london's metropolitan police used the names to issue fake documents for officers. parents were never informed of the practice involving 80 children and dating back nearly 40 years. britain's metropolitan police has issued a statement which says a formal complaint is being investigated. it says, the practice referred to is not something that would currently be authorized by the metropolitan police service. one of the journalists at the guardian newspaper expose the story. he tells us about scotland yard's reaction to the report. >> they immediately launched an investigation when they became aware that we knew of the practice. that investigation is ongoing. they have told us that this practice is not currently authorized. if we take that statement at face value, it means currently police are not using the identities of dead babies for undercover police officers in this way. i don't think that detracts from the controversy. there will be many families who will want to know and, arguably, have a right to know that the identities of their dead children have been used in

like organizing peaceful demonstrations i mean we've seen a similar kind of attitude by the metropolitan police and i think it's fair to focus on the met and scotland yard rather than regional police forces who it doesn't seem were anywhere near as bad at these kind of things and then this is adding really to the other revelations from the guardian that god has been doing a fantastic job on this over the last few weeks and months of the eleven women who had their lives hacked basically relationships even children born with police officers infiltrating into these groups and forming relationships with women and only. if i can just just stay on the initial subject here we're talking about the idea of basically intelligence officers using the names of dead children to infiltrate certain groups i've got to play devil's out of advocate for about meant here do you think do you think for a moment that the police were doing so with good intentions to infiltrate troublemakers and to root out what could be trouble down the road i mean you know they're just using the names of dead children are they. well i

like organizing peaceful demonstrations i mean we've seen a similar kind of attitude by the metropolitan police and i think it's fair to focus on the met and scotland yard rather than regional police forces who it doesn't seem were anywhere near as bad at these kind of things and then this is adding really to the other revelations from the guardian that god has been doing a fantastic job on this over the last few weeks and months of the eleven women who had their lives hacked basically relationships even children born with police officers infiltrating into these groups and forming relationships with women and only. if i can just just stay on the initial subject here we were talking about the idea of basically intelligence officers using the names of dead children to infiltrate certain groups i've got a play devil's out of advocate for a moment here do you think do you think for a moment that the police were doing so with good intentions to infiltrate troublemakers and to root out what could be trouble down the road i mean you know they're just using the names of dead children are they. well i'm

she added the metropolitan police department works closely with local businesses to make sure they are not unknowingly purchasing stolen items. >>> the edge on maryland, police are searching for three suspects wanted for stabbing a university of maryland eastern shore student overnight. edmond st. clair was approached while sitting in his car. an altercation ensued. things got out of hand and the student was fatally stabbed. police say this was not a random incident. >>> tragic news out of the country music world. singer mindy mccready was found dead in her arkansas home tonight. a close family friend said the country star shot herself in the head. mccready who had a public struggle with substance abuse and mental illness was committed to a treatment facility earlier this month. it came two weeks after the death of her boyfriend david wilson who is the father of her youngest child. mindy mccready was 37 years old. >>> in rhode island hundreds attended a memorial service to remember victims of the 2003 nightclub fire. wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of the deadly fire that broke ou

we just got off the phone with metropolitan police department.s they're confirming that it is a fatal situation on the inbound side of new york avenue. after bladensburg road. i suggest you use an alternate route. rhode island avenue might work for you. again inbound new york avenue after bladensburg road with a deadly accident this morning. back to you. >>> 6:53. a sign of spring. pitchers and catchers reported to very era, florida for the -- viera, florida for the nats. >> this is one of the most anticipated seasons because they were so good last year. it's good for us because we partnered up with masn and the nationals and will be airing 20 of the games right here. >> we'll bring you all of the stories and news from nats training camp in florida. >>> time to answer our question of the morning. here's the question one more time. according to careerbuilder.com, 15% of americans say they'll call out sick for one of these lame reasons. is it a, perfect, warm, sunny day, b, they call out sick because they stubbed their toe or c, because they're goi

. >> reporter: he wants the metropolitan police department to provide firearms training to teachers and staff members who want it. the firearms would be kept in a locked biometric safe that only opens for those with the fingerprint match. that he says will keep the guns from getting in the wrong hands. >> you want to put your hand there and read the fingerprints. that it would open up and you could access the firearms. it could be done in just seconds. >> reporter: why allow teachers and staff to access these guns? they point to the columbine shooting and say that there is a need for more defense in the schools. >> reporter: the officer was outside at that time of the attack that happened. there were two shooters. he did engage one, but in the meantime the other shooter was free to do what he wanted to. >> reporter: they said active shooters have learned to first engage the school resource officers. >> once he is out of the picture, they have essentially a gun-free zone or a fertile killing field. >> reporter: the teachers and staff members who sign up would also go through psychologica

specifically in the honorable members area, that's a much greater reduction than for the whole of the metropolitan police area. the number of police officers is actually up since the election from 895, to 3418. there are many fewer officers and back-office jobs, in 2010 there were 1346 of them, that is now less than 1000. so i think on all that is what we have seen is yes, a reform agenda for the police, yes, there have been spending reductions, but crime is down and visible policing is up. >> mr. peter tapsell. [shouting] >> with japan, the eurozone and switzerland all talking down their account despite the statement by the g7 yesterday, does my right honorable friend agree that the most important aim of 5020 meeting -- the g20 meeting in moscow this coming weekend would be to establish means to prevent competitive devaluation which, in the 1930s, all -- [laughter] >> i was alive then. [laughter] [shouting] >> he was a young man. >> which in the 1930s, as i can remember from my father's experience -- [laughter] -- caused widespread unemployment. and the protectionism that goes with it. [shouting] >> fir

specifically in the honorable members area, that's a much greater reduction than for the whole of the metropolitan police area. the number of police officers is actually up since the election from 895, to 3418. there are many fewer officers and back-office jobs, in 2010 there were 1346 of them, that is now less than 1000. so i think on all that is what we have seen is yes, a reform agenda for the police, yes, there have been spending reductions, but crime is down and visible policing is up. >> mr. peter tapsell. [shouting] >> with japan, the eurozone and switzerland all talking down their account despite the statement by the g7 yesterday, does my right honorable friend agree that the most important aim of 5020 meeting -- the g20 meeting in moscow this comig weekend would be to establish means to prevent competitive devaluation which, in the 1930s, all -- [laughter] >> i was alive then. [laughter] [shouting] >> he was a young man. >> which in the 1930s, as i can remember from my father's experience -- [laughter] -- caused widespread unemployment. and the protectionism that goes with it. [shouting] >> firs

hack inspectors with the help of metropolitan police set out. the taxi commission gave us this video of the inspectors closing in on the driver. that's when they issued nearly $3,000 in tickets for everything from driving an unlicensed vehicle to not charging the proper fare, operating without a meter and failing to have insurance. the commission impounded the vehicle and told capitol flier transport and taxi paid the fines. we tried to reach the company for comment several times but no one answered. capitol flier transport and taxi is not the only rogue taxi operating in d.c. steer clear by only getting in cabs with a painted company name. a dome light. an h on the license plate and a working meter. the commission warns if the driver isn't licensed, you're putting yourself and your wallet at risk. as for capitol flier transport and taxi -- the d.c. taxicab commission warned them that the driver will be arrested the next time he is caught breaking the law. if you fall victim to an unlicensed d.c. cab, report it. you can find the commission's com

that is a much greater reduction than for the whole metropolitan police area. er of neighbourhood police officers is actually up since the election, from 895 to 3,418, and there are many fewer officers in back-office jobs. in 2010, there were 1,346 of them and there are now fewer than 1,000. on all this, what we have seen is, yes, a reform agenda for the police and there have been spending reductions, but crime is down and visible policing is up. >> with japan, the eurozone and switzerland all talking down their currencies, despite the statement by the g7 yesterday, does my right honorable friend agree that the most important aim of the g20 meeting in moscow this coming weekend should be to establish means to prevent competitive devaluation, which in the 1930s- [interruption] i was alive in the 1930s-as i can remember from my father's experience, caused widespread unemployment and the protectionism that goes with it? >> first, i would like to confirm that my right honorable friend was not only alive in the 1930s but was, as now, absolutely thriving. what he says

it involved a metropolitan police officer on the inbound side of the 11th street bridge.ou want to watch your step. minor injuries. he was transported to the hospital. right lane is blocked. they're waiting on a tow truck. no problems to report on southbound side of i-270 where most of the snow fall came down north and west. road conditions are just wet. you should be okay as you come in,marrymantown. let's go -- jer -- come in from germantown. let's go to our traffic cameras on the inbound side of i-66 at the fairfax county parkway. everything looks pretty good. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> we begin this morning with the mysterious death in alexandria, virginia. a 94-year-old man was found dead inside his home last night. >> investigators say he suffered some sort of trauma to his upper body. police got a call around 6:50. when they got to the home, relatives told officers they found their father unconscious and not breathing. he was pronounced dead. >> we're considering all possibilities. we don't have any suspect in custody at this point but we're interviewin

the methods of operating chosen by the metropolitan police all unacceptable. wondering if i live in a democracy or not we're talking about the identities of eighty dead children stolen by the police i mean you do want to tell you where else these infiltrations have been taking place as well do they have police agents within our political parties where are the lines being drawn because it doesn't seem like there are any loans being drawn are absolutely behind the former director of public prosecutions mcdonald who is now saying there must be a public inquiry into these kinds of police practices let's not forget these are crown servants does her majesty know that they're up to this does she approve and i mean there has to be really deep inquiry here the guardian of real can of worms and there's absolutely no accountability at things where these things that have been authorised through through scotland yard the idea that people haven't complained about it therefore it's ok well of course i'm not going to complain about it if they don't know about it it's almost li

consulting any of the parents of bristol based investigative journalist tony go zooming feels the metropolitan police's methods are completely unacceptable. wondering if i live in a democracy or not we're talking about the identities of eighty dead children stolen by the police i mean you do want to tell you where else these infiltrations have been taking place as well do they have police agents within our political parties where are the lines being drawn because it doesn't seem like there are any lines being drawn are absolutely behind.

you can see metropolitan police are still on the scene and a section of the road remains blocked off, 24 hours after the fire first began. we understand this is now an arson investigation investigators trying to find out whether or not the fire was intentionally set. >> fire investigators are trying to determine what started the fire at the southeast which nearly claimed the life of a little girl. >> shocked the what is going on in my neighborhood. the authorities say early sunday morning of the fire started in the basement and quickly spread. several families member had to be rescued, including a four- year-old little girl restaurant -- rushed to hospital in critical condition. this woman works with the mother of a child. >> very smart. always energetic. i love to see here when i come over. this is like family to me. >> certainly a difficult day for family and friends. we understand according to authorities, a man inside of the home after the fire was out made threats against a woman at the home. authorities tell us the man has been charged with making threats and assaults. he was no

from las vegas metropolitan >> police police in las vegas say they know who they're looking for in connection with that deadly shooting and crash on the strip. they released this photo of 26-year-old ammar harris. officials say he's the one who fired into a maserati on thursday from a range rover. that suv was found in an area apartment complex and impounded. after the shooting, the driver of the maserati, a rapper named kenneth cherry, hit a cab, which burst into flames. cherry, the cab driver and his passenger all died. >> take a look at all the guns collected in east palo alto today. police agencies from east palo alto, menlo park and palo alto teamed up with a non-profit to hold a gunkron 4's mike pelton shows out air. also, this deadly armed robbery phillipe djegal? >> reporter: they have stolen cash, and take a monday sea behind the counter. the owner sells the mcdowell has earned this business for 14 years. thursday/friday. >> they took some beer as well. >> reporter: the suspects got a little least $3,000. and this convenience store across the street was also robbed in the save was ta

the chief did release a statement to news 4 that said the metropolitan police department works closelyith retailers and local businesses to ensure they are not unknowingly purchasing stolen items. police have described the scene as something like this. they say the robbers will mug someone, take their cell phone, run a couple of blocks away to sell the phone for money, come back and rob someone else again. frustrating to police, citizens and now part of new legislation. >>> a spectacular sunset out there right now. doug kammerer is in the storm center with the latest on the clouds coming in. >> those high clouds streaming in ahead of the storm system. it will bring us some rain. set upping at 42 degrees under high clouds. southwest winds at 13. wind chills already into the 20s and 30s in most locations. temperatures as we look hour by hour, 41 degrees in rockville, 39 in gaithersburg, 40 in camp springs. let's go up to germantown to montgomery county. hour by hour dropping to 34 around 8:00. dropping down to 33 degrees by 9:00. down to 30 degrees by 11:00. we'll drop fairly quickly wit

anyone with information is urged to call the las vegas metropolitan police department.rtha: officer, so, from everything you're telling me, it appears that the people in the taxicab are the most tragic loss in this situation. does not appear that that car, that vehicle had any involvement. it sounds like it was a shootout between the maserati and the suv that you described. is that your understanding at this point? >> at this point that is what we understand. very tragic. the cab driver, the cab itself unrelated and, just like all the other vehicles and other people that are out here coming to visit were just driving on las vegas boulevard when it was struck. martha: what a tragedy for those people and the suv is very much on your radar right now. anyone who has any information should call the las vegas police department. officer, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. martha: we'll be right back with much more on this story in "america's newsroom" right after this jenna shared her recipe with sharon, who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why

that's been the primary focus of the las vegas metropolitan police department this last 24 hours or so. they've wanted to get out the description of the car and put that as far as they can go. i know all the authorities in the neighboring states have been alerted and they are looking out for this range rover with the black rims and dealer plates. >> it just almost disappeared after this. a surveillance camera caught it for a moment after the crash and then it was gone. from the las vegas review journal, thank you. >>> the huge snowstorm that buried the midwest is now headed toward new england. bus service suspended in downtown kansas city yesterday because of scenes just like that one. the city got more than a foot of snow. governs of both kansas and missouri declaring states of emergency. airports slowly getting back to normal today. this flight from denver got bogged down after landing in wichita, getting unstuck took a while but the passengers took it in stride. >> everybody was in really good spirits. we all chatted and had a good time. it got a little long, but for the most part e

anyone that has information regarding this black range rover sport to contact the las vegas metropolitan police department. it's described with large black rims and some sort of dealership advertisement plate on it, and occupied by what we believe is black males. remember that this vehicle is armed and dangerous. >> a rolling gun battle, essentially, on little las vegas strip. still looking for the black range rover sport. people in the maserati and the suv, this gun battle down the street, a taxi struck, the driver and the passenger and the driver of the maserati all killed. we are getting a reporter on the scene and will bring that to you. >>> a potentially crippling winter storm is pounding the nation's midsection today. snowplows out in force across the great plains trying to stay ahead of a huge system from california to wisconsin. whoa. slick roads caused numerous wreck on interstate 15 in southern california. the highway was briefly shut down there. and that's kansas. across parts of the state it's been snowing about 2 inches per hour, faster than the snow can be plowed. the intensity of

. >> reporter: and that is metro sheriff doug gillespie here, the sheriff of the las vegas metropolitan policepeaking to the media just a couple of hours ago. they are going through every piece of this right now and behind meo, me, you can tell tt las vegas boulevard is still shut down at this hour, going on 12 hours which is very rare for las vegas. >> this sort of thing in the middle of the strip. thank god this doesn't happen much. >> absolutely. and because of that you might be able to see some of the pedestrians that are walking around on the sidewalk here but traffic you got the casino workers and tourists trying to get to the casinos and they can't right now. a tough go. >> matt from fox 5 vegas. tank you. a small private jet aborted its landing and slammed into a utility pole and burst into flames. five people died. two others hurt. happened last night outside an airport in east georgia. a colleague said five of the passengers worked at a vascular clinic in nearby augusta known as the vein guys. one survivor listed critical in a hospital tonight. >>> united airlines announcing it will

consulting any of the parents of bristol based investigative journalist tony goals and fills the metropolitan police's methods a completely unacceptable. wondering if i live in a democracy or not we're talking about the identities of eighty dead children stolen by the police i mean you do want to tell you where else these infiltrations have been taking place as well do they have police agents within our political parties where are the lines being drawn because it doesn't seem like there are any laws being drawn are absolutely behind the former director of public prosecutions mcdonald who is now saying there must be a public inquiry into these kinds of police practices let's not forget these are crown servant does her majesty know that they're up to this does she approve and i mean there has to be really deep inquiry here the guardian have done up a real can of worms and there's absolutely no accountability it seems why these things that have been authorised through through scotland yard the idea that people haven't complained about it therefore it's ok well of course i'm not going to complain about it

anyone that has information regarding this black range rover sport to contact the las vegas metropolitan policertisement plate on it and occupied by what we believe is black males. remember that this vehicle is armed and dangers. anyone with information please contact the las vegas police department. >> can you give me the make of the car again? >> yes, it's a black range rover sport. >> range rover sport. i'm writing this down. >> with large black rims. >> do you know why this started ? did it start in front of a casino and continue down the road? >> right now the information we have as you can imagine is in the very preliminary stages. so this is the information we have right now. apparently both vehicles were traveling northbound. may have come to a red light, and this is where the incident begins to escalate. >> so the shooting only came from the black range rover, not the maserati. >> what we can tell right now at this time is that the shots were fired from the black range rover, yes. >> how busy -- you know, las vegas is a city that truly never sleeps, everybody at 4:20 in the morning. ho

>> yes, the metropolitan police once said they'd be delighted to get hold of my address book. isn't it? people probably watch this program and say i'd love to do that. go and have a go and see if i really enjoy it or not. because they might hate it. it's the same with learning about forgery and art. you can't be two dimensional. you can't learn this from a book. you've got to touch and feel and smell and taste and all those things. and the only way you're going to be able to tell whether this is real real or fake is make it. i bet if you start making this within an hour you'd be able to spot ones that aren't made -- >> could you make a fake liechtenstein? >> yeah, yeah. you'll see on the show as well. i make a few fakes. >> have you ever -- what -- what has been -- have you ever been sued for saying something was real and it wasn't real? >> no. >> no? >> have you ever made a big mistake. >> everyone makes mistakes. everybody. >> you thought it was real but it wasn't or you said it wasn't real and it was? >> well, it's probably a long time ago now, because, say the methods you

other police departments in the surrounding metropolitan area, i'm not going to name them, forget it all right? they rally around their people. and they are going to protect their guys. and the unions have a lot to do with that but here, juan, we have a police chief who i think is an honest guy. he is trying his hardest, showing a little bit of weakness. instead of saying look, we did this the right way. we had a judge independently look at it on appeal. there is no corroborating evidence that the officer kicked anybody, there is no physical evidence on the victim at all. none that he was kicked. all right? so, sorry what we did was the right thing. this guy is a murderer. he is insane. we're going to punish him and that's that. >> well, you have got to remember two things as i said to you. one is the public relations. >> bill: you really believe that police hate the police that they would justify murdering three innocent people? >> people already are. >> bill: do you believe people say oh yeah now i trust the l.a.p.d. cop haters are cop haters. >> am i talking to bill o'reilly or bi

police department in america uses. >> when you come into a major metropolitan area to consult, what are you looking for? what -- what do you take stock of when you assess a situation, a crisis situation like the one that city officials are facing? >> i won't speak to the oakland situation, i've not been there yet. in the case of consultants, you're usually brought in to do a specific assignment. depending on what the individual city's issues are, my case, a consultants what they're looking for us to do, it's about diagnosing the illness and taking your experience. what's worked elsewhere that might be applicable for your particular client or patient. this stuff is not rocket science. this is, for 40 years i've been doing it, and i think for 40 years pretty successfully. and that's good news because it is transferable, it is modifiab modifiable. >> bill bratton, we thank you for your time and wish you all the best in oakland. >> jamie, great to be with you. all the best. >>> now to our panel. joining me tonight, allison briscoe-smith, director of the center for the vulnerable child at children's hospital

metropolitan division staged here. this is been extraordinary 10 days or so we've been dealing with this situation. a man promised war fair against los angeles policepartment and promising to fight it out to the death that he was not afraid of death we've seen two different talking about losing their officers within a few days of each other. it's been a week in which law enforcement officers have been targets. they've been hunted as well as as well as hunters and lapd the center of it all this, officer was fired by l.a. police department for allegedly lying about a fellow officer on an official report. carlos grand is watching it unfold and joins us now with an update. >> lapd is in communication was the san bernardino sheriff's department getting information from the big bear area. they're part of the same joint task force working on the christopher dorner case. when updating us they did stress it is the lead agency. >> los angeles police department are waiting there for auj saigs to assist them. this is a san bernardino county sheriff investigation this, is their lead. support them. >> lapd officers concerned the suspect might have access to tv a

metropolitan area. what we learn today is, he might have been very close to the very headquarters of the search for days. because during his life he learned how to elude. he learned police tactics. he himself made for a tough suspect to locate and take down. we have two reports tonight, starting with the very latest on the investigation, nbc's miguel almaguer is in big bear in southern california. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the coroner's office will use dental records or forensics to identify christopher dorner. they say his body is burned beyond recognition, but law enforcement sources tell nbc news, make no doubt, this is the suspect. tonight, this rubble is all that remains of the cabin where fugitive christopher dorner made his last stand. the drama began tuesday afternoon, miles away. 12:20 p.m., a 911 call from this cabin. two women who arrived to clean the home surprised dorner who was holed up inside. he tied them up and stole their car. >> did we get a physical on the guy? what is he wearing? >> reporter: dressed in camouflage and armed, dorner drove down a mountain road. he opened fire on fish and wildlife wardens in pursuit. >> th

metropolitan area? or up in a rural area where there aren't too many people to see? >> i think a rural area. and let me tell you why, he was a police officer. he's not like a street guy that would go to his buddies in jail and say hide me. he claims he's a survivalist and has training from the military. he could be some place isolated, setting up traps, waiting for the police to come. >> you think he is continuing on the hunt? >> oh, definitely he's on the hunt. if you read his manifesto and look at what he thinks. he will say his name was taken away when he was terminated from the pd and the only way he's going to get it back is he's going to eliminate officers whether they were involved or not. >> you think this is going to end in a bad way. >> there's no way this could be a good way. >> you're right. so far it has been a terrible way. >> certainly. >> thank you very much for joining us and giving insights. >>> well, it's week six of the jodi arias murder trial, and it's taking a turn for the bizarre. hear what nancy grace had to say when the accused killer was called to the witness stand. that's coming up. to pick up some access

for the internal affairs bureau, police training academy, gang bureau, commander of information technologies the unit. she holds a ba in political science from metropolitan state college, an m.a. in criminal justice from the university of colorado at denver, and a ph.d from the university of denver and intercultural communications. she's a graduate of the 203rd class of the fbi national academy, in the 1994 class of the african-american leadership institute. so we welcome her with her wealth of experience and insight to the podium. dr. keesee. [applause] >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i stand before you as my grandmother and my father and my mother want me to tell you a credential lack woman because i spent hundreds of thousands of hours in a corner staring at a white wall in a reflective state about something they think i did, something i did do, and you look like you going to do it. [laughter] that was my grandmother. how do you look like you going to do something? but it worked, so i can tell you that. i share with you that i wear two hats. and thank you for that introduction. i wear two hats. i'm a veteran of the denver police department. i am