at this point compton's case is closed. >> later with the video camera we provided him, compton expresseds about the writeup. >> talking about this. the end result on this situation right here. what's going to happen -- thrown away. thrown out. in the trash. >> the prison disciplinary board assessed compton with a loss of 60 days of good time, but suspended it pending good behavior. on the way back from the hearing an inmate begins yelling the threats. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> send it up [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> hey [ bleep ] >> after securing compton in the dorm, his escort officer sergeant tibbles comes back out to investigate. >> while i was walking compton back up to the dorm, he was threatened. his life was threatened. so i'm looking for the guy who threatened when i locked him up. i know he was short. a white guy with a blue cap on. i'm almost sure i know who it is. as soon as i see him i'll know exactly who it is. hey, come here. >> what did i do? >> why don't we step over here for a second? >> i ain't done nothing. >> the inmate is identified as richard canada. his name was on so

c-span: what is ann compton going to do that would be you what is ann compton going to do in retirementguest: i'm going to take my time to figure that out. i've got good health. i have got some speaking engagements. i have got i have got a plan that i would not accept from a politician who told me. i have scoffed for years of politicians who say i'm going to leave elected office to spend more time with my family but it's true. i'm 67 years old. i have a husband who supports me for all these years of travel for brilliant children. my husband bill hughes is a medical doctor and has never traveled so he was always home. four kids will ted annie and michael who are wonderful young professionals a doctor, lawyer and entrepreneurs and a business exec does and i want time to do things with them. honest truth. >> host: ann compton 41 years with abc news, 40 years of the white house. thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. the congress congress continuing on their two-week spring recess this week we are featuring booktv in primetime. up next on booktv in primetime sub five editor of "more than

. >> i live in los angeles county, the home of compton, inglewood, and my hometown of long beach.ities wracked with gun violence. i am here in contin, california, one of the most dangerous cities in the united states to speak with the people about gun violence. >> they should have procedures that should prohibit people to get guns. >> it kills innocent people and it's wrong. it's not about that. >> i feel like a permanent solution to a temporary problem. >> i was seven years old and eight years old and there is a try by shooting with bullets flying everywhere. it was very scary i could've lost my life and i didn't want anyone else to lose their life as well. it's terrifying. >> they call it street justice but there is no justice. it's just someone losing their life. it's really stupid and trivial. >> that's what a drive-by is. it's just cowards in a car. >> every year, more than 230,000 guns are stolen from those who legally purchase them. >> we ended up arming criminals. that was not with the intent of why we had those guns. >> the rap community is changing its using guns and the

peggy compton is here for a conference that starts monday, out with her coworkers to see the cherry blossoms. they were starled to hear about the shooting, thinking the closed off streets were for something more ceremonial. >> wire all the police around? we thought somebody important was coming in. rebecca: with thousands flocking to the district to see the cherry blossoms, most were not aware the u.s. capitol was on lockdown. when a visitor realize there was a shooting she was not deterred but relieved by the major law enforcement presence. >> there is so much security here, so i feel very safe. it is the capital of the u.s. and there was quick action. rebecca: for most, it was a time to enjoy the blossoms. the only serious backup was the clogged roadways. to get his pictures, this man got the first parking spot he could find and walk the rest of the way to the tidal basin. how far did you walk today? >> like, five miles. rebecca: how many people did you see? >> more than a billion. rebecca: kimberly, maybe not a billion people, but certainly thousands. if you are coming out tomorrow, expec

. >> ann compton, abc news, white house. ann compton with the president.of great crisis covering the white house is trying to drink from a fire hose, there is so much coming at you. >> i started at the white house on march 17, and on march 19 we were at war. and i remember just thinking this is history. i'm not going to see anything like this again. >> it was christmas day, 1991, left the kids at home opening the packages on christmas morning and i stood on the white house lawn all day long as the gorbachev job declared the soviet union was dissolved. it changed the face of the planet, and to have been there and cover that, and be there when the president flew back from camp david on christmas night to address the american people, that day was history. >> joe biden comes out, beaming from ear to ear. >> being in grant park when barack obama was elected president of the united states was a turning point moment for the entire country and a kid was never going to cover the white house and frankly always wondered if he would ever see a black president. >> pres

. >> and compton, abc news, white house. >> ann compton with the president. >> at times of great crisis, covering the white house is trying to drink from a fire hose, there is so much coming at you. >> i started at the white house on march 17, and on march 19 we were at war. i remember just thinking this is history. i'm not going to see anything like this again. >> it was christmas day 1991, let the kids at home opening the package is on christmas morning and stood on the white house lawn all day long as the calgary job declared the soviet union with resolve. it changed the face of the planet, and to have been there and cover that, and be there when the president flew back from kent david on christmas night to address the american people, that day was history. >> joe biden comes out, beaming from ear to ear. >> being in grant park when barack obama was elected president of the united states was a turning him -- moment for the entire country and a kid was never going to cover the white house and always wondered if he would ever see a black president. >> president obama made clear the eff

richard sherman graduated second in his class at compton high skoochl he graduated from standford.he didn't attend. he graduated from standford. now just because-- just because he wears dreads and sometimes he talks-- he is the furthest thing from a thug. >> larry: people need to know the difference between thug and thug-like. >> however, there are-- there are some guys who have athletic ability who are thugs. >> thugs aren't action thug thugs aren't necessarily a person. no nobody calls those kids rioting thugs. >> they are celebrating they are very joyful. >> exactly. >> but there is a difference. i remember when the indiana thing happened when ron artest and the big fighting people were calling them thugs. how can they fight every single night. they are never called thugs. >> come on bob what is up with that? >> are sportscasts to blame for these riots certificate seriously. >> i will give a semi serious answer. i think sportscasters have become better over the last generation in recognizing that they were unconsciously saying this mostly white sportscaster unconsciously saying

there's a new documentary out, nerd prom, and it's showing ann compton begging the room to be quiet sot they could honor these scholarship recipients who are alleged lyly the reason this dinner is giffin and nobody's paying attention or ann compton, they're talking to each other and that's why everybody's there, but it makes for the people on the stage feeling like they're not talking to anybody. >> another point, you have to follow the president, so that could be very very difficult because most of the presidents dlir well. also, it depends on who's in the room. people you target are they going to laugh, be upset. are the jokes going to fall flat on tv? she said she's not going to try to be mean. fun funny. not going for the mean. she's got seth meyers, who's hosted before, very successfully and she's looking at him as a mentor, so i think she'll do fine. >> not going to be bloody. >> it's a technical thing, the room is is not that well miked. this goes back to 2006 with stephen colbert, the most fears will, brilliant, best performance and inaccurately portrayed as he bombed. you just

wide look at things, no major problems. 66 into town out of town here at compton road moving along nicely. 95 north as you're headed out of stafford, you can see nice and clear all the way clear southbound as well. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >>> we're following several new developments in the controversial religious freedom bills that have people across the country in an uproar. what could happen as early as today. p. >>> and new details just coming in this morning about the pope's visit t >>> the death of a nine month old in leesburg has been ruled is homicide. devinon devny ellis died last october. yesterday the medical examiner said the infant died of blunt force trauma to the head. her parents gave birth to a new baby girl last week. the father is barreded by see from seeing the child by protective order. >>> i'm molette green. a ship full of people sinks off the coast of russia. a crew of 1322 was on board this russian fishing boat that went under this morning. rescue workers say at least 54 crew members were killed. fishing boats in the

and compton in the navy sent to thousands. you see matches similar to raise the homicides and interaction with authority. one thing that is interesting about black american history as we are not talking about a vacuum. we're not talking about nonsense. but talk about dysfunctional criminal justice. i was like a partially functioning system. the partially functioning system works because if there were a vacuum you actually get organization in the vacuum. it's sad no really takes hold. always a situation of chaos and competition. that explains a lot about why this has been a perpetual in black america. what it would take to fix you see i always a member from chief bernard at the lapd was because the criminal justice system, but it is five parts about related things jammed together and they don't work together well. >> host: from "ghettoside," jill leovy writes many critics today complain the criminal justice system is heavy-handed and unfair to authorities. we are great deal about capital punishment drug laws supposed misuse of

knight killed one man and seriously injured another when he hit them with his truck outside of a compton burger stand in january. >>> congress may now hold security hearings after a man flew a gyrocopter onto the lawn of the capitol. >> we showed you that wild video yesterday. doug hughes was in court yesterday. he's the pilot of the gyrocopter yesterday. he was released and allowed to return home to florida. here's that video again. hughes, who is a postal worker says he was trying to deliver hundreds of letters to congress protesting campaign finance corruption. he's now band from flying any aircraft and the state of washington unless he has a court appearance. >>> today we'll get details on a bill in delaware to protect internet privacy. attorney general matt dannon and state lawmakers will introduce the bill plate later on this morning. online safety was the hot topic at country day school in sacred heart in brynmawr. the girls were visited to talk about the dangers lurking on the internet. >> where they may be approached online by a user who says that they're a certain age from a ce

. >>> this inning on c-span 2 q & a with ann compton talking about the presidents she has covered from gerald ford to barack obama, at 7:00 eastern. booktv timetime at 8:00 with authors writing about education, and then at 9:00, on the book "cheated" the unc scandal. the education of athletes. and at 10:00 why schools are obsessed with standardized testing but you don't have to be. begins at 8:00. >> here some over of our features programs for this weekend. on c-span 2 booktv saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, president of americans for tax reform grover nordquist, says americans are tired of ther is and is our tax system. and sunday night at 8:00, author susan butler about franklin roosevelt and joseph stalin, and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. and saturday night at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3, on lectures and history, university of virginia's college of wise professor jennifer murray on how civil war veterans reunions have changed, and at 1:00, american history tv is live, commemorating the anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civi

the urban youth academy opened in compton. i think we have to be careful in overselling it.t is a matter of getting the kids there. i can tell you, it is the first thing on the commissioner's list. everything that he can do, he will do. and having said all of that in terms of the ageing audience and all of that, the mlb at bat at is opened 5.7 million times a day and the average age is 30. >> the cubs have been so bad in the last five years, this is up with of the periods in which they were horrible. i had my friend over, my laptop, my phone, my friend, and i was jonesing for more stimulus. is there something that is incompatible about what it takes to watch a baseball game. >> i never liked watching baseball on television except when i was a kid and it was a family affair. watching it on tv, i would much rather be at the ball park, and wrigley is the kind of place where baseball ought to be played. you ought to sit out there in the bleachers, in the sun, passing food down the aisles. the great promoters of the game were able to build it up. we don't have that kind of excite

knight hit two men with his pickup truck in compton late january. one of the men died.t pled not guilty saying he was fleeing an ambush. >>> a mother fighting back after police took her children into custody this weekend. she says her parenting style is under attack. plus apple releasing new information on how many people are interested in buying their new watch. and a new superhero headed to the big screen. >>> it is now 11:33. here's a quick look at today's big stories. >> starting with the manhunt in anne arundel. county police are looking for bhadreshkumar chetanbhai patel. his wife's body was discovered late last night on a dunkin' donuts on arundel mills boulevard in hanover. he's wanted for murder and police say he is considered dangerous. >> we have times when the airlines are performing poorly and we seem to be tipping over into another one of those times. >>> a new report out today says the quality of the airlines you use is getting worse. researchers say mergers and more and more charges and fees are leading to more complaints. >>> look a the current temperat

frank compton and hannah art. why were they mention in your book?guest: cafta because he was described in the world of surveillance bureaucracy a world where it seemed as if we were being watched in everything we were doing. the trial and the classic examples of this. i make it clear that cap go was a student of different kind of central european utilitarianism. this world that we are embracing and yet we are being perpetually watched and cafko at its most brilliant and he was extremely brilliant even he couldn't come up with anything quite as outrageous. another two out of 30 that list i would put the argentine short story writer. in many ways he imagined is much more accurately than cafko and the theorist of totalitarianism as the person who argues that totalitarians the origins of totalitarianism lie in the destruction of institutions that lie between the individual and the state. that's what i fear that is happening today with the internet. the internet is destroying so much tradition, so many of those institutions. and what arendt was so so bri

former abc news reporter and white house correspondent and compton talks about covering president gerald ford to barack obama. that begins at seven eastern. think that a typical tv prime time. >> award-winning photojournalist robert nichols berg documented 25 years in afghanistan for "time" magazine and "the new york times." he was one of the few photographers who at first and exposure to the rise of militant groups in the region including al-qaeda. he spoke at the aspen institute in march redoing reef in the modern history of afghanistan through his photographs. this is about one hour. >> i'm going to give you a brief introduction on how i got to the south asia, and then begin a rather rapid 60 imageon. presentation. starting from 1988 and going up to 2013.in in 1987, i moved from bangkok time where time had a bureau covering southeast asia when an opportunity opened up in newn indi delhi to cover south asia. and having originally started my profes professional career with time in centralsi america very small countries, i never thought i would end up 10 years later in the massive landma

and a., former abc news reporter and white house correspondent and compton talks about covering presidentsrom gerald ford to barack obama. that begins at seven each and. at eight it is booktv prime time. >> each night this week while congress is on its spring recess, c-span is bring you interviews with new members of congress. it continues tonight with california democrat norma torres but she came to the u.s. at the age of five from guatemala and became involved with politics after working for years as a police dispatcher. here's a portion of the interview. >> it is incredibly hard to get here. the money involved in politics is, it makes it almost impossible for someone like me and average mom a 911 dispatcher by trade. is as credible that i made it this far but here i am. >> why did you decide to seek office? >> i answered a call at the 911 dispatcher of a little girl 11 year old girl who died at the hands of her uncle. it really pushed me into a political world that i friendly didn't know existed. >> see the entire c-span profile tonight, congressional freshman profiles each night this w

co-founder of death row records accused of running over two men outside after compton burger stands in. nights nights health has become an issue and has been hospitalized five different times after court hearings. >> coming up: mystery of a colorado highway. what's causing car windows to suddenly break? >> plus piece of rock-and-roll history swiped right from a museum. a pair of elton john's glasses gone. the clue that thieves left behind that helped police track him down. >> ♪ ♪ >>> ♪ ♪ >> artist? >> chicago. >> albumn? >> don't know. >> cover? (laughter). >> i just know early chicago, before they got all really super in the early's, 80s great hits like this, then 25 to six to four, then all of these awesome songs. >> ♪ ♪ you think it was the fourth of july ♪ ♪ >> sore. >> i okay. >> so you know, yesterday when you called, i was stuck in traffic i was headed here. i went to career night. they changed from career day to career night so more people could go. can you fine me in that group of high scullers. >> you look like a high schooler. >> look how young you are. >> oh in the middle.

a live look right now at i-66 just east of compton road shows you traffic is moving.u traveling from gainesville making your way into town going through manassas, fairfax, no issues in your area. coming up in about nine minutes, we'll have an update on the situation in potomac and show you delays in your part of town. >>> an interesting guarantee. a popular fast food chain promisessity customers it will only serve real food. >> kind of comforting, right? >> a new push to make sure kids don't mistake laundry packets for candy. we're back after this. >>> welcome back. our time is 6:44. >>> another auto related recall and an announcement from a popular fast food chain. first laundry packets. by now we've all seen them. they're colorful. some say they look like candy. hundreds of kids have wound up in the hospital with serious injuries after ingesting them. consumer groups are pushing hard for child resistant packaging as a result and clearer warning labels. if you have these in your home, don't leave them out. you're warned to store them out of sight in reach of children

he's one of the stars of "straight outta compton."

i'm from compton. >> this is my first. >> this is my first, as well. >> it's exciting.cket list situation. >> the perfect segue for the star of the night, the commander in chief. >> after the midterm elections my advisers asked me, do you have a bucket list? and i said, well, i have something that rhymes with bucket list. take executive action on immigration, bucket. >> the president comes each year to hobnob with washington's press corps. the president even employing comedy through the obama anger translator. >> traditions like the white house correspondents dinner are important. >> i mean really, what is he saying? and why am i required to come to it? >> and as always, he gets in a few shots at republicans. >> rick santorum announced he would not attend the same-sex wedding of a friend or a loved one. to which gays and lesbians across the country responded that's not going to be a problem. >> democrats, too. hillary kicked things off by going completely unrecognized at a chipotle. not to be outdone, martin o'malley kicked things off by going completely unrecognized at

the first urban youth academy was open in compton, california.ted out of that. i think we have to be careful in overselling it. there's an area of concern. it's a matter of getting the kids there. it's a larger problem. ncaa scholarships. commissioner rob manford, it's the first thing on his list. everything that he can do he will do. having said that in terms of the aging audience and all of that, the mlb at bat app is open 7.5 million times a day and the average age is 30. it is about getting the kids involved. >> the cubs have been so horrible for the last five years basically in the are building era. >> it is all relative chris. >> horrible many times throughout my 36 years, this is one of those periods in which they were horrible. i was watching the game and i had a friend over. i had my laptop my phone, my friend and i found myself jonesing for more fim stimulus. is there something about what has happened to our attention spans in the mobile phone era that is incompatible with what it takes to watch a baseball game? >> no doubt in my mind.

knight is accused of striking two men with his pickup truck outside of a compton burger stand in january. one man was killed and the other was seriously hurt. the injured victim testified he did not recall the events leading up to the incident and did not want to be labelled a snich. leon: on thursday the international spy museum will be talking with the commission of fine arts about relocating. this is the first step in moving the museum from h and f streets to a new location. the washington business journal reports the museum is interested in the site near l'enfant plaza. but the museum tells abc 7 news that's just one potential new home. alison: all right. let's get a check of how traffic is moving this afternoon. jamie sullivan is here with an update. hi jamie. jaim -- jamie: not too bad this afternoon. we have some congestion in the typical spots. starring off heading outbound on 395, 38 miles per hour. once you get past the pentagon we start to see some of that flowing. as we move to talk about 295 leaving d.c. crossing the 11th street bridge heading northbound, about 25 miles per

we all grew up in compton. terry turned out kind of funny, but he was rough.out there fighting with us. he said, i'm compatible. so what i'm trying to do is i'm compatible. trying to put us in a cell together. i understand all the things we went through. he can talk to me. about problems and whatever. >> some people accept me, some don't. >> we real close. i wouldn't let nothing happen to terry. i wouldn't let nothing happen to terry. my friends, the ones i'm close with that i know from the streets know me and terry are homies. we're just friends. that's as far as it goes. >> you're the homey, man, you know you're the homey. >> i would like to be known for more than just a homey or a frie friend, someone who is sincere and nice, that can be there to talk to them, you know, just as a person, instead of the situation as it was. >> talk about putting somebody on the spot. >> what? >> talk about putting somebody on the spot. wow. >> with terry's future possibly hanging in the balance, terry and clarence will have to wait to find out if their request to live togeth

prosecutors say knight hit both of them with his truck outside a compton burger stand in late january. his attorney says his client was ambushed and trying to get away from the two men who were attacking him. >>> we're learning more about the arizona police officer seen on a dashcam ra runera running down a suspect. before moving to arizona, michael worked for the new york city police department. while there he was at the center of a lawsuit. the plaintiff says rapieko pointed his gun at him and ordered him to get back into his car. the officer threatened to shoot him then choked him. the city paid the plaintiff $20,000. that claim was dismissed. >>> police in boston are searching for a thief who stole nearly a dozen pairs of donated sneakers from two boston marathon bombing survivors. the victims told police someone stole the sneakers and athletic gear from a car. the items were supposed to go to a team of survivors who plan to run in next week's marathon. the thief left a note that said quote, from me to you, with a smiley face and a heart. >>> everyone's safe that's the word this a

compton university -- college is right there down the street. it's a terrific school inner city school. i'm a big fan of that school. so there have been positive signs in this nanhood and there have been -- there has been a little bit more economic development. >> yes. >> days like yesterday you can hear the frustration in my voice. >> i do. >> it's angry. it's depressing. it's going to 25ik atake a while here. it's not just substantive damage but emotional damage getting businesses to take another look in these neighborhoods. >> you're so right and i do hear that anxiety and angst in your voice as a former governor of that state who grew up nearby. governor ehrlich, thank you for sharing your time with us today. >>> well some presidential candidates reacting to the violence in baltimore, but have all of them? greta van sus stern on the political fallout. this from leyland vitter. we are live in baltimore throughout the hour. you think it's over? h'm. listen up... i'm reworking the menu. veggies you're cool... mayo, corn dogs... you are so out o

. >> and compton, abc news, white house. >> ann compton with the president. >> at times of great crisisrying to drink from a fire hose, there is so much coming at you. >> i started at the white house on march 17, and on march 19 we were at war. i remember just thinking this is history. i'm not going to see anything like this again. >> it was christmas day 1991, let the kids at home opening the package is on christmas morning and stood on the white house lawn all day long as the calgary job declared the soviet union with resolve. it changed the face of the planet, and to have been there and cover that, and be there when the president flew back from kent david on christmas night to address the american people, that day was history. >> joe biden comes out, beaming from ear to ear. >> being in grant park when barack obama was elected president of the united states was a turning him -- moment for the entire country and a kid was never going to cover the white house and always wondered if he would ever see a black president. >> president obama made clear the efforts to build a more perfect un

year-old terry carter and seriously injuring bone flown by striking them with his truck outside a compton january night was a has pleaded not guilty in the case after the road and the 49 year-old was taken to the hospital after experiencing a medical emergency at a downtown los angeles courthouse. >> grant lodes: star once hack of star wars fans most of them at least salivating tonight as another trailer is released today in anaheim previewing this winter's a big release. >> : video clips music >> grant lodes: about that the new star wars them the seventh in the franchise his theaters december 18th. >> pam: coming up the was brutally attacked outside a dodgers game four years ago now san francisco giants fan ride in style is making a comeback kid story is next plus the man to call this year at the nation's capital faces a judge what he was ordered not to do it again is next at by 30 p.m.. 5:30pm.. it took tennis legend serena williams, fencing champion tim morehouse and the rockettes years to master their craft. but only moments to master paying bills at chase.com. depositing checks at th

i'm from compton. >> this is my first. >> reporter: my first, as well. >> exciting.ucket list situation. >> reporter: the perfect segue for the star of the night, the commander in chief. >> now, as to the midterm elections my advisers asked me, mr. president, do you have a bucket list, and i said, well, i have something that rhymes with bucket list. take executive action on immigration. bucket. >> reporter: the president was hobnobbing with washington's press corps and the president even employing comedy central's obama anger translator. >> traditions like the white house correspondents' dinner are important. >> i mean, really. why? and why am i required to talk to it? >> reporter: and as always a few shots at republicans. >> rick santorum announced he would not attend the same-sex wedding of a friend or a loved one to which gays and lesbians around the country responded, that's not going to be a problem. >> reporter: democrats too. >> hillary kicks things off by going completely unrecognized at a chipotle. not to be outdone, martin o'malley kicked things off by goin

she's interviewed by ann compton whitehorse correspondent for abc news.this is about one hour. >> host: april ryan i don't think anyone, any african-american reporter has covered the white house as long as you have and now you have taken the clinton bush 43 and obama years and written about them through the prism of something that's important to your listeners on american urban radio networks. john kennedy. john kennedy and martin luther king. >> this was growing up in baltimore. >> host: what was it? did they kind of resent this newcomer? >> guest: they did resent this newcomer. he was an enigma really. he was someone who had tried unsuccessfully for a congressional seat against one of their fellow members, and they're very loyal to one another in that group. because they are a small group on the hill and they're very loyal to one another, so that was one strike against him. the second strike was he was a senator. he was a black senator, something that really rarely happens in this country. and he also was on a different schedule than the house. the sena

destin: i live in los angeles county, the home of compton inglewood and long beach.hree cities with gun violence. here in content, california, one of the most dangerous cities in the united states. to speak with the people. >> either way, there are easy ways to get around it. >> killing innocent people is totally wrong. it is not about that. that is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. >> probably seven or eight and i was playing with my friends and it was a drive-by shooting. bullets flying everywhere. it was very scary. i could have lost my life. i did not want anybody else to lose their life either. >> they call it street justice. and the end of the day, it is not justice, it is just someone losing their life over something really stupid and trivial. >> the drive-bys -- they just cower in the car. >> every year, more than 230,000 guns are stolen from those who legally purchase them. >> we ended up harming -- arming criminals. that was not the intent on why we had those guns. >> the committee is changing its view on guns. snoop dogg is leading the charge. s

visit ncicap.org] collect today, an encore presentation of q&a with journalist ntb news reporter and compton she talks about her 40 when your career covering the white house and shares her personal experiences reporting on presidents ford to obama. she was the only tv reporter with george w. bush on september 11, 2001 and she recalled how the days events unfolded. she recalls that on monday on c-span2. also california representative norma torres. she spoke about a range of issues, including how money and politics make it difficult or ordinary people to run for office. here is a look. representative torres: it is incredibly hard to get here. the money involved in politics makes it almost impossible for someone like me. i'm an average mom from the mona p --omona. it's incredible that i made it this far, but here i am. >> why did you decide to seek office? rep. torres: i answer the call as a dispatcher of a little girl who died at the hands of her uncle. it pushed me into a literal world that, friendly, i did not know existed. >> just some of our profile looking at congressional freshmen and ca

former abc news reporter and white house correspondent ann compton talks about covering presidents geraldrack obama. that begins at 7:00 eastern. then at 8:00, booktv in prime time, tonight with authors who have written about education starting with who wrote more than a score. at 9:00 eastern mary willingham, and kay smith. cheated. athletes in big time sports. at 10, anya kaminez. why our schools are obsessed with standardized testing but you don't have to be. coming up tonight on booktv. >>> each night this week at 9:00 p.m. eastern conversations with a few new members of c,ngress. >> and as a result i try to stay disciplined in my message in a football sense i try to stay between the hash marks. i understand, i represent everyone in montana and that is one congressman. i represent not only the republican side. but i represent the democrat side. independent side, the tea party side. i represent everyone in montana. i think if we take that value set forward, congress represents america. truly articulate the values and needs and desires of your district. but the purposes to make america

i am here in compton california, one of the most dangerous cities in the united states to speak witheople about gun violence. >> there are easy ways to get around that. >> killing innocent people is totally wrong. it is not about that. >> you kill someone, that is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. >> i was playing with my friends, it was a drive-by shooting. bullets flying everywhere. it was very scary. i could have lost my life and i did not want anyone losing their life as well. >> they call it street justice. there is no ultimate justice. it is someone losing their life to something that was really stupid and trivial from the start. >> that is what drive-bys is. cowards in a car, basically. destin bigsby: more than 230,000 guns are stolen from those who legally purchased them. >> we ended up arming obviously criminals. that was not the intent. destin: the rap community is changing its view on guns and snoop dogg is leading the charge. snoop dogg: when we speak as one, as a whole community, it should not be until it hits someone in your family that you do something about

interstate 66 things continue to be a struggle, you have the last of four traveling eastbound on 66 on comptons eastbound and westbound on interstate 66, the westbound crashes locking your left lane as you approach west moreland street. delays from the earlier accident activity that we had, speaking of the capital beltway as we switch to the maryland cameras things are looking more like a parking lot through silver spring to get past the earlier crash between georgia and connecticut avenue. that's what's happening on the roads. jummy: top stories, people are already lined up ahead of a landmark same-sex marriage case. arguments begin tomorrow on whether same-sex couples have the right to marry. earthquake victims in nepal are getting some help this morning from the fairfax county search and rescue teams, they packed their bags and left for nepal yesterday morning on a military plane. good morning washington continues on news channel 8. >>> good morning, america. bruce jenner's children and ex-wife speak out. >> try not to look back or just look forward. >> what you haven't heard about their fa

and compton in the navy sent to thousands.tches similar to raise the homicides and interaction with authority. one thing that is interesting about black american history as we are not talking about a vacuum. we're not talking about nonsense. but talk about dysfunctional criminal justice. i was like a partially functioning system. the partially functioning system works because if there were a vacuum you actually get organization in the vacuum. it's sad no really takes hold. always a situation of chaos and competition. that explains a lot about why this has been a perpetual in black america. what it would take to fix you see i always a member from chief bernard at the lapd was because the criminal justice system, but it is five parts about related things jammed together and they don't work together well. >> host: from "ghettoside," jill leovy writes many critics today complain the criminal justice system is heavy-handed and unfair to authorities. we are great deal about capital punishment drug laws supposed misuse of eyewitness