so tell me who you think dave brown is?> well, i mean -- >> charlie: who you want us to believe. >> i think that dave brown is a guy who started off wanting to be a good cop and had all the right intentns and got kind of through ned beatty's character and through other temptations he got tempted into this lifestyle where he would get temptatio te and rationalized it as doing bad things to bad people and ended up with his own nirvana living in between the two sisters both of whom he was once married to and each have a daughter by him and that so him is his wonde wol little nest and starts to unravel but he never feels it's has a fault. >> charlie: where is he headed. he could be headed to an early grave, incarceration. >> charlie: what you do want to create as the back story of his life. >> james elroy wrote the original. >> charlie: but you added. >> but he definitely created the character. >> charlie: as an james elroy character. >> yes, after i came on as director it started focussing more on the family and while his worl

. >> well, i'm playing this guy called dave brown who is an lapd cop.had to think of him as like this dirty cop and he's an [ bleep ] and all these things. but then as you start to work your way into the character, i don't know. i really became quite fond of him. you know, i saw him in a whole different light. and i guess you kind of have to do that as an actor. first of all, it gave me the opportunity to spend time with cops. i mean, i saw things that i hadn't -- you know, i would never see. experiences. and met people in neighborhoods i would never even -- i would probably never go to. i felt like i don't know if i can be a cop because you know, i have issues with authority. i was really a little bit flummoxed about it. i can't see myself as a cop. i really had a hard time with it. and it was really -- the thing that helped me more than anything, and i read all these books and documentaries and studied lapd and the history of the lapd, but it was spending time with those guys, bob and jerry, the guys who rode me around, and really because they were so

the law firm of brown and furtel and my good friend, dave young, thank you.l trial lawyers association. we'll hear from their incoming president in a few minutes. and also stuart hanlon as well as the bar association of san francisco. so let's have a round of applause for our sponsors today . let's get down to it. so before we get started i want to introduce someone who's a wonderful leader in our community and that's the president of the bar association of san francisco. >> thank you. thank you, jeff, for inviting me on behalf of the bar association of san francisco. i'm priya sanger. i'm president of the bar association of san francisco. basf, as we note the bar association to be called, has had a long relationship with the public defenders office. it is crucially important for administration of justice. and so is san francisco conflicts panels where administration, which the bar association has provided in partnership with public defenders. so in san francisco when a public defender has a conflict of interest, criminal defendants and minors are represented

dave? >> thank you. >>> governor brown and other state leaders meeting with the president today this morning. >>> and how did you sleep last night? a mu study shows -- a new study shows a new factor that can play a role in sleep quality. a . >>> mostly sunny to partly cloudy. it's cold, 20, 30, 40s. we'll have a partly cloudy day. could be a few hit-and-miss showers. temperatures are cool, only in the mid-50s. >>> in afghanistan a suicide car bomber killed at least nine people in a revenge attack. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack, saying it is in retaggation for -- retaliation for the burning of koran. no international troops in killed in today's attack. afghanistan's president is urging calm but as alison burns reports, the violence underscores escalating tensions between the u.s. and afghanistan. >> reporter: there are several reports that u.s. officials are extremely frustrated. the government is afghanistan is not doing more to try to quell the violence. this is video of some of the latest protests as afghan filled the streets waving the muslim holey book -- holy boo

structure is pink in color with brown trim and a dark colored roof. (vo)in dave the rookie's final warrant of his training day, his team, unit 30, must arrest a group of suspected drug dealers. >>structure is the 11th structure west of north west 29 avenue and is on the south side of north west 207 street. alright, we're going to make the swap on the bearcat right here. (vo)the rookie did so well with his last bar pull that he's been given the job again. it's another chance to impress his team leader, manny. >>rivera's going to come out wide, go into the drive gates. he's going to stop short, and then everybody deploy, get to their positions, and, and i'll do the rap. [shouting] >>pull, pull, pull! >>watch out, watch out, watch out! >>it seemed to go pretty well so far. the pull probably should have gone a little bit better. it looks like when i pulled the door broke in half almost, looks like i only took the top part, section of the, of the bars, but at least it seemed to have gotten open, so hopefully it wasn't too much of a hold-up for these guys. >>you got an

. >> dave: and elizabeth thank you. >> alisyn: bobby brown. >> dave: some blaming him. >> alisyn: becauseur with new edition his band and apparently he was so devastated he had to leave the stage crying. >> dave: 14 years together, yeah. >> clayton: we'll have much more on the life and legacy of whitney houston later on in the show. >> alisyn: we have other news. imagine getting a college degree without getting any work? that's what happened at dickenson state university. a new audit says since 2003, the school awarded diploma to others who did not earn them. in some cases the student didn't have the proper amount of credits and admissions and submitted falsified transcripts. concerns were raised about the international student program. well, shocking video that you have to see to believe now, a man turns violent and storms into a british pub with a chain saw, this, after he's thrown out for smoking. 24-year-old dean dinnen, picked up the chain saw in a drunken rage at his home apparently and he came back ready to attack and you can see the horrified people inside. some even throwing bar

dave matthews band makes a virginia date. great news for fans of adele today. and chris brownes some heat over his performance on sunday. >> it's time for hollywood headlines. joining us now georgia alfredes a cohost of the morning show week days wkos 93.9. so, chris brown taking flack about performing more than once at the grammys. >> yes. some of the celebrities, some of the stars from modern family came out and said what, have we forgiven him yet? he is sitting back. he said i got a grammy so screw you and something else i can't say and he has been going at the media really hard. like you know what? dear media, i'm not going anywhere so get used to it. just earlier a couple hours ago he and paris hilton are getting into a twitter fight as we speak. i'm like ooh what did they say now? what's going on now? >> keep them out of the green room. that's where we had you. but he gets pretty rough in there. he is known to break some things. nicky menage. what was that about? >> she says it's about a movie she is writing. looked more like the exorcist but she has this character she l

brown on us. lucy! >>alisyn: he will share a heart warming story with us in indianapolis. >>dave limbaugh. who is playing in the super bowl? >>alisyn: the patriots and the giants. >>dave: super super bowl xlvi. you are if heaven, your weekend. you have been waiting for. >>clayton: it will be interesting to see for the political types so many thousands have descend on las vegas not to vote in the caucus but to watch the super bowl kicking off at 12:00 noon eastern, and the caucuses will, and it will be interesting to see casey in las vegas watching down the strip. is anyone excited about caucus or more excited about the super bowl? >> more people that are actually visited are excited about the super bowl not the caucuses but the people who live in nevada obviously this is a very big day, 28 delegates are up for grabs today with this caucus and they will be awarded proportionately to the candidates based on the percentage of votes. not a winner takes all which is causing so were controversy as we know down in florida with the new england campaign, and the results being contested an

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, dave, you touched on it, and that is the image that we find in the district of columbia right now, behind the investigations. one of the persons in question here from the accusation is out of brown'sice, the chairman's office, who is under investigation also. so, this whole image of the district government right now, i would be concerned about how the congress is going to play with this, because this image is not good for the district. >> let's talk about image. and of course, the mayor giving his state of the city address. your impressions on that. we've got a surplus now in the city, and you mentioned kwame brown. apparently, there's some clash over who should have say in how some of the surplus money is spent. >> well, the mayor had an interesting state of the state speech. he emphasized economic issues, how the city has a surplus, how the city is moving ahead, governing well. and unlike last year, he did touch upon the stumbles in the beginning of his administration, when there were these investigations into were people in his campaign helping somebody, helping suleman brown, who showed up to castigate ex-mayor fenty and helped the campaign of mayor gray, that whole issue. the