they arrived. and they found rodney king at the bottom of his swimming pool. the officers jumped into the pool and removed him and began cpr with mr. king. mr. king was unresponsive. rialto fire department paramedics arrived on scene and immediately transported him to the arrowhead regional medical center where he was later pronounced dead at about 6:11 this morning. we are joined on the phone now by los angeles times columnist pat morrison. pat, thanks for joining us. basically, this was a californian who was clocked by police as speeding. they tried to pull him over. it led to a car chase, topping speeds of over 100 miles an hour. when he was finally stopped, there was a brutal beating, a fight was then tape-recorded by someone who was watching and then led to a year-long tension in los angeles. i wonder if you can put this death and this man s life into perspective as far as history is concerned of race relations. i spent a lot of time with rodney king at the end of
what is leading is to say here is my plan. here is what i want us to do. greta: has he put a plan out? never. he s lectured. do you remember rich nard nixon had a plan? this is the best one since then. he has not come forward with any specific plan. and maybe i m wrong, but i remember president saying this is what we ve got to do. a, b, c, d, e. my dear beloved friend lindzy gram coming on in a minute or two may disagree. but one thing we re on agreement on is that president is not leading. the job of the president is to lead. so this issue may be decided by boehner, mcconnell, and. boehner, mcconnell and reid. greta: i did think there was disgraceful, i mean, the
what is leading is to say here is my plan. here is what i want us to do. greta: has he put a plan out? never. he s lectured. do you remember rich nard nixon had a plan? this is the best one since then. he has not come forward with any specific plan. and maybe i m wrong, but i remember president saying this is what we ve got to do. a, b, c, d, e. my dear beloved friend lindzy gram coming on in a minute or two may disagree. but one thing we re on agreement on is that president is not leading. the job of the president is to lead. so this issue may be decided by boehner, mcconnell, and. boehner, mcconnell and reid. greta: i did think there was disgraceful, i mean, the
what is leading is to say here is my plan. here is what i want us to do. greta: has he put a plan out? never. he s lectured. do you remember rich nard nixon had a plan? this is the best one since then. he has not come forward with any specific plan. and maybe i m wrong, but i remember president saying this is what we ve got to do. a, b, c, d, e. my dear beloved friend lindzy gram coming on in a minute or two may disagree. but one thing we re on agreement on is that president is not leading. the job of the president is to lead. so this issue may be decided by boehner, mcconnell, and. boehner, mcconnell and reid. greta: i did think there was disgraceful, i mean, the
what is leading is to say here is my plan. here is what i want us to do. greta: has he put a plan out? never. he s lectured. do you remember rich nard nixon had a plan? this is the best one since then. he has not come forward with any specific plan. and maybe i m wrong, but i remember president saying this is what we ve got to do. a, b, c, d, e. my dear beloved friend lindzy gram coming on in a minute or two may disagree. but one thing we re on agreement on is that president is not leading. the job of the president is to lead. so this issue may be decided by boehner, mcconnell, and. boehner, mcconnell and reid. greta: i did think there was disgraceful, i mean, the