keoka with us in massachusetts. >> caller: the police totally, totally in the wrong. this is an awful situation. my heart goes out to the family. i mean, the wife clearly told the police officers that her husband, you know, had the intruder down on the ground and he had the gun. so, i don't know how it was, you know, a mistake when the officer shot the guy. it's insane. >> from what all i'm hearing. i agree with you. john lucich, i think that's the key here. if the wife made it clear her husband's got the gun, has the intruder cornered, isn't that enough? how do you see this? >> i was a cop for 17 years and know how hard it's been, almost six years in uniform. i know firsthand how difficult this kind of job can be. what upsets me about the case is the word "mistakenly shoot somebody" six times. that can't happen. you mistakenly shoot someone once, i unction thcan understan. i wouldn't be surprised if you see an agency with a higher jurisdiction coming in and taking a look at the case and re-reviewing the actions of the officer. there were several things not followed t

kathy is with us in massachusetts. go ahead. >> caller: hi, mike, how you doing? these low lives cowards making those threats to the people, they really ought to be shot. i'm sorry. but their only power is by threatening people. and when people talk to the police and they tend to do it anonymously, they should help the police because the police deserve the public's help to close cases such as this. to get justice for the family. >> exactly. i mean this is -- you know you look at jasper howard, described as a great young man, father-to-be. a team captain just received the game ball after a big win over louisville so, mike talk about that. i mean, police can protect people who feel that they might be a little threatened. they can bring their anonymous information forward, right? >> absolutely. you know, sometimes they set up different programs where you just call in and you're a number. a crime stoppers program. sometimes you don't have to give a name. they just assign you a number and they contact you that way. no, you don't have to give your name. so, and there ar

. >> kathy is with us in massachusetts. kathy, go ahead. >> caller: hey, mike. these low life cowards making those threats to the people, they really ought to be shot. i'm sorry. but their only power is by threatening people. and when people talk to the police -- and they can do it anonymously -- they should help the police because the police deserve the public's help to close cases such as this to get justice for the family. >> exactly. i mean, this is -- you look at jasper howard, described as a great young man, father to be, a team captain. he just received the game ball after a big win over louisville. mike, talk about that. i mean, police can protect people who feel that they might be a little threatened. they can bring their anonymous information forward, right? >> absolutely. sometimes they set up different programs where you just call in and you're a number, a crimestoppers program. you don't have to give a name. they just assign you a number, and they contact you that way. no, you don't have to give your name. and there are, you know, tips you can call

kathy is with us in massachusetts. go ahead. >> hey, mike, how are you doing? these low life cowards making the threats to the people. they ought to be shot. i'm sorry. their only power is by threatening people. if people talk to the police, they can do it anonymously, they should have the police. the police deserve the public health, to close cases to get justice for the family. >> exactly. you look at jasper howard. describes a great young man, father to be team captain received a game ball after a big win over louisville. so, mike, talk about that. police can protect people who might be a little threatn't. >> absolutely. sometimes you don't have to give a name. they assign you a number and they contact you that way. you don't have to give your name. and so there are tips you can call in to this tip number we're showing right now, mike and you don't have to give your name. that's the problem. it's a -- it's an epidemic of people who do not want to be involved. he left that environment and thought he escaped to that to go to connecticut. >> do they tell you an

kathy is with us in massachusetts. kathy, go ahead. >> caller: hey, mike, how are you doing? >> good. >> caller: these low-life making threats to the people. they really ought to be shot. i'm sorry. their own power is by threatening people. and when people talk to the police and they do it anonymously, they should help the police because the police deserve the public's help to get justice for the family. >> exactly. you look at jasper howard, described as a great young man, father-to-be, a team captain. just received the game ball after a big win over louisville. mike, talk about that. police can protect people that feel they might be threatened. they can bring their anonymous information forward, right? >> you're a number, a crimestoppers program. you don't have to give a name. they just assign you a number and they contact you that way. no, you don't have to give your name. and there are, you know, tips you can call in to the tip number we're showing right now, mike. and you don't have to give your name. but that's the problem. it's really an epidemic out there, people don'

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a massachusetts school district gave preliminary approval to use breathalyz breathalyzers to test students suspected of drinking at school during the day. some parents like the idea, but the aclu insachusetts tells the boston globe that it will just drive kids to use other drugs. >>> a team rallied around the coach whose wife died a few days earlier, to pull off an amazing victory late in the game. this is touching my heart. hi, rafer. >> hi, robin. it is incredibly touching. talk about playing with a heavy heart. i have no idea how this man did what he did. bengals defensive coordinator came home thursday, found his wife dead, no word on the cause of death. just a terrible tragedy. sunday he joined his team against the rival ravens and players said seeing him there lifted their spirits. they played spirited. these guys are underdogs, not supposed to win this game, then with 22 seconds left, carson palmer hits andre caldwell for the win. benga bengals, who are horrible last year, are surprisingly first place in their division. zimer had this emotional moment with the team after. >> my wife loves all of you. she's proud of you, win or lose, she's proud of you. i just appreciate al

with us now is a 25 year veteran of policy, in the past she has worked with two massachusetts democrats, left side of things. president obama campaign of a public option. that is what he said we would have, that is what we said we wanted. >> it is politics, pure and simple. the reality is that a public option will be provided by private insurance companies, just like nationally. they are going to have one right over here, they cannot afford things, then they will charge a higher rate. that position says that i have to charge you more because i have to pay for everyone else. they do not want to have to show that they can provide the same care for 1% of the population and not everyone else. shepard: in a capitalist system, which you could argue we are in, if we are in a capitalist system and one organization is operating not-for-profit and everything else operate for profit, how can the for-profit companies continue to be viable? and why would they not collapse, with the government running the health care industry? >> here is the problem, it is all about to collapse. this debate has been

us with the word views and don't forget your name and comments and send that to hlntv. standard text rates do apply. >>> in boston federal authorities say they uncovered a terrorist plot. a 24-year-old massachusetts man arrested last year in connection with this very probe now faces even more serious charges. his name is tarek mehanna accused of conspireing to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people in foreign countries that includes u.s. military personnel in iraq. prosecutors say the plot didn't get very far thankfully. >> alleged following the events of september 11, 2001, this group believed that carrying out attacks in areas like pakistan was not feasible for them and travel there had become more difficult. it's alleged that mehanna was involved in exploring other options like shooting or killing one or two specific members of the executive branch of the united states government. >> prosecutors say mehanna and his conspirators plans to attack a mall were foiled when they wouldn't buy automatic weapons. >>> police say they may have stopped a columbine like attack. a 15-year-old new york boy is in a psychiatric hospital for allegedly plotting to attack his former high school. investigators found g

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us. we'll take your calls. kioka from massachusetts, your thoughts here? >> caller: the police totally, totally in the wrong. i mean, this is an awful situation so my heart goes out to the family. >> yeah. >> caller: but, i mean, the wife clearly told the police officers that her husband, you know, had the intruder down on the ground and he had the gun. so, i mean, i don't know how it was, you know, a mistake where the officer shot the guy. it's insane. >> yeah. from what all i'm hearing, i agree you with, let's go to john. i think that's the whole key here. if the wife made it clear her husband' got the gun, has the intruder cornered, doesn't that enough, do you come in gunning, how do you see this? >> right. mike, i was a cop 17 years and i know how hard it's been -- spent almost six years in uniform, so i know first hand how difficult this job can be but what upsets me about this case is the word mistakenly shoot somebody six times. that can't happen. once i can understand that so they've got to look at that and i wouldn't be surprised if you see an agency with higher jurisdiction such as the state level

in a couple weeks. >>> kids may have to take a drinking test. a massachusetts school district gave preliminary approval to use a breathalyzer for students suspectede aclu says it will drive kids to use other drugs. >>> atlanta is getting something it clearly doesn't lead, a lot more rain. a storm system moved through the area dumping several inches of water. that's brought the weather service to issue a flood warning until 2:30 this afternoon, a total of six inches is expected to fall before the system finally moves out. >>> this landslide in washington state isn't just blocking traffic, it's actually diverted part of the river. several people are evacuated. a local u. >>> an elderly massachusetts man is alive and safe. an off-duty firefighter spotted his car sinking, appeared the firefighter held the man above water. >> a woman was in the passenger seat. >> the woman was up and out of the vehicle. i pulled her to safety. >> police say the couple backed their car into the water. they were treated at a hospital and released. >>> "paranormal activity" is scaring up a lot of activity. how much of a killing did it make? they said it would never last.

us. a criminal defense attorney and a former criminal investigator and we'll take your calls. from massachusetts, your thoughts here? >> caller: the police totally, totally inhis is an awful situation. my heart goes out to the family. >> yeah. >> caller: but, i mean, the wife, clearly, told the police officers that her husband, you know, had that intruder down on the ground and he had the gun. so i don't know how it was, you know, a mistake when the officer shot the guy. a shame. >> from what i'm hearing i agree. john, i think that's the key. if the wife made it clear her husband has the gun and the intruder cornered isn't that enough? do you just come in gunning? how do you see this? >> mike, i was a cop for 17 years an spent almost six years in uniform so i know first hand how difficult this kind of job can be. but what upsets me about this case is the word "mistakenly shoot somebody six times." that can't happen. you mistakenly shoot somebody once. i can understand that. they have to look at that. i wouldn't be surprised if you see an agency with higher jurisdiction such as the state level coming back in and taking a look at this case and reviewing the a

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