, special agent in charge, internal affairs for the tennessee department of corrections, sergeant valerie hampton, institutional investigator known for her ability to find drugs and other contraband. and john fisher, special agent internal affairs for the tennessee department of corrections. all four star in the new a & e documentary series "the squad: prison police." and when it comes to investigating crimes, police have it tough enough on the outside. on the inside, it's a whole other story. watch jason and john at work. this is a clip from "the squad." >> jason, he's my boss. he's hard on me. for the record, he's about six pounds more than i am. the relationship i have with john fisher is beyond just a professional one. we're also friends. we keep each other straight. i give him a hard time every chance i get. and if i've gone more than a day or two without giving him a hard time, i come up with a reason. >> john can work them out, too. >> yeah, this place -- very health conscience. they're of similar stature, we say. a bright light behind them and looking at the silhouette, you wouldn

i'm valerie brown with the lower hate neighborhood organization. we are here today at the neighborhood empowerment network to talk about safety on your streets. this actual workshop is what we call a 30,000 feet aerial view of what we do. the lower haight motd we created a few models for safety and some are complex and a lot of information. we are going to give you just a little bit of this today. we will talk about how to connect with the different city agencies, your supervisors, your captain at our station. the city attorney's office and beat officers or street officers. one of the things that i would like toit introduce the panel. captain from northern station. regina from the legislative aid of ross mirkarimi one of our supervisors. from the da's office. the president of our merchant's association of the lower haight. ron, a beat officer and antoine another beat officer. the city attorney was at our morning session this morning and had to leave. regina and i work with the city attorneys office and will talk about that today in the lower haight

his mom valerie refusing to leave his bedside. >> we almost lost him several times. his kidneys started to fail. he had a problem with his heart. >> 15-year-old michael brewer. >> who was burned by a group of classmates. >> three of his alleged attackers are behind bars charged as adults. >> reporter: for week, as michael's life hangs in the balance, he becomes a national symbol for the evils of bullying. spontaneous acts of kindness start pouring in. car washes. bake sales. celebrity events. totaling more than $300,000. as the seventh grader endures massive surgeries, grafting healthy skin from the front of his legs to cover the burns, his sheer determination helps him not only to recover but to thrive. >> nice. >> reporter: against all odd, after ten long months, this is michael now. >> it stretches out the cords. >> reporter: baseball is therapy. >> okay, handsome, there you go. >> reporter: all those donations bought a new house in michael's name. away from the old neighborhood bullies. we caught up with him on this first day of school. >> it was fun, i like this

. >> reporter: not just a girl, but as cocreator valerie walsh told us, a latina girl.heard of when the show launched ten years ago, a time when valerie and chris gifford were coming up with something very different. >> the original character, you know, there were so many original characters. first she was a bunny and then she was a martin. >> reporte >> her wname was tess and then nina. and the nick exec said, what if she's latina. we said that's a great idea. >> reporter: they brought in cultural advisers, and dora, last name marquezen was soon born. >> it's okay. we'll find it. >> reporter: the first animated latina character in a leading role. has there been any examples you can think of other the years where the writers tried to go in a certain direction? >> there's the stereotype, sleeping under the cactus. what i tried to do is have the program work against it. when i saw the first scene there was tiko asleep. i said, no, that reenforces it. let's have tiko active. >> reporter: the show has been drawn into the immigration debate. a mock mug shot made the rounds.

i have tried to verify these with valerie jarrett, the president's senior advisor. i approached valerie jarrett, she claimed she had no knowledge of these diaries, after reading them myself, i understand why no one wanted to talk about them. that's all i can say. >> larry: why did you choose someone that republicans are against, publishing it? many are against publish these afghanistan reports? yet you broke the code and published a private document? >> well, larry, here is what i think. the obamas are so historic and so up on a pedestal and they are so different from everyone who came before it was probably good to -- remember in the wizard of oz, when you pull the curtain back on the wizard and a little guy pulling a bunch of levers, i wanted to do that with the obamas. that's what i did, and i don't know. they are fascinating. do you know michelle has actually referred to her husband after listening to one of his speeches as a walking talking, ambien cr? that's shocking to me. we're having a lot of fun. but seriously, the country, larry, i think is on the brink.

. >> lehrer: then, we talk to law professor valerie hans about the dynamics of a jury's deliberation illinois governor rod blagojevich was found guilty on one of 24 charges. >> to give credit to the entire jury-- there wasn't any animosity; there wasn't any yelling or name-calling. they were very professional, they were very thoughtful. >> ifill: judy woodruff explores the latest research on detecting and treating alzheimer's disease. >> lehrer: we have an encore report from fred de sam lazaro about the shortage of clean drinking water in ethiopia. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown gets the views of columnists eugene robinson and ross douthat on the proposal to build an islamic center two blocks from ground zero. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation

valerie is our marketing consultants, who is helping us to put together these concepts, so this may be the poster that we have asked merchants to a door in their store, too, again, as she said, to encourage people to stay in school, and if they need resources to go back to school, to refer them to the center. if not the posters, she has also helped us to develop a sticker that may be along side your visa-mastercard. this is to support the arts and their education. we would like to come back and provide more information, or we look forward to meeting with you to find out how we might incorporate small businesses and to our campaign to get the word out to young people and their families to further their education and stay in school. thank you. president yee riley: vice president clyde, you have something? vice president clyde: you have the address? >> yes, this is for the city and county of san francisco. we have counselors, again both academic counselors. dot yes. -- yes. they keep for having this. >> and one thing i do want to add it is that as christine mentioned, and when we get back

. >> reporter: valerie heads real options. >> we always tell every client that they can parent, release for adoption or have an abortion. >> reporter: she says women are given forms right away that clearly state the center's stand on abortion. >> we do not provide for abortion, nor do we refer for abortion. >> reporter: but they do talk to women about the risks. >> this could be serious about hemorrhaging and affect some later pregnancy, breast cancer. >> it could be scary. but abortion isn't a light decision to make. >> are the counselors qualified to talk about these medical implications from abortion? >> they are qualified to give this medical information as it has been reviewed by a report. >> reporter: crisis pregnancy centers have a pro-life agenda. >> we respect women's decision. we respect their right to have full information. >> reporter: but she defends some of the practices criticized. >> do you believe abortion increases the risk of breast cancer? >> i believe it's a possibility. >> reporter: do you believe it increases the risk of infertility? >> i believe that's a possibil

and in the women's draw rushes you elena dementieva is the twelfth seed and faces all got guts of valerie's venus williams and defending champion kim clijsters also start their campaigns against unseeded opposition is classed as relishing the chance to retain her crown. financially it is not any different from friends of last year also once you have a few more probably unanswered questions but i think the sister. and i know what i have to do if i want to not try and do is one of the last years on long. island more pressure from oppression pressures you know the sign on and off. putting you into the spotlight one of the few or so. i tried to imagine and to have. moving on to football now there's one game in the russian premier league on monday west a bit we'll be looking to move off the bottom of the table with a draw or better a twelve place all day and it's hoff time in the game where the sport is goalless headed this notch and she was seven points clear of the relegation zone and eight ahead of the fellow rookies. running while coach new china split he praised his did it team after they w

. >> reporter: valerie hill heads real option, formerly known as community pregnancy center. >> we always tell every client that they can parent. they can release for adoption or they can have an abortion. >> reporter: she says women are given forms right away that clearly state the center's stance on abortion. >> we do not provide for abortions nor do we refer for abortions. >> reporter: but they do talk to women about the risks. >> this could be scary if i was sitting here listening about hemorrhage, infection, breast cancer. >> it could be scary but abortion isn't a light decision to make. >> reporter: are the counselors qualified to talk about these medical implications from abortions? >> they are qualified to give this medical information as it has been reviewed by a medical advisory board. >> reporter: hill disputes the claims that crisis pregnancy centers have a pro-life agenda. >> we respect women's decisions. we respect their right to have full information. >> reporter: but she defends some of the practices criticized in the investigation. >> do you believe abortion increases the

he was joined by oprah winfrey, gayle king, senior white house adviser and long time friend, valerie jarrett and others. and the president received birthday calls from the first lady and his two daughters. >>> first lady michelle obama made that call to the president from spain, where she is vacationing with her younger daughter, 9-year-old sasha. she is staying with a large group of friends. on sunday, the first lady visits spain's king and queen at their summer home in the mediterranean. >>> when we come back this morning, a supermodel on the stand. can naomi campbell help put away a former dictator? later today, she will testify. >>> and the end of a high-speed chase, with an ending that even >>> and the end of a high-speed chase, with an ending that even shocked the officer in pursuit. ! wife: what are you doing? what is that? what is this? guy: it's a special paste i invented to replace socks. we're dipping our feet in it. wife: why? we're sick of it! son: sick of it! wife: that's really stupid. guy: that's the future. announcer: hanes makes better-fitting socks the whole family

concerned about iran's use of russian nuclear few people of pushchair also have reasons to be fearful valeri and that alina. i have been working at this station for three years the says initially she was apprehensive about bringing their children to iran for medical reasons but knows she and her husband have other concerns with you what would you saw reports in lying when israel is planning to bomb it's scary but when they do local training here there is shooting and airplanes are flying you never know if it's true or not maybe they're preparing for something for many here is a real threat to bomb the station painful memories of the 1980's when saddam hussein's old tillery berridge the c.-t. causing substantial damage to the station itself yet iranian officials i'm confident history will repeat itself. we are not too soon because we know this is a game so international rules are tending to need new beauty sleep and these are on the board to serve these. off the media. it's a psychological war we do not take it serious although we are and there we are vigilant but this does not mean what they

from all around the world offering to join the fight against the force of nature volunteers from valerie spoke area and france are among more than one hundred sixty thousand people now estimated to be battling the blazes daniel started his career in rural fire fighting and says that's prepared him well petaca the type of blazes sweeping through russia start my career off in nineteen seven zero eight sorry farmers wish a lot to mr cause but a lot of oil is in rural areas including forests military rangers and in terms of the fires are occurring in russia. in the world. we would spend many here we are some of times in hot summer of two to one exactly the same type of foils the one way that we would have dealt with it in those days was to dig for every kind of word dig a trench down below the pay to stop we have to pay for spreading underneath the ground even though daniel retired two years ago he says in his mind he's still on the front line no matter where you are in the world for far it's a sign they're there to help save lawyers for. russia and russia has to the point minister or the pe

concerned about iran's use of russian nuclear fuel people of pushchair also have reasons to be fearful valeri in their lead. i have been working at this station for three years only the sas initially she was a pretty hands of about bringing their children to iran for medical reasons but knows she and her husband have other concerns over here knowing that we just saw reports online claiming israel's planning to bomb it's scary when they do local training here these shooting in airplanes are flying you never know if it's real or not maybe they're preparing for something. to many here is a real threat to bomb the station evolved painful memories of the 1980's when saddam hussein's old tillery berridge the city causing substantial damage to the station itself yet iranian officials are confident history won't repeat itself and we are not too soon because we know this is a game soon to be. taking a new installation. these are only the third. off the. it's psychological. we do not take it serious although we are in there we are vigilant but this does not mean what they are seeing it says seriously r

match will start class monterrey but didn't get to start her match against victoria as a rank of valerie's also because of the weather. meanwhile the cincinnati masters final will be conducted between roger federer and mardy fish federer won his semifinal against marcos baghdatis in just over an hour swiss eventually breaking first to take the set six ball and in the second federal continue to take his chances to win that comfortably six three. i have lost to marcos earlier in the season anyway i was having match point so i was to go into the match a bit through as a funny feeling but look at a good match today served well and the pressure is on his service games he was unable to you know really it is targeted on the serve i think i took advantage of that so it was a good match for me and i'm very thrilled to be back in the final so federal will face fish in the final the american came from a set and five two down to beat old friend andy roddick the two men went to the same school and played in the same tennis and basketball teams so know each other's game but it was roddick who took the r

valerie randall and her husband came with a plan. >> i wanted to try soul on wheels because i haven'tefore. and my husband wanted to go to chairman bows. i want to get cupcakes. >> reporter: they don't eat it all out in the cold. they carry it home. like their fellow parking lot diners, they enjoy the close quarters and variety of flavors. >> trucks and food and san francisco weather, classic, right? >> vegny coconut curry just for 5 bucks and it's delicious. but i'm eating it in line for empanadas because the lines here are long. >> reporter: people don't seem to mind standing while they dine. there's lots to see. she's torching smores. off the grid gives her a chance to fire it up. >> you save on extra overhead and you get the same kind of amazing food. >> reporter: food you can't find in a restaurant. you can follow off the grid on facebook and twitter and keep an eye out for new nights and locations in san francisco. and eventually all over the bay area. reporting live in san francisco, jean elie, nbc bay area news. >> i'm going to have to take that next friday night off. >>> you'

. >> my name is valerie tulane, director of community beacon and we want to publicly announce we have a victory by default but it's a victory nonetheless that we're able to keep the beacon at everett middle school for one more year and that we've been granted a community process. however, i do want to say i think we really need to should at the lowest performing schools and it's been mentioned over and over and even though everett isn't in supervisor dufty's district we consider that the greater mission and it's one of the lowest performing schools and it's a tragedy to move resources out of that school and we should really think about maintaining all of the performing schools with all the resources that they have, including beacon which did suffer a severe cut. i also wanted to advocate for other programs and ask the school district to support c.b.o.'s and their effort to get funding. for example, meppy on 24th street was completely cut. they do a wonderful tutoring program and we need to have the school district help to support other c.b.o.'s and understand holistically that schools