these are substances called life for say it incidentally many for misuse is to eliminate weeds thomas thomas wife a top official of the u.s. department of state who was in charge of trafficking becomes in our politics program for ghana's ten he's now retired says he's appointed this would grind of life or so he would have fingers before spring it on the weeds it's good this substance is not that harmful but it can be very efficient in eliminating plantations. i see this by the way to mr ivanov which let's now talk about drugs in russia. as far as i know. drug consumption is on the rise in russia. despite the outstanding measures being taken but it sure what causes that demand supply. of the afghan produces and dealers to blame for this is the situation in no country that generates the demand. for luck turn mark first that the number of drug abusers has not been grown actually. the actual number of people but yes the number of drug consumers practically stabilized in two thousand or two thousand and one do it all richard it's time growth was basically exponential what about the good thirty fo

thomas lee. [applause] thomas, please join us on stage. i'm going to start reading my script so you know about thomas's incredible leadership. know we have done great work with the community youth center and many community-based organizations. thomas has participated in at least two service projects per week since 2007. carly estop more pursuing a degree in marketing, he has also been active in the community from a very young age and has volunteered for callous area nonprofit organizations. graphic and by design has always been his passion. he has always volunteered he's design skills for countless organizations, which include building web sites for the chinatown neighborhood center, north beach neighborhood associations, american or in performing arts, and the asian american pageant. he was also a project coordinator ad a community youth center where he spearheaded community clubhouses after school programs. i even visited a program that he created, and he has taught asian youth graphics and web design, so we are honored to announce his leadership in the community. >> i would like the coordinator this year to join us. [appla

thomas for release again. >> reporter: thomas walked into crayton bakely and stabbed a 16- year-old. this man, cubitz saved her life by intervening and getting stabbed himself. lawrence father tim says his daughter is now doing well, despite what she has gone through. >> i am very proud of my daughter. she's doing fine and she's stayed on top of the fringe on all of this. >> reporter: the district attorney asked for the highest possible sentence. >> mr. thomas is a psychopath with a long life pattern of violent behavior. >> reporter: the family told me they are happy with the sentence. but they want violent offenders not to be released under certain conditions. especially not on weekend, that's how it happened. sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a concord man pleaded not guilty today to felony charges in connection to the mauling death of his young grandson. steven ayashi was charged after his pit bull killed his 2-year- old stepson. they say the pit bull had previously killed three family pets and shown aggression toward the toddler. >>> the man allegedly behind sunday's hit and run spree in danville was arranged today on four felony drunk driving and hit and run charges and one misdemeanor. a judge today reduced sherrholtz bail. sherholtz family was in court today though his brother, nate sherholtz was not. >>> a day after a federal judge overturned prop 8, the courts are trying to rule on how to implement the law while the supreme c

thomas was found guilty last spring of attempted murder in the double stabbing. today sentenced to life of in prison, but with the possibility of parole. the stabbing occurs in may 2007 one day after thomas has h been release friday prison. thomas will have to serve 26 years of the new sentence before he can be granted a parole hearing. >>> a young man, charged in a series of hit and run collisions in danville, faced multiple charges today in court. 23-year-old sheerhold is expected to enter a plea on august 19th to one felony couldn't of tkrufrbg driving and four counts of hit and run. the police say he was drunk last sunday when he hit a pedestrian, i bicyclist, a light pole and then two vehicles. four people were injured but are recovering. >>> well, it was a wild scene today in southern california. coming up here on bay area news at 7:00. details on this high-speed chase that partially took place on a sidewalk. >>> and passions ran high today in a high speed rail meeting in san francisco. we will explain why some are opposed to the routes. >>> temperatures normal. outside right now we do have a little bit of haze and quite a bit of fog. will we ever warm up? i will have your forecast, coming up . >>> a southern california m

scott thomas convicted in march of attempted murder and other related crimes for the attack on the two people three years ago. thomas was mistakenly released a day before. thomas will have to serve 26 years before he becomes eligible for parole. there is a bracen home ings vacation now appears to be drug-related. residents say two men broke into the parkway apartment about 11:30 and wearing police jackets, armed with handguns and a taser. claiming the men identified themselves as police officers. >> i haired them get on the ground. >> i heard get on the ground, and a big gang. i just immediately just went to my door and locked the door. >> owe police say one resident was daysed and hit in the head with a gun. police believe they had targeted the apartment. investigators not saying what drugs were taken. >> it's been more than four months since the crime lab was shut down. interest hundreds have been trained to test for drugs in the field. vic lee is in the newsroom now with the story. police say it's working out well, but dpeens attorneys are raising concerns about this. >> there is more than half of the patrol officers have been trained to use kits to test dr

plant i'm now joined from london by michael thomas director general of the middle east thinks nation which aims to improve links to the region and this is thomas and many thanks for joining us here and ask how the loss of negative reaction into the opening is bush i why do you think that is. well there has and of course i think the big problem is that there's a lack of trust between the west and iran. if only we could bridge that gap i think everything would be all right for all you could pass stations are going to be the in thing absolutely everywhere not just here france but also russia of course and iran itself why not so why do you think then the russians getting such a strong and negative reaction from israel which has nuclear reactors of its own and reportedly even has nuclear weapons in the country. israel is pretty terrified of iran i think and iran. there's no love lost between either iran and israel or israel and iran. and israel has of course threatened to attack iran. but persevered in the get well i think be very city thing. in fact forgivable seeing if. israel did attack iran now iran's president has. iran's president ahmadinejad

. >> thomas perrelli: they were going out of their way to cover their tracks. >> kroft: thomas perrellithe associate attorney general of the united states, says birkenfeld was not the only person who provided valuable information to the investigation, but he says his evidence that u.b.s. executives encouraged illegal behavior was the bank's achilles heel. >> perrelli: they would bring checks, or sometimes they would actually carry money from one client to the next, all with the purpose of disguising and avoiding detection of large transfers of money. >> kroft: what did that information tell you? >> perrelli: it was certainly surprising that there would be a unit within a major bank that would be behaving in that way. >> kroft: and there was? >> perrelli: and there was. and we subsequently learned that senior officials knew about this. they knew it was wrong. they called it "toxic waste." but it was very profitable and they didn't stop doing it. >> kroft: based on information provided by birkenfeld, the justice department and the i.r.s. obtained a court order demanding that u.b.s. turn o

setting her home on fire. 53-year-old alan thomas was convicted in june of stabbing to death his 33-year-old aunt amanda pierre inside her oakland home. thomaskilled his aunt because he thought she had taken money from him that he said he needed to feed his crack and heroin addition. >>> oakland police made a huge pot bust today while responding to reports of a prowler. officers arrived at a building on east 12th street near 12th avenue to find two young men trying to steal an estimated $.25 million of marijuana. they say the suspects were throwing garbage bags full of pot from a second floor apartment. officers arrested both men but still don't know who lives in that apartment. authorities say they discovered a similar pot growing operation in that building two years ago. >>> advocates for the homeless have been camping out in the steps of the santa cruz city offices. >>> okay, seems like to me that a lot more people in the newsroom were smiling, that's because a lot more of us got to see the sun today. bill, it wasn't that bad out there. >> did it seem a lot more humid today. >> it did. >> substantially. >> it did. >> still cloud cover, bu

thomas loves it all, but his stomach didn't agree. >> it was really bad, and every meal, i had heartburn. >> reporter: acid reflux is a symptom that affects 60 million americans, and like most people, thomas treated it with rolaids and other over-the-counter medicine. what he didn't realize is that he was just masking the progression of a deadly disease, esophageal cancer, which 90% of the time is linked to a condition caused by acid reflux. >> we're going to see another resurgence of the epidemic, because patients will be treating themselves without really being attended by physicians. >> reporter: dr. george t. says the key to stopping the esophageal cancer epidemic is to catch it early while it is still in the pre-cancerous stage. dr. t. found thomas' condition early, a diagnosis that ultimately saved his life. >> there are very, very few people who can actually survive esophageal cancer, and those are the ones that were diagnosed very early. >> reporter: getting rid of the pre-cancerous cells is fairly easily. this wand is inserted endoskopically through the mouth, a small balloon is inflated and radio frequency waves are used to burn off those damaged cells. >> i had many patients who had earlier esophageal cancer or pre-cancerous stage where i treated them with this the device and they're now cured. >> reporter: dr. t. hopes to create awareness about the importance of catching the cancer early. a congresswoman from the east bay was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer and tom lantos died from the disease about two years ago. dr. t. hopes these cases will require lawmakers to require mandatory screening. >> we should be screening patients with acid reflux, and that's how we're going to pick up the early cases and intervene

last month 29-year-old scott thomas withdrew hisin sanity plea in the case which cleared the way for him to receive a life sentence for the 2007 stabbing. thomas was convicted of attempted murder for the attacks at the twin peaks bakery. he'd been released from san consistenten just a day before. a nonprofit says teenagers are seeking more counseling in the wake of five suicides connected to gunn high school. between may of 2005 and january of this year five teens lost their lives. they counsel students at four area high schools and four middle schools says about 500 more students have sought on campus counseling than is usual this time of year saying it appears their campaign to reach out to teens who may need help does appear to be paying off. >>> san francisco supervisors have taken the first step towards enacting what will be the first for the country. a city wide fee on alcoholic drinks to help pay for the cost of alcohol-related services. supporters say the fee would generate $17 million a year to treat those with alcohol abuse problems. but critics say it would hurt bars and restaurants. >> the greatest city in the world but so unfriend

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