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. >> reporter: tampa bay city councilman hard charlie miranda was stunned when it found an apartment complex allowing a towing company to target their residents. advantage of people. >> reporter: russell brandon was visiting a friend when his car was towed after he forgot to put his new registration sticker on the tag. no one checked if the tag was expired before hauling off his car. >> take the car out because it's got an expired tag. they don't have the proper equipment to check the tag like the police department or the sheriff's department has. >> reporter: eight cars were towed away from foxcroft the same night. so where is the warning sign? 8 on your side checked and just found this generic sign found anything, nothing about expired stickers on your license plate. >> there's not enough signage to say an expired tag will be hauled away, just says unauthorized. what does that mean? >> reporter: we have the same question, but no one at foxcroft or miami management company would talk. at professional towing we were met with a less than welcome reception. as shady as all this sounds,
. >> reporter: tampa bay city councilman hard charlie miranda was stunned when it found an apartment complex allowing a towing company to target their residents. advantage of people. >> reporter: russell brandon was visiting a friend when his car was towed after he forgot to put his new registration sticker on the tag. no one checked if the tag was expired before hauling off his car. >> take the car out because it's got an expired tag. they don't have the proper equipment to...
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. >> reporter: city councilman charlie miranda is pushing for a new city ordinance. >> the proprietors would have to put a sign as you come into have a current tag with a current sticker. >> reporter: in the meantime he urges drivers who feel they were wrongly towed to fight back. city council is expected to vote on the final ordinance next month. >> it's really interesting. so this so-called mechanics lien, is it used very often because i've never heard of it before and can be it used for other disputes? >> it's not used very often because a lot of people have never heard of it. it can be used any time you have a dispute with a mechanic. you take your car in, they charge you more than they say they will, you can use this to help get your car back and maybe not have to pay it. >> and certainly for the towing companies, too, this is a game changer. >> it is. >> thanks, shannon. >>> new video in a chaotic scene at disney's animal kingdom park. parkgoers took this video as they were told to leave the festival of lion king show. you can see the stage area is filled with smoke. luckily ever
. >> reporter: city councilman charlie miranda is pushing for a new city ordinance. >> the proprietors would have to put a sign as you come into have a current tag with a current sticker. >> reporter: in the meantime he urges drivers who feel they were wrongly towed to fight back. city council is expected to vote on the final ordinance next month. >> it's really interesting. so this so-called mechanics lien, is it used very often because i've never heard of it before and...
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charlie: what seemed impossible? miranda: getting it all into one show. of the songs were there. lin-manuel: i could feel the song moments but really being able to get it into a form that was digestible in one evening, that's the hard part. 12-oh manyake a series about hamilton's life, and it would be just as compelling and entertaining. it's a lot of stories concurrently and the story of our nation and also george washington's story. we see his rise from general to president. it's aaron burr's story who we know nothing about. even ron doesn't write about that much in the book. i had to do a lot of research on burr. this is andrew lloyd webber's inspiration. judith tells it you story. charlie: that's how you know you have to have aaron burr tell the story. the man who killed him tells the story. lin-manuel: is a dramatic way to tell the story. charlie: that is the idea. he wrote a letter. lin-manuel: saying i'm a good christian, i will not do it. the first challenge being i have to face him but i will not kill him. those letters did more damage -- charlie
charlie: what seemed impossible? miranda: getting it all into one show. of the songs were there. lin-manuel: i could feel the song moments but really being able to get it into a form that was digestible in one evening, that's the hard part. 12-oh manyake a series about hamilton's life, and it would be just as compelling and entertaining. it's a lot of stories concurrently and the story of our nation and also george washington's story. we see his rise from general to president. it's aaron...
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. >> rose: lin-manuel miranda for the hour next. >> funding for charlie rose is provided by the following. and by bloomberg, a provider of:. >> from our studios in new york captioning sponsored by rose communications city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: how is it to be back at this house? >> it's very normal. i only live a few blocks away, actually. so it's-- you know, i have been here since i was one year old. >> rose: so this is a house of memories. >> this is a house of memories. a house of memories, a house of ghosts, this is a house of-- but it's also a laboratory for me. i mean i have filmed so many action movies where we're sitting. i have filmed so many animated movies with my gi joe characters. i was a kid carrying around a camera as a kid. my dad had those big over the shoulder camcorders. he brought one home and we never shot family videos. it was just me making movies. >> rose: did you think you might be a director. >> i did. i wanted to be stephen-- steven spielberg when i grew up. and steven spielberg doesn't get you far in school, so i kind of figured out who i was socially
. >> rose: lin-manuel miranda for the hour next. >> funding for charlie rose is provided by the following. and by bloomberg, a provider of:. >> from our studios in new york captioning sponsored by rose communications city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: how is it to be back at this house? >> it's very normal. i only live a few blocks away, actually. so it's-- you know, i have been here since i was one year old. >> rose: so this is a house of memories....