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Had a bad upbringing. we do though about the 17-year-old, i saw on his facebook page that he alleged to be part of the bloods gang. i asked the police officers here in brunswick if they have a gang problem. he said, nick, they just have a bunch of wannabees and demarcus elkins was one of them. >> such a sad story. we'll hear more when court begins later on. also, piers morgan will have the mother of the baby who was killed on his show tonight. cbs is doing a little damage control for an amazing race episode some veterans found offensive and today one organization is satisfied with how the ...

We asked if they had more p information or details about the suspects. he was unwilling to release the information. we saw the facebook page of elkins. he claims to be part of the bloods. i asked the city manager here if there is a gang problem in the area here in brunswick. he said this area where it happened is a quiet neighborhood. it's an area where you wouldn't expect something like this to happen. this is a town that's shocked and devastated about what happened. this is not something they were prepared for and this is certainly something the mother is having a hard time getting over. >> ...

>> senator eric, talk about that a little bit. the police officers wrn will say you want us to get rid of the gang problem. you don't want us stopping people who may look too much like a gang member. is it damned if you do and damned if you don't? >> i'm a visual person. violent crime in our communities are the berries. civil rights are the grapes. you can hate the berries and still want grapes. and so a young mother called me, she's a nurse. she said that's terrible what they did to this young man who may not have had a gun. why are innocent brooklynites or new yorkers or americans no longer ...

Work. you have a lot of work that needs to be done in detroit and its environment -- >> they're not going anywhere. they're staying in michigan. >> if we simply bring in an emergency manager and say do the math, the only thing you can do is cut. >> exactly. >> we have to. >> but you need help from outside. it has to be -- >> fine. we have to ask the banks, ask the creditors to give us a break. that hasn't happened on the federal level. >> you can't just ask. this is your point about it being, you know, you can't frame it as please come and charitably save my city. it has to be about generating...

The streets of chicago and what is apparently becoming a tremendous gang problem here. >> thank you very much, kevin. greatly appreciate it. the president will be in chicago on friday and we'll cover, of course, his visit to his hometown in the middle of a gun crisis and a gang crisis. that's been going on far too long. new information about pope benedict's health tops the stories around the "news nation" today. the pope fitted with a pacemaker and that its battery replaced three months ago in the secret operation. the spokesman said it was routine and played no part in the pope's decision t...