talk about l.a. in a little bit, why this book set as it is in world war ii and why this topic for this novel. >> in profidia, and in the second dahlia quartet, which takes characters from my initial l.a. quartet, and places them -- >> rolls them forward. >> yes, backward. >> backward, typically, right. >> to world war ii, and they were much younger people. in world war ii, i have finally found an event big enough to say to my literal megalo mania i don't know why it's taken me this long. the stakes were high. >> yeah, they were. >> this is a historical romance, it's about big people, big ideas, big allegiances, big politics, anti minimalist, anti nilist, it's a devout novel. >> it's romantic, it has all the things you said, but it's a crime novel, it's the kind of thing that you produced but you produced it differently than most people produce crime, it's not through the front door crime novel, it's about so many other things. >> in the initial l.a. quartet, i merged the crime novel and the historic

and what is l.a.? l.a.ino, vietnamese, thai, samoan, bangladeshi. everybody has left their mark, continues to shape the town, determine its character. k-town exists upside its latino neighbors and i guess it's natural that both choe and choi identity very much with mexican street culture. few things embody that particularly southern california latino street culture more than low riding. ♪ esteban is a photographer, chronicler of everything iconic at the crossroads of hip-hop, design, tattooing, fashion and low-riding. >> the old-timers, they used to cut the coils or put sandbags in their truck to make them lower. then around the '70s is when they got popular. >> why these particular models of cars? >> it's pretty much always been late '50s all the way through the '60s and the '70s. then the '80s came, they started bringing in the cadillacs and the regals. the most classic well-known car for low riding is probably the '64 impala. >> how many korean low riders are there? >> there's a few asian ones sprinkled

is pinning its hopes on l.a. thinks itrnian city has what it takes to snatch the hosting privilege from european favorites. >> there is a little sad is today. that is being felt in paris and rome. their prospects for getting these olympics just went down substantially because l.a. is now in the mix. >> the olympic committee has to look to september to submit its decision to the international olympic committee. a welcome development in light of the doomed boston bid. it had been first choice but retracted its candidacy in the face of dwindling local support. angeles, we have 70 plus percent of the people who want us to bring the olympics to los angeles. l.a. has estimated the cost of hosting the summer games at $5.8 billion. low thanks tovely l.a. having already hosted the games twice before. the u.s. is the biggest investor in the games and has vowed to put all of its weight behind the l.a. bid. whether that is enough to beat off paris, rome, hamburg and budapest will be announced in september of 2017. in peru. >

l.a.accent but you can tell where i moved from tell where i moved from just by listening to me. i'll just start with this. i first became interested in the lapd when i moved from manhatta to los angeles in the 1970s. i was a public school teacherblc working in the south bronx. it reflected the wild discord of the streets outside. the vibe turned edgy as my subway car ground through thegot most violent neighborhoods without a cop ever in sight. back then, nypd officers and their counterparts seem to never be around when you wished they were. when they were you couldn't help but notice the weary slump of their shoulders and the disheveled appearance that announce their disillusionment with their jobs when i arrived in l.a., i wasthi astounded by how different lapd officers were. it it was clearto they hadn't given up. they had the look and bearing ot the prototype model that they actually were for the film rowboat cop and they acted theob part. like the rest of the lapd, they had been traine

beantown bailed out leaving l.a. to pick up the proverbial torch. if l.a. wins it would be the third time hosting the games following those in 1932 and 1984, the winner won't be announced for another two years. >>> a possible turning point for wall street. all signs pointing to a positive open this morning. stock futures showing some much needed advances. that would follow another steep sell-off on wall street yesterday. traders were spooked by more reports about china's economy slowing more than previously thought. all three major averages lost about 3%. it's already been a calm day of trading in asia and europe. >>> a major warning from the fda about powdered caffeine. the agency sent letters to the five distributors of the substance, saying that the products put consumers at risk. a teaspoon of caffeine powder is about equal to 28 couples of coffee. the fda says it's very easy to overdose. the letters follow the overdose deaths last year of two young men. consumer advocacy groups want them banned. >>> you can soon get breakfast all day at mc. as of octob

it's pouring in l.a. they've had 1.25 around the l.a. area. there are flood watches and warnings. incredible rain down there. 50s and 60s for us on the temps. there is a westerly breeze in place. there goes the one system. crazy wind up at bridgeport. 7100 feet. thank you for that, kelly. light rain in the central sierra. it will make it to the north. i will see if it makes it down there. let me deal with it tomorrow. 60s and 70s, staying cool and breezy. here is stall with an up-- sal with an update on the traffic. >>> good morning. we'll start in the east bay and look at the eastshore freeway. remember, the was time is 18 minutes. right now it's taking more than double that. 45 minutes to drive from the carquinez bridge to the mauz -- to the macarthur maze. you will see that traffic is going to be slow as you drive into san francisco. most of the waiting is going to come at the toll plaza once you get on the bridge. it's moderate. we have problems on vasco road. we had earlier incidents. if you take vasco road it will be slow almost all the way through. we've had some minor cras

what if there was a team this l.a.? nobody could threaten to go to l.a. [laughter] it would be terrible. now you can, and it's very, very effective. so you have that aspect of dealing with local governments, local government also offers subsidies. and then there was another, there's another little interesting aspect to this, and that is if rosell wanted something from the senate or the house, he would go to powerful senators and say, you know, we really need this or that. and we will, we will try to bring you an expansion franchise for your state, your district or whatever. and poor howard baker of tennessee, he got, he got flipped on this by rosell i don't know how many times and fell for the story. and finally a team finally came that was well after rosell and baker. but that's the kind of thing they did. they would promise expansion with no intentions of doing any expansion. but it was an interesting, an interesting game. so that's part of -- and then the tax breaks and, you know, that sort of thing. >> host: a facade of devotion to the free enterprise

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astros win so l.a. half game out in the wild card with 6 to play. summer filled with promotion appearance. charity event and trophy travel. is over. time for the champ to start building towards a repeat run. coming off championship much wiger turn out for the warriors media day this afternoon than in year past. reigning mvp says getting refocus is more between the ear than the leg. >> mentally for us is the bi biggest think of how we appreciate this season tell with keeping our hunger and fire and our vision. >> we have been through what it take an added more depth so i'm excited with what we are bringing to the table this year and get new guy to the claim it and kind of getting our groove right where we left off. >> new guy is ben gordon. aaron rodgers and packers who hosted smith and chiefs on monday night football. romp hers a field day. mont come i-8 yard score. went to cal. montgomery stanford and jones spartan. san jose state gain of georgia yards. of touch counsel tonight and set up rodgers fifth td pass of the gym. flight to cobb. packers 3

l.a. has done that by reducing water usage by roughly a quarter.week the major announced a plan to lease 250 electric and hybrid cars, the largest city-owned fleet in the country. all efforts peterson hopes will inspire chinese cities to step up their commitments to climate change. >>> esig ret -- ic cigarettes are now restricted in national parks. the director says the move is out of an abundance of caution for the health of employees and visitors. >>> thanks for watching, i'm stephanie sy. the news continues next live from doha. have a great morning. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to the al jazeera news hour. i'm martine dennis in doha. germany and austria call for a special summit on the refugee c crisis. >> i think the situation is extremely dangerous. >> condemnation from the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. after israeli security forces storm a mosque for

new york city. >> stor >> l.a. man turned heads on the recent trip to new york. logan paul shot video of himself doing the splits just to get funny reaction. most people ignored him it's new york after all. rising star on social peed yeah. more than 8 million followers on vine and half million on twitter. so that's what it takes. >> yes. that's it. pretty simple rate. >> i could did that. i couldn't get up. >> why not. >> i pulled a muscle just watching. >> all right larry. >> sports tonight. >> big day. giants and dodger dodgers. playing most important series of the tonight in l.a. 3 and a half game lead over the g men and extra innings of course. and innings of course. and hopefully we have the game >> giants made a trade acquiring outfielder from baltimore and about his to be. tthiin261. 7 homers. 32 rbi. filling the void until hunter returns. pivotal serie series. ending the dog day of august. lead over the giants make or break match up for beth teams. tell he's working the ice cream. jake with some nasty stuff for palo alto product. peterson freeze on the ou

. >> we have all the changes in l.a. we need to be the leaders in l.a. california. >> peterson stands on the front lines of that fight, the city's first sustainability officer, part of the aggressive push to slash emissions by 80% over five years. >> it's an ambition goal. >> if you thing about the targets, we have to set the targets and figure out how to hit the targets. >> reporter: the mayor will lead the discussions. local leaders will gather here to spell out plans. combined, the u.s. and china are responsible for nearly half the world's carbon dioxide emissions. the u.s. vowing to splash its own emissions by 30%. china agreed to redo the peak by 2030. the summit will be the first step in making good on president obama. and chinese president's promise. >> why is it important for city leaders? >> we know that cities are responsible for up to 70% of all greenhouse gas inations in the world. cities -- imitions. we know that city is aware. mayors and cities are setting the targets ahead of the government. l.a. his done that reducing by a quarter. last w

we're taking you to l.a. for the 67th annual emmy awards. >> "ok tv" on the emmy red carpet coming up. >> then new video, jennifer lopez smoelders in a white cutout bodysuit. and breaking couples news? why katy perry and john mayer may be giving it another go and why a member of the jenner-kardashian clan is linked and sandra bullock goes blonde. we have a neeksneak peek of her new dramady. >> what happened to your hair? >> millions of you read it and now watch us. your entertainment news source starts now. welcome to "ok tv." we have an exciting show lined up for you to day. let's kick things off with the hollywood wrap. sexy new video, jennifer lopez working the crowd in this barely there white bodysuit. >> everybody sing. >> the 46-year-old showing off her flawless figure performing her hits at the i heart music festival. she also used the opportunity to announce her upcoming residency which kicks off in january. breaking couples news, katy perry and john mayer are back together. the pair reportedly puttin

normally l.a. gets .24 for september.ad over an inch of rain today. 50s and 60s on your temps. most locations are running a little cooler here than 24 hours ago. about 2-3 degrees cooler. there is a decent breeze. we will get more sunshine today than yesterday. but it's staying on the cool side. west wind i expect that breeze to pick up. here comes our next system. this will sweep in tomorrow and bring rain to the north bay. drizzle this morning. 60s and 70s on the temps. sunny side up and hot. that is not the case here. cloud it up on wednesday. it looks like rain wednesday afternoon and evening. maybe for the evening commute. maybe and then we will clear it out thursday. the weekend does look warmer. >> for the evening commute tomorrow. that is good to know. people want to plan ahead for the morning and might make different commute options. >> it will probably be drizzle tomorrow morning. >> okay. >>> time is 6:53. following donald trump's lead. coming up in 20 minutes well known billionaire businessman who may also con

l.a. had .93. culver city an inch and a quarter. normal l.a. rainfall for september is .24.inch of rain today. wettest ever. and jim posted this out. i wanted to net gist in. .93 and counting. [ inaudible ] moisture in the air is really high. so it's tropical like. 50s and 60s on the temps for us. everyone is pretty close. westerly component. west at santa rosa. west hayward. west at livermore. the fresh on shore breeze rained down toward fresno right now. san joaquin valley. there is our system for wednesday. it will make it for north bay. i'm going to fine tune all of this tomorrow. mostly cloudy this morning with drizzle. with 60s and also 70s on our temps. and temperatures staying on the cool side with increasing clouds coming in wednesday. it looks like rain to the north. not sure much will make it south of sfo and oakland. but we will keep an eye out on it and does look warmer as we go into the weekend. we'll focus on that rain for tomorrow. that looks like a decent system north. >> is pam going to see anymore rain drops? >> tomorrow, yes. >>> 5:50 is the time now. nfl

astros win so l.a. half game out in the wild card with 6 to play.ion appearance. charity event and trophy travel. is over. time for the champ to start building towards a repeat run. coming off championship much wiger turn out for the warriors media day this afternoon than in year past. reigning mvp says getting refocus is more between the ear than the leg. >> mentally for us is the bi biggest think of how we appreciate this season tell with keeping our hunger and fire and our vision. >> we have been through what it take an added more depth so i'm excited with what we are bringing to the table this year and get new guy to the claim it and kind of getting our groove right where we left off. >> new guy is ben gordon. aaron rodgers and packers who hosted smith and chiefs on monday night football. romp hers a field day. mont come i-8 yard score. went to cal. montgomery stanford and jones spartan. san jose state gain of georgia yards. of touch counsel tonight and set up rodgers fifth td pass of the gym. flight to cobb. packers 3 and o for the 38-28 win on

in l.a. three men and a dog were saved from rushing water in the l.a. river. no one including the dog had any serious injuries. >>> rain in southern california created a mess for drivers. massive must slide covering the streets in orange county. silverado canyon road was blocked off to traffic because of it. bulldozers brought in to sweep up piles of muddy debris. >> in california we want rain but sometimes that's the result. >>> the ground is so hard packed from the four years of drought. the latest computer models suggest we'll have a strong el nino in the bay area by january. so it gives us time to start preparing around our houses and neighborhoods. good morning, our live hi-def doppler not picking up rain yet. but we have cloud cover outdoors as we take a bird's eye view towards the bay bridge. don't the waters look calm? this is one of the coolest temperatures i have seen all season. 47 in santa rosa. it's in the 50s in san jose. it's in the 60s in throughout the tri-valley. it is now 60 degrees in oakland. here's what we need to know today. if you want

this is what we do here in l.a.nd happened upon this colorful gentleman. >> i think people are too much into air conditioning. i think we need to allow our body to adjust, you know. if you go back 20, 40 years, not so many people have air conditioning. it's more a new thing. but think about like 100 years ago. who turned on the air conditioning then? >> yeah, but they were so sweaty they probably don't look pretty 100 years ago. i like to be refrigerated. >> i like to smell your sweat. >> jimmy: good-bye, weirdo. back to you, christine. that might very well be the creepiest thing i've ever seen on the local news. not only is it hot here, we're in the middle of a long and very serious drought. our governor jerry brown issued mandatory water restrictions for the first time ever. we never had that in california. it's important to make sure we all do our part to conserve. so i decided to ride along with the l.a. department of water and power water conservation unit, a real unit that patrols the city to make sure water i

and still looking warm from l.a.ix houchblgt are we going keep the warm in the los angeles area? seems like a good portion of the early summer. then a break and now the heat has returned and looks to stay with us through the weekend. saturday 98, 94 sunday. monday back to the 80s where we should be for this time of year but still warm stuff late in september. >> always in september though. l.a. is the hottest month. >> it is known fur that. >> indeed. amy schumer is writing a memoir. the actress and comedian has been given an advance of between 8 and $10 million. and check this out. a new interactive video for star wars, the force awakens, gives fans a 360 degree view of the desert planet of jaku. this aboard a speeder bike. >>> there she is. gorgeous oscar winner anne hathaway. who apparently totally lost it having a fan girl moment when she saw one of her favorite singers, maria carey. >>> the decision for a lawsuit between d.c. comics and a man who produces replicas of the cars. the judge quoted the caped crusader

the giants lose plus the dodgers win puts l.a.'s magic number to win the west now at 3. >>> fans at the coliseum filing in for tomorrow's zito-hudson matchup. ace didn't give the fans much of a show yet. top of the 8th prince fielder two-run jack made it 8-1. that was the final as the rangers get a sweep in oakland. >>> sunday the 49ers visit arizona. a 2-0 football team that's been one of the most impressive so far this season. but cardinals head coach bruce arians isn't buying the hype others are dishing out. >> they are patting you in the back looking for a soft spot where to stick the knife, you know? same guy patting us on the back saying we are going to lose the next 10 in a row. he might be right. >> the raiders and browns on our air on sunday. wayne, give it to me one more time. [ bell tolls ] >> giants, you better win

the giants loss plus the dodgers win puts l.a.'s magic number to win the west now at 3. >>> fans at the coliseum filing in for tomorrow's zito-hudson matchup. a's didn't give the fans much of a show yesterday. top of the 8th prince fielder two-run jack made it 8-1. that was the final as the rangers get a sweep in oakland. >>> sunday the 49ers visit arizona. a 2-0 football team that's been one of the most impressive so far this season. but cardinals head coach bruce arians isn't buying the hype others are dishing out. >> they are patting you in the back looking for a soft spot where to stick the knife, you know? same guy patting us on the back saying we are going to lose the next 10 in a row. he might be right. >> the raiders and browns on our air on sunday. wayne, give it to me one more time. [ bell tolls ]

meet a map who decided become the main attraction during the visit to new york city. >> >> l.a. man turned heads on the recent trip to new york. logan paul shot video of himself doing the splits just to get funny reaction. most people ignored him it's new york after all. rising star on social peed yeah. more than 8 million followers on vine and half million on twitter. so that's what it takes. >> yes. that's it. pretty simple rate. >> i could did that. i couldn't get up. >> why not. >> i pulled a muscle just watching. >> all right larry. >> sports tonight. >> big day. giants and dodger dodgers. playing most important series of the tonight in l.a. 3 and a half game lead over the g men and extra innings of course. and hopefully we have the it's from virtually anywhere.rn of danger it's been smashed, dropped and driven. it's perceptive enough to detect other vehicles on the road. it's been shaken, rattled and pummeled. it's innovative enough to brake by itself, park itself and help you steer. it's been in the rain... the cold... and dragged through the mud. introducing the all-new

l.a.ll of l.a.. >> manhattan beach. >> in the core of this rain area, the core of it, is often 2 inches an hour, 3 inches an hour, moving through quickly, but it's coming down heavy at times. now, let's go out and see what's going on out in the colorado-utah border. the current images, i want to show you, colorado city is right around the area we're talking about. coming in close, i want to look at the topography here. backing it up to yesterday. hildale in here, mike. >> that's where we were talking about. 12 people. >> look at the rain here. it was raining two miles to the north of these folks, that's why they didn't have a lot of warning. the rain -- >> they're going, this isn't that bad. and all of a sudden, coming down the basin. >> coming down the basin. look at this funnel. 2 inches, that's not much rain, but when it flairs out by hildale, drainage from this side, drainage from that side. that's what happened. backing up some rain, and i'll show you what happened here. kick on the r

l.a.'ly regarded as one of the most important centers for the production of new art in the world. and yet there is still today, even though there are five major museums in town, there is nowhere to go where one can see the evolution of the development of art in los angeles. there isn't and there should be. >> brown: broad, though, is obsessed with developing l.a. as a leading capital of the art world. the new building is part of an arts district he's helped create, stretching along grand avenue in downtown los angeles, and including disney concert hall and the museum of contemporary art. what's the idea? >> to create a vibrant center for a region of 14 million people. i consider this to be the regional cultural center for 14 million people. >> brown: which it didn't have before? >> which it didn't have before. >> brown: whether the new broad helps further that vision for downtown is one of the big question marks as it opens this weekend. from los angeles, i'm jeffrey brown for the pbs newsh

francis spoke with single mother and her daughter in l.a. >> he's nice and kind and i always wanted tothe pope and there i was just standing talking to the pope. >> pope francis will meat americans in when he visits wash washingtoning ton dc next month. watch special edition of 2020. pope and virtual papal audience with question from americans in those 3 different cities. friday tonight at 10 rate here on abc 7. i travel to washington dc next month for pope francis u.s. visit focusing on the pope cannon of september 23rd. >> new at 11:00 you may see low flying who want they are week. national nuclear security administration will be testing for radiation across the bay area. starts tomorrow in san francisco and will continue through friday with testing in berkeley and pacifica. national security hopes to use the data to im paragraph radiation and nuclear detection technology. >>> new restaurant open entered san francisco today and it's anything but ordinary far from a swachbingy new dinner spot we end up with the city often. fresh take on fast-food. jonathan gives you a taste of what it

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if beat l.a. >> that's a good question. >> let's just say beat l.a. >> all right. 162 game season.ant series in the game of baseball but for the giants none more porn the 3 game set with the donors. the lead over the g men and this can be a make or break match u up. president bear hanging with actor jason baitman working the ice cream. ambassador full and rip single to center. 2 batters later slow roller to second and captain make the play and the giants take a lead. frustrating stuff. peterson. freezi him on the outside corner. unhaup happy with the call he couldn't swing. certainly unhappy with batting helmet. the game into the sixth. serve up for again sol east. and that is the end of the right field bleacher. tv batters later andre turns on the change up bird needed few more inches that gets out. dodgers take a 4-3 lead. right now it's going to be the same in the eighth engine complete highlights coming up at 11 open abc 7. >> runners at the corners. 2 out. on the run keep an eye on runner at third. safe at second. 3 nothing. take the lead bottom half. bases loaded for jake. do

i can't prove it. >> l.a.b did go to susan's house in l.a., but not to bring her more money, to prevent her from talking ever. we do know from flight records and bob's personal account that he did go to california. christmas 2000 robert durst was on the move again. late december he flew here to eureka, california. he owned a house in this area but recently sold it. he wasn't coming to stay here. he got a car, got inside it, pointed south. he notes the visit to garberville 600 miles from los angeles. after that we can't follow his trail. we know late on december 22 or early the 23rd susan berman was murdered by a bullet to the back of the head at her home in l.a. on the 23rd flight records confirm bob took off from san francisco on the red eye to new york. soon after this letter post marked december 23 showed up at the beverly hills pd. >> i call it the cadaver note. >> the famous note likely written by her killer. word of susan berman's murder travelled fast. >> it was like oh, my god. my first thought was why

. >> michael shure for us in l.a. tonight. you very much. >>> on the democratic side, hillary clinton seems to be having problems, her new poll numbers dropping 29 points in just eight weeks with a key demographic, women. 42% of democratic women say they plan to vote for clinton. that compared to 71% in july. >>> in australia, malcolm is poised to secede tony abbott as prime minister. turnbull won the election with the leadership of his party with 54 votes. that country has five prime ministers over the last decade. >> reporter: in the end a tight vote went in favor of the challenger. >> in the leadership contested by malcolm turnbull and tony abbott. >> reporter: malcolm turnbull had been elected by his peers to lead his party and the country. >> the australia of the future has to be a nation that is agile, that is innovative, that is creative. we cannot be defensive. we cannot future-proof ourselves. we have to recognize that the disruption we see driven by technology, the volatility and change is our friend, is our friend i

more than 25,000 people are homeless in los angeles, many of them living in l.a.'s skid row. >> 4,000 homeless blocks from city hall. that is a small percentage of the city's homeless population. yes, 85% of the city's homeless population lives outside of skid row and throughout the city. >> l.a. city council needs to approve the program. >>> the school board in seattle is expected to decide whether to put an end to suspended students. sabrina is following the story. >> reporter: no kindergartner should be suspended from school. >> african-american children and particular african-american males are suspended at a rate four times higher than their white counter parts and it's been a situation where people knew about it and kind of rang their hands and said, but there's nothing we can do. it's because they're poor. they're making excuses for a lack of action as an institution or as a school or as a school syst system. >> reporter: we'll had to one school with a unique model for dealing with discipline. we'll have more, coming up tonight. >>> nearly 600 seattle elemen

we want to have some fun with people here in l.a. so we went out on the street, asked people about the pope and all the terrible traffic his visit caused today. as you know, not only is the pope not in l.a. today, he's not even in the country today. but will that stop people from complaining? let's find out in tonight's pope francis edition of "lie witness news." >> we're talking to people about the pope's big trip did los angeles, have you been following that on the news? >> a little bit, yes. >> did you see him at l.a.x. this morning? >> yes, l.a.x. >> what were your impressions when you saw the pope get off the plane? >> i was surprised the pope came to california, know what i mean? he's everywhere. i didn't think he'd come here. >> so there's frenzy in l.a. because of the pope. what of that frenzy have you experienced? >> just the helicopters buzzing around. closing streets down, nobody can get anywhere. everyone wants to catch a selfie with him, i don't know. >> have any of your friends gotten selfies with the pope? no. >> every

but fortunately, we're already here. >> reporter: l.a. is the only city that showed interest after boston dropped out of the running. today councilmembers voted unanimously to allow the mayor to move forward. >> bring the games to los angeles in 2024. >> reporter: getting the olympics comes with financial risks, and there is concern about cost overruns. >> we want to make sure that this is an olympics that succeeds, that doesn't succeed on the backs of our taxpayers. >> reporter: the price tag for putting on the olympics is huge, about $4.6 billion. one of the biggest expenses will be the olympic village, housing for the athletes. city analysts figure that alone will cost well over $1 billion. the idea is to reach out for private investment. councilmembers say the city already has world class facilities. >> we've got the infrastructure in place. we've grown as a city since 1984. we have the resources. we now have an agreement that's very explicit that gives others comfort. >> reporter: the competition now will be from cities such as rome

but fortunately, we're already here. >> reporter: l.a.the only city that showed interest after boston dropped out of the running. today councilmembers voted unanimously to allow the mayor to move forward. >> bring the games to los angeles in 2024. >> reporter: getting the olympics comes with financial risks, and there is concern about cost overruns. >> we want to make sure that this is an olympics that succeeds, that doesn't succeed on the backs of our taxpayers. >> reporter: the price tag for putting on the olympics is huge, about $4.6 billion. one of the biggest expenses will be the olympic village, housing for the athletes. city analysts figure that alone will cost well over $1 billion. the idea is to reach out for private investment. councilmembers say the city already has world class facilities. >> we've got the infrastructure in place. we've grown as a city since 1984. we have the resources. we now have an agreement that's very explicit that gives others comfort. >> reporter: the competition now will be from cities such as rome and

he notes that l.a. pb officers will be allowed to review the footage before filing reports. the department currently has no plans to let the public see any video recorded. >> one of the things that body cameras prom toys do is increase -- promise to go is increase public trust, provide assurances that officers will be accountable, but giving them a special advantage of looking at the video before they make a statement betrays that principle. >> i think it protects me more than the public. >> in 2012, a small si of re-alto became the first u.s. police don't to deploy the devices. use of force dropped by more than 50% after they started using the cameras. but body camera footage has bhn used against -- has been used against officers. this video shows a stop escalate into a shooting. the white officer who shot and killed the black driver is charged with murder >>> it's now off to a judge to decide whether new england patriots quarterback tom brady will be on the field at the start of the n.f.l. season. the two sides failed to reach a settlement. n.f.l. commissioner roger goodel

l.a.'s lefty ace clayton kershaw threw a one-hit shutout for an 8-0 victory. l.a. will be making its third consecutive trip to the postseason, that is the first for the franchise. the dodgers will face the n.l. east champion new york mets in the division series. >>> and it was a tough night as yankees stadium, at least for one fan, enjoying smfome front row seats. first, a foul ball glances off his fingertips and boots a ground ball that comes at him and when a ball boy flips him a souvenir, he bobbles that! the fan did keep the ball, though. >>> up next, heart warming reunion. a woman burned as a baby thanks nearly four decades ago. >>> they are the pictures that link two lives together for nearly four decades. a nurse and her tiny patient. well, that baby all grown up now just wanted to say thank you, but never knew the nurse's identity, until now. tory wells of our albany affiliate wrbg shows us how the two women were able to reconnect. >> reporter: for almost 40 years, amanda scarpinati held on to these pictures. >>in the one picture you can see i trusted her a

so earlier this summer, my brother, he lives in l.a., he was new york. and he and i went out and we went day drinking in new york city and we filmed it and we put it on the show. and my dad was also in town, so he joined us. we did some drinking with him. which meant there was one member of my family who was an outsider looking in. she was very jealous. that was my mom. and we decided to rectify the situation. so, enjoy. >> seth: i never get to hang out with my mom anymore, so we decided to take advantage of a day off. please enjoy another edition of "day drinking with the meyers." [ light laughter ] now i chose for our day drinking today, i chose a french restaurant, because, of course, you were a french teacher. [ speaking french ] a couple of months ago, i went day drinking with josh and dad and we called you and asked you -- who would you say is thess best drinker in the meyers family? >> oh, it goes without saying, it'sthe. [ laughter ] >> seth: do you stand by that? do you believe you're the best. >> oh, i for sure stand by that. there's no doubt.

so i guess you're out in l.a.suddenly susan." >> yeah, that's right. i went for this audition and there was some kind of mix-up. you remember in "suddenly susan", they had the hispanic photographer character? >> seth: yeah. >> well, i auditioned for that role. and i'm like -- >> seth: they heard you were an immigrant. >> right. they're like, "he's from another country." now, i come in, i'm looking at the -- and it's like, "hey, susan. what's up?" [ light laughter ] i sounded like speedy gonzalez was in "brave heart" or something. [ laughter ] and they were like, "no man." but that's how i got "the drew carey show." >> seth: really? >> yeah, 'cause they were like, "we've got to give him something." >> seth: so, next time i come to scotland, you're going to show me a dolphin? >> yeah. you can meet my dolphin. >> seth: oh, you have one. >> i have my own dolphin. yeah, yeah. >> seth: everyone in scotland? >> everybody's got -- mine, mr. poppy is -- >> seth: you wouldn't be able to do that if you didn't have a dolphin.

they traveled to l.a. to retrieve his body. the onone -- the only one who died in the boating crash. >> reporter: crews searched for a missing boater, they worked out piecing together what went wrong. >> two vessels collided by catalina island. one individual was deceased. >> reporter: witnesses say they heard someone screaming for help off of catalina after 1:00. after two boats collided. michael harris was identified by his father, peter harris, seen here in 2000. >> the business of the san francisco 49ers is weighing ... >> reporter: on his facebook posted our son michael died while living his life every day with kindness, friendship, love of family, caring for others, being a friend and one of the really good guys. he was killed this morning in a wasteful, tragic and sickening boating hoepdz. hoepdz. michael - - boating homicide. he was out with his friends and his beautiful girlfriend, kelly. this is a picture of him. he lived in san francisco. the coast guard has not released many details including if passengers of both b

l.a., by the way, is seeing this enormous jump. in some areas of l.a., you have seen a 15% rise in violent crimes. in a lot of cases the rise in crime has been leading to a fall-off in the economy. >> it sure is. who would want to open a business in baltimore right now? i feel really sorry for the people who do run businesses in baltimore right now. >> the democratic party is basically siding with the people who want to declaw the police. you know, if you are a drmt candidate today, you can't even say that all lives matter. that's considered racist. you can't talk about black on black crime. we have a real vacuum of leadership here. >> but, you know, john, the irony is that the minority community is hurt the most by this rise in crime. it is always in the minority centers where you see the worst rises in violence when you cut back on the police forces. >> one of the solutions to this is to end the drug war. it's been a miserable failure, and it's forced police departments to put a lot of resources towards fighting it rather than pr