act and go to blogs and speak with people like julie sanchez from the cato institute because these are people that are specializing in this type of privacy and security information that is affecting all of us and we have no idea. i think honestly, some of our legislators don't know what they're writing laws about. i think it's too complex for them to understand which is even scarier. >> you've been very strong about saying you're an american. and -- but you work for a russian network and your mom is in the duma. did your mom americanize when she came here? >> she did not. >> you know the publicity mr. putin gets, that the country is less open than it used to be. how do you track all this? are you, first and mother post -- foremost an american through and through, a believer in american democracy or do you wish we did some of the things they did in russia? >> i'm an american through and through, of course i believe in american democracy. this is the country where is educated and grew up. this is what i know. which is why i take such a vested interest in talking about the problems and br

. >> on july 27, 2001, miss jeanine sanchez harms was murdered. number 2, maurice nasmeh murdered miss sanchez harms, concealed her body in her rug and used his jeep to dispose of her body. this tragic case has now come to a close. >> nasmeh was charged with murder in 2004 but was released after 2.5 years when prosecutors could not find enough evidence. >>> two minor temblors shook up the bay area just a day after that earthquake rattled the east coast. both of our quakes centered in nearly the exact location five miles north of san lorenzo, six miles southeast of oakland. a 3.6 magnitude quake shook the hayward fault last night about 11:36. almost equally strong 3.5 rumbled in about 9:57 this morning. no reported injuries or damage. >>> today east coast officials inspected the damage from yesterday's rare earthquake. statues, parts of spires were damaged at the national cathedral in washington. also the washington monument showed some exterior cracking. it's going to stay closed indefinitely. >>> it's the first day of school here at san jose stat

. >> on july 27, 2001, miss janine sanchez harms was murdered. number two, maurice nasmay murdered miss sanchez harms. >> reporter: that was not the first time someone said the two statements, but it was the first time the santa clara county district attorney could say them definitively. after more than ten years of questions over harms' death, the answers came down to 27 fibers found in maurice nasmay's jeep cherokee. 27 fibers from two rugs from harms' home. >> there is no innocent explanation for those 27 fibers being in the back of the jeep cherokee. >> reporter: the district attorney says the case is now closed. little comfort to the sanchez-harms family after ten years of no answers of maurice nasmay being taken into custody and cleared and forensics tests that take time, her brother snapped. in january, wayne sanchez shot and killed maurice nasmay, who he believe murdered his sister. he then turned the gun on himself. her father, jess, told me, "for us this is the end. until they find her remains, if they find her remains. what happened ha

. >> reporter: da mean in sanchez harms disappeared on july 27, 2001. district attorney says he is convicted maurice killed janine after having a beer together at her home. >> he murdered ms. sanchez harms and concealed her body in her persian rug and used his jeep cherokee to dispose of the body. >> the d.a. points to what he calls indisputable scientific analysis of 27 rug fibers that came from two rugs belonging to the murder victim. the exhaustive forensic testing in illinois took three years to complete. >> i wish we could have gotten the results six months or a year sooner but the science only works as fast as the science does and it doesn't work on a csi schedule. >> reporter: one of the sad twists in the case is that authorities arrested maurice in late 2004 but were forced to release him in 2007 when questions were raised about the original testing of those rug fibers. even with the meticulous retesting, maurice will never face a jury. in january, janine's brother followed him into a pete's coffee shop, killed him and then killed himself. police

. >> on july 27th, 2001, miss jeanine sanchez-harms was murdered. number two, maurice nazme murdered miss sanchez-harms. >> reporter: that was not the first time someone said those two statements, but it was the first time the santa clara district attorney could say them definitively. after more than ten years of questions, the answers came down to 27 fibers found in a jeep cherokee. 27 fibers from two rugs from jeanine harms' home. >> there is no innocent explanation for those 27 fibers being in the back of the jeep cherokee. >> reporter: the district attorney says the case is now closed. little comfort to the sanchez-harms family. after ten years of no answers and him being taken into custody and then cleared, and forensic tests that take time, her brother snapped. he shot and killed maurice nazme and then turned the gun on himself. her father said for us this is the end. until they find her remains, if they find her remains. what happened, happened and we have to live with that. although the case is closed, the police know there are still questio

." >>> sanchez and norwood arraigned on several accounts of assault. the two men were arrested in july after police found fresh leads in the case. a third suspect arrested for being an accessory to the crime. meantime stow showing progress in his recovery. he's been able to move his limbs when asked. >>> 4:37, a somber anniversary two years ago 6-year-old hasanni campbell disappeared in rock ridge. his father said he dropped the boy outside of a shoe store in 2009 where his mother worked but hasanni never made it in there. police suspect the foster parents killed him. they have not filed charges against him. hasanni has cerebral palsy and has braces on his legs. there's a $75,000 award for information about his whereabouts. >>> let's check in with christina and a wednesday forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. the weather is going to be pretty nice today, something we get to enjoy once a year, august perseid. we'll continue to see shooting stars all morning long and that will be the case for tomorrow as well. sixty plus meteors per half hour. so make a wish, baby. we're looki

july 21. and the 29-year-old louis sanchez and his friend and neighbor, the 30-year-old marvin norwood expected to be arraigned this morning. a judge is expect today hear requests to reduce their bail. they are each being held on $500,000 bail. and they have each been charged with a single count of mayhem, assault, and battery. sanchez is also charged with two other attacks at dodger stadium that night. of course, all of this, the result of the brutal assault on the giant's fan here in the dodger's stadium parking lot the night after the opening game of the dodger's season. now stowe, of course, is in the bay area san francisco general hospital still listed in serious condition. he's making a bit of progress, responding to touches, offering a kiss to his mother, things like that, so family members are encounselorred about this. there is a long road to go in his recovery. reporting live downtown los angeles, i'm phil schumann. >> thank you for the update. >>> time now is 7:33 as you heard phil say, dozens of people were at this fundraiser in santa monica for brian stow. a group of philly fans wa

revenue plummeted in july missing expectations by more than $500 million and raising fears that so-called trigger cuts built into the budget will go into effect. nbc bay area's kris sanchez talked with political analyst larry gu larry gurston about the shaky budget. >> the whole budget was predicated upon some very shaky assumptions. one assumption, for example, was that they would get in about $4 billion more in revenue this year than we thought previously. well, instead it of getting in more, we're getting in less. >> gurston also adds that one of the major trigger cuts is $1.5 billion in k-12 education which could mean the reduction of seven school days in some districts, which would put california at 168 required school days a year, one of the lowest in the entire country. >>> oakland is facing severe budget cuts as well, along with many other cities. tomorrow, many people will feel it when many city services shut down for the day. we are in oakland with the latest. >> reporter: well, starting tomorrow all public libraries like the one here behind me will be shut down once a movement the business closures and the unpaid time off by city employees is part of an agreem

revenue plummeted in july, missing expectations by more than $500 million, and raising fears that so-called trigger cuts built into the budget will go into effect. nbc bay area's kris sanchez talked with little analyst larry gerston about the budget situation. >> this whole budget was predicated upon some very shaky assumptions. one assumption was that they would get in about $4 billion more in revenue this year than we thought previously. instead of getting in more, we're getting in less. >> gerston also adds that one of the major trigger cuts is $1.5 billion in k through 12 education which could mean the reduction of seven school days. 168 required school days, one of the lowest in the entire country. >>> looking for an upside to this down economy? how about some discounts? many retailers are watching wall street closely, and they know when the market goes down people tend to cut become on their spending. that's why they say analysts are willing to drop more prices in the market. >> we start to see a lot of back to school sales, bigger discounts they than they initially promised. >> people can look for discounts on airfares and automobiles with plenty of incentives being

july 26, the chief was supposed to be at an unveiling of a billboard in east los angeles. and the controversy of the matter was hot. giovani had just been eliminated as a suspect. sanchez and norwood were now the suspects and when the chief didn't show up at that billboard unveiling, some had the peeceps perception that he didn't want to talk about that anymore. >> this was one of those cases? >> sure. absolutely. nothing to hide. i am more than willing to talk about anything. >> the sting of the ramirez matter had gone away? >> this is the nature of police work. >> he wouldn't go into details, but is he convinced that sanchez and norwood indeed are the right suspects? >> it's a great case. the district attorney accepted it. filed charges. i believe in the case. >> ramirez remains in state prison, parole violation. he won't get out until next march. sanchez and norwood are in isolation in county jail. separated and except for their attorneys have no phone calls or visitation rights. i asked the chief and asked if someone dropped the ball on this case. he made it clear to me he is not about to point the finger of blame at anybody. >> you know, i can't change any of that

july, trying to avoid dropping their fourth straight with an afternoon contest against the pirates today, closing out a three-game series. pittsburgh winning only one of their last ten coming into this one. jonathan sanchezng to bounce back from friday's loss to philly. andrew mccutcheon is mcclutchen, a homer to left, his 16th on the season. bucs up 3-1. matt diaz with the single here, scoring steve pearce. pirates take the series and win 9-2. >> reporter: it's been a forgettable two weeks for the stran giants. they've lost 10 of their last 13 games and they capped off a horrible home stand with a series loss to a pirates team that had come in losing ten straight. >> we're getting behind, and we're giving up crooked numbers. that's not our game. we don't try to bang it with the other club, we try to pitch and keep it close and find a way to win the game. you know, a lot of these games we let get away. >> it's tough. you go through a stretch like this, you know, it's tough not to hang your head. we have a lot of baseball left. >> reporter: carlos beltran and nate schierholtz sat out with injuries and both players seemed unsure whether they would be ready to go on friday. fourth straight win in canada, ta

. >> more recent merger miss sanchez, he could still her body in his persian rug and use his jeep cherokee to dispose of her body. >> she went missing in july 2001 after leaving a bar with him. investigators say they have conclusively linked him to the murder after fibers from a pair of rugs in her home are found in the back of his jeep cherokee. >> an addition that the slipcovers on her couch and the persian rug was missing but nothing else was touched now her money or jewelry or anything else. >> her brother shot and killed him before killing himself and the d.a. says the case is now closed. >> there is no innocent explanation for those 27 fibers being in the back of his jeep cherokee. >> her body has never been found. >> san jose state university is dealing with a student housing shortage as the incoming freshman class is 4000 strong. that is 1300 more students than last year and they require that any freshman had graduated a from a high school 30 mi. away or four there must live on campus their first year to make sure that all those new freshmen have room, they have put some returning students and a hotel with a pool and hot tub that is

. >> more recent murdered miss sanchez, he concealed her body in the persian rugs and use his jeep cherokee to dispose of the body. >> she went missing of july of 2001. after leaving a bar with him. they say that they have conclusively linked him to the murder after fibers from a rug from her home were found in the back of his jeep cherokee. >> an addition to the fact that the slip covers on her couch and the persian rug missing and nothing else was touched in the house, not her money or jewelry or anything else. >> hans brother shot and killed nasmay before killing himself. the d.a. says that the case is now closed. but hans body has never been found. >> now there was an arrest of a convicted child molester, police say that peter imasco whose picture was on your screen, was found in his car on neptune drive in san leandro. they said he has pictures of children on his self on that or not pornographic but appear to be have taken state secret living--taken secretly. now donald was struck and killed earlier this month while jogging on rolling road in sonoma county. he was a prominent figure in local politics, this photograph was taken near the