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hey, hey. lord. not really in the holiday spirit. nick watt joins us now. so the activist was part of a crowd already calling for de leon to resign and it is not first run-in we ve had. tell us what we know. reporter: well first thing to know is kevin de leon is a big deal here in los angeles. he s a major mover and shaker in the democratic party and ran for mayor this year, contested a primary for u.s. senate seat. so to see him wearing a santa hat apparently wrestling with a constituent is pretty shocking for the people of l.a. and many say just one more indication of how low politics in los angeles have gotten. now jason reedy is the activist seen grappling with de lowon. reedy has given this video to the lapd. each side is saying that the other is the aggressor. so kevin de leon said that reedy ....
Came at him with a pelvic thrust and a head butt and he said she was just acting in self-defense, trying to push reedy off him. reedy s lawyers say that he did not initiate anything that it was de lowon s supporters who started shoving and that de leon then got involved. now there is background. a couple of months ago-year-old audio leaked that was secretly recorded at a meeting about redistricting and in that meeting a number of council members were saying some pretty terrible things about a fellow council member and his son. so, newy martinez, who is the president of the council, she apologized and resigned. de leon expressed regret but refused to resign. he was dipping his toes back into public waters and this is what happened. didn t go well. guys. not people behaving at their best. nick watt, thank you for bring us the story. thank you for joining us today, i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. ....