State Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage; New Deportation Powers Given to Border Patrol; Battle in Najaf; Costco vs. Wal-Mart; Contemporary Architecture & Design in Los Angeles
State Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage
New Deportation Powers Given to Border Patrol
On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security gave Border Patrol Agents new powers to deport undocumented aliens caught within 100 miles of the Mexican and Canadian borders, if they have been in the US for up to 14 days. Larry Mantle is joined by Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary for border security at the Department of Homeland Security, Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, Meredith Brown, immigration defense attorney and Michael Cutler, fellow at the center for immigration studies and a former senior special agent with the INS in New York.
Battle in Najaf
U.S. and Iraqi forces are fighting to crush the resistance led by Iraqi militants loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf. Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi called on insurgents to drop their weapons and leave the holy Imam Ali Mosque in the sacred section of the city. Hal Kempfer, a military analyst for ABC 7 News and a Lt. Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves and Imam Sayed Moustapha Al Qazwini, the Imam of the Islamic Center of Orange County, located in Costa Mesa.
Costco vs. Wal-Mart
Did you know that the average Costco shopper is quite wealthy, urban, and lives on the east or west coast, while the average Wal-Mart shopper earns much less, and lives in the rural Mid-West or South? Did you also know that Costco executives give campaign funds only to democratic candidates, while Wal-Mart executives tend to support Republicans? Larry Mantle talks to Slate Magazine’s Daniel Gross and Paco Underhill, Managing director of EnviroSell, a behavioral market research and consulting company, about the fascinating facts of politics and Big Box retailers.
Contemporary Architecture & Design in Los Angeles
Larry talks with acclaimed L.A. architect Steven Ehrlich and Charles Trotter, Executive Producer of CABoom, about CABoom, a first-of-its-kind festival and trade show focusing on contemporary architecture and design in Los Angeles.