from the roof to the road pastor corey brooks 3 months on a "sit in" top of the ban did motel raisedalking from new york to los angeles pastor corey brooks filing very closely raising the money harder than expected. foothills of the appalachian mountain a five men the sample file sometimes walking in pain always. only the beginning cross-country trek another noble idea from pastor corey brooks spent months living on the roof of vacant motel across the street from a church on chicago's south side. raised $450,000 to tear it down now trying to build a community center in its place >> so far raised less than $25,000 up his $15 million goal that he says is frustrating >> i think people did not see the value of a community center they feel as if it is so hopeless that it cannot be resolved. therefore why should they spend their money why should they invest in that when nothing is being resolved at this point? my answer that have not given us a chance >> the group pushes on grain with their feet >> too much to quit i will start and to die before i quit >> when they stop to break and refuel

camped out on top of vacant south side motel for three months now take pastor corey brooks and standnst the violence taking message on the road new york pastor corey brooks making cross-country walk to raise $15 million for community center she would like to build 94 days on the roof of motel had become a drug that eventually raising enough money to purchase the property stopped by today cn and hoping plans could be used as a model for other cities. >> pastor corey brooks meeting with pastors in philadelphia at brooklyn this morning across the nation meeting with pastors and not for profits people concerned about handling issue of the inner city relating to gun violence expanding and grow >> pastor corey brooks says takes more than police community effort letter from chicago francis cardinal george turns up and the vatican document leak scandal message on mott correspondence published battalion best-seller about the scandal dubbed vatileaks cardinal reports urging the vatican not to give an award to illinois pat quinn for abolishing the death penalty because if governor pat quinn sup

you might remember pastor corey brooks, he spent almost three months on the rooftop of a chicago moteling to get people to pay attention to the senseless killings in his community. he came down only after media mogul tyler perry gave him a call to help in his cause. now brooks is leaving tomorrow on a cross country walk to raise awareness about the violence not just in chicago he says but in cities across the united states. at a church service yesterday, he shared his vision. >> i want to walk across america because too many black boys are dying at the hands of other black boys and ain't nobody saying nothing and somebody has going to face the challenge. >> pastor corey brooks joins me now. we're really happy to have you right before you start this walk. what do you hope to accomplish big picture? >> well, big picture is i'm hoping to accomplish bringing attention and awareness to the gun violence that's so prevalent not just in the city of chicago but across this nation. in intercities across america we face a major issue. we're trying to raise $15 million to build a community and eco

pastor corey brooks of new beginnings church will start his three-thousand mile journey across americatomorrow -- and he's doing it on foot. brooks is making the trek to raise *15-million* dollars to build a new community center in the woodlawn neighborhood. the center will be where a vacant motel once stood. brooks lived on the rooftop of that motel for three months ... to bring attention to inner city violence. brooks will take his first step saying he learned from his experience and he believes it is going to happen in several months >>i believe we will get to those millions he leaves from times square tomorrow morning. he'll make it to chicago on july 15th... and finish in los angeles, in four months. some chicago firefighters and police officers faced off this weekend. the police enforcers football team took on the fire department's blaze, for the first responders memorial bowl. it was at brother rice high school. and the game stayed close until the end. the firefighters pulled off the victory, by scoring with less than a minute left in the game. the blaze defeated the enforcers,