>> great. heidi snow, thank you very much. anything you want to add very quickly? sorry. we've got to leave it there. i lost contact with you. we're going to go now to "chicagoland," which starts right now. cnn's original series "chicagoland" is proudly presented by -- previously on "chicagoland" -- >> chicago is closing 50 schools. >> i am comfortable with what i'm doing. >> we are not going down without a fight! >> just a pounding and pounding and pounding. >> this is the last stop for 98% of the kids here. if we don't get them into something else, there are no other options. >> make sure these guys feel the heat right now.

>> it's going to be a lot of deaths on his hands if these schools close. >> a yes vote to close 50 schools. >> rahm emanuel, see you later. ♪ it's playoff time again in this sports loving city. and when chicago teams are in the hunt for a title, they do it big. the '85 bears won the super bowl for their super fans. and in the '90s, michael jordan led the bulls to two three-peats. the 2005 white sox broke the city's world series drought. and in 2010, the hawks won the stanley cup. now they want to do it again.

united center. they call the place the mad house on madison. ♪ changed the team's fortune. >> chicago is really a blue collar town. when the sports teams win, the city uplifts itself, it doesn't matter what color or nationality you are, you want to be part of a winner. >> come playoff time, the mayor and the rest of the city hop on the hawks' bandwagon. rahm's a sports nut and he loves to win. he wants to build a new sports arena to put chicago in a better spot to compete with other cities. >> from day one, when i was elected mayor, i've made it a priority to ensure that chicago's convention and tourism industry was no longer second. >> we can find no expert that says a new arena will do any better than breaking even.

in fact, some say it's a financial disaster. >> we have the opportunity to make an investment that creates 10,000 jobs, 3700 permanent, and keep chicago in the leadership in the convention and ho hospitality and tourism industry. >> not everyone is excited about a deal in the works for $200 million. >> money for schools, not stadiums. >> many question his decision to sink money into arenas after closing schools with another looming budget crisis on his hands. >> mayor emanuel loves to create a crisis and exploit a crisis. that's what he's doing. he's taking a bad situation and making it worse. >> public education is about the common good. that's a moral judgment to how you're going to spend your money. that's what a budget is. it is a moral document. >> in the weeks leading you have to the board of education's budget vote, protesters won't

let up. >> cps cannot solve our budget challenges alone. >> you kind of want to jump on a desk and say, let's look at the facts. how do we really take our very scarce resources as we face a $1 billion deficit and consolidate that so that children are the ultimate beneficiaries? >> chicago's public schools could start the year a billion dollars in the red, a result of pay takes and steep increase in pension payments. >> the pension is a big hunk of it but it's not all of it. >> you are taking our education and protection away. >> at the monthly school board meetings, public certain k crescendos with the testimony of 9-year-old asean johnson. >> i am pleading and begging that you help these parents and their low income. help them with these schools.

tell the mayor to just quit his job. he's tearing down our education. please tell him he's tearing down our education. >> asean, excuse me, can you please conclude? >> something is wrong with this board. something is wrong. >> thank you. our next speaker? >> despite asean's plea, the board approves a budget that cuts classroom spending by $68 million, slashes $128 million from the central office and lays off 3,000 teachers and staff. these cuts will affect the whole city. down south in roseland, principal liz dozier finds herself at the center of a perfect storm. the budget cuts plus the end of their four-year federal grant

could have a devastating effect on students. >> so we've got to make a dollar out of 15 cents. i want to redefine how much it should cost. sz $ >> the total is $263,000. >> i think what's at stake is the entire school. everything we've be the over the last four years are at stake. schools like this are very fragile. if you look at the history, it goes up, once it gets support in funding. then they pull out the support and funding and it goes right back down again. >> four years ago, fenger was a violent place. >> today at fenger, classmates filed into the school, which had a strong police presence. >> back then it was definitely a fight every day, if not every day, every other day.

but now i don't remember seeing fights. everybody is just trying to graduate now. >> at one point in time, i was getting in trouble. but i know i have a lot ahead of me. >> during his four years at tender high, he went from being with a street kid to a student leader with his sights set on college. >> fenger helped me get in college. i ain't have no hopes and dreams of going. >> the school luncheon, the principal makes a point of highlighting his progress. >> we had some tough times back in that first and second year. [ applause ] let me give you a hug. congratulations. >> lee still has problems. too many girls want to be his prom date. >> got everybody wanting to go to prom with you. >> i love you. >> that's my boy.

>> in roseland, skirmishes can easily escalate. >> the worries in life, not making it and being a bum. the second worry is scared. i want to be a father that can provide for they family. >> we want to be the ones that make it out. >> chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the country, divided by race, ethnicity and class. when immigrants settled in a neighborhood, they defended their turf. the irish claimed beverly, the germans took lincoln square. the polish settled in portage park and the italians on taylor street. a city of neighborhoods. and turf wars. and violent parts of town, warring gang factions have taken that tradition to a whole new level. welcome to englewood, one of

chicago's notoriously violent neighborhoods. >> let's make sure they are out in force. >> they're gearing up for increased gang conflicts. >> the numbers, i didn't get a copy with the numbers. >> that's the deputy chief, one of the most trusted commanders. >> glenn has pulled ahead of you as far as total numbers of shootings reduced. he's down 40, you're down 38. you're slacking. >> i want to be in second place to win at the end. >> are you going to draft him? >> dress right dress. >> under leo's leadership, cops in the englewood district have produced a significant drop in shootings and murders. >> 68th and damon we're

controlling that. the black disciples on the east end, the takedown was last week. that should help us a lot on the east end where we have all the shootings. and the fight we got going with the bds and gds. you guys are doing great and i'll see you out there. thank you. we got a shooting in two and the van is in seven now. >> we've got to go in there as fast as we can, hit as hard as we can and get involved so we know who is fighting who, which gangs are fighting. that is how we get ahead of the next shooting. you've always got to know it's life and death. you got to be ready. we got some people shot on 57th. we're going to kill some lights now in case we start seeing someone. ♪

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>> my goal is to take people from around the country and bring them here. people know that chicago is rising to the top. we don't get enough credit. >> billy and rahm are two of chicago's biggest impostors. >> don't let rahm emanuel know, but here's the real mayor of chicago. >> he hates when people say that. he will throw down and hurt me. do not say that that loud. >> the president knows who the real mayor is. when obama comes home, the first guy to greet him is mayor emanuel. rahm's rise to power started as a fund riser under chicago's previous mayor richard daley. he stepped on to the national stage when he raised millions for bill clinton. in 2006, he helped the dems win back the house. then he became president obama's chief of staff. >> as a young man, he had a serious accident. he lost part of his middle

finger. this rendered him practically mute. >> four years later, he helped raise millions for the president's re-election campaign. >> fund-raising is like everything else. people invest in success. nobody says, you know what? you're doing bad, let me give you more money. >> he can raise money like it's nothing, millions. he's not getting that from average people. i wonder is there anybody in the social circle who sends their kids to chicago public schools? >> facing a massive budget deficit, the mayor's answer to funding public education is to solicit private corporations and businessmen. >> no running in the halls. >> this is the jewel of the system. if you have a mental image of what it would physically, intellectually and leadership wise look like, this is exactly what you want everybody to see. wait till you see the swimming

pool. i don't want to say anything. >> the mayor gives a tour to executives. he enlisted top technology companies to partner with five high schools, including this one, sarah good, partner with ibm. >> nobody said no? >> nobody said no. i want everybody to see this, because this is the vision of what you should have throughout the country. >> you're exactly right. >> what have you kids done specifically with google? >> we use our google program to take notes during the program. >> we wrote a whole book using google. >> why would we use google over microsoft word? >> because it's free. >> publicly funded public education, like most public services, has to be tied to the business world now, because that is the political state we're in. those same corporations do not

have to pay the taxes they used to have to pay. that would actually fund schools. >> back at fenger high, the principal is forced to do the best she can with the money she has. >> josh, how were you in class today? >> good. >> the work is not between the hours of 8:00 and 3:30. to me it extends beyond that. >> bye. and cigarettes. >> liz's hard work with her students hasn't gone unnoticed. >> liz dozier. >> liz takes lee and a group of seniors to the challenge awards ceremony, where fenger is being honored. >> all right, guys, let's go. it's just an absolutely humbling experience to be here at this time and accept this award. when we came into fenger in the

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the quest for the cup continues tonight with an all-important game seven. >> it's now or never. blackhawks have to bring home a win tonight to advance to the finals or it's game over for the season. >> it's a tense game seven.

with the game tied at 1-1 with just under 2:00 left, the hawks scores what appears to be a game winner. >> scores! >> unbelievably, one referee cancels out the goal. >> why? why would they make that call? it's so, so, so dumb! oh! >> but in overtime -- >> right back ahead, he scores! >> hawks fans take the celebration to the street, where even some cops join in. but down in englewood, there's a different kind of action. ♪

>> state police have a dog we can bring over. we're on our way. 10-4. see if you can get into one of the backyards. >> leo and his officers catch a shooting suspect. but they're still searching for the gun. >> check the roofs too, guys. that's where they've been throwing them lately. you're okay. we were chasing somebody. >> this is the kind of police work that never stops in englewood. >> it's like anything can happen any time. nothing will shock you after a while. >> we finally made it. i can get something to drink. ♪ ♪ violence every day, like the fourth of july ♪

>> no, i'm not the mayor. i'm in charge of the police. >> englewood, this guy right here, commander schmitz, is a guy that everybody has grown to love. he's in charge of the seventh correct, and he deserves a round of applause. >> for cops, building strong ties with neighbors is crucial to reducing violence. >> can't ask for a better boss than deputy chief leo schmitz. ♪ another boy got shot, a little girl got shot ♪ >> the kids in englewood and roseland, the constant threat of violence is all too real. >> your life in danger every

time you step out your front door. >> you walk out the street to go to the store and you end up getting shot or killed. >> senior lee mccullum may be heading for college next year, but when you live in roseland, that's a long way off. lee's dad when to fenger high school in the '80s with eric wilkins. both have survived shootouts. lee senior lost his leg. >> i was 9, going on 10. my mother is screaming like, get up, get up. your daddy's shot, your daddy is shot. >> i was dropping my son at his friend's house yesterday. and they was shooting. i'm just dropping him off. as i'm easing on the brake, boom, boom, boom. that could have been my last time dropping him off and everything. >> principal dozier planned a peace march to make a statement but postponed it over safety

concerns. she consults on whether to reschedule it. >> we're trying to do this walk. did lee tell you about it, like come outside with the whole school, go down that way, do a little march. and you know they were shooting on this corner over here, so we had canceled it, postponed it really. so we're thinking about doing it in the next couple of weeks. >> if we are going to do a march, we have to break them cliques up. we can't let them walk together. >> my main thing is just ensuring everything is -- >> safe. >> yeah. it doesn't matter what time of the morgue ning it is. >> here's an assignment, imagine if they didn't have to worry about their safety. >> picture what that would look like. >> there would be no weapons allowed. i would want to feel safe. >> in my perfect world, all my siblings would be alive and well

and have a purpose in life. >> my perfect world would be love and wellness. instead of kids being thrown away, they're kept and loved. >> these daydreams are rudely interrupted when shots ring out just blocks from school. >> there was a shooting a couple blocks from the school, but we got a call -- a couple calls saying a lot of our kids are up there. >> liz races to the scene fearing one of her kids may have gotten shot. >> we got a call from one of our security officers. she said she saw a bunch of kids and there was a shooting. i thought it was one of my kids. >> let me find out what the deal is. >> thanks, commander. i appreciate it. >> the police found the victim's body just blocks from fenger high, on a street in front of an elementary school. >> what is going on? you don't know? n ] every corner, every week! let me just say something. we all got a choice to make.

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the blackhawks make easy work of the l.a. kings, winning the western conference times in just five games. >> chicago, baby. >> riding high on the victory, the city celebrates another pastime, the blues. ♪ i was born in chicago, 1941

>> an electric sound created by black musicians that migrated from the deep south and turned their struggles into songs that spread around the world, spawning rock 'n' roll and hip-hop. ♪ >> the mayor is a big music fan and hopes to use the blues to promote the city. >> i really want to establish a relationship with the city of chicago and the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. >> i do not think there's a more american music form and it's the most american, it's blues and its home is in chicago. and everything else emanates from that. >> there's never been a higher volume of creative output in this whole city, in any other art form. rock 'n' roll, blues, one after the other. >> how long have you been holding that in? ♪

♪ my first friend when down when i was 17 years old ♪ >> back in roseland, police are still working the murder scene principal dozier worried and. >> they're my kids. i feel worried, panicked, like who is it? >> as things turned out, the victim was recent fenger student jessie clark, a good friend of lee mccullum. >> he was my friend. we went to school together. any time he got in trouble, i got in trouble, too. we both got on the right track and started to turn our life around. >> how many friends you lost this year? >> three. two last year. >> i just seen him that morning. i walked right here and everything. he said, what's up? he said, you cool. jessie didn't bother nobody.

>> there's no value of human life anymore that you can walk up to someone and shoot them in broad daylight with children around. >> i'm pissed. i don't know. if i seen the person that did it, i would run them over in a car. i wouldn't care. you know what? ten years ago, if this was the habit ten years ago, i think it would have been a couple more murders that same night. >> i'm just going to hold my composure. the little man didn't have to go like that, for real. >> one day hopefully i'll be able to live the life like the man on tv that's living a regular 9:00 to 5:00 job, come home to his wife and kids. till then, it's just going to be the same. >> asean johnson lived just across the street from where

jessie was murdered. >> i got michael jordan. >> the young activist plays inside, because his mom worries the streets aren't safe. >> the jessie clark shooting, i hear so many gunshots i can't distinguish which gunshots it was. my boys do not go outside. >> we play basketball in the living room. we imagine something is like the hoop. either like that, or the light brown one is the hoop. >> it's a lot of people i grew up with that has been killed. it's been a war for years. they can't go past 117th from over here. you can't go across halston. each if they go to that walgreen's, they get killed. >> there are two gangster disciple cliques blocks apart, and they've been battling for years like the hatfields and mccoys. >> the beef started in 1996.

my little nephew got jumped. we went back down there, we had a fight. it was right after the time where they had just took all the heads of the gangs off the streets. so it was nobody to enforce no street laws. >> these guys are roseland ogs. that means original gangsta. the former gang rivals are now friends. >> it started out i catch, i beat you up. now you've got violence going from 1996 to 2013 and it ain't going to be over until everybody feel that everybody is dead. >> nobody knows who killed jessie clark or whether his murder was related to the beef between the 9s and the ville. >> somebody killed him right across the street. >> if we get caught on 115th, they say from you 11-9, i'm shooting you and you don't even know what you're fighting for.

you're just mad at somebody. >> either way, usually what comes next is vengeance and gunfire. certainly not the climate for a peace march. liz assembles a group of seniors, including lee, to vote on whether to move forward. >> i really want to have this, because i they have it's important to take a stand for peace, but i want to make sure that everybody is safe, right? i want you to really give your honest opinion on what you think. this is very important to us. how many people in this room think we should proceed with the peace walk some time next week? okay. >> the peace march is on. but only seniors will do the walking. for the next few days, they get ready. >> peace. learn it, live it, love it. >> this is a school you can see right here, right? so he's going to have his police officers here too. so they're going to be following us along the route. we're using these blue dotting and red dots and we'll have

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♪ it's the finals, and blackhawks' fans are amped. the hawks lead three games to two. one more win and the cup comes back home to chicago. billy deck's got the pregame jitters. he's also waiting on an old friend. >> how are you? >> so if the blackhawks win tonight, we win the whole thing. the streets will get crazy. >> you should come out and see i think you saw it year one, year two. >> they met in 2009, right after

the darrion albert tragedy. when billy was the principal for a day. >> you could help me think about rebrand the school and also establishing like some kind of friends of fenger, like a board or something. >> are there any famous or well-off alumni that you're aware of? >> i know one, nita jordan was an alum here. >> really? i'm friends with her. she's usually philanthropic. >> while they talk fund-raising, the game's almost over and the hawks are down. >> six attackers on the ice for the blackhawks. >> with barely a minute to go and boston about to send it to game seven, the hawks make hockey history. >> the blackhawks trying to tie this up. >> no way! no way!

>> oh, my god! >> that's a miracle. >> let's go, hawks! let's go, hawks! >> they tie up the game, and then 17 seconds later -- >> a chance, scores! >> no way! no way! >> they win it all. >> the blackhawks are stanley cup champions. >> chicago erupts. the party gets wild and rages into the night, until police

have to step in to calm things down in wrigleyville. when the sun rises in englewood, the deputy chief has no time for a hawks' hangover. >> hey, guys, somebody just did a shooting in two. if we can get some radios and get some guys out there. so we know what's going to happen. retaliation is going to go back and forth. it's like ping-pong right now. murder, murder, murder, i don't want any of that. you guys ready? let's go. >> over on the west side, mayor emanuel stops by an anti-violence rally to show his support.

>> it is strong police work, strong prevention so our kids have summer jobs and after school, which we have increased. a community that stands up and says these are our streets, these are not the streets of gang bangers. >> in defiance of all the gang shootings around fenger, seniors get ready for their silent peace march. >> everybody in this room has had a hand in seeing peace happen in this building. you've done your part to make sure that the young ones that are coming behind are going to have a safe place to be able to learn, grow, love and be. now, i want you to understand something. your job today is to leave a legacy and to send out a message to this world that we at fenger represent peace. we represent peace by any means necessary.

no more of the days we're going to be fighting in the streets. no more are the days we're going to be acting like we don't know where we come from. no more are the days where we're going to walk around with our heads down. we're going to look up. so hold your heads up, young people, and walk with pride. because today is the day that we send a message to the world that we are here. >> and with that, they hit the street. >> everybody who knew somebody that we lost in the past due to violence. so this peace march to me is like giving recognition, giving back. >> i grew up in very violent areas to where i didn't have no peace.

but all the killings, all the violence, we don't know where it originated from. all i know is we need to get rid of it. ♪ >> even if they say something, we're not going to say anything back, okay? [ man ] every corner, every week!

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>> more than 2 million hawks' fans turn out to celebrate with the champs. those unbelievable 17 seconds made this championship one of the greatest in chicago history. >> it's been a great season from a record breaking start in the season to the final 17 seconds that will always now go down in history as the miracle on ice. and it was an incredible game. i didn't know i could hold my breath for an entire three periods, but there it is. >> breaking through the hawks' euphoria, more questions about school closings and budget cuts. the ultimate buzz kill. >> obviously the schools closed and the budget came out. what do you say to the parents who are told that things are going to get better but afraid things are about to get worse? >> we made changes in the main

bureaucracy in the central office and invested that money in full days of kindergarten and our children. we're not going to do anything to shortchange that. >> still, some of the mayor's critics refuse to give up and make a last ditch effort by occupying their kid's schools. >> members of these families remain inside refusing to leave. >> cops gave them a choice, get out or get arrested. the two families cut the occupation short. >> you're slashing our budget. they might have closed our doors but they didn't shut us down. we're still going to fight. >> no school closings! >> i'm sorry i couldn't be there, but tell me how it went. >> it was peaceful. it was a silent march. >> rahm heard about the peace march and called to talk to liz. >> where fenger was four years

ago and what you have done today is what i firmly believe that if you have a principal who is not scared about being accountable, you can bring great results to a school. i want everybody to know there's a new fenger, because there's a new principal. >> thanks. that's what i'm trying to tell people, too. so help me spread the word. >> i'm in your corner punching. so i'll be there. >> all righty. bye-bye. >> i'm putting up a 2013 sign, because he's getting ready to go to prom, and i want the tell him how much i love him and congratulations. >> as lee gets ready for prom, he's haunted by memories of friends that won't be there tonight. >> i had second thoughts about not going to prom. >> i want y'all together. >> lee, lee, lee, hold on. >> lee's family is proud of how far he's come in four years. >> i'm overwhelmed. all the stuff he done been through and his friends he done

lost. i'm happy. >> for liz dozier and her staff, this class is special. they all started the fenger turn around together. >> this was four years ago. you can tell the difference in the kids and how they're dressed and their behavior. >> yes, this is it. class of 2013. >> good to see you, mr. popularity. >> on prom night, it's a fenger tradition to vote for prom king and queen. this year it's a tight race. >> this was the closest race for prom king that fenger has ever had. it came down to one vote. 2013 prom king, y'all give it up for mr. lee mccullum.

>> these kids are living proof that even in the roughest schools, there's plenty of talent and hope. they deserve to celebrate. their next big test, surviving the summer. >> summer is obviously right around the corner, and yeah, every year i feel like, you know, something happens to one of the kids. i just worry about them. >> the city of chicago is the city of immigrants. >> there's something about this place that's magical. >> that's not just food, that's not just dinner, that's art. >> i've had kids shot over the summer.

i hate the summer. i can't wait for this to be over. >> violent fourth of july, a dozen dead. >> you still enjoy the mayor's confidence. good evening, everyone. there is no other way of saying it. in the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 developments today could change everything. as we speak u.s. naval assets taking part in the search, and ships from the 7th fleet and navy aircraft are redirecting their focus in a totally new direction toward the vast open waters of the indian ocean. at the same time investigators are reexamining everything they thought they knew about what could have happened on and off the flight deck and where the boeing 777 with 239 people on board could be. experts are even considering the possibility it could be intact on the ground after a hijacking. and if that last scenario seems unlikely, you should know that tonight it is possible. that's because according to