u.s. department of education, the u.s. department of justice and of course, samhsa, to bring dollars to the local level so people can come together. if there isn't a coalition, parents could consider bringing people together themselves and going online to the samhsa web site and be able to learn how to bring a coalition together, who should be there at the table, how do i get expertise, and it's very accessible. we have a facebook page now. everything is becoming far easier to approach and to get our messages out. have the power of a coalition of every single person in a community that touches a child come together and talk about what needs to be done and then learn the tools of bringing in, to do an assessment as we do in treatment, we do in the community, we can then begin the process and start. our new health reform legislation is going to help us because we are bringing in the attention and the dollars to support the funding for prevention, for treatment, and for recovery services. so our future is very bright but a parent needs to see that

u.s. department of justice sued arizona this year arguing immigration enforcement is the federal government's responsibility. >> impersonating another person online can land you in jail. the state law goes into effect making it illegal to assume another person's identity if you seek to harm that person. creating online accounts in somebody else's name to harm, intimidate or defraud a person will be a misdemeanor. violators can face a fine and year in jail. nintendo is warning their new device can cause quicker eye fatigue and it's not for young children still in developmental stages. it will hit store shelves in march. >> you can own a piece of groupon. the company is working towards a potentially public offering by the end of 2011. in a filing with the state of delaware, they said they intend to sell at $31.59 each. they recently rejected a $6 billion take over bit from google. >> americans clipped holiday sale this is year which say jump of 13% from last year. online retail sales were fuelled by a late surge in spending. people spent almost 2.5 billion the week leading up to december 26th.

u.s. department of justice shutting down of 82 websites involved in the selling of fake purses but they have not been able to shut down the wikileaks website. >>shepard: thank you from the newsroom, jonathan. and he is chatting away in the newsroom including chatting with you if you desire, foxnews.com/shep. that's where you go, to that site and click the sunglasses guy link and you can talk about anything if it is not too dirty. he likes it a little dirty, though. the american media is in trouble and it could be time for the government to step in. he has ideas about how to get your information on the internet here inside the tv box. and on the radio. next, setting up for a battle between the feds and the companies that broadcast news each day as "studio b" continues. helps us reduce sodium, but not flavor. so do a few lifts. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ >>shepard: and journalism is in grave peril. that from the head of the federal communication commission that regulates american television and radio broadcasts. and michael cox is a u.s. government worker commenting in an int

u.s. department of justice still hasn't decided if it will file espionage charges against him. because the crime he's charged with really has nothing to do with these leaks. >> good point. >> for the first time, we're hearing from mike jones, the hero who ended what could have been a massacre at a school board meeting in florida. >> so many things that go through your mind that it would be instinct and the training and i'm glad they're here and alive. i'm not a hero, folks. i just done my job. >> yes, you are. [applause] >> jones said he needed a day of prayer and reflection before talking about how he took down gunman clay duke. we warn you again this video is disturbing. >> please don't. please don't. please. >> i'm going to kill you. >> this morning, there's a new 911 tape from the assistant superintendent talking to the dispatcher. >> the superintendent has been shot. >> next hour on "fox & friends", we're going to be talking about the gun that clay duke used. why the government was supposed to take it away but didn't. after 25 years, larry king said good-bye to his it was

u.s. department of justice does not engage in games of bluff so i continuing is not a matter of whether he's going to be indicted but how soon. >> that is a good question. how soon, in your estimation, are we going to hear something about this indictment and hear it actually has happened? >> ordinary, it would be a matter of months because it's not enough for the department of justice to say something really bad happened they have to provide competent evidence of all of the elements of potential crimes but here trying to move at light-speed going behind every rock and blade of grass to make a case against him but they've still got it right and a lot will turn whether bradley manning, you talked about him a moment ago the private first class who allegedly stole the government documents is providing cooperation turning state's evidence turning against as a assange. if he is implicating and incriminating him, this could happen very, very quickly. >> julian assange told our katie couric he was not familiar with this productivity, he had not had contact with this individual. the question really h

in some states, under the voting rights act, the department of justice, the u.s. department of justice, oversees the construction, the boundaries of districts in order to make sure it is fair for minority representation. host: the next call for the census bureau director robert groves, milton, from new york. caller: good morning. why does it cost $13 billion? you just said that you cannot count the immigrants. if they are undocumented immigrants, this documentation, so you should be able to count them. if they are not documented, why are they not sent back? all ice and send them back. -- call ice. guest: economy reiterate, we count every resident. we count people whether they are documented or not. by the way, remember, on the census questionnaire, we never ask whether you are a citizen or not or whether you have documentation. so we really don't know the breakdown of the immigrant population. in terms of estimating the immigration, because of the undocumented portion of immigrant populations, it is very difficult for us to use records along to estimate. your first

in some states, under the voting rights act, the department of justice, the u.s. department of justice, oversees the construction, the boundaries of districts in order to make sure it is fair for minority representation. host: the next call for the census bureau director robert groves, milton, from new york. caller: good morning. why does it cost $13 billion? you just said that you cannot count the immigrants. if they are undocumented immigrants, this documentation, so you should be able to count them. if they are not documented, why are they not sent back? all ice and send them back. -- call ice. guest: economy reiterate, we count every resident. we count people whether they are documented or not. by the way, remember, on the census questionnaire, we never ask whether you are a citizen or not or whether you have documentation. so we really don't know the breakdown of the immigrant population. in terms of estimating the immigration, because of the undocumented portion of immigrant populations, it is very difficult for us to use records along to estimate. your first

in some states, under the voting rights act, the department of justice, the u.s. department of justice, oversees the construction, the boundaries of districts in order to make sure it is fair for minority representation. host: the next call for the census bureau director robert groves, milton, from new york. caller: good morning. why does it cost $13 billion? you just said that you cannot count the immigrants. if they are undocumented immigrants, this documentation, so you should be able to count them. if they are not documented, why are they not sent back? all ice and send them back. -- call ice. guest: economy reiterate, we count every resident. we count people whether they are documented or not. by the way, remember, on the census questionnaire, we never ask whether you are a citizen or not or whether you have documentation. so we really don't know the breakdown of the immigrant population. in terms of estimating the immigration, because of the undocumented portion of immigrant populations, it is very difficult for us to use records along to estimate. your first

u.s. department of justice would have to make it clear that they are not going after assange for politicalnal security. martha: well, that -- i don't know, whether you think that is a high bar or not. and i want your take on the doj investigation, which eric holder has told the country that, you know, is ongoing. how serious do you think the investigation is and do you think they have intentions to bring him in on charges related to that? >> if they can bring him in on -- i'm not sure how serious washington, d.c. is taking this because, our laws are not updated. we don't have good laws to handle cyber attacks, cyber war or cyberterrorism. we are using, again, 1917 laws, to go after someone who is doing on-line leaking of documents, and applying supreme court precedent, maybe the "new york times" versus u.s. case about the pentagon papers from the 1970s. we are not in the correct paradigm for how we should be operating when it comes to cyber sk security in the united states. martha: as we often see in cases where folks -- prosecutors wants to bring somebody in they lean on another charge to

you can view extended clips of the court hearing at our website, ktvu.com. >>> the u.s. justice department is warning the city of oakland. as we report, the federal government has sent a letter to city leaders saying that the plan to tax marijuana farms is illegal. >> reporter: those in the business of medicinal marijuana say they are not surprised that federal officials appear to be honing in on oakland's plan to allow large-scale marijuana farms. oakland city attorney john russo has confirmed that officials from the justice department have objections against the city's new ordinance. he released a statement saying they had expressed their concerns that it is in violation of the law. >> i think it is politics. i think the fact that republicans had a big sweep in the election. maybe obama is trying to appease them will work with them. >> reporter: he is founder of oaksterdam university and they planned on applying for a permit to run a large-scale farm. >> they can slow it down and maybe cause people to be less well regulated and not be able to pay taxes. but they are not going to stop it.

u.s. department of justice both agreed that the supreme court will have the final word on this. >> (applaused republicans whatever the outcome the i s does expect some form of this bill to pass to eric c. beck the tax considered to expire. it could cross- section of senators in the party are ready to accept this deal president barack obama as top economic adviser is defending the deal. >> do not make this current, we can't afford to do that it would be a mistake. and i agree there's some rask we will fight that has a 2012 we will have been growing are way ahead of this and those tax cuts want to stand on their own merits. in the meantime, by making that to your trade, we got things on the obama prairie list price as much as looked in the high income tax cuts. >> it would avoid the tax increase for all americans this new package will renew are unemployed and benefits for long-term unemployed for 13 months it would also mean that a few extra bucks in everyone's paycheck. >> ready for russia red fedex. fedex is gearing up its busiest day of the year, expects to handle about 16 million packages

u.s. department of justice played a very important role in that. host: david, a far out in oregon. good morning. -- a farmer out in oregon. good morning. caller: you talk about seed drift. the biggest threat is pollen drift, because it interacts with the other crops, organic crops are just conventional crops -- or just conventional crops. seeds don't draft that far, but the pollen is the issue. the fellow from rhode island talked about the glory days of the sellers, and i did not hear about the slaves. we have a tendency on the part of that -- of big ag to attack, just like in our medalists -- like environmentalists, as if it is just man versus the environment. i'm also a water operator, and we have seen what has happened to the water from gross use of chemicals. i want to thank you for what you're doing and i want to thank c-span, but this issue -- it seems as if we know the answers, but we continue -- there continue to be corporate and trust that will not permit the to to see -- corporate interests that will not permit the truth to see the light of day. thank you for what you're

u.s. government is clearly working on finding out what they can do legally to punish a songe over his latest leaks but another question should be raised in light of all this evidence is that the department of justice and the u.s. government as a whole are they so threatened by these leaks that they're willing to bend the constitution damage the right to press for the sake of keeping it secret it's a question that i think we already know the answer to but one that will discuss further tomorrow. on sunday six american soldiers were killed and more than a dozen american and afghan troops were wounded when a van packed with explosives was detonated at a new jointly operated outpost in southern afghanistan those numbers just add on to the devastating figures when it comes to casualties in afghanistan especially casualties of improvised explosive devices id's killed two thirds of approximately two thousand and fifty u.s. and allied troops who died in action in afghanistan in the past five years this year alone there have been about one thousand more wounded and dead from id's since two thousand and nine and yet we don't see those figures or those pictures of the fallen coming home in caskets on our fron

of the u.s. justice department's national security division told congress thursday assange and his wikileaks website must be prosecuted to prevent future copycat operations on the internet. nbc's jenny wivel has our report on assange's new-found freedom. >> reporter: julian assange emerged from the royal courts of justice in london at the end of a very long day, he looked extremely pleased with himself, however, as he brandished his release documents and gave a short statement to the hundreds of journalists who gathered from all around the world on the steps saying, first of all, that he was very grateful for all of the support that he's received, but he remains defiant. >> i hope to continue my work and continue to profess my independence. >> reporter: he then had to head off to his lodge where he'll be staying over the coming weeks as he fights his extradition to sweden. he has, of course, been living in solitary confinement inside britain's largest prison. where he's going next, he's going to be in a ten-bedroom mansion on a 600-acre country estate. jenny wivel, nbc news, london. >>> the head of

of the u.s. justice department national security division told congress yesterday that assange and his wikileaks website must be prosecuted to prevent future copycat operations on the internet. >>> and after a 25-year run, larry king has pulled down the curtain on his cnn talk show. last night's final installment featured an impressive roster of guests that included president obama who praised larry king's interviewing skills. on several occasions, king fought back tears, especially when bill maher put king in the same company as tv legends johnny carson, steve allan and walter cronkite. four of television's known news anchors gathered in the stude to wish him well, brian williams, diane sawyer, katie couric, regis was there. the 77-year-old king was serenaded by tony bennett, singing "the best is yet to come" on a remote from louisiana. king was emotional in his final signoff. >> i am -- i don't know what to say, except to you, my audience, thank you. and instead of good-bye, so long. >> and we will have much more on larry king's farewell later in the show a dramatic moment there as the lights

u.s. authorities. he said he believes the u.s. justice department will try to have him extradited on chars of espionage. his website has drawn anger from politicians around the world with its release of thousands of secret american diplomatic cables. the wikileaks founder has been released from a british jail and is fighting extradition to sweden. authorities want to question him over allegations of sexual assault, charges which he denies. >>> with the things going wrong elsewhere, germany continues to get it right. europe's sovereign debt worries have failed to dent the german economic recovery. the business climate index is ending the year at a fresh record high. the 7000 companies participating in the monthly survey are more optimistic about their current business situation and their outlook for the next six months. retailers in particular have given an upbeat assessment of their current situation. the surveys out, beat expectations despite ongoing debt worries in some eurozone countries. >>> earer, we spoke with the esidt and asked if the increasing number of eurozone countries imposing austerity me

justice after the u.s. attorney's office said the prosecutors wouldn't go forward with aggravated assault charges against the men. the demonstrators walked from the u.s. attorney's office to the department of justice and the wilson building to express the displeasure with the decision. we reached out with mohammad's family today. as of this morning, the brother said they were not told of the cause and manner of death, no one else connected to the case we talked to, admitted knowing what it was. billy martin, the attorney for the family, hasn't returned the calls or responded to an e-mail request for comment, shawn. >> paul wagner, thank you. >> sure. >>> and well, the vikings are scrambling and this time, it's not about bret farve. days before the kickoff against the bears and the metrodome is still a mess. what is being done to get the ticket holders. >>> and the president's at it again, making fun of the d.c. region for how it handled snow. the speech to the students you have to hear just ahead. >>> keep it here, fox 5 news at 5 is coming back.  >> the back-and-forth on capitol hill is finally over. a short time ago, president obama signed the $858 billion tax cut bill into

the agreement is part of a settlement the makers of the star wars series reached with the u.s. justice department. the government accused lucas and pixar agreed not to recruit. >>> puerto low redwood state park on the peninsula expanded. the park is located south of the community of la honda. the land conservation group sold 160 acres to the state valued at more than $900,000. money for the purchase came from the california wildlife protection act. >>> now on to our weather. finally a chance to kind of dry out a little bit today, which, bill, as you've been talking about, is so important when we're getting large amounts of rain like we've been getting. you just need breaks but l.a. didn't get a break. we are getting a break now and tomorrow. i checked dew points up in santa rosa. they are running high. dew point is the temperature. it tells you when that temperature is reached that you are gonna have fog. i'm pen simming in the areas that will see fog tonight. it will be dense out here in the valley as well. so be heady -- be ready for very dense valley fog tomorrow morning, especially inland bay

one of them the u.s. justice department is looking into cyber attacks on companies that have cut off their nations to wiki leaks the whistle go supporters have been waging an online war against firms like visa master card and pay pal the firms all suffered online outages we can expand the julian assange and his bank account was frozen he's currently in jail in london fighting extradition to sweden on sex crime allegations . promising more attacks meanwhile is going to church account reports the firms which of cut off wiki leaks continue to support other controversial groups. the us government has presented no charges against julian a song but that hasn't stopped government officials from reportedly putting pressure at the highest level to cut off weekly leaks money supply a senior executive of america's money transfer giant pay pal said the state department had written to the company claiming the online whistleblower was involved in illegal activities so pay pal along with massive card and b. cell are no longer accepting ca

u.s. justice department says it is suing b.p. and several others for the massive gulf oil spill. fighting back against colombian drug barons. trying to stop the flow of cocaine. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcaster or viewers on pbs in america and elsewhere around the globe. my name is mike embley. australia and migrant tragedy. a boat is smashed on the rocks of christmas island. and somalian refugees korea trying to stop the people trafficking. hello. have courage, says president obama. "resisted those who want to drag your country back into the past." there was an appeal to the people of kenya to cooperate with the international criminal court in investigating the violence that followed the elections in the country three years ago. at least 1200 people died, and the prosecutor has now named six men believed responsible, and they include the deputy prime minister. we have this report. >> with these names, -- >> here in this slum, where some of the worst violence happens, people gathered around the tv set to watch the long awaited announcement. >> killing. >> the disputed 2007 elections tore the country apart along tribal lines. people were kille

of fire flowing down streets. the explosion happened as thieves tried to steal oil from the pipeline. the u.s. justice department says u.s. refineries buy millions of dollars of stolen oil smuggled across the border by mexican drug cartels expanding their operation. >>> in the former russian republican of belarus, thousands of demonstrators clashed with police over allegations of voter fraud. one opposition candidate was beaten bad enough to be sent to the hospital. his wife said seven men in civilian clothes kidnapped from the hospital and his whereabouts are unknown. lukashenko has led belarus often characterized as the last dictatetorship. >>> vice president biden said the compromise with republicans was a tough, but necessary choice. >> there are people out there drowning. there are 2 million people this month that can't afford to get a christmas tree, let alone buy any gift because their unemployment has run out, which means they have been unemploy for well over a year and two years. >> the vice president emphasized that the president wants tach cuts to expire for the wealthy in 2012, a presidential electio

of austerity laid down by the international creditors. >> here the haight -- latest headlines. three years after kenya's election violence, six figures have been named publicly on the international criminal court. the u.s. justice department announced it is suing bp in several other companies for the mass of gulf oil spill. at least 27 refugees heading for australia have died in suspected people smuggling boats that smashed against the coast. it is -- has the country's largest detention center. our correspondent has the dramatic video of the boad disintegrating. >> residence said they feared the boat was in trouble when they heard the screams of children. it was crammed with asylum seekers and had been dashed against the rocks in the most angry seas that locals had seen for months. within minutes, the waters were strewn with debris and people doing anything to keep themselves afloat. the men, women, and children are thought to be from iraq and iran and was headed toward australia in search of a better and safer life. now, they have fought to save themselves from drowning. just a few meters from land. >> it was terrifying to watch and there was nothing we could do. they're obviously sick, some of them. they were not moving

u.s. state department spokesman says assange should face other charges in the united states for leaking a quarter of a million classified documents. the u.s. justiceartment is currently conducting an internal investigation. >> the santa claus fired by macy's has a new gig. he's been chris crinkle for 20 years and was dumped last week after a couple complained about a joke he says he used with grown-ups for years. >> they came and sat on my knee. and i said have you been good this year. oh, yes, santa. i said, oh, well that's too bad. >> yesterday lucky o' dual's owner offered him a job which santa accepted. >> straight through to christmas from 3:00 to 8 p.m. >> i was quite touched nick would want to offer an old broken down santa a job. >> macy's says it will not comment on toomey's firing because it involves a personnel matter. >> i think at lefty's the jokes may get even crazier. >> you think so? >> i think part of the deal was he could tell any joke he wanted. 5:50. let's check with mike for a look at our forecast. >> no joke, it's about to rain. it's here. it's causing accidents. frances is watching those and there could be more because it wi

justice department will appeal a judge's ruling monday part of the president's healthcare law requiring purchase of insurance is unconstitutional. some supporters called for the case to go directly to the u.s. supreme court. but the justice department says it wants to see the case through the entire court hierarchy. >> republican party chairman michael steele announced last night he will run for a second term. >> right now we have a chance to move forward to take on the obama administration and his agenda. >> steele is under heavy criticism for his leadership style and a disappointing phrase -- fundraising totals. >> opponents of don't ask, don't tell have launched another effort to strike it down. whitemike emanuel has the speci. >> the latest attempt to repeal the policy banning openly gay service members, don't ask, don't tell is a stand-alone bill. an iraq war veteran is the sponsor. patrick murphy says the time has come. at the white house, aides say president obama hopes congress will do it. >> he says the policy will change either through the court system or through congress. his preferred and our preferred method is to do this legislatively through congress. >> this is a hale mary

of that. >> the group called on the u.s. justice department to pursue charges against all the other officers on that new year's day 2009 when grant was shot and killed. >>> a suspect in a stolen car was arrested in oakland tonight after leaving the chp on a freeway chase. officers say the chase started near the bay bridge toll plaza about 5:30 tonight and ended on interstate 880 near tenth avenue. two southbound lanes were shut down for a half an hour as officers took the suspects into custody. no one hurt. >>> in the north bay, family members of a nasa man killed by police sunday say they want an independent investigation into the death. an attorney says he's looking for answers because the family can't understand why he was shot. police say they were called to his home on sunday because he was threatening suicide. investigator say when he pulled a knife, one officer used a taser, another fired. >>> argetta live in the city to explain jenna? >> reporter: we're in golden gate park. this functions as a nursery and a place for people to bring in

of the ban on dubais -- gays in the military, not immigration legislation. will the clock run out? plus, the wikileaks fallout continues, affecting u.s. relationships around the world. will the justice department prosecute? covering the week, charles babington of the associated press, jackie calmes of the "new york times," lori montgomery of the "washington post" and tom gjelten of n.p.r. >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill" produced in occasion with national journal. corporate funding is provided -- >> i would like to have been a musician but i knew i would need a day job. we have a lot of scientists that play music. the creativity, the innovation, there's a tie there. one thing we're working on is carbon capture and storage which could prevent co2 from entering our atmosphere. it's one way we're helping provide energy with fewer emissions. >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875, we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. through the years, from insurance to investment management, from real estate to reti

of fire, flowing down the streets. the explosion happened as thieves tried to steal oil from the pipeline. u.s. justice department said u.s. refineries buy millions of dollars worth of oil stolen from mexican pipelines and smuggled across the border at an illegal operation lead by mexican drug cartels expanding their reach. >>> and in south korea, some residence caught a ferry back to the mainland today, leaving before the next scheduled military exercises set for tomorrow. north korea has warned that they will retaliate if south korea goes ahead with the drills. united nation's security council held an emergency session on the area today, but reached no agreement as to how to handle the matter. >>> the house may vote on a measure that could damage the u.s. relations with a critical ally, turkey. the resolution would declare the world war i era of killing armenians. they estimate up to 1.5 million were killed by turks. in march, turkey withdrew their ambassador from washington after the foreign affair's committee, endorsing the proposed resolution. the 2010 census report is about to be released and singles a poli

represented here today particularly with the office of justice programs and with the department of justice. i am formally of the department of justice. i was the u.sition as a secretary of homeland security with a keen appreciation for the role of the homeland and the importance of states and localities and nongovernmental entities and the private sector, the whole range of partnerships that go into really creating a homeland security architecture. now, let me begin by saying that i know that those of you here today have a lot on your plates. you are in these tough budget times being asked to do more with less, and the demands on law enforcement and for security have never been greater. with the budgets of our states, counties, and cities being under stress, many of them have been cut, and many of them i can think about will be cut some more, so the ability to work together and to use that cliche about leveraging resources becomes not just a cliche, but a necessity in these times, so, you know, wherever we can, the deep and growing relationships we have in our building with the dog, through ojp, through the justice assistance, through the cop's of

u.s. authorities. he said he believes the u.s. justice department will try to have him extradited on charges of espionage. his website has drawn anger from politicians around the world with its release of thousands of secret american diplomatic cables. the wikileaks founder has been released from a british jail and is fighting extradition to sweden. authorities want to question him over allegations of sexual assault, charges which he denies. >>> with the things going wrong elsewhere, germany continues to get it right. europe's sovereign debt worries have failed to dent the german economic recovery. the business climate index is ending the year at a fresh record high. the 7000 companies participating in the monthly survey are more optimistic about their current business situation and their outlook for the next six months. retailers in particular have given an upbeat assessment of their current situation. the surveys out, beat expectations despite ongoing debt worries in some eurozone countries. >>> earlier, we spoke with the president and asked if the increasing number of eurozone countries imposing auster

u.s. >> that seems to be increasingly serious and increasingly likely. >> reporter: the justice department is considering charges, ranging from spying to conspiracy, with the u.s. army intelligence analyst bradley manning suspected of leaking the classified material. on the allegations of sexually molesting two people in sweden, my question -- i was in the courtroom all these times and there was talk of forcibly spreading her legs, holding her down -- got only an angry response. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: but he could not walk away from the possibility of not one, but two, criminal investigations against him. jim sciutto, abc news, suffolk, england. >>> and still ahead on "world news," the new credit card temptation that might be showing up in your mailbox. who can resist? >>> and, how a tub of peanut butter flavored nutrient could change the world. >>> and the king of country, garth brooks, on a new mission, to help. our "person of the week." [ coughing, tea kettle whistle ] [ water pouring ] beat your worst flu symptoms. new theraflu max d [ punches ] contains the most powerful medicine allowable without a prescription to fight your worst flu symptoms. theraflu max d. serious power. [ male announcer ] every day t

. >> reporter: back in the u.s., stunned by the release of once private diplomatic cables, the justice department is intensifying efforts to prosecute him for endangering american security and lives. they're reaching back to the rarely used 1917 espionage act, which criminalizes obtaining or communicating information used to the injury of the united states. as well as laws that bar transmitting national defense information, which normally apply only to government officials. some say free speech protections will make prosecution difficult, but others are confident the government will find a way. >> there are two ways that they can prosecute him, either for releasing information that they said would cause harm and, secondly, his failure to return it when demanded by u.s. government officials. these are enormously serious breaches. >> reporter: assange's supporters say sweden's rape prosecution is motivated in part by the documents release and they also say his safety is in danger, citing comments like this one on canadian television. >> well, i think assange should be assassinated actually -- >> re

u.s. history. the justice department hopes to recover billions of dollars to pay for the cleanup costs and the damagessed as a result of that oil spill. >>> back to our weather now. those approaching storms. you were saying today and tomorrow could be a good time to get out there and get things done. >> how can everybody is saying it's going to be a major event? let's look at the satellite image on live stormtracker 2. we are out in the western pacific but you see all this cold air coming down from the gulf? and then you see this mid latitude moisture and it's all -- the jet stream is basically blowing it right over the top of us so those two are going to combine, the cold air and warm air and a rapidly moving jet stream and it's going to push copious amounts of moisture and basic dynamics, upper air dynamics which is low pressure systems and what have you and high jet stream winds right into our area and so that will do it. that by itself will do it. but you can see a couple other things will enter into that. i'm watching this, i'm watching this and i'm watching this. that's just north of the hawaiia

of the climate law. >> the u.s. justice department just announced the first civil lawsuit against the companies involved in the gulf oil spill. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >>> the justice department is seeing bp and eight others involved in the gulf oil disaster. >> president obama said from the beginning the responsible parties would be held accountable. >> the federal government's first civil lawsuits against the companies involved are an effort to recover billion was dollars from the country's biggest offshore oil spill in history. the lawsuits allege that safety in operating regulations were violated before april 20th. >> we intend to prove that the violations caused or contributed to the massive oil spill. >> a spill estimated at 200 million gallons, a figure disputed by bp. the obama administration lawsuits asked that the company be held liable for removal costs. the damages and extent of injury sustained by the u.s. as a result of the spill are not yet fully known. >> this is about getting a fair deal for the region that suffer

u.s. senator dianne feinstein who's the chairwoman of the senate committee on intelligence she's been calling for these charges to be brought by the u.s. justice department and we saw hillary clinton with a really strong response related to the state department information that was leaked but we haven't heard anything from president obama that's probably a smart political move defense secretary robert gates has actually been somewhat counterproductive in terms of saying well there wasn't damage caused the united states now backpedaling and saying yes there probably will be or was damage to united states and that's likely because the justice department called him up and said hey you could be ruining our case opes i thank you so much for joining us here i just have to wait and see obviously what happens and it's going to be fascinating thanks. well there is more to this wiki leaks story as a sign she has made a statement from jail according to the new york times songes mother took down a statement from her son while he was being incarcerated in london's wandsworth prison not only did he say that he stays true to his ideals but this process has merely incre

of child endiameter -- endangerment. >>> hurricane katrina liz -- hector liz -- hercules police say a girl is making a rapid recovery in a hospital in oakland. the girl was not the intended target. >>> the u.s. justice department has sent a stern warning to the city of oakland. the topic, large scale pot growing operations given the green light by the city council. ktvu's janine de la vega live in the newsroom with the story. >> reporter: the city of oakland is staying tight lipped about this latest development. it is unclear what the city's next move will be but local cannabis clubs and patients are monitoring it with great interest. >> what's the most i can get? >> right now you can get several ounces. >> reporter: inside the blue sky coffee shop it's business as usual as patients choose which type of marijuana to buy at the dispensary. those in the business of cultivating and selling medicinal marijuana say they are not surprised that federal officials appear to be honing in on oakland's plan to allow large scale marijuana farms. oakland city attorney john ruseo has confirmed that officials from the justice department have objections against the city's new ordinance. russo released a statement saying they h

. >> reporter: back in the u.s., stung by the release of once private diplomatic cables, the justice departmentnsifying efforts to prosecute him for endangering american lives and security, possibly under the espionage act. >> there are two ways that they could prosecute him, either for releasing information that they said would cause harm and secondly his failure to return it when demanded by u.s. government officials. these are enormously serious breaches. >> reporter: if the u.s. does find a way to charge him, the next challenge would be extradition, which can be a lengthy process, but people inside wikileaks say that even if he is prosecuted as an individual, the organization and the leaks will continue. jim sciutto, abc news, london. >>> little girls across the country may be hoping to find the latest barbie doll under the tree this christmas, but the fbi now says you'd better watch out. federal agents have issued an alert about video girl barbie. they warn the hidden camera in her necklace could be used by pedophiles because everything can be downloaded to a computer. but the fbi says vid

the department of justice estimates 3.4 million people in the u.s. victims of stalking every year and 60% don't report the crime for this case bishop faces up to 18 months behind bars. erica? >> jeff, thanks. joining us this morning exclusively in the studio is laurie russo. i feel like i've read this a bunch of times but to actually sit here and talk to you about it, this story is amazing. are you -- you must be feeling a sense of relief at this point. >> most definitely. it's nice to be over. >> you had to sit there in court on thursday. and he was staring at you. >> yes. >> that was the first time you'd seen him. >> correct. >> what was that like for you? >> um, i'd seen pictures but first time in person. it was terrifying, but in a lot of respects it was thighs to see justice being done. >> so, what made you decide you had to tackle this yourself? >> well, it happened so quickly, when you get a phone call, you have, what, i mean he's on the phone for maybe a minute. so, even if i call 911 or call the police force direct lg, it's hard for them to g

why tie this up with three years of litigation if we can have a joint motion between the justice department, commonwealth of virginia and other cases to have the u.s. supreme court resolve this as the final arbiter of the united states constitution? it will take a tremendous amount of money that could be wasted in the space and by the federal government to set things up that ultimately might be stricken. it should not be political. it's about finality that everybody wants, chris, because there is disagreement about the underlying policy. let's let the u.s. supreme court say is it constitutional or not? that's fair. i think most people want it done and not tie it up in another year-and-a-half or two of litigation if it can be avoided. >> chris: the white house says if you end the individual mandate, because that would provide for a lot more customers that would obviously give money to the insurance companies. if you end the individual mandate, insurance companies would not have the money they need to stop things like denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions and charging different rates to people with different state of health. do you

>>> there is a major setback for the city of oakland and their plan to issue permits for four large pot farms. under pressure from the u.s. justice department, they voted to suspend the permit process being reported by the bay citizen. they warned the city council several times that a pot farm plant would violate state laws. they are expected to make changes to the ordinance and look at the issue in early february. the oakland city council voted to spend $750,000 for a new a's stadium that may never be built. the money will be used to pay for an environmental study impact. he says he has no interest in staying in oakland though. baseball is looking to moving the team to san jose. the disci -- the city says they will stop the study. >>> in cupertino, the city council listened to hours of testimony from people who oppose a new plant. it is on stevens creek boulevard. lisa amin gulezian is live to explain why there is so much resistance to this. >> there is a lot of resistance, but the meeting is still going on. 53 people spoke and many of them want the city council to draft a resolution opposing that expansion and in essence take a stand agai