the challenge was to take a student film, which was 20 minutes long and expa it into a feature, a storyhat had a beginning, middle and an end, and yet had something of its crazy futuristic vision. i was very involved in nonlinear filmmaking and non-story, non-character driven scenarios. and i felt this was a chance to sort of push the envelope, to do the kinds of films that i had done in film school and do it on a grander scale. we kept saying that this is not a film about the future, it's a film from the future. (echoing squishy sounds) (walter murch) so there are things in the film that are mysterious, that we don't bother to explain because in the future, everyone would understand this. but, you know, it still has a car chase. it still has a romance. it has an escape. (george lucas) when i made "thx," i knew it was going to be controversial in terms of what the studio wanted. they gave me the chance to make the movie. they didn't really understand it. it was the opportunity of a lifetime. and i even said to francis, "i'll never get a chance to make a movie like it again, i'm going al

reporter: the taxi report was commissioned by the san francisco mt expa recommends at least 600 more taxis be added but not everybody is sold on the recommendation. >> it's unbelievable. shouldn't be that much. going to kill -- >> he is a limo driver who subscribes to uber, an app that allows riders to order car or limo service. through uber-riders can get car within minutes a at a premium price. and more cabz might cut into the bomb line right enough but he is not opposed to it. >> itself would be hell. however, when it is busy, if you got rid of the quote-unquote illegal competition, it would be fine. people can't get around in san francisco. reporter: that consulting firm did actually survey cab users, and they say they actually prefer using cabs because they recognize the cabs are licensed and bonded, even limos have to carry a certain amount of insurance. reporting live along the embarcadero, abc7 news. >> ama: thank you so much. well, a change in the weather is on the way so let's head right to our meteorologist lisa in for leigh glaser. >> lisa: tomorrow doppler could get acti

reporter: the taxi report was commissioned by the san francisco mt expa recommends at least 600 more taxis be added but not everybody is sold on the recommendation. >> it's unbelievable. shouldn't be that much. going to kill -- >> he is a limo driver who subscribes to uber, an app that allows riders to order car or limo service. through uber-riders can get car within minutes a at a premium price. and more cabz might cut into the bomb line right enough but he is not opposed to it. >> itself would be hell. however, when it is busy, if you got rid of the quote-unquote illegal competition, it would be fine. people can't get around in san francisco. reporter: that consulting firm did actually survey cab users, and theyey actually prefer using cabs because they recognize the cabs are licensed and bonded, even limos have to carry a certain amount of insurance. reporting live along the embarcadero, abc7 news. >> ama: thank you so much. well, a change in the weather is on the way so let's head right to our meteorologist lisa in for leigh glaser. >> lisa: tomorrow doppler could get active tomo

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but there is news out of washington tonight, a bipartisan compromise in the senate, to expa expand federald checks. pennsylvania representative pat toomey hammered out the deal with democrat joe manchin who got emotional today talking with newtown families. >> i'm a parent. >> you got it. >> the debate on the issue may come up tomorrow. regardless, there are laws that already apply to gun shows, laws that an exclusive undercover investigation by our producers that shows are being broken. >> reporter: it's a simple idea. just how easily can you buy a gun at a gun show? so a cnn crew took a weekend drive. 600 miles with a pocket full of cash. hitting five gun shows in three states. tennessee, south carolina and georgia. first stop, he will ajay in north georgia, the venue small and selection limited. >> there weren't a lot of vendors, wasn't a lot of product for people to buy. >> reporter: next, the crew went north to kings port, tennessee for a saturday morning local gun show held in a hotel convention center. it was a smith & wesson mp .45 caliber semiautomatic that first caught our produc

unfortunately, if you will expae expand this drag net. i know they have a lot more information than we have presently and they know the extent of the threat. number two, the guy has already killed one police officer and seriously wounded another. so this stuff is serious. it's deadly. and, you know, it may inconvenience people, but it's well worth it that you minimize any further innocent citizens from getting killed or wounded. >> absolutely. chief, thank you very much. with us from watertown, massachusetts, a block away from where this all went down, nbc correspondent katie tur. she is around the corner from where the shooting took place. what can you tell us? >> reporter: than issue of national security. the police are are calling it. a couple of others, waltham and belmont and trying to find the guy in the white hat. i'm around the corner from where that shoot-out happened when the police cornered the two suspects at the time. it's down the street and around the corner. witnesses say the suspects got out of the car and began shooting