the lapd called him a hug- hugger. i will repeat everything that they have said, not because of sore afraid of using profanity but because it was a different lapd. it was rumored that the mexican mafia was allowed to meet in his church and that he held guns for gang members. and he was helping gang members across the border. i am certain he knew where the body of jimmy hoffa was buried when you got done listening to the rumors. now, the lapd uses home with industries as an integral part of its anti-gang efforts. not all of them, not 9000 members, but i can tell you this, homeboy industries have their annual benefit to honor people in the community as well as former gang members, the person they honored was chief charlie of the lapd. unless you think that was an anomaly, the year before they honored the sheriff. there is an alliance between community-based organizations, and law-enforcement. this is not enough. there has also been in the streets, ongoing, a relationship, a delicate one, a thoughtful one between the loss

in addition to be a chemist. >> in addition. >> reporter: the lapd keeps a copy in the drug lab. what worries you most about this stuff? >> well, clearly chance when people, you know, are under the influence of a drug like this, it's, you know, anything's possible. >> reporter: it's possible johnny lewis will turn out to be the poster boy for this dangerous new drug. or, maybe, there's another explanation. when you heard about this case, did you think, ah-ha, he must be on one of these things? >> not necessarily. there's other drugs that cause it, so -- >> reporter: such as? >> pcp, for example. >> reporter: whatever it was, it is a tragedy. i'm david wright for "nightline" in los angeles. >> our thanks to david wright. >>> still ahead, how ben affleck found rebirth and redemption in a director's chair and how a most thrilling history lesson has mihm awash in oscar buzz. so, we all set? i've got two tickets to paradise! pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? whoooa whooaa w

and it's sharp and it's well -- it's extremely well abouted and it looks like a valentine to the lapd>> these two cops and the actors they work well together in the movie don't they? >> they work very well together. basically bringing that out. the deep affection that can't exist between two partners, two people working together who happen to be male. who have great respect and love for each other. >> now the cartel is after them and boy they have some scary names. >> you know what? they are scary villains, therest no aliens as scary as this gang member. yes, the camera pans and you just see their face. and you see that look. and you're like oh i never want to be a cop facing this guy. >> let's go to the romantic sports comedy of the week, what do you think about "trouble with the curve." >> there's nothing wrong with it. i think any movie -- it's an old-fashioned money ball opposite. remember "money ball." there was this way of figuring out where you took your money and how to get that player? this is the old-fashioned way. the scout for the atlanta braves has fading eyesight and his

i have had the absolute privilege, every year until i am an old lady to go to the lapd medal of valor ceremony and an air raid each of the stories that a company that soldier, that police officer. who was injured in the line of duty or killed in the line of duty. i tell their story had a huge luncheon filled with police officers and their families, honoring the fallen and the injured in the line of duty. but again, we don't see it. i think our children don't have an absolute sense of risk. and therefore, bravery is a different face. tavis: how much bravery does it take to age in this business, as a woman? >> here is the reality. it is sad and true. when you cut to meet in the movie, and your image of me is from trading places, and you cut to me, i know that there are a bunch of people that gas. she really got old. it is the nature of the movie business. it is tinseltown and all of that. nowadays, you don't need lights at all. back in the day, the film's got was very insensitive and they would have these humongous lighthouse. and the lighting was everything. so everyone looked good. no

i have a feeling no matter how much i fight this, the lapd will win. >> i didn't realize how smart these smart meters were. when the clock is up, they are on you. no grace period, no hoping the meter made is down the street. >> meter expired, $63. >> in rush hour we know there will probablien abbey an accident and it will likely be on a dash-cam camera. look at this guy driving down the road. look up ahead at what he captured. an obvious head-on collision between these two cars. then as the driver keeps going, you see there's a third car involved. reportedly he did cross the line and hit head on a hyundai and bmw. you clearly see how damaged this hyundai was. according to reports, four people were injured and taken to the hospital. unfortunately one of the victims in this accident did end up dying at the hospital later. >>> i've got another point of view camera. this one from a motorcyclist. you see him clipping along pretty good in the right-hand lane. up ahead a silver suv changes lanes in front of him. he thinks, well, i'll go into the left lane. just when he thought he could go to th

they in a gun battle here in the intersection, lapd officers in a gun battle, we are going to pull outwe are going to push in. we have weather coming through, clouds, suspect is down. he had that large -- >> he's down because he was shot by police. expected to survive. >>> the co-captain of harvard's basketball team has chosen to withdraw from school in the latest cheating scandal. he will drop out and miss the entire season, according to sports illustrated. the team's other co-captain, has also been implicated in the scandal, but he has yet to decide if he will withdrew. dozens of students are -- withdraw. dozens of students are being investigated for cheating, they may have shared answers or plagiarized on an exam. >>> this morning u.s. secretary of education arne duncan is in the bay area to kickoff a cross country bus tour to focus on the idea that education drives america's suspect. he will be in redwood city 9:00, students plan to show him an original music video they've created. >>> how is the weather going to be for that event? warming up, baby steps mike? >>> a little bit. let

. >> he weighed 97 pounds, he was 5'3", the lapd said his skin was too white, he was obviously malnourishedter: he said the family put him on a bus to l.a. with a list of homeless shelters, he said despite the years of torture and being a captive, investigators say the teen is talking. >> he is very polite, very timid, and surprising to me, he let us in. >> reporter: neighbors say they were not aware the teen even lived in the home. and investigators say his 13 and 11-year-old sisters had not seen their brother in two years. right now, his two sisters are in protective custody. a family has volunteered to care for comer until the investigation is completed. the teen's parents have been charged with seven counts of child abuse and are being held without bail. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >>> the u.s. is on alert as new anti-american protests erupt overseas. demonstrations in bangladesh's capitol city turned violent. the demonstrations are over an independently made film mocking muhammad. >>> and saying the security didn't have proper alarm systems, they want to be compensated for the injurie

he was not with the lapd. he was with a smaller police department for 30 years. he has since retired. he has been married twice. he has raised four children. he has lived an extraordinary life. i am grateful for having had him in my life as a guidepost. i do think it is the ultimate irony that he turned out to be a police officer. >> we have some other questions. very good questions. we do not have much time. i work at san quentin prison. they segregate inmates based on color and gangs. why do prisons not work on educating inmates on social relations, racial tolerance, and why don't they find a way so the different races can get to know each other? >> i would like to enter that. segregation has -- i would like to answer that. segregation has always been a problem in this country. i grew up in new orleans. we believe that education is the key. we all need to sit at the table. i do not believe in segregation for inmates. they need to tear that barrier down and put people together, no matter what. when we go inside the walls of san quentin, it is not just black inma

it was a dangerous lapd pursuit summerlike westlake or macarthur park we watched as the driver tried to travel the wrong way driving erratically. he drove his coat stolen car blowing through stop signs and red lights and other times he's slowed down we saw several near misses with pedestrians. they're in danger in danger for the better part of the hour. we attempted to stop him repeatedly and obviously he did not stop he was bent on getting away from us and ultimately it the shooting occurred. the driver of the car that the suspect he was also hospitalized but he is in good condition tonight to know police officers were hurt. hundreds of people in vallejo are calling for justice wrote back to the city's fifth deadly police shooting this year. you are slandering his name and calling him a parolee money was never a parolee. >>> let's give rights. protesters packed the council meeting to confront the police chief and a 22 year-old man reached for what appeared to be a handgun before telling him. it turned out to be a pellet gun. mayor chuck reed is facing some time in traffic school his

he was not with the lapd. he was with a smaller police department for 30 years. he has since retired. he has been married twice. he has raised four children. he has lived an extraordinary life. i am grateful for having had him in my life as a guidepost. i do think it is the ultimate irony that he turned out to be a police officer. >> we have some other questions. very good questions. we do not have much time. i work at san quentin prison.

young as two and three being sexually assaulted and performing various sex acts on adult men n may, lapd turn the case over to san francisco police telling them zach 3737 was larry brinken. investigators found that brinken belonged to several yahoo discussion groups they say exchanged stories about exploiting young boys and girls. those conversations also contain racial slurs against african americans. gascone says there is no question of the involvement. >> he was a active participant in receiving this information and passing it out. >> this video shows brinken years ago, being profiled when receiving counseling to dweel a stress of his work at the human rights commission. best known there for pieo yearing work for gays and lesbians. he helped draft an equal benefits ordinance. and today outside of the court house, brinken continued silence. >> do you have anything to say about this case? >> now, district attorney said he waited this long to file formal charges against brinken because did he not want to compromise a concur wrent investigation by police. >> there is a police officer out

a wild scene as branch robbery suspects lapd on a chase in which the suspects started throwing cash out the streets. it lasted an hour and drew to a close as it wound through neighborhoods. you can see the suspects throwing bills out the window and that caused people to run into the streets after the cash. eventually the driver got stuck behind traffic and police moved in. >> this is not a good idea. these are citizens getting involved. guns are drawn. >> two men were arrested. a mop of people went on the scene and dozens of police officers were on hand to break up the crowd. >>> firefighters rescued a man in a wheelchair from his burning apartment. it broke out about 1:00 a.m. firefighters arrived to find huge flames, a dozen people were evacuated from the building. they said a man was trapped inside his apartment. >> by standers advised us of a person needing to be rescued. they got the person out. >> took crews an hour to get the flames out. no one was hurt but it forced 15 people from their homes. the red cross is helping. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> firefighte

. >>> senior correspondent john miller, a former lapd deputy commissioner joins us now.ing. >>> i instantly thought are they sure the bank manager isn't involved. i know the investigation is continuing. i always think of that. >> you know, let's be frank here. that's the uncomfortable part. i say at that because it is part of the process. when there's a child kidnapped, the first people they look at are the parents not because they have anything to do with it, they have to eliminate that. to be candid, they're going to look at the bank manager quite hard, not that there's anything to believe she is a suspect. that's a starting place. which is you want to hear her story as an investigator. you want to go back -- see is it consistent, does it make sense, does it stand cross-examination. at the same time, they're going to be looking at all the other leads also. >> what was the bomb that turned out not to be a bomb? what was that? >> so it was kind much interesting. you had some kind of vest, some kind of fabric that allowed thome drape it over her. it was a pipe bomb. the i

. >> bob: do you think the lapd let the press know it will happen?at's how this works, bob. >> greg: who is president obama going arrest for the 8.1% unemployment? arrest somebody for that? when kathryn bigelow movie comes out it's the victory lap. intel given to her isn't available to anyone else. literally, the obama administration opened up the door of the cia and said come in. here is what you can have. make a movie of killing bin laden. >> bob: are you no longer giving the united states credit for killing bin laden? >> eric: don't spike the football. >> andrea: biggest threat to free speech is liberal. they cherry pick when they want to use it. build a mosque at ground zero, that their right. first amendment, first amendment. they run away from it. >> bob: don't say all liberals. >> kimberly: bob, forget about it. >> greg: can by clear we actually got the filmmaker before the terrorist. have we gotten the terrorists? mission accomplished we got the filmmaker. >> eric: we just admitted there were terrorists yesterday. >> kimberly: though we know

the lapd officer said his skin was translucent. was obviously malnourished. >> the teenager said his mother and stepfather had kept him locked up for four years in a basement in georgia. on his 18th birthday, they drove him to mississippi, put him on a bus and gave him a list of homeless shelters. the couple is now facing charges and authorities have found a couple willing to care for the teenagers. >> protests about the anti-islam film first shown here in the united states have now turned deadly again. in pakistan, police fired tear gas and live ammunition to try to subdue rioters. three people were killed and dozens more injured. the pakastani government declared today a holiday so that people could rally against the film. >> the race is on for general motors to correct a problem impacting thousands of vehicles. >> with vehicles are being recalled and what to do if you are driving one. >> what people are saying about the new iphone, coming up. >> a few scattered showers over the weekend. we will track the new front headed this wa

. >> reporter: at the same time -- >> my dad was with lapd for many years. >> reporter: another showf support as john lopez and others dropped off flowers outside youngstrom's field office. some do not want to be named because they say the story is not about them. >> the officer put his life on the line to protect the citizens around him, and i think too many time

the seemingly deranged man tells the lapd that he and cyrus are married. >> i am. even scarier. >> got any weapons on you. >> no, well, i have scissors. >> reporter: police found scissors in his pocket. along with that bizarre heart. >> he definitely believed that he was connected to miley and had a right to see her. >> reporter: it's unclear if he's a serial stalker. >> this hasn't been a lucky address for her. everything seems to be going wrong at this house. >> reporter: just last month, the singer seemed to be the victim of swatting. when someone places a prank 911 call. this time, they descended on cyrus home after a fake report of a home invasion. >> we responded to a call of kidnap in ro sesz. one person shot. >> reporter: cyrus has a lot on her plate right now. planning her upcoming wedding to actor liam hemsworth. and recording her next album. perhaps, now, shopping for a change of address. for "good morning america," tanya rivero, abc news, new york. >> a lot other news overnight. and for that, let's get it back to ron claiborne. >>> cleanup begins from t