. >>> also new at 6:00, the legal team representing the man suspected of beating giants man brian stow said it may have evidence that would exonerate their client. a team of lawyers and investigators literally went business to business near a comfort inn hotel near los angeles ordering store owners to keep whatever video evidence they might have of ramirez saying their client stayed in the hotel the night after the stow beating and shows ramirez had hair on his head at that time which would go against the sketches of the two men believed to be involved in the beating. >>> close but not happening. jerry brown pulled the 34rug pla deadline budget deal today sending lawmakers back to the drawing board and maybe with less money in their pockets. the state cerptllro said he is not ruling out docking their pay for failing to reach a budget acceptable to the governor. live at uc berkeley tonight, details of what happened and why brown said no to this budget. >> reporter: jessica, students cringed yesterday when they got the news lawmakers passed a budget that took millions more from education

part of the legal team that worked to overturn the same-sex ban says the fact that ware upheld the now-retired judge walker's ruling sets a precedent. >> it s what it is, a powerful ruling that recognizes that gay and lesbian judges are entitled to the same notions of fairness and impartiality as all other federal judges. >> reporter: now the prop 8 case will make it back to a courtroom in september when a judge will have to decide whether these groups that are supporting prop 8 even have the right to appeal the decision that prop 8 was unconstitutional because it was actually the state of california that was named in this suit. and last year, governor schwarzenegger and attorney general jerry brown said that the state would no longer fight against it. live in san francisco, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> now to an nbc bay area followup on a gay married couple fighting deportation. they're taking legal action to stop a visa from expiring tomorrow. anthony mack was supposed to return to his native australia tomorrow, leaving his american husband behind. the couple has applied

this thursday morning the legal team asked for an acquittal on the obstruction conviction.e will rule on that that at a later time. it is not seemed to be bothered. he was on a giants game wednesday night enjoying himself on what would appear to be leaving court today normally silent when courthouse, appeared to pause to make a comment to the media. instead all he news." a new trial could mean morgrant lotus, kron 4 news. >>pam: jacqueline about the forecast? >>jacqueline: 60s, and we're not going to warm up quite that much. that cooling trend will continue towards tomorrow. by noon, fairfield will reach the 80s that is about it. we're not quick to see much from there. by 3:00 p.m., 80s through santa rosa, and the '60s and '70s for the rest of the bay area. taking a look at neighborhood by neighborhood. 60s through san rafael, san francisco, and a mixture of '60s and '70s for the bayshore. your kron 4 7 day around the bay temperatures are going to be going again tomorrow. had and up/down to the extended. but the cool down as we go towards the middle of next week. >>pam: bre

just be sure you hire the best legal team an $8 an hour cashier can buy. [laughter] because thanks to the supreme court, you will have to sue them as an individual, but the $420 billion corporation gets to fight you as a team. and you know what, folks, now that i think of it that doesn't seem fair. if we're not allowed to gang up on the corporations then the individuals shouldn't be allowed to sue at all but what is an individual but a gang of greedy organs? if women make on average 75% of what a man makes, then only the 258% of her -- 258% of her -- 25% of here discriminated against should be allowed to sue. same for sexual harassment. only the harassed part of a woman's body should have legal standing. i say bravo supreme court for truly granting seal equality in the work place because from now on men and women will be equally powerless against giant corporations and = [cheers and applause] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you very much. nation, folks -- i'm not telling any tales outs of school here. it's no secret that our economy is in the dum

. >> reporter: the legal teams for amanda knox and her former boyfriend insists this was an important day in their appeal to try and prove their innocence, they called on the testimony of men guilty of serious crimes. the first witness was a 50-year-old and says he became friends in prison with her boyfriend. mario says getto told him in prison that knox and her ex-boyfriend had nothing to do with it. and he told the court his friendship would not tell that version to authorities. mart yoe is serving a life sentence for the kidnapping and killing of a 15-month-old boy, and he said he was giving this testimony because he was committed to the truth. three other inmates were called to tell the same story, but the final witness of the day told a completely different story. this man is serving 16 years for mafia-related crimes, showing open contempt for lawyers in open court. he said the murders were committed by his brother. >> knox is serving 26 years for murdering her house mate, and th. >>> to politics now that is wrapped up in new orleans. it was a chance where some of the presidentia

they were deadlocked on and these perjury trade this thursday morning, the legal team ask for an acquittalviction. the judge said the issue will rule on that at a later time. barry bonds does not seem to be bothered. here he is at a giants game, smiling enjoying himself. leaving the court today. bonds will be back in court in late august. grant lotus, kron 4 news. >> kimberlee: today on the facebook fan page free of a paswe have asked our viewers overwhelmingly they said it! no! meanwhile, some people say they yes, he is guilty, perhaps he is guilty? and all about in the 20 is% tile range. meanwhile, only seven people that say it just leave him alone. percentile--and let us know what you think. to leave your comments. >>pam: registered sex offender is back on the street. - released sex offender cary verse insists he's no longer a threat to the community. 1992. he was forced to attend reformation now, only on kron 4. reggie kumar speaks exclusively. in an exclusive interview man from the person convicted of assaulting a series of teenaged boys and "a lot of times when you are young, you mak

than deeper devices used in the eighty's and qualified as unreasonable goldbach would have ended there were not for team obama stepping in the sun for statism the obama legal team blasts of the d.c. circuit ruling claiming that it would interfere with their wasteful war on drugs and billion man fights against terrorism the case will now be reviewed by the supreme court will decide once and for all whether tracking someone's every single move the satellite and outer space to warrant. isn't the reason we keep posting all right and we have heard possibly the last laugh from lowell's though i doubt it in the statement they released in a final data dump following their most recent high profile data dump called me go out which is spanish for well a word i can't say on television the border patrol they had a final data dump for several days ago with several data releases but like to share a quote from that again behind the mask behind the insanity and mayhem we truly believe in the anti second movement we believe in it so strongly that we brought it back much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz we hope wish even begged that the movement manifest

. >>> coming up, the legal team of john edwards says there's no precedent for the case against him.se, there be isn't. when's the last time a presidential candidate was caught spending a million dollars to hide his biggest secret in that's in tonight's rewrite. >>> and later sarah palin defends sarah palin on her rewrite of elementary school american history. ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] thanks to advanced natural gas turbine technology from ge, the power that will help make our nation more energy independent is right here in america. [ crickets chirping ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] advanced gas turbine technology from ge. ♪ ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 ttd# 1-800-345-2550 and talk to chuck about ttd# 1-800-345-2550 rolling over that old 401k. >>> time for tonight's rewrite. john edwards turned down a last minute plea deal that would have saved him the risk of becoming a convicted felon. but would have meant serving time in a federal prison. instead he pleaded not guilty and will go to trial saying he has broken n

. >> reporter: enrique is part of the legal team who worked to overturn the same-sex marriage ban lastear. those same lawyers successfully argued that that hard-fought federal court ruling should not be thrown out because of the sexual orientation. >> it's a powerful ruling that recognizes that gay and lesbian judges are entitled to the same notions of fairness and impartiality as all other federal judges. >> reporter: judge walker ruled last september that a ban against gay marriage was unconstitutional. months after making that decision, walker revealed in the media that he was openly gay and had been in a same-sex relationship for the last ten years. in a hearing yesterday, prop 8 supporters argued that walker should have disclosed that relationship and stood to benefit from a ruling in favor of gay marriage. they say he should have recused himself from the case from the start. chief federal judge james ware released an order that declared the fact that judge vaughn walker shared some of the personal circumstances and characteristics and could be affected by the outcome as the way o

. >>> coming up, the legal team of john edwards says there's no precedent for the case against him.be isn't. when's the last time a presidential candidate was caught spending a million dollars to hide his biggest secret in that's in tonight's rewrite. >>> and later sarah palin defends sarah palin on her rewrite of elementary school american history. [ male announcer ] diane was already the chief operating officer at a national tissue bank, when she decided to get her masters in health care administration. by choosing a university that connects working students to faculty who are also leaders in their fields, she was able to apply her studies to the real world, and help more people, much quicker. my name is diane wilson, i deliver the best gifts on earth, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] university of phoenix is proud to sponsor education nation. because we believe an educated world is a better world. >>> time for tonight's rewrite. john edwards turned down a last minute plea deal that would have saved him the risk of becoming a convicted felon. but would have meant serving tim

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there have been tense negotiations with the legal team and prosecutors. his team flew there last night. they broke down early this morning. the grand jury reconvened at 8:30 in raleigh, north carolina, and they have returned an indictment. i want to bring in pierre thomas. >> the prosecutor's case is built upon a case of sex, lies, video tape, and an affair. the allegation is edwards used private donations to maintain and cover up an affair with his mistress, rielle hunter, during the to 08 campaign. prosecutors believe this money consiste constituted a slush fund to cover up an affair that would have destroyed his bid for president. >> let me bring in dan abrams. it will all turn on this question. were these campaign contradicti contributions or a gift from a friend? >> if it's a gift no crime. if it's to further his presidential ambitions and john edwards knew about it, then prosecutors say they can move forward. this is not the case you ordinariily see. >> dan, we'll have much more on witne "world news," we're going back to the regular programming, incl

the earth on our team. russian businessman big to boot is challenging the legality of his extradition to america from thailand on thursday his defense team meet the prosecution of the prosecution and judge behind closed doors to lay the groundwork for his coming trial but is charged with conspiring to supply weapons to colombian rebels and could face life in prison if convicted mariya cities here. he is the russian citizen america fought relentlessly to adopt victor boot was secretly and swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely is found guilty on arms smuggling in terrorism related charges fifty years convicted he's looking at life there's no parole there's no early release in the federal system really the only way in the federal system to get a reduction in your sentence. a significant reduction is if you cooperate with the united states government some have argued mr bush needs to be on captain america's team however captain america is being accused of playing dirty and illegally to remove the air cargo business man from thailand according to documents rele

another one was performed tuesday in the jail cell by his legal team. are not discussing the results. they say that it is, if--that it is confident they have the right man in jail but the prosecutors say they did not have the right man. now another man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after exposing himself to a nine year-old girl at a park. jonathan hill pled guilty to child pornography last month after the police found and arrested him, they discovered video on pictures on his iphone of him exposing his self to another child. in addition to prison, he will pay $10,000 in restitution to the two victims. >> a the storm is set to push through. by saturday morning will see an inch of rain like nevada look at the terrible rainfall totals. more than 200-says more than 2 in. of rain coming. we have rain in the south bay, one into manhattan oakland and 2 in. in santa rosa. ticket to the extended forecast. that will affect us through the entire weekend, saturday will be steady but we will see some drier periods as we headed to sunday morning. a chance of la

business for one thing the car tails or engage an alien smuggling and so how much are you going to legalize to try to put them out of business even though in prohibition in the night team thirty's you perhaps when you legalized alcohol reduce some violence you didn't put the lid cosa nostra the mafia out of business they even continue until today they just look for for a new business opportunities and that's what the cartels in mexico are doing and will continue to do so the answer is not legalization but the answer is strengthening the rule of law in mexico ok jeffrey what about just taxing it all i mean america is a place of free markets ok so why don't you just make it into the back row and into alcohol ok mean data or health risk obviously related to both of them i don't want it will you do that with some not all but most most of the drugs. it's turned into a business it's a back row in particular is a very tobacco is a very very useful example the us and the world started to recognize in the early one nine hundred fifty s. that tobacco was a much more dangerous product than had previously been recognized we did not prohibit it or outlaw it we engaged in all sorts

of the activists vessel conservation is claim they're trying to find out if the boats are fishing legal. up next our closeup team and the mysterious and beautiful russian republic of north discovering some of its best kept secrets. churches are a culture of magnificent ancient necropolis known as the city of the dead today we look into one of the most mysterious sights in southern russia the village of data dobbs but it's not the area's dark legacy that's driving away the locals as artie's medina coaching over as. we continue our exploration of the north as such in a republic and this time we're visit a unique historical area the village of dar govs or as the locals call it here the city of dad's the cemetery has almost one hundred asian stone cripps where people that lived in this area buried their loved ones along with their belongings and now this valley stretches for over sixteen kilometers and is the real open air museum for a sentience they say this land helps them imagine live down here four hundred years ago meanwhile day to day life continues in this area along size this images of the past now watch our

and the what i get of detention could have been completely were team legal process but the very fact that moldovan authorities are still refusing to part with any coherent information concerning the case is definitely not doing them any favors and it's showcasing the prosecutor's office and of their unfortunate light. catherine as are the r.t.e. moscow. five special forces officers have been killed and twelve others wounded is doing a shootout with militants in russia's republic of dagestan. terror operation that began on tuesday is continuing its attempt to combat the minutes that there was intense fighting as insurgents try to break through the surrounding russian units as federal forces targeted the hideout with the military. of several different casualties for let's check on some other international headlines for you now. in mexico police have arrested the alleged leader of one of the country's top drug gangs senator simpson and is also known as a monkey taking control of the familiar after the death of its previous leader last year mexican president felipe calderon praise the ca

the what i get of detention could have been completely were team legal process but the very fact that moved over to dorothy's are still refusing to part with any coherent information concerning the case is definitely not doing them any favors and it's showcasing the prosecutor's office one of their e. unfortunately. catron as are the r t moscow so business and finance of the next thirty minutes for you the latest money scandals of mice causes installment of the cause report shortly after a business update right now on the. follow welcome to aunty's business bulletin the euro is facing a slow death says former british foreign secretary jack straw even the most recognize the currency is vulnerable to shock declines can vaccinate from sex a bank explains how he thinks this will impact on russia but the thing with russia to remember is that no matter what really happens internally it's still regarded for the most part as an emerging market economy and as such as much as odds on like to use the fries there is very much the risk on risk off mantra priding within the water financial markets

after two years she became legal counsel to the naacp legal team that filed suit against the st. louis board of education in 1949. in 1954, freeman was the lead attorney for the landmark case davis v. st. louis housing authority, which ended legal racial discrimination in public housing in st. louis. in the almost 60 years since that decision, ms. freeman hasslesly fought for civil rights at home in st. louis and across the nation. she has endured abuse and discrimination but through it all she worked with intellect and dignity while employing one of her very best weapons: a warm and friendly personality and a very quick smile. in 1964, president lyndon johnson appointed her to serve as the first woman on the united states commission on civil rights. she continued to serve on the commission under presidents nixon, ford, and carter, recognizing that there was still much work -- much more work to do to end discrimination, ms. freeman joined with others to help form a bipartisan citizens commission on civil rights. frankie freeman's work hearnsed her many awards. she holds honorairer

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the boat's fishing legally. closeups there is next is this team explores the mysterious places. christian churches agricultural prosperity and a magnificent ancient necropolis known as the city of the dead today would have been to one of the most mysterious sites in southern russia the village of dog gets it will be a result legacy that. discovers. we continue our exploration of the northwest says a republic and this time we're visit a unique historical area the village of dar govs or as the locals call it here the city of dad's the cemetery has almost one hundred asian stone cripps where people that lived in this area buried their loved ones along with their belongings and now this valley stretches for over sixteen kilometers and is the real open air museum for his study as they say this land helps them imagine live down here four hundred years ago meanwhile day to day life continues in this area along size this images of the past now watch our report to find out more three hours drive through a dangerous snaking road up in the mountains and tough trip but it's worth it there a

the trial starting march 31st of the share and april 13th convicted lot bonds of one construction of justice charges. bonds legal team did ask for an acquittal on the obstruction charge. it will be discussed at a later time. this is a look of him at the giants came smiling bonds will be let back in court in late august >> a: forecast looking out there. >> this is a look of the san mateo bridge patchy fog out there even on the golden gate bridge it is not socked in that bad. it will thicken up as we head into the weekend. 52 degrees in livermore a slight cool down from this time yesterday. 82 in some 10sun a lot. a mixture of '60s and 70 as you had over these bay. berkeley's 67 san ramon valley low 80s 85 in antioch into south banks a mixture of '70s and '80s. we're close to 90 morgan hill and you will notice cooler temperatures there today. we're not going to see much change in the weather thickening fog for the weekend. los '70s around the bay area some sprinkles perhaps on tuesday night. no washout we could stay drying >> happy friday and no hot spots to report no accidents currently reporting. delay free condition

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. >> now the supporters of proposition 8 quacks for to be thrown out said this about the decision. our legal team and continue our efforts to support the will of the people california to preserve the marriage as a union between a man and woman. they said the next step in the battle and a same-sex marriage will go before the california supreme court where they will rule if the issue can be appealed. then it will go to the ninth circuit for a three judge panel and possibly the u.s. supreme court. >> now a look at other big stories covered by kron4 news crews around the bay area today. >> redwood city officials tell me they're conducting their own investigation at the two female students at kennedy middle school reported being attacked in march at this park on a filter. did not report this until the end of the year and five male students are in custody. school district officials tell me they're looking into the safety policies and procedures to see if their rules were followed in the correct practices were followed. i am told that they're not sure if they will adjust any policies just yet until thei

it was one of the questions that i asked the legal team. how do you classify somali pirates? are they just criminals to kill americans, as we know they did with those individuals on a u.s. flag private vessel, we give them constitutional rights and bring them back to this country? where do we see them as part of the 21st century battlefield? part of an islamic terrorist enemy? that is what we must come to contend with. if we do not have strategic level objectives against this enemy or clearly identify who they are, you will cause some much confusion for men and women on the ground. when was the last time you heard over the last 10 years -- these are our strategic objectives. i have not heard it. that is what is missing. these are the four strategic objectives we should have. the number one asset that our military has is strategic mobility. when you take it away by setting a military-backed, be it iraq or afghanistan, you take away your number one advantage. mobility. making your military a target. not to tell you that there are not that many roads to come out of these forward

>>shepard: thank you, eric, and the aspiration to be next mayor of new york city could be shot but what about his future in congress. more from our legal team on the biggest challenge and his re-election prospect. that is coming up on "studio b" in a few minutes. but, first, major developments in the case of john edwards, the former presidential candidate who federal prosecutors indicte on charges he used campaign donations to cover up an affair and the secret baby. sources are telling the associated press that investigators have obtained e-mails and other evidence in which former congressman john edwards admits he did have knowledge of payments to help keep his then pregnant mistress out of the public eye and claims the former north carolina senator had strongly denied this. and jonathan hunt is here in new york city. >>jonathan: these were e-mails and notes of conversation between wendy button a former speech writer for john edwards and the senator, himself. most occurred in the summer of 2009. and she was trying to persuade john edwards to come clean about the mistress rielle hunter and their love child. now, according to the reporting o

journalistic value one example the case of victor boot he's a russian man that america accuses of being an international arms dealer well as his legal saga in the u.s. continues our team is marina porton i have found some revealing details of the u.s. role in the case in some of those wiki leaks diplomatic cables here's what she found. he is the russian citizen america fought relentlessly to adopt it there but was secretly on swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely if found guilty on arms smuggling and terrorism related charges if you use and. he's looking at life there's no parole there's no early release in the federal system really the only way in the federal system to get a reduction in your sentence. a significant reduction is if you cooperate with the united states government some have argued distribute needs to be on captain america's team however captain on their record is being accused of playing dirty and illegally to remove the air cargo businessman from thailand according to documents released by wiki leaks all levels of washington top to bottom mounted political pressure against bangkok to gain custody o

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the question to our stream team today. should cash-strapped states get rid of the death penalty? on the team today is kent shydigger, legalminal justice legal foundation, and richard dieter, executive director of the death penalty information center. this is certainly a hot topic. kent, i'd like to start with you. leaving out the moral debate here, okay? this is just about money. from a purely economic standpoint should the death penalty be abolished? >> no. as the study pointed out, we have been to the legislature many times with reform proposals and those reform proposals have been killed by the legislature in committee every time we've been there. death penalty doesn't need to cost as much as it does. we know what to do. we've drafted legislation. we've proposed legislation. the legislature simply needs to enact three forms needed to bring these cases to a conclusion much faster than they presently are, at much less cost. >> richard, let me bring you in here. is the kind of increased cost seen in california do you think the same for other states? >> well, all states have experienced that it's more expensive to have the

new york is the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, taking effect next month. >>> the l.a. dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection. the team's owner blames major league baseball refusal to approve a multi-billion dollar tv deal to keep them afloat. i allows to team to use $150 million for daily operation and get time to find long financial stability. dodgers say there will be no disruption in day-to-day business, team or dodger fans. >>> the kids got t-ball practice, which is good because tomorrow could be wet. >> i'm could be in the north bay. we could see measurable rain, which is unusual. we'll map it out and talk a the warming trend for holiday weekend. >> thank you. >>> also coming up -- >> knowing someone was throughout and reading my tweet. awesome feeling. two women's twitter account inspire a new website aimed at helping homeless. if you've tried to lose weight, you know it's hard to find a diet you can stick to. try jenny craig, and enjoy options that fit your lifestyle. choose to get motivating support at your local centre- and pick up the delicious food while you're there. or, have the food delivered... and get t

new york is the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, taking effect next month. >>> the l.a. dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection. the team's owner blames major league baseball refusal to approve a multi-billion dollar tv deal to keep them afloat. i allows to team to use $150 million for daily operation and get time to find long financial stability. dodgers say there will be no disruption in day-to-day business, team or dodger fans. >>> the kids got t-ball practice, which is good because tomorrow could be wet. >> i'm could be in the north bay. we could see measurable rain, which is unusual. we'll map it out and talk a the warming trend for holiday weekend. >> thank you. >>> also coming up -- >> knowing someone was throughout and reading my tweet. awesome feeling. two women's twitter account inspire a new website aimed at helping homeless. #t#t#t#t#t#t >>> if your preschooler can't sleep, here is advice. turn off the violence and nighttime tv. they found sleep problems the common in watching show after 7:00 p.m. watching tv with violence including cartoons is tied to sleeping difficulty. the they recommend no more than two h

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. >>> we're going to bring in the rest of our legal team. ining us gma legal analyst dan abrams and nancy grace in the atl. >> good morning. >> good morning to you both. nancy, this mysterious halt, undisclosed legal matter, what do you think is going on here? >> well of course speculation started, robin, that there was going to be a mistrial a plea deal, not fast, this is what i learned later in the afternoon, the prosecutor does a deposition. to make a prosecutor trying this case for a long time to do a deposition, means why thing, trial by ambush again, in other words, bringing on a witness that they had not given noticed of. discovery rules very strict. you got to give the other sides a heads up to who you're calling. >> or it could be a new witness. that would be the strongest argument for the defense. bottom line is this better had been a big deal. this is a sequestered jury. they can't live their lives. they're sitting there on saturday, they're supposed to have a full day of testimony. for the judge to cancel that entire day, this bet

the embarrassing accusations. so strauss-kahn has hired a high priced legal team and the team has in turn hired private investigators to check out the accuser's past, experts saying no aspect of her life or personal history will go unscrutinized and they maintain his innocence. listen: >> our judgment, once the evidence is reviewed, it will be clear that there was no element of forcible compulsion in this case whatsoever. any suggestion to the contrary is simply not credible. >> reporter: the maid has since hired a new attorney who came out today, after this morning's arraignment, and says his client will not back down. listen to him: >> -- victim wants you to know that all of dominic strauss-kahn's power, money, and influence throughout the world will not cheat the truth about what he did to her in that hotel room from -- keep the truth of what happened in that hotel room from coming out. >> he describes her as a mother who works as a maid at the sofitel hotel. sources close to the case say the defense is working to pursue the issue of whether or not it is even possible, physically possible, for a person unarmed to

the san francisco legal newspaper "the recorder" said prosecutors approached his defense team askingconvicted bonds of one count of obstructing justice for providing evasive answers to a federal grand jury. the same panel deadlocked on three personalry counts alleging bonds knowingly lied about using steroids the settlement would eleap lymph nate the need tore a second trial. they are back in court next week. >>> in sports. the super regional against dallas baptist are. two wins in the best of three cerise is needed to advance to the college world series. >>> and the giants had another at last win but also another injury. here's larry beil with this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. this is turning into a real season of pain for the giants. now add freddy sanchez to what seems like an ever-agreeing list of injuries. sanchez injured last night against the reds. on orange friday, oh baby. bundled up at at&t park. brian vogelsong gets jay swinging in the first. two runs. ryan hanigan ties sup with a single to score scott rolen. scary moment here, top of five, the diving stop

prosecutors are going to argue that bulger, not taxpayers, should pick up the tab for his legal defense team. bulger is charged with 19 counts of murder. prosecutors say that bulger bragged that he had been back to boston several times during the 16 years that he was on the run, and they say he described himself as armed to the teeth and was in boston to take care of quote, unfinished business. >>> anger boiled over in greece today. a cnn crew got caught in the chaos. just take a look at this. as you can see, there is quite a lot of fighting now going on between protesters and we're being forced out of the way. >> very dramatic video and really a dangerous situation. union workers are protesting government proposals for state tax hikes and spending cuts and the european union wants those measures in place before it's going to give greece any more bailout money. >>> we're waiting on nasa to release new pictures of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she attended an awards ceremony for her husband, astronaut mark kelly, in houston. that happened last night. her first public appearance, that was

the u.s. admitting he poses no risk corey kreider from their reprieve charity is finding a legal battle for ahmed to last release stolar team he's handed over was illegal in the first place. hundreds of prisoners and but what makes you notice special is that eunice was actually picked up by the united kingdom in iraq in february two thousand and four the u.k. handed him to the united states in march and april there were discussions between the u.s. and the u.k. because the u.s. won a descendant of barbarism in the u.k. didn't them jacked despite the fact that at this time even the grave photos broke making it absolutely clear to anyone who had any doubt what was happening to prisoners in u.s. detention the u.k. says that it learned quote unquote in june of that year june two thousand and four that my client had been sent to bob graham and although there was an ammo you kind of deal between the u.s. and the u.k. that permits the u.k. to get him out of custody they never bothered to do so so we've had to sue them in the united kingdom courts in haiti as corpus to tell them you have to get this prisoner back you never should h

and, during the course of that, people on his legal team were charged and then he was charged with trying to bribe jurors. he was never convicted of that, but it is an open question. there are historians that argue that he did it and there are other historians who point to those historians in say so-and-so says he did it. what is your view on this and what does it say about what type of lawyer he was? >> let's start with that. even when he was in ohio as a young lawyer who darrow reviewed each case as if his life depended on the outcome. he internalize those cases and he carried the angst of those cases everywhere he went. on his 80th birthday "the new york times" reporter went to chicago to visit with darrow and ask him how he was, and darrow looked at the reporter and said do i look 80 years old to you? in the reporter said mr. darrow you have always look 80 years old. he carried the pain of those cases and so he internalize those cases. as i said at the beginning of the book if you are in trouble he was the lawyer you wanted and he was the friend that you needed. he would do anything i

the judge who is awaiting trial in a u.s. prison but as our team is going to porton i reports that legality of proceedings is being questioned every step of the way. he is the russian citizen america thought relentlessly to adopt it was secretly and swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely is found guilty on arms smuggling and terrorism related charges if you use could be. he's looking at life there's no parole there's no early release in the federal system really the only way in the federal system to get or we've talked in your sentence. a significant reduction is if you cooperate with the united states government some have argued mr boot needs to be on captain america's team however captain america is being accused of playing dirty and illegally to remove the air cargo business man from thailand according to documents released by wiki leaks all levels of washington top to bottom now did political pressure against bangkok to gain custody of boot in a us cable dated august thirteenth two thousand and nine u.s. president barack obama was urged to call thailand's prime minister

force dominic strauss-khan to deny all seven counts against him the most sear punishable by 25 years in prison. his high priced deal legality teaml. do what they're paid to do. dig up the past. no part of her life will go unscrutinized. sources close to the case are the defense pursue the issue whether it's even physically possible for an unarmed man to force a person who engage oral sex. the defense maintains the sex was consensual. >> in our judgment, once the evidence is reviewed, it will be clear that there was no element of forcible compulsion in this case whatsoever. any suggestion to the contrary is simply not credible. >> strauss-khan's next court date july 18th. it will be the first of a series of pre-trial proceedings. the beginning of this trial date though is not yet released. trace? >> trace: julia, emotions were running very high outside the courtroom today. >> oh, yeah. you could call it a media circus or just a plain circus. when he got here just about an hour before arraignment, well, he got a pretty unwelcomed response if you will. take a listen. [jeering] >> about 50 maids were -- bussed in by union. many wear