. >> reporter: within just two hours after the verdict, downtown los angeles is a war zone.s, downtown angeles is a war zone. ♪ >> i said, you know, if i was 20 years younger and had some new tennis shoes, i would be in the streets tonight. this was a lynching on video. >> reporter: looters go on a rampage. innocent people are randomly attacked. white truck driver reginald denny just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. he hasn't heard about the riots when he exits the interstate. within minutes, denny is attacked. >> my right window broke, and that time i was extremely frightened. it's a strange feeling to be scared, i guess. >> reporter: that's all denny can remember about the beating. but bobby green will never forget it. green, a fellow trucker, sees the attack on television and rushes to the scene nearly three miles away. when he arrives, he finds denny back in his truck, trying to drive himself. >> he was already inside the truck trying to drive the huck his self. i pushed him over to the other seat. and i told him, i'm here to save his life. >> reporter: green dri

los angeles. >>> there's late word tonight of deadly storm damage in downtown st. louis. at least one person has been killed and 17 more hurt. some of them critically and rushed to hospitals after a tent collapsed on top of them. local fire officials say at least 100 people were treated at the scene for various injuries. it happened outside a bar near busch stadium. high winds took down the tent during a severe storm. >>> to presidential politics now and a war of words that has erupted between the white house and republicans as we approach the anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. we're live in washington with details. >> by any measure, it was a success. >> now we can report that osama bin laden is dead. >> one year ago wednesday, the daring raid deep into pakistan when navy s.e.a.l.s.s shot and killed bin laden. but now republicans are accusing the white house of spiking the football for political gain. >> the vice president at a rally on saturday. >> if you're looking for a bumper sticker on how obama handled what we inherited. it's pretty simple. osama bin lade

this one would take place in downtown los angeles. and rodney king would take the witness stand.ntentionally kept king out of the courtroom for the first trial. >> they thought i was going to go all crazy and act a fool on stage and it wasn't about that. i just want to get up here and testify and just tell the truth. >> reporter: another difference. this time there are two african-american jurors. journalist lou cannon says the fear of riots loomed. >> these jurors, they were from southern california. they were scared. >> reporter: defense attorney michael stone admits the climate hurt his case. >> there was no way in the world that any jury would acquit all of the defendants again. >> reporter: are you saying that you walked into a courtroom with a client who you believed had no chance? >> pretty much so, yeah. >> i was so positive and knew in my heart that i'm not even worried about it. >> reporter: rodney king takes the stand and testifies that rachel epithets werewere used dg the beating. >> mike stone knows the word. >> as he's lying prone, he says, someone said, "n," we're

. >> ama: an earthquake had buildings swaying in downtown los angeles. the quake was centered about two miles northwest of devore in san bernardino county and was downgraded from 4.1. the quake was located in a spot where three faults come together. no reports of injuries. >> alan: last call for golden biersch brewery. the doors close for good at midnight after 20 years in that same location. the lease is up and the building's owner is going to raise the rent from $65,000 a month to $80,000. the brewer says it's too expensive to stay. >> just got to the fact -- we're born here in the bay area, so just us. >> they claim the toe be the largest brewer bottling plant in the world and is looking for another spot in the same area. >> ama: firefighters in east bay credit a neighbor's quick thinking for helping save a woman's life. >> alan: hit by a fast-moving truck and she has barely a scratch. why she was able to walk away from the accident. >> ama: a gorgeous, sunny saturday, with warmer temperatures ahead as we take a live look on the water, and the beach.

>> reporter: charney took us on a high speed tour of the american apparel factory in downtown los angeles. and every hop, skip and step of the way, he was reveling in the throwback business of making stuff in america. >> we knit it, we dye it, we cut it, we sew it right here. this is -- this is pure america, this right here. >> reporter: it is extraordinary in the 21st century usa. just listen to it. american apparel, which charney founded as a 20-year-old in 1989, makes clothes. not in china, not in vietnam or indonesia or some other low wage country, but here. 3,000 people work here. they get health care benefits. free calls home for the mostly immigrant workers and more this is no sweat shop. >> our average wage in this factory in the last quarter i heard was $12 or $13 an hour, which is fantastic. in context, in this industry, you know, to think that people are making 20 cents an hour doing this is sad. >> reporter: when you walk, or run, the factory floor with him, you see how he is involved in every aspect of this business. >> i'm not happy with something, so -- >> reporter: what? >

the quake swayed buildings in downtown los angeles. chaperons and ethic classes are in place by thed had of the secret service. the code of conduct was enacted after the prostitution scandal in columbia. police are scur rounding a bunker in washington where a man believed to killed his wife and daughter is holed up. he is armed and dangerous. and it is one year since the deadly tornado destroyed much of tuscaloosa, alabama. residents are marking the day with remembrances. and we'll check in with rick who is live in tuscaloosa . talk to larry gatlin who is trying to help victims of another tornado out break earlier this year. stay with us, see you in the top of the hour. >> everybody is talking about the blow out profits. len billion busts. but no one is talking about this number. 110 billion. that's how much cash the company is sitting on. wayne much of that is over sees and they say it is because of high taxes here in the u.s.. do you blame them? >> no, of course not. why would you pay taxes when you don't have to and do something tha

california where this morning, a small earthquake rattled homes and caused buildings to sway in downtown los angelesit struck just after 8:00 a.m. local time. the epicenter in crestline, about 60 miles east of l.a. despite some frayed nerves, no reports of injury or damage. >>> 20 years ago tomorrow, it was a stunning trial verdict that rocked los angeles. the acquittal of four police officers who were criminally charged in the rodney king beating. the reaction to the jury verdict was swift with parts of l.a. set ablaze and now on the anniversary of the riot, some of the key players are speaking out about then and now. all it took was two little words. >> not guilty. >> to light the fuse that would erupt the city into flames. and knocking on already embattled police department back on its heels. bob green from south central l.a. remembers that afternoon. >> there was a lot of concern because things were very dense in the community. >> reverend dr. cecil murray was a prominent pastor at the time. >> when i went outside the church, there an inferno. it was hell. >> the match was struck more than a yea

. >> reporter: in the foothill division north of downtown los angeles, police are paroling the largelylass neighborhoods with specially marked maps. the small red squares are hot spots where computers project property crimes are most likely. it's called predictive policing, a program which the captain says puts officers on the scene before crimes occur. >> 65% of our crimes are burglary, grand theft auto and burglary from motor vehicle. and that's what these boxes represent. >> reporter: that's a pretty small box. 500 feet by 500 feet. >> yes, it is a small area. >> reporter: these crime prediction boxes come from the same kind of mathematical calculation used to predict earthquakes and aftershocks. by analyzing the times, dates, and places of recent crimes, computers project hot spots for burglaries, break-ins and car thefts. l.a.'s police chief charlie beck says increasing police controls inside those boxes denies criminals opportunity. >> the real measure of this is not how many people you catch it's how much crime you prevent. i love catching people, it's what i live for. but what

because we felt it's very fitting to have the festival on the university campus in the heart of downtown los angeles and also given the long history of close collaboration that we have with the l.a. times. so we are very excited to host this festival on our campus. >> what is new this year? >> well, i'm excited about last year the festival books exceeded by far attendance and any metric you want to take and look at, an overwhelming success. that is what makes it exciting entering this year's festival that we expect more than 150,000 people to come on campus today. >> and for you, what's new that you're excited about? >> i'm excited because if you look at our lineup over 400 authors, 100 panels, and look at the audience this year, the people in this busy city that have a lot of other things going on, two nba teams in the playoffs, but hockey team, lot of competition. yet we have 150,000 people this weekend of all ages, at this city's, all mingling and have this common thread. they want to learn, the reid, be informed and make the authors who are as the verse as they are , indeed as diverse as this ci

it was felt over to downtown los angeles which is 60 miles to the west of the epicenter of this quake the san andreas fault. so far, slighted damage report. check the local forecast, lisa argen, it's sunny day and for days to come. >> we'll see a lot of sun. warmest days today and tomorrow, temperatures climbing into the low 80s and numbers around livermore, 78 degrees. san francisco, 67. a look ahead the cooling begins on monday. we'll look for slight cooling for the rest of the week. >> terry: next newscast is at 5:00. keep track on the latest news on

the quake struck a little after 8:00 this morning causing buildings in downtown los angeles to sway.e out of bed. the u.s. geological survey had put it at a 4.1 magnitude but later downgraded it to a 3.8 magnitude quake. a 2.0 magnitude after shock hit a short time later. no damage or injuries were reported. >> well, this is washington's night to laugh at itself. >> next. inside the white house correspondent's dinner. >> and later, a dinner spot a little closer to home. checking out the brand nellcote. >> good evening i'm here with your winning lottery numbers for saturday. april 28, 2012 wishing you the very best of luck. here we go. >> pick three, first lucky number for tonight. 6. second number. 4. third and final. pick three for tonight is 1. 6 4, and 1. enjoying the weekend. i definitely hope you're a winner with the illinois lottery tonight. first like a number and pick four. 7. second number, 6. third lucky number. 0. and the fourth and final pick for tonight. 6. that makes four numbers for tonight. 7 6, 0 6. okay. this is it. this is the last time we're going to say it's time

and rattling several buildings in nearby downtown los angeles. u.s. geological survey says the moderate quakes quickly followed by at least one mile after shocks, luckily, there are no reports of serious injuries or damage. president obama taking some heat for a new campaign ad, attacking mitt romney's decision making skills and the ad featuring president clinton saying that obama was able to make the stuff call to kill osama bin laden and suggesting the likely republican nominee wouldn't have. our peter doocy has more from washington on this new report about president obama. >> and kelly, the obama campaign suggests that in this new ad, if mitt romney was the president, this time last year, he wouldn't have green lighted the raid that took out bin laden. >> he took the harder and the more honorable path. and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. also, the flashes the headlines from a reuters article published in 2007 which said that president obama criticized president obama for vowing to strike al-qaeda targets inside pakistan if ne

breaks towards the coast in a narrow gap between the hills, meanders south that we named downtown los angeles, boyle heights, and song birds, wild turkey, mag pies, and bends west, beckenned towards the sea shifting in wetland eddies, channeling a swath. stops at the rising lull of baldwin and beverley hills, sprawls into wetlands, the swamp boulevard. it cuts the emerging hills, fills with rain water gathered in creeks flowing down the santa monica mountains. waters carried by creeks and springs and streams, lose along the ridge uplifted by the fault. veterans memorial, university high school, and empties into the pacific. santa monica bay, a coastal swamp that softens the river flood into the sea, a life rich, wet greenery sprawled over 2,000 acres, cradled in the valley, westchester bluff to san monica rise, culver city, del ray, and cleans and nourishes the mid land and lowlands where push spawn and sea otters covort. chicoyotes and antelope, coastal sage graze on native pine and bees hum past the butterflies and thickets of willow and cotton woods and sycamores. they fly in flocks so den

martials brought bruce to court from his jail cell in downtown los angeles, and prosecutors laid outse against him. >> the prosecution theory is that she was killed and dumped. >> reporter: former prosecutor robin sachs says according to the case file, mexican investigators believe bruce strangled or smothered monica after a violent argument in their moon palace suite earlier that morning. >> the cause of death was asphyxiation, so she was suffocated to death. there were also clearly injuries that occurred prior to the point her body was thrown into the sewer. >> reporter: investigators believed her body remained in the room all day as bruce kept a do not disturb sign on the door. they say he then disposed of her body later that night inside the sewer drain, making those 11 trips in and out of the room all in the presence of their two children. >> if this crime was committed by bruce barrister redmond and his children were there during the time, then that takes the callousness and the ruthlessness of this case from being a disgusting, despicable crime to being off the charts. >> repo

just getting word in from the associated press -- an earthquake has shaken the los angeles area, buildings in the downtowna are swinging. no word yet on the magnitude of that earthquake. but of course as we get more information on the shaking down there in los angeles, we'll bring that to you. >>> also new this morning, in his weekly address president obama announced a crackdown on anyone deceiving veterans and service members about the gi bill. >> a college recruiter who visited a marine barracks and enrolled marines with brain jerusalem so severe that some couldn't recall what courses they signed them up for. >> the president and the first lady met with soldiers in fort stewart, georgia yesterday. he signed an executive order against unscrupulous college recruiters pressuring vets into signing high interest loans and misleading them about credit transfers and job placement programs. >>> president obama is also defending the rights of women. he spoke at a women's leadership conference yesterday in washington. he tagged about being raised bey single mother who put herself through school and managed to ear

then downtown los angeles before our supposedly-enlightened democratic mayor crushed it along with all other enlightened democratic mayors and a few conservative ones around the country. so let me just say specifically where i think we are now relative to the hope of the port huron statement. it's an extremely naive statement, all right? and i'm not blaming anyone. and christopher hitchens, who i don't normally quote on such matters in retrospect even called it a conservative document. it is a plea to reason, to being better and to organize around that and relating to each other. it's all admirable as hell. but what it doesn't address is the specific ways in which this game is rigged. where is wealth? where is power? it even has the call for the parties to become idealogically divided. they were too close together. well, that dream has been realized. [laughter] okay? and both parties are controlled by the same interest even though they seem to be somewhat divided. and so the real problem we have 50 years later or, and i'm bringing this up only because i love this book festival, and i s

los angeles shortly after 8:00 a.m. pacific time. this is a look at downtown los angeles right now.ant to let you know, there wasn't any particular swaying in downtown. i actually called my parents who live not too far. they did not feel it. we have some reports of some slight damage in the san bernardino area. that's san bernardino county, which would encompass the rancho kukamanga area. >>> u.s. counterterror officials say that al zar -- mike viqueira is with us. >> reporter: core al qaeda no longer exists in its previous state, this after all the drone attacks and after all the operations not the least of which was the raid one year ago next wednesday on that compound outside the pakistani capital that ended up with the killing of osama bin laden. the code words came over, leon panetta, defense secretary, was describing being in the situation room that night when these navy s.e.a.l.s radioed back, killed in action. basically over the course of th of officials of the government both on the record and on background saying that al qaeda s is zeroly diminished. you mentioned ayman al

los angeles right now where mayor antonio villaraigosa himself a past president of the aclu, has been struggling to bring civility and safety to kid skid row in los angeles downtown that had been and still is, thanks to the constant court battles that the police are fighting, a locus of squalor and deep pravity unlike anything you've ever seen unless you've been there. and the police have been trying to apply broken windows policing in a fair and just manner and they keep getting hit by lawsuits from the aclu and from other homeless advocates down there. the addicts who are trying to go clean, the elderly residents of the sros are terrified to go out on the streets. and the people that are supposedly the beneficiaries of this are getting preyed on by other advocates. so i think in some instances, the aclu has lost eight common sen -- lost a common sense balance of rights and responsibilities that has made the effort to the reclaim urban spaces and return american cities to the vitality that they should have and can have as new york city demonstrates, the aclu has made that more difficult. >> well, steve shapiro, i guess this is time to call on you. steve shapiro

the prime example is continuing to go on in los angeles right now where mayor antonio has been struggling to bring stability and safety in los angeles downtown that had been and still is thanks to the constant court battles that the police are fighting a locus of squalor and depravity unlike anything you have seen unless you have been there. the police have been trying to apply broken window policeing in a fair and just manner and keep getting hit by lawsuits from the aclu and from other advocates. the addicts who are trying to go clean, elderly residents are terrified to go on the streets and the people who are supposedly the beneficiaries of this getting preyed on by other advocates. in some instances the aclu has lost a common-sense balan as ne york city demonstrates how >> if we were debating how the aclu response to these tactics and broken window strategies then i think we have already reached consensus on 95% of what the aclu does. that is a good score card to begin with. more generally, are position is i live in new york and lived in new york all my life. i was here in the 80s and the 70s when it was worse than when you arrived. the

los angeles. he's a driving force behind 16 major public institutions. in the center of downtownthe a cultural corridor, anchored by the magnificent disney hall, home of the los angeles philharmonic. [sprawling symphony music] ♪ next to it, the home of the los angeles opera, the museum of contemporary art, the high school for the performing arts, and the school of music. in greater los angeles, three scientific research centers, a theater, an art center, and another contemporary art museum. he puts his name on almost all of them. you said that your sense of being a wealthy man actually increased the more you gave money away. >> i think it's true. i don't feel i'm here to just maintain the status quo. i'm here to make things better or different. >> and you want the world to know about it by putting your name on all the things you do support. >> i don't keep it a secret, that's for sure, >> broad took us to grand avenue... this is quite a vista. which he plans to transform into a vibrant city center, rivaling new york's museum mile. disney hall, designed by frank gehry, almost did

ushers in a cooler air mass for then of the work week. 63 in sacramento today. 67 los angeles and back home upper 50s downtown to mid-60s out by our inland valleys. so a pretty nice day with more sun throughout the afternoon here. along our central coast. 62 watsonville and 58 cool degrees, kind of windy in monterey. the accuweather seven-day fast, loose the wind by tomorrow. warmer monday and tuesday. a few more clouds into wednesday. maybe a few sprinkles, but it looks dry not only toward the end of the week, but i checked, even easter is looking pretty good at this point. >> yeah. people want to know. >> yeah. >> thank you, lisa. >> well, there are some new allegationings of scientific misconduct by the national park service at the point ray's national seashore in marin county. did the park serviceman i late data to make a local oyster farmer look bad? dan ashley takes a closer look at that question in this morning's assignment 7 report. >> at kevin lunny's oyster company. they use this drill to break apart oysters. this is what it sounds like. according to a national park service draft environmental revie

centered in the northridge section of los angeles, california, 20 miles north of downtown, it all happenedst. in seven terrifying seconds, nature unleashes it's fury. >> the first thing i heard was a loud explosion. everything started shaking violently. >> most of the residents at the northridge meadows apartments including steve langdon, are at home when the quake rattles them out of their bds. >> the only thing i could think about is getting under something or getting to the doorway. i took a couple steps and there was a dresser that was against the wall that hit me in the chest and knocked me back down. >> firefighter mike henry on the overnight at the firehouse is jolted out of his sleep. >> it was such a ferocious sound. my initial thought was we had a bomb that hit the fire station. >> he and his crew head out immediately to assess the damage. and when they get to the north ridge meadows apartments, everything looks fine to him. >> the people that were out in the street said the building had collapsed. and we shined a light on the building and it looked like it was fine. >> henry doe

los angeles. look at that beautiful shot of downtown. folks there just starting to wake up. no traffic at this hour. or maybe there is. who knows. good morning l.a. nice to have you with us. of course this morning we want to pass along a couple of milestones. boston fenway park is celebrating their 100th anniversary. the red sox invited a 100-year-old fan to toss out the first pitch. there he goes. bill hogan jr. was just six days old when the legendary stadium opened back in 1912. very, very nice. >>> okay. so let's take a look at what you need know for the week ahead. this is our week ahead calendar. something new. a new gadget. be patient with me. i'm trying get the hang it. on monday we have the suspects in tulsa, oklahoma they will be in court because of the oklahoma shooting, the suspects are both white in that case. it could be a racially involved case. the victims of course were black. also on monday, big day for roger clemens. his retrial begins. of course for him lying to congress. on thursday the discovery shuttle goes to the smithsonian. it's on the road and goes

in the 20 years since, the los angeles police department has gone through many changes. the most visible, the brand new headquarters building downtownmost significant, serious reform for the lapd's culture. >> we can't do it alone. it's not the lapd as an occupying army going into a neighborhood and showing people how to do it and taking care of business and being the aggressive folks out there. we need to recognize we have to work with people to solve the problems. >> more than 10,000 national guard troops and pleas from community leaders finally ended the riots after six days. at least a billion dollars was spent to rebuild l.a. two of the four police officers on the beating tape were convicted of federal civil rights charges. rodney king won a $3.8 million settlement. >> i learned to forgive. so i can be able to move on. >> the city also has moved on. the painful memories remain for those who were there. casey wian, cnn, los angeles. >> next, the funniest guy you'll never hear. a stand-up comedian in britain whose disability took his voice but not his humor. his story coming up next. big . [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find

the apple pan in los angeles is a local burger dive that is just insane. i've got great like mexican takeyto places, downtowni'm going to take you off the beaten path, the cool stuff that people don't know about. if you go to visit california.com, i've made the little movies where i tell you my secrets. >> you know what i like about california, the real don steel, worked at 97k hd k, my favorite part of california is getting out in to the countryside, whether up to the american river outside of sacramento or hanging along the cliffs in delmar. california is like a really beautiful place. do you think that's overlooked? >> it's completely overlooked. the movies, on visit california.com, i'm proud of them. they take your breath away. just the scenery, forget disney land and hollywood boulevard, all of the wonderful things that man created. what nature has created in california, you would travel all over the would to see and they are here in our country. it's really extraordinary. you go not of san francisco, up towards the oregon border, it's mind blowing. the first time you see big valley at a distance. the g

a shootout, san jose got the post season over the los angeles kings' final score 6/5, the sharks and the kings finished the regular season in downtownrrow night. the postseason schedule has not been determined yet but a limited number of playoff tickets will go on sale tomorrow morning. about a week ago there was a lot people that were not sure that would make the playoffs. so far they're looking good. >> go sharks. it is 5:56 a.m., in the next half-hour, secret locker room tapes. in the new orleans saints scandal. >> and the pilot dies in the cockpit so his 80 year-old wife when the airplane. now listen to the tower audio as they talk heard down. >> students are allowed back into oikos university for the first time after the shootings. we will bring you the latest in this investigation. >> a lot of q,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] this is the story of sam, who made an unexpected arrival. [ woman ] he was 4 months early, weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces. [ female announcer ] fortunately, sam was born at sutter health's alta bates summit medical center. [ woman ] the staff was remarkable. they made me feel safe, trusting, cared for. [ giggl

looking to build a football stadium in los angeles says he will also pony up to ease game damon day traffic. the firm is competing to build a billion-dollar stadium in downtownthe city is trying to land an nfl team. to sweeten the deal, the company's president claims he will spend tens of millions of dollars to update surrounding freeways and trains and streets. a waitress in minnesota has won her fight with police over a 12,000 tip. the waitress said some stranger left stacks of money on the table, a tip. but the cops told her they were keeping the cash because it smelled like marijuana. the waitress sued. today police agreed to give her back the 12 grand. here is her attorney. >> the only thing that smells about t, it's unfair. somebody can come up and sniff your back pocket and say gee, it smells like drugs, i'm going to take your wallet. >> shepard: under state law cops can seize any cash that's been even near illegal drugs. that means you better watch your wallet because there is a study in scientific american that found 90% of all bills in circulation contained at least trace amounts of cocaine. new jobs numbers are showing the economy is on the reboun

los angeles police department has gone through many changes. the most visible, this brand-new headquarters building downtown.ant, serious reform to the lapd's culture. >> we need to remember we can't do it alone. it's not us as an occupying army showing people how to do it and taking care of business and being the aggressive folks out there. we have to work with people to solve the problems. >> more than 10,000 national guard troops and pleas from community leaders finally ended the riots after six days of 2 of the 4 police officers were convicted of federal civil rights charges. rodney king won a $3.8 million settlement. >> i've learned how to forgive so i can be able to move on. >> the city has also learned how to move on, although painful memories remain for those who were there. >> casey wian, thank you. please watch sunday, cnn this sunday night. we'll bring you what we're calling race and rage. the beating of rodney king. a cnn presents special sunday, 8:00 eastern. >>> nasa is moving its shuttles to these amazing museums all around the country for you to see in person. today, check it out. this one in

the prime example is continuing to go on in los angeles where there and villaraigosa, -- where mayor antonio villaraigosa has skid row near downtown that has been and still is because of the court battles that police are fighting a locus of smaller in depravity unlike anything you have ever seen unless you have been there. and the police have been trying to apply broken windows policing in a fair and just manner and they keep getting hit by lawsuits from the aclu and from other homeless advocates down there. the addicts who are trying to go clean, the elderly residents of terrified to go out on the street. and the people who are supposed to be beneficiaries of these are getting preyed upon by other advocates. in some instances, the aclu has lost a common sense of balance of rights and responsibilities that has made the effort to reclaim urban spaces and return american cities to the vitality that they should have and can have as new york city demonstrates and made that more difficult. >> and dave shapiro, it is time to call on you. he is the legal director of the aclu for a long time. >> right. >> would you like to respond to that

the prime example is continuing to go on in los angeles where there and villaraigosa, -- where mayor antonio villaraigosa has skid row near downtown that has been and still is because of the court battles that police are fighting a locus of smaller in depravity unlike anything you have ever seen unless you have been there. and the police have been trying to apply broken windows policing in a fair and just manner and they keep getting hit by lawsuits from the aclu and from other homeless advocates down there. the addicts who are trying to go clean, the elderly residents of the sro's are terrified to go out on the street. and the people who are supposed to be beneficiaries of these are getting preyed upon by other advocates. in some instances, the aclu has lost a common sense of balance of rights and responsibilities that has made the effort to reclaim urban spaces and return american cities to the vitality that they should have and can have as new york city demonstrates and made that more difficult. >> and dave shapiro, it is time to call on you. he is the legal director of the aclu for a long time. >> right. >> would you like to r

los angeles. that would mean you've got to take local transportation, a taxi or your own car to get to the station in l.a. or near l.a. >> why isn't it from downtowntown? >> because that's how they save the $30 billion. so instead of going from downtown to downtown at $98 billion. they'll go from outside to downtown to outside downtown and call it a bargain. >> if nobody is going to take the train, it will be a hassle. i'm going to go way out there and get on the train. nobody will get on that train. >> they think they'll have a minimum of 2.9 million riders every year on this nowhere to nowhere train and they don't have the money for this. they'll get $9 million from the -- they're going to raise by borrowing money in the state of california. $7 1/2 billion from the feds and they think that private investors like you and i are going to lend them the rest. >> are you going to be talking about trains at 9:. 20 on "varney & company? >> yes and the mcdonald's winner. >> remind he not to pool my money with you. >> nobody ever does. >> he doesn't need it. >> 19 minutes after the hour. coming up straight ahead on this show, it's not all about varney & c