eric galt drove the mustang. when the fingerprints and the strands of hair showed they were the same man, the fbi issued this warrant for eric starvo galt. then, sifting thousands of records, the fbi matched those fingerprints with an escaped con from missouri, james earl ray. it began a nationwide manhunt for ray. the next day, ray left toronto for montreal, trying to get on a ship to africa. he failed. when he returned to toronto, the passport was waiting at a travel agency. >> when i went in the next day to pick it up, i found out the name was spelled wrong. s-n-e-y-a instead of s-n-e-y-d. >> early in may, ray boarded a plane to london, then flew on to lisbon, portugal, staying at this hotel for less than $2 a night. ray wrote -- >> i spent most of my time trying to get on a ship to angola. >> why was he trying to get to angola, rhodesia? >> well, where he was mainly wanting to get to was a place that didn't have no extradition treaty with the united states. >> arthur hanes, his first lawyer. >> he had signed

he registered the mustang under the same name.is new license plate and his new identity, ray left for mexico. by mid november, ray, on the right, had move on to los angeles and settled into a low-rent hotel on hollywood boulevard. he took dancing lessons and bar tending lessons, but perhaps more significantly, he did this. >> i had plastic surgery on my nose. it had been mashed to the left. after i got to the hotel, i moved the bandage to the right to change my appearance more. >> ray underwent that plastic surgery on march 5th, only 30 days before martin luther king jr. would die. >> i have been retained by this man. >> arthur haines jr. on the left and his father would become ray's first lawyers. >> when he left the plastic surgeon, he took his hand and undid the surgery, pushing it to the right thinking, if he ever got arrested, he would use the plastic surgeon's photographs to show it was not he who had been arrested. >> two weeks later dr. king traveled to los angeles, first speaking to the state democratic convention, then d

well, i'm so glad to be out here with the mustangs.s students congratulations for being at lincoln high school. we've got a lot of people here today. i asked as many of our staff and city departments to join us. i want to thank scott wiener he's in the house. we've got our public works, we've got both our fire chief and police chief here. we have our transportation director here. our port director is here our park and recreation director. we have environment director here. yes, we of our mayor's office of disabilities here and john is here. we have our arts director here as well tom. i want to also thank all of them. i want to thank the chrnd day kids who are here as well. go get them. and i want to thank especially the president of our san francisco board of education thank you richard important being here. she's all of our school and everybody. lucille thank you for being here. i'm so excited. i'm so excited you, you know, tomorrow the giants starts and i hope some of you are going to be here. i still can't stop celebrating the serie

this 1986 ford mustang was his prized possession. >> car had more sentimental value than dollar valueporter: it was his girlfriend's she passed away a few years ago. >> we had a passion for mustang. car club together. >>reporter: back in february wion a frinddsere out on the town. they got no a brawl with a group of other guys at gas station at bell exploratorium police detained wilson and took him to park station. they towed his car to the impound lot. auto return on peer 70. >> when i was detained that night by the officers they took my key off my key ring and placed them in the vehicle. >>reporter: san francisco police say there was nothing unusual about the tow. including taking the car keys and leaving them in the car. wilson was never charged for the brawl. when he went to the auto return to ping the cary thought they were joking when they told him the car had been stolen. >> essentially treated like a crime lab. they still evidence from the crime lab? pretty much the same thing. >>reporter: somehow someone was able to drive off the lot with wilson's car. >> public auction going

this 1986 ford mustang was his prized possession. >> car had more sentimental value than dollar value. >>reporter: it was his girlfriend's she passed away a few years ago. >> we had a passion for mustang. car club together. >>reporter: back in february wilson and friends were out on the town. they got no a brawl with a group of other guys at gas station at bell exploratorium police detained wilson and took him to park station. they towed his car to the impound lot. auto return on peer 70. >> when i was detained that night by the officers they took my key off my key ring and placed them in the vehicle. >>reporter: san francisco police say there was nothing unusual about the tow. including taking the car keys and leaving them in the car. wilson was never charged for the brawl. when he went to the auto return to ping the cary thought they were joking when they told him the car had been stolen. >> essentially treated like a crime lab. they still evidence from the crime lab? pretty much the same thing. >>reporter: somehow someone was able to drive off the lot with wilson's car. >> public a

girlfriend's she passed away a few years ago. >> we had a passion for mustang. car club together. >>reporter: back in february wilson and friends were out on the town. they got no a brawl with a group of other guys at gastaont bell exploratorium police detained wilson and took him to park station. they towed his car to the impound lot. auto return on peer 70. >> when i was detained that night by the officers they took my key off my key ring and placed them in the vehicle. >>reporter: san francisco police say there was nothing unusual about the tow. including taking the car keys and leaving them in the car. wilson was never charged for the brawl. when he went to the auto return to ping the cary thought they were joking they told him the car had been stolen. >> essentially treated like a crime lab. they still evidence from the crime lab? pretty much the same thing. >>reporter: somehow someone was able to drive off the lot with wilson's car. >> public auction going on that day and the suspect gained entry to one of the vehicle and drove out of the lot past the security gate. >>report

put something on the over head for sfg tv what i put on the over head is the picture of the pink mustang lined up at the hotel and it's very demoralizing to the drivers it's ruining their income that illegal operators are allowed with impunity to be out there. so a cease and desist order there maybe room for more cabs over time but the medallions would he won't be worth anything. it's irresponsible to do this to the people that are visiting the city to put them in vehicles with no insurance no driver background checks so i hope you will do something to get the illegal operators out of the business thank you. >> anyone else to address the board. >> hearing none i'll call the public comment section over. please come forward. >> good afternoon i'm ann -- work for yellow i think it's unfair to yell because they put the out let for dispatching and the and at this point -- the customer just wants for all the cabs in the city because the customer doesn't care they just want to look who's the closest cab and get it so we have to look from the point of view of the customer there were 2 hundred ne

was the mustang sleek? >> yes, and fast. >>> now the story we're following.drey potts was molested and then cyber bullied. her story is next on "cbs this morning." am i interrupting something? another viva dare. our fans think there's a rule that a paper towel can't handle this. fans? now that's tough when wet. [ peggy ] grab viva and break the rules on all your tough messes. this is what they do for fun. ♪ (alarm clock buzzer) ♪ (announcer) friskies. now serving breakfast. >>> three teens are charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old california girl. she committed suicide. the suspects made their first court appearance tuesday and john blackstone showed us what may be another case of cyber bullying. >> reporter: when audreypot took her own life last september she did not leave a suicide note but in her e-mails and text messages to friends her parents found this reid by audrey's stepmother audreypot. >> i'm in hell. everyone knows about that life. the whole school is talking about it. my life is other very that night audrey went to a party, drank alcohol

after all the love i've given the mustangs, i'm demanding an autographed jersey!so proud of our team. i mean, it's not a one man thing. it takes a whole team to get this far. i'm really proud and excited for the celebration we're about to have after. >> celebration it was, as they mobbed the trophy and were just all happy. it was nice to see! >> and it was their first season. >> first season, first time that they've had organized flag football at the high school level and they only have it right here in san francisco! and that is why they are recognized by the cif. take that, socal? how ya like it? >>> we'll be right back. ed guests. yeah, so they can race! hey! kachow! bellissimo! guido! our tires are a-flying! whooooaaaaaa little tractors, dance! they're here! it is time! there's high-octane fun for everyone at cars land. only at disney california adventure park. am i don't know. any medications? last immunization shots? really? honey, what's my blood pressure medicine called? one time i took something and i blew up like a puffer fish. i'm probably allergic to t

let's go mustangs have a great game. good afternoon. thank you hey, guys. i'm wit weekly buzz. have no fear because i'm here to break down the top places to be this week. this tuesday come to the french film and wide conversation class to help non-french speakers to discover french cinema. san francisco is offering weekly class. the class will take place in the theatre with refreshments and popcorn for a $5 donation at the door. the carnival maybe more up your alley. the annual fundraiser for mckinley elementary school. watch dogs compete for best tricks at the biggest dog event in san francisco. don't miss this from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.. this sunday april 14th, the block party is on in full effect when this neighborhood celebrates in street parties so pedestrians and roller skaters can take over. valencia street is a place for people to party. c'mon in and join us. that's the weekend fun. for more information click >> good morning, everybody, thank you for joining us this morning, in the bill gram auditor um and we are joined this morning by these gentleman up here but i wanted to

it is not uncommon for ladies to mount there mustangs and hunt with their husbands to ride long distances on horseback, to attend a ball still dressed in the saddlebags. hardy vigorous constitutions a free spirit and spontaneous gayety continued a rich legacy to their children to it is hopeful sufficiently value the blessings not to squander away in there eager search of refinement of polite life. i just thought that was a fabulous thing that they had the gaiety way back then when there was nothing. i want to read an excerpt from my great great grandmothers letter. the daughter of the governor of tennessee and i found this was something that ran through a lot of the women that came to texas from genteel families, a lot of luxury, and well educated. they came to texas where there was nothing. nothing. no amenities. henry editing who built the biggest branch in the world, the king ranch lived in a mud hut when she first married richard king because there were no trees nothing to build a log house wit and the others like my great great grandmother lived in a log cabin and here is what she sa

they are seeking class action and names 2005 through 2010 mustang and explorer and mercury cougar ande system can leave drivers unable to stop. toyota settled similar claims last year. >> facebook is introduced a special version of android's operating system on phones made by htc. it has camera and messaging will be default apps. >> are you worried about tweets may get you fired. you can check whether you are on danger zone, measure the risk and assess co-workers tweets. investors are waiting for report on manufacturing. it's continuing to expand. dow and s&p 500 climbing to new highs before the good friday holiday. and tongue and cheek products looking for extra press. proctor & gamble unveiling no pigs are harmed. and pet products and tiny speakers to help hamsters get a better workout. i'm jane king with the bloomberg business. >> bacon flavors scopes. they will be following you down the street. >> i love bacon but that is disgusting. >> let's get a check on the forecast. >> bacon flavors and chocolate chips in it. >> then we'll talk. >> like chocolate over bacon? >> fried pickle f

they say that the mustang funny car exploded causing the fiberglass body to fly 60 feet. amazingly only two fans were treated and released with pie for the injuries and thankful about that. >>> much more in the bay coming up today. more gun control legislation shot down in the senate. we will talk about where the control of the con troe strer sha -- controversial issue lies now. >> announcer: you are watching "today in the bay." >>> welcome back. some lawmakers are vowing to fight for tougher national gun laws is not over. in fact, two senators held a town hall meeting in the bay area to ask for voters' e help to push congress to move forward on this matter. >> gun violence and prevention of the violence in our country is very much on the minds of my constituents. they have certainly voiced their opinion about their deep, deep, deep disappointment. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> of what took place in the united states senate this week. we have moms demanding action. >> reporter: far from washington, our representative anna ashew in palo alto helped chair a house on

for the analog car, for the '64 mustang, they can handle it, but not for these cars now. >> correct. a number of things, and one of the things about this, not only is technology, but it's the database. you see, you're talking about an independent garage, and they're working on 30 badges in maybe 20 years. we have the database to address that. it's proprietary and we have the best one. >> now, last time you were here, you talked about cash-rich, confidence-poor people. nothing's changed, has it? >> nothing's really changed. >> how can that be? >> the economy is sort of from bottoms up. what we saw is the auto repair mechanic is an entrepreneur himself. he works by the job. and he is cash-rich and confidence-poor. what we did see over the end of the year was a little pause, right at the beginning of the year. i think people got out of this, and it became the psychology of it all. you know, taxes are changing, payroll taxes, income taxes, sequestration. and there was a little bit of a pause. but then we saw us get out of that, and i think they're still confidence-rich -- confidence-poor

her previous book, mustang with l.a. times best book of 2008 and won the california book awards silver medal for nonfiction. her book twentynine palms was an l.a. times best book 2001 and it has just been reissued and she lives in l.a.. and beside me is caitlin rother. rother has written a hoax fiction and nonfiction. a pulitzer prize investigative journalist. rother worked for nearly 20 years for daily newspapers and made scores of tv and radio appearances as a crime expert. her latest book "lost girls" came out last year and she lives in san diego. welcome to all of you. looking forward to a spirited discussion. the format will be i will ask a couple of questions to all the panelists and then i will have a couple of questions for each of the panelists about their works after which we will take some time for questions from all of you who are with us today in the session. so, first i would like to ask all three of you, your genre of nonfiction true crime differs quite a bit from mine and from several other stories of non

. ♪ love aall around no need to waste it ♪ >> when i saw mary richards drive in that mustang to that is it like for you all working together after 40 years? >> yeah, it really is heaven and none of us has changed. >> well, we've done the best we can. >> gravity has taken over a little bit. >> when you think back on the show that really started all of this, why do you all think it resonated so much? >> so reflected life, katie. it reflected women. >> and then, mary, that ever popular question, how come a girl like you isn't married? >> how come you're still single? >> in the '70s women, young women were living differently. >> out! out! >> you know, i think one of the things, the writing was fantastic. >> but if you don't put on your hats you can't have any dinner. >> but your characters were also just so fun and funny and interesting and imperfect. tell me why you think people were so attractive first of all to rhoda. >> because they recognized themselves. >> eat something. >> i can't. i got to lose ten pounds by 8:30. >> a friend of mine once said, mary is who you wish you were. rhod

she wanted to get out there in a mustang or corvette and drive around with her friends. she was really, really bright. she was really good at math. we need more mathematicians and scientists and engineers in this country, and kelly ann, who was 16 then, would be right around 30 today; never got to fulfill those dreams. here's what happened in columbine. the two students who walked into the school and started shooting couldn't get the weapons themselves. so they had a friend buy them for them. the friend knew that if they went to a gun dealership they wouldn't get them because they wouldn't pass the background check, so they went outside the background check to get them a different way. a way that thousands of people go to buy their weapons. most of them -- not the vast majority of them, not because they're trying to get around the background check system, but just because in private sales and gun shows and on the internet we largely don't require background checks. so one of the things we're trying to fix this week, there is a belief amongst many of the family members of

built--were built for horses that really don't exist anymore--very thin, narrow, smaller horses, uh, mustangs. and today's horses are much bigger, much more muscular, much wider, so you--when you look at old saddles, they're very, very narrow. >> well, he's the, uh--the go-to guy for everything with horses. i mean, he knows horses. he knows horse equipment, and he knows the people with--that love the horses around here, so we all come to him. >> i walked in here one day and was trying to tell him about the saddle, you know, inside the shop that i had left in the car, and when i told him what i had, he beat me to the parking lot. [laughs] >> i gotta say that all of my customers are the greatest, and really--and it's a great bunch of people around here. um, have done work for clint eastwood's tehama. one of my first customers when i moved to part of--this part of the country was william packard from hewlett-packard. nice man. um, and i think a lot of people have come through the shop that are probably famous in one way or another, and i'm just not aware of it. i enjoy this so much that, uh, tha