father o'brien was 77 when he came forward.ave been credible in some aspects of the case, but because of his senility and advanced age, the question here is whether he could be reliable. >> i felt that he was credible. i think he had a remarkable memory. >> rudy jaramillo, retired lieutenant from the texas rangers, met with father o'brien when he was investigating the murder. so, you judged father o'brien to be credible? >> yes, sir. >> did you think he was possibly senile? >> no. >> mcallen chief of police victor rodriguez agrees. do you believe father o'brien was a good, credible witness? >> absolutely. >> the d.a. also said he did not believe the former monk, dale tacheny. >> tacheny was not a witness that i could rely on. i believe that tacheny received all of the information that he wanted to say from rudy jaramillo of the texas rangers. >> the d.a. says the texas ranger rudy jaramillo fed the former monk information which he didn't have himself. lieutenant jaramillo says that never happened and that the d.a.'s claim is a

it cost the 63-year-old o'brien his life. the trouble between the two men last april 16th began as they drove down picket road, and cena says that o'brien was constantly honking at him, and this surveillance video on the washington post website shows what happened next. cena followed o'brien into the mall parking lot saying that he wanted to yell at him, and the scuffle was brief with both men landing a punch. they broke it up. but then o'brien called 911 saying that his head was going to explode and he h died ten days later. and they said that cena's decision to go after o'brien made him guilty of assault and battery. he is going to confront him, and look fo looking for the fight. but the attorney for him said that her client was only acting in self-defense and wanted to vent, and o'brien gave the first p punch. the attorney says that it is a tragedy, but not a crime. the jury said they believed that when cena did confront him, there was an assault and put him in bodily harm, and they say that cena was not guilty of assault

didn't tell his -- caretaker that he is, o'brien didn't tell his family until he return to the united states on monday two weeks after the accident. his girl friend says that was his way of processing what happened and protecting his family knowing they couldn't do anything about it. o'brien says he's now dealing with pain and the healing process. >> phantom pain which is really crazy weird. i mean it's like my happened is right there, yeah. it's all crunched up in a vice and at times it can be very excruciating. >> reporter: little did the science reporter know he's been doing the research throughout his career on what would become invaluable information in his personal life and new reality as an amputee. >> one of the first things i did was look at a piece i did for the news hour about a year and a half ago on bionic limbs. i suppose it's a little bit like seeing what people might say at your funeral except i'm still around to be there for it. i'm glad to be alive. >> reporter: surae chinn, wusa9. >>> tonight attorney general eric holder is home resting after a bit of a scare and a

after o'brien attacked him first.atching the surveillance video, it is hard to make out what is going on but it is clear a fight happened. one that resulted in the death of 63-year-old william o'brien. the cityerview with ee gives histive, ll side of the story. theas interrogating him on road. when he pulled into the park in lot. they met in the parking lot, and parsing -- prosecutors claim he started the brawl. >> he instigated the whole defense -- offense. >> after the fight he went inside and pernicious air it. an hour later he called 911, a call that was played for jurors in court on monday. o'brien says he was assaulted, and very in sync the worst pain ever in his life. here is his reaction to hearing about his condition days before he passed away. william o'brien did died 10 days after that incident, according to a medical examiner, the official cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. any questions today about blood thinning medication that o'brien was taking at the time of his death. court resumes in

o'brien died ten days later. said he followed o'brien to the parking lot because o'brien was honking at him. >>> today a judge is set to come up with a retrial date after a key witness recanted his testimony. justin wolfe was convicted for the 2001 murder for hire of a drug supplier. wolfe remains in prison. >>> 4:29 now. we'll learn if d.c. voters will decide if it is legal to have small amounts of marijuana in the district. the d.c. bureau of elections will look at the issue to put on november's ballot. the proposal would break a federal law to ban the district from offering public housing to anyone charged with marijuana offenses. >>> if you have an outstanding warrant in the state of maryland, you may not get your tax return. that's what the state comptroller has expanded statewide. a pilot plan is operating in anne arundel county. today sheriffs across the state will push lawmakers to expand the program. >>> today you can let the d.c. council know what you think about the plan to bring the redskins back to t

. >> and they promised conan o'brien the "tonight show" in 2009. >> and they sea say, okay, jay, we will extend you for five more year years, but that is when we give the show to conan. and jay was hurt. >> hurt. >> i was cleaning out the office today -- >> and ever the team player, leno goes along. >> and then i realize that i am not spending enough time with my cars. no. but anyway. you know, when i took the show over, boy, there was a lot of animosity between me and dave and who is going to get it, and quite frankly, a lot of, what i thought, well, good friendships were permanently damaged, and i don't want to see anybody ever have to go through that again. good luck next week, my friend. >> and the five years rup, b but -- five years are up, but in the handoff, a fumble. ♪ we are one, under the sun ♪ under the sun... [ female announcer ] fiber and protein. together as one. introducing new fiber one protein cereal. [ mawhile a body in motionat restends to stay in motion... [ female announcer ] fiber and protein. together as one. staying active can ease arthritis symptoms. but if you h

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leno hands over the reins of "the tonight show" to conan o'brien. >> thank you, everybody.ou for watching. please give conan as much support as you've given me throughout the years. >> reporter: publicly the transition is positive. behind the scenes, tumultuous. nbc contractual agreements had guaranteed conan "the tonight show." but the network doesn't want to lose jay to a competitor. >> because he's number one. nobody takes the number one guy off the air. >> it's "the jay leno show." >> reporter: nbc's solution? give jay a show in primetime to save the network the higher costs involved in producing scripted dramas. and keep leno in the fold. >> it's a sound move. but for jay it was not a sound move because he was doing something weird. it was not something the audience had ever seen before. >> it's nice to be back. we've been off the air for three months. or as most people in hollywood call that, rehab. >> reporter: jay's 10:00 p.m. show premieres in september of 2009. >> and while we were off the government started this program to give people money for their old cars. i

o'brien was on a shoot in the philippines reporting on the aftermath of the fukushima disaster. it was a seemingly minor accident. he was packing up tv equipment when a caseful of camera gear fell on his forearm. two days later he's in the hospital suffering from acute compartment syndrome, a condition where blood flow is cut off to the muscle. the doctor made the life and death decision to amputate his arm above the elbow. >> being the caretaker that he is o'brien didn't tell his family until he returned to the united states on monday, two weeks after the accident. his girl friend says that was his way of processing what happened and protecting his family knowing they couldn't do anything about it. o'brien says he's now dealing with pain and the healing process. >> phantom pain which is really crazy weird, yeah. i mean it's like my hand is right there all crunched up and in a vice and at times it can be very excruciating. >> reporter: little did the science reporter know he's been doing the research throughout his career on what would become invaluable information in his person

sena admitted to following o'brien there because o'brien had been honking his horn at him. sena punched the 63-year-old who died ten days later from blunt force trauma to the head. during an interrogation, sena said o'brien threw the first punch. >>> tonight police are hoping a key witness will come forward after a deadly shooting in woodbridge over the weekend. three men stormed into a grocery jewelry store on friday night and killed the cashier. the victim 21-year-old glenda marisol cocoromera. she moved here from el salvador and just had a baby girl. detectives were able to talk to a customer who was able to hide under the counter during the shooting. the gunman did not make off with any money. >>> tonight there are new concerns about slow response times from d.c. firefighters and emergency dispatchers. this after several high profile cases. wendy reiger is at our live desk with more. wendy? >> reporter: well, in testimony that lasted into this evening, families blasted d.c. fire and ems, saying their relatives would still be alive if the paramedics had just done their j

but he said he only followed o'brien into the parking lot to scold him.k at me like that or you will get your montana kicked. the two men were separated and then two hours later o'brien called 911 from the home, and in the tape played for the jury, he is moaning and telling the dispatcher, i am in significant distress and i was assaulted in a parking lot and i'm in significant danger. what is the problem? i have a headache that will blow your head off. and the cause of the death is blunt force trauma. and two days later in the videotape of the session also obtained by the washington post, he still insists that cena was the aggressor. >> i struck him after he hit me. after he hit me. >> and by the way, cena faceses a saul and battery charge, and them is expected to wrap up this evening and they are holding court for that and we expect the closing arguments tomorrow. i'm julie carey, news4. >>> a sunday afternoon canoe trip almost turned tragic for a man and his dogs. the noeksville rescue department sent us this video. a man and his dogs were in a canoe, a

leno hands over the reigns of "the tonight show" to conan o'brien. >> thank you, everybody.or watching. please give conan as much applause as you've given me. >> behind the scenes, tumultuous. the network doesn't want to lose jay to a competitor. >> because he's number one. >> nbc's solution? give jay a show in primetime to save the network the higher cost in producing scripted dramas and keep leno in the fold. >> it's a sound move, but for jay, it was not sound, because he was doing something weird. it was not something the audience had ever seen before. >> we've been off the air for three months, or as most people in hollywood call that, rehab. >> his show premieres in september of 2009. >> the government giving money for their old cars, i made $5 billion. >> leno is back with his headline humor, but not all of his fans follow him. how bruising was it for jay to have to go to 10:00 p.m.? >> it was kind of bruising for all of us, because we had to figure out what to do just like that. and we thought we were doing a pretty good job at 11:30. >> what do you think was the bigg

o'brien threw the first punch, he says. and o'brien died three days later. >>> a mother was killed almost 24 hours ago now. she was reaching into her minivan in front of knottingham elementary school when a dump truck hit her vehicle and she was killed. news 4 spoke to some drivers who said little falls road can be difficult to drive because it's so narrow and cars park on both sides of it. drivers want to know what will be done to make the roadway safer. >> definitely speed bumps or something to help people slow down because, yeah, you never know what can happen here. i've seen it at the busy times at the end of school. there's a lot of people walking back and forth. there needs to be something to slow people down a little bit. >> the dump truck driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with police. police are looking into whether or not speed was a factor. >>> and we can learn today if d.c. voters will decide if it's legal to have small amounts of marijuana in the district. board of election sincere reviewing an initi

i suggested that i would be good at all towards o'brien's bridge at six twenty emergency services were notified that he was seen entering the river. a full scale search and rescue operation was launched involving been opened and that i'd like for them because they're pretty corrupt in love with dad the fire service personnel. i marinated the forty three year old was five strokes to go with that. his body was recovered from the water and taken to goal university hospital where he was pronounced dead. post more examinations can get there today. it's standard practice for daddy to contact the ombudsman commission following an instant from members of the forsythe interaction with somebody prior to the dentist the matter was referred to as ombudsman last bite at a team of inspectors travels to call it that appealed to anyone who may have witnessed the instance of o'brien's bridge to contact them on eighteen ninety six hundred acre. our tv news on. church charitable and say they hope to start work within months on restoring parenting some dolphins more streets were the days of nineteen sixte

all because cena said o'brien honked at him too many times.the fight resulted in o'brien's death. >> i wanted to yell at him, okay, and vent. and he attacked me. >> reporter: the fight lasted less than one minute and both parties walked away, but hours later o'brien called 911 telling the dispatcher, quote, i have a headache that is about to make my head blow off. then ten days later o'brien, a father of two, died from a brain injury made worse by a blood-thinning medication he had been taking. cena was arrested after o'brien died. >> he was brought back to the station, interviewed and subsequently charged. >> reporter: this recently released video of his interrogation is shedding new light on the confrontation, showing the moment cena, a former sunday school teacher, first learns o'brien has been hospitalized because of the fight. >> from me hitting him? >> yes. >> you're kidding me. >> reporter: cena admits following o'brien into the parking lot but says it was only to confront him verbally. >> i am backing up the whole time. the whole time.

and it is cena saying that o'brien threw the first punch. they scuffle d and then parted.ours later, he calle ed for he and died later of injuries. >>> and reed was a school superintendent in the western part p of new york, and a town called climber which happened back in 2012. taglianetti drove there to shoot reed after he discovered that reed and his wife had rekindled a former relationship online. >>> a developing story now involving problems with metro silver line. first broke the story about the delays with the dulles metro project, and now we are learning about specific problems to push the opening back another month. news4 transportation report, adam tuss is in herndon with the latest. adam? >> hey, jim. actually, it could be pushed back more than a month. a month could be an optimistic figure at this point, and we got out of the meeting with silver line leaders and the news is not good. i want to go over some of the specific issues that we are learning about with the silver line. there are water leaks up and down the line, and es ka lays or the and elevators that d

we return to soledad o'brien's story of a haitian teacher who inspires the kids and an extraordinarily generous gift from an "america tonight" viewer. >> good evening, i'm joie chen. thanks for being with us. many american cities face the very same challenge. finding and stopping the biggest threats to its innocent citizens, especially hiding among them. many cities across the country, have looked to the controversial, end policy tactic used by the new york city pd, called stop and frisk. it is a tactic that was aimed towards making the city streets safer but unfairly abusively targeted people of color, the practice hit close to home for new york's brand-new mayor who promised to take action, in our in depth crime and punish many, sarah hoy says he takes the first step to doing it. >> i'm across the street and the officers say hey you, come over here. on the one hand, this is like another day but like on that day man like i'm teaching i'm like a professional. i'm on lunch break. a guy can't work? >> mallit clarkson was on lunch when he was stopped by police officers. he was teaching se

o'brien, but not for battery, because they did determine that there was not a willful touching. the jury is back tomorrow at 110:00 in the morning the decide the sentencing phase, but this is a misdemeanor charge, and he can face a maximum of a year in jail and a $25 fine. we will have more coming up on new"news4 at 6:00" as the famil are leaving the courthouse. i'm julie carey for news4 report ing from fairfax county. >>> and they thought they had found a way to beat the house. a couple today, in jail after using fake chips at maryland live casino. mark segraves reports that the police were able to recover more than $100,000 of these bogus chips found in an unusual place. >> security at maryland live casino noticed the first fake chips last month. then virginia state police, and maryland police and investigators for homeland security working the case. in that investigation, they identified the $150,000 worth of counterfeit chips of this couple, and thigh tried to pass them. >> reporter: the couple bought them through the internet for $12,000, and then altered them to look like

on the job that was turns out ms burning knew the law a lot better than the disk race full deputy o'brien figured she would something we dog the wife to do tonight but suck about that by following me on twitter at the residence. all right level four we go tonight don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's guest is meatloaf one of america's music legends in the world of rock hell talk about his career and his own independent political leanings here's a look at what's to come. totally your endorsement of mitt romney you never entered politics much openly before well lead to no not openly not openly i am a true independent i walked the streets from a government. in seventy two and passed and put flyers in all the new york apartments and then i did the same thing for carter then when reagan came around i was very and i wasn't sure about reagan but in the second term i'm on vernon and i voted for bush then i voted for clinton both times played the clinton number well you are an independent i mean that not many people voted mcgovern and bush i mean i've heard of independent

it's hard to feel sorry for conan o'brien he got $45 million and another job.there. >> not feeling sorry for conan. he has his own audience. the question is, is there a risk here? do you think it's a calculated risk? >> with nbc? >> if it ain't broke don't fix it. manning got another piece of the super bowl, right sf >> only problem is that he did have surgery it and was a question mark about how is he going to be? >> true. jay leno can do this. it's not like athletics. he can do this until he's 83. >> last night i was laughing my head off. >> number one is number one. >> i agree. >> good to see you. >> sean, thank you so much. >> that is all the time we have left this evening. now is the time to stop and, you can post your comments on facebook and twitter with hash tag ask sean tomorrow night i'll answer questions and very no idea what they're going to be before i get them. otherwise record "hannity" each and every week night. don't forget start your day with "fox and friends" each day at 5:00 a.m . see you back here tomorrow night. >>> can we get one thing st

fromad, what did we learn the jay leno, conan o'brien debacle?ot make the announcement five years ahead. a lot could happen in five years. the difference is jay leno does not have that much place to go. he had made some overt threats x, butld go to abc door fo i think those doors have been shot. he will be left to nbc for seven more months. >> what does jimmy fallon bring to the table? >> is 39. i think the future is something that jimmy kimmel and jimmy fallon do -- these vignettes, these skits that people watch the next day. the shows are not very young. the median age is well into the 50's even for jimmy fallon and john -- jimmy kimmel. you alluded to the fact that david letterman has tried to leno.atch-up to jay does his departure necessarily mean that david letterman will take over the top spot? necessarily.hink this is a risk they are going to take. if you look at the median age, they are a lot closer. it is higher on average, about 58 years old. i think they are betting that will not necessarily happen, but you know letterman is betting it

o'brien. he's the managing partner of the los angeles office of the national law firm aaron fox. and he's formerly a delegate to the u.n. and formerly a state department official in afghanistan running their justice program there, and he was on to talk with me about not the law -- though he's an extraordinarily gifted litigator -- but to talk with me about robert gates' memoir because it spoke to the era in which robert o'brien was part of the team of the national security apparatus of the w. administration. i wished i had had my wits about me, because o'brien is all -- he's two things as well as a great litigator, he's a trademark lawyer, and he's a fashion lawyer. and if i had had my wits about me, i would have asked do you think i can trademark happiness? that would be a good thing. and if i could get a happiness brand -- they represent all the big fashion brands and all that. if i could just have the happiness brand, i would like that. the only problem with it is as i went about writing "the happiest life," i discovered very quickly there are thousands of books about happines

. >> "the tonight show" transition five years ago from jay leno to conan o'brien was a flop. >> i doegret one second. >> there always was a undercurrent of friction between the conan camp and the jay camp because jay didn't want to leave the job. >> "new york times" media reporter bill carter has written two books chronicling the late night tv wars, and he sees the transition from leno to jimmy fallon as smoother for several reasons. >> the main difference here is that jay is onboard with this and has been onboard with it. he's not fighting it. >> in fact, leno and fallon have mocked the notion of tension between them. >> i bid you a very heartfelt good night. >> just as a 66-year-old johnny carson gave way to a younger leno, the now 63-year-old comedian is doing the same for one 24 years younger. >> they're getting a next generation performer. at some point you've got to make that move. >> but carter sees fallon's silent comedy and musical talent having more mainstream appeal to viewers than conan o'brien had. >> i think they'll be more comfortable with jimmy because i think conan w

was angry because o'briened ha been honking his horn at him, and then cena punched o'brien, and he laterten days later, but then cena says that he threw the first punch. we will have more on cena in a live report at 5:00. >>> it is a technology that is supposed to keep you safe, but as the i-team reports, there is concern that the pharmacy robots could make mistakes worse. tisha thompson has the warning. >> reporter: next time you go to the pharmacy, peek behind the counter, and there is a machine tucked behind the counter, and that is a pharmacy robot, but we will show you how that one machine can compound one mistake into another. this is the board of torard pre the board of pharmacy. in this sales from a prominent robot maker, you can see how the technician types it into the computer, and the robotic arm places the pills into the bottle and then stamps them. >> i think that can helped with the dispensing, and the error rate is significantly lower if you have technicians or pharmacists filling them. >> reporter: and dr. sidney wolf at the watchdog group says that there are two well res

a former church worker, he punched o'brien after o'brien honked at him. o'brien walked off from the scuffle but later collapsed and diedhemorrhage. >>> the person hit by a train this morning was a teenager, we just learned. the 15-year-old died at the scene and it happened on vre's manassas line near clara barton road. passengers were stuck on the train for three hours because the investigation was ongoing and they're on a rush schedule for the evening rush. >>> we now know the name of a woman hit by a bus outside the metro station. she was killed last night. castillo was in her 60s and lived in falls church. police tell us the bus driver is cooperating with the investigation and we're trying to finds out exactly what happened for news4 at 5. >>> lawmakers are debating a bill named for a 4-year-old boy killed by a distracted driver. it would make it harder for those to avoid jail time. he was hit by someone driving their parents' car while talking on the phone and it would allow for a $5,000 fine for distracted driving. >>> our quick winter blast made it

charlie to sow discord about the coast bible simon o'brien also told the leftist committee that he has no idea if his organization is currently under surveillance for tickets or fourteen years answer has to find a large fund executives were left speechless after the financial regulator awesome to get the quinn group lifeline in mid two thousand based dublin circuit criminal court has been told that the time to quit and sold hundreds of millions of euro to the bike. michael sullivan was giving evidence at the trial of former under chairman sean fitzpatrick a former executive patrick whelan and william aka tear the three men tonight getting all lol for those sixteen people to find the shares. by the sullivan told the court he and his boss practically dead. next commodore and a magic bag of h's office of the eighth of may two thousand and eight kind of event hundreds of millions of your own to the quinn group to fund a strong winds high risk that some time ago shares to contact the difference can it be that leads to the wind has made steak like venting money to the queens of the so called

o'brien died ten days later of a head injury. cena is facing up to a year in jail. >>> tonight a new nbc4 poll shows d.c. mayor vincent gray leading in the april 1 democratic primary. the results show he is benefitting from a crowded field of candidates. but he remains vulnerable because of if lingering 2010 campaign scandal. tom sherwood breaks down the findings. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >>> first elected in 2010, mayor gray decided only in december to seek reelection. the new maris poll for nbc4 and media partners, wmau radio and the washington informer shows the head to head race this way now. gray has 28% followed by ward 4 councilmember muriel bowser in striking distance at 20%. 13% forward 2 councilmember jack evans. 12% forward 6 councilmember tommy wells, and 12% undecided. all of the other candidates trail in single digits, far behind the leaders. for mayor gray, however, his apparent lead is clouded. the poll shows two-thirds of democrats say it's time to elect someone else. among those democrats, 46% th

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on the other hand, as we saw in the whole leno, letterman, carson, conan o'brien, fallon legacy, it'sstory. let's also remember that the guy behind the scenes is the guy behind saturday night life, lorne michaels he will have two shows on nbc, saturday night live, and he has association with some prime time too. so this is also going to be the lauren michaels era going forward. >> we have a social media question for you, let's go hermela. >> i wish i could care about len on's last week but haven't we been there and done that enough already. even after 20 plus years with the tonight show leno's farewell seems mooted compared to carsons, do you think it's because people said goodbye once before? >> i do. and he does have a loyal audience and i am sure they'll misimpressiomiss him. it's a mainstream audience that doesn't have the social media influence anymore and doesn't have mean allies in the big city media either. you are not seeing the sort of morning that wenmourning with sg and johnny leaving. there is not as much drama. this time but we all wish him a great happy retirement. he's

hip hop pioneer russell simmons talks with soledad o'brien >> i make mistakes everyday, i don't try to count them... >> about his music.... >> the artist should say what's on people's minds. >> his cause... dominion over the animals does not mean abuse... >> and his future... >> i wanna make movies and tv shows that reflect the new america. >> russell simmons up close and personal... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera >> no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> a foody's delight with a charm that defies expectations. the gooy duck, coming from a native american word meaning dig deep. a botched shipment from the northern specific shores has caused problems. as jacob ward reports, the blockage has caused problems for a tribe in washington state. >> sinking down into the waters, a diver seeks a rare prize. it's buried

soledad o'brien caught up with her friend russell. >> you were on twitter talking about philip seymour hoffman's death, and your perspective about drug laws and his death. >> if he were alive today would he go to gaol or rehab. end the war on drugs. the war an drugs has done more to destroy the fabric of the black community, not the effects of jim crow and slavery. it's taken innocent diseased people, locked them up, and dumped them in the hood with no hope. it became gaol culture for the hood, not the schools, not for the prisons. prison has it, you learn, you are educated in how to do things you never would have done. whites and blacks - don't they use and sell drugs at the same rate. you can't end drug laws. 94.5% of people were incarcerated under the drug laws, in a state that was not 94% black and brown. we incarcerate more people than anyone in the world. america responsible for locking its own up, and creating criminals and a cycle of criminality in the community. >> michael sam, number 52, came out of the closet before the draft. it started a fire storm, i think it's fair to sa

o'brien left the state's attorney's office in december, after 20 years there. a key figure in the rod blagojevich scandal is on his way to jail, for a completely separate crime. raghuveer nayak was convicted of bribing doctors to send their patients to his outpatient surgery centers. he got a two-year sentence. nayak was accused, but never charged, with offering to raise cash for governor blagojevich, if he appointed jesse jackson junior to the senate. julia mancuso won a bronze medal in women's super combined slalom. it's the fourth olympic medal of her career. no other u-s female alpine racer has more than two, including lindsey vonn. a concert violinist returned to a concert to violinist returned to the stage with his multi- million dollar *stradivarius violin that was stolen and recovered. the 300-year old violin was stolen from concert violinist and northwestern lecturer, frank almond, after a performance in suburban milwaukee. the violin has been on loan to almond since 2008. two men are now charged with the robbery. >> a good morning. cold temperatures a

soledad o'brien sits with him on "talk to al jazeera". >> michael sams has just come ou. you are vocal when it comes to gay rites. tell me why? >> people are suffering, peel need to wake up. consciousness, it's the same thing. you have a voice. gays should get the rights that we want for ourselves and give to others. the respect that we demand nor ourselves we should give to others. that's a simply mantra i try to lie by. i want to get married - again. not now. >> let's here what news we are making. go ahead. >> i want to get married again. people should have the right to get married. so things like that - if you see justice, and don't say anything, maybe you have other issues. >> this kid that plays in the n.f.l. >> he can play. >> he has to get to the draft, would he be the first openly gay n.f.l. player. >> good for him. bad for america that he's the first openly gay - there's a lot of gay football players proud of him, rooting for him. gay football players right now in every locker and team that are rooting for him. straight guys like me, rooting for him. that's good.

soledad o'brien's conversation with russell. still ahead - bode miller goes for the gold in the men's super-g. and anger in venezuela. protesters venting frustrations. an update from >> welcome back to al jazeera. in egypt 14 killed, 13 hurt when a tourist bus exploded in the sinai peninsula. two south korean tourists and their driver were killed. it was waiting to cross the israeli border. >> in south africa 11 people were pulled from a collapsed mind. they were digging illegally and have been handed to police in johannesburg. >> mahmoud abbas says he does not want to flood israel with millions of palestinian refugees. the issue of refugees must be dealt with during negotiations for a peace deal. >> protesters in ukraine pulled out of kiev's city hall. demonstrators have been occupying it for a couple of months they agreed to leave if activists imprisoned were released. >> a handshake under international observers. the occupation of city hall came to an end. after weeks of negotiations between protesters and the government. bot

hip hop pioneer russell simmons talks with soledad o'brien >> i make mistakes everyday, i don't try to count them... >> about his music.... >> the artist should say what's on people's minds. >> his cause... dominion over the animals does not mean abuse... >> and his future... >> i wanna make movies and tv shows that reflect the new america. >> russell simmons up close and personal... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera al jazeera america. we open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dis

commissioner o'brien is not here so i want to defer item 4 until he arrives if everyone is okay with. item 5 discussion and possible action to make the recognize for the board of supervisors file 13192 police and the administrative codes for the housing code this is an ax item. >> welcome andrea. good afternoon and at the commissioners for hearing this today, i know that councilmember marcason gave a presentation so i'll try not to duplicate that. supervisor kim and supervisor cowen began working on this location a year ago today. and they approached it from the districts 6 and 10 actually of the highest portion of population in the city with people who have a conviction hearing. and both the rebefore a data tells the biggest carts of recidivism they saw this as a piece of legislation. we take a look at other models that have coward throughout the country where san francisco is not the first to look at criminal history and a employment positions. we take a look at the cities like seattle and beautifully and philadelphia and the state legislation that passed something for their hiring

is the new host jimmy fallon the next conan o'brien?ive of the eight super bowls. 's a pretty good record. what's the super bowl like each year? >> for parents, it's wonderful. for players, i played for a long time. we never even made the playoffs, so we didn't get close to the super bowl. that's the ultimate for the super bowl. that's what you want to do. as a parent to do it five times, we kind of look at each other and pinch ourselves. i'm not trying to be greedy here and it's more fun to win these games when you get in but i wish all parents -- i really wish any parent who has a son playing could experience this also. >> when you watch them on the field, this is a hard question for a father to ask -- answer. who's better eli or payton? >> i don't go there. >> you know fwail rates her children in front of us all the time. >> it's hard to pick. i could never pick. >> quarterbacking -- i think too many times we individualize in football. john's had a tough year. broncoss had a good year. his team's having great year. >> when you watch

soledad o'brien's story of a haitian teacher who inspires confidence.he teacher mckenzie desalot lost his school in the 2010 earthquake in haiti. now he's got an anonymous donation that's going to change everything . this is a very happy ending. there's a great deal of pain in haiti and deep wounds there. >> how does it feel to look at your school? >> actually i try avoid coming by here because it hurtsdz, it hurts deeply. >> i know what you're saying even though i don't speak your language. feels terrible. >> it make me pain in my heart. >> our special correspondent soledad o'brien will follow up with an incredible story, of a "america tonight" viewer. it's coming up then. >> joie, thank you very much. >>> roman conflict church must work now. in a new report the u.n. accuses the vatican of systematically turning a blind eye. the vatican says the u.n. report is, quote, distorted an unfair. the church claims the u.n. didn't consider measures it has taken to protect young people. grinding to a halt, still ahead, the $1 billion problem putting the brakes o

soledad o'brien has been in haiti for the past several years. she returns and first of all, great to see you. it's been a long time. >> thank you, and likewise, of course. >> there are any number of stories that you could have followed in haiti. which one did you choose? >> we report on a number of stories out of haiti. i think the one that had an impact was one that took a serious look at where did all the money go. many people saw the pictures, heard the stories and were moved to donate to haiti's cause post earthquake, but what happened to all that money, and tracking that money was the focus of our story. it was very challenging and difficult to track all that money. the biggest issue in haiti in housing where hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes. aid agencies came in took over their home and brought in aid and ousted some people in the meanwhile. here is a look at our original report that re-aired in january. >> today aid agencies say approximately 300,000 people in port-au-prince still live in deplorable conditions and camps. f

jimmy kimmel, fallon, none of them had much respect for him. >>> didn't help conan o'brien that much.you think the viewers will be loyal to him or the show? will jim fallon be able to hold on to the audience? >> it's jimmy's to take on. his thing with bruce springsteen about chris christie, it's a great late-night, you can do amazing things with it. the sad thing is, the audience isn't there. on the other hand, as we saw in the whole leno -- fallon, carson legacy, the guy behind saturday night live, lorn michaels, this is always going to be the lorn michaels era at nbc going forward. >> social media, hermella? >> i wish i could talk about leno's last week on the tonight show but haven't we been there, done that already? pretty muted compared to carson's. do you think it's because people have said good-bye once before? >> yes, i do, he does have a loyal audience and i'm sure they're going to miss him. it is a mainstream audience that doesn't have that social influence anymore. you're not seeing the sort of mourning that went into a seinfeld leaving or johnny himself leaving. there isn'

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conan o'brien, david letterman, and conan o'brien shared the late night spot.ow they said good-bye. >> nbc will finally be able to show somebody okay with passing the torch. >> our friend, jay leno, 22 years as host of the tonight show. 22 years, that is remarkable. congratulations on a wonderful run. and i'll tell you something, if i was jay leno and i was retiring you know what i would do? i would go out and buy myself a car. >> so to jay, thank you very much. he has been a great guy. we're going to miss him. >> all right, we'll give -- i don't know, david letterman -- has he completely lost it? letterman? >> he is tired. >> are there anymore predictable jokes? >> i think a lot of these jokes are recycled. if you get one good zinger in a night -- how come nobody is ever replacing letterman, why are they just trying to go for one seat? no, i'm serious, he is sitting there ruling the roost. and everybody else, says conan in the chair, then leno, then fallon in the chair. >> cbs doesn't play the game of having the late nights. but this is the longest 12 minutes

soledad o'brien spoke about michael sam. >> reporter: michael sam number 52 just came out of the closet right before the draft, and it sort of started a little firestorm, i think is fair to say. you've been very vocal in gay rights, tell me why, and then tell me what you think about young guys. >> people are suffering. people need to wake up, conscienceness. it's always the same thing, right? you have a voice. the right that we can't for ourselves are the rights we should give to others. the respect that we demand for ourselves we should give to others. that's a simple mantra that i try to live by. i won't be able to get married again, not now. >> well, let's hear what noise you're making for me? >> i want to get married again. people should have the right to get married. people should have the right to live freely in our society. things like that are obvious. if you see an injust, and you don't say anything, then maybe you have issues. >> this kid if he ends up playing in the nfl. >> he's going to play in the n nfl. >> will he be the first openly gay nfl player? >> good for him. bad fo

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