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>> murder, murder, murder. >> it's going to be a hard year. it's going to be hard. >> as the sun winds down, chicagoans try to take advantage of the warm weather while it lasts. at south park, the police superintendent throws out the first pitch before the cops take on the firefighters in their annual showdown. >> we might lose in football, we might lose in boxing, but we ain't going to lose in this. >> off the field, you could say the police are ahead in the count. there have been fewer shootings lan that is summer. and he knows with school opening soon, there's still a tough test ahead. over on the west side in hubble park, the mayor joins principal dozier and some lucky fenger students at a play "comedy of

errors." around the corner, liz is worried about the budget shortfall. the mayor promises to look into it, but he's got bigger things to deal with. in the spring, the mayor approved the largest school -- >> the first day of school is august 26. >> august 26. >> the countdown begins, and with less than two weeks to go, principals get ready to welcome students displaced by school closings. >> i want to welcome all of our students. one united school, one bundle of

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 don't get a pass either. now they'll be tested. >> i want y'all to do me a favor. stand up for a second. the city of chicago is on watch for the children of chicago. turn around and tell them who we are. >> these folks will keep an eye

out for trouble on safe passage routes and if something happens, it's their job to immediately call the police. >> superintendent, who's accountable and why if one of the children gets injured by street violence? >> whenever violence occurs, we take the accountability. the reality is, this is nothing new. kids have been crossing gang lines for years to go to school. >> mccarthy leans on his top brass to put a lid on violence and keep kids safe. in englewood, that's not going to be easy. >> i have seven, actually eight schools. other places have one or two. i think they're going to have to take my plan. if i do their plan, i won't be able to cover anything. >> commander leo scmitz. >> that means i would have to put 12, 14, 20, 24, 25 down to

cover the schools. not going to do it. then there's nobody answering any calls in the whole district. >> to protect school kids, these cops have to stop gang beats. >> this is where jo-jo got killed a year ago yesterday. he's a gangster disciple. >> during the first week of school last year, little jo-jo was shot dead on the street not long after taunting a crew of rap rivals. his most popular song was called "bdk," short for black disciple killer. superstar chief keith nope for his best song "i don't like." a year later jo-jo's friends

haven't forgotten. >> you see a big hole like this, i'm like hell no. the girl said they shot like six times. they started it. >> commander schmitz works to keep the conflict from erupting. >> this is a big, heavy area right here of the bds, black disciples. the gangster disciples start over here, and this is where the fight comes in right along here. seventh district, we have all the challenges because we still have a lot of other things to cover at the same time as these safe passages. it's tough, but we do it. >> nearly every city agency has been recruited to help out during safe passage. >> from a technical standpoint, i don't know what we're going to do. if anything were to go south,

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. >> joel was born into this profession. his family has been fighting fires in chicago for generations. >> if my father had been on the fire department, i would have been a fourth generation fire

department. my great grandfather, grandfather, myself and two brothers. you hold that tradition until you go off the job and you try to instill that in the young guys. >> for 13 years, joel's worked as a reliever, roving the different firehouses around the city. >> all right, get it while it's hot. >> as the first day of school approach approaches, the new captain is looking to stay put for a while. >> as a reliever, you're like a substitute teacher. that's why i bid for a captain's spot. we'll see. i think the older you get, you start to become aware of the fact that you're not invincible. we've lost quite a few guys on the job. at the end of the day, it's just a fact. it's going to take a toll. do i ever worry about not coming out? never. you can't think about that. otherwise you're not going to do your job. ♪

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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,

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 rahm, he's all about results. how do i get from here to there to solve a problem? i don't think he worries about how people feel in the middle of

it. >> when it comes to raising money from the corporate supporters or when it comes to finding funding in our city for the public schools, he's nowhere to be seen. >> to bridge a $1 billion budget gap, the school board voted to slash $68 million in spending, in addition to laying off 3,000 workers. >> we're hearing that they want the mayor's head on a platter because the schools that you have the highest levels of violence, they're going to be a train wreck. >> at fenger, nobody wants budget cuts to re-create the school's violent past. >> i met with the mayor and he got right on it. we found out that cps never put it in official writing. he was promises made by former

ceos. it's just up in the air, which i feel is not right. people made a promise. like we need the funds, but that was the last that i heard from my boss. >> school starts in three days and fenger staff is psyched. but they don't know about the additional budget cuts. ♪ my name is liz and i'm the boss ♪ >> liz works to lift their spirits before breaking the news about what's ahead. >> i want you to think about a time in your life when you faced a particular challenge. what was it inside of yourself that helped you to overcome this challenge? fear is really the king of mediocrity. we don't have time to be

mediocre, because kid's lives are in our hands. you are the people that will take us to the next level. you are it. one, two, three -- >> liz dozier believes her team can do more with less this year. losing more money and 28 staff jobs means it won't be easy. with fewer than 72 hours to go, the city prepares for the first day of school. over on the west side, captain joel burns gets ready for a first day of his own. he got the assignment he wanted, leading a firehouse in the same battalion where he started his career. >> what's up boys? >> it's engine 113 on the west side, which is where i came from. that's where i was a fireman originally. i actually have my own locker now. you've got to love that a little bit. i really don't care what you wear in the house, but when we're on the street, be in

uniform. chief shows up, be in uniform. pride. that's all i am about. having my own house where i can mold the firemen to my standards is one of the biggest advantages. i'm looking forward to it. >> not only will joel captain a new engine company, he'll have to cover one of the safe passage routes. >> certainly we have concerns. we're going to walk kids to school, and that's great, until we get a call. as you see around here, that happens quite a bit. so what's going to happen to the kids? i don't know. [ sirens ] >> a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed a block away from a safe passage route. >> on the weekend before school starts, there's a shooting and it's got parents worried. ♪ i'm a soldier in the army of the lord ♪ >> with less than 24 hours to go before the start of school,

folks pray that safe passage works. >> it's all hands on deck. these are our children and they need us. they need all adults to make sure that this first day of school goes off without a hitch. >> robert spicer isn't just a fenger high dean, he's also pastor of a church in englewood. >> look at you. >> fresh, man. you half man, half amazing. you incredible. you're ready for the first day of school. >> on facebook they said they was going to kill us. i walk all the way over here just to get beat up. then i got to get chased back. >> every day i see more and more kids get shot down because of the gangs. kids don't grow up and say i want to get shot and killed. >> if mayor of the city of chicago and others have to create signs to tell us that this area is safe. i thought we were in chicago, not syria. i thought we were in chicago, not beirut. i thought we were in america,

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okay, good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> first day of school. everybody take a big breath in. >> the first day of school is an

especially anxious one, for kids, parents and their teachers. >> okay. first attendance taking procedures. we have to account for every single student. every single student counts for a little over $5,000. so that's important for the viability of our school. so you have to make sure you're doing a good job of that. the first day is especially important. so please make sure you're doing that. >> the mayor also has a lot riding on today. >> how are you? >> emanuel huddles with the deputy superintendent and commander schmitz. >> we're going to be fine. >> the most important thing in the world, the kids. >> today, about 10,000 elementary students will attend new schools. >> are you kids good?

>> rahm said he ran for mayor to improve chicago schools and if anything goes wrong today, he'll take the blame. >> good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> welcome back to school. >> thank you. >> have a good day. >> you too. >> how is it going? >> good. >> it's my job to worry about children and things going wrong. that's what i do for a living. >> i'm sure i'll find out what that's about. everything cool? just didn't know what those lights are. >> how are we doing, guys? >> joel burns and firefighters all across chicago do their part for safe passage. >> this is very important. you're interrupting operation safe passage for me to call you.

i'm only teasing you. just sit and watch the school kids walk out. are you excited to be back? >> yes. >> truthfully. >> no. >> she was being honest, no. ♪ ♪ no more running around, summer's gone again ♪ >> welcome back. >> on fenger's opening day, liz tries to to the impossible, get teenagers excited about the first day of school. >> here they come, here they come.

>> like liz, rahm tries to rally school spirit. but as he bounces from school to school, he can't escape protesters. >> mayor rahm emanuel -- >> when the mega phone gets turned on, he runs out the back door. >> i can understand the anger. it doesn't mean it's right. the hard work of educating the kids is not done by occupiers or screamers, but by people doing the hard work. so when you say i'm accountable, somebody calling me a name, i've had that my whole life. >> so farthings are off to a slow start. the mayor starts by an once underperforming school that's made vast improvements. >> wanting to put you on the

response to see -- spot. >> when a stupid man is doing something he's ashamed of he claims it's his duty. the stupid man can't be too stupid because he has some self-awareness. so i would not call him stupid. did i pass? >> yes. >> the mayor then takes questions. one student asks about school closings. >> we made a decision this year not to do any high schools, because there is a concern about safety. and there was basically the history of fenger. i want everybody to know, nobody really likes to do this. but we're not doing this ever again for five years. and the entire focus from now on is only one thing, education.

>> deputy chief schmitz walks the streets to keep gang bangers away from safe routes. >> what's the problem here? >> gang members were hanging out here right on the route, so we had to move him. >> around here, there's a raging gang war going on, and these guys aren't putting their guns down for anybody. >> protect ourself. >> i'm fixing to [ bleep ] get them before they get me. >> i'm going to get my gun and come back and merc your ass. >> 13-year-old rapper goes by the name lil mo got national attention. >> i just like rapping about my neighborhood. >> but house has become a target of neighborhood rivals from the

ville. >> they came and shot up my house and killed my dog in the backyard. they shot out the bathroom window. >> going to fenger means crossing into enemy territory. >> now you got a neighborhood that's been at war for 30, 40 years going to school with each other. that would have been a no-go for them. >> little mouse's family decided he won't be going to fenger. instead he'll be home schooled. >> what is my count for how many kids we have in the building? >> little mouse was among the no-shows. and each absent kid costs about $5,000 in funding. >> what's your 20, gordon? >> we only have like 200 something kids show up. if we don't get more kids in here we're going to lose position. that's a really bad number.

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today, we would love to chat with you. >> what do you think? >> one sex joke is funny, two sex jokes means -- >> i feel like we're in survival mode. >> you guys come back to the office now and i'm going to work with you and watch you all day. >> thank you. >> as fenger high, pressure is also mounting. >> i need all the counselors in my office. >> they need more students to show up, or else the cash-strapped school will lose more funding. >> i need everybody's attention. we're a little bit over 50% in terms of attendance on the first day of school. that's not going to work. we only have 35 roughly ninth graders that have shown up to school today. they're only giving us ten days to get in as many kids as we can. so it's a really big deal. so everyone think about what we can do. >> i had offered like $50 to the

person who brings the most students, walmart gift cards. >> give out mcdonald's gift cards. >> dose the school have a facebook page or twitter account? >> no. >> that might be something to consider. >> on facebook, kids were putting as their status, i'm not coming to school today. >> cps security chief jadine chau makes a surprise visit to fenger. for principal dozer, it's not exactly the best time. >> how are you? >> we're checking in with the high schools around the area just to see if we can lend any support. >> we're good. >> you know i just like being here, too. >> yeah. walk around and take it all in.

>> same here.ck to school. >> i'm just going to walk around. >> sounds good. >> on day one, fenger struggles with underenrollment. while other schools deal with overcrowded classrooms. school chief barbara bennett checks on how they're doing. >> what's your attendance for today, how many students? >> i counted 43 -- 44. >> 44 enrolled and they are 44 in attendance. >> before the end of next week, we will work this out. my heart is like, 40 little kinder garden kids? this that were my grandsons, i would be pulling them out of here. >> at the sound of the bell, the first day of school is over. back on the safe passage out, joel burns takes a survey of

who's doing the best job so far. >> policemen or firemen, who's doing the best job? >> both. >> you have to pick one. >> the police. >> fire! >> aside from a little confusion, some attendance issues and opening day jitters, it was a pretty smooth start. >> everything looked pretty good. i saw a lot of city services out there. >> the superintendent gets the day of the day report on safe passage. >> very good coverage, no issues. >> okay. >> it's a good start to this thing. we just have to keep it going. we haven't won anything yet. >> mccarthy knows there's 179 school days left to go. >> mr. mayor, where you at! >> two days later, protests spill into the street. >> i thought you were supposed to be in school.

>> today, some students is, like asean, protest budget cuts by not going to school. he joins a nationwide schoolboy cot that's calling for more support for public education. >> 50 years ago it was for the people. today it's for the kids. ain't no power like the power of the people because the power of the people don't stop. >> even though the decision to cut $68 million from classroom spending is final, protesters refuse to give up their fight. >> there's going to be 39 kids in my classroom because of those budget cuts. rahm emanuel needs to come down here and talk to the people, communicate with them. >> passionate debates over politics and policy. that's nothing new for mayor emanuel. >> when i was growing up, we were a family about politics. our family dinners were a slugfest over politics. it became so violent, and i mean violent, screaming, yelling. my grandfather would slam the

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 president clinton. within seven months, i had fallen on the wrong side of the first lady. not a smart idea. i was notified i was going to be fired. but i just said, i'm not

leaving. i don't know where i got the guts to say this. i just said, the president will tell me. if he doesn't tell me, i'm not going anywhere. and i knew clinton couldn't look me in the eye and say it. and the rest is history. the guy they were going to fire had his office next door to the president. >> the defining moment in rahm emanuel's life occurred when he was a teenager, just like these students. >> i was 17 and i needed to make some money to go to college. and i got a summer job. i was a meat cutter, so i was cleaning the blade. i cut my finger and i ended up with five blood infections, two bone infections and gangrene. i had a 105 fever and was this close to dying. i was a total screwup, and i took that experience and i staid every day i'm going to make sure i get everything out of life. i'm not going to let a day go where i don't make a difference,

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practice will pay off. >> i want everybody to please stand up. i need everyone on their feet. come on. you have a choice. would you like a regular coke or a diet coke? if you chose regular, i would like you to sit back down. diet coke drinkers have on average four times more sex than everyone else sitting down. that's right. let's give them a big round of applause. >> night and day in 24 hours. >> we would love to talk to you today. i would love to meeting you and sharing a diet coke. thank you. >> downtown, alex pulled often improbable comeback to score an investor. on the west side, joel and his crew race to their first big test, a raging fire. >> we have the expression that you're baptized by mother fire. what these guys know or don't know you're not going to find that out until you have a fire with them.

>> bring the line here. >> battling the blaze, captain burns rallies his men to control a fire in an autoparts stop. >> should have gone under with this. disconnect this. we're running under. come up, a little left. >> that's it! >> all right, gentlemen, strong work. >> if the world ran like we run the fire department, we would be a lot better off. we don't mess around. we identify the problem, we take care of the problem. and that's that. >> firefighters hit the bar for a couple cold ones in honor of joel and others that recently got promoted to captain. >> we all know why we're here, right? to honor captain joel burns. >> congratulations.

♪ >> that's one of our cars up there. there's a fire here today. everything all right? >> back on the beat in englewood, leo sends a message to the bad guys. >> we're going to talk to some of the gang bangers. we told them no matter what they do or think, their job is also to make sure nothing happens to the kids going to school. you would be shocked at the ones that agreed with us, and they never agree with us. >> a call comes over the radio, and leo's on it. >> what happened, anybody fighting? >> i don't know what's going on. >> nobody is telling us nothing. >> four people were shot and leo is canvassing the area. >> i am trying to get in front of it. that's all.

>> principal dozier has her own problem to solve, where are her missing freshman? during the last four years, fenger's enrollment has declined by 50% from 1300 students to about 500. liz needs more students to show up or the school will lose even more funding. >> so reality, we only have 200 kids and 35 freshman. we have to take it serious. i need to know, give me a list of kids. you know what i'm saying? offer them, we've got mcdonald's cards, whatever we have to do to get them up in here. this is not a scary thing, but i believe in being transparent. ain't nobody here safe. >> liz is already stressed out about the budget crisis and losing students. and a few fights at school make matters worse. >> you are going to wait here, bottom line, stop! >> when an expelled student tries to get back in school,

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in englewood today, a shooting near a school while the kids were at recess. >> on the fourth day of school, a 23-year-old was shot just a block from an elementary school in broad daylight. >> apparently it was at 65th and may, not on school property. bla, bla, bla. nonetheless, you know, we're serious about it. our safety plans were all in place. >> hey. there was a shooting outside of the school today, an adult was shot. >> everyone knows it happened on a safe passage route. but the good news is no chirp were hurt. >> this is something we've been dealing with for the past 20 years in chicago, and it's not new.

now it's much more visible because we have so much attention. we're very prepared and equipped to handle these situations. but it doesn't mean that people, parents, students won't be uncomfortable. >> safety is concern number one. but the enrollment and funding are also at the top of the list. >> there are another 3,000 kids, worth about $12 million, that would look like it's going to be cut at this point that won't be cut. >> principals only have ten days to find their missing kids to qualify their schools for full funding. >> when we get to the ninth day, you get a sense of where kids are going to fall. at this point, if i were a principal, i would be using every other resource in my building to literally to knock the doors. >> principal dozier is already on the case. >> you're going to be in the community walk today, right? >> yeah. >> if we don't find the kids,

we'll have even less for our kids who are here. it's not good. this is the number one biggest thing that brought the kids in last year was you guys knocking on doors. so please go get out kids for tomorrow. right now we're still missing over 100 kids. so 100 times the $5,000. so i've already started thinking about who is going to have to go. >> bye, guys, have fun. go get our kids. >> despite many dire predicti predictions, the school year has gotten off to a safe start. but only time will tell you the consolidation and budget cuts will affect student safety and learning in the future. for now, work is being done here at dulles elementary. >> i was speaking with the mayor about the culture of calm, that this church, that this field has brought for us. >> now, this year we went -- the city went through a very

difficult period of time, very stressful period of time. but because of the decisions we were willing to make, there are new air conditions, there are new roofs, there are new windows, there are new computers in these classrooms and we could not do that before. you can tell by what's going on behind us, that is one exciting moment of time. that's right. i look forward to recess. it's the one thing i excelled at in school. see you later. have a good day at school. >> there's some guy right there. hi. >> how are you doing? >> we're here from fenger high school. they don't live here anymore? where are you headed to? oh, you're in the suburbs? we have one more, this is so bad. guys. what happened?

we miss you. well like you to come back. we really would. if you think about it, if you change your mind, you're always welcome to come back. guys, what are we going to do? we are 0 for 9. i've never seen it like this before, where it's like, you know, i've never had a team where we didn't get any kids back. i don't feel good about it. >> when we say building a new chicago, we mean building a new chicago. >> this is like real. >> i love school. >> we've got to get 45 kids in this door. >> greatest job in america. >> chicago is the most elegant city. >> if you're someone that's done

well, you're expected to give back. >> let me do what i've got to do. >> we've got to wake up the sleeping giant that's not doing what they need to do. this is cnn breaking news. >> this is a cnn special report, the mystery of flight 370. i'm don lemon. we have breaking news. we are awaiting a news conference on the hunt for the missing plane right now. we're going to take you there live the moment that press conference starts. planes are in the air searching the southern indian ocean for traces of flight 370. 10 military aircraft, 4 civilian jets and 9 ships are crisscrossing an area about 84,000 square miles northwest of perth. one of those ships is conducting what's being called a specific search. we'll have more on that in just a moment. and another