. >> in 1992, robert glenn was sentenced to three years for auto theft.we met him 15 years later at california state prison corcoran, he was still in prison. two of his former cellmates were six feet under. glenn murdered the first one while he was still in county jail. >> i slashed his throat repeatedly. blood was everywhere. and then another inmate passed me a shank, probably about that long, with a handle on it and i just started stabbing him. stabbed him over 100 times, in the back, sides, the neck. he was crying, telling me to stop, begging for me to stop. he was still alive through all of it. >> you're smiling. >> i like that. that was one of my favorite ones right there. >> he surprised me in that he had a gleefulness about him as he was discussing the violence he had committed in prison. he had this proud little smile as he was telling us these very disturbing and violent acts. >> after murdering his cell mate in jail, glenn came to prison where his predatory behavior escalated. >> while i was there for about a year, i got about 14 assault on inma

he was prayed to night by his captain captain robert glenn said, much respected valiant brave officerrybody in the 22 and district look up to, a real top cop if you would here in the city of philadelphia. you heard commissioner ramsay say tonight a brave guy one of the most heroic guys he's seen and i got to tell from you what i understand, from folks who have seen that video tape inside the game stop store this was an unbelievable gun battle at close range with two suspects armed with some serious weapons. >> commissioner ramsay was saying, dave. you heard him in that news conference saying that the bullets were flying from both sides of officer wilson but he didn't give up. he kept on fighting and trying to protect the people around him. dave schratwieser live there at temple university hospital. thank you very much tonight dave. >>> now flying at half staff the flag outside the 22nd district where officer wilson work. >> fox 29's shawnette wilson joins us live from there tonight tonight. shawnette, i know it's emotional scene out there tonight. >> reporter: it is. you know i walked

michelle roberts is in willow glenn and what's the latest there? >> i'm here on meridian not far from lincoln avenue and this is usually a busy street during rush hour. but i'm told this week has been a complete headache. look behind me and right now not too bad. i'm told it has been a rough few days here, and up until last friday lincoln after flew a four-lane froe way and now the city is testing out a new configuration one lane in each direction and one lane in each direction for cars plus dedicated bike lanes and goal is to make the area more attractive for pedestrians and cyclists and one weekend into the project reviews are mixed. >> the cars are just backed up. just backed up. >> one after another. >> so to make turns and you can wait a little longer p. so we go home a little longer because we get off about 5:30. so we are in that traffic. >> it is safer and feels more like a small town feel. it doesn't feel like a freeway. so i enjoyed it. >> the road diet isn't permanent. the tests will run until may and the city will measure the volume of

reporting live in willow glenn, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >>> a major backup today in contra costa county. a high-speed car chase more than 100 miles per hour. police chasing that car down below, a white nissan maxima. it went through three freeways. the maxima then crashed into that gray car we showed you on southbound 680 near treat boulevard in walnut creek. four men got out and ran. they caught three of the suspects. >>> safer streets in oakland tonight. at least that's what they're hoping. two violent and notorious bay area gangs out of business after an early morning sting. police also raked in that cache of weapons. investigators say the rival gangs are responsible for countless crimes. in fact, going back decades including the killing of a 3-year-old boy. nbc's jodi hernandez. investigators wrapped up a five-month investigation. this was a big one. >> reporter: jessica being oakland police say this is one of the biggest sting operations they have ever conducted, some 300 investigators from across the bay area pitched in to take down two dangerous rival gangs. >> the i

invasion on the west coast for glenn not saying that is justified but i think it would have been so easy for the supreme court to say that this was unconstitutional. remember robert jackson was attorney-general of the united states under franklin roosevelt and even he said it was unconstitutional and what particular a troubles him is the decision for the space like of loaded gun to be used for the government and the future to take away liberties in wartime and i think that is what we have seen since september 11. >>host: another dark chapter in the supreme court history as you tell if it was the first 35 years of the 20th century period that professor is often called the of what in our era. how did the court golan? >> from the late 19th century the supreme court declared unconstitutional over 200 federal, state, and local laws that were designed to protect workers and consumers. congress passed a law that prohibited the shipment of goods made by child labor. it wasn't even that protected it prohibited children under 14 from being used and for children over 14 they could not work more than 10 hours a day or $60 a week congress did not prohibit child labor but just

invasion on the west coast for glenn not saying that is justified but i think it would have been so easy for the supreme court to say that this was unconstitutional. remember robert jackson was attorney-general of the united states under franklin roosevelt and even he said it was unconstitutional and what particular a troubles him is the decision for the space like of loaded gun to be used for the government and the future to take away liberties in wartime and i think that is what we have seen since september 11. >>host: another dark chapter in the supreme court history as you tell if it was the first 35 years of the 20th century period that professor is often called the of what in our era. how did the court golan? >> from the late 19th century the supreme court declared unconstitutional over 200 federal, state, and local laws that were designed to protect workers and consumers. congress passed a law that prohibited the shipment of goods made by child labor. it wasn't even that protected it prohibited children under 14 from being used and for children over 14 they could not work more than 10 hours a day or $60 a week congress did not prohibit child labor but just

invasion on the west coast for glenn not saying that is justified but i think it would have been so easy for the supreme court to say that this was unconstitutional. remember robertjackson was attorney-general of the united states under franklin roosevelt and even he said it was unconstitutional and what particular a troubles him is the decision for the space like of loaded gun to be used for the government and the future to take away liberties in wartime and i think that is what we have seen since september 11. >>host: another dark chapter in the supreme court history as you tell if it was the first 35 years of the 20th century period that professor is often called the of what in our era. how did the court golan? >> from the late 19th century the supreme court declared unconstitutional over 200 federal, state, and local laws that were designed to protect workers and consumers. congress passed a law that prohibited the shipment of goods made by child labor. it wasn't even that protected it prohibited children under 14 from being used and for children over 14 they could not work more than 10 hours a day or $60 a week congress did not prohibit child labor but just