De Lowon News Today

>> 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 weve had. tell us what we know. >> reporter: well first thing to know is kevin de leon is a big deal here in los angeles. hes 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...

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. reedys lawyers say that he did not initiate anything that it was de lowons 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 fell...