woman: in compton. in compton. shot in his face. we've been victims of the violence too, you know.irst experience of the violence in compton. i'm willing to bet you, there's not a family in compton that didn't lose somebody or someone nearand dearto them. to gang violence. in some shape, form or fashion. we lived through a war. it was a war. it was like a war zone. i seen a lot, and it's weird because, i tell my friends, i'm a nurse now, but i kinda think i seen more death as a child that i have as an adult. there were plenty of days where i'd be playing outside, and we knew, "oh, that car don't look familiar," and we probably had about two seconds to get into the backyard and sure enough, by the time we get in the backyard and lay down, bang, bang, bang. come out, and here come my mama, driving down the street, "get in the car, gotta go in the house!" it'd be like, all right. it became a way of life. itjust became... it was not normal, but then it was normal, you know what i mean? i know as a young kid i didn't show that as much, but i always loved my mom and it hurts, that i know

trombone music today, compton is on the up.ves below the poverty line, butjobs are coming back and there's a sense that things are starting to turn around. we'll works as a community activist, trying to stop youngsters from ending up in gangs —— will works. icu. you know i'm going to come over there and give you a hug.|j icu. you know i'm going to come over there and give you a hug. i love you! i love you too, girl. keep up the good work! i'ma definitely do that. when my kids got killed and other mothers' kids got killed, they came here and he helped us. she lost two sons within 60 days. that's where her motivation comes to get out here. she is also in the trenches with us. compton's youthful mayor has made it her mission to transform the image and the economy of the city. in 2013, early in the first term and after 16 killings injust in 2013, early in the first term and after 16 killings in just four months, aja brown decided to hold a crisis meeting. she put a call out to the bloods and cripps to try to bring about a truce. it

and cleaning up compton. how a determined -- determined police force and mayor are tryi to turn around the notorious city. jane: t welcoour viewers on public television in america and around the world. details are emerging about the troubled teenager alleged to have carried out the wor hool shooting since the sandy hook massacre more than five years ago. nikolas cruz appeared court today and faces 17 charges of premeditated murder. meanwhile, the fbi says it received a warning about cruz but wasn't able to act. the bbc's aleem maqbool starts our coverage. aleem: for hours, children in a high school und themselves in a combat zone. >> i have the gunshot victim. aleem: there was mayhem and bloodshed as the gunman stopped corealkehe doors. terrified people sheltered in their classroom, fearing for their own lives. >> he ran up and down th hallway. banging and shooting into the classroom. he shot through my door and broke the window. >> all of a sudden we hear one of our student government teachers say "run as fa

today, compton is on the up.sform the image and the economy of the city. in 2013, early into her first economy of the city. in 2013, early into herfirst term, and after 16 killings in just four months, into herfirst term, and after 16 killings injust four months, asia brown decided to hold a crisis meeting. she put a call out to the gloves and crips to get a truce. it's my community, i'm not afraid of my own people, and it was interesting to hear from them, but they are very pragmatic, they talk about the need for opportunities they can access, they talked about they can access, they talked about the barriers to their employment because of criminal records, but i told them, it's not aboutjust what cani told them, it's not aboutjust what can i do for you, told them, it's not aboutjust what can i do foryou, i told them, it's not aboutjust what can i do for you, i told them i am willing to work with you if you are going to make a commitment. don and fred are from rival gangs. don is a blood. fred is a crip. if you'd

compton and watts sounds like a b.b. show.'m guessing they aren't fans of her new role as fox news comment tater. >> either you want to be segregated or integrated. if you want to be integrated you, uh don't need to have things like bet. there is no feet for a bet or a bet awards or an image awards or an naacp for that matter, we don't need it anymore. there shouldn't be a black history month. we're americans, period. >> trevor: good lord, forget congress, stacy dash should run as president for the sunken place. ( laughter ) stacy doesn't expect to win. we know this is a publicity stunt to raise her profile for her next job which i'm guessing is either going to be "big brother" or the scar of the movie that only gets released in bulgaria. ( laughter ) i don't blame her because running just to become more famous actually works. the only time it didn't work is when donald trump did it but then he won by stent. he's that bad or good. i can't tell which one. point is, we better pray vladimir putin isn't a big fan of clueless. we'l

and cleaning up compton. how a determined -- determined p mayor are trying to turn around the notorious city. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the world. details are emerging about the troubled teenager alleged to have carried out the worst school shooting since the sandy hook massacre more than five years ago. nikolas cruz appeared in court today and fas 17 charges of emeditated murder. meanwhile, the fbi aays it receivarning about cruz but wasn't able to act. the bbc's aleem maqbool starts our coverage. aleem: for hours, children in a

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a okay, we're right here on the corner of 54th and compton now. two houses away from where all the shooting has been going on. >> we go straight through to compton and i could see the back of the sla house. >> you can see fire going in and out of the house. see the gunfire? enormous amount of fire being concentrated on that yellow house. >> we were too energized yet to be scared. at one point there's a police man standing by a telephone pole, bobsimmons, one of our otherreporters jand oined me ate scene. he came up with the craziest idea. >> are they aim thing way? which way is it? >> they're going this way. >> in that direction? all right. >> and all of a sudden we hear, zip. literally, i could feel the breeze from the bullet go right by my ear and it went into the building right behind us. >> that's bad. that's bad. we just got miss fired bullet. >> right beside us here. >> that's when we got scared. >> we better get out of here, you guys. this is incredible. >> this shootout was incredibly dramatic, but what made it even crazier and even more o

. >> the 24-year-old from compton, california, is only the third african-american to grace the cover after tyra banks. >> i seen her on the cover and was like i'm black i want the to do it. she's my role model now. >> she went from rookie to cover girl in just one year. the magazine has become a launching pad to household name status, if not gold plated brand name status, kate upton, chrissy teigen the list goes on. >> it's not just about who looks best in a bathing suit. it's a platform for them. >> some argue all of those cleaveage and booty shots are objectable in the midst of the #metoo movement, but editor insists the issue has been an unlikely crusader for body confidence and creativity. >> a lot of people say it's object fiction. >> we're about celebration. i don't do anything thinking let's sexualize this person. i want to create beautiful imagery that captures people's attention and celebrates beauty and these women. >> the criticism that the swim suit edition gets is it's all about objectifying or sexualizing women what's your thought on that? >> i think women should have t

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we know that increased investment in policies, especially in places like compton's district can lead to increased criminalization and trauma, even imprisonment for some of our most marginalized community members. if we are committed to supporting and transforming the compton's district, we have to do it in a way that increases job training, not jail time, especially for formerly incarcerated and trans women coming in or out of prison. and as many of you know, i'm working on a new project, a cafe reentry program that will serve as job training program for formerly incarcerated trans women and community space in the compton's transgender cultural district. and my request -- and i ask that your further investment in creating this cafe management training program that will turn into a sustainable opportunity to better serve trans women living in the bay area and support the vision of black trans leadership and self-determination. thank you, supervisor sheehy, for recognizing the work of black trans women as part of black history month, and i look forward to continuing to increase and cre

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there's an ally way that once paralleled to compton all the way down 54th.my cable man and we started running down the ally way, unspooning the cable. >> we're right here on the coroner of 54th and compton. two houses away from where the ooting has been going on. >> we go straight through to compton i can see the back of the sla house. >> yo go forth and you see that rag going up and down in the gun fair. enormous amount of fire being concentrated on that little house. >> we were too energized to be scared. at one point there was a policeman standing by the telephone pole. another camera man joined me at the scene, he came up with the craziest stunt of the day. >> they need to go this way or that direction, which way is it? >> they're going this way. >> in that direction. >> all right. >> all of a sudden we hear -- >> close as i hear. >> literally i can feel the breeze from the bullet right by my ear. it flabbed into the building right behind us. >> that's bad. we just got missed by a bullet. >> right beside us here. >> that's when we got scared. >> we bette

. >> reporter: the 24-year-old from compton, california is only the third african-american to grace themsuit cover, ever, after tyra banks and beyonce. >> the tyra show came out and i remember her saying she was the first black modelling to on "sports illustrated". >> reporter: she went from rookie to cover girl of si in just one year. the magazine has become a launching pad to household had name status. if not gold plated brand name status. kate upton, the list goes on. >> you guys should totally meet. >> reporter: danielle got a chance to meet her idol, tyra, as part of the reveal. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: what was going through your mipd? >> everything. from being a little kid watching her, from being a little girl watching her on a television and to seeing her just go on and be super successful in everything she did. and, you know, it just -- >> reporter: it gets you? >> it gets me every time. >> reporter: what makes you so emotional? >> i guess like just growing up in compton and having a dream to be something bigger and to be, you know, something bigg

well, there's an alleyway that runs parallel to compton all the way down to 54th.grabbed the microphone and i grabbed my cameraman and we start running down the alleyway, unspooling the cable, you know in this bulky mini cam. >> okay, we're right here on the corner of 54th and compton now. we're about across the street and two houses away from where all the shooting has been going on. >> we go straight through to compton, and i can see the back of the sla house. >> if you look close you'll see fire going both in and out. see that rag bobbing up and down in the gunfire? enormous amount of fire being concentrated on that yellow house. >> we were too energized yet to be scared. at one point, there's a policeman standing by a telephone pole, bob simmons, one of our other reporters joined me at the scene, he came up with the craziers stunt of the day. >> can you indicate to us which side is the police target? are they aiming to go this way or that direction? >> they're going this way. >> in that rection? all right. >> then all of a sudden we here, zip! >> look out there

. >> reporter: the 24-year-old from compton, california is ownry the third african american to gracesuit cover ever after tyra banks and beyonce. >> the tyra show came out and i remember her saying she was the first to be on the cover of sports illustrated. >> she went from rookie to cover girl in juts one year. the magazine has become a launching pad to household had name status. if not gold plated brand name status. the list goes on. daniel got a chance to meet her idle, tyra, as part of the reveal. what was going through your mind? >> everything. from being a little kid watching her, from being a little girl watching her on a television and to seeing her just go on and be super successful in everything she did. >> it gets you. >> it gets me every time. >> what maeks you so emotional? >> i guess like just growing up in compton and having a dream to be think is bigger and to be something bigger than myself. and i feel like that's what tyra was for me and she was suchau huge influence on my life and my career because i always wanted to be like her. she's like do you have a good accou

paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought compton and south central must be the coolest places in the tsunami, and we didn't see it coming. >> death row records going to be the next motown, you know what i'm saying? "the chronic" album was the foundation, and we're going to keep rolling on until the house is finished. ♪ it's the bow to the wow and creeping and crawling ♪ >> the handful of gangsta rap superstars are not just singing about being mean and nasty and vicious. they're accused of living up to their lyrics. ♪ about to get wrecked ♪ all respect to those ♪ who break their neck >> tupac shakur, rap star and movie star, was arrested in new york and charged with sodomy and sexual assault. atlanta cops had arrested tupac less than a month earlier for shooting two off-duty police officers. >> tupac was languishing in jail waiting for his appeal when suge knight swooped in and basically offered to pay his bail if he signed a contract. >> death row. you will see your art brought to a bigger platform and you will be paid one of these days. >> you know, he was an east coast guy by birth

and runs through compton and watts and san pedro and it is a democratic seat. >>> an alarming trend in san francisco. firefighters being diagnosed with breast cancer and they're not alone. we investigate the rising cancer rates in firefighters across the nation. here is nbc's tom costello with a preview of the report coming up on "nightly news." >> good afternoon. i'm tom costello in san francisco where the fire department is very concerned about rising levels of cancer among firefighters and specifically breast cancer among women firefighters. they are so concerned about it they've started a bio metric study of firefighters to determine the cause and they believe just like fire departments across the country, that this is the result of a types of fires they are fighting these days. more carcinogens and mo-- more gases that could cause cancer. coming up on "nightly news," what san francisco is doing and what the concern is for female firefighters and what is happening nationwide. >> we'll see lester and tom in a few minutes on "nightly news." >>> san jose high school pulls off somethin

it was worn by big jim compton. >>> an eagles rookie had a moment. panic.ney jones lost his cell phone. fans got ahold of it and snapped a selfie. he tweeted out this was no joke, and thanked the awesome eagles fans who returned his phone to him. >> we'll have more from the eagles players coming up at 6:30. >> breaking overnight, a government shut down at midnight. votes happened that makes it look like it will get back open this morning him we'll get you the latest. >> i'm going to say i hope you all can get used to this. >> now on "action news," eagles nation celebrates their first championship and the players are confident this will not be the last one. >> let the cleanup begin crews worked through the night to get the parade route here before a return to back to work and scho. >> it was a hectic day on the rails. >> how many people do you think will bag today. >> reporter: but they had off so many other days. you have go to work. >> reporter: i have news be on may 31 you will find green confetti around the yard and around the city. there's ton of it out

she filed paperwork in califorina's 44th district which includes compton and watts...esentation. back in 2016... dash called the "oscars so white" boycott "ludicrous" and said there was no need for black history month. she has not publicly issued a statement about her run for office... but teased the possibility on social media earlier this month. ( james ) national news... the first transgender recruit has signed up to join the u-s military. the recruit signed a contract but has not yet started basic training. the enrollment was made possible after a federal judge ruled the military must accept transgender recruits. that ruling followed president trump's twitter announcement in july that he wanted to prevent transgender people from serving. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... its been one year since the coyote creek flooding... we'll hear from a flood survivor to see if anything has gotten better. ( james ) and after the break... as "black panther" dominates the box office... disney is donating some of the profits. how that money will help the city of oa

. >>> more to compton. overabundance of elephant seals long the coast. >>> a 10-second video showing the birth of a baby octopus has been watched more than 1.6 million times. the virginia aquarium and marine science center posted it on its facebook page. it show the baby octopus being hatched. it's colorless before and rapidly turns brown as it shoots out of egg sack. isn't that wild. the aquarium says the stress of hatching causes pigment to fire. >>> the elephant seal viewing season is reaching the react. drake's beach is partially closed because of all the animal. but that's not stopping people from getting close to see them. wayne freedman made the long windy drive and said the view something fascinating on a number of levels. >> reporter: this ws an uncharacteristically warm winter day at drake's beach in marin county. now the bad news. it was closed. here is why. guys like this an elephant seal and feeling territorial on a beach filled with anxious female harems not far away. aren't they lovely. here

i drove down to compton got out, we got there the place was in smoking ruins. for a while it was devastating, we had no idea who was there. >> five bounds were found initially. >> the sixth body was not found until the following day. when they recovered that body, everybody thought that was patty hearst. >> that's when everybody took a breath, my god was it patty, was she really there. >> there were six members inside the house. >> patty, camila hall, patricia sole stick, willy wolf, donald david de-friese. >> the new story became, where's patty hearst, what happened to her? >> considering everything i had been through in my life, vietnamman, may, 14, 1994 was the worst day of my life. i don't remember truly what anybody did on what any was said. other than the fact i remember that patricia wanted to retaliate immediately. >> she was devastated and angry. she dropped somebody that had just been murdered by the government. it was necessary to keepgoing, you know, to stay alive. i realize that, you know we had to get the [ bleep ] out of l.a., we needed to live t

the 24 year old and from compton tells other girls: dream big. work hard. be respectful.nother s-i model is owning her size in the swimsuit edition:hunter mcgrady is the picture of confidence in her birthday suit. she's a size 16 - the average for us women by the way. she's not shy or insecure but she used to be: her mom's a model mother, her dad's an actor and when she was 16 she was a size two: already too big for modeling.. she went through eating disorders and depression til she figured out: this is who she is and she's beautiful. she chose the words scrawled across her body for the photo. worthy, fearless, confidence ( darya ) who's to judge what's beautiful, right? well in this case it's the judges at the westminster dog show.. and they say flynn the bichon frise is the best in show. he's 5-years- he's 5-years-old.. fluffy and prances like he's walking on air.. he looks like a cloud with two eyes and a nose! in fact.. after they condition and coif his doo.. they powder his nose with shimmering fairy frost (basically corn starch) i like my dog a little messier.. arts

temperature "black panther" is not the only film, we saw that with "hidden figures" and "straight out of comptonllywood refuses to have diverse crews, not just actors, then hollywood is leaving money on the table. >> so do think that they'll be more inclusive in films made? >> i hope that's true. we still need to talk about we have the fantastic movie "moonlight," which are the films after that? we have "cocoa," which beat out "justice league" three years in a row? where are the films for the latin community, the indigenous people, the disabled community. that's what oscars so white has always been about and that's what it will continue to be about until we can all see ourselves on screen. >> you said during the break we were talking you said this movie was transcendent. why do you say that? >> because it's like nothing we've ever seen before. because ryan coogler is a genius. and to nate moore, the executive producer on the film of marvel, to his credit as well, he really gave ryan the keys and allowed him to express so many things that perhaps the african-american community speaks of amongst e

cheryl: if you look at straight out of compton that was box office success.nd to the idea, is the bog iger that pushed it? >> he has been behind this because he can see the future, on the one hand, audiences, stories are good stories, at the end of the day, why would a story that's rooted in african-american culture be any less significant or, you know, consumable by the world than any other story? so i think that as the world has become more of a sort of a global culture where we see movies from all over the world, why wouldn't a film that embraces african culture make well, money? cheryl: first time we've had a black super hero, we finally had wonder woman, forget about catwoman, we will leave catwoman in history books. the reviews themselves about the reviews in general, that's behind star wars movies. it's wild. >> yes, it is. cheryl: what about the film that make it a great movie? >> as super hero film is different. different kind of origin and different kind of story and not like anything that we have seen. not the first time we have seen a first super

it beat out the children's musical straight out of compton.s expected to top $387 million which works out to about a thousand fit client. make that 900 that coin. 1500 going. black panther also tearing up the music chart with an album debuting at number one. for those of you over 40, kendrick lamarr is like the puff daddy of today's rap. for those of you under 40, puff daddy is a wrapper you parents listen to in the '90s. watch out for these mtv personalities from the '90s. they're all nuts. black panther own the box offi office. it's hard to imagine daytona is only 60 which makes it 20 years younger than the average driver in florida. austin dillon was not your average driver yesterday. although the old adage in nascar, drive it like you stole it. or drive it like you rented it. i mean who among us hasn't done a bunch of sliding burnouts in a rented camry, i mean besides myself obviously. i wouldn't rented camry, disgusting. the burnouts were and homage to the late great dale earnhardt who drove the same number three car to his only daytona w

it includes compton, watts, san pedro and north long beach.merged as a controversial figure in 20- 16... when she called the 'oscars so white' boycott "ludicrous" ... and said, there was no need for black history month. she has not publicly issued a statement about her run for office, but teased the possibility on social media earlier this month. (pam) that wraps up kron 4 news at 8.(steve) grant lodes and vicki liviakis are here with kron 4 news at 9. ((grant))thank you pam and steve...next at nine... two people gunned down in front of a convienence store in broadmoor.. near daly city... and tonight police are still looking for the shooter... how the victims are being remembered tonight in a live report... plus... wild and crazy weather hitting the bay area... and tonight we're tracking the latest storm... we'll show you conditions out at mount hamilton and in san jose in a live report...((grant)) and chief meteorologist lawrence karnow tells us if this latest storm will affect your morning commute...((vicki))keep it here..kron 4 news at nine

among the big winners, compton's own kendrick lamar won five grammy awards. [ cheers and applause ] from england, ed sheeran won two grammy awards. but poor ed sheeran. he was up for best pop solo performance in a category, he was up against four female nominees and when he won twitter attacked him. this is ridiculous and this year of all years, how dare ed sheeran beat those women. you know ed sheeran didn't actually beat any women. [ laughter ] there was a vote. i mean, what's he supposed to do? write less popular songs? the big winner of last night was bruno mars. bruno won six grammy awards. [ cheers and applause ] including song of the year, album of the year, and record of the year. you shouldn't be able to win that many categories for the same thing. imagine tuning in to the oscars to see meryl streep win best actress, best actress with long hair, and best actress in a movie about newspapers. it's too much. [ laughter ] and not only that, bruno mars -- now, show this. this is bruno mars accepting an award for song of the year for the song "that's what i like." song of the year's a

it includes compton, watts, san pedro and north long beach.rsial figure back in 2016 when she called the 'oscars so white' boycott "ludicrous" and said there was no need for black history month. she has not publicly issued a statement about her run for office, but teased the possibility on social media earlier this month. (grant) "black panther" is dominating the box office for its second weekend in a row.... the blockbuster...d irected by oakland's own ryan coogler... took in almost 110 million dollars this weekend. it's the second highest second weekend for a film -- only "star wars: the force awakens" made more money during its second weekend. since it's release, the film has made more than 300 million in the u-s...but globally..."black panther" has made more than $700-million dollars. (grant) thank you joining us tonight at nine. we have another hour of our prime news coming up(vicki)pam moore and steve aveson are standing by with what is coming up at ten. guys? (pam) thanks grant and vicki. a wild weather day in the bay area. we have team

we heard a bulletin saying they had the sla cornered somewhere in compton. i got in a car, drove up. we got there, the place was just smoking ruins. you know, for a while it was devastating. we had no idea who was there. >> five bodies were found initially. >> the 6th body was not found until the following day when they recovered that body, everybody thought that was patty hearst. >> and that's when everybody took kind of a breath like, my god, is it patty? was she really there? >> there were six sla members inside the house. >> nancy ling perry, camila hall, patricia solstic. willie wolff, donald david dufries. angela. >> the news story became, where's patty hearst? what's happened to her? >> considering everything i've been through up until that time in my life, throw vietnam in, may 17, 1974 was the worst day of my life. i don't remember truly what anybody really did or what any of us said other than the fact i remember patricia wanted to retaliate immediately. she was devastated and angry. she loved somebody that had just been murdered by the government.

. >> the 24-year-old is from compton, the third black woman to ever grace the cover following tyra banks beyonce. this morning on "gma" she spoke about how she felt when she found out the news. >> i mean, i was in tears. i was bawling, crying. i worked so hard and put in so much work. and to see my dreams pay off, i mean, my hard work pay off, and i reached my dreams. >> this year's "sports illustrated" swimsuit dream was body positivity. it was shot by an all-female crew. coming up hear the surprise message harrington received from tyra banks herself that starts at 7:00 on abc 7. >>> do men wear swimsuits, too? >> it's interesting. i wonder how -- i wonder in 25 years with the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue will look like. >> by then robots will have taken over. >> probably true. >>> your opinion on an east bay school pulling "the star-spangled banner" from rallies because of verses they say are racist. the poll has been up all morning long and it's pretty clear how you feel right now. 82% of people disagreeing with the decision to pull the song. >> we want you to vote right this s

who was compton? he said, a rich guy. is the author of numerous books and one of his books is " ."preponderance of power the reason i emphasize that is he won a trifecta on that. you know in this room, that is not usual. for, he received awards "the soul of mankind." he has co-edited numerous volumes on foreign-policy. office of thehe secretary of defense during the carter administration. he has been president of the society of american historians. he has been a professor at oxford university. you have the idea. i think his proudest accomplishment was that he was a public policy scholar at the wilson center for some time some years ago. that having looked at his biography online, i came prepared to congratulate him as someone who grew up in brooklyn. he is distinguished because he grew up in brooklyn. born inme he was brooklyn but he grew up in queens. we are glad to welcome him, none the less. [applause] melvyn: thank you so much. to theally appreciative washington history seminar and the national history center for inviting me. i know christian is not here but he helped set this

not to mention the compton professor and coeditor of the volume on the dangerous first-year. and mary kate cary speechwriter of the bush administration. graduating roughly the same time and then went on to work on the bush campaign i worked on the dukakis campaign and we know who went further and higher as a result. [laughter] i was rearranging deck chairs she was arranging a flight plan. [laughter] and with the presidential recordings program and with the president's first budget and also writing an essay and with the passing of medicare medicaid elections and finally stefanie abbott the assistant director of presidential studies is the air traffic controller on all things that happened here at the center. with that i will turn it over to the panel and have you taken away. >> thank you for coming. i want to start by turning to mike nelson to deliver his remarks. >> what a great pleasure it is to be in the charlottesville audience what a great privilege it was to be part of the extraordinary first-year project and he has told you a lot about it but to tell you a lot about thi

when i was at ucla, i decided i'm going to serve the people in compton and watts, in addition to my practicehe civil rights struggle. >> and you have traveled around the world and helping people preventing blindness with your organization. tell us about that. >> well, the american institute for the prevention of blindness we championed a new concept called community ophthalmology. we wanted to prevent blindness throughout the world. because we believe that eyesight is a basic human right. it's like health care is a basic rum height in america! i said it. >> you said it. you said it. you said it my friend. >> i said it. >> we have something in common. my parents met and fell in love at howard university. my niece is a graduate of the medical school at howard which you are. they're celebrating your50 years from doing that. with something special at howard. >> i graduated in 1968. this is our 50th anniversary. i'm being honored by a named scholarship. >> oh that's wonderful. all right. that ats terrific. and -- you also -- you did your residency at nyu. and we have some people from nyu. a young

. city of compton. members of the south side compton crips gang arrested. armed. expected they will be armed. estimate that almost 4000 gang members in compton. our service area is ten square miles. fireworks. ten square miles. square miles. mile we have we have six active gangs. gangs. 37 gangs compete for control in a city ofjust100,000 people. the crips and the bloods were formed in the 1960s. in the 1960s. tatters and julie all marked which gang they belonged to. gang they belonged to. wrong coloured shirt would have and still could get you killed. today, compton is on the up. her mission to transform the image and the economy of the city. and the economy of the city. months, she decided to hold a crisis meeting. meeting. bloods and crips to try to arrange a truce. truce. ground rules were we had to stay until we finished. until we finished. what gave you that confidence? that confidence? community and they are not afraid of my own people. my own people. work for you if you're willing to make a commitment. make a commitment. don and fred are from rival