slap across the face we'd say judge davis is a true glimmer of hope. and now all over the world people are desperately searching for help between a tragedy a tragedy in norway as we saw on friday the protests underway in spain over the economy or the outcry in israel over the outrageous housing prices everyone is searching for help taking the streets to try and do something well perhaps they should look to san diego california were superheroes are stuck to the max come the con and although these heroes don't exist in the real world many people come from across the globe to forget their troubles and engage in a world where the biggest threat comes from a super villain not the government or to enjoy the more frivolous pursuits rather than face the world's problems head on and try to solve or challenge them but you can decide that for our parties ramon glinda takes us on a quest and hopes of finding a real life superhero to escape all troubles a comic on. well bombs explode and thousands of american troops continue to fight in the country's longest war an

district judge michael davis decided to step in and overrule the jury's judgment davis said their decision was so severe and oppressive as to be wholly disproportionate to the offense and obviously unreasonable and that is a quote so rather than the one point five million dollars fine the woman will only be shelling out lost a lot fifty four thousand dollars for all twenty four songs but let's put that into a comparison under the original ruling by the jury thomas ross that was going to pay sixty two thousand dollars for each song you downloaded but after a judge davis intervened they'll only pay two thousand dollars per track and to be very clear that's still a very hefty price but it proves there are more reasonable individuals in this world who agree that nobody should be forced into the. poor house for downloading a few songs it's become clear that the record industry is out for blood and they want revenge on the millions of people who found ways to avoid paying for their media so they god there are judges out there like judge michael davis who thinks the outrageous fines pursued by th

davies... (whispering): please, please, please. ...guilty. (gallery murmurs, groans) what? i'm sorry, malcolm. we knew this was a long shot. judgeve been found guilty by a jury of your peers of a class-two felony. it is the order of this court... wait, wait, wait, judge. if you're about to sentence my client, i certainly wish to be heard. the defendant is sentenced to two years in state prison. your honor... said sentence to be suspended in its entirety, pending mr. davies's successful completion of a drug rehabilitation program. peyton: your honor, this is his third offense. you kidding me? you kidding me? ms. korn... check with probation, then your client is free to go. son... do not let me down. we're adjourned. (gavel bangs) (both laughing) w-what... what does it mean? no jail. it means no jail. really? you can't mess this up, malcolm. he's giving you another chance. you need to make this work. (voice breaking): i will. i will. all right. i'm-i'm not a hugger. (harry chuckles) i'm not a hugger. okay. (laughing) oh. okay. okay. (harry gasps anxiously) oh! (anxious laugh) no jail at all? how do you figure? well, as i said to t

francisco superior court presiding judge, katherine feinstein, about deep budget cuts to california's court system. coming up next. >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis. welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me tonight on our news panel are michael montgomery, reporter for kqed news and "california watch." josh richman, legal and political affairs reporter for "the oakland tribune." and joshua johnson, morning newscaster for kqed news. joshua, let's start by talking about what are some of the concerns that have been raised around this whole affair and why is there so much upheaval over it? >> the concerns seem to fall into two basic buckets. one has to do with the actual actions of the police in general toward people in the bay view. the other has to do with the environment in the bay view and conditions that may have given rise to what happened saturday. let me set up what happened saturday. we can go from there. san francisco police say that they were making an investigation into a young man who came into the back of the muni t third line around third and oak dale. that young man apparently took off running. police pursued them. th

judging by the numbers, many of them continue their devotion to service in congress. fox's jennifer davists. >> reports. >> reporter: virginia's cub scouts 7 and 8 teaches fun and learning. >> it teaches you to have a good reputation. >> reporter: these little ones say when they grow up, they'd like to be lawyers, engineeres and inventors. >> what do you want to invent? >> a flying car. >> reporter: politics? >> do you have any desire to be a politician? >> no. >> reporter: the most senior republican in the senate wasn't focused on politics either as a boy scout during world war ii, but earn merpit badges from public speaking to scholarship, he has many mementos hanging in his senate office. >> reporter: i believe scouting does bring about a degree of majority and heightening of ambition. i'm very proud to have been a boy scout. >> reporter: he's one of 31 eagle scouts who are members of the congress. but of more than 500 lawmakers, a staggering 206 of them have a connection to scouting. pete sessions says the lessons he, his father and two sons all learned as boy scouts and eagle scouts

davis jr. i heard one of the best performances and he ended up doing the music of the night. i'll never pre-judgeuld relive one moment live again that you've experienced of all these shows, all the opening nights and everything, which one sticks most in your memory? >> it's difficult, really. i suppose funny enough, "memory" on broadway was an extraordinary moment on the first night there. the big moment when he gets to touch me. ♪ the whole audience applauded. just adlos. >> what were you thinking. >> i did think that's fairly extraordinary. robert ran down the aisle and said andrew you've done it. that was a great moment. now people run the other way. >> you're irresistible to women. >> i think sarah brightman and i had a great rapport through music and that -- music says is a lot of things. there are a lot of people i think who should really love music but people who do, then you can talk a lot about it. there's a lot of artists. >> do women find musical genius sexy? >> i don't know. because i don't think i am one. i do know what you -- >> you're being modest. anyone that can conjure up these

the judge is so concerned he sealed their names temporarily for what he calls a cooling-off period. reporter brad davis clearwater, a simple handwritten note on the door is evidence of the controversy surrounding the casey anthony verdict. >> i put that sign on there to voice my opinion. they may come in here, i might not know who they are. >> reporter: john mcclure wants his customers to know where the restaurant stands regarding the not guilty verdict. >> all my employees felt the same way when we heard the verdict. we were shocked. >> the sign says the jury's not welcome. that's perfectly okay with me. >> reporter: but others like rick justice -- yes, that's his name -- believe that jurors are being unfairly targeted. >> i mean, they're given a hard task. they're there to weigh the evidence of what they can and cannot hear. they do the best job that they can. they're people too. >> reporter: the 12 jurors from pinellas county were faced with the civic duty of determining the fate of casey anthony. >> it's about life and it's about death. it's about assigning responsibility and sorting out who's to b

davis jr., he was reviled for endorsing nixon and supporting him. a lot of people thought with nixon, it was whatever way the political winds were blowing. that's the way to judge him, not conviction. maybe that's not fair. in some cases, particularly on parable issues, he felt he side with the go slow on civil rights segment in the country and in congress. and that's the way he conducted his presidency. >> guest: it's interesting and very ironic. president nixon was the author of the minority business. as you know, use the term economic justice. >> guest: right. >> host: in the executive order that set aside dollars for minority businesses to compete for. how do you -- >> guest: you make a good point. so many other things with nixon. there's all kinds of contradictions there. you know, he set up the easy environmental protection agency, and he's not thought of as particularly environmentally insensitive president. he -- overtures to china and hard liner in some ways op the -- on the war issues. vietnam where he had a mixed record. i think the president he had in the context of the book and the discussion on president at race and african-american, he couldn't b