he joins us from austin, texas. welcome, detective. how are you? >> just fine, your honor. >> you were on the case from the start and amazingly you brought in the four defendants who were eventually indicted for the murder of these four young girls within 8 days of the fire and brutal murders. pierce, wellborn, scott and springsteen but then you cut them loose. why? >> we got to the point we couldn't go any further with them. we brought them in because maurice got caught with a .22 caliber pistol within three or four blocks of the crea crime . we weren't able to do anything on the ballistics to match it up. in the briefing maurice implicated the other three. so we were under an obligation to investigate his statement. we wired up maurice and he met with a wire to go talk to a couple of the others. it was pretty obvious for us and it was is pretty obvious listening to the wire that forest didn't have any idea what he was talking about but we went ahead and brought them all in, took statements from them and investigate

use it to crash a drone into a building even another aircraft. professor john humphreys is part of the team from the university of texas at austin at radio navigation laboratory and joins us now from austin hey there professor andres your team actually demonstrated this for the department of homeland security i got to ask what was their response. well it is. i think they were somewhat skeptical that we could pull this off but when they saw the test results the footage and so forth i believe that they were happy that happened because now that we can shed the light on the problem perhaps they can get the funding they need to address the problem so break this down for me from what i understand it only takes about a thousand dollars in parts to assemble i think you guys call it a spoof or how does this work well this building device does cost about a thousand dollars in the hardware but that's a bit a little bit misleading the software is where all the magic happens and it took us about four years to develop a team of two or three ph d. students how does it work well it turns out that the civilian g.p.s. signals are completely open on authenticated so

. >>> and this comes to us from kxan news from austin, texas, where at sunset the skies are filled with wings. hundreds of thousands of purple martin birds have descended on an area near a shopping mall there. bird watchers are having a field day, taking in the spectacle. but if you want a bird's-eye view of your own, you're going to have to hurry. they're only expected to stick around for another week or so, and then they're going to resume their migration, which started in pennsylvania and will eventually take them to brazil. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> well, china figured out how to cool off during this hot summer. over 80,000 cubic feet of ice sculptures are on display for tourists. the ice is carved into penguins, fairies, and even a giant slide that is over 300 feet long. and to escape the heat, some even duck into the ice bar for a little cocktail in the cold, and luckily there's a little heat thrown in there too. >>> well, in denmark, finally some clues as to what santa does in the off-season. over 10

joining us from austin is the mayor of colleen, dan corbin. mr.>> good morning. >> i imagine this must have taken you back to a very, very difficult place and time. what might you tell the people of aurora as they struggle to begin to get their head around what happened in their community. >> you're right. every time there is a mass shooting, it makes us remember what happened at luby's. that was on a wednesday. everybody went to church, it seemed like, that wednesday night. the whole community, the surrounding towns, the people at fort hood made counselors available to help with the people. one of the things that helped was prayer. we had a memorial service on the saturday afterwards where the governor was there. we set up kind of a unity sort of period for 30 days that would hopefully kind of put an end to the proceedings. it's like you've been kicked in the gut. you have grief, disbelief, anger. why would someone do this. and just everybody hugging and praying are the best things that you can do. >> when it comes to preparation for something li

. >>> this come to us from kxna news from austin, texas, where at sunset the sky is filled with wings. hundreds of thousands of purple martin birds have descended on a shopping mall there. bird watchers have had a day. but if you want a bird's-eye view of your own, you're going to have to hurry. they're going to only stick around for a week and then resume their migration which started in pennsylvania and will eventually take them to brazil. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> we begin another morning in the 70s, but we will work our way well into the 90s today. some heat coming our way. good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this tuesday, july 24th, 2012. >>> the man accused of killing 12 people in a crowded movie theater will be back in court next week. james holmes looked dazed and showed no emotion during his first court appearance yesterday. at one point, he seemed to struggle to stay awake. his hair was dyed bright red, and prosecutors say a decision ab

. >>> this come to us from kxna news from austin, texas, where at sunset the sky is filled with wingshundreds of thousands of purple martin birds have descended on a shopping mall there. bird watchers have had a day. but if you want a bird's-eye view of your own, you're going to have to hurry. they're going to only stick around for a week and then resume their migration which started in pennsylvania and will eventually take them to brazil. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this tuesday morning. we could see some thunderstorms later this afternoon. 76 at the airport. 73 degrees in westminster. temperatures will make it into 90's with a chance for some thunderstorms this afternoon. >> 4:57. 76 degrees on tv hill. the tills in the first court appearance for the colorado shooting suspect. >> tough sanctions for penn state university. on maye checking accident in hampstead. we will check on the at sleep number, ind

robert lowerty is the director of the national center for missing and exploited children and joins us from austinmorning to you, robert. >> good morning. >> so robert, it's so hopeful that you think that these two cousins are alive. what are some of the reasons that you think that they are ok, perhaps? >> well, we don't know, brian, and then we have to approach the search for these children in the vain that they are alive and we hope to find them and rescue them and return hem to their families. but this is one of the things that we face in child abduction or even a scenario like this, that we don't know and we can't give up hope that these children are -- have been killed or maybe deceased. we have to assume that they're alive and waiting to be rescued. it's a prudent approach because something that we see quite frequently. >> right. and one of the problems and we were talking a little earlier is this family has a -- there's a problem with the family dynamic. the mother and father have been involved in the past in crystal meth. the mother did submit to a lie detector test yesterday and apparentl

joining us from chicago dr. austin goals bi. he currently teaches at the university university chicago. where am i going wrong, professor. >> it's good to see you again, bill. i think you went wrong perhaps in two places. the first is if you look at how much of their income, high income people are paying in taxes. it's not higher, it's actually dramatically lower. if you look at the 400 highest income people in the country, the amount of their income they are paying in taxes is about half of what it was 15 years ago. so, it wasn't class warfare when george bush cut these taxes and nor would it be class warfare to have those rates go back to what they were under clinton. >> bill: yeah, but there are a lot of other taxes that weren't in play as you know under bill clinton. id ask my brain room staff to put together a list of new taxes that president obama has either passed or wants to pass. they are staggering. they are taxes that people don't know about. so, yes, you are right on othe income tax level, 36% is less than the 39% pl

remind you you can now go to cnbc.com, go to top states, and you can let us know what you think on twitter. we'll be back here from austin, texas tomorrow to look at some of the individual categories and get reaction again. texas, america's top state for business. >> thank you for that, a quick shout out to my very clever twitter followers, pretty much 100% of those with a guess had it right. research in motion. shareholders are fating off at their annual meeting at rim. >> we have the blow by blow coming up. and why did one rim shareholder ask about cnbc? >>> wall street has a bad rap, and today it may have gotten worse. about a quarter of executives have seen wrong doing, and another quarter percent say you have to do wrong to get ahead. business insiders nicholholas carlson says this is strictly a wall street problem. jonathan, you say it's widespread. not just wall street. >> i can't say how widespread, it is certainly more widespread. in the ethics and actions survey in december, we polled 1,000, and 34% were aware of wrong doings in the workplace. and another survey found that 45% of people within the business comm

but we have one this evening from reporter austin tice, who is inside syria on assignment for the "washington post." earlier, he told us by phone bay rebel attack that he witnessed today against buildings that house syrian secret police in a town. o the targets were two police. one in the center of the city and one on the southern outskirts of the town. the battle continued throughout the afternoon and did not be going that well. but a couple helicopters showed up and started shooting. eventually, the f.s.a. was able to overwhelm the government forces in both positions and actually captured both buildings. >> pelley: are the troops from the free syrian army holding those positions now? >> yes, both of them. it was quite a scene when they ofe government flag on the roof rianraised the free syrian flag. bitre was quite a bit of ets.bration in the streets. the can just imagine the scene. >> pelley: what did you see in you of casualties and troops ps caped? >> on the rebel side, they said that they had either four or the killed. on the government side, i'm not sure how many they had killed because they removed the bodies k

austin, texas. diane was creative enough to invent a clothing accessory to help women recovering from a mastectomy. the accessory is known as a pink pocket and is now being used by women around the world from austin to australia. the story of pink pockets demonstrates the power of a great idea. diane identified a problem facing breast cancer survivors and she came up with a brilliant solution, somebody that nobody -- something that nobody else had thought of before. the remarkable success of her invention is a testament to her creativity and her hard work. now, the government was not responsible for the success of pink pockets or mayo furniture. far from it. many times all these small businesses want is for government to get out of their way and off their back and out of their pocket so they can do what they do best. government was also not responsible for the success of s.t.s. coatings, a construction company based in the san antonio area. the founder of s.t.s. coastings, casey covax, reports that she and her husband cashed in their savings to launch their busine business, which now has annual sales totaling more than $3 million. as ms. covax recently said,

us. that's what our future demands. bill: that was from austin, texas yesterday. let's debate it.r of "the daily caller". good morning to you. >> good morning. >>. bill: fox news contributor. alexis mcgill johnson. executive direct for for the american values institute. >> i'm well, bill, thanks. bill: my friend, tucker, i want to started with you. you know how the white house will explain this. the government has a role in everday lives of americans. that is the point the president was making. >> right. bill: mitt romney is jumping to the window of opportunity. is he doing it effectively? >> there are a number of sycophants in the press trying to make the case these lines were taken out of context. this was very clear and well-stated explanation of obama's government philosophy. individuals are nothing but a part of group. all of us are dependent on the government for our livelihood and happiness. he agrees with this. some people will vote for him. if the romney campaign explains the ramifications of this, will be devastating moment with obama talking about people clinging to the

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use and a 30-tablet free trial. focus lolo, focust sanya let's do this i am from baltimore south carolina... bloomington, california... austinack home it's go time. across america, we're all committed to team usa. >>> we're back. remember when alan west said this? >> i believe it was about 70, 80, members of the communist party. >> it looks like something his office rather you forgot. a new report in buzz feed shows members of the house of representatives and that your offices have been scrubbing unflattering quotes from their wikipedia pages. although wikipedia added the communist line back in. andrew kosinski is the reporter from buzz feed that broke the story. he joins me now with msnbc contributor and author of my father at 100, ron reagan. andrew, how do we know that the members of congress are the ones making the alterations? >> basically, all members of congress share the ip address which for people that don't know is kind of a number that shows where your computer is located and all the members of the house of representatives share the same number. i searched this ip address and found that maybe there were 6,000 edit

watch us from above in just a few years i think it's a pretty solid idea also a thought shared by some of those colleagues as we told you a few weeks ago senator rand paul and congressman austin scott introduced similar bills last month and beyond paul and wyden in the senate can count on a very small number of civil libertarians amongst its ranks colorado's mark udall is one example he joined wyden on other surveillance related increase including one that led to an infamous response from the office of the director of national intelligence and inspector general said the oversight would violate the privacy of americans i know is pretty confused by that too we cover the story and then of course the two expressed other privacy concerns like section two fifteen of the patriot act a provision that allows faiza courts to obtain almost any kind of record from americans without a warrant and speaking of warrants rand paul has been a fierce opponent of the patriot act he's pointed out that the wide that there are wide gaps in the fourth amendment where anybody can be treated as a criminal by the feds. it gives you the right to say the government must have probable cause there must be

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