koreatown was left to its own devices.ird street on the north end, olympic boulevard to the south, vermont avenue on the east, and western avenue to the west. that's three square miles left pretty much to burn or fend for itself. this rooftop quickly became the command post for rapidly improvised korean defense forces. they armed themselves, set up crude but effective command and control communication, and patrols. >> roy choi: we weren't going around just slugging and, and capping people. all that was happening was, "just don't break down my store." making sure our parents, our uncles, our families, these stores, this town, stays alive. >> anthony: 58 people were killed. only a quarter of korean-owned businesses survived, either destroyed outright during the riots or abandoned afterwards by owners who felt the entire underpinning of their contract with america had shifted. yet today koreatown is bigger and better and forever changed by what happened in 1992. dong il jang, however, is as unwaveringly old school as you get.

he's been occupying this space in koreatown for 6 years and has been homeless for a decade. he admits to being a regular meth user but spending just a few hours was sean. he still possesses that intellectual curiosity that took him to the ivy league. >>i would refer to be somewhere where i can still go to the library when i want to. >>and you know they're in dealey things i need to do but then there's the reality of life on the streets. >>every time you sleep that's when you lose as and people come and take your things. heavy sleeper i lose a lot. >>that was dan simon reporting officials here in san francisco say they welcome the federal help to deal with the homeless problem but relocating people without adding housing for them. they say is not a solution. now to our 4 zone forecast we're going to be a live picture of the golden gate bridge on this tuesday night looks like they're getting ready to move the zipper line in the middle of the bridge there. >>and it looks a little hockey. i think doesn't look like the focus coming in. i won't kron four's chief meteorologist lawr

of my reporting, a north korean diplomat in new york actually went to his famous fortuneteller in koreatown and asked if donald trump would be reelected. the answer was yes, so i guess the north koreans they can have 60 years, not two. but they have a sentence opportunity for them to strike a deal which may not be there. so i do not think, by any imagination in north korea that he should open up the economy, the even very limited chinese, that is impossible for the authoritarian estate. but he can make much progress on the economic front without opening up the information. >> to put the question directly, president trump is making a bet that kim jong-un needs economic opening, certainly in in to sanctions but beyond that. but badly enough is good to continue to engage in. is president trump right? >> yes, i think he is right. i think all the assets over the past decade have not worked and its right to tryry something different. i do not for second thing kim jong-un is going to give up his nuclear weapons but i think there could be a different process going on. i think they should work on th

during the course of my reporting north korean tipple matt from new york went to a fortuneteller in koreatown and asked if donald trump would be reelected. the outcome was yes. i guess the north koreans think they have six years not two. but they have the sense that this is an opportunity for them to strike a deal which may not still be there. if it was a buddy who did things more buy the book in the future. so i do not think that any imagination that we are seeing that he will open up the economy, the even the limited chinese style is impossible. but i think he will try to make as much progress on the economic as he can without opening up the information. >> so to put the question directly. president trump basically is making a bet, i think, that kim jong-un needs economic opening, certainly the sanctions but beyond that. and badly enough that it is a good bet to continue to engage in. is president trump right? >> yes, i think he is right. i think that all of the efforts over the past decade have not worked and it's right to try something different. i do not for second think kim jong-un will

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