and steve cooley from los angeles, much more sort of your typical law enforcement.e's being really backed by a lot of the police officers associations around the state. and i -- so i think that's one where it's going to be interesting to see kind of how people view both of them. >> coming back to the lieutenant governor's race and what belva was alluding to, the san bruno fire and the lieutenant governor was in charge with schwarzenegger over in asia. the great benefit for him, of course is most people didn't know who he was. this is their introduction to him. they see him in charge wearing the flight jacket, looking like he's doing something helpful and making a difference. but that's a double-edged sword. does he run the risk of looking like he's exploiting that disaster and tragedy if he tries to use it, say in a tv commercial? >> oh, absolutely. and i think that's one of the challenges for all of these people down to -- most folks outside of their particular area don't really know who they are. for newsom, that's also a double-edges sword. people know who he is

steve cooley who is the l.a. county district attorney will hold a news conference one hour from right now to announce the charges, as well as who was involved. but this comes the very same day the l.a. times broke the story about city manager robert rizzo. not only was he making close to $800,000 a year but the l.a. times says out of his retirement account he loaned himself $95,000 and paid the money back using city funds without the approval of the city council. that man right there robert rizzo was part of the whole salary scandal. let me show you the amount of the salaries. rizzo made $887,000 a year. his assistant manager. $376,000. the police chief, randy adams, $457,000 a year, megyn. he makes a lot more than the l.a. police chief who has thousands of officers. randy adams had 24 officers under his authority. if you look at the pensions that was the second part of this thing. not only were the salaries outrage just but the pentagons were also enormous, rizzo's pension $659,000 a year. the assistant city man

steve cooley the da says you go to jail. now we are in the process of keeping them in jail.people went way above, geraldo. >> they went above and beyond the normal corruption, is that what you are saying? are you going to get that money back realistically speaking? >> absolutely. we are going to get the money back number one and number two we are going to go to other cities. we are starting to look around the city of bell and other cities in the neighborhood and any city across america. if you have the same situation we are coming after you. people said enough is enough. the tea party movement of course is disappointed. they are ju disenfranchised fro their government. when somebody steal from the government there will be tea party movements. this is ridiculous. i am sad i had to sign a bill to return illegal property packses. it is unbelievable. >> who do you like mean witman and brown? >> come on geraldo. there is no secret there. i am supporting meg whitman she has a great plan on education and jobs. i think she is going to be great. >> what are you going to do next? >> r

kamala harris, a democrat, continues to trail the republican district attorney from los angeles, steve cooley. cooley, 35%. harris 31. >> this is actually, a regional battle. los angeles district attorney versus san francisco district attorney. >> reporter: the feel polls say cooley is better known and favored in the south. harris in the north. >> the problem for harris is that 57% of the voters are in the south and just 43% are in the north. >> reporter: harris told us today to compete in the south, she's raising money. >> the only way to run in this big state and shake the hand of every voter is through television. >> reporter: a sign of hope for harris? there's still a lot of voters who haven't made up their minds yet, more than a third. randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> bay area residents are being asked to spare the air this weekend. bay area air quality management district has taken the unusual step of declaring a spare the air day on a saturday due to expected warm temperatures and stagnant air. smog was evident in the south bay. air quality officials say tomorrow could be much

kamala harris, a democrat, continues to trail the republican district attorney from los angeles, steve cooley. cooley, 35%. harris 31. >> this is actually, a regional battle. los angeles district attorney versus san francisco district attorney. >> reporter: the feel polls say cooley is better known and favored in the south. harris in the north. >> the problem for harris is that 57% of the voters are in the south and just 43% are in the north. >> reporter: harris told us today to compete in the south, she's raising money. >> the only way to run in this big state and shake the hand of every voter is through television. >> reporter: a sign of hope for harris? there's still a lot of voters who haven't made up their minds yet, more than a third. randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> bay area residents are being asked to spare the air this weekend. bay area air quality management district has taken the unusual step of declaring a spare the air day on a saturday due to expected warm temperatures and stagnant air. smog was evident in the south bay. air quality officials say tomorrow could be much

in the attorney general's, loss and was counted the a steve cooley of republican has 35 percent of supportred to 31 for san francisco district attorney pamela harris barrett and the lieutenant governor's race. sentences for mayor and current lieutenant governor are just about even as well. and the race for california governor, is tied really democrat jerry brown as challenger republican made women both have 41 percent of support of likely voters. 18 percent of those surveyed were undecided. democratic senator barbara boxer is pulled ahead of her challenger. 47 percent support boxer compared to 41 percent crawly if you're on the theory called percent undecided there. and another of the city official shows the rest in the salary scandal in california, is now free on bail. angeles bought shell is wearing a pink sweat shirt, she is a former assistant city manager for the small town in california, she was released last night after posting a bond offering of $50,000. she's run the eight officials arrested this week on corruption charges, she resigned last july after meeting reported of the scand

equality california is targeting candidate meg whitman and hopeful steve cooley. whitman and cooley are turning their backs on equal rights and spend millions in taxpayer dollars. both said they would defend proposition 8 in court if elected. the organization wants them to change their stated pledge to defend prop 8 in court. it is supporting jerry brown for govern nor and the district attorney harris for attorney general. >> china will continue to limit most families to just one child despite concerns over too few girls and a quickly aging population. china has the world's largest population and 30-year-old family planning limits with preventing 400 million births and helping to prevent large families that leaves a lot of people trapped in poverty. the government would soon allow some people to have more two children. >>> a car recall with hyundai recalling 140,000 so nata sedans built since last december for potential steering problems. there have not been accidents or injuries and it comes after the commission looks into potential steering problems last month.

equality california is targeting meg whitman and hopeful steve cooley. they say whitman and cooley are turning them back and end up spending millions in taxpayer money. both said they would defend proposition 8 if elected. they want them to change their stated pledge to defend prop 8 in court. they are supporting jerry brown for governor. . >> with more than a month to the november election, the gubernatorial debate between jerry brown and meg whitman will be critical. tens of thousands of voters are at stake. whitman and brown are in a dead heat with 18% of voters undecided. analysts say whitman has been making her case to voters for several months now. brown just started his campaign and may have a bigger challenge, especially with younger voters. >> if you were born in the 70s or 80s, you have no knowledge of jerry brown as governor of california. no actual memory probably. >> analysts say brown has to reintroduce himself to voters and whitman's challenge is to moderate her views since the republican primary is to win over moderate voters. they will h

thank you, steve cooley. you guys did the right thing.e will go ahead and continue. >> happy birthday for that community and for me, too. >> this is one of the happiest days of my life other than getting married and having my children. >> reporter: the councilman who wasn't arrested lorenzo velez says he feels vindicated with proof that he was never part of the corruption. >> the district attorney didn't mention me in the indictment so finally, that truth is out. finally our community can start healing and move forward. >> reporter: residents say that can't happen until they see robert rizzo and alleged co- conspirators convicted. >> we want them to pay for what they stole from the city. >> jail. if -- if -- you know, if i stole from you, what do you think? >> they are going exactly where they deserve to be. >> reporter: as for the current councilmembers arrested, velez points out they can't yet be forced to step down. >> i wouldn't be surprised if they post bail and they show up in a council meeting, you know? you never know. >> reporter

running for governor, he's jumped on this case and the city district attorney in los angeles county, steve cooleys running for jerry brown's seat, he's jumped on this case. he says his client is being pushed into the lime light here and isn't getting a fair shake but i'll tell you, the people in bell were celebrating when they saw the image of them in cuffs. >> whose running the city with everyone being locked up? >> reporter: that's a good question. five of the six city council members are in jail. they keep their seats until convicted. in the interim, the l.a. county board of supervisors wants to bring a receivership situation in. it is pretty much a mess. no business is being done in bell. if these guys do get out today on bail, they technically are still in charge. >> all right, ted rowlands following the procedures in court. good to see you. >>> making the case for african-americans to embrace liberia just as jewish americans embrace israel. billionaire investor robert johnson joining me live right here. bob, good to see you in the cnn newsroom. ♪ for a chain of supply, that's logistics ♪ ♪

on the other hand, they're going to claim this d.a., steve cooley, running for attorney general, that it's politically motivated. as you can see from the earlier tape, they're celebrating in del that -- bell that these guys are behind bars, popping champagne and dancing in the streets. >> how exactly did this happen, william? >> reporter: it's really interesting. let's start with robert rizzo. he is the ring leader, the guy who is making a salary twice what the president is making, he owns a race horse named spend money, has the cadillac, has the million dollars house, he also basically used public money to repay a private debt, but here's what they did. they're charged with misappropriating money, conflict of interest and falsifying records. normally in a standard procedure, a city manager's salary that would be discussed in ab open meeting, be reviewed by the the city attorney and approved by the council in an open meeting, in rizzo's case, that didn't happen. he had a counterfeit contract, he used fraudulent signatures to inflate his salary and the mayor and the city attorney were