at hillary. >> the judge was? >> mark ciavarella. >> what was he screaming? >> first he said, what makes you think you can do this kind of crap? it was really operating. i was there that day and my mother's clothing because she insisted i look nice and at 15 years old, i did not have anything appropriate. i'm already uncomfortable and he started screaming at me, what makes you think you can do this kind of crap? i was just terrified. i've never been before a judge before, and i wasn't expecting to be screamed at by one. so definitely was jarring. >> what happened? 30i mean, it took about seconds, so it is hard for me to have exact details, that he said something along the lines of adjudicated delinquent, which meant nothing to me. then i remember my mother's hand leaving my shoulders and i remember gliding as if in a dreamlike state to this back room where all i can hear is the sound of my mother's pleading in her wailing and pleading, and i'm being cuffed -- >> you are being handcuffed? >> yes. the bailiff says,

the judge is supposed to do that. judge's incentive is that i have these parties in front of this complex case, do i want the .ettlement to go forward here i have two sides telling me that a cases good. do i want to put a lot of work into thinking about whether or not this is a reasonable and knock it down? part of the problem is that isges were only thinking, this fair is a whole? is this a reasonably valued ?ettlement that is where the center for class-action fairness came in. for the purpose of standing up whereas a normally absent class , we realize that we can create positive externalities by going in and getting outside funding and doing pro bono work for the public good. we represent these members i get notice -- these members that get notice. we have had remarkable success. we have knocked out hundreds of millions of dollars in unfair fees. we have done that spending less than 1.5 million dollars in our first four years. becauseooking to expand our constraints is not that there are objectionable class action s

you need to know this federal judges have always played an important of sometimes problematic role in american democracy that's why presidents have fought to put their people on the courts since the founding of our democratic republic sometimes as in the case of judge john pickering in the fight to control the court. has been colorful of outright comical picker in a new hampshire district court judge during the jefferson administration as the distinct honor of being the first federal judge ever removed from office a federalist in a time republicanism he quickly ran afoul of president thomas jefferson and his democratic republican allies in congress after pickering made a series of erratic rulings that flouted the authority of the federal government the house of representatives decided to take action and so and you know three speaker of the house and then i'll make and slapped him with four articles of impeachment those articles accuse pickering of quote intending to defeat the just claims of the united states and disregarding the authority of the laws and wickedly meaning and intendin

can is is can with are are with ask judge judge judge judge judge judge judge judge judge judge judgege judge judge >> pelley: three days before the opening ceremonies in sochi, president obama met with his national security team today, which assured him that all steps were being taken to protect americans at the game. also today, russian president vladimir putin visited a persian leopard. as part of the olympic construction, putin set up a nature preserve for the endangered species. the sochi games may be good for rare cats, but what about the people who live there? mark phillips takes a look. >> reporter: the russians are very proud of what they built here-- a gleaming olympic park in what used to be a swamp, a spanking new ski center in what used to be wilderness, and what may be the world's most expensive road and rail link between them. but here in the village of akhtyr, halfway between the two venues, they're decidedly lacking in olympic spirit. they say the games have ruined their lives. when the new highway through their valley was built, they were not only cut off from it. th

, judge robertson and judge karr and also judge beats. views of d form our the questions you raised. first, having advocacy outside the government. we thought they need to be independent and bring fresh views and seating them in the executive branch where the government is questioning the fisa court. we thought it made sense for them not to be made part of the executive branch. nd having them part to be -- to be part of the judicial branch. we thought a fresh perspective. have a panel of outside private lawyers chosen by the chief judge of the court with appropriate clearance or able to get clearance and work space to address these important questions in appropriate cases which i guess turns to the second question which is regard giving the judge control over cases. certainly in everyday routine cases there was not a need for special advocate. the judges have testified to us that they are very capable in handling much the way they andle search warrants, ex- parte, involving novel and technical issues where the judge's role takes place. so

when i was in baby judge school, there is a baby judge school. the trainer had been training judges in the previous administration. he got up in front and said here is how you got rid of these cases. talking about civil rights cases. and he gave us a checklist of all the technical ways of dismissing cases. at that point, i was not yet confirmed. i was at training because i had been through the senate hearing but i had not been confirmed by the full senate. i raised my hand and said that is not the enterprise, how to get rid of these cases. one of my collies took my hand and said be quiet. i was quiet -- one of my colleagues took my hand and said be quiet. i was quiet on that occasion, but i was never quiet again. the numbers, not just the schedule and what you privilege by your schedule, it is a question of complaints where the judge has to decide what is plausible. if you cannot envision discrimination because you never it in your life, you never litigated it, you will have a different view of what is plausible. there are discovery rules that ar

barges into judge barnes' courtroom. of the head, and instantly kills him. this is an actual audio tape recording of the tragic shooting. [ gunshot ] [ screaming ] >> he then turned to shoot the prosecutor, realizing that the people sitting at the prosecutor's table were not the prosecutors trying his rape trial, turned from those lawyers, shot the court reporter. >> court reporter julie brandau dies a few minutes later. >> i was right outside the courtroom. >> ash joshi is the prosecutor in nichols' rape trial, one of the attorneys nichols is looking for. he's making his way to the courtroom for nichols' trial when he's stopped by the deputies. >> the deputies were all yelling at me to get off the floor. and it was not at all a suggestion. it was a command to get off the floor. >> joshi would later realize just how lucky he was. >> what if i had been in the courtroom and what would nichols have tried to do or done to me? >> by now, nichols runs outside. sergeant hoyt teasley is right on his tail. >> that deputy, however

he's a lawyer's lawyer and a judge's judge. my wife and i think of he and abbey, his wife, as dear personal friends. our justice system has benefited a great deal from judge session sessions' years of service. i thank judge sessions for all he's done as a federal judge. mr. president, i ask consent that my full statement be made part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, what is the pending business? the presiding officer: the senate is currently considering the moody nomination. mr. leahy: is there a time agreement on that? the presiding officer: all time is now expired. mr. leahy: i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: is there anyone wishing to vote or to change their vote? if not, the ayes are 95, the noes are 4, the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided betwee

, judge robertson and judge karr and also judge beats. views of d form our the questions you raised. first, having advocacy outside the government. we thought they need to be independent and bring fresh views and seating them in the executive branch where the government is questioning the fisa court. we thought it made sense for them not to be made part of the executive branch. nd having them part to be -- to be part of the judicial branch. we thought a fresh perspective. have a panel of outside private lawyers chosen by the chief judge of the court with appropriate clearance or able to get clearance and work space to address these important questions in appropriate cases which i guess turns to the second question which is regard giving the judge control over cases. certainly in everyday routine cases there was not a need for special advocate. the judges have testified to us that they are very capable in handling much the way they andle search warrants, ex- parte, involving novel and technical issues where the judge's role takes place. so

, magistrate, federal judge condition court judge, court of appeals. on the one hand, there have been wonderful people through that mechanism. but it also promotes a certain committee. you're not going to go up the ladder if you declare this law unconstitutional. you're not going to go up the ladder if you do -- if you depart and sentencing cases. and to some degree we have created a recruitment process back in fact encourages judges to keep their head down. i think we want to look at that again. again, there are wonderful people, exceptions but all i'm saying, we're talking now about the patterns. >> anyone else have a question? >> good morning. i'm lois frankel and i'm here because i spent many years working in massachusetts on gender equality issues in the state court system and i'm curious about what comes before what we were just talking about. i think in the electoral system people have figured out unique national organizations getting women in particular through emily's list and so forth, thinking about getting on that ladder in the first place.

d'agata would judge and say, judge, if you ran my motion to dismiss i will give a million dollars tothe charity of your choice, there will audience and needed jail. if you do it in a class-action settlement and say, your honor, if you approve the settlement, we will have $01 million fundamentals were deported, that is considered appropriate somehow. and we have seen some very odd cases and the google buzz case the judge ignored this suggestion and said, you know, there is a local university here , and i think they should get $250,000 of this fund. he did not mention that this is where i teach. just really extraordinary. another case involving a class action over a hotel fire, and the judge gave it to an animal rights charity. you have that sort of weird conflict of interest, but if the defendant is picking where it goes you might have, again, the illusion of relief. and whom the case that we took to the supreme court facebook created its own charity. that is for the first time in the money was going to go to the facebook privacy charity. and it would sort of teach parents how to keep

you were just listening to judge russell heely down in florida.y has reached a verdict on four of the counts. but on count number one, they cannot reach a verdict at this point. he is giving instructions for what is called the alan charge to tell the jurors more information and he has asked them to go back into chambers now and try to come up with a verdict. otherwise, he's going to declare a mistrial. i want to go to mark o'mara. explain to us what just happened. >> well, they were very close to a hung jury. but it's interesting the way they phrased it. here's what they said. that we've go come to a jury decision on 4 of the 5 counts. cannot for count 1. count 1 looks like they are going to be hung on it. >> hang on, standby. mark, count 1, that's the murder charge, right? >> correct. that's correct. >> okay. go on. >> so here's what i think is happening. i think that they have decided that they cannot decide whether or not it was in self-defense as to jordan davis. as for the other counts, they made a decision, but they can't make a decision on

let's get started judge gertner. we will love for you to share initial thoughts and we will have some questions of our own. and thank you for joining us. [applause] >> it is wonderful to be here. i have no sympathy for people the west coast. i got up at four clock a.m. to make an airplane. e-mailed me on the plane and i say i am here but not awake, i will get here. it is wonderful to be here. the issue of judicial selection has been dominated over the last couple of years not inappropriately by the notion of having gender and race diversity and at that diversity -- ethnic diversey and that makes sense when you are telling young women that the sky is the limit. in matters that are a women on the bench. minorities, it matters that there are people on the bench. that was terribly important. what we have not looked at which i felt personally when i went on of bench is the concept professional diversey which people have been talking about. i was a civil rights lawyer. , it begins with this tell of meet sonia sotomayor was

in her 41 page opinion the norfolk judge referenced the history of segregation. and it wasn't until 1967 that interracial couples in virginia could marry after the supreme court ruled mildred and rich 1958 marriage must be legally recognized there. >> virginia's position are not being repeated this time as attorney general i'm proud that the commonwealth is on the right side of the law in this case. >> in a pair of landmark decisions last june the supreme court ruled against the defense of marriage act and called california's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. questions remain on how to legally pursue these solutions, but a growing list of challenges in state law resulted in change and new rights for gay couples. >> we're seeing across the country victory after victory in the court system, in the state houses, and even at the ballot box, a majority of americans support the marrying of gays and lesbians and the laws will quickly catch up with the american opinion. >> states like new mexico, new jersey, utah and oklahoma have upheld decisions to legalize we

i think that history will judge him actually. i think said the information is probably information that everybody wanted some of it. i think he was probably young to have to have made the decision he was. young to have made the decision as to what to disseminate and what not to disseminate the fact that there were things going on that americans didn't know about i actually find reprehensible. and i think that people should know what they have that their private lives aren't private and what's going on but i think that when national security becomes an issue you have to be somewhat out of your twenty's before you can make a judgment it's a delicate balance of jurors jenny karami on twitter would you support hillary in a presidential run in two thousand and sixteen i think she's a fabulous gal and i do too she's good with plans by who is running against her but i think you are is a fabulous guy and qualified to be president she has the gravitas she has a pretty good background gravitas to be president she paid her dues ok reserve n

she told us today judging is a mystery to her, too. >> how judges decide, i think you have to ask judges. >> reporter: do you understand how they decide? >> um, i think you have to serious-- seriously you have to- - i don't understand what they're looking for. >> reporter: but judges don't talk. they judge. often controversially. after the scandal of the salt lake games in 2002, when judges were caught fixing results, the system was changed, supposedly improved. for meryl davis, the u.s. pair are simply doing whatever it is the judges like. >> it's subjective and that's what makes our sport so unique and so special. >> reporter: yet the subjectivity of skating is exactly why it gets criticized. although scott moir of the canadian pair stopped short of saying the results are agreed before the skaters skate. >> it didn't go our way, but i don't think the judging was predetermined. it's just the way the cookie crumbled, i guess. >> reporter: the cookie crumbled the american way this time, but a sport which has tried to clean up its image, scott, apparently still has work to do. >> pelley: m

robertson and judge carr with the judge so yes we had discussions with former judges in helping to form our views of the questions that you've raised. having the advocates outside of the government we thought that it was important that they be independent and bring a fresh view to these issues into the alternatives to the executive branch, which is where the government is making the request of the court to be more independent it made sense to not be part of the executive branch and likewise it doesn't make sense which is supposed to be a natural arbiter of the issues. so we concluded that the best way to bring the perspective to raise the legal and constitutional concerns is to have a panel of outside private lawyers chosen by the chief judge in the court into the appropriate clearance to address these in appropriate cases which turns to the second question which is regards to giving the judges control over the cases. we felt certainly in the everyday routine cases there wasn't a need for a special advocate. the judge has testified that they are very capable of handling those as much th

see if the judge approved the settlement anyway and we will see what the judge wants to do with it.ting out will not do anything. case -- unless you can tens of mobilize thousands of doctors to opt out, all opting out does is that these doctors will not get their $10 and they still will not be able to bring the lawsuit against the insurance company because the reason of the class action in the first place was because it would be unfeasible. the only time an opt out really in a a difference is securities litigation where you have a lot of small individual shareholders who cannot feasibly opt out, but maybe a large andion fund can opt out what i hear anecdotally, and no one ever studies this because all settlements are content -- confidential, even in these big settlements, where it looks like the defendant is giving up hundreds of millions of dollars when a large institutional shareholder ops out of the up being able to negotiate a better deal for themselves separately. that shareholders -- the good shareholder cases are not doing much better for shareholders than the bad cases. we h

all right. >> judge? [ inaudible ]. >> let me ask you to step into the jury room for one second and let me speak to the lawyers and have you brought back out in one minute, all right. >> ms. cory or mr. guy or ms. wilson? >> judge, we believe that you should read which count they are deadlock and now the foreman has announced that you have a separate verdict form, and make sure that they have not checked anything, and declare that one count of mistrial, and then proceed to the other verdicts? >> all right. mr. strolla? >> judge, we agree. they said they had four counts and they are still deadlocked. normally, it is a multiple -- but they are going to put in another allen charge is necessary, judge. >> quite frankly, i don't believe it is allowed by law. >> we agree with your honor. >> all right. mr. dunn, you understand the situation, and understand that apparently one case, one count would be declared a mistrial? >> yes, your honor. >> okay. then bring the jurors back in. >> jurors are entering the court

the honorable judge judy sheindlin as we know it judge judy currently in syndication for ever public what we say is available exclusively as well as on and you can visit her website of the same name for so the place and you can find me on twitter games things and judge judy had judge judy and all she and i just up. i think. mind. and. all that. and i think that's like that for a politician right. here just to. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question for. wonderful drama like the policies i dislike you know. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher. hello there i'm aaron a this is boom bust and these are the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up janet yellen makes her first official appearance as chairwoman of the federal reserve we'll tell you what she had to say and what to expect from her new regime then we have run out of congress paul fred roberts he is on today's show he's talking gold default u.s. econ

he became a judge. he knew it needed a change, probation. >> sentencing i can send them to prison or the beach. it's not a knock on probation officers. it's a reflection that probation as usual does not work wall. >> hawaii may seem like paradise. away from the beaches and resorts, an evil tide swept across the island - methamphetamine. drug abusers arrested for glowing the criminal justice system. judge ohm created hope. hope is a new way to do probation, an effective way to do probation. >> it is offered by courts as an alternative for a hard time, for a misdemeanour or felony. the guilty person is assigned a probation officer. judge ohm calls hope probation on steroids. >> see the po. go to drug treatment. pay your restitution. on probation as usual they would not do those things and for a year or more there's no consequence. the consequence for testing positive is nothing. >> after the second, third and fourth violation, still nothing. >> in hope, if there are violations of probation, they'll go to

and a ukrainian judge, the ukrainian has been caught fixing scores in the past, and the russian judge happens to be married to a member of the russian figure skating federation. >> this is my favorite joke, kind of one of the only jokes i know to be conversational. and i say, oh, yeah, really? was the russian judge scoring that? i even know this from like years ago. so when you hear something like this, it's so bad. it's so obvious, but i mean, come on. >> come on. bob, did you watch? >> i did watch it, and it's not the first time a figure skater has been screwed, i can tell you that. by the russians. sorry. i didn't mean it that way. >> yeah, you did. >> i didn't. see, immediately go into the tank thinking i'm going some place in a dirty world. i'm not. can i get back to this? the fact is they don't have a federation to oversee the judges. it's very random the way they pick them. and the idea that these guys, i saw these routines. and the russian fell down almost. i mean, she's a dog. so -- >> it's not based on looks, bob. >> i mean, that was a dog performance. but the south korean w

a judge can drop the hammer. the allen charges we give here in georgia basically tell the jury there's nobody better qualified to make this decision than you. you guys heard the evidence. you saw the witnesses. you listened to the testimony. get back in there and get it done. but this particular judge gave sort of a softball version saying i can't make you do this, but give it one more try. and honestly, i think they are going to go in there and pretty quickly come back out and tell us we are absolutely hung on charge number 1. >> that's interesting that you said that because i thought the same thing. i'm not an attorney or a legal person. i said, why isn't he more direct or firmer with the jury saying, i can't tell you what to do, but i'm going to ask you. >> it could have been a lot more forceful. >> and explaining that to me, also explain what an allen charge is. >> the allen charge comes from a united states supreme court case and basically it's language. when a jury comes out and says we're hung, you don't j

she is the archetypal judges judge. i feel as though i learned to do my job a little better. being a member of the institution like the supreme court is not always easy. we disagree about a lot of things of great imports, matters on which we all feel deeply. of the job,ial part not to take those disagreements personally. partly, that is because there is always another case. if we are to remain open to persuasion and also able to persuade others, we need to stay on good terms. it is partly because the court is an important institution. the country needs it to work. it will not function well if it's members are not able to quash array. -- a whopper rate -- cooperate. of respect and collegiality with every member of the court. she is universally admired and loved. [applause] she does not sacrifice her principles or convictions. she told me once that her secret comes in part from something her mother-in-law told her back when she and marty were young. what is the secret to a successful marriage? sometimes, her mother-in-law says it pays to be deaf. sometimes, it pays to be a litt

judge ohm created hope. hope is a new way to do probation, an effective way to do probation. >> it is offered by courts as an alternative for a hard time, for a misdemeanour or felony. the guilty person is assigned a probation officer. judge ohm calls hope probation on steroids. >> see the po. go to drug treatment. pay your restitution. on probation as usual they would not do those things and for a year or more there's no consequence. the consequence for testing positive is nothing. >> after the second, third and fourth violation, still nothing. >> in hope, if there are violations of probation, they'll go to gaol. depending how you handle it. it could be a short or long time. this is perimetering 101. if you do something wrong, you have a consequent immediately. we sat in court. >> today will be your first day on the program. the ideal thing is you follow all the rules and i won't see you again. i recognise we are human being, we can make bad choices and mistakes and run into our friends who say, "let's get

that's exactly what this judge did. the charge was a bit different

maybe we should be judging the judges. should we do an event of judges? >> what about in boxing? if you get knocked outdoes president it make it a -- out doesn't it make it a sport? >> they should go until somebody is knocked out. >> that would be my kind of sport. >> you have a ref enforce the rules and then box until there is no more. the only exception i will make is for the beautiful, beautiful sport of synchronized swimming. >> there is never a technical knockout in cock figh tie ng. it is a fact that cock fighting goes until somebody dies. >> a horrible sport. >> coming up, is china the biggest threat to america? john bolden discusses his latest book. >> what is up with dennis rodman? sources say something. >>> does an unloved selfie hurt mental health? young thais who do not get enough positive feedbacks on their pictures are encountering emotional problems and that is bad for the future of the country. instagram is usually popular with a mall in bangkok leading the world's most instagram places. a lack of life can cause youth to lose self-confidence. the number of new gen

trial court judge. under arkansas law, that is a nonpartisan position. so our filing deadline for the 2014 election cycle opens on the 24th of february. that's under state law. 24th of february, and it goes to march 3. so here's the problem, madam president. today's the 12th. next week we're on recess. we're about to have a snowstorm, it sounds like tonight and the next few days. next week we're on recess. we come back on the 24th. the filing period will already be opened in arkansas. and i wish i could tell judge moody, look, don't worry about it. you're going to be confirmed when we get back. but the way things have worked around here recently, i can't give him that guarantee. i can't give him my word. i can't tell him, no, judge, don't file for reelection. just go ahead and wait and trust that this is going to happen. i can't do that under the circumstances. so he's in limbo. and the problem is there are other lawyers and judges in arkansas that want to run for his position. and as you know, there's

a judge in hawaii tried something different. megan thompson's report first aired in november. >> since i can't control what you're going to dorks i can control what i'm going to do. what that means, in the future, if you violate any of the conditions of probation, you can count on me giving you jail time. >> reporter: this isn't the way things used to be. when judge stephen al was assigned to a felony courtroom in honolulu in 2004. he saw judges routinely warning offenders to follow the rules of probation. probationers just as routinely ignoring those warnings. >> at sentencing the judge says no drugs, you have to see your probation off section you have to pay your restitution. and then in the real world, they go out and violate those conditions and typically there's no consequence. >> reporter: no consequence because the only threat was years in prison. but that threat was usually only carried out after dozens of violations over months or years. >> and i thought what a crazy way to try to change anybody's behavior. >> reporter:

maybe we should be judging the judges. should we do an event of judges? >> what about in boxing? if you get knocked outdoes president it make it a -- out doesn't it make it a sport? >> they should go until somebody is knocked out. >> that would be my kind of sport. >> you have a ref enforce the rules and then box until there is no more. the only exception i will make is for the beautiful, beautiful sport of synchronized swimming. >> there is never a technical knockout in cock figh tie ng. it is a fact that cock fighting goes until somebody dies. >> a horrible sport. >> coming up, is china the biggest threat to america? john bolden discusses his latest book. >> what is up with dennis rodman? sources say something. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's j

the details of a judge's ruling.e'll speak live with the girl's sister. >>> plus, radiation from the fukushima nuclear meltdown in japan has crossed the ocean and has landed close to north america. the gift from japan that keeps on giving. coming up. we know we're not the center of your life, but we'll do our best to help you connect to what is. . . . . . >>> a father cried and a mother fainted as the state of massachusetts took their daughter away. the latest setback for a family in a bizarre custody case. one that's pitted doctors against doctors. a family against the state. and trapped in the middle of it all, this very sick teenage girl. and here's the backstory. on the left, you see 15-year-old justina just more than a year ago. a seemingly healthy student who enjoyed ice skating among other things. on the right, you see her now. she is bedbound, essentially. getting around only in her wheelchair. she says she's constantly tired and has severe stomach problems. when she first got sick, her parents took her to do

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but judge calabria says this is necessary.ften he is sees 12 or 13-year-olds who have assaulted people with knives. and mothers are little help, not even with the youngest defenders. >> oddly enough, there are women who are against us, even though they know that our actions are the only way to keep their kids out of prison, or even keep them from getting killed. >> currently, on judge di bella's orders are living with host families far away from their criminal families. he served time for armed robby. like so many kids his age, he said he was dreaming of getting rich. after his final exams he's planning on studying law and become an attorney. >> i decided on law because of my father. in some cases, he was wrongly convicted, and that hurts. i'm hoping i'll be able to overturn these miscarriages of justice someday. >> judge di bella weems his challenges. through legal channels, he says with his experience, he could even imagine him as a fellow judge one day. >> why not? anyone who works in the justice system is checked out. anyt

many wonder if she benefited from home cooking. >> one judge was banned from judging for a year.e was busted for trying to fix an ice dancing competition in japan. another judge is married to a russian figure skating official. i honestly don't think that's the biggest problem with the judging. i think it's all a mess. andy is joining us to talk about this. >> think about this, a guy who was busted for cheated is allowed to judge this year's skating competition. so many people are outraged about this that change.org, the website where you can talk about things, they are trying to get if changed. yuna kim, the defending gold medalist should have gotten gold and she got silver. the ukrainian judge caught for cheating, he was not the only controversy. the russian judge is married to the head of the russian skating federation. so it's these questionable things allowed to happen. >> one of the american skaters said, i didn't fall, i had a flawless routine. she, the one who won the gold, stumbled. >> the russian skater fell twice. ashley wagner fell not once and got seventh. the judges

judge nancy was a judge for massachusetts appointed by president clinton back in 1994. she teaches at harvard and she lectures and writes on a host of issues including civil rights and civil liberties criminal justice women's issues and is the author of an autobiography with a fantastic title in the event that one in and of an unrepentant advocate. we are thrilled she's here today to offer the insight of someone who's actually served on the bench and sees this issue from a unique perspective. we hope to also be joined by cheryl who is stuck on a train from baltimore. thank you amtrak. but we hope she will be here. she is the wonderful president d director counsel of the naacp legal defense and educational fund and one of the strongest advocates i've ever met her civil rights, civil liberties, rights of everyday americans and diversity in every walk of life including the judiciary. when we think of people in the legal profession have decoded themselves to the public interest, cheryl is one of the top people on the list. so let's get started. we would love for you to shar

. >>> same sex couples in virginia celebrate today after a federal judge struck down the state's ban on gay marriage. the ruling is on hold to give time for the appeal process, but as peggy fox reports, that did not stop same sex couples around virginia from applying for marriage licenses anyway. >> reporter: scott harris and chris choice being have been a couple 15 years -- choicek have been a couple 15 years. they tried to apply for a marriage license. they were all denied, but they have hope their day will come soon. >> i would have never thought in virginia we would get to this point in my lifetime. >> oh, any god, we are so joyful. it's amazing. >> reporter: supporters of same sex marriage are thrilled over u.s. district judge arenda wright allen's ruling thursday striking down virginia's ban. >> this is happening so much faster than we thought it would happen. >> reporter: virginia attorney general mark herring refused to defend the ban. >> another step forward on the long road to insuring all virginians are treated fairly and equally under the law. >> reporter: the family rese

a ukrainian judge where checkered past.ho was married to the russian federation president. >> : for the first tunnel back gains you heanew lu.s. was cruie in the game canada storscored twice. but u.s. had a shot to go. and the net after canada pulled their goalie with a minute left. but for the straight olympic gold when win for canada. >> : usa needing the chase to russia appeared and the netherlands. >> : winning coach and northern california sports. there has never been our rugby coach as great as jacked clark. jack clark. coached national team. with 16 wins most of any cut in u.s. history. we ask where all the great players came from >> : there's five was on the team from new york. rugby hotbed here. you wouldn't figure rugby in california as much pre and it's much on a full boil on the state. it's doing very well. we have some really good teams that were enacted a long way. really good. someone is want to have to beat them is going to be less or no one. >> : people want a be a part of kron. year-ago trevor from washing

judge wald clerked for judge jerome frank of the united states court of appeals for the second circuit. she received her b.a. from connecticut college for women and her j.d. from yale law school. i might just say she's been inducted in the connecticut women's hall of fame. we welcome all of you. we thank you for being here. i understand you have a brief introductory statement that will be submitted by the chairman and please proceed. thank you. >> on behalf of my fellow privacy and civil liberties oversight committee, thank you, grassley. n, senator this is an independent executive branch agency tasked with ensuring that our nation's counterterrorism efforts are balanced with the need to protect the privacy and civil liberties. before beginning my testimony, i want to state our respect and admiration for the men and women in the intelligence community who work tirelessly to protect this country while maintaining our values. we have the highest regard for them. last june at the request of members of congress and the president, our board initiated a study of the bulk telephone records pr

the judge handed sanchez an eight year state prison term with some credit for time serve. norwood receive add four-year sentence and he also received credit for time already spent in custody. it was unclear if he would be immediately released. stow's condition is so severe he will need medical treatment for the rest of his life. >>> you heard his father saying he didn't despise the two men who beat his son but not every family member feels that way. his younger sister spoke in court. >> we shower him, we dress him, we fix his meals, we make sure he gets his 13 medications throughout the day. he takes two different antiseizure medications to prevent the seizures he endured for months after you brutally attacked him. you get to live your life as you choose. he did not choose this. no sentencing you receive will ever be long enough. eventually you will be released. try beyond's sentence is a lifetime sentence. you showed now con conscious when you didn't come forward. you showed no remorse by draying it out. your lack of regret makes me despise you more. >> very powerful word

maybe we should be judging the judges. should we do an event of judges?at about in boxing? if you get knocked out, doesn't that make it a sport? >> then they should box until someone is knocked out. >> i'll go with that. >> that takes the the judges out of it. >> that would be my kind of sport. >> a ref to enforce the rules then box until they can box no more. the only exception i will make is for the beautiful, beautiful sport of synchronized swimming. that is the only exception. >> you're right, there's never a technical knockout in cockfighting, you're right. >> i'm not sure i understand that either. >> cockfights go till somebody dies. >> that's true. >> it's a horrible sport, by the way, horrible. i don't know why i said that. perhaps because we have cockfighting fans at home. >>> coming up, is chain nat biggest threat to america? ambassador john bolton discusses his new book "my moustache once arm wrestled a bear and won." >>> what's up with dennis rodman? sources say something. there's a saying around here, you stand behind what you say. around her

one judge think there is is a better way. adam may introduces to that judge. his zero tolerance for bad behavior has brought hawaii hope in the form of probation. >> growing up in hawaii steven alm earned the badge of tough guy the hard way. >> boxed in a local jim. i was one of two white guys in the jim gym. at first there was not a lot of seriousness given to it. but after my first fight, that is when one of the long time trainers said you have shown you have heart and everybody accepted me. ♪ years of boxing scored him a walk on roll role in the original hawaii five-0. and has a reputation as a judge. >> i have the respect of the law enforcement community. i was the tough et sentencer. >> he served as deputy prosecute attorney for honolulu. he knew hawaii and the justice system also knew it needed a change. particularly probation. >> at sentencing i can send them to prison or send them to the beach. that is not a knock on probation officers it is just a reflection that probation is usual, just doesn't work very well. hawaii may seem like paradise the way th

and they're sophisticated question, and the judge is doing the best to be very accurate.you know, if the judge make as mistake in instructing them, the whole case will be thrown out on appeal. you have to be real careful. >> goodness. >> yeah. you got to be real careful. >> as you have been following the kashgs listening to the testimony, listening to the testimony of mr. dunn, his fiancee. listening to the evidence presented, would you have guessed that deliberations would carry on in this manner? day four. that seems fairly lengthy for this kind of case, given that it was argued not very long. just a matter of weeks. or does this seem appropriate, that four days seems reasonable, given the gravity of this case? in your opinion? >> well, on the side that, you know, let's give the jurors a break here. it's reasonable. jordan davis, 17-year-old kid, lies dead. michael dunn will likely go to prison for the rest of his life, depending on this decision. so i think it's okay for them to take time and make sure they get right, but if want to compare it to other big cases that h

so the judge made it clear. that's why he imposed that condition that witnesses will have to put it in writing if they do not want to be filmed. >> it's going to be very keenly watched the next few days. thanks very much. the united states has asked iraq to explain media reports that it is buying weapons worth hundreds of millions of dollars from iran. the u.s. says any deal would be a direct violation of the u.s. arms embargo on iran. the contract to buy $195 million worth of arms was signed in november last year, just after iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki returned for extra weapons to fight al qaeda linked militants. a close ally of mr. maliki's government in iraq. a spokesman said the united states has provided more than $15 billion in equipment, services and training to iraqi armed services and security. to explain this a bit more, bbc persian. is this surprising or new, the fact that there is a lot of cooperation between iraq and iran? the united states stepping it up. >> if you follow iran, it's not th

i was personally offended by what this judge did, and deadly think this judge, particularly since itnconsistent with previous sentences, particularly with african-american defendants, i believe the judge should be invested for corruption. i would not be surprised if there was a financial link or political link that led to this outcome. everybody should be outraged, not just african-americans, but all of us, which i think is the case. >> boyce watkins, in terms of this becoming some kind of a precedent in a new age here of a tale of two countries between rich and poor in america? tale of twoy have a countries. america really has become addicted to capitalism, extreme capitalism. i am a finance professor. i do not hate capitalism, but at the same time, i know it is powerful like a power -- fire or drug. ultimately, you see the gap between the rich and the poor is growing more and more every year, and it is affecting our political and judicial systems. also, we have two tales when it comes to race. the united nations has cited the united states for having a two tear society. everybody k