done. they say they have arrested a powerful drug kingpin. he was reportedly arrested at his own birthday party. he was taken into custody in mexico just across the border from texas. police say he is one of the leaders of the gulf cartel, one of two gangs battling for control of smuggling routes into the united states. the u.s. state department offered a $5 million reward for his capture. bob strang is a former special agent with the drug enforcement administration and the current ceo of investigative management group, an international security firm. he joins us by phone from new york city. thanks so much for joining us mr. strang. how significant is this arrest? good morning, fredricka. this is major. you have to remember, this gang was responsible for large shipments over a long period of time, over ten years, that were coming from mexico to the united states. you re talking about cocaine, marijuana. also because they were able to free up the borders and get control over
the brits are uber greenies and have gone overboard. they ve got a conservative prime minister. i have a disputes with you. i can t see american authorities saying we ve got to cut emissions. we re not going to billed weather that runway. here s what they have done. in california they ve proposed controlling the thermostats in your home as an emergency control by government. the japanese government is telling assists they have to go to bed an hour early to prevent global warming. when you deal with aviation, they call it binge flying. that will impact tourism and a lot of these are developing countries which rely on tourism. what they re doing in england will have a horrible effect on developing world s economy and furthermore stuart: hold on a second. i want to show our audience what british audiences have been dealing with. i ll run and ad that ran in british movie houses.
me changing my life. reporter: rodriguez s steps toward redemption came with setbacks. when i was 18 years old, i was facing a six-year prison sentence for fighting with officers. i got out of jail, and by then, 25 of my friends had been killed. that s when i made the decision to leave that life. reporter: rodriguez moved to chicago, and eventually turned his life around. he continued working in the community, met his wife. together, they decided to return to l.a. and give back. when we got here, there was no movie houses, no culture spaces. no bookstores. and being in chicago, i have to say, kind of opened up my idea of cafes, local cafes, and we created our own nonprofit cafe cultural space. as i listen to the wind blow, and the birds flutter without a sound. it s really an outlet that is very unusual. it s about community, regardless