. >> i am lieutenant stephen ford with central police station. we are here on behalf of our capt.. the captain has made it clear that he supports the zoning administrator in his decision. this is based upon policing concerns that we have. i am the night watch commander on the weekend primarily. i am very in tune with the activity in and around broadway and grant street and the surrounding areas. some of our main policing concerns are things like -- >> i am sorry. >> the congested, in particular, which has byproducts such as fights and battery and noise complaints and theft. assaults, drinking in public comment urinating in public. we have confiscated 10 tons in and around the broadway area in the last eight months -- 0 guns. -- 10 guns. we understand the position of the other party. from a policing standpoint, our main thing is to maintain public safety. we want to make sure the people who lived in the area and visit the area are safe. that is our main position with respect to our presence here. my current -- my officer would like to give you some statistics. >> good evening. i wil

. >> stephen: i'm glad it was a false alarm, good night will ford. >> i'm fat. (laughter) the. >> stephen: no, no, you're not. >> i used to be in great shape. you know i was a rodeo clown. >> yeah, i know wilford. >> i was in "the firm." you know what they used to call me on the set of "the firm"? >> stephen: no, what did they call you? >> the firm. >> stephen: listen to me, you look exactly the same as you did in "the firm." >> no, i don't, i'm a tubby timmy. >> stephen: no, no, you're an attractive, distinguished man. >> you ever see that movie "cocoon." >> stephen: yes. >> i asked you a question, did you ever see "cocoon"? >> stephen: yes. >> that movie is horse (bleep). old people getting younger. try telling that to my prostate. it's the size and weight of a regulation bocce ball. >> stephen: wilford, why don't we talk about this tomorrow. (grunting) what are you doing? >> crunches. okay, i'm out of the chair and i'm going start on my crunches. >> stephen: go back to bed. what's that noise? >> i'm doing some home lipo. i've got a turkey baster duct taped to

. >> stephen: but the changes that you call ford in the textbook aren't just evolution. wanted to remove references to tom jefferson and his importance in the founding fathers. >> why was that. >> that's not true. >> we actually-- . >> stephen: i personally have chosen that it is true. (applause) (cheers and applause) >> well, i'm really glad you brought up thomas jefferson. first of all, he is-- we as religious conservatives would have no reason to downplay thomas jefferson a fellow religious conserve tiferment. >> stephen: i don't care for the guy but if you felt like he had to be in your book, that is fichblt he took a razer to the bible, and that up set me you know that. >> absolutesly. >> stephen: why with would he tear out the miracles. >> his personal opinion. >> stephen: what is wrong with having a personal opinion about the bibe ohl, the bible is inner rant there are noer are rohrs in it. >> we don't share the same theology. >> stephen: okay. >> now. >> stephen: how do things get into text books because i imagine that experts wrote textbooks but in fact, they ge

. >> stephen: we'll get to that in a second. you also had leadership positions at ford, chrysler and bmw over the course of a 47 year career. >> yes. >> stephen: you also have a book called car guys versus bean counters. the battle for the soul of american business. which one are you, are you a car guy or are you a bean counter? >> you really have to ask? >> stephen: i really do. it's my job. >> unless you have creative people who really want to deliver outstanding products or outstanding customer service, all of the bean counting and all the financing isn't going to do you any good. the problem is when you have the wrong people in charge. then the business goes downhill because all they look at is spreadsheets and they forget the customer. that's what the book is about. >> stephen: let's talk about getting the wrong people in charge, okay. because you were-- you were at gm when obama came with his dirty government money. >> right. >> stephen: that filthy government luker -- >> that was our taxpayer money,s that he okay. >> stephen: taxpayer money. the big auto bailout

ford's tire event is a good size? big big thnchts. >>> this is representative ron stephens. when representative stevesen daughter was five months pregnant doctors informed the family of horrible news. part of the baby's brain was developing outside the skull. the heart was inverted. if the pregnancy was carried to term the baby could take only one or two breaths. he said she would have watched it die. because that fatal defect was detected by her drawer, his daughter was given the option of having an abortion. the bill was introduced in the georgia house that would ban abortion at 20 weeks at the time just before his daughter was given her diagnosis. under the bill a doctor performing an abortion after the new 20-week cut off could face ten years in prison. that bill passed the georgia house largely along party lines. representative stephens although he's a pro-life republican did not vote for it. he did not vote for the 20-week abortion ban. he walked out during a roll call that woultd have taken awaz his own daughter's ability p and have the state government to force his d

stephen ross, first question from shirley and reno, nevada. welcome to the book festival here in los angeles. >> high, they are. i am just wondering how much influence john wayne had for director john ford> john wade or director john ford, how much influence they had. he met wayne was prominent republican, but he wasn't a republican hack based. people were talking to him in the late 40s about running for political office. the president of the united states in 1948. but wayne was unwilling to give up his career. he still wanted to be a movie star. and ford was quite politically and that is behind the scenes, the wasn't politically active in a very public way. he started off in many ways the liberal and moderate does it targeted towards the end of his career. but he was in a hollywood that exists. >> would-be mayor had decided what movies get financed and how americans with the themselves on the silver screen. what about studio owners today, the politics generally? >> politics are the same as it's always been, such as the moneymaking business, not the conscious misreads indigenous. if you have to make a film that has social impact, that is finding good. from the very beginning they have a