and will not cancel it we're happy to raffling off tickets to sporting events or gift certificates to restaurants and come to the point america for those in power like we care to openly promoting gun violence by raffling off military grade assault weapons and that is very clearly. the alive war rate fixing scandal is shaping up to be one of the biggest financial crimes in the history of the world we're look at a more than it does of the biggest banks on the planet conspiring to manipulate hundreds of trillions of dollars in the global economy so they can make bigger profits while consumers small business small businesses and entire cities are left to go bankrupt. well the scandal has spread to wall street already d.o.j. officials are preparing criminal charges against numerous banks toure's the center of this crime is in london's financial district home to barclays bank first bank to be implicated in the retreat scandal two top executives of barclays have already resigned and the bank was slapped with a four hundred fifty million dollars fine for criminal activity right now london's f

the raffle was an oddly creative way to unload the biltmore house.tickets would sell for $25. the proceeds would benefit the child crisis center. to generate publicity for the raffle, investigators say marin scaled mt. everest, doing interviews from the mountain with a local television station. it all played into the marin mystique. >> we've done our final altitude climb up to 25,000 feet. >> reporter: but joe says it was all a sinister ploy. epps is the sinister accountant that unraveled marin's personal finances for prosecutors. >> what happened was he paid $2,550,000 for the house and set up with a couple of friends of his a bogus second mortgage designed to increase the value of the house by $950,000 for a second mortgage that really didn't exist. >> you think this raffle was just a scam to make $1 million basically? >> yes. and at the same time be able to look like a very generous person who didn't make anything off of it. >> reporter: in april, 2009, the arizona attorney general ruled the raffle was illegal. the plan fizzled. at this point mari

the raffle was an oddly creative way to unload the biltmore house. tickets sold for $25.ceeds would benefit the child crisis center. to generate publicity, investigators say he scaled mt. everest, doing interviews from the mountain with a local television station. it all played into the mystique. >> we can climb up to 25,000 feet. >> reporter: but he says it was all a sinister ploy. >> what happened was he paid $2,550,000 for the house and set up with a couple of friends with his a bogus second mortgage designed to increase the value of the house by $950,000 for a second mortgage that didn't exist. >> reporter: you think this raffle was a scam to make a million dollars basically? >> yes. and to be able to look like a generous person who didn't make anything off of it. >> reporter: in april 2009, the arizona attorney general ruled the raffle was illegal, the plan fizzled. at this point, he was six months away from having to make a balloon payment of roughly $2 million to lenders or risk a major jump in his monthly payments. his financial world was collapsing around him. >>

the raffle was an oddly creative way to unload the biltmore house.would benefit the child crisis center. to generate proceeds, investigators say marin scaled mt. everest, doing interviews from the mountain with a television station. it all played into the marin mystique. >> we're climbing up to 25,000 feet. >> but it was all a sinister ploy. here's the forensic accountant who unravelled the plot for prosecutors. >> he paid $2,550 for the house and set up with a couple of friends of his a bogus second nor g mortgage designed to increase the cost of the house for a second mortgage that didn't really exist. >> you think this raffle was just a scam to make $1 million, basically? >> yes. and at the same time be able to look like a very generous person who didn't make anything off of it. >> reporter: in april 2009, the arizona attorney general ruled the raffle was illegal. the plan fizzled. at this point, marin was six months away from having to make a balloon payment of roughly $2 million to lenders, or risk a major jump in his monthly interest payments.

to generate publicity for the raffle, investigators say marin scaled mt. everest. eps says it was all a sinister ploy. >> what happened was he paid 2 million for the house and set up a bogus second mortgage with a couple of friends of his to design to increase the value on the house for a second mortgage that didn't really exist. >> reporter: you think this raffle was a scam to make a million, basically. >> yes. and at the same time be able to look like a generous person who didn't make anything off of it. >> reporter: in april 2009, the arizona attorney general ruled the ralph was illegal. the plan fizzled. at this point marin was six months away from having to make a balloon payment of roughly $2 million to lenders or risk a major jump in his monthly interest payments. marin's financial world was collapsing around him. >> i don't think he thought this thing through, he and his pals, and it ended up where he had to do something that was pretty waky, which was burn down his house. >> in the early morning hours of july 5th, 200 the, fire engulfed marin's built more

we have raffle prizes of one of the grade 1 that were giving away this year as the voice of the giants will host people the all been able to take it to work up the stadium and then watch a ballgame. >>> raffle tickets also add to the strength of the fund to help out woman to help pay the medical cost. >>> these women would help low- income women not women who have resources. when they get grants to our organization and we get the grants to the different organizations that helped the woman and they're able to pay the rent some time to shift the matter of being able to pay a babysitter million going for chemotherapy treatments. sometimes you have to buy awake a lot of these women don't have medical insurance and they want when they get breast cancer they really need these funds these grants that we give out. and it's all for local women. >>> i'm going to send people to the upside because you're giving all the fun out information this is a worthy cause and i want to thank you for doing barbaras buddies and i will be on your team and if you like to learn more about friends of faith and had

if you have not entered their raffled yet, do so later tonight. comcast, walmart, verizon, moon star restaurant. >> we go from the greatest karaoke's singer in the house of congress to the self-proclaimed worst karaoke singing in public office. i would like to introduce california state controller, serving his second term. he takes a hard-line and took immediate action to weed out waste, fraud, and abuse of public funds. and to amend the state's finances more transparent and accountable to the public -- and to make the state's finances more transparent and accountable to the public. [applause] >> i will spare you what the distinguished council president requested me to do, which is to sing for all of you. we used to go out for karaoke, but he would sing and i would leave. this is a magnificent evening. we gather tonight in celebration of asian-pacific heritage month. we take a moment to reflect upon our past, to understand the heroic struggles, obstacles, hardships that so many people, including this evening's tremendous honor read, had to overcom

they are starting the raffle in a few minutes. today's event is in support of the only survivor, 12-year-old hannah. >> her father was dead ated to the success of his daughters. >> reporter: and the community plays a key panel, that's why they are holding fundraiser to support the girl selling cup cakes and raffling items donated by the community. they plan to buy her school supplies and keep the rest for a clothe college fund so she can continue to put many indication first. >> same for the tutoring classes they had before o.j. continuing the same thing she had before so she wouldn't loose those special kinds of things. >> reporter: now back on april 7th. they were riding their bikes entree boulevard when police say a 17-year-old in a white suv jumped the curb, sheared off a fire hydrant and hit them. now more than three months later the man still hasn't been charged. >> frustrated that the investigation has not been completed and that when they do call the da he just says it's still in progress. they aren't getting the proper de

to give you an idea of the type of entertainment we will have, raffles, live performances, musicals, and once a month -- it is a gay bar. gsorry. [laughter] once a month we have performers from touring broadway shows coming in, so we haven'd five performance by an american indian. they will come and do a couple of songs, which the crowd loves. we would like to have these days and go-go dancers on weekends. it is not a club. we do not have a dance floor. it is a neighborhood arbar. >> i have one question. security must wear distinctive clothing. you find it is a deterrent? is that something you have staff saying there is security on the back? would that be negative for you? strikeus we have been wearing js that say security on the black. when we are trying to watch out for things like cellphone we prefer not to, but outside i prefer a they are identified. as there is a provision the states unless someone has a business there they cannot stand outside. i know people go outside to smoke. how do you control abouthat? vice we have an ash tray for them to use, and that is where our patrons

the raffle was an oddly creative way to unload the biltmore house. raffle tickets would sell for $25. proceeds benefit child crisis center. to generate publicity for the raffle, investigators say marin scaled mth everest. it all played into the marin mystique. >> high altitude climatization climb up to 25,000 feet -- >> reporter: but joe epps says it's a ploy. unravelled marin's finances for prosecutors. >> he paid $2,550,000 for the house and set up with a couple of friends of his a bogus second mortgage designed to increase the value of the house by $950,000 for a second mortgage that really didn't exist. >> reporter: you think this raffle was just a scam to make a million dollars, basically? >> yes. and at the same time be able to look like a very generous person who didn't make anything off of it. >> reporter: in april 2009, the arizona attorney general ruled the raffle was illegal. the plan fizzled. at this point marin was six months away from having to make a balloon payment of roughly $2 million to lenders or risk a major jump in his monthly i

if you have not entered their raffled yet, do so later tonight.cast, walmart, verizon, moon star restaurant. >> we go from the greatest karaoke's singer in the house of congress to the self-proclaimed worst karaoke singing in public office.

sunset shines to the trees in spectacular fashion ground crews are cutting firebreaks with their raffling bulldozers trying to build contingency lenses this fire gets closer and closer and wood to make sure we have somewhere we can make a stand. most of the work is being handled over had a good vantage point as to what some of these air attacks on his family's immaculate home and the other friday evening and this will probably be used for relaxing firefighters are eyeing this is another source for structural protection. people live in homes appear in are being ordered to leave but despite those efforts there are still some choosing to stay. did we would be the sign free to leave? well the cal fire guys they said would use the embers falling and starting in fire over here a little fires over there and paraglider has packed up his car but he doesn't want to leave the home he built 35 years ago. pg&e, his power he's running up the generator and he's not alone. did leotards later house that's our life. some have been set on stand in their ground even as the robbers by airlines keep moving. ha

at the end of the presentation, three members of this audience will be selected to win our book raffle. each will win a predetermined set of six of the books that are being presented today, so if you haven't already, please be sure to put your business card or card with your name and contact information including your e-mail address in the raffle box which is at the back of the room. one less thing. since we are being taped, i would ask if everyone would please take a moment to silence their phones or anything else that might have a beep or a ring. also if you need to leave the room, which i can't see why any of you what, but if you have to leave us, would you do so being mindful of the projector and any other issues that might obstruct someone else's few. so, let's get started. can we please give a warm welcome to our first presenter from zion benton public library. thank you also much for coming. [applause] >> i felt i can manage to coordinate this while i'm talking. i pleaded with kim to let me do a couple more books because i have some wonderful books this year and i swore i would

maybe i will have a raffle. maybe i will have a collection.at does not work, the fallback position would be skype. what i am trying to get across is that i am trying to have it be that ms. lopez gets to appear before you. >> i appreciate that. i agree that her being live would be preferable. it would allow us to evaluate the testimony better than skype. i have done skype examinations. it is better than nothing. you have to work out the details in advance. >> maybe i can speak with the mayor's representatives, and at the break we can figure something out. i think that is what they would want as well. >> thank you. before we let you go, and there may be some other questions -- are you telling me that she could be available on july 18 or 19, either live or by skype? >> yes, commissioner. >> any other questions while we have heard? if you would not mind sticking around a few minutes? >> absolutely. mr. kopp, this is a witness from home you submitted a declaration on the sheriff's behalf. i do not know exactly how this would work, to share in the c

caught off cape cod. >> the raffle was in new orleans, the second sentence of the story. july 14th.s all. just saying new orleans. caught that thing and deep fried it. >> i can't read. and i need to go to bed. >> you're tired. we hate flies. pesky flies. all the crazy weather. this guy, put something on the fund-raising site, called indg-go-go. asking for $15,000 to launch a fly shotgun. it shoots salt at flies. and the salt kills the flies. harmless to everything else, and humans. people have loved the idea so much. he raised $62,000. 40-plus days to go. preorders for the salt gun to kill flies starts $30. saw it kill flies. >> need one on the show. real quick, oakland dropped their dance marathon band. it stood in place for 282 years. if you had a dance >>> this morning on "world news now" -- paying respects. the star of "batman" christian bale visits aurora, colorado, the scene of the movie theater massacre. >> while detectives uncover more disturbing details about the suspected gunman. it's wednesday, july 25th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good mor

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you want to steal it. >> after a raffle, in new orleans. >> not in new orleans. >> in orleans. >> the second sentence of the story. >> spared that thing's life? >> there was a 35 pounder at the same aquarium in the 1980s. >> wow. huge. >> claws -- >> can you imagine? that would be delicious. >> so good. >>> also, we hate flies. we have so many because of the crazy weather. this guy has come up with something, very cool here. a salt-shooting gun that kills flies. who knew that salt would kill flies? apparently he launched the idea on one of those fundraising sites forond -- sites called indie-go-go. asking for $15,000 to launch a fly shotgun. it shoots salt at flies. and the salt kills the flies. >> a true salt weapon. >> not bad for humans either. >> interestingly, oakland had an 82-year-old ban on dance marathons. the city council voted to eradicate that. had something to do with so-called morality laws. it stood in place for 282 years. if you had a dance marathon, six months in jail for violating it. it is gone. ñ! that note. ñcús [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at