as nbc's george lewis reports now, that outrage led to some big changes. >> we don't have any problem sitting down. >> no. >> reporter: the raucous city council meeting in bell, california, lasted into the wee hours of this morning. >> recall. recall. recall. >> reporter: and the message from citizens was loud and clear. >> i have some kind of respect for you and now it's to the floor. >> reporter: at issue, the high salaries of three top officials, city manager robert rizzo making almost $800,000 a year, police chief randy adams, earning $457,000, and assistant city manager angela spaccia, taking home $376,000. the three agreed to step down, but many voters also want the heads of the city council members who okayed the salaries, council members who serve part-time and earn $100,000 a year themselves. >> everybody in the nation is looking at this city and we should be embarrassed. >> reporter: california's attorney general, making a run for governor, is launching an investigation. >> how in the world can a little city like this pay such exorbitant salaries? >> reporter: then there's t

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nbc's george lewis reports from bell, california, on new investigations into what some see as "the fleecing of america." >> reporter: the bell city council confronting an angry crowd last night. >> please, i need respect from everybody. please. >> reporter: but there is no respect. >> you all need to go to jail. >> we ask you, leave your position and give us our city back. >> reporter: even after the mayor and three members of the part-time council voted to give up their $96,000 a year salaries, people today are calling for their resignation. >> if you have a business and you know someone's stealing from you, are you going to let them stay there longer because it's easier, or are you going to do everything you can to get them out as soon as possible? >> reporter: last week, the city manager was forced out after it was revealed he was earning $788,000 a year, almost twice what president obama makes. his retirement package could net him $710,000 a year. this after rizzo severely slashed the city budget, laying off scores of workers. >> they told us there was no more funds for our department.

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george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> this was a pivotal day for a new weight loss drug called qnexa -- another great name. in the end an fda panel decided not to approve it. there were several concerns in the end about side effects including depression, concentration, memory problems and the risk of birth defects. >>> and we learned something interesting about dick cheney's latest heart procedure. last night on msnbc the head of aortic surgery at new york presbyterian hospital told rachel maddow dick cheney has no pulse, no heartbeat. his heart valves remain closed with this new device that's been implanted. he now has a continuous flow of blood. it runs on batteries, by the way. he's supposed to carry extras with him. at night it has to be plugged into a power adaptor in the wall. >>> up next, has apple produced a lemon? if so, what are they going to do about it? anncr: there are engines... and then there's the twin-turbocharging, 365-horsepower-generating, ecoboost engine in the taurus sho from ford that has the thirst of a v6 with the thrust of a v8. the most innovative full-size

for "today," george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> clint is an nbc analyst and former fbi criminalrofiler. when you hear that the police are trying to gather evidence and have search wants from terry who ahorma horman's friends, what does that say? >> i think that's where the investigation centers. most of us know you always look at the last person who was with the victim, you look at the family members, or you look at someone whose story doesn't seem to hold together. and she's someone that riseses in all three of those categories. >> well, she certainly has a history. she tried to hire someone to kill her now ex-husband who has a restraining order and has filed for divorce. that doesn't mean someone is guilty, but it seem there's no one else in the picture. >> no one else has come up. i think that's the challenge for law enforcement is that they've looked at all of their registered sex offenderses in the immediate area. they've looked at almost 200 in the larger geographic area. none of those come up. and the challenge is this little boy was in school one minute and gone the next

nbc's george lewis joins us now from our los angeles newsroom with the very latest. good morning, george. >> good morning, natalie. for some time now, investigators have been focusing on kyron's stepmother, terri horman. they want to know what she was doing around the time he disappeared. so now they've been checking up on her friends. >> reporter: as police removed evidence from the homes of three friends of kyron horman's stepmother, the boy's mom released a statement saying one of those friends, a woman named deedee spicer, may have important information concerning terri horman, the last person to see kyron the day he disappeared. >> judges don't give out search warrants unless you have specific, credible information that there's evidence of the crime that you're investigating at that location. >> reporter: in her statement, kyron's mother, desiree young, said the stepmother's friend is, quote, refusing to cooperate with law enforcement. she is also going as far as to suggest to others that may have information regarding kyron's disappearance not to cooperate as we

>> george lewis, we'll wait to see. thanks very much, george.ichael paul is a corporate crisis manager here in new york city. omar wasso is a technology analyst. good morning to both of you guys. >> good morning. >> michael, let me start with you, okay, this is somewhat new territory for apple. this is the darling of the technology world. they're used to people patting them on the back saying, you guys are hip, you guys are great. >> that's right. >> and how do you think they have to handle this at this news conference today? >> this is not only an apple but a steve jobs hit. he supposedly knew himself about a year ago from one of his techs. he said keep moving forward. so i think the bottom line here, though, is this rubber bumper is not going to be the fix. if i bought the phone a couple days ago and my buddy gets it 30 days from now and it's perfect, i want the perfect phone. >> in terms of handling a corporate public relations crisis and you're the expert on that, so far this company has basically taken the problem -- one problem approach. t

george washington moving west. what is interesting about it is the image of lewis and clark here is in black and white, something that is occurring in the future, painted as though it was in the past. what is interesting about it is the very obvious conclusion of slavery. the number of students were expressing unease around some of the themes. the additional mural would be placed in the school, one with more positive representation of the student body. in 1974, they completed three panels that were placed in the library -- in the lobby. they depict native, latino, asian american, and african- american heritage and culture. >> that artist was talking about the history coming alive. that is what we want for the students here. i also think they might share that with past alumni and the community, so they could no the treasure that we have here in the schools. many people have the same experience i did when i first walked into this building three years ago, being the new principal. the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're

george washington moving west. what is interesting about it is the image of lewis and clark here is in black and white, something that is occurring in the future, painted as though it was in the past. what is interesting about it is the very obvious conclusion of slavery. the number of students were expressing unease around some of the themes. the additional mural would be placed in the school, one with more positive representation of the student body. in 1974, they completed three panels that were placed in the library -- in the lobby. they depict native, latino, asian american, and african- american heritage and culture. american heritage and culture. >> that artist was talking