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>> honey cut says members of a gang called the spanish disciples provided protection for him in school. he eventually became a member himself and discovered that his disability provided no exemption from gang violence. >> i got stabbed five times to my head, with a screwdriver. this was sustained from that, too. i got other wounds in the back of my head. i got stabbed 12 times in my back, punctured a lung. that was from a rival gang member. i have a big chunk missing from my stomach where i was ...

A lot of surgery, lot to cope with, getting made fun of, getting into altercations and working myself up through the ranks. >> honeycutt said the spanish disciples provided protection for him. >> i got stabbed five times to my head with a flathead screw driver. this was from that too. i got stabbed 12 times in my back, it punctured a lung, that was from a rival gang member. i got a big chunk out of my stomach and large intestine. getting stabbed is worse than getting shot. id rather get shot tha...

>> for inmates like honeycutt, the jail complies with standards set forth by the americans with disabilities acts. >> they just have to be in a loom with way pole next to the toilet. they have to have a lowered mirror so they can see, and able to get on and off their chair, onto the toilet, use the sink and such. >> honeycutt says he lost his legs at age six. he was walking home from school with a couple of friends. >> we saw this train and tried to jump, we jumped on the train, i slipped and fe...

Ranks. >> honeycutt said the spanish disciples provided protection for him. >> i got stabbed five times to my head with a flathead screw driver. this was from that too. i got stabbed 12 times in my back, it punctured a lung, that was from a rival gang member. i got a big chunk out of my stomach and large intestine. getting stabbed is worse than getting shot. id rather get shot than stabbed. [ laughter ] >> another gang member, danell hill, could now have a disability as well. hes recovering from...

With an inside look. mike. >> to start to understand the violence, you need to understand that for a young man living in these troubled neighborhoods, if he had a reputation for backing up a lot of kills, hurting a lot of people, he is intimidating. in that world, that translates to power and respect. >> you are cutting a gun right now, arent you? >> i always carry one. this man said he became active with the black disciples at age. >> no one formerly joins a gang, the young man i started with j...

With an inside look. mike. >> to start to understand the violence, you need to understand that for a young man living in these troubled neighborhoods, if he had a reputation for backing up a lot of kills, hurting a lot of people, he is intimidating. in that world, that translates to power and respect. >> you are cutting a gun right now, arent you? >> i always carry one. this man said he became active with the black disciples at age. >> no one formerly joins a gang, the young man i started with j...

>> shannon: mike tobin is live in chicago with perspective from gang members behind the citys ongoing violence. stunning reporting, mike. >> to understand this violence and the difference to life we see from the gang-infested neighborhoods you need to understand that to the gangster ruthlessness is collateral. a young man with a reputation for racking up a lot of kills is intimidating and in that world, that translates to power and respect. >> you are carrying a gun now, are you? >> i always car...

Who never worked in government will learn a hard lesson about governing and all implications or whether stirring controversy and doing things differently is exactly what they think donald trump was elected to do. dana bash, cnn, washington. >> thats the question for the panel. back for the hour. you raised this idea earlier about sort of chaos theory. maybe this is to danas point their idea of, you know this clash and it shows that well theyre stirring the pot. >> i think it is chaos theory. not...

Being so much older than me if he feels like he can help me, hes going to give me his opinion. whether or not i take that sometimes i dont want to hear it. >> and im not his father so i cant tell him what to do. its simply up to him whether he want to or not. so thats why i cant force that issue. now if he was my son -- id tear his little butt up. coming up. >> in my game, this game of disciples, i hold the knowledge. >> alex everett faces the consequences of his actions. >> losing the manifes...

Machine that lives in a huge air conditioned room some place suddenly becomes something that sits on your desk. >> something is happening out there. something thats expanding your world. small computers are happening. >> as soon as we have intelligent machines creeping into our daily lives, into our factories, into our hospitals, into our businesses, then its going to be a new world out there. >> computer stores have become the neighborhood soda shops of the binary generation. the disciples, you...