Prison Health Care On The Line; Organ Donation Controversy at UCLA; Lakers; Dustin Hoffman; FilmWeek Reviews
Prison Health Care On The Line
For the second time this week, the state Senate on Thursday rejected a $7 billion borrowing plan to provide better health care for prison inmates. J. Clark Kelso, the receiver appointed by a federal court to oversee inmate health care, threatened to take the money directly from the state treasury. Doing so would cut into other state services at a time the state is facing a $15.2 billion budget deficit. The spending proposal fell three votes short of the two-thirds majority it needed to pass. The vote was 24-15. Larry talks with State Sentor Dick Ackerman, State Senator Darrell Steinberg, and Don Specter, Director of the Prison Law Office.
Organ Donation Controversy at UCLA
UCLA Medical Center provided a liver transplant to a Japanese gang boss, and transplants to three others barred now from entering the U.S. because of their criminal activity. Larry talks with Charles Ornstein, co-author of the Los Angeles Times' investigative report, Tom Mone, chief executive of OneLegacy, the non-profit federally designated Organ Procurement Organization,and ethicist Arthur Caplan from the University of Pennsylvania about this revelation and its affects on organ donation.
Lakers
Larry talks with Jack McCallum, senior writer with Sports Illustrated about the Lakers big win that sends them to the NBA finals.
Dustin Hoffman
Larry talks with Academy Award winning actor Dustin Hoffman about his role as Honorary Chairman of The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Silent Film Gala, which takes place tomorrow, May 31st, at 8:00 p.m. at UCLA's Royce Hall, and about his career in Hollywood.
FilmWeek Reviews
Larry and critics Peter Rainer, of The Christian Science Monitor and Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, review some of the week's new feature films including "Sex and the City," "Chop Shop," and "The Edge of Heaven" as well as the documentary "Hollywood Chinese."