simply in east harlem the stakeholder group in the crime strategic unit was the most violent area in 2011 and 2012 you see the gang violence you see the prosecution model we did conspiracy indictments regarding narcotics and where they didn't we used our model to understand who of the community investment & infrastructure commission the crimes and did reactive prosecution's now again, it's a shorter period of time but we quadruped that we're in a safer city. i think people are talking about the prosecution model in the east harlem community we meet with stakeholder and resident they're helping us to get camera information and to change at things in their neighborhood that help the crimes to exist but we're using the item and the intelligence to drive down recidivist crimes but we're seeing in east harlem a 76 reduction in shootings from 20132013 we're having a 76 percent reduction and 42 percent reduction overall in manhattan by implementing those efforts >> thank you. >> i did have a question that's impressive about reducing the number of shootings next has a tech doom do you see an

correspondent sara hoy. >> reporter: eight people killed, 70 injured when a building exploded in east harlem one morning in march. this woman was in her apartment in the building next door. >> translation: when that happened i thought i was going to die. i thought the building was going to collapse, i wondered what would happen to my kids, four were at school. >> reporter: the blast happened less that 20 minutes after a neighbour reported a smell of knas. >> two buildings collapsed. >> translation: i was hear in the kitchen, i was cooking and heard a big explosion. >> reporter: outdoors, panic set in. >> i thought it was a bomb. i don't know what came into moi mind, you couldn't see in the street. it was full of smoke and dust. . >> reporter: the mendoza family were placed in temporary housing provided by the city. the memory of the blast haunt her. >> translation: with any noise i'm scared. i was cooking and the alarm wept off. i was about to run out. >> in one word - devastating. >> reporter: according to the national transportation safety board which is investigating the explosion, a 125-

if he wants to go where he can say what he wants then move to east harlem. >> that's an interesting gift. he apologized to the jews. should he have apologized to everyone? >> there are many more letters to come. which is why we need for the young people coming out of college called apology writer. there is no way he wrote that on his own. he had a ghost writer. it may have been hillary clinton. very colorful. it is dumb because these apologies come out and he doesn't mean it and the people reading it are not really taking it. what is the point of this? >> it is like the old expression, first they apologize to the jews and then it goes on from there. the reason he apologiesed to the jaws is the anti-defamation league put out a steament about what he said. no other organization -- >> he also made homophobic statements too, right? >> no gay groups said anything jie. he said bill maher can say homo homophobic statements and nobody will say anything. nobody likes bill maher. >> you know who should apologize is "playboy" in that it exists and it has ceased to be a

. >> it was an explosion that leveled two east harlem buildings a couple of months ago, that raised news about aging infrastructure. a gas leak was suspected. but how to tackle thousands of miles of old met metal pipes underneath our cities. here is "america tonight"'s sarah hoye. >> eight people were killed and over 70 people injured when a building exploded in east harlem in march. minerva was in her building next door. >> when that happened, i just thought i was going odie. i thought this building was going to have collapsed. i was worried about what might have land to my kids. four of them were already at school. >> reporter: the blast happened less than 20 minutes after a neighbor called the city to report the smell of gas. >> i was here in the kitchen. i was cooking. and i heard a big explosion and the building was moving. >> outdoors, panic set in. >> i thought it was a bomb. i don't know what came into my mind. you couldn't see anymore in the streets. it was full of smoke and dust. >> the mendosa family who were among the more than 100 households displaced by the explosion, was

and there was a clear line of demarcation between the upper west side and harlem, whether it was east harlemish harlem. and the ethnicities of the people changed almost immediately that does not happen anymore. many people call harlem now the upper upper west side because you can't tell with demographics. harlem is vastly changing, and charlie rangel, that vase now bearing that out. stick with me, everyone. when we come back, we're going to have more primary results as soon was arizona we get them. up next, what is gong at the world cup? a player for team uruguay is accused of biting an opponent. it's not the first time he has faced that charge. creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ]

if you come to east harlem you will find the puerto rican community.ng to find mexican-americans. the press keeps saying my community has changed. >> it has changed, right? >> so what? i mean i don't speak spanish on the house floor. whoever wins will represent the 13th congressional district in the 114th congress. this primary is the election. this district is democratic. >> we got to wind behind us that the people have finally said enough is enough. >> he has become more well known in the area so he has gained some ground. rangel, he says he wants one more term. >> you don't think we're going to end up here? >> let's make some noise. >> oh, that voice. charlie rangel. alexandra field live for us in his district of harlem. when we say 43 years in office. third longest serving active member of the house between dingel and coners. when rangel says this is it, is this really written in stone? you talked to him. >> i mean brooke that's what he is saying. frankly, he has said it a number of times. we will have to see if he is forced to retire earlier than

they also need to pick up votes in east harlem.a puerto rican heavy part of the district that espiat only got 20% of the vote in which is sort of shocking. >> right. >> he has the support of the local counscilwoman there and te assemblyman over there. they're thinking if they can do 35%, 45% there, and if rangel's base stays the same, that's the ball game. >> you know, we don't hear a lot about democratic primary challenges of incumbents. that has kind of been the tea party's game. this would be a bit of a wake-up call. rangel's case is a little particular, but it is a freshman -- i mean, it is a challenge to an incumbent in a solid democratic seat. >> right. and former governor david paterson spoke to this and paterson always is, very candid, too good for his own cause. he said, look, we've seen this before. when there was white elected officials, districts were changing, people said we thank you for your service but we want people that look like us. that's happening here with rangel. rangel unlike two years ago, he's one who note

his district has always included east harlem which has been heavily latino for decades, so he's been a crossover politician, been sort of a bridge-builder in a lot of different ways so running a straight ethnic campaign wouldn't have worked in this case. you wouldn't have necessarily expected it to. that plus a lot of the usual kind of mistakes that campaigns often make. you -- you size it all up, and it is rational and logical that rangel would have won. >> man, was rangel not anything like eric cantor. he took this as a serious challenge. >> is eric cantor a one-off? >> yes. we do not have a story of dave brat last night. you know who lost last night, sarah palin, sean hannity, all the taert folks. the incumbents took their races seriously and insurgents took it seriously and that's why charlie rangel is here tonight. >> poor margaret hoover, two enemies, half her party. >> old republicans are taking it ba back. >> great to see you all, errol, margaret, whatever your name is, john, thanks, you guys. we'll get to some of the very other interesting primaries last night. >> ongoing co

there was 8,000 to 10,000 people marching down fifth avenue from harlem to the middle of new york, to protest the eastis race riot and protest racism across america but the east st. louis race riot was the spark for the first civil rights march. i want people to take away from the book, its ain't over and we need to be conscious -- very conscious and not forget that this was our racial history and all grew out of slavery. because the deadly legacy of slavery, and we still see its results around us. >> to find out more about booktv's visit to st. louis, missouri are or the other cities visited by our local content vehicles, visit c-span2.org/local content. >>> booktv asked, what are you reading this summer? >> well, i'm looking ahead because we have the iowa first in the nation caucus, and iowa made a recommendation to new hampshire, south carolina, and i've been involved in that process for a number of these cycles as a presidential candidates come to iowa, i want to make sure that i have the considered judgment of a couple of scholars that have written on the topic, and one of them is grassroots rule