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Late teens. He writes that that as well as how he balanced governing with being a dad. We join him in chicago in a high school where he was visiting with a group of young men who were part of my brothers keeper to talk about their lives and the challenges they face. Are you going back to Community Organizing . Well, probably im a little too old and gray haired to be going door to door like i used to be. Plus Secret Service follows me around which is pretty disruptive. I am going back to what inspired me to get into public life. One of the thing that inspires former president barack obama these...

Put the vest back on. navigate through all the gang infested areas back home. to where i felt safe. >> what have you been saying, are you guys still on -- >> so was in englewood. now i'm in marktd park. i know that is not a big difference. i don't go to certain parks, certain restaurant. i also bought another vest. it is still the same thing. it is not over with just because i'm out of school. >> as a father it makes you that much more stressed. >> yes. >> as far as shootings the vest may protect me but encounters with police, what is going to protect me from that? what is going to stop me fro...

No good? that's how i see it. >> right. >> james, you worried about this a lot when you were in high school. what about now? >> so yeah, high school, i actually used to have to map out my bus route and wear a bulletproof vest. i would wear the vest to school, once i get here, i hand the vest over to principal ross and after school, put the vest back on, navigate through all the gang-infested areas back home to where i feel safe. >> mm-hmm. what have you been saying? are you guys, are you still -- >> i'm no longer in englewood, i am in markway park. i know that's not a big difference, but now i...

Over to principal ross and after school, put the vest back on, navigate through all the gang-infested areas back home to where i feel safe. >> mm-hmm. what have you been saying? are you guys, are you still -- >> i'm no longer in englewood, i know it's not a big difference, but now i don't go to certain gas stations, i don't go to certain restaurants. i also bought another vest. so it's still the same thing. it's not over with just because i'm out of school. >> right. and obviously as a father, it makes but as far as shootings, like, the vest may protect me from that. but as far as police, what...

Like, going outside. i love, like, interactions with people. but it's like in the neighborhood i live in, it's very hard to do that. every night it's like before i go to bed, is it a gunshot that i'm hearing? it is a fireworks? also i love to wear -- i like wearing hoodies. so it's like when i walk down the street, like is somebody going to come and target me because i'm wearing a hoodie? do i think i'm up to no good? so that's how i see it. >> right. >> james, you worried about this a lot when you were in high school. what about now? >> so, yeah. high school, i actually used to have to map ou...