how can we talk about ordinary injustice without talking about the inherent problem us plea- bargain is and how the use of plea bargains undermines the truth finding process of the justice system? >> i gave a talk at n.y.u. to a small group of criminal justice law professors, and one professor stood up and said, why didn't you recommend your conclusion that we get rid of clean bargaining and that we have trials for everybody. clearly, these plea-bargain are inherently coercive, and my answer is if you got rid of a plea-bargain in, that is like saying 50% of marriages end in divorce. we should get rid of the institution of marriage. it is so much a part of our system that if we turned it on its head, first of all, people say the system would collapse, but it is an inherent part of our society and judicial system, so given the system we have worked with, i believe a plea is not inherently coercive. a plea bargain can be a good deal if individual circumstances are looked at, and public defenders talk to their clients. they do investigations. they negotiate with the prosecutor, and if the

the game to the terrorists i think we should have a much more a boss prosecutorial strategy more use of plea bargaining and lift the ban on the use of intercept evidence so there's also new ideas and i hope some of them will get some favorable reception from the home office in the government as a whole things like the european investigation or seem like they would make it easier for terrorists and other criminals to be prosecuted your white surely that's a good thing be great if it was limited to counterterrorism that would be perfect great. it isn't and we've seen the european arrest warrant we got from twenty four requests coming to britain in one year to over a thousand and i'm afraid there's a lot of british citizens who are either innocent or against whom the charges are very shaky being swept up in this and i feel the european investigation order would only exacerbate that risk because what it basically allows is for an investigation authorities to demand not requests demands british police forces cash cash strapped at the moment going under all sorts of pressure with a tight budget si

us. >> a plea to the president, shot dead by mexican pirates while jet skiing on a border lake. >>> decisionthing you've heard. i'm you. >> is this an effective way to woo voters? >>> and levi johnston gets hot and heavy in a new music video. was this the proverbial straw that broke bristol palin's back, ending their relationship? >>> joining the discussion today, former congressman j.c. watts, medal of honor recipient colonel jack jacobs, democratic strategist karen finney, and from the new democrat network, alicia menendez. >>> and good tuesday morning. i'm chris jansing live from msnbc world headquarters in new york city, and this is "jansing & co." >>> with europe under this new terror alert, police in southern france have arrested a dozen people suspected of belonging to an islamic militant network. three men are linked to recruiting fighters for afghanistan. this is just the latest piece of information in what is an overarching story today, terrorism. in fact, right now in a new york city courtroom, we're getting an up-close look at the face of terror. sentencing is getting under way f

another i mean you have such a law and anyway you had this thing and so until very late plea that they were obviously using for. helicopters and missiles and so on as compensation for the fact that they didn't have a large number of troops on the ground. that really seemed to be. the policy. to use technology which is what we do and clearly there's a lot of evidence that they were simply failing to distinguish between. but. so that i think we have to assure you and i we know this to some extent from the from the leak. a couple of months ago that we can we can. so yes i i think we have to assure you that it's. going to. iraq right from stop the war coalition live in london jim brown thank you very much for your insight. to russian born scientists have won the nobel physics prize for developing a microscopic material that could revolutionize electronics on the game and constantine's of us have been working on the graphene which is a layer of carbon that's just an atom in thickness the noble academy said graphene could lead to a technical technological leaps in computer chips touch screens and solar cells the

. >> you gave them eight years to dig the hole, you should at least give us for years to dig out of it. >> a plea which may go on heard in these tough times. >>> barbara billingsley, the actress who played june cleaver on "leave it to beaver," has died. she is also best known for her cameo and comedy movie classic "airplane." a spokesperson said she suffered from rheumatoid disease. she was 94. >>> the american red cross is holding its annual fire and rice -- fire and ice gala tonight. juanita wilson was awarded back in 2004 when her convoy was attacked in iraq. she lost her right arm but she said the red cross save her life. >> i came home wounded in action and the american red cross gave me a blood transfusion on two occasions to make it back to the that the states. i am very grateful. >> wilson appeared on the oprah winfrey show yesterday. less than two years after she was wounded, she reenlisted in the army. >>> local baseball fans are winding down after a big night at nationals park. it was a fund-raiser. proceeds from the event will go to an organization that provides academic help to disad

plea from police. good evening, thanks for joining us everyone. elderly woman leaves her husband at home for some saturday errands. less than a half hour later she returns and finds him dead. we are live at city police headquarters. suzanne explains police need help from the public to find the killer. >> reporter: that's correct. palmer was enjoying his retirement after four decades after a bus driver. in the middle of the afternoon friday those golden years came to abrupt and violent end. when evelyn palmer came home just 20 minutes at the grocery, she called for her husband sterling, but no answer. >> she kept going back there whining. i turned the light on and there he was at the foot of the step. >> reporter: she found her husband on the basement floor of their home. >> i tried to give him mouth to mouth resuscitation. he wasn't doing anything. the only thing i would say is please don't do this to me. then when i looked down i saw a lot of blood. >> reporter: police say sterling palmer had been stabbed. >> we're asking for the community's help

reportedly the defense will use the hearing to ask for a plea deal. >> indonesia is warning that a volcano could reerupted at any time. they are telling thousands to get ready to evacuate. there has been increased volcanic activity and officials have raised the alert level to most urgent status. it last erupted in 2006. two people were killed in that eruption. another eruption in 1994 killed 60 people. >>> 5:25, pg&e releases a progress report on its pipeline inspections in the wake of the san bruno explosion. >> also the giants come home for the world series and fans are right there to greet them. a live report from at&t park. >> and new poll suggests a major shift in the california governor's race. why one of the candidates says the poll is wrong. >> check out these temperatures across the lower 48, getting cool out here in the west, which means it's getting warm east of the rockies. 77 in chilling, low to mid-70s around new york and d.c. and 90 in dallas. because of the battling of the air masses we'll have strong storms around st. louis and minneapolis and milwaukee. slight departure d

. >> lehrer: the afghan president has ordered an end to using private guards by december despite pleas from the western organizations that rely on them. all of this follows reports that an august meeting with u.s. envoy richard holbrook over election fraud turned explosive. and u.s. officials have even voiced doubts about karzai's middle state. the recent bob woodward book, obama's war, cited intelligence that karzai has been diagnosed as man i can depressive. it quotes u.s. ambassador carl ikeen bury as saying he's on his meds, he's off his meds. the concerns over karzai's reliability have come as u.s. forces try to gain the upper hand over the taliban before beginning to draw down next summer. more than 1350 americans have died in the afghan war since 2001. for contrasting views of this, for contrasting views of this, ali jalali served as a former afghan interior minister. he's now a distinguished professor at national defense university here in the u.s. steven clemons is a senior fellow at the new america foundation, a washington think tank, and publisher of a blog, the washington n

us, please. >> that's a family's desperate plea to help them find their son and husband.id hartley is still missing nearly a week after his wife, tiffany, says the couple was attacked by mexican pirates on a lake that borders the u.s. and mexico. this morning his wife, sister and parents were on the "today" show talking about what happened. >> i quickly turned around and went to him and jumped off my jet ski. and i had to turn him over because he was face down in the water and turned him over, and he was shot in the head. and that's when a boat came up, one of the boats came up to me and had a gun pointed at me trying to decide what to do with me. and then they left. >> nbc's mark potter joins us from laredo, texas. and mark, this is an area where there have been known to be problems with pirates because of drug running. she has told this story. her husband does seem to be missing. but mexican authorities are now questioning this story. where does all this stand, mark? >> reporter: well, it stands with the family right now, trying to pressure the mexican government to do

plea deal in court today. crime justice reporter joy now tells us the councilwoman legal problems may be far from over. joy. >> there is breeking news surrounding councilwoman helen at this hour about 30 minutes ago she was removed as chair woman of the taxation and finance committee. this follows today's plea deal. the least some suggest of her the state says that by far is a more serious charge than thee% miss did he meap or she entered no contest plea to today. now in statement of fact read in court in dailtd how she circumvented the campaign finance law n.2007 went unreported. she weighed in on the plea early day. you have to follow the campaign finance law. >> i will continue to serve on the city council and to serve my community to the best of my ability to help this a safer healthier more prosperous city. >> during the senteecing she was slapped with 2500 dollar fine. probation before úudgment and one year f unsupeevised probation.. this is news at 5:30. >>> thank you joy. today marks the first full day of baltimore city councilman harris. jurors have to consider the 29 charges for each defendan

but there's been some question as to how much help that's why we are making a plea out to everybody to help usre doing what they are telling us. so far we haven't been able to verify that. and we've heard contradicting reports on what is being done. >> today i have met with the mexican consulate. >> greta: what did they ask you, tiffany? >> same thing everyone else is asking me, just the story, what happened. they are sending my story wren document to mexico city and also, to whoever it needs to go to -- >> greta: tiffany have they indicated that they have fully exhausted the search? are they actively looking for your husband? >> i didn't know if they are actively looking right now. but, with that documentation they can at least start doing what they need to do and connecting with the federal police and whoever they need to. i believe that they are gonna do whatever it -- what it takes, as of right now. >> our concern is nothing has been done on the mexico side yet. what we've been told is they've been unable to go over yet. and the search is only taken place is side. this didn't occur on that

used. >> right. there was a plea for leniency for lawyers and from the doctor. he worried about people's pain and that he was trying to do well although you know, the charges were that he was a pill dispensary, a pill mill, and that two people at least other than outside of this wrestler case, had died of overdoses, so the judge said the harm that you've done outweighs all the good you may have done. >> bill, thank you for joining us. we'll continue to follow the case. we'll find out whether there are cases this judge ruled in that may be in jeopardy now. >>> breaking news out of connecticut. the judge has found steven hayes guilty of murder. hayes and another man were can accused of killing a mother and her two daughters and burning their house down. the father was tied up, severely beaten. haste could face the death penalty in the sentencing phase of his trial. we're going to keep a close eye on this story. >>> with the midterm elections just around the corner, candidates are campaigning hard and trying to save face. one of the most interesting if not unusual

let's bring in jean plea serve on the line. you tell usoes the u.s. have to know before they take this kind of step to issue not a travel warn, but the travel alert? >> reporter: what u.s. officials have told us is that they are concerned about the volume of the intelligence that's coming in. we've been reporting of course for several days that have been concerned about the possibility of terror attacks in europe, some of which talked about the possibility of mumbai-style attacks. and now we have the specific alert which is urging u.s. citizens to take action. it says that information suggests that al qaeda and affiliates continue to plan. it suggests that u.s. citizens be reminded of the potential for terrorists who attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure. it says terrorists have targeted and attacked subway and rail systems, as well as aviation and maritime services. u.s. citizens it says, should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect thems

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us live from city hall with the details. >> that police is essentially a guilty plea. -- that plea is essentially a guilty plea. lots chairing the committee, she asks two developers to cover the cost of a public opinion poll. it was 12,005 $5. holton made no mention of that. two pleaded guilty to campaign violations last year. holton was fined $2,500. she is spirit a criminal conviction that could force her from office. she was charged with bribery. a judge dismissed that charge. that decision is in the appellate court and is still pending. >> these for campaign finance violations. in the grand scheme of things, they are relatively minor charges. we think the case needs to be resolved. >> last night at the city council meeting, holton was stripped of her title by jack young, who said it was a reluctant decision. we will have more coming up for you coming up5:30. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. the i-team has been following the investigation since the very beginning. we have posted a wbaltv.com timeline that. >> jury deliberations continue in the trial of three suspects accused of killing ken

of san francisco tonight despite the fact that pleas of taken a homeless woman into custody after several attacks in the neighborhood. as dan kerman tells us residents are still concerned that her incarceration will only be temporary. >> >> this is home video captured by resident of the inner sunset offer sept. encounters with a homeless woman residents say has been terrorizing the neighborhood. but the woman has now been detained by police but residents who say they've been attacked by her fear in just a few days she will be back on the street causing problems. >> should this be put right back out on the streets after 72 hours of what ever it i'm fearful she is going to be read back out there terrorizing the neighborhood again. >> please say that one happen this time visit this time asking for a high bail court order keeping route of the neighborhood and they're hoping to put her in the behavior of court so or mental health issues can be taken care of. in san francisco kron 4 news. >> 7 as the police have released a sketch of one of the suspects in an attack and happened back on august 21, 2002 victims were approached about 2:00 a.m.. the

plea deal. however, a gag order prevents lawyers from discussing the case with us. the four suspects are accused of imprisoning anterioring a home for more than a year. >>> police say a robbery suspect has admitted to committing a bold crime at the redwood city cal train station. 51-year-old jeffrey thompson ripped a necklace off a woman's neck. redwood city police arrested thompson yesterday. so far they have not been able to track down the stolen necklace. >>> san francisco crime lab scandal made headlines earlier this year. now there is a similar case across the bay. oakland police chief says his department is investigating allegations of misconduct by a crime lab technician there. the unidentified worker analyze drug and dna evidence. he has found no evidence of wrong doing so far. >>> time now 6:37. a bus driver has been placed on leave pending an investigation involving a deadly crash involving a bicyclist. police say when officers arrived that bike was beneath the front end of the bus. the bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. the cause of the crash is

us, please. >> the obama administration has not yet publicly responded to that family's plea on friday.ill hold a rally outside the mexican koconsulaten denver, colorado. >>> drug-related attacks are leaving many parts of mexico under siege. the violence is spilling across the border into the states. nbc's mark potter is live in loredo, texas. weave been reporting about these drug cartels being captured or killed. i believe four of them. over the weekend almost 50 people were killed. >> reporter: yeah, four cartel leaders in a short period of time is a big success for the mexican government, no doubt. six over the last year. you have to put it in the context of the size of the massive cartels. thousands and thousands of people in the cartels spread out through mexico. four is not going to change anything. the war between the mexican government and the the cartels continues when a leader is taken out. there is a period of disruption. no doubt, it does have an effect. but eventually the person is replaced. some people would argue the more the mexican government pushes against the cartels

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us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. our top story, two teenager boys accused of a devastating fire at san jose elementary are scheduled to enter a plean court facing the possibility of spending the rest of lives in prison. theresa garcia is live with a preview. >> the santa clara county district attorney's office has made this very clear. it is taking this case seriously to the point it has charged these two boys as adults. last week each was arraigned on one count of arson with property damage that exceeds $6 million. today they are scheduled to enter their plea. san jose fire chief william mcdonald announced the arrest of the two suspects at trace elementary school's arson fire. 150 firefighters responded but couldn't save the 25,000 square foot main building at the dana avenue campus. it burned to the ground. in total the fire caused $10 million in damage. the two accused are both san jose residents who last attended del mar high school. the d.a.'s office decided to charge them as adults because of the extreme seriousness of the crime. there is evidence it was premeditated and intentional, not a high school prank gone awry. in an

us do something. >> how you doing. >> what's the word, guys? >> reporter: the word is... >> time for pleao live because i just flew in but the concrete runway just too thin. >> reporter: over the past year alex and mike have been recording hip-hop and alternative music. they have two mix tapes and been on a college tour. >> some people see it as white football players rapping and write it off. >> i listened to the whole cd one time because like honestly he was a white rapper i think i listened to it and i was like man i don't want to hear this. ♪ [ music ] >> finally listened to a few more times and secretly was falling in love with it and then he asked me to deejay and i was like -- if he would have asked me like before when i hadn't listened to it i'm like no, man, like you do that on your own. [ laughter ] [ rap ] >> a lot of music we make comes from -- i feel like giving a rebirth to old music that some people may have thought was dead. >> you can take something someone just throws out on the street and just reshape it and make it fun, revive it. talking about recycling music. >> like

us their opinions. >> teachers have been doing their homework for -- what is not clear is whether they will agree on all they have read about this new contract. it is contract with plea of strings. some of them tied to a bigger paycheck, based in part on student achievement. peter redgrave, 32, and carla mccloy, who has been on the job 26 years, say it is not just about dollars and cents. >> they are trying to tie that to the work that people are doing both inside and outside the classroom. it is unclear to me at this point exactly how that is going to match up. they have been using the phrase achievement units, but how those are going to add up and help people climb the career ladder -- >> my salary will go up. before, we were stagnated, and when she got to the top, you stay there. there were 21 steps, and traditionally people teach foreign additional 10 years, sometimes 50 or 20. >> the three-year contract proposal includes a 4.5% raise and health benefits that will stay the same. it is details beyond the pay and benefits that teachers are still sorting through. >> you are thinking you don't want to be a situation where you have to go to school anymore, because it

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