did you strangle stacey stites. his answer, no.t response is found to be deceptive by a investigator. later, he is questioned and and finds answers that are deceptive. investigators rule fennell out as a suspect. nearly a decade later, jimmy fennell finds himself in the public eye once again. >> my boyfriend and i were >> october 2007, police in georgetown, texas are called to a potential domestic disturbance. one of the respondants is jimmy fennell. the boyfriend is arrested by other officers at the scene. fennell offered to protect lear, an exotic dancer at the time, by taking her to a hotel where she would be safe. >> he told me he knew what i did, and he wanted me to dance for him. and when i told him no he, um, >> jimmy fennell junior is charged with sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint. >> he pleased guilty to kidnapping and improper conduct with a detainee. >> he cried on the stand when he learned that stacey was dead. >> jurors could not know that a decade ladder, jimmy fennell would be in prison. >> you talk about multi

did you strangle stacey stites. his answer no.is found to be de deceptive by a investigator. later, he is questioned and and finds answers that are deceptive. investigators rule fennell out as a suspect. nearly a decade later, jimmy fennell finds himself in the public eye once again. >> my boyfriend and i were outside of the apartment complex arguing and fighting and the neighbors called the cops for a noise disturbance. >> october 2007 police in georgetown, texas are called to a potential domestic disturbance. one of the respondants is jimmy fennell. the boyfriend is arrested by other officers at the scene. fennell offered to protect lear an exotic dancer at the time, by taking her to a hotel where she would be safe. >> he told me he knew what i did, and he wanted me to dance for him. and when i told him no he um he got mad of course. he threw me against the side of the patrol car, and he took his built off that had the weapons on it laid it out across the road hood of the car for me. he took his weapon out, placed it against my

and the man who gave that time line jimmy fanel, the fiancee of stacey. >> the body of 19-year-old staceytites was found along a roadside. she had been raped and strangled. >> her fiance gives his recollection of the events the night before. that helps shape the time line used at rodney reed's trial. stacey went to bed in the apartment they shared in texas at about 8:30 because she had to get up early the next morning to be at work at 3:30. . work was about 30 miles away. she would set her alarm for 2:45 and leave the house at 3:00 a.m. >> stacey stites never made it to work one earl political morning just weeks before her wedding day. >> fw anel's truck is later found by a local patrol officer 5:23 p.m. abandoned by the local high school. back at the department stacey's mother calls jimmy to tell her her daughter has not made it in to work. around 2:45 p.m., a land appraiser discovers her body miles away from the truck. the apartment that fennell and stites shared was never investigated. following an autopsy, the medical examiner gives an estimated time of death, 3:00 a.m. authorities co

stacey's been doing it for years. the latest video put together by chris ricci films.t and really good at what he does because he's a champion. he had a bad accident in 1992 by what he calls a childhood dream stunt gone wrong. he was trying to go around the swing set, 360 degrees, went up in the air, fell down on his head broke his back. that was 1992. in 1994, only two years later the first kacanadian to ever gold medal in the parablimpic games. >> is this a wheelchair or special bike. >> it's a special bike. there are no pedals. stacey's momentum created by gravity. a big downhill track. down he goes. this is fun to watch. and this guy is a true champion of extreme athletes of all ables. he likes to show people it done matter what you respect he says give me the ball let me show you what i can do. >> shows you attitude is everything. >> it does have brakes, right? >> mentos plastered on her bikini. she's trying to re-create a famous internet video. >> looks like something katy perry would wear. >> it does right. >> see if she fizzles on "right this minute." hihi. . i

overcome by carbon monoxide stacey's father died. >> very hard to think about him sometimes. >> they didn't have a carbon monoxide detector. but experts say everyone should have one. >> you see more people comeing in now to buy more carbon monoxide detectors. you see these things on the news. it's becoming a bigger thing now. >> even if you have a detector, you still may be at risk. 18 carbon monoxide detectors were put to an unscientific test by these firefighters. both new and used made by various manufacturers the detectors were mounted in a small room and carbon monoxide was pumped in produced by a generator. under writers laboratories require the devices to activate within 15 minutes of reaching an air concentration of 400 parts per million. prolonged exposure at that level can be fatal. but even lower levels can be dangerous, too. the firefighters expected the detectors to go off almost immediately. but they didn't. >> 525 parts per minute. >> at 525 parts per million only three detectors are going off. within 15 minutes 12 additional devices sound their alarms. so according to

. >> reporter: stacey bertotti has. >> for 23 years. >> reporter: and she hasn't slept for 24 hours. >> relax, relax, relax. it's okay. it's okay. >> i'm excited. exhausted but excited. it's that crazy adrenaline. >> reporter: it's come down to the wire for her moment. it started about 20 years ago. stacey's mother told her she put her brother up for adoption when she was 30 years old. >> i always felt like i had a brother but i never knew. >> reporter: stacey was born after her mother married. >> i just thought then you didn't have a child out of wedlock. >> reporter: with not much info to go on she searched for her long lost brother for two decades. each search coming empty. until a friend recently found him in atlanta. >> all right, mike. where are you? >> reporter: she will meet him for the first time at reagan national airport. and now that moment -- >> is that him in the blue sweater? >> reporter: the one she's waited two decades for is here. >> how are you? oh my god. how are you? >> reporter: your moment is now a reality. >> yeah. wow. now i get to digest it all. >> reporter:

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a personal note when i've first flew to san francisco from main not every being to san francisco stacey in the tenderloin that was a mistake for the 4 days before i flew back to main i flew to san francisco to take the police written exam and studied and delores park cafe i have not been there in a number of years studying i have a job now, however, there was something to be said about her speech to you all about the sense of the community and belongness that neighborhood has changed since 1999 and has become populated and busy as far as the conditions on the original permit issued by the police department 14 or 15 years ago back then a noise abatement and the abatement unit made the recommendations to the police department do the sub unit that's how the conditions i think as far as our current recommendations for delores park cafe i did a tab history a computer aided dispatch history for calls to service for the locations as far back as a year and a half we had one call for a service notice complaint that was february 6th an unanimous caller didn't leave their name or a way to discuss

all stars and some of my old kids that are ground up i'm so happy to see you and thank you tom and stacey and all the ground ups that helped not only to cooperate the work and the work of the board of supervisors that polyp gets made and managed a lot of the work for the board of supervisors and i'm happy to see the process i'm proud of the work they continue to do and be involved in the community and focused on trying to make sure that they graduate and get their education and get good grades and do all the things to be successful and they can take over for us at the board of supervisors i'm excited to have them here welcome to you all i miss you and the cultural environment and just know i'm working hard edward to make sure that the programs continue and that you continue to thrive in our neighborhood thank you for being here and colleagues the rest i submit. >> thank you madam president we're looked at you and our old - supervisor kim not present. >> seeing no other names madam president that concludes the roll call for the introduction of new business. >> okay. at this time we will ma

ratio i was managing most of the money so the information meaning the excess returns by the active stacey says is first percent pilgrim actually. >> i take it on the website. >> so i think claire is writing this down this is the information that probably you didn't have this is why we have more faith in mr. cokeer and what he achieve he's done those programs prior and performance track records in the bad market in 2008, and that's important to see. >> and commissioners the numbers i pointed out for years through june 14th on ucs website that's didn't exclude 2008 when we and i'll try not to be redundant but there were questions asked by the audience and plus e-mails from the members actually and retire and statements being made so i want to try and show to ms. hawthorne we're listening to many hawk i think he's something been the activitys of the board members and not waiting for the decisions this is not a rush stamped board this has to do what happened in 2008 is that true. >> that's exactly it. >> my prevention it is about reducing risk and this hedge fund and the strategies what we ha

stacey. >> thank you, very much. for your presentation we're screened by supervisor breed and is there anyone from the public who wishes to speak seeing none, public comment is closed now if we can move to our consent calendar. >> item three and four compromise those and if a member objects any items can be screwdriver separately. >> colleagues any public comments seeing none oh first public comment on the consent calendar seeing none, public comment is closed. and now roll call vote on the consent agenda. >> on items two and three. >> supervisor breed arrest commissioner christensen supervisor farrell absent supervisor tang supervisor yee consent calendar passes. >> thank you consent calendar passes and now if we can move on to item 5 and recommended appoint to the geary corridor ssi this is an action item. >> liam like to call up the transportation planner to speak on this item first. >> thank you collin it begins on page 55 in the packet and the appointment of a member to our geary corridor bus rapid transit citiz

stacey bertotti has. she hasn't slept for 24 hours. >> it's okay. it's okay. >> i'm excited. by excited. that crazy adrenaline. >> reporter: it's come down to the wire for her moment. it started about 20 years ago, stacey's mother said she put her brother up for adoption when she was 30 years old. >> i always felt like i had a brother, but never knew. >> reporter: stacey was born after her mother married. >> back then you didn't have a child out of wedlock. >> reporter: with not much info to go on, she searched for her long lost brother for two decades. a friend recently found him in atlanta. she will meet him for the first time at reagan national airport. and now that moment the one she waited two decades for is here. >> how are you? oh, my gosh. >> reporter: your moment is now a reality. >> yeah, wow. now i get to digest it all. >> reporter: these two have a lot to digest, sharing photos. >> that's embarrassing. >> that's hilarious. a beautiful car. >> reporter: this is a beautiful moment, one they'll never forget. >> i'm a happier person. >> i think we'll probably be up la

thank you stacey for this. some of that snow will turn much fluffier as the cold air moves in teens elsewhere and record lows tomorrow morning, with windchills as you step out tomorrow below zero in many spots, so some brutal cold coming in record cold and anything slushy is rock solid for tomorrow. >> sounds like a day for the flower show tomorrow. >> thanks adam. >>> we have a team of reporters in the region lets start with chad pradelli live in newcastle delaware. >> reporter: about an hour ago you saw how bad it was, the winds were so brutal, and they have died down and now picking up again it hits you in the face i would like to stand over here but you couldn't see the live shot, but these are heavy flakes beginning to fall and the snow started at 10:30 this morning if you take a look it looks like 3 inches at this point in newcastle delaware that is north dupont highway, i am surprised by how many cars are on the roadways i think people are deciding to put a half day in in delaware and cars like four-whee

learned she had a secret brother, but was never able to meet him will until thousand. 20 years ago, stacey bertotti's other told her she had a brother and he was put up for adoption. with very little information to go organization she started her search. every search came up empty that was until a friend found him in atlanta. >> i always felt like i had a brother, but i never knew. >> there you see the meeting right there. they're at reagan national airport. big hugs tears, too. and they have a lot of years to catch up on. >> and the fact that they found each other. it's amazing with the internet searching, social media. just connecting people. >> and you saw the kids in video. she has kids, husband, and a whole new family for him to get to know. >>> all right, mr. chuck bell. >> i didn't. >> good morning. >> it's raining outside at our studios here. but snowflakes are all over the place this morning. all you have to do is just go a little farther up to the north and wednesday, and wham it changes right over to snow. if you've got snowflakes flying in your yard send me a picture, picture,

in his 20s in the drama the history boys and co writing and starring in the smash comedy gavin and stacey>> i love you man. >> i love you. >> he's even been a game show host there. >> but now he's sailing into new territory moving to la with his wife and two children to join the late nightclub. >> we have a new set which is great which you can see mind hee that has -- it had a as bar in it there. you see and if you look behind me, look at that, there's the couch and the desk. >> i'm james corden new host of the late late show on cbs. >> it may take an eye catching bit like this for corden to introduce himself to some americans but just mention the name james corden to britt chris bateman. >> i just laughing in my head. >> a waiter at the dandelion in center city bateman predicts corden will be a hit here. >> hilarious funny, charismatic charismatic. somebody you can work to. you guys will love him. i don't see how you can. >> transplanted english businessman silver stone scene what happened when corden goes out in public. >> people will surround him and he'll stop and sign autographs and

stacey is hoping to sell this cabinet and lamp on the furniture resale site via, where buyers name their own price. >> something is only worth what you can get someone to pay for it anyway. >> reporter: online shopping expert katy hill says people are attracted to this form of digital haggling. that is why these sites are expected to increase in popularity. cbs news, dallas. >> i'm never really one to haggle. i hate doing it but more so in person. it might be easier online. >>> flu shots save lives. and how the vaccine is given. >>> welcome back. here is a beautiful live shot of dublin this morning, a nice, clear start to the day. >>> happening today in san francisco, the largest chinese new year's parade outside asia. the floats are ready to roll. san francisco's china town will be transformed into a clog of colors and celebration this evening. the floats will begin their descent down market street at 5:15. >>> in selma, alabama, president obama is making preparations for his speech marking the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. the president and first lady will be in selma, where 50 ye

stacey writes big ups all women who will are have survived domestic violence.ell me who are these ads ultimately for. is it for abuseers or women in need of assistance? who do you hope the ads reach. >> the oodz rehope reach women abused. domestic violence is pervasive in our society. it crosses all gender, socioeconomic and gepder lines in our xhoupty and if women and children can be educated to whatever medium they're looking at. television, social media, it gets the word out and they can help prevent it going forward and help themselves to seek help from a place like laurel house. >> situations you mentioned laurel house obviously you're associated with. tell us about the resources that you guys offer the support that you offer and are women and in some cases some men finally realizing those sources are out there. >> i represent laurel house copresident of the board. montgomery county's comprehensive domestic violence agency. and we offer a myriad of services. we is a shelter, sh 24 hour domestic violence hot line stand by train volunteers. counseling, we of

stacey bertotti's mother told her he was put up for adoption and she started her search.h search came up empty until a friend pound him in atlanta. >> i always felt like i had a brother, but i never knew. >> they met for the first time at reagan national airport and they have a lot of years to catch up on. love that. >> very nice. >>> busy morning right now. and that's because of the spring snowstorm. we're seeing it on radar. take a look the rain is st over to snow if in most places. whether it sticks is a different story. we have school closings and delays on the bottom of your screen. >>> breaking news right the now. that could impact your morning commute. the bw parkway is shut down northbound right now at route 50. and that's because of an accident. molette green has been keeping an eye on the situation all morning. molette, what is it looking like right now out there? >> reporter: right now i'm going to flip the camera around on my cell phone here. we are on 202 just about to get on the parkway here. traffic is moving a little slowly. we're not at the accident scene

ultimately his defense team at "the innocence project" was trying to clear reed of the murder of stacey just today, a woman in nevada fsz exonerated after spending over 30 years in prison on murder charges after new dna evidence linked another man to the crime. >>> big news this noon for cathy wood. she was accused of killing michelle mitchell in 1976. the district attorney's office just announced that murder charges against her will be dismissed. >> the state that has exonerated the most people is texas. graves was chon rated in 2010 after being scheduled twice for lethal injection. >> finally free he says he is not bitter. >> i never lost home. once you lose hope you're just a dead man walking. so i never lost hope. >> he spent 18 years in prison for a mass murder that he didn't commit. it was the 1992 killing of a summerville woman, her daughter and four grandchildren. the only thing linking him to the crime was robert carter. before he was executed he recanted. saying he was coerced into testifying against him. >>> i sat down with him earlier, and he told me what it was like to get

. >>> an american detained in east timor is now back in the united states. 41-year-old stacey addisonby her family in portland oregon. she had been held without charge in east timor for nearly six months. she was arrested in september after she said she shared a taxi with a stranger that was carrying methamphetamine. >>> we're going to take a short break. when we come back the possible u.s. presidential candidate forced to explain a comment. >> do you think being gay is a choice if >> absolutely. >> that comment raised a lot of eyebrows here in the u.s. up next, what dr. ben carronson is saying about his answer now. then you haven't seen this commercial. book now and save during the spring break sale at hotels.com. so i got this listing. 3 bedroom, 3 bath. i have a client that lives out of state. just knew it was for her. so i tried to get her on video chat. i'm on verizon. i... i'm not. so it's not a problem. my video chat isn't working so i try to send photos but even that doesn't work. she saw the granite counters and the fire pit she went nuts. so i'm trying really hard to describ

. >> stacey, from the law firm. >> puts on the event.e is chris murphy. >> looking like -- >> came in this morning, i hung out with mike jerrick last night. >> we made money for fill a pun dance last night. >> that's good, when you party with a purpose. >> pwp, party with a purpose. >> so, kansas jay hawks play today against new mexico state. i predict new mexico state will win. >> you went against your own school, your loving kansas you talk about so much, you're predicting they will lose? >> just don't have strong enough team this year. >> look at this, i put this one pretty far here guys. >> oh, thank you for that. >> your people. >> been out there in the snow, they're dedicated. >> that's really sweet of them to stay this long. >> oh, look, someone waiving. >> he just pull up in his car jumped out. >> i mean, free, i would do the same thing. >> someone walked away with like four cups. >> sue, can i ask awe personal question? >> yes, you may. >> when will this end? >> personally? >> yes. >> not tune enough. but -- not soon enough. but

. >> stacey walter mcbane wrote march comes in like a snowman and goes out with flip-flops.lie ash's mom adelman responded march comes in like a bulldozer and goes out like a tonka truck. >> and stephanie barrett probably an nfl fan because she wrote this. march comes in like a patriot and goes out like a seahawk. thanks to all of those who responded on the abc 7 facebook page. >> she didn't say like a redskin anymore. two local school systems wait until after 8:00 to decide whether they would close today or not. reaction from parents about that. >> and this stretch of road may seem pretty normal. find out how thieves would get away with $4 million in gold bars. right on the side of the interstate? that's all coming up tonight at 5:00. >> wonder how many canadian $5 bills that adds up to. >> i wonder. how many spock dollar bills? >> we felt like we kind of got through it. >> exactly. i do that story. >> too much information here. >> thanks for sharing. >> take a look at what's going on. lot of changes on the way for the day tomorrow. as we move from wednesday night to thursd

take a look, stacey leclair took pictures of the double rainbow over phoenix arizona yesterday.rom the national forest. state i says the rainbow was in place for 45 minutes, but all that beauty got washed out with rain, hail and lightning but for a little while. >> breathtaking while it lasted. >> not getting the rain but getting some of the cooler temperatures it seems. >> at leash initially, eventually i promise there will be rain in this forecast, no snow, whew, all sick of it, i know. all right let's go on out to the eyewitness weather watcher network. cold air in place winter not giving up in this formats. still only into the 20's, even couple of teens showing up from a handful of our weather watchers err out there. ron sent in clear skies, he's new be to the program well con, ron 22 degrees sent into us over the last hour, 23 degrees sent in to us from kerry, and i like her comment in mt. laurel, the snow has all melted but still slippery spots where there are some puddles that have since iced back over. so watch for that if that's the situation perhaps if i live in a wood

internet,.com.org pot edg there's a new way debuting this month you probable wl not aware of fox staceythe wrong person buys it. >> justice is the great work of human beings on earth. >> reporter: you might think this video is part of a civil rights campaign but it's actually an ad for new did he main coming soon to the worldwide web. >> the word sucks is now a protest word. and tup people to give it more money. >> reporter: soon you'll be able to buy a.sucks website and the company behind it argues it's a way to have your voice heard and advocate for cause. like they kay cancer .sucks or pull being .sucks a lot of people like marketing branding expert adam hand aren't buying that. >> anybody who will buy a .sucks .sucks. >> they will start selling the .sucks website names in 10 days on march 10th. ♪ >> next on fox 29 news at 6:00, an image that can only bring to mind hate displayed in local classroom. a powerful history lesson or far too offensive for young eyes? the debate at a local elementary school. >>> an local 15-year-old accused of a heinous crime. >> it look like a little kid t

stacey delikat is in for maribel aber and has our market watch report live at the nasdaq in times squareorning, statements good morning, matt. the cia teamed up with the justice department to develop technology to spy on cell phones in the u.s. now the wall street journal reports that the spy agency helped develop a device called the dirt box that was used on especially equipped planes. once airborne the dirt box was able to scan data from thousands of cell phones. the cia worked with the u.s. marshall service which is an agency of the justice department to develop the technology. >>> meantime commercial air travel is predicted to hit a seven year high this spring. trade group airlines for america predicts 2.2 million people a day will fly in march and april. that's about a 2% jump over last year. the group credits higher employment and a jump in personal income for the rise in fliers. checking the markets on wall street it was the worst one day point drop for the dow since october as investors worried about the impact of a potential interest rate hike. right now though futures are point

stacey delikat is in for maribel aber.ot more on that after a word about changes in the credit industry. she joins us from the nasdaq in times square. good morning stacy. >> reporter: good morning, tam. it's about to get easier to fix your credit report. under a landmark deal negotiated by new york state attorney general all three credit reporting agencies are going to be giving more weight to lender complaints and will require more from creditors in the way of documentation. among the changes debts from parking and traffic tickets won't be reported and the agencies will wait 180 days before reporting medical debt in order to give time for insurance payments to be made. >>> burger king has dropped sodas from its kid meals and menu boards. instead of soft drinks kids will be offered apple juice low fat chocolate milk or nonnot milk. the move was made quietly last month under pressure from food actor 50's. kids can still get a soda. they just have to ask. >>> investors celebrated the six year anniversary of the bull market s

in the case of rodney reed who is currently on death row in texas for the 1996 rape and murder of staceytablished by stites' fiance and dna inside her body. there is no other forensic evidence linking him to her murder. a jury just took hours to convict him. his case is now in the hands of the innocence project who says there's new evidence that exonerates him and thanks to their work, a court stayed reed's scheduled execution. it remains to be seen what that court will decide about his guilt or innocence but over the course of our investigation into his case and what it might indicate about the state of criminal justice in texas, one juxtaposition kept resonating, the difference between rodney reed's trial and that of another far more famous murder trial in texas, the 2003 trial of robert durst. durst is the wealthy son of one of new york city's most successful real estate tycoons and he had been liveing under an assumed identity when he was arrested for the murder of his 71-year-old neighbor. the victim's body was found later dismembered in the bay. robert durst skipped bail and was on

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stacey addison greeted by her family in portland oregon. >> good to be back. >> -- and all that matters. >> any message you want to leave for charlie rose? >> just that i love and admire him. that's all. but i'm glad you're gone charlie, because i got to talk to gayle. >> on cbs "this morning." >> and -- >> conan o'brien show traveled to cuba to take the first u.s. talk show to havana since 56 years ago. >> viva! >>> this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to cbs news. the united states ambassador to south korea is in stable condition this morning after a violent attack. a korean man took a knife to ambassador mark clifford at a breakfast meeting in seoul. the wounded diplomat was rushed to a hospital. >> the attack happened near the u.s. embassy in the capital city's downtown area. margaret bren snnan is at the state department way possible motive. >> reporter: good morning. the ambassador just arrived at a breakfast lecture to speak about the prospects of peace between north and south korea. that's when a man approached

. >> reporter: and co-writing and starring in the smash british comedy "gavin and stacey," corden's nextan you can't make anything without making mistakes. is the truth. i'm very grateful for those misses that i've had in my career at home because you learn so much more from them than you ever do the hits. >> reporter: what do you learn? >> you learn that you really have to work hard which i wasn't really doing at that time. you sort of think, i'm doing it. you know you start to think you're perhaps more of a dude than you really are. >> i do get confused easily. >> reporter: corden would make his come back on stage in the comedy "one man, two governors." the highlight of his career he says, was the night it opened on broadway with his parents in the audience. >> that night in new york broadway, i remember thinking i can't imagine what this feels like for my parents. because i can't imagine as a parent what it would feel like to see my son or my daughter be being received by this city in such a way. and i -- i'll never, ever forget it. >> reporter: you ended up winning a tony. >> yes. >>

know she remembers this she said to be in a sidebar conversation always ask for the moon and with stacey she is a type of person if you show her how to get signals from the moon she will figure out how to get you there. i know i have to quit. [laughter] but throughout my whole career every step of the way is my beautiful wife susan and my voice. [applause] because of her 100 percent support that has made my playtime worthwhile. i hope i have been able to share with you how much love broadcasting in how privilege i feel to work with all of zero and just to be mentioned in the same sentence with jerry is an honor. here's to you and i thank all of you. [applause] >> they key you to our judges. by the way i have been told we're also live on c-span2. [cheers and applause] the career achievement award is a journalist years covering capitol hill not only made an impact in his and her colleagues but congress has a whole the distinguished award will go to cbs news radio bob. [applause] >> charlie will be accepting the award. >> i am filling in who was originally scheduled to do this by he is on a

the third is sarah the fourth panelist is stacey long simmons director of public policy and government affairs at the national lgbt task force. and our fifth and final panelist for the second panel is winnie executive vice president for external affairs for the center center for american progress and i will ask lotteries right hand and to swear and affirm that the information that you're about to provide to us is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. is that correct? >> yes. >> thank you. good to see you again, you have the floor, sir. >> thank you very much. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. my name is roger clegg and i am president and general counsel of the center for equal opportunity which is a nonprofit research opportunity organization. our principal focus is on public policy issues that involve race and ethnicity including civil rights and immigration. i should add [inaudible] and that i was once the deputy assistant attorney general in the justice department's civil rights division. the point that i make in the written testimony that we have