and the staff at the l.a. times was phenomenal. if staff at the l.a. would have done as well at journalism as they did at coming up with nicknames, we wouldn't be talking about this because they did a great job. [laughter] so they nicknamed mark the cereal killer because he came in right away and started cutting things, cutting staff. he went and closed new york newsday and, therefore, he got that name. but when the tribune bought it, mark willis didn't know that the tribune was buying the company. they bought it when he wasn't even looking. it was kind of a nice little back stabbing drama at a place where they literally made

the "l.a. times" reports the league claims stow's beating outside dodger stadium shows the security there was inadequate. owner frank mccourt's lawyers argue that the commissioner is stooping to low levels by bringing stow into the bankruptcy proceedings. >>> attorneys for the doctor charged in michael jackson's death will call up character witnesses today to try to highlight the positive traits of dr. conrad murray. yesterday a nurse practitioner explained how the pop star believed he could safely use the drug propofol and in her emotional testimony she said jackson was convinced that he could administer the drug himself as long as someone watched over him. >> i said, well no doctor is going to do this at your house. he said, no. i just need somebody to come here and i will be safe. >> defense attorneys for dr. murray planned to rest their case tomorrow and closing arguments are scheduled for next week. >>> temperatures in the 40s this morning, chilly. but the rest of the week is spectacular. >

the l.a. times says the man who carried out the attack was wearing full body armor. they arrested him in a nearby parking lot. it's an extremely rare crime for the town, which had previously only had one murder in the last 4 years. >> seal beach this could be one of our greatest tragedies and it has had a tremendous effect on our small community. >> a salon employee who was not working today says the suspect is the husband of another employee and the "l.a. times" reports he was involved in a custody dispute with one of the employees. >>> hundreds came out to pay their final respects for two victims of the deadly shooting at a cupertino quarry. the funeral for manuel pinon was held at the chapel of the oaks in san jose. the 48-year-old from new man was shot and killed along with two others at the lehigh cement plant last wednesday. the gunman, shareef allman, a coworker, opened fire during a meeting. allman died thursday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. friends and family of pinon say that he was a caring man that will be missed tremendously. >> what a great guy h

we do want to be fair and give the "l.a. mes" credited because they have done good reporting along with abc and along with the factor. real quick. >> one other thing, weaving in and out of all of this george kaiser literally coming in and out of the white house. >> bill: he is a big obama donor. is he a big guy. >> big involve investor in solyndra. jay carney him being in the white house four times about the time that this white house is being restructured that he was there talking about charitable contributions. do you take up white house staff and the president's time by letting the guy in the white house in a few times in a matter of a few weeks to talk about what he is giving to charity. that was just laughable. the administration would be better off getting this all out now so we would have time digest and getting past it. by dribbling out stupid statements it's going to make it look stinkier than it already is. >> bill: florida has announced that it is moving up its primary to the end of january. and you say? >> well, n

. >>> he calls himself the l.a. beast. he's about to eat what may be the hottest pepper on earth.n he survive this epic chili challenge? >>> and what's with eyeore? this, you've got to see. >>> scuba gear? check. knife? up. pumpkin? got it. underwater pumpkin-carving time, next. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. >> we all like spicy food, right? did you guys ever hear of scoville units? scoville units actually measure of hotness of a pepper or anything that is derived from a pepper. a cayenne pepper can have up to 50,000 scoville units. but a ghost pepper can have more than one mill

. >>> he calls himself the l.a. beast. he's about to eat what may be the hottest pepper on earth.n he survive this epic chili challenge? >>> and what's with eyeore? this, you've got to see. >>> scuba gear? check. knife? up. pumpkin? got it. underwater pumpkin-carving time, next. >> we all like spicy food, right? did you guys ever hear of scoville units? scoville units actually measure of hotness of a pepper or anything that is derived from a pepper. a cayenne pepper can have up to 50,000 scoville units. but a ghost pepper can have more than one million scoville units. this guy tried to eat one. >> you know what? i don't need milk, i don't need anything. i'm going to [ bleep ] eat one of these things. and enjoy it. >> this is kevin straley. he goes by the l.a. beast on youtube. he does a lot of these eating challenges. he's trying it. >> i'm the l.a. beast and this is the goal chili pepper challenge. i need some [ bleep ] water. >> who needs milk? who needs water? he chew it is up and gets it down. >> it's no the that hot. >> wait until you see when we go forward. did the temperatu

nicole mentors the over 30s, paula takes on the groups, l.a. n the boys and simon cowell the girls. >> you've got to find somebody and show how you can turn them into a real winner in the real world, not just the competition because someone will always win the show, someone you can say we helped make this person into a saturday. >> reporter: for 13-year-old rachel crow who will work with simon, being intimidated of the sharp tongued brit hasn't registered yet. >> i've always respected him. i've watched him since i was 3 years old on american idol. i love him. i think he's the coolest guy ever. >> reporter: at 42 stacy francis is ready for the next challenge. >> you never know what's preparing you. life sends you things and you think you're going through it for one reason and all of a sudden you're being prepared for something else. i think this strength i've gotten from being a single mom will prepare me, has prepared me for whatever it has in store for me i'm hoping. >> reporter: if this fantasy ride would end today, stacy is convinced her age

there she is at the l.a. morgue. y showing up for the court-ordered community service that she's been mostly blowing off for the past six months. it seems, however, that she cannot stay out of trouble. even her attempt to make good with the morgue staff got her in hot water. coming up, we're going to tell you about cupcake gate. >>> good morning, america. i'm dan harris. >> i'm bianna golodryga. it's saturday, october 22nd. >>> also this morning, my interview with hollywood heavyweight, global activist and newlywed, reese witherspoon. we talked about everything from her new husband to that accident where she got hit by a car last month. >> incredible story. she seems to be doing well. >> still has a bandage on her forehead. but she said she's feeling fine. >> looking forward to that story. >>> also coming up, "your week in three words." find out how one young girl is helping other children. >> one of our favorite segments. >>> but we do begin in this half hour with the stunning developments in the search for baby lisa

those of you in the audience know, something terrified happening here today in l.a. woke up this morning and there was liquid literally falling from the sky on -- and it -- it seemed like it was aiming at me. [ laughter ] the rain gods are displeased with us. we must sacrifice a real housewife of beverly hills. there was a lot of flooding here today. people were using their implants and collagen just to stay afloat. someone started bidding an arc, they were lining kardashians up two by two. very scary. but it seems to have stopped now. if anyone wants to join us, the guys in the band and i are planning to flow about old couch in the l.a. river. we don't get many storms here. in fact, until today, i thought the l.a. storm was our women's indoor soccer team. [ laughter ] i was totally unprepared for the rain today. i went in my closet, i don't have a rain jacket. i don't have an umbrella. i forgot to get laminated this weekend. jason, show everyone the umbrella you brought to work today this is jason, and he came to work today with this umbrella. that belongs to your so

that's exactly what the l.a.rban league seeks to do, build great children and an even better, greater community. >> jamie: and back in washington. there are a growing number of lawmakers that are calling for attorney general eric holder to testify before congress over the disastrous gun running operation going bad and now they're getting it. >> when did you first speak with eric holder about fast and furious? >> i don't believe i've ever spoke with eric holder about fast and furious. >> why is it that an operation that big and that important and that much in the news, you don't have the details on? >> rst young men. the pioneers. the aviators. building superhighways in an unknown sky. their safety systems built of brain and heart, transforming strange names from tall tales into pictures on postcards home. and the ones who followed them, who skimmed the edge of space, the edge of heaven, the edge of dreams. and we follow them up there to live by an unbreakable promise, stitched into every uniform of every captain

soon as you start work that's about the show you begin to get a salary so i get up follow the l.a. to new know the very. early asked the manager he said they have been paying my salary to my wife since i started working there but the. ice up i was shocked. at how come my so called wife didn't tell me about my salary and. she said i gave you a lot of money every time i was in bali a lot and then she transferred a stack of receipts so every cent she spent on me and bally was recorded in there. and in total. i still oh dear. this our son i was so stressed during the times are i guess i have had about one point i realized she had brought me to japan to work so she wouldn't have to any more stuff to get by without telling her then go to bed i took up a part time job and another place to start. somewhere i met another japanese girl get a bit lustful she was ten years older than me and said three thousand more and i told her my whole story and she really fell for me fire and we made a promise to each other cut a long story short i returned to. yeah. i called my first wife. here but she cou

another thing they're doing in the bay area and l.a. is to set 0 limits on the amount of trash that could go to water bodies. so the l.a. river has a zero trash total maximum load. the same with san francisco bay. that requires action on the parts of cities, but mainly companies are leading the way. it is a fantastic to hear about this. this is the coastal cleanup week. this saturday. last year, california reached 1 million participants in coastal cleanup. so this gives and next -- you know, when my kids go out this saturday to ocean beach, people want to know that they are making a difference towards something. it is not just cleaning it up and checking something off a list. now they know that the plastic will go into a bottle, and a bottle will continuously be recycled. it gives meaning to something that already has a value, but it sends a message back on what you're doing individually and how that can make a difference. talking of making a difference, the person i am going to introduce started at dpw in san francisco. and he said, jar

but by 1995, davis had grown unhappy with the team's aging home at the l.a. coliseum. d up and moved the raiders back to oakland. >> magnificent out there today. you really were. >> reporter: al davis died this morning at age 82. >> mitchell: finally this saturday evening, we ask you to consider the long-ago case of the california fourth grader who barely studied until his teacher essentially bribed him to succeed. that turnaround student's name was steve jobs. as bill whitaker tells us now, the apple founder's most enduring legacy may well be in the can classroom. >> only up the cover of your ipads. >> reporter: today's digital classroom, no more notepads, no more scratch paper and much smaller cubbyholes. at st. mel school, every one of their 570 students has been assigned an ipad, a $375,000 investment paid for by the school. >> do you miss your paper packets? >> no ( laughter ). >> reporter: it's part of joyce cluess' vision of what the graduating class of 20ed 20 will need to succeed in the world. >> we believe that this piece of technol will enrich our students, w

if the staff of the "l.a. times" would have done as well at journalism as they did come up with nicknames we wouldn't be talking about this 'cause they did a great job. [laughter] >> and so they nicknamed mark the cereal killer because cue in right away and started cutting things and cutting staff. he went and closed new york news day and, therefore, he got that name. but when the tribune bought it, mark willis didn't know that the tribune was buying the company. they bought it when he wasn't even looking. it was just a little nice back stabbing drama playing out in a place where they literally made drama in los angeles and i think because they were trying to really do the deal in secret, a lot of things that we should have known about that we didn't know about came back to haunt us later. and the company got in this -- the things that we didn't know about like a huge tax case circulation problems at news day and circulation fraud all of these sort of things came back to haunt us and really became -- put us in

with her time at the l.a. aring an end, she let loose on the staff. >> i feel like the sheriff's department is organized crime itself anyway. they organize a way to disenfranchise us at every step. if we stick together, they break our pods up. i was in a whole other pod. all of a sudden i'm in this pod over here. why? because we all got along. >> hi, ladies. >> there are women here that are actually innocent and we are all treated guilty until proven otherwise. >> how come you are all in there? are you having a party in there? huh? >> l.a.'s women's facility wasn't all doom and bloom. this group found a creative way to play volleyball with a toilet paper net held up by sanitary pads. >> they had to stretch the toilet paper pretty far to kekd it to the wall. and every five seconds the net would fall down and they'd have three or four sanitary napkins smashed against the cell block walls to try to keep it up. just goes to show you that when you are inside, if you need to distract yourself from the day-to-day craz

geroge gastcocon has had a long career in law enforcement, and he works for decades in the l.a. police department, serving as the director of the office of operations in charge of patrol and detectives and special operations. he is considered to be an expert in matters of police accountability. john thompson spent 14 years on death row, and after his verdict was set aside he was then facing life in prison. he was fighting for a retrial that took place four years later. he was exonerated by a jury in less than 30 minutes that found him not guilty when he got his retrial, and it was largely the result of the police department not turning over what would have been -- evidence in his first trial. the united states supreme court reversed the verdict of the jury in this decision. he has found an organization called resurrection after exoneration to help other people seek justice in their respective cases. to his left -- this is the executive director of california death penalty focus, where she works to abolish the death penalty. she did preside as the warden over several executions. n

. >> lindsay lohan is doing her community at the l.a. county morgue. she arrived just before 7:00 a.m., pacific time. she was turned away yesterday after showing up 40 minutes late. lohan spokesman says the actress was late because she did not know which entrance to enter. her probation was revoked this week. she could get as much as a year and a half in jail. >>> today the defense in the case against michael jackson's doctor will get its chance to challenge the last witness for the prosecution. a medical expert testified there was no way michael jackson administered propofol himself the day he died. the doctor said he was too drugged up hours before his death. conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter. and once the prosecution wraps it's case, the defense is expected to call 15 witnesses and finish it's case by next week. >>> jury selection is to begin in the case of a teacher accused of choking students in a cloos room. she testified in her own defense yesterday. she faces second degree assault charges. parents claimed she choked, pinched

. >> is it any consolation, we'll come to the bit you get jailed in the l.a. county jail. is is the good stuff. this will start descending, trust me. >> taxi. >> so here you are, fired as a trainee lawyer, what does your mum say to you in that moment, game plan has dramatically changed. >> she wasn't there at that moment, thank god. it was a room full of lawyers. if i could have had her there, have a word with them. even then it would have been too late. it was a very sad moment for me at that point, because i don't come from a family of lawyers, it was a big deal that i was going to law school. my mom, you know, talking about irish mothers, very proud, my boy's going to be a lawyer, then one week before qualifying i had to call her and say i've just been fired, and it was a -- it was a tough moment in my life, it was tough for her to hear that it just happened to her son. then in the next breath she said what are you going to do, i said well, move to london and become an actor, i'm going to get my [ bleep ] together. >> was the problem, which turned out to be a blessing in

the "l.a. times" reports that the league claims stow's beating outside dodger stadium shows there was inadequate security there. the owner's lawyers argue that commissioner selig is stooping to low levels by bringing stow into the bankruptcy proceedings. >>> the city of alameda was considering closing their only animal shelter because of their ballooning budget deficit. but no more. under a new plan, local volunteers will take over operations from the city. in exchange, alameda will pay $300,000 a year, continue employing two-part time animal control officers, and rents out the building for a dollar a year. >>> it is 5:22. we have a germ alert. why some of the dirtiest places may actually surprise you. coming up. germs on places you put your hands every day. a study by kimberly- clark found gas pumps are among the dirtiest surfaces f >>> there are a lot of germs everywhere. gas pumps are among the dirtiest surfaces we touch. 71% of those tested had high levels of contamination. next mailbox hand

before we get to the crater spot, i do want to know about the night in the l.a. county jail. >> okay. well, what happened -- [ laughter ] >> is the memory flooding back? you were actually shackled, right? >> i was shackled, yeah. what was it, i think it was -- i think it was drunk driving or something silly. i was kind of out of control in those days. >> was that a wake-up moment? >> that was a wake-up moment, yeah. but then in truth i had a few of them. i could write a book about moments like that. >> we've had had moments like this. don't worry about it. i don't think you're alone. you're not the first guy with irish blood with a few drinks in his life. what i like about it is it leads up to you have this wake-up moment then. you go back. you have another one when you don't get through the law thing. the whole sort of plan for you, which was going to be, i think, pretty dull, you were going to lead possibly -- i think you've said this. you were going to lead this life as a smalltown lawyer in scotland. it's not that exciting. >> what i realized was up until that

a live look at, of course, air force one in southern california, in the l.a. area. the president is getting ready to board air force one, bound for sfo, scheduled to land here in the bay area at 12:45. still about one hour and 20 minutes before his arrival for a $7,500 a plate luncheon at the w hotel in san o. he jci he just got finished taping the jay leno show "the tonight show" with jay leno. do i know the name of it properly? >> "the tonight show." >> yes. that airs tonight on nbc. he is in for some nice weather when it comes to the forecast. we'll check in with christina loren for a final look at that forecast. >> nothing to delay sfo. offshore breezes really picking up. gusty winds throughout the east bay hills, the north bay hills and, of course, the santa cruz mountains. red flag warning in place until 6:00 am thursday. you need to be practicing the best of fire safety. no cigarette butts out the window. if you are going to barbecue tonight, make sure that fire is completely out before you head indoors. offshore flow strengthens and thursday looks like the dr

if he wasn't there authorizing the loan and i go back to the l.a. it's an eye-opener story he was apparently, he is the one trying to get it through. he had his fingerprints trying to move it through. >> that is true. so the e-mails we show i am pushing it, even after he was supposed to recuse himself, he broke the ethics law. >> greta: i would like to get the legal bill. i would like to see what we paid for $2.4 million. and why are we paying for that to begin with? why are we paying for solyndra's legal bills to get money out of us. >> you are a lawyer yourself. obviously you got a good feel for this. they ran through two and a half million dollars. >> greta: we did. >> and taxpayers and now they subordinated all this money to two huge funds. >> greta: get the legal bill. get a copy. congressman, thank you. >> here is a look what is coming up on the o'reilly factor. >> bill: latest on terror plot. what should the u.s.a. due to iran? that is an interesting question. plus, a wild segment on the wall street protestors, they are up here in boston. we'l

one thing that was an unintended consequence, because of the training l.a. did, and they did five days in the summer, and they were the only ones that did this kind of training, the tk ers perform just as well as kindergarteners, so you have these young children you would think would be behind. that was an unintended consequence. they did just as well as their peers, and the reason they talk about training, and development and appropriate practice the teachers got commo, it was very intense, and they thought this would be good to be done with vinegar and teachers as well, so putting them together -- this would be good to be done with kindergarten teachers as well. what do we learn from our partners? differentiated instruction is coulgood, and the tkk model fors us into that, that we have to have an appropriate model for our teachers, that you cannot do this separate program. you have to have this progress, and we have to be careful not to add an additional budgetary strains as we put this together. i am going to turn it over to nancy. >> we talked about all t

bryan stow's children can now be added to a civil suit against the l.a. dodgers. by reducing security they allowed the attack on bryan stow to happen. the judge says bryan stow's two children cannot join the suit because they were not at the stadium at the time of the attack. >>> they are accused of end businessing -- embezzling $1,000, they say he embezzled thousands of dollars over a five-year period. now police also arrested marco on embezzlement charges and investigators say he took $40,000 from the associations' fund while acting as the treasurer of the group. >>> they are searching two people's homes that left four people hurt. they were robbed in a span of about 35 minutes. police say there were similarities in the robberies but it is not clear if they are related. in both cases two men entered the home stole valuables and attacked the people inside. one was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries and the other was not hurt. >>> 28-year-old valerie parents was last seen near the corner of waverly street and orlando drive. family members went to shopping

she showed up an hour early to the l.a. county coroner's office. yesterday, the starlet was sent home on her first day of community service at the morgue for being late by 40 minutes to an orientation meeting. they wouldn't even let her n she was sent there after being fired from the women's shelter where she was assigned after failing to report for work. >>> well, some parents are up in arms over this new barbie doll. the new tokidoki barbie is covered with tatoos. it's not the first barbie to have body art but the others had removable tatoos. this change has parents worried with the ones on this doll inked on. >> it sends the wrong signals to young girls. >> if a little girl sees it, she wants a tattoo. i think it's not good. >> toymaker mattel says the doll is marketed toward adult collectors rather than children. >>> coming up, man's best friend? maybe not. how this pooch ruined a very special moment for his owner. you have to see it. ,, [ male announcer ] at the safeway pharmacy you can get a flu shot from an experienced professional. we've giv