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Program and maybe they want to get funding for their program or publicity, which will be a good thing if you're doing good stuff. but you need to be careful with hero worship of donald trump. you know, where was all of this philanthropy and all of this concern for the black community before? i don't remember any donald trump mentoring programs. >> here is what he said -- >> kieran, he said, what do you have to lose? now he has to deliver on that promise. he needs to do better things or what? >> well, he has to do lots better. but to the earlier point, you know, i have covered celebrities for 2...

Today, anybody who is there to uphold the law cannot act like they're above the law. and both a principle that is used to make sure it reflects the culture in the police department. and i want to say one thing, there are men and women both in leadership positions and rank and file who follow and live by that principle every day. jason van dyke does not represent the police department. i can give you chapter and verse of people who are doing things beyond what their quote/unquote their job description is, who every day go out, not just to protect, but also to serve. so when it comes to culture,...

That killed 7-year-old amar'e was intended for his father. he is a high ranking gang member arrested 45 times. as a church leader and community leader what can you do about gang violence? >> number one, there's no nothing anymore powerful than love. we have to teach love preach love and empower families mentoring programs. these are the things the church can do. it's not just the church alone. when you look at the violence that exists in our city there's been a collaborative failure of multiple institutions. families are fragmented. children in our community, 72% of them are raised in a single...

Begins church of chicago. thanks so much for being with us pastor. have you had a chance to talk to a a amari brown's family? >> no, i have not. i have talked to some of the pastors trying to minister to that family but in the city of chicago there are a lot of families just like that going through the same issues today. >> we heard from that family friend in the last sound bite we played saying this is just going to continue to happen. it's already happened too many times. what is your take on how the community ended up in such a state? >> well we've had too many killings. there have been a l...

Graduate ready for a career. are they getting suspended in school? can we intervene there? are they in danger of falling into the criminal justice system? can we catch them before they do? key indicators we know will make a difference. if a child's reading by the third grade at grade level we know they have a chance of doing better. if they aren't involved with the criminal justice system and aren't suspended while they're in school we know they have got a chance of doing better. so there's certain things that we knew would make a difference. and we've looked at which programs and policies act...