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And this jury has helped me in a substantial step get to that point. from five years ago they took a conversation where i agreed voluntarily to cooperate with them, they would not allow a court reporter in there and took this and it was half a count actually because the first part of the statement the jury did not reach that same finding. but with regard to the second part it was in the context of do i track fund raising and who gets state contracts and i said i did not. and that is why they wan...

Vinld indicated and the jury, you know, has helped me in a substantial step get to the point, from five years ago, they took a conversation, where i agreed voluntarily to cooperate with them and they would not allow a court reporter in there. and, they took it and it was half a counted, actually and the first part of the statement, the jury did not reach the same finding and with regard to the second part. it was in the context of, do a track fund-raising and who gets state contracts and i said ...

To find him naked shaving his head in front of his house. harris-moore threatened him with a gun. threatened he had a gun and made his escape. final sighting came in nebraska a short time later. there on video surveillance, he was trying to steal a plane but failed. obviously, this was a local burglar who has gone national and now international leaving a lot of frustrated lawmen. one f.b.i. said we want to get this guy. >> with steve harrigan on the report, he better look out! thank you. now the...

For the housing authority. >> we respect the people of the state of arizona but we believe the leadership is misguided on this issue. >> similar sanctions are considered by city leaders in los angeles. and there is a proposal in sacramento to cancel state contracts with arizona businesses until the law is repealed. thousands of prisoners are housed in arizona and governor schwarzenegger wants to spend more and he wouldnt want the contract threatened. in san francisco, department heads before tak...

Cahill and, oh, by the way, not the incumbent democrat, deval patrick, in a million-dollar ad calling him worse than deval patrick. take a look. >> beacon hills a mess. tim cahills making it worse. skyrocketing costs at the lottery, billions lost at the pension fund, millions in state contracts to cahills cronies. tim cahill, reckless with our money. now cahill has released an ad in response, subtly reminding republican voters that baker helped mitt romney craft the massachusetts health care p...

With arizona based companies, and, a ban on new ones. similar measures have been proposed, by city leaders in los angeles and by a prominent lawmaker in sacramento to end state contracts until the arizona law is repealed. mayor newsom formed an arizona boycott work group to analyze if and how such a protest could backfire on san francisco businesses, for instance, the city does business with a company that accepts and processes payments in arizona. and city leaders say there is concern if the bo...

For the housing authority. >> we respect the people of the state of arizona but we believe the leadership is misguided on this issue. >> similar sanctions are considered by city leaders in los angeles. and there is a proposal in sacramento to cancel state contracts with arizona businesses until the law is repealed. thousands of prisoners are housed in arizona and governor schwarzenegger wants to spend more and he wouldnt want the contract threatened. in san francisco, department heads before tak...

Haven in san francisco. a self-proclaimed sanctuary city where they can live and get an official i.d. without fear of being deported. now san francisco is taking action to punish arizona for cracking down on illegal immigration. he has suspend all official travel by city employees and cancelling contracts with arizona-based companies. and other cities have proposed the ending of state contracts until the law is we peeled. the city does business with a company that processes payments in arizona a...

State capitol to ask the head of the air resources board. >> i have the cnn news here for mary nichols. after an hour after waiting, we get sorry, no interview. >> its been a difficult situation for all of us. i cant go any further than that. >> reporter: difficult why? >> because of the circumstances surrounding this. im sorry. thats all ive been allowed to tell you. >> reporter: the agencies did have to defend the spending to lawmakers. the vehicles, according to the transportation department,...

Contract provider. >> reporter: state contracts, state workers get a $7,000 desk? state assembly members, audra and hector, a republican and democrat are on the oversight committee that brought the spending to light. >> its an insult to folks having to make tough choices in their own families and own small businesses. >> reporter: the problem is what to do about it. it seems government employees are virtually impossible to discipline, let alone fire, and lawmakers dont even have direct authority...