still can absolutely be prosecuted for my laundering. for money laundering. the bank is convicted the bank is automatically supposed to have charter revocation proceedings loses charter. the financial penalty, those kind of consequences this of the big deal. what companies are worried about is the regulatory consequences of a conviction people like people like us if convicted may lose the right to vote. if i was convicted i might be disabled from practicing law. doctors doctors if convicted may lose the medical license relicensing for a company is more important. if a bank is not chartered a cannot do business. if an accounting company can do work with public is because the crime that they can do its business. hsbc was in charge of my on. a money laundering case of a skill grander than anyone had seen before. charged as to violations of the bank secrecy act which is a lot of money laundering related requirements that you have a good a good compliance program to take money-laundering, stuff like that. basically they were charged with more technical crimes whic

york or manhattan where they use forfeiture to go after foreign banks for example better money laundering or violating our trade sanctions laws so you get these billion-dollar forfeitures and one case like that can distort the statistics. >> host: let's take some calls. we have tried to explain a little bit what the civil asset forfeiture does and what it is and some of the changes made by the justice department this week. the numbers are up on the screen. if you'd like to dial in and talk to david smith former deputy chief of the asset forfeiture office of the justice department now in private practice natalie and ft. walton beach florida on the independent line, you are first. >> caller: hi good morning. good morning to your guests mr. smith. i have a question based on the program and the program initially when it started was there any oversight and a need to go-go to supreme court? it seems like it's unconstitutional and also i commend you for coming out and saying this basically amounts to highway robbery and another quick question. do local police departments even have the training t

revelations about contract fixing, bribes and monday laundering -- and money laundering has done -- andoney laundering has delivered a blow to petrobras itself. it also posted acid devaluation of working billion euros. -- posted asset devaluation of 14 billion euros. on wednesday former executive was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the scandal. matt: we will go to the markets where european stocks did not have a good day. at the frankfurt stock exchange -- reporter: it is not always what you get that what you were expecting to get. the consumer climate index and the german purchasing managers index were good, but not as good as expected, dragging markets down. we saw a slight decline in france. this shows us the economy in the eurozone may not be doing as well as we all think. the other big headline was deutsche bank, germany's best-known financial institution will have to pay $2.5 billion to u.k. and u.s. authorities after being accused of manipulating interest rates. this was good for the deutsche bank stock, which was one of the best performers here. it was a bad d

the deal could clamp down on potential money laundering. it has found many italian citizens to hold accounts for decades. a practice that was in violation of the banks mission to help individuals evade taxes and launder money. france has said the french video sharing network will stay european. the government has said the talks were at 49% stake in the website. meanwhile, a french holding company is allegedly preparing a motion for 2013 -- repairing a motion. on to ukraine now we're fighting between pro-russian rebels in the east has disrupted daily life. wednesday rebels try to take a step to return things to norm and submit to the authority. pensions in the east, not in the national currency but in the russian ruble. >> ukraine's decision in november to stop paying pensions and other social payments and rebel held countries hit residents heart. rebels deny getting the funds from russia. >> what can i do that this is not ukraine. whatever you do there, i cannot help you here. >> pension payments will be around 30 million euros in march. so

ways to access money internationally without being traced. >> launders money, that sounds like it is going through a legitimate source. >> to a certain extent, if you are using a credit card, or an a.t.m. bank card, you are going through a legitimate source, it is a real bank moving the money. >> so joseph, we mentioned that silk road has been shut down, a couple others as well, but the dark web is still growing how is that possible? >> yeah, very much so, so silk road the original was shut down in october 2013, and then a replacement site came a month later, silk road two that has now been shut down in 2014, but there are now two dozen sites, 23, 24 selling i think silk road set the template, the semianonymous template, that kind of made the blueprint, when people want to copy it, and was very lucrative, so according to fbi indictments the owners were bringing inle manies of dollars so you can see why it would be attractive. >> you jeff, you mentioned there was nuance in the deep web, there may be some good happening here. are there any positives we have this great video comment, li

our banks laundered the money and our tax havens created it.top acting like they are somehow a reaction to our isolation. we created it. we kept putin on board. we invited him to the meetings. i think in the beginning, with very good intentions. we wanted putin to be part of the west. we had this idea that russia is a candidate western country and if we are nice enough, they will join. what we discovered is that it evolved into something quite different. it is very different from the soviet union. soviet analogies are wrong. it is not nazi germany either. it is a new kind of sophisticated propaganda-run state. this is a country in which every television channel and newspaper, almost every single internet website, with a few tiny exceptions are controlled by the state in such a way that they appear to be slightly different. this is not one "pravda" saying one thing every day. this is a wide spectrum of media. they all say the same thing. they are telling people the same stories that putin wants them to hear. the story they've been telling for th

our banking systems laundered the money and are tax systems created.p acting like this is a reaction to our isolation. we created it kept putin on board. we invited him to the meetings and we wanted him to be part of the west. we had this idea that russia is a candidate western country and if for just nice enough, they'll join. what we what we have discovered is it has involved into something quite different. it's not the soviet union. it's not nazi germany either. these are bad analogies. it's a very new kind of sophisticated propaganda run state. this state. this is a country in which every single television channel and every single newspaper, and every single internet website, with a few tiny exceptions, are controlled by the state in such a way that they appear to be all slightly different. this is not one thing saying something every day, this is a wide spectrum of different media and they all say the same thing in a tabloid, sophisticated, tabloid or news way. they're telling the same stories that putin wants them to hear. the story they been tel

money, in prison for laundering money. that is used to come and tell us how we had to direct and manage our economy. amy: in the latest sign of the revolving door between wall street and government regulators in the united states, former federal reserve chairman ben bernanke has taken a post as advisor to citadel, one of the country's largest hedge funds. bernanke ended an eight-year stint as fed chief last year. meanwhile, another financial regulator will reportedly become chief financial officer of hillary clinton's presidential campaign. bloomberg reports clinton will tap gary gensler, former chair of the commodity futures trading commission, and a leading figure . a u.s. judge has advanced a lawsuit over the 1973 murder of musician victor jara in chile. pedro pablo barrientos nunez now a u.s. citizen living in florida, has been accused of torturing murdering jara in the days after the u.s.-backed coup against democratically elected president salvador allende. the judge's decision allows a lawsuit brought by his family

our banks, our banking system laundered the money and our tax havens created it. so, you know, stop acting like, you know they're somehow a reaction to our isolation. we created it. we kept putin on board. we invited him to the meetings. we tried to make him part -- and i think actually in the beginning, with very good intentions. we wanted putin to be part of the west and we had this idea that russia is a kind of candidate western country, and that we're just nice enough, then they'll join. what we've discovered is that it has evolved into something really quite different. it's not the soviet union. it's very different from the soviet union. and actually soviet analogies are wrong. it's not nazi germany either. these are bad analogy. it's a very new kind of very, very sophisticated propaganda-run state. you know this is a country in which every single television channel and every single newspaper and every single almost every single internet website with a few tiny exceptions are controlled by the state and in such a way that they appear to be all slightly differ

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the vatican has signed a deal to crank down on money laundering.t will be made available to the italian economy ministry. warren buffett is weighing in on federal policy. he has said he would not raise interest rates if he were in charge of the central bank. rates could be boosted in june. warren buffett says that would throw a monkeywrench to the american economic recovery. no word on whether janet yellen is paying attention to that advice. anchor: thank you so much. we are talking us through. lots of folk is -- lots of focus on the results from nigeria. reporter: a big story from across the world. goodluck jonathan called his rival to congratulate him on the victory. good title in "the independent" today. this is an historic victory for muhammadu buhari. anchor: it was a long time in coming. he is run four times against goodluck jonathan and he was once a former military dictator. reporter: there is an interesting portrait of him and his past. he was one of the harshest military rulers. during his 20 month rule, he waged a war against -- arrestin

he is heading to trial on a slew of charges including theft and money laundering. he owes the irs $308,000 for failing to pay income taxes. his defense attorney said his client is in the middle of an addiction of gambling. >>> a noose was found hang outside the school in durham at duke. university officials rallied together with hundreds of students to condemn acts of racism. >> >>> duke's campus has been rocked by several racist incidents croogd a report of hateful speech directed at a student. 4:54. the man accused of sucker punching a septa rider is expected to surrender today. >>> an suv comes speeding toward a school bus packed with kids. the whole thing is caught on camera. that's next. # >> happening today stockton university students casino residents plan to rally for a campus in ac. stockton bought the old casino site. protesters say the decision stands in the way of educational and employment students in atlantic city. >>> we're getting a look at frightening moments in oklahoma when an suv slammed held on into a school bus that was packed with students. t

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2013, 27 corrections officers were indicted, allegations they helped a prison gang run drugs and launder money. more than a dozen members of the black gang were also indicted. the largest prison corruption case in history. >> what were they doing for the bgfgf gang? >> they were smuggling in perkocet pills crack marijuana, that way they actually did run a jail because the c.o.s actually empowered them. they continue have done it without the c.o.s. >> rob rosen stein oversaw 40 convictions in the conspiracy. >> a lot of people assume when you put the criminals in jail you isolate them from the community. that isn't what happened. they have kitchen workers and maintenance people, jails are not islands unto themselves. >> how did whap inside the jail affect life outside the jail? >> if you remove gang members from the community but you put them inside the facility you haven't solved the problems. >> baltimore has one of the highest crime rate in america. that's led to overcrowded jails allowing problems to take root. >> where are we heading right now? >> going to take you down to the receiv

charitable organizations are fronts for money laundering. >> qatar finances terrorist groups in tunisia. terrorists have even made statements, explicitly thanking the emir of qatar. >> the interior ministry in tunis stresses that a number of mosques have been closed in the past year. but there are profound concerns about what will happen if thousands of jihadists start returning to tunisia. >> it's a ticking time bomb. we can prevent these people from leaving the country but their return poses a problem. we need the help of the international community to solve it. >> returning jihadists are a growing threat in tunisia. but for families like the kaabis, the situation is also a personal tragedy. their son, 21-year-old bilal, blew himself up in libya in 2014, killing 20 others. his family says that bilal changed when he began attending a local salafi mosque. it was then that he began embracing radical ideas. >> my son is innocent. the people who manipulated him are reponsible. these godless people earn money with our young men and send them to their deaths. >> the local mosque has since sh

though description provided by itself sponsor they describe it as remove illegal kitchen and convert laundering laundry so section 317 doesn't apply to the unit whether when there are 3 or less illegal unit that's why 317 didn't apply and the ground floor rooms trying to discourage the creation of illegal units we limit whether there is a half or full path bathed is a noting because there was a total lack of connection between the floors only a half bath would be allowed so the project sponsor didn't provide the plans a brief supplemental my assumption the plans are in con formations with the room down matrix i tried to explain that note. >> wouldn't you read no visual or direct connection not conforming to the rules. >> well, that allows the developments of the floors even though no connection it's more restrictive. >> there's no independent as he access. >> right in this case they have direct access to the street with a total lack of connections between the floors under the matrix you could have a half bath that's b was approved. >> for this existing unit. >> that is accessory space if it was

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irrigation within 48 hours after rain event and requiring the hotels and molts not to have towel and not laundered daily two straightforward motion to be added. >> any questions or comments. >> i'd like to move the item. >> i'm call for public comment on this testimony seeing none i'll call for the question all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? the motion carries next item. >> item 13 authorizing the general manager to seek the board of supervisors for the supplemental appropriations in the amount of $4 million for the hetch hetchy for the purpose of the temporary community crisis agreeing gas station program. >> good afternoon. i'm nancy with the chief financial officer this is for the appropriation requesting $4 million for the choice irrigation the fund will be transferred from the hetch hetchy fund to the cca program for in the morning 2 years and ask for your approval to the sfondz. >> questions or comments. >> i'd like to move the item. >> any public comment? mr. brooks are you coming up to speak (laughter) >> i don't leave so a anyway eric brooks clean advocacy we want to get this approved

cases for the most part they're white-collar cases against foreign banks that are engaged in money laundering, breaking the u.s. embargo with iran things like that. forfeiting billions of dollars. and i'm not saying all of those are great cases but at least they've got the--they're not wasting their time taking money from innocent drivers. >> thank you very much to both of our guests. coming up next, homemade micro videos that are getting the attention of hollywood and corporate america. what makes them so profitable. >> i'm surprised you even showed up today. >> i do. >> welcome back. more than 40 million people now use the digital platform vine. a short form video sharing short meaning six seconds or less. some of the most poplar stars on vine post millions of followers who make a living off their videos. david lopez, vine superstar. his micro videos have been viewed more than a billion times. and now it's his full-time job and the art of reversion. how they're remaking hollywood in the way we tell stories. thank you for joining us. david, you were a goofy guy working at a bank. how is it t

cases for the most part they're white-collar cases against foreign banks that are engaged in money laundering, breaking the u.s. embargo with iran, things like that. forfeiting billions of dollars. and i'm not saying all of those are great cases but at least they've got the--they're not wasting their time taking money from innocent drivers. >> thank you very much to both of our guests. coming up next, homemade micro videos that are getting the attention of hollywood and corporate america. what makes them so profitable. >> on al jazeera america ali velshi looks at the issues affecting us all... >> we're taking a hard look at the most important issues out there that get you the answers that you deserve. >> real money with ali velshi only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, fragile planet >> i'm surprised you even showed up today. >> i do. >> welcome

van holt pled not guilty to charges of conspiracy, money laundering and theft. three of the others are also pled not guilty. for iteam i'm charlotte huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a few remnants remained but most of this mess is all cleaned up in lower providence montgomery county. on monday morning two trucks collided on south park avenue. one man was killed, aqua trust driver jamon jeffers. it spilled cosmetic powder on roadway forcing officials to find creative ways to remove it. they used dish detergent water and a powerful vacuum to get the job done. >> even with all of the steps that we're taking to remove that from the roadways surface, it spilled out into the roadway surface. when you walk on that surface it literally feels like you are walking on a wax floor. >> reporter: because of those slick conditions, penndot plans to resurface the road so it can be reopened to traffic. that work will continue throughout the evening. >>> still ahead here at 6:00 o'clock tonight u.s. supreme court considers the the issue of same sex marriage. >> new jersey

police detective is looking at prison after pleading guilty to money laundering. she is 50-year-old stephanie ellis and prosecutors say she helped a heroin dealer hide his drug profits by using the money to buy a harley davidson. a bmw, and a maserati and apparently purchased the wheels in her name but the dolor used them. ellis will be sentenced in june under a plea agreement and she faces an estimated 15 months behind bars. >>> today, the mother of a student allegedly attacked by his former middle school principal dwight jefferson testified at his trial today. allyson barber is live -- allison barber is live in upper marlboro with more. >> reporter: hey guys we heard hours of testimony today and for the most part, the defendant dwight jefferson sat silently and expressionlessly as his former students took the stand to testify against him. dwight jefferson was the abouting -- acts principal for only a few months when prosecutors and police say he punched a 13-year-old in the face and stomach. that student is now 14. he took the witness stand earlier today and tes

she was involved in the world bank as far as them getting caught laundering the cartel money. nobody went to jail and as usual, the rich just get find and that's it. if you think that mrs. lynch is confirmed, since she is mrs. clinton's skeleton in the closet being busted open, is there anything about that? if the irs, that's in the situation. government as usual is throwing money toward the problem thinking it will go away. now it is going into certain people's pockets. which are deep. they're keeping their mouse quiet in order to run this corrupt system. how can you have people being handpicked in positions of authority and expect to turn around and prosecute the criminals that are put in these positions? it's not a question of being racist. i can revert -- this is ridiculous. when bush got caught lying as well as cheney and everybody else you are not american. i'm a veteran. i've given half of my life to this country. it is a point of honesty. the man from new york, i'm certain that if you turn against the government, you are put on a list. it is a proven fact that the irs

running a small respite that did everything cash wise, deposited the funds and she was suspected of laundering money, because she was near $10,000. i am also looking at an area of law to help defendants not being provided with consult, as the constitution's sixth amendment requires. that amendment -- it calls for any defendant charged with miss demeanors, faces a positive jail sentence to have a lawyer appointed to represent them. the supreme court established this floor -- this rule for more than 40 years ago. we are learning states and localities regularly failed to comply with this requirement. as a result, potentially innocent individuals plead guilty to crimes. they also accrue a criminal record, which causes them adverse consequences, including difficulty finding a job, and cradle criminal history -- greater criminal history that would be considered in any future sentencing determination. some misdemeanors are treated as felonies in the legal system if a person becomes a repeat misdemeanor offender. if some of those earlier misdemeanor convictions were un-counseled somebody might be conv

well the drama continues as two , former federal agents are charged with money laundering and wire frauding bitcoins from silk road. it is an amazing story, next on "bloomberg west." ♪ ♪ cory: the bwest byte is when we focus on one number that tells a whole lot. joining me to tell us a whole lot is charles allen via skype. charles, what is the byte? charles: 2 is the number of the day today. that is the number of agents arrested in the silk road case. this is an amazing story. it is a testament it is not for illicit use. i think it sets the stage that this technology is here to stay. cory: one of the federal agents, a dea agent and a secret service agent. secret service in this country is also charged -- in fact it was started to counteract town to on this so road case, these agents apparently creates some fake account and siphoned off $800,000 worth of bitcoin. tell me what happened. charles: you basically nailed it. it is, you know a classic case , of greed. we actually have a very unique kind of story on this case in that sean bridges showed up at our coo's home in the morning about s

is still policy to continue enforcing the marijuana laws, particularly with respect to the money laundering aspect of it where we see the evidence that marijuana brings with it, organized crime activity and great levels of violence. >> do you know michelle linhart. >> she is the administrator of drug enforcement. >> have you ever had a conversation with her on her views of legalizing marijuana?? we have not spoken about that although we have spoken on many other issues. >> could you have that discussion and report back to me what the results are? >> certainly are? >> certainly all speak with her and i'd also like to speak more with you on this issue. >> it was said that enforcing federal law would not be a priority to those where marijuana is legal. >> i believe the policy seeks to try and work with the states system that tried to take a different approach than the federal government with respect to marijuana and try to find the most effective way to still pursue marijuana cases. the policy that has been implemented still requires federal prosecutors to seek prosecution of marijuana cases p

manhattan, where the use forfeiture very aggressively to go after foreign banks that are money-laundering or violating art trade sanctions . you get these billion-dollar forfeitures. one case like that can distort the statistics. host: let's take some calls. we've tried to explain a little bit what the civil forfeiture does and some changes made by the justice department this week. the numbers are up on the screen. if you would like to call in and talk with david smith, former deputy chief of the justice department's asset forfeiture office. natalie of florida. you are first. caller: good morning. i have a question basically regarding the program. the program, when it started, was there any oversight? this seems like it is unconstitutional. i do commend you for coming out and saying -- basically, announcing a highway robbery. another question do local police departments have any framing to know who is violating these civil forfeiture rules? basically, it sounds like they find anyone with a large amount of cash and create a crying afterwards. host: ma'am, the training is very minimal for l

cabins, fences, stills, chopping wood, making fires feeding and watering people and animals, cooking laundering and where there were travelers providing for those travelers. in remote areas, slaves provided the labor of basic household sentence -- sustenance so that that community could gain on the equation of their survival. who could build the state attend a court, found the school, build a library or form a legislature if all hands were needed simply to maintain survival? only when some household members were free from the tasks of maintaining survival could the community built the infrastructure of roads governments, and institutions on which to advance. work done by slaves permitted the settlement to advance faster than the settlements could have done without them. the goal of freedom in these cases was always same -- freedom was the ability to go and do and serve from ever one wished. and just as important to refuse to obey others who had no legitimate claim to them at all. and also, the freedom to remain in place if they wished, not to have to run in to keep running. these cases highligh

fences, stills, chopping wood, making fires, feeding and watering people and animals, cooking, laundering, and where there were travelers, providing for those travelers. in remote areas, slaves provided the labor of basic household sustenance so that that community could gain on the equation of their survival. who could build the state, attend a court, found the school, build a library, or form a legislature if all hands were needed simply to maintain survival? only when some household members were free from the tasks of maintaining survival could the community built the infrastructure of roads, governments, and institutions on which to advance. work done by slaves permitted the settlement to advance faster than the settlements could have done without them. the goal of freedom in these cases was always same -- freedom was the ability to go and do and serve from ever one wished. -- who everyone wished. and just as important, to refuse to obey others who had no legitimate claim to them at all. and also, the freedom to remain in place if they wished, not to have to run in to keep running. th

>> i think you have to change very quickly and launder your bed sheets more frequently than you normally>> you can strip on your front porch and liven things up in the neighborhood in addition to keeping yourself safe from pollen. that could help as well. that was his idea, not mine. the money behind 2016 the battle is on for the hearts and minds for the american people. one of these guys just pulled in $31 million in a single week. this could change everything. the reviews are in, apple sending its watch to bloggers and editors across the country. but not me somehow. the feedback hasn't been that kind. we'll test that next though. piles of money coming back. ♪ ♪ >> this is the month the race for the white house kicks into high gear. and it's issues of money. each presidential hopeful is sprinting to raise as much funds as possible before the summer deadline to declare their candidacy. our own peter barnes has a look at who is already leading the pack. peter. >> well melissa, senator rand paul tweeted last night that he raised more than a million dollars in just a little over 24 hours af

and to learn that the states launder money offshore. i had no idea such things happened. we know what is going on in the united states because our justice department is bringing suits against enormous preparations for doing this. what i will see is a bigger problem in russia. yes, i would. because of the way that the economic in the 90s what it would have to be is reformed. it is the right to tell russia or force russia to do that. absolutely not. what is for us to decide is when we will need aparter in in russia. and whether it is putin. and successor. as the security partner. for us to be safe. and i would end with this point i do not ever recall and i have been around a long time i have been around a long time. and ever hearing people. who they represent. and speaking like this. personally a soviet communist leader. when i listen to them there is a repressed nostalgia for the soviet union. and the vendetta against putin's russia. with whom we cooperated for our security. when giving the first interducks. i wrote down on my note paper. you spoke with the nostalgia about

behind this is to choke off the funding stream used and that could be drugs human trafficking, money launderingamong other things. i agree it is a worthy an important public policy to help for the crime this way. it seems that sometimes, this tool is increasingly being used as a funding source for the government with thin regard of people's's civil rights. i'm working to draft bipartisan reform to fix the flaws. for starters, the quid pro quo and funding should be limited to law enforcement agencies operation should not be funded based upon assets. in addition, real procedural reforms must be enacted for people whose assets are seized including prompt timelines for government action, and the ability to challenge promptly before a judge and individuals who cannot afford a lawyer, to guide them through the system should be provided one. part of addressing the problem lies in reversing the recent decision in the supreme court that allows the government to prevent people from showing that they need access to their funds for the simple reason of defending themselves by hiring a lawyer. we also need

allegations they helped a prison gang running drugs and launder money. more than a dozen members of the black guerilla gang were also inbeing indicted. the largest prison conspiracy case in recent history. >> more than two dozen officers were indicted in the scandal and what were they doing? >> they were smuggling in pills, tobacco marijuana cellphones heroin, crack. >> the three year case revealed that inside of the jail, one inmate in particular, tavon white, was in charge of the widespread black guerilla family gang, and in wiretaps, he proclaimed, this is my vault, and i'm the law. >> what was tavon's life inside of the prison? was it as lavish? >> he could have sex any time he wants with four different women. he had one that was smuggling to him. and plus, while he was inincarcerated from '09 to 2015 he bought five vehicles. >> more shocking, from inside of the jail, blake fathered five children with four corrections officers. >> you can watch it tonight at 10 p.m. eastern. >>> three of atlanta's teachers involved in the cheating scandal could be ge

kinds of other stuff the fact these burglars had cash in bank accounts in florida they had been laundering money for liddy for him to get back into the campaign. it just opened up a can of worms, it just kept unraveling each day a little bit further. i always hoped that nixon would get out in front of it. >> when did hunt get on your radar? >> i met him once in colson's office. hunt recounts two times he said that colson introduced him to me in the hall once. i didn't remember that, i remembered meeting him in the waiting room area of colson's office. i had never had any dealings with him in fact had very few dealings with liddy after he went over there. i said he could have all of my files, but i found that gordon wasn't much of a lawyer, but fortunately he got someone else in that was competent to handle. >> when did you get involved with the hush money? >> the hush money what liddy claims he told me when we met on monday morning that he needed funds for, a commitment, someone had made a commitment to him to take care of his people. that how did i know he was going to screw it up and tak

he was arrested on wednesday on corruption and money laundering charges. prosecutors paid $800 million to win contract with petro gas a massive state-owned company. >> translation: we discovered he has a history of carrying out these operations and 2004 and his family involved in suspect operation, with a lot of money transferred to family members. >> reporter: he denies charms. >> translation: the donations were made through legal procedures registered with the tribunal. >> reporter: the arrest and isolation -- resignation put pressure on president dilma rousseff. she has been called for impeachment and plunging poll numbers. >> translation: we came to protest against the corruption of petrogas. they are cornering the government and they are cornering or economy and the dignity of our people. >> president dilma rousseff was head of petrogas. they are not directly implicated. many on the street say she must have known what was going on. >> the problem is not with president dilma rousseff but the corruption makes us unable to trust the government. it is a b

guilty to three counts -- possession with intent to distribute controlled substance analog, money launderingsbranding. it could send him to prison for life. >> i can't justify anything that i did. and i don't intend to. i mean, the only thing that i hope to do is let as many people know as possible that no matter how hard you're -- you try to be safe and no matter how hard you think you -- or how well you think you have it under control somebody's going to get hurt or even die. these chemicals are so dangerous that all it takes is for someone to just have some of it and not know what they have. >> yet you did think that -- you thought you were smart enough to handle it and smart enough to think that your customers knew what the hell they were doing. >> that's right. >> he is the 15th person so far to be prosecuted under the north dakota federal drug case now called "operation stolen youth" that began with the deaths of christian bjerk and elijah stai. andrew spofford, who bought the drugs online from charles carlton. adam budge, who got the drugs from spofford. the teen who bought the drugs

and hotels are to provide options for the have their towels laundered every day. >> east bay estimatesved 6% of water this year far short of the 20% goal set by the district. the district will consider $25 million to buy water from other districts today. >>> busy on the freeways this morning, a couple of sig alerts. here's the latest. >> here's some impressive video that was shot jerl this morning -- earlier this morning, a sig alert that happened right around 3:00. the car, it was an explosive car fire. at least seven vehicles were involved here with multiple injuries. all lanes on northbound 880 at davis street where this occurred as reopened. is right now traffic is flowing and it looks nothing like this scene. we had multiple emergency crews on scene as well, it was really quite the site and quite the jam. now i'm going to take you into san jose right now where we've got a new sig alert this is involving a commercial truck and a motorcycle. it's on 101 freeway just past 880. you can see the head lights there as they jam up toward roja road. this is a truck involving a motorcycle. t