all in east l.a.e school where she is -- this young girl is a teacher at the school. and we shot it at this school in east l.a. and they were in session. we would be shooting at one part. and there were second graders having class. it was low-budget. and it was fun. and everybody's pitching in. it's nice when there's a low-budget movie because everybody's on a same, level playing field. >> sure. >> i brought my own clothes to wear in the movie. but i didn't have any shoes that looked like the shoes that i high school principal would wear, which is probably a good thing, maybe. [ laughter ] a grade school principal. so, they had these crazy flats they had gotten at salvation army, that were huge. they were a size 10. and i wear a 7. so, they're like, okay. don't worry. we'll put something in the toe of the shoes so they stay. i'm like, great. and it's a big rush. and i get the shoes and put them on really fast. and all of a sudden, i'm like, my feet are killing me. and i take the shoes off. and i look.

i have seen it as a police officer, young police officer walking, foot beat in south central and east l.a. i saw the revolving door, the impact that that revolving door was having in many communities and as i rose through the ranks, i began to take a different look at the way we dealt with crime and the way we dealt with public safety and as i evolved throughout the years, i came to the conclusion that what we had been doing with the war on drugs was leading us in the wrong direction. the impact that it had and not only in communities -- quite frankly in our entire community was creating a situation which doesn't necessarily make us any safer and frankly, i think we have criminalized an area i think should be really looked upon as a health issue more than as a criminal issue, and i think consequently, a lot of the solutions we have tried in the last 2 1/2 decades have taken us to a place where today we cannot afford it economically. i can tell you that socially we have been broken for many years, but now the economic peace of it has come to play and that's probably why, quite frankly, we

still a chance of showers around tahoe and yosemite higher elevations to the east of l.a. re we may have a sprinkle or two not where they are pushing the shuttle. tonight 50s, 40s north bay valleys, cloudy and fog. while you were sleeping the low was pulling east. a little wrap around moisture takes a while to get here air tends to sink on the back side of lows which tends to stabilize the atmosphere. today we'll see showers shrink like we did overnight. too the afternoon sunshine starts to break out. tomorrow into sunday into monday temperatures could go from mid 60s inland to mid 80s low 60s to mid 60s, 6 to nearly 20° warming trend through the weekend. temperatures could top out near 90 inland by wednesday. >>> happy friday. live shot of san rafael north past lucas valley road marin ymca southbound 101 at the limit into central san rafael and southern marin. light at the bay bridge so far, so good no metering lights everything at the limit into san francisco. chp reporting obstruction northbound 680 at highway 24, looks like a propane tank in lanes you want to be very ca

you have politicians go to east l.a. on a parade wearing a sombrero. they go to miami and have a little drink. they do the things they feel, utter a few words in spanish and feel this is what we need to do to get the hispanic vote. sometimes they forget there are actual issues and their positions on the issues will decide whether they're going to get the support or not. >> i call it the christopher columbus syndrome. every four years they rediscover us, hispanics, and then they forget about us for three years and then they rediscover us again. >> yet, as the news reported this week, we discussed it earlier, this is still shocking. president obama holds a 73-21% lead over mitt romney among latino voters. that's up from the 65-26 advantage he held six weeks ago. >> latino's will decide the election in colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. >> because? >> because in a very close election latino voters tend to decide which way to vote. it happened in 2000 with president george w. bush in florida and it's going to happen again this year. >> there was a

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. >>> east if l.a., some traffic trouble as heavy rain is causing serious flooding for three miles along 60 miles. the rain causing all kinds of backup but so far no major accidents to report. >>> check out this picture. snow is already falling on mammoth mountain. it's just a dusting, about 2 to 4 inches. not enough to open, but ski bunnies, get those skis ready. >> christina loren is here to tell us about precipitation, snow, a lot going on administrator and a heat wave all on the same seven-day forecast. how do you like that, bay area. good morning to you. friday, you made it. we've got a good-looking weekend shaping up. we want to start with this live picture. we told you that the fog is settling in and that's the case over the embarcadero this morning. what you'll notice is even though we don't have radar showers coming, you'll find some drizzle, a steady mist along the coastline this morning, and temperatures, oh, they're cold out there. look at sonoma at 52 degrees. 54 in novato, san francisco 56 degrees there and we're at 54 right here in san jose. as we head throughout the day t

and you can't get over here to the east coast, you're stuck in l.a. you name the city and the airport and the east coast, thomas, accounts for about 25% of all air traffic so you can see the ripple effect across the country as airplanes are out of position and crews are out of position and boy, they've got a big mess to work through. it will take them days, if not a week or more. >> it has been a crippling effect in certain areas of the country where the area is fine, like out west, people out there are not able to get back here. >> reporter: by the way, we haven't even talked about -- i'm sorry. we haven't even talked about amtrak. >> amtrak is still a mess with its service as well on the coastal -- along the coastline. tom, thanks so much. >>> we want to move on because i've just gotten an updated death toll that we can pass along. we have been an uptick in confirmed deaths and i'm able to report now 26 deaths are now attributed to the storm. again, that number 26. we started this hour and the number was at 18. >>> all right. so we're watching live p

. >> i alive live in l.a., we have a lot more republicans than people think. this is kind of thing of the east coast media, they think everybody is liberal. we have kid rock who has supported mitt romney. i'll give you there are more liberals, eva longoria, here she attacks conservative women and women who are pro-life. she is not getting the outrage that others would get. someone should call her out on it. >> she tweeted this week, i have no-no idea how any women to vote for romney. >> she won't lose a single endorsement contract. stacy dash gets pounded into the dirt. there are a lot of conservatives and libertarians in hollywood but they don't dare raise their head. it was a useful exercise to clobber stacy dash. >> we have to look who the endorsements that eva longoria gets. she has just shown her intolerance, if you are gay or black or women you have to tow a democratic line or she is going to condemn you. why should we buy her products when one-half of the country. >> because the media will silence it. no comments. >> jon: next, lighter moments from a week of heavy news. >>. >>> i never

east facility, or old max, is the oldest jail in los angeles. and lastly, the crown jewel of the l.a is the north county correctional facility, or nccf, which houses murderers, rapists and drug offenders. >> we find that the linear jail doesn't work for us anymore. what we have here is more of a podular design, with the staff in the middle and the inmates around the outside. >> a single facility comprised of five jails housing 3,800 inmates, nccf was designed in 1983. nccf first made headlines in march of 1990 when the first president bush helped dedicate the jail's opening. >> one of this nation's founding father said, "if men were angels, no government would be necessary." well, i'm sure that no one here would suggest that men were angels, and that's why there is government. to write laws we live by and correctional facilities like this one for the people who break them. >> for ten years, this facility had no major incidents. [ sirens ] then on april 24th, 2000, violence erupted. >> everybody down! on the ground! go! >> it was 1:00 in the afternoon when a racially-based riot broke

l.a. will miss the post-season. cliffhanger in the american league east, orioles chris davis golfs one to center. baltimore edges the rays 1-0. and a walk off rbi single in the 14th inning helps the yankees beat the red sox. new york and orioles end up tied tomorrow night they play a one game tiebreaker on thursday. miguel cabrera is this close to winning baseball's triple crown. another great game at the plate. got two hits and two rbis against the royals. currently he has a seven-point lead for the batting title. he also has a comfortable lead in the rbi category. he's just one homer up on josh hamilton. if his numbers hold up after tomorrow's last game of the season, he could be the first player since 1967 to win the triple crown. adam greenberg's dream came true. he got a second chance at his first at-bat. seven years ago he made a debut and got nailed in the back of the head with a fast ball. he suffered with intense headaches but fought his way back. after a big internet push the miami marlins signed him to a one day contract. he got to the plate facing one of the best pitchers in the leagu

l.a.'s season, matt kemp despspondent for a reason. >>> a.l. east double-header on espn and espn2 tonight at 7:00 eastern. i'm randy scott. have a great day. >> how can you not love playoff baseball? >>> one baseball highlight from miami. adam greenberg was back in the majors with the marlins. this was his first time in the bigs since, if you remember, he got hit in the head in 2005, with the first pitch he ever saw as a major leaguer. >> he suffered all kinds of problems after that. but the marlins brought him back for one game. and in his one pinch-hit at-bat, greenberg struck out the three pitches. the fans and his teammates roared his return anyway. well-deserved applause. >>> up next, "the pulse." and oprah winfrey is still the queen of green, despite an incredible drop in pay. >>> and then, another week. and another all-star gets the boot on "dancing with the stars." stay with us. new prilosec otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why mak

east coast for our monday. then pretty dry the west of the week. >> we need some l.a. sunshine. >> eventually. not today. >> all right. >>> the father of former u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens speaks out. what caused a u.s. nuclear sub to collide with one of our destroyers? your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> from land to water with a push of a button. guess what. you may actually be able to afford james bond's latest gadget. you're watching "early today." >>> wcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. the pakistani teenage girl shot in the head by the taliban last week for promoting education for girls and criticizing the group in a blog is being flown to great britain this morning. doctors believe malala yousafzai will need prolonged care as she recovers. >>> tomorrow, vice president joe biden will attend the funeral of former pennsylvania senator arlen specter, who died sunday from complications of nonhodge kins lymphoma at the age of 82. the two were close and often traveled on amtrak together when they were senators. >>> the pentagon is investigating wha

the braves lost, washington won the national league east for their first division title since moving from montreal in 2005. >>> and nobody bubbly in l.arelief. in the bottom of the ninth, rivera singled in the winning run, keeping the dodgers' playoff hopes alive. they're still in the hunt with st. louis for the second national league wild card spot. >>> when we come back, aiming high. the one-legged soccer kick making the rounds on the internet. we'll meet the inspiring young man behind the amazing goal. ♪ use freedom and get cash back. ♪ack. ♪ five percent on hotels and airlines. ♪ ♪ oh everybody conga line, ok! activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom. ♪ everybody get, everybody get! ♪ >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in d.c., thunderstorms, 79 degrees. clouds in atlanta, 76. mostly cloudy skies in st. louis, 70 degrees. plenty of sun in denver, 80. cooler in seattle, 62. >>> a 17-year-old high school boy from massachusetts is rising above his disability. when niko scored his first goal, he became an instant internet sensation. check this out. he has only one leg. this youtube have has alre

l.a., they laugh at situations like this. you get the feel of the ripple effect down the east coast. that's the deal. let's look at the plaza. 4.5 magnitude. this was just outside of maine. this expands and ripplings down into interior england, an interesting event after 7:00 this evening. i have a blog up there. here's the shot back close to home. not talking earthquakes. talking about chilly. you go just outside the beltway, 41 degrees in frederick. 42 around 50 over the eastern shore. 9 degrees colder than last night and again, temperatures will continue to fall and it's a chilly week of 43 degrees in the 60s. we'll talk about your forecast in a little bit. >> thanks a lot, mike. >>> we have new details on the meningitis scare. today, criminal investigators with the massachusetts company whose medication is linked to the outbreak. they said it's part of the investigation. the company will expand on that and investigators found the virus in more than 50 viles from the company. the nationwide infection has killed one person in our state and sickened 15 more. >>> well, as insurance business started a

country when it comes to congestion beside l.a., we have some serious issues we need to tackle and the neighborhoods we live in are the densest neighborhoods in the east coast, in the district, i have the densest neighborhoods in the city where one out of three residents do not own a car and as someone who doesn't own a car, two of my favorite modes of transit are car sharing and my bicycle, car sharing because it's convenient not to own a car and my bicycle because it's easy to park, scoot allows you to pick up a bike when you need it but leave it and park it in ways that are easy and i want to thank michael and his team at scoot for innovating this, i'm excited about this for a second reason, we are the city of innovations and where great ideas start and continue, and as someone who ran a tech company, i'm excited that we have the best entrepreneurs, thinking about how the take a great idea and sell it to the rest of the world, the third reason i'm excited has to do something, and i'm going to call out to the chinese press that are here, this is an idea that came from michael's experience in china, he saw on the streets of cities he visited scooters

the braves lost, washington won the national league east for their first division title since moving from montreal in 2005. >>> and no bubbly in l.arelief. in the bottom of the ninth, the go-ahead run keeping the dodgers' playoff hopes alive. they're still in the hunt with st. louis for the second national league wild card spot. >>> when we come back, aiming high. the one-legged soccer kick making the rounds on the internet. we'll meet the inspiring young man behind the amazing goal. we'll meet the inspiring young man behind the amazing goal. ♪ use freedom and get cash back. ♪ack. ♪ five percent on hotels and airlines. ♪ ♪ oh everybody conga line, ok! activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom. ♪ everybody get, everybody get! ♪ a's clinch a spot! the game highlights and what's next r oakland's underdog team. plus: two trains collide wih two big rigs... within milef each other. some two dozen people are injured. when the tracks are expected to re-open. and down to the wire in den. how the presidential candids are cramming before tomorrow night's debate. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness ,, news this morning... beginng >>> here's a

l.a. 82 degrees. let's check your national forecast. tropical storm alerts are up along the eastcoast of florida as hurricane sandy moves towards thbahamas. sunny, warm and dry in the deep south and mid-atlantic states. showers and thunderstorms will extend from eastern kansas to the great lakes. rain could change to snow from eastern nebraska to the dakotas and minnesota. the southwest and the pacific northwest will be steamy. >>> game one of the world series is in the books. the history book. san francisco giants going for their second title in three years opening up at home versus the tigers of detroit first inning giants third baseman pablo sandoval going deep to put san francisco on top early. the giants going in deep. santo value again. this time with a homer to left field make it 4-0 giants and the man we call kung fu panda. he knocks it out to center-field. third homer of the game. giants 8-3 win in game one. even tigers manager had to tip his hat to the panda. >> you can't sit up here and say what he did tonight was a fluke. it was unbelievable. the guy had one of those