talking to by evens is not confined to cities but can feel like the epicenter of this plague and city lead verse to tackle the problem with shrinking budgets. how do they do that? our next guests are trying to find new solutions. we are talking about solutions now. their cities need them as arguably they are -- two of the most dangerous cities in the country. but it is getting better in both cities. let's hope. mitch landrieu is the mayor of new orleans. thank you so much for joining me this evening. are you doing okay? >> thank you. >> doing great. thanks for having us thanks for the opportunity. >> according to the national league, the city's homicide is the leading cause of death for males between the ages of 15 and 24. and then we know the statistics we heard so much about young black males. so, mayor nutter, recently had you to close 23 public schools. and lay off 3800 workers. your city had to borrow $50 million to open the schools.