. >> i think whittier is like an oasis in the desert. our kids may come from economically challenging areas but when we come in here we make them feel like they are somebody special because they are. >> reporter: for more than a decade roxie thomas has run this place. >> i have seen hunger and i have experienced more of it here in illinois than i have ever seen before. >> people don't know it. 62% of all children in public education in america are eligible for the meal program which means the government feeds them monday through friday. which means they may not have anything to eat on the weekend. >> reporter: 92% qualify for government meals including kids of this family. they have 15 children between them. >> you run out of groceries and you get what you can with what you got. >> reporter: stephane was raised by his mom and has felt the pain of hunger. >> it is the worry you put on your mother or your parents' face when they see you walk into the kitchen and look in the fridge and cupboards then you look to them. i know now that i've g

. >> reporter: not 62%, but 98% of whittier students apply for government meals.ding the children of michelle and stephen williams. they have 15 children between them. >> i lost count years ago on what my food bill was. you run out of groceries you get what you can with what you got. >> reporter: stephen was raised by his mom and felt the pain of hunger. >> it's the worry you put on your mother's face when they see you walk into the kitchen and look through the refrigerator then you look to them. i know now i got to get up to go to work every day to make sure my kids eat. because i can imagine how it feels not to be able to feed them. >> reporter: every day is special at whittier then there's fridays. >> can you briniest class up for a backpack? >> reporter: like clock work, each class gets the call to come to room 210. >> they don't call it breakfast in a backpack. they call it my blessing. >> reporter: they can thank stan curtis from kentucky and his army of private donors and volunteers. >> we the people. we provide backpacks for every child we feed right now.

sunset at whittier, three blocks from the famous beverly hills hotel. she takes the left and just about maybe 100 yards or less down the road, she hits a light pole. from that intersection to there, she was shot -- either at the intersection or just before she hit the light pole. i just coincidently drove that route today at lunchtime. and i saw how it would be possible that she would have been shot at that intersection, still been alive and drove herself down. there was glass found at the intersection. they don't know where she was shot. it's a very residential area and it's only about a quarter of a mile from where michael jackson died just last year. >> alan, people heard from her minutes before she died. apparently she maid made some phone calls. her window was partially rolled down which leads police to think something else. but are there any clues to the messages she left from those calls? >> they were apparently routine messages left for an assistant at her office. voice mail, she would apparently routine routinely do that when she left a to-do l

and finally, her car coming to rest on whittier drive, flowers mark the spot.s is the spot that ronnie chasen's car hit a utility pole, one that's now been removed. did hold a street light. it was here paramedics found her still alive, breathing heavy, but near death. and she did die a few minutes later at cedars-sinai hospital. the autopsy's not been release police department we understand she was shot at least three times, maybe as many as five. we'll know that next week. >> alan has been changing and it's changing by the minute. it is a mystery here. they're looking at camera, surveillance cameras and all of that, but, again, she was a publicist to some of the biggest names in hollywood and to happen in one of the poshest neighborhoods in the world is unbelievable. alan duke is going to join us again at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn with more on murder in beverly hills. >>> next, your top stories including a manhunt happening right now across some of the most treacherous land in this country. the search for the man who shot a park ranger. sure i'd like to di

and talks about the silent majority and talks about his people, his background, the people from whittier. ways a takeoff on fdr? was being exploited, not listen to, punished. >> guest: but in the case of fdr it was idealism. that is why i admire. there was a man who was born an aristocrat who could see beyond his old circle and c. d. true populist. but in richard nixon's case i think it was actually genuine. he came. when you go to his little house at the nixon liba. >> host: a combination of idealism and resentment. >> guest: he grew up poor. a very early stage dying of tuberculosis. the father with his terrible temper. so determined to do well at school. carry this shoes in a paper bag so that they would not get 30. going barefoot to school. i mean, i think what would happen in those great moments of crises when he was accused of corruption and it looked as though president of the hot eisenhower would drop in as nominee in 1952, it looked as though nixon would have to retire or resign from the vice-presidential nomination. he goes in front of the public and gives the speech. but i thin

as she was about to make a left-hand turn on to whittier that a vehicle pulled up along the passengere and opened fire. they also believe that vehicle may have been an suv because the bullets apparently came into the car at a higher angle. they are still trying to figure out if she was targeted for murder. but now there are reports they have some surveillance video because in that area homes of the rich and famous, a lot of surveillance cameras. the report is they have two different angles from the home of sherri hackett. she is the widow of the actor and comedian buddy hackett. they just don't know yet which angle they have and when they actually picked up ronni chasen's car but also reports they may have other cameras in the area that picked up significant clues. still no motive or suspects. >> shepard: trace gallagher reporting earlier from los angeles. two kings of comedy have to pay the price after they lost a lawsuit against j.p. morgan chase. will ferrell and seinfeld procreator larry david claimed the bank invested $18 million without their permission. not only did they loads

neighbors heard her car crash into a light pole on whittier drive.rrived to find the 64-year-old chasen has been shot five times in the chest. she was taken to cedars sinai medical center, where she died less than an hour later. >> we don't have crimes like this in the city of beverly hills so it is a surprise to us. we've got numerous investigators at the scene that are trying to piece this thing together. we don't have a motive at this time. we don't have any suspect information. >> reporter: chasen's murder came just hours after she attended a premiere for the movie "burlesque" which she helped promote. her career in hollywood spanned decades. the famed publicist helped promote academy award-winning films like "slumdog millionaire," "driving miss daisy" and "on golden pond." at the time of her death, chasen was helping to promote michael douglas for an oscar in his performance in "wall street 2: money never sleeps." >> people wanted her because they knew she knew everybody. everybody knew her. there wasn't anybody who wouldn't take ronni chasen's

down sunset boulevard that another car pulled up next to her as she was about to make a left onto whittier that the car pulled up next to her on the passenger side and opened fire, firing five shots into her passenger window. the theory is also that it might have been an suv, because apparently the shots came from a higher elevation. now that is what they are working with right now. what they do not know yet is if this was a targeted killing, a hit, if you will. but they do not believe this was random. now police do have some surveillance video that was taken from one of the homes that's nearby there, in fact this home had a number of surveillance cameras. the hollywood reporter says the home belongs to sheri hackett who is the widow of buddy hackett. this is an area of rich and famous. there are homes in that area with a lot of surveillance cameras. police may have more video to work with to try and figure out what happened in this case. we should note here that the 64-year-old was driving down sunset boulevard after the premiere party of that movie burlesque starring christina ago aguile