i would argue that it was problematic from the trujillo perspective. one of the best ways to maintain power, one of the best ways to create a state... you know, the write olaf stapledon says the nation is usually just a hate club, a super hate club. >> hinojosa: because you've got a border around yourselves. >> yeah, and the best way to create borders is by hating your neighbor. you know, and i think that there was more to that than this. i mean, a border as porous and as fluid as the one we found between the dominican republic and haitia before the genocide of 1937, i think trujillo's idea was twofold. a, he would bolster up the very fragile, atomized dominican nation, and b, he would, through a racial genocide, not only terrorize the haitian community but effectively terrorize the dominican community. i mean, that's a trauma. >> hinojosa: but even today, if you are... because... so people can kind of understand right now, in the dominican republic, the haitians are the cheapest labor there. they're the undocumented immigrants. and even today, if a ha

damion trujillo is live in san francisco joining us with the details. morning, laura. those proceedings begin at 8:30 this morning here at the federal courthouse in san francisco. this is where lawyers for both sides will pick their men and women who will decide the fate of the home run king. bonds is facing perjury charges after his testimony to a federal grand jury reviewing the balco steroids investigation. prosecutors say bonds lied under oath by saying he did not use steroids knowingly. they plan to prove he did even though the judge has thrown out a lot of the evidence, including audiotapes of an irate barry bonds. prosecutors contend the obscenity-laced recordings were bonds on roid rage, a by-product of using steroids. they have also dropped several counts against the number 25, the evidence they do have will be up to the jury for now to decide if bonds lied under oath and if he'll go to prison for that. but bonds has high-powered attorneys on his side led by san jose's allen ruby. the team picked away at the evidence over the last two years wit

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damion trujillo is here with more on the day ahead. >> reporter: good morning. the proceedings start in 3 1 very 2 hours. and court administrators are using an overflow room so the media can watch via circuit television. bonds is on trial on perjury charges stemming from his testimony in front of a federal grand jury during the steroid investigation. a lot of the prosecution's evidence has been thrown out. the judge ruled prosecutors could not use irate voice messages bonds used his mistress. they say it shows the effects of roid raid. and greg anderson won't be here, bonds's personal trainer who refuses to answer questions under oath. anderson served several months in jail already for refusing to testimony testify. court observers believe in ruby was on the east coast, he would be considered one of the top ten lawyers in the country. he defended former mayor gonzalez on corruption charges successfully. he also defended the nfl against al davis, the oakland raiders owner. a lot of day ma here with a lot of eyes on the home run king. live in san francisco, damian

in san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, damian. thousands of families have been ripped apart but there are also families reunited like the ones we just saw and this one via skip. >> i'm so happy to see you. i'm so happy that you guys are okay. jess, john, zack, we love you so much. we love you so much. we miss you guys terribly. >> a lot of emotion this morning on the "today" show. this family had no internet, no cell phone, no way to get in touch with each other for 72 hours until today. and the hardest hit areas, phone lines are down and across japan, cell networks are also jammed. you might have heard from that. forcing many in japan to turn to social media and video chat lines on the internet. japan is one of the most connected countries in the world. 80% of its population has internet access. >>> from japan to santa cruz, the harbor is still closed after friday's tsunami and clean-up efforts are under way. 18 boats have sunk and 12 are missing and 100 damaged in santa cruz. the port is being jamed by fish and wildlife service

and today in the bay's damian trujillo is live in san francisco with today's big events. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, actually, one of them is an oakland a's fan so irony there in san francisco here. opening arguments begin at 8:30 where the prosecution will present its case against barry bonds. jury selection did, in fact, take place yesterday. it took them less than a day for the jury to select a jury, or for both sides to select a jury. they hope to plant a seed in one of the jurors there's reasonable doubt that barry bonds lied to the jury. the burden lies on the prosecution since the judge threw out a lot of the evidence they wanted to use against bonds. bonds holds the all-time record for home runs hit. prosecutors say bonds was on steroids at the time and lied about it. the jurors will sit and watch and the jury that has only two people on it who appeared to be minority. >> it would be disrespectful to say we have so many men or tall people or red-haired people, that's not how we are looking at this. >> reporter: the big name on the docket today i

i'm damian trujillo. a live report is coming up next from the san francisco federal courthouse. >>> plus the teenager accused of trying to blow up his high school takes the stand in

i'm damian trujillo. we celebrate the legacy of cesar chavez and his family is here on our show on your "communidad del valle." ♪ >> a special show here on "comunidad." the half hour is dedicated to the legacy of chavez. his sister right rita, rudy and barbara. it's always great. rita, when we got the news back in 1993, i think, the entire nation was devastated. i don't think that everybody knew what kind of impact cesar's passing would have on all of us. he's become such an icon. did you imagine your brother would reach the heights, his legacy would reach the heights that it has? >> no, not really. but i know that he was a hard worker and he always thought about somebody has to do something about the farm workers. somebody. didn't know that he was going to do it, we never knew. when he's first going to start the -- do the union, he had a meeting with the family. my mom was against it. because she was afraid, scared. there had been other violence. other people that had done violence. we knew about it sinc

"today in the bay's" damian trujillo is live with the emotional story.reporter: oh, they are. they've been up all night, as you can imagine. they've been on the computers and on their phones doing the social media thing. relief is how you can describe the emotion here with the family of canon purdy. now, they finally made contact with her just before midnight. canon purdy taught english at a school near sendai, the epicenter of the earthquake. she just returned for graduation of her former student in japan, then the quake struck. for three days the family tried desperately to contact her using social media to help. after three long days, their prayers were answered just before midnight. >> sure, it was amazing. i was on the phone with ann curry, which i never thought would happen, first of all. and then i asked her, you know, ann curry, why you are calling me? and luckily she was able to pass the phone right over to my sister in the most devastated area of japan. such a welcome thing to hear. >> reporter: and the family here is thanking those who helped

. >>> i'm damian trujillo live in mountain view. and look at what the storms did. sudden waterfront property. we'll have that next. >>> plus, an inside look at one of california's major power planr his chionrceir ornve his concesrn of a plant that's still working here. ast cancer. i had no choice. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. we can rid the world of this terrible disease... so that no mother... granddaughter... sister... daughter... mother... go through what my wife had to go through. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> welcome back. homes now teetering on the edge of a cliff. that's how several people in mountain view are seeing their mobile homes. the recent rains washing away some of the land the property sits on. victims struggle to save their homes and now there's a fight over who should pay for the repairs. it's a story we broke tonight at 5:00. nbc bay area's damon trujillo is back on the proper

damian trujillo is here with the difference that it could can make. damian? >> reporter: it will go up right here by the end of the year and it was a close call and the death of a little boy that helped speed up the project. on these tracks that nearly 80 miles per hour, a train ran over 2-year-old alexander back in 2005. >> the little boy was killed and it was truly tragic. >> reporter: the toddler wandered from his baby sitter and the train struck him. yet, knowing about the tragedy doesn't keep dozens of people from their daily illegal tricks across the track gls do you know how dangerous it is? >> yes. i worked in laos and daily i had to cross over here. >> there was a huge community on the east side of the track that has no accessibility to the west side other than crossing the tracks. >> reporter: now thanks to congressional earmarks, they will soon cross safely. there is going to be a new pedestrian bridge over the tracks. the idea came when a former councilman witnessed a mom on the tracks. >> i saw a young lady and her stroller and her baby on her hi

damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> let's turn your attention back to the stop story. the wicked, rare weather we experienced in the bay area today. a tornado touched down in santa rosa and then there was a tornado warning on the peninsula as well. plenty of anxious moments for people all around. we have reaction to the bizarre weather. >> reporter: this wasn't your typical storm today in belmont. >> i just saw some very gusty winds and i actually felt my house just shaking a little bit. i noticed the power went out for maybe five seconds or so but it came right back on. >> reporter: this storm has a twist, actually a twister. but fortunately one that never touched ground. witnesses reported seeing a funnel cloud traveling at estimated speeds of 40 miles an hour over belmont them national weather service issued a tornado warning for people of san mateo county. people we talked about said they were concerned about the strange rapid change in the weather. >> very loud. couldn't even see through it almost and some thunder happening. that's when we saw the tornado warning

we're live in san bruno, damian trujillo. >> thank you. we'll be tracking the vigil throughout the hour and night. you can watch the video released, uncut and in its entirety, on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >> dark day for the sfpd, banner day for scores of drug suspects. alleged bad police work caught on tape means that tonight the jailers will open cell doors and let some 40 suspects go free and they may not be the last. nbc bay area's tracy grant outside of san francisco's hall of justice with the latest on the case. tracy? >> reporter: well, jessica, seven police officers and their supervisor are on administrative duty while this investigation goes on. some of the people charged in these cases, are still in custody here at the san francisco county jail. they're expected to walk out jomtime sojo sometime soon and they won't have criminal charges looming. >> if criminal conduct exists, and we believe we have a prosecutable case, the cases will be prosecuted. >> reporter: the brand new district attorney talking about possibly going after

nbc bay area's dayman trujillo now joins us from san jose. undercover agents have given us their first interviews since the arrest in contra costra county. these agents now, damian, have to deal with the consequences of the alleged dirty colleague, correct? >> reporter: and it's not easy, raj. welch was an agent in the state attorney general's office with the bureau of narcotic enforcement. there is a district office right here in san jose. and even with this black eye on the force, those agents are still out getting dope out of the streets. this was the biggest heroin bust in santa clara county history. 70 pounds, worth an estimated $7 million, seized from who agents call a mule, a driver of the mexican drug cartels. >> the la familia, la zetas, the gulf cartels and it's hard to imagine, but they do have people here in the bay area. >> reporter: bob cook is special agent in charge of the bureau of narcotic enforcement or bne. he oversees six northern california counties, getting tons of dope and dope dealers off the streets. >> it makes me f

we're live at san jose city hall, i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, damian. you can get a look at the deal yourself right now at nbcbayarea.com. and coming up at 6:15, political analyst larry gursten joins us for a look at the growing push for pension reform and what that could mean for city and county workers. >>> another big story tonight is the weather. from beautiful sunshine to ominous storm clouds, get ready for a wild night. a fast-moving storm is arriving right now. nbc bay area chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking this storm. and when's the rai coming and is it going to pack a punch? >> it certainly is going to pack a punch, raj. the unique thing about rthis, it's going to arrive with the heaviest rain and wind while a lot of you are sleeping. nothing in terms of heavy rainfall right now or moving into the bay area at this moment. however, with the center of the storm system offshore, that's going to be rapidly changing as we head through late tonight and into earlyw omroormorning. we're talking about winds that, yes, could top 50 miles per hour

i'm damian trujillo. that's coming up next in a live report. >>> and also coming up, d oayne of the san bruno explosion hearings comes to a close. what we know now about that fateful night. >>> barry bonds made an appearance at federal court. i'm traci grant live in san francisco. i'll have more, coming up.

i'm damian trujillo. >> nice job there on the edge of those cliffs. tonight now the probts in san pablo. they're getting ready for a meeting between city leaders and residents about the landslide there which ripped back yards and back porches away from several holmes. heavy raines from the recent storms made the soil unstable. and sent it slipping downhill. now, previously, a couple days ago on sunday, the city proclaimed a local emergency which is the first step in getting state and federal money to help with the repairs. this meeting now tonight begins in less than an hour. residents will be brought up to date on everts to stabilize that area. >>> new tonight at 5:00, a retired engineer from the lawrence livermore laboratory says his solano county neighborhood has the potential for an even more disastrous pipeline explosion than the one that happened in san bruno last year. he was so concerned about the gas lines running under his neighborhood, he got a federal grant to study it. today he organized a walking tour through the area and released his fi

chief and the assistant chief sat down with an extensive look with the looming problem with damian trujillo, damian? >> reporter: jessica, we're on pace to more than double last year's 20 homicides and with police officers here losing their rank or their job, the command staff warns expect to see a rise in crime. she's worn the uniform for more than eight years, sergeant gina tavaldi always wanted to be a cop. >> i wanted to help people and work with the community and make it be a better place. >> reporter: but now after more than eight years on the force, she's lucky if she loses her stripes. a pink slip may loom for her. >> yes, i might get demoted, but hopefully i'll still have a job here. hundreds of officers might not even have jobs here. >> reporter: the top brass said layoffs and demotions won't help the rising homicide rate, like january's seventh murder of the year on story road. >> just very sad. the person was very young. >> reporter: and there's a 13th homicide of 2011 monday night on lundy avenue. friends drove the 20-year-old victim to the hospital where he died. >> god bless,

we're live at police headquarters in san jose, i'm damien trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> should be an interesting case study to see what happens in other neighborhoods across the bay area. >> a full confession. that's what lawyers in the jaycee duggard say they have. even more stunning, jaycee duggard was present during the confession. with more now on the plea deal. >> reporter: the greetos gave it all up to sheriff's investigators. >> everything they wanted to know except they didn't produce any missing bodies, no other victims. >> reporter: they concede that had they did the kidnapping? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: the couple charged with kidnapping and raping jaycee dugard confess. the district attorney is offering 241 years and eight months to life for noony garrito and 14 years to life for phillip garrito. >> guilty of kidnapping and a bunch of other charges and i think based on at least what happened, all have started to become the bizarre family that she should be able to at least walk on the beach probably with a walker at some point in time before she dies. >> reporter: nancy ga

and damian trujillo was there with the family.his is a good news story. >> reporter: it's always good to tell these kinds of stories, brent. this has been the busiest part of canon purdy's home here. it's been a long three days for this family. purdy had just arrived in japan where she recently taught english, but then the quake hit. and the family lost all communication with her. the last time they heard from canon was a text one hour before the earthquake saying she was headed to see her former students for graduation. the family waited by the phone on the computer, hoping to get some news, then the phone call from nbc news just before midnight last night. >> it was amazing. i was on the phone with ann curry, which i never thought would happen, first of all. and then i asked her, you know, ann curry, why are you calling me some luckily she was able to pass the phone right over to my sister in the most devastated area of japan. it was absolutely a shock and surprise and such a welcome thing to hear. >> reporter: the family is not

. >> and that was damian trujillo reporting. the baby-sitting watching the boy at the time when he was hit by the time served four years of probation in a plea deal for child neglect. >>> police are still trying to track down a woman they say may have emmeled for man $50,000 from trace elementary school. 40 years vanessa reyes may be in southern california. another woman and zingale was arrested at school this week where she works as an office clerk. police say the two women are former leaders of the parent teacher organization. the school's treasurer tells the mercury news she tipped off police after noticing bills for things like itunes, restaurants being charged to the fund. police now say they believe the women also used the money to pay for groceries, running shoes and the family trips. the money was supposed to pay for school field trips, physical education, and teacher grants. it has been a very rough year for trace elementary which was torched by arsonists last summer. >>> this is today on the bay. still "today in the ba

damion trujillo is live with more details this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you.utes ago here outside the courthouse, and at 7:20 this morning his attorney, alan ruby, simply just said good morning and he's here to select a jury. at 8:30 lawyers begin selecting the jury that will decide the fate of the home run king. bonds is on trial on perjury charges for alledgedly lying to a federal grand jury investigating the balco steroid case. bonds was not able to convince the judge to drop all the charges but his team did get a lot of the evidence thrown out. again, barry bonds is inside the federal courthouse here in san francisco. scott, back to you. >>> damion, thank you. meanwhile, we'll go to meteorologist christina loren and a rainy week ahead. >> i like the way you think, scott. good morning to you. it looks like we'll see rain each and every day now through the weekend. so you're accurate, not a dry break in sight until the early part of next week. i'm thinking tuesday, but we have rain chances every day until then. right now we are seeing some pretty steady mois