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you this photo, this is what happened to kelly thomas. strangers who watched helpless say the violent aftereffects you see here happened at the hands of six fullerton, california, police officers. according to the "los angeles times," this all began when police got a call that someone was trying to break into cars. officers reportedly found things in thomas' backpack that didn't belong to him. police say thomas tried to run and resisted them. but i want you to watch what just one observer recorded as police responded.

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having you're going to school you change for example thomas' wife or brothers. we cover that morality for the supreme court if congress is on the way to assert the power of the constitution. most legal scholars say the only way you can get at the supreme court is to shine the light of media attention and raise issues with the supreme court and common cause got into this by accident we wanted to target some of the corporate leaders who were moving us in the wrong direction and we discovered that charles and david koch the koch brothers twice a year get corporate leaders together at spas and they bring in political commentators they bring in legislators to move our nation much towards a corporate agenda as opposed to the people's agenda they grabbed last september in their invitation that they had school the zero seven and thomas in zero eight at their at their meetings so some of my staff went and started to investigate i discovered that in fact scalia and thomas did attend their meetings and so we sent a letter to the justice department said. is that a conflict

but not surveillance video was taken at right after thomas was taken to the hospital when he arrived he was already in a coma i never regained consciousness sammy took him off of life support just a few days later and the outcry over this tragic case of police brutality is growing more and more people hear and see the way the cops treated the schizo frantic man and i say and i'll cry is in order take a look at thomas' face before and after he was brutally beaten it is so gruesome that it's truly impossible for me to understand how police people who are paid like people like you and i to protect could do something like that who reports say the f.b.i. is investigating this incident but as of right now just one of the officers has been put on administrative leave not even fired just put on leave and get this the fullerton police department says that the public outcry over this incident has affected officers more out overly it's affected police more al i think it's a small price to pay for the way to kelly thomas died his own father is a retired orange county sheriff's deputy and he's de

it's nice to see you. >> you too, thomas. thanks. >> i understand you and representative giffords really treated this as a state secret. when did you first learn that she would be coming back and want to be casting a vote, a pivotal vote in what the nation has been watching with the debt ceiling? >> well, her husband mark called me on sunday night and said gabby had been following the debate closely, had been following the negotiations, felt it was very important that if her vote was pivotal that she come to washington and be able to cast that vote to prevent the nation from defaulting on our obligations for the first time in history. then really after some more hours went by in the morning she decided, you know what, this is probably the most important bill that we'll vote on this whole congress and it's important that i record my constituent's voice and decided to cast her vote regardless of the outcome. it was a triumphant moment. >> i have to tell you the truth, i was cooking dinner at home when i walked into the news and

thomas was homeless and also schizophrenic.e about to show you is hard to look at. but it's a key piece of evidence. take a look here. you're looking at what kelly thomas looked like before and after the alleged beating by six fullerton police officers. you can see there he's hardly recognizable. on july 5th, fullerton police responded to reports of a man trying to break into cars near a bus station. witnesses say what began with a search of thomas' backpack ended with this, tasered multiple times, hogtied face down, smashed against the concrete, his head slammed with a flashlight. thomas died from the injuries five days later. the police chief took paid medical leave last week as calls for his resignation intensified. the six officers allegedly involved in the beating have been placed on paid administrative leave. but what's more. according to the los angeles times, those officers wrote their reports after their supervisors allowed them to watch videotape of thomas' alleged beating. kevin hamilton who is stepping in as the act

thomas? >> and kristen welker, at the white house, thanks. and we want to bring in msnbc contributor and cnbc columnist ron insana and ezra klein, a msnbc contributor. what can we expect from the president, ron? >> well, given how deeply the dow futures were down about 370 points after yesterday's 600-point sell-off and then markets around the world began to rally back. so it appears they are putting a lot of the pressure on the fed to say something strong, to say there is a qe 3 that the fed will engage in more stimulative efforts to prop up the economy and we don't know the shape lit take, because the fed has bought in excess of $2 billion in treasury bonds and mortgages to keep down the interest rates, and there are other things that they can do, but i'm not sure that is what we will hear when the statement comes at 2:15 eastern time. >> ezra, because president obama has been hit on all sides because he is not showing the leadership as we talked about with the poll numbers with kristen, does he need to stop blaming the bush administration

thomas? >> kristen, i think a lot of americans are probably looking at this and wondering if this means american boots are going to go on the ground. i know we have been covering this since the very beginning and our efforts included with nato and what's been going on from the air. but now we've seen this turn i think a lot of people are going to think that probably boots on the ground is going to be necessary in the near future. >> reporter: well, right now, thomas, pentagon officials are telling our folks here at nbc news that there is no indication that there will be u.s. boots on the ground. you mentioned the nato-led military. as you remember, the united states was quite clear in saying we were playing a support role in that nato-led military effort. if you couple that with the war fatigue that exists right now in the country, thomas, with iraq and afghanistan, it would be difficult to make the case to have boots on the ground. but as of right now pentagon officials saying there is no in

a lawyer hired by them says thomas was resisting, and says police were not using excessive force. as the sorrow continues, and the anger builds here. george lewis, nbc news, fullerton, california. >>> and when we come back here tonight, an update on last night's drama in new york city. : >>> couple of items here tonight beginning with late word from l.a. of the death of former nfl great bubba smith. he played for the super bowl champion baltimore colts, later for the raiders and oilers. turned to acting later in life, including the role of hightower in the "police academy" movies. bubba smith was 66 years old. >>> if you were flying the low cost all coach airline flybe in scotland a while back and thought you saw william and catherine a few rows away, well, that was them. they flew the airline back from their cousin's wedding. their tickets were around $60. william's brother harry flew the decidedly no frills easy jet, though he reportedly paid $16 to check his military duffel bag, proving the royals are just like regular people. >>> the people of pittsburgh are being told tonight

thomas? >> richard engle in libya for us. >>> president obama continues his vacation on martha's vineyard today and officials say he is being regularly briefed on the developments as we speak in libya. while the president remains out of washington he can't escape attack from 2012 hopefuls targeting him on the economy. joining me now is nbc white house correspondent john vacera. >> the president begins his fourth day of his vacation at martha's vineyard with his family. while it is a working vacation, they're attacking the president and the economy. rick perry was back on the campaign trail in south carolina, just seven days after joining the race, the conservative texan is considered a top-tier candidate. >> getting america working again is the focus -- i mean, it's like a laser on our campaign. >> 16 trillion -- joo perry's rise has come at expense of another front-runner, michele bachmann. one who won a straw poll just a week ago. >> the race to the right might end up pumping president obam

>> absolutely, thomas. the federal level, we have appropriated these funds through appropriation bills. i think that makes sense. i see no reason why we should say that in the case of a i d disast disaster, an emergency declaration, we have to make cuts in other federal areas whether it be defense or domestic programs when the need is immediate. it is going to be significant. you know, we're estimates in the billions of dollars in new jersey alone. i think this notion that somehow you're going to wait and see where you can cut elsewhere, it's not going to get the relief to the states immediately that they need. >> when you look at the money, the monetary figure, $800 million left in a special disaster fund right now for the year. that doesn't even begin to put a dent into what the proposed cost of hurricane irene is. that's just not the only thing on the slate. >> absolutely not. i have no idea, but i would estimate we're talking $500 billion, possibly more. you're talking less than $1 billion that's availa

kelly thomas' head slammed with a flashlight. thomas died from his injuries five days later. sellers, took paid medical leave last week as he calls for his resignation intensified. the six officers allegedly involved in the beating have been placed on paid administrative leave as well. listen to this. those officers wrote their reports after their supervisors allowed them to watch a videotape of thomas' beating. the interim acting police chief, kevin hamilton has said the officers were only following standard procedure. the attorney representing kelly thomas' family says he's in the initial stages of preparing to file a state, maybe even a federal complaint in the thomas case which could take place by the end of september. but their lawyer, garo mad rose san. he is now representing another alleged victim, a man who claims one of the police officers involved in the beating of kelly thomas, viciously attacked him too in an earlier incident last year. watch what he recorded on his cell phone. >> hey, you guys -- >> yeah, man look at. >> his attorney says he was recording a frien

now, thomas was homeless and schizophrenic.esses say what you're seeing was done at the hands of six fullerton police officers back on july 5th. what began with reports of car burglaries and a search of thomas' backpack, witnesses say ended like this. thomas being hogtied, tasered multiple times and brutally beaten. thomas died from his injuries five days later. the police chief, michael sellers, took paid medical leave last week as calls for his resignation have intensified. the six officers, meanwhile allegedly involved in the beating have been placed on paid administrative leave. all of this, kelly thomas' family and their attorney say could have been prevented. thomas' family attorney also represents another alleged victim, a man named veth man who claims one of the police officers involved in the beating of kelly thomas viciously attacked him too in a separate earlier incident last year. which brings me back to the press conference going on right now. i remind you're looking live. the attorney is officially announcing he's

the gunman, peter james thomas had barricaded himself along with her in his room here at the extended stay hotel. and after detectives came to question him about a shoplifting incident on sunday, he stabbed a grocery store clerk. he is also wanted as we have found out today in, connection with a $70,000 warrant here in marin county on drugs, weapons and burglary charges.wukç police escalated efforts to isolate peter james thomas last night. a crane placed a metal plate in front of the second floor window to prevent him from shooting towards the freeway. meanwhile, nearly 80 officers from all over the bay area, as the hotel. behind the scenes another tactic is underway. surveillance cameras to watch thomas and his girlfriend in their rooms. >> these cameras were used by cutting holes inside walls from other rooms. and then, the cameras put through the holes into the room autos and negotiators say thomas stopped talking to them for several hours this morning. and what they saw through cameras explained why. he was dead. she is okay. >> i can't discuss specifics regarding the girlfriend

but ron thomas, who we spoke with, kelly thomas' father, doesn't want that tape released.wed him, he turned down the sound. he couldn't bear to hear his son yelling "dad dad dad." why is it so important to have this tape released to the public? >> transparency in government and transparency in life is, i believe, in 100% transparency. there is a video camera that's owned by the city that filmed the whole event and i believe if that video was shown, everybody out there in the community and around the world would see six cops beating up april man lying on the ground begging for his life. i know there's riots going on in london. perhaps the reason why they're not releasing the video is there may be riots in orange county and fullerton. we want to see what really happened, why the city council is not releasing it is beyond me. actually, the reason why i believe it is they know that the truth would come out. you will see six rogue cops beating one man. i'm curious if pat mckinley has seen that video. you should ask him that question. >> we'll ask him that question and why the c

thomas? >> rehema ellis in downtown new york for us. much. >>> want to show you what long lines are showing up now on the jersey shore as people are starting to leave their vacations, leave their vacations early under the evacuates taking place there. and the long lines, see how that is stretching, but they are getting out well ahead of what is expected along the jersey shore. experts do predict that the economic damage from the hurricane this is a major one, hurricane irene could run into the tens of billions of dollars, especially if it makes landfall in the big apple. we were talking to rehema about that. situations like this, business, governments, they turn to risk modeling software to predict and prepare for the losses. and karen clark develop the first catastrophe risk model in the 1980s. she joins me now from boston. karen, we're seeing there the long lines of people leaving new jersey. i think a lot of people heeding the warnings that are coming from the different governors alon the coastal states, which is good news. i want to

take it away. >> thank you, thomas. >>> indeed, the big story, aftershock.

police say thomas also tried to run from them.the fullerton police department, and they everyone you'd this brief statement from police chief michael sellers who says, quote, this is tragic for our community. we are in the midst of an investigation. meanwhile, sellers was put on medical leave yesterday, according to the fullerton police department. the six officers allegedly involved in this beating have been placed on paid administrative leave. yesterday i spoke with pat mckinley who is a current city council member and the former fullerton police chief. here's what he said about the six officers involved in this case. do you know any of the officers involved? >> oh, i'm certain i do. i probably hired them all. >> you hired them all, you think? >> oh, probably. >> how do you feel considering that officers you hired might have been involved in this, appear to have been involved in this? >> well, i'm going to guess now. i'm going to guess that there may be two that are deeply involved. the others i don't think the investigation wil

thomas, do you see trinity right now, thomas ?her? >> yeah. >> on tv at least. >> i can hear them again. >> thomas, how often are you e-mailing? >> we e-mail about once or twice a day. >> trinity, we might have you back. can you hear me now, trinity? all right. we need to send some audio equipment in a bottle to hawaii. amy, this is pretty cool. any more bottles going in the ocean soon? >> i don't think thomas needs more than one pen pal. i think he feels really fortunate that he found such a great one with the one bottle he sent. we're going to leave it at that. >> this is pretty cool, though. we'll give you guys with unmore chance here before we go to say hello, so thomas, maybe you can wave for us, amy, you, as well, trinity and brad, if you can hear anything, if you can hear us, please go ahead. there we go, reunion, hawaii and portland. bye, trinity. see you later. sorry we couldn't talk more. thomas and amy, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate the time. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> all right, guys. >>> still ahead

>> thomas, it's very hopeful. what's going on with the six recalls of the republicans that are coming up next tuesday, we are ahead in a couple of those races and the rest of the races are coin tosses. what you have to keep in mind, these are traditional republican seats held by republican state senators for a long time. including one seat that's been held by republican state senators for the past 100 years. we feel pretty good heading into next tuesday and then the week after that the two democrats that are up we feel very good about holding on to those. >> ed schultz is coming there to host his program on the 8th and 9th. we'll aural be watching that. thanks for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. >>> that's going to do it for me today. have a wonderful weekend. contessa brewer is going to be picking things up with more on thes report and a watchful eye on what the markets are doing on what the markets are doing today.er medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four ho

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>> a lot of allegations floating around, thomas. one that there are some 600 fighters that have been infiltrated into tripoli itself. they're now rising up. there was huge fighting on saturday night and in another report, the rebels are stating that they have a 1,000-person brigade that will enters tripoli and try to take over the security of the capital and it remains to be seen. what we will expect, though is with 2 million people in tripoli and many of them gadhafi supporters that there will be chaos when the regime final lly falls and it looks inevitable that they're starting to come apart with senior defections and no longer effectively resisting on the outskirts of tripoli. >> what do you think this means? do you think this means that gadhafi forces are weaker or the rebels are stronger? >> there's a momentum of the psychology of these kinds of things. i think it was very important that we start to see people in the inner ring of the gadhafi circle now on tv, al jazeera tv, from italy, from egypt talking about the end of the r

we have learned that thomas was a wanted manuel before that stabbing even happened. apparently, he had an outstanding warrant on bay area, drugs and weapons violation. >> and christin, any word on whether or not police are looking at the girlfriend as a possible hostage or accomplice in this standoff? >> reporter: they have called her a hostage this entire time and gave us very limited information on her, wouldn't even identify her to us. but they did tell us that she was in their care today, not their custody. so that certainly leads us to believe that she was not arrested in this incident. >> all right. christin ayers in san rafael, thank you. >>> about this time last night, three men in a canoe tipped over near treasure island. one man hasn't been seen since. michael butler, who lives on treasure island, was reported missing yesterday evening by his two friends. the coast guard says those two men swam back to shore. however, butler decided to stay behind while those men went home to change. when they returned, they said butler was gone. >> he was on medication for

thomas?rolyn, the game is now over, but before play began here at at&t park, thousands of giants and phillies fans sent out a silent get well to nine-year-old ryan white. baseball fans at at&t stood as the announcer asked for a moment of silence and quick recovery for nine-year-old ryan white. joanne from philadelphia hopes the city treats him well. have i -- take care of him. >> he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. his family here from pennsylvania for the phillys and giants were just returning to their hotel after the game. 21-year-old andrew vargas was driving this toyota pick up and hit the boy as he crossed at mission and montgomery streets. they say vargas sideswiped and his these other cars as he fled the scene. phillies' fans says it hits home. >> very sad to hear that a kid especially from our hometown was in that unfortunate accident. >> last night the police chief was seconds away when the incident happened. >> a young patrol officer walked up and put out the license plate. then

>> reporter: hello, thomas. we are hearing from nature foe officials who are confirming what exactly happened saturday during the overnight raid. they're saying this helicopter carrying the men were actually a part of a reinforcement team going in to help u.s. army rangers who were pinned down in a fire fight in the tanji valley in wardak province. when their chinook helicopter was coming down, that's when the tal boone decided to fire a rocket-propelled grenade, bringing the helicopter down and killing everyone on board. 30 americans and 8 afghans were aboard that chinook helicopter. what's interesting is the fact that we've actually heard this story before, from the taliban. they're the ones who told us that this is the occurrence that happened in wardak saturday night. what's odd is the taliban tend to exaggerate, but obviously they knew what was happening on the ground. they kept an eye on the aftermath. what we're hearing from nato is that the investigation is still ongoing. they've secured the area. they w

election night fdr was thomas hyde park listening to the radio and reading their press stickers as the astonishing results came in, he leaned back in his chair bamboo wearing of smoke and said wow he beat his opponent by 11 million votes 523 electoral votes to donate eighth. it was day mandate tomise fulfill the promises of the new deal but soon after the year earthquake election and the political wind shifted and the overwhelming mandate proved to be fragile. by the spring of 1937 theve honeymoon with congress was over and by 1938 the angus were falling apart. of the country was sliding back into recession and the supreme court declaring unconstitutional legislation but it was not only economics and checks and balances but he confronted another problem. a within his own party it is true democrats held the staggering majority in both houses but that huge majority was deceptive because conservative democrats, many from thees south were aligning vot themselves with republicans and votingge together to strike down key new deal bills. and when they were up forails reelection they ran on th

now tonight we're going to speak with thomas drake progress a official and whistleblower about his case and the obama administration's war on leakers and we'll look at a pentagon spin machine regarding the daily helicopter crash in afghanistan and left thirty u.s. service members that yesterday the military told us that they got the guy that shot the helicopter down but don't really believe them and then let's talk about polygamy why do so many americans disapprove of it does it affect their view of mormon's people like presidential candidates mitt romney and jon huntsman and can polygamy and democracy go hand in hand we're going to look at all of that and more tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. the riots in london and other english cities haven't quite stopped but they are quieting down could be because british prime minister david cameron is how the author already start cracking down. british prime minister david cameron says his government is acting aggressively to restore order following some deadly ri

senator thomas hart benton was the great uncle of thomas hart benton, the great painter. but senator thomas hart benton paymented a very different picture. and he thought stephen dough -- douglas' kansas-nebraska act was part of a conspiracy. i want to read to you what he said on the floor of the senate when they were debating the conspiracy. i must now look for the real object, the particular purpose for which it was manufactured -- the kansas-nebraska act -- and the grand movement of which it is the basis. first, the mission of mr. gadson of santa ana, it must have been conceived about the time of this bill. $50 million for as much mexican territory on our southern border as would make five or six states. secondly, the mission of ambassador sule to madrid, $250 million for cuba. we'll talk about cuba in a minute. this nebraska bill is only an entering wedge to future enterprises, a thing manufactured for a particular purpose, a steppingstone to a grand movement which is to develop itself in this country of ours. so what senator benton was saying is that he saw a nightma

who is kelly thomas?nown figure on the streets of fullerton, california. he was homeless. he was also schizophrenic. he's also a son and a brother. on july 5th fullerton police responded to reports of a man trying to break into cars near a bus station. now before i go any further, i have to warn you, the picture i'm about to show you is very graphic. witnesses say what began with a search of thomas' backpack ended with this. take a look here with me. that's kelly thomas before he was allegedly beaten and tased by six fullerton police officers, and that other picture there, that's what he looked like after it, bloodied and bruised, and as you can see barely recognizable. thomas fell into a coma and died from those injuries five days later. crowds of strangers saw what happened, recording what they could with their phones and with surveillance cameras nearby. >> then all the cops came and hog tied him. please, god, please, dad. >> you may not have been able to make that out there at the very end, but kelly

thomas paine pushed for social security and national health care alexander hamilton as thomas jefferson normally enemies agreed on the importance of limiting the power of great wealth we didn't have a millionaire in the united states until the seven hundred ninety s. the really rich people left the after and during the revolutionary war we didn't have a billionaire in the united states until the eight hundred eighty s. and today's dollars and congress then limited them in eight hundred eighty one with the sherman antitrust act teddy roosevelt one further with the inheritance tax and president taft after roosevelt busted up standard oil and twenty six countries companies so we don't really have to say that republicans built america the democrat in just the promise is flawed you're right people with great wealth are hanging on to it as much as they can but. the beginning to the next comment comes from our message board over it's on carbon dot com thanks to the tea party in the army of young people who support ron paul and the resurgence of iran's philosophy that greed is the highest good

>> there's four thomas brothers. norman thomas is the oldest.the brothers went to princeton. they lived actually had the same background. they were the son of a presbyterian minister that was conservative in his ways, although very much the widespread progressive ethos that held that times were getting better. and norman went to princeton where he loved debate. he knew woodrow wilson there as his college president and professor. took every class he could with woodrow. after wards, he came a minister and went to work in the tenements on spring street, right across the island where he was exposed to some pretty extreme degradation. although that's not really was radicalized him. it was the movement at the time called the social gospel movement which held basically the point of christianity was not just into heaven, but to establish a kingdom of god on earth. this is very much main line protestant thinking. so tons of young men coming out of, you know, -- you know, the kind of middle class. and streamed into the tenements and sort of thought they w

prison industry really bloomed and it was corrections corporation of america c c a in its founder thomas beasley who really pushed forth this agenda that the war on drugs was going to populate the prisons and therefore there was going to be money to be made we you know through to want to have vacates later the same folks the same corporation stated even publicly that people leave that the detention of undocumented immigrants was the next boom was. keeping the sheriff was keeping the profits going because they knew that with the laws and the situation the political situation across the country but there was an opportunity for money to be made and so what they're doing is partnering up partnering up with legislators across the country and really hijacking our state legislatures like the case with russell pearce in arizona and with a combination with an interest group called alec american legislative legislative exchange council together that crap that this law is seventy which was word for word what we saw in the final document and it was both interest the political interests that we have

i'm thomas roberts and it is a busy morning so far. i want to get straight to it because we have a lot to talk about in the first major hurricane to threaten the u.s. in 30 years is now a category 3 storm. moments ago we saw a new advisory from the national hurricane center about the path of irene packing top winds of 115 miles per hour. this storm is growing stronger as it cuts a path through the caribbean. it is expected to make landfall in north carolina's outer banks this weekend. meteorologist mike bettes is tracking the storm in the weather channel's headquarters in atlanta. mike, bring us up to speed. what kind of impact can we expect on the east coast? >> thomas, all eyes are focused on this one because we do anticipate some potentially very serious impacts. i'm going to bring you the latest stats. 150-mile-an-hour winds, that's not changing. northwest movement at 12, so it's not nearly as much of a westerly component as it is a northerly component, just now coming through the bahamas, turks and caicos getting hit very hard her

thomas found his love with surfing three years ago before joining the army. injured in explosion in the first tour of duty in afghanistan. the 21-year-old had his foot amputated. after hearing the news, girlfriend found a businessman who wanted to donate a custom-built ford just for thomas. >> gave him my specks, my weight and height. made everything for me. i'm in the bad times this afghanistan. i can sit there and think back to like oh, i'm going to go home and i'm going to be sitting on the beach with my girlfriend and my family. i'm going to go out and catch the perfect wave. >> thomas hasn't yet tested his prosthetic. but hopes to be riding the surf very, very soon. >>> another british prince is headed stateside. prince harry will be coming to california and arizona to take part in intense military training. focussing on the apache helicopters. the prince's spokesman didn't give a date and said the stay should last up to three months. harry is following in his brother william and sister-in-law kate path to the goldp state. they were here earlier in summe

such an alley doing most of the beating the caller jesus anally of repeatedly beating thomas with the butt of his taser gun as well as dropping his knee repeatedly on his nose and throat the victim's father retired sheriff's deputy himself is demanding surveillance videos of the incident he made public while members of the fullerton city council are not talent calling for the police chief michael sellers to step down the father's r.t. turned down and nine hundred thousand dollars settlement offer we'll keep you updated on the story as it unfolds and hope for justice for a fellow thomas. as obama travels on the constitution many are wondering just who will stand up to him many conservatives libertarians and appends turn to the republican party some with and bruised optimism others with hesitant cynicism the coalition often formed on the under the g.o.p. banners a lot of loose affiliations and uneasy alliances but more and more those alliances seemed to seem all too tense for main alliances of all the conservative political action conference here in washington d.c. is considered the ann

>> well, we will have a news conference later on this afternoon with ron thomas' attorney. thomas has let it be known that he is going to sue the city, and probably for millions and millions of dollars over the death of his son, 37-year-old kelly thomas, who was homeless and schizophrenic. and the father has been vocale and many demonstrations in front of city hall, and calling for the resignation of the police chief. they are trying to recall three of the city council members that the city is bracing for this lawsuit, and in an emergency city council meeting this morning, they have talked about hiring an outside consultant who will conduct his own independent investigation of what the police did. kelly thomas' father, ron, wants the police charged with murder, but he had a meeting today with the district attorney, and he tells us that he didn't get much satisfaction out of the meeting and that that the district attorney didn't hold out much hope that there would be murder charges filed. there is a surveillance video of the beating incident that has not been released by the

thomas? >> lisa myers, thank you.iate it. >>> all right, we want to tell you more about what we know going on on the virginia tech campus right now. the campus does remain on lockdown as an active search is going on for a gunman that was reported seen on campus by three summer campers this morning, roughly after 9:00. the campus alerted its students, its employees through facebook and through their website to stay guarded and to go behind closed doors. we're going to be back with much more on this after a quick break. man: be kind to your eyes with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably and conveniently while protecting your eyes from the sun. ask your eyecare professional which transitions lenses are right for you. woman: discover the protection, comfort and convenience of transitions lenses for the entire family at transitions.com/walmart or visit a walmart vision center today. [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty

they report peter james thomas died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. investigators say he fired shots across interstate 580 when the standoff begin wednesday morning. that forced the closure of mile-stretch of the highway. they dropped a plate in front of the window to keep him from shooting toward the freeway. they installed surveillance cameras also. >> the cameras were used by cutting holes inside walls from other rooms and cameras were put through the hole in the room. they can be watched remotely. >> after checking the cameras, police discovered thomas was dead. he says his girlfriend was in another room on a different floor. thomas was wanted for shoplifting and stabbing a grocery store clerk. >> a man arrested in a 32-year-old cold case murder is due in court today. santa clara police arrested 61-year-old david dixson for the 1979 murder of rachel moncreif. she was stabbed to death at motor home dealership on stevens creek boulevard. prosecutors say it appears that the two were smoking marijuana when the attack happened. new tests connected dixs

thomas' dad, ron thomas, as we just said, was a former sheriff's deputy, speaking about his son's death death was gang-involved, a gang of rogue officers who brutally beat my son to death. the only thing we have left of our son is the blood in the gutter, that's all we have left. that's his quote. we'll hear from the orange county d.a.'s office in just a moment. we reached out to the fullerton police department. their spokesperson agreed he would do an interview on air. but at the last minute, the fullerton police department backed out of their interview with us and issued this brief statement from police chief michael sellers who says, this is tragic for our community, we are in the midst of an investigation. in a previous press release, the department says, quote, immediate after the incident, fullerton police requested the orange county district attorney to take over the investigation. the department believes it is in the best interest of everyone, the police department, mr. thomas' family, and the if you rememberton community as a whole to have a thorough and independent investigati

thomas told police his girlfriend was in the room with him. officers found her in another guest room several hours into the standoff. thomas was suspected of slashing employees in a store during a shoplifting spree on sunday. police closed interstate 580 after a shot was fired from his room. >>> a richmond man is in jail tonight, charged with a murder of a woman, a security guard, 32 years ago. detective as rested the 61-year-old david dixon after dna led them to him in connection with a murder of rachel moncy. david? >> well, dna testing didn't exist in 1979 when this murder case happened but the evidence preserved, and a man is now in custody here at santa clara county jail. there is no statute of limitations on murder. david dismson appeared in court for arraign nmt a wheelchair. he suffer aid stroke about 10 days ago. the 61-year-old roofer being charged with a 1979 murder of a security guard. the 50-year-old had been stabbed 30 times guarding an rv dealership. the cold case unit did dna testing of blood on the victim's clothing and a mari

the fascinating thing about the story is frank thomas girlfriend, turned out to be essential to helping these two figures become the great heroesh of american history that led usr to the great depression and the world wars. it is an essential piece of the stories, extramaritale relationships, and it is an important piece which has been t long ignored.our >> let me take a caller to. he will hear character three a c chapters story. let's hear from my collar in alaban, alabama. one nation under sex. go ahead. >> this is bobby more in auburn onabama. one of your buddies, woody harrelson to put you in that movie. i know that online born plays a big part in his life. how much as a play in yours? >> guest: use the online. >> host: that was his question. that was his question. q >> guest: we have a website,sit but i never go on it. i don't have much of a role in my life at all.t it's true that much more material is available nowse o because of the internet that was never available before that technology came into use. quite pervasive. >> host: d'agata or bad thing for society? >> guest: i think

thomas? >> we'll take all the tips we can get. stay safe. >>> we're just learning that president obama will not be making any changes to his planned vacation that's going on right now in martha's vineyard. we understand people from the white house discussed that with fema administrator craig fchblt ugate this morning. you can go to msnbc.com and click on the "weather" icon, and you can tweet me. we want to hear what you are doing to prepare and keep your family safe. >>> casey anthony has started her one-year probation in the check fraud case. we're expecting more from officials in tallahassee within the next few minutes. anthony, who was acquitted last month of murdering her daughter, reported to officials last night. aditi roy joins us. they won't get hurricane irene, but they are getting casey anthony back. >> reporter: all of this stems from the check fraud case. in that case she pleaded guilty to stealing her beth friend's checkbook and going on a shopping spree during the time that her

thomas found his love with surfing three years ago before joining the army.jured in explosion in the first tour of duty in afghanistan. the 21-year-old had his foot amputated. after hearing the news, girlfriend found a businessman who wanted to donate a custom-built ford just for thomas. >> gave him my specks, my weight and height. made everything for me. i'm in the bad times this afghanistan. i can sit there and think back to like oh, i'm going to go home and i'm going to be sitting on the beach with my girlfriend and my family. i'm going to go out and catch the perfect wave. >> thomas hasn't yet tested his prosthetic. but hopes to be riding the surf very, very soon. >>> another british prince is headed stateside. prince harry will be coming to california and arizona to take part in intense military training. focussing on the apache helicopters. the prince's spokesman didn't give a date and said the stay should last up to three months. harry is following in his brother william and sister-in-law kate path to the goldp state. they were here earlier in summer.

this is 45 minutes. >> louisa thomas this course the great granddaughter of norman thomas who ran for president in six consecutive elections on the socialistic prior to the politics he was a protestant clergyman and as she explains he often worked in the houses of immigrant families. while his focus was on east harlem, his experience we have been very similar had the focus in the lower east side. nor ms. tallman dreamed of creating a harmonious new durkan finally broken down by race and nationality. and as he would have been heartened by the families who lived in our tenement across the street. we have a recording of a sicilian cuff like woman, josephine, who remembers as a girl she lived next door to a lithuanian family. she recalls that she would call for yondah josette to turn the light on her for her. 60 years later you can hear the pride in her voice for being called upon for that task. it is entirely probable families living in the tenement which is open until the year 1935 discussed or admired norman thomas. tonight we are pleased to discuss his life and work with the author of