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Through the process of trying to get to know baltimore. it reminds me of home in that its really historic, mostly black, has its own language and culture, just a lot -- theres a lot to it. the next year i decided to stay home because it was so much to try to learn and learn and squeeze into. by the third year i was used to baltimore and felt like it was a second home to me or a third home to me and i was able to go down this and actually find somewhere to stay that was a reasonable place. i actu...

Levenson, two actors from "the wire" to talk about the way that representation of baltimore has become a phenomenon. and also well talk to a congressman who voted for the crime bill about what he thinks of whats happened to the politics of crime. taxi. vo: after years of being treated like she was invisible it occurred to mindy she might actually be invisible. ♪♪ but mindy was actually not invisible. ooh, what are you doing? can you see me? she had just always been treated that way. yeah. yo...

Instrumental roles in bringing these things to the stream. do you think were going to keep seeing representations of baltimore? >> i think, look an entire new generation comes up that grew up in baltimore and they will have their own viewpoints and hopefully theyll be able to get their stories, you know, into film or on to vel television and theyll be telling it in their own way and in their own style. so i think theres a bit of a tradition of it. you know and i think that should continue hopefu...

Would rap in the 1:00 in the morning and get pulled over. one ended up at city jail with no charge. "the wire" was a hit show on hbo five seasons. two former cast members of "the wire." one played the character of brody. jd let me start with you first. what was it like working on the set of "the wire" and hearing simon hearing that several actors would be pulled over after a late night of filming. is that accurate? >> absolutely accurate. after absorbing this over the last few days, i decided to...

Curfew? so again, its early now, but as of right now, its not very volatile at all. its just very busy. >> msnbcs tremaine lee. thank you for that live update. i want to bring in now actor sonya son who starred in "the wire" and serving at risk youth in baltimore. sonya, this has been a moment where the brilliance and the pain that "the wire" brought into american television and american living rooms across the country really comes to the fore. i would like to know as an actor that worked and sh...

Fact that democratic politics and the democratic coalition and democratic policies have changed so much in the 20 years since the clintons first came on the stage. its going to be a little bit awkward, because 20 25 years ago, if you were a democrat you needed to rely on white southern voters so you had to have a tough on crime position that doesnt necessarily jibe with what liberal voters want in the day and age of freddie grays death and riots in baltimore. >> yeah i mean and beyond just liber...

>> miguel, describe the neighborhood that you -- that youre in and what were looking at. these appear to be row homes of sort. in new york, different terminology would be used. its a mix-use neighborhood meaning there are businesses and residents as well. talk to me about the neighborhood. >> reporter: this -- this is gillmore homes. this is in west baltimore. its an extraordinarily poor area of west baltimore. i dont want to trivialize this. if youre familiar with the show "the wire," it is lik...

Things that bring people in outside of those two events. so over the next two or three days we may see shortages of people coming into town but over long-term well be okay. >> doesnt it frustrate you when violent acts occur because it feeds into this perception of baltimore that its a city full of crime and were familiar with "the wire" and "homicide life on the streets." the perception to the station about what baltimore is about. >> but we also have other things that are filmed here in baltimo...

Will would he be successful? we dont know but we are sure going to make the effort to do so thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> lead role the hit show of the wire. baltimore. sonia goes on the record and tells us what shes to see happen in baltimore. our live breaking news coverage continues. you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. youre like "not...

Akamidiba who you may recognize from his roles encolluding chris partlow on "the wire." so why is criminal justice reform having a hometown in the spotlight? >> its interesting. advocates like myself and others have been working for years to help americans understand how we have gone off the deep end in terms of punishment as a response to poverty, addiction, other things. more recently with incidents of police brutality its helping americans to better understand it as a system. front end to bac...