Are California's Bridges Safe Enough?

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Southern California has more heavily travelled highway bridges than any place else in the country.  Nobody says they're in danger of falling down, but many are in serious need of repair, and CalTrans has just fired an inspector for falsifying reports on bridge safety. We hear two reports. Also, illegal immigration from Mexico is on the decline, and some Mexican families who came north for a better life are going home, despite the widespread violence south of the border. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, what's the future of "Occupy Wall Street?"

Banner image: A section of the newly constructed catwalks hang over the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge next to the existing bridge on August 29, 2011 in Oakland, California. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images