." >>> south los angeles banned fast-food restaurants in 2008 and now people in that city are still fati could str told you that. in fact, they are getting fatter than they were before the ban. the obesity rate rose from 63% to 75%. how is that possible? what are they eating? each other. >> professor ian malcolm you may know him from "jurassic park." he said life finds a way. i think it is clear that it is also true that fat finds a way. the thing here is though that now they will say -- the solution to failed government intervention is more government intervention. they say the ban needs to be a wider area. the definition of what is being banned needs to be expanded to more fast-food joints. they won't say clearly banning stuff won't work. they just ban more stuff. >> so they banned new fast-food restaurants from opening in south los angeles? >> yes. >> so all of the old ones are it still there? >> yes. >> i live in l.a. and i am fatter than i was in 2008. everyone in l.a. drives. you can get anywhere you want. sometimes the fattest stuff is not the fast-food stuff, but the stuff in th

. >>> two los angeles police officers are recovering after being hurt by gunfire last night. the plain clothed officers were driving in south los angeles when someone started shooting. the officers shot back. the swat team was called back. the two police officers only had minor injuries. police detained several people. they are still looking for at least two others. >>> also new this morning a new round of nuclear negotiations. secretary of state john kerry is in switzerland. representatives from russia, great britain, china, france, and germany are also there. there is a march 31st deadline. >>> the federal government has issued a grace period for people who are filing their taxes and weren't aware there is a penalty for not having health insurance. now those who paid the fee for not having coverage last year must confirm they were not aware there was a tax penalty until after last months enrollment deadline. the penalty is $95 per person or 1% of household income which is ever greater. the grace period ends april 30th. >>> nice warm weekend and ski and snow boarding season is officially over at another sierra resort. it i

probably, you know, moved somewhere between two and three tops of cocaine through the streets of south los angeles. sorry, 2,000-3,000 tonnes during the 1980s. it was a tremendous amount of cocaine. there were more tonnes entering and being sold during that time. i worry sometimes that he's viewed as single handedly responsible for the crack epidemic. he was a central figure. if you had to pick one person to focus on saying this was the guy who spreld the disease far and wide, you are on safe ground picking freeway rick. this was happening in other angeles. >> you can catch freeway crack in the system. that is our show for today, i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. >> hard work! >> hard work! >> dedication! >> dedication! >> hard work! >> hard work! >> dedication! >> dedication! >> i didn't ever tell y'all this little story guys, about david and goliath. the big ol' giant and the little ol' david. that big ol' giant it was the hurricanes, the ones that was always beatin' up on everybody

>>james: police are looking for a gunman who shot and wounded two officers in south los angeles they have set up barricades throughout the city and some opened fire on the last at the officers were not in uniform at the time the shooting with a to no more details come in on that news stories this morning these terminals and is police want to question one of their own in connection with a deadly shooting but they cannot find them this set a rookie officer has been missing now add a personal interest in the death of to victory year-old investing is believed that the debt to some sort fire before the shooting to of the nose or to country of a suspect in custody in the shooting that the two police officers often awarded last week and. >>reporter: officials say 20 year-old jeffrey williams fired the shot and for some missouri wednesday night sales on a prosecutor and he was in custody. he told reporters investigators has shell casings found at the shooting to a 40 caliber handgun place arrested william saturday night. there could be more arrests. >>reporter: trolly up their arrest they to

in south los angeles, firefighters rescued a woman and her two young daughters last night.s were shooting from the apartment. firefighters raised a ladder to a window and helped the mother and children escape. investigators will only say the cause was an accident. our final story tonight is straight out of hollywood, and it's coming up next. know how uncomfortable it can be. but did you know that the lack of saliva can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath? well, there is biotene specially formulated with moisturizers and lubricants... biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps keep your mouth healthy too. biotene, for people who suffer from a dry mouth. for many prescription nexium helps heal acid-related erosions in the lining of the esophagus. it's my prescription. there is risk of bone fracture low magnesium, and vitamin b12 deficiency. side effects include headache abdominal pain and diarrhea. if persistent, contact your doctor right away. other serious stomach conditions may exist. avoid if you take clopidogrel. it's my prescription. nexium 40mg is available o

firefighters in south los angeles coming to the rescue plan to she was able to climb down herself with the latter and no injuries were reported but the causes under investigation. >> tsa agent finds a stowaway dog in the passengers checked bag fortunately before the flight and she said she was unaware that her little chihuahua was in there and must have climbed in while she was packing her suitcase. a happy ending. the nfl free agent period open in late this afternoon wasting very little time philadelphia making the biggest headline. the coach trading the starting quarterback to the rams and bradford and a draft from the rams. but bradford could be drafted day play for the worry given recruit. too prevalent views lead in the world is he doing? and others say it is a stroke of genius. the reports that taylor's left -- taylor swift is ensuring her legs that her career would suffer if anything happened to her legs. celebrities are known for protecting the career boosting bodyguards julia roberts is shared her smile 30 million jennifer lopez is in shared between 27 million and $1 billion d

you, elizabeth. [ laughter ] >>> new this morning, a law restricting fast-food restaurants in south los angeles did not help with obesity rates. the 2008 ordinance didn't allow new stand-alone fast-food restaurants to be built to keep people from gaining weight but researchers found it didn't work because obesity rates continue to rise. >>> a san jose woman is in some trouble with the law for having an illegal taxidermy collection. she collects the stuffed animals in her one-bedroom apartment. quite an arate. the problem is a lot of them are protected wildlife. she says she buys them on ebay. she bought an owl from france which caught the attention of federal game wardens. she faces a $3,000 fine and 300 hours of community service. >>> san rafael people want people to register their surveillance cameras to help with investigations. it's voluntary. and police say they wouldn't have access to the footage. but they say if a crime happens, they could contact surveillance system owners to see if it was caught on camera. >>> a tough story. now the iconic sign and it is now gone. if you ever have he d

an intense manhunt is underway for a pair of suspects after two police officers are shot in south los angeles and in an unmarked car and wearing plainclothes when attacked. several city blocks were closed in the investigation. the u.s. is changing its deployment plan in afghanistan. a white house official says more troops will be kept there into next year a concession to military leader. the plan was to cut troops to 5,500 by the end of the year. roads are swamped and roads like canals in parts of ohio and kentucky. rain and melting snow raised the ohio river to the highest decade in two decades. cincinnati is hardest hit and analysts say the river will stay at flood stage the rest of this week. two gay groups make history in america, second oldest st. patrick's day parade matched for the first time today in south boston and in protest of some roman catholic groups dropped out and the fight to keep gays out of the parade went back to the supreme court and dates back to 1901. olivia: there's a new class of cholesterol drugs that could cut heart risks in fact, ptks-9 prohibitors and can cut so-

at the chopper video that shows a kidnapping suspect pulling a gun and shooting at police in south los angeles. this video shows the moments just before police shot back. this all unfolded live on tv. police shot the suspect yesterday after a car chase and standoff. he has been on the run for seven days and is suspected of kidnapping and assaulting his wife. he was taken from the scene in an ambulance. his condition is unknown. >> the fbi and police are trying to determine if they are the black hat bandit. they believe they are responsible for more than a half dozen bank robberies. police arrested two people at the wells fargo bank on connecticut avenue near wyndham place in northwest d.c. not far from the metro station. this tells us that he saw something kind of odd. >> i saw a guy with his face covered and a poncho. breathing super hard. i put two and two together. wells fargo, guy with a mask. cops chasing him and i guess he robbed a bank. >> that's what pol arrested the two men while sesk a warrant and they are trying to determine if men are linked to eight bank robberies in d.c. maryland

it shows a kidnapping suspect pull out a gun and he is shooting at police in south los angeles. the video shows the moments before police shot back. it all unfolded on live television. he was shot after a car chase and standoff. he has been on the run for several days and suspected of kidnapping and assaulting his wife. he was taken from the scene in an entrance. this morning theset released his condition. >> metro is preparing to happened over video. bobby gross was shot and killed thursday night. police say he was inside the tunnel at the station carrying a stick-like object and partially clothed. a female officer shot him several times and she is on paid leave. the d.c. police will review her use of dead loforce. >> could the black hat bandit be in custody this morning? the men are responsible for more than a half dozen bank robberies. police arrested two people will following a robbery at the bank on connecticut near wyndham place. not far from the metro station. officers caught the two men while serving a warrant. they are trying to figure out if they are linked to eight ro

or you can go to south los angeles. and we see the same story. so it's really not just about what's happening with schools. it's about awakening our collective consciousness to know that this is a tragedy that we no longer can tolerate. >> marian, what do you say to a mother and a father, a family that loses somebody who's 14 years old? what do you tell them? >> i think the first thing we do is we receive their story. we honor their story. we don't come in with an easy answer. so people -- sometimes people come in with easy answers and say it's going to be okay, this is going to go away. it's not going to go away. so they have -- what we do in response to the crisis response that we do walking with families who have had a loved one murdered in the steve oakland, we sit down and we're real. first of all, we don't come in with paper. we come in and we receive their stories as many times as they need to tell us their story. and we honor that. and i say, i didn't get a chance to know your child. what kind of a baby -- how did that person sleep during

los angeles. my family separated at that time. my mom and i moved to a very tough part of the city south-central los angeles. my mom struggled, and there were times that she would go without eating to make sure there was enough for us. in the neighborhood i grew up in, you had prostitution, gang activities, and as much as my mom tried to make sure we were in a safe environment, i saw things that made me question what was going on. did anybody care about a young man that looked like me? did anybody care whether we lived or died? i would see reports on the news of a boy who looked like me dying over a jacket or a pair of shoes. my mom told me to grow up and be the person who makes a difference. my trajectory was not law enforcement particularly, it was to become an attorney. i wanted to get out of my environment. i want to help people by being a civil rights attorney. but i took a turn once or twice that put me on a different road. brian lamb: you tell a story about seeing a dead woman in an alley somewhere. how old were you and what was that about? anthony batts: fairly young. i used to go to school -- my sch

an effort to curb obesity in south los angeles didn't go as planned. a 2008 law didn't allow new stand-alone fast-food restaurants to be built there. the ordinance was supposed to keep people from gaining weight. a new study found it didn't work because obesity continues to rise over the last several years. >>> people in martinez are telling us they are not getting their mail. they say the letter carrier hasn't come around for days. but that doesn't seem to be the only problem. martinez city council member lara delaney says she has heard every postal problem you can imagine. >> their getting the wrong mail, their neighbors are getting their mail, their packages are damaged, they are not getting their mail or it's very inconsistent delivery. >> delaney asked the city council to send a letter to the u.s. postmaster about the problem. >>> a taxidermy hobby of one san jose woman has her in legal trouble. dore jimenez collects stuffed animals in her one-bedroom apartment but some of them are protected wildlife. she buys them on ebay. one owl she ordered out

los angeles unemployment remains higher than the national average and people living in south los angeles who are directed by the transit projects, their tax dollars are paying the vast majority of these projects and businesses and homes are being impacted by the construction but don't benefit from the jobs that these transit jobs will create. while i was back in my district, i heard numerous commissioners how crenshaw boulevard will be closed for several days because of the light-rail construction. this closure is directly impacting businesses trying every day to provide goods and services as well as the residents who call south los angeles home. ensuring these transit dollars will bring good-paying jobs will eliminate the pain from construction. we have allowed transit agencies to have control over local hiring practices. this will bring high-quality jobs to the areas most impacted by the disruption of transit construction. democrats and republicans can often disagree, but on this area, we are's on the same page. more local control will mean they can build light rail and subway projects

>> a police chase a short time ago in southern california this is how it ended happened 9:30 south los angelessing a minivan with two shooting suspects inside. it hit the rear end of a fire truck at least one of the suspected gun men was killed another is in the hospital in critical condition the firefighters were on a medical call when their truck was hit two firefighters onboard were taken to hospital, both with nonlife threatening injuries. >>> five members of a san francisco family are in the hospital tonight recovering from serious injuries they suffered after being rescued from their burning home the fire was reported just before 4:30 a.m. in the mission district ktvus david stevenson tells us why one young fire victim is being called a hero. >> reporter: scorched debris lay outside, the wreckage from the fire in an apartment above. >> my cousins are at the the hospital we are going to go visit them now hopefully keep our fingers crossed they are okay. >> reporter: the family of 40- year-old mohammed this morning tried to reenter the store to check for damage he has run the store and liv

. >> two los angeles police officers were shot sunday evening last night triggering an intense search for two suspects in south los angeles. officers were driving and wearing plainclothes around 6:00 p.m. when someone opened fire. investigators say the officers also began shooting. police are questioning several people and have shut down several blocks to look for the two gunman. the officers suffered minor injuries and said to be okay. >> 6:20. >>> a man is in custody after being accused of shooting two police officers in ferguson. >> the guy's name is jeffery williams. he is 20 years old. he is charged with one count of fire a weapon and other chargees from a reek will and counts of armed criminal action. thinks after two police officers were wounded during a demonstration last week. well police say the suspect has acknowledged his participation, in firing the shots. he did fire shots, but this guy says that he was not aiming at the police. >> he wasn't trying to create disruption in the community. it was in the his aim. that was not his purpose or his focus. he was protest for was trying to rob him. >> st.

. >> david known on the streets as maniac stands outside this south los angeles burger stand hunchingfrench fries. within minutes detectives say he will become a killer. wesley more john scene here walking up with an unidentified woman who appears to be a girlfriend is about to die. and this man in the green striped shirt who we all also don't know will video tape the murder. detective francis hartman. >> three people right now who know the very last things that occurred before westly more john was killed. >> three weeks after the killing, a swat team pulls up to this santa monica house and after a five-hour standoff david maniac, gives himself up and secured by an tacking police dog. he is chargeed with wesley more john's murder. here at the monster burger detectives say it is corre a who throws punch at more john for some unknown reason. it doesn't stop with fisticuffs. >> he takes a knife out and establishes our victim eventually stabbing him in the heart. >> reporter: before the stabbing, the two unidentified witnesses more john and correo all talking together. it appears they're

in 2008, the city passed an ordinance, limiting fast food ordinance in south los angeles. they found obesity rates in the area continued to rise even after the law was passed. health experts say people have to make lifestyle changes in order to truly bring obesity rates down. >> all right. so now let's talk about that forecast, which we can feel good about because there is some rain in the distance. >> in the distance. in the meantime, you know what is close? spring. >> good morning. we're going to spring into the new season tomorrow, as a matter of fact. i know you like the science so we're going to talk a little bit about why we actually see that equinox and why it's going to occur tomorrow right around 3:30 p.m. now, temperatures right now are climbing nicely for the final day of winter. feeling very warm out there, lots of sunshine over san jose. same for san francisco at this hour. as we get into the next couple hours, that rapid warming will really start to kick in. we're going to end up in the 80s in some cities later on today. warmest day of the week for the final

went by ambulance to an assisted living facility south of los angeles. >> how you feeling? >> well, just a little bright. >> jerry gillgen also suffered from dementia and accompanying bouts of confusion. but in the first day in his facility his family said he was alert and lucid. >> daddy? dad? >> just one day later. patrice gillgen found a very different man. >> he's not waking up. i'm like what the heck happened to my father? what happened? why is he not waking up? >> jerry gillgen's wife was shocked. >> we took him into the home, it was the best place because his brother was there. the day later, he was a vegetable. staring in space drugged out. >> reporter: drugged out on medications like haldol and seraquel, approved for patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. not for dementia. strongest warning a black box warning telling physicians not to prescribe antipsychotic drugs for patients with dementia because they can cause heart failure infections and death. >> they were giving my dad all this stuff why, what was their goal to kill him? >> "america tonight" filed

from the hospital, the firefighter went by ambulance to an assisted living vassility south of los angeles. bright. >> reporter: jerry suffered dementia and accompanying bouts of confusion. at the first day of the facility he was alert and lucid. >> daddy. dad. >> reporter: just one day later man. >> he's not waking up. i'm like "what the heck happened to my father? what happened? why is he not waking up?" >> reporter: jerry's life was shocked at the change. >> we took him into the home thinking it would be a good place, his brother was there. a day or two, he was another person, he was a vegetable. there was nothing to him. staring in space, drug the out. >> reporter: drugged out on medications, depsychotic drugs approved for patients with schizophrenia, not approved for patients with dementia. the federal drug appreciation based a strong warning, telling them not to prescribe anti-psychotic drugs. >> they were giving my dad all this stuff. what was the goal, to kill him. >> reporter: "america tonight" filed a freedom of information requesting asking for reports. the reports are incomplet

john: this story could seem like history in some sense, because it comes from an era in south central los angelesthe crack epidemic was at its height. but you also look at mass incarceration of african americans and the militarization of police, some pertinent issues that are topical today. marc: absolutely. the film will be showing this coming sunday at the closing ceremonies at the 50th anniversary of the selma march in selma, alabama. and some people say, mlk to the king of crack, what is the connection? but this whole mass incarceration of young men of color, the drug wars's effect the spread of gangs, the militarization of police, this is how we got here. we are finally where maybe politically for the first time you see both republicans and democrats, cory booker and rand paul, both saying this has got to stop. john: and it is -- a lot of people have referred to the mass incarceration of especially black males. the number in prison if higher than any place in the world except south africa. some people refer to it as the new jim crow. marc: in 1980, there were 41,000 inmates on drug charges.

the shooting happened last night as a pair drove on broadway in south los angeles.he officers did return fire and police detained several people, but so far, no arrests. >>> 6:41 right now, coming up next, the taxi flies off a busy bay area freeway killing a passenger. >>> and new evidence that may help police catch a killer. what we're now learning about the death of a ucsf dental student. >>> live look outside right now, downtown san jose, that day will start to break start here very soon. we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic, and weather, right after this break. >>> now 15 minutes of continuous news, weather, and traffic on "today in the bay." >>> 6:44, new this morning, a passenger is dead after a taxi plunged off a highway in fairfield. it happened a little after 1:00 this morning with interstate 680 meets 80. the taxi shot off the roadway and went some 70 feet down an embankment before landing on frontage road. another passenger was seriously hurt, the driver is fine. the cause of that crash is under investigation. the chp says the taxi was goin

we went with esperaza and her daughter to this community meeting in south la. los angeles already has the highest rent to income ratio of any city in the country. >> at the time not only had my mom just lost our house, that we lived in for 22 years, but she also lost her job. >> i didn't know what to look for what to see because we have never experienced or had to go rent anywhere else. as long as she would get a moderate payment that she could afford, she would've kept the house. >> ok. i myself am a renter. i'm a member of congress but i was a teacher for 24 years so i rent even in my own community. >> democratic congress members mark takano and maxine waters have also come to learn about corporate landlords in their districts. >> in order to force you to take out a long lease, they jack up the price of month to month.. >> my lease payment is much higher than my mortgage payment was... it's hard to reach the people when you need them. but when you owe them money. oh man. they email you they call you they put notices on the front door. >> the only time she called me back

at least one of the students is one of the two expelled from the south of los angeles. the other apology -- school, the other comes from a sophomore. the national office of the fraternity has shut down the oklahoma chapter, and the university has given the members until midnight tonight to remove their belongings. the school is still working to identify and discipline other members seen in the video. >>> more fall out in ferguson, missouri, the city manager out after a scathing report that accused the police department and court system after racial bias. it's already led to the resignation of two police officers and a city judge. they've seen a lot of unrest there since a white police officer fatally shot a black teen. >>> and a follow up on the ohio man threatening to plot against the us capitol. he made a surprise call to a cincinnati television station last week. he was recorded saying if police had not arrested him he would have come to washington to shoot the president and members of congress. he claims to be a member of isis, and want toed attack elephant -- wante

it happened in southern california south of los angeles. his body draped there in an american flag. >>> we turn now to the u.s. air force veteran, under arrest charged with trying to join isis in syria. appearing in court today, pleading not guilty we showed you the images last night here. inveps gators studying his transformation over time. authorities say his laptop filled with 180 isis propaganda videos. >>> to the case of millionaire murder suspect robert durst tonight. it is the widening now. seen smiling from the back of that police car. tonight, transferred to a mental health facility reportedly on suicide watch now. authorities now asking was durst linked to other cases, including this 16-year-old girl from california. there is also new information on what they found in his hotel room a load of cash and a latex mask. abc's matt gutman in louisiana. >> reporter: robert durst seen here the focus of a nationwide dragnet for evidence in the mysterious deaths of at least three people including his first wife. >> what the hell did i do? >

. >> hail rained down on huntington beach -- you see that that's the beach, folk south of los angeles -- leaving the sand covered in white. didn't take long for the sun to melt it but 40 states bracing for rain and snow and ice. >> ooh. accuweather meteorologist justin povick joins us on what's on tap this morning. hey, justin. >> t.j. and reena, thanks and good morning. another winter storm on the way throughout the midwest and eventually getting into the northeast, as well. for this go-around it's more of a mixture of sleet and freezing rain and snow at the onset. here's our time line tuesday morning into the mid-ohio valley. later on tuesday into central portions of the northeast, we will see our heaviest snow amounts over the upper midwest this go-around, but the general 3 to 6 inchees cutting right through the twin cities. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> all right, justin, thank you so much. >>> the lapd on the defensive this morning after the shooting of a man on skid row. new video shows the man entering his tent, officers trying to get him out, pulling their guns, concerned wh

. >>> two los angeles police officers are recovering after being hit by gunfire last night. they were driving in south central los angeles when someone started shooting. the officers shot back and a swat team was called in. the two police officers only had minor injuries and they were treated at the scene. police detained several people. they are still looking for at least two others. >>> a missouri man is defending himself against charges that he shot two police officers in ferguson last week. 20-year-old jeffrey williams is charged with first degree assault. the two officers were shot and wounded last thursday during a protest following the announcement that ferguson's police chief would resign. police say they have recovered a handgun from williams' home that matches shell casings at the scene but williams says he was not aiming for police. >> he wasn't trying to create disruption in the community. that was not his aim. that was not his purpose, that was not his focus. he said that a protest tour was trying to rob him. >> police say they have told the two wounded officers about the arrest. to both

. >>> two los angeles police officers recovering after being hit by gunfire. the plain closed police officers were driving in southentral los angeles when someone started shooting. the woman officer had only minor injuries and treated at the scene. they now hay say believe they were targeted. police detained several people they are still looking for two others. >>> a missouri man is defending himself against charges he shot woman police officers in ferguson, missouri last week. 20-year-old jeffrey williams is charged with first degree assault. the top police officers were shot and wounded during a protest police say they have recovered a handgun from williams' home. it matches the shell casings at the scene. williams says he was not aiming at the police. >> he wasn't trying to create disruption in the community. he said a protest was trying to rob him. >>> boston is making history this morning for having the snowiest winter ever. snowfall last night officially push this winter's snow total to 109 inches. the old record was just below 108. that was back in 195. after getting the news boston mayor marty walsh tweete

well alex south is in los angeles.uld tell you flash photography towards the end of his report. ♪ >> reporter: the red carpet is normally reserved for premiers of big films, but in the home of the blockbuster, boxing is getting the hollywood treatment. when the prize money alone is bigger than an opening weekend of a steven spielberg picture you can see why the media is so interested. both fighters will take home more than $100 million in prize money, a record-breaking amount, but to floyd mayweather, the richest sportsman on the planet it's just a normal day at the office. >> to be involved in the biggest fight in boxing history is truly a blessing, but i've done record-breaking numbers before. all the record-breaking numbers i'm doing i'm only breaking my own record. i've already been in the biggest fight in the sport of boxing before. not just once, but twice. >> because mayweather hasn't been beaten in nearly two decades he is the clear favorite to win. pacquiao in contrast has lost five but thinks he can cause an

. >>> los angeles just moved a step closer to having a pro football team for the first time in 20 years. a coalition supported a new stadium on land south of los angeles, collecting nearly twice the number of sits needed-- signatures needed to put it to a vote. under a plan. they'd share the stadium if they failed to get new venues. the raiders and st. louis rams left l.a. sports stadiums are some of the most recognisable and revered landmarks. many are bastians of pride and tens of millions fill their seats. finance could be altered by president obama's new budget >>> professional sports teams rake in hundreds of millions but rarely foot the bill for the stadium where they play. cities and states subsidise the calls with bonds exempt from the income tax. they were designed to help local governments to raise money for public infrastructure projects. for decades they were used to help private business. using them to fund stadiums and arenas are beyond what the law's authors had in mind. >> sports stadiums is a private traction between a consumer and private producer. in no way can one construe this as meeting the intent of a subsidy for