i never thought i would be sitting here agreeing with every word john burris would say. [laughter] this is the first time i have had an opportunity to be with him. however, i do agree with him. it has to be enforced throughout the organization. what we expect up our people. what we want to ensure up our people, particularly the integrity and the values aspect. many of us, not many, but quite a few departments have of all you statement. ethics, integrity are part of those values. it is not just a document that is on a wall. it is something we have to believe that every level and in force at every level. in preparing for this, i found an absolutely wonderful article, "the truth about the police code of silence revealed." i really recommend that you take a look at that. i'm going to recommend most police chiefs take a look at this. there are profiles. he talks about the code of silence. that is about the fact that there is. how you prevent the code of silence? it is like how do you prevent crime? or how do you stop crime, let's put it that way. the best way to prevent these

said today on the panel -- and i cannot believe i am going to say this -- i completely agree with john burris and stuart hanlon. [applause] >> thank you for giving my closing comments from me. i would like to thank the public defender's office for providing the public and anybody he wants to come to this forum, hearing from these experts, and they help you take away some good things from this -- and i hope you take away some good things you take away some good things from this panel. >> so many people here. this is the third and final panel for those of you who have stayed. this is going to be an incredible discussion. leading the panel, this is the chief attorney of the public defender's office, matt gonzalez. >> let me talk about how we decided to have a panel as part of this year is just a summit on the death penalty. san francisco is often known for being a large city, in this case, we have a unique history with the death penalty. during his reelection campaign of 1999, terrence hallohan said that they would not seek the death penalty for any offense in san francisco. he was reelected by

she was joined by her brother and civil rights attorney john burris at a news conference in oakland following the settlement yesterday. now, the settlement does not include any admission of guilt by bart or any of its officers. grant's mother says the decision to reach that settlement with b.a.r.t. was difficult. >> no amount of money would ever make me satisfied. what would make me satisfied is that my son would be here. that's what would satisfy me. >> grant killed by former b.a.r.t. police officers johannes mehserle in 2009. sentenced two years, 11 months and released earlier this month. this is not the first time b.a.r.t. has had to pay out for this incident. b.a.r.t. settled with oscar grant's daughter for $1.5 million in january 2010. >>> the oakland fire department still working out the source of a diesel fuel spill that left an oily sheen on the surface of lake merritt. cleanup crews finished their work around 7:30 last night. they left a containment boom on the water as a precaution. the fire department doesn't know how much fuel leaked but the battalion said it was covered before cr

now grant's mother, juanita johns, flanked by her brother and civil rights attorney john burris holding a news conference now. grant was killed by former bart police officer johannes mehserle in 2009. he served 11 months in jail in los angeles. grant's mother reacting to the settlement today. >> no amount of money, again, would ever make me satisfied. what would make he satisfied is that my son would be here. that would -- that's what would satisfy me. >> reporter: wanda johnson just left here moments ago. bart president bob franklin showed remorse. he released a statement today. he says he shows remorse about what happened, but he says it was lessons learned and a tough lesson that the department had to learn, and he says changes are being made with the bart police department right now. we're going to have an update on this story coming up at 6:00. reporting live in oakland, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> a bay area family in mourning tonight after their soldier son was killed in afghanistan. specialist kevin hilleman was killed sunday when rebels unit.oi he joined the army in 20

. >> we're gonna talk to oscar grant family attorney john burris. >> a look out side at the approachot much traffic and looks like fog is lifting. we're back on grounds for newsweek picture appearing >> i live look outside a walnut creek. white spread a low clouds. and as we had into the afternoon i'll little windy around the bay area less than yesterday. temperatures outside a bar in the '50s. sixties in concord. fog tracker 4 shows us the cloud cover is going to burn off and lots of sunshine later on this afternoon. the ability day- to-day wind gusts up to 20 m.p.h. 18 and san rafael. 77 in shares fell word and concord later on today 67 in hayward. those heading to the ball came out with their rads vs. the giants will start with partly sunny conditions 64 the beginning of the game and then cooling down to 62 later on during the game. and a look at our 7 day here be '70s and '80s brought the bay area. >> oakland police city leaders are preparing yourself for a protest with with their release of llamas mehserle. >> reaching us by phone is of oscar grant family attorney urges. good mo

john burris is urging the u.s. attorney to charge mehserle with a federal criminal civil rights violation. so far there have been no response to that request. >>> less than three hours from now opponents of same-sex marriage will be back in federal court. they are trying get the proposition 8 ban on gay marriage reinstated by arguing the judge that struck it down had a big conflict of interest. sue thompson is live at the federal courthouse in san francisco. >> reporter: good morning. you can look for a better fight between both sides of same-sex marriage debate. this debate will hit federal court at 9:00 this morning. they are here all because of something a former judge said. the judge is chief vaughn walker. he is retired but admitted to a ten-year gay relationship. he is also the same judge that ruled just last year that the ban on same-sex marriage in california is unconstitutional. >> now opponents say they want walker's ruling thrown out claiming he could possibly benefit from his own ruling if he chooses to

johnson was joined by her brother and civil rights attorney john burris following the settlement.e settlement does not include any admission of guilt by bart or any of its officers. he was killed by johannes mehserle. he was released earlier this month. b.a.r.t. settled with oscar grant's daughter for $1.5 million in january 2010. >>> the oakland fire department is working to figure ow the source of a diesel fuel spill that left an oily sheen on top of the lake. cleanup crews finished work at the lake around 7:30 last night but left a containment boom on the water as a precaution. the fire department doesn't know how much fuel leaked but the battalion chief says four to five acres of the surface were covered before crews contained the fuel. >>> check that forecast with christina loren now. more rain on the way? >> just a little bit of isolated activity, marla. good morning to you. we have big-time changes, though. a warm-up. it's going to catch some people off-guard. let your friends know these temperatures which will only end up in the upper 60s and low 70s today, they are expect

she was joined by her brother and civil rights attorney john burris at a news conference in oakland following settlement yesterday. it includes no admission of guilt by b.a.r.t. or any of its officers. grant was killed by police officers johannes mehserle christmas day 2009. mehserle sentenced two years. he served 11 months and was released earlier this month. b.a.r.t. settled with oscar grant's daughter for $1.5 million in january 2010. >>> all but one of the victims killed in last week's amtrak crash have now been identified. authorities identified the fifth victim as a person from utah. six people died in friday's crash about 70 miles from reno method nevada. record searches by our reno newspaper found new information about the truckdriver that hit the train. it found two more speeding violations by that driver. those are in addition to the four reported by the nevada department of motor vehicles. that train was headed for emeryville at the time of the crash. >>> 6:37, we saw a lot of rain yesterday but get ready for a warm-up. christina loren joins us with the forecast. good morning. >> g

grant's mother wanda johnson flanked by her brother and civil rights attorney john burris at a news conference in oakland. she says a decision to settle was difficult. >> no amount of money would ever make me satisfied. what would make me satisfied is that my son would be here. that's what would satisfy me. >> reporter: oscar grant was killed by johannes mehserle on new year's day, 2009, he was sentenced to two years in jail and served only 11 months. burris said it's been a tough 2 1/2 years. >> rarely is everyone happy with the settlement because settlement's by nature is a result of compromises, discussions, and no one gets all that they want. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. president bob franklin says the tragic death of oscar grant will remain a painful memory for all of us. but, he says, there were lessons learned. a federal case for oscar grant is pending. in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> new tonight at 6:00, next week will mark 18 years since the mass shooting at 101 california street in san francisco, the district attorney is asking the upcoming anniversary to ask congress to pas