, after fowler's 12-year-old son isaiah was arrested in connection with the killing of his sister, laylaand friends trying to find us. >> the sad thing is a lot of people who were great, kind of just turned their back. >> the family says they can't go out in public without enduring stares, finger pointing, and sometimes people taking pictures. >>> a giants fan who threw a banana on the field during the game with the baltimore orioles is now facing backlash. the fan now says the incident was a big misunderstanding. >> reporter: adam jones home run was pure baseball. >> that's a fair ball. >> reporter: what happened later, some say is something quite ugly. amos brown is president of the san francisco chapter of the naacp. >> racism is alive and doing well. >> reporter: after the game, andruw jones, who is african american tweeted, i want to thank whatever expletive threw that banana in my direction in center field that last inning, way to show your class. >> we have too many people in this nation who have not found it in their hearts to embrace african americans. >> reporter: the giants is

. >>> the family of layla fowler says the community that once backed them has turned against them.arny fowler, and his son says neighbors and friends that have planned vigils and fundraisers are now harassing the family, after fowler's 12-year-old son isaiah was arrested in connection with the killing of his sister, layla. >> family members and friends trying to find us. >> the sad thing is a lot of people who were great, kind of just turned their back. >> the family says they can't go out in public without enduring stares, finger pointing, and sometimes people taking pictures. >>> a giants fan who threw a banana on the field during the game with the baltimore orioles is now facing backlash. the fan now says the incident was a big misunderstanding. >> reporter: adam jones home run was pure baseball. >> that's a fair ball. >> reporter: what happened later, some say is something quite ugly. amos brown is president of the san francisco chapter of the naacp. >> racism is alive and doing well. >> reporter: after the game, andruw jones, who is african american tweeted, i want to thank wh

yes my name is layla i must say ten i have got five children. in my grandchildren come to visit me this is my eldest grandson dive eat he's eight. soon i'll have two more grandchildren. though of course they help me with feeding the animals for example mama feeding chickens but giving the culms hey you will live on what we can grow ourselves. with we've got a cow and we sell cheese and potatoes we grow a lot of potatoes yes and we make butter and sell me too. and it's hard living here a long winter lots of snow no roads here. there was no electricity until a couple of months ago. there's no one around there's one village but it's a long way away. we've got used to it. we live in s.a.t.'s and we love it everyone loves his homeland right. it's good there's no war but we were terrified when the fighting broke out the border was so close to her the shooting. you can easily see two. from here. of course. it's peaceful here now. so whatever a man considers to be a sacred place he should go there with a pure heart it's a sanctuary. anywhere in the univ

here's layla. >> trying to wrap this sig alert up in san jose. still it is blocking all lanes right at 280. this is involving two vehicles one of which had overturned. this is in a construction zone as well. lots of projects happening right in this particular vicinity through parkmoor. completely shut down at this time. hopefully lanes will start to reopen in about 20 minutes or so. as we take a look at highway 17 so far, it looks like traffic is moving okay. although we were looking at some traffic earlier. it was going to take you 30 minutes to head away from highway 1 into los gatos. so sig alert still in effect. over to the dunbarton bridge, twisted metal. westbound side could be affecting your commute. seeing eastbound traffic as well. and then as we take your drive across the altamonte pass, busy into livermore. all the red. you get to the dublin interchange and it's going to take you about 42 minutes to get there. quick live look outside. here's a picture of the golden state where we've got a bit of fog as well. make sure you slow down. al

>>james: 8 year-old layla fowler was stabbed to death in her own home more than three months ago in the foothills of the syrup. for the first time, her father is publicly defending her 12 year-old brother who's been [ female announcer ] mcdonald's dollar menu at breakfast. home of the irresistible sausage burrito. and freshly brewed premium roast coffee you love. plus other amazing tastes for just a dollar each. every day. ♪ >>james: coming up on the kron4 morning news at 4:00 a.m.. we are leaning new information--learning. about kidnapper james the montrdimaggio. coming up at 410 we will tell you why investigators say his actions are similar to his relatives. coming up at 415. the governor of colorado college a state of emergency after major floods ripped or parts of the state street will take a closer look at some of the damage. and one california woman is not feeling the pomp and circumstance of her graduation day. all because a man stover cap and gown. will explain how the thieves got away with the graduation gear and 425. >>james: up 411 is the time. an interesting twist in the sto

they described the pain of finding layla fowler dead inside their home in valley springs and the added ordeal of seeing her 12-year-old brother arrested fo her murder. >> i turned isaiah in. most people don't know that. >> people don't see what happens at night when the kids go to sleep and we have to sit and deal with it. they don't see that we don't eat for days on end and it's one or two hours of sleep a night. you know, it's an absolute nightmare. >> barney fowler and his fiancee insist his 12-year-old son is inspect. they say they feel like the community has turned its back on them. >>> workers at the santa clara county courts are voting today on a potential three-day strike. the sdiu represents about 9,000 court clerks and they are vote on whether to strike at the end of this month. about half of those workers voted last night. the rest will do the same today. meantime, hayward city workers on strike starting this morning, protesting a pay cut from the city. more than 280 employees right now expected to strike for a total of three days. the city says it does have a continue conn

. >> 8 year-old layla fowler was stabbed to death and own home more than three months ago in foothills for the first time her father is defending her 12 year-old brother who has been accused of a crime. >> we do not know what is next. we do not know the answer to those questions. we are the parents. >> the fowler family says that they have received threats and that they are living in fear. her brother is said to be back in court next month. he faces a second-degree murder charges and has yet to enter a plea. >> president obama has signed an order pertaining to the government's use of the communications technology in its intelligence gathering. the order instructs the director of national intelligence to form a review group on the matter. the review was announced friday at the president's new conference. according to the order, the review group will look into whether the u.s. is using its capabilities in a way to best protect national security. >> b.p. assuming the u.s. government over a decision to bar the oil giant from getting new federal contracts after the company pleaded guilty to

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layla, director of middle east task force at the new america foundation and former senior policy adviser commissioner of the palestinian refugee agency, jeremy, president and founder of political home for pro israel pro peace americans. an msnbc contributor and foreign policy analyst for newsweek and managing director of the washington institute and former senior director for middle east affairs at the national security council. thank you all for joining me. i want to start with you. how important is it this happens now under this secretary of state and this president? >> the urgency is real. if they don't achieve peace now, the spiraling is real. palestinian authority likely could collapse. israelis would have to go back in and assume full civil and military control of the west bank, violence would erupt. in the context of the region you described, violence there sets off sparks around the whole region, so this an incredibly important moment and incredibly high stakes decision by the administration to go for it at this moment. >> it's not entirely unheard of for a second term american p

linda wrightson -- -- layla writes in -- we are taking you through a recent pew research center poll.e will go to gym from chicago illinois on our 65 and older line. caller:caller: good moaning. -- good morning. caller: i consider myself a news junkie. they're sticking -- unlike american newspapers, which i consider that they are acting like a bunch of prostitutes. the fact that the corporations own the news media's these days. host: you bring up the state of newspapers. let me read you a bit from that report we have been talking about this morning. it'snewspaper budgets have shrunk and news staff has declined. atfessional editorial jobs newspapers declined another 6.4% for the year in 2012, leading the industry before -- the industry below 40,000 for the first time since american society of news editors began news for the census in 1978. we are going to show a chart on newsroom workforce and how it has risen and fallen over the years. today is down below 40,000. does that concern you in terms of staff members and number of members on staff for newspapers? there's no such thing as inv