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good evening, everyone. the family of an east bay man gunned down by police will get their day in court after all. >> thats right. a complete 180 from the judge who reverses her own decision to allow the wrongful death case to move forward against cops now caught up in a growing east bay scandal. >> abc7s leslie brinkly is here to explain why. >> it is a complicated scenario questioning the credibility of officers who were part of the contra costa narcotic enforcement team. and the sta...

workday. on this bike to work thursday morning. im eric thomas. >> and im kristen sze. top story, new lelgsz that the former head of the contra costa drug task force. in addition to charges of selling drugs, he now has been accused of running a brothel out of a business park. terry mcsweeney is there live. >> reporter: it appears private investigator chris butler is rolling over on his former friend. together they ran a brothel in this business park. name of operation, miami divine s...

where you get drugs from a big-time dope dealer and ultimately get those drugs back and make money from them. >> prosecutors say the officers made a habit of stealing and resealing the drugs. >> we understand that the credibility would be at issue. >> the attorney admits his client welch was wrong on some but not this one. >> to say they are lying in the mitchell case doesnt make sense. they didnt go out and commit crime in every piece of law enforcement work they did. >> my issue is a...

>>. >> topping our news this half-hour there are new allegations involving the embattled head of a task force. first he is accused of stealing drugs from a police locker and now he is accused of running a broth. >> well according to the private investigator this is where the brothel was operated. its on gregory lane and apparently it wasnt a well kept secret. butler has written a 34-page statement that he and former narcotics officer norman wielsch ran the brothel. they have been charg...

wednesday march 30th im pam cook. steve paulson is here with the forecast. how does it look? >> its in the 50s for most right now. did you enjoy yesterday? just rack it up about 5-10 degrees on the highs. that is an 82 in santa rosa. 80 in antioch. and in morgan hill. 78 redwood city. here is sal. steve, right now traffic is okay on highway 24 getting up to the caldecott tunnel. the traffic will be okay also on interstate 880 east 580 though as you drive near 150th avenue there is a ...

Lets evacuate everyone within 12 miles of the nuclear facilities. and you see the u.s. going, okay, 50. you see the u.s. not wanting to have a massive withdrawal of the u.s. personnel, but nonetheless saying, voluntary evacuations of families, state department employees or military employees. so there has been some tension, but i think publicly the u.s. has tried to let japan take the lead and still is. >> candy crowley, thanks. and "state of the union" 9:00 a.m. eastern this sunday. are we pr...

The ones in japan. timothy mitchell joins me this morning. thanks so much for coming in to talk to us. >> good morning. >> of course, just a lot of fears in general. we remember after three mile island, it was 30 years before they approved another permit for building. we have 104 of them. how safe are they? >> we believe theyre very safe. entergy puts safety first. let me express my sympathy to the people in japan. but from a safety standpoint, energy always places safety first. and how we ensur...

deteriorating situation in japan. so welcome, once again, to "american morning." its been a week now since all of this happened. the tsunami, the earthquake, the number of dead in japan continuing to rise as hopes fade of finding any more survivors amid the rubble. in the meantime, the radiation concerns are spreading, as well. crews are now desperately trying to cool down fuel at one nuclear reactor. the number of dead has climbed to 6,500 people. and the search grows more frantic wit...

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