times" and the joke about the "l.a. times" during this period of time was "the l.a. times" was not the mouthpiece for the republican party. the republican party was the mouthpiece for "the l.a. times." and he had a lot of -- from kyle fulmer. and he had a relationship with richard nixon. the alhambra newspaper describes fulmer's help as a symphony conductor. he certainly did a lot of behind-the-scenes kind of work on nixon's behalf, helped him get elected in 1946. when it came to 1950 when he ran against helen douglas, "the l.a. times" was very squarely in richard nixon's corner and worked very hard to get him elected. when he gets to the -- during the alger hiss case, and by the way, at this point, nixon, it looked like, was enjoying some fairly decent press coverage and, in fact, as he begins the hiss -- alger hiss investigation, the fellow that he chose to work with him on this was a fellow from the press, a guy by the name of bert andrews who was the washington bureau chief for the old "new york herald tribune." he'd just won the pulitzer prize for doing an inves

the nature "the l.a. times" which helped create him in the late 1940s and 1950s had undergone a total transformation. brand new publisher, otis chandler of the chandler family takes over in 1960. chandler thought at this point we are not going to be a mouthpiece for the republican party. we're not automatically going to nail democrats. we're going to cover things fairly. apparently richard nixon didn't get the otis chandler memo and was somewhat surprised when "the l.a. times" started covering him in a somewhat critical fashion. if you look back at his -- the 1970s memoir, what really annoyed him was he had to answer two questions repeatedly and every part of the campaign trail, which is, number one, are you a bircher, are you a john bircher, which by the way must have annoyed the hell out of him because if you think about what the birchers were about, one of the things they did was they thought dwight eisenhower was a stooge of the communist party. i can't imagine nixon -- why anybody would think nixon w

we have been in l.a. we have slavery in l.a. and if we don't begin to understand invisible l.a.elp the people trapped in these gang zones, trapping him in sex trafficking. i know i'm not making any this overwhelming, but i'm tired of doing this for just the collings i had. i need the public to understand it's not overwhelming. we can fix this stuff. if we could fix lapd we can fix anything. and now is the time to turn to the county because there $24 billion over my internet doing what they need to do with it. the county is overwhelming. if lapd was matt wilson, the county is -- you can still climb k2. it takes a whole lot more. i just, i think i'm missing the few genes that i just don't get overwhelmed. and often because i don't know enough about why i can't do it i end up achieving it because i just don't look at it that way. so look at this problem as overwhelming. notice they turn up about our intellectual property, i don't have to do the viral stuff, i don't have to get online. i don't do that stuff. i am old school. i evenhandedly stuff is a good. i will type on the compute

we have them in l.a. we have slavery in l.a. and if we don't understand invisible l.a.won't be able to help people trapped in these gang zones, trapped in human sex trafficking and i know i'm not making it any less overwhelming but i'm tired of doing this with just the colleagues i have. i need the people i have -- it's not overwhelming. we can fix this stuff. if we can't fix l.a.p.d., we can fix anything and now is the time to turn to the county because they got $24 billion of our money and they're not doing what they need to do with it. now, the county is overwhelming. if l.a.p.d. was mount wilson, the county is k2. but you can still climb k2. it takes a whole lot more. i just -- i think i'm missing the fear gene. i don't get overwhelmed by the size of the problem. and often because i don't know enough about why i can't do it i end up achieving it because i just don't look at it that way. so don't look at these problems as overwhelming. notice they turned that bill back for intellectual property by i don't know how to do the viral stuff and i don't know to get online.

near 60 in l.a.and san diego, 64 palm springs through the central valley near 60 in sacramento and chico. tonight with the clear air, in the low to mid 30sq$@q inland except for antioch and fairfield upper 30s. santa cruz 39 low to mid 40s along the coast from half moon bay up to san francisco, san rafael, richmond, oakland and san mateo. that cold front sliding down quickly to the south, high pressure moving in. the jet stream is going to be just a little bit farther to the north the next couple of days that's why we don't have any storm systems for thursday, friday, saturday and the better part of sunday. sunday night into monday, a chance of light rain, tuesday warming trend begins with a lot of sunshine. home you have a great with wednesday. let's find out about your commute. >>> good morning. we have had a few problems earlier this morning. winds can still be a factor. as mike was saying it hasn't been as bad as it was monday wind advisory for the bay bridge light at the toll plaza keep both han

we'll have more on her death from l.a. new jersey coming up on "good morning america." >>> in other new this is morning, police in florida are searching for an airline passenger that made off with a pricy rolex. a woman forgot her $6500 watch in a bin at a security check point. by the time she went back for it, the man behind her scooped it up and stuffed it in his bag. a $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of that thief. >> where's the honest any more? >> his talent has been called linsane and lincredible. mike yam has the highlights. >>> linsanity moving from new york to toronto. the raptors hosting the knicks. jeremy lin's team. yes, that is his squad. looking for a sixth straight win. lin driving. gets stripped by calderon. johnson would have the finish. lin, eight turnovers on the night. that was the bad for linsanity. but there would be plenty of good. raptors up by nine. calderon, how about that? the rainbow through, the shot clock wounding down. he had 25 coming off a career-high 30

and coming up, we'll go live to l.a. ♪ [ music ] coming up, we'll go live to l.a.update on the sudden death of singing superstar, whitney houston. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> more than a thousand d.c. residents gathered at the washington convention center today for mayor vincent gray's one city summit. the event allowed residents to voice their concerns about how the d.c. government can work with residents to make the city better. those attending today spent time brainstorming on ways to make the city more unified and ways to grow the city's economy, create jobs and improve schools. the summit is the ultimate school of democracy. >> this

she's been cared for by family in the l.a. area. >> houston's es sait tate is likely to get major boost based on a resurgence of album sales. insiders say the singer died deeply in debt, despite a one-time fortune. she lost two thoems foreclosure years back. and her memory loomed large last night on "glee," purely by coinciden coincidence. >> it just happened to feature amber riley belting out her signature hit. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ i will always love you >> producers dedicated the episode to houston with a card at the end of the show. can't believe that was purely coincidental. we'll have more on her death comes up on "good morning america." >>> police in florida are searching for an airline passenger that made off with a pricy rolex. a woman forgot her $6500 watch in a bin at a security check point. by the time she went back for it, the man behind her scooped it up and stuffed it in his bag. a $1,000 reward is being offered for the information to lead to the arrest of that thief. >>> his skill has been called linsa

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and coming up, we'll go live to l.a. ♪ [ music ] coming up, we'll go live to l.a.update on the sudden death of singing superstar, whitney houston. >>> more than a thousand d.c. residents gathered at the washington convention center today for mayor vincent gray's one city summit. the event allowed residents to voice their concerns about how the d.c. government can work with residents to make the city better. those attending today spent time brainstorming on ways to make the city more unified and ways to grow the city's economy, create jobs and improve schools. the summit is the ultimate school of democracy. >> this is about one of the best democracy that i think we can have. that is bringing the people of this city together to be able to work on how they want the city to look and the years ahead. what are the problems and issues and challenges we see and how are we going to work together to bring solutions to these problems? >> some citizens praise the summit, saying it gave them an opportunity to work toward common goals, but others criticize the cost of putting on

she was just out in l.a.n thursday night at red carpet event with her daughter, bobbi christina posing for the cameras looking fine, back in the club she was danging, this is just thursday night two days ago. >> even though we've all heard about her drug use and misuse at the same time there was a comeback she did seem to be healthy. what do you think that this is attributed to? anything about what the cause of death might be? >> the thing is, you're right. she did have a come back she attempted a comeback in 2009 but -- >> we're looking live right now at the beverly hilton hotel. >> just last year, just last may she was back in rehab for the third time. she spent -- in 2004, 2005, last year and 2011. her rep said that it was out-patient rehab that she had taken herself there, obviously she has been struggling with something. how can we forget in 2009 the photos of her bathroom in her home with crack pipe lying out and tons of just junk on ther, r these? >> i do. what amazes me is that she had so many resourc

we're going to take you live to l.a. now." ♪ will always love you ♪ how will i know if he really loves me ♪ ♪ i say a prayer with every heartbeat ♪ ♪ i fall in love whenever we meet ♪ ♪ i'm asking you don't you know about these things ♪ >>> i love that last picture. the 54th annual grammy awards are officially in the books but of course the entire event overshadowed by the death of whitney houston. >> our movie and music consultant bruno granado was at the staples center. he joins us now by phone. and bruno, the death of whitney houston overshadowed the grammys, did it someone. >> yes, paula. good evening, paula and rob. everything was oversmad oed. the minute news broke over twitter yesterday at 3:55 pacific standard time everything basically went into this weird twilight zone where people thought it was just a rumor. then the next thing was is it true? is it the party she was supposed to sing at, is that going to be cancelled? what's going to happen to the show? everything went into a tailspin just because we're talkin

inside that was a plane ticket to l.a. and a 2 night stay at the hilton. i do not make a lot of money. i met the mayor of l.a., the mayor of miami, the former police chief. we sat down. we have a few cocktails. some great conversation. people-to-people stuff. i wish greg could have been there, but he was not invited. on a positive note, i saw the deputy chief cashman this week on sixth street. it is going through a transformation. a lot of good things happen in this city. sometimes you get negative, not too much help. but a lot of good and things are happening. i was in the bayview this morning. i do have a car. i walked in and talked to some people. crime is looking good. great, great job on the cold case. that is great work. i asked the deputy chief whether it was outsourced or in source dna. that was our own lab that did that. miss harris has 0 backlogs of sex offenders in the state of california. remember june henner brought up those cases a year or so ago? ms. harris went through 20 balance the sacramento backlog. apparently, our crime lab has done th

she was speaking at a conference for women in l.a. so again revealing something personal about herself to continue this message of self-acceptance, which i think she's all about. >> and it's great for teenagers who can then say, oh wow, she has a difficult time with it. >> if she beat it so can i. >> exactly. i don't know if you remember the guy who was stalking -- he kind of became a little celebrity. a homeless guy in california who was stalking madonna in 1995. he was actually arrested for stalking her. well, now he's moved on to halle berry. but this is actually really serious. he told the l.a. -- or lapd told halle that hoskins threatened "i'm going to kill that expletive, i'm going to cut her throat." so now she's saying she actually wants to leave hollywood and move to france. and actually her fiance actually lives in france. so she's saying she'd like to go live with him -- >> and get out of the madness of hollywood. >> and a safety issue. exactly. and bring her little girl nahla along with her. there are some custody battles

meantime, in l.a. county authorities say houston was under water and apparently unconscious when she was pulled from a bathtub saturday at the beverly hills hotel room. they say she had prescription drugs in her room but not an unusually large amount. the cause of death will be determined when the toxicology tests are finished in a couple of weeks. >>> police in santa cruz are looking for two female inmates who escaped from jail. 20-year-old sara marko and 22- year-old brittany beus escaped from the blaine street women's facility yesterday. both were wearing bright red jail clothes. marko had been held on suspicion of underaged drinking and beus for driving under the influence and injuring another driver. they are not believed to be armed. >>> state officials are looking more closely at pg&e's pipeline safety practices. now, this new scrutiny comes after two welders claimed defective welds in some lines. the state public utilities commission says it has already checked earlier claims of high- flying le

that's because the l.a. county board of supervisors this week raised the fines for throwing a football or frisbee on any beach in l.a. county during the summer season. there are designated ball-throwing and volley ball areas on the beach, and that's it. the 37-page ordinance calls for a $100 fine for first-time offenders. >>> up next tonight from the battlefield to the farm field, making a difference. >>> we have brought you a lot of stories over the years on the difficulties faced by returning veterans from coping with injuries, both seen and unseen, to finding a civilian job in a tough economy. there are so many people trying to help, including a marine and his wife giving returning heroes work, new skills and peace of mind on their farm. nbc's miguel almaguer has the making a difference on the home front report. >> reporter: the marine anthony rorbah manned a gun in fallujah, but now plans to push a plow in california. >> coming out of the military is kind of like a shock. working with plants and soil rea

i just flew into l.a.g reports of whitney houston's daughter being take on to the hospital. as i have heard from other reports here in los angeles, she's been released from the hospital. we'll keep a close eye on that for you here on cnn. in the meantime, reaction to whitney houston's death pouring in from around the world, including from one of the most famous families in the world. that of nelson mandela. that's next. a refrigerator has never been hacked. an online virus has never attacked a corkboard. ♪ give your customers the added feeling of security a printed statement or receipt provides... ...with mail. it's good for your business. ♪ and even better for your customers. ♪ for safe and secure ways to stay connected, visit usps.com/mail weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there

>tavis: "the l.a. times" referenced view as of a fall in the work of clarence darrow -- you as following in the work of clarence darrow. individuals making choices to become lawyers for different reasons. then they become lawyers and decide to become different kinds of lawyers for different reasons. i say that to us how it is and why it is you chose to be the kind of lawyer that you are fighting for these kinds of clients, dispossessed people. >> i am a lawyer third. i am a solutions lady. i want democracy to work for those who have leased. if you keep your eye on that mission as opposed to winning a case, you will get a different result. we had all the results. we were win, win, win. we beat the lapd. be sued the share. we get people off of death row. we could win the cases. but then you look at the conditions that the children of our clients were living under, travis, and they were losing. they were still dodging bullets. the gains were still taking over. the only amendment an operation was the secon

that's because the l.a.nty board of supervisors this week raised the fines for throwing a football or frisbee on any beach in l.a. county during the summer season. there are designated ball-throwing and volley ball areas on the beach, and that's it. the 37-page ordinance calls for a $100 fine for first-time offenders. >>> up next tonight from the battlefield to the farm field, making a difference. ♪ a refrigerator has never been hacked. an online virus has never attacked a corkboard. ♪ give your customers the added feeling of security a printed statement or receipt provides... ...with mail. it's good for your business. ♪ and even better for your customers. ♪ for safe and secure ways to stay connected, visit usps.com/mail i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. hold up partner. prilosec can take days to work. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate

we have been in l.a. we had slavery and l.a. if we don't begin to understand invisible l.a., we are not going to build to help the people trapped in the skin tones, trapped in human sex trafficking. i know i'm not making any less overwhelming, but i'm tired of doing this puts us a call inside a house. i need the public to understand that it's not overwhelming. we could fix this stuff. if we could fix lapd, now is the time to turn to the county because they've had $24 billion of our money and they're not doing what we need to do at this. the county is overwhelming. if lapd was not both income and the county is k2. but you can still climb k2. it takes a whole lot more. i think i am missing this year jan. i just don't get overwhelmed by the size of the problem and often because i don't know enough about why i cannot do it again at achieving it because they just don't look at it that way. so don't look at these problems is overwhelming. notice they turn the bill back for intellectual property. i don't know how to do the virus doesn'

tour today in los angeles he's about ready to go to a basketball game the mayor of l.a. antonio is taking him to see the lakers play but his visit there of course much more than just fun and games cheney has been talking some major business in california where leaders have asked china to invest in major infrastructure projects and it turns out it's not just happening on the west coast as those shows us to rebuild america and repairs some of this crumbling infrastructure there's a good chance we might have to call on china more often to help. los angeles has rolled out the red carpet for the man who is likely the future leader of china but president xi jinping took a tour of the china shipping terminal where the company just completed a forty seven million dollar expansion at the port of los angeles more than one hundred twenty billion dollars of chinese goods pass through here just last year but trade isn't the only item on the agenda l.a. mayor antonio via rego's is also hoping that the chinese invest in the city's infrastructure including public transportation and port

alex is going to l.a. you'll have a great time.year's and we'll celebrate christmas then, o.k.? and you'll get together with vincent. promise? mr. wang got an important offer that could seriously improve his family's business-- to go to taiwan. this is the letter we've been waiting for. the letter? yes, from the company in taiwan. mr. wang: it's a definite offer. mrs. wang: they want you? mr. wang: they want me to work for them. mrs. wang: in taiwan? mr. wang: yes. vincent is really bothered by that because that would mean losing everything he knows. i think they should explain to him the situation and what is about to come and all that because kids... they build up a lot of things, imagine a lot of things what's going to happen. they don't know exactly what is to expect and things like that. mrs. wang: this is our home now. mr. wang: we will adjust. ramón delivers alex's present to rebecca. i just dropped by to give you this. it's a christmas present from alex. oh... alex is so sweet. he's a great kid. so he invites her to spend c

l.a. was up early, 21-12. let's stay in the first quarter. wanting to get involved in this jam session. he drives in for one of his two baskets. final seconds of the first half, remember this guy? the former wiz sadr, butler dialing long distance, his three falls at the buzzer. he is 13 points. at the break. second half we go. how about more from mo williams and more from griffin. the dunk, he has a game high 21 points. the wizards get crushed. a six straight loss to the clippers, dropping to 4-20. >> i have to give them credit. clips came out font and i think we played on a back to back. sitting here waiting on us and they jumped on right from the start. but you know, that's a good team over there. you know, really impressed me, seeing them for the first time in person. >> looked like a fun game to be at, too. this is a big weekend for the capitols. not only do they have back to back games, and tomorrow against boston. but they also got alex ovechkin back from a three-game suspension. get back in playoff positioning. in the east, three point

>> one of the men part of this rescue team is chuck groves part of the l.a. county fire department air op station. he's joining us right this minute. we noticed as you were pulling this guy up with the helicopter you were spinning around. what caused that spinning? >> in this run we used a tag line in order to control that spin and control any swaying, which was in place at the time that he left the ground. when he was about ten feet off the ground i noticed that he started to spin. at that time the tag line broke away which is what we would rather have because we don't want that rope flying around with us. it snapped away and allowed him to continue spinning up. >> was this driver, when you all arrived, was he conscious and did he have any communication with you all? >> he was able to communicate to us. didn't appear he was knocked out. fully alert and oriented, complained of some minor injuries at the time we weren't sure specifically how bad he was. >> can you put a number on how common rescues like this are? are you doing one of these a week? >> probably

it will be work its way into l.a. today. >> thanks so much, todd. >>> also coming up, more greek foot dragging. netflix flexes newfound strength, and time runs out on a celebrated squader. >>> plus, frustrated post-game comments send this super model to the dog house with his teammates. >>> eli manning visits mickey at magic kingdom and kobe finds yet another way to top shaq. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here's some of your top headlines this morning. iran is now facing tough new u.s. sanctions against its economy. the measures give american banks new power to freeze assets linked to the iranian government and will encourage israel to give sanctions more time before any potential military action against iran's nuclear program. >>> the two rival palestinian factions announced monday they have agreed on an interim unity government. in response, israel prime minister warned palestinian authority president he could have peace with israel or hamas but not b

i-40 and 15 around l.a.e soaked as well. >>> arnt delays possible in san fran, l.a., and miami. >>> jourry selection is under way in the trial of a university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his exgirlfriend. >> yeardley love was found dead almost two years ago. police accused george hughley of killing her yesterday. we'll have more on the trial later on on "gma." >>> and a key decision in the battle over gay marriage is expected today in california. an appeals court will rule whether a ban on gay marriage violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples. >>> and the los angeles school at the center of a child sex abuse scandal is replacing the entire staff. two teachers were arrested last week accused of fondling children and other lewd acts. many students didn't show up for class yesterday as angry parents protested. >>> made call study released overnight is offering relief to travelers concerned with getting blood clots while flying. the new guidelines are dispelling any notion

we have been in l.a. we had slavery and l.a. if we don't begin to understand invisible l.a., we are not going to build to help the people trapped in the skin tones, trapped in human sex trafficking. i know i'm not making any less overwhelming, but i'm tired of doing this puts us a call inside a house. i need the public to understand that it's not overwhelming. we could fix this stuff. if we could fix lapd, now is the time to turn to the county because they've had $24 billion of our money and they're not doing what we need to do at this. the county is overwhelming. if lapd was not both income and the county is k2. but you can still climb k2. it takes a whole lot more. i think i am missing this year jan. i just don't get overwhelmed by the size of the problem and often because i don't know enough about why i cannot do it again at achieving it because they just don't look at it that way. so don't look at these problems is overwhelming. notice they turn the bill back for intellectual property. i don't know how to do the virus doesn'

it opens in new york and l.a. on friday. tell us what the movie's about. >> this movie's called "undefeated." a -- the -- the coach of my son's little league baseball team's named daniel glasser, who works with harvey weinstein. and he turned me on to this film a couple of months ago. and we've been trying to figure out a way, me, myself and harvey, a way to do business together. he said, you have a film that you should get involved with. it's not something you do for money. you should do it out of love. >> jimmy: he tells everybody -- yeah. i think he says that to everybody. we'll see with the next one. [ laughter ] >> well, it worked. it worked because i watched this movie. and this movie truly blew me away. i lot of you guys don't know this. i had a dream i was an aspiring football player. i broke my leg the last day of football camp my senior year. and my dreams were deferred. when you're playing good, you're playing good in high school, everybody's on you. you're the cream of the crop. you know, the coaches is your best

.," the revital ilingse -- revitalize apings e founded after the unrest in l.a.9 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 proud

not just l.a. of course the san francisco bay bridge the one that goes from san francisco to oakland most of that was actually made in china when it was first built back in the thirty's that was a depression era project that put thousands of people to work pretty interesting that now that work is being outsourced to china when it's time to repair it sign of the times i guess coming up next on our t. is the capital account let's check in with barlow star to see what's on today's agenda lauren looks like it's a special birthday party today happy third birthday to the economic stimulus happy birthday to the economic stimulus do you remember when i was born christine i do like it was yesterday so we think this is a good opportunity to talk about and remind everybody how business works in washington when big money is at stake and we're going to look at the free trade agreements at least they were touted as free trade agreements remember they were passed at the end of the year last year well we're going