>> l.a. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. [ light laughter ] the l.a. part of los angeles. >> l.a. part. not los angeles, l.a. well, you know, i mean, what street did i live on? >> jimmy: well, what area? there's different areas. >> sort of the beverly hills, west hollywood area. my street sort of separated beverly hills and west hollywood. >> jimmy: because l.a.'s such a giant city. >> yeah. west l.a. -- >> jimmy: west l.a. type of vibe. and you love it in new york. now, it's your home.

the l.a. budget in the hundreds of millions, overcrowding continues to be a growing concern. >> as you can see, i've got concrete bars. you know, i don't have any place to expand. i can't make another cell. that's the achilles heel of jail systems everywhere, is how many inmates you have. that's your clients. >> the los angeles county jail has a higher inmate to guard ratio than any other county jail in the country. sheriff's deputies have to deal with the daily threat of getting stabbed, having feces thrown at them, and even contracting aids. for some deputies the stress is too much to handle. >> we've had guys come in just a day, day or two, and they look around and they're like i'm out of here. they'll give us the keys, and they won't even say they're out of here. next day we'll come in and they'll be gone. i'll go down and check it out. they'll be like, yeah, he resigned or -- because this is where you actually figure out if you really want to do this or not. >> five minutes. get ready. >>

>> l.a. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. [ light laughter ] the l.a. part of los angeles. >> l.a. part.my: well, what area? there's different areas. >> sort of the beverly hills, west hollywood area. my street sort of separated beverly hills and west hollywood. >> jimmy: because l.a.'s such a giant city. >> yeah. west l.a. -- >> jimmy: west l.a. type of vibe. and you love it in new york. now, it's your home. >> i do, i do. i love it. >> jimmy: you've been here -- i mean, did you ever think the show -- what is it in, 15th season? >> still -- >> jimmy: is it 13? >> no, we just got picked up for our 14th season. >> jimmy: congratulations. >> i know. >> jimmy: that's amazing. [ cheers and applause ] that's so cool. >> it's so great. >> jimmy: and it's still -- the quality has always been up there. it's a major hit. and we love ice. he's been on the show a couple times. >> love ice. we love ice a little more every year. >> jimmy: ice-t is awesome. he's a good man. >> oh, so much fun. >> jimmy: but did you ever think it would go this long? do you, like -- "this is crazy." >> you know, it's so

back at l.a.ounty 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. they don't get time around guys like me anymore to tell them they 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 gangster. 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 kill innocent women and children. if you live that way, most cops will let you make a

if you are in l.a. with 800,000 students, with a school that has 1200, you may have 4 or 5 or even 8 kindergarten classrooms. of those, you might be able to pull out a quarter of your kindergarteners and make them tk-ers and have a classroom. for us, that is not true because we do not have the space and we do not have enough students. even after three years of tk, we would have only had, if you average it out, we would not have enough tk-ers for one classroom. if you take 1000 students, 70 elementary sites, average it out and you have about 15 tk-ers. are you starting to see the issues here? >> very complicated. >> yes. these are all the little things we have been working with for it very robust pre-k for our county. not necessarily true in other counties. why can l.a. implement so easily and not us? it is because we are two different systems. we have different issues we have to deal with. what does all of this mean? here we are, trying to put together this new 25% of a grade. in the middle of it, the g

the "l.a.his family will have his brain examined to see if he suffered damage from repeated head injury. >>> health officials say dozens of people who came in contact with a researcher who died suddenly have received antibiotics. the cdc says richard din became ill after being fatally infected by a bacteria from his own laboratory. ben tracy reports. >> reporter: 25-year-old richard den worked at a lab at san francisco va hospital. he was studying a rare strain of bacteria that can cause blood infection, or meningitis. dr. harry lampiris is head of infection disease section. >> he went home on friday at 5 p.m. at 7 p.m. he started to develop symptoms of fatigue, headache and chills. >> reporter: he died just 17 hours later. as many as 60 people who may have come in contact with him have been given antibiotics as a precaution. the disease can be spread through sneezing, coughing and kissing. >> we were concerned there might have been a spill. but this was a highly competent and experienced indiv

the l.a. kings beat the coyotes 4-3 in o.t. series to advance to their first stanley cup final since 1993. >>> to miami for a physical game five between the heat and pacers. hansbrough fouls dwyane wade hard. hasbro given a flagrant foul. udonis haslem takes down hansbrough. he pops right back up. haslem given a flagrant. i'm getting a sense these two teams don't like each other. heat up nine at the half and run away with it in the third. lebron james' beautiful pass to a streaking wade. miami up 16. then flash with the hail mary to james. miami takes control of the series with a 115-83 win. they can advance to the eastern conference finals with a win tomorrow. >>> baseball, carlos pena hit a home run halfway to orlando. 452 feet to be exact. chicks dig the long ball. but i don't know if they like this look. luke scott with pena donning the spartan helmets. this is sparta. no, carlos, this is tampa. and the rays win, 8-5. >>> that's your first look at sports. i'm mario solis. >> now for another look at the weather. here is nbc

the l.a.e verge of sweeping st. louis. drew doughty scores the final goal as kings take down the blues 4-2 for a 3-0 series lead. on sunday, l.a. could clinch their first trip to the conference final since 1993. >>> and in overtime, alexei upon co-rov ski smacks his own rebound into the net giving the new jersey devils a 4-3 victory over the philadelphia flyers. they now lead the eastern conference semifinals 2-1. >>> when we return, fire scare. health concerns after the death of a lab worker who handled a rare strain of bacteria. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washing wash d.c., partly cloudy, 86. atlanta, thunderstorms, 86. st. louis, partly sunny, 90. denver, mostly sunny, 84. seattle, mostly cloudy and 56. >>> the san diego medical examiner's office has ruled that former nfl star junior seau committed suicide. his body was found wednesday at his beach-front home with a gunshot wound to the chest. the l.a. "times" reports they'll have his brain exam

when were you -- >> moved to l.a. when i was 16.ot of -- yeah. but you also studied at the groundlings, right? >> i did. i was there for seven years. you did -- >> jimmy: so you did sketches and all that stuff. >> yeah. >> jimmy: but then, you kind of got a little notoriety on the internet for this thing that you were doing. you and your friend were -- explain this. >> right. okay. i did a pilot. initial episode, didn't get picked up. it was called "nobody's watching." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: mission accomplished, brother! mission accomplished! >> got released online. people liked it online. we got a deal to do stuff online. and the characters -- the two main characters were people -- tv's biggest fans. so, the game -- our viral online game was get on tv as much as possible. >> jimmy: yeah. >> so, we did "days of our lives." we did "scrubs." >> jimmy: like, as extras? >> just in the background. literally standing in the background just spiking the lens. like, as the actors are doing their thing. just literally staring right in the le

hip hop came out, and reminded l.a.gster but you are evolutionary. >> john singleton is going to talk to us in a second about that. he is the director of "boys in the hood," and he is the first african american who was nominated as best director and at the age of 24 was the youngest to be nominated as well. here is one more clip from the movie. >> we got to the courthouse just as the defendants were talking out. [ shouting ] >> i just lost it i became one of the crowd i'm jeering and stuff. and i'm chasing one of the defendants, and i turn around and there are all of these cameras chasing me. and then what happened is -- ♪ not guilty not guilty ♪ >> wow, that's really interesting, and here is john singleton. great to have you here. that was a fascinating thing we just watched right there, right? so talk to me about your role in what went down right after the verdicts. >> well, i was actually on my way to work, we were shooting my second film "poetic justice." and we were doing a scene out of the valley. and this was the

president obama plays host to david beck and and the l.a. -- beckham and the l.a. galaxy. >> the police service of northern ireland said it kept body parts in more than 60 cases of suspicious deaths between 1960 and 2005. families are concerned that they are only now being informed. two police forces kept body parts and tissue samples of 89 suspicious death cases without notifying relatives. the man who ran a brothel has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. he is 44. he was found guilty of 10 charges relating to sexual offenses against underage girls. he hunted and stock those from troubled ben of backgrounds -- hounded and stalked those from troubled backgrounds. recruitment of new employees is to prepare for the period following the olympics. >> this is newsday on the bbc. >> i am in london. good to have you with us. the headlines, france's new president has felt to work with germany to boost growth. >> greece looks at 45 selections. -- set for fresh selection. fears of a euro exit. a police a shortage. it makes the job of tackling crime difficult. to fill some of

is l.a. a pretender or contender. al night nba finals are here and the world champion lakers are hoping to be one of the two finalists. dilutional fan alert. check out the woman stepping on to the floor. she is a known nugget stalker who has been banned from this arena. kobe, two of his 22, puts the lakers up four inside four minutes. he answers and we are tied at 86 with a minute left. the lakers fire back. the wide open three and the lakers go on to win it 92-88 and they are up 3-1 in this series. nick lead the heat by three and lebron james buries the three. we are tied at 84. but caramel low anthony says i got 3 right here. snapping an nba record 13-game playoff losing streak, but they are still down 3-1 in the series. >> all right, there is so much young talent on the pga tour. it looks like we have a winner every game. today it was ricky fowler's turn. he was rolling in the birdie putt and puts him at 14 under. wasted opportunities and it is par and a win on 18. first bogie in 40 holes. the u.s. open champ and m

l.a. angels at oakland. angels got off to a fast start, scoring three in the top of the first inning. and in the third, albert pujols slammed a no-doubter into stands his third homer in a week, putting l.a. up by four. c.j. wilson with eight shutout innings with seven strikeouts. angels beat the a's 5-0. >>> in philadelphia, bryce harper tripled in the third inning driving in two runs for the nationals. rick ankiel led off the fourth with a solo homer. washington beat the phillies 5-2. the nats' sixth straight win playing in philadelphia. >>> finally, a taste of olympic glory for singer will i. am. of the black eyed peas. beginning with a stroll while tweeting his fans with the torch in his hands. he joined the olympic torch relay through a town in southwestern england, breaking into a jog as fans cheered from the roadside. he called it a surreal moment. london games, by the way, begin july 27th. >>> when we come back, wedding crashers, giant twisters, make a surprise -- are you kidding? a surprise appearanc

l.a., partly sunny and 65. >>> now for a check of today's national forecast. showers and thunderstorms will roll through the ohio valley. severe storms will develop from the lower mississippi and tennessee valleys to north carolina. it will be rainy from new york to new england and it will be very warm in the west with temperatures hitting the 90s in the northwest and the 100s in the desert areas. >>> in sports the brewers' ryan braun swung some heavy lumber against the padres. he smacked three home runs in the game for the first time in his career. he's now the first player do that at petco park since it opened in 2004. milwaukee, 8-3 over san diego. >>> in basketball, defending champs the dallas mavericks are in a deep hole. in the fourth, kevin durant drains the fallaway jumper to put oklahoma city up by three. jason terry has a chance to tie at the buzzer but misses both shots. the thunder rolls past dallas, 102-99, for a 2-0 series lead. >>> lebron james and the heat are burning up th

keep that in mind driving between l.a. and phoenix today. some of the heat snuck up to medford but that's a thing of the past. seattle only 58 yesterday, you're 55 this morning, cloudy, there's showers around, and the cold front is about to move throughp this is an unseasonably strong cold front for this time of year. this is going to blow through today, we're going to see windy conditions with it with areas of rain and then not going to deal with flooding concerns but on the coastal areas of oregon to washington, half inch to inch of rainfall and then snow levels will drop enough later tonight that in the high mountain areas above 4,000 feet in the cascades we could get snow this evening. the rain associated with the front will move onshore as we go throughout your morning, even showers well out ahead back by spokane. as far as the forecast goes today, that chance of rain on and off really from about northern california up through the northwest, we're hot in the desert areas and l.a., san francisco, and everyone in between, kind of stuck in

they won it 4-0. >>> david beckham, and the rest of the l.a. galaxy honored for winning the mls championship and president obama didn't miss the chance to take a shot at the aging superstar, david beckham. >> i have to say i gave david a hard time. i said, half his teammates could be his kids. a rare man who can be that tough on the field and also have his own line of underwear. >> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> recognizing someone who regularly makes us laugh, the early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. not e-mail or texting, remember handwriting? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." it's a very slow weather day. good time to take a peek at paradise and let our imaginati n imaginations rome. 83 in honolulu, most of the islands looking good, typical afternoon shower possible in helio, but most of your day will be dry. in the west dry about everywhere. it's going to be hard to find any wet weather today. yesterday 90 in salt lake city, today 85, pacific north

he was last seen by his family thursday in an l.a. suburb of burbank. they say he is believed to be despondent and carrying a handgun but he is not a threat to anyone but himself. >> he works in national security type cases so counter-terrorism matters and that is really all i can say regarding the case work. starting today >> starting today the pentagon have been excluded from those jobs because the roles were either too close to ground combat were directly involved in combat but advocates push for a change of policy >> the city of oakland is urging the public to send any video or photos that may have caught vandals in the act. the request refers to may 1st when vandals painted graffiti and smashed windows at banks and other businesses downtown. city attorney barbara parker released a statement saying the city would not tolerate protesting for the sake of causing damage. uc-berkeley president and the uc-davis chancellor will testify at that hearing tuesday. lawmakers say the report was alarming and showed a lack of leadership at the campus. >> welcome

third time's a charm for the l.a. clippers. after squandering a 3-1 series lead, the clippers finally got it right in game seven against the grizzlies. the bench getting it done in the fourth quarter, scoring 25 of their final 27 points. nick young draining 13. clippers send the grizzlies to an early hibernation with an 89-79 win. they advance to play the top seeded spurs. >>> to miami, lebron james getting his mvp award, and then he shows everyone why he's the most valuable player in the league, scoring 32 points against indiana. in fact, lebron and dwyane wade outscore the entire pacers team by four points in the second half. heat take game one, 95-86. >>> to hockey, game one of the western conference finals, kings and coyotes tied at 2-2 in the third. dustin brown with another huge goal. seems like every game the l.a. captain steps up in a big way. his seventh goal of the postseason. kings are a perfect 6-0 on the road. they win, 4-2. >>> golf, the tpc at sawgrass was pretty in pink for mother's day and so was matt kuchar. d

. >> gave you a statistical -- >> if you take l.a., 6% of the vehicles use it. >> 6% of the cars in l.a. use wave and not google maps or android navigator. >> it's not that they are not using those. they are using wave. >> it's not exclusive. >> we're a free app on top of an operating system. the amazing thing is it's not that users grow slowly over time. you're frustrated and banging your head against the wall. can't figure out why it's not working and it takes off. it becomes like the movies. an overnight success that's a long way. >> do you have a tie-in to a local radio station that does traffic reports? >> we have ties to local tv stations. when you begin hitting critical mass your data becomes interesting. you know things before traditional technology knows about it. we partnershiped with tv stations locally in l.a., san francisco, philadelphia, chicago. in the morning show you will see data from other users. >> are they paying you, you paying them? >> we cooperate. we'll see where it goes. there are things every morning. >> what is kgo you speak of? >> yeah. >> in a sense there i

as you can see, we have had recent coverage in the "l.a. times" and the hollywood reporter and a location died. our rebate program was the topic of conversation at a recent california film commission brunch for more than 200 producers. a panel spoke about shooting the hbo film in san francisco. that was a great meeting to be at, because those producers were taking down notes and coming up to me afterwards and arresting more about the program. we got a lot of coverage from that one breakfast. the combination of this recent press and positive reaction at the breakfast is creating buzz about san francisco and our rebate program. i expect this to translate into more production shooting here in the near future. overall, i feel the scene in san francisco rebate program has been a great success. since 2006, the city has rebated a little more than $1.5 million. those productions paid more than $12 million in wages, employed almost 4,000 when you add in the background actors, and had a direct local spend of more than $40 million. i think these numbe

it's a setback for the l.a. woman who sued because the civic did not get the mileage honda had promised. heather peters won a judgment earlier this year. she encouraged other hybrid owners to try that very same tactic. unfortunately a judge overturned the judgment just this morning, saying fuel economy claims are for comparison, and do not account for various factors that can affect mileage. he also says the automakers' claims are not promises of anything. and speaking of fuel economy, yeah, wasn't too long ago we were sweating the idea of gas hitting the ugly $5 a gallon mark. but hey, mildly good news. it looks like the prices are actually going in the other direction, after peaking at the end of march. gas prices across the nation now have been in a steady decline. analysts crediting lower demand and higher summer supplies. >> enough refineries producing it, and guess what, we get a little leveling off here. a little drop at the pump over the last several weeks. i think you'll see a continual drop for the nex

the president raisie ining $15 million at a dinner in l.a. last night, attended by hollywood celebrities. some of those in attendance paid up to $40,000 for that dinner, others bought a raffle ticket for just $23 for a chance to rub elbows with the president and hollywood's elite including george clooney. >>> well, l.a., just the start of president obama, back in california coming up on may 23rd right here in the bay area. three fundraisers in one day. those will be in redwood city, palo alto, and abiton. 35,800 per person. >> and we want you to come to work the next day too. >> yeah, i'll be here. >>> the u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood told jerry brown and lawmakers the obama administration will not wait until the fall deadline. instead, he's urging lawmakers to approve the rail project in the next budget vote next month. lahood want the government wants to make sure that they are committed before allocating the $3.3 billion to start construction. the $6 billion project is expected to start that construction next year. >>> meantime

the l.a.l had playoff games in the same arena, four games in two days. >> it's great for the fans but unprecedented for the work crews who have to clean up and change things around. lee cowen went behind the scenes to see how they do it. >> reporter: in a city transformation inside l.a.'s gleaming downtown arena would make even the best surgeon's head spin. the staples center is the proud home of both the l.a. lakers and the clippers. and beneath their two very different courts lies an ice rink. that's home to the nhl's kings. but for the first time in 13 years, those three roommates are in the playoffs all at the same time, which makes home field advantage a little complicated. >> when we're done today, we'll this building after tonight's game. there are buildings that don't do that in years. >> reporter: exactly. >> and that's in this season. >> reporter: lee is sort of the mayor of the staples center. he presses the public like running for re-election but he might be accused of being a bit

. >> and there is a former member of the earthquakes now with l.a. gal yachlsy. >> research shows one in 10 of us is watching television shows on something other than the tv. >> there is more on the trend.

and the author of "left turn, a liberal media bias distorts the american mind" and he joins us from l.a. where he is officially the first person up. good morning to you, tim. >> that's right. thank you, steve. >> you know, in 2008, nobody in the mainstream media said hey, what -- where's the hope and

the president invited beckham and his teammates from the l.a. galaxy to grate their major league championship victory. the players will then join first lady michelle obama for a special soccer clinic for students. it's part of the let's move campaign. due to weather, the clinic will be held indoors. uh-oh -- in the state dining room. >> hope they don't have any breakables in there. >>> a paralympic athlete from baltimore received special recognition from first lady michelle obama. swimmer jessica long had her legs amputated as a baby. now she has seven gold medals. she says meeting the first lady was even cooler than winning the gold. mrs. obama said she hopes jessica and other olympic athletes inspire children to be active and fit. >> as a child, jessica watched

let's go to from l.a. to heat.much better today. 22 of his 30 points in the second half. miami caught fire in the third. lebron is leading the way. 40 points and 18 rebounds and one assist short of a triple-double. miami ties this series two apiece. let's tee it up at the byron nelson championship. the lone star state's native son. jj henry and the shot of the day came in one day. par 3, fifth. draws it back and are you kidding me? an ace. he took the lead at 11 under. drops into third place. meanwhile, the 25-foot birdie putt on 18 to win. you dream about these putts. he got it. one stroke victory and his second win in four weeks and only the second play with multiple wins on tour this season. he was reported to the u.s. men's national team camp in orlando trying to i can ma the 23-player squad that will compete in three friendlies and two world cup qualify yes, sirs. he leads with 11 goals and 12 games and that's well deserved. >> if you are a sports fan in l.a. it was a great day. >> that's, shu. and thank you f

today the l.a. city council will vote on a ban on camping in city parks. it is trying to go into effect before crews take down a fence that has surrounded city hall for months. the proposed ordinance includes a specific ban on tense but homeless advocates say that some people have no other place to stay >> in campaign 2012 is a cbs new york times poll shows the presidential race and neck in neck. mitt romney leads president obama 46-43% which is a dead heat when you take into account the margin of error. one in four respondents say they're less likely to vote for the president because of his support for same-sex marriage. nearly 60 percent said it has no effect. republican presidential candidate ron paul he essentially suspended his campaign yesterday. he e-mail some supporters saying he will no longer put money into states with primaries. >> the sign of the san bruno explosion and fire is starting to resemble a neighborhood that it once was a few years back. it welcome home killed eight people, destroyed 38 homes, more than two dozen homes are in the proc

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

let's go to from l.a. to heat. duane wade much better today. 22 of his 30 points in the second half. miami caught fire in the third. lebron is leading the way. 40 points and 18 rebounds and one assist short of able. triple-double. miami ties this series two apiece. let's tee it up at the byron nelson championship. the lone star state's native son. jj henry and the shot of the day came in one day. par 3, fifth. draws it back and are you kidding me? an ace. he took the lead at 11 under. drops into third place. meanwhile, the 25-foot birdie putt on 18 to win. you dream about these putts. he got it. one stroke victory and his second win in only the and only the second play with multiple wins on tour this season. he was reported to the u.s. men's national team camp in orlando trying to i can ma the 23-player squad that will compete in three friendlies and two world cup qualify yes, sirs. he leads with 11 goals and 12 games and that's well deserved. >> if you are a sports fan in l.a. it was a great day. >> that's, shu. a

yes, manny paquo is now banned from the grove, an l.a. shopping mall for his comments on gay marriage. yes, in an interview he considered the best boxer in the world addressed owe bough -- obama's endorsement by saying, obey god's law first. god only expects man and woman to be together and legally married. it should not be st -- be of the same sex. that goes out to you, travolta. >> alleged. >> the grove owned by mall magnet rick carusoe blacklisted the boxer via twitter writing, beakser manny pacquio is not welcome at the grove. it is welcome for all and not a place for intoll inteligence. -- intolerance. wow. pacquio said he is not against gay people. he said, i only say same sex mirnlg is against the law of god -- same-sex marriage is against the law of god. he is just saying that. i was once banned from a mall. i was doing yoga near the food court. >> things fell apart after that. she got into some bad, bad things. i don't want to get into it here except to say -- >> john gibson. >> st's always john gibson. >> anthony you were saying