man who came to the rescue of the alleged kidnap victim testified in court wednesday the young woman was frantic and scared when they met her at bowman lake road with a handcuff him better than her left wrist climbing a man with a gun was trying to kill or wednesday was the second day of testimony in the case against charles sullivan sixty one accused of kidnapping a young female hitchhiker binding her hands and feet with the intention of raping her threatening to hurt her and using a gun to commit crimes larry knew one of placer county and his friend charles said they were out for a leisurely ride in their a t v on boman lake road on september fifteenth when they came across a young woman who was not wearing shoes and having handcuffs around your wrists one hand was tight enough to be really imbedded in the skin was that he took she told them a man with a gun was in the area and she didn't know where he was she was very frantic and very scared you know said she had this shared look she was looking left looking right she was just looking everywhere i told her to jump in and let's get out of here this three ride in an a t v headed to newman's cabin if you miles down the road while driving they encountered nevada irrigation district worker jerry green who broke   and cut chain with a bolt cutter and tried to call nine one one from his cell phone the reception was bad because he wrote down the phone number for the landline at newman's cabin and told the man he would try to find sullivan's white dodge minivan to get a license plate number green drove away minutes later he spotted the white minivan with sullivan inside he said i slowed down waved and nodded my head green said i also jotted down the license plate i wanted to look like i was just waving and saying i wasn't looking for a confrontation a few minutes after he passed so given green was able to reach someone on his radio and gave out the license plate number he also called newman at the cabin with the license plate number he testified with the information about a county sheriff's deputies were able to reach sullivan's minivan before it reached highway twenty s to gators testified it had a county sheriff keys royle in the courtroom to hear part of wednesday's testimony so he planned to officially command greed for his bravery at some point i would like the opportunity to recognize that and i do work or royal said he placed himself at risk to have such close contact with the suspect that's going over and above we personally recognize him for his efforts at newman's cabin newman called nine one one one of the woman picked up debris off her socks and tended to obe he said we fixed her a sandwich you gave her some water newman said anything she wanted in other testimony wednesday the alleged victim explained defense attorney carrie good rose negative references to items on her page on our social web site my space in court tuesday good wrote told the jury the woman wrote she had masochistic passions and was looking to meet roads around masochistic passions was a reference to her need for to keep traveling and moving around the united states in europe a lifestyle that can be difficult the woman said it had nothing to do with sexuality the twenty five year old woman said it was a first  a statement was a sarcastic reference to a name many hitchhikers are called she said i know people who take the names people call them and turn them into something positive the alleged victim said the woman also defended  registration on job website model ma'am oh the woman maintains a profile on the page and has found a few modeling jobs from the site which pairs model seeking work and photographer seeking septics said good girl characterized the jobsite as dangerous and he set up for sex the woman disagreed saying members must register on the site and can talk with other models to find out more about the photographers before meeting them face to face the woman defended their lifestyle as fighting jade ition or resisting the condition of being jade she said friday j dition is fighting something that keeps me from having positive experiences it tracking expert fernando maria of the y shoe county sheriff's office testified he tracked footprints from a man and woman in the same spot where the alleged victim said sullivan committed his crimes maria pinpointed attorneys say they need more time to question their witnesses so i lied when i told the jury this would be a three day trial demmy he said looking at to turn its way after the jury had left the room it galls me with which the hubris jurors are treated i don't like lying to jurors they have to plan their lives around us for today's testimony for gibson said she plans to call more sheriff's investigators do their stand and a questioning is forecasted to last about four hours she said depending on how long the prosecution witnesses take good role may call sullivan to the stand this afternoon so all of one will take about two hours to testify good rossetti by the time you see this it should be a day later so i will have more stories that will let you know more next week probably monday that a city clerk got a wilcox barn announced her resignation effective immediately this morning in a letter from her attorney wilcox barnett had been the city clerk for twenty years and held an office operation supervisor position for nearly as long until city council eliminated a position in june two thousand and six amid charges of financial mis management with utility and business license fees on monday wilcox barnes announced they settled a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the former city employees for two hundred seventy five thousand dollars as part of that settlement the city also apologized for any implication that wilcox barnes was being disciplined in the best interest to view the citizens i feel i must regretfully break my commitment to you and resign a city clerk effective immediately willcox bond said in a with the timing of this resignation it is possible for the city council to place a measure on the upcoming june valid to fill the on expired two year term of city clerk rather than merely appointing a replacement she also complained that her mail was being intercepted by city hall personnel despite frequent inquiries for all my correspondence it is not being provided to me mail personally addressed to cathy wilcox barnes city clerk had been intercepted in open by city hall personnel she said this correspondence included official notifications from the secretary of state if their political practices commission the f p p c a letter to me as the city clerk from the presiding judge of the grand jury and another letter from private citizen who would later contacted by an attorney for the city settlement blocks in cuba march forty ninth anniversary of cubans recognition and richardson to withdraw from the democratic presidential race called the who's twenty million dollars settlement torture doolittle seat joining others to live this decision after serving seventeen years in congress puts us all solidly republican congressional seat up for grabs in november election my wife julie and i have made this decision after much prayer and deliberation he said in a statement it is not my initial intent to retire and i fully expect and planned to run again right up until very recently but it distilled upon us that we are ready for a change after spending almost our entire married lives with me  public service we are at peace with this choice and look forward to starting a new chapter in our lives do little fifty seven years old spoke at a press conference in roseville as previously reported sources told the union earlier this morning that  doolittle would not run again also this morning doolittle is meeting with supporters including some from nevada county the ones who were contacted last night were unsure that doolittle would announce but remained hopeful he would run again the county's republican central committee met last night but members were not sure of doolittle's plans as well john's decision was made in the best interest of his family his constituents and the house and i appreciate his years of service in congress minority leader john boehner republican from ohio said in a statement our prayers remain with john and julie and i wish them the best as they work to bring this difficult process to a resolution heated battle challengers for do it will seat will include democrat charlie brown and two declared republican challengers former auburn mike mare mike holmes an air force reservist eric a glad former secretary senator recall senator recall state senator also has said he would run for doing the seat if the congressman dropped out and states assembly man ted gaines who has formed an exploratory committe a candidate for only period fine period for california's june two thousand and eight primary begins february eleventh and august a little said he was planning to run in november but speculation is has been mounting the doolittle will change his mind because of his links to jailed lobbyist jack  f who pled guilty to illegal lobbying in two thousand and six doolittle also has been losing support in a g o p deeply worried about losing as a loser the solidly republican seat and his fundraising had lag far beyond brown's because of lobbying scandal the g o p lost control of congress in two thousand and six and the presumption race is up for grabs some county g o p leaders have expressed frustration to do it as poor judgment in getting tangled in a lobbying scandal they also complain when he backpedaled on support for the iraq war too little has served on the powerful house appropriations committee for seven years for stepped down last year as investigations heated up his troubles began when he entertained on indian gambling issues for every modern referred him to him as a friend after doing as wife julie performed work for aber mom the couple's home office was raided by the f b i in april of two thousand and seven as part of a three year investigation into lobbyist activities the congressman from the placer county republican stronghold fourth district almost got beat by brown eyed roseville in two thousand and six do little one buy only one thousand votes and lost in nevada county the close call made him politically vulnerable for the first time in years he has been served with a grand jury subpoenas but is challenging that the legal dispute and investigation is not expected to be resolved until after the november election putting voters in an awkward position of voting for a candidate who might be indicted doolittle's legal bills are growing as well visits were visits here doolittle has been criticized for being aloof in his district but after nearly losing to brown he became more visible he visited the union twice in the past year for hours at a time sounding upbeat but expressed frustration and drawn out lobbying investigations instead personally declaring his innocence during his visits to little provided some present political insight such as accurately predicting the resignation of u s attorney general alberto gonzales while before it occurred on one visit julie joined him she talked about her children and was proud to show off her new apple i phone billing also held weekly phone calls with reporters hoping to be perceived as more accessible he also met with supporters in grass valley and nevada city political fate of doolittle has come into sharp focus this week when he flew from washington to his district late tuesday for a wednesday morning meeting with staffers his staffers continued to dismiss speculations about the congressman's future despite persistent media reports that suggested he would not seek reelection prior to upcoming visits to little sent supporters an upbeat e mail inviting them to meet with him please join with our key supporters for news about our plans for two thousand and eight two little wrote in the email you have been an important part of my election efforts and i want to get you to get inside news directly from me and my campaign advisor said the e mails this week doing a least a list of updated accomplishments during his seventeen years in congress nevada county it included two point eight million for the widening of state road eighty nine known as mousehole near truckee seven hundred forty four thousand two hundred fifty six dollars for dorsey drive interchange in grass valley i don't think that's ever thousand for grass valley detection canine unit and a new study of the civilian death toll since the us invasion of iraq has put the number of iraqi deaths at one hundred fifty one thousand the world health organization in that iraqi government arrived at the figures from door to door surveys it nearly ten thousand homes the figure is far lower than two thousand and six johns hopkins university study that estimated six hundred thousand iraqi deaths despite the difference researchers concluded is a problem still showed a massive death  in the wake of the two thousand and three invasion the new study also dorce other estimates including president bush's estimate of thirty thousand iraqi deaths and several two thousand prime meanwhile in iraq the u s military has launched a massive bombing campaign comes two days into a nationwide military offensive dubbed phantom phoenix at least nine u s troops have been killed in dialla province since the campaign began the only military officer in charge a novel ghraib scandal has had his one conviction dismissed the ten a colonel steven george was cleared last year of allegations he personally abused prisoners and trained other soldiers convicted of mistreatment he was found guilty on one count of disobeying command by speaking about the ongoing probe one he was ordered not to but this week major general richard rowe dismissed that conviction jordan once faced up to sixteen years in prison and the private military firm blackwater worldwide is facing new allegations of unlawfully activity in iraq this time for dropping a heavily restricted riot control gas on a crowded baghdad checkpoint in may of two thousand and five according to the new york times the release of this c s gas by blackwater helicopter an armored vehicle temporarily blinded drivers produce reams and at least ten american soldiers blackwater is already under scrutiny for a mass shooting in baghdad that killed seventeen iraqis last september military witnesses say blackwater's personnel appeared to lose to gas as a way to clear a traffic jam that was blocking their route gas is only authorized for using dangerous situations it's affecting good burning and watery eyes skin irritation coughing and breathing difficulties n more than twenty six thousand u s service members are currently deployed defense secretary robert gates has been urging nato allies to boost their commitments but has failed to win any pledges for more troops and in israel the occupied and the occupied territories president bush is in the west bank today for talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas bush met with israel's prime minister in on wednesday the first of his three day trip speaking alongside olmert in jerusalem bush said he will push israel to remove scattered settlement outposts but reiterated his endorsement of israel's plan to retain its large west bank settlement blocks he also said he understands he has an obligation to protect israel and he also understands that he has got to be circumspect reasonable about how he does it so that innocent people don't suffer he just gave you the answer on the settlements in terms of outposts yeah ought to go look i mean we've been talking about it for four years agreement was to get rid of out those illegal outposts and they ought to go palestinian negotiators have called the settlement blocks the main obstacle to peace and cuba is marking his forty ninth anniversary of the cuban revolution victorious uprising against the u s backed bitties to dictatorship dozens of people gathered in advena at a rally organized by the union of communist youths caesar martin said today we strongly reaffirmed more than ever viva fidel viva raul viva the part of the cuban president fidel castro was absent from the celebration as he continues to be sidelined by y in campaign news new mexico governor bill richardson is reportedly set to announce today he's withdrawn from the democratic presidential race richardson place fourth in a back to back contests in iowa and new hampshire meanwhile candidates were back on the campaign trail on wednesday one day after senator hillary clinton and senator john mccain won in new hampshire speaking on n b c s today show plantain talked about her widely reported display of emotion when she was asked about personal toll of running a campaign she said i don't get up every morning to go out and make a great speech shake a million hands and then go to bed at night and say good night for you i go out to say what can i do for you and how can i make your country what it should be when the woman said to me how do you do that i really felt touched by that and i think we did connect in a very personal level meanwhile democratic senator barack obama vowed to rebound from his second place finish in new hampshire as the democratic primaries move on to south carolina michigan and nevada obama spoke at a rally in new jersey and he said my voice is a little hoarse my eyes are a little blurry my back is a little sore but my spirit is strong and i am ready to bring about change in america how about you obama has picked up the endorsement of nevada calling area workers union with some sixty thousand members and i just heard today that senator kerry as joined with say for all to obama and in chicago the city council has voted to approve a nearly twenty million dollars settlement to four former death row prisoners who gave false confessions after being tortured by chicago police four men were all african american they sued former chicago police commander jon burge and more than twenty officers who worked with him alleging they were coerced into fossett confessing to murder in two thousand and six bestial prosecutors released a long awaited report wrap for today's news now for our lovely weather shutters gowers this morning and mostly cloudy with cancer isolated showers this afternoon highs in the low fifty's light winds tomorrow will be partly cloudy was highs in the mid fifty's betty fog this weekend