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Battlefield. thats what gary mccarthy said and that is what many citizens who live in the neighborhoods are also saying, these guns are illegal and coming into this area from other parts of the country and often purchased illegally or purchased legally and sold on down the line. soon enough they get into the hands of the wrong people in neighborhoods like this and those people are the gangs. you know, the school system here has already got a safe passage program in place to help kids get from sc...

>> on another side of this crime, the sister of one of the suspects, james edwards, spoke with this program and said that her brother was connected and affiliated in some way with gang activity. not suggesting he was part of a gang, but that he was certainly connected to gang members. duncan is such a small place and it has such a low crime rate. do you think perhaps there may be a gang issue if not a gang problem in your town? >> you know, im not naive enough to think there might not be any her...

Dangerous place to be. i really dont think that is fair. i understand that is an international incident. it is an extremely unfortunate incident. but as greg points out, crime has been cut since 1992. it is important to see it is a gang problem. we see shootings like that happening in gangs, all over the country, mostly in bigger cities. but we do see these things happening in smaller communitying communityingcommunityi-- communities. why are gangs not the crips and the bloods not seen as hate...

>> clearly the gang problem is so large, no part of the prison is safe from the politics. before officer garcia and the igi staff consider putting former gang members together on the sny, they must be convinced dropouts are sincere in their desire to leave the gang lifestyle behind. after the debriefing interviews have been conducted and the inmates have been approved, they move into the integrated yard program. >> this is phase two. what they have to do, is come over to this yard. its an integr...

I dont necessarily agree this is a do-nothing congress. there have been plans put forward. the president gets engaged if you want to get things done. >> do things to the terms that you want to focus on economics. at the same time we have this pointed outreach. more people have with the change of demographics. heres the issue, you have unemployment rate at 13 percent for african-american males for a long time. yesterday the republican paint doesnt see a way to engage people of color, engage afric...

This gang problem, because if you want economic growth you need a secureç environment. >> bret: what he did propose -- that seems another issue, which is seems unworkable. what he says was, is he proposed a mass arrest of 18,000 gangster disciples. when i heard that, i thought what in the world is he thinking? cant have a mass arrest, dragnet, for 18,000 people. >> i think it was misinterpreted. when you read further about what he was talking about, hes really going after the heads, the leader...

This gang problem, because if you want economic growth you need a secureç environment. >> bret: what he did propose -- that seems another issue, which is seems unworkable. what he says was, is he proposed a mass arrest of 18,000 gangster disciples. when i heard that, i thought what in the world is he thinking? cant have a mass arrest, dragnet, for 18,000 people. >> i think it was misinterpreted. when you read further about what he was talking about, hes really going after the heads, the leader...

Gang problem, try to solve this problem of inner city violence there in chicago instea. it comes back to this simple question -- then what is bobby rushsç solution to the epidemc that we see across the inner city neighborhoods? this is not just about throwing more money at the situation or the problem, which he says we need more job training programs. we really now have to look at the nexus of, this the breakdown of the family, the education system. i mean, how can we improve education in the ...

Illinois congressman proposed tackling the citys gang problem with mass arrests, using $30 million in federal funds. >> its a big project, could involve upwards of 18,000 arrests, i think its completely within the capability of the united states government to crush a major urban gang. >> that drew the ire of illinois congressman bobby rush who told the "chicago sun-times" that the senators approach was an upper middle class elitist white boy solution to a problem he knows nothing about. real tal...

Motions and tensions running high. barbara bennett, ceo of chicago public schools and karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. nice to have you, both. barbara, there were other options, you didnt have to choose the option of closing the school. why close the school? >> actually, for too many years, so many of our children have been trapped in underutilized and under-resourced schools this is really about providing a quality education for all of the children in chicago, regardless to...