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bell, california taken out of his huntington beach home in handcuffs but as dave lopez shows us, the arrest didn't stop with mro. [ people yelling ] >> reporter: to those who have been following the bell investigation, they wondered when the hammer was going to fall. today did. >> the los angeles county district attorney's office public integrity division filed criminal charges of misappropriation of public funds and conflict of interest against robert rizzo. >> reporter: the one-time $800,000 a year city manager is behind bars on $3.2 million bail arrested along with him, four members of the current bell city council, mayor oscar hernandez, councilmembers theresa. >> cob bow, louise ortega george mar bell, his assistant and one-team bell city councilman and the godfather of bell politics who openly bragged according to sources that he is so well connected that no one would touch him. >> mr. cole is being booked. >> reporter: he said he welcomes this investigation. was there any difficulty in going after george cole? >> not that i know of. any difficulty going after george coal? >> no. >> reporter: so all the

years there is going to be an opening at the white house. [ laughter ] >> brian: and lopez will have a new lead in shortly. mr him. >> brian: he's not going to go? >> gretchen: you're so on top of things. >> steve: it was in the paper. some other headlines for you and we're starting with korea. new video shows members of a workers party being bussed to the country's first party meeting in 30 years. don't worry, folks, on the bus, they're not going to be busted. north koreans celebrated the occasion by dancing in the streets. >> brian: look at that. it looks so natural. >> steve: it's not -- >> brian: take it from me, it's hard to master the dance. >> steve: you would know. before the meeting kim jung-il promoted his youngest son to a four star general. experts say the move guarantees that his son will succeed his dad. >> gretchen: sad story now, a top chef from new jersey who was featured on gordon ramsey's show, kitchen nightmare, apparently has committed suicide. 39-year-old joseph sirniglia found in the hudson river. believed he jumped. he was deep in debt, he survived by his wife and three children. >>> a