the man then said that mullens had shared a secret.bout rick's involvement in the murders. >> i mean, i already knew it. but to hear somebody else say it, you know, that -- >> that mullens had lied. >> yeah. >> proud of what he was able to do. >> yeah. >> now the snitch on snitch story had the appeals judge's attention. >> the judge had to make a determination that the result of the trial would probably have been different. >> because mullens' story was that important in getting the conviction? >> right. >> the judge vacated rick's conviction saying the new county solicitor, the one who had replaced humphries, could refile charges if he wanted. the solicitor said he did not. so in 2013, after eight years inside, rick gagnon walked out of prison. he settled on the carolina coast now, married with children. >> just the smell of the ocean, you know, it's like freedom. it's a terrible thing that i went to prison for something i didn't do. it's changed my life. >> his old girlfriend believes her life was up-ended, too. bambi says she's cut

the state's star witness, robert mullens. call the jailhouse snitch, and you call a jailhouse informant. >> no, he's a snitch, no question about that. but at the end of the day, what we learned from robert mullens is that he's been given a fairly detailed account by gagnon of what occurred that evening and what the crime scene looked like. >> in fact, he said mullens was the first to tell police this piece of bombshell news. gagnon had mentioned an accomplice in the killings. >> the only way he can have that information is from someone who participated in the crime. >> then the prosecutor tried to spin an inconvenient fact in his favor. those mystery blood drops found at the murder scene had been tested. the dna was not a match to rick, but to an unidentified male. that, said the prosecutor, actually supported what mullens said, that rick had an accomplice. humphries believed the evidence was enough to put the defendant away. he only wished he could make the same case against rick's old girlfriend. what about bambi? she wasn'

mullen for bringing this to the forefront. thank you for allowing me to testify. >> chair thanks the gentleman. vizky, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> it's an honor to be here today with my fellow witnesses. my name is jeff novizky. >> is your mic on? we all agree with what enamre ntativ representative just said. in april of 2015i retired from a 22 plus year in -- in april of 2015, i retired from a 22-plus year in federal law enforcement. in 2002, i opened an investigation on a company for the illegal distribution of athletic performance enhancing drugs or peds. while the case and subsequent cases i worked focused on the illegal distribution, and not the athletes that use them, nonetheless, the laboratories investigation ended up involving some of the biggest names in sports in the world's at the time. cash in the world of the time. -- in the world at the time. barry bonds, marion jones, dozens of olympic athletes, boxers, nfl athletes and several major league baseball players. the nature of the investigation steer

mullen for bringing this to the forefront. thank you for allowing me to testify. >> chair thanks the gentleman. >> it's an honor to be here today with my fellow witnesses. my name is jeff novizky. >> is your mike on? >> i think it's important to recognize the significant we place on the most important issue that we will talk about today, athlete health and safety. i would like to start off by giving the committee a brief history of my experience outside of the ufc and what led me to ufc last year. in april of 2015, i retired from a 22-plus year in federal law enforcement. in 2002, i opened an investigation on a company for the illegal distribution of athletic performance enhancing drugs or peds. while the case and subsequent ca cases i worked, nevertheless, the laboratories investigation ended up involving some of the biggest names in sport in the world at the time who were athlete clients. barry bonds, marion jones, dozens of olympic athletes, boxers, nfl athletes and several major league baseball players. the nature of the i

and eric mullens?member taking it home and reading it and putting it down and thinking, no, it didn't say that. and picking it back up again. >> but remarkable as ralph's letter was, it still wasn't the whole story. a few weeks after the murder, he mustered up the courage and told the police -- >> while he was held captive, he had asked to go to the restroom and he was sexually assaulted in the bathroom. >> why didn't he say anything about that before? >> his explanation was, that he was embarrassed. >> it might be a little bit difficult to talk about, but the smallest details could be very important, so keep that in mind. >> ralph agreed to show the investigators exactly what happened, and where. >> he grabbed me with the other hand on my hip right here. and he proceeded to assault me. >> so that was the whole awful story. but if ralph thought that sharing his new more detailed recollections would clear the air, he was wrong. what did you think when you saw it? >> i was pretty blown away by what was w

chris mullen: welcome to the statue of liberty national monument. i am chris mullen. i am from jacksonville, florida. folks, i have a great job. i have been working with the national park service since 1989 and i have been all over the united states. i got my start in alaska at the klondike park and a few summers out there. then i went to jacksonville where i worked in a small park on the banks of the st. johns river for caroline national memorial and i went to the outer banks of north carolina and worked at our nation's first national seashore, cape hatteras national seashore. and then i moved north to new york city and i have been working here at the statue of liberty and ellis island for seven years now. i have a great job. we want to protect these special places not only for today. we want to leave them unimpaired for future generations. that is our goal. here we are at the statue of liberty, our nation's most famous national monument. a gift from the people of france. given to us, the people of the united states in 1886. to commemorate our friendship, to commemor

congressman mullen comes to this issue as a fighter. i come to it as a fighter for worker rights and safety. today, that puts us on the same side. when i saw what mma is, the mother in me came out a little bit. i don't know why you would do that to yourself, but mma fighters love their sport and they should be able to fight. i do however, want to make sure that they are not put in unnecessary risk. safety for fighters is very into -- fighters only get paid if they are in a match. they have to secure their own health insurance because the promoter's insurance just covers injuries within a match, not the injuries that frequently happen in weeks of training before hand. that forces fighters to push themselves, sometimes at great personal risk. mma can involve blows to the head. and for me, that immediately raises concerns about brain injury, which we have seen in other context boards. -- contact sports. two months ago, a 25-year-old jordan parsons became the first mma fighter to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. cte. this

and now seems. >> i like admiral mullen. >> he said he doesn't have a temperament. and now they are meeting every other day. trump supporters are like, what is he doing? are you surprised that mitt rom no went this far? >> the past is behind us. >> that was harsh and cold. >> donald said he punched him hard first, too. and the playground talk, i am impressed. >> and you want a friend get a hawk. i am impressed with how donald trump handled himself and how magnanimous and his demeanor and temperament and his cabinet he's putting together. he's picking good people for his cabinet and so those of us who are fighting against the liberal government for a long time. >> you didn't think he would win wisconsin. >> no, we didn't think so. and the way i look at it. why not stop underestimating donald trump. >> last thing i want to say and i it said to president-elect trump. only thing i care about. and i speak for the viewer and listeners. i want the country saved and i think obama made it worse. and the most important thing that both of you can do and i say it in a friendly

we did hear from boeing's ceo, dennis mullen berg after his meeting. he came out and said donald trump has his hands and a good grasp of the economics of the air force one project. and they are going to be able to work on reducing the cost. remember, donald trump came out two weeks ago with a tweet saying $4 billion for two air force one 747s is too much money. the cost is out of control. it has to come down. dennis mullen berg said, yeah, we can do it for less than $4 billion. a final price has not been set. that remains to be seen what it ultimately will be. but it's clear, boeing's message to the public was, we met with the president-elect. we understand his concerns. we will work with him. we did not hear were marlin usen, the ceo after her meeting with donald trump to discuss the rising costs of the f-35 joint strike fighter jet program. but we did hear from donald trump, who said, look, we wanted to talk about the costs, and we are going to get the costs down. so the interesting thing will be when they finally set those prices, melissa. that will

and now seems. >> i like admiral mullen. >> he said he doesn't have a temperament.ow they are meeting every other day. trump supporters are like, what is he doing? are you surprised that mitt rom no went this far? >> the past is behind us. >> that was harsh and cold. >> donald said he punched him hard first, too. and the playground talk, i am impressed. >> and you want a friend get a hawk. i am impressed with how donald trump handled himself and how magnanimous and his demeanor and temperament and his cabinet he's putting together. he's picking good people for his cabinet and so those of us who are fighting against the liberal government for a long time. >> you didn't think he would win wisconsin. >> no, we didn't think so. and the way i look at it. why not stop underestimating donald trump. >> last thing i want to say and i it said to president-elect trump. only thing i care about. and i speak for the viewer and listeners. i want the country saved and i think obama made it worse. and the most important thing that both of you can do and i say it in a friendly way. k

mullen of oklahoma. five minutes for your questions please. >> i never get to go first. >> it's my last chance to let you go first. >> we're ending on a bang. thank you for the witnesses for all showing up. really do appreciate it. appreciate miss robertson you coming in on your own behalf and representing the entity that we're looking forward to help with the ranking system. dr. mcgee, you're bringing a perspective that we all know about. we know that the sport is violent but is the sport that we love though. we look forward to working with you. we understand it and that's part of what we're trying to do here. because we feel like we can negotiate better contracts. we don't have to fight as much. randy, i want to go back to your testimony that you just said. can you explain a little bit more about how the ranking system works? works and howly it manipulates of the fighters into basically saying, a take it or leave it attitude when it comes to getting a chance to fight for the title.... >> there's a take

congressman mullen comes to this issue is of mma fighter. i come to it as a fighter for workers rights and safety. today i think that puts us on the same side. when i saw what mma is, the mother and me came out to little bit. i don't know why you would do that yourself, but mma fighters love their sport and they should be able to fight. i do want to make sure that they are not putting put at unnecessary risk. safety for fighters in the structure very interlinked. they only get paid if they are in a match. they have to shoot here their own own health insurance because promoters insurance just covers injuries within a match not the injuries that frequently happen in weeks of training before hand. that forces spiders to push themselves and put them at personal risk. the can of fall blows to the head and for me that immediately raises concern about brain injury which we have seen another contact sports. two months ago 25-year-old jordan parsons became the first mma fighter to be diagnosed with chronic cte. this should not be surprising, research

some parts of our area saw a dusting of snow this morning, this video taken video journalist stewy mullenl look at more pictures like this midweek, right, howard? >>> i'm not as concerned about wednesday as next saturday morning. it's almost christmas actually, a couple weeks away now here. >> true. >> weatherwise we have some concerns well north and west of washington toward the overnight, early morning hours on monday. officially the last advisory goes until 10 a.m. unless it's canceled earlier. these are freezing rain advisories west of the blue ridge into the mountains and also frederick, carroll, northern baltimore conditions, a light glaze, slick roads and sidewalks. the ground is cold today. right now we're looking at temperatures still only at the freezing mark in win chest, culpeper culpeper 32, michael and son weather cam, the capital wheel at national harbor looking good this sunday evening, 39 feeling like 33, but with a south, southeasterly wind at 8 it's trying to bring in milder air. it's cold at the surface. dew point is 25. we've got some dryness going on. if it were to s

bears were pushed to the limit in overtime trailing the bulldogs of grant mullen gave cal a two-point lead. bears hang on 68-59 for their 24th straight twin at home. >>> the sharks in l.a. taking on the kings, 1st period san jose leading 2-0 already. ryan carpenter scores his first career nhl goal. stick that in your trophy case. sharks win 4-1. they have won five of six. >>> raiders quarterback derek carr usually very expansive when talking to the media, not today when asked about that injured finger. he was asked >> reporter: how does the finger feel? >> it's great. thank you for asking. >> reporter: does it alter the grip or throwing motion. >> it's great. now's yours? >> in 49er practice chip kelley had the same enthusiasm when asked about the head coaching vacancy at oregon. >> yup. so we're done with that i hope. >> reporter: you aren't going to reach out? >> no, no, no. no. >> okay. so even if kelley was thinking about oregon, he's never going to tell the media and even if carr's finger was hurt, he's never going to tell the media. i call these sergeant schultz sportscasts. i k

grant mullens hits a three making it 61-59. >> gary:final: 66-59 cal >> gary:*this saturday they'll hostts at one in the afternoon. return >> gary:yesterday oregon fired head football coach mark helfrich after a 4-8 season helfrich spent 4 seasons as the ducks head coachleading them to the national championchip game only two seasons ago >> gary:but today the talk was about the man he suceeded at oregon current 49ers head coach chip kelly who was the ducks head compiling a 46-7 record 4 national championship game appearance >> gary:today when asked if he may be returning to oregon kelly repeated what he has previously said "no way" >> gary:the first place raiders are getting ready to face the >> gary:bills at colliseum. >> gary:the biggest question entering week 13 is the status of derek carr's finger. last sunday against the panthers he dislocated his right pinky in the third quarter. >> gary:today he said his finger is doing fine and doesn't have any limitations. he's ready to play this sunday. carr and the raiders will welcome former teammate and host lorenzo alexander >> gary:after le

mullen for bringing this to the forefront. thank you for allowing me to testify. >> chair thanks the gentleman. >> it's an honor to be here today with my fellow witnesses. my name is jeff novizky. >> is your mike on? >> i think it's important to recognize the significant we place on the most important issue that we will talk about today, athlete health and safety. i would like to start off by giving the committee a brief history of my experience outside of the ufc and what led me to ufc last year. in april of 2015, i retired from a 22-plus year in federal law enforcement. in 2002, i opened an investigation on a company for the illegal distribution of athletic performance enhancing drugs or peds. while the case and subsequent cases i worked, nevertheless, the laboratories investigation ended up involving some of the biggest names in sport in the world at the time who were athlete clients. barry bonds, marion jones, dozens of olympic athletes, boxers, nfl athletes and several major league baseball players. the nature of the inve

map >>> coming up tomorrow on the next "red eye" dpaf vin -- gavin mcinnes and nick mullen. >> nasa is developing new breakfast bars to feed astronauts. currently astronauts at the international space station have a variety of breakfast options seen here. but for longer journeys, apple jacks isn't viable because there is limited space on the ship. scientists have created food bars in four flavors. banana nut, orange cranberry, ginger tortilla. look, when i was a kid, we always wanted the food that the space men ate. >> it was like in the toothpaste tube are on the break apart freeze dried stuff and tang. >> tang was the -- i used to love tang. >> or a drink that went to the moon. >> it was the only reason. i would mix it up and pretend i was an astronaut. >> they just took him off the south pole. put he is still alive. >> he is still food. buzz has it. i think they ought to market these to the general public. >> i feel bad for the guy at the bar telling the girls he is working for nasa. you are an astronaut? no. so you are an engineer? no. what do you do? >> i make these things like gr

the mullen pleasanton. from the trendy must haves that make you tear up. it will help you save from that midnight --. -- that midnight trip. one mall santa helped make the ultimate christmas wish. she wished to have her dad who was stationed overseas home for the holidays. they pulled it off. they will tell you how they did it in the first place they plan to go. >>> i can't wait to see that one. thank you. it is 6:51 am. police officer in the state of washington shot and seriously injured. coming up, we're going to tell you what we are learning about the moments before that suspect opened fire. >> i bartered a string bracelet, some chocolates, and a wine bottle opener. >> your money is no good at this coffee shop. give what you can i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. at t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods, we've always believed the holid

police were however able to arrest this man, brandon mullens for shoplifting. but the four former home depot employees, still haven't gotten their jobs back. coming up on kron four news weekend. pope francis is now 80 years old. next, we'll show you the unusual way he celebrated his birthday a look at temps this morning. it's going to be a cold one this morning. for the weekned. it's the youth winter concert in mill valley. come out and enjoy music and more. it's all happening at the throckmorton theatre from 12:00 to 1:00. the event is free to attend. >> marty:the leader of the catholic church is now 80-years- old. and he celebrated it an unconventional way. known for being humble-- pope francis shared breakfast with eight homeless people. according to the vatican, the homeless people where chosen earlier that morning. the pope offered his guests sweets from his native argentina during the meal. the breakfast featured pastries, meats, nutella and orange juice. pope francis followed the breakfast by celebrating mass with the cardinals. çááámartyáááÑ good mornin

comedian nick mullen.e's made more money from harassing phone calls than the guys who kidnapped frank sinatra jr. comedian jim florentine, whose new comedy special, a simple man, is out december 9th. and like a sardine, he's salty and often canned. sitting next to me, host of the gavin mcinnes show, gavin mcinnes. okay. let's start the show. ♪ >>> i have some great news for fans of bucky balls. the popular desktop toys are legal again after winning a court case against federal regulators. in 2012, the obama administration's consumer product safety commission or cpsc, waged war on the company after toddlers started swallowing the magnets and going to the emergency room, e.r. despite clear warnings about risks to children and pets. the company, which was making millions, fought back. running ads in various applicatio publications including an open letter to president obama in "the washington post." ceo craig zucker felt the cpsc wanted to ban anything that poses risk, telling esquire the argument is that war

convention and bill cross toll was going to deliver the magic candidate edwin mcif yomcmuffin mullen.dia has to get things right more often than wrong. last year we had example after example after example when they fed their mostly elite consumers bad information. so i would suggest they stop engaging in this sick twisted fantasy and actually start reporting on america. that would be nice. >> jonathan, on the recount, led by dr. jill stein, a green party candidate, michigan was the closest. the michigan election results trump by 10,704 votes. the recount really wasn't finished completely in michigan but it was eventually called off because in detroit, for example, you could not have a complete recount because in detroit, which obviously favors the democratic candidate, 248 precincts, there were a total of 782 more votes than the number of voters listed in those precincts. in the poll books. so here's this recount that was getting all of this attention in wisconsin he picked up 131 more votes after the recount and michigan they find that detroit had more votes than actual voters. >> i'

nina: i'm nina mullen does. let's get to bloomberg first world news.rolina, a whiteal in the case of a police officer charged in the shooting of a black motost. the jury was unable to unanimously agree on a verdict slater, charged with scottg 50-year-old walter a brokenpping him for tail light. president-elect donald trump met with former vice president al gore in what gore said was a lengthy and productive session. mr. gore: i found it an extremely interesting conversation and to be continued. i'm just going to leave it at that. thank you. gore sat down with a bronco trump, reportedly to discuss lima change. ivanka trump,n reportedly to discuss climate change. engineers in the army corps of engineers refused to grant an easement that would allow a pipeline to be built on the lake. the standing rock sioux tribe said it would threaten their water source and disturb cultural sites. donald trump supports the project and says the decision will be reviewed. matteo renzi's resignation -- voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum he called to push through c

not clear if that will come up between president-elect trump and dennis mullen burg, but certainly aopic will be discussed. depending on what happens with the trump administration's stand when it comes to trade policy. >> what we were just talking about here, the trade team that mr. trump is putting tote right now, rather unusual structure, and now, you think about it, these two ceos are used to negotiating contracts with the government that's usually somebody from the pentagon. now they're talking to somebody in the executive branch. it doesn't get any higher than the person they're talking to. >> right you. know ultimately if this is what i want address that's filtered down to the d.o.d., they'll have to meet toss terms. somebody pointed out to me when i was talking about the air force one project, they said essentially look, we can bring down the costs of air force one, or boeing can bring it down, but that means you'll have to change the requirements, and the requirement, they're set by the kretz service, and they're service by the white house security. so do they want to alter t

even worse, the video is the killing of michael mullen and 20 with it features one the officers who killed him and it shows a photo of michael maltz on the false news gone about the details of his killing. i know michael's sister that we both attended the same grammar school out the sunset. it's actually shape of the poa is putting blatant lies to its mentorship public about what happens to michael when the sfpd killed him. if forcing the family truck to remove his death in a very public way and up to once again defend their loved one who lost his voice against the lies being told about what happened to. the poa is going michael maul all over again. by refusing to the prohibition against shooting at moving vehicles from being included in the new use of force policy the poa is forcing all the stuff we live our level and staff. i'd like to be will to member sheila's life and our friendship instead of being reminded of her tragic death that broke my heart. i'd rather not have to come to this meeting to remind you about what happened to my friend but i will keep coming as needed because i don'

even worse, the video is the killing of michael mullen and 20 with it features one the officers who killed him and it shows a photo of michael maltz on the false news gone about the details of his killing. i know michael's sister that we both attended the same grammar school out the sunset. it's actually shape of the poa is putting blatant lies to its mentorship public about what happens to michael when the sfpd killed him. if forcing the family truck to remove his death in a very public way and up to once again defend their loved one who lost his voice against the lies being told about what happened to. the poa is going michael maul all over again. by refusing to the prohibition against shooting at moving vehicles from being included in the new use of force policy the poa is forcing all the stuff we live our level and staff. i'd like to be will to member sheila's life and our friendship instead of being reminded of her tragic death that broke my heart. i'd rather not have to come to this meeting to remind you about what happened to my friend but i will keep coming as needed because i don'

financial consolidation,'s mullen midsized banks, and for macro funds, it could be the year of a comebackd various -- various parts, rates. but you have to be nimble and cannot be a monster. it is good to be benefiting the smaller guys who are morphed oldest and more nuanced, that they can really pick. if you can only get into the big staff, you will have the same problems with crowding that you had this year. >> donald trump himself, we know has been in hedge funds. peoplel have participating in the marketplace running the government. >> i think it is good to have people with that experience. the question out there will be what do you do with freddie mac and fannie mae. all of those questions are up there. this guy has a pretty good feeling for what is the right thing to do. he expressed his views on that. doing. it is worth people say he is not running a hedge fund. you're right. that is nothing like a hedge fund. it is somewhat the same thing done in a different way. we have had things there for a considerable time. >> coming up, weighing in on the trump rally. what he says it is not a

chairman of the joints chief of staff, admiral michael mullen put it plainly when he stated to the house armed services committees, our main focus it in the region in world right now is rightly and firmly in iraq bang. -- currently in iraq. had the bush administration limited its efforts to winning the war in afghanistan, and defeating al qaeda and focusing entire effort for its time in office, we would now be discussing the successful application of american power in the post-cold war world. sadly, we are not. bush administration could've husbanded at american power in other ways as well primarily by not creating more enemies than it had to. listing iraq, iran, and north korea in the famous of axis of evil speech, the administration basically put those regimes on notice that their time was numbered and they were in our crosshairs. the problem was the administration only destroyed one of those regimes and the other two, iran and north north korea, immediately made a beeline for nuclear. karen was getting there until iranuclear agreement -- was getting there until the nuclear agreement. i

chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral michael mullen put it plainly when he stated to the house armed services committee, in the region and in the world right now is rightly and firmly in iraq. it is simply a matter of resources of capacity. in afghanistan we do what we can. in iraq, we do what we must. had the bush administration limited its efforts to winning the war in afghanistan, and defeating al qaeda, and focusing on that effort for its entire time in office, we would now be discussing the successful application of american power in the post-cold war world. sadly we are not. and the bush administration could have husbanded american power in other ways as well. primarily by not creating more enemies than it had to. by listing iraq, iran, and north korea as enemies in the famous axis of evil speech, the administration basically put those regimes on notice that their time was numbered. and they were in our crosshairs. the problem was, the administration only destroyed one of those regimes. and the other two, iran and north korea, immediately made a beeline for the nuclear th