it's just justice department. and probably only our industry and the railroad industry or communications industry and railroad industry are probably the only two industries that are left with the inquiry isn't, you know, competitive arm. the inquiry is something else. you know, or we find no competitive harm, but is it a in the public interest? and so then that, people begin to ask the question, is that consistent with communications policy. what communications policy? what's in that policy? we don't really know what these things are going to do. so i really believe that with regard to merger reform, i think mayor ted baker's remarks were very good. i think that the inquiry shall be no. i think it should relate directly to competitive harm's. i think it should on related competitive harms. i felt i don't think that there should be duplicative merger reviews. and i think that this is an area where i would hope that the fcc would exercise restraint but i also think it's important for congress to clarify the roles of

. >> schieffer: so you want the justice department.... >> the justice department should take the lead, seize this moment and send a message, a very strong deterrent message that this country will not tolerate the kind of illegal speculation and trading and hedge fund activity that may be driving prices up. just to give you one fact. the amount of trading and hedge fund activity the energy positions are at an all-time high in this country's history, up 64% from just a few years ago. and the indicia of potential illegal activity, whether civil or criminal, i think certainly justify the department of justice investigation immediately and comprehensively right now. >> schieffer: let me ask you something, senator kirk, because i'm going to shift a little bit the conversation here. people continue to say that congress doesn't hear what they're saying out there. i wonder, can you really blame them? when something like happened last week happened. while the congress is on vacation, ten senators from both parties led by the senate leader harry reid, showed up in the macao, the gambling capital

the justice department says b.p. still faces additional liability from the disaster. >> tom: in the year since the "deepwater horizon" oil platform exploded, the search for oil has restarted, but the gulf economy has sputtered. tonight, we continue our series "revitalizing the gulf" with peter ricchiuti, professor of finance at tulane university freeman school of business. he began by describing the gulf economy this way. >> improving those beach as long the gulf coast they were down about 40% tourism wide but this spring break, the numbers start to really improve so people are more optimistic. seafood has been accepted again in general. the real thing is that the deep water operations are still very, very sluggish. we had 34 deep water rigs operating at the time of the explosion, is now 7. we do think it will ramp up to about 15 or 20 by the end of the year. >> i want to ask you about production from the gulf. but the impact in louisiana has been pretty significant. in terms of the unemployment rate, while the natio

of the doubt because they are lower the department of justice came back with one in a million times per year american citizens use carmen's to prevent what breeze rapes murders and other crimes against persons so even if we use the department of justice numbers under the clinton administration which was no friend of girders what you see is that there is a remarkable number of turns christians were true then and it looks like there's also a remarkable number of times that where violence is tell a crying at the head barrel of a gun and i want to thank you for that perspective on what you're doing in your movement that was john harris co-founder and spokesman for open carry dot org thank you now it has been exactly one year today that the b.p. oil spill sent millions of barrels of crude spilling into the gulf of mexico and what was the biggest spill of this kind in history and with gas now averaging three dollars and eighty three cents a gallon a dollar more than a year ago may be no surprise that gulf coast lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are again chanting drill baby drill and it

there are equities at the justice department and the fcc, so i'm not in a position to comment specifically about the merger, but i'm more than excited to talk about the possibilities for technological innovation in wireless writ large because the president has included that as a major thrust of our activities in the wireless initiative he rolled out in february. >> host: and we will get into those, but we are joined by cecilia kang of "the washington post" as well. >> guest: hi, cecilia. >> host: hi. thanks for joining us, mr. cto. you did have an event today on spectrum, and this is related to some of the innovation and goals that you've talked about and also related to the merger as peter brought up in that one of the promises that at&t has put forward is to bring out wireless connections, broadband connections wirelessly to 95% of the country. so, in fact, they could themselves fulfill, in many ways, the goal that you set out, you at the white house have set out and the president on blanketing the country, 98% of the country. >> guest: well, the difference is still over ten million -- y

indication just how sensitive this is they spent 2 1/2 hours inside the building with the department of justice mediator. >> it sound like giving them a ticket, the ticket isn't going to motivate them to leave? >> reporter: maybe not. we'll have to see. the district here said it's out the police department to say how they want to handle this policy. >> reporter: we'll get your update at 6:00. ann notarangelo. >>> >>> justice outside the system. the steps schools take to handle problems on campus. >> they call it the university of california but we have numbers that show they aren't as interested in californians as it used to be. >>> a powerful twister slipped off a road. what happened when it headed straight for the man holding the camera. ,, ,, we need to solve the problem. the state budget crisis threatens our economy... and our schools. loans to small businesses on hold. job creation at a standstill. 30,000 teachers already laid off. can we really afford billions more in cuts? $13 billion more devastates our schools, our safety, and the california we know. it's time for lawmakers to finally

office of legal counsel is an arm of the department of justice and what's remarkable about the memorandum is that it doesn't cite anything with regard to the language of the constitution the constitutional convention the ratification debates the federalist papers that amplified on the meaning of commander in chief stating is the founding fathers understood commander in chief men you could lead the army and navy did have an air force at the time. and it was described as an inferior power to even governors who could lead the militias it was explicitly said unlike the british king who could declare war but only congress could change the nation from a state of peace to war and this memorandum prepared by this department of justice doesn't cite any of that indeed and says this long train of presidential unilateral authority began when nine hundred eighty six that doesn't seem very long in a republic of the united states it began in seventeen seventy six by two hundred thirty seven years ago and so what we have here is a department that cites its own commentary but for our attorney general not

involved in a war in libya without seeking congressional approval something that his justice department claims is within the presidential powers as commander in chief when it comes to limited military interventions but with the news today that the u.s. now quick consider placing troops on the ground. see how anyone can try to continue to argue that this is in fact not a war and even the critics within congress have mostly fallen mute as they deal with the prospects of a government shutdown but there's one man who's determined not to let obama get away scot free yesterday introduced an article of impeachment against the president writing that he has knocked the rule of law and danger of the very existence of the republic and the liberties of the people and perpetrated an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor so here to discuss it with me is former reagan administration official and chairman of american freedom agenda bruce thanks so much for joining us here and writing first of all of honest office of legal counsel released on our end of this week where basically they gave their legal e

bob orr, cbs news, the justice department. >>> now to libya, where this morning the u.s. military is officially in a support mode. nato officially took over the lead in combat operations last night. it's the last day of combat missions and the u.s. warplanes struck government targets along the libyan coast including the strategic port of brega. also in brega yesterday, rebel forces pushed the troops out of the city. but the battle for brega has gone back and forth. the city has changed hands several times. rebel troops continue to get bombed and government forces have booby trapped large portions of the city. >>> libyan tv shows what it says is pictures of muammar gadhafi waving to supporters outside of his compound. meanwhile, a libyan government spokesman said libya is ready for reform and to hold elections, but that gadhafi must say. he also said that the libyan people must decide if gadhafi stays or goes, not the west. >>> in japan, radiation levels and seawater near the crippled power plant are several million times the legal limit. japanese officials insist the cont

the president is getting the justice department involved in this. that's because gas prices are now about $1 a gallon higher than they were this time last year. at that rate, filling up a mid-size car just once a week, would cost an extra 900 bucks a year. with gas prices at a nearly three-year high, commuters are now feeling the number crunch. >> 50-mile-plus round trip, over $110 a week. easy. >> reporter: the nationwide average is $3.84 a gallon and climbing. >> everybody complains. but they know it's not -- you know, they know we're not the cause. >> ridiculous. and i think president obama should be addressing this with his re-election campaign. >> reporter: the president is doing just that. yesterday, he announced attorney general general eric holder will put together a task force to investigate potential price gouging. >> we're going to make sure that nobody's taking advantage of american consumers, for their own short-term gain. >> reporter: mr. obama says the long-term solution is clean energy. just yesterday, the electric power nissan leaf

the justice department said today b.p.agreed to provide a billion dollars to jump start cleanup projects. the money will come from that $20 billion fund set up to repay victims of the spill. and about those victims. some have gotten their money, but don teague reports many others are still waiting. >> reporter: when oil and tar balls began washing up on gulf coast beaches last spring, among the first casualties were hugely popular weddings on the beach. overnight what had been big business here in orange beach, alabama, evaporated. when hundreds of brides canceled their flower orders, this family-owned flower shop was put on the brink. >> we were devastated. still are. >> reporter: with 85% of their business suddenly gone, lee kitchens taylor had to give up her salary. >> it gets disheartening after a while but you have to keep going. >> reporter: they lost $90,000, but only got emergency payments last year worth about $20,000. then nothing. until last week. how much is that check for? >> $12.31. if it's notice of an inter

he ordered the justice department to look for fraud or manipulation in oil markets. the national average for a gavel regular now 3.84. some analysts speculate $6 gas by the summer is likely. >>> and a u.s. unmanned predators now providing 24-hour combat air patrols over libya. meanwhile arizona senator john mccain arrived in libya a few hours ago. he is meeting with rebels trying to oust that country's leader moammar qaddafi. >>> "good friday" weather not bad. patchy fog out there this morning and temperatures in the 40s and 50s in most spots. more clouds throughout the day today and we have a weak system off the coast bringing with it more clouds. you can see a clear start but here come the clouds across the pacific. just a weak ridge out here isn't going to hold the clouds back. they are going to come racing over the top of that ridge and yup, we have mostly cloudy skies toward the afternoon. so later today, this system comes onshore, doesn't look like it will bring rainfall but this one right here for the weekend, that could bring a couple of drops just some real

these look if if goldman sachs in other banks to have really committed crimes here the justice department should be prosecuting them so far we've seen no prosecutions would suggest that whatever they were doing it was not criminal and i think that's the basis for what makes this situation so incredibly i'm fortunate and it's very clear that what was done was wrong the fact that it hasn't shown that we've been violating any laws or that there's any criminal prosecutions shows that we have a problem with our law we don't allow stealing murder we don't allow rape we don't allow all of these things because it destabilized our society so if something like this which the stabilized our society or effects our society but yet we don't have a lot of protect against that or to punish those that perpetrate it then you know we've really got to look at our laws because while there may not be any criminal violations why aren't there you just in the would you suggest that had we not had the commodity futures futures modernization act and. what was the other one that it blew up glass steagall you know al

department of justice and department of defense? what happens now. >> this is a good question. i'm a little bit surprised on two issues. one is holder talks about not wanting to delay justice further. that moving these detainees into the military commission would move things more swiftly, would bring justice for families of the 9/11 victims. and it's clear today from the responses at the pentagon that, you know, that may not be so swift. even though holder said there would be charges in the military there weren't charges announced today. it's unclear when charges will be announced. it's unclear whether they'll seek the death penalty in the military commission setting as holder said they would do or would have done. >> brown: i gather that is a question mark still in military commissions, whether the death penalty is a possibility. >> absolutely. and whether or not you could plead guilty if you were facing the death penalty in a military commission. these are all open questions. when holder was asked about this today, he didn't respond. he suggested that the pentagon would be the

he ordered the justice department to look for fraud or manipulation in oil markets. national average for a gallon of regular is 3.84. some analysts predict we could see $6 a gallon gas by summertime. >>> and arizona senator john mccain is now in libya meeting with rebels trying to oust that country's leader. moammar qaddafi. meanwhile, u.s. predator drones are providing 24-hour combat air patrols over libya. and that president obama has authorized the unmanned aircraft use. >>> good morning, folks. hope you're having a good friday as we are setting the stage on what looks like an unsettled weekend ahead. cloudy skies, sunrise 6:25. what a neat shot as we have the sun just about to come up on the bay area on this friday and well, looks like more clouds pouring into our skies. we have some patchy dense fog inland. patchy fog at the coastline not as thick. cloudier this afternoon, cool temperatures 50s at the coast. mid-60s inland. so temperatures coming down a few degrees around the bay area for today. here's the clouds. starting to show up at the coast. more will be o

goldman executives including chairman and chief executive told lloyd blankfein be referred to the justice department for criminal prosecution it sounds promising and it will be american people are craving but doesn't really have any chance of coming to light joining me from our studio in new york is michael hudson staff writer with the center for public integrity and author of the monster how a gang of predatory lenders and wall street bankers fleeced america and spawned a global crisis michael thanks so much for joining us tonight i must say it's rather exciting to have congress finally pointing fingers finally saying that they're going to work for some people to the justice department for prosecutions but what are the chances we're really going to see lloyd blankfein be put on trial . well i don't know about lloyd blankfein. the chances of big name executives going on trial i think right now it's up in the air because it takes political will if you go back to the savings and loan disaster in the one nine hundred eighty s. there were a thousand s. and l. insiders who were convicted of felonies and

they're antiquated well first of all i recommend anyone look at the new documents that the justice department released a couple of weeks ago one hundred eight page report on police department behavior and they found racial ethnic profiling and lesbian gay bisexual and transgendered their nation basically mentioning the crime against nature law and saying the police are using and so it's not just advocates they're saying that it's the justice department after studying the issue i mean isn't there why it is called on the books still why hasn't there been an effort to get them off i understand that in some states people make quite an effort to keep them on the books. well you know there's been there's been some legislative effort a lot of last year that and rightly changed that for they don't have to go in the registry only goes for the second offense so there's been some light thinking people are continuing to push in legislature unfortunately for the first time since the reconstruction era our legislature is completely republican controlled and i think those republican candidates have found th

the justice department announced the settlement today.cbs allegedly over billed medicaid when it filled prescriptions for medications who had other insurances. the drug giant will pay $17.5 million to the states. the whistle-blower who alerted will receive more than $2 million. >>> and what is traditionally tax day serves as a rally cry. >>> the message these protesters wanted to get across. >>> plus it turns out injured congresswoman gabrielle giffords has been getting more than just get well cards. what else people are sending her. >>> house republicans counter president obama's fiscal plan with one of their own today. they passed a $3.5 trillion budget for next year. it includes extending the bush era tax cuts and transforming medicare into a voucher program. harry reed a democrat says it doesn't stand a chance in the senate. >>> tea party members rallied across the bay area today to protest governor brown's proposed tax extensions. ktvu's ken pritchett reports. >> reporter: the tax day rally this evening in san francisco was just one

congress finally pointing fingers finally saying that they're going to refer some people to the justice department for prosecutions but what are the chances we're really going to see lloyd blankfein be put on trial. well i don't know about lloyd blankfein. the chances of big name executives going on trial i think right now it's up in the air because it takes political will if you go back to the savings and loan disaster in the one nine hundred eighty s. there were a thousand s. and l. insiders who were convicted of felonies and there were some big names like charles keating of the keating five game who spent time on bars but it takes some real political will when you know obama's kind of you know meet me in the middle and let's talk this over kind of guy and this is more a draw a draw a line kind of thing it's not negotiating legislation it's the law enforcement function but i think you know there's definitely the political will if you ask average americans i think that americans would welcome this they would be absolutely ecstatic but is the problem really not that obama's drug line down the midd

the justice department announced the settlement today.cbs allegedly over billed medicaid when it filled prescriptions for medications who had other insurances. the drug giant will pay $17.5 million to the states. the whistle-blower who alerted will receive more than $2 million. >>> and what is traditionally tax day serves as a rally cry. >>> the message these protesters wanted to >>> house republicans counter president obama's fiscal plan with one of their own today. they passed a $3.5 trillion budget for next year. it includes extending the bush era tax cuts and transforming medicare into a voucher program. harry reed a democrat says it doesn't stand a chance in the senate. >>> tea party members rallied across the bay area today to protest governor brown's proposed tax extensions. ktvu's ken pritchett reports. >> reporter: the tax day rally this evening in san francisco was just one of many planned for this weekend. tax day weekend. perhaps the largest took place in pleasenton tonight. two of the bay area's largest tea party groups joine

he says the 911 families have been denied justice for two years while the justice department pushed fortrials in the united states. >> america has not demonstrated the political will or the moral courage to have already brought confessed perpetrators of this act to justice. it's shameful, it's disappointing, it hurts. >> reporter: a trial dade for the five defendants has not been set. >>> airline prices have been going up. in a moment, the move from one airline that has changed that at least for now. >>> what oakland police officers are doing to help them get ready for their next encounter with a wild animal or a family pet. >>> changes are in the works on top of city hall in the south bay. what's happening with those birds and how you can watch it unfold, next. ñsxóxgñ >>> eight eggs belonging to clara have hatched. the gender of the chicks will not be known for a few weeks. clara has one more egg which is expected to hatch in the next few days. you can see more web video of the falcons by going to ktvu.com. you can click on the bay area tab right on the front of our home page. >>> the

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and so when they-- the justice department decides not to prosecute someone it's very hard to evalliace thought decisions because you never see the evidence but i think it's worth looking into to see why those judgements were made. i'm conditioned about it. >> how do you think americas at people who lie about sexual conductness. >> i looked at many perjury case. i chose these four because i thousand they illustrated important points. >> rose: and i finally decided, i looked at prominent, wealthy successful people like john edwards and finally decided i'm throwing sex out. there are so many examples of lying under oath about sex and so many perjury cases about sex. now under the law sex is not a special category. practically speaking it seems to be in a class of its own. maybe that needs some examination but i just decided look, i don't want to go down that road. >> are we different than other seats, than the english or french or the-- indians, the russianses? >> look y do people lie about these things. it's because to admit the truth maybe is not doing something illegal but it's very em

so the administration and the justice department decided to move forward. but there is a qualitative difference from where we were in january 2009 and where we are today. we did not even have case records for most of the people in guantanamo. it took months and months just to reconstruct who they will work, why they were there, what's the appropriate disposition of them should be. so we went through that process. some of them have been transferred overseas. others are in the process of being charged and tried. there is this category of people who are there where there is not evidence to try them, but there is plenty of evidence that they represent a threat to the country, and how to deal with those has been a very thorny issue. the president and the justice department tried to develop a protocol for dealing with that gives them some form of review. these are difficult issues that we walked into and have to try to resolve and resolve them in the real world. the president's is not a university of chicago law professor. he is the president of the united states

justice so they're responsible for pursuing the case against. against lloyd blankfein if carl levin says he believes there's a case it's up to the department of justice whether or not they pursue him ok you're right i get it it's going to cost twenty million and my cross parity million to get the whole department of justice whatever the price is both matter don't pay the price polson could go in front of congress and extort seven hundred fifty billion dollars to bail out of the goldman sachs how much would it cost a pile up to pay off at the department of justice ten billion forty billion it is printed up out of their pockets with all potential three occurred say there's no justice there because the rule of law well as we reported last week however as well that the department of justice never even pursued while kovi a bank which laundered four hundred billion dollars of mexican drug money and they didn't pursue a criminal case that's right facing herbert they could move four hundred billion boat a good crowd money right out of the department of justice of bones and their response to. the war that come pretty our coke i don't believe in just the other

. >>> the federal justice department has launched a new investigation into the san bruno pipeline explosion. they are removing maps and emergency plans related to the disaster. the investigation is appropriate, according to one congresswoman. >> i think there are grave concerns that there was knowledge and intention of the actions taken to place safety secondary. >>> at this hour, congresswoman spear is that a town meeting in san bruno. they are learning at what is being done to help their community rebuild and recover. the chief will provide an update. >>> the husband of a german tourist shot and killed in san francisco is back in the city. he and his wife were in the city last august to celebrate their wedding anniversary. she was struck and killed by a  stray bullet. no arrests have been made. the district attorney office says they hope to find a suspect and file charges in the near future. >>> san francisco's police department has a new chief tonight with the backing of many officers. >> reporter: applause rang through a packed city hall as interim mayor ed lee swore him in. >> [ appla

partners with all fictitious reoccurred think there's no justice there is the rule of law well as we reported last week however as well that the department of justice never even pursued what covielle bank which laundered four hundred billion dollars of mexican drug money and they didn't pursue a criminal case that's right stacy herbert they could move four hundred billion go to court buddy roy go to the department of justice is known and their responses. give me more that come. on cocoa pollution to the other thing that is emerging this new report out by carl levin is e-mails show how great littman built deutsche bank's five billion sub-prime short duping c.d.o. fools so this is a. lippmann of deutsche bank and again they were targeted along with goldman sachs as being the worst transgressors of all known like legitimate conduct by a bank and selling derivatives and he they found e-mails where he was selling to investors bonds that he said blows yikes quote didn't see that half of these are crap and the rest are ok he calls them a pig cvo then he shorted it covered the sort by duping c.d.o. fools so he said that they were the c.e.o.'s th

justice so they're responsible for pursuing the case against. against lloyd blankfein if carl levin says he believes there's a case it's up to the department of justice whether or not they did pursue him ok you're right i get it it's going to cost twenty million in my prosperity million to get the whole department of justice whatever the price of matter and i'll pay the price. for congress and extort seven hundred fifty billion dollars to bail out of the goldman sachs how much would it cost to pay off at the department of justice really twenty billion maybe printed up out of the park or it's all patricia's free occurred there's no justice there but the rule of law well as we reported last week however as well that the department of justice never even pursued prokofieff bank which laundered four hundred billion dollars of mexican drug money and they didn't pursue a criminal case that's right so to herbert they could move four hundred billion dollars of that crowd money right over to the department of justice of those and their responses thank you for that coke brady agoa about a policeman just the other thing that is emerged in this new report out by

they ordered the justice department to set up a task force to show how they are affecting the price of oil to see if there's illegal manipulation or fraud. it's trading at $110 a barrel. some think it's grossly overinflated. it should be in the $65 to $70 range. there's a securities analyst saying yes, by summertime, we could hit $6 a gallon of gas. three reasons this man is putting out there. one, the dollar is at a three-year low right now. as the dollar goes down, the price of energy goes up. you have the summer driving season, which is when demand goes up and supply goes down. if we have a bad hurricane season, a massive storm could disrupt oil supplies. you have three x factors coming together. it's where they come up with $6 a gallon of gas. reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you much. >>> one month after their daughter died in a street race, a san jose couple is warning others will die if the racing continues. lance and laurie spoke only to nbc bay area. their 23-year-old daughter left work on march 20th when a mercedes going almost double the speed limit cra

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. >> the justice department said cvs drug store is paying to settle allegations that it overcharged medicare programs. cvs collected more than it should have for medicaid patients . city leaders learned that staffers are analyzing the event that brought long standing concerns to lootlight. and housing what could be hundreds of thousands of those in a major disaster. we'll have a gab needing to house people on three months to three years while we get things rebuilt in san francisco and how to do that is a subject of some debate and concern for a long time. they are commemorating the earth earth and fire in 19they -- 1906. >> may day, may day. one, two, three, go. >> they learned how to escape from a submerged helicopter today. they get within inches of lakes and reservoirs when they draw. they will practice making water drops this weekend. a year after bp spilled the in the gulf of mexico. there is a tiny microbe that is essential in the clean up. >> hasen and his team sampled the water collin. it is taken 4000 feet below the surface. >> we found there was organisms down deep that are cold lo

the justice department and the president have tried to develop a protocol for dealing with that that gives them some form of review. these are difficult issues we walked into and have to try and resolve in the real-world. the president is not a university of chicago law professor. he's president of the united states and has to deal with the many challenges this poses. he has to do it consistent with our constitution and our values and our constitution includes the separation of powers. he is doing the best pecan with a very difficult situation. >> one more and a den of the lightning round. >> you can't ask questions like that in the lightning round. [laughter] if your tree, what kind of tree you would be, at not tell me about guantanamo. [laughter] [applause] >> and here i am defensive about a lack of nuance. [laughter] for the next hour and a half, could you tell us -- [laughter] as much as you have brought up the d.c. media echo chamber, lots of times -- -- whether it was you going in front of the camera or getting someone else in front of the camera -- it just became a reality of

prosecutors from the department of defense and justice have been working together since the beginning of this matter and i have full faith and confidence in the military commission system to appropriately handled this case as it proceeds. the department justice will continue to offer all the support necessary as this critically important matter moves forward. the administration worked with congress to substantial reform the military commissions in 2009 and i believe they can deliver a fair trial and just verdict. s. for the victims, the justice is long over due and must not be delayed any longer. since i made the decision to prosecute the alleged 9/11 conspirators, the effectiveness of our federal courts and thousands of prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers, defense attorneys who work in them have been subjected to a number of unfair and often unfounded criticisms. too many people should know better. many of them do no better and have expressed doubts about our time-honored and time test its system of justice. that is not only misguided, it is simply wrong. federal courts hav

justice department has announced he will be referred to a military commission for trial. it is a dramatic turnaround for the obama administration. the president pledged the high- profile suspects would be charged on the american mainland in federal court. >> the symbol on the war and terror of was to be closed more than a year ago. that was his pledge. not only is it still open, it will deliver military justice to five inmates including america's most notorious detainee. >> i am referring to cases -- the cases to the department of defense to proceed in military commissions. >> it is a u-turn. he administration had tried to reject plans to try the suspects -- and the administration hadn't planned to try the suspects -- the administration had planned to try the suspects on the mainland. >> the reality is that i know this case in the way that the members of congress did not. i have spoken to prosecutors, and of the tactical concerns. do i know better than them? yes. >> the man accused of planning and funding september 11, he expressed a desire to plead guilty and become a ma

house speaker john boehner had hired the outside counsel after the justice department announced that it would no longer defend the act in court. >>> supporters of california same-sex marriage ban has filed a motion seeking to reinstate the law because the judge who overturned the ban recently disclosed that he is gay. they are questioning whether he can be impartial. >> in the ukraine, memorial services were held to mark the chernobyl disaster. the official but much debated soviet death toll stands at 31 and there is still controversy over the disaster's long-term health effects. >>> finally, apple's ipad may have only hit shelves last year, but video has surfaced showing the tablet being predicted way back in 1994. the footage revealed a prototype online newspaper predicted by night ritter, once a online newspaper publisher. the device appears arcably similar to current tablets. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,479 after dipping 26 points yesterday. the s&p shed two points but the nasdaq rose five. taking a look at oversea

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. >> justice department is switching course and will try september 11th mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed in a military court. and the obama administration wanted to try anymore a civilian court in new york city but that plan ran into political opposition. the military now has to decide whether to hold the trial at the prison or or at another site. >> treasury secretary says the u.s. government will reach the $14.3 trillion limit on amount of money kit borrow by mid may and told congress if the limit is not raised lenders will lose confidence in the ability to meet its obligation. the warning is as the president readies for a meeting in the pope of averting a shut down this weechblgtd -- weekend. former president clinton says it will not be as bad as that in 1995. >> will not have the affect as last time because there are fixes where it's shut down. and payments for social security would continue in the event of a shut down. >> coming up, new proof that working extra-long hours takes a toll on the heart. >> ibm develops a tiny solution with a big problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

the justice department-gasoline prices are going to be looked into by the justice department.3.84 with even over $4 and several areas including here. police in south florida are try to figure out if this woman was killed. the toddler got its hands on a gun. the father called 911 and he says the boy picked up the gun and pulled the trigger. no arrests have been made in the boy is in a relative's care. >>catherine: lawyer vetcdeadloct of lying to line to the fbi with 20 charges that he tried to sell/trade the appointment of old u.s. senate seat of zerozeroobama .. blagoyavich still on trial. >>pam: a programming note on friday, kron will have abc air on abc. dateline = 8:00 news at 10:00 p.m. right back after the break. we need to solve the problem. the state budget crisis threatens our economy... and our schools. loans to small businesses on hold. job creation at a standstill. 30,000 teachers already laid off. can we really afford billions more in cuts? $13 billion more devastates our schools, our safety, and the california we know. it's time for lawmakers to finally get the pr

the justice department says that google can buy airline tracker software in $700 million deal with you strings attached. they said they must licence their technology to other companies on fair and reasonable terms through 2016. google promised they won't sell airline tickets on their own site. the ita software powers the systems of most u.s. airlines. >>> while many baseball fans soaked in the giant's opener, the a's took the field this afternoon. the a's were in minnesota for the twin's home opener. oakland took a 1-0 in the 8th inning when they gave up 2 runs. the a's end up losing the game 2-1. >>> baseball star many ramirez abruptly retired today rather than face 100 games suspension. this is the second time he's tested positive for enhancing drugs. ramirez played in just five games this season. >>> well bad may as well be good these days. why one unusually wicked display is receiving raves. >>> and enough with the cold. bay area may be due for warmer weather. >>> and if there's no tv nearby, watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer. we're streaming live on the web for you at w

the justice department gave google good news, how it pay impact the way you book air fares. >>> taking a look at stocks, the dow jones is down 70 points. and right now it sounds like the airline stocks have been tumbling today because crude oil climbed above 111 dollars for the first time since september, 2008. the federal government was given google the go ahead to proceed with its acquisition of the fair it a. it will make them a big player in on line travel, however they will be required to license the software for other companies. >>> a gay rights group will be able to talk to people on property owned by target stores. they had sued to keep them away from shoppers. they had a policy against it and had dozens of complaints it, but a judge ruled freedom of speech was more important than target's property rights. >> you saw it here live and will see it many times gain. take a look once again at the implosion of the oak noel hospital in oakland. [ explosions ] >> the dynamite took down that 11 story hospital that was part of the navel base in that location. it had been an eyesore in th

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