loyal butler, john bates but real life he's the one getting treated to topr a date with the actor as apart of a charity price, four times the asking price. a little dinner, ride through central park in a horse-drawn carriage and his date read poetry and shared her desert with him. who whisked the plate as way seamlessly and did he do the dishes by hand? >> oh. >> you know? that was the best. >> no. >> my fallback was did the butler do it but i felt it was inappropriate because it was a date thing so anyway, beyonce is back in pop news. the diva gave us a special behind-the-scenes look at her post-baby comeback. after five months after giving birth to little blue ivy it shows her getting ready for her atlantic city shows. now, she says she's lost 60 pounds of the baby weight but now this disturbs me. it's not the treadmill. she says she credits it to the treadmill but says she was just eating lettuce and i -- >> that's it. >> yeah. >>> i mean i don't know. that's the quote. don't ask question, dan. it says it right here. just -- >> there's no way you can just

interesting in the liberty movement is definitely on the rise that was john ramey founder of liberty for all super pac and preston bates executive director for the brain for all super pac thanks so much for coming on you guys. now let's continue our coverage of the national defense authorization act better known as the end game two days ago marked a huge victory for civil rights advocates a federal judge sided with a lawsuit filed by journalists and activists against the president ruling that the provisions of the controversial law were unconstitutional specifically the provision that allows the indefinite detention of u.s. citizens without due process so the indefinite detention clause not apply for americans anymore well not so fast and a vote this morning congress shot down the attempt to strike the provision from the n.b.a. game and a vote of one hundred eighty two to thirty eight congress voted against the amendment proposed representatives adam smith and just in a match that would have excluded american citizens from the n.b.a. so what does this mean now for u.s. citizens well this lawsuit gained traction or is t

from a grassroots level earlier i was joined by the man himself john ramsey the founder of the party for all super pac and preston bates executive director for liberty for all super pac and the day of age when the average called student blows their inheritance on traveling around the world i asked them why did he dare to invest it in the political system instead take a listen so really motivated by the dire circumstances that we find our country at the moment we're fifteen and a half trillion in massive unemployment you know that's just not the american way of life so i think people deserve a lot better you know and they get involved it's really an ongoing experience to be able to come up with my own super pac you know and be a pack of people you know a super pac that gives the little guy the table a lot of people in this country are sitting tired of being bulldog rather stablished and you know to get a little got a seat at the table it's quite an only experience and i'm looking forward to going forward with the organization it is it is that you say that because you know when people hear the words super pac i think the