the men were -- cases were appealed to the new jersey supreme court. after the appeal the convictions were all overturned. they were tried again. this time four men were acquitted, two men were found guilty, and this time not sentenced to be electrocuted. they were sentenced to death at hard labor. these two appealed, their convictions were overturned again. this time one died in if -- in prison before he could be tried again, and he was the brother of the lady who got them help. the last one made a deal for time served. people think that this could not happen now, but i would refer you to the cases of the norfolk four that happened this century in virginia. so, unfortunately, not much has changed. the time period and the place are very important to this story. 1948 do 19353 -- 1948 to 1953. trenton, new jersey, was very southern. they had jim crow laws firmly in place. world war ii had ended only a few years previously. this is important because the main employer, robeling, who was famous for building the cables used in the brooklyn bridge, they were

solomon in teaneck, new jersey.rived at 6:20 and was at the doctor's appointment for about 45 minutes thereafter. >> and you checked it out and she was right. >> correct. >> that's where she was. she was alibied up. >> that's where she was, yes. >> spouses and exes are routinely checked out in these kinds of homicide, but stacey duncsak, the victim's unhappy ex-wife, was in the clear. who was next on the list of possible shooters? the murdered man's brother cut right to the chase when he spoke to detectives. i said i can't believe he actually did it. they said who? i said ed ates. i couldn't believe it. i have a conscience. i would never have anybody killed. or do it myself. i couldn't. and he doesn't. he doesn't have a conscience. he's a sick man. he actually said he was going to do it, and he did it. and all of my brother's friends, every time everybody got interviewed, it all led to ed ates. ed ates. stacey's father. paul's friend michael told the police the same thing when he learned of the death. he even though

>> yes and no, but new jersey's a blue state. an election, the simple fact of him winning by 4 1/2 points in 2009, that's a landslide by republicans in new jersey. so he's fairly well positioned right now, i would say fairly well positioned to win re-election in 2013 in new jersey. it would help him a lot if obama gets re-elected this year, because new jersey has the tendency to go opposite of whoever wins the presidential race. the thing about christie, he really does enjoy being governor. i think his long game is probably more 2016, but this story will not go away. this murder will not go away. if he runs for president in 2016, this is something that will haunt him. >> "the new york times" series is filled with stories of escapes from these halfway houses that are owned by palatucci, and they don't even have any attempt or even any method in place to stop escapes. >> well, that's the thing. it's important to understand that this halfway house system in new jersey really is the product of both parties. it isn't something that ju

only one of them got across the river just north of new jersey, just north of trenton, new jersey. and washington led that force into the storm attacking the hessians. the hessians had expected them to come. they had spies of their own. but then a small american force had attacked them in the day without orders. they thought that was the attack. and they let down their guard just for a moment and that's when the americans arrived. it was very carefully managed. the americans stopped halfway on and synchronized their watches. that's the first instance i can find of an army synchronizing the pocket watches that the officers carried and then they attacked trenton from both sides within about two minutes of each other and won a great victory. then the question was what to do with the victory. and he had a couple problems there. the hessians were not drunk. we have eyewitness accounts of their sobriety, but the american army discovered quite a lot of liquor in the inns of trenton, and the american army got drunk. and washington had great difficulty getting his troops back again over the

we did that in new jersey. vehicle registration, those in new jersey know that in new jersey we register our cars every year and pay a fee and we got them to take a dollar of that fee and put it aside into a trust fund and we use that trust fund money to help support education and outreach services. the most requested service in the state of new jersey by people of all ages from children through 99-year-old people was case management. someone to help them negotiate and navigate the system and somebody with sufficient training to be able to understand the subtle differences between people with brain injury. if you see someone who has had a severe brain injury and they're in a wheelchair, you obviously see they have physical, you know, impacts for it. so often for people with brain injury, they don't look any different than you and i do. they have the problems of dysfunction. they have the problem of impulsivity. aggressiveness. they have impaired processes im that lead to social problems, and one of the things s

and suddenly, the people of new jersey began to understand what

there is that touch of thunderstorms in new jersey.s been sitting to our northeast for a couple of days. it is dying, giving up the ghost. only temporarily. we have a couple of things going on. flooding conditions. florida had it a couple of days ago. we had a storm out to the west. the weather will be going downhill. we have one more day of warm, humid conditions. that will be tomorrow. mostly clear tonight. you meant, mild. tomorrow, partly cloudy. -- humid, partly cloudy. it will be uncomfortable because of the added humidity. 1 foot tops on the open waters of the bay. -- chops on the open waters of the bay. we will probably stay dry until after dark. van have rain chances for tuesday and rendering into wednesday. -- we have rain chances for tuesday and they will linger into wednesday. the strongest rain chances will be on tuesday. it will cool down into the 70's and next weekend that into the 80's. >> another thrilling game at the yard today. >> the birds love playing extra innings. today, the excitement continues. at progressive,

run can of new jersey. after the -- runyan of new jersey.age 41, line 22, after the dollar amount insert, increase by $5 million. page 41, line 23, after the dollar amount insert, increase by $2,500,000. page 41, line 25, after the dollar amount insert, increase by $2,500,000. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. runyan: mr. chairman, my amendment increases funding for staffing for adequate fire and emergency response grant by $2.5 million and assistance to firefighters grants, restoring these programs to f.y. 2012 levels. the funding increases deficit neutral as it's offset by a $5 million increase to the office of the undersecretary for management. these grants provide a vital -- vital funding for our nation's first responders to help them adequately staff fire houses and to provide the necessary specialized equipment to protect our brave men and women. with first responders' budgets being slashed all around the country, this is -- this portion of funding will help ensure that fire departments can adequately respond

william ditto, director of the new jersey tbi division. new jersey board of health. dr. flora winston, children's hospital, philadelphia, and dr. mark ashley president of the center for neuroskills. your written testimony will be made part of the record and we ask that you summarize your opening statements in five minutes and dr. strickland, you are recognized at this time for five minutes to summarize and make your opening statement. >> chairman pitts, ranking member palome, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the traumatic brain injury programs. i am dr. bonnie strickland, director of the division of services for the maternal and child health bureau at the health resources, department of health and human services. hrsa and hhs colleagues, and we welcome the opportunity to discuss the program with you and to provide some highlights of other hhs activities. congress has charged hrsa with implementing a grant program your american indian consortia to improve access to rehabilitation and other services. the nih has responsibilities

governor chris christie comes out swinging at a new jersey democrat during a town hall meeting. governor christie unloading on state senator paul sarlo. what sparked the fight? faction cuts. they said the senator wanted a tax cut, just not now and here's what governor christie has to say. >> he said, you know, it's like dealing with kids. you put the chocolate chip cookies on the table and you tell them you can't have them until they are good. now, i got to tell you something, you got to be one arrogant s. o. b. to be telling the people of new jersey he will decide when you have been good enough to get some of your own money back. paul sarlo will decide when you have been good enough so you can have the chocolate chip cookie of getting some of your tax money back from trenton and into your pocket. >> senator sarlo's response?

attorney for new jersey.christie, washed-up politician -- >> he helped get him in the appointment. >> that's how chris christie became the u.s. attorney and wouldn't be governor if he had never been u.s. attorney. >> talk a lot about this in -- coming days. zachary and steve, thanks to both of you for your time. >> sure. >> it used to be the party of lincoln. the compassionate conservative. today more evidence that it is now a party of me. that's next. what happens when classroom teachers get the training... ...and support they need? schools flourish and students blossom. that's why programs like... ...the mickelson exxonmobil teachers academy... ...and astronaut sally ride's science academy are helping our educators improve student success in math and science. let's shoot for the stars. let's invest in our teachers and inspire our students. let's solve this. cuban cajun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5%

a whopper of a story in new jersey.nd high school -- terrible name -- in seaside park, new jersey. they spent $112 per student -- i thought that was odd. $112 per pupil which is like three times what somebody would pay at harvard. the governor of new jersey, chris christie and his school's chief, i'm sure they would want the situation more in balance. as a new jersey resident can you explain what is going on down there? >> eric: no. i can only point out that seaside height and seaside park -- [ overtalk ] >> eric: i was doing the research on this and i was like i can't figure out why it cost dollars 112,000 per student. >> bob: the total number of students in the town are 40. there is more than that in the summer. the way new jersey works out, what you pay another town to take one of your student is based on your property tax. this has enormously high property tax, seaside park. when they send the kids to regional school like they do. charge them $112 to send kids over there. it's not right. that's what they do. >> andr

pennsylvania, new jersey and rhode island that never had state churches. there was another colony in maryland that had no state religion and was forced to adopt anglican and the rest of them all had state churches. in new england you had to pay for puritanism and you could be punished in various ways if you weren't a puritan and most of the rest of the colony's you had to be an anglican including in new york they had at least on the books the official church was the church of england. this place was named for the duke of york and he wasn't anglican so they set up the state church from the beginning of english will even new was not energetically enforced because the population was always heterogeneous unlike virtually any other colony. >> in the book ratifying the constitution you talk about -- i am in the middle of the chapter. my favorite chapter. mason talking about how the confederate states could form different confederacy's within that. there wasn't this pledge to the union where they are gathering. is that correct or am misinterpreting? can you summa

they can wrap it up saturday, game five in new jersey. >>> half of the nba finals set after a victoryhoma city. game six thunder hosting the spurs. san antonio in control early thanks to tony parker. 21 of 29 in the first half. spurs up by as many as 18. oklahoma city turned it on behind a stellar performance by kevin durant. 20 of the 34 in the second half. oklahoma city led it 79-77. rustle westbrook added 25 including a lay up plus the foul. six point lead. now the dagger, durant to parkins for the jam. durant hug his family, still 14 seconds to play. no worries. thunder eliminate the spurs 107-99 after trailing two games to none. the thunder are the western conference champs and await the winner of the heat-celtics series. >>> that is the early look at sports on "early today" i'm fred roggin. >>> is she or isn't she having a baby? >>> who was last night's big country music winner? an american rainbow family celebrates achievements they once could only have dreamed of. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this thursday morning, as you're heading out t

look, here's the crazy part-- this bill is dead in new york, but in new jersey, the state assembly voted monday to decriminalize 15 grams of pot, but their governor doesn't want to do it. >> governor chris christie says he's going to veto it. this is not something he is in support of. >> jon: you know what this means, people? we're a gov-swap away from making the garden state the ( bleep ) look at that garden state! ( laughter ) i don't think it would be too hard to get either one of these guys to touch a skull, get drunk, and pee into a fountain and do the whole switch. what's the deal with vetoing it, chris christie? i thought you were cool, man. >> the federal government, whether you agree or disagree, still says marijuana is an illegal drug. i don't think the state should be in the business of undercutting the federal government on that policy. >> jon: as much as i disagree, i don't think marijuana should be illegal, but it is illegal on the federal level. governor christie is a former prosecutor, a man of conviction. >> he intend to go forward. if someone wants to stop us, they'll h

this is on the new jersey turnpike.s is the new jersey turnpike and we haven't overturned tractor trailer creating a major mess near exit 12. take 295 as your alternate in new jersey. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. good morning. things will change over the next 24 hours. we're surrounded by rain at the present time. a big storm down to the south. another one in the midwest. rain showers extending -- pushing into ohio. this is moving to the east. i think will pop a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. we could see a few thunderstorms after 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. right now some high, thin cloud cover. the dew points have gone up since yesterday. 66 at the airport. 65 here in baltimore. upper 60's and 70's. 67 degrees in rising sun. a mixture of sun and clouds. high temperature between 85 and 90. if you take the boat out, watch for a lightning this afternoon. the best chance for rain will be tomorrow, 70% chance. some of that rain could be heavy. high temperatures into the low end of the 80 pl

washington was across the hudson river in new jersey watching as that army was defeated and forced to surrender and then worse than that, after the men surrendered particularly those riflemen who had been shooting the officers of the british forces, a good many of those riflemen were beaten up and some of them were put to the sword as washington watched helplessly from the other side of the hudson. the palisades. washington irving, who wrote one of the first and i think one of the best biographies interviewed the people that were there. they told him that washington burst into tears of helplessness and frustration. it was the lowest point of what had happened. he had been responsible for that. it was his decision to defend that indefensible fort. and he began, and others around him, to wonder if this man was up to his job. and there were grave thoughts that maybe he would have to be replaced. and then he led his men in retreat across new jersey west toward pennsylvania, and he asked lieutenant monroe to stand by the edge of the road in newark, new jersey, and count the troops as they

you cannot do it in new jersey.nty parts of rural new jersey where it makes sense to put a beautiful lab in the back of the pickup. >>shepard: jersey does things to get to us talk. >>randy: if i win a japanese fighting fish at a carnival do i put it in a seatbelt? >>shepard: i used to have a cat and after 9/11 i went to get a dog and the shelter was out of dogs and a woman says we will kill those cats at the end of the day which brought my cat to my life. if you tried to put my cat into a safety harness it would be the last thing you did. the cat attacked in the middle of the night like a tie greece devouring her young. lap dog. safety belt. my cat found a new home. she is very happy. i'm confident. we used to be facebook friends. but no mas please congratulations new jersey, by the way, snooki is pregnant. police blocked an entire intersection and went from car to car with shotguns and rifles handcuffing drivers. all because they were trying to find one bank robbery suspect. it's my understanding that they handcuff

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the gentleman from new jersey. mr. move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for five minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i rise to oppose the amendment but certainly understand it and share the passion of the gentleman for reducing federal spending. and our bill does plenty of that as we went through the process, we did exactly that. this amendment would cut administrative expenses across the entire bill. over many months and public hearings, our committee in a bipartisan way has already considered each administrative account separately and have made specific cuts while maintaining oversight to prevent wasteful spending. we have done our job. the gentleman's amendment cuts all administrative accounts indiscriminately without regard to where funds are needed and where cuts are possible. we understand where he's going, but the committee has done its work and therefore i must strongly oppose his amendment. i yield back. i continue to reserve my point of order, though. the chair: the gen

this about chris can christie the scott walker of new jersey. a complimentary book on him. my ideas on chris christie are not complimentary. we'll have that discussion when we come back. >> you don't do what you're supposed to do on tuesday for mitt romney. i'll be back jersey-style, people, i will be back. ♪ >> cenk: chris christie is the governor of new jersey. he supported scott walker in his recall efforts and he is being talked about as a possible vp pick for mitt romney. he gets a lot of street credit in politics because he's a stuff guy who likes to mix it up. >> you should just write a check and shut up. to have munb nuts who put out a statement comparing me to george wallace and lester maddox. at some point you got to be able to call bs on those kinds of press releases. >> my concern is this kind of obsession that the nypd seems to have that, you know, they are the masters of the university. >> shows you the level of intrusiveness that went into my life. some jokeer taking pictures of me at mad madison square garden. did i fall asleep?

. >> it is in new jersey, this is your home state and considered in new jersey animal crueltiy. >> what johnathon just said is animal cruelty. there is a lot of people who really love their pets . the way you treat your children treat yourr pets. if you can't treat them that way you shouldn't be a owner. maybe it should be up to the owner to take care of the pet. snake or cat or pet rock. >> a thousand dollar fine and time in jail in new jersey. some are saying it is extreme. yes, that the fine is high. i am married to a dog lover. if the choice was to save me or our dogs, she would choose the dog. i will say it is fine for the sake of my marriage. >> fair enough. johnathon yourr point. i understand that you think pets are property. we disagree. and at the same time 1,000 is too high. i mean. >> it is i understand there is a fine for not having your buckle up is higher than the fine for your child. it is a bewildering. if you are a dog owner you think animals have rights. >> whether they do or not. does congress have the time to make laws. what about living your own life. >> it is not n

new jersey struck first off the rebound. patrik elias.up taking their first lead of the series. on the power play, dowdy fired and the puck found its way into the back of the net. the game tied at one. however, the night belonged to the devils. david clarkson to adam hen reek who controlled the puck with his skate and fired it past jonathan quick. they later added an empty-netter. the kings lead the series three games to one. they could wrap tup saturday. game five is in new jersey. >>> half of the nba finals is set after an incredible come-from-behind victory by oklahoma city. thunder hosting the spurs. san antonio in control early thanks to tony parker. the spurs up by as many as 18. but oklahoma city turned it on behind a stellar performance from kevin durant. 20 of his 34 in the second half. oklahoma city led 79-77. russell westbrook added 25, including a layup plus the foul giving the thunder a six-point lead with under three minutes to play. now the dagger. dur toont perkins. now watch durant. a few seconds later, hugging his family

>> he indicated that the nypd did not break any new jersey laws. r, we believe that the actions that were done by the new york police department actually violated the constitution. there was no indication of any provocation by any of the mosques that were surveilled. there is no indication that there was an intention to uncover any criminal activity that was being conducted by any of those mosques. we're very concerned about what was the motivation and ultimately what will take place as a result of the report that was released by the associated press in terms of affect and impact it has on all participants and members of those mosques and the muslim community in general. >> according to new jersey investigators there was no wiretapping or illegal surveillance or illegal search and seizure but nypd used legal methods to stop terrorism. other groups are being watched in similar ways so if that stops a homegrown terrorist from striking, some may say that it's worth it. >> you know, two things. the problem here is that nypd's program targeted beyond tho

let's bring in larry, a spokesperson for the new jersey department of environmental protection. are you with us? >> yes i am. how are you today? >> fine, larry. i was devastated when we heard earlier in our previous hour about these two young boys. what can you tell us? what happened? obviously a massive shock. >> it's a sad day when you lose two young boys ages 2 and 7 from south jersey who were with their respective families looking for a nice weekend out in the summer in the country. they were cousins these two boys and they were -- both of their families had camp sites that were adjacent to each other and they were just enjoying, you know, what they hoped was a beautiful weekend when the storms that had raged through from washington, maryland, and up hit south jersey. the storms, the winds came through, heavy rains. the family told our police that they were a bit afraid. one family went and huddled together with the other family in their tent. tragically this is right under a tree that broke due to extremely severe winds. a pine tree that literally snapped in a pretty severe

in new jersey a woman is suing a 13-year-old boy for hitting her with a baseball during a little leagueame almost two years ago. matthew migliosha told his dad he was warming up in the bull pen when the ball slipped out of his hands, sailed over the fence, and hit elizabeth lloyd in the face. matt's dad believes what his son told him and this was all just an unfortunate accident. >> he said we weren't screwing around. the ball slipped out of my hand when i threw it back and it went out of his hand. to him this happens every day in little league. i want these people to come to their senses and drop the case. it's insane. >> is it going to get dropped? i spoke with our legal guys, avery friedman and richard herman. >> elizabeth lloyd who go-to hit by matthew's pitch, obviously has had reconstructive surgery, other continuing headaches, that type of problem. it's the real thing. the problem is, the liability issue. elizabeth's lawyer claims that matthew who was 11 at the time did it on purpose. nonsensical. i think there is a real question of whether there is going to be liability. clearly

honda's new electric fitch clocks in at 118 miles per gallon. sound good to me. coming up jersey devils avoid a sweep, managing a first step in the most unlikely of come back. oklahoma beat texas but not on the gridiron, on the nba hardwood. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >> weather is starting to look and feel like summer across many areas of the country. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up this is "early today." >>> in sports last night in the stanley cup finals the new jersey devils forced the los angeles kings to put away their brooms. here is fred roggin with a look at all the sports headlines. >>> good morning, well, the la kings will have to wait longer to capture their first stanley cup. the devils took game four and they are still alive. there is the cup itself. kings trying to go for the sweep, the devils would not go away easily. game scoreless heading in the third period, new jersey struck first, patrik elias, gave it back 62 seconds later. on the pear play the puck was found to

i glailt my colleague from new jersey and -- congratulate my colleague from new jersey and you, mr. visclosky, for your very diligent and focused work on tpwhill. i know it was difficult. we thank you -- mr. chairman, we thank these members for their leadership. today the people of the united states sent about d 1 billion overseas to countries from whom we bought imported oil. this is $1 billion that could have been spent to employ american construction workers. to give more activities to american research scientists, to reward the investment of american entrepreneurs and create domestic energy and american jobs here in the united states. one of the most effective ways to create a nearly $200 billion annual stimulus program paid for entirely by private sector dollars and not by government would be to dramatically reduce the amount of oil we import into our country. this is an issue on which i think there is strong agreement and we obviously part company on exactly how to do that and i think this bill illustrates three of the ways that there is some disagreement. let me begin by than

on the new jersey bench, subdued.nce on the devils bench. >> >> mike: eddie, what do you think went on in the intermission locker room? >> eddie: i think a lot of reminders. long changes in the overtime. somebody's going to be a hero tonight when they talk about the stanley cup final. >> mike: doughty makes the first play. zidlicky chased off. but he bounces away. kopitar got it. fired by henrique. punched on to zubrus. handed on to elias. zubrus brings it back in and drops it around. after it is henrique. elias skies one in front that popped up in the air. it settled down by kopitar. it's turned over to the devils again. elias sparring with it. kicked out in front where scuderi can retrieve and give it behind to doughty. led one on that kopitar can give one to williams. lobs it back out. kopitar gains the zone. drons it over for a shot. it goes out of play. be. >> pierre: good play by the devils through the middle of the ice. get the puck below the goal line. so good the prior two rounds. a good stick by anze kopitar

going to new jersey to look for terror plots that may be pending upcoming.he dial back the surveillance? don't go pursue leads if you cross the street to jersey and say we know what happens? there is too much at stake. criticizing it. >> dana: a strange thing that a lot of groups will do if they feel libe they're targeted to turn america's system of civil rights, constitution back on the government and say now that is one of the things that we have to struggle against. the terrorists help us prevent further attacks. this is worth going back to look up. if you look at it, it was shoddy at the beginning to led to this. >> a bad, bad article. i'm not sure that spying is an invasion of privacy. if you are kind of in a public place spying on somebody. i have been doing it for two years to bill hemmer. this is good policing, is that the police hate it. it's boring. they would rath ber in times square picking up exchange students. whatever. you enter the community and you get to know the community a you listen. it's boring. they don't like to do it. the cops don't