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>> that's going to be tough. >> okay. >> one more story before we go to break. students in chicago return to school, mayor rahm emanuel has rolled out a new initiative to keep children safe called the safe passage program and yesterday, 1200 unarmed workers in neon vests were deployed out to the streets along with police to watch over students as they walk to school. even a helicopter circled above the affected areas after closing 47 elementary schools in parts of the city that are rampant with gang violence, plans were implemented to provide students and parents with peace of mind. the cost f...

Mitch mcconnell, you say, my party, guess what? something great is happening right now. >> yeah. >> these extremists are being shown to be the extremists and people are starting to stand up and say if you want to destroy your political chances for the next 50 years, if you want to try to get hillary clinton elected by shutting down the government and -- people off go ahead and do it. not in our party. we're starting to see the republican party flex its muscles and stand up to people who are no idea how to win elections. let's shut down the government. boy, that worked really well for us. p. >>...

Going to new elementary schools. what are called the welcoming schools in the system. displaced by those 47 closures. and because of the violence in chicago, because of the gun violence on the streets, although the chicago police statistics show, and correctly, that murders are down by about 25% from last year, shootings are down by about 25% from last year. murders are on a pace to be at the lowest level since 1965. but there are still violent incidents on the streets. so to protect those kids who are going to new schools, a lot of them crossing gang territory, crossing over gang turf, border...

Route. chicago public officials point out that none of these shootings happened during safe passage hours. they say the safe passage program is a successful program. no child has been injured or killed since the program started back in 2008. >> george, it's amazing. back in the day we had crossing guards to help us get across the street. you have a whole area where you have people who are being paid, contracted out to make sure that these kids can simply just get to school without being harmed. >> yeah. that's the thing. parents are certainly happen that the program is in place. we understand ...