Today on the show we start with a discussion about President Obama's meeting with the presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador about the border crisis. Then, the L.A. juvenile immigration court docket has expanded lately as more Central American minors arrive here. Plus, Rob Reiner on 'And So It Goes' and finding new love at an old age, threatened red-legged frogs return to the Santa Monica Mountains, local Cambodians give testimony, await Khmer Rouge verdict, plus much more.
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• 4:45
President Obama is meeting today with the presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, the three countries that have been the source of the recent surge in child migrants to the United States.
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• 6:19
A couple of times a week, on the high floors of a bank building near Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, immigration judges hear the cases of migrant children.
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• 3:39
Parts of the The Big Bend of Texas lie within the oil-rich Permian Basin, the nation's highest producing oil field thanks to fracking technology.
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• 7:01
The Boyle Heights Beat is a bilingual newspaper and website based in East LA that trains youth to report on important issues in their community.
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• 15:47
Religious leaders of all stripes come out in support of migrant children, Southern California city of Bell votes to create a shelter for undocumented immigrants and the return of the Minutemen.
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• 8:25
In AZ this week, convicted murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood struggled for more than an hour and a half before dying from a lethal injection, once again stirring up the debate over how we execute people in the U.S.
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• 5:32
Roughly 850 tadpoles, hatched from red-legged frog eggs, were released into the Santa Monica Mountains on Tuesday, marking the first time the threatened species has been reintroduced into the area after a decades-long absence.
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• 6:39
As if one single tyrannosaurus rex weren't menacing enough, there's now evidence that these massive carnivores might have hung out in posses.
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• 5:46
A recent study found that whale hot spots off the coast of California intersect with some of the busiest shipping lanes, causing them to get hit and die.
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• 9:15
"Happy Christmas" was written and directed by Joe Swanberg, who also plays Jenny's older brother Jeff. He joins Take Two to talk about his new film.
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• 4:32
It's been more than 30 years since the Khmer Rouge tore apart Cambodia, but some of its senior members are still being prosecuted.
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• 6:28
Miles Tackett lit up the funk scene in LA for over a decade with his band Breakestra, but now he's back with a solo album that calls to his roots in Topanga Canyon, CA.
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• 9:18
Award-winning actor, director, writer, producer Rob Reiner's career has run the gamut, from his days as Meathead in "All in the Family," to his directorial contributions with the "Princess Bride," "When Harry Met Sally," and "Stand By Me."