it's vicki lawrence! >> oh -- >> we're so excited. >> people love you.reat. >> i'll send you right over to lenscrafters when we're through here. >> you must love that? people, they adore you. >> yes. >> because everybody loves carol so much. i feel like i am the benevolent, recipient, a little bit of that love. >> the fairy dust. >> what do they ask you? people stop you on the street all the time. what's the question you get the most? >> where's mama? >> is that right? >> actually, in my purse. >> do they ask you to do her? no. they want to know where she is, like she's not me. she's another person. like she's -- hold on. she's in the phone booth. i'll go get her. >> crazy. because you probably spent the rest of your life and quite a substantial amount of money trying not to look like mama in real life. >> kind of a character i can grow into. at least it wasn't a blond bimbo with -- >> how young were you? when you first -- >> 24 and i'm looking at the dvd covers going, oh, my god. i was young. look how young. >> you were 24 there? >> well, maybe not ther

vicki, how's space? when i first saw where i was living, let's just say thank god in space no one can hear you scream. she really classed things up. she redid the death chamber in orange shag carpet. i mean, it was so drab, i wanted to die. people have been dying in there for years. nobody complained until you came along. you guys are really cute together. dick, where can we have a private conversation? how about right here in front of everyone? join me in the kitchen. does anyone here do a good impression of me? no, but i do an awesome bette midler. so, uh... what brings you back to earth, sir? an extended honeymoon? the honeymoon is over. then why are you here? start saving these box tops. i want this boomerang. yes, sir. sit down. how are you? you're asking how i am? how do you think i should be? i think you should be very proud of yourself. i'm proud of you. have i ever told you that? uh, no. you have threatened to kill me, though. well, that was a mistake. i'm sorry. i'd like to make up for that. i'

. >> reporter: vicky sellers watched as seven alexandria police officers opened fire and killed her son. 30-year-old t aft sellers a former marine legally carried a gun but he didn't fire on february 18th when officers opened up hitting him five times with 37 rounds. >> he continued to shoot him as he walked in front of him. even with him laying down and the gun not in his hand. >> reporter: vicky sellers questions why officers opened fire in the first place. today police chief cook said their own internal investigation found officers fired in self-defense. >> only at the point that mr. sellers pointed his gun at one of my officers did the rest of the officers fire their weapons. >> reporter: cook says for at least eight minutes his officers tried to get sellers to put his gun down. >> telling him that we were there to help him. telling him he doesn't have to do anything. please show your hands. >> reporter: he says cell phone videos recorded by people across at this mcdonald's show sellers pointed his gun at the officers but vicky sellers who was there and has seen the videos only saw

i want vicki to play mama.. >> you guys were a dysfunctional family before dysfunctional families were cool on television. >> we had fun and dysfunction. >> i love that the note said mama's family hilarious and sometimes heartwarming. >> there's an element of truth to that family. that's why it stood the test of time and why everybody loves her so much. >> to me you have the ultimate hollywood fairy tale story. you idolized carol burnett and wrote her a fan letter and that's how you came to be on the show. >> i'm not sure i idolized her but everybody said that i looked like her. and my mom, basically, when i was a senior in high school said write the fan letter. i never thought about going into showbiz. you have very nice teeth by the way. >> thank you. >> i wanted to be a dental hygienist. >> oh. >> i was going to marry a rich dentist and hang it up. >> carol had other ideas? >> i was enter into a contest called ms. fireball and the gal in the newspaper article said she looks like a young carol burnett. so i s

on kron4's the vicki but not passed-judge vicki look innocuous takes us to the oyster fast. of that coming up next. --vicki livonakis. >>erica: welcome back to the kron4 morning news. we are approaching and many heatwave. temperatures will climb again this weekend. i will have full details coming up in my next reports. >>: oyster fest is here. happening for the past five years the san francisco water bar on the embarcadero. hundred show up to support the surfers foundation and ocean preservation. people come from as far away as new zealand. >>: i like the texture. not too many calories. >>: that kind of make me think of it. >>: oysters are the perfect protein and >>: oysters are good for your lungs. >>: i'm an oyster sucker shutter eater. >>: the oyster festival be complete without the oyster fest. the competition so fierce. the winner downing over 90 oysters in just two minutes. for more sublimed oyster experience had been tied to the water are oyster bar. water bars had oysters from all over the world. my topic of the local raw oysters, the fried oysters and a plate of del

i'm your host vicki evans. our guest this morning is ed hofner who is our director of marriage and family life at the archdiocese of san francisco. we were just talking a little bit about what the marriage preparation classes entail that ed puts on. you were saying that one thing getting ready for marriage, the preparation aspects and another thing is keeping the marriage going an enriching it. >> yeah. well, we do put a lot of effort in the church into marriage preparation but one thing that has become clear to me over the last three or four years is there is not a lot of things offered for couples after they're married. the marriages last 20, 30, 40, 50 years is a vocation. thank you a doctor or teacher or carpenter, electrician, you get ongoing training. with marriage, we have avenue let that slide. marriage encounter is a wonderful program for couples but not every couple can do a weekend. i've been trying to find programs that we can offer in the archdiocese for couples that would enhance their marriage. w

good evening, i'm vicki liviakis. >> andtoday, u.s. and russian diplomats announced an agreement aimed at ridding syria of its weapons. this is after they alleged the syrian government used chemical weapons against his civilians. that attack is alleged to have killed 1400 people. kron 4's mike pelton breaks down the agreement and shows us the pressure it put on syria. >> the united states and russia are committed to the elimination of syrian chemical weapons in the soonest and safest manner. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry made that announcement alongside russian foreign minister making clear the urgency needed in ridding the assad regime of chemical weapons. >> we have reached a shared assessment of the amount and type of chemical weapons possessed by the assad regime. and we are committed to the rapid assumption of control by the community of those weapons. >> reporter: the frame work for eliminating the weapons calls for a timetable for syria to submit a list of their stockpile within the next week. the frame work also ca

. >> vicki, along with jill, banding together to create marin clean highways. using their own time and money and contributions to clean the frontage roads of u.s. 101 to the tiberon exit. >> three tons, so, if you consider that a $1,000 fine per one-piece of litter it goes beyond our national budget. >> the contractor working with the organization says there is something the government can do. >> get legislation so that trubs that have the open backs -- trucks that have the open backs don't throw out litter. >> reporter: vicki will be out here until then picking it up. >> as long as we have funds we will pick it up, when the funds run out i don't know what we will do. reporting from highway 101. kpix5. >> and the women say the average cleanup cost is several hundred each month. >>> it is the last week of summer. we have rain back in the forecast. i will pinpoint the day you should expect it as the news continues right here on kpix5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [[cheers for deen]] >>>it has been a tough year for paula deen. it appears fans are giving her a second chance. [

. >> vickie sellers watched at seven alexandrian police officers opened fire and killed her son. a arm toker marine legally carried a gun. but he did not fire when officers opened up with 37 rounds hitting him five times. >> only at the point that mr. seller's pointed his gun at one of my officers did the rest of the officers fire their weapons. >> reporter: he says cell phone videos shows sellers pointed his gun at the officers. but vickie sellers who has seen the videos and was there says she only saw him point his gun down. she thought taft fired first which he did not. >> the video is part of the criminal investigation. >> the chief won't release the video to the public but will consider my request to let reporters view the video. >>> right now, friends and family are paying respects to the family of kenny diaz. he was stabbed to death last saturday. he played football at wood bridge high. so day police announced four more arrests in connection to his death. they think diaz was killed after he and his friends confronted another group about a robbery. >>> more breaking news. w

vicki? >> coming up, a possible bart strike. what they have up their sleeve. >> and also a candidate statement from the catholic church. >> this massive shooting. what lawmakers are talking about gun control. reform legislation. >> president barrack obama spoke at a memorial service today for the twelve men and women killed in a washington navy yard last week. the president thanked and honored those fallen for their service and emphasized that they would never be forgotten. he offered condolences to the family and ensured them that the nation is mourning with them. there will weaken not accept this. >> the president also used the memorial to bring attention to the rise in gun violence in the us. >> we can't accept this. as americans bound in grief and love we must insist here today there is nothing normal about innocent men and women being gunned down where they work. it will be one week ago tomorrow that aaron alexis opened fire at the washington dc navy yard killing twelve people. tactical teams were used to surround alexis an

. >> reporter: vicky sellers watched as 7 alexandria police officers shot her son.ormer marine legally carried a gun but he didn't fire on february 18th when officers opened up with 37 rounds hitting him five times. >> only at the point that mr. sellers pointed his gun at within of my officers did the rest of the officers fire their weapons. >> reporter: he says cell phone videos recorded by people across duke street at this mcdonald's shows sellers pointed his gun at the officers. but vicky sellers, who has seen the videos and was there, says she only saw taft point his gun down. she believes the shooting started when one officer began firing because she thought taft fired first. which he did not. >> the video is part of our criminal investigation. >> reporter: the chief won't release the video to the public but will consider my request to let reporters view it. peggy fox, wusa9.com. >> a jury is deliberating whether concert promoter aeg live was negligent in hiring the doctor who killed michael jackson. the lawsuit was filed by the singer's family. during closing

. >> vicki burger is a republican member of the oregon house. said that as the states residents buy more efficient cars and less gas, the budget crunch is only going get worse. but she thinks there may be a solution. instead of having oregon motorists pay a $.30 tax on every gallon, have them pay a fee, a penny or two on every mile they drive. it's called a vmt fee. oregon was the first state in the union to impose a gas tax a century ago and it set up an experiment to see if it can lead the nation again. >> 300 volunteers let the state hook up transmitters and computers to their car, so the mileage in oregon could be tracked with a gps. >> the technology worked just fine, but civil liberty and privacy advocates felt it would give big brother an opportunity to snoop on private citizens. so it faded out of view. until the oregon department of transportation ran a new experiment late last year. this time, participants had a range of choices. they could let smartphones track their movements or have gps that sent data to affirm instead of the govern

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thank you, vickie. if you have a tip, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail. >>> one of the biggest names in silicon valley commercial real estate filed plans for a massive new development in north san jose. the 20 acre project would be built near north 1st street. the development firm wants to build ten seven-story buildings. san jose city planners say it's the most exciting project to come along in 30 years. and with one prospective ten namt, it's bng designed as a leading edge campus for a tech company. >> they're proposing swimming pools and basketball courts down in the parking garage, soccer fields on top of the parking deck. walkways connecting between buildings up in the air. so it's a really cool place. >> we're excited about seeing that kind of employment base onlying into san jose. >> the developer plans to use 24-hour construction to complete this project in close to a year. >>> they want the a's and they are not backing down. san jose fired back at major league baseball. lawye

we thank your entire family, as and, vicki, itz, is great to see you.g my first term, i was fortunate enough to have a seat ofthe united states floor the senate next to senator ted kennedy, and it was a remarkable opportunity. as senator menendez said, your uncle, that is true. standing up for principle and moving the process forward, so we know that spirit is in your family, and we thank you very much for your willingness to move forward. mr. ambassador, it is great to see you. well,present japan very and we know that your presence here just underscores the importance of the relationship between japan and the united crowley,nd congressman i am glad we had a reason to get you over to the senate side. thank you for being here. we had a chance to talk, and a lot of the issues we have talked about have artie been brought out. i want to talk about one issue, then i mentioned with prime minister abe when i was in tokyo this year, and you mentioned -- recently,erican about child abduction cases, and we are very theyciative of that, and have taken action to pa

vicki? >> well now that we are just about half-way through the scheduled closure of the bay bridge, you might be asking yourself just how close are work?? we sent scott rates to find out, he's live on treasure island tonight, so scott, how is the work coming along? >> reporter: it is coming along very well. they might even be ahead of schedule which is great news. this is from earlier, the working crews have been working around-the-clock. they were removing the 1000 section of the ritual project. that will allow ford and original pedestrian path to be installed and also are regionally-2015 with a bike path also. they're also working on the western span of the bay bridge cleaning up the upper deck and also the lights are being replaced with a new modern led lights. the bridge is lit up. now that they are ahead of schedule which we could see a sooner opening of that bridge. for tuesday, 5:00 a.m.. (sounds of blow torch) >> there is no going back now. crews have started to demolition what is no

i'm vicki. >> i'm john. crews are mopping up that fire and it's one that had firefighters very worried. >> reporter: a brush fire on san bruno mountain quickly spread more than 40 acres sending plumes of smoke into the sky. it started alongside the hillside and went to a 4 alarm blaze. >> it did run up the hill and it was pretty fast moving. >> reporter: one neighbor captured the smoke as it filled the street. here is video from a viewer driving on the 101. this man grabbed his camera when he heard the cackling outside his house. >> it's too much dirt over here so it didn't come out this way. >> the power went out and bon a couple of times. >> reporter: a good stretch of hillside boulevard was closed for a few hours t.cause of the fire is being investigated. >> if you're smoking, hot dry temperature, hot dry brush equals 4 adapt fires. >> now this fire was reported at 2:00 this afternoon and within 30 minutes it was a 4 adapt blaze. residents in the area were worried it could get out of control. we spoke wit

vicki to in the suburbs, 60 downtown. sunset at 650 p.m. high pressure is strengthening over the region which means several more days of dry and mild conditions although it will get warmer. temperatures in the 70's and 80's over the plains states. normal. not much in the way of precipitation approaching our area. clear night and sunny to partly cloudy days and that should last through the week -- work week. 7681 tomorrow. sunrise at 7 -- 7:03 a.m. a one foot chop on the ocean a.m. hi tide at fort mchenry. and getting back into the 70's pipe midweek. temperatures climbing into the 80's for the first week about over with sunny to partly quiet -- partly cloudy skies. 70's to nearupper 80. the hurricane season continues rather quiet. we do have a storm to track created is a small, compact storm and the winds are not very strong. enough to get a name. drifting east right now but it is expected to wander around the central part of the atlantic which is a good place for tropical storms to be, far removed from any major land areas for the next five

and vicky says it's an equalizer. the con, unequal school district budgets and disparity in teacher training and there's mark at wage beauty who represents lots of teachers, the big question is why those on front lines are asked to respond to policy instead of guiding it. you the viewer are third host of the show, you're part of the stream team, you drive the conversation as always, using the #ajamstream. join the conversation. >> founder of the education job, the chock face. michael brickman, the national policy director at the forwardham institute, conservative think-tank. wajnam mementi, and henry graby with a freedom group for less taxes and more freedom. michael, can you explain to us how common core came to be? how were these standards created? >> sure, they were developed by states, they were an initiative led by individual governors, individual school state officers because they believed that the standards in place in each of their stairts were not adequate and they wanted to make sure they were being honest w

now for the first time she sits down with vicky nguyen. >> we caught up with debby are fell six months ago. >> i would take issue with that -- >> now half way into her appointment she addresses the failures. >> the public is not being served. it's like making industry happy is the primary responsibility. >> how do you feel when people say that the regulators are falling down on the job? >> i'm disheartened, frankly. i would say it is a little extreme to say we are falling down on the job. however i would not say we are doing everything we can. >> you issued a memo to your staff saying 20% of the companies under dpsc were operating with expired permits. what number is that now? >> i would love for you to talk with the permitting staff. >> the department confirms that number has not changed. >> i have been here many years. >> reporter: for the first time she addresses the departure of her second in command. she stepped down after our investigation raised questions about her investments in companies that the dtsc oversees. >> did you see the investigation is a distraction to what she need

i am vicki, tonight here is another bart strike are mounting. bart negotiations dragging on for two months and still no head way. tomorrow meeting where bart management and the unions will go to toe to toe on the issue of money. kron 4 news tells us how far negotiations need to go to avoid a strike. >> pensions and salaries and benefits and there is still far apart from an agreement. >> bart comes up to a 10% paying increase through a four years and union leadership moving very slowly since april and they're still over a 20% of the contract. >> we believe that's a fair offer for employees and the taxpayers and the riders and we hope it will be something that we can come up with an agreement. >> union leaders are looking for answers. >> we have a lot of questions because the last time we are given proposal management they left and never came back and it is been over 30 days since we have discussed any of our generals economics. >> we are not looking forward to another strike, we are looking for a bart contract and that's what we are dedicated to

or you can send vicki an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. now the crisis in syria.urprising op-ed piece written by russian president vladimir putin was just released. it's titled a plea for caution from russia. it warns a u.s. military strike will just escalate the vie resistance from syria and surrounding region johns. he said there's no doubt poison gas was used in syria but believes it came from op is igs forces and not the syrian army. meantime, john kerry is on his way to meet with russian diplomats. they will try to work out a deal for syria to turn over it chemical weapons and put them under united nations control. >> this is going to be a complicated process. we'll have to identiedentify whe chemical sites are. there will probably need to be a cease-fire so inspectors can go in and inspect the sites and remove them for destruction. >> last night, you may have seen it here, president obama addressing the nation saying no deal is reached -- if no deal is reached, he still wants to launch air strikes against the syrian regime for use of chemical residents. the

to update the warning site and translate for vend visitors, but people are still allowed to visit, vickias surprised. we figured we would try every day, and keep coming back. >> reporter: they are from florida, and are avid hikers, they plan to take a gallon of water. >> we are planning to take two gps, that will stop us from getting lost. >> reporter: they agreed to take our camera along. hiking over the sand, there will be a lot of it. as he hiked up the unmanned trail. >> marking the notch, this is the way. >> reporter: a natural hot spot that they insist is worth it. >> now, you're going to 70 one of the most magical places on earth. >> reporter: even with all the hassle of getting here. >> this is the site that people will absolutely risk their lives just to see. words don't describe the beauty of the spot. >> reporter: maybe, the heat tourists are onto something. remember that german family, keeping track of the temperature readings wherever they go. >> we'll make a present for you so you can take better pictures. there you go, that is for you. >> reporter: a souvenir for the extre

. >> reporter: we spoke with vickie anderson in may. >> we canvassed the neighborhood and nothing leduge, castro hand stucuff and ate a slice of pizza and decided to pace. >> how can i manipulate to my hank advantage and the wheels going over and over had his head and see that in his body movements. >> reporter: castro's daughter born in the house grew older she begging him to quit locking the doors. one day, he did not lock the door and that led to amanda berry's help to 911. i still can't believe what i did to put me in the situation that i'm in now, he wrote. >> everything he has done is indicative of a disorder. >> when the investigators searched his home in may they counseled a confessional note from 2004 in which he wrote about suicide. i want to put an end to my life and let the devil deal with me. >> what about suicide? >> castro was supposed to be checked by guards every half hour in his cell. prison officials say they are investigating how he was able to hang himself ending his life and his life sentence. >> that was nbc's kate snow reporting there. the coroner in ohio says

my victim's mom and stepdad are here today, vickie and greg.for coming. i took these people's trust. because, you know, they trusted me with their daughter, you know, not to hurt her in any way, and i ended up killing her, you know. i can say that, you know. i can, i can admit that i've killed somebody. >> when we made the decision to come to the prison to visit with mark, a lot of our friends and family were like, are you crazy? well, you know, i was full of rage and i was not healing very well. and i wanted to tell him about that. and so we brought with us, do you remember, some pictures of you guys when you were dating and then i also had this photograph of jenny dead on the emergency room table. and i remember we kind of pulled out the nice pictures and mark was smiling and kind of talking about them and then pulled out this other picture. and i know that, mark, you didn't want to look at it. and i was so angry. i just wanted to keep shoving it in front of your face. i remember, i said to you, i want to hear you say that you killed jenny. a

>> vicki and keith have played the role of surrogate parents to brown for more than 15 years. their own children. >> he just would call to talk to my boys, and the boys at the age they were were never home, and we developed a friendship, and i loved him. he just seemed kind of lost and lonely, you know, and then the crime happened. it was very heartbreaking. >> the crime occurred when brown was 16 years old. he's now serving two 50-year sentences for the murders of his mother and stepfather. >> aaron brown bewilders me. he sat in wait with a shotgun until his parents came home one night, and as his mom walked through the door, he blasted her with the shotgun, shot at his stepfather, missed, and ended up chasing his stepfather around the house shooting at him until he finally killed him. and i wanted to know why. >> weeks earlier before he grew out his hair and beard, we interviewed brown about the murders. >> i just remember when i woke up like the first thing i said that day was, today is the day. i had myself convinced and for whatever reason there was nothing wrong with it

is a tony award winning actress who you know from her work in movies like "lost in translation," "vicky opposite joseph gordon-levitt in a great new love story called "don jon." please welcome back to the show our pal scarlett johansson everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome, scarlett johansson. scarjo. >> yes. >> jimmy: do you like that nickname scarjo? do you hate it? >> jifa? jifall? >> jimmy: jifa is pretty good. jifa. i will take jifa. scarjo sounds cool though. >> it does? >> jimmy: jifa sounds like a pet hamster or something. this is my hamster jifa. i don't know what jifa sounds like. it sounds like a weird football league or something. >> it sounds like a fungus. >> jimmy: it does sound like a fungus, but i'm a fun guy. [ laughter ] i just had a heart attack. i had a little stroke. thanks for coming back here pal. >> thanks for having me. >> jimmy: last time you were here we had a great time. we had the first lady, michelle obama was here. >> yeah. >> jimmy: wasn't that fun. >> that was amazing actually. >> jimmy: the whole show was fun. >> i know, and also we w

four months after the incident dave and vicki received the final incident report in direct contradiction to the lieutenant colonels initial e-mail the report stated that his son had been killed by friendly fire when his commanding officer lieutenant hanson shot him believing that he was the enemy. confused by the conflicting accounts of his son's death dave reached out to private first class skinny's father dog a police officer in illinois became somebody who i spent literally hours on the telephone with and i shared this e-mail with him had been sent to me being a cop he looked at this and instantly instantly had heartburn with a serious issues with it after months of asking for additional information about the conflicting reports of their son's deaths and getting no answers from the army dave met with doug to me in person for the first time at a ceremony at fort campbell when we were at fort campbell and we were visiting for this memorial service we had kind of gotten to a point where we both felt like we could release it and let it go after the ceremony the two fathers were talking in

vicki nguyen broke the story with the international impact. >> after the first investigation, we received tips from many former and current workers here in the u.s. and canada. company insiders say what we found here in the bay area was standard practice throughout the billion dollar corporation if are years. now are if the first time, these employees are speaking out about a cost-cutting measure that put public health at risk. >> i go to a fence and i lock at & i said this is a fricking storage shed. >> via face time, he describes his first stop for cisco foods. unsupervised unrefrigerated outdoor shed. >> it was nasty. i second-guessed doing it, but i have a kid and the family to provide for. >> he left the job after months, disgusted by the company's shed. >> i remember dropping off chicken and beef. stuff that was perishable. >> back in july, we showed you how cisco stored meat, milk and produce in sheds across the bay area. they had convenient spots not in a refrigerated truck. food that was later picked up by sales people in their cars and delivered to restaurants and hotels. >>> yo

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for months after the incident dave and vicki received the final incident report in direct contradiction to the lieutenant colonels initial e-mail the report stated that his son had been killed by friendly fire when his commanding officer lieutenant hanson shot him believing that he was the enemy. confused by the conflicting accounts of his son's death dave reached out to private first class kim is father dog a police officer in illinois doug became somebody who i spent literally hours on the telephone with and i shared this e-mail with him dead had been sent to me being a cop he looked at this and instantly instantly had heartburn with and had serious issues with it after months of asking for additional information about the conflicting reports of their son's deaths and getting no answers from the army dave met with doug to me in person for the first time at a ceremony at fort campbell when we were at fort campbell and we were visiting for this memorial service we had kind of gotten to a point where we both felt like we could release it and let it go after the ceremony the two fathers w

. >> vicky nguyen follows the money. >> for months, we have been reviewing samtran's financial records, after employees came forward to raise concerns about how the district is handling your money. we uncovered several errors. were they honest mistakes? or were they intentional? >> they want you to ask questions. they want you to do what they said. >> reporter: david ramirez works in the department from 2001 to 2012. >> it's only the workers, the grunts, that know what's going on. in my case, i know what's going on. >> reporter: his duties included preparing caltrain's financial statements. he says he left the agency after he was instructed to make changes to financial records he believes were illegal. he says the changes were inflated to ask for more taxpayer money. >> we had to increase expenses where there was no expenses. >> reporter: he was asked to make up expenses for services the agency never received, too give the appearance that caltrain needed more public dollars. that's hard to belief. >> hard to believe. but it's done. it happens. >> reporter: from san francisco to gilroy,

, the director of the department of toxic substances control sits down with investigative reporter vicki wynn. >> we were not serving the people of california. >> reporter: we first caught up with director deb bree raffell six months ago. >> i would take issue with that we're failing to enforce. >> it's not being served. it's like making industry happy is the primary responsibility. >> how do you feel then when people say the regulators are falling down on the job? >>> i feel disheartened frankly because i would say that it's a little extreme to say with we're falling down on the job. however, i would not say that we're doing everything we can. >> the day after we spoke to you on the sidewalk, you issued a memo on your staff saying about 20% of the companies under dtsc regulation were operating with expiring permits. 22 out of 118. what number is that now? >> i would love for you to talk to my permitting staff. i don't know the number right now. >> reporter: her department confirms that number has not changed. >> debbie pointed out that i've been here many, many years. >> reporter: for t

four months after the incident even vicky received the file . the incident report in direct contradiction to the lieutenant colonels initial e-mail reports stated that his son had been killed by friendly fire when his commanding officer lieutenant hanson shot him believing that he was the enemy. confused by the conflicting accounts of his son's death dave reached out to private first class kimmy father dog a police officer in illinois doug became somebody who i spent literally hours on the telephone with and i shared this e-mail with him that had been sent to me being a cop he looked at this and instantly instantly had heartburn with and had serious issues with it after months of asking for additional information about the conflicting reports of their sons' deaths and getting no answers from the army dave met with doug to meet in person for the first time at a ceremony at fort campbell when we were at fort campbell and we were visiting for this memorial service we had kind of gotten to a point where we both felt like we could release it and let

the director of the department of toxic substances control sits down with investigative reporter vickieynn. >> we r not serving with the people of california. >> we first caught up with debbie rafael six months ago. now halfway into our report, she addresses the failures. >> the people are not being served. it's like making industry happy is their primary responsibility. >> how do you feel then when people say the regulators are falling down on the job? >> i feel disheartened frankly. i would say it's a little extreme to say that we're falling down on the job however i would not say say that we're doing everything we can. >> the day we talked with you on the sidewalk you issue a mem to your staff saying 20% of the companies under the regulation were operating with expired permits. what number is that now. >> i would love if r you to talk with my staff. i don't know the number right now. >> the department confirms that number has not changed. for the first time rafael addresses the departure of her second in command. she stepped down after our investigation raced questions about her inve

. >> reporter: we spoke with vicki anderson of the fbi back in may. >> we canvassed the neighborhood, we did all of those things. nothing led us to ariel castro. >> reporter: during a break in the questioning, castro was left alone. he ate a slice of pizza, then started to pace around the room. >> the bottom line is, i know i'm going to go away for a long time. i know it. >> reporter: in the interrogation, castro said he was actually glad the women had escaped. >> i will not let you define me. or affect who i am. >> reporter: on the day castro was sentenced to life in prison, michelle knight spoke forcefully. >> i spent 11 years in hell, now your hell is just beginning. >> of course, castro's life ended this week when he hung himself. you may be wondering about that phone call he made to amanda's mother. the fbi says they were aware of it at the time but they were unable to pinpoint the location of the caller, and they thought it even might be a prank. brian? >> even with him gone, this remains so chilling. kate snow, thank you, as always. >>> we're going to take a break. we're back i