david norris is one year younger. he was 16 at the time that he took part in the attack -- the murder of stephen lawrence. stephen lawrence's parents and younger brother are in court now. we will bring you the reaction of the defendants and see whether gary dobson has anything to say today, as he did yesterday. they have relatives in the public gallery. durinall the time i have been in there -- the lawrence parents have been in the elevated dock. doreen lawrence has given them a long, hard look. nothing from the defendants. gary dobson and david norris have left the dock quietly. yesterday he said, "you convicted an innocent man." both have been sent down. norris blew a kiss to the public gallery, which he has done several times as this has gone on. we have the two sentences. dobson, a minimum of 15 years and two months. norris, 14 years and three months. let's go to mr mansfield -- let's go to mr. mansfield. your reaction? >> first, i obviously want to emphasize the fact that this has been conducted as an extremely f

david norris and gary dobson were detained at her majesty's pleasure. it will not be released until late 2020's but the earliest. -- at the earliest. stephen lawrence's mother reached the end of the trial satisfied by what justice had delivered, to a point. >> since this has happened, it may be quite low, but at the same time their hands are tied. for that, as much as he could do, i am very grateful. >> the court was crack -- was packed. the defendants said nothing while the sentences were handed down, though there was a shot from the gallery, "shame on all of you." he said they were totally innocent 18-year-old youth on the threshold of a promising life cut down on the streets in front of eyewitnesses' by a racist, thuggish gang. the judge told the men, your group if not actively seeking out a victim was prepared if opportunity arose to attack in the way which you did. they were juvenile when they were murdered steve lawrence and when the police put them under surveillance. under law, the received lower sentences to reflect their ages at the time, but

. >> prosecutor terri norris agreed. >> who killed dar foley? >> tom foley.nobody else. >> a year and a half after tom foley's conviction, both sides filed back into the courthouse to once again determine tom's fate. >> circuit court is again in session. >> as before, the state opened its case with the crime scene analysts. >> what is it that you found in the basement? >> the yellow dunham's bag. located inside the bag was three shotgun shells. these are phone records -- >> norris also showed the jury the foleys' home phone records from around the time dar was killed. >> there were no phone calls that either came in or left. >> your wife doesn't show up, why not call home and say, have you left yet? we're waiting for you. >> that's what i would do. >> according to detective karbon, tom didn't bother calling dar at home because he knew dar was already dead. then members of dar's family stepped forward to testify that tom and dar's marriage was troubled and that tom wanted out. >> he told me that his wife is very controlling and that that was wearing on him and

david norris was threatened -- charged with threatening behavior. his lawyer says he has been a sit-in in prison. this was a racially motivated attack but the murder took place before the law was made. these pictures show the dobson was 17. as a juvenile, they will receive lower sentences now. it is expected the murderers could sell -- serve up to 15 years before being considered for parole. >> the author of a book called, "the case for stephen lawrence" gave me his thoughts. >> they were under age. they were in their teens when this happened. you have to make allow for that. we do not give long sentences to teenagers, to kids. >> stephen lawrence's mother said it cannot be a case of moving on. what is your view of fell level of racism -- of the level of racism? >> i think the lesson for the stephen lawrence case, which we were taught by the lawrence inquiry, you cannot close the book on that and say we can move on. let's forget it. one of the big changes was that we understood, we had it shown that racism is not something done by extremists or the

in 1993, a corn and norris are said to have attacked a youth. morris was acquitted, acorn was never charged. and this is karen giles. in 1994, he intervened in a nightclub fight. acorn stab at baron giles in the heart. -- stabbed darren giles in the heart. >> but the man who has refused to speak to the bbc has been acquitted. a jury decided he acted in self- defense. these incidents do not provide evidence any of the three men killed steven lawrence. they all deny that, and the police currently have no information to act on. they left court this afternoon to begin their return to normal life. they expect to meet detectives out again next week. >>> we have some breaking news from the philippines, where officials say at least 16 people have been killed by a landslide on the southern island. they say about 100 people are still missing after the landslide struck a mining area. the army has deployed soldiers to dig for survivors, and here is the executive director of the national risk reduction and management council in the philippines, who is in the

david norris and gary dobson are detained at her majesty's pleasure. steven's mother bridge the end of this trial satisfied by what justice had delivered, to a point. >> the sentence is -- it may be quite low. the judge's hands are tied. i am very grateful. >> the court was packed. the convicted men said nothing when the sentences were handed down. afterwards, there was a shot from a supporter in the public gallery. the judge said, is a totally innocent 18-year-old was brutally cut down in the street in front of eyewitnesses by a racist gang. he told the two men, they may not have held the knife, but that did not matter. your group was prepared to attack in the way in which you did. the pair were juvenile is when they murdered stephen lawrence, when police put them under surveillance. under law, they received lower sentences to reflect their ages at the time. several years were added to the total because of the racist nature of the crime. the judge also said he hoped the conviction of norris and dobson would not result in the case file began closed. ou

norris was acquitted. in 1994, this man intervened in a nightclub fight that jamie acourt was having. he was stabbed in the heart. >> my heart stopped. >> jamie acourt was acquitted. a jury decided he acted in self- defense. they do not provide evidence that any of the three men killed stephen lawrence. they all deny that. police currently have no information to act on. the case has become one of the most significant in recent legal history. what happens next, nobodynows. >> you are watching "bbc world news america" still to come -- hard times in the mississippi delta that. 40 years ago, one photographer focused on this region. we return to see how little it has changed. the united nations is warning that thousands of south sudanese who fled the latest wave of violence in the region are in urgent need of emergency aid. the u.n. and and teheran coordinator says that a major operation is needed. -- the u.n. humanitarian coordinator says that a major operation is needed. an armed group marched on a village in

david norris and gary dobson are detained at her majesty's pleasure. steven's mother bridge the end of this trial satisfied by what justice had delivered, to a point. >> the sentence is -- it may be quite low. the judge's hands are tied. i am very grateful. >> the court was packed. the convicted men said nothing when the sentences were handed down. afterwards, there was a shot from a supporter in the public gallery. the judge said, is a totally innocent 18-year-old was brutally cut down in the street in front of eyewitnesses by a racist gang. he told the two men, they may not have held the knife, but that did not matter. your group was prepared to attack in the way in which you did. the pair were juvenile is when they murdered stephen lawrence, when police put them under surveillance. under law, they received lower sentences to reflect their ages at the time. several years were added to the total because of the racist nature of the crime. the judge also said he hoped the conviction of norris and dobson would not result in the case file began closed. ou

david norris had never been charged. forensic scientists began a cold case review.lovis taken from -- clothes ephen were st subjected to months of tests. >> that examined clothing fibers and the bags that were in. on this jacket and his cardigan, fibers which matched stephen's jeans. on these from norris's house, a match to dna. >> there was a stain on the back of the color, a blood stain that would not be apparent to the naked eye. >> whose blood was it? it was on gary dobson's color. -- collar. >> it came from stephen lawrence. >> at last, fibers and hair length them to the killer -- killing. despite surveillance pictures of the subjects together, they had to be released. detectives tried placing a covert camera in dboson' -- dobson's flat. the subjects were obsessed with knives. [unintelligible] months turned into years. the parents tried to prosecute three of the suspects themselves. the case collapsed. the man refused to answer questions at the 1995 mcpherson inquiry. it was critical of the police. even the latest prosecution has taken four years. the case rema

that of chuck norris, which is especially exciting because norris happens to be newt's second-favoriteck, after e. cheese. gingrich is lining up impressive endorsements. todd palin, sarah palin's husband, the snowmobiler, endorsed him. gary busey. and now, chuck norris. i'll tell you, his endorsements could beat up mitt romney's endorsements. but meanwhile, ron paul, today, was endorsed by the old dancing guy from the six flags commercials. oprah is in india right now. oprah is on a week-long sabbatical through india to find out where her poop goes when it's reincarnated. something she always wanted to do. there's oprah. that's oprah. yesterday, there was an incident yesterday in the city she was in. her personal security guards got in a fight with some local journalists who were trying to take pictures of her. and you have to be careful getting in a fight in india. they have very long fingernails over there. you see the crowd. i have to say, normally an oprah visit to india would be a big cause of celebration for our writers at the show. but to be honest, it's friday and we're exhaust

the victim was his ex-girlfriend, heather norris. >> it was a toxic relationship. it was love/hate. still very much love her. >> throughout the couple's three-year relationship, heather had told her family that bean was physically abusive, and even though bean faced a pending trial on domestic abuse charges at the time of heather's murder, he says he wasn't abusive. >> the whole thing was predicated on a lie. and the lie is that we had a violent relationship. >> i'm not going to say i'm not without fault, but as far as what happened with her death, worst case, voluntary manslaughter. best case, self-defense. >> bean insists the couple had an argument and heather came at him with a knife. >> i was able to get ahold of her former and try to pry the knife out of her hand, and even still, after i had the knife, she continued to come for it. that kind of caught me off guard and in the heat of the moment, i reacted. i stabbed her in the side right here. >> but according to court records, bean had confessed to a friend that he had stabbed sever heather several times and stabbed her throat.

the other was chuck norris' endorsement today. >> bill: chuck norris, everyone. >> that is going to be a big deal for him. >> bill: chuck norris, of course, endorsing the governor last time around in 2008. all right, now, the income tax thing you have said that -- you don't want -- you wouldn't -- you didn't, did you, last time around,. >> yeah, i did. and during the time that i ran in arkansas, i released 20 years of tax records. bill, it was the stupidest thing i ever did. you know why? because you have to release a very detailed financial disclosure statement that people can halfway understand. look, must americans don't understand their own tax returns do we really think they are going to understand mitt romney's? they are going to be complicated. tim geithner didn't understand his tax returns why on god's earth. >> bill: he didn't file them, did he. >> no he didn't file them. why do we think people are going to read some huge tax return of mitt romney and get something out of it. >> bill: in the media the perception is if you don't release them you are trying to hide something. li

and now today, we have michael reagan and chuck norris. i think at every stage, you've had this continuing acceleration. >> i was at a denny's today, they'd all seen the debate. they were, a lot of them had changed their mind. they were romney supporters and now, going for newt. the reason was because of the beginning of debate and how you responded to john king's question about your ex-wife. did you expect that right off the top? >> i sort of had a hunch that that would happen because i thought they couldn't contain themselves. and i thought that they would think it was clever, but i think there's something going on here that's very deep. part of it is really deep diss like of media at a level -- because this has happened like five times now or six times in these debates. i think people want a leader who's forceful, knows what they think. if i had said the color is blue, it's the forcefulness. they know, at least our side of the country. the republicans, the conservatives, the tea partiers, independents. we think the country's in real tro

and now today, we have michael reagan and chuck norris. i think at every stage, we've had this continuing acceleration, if you will. >> number two, the united states is considering closing its embassy in syria over security concerns. that's what two senior officials tell us tonight. we are told that the united states has asked the syrian government for more security around its damascus embassy and a decision to close will be based on a request. closing the embassy would effectively end diplomatic relations with syria. 6,000 people have been killed in conflicts there since march. number three, the national highway investigation has closed its investigation into chevy volt battery fires. we looked through the report today. investigators did not find a safety defect. they also supported gm's fix, which re-enforces the structure surrounding the battery. no fires were reported in cars that people were driving. this came from crash tests. we'll continue to follow it. number four, r existing home sales rose. up 5% in december. the national associ

david norris had never been charged. >> forensic scientists began a cold case review. clothes taken from stephen was subjected to months of modern forensic tests. collected from the garment and the bags they were in. on this colorful jacket, fibers which matched stevens closed. on these jeans, a single hair matching his dna. >> a very small state on the back of the color. a microscopic blood stain. the as on his jacket collar. >> the dna profiling indicates that it comes from stephen. >> blood circled, fibers and hair that linked the suspect on the scene to the killing. despite the surveillance pictures, all of the suspects had to be released. detectives tried fitting takeover camera and his flat. he watched a group of friends and their obsession with knives. months turned in the years. in 1995, is desperate parents tried to prosecute three of the suspects themselves. the men refused to fully answer questions at the 1999 inquiry that produced a report highly critical of the police. even the latest prosecution has taken four years. but the case remains open. nine people

and now today, we have michael reagan and chuck norris.ry stage, we've had this continuing acceleration, if you will. >> number two, the united states is considering closing its embassy in syria over security concerns. that's what two senior officials tell us tonight. we are told that the united states has asked the syrian government for more security around its damascus embassy and a decision to close will be based on a request. closing the embassy would effectively end diplomatic relations with syria. 6,000 people have been killed in conflicts there since march. number three, the national highway investigation has closed its investigation into chevy volt battery fires. we looked through the report today. investigators did not find a safety defect. they also supported gm's fix, which re-enforces the structure surrounding the battery. no fires were reported in cars that people were driving. this came from crash tests. we'll continue to follow it. number four, r existing home sales rose. up 5% in december. the national association of realto

illinois army national guard specialists simpson back at this cta norris tonight one day after catching three would be iphone robber's. saturday night the 21 year-old was heading to work dressed in his security guard uniform when another cta writer flat to down saying three teams tried to snatch his iphone and one of them had a gun he sprang into action and he was able to handcuff two of the teens but he had a struggle with the third one. >> i had an like this. >> he drew his own weapon which he says he is licensed to carry and it turns out the teens gun was in real but the soldier held all of the suspects until police arrived a short time later. 17 year-old dante jackson is now charged as an adult with aggravated attempted robbery and assault. to 16 year-old girl also charged as juveniles. they received verbal commendations to it from his superiors into lots of high fives and handshakes from fellow soldiers. in those tense moments simpson says it was his training that kicked in to help him now that the thieves. specialists simpson joined the national guard's three years ago when he was

david norris had never been charged. this is part of a cold case review. clothes and evidence were subjected to months of modern forensic tests. clothing fibers were collected from the garments and the backs iran. on this colorful jacket taken fibersobson's house, which matched stevens closed. -- clothing fibers were collected from the garments. >> there was a stain on the back of the caller. it would not have been in the pants. >> whose blood was it? >> the dna indicates that that came from stephen lawrence. >> it was a breakthrough. fibers and hairs linked the two suspects to the killing. despite these police surveillance pictures, all of the suspects had to be released. the detectives tried fitting a covert camera. they watched the group of friends and their obsession with knives. the months turned into years. nts 995, stephen's paretn tried to prosecute three of the men themselves. the case fell through. there was a 1999 inquiry which produced a report critical of the police. the case remains open. nine people are still of interest to the police. the o

am was do chuck norris became 6thsdmç what is the difference between that and what obama just did. >>the republicans say the senate is actually in session, and the president had no right to make the so-called recess appointment. >> jon: wait, the senate is in session? i watched c-span for living and i haven't seen them in session. what's that? i missed it. what dow mean i missed it, a congressional session, it's not like a shooting star, you know what i mean? you can't go to the bathroom and miss-- turn on c-span. show me their session and while we're doing that i'm going to just try and open this childproof bottle of aspirin. let me see if i can -- >> the senate will come to order. pursuant to the constitution, the hour of 12:00 noon january 3rd-- senate now stands adjourned until 11 a.m. on friday january 6th, 2012. >> jon: push down and-- holy [bleep] did i miss it again! that was the whole congressional session? that counts for to the being in recess? so the president bid the arcane recess appointment and the senate raises him a technical bylaw adherence, the pro forma senate sess

carlos and a half varks high rem norris, and gabe recall -- gabriel were shot and kitchen there was music, face-painting and a bounce house for kids. something organizers say the three boys would have liked. >> we have a pact with the city of oakland, and what they're going to do they're going to allow to us come into certain recreation centers and they're going to allow to us man them for a couple nights a week. we'll put in mentorship programs. >> alan: we're told a sports program is also in the works. members over the tower of faith ministry and full gospel church say recreation is not the sole answer to gang problems but offers kid an alternative. >> the terrifying chaotic escape from a luxury cruise line that ran aground off the coast of italy. the search for those missing and why the captain has been arrested. >> the rescue of an elusive elephant seal. >> plus, the girls basketball team on a losing streak but still proving they know how to do it gracefully. >> leigh: a terrific day across the bay area. mild temperatures. 60s, a few low 70s. hope you enjoyed it because the big cooldo

. >> norrie oelkers: and we had children coming in for screening with brown bagover their head.y're never allowed to leave their house unless they have a bag on their heads. >> kathy majette: some children don't live, because they have problems with eating, and drinking, and die of malnutrition. >> mel: and they see us as their last resort. >> dr. jill gora: every child deserves a fair chance at life, >> peggy stillman: it may only take an hour to do something that will change their lives forever. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning.

they say it was excessive force.talk show host and former police commissioner ed norris joins us, forundercover.-there have been 9 paser related deaths in this is something that needs - to be looked at more closely -how do yyu know what's excessive .. in this case he was tasered twice in 30 seconds -how are pooice 3 trained in this-why is this better than other restraint methods ... you never know someone's heelth condition ///ess//// you can hear ed norris monday through friday on sports radio 105-seven 'the coming up... the best t-v's... for your supeebowl viewing. plus how to know... if a saae is a good one. and in our hometown hotspot... we take you inside the ring... for some one-on-one boxing.that's just minutes from now.you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 7)) there are lots of sales on t-v's right before the super bowl. but how do you know if the television that's on sale is going to be a great set in the long run?consumer reports' tests can hhlp you find a tv thht really scores. 3 ((v/o)) consumer reports' tv labs are lined with dozens of lcd

manage the city everton and aston villa share the spoils although also wins for chelsea blackburn and norris. however spurs missed the chance to go joint top as well as they were held at home to wolves manager harry redknapp believes his side is still in the title race. named city men you know if you will for us to win the league but we had a fantastic run in the second of like within the first of the decision it could happen but it's very difficult to achieve that it's not impossible. goals work all over and enjoy the winning start to his reign at coach a big spending pattern as we leave our readers to lose forty one many pounds thing to all. of the shots with the big deflection of two defenders to open the scoring well in the second half of your pa story double pierced easily with a ball taken effort not to grab the second step pass and defend putting the ball to the corner toulouse got one buying but it wasn't enough five star french a lot of years to you remain three points clear the top of the table. tom brady masterclasses put new england in to be a have c. championship game after the

when he went back in across the field of battle to go get tommy norris, you know, the commonsense brainas saying don't go back in there because this guy is dead, that's what he was told and he said just like james butler bond, who was stopped as he had left to go find out the question whether reenforcements were coming to the a lmp amoo and why are you throwing away your life away? he said buck travis needs to know the answer to his question and his request. and in the book "lone star," he spat on the ground, spun his horse and rode into i am mortality. mike thornton represents everything that's good about those people of south carolina like james butler bond, an individual, he went back in. he saved a life. he made a difference. he continues to make a difference. he continues to save lives with the service he gives today. having people like mike thornton stand up beside me and say, listen, i want this man to be the president of the united states. it matters. it's a powerful message. having the newest medal of honor recipient has endorsed us as well. the young navy seal who wrote the bo

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the prime minister cameron is the potential to become the man who let the united kingdom come apart norris myth at ibrox. still to come here on our team russell's prime minister finds the pen is mightier than the sword by fear which are now on your tour of russia in a series of articles. encouraging the public to focus only on the message of candidates running for president. the u.s. has strengthened its presence in the persian gulf with the aircraft carrier abraham lincoln sounding into waters off the run on thursday the move is seen as a test of tehran's resolve after it warned america not to send more warships through the strait of hormuz tensions between the us and iran intensified after the islamic republic threatened to block the strait of vital oil transit in response to further sanctions over its nuclear program washington valid to retaliate if you run did cut off the passage collab maltman from the antiwar group international action centers what the u.s. really wants to regain control over iranian oil decades ago. the motivation for the us to continue repressing the iranian people

without him he lives out his life in a tiny windowless not knowing whether he can expect to be released norris myth london. so hundreds may have protested against guantanamo prison in the u.s. but investigative reporter jason lee paul told r.t. the majority of the public tends to ignore an issue that stains their country's reputation. it's very sad that the public more or less this tune guantanamo out has tuned out. widespread human rights abuses that continue to take place in guantanamo it is an issue and abuse that we condemn other governments for however what's happening now is that we have come to accept indefinite detention i think that people are willing to accept it now it doesn't affect them let's face it they look at this as an issue that. they do not need to be concerned about because they still see the majority of people there as terrorists even though we have seen evidence surface over the years that the vast majority were in fact innocent. we're always eager to get your take on this story and today in our online poll at r.t. dot com we're asking what do you think going to they wil

and is the potential to become the man who let the united kingdom come apart norris method at imbra. and i'll be back with a recap of this week's main headlines in just a few minutes stay with our to. the . russians would be so much brighter if you knew more about some from funniest impressions. stunts on t.v. don't come. thanks for being with us at half past the hour roundup of the week's top stories in headlines the arab league extends its observer mission in syria by a month out saudi arabia withdrawals its monitor is critical of the lack of progress in ending almost a year of violence. early results show croatia has voted in favor of joining the european union this comes as yet another member of the financially stricken union in romania rises up against its governments and the measures. and other stories that shape the week tension over iran's nuclear program reaches new highs as the e.u. debates an oil embargo on the u.s. ups its military presence in the region. and the power of the internet in action a massive all mine backlash over u.s. plans to expand web censorship leads to

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and man who grew up in chicago's beverly neighborhood was killed in an avalanche in colorado chris norris became buried while skiing sunday and died of asphyxiation he graduated from mount carmel high school in 2002 he moved from beverly to colorado after he attended college there. his mother lives and evergreen park he leaves behind a wife and two young children his family said he loved it skiing so much he even taught his three year-old daughter how to ski his baby boy is only seven weeks old. after disturbing pictures surfaced of overcrowding at the cook county morgue when commission moves to get the medical examiner fired and at this hour board president toni preckwinkle is touring the morgue to see firsthand the overcrowding situation medical examiner dr. nancy johnson said cuts in state funding for indigent burials is the reason for the backlog of the bodies that the commissioner john fritchey will ask his colleagues today to amend a law that makes the medical examiner's job a lifetime appointment after her tor toni preckwinkle will speak to the media about changes in personnel and