. >> craddick murray is representing a group that was mentioned earlier, given the sam adams award for integrity. we want very much to appreciate him for that. >> as a former recipient of the sam adam award, i was british ambassador in a uzbekistan before i made a series of leaks. this award has been given to a number of people including colonel wilkens and in the u.k. and others. it is given to people who in the public interest leaked details of dark things that governments do. i am very happy to present this assand.ward to julius >> i think we will take questions now from the floor. >> i would just like to ask phil shiner. you mention the case involving death and torturing of iraqi civilians. how many deaths are you talking about? you mentioned at the young girl getting shot by the tank. can you give us any more details on where and when that happened? >> i will do my best on both questions. and the 20th of may, 2003, lieutenant colonel nicholas mercer, a u.k. army officer, wrote an order that says chillingly to all the troopwho werehere, there had recently been a number of deaths of

in july this year, he won the sam adams award for integrity. he is joined by [unintelligible] who has traveled to baghdad on a fact-finding mission. he has 20 years of experience in investigative journalism. he has been awarded iceland's highs journalism award twice. since 2003, john has been the coordinator of the iraq body count, an ongoing human security project, maintaining and updating the world's largest data base since the 2003 invasion. he shares the international advisory board. he is america's professor of psychology and an honorary professor at university in london. the iraq body count data has been used by an extraordinary group of people. the world health organization, the international criminal court, the new england journal of medicine and brookings institute in a washington. we will also hear from the leader of the team of public interest lawyers. he has been practicing as a solicitor in the u.k. since 1981 and has written extensively on international human rights law. in recent years his acted in some of the most important judi

today the judge granted the motion for sam adams senior and his son june dwror withdraw from the case. >> they're excellent attorneys. >> reporter: as for rod blagojevich's thoughts on his shrink defense? >> feels bad, of course. he would like his old legal team together because we work together and we're friends and good comradery for everyone. he certainly feels bad and will miss the adams. >> reporter: they say that rod blagojevich will not plead guilty to anything. the plan to trial. em em seem expected to run for maker of chicago. lawyers say that the high profile case will not have any impact on rahm emanuel's quest to run the city he was subpoenaed last time and he may be again. he shared the this about the lawyer's first family and he's ready and willing to testify and he would be a formable witness. lawyers for rod blagojevich have about three months to get their plans in order, their subpoenas sent and their team prepped for trial. >> i think it's a monumental task for them now. i think they're at a complete disadvantage and i don't think the playing field is level at all. i

media award and july this year he won the sam adams award for integrity. he's joined with a colleague who traveled to baghdad on a fact findings mission and has 20 experience of an investigative journalist with channel 2 news which is a private broadcaster in the islandic public state broadcaster and awarded twice iceland's highest journalism award. after wikileaks is john svoboda. since 2003 he's been coordinator of the iraq body count project, an ongoing human security project maintaining and updating the world's largest public database of violent civilian deaths since the 2003 invasion. he is a consultant and director of the oxford research groups recording casualties, and chairs the international advisory group. he's america's professor of psychology at the university of field and honorary professor at the school of international relations at the university of london. the iraq body count data, i should mention, has been used by an extraordinary group of people, "the new york times," "washington times," al jazeera, open democracy, the independent, the g

. >> reporter: now after some are out of the spotlight, sam adam and her son are out. erin goldstein is in. the entire team collected checks but the mega trial in round two have left the exgovernor strapped for cash. and only left with public defender fees. so they're walking away. the defense team once 14 lawyers and two paralegals are now down to 2 lawyers. financial realities make it babble for the adams to continue as lead attorneys. because they believe in the governor's innocence, they both remain members of the legal team in advisory roles. >> keeps them from having those extra minds to be able to react on something. and even though they say they're going to volunteer to help in advising, that's not going to help in the courtroom. >> reporter: adams spearheaded the case. no one knows yet just how much the case itself could change come january. will witnesses like congressman jesse jackson jr. or white house chief of staff rahm emanuel be taking the stand? could tony rezko testify? and two courtroom daredevils who weren't afraid of the judge. >> you're talking ab

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sam adams sr. and sam adam jr. will ask a judge today to be removed from the case. -- blago will have to use public money in his next trial. that only pays for two attorneys. they're saying you're not paying us. we're getting out. blago was convicted for lying during his last trial. the jury couldn't come to agreement on the corruption allegations. and the storm continues to pound the entire east coast as we all know. at least five people were killed in north carolina in car accidents related to the rain. but emergency crews have been on alert along the eastern seaboard. >> going all over the city all day dealing with everything from downed trees to basements that need pumped out dealing with a more life threatening or hazardous situation. >> thousands of people are without power and commutes are expected to be a mess. give yourself plenty of time if you're traveling today. >> meanwhile, let's take a look at where it's raining right now and as you can see for the folks in the mid atlantic where they received up to a foot or two of rain, it has moved out for the most

i am here as a former recipient of a sam adams award. my name is frank murray. -- cried murray. this award is being given to a number of people, including the last hurdle -- hurdle in the uk. it is given to people who in the public interest leaked details of the dark things that governments do. i am very happy to present this year's award to julian assange. >> i think we will take questions from the floor. go ahead. >> i would just like to ask -- you mentioned a forthcoming case involving bid death and fortune of the iraqi civilians in british detention. how many? are you talking about? further, you mentioned the young girl getting shot. can you give us more details on where and when that happened? >> i will do my best on both questions. , 2003, a colonel, u.s. army officer road and ordered that says chillingly to all of the troops there have recently been a number of deaths of iraqi civilians in custody with various units. the tape line ever since. -- live ever since. when they tried to figure out what it means by a number, they said two. it is not too little. it is probably se

and july this year, he won the sam adams award for integrity. is joined by kristin hoffmanson who became actively involved on the collateral murder video earlier this year and has traveled to baghdad on a fact-finding mission. he has 20 years experience as an investigative journalist with channel 2 news. he has been awarded twice iceland's highest journalism award. since 2003, john has been coordinator of the iraq body count project, an ongoing human project since the 2003 invasion. he is a consultant and director of the oxford program and shares chairs the advisory group. he is an honorary professor at the school of politics and international relations at royal hollow way university of london. the body count data has been used by an extraordinary group of people, the "new york times," the "washington post," alja jeera open democracy, the guardian, the world health org saying, the international criminal court, and the european union's joint research center and the brookings institute in washington. and at 10:25 we'll also be hearing from phil sh

than the french to see if this is likely to continue we're now into our lives by sam bowman head of research at the adam smith institution in london thanks for being with us mr bowman now it's influential institute for fiscal studies says that the cops will hit the poor the most why should the poor bear this burden when large corporations are able to make mistakes constantly and get banged out by the government well i think we have to look at the way these cuts are going to people and the people who are going to be here are people on benefits so and the real aim of these cuts is to get people to job and to work but of course we have to look at the actual amount that the cuts are going to be hitting people by on the surface to the studies looking at no point six percent for the poorest and ignore point two percent hit for the richest and even though that is quite a discrepancy it's not very much in the grand scheme of things i think really these cuts are only the beginning. and so far we haven't seen large scale protests start though they were promised we haven't seen any violence in the u.k. like we've

in june 2009, wikileaks and julian assange won amnesty international's award as well as the sam adams for integrity. chris who has 20 years of experience with channel 2 news and the icelandic public state broadcaster. after wikileaks on the panel, john has been an ongoing -- has headed the project updating the largest private database. he is a consultant and director and shares the international advisory group. he is a professor of psychology and an honorary professor at the school of politics and international relations in london. the body count the data has been used by an extraordinary group of people. and, at 10:25, we will be hearing from phil schreiner. he has been practicing as a solicitor in the u.k. since 1981 and has written extensively, on human rights law. in recent years, he has acted on some of the most important judicial review cases in his area of expertise. in march 2010, he led the team to success in a particularly important case. he was made is solicitor of the year in 2008 and was in the sunday times top 10 solicitors in the same year. i think we can now start. >>

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. >> reporter: seconds before adam hasinski and rory white broad were hit, rachel stone and sam hooper made it across the street. they had just gotten off the metro. >> and we heard a huge crash. at first i thought it was a gunshot and we heard brakes screech and then heard the crash and someone was laying on the hard. >> reporter: they said the driver did offer assistance but for some reason he got back in the vehicle and drove a block away where he was then asked to come back to the scene. >> it was evident he may have alcohol on his system. he was arrested and processed for dui. >> reporter: police aren't sure if both men were walking in the crosswalk or if they had the walk sign giving them the all- clear to cross rockville pike. that is under investigation. although we did notice several cameras above the intersection and police say they have interviewed witnesses. >> the cars around here at that time, they are going pretty fast and people are drunk. >> reporter: now again police believe alcohol was a factor in this crash but it would be weeks whether they know it was the driver o