across the border, it was dawn and we walked to the second house and he was responsible for driving us to l.a. and he made us lie down in the back seat and he wouldn't let us say that because he said we could go to go to go to by border patrol. so i spent the whole car ride a sickly lying down. and it wasn't until we got ncn anna when he said okay, you can get up now. and so, seeing all the things outside the window is so amazing. i remember all the pine trees. -- palm trees. just streets that seem to never end in the building reach the sky. it was just amazing. there was really amazing. >> host: portages of an alley when you when you first got here? >> guest: when i got to l.a. lived in highland park which is northeast los angeles. it was predominately latino community. >> host: mostly illegal? >> guest: i think it was a combination. yeah, there were a lot of immigrant families, but they're also legal legal and illegal families. >> host: out of the legal dispute the ev goes? >> guest: i'm not too sure about that because as a child, i don't think i was too aware of that kind of response from

we walked to the second house, and he was responsible for driving us to l.a., and he made us lie down in the backseat, and he wouldn't let us sit up because we could get pulled over by border patrol, so my siblings and i spent the whole car ride basically lying down, and it was not until we got, like, in santa ana when he said, okay, you can get up now, and so that -- you know, just seeing all of the things outside the window was so amazing, like, -- like, i remember all the palm trees. in my hometown, we didn't have palm trees, and just the streets that never seemed to end and the buildings seemed to reach the sky. it was just amazing, just really amazing. expwhrs where did -- >> host: where did you live in l.a. when you got here? >> guest: in highland park in northeast los angeles, and it was predominantly a latino community. >> host: mostly illegal? >> guest: i think it was a combination, yeah, there were a lot of immigrant families, but, you know, there were also the legal and illegal families. >> host: how did the legals view the illegals? >> guest: i'm not too sure about that be

he was responsible for driving us to l.a.. he made us lie down in the backseat and he wouldn't let us set up because he was afraid maybe get pulled over by border patrol. i spent the whole car ride basically lying down. it wasn't until we got to santa ana when he said okay you can get up now. and so, just seeing all of those things outside of the window was so amazing. i remember all the palm trees and in my hometown we didn't have palm trees. the streets that seem to never and in the buildings that seemed to reach the sky. it was just amazing. it was really amazing. >> where did you live in l.a.? >> when i first got to l.a. i lived in northeast los angeles. it was predominantly a latino community. >> mostly illegal? >> i think it was a combination. there were a lot of immigrant families, but you know there were also legal and illegal family's. >> how did illegals view the illegals? >> i am not so sure about that because as a child, i don't think i was too aware of that kind of response from the adults. but what i do remember

i used to go to the l.a. rams way back in the day and then the raiders. pathetic that l a doesn't have a football team but dennis kneale telling us larry ellison maybe our favorite. >> 1995. bill clinton was president, seinfeld was top-rated tv show and that was the last time the city of l.a. could claim an nfl team of its own. bill haas not one team that two. the raiders and the other team -- lost my place -- the rams. now larry ellison talking about buying the sports teams and then use owned by -- a move by alison to bring an nfl franchise back to los angeles and a stake in the l.a. lakers and in the n.b.a. he owns hockey teams, soccer's galaxy, 100 venues and the word is a line up like crazy now that he wants to sell. real-estate holdings, a key assets, so who might other bidders be? you have the biotech billionaire, a controversial figure is interested and made the honor of the vancouver canucks who said he might be a possible bidder cannot and ron burke who was kind enough to respond when we were texting and stopped short of admitting he would like to

use of taxpayer money? >> the allegations came to light after our cbs affiliate in l.a. aired an undercover investigation. hidden video showed state workers driving vehicles meant for official use for trips to buy alcohol and shop for shoes and food. caltrans says it's expanding its own investigation into the matter. >>> only ten days until the election. and the presidential candidates hit the battleground states today. mitt romney was in florida, which began early voting today. he held rallies in three florida cities, and told supporters it's time for a change. >> the supporters of the president have this chance. they do four more years, four more years. i like ten days a lot better. >> ten days and you'll be stepping into a voting booth and making a defining choice about the future of our country. >> with hurricane sandy heading toward the east coast, both campaigns have been forced to change their travel schedules. romney scrapped a trip to virginia and instead he'll head to ohio. the president planned to head to florida but pushed his trip to sunday night to beat the storm. >>> the california ballot fe

l.a. police to use a search warrant to get their hands on the tapes. >>> and the government is seeking your help to stop those annoying prerecorded phone calls or robocalls. you heard that right. the federal trade commission is offering a $50,000 prize for the person who comes up with the best way to block robocalls, which are illegal. the agency says the winner gets the money and will likely become, quote, a national hero. you can find more at ftc.gov. will they get taxed on it? >>> high drama on the african savanna after a baby elephant fell into a muddy pit. conservationists first had to drive off the frantic mother, to rescue the calf. they managed to pull the baby girl to safety. as you could imagine, mother and child couldn't wait to reunite. a big sigh of relief for all involved. that's awesome. >>> and now, for some sports. plenty of action to show you from the road to the world series. jade mccarthy at espn. >> i'm jade mccarthy with your "sportscenter" update. let's pick things up with the nlcs. tim lincecum getting the ball for the giants. trying to even it at 2-2 games against t

used to sing to me every night. i'm not going to lie. i wanted her to stay. that's selfish. i'm a selfish one. >> 30% of the women incarcerated in l.a.a significant risk of mental health problems. according to a study conducted by the jail's department of mental health, it was also found that the majority of these women are drug abusers. >> so the bottom line, i think, is that we're dealing with a very difficult population. >> dr. michael maloney is the head of the women's mental health treatment. >> we're dealing with a group of people who really don't get mental health services that are effective in the community. so many of them drift down to the point that they get arrested. >> with 300 to 450 women receiving mental health treatment in the jail every day, officials must rely on group therapy programs to help the inmates learn how to deal with their problems when they leave jail. >> explain that to me. >> stay off drugs if you're young and you're basically trying to be somebody in life. leave those drugs alone because if you're on drugs you can't cope. >> it sounds like all of you guys here are really seeing the impact of how drug

l.a. has done after the community coalition fought for that and they were able to challenge the l.a. school district to fund that. but how much would it cost us to fully support students that we don't have that crisis of hundreds of students not graduating. >> right. thank you supervisor mar. if we wanted to do it really in a very smart way, what we do, would do is reduce class size such as be secondary classroom science, algebra, third year math. we would lower the class size to that instead of having 35, 38 students in those classes. we would have 20. we would be able to offer an extra tutorial for them. what i think we're looking at as a school district when we talk about a service period day is being able to offer extra class for students who have failed a class. who have to take an extra class because they are an english language learner. and seventh period class at a school site. for those by need talking about weakty here, we're not talking about giving students an extra class so they're going to graduate a year early. we're looking at the extra class for students, so they extend their school day and giving an opportunity in the school

already ruled five to four that americans do not have a fundamental right to vote that was in bush v gore joining us now from our l.a. studios is brad friedman founder and publisher of the brad blog brad why dot com brad welcome back tom good to be back thank you for joining us and good to see you my friend does this decision effectively kill this voter i.d. law in pennsylvania election yes and no and i hate to be confusing about this because it needs to be clear and this judge this republican judge i believe purposely made a ruling here that was not particularly clear so here's where we are for this november the photo id restriction will not keep anyone from voting they'll still be asking voters for their id and the state will still be putting out advertisements on television telling people to get their i.d. so you know it's likely that a lot of people will see this and go i don't have an idea i'm not going to go vote but the fact is you can vote without a photo id even though you will be asked for it this november in the election beyond that the photo id restriction law will kick in next year unless it's a challen

provided any evidence proving this statement in response to see where garrioch uses a secret keys to turkey also piracy over the detention off its clean l.a. to on wednesday meanwhile a russian airport representatives from where the plane a initially departed to damascus was out that's of the customs and the security did not so find anything suspicious before the planes take off and now the documents coming from the airport have already been handed to officials for a further inspection meanwhile back in july this near moscow nouns that it had stopped old old military supplies that to syria again of this incident took place late on wednesday when having departed from one of the moscow airports syrian air passenger plane that was carrying thirty seven people on board was heading to damascus when as soon as it crossed the turkish border tricky style sixteen fighter jets forced the plane to elizondo and after the search that blasted for most of them the nine hours seven and later the people on board of this plane completely poor and at times to very aggressive to truth and treatment coming from the turkish security forces the plane's cargo wa

to. if they're not suspects, hopefully they can give us information leading to the suspects. >> they are wanted for the murder of an l.a sheriff's deputy last month. >>> san jose's serial arsonist struck againful a garbage bin was set on fire last night on delna manor lane just hours earlier in the same area, fire officials handed out flyers warning people about the arson. this is the ninth such fire in that area. >>> and today federal officials are expected to give nearly $1 billion for the central subway construction here in san francisco. but the project faces a lot of roadblocks. a lawsuit has been filed to stop the subway entrance plan for union square. it cites a city law that prohibits nonrecreational uses in city parks. that suit wants the station moved or put up for a vote. >>> an oakland high school student's simple idea has turned into a big help for her peers. >> it wasn't even a very big deal for me until i realized how big a deal it was for them. >> the project that has everyone walking a little taller coming up. >> two teams, two comebacks, one great day for bay area baseball. the secret to getting covet

to the california science center. ted chan from our sister station in l.a. joins us with incredible pictures of the slow-moving shuttle. hello, ted. nice to see you tonight. >> reporter: hi. good to see you, too, diane. inching is correct because right now the shuttle is four hours behirnd schedule and moving very slowly, but still there's a lot of excitement along the route. in fact, right here on martin luther king boulevard, you see some crowds beginning to gather to catch a glimpse of the shuttle and see the street is ride open, which means it's still going to be a while before the shuttle actually gets here. one factor as the shuttle moves down the boulevard are the trees here. the city took very great pains to make sure that the shuttle had a clear route. they had to cut down some trees in order to do it. they also had to preserve some trees because they were planted in memory of martin luther king and they not want to cut the trees down. show you video of the shuttle now and talk about the journey that started late thursday, early friday morning. the shuttle s

to the "l.a. times," a spokesman from homeland security says the agency does not force employers to use its everify program. >>> senator dianne feinstein is taking action against rising california gas prices. she is calling for a federal suppression into gas prices because she doesn't think -- a federal investigation into gas prices because she doesn't think they are related to supply and demand. california is paying the highest gas prices averaging $4.67 a gallon. as you can see, they are higher than that. yesterday, governor brown ordered state smog regulators to allow winter blend gas to be sold three weeks early. and remember, the cheapest gas in your neighborhood, you can find it at cbssf.com/gas. and then enter your zip code. >>> there's been an arrest following a brawl that broke out among people attending two different wedding receptions in downtown philadelphia and it was all caught on video. police say a 26-year-old man is being charged with aggravated assault in connection with the weekend fight. a 57-year-old man suffered a fatal heart attack outside the reception. but authorities don't

l.a. company had a first amendment right to use the story and name its 2009 film "haunting the win chester house". she did not stop construction until her death, 38 years later. >> the i team uncovered new leads in a high profile colt case. >> that is right. it's a story you'll see tonight at 11:00. >> kevin collins last seen waiting for a bus in 1984. the 10-year-old never came home. the case was never i made a possible connection. police either missed or ignored the lead, now, it's raising questions about how they handled this investigation. >> i feel kevin, whoever took him was murder that had day. so never would have gotten kevin back. i think they should have done all they do find the person. >> join us at 11:00 for this exclusive investigation. we'll reveal how the person may have slipped through the cracks. >> thank you very much. >> this is earthquake country. officials not taking preparedness for granted. this morning they held a massive drill with several government buildings including ucsf hastings school of law. >> heard about how to position, for example if each building has t

us look better here in new york city. the next time you happen to be in new york, please take one of her yoga classes at yoga viva. back to you in l.a., maria. >> thank you, guys. tonight's friends with benefits giveaway is a star beauty secret used on shows like "dancing with the stars" and "gossip girl." the celebrity stylist is here. tell me about italy hair fashion. >> they are mostly used on tv and movies and they're eco-friendly, high-quality shine. you will see the difference in your hair by using this product. >> for your chance to win go to extratv.com. should we give them away? >> let's do it. >> lights, camera, access. >> here we go! >> i stumbled to the bathroom, scared, woozy. >> what tory is sharing about her health scare, how close did she come to losing her baby and her own life. >> that's the start of it. >> and do you regret that? >> two years after ten cosmetic surgeries in one day a vastly different heidi montag reappears. >> i think i was in a lot of shock. >> it was laughable. >> so many famous women have shared his dugout. wait until you hear the story of a-rod's new ball girl. >> he should be ashamed of himse

in other words, what path did it follow coming in and that would allow us .2 to maybe find fragments of this thing. >> i'm from l.a. >> as the orion meteor shower will be seen best around midnight, you should head to an area away from city lights and at its peak you may see up to 15 meteors per hour or one every four minutes. maybe worth staying up past your bedtime unless there is going to be fog. meteorologist is here that knows the answer to that. >> we're going to be in pretty good shape. the hilltop areas should be good before the low clouds start to reform again on the coast. and what we're looking at tonight are really sand grain size particles to pebble size object that quickly burn up as they fall and reach the stratosphere. it gives you the flashing light inside. like the washing machine size or small car size object that came through the sky on wednesday. this is much smaller objects. the best left behind comet. the small particles, create the flashes of light. i think the best viewing look off to the southern skies tonight near the constellation orion and, yes, the hilltop locations in our inland valle

to as much pass inspectors [speaker not understood] department. even we have a l.a. department to come to our department to see how we operate. i think they told us they have still [speaker not understood] in their certification for cat inspector. president also attend a meeting, too, you know. we are actually ahead of lots of people in the state. >> yeah, to kind of hitch hike off that, which was surprising to me, i thought we would have been, but l.a., they were very clear on this. i think they don't have because they have accessible issue problems. i don't think they have them to the magnitude we have in this town. you know how complex they are. to me the key is one of the big kind of programs i think that i want to see coming out of all this is the educational aspect of it and i notice that -- i think we're all, commissioner mar feels very strongly about this, too. how we get the word, are we doing these kind of outreach to the communities, how we're doing it and sue on. -- so on. and are people showing up and are we educating them on the issues. that's the big thing for us. if we were to do anything constructive over the next year is to kind

to be handmade. because as you mentioned, it is not perpendicular. >> okay. we definitely need a shrink now. joining me is a clinical psychologist from l.a. dr. rahmani, explain to uss tells us about the killer. >> we know a couple of things. we know when we're dealing with serial criminal, it's not unusual for them to take a trophy or leave something behind. this is a guy who keeps trying to do this, and now it's almost as though he achieved a horrifying goal of killing this girl and no something is left behind, if it was left at that scene, it's something to think about. it feels like a ritualized thing and something he left behind as a mark, not as a mistake. >> unleash the lawyers. strunsky, schwartzreich, oceans. jason oceans, you and i have analyzed -- you've tried a ton of cases. >> right. >> i've prosecuted a lot of cases. let's talk what this means. where is oceans? i see a duck. i want to see the lawyers. there you go. okay, jason. >> yeah. let's think about it. you're a father of two. what does this mean? what killer would leave not just an object, something as she says at the scene, but a cross, jason? a cross that the symbol of love and sacrifice to mi

"endeavour" is going to enjoy one long victory lap through the streets of l.a. for today and into tomorrow. john zarrella is live for usgeles this morning. god that is such a great shot. i think it's a nice thing that they're going to take it slow. good morning. >> yeah, well they don't have a choice but to take it slow through the streets. can you imagine, 25 flights, flying 17,500 miles an hour, repairing satellites, fixing the hubble space telescope, flying to the space station, and this may be the most memorable journey that any space shuttle has ever made. it left los angeles international airport a couple of hours ago. passed right by our location there. being towed on a transporter and making the narrow turns through the streets of los angeles. we expect it to be here momentarily in the area behind me here is another staging area where the space shuttle undeafer is going to sit for about seven, eight, nine hours where they reconfigure it onto another platform. tonight, later tonight they're going to hook it up to a toyota truck to tow it across the 405 expressway. we talked to the toyota people and they said tha

to keep us safe. maybe their counterparts in japan could learn a thing or to. they let a guy board a plan to l.a.ith enough weapons to arm a drug cartel. he wore a trench coat and underneath body proof body armor and flame retardant pants. inside his luggage, a hatchet, knives, leg irons, handcuffs, a face mask, a biohazard suit and that's just the beginning. so perhaps a pat-down isn't such a nuisance after all. >>> tonight the federal government is suing wells far go a-- fargo accusing them of fraud stretching back more than ten years. a crackdown on the fraud has led to charges against more than 500 people over the past year. those suspects all connected to various scams that targeted 73,000 homeowners who were trying desperately to keep a roof over their heads. things like bait and switch mortgage deals and bilked homeowners out of more than $1 million dollars. >>> neiman marcus unveiled thefamous holiday catalog and wait until you see the crazy ideas they've got. hope you have a big wallet. >>> a man in this group home dies after he's pepper sprayed by police. tonight neighbors are raising q

to l.a. tonight 40s north bay valley, the rest of us in the 50s, more cloud cover than what we are seeing this will wake to dry conditions tomorrow, as we head through tomorrow you can see during the afternoon, slight chance of a stray shower north and then it disspates overnight into wednesday morning and wednesday afternoon south of monterey where the best chance of those scattered showers will be. low traveling closer bringing extra clouds it will be coolest tomorrow and wednesday. low pulls away thursday, friday below average better warming trend saturday, sunday. have a great day. >>> potential problem gilman 80 westbound accident blocking lane bunching up, clearing up and funneling into the macarthur maze metering lights on at the toll, backed there to west grand. san mateo bridge heavy towards foster city brake lights eastbound good direction, right speed roadwork eastbound at foster city boulevard towards the flat section until 1:00 this afternoon. our waze app, the reason we are showing new is lafayette pleasant hill road closed southbound between spring hill and deer hill overnight f

used to fly through space in something called a shuttle. "endeavour" spent the weekend driving slowly through the straight was l.a. home at the california science center. it is going to remain their permanently until a scrappy 8-year-old and his dog sidekick take it and go on an adventure. three days to go 12 mile, more than 125 15 hours late. that has to be depressing. from 25,000 miles an hour in space to 3 miles an hour past a bunch of cup cake shops in downtown l.a. quite a spectacle. not every day you see a space shuttle rolling down the street. to record it, we asked corey who plays chewbacca on hollywood boulevard to record it for us. did you have a good time this weekend? >> yeah. this woman fed me moon pies. >> jimmy: what? >> a woman fed me moon pies. >> jimmy: a woman fed you moon pies. have you ever seen a space shuttle before this? >> only that time on spongebob square pants. like -- >> jimmy: a time on spongebob square pants -- >> a long time ago. back when i was still a baby. >> jimmy: i see. if you ever got the chance to go into space, would you? >> you know, i usually don't go much higher than like

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to court. there has been an ongoing battle for installing turf and lights at beach l.a. soccer field. the lawsuit claims the city overlooked the health risk of chemicals used in the turf. construction was supposed to get under way in january but that is on hold. >>> there is a lighting problem on many bay area freeways and it's a story you will only see here on 2. if you drive after dark you may have noticed dark freeway signs. especially in the south bay. thieves are stealing the copper wiring used to light the signs and selling it to recycling centers for cash. some say the signs are harder to read so they have to slow down or squint. >> that is a safety issue, i think. it could be dangerous and you can't tell where you are going so it makes it hard for drivers. >> the chp hasn't noticed an increase in accidents but cal tran says the thieves are stealing from all california taxpayers. some of the lighting systems on signs could cost as much as $100,000 to replace. >>> time now 4:53. the hunt is on for the meteor that crashed in the bay area wednesday night. astronomers believe it landed just outside of martinez. news chopper 2 flew over the area but we d

to pay more for its new home down in southern california. l.a. weekly reports the science center needs to raise $100 million for the permanent display site. the money will also be used to cover the cost of transporting it to southern california. remember that a couple of weeks ago? for now the new endeavour exhibit is set to debut next week at a temporary site. >>> when penalty flags fly in the nfl this weekend fans and players will be seeing pink. it's all thanks to an 11-year- old boy from new jersey that's fifth greater dante who wrote a letter convincing the league to switch the yellow flags for pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month and it looks like it's only going to happen in the dolphins-jets game. dante has even been invited personally to present the pink penalty flags to the refs before the game on sunday. >> he could go to a raiders game, it would be a lot of pink. >> they are doing better this year. >> game day forecast real quick? >> game day forecast looking good. partly cloudy skies, probably temperatures in the low 60s to start. 50s by the end but no rain. >> now who this guy, don't you? >> pablo is the man. >> can he do it again? hope so. >

to date. >> we've got julia boorstin still here. she actually walked from l.a. this morning just to talk to us about this story. the stock's down 16%. cut their guidance last night, said they were going to cut expenses. you've spoken with mark pinkus, you've spoken with mark zuckerberg. facebook also took a hit after the zynga warning because they get so much revenue from zynga. what's going on here? >> social gaming is not what it was cracked up to be. the problem is people used to spend a lot of time on their desk tops playing farmville. now people are spending more time on their smartphones so they're not playing these social games as much. people are shifting that time they used to waste playing social games playing mobile apps. zynga interused more of these games. they're the same model as farmville, they just haven't taken off. if you look at numbers, fewer than 5 million people have been playing them on a daily basis. that's compared to at one point farmville was getting 80 million people. >> when you say they weren't -- they're not all they were cracked up to be, we're only talking about last year's pro

to show up at school. we're live in our l.a. bureau with what police are now hoping to uncover. tell us this cross, dominic. >> well, it's a crucial clue that could unlock the identity of who killed little jessica ridgeway earlier this month. it's tiny in physical size for forensic evidence, but it could be a big turning point in unmasking her abductor. photos were released of the miniature celtic cross. it's an inch 1/2 tall, one inch across, with a hole vertical style suggesting it could be worn as a necklace. there's three lines etched vertically, and a zig za zigzage on the reverse side, unique to this piece of jewelry. >> we feel it may have been dropped or left behind by the killer. because of the unique characteristics of it, again on both sides having different etching or scribing into it, we want the public to look at that, believing somebody may end up calling with a tip, providing additional information. they knew somebody who had one recently. >> now, authorities are saying it's definitive definitely not jessica, and they want to hear from members of the public about anyone

to the harmony project, a program in l.a.'s most troubled neighborhood that puts instruments in these hands before the rampant gang culture puts a gun in them. >> it's been difficult for usfamily to survive. >> reporter: cheryl came to hollywood seeking fame. after seven children and a failed marriage all she found was hard times. >> i moved maybe 28 times. >> 28 times. >> we actually slept one time at the office at the harmony project. >> through all of that he held on to his music. >> it was the one constant thing in life. >> reporter: it's not about being a virtuoso. he finds virtue in music. >> music is like my meditation. music just opened up my eyes. >> i think it's been this thread throughout his entire life. >> reporter: the charity started with 36 students. now has 1500, a waiting list of 900. almost all these kids go on the college. >> music is the vehicle we use to transform kids. to get them through school, to get them to go college, to teach them to be role models, they become mentors to younger students. >> reporter: he plans to be a teacher or marine biologist or international businessman. >> i can do it. i know i can do that. >> reporter: he learned that

us from l.a. this morning. hey, rachel. >> hey, guys. nice to see you this morning., does kanye west have marriage on his mind? the rap star has a new song called "white dress." and it sounds like it could be played walking down the aisle with girlfriend, kim kardashian. he raps about a white dress with a 30-foot train. and drops the line, that says you're the kind of girl in a probably deserves a new last name. "white dress" is featured on the soundtrack for "the man with the iron fist," in theaters next month. >>> kanye may want to give gwyneth paltrow and cameron diaz, a little help with rapping. this is something they could use a little work. take a listen. ♪ we're coming at you like us ♪ ♪ you drink too much >> wow. that's all we could show on morning tv, folks. the actresses, they get a little bit naughty. >>> and everybody knows luke on "modern family" as the dim-witted goofball of the dunphy family. actor nolan gould is a genius. the 13-year-old graduated from high school this summer and hopes to do online college courses. gould actually has an i.q. of 150. a

to wear as little clothes as possible, l.a. yesterday, 97 degrees. >> they could have used those bras. >> yes. bikinis and bathing suits, if you can get away with it. yeah, it was a beach day yesterday in a few spots, and warm temperatures. i mean, pretty incredible stuff. it wasn't record highs. the record high in downtown l.a. yesterday actually was 102, so we got close at 97. and this looks like the peak of this recent little mini heat wave we've been dealing with. from here on out, it looks like we'll cool it off as we get more of an onshore flow, keeping the temperatures cooler, even in downtown l.a., and especially at the coast. and it was even warm yesterday in san francisco. hope you enjoyed that at 86 degrees. now, as far as this morning goes, it's another warm morning out there, temperatures in the 70s, the 60s. the cool spots all the way from about central nevada northwards, up through idaho and all areas, except coastal spots of oregon and washington state. now, things are going to change. we're clear as could be this morning with high pressure. that's why we got a good night of ra

to help us talk about this issue. we've brought in two of our own experts, mark thomson long time weatherman here in l.a. someone who cares passionately about this issue and has for a long time has joined us as well. let me talk to you first about this storm and why we might think that this weather event could be part of the climate change that we're seeing on a macro level as i just laid out. >> of course, you're really good to point out the macro level because it's the constellation of things that you mentioned and more. it's not just this one super storm although this storm was remarkable because it brought together three distinct complexes of atmosphere disturbance into one big horror show as we've seen. when you look at sea surface temperatures and how they have ricin. this is quite important tomorrow, hurricanes are the greatest way the planet earth has of moving heat energy from one hemisphere to the other. this is the big energy transfer that the earth does. when you add a lot of energy to the environment with fossil fuel burnage and all the other ways that we're throwing off kilter that energy ba

to afghanistan. hello. i'm don lemon. thanks for joining us. i'm going to get you up to speed now. barack obama on the west coast. one of those l.a. fund raiisers was a private event. another was an a list concert with stevie wonder and bill clinton. more details in the live report in a minute from los angeles. >>> four, three, two, one. and liftoff. liftoff of the spacex falcon nine rocket. >> that marking a new era. the first commercial flight into space. nasa has assigned spacex to a contract to ship cargo to i.s.s. live report from florida 20 minutes away. >>> the meningitis out break has grown by one-third in just 24 hours. 27 cases since yesterday. nearly half of the new cases in michigan. meningitis has been linked to contaminated steroid injections. the company issued a voluntary recall for all its products. >>> it's half 9:00 at night in venezuela where most of the country's voting places are still open right now. presidential election day and the polls will stay open as long as people are waiting in line to vote. hugo chavez is trying to win another term as president. he's been in charge for 13 years there. >>> now to so

used to fly through space in something called a shuttle. "endeavour" spent the weekend driving slowly through the streets of l.a. ts new home at the california science center. it is going to remain there permanently, or at least until a scrappy 8-year-old and his dog sidekick take it and go on an amazing adventure. it took the shuttle three days to go 12 miles, it was more than 15 hours late. that has to be depressing. from 25,000 miles an hour in space to 3 miles an hour past a bunch of cupcake shops on the way to downtown l.a. quite a spectacle. not every day you see a space shuttle rolling down the street. and so, to record it for posterity, we asked our friend corey, who plays chewbacca on hollywood boulevard, to check it out for us. >> hey, jimmy. >> jimmy: did you have a good time this weekend? >> yeah. this woman fed me moon pies. >> jimmy: what? >> a woman fed me moon pies. >> jimmy: a woman fed you moon pies. >> yeah. >> jimmy: have you ever seen a space shuttle before this? >> ah, only that time on "spongebob square pants, li" like -- >> jimmy: there was a time -- >> a long time ago. back when i was sti