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Finish the year with all three of you. enjoy your monday, if you can. >> thank you. >> that wraps it up for us this here on msnbc. i'm richard lui. stay with us for updates and breaking news. follow me on facebook, instagram and twitter. let me know what you think. "all in with chris hayes" is next. look at chicago. what the hell is going on in chicago? >> i don't know what they're doing in chicago. to have this many shootings. >> what the hell is going on in chicago? >> this is the story of america's third largest city. >> to have this many shootings. >> this is is not like it's the united ...

These reactions in their bodies that are like they're back there in that situation, and they don't necessarily put that together that that's what the happening. [ sirens ] much of the violence is driven by untreated trauma. two of the ways that people often deal with that are to use substances. to manage their emotions, and to carry weapons's in order to feel safe. both of those things are going to increase the risk for them being harmed again or for them doing harm to somebody else. >> that's it. we're home. >> there are organizations trying to help traumatized families and communities in chi...

I have been able to serve 153 families. >> 153 families? >> yes, sir. it is, but that's a reflection of what's happening in our city. >> her brother was murdered in 2008. now a family support specialist, she helps others heal. >> when you go into these communities, is there a sense that everyone is traumatized in some way? >> it's hard to say they are not. because it's not -- it's not like every time i do an assessment with someone that they don't express positive to me that they've experienced some level of trauma. it may not be in the immediate family, but they know a friend. they know a nei...

Viewing audience look at this and say, what can we do? this seems to far removed from my narrative or where i am or my place in life or the community. what they can do is support people like jamaal. what they can do is a port organizations that are going out as we have seen in the piece that are focused on fixing these efforts in the community. >> and there are some who are in chicago working spkly have on mental health, on dealing with trauma specifically. >> there are so many on the front lines responding in the immediacy of the crisis and the trauma. when the gun shots ring out and when pai...