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>> murder, murder, murder. >> this -- >> it's going to be hard. >> as the summer winds down chicagoens try to take advantage of the warm weather while it lasts. police superintendent throws out the first pitch before his cops take on the firefighters in their annual show down. >> we might lose in football and 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 and murders than last summer. mccarthy knows with school opening soon a tough task. over on the west side the mayor

joins students for a production of shakespeare. >> under our fearful minds. >> the first day of school just around the corner liz is worried about the budget short fall. the mayor promises to look into it but he has bigger things to deal with. in the spring the mayor controlled school board approved the largest consolidation in american histery. nobody is sure how it will affect kids. >> the first day of school is august 26. >> august 26. >> the count down begins 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. >> one of 54 so-called welcoming schools accepting students from schools closed in the consolidation. >> we have students coming from gang territory. our parents want to know when their children walk out the front door in the morning they want them to come back safe. >> i think we got the mayor in the house. >> the mayor responded to parents concerns by spending about $8 million to hire 600 additional safe package workers. >> no resident from the mayor down to a grand parent or parent gets a pass. we are all accountable. >> the changes that the mayor push through the board of education don't get a pass either. now they will be tested. >> i want you all to do me a favor. i want you to stand up for a second. the city of chicago is on watch for the children of chicago.

turn around and show them who we are. >> these folks will keep an eye out for trouble on the safe passage routes. if something happens it is their job to call police. >> superintendent, who is accountable? >> 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 leads to put a lid on violence and keep kids safe. >> the difference between my district and other districts is i have eight schools. other places have one or two. i think you will have to take my plan. i won't be able to cover anything. >> commander has seven close schools in his district. >> if they want us to do that, that means i need to put down to

cover schools. i can't do it. i'm not going to do it. then there is nobody answering any calls in the whole district. >> to protect school kids these cops have to stop gang beats before they lead to shootings. >> this is where joe joe got killed over a year ago yesterday. ♪ >> during the first week of school last year little joe joe was shot dead on the street not long after taunting a crew of rap rivals. his most popular song was called -- short for black disciple killer. the rappers were associated with the black street gang. and superstar best known for his

hit song "i don't like". a year later joe joe's friends haven't forgotten. >> they turn around and usually a big like this -- then the girl said they shot like six times. they started it. >> i don't think this is ever going to stop. >> commander's work to keep the on going conflict from erupting so innocent kids don't get caught in the cross fire. >> this is a big area. this is where the fighting comes in right along here. >> seventh district we have all of the challenges because we have a lot of other things to cover at the same time as safe passages. tough. we do it. we don't want anything to happen to our kids. >> nearly every city agency called to help out. including the fire department. >> from a technical standpoint i

don't know what we are going to do because if anything goes south what am i going to do? i'm going to have to hit them with an ax. >> a fire captain now in charge of truck 41. >> everybody knows it is 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. >> how many shots did we hear? >> ten or 12. >> i try very hard not to bring it home because it would harden you. you see a child shot. you have to detach yourself from that emotionally. i have a daughter. you cannot take it personally. >> joel was born into this profession. his family has been fighting fires in chicago for generations. >> if my father were on the fire

department i would be a fourth generation. my great grandfather, grandfather and myself. for me you try to instill that tradition in the young guys. >> for 13 years joel's worked as a reliever going through different firehouses in the city. as a first day of school approaches the new captain looking to get assigned to his own house and stay put for a while. >> as a reliever you are like a substitute teacher. that is why i bid for a captain's spot. we'll see. i think the older you get starting to become aware of the fact that you are not invincible. lost quite a few guys on the job. at the end of the day it's just the fact that it is going to take a toll. am i worried about not coming out? never. you can't think about that because otherwise you are not going to do your job.

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to solve a problem? i don't think he worries about how people feel in the middle of it. >> we have a mayor who shows great energy when it comes to raising money from the corporate supporters. when it comes to finding funding in our city for the public schools he is nowhere to be seen. >> the budget gap the school board voted to slash $68 million in spending in addition to closing 50 schools and laying off 3,000 workers. >> parents and teachers stand together with students athletes. >> we are hearing they want the mayor's head on the platter. the schools with the highest levels of violence will be a train wreck. >> nobody wants the budget cuts. the missing money that te mayor promised to look into has apparently vanished. >> we found out that cps never

put it in official writing. it was promises made by former ceos up in the air. people made a promise. we need funds. that was the last that i heard from my boss. >> i do a lot of things. >> school starts in three days. they don't know about the additional budget cuts. >> my name is liz and i'm the boss. >> yeah. >> liz works to lift their spirits before breaking the news about what is 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 --

the people that we have, everyone of you sitting in the room you are the people to take us to the next level. you are it. everybody put one hand in. real nice and tight. we are real friendly. >> she believes her team can do more with less this year. losing more money to staff jobs means it won't be easy. fewer than 72 hours to go the city prepares for the first day of school. over on the west side captain burns gets ready for the first day of his own. he got the assignment he wanted leading a firehouse in the same as he started his career. >> on the west side which is where i came from, where i was a fireman originally. i have my own locker now. you got to love that a little bit. as far as uniforms i don't care

what you wear in the house but when you are on the street wear a uniform. chief shows up, be in uniform. having my own house where i can mold the fire men to my standards is one of the biggest advantages of getting my own house. i'm looking forward to it. >> not only will joel captain a new engine company but will have to cover a safe passage route. >> certainly we have concerns. don't get me wrong. we are going to walk the kids to school. that is great until we get a call. as you see around here that happens quite a bit. what is going to happen with the kids? i don't know. >> a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed a block away from a safe passage route. >> on the weekend before school starts there is a shooting and it's got parents worried. ♪ i'm a soldier

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students will attend new schools. >> you guys good? i'm wearing my uniform. you know what it is? >> rahm said he ran for mayor to improve chicago schools and if anything goes wrong today he will take the blame. >> good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> welcome back to school. >> good to see you. have a good day. >> if something bad goes down school security chief will be among the first to know. >> how is it going? >> it's my job to worry about children and things going wrong. that's what i do for a living. i'm sure i will find out what that is about. we will find out what that is about in one minute. >> everything cool? i didn't know what the lights were. >> how are we doing, guys? >> joel burns and firefighters all across chicago do their part

for safe passage. >> you are interrupting operation safe passage for me to call you. this is the plan while we watch the school kids walk out. are you excited to be back? >> no. >> truthfully. she was being honest. >> let's go! ♪ vacation's over, back to school again ♪ ♪ no more running around summer's gone again ♪ >> welcome back. >> liz tries to do 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 emanual prefers to go to staged environments. >> when the mega phone is on he goes out the back door. >> i can understand the anger. it doesn't mean it is right. the hard work was done by people doing the hard work. so you say to me i'm accountable for what i do and i'm willing to take it. somebody calling a name i have had my whole life. >> so far things are off to a smooth start. the mayor stops by a once under

performing school that has made vast improvements. >> we started with a quote or question and wanted to put you on the spot. >> when a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of he always declares it is his duty. why would someone do this? first of all, the stupid man can't be too stupid because he is ashamed of something so he has some self-awareness. i would not call him stupid. do i pass? >> he takes questions one student asks about school closings. >> it is just elementary schools? why not just high schools? >> 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. i want everybody to know there ain't a mayor in america that doesn't like opening schools. we are not doing this ever again

for five years. the entire focus from now on is one thing, education. >> deputy chief walks the streets to make sure his officers keep gang bangers as far away from safe passage routes as possible. >> gang member eer hanging out the route. >> around here there is a raging gang war going on. >> protect ourselves. >> i'm fixing to get this. >> reaction to every problem i'm going to get my gun and come back. ♪ >> 13-year-old rapper egot national attention when he put tales of real life gang beats to a rap beat. lil mouse has become a target of

neighborhood rivals. >> they came and shot up my house and killed my dog in the backyard. they shot out the back way. my childhood ain't normal. >> you got two neighborhoods warned 30 or 40 years, that would have been it for them. >> lil mouse's family decided he won't be going to fenger and will be home schooled. >> what is my count for how many kids in the building. >> lil mouse was among many no >> we only have like 2 hundred-something kids that s w shows up. we don't get more kids in this building, we're going to lose

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everyone think about what we can do. >> i had offer like $50 to the person who brings the most students, grocery gift card, walmart gift card. mcdonald's cards with another student. >> does the school have a facebook page or twitter account? >> on facebook, kids were putting as their status, i'm not coming to school today. >> hello. how's it going? >> the security chief makes a surprise visit to fenger. >> this is a school we expect to be doing pretty darn well. >> for the principal, it's not exactly the best time. >> hey, how are you? >> so we're checking in with the high schools in the area just to see if we can lend any support. but of course you guys are doing great. >> well, you know, i just like being here too. >> yeah, i'm glad you're here.

feel free to -- >> just walk around. >> yeah, take it all in. >> welcome back to school. >> okay. >> i'm just going to walk around. >> okay, sounds good. >> on day one, fenger struggles with underenrollment, while other schools deal with overcrowded classrooms. barbara bennett checks on how they're doing. >> what's your attendance for today? how many students? >> i have 43. >> 44? >> 44. >> there are 44 in enrolled and in attendance. >> they can't with 40. before the end of next week, we'll work this out. i'm telling you, 40 little kinder garten kids. if that were my grand sonds, i'd be pulling them out of here. at the sound of the bell, the first day of school is over.

captain joe burns takes a survey of who's doing the best job so far. >> who is your favorite? >> both. >> you got to pick one. [ all speak at once ] >> 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 little of city surfaces out there. >> superintendent mccarthy gets the report. >> very good coverage, no issues. that's it, sir. >> it's a good start. we just got to make sure that we keep it going. we haven't won anything yet. it's going to take a while. >> mccarthy knows there's 179 school days left. >> mr. mayor, where you at? >> just two days later,

protesters spill into the street. >> i thought you was supposed to be in school. >> today, some students protest budget cuts by not going to school. joining a nationwide boycott that's calling for more public education on the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's march on washington. >> 50 years ago it was for the people. today is 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 funding, protesters refuse up their fight. >> there's going to be 39 people in my classroom because of those budget cuts. the mayor needs to come out here and communicate with the people. >> it's nothing new for mayor emanuel. >> when i was growing up, we were a people about politics. so our family dinners were a

slug fest over politics. it became violent. my grandfather screamed so loud my german shepherd grabbed him, and my father took us out of the room, and that was just a family dispute. >> each side is convinced they're fighting for the survival of chicago's public schools. >> you cannot lock our voices out and say, we know what's best for you. >> is the mayor here? >> what i can do, receive the materials and give them to everybody in the office. >> is the mayor in chicago? >> the mayor is in chicago. >> the mayor is no stranger to crisis and he shares with students lessons he's learned. >> i get to the white house with president clinton, within about seven months, i fallen on the wrong side of the first lady. i was notified that i was going to be fired.

and everything. 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. i made my way to senior adviser. the guy they were going to fire has his office next door to the president. >> but his defining moment occurred when he was a teenager. >> i was 17, 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. i ended up with five blood infections, two bone infections, and gangrene. i had 105 fever and was this close to dying. prior to that, i was a total screw-off. and i took that experience and i said, every day i'm going to

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>> principal dozier has her own problem to solve. where are her missing freshmen? over the last four years, enrollment has declined 50% from 1300 to about 500. liz needs more students to show up or the school will lose more funding. >> only about 35 freshmen. we have to take this serious. i need to know, give me your list of kids. what have you done? what have i done? we got mcdonald's cards. whatever we got to do to get them up in here. it's not a scary thing. but it's my job, your job, your job, ain't nobody here safe. >> liz is already stressed out about the budget crisis and losing students. a few fights at school make matters worse. >> you are going to wait here! bottom line, stop!

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♪ >> in ingelwood today, a shooting near the school while the kids were out at recess. >> on the fourth day of school, a 23-year-old was shot a block away from a school in broad daylight. >> it was at 65th in may. it was not on school property. blah, blah, blah, nonetheless, we're serious about it. our safety plans were all in place. >> hey. >> hey. >> there was a shooting outside of the school today. an adult was shot. >> it is a welcoming school, as everyone knows. it happened on a safe passage route. the good news is no children were hurt. this is something that we've

been dealing with for the last 20 years in chicago. it's not new. now it's more visible because we so much more attention on our schools. we're well prepared and equipped to handle these situations, but it doesn't mean, that people, parents, students, won't be uncomfortable. >> okay. >> safety is concern number one. but declining enrollment and funding is also at the top of the list. >> we're confident those kids will be showing up. >> 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 do generally get a sense of where kids are going to fall. a school with 300 is not going to go to 600 or 500. it doesn't happen. at this point, if i were principal, i would be using every resource in my building to knock the doors. >> principal dozier is already on the case. >> hey, you're going to be in the community walk today, right?

>> yeah. >> if we don't find the kids that will help 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, you guys going on and knocking on doors. go out there and get our kids for tomorrow. >> right now we're missing over a hundred kids. so a hundred times 5,000. >> i'm trying to get to the door. >> already thinking about who is going to have to go. >> bye, guys, have fun, go get our kids! >> despite many dire predictions, the school year has gotten off to a safe start, but only time will tell on the consolidation and budget cuts affecting students learning in the future. for now, rahm tries to keep them focused on school improvements like the work done here at dulles elementary. >> i was speaking with the mayor about the culture of calm, that this turf, that this field has

brought for us. >> this year, the city went through a very difficult period of time, a very stressful period of time. but because of the decisions we made, there are new air conditioners, new roofs, new computers in these classrooms. we could not do that before. you can tell by what's going on behind us, that is one exciting moment in time. i look forward to recess. it was the one thing i excelled at at school. [ laughter ] >> see you later. >> bye-bye. >> have a good day at school. >> bye-bye. >> you have a good day. >> you have a good day too. >> there's somebody right there. >> hi. >> how you doing? >> we're here from fenger high school. they don't live here anymore? all right, on to the next one. 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. we'd like you to come back. we really would. if you think about it, and you change your mind, you're always welcome to come back. >> guys, what are we going to do? we have 0 for 9. i've never seen it like this before. where it's like, i was never on a team where we didn't get any kids back. i don't know, i don't feel good about it. next on chicago land -- >> when we say building a new chicago, we mean building a new chicago! >> this is like real. >> i love school. >> we got to get 45 kids in this door. >> but i can't walk to school. >> it's going to mean somebody at the table will not be here.

>> i love this job. >> if you're someone who's done well, you're expected to give back. >> relax, let me do what i got to do. >> what's the cost of a human life? >> we got to take up the sleeping giant that's not doing what they need to do. >> this is a cnn special report, the mystery of flight 370. we have breaking news on the hunt for the missing plane. in a news conference just a short time ago, the head of the joint agency coordination center said this about the search. >> we looked at how the aircraft might have performed, the likely flight path, the speed at which it might have been flown at the altitude at which it might have been flown, and all of that has been fused to try and determine