john smith, are you here? and then john smith would come and be told what the prosecutor was offering and people had called and not heard back. they didn't get any attention to the individual circumstances of their cases. instead, they were called before the judge and another attorney who even left about the case would stand there almost like a piece of cardboard and the people would plead guilty. now it was incredibly obvious in court that day that people had no idea what was happening to them. people started to cry in the middle of pleading guilty. wait, i'm pleading guilty. i didn't realize i had agreed to go to jail. it was really a mess mess . what i really learned later is that robert was a croobt defender and he had a -- contract defender and he had a full private practice representing people who paid him money and he had earned a sum of money from the county and had to represent as many people as the prosecutor was going to charge and during the two-year period, he had represented twice the number of p

and i rejoice, led by the sound of a black smith's hammer, i travel to charleston, south carolina, john shannon, black smith. a large european with red hair, comfortable. they were apprentices to all africans new and old, familiar yet fresh. i have sold another of your beautiful gape with the rice design, how did you learn to craft so well? a young man stepped into the light. i learned by reaching back with one hand and stretching forward with the other he said. people said you are a genius. my father dinka was the genius replied the apprentice. he taught me what 7 generations have learned, i am the 8th. i had bound [inaudible] who answers to moses shannon. both mean safe water. he seems more confident now, wiser. playful mostafa. i had so much to tell him, he could not see me. he could not see me or hear me in this strange land. he touched the spotting smiles. [inaudible] with birds, flowers and animals inspired. i turned to someone tell moses, shannon is going to free you one day. they can find joy, [inaudible] in my mind, i have always been free. free as the wind, thank you so much.

john. jean kennedy smith remembers the moment 50 years ago today, when her brother john f. kennedy became president. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," january 20th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. we can hope but it's hard to imagine that there will ever be a terrorist museum the way there will soon be a mob museum in las vegas. in a simpler time men with shark skin suits were the very embodiment of domestic terror in blue collar neighborhoods. but today brought poof that la cosa nostra is not quite ready for museum moth balls. it was a roundup of so many that the femds used an army base to hold them all. so, what is the state of the modern mafia and is it anything close to the brand made famous by brando? we asked a few who now. if this were a gangster movie, this would be the start of the third act. you know, the part where the guys in short hair cuts swoop into the neighborhood round up tony bagels and vinny car wash. but no self-representing director would ever

they were referred to professor john smith for the investigation of their clinical symptoms which turnedthat's been replicated around the world by harvard, as well as 20 other institutions. >> with the autism vaccine and several people had the behavorial problem connected before the vaccine. >> no, they didn't. no, they did not. i'm afraid brian deer says that. let me give you an example, he said in case of child one, i'll give you this very precise example. we said the first behavorial symptoms started within the week of the vaccine. that was delirium. that was reported by the mother. the first behavorial symptom. he said several weeks before that, the child -- the parent had inquired, concerned about the child's hearing. that is often, problems of hearing, the first sign of autism. what he omitted from those general practitioner records, the essential ingredient is that the child had a discharge from their ear. the child had an ear infection but he selectively took the information, and turned it around, excluded the ear infection and said we misrepresented it. that is typical of the mi

. >> when speaker john boehner and congressman smith introduced hr 3 last week, the reaction from everyonecapitol hill was this was supposed to be a jobs agenda, right? >> couric: although 40% of americans favor limits on abortion, fewer than 1% consider the issue a priority. the abortion rate in the u.s. has dropped since 1980 from nearly 30 per 1,000 women of childbearing age, to less than 20. anti-abortion activists view house resolution 3 as a chance for victory on a national stage. in a battle that's clearly escalated beyond washington, since the november elections. >> i think if you're looking at abortion as a political issue, the real action is going to be at the state level. in state after state, democratic governors were replaced by republican governors. many, if not most, favoring far more restrictions on abortions. >> couric: 29 states are now led by governors or legislatures solidly opposed to "row vs. wade," the decision that protected the right to abortion. >> i think you're going to see much more energy on the part of those who oppose abortions or favor more restrictions. >>

interim head coach and a former player brian young justin smith made the coach proud. 1st quarter he sacked johnon, one of three for the pro bowler on the afternoon. it was a breeze for smith against the arizona secondary. he puts a perfect throw on ted ginn for his 57-yard touchdown. 7-09ers. 10-749ers late in the 2nd quarter. vernon outruns everyone, a 59- yard touchdown, 276 yards and two touchdowns for alex, 17-7 san francisco. the 9ers pour it on in the 2nd half outscoring arizona 28-0. brian westbrook for two, the second touchdown on the day, 38- 7 the final. it was all hugs for the coach after a the game who is 1-0 as an nfl head coach. >> the little fat guy running around on the practice field and them putting up with me. nobody put me in a garbage canal. >> reporter: are you still the head coach as of we just talked to you? >> well, i just finished. there's a search. bears on jay >> the packers needed to beat the bears to get into the playoffs, up 10-3 late in the 4th, bears on the move, but jay cutler overthrows his receiver and nick collins picks it off to seal the win. packers beat t

[applause] >> the next group will be mike smith, william foust, dean preston, john scott, paula claudine, jeannie scott. >> i am lived in parkmerced for the last 11 years. i want to bring to your attention one point. if the plan is accepted, the city of san francisco will build less residential real estate and has now. it sounds strange to have more houses but less residential estate. let me explain. it is pretty much very simple. right now in the last five years, apartments have become more of the san francisco university campus. there is one simple example. in 3:0at 3:00 in the morning, there is terrible noise outside my home. i asked them to keep it down. they say if i do not like it, i should live somewhere else. that was the situation when people lived separately. 18-year-olds and 50-year olds need to live separately. 50-year olds do not want to party in the middle of the night. in the current situation, i can manage it. i get help from parkmerced security, but they cannot be at my apartment every minute. they are human beings. they listen to me. i can go to my membneighbor. let's m

tomsula, one of his former players brian young, justin smith made his coach proud. 1st quarter he sacked gonocele to, one of three for the pro bowler -- john skelton, one of three for the pro bowler on the afternoon. he puts a perfect throw on ted ginn for a 57-yard touchdown, 7-09ers. later in the 3rd quarter smith to vernon davis on that beautiful sammy route. vernon cuts to his right and -- seam route. vernon cuts to his right and the 9ers scored on in the 2nd half outscoring arizona 28-0, two touchdowns for brian westbrook. the 9ers win 38-7. it was all hugs for jim tomsula after the game who is 1-0 as nfl head coach. >> again with these players with my little, you know, little fat guy running around on the practice field and them putting up with me, nobody put me in a garbage can. >> reporter: are you still the head coach as of when we talk to you? >> well, i just finished. there's a search. th... >> the packers searching for a win beat the bears and make it into the playoffs. up 10-3 late in 4th. bears on the move. jay cutler overthrows his receiver nick collins. he picks it off to steal the win. packers beat the bears 10-3 and take

it reveals how she appear -- felt about her husband, john edwards, just days before she died. >>> anna nicole smith's former boyfriend and doctor who prescribed the drugs that killed her will likely escape jail t ime. they are recommending probation. defense attorneys say the drugs were for legitimate purposes and fake names were used to protect smith's privacy. >>> elizabeth edwards's will has been released. it does not mention her e stranged husband's name, john edwards, once. edwards left her entire estate to the three children. the will was dated a few day before she died of breast c ancer. it says all of her jewelry, personal effects, cars, should go to the children. elizabeth edwards filed for divorce after john edwards a dmitted to an affair. >>> the chp says yesterday a little girl was crossing the street with her friend when a bus bumped her. she was not seriously hurt but she was taken to the hospital as a precaution. the hip patrol is planning a -- the highway patrol is planning a full investigation. >>> police say 38-year-old s alastino cruz gonzalez was driving a car that collided with a

john conyers. nice to be with you. and chairman smith and all the other members. i look forward with serving with each of you as well. he's not legendary yet but he's honorable and a few of those other things that we'll incorporate by reference. thank you. >> would the gentleman yield just a moment? i didn't realize chairman smith didn't come in. is mr. conyers here as well? chairman, good to see you. i yield back. >> thank you. i would like to start by offering my congratulations to mr. copeland who has assumed the chairmanship of the committee and when i was chairman he was probably -- he was as nice as anybody was to me. everybody was nice but he was particularly nice and i was appreciative of that and you're a gentleman. and mr. franks was an outstanding ranking member and we worked together nicely and i look forward to work with him. i'm honored to be working as ranking member although i would rather be working as chairman. but that's this congress. today's hearing provides us with the opportunity to debate the merits of h.r. 10 the regulations from the execu

john towers, cultures of work. someone else who has appeared on booktv. now, patti smith won the national book award this year for just kids. e.g. read it, jenn risko? >> guest: i did not read it and i have to tell you i'm sad that i haven't read it because it's totally my kind of book. i know that john mutter, our editor-in-chief read it and he said that he was just entranced. and i've spoken to the folks at atco a number of times. what a cool thing for patty smyth, write? just amazing. >> host: we have a tweet here that is related to the last caller's question. how will the rise of e-books -- it will give you a chance to talk more generally about the industry. how the rise of e-books affect the future for editors, authors and book sellers and publishing overall? if you would come and take the e-mail and talk about the changes in 2010 and how it affected the industry. >> guest: there has been a lot of change. i was thinking recently another book that hit the times list was the sir palin book. an interesting thing about this was that last year when pearland came out with

john calliers. >> thank you, chairman smith and members. this is our first hearing in the 112th session, and i would like to just add for your consideration my recommendation s that we review, in connection with health care, the antitrust exemption that health insurance companies enjoy. mccarron ferguson exemption, and the sunshine litigation act that ensures and prevents secret settlements from being used to endanger the public safety are sealed, those who may be guilty of fraudulent acts, including the medical community, that in turn would protect all patients and protect professionally responsible doctors from abuse of claims of wrongdoing. and then you remember the act that me and a former member, campbell, introduced that empowers doctors to negotiate and even playing field with health insurers. so i'd like us to kindly consider those measures that might be more important in an oversight hearing on a subject matter that members of congress have already announced that they're going to introduce, namely hr 5, which i expect will be comin

john calliers. >> thank you, chairman smith and members.this is our first hearing in the 112th session, and i would like to just add for your consideration my recommendation s that we review, in connection with health care, the antitrust exemption that health insurance companies enjoy. mccarron ferguson exemption, and the sunshine litigation act that ensures and prevents secret settlements from being used to endanger the public safety are sealed, those who may be guilty of fraudulent acts, including the medical community, that in turn would protect all patients and protect professionally responsible doctors from abuse of claims of wrongdoing. and then you remember the act that me and a former member, campbell, introduced that empowers doctors to negotiate and even playing field with health like us to kindly consider those measures that might be more important in an oversight hearing on a subject matter that members of congress have already announced that they're going to introduce, namely hr 5, which i expect will be coming down the pike on

john conyers. >> nice to be with you. >> chairman smith and all the other members on the board serving with eachill incorporate by reference. >> i did not realize that the chairman had come and. i did not mean to ignore you, lamar. mr. conyers as well. chairman, get to see you. >> high heels back. >> thank you. i would like to start offering my congratulations to mr. koppel who assumed the chairmanship of the committee. and i was chairman he was as nice as anybody to me. everybody was nice, but he was particularly nice and i was always appreciative. an outstanding ranking member. you were together nicely. i live four to seven with them. i am honored to be working as ranking member, although i'd rather be working as chairman. that's congress. today's hearing provides us with the opportunity to make the merits of h.r. 10, the regulations from the executive in the yesterday act. it also gets a chance to discuss the appropriate role of their regulations in american life, a conversation i suspect he will continue after subcommittee. although they do not explicitly say proponents appeared to believe t

john calliers. >> thank you, chairman smith and members. this is our first hearing in the 112th session, and i would like to just add for your consideration my recommendation s that we review, in connection with health care, the antitrust exemption that health insurance companies enjoy. mccarron ferguson exemption, and the sunshine litigation act that ensures and prevents secret settlements from being used to endanger the public safety are sealed, those who may be guilty of fraudulent acts, including the medical community, that in turn would protect all patients and protect professionally responsible doctors from abuse of claims of wrongdoing. and th you remember the act that me and a former member, campbell, introduced that empowers doctors to negotiate and even playing field with health insurers. so i'd like us to kindly consider those measures that might be more important in an ovsight hearing on a subject matter that members of congress have already announced that they're going to introduce, namely hr 5, which i expect will be coming do

smith first. most of these guys are on the left. university of massachusetts professor, harvard ph.d. he says davis was almost certainly a party member. average john edgar to those book. that book, he said davis actually joined the communist party and produces a letter that he day to around 1943 where davis says in his own riding that he turned that communist party. okay? finally after looking at all of those different things not long before the book went to press i found -- i got the actual fbi file which was declassified the roof of a request by a fellow researcher. 600 pages long. as soon as you start reading frank marshall davis fbi fired you can see there very clearly. it takes maybe half an hour, the guy was a communist to be very clear. in the appendix of the book, 10-12 pages. on page 507, this page which among other information actually less the communist party card number, 47544. i mean, that is hard evidence. i recently read some of the stuff that was out there accusing howard some of being a party member. his file was recently released. there are things like communist party members in his file. when you find a file that has cp numbers

member of the committee bobby scott, the chairman of the full committee, mark smith from texas, and the chairman emeritus, john conyers of michigan. today's hearing examines the will of data retention as a law enforcement tool to investigate the distribution of child pornography on the internet and other on-line crimes. many internet service providers, i psp, retain data that can be used to identify the operator and user of a website but maltol ips peace retain this data and lifetime such data is obtained it often varies from one provider to the next. the issue of data retention is not new. in 1999 then deputy attorney general eric holder said certain data must be retained for reasonable periods of time so that it can be accessible to law enforcement. in the 12 years since the endorsement of data retention the size, scope and accessibility of the internet has increased exponentially. they can now use the internet to facilitate any crime including the illegal gambling, prescription drug. these criminals have the luxury of putting themselves and then anonymity of the internet provides making their apprehension s

john conyers. >> nice to be with you. >> chairman smith and all the other members on the board serving with eachd a few of those of the things. we will incorporate by reference. >> i did not realize that the chairman had come and. i did not mean to ignore you, lamar. mr. conyers as well. chairman, get to see you. >> high heels back. >> thank you. i would like to start offering my congratulations to mr. koppel who assumed the chairmanship of the committee. and i was chairman he was as nice as anybody to me. everybody was nice, but he was particularly nice and i was always appreciative. an outstanding ranking member. you were together nicely. i live four to seven with them. i am honored to be working as ranking member, although i'd rather be working as chairman. that's congress. today's hearing provides us with the opportunity to make the merits of h.r. 10, the regulations from the executive in the yesterday act. it also gets a chance to discuss the appropriate role of their regulations in american life, a conversation i suspect he will continue after subcommittee. although they do not explicitly

john missionary baptist church in oakland. >> the case against six men charged with raping a teen girl at a high school will move forward. they will try to discredit the victim. christie smith with a look at the defense strategy. christie? >> good morning to you. this legal argument is somewhat surprising. it's whether the girl was forced into sex or as the defense is suggesting that she drank so much that no force was required at all. that has some questioning why a line would be drawn. either scenario is horrible. when it comes to punishment, law imposes the same amount of time. they are looking for much more, up to life in prison under a one-strike rape law. the burden of proof is much higher. no one disputes something happened in october of 2009. a 16-year-old girl had a blood chicago level of about four times more than the legal limit to drive in california. he was beaten, but the sequence of events is unclear and the victim does not remember much. the victims rights advocate is wondering why forces being questioned. if you rape an unconscious person, that is forcible. the defendants range in age from 17 all the way to 44 years old. this is the first time in court sinc

john conyers. >> nice to be with you. >> chairman smith and all the other members on the board serving with each of you as well. not legendary yet, but he is honorable and a few of those of the things. we will incorporate by reference. >> i did not realize that the chairman had come and. i did not mean to ignore you, lamar. mr. conyers as well. chairman, get to see you. >> high heels back. >> thank you. i would like to start offering my congratulations to mr. koppel who assumed the chairmanship of the committee. and i was chairman he was as nice as anybody to me. everybody was nice, but he was particularly nice and i was always appreciative. an outstanding ranking member. you were together nicely. i live four to seven with them. i am honored to be working as ranking member, although i'd rather be working as chairman. that's congress. today's hearing provides us with the opportunity to make the merits of h.r. 10, the regulations from the executive in the yesterday act. it also gets a chance to discuss the appropriate role of their regulations in american life, a conversation i suspect he will con