we're joined right now by dana frank, professor of history at the university of california santa cruzan expert on human rights and u.s. policy in honduras. she recently authored a piece titled, "who's responsible for the flight of honduran children?" in february, her article, "the thugocracy next door" appeared in politico magazine. welcome to democracy now! thank you for joining us. islain what the background for so many and so many children to be fleeing the violence in honduras. >> we keep hearing the fact that people are fleeing gangs and violence, but there hasn't been an analysis or discussion of why is there so much gang activity and violence in honduras. the answer is, this tremendous criminality the 2009 military coup open the door to win it overthrew the democratically elected president manuel zelaya. the two itself was a criminal act and are really opened the door for the spectacular corruption of the police and up-and-down top to bottom of the government. that in turn means it is possible to kill anybody you want, practically, and nothing will happen to you. it is widely d

brian's medical care and also seeking more money for his pain and suffering but attorney dana fox who represents frankrt told the jury his client has great sympathy for bryan stow but what happened is not mccourt's fault and the mccourt legal team says the responsibility lays solely at the feet of the two men who have already accepted their criminal liability in this case and are currently serving time in prison. frank, deliberations continue. >> they sure did. mark, since mr. mccourt, frank mccourt, sold the team last year, the dodgers, could they still be liable in the case? >> reporter: the case is against frank mccourt and the team. so one of the things that the jury has to decide is if both the dodgers and frank mccourt are liable in the case. who has to pay what? how much liability is frank mccourt's, how much is the team's? that's one of the questions they are looking at. >> mark sayre at at&t park, thank you. >>> new this morning, google buys a digital music app. there are reports the mountain view company paid more than $40 million for "songza." the app has about 6 million users compared to p

but attorney dana fox who represents former owner frank mccourt told the jury has client has great sympathyw but what happened was not mccourt's fault. the mccourt legal team says that the fault lies squarely with the two men who have accepted criminal responsibility for that beating and are now in jail. >> mark, since frank mccourt is no longer the owner he sold the dodgers last year, is the team still liable in the case? >> reporter: this is a case against both frank mccourt and the dodgers both claiming that together they cut security and the security was lax there at dodger stadium on opening day. so if the jury finds in favor of the mccourts -- excuse me, of the stow family, what they have to do is decide how much of the responsibility lies with frank mccourt personally versus the dodgers organization. that's part of what the jury down in l.a. is deliberating. >> okay, mark sayre live over at at&t park. thank you. >>> in business blue chip stocks have never old as high as they will this morning. >> jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch.com reports. >> reporter: good morning, frank and michelle.

attorney dana fox represents one-time dodger owner frank mccourt. he told the jury, his client has great sympathy for stow. but this was not mccourt's fault. it's now 15.5 hours. still no verdict. jury is back tomorrow. from downtown los angeles, dave lopez, kpix 5. >>> plans to rename an east bay middle school after japanese activist credit koramatsu will get another airing tonight. it will be built on donald avenue in el cerrito replacing portola middle school torn down in 2012 and replaced by portable classrooms. the last hearing to get public input is 7:00 tonight at an americans in richmond. >>> berkeley could be the first city in the nation to tax sugary drinks. the city council votes tonight on a proposal to put that issue on the november ballot. it would levy a one -cent per ounce tax on beverages such as soda and energy drinks. no cities have succeeded in imposing such a tax. >>> have to be aware of traffic issues during the long holiday weekend. a portion of 280 will be shut down in san francisco. signs went up weeks ago warning drivers ab