i would like to introduce california state controller john chung serving his second term and we all know. he takes a hard line and took immediate action

i would like to introduce california state controller john chung serving his second term and we all know. he takes a hard line and took immediate action to weed out waste, fraud of pounds and make the finance more transparent and accountable to the public. so here is mr. chung. [applause] >> good evening. i will spare you what the distinguished counsel requested me to do which is sing for all of you. actually, mike honda and i used to go out for a k but he would go out and sing and i would stop and leave. this is a magnificent evening. we gather tonight in celebration of asian pacific heritage month. we take a moment to reflect upon our past to understand the heroic struggles, obstacles, hardships that so many people, including this evening's tremendous honoree, the honorable norma neta had to overcome. this is a very special place. norm gave me the good fortune of putting my feet to the marble in the halls of congress, apapa, let me thank you, we'll give the opportunity for 20 interns this summer to place their feet on the halls of this city in sacramento, perhaps in washington, d.c. so

despite this violence, john chung yung has persisted in bravely. in february, 2011, he and his wife released through the china aid association a video showing the horrific conditions of their house arrest. and for that they were severely beaten and left without medical attention. and then soon after that a group of chen's lawyers got together to try to talk about how they might help him. and you have to understand also that the arab spring and the jasmine revolution are a backdrop to this conversation as well, but many of those lawyers were detained, including jang young hwang and others. jang was detained for 60 days and endured beating, shouts, shackle, blindfolds and no sunlight during those 60 days and according to the media reports, he was banged in the head so severely that it caused significant memory loss, and apparently what they did was, they would use water bottles to beat him in the head. handy was -- had so much memory loss he could not even remember his skype password or how the furniture was arranged in his bedroom when he got out. i

. >> the mayor says he thinks john chung is piling on his troubled city. chung's scathing oughtit during fiscal year 2009-to 10. >> let's say we're under attack. now, the captain decides to run a fire drill. >> roamero took over in june after the embattled mayor resigned and found during an old administration there is almost no accounting of how it spent nearly $2 million. and this includes $100,000 for public safety, 469 for a transit center. and there is $720,000 in-housing. >> they're talking about one segment there is no idea what could be out there. >> nelson was city manager at the time. he resigned now being sued by the city and investigated by fbi. >> i took on the job knowing that this is part of the mess we're going to have to clean up steve durant took over as city manager. >> i asked employees when it started they say it was before former city manager. it started to go into the direction. >> the state audit does criticize the staff for failing to supply most records requested and made 32 requests for 107 total documents. and turned over just 15

. >> state controller john chung says he will be following a recent order and will not be docking state lawmaker pay for every day the budget is late. so this cut may win over more californians. if approved the governor will be making $165,000 per year. >> in consumer news a lot to talk about involving price of a gallon of gas. and there is also our travel plans for the upcoming holiday weekend. >> good news, bad news story today. average price for a gallon of gasoline on thursday, that is today, was $3.67 nearly 30 cents below the high for the year reached in early april. that is the good news. bad? that is a number here in california the price of a gallon is going for more than 50 cents above that. the state wide average of $4:31 a gallon. national average expected to keep dropping and be at $3.50 by july 4. north carolina they're experiencing an event you probably only heard about from your grandfather there. is a gas war going on. little city of marion. a new gas station, murphy usa set the price low, then keeps lowering it. the price is now $3.19, forcing other nearby gas stations

controller john chung is warning sacramento cuts should have been made months ago. >> every time youse the program that could give her 2-year-old a leg up in life. >> thanks to child care kids get a better education getting developed more and at school they're a little bit more advanced. >> voters won't get to decide until november maybe this facebook ipo will bring relieve to the state to safe some programs. >> there is faculty at cal state university authorized a strike that could cancel thousands of classes this fall. the california faculty association says 95% of the members voted yes. the walkout would be a rolling strike and each of the 23 campuses and only if the csu chancellor imposes a contract. negotiations are stalled but two sides plan to meet to try to get something going again. >> there is one of the world's recognizable paintings set a sales record. one of the versions of "the scream" sold just under $120 million today. the image has been reproduced on frefrg tee shirts to coffee mugss. proceeds will be used for a new museum art center and hotel in norway. >> and iconi

chung. he was ordered an investigation and says he is deeply troubled by this incident. >>> tears and testimony marking a dramatic day in the trial of former presidential candidate john edwardseaving the courtroom yesterday, crying, just as testimony began. testimony about a fight between john edwards and his wife, elizabeth. in the courtroom, edwards turned to his daughter and mouthed the word, i don't know what's coming. do you want to leave? that's when kate left the courtroom, wiping away tears. that fight took place in an airport in 2007. she was fighting breast cancer and it was just reported that edwards was having an affair with rielle hunter. >>> minnesota twin, overpowering fashion, striking out nine batters in a 9-0 win. the second no-hitter in the majors in less than two weeks. ashleigh? >> christine, thank you. >>> past 6:00 on the east coast. ahead, he said he wanted to make running back ray lewis proud. check out the video all happening in a walmart parking lot. there was one heck of a twist. find out what it was. > >>> isaac hayes mansion goes up in flames. zap technology. departure. hertz gold plus rewards also offers ereturn-- our fastest way to return your