the defendant. we handle 100 percent of everything prosecuted. in addition to handling 100 percent of the cases we have responsibility for areas outside of the public defender's purview such as white-collar prosecution, victim assistance, criminal investigation. those are not obligations shared by defense counsel. we continue to push hard; we are doing good work but we are under resourced. a the district attorney has raised is concerned with the mayor and supervisor chu, and prepared a budget supplemental that we hope will alleviate some of the challenges that we are facing in the near term. i will be happy to answer any questions that you have. >> i have a question. i read today that -- applied for grant money for investigators and prosecutors in the domestic violence arena. have you heard anything about that? >> we are always applying for grants. we just received one in conjunction with the departmental staff to help english deficient victims. when the case is coming to the police department the police evaluate the danger of possible death for t

then he seemed to point out the perris of the prosecution. >> this is in many ways the classic murderfinding of guilt. >> on the one hand, and the other. where was the judge going? so the court, at this point, cannot substitute its judgment for that of the jury. >> he decided for the prosecution. there was enough evidence to go forward. >> the verdict was denied. the defense had lost a five-hour long high-stakes game and apparently by the closest of margins. >> that's probably the toughest moment i ever had as a lawyer. >> you thought you might have had it. >> i thought i delivered this guy from this horrible, horrible experience of not only having lost his wife, but having falsely blamed for it for all these years, i thought the ordeal was almost over. >> the jury filed back in to the defense case unaware how close they'd come to being thanked and sent home without hearing more evidence. if the judge had indicated he had doubts about the case, what with would the jury think once the defense played its trump card, michael george's alibi witness? >>> coming up, the verdict. count numbe

the prosecution -- some cut off of the coast of italy. theoday's events marking first anniversary of the disaster began with the placing of the rocks that ripped open the ship's hull. the victim's families later read -- laid wreath's. a local priest became something of a hero for the way he welcomed in the cold, freezing, and traumatized people and comforted and calmed them. i spoke to a couple who were on their honeymoon with their 10 month old child. they came back to thank the people live up to them in their time of need, who gave them dry clothes and shelter. later, 32 lanterns will be lit in memory of the victims who did not survive. behind me, the salvage operation continues. it is the biggest and most complex the world has ever seen. the timetable for removal has slipped a bit. islanders are hoping the ships will be done by the end of september. >> a court in south africa has approved the acquisition of a local retail giant. the company must set up a fund to help local businesses after the merger. >> he is being mentored. his small

reports the federal prosecution was relentless. he was a computer prodigy an online optimist co-founder of the social news website reddit and he was also a frequent guest on our team but twenty six year old aaron swartz was also the target of a federal computer hacking case and the trial was scheduled to begin next month that beginning will never come because swartz committed suicide inside his seventh floor brooklyn apartment in this building behind me on friday morning according to police he hanged himself and left no no behind and according to reports his girlfriend found him in the bedroom with a belt wrapped around his neck now swartz was arrested and indicted two years ago on allegations of breaching a computer network at the massachusetts institute of technology to download millions of pages of academic articles and other documents swartz pled not guilty to the charges which carried a sentence of up to thirty five years in prison and a one million dollar fine in the aftermath of the suicide swartz's family released a statemen

and it is just very, very sad. >> geraldo: sadness aside, now as you approach the prosecution of the case and you're watching the activities in steubenville, are you convinced that a full, fair investigation is being conduct? >> well, we are doing the investigation along with the steubenville police department. we were called in in august, early on in the investigation to assist them. we also were asked in august by the prosecuting attorney in the county to actually take over the investigation because she has a son who is in school, the same school. i think the other thing that i would point out is that the judge who will try the case is a visiting judge so yes, i think it has been a very fair investigation. we have two people who have been charged with a very, very serious offense. they will go to trial. our investigation continues but candidly we are getting fairly close to actually closing out that investigation. >> geraldo: did the status of the defendants as members of the football team, indeed, factually impair or impede this investigation at least in the early stages? >> i hav

the gun prosecutions are down across the board. mr. chairman, i hope we will have a follow-up hearing to ask administration witnesses to come before the panel and testify why agencies of government are not enforcing laws that congress has already passed. it is worth noting that five years ago, congress was asking the same questions we are asking right now. in 2008, there was an attempt made to strengthen the background check clause following the murders of virginia tech prepared -- the background check laws following the murders at virginia tech. did those laws work? just last july, it was given mixed reviews. only a handful of states have taken seriously the responsibility to share mental health records. and i'm pleased that taxes has been highlighted by the gao has outperforming other states in this area, but we have a long way to go. i think there are areas where we can come together right now, examine the nexus between gun crime, violence, and mental health care. i'm willing to listen to serious ideas, not just window dressing, to

the federal prosecution for driving the twenty six year old to take his own life they said in part quote aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy it is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach many of sports his colleagues have been quoted remembering him as a genius kid brilliant and funny now at thirteen years old he designed his first web site at the age of fourteen he helped write the are a says a program that alerts users to new blog posts warts also founded demand progress in internet group that campaigns against web censorship in this ultimately led to many people considering him something of an on line robinhood but his supporters his friends his his family member. believe that it was him being targeted by the federal government that caused this brilliant twenty six year old to take his own life reporting from new york marina port ny on r.t. . and rick. entrepreneur and founder of the swedish pirate party says the majority of all information should be free to whoever wants it military secrets or medical journals should not

so that was a significant victory for the prosecution. can't be entered into evidence. >> reporter: what about the defense. anything that worked in their favor over the past few weeks. >> not an awful lot, there have been a couple places where they have been given ground which i think they can take heart in. one is that they will be able to introduce evidence that bradley manning was selected by the information that he leaked, that he specifically tried not to leak information that would damage national security the other is the prosecution has to prove that that bradley manning not only was providing information he knew would get to the enemy-- meaning al qaeda-- just leaking to wikileaks wasn't enough. that he knew the information would get into al qaeda's hands. >> brown: i've been seeing reports that the prosecution will try to prevent is that some of this information was on osama bin laden's computer or at least a request for it was. why is that important? >> well, that's crucial to the biggest charge against manning, which is aiding

certainly committed not no crime and that even goes with the law or so war the federal prosecution did throw the book at him in the way this had been obtained in terms of how he had walked into the technical university mit in the united states and set up a laptop to download these public dock of public documents so they were throwing the book at him to make an example of spreading knowledge and i think that is a terrible terrible thing to do sharing and spreading knowledge was never bad for anyone we've seen many tributes many regard him as brilliant with so much promise how do you think he will be remembered within the i-t. community the internet is mourning this is a tragic event for all of us that sent shock waves and i think most of the most of the people are insured by carrying on his legacy he had so much left to do i confess i was just starting to investigate politics and how you could have a policy making. in what way though what why is he so different from other others who are pursuing the freedom of the internet what made him so special. he was bright i mean this was a guy wh

away from us, the prosecution. i honestly believe t we need more resources because at that point in time it is not a matter of us letting these cases go. i think we have defined other means to be able to pursue these cases even when victims don't always cooperate or even when they don't come in to testify i have to believe that it is not always because they are not telling the truth. i think a lot of it has to do with recanting, minimizing, and quite honestly they are very dependent on their abusers. there are a lot of different situations. it is incumbent upon us to find out what those reasons are before we let these cases go. so we need more resources in order to be able to find other types of evidence that might be out there in order for us to continue to prosecute these types of crimes. >> thank you. >> one other thing on victim advocates, may not be obvious to everyone what they do. they said done with the victim and discuss with him or her what will happen. they will help them get mental health counseling, co

so that was a significant victory for the prosecution. an't be entered into evidence. >> reporter: what about the defense. anything that worked in their favor over the past few weeks. >> not an awful lot there have been a couple places where they have been given ground which i think they can take heart in. one is that they will be able to introduce evidence that bradley manning was selected by the information that he leaked, that he specifically tried not to leak information that would damage national security the other is the prosecution has to prove that that bradley manning not only was providing information he knew would get to the enemy-- meaning al qaeda-- just leaking to wikileaks wasn't enough. that he knew the information would get into al qaeda's hands. >> brown: i've been seeing reports that the prosecution will try to prevent is that some of this information was on osama bin laden's computer or at least a request for it was. why is that important? >> well that's crucial to the biggest charge against manning which is aiding the

and so the prosecuting attorney felt that there was a conflict. did not feel that she should proceed with the case, and asked us to come in and work on the case. we are also involved and have been asked by the steubenville police department to become involved in the investigation. so, we started in august being involved in the investigation as well as the prosecution. >> and may i just push a little further on that and say, i know you had a request to become involved, but did you need to become involved? i understand how things often work in a small town, everybody knows everybody. and that can create a conflict of interest. was there a serious conflict of interest in the authorities and the leadership of the football team and, say, the teachers or the schools? was there any conflict of interest among those people in which you had to step in and perhaps may have to investigate as a result? >> well, i'm confident that the prosecuting attorney would have done a fine job. i think she made the decision because i think she has a member of her family tha

so aet what's been working in the prosecution's favor? ell, what's worked in their favor is just last night the judge ruled that motive cannot be considered here. the fact that bradley manning may have leaked these documents in order to do the right thing. that doesn't matter. what matters is was he guilty of the crime on the merits? so that was a significant victory for the prosecution. that can't be entered into evidence. >> reporter: what about the defense. anything that worked in their favor over the past few weeks. >> not an awful lot, there have been a couple places where they have been giv gound which i think they can take heart in. one is that they will be able to introduce evidence that bradley manning was selected by the information that he leaked, that he specifically tried not to leak information that would damage national security the other is the prosecution has to prove that that bradley manning not only was providing information he knew would get to the enemy-- meaning al qaeda-- just leaking to wikileaks wasn't enough. tha

he has arrested for murder and the prosecution is seeking the death penalty. the supreme court said you are not allowed for individuals with low iqs. prosecution says the iq is 72, high enough to execute. is there anything that neuroscience can do about george? i am just kidding, this is george. [laughter] what do we know about the neuroscience of gray matter? what can i tell you about that? the bad news, as he gets older, the gray matter goes down. i did this quick analysis on my computer. all of these areas i am showing you in blue, this is the bottom of the brain. i did not slice up my own brain to do this. all of these areas in blue are going down as you get older. that is aging. you are seeing the gray matter changes over time as you age. it also turns out that gray matter is highly correlated with iq. depending on the type of -- how we measure iq, we find a nice relationship between iq and gray matter. i am showing you these beautiful color images and now i can show you these maps. it turns out that i do not need to test you for iq. i particular brain an

-star even told the federal government that they didn't want to see him prosecuted but despite those wishes the department of justice came down hard filing charges against aaron for multiple felonies some of the computer fraud and abuse act which carried decades in prison and about a million dollars in fines all to set an example for internet activists worldwide aaron had no malintent yet he knew that he just become another casualty in the two tiered justice system one in which the odds were heavily stacked against him and when faced with those odds and chose death over life in prison but his memory and accomplishments will forever live on. the death of aaron swartz sent shock waves around the internet community and today in chicago his friends and families laid him to rest while memorializing his greatest life accomplishments our very own man well a drop of a break in the set as the exclusive. relatives friends activists and several alternative voices arrived together on a somber note at central avenue synagogue in chicago. to pay their respects to an internet pioneer aaron swartz wh

the federal prosecution for driving the twenty six year old to take his own life they said in part quote aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy it is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach decisions made by officials in the massachusetts u.s. attorney's office and at mit contributed to his death unquote many of swartz's colleagues have been quoted remembering him as a genius kid brilliant and funny now at thirty two years old he designed his first web site at the age of fourteen he helped write the ora says program that alerts users to new blog posts swartz also founded demand progress an internet group that campaigns against web censorship in this. ultimately led to many people considering him something of an on line robin hood but his supporters his friends his family members believe that it was him being targeted by the federal government that caused this brilliant twenty six year old to take his own life reporting from new york. triggered an outpouring of support for his work and tributes to him came in from all corners of

the. georgia reply and i want to go to you don't prosecute cases yes if you don't prosecute cases properly as was the case with nasir already well of course you're going to come to the conclusion that no proper cases been made and case of nasr or age any number of witnesses who could have been who could have been called by the i c t y as for evidence about his crimes including in general for the including journalists with scene films of his killing and torturing people none of them was called by the i c t y as of course the eyes anyway said oh well there's not enough evidence to warrant conviction well if you read the case then obviously you're going to say in one case yes there's plenty of evidence and in other cases no there's no evidence ok bill i want you to jump in. yes i just want to add it's worth remembering that the entire concept of crimes against humanity and work. created at the end of world war two and the nuremberg trials and the tokyo trials were certainly not examples of impartial justice they were victor's justice the judges all came from the countries that had defeated na

so we have no idea what it was the prosecution told the judge.were not allowed to defend ourselves. the judge denied 75 motions that we made asking for declassification information so i could present a defense in august of 2012, after our motions have been denied, my attorneys and i walked out of the courtroom and my attorney said, we have no defense. she won't let us say anything. she won't let us defend you. we were forced into plea negotiations. i'm not sure why the judge changed position between october and january eco explain what it is like in the courtroom when the prosecutor can come forward and speak privately with the judge without your defense attorneys being there. >> i had never heard of such a thing before. in august we made are 75 motions. we thought the judge would block got two days to hear the 75. in fact, there have been a conversation with the prosecution, so she blocked off and our to the 75 motions. we knew we were in trouble. at the very start of the hearing, the prosecutor got up and said that he was requesting a rule 4 co

the gun prosecutions are down across the board. mr. chairman, i hope we will have a follow-up hearing to ask administration witnesses to come before the panel and testify why agencies of government are not enforcing laws that congress has already passed. it is worth noting that five years ago, congress was asking the same questions we are asking right now. in 2008, there was an attempt made to strengthen the background check clause following the murders of virginia tech prepared -- the background check laws following the murders at virginia tech. did those laws work? just last july, it was given mixed reviews. only a handful of states have taken seriously the responsibility to share mental health records. and i'm pleased that taxes has been highlighted by the gao has outperforming other states in this area, but we have a long way to go. i think there are areas where we can come together right now, examine the nexus between gun crime, violence, and mental health care. i'm willing to listen to serious ideas, not just window dressing, to

bradley manning continues to unfold and we are finally getting to get an in-depth look at the prosecution's case for debate today whether the accused wiki leaks or was a whistle blowing on military injustices or aiding al qaeda the latest on the case next. and we've heard a lot of criticism over president obama's pick of chuck hagel for defense secretary but perhaps the more controversial appointment the nominee first cia director has been overlooked had a look at john brennan's questionable history from drone attacks to the kill list and bush era torture tactics. and a new study finds that homicides have actually increased in states that haven't acted these stand your ground law so this would give americans a license to kill will debate this woking don just ahead. it's tuesday january eighth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t.e. accuse wiki leaks or whistleblower accuse wiki leaks whistleblower excuse me bradley manning is back in court this week the former army private is accused of the biggest classified document breach in u.s. history among the slew of

defense lawyers say that they plan to challenge the prosecution every step of the way. there is a request for the trials to be moved and -- because of the intense public scrutiny, which means that his clients cannot possibly receive a fair trial. the supreme court is expected to hear that petition of the next day. this is a case that has captured the public's attention, but it is not just the actual case, it has drawn attention to the way the indians treat women. they have been protesting here almost every day. a short time ago outside this court a small protest of place with many saying it was not enough just to enforce the laws that existed, they wanted a public campaign to change the mindset of the way the indians treat women. >> 3 afghan police officers have been killed together with five insurgents in an attack on a police building in kabul. troops spent several hours fighting to take back the building after it was stormed by heavily armed insurgents. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. chilling details are emerging about the siege in the sahara

the prosecution has done a really good job in that case. here every day and we saw the horrible pictures of travis' body. one of the most violent murders i have covered here this town and there is really no other suspects out there and she is admiting that she did this and they have a big hill to climb, the defense does. >> greta: sometimes you get so much evidence it is almost impossible not to do a good job and sometimes the defendant makes such a mess of things that it makes it quite easy for you. troy, stay with us for a second because we will now bring in the legal panel. in san francisco, former prosecutor michael cardoza and here in washington ted williams and bernie grimm. first troy, he knows this case better than anybody else. >> troy, i want to get an idea from you when the pictures is are shown is there any reaction from the jury? >> they have been stone faced throughout the entire trial. the only two times i saw you reaction number one when they showed travis before body. i don't want to be too graphic but you know pacman with h

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