charlie beck is much smarter than that. but i think he's, he wants to keep -- he doesn't want to be known be as somebody that's going to, you know, give up his guys. >> yeah. i'd like to bring steve up now. be and we talk a little bit about where we're going into the future. steve, come on up and -- >> [inaudible] >> no, come on up. [laughter] >> ask me one question -- [inaudible] it's hard to be a cop right now. and what i found so fascinating about your book before i knew about this was i know the players now. and a lot of my time is on the psychology of why they act why they act. why they do what they do. where's it coming from? what in their broadband, what in their experience -- background, what in their experience, etc. and your book helped me with that, because things are making sense to me now that were perplexing before. but let me tell you my observations after two years. number one, and i think the greatest thing that i've learned is that community policing is from the bottom up now. these cops actually believe i

about this, i don't know if you heard because bill bratton has been critical and our police chief, charlie beck, and we spoke with some lapd higher ups who told us that the word around this department is they're calling him an ass, but they're saying -- i find this interesting -- we will still respond to calls for service at his home in a professional and timely manner. steve: one would hope. indeed. i can see why they're displeased. dari: i love this one. steve: a possible power couple in the making, both fresh off divorces. dari: there were cool pictures that you showed early in the week. this has to be true, harvey. >> well -- dari: tell everybody who we're talking about. >> okay. i'm going to. i'm leading up to it. gwen stefani and blake shell ton are in nashville where he will be performing tonight at the cma's. she had no reason to be there other than to support blake. we've been calling around to people connected with them. what they're telling us and we're getting this from various people is that the way they're putting it is there's not a relationship right now. it could become one, bu

>> reporter: los angeles police chief charlie beck says he specifically takes issue with tarantino'serer, telling nbc news, i take the word murderer very seriously. i hunt murderers for a living. i have lived with murder my entire adult life, adding a homicide that occurs during a police use of force is very, very, very rarely a murder. the rally tarantino attended took place just four days after nypd officer randolph holder was killed in the line of duty. while tarantino called that death a tragedy, he stressed that the protest was for families of those killed by police and the date could not be rescheduled. >> we had over 40 families that this has happened to come out and tell their stories, and say their loved one's name. and so what, because that happened, we are going to say oh, no, no, don't tell your story, i know we flew you out here, we are going to fly you back, we will do it another time. it's just not convenient. >> reporter: tarantino says he's not worried about security or protests at events for his new film, adding many officers are fans of his work. >> they are going

police chief charlie beck. >> mr. tarantino lives in a fantasy world. that's how he makes his living. >> get i'm, boy! >> reporter: several police unions also called for a boycott of tarantino's upcoming film about bounty hunters. tarantino told reporters the threat is to shut me down, it's to discredit me and it's to intimidate me and it's to shut my mouth. >> whether or not you agree with what he said, you can certainly respect the conviction that he has for what he said. >> reporter: tarantino asserted his first amendment right to protest. as for the studio backing his new movie, the weinstein company told the hollywood reporter. we can't speaker for quentin. he should be and is allowed to speak for himself. >>> millions of dog owners are learning about a deadly threat to their pets. coming up next, the new warning about an ingredient that you may be carrying in your purse or pocket that you don't know could hurt your pet. this is important. >>> if you're heading out to work, out the door b bauseou got stuff to do, set your dvr. we will be here until

the local police chief charlie beck says he's hyper vigilant and the department, as well, after whathappened overseas and of course we have the fbi bulletin and we have that worldwide alert. here at l.a.x. they're expecting more than 2 million people throughout the holiday. they also had a threat of weather and seems to have gone away a bit. today, hardly any delays at all but l.a.x. itself is a target of attacks and threating before. many times over the years and recently as 2013 when a lone gunman came in and opened fire inside terminal 3. and so they're well aware here that at l.a.x. they're a target especially over the holidays and right now so good, so good an official said inside. >> hopefully it takes that way. reassuring the hear for travelers there. appreciate it. some travelers facing winter storms. want to bring in msnbc meteorologist bonnie schneider with the forecast and for l.a. not a problem. for others, not so much. >> later tonight watching for a blizzard to be taking place across wyoming. a warning in the southwest corner of the state. not only are you looking at bl

the police chief, charlie beck, says that his department is hypervigilant after the terrorist attacks a week. >> jason rascon, luke russert and sarah dallof, thank you this morning. >>> it doesn't look like the winter weather is making its way through the west coast. that it is making its way through the west coast, parts of the west have already received over a foot of snow. more snow, sleet and freezing rain expected. msnbc's bonnie schneider is joining us now. >> reporter: we do have a wintry mix we're dealing with for thanksgiving. it stretches all the way from really much of the west all the way into areas of the midwest. but the good news is that the bulk of this really heavy snow and ice and wind hasn't happened yet. what does that mean? well, it means that so far today, not bad. we do have some trouble spots to tell you about. salt lake city, snow likely accumulating. this will continue into wednesday night. this is also going to be something for higher elevations as well. if you're driving on i-15 to great false, this is where we are looking at real heavy snow especially up i

>> reporter: los angeles police chief charlie beck says he specifically takes issue with tarantino'sr" telling nbc news i take the word murderer seriously. i hunt murderer for a living. adding, a homicide that occurs during a police use of force is very, very, very rarely a murder. the rally tarantino attended took place four days after nypd officer randolph holder was killed in the line of duty. while tarantino called that death a tragedy, he stressed that the protest was for families of those killed by police and the date could not be rescheduled. >> we had over 40 families, in this happened to, come out and tell their stories and say their loved one's name. >> ergman, say his name. >> because that happened we're going to say, no, no, don't tell your story, i know you out here, we're going to fly you back, we'll do it another time. it's just not convenient. >> reporter: tarantino says he's not worried about security or protests at events for his new film adding many officers are fans of his work. >> they're going to read what i said, watch the show, hear what i have to say. and i t