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City for more than eight decades. and the disastrous results are impacting residents every day. chicago is about six months out from its mayoral election, but we invited mayor rahm emanuel to attend this town hall. not only did he turn us down, his office used some fairly ugly language in their response to us. well, we think this issue is of critical importance, even if mayor emanuel's office doesn't and does not want to participate. but for more, let's bring in jamel green who is running for mayor, lashawn ford, a democrat and member of the illinois state house of representatives and depaul u...

Of me as a young kid, hiding behind bushes, hoping the gun man didn't shoot me. i have seen and experienced these problems first hand. from poverty, to having to light candles because my mom couldn't pay the light bill. and we need someone who has experienced these problems because we understand and have the passion to actually change them when we get into these positions. these are the types of people that care, right, for all issues in the city of chicago. that's why i'm running for mayor. >> laura: so many young people leave their house in the morning. not in fancy areas of chicago. not in ...

To do that. that's a great sense of fulfillment. get your first pay check. even if it's not as much as you want. but to get your first pay check and it's legitimate. that's a great feeling. who wants to be in a gang? not a good life. you'll end up dead, most likely. >> we know who built the neighborhoods in chicago. were major corporations. >> laura: well, industry. >> when you go into these neighborhoods you see vast swaths of land empty. why this mayor is not incentivizing businesses to come back here so that they can rebuild. give them the proper tools to rebuild these communities and then ...

I got to tell you, i think you're right. until you live that -- >> there you go. >> laura: until you live that fear. >> you'll never understand it. >> laura: i can't put myself in your place. look, we might not agree on a lot of political issues, but i like the fact that you're getting involved here. we have a question from may jackson, political independent. may? >> so my question is, with violence off -- with violence out of control, with black unemployment the highest in the country, and with blacks coming last in the 16 economic indicators, will the black community vote for rahm emanuel ag...

Fulfillment. get your first pay check. even if it's not as much as you want. but to get your first pay check and it's legitimate. that's a great feeling. who wants to be in a gang? not a good life. you'll end up dead, most likely. >> we know who built the neighborhoods in chicago. were major corporations. >> laura: well, industry. >> when you go into these neighborhoods you see vast swaths of land empty. why this mayor is not incentivizing businesses to come back here so that they can rebuild. give them the proper tools to rebuild these communities and then everything else will fall around the...