he said it had been given to him by a man named john thompson. >> john thompson was a low level drug dealer and fence. he grew up in the projects in new orleans, was raised mostly by his grandmother. his father was a career criminal. >> ritchie perkins confronted mr. thompson after the fact and got mr. thompson to confess that he was the one that killed mr. liuzza. >> perkins said thompson had an accomplice named kevin freeman. police arrested freeman and thompson. >> the story that kevin freeman told police was that he and john thompson had been driving home together and the car had run out of gas. ray liuzza drove past them, parked and began to walk across the street to his apartment. at that point he said i'm going to hit that guy and pulled a gun out of his pocket. >> and then mr. freeman got cold feet, if you will and decided he didn't want any part of it. and as he was running away, freeman said he heard the shots. >> the police charged freeman and thompson with murder. the local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson, but knew it would be an uphill battle because thom

the chairman of the board is john thompson. engineering. be a real quiet mind but they must see the value in such a relationship. in buyingr consuming the product. under indexing in terms of relationships. an we were just speaking to author very concerned about this. we were just speaking to an author very concerned about this. the numbers have not changed. you are meeting with amazon executives. who are you meeting with and what is your message to amazon cap go >> amazon is the most reluctant in contrast. amazon is all white, eight men and two women. they are not using black financial services. there is a lot of talent on the market right now. for people like williams capital to be a part of the servicing of the debt offerings. we have a talent surplus really. the myth has been they cannot find us. rainbow push has found them. when we connect we all grow. it is not a zero-sum game. >> one thing that has been said that make silicon valley work is not just the innovation but universities, university of california berkeley that will bring stu

john thompson comes from florida a & m. guy who wrote up the papers for google, david drummond is an african-american. there is no talent shortage. working on an insecure basis, they can learn stem. they can learn apps and code right here right now. we bought shares of stock in these companies. we will be in this for the long haul. we'll be in your presence in the great northwest and silicon valley. >> are you saying you are against the program? it's costing african americans and people of color jobs in silicon valley? >> they are unnecessarily recruiting workers from abroad and not training them at home. that is the real point. >> i want to ask you about your conversations with tim cook because you have been speaking with apple specifically about pay disparity issues. what happened in your interactions with apple and tim cook around this issue of pay and equity? >> we hope to meet with tim cook soon. we did meet yesterday with nadella. these companies have had the pleasure of having offshore tax havens having the tax break

again, john thompson comes from florida a&m. guy who wrote up the papers for the founding of google, david drummond, is an african american. there is no talent shortage. while they are looking for workers out of the country who work on a very insecure basis, they have people here that can learn s.t.e.m. they can learn apps and code right here right now. we bought shares of stock in these companies. we will be in this for the long haul. we'll be in your presence in the great northwest and silicon valley. >> are you saying you are against the h1b program? you think that is costing african americans and people of color jobs in silicon valley? >> they are unnecessarily recruiting workers from abroad and not using workers and training them at home. that is the real point. >> i want to ask you about your conversations with tim cook because you have been speaking with apple specifically about pay disparity issues. and what they pay their security guards, who have been speaking about it. satya nadella, a very hefty pay package, $90 mill

thompson. >> hey there, mandy. we have news concerning goldman sachs, john wauldrin has been named one of the three co-heads of investmentanking at the firm. he replaces john weinberg who is a vice chairman and will continue at the firm. but he's giving up day-to-day management of the investment banking division. mr. waldrin has long been a rising star at goldman sachs, holding a number of different roles at the bank. in a memo that was issued to the bank, this is coming from "the new york times," the company's ceo, lloyd blankfein, writing that john has helped us to develop many of the firm's most important client relationships and drive our global coverage strategy. mr. waldrin joining goldman sachs back in 2000. mr. weinberg who he's replacing joined the firm back in 1983 and his bloodlines are deep there at goldman sachs, having a father who also worked there as well. back to you, mandy. >> thank you very much, mary thompson. >>> up next, why gm is saying nyet to russian car dealers. we'll be right back. >>> plus, crude falling hard into the close. right now crude oil off about 3.5%, 3.75%, actually. we'll talk this

john -- >> every second seemed like an eternity. >> reporter: despite everything that happened, russell wasn't seriously hurt and is already back at work from. the wheaton rescue squad, cameron thompson, wusa nine. >> the residents escaped the fire thanks to a working smoke alarm but another loam was flooded in the aftermath after one of the fire hydrants malfunctioned, blowing off a pipe and sending water gushing into the neighborhood j. a reminder now for a month gom rei county resident. if you live in an area affected by the recent trash strike, the county wants you to put your trash out for collection as usual. that mapes trash scheduled for tomorrow must be curb side by 7:00 a.m. some 40,000 montgomery county homes and 20,000 laurel homes are affected by the strike. workers from unity disposal and recycling took to the picket lines over increased wages. >>> speaking of trash, pretty rough out there today. >> many expected. but this is a huge rival. we thought employee take some bragging rights. >> you thought you could take some bragging rights, but it was really ugly. washington went looking to accomplish a few things sunday, surae. win, firmly establish robert griffin as quart

john heyman of cbssports.com. pitcher jeff samardzija on his way to the choel white sox. in return oakland could receive infielder marcus simeon, center fielder trace thompsond right-handed pitcher chris beck. meanwhile, former athletic jon lester expected to make his decision on where he'll end up tomorrow. reports list the giants and cubs as front-runners in the lester sweepstakes, while lester's agent says the red sox and dodgers are both still in the running. >>> turning to the hardwood, big night for the splash brothers in minnesota. dubs shooting for 13 straight victories. second quarter, zach levine blows the dunk. the warriors are head the other way. klay thompson finds himself all alone on the wing, and that is automatic. the three ball ups the dubs' lead to eight. later in the quarter steph curry getting creative. the stepback one leg jumper. silky smooth. nothing thaddeus young can do about it. but say hey, there's nothing i can do about it, he beat me. dubs up ten. on to the early third. curry at it again, drives, as the lead grows to 12. splash brothers each score 21. warriors win their 13th straight, 102-86. >>> jim harbaugh spotted talking to

john lennon. he already has a crater. that name won't fly. here's some suggestions. how about frank sinatra, hunter s. thompson, or maybe frank zappa.'t know. >> could i name one after you? >> i have to be dead. i got to be dead. >> all right. well, dwoept want that then. we don't want that. >> i have to be dead. famous for more than 50 years, and after i'm dead and famous for more than 50 years, then go ahead. >> will do. more to come on that one. >>> hollywood heavyweights weighing in on sony's decision to cancel the release of "the interview" a week before its premier. sony giving into pressure from the hackers who threatened attacks on theaters. the fbi believes those hackers originate in north korea. julie bandaras is here with a fox 411. boy is hollywood mad about this. >> oh, my gosh, they are peeved. >> first, north korea fired off calling the despecks james franco and seth roguan expressed his outrage writing "i think it is disgraceful that these theaters are not showing "the interview." will they pull any m that gets an anonymous threat now? adding "ae wuls don't know it's a did hes gruntled employee or a hacker. do we thi

ranking member of the judiciary committee john conyers, ranking member of the homeland security committee, bennie thompsonfy that with your constituents. no, elijah, let me start with you. we've got two big issues here. we've got police tactics and we've got race. what do you think is the most important part of that focus as hearings move forward on capitol hill? >> well, i think both are very important, joe. now you have a segment of our society that believes that we're being mistreated and that there is not equal justice under the law. and failing to -- we just can't understand why you can have a situation like the staten island matter with mr. eric garner and a grand jury failed to indict. and i think the world -- >> so, elijah, what can be done? i think while there was some debate over what happened exactly on the street in ferguson, there's no debate about what happened in staten island. you've got a lot of people angry on both sides of the aisle, republicans finally speaking out on this. what positive steps can we put in place to stop situations like this from happening again? >> well, the question

john currence's place on the square. there's the brilliant author tom franklin and his wife, the poet beth ann fennelly. grisham writers in residence, megan abbott, jack pendarvis, a poet chayuma elliott. bryce thompsonom milwaukee. crime novelist billy boyle from brooklyn. downstairs, currence's restaurant city grocery cranks out many delicious things. the man known as big bad chef, aka johnny snack, is sending some of those goodies upstairs as there's nothing professional writers like more than free food. usually, you put five writers in a room, it's an ugly, hell broth of envy, hatred -- >> we all hate tommy. >> yeah, that goes without saying. >> even me. i hate me worst of all. >> around here anyway the writers are really supportive of each other. for writers to argue would be like arguing over a piece of dirt. i mean, what are we fighting about? >> the stakes are too low. >> the stakes are so low. why would you be a jerk about it? >> if mississippi were a country and there were a national hero, dead or alive, by consensus, statewide, who would the statue be of? >> elvis. >> really? it wouldn't be b.b. king? >> it should be b.b. king. >> yeah. >> but it would be elvis. >> but it would be elvis. >

thompson somewhere in. i'm mad that the words in god we trust has been taken off the dollar coin; is that true. >> no. in 2007, they prohibited new dollar coins. they had george washington, johnms, thomas jefferson james madison on the front. they wanted to make them glossy and fabulous so everybody would want to get one. they made the face big and moved in god we trust to the ridge. all on the outside of the coin. so it seemed like it was gone. >> it is there -- >> -- it is possible to find an original 2000 coin where they made a mistake and it's not printed there but i mean that would be like a gold mine. >> god will be kind to you to give you a coin where there isn't an in god we trust because it would be worth a ton. >> a blessing indeed. >> last letter, from temple, that's the name, temple wow, roll the tape ♪ ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> that's modest for those women. isn't it? >> it is television. mariah carey, bless her heart. she had a lot of troubles that night. i think her cleavage was sort of the least of it lady gaga at least she didn't get dressed at the deli counter. >> she has clothes on. usually she doesn't wear clothes. this is a big upgrade. what'