plunge hundreds of feet. all right, susan hendricks, thank you so much. that does it for us, "cnn cnn's original series "chicagoland" is proudly presented by allstate. are you in good hands? >> previously on "chicagoland" -- >> if you want to see america, you come to its heart land. what's the capital of that heart land? >> anything is possible. >> right here in chicago. there's no city like chicago. then you start to come to the neighborhoods it's a little different. >> there's too many guns in our community. >> we want to be the one that make it out. >> everything we built the last four years is at stake. >> nobody here is safe. >> today we send a message to the world. >> show them who we are.

>> visionary chicago architect daniel burnham has been quoted as saying make no little plan. they have no magic to stir men's blood. that's been the essence of modern chicago. the city of big shoulders built on big ideas and big movements. they often didn't make an impact without a fight. this is the place where people die for an eight-hour work day and fair wages. the black power movement turned up the heat on the fight for civil rights. >> revolution. >> in 1968, the whole world was watching when anti-war radicals pushed for peace against major richard j. daley's police force. >> there will be law and order in chicago as long as i'm there. >> in 2008 a whole world was watching again.

>> hello, chicago. >> as the struggle for equal rights led to what was once unthinkable this election of an african-american as president of the united states. today, there's a new struggle. >> america's become rich and poor. you see that in new york, miami, washington, d.c. rich, and poor. people getting poorer and poorer. we have to rebuild the middle class. deal with that as quickly as possible. >> there's some real irony here. emanual got his start raising money for daley and now he has to pay for what is left behind. >> don't tell me this is how it was for 40 years. is there a better way to do it?

>> mayor emanual presents his budget to the city council. >> father god, we ask a blessing upon this council and a blessing upon this mayor, mayor rahm emanual. >> chicago is facing a looming crisis, under funded pensions. the city failed to make required payments and now its workers have the most under funded pensions of any major u.s. city. >> over the last four decades the government has made promises to its employees. in the years since, they have never come up with that promise. today the bill is due. a doomsday scenario, a ticking time bomb of public employee pensions which already account for 42 cents of every property tax dollar you pay in chicago that. could double next year without pension reform. >> rahm emanual, you have to go. if you vote to change our pensions, you are going to be gone.

>> about $1 billion in pension payments are due in 2015 that. could lead to huge property tax increases, slash city services and cuts to city worker benefits. >> just lean on it. you only need like 100 feet. >> chicago firefighters are among the city workers caught in the cross hairs of the pension crisis. >> let that burn up a bit and we will hit it again when it burns through a little. >> fire captain joel burns is 50 years old and spent 25 years on the job. now he is five years away from retirement. >> when you are young you are not thinking of your pension. the old timers worry about the pension there was more of a guarantee. you just assumed the pension was going to be there. >> you have a fire up in a bow string there. i showed up for work every day. i expect that that's going to be honored, their end of the bargain. if that wasn't, at this late stage of the game i would consider that a betrayal absolutely. i would be honest, it would piss me off.

>> city's looming financial problems also could lead to fewer cops on the street, and that could threaten the police department's recent success. >> how many people have family relatives that have been police before? great tradition, man. that's great. >> at the academy graduation, the mayor and superintendent welcome new officers. >> good morning, everybody. god, i love when they do that. you have heard that you have to go back to the early '60s to find the levels of violence that we have now created in partnership with our community here in the city of chicago. the fact is that's progress, not victory. we still have a long way to go. >> reporter: some of these new officers will serve in the engelwood district where mccarthy's strategy helped reduce shootings 20% in 2013. >> guy come cans out of the gangway and starts to shoot. we already have the offenders in custody.

>> offender -- a program run by robert spicer has had an impact in my role is to support you, to work with you. i'm here. >> thanks to budget cuts, the school could lose that program and spicer could be out of a job. >> we need to stay the course on using these practices and holding everybody accountable to what we say we are going to do as a school community. >> even though we don't have as much there's things we could do there's always hope. >> mr. spicer, come in mr. spicer. >> liz is organizing a fund-raiser that could safe the programs. >> this is liz. i'm looking in to the 501(c)(3) as well. >> if our funding doesn't come through, i won't be able to do this. especially when you consider the needs of our kids an first-time

college goers and kids trying to navigate the complexity of the college process. i think the reality is kids get lost. >> without that money, she won't be able to help kids like liam whose lives were turned around at fenger and now plan to go to college. >> my dream is to work in an office. i know that sounds crazy. i want to be the kind of person that wakes up in the morning kiss my wife and go to work. i watch movies and see people doing that and man, that's what i want to do. >> for many people that's an obtainable dream. but in engelwood too many kids don't live long enough for it to come true. >> no one on this board is over 25. there's 25 and under on this board. >> pete left for college as scheduled. >> i'm real proud.

i'm a single mother of three. it was hard with a teenager boy, but he had it together. >> see y'all. >> lee never made it to college. >> lee fell off the radar. that's very concerning. when you start to name off the kids that have graduated that didn't the get off to college, you take off the names of different kids that have passed away. >> lee mccallum. >> we had a lot built around lee. he was attached to us. he graduated and we have the safety net of him being in the school but he's never fallen off the radar and no one knows what the heck happened to him. ♪

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>> he founded groupon and launched a conference attended by big thinkers, intrapreneurs and leaders. >> he said i'm going to start it. it is called chicago ideas week. who's in? hebru is a graffiti artist who grew up on the south side and rose to international acclaim. >> i will add the moon and hebrew message for the day. it's a character that i have created called the fly boy. it comes from the tuskegee airmen. tuskegee airmen were a platoon of african-american soldiers and pilots in world war ii. there aren't many characters in popular cartoons, comics, et cetera that are african-american, latin of any color. to give us identity.

>> chicago idea weeks artist and resident hebru has been hired to create. >> i grew up in chicago on the low end and couldn't wait to get out of chicago. in your neighborhood now how do you feel. >> i feel nervous walking down certain streets. >> stopped a lot handcuffed for no reason because of your skin color. >> are you hanging out in your neighborhood? >> i'm not going out in that. i'd rather stay in the house than get shot because that seems like what everybody else is doing. >> the everyday street violence these kids endure often gets ignored. but unexpected acts of violence in big cities can capture the whole world's attention. six months after the boston

bombing, chicago's the first city to host a major marathon. >> the marathon is taking place almost six months to the day of the bombing in boston. what have we learned from that? >> we will have eyes on the ground on just about every foot of the marathon route. >> chicago marathon is one of the biggest events of the year with 45,000 runners and a million people lining the streets. >> it's my job to worry about what could happen. we are talking about a 26-mile route. it is a lot more challenging to make sure we get it done. >> i still want you to be vigilant. i know you will, but i'm telling you. >> the marathon coming to town. the mayor is pushing superintendent mccarthy to make sure nothing goes wrong and never lets up. >> mayor emanual is a bull fighter on steroids. he kind of takes it to another level. it's not me, is it. >> the chicago marathon brings international attention and tourism dollars to chicago. that's a top priority for

chicago and he reminds people he is a triathlete. >> i swim and run and i decide what a way to challenge your mid-life crisis. >> over in edison park, captain burns faces a mid-life crisis of his own, his personal finances. >> if you can get it in there an two more towards the front. if my wife saw me doing this she [ bleep ] >> like a lot of firefighters joel works a side job to make extra cash. >> it takes a lot of discipline to work a second job when you are dragging out of the fire house after an hour's sleep for the 24-hour time. i'm getting told for that [ bleep ] but that's all i know. that's all i ever did. it's what i do.

>> a recent study by the brookings institute shows chicago has one of the fastest shrinking middle classes in the country. >> do you think that chicago is labor friendly for the blue collar working man? >> i don't think it is the labor friendly. >> until it is election time. >> election time. >> everyone is a democrat but guess what it is not labor -- >> exactly. >> what have you done for labor. >> you said you look out for organized labor but now we are vilified. because we're union now we're the bad guys. >> chicago is still the union town. we're stick of being mistreated. >> teacher organizers like joey mcdermott predicted after the school closed schools he would open charter schools. they approved seven this year. >> chicago board of education moving forward today with seven new privately-run charter schools.

it's a battle between quality charter schools and quality neighborhood schools. it's a battle that has divided this city. >> some parents like to have the choice to send their children to charter schools, but many are concerned about the city's commitment to public education. i'm here with other proms to fight for neighborhood schools. it is frustrating to find out how schools are funded. >> charter schools do not outperform neighborhood public schools. they are investment and opportunities for rich people. >> at fenger the charter school movement has had a real impact. they recruit away some the best students which decreases enrollment and affects funding. >> we are competing with other schools like charter schools. if you look at our school and add the charter schools that opened up, add our enrollments together, that used to be the enrollment of fenger. those are our kids. you get new boots? me too. you are welcome. >> fenger under performs

academically which makes it harder to compete with charter schools. >> i'm not going to be here in five years. >> how was your day? >> come to school every day. >> liz hasn't given up. she is always push ing to keep her kids engaged and connected to fenger with nights like this one. ♪ it's wrestling day brought to fenger by rock star billy corgan. >> how are you? >> very nice to meet you. >> we're really excited. i think it will be really good. >> the kids love wrestling day. i was shocked. i didn't think i wanted wrestling there. >> this wrestling exhibition may seem counterintuitive in a school struggling with violence problem but four are teachers who see a lesson here.

>> these days you can't go outside like how it was in the past. you are afraid to go down the streets of the park. some kids will grow up a little angry. when they can find something like boxes, mma or professional wrestling, then you start to see a change. now they are not so aggressive. a lot of the students you see end up in trouble only because they don't have that outlet. ♪ can't trust a soul [ bleep ] ♪ >> luckily mccallum who is missing but police say videos like this could lead to violence on the street. >> you believe this? you see all of the kids. >> everything's okay but i expect that out of lee. >> don't expect that, though. >> okay. but i'm saying after four years of having him here and things he's been suspended for. >> i don't want to hear it. i think we are not doing enough. don't you think?

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it's marathon sunday in chicago and the start of a long day for superintendent mccarthy. >> haven't seen sunrise over the lake in a while. >> based on what happened boston, we can't take any chances. so it's a lot of attention. >> what's going on?

any issues? >> none. >> how many marathons. >> this is 43. >> 43, wow. >> that is james skinny sheehan and today he's running the marathon to raise money for special olympics, his favorite charity. >> the best export to come out of the of chicago. >> reporter: he is one of chicago's most influential south side families. his brother was 19th ward alderman and sheriff. and skinny worked as a special events coordinator. today is his 43rd marathon and running for a group that hopes to win six fixes for special olympics. how many are running for the first time? ♪ >> the thing that's great about the chicago marathon is the fact we go through a tremendous amount of neighborhoods in the city of chicago. starting with the gold coast, chinatown, great town. >> most of people from here are

from mexico. they go to mass in the morning and everybody comes out and screams for the runners. it's a great day. i'm feeling good. i still have another hour. >> change for me. thank you. is that mine? this mine? >> you got the big bag. >> i'm hungry. >> so far so good. gary even has time for lunch until he gets a phone call. >> oh, jesus. we didn't find them, right. >> not yet. they are backtracking the cameras to see what was what. there were so many over there. so -- >> okay. >> mccarthy gets word his officers tried to stop a suspicious woman with a backpack but she got away. mayor checks in for an update.

>> i never felt like a bigger wimp. >> to do four miles, right? >> everything good? >> yeah. we have one thing going on. we have to figure it out. somebody saw somebody and we're trying to figure out if they ran away from us or she just disappeared in the crowd are. >> what's it? >> female carrying a backpack. >> you know where she is? >> no. >> we have 100 police. extra precaution. it could be nothing. it's probably nothing. >> listen, do you have two with minutes? i need to run something by you really quick. >> liz dozier is running an endurance race to keep fenger alive. >> i thought i could run this building, be a full-time fund-raiser and do the things in the community that i do and i

thought i could do that and have a personal life. i feel hopeful and then all right now back to reality. >> liz can't raise the kind of money she needs with bake sales and raffle tickets. she has to think bigger. >> thank you for arranging this for real. i really appreciate it. >> don't thank me yet. it might not turn out at all. >> she turns to her friend billy for help with a fund-raiser. >> nice to meet you. >> billy introduces liz to juanita jordan, michael jordan's ex-wife and a fellow fenger alumnus. >> you are from, there right? >> it was different. >> where you start is meeting the right people. she's focused out there and doesn't know any of that community here. so my thought was if you were in to it like maybe we host a little reception of some sort

between my friends and your friends. >> people are going to be ready to get involved. they already see the progress. i think people will be very excited to continue that progress with you. i'd be happy to be part of that. i think it will be fun. >> i'm so excited. >> as the marathon leaders round the final turn, the woman with a backpack appears to be a false alarm. >> he's doing four-minute miles. so i could meet this guy at the turn and he would beat me to the finish. >> nonstop across the finish line here today on a beautiful day here in chicago. >> skinny crosses the finish line in just over four hours. not bad for an old guy. when it was over, skinny and the group he ran with raised $100,000 for special olympics. as the last runners crossed the

finish line, mccarthy can finally relax. >> this is a great town. >> amazing. look at how pretty that is. the skyline. >> it's like manhattan on a lake. [ phone ringing ] >> hello. lee? >> how's it going ms. dozier? >> how are you? >> i'm fine but i could be better. >> from his point of view -- >> i heard you were gone and i was concerned. >> i'm not in chicago. i'm trying to turn around myself to some positiveness. >> lee fled the city because he's broke and his life may have been in danger. he is staying with a family member on a farm outside of chicago. >> i left chicago because a lot of people were taking names. >> facebook, we talk to -- i know everything but i know enough to know that's a good idea that you are not staying in chicago. we have to think of what is the

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there's no denying that mayor emanual's term has ruffled a few feathers. >> he doesn't care. >> the mayor is a real jerk. ain't he? >> when it ends in 2015, some hope to see him go. >> we will be coming up full force. >> rahm emanual needs to go. he is like emperor near row playing with his lighter while rome burns down. >> with $6 million in his campaign fund, the mayor says he's not worried about his election. >> i don't try to government what will this try to do, i'm done running for politics what

would you do. >> yet you are raising money at a frenzy. why. >> i plan to remind people we have done a lot of things. >> every one us of us has had a run-in with him. the d.c. version of the dead fish. >> the progressive caucus talk about taking on mayor emanual. >> things got worse. >> big change the next time around. it doesn't matter how much money you have. the folks out there kissing the mayor's ring and probably his butt, too. it doesn't matter. the people of the city agree with us on our agenda. >> has the city reached this tipping point? i think anybody can be beat. >> everybody outside is yelling at you. give you an example. a year ago, people occupied piccolo school. the kids math scores up 25 points, reading up 18 points, science scores way up.

where are the screamers? no, no, no, no. where are they? they have moved on. >> rahm's future political plans have become a topic of national interest. >> mr. mayor, let's talk about washington. >> let's not and say we did. >> let's talk about chicago. when you wake up in the morning and look at challenges that you face as mayor, at this point, what troubles you the most? >> if we don't fix our pension problem fairly and equitably, the city of chicago will pay interest on the debt pension payments and public safety. we're going to become a mini version of everything that people laugh at on washington right now. i think that's wrong for a city. >> what is fair and equitable to the mayor may not be fair to guys like joel who put their lives on the line every day.

>> i always said i would continue to do this job as long as i enjoyed doing this job. when it became a chore to come to work i would consider retirement. i still love this job. unfortunately now with the uncertainty in our pension that's going to dictate a lot of what i do. do i plan to retire in four years? in a perfect world that would be great. >> who's this? >> this is me. this was me. >> if i don't have the security of the pension that was promised to me, i may not have that opportunity. we have had this place since 1988. we are an hour northwest of the city, which is pretty rural. we have ten acres out here. the kids are running around. everybody's having a good time. i love this place. [ laughter ]

>> that rain is coming. rain is coming. >> at river north at billy's restaurant they are getting ready for the fenger fund-raiser. >> we have tuna and smoked salmon. up to you what you want to put in your roll. >> billy hires fenger students to lend a hand. >> i'm going to pick the best one and name it the fenger roll. >> i'm truly, truly moved by all of you tonight and your support of fenger high school. we believe our kids matter. kids are standing right there, who are no different than your children you tuck in at night just come from extraordinary circumstances. so the dollars that you give tonight will go to support college enrollment, support reading programs, go to support the things that really matter in the lives of our kids and from the bottom of the depths of my

heart and soul, i want to tell you thank you for showing up. thank you so much to everyone. [ applause ] >> it means a lot that you are here with us tonight. really. i attended fenger high school and i graduated in 1977. we had good times. those were the good old days. but these are different times. our youths face a lot of problems now. that's why we are all here. i think with your help tonight, i think billy said we raised -- >> 34,000. >> 34,000. i'm going to personally match that with a $35,000 grant. while i know that this is just a portion of the funding that was lost, i know it's a step in the right direction. we hope all of you continue to work with us.

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sky scraper in the u.s. beating chicago. >> the spire on top makes it the tallest building in the united states. >> oh, yeah. >> funny man jon stewart takes it to new heights. >> guess what, it is an antenna. >> chicago, what are you so mad about? we already gave you guys murder capital of the united states? >> although chicago still leads the country in homicides, there's been a significant decline in the murder rate n. 2012, there were 506 murders in chicago. in 2013, 415. that's an 18% decrease. >> so far this year we have had 90 fewer murders and almost 750 less shooting victims. while there's been less crime, one victim is one too many and

no one will rest until everyone in this city enjoys the same sense of safety. >> how are you doing? hi, sister. >> at a peace march in engelwood, they read the names of those who lost their lives to gun violence in 2013. >> damian barnes, gregory brady. >> the hardest part of my job is the fact we are accountable for reducing crime but we're not in control of the factors that cause it. >> john dmitri buford, antonio -- >> if we want to reduce crime in chicago, it has been proven interventions in the earliest years actually end up preventing incarceration, preventing the commission of violent crimes. >> deshawn williams, donald price, ricardo rivera. >> it's so easy to pull a trigger when the world is dogging you. you treat me like a criminal, i'm going to be a criminal. if you treat me like a child and

you show them love, it's not as easy to pull that trigger. >> dante howard, elliott frazier. willborn, jeremiah milsap. >> can't pluck every kid out of harm's way, so you do what you can do and you can do it. >> try to affect change when you can, if you can. >> jessie clark can, george anderson, frederick tallis. >> we have to stand up and we can no longer point the finger and say it is not my kid. we have to be hands on. we have to all say i will be my brother's keeper. >> kendrick white, kevin ambrone. >> it will take everyone coming together to rally around our children. wake up, our children are dying. >> how are you?

how's your sister? >> at fenger, it's never been easy but they have had some small victories. >> do not hesitate, anything, reference. >> thanks to the fund-raiser dean spicer keeps hi job and fenger keeps restorative justice. >> step it up like you have purpose. we have stuff to do. >> liz gets ready for a visit from the mayor. he is a coming to talk to some of fenger's college-bound seniors. >> i think i'm pretty much covered. thank you. hi. good to see you. how's it going? >> good. >> hey, guys. [ applause ] >> here's the deal. the only thing consonant your life is going to be what? change. a leader has to be able n that process of change, give people

something they can hold on to. change people can take in dosage so they say and sometimes i can even listen to that advice. you are the example of some of the great things happening. how many of you are going to college. i can tell you out there they don't think that. and they are wrong. they are full of it. you are doing great things and i want you to know about. >> what do you think of the importance of civic service in our communities? >> here's the deal. you all raised your hand you are going to graduate. you know you stand out. so run for local school board. take on an issue. do an after-school program for kids. you don't have to be a mayor, congressman or chief of staff, but you have to give something back. >> i'm not sure why this frustrates us, like why don't

people care more? we are not educating the kids. they are not becoming productive members of society. what are we setting them up for, jail, unemployment, all things that cost way more than what would have cost of an investment in the beginning. you look nice in your suite and we all know it. the city, the country knows it. people know what's happening. but no one's really choosing to do anything. i want you all -- 41 seconds. let's go. 41 seconds. let's go! let's go! let's go! >> if you can change the course of someone's life in high school. this is why i stay in this work. we're just scratching the surface of what is possible for our kids. >> did the bell ring? >> i didn't hear it. >> did we clear before the bell? >> are the bells working? [ bell ringing ] >> oh, come on now.

>> here we are making progress. that's what we do. it's not just in the hood. the world is a mess. we all need a purpose. >> in the city of chicago, there's a ton of work to be done. we're pleased with the progress but not satisfied. >> i feel like i have a future. i feel i have something to live for. >> i proclaim hope for the city of chicago. >> my company is great. we identify the problem. we take care of the problem. that's that. >> if you continue to squeeze the middle class, there will come a time when there is no middle class. >> always have hope. >> when people are happy, they don't have room for violence. >> we're all sisters and brothers. >> your own woman, all day, every day. >> chicagoans do not put up with the bull. >> it is people who make the city better. >> chicago.

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com flight 370 the bluefin-21 has nearly completed the scanning of the entire search zone. is in the last chance of hope for the families of flight 370? they are fighting for answers and information from the malaysian prime minister. and our own richard quest sits down with him in an exclusive interview. you don't want to miss that. could this have been prevented? is it time for a change in technology. live streaming information from the cockpit, is that enough? what about cameras in the cockpit? it seems logical but you would be surprised how many are against that idea even in the aftermath of flight 370.