of violence while working at a furniture store. todd: ashley live with the latest, good morning. reporter: good morning, over 1,000 tips since launching the investigation a week ago, south australian laval smith was arrested in california. not far from where he s accused of stabbing u.c.l.a. grad student. le yesterday he had lengthy rap sheets spanning both coasts. he was out on bond for a felony case in sorth carolina for shooting a flare gun into a car with a man and todd ler. he hasn t been in court because of the large because of a massive backlog due to october. he was arrested in foct for possession of stolen items in l.a. it was a felon scri, it s now a misdemeanour. l.a. county sheriffs blame the death on the district attorney.
clear. this guy who is supposed to be a fiscal conservative, waisted $12 million of money, to make sure cory booker ran ahead of him so he could get the margins. he ran unopposed and wasted $12 million. he was afraid of cory booker s coaltails. the tensity of van s reaction tells you how serious democrats are going to take this. he would be a formidable republican presidential, but can he get the can he win in iowa, sorth carolina, florida. you understand this. you were there. we did a lot of the debates together. is he a rudy giuliani or is he a mitt romney? he s neither. he is more conservative than romney. which makes him much more conservative than giuliani. he s pro life. despite what van just said, the government last year in new jersey spent less than it s spent in 2008. he s been a fiscal conservative.