russell wheeler the subject of morning normal push more promotional material. all the. region officials. shoot. for change fortunately. and a small verse. last june we should rush me and you've lost our job. creation. i want to. wonderful. moment. i want. to touch upon a moment. not. such . well that was when major cuts are affecting prison offices now let's hear from a member of the national executive committee of the u.k. prison officers association joining me is dave cookie's one of nearly ten thousand prison staff the reason they held a day of action over the u.k.'s allegedly dangerous prison conditions dave thanks for coming on the shows that president spoke to resell claiming he's seeing more drugs and self well your members telling you what we're saying exactly the same thing drugs and self violence in prisons have spiraled out of oprah potions over the last five to seven years since your storage because of come in but that shouldn't be a surprise to anybody if you if you slash the prison prison officers who maintain control and discipline in our prisons then it

democratic appointees compared with one when obama took office, according to research carried out by russell wheeler, a scholar at the brookings institution in washington. in addition to appointing two supreme court justices and dozens of district court judges, obama appointments make up 55 of the current 168 appeals court judges according to the judiciary. obama's current total of 223 district and appeals courts judges, is similar to the tally of the recent two-term presidents. the difference is he's put hard core ideologues. appeals court in washington, d.c., which we've been talking about is another where the balance of power has been flipped. known in legal circle as the second highest court in the land, it hears important cases involving the u.s. federal government. dominated by conservatives 6-3 when obama took office. now dominated by leftists 7-4. 6-3, 7-4. 6-3 is nine, 7-4 is 11. they added two judges. the greatest power grab by the democrats on the court since fdr tried to pack the supreme court. it's greater because fdr failed. you know what happened if dr tried to pack the supreme court?

professor russell wheeler is one of the authors of the comprehensive administrative conference report that was published in may of this year. on issues of administrative judges and the federal government. he has raised serious concerns about the department's use of quotas and deadlines on immigration judges. similarly, over 150 expert law professors in the field have signed an open letter to the department highlighting their serious issues, conflicts and concerns with the department's actions. both of these publications, i believe, have been a major -- made available to you and i strongly urge you to pick up a copy, or request one. and judges have a reason to be worried about undue interference in their independent of test decision- making authority as evidenced by the recent action against a well respected senior judge on the bench. on august 8, 2018, the national association of immigration judges filed a grievance against the department before removing over 80 cases from a philadelphia job's -- judge's docket because you questions about the notice of the juvenile scheduled to appear

where she attends eighth grade when a car suddenly creeps up next to her at the intersection of russell and wheeler less than a mile from her home. >> the front passenger window rolls down and and arm reached out and picked up my backpack which was in my basket in the front of my bike and the car hit me. >> reporter: the impact knocked her off the bike. she ended up with scrapes on her hands, elbow, and the. road rash on her shoulders. >> i was so shocked when it happened but when i saw it happening i didn't believe it uppers. soon jenny helped the young girl. she lives on the street designated a bike boulevard in berkeley. safe for bike traffic. bar tone says she has seen adults get mugged, but never a child. >> it is pretty horrific for both my husband and i were pretty shaken up through the rest of the day just thinking what is going on? >> reporter: cassiopeia's father says the bike was handed down by her grandmother. her backpack was full of her first batch of school supplies since she has always been homeschooled. >> we are not really wealthy so she had amassed all of these little treasures i

friends house in berkley where she attends 8th grade and a car suddenly creeps up next toker on russell and wheeler less than a while from her home. >> front passenger window rolled down an arm reached out and picked up my backpack that was in my basket and the car hit. >> reporter: the impact knocks her her bike hitting the asphalt. she had road rash and cuts on her hands and knees. >> when i saw it happening, i didn't believe it at first. >> reporter: this woman helps the young girl. this is safe for bike traffic. she has seen adults get mugged but not a child. >> it is horrific. my husband and i were shaking up just thinking what is going on? >> reporter: her father said that the bike was handed down by her grandmother. and her backpack was filled with her first day of school supplies. she is home schooled. the family is hoping that a neighbor's surveillance video will provide clues and ultimately the suspect will get caught. they hope by sharing their story that everyone, including children will be more alert. >> it starts to show people, like when is going on? >>> the district attorney office

. >> the girl was attacked last friday on wheeler and russell streets. the thieves took her backpack with ipad and epi pens inside. >>> police are on the hunt for this driver who plowed into two kids in san jose and took off. it happened last monday. the white car ran a stop sign. a 13-year-old boy broke his wrist and a 12-year-old girl suffered a concussion. both are expected to be okay. >>> today lawmakers will consider an unusual ban on flame throwers. it would ban people from owning, selling, or using the devices. firefighter and residents with permits to own them would be exempt from the ban. violations would result in fines starting at $100. it became a concern when elon musk's company started selling them online. >>> and fire crews fighting from the air and ground trying to get the upper hand on a wild fire burning in the tahoe national forest. steve shows us campers were forced to evacuate. >> reporter: as night fell, the flames from this wild fire creeping over mountain ridges shined brightly on the hard work ahead for fire crews. this north fir

bike after she was robbed while riding home from school just after 5:00 on friday evening near russell and wheeler streets, less than 1 mile from her home. 14-year-old cassiopeia says that she was leaving a friends house near willard riddle school when a car suddenly creeped up next to her and stole her backpack. >> the front passenger window rolled downd out and picked up my . >> it is pretty horrific. both my husband and i were pretty shaken up through the rest of the day thinking what is going on? >> the girl walked away with just scrapes and bruises . the family is hoping a neighbors surveillance video that was given to police will help catch the thieves. >>> police are looking for a man wanted in a series of armed robberies in south san francisco. investigators have released this photo. this man is suspected of robbing two businesses on mission street at gunpoint at 9:00 wednesday evening. police say in both cases he was armed with a handgun and demanded money. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> investigators in lakeport are searching for suspects in an attempted homicide. p

this all happened at berkeley on wheeler and russell streets. this 8th grader says a car drove up be side her, the front passenger rolled down his window, took her bag and then sped off hitting her on her bike. she fell down, the bike was totaled. she ended up with injured wrist, scrapes, bruises, what did the suspects get away with? >> they did not score anything that had and value. i am obviously a kid. what did they think i was going to have? they got my homework and an ipod that i use to communicate when i have wi-fi and my epi pens because i am allergic to bees. >> this is the first time that she attended a public school. she was homeschooled in the past. there is a silver lining, the community stepped up and got her a new school supplies and a new backpack and a bike. >>> a wildfire in placer county snarling traffic as people tried to get home. producing large plumes of smoke and blackened about 650 acres so far. the north fire is burning near i-80 and immigrant gap. it is in the tahoe national forest in the cap ground area. fix wing aircr

her bike home in her first week of middle school when she was robbed and run down by a car on wheeler and russell streets. >> i was just biking like normal and a car came up by me and the front passenger window rolled down. an arm picked up my backpack. then the car sort of sped off and hit me. >> reporter: she fell off her bike onto the pavement. her bike is now totaled. her backpack and school supplies are stolen. >> it's pretty frustrating, you know, because her first week back to school, we were so proud of her because she's really fierce out there riding her bike and being independent and it's discouraging this can happen. >> they didn't really score anything that had any value. i'm obviously a kid. what did they think i was going to have? >> reporter: the suspects did manag to take some things, -- manage to take some things, things they likely didn't need or want to do. >> they got my homework and an ipod i used to communicate when i had wi-fi and my epipens because i'm allergic to bees. >> reporter: this area is known as bicycle boulevard. few cars travel down it. >> it's blocked off every

kron4 's ella sogomonian met with the victim and is live in berkeley at russell and wheeler streets where the robbery happened.. ella - how is the girl doing? it's a scary lesson for the eighth grader who is still recovering from the trauma. she's in pain a little bit...but is sharing her story today warning others to be aware when cycling here. 14 year old kasseipoia o'melay just transitioned from being home schooled to willard middle school in berkeley. growing up in a family with a passion for cycling...on friday she rode her bike home from her first week of school... down russell street through this bike boulevard when suddenly a car got too close for comfort.sot: kassiopeia o'melay, victim// "i thought maybe they lived here and were getting close to me to come through. but then the front passenger window rolled down an arm reached out picked up the backpack and the car hit by bike and drove off really quickly."kasseipoia was hit by the car and robbed of her backpack filled with school supplies an ipod, and epipens for her bee allergy. sot: kassiopeia o'melay, victim// "nothing of rea

. >> reporter: cassiopeia was riding her bike home on wheeler and russell streets when she was hit byobbed. >> i was riding my bike home and a car came up by me and the front passenger window rolled down. an arm picked up my backpack. then the car sort of sped off and hit me. >> reporter: she fell off her bike onto the pavement. her bike is now totaled. her backpack and school supplies are stolen. >> it's pretty frustrating, you know, because cassiopeia's first week back to school, we were so proud of her because she's really fearsome out there riding her bike and being independent and it's discouraging that this can happen. >> i mean they didn't really score anything that had any value and i mean i'm obviously a kid. what did they think i was going to have? >> reporter: the suspects did manage to take some things, things they likely didn't need or want to do. >> they got my homework and like an ipod that i use to communicate when i had wi-fi and my epipens because i'm allergic to bees. >> reporter: this area is known as bicycle boulevard. few cars travel down it. >> it's blocked off