now, according to ron thomas, kelly thomas' father, the attorney for ron thomas, he said that the officershould have known that kelly thomas was mentally ill and was not a threat. >> the important thing to remember is that kelly had every right that all of us have. the fact that he was homeless, the fact that hi was mentally ill did not reduce his rights. he has the same right all of us had and have. these police officers owed him an obligation to protect him and to serve him, not the beat him to death. >> now, as you mentioned suzanne, already kelly thomas' mother has settled with the city of fullerton for $1 million, but ron thomas, kelly thomas' father say th says that the lawsuit is not about money. >> i primarily want change. i have not talked about money and i'm still not talking about money. that is not what i am doing. >> specifically, the changes that ron thomas is looking for is as we mentioned, the changes in the structure of the city and he may decide to run for the city council and eventually try to become mayor of the city, himself. the lawsuit alleges that there is a culture

. >> thon-year-old kelly thomas -- 31-year-old kelly thomas was beaten by police and died. father has filed a wrongful death suit. he says his son was schizophrenic and had has civil rights violated. the incident led angry residents to oust three city councilmen in a recall election. two officers are facing criminal charges. four others are on paid administrative leave. >> kelly thomas's mother has already received a million- dollar settlement from the city. >>> president obama is trying to convince voters in key swing states that he has the best plan for economic recovery. in this campaign 2012 report, danielle notingham explains, the president may have a tough time making this case thanks to other sluggish jobs reports. >> reporter: president obama wrapped up a two-day bus trip through battleground states in the hot pittsburgh sun. >> hello, pittsburgh. >> reporter: he was forced to address another disappointing jobs report. the labor department says only 80,000 jobs were added in june, leaving unemployment stuck at 8.2%. >> well, we have been fighting back. but what we a

who is seen in this video i mean people who have been active around the kelly thomas campaign a family member of families and friends of a man named mike knight who there's a protest this saturday who was murdered and downey california and so you know this isn't of course an isolated incident but what is going to stop it of course is that people mobilizing in response and putting enough pressure on the politicians on the police department to take drastic action when you are if there is a deeper systemic problems with these things that are much deeper to address but i think immediately what can happen is people mobilizing putting putting pressure on the city council on the police department so every single one of those officers who played a part in this police riot and these police killings are fired from their jobs and are tried in a court for the crimes they've committed when you took over this police station went down to what on sunday did the police understand why you were there with a courteous to you. well i wouldn't say they were courteous they were very afraid they basically loc

kelly thomas' father lawyer says that those fullerton police officers should have known that kelly thomas was mentally ill and not a threat. >> the important thing to remember is that kelly had every right that all of us have, the fact that he was homeless, the fact that he was mentally ill did not reduce his rights. he has the same right all of us had and have. these police officers owed him an obligation to protect him and to serve him, not to beat him to death. >> now we should mention that kelly thomas' mother has already settled with the city of fullerton for $1 million, but his father ron says that this is not about the money. >> primarily i want change. i've never talked about money. i'm still not talking about money. that's -- that's not what i'm doing. you folks have followed this from day one. you know the criminal portion is where i'm really at with this. i want justice. with the lawsuit, the civil portion of it, i want change. >> reporter: now some of those changes have already happened. three members of the fullerton city council were ousted a couple of weeks ago and replaced

this is a picture of kelly thomas who was schizophrenic.er father made the announcement when your to the day of when his son was beaten up by police and later died. here, you can see video of the incident. the case gained national attention and put a spotlight on the treatment of mentally ill people who are homeless. in the wake of the attack three city councilmen were ousted. the chief of police retired and two of the officers involved now face criminal charges. this assistants says video of is for this meeting is still too difficult to watch. >> are heard him scream the first time and then i'd turn it off and walked away. i still have not watched the second video and i will not. i cannot. i know the end result. it is a murder. >> thomas's murder have already received a $1 million settlement from the city. >> @ temperatures or warmer this afternoon just as expected. especially in the inland valleys, typically upper 80s and low 90s. asks linda out of the north will start to pick up and keep the fog basically along the coastline to the overn

after that video of a bart police officer fatally shooting oscar grant also in oakland and finally kelly thomas a thirty seven year old homeless man beaten to death by officers in santa ana i want to show this to you and our viewers. was was was. was would have a lot of. shot. was what your what your. was. was trying to. do was. part one. was just so i guess i mean you say that this has changed things because it was caught on camera some of these incidents prompted mass protest and yet this is still happening why do you think that is. there's resistance is some of the takes a lot of time and. and the only is that we know we know it's happening more frequently it's not so much so we don't know whether or not it's increasing or decreasing we're more aware when it goes on because of these citizen videos and because these are coming for coming forward we are more likely to know when police in gauging this behavior and we as a community are able to respond and force the police department to investigate this behavior and hopefully in the future and it's a long is a long change for this we will see th

what's next in the kelly thomas saga? >>> also this hour, herman cain in the house to tell us all about his new project and share his one-of-a-kind insights on today's headlines. >>> first, though, the road to the white house has always run through ohio, so president obama, of course, hitting the road in ohio. live pictures right now. the tarmac in toledo. soon he'll be on a bus dubbed "betting on america." the first stop the museum in mao me. you'll see that live at 40 past the hour give or take. in the meantime let's bring in cnn's dan lothian who's already there. dan, this is actually the president's first bus tour, right? >> reporter: it is. he has done two other bus tours but those were, as the white house described them, official bus tour. this is the first one of his campaign and the focus will be on the economy, specifically getting americans back to work. and today the president is expecting to focus on two things. first of all, what he's done to stabilize the economy, to try and turn things around, but also what

here's how thomas's family felt about that. >> they didn't take steps to stop them from beating kellyo death but at the very most they took part in some of the beating but it's unclear that they knew that kelly was not resifgt oracly was someone they should not be striking. >> the voice after an outraged community demand leadership. it brought down top city leaders. three councilmen were ousted in a major recall election. a huge political upset in the wake of this case. and for kelly's father, ron, the loss of his son has brought a new mission in his life. to change the way people treat and think about those who suffer from mental illness. he spoke with me in may and responded to those who've accused him of not being there for his son. >> for those who say where were you, they have no idea what i've been through with kelly and the trials, tribulations of dealing with somebody, working with somebody with a mental illness such as his. it's a tremendous amount of work and effort, but you can tell certainly by kelly's last words the relationship that we had. we were very, very close. >> a

what's next in the kelly thomas saga?is new project and share his one-of-a-kind insights on today's headlines. >>> first, though, the road to the white house has always run through ohio, so president obama, of course, hitting the road in ohio. live pictures right now. the tarmac in toledo. soon he'll be on a bus dubbed "betting on america." the first stop the museum in mao me. you'll see that live at 40 past the hour give or take. in the meantime let's bring in cnn's dan lothian o'

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thomas -- what that call is about? >> i do not. >> that call ends at 7:39 and at 7:47 miss lopez e-mails kellie williams and says, do not talk to theif they ask you. as bad jog your recollection of any portion of the phone call at 7:28? >> no. >> did she ever tell you she was going to send an e-mail like that to ms. williams? >> no. >> the view held draft that the amount? >> no. -- did you help draft that e- maile? >> no. >> commissioner, is it a recording devices? >> is it also of recording devices? you told me it was earlier. >> counsel, let's not engage. >> the citizen said to oppose this plan was a recording device. -- the citizen said to us this pen was a recording device. >> i am talking to the council. if you could just give us a moment. can the shareiff look at the pen? let's proceed, counsel. thank you, ma'am. sorry for the inconvenience. >> if i may just point out, i do not know if the full commission is aware because the correspondents in not go to the full commission, but there was a community member who surreptitiously sofilmed my texting during a meeting, and it was attorney-client privilege. that is one reason we are

thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze thanks for joining us this morning san jose crews begin cleaning out a homeless encampment in kelly park after suspicious fires. katie marzullo is live at the park with more. >> reporter:ed this saturday the city's has given homeless who live in this park until 7 a.m. to clear out and leave if not they could face citations of passing and potential criminal prosecution. monday the city posted fliers with warnings to that. crews will be coming through at 9 a.m. and clear out anyone who has not cleared out. the city is worried about environmental issues and pollution also fire. kelly park has seen at least seven fires in the past two weeks. small grass fires that have not done any damage to homes and nobody has been hurt. still, they are dangerous. the city is not blaming the homeless people for starting the fires. still, they are news about the fires and need to put any kind of cooking or heat supplies that happening in the park. it should come as a relief to neighbors who are worried about the homeless camps in the park because they are the fires have been burning so close to their c

kelly traveled to the french alps. they're in europe to visit a laboratory that made equipment for the nasa international space station. >>> police are looking for a car shooting suspect. they say his name is kenyon thomas of oakland. he is armed and should be considered dangerous. >>> police arrest another suspect in connection with that shooting about 3:00 this morning. following a three hour stand off. two other suspects are also in custody. police say the four were involved in a ramming and then shooting of a chp patrol car on interstate 880 last saturday night. no one was hurt in that incident. >>> new at 10:00, a plan to build a massive tunnel under the delta and divert water from the sacramento river. governor brown is set to unveil it tomorrow. tonight, amber lee is in berkeley where the opposition is already speaking out. >> reporter: those who make their living off the delta are bracing for battle. many headed to sacramento with signs like this one to protest the governor's plan. >> reporter: the governor describes his vision for the delta a habitat conservation plan. critics call it a water grab. >> the plan is to build a massive tunnel or two tunnels underneath the delta to divert the sacram

kelly traveled to the french alps. they're in europe to visit a laboratory that made equipment for the nasa international space station. >>> police are looking for a car shooting suspect. they say his name is kenyon thomas of oakland. he is armed and should be considered dangerous. >>> police arrest another suspect in connection with that shooting about 3:00 this morning. following a three hour stand off. two other suspects are also in custody. police say the four were involved in a ramming and then shooting of a chp patrol car on interstate 880 last saturday night. no one was hurt in that incident. >>> new at 10:00, a plan to build a massive tunnel under the delta and divert water from the sacramento river. governor brown is set to unveil it tomorrow. tonight, amber lee is in berkeley where the opposition is already speaking out. >> reporter: those who make their living off the delta are bracing for battle. many headed to sacramento with signs like this one to protest the governor's plan. >> reporter: the governor describes his vision for the delta a habitat conservation plan. critics call it a water grab. >> the plan is to build a massive tunnel or two tunnels underneath the delta to divert the sacram