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I think more milt -- militarization might back fired. we need a better mix in cities across the country. i remember they used to have summer programs. i remember midnight basketball. i remember apprenticeships. all that stuff is gone. >> pfleger does that but thats through his church. its one person. >> hes one guy. >> heres what i believe. i believe that we need to have a better mix of programs that give kids opportunities. give people a reason to put down the guns. african-americans have to co...

Msnbc food correspondent tom colicchio joins me now. great to see you. lets talk about whats at stake in these school lunches because of the basic nutritional values in these lunches compared to what these kids would otherwise be getting. >> yeah. five years ago, the president signed a healthy hunger for kids act. we raised the standards in what were feeding the kids in the program. there are over 30 million children that use the program for breakfast and lunch and after school and summer progra...

Friday because of donald trump. i think that right now he has the audience that he had at comedy central and they followed him over. the question is are going to be able to broaden that out. there hasnt been a lot of great lead-in in prime time shows in repeats and low rated summer programs. so hell have a new fresh fall lineup that will promote it and will get more people to sample it and i think that you do have to be different. i think thats one thing. he has to find a place here. you dont ha...

Friday because of donald trump. i think that right now he has the audience that he had at comedy central and they followed him over. the question is are going to be able to broaden that out. there hasnt been a lot of great lead-in in prime time shows in repeats and low rated summer programs. so hell have a new fresh fall lineup that will promote it and will get more people to sample it and i think that you do have to be different. i think thats one thing. he has to find a place here. you dont ha...

Career but less than 1% end up majoring in computer science. >> the jobs of tomorrow we dont even know today. so our students need to be totally prepared to be able to incorporate science, technology, and mathematics all in one universal way. >> the time where we are more technically advanced for pushing girls out, and girls who code is about pushing girls back in. >> reporter: the idea behind the program is simple. teach young girls to code and make sure they have the skills to succeed in the n...

>> reporter: that was one of the people who was out here who said everybody plays a role and theres an incredible amount of negative energy in the city and thats why you see a deterioration of law and order in this community. the other thing, carol, that you brought out which is so important here and is why they came out on the streets this morning to be disruptive with russia hour is rush hour is they are angry with the governors budget that slashes $11 million out of baltimore public schools, ...

Really since february, making sure were prepared and ramped up for the summer with programs and support for the students because we know the violence on the streets and what the kids can run into if theres nothing in place for them. >> what are some of your solutions? a lot of the individuals involved in the shootings over the weekend are young men. >> absolutely. so we specifically, like i said, we start in february and we target our students. we look at students who are most likely to get invo...

Well, its not quite that bad but there is a new food fight in america. the first lady and democrats fighting back against house republicans who just voted to let schools opt out of the healthy lunch plans that are costing them money because kids arent buying them and it comes just days after this 9-year-old, 66 pound girl got a fitness gram from her school saying she is overweight. now sabrina said government mandated menus have to go, right? >> they do. its bad enough that the government is in ...

Hopeless. you are dealing with a situation where the educational system is awry. you are dealing with a situation where you have an influx of drugs and hopelessness. and, when you have that, no amount of policing can stop it. >> i dont agree with you. i think if the police, local police cant stop it, the governor of illinois should put the national guard in there i think the good people of chicago, the poor people who live in your precincts, you deserve to be protected. if you have to have armed...

Hopeless. you are dealing with a situation where the educational system is awry. you are dealing with a situation where you have an influx of drugs and hopelessness. and, when you have that, no amount of policing can stop it. >> i dont agree with you. i think if the police, local police cant stop it, the governor of illinois should put the national guard in there i think the good people of chicago, the poor people who live in your precincts, you deserve to be protected. if you have to have armed...