l.a. unified had 13 days for professional development, so when we look at our schedule, i think that is huge. i think that is going to be the breaking point about whether or not that is going to be successful. i would say if cost is a factor, to make in tht a tkk program, i think they are telling us they attribute much of the success to 13 days of solid development, so this recommended for days i have an issue with, because i think if we are going to roll something out to be very successful -- this is not just another program that is not a profound. this is the foundation under which your children will be successful, so i think putting a little more money into professional development could be well worth it. also, do we have a need that done on how this affects overall academic success? how does this program? what are the stats around behavior? we are talking about disciplined issues. was it helpful to have this program combined? today's see a benefit around student behavior, -- do they se

paul had gone to l.a. and i've been in l.a. we found more work in the bay area.s is our hometown. >> wow. >> and so we want to try to revive that whole artistic spirit, and i think there's a lot going on here with 40 hour film festival. different festivals and showcase our event. why not make films that are derived from the bay area and then showcase it. >> how difficult is it to break in to break through -- you've fou founded it. >> i got my start here and actually was in san jose. i had another career at another lifetime, at a crossroads, and i made a choice to do the things i love. downtown a 3d company and i tried my way down to l.a. you go to l.a. knock on the door down there. i got a live experience, did a lot of things down there. i never shot as metropolitan as i wanted to. it got more cluttered. you find out you need a lot of different things and it complicates the very thing i was doing and i got a camera, i got the people that i knew. we shot a story. we edited and displayed it. very i am am. go down there, the money and i understand that makes sense.

we will start with l.a. in l.a. started with 36 stand alone, but as they tried to move it out, they have gone sugato ak model. title 1 was not available this year. he actually recommends that model, and he had many reasons why. what did we learn about demographics in enrollment? the program mostly served boy a spirit of -- always. remember that people volunteered -- the program mostly serves boys. remember that people volunteered. the people who decided to opt into these programs varied based on the school district, and i will talk about certain districts and what happened, who decided to go into them and who did not, and some programs are ell, and that happened in ocean view. goas far as special ed, they fod approximately 12% of the kids were identified as having special needs, so not too far off to the norm. what are the special demographics behind enrollment? last year san diego ruled out of their program, and they decided the most fiscally sound model to try this on were kids who had at least for kindergarten cl

this is the last day of this for l.a. we'll go back to normal temperatures going throughout the weekend, but, yeah, a little taste of late summer, i forecaster. partly cloudy to cloudy skies oregon northward as moisture continues to stream off the water. we do cool it off tomorrow in l.a., but quite a nice stretch. >> some people love it. they finally get to enjoy heat. it was cold there for a little while. >> most of the early summer. very good. >>> stocks march higher and so does the price of peanut butter and an auction involving saddam hussein? you have to stick around to hear that. your early morning business headlines are just ahead. >>> and the suspect is nab bed who took information from scarlett johansson and other stars. >>> coming up, the cardinals take the lead and the defining moment that changed the alcs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. congress has overwhelmingly approved long-awaited free trade

. >> it seems like for our purposes l.a. may have a more realistic model to look at in regards to getting information that would maybe match. we are getting that component. it said net income families are least likely to participate -- new low income families are least likely to participate. did they express that they did a lot of professional development? what did they do with how to reach -- outreach? did you get a sense that maybe they were not as committed or maybe did a lot of assumptions around with the public would do? maybe this is for every one of these districts that maybe they did not do as much out reach, because i think we need to do a lot more of that. this is from the ground up. we are starting from the ground up, not someone who knows our protocols, and this is just another way to work, but for parents this will be completely new, and it will be added to how do i understand the public- school system i will put my kids in? i am curious about how they outreach to folks and trying to explain from the ground upo,

organizers call it l.a.'s biggest block party. >>> up ahead, the health problem caused by all that texting we do. one doctor even calls at it global epidemic. also -- >> we'll not be divided. >> alan: americans angry over corporate greed continue protesting across the nation, including here in san jose, how politicians are now taking sides. >> and changes ahead in the forecast, including showers. leigh glaser has your forecast coming up. >> alan: in the south bay today marks one week since "occupy san jose" demonstrations began on sunday and the number of protesters has doubled. community activists, union leaders and business owners are among the hundreds of people protest outside san jose city hall. they're standing in solidarity with "occupy wall street" which began three weeks ago in new york city. the movement is spreading to san francisco and sacramento. demonstrators are angry over the poor economy they've believe was case by wall street financial institutions. >> the movement in new york city is now in

oh, that's my l.a.run him over. >> he's really baller. >> jimmy: he's baller? >> are we allowed to say that? >> jimmy: what other terms has he taught you? >> he taught me -- he asked me to dinner to like hang out, obviously, yes. and we got in the car and then we end up at barney's and it's nighttime. >> jimmy: the clothing store? >> they opened up barney's because its going to meet kanye. >> it was like pimped "pretty women." the coolest thing i had ever seen. he got tailored a suit and everything and we left and had dinner quickly and then he went to -- >> jimmy: sounds like a lot of fun. >> i don't even know kanye at all. >> jimmy: so he pulls up, gets measured in the middle of the night? that's like an oprah move right there. i didn't think kid cuddy was heavy enough to get barney's opened in the middle of the night? >> pretty major. >> and you're also in "children's hospital." this is a picture you took of the fonz? >> this is henry winkler. this is me being creative. these are going to be filled w

back at l.a.nty on an attempted murder charge, he told us he doesn't care much for the new generation of gang bangers. >> when i was out there, i would steal cars. joyride, whatever you want to call it. look at the new generation, car jacking. these kids go out, stick a gun in someone's face to go joyriding in a car, turn a misdemeanor crime into a death penalty case. 7 out of 10 times they carjack, they kill the person they steal the car from. they don't get time around guys like me anymore to tell them hey, look stupid. you don't want to sit on death row for a crime you could have got out of jail in 24 hours on. >> it was a generation gap between gangsters. there's a code of ethics amongst killers and felons. he felt like the new generation was not abiding by that. >> when my dad was a small-time mafioso back east, he used to say there are thugs and there are gangsters. thugs come and go. gangsters are about making money and respect. you have to know two things, you don't kill cops and you don't

enwill also be making a stop in l.a. and denver. the travel plans come as the president campaigns for his jobs bill, and his own job as well. >>> still to come at 5:00, a big change could be coming to a mall near you. why a 307 u lar popular retaile closing up shop. >>> birth control and its impact on the rules of attraction. >>> the science of propofol. what we're learning about the main drug in question in michael jackson's death. >>> the new defense trat by in the trial. >>> good afternoon. ssacty of warm temperatures b troay area. incredible visibility from the san francisco.ng right toward look at this heat. right now, close to 90 in the east bay. 84 in knnovado. we'll talk more hthilgs woll co things wilcoolowe n coitqua bit. ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less

after they ran me out of l.a. county. orleans was the last place to go. >> jimmy: does any work really get done in new orleans? >> hell yes. we're a very indoes tree use city. depends whoon you're working on, pal. >> jimmy: i guess so. they build floats. >> they do. they build fun. >> jimmy: shooting a movie in new orleans -- it must be hard to just keep everyone together. >> no, no, no. everybody's professional. there's one time, i was doing a movie called "the big easy" in 1985 and -- [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's what happens on a talk show. >> i was working for hitler in 19 -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: one lunatic in the back. >> anyway -- [ laughter ] and i -- i went out, worked, i said, i'm going to hit the quarter. i hit the street. 6:30 in the morning, i roll up at my hotel, i'm feeling swell. eat breakfast, go to bed. and the crew is leaving to go to work and i'm latching at them, ah, suckers, have a good day at work. i get up, i order breakfast, laying around, watching "the today show" or something. get a phone cal

. >> l.a.y jail officials told us most of that violence stems from one source. >> the [ bleep ] tripping [ bleep ] [ bleep ] about my -- >> almost half of our jail population is street gang members and they are probably response for 70% to 80% of the crime that occurs in our jail. and nearly all of our murders have been gang related in one way or another. >> the gang bangers get younger every year. >> are you guys in a gang? >> yeah. >> what gang are you in? >> south gate marijuanos. >> 19-year-old matthew croft told us he joined a street gang when he was 14. >> you have a job outside. >> nah. >> you gonna get a job. >> i don't think so but you never know. >> how are you going to survive. >> there's ways to survive out there. you're self-employed. >> i continue to question him. i started pressing, started finding out, trying to find answers to things, what really motivates him to do that. his gear shifted from being like a goof ball to, you know, you're crossing the line here with your question

nbc's jeff rossen covering the case for us tonight in l.a.f, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. good evening. watching dr. conrad murray's defense team at work today, and their strategy is really becoming clear, trying to paint michael jackson as an addict who needed drugs to sleep. and right off the bat today there was drama in the courtroom. >> i'm feeling really, really dizzy. >> reporter: first up today cherilyn lee, michael jackson's nurse. >> this is just a very sensitive for me. >> reporter: emotional as she told the jury months before his death, jackson came to her looking for propofol, brand name diprivan. >> he said "i know this would knock me out." >> reporter: defense lawyers claim michael jackson was desperate for sleep medication. ♪ and needed rest for his upcoming tour. so desperate, they argue, jackson essentially killed himself. don't blame dr. murray. but the concert promoter on the stand today said jackson didn't seem engaged at rehearsal. >> it was a concern that michael wasn't really taking it seriously enough or focus

l.a. did, and they did five days in the summer, and they were the only ones that did this kind of training, the tk ers perform just as well as kindergarteners, so you have these young children you would think would be behind. that was an unintended consequence. they did just as well as their peers, and the reason they talk about training, and development and appropriate practice the teachers got commo, it was very intense, and they thought this would be good to be done with vinegar and teachers as well, so putting them together -- this would be good to be done with kindergarten teachers as well. what do we learn from our partners? differentiated instruction is coulgood, and the tkk model fors us into that, that we have to have an appropriate model for our teachers, that you cannot do this separate program. you have to have this progress, and we have to be careful not to add an additional budgetary strains as we put this together. i am going to turn it over to nancy. >> we talked about all

months after a brutal beating in l.a., a san francisco giants fan finally leaves the hospital. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, october 12th, 2011. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> the state department i should a worldwide travel alert overnight warning americans of potential terror attacks sponsored by iran, this follows a spoiled terror plot. an alleged murder for hire plan targeting the saudi baeambassad to the united states on soil. one is a f the u.s. government reacting and the talk now here is what -- federal officials are warning americans at home and abroad to be on the lookout for possible tryst attacks. the state department issued the alert late last night as justice revealed they had spoiled an alleged plot for the assassination to the united states. they say manssor arbabsiar and another man planned to use explosives to kill abel al jubeir at a restaurant in washington, d.c. he hired a hitman he thought worked for a mexican drug cartel but was a d.e.a. agent. >> these individuals had no regard for their intended victim, no regard f

the president will be attending two celebrity fund-raisers in l.a. tonight. tomorrow morning he'll tape an appearance for "the tonight show" with jay leno. tomorrow afternoon mr. obama heads to san francisco for just a couple of hours for an event featuring singer jack johnson. about 200 people by pay $5,000 each at least to attend. traffic will be affected by the presidential visit mostly in the south of market area near the "w" hotel. the following streets will be closed between 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. northbound 3rd from folsom to commission. southbound new montgomery from mission to howard. westbound howard 2nd to 4th. and hawthorne howard to folsom. the intersection of 3rd and howard will be the most affected. >>> before he arrived in l.a., within the hour president obama was in las vegas earlier this afternoon selling a revamped federal program to help more homeowners who are fighting foreclosure. changes to the home affordable refinance program include opening an eligibility cap allowing homeowners to refy no matter how much they owe. the borrower mus

inspired by what we've seen in the arab world and the revolutions there did people talk about that in l.a. . oh most definitely laura now a lot of the people that i talk to you mention the middle east a lot of the people got their inspiration from the protesters in greece who are see austerity measures just eroding their way of life and people talked about egypt talked about tunisia and the similar problems that those people were facing when it comes to economic suppression social suppression civil rights things of that nature and they see the similar problems have been here in america but perhaps not to the same degree yet these people see that these problems are global and they really really draw a lot of inspiration from this and those are the types of people that really do see this as a possibility of an american revolution happening here it's really interesting with something possibly that bag i'm curious i know you were out there were covering us but what kind of media attention is this getting and l.a. from the mainstream i know today at least from what i can see on the t.v. they s

and people who live in l.a. >> the bell got dirty feet. everybody in l.a. has dirt ea feet. it is a fact and you can look it up. >> we are going to stand here and wait. i will wait later. from occupying the streets to packing heat, we will know more open carrie thanks to jerry, brown that is. they put into law brandishing barettas in public. they were said to carry unloaded weapons wherever, but people rejected because they felt afraid when they saw firearms in public places. quote, they are tied up dealing with calls about gun toning -- gun toting men and women. it is not safe and nun will get hurt. you know what else is not safe, uh apparently mountain biking. >> that had to be planned. >> that was vengeance for every dear that tried to cross on i-95, that was their revenge. >> it goes to show you that even animals hate bicyclists. >> they don't know the embarassing parts of riding a bicycle. >> does california have a right to tell people they can't carry a weapon? >> first, california was bankrupt and now it is no fun. they are taking away tanning and the guns and the bee

some of the protesters we've seen in and i know i've seen in new york i don't know if they were in l.a. too they had signs saying american spring kind of contrary to what we've seen an arab spring and even an occupy wall street web site based say that they're inspired by what we've seen in the arab world and the revolutions there did people talk about that in l.a. . oh most definitely laura now a lot of the people that i talk to you mention the middle east a lot of people got their inspiration from the protesters in greece who are. austerity measures just you wrote in their way of life and people talked about egypt talked about tunisia and the similar problems that those people were facing when it comes to economic suppression social suppression civil rights things of that nature and they see the similar problems having here in america perhaps not to the same degree yet these people see that these problems are global and they really really draw a lot of inspiration from this and those are the types of people that really do see this as a possibility of an american revolution happening h

campsite outside l.a.ity hall. >> i'm putting the brakes on the destruction of this country. >> reporter: she man it is first aid tent each morning before work. , camps out here on the weekends. her husband is disabled with spinal damage. sun joseph joined the marines when cash-strapped community colleges cut courses he needed. sanchez earns just $34,000 a year as an occupation therapy specialist. >> we are below the poverty line. for the first time in my life i have debt. i'm more concerned for my son and my nieces and nephews and their children because if i'm having trouble, if i'm struggling, what's it going to be like in ten years? >> reporter: so she comes to add her voice to protests here day and night. her demand? an economy that works for those at the bottom as well as the top. >> enough is enough. i hope that we wake people up. >> reporter: scott, sanchez admit there is' no coordinated game plan to bring about economic reform, but to come out here, exercise their right to speak out, and hope ameri

we decided to ride a bus going into l.a.hen we get into l.a., my manager is looking for a gym that we can workout. and somebody told us that, oh, there is a gym there, a wild card gym. we went to the gym and we met freddy roach that day, and after that, that is the beginning. >> since that meeting a decade ago, the wild card boxing club in hollywood has been manny pacquiao's base of training. they said that tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays are set aside for sparring here. by camps' end, the fighter will have completed 120 hours of combat. >> manny will not give you everything in sparring, but 50% or 60%, and he will save the good stuff for the fight. >> those on the receiving end of pacquiao's punches however might have their own take. ray beltran has been sparring with manny pacquiao since 2004. he was preparing for his first bout with marquez. >> you can lose your mind, because he will drive you crazy. he is in and out, right. and hitting there like with a lot of speed and power. >> i put it on slow motion today. i told h

you heard him say, i live in l.a. so i know about her.nly thing that's true about that is that he lives in l.a. andrew breitbart knows nothing about janine. when i see him on that stage, i see little andrew breitbart who grew up in los angeles in the shadow of show business and craved getting through the studio gates. he never made it through the studio gates into show business and intensely resents every other local kid who did, like sean penn, for example, who he visits hatred upon at every chance. you saw little andrew breitbart up on the stage with that microphone loving it. absolutely loving it. you saw andrew breitbart trying to be an entertainer. you see in that clip how he sees himself. funny, entertaining, deserving of a stage, deserving of a microphone, deserving of a spotlight. a star. the star he could have been if the local industry show business had just let him in. you've heard the cliche that politics is show business for ugly people. now we see the tea party conferences are show business for andrew breitbart. there you se

this train behind me which we believe was the pacific starlight that runs from seattle to l.a. it is now about 18 passengersthat are injured. most of the injuries from what we saw were whiplash and those to the elderly and people who were in wheelchairs there. we are not sure what happened, but we can see some inspectors looking at the switch which is just behind me. upon looking at it myself, the train railroad switch track has not switched over in the position that would push the pacific starlight on to the other track so it could go around the bakersfield amtrak train. so that appears to be what

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it hit a coast starlight train which travels from l.a. crash happened, except the firefighters told us last night one of the operators ran a red signal light. amtrak has no comment on that saying the investigation is still underway. they are running bus bridges between emeryville and oakland stations. if you need to get between those stations you can. if you don't want to mess with it, amtrak is offering refunds. 6:30 was the goal, the station is still closed. now it is a wait and see matter. obviously they will get it open as soon as they can. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the city of alameda now faces a lawsuit over a controversial memorial day dunning. ramon zack walked into the water in an apparent saw side attempt, -- consider members of the fire department said they could only stand by and watch because they were not certified in short base water rescue that program was stopped in 2009. at officials admit it shouldn't have been stopped. little solace to zack's brother. >> i was shocked and outraged that there was no action taken to

but one of the shows that i really enjoyed was "l.a. law." the reason i liked "l.a. law" was that it was about the kind of business of law. you know? a lot of it was about the real, you know, business. you have to work hard in that context to get drama. it's harder to write a show like "l.a. law" because you have to find drama almost in the ordinary practice of law. to my way of thinking, you know, doing a crime show or even a criminal defense show, that's the easy stuff to do. you know? there's drama that's inherent in it. the hard stuff to do is say, like "the paper chase" where they're going to the library. really. so you've got to figure out a way to make that interesting. we did a show called "scavenger hunt," a massive search through all the libraries. and it's actually a very exciting show. but when we went to the network, they said, what are you shooting? we said we're shooting an episode with seven libraries. and they were like, we got to cancel this. how did osborn get here? you know? that's the hard kind of stuff for television. i'd like to see more of tha

.," the revital ilingse -- revitalize apings e founded after the unrest in l.a. in 199 2. he influenced investments by bringing grocery stores, small businesses, loan funds, all of these in the heart of the inner city. prior to this tenure at r.l.a., mr. kinsey also enjoyed a remarkable 20-year career with the xerox corpts -- corporation, and here he ways trail blazer making sure that he broke down barriers in corporate america. through his leadership in der -- xerox it led to the hireb of literally thousands of women and people of color. bernard is also highly sought after as an international business consultant and has counseled governments all cross the world from south africa, germany, england, france in economic development and he's also a celebrity in his own right. he's got numerous radio and television programs including the macneil-lehrer rorkts the "nbc nightly news," cnn and national public radio. he's lace family fan. -- also a family man. married to his wife shirley for 44 years, they are one of the most admired and respected couples in l.a. and the

protesters in our l.a. studios thank you and we're keeping our eyes on occupy wall street in new york of course as well now earlier today tom morello the guitarist from rage against the machine performs at occupy wall street in new york he was in l.a. just a short time ago too and argue producer lucy catherine i'll so spoke to him asking him among other things to grade it president obama's performance thus far. my support for obama was three conditional begin with i never had hopes that would be beyond the sort of centrist democratic president that he really is now. many people some of us. because he looks like a different president he talks like a president he would be a different kind of president clearly has a plan but i'm not waiting around for going to change people like i was waiting around for him to change this is a movement from the bottom up it's movement has to be reckoned with and many people see the problem is the reserve and what do you think. that that's i think that's. frankly small potatoes