>> mitch landrieu wants the justice department to come in and do several things. create an early warning system for the department that will flag troubled officers, officers who are getting into altercations or shootings with citizens. to create a citizen complaint system, a legitimate citizen complaint system so people can say hey i had this problem with an officer, he verbally abused me or she physically abused me and i want to complain about it. and third i think the third thing you'll see is a push to create a real discipline system so you don't have officers who have been complained about and complained about and complained about 40 or more times and still are on the force and haven't been severely disciplined. >> and briefly because we're just about out of time, why can't the mayor and the new police chief do that on their own? >> well, what we've seen is wherever there's been major reform efforts and a major transformation of a troubled police department, l. a., cincinnati, these things have happened with the help of the justice department coming in and pus

minority leader mitch mcconnell and house majority leader steny hoyer, along with new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. i will see you sunday. "larry king live" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight the real mel gibson. we'll take an in-depth look at the oscar winner's career. what is it like? is it what you thought it would be? >> no. >> larry: what makes him tip. >> the broads. >> larry: not that easy? >> they're throwing themselves out of buildings on me. >> larry: how he rose to the top. >> you have to adapt to your life. >> larry: what he told me when we sat down together. >> i hate the tabloids. >> larry: mel gibson next on "larry king live." >> larry: mel gibson has been at the top of his profession for decades, despite the apparent personal problems that have been report monday in the past week. he has an incredibly successful track record as an actor, director and producer. i spoke to him in 1997. we were talking about the film "conspiracy theory." a little history of this film. how did this unusual script come to you? >> it was sent to me by the writer by

on august 19th, mitch landrieu, the mayor of new orleans, will report on the city's progress and potential. on september 13th, the reverend david beckman, president of bread for the world and this year's recipient of th world food prize will discuss eliminating hunger, the people and congress. and on october 12th, general norman schwarz, chief of staff for u.s. air force, will be discussing military issues and the war in afghanistan. that's our first item of business. our send is to present our speaker with the one token of appreciation that we will give a speaker here at the national press club, our legendary and coveted press club mug. one more question. and now our final question. what is the most important thing that a parent can do and a teacher can do to get us where we need to be to help children succeed? >> that's another hour. i'm trying to be very quick. this is obviously personal. my wife and i ve a 6-year-old and 8-year-old at home. the most important thing we can do as parents is to be engaged and teachers have hard jobs. and where parents aren't engaged, teachers n't do this