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which i wonder where what i'm doing here because they've been sensational. the question you ask, look, i come from baltimore, i grew up -- it's in my dna and i've tried to show different aspects of baltimore in the films and in the homicide tv series. >> what is it about the city that's kind of lent itself to dramatic representation so well? >> it's a city of characters, really colorful character, and, you know, i hear those -- i hear those sounds and how they behave and how they talk and i've tried to, you know, bring that to television and to film over the years. and that's my background. you know, a lot of times when i'm, you know, going out to promote a film they'll say, you know, why baltimore? and i say, well, that's where i come from. i mean, those are the people
front of the police which is a very different atmosphere than what we have seen. we're seeing so many running to try to outrun the police so they can take over the streets and block the traffic. >> amanda thank you very much. one of baltimore's most famous sons will join me and "the wire," the iconic show that the president recently praised. the show that makes people think they know baltimore, stick around. which means when they save, you save. they have smart online tools that help you find the right coverage. so you only pay for what's right for you. plus a personalized set of discounts you can take to the bank. cha-ching! that's insurance for the modern world. esurance, backed by allstate. click or call.
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bring high paying long lasting jobs to people in baltimore and around the country. >> we'll use baltimore because we're in a lovely neighborhood. we have bars hotels ice cream shops in looks like if you go to the revitalized downtowns across america it looks like this right? >> that's right. >> that's the plan. the plan is like get high-tech entrepreneurs, yoga whole foods, bring in a class of people that are educated and hope that brings enough investment into a new place, but if you drive to west baltimore where we were yesterday, it doesn't look like it is reaching. >> that's right, it is sort of trickle down economics of the '80s perhaps. and in the early 80s and 90s, they were going through from hill, camden yards, they were
you have what looks like a lot of cities where there are poor folks, and folks with money. >> hollowed out is a good word. it is a national phenomenon. baltimore is reflecting the nation's problem in that regard. 50 years ago the percentage of manufacturing jobs in this area was 30% to 40%. impact was much greater. you have 17 million jobs supported by the manufacturing jobs, and they have a higher wage premium attached to them. they benefit the nation as a whole because you can't trade services globally you can trade goods. manufacturing has always been key for cities like baltimore and cities around the country and it will always be key. the question is why is the system failed to keep in a in mind and how do we get that back on track so that we can
and having reported we were together in ferguson when everyone wakes up tomorrow and sees the story, what will the reaction of folks fwoebe to this piece. >> when something like this happens, it is very dangerous. in a situation here in baltimore where folks are so angry about this case and about life in baltimore itself all of the institutional failures and all of this stuff, this will feel like another slap in the face. what did they smash first, his voicebox or spine? especially if they start believing it. they believe it is intentional and a cover up under way. >> joy, i want to be clear here my position is that i don't, like anyone else know what
if you take that from "the wire," even people on the streets who loved some of the street life aspects of it, if that's all they saw, i think they missed the point of the show. >> what are you doing down here? you're down here as a reporter, right? >> i am. i'm here reporting for vice hbo on what's going on here. e i'm from maryland and we got in the car and just came down about 40 hours ago. it's been like almost no sleep. it's been crazy. i got tear gassed last night trying to just show and depict what's been going on. it's wild. rubber bullets going everywhere. they were shooting at us and other press. it was wild. >> j.d., you're from newark, which is a city that has its own very intense experience of some of the same trends of the industrialization, police, high crime. you came down and you lived here in baltimore for a few years while you were taping, right? >> correct. the first year actually i was really excited to come down. i had been there since i had done had had, but i was all into just being away from home and working on a television show so
banging himself against the van wall or door. that would require external injury that according to our reporting did not exist in the autopsy. so this is a piece of information that has been around from the beginning. the other thing is, because i can't stay on very long on april 23rd which is now seven days ago, the baltimore police commissioner told us that the second prisoner in the van gave an account that he heard virtually nothing coming from the other side of the van, and that the last part of that ride on which he was a part of it was a pretty quiet ride. so i did a story today that has to do with that critical fourth stop, which is the next to last stop before freddy gray was
conflict with tense moments around camden yards. the orioles faced two postponed games, today they took a more novel approach. >> beautiful baltimore, downtown, a beautiful spring day. it is so pretty outside. >> they usually chant "let's go o's," but today, o meant zero which should have been a routine afternoon game against the white house sox, made history. >> it is unprecedented, and it is you know not ideal. we acknowledge that. the comfort of our fans and public safety are paramount concerns. >> fans watched and cheered from the gates. the team with major league