remarks. carl watson like the story. reporter: la councilman kevin deleon has been in five trivia still he and a few other cast members were caught on audio recordings making racist comments earlier this year, for a couple of months of these, there has been tension between the councilman are those calling for his resignation in those tensions, evolved into violence over the weekend, take a look. [background sounds]. [inaudible]. racist. [inaudible].reporter: this phl altercation took place at a
city councilman whose district includes venice beach, joins me now from l.a. councilman, nice to see you although i hate the circumstances. take me back to saturday. where were you? what was your immediate reaction? you know, i was actually in another part of the district that day. and i got a text from the mayor of los angeles alerting me to it. and my first reaction was absolute heartbreak for what had happened, the 12 people who were injured and our hearts go out to the family of alice grupioni, the wedding photos are just tragic. the second was outrage at what seems to have been a deliberate act of senseless violence. and i hope they throw the book at this guy. and the third was just absolute admiration at the quality, the speed, the professionalism of our first responders here in l.a. the cops, firefighters, even the lifeguards and civilians did a great job taking care of things right away. the big question, and you re saying throw the book at him. the big question is why. i k
british petroleum has been blocking people saying we have got it under control. as we know they don t. and they re running a misinformation campaign. got to leave it there. doug brinkley, appreciate it. professor werely, thank you. thank you. alarming, incredible stuff. let us know what you think. livechat is up in and running. are boycotts over arizona s immigration law, hurting latino immigrants. did arizona bring it on themselves? we ll talk with a l.a. councilman. and arizona sheriff. they both join us live. later, big interview, dr. phil on the murder of lawrence king, bullying in schools and the video that has the the country talking. 7-year-olds, dancing to beyonce s single ladies is this appropriate for kids? recently on 360, bill mahr, demi moore, douglas brinkley, shakira, faith hill, tim mcgraw.
plus, new backlash over shoe oil spewing out of the well. we ll hear what he has to say about the mess and how much more oil he thinks could be pouring out of the gulf. backlash against arizona s immigration law. los angeles could become the largest city in the country to enact a boycott. the city council passioned the boycott. the mayor is expected to sign it. who will the boycotts meant to hurt? we re keeping them honest. we ll hear from an l.a. councilman, and the arizona sheriff who defends the controversial law. have you seen this video, 7-year-old girls, bumping and grining to single ladies. it has people asking what were their parents thinking. a lot more at the top of the hour. larry: that is weird. whoa. anderson cooper, a.c. 360.