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>> hidea pendleton was me and i was her. but i got to grow up. at the end of the day, this is the point i want to make, that resources matter. today, too many kids in the city are living just a few l stops from world class museums and universities, yet all of that might as well be in a different state, even in a different continent, because many of them don't even know that the university of chicago exists. let alone dream of attending that university or any university for that matter. because instead of spending their days enjoying the abundance of riches the city has to offer, they are consu...

>> when first lady michelle obama returns home to chicago to raise money for at-risk kids, she reflects on the recent murder of a 15-year-old band majorette, shot in the back on her way from school just weeks after performing at president obama's second inauguration. >> hidea pendleton was me and i was her. but i got to grow up. at the end of the day, this is the point i want to make, that resources matter. today, too many kids in the city are living just a few l stops from world class museums and universities, yet all of that might as well be in a different state, even in a different continen...

City. >> when first lady michelle obama returns home to chicago to raise money for at-risk kids, she reflects on the recent murder of a 15-year-old band majorette, shot in the back on her way from school just weeks after performing at president obama's second inauguration. >> hidea pendleton was me and i was her. but i got to grow up. at the end of the day, this is the point i want to make, that resources matter. today, too many kids in the city are living just a few l stops from world class museums and universities, yet all of that might as well be in a different state, even in a different co...

>> reporter: there were several heartbreaking stories in 2013 including the killing of 15-year-old hidea pendleton, shot after taking a final exam. president obama talked about her in his state of the union. >> she was shot and killed in a chicago park after school. just a mile away from my house. >> reporter: the biggest problem still facing chicago according to mccarthy is illegal guns and the lack of accountability for those caught with one. an example, the man accused of killing pendleton who mccarthy says would have been in prison if illinois gun penalties were stronger. >> her alleged ki...

Passage routes a body was found in a dumpster that man apparently killed overnight and chicago remains plagued with violence. >> a guy laying in the middle of the street. looks like he is shot. >> when the gunshots rang out on chicago's troubled south and west side. someone knows they are coming whether the violence is driven by drug vad or ventricle nate that. word hits the street before bullets fly. >> everyone knows who has guns who is running the streets. everyone knows. it's a matter of the neighborhood getting involved. >> nated pendleton is the father of that dea pendleton who made nati...