salvador gangsters. >> how long have they been rooted in this region and how large are their numbers to your understanding? >> they started off as a small band of thugs in la in the 80s feeling from the civil war in elevator sal sandy hook dor. they need their own niche. they made their niche being the most vie -- violent crazy brutal gang around. it has 50 to 100,00 members. >> really? >> it has clicks and cells. huge presence here in the dc and baltimore area. it has been called the world's most dangerous gang by national geographic. >> would you agree with that assessment? >> i would. they're kind of like a pipe piper to young people in the schools here. recruit middle schoolers. good kids who will go from going b

students to being drug add dikts oricts or prostitutes. >> how many people in ms 13 have you prosecuted and sent away to jail? >> hundreds. there's all angles to what theye doing. >> did you ever feel at any point that your life was in danger? have you been threatened? >> i have not been threaten but a number of my friends have. this is gang that has no respect for law enforcement. they don't think twice about threatening public officials. >> this puts you into a mind set, but allow me because of your book and because of your experience, what do you think is the responsibility of the united states in terms of dealing with this gang and how do you deal

with them without bordering on being ray restaurants est on race -- on raceist? >> the gang is going viral and it's hard to stop a wave of something going viral like that. there's been targeted federal enforcements against them. in virginia they're bringing a case against a bunch of pimps that were pimping them out at construction sites. >> that's crazy. >> there's been a lot of prosecutions like that. the department of justice put together a task force just targeting this gang. so it's working. i think it's helping. here in the virginia and maryland area they're starting to click together, all the remaining members. it's going to be a challenge over the next few years to try to bring this gang back down. >> simply because they're in

the gang does that automatically qualify for them federal prosecution? i would think that the federal adjudication process would be much stronger than the state process? >> there are things the federal government can do including deportation. it's controversial. there's argument because deporting the gang members back to we give them more power. there's federal charges. being part of the gang and being part of a conspiracy to do criminal acts -- >> and commit crimes. >> -- that's enough to bring federal charges. >> we do want to say your book speak of the devil is published by cbs's parent company. why did you leave the produce prosecutor job? >> it was the most exciting job. i wrote one book and they

thought i had the beginning of a series. i was a mom with two young kids. i was juggling these things and realized if i was going to make it a series i had to choose one or the another. >> did you -- this is your second book? >> this is my third. >> your third book? >> i had two books before this. >> okay. >> i just signed a contract with simon and shuster to write two more. >> congratulations. so it's going well. what do you think you'll do after this? you've got the book? are you hoping that perhaps maybe hollywood will call and some film company would pick it up? >> that would be great. yes. i would love that . >> would like to happen. are you hopeful that -- you do focus on ms 13 a lot. are you hopeful that the united states is not just doing enough but that communities are aware of gangs in general, whether it's ms 13 or bgf in the baltimore region. >> absolutely. >> are you hope ful

ful that communities know enough about these organize ation is -- organizations they can speak up and speak out. people are afraid of being retaliated against. >> absolutely. that's actually where the titlee from, speak of the devil. one of the hardest parts of prosecuting these cases against the gang wasn't the legal issues but was getting frightened witnesses to testify. one woman told me speak of the devil and he will aware. it will bring gang retaliation. one of the hardest things of being a prosecutor is convincing people that you need to speak about evil in order to defeat it. >> you have a privilege of having a u.s. marshall guard you. the average person in baltimore and southeast dc doesn't have that. >> absolutely. >> how do you get get them to testify when they live there? >> that's such a concern,

prosecuting these cases. you need to assure people are going to be safe and take steps. there's steps you can do. we pay for them to move to a different place, the first month's rent, that sort of thing. then there's the witness protection program as well, which i get into this speak of the devil as well. there are different options. that is always a paramount concern. >> all right. speak of the devil is the name of the book. what do you colleagues think of it? >> they're excited. they've been supportive. it's n fun. >> wonderful. we kwish wish you a lot of success. hopefully when hollywood comes calling and makes this into a movie allison will come back and visits us and tell us who is going to play her. you can pick up a copy of speak of the devil at your favorite bookstore. on september 18th she'll be speaking at the pratt free library, central branch. on november 7th she'll be at turn the page bookstore.

welcome back. you're watching and listening to on time. this past june a baltimore city student managed to graduate with their associates college degree the day before she received her high school diploma. how is that possible? we're going to explain. she took advantage of the early enrollment program. taylor williams has a jump start on others starting college. she join us with deeen dangerfield. welcome both of you to on time. >> thank you. >> i want to say welcome back. gigi barnett did a wonder ful ful story on you taylor and we want to say congratulations to you. >> thank you. >> how does it feel to have an associates degree and high school diploma? >> overwhelming. i'm happy that my hard work

took off and everything can see how hard i worked. >> yes. >> it's definitely a pressure -- pleasure to be the first. i can be an example, which is the most rewarding part of this experience. >> how old were you when you started this college program? >> i was 14. >> you were 14? >> yes. >> wow. >> i -- >> i graduated before i turned 18. >> how did you learn about it? >> my father is definitely one of those fathers just in everything. he definitely told me about it. he said do you want to do it. i agreed. he took my first class with me. from there it just took off . >> wow. how many students take advantagf the early enrollment program at bccc? >> we average 150 students statewide. >> any idea what the success rate of them completing the

program is? >> course wise, we have about 87% of our students pass the courses with a grade of a, b or c. >> okay. >> a lot of ur our students are able to accumulate 18 to 21 credits. taylor exceeded our expectations. the average student earns about 18 to 21 credits. >> i'm glad you brought that up. students are in it to get college credit. it's to get a jump start. it's not that you don't want to see them complete the course work, normally it's difficult to finish your high school work and go through the college program too. she exceeded all expectations. >> absolutely. she had commitment, was enthusik ic. her parents were also in contact with us to see how she was doing. when she realized she

was that close to graduating we were all very much in support of her completing these last credits to get the associates. >> what are the early enrollment requirements? >> students must maintain a high school grade point average of 2.5. they must place at a certain level on our test at the college. the average student participates at the program at the age of 16. anyone under the age of 16 has to meet with me to go through other criteria to participate. >> that's where you come in with taylor. she had to meet with you. >> correct. >> what was the determine ing factor? how did you determine she's young but a candidate to enroll and get this one. >> one thing is gifted and talented and the maturity level and parental support. you're 14 and coming into an adult environment. we wanted to make sure she had the maturity level and the parent support.

>> i want to bring up something. she was 14. what -- because she's come ing ing into an adult world does she need to be sequestered to an extent so that people realize this is a 14-year-old, she's not an 18 or 19-year-old student and so we need to make sure we're respectful in that regard? >> well, she wasn't sequestered. she was in the general population. she took classes with average age students. the first semester did drain her in the biology class. every day i would see her father in the hallways, in my office. he was never far away. if there were any difficulties or challenges i was always there as a support system as well. >> taylor, give us an idea of when you were in the thick of this 11th or 12th grade what your average day was like in terms getting up, going to

school, studying then going to bccc? >> i never struggled. i can honestly say that. of course, you get up, go to school 8 hours a day and then bccc right after. i didn't do a sport. i ran track senior year. >> okay. that was it? >> yes , that was it. >> you didn't have time during the earlier part then. >> right. my focus was i'm going to do these classes and be on top, i'm going to do it. this was my goal. the closer i became to finish i was like i'm going to try something else, i'm going to try track. i think i did good in track. i ended up getting injured my last semester. so i just focused on the classes and finished. >> where did you go to high school? >> baltimore polly institute. >> very good school. >> yes. >> now you're going where for college? >> university of maryland,

college park. >> you're going to major in? >> engineering. >> are you going to run track? >> no, high school was enough. >> that was it for you. what would you like to be doing, you know, four years from now after you've done with maryland? >> that's definitely hard to say. maryland has so much to offer. >> sure. >> i'm doing engineer ing ing right now. i went through the majors and courses. there's definitely a lot of other stuff that i'm interested in and want to try. >> right. >> but i definitely in 4 years see myself established. that's my main goal. >> from getting ahead standpoint you can't compare taylor to the average student, can you? >> not really. one thing about our program, its the mission of the college to provide educational opportunities to citizenship. i think starting that opportunity in high school

as taylor has benefitted from just is extraordinary. >> right. we're seeing more and more becae of the rising cost of colleges, colleges like bccc, the community colleges of baltimore county, people are enroll inging because there's an affordability factor and you're paying for 2 years versus 4 years. do you think this trend will continue? >> absolutely. after taylor graduated the exped the interest in the early enrollment program has increased. so, yes, more parents are becoming aware. again, this opportunity is available throughout the state of maryland because we are a

state institution. >> thank you for coming on to do. we appreciate the leadership and guidance that you're giving young people like taylor. you're doing a great job. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> for more information on the

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individuals with disabilities who are seeking productive employment can find services tailored to meet their needs and help them meet their goals at the league for people with disabilities. joining us this morning is vanessa taylor, the director of career services for the league. welcome to on time, vanessa. how are you? >> i'm good. thank you. >> we've had the league on before. we want to say in the out set we really appreciate the work that you-all do. it's critical work. >> thank you. >> any of us could find ourselves in need of your services. >> absolutely. >> explain what the league does. >> provides a series of services, variety of services to individuals with disabilities with the medical day program. we have a wellness center, offer vocation al services and an autism program for youth. >> a wide range. give me an example of an adult that might need to come to you. >> we might have an individual that comes in through our

medical day program and in need of services because they have a medical condition. they may make some great strides in that program and then need to be placed in employment. so those individuals could then transition into our employment services where we would then work with them to help them find competitive employment in the community. >> what are some of the medical conditions that people come in with? >> they could be physical, cognitive disabilities. we provide services to all types of ability levels. >> how many people are we talking about that you help each year? do you know off the top of your head? >> we serve thousands of individuals. >> wow. who pays for it? >> the services are paid for through various entities throughout the state. so some individuals receive assistance through medicaid, some receive assistance through the division of rehabilitation services as well as the developmental disabilities administration. >> okay. so how do you develop jobs based on your clients abilities. that's one of the things where you do. there's a lot of people you're able to get

back to health. >> correct. >> and then have place ment for them. is that right? >> yes. we work with each individual. we do assessments. we get to know the tal talents of the individuals, what their employment interests are and from there we start tayloring employment opportunities in the community. >> are there those who might come in who has conditions from birth that you are trying to help them through but perhaps maybe they're not going to be a candidate for employment because their condition is so severe. >> we believe everyone can be employed. we use customized employment. what we do is we do in depth assessments on the individual and then we meet with employers in the community to identify their needs and create matches. >> so you're educating me to this.

i'm glad you asked that question. you cleared something up for me. that is perhaps society needs to start having a different view of those who have disabilities. >> absolutely. >> that miebt start with might -- might start with stopping the mind set that someone with a disability is unable to work. >> absolutely. we certainly as we are place ing individuals in the community find that a lot of employers are just used to some of the common myths associated with employing individuals with disabilities or may think they're not going to be as productive or going to require extensive accommodations. >> who are some of the small businesses that have partnered with you? >> over the last 10 years we have created a lot of partnerships in the community. recently the pediatric hospital that provided us with a lot of training opportunities as well as placement. mr. charles market and cafe.

we also work with tigler monument. >> 18 and over. >> those watching or listen ing who would like to contact you or wonder if they might qualify or have the money for services what should they do? >> they can con tacted tacttact me directly at 410-434-0500. >> thank you for coming on. thank you for the work the league does. >> thank you. >> we look forward to having you back on. we appreciate the information. >> thank you. >> once again, if you'd like to contact the league call them at 410-323-0500 or go to leagueforpeople.org.

in august of 1963 thousands marched in washington to support the voting rights act. this summer marks the 50th anniversary of that march in light of a see presume court ruling they are asking for support. it begins at 8:00 a.m. at the lincoln memorial followed

by a march. festivities conclude with the global free festival. thank you for watching on wjz and our cbs radio stations. on time can also be vi

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