>> right, well, what happened is bell was going to take over maywood city services as maywood got rid of laid-off... laid off almost all of its city employees. we heard of investigations going on in bell so i called the district attorney's office and asked if they were investigating maywood and was told, no. i don't know why but i asked what about bell? and the answer came back, as a matter of fact, we're investigating the high salaries of their city council members. so we wrote a story about that that the council members were getting paid about $100,000 a year. this is a part-time job. that led ruben and myself to go over to bell and request some records of salaries, contracts, minutes of meetings, and that started the whole thing. >> warner: and they tried to stone wall you the first time you requested this, right? the records? >> yeah, i mean, when we went there at first bob rizzo the city manager wouldn't come talk to us. so the city clerk came to us. eventually she said, well, you can have these documents in ten days which they were entitled to under the public records act. but r

that i want to make sure that child in the south side or the west side or out in maywood or dalton has the same opportunities that i have had. [applause] and that i am looking after them not out of charity but because my life is richer and better. when the people around me are happy and the people around me have a shot at the american dream. those values that all of you helped to form in me, i carry those with me to the white house. i wake up every day with them and i go to bed every night with them. i am thinking about you. when i read those letters every night from constituents all across the country and they talk about what it is like to send out 16 resin is and not get an answer back and the desperation and the parents thinking they may not be able to take care their kids or a child credit letter -- or a child writing a letter that their parents may have to move and mr. president, there is something you can do. when i think about those things. , i am also thinking back home. i am thinking about what you have taught me. that campaign in 2008 was not my campaign, it was your campaign

sister's keeper; that i want to make sure that child on the south side or the west side or out in maywood or out in dolton, that they've got the same opportunities that i've had. and that i'm looking after them, not out of charity, but because my life is richer, my life is better when the people around me are happy and the people around me have a shot at the american dream. and those values that all of you helped to form in me, i carried those with me to the white house. i wake up every day with them and i go to bed every night with them. i'm thinking about you. and when i read those letters every night, from constituents all across the country, and they talk about what it's like to send out 16 resumes and not get an answer back; and the desperation that a parent feels thinking they might not be able to take care of their kids; or a child writing a letter saying their parents are losing their home and they're going to have to move, and, mr. president, is there something that you can do -- when i'm thinking about those things, i'm also thinking back here, thinking back home, about what you