breaking news on the kelly thomas case in california the verdict is in for the two police officers accused of tasing and beating a homeless man to death that's coming up straight ahead. for the fans that straight day of thousands of residents in west virginia are banned from drinking the water state officials are still testing water for toxicity while the investigation into the spill eats up we'll have a report from west virginia. and up leg of the piglets virus is killing baby pigs across the country so is pork same for your dinner table find out later in the show. it's monday january thirteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall if you're watching our team america. we'll begin where the breaking news out of california on a case we've been keeping a close eye on an orange county jury has found two fullerton police officers not guilty of killing kelly thomas a schizo frantic homeless man in two thousand and eleven the incident was captured on surveillance video. was here you can see and hear kelly's screaming in pain and pleading for officers to stop as he's being tate's this ph

gotten away with it kelly thomas' father ron thomas go to her sentiments saying that he was her inside and that this proves that we're not safe in the public now supporters of the thomas family set up a makeshift memorial at the scene of the death and are protesting today and will be protesting in the coming days now the tape of the brutal beating was shown repeatedly in court but the defense ended up using it against the prosecutors saying that it proved that the officers were acting as if they had been trained now the f.b.i. said that it will continue to look at the case the evidence and at the testimony to see if there were any civil rights violations ron thomas a former law enforcement officer himself says that he will move forward with a civil suit the district attorney in orange county caucus says that he will not retry since nearly every ramos and he will not go after joe wolf who had also been charged in the killing of kelly thomas. that was our to correspondent remember leno in los angeles i according to the defense department's own estimates the u.s. has nine hundred military

' father ron thomas had this to say. it's not over. we still have several rounds to go. we've been stopped so far but that's just in the process it's just a criminal portion of it which is the most important to me the most important. but i will not stop until we get justice for charlie. and to discuss this a little bit more i was joined earlier by our tease ramon glendower in our l.a. studio i first asked him how the defense managed to argue against a coroner's report that prove the beating cost kelly thomas' death the prosecution really their whole case surrounded this videotape in the photographs of killian really the public perception was that these police officers were going to get in trouble but. after seeing this tape but the defense argued that it wasn't the beating that ultimately killed kelly thomas they brought in their own expert witness saying that it was actually kelly thomas' drug use which weakens his heart and that was the reason for his death alternately the defense strategy was to go after the victim hi

>> well, happy new year, thomas.e 2014 will be a better year in congress than 2013, which was certainly in the house of representatives a black hole. look, if the senate can get this passed in the senate and harry reid has made this priority number one, that will create some momentum in the house and speaker boehner, i think, will be under more pressure to do something. however, sandy levin, congressman levin and i tried before we took a break to get the house to vote on an amendment that would have extended unemployment compensation and paid for, frankly, by reducing agriculture subsidies, overpayments, and the speaker refused to allow a vote at that time. so our hope is that a push from the senate will get things moving in the house. but the jury is still out. >> so there is some room to work out potential for the extended benefits there, but another item on the congressional agenda is the proposition of minimum wage and raising it in this country. we have this new study from the university of massachusetts finding

. >> six. >> eleanor, you got to ring in. >> 200 to thomas.. this would make how many terms in the senate for mccain? we'll call time. the correct answer was six. >> i was going to say that. >> a state of merge was declined in nine counties of this state on thursday after a chemical spill -- >> west virginia. >> blake? >> west virginia. >> on tuesday president obama's national security adviser and joe biden aid endorsed what controversial energy project? >> i don't want to risk it. >> it's the keystone xl pipeline. disgraced former congressman anthony weiner. >> on alpha house. >> the aclu and members of the rap duo insane clown posse sued the u.s. government this week after the fbi -- they identified the groups followers as a criminal gang. what is the name of those followers? eleanor in. >> i don't know. >> what's the name of the group? >> insane clown posse. what are their followers called? it's the jug los. what we were looking for there. end of the 200-point round. it is 500 for blake and thomas, eleanor yet to officially get on the board

' father ron thomas had this to say. it's hard launch for police officers everywhere can be just killers whatever they want. because it has been proven right here today . to get away with they'll get away with it he was so innocent. it just it just isn't fair at all they murdered my star and they get away with it and here discuss this a little bit more i'm joined by our teens from mundelein know in our l.a. studio now are known i think a lot of people are less stunned by the verdict in this case a coroner's office said that thomas died from damage caused by his the beating by police officers but he wasn't able to get enough oxygen because police had compressed his chest when they were beating him you know that seems like very strong evidence how did the defense argue against that yeah well the prosecution really their whole case surrounded this videotape in the photographs of killian really the public perception was that these police officers were going to get in trouble after so after seeing this tape but the defense ar

that thomas just got out of. right before the dash cam video cuts off, you see that back passenger door open. according to reports, thomas' three children were in the backseat of this car. >> do police have any clue there were kids in the car while they were pursuing? >> they had no idea until they saw this door open and a small hand reach out of the door and what makes it even worse, that car that thomas hit was being driven by a man who was driving his 80-year-old mother at the time of the accident. she was injured in this crash because of thomas' reckless behavior. now, he was apprehended, he was arrested. he will spend 18 months in jail for this, but get this. he had five previous convictions for dangerous driving. this is the last thing that his kids are going to see him do for 18 months. not only did he run away from police, he ran away from his family, leaving them in car. >>> people still digging out from the snow. >> go, patrick. >> this was shot back in august in a desert in jordan. this is an archaeolo

thomas? how many times have you heard that today? >> a lot. >> polar vortex, i might as well explain it. what is a polar vortex? well, in the wintertime, the polar vortex is up at the north pole, actually happen at the south pole, too. the way it affects us is if it breaks up in the north pole and makes its way down into siberia, through canada, and sometimes like this time all the way down into the u.s. that's when you get the most frigid air out there in the northern hemisphere. this map behind me explains that. this is the north pole, the united states here, there's england, greenland, and psiberi. the white shows you where the coldest air is, on the u.s./canada border, a little bit greenland, and psiberia, where it's supposed to be. we're colder in the north pole than the northern plains of the u.s. in to tuesday, we get our break, the cold air returns where it should be, near the north pole, northern portions of canada, and we go back to normal, if not normal than warmer here in the lowe

' father ron thomas had this to say. it's hard long for police officers everywhere can be just killers whatever they want to. preserve is going to prove them right here today. to get away with they'll get away with it he was so innocent. it just it just isn't fair at all they murdered by so did they get away with it. and to discuss this a little bit more i was joined earlier by artie's ramon go lindo in our l.a. studio i first asked him how the defense managed to argue against a coroner's report that blamed the beating for caylee's death. the prosecution really their whole case surrounded this videotape in the photographs of killian really the public perception was that these police officers were going to get in trouble but after some after seen this tape but the defense argued that it wasn't the beating that ultimately killed kelly thomas they brought in their own expert witness saying that it was actually kelly thomas' drug use which weakens his heart and that was the reason for his death ultimately the defense strateg

a response to the verdict thomas's father ron thomas had this to say. on one for police officers everywhere nbs pillows whatever they want. it's been proven right here today. don't get away with that. it does so in the face distance doesn't appear taller. that murdered my side. did they get away with that. the sun says a lot of the more i was going earlier by our keys were mongol in downtown l a studio lifers asking how the defense managed argue against a coroner's report complained of being for kelly's that the prosecution really the whole case surrounded this videotape in the photographs of killian really the perception was that these police officers were going to get in trouble the rafters after seeing this tape but the defense argued that it wasn't to be in that ultimately kills kelly thomas they brought in their own expert witness saying that he was actually chilly thomas' drug use which weakens his heart and that was the reason for it. his dad. fortunately the defense strategy was to go after the victim himself kelly thomas and made the trek to pa

is very much unresolved. >> it is, megyn, this is not about clarence thomas or justice thomas this is that women receive when they come forward with these allegations. >> then my question, why not choose a case where we have a confirmed -- i'm not making a judgment call. but it is very unsettled to put it charitably, as to whether or not there was sexual harassment. >> i wonder why there was not backlash -- bill clinton was accused of it numerous times, kathleen wiley didn't even want to talk about the situation with bill clinton, yet she was so attacked by the left, they do worse to her than anybody else. >> anita hill was subpoenaed to testify at that hearing. just so the viewers know, the confirmation hearing was closed and then somebody leaked an fbi report to the press about anita's allegations, which were never brought in a court of law, it was just stuff that she said happened in a room that he denied. and other senators and lawmakers came out and said reopen the confirmation hearings which they were forced to do to vet these claims which were not supported. and in which claren

la situaciÓn se torna violenta y los policÍas empiezan a golpear a kelly thomas. en otros doblegarlo a poner las manos detrÁs. >> uno le decÍa, no puede respirar. les dice que no puede respirar. luego llegan otros dos policÍas mientras kelly sigue en el piso y continÚan editando. se escucharon descargas elÉctricas. se apoyan cada vez mÁs fuerte los gritos desgarradores del indigente que suplica por su vida al menos en 30 oportunidades. en la medida que su vida se empieza a apagar. minutos despuÉs, ya no se escuchan sus lamentos. estuvo en un hospital cinco dÍas y luego muriÓ. su padre reaccionÓ al veredicto. un mal policÍa ahora puede hacer lo que quiera. no importa si hay un vÍdeo grabado por sus propias cÁmaras. eso quedÓ en evidencia. >> mientras crece la indignaciÓn por la decisión del jurado. el jefe de policÍa pidiÓ calma a la ciudadanÍa. decenas de personas se congregaron en la estaciÓn de trÁnsito donde sucedieron los hechos. testigos de la paliza y no les dieron la oportunidad de testificar. autoridades de los angeles dijeron que los delitos en la ciudad

>> it's a real treat, a real pleasure and honor to introduce you to thomas cahill. [laughter] and so it's a real treat, it's a real pleasure, it's a real honor to be here today to introduce you to thomas cahill. you know, there are authors who write books about things that matter, and there are authors who write books that matter. and occasionally an author comes along who writes a book and accomplishes both. and when that happens, we have an extraordinary opportunity, a rare opportunity to piece -- to see a little bit more deeply, to glimpse the heart of who we are as human beings. for those of you who are familiar with the writings of thomas cahill, then i need not tell you that he is one of these authors and that "heretics and heroes" is one of these books. and for those of you who are new to thomas cahill, well, you're if for a big treat. in "heretics and heroes," we are sort of given and afforded the leisurely stroll through the thrilling period of the renaissance and the reforbe mission. reformation. illuminating in this pathway are extraordinary works of art,

>> reporter: good morning, thomas. well, this is very clearly a president that's making a series of small asks. i mean, this was a modest speech from top to bottom, basically, and that's what you heard from members of congress after they listened to that speech last night. this is a president trying to keep his democratic party unified. he very sort of tip-toed around a number of the issues that could potentially cause problems for them in the midterm elections coming up. and part of the reason for that is that's the one major advantage democrats have over republicans at this point. the republican party is fractured still and a little bit off message. and while vulnerable docrats aren't scrambling to show up in their home states with the president, at the same time, the party isn't splintered like republicans are. >> and kasie, we know as the evening ended, we had three different republican responses to the speech. so, if people are placing the bets on the trifecta, who won the messaging war? >> well, it's hard for any

and joining me this afternoon is the father of kelly thomas, ron thomas, in fullerton. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> what was your reaction to the verdict today? >> the reaction to the verdict took a lot out of me. i don't have much left after two and a half years. it took a lot out of me. i went into it expecting it could be not guilty, which doesn't mean innocent but i couldn't believe they were found not guilty on all four counts. it's just unfathomable. >> what do you think happened tonight? >> it's clear to me on the video what happened. kelly is in what's called contemp of cop. he got under ramos skin, ban terg with the cop and ramos didn't like it and i don't think they meant to kill him but certainly to beat him severely and that's what they did but he did die from it of course. >> you know we have seen incidents where police officers are engaged in conflict with mentally ill people, it continues to be a problem in this country. i mean, does this say -- does this say more, does this also say something about what's going on with the mentally ill? >> well,

thomas? >> and in new york city the teachers love to get the grades back right away. so we will all be hearing about how well or how badly he did in no time flat. nbc's sarah dallof, thank you so much. we want to move to boston now. nbc's ron mott has that covered. >> reporter: the first major storm of 2014 is bearing down on the city of boston. the morning commute not so bad. it wasn't great, it wasn't awful. but they're worried about this evening, getting home tonight and getting around tomorrow could be a real test for a lot of people. what they're expecting, depending on where you live, anywhere from 6 to 14 inches of snow. the big x-factor with this storm are strong winds, especially for folks who live down on boston's south shore. they're going to not only deal with this snow that's coming down but also those winds and storm surf, possibly flooding down that way. they're bracing for some real problems down there. hopefully we don't see widespread power outages. schools have been closed

the financial ization of our global economy well then today's your lucky day we have a condom is thomas palley live in studio to discuss just this and bubbles are for bathtubs or blowing i guess as you can see behind me or at least that's what some would have you believe when it comes to our current state of affairs of our economy here in the u.s. plane coming up and finally added harrison and i just got housing in today's big deal think the u.s. housing market is dangerously overheated well think again now let's get to the show . today we're talking about or alleged bubbles one bubble you hear a lot of noise about lately is tech but is the tech bubble moniker really warranted today it's not the mania that we saw in the ninety's where you could put a dot com after pretty much any company name and praise whatever amount you wanted but having said that there are some similarities particularly in the sector of cloud computing three d. printing and social media the valuations of many of these companies are thirty to fifty times trailing revenues that is historically excessive yes during the

nobody hated like thomas jefferson.he fact that he adored dolley speaks volumes about her. >> catherine is up next. >> thank you for taking my call. my question is, i know that dolley madison was raised a quaker and her first husband was a quaker. and was a member of the friends church, and then she left it and married james madison. i read stories about her father freed slaves and testimony to the abolition of slavery. i was wondering, how do you think her quaker upbringing influenced her as a first lady? >> i will cut to the chase. we do not know enough about her childhood. my theory on this is one of the central tenets of quakerism is to regard people as god. dolley goes on to become -- became famous for being empathetic and warm. she would talk to people as if they were the only person in the room, and i think that came from her quakerness. >> and i believe the reason she was able to take on this role so well is because she believed men and women were equal. so you don't get any sense from her of being lesser than.

thomas was well-known in california. thomas suffered from schizophrenia. thomas died five days after his arrest. yesterday, his acquittal outraged his parents. >> all of us need to be very afraid now it's carte blanche for police officers everywhere that can beat us, kill us, whatever they want. it has been proven right here today -- >> they'll get away with it. >> -- they'll get away with it. >> it took jurors less than two days to reach a verdict. police say thomas refused to obey their orders and was fighting. >>> and new jersey governor chris christie is likely to have a larger than normal audience when he gives a state of the state address. the state legislature has expanded its investigation to include the possible abuse of power and now we are learning about what appears to be more hard knuckle politics practiced byes christy administration. elaine quijano reports. >> reporter: the day after democrat steven fulop was elected mayor of jersey city he received a text from chris christie's longtime adviser bill stepien. the main text from stepien read,

." >> hey, everybody, i'm thomas roberts. it's friday thursday, january 23rd. the show where they can no longer keep captain and teniel together. don't be sad. we will update you on their personal story here in a moment. we want to start with some serious news this morning, coming overseas where at least three protesters are dead in ukraine. >> that company's capital is boiling over with political unrest. the images have been stunbling. last night the streets erupted in violence as protesters hurled burning tires. now, earlier in the day, police issued tear gas and rubber bullets. the demonstrators responded with molotov cocktails, truly one of the most iconic images from this raid is this, an orthodox priest standing in the middle of the chaos cross in hand. now, opposition leaders have issued ukraine's president an ultimatum, hold elections or face an attack in the capital. joining me right now on set is nbc news foreign correspondent. ukraine's president has given a signal there is room to talk here, but how much time can they waste? afford to waste as the c

thomas? >> that's disappointing news about sears. they are right about people going online and amazon is the big winner in that. now they have their sights on something else, tv? >> so interesting here. amazon actually flat out denying a report in the "wall street journal" that it's considering an online pay tv service that would feature live programming. the journal said that amazon approached at least three media companies and a statement though amazon says they continue to develop original on demand shows such as "alpha house" but has no plans to license tv channels. interesting that amazon responded to something like this at all. usually they don't. >> yeah. last time i think they were in the news is when they were talking about their drone concept of delivering. >> that was one of the items that amazon has been in the news for recently, definitely. >> all right. great to see you. thank you. >>> coming off that, let's talk about some new technology as allowing people to move objects using only their minds. developors say if you f

i'm thomas roberts. it's wednesday, january 15th. and we start with this, the potential reach of the national security agency into our personal lives just got a little bit larger. "the new york times" reporting the nsa has used surveillance technology to infiltrate roughly 100,000 computers worldwide. now, the software, which utilizes a secret channel of radio waves can transmit data, even if the computers are not logged in to the internet. the nsa calls this digital pathway a "active defense" against foreign cyber attacks. so far, there is no evidence the nsa has used this technology here at home. now, the agency is not commenting on the extent of this program but says it does not compare to similar ones used by the chinese government. now, on friday, president obama is expected to announce several changes to the nsa. among the recommendations the president is considering, a revision of how the government uses software flaws to assist surveillance and prevent cyber attacks. >>> two students are in the hospital this morning after ano

i'm thomas drayton. two former californian police officers were found not guilty in the death of a mentally ill homeless man. the incident in 2011 was captured by surveillance camera. it showed kelly thomas struggling with six police officers. thomas's mother is outraged by the verdibility -- verdict. >> they got away with murdering my son. >> a third officer was awaiting trial but the orange county district attorney said the charges would be dropped. >> hundreds of thousands urged not to drink the water in west virginia can turn the tap on again. chemicals left the water undrinkable and untouchedable. jonathan martin is in charleston, where they are slowly bringing the system back online. >> while the state of emergency has been lifted it may be a couple of days before the citizens can use the tap water. priority is to the hospitals like those behind me. surgeries have been put on hold. they have been using watertankers. for many people things are slowly getting back to normal. >> russ fuller is relieve

driver's seat and this week's comments come in response to thursday's interview with economist dr thomas howie our first comment comes from nico it's mind straights aggregate demand is an oversimplistic an incorrect way to look at economics for example country one spends one hundred billion on roads to nowhere obtaining plants such as tulips and pieces about the art country to spend one hundred billion on factories mines and building an industrial harbor according to keynesians these two economies are equal however country one is destroying wealth and country two is creating a present and future stream of wealth keynesians are idiots and why do you think about this our teens in. the distortion basically of understanding of what keynesian ism is all about was interesting because thomas polly i think that he had a very good piece that we just saw and he was trying to represent what he thinks of as true keynesianism really would. interview was is that you have a financial is east of the economy which is a distortion of the very short term kind of thing which means basically. that investment

you see, senator rubio had a change of heart about thomas. a practice known as blue slipping, senator rubio was able to single handedly block the historic qualified deserving nominee. when asked back in september by "the new york times" for an explanation of his flip-flop on thomas' suitability of the bench, a spokes person said there were concerns about his judicial temperament and his willingness. judge thomas was simply an innocent bystander in rubio's craven attempts to win back a right wing that has abandoned him. remember last summer rubio played an essential role in shepherding through the senate an immigration bill which passed with strong bipartisan support over the objections of the right wing base. for those efforts, he was absolutely savaged in the conservative media, labeled a traitor and scoundrel and heaped with scorn by the vengeful hordes turning out to vote in the 2016 republican primary. that left marco rubio spending more or less every waking hour since trying to get back in their good graces. he now has a big bill he's to

and senator thomas carper has been a good partner in this discussion. i look forward to their hearings and remind my colleagues that any questioning, any further comments after their opening statements will be finished question to the senators and i take pleasure in introducing the ranking member for his opening statement. >> thank you, i am very pleased you called this hearing today. this is a bread-and-butter of what our committee does and i hope today's hearing will further this important discussion which we have had regularly in similar hearings over the last two -- few years. thanks to the witnesses for taking time out of their busy schedules to be with us today to participate in this hearing the. i am delighted ranking member tom coburn has joined us at our first hearing this year to help set the tone for rooting out government waste. i want to say to you i have seen your reports and i agree with many issues you identified. this may be one of the last opportunities to work together before your retirement. i look forward to effective and rewarding

thomas smith is the first bart police officer killed on duty. he was a 20 year veteran and he was killed by a fellow officer during a probation search in dublin and he leaves behind a wife who was also a police officer and daughter. he gains our -- begins our coverage where the deadly shooting happened alex? >> we are live in dublin, this is where that veteran officer was shot to death by one of his own partners and it all happened yesterday. it is a group of officers and all of them were searching a unit here in connection with a robbery case. and after they entered the apartment, one officer mistakenly fired that shot. tom smith was hit by the bullet and died a short time later art the hospital. the san francisco chronicle identified the officer who shot him. >>> michael maze, a 10 year officer and they are looking into whether he accidentally fired his gun or it many to go off, whatever the circumstances are, that officer is in an incredible amount of pain. >> he is devastated and this was certainly not his intent and you can only imagine the

november but thomas says it was just a prank. fleischman suffered second and third degree burns in the attack. the teen convicted of shooting into a pickup truck carrying his love interest and her friend will be sentenced in court. 19-year-old max wade was found guilty of trying to kill a man. his attorney calls it love gone wrong. in 2011 he tried to wow her with a stolen lamborghini. wade was 17 at the time. >> the airport will focus training on reducing human trafficking. mike hondo says airport personnel can be the first line of defense. the training is timely with super bowl coming to the silicon valley in 2016. thousands of tourists and potential traffickers actually pass through and honda says employees are good positions to raise red flags. >> the new bay bridge sup and running. a report questioning the quality of workmanship. the report commissioned by a state senate committee released ahead of an investigation for tomorrow. some engineers told investigators they were silenced by their managers after raising questions ab

the defense in the case they said kelly thomas was was overly that he was he was reacting and a violent way he was a he was a suspect on the street who was who was uncontrollable but when you watch the video it doesn't really add up there's still a memorial here for kelly thomas more than two years after he was beaten by fullerton police officers when law enforcement uses such violent force they usually justify it saying that they feared for their safety but for victims' families that explanation doesn't make any sense there are studies that say that may be safer than ever to be a police officer on the streets today thirty three police officers were killed by gunfire in two thousand and thirteen according to a report by the national law enforcement officers memorial fund that's the lowest number since eighteen eighty seven in twenty twelve the f.b.i. recorded four hundred ten justifiable homicides by law enforcement that only includes deaths where a felon was involved for some reason or other the police officers always found all they have to do is say i feared for my life or i feared fo

that's a gift from god. >> thomas fames has been banking on a different gift from god. fames has been charged with murder and concealing a corpse in what has been called a drug deal gone back. >> this is what i wrote a long time ago. love god and be careful what you wish for, i'm going home. >> i wrote that when i first got here. >> we have a total of 80 inmates that get read scriptures every day. >> every day, he takes it upon himself and he puts a little piece of paper and has three bottle verses. it's nice that his spirit moves him to do that. to take it upon himself to try to win another soul. >> fame's popularity is not unlike what he enjoyed on the outside as the owner of a barbecue restaurant and catering service. >> had an opportunity to get a partnership with a gentleman and we started building the business together. so god blessed me with this young man and he bought trailer. so not only one trailer, we had two trailers and we had two locations. officer moore hired fames to caterer parties at his home and took note to businesses growth. >> i asked him how did

police say thomas say set sasha fleishman's clothes on fire last november as the 18-year-old dozed on the bus. sasha was wearing a skirt and does not identify as male or female. thomas faces a hate crime enhan enhancement, accused of telling police officers he did it because he is homo phonetic. >>> the berkeley school disis spending $2 million on training and security devices a in the convenient of a campus shooting. a plan to send staffed members through armed intruder training and install new public address systems and locks in the schools. live video cameras were consider bud rejected because of privacy concerns. >>> this afternoon, the 49ers will wrap up the final practice in santa clara before heading to seattle for sunday's nfc championship game that game is expected to be a defensive battle between two teams that had its league's best defense. the 49ers hottest team in football having won eight straight games it the last three on the road, but the road to the super bowl goes through centurylink field, where the seahawks are 16-1 over the past two years. seattle will have home

but as cases of police abuse continue to people like facts in iran thomas will continue to fight for transparency and justice in forcing california remember. this isn't quite the week for because the digital cryptocurrency the much anticipated hearings for big coin watchers took place in new york earlier this week where the state department of financial services and now its plans to enact a bit license to regulate the quaint companies while the two day hearing made seem like a more legitimate following a form of currency and gun unexpected mention and a us and tell document on wednesday director of national intelligence james clapper released the agency's worldwide threat assessment of the u.s. intelligence community and says quote a virtual currencies most notably because they are fast becoming a medium for criminal financial transfers through online payment companies james clapper i testified in front of the senate intelligence committee on wednesday and decline was not mentioned one staring the hearing i was joined earlier by jared tena that point entrepreneur and founder of the n

clarence thomas frankly because he does not trust white people. i have a'' from him where he says if there were dogs lying in the street with the victims of what young black men are victims of then the blue haired women would take care of them but because they are young black man nobody cares. so justice thomas is cynical about race-based remedies he thinks white people do not care but there is that concern. they also have in common the way they practice their blackness. they strategically avoid being black when networks for them. when it does not then day don't pay attention. we saw that with justice thomas during the hearings about different interactions with anita hill. he called it the high-tech lynching being very significant with the whole history of violence against blackman suggesting it would happen to him. barack obama again just does not like to talk about race. he only does it when he absolutely has to then he says as little as he can get away with id explaining to white people how people feel. it is more translation they of leadership

you heard kelly thomas' father. and you heard where he's at and you heard many cases involving the mentally ill and law enforcement in conflict swayings, and what do you think it comes to? when the jury sees this, is it law enforcement that they're trying to deal with? >> a lot of people or juries don't want to question what the police do. they don't understand police work, and they don't understand the responsibilities of police officers in these cases. >> but they want to stay home with the folks on the street. >> exactly, when you see a shaggy homeless person on the street, do you go up and talk to them? no, you walk the other way. most of us do. most don't want anything to do with these people because we fear that they might be dangerous and they might do something that we don't expect. and so people who are not trained to deal with the mentally ill approach them with all sorts of misconceptions, and a lot in some cases of unjustified fears. >> some of this has to do with the privilege of the mentally ill on the

on this friday i thanks for joining us, i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze.orning on the roadways, what a me, 680 as a result of the gravel truck spill. >> here is leyla with more. >> not only 680 but westbound 580, we have got sky 7 hd flying overhead, live pictures right now, those taillights are pushing along with the westbound direction. that's where we have an earlier gravel truckha

what you know about barack obama, the president and justice merits comment -- clarence thomas who sits on the supreme court it politically they are very different. the president says he is a feminist and clarence thomas got into a news despite what i see compelling evidence that he harassed anita hill. so with some weight at different. >> because they're young black men, justice thomas says, nobody cares. so justice thomas is cynical about race-based remedies because he doesn't think, frankly, that white people care. but they both share that, that concern about race-based remedies. and they also have in common the way that they practice their blackness. they strategically deploy being black when it works more them. and when it doesn't work for them, then they kind of don't pay so much attention to it. so we saw that with justice thomas again during the hearings about his interactions with anita hill. he famously called her a high-tech lynching, so lynching being this very significant turn, the whole history of violence against black men, suggesting that that was happening to him. and b

thomas smith, a 20 year veteran was killed during a probation search in dubly and tall -- alex savage has more where that deadly apartment shooting happened, alex? >> reporter: they are trying to figure out if that officer meant to fire his gun or 5 it accidentally went off. we are learning more about exactly what went wrong here in dublin. the shooting happened as a group of officers came through and one officers mistakenly fired that shot. tom smith was hit by a bullet and died a short time later at the hospital. this morning, the san francisco chronicle identified the officer as somebody who shot him and attention rainy goes out to immediate family friends and the extended bart family and the entire part district. >> this was the scene there in caster valley where he died. members including the chief powed their heads where he prayed. he was the escorted pie alarm motorcade. >> officers entered with guns drawn and they were worried that somebody was potentially inside. they arethey are going to have more investigations into this shooting later on. >>> and about sergeant smith, i wa

philly dot com while getting off the bus to go play a rival basketball team the officer on patrol thomas' post cell stop demanding at his teammates after one of them made a snide remark manning said that he started to run away but then stopped now according to police manning hit her cell three times and ripped off his radio although curiously the officers to stay no injuries the sixteen year old was then arrested for aggravated assault resisting arrest and reckless endangerment but according to manning what happened next is incredibly disturbing to say the least while being arrested a female officer patted him down and squeezed his testicles so hard that she ruptured one of them manning had to have emergency surgery and according to his mother the injury may prevent him from ever. having children that's not just young people who are suffering from the consequences of an out of control police state the geriatric population ain't doing so well either so last sunday an eighty four year old man kang wang in new york was caught jaywalking at the corner of ninety six and broadway now this inte

>> the key here, thomas, is getting ahead of the storm and already they've got salt spreaders out on the road. here's what they're spreading, this thick, coarse mixture that will keep the roads dry and that is expected later this evening. we've got 300 of those salt spreaders out on the road and we have about a thousand plows standing nearby. as i said the key is getting the work done before it really starts to fall. as for residents of the tri-state area they are stocking up on shifls, on food ask water. we are hearing of some shortages in local stores. officials, of course, reminding people to stay off the roads. if it's absolutely noes go out, they say be sure to tuck the essentials into your car. they're talking about a flashlight, clothes, food, water, just in case you get stuck somewhere. we're expecting 6 to 12 inches of snow in some places up to 16 inches and with the brutal temperature drops and those chilly winds, it really is the recipe for the first perfect winter storm of 2014. thomas, back to you. >> nbc's sarah dolph reporting from new york city. >> i want to show you