our next witness, mr. matthew polka, is president of the american cable association and 850 member nonprofit

i think these witnesses both saw the same person. >> then police got a huge break. investigators using canine teams identified a potential lead. >> they were able to track a scent trail to a residential area in concord that was close to the trail. >> a man in this neighborhood had a criminal history. he also looked similar to the composite drawings. his name was mark fisher. he was known to be violent, violent to his relatives, violent to police officers and to other public officials. >> witnesses in the park were shown a photo lineup which included fisher's picture. >> at least three of the witnesses were positive that the photo of mr. fisher was the subject they had seen on the trail. >> but when investigators went to mr. fisher's house, they got some shocking news. >> the police were met by a relative who told them, you haven't heard? my brother, mr. fisher, just killed himself, jumped off the golden gate bridge, committed suicide. >> mark fisher killed himself less than 24 hours after kathy's murder. >> this person now kills himself a day after this type of crim

we did say that we don't believe he's the most appropriate witness. we did say that he would not -- and it's not appropriate for him to testify before the select committee if he testifies here. we can't tell them how to work their internal caucus politics. we have been working with the committee throughout weeks now to determine the best witness and when and who, so we've had those conversations, but ultimately they need to make decisions. we've said the secretary is willing, happy to testify on this issue -- >> happy? (laughter.) >> on one of those dates -- july 12th or 20th -- because we believe oversight is important. but we can't -- this can't be the secretary gets called up by -- >> right. >> continually by different committees on this issue. >> well, fair enough. but it just seems to me that you could then suggest to congressman issa that look, we'll send you official x and the secretary, we think, is a more appropriate witness for the select committee. >> well, we certainly said he wasn't the most appropriate witness for this hearing. >> right,

i think our witnesses.i yield to my friend and colleague for opening comments. >> thank you, chairman smith. thank you for your leadership of this committee. i would also like to thank our distinguished witnesses including ambassador jackson and ann richards from the u.s. department of state as well as a range of experts from prominent nongovernmental development and advert -- advocacy organizations. i look forward to hearing your perspectives on the ongoing crisis including getting an update on humanitarian situation in the u.s. and international efforts to address the challenges including the collaboration with the african union and what is at stake if efforts to quell the conflict are not implemented with sufficient resources. in april, i had the honor of traveling to rwanda and the central african republic as part of the presidential delegation to attend the 20th anniversary of the rwandan genocide. while on the central african journey, ig of the witnessed much of the poverty, chaos and lack of economic

witness was mr. alan, an antitrust lawyer at the law firm -- he advises on mergers and acquisitions, provides counsel on non-merger matters, and -- prior to joining the law firm, he spent more than one decade at the united states department of justice and had justice -- antitrust division. investigations in industries including radio, television, and motion pictures. fromceived his ba dartmouth college and received his jd from rutgers camden school law. he holds a degree from new york university. the next witness is mr. patrick. ofis founder and chairman rural media group, inc., the largest provider of multimedia content dedicated to rural and western lifestyle. he doesn't wear a tie. his representative asked if he should. we said we wanted him in his natural state. [laughter] if you are saying he does not have a tie on, it is the prerogative of the chairman. >> thank you. group is a parent company of a number of multimedia companies including 24-hourthe first television network dedicated to the need

or identifying other witnesses.so if the military criminal investigator was detailed to do that, that might be problematic from the perception level but also they may not have the resources or the desire to be, you know, shooting holes in the boats of their fellow agents that they're going to go back to. >> you're talking to become up, make sure you understand, a stovepipe organization that answers back to d.c. the same way we have a defense committee of investigators. they will not be -- their defense investors aside whatever you choose -- >> or where ever spent it's not something -- okay. i did want to understand what you have suggested. i think colonel morris had a comment to that. >> i think we didn't want to be -- [inaudible] what it would only look like. the are a bunch of models out there. one is to have kind of a trial defense service equivalent on the investigative side with the person checks out of that command, checks into defense command and then plugs back in at some point with all of the protections we

our next witness mr.he american cable association and 850 member nonprofit association whose members serve nearly 7 million cable-television subscribers, primarily in small rural markets. prior to joining the association, mr. polka with the vice president and general counsel pittsburgh-based star cable associate. mr. polka graduated from west virginia university magna cum laude and received his jd from pittsburgh university school of law where he was editor of the law school newsmagazine and recipient of the law school's most distinguished graduate award to read welcome to you mr. polka. the next witness, professor scott hemphill of columbia law school is a law professor at columbia as i said where his research examines the balance between innovation and competition sets by antitrust law b, intellectual property and other forms of regulation. from 2011 to 2012, professor hemphill served as the chief of the antitrust bureau in the office of new york state attorney general. before joining columbia faculty,

only two witnesses there. one of them is dead.he other, david, the prosecution accuses of lying on the stand. >> matt gutman tonight. thank you. >>> a big headline tonight. after the winter that would not end, the whiplash. tonight, the record-breaking heat. the southern plains getting the worst of it. wichita at 102 this sunday. the hottest temperature ever recorded there in may. oklahoma city, a record there, as well. 97. it will stick around for several days, building and shifting eastward throughout the week. >>> to memphis, where they're likely cleaning up after two very famous wedding crashers. they were actually invited. princes william and harry on hand for an american wedding, turning it into a royal affair. linzie janis there tonight. >> reporter: southern belles, and belles in training, greet princes william and harry as they arrive under tight security at last night's wedding. was it worth it? >> yes! >> did you see them? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: the bride, who's memphis royalty, on full display. that's the bride.

apparently you've spoken with some new witnesses?reporter: and there are witnesses all up and through all of the various scenes. we have nine active crime scenes. this began outside a sorority house. witnesses say that there were at least two victims there, and then the bmw driving to this location. you can see that those men outside are sweeping up some glass. more bullets fired here. we've seen at least 12 to 15 bullet remnants that have been picked up by the authorities, and then over here witnesses also tell us that the bmw driving at a high rate of speed, about 70 miles per hour, estimated one witness, started running into people. still shooting. going in and out of this community area until it finally crashed at the end, and we spoke to a man who saw this all come to an end. here's what he says. >> we heard a loud crash, and about, you know, close to 30 rounds of gunfire, and i looked outside, and i saw the bmw had crashed into the parked cars on the street. i saw one cop rush to the car. he -- the policeman cleared out the car

phil, is that an effective witness? >> i don't think it is an effective witness in this case because it's a bench trial. the judge has already sign him crying, distraught and traumatized. all she is saying what we already know. he is upset she is dead. that does not mean any way, shape or form, that on the night of the killing he didn't intend to murder her. jon: doug, i would be pretty upset if i shot any human being, if i took a life. but doesn't necessarily mean in a moment of rage that it didn't happen and that i wasn't responsible for it? >> no i agree. i certainly agree the fact that it is not a jury trial is a colossal point. every criminal trial lawyer knows it is totally different dynamic when you don't have a jury. hard to read what this judge is thinking. let me talk about another point which is interesting, the manager of the complex he lives in testified that pistorius called and said right at the time contemporaneously, you got to come whoever here, come over here, i shot a intruder. that is good defense p

don't need that witness, here's the witness we want to send. and they have done that over and over and over. patti ann: doug mckelway is live at the white house with more on this story. hi, doug. >> reporter: hi, patti ann. three senior officials from the department of veterans affairs did not show up for today's business meeting of the house committee on veterans affairs, even as they were asked to comply with a subpoena that means bring with you under the penalty of punishment. the committee wants thomas lynch, joan moody and michael huff to answer questions about the destruction of this fake wait list for patient care at the phoenix, arizona, va facility. here's the chairman. >> late last night i got a response back saying that they were not able to have the witnesses here in a 15-hour time limit. now, i get it. fifteen hours is pretty quick. but i don't think i need to remind members of this committee that this is life or death. >> reporter: the committee's really frustrated because these documents were due on monday, and by the chairman's

some of the people who witnessed mr. lockett's had never seen an execution before and this was their first one. but we had several veterans there including my editor, who witnessed several, and this was unprecedented in terms of lengths and what happens once they gave the drugs. >> woodruff: i'll bring in professor deborah denno, at fordham university law school. what is your understanding of what happened here? what went wrong? >> it's hard to know until they have an independent investigation of what went wrong. it seems clear this was not what was supposed to happen. most lethal injections take place, if they are done correctly, within four or five minutes. you won't have the writhing that was described or an inmate shows signs of conscious awareness as mr. lockett was doing. this was not supposed to happen. >> woodruff: roy englert, what injure sense of it? we know there's a debate in the state of oklahoma before this happened. the court's ruling one way, the governor pushing back and a lot had to do with the fact tha

allowing the witnesses to filibuster. why? to continue to ask questions until they get a damn answer. now, trey doughty is a seasoned prosecutors who will get answers. who will get facts and will get justice for those families. but what i want to know, did the president give the cross border authority order to send in reinforcements to save americans under attack? not just the four who lost their lives but the countless more on the ground in benghazi for more than eight hours. did the president even go into the situation room? it was just eight weeks before a tight election. were the president's political operatives, valerie jarrett and david axelrod in the situation? we know that greg hicks, the highest person on the ground in libya after the ambassador spoke to hillary that night and he said he had gotten word that chris stevens was in a hospital, possibly as a hostage. so why weren't the emergency forces that we know were mobilized not sent? who gave the stand down order? now, libya was a u.s.-backed government since the ou

where you witness an accident, have you been harmed by witne witnessing the accident?such an action is not permitted unless, one, you're seriously injured that is, the bystander is seriously injured, and, two, a relative of the person, the bystander, was involved in the accident. if you just see a stranger get hurt, you can't bring a cause of action. so i say in this case bystanders won't have the right to bring a lawsuit. >> okay, mel, i decide to hang from my hair 30 feet up and spin around. hanging with other people as well. and something goes wrong with the gear. don't i assume some of the responsibility when i do death-defying stuff and then give up my right -- >> your hair's not long enough -- >> the hair didn't attach. i mean, what happened is we had an equipment failure. i think there are certain types of accidents that you presume might happen if you're in this line work and there's workers comp to take care of that. this is a situation where they're performing a stunt and it was an equipment failure. if they can prove there was something wrong with the equipm

is not the most appropriate witness to talk about that.he is still willing to appear before it -- >> we are accommodating and working before the committee. it is a trickike accommodation, because of you say all right, he will go, he will testify before that committee, and then he will not testify before committee that he is a more appropriate witness that he could appear before -- >> one point his time is valuable, and it is very limited. he has a whole world of pressing diplomatic issues on his plate. so the time and energy that it takes to prepare for these kinds of areas, obviously they are important and we want him to talk about it. that is why we have our firs --e offered to date. it cannot be a situation where he goes on forever and ever. the one i point is spoke to about, they need to figure out how they are going to do handle oversight of this issue and where they want to use the resources and how they want to call witnesses and whether oversight does what a select issuetee does, that is an their caucus has to decide. we can only r

a witness, a witness, where will i find one? spare a penny coin, sir, a homeless old man.nge. prince peer? well, well, and so we meet again. who are you? what, don't you remember the old man on the mountains? huh? the king of ronde. king of the ronde? hey, well, i'm afraid i come down in the world. ruined? robbed of every penny. i tramp the roads begging for food. a witness. my dear sir, men like you don't grow on trees. oh, your highness has aged since last we met. i was a bit of a mad cap in those days. well, your highness was young and youthful. but you, sir... oh, my dear father-in-law. don't let's worry about that. i've got into rather a difficult situation. yeah. i need a witness, and you can help me more than any man i know. i might even raise you the price of a drink. you mean, i be of service, your highness? yes, listen and i'll explain. do you remember the night i came as suitor to your palace? of course, i do. you wanted to slit my eye and distort my sight and turn me from peer gynt into a troll. yeah. how did i react? i resisted. aye. i renounced the chances of

>> pretty much all of our witnesses grew up in fairly wealthy, well-to-do families, and it seemed toan embarrassment that they had gone into east detroit to buy marijuana. >> for months, he'd only communicate through his sister, an attorney. he refused to tell the investigator what he knew. seemed to go to great lengths to avoid their calls. >> he wanted no part of it, which i still really can't understand because it's not often that you get to be a hero. >> timely, what could the lawyers do? they subpoenaed him. >> it had to be done. we had two innocent men in prison. >> and finally they all wound up here, the hall of justice. the lawyers appointed to represent the long-imprisoned brothers had hoped to avoid this. they had allowed themselves to think the wayne county d.a.'s office might see the evidence the night old man bob was killed, that a mistake was made and rectify it. >> we had a prosecutor's office that was very uncooperative in the face of very overwhelming eviden evidence. >> all rise. >> of course that was a defense attorney's point of view. and so here they were in cour

almost ten months. 150 witnesses called to the courthouse here in downtown los angeles when it ended in a shocking verdict, watched live by an incredible 91% of the american television audience. an almost certainly guilty man. simpson had been acquitted of killing his ex-wife nicole. hi, i'm geraldo rivera. thank you for being with us tonight. how did it happen? how did o.j. beat the wrap? nicole had been abused before by o.j. and warned her friends he would kill her. later, a mountain of evidence suggests he did just that. here's why cops suspected simpson, even before the blood was dry on the walkway. the appearance has changed, by match it up for us. >> they changed it. they put a wall. they put a high door here, but this is still the beginning of a walkway that led into 875 south bundy. >> when you came upon this murder scene, describe the evidence to me. we've heard the expression a mountain of evidence. was there truly a mountain of evidence? >> there was a mountain of evidence. when you say that, you're really describing how from the very beginning of the crime to where the su

[swearing in witness] let the record reflect all of the witnesses answered in the afirmmitve. we try to get you to limit your testimony to five minutes. we will be glad to add additional data and information that you would like part of the record. we will start with peter who is the assistant chief of the metropolitan police. welcome and you are recognized. >> good morning, chairman mica, ranking member connolly, members of the committee, and members of the public. i am peter newsham, assistant chief of the district of columbia metropolitan police department (mpd). i am pleased to be here today to discuss the district of columbia's recent legislation to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. the marijuana possession decriminalization amendment act of 2014 (d.c. act 20-305) (the act), which is projected to become effective law in mid-july, amends the district of columbia's criminal code to decriminalize the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana. instead of facing a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to six months in jail, up to $1,000 fine, or both, once the act goes

they will wrap up their witnesses by tuesday. time, the vatican is revealing the scope of its investigation into sexually abusive priests. testifying before a u.n. committee in switzerland, the vatican's ambassador said 848 priests have been defrocked in the past decade for sexual offenses. more than 25- hundred others have been given lesser punishments. the u.n. contends that child sexual abuse is a form of torture. the vatican ambassador didn't disagree. trending online this morning ... protests are building outside some ritzy american hotels, owned by the sultan of brunei. the most notable is the beverly hills hotel. the protesters are angry that the sultan just recently declared sharia law in his country. the law punishes adultery, abortion and homosexuality. the demonstrators say, the gays to terrible oppression. they're demanding that the sultan *sell his american properties. critics of the protest say it will only hurt local people who depend upon the hotel for their livelihood. >> here we go. tomato's? gross. dressed as t

witnesses on the stand.xpect in the following two weeks to see them focusing on some of the crucial parts of testimony so far. so for example, things like the neighbors having heard screaming and claiming it was the screams of a woman and that being reeva steenkamp. we expect them to have other witnesses say no, it was mr. pistorius screaming. so getting witnesses on the stand that strike at central parts of the state's case, because after all, all the defense needs to do is lay a foundation for some reasonable doubt rather than proving their case. >> many thanks to kelly joining us from outside the court in south africa. >>> in odessa, ukraine, prosecutors are opening an investigation into the release of 67 protesters. >> the prisoners were arrested during the confrontations on friday that sparked a huge fire and left 46 people dead. ukraine's prime minister charges that russian special forces are responsible for that you know rest. and closer to the border with russia, a fragile truce is in place. >> that'

we have interviewed 39 witnesses, 40 witnesses, i.r.s. witnesses, treasury department employees. and after all of that, we have not found any evidence of white house involvement or political motivation. yesterday, i issued a report with key portions from the nearly 40 interviews conducted by the committee to date. these were witnesses called by the majority. these interviews showed definitely, definitively, that there was no evidence of any white house direction or political bias. instead they described in detail how the inappropriate terms were first developed and how there was inadequate guidance or -- on how to process the application. now let me be clear, i'm not defending ms. lerner. i wanted to hear what she had to say. i have questions about why she was unaware of the inappropriate criteria for more than a year after they were reated. i want to know -- after they were created. i want to know why she did not mention the inappropriate criteria in her letters to congress. but i cannot vote to violate an individual's fifth amendment rights just because i want to hear what she

they're going to call witnesses. herself.an handle john kerry -- i have no concern about being there to defend our witnesses. what i was learning in the course of my conversations with the speaker and what i was hearing from other members was that they were going to be interviewing witnesses that we don't even know about. they would be accessing documents that we would not have any access to ourselves. of ano guarantee even concurrence on the subpoena issues that relate to witnesses light ofents -- in their keeping everything in the dark that we should be there is what we have to do. we have to shine a bright light. the american people have been there. all of the purpose of the resolution to establish committee has been accomplished. >> do you think the purpose of the republicans is to get hillary clinton? >> no. house republicans are not about presidential. if they cared about the presidential race and they would pass an immigration bill. this is about trying to distract people. we should be talking about job creati

our first witness is randall c. coleman, assistant director of the counter intelligence division at the federal bureau of investigation. mr. coleman is responsible for ensuring the fbi carries out the mission to defeat foreign intelligence threats. mr. cole man began his career as a special agent with the fbi in 1997. he's previously served as assistant special agent in charge of the san antonio division, chief of the counter espionage section and special agent in charge of the little rock division. prior to his appointment to the fbi mr. coleman served as an officer in the united states army for nine years. we are delighteded that he could join us today. we ask him to proceed with his testimony. proceed, sir. >> good afternoon. i'm pleased to be here with you today to discuss the fbi's efforts to combat economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. the fbi consider it is investigation of theft of trade secrets and economic espionage a top priority. in 2012 alone the national counter intelligence executive estimate

the woman was behind the wheel of a ford us mustang but a -- mustang but a witness we saw, several other cars stopped in the road and one man was frantic. >> one man was screaming help, help, i'm sorry, i didn't mean to. we couldn't do nothing, but you can hear the girl screaming loudly screaming help, help me. >> and the witness saw a number of people either running away or driving away from the scene before officers arrived here. >> if any other cars were involved in the crash, they reached out looking for an update on the investigation and we will learn what the problem was. last night, it led to more than 700 homes in the dark but as you can see here at the intersection, the street lights are still out so be careful if you are coming through this area. coming up, we will tell you what prevented neighbors from rescuing the victim of last night's crash. alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> people in one oakland neighborhood are saying it is dangerous in one community and people want them to stop them. >>> the people in east oakland said side shows like these are causing sleeple

i witnessed a man trying to revive reeva and begging her to stay with him.from the killer argument. >> i don't know if they have a 911 system in south africa. in this country you are supposed to do that. the fact he call would a neighbor is off. >> i think it is different in south africa because of the police and government corruption. they are less likely to depend. the fact he called three people is unusual there as it would be for here. >> this guy was trying to revive her and trying to keep her airway open. >> i don't know. if i shot my girlfriend by accident. and no matter what kind of rage, i would feel bad. it would seem to me it is natural behavior. >> the critical part of the testimony. when they are in the heat of the moment and something happens initially. it is like the truth comes out. they had been having a argument, he might have said. she made me so mad but the neighbors is not testifying to that. hoo is crucial for oscar's defense. >> i thought she was an intruder. >> it is a statement in the heat of the moment. and it is a lot of things in

still believe there are more appropriate witnesses. but in an effort to be cooperative have offered some dates. >> you have offered for dates ? >> to dates, june 12 or june 20. you still believe that there are more appropriate witnesses to talk about the document production aspect of this which is what congressman issa wants to talk about, why not just ask the lord to drop agreedpoena entirely and to have him testify before the select committee which will be looking at the much broader -- said, we don't think he should have to appear before the select committee. -- anyeciation of outstanding relevant questions we are prepared for the secretary to appear before the house oversight and government reform committee. we said there are more appropriate witnesses, but in the sense of being cooperative, we have offered more dates. >> is this an either/or proposition? >> we believe if he appears anyre hogar, it illuminates need to appear a second time. >> so this is a challenge for congressman issa, get a more appropriate witness from your poin

this is their fourth witness, so we're really getting to the heart of the defense case now. we expect them to focus on some of the critical parts of the state's case in order to lend evidential burden to suggest doubt in the state's case. they don't have to prove their own case. they simply need to suggest doubt, and therefore, unsurprisingly, they've gone straight to the first witness since the break, some of the crucial aspects such as witnesses hearing screaming and allegations of police contamination of the crime scene, which will all be key to unseating the basis of the state's case. >> after dealing with the emotion of oscar pistorius now, it seems to be the fact that they're going after the facts themselves. kelly phelps in pretoria, great to have you this morning. >>> northern ireland is on edge this morning after the release of sinn fein leader jerry adams. the 64-year-old was arrested last week in the murder of gene mcconville. the case is reopening old wounds and many fear it could jeopardize the power-sharing arrangement established in the 1998 good friday accord

and many of these witnesses are college students. a real college community outside of university of california, santa barbara. so how are many of these young pople -- any of the eyewitnesses to the events last night -- coping? what are they feeling this morning? we're going to be talking to a clinical and forensic psychologist, jeff gardere, coming up next. (mother vo) when i was pregnant... i got more advice than i knew what to do with. what i needed was information i could trust on how to take care of me and my baby. luckily, unitedhealthcare has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get the right care and guidance-before and after the baby is born. simple is good right now. (anncr vo) innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> welcome back. we're following breaking news this morning. a deadly shooting spree taking place last night in southern california. police say a gunman drove through a college town near the university of california, santa barbara, shooting and

we did say we don't believe he is the most appropriate witness. he did say he would not -- it's not appropriate for him to testify before the select committee if he testifies here wimp can't tell them how to work their internal caucus politics. we have been working with the committee for weeks to demeanor the best bit and when and who. so we have had those conversations, but ultimately they need to make decisions and we have said the secretary's willing, happy to testify on this issue. >> happy? >> one one of those dates, july 12th or 20th because we believe oversight its important. this can't be the secretary gets called up by -- continually by different committee. >> fair enough. seems to me you could suggest to congressman issa, we'll send you official x and the secretary we think is a more appropriate witness nor select committee week we certainly said he wasn't the most appropriate witness for this hearing. >> right. >> and they proceeded. they proceeded with their request and so we are responding. >> all right. so, i presume -- have you got

inside witnesses say it was complete chaos. someone in the crowd took phone video of the accident which we have to warn you is pretty graphic. so sensitive viewers you might want to turn away. as you saw there the acrobats were performing a trick that is called the human chandelier where women hang from their hair. two other people were hurt on the ground. >>> fears of more landslides forced hundreds of people from their homes in north eastern afghanistan. afghan officials were already working to bring help to a village was all but wiped out after landslides. almost 300 bodies have now been identified. but the death toll is expected to be in the thousands. afghan presidents karzite designated today as a day of mourning. president obama called president karzite today. >>> a man sick with a mysterious and deadly virus called mers is recovering. mers stands for middle eastern respiratory syndrome. officials are trying to make sure people he came into contact with did not get sick. this is the first case of the virus in the u.s., w

>> reporter: we are still expecting some pivotal witnesses, particularly expert witnesses, and especiallylistics expert and a psychologist most likely. court has started shortly ago and we are currently hearing from a professor who is an expert anesthetist. this is going back to the expert of gastric emptying. they're trying to claim she had eaten two hours before she died which would contradict certain aspects of pistorius's story. the defense is putting their own expert witnesses on the stand to say that the gastric emptying is unreliable because it's imprecise and therefore we can't learn anything from it. >> kelly phelps for us. there you see people in the court as it resumes in pretoria. we'll continue to follow developments for you. >> eight witnesses to go. they're expecting it to wrap up in may. the judge will retire with the assistants and a lot of evidence. a verdict may be expected june or july. it has gone on for a long time. >> it has. >>> now to a new wrinkle in the controversy surrounding racist remarks made by l.a. clippers owner donald sterling. >> this is as the woman wh

were actually originally state witnesses.s very familiar with their evidence and he would have had very few gaps and holes to exploit. and essentially, therefore, kept it short and to the point. whereas with the expert evidence, we can see him dueling with the expert, trying very hard to reassert the prominence of their expert evidence. >> all right, kelly phelps for us live in pretoria watching this trial for us, really in its final stages. appreciate it. >>> all right, "early start" >>> all right, "early start" continues right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> terror in nigeria. hundreds slaughtered in the streets by islamic militants. the attackers the same group who kidnapped hundreds of young girls from their schools. those children set to be sold to the highest bidder. this morning, a country in fear and waiting for help. we're live in nigeria with the very latest. >>> crisis in ukraine escalating this morning. deadly fights in the streets between soldiers and pro-russian protesters. they rage on. this as r

again, i think our witnesses. with there being no further business before this subcommittee, this hearing is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> richard, a concert of hq discuss the tea party influence. the center for american progress with federal policies that affect working mothers including maternity leave and the pay gap between men and women. high school teachers talk about preparing for the advanced placement u.s. government exam for what will be on the test. plus your calls and tweets. 7:00ngton journal, live on on c-span. clear i am not , iending this -- ms. lerner wanted to hear what she had to say. i want to know why she was unaware after their we created. i want to know why she did not mention the inappropriate criteria and her letters to congress. i cannot vote to violate an individual's fifth amendment rights just because i want to hear what she has to say. a much greater principle is at stake here today. the s

what we know is they were between 14 and 17 defense witnesses.hether they'll all be called is another question. we know the judge has said the trial to last until may 16th. we know that's next week friday. they need to finish the cross-examination within that period. wednesday, here in south africa is a holiday because it's election. voters are expected to stay at home so they can go vote and not go to work. there won't be court session on wednesday. >> of course we've heard a two week adjournment as well. how did oscar pistorius seem in court? before that adjournment, he was extremely emotional wasn't he as evidence was put before the judge? >> reporter: yes, i saw him this morning sitting in a suit listening intently to the witnesses, tim. he looked more composed. he broke down at times when the witnesses were describing the scene at his house. they were describing his own emotions when he was begging god and praying and he looked like a broken man praying that reeva steenkamp shouldn't die, asking the ambulance to come. that's the only time he

more witnesses are on the way.tan attorney is also constructing a criminal probe with the help of the securities an exchange commission relating to infrastructure projects in a deal to reroute nearly $2 billion in port authority funds to the state. and today, we learn that there are simmering tensions between prosecutors in new jersey and prosecutors in manhattan. according to "main justice" which covers insider news at the department of justice, according to that site, the manhattan da is concerned the u.s. attorney will be soft on christie and his allies because of relationships around the governor's office. quote, it's going to be a race to see who finishes first with an indictment said a person close to the situation. paul fishman won't want to be upstaged by the manhattan da. so now we have a total of five investigations into the christie and his ally, including a dog fight between criminal prars to put some points on the board. ryan murphy is msnbc's contributor and former managering editor at politicsnj.com.

yesterday, the witnesses were originally state witnesses so the defense had not had access to them during up until the state raced to this case. and hearing that was familiar with the testimony of these witnesses. and that left him fewer gaps and fewer opportunities to exploit in cross-examination. and therefore, you saw a subdued hare nell in -- harry nel in court. the defense will continue to put forward their witnesses. and each one of these witnesses will essentially be playing the purpose of trying to corroborate and strengthen and lend an air of believability to pistorius' fundamental story. they asked key people we hadn't heard from. we know we'll hear from further neighbors pertaining to the screaming evidence. we're expecting further expert witnesses, particular leforensic and ballistic analysts. we will also hear crucially from a psychologist which will be critical to the charge of culpable homicide. >> all right. cnn legal expert kelly phelps joining us live from the front of the courthouse in pretoria. many thanks to you. john? ♪ >>> the self-professed leader of the terror gro

witnesses are telling their stories. the gunman in a moving car shooting from the driver's side window. police found him in the car with a bullet wound. they don't know if he killed himself or if he was shot in a fire fight with deputies. the sheriff's office is going through a video that the alleged gunman made along with several others that were online where he says he's going to get revenge on the women who rejected him. again, family of 22-year-old elliot rodger believe that, in fact, he was the shooter. here's how police responded last night. >> multiple gunshot womens. >> reported for multiple gunshot victims. >> according to a witness, there was a black colored bmw. >> copy, another balance with 6553 i.v. deli. >> and the gunman drove along that street, that's why you're hearing different locations. three people were killed, another seriously injured. switching gears, another shooting, unfortunately, one in belgium at a jewish museum in belgium. the shooter still at large. belgium's interior minister says the atta

so the witnesses couldn't see what was going to happen next. they say at that point the phlebotomist and the doctor checked the iv line and for the next 14 minutes behind the closed shades with no witnesses seeing what was going on "the doctor reported that the blood vein had chanced and that the drugs had either absorbed into tissue, leaked out or both." "the warden immediately contacted the director of corrections by phone and reported the information to the director. the director asked the following question. have enough drugs been administered to cause death? the doctor responded, no." this seems like a really important point. not enough drugs had been given to him to kill him. that was the point of view of the doctor who was monitoring the execution. have enough drugs been administered to cause death? the doctor responded no. then the warden asked the doctor another question. the director asked, is another vein available? and if so, are there enough drugs remaining? the doctor responded no to both questions. so then the corrections directo

witnesses saw debris fall from the sky. my boyfriend came out. he's like oh my god, look at the fall. the balloon was on fire. stk balloon had taken off with two others. those landed safely. when the third balloon was on approach to land, it burst into flames. >> witnesses tell us they heard two explosions from the hot air balloon. at one point, the gondola and the balloon separated. the balloon took off at a rapid pace. >> that's when the two passengers jumped out. >> you could hear them screaming, please dear god, sweet jesus help us. we are going die. please help us, please help us. >> virginia state police will hold a press conference around this area at 8:00 a.m. eastern. as soon as we get more information on that, we'll bring it to you. >> erin for us in virginia, thank you. remember, this was a festival and there were people who were there are watching, watching all this horror unfold. some of them heard the passengers screaming for help. >> can you imagine? lynne schultz is one of those who saw this accident unfold. she and her husband ar

it was the trial of the 20th century, the longest in the history of california, ten months, 150 witnesses called to the courthouse down here in los angeles, when it ended in a shocking verdict watched by 91% of the american television audience, an almost certainly guilty man, james simpson accused of killing his wife and the divide had been exposed. i'm geral rail river veer ra, thanks for being with us. late on the night of june the 12th, 1994 a mountain of evidence suggests he did just that. here is why cops including detective mark burrman suspected simpson even bump the blood was dry on the walkway at 870 south bundy drive. the appearance changed but match it up for us. >> they put a wall, a high door here but this is still the beginning of the walkway that led into 875 south bundy. >> reporter: when you came upon this murder scene, describe the evidence to me. we've heard the expression a mountain of evidence. was there truly a mountain of evidence? >> there was a mountain of evidence. when you say mountain of evidence, you're really describing how from the beginning of the crime to

the final witnesses mr. o'brien technical adviser at the secure world foundation and as technical advisers he conducts research on space debris, global space situational awareness, space traffic management, protection of space assets into space governance. prior to joining, mr. weeden served in the air force working on space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations as part of u.s. strategic command joint space operations center mr. weeden directed at the orbital training program and developed techniques and procedures for improving space situational awareness. as the witness knows, spoken testimony is limited to five minute speech after which the members of the committee will have five minutes each to answer questions. i now recognize general raymond for five minutes to present his testimony. >> chairman brooks, representative edwards and members of the committee began on her to appear as the united strategic commander of the joint functional component for space. i greatly appreciate the opportunity

the defense provided us with an excerpt of the detective's interview with the witness.he did say she wanted to die in peace. the testimony that seemed very much in ken's favor, testimony that the grand jury that indicted him never heard. defense attorney edmunds again went to court and, again, he won. tell me from a practical point of view, what did those victories mean for ken? >> well, from a practical point of view it meant that indictment got dismissed. >> dismissed as if he'd never been charged in the first place. ken was no longer free on bail. he was simply free. >> and now we're back to a point as though the case never was brought in the first place. and that's frustrating. >> how do you get your head around it? how do you process all of it? how do you move forward every day? >> how would they make the case against ken and persuade the state to start from scratch? ken's story had never changed that shirlene killed herself accidently or on purpose, with an overdose of pills. of course, the state still had evidence like that pill bottle the sisters said they found

and you know, this handing off the witness to the next person just allows the witness to, you know, continue to talk without answering the question. but ambassador, this administration continues to spin and mock the investigation to get to the bottom of benghazi. i think it was yesterday pelosi saying benghazi, benghazi, benghazi. you held the position that susan rice held when she told the world that the benghazi massacre was a result of a video. how is a prep session conducted? how does it work? when you were there in the same position? >> well, i didn't do prep sessions because i was never asked to speak to an issue that was completely outside my jurisdiction. look, being a u.n. ambassador is a fine job. susan rice had absolutely nothing to do with benghazi. i think she was selected to go on the five sunday talk shows because by definition, she couldn't make a mistake since she didn't know anything, she couldn't reveal anything that she shouldn't have. this really poses, i think, a critical point. where was secretary of state hillary clinton on those five talk shows? this was her post tha

we have interviewed 39 witnesses, 40 witnesses, i.r.s. witnesses, treasury department employees. and after all of that, we have not found any evidence of white house involvement or political motivation. yesterday, i issued a report with key portions from the nearly 40 interviews conducted by the committee to date. these were witnesses called by the majority. these interviews showed definitely, definitively, that there was no evidence of any white house direction or political bias. instead they described in detail how the inappropriate terms were first developed and how there was inadequate guidance or -- on how to process the application. now let me be clear, i'm not defending ms. lerner. i wanted to hear what she had to say. i have questions about why she was unaware of the inappropriate criteria for more than a year after they were reated. i want to know -- after they were created. i want to know why she did not mention the inappropriate criteria in her letters to congress. but i cannot vote to violate an individual's fifth amendment rights just because i want to hear what she