it's a goal vance sharp knows well. owner of the sonoma sausage company, vance dabbled in the wine business a little before meeting mac. together, the two and 6 others came together to form the association of african-american vintners in the hopes of stimulating other minorities to investigate careers within the business. >> it's od being in it and ha--and being associated with others who have precisely the same thoughts that you have, although you have other--you have your independent thoughts. but there's certain things that we all wake up and think about, and--and that'good that, uh-- that's our bond. >> one of those inspired by the group's tight bond was daniel bryant. he joined the group early on abd had a successful customized wine country tour operation called "a color of grape," but it was at the urging of mac that he decided to step into the business of making wine as well. in 2004, he released his first vintage, and today his wine is being served in 4-star restaurants all across sacramento, including the popul

it's a goal vance sharp knows well. owner of the sonoma sausage company, vance dabbled in the wine business a little before meeting mac. together, the two and 6 others came together to form the association of african-american vintners in the hopes of stimulating other minorities to investigate careers within

this find rebels claim media are in control of most of the capital it follows a major nato back to vance that according to the government saw thirteen hundred people killed three of gadhafi sons have reportedly been arrested imbalance of heavy fighting are said to have been seen near the colonel's residence in tripoli. meanwhile massive celebrations are in full swing in the center of the rebel stronghold of benghazi but experts who draw parallels to events in egypt warn of the disillusionment that will likely follow. and you know other news a short cease fire between israel and hamas comes to demand once again tel aviv claims up to fourteen rockets were launched from gaza overnight forcing the jewish state to retaliate with an air strike. next here in r.t. our special report looks at slide after death penalty in the u.s. among those sister debbie lived not far from the penitentiary town she too used to take care of her nephew quite a lot when volunteer was out on the road well and laura knew her well. we're all for justice if it's been anyone arabs you know we've been right there with. b

. >> lieutenant vance, the d-board chairman, has a tendency to have an attitude of don't know, don't care, when it comes to your personal problems. all he really wants to address is what's in the write-up. >> ziggy faces several potential penalties for attempting to alter his drug screen, including time in the hole, a loss of his prison job, and even a judgment that can make his whole plan backfire, a transfer to another prison. >> that's one punishment i really don't look forward to is being transferred somewhere else. >> ziggy's reluctance to leave prison became all the more puzzling when we learned some of what he'd endured during his 30 plus years of incarceration. >> i was not born gay and every relationship i've had has been a forced type, a, well, this is what i have to do type of thing, but i didn't enjoy it. as a younger prisoner, i would be made fun of quite a lot, because the lord gave me a big butt. well, i decided to turn it around, and so i would say to them, say, i got a nice one, ain't i? wow. and it became a defense mechanism, because in prison in this environment es

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people started getting nervous and cyrus vance, the prosecutor, ended the news conference quickly. he did note he was from seattle, so very familiar with earthquakes. the earthquake, a huge story. but the other big story, around the world tonight, of course, what's going on in libya history unfolding and we have breaking news right now of a defiant moammar gadhafi, vowing death or victory. he made that statement in a radio address to the libyan people just a little while ago. i want to go to sara sidner. where are you, what's going on? >> reporter: we are in green square, that the rebels are now calling martyr square. they are here, driving around the square. it is 3:05 in the morning. they are screaming god is great. they are screaming die, die, mr. moammar gadhafi. they are screaming libya is free. what we saw about a half an hour ago, a crowd of about 200 people, blowing off every single -- anything that would basically fire. they were shooting into the air here. this square looked very differently 48 hours ago when the rebels first made it into the city. they were really in fig

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ground-breaking prototype chips with input from 100 researchers and 4 $41 million from the federal defensed a vanced research project agency. the ibm new chip is made up of tiny processors that mimic the human brain neural network and could allow computers to make decisions. learn in a way far more similar to humans. they may even be able to rewire themselves to learn things that are not part of the original programming. >>> if you need a book from the santa clara county library, get it before tuesday. the library is shutting down all the branchs on tuesday the 23rd. to perform maintenance and upgrades on the computers. officials say the software upgrade will make it easier for the public to use the library online. and allow future updates to be done remotely without having to shut the whole system down. library officials chose the august date because it's one of the slower times of the year. >>> still ahead -- are you looking for something to do for the weekend? >> always, right? >> don sanchez has "what's >>> today at 3:00 on 7 five, are women with large engagement rings being discriminated agains

ground-breaking prototype chips with input from 100 researchers and 4 $41 million from the federal defensed a vanced research project agency. the ibm new chip is made up of tiny processors that mimic the human brain neural network and could allow computers to make decisions. learn in a way far more similar to humans. they may even be able to rewire themselves to learn things that are not part of the original programming. >>> if you need a book from the santa clara county library, get it before tuesday. the library is shutting down all the branchs on tuesday the 23rd. to perform maintenance and upgrades on the computers. officials say the software upgrade will make it easier for the public to use the library online. and allow future updates to be done remotely without having to shut the whole system down. library officials chose the august date because it's one of the slower times of the year. >>> still ahead -- are you looking for something to do for the weekend? >> always, right? >> don sanchez has "what's hot" next. >>> today at 3:00 on 7 five, are women with large engagement rings being discrimin

the statement from kenneth thompson saying ki russ vance has denied the right of a woman to get justice in a rape case. this has been his story line throughout, questioning the manhattan district attorney. so it does not come at surprise that he's requested a special osecution though it seems unlikely that that will be fulfilled. >> take us back a bit now on how we got here. it seems the complainant's lawyers were almost preparing for something like this. catch us up a bit on the steps that they took since dominique strauss kahn was released from jail. >> kenneth thompson issued a very memorable graphic account of what had happened the night of may 14. after that july 1 court hearing. i was there at the court hearing. it was a big defeat for them in many ways because her entire credibility was questioned after it was revealed that she had lied to a grand jury about several events that transpired,ing including what happened an inconsistency after the encounter on may 14 where she originally told a grand jury that she was hovering in the hallway and then she told her bosses when it was re

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women made the finals there they had to climb two boulders one after another through absolute standard vance to the super final to take on a third even more difficult obstacle to three hundred climbing fans from around the world who came to watch the event got to see a world premier the first time ever to compare to this client an identical route at the same time on a super bowl without seeing each other in order to finish on top the athletes had to stand with both feet on the boulder and press a bus or the super final saw the reigning world champ and move to sugar for dinner for russia taking on reigning world cup holder or stroke killer fisher the local hero missed his last move to start from the bottom while his russian opponent used his chance and won had to battle claiming the title in the men's competition they got me because this competition is best left l.f. . i started recording right for it and i waited a little bit longer and actually catch the first right i thought ok that's it i'm going to do it but then this long reaching move was so far from me the first try my victory like ri

last season would be tainted twice in the league but last season was the post doesn't mean we have vance at this time i think both interned considering the super cup a very seriously it's important to want to win a weakened city. meanwhile or better colace as. one of russia's richest clubs have been attempting to lure another brazil in two hundred eight cents a share neymar to thank his style for weeks now but so have countless other clubs across across europe of course and the legendary player the nineteen year old son to striker is worth it's hashim. it would. be like to. be like a massive no doubt in the right sort of right now because i can see like the. chance for that because excellent player but i hope the. house for that. now as that's once eleven year a basket as less than a month away now team russia continues their preparations here in moscow with only the finalists qualifying for the london olympics david plotz injury hit squad has a tough tenement i had as i'm on course i have reports. from russia training camp began in early july in moscow with the head coach american david

the need to bombardment played a major role in the success of that it took most of the cities of lee vance tarpley probably so. presumably there was a deal struck between there and levy and it will that meet those but it didn't and france in particular we know nato is not charitable organization but we know. france there are looking for contacts they are looking for they are looking for business in the media is destroyed completely undercut their feeling there is no infrastructure at all so i believe that lead in cake is very lucrative there you know that we want to share how much. is this actually was agreed to by the president and council me been put into this you know the council the new companies especially with france we don't know yet but they're frantically that nico is looking for a price and the libyan future government should pay and will be a very heavy price for it there's not. a free service you know if there is something behind that. i suspect that nato would like to have military bases there in the i suspect that you know british and french company is looking for exploration

stephens into easy set six two six one with the score there and waiting the last for this poll that vance got these than often talk about game set match for now is just over a month to go until the rugby world cup in new zealand done call to take fifteen points as the all blacks come to be beat australia thirty points to fourteen in the tri nations encounter in oakland to retain the bledisloe cup but additional had before the game julie boosted the home nations morale and robots dominated from the off the tedium park where they've not lost a test or australia since ninety six and new zealand were seventeen opera tough times to try as one not a male omen and so to get eight so you've got to put the match beyond doubt fourteen minutes into the second half when connecting with conrad smith for a spectacular run to make it into a five second big. rocky elsom did get on the scoreboard for the wallabies in the second period but the visitors never looks like the same back into it new zealand i two wins from turn the trying nations column that opening success against a depleted south africa last

each best truth like last season vance fifty six photographers from twenty three countries won one of the industry's most prestigious prizes in an age where everyone carries a camera and can get a lucky shot the professional still have an age shake up of eight people who have dedicated their life to photo journalism and have a great experience but that's a completely different vision the quality of features they take is so much higher citizen journalism will never replace professional journalism but the two can quite exist perfectly well. the world press photo contest is ready to celebrate the coexistence a special mention went to nonprofessionals such as the chilean miners photographed themselves while trapped for sixty nine days on the ground the view was of the moscow what's a vision welcomed by portrait of julian our son choose which to result to be one of the memorable images for two thousand and ten. but listen it doesn't matter what we think of julian assange it's just that we can exist not exist before and it does now and it has given a new perspective to reality and one more

libyan rebels have reportedly seize control of most of the capital following a major nato back to vance the boarding to the government saw thirteen hundred people killed two of gadhafi sons have been arrested and there are reports of heavy fighting near the colonel's residence in tripoli but some sources on the ground have told our teens too early to say tripoli's fallen and there is still confusion as to who's controlling the city. meanwhile massive celebrations are in full swing in the center of the rebel stronghold of benghazi but efforts to draw parallels to the events in egypt warn of the disillusionment that will likely follow. and disproportionate just as british judges are hears of overreacting in cases ranging from recent riding to war veteran who recorded the court theory human rights groups have raised the alarm over polish punishments that often don't match the crimes also have minds here in r t and sports next with andrew farmer stay with us. hello there welcome to the sport and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes calmly and g.b. have been ahmed to continue

donald vance and nathan or tell for fighting through to try to get the story out and as they said it is really important for other whistleblowers to come forward. controversy surrounds the current u.s. defense secretary is. trying to swim against the current of major cuts in government spending he claims any more reductions after they've already imposed would threaten national security but all these military contribution is the main threat the u.s. is facing can be solved by minute she needs anyway but what was really regrettable was. persistent state of denial that this is only the first stage of their parents are going to budget cuts to be followed inevitably second round. his comments i'm not even beginning to consider what would happen and claiming that such would be disastrous and completely unacceptable those kind of statements could be construed and perceived of the white house as a slightly veiled ordination if not outright sabotage of the bipartisan effort to make the pentagon lean and mean killing machine make no mistake the only reason he was appointed to realize that in t

donald vance and nathan are tell for fighting through to try to get the story out and as they said it is really important for other whistleblowers to come forward. a former russian senator is one of the latest entries into the u.k.'s rich list but said he gave his also under investigation and moskos his bank the state more than one billion dollars and is all teased out of press coverage ports his case is just one of many that has exposed drastic drawbacks in the country's banking regulation. he has everything a fortune in several banks a couple of private jets and numerous properties from the called dizzier to london married to a russo british socialite he was a guest at prince albert sorel wedding in monaco among the top ten richest people in the u.k. according to last year's sunday times newspaper. leads a life many would envy he even made his wife a star of a t.v. advertising campaign in france for the grand french food store it is yeah that heroes however all that is hardly a consolation at home in russia where he owes billions of rubles to his banks creditors sternly as a result

leave vance were unfolding as follows. it was taking place as usual at the altitude of ten thousand six hundred meters we made a trip from moscow to pull out an a and we were. on our way back from us nothing indicated what was going to happen so when we have mind started failing gradually i first we decided to descend to a certain altitude and to continue the flight as it was all cloudy below the plane it was so our intention at first was to reach a cloudless area for better visibility. to determine our exact location in your position and decide whether we should head for the nearest airport that we don't know but things changed when the fuel low light went on as a gay said so we realized we had only thirteen minutes left to fly which authority then would run out of fuel and engines would stop and that would be it initially so we had no other option but to get under the clouds so we can see terrain and start looking for a landing place. now let's take a look at how today's guests worked that miracle landing a plane with fa

instructions being yelled out by obviously british soldiers british personnel who were leading battered vance group now that i think is where we've overstepped the line. our six minutes past the hour here in moscow the international has accused syria of killing eighty eight people in prisons during the five month ongoing uprising activists claim the victims were imprisoned and tortured to death for taking part in the anti government demo this comes after at least seven people were killed during a crackdown on the muslim holiday in dr are quite a bit out of the transform conflict analysis center thanks serious religious tension will begin if the opposition does ultimately topple president assad. were the saloon issuing signs or. if you were booing minorities you know as the sects in syria but who all. those issues forces lose who are you and openly how has after we've talked to you get a few good to give because we will do will strive to feature a lot of words. that is yet to get through an even religious conflict as long as everybody is united because that we are successful but when you see h

donald vance and nathan or tell hor fighting through to try to get the story out and as they said it is really important for other whistleblowers to come forward. we've got more stories available for you twenty four seven on our website it's artie dot com log on to get more analysis videos and features. in their online for example teenage thank students could end up behind bars after getting caught playing with a flame thrower on the railway tracks. and also on the web site of the moment shooting stars don't forget to make a wish while watching mesmerizing footage of the meteor shower log on to our t. dot com to find out where it's best to watch tonight's for nothing. critic. three. videos for your media project a free media party dot com. a former russian senator is one of the latest entries into the u.k.'s rich list but sergey put you off is also under investigation in moscow as his bank owes the state more than one billion dollars it was artie's done it was cover of course his case is just one of many that has exposed dressed drawbacks in the country's banking regulation. he has e

vance who herself had a heavily strapped shoulder grounded out six for to take a match. and in the men's going veteran radek stepanek has made the final of the legg mason classic in washington d.c. beating new kid on the block american donald young comprehensively six three six three although this is it was the first semifinal on the a.t.p. tour for him but he couldn't cope against and he will face a free for the title after the french got another american prize and going back to set one. in athletics olympic champion and he still north could be going to next month's world championships in south korea after all the russian has so far failed to qualify for the show you can see event but has now won the latest a major event ahead of it at the twenty six year old cleared to meet his thirty six centimeters at his first attempt at the dime in the meeting in london while three years ago a similar jump was good enough to see him off to take gold at the beijing olympics elsewhere two americans triumph in the sprints world record holder at the same bolt was sitting this one out s

had been a case anybody in this affair a very sad affair it's the new york prosecutor's office cyrus vance his office they had the courage to do one hundred eighty day one hundred eighty degrees on their original findings more than two months ago they thought they had a credible case and that's why he was arrested and charged with his own in the wake of more than two months of intensive investigation they realized that their plane given the only witness to this a legit crime was not credible. as there's really no very reflection also on the nature of the wall there in the us we love that tell us about the way that the law has been used here. well. i suppose different people will see different reflections of the american justice system in this particular case what i see is a justice system that when presented with a credible case at the time of great. did everything in its power to to to prevent the suspect from leaving the united states. the bills of the whistles the perp walk that distressed so many viewers more than two months ago or. hans treatment at the hands of our child wouldn't pre

pitching match up for giants against sacramento native vance worley z sanchez at the past six weeks withhow about a's in tampa? sting ray tank is a big attraction. and there is a sleep with the fishes. and there is former a, johnny damon scores, and there is coco chris, two run bla. there is a respond in the sixth. there is a single, right now, the score is 7-2, rays. so there is tiger woods, practicing before bridgestone invitational. two feet away, stevey williams his old caddy. they pass each other. not a word spoken. and there is round two. a par on 14th. tiger seven off the pace now. and rough day for phil mickelson. and there is a shot of the day right there is crowded at the top. ricky fowler rolling in a putt for birdie on nine. sharing a lead with three others including adam scott. back to tiger, not happy heading into the weekend. >> i played awful today. so there is a couple luts shots. and i am still going to get a feel for that. >> and there is tiger, all about the putting. next week the championship is a tune up for that. >> thank you. >> too bad about that friendship. >> w

never know who will choose to take that role of professional journalist seriously to use that to a vance a political agenda. but as they go into the 2012 election, we can expect unfair treatment and misinformation that the information technology puts the power back into the hands of the people. we are not power less. yes we have to work harder and stay one step ahead but if we are vigilant we can defeat the power of the sound bite and a whole chapter about first of all,rom how the media and derives its power from a sound bite to and how we can disarm it. we can use that to ourtoni advantage if we are just as clever and creative and vigilant and just as unified do you hear in the democrats turning on each other the way? did i address all three points?nd >> alas statement prompted me specifically how would you unified said tea party movement? >> first of all, what we have to do is be proud on the principles of which the party was founded there right now about 12 say an embarrassment but joe biden calling the tea party terrace or to say it iss causing the paralysis in congress, i think wher

vance clark, my top assistant,ug was buying an extraordinaryao amounts of red paint from a local pin store. the owner asked him.. what are you doing with all thih paint? welcome all we year pitching over.ar come and see. you are the ones doing it. after that the owner give them a big discount. [laughter] but eventually as father ofy later was arrested for civil disobedience. >> he was caught red handed by the owner of the billboard company. one night when they were painting, the guy had been outm. looking.er get really mad, and they had an accurate. some in got splashed. he said, i'm going to get youo and went to the police station.n the police filed charges. he was charged with damaging property. op a year later he went on trial for damaging private property.. it they could have settled for a fine, but he did not want to. he wanted to go on trial and explain why he was doing it. his lawyer used something calleu the necessity defense, a defense that is sometimes used by civiln rights people when they break the law. we had tried to do the right thing. we could find no other way. that

vance. not only turned his back on this innocent victim but he's also turned his back on forensic, medical and other evidence in this case." he also goes on to criticize the district attorney by saying that this is a man that has been elected as he put it to protect our mothers, our daughters, our wives and if he doesn't protect them, if they are raped, who will? this is a statement that he has also made in the last couple of days. now, of course, the question is, what happens next? well, that scheduled hearing, the status hearing for dominique strauss-kahn will still go on tomorrow as scheduled. the district attorney is about to file, i am told, a dor, that's called a dismissal of recommendation. in effect, it's to formally dismiss the charges. and he will mention in this motion a number of different reasons. he'll enumerate all kinds of reasons why he thinks the victim in this case was not credible and that in essence, if the end, that he did not think there was enough evidence in order to

. >> district attorney vance has abandoned an innocent woman and has denied an innocent woman a right to get justice in a rape case. >> strauss-kahn said nothing as he left court. he thanked his friends saying the past 2.5 months have been a nightmare, in a prepared statement. >>> they are built to move on water but every now and then the water puts them on land. if you have ever wanted to move a ship from shore to sea we'll show you how it's done in tonight's "good question." >>> and it's the first hurricane threat to the united states in years. where irene has already hit and the where the -- and where the storm is headed now. ,,,,,, ah yes. there it is. the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. we may never know. let that sink in, people. we may never know. but now? now is not the time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steemer. tsunami -- lifts all boats. this was the scene in march >>> a rising tide or in this case tsunami lifts all boats. >> this is the scene in march after an earthquake and tsunami hit japan. cars,

vance saying i've been in seattle, been through earthquakes before. some people have not.the precise moment when the quake hit in manhattan. final image before i get to my guest here. final image we have this chandelier, i believe it is, here we go. shaking quite a bit here. this is from an i-reporter. this is new york state. you and i are seeing this for the first time together. so just a little bit of shaking glenn ricks. bringing you in from georgia tech. civil and environmental engineering. an earthquake engineer. welcome to cnn. >> thank you. pleased to be here. >>> 5.9 magnitude earthquake. i was listen to the geological survey a moment ago. >> earthquakes are more common in the western united states, particularly in california and in the view of many people, that's the only place where earthquakes do occur in the united states. but in fact, there are earthquakes in the eastern united states as well. but they're just much less frequent and they can be quite powerful. but typically they're not. so 5.9 is pretty big for the eastern united states. >> explain this to me.

but yesterday the manhattan district attorney, cyrus vance filed a 25-page document. an incredible thing. it's up on the web. people can see it. i did a comment on cnn.com. i linked to it. the catalog of lies, not just about her immigration but her financial status, about her -- about the event the night of that event. the catalog of lies was so extensive, i was told by members of the da's office that experienced prosecutors said look, we cannot put this woman on the witness stand. we cannot vouch for her as a government witness. we have to drop the case. i mean, think how lucky dominique strauss-kahn is to behave so horribly, but he picked a woman who was so disabled by her lying that she couldn't bring the case. but let's not pretend this was anything other than a really ugly incident. >> yeah. >> by this powerful man. jeff toobin, appreciate it. thanks very much. more ahead. ok, people. show me the best way to design a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hin

vance left the room and the press corps. >> susan i have to wrap you up for more coverage on the quake other news, back to you. >> richard, our thanks to susan as well. we've been telling that you president obama is on vacation in martha's vineyard. dan lothian is traveling with the president. dan, tell us, has the president been briefed on what's happened and where is he? >> well, look, i can tell you that we're waiting to find out if, in fact, the president felt the earthquake. he's currently out on the golf course and the pool of reporters who are in a holding area, not far from where the president is, a couple of them actually felt the earthquake. i was on the first floor of the building, right now we're up on the fourth floor. i was down on the ground floor when this earthquake hit. i felt it. i lived for quite a while out in los angeles. so i'm quite familiar with the feel of an earthquake. so immediately, i knew that it was an earthquake. the ground was swaying from side to side. looked up at one of the light fixtures, it has a little piece hanging down from it, that was swaying

the defensed vance research project agency is spending $42 million on the project.ey want to identify credible threats in cyber space and they want to spot trends like the arab revolution as they develop. this isn't the government first foray to use social media for intelligence gathering. the f.b.i. combed through facebook and twitter for clues of the whereabouts of boston gangster whitey bulger. pentagon officials say they want to do something similar but on a broad and systemic scale. >>> one of california's most popular specialty license plates is getting a redesign. whale tail specialty place produced in 1997. the california coastal commission decided to seek out a new design after royalty battle with the original artist. commission unveiled the new plate at the san francisco crissy field yesterday. you see it there. the new design is a collaboration of two artists. as you can see, it retains the popular whale tail theme. there is the artist. >> try to get a closer look but that would be tailgating. i know. 5:56. >>> seriously, though, folks, just ahead on abc7

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all eyes will be on jonathan sanchez tonight, but don't forget at the sacramento native vance worley,starts including the first career complete game against the giants last week. >> i would imagine they went back and looked at film and are going to try to pick apart, you know, what i threw against them last time. it's up to me to go out there and make adjustments to their adjustment es they're going to make. >> try to get pitchers to hit and pitch up to the sun and try to get line drive and see what happens. >> threw the ball well over there in philly. i think just his command was, you know, what kept us off balance a little bit in and out with the fast ball and just pinpoint command. throwing strikes. so maybe be a little more aggressive tonight and see what happens. >> reporter: and a buster posey sighting in the clubhouse today. he's still using that walking boot and the crutch. as early as sunday or monday he can begin walking without that crutch. reporting live from at&t park, jamie syer for nbc bay area. >>> a's looking to snap a three game losing streak in tampa. pick this one