. >> martin smith: syria january 2011. the arab spring was sweeping across the region. >> thousands of demonstrators... >> a huge step towards democracy... >> smith: a new u.s. ambassador, robert ford, was just arriving in damascus. >> democracy taking place in a lot of these countries... >> demanding change, they're fed up... >> smith: at the time, it seemed syria's dictator would be next to fall. >> protesters in tahrir square drove hosni mubarak out of power... >> mubarak actually left power in cairo the weekend after i got there. and in my first meeting with bashar al-assad, i asked him point blank, "looks like kind of a difficult time for authoritarian regimes. what kinds of steps are you thinking of to get ahead of the problem?" and he kind of brushed it aside and said, "it'll never happen here." not three weeks after that meeting, the arab spring started in the haria market in damascus. >> the uprising of the syrian people was a secular one. one of its slogans was "wahed, wahed, wahed." >> smith: one, one, one? >> o

smith: no. furniture. he wrote to contacts, to merchants that he dealt with in france. and some, you know, he said, "we need chandeliers, we need chairs," it was - but not real specific design although he did want american symbols. he wanted the eagles and these sorts of things. smith: which he also shared with napoleon. preston: yes. but he - they undoubtedly talked about this because when they were abroad in europe and friends would write and ask for them to buy things for them. it was usually elizabeth monroe who did the purchasing. smith: and jennifer sherman (ph) offers this view on twitter that monroe china is beautiful, simple, and classic. so, it was the first presidential china and there's at least one person in the audience who gives it a thumbs up. well, our time is quickly evaporating on elizabeth monroe. in maybe 20 seconds or less, can you bring us full circle and say what should people know about this woman's tenure as first lady, what does she contribute? preston: elegance. she b

is ♪ >> instead of finishing high school, shamaia smith dropped out and worked as a dancer at the kahootsentleman's club in east hartford, connecticut. >> i didn't approve of it. i always talked to her about getting a job that's a lot safer. >> one night shamaia didn't return home after work. concerned her family called police. >> she's a very special young lady, and all we want is her to come home safe and sound. >> in a search for answers, police questioned shamaia's boyfriend. >> the boyfriend reportedly had some drug involvement. he was living with shamaia smith at her parents' home when she went missing and he had seen her the day she went missing. >> he told police she left for work around 3:00 p.m. but said he didn't know who had given her a ride. >> the boyfriend's story that your girlfriend is leaving and meeting a stranger, this would lead most people to conclude that maybe the story wasn't true. shamaia's family gave police a potential clue. someone had left a message on shamaia's cell phone at 11:55 a.m., before shamaia left for work. >> first saved message. >> hey, i'm back i

both times letting smith set up a fake date with a man so a this bell could rob him. first was robbed of a handgun, which bell allegedly used in the second robbery to murder one man and wound another. bell says he wasn't the shooter and refuses to say who was. however he does admit to the robberies. >> it was that greed for something i didn't even need. but the greed got in the way. >> smith won't say much about the night of the murder. but is says she was in the car when it happened. >> i was waiting for him to come out. but he didn't. so the police end upcoming instead. >> both bell and smith were arrested trying to flee the scene. and the alleged murder weapon was found nearby. >> when i first this case i scratched my name and david bell's name into a desk in the first cell that i was in when i was an intake. >> smith says she and bell wrote letters for the first year in jail. >> i was communicating with him at first. but then when i came to my senses and thought about everything, when everything hit me, that's when i stopped. >> smith says she stopped in part beca

smith is different from this case for a lot of reasons. not just the government requiring different types of information that was under smith it was acquiring information about millions of individuals and not just one but also that the government is acquiring that information even with respect to a single person indefinitely for an indefinite duration and not made clear just a few years after smith that when the government scales up surveillance to dragnet the constitutional balance is a uhbeillance operation from targeted to dragnet the constitutional balance is a different engine needs to be addressed differently. you exactly right, what requires this court to assess expectations of privacy of this program and not just what the supreme court decided. a quick related point the minimization procedures heavily relies on would be constitutionally superfluous if smith government this case. they could collect records without protections in plac on they could store them indefinitely, clearing them for any reason or no reason at all then they co

smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from the great state of washington, ms. herrera beutler. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. herrera beutler: it was said that there's no greater love than to lay down your life for your friend. that's why i'm opposed to theament. i'm proud that in america citizenship means something. it is worthy to be earned. amnesty to me means giving it away and i don't support that. i do support the ability to earn citizenship. if a person has the courage and conviction to take the oath and to join our nation's warriors to defend you and i, what more can they do to prove their allegiance? if the military, which i don't believe is an elite -- the military is not a jobs program. if someone through their merit and hard work earns acceptance into that elite fighting force, where they could die defending you and me, then i leave you with this question. what country's flag would you have draped on the casket of that brave soul?

even though tom smith was not a native of that county, he was from eastern kentucky. it just happened to be that place where he was convicted and sentenced. more importantly, the county itself had a general civic reputation for violence leading back to just after the civil war. even though he was not a native of the county, his execution was looked at as a sort of -- some sources think of it as if it was a sort of blood sacrifice for the good, the morality, of the community that was killing him. i found it somewhat accidentally. >> how did you go about your research? what kinds of documents did you find, where did you find them? bob hutton: i found them in criminal court records. perhaps like two dozen newspapers, mostly in kentucky but as far away as missouri that reported on his death. >> were these newspapers on microfiche? what state were they in? bob hutton: most were but some have been put in digital form, which is very handy. >> have these resources been used by other historians? were there new discoveries you made along the way? bob hutton: i don't believe any

right now, smith is being held? you. >> last year, smith was arrested in the assault and robbery of local actor frank britain. >>> new tonight, capitol murder charges and the possibility of capitol of kidnapping and killing hannah graham. her is peggy fox. >> a new capitol murder charge against jessie matthew means he could face the death penalty. >> if this matter goes to trial, the commonwellth will seek the death penalty. >> commonwellth attorney hundredsford with the friand jury indictment for capital murder in anna graham's abduction and murder. the second year, uva student from fairfax county disappeared in september after she was seen with matthew. her remains were found 12-miles from campus. >> we received some certificate of analysis on some forensic evidence that was at the lab that further solidified and just basically made something, an option that we didn't feel was appropriate previous to that. >> i'm not going to make any comments. >>reporter: the judge appointed matthew two new attorneys from the cap

that elijah smith has the same address of the elijah smith transit police believe was seen in this video and tonight a spokesperson for transit police confirmed to wusa9 that the smith they're looking for is the same one that attacked briton just last year. for now they haven't found him. smith's last address was in northeast d.c. neighbors say he and his family lived at this house on 12th street for about three years but moved a couple months ago. >> they seemed to be nice people, you know. they go and come, school, work, whatever. >> reporter: transit police have charged smith with felony assault in this case. if convicted, he could face a longer sentence because of the age of that victim. reporting from eastern market i'm ellison barber, wusa9. >> police were able to identify smith because of multiple anonymous tips they received after releasing that surveillance video. >>> a d.c. man under arrest tonight for rape in prince george's county and a source familiar with the investigation says the victim is a nun. police say 27-year-old juan randolph broke into the nun's home last night on

at him. >> smith sits behind the counter waiting for the man to speak up. >> smith knows exactly whatmeans. the store has been held up many times. this experience is caught on the store's surveillance camera. i was getting robbed all the time. they come in, stick me up, i give them the money, and they run out. >> smith is surprisingly calm. >> this robbery isn't like the other hit-and-run stick-ups that she's experienced. this guy wants more. >> what else do you want? >> smith braces herself for his answer, but he never gives one. frightened for her life, smith panics and makes the split second decision to defend herself. >> i got scared then because i figured he was going to hurt me. i remember the gun was under the counter. i got up like i was coming around, and i grabbed the gun. and shot him. >> smith has endured being robbed time and time again, but this time the no nonsense store manager shoots the man one time at point-blank range. >> now armed with a little more courage, smith makes sure the robber doesn't try to hurt her. >> please don't shoot me. call 911. >> in a dramatic t

i want to pay tribute to lord smith of kelvin. the work that he and his group provides us with a strong did provides us with a strong starting point. that is so necessary if we are to grow our economy faster and lift children out of poverty. the scottish government welcomed the proposals that lord smith brokered. but we've been consistent in our view that the proposals do not go far enough. makes abundantly clear that this view is shared by a significant proportion of the scottish elect rat. -- electorate. they must now agree with a process that looks again at the smith commission proposals. and that must be a process that is made here in scotland. and one that involves wider scottish skoetociety. as my party's manifesto made clear we believe the scottish , parliament should move to fill financial responsibility. we want to see def lugs of powers over employment policy including the minimum wage welfare, business taxes and equality. the powers we need to create jobs and lift people out of poverty. it is such a package of priority,

smith. georgia -- n. l. hawk. kevin d. jordan. michael a. noris. stephen l. thomas.ackground noise] illinois -- james p. morsby. indiana -- jacob d. calvin. perry w. wren. nicholas e. schultz. jeffrey b. westerfield. iowa -- howard j. snyder. kansas -- jason e. harwood. kentucky -- bob w. branham. louisiana -- alan m. berez jr. james e. foster jr. carlos papillon jr. maryland -- jamal l. clagget. massachusetts -- greg t. maloney. dennis o. simmons. michigan -- chad a. charles. grant william whitaker. minnesota -- scott t. patrick. mississippi -- john thomas kolum. john r. street. missouri -- matthew scott chisholm. eddie j. johnson sr. montana -- joseph j. dunne i. nebraska -- amanda baker. mark a. hekert. nevada -- alan r. beck. igor soldo. new hampshire higher -- -- stephen joseph arkel. new jersey -- were not sorenaldo arocha, jr. christopher m. goodel. stephen j. petrozello. melvin vincent santiago. new mexico -- anthony p. haas. new york -- frank g. bordenero. thomas k. choy. dennis e. guerera. wyn jyn lu. douglas h. mayvell. darrell r. pearson. rafael l. ramos.

smith they created a strong starting point. it is necessary if we want to grow our economy faster and support more people into work and lift children out of policy. we welcome the policies he brokered. we have been consistent in our views that these proposals do not go far. the outcome of the election makes abundantly clear that this be we shared by a significant proportion of the scottish electorate. if the prime minister and his government mean what they say about respecting the outcome of the election in scotland, they must now agree with a process that looks at the smith commission proposals with a view to extending the evolution. this must be a process that is made in scotland, and one that involves scottish society. as my party's manifesto makes clear, we believe scottish parliament should fulfill financial responsibility. but as a matter of priority, we want to see de-evolution of priorities like business taxes, national insurance, and equality policy. we need to create jobs through revenues and lift people out of povert

smith, is recognized. mr. smith: mr. chairman, on the way to yielding to a colleague from texas, i'd like to recognize myself for 30 seconds. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. smith: mr. speaker, as set forth in the report of the american competes act, n.s.f. will maintain full funding for research in the hard science areas of geoscience like deep ocean drilling and geological research to find new energy resources. what our bill does do is reduce funds that have been used by n.s.f. to fund low priorities like a survey of nor weekan tourism, teaching tv meteorologists about climate change and creating climate change video games. i'd like to yield three minutes to my colleague from texas, the chairman of the homeland security committee, mr. mccaul. the chair: the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul, is recognized for two minutes. mr. mccaul: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in support of re-authorization of the america competes act. in this tough budget environment, i applaud chairman smith and the sci

smith. trying to double smith and smith calls time-out. he saw the double-team coming so now the cavs are down to one time-out left. >> jeff: mike i would have fouled j.r. smith. historically he is not a great free throw shooter. >> mike: smith saw it. didn't want to take a chance. and calls a time-out. 74% for his career. he hasn't been to the line recently. he has only taken two free throws in the playoffs. they will try it again on the inbounds. the cavs by the way, do not have a foul to give. should chicago get possession. again, the bulls out of time-outs. cleveland has one left. and you can throw it in the back court if you're cleveland. jones looking, and they have to burn their final time-out. client ball bail out and now the cavs are out. >> mark: you need guys that are not afraid of the moment and go get the basketball and create. >> mike: going back to what jeff said having a guy like jones and instead of panicking, they could use that final time-out. doesn't sound like a big deal. but it's important. >> jeff: mike, you also hav

this is general smith's address. "soldiers, i am left a commander without an army, a general without troops. you have made your choice. it is unwise and unpatriotic but it is final. i pray you may not live to regret it. the enemy will occupy your country and dictate his own lives. you have voluntarily destroyed your own organization." not much she can do because by -- he can do because by this point as the news filters back to shreveport, a lot of men do not even wait for a parole pass, they just go home. the final surrender will take place in galveston, texas, on board a ship. the uss jackson. and that is going to be on june 2. we are into early june. that is where general smith will sign the paperwork officially surrendering the department of the trans-mississippi. one of the lesser-known surrenders that i think is really fascinating happened in arkansas and i want to talk about this for a minute. on the left is general jeff thompson who commanded central cut off from support. they are a part of the trans-mississip

why was smith out of jail? >> reporter: apparently montgomery county investigators could not come up with enough evidence tying elijah smith to that attack on frank britain nearly a year ago. prosecutors dropped the assault charges and smith pled guilty to stealing britain's stuff. they caught him selling it at a pawnshop. he did 150 days in jail and got out on probation. >> less than a year after the attack on actor frank britain, transit police say elijah smith argued on an escalator. he spit on the man and then punched him once, twice, and then a third time, knocking him out and nearly sending him tumbling down the escalator. the attack shocked metro riders >> are you kidding me? holy cow. >> reporter: the victim in the earlier attack is still shaken and declined comment telling his facebook friends he did not know smith was out of jail until he heard about the warrant for his arrest. his thoughts are with the victim in the escalator assault. a judge ordered smith held with no bond. the teen appeared calm, s

in montgomery county say they simply did not have enough evidence tieing elijah smith to that earlier attack. he pleaded guilty to a theft charge and was out on probation. less than a year on the attack on frank britain, smith argued with a 69-year-old man on the eastern ma rketmetro station escalator. they say smith spit on the man and then punched him e, and then a third time knocking him out and nearly sending him tumbling down the escalator. the teen appeared calm, smiling, almost cocky in court in handcuffs and leg irons. his girlfriend was in the d.c. courtroom with her child to support him. >> he's accused of this. they suggested he beat up somebody else too in montgomery county. >> reporter: prosecutors say that smith has admitted to at least some of the attack at the metro escalator. >> the actor says four men attacked him a year ago. no one but smith has faced charges in the case. >>> baltimore residents aren't marching in the streets anymore, but new attorney general visited with the mayor and lawmakers and community leaders to hear what everyone had to say and what the jus

he says 19-year-old elijah smith attacked him. tonight police tell us that they arrested smith and he's in jail. >> what was your reaction when police called and said hey, we've made an arrest. >> i was very happy. >> reporter: trouble started when albert said he was getting off the orange lane metro train. smith allegedly shoved him. >> said get out of way, old man, and that's when i told him he was a disgrace to the human race. and he said do you want to take this out and got right in my face and said do you want to take this outside and i said sure. >> reporter: albert tells me he had a plan, walk up the escalate escalator with smith and get a station manager and don't let smith know that. that's when the suspect spit in his face punching him three times, knocking him down the escalator and then he sauce the suspect took off running. what was your reaction when you saw the video? >> i was kind of shocked. i didn't realize at the time that i had fallen. >> reporter: he also didn't know this wasn't the suspect's first brush with

bad tom smith was a hired mercenary for a very wealthy man. he possibly killed up to half a dozen people under his direction. it just happened to be the person sentence for killing was a very personal matter that he had no protection from his boss. >> any tell us about the details? mr. hutton: bad tom smith is referred to as a few just -- feudist. he is also considered a guy who was down on his luck and was in a love triangle. he and another man were fighting over a woman and bad tom smith later killed the other man. the woman was later cleared even though she was implicated in the same murder. it can be considered a crime of passion. he especially blamed it on whiskey and "bad women." >> the term feudist is very interesting. was it the term used at the time? mr. hutton: yes. white on white blood feuds were common in appalachia. there was plenty of violence but very little of it could actually be construed as a back and forth blood feud. >> how do you see your research of illuminating the larger history of capital punishment? mr. hutton: i do

. ♪ >>> sam smith announces an unsuccessful battle to heal his vocal chords and he's not the only onejoining a list of stars sidelined by broken pipes. ♪ i know i'm not the only one ♪ >> but first the knight line five. ♪ i know i will make it don't know what to do ♪ say that love is easy but they must have forgot you ♪ ♪ always such a pretty thing depending on what the day brings ♪ >> macy's one day sale on saturday. get an extra $20 off when you spend 50 with your saving pass 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. get your pass at macy's.com. earn points during macy's one-day sale. a lot of point >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. the break ins you are about to see took seconds showing how easily an unwelcome intruder can enter your home. there are a million of these attacks every year. tonight, we are learning from a career prowler there are a few easy things you can do to protect yourself from becoming the next victim. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: this is a parent's nightmare. a 13-year-old girl on her way home from school is followed by this man right to her door. he pushes his

smith. trying to double smith and smith calls time-out. he saw the double-team coming so now the cavs are down to one time-out left. >> jeff: mike i would have fouled j.r. smith. historically he is not a great free throw shooter. >> mike: smith saw it. didn't want to take a chance. and calls a time-out. 74% for his career. he hasn't been to the line recently. he has only taken two free throws in the playoffs. they will try it again on the inbounds. the cavs by the way, do not have a foul to give. should chicago get possession. again, the bulls out of time-outs. cleveland has one left. and you can throw it in the back court if you're cleveland. jones looking, and they have to burn their final time-out. client ball bail out and now the cavs are out. >> mark: you need guys that are not afraid of the moment and go get the basketball and create. >> mike: going back to what jeff said having a guy like jones and instead of panicking, they could use that final time-out. doesn't sound like a big deal. but it's important. >> jeff: mike, you also hav

they welcomed the proposals that lord smith brokered. but we've been consistent in our view that the proposals do not go far enough. makes abundantly clear that this view is shared by a significant proportion of the scottish elect rat. they must now agree with a process that looks again at the smith commission proposals. and that must be a process that is made here in scotland. and one that involves wider scottish skoetociety. we believe the scottish parliament should move to fill financial responsibility. we want to see def lugs of powers over employment policy including the minimum wage, welfare, business taxes and equality. the powers we need to create jobs and lift people out of poverty. it is such a package of priority tackling powers that we will now seek to build support for and agreement on. let me say this sincerely. i very much hope that scottish labor will now become part of this growing consensus. this morning i went with them and they agreed to call for powers over the minimum wage, health and safety law equalities legislati

first, again, which are talking about the same type of information that was at issue in smith. to the extent -- >> to the point of what you are saying. each piece of metadata, do the analysis that was done and did so that it was sort of, he says it was third party but it was similar types of information but doesn't it required that the requirement of the determination based upon what you are talking about you look at each part of the metadata and make a determination? what point should the court have to go through? >> i think that the record in this case reflects that if you are talking about the type of information that is at issue we are talking the same type of call dale -- data records at issue in smith. number received, route information, and we are not talking name or address for financial information. >> technology has been changed so much that the analysis doesn't work anymore. >> the next 3 points i did make our the ability of metadata, used for information for connections at the time of smith and the power of the metadata was a point at the center in smith itself did

smith later recanted. police found her body in her row home in the 1700 block of naudain street in 2013. >>> flames devoured a popular restaurant in the lehigh valley. it broke out at the buckeye tavern on brookside road in mower mack can dungy township last night. fortunately no injuries were reported. still no word on what sparked this fire. >> today officials in nepal ordered people to leave earthquake damaged buildings. the evacuation orders came a day after quakes killed at least 65 people in a countryside town. also a u.s. marine helicopter delivering aid in nepal has been reported missing. officials say there are no indications that it crashed. >>> let's go over to chopper six live hd.

did you even know who bessie smith was?lly i didn't know who bessie smith was. i had to go do some homework and i did. ♪ when i listened to her music, i was initially intimidated. ♪ >> but latifah had evolved as a performer over two decades. from hip hop artist and producer. >> you want to see my manager? >> to movie star in films like "jungle fever." >> you get a little success, good riddance to people who put you there. >> "chicago" and "the secret life of bees." >> send the bees love. every little thing wants to be loved. >> she's also lived a lot along the way. enough to understand now, who bessie smith really was. >> she has so much power. power in her fist. power in her heart. power in her body her soul. ♪ >> bessie smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 30s she started vaudeville. then signed with columbia records in 1923. the highest paid black performer of her day. but her marriage was stormy she battled the bottle, she had affairs with both men and women. >> you know how i feel. in 1937 sm

smith is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: i support the amendment. house has voted against the president's executive amnesty. this would support the president unlawful actions which violate his constitutional authority. serving in our military forces and defending our country should be a privilege reserved for those who are citizens and u.s. residents. i hope my colleagues will support this amendment and tell my colleagues, no more unlawful actions. i yield back my time. >> i yield a minute to the gentleman from california. >> thank you mr. speaker. the gentleman who -- they are test with a responsibility greater than the rest of us. it takes avery and honor to put their lives on the line every day. i believe we can agree on this. some of my republican colleagues think it is fair to punish those who want to take on this courageous responsibility because they have not been granted full citizenship. for most, this is the only country they know. we should not allow our system to stand in the way. i urge opposition to the amendment. >> the gentleman yiel

yesterday the judge rejected a defense request to have smith's confession thrown out. testimony began with a crime scene investigator taking the stantd. >>> a torn outbreak left a trail of destruction across the western plains there are 51 reports of twisters in several states. the area of oklahoma city

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smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself 2 1/2 minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. smith: this amendment would take out of the bill all of the things that are in it that make it impossible to close guantanamo bay prison. this is a debate we've had many times, the provisions are typically banning any transfers to the u.s., banning any construction in the u.s., of any facilities to house the folks being housed right now in guantanamo. it strips out those two and it also asks the president to give us a detailed plan on how he would go about closing guantanamo and what he would do with the inmates that are there now and requires a 90-day notice period to congress before any action could be take on that. and it is basically the same argument that i just made as to why we should close guantanamo. it was opened in the first place as a way to try to get around the u.s. constitution. basically the thought was since it wasn't in the continental u.s. habeas corpus and other protections

smith: i would be more skeptical than bill. i think there are things that students know they are not allowed to say on campus and they do not say. as a conservative libertarian in a law school setting where in some cases, i'm almost the only faculty member who would hold those views, i become used to a certain ritual over the years. it usually occurs about midway through the first semester. there will be a group of students that will appear at my office, four or five students. they will come in, and it's not quite clear what they want. they talk about class a little bit and they kind of do this, but they don't have any seeming objective. they finally someone will say something like, what did you think about x y or z? i will say i think it's a load of hot wash. they will say, we thought there was someone on our site and they start pouring out the fact that certain opinions are not allowed to be offered, that they will be ridiculed or targeted by their professors. i think most people and most professors on campuses do welcome div

nbc 10's drew smith joins us live at st. christopher's hospital for children. >> what's the latest on the boy's conditions? >> well, they are working on those brothers. the 2-year-old brought here to the hospital in critical condition after a work van hit him and caused a cut on his head. the 4-year-old broke his leg. here's a look at the crash scene on broad street near wyoming avenue. the driver of the van pulled over right there and officers roped the area off. here's what police tell us. a mother was walking with three children and began to cross broad street in the middle of the block. the lights and crosswalks were further down the street. the two boys then ran out ahead, and that's when the van ran into them. witnesses told us the family lived about two blocks away and they walked in the area often. >> you can think you're crossing in a car the block down. you look around again, the car's on top of you. >> i always go to the light because of the way the traffic is. i'm like scared to take that chance. >> reporter: pol

smith is facing a felony assault charge. surveillance video appears to show the teen arguing with a 69-year-old metro rider at the eastern market metro station and spitting punching the elderly man unconscious. smith is on probation for another high-profile assault last year in silver springs. now smith's mother and cousin were inside the courtroom today. we tried to speak to them and his attorney outside moments ago. >> do you have any comments for us? >> anything to say to the family? >> well, you know, he wished that what happened didn't happen. sometimes things happen for one reason or another. not sure what happened here, we're still investigating. john: to the surprise of some in the courtroom the judge is releasing smith. he must enter anger management program, wear an electronic device and also have a curfew. even though he is being released the judge decided to keep him in jail over the weekend because he can't enter the program until monday morning. he is due back in court july 15. john gonzalez, abc7 news. alison:

smith: thank you.>> well, let me say this, mr. chair. we certainly are welcoming to all organizations of whatever background that want to join the fight. but so many of our best partners in this effort are faith-based organizations, and it does have a powerful impact in the healing process that i've seen. on a side note, i remember when i let my staff know that i was heading down. i have a chief civil deputy, who is a two star army general. someone i greatly admire, a hero of mine, and he said to me atypical of his usual deference to my position, he said boy, i wouldn't send my own troops down where you're going. you can't go. and my response to him was general, i feel like god is on our side in this effort and that he'll protect us and that i've counseled with so many of those survivors who've said that it was really god and faith that kept them alive throughout the process. so, of course in the healing process i would expect god and faith would play a critical role and i'm not ashamed to say that. i

john: to the surprise of some in the courtroom, the judge is releasing smith. he must enter an anger management program, where an electronic device, and also have a curfew. even though he's being released the judge decided to keep him in jail over the weekend because he cannot enter the program until monday morning. jummy: we're following new developments this new -- attorney general of lynch has approved the opening of a federal practice investigation into the baltimore police department. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake asked for the probe following the death of freddie gray, who suffered a spate of -- fatal spine injury in custody of the police, which sparked riots. six officers are charged in connection with the case. >> the investigation will begin immediately and focus on allegations the baltimore police department officers used excessive force, including deadly force, conduct unlawful searches, seizures and arrests and engage in discriminatory policing. jummy: if the doj determines there is a pattern or practice of discriminatory policing, they w

smith: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 874, the american supercomputing leadership act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 87. h.r. 874, a bill to amend the department of energy high end computing revitalization act of 2004 to improve the high end computing research and development program of the department of energy and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. lipinski will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 874, the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: seeing no objection, so ordered. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempo

nbc 10's drew smith is life on temple's campus. drew, i understand they're already planning to honor rachel at the graduation ceremony? >> reporter: yes, they already did today. temple is in full graduation mode right now. there are events going on across campus. cathie hall was at a couple today. she'll be here again tomorrow in place of her daughter. this coming as police announced an arrest today. it was a standing ovation for cathie hall. a mother who walked across the graduation stage to accept academic honors for her daughter. >> i think that shows a lot for her mom to come that had to be hard. >> reporter: we're told hall is too upset to speak with us but she wrote online that she needed to bring these graduation items back to hospital room with rachel to give her hope when she regains consciousness. >> she deserves it. she graduated with the honors. she deserves to get them. regardless. >> reporter: the 22-year-old was critically injured after a car hit her bicycle last week. now police are filing charges against rashan rob

kate johnson smith is the president and c.e.o. of the animal agricultural alliance a group advocating for animal farmers. let's look at a whistleblower videos. i want to warn viewers, these are upsetting to watch. take a look. you are seeing - this was released to north carolina local media this month from a poultry form showing dying chickens tossed into a pile with dead chickens live animals treated like trash. it's possible. i'm showing viewers 45 seconds of video a lot more was obviously shown, but there's no - this doesn't seem to be an absence of context here. >> well i can't see the video you showed. like i said some of the videos showed practices that are not condoned by the industry. they certainly don't meet the standards set forth by the industry. the problem that we have is the groups that are hiring these individuals to gain employment on farms often are contributing to the problem, and they are failing to report any sorts of concerns or abuse to the openers of the farms, or to local police authorities, and every stat

smith and a 79-year-old man began arguing. it looks like he spits on him and begins punching the victim relentlessly. police received several tips after we aired pictures of the suspect. police say he has been a menace to society. he is on probation for a high profile assault last year in silver spring. you will probably recall a local actor was nearly killed after being robbed and beaten leave in the -- leaving the theater. >> maybe he will be reformed. you don't know. >> you do not want to be in a position where that person goes after you. it is hard to intervene. >> he pled guilty to theft. this afternoon, he faces a brand-new charge of felony assault. jummy: the man charged and accused of killing hannah graham will be in the court today. last month the judge granted a request to postpone the june 29 trial. he is charged with first-degree murder and abduction with intent to defile. stay with abc seven news on-air and online for continuing coverage of this story. a d.c. officer could face new charges. they found photos on hi

he hopes that smith finds his brother. we would welcome him as part of our family as we did mark. he is our family we got to meet mark and mark's kids. he has children of his own, including teenage twins, he asked him why finding his brother was so important. >> i said to them could you imagine if mommy and i put our first child up for adoption and you would be missing a part of you, missing a part of our family and i think for my own children it was an aha moment. ting. they're not getting information from these tests that are helpful for teaching. kids aren't benefiting because they don't even know what they got right or wrong. they just know that they feel really bad about it. parents aren't benefitting because i don't get any more information about my child. so the only people that could possibly be benefitting from this are corporations who are making the tests and selling the tests. >>> fan favorite having a tough year and tonight he gets a rest. ryan sandberg had to make a tough decision but it was not all that tough at all. chase utley is off to the worst start of his care

so smith against maryland applies. >> smith against maryland itself was limited to non-content records. the court made a point of distinguishing the situation of content collection. obviously there are other cases including united states v. miller involving financial records that dealt with other types of information. i think that the key under both the fourth amendment and under the relevance test under the statute, in both lines of cases, the court has made clear is a tally of the circumstances type inquiry. what is relevant under the circumstances. what is reasonable under the circumstances. >> come on isn't it at least as relevant to you whether somebody that you have some reasonable suspicion is engaged in terrorist kwexconnections, used his credit card last week to buy a ton of fertilizer, as it is to find out whether he called his gym on using his verizon cell phone? >> so i think -- >> or even to find out who his other colleagues are. there's clearly relevance in the sense that you're talking about it. in fact, if you had that guy and you wanted to get his precise credit card r

how smith allegedly left his victim hog tied and dead. and threw everything flammable within reach on her body and set it on fire. after being arrested, he gave a lengthy confession. he said she requested his work and he became enraged and started choking her and she said please stop i'll do whatever you want. video surveillance showed smith leaving the house and getting into his pickup truck and only "action news" was there as police arrested smith and towed the truck away from levittown. >> during the hearing a year ago smith sobbed in court as his confession was read out loud. the judge ruled against the defense to have that confession thrown out and to have the graphic photos thrown out from the murder scene. the photos provoked tears from melissa's family and friends. >> they had no comment only to say they will talk about it when all of this is over. >> the only defense offered by smith's lawyer today was that the confession was coerced by the police. live at the criminal justice center, david henry channel 6 "action news." >> david

kelly smith was an officer at bart for almost 20 years when her husband detective tommy smith was killed in the line of duty. shot partner officer michael maize when the two were doing a probation search at a dublin apartment. >> if you are lucky to find the love of your life, hold onto it. >> reporter: we interviewed kelly the day after her husband was killed. now more than a year later, we are hearing from her again in the form of a lawsuit filed late today against the bart board and bart police department accusing deputy police chef ben saro of ignoring officer's questions for more training of high risk probation searches. in a letter written to bart, kelly smith said "my husband knew he was not properly trained on building searches. my husband said to me if anything happen to me, i want you to sue the blank out of bart. my husband's words will stay with me forever" officer mays is also a defendant. he only fired one shot which is indicative of a startled response. after smith was killed, bart sent some officers to training on probation searches but the lawsuit wants every officer tra

smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from the great state of washington, ms. herrera beutler. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. herrera beutler: it was said that there's no greater love than to lay down your life for your friend. that's why i'm opposed to theament. i'm proud that in america citizenship means something. it is worthy to be earned. amnesty to me means giving it away and i don't support that. i do support the ability to earn citizenship. if a person has the courage and conviction to take the oath and to join our nation's warriors to defend you and i, what more can they do to prove their allegiance? if the military, which i don't believe is an elite -- the military is not a jobs program. if someone through their merit and hard work earns acceptance into that elite fighting force, where they could die defending you and me, then i leave you with this question. what country's flag would you have draped on the casket of that brave soul?