Race for California Attorney General; Mayor Villaraigosa and Los Angeles Business Leaders Travel to Washington D.C.; Preview of Hayden Confirmation Hearings; Christians React to The Da Vinci Code
Race for California Attorney General
Larry Mantle talks with Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, who is running in the June 6th primary election against Mayor Jerry Brown for the Democratic nomination for California Attorney General.
Mayor Villaraigosa and Los Angeles Business Leaders Travel to Washington D.C.
This week, the Mayor will be joining the L.A. Chamber on its annual lobbying event in Washington D.C., called "Access D.C." This year's advocacy trip will also bring over 70 business leaders from across the L.A. region to meet with elected officials and policymakers in the nation's capital. The focus of this year's trip is to demonstrate that L.A. is a national asset and help to secure the region's fair share in six key areas: Transportation, energy and the environment, international trade, health care, education and workforce development, and entertainment. Larry Mantle talks with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Ron Gastelum, Executive Vice President of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, about the importance of securing federal dollars for the region.
Preview of Hayden Confirmation Hearings
The Senate Intelligence Committee's Confirmation hearing on President Bush's nominee for CIA director begins Thursday. If confirmed, Air Force General Michael Hayden would take over the post vacated by Porter Goss. Larry and his guests discuss the upcoming hearings.
Christians React to The Da Vinci Code
Anger over The Da Vinci Code, premiering Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival, escalated Tuesday as Christian groups from South Korea, Thailand, Greece, and India planned boycotts, a hunger strike, and attempts to block or shorten screenings. The plot of the movie, adapted by Ron Howard from Dan Brown's worldwide best seller, makes the case that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children with her. In India, the government Tuesday put a temporary hold on the movie's release because of complaints. In South Korea, which has 13 million Protestants and 4.6 million Roman Catholics, a court ruled Tuesday that a Christian group's request for an injunction to block screenings lacked merit. Archibishop Angeleo Amata, a close aide to Pope Benedict XVI, urged Catholics to boycott the movie. The Archbishop called the best selling novel "stridently anti-Christian." Larry Mantle discusses these reactions and talks with guests about how Christians should respond to a movie that challenges the notions on which Christianity is based -- the divinity and celibacy of Christ.