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

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

christina joins us from pleas t pleasanton. no, she doesn't. i just lost her. coming up, we'll take a break and talk about a top dog. >> this dog stayed there over her body until help arrived at a great personal risk and pain. >> an east bay dog credited with saving a family's dog. why can't they find a landlord willing to rent to them and their dog? >> we are looking through highway 24. a smooth drive now approaching . where things are expected to slow down and where things are stopped now. your traffic, coming up. >>> good morning to you. yeah, we are live on the city streets of pleasanton this morning. we are taking the show on the road this month, broadcasting live from a different city. it is pleasant in the area now. because it was so warm yesterday, the temperatures this morning are in the 60s in some spots. mostly upper 60s. nice enough to leave the jacket home. go ahead and walk out the front door with short sleeves on. we have changes on the way as we head into tomorrow. i have a street sweeper behind me. on that note, i'm going to sweep it back to sc

over this- teacher--with restitution that she stole as part of a pduring her plea agreement, she used a debit card issued by the p t 0 to withdraw cash and even givfts. >> the suspension tower expansion project for the bay bridge. >> this work started early as crews began lifting the world's largest cable settle. it will sit on top of the suspension tower. this work was slow, tedious and they only get one shot at making it right. engineers are keeping a close eye because of the storms grolier. thursday, with clear skies and relatively low wind make ideal conditions for this lifting of this settled. monitoring the situation as that settle was put into place. you can see in this animation provided by caltran that this is bolted on top of the suspension tower. this has one simple function to hold those cables in place within a perfect alignment. once this is in place? to stretch out on each portion of the strand. each section of that step along with 450 t, with 20-feet wide. on treasure island, just push, kron 4 news. >> if you skip the bridge and right use bart? the upward machines are

plea, susan. what else can you tell us about this extraordinary case? >> reporter: well, the plea is expected to be not guilty. you know, fred, it was just over 24 hours agatha this alleged violent sexual assault occurred, and it's been a very long day and night for the alleged victim in this case, and certainly the same can be said for the defendant who is being charged, the head of the international monetary fund, dominic strauss-kahn. he is expected in court at some point today but we don't know when. we think it's this afternoon but it might even happen tonight, from what we understand, according to officials. his appearance is expected to be brief. he has already been charged but he will adhere to the charges read against him by the judge who is in court, and then he will be asked to enter a plea. his lawyer tells us he will plead not guilty and it is likely that he will ask for bail. we don't know what, of course, will happen as of yet. other than that, his defense attorney is not saying much about what's happening with this case, and in fact, the

but the aim of plea bargaining, and it is worth remembering this -- because plea baaining is used in systems including very toughriminal justice systems like america and the aim of plea bargaining is to make sure is that more people get prosecuted, more people get convicted and you actually save the victim from having to go through a court process and find out athe end that the culprit is going to be commit a guilty plea at the last minute. that is what the government is looking at and when we've listened to the consultation we'll announce our conclusions but he needs to be patient until we do that. >> mr. speaker, we're getting used to this when there's a terrible policy, the prime minister hides behind the consultation. frankly that's not good enough. let me tell him -- let me tel him what people think about this policy. let me tell him about that. let me tell him what people think of this policy. the judges say the policy is wrong and the violence against women are saying it's the wrong policy and his own victim's commissioner says the policy is bonkers. now, i know he's in the mid

seventeenth where were tom stayed in touch the four runs with the same thirteen under par score us choi that meant a plea off homes promptly missing a three and a half foot putt on the first extra hole while troy he tucked in for the championship the third big one point seven million dollars the biggest win of his to. their world of of lennox has been rocked by tragedy olympic mar think gold medalists some real one juror who found dead after falling from a balcony at his home in kenya police say they are investigating whether it was suicide or accidents it's alleged it's working for up involved in a domestic dispute with his wife and another woman on the same day when jiro secured his country its first ever gold medal morath an ace and setting the record in process the fall of double by winning the london and chicago marathon setting course marks during both events a point of no one zero was charged with assault illegal possession of an a k forty seven rifle and threatening to kill his wife in the center. as with the football and sergio busquets being cleared to play in the champions league final after a

of course wanted to be on top but the way it's an important step forward for us as last year we lost the decider plea we were not defeated by not weaker than the spaniards in the end we were timed and running on empty. russia has become a tough opponent for us a few years ago we beat them in a friendly but since then they've progressed a lot so spain were the overall winners of the tournament doing like the men's football team they are one of the heavyweights in the sporting well russia just behind them and angel for them in the world doing things because a lot of our team. of this person are. movies soon which bryson if you need monsoon from finest impressions. whose phone starts on t.v. don't come. for some this is just a parliament building in berlin. but then sixty six years ago it was the final targets. and the last major offensive for the red army. its capture became the symbol of the fall of the fascist citadel. and the victory over nazi germany. from the fall of berlin on r.t. .

that is a plea to enter the we are using our resources wisely. we are not using them to arrest and incarcerate people with health problems and to insure that we have sufficient resources in the public health system to take care of their concerns. thank you. [applause] >> alright. [reading names] big evening. in the tenderloin clubhouse's director. i am also a resident of district 6. i want to thank honored guests for being here tonight to hear from people. in district 6, we have two clubhouses for boys and girls clubs of san francisco, the tenderloin clubhouse, and the treasure island club house. we serve between both clubhouses 1500 kids a year from all ethnicities. i thought it would be really important to hear from the young people, and if there are some other teams or children in the audience, could you please stand up? [applause] >> hello. i'm troy. i go to boys and girls club, and i am part of keystone, vice president, and i'm also youth leader for the tenderloin clubhouse. growing up in the tenderloin, i see a lot of homelessness, violence

us? but for the governor , it may help to justify his plea to the legislature, please allow us to put these temporary tax increases on the ballot and don't be surprised if along the way if local county law enforcement officers become his best friend. >> is there any more politically charged issue in the sense of when you come up to your next election and public safety is concerned and people would point to maybe not governor brown but others and say, hey, you let more prisoners out on the street or you didn't back up law enforcement? this is so intertwined with politics, isn't it? >> and that's exactly what brown would say. he's going to say, do you want people asking you why you allowed 30,000 people out on the streets? >> okay. different subject. why such a big deal over redistricting san jose? why in this case? >> it's always a big deal, garvin, but for the last few times around the legislature has done this and they have redistricted in a way that has protected incumbents, republicans and democrats alike. you have these crazy districts. and now you have an independent commission that wi

used campaign money to cover up an extra marital affair. a person close to the case said an indictment could come within days unless edwards reaches a plea deal. they are focusing on whether campaign funds were used to keep his mistress and child in hiding in 2007 and 2008ment edwards quit the democratic race for the white house months before the affair that he first denied was reported. >> three of the country's four largest banks will let customers transfer money from bank account using an e-mail address. clear exchange will make it less costly to make payments. this effort is an attempt to keep customers who are switching to palestinian or prepaid debit cards. >> and a new technology could make it possible for people who have wheelchairs stand up again. elegs is being tested in santa clara valley medical center. the 24 year old stephanie crashed her car back in january. today she strapped on elegs and help from the robotic device she walked. >> my first steps were incredible. they said i did well for not knowing and having previous training. >> her therapist operated the device today. but hopefully stephanie in time will do it herself. ele

fair to say an arbitration panel rejected their plea for compensation from the contractor. stay with usre news coming up the news at 5:00 is next. >> authorities have changed the nature of the search for the missing girl. allison bayliss, rosa reported missing monday--was reported missing monday, the authorities believe that she killed herself. the authorities are trying to figure out why she might have done it. what are they saying jr? >> they are not saying much, suicide is what they think, they have been passing out fliers for 48 hours, but that is all over. as you see the mobile command is in the distance right there, but that is not being used because as they believe she to her life. >> i can confirm that she walked out onto the golden gate bridge monday after 10:00 a.m.. we believe that she did not walk off a bridge. house >> with that, therc

vanessa reyes will be sentenced to up to one year in jail as part of this plea agreement. she used the organization's debit card to buy thr than $20,000 worth of unauthorized charges, which include hairstyling, sports equipment, and a trip to lego land in southern california. the scheme was discovered when a new treasurer noticed an odd purchase at the itunes store. >>> the bay area got its moment to shine in the amgen tour of california as riders raced from the trivalley to the silicon valley. here's today's route. despite some changes, there was a lot of enthusiasm from what's considered the cycling event in north america. we bring in nbc bay area's kris sanchez, who followed the cyclists on this 81-mile journey today. kris, with all due respect, did you ride with them or just drive behind them? >> reporter: yeah, i look pretty rested, right, raj? though i would probably do everyone a disservice if i showed up in lycra to work today. i will say this, that it is really a fun event to go out and see. the winner finished in less than three hours and 30 minutes, and this is really co

plea view. >>> well thank you for letting us have a half an hour of your news tomorrow. we'll run ""press here" at a special time. to make way for toker. steve levy is a top tech author, he spent two years behind the scenes for google for his book, "in the plex." and "u.s.a. today" reporter john schwartz will tell us about facebook's embarrassing week. the company's pr firm tried to bully reporters into emphasizing google. >>> we want to thank you so much for making us part of your morning. we'll have more local news for you tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00, and any time of day on nbcbayarea.com. have a great morning if you're headed out to the zazzle bay to breakers running of the 100th 12-k. stay safe and sober. have a great day. see you next weekend. kd considered

plea deal. they are trying to decide if he used hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to hide his extramarital affair. >>> classes are getting underway at the napa airport for 30 young chinese people. the program comes one year after the airport lost its japan air flight after 40 years in operations. the new program will bring 10000000-$20 million to the economy. >>> we will have an update from the midwest. >>> plus, a mini urban oasis in the east bay is gone. a video could solve the mystery. >>> coming up, details on a tornado warning around the chico area and details on the rain chances in the bay area as we do approach the holiday weekend. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on your smartphone with u-verse mobile, included with most plans. or get u-verse tv for as low as $29 a month for 6 months. in the network you can take ente

not declare a fiscal emergency as expected tonight, but mark tells us that this doesn't mean this unprecedented action to slice public plea pensions won't happenin' chewly. >> it is a proposal that is receiving national attention. should san jose declare a state of fiscal emergency and ask voters to approve drastic changes to public employee pensions and benefits. >> shame on you. >> at yet another hearing today, many city employees spoke against the proposal. >> i think it's ridiculous to be making up emergencies. who makes up emergencies? >> the proposed ballot measures would doom the city to years, if not decades of dysfunction and litigation. >> some residents were in favor. >> it's time to change business as usual. >> by an 8-3 vote, the council decided to keep the concept very much alive, but decided to negotiate with union groups and wait until next month before trying to make it official. >> i think the budget process itself will be good evidence of the crisis we face and in need for a difficult action. >> in san jose, cbs 5. >>> san francisco woman disrupted isreali prime minister, benjamin netanyahu's address to

but once he's closer in a zone of a reporting for us from belgrade the rug was loitering time says he's no male the appeals court will review the plea before deciding whether the ship has climbed to the hague foreign policy a list of british told us that even if the knowledge does make it to the tribunal few in serbia have faith in the way it works. many process is there have been first of all very long and we can talk about the efficiency of the tribunal the people have spent an enormous amount of time in the hague and a lot of people here in serbia are skeptical about some of the practices of the high hague tribunal and some of its records for instance. because slobodan milosevic the late president of yugoslavia and serbia actually died in prison without the conviction then four years war criminals that are generally knowledged as war criminals here in serbia like. from course. muslim commanders have actually been acquitted after. sudden death of witnesses or after the tribunal simply concluded that there was not enough evidence so basically but many serbs do not consider the hague tribunal to be unbiased and fair and in the minds

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plea. the facts are that the children, the families everyday use the tenderloin. they walked back and forth to actually get their life into place. i'm want to emphasize important things. sean has no benefit in opposing they drugs. the fact that she worked maintaining two buildings that i know of, a hearing to people's complaints all the way down to leaks that come from the roof. her concern is what the people's concern is about. there is no benefit in saying it is her case. this is a community case. the second thing. the provide drugs for the elderly, as the last speaker spoke for the defense. that is their claim. that is not true. as you saw in the video in the last hearing, the videos clearly show that once someone purchases drugs, as soon as they step out, the same legal drugs are sold illegally, right up the door. the video was presented and is in the record from the last hearing. the community on and off -- the also mentioned -- the defense also mentioned the impact, if i could piggyback on the next speaker, the wonderful things on the cbd website. that is wh

plea. he argues that the evidence being used against him such as photographs of scantily clad women and doesa crime. >> joseph naso entered a not guilty plea, he is representing himself and asked the court that he be released from jail. claiming that the evidence against him is inaccurate. in a hand written note that he read in court, he said boxes of photographs, writings and list taken from his home did not indicate names, descriptions, or the intended fate of the women. adding that no photographs in the defendant's home show women in forced positions, forced bondage, or being nbc is. investigators seized and nearly 4000 pieces of evidence pictures of women in scantily clad outfits, and compromising positions. again in court, he told the judge that the photographs were posed under free will. the judge told him to properly present his motion to the court in writing and did not rule on whether to dismiss the crop items, but ordered him back to jail. roerich's said that the preliminary trial began on july 11th. >> a live look outside from the golden gate bridge this afternoon, mostly sunny sk

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cnn has learned that an indictment or plea deal could come within days. >> they claim the candidate usedfair and the baby he fathered while he was married to a popular political spouse who happened to be suffering from cancer. >> jim acosta with more on this. they're slamming this, his lawyers. >> reporter: they really are. quite a surprising statement to come out of the edwards' camp. think about just the magnitude of this tragedy that is john edwards. he made a fortune as a famous trial lawyer in north carolina. now it's looking more likely that the senator and vice presidential candidate will be at the center of his own courtroom drama. cnn has learned that the justice department has giveton green light to federal prosecutors to seek an indictment against edwards. it is based on allegations of a former staffer andrew young who in a book said that edwards was using campaign cricks to pay his mistress rielle hunter. his wife elizabeth edwards was totally oblivious to all this as she was battling cancer. afc that all later changed and she died. he released a rather emotional statement ye

us. the support of arab countries, a plea from the libyan people themselves. completely missing from this picture is congress and the american people. "history has shown us time and again, however, that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the legislative branch. it is always preferable to have the conformed consent of congress prior to any military action." and we can start to talk about how the constitution is structured to go to war. the framers knew all about the executives not just holding all of the war power but foreign affairs. that is what john locke would have supported. the better to of powers is what we would call the foreign affairs. john locke had this totally in the executive branch. the legislative had no role at all. the framers knew that model. william blackstone and his commentaries did the same thing. look at these powers, blackstone give them all to the executive. that would include the power to declare war. blackstone gave the executive power to make treaties, declare war, appoint ambassadors, raise and

plea bargain. maybe you don't, because the press doesn't talk about it. on the last day in office, after denying and attacks us daily to avoid being federally prosecutorred on the last day in office, you signed the plea bargain with federal prosecutors and admitted he lied under oath and admitted to things we had charged him with. if we had no voted to impeach president clinton, we would have set a standard for every future president that perjury, subnation of surgery, obstruction of justice, it maybe terrible, it maybe tacky, it maybe something that you can prosecutor the guy for later. but it is not a removal offense. my friends, let me tell you, democratic, republican, independent, you do not want to live in a country where a president of the united states feels they can commit perjury or obstruct justice and not think that that is anything more than a one way exit ticket from the white house. and that will always be the standard based upon the clinton precedent as long as members of congress have the spine to stand up to them. when i gave my closing argument in the senate trial, i told the senators, this i

but the aim of plea bargaining, and it is worth remembering this -- because plea bargaining is used in systems including very tough criminal justice systems like america and the aim of plea bargaining is to make sure is that more people get prosecuted, more people get convicted and you actually save the victim from having to go through a court process and find out at the end that the culprit is going to be commit a guilty plea at the last minute. that is what the government is looking at and when we've listened to the consultation we'll announce our conclusions but he needs to be patient until we do that. >> mr. speaker, we're getting used to this when there's a terrible policy, the prime minister hides behind the consultation. frankly that's not good enough. let me tell him -- let me tell him what people think about this policy. let me tell him about that. let me tell him what people think of this policy. the judges say the policy is wrong and the violence against women are saying it's the wrong policy and his own victim's commissioner says the policy is bonkers. now, i know he's in t

chris had that they were hiring for him for the trial and in this attorney let us know that to he was in the throes of a plea bargain with the prosecuting attorney and the attorney was very sure that they were going to get to a plea-bargain not to go to trial or be capital murder. the judge found a way for that not to happen and buy pulling the attorney off of the case. he asked for a two month extension may be 30 days because he was involved with a capital murder case in richmond and asked for a continuance. instead of saying he asked for a continuance he put it in writing that he had asked to come off the case and pulled him off of the case and put in a young whippersnapper right out of moscow who had never tried a case. had been to court maybe wants right out of law school never capital murder or any case is. if i can share this quick leave said day the trial was to begin i literally harassed this attorney, the one point* on the case because i wanted to know how things were going and i was very concerned i was constantly told everything was fine he was working with chris regularly. he never told me that b

a following plea -- as professors of constitutional law, we look forward to the day when we can teach our students how the supreme court corrected the grieve use error made in the slaughterhouse cases. the lead attorney representing the petitioners in mcdonald, argued that we should use the privileges or immunities clause and not the due process clause. now, you might think that this academic plea, based on some solid scholarship, would have received a very sympathetic hearing in our court. the current supreme court is the most academic court in the history of the country. today fur of my colleagues were former law professors. very distinguished law professors before they took the bench and thee of those justice were sitting on the mcdonald case when it was argued. when one of the lawyers raised the privileges or immune 'tis point, former professor scalia took the wind out of his sails when he said the following. what you argue is the darling of the pro-professorat but also against our jurisprudence. why do you take that aim? everybody else applied the established framework. ok, point number four. this is a question that i am frequently asked

their plea, stop making cuts to public education. anne makovec now joins usof that rally in richmond. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the rally going on here on the corner of cutting boulevard and san pablo avenue at the meeting point of el cerrito and richmond. you can see not a whole lot of teachers here. but throughout the day we are going to be seeing teachers protesting at this corner until 6 p.m. this is the first protest that we'll see for about a week and a half of protest around the state. the california teachers association declaring a state of the emergency in the education system. teachers and staffers protesting the billions of dollars in cuts schools had already and the possibility of more. thousands of teachers right now have pink slips. and the future of their jobs is in the hands of the state legislature but the budget is still up in the air. jerry brown has been saying for months he intends to protect current funding for k-12 but he may not have a choice. if tax extensions don't pass, it could be an all cuts budget this year.

plea facility. no more i think that would have perhaps begin to be what we would be looking at us could start getting kids off of that like we poor fellows you know we that we've got these of sticks with come from the white old both the boy who got going poorly one of the ones where yeah i really feel bad i really just bad for pakistan right rice with corruption and rife with harboring america's most wanted in the world's most wanted terrorist how is it possible that pakistan did not know or was complicit in hiding this guy either way either answer is totally unacceptable and you can't tell me that pakistan did not know or was totally incompetent and in a military town crawling with retired and current military and your largest bases there and this guy's been living there good resource years i thought we would go to move on to talk about of lot of stalin and so i let you be and i thought we'd move on top. because then just pakistan is a pakistan if you go back you can't do one without the other all right you have is not i you are right you want to go back to parker. let's talk about pockets of whethe

us last month he was not involved in any other criminal activity. mean time police officer lombardi made brief court appearance. didn't enter a plea to felony drug weapon embezzlement charges relited to the larger scandal. in the statement butler also implicates lombardi as having knowledge of the brothel. >> at this stage we are averages to us see the discovery and try to separate fact from fiction. >>reporter: about the brothel. welsh wife diane told me today quote does butler want the public to believe that norm did all of this and his name wasn't on anything? norm takes responsibility for everything that he has done but this was not something he was involved in whatsoever. now the gal at the chiropractic office behind me told me that one day she saw chris butler moving some things out of the office and asked him what kind of business they were running? she said butler told her that it was part of his detective agency, a sting operation of sorts designed or targeted towards men who were looking for illegal sex. in pleasant hill, abc 7 news. >> teenager convicted in 2009 attack on a san mateo high school will be held at napa men

has not been started for the survivors the us refused to extradite the chair of union carbide and to face charges and india's talk of court turned down a plea to reopen the case for seven indian officials that were held responsible parties pre-history the reports on this case from new delhi. they actually were convicted back in june almost twenty five years later there were only for two years but they were actually released on bail none of them served a day in jail and their fine they were only sentenced to a two thousand dollars fine and so they the supreme court said that the central bureau of investigation didn't present them any explanation for why these men should serve longer sentences so far later they felt that this petition was just too too far away from what was the one the event actually happened and i think it's important to remember how big of a deal this is in india this is the worst industrial accident in the entire world three thousand five hundred people the indian government has died as a result of that gas leak and in the years following that accident anywhere from fifteen to twenty five thousand people were died not to m

plea and mr. adachi get in a fight. here we go. you are gone. we better stop that trend. cheryl. >> i was just go to ask cheryl. her viewpoints on use with guns and whether the gun buy backs will work. do you have friends, thank you for bringing that up. >> i know people with guns. i wouldn't. i don't want to get involved with that. i just leave them alone with their guns. i don't get involved >> i say that to say, the idea if someone is carrying a gun, we might consider them dangerous. if they got that one, they can get another one. >> we have to consider, this is going to be a long process. this is not a one stop drop, if am i rackateering. i am going to take a couple of guns i don't use and use others. the major thing we have to look at is prevention. we have so many different levels of things we have to use. we can't just say, okay. drop your gun off, you're cool. that's not a shot at the program. we need that problem. but we need these other programs and dealing with the parents and families. we just first grader at cleveland. i worked at cleveland. he probably found the gun. stuffed it in his back and went to school. >> nobody

pleas from hikers wanting the perm i wants. - permits. >> it is a big fabric of the american society and people using our national parks. it is infureating. >> infuriating for the climbers. >> they complain they have to pay a tour company to take them to the top but turns out they can't get tickets either >> ticket scalpers are getting the tickets and we have clients who confirmed and booked in 2010, and we can't get the permits and so we don't get special treatment. >> why explore tours said he's taking half as many groups up the dome and fewer hikers in each group. will the dome sit out of reach even with those who can manage the climb? the park service is hoping to stop the sales. >> it is a fact of life, but we feel that here in yosemite national park, it just shouldn't happen. >> this is a crown jewel of the national park. >> it is upsetting that we can't go. >> it is not just half dome, scalpers are reselling yosemite reservations. the park service permits are not transferable and federal officials are investigating whether scalpers could be prosecuted. the park service said the permits are a temporary solution un

unfortunately radical muslims and unfortunately they used that beautiful land and finally, finally, it is over. >> but with hope for peace in afghanistan comes a plea tolerance in the united states. >> we are afraid of retaliation obviously still. the afghan community experienced hate crime. >> little kabul, mussay their religion has a bad name and they blame bin laden for that. there are prayers that the terrorist death means no more innocent lives lost. >> we have a hope, god willing, a lot of the senseless killings will stop. >> all of those countries have been killed and innocent people. >> and the afghan coalition center is the largest organization here in the u.s.. it is one thing left that many afghans want. proof. >> they wonder if he is really dead or not. they are hoping that he is, osama bin laden was not a muslim. he was a mass murderer. >>> and you can hear they are not mincing words tonight out here. there is talk in the country about whether the reaction of bin laden's death is cell braatory and certainly that talk continues to go on out here in kabul. but i met a afghan man who said he's throwing the party and inviting 70 friends to

plea deal. that, of course, is still a possibility. chris?ri >>> what more can you tell us this alleged meeting with miss melon who is one of the alleged financiers. >> there's nothing nefarious, it was a loyal supporter. a lunch between two old friends. but, it also could play to edwards' legal strategy, here's why. prosecutors say her money was used to support his campaign. so, therefore, it was a campaign contribution and you can't do that. but edwards says, no, that's not true. all that money, which they call the bunny money, her name is bunny melon, was a gift from a friend. if she wasn't running for president, she would have given him that money in way. that is his defense. he said the lunch supports that. he's not running now and they're getting together. >> what's the holdup? why are investigators waiting to indict him? >> it's taken a while because the justice department wanted to look at this case and some of the witnesses who are going to be testifying against edwards before they signed off on a prosecution. this is not an easy case against john edwards. now they

plea to the murder charges dating back to the 1970s. >> in the '70s, law enforcement didn't have dna testing to help crack those crimes but today officials are using evidence that's never been even near a crime scene to help solve cases. we are have more from santa cruz. george? >> reporter: we are talking about using dna from a family member to catch a suspect. the attorney general kamala harris has increased the budget to do these type of dna searches. for all three years the search for the man who sexually assault ed. the crime shook the community to its core. >> it had a substantial impact on our community perception of what public safety really is. it really impacted the quality of life. >> reporter: detectives exhausted all leads and turned to the state department of justice and the dna database. using a technique caused fame v familiarial searching, they track it to the den dna of the suspect's father, a felon whose profile was stored in the database. police arrested this man, elvis garcia. >> we hit a wall at the end of 2008 in terms of the leads we had and without this familial search, this case may not have been solved. >> reporter: cali