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Love. >> alex haley is one of so-called welcoming schoolsing accepting students from schools closed in the consolidation. >> we have children coming here from opposite gang territory. i parents want to know their chirp walk out the door in the morning, they want them to come home safe. >> the mayor responded to parent's concerns by spending about $8 million to hire 600 additional safe passage workers. >> no resident from the city of chicago from the mayor to a parent gets a pass. we're all accountable to the city of chicago. >> the changes that the mayor pushed through the board of education d...

The second city is now known as the startup city. >> as most of the city gets ready for the start of school, entrepreneurs of 1871 prepare for chicago's biggest tech event, demo day. >> there's a reason to come to chicago as entrepreneurs. i think there's some geek chic going on. >> sammy is a resident and entrepreneur. now he's ceo of mash.com. sometimes he even plays celebrity matchmaker. >> we know we can find you some great first dates. >> he helps run chicago's digital startups. >> 1% acceptance rate is pretty crazy. >> these startups gear up,

Table, that our german shepherd grabbed his hand because he was raising it towards my mother. my father took us out of the room and said, it's just a family dispute. >> each side is convinced that they're fighting for the survival of chicago's public schools. >> you cannot govern our communities and lock our voices out and say we know what's best for you. >> mr. mayor, where you at! >> what i can do is receive the materials and give them to everybody in here. >> is the mayor in chicago? >> the mayor is in chicago. >> the mayor is no stranger to crisis. >> i get to the white house with presiden...

Hoping to score. >> it's a new way to unlock provocative new insights for agencies. you just can't buy access like that. so it's a great place for us to do business. >> this isn't the first time entrepreneurs flocked to chicago. they came after the great fire in 1871 when the fire destroyed most of the city. >> after 1871, the entrepreneurs came to chicago to build out of the scrap heap something great in a city. it's why i love the name. >> one of america's wealthiest families teamed with the mayor to back the initiative. >> we're not going to give him the secret service. >> getting to know r...

What am i going to do? i'm going to have to hit them with an ax. >> the fire captain is in charge of truck 41 in englewood. >> everybody knows it as the house of bells. the bells do not stop ringing in this joint. >> every day, joel and his firefighting crew deal with victims of violence. >> assaults, violent stabbings, beatings, a lot of gunshots. >> how many shots did we hear? >> 10 or 12. >> i try very hard not to bring it home, because believe me, it would harden you. you see a child shot. to have to detach yourself from that emotionally. i have a daughter and you cannot take it personally...