one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long

generally speaking if you are even acquitted which is not the case here in state court, the rodney kingl government can bring the case under a different label, civil rights in that case instead of straight assault. it's not double jeopardy. in reverse, sometimes it is. if you're acquitted in federal court, in new york state, you can't be charged in the state. it gets complicated. liz: interesting. this isn't over. >> here, yeah, they could look at him for mail fraud. i also think and you have heard judge napolitano also say they may investigate the circumstances under which this case was dropped. liz: wow. what a story. will you come back? >> i would love to. liz: great perspective. i love you. come back. coming up the democrats took the house by gunning away on healthcare now they're gunning to take back the white house the same way. the only problem is they are seriously and hopelessly divided on their only big radical plan that would wipe out, wait for it, obama care. also we're going to ask when will republicans step up with their plans, and later in the show, full throttle, at a mi

the rodney king situation a beginning point, it was technology that led into that and unveiling the truthople couldn't deny because it's on video? >> video. now everybed ey has a camera on their phones. they're locked into it. the big screen verses the bigger screen. so everybody's web would together for more reasons than one and truth will prevail out of some of these situations. >> do you think trump will be reelected? >> i didn't thunk he was going to make it past two years so. the climate in the united states of oamerica breeds itself upon confusion. >> my last question. george thoros said the difference between a business and a profession is tain business the only goal is money. but in the profession like medicine or journalism, there's supposed to be other values that can trump the profit motive. do you think -- >> character has a lot to do with it. >> do you worry the music business, the news business don't have enough of those professional values and just pursuing the profit? >> there's always a fight. there's a fight that balances it out. what make as fisherman fish? just to eat?