san diego. >> reporter: and so does mario lopez. he is an american citizen working in the major's office in downtown san diego. just like linda, he lives south of the border. on this night border crossing wasn't easy. >> there is a situation this week, because the weight is so long. >> reporter: both say living in mexico and working in san diego is a lifestyle choice based on simple math and the desire for a better life. >> i found a beautiful home on the beach, and owning a home on the water is -- is an amazing thing, very special thing, and i could never afford to do it in california. >> reporter: a move to mexico can cut living expenses by 20 to 40%, which is why thousands of people who work north of the border are choosing to move south and commute. additionally tijuana is evolving. >> there is a new culinary scene, a new craft drew scene, and a wine scene. so they have more things to offer. >> reporter: new residents say that tijuana is also safer than it used to be. >> the security trends are very positive. and tijuana actually compares very well to many cities in the united states in terms of homicide r

san diego. >> and so does mario lopez. he's an american citizen working in the mayor's office in downtown san diego. and just like linda, he lives south of the border. on this night, his border crossing back home to tijuana wasn't easy. >> it's the situation this week because the waits are so long. usually, i just would take the freeway. >> the occasional border backup, they say living in mexico and working in san diego is a lifestyle choice, based on simple math and the desire for a better life. >> i found a beautiful home on the beach. and owning a home on the water is an amazing thing. very special thing, and i could never afford to do it in california. > >> reporter: a move to mexico can cut living expenses 30 to 40%, which is why thousands north of the border are choosing to go south of the border. tijuana is evolving into a cultural seen with a middle class. >> there's a craft scene and a wine scene, and i think that it has more things to off to locals. >> new residents say that tijuana is safer than it used to be. >> the police have improved in the city and the security trends are very positi

san diego. >> and so does mario lopez. he is an american citizen working in the mayor's office in downtown san diego.nd just like linda, he lives stoudt of the border. on this night, his border crossing back home to tiawana wasn't easy. >> there is a situation this week because the wait was so long. they both say living here and working here is a lifestyle choice. >> i found a beautiful home on the beach. and owning a home on the water is an amazing thing. very special thing, and i could never afford to do it in california. >> a move to mexico can cut living expenses by 30 to 40%. which is why thousands of people who work north of the board err chosing to move south and commute. a editionly teian that is emerging. >> there's a new culinary scene, a new craft brew scene, and there's a wine scene, so i think baha california also in the last few years has more things to offer. >> tiawana is also safer than it used to be. >> the police have been improved in a city. the security trends are very positive. and in fact, tiawana as a large city compares very well to many cities in the united states. in terms

couple of online retailers like overstock.com accepts bit counsel, restaurants and bars in downtown san diego few in new york and i'm sure there's some we don't know that accept bitcoin. have you to remember, it is not regulated by the government. it is not distributed by banks and the value greatly fluctuates. one day it can be worth $800, next day $1200, next $400. it's also not insured and your mobile wallet can be hacked is what the experts say. you might want to keep a visa card, a little cash on hand just in case you plan to use bitcoin. not a lot of places accepting it, gretchen. >> fascinating you might be able to gamble with it. thanks so much. >>> governor chris christie under fire for bridgegate. new allegations from the hoboken mayor, now carl lewis? will hillary clinton face the same scrutiny? president obama will meet the pope a few months from now. what topics will be on that agenda? our faith panel getting ready to weigh in on politics, the pope and the president next. [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma -- who gets the allstate safe driving bonus check. rock beats scissor

if it's a holiday i can be downtown san diego in 40 to 50 minutes.ther days it's hours. >> it's not so much the normal rush hour traffic that slows her down. every day linda drives across this, the world's busiest land border. i live in tijuana and work in san diego. >> have a good one. >> so does mario lopez, an american citizen working in the mayor's office in san diego, and like linda, he lives south of the border. both say living in mexico and working in san diego is a life-style choice. a move to mexico can cut living expenses by 30-40%. thousands working north of the border choose to move south and commute. new residents say tijuana is safer than it used to be. >> police improved. security trends are positive. in fact, tijuana, as a large city, compares well to cities in the united states in terms of homicide rates. >> kenn morris is an expert on the u.s.-mexico border and says the trend is likely to continue, and it's a good thing. >> the businesses on both sides of the border benefits. >> cross-border commuters finding the american dream sout

san diego. >> so does mario lopez. he's an american citizen working in the mayor's office in downtown san diego, and just like linda, he lives south of the border. on this night, his border crossing back home to tijuana wasn't easy. >> there's a situation this week, because the wait is so long. usually i would have just taken the freeway. >> the occasional bored are back up aside, both mario and linda say living in mexico and working in san diego is a life tile choice. based on simple math, and the desire for a better life. >> i found a beautiful home on the beach, and owning a home on the water is an amazing thing, a very special thing, and i could never afford to do it in california. >> a move to mexico can cut living sells by 30% to 40% which is why thousands of people who work north of the border are choosing to move south and commute, additionally tijuana is evolving into a multi-cultural city. >> there's a culinary scene, craft brew scene, a wine scene. i think california in the last few years have small things to offer to locals. >> tijuana is also safer than it used to be. >> the police have been improved in th

necessary was for me a good one, and that is there was a phone call from san diego to the al qaeda folks before they blew up the building downtownhere, and they knew the phone call happened but didn't know that person was in the united states. that would have been a nice piece of information have. >> exactly. we're going to have on sunday a debate between pat leahy, the senate democratic judiciary chairman, as well as michael hayden, former nasa director, and hayden sis if you want to find the need until the haystack you have to have the haystack so you have to nye if a bad buy overseas is calling a number in san diego or vice versa, so you can see what the contact is, who that person has been in touch with. so, i happen to believe that it's a good thing they have this data. i can -- the other being thing hasn't been mentioned in the discussion, now before the government can say, well, we want to check all the phone calls of this guy in pakistan, they have to get permission prom a judge so that's an adversary proceeding. >> i wonder if something is against this because their experience with the government is the tsa and they're

she opened up her extraordinary desserts business in downtown san diego in 1988 to rave reviews and hasn't looked back since. she has built a reputation on making delicacies that are in fact anything but ordinary, and the exquisite flowers that sweetfields are producing are a natural fit for this dessert diva. >> it was very much in a long time ago to start putting them on wedding cakes, and so that was our spin with it. and then every year or so, we sort of develop another dessert that-- whether it's for valentine's or during the holidays or something where we can use one of their products, because it really enhances our product. so we take the beauty of our chocolate or our fruits, and we take natural flowers, and then by adding on a sugared flower, just the whole piece at that point takes a step up and becomes almost more of a gift item to someone rather than just a dessert. >> and the customers keep on coming. fans all across the state are logging on to the sweetfields website and snatching up these edible works of art, with costco just recently placing an order, too. so from the field