Villaraigosa-backed LAUSD School Board candidates Tamar Galatzan and Richard Vladovic have won their races. The victories give the Mayor majority support on the seven-member board that oversees the nation's second-largest school district. It's a major boost for Villaraigosa, whose bid to gain at least partial control of the district was shot down in the courts.
Why is a diplomatic solution to the Iraq war no longer a priority for both the Democrats and the Bush administration? Most Democrats support a planned pullout of American troops, yet they haven't proposed a solution for ending the violence in Iraq. Meanwhile, the Bush administration's focus is on military solutions designed to stave off chaos until the Iraq government is in a position to lead the country. Larry talks about the situation with Steven Simon of the Council on Foreign Relations and Ambassador James Dobbins of the RAND National Security Research Division.
Larry talks with LACMA Director Michael Govan about the museum's new retrospective of Dan Flavin's fluorescent light works as well as his future plans for LACMA.
