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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 everything e...

Working for the people who need the most help? >> that's a good question. i'm one vote. my people need help in chicago. black people need help if we really want america to be the greatest it can be. we need stronger black leaders. we need a black mayor in chicago. there's no way we will be able to deal with the issues in chicago unless you have a mayor that really understands the critical issues that are impacting the people of chicago. the black issue is the number one issue in the city of chicago. until we have a mayor in this city that understands how to remedy those problems and understand...

Teufrbs. looks like the major has a plan gentrification. as long as 87% of the people that are free, you're still going to have black people from the south side and west side. people downtown will still be safe. people north side will be safe. seems like a strategic plan by this administration. >> laura: wow. that's quite a charge. i wish the mayor were here to respond to that. he's obviously not here. hold on one second. nicole vaughn who identifies herself as a democrat, has a question. nicole? >> so, the violence of chicago, why isn't economic development a priority, particularly in under s...

>> i think there is hope. but i think hope lies in strong leadership. i think the hope lies in a change in governance. i think we have an incompetent mayor. i think corruption and violence are part of the beautiful dna of this season. >> laura: what does that mean, part of the dna? >> chicago is one of the most corrupted cities. it has been for a long time. we have a mayor who used the mayorship and did nothing about it except looked the other way when bribes were being undertaken. i think that a change of governors is really necessary. i think there are a couple of things that would make this...

I saw people being shot in front 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 i...