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Mayor emanuel remains committed to his plan. the mayor meets with barbara bennett, ceo of the chicago public schools, to review the list and move forward with the largest school consolidation in the country. >> rahm emanuel only cares about his kids, he only care about what he needs. he do not care about nobody else but himself. >> people say asean has what it takes to be mayor of chicago some day. his school, marcus garvey, is on the closure list, but the 9-year-old believes there's a chance to keep it open if he makes enough noise. >> the majority of the schools are in black neighborhoods. >...

Mayor emanuel remains committed to his plan. the mayor meets with barbara bennett, ceo of the chicago public schools, to review the list and move forward with the largest school consolidation in the country. >> rahm emanuel only cares about his kids, he only care about what he needs. he do not care about nobody else but himself. >> people say deshawn has what it takes to be mayor of chicago some day. his school, marcus garvey, is on the closure list, but the 9-year-old believes there's sa chance to keep it open if he makes enough noise. >> the majority of the schools are in black neighborhoods...

It out for the long haul. the day they got arrested was supposed to be day one of many days. they had just gotten started. but once they were arrested, they ended up calling the principal of the school, ms. andrews, to come help with their young kids while they were arrested, while they were stuck at the police station. this school, remember, takes care of hundreds of pregnant girls and young moms every day, in the sense that it educates them, but it also takes care and educates hundreds of their kids, little kids. kids age 0 to 2 while their moms are in class. there are not many schools like ...

Wipes and sleeping bags. this was going to be sort of their wisconsin, their sticking it out for the long haul. the day they got arrested was supposed to be day one of many days. they had just gotten started. but once they were arrested, they ended up calling the principal of the school, ms. andrews, to come help with their young kids while they were arrested, while they were stuck at the police station. this school, remember, takes care of hundreds of pregnant girls and young moms every day, in the sense that it educates them, but it also takes care and educates hundreds of their kids, little...

Proposing closing those parks. but other parks do cost state money. they're publicly subsidized and in some of the cases we have put them on the closure list. >> reporter: and again, in the state of new york, right now there is a $9.2 billion deficit. if all of the parks on the list that are being talked about to close, it will mean cutting $6.4 million off of that number. so the park advocates say it's not really a lot, but the state people say actually, we need to make that cut. so it's still up for debate as it is in many other states across the nation. brian? >> brian: laura ingle, thank y...