this is not just a black issue. it is not a racial issue ask not just an a much can't american issue. absolutely it deals with personal responsibility and it is an issue that we are afraid to talk about. yes, i think we let everybody off the hook. i think that what mayor nutter and i are calling people to, we have to stop and look at this because it is really having an impact on the future of america. >> mayor nutter? >> don, what many of us are working on and mayor landrieu and i -- lead thing effort called sites united. this is now 20, 30-plus mayors across the united states of america focused on the issue of violence with young men and boys and certain given the numbers, particularly focus, on african-americans but certainly all violence is bad and in our cities. it is about best practices and about resources and about working with family programs and so many others. i will try to understand better some of the reasons that people do the things they do. i won't accept them.