when you mix state and federal dollars, that handcuffs us. >> it does to some degree. we have had some successes there and are working to create more. we're working with the transportation authority and caltrans to look at their rules and regulations to figure out how we can work within the context to get more local hiring. trans bay is another where we're doing the same. these projects are great ones to start looking at expanding how we are defining construction. they have large construction management contracts attached to them. they have all lot of other opportunities. we're working to identify not only the trade side, but other ways we can help folks get some in planet. -- other ways we can help folks. the legislation moving forward, and the local hire does go all the way down to the subs. in terms of the requirements put forth looking forward at mandatory local hire, that is a big part of the legislation. in this economy, our strategy is to turn over every rock we can to make sure we are not missing any opportunities. we have been working on a joint project betwee

the guy tips over so you can move over and handcuff him instead of having to move in and use hands on him. there is also this stun mode where you pop the cartridge out and the electrodes are supposed to be jammed right into the person's skin and the trigger pull. this is what the manufacturer's current training says. they are saying use care when applying the dry studs to the neck or groin. this is a manufacturer who has led to an american torture instructions going out to police officers who are using its product to jam this thing. this is close range. there is no legitimate reason for doing that into people's groins. >> there are two ways the taser works, the prong and the contact. >> the predominant way is with probes. it looks like a pistol. a cartridge clips on the end. it is cited with a laser sight -- sighted with a laser slight. the safety is slipped and a trigger is pulled. 21 feet is considered the most effective. they spread. the darts in pale into a person's flesh or close. then there is a cycle of electricity program for five seconds. the alternative is to take the cartri

the continuing resolution bill before us handcuffs the consumer financial protection bureau by setting a maximum level that the federal reserve can fund the cfpb for the fiscal year that we are in. this amendment would allow the cfpb to function as intended. as a result of an open process last year that included a rare house/senate conference, the congress passed historic reforms to the nation's financial system. it included such things as providing for disassembly of large failing financial institutions so taxpayers wouldn't be saddled with the bailout. and it did a number of other things. but i would argue that probably the most important thing it did was to create a consumer financial protection bureau. members of the house and the senate, after much deliberation, concluded that in order for the cfpb to protect effectively american consumers, it must be independent. the dodd-frank legislation, which is the law of the land, is clear on this point. this new financial watchdog, which would serve consumers in every kind of financial transaction where they had had no aid, no protection,

so the first time you ended up in handcuffs or being led away, it was not a photo opportunity, but-- but that changed later, and of course, you've used your fame in a way to call attention to causes in which you believe. i'd like to talk about a few of your films. you've made a good number of movies, and yet a number of them in particular have this afterlife, have a resonance that people talk about them for years afterwards. some, you would never expect, and i'd love to hear how you got involved in the rocky horror picture show. i was always afraid to sing. i grew up in a house where i was told that i could not sing. they were probably right, but i couldn't even hum. and so i had almost a phobia about it, and i had a friend who was in the stage show of the rocky horror show, and so i knew tim curry, and i had met some of these people, and i was out in california, and i was set to do another movie. my film career was already underway, and i came by just to say hi, and they said, "oh, what a good idea. would you read this?" you know, it's just like one of those crazy stories, and i was really funny, and the thing about janet is that no

use of a weapon of mass destruction. bob orr is following the investigation. >> reporter: surrounded by u.s. marshals, khalid aldawsari marched silently in handcuffs shackles into the lubbock, texas courthouse. khalid, do you have anything to say? once inside, the 20-year-old saudi-born college student kept his words to a minimum. when the judge asked if he understood the terror charges against him, aldawsari replied, "yes, i do." aldawsari, who lives in this building, is accused of plotting a bomb attack. f.b.i. searches of his apartment turned up chemicals and electronics and personal writing suggested aldawsari researched multiple potential targets, including the home of former president george w. bush. former college roommates describe aldawsari as an eccentric loner. >> if you lived with him you would probably think he was a shy kid just trying to go to school. >> reporter: aldawsari intends to plead not guilty. in a statement, his attorney blasted press coverage of the case writing, "this is not alice in wonderland where the queen said first the punishment, then the trial." aldawsari was caught after a chemical supplier and freight shipper a

used against you in court, do youened? >> yes. >> and for just a moment you can see the handcuffs placed on her by her fellow officers. >> i'm liketh the rasmussen family to give them the news. >> this is coming to the forefront, only makes it seem like yesterday that this occurr occurred. i can't imagine. >> back in l.a., the lazarus family also got the news that stephanie had been blind-sided, that a mother, a sister, a wife, and a decorated lapd detective was now behind bars. >> well, it was numbing, you know. i'll tell you it's no less numbing right now. any time you're given, you know, devastating information, a death or, you know, your sister, who is a stellar human being, just got arrested for a 23-year-old cold case homicide, i absolutely believe in my heart and in my head that stephanie did not commit this crime. >> i'm guessing that one of the things you said or thought was, they got it wrong somehow. this is a mistake. >> absolutely. >> some error has been made here. >> yeah. it will be cleared up by the end of the day. >> right. >> didn't happen. >> didn't happen. >> and for the lapd it was a bittersweet day. a 23-yea