there are thousand of places where narcotics can be hidden within the units. and they have found drugs in peanut butter, in mattresses, inmates are here, 24 hours a day. they have plenty of time to think where to hide stuff. >> this time, the dog doesn't discover any drugs among the inmates' possessions. but she does find a pack of imitation narcotics put there by her handler. >> canines are look small kids. they need positive reinforcement. i will plant a synthetic narcotic, she gets her reward. >> officers begin their search of the bunks, every item they find. illegal substances or weapons can result in inmates getting time in segregation or even new criminal charges. but anything altered from its original purpose is also considered contraband. and will be disposed of. even this inmate art created from food wrappers is considered contraband. >> they get very creative. these are all out of bags of chips. >> once the search is over, the inmates are ordered to lie down on their bunks for further instructions. >> if you've have contraband. it is in the trash. ev

i will plant a synthetic narcotic.y she gets her reward. >> with the canine search complete, officers begin their search of the bunks, meticulously inspecting every item they find. illegal substances or weapons can result in inmates getting time in segregation or even new criminal charges. but anything altered from its original purpose is also considered contraband. and will be disposed of. even this inmate art created from food wrappers is considered contraband. >> they get very creative. these are all out of bags of chips. >> once the search is over, the inmates are ordered to lie down on their bunks for further instructions. >> if you had any contraband, it is in the trash. everything else, check with your bunky. check up here in the front if you have anything missing. do you understand? >> yes, ma'am. >> well, i have been here since april. i have been down to the shakedown every month. they mess up everything, but that's a choice you got to make when you go in jail. >> there is a shakeup of another sort in the homo

we'll run the canine, narcotics dogs through, cell phone dogs. anything we have, this dormitory will have it. >> most of the n-dorm inmates work on a construction crew, building a new low-security housing unit on a plot of land adjacent to santa rosa. the dogs are trained to suddenly sit still when they detect the scent of whatever contraband they're searching for. >> that's a good girl. that's a good girl. she's alerting us to narcotics. that's a good girl, yes! that's her reward. that's a good girl! that's a good girl! >> we had both dogs alert on this particular box, so there is evidence that drugs have been in this facility, right here at this bunk. we have determined that the two inmates that are assigned to this bunk work on the construction work site, so we are pulling them in. they will be drug tested. >> when they show interest or have what we call a change in behavior, we follow it up with a good, thorough search, just to make sure we're not missing any kind of narcotics. that's our main focus. >> want to check this? >> the search turns

and all of this must go to a court, obviously in the narcotic's area it was an article 3. but there is judicial review for this and it has been an important part of the techniques we have used in the war on terror as have the two other provisions that you mention. i do think, however, that with respect to fisa there's always the ability, and need to make sure that we are current, not just with technology but with the most effective way to protect privacy as we go forward in this important act. i know that is something you have spent a great deal of time on. and i look forward to continuing those discussions with you, should i be confirmed. with respect to the loan wolf provision, again, i think we have to examine it carefully. recent events however, have underscored the importance of this as an issue in the war on terror. i so i hope we could move forward with any proposed changes to fisa with a full and complete understanding of the risks we have facing. and as changes need to be made after full and care consideration with this committee, the intelligence committee and th

and the nature of the narcotics problem in particular in our district. and a case that may require a mandatory minimum in my district may not occur in another part of the country. another part of the country may have a a different type of narcotics problem and a different population of defendants than you would find in brooklyn subject to the mandatory minimum statutes but they are being used. >> i just observe that -- i mean that is taking all meaning out of the word mandatory to replacing your and your colleague's judgment for the judgment of folks who wrote the law and that's what this whole discussion today is about. thank you. [inaudible] >> for the witness we, there's nobody here, you want to take a break, take a break. but as soon as somebody gets here, i hope you can come back right away. senator coons. >> thank you, chairman grassley. ms. lynch congratulations on your historic nomination and your very fine conduct in the hearing today. the attorney general of the united states, one of the most important offices for which this committee has overs

it's one of prescription painkillers - oxycodone, hydrocodone, and other legal narcotics, all related to opium. collectively they are called opioids. >> these are the opioid painkillers. and prescriptions for drugs like these have more than quadrupled over the last 15 years - to the extent that the us now consumes more than 80 percent of the global supply of these drugs. >> overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. that's one overdose death every thirty minutes. >> the overdose rate which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department is now more like 3 or 4 or 5 if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. >> that's a massive increase. >> massive. >> over the past 10 years, we've had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. >> the food and drug administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro - over the objections of its own medical advisors and dozens of lawmakers. >> i thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. how can you say with any degree

. >> someone who threatens for narcotics, has to be dangerous. >> i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there's late word about the death of a hall of fame player from the cubs. ernie banks died today. he played his entire career with the chicago cubs and was affectionally known as mr. cub. even though he played for 19 seasons, he never played one game, not one in the postseason. banks was the first black player on the cubs when he joined the team in 1953. he was also the first player to have his jersey retired. two years ago president obama awarded ernie banks the medal of freedom. no word yet on his cause of death. >>> new at 10:00, some of hollywood's biggest stars are in the bay area for the filming of a new movie about the late steve jobs. camera crews in berkeley tonight crowded around the medet era ine restaurant. michael fostbender will star as job. the film is based on the biography. crews are expected to shoot at several other locations across the bay area. >>> a stunning sunset over the bay tonight. and this weekend the bay area is going to get some very warm weather. te

crosby had has long had a criminal history that includes narcotics and burglary convictions. he is being held on 1.2 million-dollar bail tonight. >>> it looks like some of the southern and coastal portions of our viewing area could get some snow cover early tomorrow. lets check with meteorologist cecily tynan at the "action news" big board cecily. >> jim, it is cold enough for snow. we have another frigid night. philadelphia 22. allentown 15. reading is 18 degrees. then you factor in the wind, wind chill generally in the teens. it feels like 3 degrees in allentown. the right the now that cold air is in place. now we need moisture to get some snow. storm tracker six live double scan showing low pressure i'm tracking well down to the south off the coast of georgia. south of where i'm drawing it. what this will do is move up to the north and east. you can see that moisture beginning to build in parts of the virginia and maryland. it is a weak system. it will throw some moisture across parts of our region, mainly south and east of philadelphia we're not talking about a lot of sno

. >> somebody that's desperate enough to come in and threaten a bomb for narcotics definitely needs somee man gets away on a motorcycle, according to police. if you know anything about any of these cases, you're asked to give them a call. frank? >> paul which chambers, thank you. >>> authorities in morgan hill suspect teenagers might be responsible for offensive graffiti at a local elementary school. still, they say the messages and the act won't be tolerated. new at 5:00, ktvu's anne rubin is live outside paradise valley elementary, where police are working to track down who did it. >> reporter: well, there's no fresh paint on the walls and doors here. the school wanted this addressed as quickly as possible. so do police. the school custodian spotted the graffiti, some showing swastikas, others saying "kkk all day." >> it's sad to see that in the morning that someone would vandalize the school. >> reporter: but there were other messages, too, referencing rock bands, rap lyrics, marijuana, and even a local high school, saying live oak was here. morgan hill police think these may shed lig

narcotics have side effects. 17,000 deaths a few years ago from 2011 from narcotics. the short run, there aren't real studies showing they work past three or six months. the studies just haven't been done. we're flying blind in the medical world. >> that's what would be disturbing taking this medication, spending this money and it's not effective. what do you do? >> and may be addictive, yes. >> it's a big week for chronic pain. the nih issues this report. there's the first mainstream movie talking about somebody with chronic pain, called "kate." >> last night a study from harvard came out which was pretty wild. it showed the cells that protect the brain, the inflammation cells are involved in areas where there's chronic pain. it gives us new hope for potential treatment. the real message here is that we need to pay attention as a country. this is costing over $600 billion to our country. so we have to put resources for research, do the right long-term studies and figure out a new way here. we are all suffering. >> as the nih says this is a silent epidemic. maybe we n

we have had tremendous issues with narcotics importations over the years. and we have had to work out ways of resolving those cases many of them go to trial but we also have had to prioritize the cases that we will seek mandatory minimums for and those will we seek guidelines sentences for. with respect to the smart on crime initiative that has been implemented in the field every prosecutor from the united states attorney on down to line assistants are encouraged couraged to still consider cases that might fall into a category where initially you would not seek a minimum, but consider whether they would be appropriate. those cases have occurred and will continue to occur. >> i understand. it's currently written the electronic communications privacy act requires only a subpoena for law enforcement to access e-mail that has been opened, even though a search warrant would be required for for a print out of the same communications sitting on a desk. to make matters more complicated, the privacy standard for accessing data stored abroad. without an actual legal

the fisa statute after being utilized for several years in narcotics prosecutions. it was one with which i was familiar as a young prosecutor as many of my colleagues across the country were as well. and the ability to describe to a court the nature of the offense, the nature of the activity and the use of attempts to shield one's self from electronic surveillance, which is part of what must be set forth. all of this must go to a court, obviously in the narcotics area it was an article 3 court. the fisa area goes to the fisa court but there's review for this and it's been an important part of the techniques we have used in the war on terror. as have the other two provisions that you mentioned. i do think, however, with respect to fisa there's always the ability, always the need to make sure that we are current not just with technology but with the most effective way to protect privacy as we go forward in this important act. i know that's something that you have spent a great deal of time on as well as many of your colleague colleagues on this committee as well as on

narcotics as we all know have a lot of side effects. 17,000 deaths a few years ago from narcotics and aren't real study showing they weren't past three or six months. the studies haven't been done so we're kind of flying blind in the medical world. >> that's what would be disserving doctor, r. agus that you're tagging all this medication and spending all this money. what do you do? >> there's the first mainstream movie talking about somebody with chronic pain and that's called " eded eded "kate" with jennifer aniston and they had a study that came out from harvard. flan nation also involves areas where there is chronic pain. it gives us real hope. i think the real message here is we need to pay attention as a country. this is costing over $600 billion to our country, so we've got to put resources to research, do long-term studies and figure out a new way here because we are all suffering. >> i know. as the nha says this is silent and it's exploded to other types of treatments. it's very real. >> i'm with you. we need new ideas and a new war. >> a great plug for "kate." she was great i

in 2009 even though african-americans represented this% of the population they [inaudible] narcotic arrests. sf weekly and the data base stand out as of [inaudible] -- 59% of gang members are black and 31 were hispanic. it's a notable chunk of the city that is only 6% black. less than 20% of gang members are black. no one had a proportion higher than 29%. >> thank you for coming and i appreciate all the statistics that you cited and those have been shared in the past as well. the 2012 report referred back to 2010 and nine statistics so i don't know if the chief -- you probably don't have new numbers for us but -- >> if you give me that card now i will write a different email on the back but i will give you the current numbers as much as i have, and the commissioner is correct. most of those numbers that you're commenting from 2009. >> and the report was written after that but thank you for raising it. >> actually she didn't have enough time but i will finish. jeff [inaudible] is going to pursue a study and he found -- this is recent. he announced this last month -- >> who is your name? >> a

. >> the following day it's preliminary court hearing ruiz was charged with felony possession of narcotics which could carry a lengthy sentence behind bars. he entered a plea of not guilty and had one supporter at the hearing, his girlfriend, samantha dunn, who spoke to us afterwards. >> tell me how you found out that your boyfriend was in jail. >> he was supposed to pick me up from work one day and after work i was waiting outside and an hour had passed and he wasn't there and i knew something was wrong. and so when i got home i found out on the internet that he was arrested. >> what are your biggest fears for him right now? >> i'm just afraid that he's in isolation, just completely -- you know, scared and lonely and doesn't know what's going to happen. and on top of that, i'm afraid of how long he's going to be in jail. that's my biggest fear so far. and that it would change him in any way. i hope it doesn't change his heart. >> i didn't know my girlfriend was going to be in the courtroom. just knowing, some way, i didn't hurt myself, i hurt people that were close, and just -- they are s

more controls over what goes on at both fraternity and sorority parties in terms of alcohol use, narcoticsg of it and there needs to be more safety for everyone not just the young women. >> i think we can all get behind that call. gloria allred always a pleasure. >> an update on another story of injustice and sexual violence we've been following for some time. megan ebos we brought you on the call to action on the backlog of rape kits is one step closer to sue the city and county that failed to test her kit. a judge denied a motion by the city of memphis and shelby county tennessee to dismiss megan's case against them. megan and two other women are suing those officials allegedly recklessly handled their rape kit. when hers was tested after nine cases it was linked toy a serial rapist who raped others. the deputy city attorney told us after we reached out to them we do not comment on pending litigation september to say we'll vigorously defend the city's interest in court. the big picture here 400,000 rape kits sitting untested to this day according to the department of justice. and whom do

there's no more narcotics, so we're just going to take care of the paperwork and reclassify those twoe and the other inmate involved in the incident have been directed to gather their possessions and will be transferred to new cells while jail officials determine if they should be reclassified as higher security level inmates. >> drop your stuff right there. turn your pockets inside out. hands behind your back, palms touching. separate your feet. do you have any more pills on you or in you? >> no. >> why are you on my floor? >> i was passing bread and milk. >> passing bread and milk? >> yes, ma'am. >> was there any pills in those bread and milk? >> no, there wasn't. >> the deputies are lying? that was a question. >> no. >> are my deputies lying? >> no, i'm not saying they're lying. i don't know what was it. >> okay. turn around. go inside the cell and have a seat. >> drug problems led to donald stokes in jail as well. he violated his probation on a drug possession conviction, and now is only two days away from his release. in the meantime, he holds a job delivering meals and clothing

. >> exchange of narcotics. use of narcotics. and folks doing things that are just not allowed in public parks. >> reporter: there have also been broken windows at the park's closest neighbor the marin history museum. >> it seems to be, i don't know if the -- perhaps more populated is the word i'm looking for. >> reporter: so next week, at the direction of the mayor, this park will be closed, fenced off for at least 30 days. >> i think it is a really good start in cleaning up the park. >> reporter: with plenty of minor vandalism and a derelict tennis court the park could use work but to some, shutting everyone out seems a little heavy-handed. >> unless you're breaking the rules or the law i can't see why you can't use it. >> reporter: that will mean finding a new flies go. >> it ain't going to stop the cycle, mr. mayor, no. there's too many of us. >> we reached out to the mayor of san rafael for more on his decision to close the park and he was not available for comment. >>> we're monitoring a major accident right now in san fran

drugs kind of took over what music was for me for a long time when i was introduced to the heavier narcotic and crack and meth and ketamine and stupid drugs, acid, mushrooms. >> dicillo detoxed in jail and says now, even though he has no access to the flute or other instruments he once played, music is slowly coming back to him. >> i learned from being in here joy is more important than any drug and music is one of the few things that can still bring me joy, especially in a place of despair, like jail. there's music that plays through my head constantly, even. tchaikovsky, prokofiev, some of the greatest music ever written, and it just idly flows through my head and i'm following along to the score as it's playing in my brain. [ humming ] i fantasize about it all the time. i'm in constant modes of reverie and wish that i could bring back what my life used to be like. >> it may be awhile before dicillo reclaims any part of his old life. he will soon be sentence for forgery and expects to go to prison. >> i try not to think about going to prison just because i'm going to get to that when i co

my point was that she was someone at the bottom, consumer of illegal narcotics was going to jail.have these people at the very top illegal narcotics business getting a complete walk, which is an acceptable. >> what about this doctrine that you cannot punish entire companies because you might hurt the economy or shareholders? pension holders, pension funds and so forth? how do you get from hurting -- how do you equate hurting an entire company to just not jailing a couple of executives? >> that's the point, they have conflated these things. to answer the second part of your original question, where does this come from? in 1990 nine, when eric holder was a deputy attorney general in the clinton administration he wrote an order that has come to be known as the holder memo. in it he outlined a number of things. it was originally considered a get tough on corporate crime -- corporate crime memo because it gave them tools to go after corporate criminals but at the bottom there was this thing that he laid out call the collateral consequences doctrine. what it meant was that if you are a

smugglers use drones and tunnels to get the narcotics across the border to the u.s. >> people say to the new baby, cute as a gerber baby. well a baby in our area is a gerber baby. this is little grace look at that fails. she also # months old, she was selected out of 200,000 entries she's going to be the gerber spokes baby. her parents receive a $50,000 prize and year of food. you can see why they chose her. she is perfect. she is beautiful. way to go, grace. >> my mom tells me i loved strained peas when i was a baby. i ate them up. >> a couple of vehicles go up in flames overnight sparking an arrests sore investigation. >> police say a man is wanted for punching a teenager girl on a septa trolley. she talks to "action news" about the attack that left her with broken bones and bruises. # # [prof. burke] it's easy to buy insurance and forget about it. but the more you learn about your coverage, the more gaps you might find. like how you thought you were covered for this. [boy] check it out,mom! [prof. burke]when you're really only covered for this. or how you figured you were covered

report government reveals the takeoff in march, it reveals the captain had taken a sedative and narcoticunder doctor's order after a stress test. he wasn't supposed to fly after 60 hours but he got in a cockpit after 45 hours. >> these drugs have the ability to impair one's attention. technically, he was illegal to fly because of the medication. >> report says the captain and first officer did not enter necessary data into the plane's computer. and the pilot warned the plane's warning signals before takeoff. two passengers had minor injuries when the plane slammed back down on the runway after briefly lifting off. us airways declined comment on the report saying they're waiting for the government to finish its investigation. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> good morning, it's a cold start on this new year's day. we are going to see temperatures staying in the high 30s. the low 40s, just a little below average for us. a brief wintry mix is on tap as we head through the rest of the weekend. warm conditions to round out the second par

it reveals that the captain had taken a psychotic and a narcotic he wasn't supposed to fly for 60 hours but he got in the cockpit 45 hours later. >> these drugs have the ability to impair one's attention. technically, he was illegal to fly because of the medication. >> and the report says that the pilot ignored the plane's warning signals before takeoff. two passengers had minor injuries when the plane slammed back on the runway after briefly lifting off. us airways declined comment on this report saying they're waiting for the federal government for direction. >>> one of the nypd police officers killed in the ambush the service for wenjian liu is scheduled for sunday. liu and his partner ramos were shot and killed in a patrol car. mayor de blasio announced yesterday that streets near their homes will be named in their honor. >>> federal investigators are taking a second look at a place where police were shot at. a 19-year-old from las vegas was taken into custody. prosecutors say two officers drove their car into the line of fire when gang members were shooting at rivals in another car

it's one of prescription painkillers - oxycodone, hydrocodone, and other legal narcotics, all related to opium. collectively they are called opioids. >> these are the opioid painkillers. and prescriptions for drugs like these have more than quadrupled over the last 15 years - to the extent that the us now consumes more than 80 percent of the global supply of these drugs.

they are a mixture of herbs and chemicals with similar effects as illegal narcotics when consumed. the health ministry officials say they will increase the number of officers to 41 from the current 16. the officers are currently stationed in four regions. they conduct on-site investigations at locations where the drugs are bought and sold. the ministry officials plan to post officers in other regions, too. four certified pharmacists will be hired to improve inspections. officials blame the substances for more than 100 deaths across the country. at least 50 users died or were injured in traffic accidents. the officials say the dealers have been declining in number but have yet to be eliminated. >>> rapidly evolving technology is making possible to identify people based on their body parts. japanese companies are driving innovation in the field. nhk world's mikiko suzuki takes a look at the front lines of identification technology. >> reporter: the most common means of identification are photo i.d. cards, and passwords. but the use of biometric data is making identification easier an

it reveals the captain had taken a sedative and a narcotic under doctor's orders following a stress test. he was not supposed to fly for 60 hours but got in the cockpit after only 45 hours. >> these drugs have the ability to impair one's attention. tragically he was illegal to fly because of the medication. >> the report goes on to state the captain and first officer failed to enter necessary data into the plane's computer. there's also information the pilot ignored the plane's warning signals prior to takeoff. two of the 149 passengers on board had minor injuries. u.s. air declined to comment saying they're waiting for the government to finish its investigation. >>> rough conditions are hampering recovery efforts at the site of the airasia crash near indonesia. as of tonight searchers have recovered only seven bodies. 162 people died when that plane plunged into the java sea. choppy conditions are keeping divers out of the water and helicopters are largely grounded. >>> back here at home the new year means new laws for most of us in pennsylvania. gas taxes are going up by almost a dime

. >> we're talking about 400 narcotic investigations a year. over 600 arrests. 6,000 hours of community policing. that we're losing. >> reporter: police leaders plan to bring back a metro unit in mid-march, reduced by seven cops and one sergeant but acknowledge at that point they also will have cut staff in virtually every unit. >> there is no untouchable unit or bureau that we've looked at. >> reporter: nbc bay area has also learned the department is now talking with the california highway patrol to possibly contract out some duties of traffic enforcement. >> we're looking at every option possible in order to assist us in maintaining our staffing levels to be able to do our core service. so we're talking to several people, several organizations to see if -- what it is that they can do to -- to offer to help us. >> we do not have enough officers to police this city. supplementing with something like a chp is dmotnot really a long-term solution. some people don't know the neighborhoods, don't know the crime. >> reporter: the police department ac

is a bean narcotic i'm sure you're hearing all kinds of things about this route. >> reporter: we are hearing all kinds of things certainly lucy. take a look right now. this party is still going strong strong. it's still happening. we've got string bands still coming down broad street. but some members not so happy with the new changes this year. they let it be known. ♪ >> reporter: the roar of pomp and pageantry from city hall echoing down broad street. >> happy new year! >> reporter: but among the fancies, comics and string bands bands, some decent. >> this is the right way to go. the way they're going -- >> happy new year. >>> wrong way to go. >>> some breaking off in the we remember brigade. taking a stand against new route changes. which saw the mummers start at city hall and travel south on broad. >> we took our tradition. we're going north like it should be. >> reporter: down at broad and washington diehards disappointed the parade was skipping the old south philly neighborhood. >> it belongs in south philadelphia. that's where it is. that's where i'm from. we came up here beca