. >> in brownsville there's a different way of thinking. this is a violent neighbourhood.e to gangs on the streets and online. >> shandook ran with a crew called the bloods. >> i was looking forward to it. i got up and found a way of being violence, i could. >> he turned a total of 15 years in prison. he got out, got clean and got married. and worked with community leaders trying to stop boys getting into gang violence. >> it's talking to the communities, mothers, children. going the school. >> when a 1-year-old boy was shot dead in brownsville three months ago the n.y.p.d. had no leads. within a few hours locals introduced them to the shooter. this intersection is surrounded by developments and a lot of crews in and around the area. >> the animosity is so strong that if you wind up you are walking into trouble. it's a concept call occupy the corners. >> community leaders standing on the streets breaking up confrontation. in their eyes the n.y.p.d. are the om ones to be congreat utilitied over the impressive statistics. >> the incoming mayor, bill de blasio, has promised t

. >> in brownsville there's a different way of thinking.s is one of new york's violent neighbourhoods, home to the streets and online. >> shandook used to run with a crew. >> i was looking forward to it. every day i got up and found any way of being violent. i got into it. >> he served a total of 15 years in prison. then he got out, clean and married. now he works with community leaders stopping boys from getting into gang violence. >> who is doing the work. it's going on daily, in total to the communities, the mothers, the children. going up in the schools. >> when a 1-year-old boy was shot in brownsville the n.y.p.d. had no leads. within a few hours locals led them to the shooter. >> the intersection is known as the belly of the beast, surrounded by seven different housing developments and street crews living in and around the area. the app mosty is so strong, but if you wind up on the wrong side of the street you are walking into trouble. the violence inspired a concept called occupy the borders. >> the n.y.p.d. are the only ones to be c

in late 2006, she noticed a spike in robberies committed by teens in public housing units in the brownsvillerea of brooklyn. >> a lot of it, the majority of it, was youth-on-youth robberies, where young teenagers were stealing property of other young kids that lived in the area. and we knew we had to do something, and what i started to look at is, where did the robbers that are committing robberies live? >> that's when she came up with j-rip. >> and the idea was now, we were going to go to every juvenile and we were going to give them a message. if they continued to engage in criminal conduct, we would do everything in our power to make sure that they stay in jail. the second component to the program was really to get involved with them and their families and identify resources to assist the family as a whole. >> what you're talking about sounds a lot like social work. is this really the role of a police officer or police unit? >> i think so much of what we do is social work. there's a true overlap. here, we're talking about young kids, young adults, that have an opportunity, we have an oppo

. >> but in brownsville, there's a different way of thinking.s is one of new york's most violent neighborhoods. he used to run with a crew called the bloods. >> i loved violence, and i was looking forward to it. every day i got up and any way of being violent, i got into it. >> he served 15 years in prison for several crimes, and then he got out and got clean and got married. now he works with community leaders to stop boys from gang violence. >> going out here daily to talk to these communities, to these mothers and to these children, up in these schools. >> their one-year-old boy was shot dead in brownsville three months ago, and the nypd had no leads, but within a few hours, locals led them to the shooter. this is known as the belly of the bait. it's surrounded by at least seven different housing develop the, and a lot of street crews in and around the area. the animosity is so strong, if you are on the wrong side of the street, you are in trouble, and relentless violence is called occupy the corners. community leaders stand on the streets un

. >> reporter: in brownsville there is a different way of thinking. one of new york's most violent neighborhoods and home to gangs and online. and he used to run with a crew called the bloods. >> at that time i was looking forward to it and everyday i got up and i got into it. >> reporter: and he served a total of 15 years in prison for several crimes, then he got out, got clean and got married. now he works with community leaders trying to stop boys from getting into gang violence. >> who is doing the work and that is the people in the community, the people going out here daily with slim to no finances and talking to these communities, talking to these mothers, talking to these children, going up in the schools. >> reporter: a one-year-old boy was shot down in brownsville three months ago nypd had no leads, within a few hours locals led them to the shooter. this intersection is known as the belly of the base. it's surrounded by at least 7 different housing developments and a lot of street crews in and around the area. the animosity between them is so

. >> we've been doing air fiesta here in brownsville since 1991. we have never had an incident of this nature before. >> he's going to crash. >> on march 12th, 2011, crowds gather at brownsville south padre airport for the high-flying event. >> it's a fair-type atmosphere. there's music and there's people talking and there's just all sorts of sound and activity going on. >> the day's featured attraction is the pirated skies act performed by the husband and wife team of kyle and amanda franklin. >> they're two of the finest air show performers in the country. >> as the franklins begin their routine, crowds are amazed by kyle's skillful piloting and amanda's daring wing walking. >> there aren't that many wing walkers at the air show. it's a really thrilling thing to see. >> the routine is going exactly as they rehearse it. amanda's jaw-dropping stunts and kyle's aerial acrobatics wow the crowd. >> kyle franklin is one of the finest performers i've ever seen. his airplane is unique biplane. it's big, it's loud. he makes it do things that airplanes sho

his record on race there was a riot in brownsville and a group of blacks arrested because they couldn't figure out who started it. it was wrong, he was wrong. and these are those moments you're absolutely right, when all you can say is that you have to remember the context in which they're leading. even lincoln, you know, in the 1850s was against, obviously, against intermarriage. against blacks sitting on juries. hef for the black law. you say how could lincoln have done this? the important thing is he grew from the attitudes and eventually allowed the blacks to come in. they were so important as soldiers in the army it changed the whole course of the war in many ways and issued the emancipation proclamation. there's no answering for them except to pave the context in which they are ruling and see if they are way behind the context or in the middle of it or sometimes if you're lucky, the person you're dealing with is ahead of that. >> jo ann. >> i have a question. -- [inaudible] this is such a magnificent high-level conversation. i want to go a moment of history and passion in a differ

. >> in brownsville this is a different way of thinking.his is one of new york's most violent neighborhoods. shane duke mcfater used to run with the bloods. >> every way of being violent i got into it. >> served 15 years in prison for several crimes, then he got out, got clean and got married. trying to stop boys from getting into gang violence. >> who's really doing the work? the people in the community with slim to no finances, talking to these mothers, talking to these children growing up in these schools. >> when a one-year-old boy was shot dead in browns vil, the nyp nypd contacted him and within a few hours they had the shooter in custody. >>> the animosity between them is so strong if you wind up on the wrong side of the street you are walking into trouble. and the relentless violence here as inspired a concept called occupy the corners. community leaders standing on the streets until 2:00 a.m. and breaking up could be front takings before they escalate. in their eyes the nypd are not the only ones to be congratulated over the city's

a little light snow expected. 59 new orleans and then we will look for around brownsville, a little rainallas 46. you will have to head out our way to get the mild and warm weather. 73 san diego. palm springs 75. 70 in fresno. even tau mow is soaking up some of the mild weather with 54 degrees. as we head into tuesday, look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast, tuesday on new year's eve, a few clouds and the temperatures drop off a few degrees. we are still above where we should be for this time of year. in the 60s. new year's day is right on in through thursday and midto upper 60s m, and then more clouds on saturday and sunday and cool things down a bit and hopefully by the second week of january we may be talking about some rain. >> thank you, leigh. >>> shu is with the niners, do you have sports for us? >> so much to talk about with all of the games in the nfl that happened today. a domino effect means in the afc west we will have three out of four teams in the playoffs. can you guess the one that didn't make it? the niners will see a familiar foe in the wild card round. how aaron r

. >> but in brownsville, this is home to one of new york's most violent gangs. sean used to work with gangs. >> any timed i could be viability i could. i got into it. >> mcfadden served 15 years in prison for various crimes. now he got out, got clean, got married. >> who's really dong doing the work, with slim to no finances and talking to these communities, talking to these mothers, talking to these children growing up in these schools. >> when a one imreerld was shot dead five months ago, the nypd had no leads. the locals let them in the right direction. >>> a lot of straight crews live in and around the area. the animosity between them is so strong that from you wind up on the i don't think side of the street you are walking into trouble. and the relentless violence, occupy the corners. community leaders staying on the streets until 2:00 a.m., in their eyes the nypd are not only ones to be congratulated soafer the city's impressive crime statistics. >> city improvements paid for out of his own pocket. take a look at some of the money he spent the public may h

a little light snow expected. 59 new orleans and then we will look for around brownsville, a little rain you will have to head out our way to get the mild and warm weather. 73 san diego. palm springs 75. 70 in fresno. even tau mow is soaking up some of the mild weather with 54 degrees. as we head into tuesday, look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast, tuesday on new year's eve, a few clouds and the temperatures drop off a few degrees. we are still above where we should be for this time of year. in the 60s. new year's day is right on in through thursday and midto upper 60s m, and then more clouds on saturday and sunday and cool things down a bit and hopefully by the second week of january we may be talking about some rain. >> thank you, leigh. >>> shu is with the niners, do you have sports for us? >> so much to talk about with all of the games in the nfl that happened today. a domino effect means in the afc west we will have three out of four teams in the playoffs. can you guess the one that didn't make it? the niners will see a familiar foe in the wild card round. how aaron rodgers pu

most of the rain will stay north of seattle and rain down near brownsville, texas, and around miami. most of the wet weather will be in the same areas as the pattern does not change much tomorrow. our seven-day forecast shows we dip two to four degrees tomorrow and saturday we are in the low-to-mid 60's through sunday and low-to-mid 60's monday and tuesday and the new year, weapon, possibly by the fifth of john the pattern could change as the wet weather comes in. >> we don't have moisture in our atmosphere and hitting the ground, we don't have snow and no chain control if you are headed through lake tahoe and we have a little bit of fog, you can see the orange indicating where fog is affecting the commute along i-80 so watch out for that and remember the low beams and not the high beams. 42 bart trains are on time and muni and everything else is on time and ace train one, no delays so far a look outside in san jose as you drive beyond the julian street off-ramp northbound 87 with some cars out there but noent does to report all moving at top speed. >> ahead county seven things to kn

look at the temperature warning here. 73 in houston, 80 in brownsville. 28 and snowing in amarillo.t is a big ingredient that we need, the disparate temperature gradient for the severe threat. anywhere that you see yellow, we have the risk for severe weather, including large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. then we have a moderate risk affecting millions of people in all of the cities where we think all of the ingreedients will come together for severe weather outbreak including the tornadoes. we could see inches of snow, rain and ice. we could have a significant ice storm across up-state new york and engler tomorrow with over an inch -- new england tomorrow with an. i of ice on roads, power lines and trees. i could be power out for days if not weeks. >> a very serious situation on a busy holiday weekend. thank you very much. >> turning to a story that shocked so many people around the country. new develop in the the carjacking case out of new jersey that left one man dead and upscale mall last weekend. four men are now in custody facing charges of murder and conspiracy. 30-year-

mess, tyson is now attempting a new act in his life, something no one saw coming on the streets of brownsvilleack in the warriors days. iron mike tyson is now an author work ing with co-author larry s oman on "mike tyson undisputed truth" telling his story with an honesty that's both tragedy and comedy. thanks for joining us, champ. appreciate it. so a new book. >> yes. >> very thick. >> yes. >> the undisputed truth. broadway show, hbo special, you're going to start boxing promoting. what's the goal here? is this a redemption? is this just the next phase of your life? what are you hoping for? >> i don't want anything. i want to entertain people. i don't believe in redemption. no one can redeem themselves. it's either they want to change their lifestyle or they don't. there's no such thing as we want to redeem ourselves. we don't forget what happened in the past. people always say forget, forget that, forget that, but we never forget, do we? we never forget. >> the incredibly difficult childhood that you write about, you had gotten into robbing people when you were 7. you really had no supervis

his record on race there was a riot in brownsville and a group of blacks arrested because they couldn'tfigure out who started it. it was wrong, he was wrong. and these are those moments you're absolutely right, when all you can say is that you have to remember the context in which they're leading. even lincoln, you know, in the 1850s was against, obviously, against intermarriage. against blacks sitting on juries. hef for the black law. you say how could lincoln have done this? the important thing is he grew from the attitudes and eventually allowed the blacks to come in. they were so important as soldiers in the army it changed the whole course of the war in many ways and issued the emancipation proclamation. there's no answering for them except to pave the context in which they are ruling and see if they are way behind the context or in the middle of it or sometimes if you're lucky, the person you're dealing with is ahead of that. >> jo ann. >> i have a question. -- [inaudible] this is such a magnificent high-level conversation. i want to go a moment of history and passion in a differe

his record on race, there was a riot in brownsville and a group of blacks who were then arrested becausethey couldn't figure out who started it. he was wrong and these are those moments. you are absolutely right when all that you can say is that you have to remember the context in which they are leaving. even abraham lincoln in the 18 50's was against obviously against intermarriage and he was against blacks sitting on juries. he said how could lincoln have done this? the important thing is he grew from those attitudes and he eventually allowed the blacks to come in. they were so important as soldiers in the army better change the whole course of the war in many ways and of course he issued the emancipation proclamation. there is no answering for them except to pave the context in which they are ruling and see if they are way behind the context or in the middle or sometimes if you are lucky the person you are dealing with is ahead of that time. >> this is such a magnificent high-level conversation. i want to go to a moment of history and passion at a different level and that is, what did

brownsville is getting some of that right how to.e tough in the midwest where we've had a couple isolated areas, the wind flow will see lake effect snow today, a lot of this in the northern tear of the country, light amounts, one to three inches. nothing too troublesome but snow and cold can make a go. a lot of this light, a little more in that area, tomorrow, as well. and then what we're looking at the in the southern portion of texas. is a mentioned, the temperatures quite frigid especially in the center of the united states. we'll have more on that coming up. >> france has given the go ahead for its much debated millionaires tax. under the president's proposal, companies will pay a 50% duty on workers who make more than 1 million euros, which is $1.4 million. as a way to make the wealthy help with the countries financial crisis. >> the rose bowl parade is going to honor a special group of women this year. the women were the first to fly planes during world war ii. we sat down with one of the women, known as watches. >> her hands a

areas of rain in parts of southern texas brownsville and also across the city of austin. gulf of mexico that over the weekend will be producing some areas of heavy rain across the southeast and some of that moisture will make it northward into the northeast as we head into sunday and by sunday night, we're actually expecting a storm system to develop across portions of new england and that could produce some significant snowfall. so, of course, we will keep an eye on that. otherwise, your high temperatures today nothing really too unusual for this time the year. take a look at saturday into sunday, much colder air starts moving south southward into canada. and that will be cooling things off across the plains. head over to you an. >> that thank you so much. >> did you find that tablet you have been wishing for under the tree? now you find yourself wondering what do i do with this thing? >> no need to worry about that clayton is the man with tips on how to get the most out of that shiny brand new tablet. >> tablet the number one gift this season across the board. ios, andr

in parts of texas we have rain including cities of brownsville and areas south of austin.r east, here is the forecast coming into saturday and also on sunday. we'll have this area of low pressure developing across the gulf of mexico, moving northward, producing areas of heavy rain across georgia and carolinas. we could look at flash flooding concerns out here. that is something to keep an eye on. some of the moisture eventually makes it farther north. we could be looking maybe more than six inches of snowfall in portions of maine. people without power out here. that will be something to watch. otherwise high temperatures are actually going to be on the warmer side across places like new york city. the high coming up tomorrow? 49 degrees. take a look at this, jamie as we head into sunday. much colder air dipping down from canada behind the storm system. the high temperature in fargo, 7 degrees below zero. that is not wind chill. the high temperature. jamie: yikes! 83 in miami. >> that must feel good. l.a. has been unusually warm. 78 degrees for the high coming up on sunday.

we talked about his childhood, growing up in brownsville, brooklyn, which he referred to basically assted nearly 40 times by the age of 12. he didn't know where his next meal was coming from, sometimes he would steal, running with the wrong crowd. we talked about how you go from a childhood like that to being a superstar almost instantaneously. take a listen. >> how do you deal with going from that to become a guy when you're only 29, you're the heavyweight champion, and once you get there -- >> money is a false sense of security. it makes you somewhat believe you can't even die. it somewhat makes you come turn to a coward. here's what i know. people are not born humble. people have to be humbled in order to appreciate the value of line. we no that he struggled with fame, with money. he burned through a reported $300 million was sent to jail on a rape charge he still denies. so he was interesting, opening up about what that journey was to go through. he's stages a successful one-man show, written a book, become a boxing promoter. he accused don king of stealing tens of millions from h

brownsville and corpus christi, in windchill advisories.ork city. let's look at the forecast because we have to start with a picture out of ft. smith, arkansas. you see the ice on that table. they got well over an inch of ice and the freezing rain. not done yet. look how much more is going to fall. still happening in parts of northeast texas. stretches all the way to the tennessee valley could see a half-inch of ice on top of what you've seen. and that cold is going somewhere. it is coming east. if you're staying through the weekend. i said y'all because i'm right there with you, texas. we're about to cool down by our saturday. >> meanwhile, the ladies from north dakota are saying this is balmy. this is fine. let's go into amy with "the morning menu." >> thank you, ginger. >>> here's a look at what's ahead on the "gma morning menu." our celebration of nelson mandela's life. we have reaction from all over the world. >>> also, why fertility doctors are trying to lower the number of twins born in the u.s. right now. >>> and christian bale is h

saturday 26 for a high in dallas, 39 all the way down toward brownsville. monday even another shot of cold air coming in. tuesday you warm up to 4 degrees in fargo, 37 in dallas. a cold event, and the moisture with it, we have the freezing rain from little rock all the way through cincinnati. we will continue to see these warnings we have got eventually tore the northeast and another storm behind it, so repeat a saturday evening it is sunday across the exact same areas. cheryl: adam was making a point this could be good for texas because they have had so many years of drought conditions. once they get past the plaque ice and power outages. >> they will take anything they can get, but was not enough moisture with it. the state needs five, 8 inches of moisture in a short time. hopefully they will get some good snowpack on their in the northern part of the farming areas. this won't bring huge relief, unfortunately. cheryl: thank you, rick. >> you bet. adam: shanghai air pollution levels reached an all-time high today. flights delayed, factories close and curbs

. >> in brownsville, this is one of new york's most violent neighborhoods, home to several gangs on then line. he used to run with the bloods. >> i loved violence at that time. i was actually looking forward to it. every day, i got up, and, you know, found any way of being violent i could. i got into it. >> he served 15 years in prison for several crimes, then he got out, got clean and got married. now he works with community leaders, trying to stop that boys from getting into gang violence. >> who's doing the work? people in the community, people going out daily with slim to no finances and talking to these mothers, children, going up in these schools. >> when a 1-year-old boy was shot dead a month ago, the nypd had no leads. within a few hours, locals led them to the shooter. >> this intersection is known as the belly of the beast, surrounded by at least seven different housing definiteliments and a lot of street crews that move in and around the area. the animosity between them is so strong that if you wind up on the wrong side of the street, you are walking into trouble. the relentl