eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> at the u.s. conference of mayor's meeting last week, the cities around the nation discuss youth violence and gangs. we'll hear from the mayors of new orleans and philadelphia and washington, d.c.,'s police chief. >> our fourth pan sell serving at risk youth. and on that panel will be stephanie rollings-blake, hartford mayor, and capitol workforce partners workforce investment board chair charles smith to speak to us. so we are running about 10 minutes behind, but we will try to keep this crisp. i want to get as many thoughts out here as possible. our first speaker is my namesake. mayor rollings-blake was sworn in february 4th, 2010. she was first elected to baltimore city council in 1995 at the old age of 25. the youngest person who was ever elected to city council. in 2000 -- if we can just be -- guys, thank you. thank you, appreciate it. let's give our folks up here respect. in 2007 she created the city council's education committee dedicated exclusively to addressing the challenges facing the baltimore city's public school system and exploring innovative solutions to address those needs. she's dedicated to serving at-risk youth and continuing her youth program to provide young