children's hospital of los angeles is one of the top in the country.pediatric oncologists and hematologists, some of the top pediatricians. that is the level of care that will be available now in puerto rico or if we move into panama city or anywhere we go, those doctors will dial up, they'll see charts. they'll see different cases of children that they can confer on and examine and diagnose and treat immediately. >> and, again, the idea is to bring that not just to one or two places but to every place and make this system a general primary which, of course, is a few years off. we're going to be working on it. we're getting there. >> children's hospital of los angeles is one of the sister hospitals of the larry king cardiac foundation, which your husband, jennifer, marc anthony, is a major supporter of. we hope to get you involved, too. we help a lot of people, a lot of kids with cardiac problems. >> absolutely. >> larry: we'll be back with more moments with jennifer lopez and lynda lopez right after this. i switched to a complete tomultivitamin with m

added each month and the walk of fame has become one of the top visitor attractions in the city of los angeles and also a destination in the united states. i was proud to submit h.res. 1357 to recognize its important cultural landmark and i urge my colleagues to vote in support of the resolution. madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gennlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, is recognized. mr. chaffetz: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz: thank you, madam speaker. i need to stand in opposition to this. certainly the hollywood walk of fame has provided enjoyment for untold numbers of people. it's a great destination. hollywood is certainly a unique treasure that is unique to the united states of america and specifically southern california. to my colleagues who wholeheartedly support and endorse and stand behind this resolution i -- maybe i'm a wet bucket of water on a parade, but i got to tell you i just don't fee

it was a year ago today that news out of los angeles shocked the world. michael jackson had died.ple all over the planet poured into the streets, mourning the loss of a singer that moved generations. he was buried at forest lawn cemetery. jermaine jackson returns to his final resting place the first time since then and sat down with me for an eye-opening interview. this is where michael jackson is interred. one year ago today, the nation stunned by the death of this incredible superstar at age 50. by the way, other people buried or interred here include you will salucille ball, spencer tracy. our special guest is jermaine jackson. what can we say? what's this year been like? >> it's been tough, larry. it went so fast. we've been just putting the pieces together and the family's having a will the of meetings, and just trying to hold on. >> larry: have you come to terms with it? you ever really accept it? because he was so young? >> it's hard. no, we haven't come to terms. it's something we're learning to live with. but we will never accept it. it's just -- it's tough. very tough. >

it goes all the way from los angeles county to ridgecrest. to start out our meeting, i would like to call out angela to lead us in prayer. come on up. you can stand if you like. if you would join me in prayer. our heavenly father, we thank you. now we ask that you give our elected representatives strength, courage, and wisdom to do the things that serve the people. most especially, we ask that you protect the men and women who are putting their lives at risk so we may continue to enjoy the blessings of liberty our forefathers and vision for us. amen. -- envisioned for us. i would like to invite brian to lead us and the pledge. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, brian. you can be seated. >> thank you for coming out tonight. i know it is a busy night. lots of graduations. tonight is a town hall meeting we normally do, but tonight is a little different because it is called america speaking o

my meineke. >>> we're following the breaking news out of los angeles.ichael jackson has been taken to a hospital. >> paramedics tried to perform cpr and get him breathing again. >> cnn is confirming from the l.a. coroner that michael jackson is dead. >> american icon. king of pop. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> physicians attempted to resuscitate him. and they were unsuccessful. >> larry: the pain of michael's passing is with his brother jermaine every day. it was not easy for him to return to forest lawn for our interview, and it's not easy for him to talk about the circumstances surrounding the death. but he does. do you think your brother was killed? >> yes, of course. of course. >> larry: no doubt in your mind. >> no doubt in my mind. >> larry: have the authorities done enough? well, they've stopped at murray, haven't they? >> yeah. when you look at the authorities, they've done their part. but at the same time, it's the da's office. and i just don't trust anybody. i really, really don't. we lost a brother. what really has really -- one of the

[unintelligible] >> i am from the "los angeles times."e have not really come that far since yesterday, 24 hours ago. i am wondering how successful we can say this has been so far. we have only seen 12,000 gallons taken up. as the rate of spillage decreased? >> let me correct you. it was 6,000 barrels yesterday. they are increasing the production rate. the overall goal is to meet maximum production. we are going to slowly close off of valves. that will happen based on conditions present on the flow rates. it is going to be based on the conditions that we are able to achieve with the production rate. next question. >> i am from associated press. what sort of conditions do you need to see before you start closing off those events? >> what we want to do is take as much pressure coming from the well bore as possible. once we optimize that pressure, there is a small chance that the oil will go down and out those rubber seals. they are going to try and get this right. they do not want to introduce any factors that are going to interfere with tha

and a perfect commentary is what was in the "los angeles times," not a conservative newspaper. you heard liberal commentators all across the country last night saying the president is not addressing the problem. and he's way late in the first place and in the second place and in the third place. and so i just like to end by saying once again, i think the "los angeles times" was right on the money when they said obama speech, there's a pipe spills a billion gobs of oil in the gulf and he's talking about more taxing, more spending and more wind mills. the speaker pro tempore: mr. defazio of oregon. without objection, the gentleman from florida. mr. klein: thank you very much, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to continue my regular realtime updates to my south florida constituents on the b.p. oil spill in the gulf of mexico. i believe it's my responsibility to keep the homeowners, businesses along the 75 miles of my coastline in my district fully informed so they can be prepared for all possibilities. first thing's first, obviously the spill itself has to be capped. i ce

bottom was thebottol- operation in los angeles. clothing was traffic around los angeles. the general sentiment was that the shop owner appeared to be linked to hezbollah. this person was arrested earlier try to smuggle money out of the u.s. into lebanon. some of these cases illustrate that we will be able to find out these offenders were involved in and the tactics of their operation, how the cases came to light for law enforcement, so we can identify the ways of information in the future. in another case, 19 individuals in detroit were charged with operating a racketeering enterprise that included counterfeit viagra, cigarettes, and others, and the court reporter that the -- and they reported that the profits went back to hezbollah. and finally, a man was sentenced to 110 months in prison for money laundering and terrorist financing, and we see the connection to product counterfeiting, where the funds were transferred to al qaeda and its affiliate organizations that operatives. let me conclude with this -- what does this tell us so far? again, a bit of a teaser. some of

"the communicator's" was on site in los angeles. we will hear from two of the attendees. one of the major topics discussed this year was how and whether to regulate broadband. we had a chance to talk with ray baum, of the oregon public utility commission. he spoke about ederal efforts to expand broadband and how it would affect his state. >> let me start with your responsibilities in oregon. there is a big push at the state and federal level to get broadband to as many houses as possible. can you talk about the challenge in oregon? >> the challenge is one of geography. you have low populations that are not near any kind of broadband network. it is difficult to serve those folks when there are only a few of them out there and sometimes hundreds of miles to get there. the challenge is whereedo you determine to go and where does the business case not justify the investment. you want to go where industry cannot do it. we're trying to map it and determine where those areas are and focus on them and figure out a way to serve them in the least cost fashion to the federal and sta

los angeles, good morning. caller: good morning, everyone. after 30 years of calling talk shows -- some of what you're saying is corre. [inaudible] one thing i see is no one brings up the cause of these probls. it comes up naturally. the iranian are great people, as bush and obama have sai. [inaudible] this is a big issue. nobody bringst up. what do you think about this? guest: what do i think about the situation in iran with the respect to the people rising up against the government? host: i believe that was the tail end of his comments, yes. guest: as far as iran is concerned, the policy of the united states should have been regime change for a very long time, since before 9/11. it was the iranian regime that killed 19 members of the united states air force. they have been the principal ate sponsor of terrorism for years. they have been working with al- qaeda since the early 1990's. when we have a policy of resisting change, that does not mean we have to attack every place -- regime change, that does n mean we have t attack every place. it'

mayor villaraigosa of los angeles is at the podium. >> we have craig davis with us today. [cheers and applause] somewhere in the house. where is he? he is here. there he is. also, we have assembly member at any fiorentino -- assembly member anthony fiorentino. [applause] comptroller dawn chong is here. [applause] former speaker of the california heath.assembly, robert keit where is mr. rose bird? is he here? i was watching the game, as you all saw. in the interim, i was doing a couple of interviews. i talked about jerry brown. folks want to get you to say something different from him. what advice would i give him, they asked. advice? jerry brown has been in public life longer than i have been .round but but i can tell you that, in those years, when you think about an independent leader and you think about a maverick and a visionary and someone who is willing to think out of the box when confronted with problems. you think about someone who, when he was governor, when he was mayor, attorney general, this is a man who has always been willing to take on the tough challenges.

i was recently out in los angeles. a woman stood out in the back of a group and said she was a very active community leader in los angeles. when they are making decisions about veterans, she did not have anybody in the room that knew anything about veterans. they did not know anything about the family challenges. while there is a great desire to make this connection. -- we have to figure out how to make it so that communities. how to make that connection? it is not as simple as it might seem to be. sometimes people ask me, how time -- how come you are involved in this? in a very critical way for me, our veterans recruit for this. if they have had a good experience and they believe in us, and they go home and tell others. that ambulances others to come back in. it is really a very strong part of our recruiting program, even though it is not actively stated as such. one of my goals is to figure out a way to work the department of defense with communities throughout the country. there is a huge appetite to help. i talk to

here are their speeches and los angeles. >> q for being here. -- thank you for being here.know you one but [unintelligible] there is another team up there. anyway, by the way, i have done this before. [applause] still, i want to thank you. i want to thank everyone out there that boded today. the best years are still ahead. i want to thank the mayor for being here today, standing with me, i appreciate that. [applause] the sheriff, really important [applause] there is one other person who is actually more important than these people. that is my wife, anne. [applause] she is the one who figured all this stuff out. nevertheless, keeping up with her has given me the preparation to keep up with california. again, thank you very much we are here on a very auspicious occasion. i am here as the democratic candidate for governor, yes. [applause] i did not check but i think we made. [laughter] i am also here as a californian who is disgusted with the awful mess in sacramento and the policy -- and the politicians and wall street bankers that got us there. rather than to a typical elect

we are also in palm springs, new york and los angeles and it will be available on dvd starting in augustl it sell for? >> i don't know. that is a good question. i should find out. >> on many people worked on this with you? >> i don't know the total number of people. we had a small crew, about seven people shooting the film we have a pretty small team. >> did you edit this yourself? >> yes, i did. i don't always recommend that but i did not have -- that budget reflects me doing a lot of things. >> we want to go to another club. here is eva moscowitz talking about kids being educated no matter their circumstances. >> we do our best to support these kids for the main thing we do is educate the children no matter what the circumstances. they need to learn to read and write. we need to provide more to schools and make focus for the child. can children be distracted? absolutely. we cannot change the hands that the child was dealt or that we have been dealt that schools. get that job and get emotionally attached. it is our job to educate that case no matter what. >> [unintelligible] >> mama. \

-- i guess in just a transitional way, in terms of where i was in my music and i had moved from los angeles record labels a few times and had been through so many obstacles and told no, rejected, you're not thin enough, pretty enough, thin enough. you can't write a song good enough. you're a freak, the weird girl from new york. it was rejection after rejection. and i wrote this song "just dance." and it was my eureka moment. it was the thing that everyone was able to latch on to, the record label, the gay community who has been the most enormous blessing of my life that i have them and their support and the way that they truly understand me and support me. and in fact the "alejandro" video, which will premier very soon, but you'll see a snippet of it tonight, is a celebration of my love and appreciation for the gay community. my admiration of their bravery and their love for one another, their courage in their relationships. it's something i have yet to nail on the head with a man, larry. >> larry: she has a special relationship with her fans. we'll talk about that and a lot of other things

celebrities are manning the phone in new york and here in los angeles. got reporters across the gulf. >> talk with these stars on twitter and facebook. >> larry: ryan seacrest. >> ron artest. >> jenny mccarthy. >> larry: sting and robert redford are on the way. >> jack johnson. >> larry: jack cousteau. >> and india aleah. >> i want to dedicate this next song to all the people in the gulf who have lost their livelihoods because of this terrible oil spill. >> fishing, farming. that's all we've done. >> a lot of strong men have broken down and cried. >> consensus is that everyone is really pissed off. >> hannah, who says my father lost his job. >> people have been crying on the phone. >> donated five grande few minutes ago, donated 25 grand. >> seeing what's going on there makes me sad, mad and sick at heart. >> how is your family doing? >> terrible. >> what about everybody's children? this is not just ours. this is just ours for a little while. >> we're looking for somebody to really help us get this back together. >> we need help. we need help now. >> eve

lowest performing school in los angeles, this was in a very difficult neighborhood. is 100% minority, 35% african-american, 55% latino. there is a lot of gang tension. this is the intersection of several gangs. basically, this was a very toxic school in every possible way that you can imagine. the gangs were controlling classrooms, there were race riots. you could not tell if it was last time when you walked the halls. the infrastructure of the school had failed. the teachers signed for green dot to take over. we had teachers who were idealistic and they wanted to change the schools. many of them felt that nothing could change and they were willing to leave. we asked them to reapply to the school. we are two years into it. the basic tenet was to use what we had learned from the charter schools. we wanted to make small school's first. we guarantee that all of our teachers know every student's name. we don't believe that we can learn more than 500 names so we kept our schools around 500. we broke the school into 8 schools. we started with that ninth grade academy that

and you end up getting off a bus downtown los angeles, skid row.many times, you don't even make it out of the skid row area before you're caught up into that cycle again. my name is susan burton. after my son died, i used drugs. i went to prison six times. finally, i found rehab and i thought i can help women come home from prison. i picked them up, bring them back to the house. >> she offered you a warm bed, food. like a real family. she made me want to change my life. >> you proud of my, miss burton? >> sure. you came a long way. >> this is life. that's what it's all about. >> larry: since 1998, susan burton has helped more than 400 women get their lives on track. to nominate someone you think is changing the world go to cnn.com/heroes. back after this. right now, there's a nurse saving a life in baltimore. 20 minutes later, she'll bring one into the world in seattle. later today, she'll help an accident victim in kansas. how can one nurse be in all these places? through the nurses she taught in this place. johnson & johnson knows, behind every n

tony is with us here in los angeles. they have been a couple for 20 years.ied in canada in 2005. lifelong gay activists. how did you come upon this, soledad? >> one of our focuses of our unit "in america qug was to tell the story of people's whose stories sometimes fly under the radar, people's whose voices are not told. so when we came to the story of gary and tony and their quest to have a family, to have a baby, we knew this would be a great "in america" if they would allow us to follow them around for a year plus to document every facet of their lives. >> larry: taking us through the bitter of the baby? >> everything. >> from before the birth of the baby, working with our carrier, surrogate, going to ultrasound, finding out that we were pregnant, finding out if it's a boy. >> saying we, who was the spermer? >> my husband, gary, is the biological spermer. >> larry: because you had fathered a child before, right? >> yes. i have a 5-year-old daughter named piper who lives in new york with her two moms right around the corner from us. >> >> larry: why did yo

host: los angeles. caller: i have a different perspective. that is from a recent college graduate. am still in school and i will be out soon. i am pretty confident there are going to be jobs. i think i will be employed pretty soon. but we can get jobs. host: what are you studying? caller: i am pursuing a degree in the social sciences and liberal arts. with all of the jobs being outsourced, i am not sure of the direction we should be, because there are humanity's and there are budget threats. it is not to save these jobs are not. to make money but science and technology, in may be coming from a technical type of field. host: let me ask you this question from twitter. caller: that says the only premise in college is to get a job. i do not think that is the purpose. there are different factors. they tended to be more cynically engaged. you cannot under estimates the value. in terms of the whole job market. keep looking at higher education -- he did not want to reduce it to this mechanism assessing it for its other social values. host: we appreciate your thoughts. you consider rest of

philadelphia and los angeles are among a handful of cities planning to replicate san francisco's efforts> woodruff: spencer's story was part of a partnership with npr. their report will air on "morning edition" tomorrow. >> lehrer: finally tonight, a beatle comes to the white house. last night, president obama presented paul mccartney with the gershwin prize for popular song from the library of congress. it recognizes lifetime achievement. here is a sample from mccartney's performance in the east room. the next song we'd like to do is a song i have been itching to do at the white house. and i hope the president will forgive me if i sing this one. (laughter) (applause) ♪ michelle, my belle, these are words. ♪ that go together well, my michelle. ♪ michelle, my belle ... ♪ ♪ let it be, let it, let it be, let it be. ♪ there will be an answer, let it be ♪ ♪ let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. ♪ whisper words of wisdom let it be ♪ ♪ hey jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song. ♪ and make it better , remember to let her under your skin. ♪ then you begin to make it better, better, bette

los angeles, pasadena, simi valley, all through there, and we had people literally living in and out parks because they're scared to go back into any homes that they could even and leona came out and volunteered her time at application centers, and they were always after, doing the interviews, she would hide from them. but it was -- it was unbelievable. and the first lady, hillary clinton came out, and we took her to this community, this one block that had all historical homes on it. and every home on that block was shifted to the south, because it was off the foundation because it was a rolling earthquake. we came down one block, the other block, there was one house sitting there, had no damage, and they were still living in their house, and the guy came out, and mrs. clinton asked him, well, you have no damage, what did you do? he said, i went down to the library, and i checked out a videotape from fema office of emergency services california videotape that showed you how to retro fit your house for an earthquake, and i did it myself, and i spent $1,000. and the biggest problem we

. >> larry: as we come back from break, here is our control room here in los angeles. there are the folks that get me on the air every night. and i am indebted to them, always will be. okay. what do you see our job in afghanistan being? >> could be any control room, larry. could have been "american idol." they all look the same. i'm sorry r yet? afghanistan? what about it? we are -- i don't think we should be there there, i've said t >> larry: but, okay. but obama said in the camp pain he favored it right? getting the taliban out. >> this is part of the problem that i keep saying, i have said it probably many times on your show is that it's funny, people talk a lot about how polarized this country s no actually, the problem is the opposite. we are not polarized, we are homogeni homogenized, we have two parties, but one policy. we don't have enough difference between the two parties. >> larry: fight over health care. we were fighting over the supreme court nominee. we will get to that. >> both parties were for drilling, oil drilling. obama came out for that, okay? okay,

matea gold covers the television industry for the los angeles times. bob furnad was in top management at cnn for 18 years, including stints as head of political coverage and executive vice president. he retired in 2001 as president of cnn's headline news, and now teaches broadcast journalism at the university of georgia. bob, start by taking us back in time. you came in early on. what were you all trying to do? did anyone have a clue as to how to do it or what might come of it? >> we were trying to stay on the air for 24 hours. i don't think had quite figured out how to do that. we brought a lot of comment tateors in, folks who could supposedly put things into perspective but actually were there to help us fill time. when we didn't have material to fill time, we were obviously more free to go live with events because we didn't have many commercials to lose. it was a learning time. it was a learning time for everybody. we were staffed primarily by young, inexperienced people that were running the cameras poorly, that were editing the tapes sometimes poo

i dodo a great deal of travel d so ian't talk about los angeles airport or sanrancisco airport and all the rest of them. but -- and deal, as does senator dorgan, and senator begich with very small airports d everhing, it's fine. but there's got to be a solution. we can't have that dulles syndrome. i'm assuming if it's there, it's in other places. the deal is, you get touer security, you get tougher technology, buin return for that, you get better service. and friendly service. andhat's a fair deal. we're not upholding at least at those airrts that i can think of, that deal. how youo th? and with the budge cuts that may come your way or not, that senator thu mened. do you have enough money t sufficiently staff out other -- i can't tell you the anger of not just your chairman here, but all the people in both line muttering as they look in both directions seeing all kindsf unopenedlines. >> thank you m chairman. you've obviously touched on a ry significant issue and in theourse of thi process i've had the opportunity to hear som personal frustrang times, cluding one of a certain senator w

and los angeles celebrated after the lakers wunl their 16th nba title.they beat the boston celtics in game seven last night. portuguese novelist jose saramago died today at his home in the canary islands. he published his first works in 1997. one of his best known booked, "blindness" was made into a movie. he was 87. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to jim. >> lehrer: we return to central asia now where the violence in krygyzstan is abating. judy woodruff has our story. >> woodruff: the intermim president of krygyzstan made her first visit today to the stricken city of osh since violence erupted. roza otunbayeva said 2,000 people may have been killed. 10 times earlier estimates. >> ( translated ): by all means, we have to give hope that we shall restore the city, return all the refugees and create all the conditions for that. i think the entire world will be helping us because we have the good will to live in peace and friendship together. >> woodruff: osh sits near the border with uzbekistan. gangs of kyrgyz men stormed minority uzbek

i have also had this unusual front seat working as a journalist in new york, los angeles, chicago, and washington. four cities would difficult racial history, both in the distant past and in the recent past. both of which -- all of which make a claim on the way people construct a racial landscape. i have watched as migration has changed the makeup of populations of small municipalities on the south side of los angeles county. leaving longtime black political godfathers in charge of mexican majority cities. many mexicans and mexican- americans who had moved into previously eastern european neighborhoods sided with the regulars in opposing it chicago's first black mayor. then, after his death, from their enthusiastic support behind richard daley. i have watched as my own home town, brooklyn, has taken up again its historic role as the ingathering of nations as new york city became home in the decade after the a hard seller the immigration bill and its amendments to people from every corner of the planets in stunning numbers. today, on the same streets where there are meat markets, drug s

host: next call is from los angeles. make sure that you turn down your television set. is this mary in los angeles? caller: no. host: here's mary. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to ask you -- before the 9/11 attacks, i understand there were several of the bin laden family living in different places in the united states. was there any investigation performed on what exactly that family was doing in the united states? also, why were they flown out united states right after 9/11? guest: i think those are excellent questions. in the book, i do talk about the very strange to him statistics which some bin laden -- very strange circumstances. some of their lifted -- air- lifted out. i find that to be one of the really troubling aspects of the post 9/11 period. i do not have a good answer. i try to lay out why it happened. host: president obama made a speech in cairo one year ago picked the has thawed in "the christian science monitor -- one year ago. i want to play in a short clip. >> i have come to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and mu

i do not know whether to blame los angeles or chicago for that. they are both distancing themselves from phil jackson. there are mobilizations on the campuses of california against cutbacks. they made marches in the number of cities, including new york, wall street. the near victory of our own mayor in cleveland -- it is a sign of the times. would you stand? [applause] the anti-nuclear conference and rally at the un in early may struck a much needed note for peace. one of those or meters is here with us. would you stand? -- one of those coordinatorr is here with us. would you stand? [applause] not least, the struggle over health care reform signifies this action. everybody stand and give themselves ar round of applause. [applause] the bill's passage was not only a hard-earned victory, but it also broke a republican- engineered logjam in congress and gave a fresh push to change. social progress is a fight, much like our red sox-yankees game -- a red sox-yankees game. if there is no struggle, there is no progress. so then, so today. as for communist

we have also done that in los angeles. we have done that in the airports in france with customs. we have done it in mexico city. the point you made is well taken. we have a committee that looks into these things. we're trying to do some kind of internet awareness campaign. we're out there with that. >> there is government and non- governmental organizations building public awareness. on the private sector side, there is a partnership for safe medicine which serves to echo warnings and advisories that are brought out or published by the fda. they are active in public awareness and pointing out the risk for some of the rest to buy medicines online. there are a couple -- there is like a tool to track -- a dual track. and effective strategy is to follow the money. national law enforcement authorities in the u.s. or any country to track and to find those monies and to seize those moneys. it comes back to how you can maximize disruption of the crime group, recognizing these have to be control strategies. we tend to think that we'll stop organized crime. that is an impractical philosoph

it goes from land caster in los angeles county all the way up to ridgecrest and all the way across. we actually touch water, but only two times a day during high tide because of how they draw the lines. i would like to call up angela to lead us in prayer. angela, come on up. you can stand if you want. >> our heavenly father, we thank you for the blessings you have given us, especially this great country where we can meet today as free citizens and freely express our thoughts. we ask that you give our elected represents strength, courage and wisdom to do the things that serve the people. most especially at this time we ask you protect the men and women who are putting their lives at risk so we can enjoy the blessings of liberty that our forefathers envisioned for us. >> remain standing. i would like to invite brian whit field down to lead us in the pledge. brian. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and he justice for all. >> you can be seated. thank you for coming out

host: peter on our you understand penalty line from los angeles, go ahead. caller: hi. i'd like to thank c-span for such a provocative morning call-in. was curious, can i ask you a question? host: go ahead. caller: i was just curious, how long do you think the american people have to wait until the one million documents about the finally released? host: don't know. caller: well, do you have an opinion? host: no, want right now. why do you think it's an important question to ask? president was killed how many years ago? and supposedly it was done by a lone gunman. however, we're not able to see the documents that the government has. i mean, assassination? do you really think that that secrecy is vital to national security? host: i'll turn it around on and you ask you the same question then. caller: i can't believe that there's any intelligence that would be gained by our enemies that needs to be secret this many years after the assassination of a president. host: one more thought on -- let's turn it back to our question about really talking about prosecutions by the whit

waxman: i'm pleased to recognize the life of jon wooden who passed away in los angeles last friday. i want to begin by expressing my condolences on his passing to his family and the countless people whose lives he touched. jon wooden coached at ucla when i was there earning my undergraduate and law school degrees. i was in my last year of law school when the bruins had their first perfect season under coach wooden, a season that cullmy nate in a championship win over duke. everybody on campus was thrilled. no one could have possibly imagined that this was only the beginning of a historic run that will probably never be matched. jon wooden would go on to coach the bruins to an unprecedented 10 ncaa championships, including an incredible seven in a row and a record four perfect seasons, which includes an 88-game win streak from 1971 to 1974. the full list of records broken and accolades earned is far too long to cover here. his accomplishments made his name synonymous with success and it is unlikely that anyone will ever be table match the accomplishments that he has achieved. incredi

the costs wd up goingn as you nd things like elevators and hvac, and what happens in places like los angeles and new york and la vegas and miami, these costs have not been kept up with. the result has been that the loan program has not been eful. at we do is we take a loan limit of $83,000, almost $184,000, create a ne extreme high cost area that the secretary will be able to designate where the mits will be higher, $77,000. for those people concerned, are we going in the wron dirtion and giving too much exposure to a program we should be tightening up? this is a program that unke the single family home where the program there s an extremy delinquency rate, this oneas 1%. we are just increang lims on one th would encourage people to make loans to small businesses that are developing an eye. i urge a yes vote and serve e balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new york reserves the balance of his time. fowhat purpose does the gentleman rise? >>laim timin position to the amendment though i am not in opposition the amendment. the chair: withoutbjecon, the gentleman is recognized. >> i

. >> los angeles times. >> can you talk a little bit about the worst-case scenarios going forward? what happens if the relief wells do not work out? how long could this go on? what kind of contingencies have a bben drawn up? what kind of conversations are you guys have been? >> we are mitigating risk by drilling the second tree leaf hopefuuly, that willlnot be needed. there with a meeting in washington with other representatives. other companies are out there. we have identified a couple of platforms in the area. they may be capable of taking the platform out of the3 we are exploring that. it would give us an auction of controlling the flow without having the surface vessels there. it would not be the capacity we+ are looking for. we are in an exploratory conversation. we ask the industry to unconstrained their safety. we could use the all to thh production facilities. good>> i wanted to see if you cd explain what you just talked about. give us a little bit of a sense of where this conversation with the but the production platform to drill a new well. >> that is the first time we h

places like los angeles to new york -- you are looking at 50 cities at once. i did not necessarily view the plots as any indication of a radical infusion of ideology here. i think we will continue to see the ups and downs in the coming years. whether some of these affiliate's like the arabian peninsula get comfortable enough so they can organize some pretty heavy-duty plotting against this country. if you combine safe haven and combine that with intent, eventually we will get hit. i do agree there's been an increase in plotting that we have seen. but i do not think it has reached the level where i would say, we are sitting on a hotbed of revolution. i'm kind of surprised it came this late. i thought we would have seen this in 2004, 2005. not over act because one of them will get through. what's his name in new york, shahzad, he is an amateur until he gets the fuses right, and then he is a pro. >> let me underscore that these are people who americans see glimmers of in themselves and that is why they are resonating. look at the interactive forums and chat rooms

los angeles, good morning. caller: good morning, everyone. after 30 years of calling talk shows -- some of what you're saying is correct. [inaudible] one thing i see is no one brings up the cause of these problems. it comes up naturally. the iranian are great people, as bush and obama have said. [inaudible] this is a big issue. nobody brings it up. what do you think about this? guest: what do i think about the situation in iran with the respect to the people rising up against the government? host: i believe that was the tail end of his comments, yes. guest: as far as iran is concerned, the policy of the united states should have been regime change for a very long time, since before 9/11. it was the iranian regime that killed 19 members of the united states air force. they have been the principal state sponsor of terrorism for years. they have been working with al- qaeda since the early 1990's. when we have a policy of resisting change, that does not mean we have to attack every place -- regime change, that does not mean we have to attack ever

operation bellbottoms, which was a collaboration of various federal agents and all enforcement in los angeles. a dozen people were arrested for drug trafficking and counter the goods. that was largely related to clothing. the general sentiment was that the shop owner appeared to be a link to hezbollah. that person was arrested a year earlier tried to smuggle money out of the u.s. into lebanon in a child's toy. we are going to be able to find out the additional offenses that these offenders were involved in and the tactics of their operation. identify are ways of promoting that kind of information in the future. 19 individuals in detroit were charged with operating a racketeering enterprise that included by agra, cigarette papers, and others. court records indicate that these profits went back to hezbollah. a pakistani national residing in washington, d.c., was sentenced to 110 months in prison for terrorist financing. we see the connection to product counterfeiting where funds were transferred to al qaeda and its affiliate organizations and operatives. let me conclude with this. it is a bit o

for example, the federal government has conveyed at no cost a building in los angeles for a mob museum. a mob museum. one in massachusetts was conveyed for a public high school where tuition is over $29,000 a year. a building in florida that's a federal government now leases back at a cost of over $100,000% a year. the proposal would direct o.m.b. to sell these properties and transfer 80% of the proceeds to reduce the federal debt. this would result in approximately $15 billion in debt reduction. the remaining 20% of the proceeds would act as an incentive to agencies to quickly dispose of the excess property. even president obama is starting to appreciate the need. on june 10 he issued a presidential memorandum to department heads direct hing them to, quote, accelerate efforts to identify and eliminate excess properties. he went to say, both taxpayer dollars and energy resources are being wasted to maintain these excess assets. we seem to be in agreement with the president. we urge the democrats to join us. today congress can carry out the wishes of the american people, and take signif

host: los angeles, california, democratic line, chris. caller: good morning. i was watching television in 2008 and they were saying that -- they were talking about the births in 2007. this came from the census bureau. they said that 18% of all births in america in 2007 were white. 19% were black. 4% were asian and native american. 49% for hispanics. i find it strange that that number really has not changed now that it is 2009 the they are talking about. it is still almost half of the births in america being 50%. i find that alarming. guest: i am not sure of the figures that he is talking about. it may be birth rates for the state of california. which is what the states where this demographic shift has occurred most rapidly. host: earlier you talk about the potential market for industry bringing in immigrants. are we seeing a community is getting more immigrants and first generation, a second- generation americans coming in, are they seeing an increase in their economy, an improvement in their economy based on this population? does that make sense? guest: emigr

host: a little bit about general mcchrystal, from "the los angeles *" this morning. it says, "general mcchrystal is a detail man." 3 host: toledo, ohio, molly on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. i think you should be fired immediately. you just noted the article about pat tilley. this is our military lying and it issnot right. we've been running in place over there for almost 10 years. the best thing president obama can do is into this war as soon as possible. they are eight civilization thousands of years older than ours. they do not understand our culture. they will never be like us.. they do not want us over there. we have spent enough blood over there. they are getting bombed every day. we're never going to end the likes of the people in al-qaeda in the taliban. fire of tthe commander-in--hief, end the war, and get rid of this this respectable person. host: "the washington post" says this on the front page. host: that is the front page of "the washington post" this morning about the back story on the afghanistan strategy. joseph on the