it was written by thomas jefferson franklin also was the president of the constitutional convention in the state in which he lived his adopted state pennsylvania of philadelphia and he signed the constitution of pennsylvania in seven hundred seventy six and here's a phrase this is a quote from his article eight of the pennsylvania constitution seven hundred seventy six this was essentially the basis of our second amendment it said that the people have the right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state and as standing armies in time for peace are dangerous to liberty they ought not to be kept up and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil. and we accomplished subordinate in the military to the civil power by making the president the united states the civilian commander in chief of the military. and we established that people had the right to buy guns or to own guns so that they could defend the state or themselves in the second amendment series of decisions over the years of this there's but there's this whole world of thi

get people who actually fit, someone like george did, thomas jefferson of course is the great jefferson scholar but garrey did a book, george mcgovern did lincoln - get so the sort of mix of historians and long historians looking at the presidency is telling the basic story, but also giving your own sort of individuals been, and he asked me to do the johnson book and i guess that he figured i would put my individuals been on it. i agreed to it because arthur asked me and i had great respect for him. i knew him from the papers of thomas jefferson and we were both on the advisory committee for that. and also because paul was the editor who's also the general series editor for the

let me start with evan thomas. pretty early 20th century war lovers unusually imperialists deck in their view of america and the world or do they show us ourselves in the mirror of history? >> they didn't like the word imperialists. they didn't call themselves imperialists. that was a european word. the americans had a more high-minded view of themselves. because of that they were conflicted. roosevelt was extraordinarily exuberant and had a view of war that is good for the american spirit and expansionism is good and makes us feel better and be stronger and more vigorous if we went to war but he was a little bit uncomfortable with this idea of ruling other races and nations because we had once been connell and -- colonists who rebelled against our mother country and there was a strong streak in american public thinking that you don't do this. america even in 1898 going into cuba and the philippine there was a lot of ambivalence and -- ambivalence. an interesting example of war getting out of control we invaded cub

superintendent's recommendation regarding thomas edison charter academy. resolution -- to deny the renewal petition for thomas edison charterer academy. the state board of education is the charter authorizes for the thomas edison charterer academy, which is set to expire on june 15, 2011. pursuant to education code section 47605, section k three, they submitted a petition for renewal that was denied by the district board of education based on stuff written and factual findings. pursuant to education -- to the education code, the petitioner is submitted on march 30 of 2011 to the district their rise to try to recall petition for the renewal of the charter school petition. the board of education held a public hearing on april 12, 2011, as required by law. the board of vacation show consider the level of public support for the charter school and has reviewed the renewal petition and all information received with respect to the renewal petition, including its appendixes. in reviewing the decision, the board of education shall be guided by the intent of the cal

today my guest in this studio is steve thomas thirty five years ago the explosion at the true novel new life in the u.s.s.r. showed us the back side of what was believed to be the cheapest cleanest source of energy thousands of people were affected acres of land laid waste. away in the world's thought it left the tragedy far behind by a dreadful tsunami hit tomic nuclear plant in japan and then here we are again trying to make an enforceable choice between a new clear and a non-nuclear world or maybe it is possible here's professor manager studies at the university of greenwich stephen thomas. in the twentieth century energy has become a key to successful economic development but cheaper energy required immense natural resources like rivers of fossil fuels that's where nuclear energy came to rescue cheap and during an ecologically clean it seemed to be a bridge for all decision but the explosion a meltdown of the chair noble nuclear power plant and sauvage a great many enthusiasts in the world but still it could stop mankind in its pursuit of the. many nuclear power plants have been bui

thomas hutchinson's father was a merchant banker. and it was one of the most beautiful homes in this america designed by indigo jones with a magnificent top, and the rioters burned that house down from top to bottom. one of the rioters in his diary described how it fell to the ground. but they destroyed manuscripts that went back to america's founding. hutchinson was i wouldn't call him an amateur historian, after all, he was a governor, a brilliantly educated man with advanced degrees in history, and he wrote -- and this is still available -- a three-volume history of massachusetts from its very beginnings. but the documents to support that history, original manuscripts from the time, the early landings in massachusetts were all destroyed by these rioters. hancock didn't want that to happen to himself. and he tried to make peace with sam adams and sat on the fence as long as he could, and finally he had to join. he had to give money to support adams and become -- he decided it will be more advantageous for him to try to take control

scott thomas. he was in the bakery but thomas begin stabbing him. >> i was stabbed in the chest and one that punctured my lung over on the right-hand side. and a knife in my wrist. >> a financial analyst saw him stumble outside with a knife still in him. >> pulled the knife out and grabbed it, i kicked the knife away under a car. >> he chased thomas down the street and flagged down a cop who made the arrest. shaller almost died when the jugular vein was severed. he saved her life by this. >> i'm grateful for the opportunity to save a life. >> a school secretary helped chang while calling 911. this is a stuff heroes are made of. lauren is now enjoying life as a college student. >> life is good? >> yes, very good. >> vic lee, "abc 7 news." >> some encouraging news on the condition of a giant's fan that was severely beaten by a dodger fan. his sister says he is showing some signs of improvement. he is breathing on his own. he is still in a immediately induced coma. the 42-year-old santa cruz man worke

. >>> in the case of scott thomas and against two of his victims, a teenage girl who thomas stabbed at francisco bakery and a man who intervened sued the state arguing thomas was mistakingly paroled. thomas was supposed to be under special supervision but was not. the court said a parolee cannot be supervised every minute. >>> city council has to decide tomorrow which department to take over half-moon bay. 40% of that city's budget is spent on police services. >>> the damage to a delta commuter jet forced to make an emergency landing. >>> and i'm back in less than 10 minutes, we're going to take a complete look at your >>> in news of the world tonight, in libya rebels fighting forces loyal to gadhafi changed their tactics. only former military officers and those with some military training are being allowed to fight. the untrained rebels have suffered defeats against the better trained and better equipped progadhafi forces. also ahead, a call from the rebels for seize fire was rejected. >>> thousands of people stormed the united nations compound and killed at least one people including

you also reference thomas barnett. who is he? >> guest: in a lot of ways, he's the guy who's best known for "the pentagon's new map." he in the early 2000s kind of captured the zeitgeist of the department of defense and had a couple famous powerpoint briefings that he would go out and deliver to military audiences which explained how the post-9/11 world had shifted. but i drilled a little bit more into sort of what he was arguing, and part of what he was also getting at was that there needed to be something like kind of a nation-building cadre available and ready on call to address what he called these gap states, these failing states. i think e called it the -- i think he called it the fifth advent force. and his idea was you've got the leviathan, the army, you know, the big forces that go in this and kind of do regime change fundamentally. they go knock over, you know, nations if called on to do so. but then you need people who are on call, and they're kind of a mix of diplomat, aid worker, boy scout, u.s. marine, you know, kin

but as thomas hutchison put it, so small a start, a great fire was kindled. they sparked the rise of another from its ashes. as you may have guessed, even one end of the prophet of america's largest tea importers and resume to smuggling and british customs officials take enforcement and after the british seized one of john hancock ships for nonpayment of duties. hancock opened his door to stay anonymous. add incentives paid to to vandalize and destroy the shops and homes of anyone who's older drank imported tea in britain were even reported by someone as having drank some tea. so if your neighbor hated you, and they pull someone over and say he's drinking british tea and would be burned down. petit boycott led to other new england cities and down the atlantic and this was the original tea party movement. it wasn't patriotic and it wasn't pretty or glorious. the kind that was on thursday december 16, just before christmas with the legendary boston tea party and the dumping of immediate dollars a reduce tea. people who dump them into six, seven men, nobody know

prosecutors say barnes thomas used more than $100,000 to buy more than 200 electronic items including nintendo wii consoles, games, televisions, ipads and ipods. barnes thomas coordinated charles county's title i program until last year. >>> montgomery county police are looking for two missing teenagers. 15-year-old stevonya reid and 17-year-old destiny magana were last seen wednesday afternoon in rockville. reid's family believes she may be in need of medical attention. >>> two men are being held in connection with the murder of a university of maryland student. police say 22-year-old steven weaver and 23-year-old deandre ricardo williams broke into the home of justin overcash last january. he was targeted because he had been dealing drugs from the house. court documents say evidence at the scene is consistent with that story but family and friends say dealing drugs did not define his life. >> kid was a scholar. he was a physics major, an astronomy major, he has done so many things to help people and the fact he was targeted like this, it still upsets me to this day. >> officers say

. >>> in the case of scott thomas and against two of his victims, a teenage girl who thomas stabbed at a san francisco bakery and a man who intervened sued the state arguing thomas was mistakingly paroled. thomas was supposed to be under special supervision but was not. the court said a parolee cannot be supervised every minute. >>> city council has to decide tomorrow which department to take over half-moon bay. 40% of that city's budget is spent on police services. >>> the damage to a delta commuter jet forced to make an emergency landing. >>> and i'm back in less than 10 minutes, we're going to take a complete look at your bay area weekend forecast. >>> but up first, the new tactic in libya. why some rebel fighters are being kept away from front lines. >>> in news of the world tonight, in libya rebels fighting forces loyal to gadhafi changed their tactics. only former military officers and those with some military training are being allowed to fight. the untrained rebels have suffered defeats against the better trained and better equipped progadhafi forces. also ahead, a call from th

in just the last 12 months, thomas nelson sold more than a million copies of the kjv.he bible is the best-selling book in history, and the king james version is the best-selling translation of all time. no one knows exactly how many king james bibles have been published over the centuries, but experts say it's likely in the billions. >> the king james is the most printed book in the history of man. it is an amazing thing. >> reporter: the king james bible emerged out of a tumultuous religious period in english history. for nearly a millennium, the latin vulgate bible had been considered the only sacred text. as latin became less used, ordinary people couldn't understand what they heard when priests read the bible in church. there were calls for an english vernacular bible, but scholars who did the translations were branded heretics. in 1401, the english parliament made it a crime punishable by death. enter william tyndale, a renegade 16th century scholar who made the first english translation from hebrew and greek texts. in 1536 even as king henry viii was separating f

>>reporter: he chased thomas. down the street and flagged down a cop who made the arrest. she almost died when the jugular vein was severed. dr. chang happened to be in the bakery. he saved her life by stemming the bleeding. >> i'm grateful to have had the opportunity to have made a difference in lauren's life. >>reporter: school secretary beth gray silver helped chang while calling 911. this is the stuff heroes are made of. >> about how life can change in just one second. you can go it can go from being so pleasant and so lovely to soho riff ick in a snap. >>reporter: but on that day 4 years ago good triumph over evil. strangers came together to do the right thing. today 4 years later, they are more like family to lauren and her parents. >> we had lots and lots of time with them to really get to know them as people. >>reporter: lauren is now enjoying life as a college student. >> life is good. >> yes. very good. >>reporter: vick lee, abc 7 news. >>> cars l a thing of the past for lawmakers. what they get in exchange for the fancy car perk. >> diet drug danger? serious hea

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm janelle ngt the voog for a mistake nau manager after a current one resigned after reaching a one million dollar severance deal. some say there was pressure on for her to quit.

but one of them, thomas, did speak to the "chronicle." he called both rios and torres compulsive liars, quote. >> at this point, it's just those two young men who came forward? the program is big, involves a lot more teenagers than that. >>> that's right. and those two young men told us that there were at least 18 other young people total who were involved in the program with them working for the security company and complained and that they were punished by having their hours slashed, allen. >> we'll see if they come forward now. christin ayers in richmond, thank you. >>> barry bonds could be called to testify in his own defense as early as tomorrow. his perjury trial resumed today after a sick jury member cancelled yesterday's proceedings. earlier today the judge denied the prosecutor's request that the jury should hear recently discovered tape recordings. they say on the tape, bonds' doctor can be heard talking about bonds' alleged steroid use with bonds' former business manager. the u.s. district attorney says that much of the recordi

that's the latest from tokyo, thomas., thank you very much. >>> now libya where secret negotiations are said to be under way to remove gadhafi from power. the leader rejected an offer from the rebel leaders instead vowing to redouble the efforts. the rebels ask for peaceful demonstrations in cities including tripoli. the rebels continue their fight. >>> and finally, encouraging news on the jobs front. the labor department says the unemployment rate is 8.8%, the lowest in two years. the economy added 216,000 jobs in march, the second straight month of solid job growth. >>> all right. so now we send it back out to amy on the plaza. >> all right, thomas. now it is time to go to bill karins for the check of the weather. we won't interrupt you this time. >> i figured it was mean to stand somewhere else. we were going to talk to you. this is the high school band, about a third of the school is all here. right? where is kickapoo located? >> wisconsin, close to madison. >> the coolest name of anyone ever seen. the kickapoo panthe

>> that's serena scott thomas as diana. >> it had not been broechd before. >> that is the essence.this film is subversive. it reduces the characters, the kings and queens of the mighty realm to characters in a soap oprah. >> we are losing another commoner. >> polluting good english stuff. >> and americans like the makers of the women of windsor might feel more comfortable doing that. >> most are just teeth. >> here, we are another british actress, andrew and fergie, behind the british doors. >> part of the reason you said yes, it wasn't shown in the country. >> any sexual attraction with the man who played andrew? >> no. >> you are lying. >> no, he was -- it was a crazy shoot. it was very intense. >> any way. back to william and kate. i kind of like it. and serena scott thomas plays kate's mom in this one. >> you sit down with a ball of ice cream and popcorn and just enjoy. >> kate middleton. >> william. >> yeah, i know who are you. >> the guy who plays william is quite convincing. >> i would say he is wooden at best. but that said, it's nonetheless

that women played i understood this and set out to form a government based on the ideals laid out by thomas jefferson and the declaration of independence by virtue of our humanity we are by our nature free and independent . any use or threat of force against you be it by a mugger or a tax collector is a violation of your freedom and joining us now from ontario canada is philosopher sofar knowledge host of freedom in radio dot com the most popular philosophical conversation in the world sit on thank you so much for joining us so thank you ed and congratulations on the show thank you thank you we're very honored to have you on for our first episode tonight let's cut to the chase tell us what is the gun in the room what do you mean when you say that government is backed up by violence well adam there's an old chinese proverb which says that the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper names and we so often forget this when it comes to government when it comes to the state. governments are different from every other social agency that we have in that governments have a legal right

barnes-thomas faces up to 10 years in prison. >>> it is judgment day for a virginia man who murdered his wife and two stepchildren. carrillo dean will be sentenced today for the shooting deaths of elizabeth dean and her two children back in 2009 in triangle. elizabeth's family wanted prosecutors to seek the death penalty. dean pleaded guilty and as part of that agreement, he will get life in prison with no chance of parole. >>> two men are under arrest in the murder of a university of maryland student. justin overcash was shot to death in his home in january. investigators thought robbery was the motive. two men have been arrested. >>> hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry stolen. and three men have been arrested by howard county police -- or at least that is who howard county police are looking for. they say walked into edward arthur jewelers yesterday and flash a gun and demanded jewelry. >>> the director of the federal bureau of prisons as excused drunk driving. harley lapin was pumped over last month when an officer spotted him driving erratically. he announced last w

george thomas usually hosts but today we are relying on his experiences reporting from disaster zones. also reporting is chief international reporter gary lane. gentleman, thank you for being us, gary, let me begin by asking you, what is the worst disaster you have been to? >> i would say the tsunami in indonesia in 2004, 2005, when we flew over the area with samaritan's purse, i had never seen anything quite like that. >> when you see the video from japan, it reminds you? >> yes. >> george, what about you? >> what was my first earthquake? back in 1999 in taipei, taiwan. the numerous after shocks we experienced, no doubt, clearly what happened in haiti, we were there 48 hours after the earthquake. just to see the extent of devastation, haiti being the poorest country of the world. just to see the bodies that were still there on the streets in apartment buildings and the sheer magnitude of ache in the people's hearts as they deal with the catastrophe. >> george, we talk about haiti being one of the poorest nations, natural disasters seem to be an equalizer, even in the wealthiest place

reporting live in san francisco, thomas roman, abc news. >> thank you, thomas. and certainly wind conditions did not help the situation. taking a look at the flags on top of the ferry building there to the left you can see how strong those winds are. spencer christian is here with more on the conditions for us. >> winds have been gusty through the afternoon and evening hours, and even in the last two or three hours we have not seen the winds daw mile-per-hour knish. we are looking at gusts up to 24 miles per hour,31 miles per hour in oakland. you can see that near the bay and near the coastline, very, very strong winds. you can see them tapering off a bit. even as far as concord and fairfield will have gusty winds. this is not helping the firefighting effort. and it looks like it will take several hours to diminish. we will be back with a complete look at the forecast. >>> congressional and white house staffers are in for an all nighter in washington. they are huddled trying to reach an agreement to beat a friday deadline and the first government shut down in 15

thomas was born and grew up in new jersey. he came to california and became a committed resident of san francisco in the late 1970's. during the last 10 years of his life he and his wife actually lived in pacifica, close to the ocean that they loved so much. shortly after arriving in san francisco tom founded and built up the auto repair shop, making it a community institution in san francisco mission's district. it has been repairing and servicing the cars of many of san francisco's leading figures, husband cal performance, arts, politics, activist community and a variety of professions, truly a neighborhood institution. if it seems unusual that an auto repair business can be a part of the history of the city, the secret is tom himself. he called it a family. customers and friends from all walks of life because of his extraordinary generosity and kindness. his many abilities, including the ability to learn from those around him and to accumulate knowledge in many diverse areas. among tom's passions in addition to the pacific

. >> reporter: no one answered at this office where the young men say that harris and thomas whether security firm. >> you would not by an underage person a beer or cigarettes -- buy an underage person a beer or cigarettes per you are endangering our lives. >> we did contact police and they did release a statement saying although these are troubling, the department needs to uncover, investigate and to properly address police misconduct to assure public trust. >>> a new development from japan. the operator of the fukushima plant says that radioactive water has stopped leaking from a plant stand maccabees sunfish exceeds safety guidelines for radioactivity. the fishing association -- plant and some fish exceeds safety guidelines for radioactivity. >>> republicans are digging in their heels as negotiations over a budget deal seem to move at a glacial speed. the federal government could face a partial shutdown as early as saturday. the president says there is no excuse and the congress needs to pass legislation to allow them to carry on. >>> governor jerry brown says he is taking the sho

thomas jefferson wrote the declaration of independence he served two terms as our third president and as one of the most iconic figures in american history but what jefferson was most proud of was not his eight years in the white house where he was most proud of was his founding of the university of virginia in fact before he died he drafted clear instructions for his tombstone to read here was buried thomas jefferson the author of the declaration of american independence of the statute of virgin for a virgin or for religious freedom and father of the university of virginia jefferson instructed by these as testimonials that i have lived i wish most to be remembered nothing about being remembered as a two term president jefferson wanted to be remembered as the founder of the university of virginia that's because he along with the rest of our founding fathers knew that the most important part of our nation's infrastructure is an educated populace not roads up bridges but educated young people it's from this pool of intellect that the next great leaders would emerge the next doctors and

written by and for the wealthiest among us is exactly the thing that one of our founding fathers thomas jefferson feared most . after the last shots were fired in the revolutionary war and the final treaty signed america turned toward another battle a battle over which direction our newly independent nation would take the interesting thing about america shortly after the revolution was that it was absent a vast and wealthy ruling elite virtually all of the truly rich people in north america had either gone back to england or had gone to canada was also absent a major corporate monopoly like the east india tea company which america had rebelled against years earlier in the boston tea party so this was the vision of thomas jefferson and most of the other founders of america a nation of independent and free citizens essentially a nation of farmers an independent family businesses and a gala tarion utopia jefferson felt that the best way to preserve this vision is to enshrine certain protections in the united states constitution there were three things that jefferson feared most at the onse

barnes-thomas of accokeek had her home raided twice in january and again earlier this month. federal investigators say they confiscated televisions, apple macbook computers, ipods and ipads, sony playstation 3 consoles, nintendo wii consoles and video games allegedly purchased with federal grant moneys meant for schools with higher percentages of underprivileged kids. >> i think that is shocking would be our reaction to any employee that would misappropriate any funds that are supposed to be for children, especially your most economically disadvantaged children. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney's office for maryland calls it a theft scheme uncovered last october when four laptop computers went missing. turns out one had been purchased with so-called title 1 funds. >> that's very disturbing news to hear. >> that's really bad i would say. >> reporter: parents of charles county schoolchildren reacting harshly to the allegations. >> i have three kids in public school. those kids should benefit with that money. you know, it's just like stealing money from the kids. >> reporter: the

. >> my name is scott thomas, and my wife and i moved to parkmerced 30 years ago, and we have absolutely no regrets. one of the good things about this is trust. years ago, it promised us a brand new elevators they then said they would we do the laundry rooms, in they did that. there was also exercise room in all of the towers. this is what it is all about. i trust parkmerced's management. they will do the right thing by us. president chiu: next speaker. >> i highly suggest to approve this project at parkmerced. this is something we will deal with every day of our lives. traffic. it is time for renovation. opportunities. we all want to improve our city. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> hello, my name is alex reyes. i have been a resident for many years, and anybody who has been there knows that the open space is pretty much an unusual -- unusable. it requires chemicals to survive. this provides acres of new space for the community. thank you. >> good evening, board of supervisors. my name is timothy, and i am a union member and also is in francisco native. i urge you to go forw

barnes-thomas faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. >>> expect some big changes for standardized tests in d.c. public schools. kaya henderson announced extra security provisions for the next round of standardized testing. this comes in the wake of allegations of possible test tampering at d.c. public schools. henderson has asked the inspector general to investigate. >> we will continue to have central office people in schools, especially in schools where there have been questions. we will be extra vigilant about test security after the exam. the state superintendent has actually gone through a process where test booklets will have a seal this year that they didn't have before so you can't really get to them prior and we will make sure that tests are shipped as quickly as possible after the exams are concluded. >> that next round of standardize testing begins on monday. >>> it is sentencing day for a virginia man who murdered his wife and two stepchildren. carrillo dean will be sentenced to the shooting deaths of elizabeth dean and her two children in 2009 in triangle. as part of

california statutes are of father genepos era and thomas king, credited for keeping california in theunion. the state legislature passed a joint resolution to replace the star king statute with one of ronald reagan. star king's admirers say they didn't even have a chance to comment. >> star king was not only a minister but an activist and a naturalist. he wrote wonderful stories back east about taking trips around the bay and seeing the muster flowers in bloom. and about the sierra and he was an activist who really cared about holding california in the union during the civil war and preventing the importation of slaves into the central valley where the growers wanted to bring them to raise their cotton. king raised over half the money that was raised in this country to establish the united states senatary commission which is the beginning of the red cross. >>> when we come back on a second look. raising the war submarine that made history. >>> a bit later, how the civil war played a role in the naming of a san francisco landmark. >>> in august 1863 a confederate vessel made history. t

. >>> prosecutors say thomas used title one funding to buy more than 200 items. including nintendo wii games, tvs and i pads. the charles county school system discovered the theft during an audit. thomas is on administrative leave tonight. >>> hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry stolen from the columbia mall. tonight police say they need your help in catching those thieves. tonight take a look at these three suspects caught on surveillance camera. the men were armed when they struck edward jewelers at the mall. $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. >>> it is the end of an era for little italy's restaurant. cesar's den will be closing its doors after 40 years of business. guido and tina say they still love the neighborhood. they still plan on living in little italy, but without their restaurant. >>> he's known for those racy super bowl ads. but now the founder of go daddy is under fire. >>> cashing in on mega millions. who won the big prize and why some people got left out. >> fill her up. wait that doesn't look like a gas pu

scott thomas was convicted of stabbing two people out say a bakery. he filed a lawsuit against the state claiming thomas was released improperly. the appeals court today upheld a lower court's ruling that the state is not responsible for the actions of parolees. the city of santa rosa has collected a is $1 million judgment of the owners of a motel that was found to be a house of prostitution. the motel has since been torn down. the city sued the patel family in 2005 charging inflated room rates to pimps and prostitutes. >>> capitola village is back in business. this is what it looked like last saturday when flood waters washed out businesses. life now with how stores are trying to attract customers back. >> we were in the village on monday, i can tell you it looks much better after a week has passed. there's not any garbage or debee on the streets or sidewalks and many of the stores are back open. it was a perfect beach day. >> i think they're doing a great recovery. i was very pleasantly surprised how nice it looks already. >> reporter: while there a

we are joined by commissioner president thomas does it go, dr. joe marshall, commissioner james slaughter, commissioner petra dejesus. we are also joined by chief of police george gascoign. also with us are the it assistant chief. this isn't she said of the operation pirro. assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. commander daniel lazard, chief of investigations. this is a time when we stop and offer special members of the police department. these are members who have distinguished themselves through their bravery and dangerous situations. it is important to note one of the criteria for the medal of honor this one failed to -- failure to take such action would lead to center. these are actions above and beyond call of duty. at this time, i would like to invite the chief of police, cheif gascon, to come up here and speak. >> thank you, ev

cspan: to go back to thomas knox, did he go to jail? >> guest: no, no he didn't. cspan: he never went -- to anybody go to jail, the reporter in the whole war? >> guest: actually go to jail? no, i can't think of any that actually spend as much time behind bars. they tried to do the same thing -- the confederates tried to do the same thing to a reporter for the memphis paper which i think is -- the appeal was a great newspaper and covered the whole civil war even though we was driven out of memphis it became known as the moving appeal because it went to mississippi, then georgia and then alabama. they kept publishing it and braxton bragg, a confederate general, had him arrested for the same sort of thing. it said his paper hired a lawyer and fought the case and tried to rule that the army acted improperly. and he was released. the herald did nothing to help knox. they left him hanging there at the trial and no effort was made to support him to provide him with a lawyer or anything. cspan: did you find any time when you are reading back in those -- at that time perio

scott thomas. he stabbed her repeatedly. a lawyer was in the bakery. lauren's aid but thomas begin scab go him. >> i was stabbed in the chest and the one that punctured my lung on the right-hand side. >> financial analyst jonas saw him stumble outside with a knife still in him. >> we pulled the knife out. i kicked the knife away under a car. >> economy chased thomas down the street and flagged down a cop to ho made the arrest. shaller almost died when her vein was severed. he saved her life. >> i'm grateful to have the opportunity to save lauren's life. >> beth helped chang while calling 911. this is the tough heroes are made of. >> how life can change in just one second. it can go from being so pleasant and so lovely to so horrific in a snap. >> but on that day four years ago, good triumphed over evil. strangers came together to do the right thing. four years later they are more like family to lauren and her parents. >> we had lots and lots of time with them to get to know them. >> lauren is enjoying life as a college student. >> life is good? >> yes,

garvin thomas shows us why he was freed while others are still in confinement. >> reporter: they say every picture tells a story. the story this one tells, though, is not complete until you hear just where it was taken and by whom. >> there was only electrical power, and i thought wow, amazing. >> reporter: andrew barber is the photographer, iran is the location. >> the judge said basically you're guilty of espionage. thid anew days. the judge told him the power lines led to a power plant, and only spies take such pictures. his hearing was over in a matter of minutes. >> the policemen in charge drove me straight to the prison, the doors opened up and closed basically. >> reporter: to understand how he ended up in this situation, though, you have to understand how he lives. he's a traveler. 20 years ago, he left his south bay home and has been on the road ever since. he talked with us via skype from thailand. >> i just wanted to live and to see places. >> reporter: barber says after so many years and so many different countries he's always looking for new landscapes and always heard g