. >> as far as i'm concerned, melvin ignatow murdered our parents as well as our sister. >> but tom andvery day. and so was jim wesley, the homicide detective who had been on the case from the start. >> he was as guilty as homemade sin. >> louisville's prosecutor sought the death penalty for ignatow. >> this was a very strong case. we found the exact spot. >> the prosecution went in confident. after all, they had a body, a motive and an eyewitness, maryann shore. >> do you solemnly swear -- >> who told the jury the same story she told in the u.s. attorney's office, that ignatow sexually assaulted brenda. >> he told her to lay on the coffee table and then he tied her hands and legs. >> and forced her to take pictures. that he took brenda's jewelry and buried her. >> why are you getting so upset? >> and then there was the most damning evidence of all, that tape. >> i don't give a [ bleep ]. i told you to dig eight feet down the whole length of the property, okay? don't get rattled. >> but ignatow's attorney came back strong, chipping away at the prosecution's case. >> it just isn't credib

he proposed -- [overlapping speakers] >> we talked to melvin yesterday. >> so melvin they say that they talked to you and told them -- >> they talked -- they may have spoken to me about what the situation is with this property with her house. but they don't know nothing about it! >> reporter: and you're taking a live look at some more i guess would-be protestors that are arriving at the vacant lot to either bring more stuff or to wake up the others but yeah, it was a very heated confrontation as you just heard, guys, between melvin one of the protestors. we did try to talk to another protestor and they said that each had a different role in securing this place. one of them got the list of the foreclosed properties, another contact the home owner, another person contacted the renter. the person that contacted the home owner is not here this morning as of yet. he supposedly had gone away overnight but will be returning. so there is a miscommunication as to who explicitly gave these protestors permission. and also, the tenants had expressed i guess anger at the fact that where were these p

craig melvin live from zuccotti park.e occupy wall street movement was born some 53 days ago. we'll talk more about the movement. we'll talk about what happens here in this park as well. and the effect that it could have on next year's presidential election in just a few moments. first, though, we want to return to ohio. of course, a very important battleground state this year as well. there's a major referendum issue on the ballot there. it's called issue two. tens of millions of dollars have poured -- have been -- tens of millions have been spent on the issue which seeks to overturn a law passed back in march. the law limits the right of union -- limits the right of public workers to bargain collectively. it mirrors a similar measure that was undertaken in wisconsin last year as well. i want to bring in congressman sharon brown now -- excuse me, senator sharon brown of ohio. are you there with me? >> i'm here, yeah, thanks. >> yeah, i'm here, craig. >> okay. a lot of folks who aren't familiar with what's happening with

they didn't knock on my door and say, melvin, can i go over there? they call and say you ms. cobb, can we go over there? >> reporter: now, i did talk briefly with the property owner today. she said she didn't want the story on the news it is embarrassing enough. we understand from constituent that she must actually sign a formal complaint before police will go in there and clear the camp out. live from downtown oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you. >>> understandably, a sensitive topic in oakland. now to santa rosa, the occupy campers are regrouping after a predawn crackdown. right now, campers only with the proper permit can remain at city hall. early this morning, you see our nbc chopper on the scene, the police clearing out the campers without permit. no arrests were made. >>> the pepper spray incident at uc davis continues to make national headlines. as we speak, they are discussing what to do next on this quiet campus. soon, there will be a town hall meeting at uc davis. in fact, it is just now beginning. student leaders talking with the uni

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i'm craig melvin. penn state child sexual abuse scandal has reached beyond pennsylvania borders. texas authorities are looking into the football team's trip to the san antonio alamo bowl back in 1999. jerry sandusky took one of his eight alleged victims to the game and threatened to send the boy home when he resisted his sexual advances. the campus gears up for the senior game tomorrow without head coach joe paterno who was fired and without assistant coach mike mcqueary who has been side lined. >> you can't really please everyone. >> mike mcqueary will not be at bevary stadium. the university says u.s. because he's gotten so many threats. according to the indictment it was mcqueary who saw former assistant jerry sandusky rape a young boy in a campus shower back in 2002. mcqueary told joe paterno but did not call police. >> a lot of people probably think he should have done more. >> mcqueary, allegedly saw is only one of multiple charges against sandusky dating back to 1996. that's when he touched a young boy in a shower. two years later he took a different boy in the shower. tha

. >> craig melvin at the news desk with more. >> good morning, lester. good morning to you, everyone. breaking news in baghdad. three bombs killed at least eight people in broad daylight at a busy market in the central part of iraq's capital. 21 others wounded at the beginning of a muslim religious festival there. >>> amanda knox's ex-boyfriend speaking out since and he knox were cleared of murder italy. rafael sol he wiecito says he w her every happiness. >>> people in central oklahoma, more accustomed to twisters than tremors have been shaken by four major earthquakes. a 4.6 quake, cracked highways and shook a college football stadium. at least ten aftershocks have followed. fortunately, there are no reports of injuries. >>> former heavyweight boxing champ joe frazier in the biggest fight of his life. he has liver cancer. doctors discovered it just a few weeks ago, and frazier is in hospice care. his manager says they are hoping for a miracle. >>> more than 47,000 people running in new york city marathon this morning. bulked up on pasto saturday night

weather that could keep a lot of folks that keep grandma in town in time for the turkey.ç >> i'm craig melvinin for tamron hall. the full out from the collapse of the super committee on this tuesday. a short time ago at a high school in new hampshire, president obama urges congress to do the right thing on the deficit and his jobs bill. they said next week lawmakers have a chance to vote on extending the tax cut and warned if republicans voted down, the average american family would see their tax guess up. >> the question we will have to answer when we get back from thanksgiving is this. are they willing to raise taxes on the middle class just to play politics? >> we have team coverage on the developments in washington. kristen welker is at the white house and luke russert and our democratic candidate from south carolina. kristen, the protesters booing the president, do we know who they were? >> we do. they were basically occupy wall street protesters. it was difficult to hear what they were saying. they were saying mr. obama, 4,000 peaceful protesters have been protested while they destroy t

it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> good friday, i'm craig melvin.h some improvement. the encouraging news is after three straight months of a stagnant jobless rate of 9.1% -- >> the unemployment rate is 9%. >> jobless numbers down for the first time in four months. but millions are still out of work. in fact, 5,000, alone, showed up at this tennessee jobs fair for 1,600 jobs. >> they'll probably get thousands of resumes for one position. so it's not been easy. >> 80,000 jobs were added last month. economists say

. >> reporter: melvin welsh is renting the home he says his land lady never said a about problems withhe bank. he called the police. >> keep it to the bank, go to the bank where she is having the problem and argue. don't come squat. >> reporter: the police came out and talk today to both parties and left when the protesters insisted the property owner gave them permission to be here. we spoke with the property owner and she said, she did not give them permission. >> we are rectifying the situation we are calm, peaceful handing out hot coffee and doughnuts to the local community. >> we live here. why den you go downtown and do that. -- why don't you go downtown and do that? >> reporter: a stopped by to complain. the protesters tried to explain their tactic, but it didn't go over welch >> banks have to pay them or oust to leave so we can afford to pay them to keep their land. -- >> you that i is going to happen? >> listen, -- that's -- [ talking over each other ] >> reporter: after a lengthy discussion they agreed to disagree. this idea did gain supporters. a few people stopped by to don

i'm craig melvin.een killed by security forces today. it happened after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets saying that president bashar assad never intended a plan to end eight months of bloodshed in that country. >>> a texas family law judge whose daughter released videotape of him beating her will not face criminal charges. that beating took place seven years ago. authorities say the five year statute of limitations expired. judge adams says his 23-year-old daughter posted the video out of spite because he was going to reduce her financial support. >>> the crew of a long isolation study emerge from their cells in moscow today. the six male volunteers had been locked in windowless modules for 520 days to simulate the length of a journey to mars and back. >>> former new jersey governor jon corzine steps down from running a firm that collapsed after his bets on european debt. corzine declined payments from a severance package worth $12 million. >>> for the third time, senate republicans have

. >>> welcome back, i'm craig melvin.cted to vote on the infrastructure bill on the president's jobs plan. that measure is not expected to pass. >>> new claims for unemployment benefits fell below 400,000 last week, for first time in five weeks. >>> also, more than a million people still do not have power across the northeast. in connecticut alone, about 540,000 customers are still in the dark and the governor says the lights won't come back on for everyone until sunday. >>> a new study out of canada shows a link between prolonged periods of sitting and cancer exist. researchers found regular physical activity reduced the risk of breast, colon and in end meet treeal cancer by 33%. >>> herman cain doing his best to keep out of the media spotlight. the scandal continues and now cain is lobbing accusations of a smear campaign against one of his republican rivals. cain reportedly phoned supporters telling him that the perry campaign, quote, stirmed this up. a spokesman called the suggestion quote reckless and false. joining u

. >> reporter: melvin welsh is renting the home he says his land lady has never said a about problemsith the bank. he called the police. >> keep it to the bank, go to the bank where she is having the problem and argue. don't come squat. >> reporter: the police came out and talk today to both parties and left when the protesters insisted the property owner gave them permission to be here. we spoke with the property owner and she said, she did not give them permission. >> we are rectifying the situation we are calm, peaceful handing out hot coffee and doughnuts to the local community. >> we live here. why den you go downtown and do that. -- why don't you go downtown and do that? >> reporter: a stopped by to complain. the protesters tried to explain their tactic, but it didn't go over welch >> banks have to pay them or oust to leave so we can afford to pay them to keep their land. -- >> you that i is going to happen? >> listen, -- that's -- [ talking over each other ] >> reporter: after a lengthy discussion they agreed to disagree. this idea did gain supporters. a few people stopped by t

appreciate your time this afternoon. >> thank you. >>> i'm craig melvin.day. i will see you back here tomorrow, noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. out west. up next, andrea mitchell reports live from michigan. the site of the debates tonight. hey, andrea. >> craig, thanks so much. we're live at oakland university in rochester, michigan where hours from now the eight presidential hopefuls will go head to head over who has the best fix for the economy. we will get a preview with maria bart loem oh and michigan governor rick snyder, state republican chair, robert show stack and debbie wasserman schultz, all that next on andrea mitchell reports next on msnbc. ] ananjanust how many applias are on our wish lists? 'cause this season, the timing couldn't be better. right now, we can get those black friday prices without fighting through all those black friday crowds, which means we can do more this year without waiting around for the season to start. ♪ more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. why wait for black friday? this refrigerator is already just 1,

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they didn't knock on my door and say, melvin, can i go over there?reporter: this afternoon an assistant to the city administrator paid the camp a visit to warn them dhoent have the homeowner's blessing. >> this is private property. we've been told by the property owner they don't have permission to be here. we're trying to, you know, inform them we've been told of that, and hopefully they'll choose to leave. >> reporter: so far no sign of that happening. last check campers were talking about bringing in more supplies. >> as long as it taking to get the homeowner -- for the bank to gived homeowner a chance to modify her mortgage, you know, or they have to basically get us -- pay us to leave individual individually. >> reporter: in oakland, jodi hernandez, "nbc bay area news." >> one more note to the story now. >> i'll take that for you. there is a note. she did talk briefly to the person that owns that lot who calls the attention to the situation. she says it's just completely embarrassing. she says the city property owner must sign a written consent

. >>> craig melvin at the news desk with more of the morning's headlines. craig, good morning to you. >> lester, good morning. good morning to you, as well, know. we start with breaking news in baghdad this morning. police say three bombs killed at least eight people in broad daylight today at a busy market in the central part of iraq's capital. 21 others are wounded at the beginning of a muslim religious festival there. >>> amanda knox's ex-boyfriend is speaking out for the first time since he and knox were cleared of murder in ilgsy. he says he wishes knox all the happiness in the world, but their tragic ordeal was too much for their romantic relationship to endure. the couple spent nearly four years in prison until their original guilty verdicts were dramatically overturned last month. >>> people in central oklahoma more accustomed to twisters than tumblers have been shaken this weekend by at least four major earthquakes there saturday night. a 5.6 magnitude skwak, the state's strongest ever. it buckled a highway, and shook a football stadium 50 miles aw

police in australia have swooped down on the occupy melvin -- the occupied campaign. campers were given -- within one dozen protesters were pulled away by officers and later released. let's return to our top story. i division -- opposition activists in serious a army defectors have attacked a military complex. the defectors are calling themselves the free syrian army. they are reported to have fired rockets and machine guns at the base in the harasta district. joining me is a member of the opposition group, syrian national council. before we get on to the wider question of the arab league summit, can you shed any light on this so-called syrian free army attack and what it amounted to and how significant it was? >> i think it is very significant. what we're seeing at the moment is the formation of a very clear and solid nucleus of the next syrian army, formed by defectors from the syrian army who are refusing to carry out the syrian army leadership in terms of targeting civilians. these people are defecting because they are not going to kill their people, and when they

i'm craig melvin. chrysler says its u.s. sales jumped 27% in october.its jeep and chrysler brands. it was the company's best october since 2007. >>> president obama's doctors say he's fit for duty. after his annual physical, the docs say he's at a healthy weight, is physically active and also is tobacco-free. >>> and just about an hour ago, officials dedicated a 9-foot statue honoring former president ronald reagan at reagan international airport. the virginia airport was named for reagan back in 1988. >>> and get this, according to the national confectioners association, americans spent $2.3 billion on halloween candy this year. that's a whole lot of tummy aches. >>> one of the reporters camped outside of every herman cain interview, waiting to ask him what we all want to know, is nbc news campaign inbed andrew rafferty. andrew is in washington for us this afternoon joining us by phone. good afternoon to you, andrew. i know you were waiting for him outside after the pbs interview last night. you got to ask him a number of questions. when you asked him

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. >>> i'm craig melvin, coming up, what happens now?tee member congressman jim clyburn and what's next now that theç super committee failed to strike a deal to cut the nation's debt. we'll also talk about whether president obama should have been more involved in those negotiations. and, meteorologist bill karins warning that major travel headaches are in store tomorrow from the mid atlantic to the northeast, snow and rain expected. >>> mitt romney has the first campaign ad in new hampshire and it is a doozy. >> we need a rescue plan for the middle class. beneed to provide relief for the homeowners. if we keep talk tath econoabout economy, we're going to sglooz the only problem he's taken that line out of context from then candidate barack obama. judge for yourself. >> senator mccain's campaign actually said, and i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> i'm joined now by rachel maddow right here on msnbc. well, that is about as blatant as it gets. >> that's not even out of context, that's the opposite, oppo

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for more on the recordings we're joined by melvin small, distinguished professor of history emeritus at wayne state university. he's author of "the presidency of richard nixon," and "covering dissent-- the media and anti-vietnam war movement." professor, isn't it priceless to have a president's reminiscences from right after an event like this? >> it certainly was. and he was reacting-- he wrote it three or four days after and he was reacting to the terribly negative press that he received, which he thought was unfair. of course, richard nixon always thought the press was unfair. >> let's listen as president nixon describes a conversation with his valet and asking him if he'd ever been down to the lincoln memorial. >> i said get your clothes on and we'll go down to the lincoln memorial. i got dressed and approximately 4:35, we left the white house and drove to the lincolnmerial. >> "i had never seen the secret service quite so petrified with apprehension." did richard nixon do these things often? >> that was not that unusual. he had done this when he was campaigning and the following

. >> reporter: shoe shiner melvin deal has had to shut this shoe repair down more than once since observation pay oakland began. oh he says they have been kind and peaceful. but what he would like even more. >> interview: start getting their shoes shined. >> reporter: that would help here? >> interview: a lot. >> reporter: and as far as the general strike goes, the city is saying city employees can participate, so can employees of oakland unified school district. they cannot however use sick days. >> i understand that they had some sort of permission from their supervisor, is that true? >> reporter: that's correct. the city is only saying that they must go through the proper channels with whichever department they are employed with to make sure they can have that day off. >> reporter: kristin ayers, thanks. >>> well, things are a little pressure you might say over at the occupy san franciscoen camp. . for days the occupiers and visitors have been complaining about the overwhelming stench. portable toilets were overflowing and unuse able, also considered a public health hazard. well, today, a

and joining me to talk about that part of the story, leland melvin as well as will.i.am from the black for being here. leyland, let me start with you. no matter how much we tell kids to get into math and science, sometimes what you really need is to see a rocket blast off, and you need will.i.am to be involved. is that sometimes what it boils down to? >> well, that's what it takes. you know, we're all about trying to inspire that next generation of explorers. and whatever means we can use. whether it's music, math, whatever that means is, whether it's a rocket behind us taking off to take up this rover "curiosity." we'll take that and use that to get these kids motivated to do stem education. >> you tell us, and we've talked about before about your interest in getting kids involved with stuff. would you classify yourself as a space geek? >> i'm a tech geek, a space geek -- just curious like this rover here. so, yep. i'm a space geek. >> so you say just curious. and i just mentioned this to leland, what have you seen? have you been disappointed? have you been surprised at how much it ta

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attorney melvin ross says his client, a 17-year-old boy, denies all the charges and will plead not guilty. >> i think this is overkill for this kind of thing. i think it should have been handled administratively, not criminally. and we look forward to resolving this case in court. >> reporter: seven students were arrested in september for allegedly being involved in the scam at great neck north high school. an attorney says his client is innocent and the student's parents are behind him. >> they believe in the honesty of the way they raised their child. >> the investigation began when school administrators started looking into student rumors. >>> and still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news -- >> from temper tantrums at the airport to tie-ups on the road, airport to tie-ups on the road, i'm mike ,,,, neil, any luck finding a car? airport to tie-ups on the road, i'm mike ,,,, not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the per

. >>> i'm craig melvin. here's what's happening right now. the attorney for former penn state assistant head coach, jerry sandusky, says his clients adamantly denies two new allegations of abuse. one of the new claims involves a family member. >>> six people, including three small children, were killed when a small plane crashed into the mountains outside of phoenix. >>> and president barack obaoba troops serving overseas to wish them a happy thanksgiving and thank them for their service. happy thanksgiving to you as well. now back to "lockup." >>> well, eneinmates call them horses. it's string they use to move contraband cell to cell, tier to tier. they use dental floss, tear up sheets. they tie an empty tube of toothpaste on it and flip it from one tier to the other. they move cigarettes, tobacco, magazines, anything they can get to read, they'll try to move it. normally tobacco, they won't move anything like tobacco or any pills or anything like that, only if the officer is not presents that's when they'll normally do that, or they know we

i talked to leyland melvin as well as will.i.am about the black eyed peaces and talked about is thisy going to help them in their mission to get kits excited. >> i'm blown away and inspired by these kids, especially the kids that worked with the robotics program. and there's like 200,000 plus kids who are writing code, building robots, doing amazing things with their skill set and it's not like kits aren't, it's just that we haven't shined the light on the kids that are to inspire other kids to get involved, as well. so i'm like really, really inspired by these kids. >> leyland, you pick up that point for me there. translate this for us. how do we get from launch today and how does that translate into getting some kid in a classroom somewhere in this country involved in a field of math and science and maybe even a career? >> well, when i think about a kid seeing curiosity, this rover, i was a chemistry major. i mixed two chemicals together and blew up a huge explosion in my mom's living room. that got me energized. but maybe there will be a kid watching curiosity going around the sur

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i'm craig melvin.yptian court has reportly ordered the release of three american students arrested during a protest. the state department sets it's working independently to confirm that report. >>> and representative giffords helped to serve members of the service meals today. her husband also helped to serve that meal. happy thanksgiving to you and yours. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer direction is advised. >>> i probably got about 100 hours worth of tattoos. i got a good side and a bad side. i have jesus on this side with angels and stuff, and then i have the devil on this side, fled freddy krueger, medusa, stuff like that. that's tony montana from "scarface." i got two 45s and a shoulder holster. and i have vini vidi vici. it means, i came, i saw and i conquered in latin. it's a cadillac song. i want to go on and get the rest of my chest covered and have the whole shirt. whenever i get out, i'll work on the rest of it. >> after six weeks of shooting at holman correcti

craig melvin is keeping an eye on the epicenter, but also around the country. >> good morning to youevents planned today even as some cities crack down on groups camping in public areas and even as police make more arrests. first, to san francisco, where several were arrested wednesday. demonstrators stormed into a downtown bank of america. more than 100 people injured. police in riot gear started cuffing them and hauling them away. meanwhile, protesters in boston protesters in boston, massachusetts, claiming a temporary victory there this morning. a judge has ordered the city cannot remove protesters or their tents without court approval. at least for the next two weeks. meanwhile, protesters worship occupy boston movement plan to march today to the charlestown bridge. it was a much different story in dallas, texas, where police arrested up to 20 occupy prot t protesters there. at the same time, an attorney said an agreement with the city was reached wednesday allowing protesters to stay for four more weeks. there were also arrests made in south carolina and city officials have told

. >>> i'm craig melvin. here's what's happening right now. three u.s.uring the unrest in egypt have been released. they were accused of throwing firebombs at security forces in tahrir square. >>> back here, a tragedy in phoenix this holiday as three adults and three children are dead after a small plane crashed in the mountains outside the city. >>> and more than 150 million americans are expected to hit the stores for black friday. some, as you can see there, getting a head start, as a number of big box retailers are opening their doors tonight. back to "lockup." ♪ ♪ baby, every day i sit around while i play ♪ ♪ my harmonica thinking about you ♪ ♪ wishing i could hold you like i used to do ♪ hit it. ♪ that's it. >>> holman's ad seg unit houses roughly 200 inmates, some of which are the most violent and dangerous. steven parker is one of the most notorious. >> i'm in maximum security. i'm stuck in a locked up cell. they may not ever let me out of lockup because i have a tendency -- every time i get out, i try to kill somebody. i go completely calm. i ma