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about how we're going to dig ourselves out. >> i know i've been working. it's been very bad the last few years in the cleveland area. the last few years it's been very steady for me. >> ifill: paul solman profiles economist paul krugman. he has a new book out called "end this depression now." >> we're spending more time on things we're used to like educating our children and fixing the holes in our roads. when is the time? >> brown: and we close with a look at the complicated life story of rodney king, the man whose 1991 beating by police led to riots in los angeles. that's all ahead...

they arrived. and they found rodney king at the bottom of his swimming pool. the officers jumped into the pool and removed him and began cpr with mr. king. mr. king was unresponsive. rialto fire department paramedics arrived on scene and immediately transported him to the arrowhead regional medical center where he was later pronounced dead at about 6:11 this morning. >> we are joined on the phone now by "los angeles times" columnist pat morrison. pat, thanks for joining us. basically, this was a californian who was clocked by police as speeding. they tried to pull him over. it led to...

>> reporter: well, we did talk to police here in rialto. by all accounts this was an accidental drowning. there were no signs of foul play. basically this morning around 5:00 p.m. a 11 call came in from rodney king's fiancee. she heard a splash, went out and rodney king was at the bottom of the pool. police responded. they were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead later at a local hospital. rodney king made swimming a daily part of his life. it was a ritual. as we've been told rodney king was swimming in many ways because of the therapy he sustained during his injuries, ph...

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he is not had to navigate this personally this year. it might have been better, perhaps, if he had a primary race in south dakota or maybe a race overall. he's been watching this from the sidelines. he's not been deeply engaged so that has to be worried for him. he came into the senate? 2005. he was sworn with barack obama. so there's no question that in his mind he thinks that, if that guy can do it, i can do it. >> and he clearly understands the power and importance of grass roots which he extold the virtues of the tea party. the question for him and every other republican is do yo...