as a gay latino man, i felt this was a place where i could be happy. >> why did you get involved? supervisor campos: i think a lot of the past to do with my being an immigrant. i am very grateful for all the opportunities this country has given me. only in this country could someone like me have an opportunity to go from having nothing to go to stanford, harvard law school, and to be an attorney. it really is a way of giving back. i really believe that when you are blessed with the opportunities that this country gives you, that you have an obligation to give back. i really believe in public service. i could be in the private sector and make a lot of money, but i believe i have a duty to try to make things better for other people and to pay back the country that has given me so much. >> looking back to your campaign for supervisor, what lesson did you walk away with after that experience? did anything surprise you? supervisor campos: the first lesson is how lucky we are to live in san francisco how lucky i am to represent district 9. as you indicated, it includes bernal heights, a

in one case, a latino man who was a legal u.s. resident was locked up for 13 days for not having a driver's license. the sheriff's inmates have talked about abusive conditions for years. >> the food we eat is disgusting. it's more like a concentration camp. >> reporter: his response has always been the same. hogwa hogwash. >> we run a professional organization. i've been around 48 years. i'm not going to listen to all the garbage. i don't have a brutal regime. >> reporter: today, he remained defiant. tonight, he was defiant again, saying he will try to cooperate, but if the justice department soups, quote,ly see them in federal court. diane? >> bpierre thomas, thank you. >>> and now, we at abc news this week have been marking a milestone, the official end of the u.s. mission in iraq after nearly nine years. and so many brave stroop troops, summoning the strength to do their job. early this morning, the command flag was placed in a camouflage case, the symbol of end of mission. abc's martha raddatz who has been in iraq 21 times cov

police only have a vague description of the suspect and they are describing the suspect as a latino manhought to be between 20 and 25 years old. very vague details and if you have any information contact palo alto police. >>> san francisco drivers no longer have to dig for change pay for parking. the city's new pay by phone system is up and running in the castro district. they are able to download a smart app and get a payed sticker. there is a 40-cent fee every time you use it and the service will be all over the city of san francisco. 5:48 let's check in with sal for a look at your traffic. >> some people have been sliding off the roads, and on the right shoulder, big-rig went off the shoulder so we are trying to figure out how serious this crash is. let's look at the san mateo bridge, wet weather with no major problems but steve says it has not rained a lot but it has rained enough to make the roads slippery and wet. westbound bay bridge from it traffic is moving a long well. it is doing well heading to the 580 interchange and also looking at interstate 880 between hayward and fremon

in one case a latino man who was a legal u.s. resident locked up for 13 days for not having a driver's license. arpaio inmate claim abusive conditions for years. >> this is wrong. food we eat is disgusting. it's more like a concentration camp than anything else. >>reporter: today he remained defiant. >> if they are in the happy i guess they can carry out their threat and go to federal court. i'll be gd to see them in court. that's when you can get all the facts out in a court of law. >>reporter: l 90 year old former ss assassin began life sentence for killing 3 dutch civil i don't know during world wore 2. he was sentenced last year after confessing to the killings. bore said he had been acting on orders from his superiors. he lost an appeal and despiteçó being in a wheelchair, the court says he's if it to serve his sentence at suitable facility. >>> for pwims of prolific burglar this may the last chance to claim their stolen property. if not san francisco police have been ordered bay judge to give it back to the who may have sto

they are describing him as a latino man with a medium build who was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with blue jeans. if you have news, you are urged to call police. >>> victims of that berkeley fire may have to wait to get an insurance payout. the fire displaced about 70 residents. investigators say the fire started in the elevator panel. however, victims won't get insurance payments until it is determined who is responsible for the fire. the mercury news said the responsible parties could include the elevator maintenance company, the owners of the building, or even pg & e. >>> the faa has released new rules to prevent tired pilots from flying. this comes nearly three years after a deadly crash in buffalo, new york involving two exhausted pilots. >>> a memorial service will be held this afternoon in san francisco for billionaire philanthropist warren helman who died on sunday at age 77 after struggling with leukemia. he is best known for launching the hardly strictly bluegrass festival. the service will be held at 1:00 today and will be streamed on the website. >>> winter 2011 officially

deal of this first and agree talks are ongoing tonight as it stands latino caucus says it will present its all redraw ward map. that man dig no fewer than 13 latino majority awards in chicago. >> raucous school board meeting in chicago anchor protesters shouting down school ceo protester so rowdy board members had to retreat into a closed door session tensions running high throughout the day at the headquarters chicago public schools a dozen chicago police officers called dead to keep an eye on the protest this morning protestors managed to stop everything >> (yelling) >> cps chief only got 30 seconds into the prepared speech this morning before he was drowned out by angry protesters. he waited patiently for them to finish but protesters finally had to be escorted out by security. protesters continued to yell even as they were led out of the boardroom parents teachers community activists upset about the proposed school closings turnaround schools and the new charter schools abruptly ending in the meeting went into closed session some of the most vocal protesters came from the occupy chicago movement. >> these people ar

arpaio faces federal accusations of discriminating against latinos. >>> a man thought to be a victim wayne gacy is found alive. he says he disappeared on his own, running away from the stress of a divorce. that is the news you need to know. "american morning" back right after this. >>> leave look at atlanta, georgia. good morning, everybody. to you as well. welcome back to "american morning" republican presidential candidate newt gingrich, criticized for lucrative ties to freddie mac. but the former house speaker says he didn't need to lobby for the mortgage giant. he wasn't there to make a bunch of money off of them. he was paid so generously to speak. he made money on the speaking circuit. we wanted to look at the speaking circuit. they are celebrities. pulling in anywhere from a few thousands dollars to tens of thousands of dollars to give a keynote address. nude gingrich says he made $ $35,000 for each speech. former presidents make the most and bill clinton is king. i wanted to show you this. $75 million in speaking fees since leaving office in 2001. in 2008, he made more than h

. >> one of the ciu's best informants is an active latino gang member who we'll call tin man to protect his identity. he's turned in ten illegal guns to date. a betrayal punishable by death if his gang ever found out. >> for me the hope is to get these guns off the streets. you know, just had two brothers killed in the last two years. i don't want to see no other families doing through what my family is going through. it's killing my mom right now. two in two years. five family members have been lost. there's no remorse. i've been around gangs a long time. i'm just happy i'm still alive, you know? >> and not a reason why you kill each other. you just know that's how you were raised. that's hour your uncles felt. >> it's just the way it was. people don't know what they're fighting for. that's the sad thing about it. people lose their lives. for what? >> even though he's working off a case, something about this guy, i think he's very genuine. i think some people really want to make a change at some point. this is one of the guys i put some faith in. summer's coming. once it gets warm. jus

man. truly a pleasure, because we have made him an honorary latino, even though he is the first asian member -- mayor of the city of san francisco. [applause] he is one of hours. honorable mayor lee was appointed to be the mayor and started his term in january, not too long ago. not too long ago he decided -- the community decided he was doing a good job, and everyone decided to push him -- he is a worker bee. he was an administrator in the city in three and a lot of different apartmendepartments aa great job. when the board of supervisors appointed him to be the interim mayor, little did we know he would do such a great job that there was a community out for. so be signed started to appear that said run, ed run. i am not taking sciensides becai work for everyone as a superintendent, but it has been a real honor and privilege working with the mayor who knows what work needs to happen to get things done. it is not just go for the photo op, but rolls up his sleeves and knows what it takes it has the will to work with us in a school district to say every child in siemenses go is my child. it is

and here in san francisco, aids is still a gay man's disease, it has affected other communities. >> we're seeing a lot of latino, african american patients, injection drug users. it's a lot of different faces. it's all of our faces. >> and at george washington university, president obama pledged to increase spending on hiv treatment here in the united states and in other countries. the president said he was confident we can beat this disease which killed 30 million people so far. >> thank you, leanne. on to business news, groupon's quiet period is over. why is the retailer so angry? first to the latest on what is the yahoo story. for that and more let's go live to bloomberg west with today's after the bell report. -- bell report. >> continuing to evolve, yahoo could be heading into the end game now. the company's board is meeting to consider offers for a minority stake in the one-time internet giant at the same time alibaba talking about making a takeover bid for the company. the market seems to like that idea with shares of yahoo rising on the news closing up more than 3% today. could the sum of the parts be w

up with a compromise that satisfies the needs of the latino african american community at also fair to our other colleagues >> aldermanic dick mell manill come back how the city council meeting have another discussion on the floor and have up and down vote >> alderman says hopes that will be three public hearings on the south side north side and another at city hall times and locations have not been set but it will take place before the city council meeting in january reporting from city hall wgn news @ 9 >> possible delays orange barrels on the illinois tollway next year but a balanced budget. tollway officials have started over $600 million worth of capital projects. including $130 million in construction contracts for roadway and bridge rehabilitation work. budget passed during vote despite some concerns not enough participation from minority and women owned construction firms. washington congressional negotiations deal to fund the federal government to the end of next september however at the same negotiators still try to reach a deal on a payroll tax cut jobless benefit extension bill lasted for more than a year. as a fallback a

painted with hispanics or latinos with the same brush, which is, hey, we're all people, but for me chicano is a way to identify ourselves. you know, you get pulled over by the manou say, well, i'm hispanic, but you could be from argentina or columbia or peru or mexico or anywhere, you know, but when you say i'm chicano, you know you're mexican-american, or you should know. in that sense that's a way of me identifying myself, and then the music itself is what is mexican-american worked with and developed, and it's bilingual and bicultural, and a lot of times by myself if i don't do it right. you know, chicano is also a state of mind. really it's to identify mexican-americans because we're all latinos, hispanics. puerto rican, cuban, or, you know, we're all hispanic. >> do you think there's less or fewer of us using that word or labelling ourselves? >> i think back in the 1970s, remember, that's when the identity crisis and, you know, the civil rights and i did a lot of marching behind that because the schools, you know, all the things that happened with schools, and, unfortunately, a lot of people think that's a derogatory -- >> my mom didn't want us to use the

man. he not only for a people but he -- he not only freed a people, but he liberated a nation. we are here, all of us, black and white, latinotive american -- we are here because this one man did what president have unable to do. warnded with the civilwhat thel could not finish. he challenged the most powerful nation on earth to meet its moral obligation to look out for its people and look out for those who had been left out and left behind. this doctor, this creature, this -- preacher, this man man from atlanta, ga., taught us how to love. he taught us to lay down the burden of hate when he was-- hate was too heavy a burden to bear. martin luther king jr., a think a few short years ago when he came to washington 48 years ago. hotwe had signs that said "white man, a colored man, white women,"colored, those signs are gone and will not return. [applause] the only place where children will see those signs will be in a book, in a museum, on a video. museum or on a video. i hear too many people saying 48 years later that nothing has changed. come and walk in my shoes. dr. king is telling you that we have changed. we are better pe

about 50 million latinos living in the us today, and obama's tough enforcement policies have deeply angered many of them on a personal level. >> somewhere in america today, there is a man missing his wife, there is a woman missing her husband, there is a destroyed family. and it doesn't have to be that way. >> hinojosa: more than half of latino voters know someone who is undocumented. more than a quarter know someone who has been detained or deported. >> ( translated ): this enforcement policy and the deportations are largely invisible to most voters, i'd say. >> it appears in the us-language media every once in a while. it's on spanish-language television all the time, all the time. i promise you, the sense of human cost that's resulted from this enforcement effort is very real to latino voters. >> he promised us that he was going to give us immigration reform, and what did he give us? a million people been deported. so, we're very angry, and we're locking up our votes and we're not going to give them to him unless he delivers. >> hinojosa: as a candidate, obama had been sympathetic to their cause. >> when communities are terrorized by ice immigration raids, when nurs

negotiations in the maneuvering >>the latino caucus said they will submit their own plan to the city clerk if there is no proposal from anyone else within the next hour as >>a man and a woman are charged with committing horrible abuses against the woman's son. vernon d. widner and tina louise graham are accused of doing everything from having a boy with a horsewhip to locking him inside of a camel they allegedly abused their 14 year-old for more than two years at their home will indiana the teenager said that he often ran away from home to get away from the abuse authorities have known about the alleged abuse since september 2010 beneficial a murder investigation is underway in riverdale after a man was shot at least 19 times inside of an apartment complex julian crews is live in real the riverdale with the latest >>people are not speculating on what happened here but the public can be reassured according to police that the killer will not be striking again >>we're rolling out random act of violence we believe the offender knew the victim we cannot rule if it was dripdrug- related or domestic at this time >>there are scores of investigators descending on the cr

man known for his hard line stance on illegal immigration is under fire today from the federal government. the justice department is accusing maricopa county sheriff joe are pirates office of blatant discrimination against latinos and retaliation against his critics. he tells that this is something san francisco's top prosecutor says he saw firsthand. >> george gascoigne was police chief in mesa arizona when he did complain about it. >> i would tell people. i said, i never lived in the south during segregation, but based on what i've read and i've seen it feels like that. and people would say, you're exaggerating. and i said, no, you have to come and see it. >> we have investigated, detained, investigated in our jails, acted as federal immigration agents two over 40,000 people. >> but after two and half year investigation, they say they took part in the most egregious racial profiling in the united states. for example latino drivers won't bore you can buy times likely to be pulled over the non- latinos in maricopa county. gascoigne says it grew during his 20 years as sheriff leading to her reputation where they could get away with jail overcrowding by housing inmates in tents under the blazing desert sun. >> an

latino bank owners t purchased it in 2008. >>> nurses will walk off the job tomorrow, ahead in seven minutes the hospitals targeted yesterday a patient told us it is scary. >>> police are looking for the man who stole an airport shuttle van and led them on a chase. investigators provided with us this photo of the suspect, 28- year-old jerry powell. officers say that he is wanted for vehicle theft, assault with a deadly weapon and evading police. police say that he abandoned the east bay connection van in concord and ran off after the crash. they say they spotted him four miles away in pleasant hill but gave up after he drove the wrong way on to highway 242. the van did clip a vehicle. >> i saw this van going up the wrong way i thought what is he doing? >> now, she was shaken up but not injured. the crash damaged the front right side of her suv and headlights. >> warning from police about an increase in robberies in the northern part of the city. authorities report 11 breakins and attempted breakins in that part of the city. they typically ring the doorbell to see if anyone is home f they answer they make an excuse and leave f no one answers they look for a way to break in. usually enterin

latinos, you had a significant erosion. a lot of experts who follow the politics of immigration have told me the republican brand has been hurt. it was back in 2010 when meg whit man and by the time of the general election, she had a very hard time against jerry brown when it kamz to politics and immigration reform and democrats are cramming for the same type of effect that could help out president obama in states like colorado and nevada. >> we saw what happened in arizona since the last election cycle. so the tougher positions by governors, by republican governors on immigration is going to really hurt whoever the republican nominee is in trying to get more votes. >> it goes back to the brand. you look at latino voters and they are able to differentiate between democrats and republicans and in our wall street journal poll, 63% of latinos said mitt romney would be unacceptable to them. 67% said newt gingrich would be unacceptable. unace tough numbers for those two if they become the republican nominee. >> thanks so much, mark murray, great to have you here. >> for more on how hispanic voters could turn this ee lks, i'm joined by janet merg ya with the largest nat

slightly more humane and open, and latino's will be a key swing vote in the election, and what do you make about the politics as they see out in the debates? >> whoever wrote the manrican needs to be sat down somewhere, and psychoanalyzed. i believe it's political suicide. the republican party is committing political suicide. immigration reform rhetoric. it's absurd. i can't explain it. without the latino electorate, it's impossible to take colorado, new mexico and florida. those are swing states. they voted in favor of bush in 2004, 44% of latinos, and that number diminished to the low 30s. and the problem is not even about securing the borders. you don't hear any of the hopefuls saying we are anti-illegal immigration, but wholeheartedly in favor of legal immigration. >> that's not entirely true. the line about being we are against illegal immigration, and for legal immigration, that's mitt romney's line. >> how huh style does your community feel america is becoming for immigrants? i am speaking from my own experience, i am canadian and probably the only nonamerican sitting here in this conversation, and i am grateful for my card, but i found crossing the border

latinos. >>> the army private suspected of being behind the biggest intelligence leak in u.s. history wants the investigating officer in his case to recuse himself. the hearing for bradley manningess a short time after it started. why? his attorney says that the army reservist presiding over the case has a conflict of interest because he has a job at the justice department which is investigating wikileaks. that is where manning's alleged leak material was posted. manning faces charges from stealing records to aiding the enemy. could get the death penalty if found guilty. >>> the voices of hundreds of florida a&m students could be heard as they line up on the front lawn of the governor's house. they are outraged over governor rick scott's recommendation for florida a&m's trustees to suspend the school's president because of hazing and fraud allegations. scott got out of bed to answer the crowd. >> hopefully, hopefully when this investigation is finished, nobody can question that he's done all the right things. why woe put himself and the university in position? it's clear. there's nobody questioning how thorough this investigation is. >> that's where we have a disagreement. we d