is the lapd has it.hey'll check to see what type of knife we have, if it's dimensionally consistent with the wounds on the victims, which is very important. of course they'll check for any fiber evidence or prints on it, dna, these types of things, take the handle off, strip it down and see if there's anything at all of evidentiary value. if it is, they'll go from there. the reality, however, is that these things have been happening for some time. there are many, many knives that have been turned over and we don't know until they get into this and do these various tests and take it from there. >> detective lange, i want to sko ask you this. this case has been talked about, fought over, it plit the country quite some time. i think it still splits factions of the country. it was hard on the lapd as well. you took a hammering in the courtroom, the officers accused of jury rigging evidence, planting evidence, the officers accused of racism as well involved in the investigation of o.j. simpson. if this knife

typically on lapd motorcycles, not lapd motorcycles, they work on bikes that look like lapd officers. that in uniforms and agreement with the city and that they work the jobs for traffic safety and safety of the public. he was working one of those jobs as motor officer for the movie job. he would in any case be off-duty, whether he was retired or still employed by lapd but in off duty capacity. >> what is his name? >> we're not providing his name at this time. thank you very much. harris: if you are just joining us on this hour of "outnumbered," we went from politics to a bombshell piece of information in the nearly 20-year-old or more than 20-year-old o.j. simpson case. he was acquitted in it the former nfl star but the case remained open. we just found out from the lapd department now with new evidence coming into play. a knife that was turned over to an off-duty police officer some time ago, still not clear exactly what transpired between a construction worker who would have been on o.j. simpson's old property an an off suit police officer and chain furthering to the police departm

. >> that came in from the lapd a couple of hours ago. jonathan hunt is live for us in los angeles covering this story. jonathan, what do we know about this knife at this hour? >> well, we know all of two, two facts. one, that the lapd has it in its possession a knife they believe was found on the property where o.j. simpson lived at the time of the murders. two, we know that they got the knife from a retired lapd officer who apparently kept it for 18 years or more. now, beyond that, we are as the la p pd officer put it, looking at a story, the story they are being told is that the retired lapd officer got the knife, was handed it by a construction worker, who was working on o.j.'s former estate. around the time it was being demolished by the new owners in 1998 and the lapd officer for some reason, which is a mystery to everybody, simply decided to keep it, but now that it is in the possession of the lapd, they are obviously taking a long, hard look at it. listen here. >> it is being treated as we would all evidence, so it has been submit

it's gonna raise some eyebrows. >> reporter: the lapd says the knife story could be "bogus." but since there's been no conviction, the case remains open. >> reporter: simpson was not guilty. so he cannot be tried again for these crimes. if there is a link to the case, they will determine if the retired officer would be charged. dropped out of the presidential race. carson hinted he would suspend his campaign earlier this week. he made it official today at the cpac convention, a major gathering of conservative voters. >> i am leaving the campaign trial. [ audience booing ] >> there's a lot of people who love me, they just want to vote for me but it's okay. [ laughter ] >> carson says he will move on to heading up a nonpartisan group aimed at getting more christian voters to the polls. >>> plumbing crews in flint started replacing lead water pipes with copper today. it is the first step in fixing the problem. the mayor wants to replace 30 lines in 30 days, and pipes. the city wants to have more than 30 crews working full-time for a year to get the lead out of the water. >> we n

the lapd says the knife story could be bogus but since there remains open. oj simpson is serving time in nevada for 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping. he cannot be charged again with murder in the 1994 case because of double jeopardy you can watch the entire lapd has conference on our website 954- 493-tips . -- cbsmiami.com. >>> right now look at downtown miami on a beautiful friday evening. what is in store for the weekend? do i see some clouds in the picture? >> a few clouds out we had a brief shower pushed through south florida ahead of this week cool front that will drop our temperatures why about 5 degrees. mid-80s today and upper 70s tomorrow. temperatures are start to fall. stray shower earlier over west miami-dade it has since quieted down. computer models for the front moves to the south we drop into the 60s overnight. 70s tomorrow and probably no 80s. the new one or two spots close to that. tomorrow once again lows in the 60s but nothing extreme. on sunday more of the same. arbiters upper 70s rise and through the weekend a low chance of a shower. t

he is an lapd officer. he didn't know to turn it in? >> i don't know what his statement is. >> reporter: the lapd is testing the knife for hair, fingerprints and dna. in 1995, simpson was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife, nicole brown, and her friend ron goldman. the case continues to fascinate the public. more than 20 years later a new tv miniseries debuted with strong ratings. the lapd says the knife story could be, quote, bogus. but since there's been no conviction, the case is open. teri okita, cbs news, los angeles. >>> a bay area babysitter accused of nearly suffocating an infant made her first court appearance today. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec was in the courtroom when she entered her plea. >> reporter: 20-year-old nanny moriah gonzales walked into court with her lawyer by her side and pleaded not guilty to felony child abuse. >> she was just taking care of the child and putting him down. >> reporter: it was february 18th that court records say gonzeles was captured on a nanny cam at a home in livermore trying to calm a

is this another case of the lapd or an lapd officer mishandling case? >> well, i certainly hope not. but it certainly is very concerning to us. that a police officer, whether retired or active, would not know to submit and turn in evidence or what is believed to be evidence. >> reporter: during the trial, the lapd was found to have mishandled evidence and never found the murder weapon, believed to be a small knife that played an outsized role in the 1995 trial. >> this is a rage killing, and he's using a knife because he is there to settle a personal score, a personal vendetta that he has. >> reporter: ron goldman's father telling the "daily news," i hope they test it, i hope it turns out to be the weapon. it would be one more nail in simpson's coffin. the o.j. frenzy today trending all day on twitter, erupting as "people vs. o.j. simpson" is currently airing on fx. >> we've got two victims in brentwood. on bundy drive. it's pretty brutal. >> reporter: also reminding us slow-speed chase through l.a., and of course that yearlong trial. o.j. was acquitted

but >> james: the lapd will be having a press conference. the decals are long clair hull will have more soon. this knife was found years ago. the story could go back all right back to 1998. the new owners of the state and the. concern shorter from the the the officer those flagged down to the knife, and kept it. >> darya: it was an off-duty traffic cop that kept the nice. he brought home and kept it there for 20 years back in 1998. the officer retired and he wanted to frame the knife. he called friends and the department and everybody in the apartment was shocked. they have a nice and are looking into the investigation. we're waiting out the press conference to talk about what is going on. he cannot be tried again. >> james: what are the implications this will find out. will find out what's going forward as soon as the camera to the podium will bring it out to life. the area >> darya: is a lot of talk about this because of the series went out. for the status right now it's a very odd timing when people are suddenly have more and in interest

>> the other thing i know this not a conversation conversations when ice if their call and their lapd and afraid in ice detention another chilling effect we need to have as many bio cultural and bilingual officer bus get out there and make the department look like the community and going to the stations and not having a police reporting taken a strenuously it's what their abuser saying the police will not help you this proves it to them they'll go back we can do better and i look forward to working on this for as long as it takes thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. upton commissioner wong. >> a couple of questions and thoughts i want to echo i think the use of bio cultural is better than using the language line look at the the first page of the report didn't seem like it was broken down in 20154 thousand plus lapd clients and the line below that it says that 4 thousand 200 plus the same numbers were using the phone interpreters so not using the bilingual officers or. >> the tracking with the are from the language line those are the numbers you see those are all you see those are no

he said lapd had no interest in it. no interest in a knife we still haven't seen but has certainly revived interest in the obligations murder case. cato tail lynn was living kalin was living there at the time of the murder. >> when i heard the knife is located, i'm thinking, is this going to be the knife? is this the smoking gun to the entire saga of the o.j. simpson case? >> reporter: lapd is analyzing the knife for any clues but cbs sources say the knife is a buck knife and too small to be the murder weapon. they say the knife was found here on the rockingham drive property when the house was being demolished. lapd says the construction worker gave the knife to an lapd officer who was working on a movie set in the neighborhood. >> we all want to talk to that retired lapd officer about the story about the knife but his attorney said, not going to happen. he said, quote, he is not that time of guy. >> reporter: the attorney told us he was meeting with the retired officer today to discuss where they go from here. >> that

work on movie bikes that look like lapd officers and in uniform. that is by agreement with the city and with the department they work those jobs for traffic public. it's my understanding he was working one of those jobs as a motor officer for the movie job. so he would, in any case, be off dudu whether he was retired or still employed by lapd in an off duty capacity. >> what is his name? >^ we're not providing his name thank you very much. >> ashley: and we have been listening to a live news conference out of los angeles where police are telling us they have been given a key piece of evidence possibly in the o. j. simpson case. a apparently a retired police officer was given a knife by a worker who said they found that smalluck knife on the o. j. simpson property there. >> diana: it p happened during the demolition of the house, apparently. this at the o oj. simpson estate. so that construction worker found the weapon. it was folding buck knife and law enforcement sources say the construction wororr took the knife out to the street. he saw hau enfo

>> the other thing i know this not a conversation conversations when ice if their call and their lapd and afraid in ice detention another chilling effect we need to have as many bio cultural and bilingual officer bus get out there and make the department look like the community and going to the stations and not having a police reporting taken a strenuously it's what their abuser saying the police will not help you this proves it to them they'll go back we can do better and i look forward to working on this for as long as it takes thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. upton commissioner wong. >> a couple of questions and thoughts i want to echo i think the use of bio cultural is better than using the language line look at the the first page of the report didn't seem like it was broken down in 20154 thousand plus lapd clients and the line below that it says that 4 thousand 200 plus the same numbers were using the phone interpreters so not using the bilingual officers or. >> the tracking with the are from the language line those are the numbers you see those are all you see those are no

>> the other thing i know this not a conversation conversations when ice if their call and their lapd and afraid in ice detention another chilling effect we need to have as many bio cultural and bilingual officer bus get out there and make the department look like the community and going to the stations and not having a police reporting taken a strenuously it's what their abuser saying the police will not help you this proves it to them they'll go back we can do better and i look forward to working on this for as long as it takes thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. upton commissioner wong. >> a couple of questions and thoughts i want to echo i think the use of bio cultural is better than using the language line look at the the first page of the report didn't seem like it was broken down in 20154 thousand plus lapd clients and the line below that it says that 4 thousand 200 plus the same numbers were using the phone interpreters so not using the bilingual officers or. >> the tracking with the are from the language line those are the numbers you see those are all you see those are no

it's gonna raise some eyebrows. >> reporter: the lapd says the knife story could be "bogus." but since there's been no open. >> reporter: and since simpson was found not guilty of the charges, he cannot be tried again. if the evidence does link to the case, then authorities say they will determine what charges if any the retired officer could face. >>> new information on the search for a man claiming to be a psychic who conned a woman in larimer county out of $75,000. police in maryland have arrested adam marks. he never showed up for his sentencing after a plea deal in 2014. at the time he agreed to repay the victim to avoid six years in jail. >>> and developing now, nursing this dog back to health, it was dropped off at a local shelter severely malnourished. and a cruelty investigation has begun. the good news, petunia is expected to recover. >> reporter: they really didn't know when she came in, whether or not she would survive. they're focused on finding whoever might have done this. they're hoping to find the two people shown in surveillance pics that they released today

simpson surrendered himself to the lapd after the low-speed chase.out. as of right now, we don't know the size of the knife or if there is any other evidence on the knife. that will all be analyzed and this is a highly anticipated news conference, to say the very least. >> real quick, paul. do we know when this knife was recovered? yes, we're just learning about it now. we'll be hearing from the lapd. they're testing it. do we know when this knife was recovered? >> no idea specifically. but clearly it's been a recent development and that is one of the many questions that will be put forth to captain nyman when he steps up in front of these microphones and, as i said, sounds like it will be more like 9:15 local time to 12:15 eastern. >> paul, do i still have you? >> you have me. >> great, thanks, paul, sorry. what -- go other again what we are now expecting to learn from the lapd. i know obviously details are just trickling in. often there can be a lot of rumor, especially when it surrounds o.j. simpson and the o.j. simpson trial and what happened sin

>>the knife story could be bogus says the lapd. since there is no conviction, the case remains open. o.j. simpson was found not guilty so he cannot be tried or the crimes. if this knife is linked to the case, authorities will determine whether or not the retired officer will be charged. >> his former miami-based attorney wonders if the timing he spoke with cbs4 on the phone today. story. i have heard stories like this through the years. i think it is very coincidental that affects fx -- is showing a miniseries and news like this pops up. >> we have more for you later in the newscast. entertainment tonight has a special reports as they go one- on-one with marcia clark. >>new video just into the newsroom, a 13-year-old girl possibly running for her life. a man in an suv i just tried to adopt her and pompano beach. we have the safety alert. >> reporter: this is a nice quiet neighborhood. there are a lot of schools around here. the girl was walking home in the middle of the day when a man try to shove her in his it was caught on video.

>> the other thing i know this not a conversation conversations when ice if their call and their lapd and afraid in ice detention another chilling effect we need to have as many bio cultural and bilingual officer bus get out there and make the department look like the community and going to the stations and not having a police reporting taken a strenuously it's what their abuser saying the police will not help you this proves it to them they'll go back we can do better and i look forward to working on this for as long as it takes thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. upton commissioner wong. >> a couple of questions and thoughts i want to echo i think the use of bio cultural is better than using the language line look at the the first page of the report didn't seem like it was broken down in 20154 thousand plus lapd clients and the line below that it says that 4 thousand 200 plus the same numbers were using the phone interpreters so not using the bilingual officers or. >> the tracking with the are from the language line those are the numbers you see those are all you see those are no

officerr, who retired in the '90s., >> at a news conference, and lapd police captain says the knife may have been found during the demolition of his estate back in 2,004,ini a worker found the knife to get took it to an officer who was working off-duty nearby to that the officer did not turn again and the police say they're not sure why . >> anytime you come into contact with potential evidence, then know what the circumstances are. >> after so many years, could ul this be the murder weapon, the police say they have no idea, the knife is being tested for any evidence and if by some circumstance that this could be linkednd to a person, they say that could solve the murder but the caseth itself, is over. >> i'm not an attorney but my understanding as an officer for 30 years that double jeopardy would be in place so we cannot chargei him with a homicide because he has been acquitted. >> roosevelt leftwich fox 8 news . >> lapd treats it like any other cold case the murders are classified as unsolved until the killer or killers are found. pipes will cost about $55 billion to remove the p

tmz's harvey levin tells us the lapd only found out about this knife when the officer decided to frame it. >> he wanted to get what they call the dr number, the number for the murder file for nicole brown simpson and ron goldman, sew called a friend of his at robbery homicide and said, hey, can i get this number bick eve got this knife, and the gay at robbery homicide said, are you kidding me? >> keba arnold joins us from the newsroom with more details about where this happened. >> reporter: heather that construction worker reportedly found the knife during demolition of simpson's former home. this was years ago. that person turned it over to a motorcycle police officer who happened to be work security for a film crew right there in simpson's brentwood neighborhood. so right now the lapd is analyzing that knife for a possible connection, any connection to the june 12th, 1994, stabbing death of simpson's ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman. the weapon used has been a mystery for decades. in october 1995 a jury found the football star not guilty on both counts of m

got the knife within the last month from a retired lapd officer. that officer apparently says he was working near oj's former home around the time the new owners had it demolished in 1998. he claims it was handed to him by a construction worker who said it was buried on the grounds. but instead of turning it over, the retired officer simply kept it. >> i was really surprised. i would think that an lapd officer, as this story is accurate, would know that any time you come into contact with evidence, that you should and shall submit that to investigators. >> reporter: two important legal points here. first, the investigation remains open, because no one has ever been convicted. but equally importantly, o.j. simpson cannot be tried again because of the law of double jeopardy. in los angeles, jonathan hunt p fox news. >> and joining us now for more perspective on this is attorney and fox news contributor ted williams. i want to start with jonathan punt just said. people are talking about this. it's interesting and kind of strange and bizarre. but the b

and off camera the lapd captain telling me interesting timing. to you now, erin. >> thank you paul vercammen. >>> harvey leven, founder of tmz who broke this news and paul callan who represented the estate of nicole brown simpson. let me start with you and what you're reporting here. you've reported there's evidence that blood may be on the knife. could it finally be, could this possibly be the missing murder weapon? >> well, it could, and that's what the lapd wants to determine. and that's why right now it's in kind of -- what they call organic testing where they are looking at hair, fingerprints or possible hair and fingerprints. it's going to go for dna testing next week. we just don't know. what we do know is that knife was buried. we literally just two minutes ago put up a story and i can give you some new interesting details. we now have talked to people connected with the cop who actually got this knife. and they -- here's the story he tells. this is the story he tells. he retired in 1998. this knife was brought to him by this construction

andy neiman/lapd sot within the last month, lapd became aware of an item that was allegedly recovered by a citizen at the during the demolition of a worker who helped level the home in 1998 says he turned the knife over to an off duty lapd officer years ago. the l-a-p-d says, when detectives discovered the now-retired officer had the knife, they launched an investigation. they say the former officer believed the case was closed and kept it. sot: teri but he was an lapd officer. he didnt know to turn it in? capt i dont know statement. thats the information i have at this time. the l-a-p-ds robbery-homicide division is now testing the knife for hair, fingerprints, and other d-n-a. in 1995, simpson was aquitted of the murders of his ex-wife, nicole brown, and her friend, ron goldman. natsd of fx mini- series the case continues to fascinate the public. more than 20 years later , a new t-v mini- series debuted with strong ratings.the l-a- p-d says the knife story could be quote bogus , but since theres been no conviction, the case remains open. teri okita, cbs news, los angeles. the court

nevertheless, lapd indicates it intends to test it. in what was called the trial of the century of o.j. simpson it was missing from evidence. the weapon used in the brutal stabbing, slashing murders of his former wife nicole brown and her friend ron gold man. searches of the compound turned up no trace of it. but now lapd confirms in the past month it has taken possession of a knife, maybe the knife now being examined. >> it has been submitted to our lab. they are going to study it and examine it for all forensics. >> reporter: details of the knife they would not disclose. it's coming at a time when a tv serial dramatization has renewed interest in the case. lapd learned a retired motor officer got the knife when he was off duty working a movie shoot near the property simpson had sold. >> he claimed that an individual who claimed to be a construction worker provided him with this knife claiming that it was found on the property. >> reporter: why the motor officer did not turn it in raises questions. his account is now being vetted. >>

as well as our retired officers >> reporter: the lapd robbery homicide division is testing the knife for hair, fingerprints and other dna. in 1995 simpson was acquitted of the murders. fascinate the public more than miniseries with strong ratings. and simpson's former miami- based attorney wonders if it is strictly a coincidence. >> i'm very skeptical of the store. i've heard stories like this through the years. i think it's very coincidental that affects issuing a miniseries about oj and news like this comes up. >> reporter: the lapd says the knife store could be bogus but since there has been no conviction the case remains open he is currently serving time in kidnapping. the former attorney says he will be eligible for parole at the end of next year when he's hoping to be released you can watch the entire lapd news conference on our website cbsmiami.com. >>> don't miss entertainment tonight at 7 pm when the prosecutor in the o.j. simpson case, archer clark, speaks out about big development. >>> turning to the weather it's been mostly sunny but we could see showers this weekend. cra

the lapd today saying the knife was allegedly found by a construction worker on o.j. simpson's property during in the late 1990s, and are investigating whether it could be connected to the brutal stabbing of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman in 1994. >> this individual wanted to turn it over to law enforcement. >> reporter: the lapd says this knife is now being carefully scanned for possible dna evidence, which could take weeks. the shocking part -- an lapd officer, now retired, was allegedly handed the knife by a construction worker and held onto it for 18 years. evidence in the o.j. simpson case? >> i certainly hope not. but it certainly is very concerning to us. that a police officer, whether retired or active, would not know to submit and turn in evidence or what is believed to be evidence. >> reporter: during the trial, the lapd was found to have mishandled evidence and never found the murder weapon, believed to be a small knife that played an outsized role in the 1995 trial. >> this is a rage killing, and he's using a knife because he i

annualized by the lapd crime lab. former los angeles police department officer has come forward to say he's held on to the knife all these years. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant oj simpson not guilty of the crime of murder. >>reporter it has been more than 20 years since oj simpson was acquitted of the murder of his ebltion wife nicole brown and her friend ronald goldman. mystery. but there is a new twist in the case. knife that has been turned over to the lapd crime lab. >> they are going to study it and examine it for foren sick including dna and hair sample that is ongoing as we speak. >> knife was reportedly found by construction worke during the demolition of oj simpson estate in 1998. the construction worker turned the knife over to los angeles police officer who was working security on nearby movie set. officer now retired kept it for to light in the past month. >> i would think that lapd officer if f is story is accurate as we are being told would know tha any time you are you co

they said the former officer believed the case was closed and kept it. >> he's an lapd officer. he didn't know to turn it in? >> i don't know what his

they said the former officer believed the case was closed and kept it. >> he's an lapd officer. he doesn't know to turn it in? >> reporter: they're now testing the knife for hair, fingerprints, and other dna. in 1995, he was acquitted of the murder of his girlfriend >> all of a sudden, they come up with this knife. it's going to raise some eyebrows. >> reporter: the knife story could be bogus, but since there's been no conviction, the case remains open. >> o.j. simpson is serving time for an armed robbery. he cannot be charged with the 1994 because he was already acquitted. jurors heard instructions from the judge, and now, they're presenting closing arguments. erin andrews was taped in the nude by a man. he demanded to get a room next to her. they will have to decide whether the company, the >>> a six-person jury has been picked, made of four women and two men. hulk hogan is suing the tabloid gawker. we will have a crew there, and we will be streaming the entire trial. >>> new video of a fight escalating fast at a jail in california. take a look. every single part of it was cau

>> an lapd crime lab is now analyzing that knife. simpson is currently in prison on a robbery and kidnapping conviction. >> let's bring in our legal analyst. first explain this to us, michael. a law enforcement officer so someone in the field finds this knife and dubtz think -- doesn't think to turn it in. >> he should have and obviously he didn't. his thinking was the case is over, o.j. was found not guilty so he is out. he keeps it as memorabilia. we all remember how attacked lapd was in the o.j. simpson case. this just speaks to how lapd was doing things back in those years. a piece of evidence? i will just take it home since o.j. was found not guilty. maybe it would show someone else was involved and he takes it home. that was wrong. >> i am not someone who believes in coincidences. i find this interesting this whole knife thing comes forward as this big series is being aired on tv about the trial. give me your gut feeling. do you think this is real? >> no, i don't think it is real. i think it will pan out to be nothing. but not

so we're hopeful. >> will lapd be back at this home? they're not ruling it out. they say they're looking into all possible options. >> sonni: two big questions tonight with fox 35's legal analyst and defense attorney bob fisher. is there any way that this piece of potential evidence could land oj simpson back in a courtroom? >> generally speaking, no. the federal constitution prohibits what's called double jeopardy. you cannot twice be placed in offense. meaning, if you go to trial and you're found not guilty, you cannot be prosecuted for that same crime by the same sort sovereign. the state of california prosecuted him. they can't pretty him again. the united states of america, could pretty him but there has to be a federal question and there doesn't appear to be any. >> what about the former police officer who was alleged to have been in possession of this knife end up being a violent piece of evidence in that case, which is obviously years old, can he potentially be charged with anything? >> sure he could. he could be charged with obstruction of justice if the

harvey: he sees an lapd cop. he said, my god, look what i just found buried.

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your reactions with the officer with lapd that decides to keep evidence of what some may describe the biggest muurder trial in all of la history. wh is your reaction to that. >> i am really surprised. i wouou that i a la pd officer -- if thi story is accurate the way we are being told. would know that any time you come into contact with evidencecome into contact with evidence, you shall assassinate to investigators. i don't know what the circumstances are, why that entirely accurate or if this whole story is possibly bogus from the get-go involving a variety of people. we are looking into that but i was quite shocked. so in terms of charges, the officer is retired. so in terms of administrative charges with the department, we will look into, but at this point, i don't believe there that can be filed because he is department. as far as criminal allegations, robbery homicide and our investigators will look intif there is any ponteniality of criminal charges related to this -- [inaudible] >> i don't have that information and the investigators have asked we not `be descriptive about the k

they are going to study it and examine it. >> the captain said the lapd got the knife from a retired lament officer. that officer said he was working offduty security near o.j.'s former home around the time the new owners had it demolished in 1998. he claim it was handed to him by a construction worker who said it was found buried on the grounds. instead of turning it over to the lapd, the retired officer simply kept it. >> i was really surprised. i would think an lapd officer, if this story is accurate as we're being told, would know any time you come into contact with evidence that you should and shall return to it investigators. >> the investigation remains open because no one has ever been convicted. equally importantly, o.j. simpson cannot be tried again because of the law of double jeopardy. >> thank you. >> president obama is taking a victory lap over the latest jobs numbers. as we mentioned earlier, the economy added 242,000 jobs in february with unemployment staying at 4.9%. >> 72 straight months, six straight years of job creation. >> other statistics earnings are slightly

>> the other thing i know this not a conversation conversations when ice if their call and their lapd and afraid in ice detention another chilling effect we need to have as many bio cultural and bilingual officer bus get out there and make the department look like the community and going to the stations and not having a police reporting taken a strenuously it's what their abuser saying the police will not help you this proves it to them they'll go back we can do better and i look forward to working on this for as long as it takes thank you very much. >> thank you, ms. upton commissioner wong. >> a couple of questions and thoughts i want to echo i think the use of bio cultural is better than using the language line look at the the first page of the report didn't seem like it was broken down in 20154 thousand plus lapd clients and the line below that it says that 4 thousand 200 plus the same numbers were using the phone interpreters so not using the bilingual officers or. >> the tracking with the are from the language line those are the numbers you see those are all you see those are no

>>the owner turned the knife over to the lapd officers years ago. when detectives discovered that the now retired officer had the knife they launched an investigation. they said the former officer believed the case was closed and kept it. >>being an lapd officer he didn't know to turn it in? >> i don't know what his statement is. >>the homicide division is now testing the knife her hair, fingerprints and other dna. sources tell cbs news it is a buck knife, inconsistent with the wounds suffered by the victims it. in 1995, o.j. simpson was acquitted of the murders. the case continued to fascinate the public. a tv miniseries debuted with strong ratings. >>you have to question the timing right around the miniseries and all of a sudden >>the knife story could be bogus says the lapd. since there is no conviction, the case remains open. o.j. simpson was found not guilty so he cannot be tried or the crimes. if this knife is linked to the case, authorities will determine whether or not the retired officer will be charged. >> his former miami-based attorney w