we will hear from los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa and former governor pete wilson. >>> undocumented immigrants began applying for temporary protection from be importadepor. >>> and the city decides if ross mirkarimi should be removed as sheriff. coming up next. are . >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis. we start tonight with two conversatio conversations. the first with los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. chairman of the democratic national convention. and then with former governor pete wilson who is heading california's delegation to the republican national convention. earlier today, carla marinucci and i spoke with them from los angeles. >> welcome and thank you, mayor villaraigosa for joining us. the gop will have had their say and we're wondering what will be presented different coming from the democratic party. >> first of all, this will be the most accessabiliible conven in democratic history. they will start off on monday with a big event open to everyone. not just our delegates. we end off at the football stadium. the bank of america stadium there. 65,000 people. del

. >> and pete wilson told me there may be more postponements but romney's convention will go on. >> the message i think is going to get out. i think he's going to win. >> there is i don't care if we get blown in by a hurricane or tornado. there is going to be an earthquake in washington next january. >> congressman darrell issa dismissed this issue. >> everyone is very concerned about people who bhit lose their homes. i know he'll be excited to shairt vision for the country. >> mitt romney cited whitman as a model of the kind of person he would like to have in his cabinet. >> i'm flattered but no. i'm going to stay at hooup hooup. i fine -- hewlett-packard. so i'll be at hp. >> whitman and delegates say the hurricane may dampen the convention. >> and there are a lot of ning that's may happen between now and november. i don't think the storm will be one of them. >> they says she's not the person who will pick florida during hurricane season. mitt romney needs florida and there is where so many elections have been won or lost. >> and we'll continue to cover the convention this week. ask t

california celebrating an incredible milestone, 20 years ago history was made when then governor pete wilson signed a charter school act into law. today it is the longest running charter in california. >>> battle on the bay in a few hours epic clash of the world's best sailors vessels and owners. they are competing in the america's cup world series, a warm-up act to next year's america's cup. katie marzullo is live at the marina green in san francisco. >> reporter: exciting stuff. we have one of those catamarans up close and personal so you can look at what they are like this is the piranha here for opening day this is the opening day of the second world series and the 34th america's cup racing. i've just come from a kickoff event for this opening day. san francisco mayor ed lee was there as well as all of the skippers who were introduced one by one as race organizers explained today, it is free practice. that starts 1 this afternoon and tomorrow is when the official match race qualifications begin. mayor lee hopes this is the first of many years of america's cup racing here in san francisco

this marks 20th anniversary of the charter school act signed into law by 1972 by pete wilson, then governor. i was one of the first charters to open in california. schools not required to follow state education code and are free from local labor management agreement autos i'm hopeful for a few tour with charter schools and districts, whenever possible, collaborate and work together for collective benefit of all children within the communities. >> some 413,000 kids attend the charter schools in california. however, movement isn't popular with everyone. people in many states are critical of the rise of for-profit charters and online charter schools. it said 19726789 we mean 1982. >> there is consumer news smrks of the biggest online travel web sites being accused of conspiring to keep hotel prices high. >> they are. and michael finney is here to tell whaus is behind the accusation autos this came out of nowhere. i hadn't got a heads up on this one. a law sooult alleges web sites he like expedia conspired with major hotel chains to fix prices. they claim hotels set minimum rates to offer custo

california celebrating an incredible milestone, 20 years ago history was made when then governor pete wilson signed a charter school act into law. today it is the longest running charter in california. >>> battle on the bay in a few hours epic clash of the world's best sailors vessels and owners. they are competing in the america's cup world series, a warm-up act to next year's america's cup. katie marzullo is live at the marina green in san francisco. >> reporter: exciting stuff. we have one of those catamarans up close and personal so you can look at what they are like this is the piranha here for opening day this is the opening day of the second world series and the 34th america's cup racing. i've just come from a kickoff event for this opening day. san francisco mayor ed lee was there as well as all of the skippers who were introduced one by one as race organizers explained today, it is free practice. that starts 1 this afternoon and tomorrow is when the official match race qualifications begin. mayor lee hopes this is the first of many years of america's cup racing here in san francisco

now this is the california delegation led by former governor pete wilson which announced its vote asrt of the relevant call this afternoon. of mark matthews is covering the convention for from us tampa. he explains how romney must fight a little bit to get the support of women. >> if there were only men voting republicans would win every election. >>reporter: not southern california acknowledging poll that romney has trouble attrac attracting women voters. republican women from the bay area acknowledged there have been some memorandum manual gaff. >> the comment by senate ache ini don't think anybody who just didn't go ugg. >> talking about missouri republican ache incomments on what he called legitimate rape. >> the rest of us look back and i don't know anyone who doesn't think that man is an idiot. >>reporter: san jose republican jean lou. >> because i think some woman they really need help so they think obama can help with them because they can get government assistance. >>reporter: alternate delicate spivt of morgan hill. >> i think they need to listen to the word said from' romn

pete wilson.d when i became governor of new jersey, they said the same things to me that i heard people in california say when i was out there recently to visit. we do not know if it can be fixed. the problems are too big. the challenges are now to grave. maybe we have just given california away to the public sector unions, the masses of huge spending and huge government. but it does not have to be that way. there will be lots of folks that you can tell in california that you paid to come here in tampa, fla. during a hurricane. and it will be wondering what your thinking about. [laughter] do have those cynical folks who sit around your everyday when you say you are involved in politics. and it will say, what are you doing that for? they're all the same. it does not matter who you vote for. one politician is just like the next. you can tell them how you have one example of how that is not true. look at new jersey and look at california. they made two very different choices. new jersey decided to ta

pete wilson.d when i became governor of new jersey, they said the same things to me that i heard people in california say when i was out there recently to visit. we do not know if it can be fixed. the problems are too big. the challenges are now to grave. maybe we have just given california away to the public sector unions, the masses of huge spending and huge government. but it does not have to be that way. there will be lots of folks that you can tell in california that you paid to come here in tampa, fla. during a hurricane. and it will be wondering what your thinking about. [laughter] do have those cynical folks who sit around your everyday when you say you are involved in politics. and it will say, what are you doing that for? they're all the same. it does not matter who you vote for. one politician is just like the next. you can tell them how you have one example of how that is not true. look at new jersey and look at california. they made two very different choices. new jersey decided to ta

pete wilson hasn't done that. she would on course to be president all those years ago.g and talks to the whole country and i don't think ryan spoke to the whole country tonight, in fact, a lot of these speakers have not, and it's obvious if you listen to their words. >> but, chris, don't we need from paul ryan in part, don't we need from him the attack dog stuff. doesn't this set mitt romney up to talk about himself in a way instead of having to just go after obama which is most of what he's been doing on the stump? >> rachel, you're right. historically the vp plays the attack dog and started with dick nixon back in '52, ike took the high road, nixon, the low road. i think we got past that. i think a lot of recent president, al gore and others refused to play that part. it isn't automatic you're the dog out there attacking like that at the heels of the other party. you ought to give some hope and spirit and some big picture sense of unifying america. i don't think paul ryan tried to unify america today. i think he tried to use the divisions in america economically to ad

romney early on, pete wilson, the former governor of california known for prop 187 out there, known asginal republican hardliner against home the george w. bush wing of the party was sort of carved out as one of his original immigration guys. he picked chris cobach in '08 and '12 who wrote the papers please law in arizona. just the other day, chris cobach after leading the republican convention and putting into the platform the idea that papers please ought to be encouraged across the country, then left to go sue the obama administration over president obama's move to keep dream act kids in the country legally. there could not be a more hardline position, it's a tancredo-esque campaign from romney on this subject. they're hoping, i think, that language helps them anyway. let's listen in to jeb bush now. >> thanks. thank you. welcome to florida. thank you. before i begin my remarks, i have something personal i'd like to share with you. i've been so blessed to be part of a family that has committed its life to public service. my grand dad, my grandfather, and my father have been incredib

pete williams will join us on the set with more on the shooter. >>> some welcome relief greeted drivers. five lanes now open on each direction of the wood row wilson bridge. megan mcgrath takes us for a ride. >> reporter: a picture perfect rush hour. why wouldn't it be? motorists that take the beltway now have more lanes available toll them. two more lanes to be exact. >> five lanes. the public has shoehorned into three lanes since construction. now three lanes in the local and two lanes in the through, so these will move more efficiently and more safely. >> reporter: the new configure arrangements, though there's a brief time in telegraph road that gotten down to four lanes before widening again. this is the final configuration. the construction barriers are all gone. only minor work will happen from now on, dural off-peak hours. >> i know about five minutes less on my community. i also notice coming over here, traffic opened up quite a bit instead of being backed up. >> i do think it will help. i travel across the bridge are day, and the traffic is ridiculous. >> reporter: because this is a new configuration, drivers are asked to use caution esp