now watching reginald denny be attacked at the same intersection that mr. choi was at. we're now watching it on tv. >> terrible. and there's no police presence down here. they will not enter the area. this is attempted murder. >> what was going through your head or your heart? >> that -- i wish that i was there. >> 25 years later, it still gets to you. why? why? >> because i would want someone to do that for me. >> i have compassion for that time, please. at that time -- the compassion line was closed. >> reporter: told from many perspectives, "let it fall" reveals the many truths of one moment in time. even the members of the so-called l.a. four, the men convicted in connection with that reginald denny attack, tell their story. >> look at what they're doing to us, they're killing young black men. they're killing threats. therefore, anything that isn't black doesn't mean nothing to me. at all. of course we kill our own. you know what i'm saying? and that's not right. i'm not condoning that whatsoever. you understand what i'm saying? but it happens. you know

to a lot of people, it was rodney king, reginald denny. that's it we didn't want to put that night or year in that context. we could have gone years, 10 years saying these events, it wasn't just one community, people didn't react one way. that is what we want to approach in the documentary, to say, there was a lot going on. a lot of reasons why they were going on. >> how does the context inform the story that you do tell? >> for me, you know, having just moved out there, not -- coming from new york, when i left, it was bernie getz, and 25 years later, it is a lot less about what i remember, and more to provide a space for people to have their own regulations, for the people that we talked to, 25 years ago, was five minutes ago. it was five hours ago. to sit this far away from individuals from all difficult backgrounds, sharing with emotion that is immediately. i am fortunate to be able to extreme the history. it is still my expression of someone else's history. documentaries is difficult. where they get to feel theirs. >> if you weren't bl

. >> reporter: he recorded some of the worst beatings including the trucker reginald denny and the minister, fidel lopez. >> i thought lopez was actually dead until he started moving. >> reporter: more than 50 people were killed and 2,000 injured in six days of rioting and looting, which cost $1 billion in damage. police chief charlie beck says he knew the lapd was the reason for the uprising. since then the force has been reformed. >> we're the majority minority now. almost 50% are hispanic and women. during the riots we were mostly whit white. >> it prompted changes everywhere. >> reporter: goldman left south central l.a. a. he hopes his videos show the respect police and communities receiver. >> what happened out there should teach everyone a lesson. you never want to see that again. >> reporter: danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. >>> our top stories this morning, commenting on the standoff with north korea over its nuclear and missile program. trm p said the chance exists for a major, major conflict. he said china has threatened to impose sanctions on the north if it conducts m

look on the tv" and there was reginald denny being pulled out of the truck. i get back in my car and start heading toward the city, and the city was glowing, glowing from the fires. as i'm seeing my city burn, i feel very responsible because of, you know, what all the angst is about, the los angeles police department. >> reporter: several days of rioting left $1 billion in damage and more than 50 people dead. we're on the 25th anniversary of the riots. >> yeah. >> reporter: the last significant anniversary was five years ago. >> yeah. >> reporter: and within those five years, look at what's happened across the country in ferguson. there's images of the national guard going in. just this week in sacramento, there was an incident where there was allegedly excessive force used by police. two officers in georgia fired off the force for some of the same reasons. is this still a problem today? >> well, it's always going to be a problem in this profession. what we try to do is create strong culture that prevents this from being the norm. >> reporter: since 1992, the

denny and the torture of fidel lopez. >> he gonna die! >> that was where the minister said over here, man, pray. i thought fidel lopez actually was dead until he started moving. [ sirens ] >> reporter: more than 50 people were killed and 2,000 injured in 6 days of rioting and looting which caused $1 billion in damage. police chief charlie beck says he knew the lapd was the reason for the uprising. since then, the force has been reformed. >> we're majority minority right now. we're almost 50% hispanic. 20% women. in the 92 riots we were majority male white. we're not like that anymore. >> reporter: but change in l.a. hasn't meant change. >> baltimore, ferguson, charlotte, baton rouge. it continues. >> reporter: goldman left what was known as south-central l.a. after the riots. 25 years later, he hopes his video shows the importance of communication and respect between police and the community they serve. >> what happened out there can teach everyone a lesson. you never want to see that ever again. >> reporter: danielle nottingham, cbs news

denny and fiddle lopez. >>> missing children is the focus special assignment report. >> i think the public had been looking at those photos for a long time. >> sara and jacob have been missing for nearly three years. tonight at 11 our special assignment union goes behind the scenes at the national center for missing and exploited children to show how forensics can keep their faces in the public's eye to help bring them home. >> it's here the president's first 100 days in office is in the books and president trump has made promises on repealing and replacing obamacare, renegotiating trade deals that were disastrous and that's a small part of the long to do list so is his 100 benchmark a reasonable thing to focus on. a progress report on the trump administration so they can answer these questions. charlie rose gail king and norah o'donnell to talk about it. what are >> we hope to learn what he's learned first of all. we hope to learn his expectations are. remember this is is hundred days and it is a false marketing but has a tradition. the other thing there's a lot to see and do and t

denny, and the torture of fidel lopez. >> he's going to die. >> reporter: that was for the minister over him prayed. i thought fidel lopez was actually dead, until he started moving. >> reporter: more than 50 people were killed, and 2,000 injured in six days of rioting and looting, which caused a billion dollars in damage. police chief charlie beck says he knew the lapd was the reason for the uprising. since then, the force has been reformed. >> we're majority minority now. almost 50% hispanic,20% women. back then, we were majority white male. it's not that way anymore. >> baltimore, ferguson, baton rouge. it continues. >> reporter: goldman left what was known as south central l.a. after the riots. 25 years later, he hopes his video shows the importance of communication and respect between police and the communities they serve. >> what happened out there can teach everyone a lesson. you never want to see that ever again. >> reporter: danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. >> more than 11,000 people were arrested in the l.a. riots. >>> ahead. airline secrets revealed. how likely