three friends from south l.a. ron bird. grew up reaching for the piece of the american dream. the most significant thing was when i went to join the boy scouts good boy scouts of america. my mother taking up to scout to be good your robert plant with the original bill if one thousand nine hundred thirty three to nine hundred eighty three parked in our neighborhood right there what there to join the boy scouts my mother did with the scout master. it was nice but he chose my mother well i don't know what some of the parents might object because it was a white troop. to say be prepared to do a good turn daily the scout is is trustworthy loyal friend it could just kind of be careful brave clean and referee the that's the boy scouts of america bunch of races . with names like the business men to gladiators and slawson black teenagers began forming their own street fights return to its. tune i'm neighborhood was situated in an area where we were assigned and designated to see all possible successors are going to call slots and box that's where our name comes from just. shoot shoot s

for the next four decades or encrypt and blood sets we carve the streets of south l.a. into a grid of rival territories. and . today these fractured communities are home to five generations of urban soldiers. really from well from. the u.s. this out is where we go from a stall model kill or be killed. wash go to any type of a day cavity to come across normandy you die. come call them are still battling. wells gangbang if you well know my good will come out if you come in the mud and you don't know nobody mother don't you die all west side of his bloods on the inside of us is crips just around in a box you know i mean surrounded by insects this was created over twenty years ago to where the geographics in the neighborhoods have been separated by gangs. certain streets certain alley certain stores certain schools served in parks or claim deathstar. you can go it is guess it was guess no call. you can go to bed or getting older because you were wrong neighborhood. you got some of action when you fall and you would tell them you know i'm from nowhere home you can all say bu

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day the streets of south l.a. have given rise to a new sort of get determined to fight not simply for turf or colors but for the lives of the next generation. i work with about four or five hundred high risk you every month the first thing i do apologize to him because i have to lead they'll know my generation is build you miserable see i'll fifty one years old i've been two decades of this structure so we let them know that hey we have those roles just like you do iraq these peacemakers many of them former gang members have stepped out from behind the gods and are now standing between them literally risking their lives in the formation of street level gang intervention organization. privately funded receiving almost no support from either state or federal governments these grassroots movements are taking the first crucial steps towards stopping the cycle of gang violence. people who care want to see a better theory want to see a better country and we got a star game together and have a sit down so that we don't k

south l.a. residents responded by transforming their a lot of territory into a thriving cultural hub and central avenue developing into a sort of harlem west. west coast best jazz clubs dozens of black businesses lining the street people dressed in their sunday best on the weekends a period during which the most affluent and the forest blacks live essentially side by side. and then with will work to spend. time economy adapted itself to lead automotive industry the major corporations like g.m. chrysler ford good you and firestone all establishing factors in south los angeles . and we're going to factory you got the benefits you got my house you could buy a car you could raise a family you could live a working class a lower middle class white. plains. it was a moment of unprecedented black prosperity in which the trajectory of black america was on the rise people were getting jobs were buying homes were buying cars sending their kids to colleges it was a moment of real optimism. in the late one n

that may help james bruce who that could lose his south l.a. home at the end of the month unless citibank modifies his adjustable rate mortgage which he can no longer afford. >> it started adjusting on me and just got overbearing where i couldn't take it. so it ate up all my savings and everything that i could muster up to pay that mortgage for over a year. >> reporter: now 3.8 million people will get some payment from these ten banks, evenl people whose foreclosures were properly processed because the banks have basically decided it's easier to write a check to e all of them then figure out who t was actually harmed. >> pelley: ben tracy in our los angeles bureau. ben, thanks very much. in syria there was a surprise nationwide address by the dictator bashar al-assad andddres what he had to say was a cause for worry. it was his first speech in six months and assad said he won't step down and he won't negotiate with the rebels. the civil war there has spilled over syria's borders from time to time so now u.s. soldiers have landed in turkey to ma

. >> don't send me into south central l.a. >> send a message to south central l.a. >> do not do that jesse watters, everybody, causing trouble as usual. on deck, factor tip of the day. another internet outrage. this one involving me. the tip 60 seconds away. >> time for tip of the day. more internet dishonesty. first, tomorrow, i will appear on the view. guns the topic. i think you'll find the two segments very interesting. and now, the mail. brenda long from texas, thank you for bringing a common sense solution about gun violence. i support mandatory sentences. tom connor, indiana, your talking points were on, but went off the rail with gun registration. >> bill, great segment, you don't want common sense solutions. and bill, by your logic, it states make the gun laws, they could violate the constitution. well, we've seen states try to do that in the past, bob, but the federal courts overrule them. bob, california, bill, i must correct you shall the u.s. postal service does not get operating funds from taxpayers. sorry, bob, taxpayers kick in 100 million dollars every year to keep t

but you can find 60's down south. l.a. palm springs and san diego. here in the bay area sunny skies tomorrow and pleasantly cool. high pressure generally in the low mid 50's 55 or 56 degrees tomorrow and here's the alaska sx weather 7 day forecast. sunny skies until friday. saturday sunday partly cloudy slight chance for shower on sunday. sunny dry again on tuesday. pleasant weather after the overnight freeze tonight. can expect mild weather choice at the end of the week. high pressure near 60. very, very chilly. >> get through that part. >> that's right. make new year's resolution all the time right. >> i don't key them but i make them. >> that is my next story. stick around for this i'll make them on this new year's day resolution get in shape. save money. tradition with the best intention but as matt explains every year it's the same old story. l is. >> no sooner than the ball dropped and up popped jessica simpson. one of the very first ads of the new year. >> weight loss program is built for human nature you can expect amazing. >>reporter: our re

. >> don't send me into south central l.a. >> send a message to south central l.a. >> do not do that jesse watters, everybody, causing trouble as usual. on deck, factor tip of the day. another internet outrage. this one involving me. the tip 60 seconds away. for some people this is just pigskin and thread. but for most of us it represents something more. it's the time of year that we have all waited for. when we sit on the edge of our seats for four quarters. it represents players reaching a childhood dream. the biggest stage there is in sports. a time when legacies are made. where a magical play can happen every snap, and you remember exactly where you were when it does. watch every moment of super bowl xlvii live on nfl mobile. bringing the big game to you when every play matters... verizon. call star-star nfl to download nfl mobile from verizon. >> time for tip of the day. more internet dishonesty. first, tomorrow, i will appear on the view. guns the topic. i think you'll find the two segments very interesting. and now, the mail. brenda long from texas, thank you for bringing a co

high pressure in the 60's over northern two-thirds of the state. 70's down south around l.a, san dieg and palm springs. mid 60's here in the bay area. and here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. we'll see mid 60's. maybe even a few upper 60's over the weekend. then next week temperatures will moderate but string of nice mild days coming our way and they bring welcome relief in the cold we have had the last few nights. >> we thaernd stretch. >> we have indeed. >> thanks very much. >> and amateur prospector in australia has come if a windfall big time. searching for gold about an hour from melbourne the man found a giant nugget weighing nearly 12 pounds look at this. 2 feat below ground he discovered witness a hand held metal detector. worth up to half million dollars by one estimate. man says there's nothing like digging up money. spending it unbelievable. >> how lucky. >> that little thing is worth half million dollars. >> 12 pounds of gold. by the ounce. it's expensive. >> get me a shovel, man. start digging around here. sports collin caperneck best running collin caperneck best running

l.a. city attorney as well as his current position. actually, for me this has been a journey, it's not like a light switch went on yesterday. i have been involved in public safety for about 30 years. i have seen the war on drugs from the ground up. i have seen it as a police officer, young police officer walking, foot beat in south central and east l.a. i saw the revolving door, the impact that that revolving door was having in many communities and as i rose through the ranks, i began to take a different look at the way we dealt with crime and the way we dealt with public safety and as i evolved throughout the years, i came to the conclusion that what we had been doing with the war on drugs was leading us in the wrong direction. the impact that it had and not only in communities -- quite frankly in our entire community was creating a situation which doesn't necessarily make us any safer and frankly, i think we have criminalized an area i think should be really looked upon as a health issue

the rest of the state will be nice and dry and gets milder as you move south ward down to l.a. 67 in palm springs. here in the bay area, it's beginning to get milder. much milder by mid week, tomorrow, sunny skies, high temperatures into upper 50s to around 60 degrees and here is the accu-weather forecast. mid-60s by wednesday. and that is going to hold throughout the weekend. we have some spring lig weather coming our way. saturday is groundhog day. if he sees a shadow he says six more weekses of winter. if this is winter i'll take it. >> exactly. >> sunday is super bowl sunday. >> go, niner autos ge. punxsutawney phil keep this coming. >> yes. >> let's go back to new orleans. >> and larry beil is there live for super bowl week. >> as you know 49ers are here, ravens just arrive. we're going into full fledged harbowl mode. going head t >>> how are you doing everybody, larry beil in new orleans this, is a great place to host the super bowl game this, will be the tenth in this city. but you've got night life and parties. you have to look for it, trouble with find you. no curfew last ni

in fact, we're going to be seeing 70s return all the way across parts of the south. l.a. back to 78 today. not that bad today. it's tomorrow that we start to see the cold air move on. in back to you. >> clayton: thanks so much, rick. let's bring in governor mike huckabee now because when we want to talk about culture and things affecting this country who better to talk about it. >> he wasn't available so i'm here. cha clay governor huckabee is here instead. great to see you as always. we have been talking about lance armstrong, manti te'o. it gets to us thinking when we have these sort of heros we hold in high regard. is there some sort of broader cultural question that needs to be addressed? we hold these heros in high regard. we're surprised when they fall from grace. does it say something about our culture that we hold these individuals in such high regard and maybe don't expect these things to happen? >> i think a lot of americans and a lot of people it's intuitive that we vicariously live our own dreams through people that who do things that we know deep down can nev

warmer-than-normal from l.a. to new york. showers along the coast, from south carolina to florida. heavy rain, hail, and high winds in the south. i'm sorry, in south and east texas. snow, from el paso into new mexico. also, some rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest. >> mostly 40s from seattle into the northern rockies. 30s in the upper midwest. 50s in dallas and atlanta. 70 in new orleans. >>> when we come back this morning, dream on. a fire sparks new safety questions about boeing's 787 dreamliner. >>> then, turning the tables. after getting a huge taxpayer bailout, why aig might try to sue the government. >>> and then, wrong way ride. what happened when a crowded escalator suddenly changed direction and went out of control? >>> welcome back. the banking industry is clearing up more of the housing meltdown mess. ten, major u.s. banks are agreeing to pay $8.5 billion to settle charges they unfairly foreclosed on millions of homeowners. some of those homeowners may get some of that money. bank of america on its own is paying $11.6 million to fannie mae to settle other cla

heading down into l.a., travel cautiously headed south. we stop the clock for you again at noon. as we wake up and meet back here tomorrow morning, it will be cloudy. between noon and 4:00 p.m. we have a slight chance for maybe a stray shower or two. not expecting a lot. and most of the moisture looks like it will skirt the coastline. here's where it gets interesting though. when we wake up and meet back here on thursday morning, the coldest time of the day, we have a chance for some showers to move over the higher elevations and that is going to make for some very interesting weather. we could get some snow down to 1,500 feet. that's what we'll be watching for on thursday morning. nonetheless, if you are trying to get outdoors, today is the best day to do so throughout the extended period with highs at 67 degrees in gilroy. 66 in redwood city. 64 in san francisco. temperatures are going to drop like a rock as of tomorrow and stay cold all of the way through monday. just keep that in mind and get out there today if you can. let's check the drive. good morning, mike. >> good morni

partly sunny in l.a., 64 degrees. >>> let's check your national forecast. much of the south will be rainy with temperatures in the 30s and 40s from the texas panhandle to the carolinas. in the 70s along the gulf coast. in florida, the northeast will be mainly dry with light snow expected from west virginia to western new york. most of the midwest will be dry and cold as will most of the west. >>> in sports this morning clemson made a dramatic comeback in the chick-fil-a bowl. tigers trailed lsu. boyd hits deandre hopkins for the touchdown. 22-14 lsu. clemson missed the two-point conversion. chandler cantanzaro did not. clemson beat lsu 25-24. >>> seven nfl coaches will be looking for new jobs in 2013. they were fired in a coaching blood bath the day after the season ended. andy reid of the philadelphia eagles, ken whizzsenhunt and loe smith. all super bowl veterans. also buffalo's chan gailey. cleveland's pat cher mer. kansas city's romeo crennel and san diego's norv turner. five general managers were also fired. >>> in the nba. in florida miami's chris bos

. >> i met her back when i was a hotshot young surgeon headed to l.a. my car broke down in rural south carolina where she used to swim naked in the county lake. i am here with author and columnist jedediah bila. and i met him when i worked as a fact checker. he introduced me to cocaine and we have been pals ever since. it is the deputy editor of the daily caller. his book is called "the lizard king" and i met him when dealing with a family wear wolf curse. now he goes by bill schulz. and he once helped me change my parents' life for the better. it was by a time machine built from a delorean. and his stories are outrageous, but at least he is not contagious, our new york times cory spawn department. good to see you, pinch. >> the truth is contagious, tom. here is hoping you catch some. today in the times alexzander stanley reviews the new season of the y chromosome train wreck that is hbo's girls. expect lots of complaining, hideously lit sex scenes and gratuitous nudity done by an actress whose body shape can best be described as potato. i apologize for