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Not let the issues go. B and tonight were here to fulfill that promise. We returned to assess how life is changed or not for the violence plagued neighborhoods. And whether the relationshipom between the communities and law enforcement, whether its improved or worsened, the city was brutalized by gun violence t and bloodshed and what are political leaders doing about it . Last year rahme emmanuel was finishing his final year as mayor and now mayor Lorie Lightfoot is facing a number of challenges, a looming teacher strike, unacceptable level of gang and drug violence, and a city running out of ...

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20-year career. it's imperative, there's certain things that moms will call me and say, mr. horton, can you talk to brandon about x, y, z, or whatever it may be. and i can have certain conversations that mothers -- they try, they do a great job, but it's tough >> laura: i have that problem with my two boys. again, i have resources. i'm eternally blessed. but i have to bring in male role models, father figures, godfathers. sedrick, how important? >> it's very important. you got to -- you got to have the right man to know what type of man you can be. if you don't have that role model then that's...

Help these kids and not just saying i believe in you. show you believe in them. give them something to believe in. >> laura: how important are male role models, dr. horton, especial will i in situations where young men are in fatherless homes. moms are doing their best. i'm a single mother. but i have resources. a lot of moms don't. how hard is a fatherless situation for any person from any background. >> i will say this. i was raised by a single mother. in the robert hills housing projects in the home. and that's what it was called. but i would say oftentimes our young men are overmothered an...

Susceptible to being pulled into the gang life. one man here with us tonight has made it his mission to help young people create a better future for themselves. here now with me is dr. devin horton, former principal of phillips academy high school. and joining him are two success stories, brandon lange, a phillips academy graduate who has gang members in his family and a former men tee of dr. horton and a victim himself of gun violence. you saw that young man almost pleading for an opportunity to leave the gang life. and one year later, he's dead. how do we solve this? >> it's a -- it's a mult...