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Actually do what they are getting paid to do which is enforce the laws and obviously chief hurtt and many others across the country aren't doing their job. jon: the point overall peter is here is a guy some would say was looking the other way when he had that job in houston and now you've given him this big position at immigration and customs enforcement, enforcement being a key word there. >> i wouldn't necessarily acknowledge that. i think he's got a bit of a bump rap. i think his reputation in both of those cities was a good one as police chief. you have folks who have a political agenda wh...

Preemptively try to get ahold of this before the crowd shows up. i know there's been a challenge to a controversial crowd device they wanted to use. what happened there? >> reporter: that is the lrad, long range acoustic device or sound canon. it can be used as a public address system or sound canon producing ear-splitting levels of sound. the court has just ruled because it had the ability to produce long-term hearing damage, the judge has just ruled that the police can use this device as a public address, but if they want to use that sound canon or alert function, the police have now been re...

Prosthetic leg. i would think that would be incredibly difficult. >> you know, these guys are amazing. they are truly warriors. last year, we had about 14 in the camp, this year, we had around 30, and every single one of them stood up. it didn't matter if they had a traumatic brain injury or an am pew tee, every one of -- am pew tee, every one of them stood you. these guys are incredible. it's humbling to see them get throughout and charge it. jon: what's their attitude like? >> i'll tell you, like i said, it is a humbling experience, these guys, there's no bitterness, or negative sentiment at...

Jon: in los angeles, deadly shootings at two clinics that offer medical marijuana, police say two people were killed, one other person wounded. this violence comes just as california gets ready for a vote later this year to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. the possibility of a jump in crime if the measure pass social security just one of many concerns for voters there. dan springer has a look at it, live from our northwest bureau. dan. >> reporter: yeah, jon. that violence you mentioned shows just how important this issue is, even outside of california. consider that in 1996, califo...

Been dead a year already. >> it went by so fast. happy friday everybody, have a great weekend. jon: a change in leadership, general petraeus prepares to take over as commander of our troops in afghanistan. we'll tell you about the changes that he plans for the battlefield. and the other oil spill, a disaster that's three decades old. you've probably never heard of it, but we are learning lessons from it still today that are being used in the gulf. i have fallen in love with making bird houses.