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Whether or not there's a question of a person who is armed and this will end that potential conflict and i think go a long way to restoring trust in the system. >> is this a trial effort? i know this is a one-year deal, to last one year. do the d.a.s get the cases back? >> i don't think so. the d.a.s, i wouldn't say they're exactly happy about losing jurisdiction. i think even the d.a.s in new york, across the country, would agree that many people have the perception there was a conflict and, ashley, that in and of itself is a problem. if people don't have trust and faith in the criminal justi...

And we needed -- we felt we needed to do something that would further enhance the public confidence in what we're doing. >> neither one of us, by the way, neither one of our jurisdictions had a controversy where there was a question about how we had conducted our investigations in the past, but we -- i think we both became convinced that we needed to address issues, particularly for segments of the community, who unfortunately come into the criminal justice system with not much faith that they're going to be dealt with fairly. anything we could do to instill greater confidence in a way the who...

Concerns that there's unknowns about how the rest of the country is going to perceive shops up and down main street. >> our bread and butter is tourism. that's how we make all of our money, and that's how we have a rec center and have a performing arts center and ice arena, and you just don't want to kill the golden goose. >> everything does lead back to money somehow. it's all about what are the tourists going to think? >> some people on the town council are owners of giant resort lodges at the base of the mountain, and obviously their interest is to try to cater more to that perception issue...

Money. there are a lot of allegations here. there's a lot of smoke. so people would be really digging into it. and as the campaign progresses and money becomes more of a factor there's going to be a lot more things to follow. so it's a perception issue at the very least. >> nobody's going to get the high ground ben, when it comes to raising money in politics. as "clinton cash" has had its life span and this early edition of it it's not about how it's illegal it's how they handle situations. how big a hammer do you think you can use on this issue? >> i think it's going to be big especially if y...

People working together. you have a dream, you can look forward to something. >> east stuart is an area born out of segregation. >> segregation led to this being a closed population with its own businesses, its own entertainment, its own schools, its own residences. it was completely self sustaining. >> once it ended many residents started shopping elsewhere or just moved away entirely. that led to a steady decline in business. >> today we've gone from over 70 stores at its heyday to about a dozen. >> one of the biggest challenges today is that the community has an image problem. >> i think it...