miss named an ended ahead of schedule nearly 16 hours, when does that happen! the ten-mile stretch is reopened, and, we re told traffic is moving pretties well, and the mayor praising citizens for staying off the road. a lot is said about the fact this is the car capital of the united states of america and the congestion capital. and, the city most addicted to the single-passenger automobile. and, yet, not enough is said about the people of los angeles, when they come together, when they decide that we all have to work together to make something work. jamie: and they did, mr. mayor. the 405 shut down, to fix a bridge and, widen part of the road and locals predicted the end of the world was coming and that is why they said carmageddon but everyone seemed to get through it, just fine. bill: go to the beach!
and the mayor praising citizens for staying off the road. a lot is said about the fact this is the car capital of the united states of america and the congestion capital. and, the city most addicted to the single-passenger automobile. and, yet, not enough is said about the people of los angeles, when they come together, when they decide that we all have to work together to make something work. jamie: and they did, mr. mayor. the 405 shut down, to fix a bridge and, widen part of the road and locals predicted the end of the world was coming and that is why they said carmageddon but everyone seemed to get through it, just fine. bill: go to the beach! jamie: a nice break. bill: beautiful day in l.a. over the weekend and republicans, now, taking to the airwaves, over the weekend, blasting president obama over his handling of the talks on the debt. $14 trillion and counting and
bill: i know. you ve been there. you ve been to county county. . exactly. we re not talking about, no, but basically where do the spring breakers go. bill: go to the beach. they go to the hotels. bill: where do they go tonight. they go to the hotels and discos are. and tourists are in the hotel. i m telling you, i ve been to mexico dozens of times. i ve been to cancun. i know the place. most of the nightclubs are owned by the drug dealers. they own them. so you are telling me there is no problem down there? absolutely. in terms let s be specific. we re talking about safety for spring breakers and tourists. that is where i emphasize it still is relatively safe.
reporter: the very first thing mario wanted to do when he left the hospital was go to the beach. so we took him there. but we had no idea what we were about to witness. a free spirit, liberated from his dark tomb, now frolicking naked in the surf. later with his son at his side, he drops to his knees. i adore you, god, and i promise i will never leave you. reporter: and then the simple miner who taught us to dance even when the world has caved in around us leaves us with a few words of advice. life is short, he reminds us. in one minute, you can lose it. in one minute it can all be gone. don t worry so much about money. live your life. live every second of your life. john quinones, abc news, new york. well, we watched him underground in those videos. he was the prankster and the mouthpiece for these miners. it s wonderful to hear him say the lessons that he learned. it s wonderful to hear him say the lessons that he learned. he can allsj
man freed from the mine in chile. john quinones caught up with him during his first days back home. reporter: last week, the miners had agreed not to say much about those hellish days below. the first one to break that vow, mario sepulveda. that intrepid reporter who, for so many days, gave the world a view of the miners life underground. this past weekend, mario was busy falling in love again with his wife. dancing with his daughter, scarlet. and in video he licensed to abc news, we see him reading the good-bye letter he wrote for his son, franco, when he thought he was going to die. i will miss you, my son, he wrote. but i am tranquil and happy because as i leave this earth, i know you will be in the good hands of your mother. reporter: the very first thing mario wanted to do when he left the hospital was go to the beach. so we took him there. but we had no idea what we were about to witness.