production of the traditional cab model the crown victoria by next year deeming it unprofitable but as lauren lister has been finding out many on the streets of the big apple feel they are losing the jewel in the city's crown. in a city that never sleeps the floor with taxis never stops for very long. the line for cabs is taking this pounding in the city twenty two hours twenty four hours a day but for cabbies it's even tougher. that i would. take your money so if you don't hustle for cash during peak hours. and for drivers like this one time banker yeah you want to. deal with life on main street means working even harder and faster as a cabbie these days because of the recession. and pounding the pavement in new york city's sea of yellow there is one car that is keeping this cabbie and many others afloat on the car for. new york to. get on with. it is kept them running for a while now that they've been. since ninety six ninety seven for practical reasons it runs and runs and runs but too much of the world this car is more than just a dependable cab this is. the. symbol or not it will be scrapped al

targeted by african-americans who want to clear mexican people from their neighborhoods ortiz lauren lister reports now on how frustrations are boiling over. the united states has always been a country of immigrants but they're not always welcome we've seen mexicans targeted in the western state of arizona which passed a tough law targeting undocumented immigrants there's many many people are coming to this country and they go through the proper channels to do the proper thing and and the people that don't do that they're broken the law despite a backlash. now we're seeing more signs this sentiment is making ripples across the country far from the mexican border in one area of new york city. where. there has been a string of a dozen attacks on hispanic residents in recent months victims like were helio and victim number nine infidel you can literally find them simply walking through the neighborhood and the suspects unfortunately most of the attacks most recently been by blacks against mexicans according to these victims they were targeted by teens while minding their own business it was re

grounds of race religion and sex but there's no provision for gender identity in many states as lauren lister reports the transsexuals are fighting hard to gain equality. blitzing glamour. a job fit for a queen i mean i was happy beautiful clamor. that was here to have a good time and. that all that glitters. isn't gold police are going to react when someone with no formal use if you cared for most transgender people were going to vote. in the united states. for art for a phrase. and then if you're fired dandy back glenn used to be simply glenn and some people just haven't ever. after an occurrence of this sort of thing though friends who have known her for decades say nothing's different now as far as personality there there's no great change she is one of a quarter of transgenders in the us who claim they've been fired because of their gender identity. she is one of ninety seven percent who report they've been discriminated against at work because of it the boss just summoned her to his office and said is it true that you have decided that you're going for sure that you're going to be trans