but if you expand it into looking into the other council members, michael brown, kwame brown, no relation harry thomas junior, you have several agencies he has looked at locally. you have federal agencies he has looked at. the numbers are actually much greater. i could not even sit here and begin to tell you how many people have been convicted or have pleaded guilty under his tenure. the number is quite high. and he is very serious about this public corruption. >> michael brown is the son of -- was the secretary of commerce. he died in an airplane crash some years ago. what did michael brown do that got him indicted? >> it is an awful situation because it was a bribery case. and it was a sting operation. otherccurred after council members were already being scrutinized for corruption. machen's office set up a sting operation were guys who were pretending to be contractors said, can you help us get this contract? now we have video of him accepting cash. around here, it is a redskins bug. the dollar bills were all balled up and placed into the mug. it is a sad situation. what is interesting

michael brown, be entitled to more rights in america than somebody whose gay?e me -- >> should a man have a right to marry three women. should a man have the right to marry his grown daughter? piers morgan, should he have that right -- >> you would personally like to have more rights. >> marriage is a union of man and a woman -- i asked you a very simple question. do you think you are personally entitled to more rights than gay people in america? yes or no? >> no, of course not. but marriage is -- >> you don't? so you don't? glad we cleared that up. >> should two brothers be allowed to marry? should two brothers be allowed to marry? >> say that again. >> should two grown brothers be allowed to marry or like in germany, a grown brother and sister separated -- >> now you're getting ridiculous. >> why is that ridiculous? there are cases in court about this -- >> [ overlapping speakers ] >> just being silly, dr. brown and you know you are. >> 50 years ago, it was silly talking about a man marrying a man -- >> [ overlapping speakers ] >> let me read a statement. i'l

councilman michael brown. he had been scheduled for sentencing in february for bribery. $55,000 frome took undercover fbi agents posing as businessman seeking d.c. government contracts. askedon filed yesterday for brown's sentencing to be delayed until april 28 or even later. they said the february will allow brown to continue to cooperate with the government in its investigation of corruption in district politics. the mega millions jackpot continues to grow. no ticket matched all six numbers to win last night's $425 million jackpot. -- $550es grown to 560 million. that makes it the second-largest jackpot in mega millions history and the fourth-largest jackpot ever in the united states. lottery officials say it is likely to grow even bigger before the next drawing on tuesday. has an, steve rudin update on the winter weather has an, steve rudin update on the winter weather today is the first time in a long time we go surfing while well rested. time for some 6 a.m. dunkin' coffee. #mydunkin dunkin' coffee, brewe

michael brown junior is also with us. ellen, i guess that taper is a miniscule taper. isn't it way overblown? with the failed act over the summer of the fed, volatility has been introduced into the marketing dan and markets have been expected taper ring and it is no longer does not going on forever purchases. we are prepared and markets are ready. that a mild taper, so what? >> in your study of said history, when in doubt wait. why should the fed acted they have every advantage to postpone? >> certainly, a more cautious fed has surprises every time. everyone who has bet against the fed has lost. that is a good argument was just made that ben bernanke could want it to be part of his legacy. to pairreally wants tapering with some kind of stronger forward guidance. to do that, you need a credible leader in the chair that will be there several years from now. janet yellen will not be chairing this meeting. >> if the fed acts now, do they have the ability to walk it back later? >> i think that would be very difficult. once they start tapering that ramping up purchases would

also aaa robert brown (clapping) michael sawyer and san francisco food bank food resource coordinator pamela. (clapping.) >> keep on working here. can you all that's good. now before we gets all you a greasy and messed up here and the four please chefs and our mayor. we're going to a start with our mayor for a few comments >> (clapping) >> terry thank you very much. thaegz everybody. happy thanksgiving. i want to say thank you to our police department and fire department and the men and women in uniform our armed services and academy from the come. we can actual the difference you all look in better shape >> amen. >> and thank you to the salvation army and the harbor light house hyperglycemia i'm hasten e happy to be here to be here i love the salvation arm it's where my wife and i were married. we have a special place in our heart it's representing representative of what we want to share our lives. we're all part of an effort to serve some 4 thousand meals to the need i didn't it is really necessary in those days to help as many people as we. we kicked off the season from here to mar

. >> brown: michael leiter, how do you read it. >> i agree with some of what kate say t is relatively strong. it actually doesn't recommend the termination of any of these programsment it recommends changing how they are done an high lates the-- highlights the prorns of transparency an oversight. so i think it is a modification, and not a revolution. >> brown: well specifically one of the big ones is to take the data and keep it with the phone companies or a third party, as opposed to the government. what would that do? >> correct so, this is talking about telephone metadata, the length of calls, who made the calls, i should say the numbers that made the calls. right now the nsa, the national security agency holds all of that data and analyzes it on its own. it recommends new legislation so the phone companies are an outside, and the nsa would have to get judicial approval to actually do searches against it. i think that's quite good in technology allows that to occur in the future. it insurances that there is less of a privacy invasion because the government wouldn't hold the data. b

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mark geragos there were now on defense attorney who celebrity clients of including chris brown the late michael jackson and he's co-author of a terrific book mistrial an inside look at how the criminal justice system orks and sometimes doesn't another old friend judge joe brown he's of course the longtime host of his famous t.v. show which ended its fifteen year run earlier this year a social activists joe is now considering. going into politics and with us again is kevin hagen i say again because kevin who was incarcerated for twenty eight years was released in two thousand and eleven from san quentin where rico probably impact program that stands for incarcerated men putting away childish things i say again because i interviewed kevin when he was a prisoner at san quentin hill who you're writing to writing to writing to everybody because we hope to for me i hope the book hits home on a number of levels obviously the book is for individuals who are are incarcerated or soon to be released specifically but but but on the bigger picture the bigger note putting this issue to everyone saying you kn

. >> joining me now, carrie brown and michael smerconish. congressman clyburn was on and i think this is what we would expect and will see from democrats, each of them pointing out a story of success in their own state and district. and quite honestly we will expect to hear the same from republicans, however they would point out people who went on and say they did not get the health care they were hoping for. they are paying more and not able to keep their doctor. it is a battle of the storylines here. >> it certainly is. it's anecdote versus anecdote for the administration at least now, the website appearing to be mostly functional. they don't have that drowning out positive stories they are trying to tell. i don't think they are going to be declaring the website fixed until they resolve the back end issues with the insurers. that's still a big problem. they are working on it. until that happens, they are going to continue to have that issue overshadow whatever positive information they are trying to get out, particularly after the january

kyle brown small the thousands of ukrainians resume protests north side of st michael's monastery. after overnight clashes with police pro europe demonstrators scattered into the surrounding streets and to the nearby monastery after being forced to be dispersed by riot police. mostly there was no provocation and all the help of the police came and didn't stop attacking people eating them. one of them probably the commands that was tucked into them what are you doing to be so cruel. but that was cruel to a trucking women of the round opponent gets it. more than thirty people were detained for resisting police protesters have poured into the streets of the capital for days to denounce ukrainian president victor in the cold it is eleventh hour decision to reject closer ties with europe. still he attended the summit in lithuania where he had been due to sign a political and economic ties with the eu chemical which declined aligning ukraine more closely with law school instead. yeah i'm cool with his political opponents have called for fresh national elections. for cross country strike

browns. >> hi. we just got a 911 from a cell phone. is there an emergency. >> i got a manager at a mcdonald's -- >> 9 a.m. sunday morning, 31-year-old michaelled 11 from this mesa mcdonald's as he and his wife argued about two hash browns missing from their order. >> your order was wrong? >> it comes down to the wrong order. the customer is not right evidently. >> smith says the situation escalated because he didn't like the way the manager was talking to his wife and he says they wouldn't refund the money for the hash browns. >> i felt like he was stealing from my pocket. i didn't call for the hash browns. i called because he wasn't refunding my money back. >> smith was cited with disorderly conduct, his wife with disorderly conduct and assault with no injury for throwing a bag of food at a mcdonald's employee. smith says it was an emergency to him. he thinks mcdonald's was robbing him. >> he was wrong in what he was doing and we had no other choice. who else were we supposed to rely on? >> wow. seven minutes till the top of the hour. it's a kiss and tattle tale. a six-year-old suspended for picking a little girl on the cheek. the school c

browns. when the food arrived without them the smiths got upset. well, michael smith says when workers would not hand back the food or provide a refund he called 911 and then caulked behind -- walked behind the counter to confront the manager. >> i just was barely able to hold myself back. if not for the operator calling me back i probably would have went berserk on them. >> police arrived and cited the couple for assault and disorderly conduct. the store has been only about for about a month. that while the new employees may have made a mistake they didn't deserve such a hostile reaction. >>> do you have a friend who's posting photos of everything they eat? well, kpix 5's consumer watch reporter julie watts says believe it or not, those instagram picks could help you lose weight. >> reporter: it's often referred to as food porn. pictures of decadent doze certificates and other dishes meant to make your mouth water. >> now i'm hungry. >> i want to try that. >> reporter: but the power of pictures can go both ways, it's called the instagram diet. look at pictures

browne appointed to oversee several independent black project. study that archive african-american life. i first talked to michael. told me there were 17 initiated by browne. how do you know there are 17? i don't know. i had to go part of the tour was finding the 17 projects. it was not until found a microfilm i was going through. i finally found that list of 17 projects. let me see if i can get it going here. hey here on the right here. he was head librarian for some 30 years. he invited the people. sterling brown the national editor of the federal writers project. based in d.c. here is a list of 17 projects. the list of 17. the number 15 was the negro in chicago. he became the negro in illinois. this dpaited here november 1939. it says here negro in chicago has begun. it's underway. but the actual during his day in 1940 the negro in virginia was published. and this started getting him moving on the project. he starts working more quickly. in the earl days the black writers work alongside white writers. and the downtown loop at eerie street. they were known at the eerie street offices. east of michigan avenue. one

u2's bono, deborah harry and michael jackson who got shy on her. >> i put on james brown and started g pictures since she was a kid growing up in michigan and florida. >> it's almost like i have to do that to breathe. >> what made you pick up a camera? >> my father was a very serious amateur photographer and like any little girl who wants to connect with her dad, you want to do what he's doing and be part of it. >> reporter: the camera offered something else. >> freedom. >> freedom? >> yeah. freedom. the camera is a passport into people's lives, and i learned so much through other people. >> goldsmith has covered sports and worked for the national gee graph ic graphic, but she's always had a way with musicians. >> and so i would sit in the position that i wanted them to be in or stand or jump or do whatever and i would have them make the picture. that did a number of things to our relationship. they understand my problems and i understand theirs. >> does it work? i mean when you do that -- >> i've gotten a house in aspen and house here. hello. >> she's helped shape the images of artis

michael schumacher. one of the world's most famous race car drivers is in a medically induced coma after a skiing accident in the french alps. as terrell brownow being described as life threatening. >> reporter: michael schumacher was skiing on unmarked slopes sunday morning at a popular resort in france when he fell on the right side of his head. resort director said schumacher was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident and that he was alert when first responders arrived. he was airlifted for medical care. doctors say he arrived at the hospital agitated before losing consciousness. he underwent immediate surgery, and is now being kept in a medically induced coma. at today's press conference the doctors said they believe shaw milwaukeer would not be here today had he not been wearing a helmet. the 44-year-old is know stranger to injury. in 1999 he broke his leg during a crash and in 2009 he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. he suffered damage to his neck and spine, but managed to make a near-full recovery. in his years of formula 1 racing schumacher was known for his sometimes reckless behavior on the track. even with 91

michael were furious that the breakfast order wasn't right. the problem was, they didn't get their hash browns right and that's when things got out of control. >> i threw my bag, i did. i did not hit anybody. if i was going to hit somebody. it would have been the person in front of me. >> michael smith says the fight would have escalated further had the 911 operator not called tim back. isn't that -- really? >> oh my goodness. remember the waitress in new jersey that claimed they did not tip her? after an investigation, she made the whole thing up. just a few weeks ago, posted a photo of a receipt that read, i'm sorry, but i do not agree with your lifestyle. that story went out viral and brought out sympathy and donations. a reporter found the same receipt with an $18 tip and a credit card statement to back it up. morales' employerer launched an investigation. both sides are saying they decided to part ways. >> now the founder of lumulemon is stepping down as chairman. in a recent interview, chip wilson said that some women's bodies just don't work for lumulemon pants. that comment didn't go o

she's shot bono deborah harry and michael jackson who got shy on her at the florida's epcot center. >> i put on james browndanced me. so one of my favorite memories in life, i think, will be dancing with michael in the tunnel of light. >> she's been taking pictures since she was a kid, growing up in michigan and florida. >> it's almost like i have to do that to breathe. >> what made you pick up a camera? >> my father was a very serious amateur photographer and like any little girl who wants to connect with her dad, you want to do what he's doing and be part of it. >> the camera offered something else. >> freedom. >> freedom? >> yeah. freedom. the camera is a passpot into people's lives, and i learned so much through other people. >> goldsmith has covered sports and worked for the "national geographic," but she's always had a way with musicians. >> that's it. yep. and so i would sit in the position that i wanted them to be in or stand or jump or do whatever and i would have them make the picture. that did a number of things to our relationship. they understand my problems and i understand theirs. >> does it

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is trending now on twitter also trending michael schumacher is in a coma after a skiing accident in the alps. 49ers won last night 23-20. chud the cleveland brown fired their head coach after one season. new year's eve supreme court justice sonya sotomayor will push the button for the new year's eve countdown ball. follow us at twitter. check us out at #cbssf. >>> we all know the highlight of the times square new year's eve celebration is the dropping of the ball at midnight. but there are a couple of new things you should to about this year's event. follow the world's largest crystal ball on twitter of course. it already has followers in 180 countries. also the crystal triangles are in different pattern. the theme is the gift of the imagination. >>> officers have been out at chick points looking for drunk drivers for two weeks. police say the holidays are an especially dangerous time to be on the roads. >> last fall a family of four, three out of that were killed at the hands of a drunk driver so we are doing everything we can to educate people get the word out make sure people are not on the streets driving. >> as of this weekend, there were

michael gerson, mark shields, thank you both. >> thank you, judy. >> thank you. >> woodruff: finally, tonight the evolution of a writer. jeffrey brown has our book conversation. the tricky thing about being a writer or about being any kind of art cyst that in addition to making art, you also have to make a living. so like ann patchett author of such acclaimed novels state of wonder as her work of a writer as nonfiction. her new become there is the story of a happy marriage collects essays she's written over the years on various slices of life. and she joins us now, welcome to you. >> thank you. >> brown: so this idea of having to make a living. you realize that in your 20s. >> when my parents told me to leave. >> brown: but there you were, and you're wanting to be a novelist in your early 20s and the choices are waiting on tables and things like that. >> and teaching. i done know why they seem like parallel ca raers-- careers coy teach, coy wait table its, i could cook in a restaurant. food and teaching were the two skills i had. >> brown: but you found writing. >> there were problems with both. one i was too tired if i was a waitre

michael gerson, thank you. >> happy new year, thank you. >> thank you >> woodruff: finally tonight, a different kind of a look at africa through song. jeffrey brown talks with one of the continent's biggest stars. ♪ ♪ . >> brown: born in the west african nation of mali, daughter of a diplomat posted around the world, rokia traore and her music are african and western influences and languages. ♪ ♪ ♪. >> brown: musical career took off in the 1990s. ♪ ♪. >> brown: she late err moved back permanently to mali's capitol where she's lived through the troubled recent times for her country, including an islamist insurgency that for a time lead to the burning of precious manufacture you scripts and books and banning of music in parts of the north. ♪ traore new album addresses the problems of mali and the continent but also as its title, beautiful africa suggests, much more. we talked recently in washington and i asked her first how she describes her music. >> i would describe my music as mallian-- music, a mix of a profound mallian culture in which my music and yes, my personality is rooted and also opened to all my influences. i had during my travels when

michael deng was running a gauntlet and forced to the ground. they say deng lost consciousness after knocked to the ground. charges are expected in his death. >>> chris browngoing to jail. the judge found that brown violated his probation when he was arrested after a fight in washington, d.c. back in october but said since brown seems to be doing well in rehab, he should stay there. brown has been on probation since 2009 in connection with beating his then girlfriend rihanna. >>> attention beatles fans. this is something you have never heard before. ♪ there's a place where i can go ♪ >> an official from 1963 posted briefly in itunes in britain today and available for about 50 minutes and it's not clear if the songs will ever be put up for purchase in the u.s. the album features dozens of unheard recordings. >>> along those lines, calling dr. love, a man-eater and sledge hammer! let's get ready to celebrate kiss style! kiss is one of the six musical act inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame along with hall & oates and cat stevens and nirvana which makes knee feel old! fans were able to cast their ballots online. the inductions will take place in broo

brown spots in 4 weeks. for healthy radiant skin. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results. >>> his wife was bludgeoned to death in their home in front of th their 3-year-old son and michael. he was convicted, and sentenced to a life in prison but he did not do it. dna evidence exonerated michael but it took 25 years, and he was in prison the whole time. this incredible story has become a new cnn documentary "unreal dream" tonight 9:00 eastern time. highly recommend you check out that story. checking other stories, the wife of an ohio judge is in jail, accused of trying to poison her husband. reports say carla hague is held on charge of attempted murder. officials say she tried to poison him with antifreeze. he's recovering at home. >>> a mother and her four young kids are lucky to be alive in part because of the quick thinking of an undercover dea agent. he pulled two of the children from the burning pickup, on interstate 40 in tennessee. the mom herself rescued her 3-year-old twins, and fortunately no one was injured. >>> surveillance video from a kmart in st. louis shows security trying to stop a mom accused of shoplifting. she starts to struggle and her male friend ge

so michael's case really is of enormous importance, and he himself is such an extraordinary individual, that i think there is no one in america, you know, white, black, or brownldn't identify with the story of leaving for work first thing in the morning and then all of a sudden by the afternoon, you know, your wife's been beaten to death in front of your 3 1/2-year-old child. and you're convicted of that murder. it's just unreal dream, as the documentary so well puts it. >> which airs tomorrow night. more i get word on michael, you brought up ken anderson. i have to read the statement from his attorney. mr. anderson has not been and will never be prosecuted for any alleged crime in connection to the michael morton trial or any subsequent proceeding. he goes oin to believe that mr. morton's conviction resulted directly from the medical examiner's assessment of christine morton's time of death, a time where he was home with his wife. he has continued to express to mr. morton and his family the regret for the prosecution and incorrect incarcrashz. needed to get that in there. >> brooke, there's a serious problem. i don't know when he issued the statement, but he

michael dukakis the triumph of tough on crime politics from the republican party. congressman, i wonder, when we look at what's happening at the federal level now. we look at jerry brown california with 127 pardons. pat quinn governor of illinois, hundreds. he's had a ton of pardons. you look at andrew cuomo, a guy that refuses to pardon anybody, do you see, does he represent a certain type of democrat still haunted by that tough on crime? i keep saying tough on politics here. tough on crime era? >> it's not clear to me why the governor has been economical in terms of his issuance of pardons and commutations. his father wasn't particularly judicious either as it relates to the pardon power. i think the broader point which is an important one, the war on drugs widely acknowledged as a failure right now violated a basic tenant of american justice is that the punishment should fit the crime. with these mandatory minimum, particularly with crack cocaine offenses that clearly was not the case, as evidenced by president obama, six individuals, non-violent drug offenders serving life sentences are clearly that violates bake american values in terms of justice and the fairnes

brown. and depending on the propensity of the market, we'll emphasize the fragrance-oriented brands like donna karen, michaele seen numbers out of china suggest a 7% or 7.5% growth number and think that's a concern, it's not growing as quickly as we anticipated or maybe hoped. do you ever see that as a slowdown potentially? or has it been straight up? >> most of the rest of the world would be dancing and the politicians would be reelected for life if they were delivering 7% to 8% consistently. >> as a company, you have to think, okay, we're anticipating gdp of a certain level. >> let's look at china, for example. east coast of china, more developed markets along the east coast. they're more fully developed and they are not, perhaps, growing as much as interior china. if you look at the runway for development in that part of the world, there's an extraordinary amount of development. there's over 25 cities with populations over 10 million. there's something like 50 cities with populations over 5 million. in north america, we consider a city with a population of over 5 million to be one of the largest metropoli

brown eyes. she also has a tattoo on her right hand. a well -known east bay golf instructor is behind bars this morning. for being accused of molesting his students. 31-year-old andrew michaelcing 65 counts of molestation and lewd and lascivious acts for performing sex acts on two children under the age of 18 according to police nisbet was arrested on saturday at los positas golf course where he was a trusted golf pro and instructor. he was arrested just one day before he was set to be given the 20-13 junior golf leader award. investigators say it was that type of prestige nisbet used along with gaining the trust of parents to manipulate his victims. now investigators are looking in to a possible third alleged victim who has stepped forward after the allegations surfaced police say the crimes happened between 2009 and 2012. the golf course says nisbet is a former employee and he no longer works there. for checking of the x box one coming up in the attack avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. and right now you c

michael morton." after spending more than 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. he was exonerated through dna evidence. now another story of a man based on wrong witness testimony. pamela browne. >> he's one of 2,000 people exonerated since 1989, his name is derrick deacon. he spent nearly 25 years behind bars. last month it took a jury less than ten minutes to overturn that. today he's free but in a strange twist, prosecutors are standing by the case even as their tactics are coming under fire. derrick deacon still has a hard time enjoying his newfound freedom, after spending nearly 25 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. did you know the person that was killed? >> no, no. >> reporter: were you there when the crime happened? >> no. no time. >> reporter: did you have any involvement whatsoever? >> no. >> reporter: in 19 the, deacon was convicted for shooting 60-year-old anthony twoin death at this apartment building during an alleged robbery. prosecutors insist a handyman witnessed the men arguing and saw deacon with a gun but no forensic evidence, no eyewitness to the shooting. >> being the prosecutor in a way blame of weakness my first weakness, witness, a girl.