one of the people with a bad temper was the senator hiram johnson from california. he is a very ornery guy. in those days of limited travel, hughes has to get to the east coast. he swings through california before the primary. johnson is the governor. the californian republican party is so split. they cannot make decisions of who will escort who, who will chair the meeting -- it is worse than the palestinians and israelis. the feelings are so bad. finally what happened is, there is an incident in long beach, california where hughes who has still not met johnson goes in to rest in a hotel, does not know johnson is there. johnson knows hughes is there. they leave the hotel. they never meet. it is claimed that hughes had alienated johnson in this. really johnson could have made the move. he knew and he could have gone over. right after that, hughes through an intermediary invites johnson to chair a meeting in sacramento. johnson refuses. and hughes loses the state by about 3000 votes. they do not know until the next friday after the election that he lost the state. they

hiram johnson is going to be honored at a peace march today. doctors are preparing to take him off life support at 1:00 this afternoon. that's after tests on the boy who is almost two years old showed no brain activity. hiram was shot last month in east oakland when a group of people shot into a crowd that had gathered for the filming of a rap video. seven other people were hurt and there have been no arrests in the case. hiram isn't the first baby to be innocently caught in crossfire. 3-year-old carlos nava was killed in east oakland earlier this year. that was a drive-by shooting on 64th and international boulevard and that's where today's march is going to begin at 5 p.m. followed by a community meeting at 6:00 at greenleaf elementary school on 17th street and that area is part of the mayor's 100- block focus for crime prevention. so today a lot of people are going to be pressing mayor jean quan on how her plan is going to have some sort of immediate effect on the violence here in oakland. back to you guys. >> anne makovec in oakland this mo

the impending death of that toddler almost 2-year-old hiram johnson is going to be honored at a peace march today while the community tries to find solutions to the violence in this city. doctors are preparing to take this little boy off life support at 1:00 this afternoon after tests showed no brain activity. >> initially, the family, of course, you know, thought that maybe there was hope and, you know, we all hoped. we all hoped for miracles. i think at the end of the day, everyone came to the conclusion that the baby was only breathing and that's it. there was nothing else going on. based on that, the baby will be taken off life support. >> reporter: now, hiram was shot last month in east oakland when a group of people shot into a crowd that had gathered for the filming of a rap video. 7 other people were hurt and there have been no arrests in the case. hiram of course isn't the first baby to be caught in crossfire. 3-year-old carlos nava was killed in east oakland in august. it was a drive-by shooting on 64th and international boulevard. and that is where today's march is going to

johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. there is a vigil for a gravely injured toddler. >> little hiram lawrence was shot in the head monday n all, seven people were injured in that mass shooting in a parking lot. we're live where the vigil is taking place. >> this vigil is just getting underway. and this is for little hiram lawrence. this is the first of what is several events to try to reclaim the neighborhood. they say this is where the little hiram lawrence was injured monday night in a hail of bullets.

johnson, the young boy who was shot in the head was taken off of life support today and pronounced dead this afternoon. >> reporter: family members and pastors she talked about the fight her son hiram lawrence junior fought. >> he is a fighter. fought for 11 days. >> it was almost two weeks ago he was shot while he was in his father's arms in the state market liquor store. the group was tpeufping a rap music video when three people came up and shot him and six is others. >> the shooting should end. i should not have to lose my baby to a gunshot. >> praying to the community that we can come together and let the police take their course and most of all let god take his. >> reporter: the police have not arrested anyone in connection with the shooting but taken several people in custody on persons of interest. moments afterward spread that he was no longer alive family members and supporters released balloons in his honor. his mom now has his foot print on her arm as a reminder. >> i wish we can end this violent stuff. i don't want anybody else to go through what i am going through. >> in a little less than two weeks he would of celebrated his 2nd birthday. now instead of preparing for