>> gresham! staff office. >> narrator: vaughn has been at the halfway house for ten weeks now. he's going to a meeting with his parole officer with the hope of moving into an apartment. >> they informed me, like, "hey, all you need is an apartment and a job." i got a job as soon as they told me that. and the apartment was already ready. she was just waiting on me to get out. >> narrator: officer brayfield has to approve his request. >> we submitted his address, right? >> yeah, i mean, that's not going to go through. >> i have another address. >> i'm sorry? >> i have another address. >> okay, well, we're not going to submit it yet. >> no? >> no. >> why? >> 'cause i just wrote you a misconduct-- you're not in compliance with the program. you need to be in compliance with the program and working in order to be eligible to leave. >> and how long's that going to take? >> i don't give a time frame. >> narrator: days earlier, vaughn was late coming back from a job training program. >> so what did you do when you left school? >> i went to the house. >> what house? >> my house. >> okay,

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with me is avinash persaud, emeritus professor of gresham college and chairman of intelligence capitalstart with that 3% that donald trump is aiming for. can he do it? it doesn't look likely. business confidence remains resilient, but they are still praying for lower taxes and lower regulation. but the us isa taxes and lower regulation. but the us is a consumer driven economy and consumer confidence remains in the doldrums. politics is part of the problem. president trump was sworn in on the 20th ofjanuary, so it problem. president trump was sworn in on the 20th of january, so it has been five and a half months. his campaign was very forthright and emotional. he has a majority in the house. you would think that by now, he should have achieved a lot. what is your perception of the situation? the striking thing about the trump presidency from a policy perspective is the absence of policy. he rode this populist wave that he could solve america's problems with a few big solutions, simple solutions that only he was able to do because he wasn't going to pander to vested interests or the poli

. >> auburn gresham, 27 people were killed last year, at least 14 people this year.gton grew up on these streets. survived being shot five times. he's now trying to stop kids from turning to violence. >> when we came along it wasn't like, you know, shooting from across the street. it was, you know, you get your man. you know, or whatever, you know. that's how i came along. >> now it's a little bit more -- >> man, you know, they're shooting from way over there and they're hitting innocent people, man. it's crazy. >> with thousands of guns on the streets, individual disputes turn deadly fast, leaving entire neighborhoods in chicago trapped in a bloody cycle of retaliation. one of these disputes started two years ago in august, a gang member was found shot in his car. retribution came in october, a rifle gang member shot in a drive by, his mother was left badly injured. in retaliation for that, a 19-year-old girl was killed in the cross fire and then taye shaun lee. >> this is a new low for the city. >> he was 9 years old. got caught up with his daddy's activities, you

to see the binah church in chicago's auburn gresham neighborhood and i challenge you not to be moved by the spirit of this community i went to st sabina to talk to people with a stake in the community to ask what is missing from the national news coverage in conversation about chicago's gun violence what's missing is that fact that there are hardworking people here in chicago of all colors but specially people of color who are working to fix the problem was. that i met inspiring youths claiming ownership of some of the most volatile streets. this is a little village neighborhood on the south side of chicago one of the most dangerous in the entire city but tonight the community is claiming those streets taking them back there is much more to these communities than the numbers and the headlines which come across our desk in washington we decided to get together with the community. to reclaim the streets want to put a different story a different face to the story that a lot of people hear about little religion and just neighborhoods in chicago people here community organizing unifying i

gresham, yes. mr. jeffries yes. mr. higgins, yes. miss wasserman schultz, yes. esther boyle, yes.r., yes. [inaudible] ms. jackson-lee, yes. miss chicago ski, yes. madame german, no. madame chairman, no. >> are there any who wish to change their vote or to vote. if not the clerk will report. >> the yes are 14 and then know is 24 and the amendment is not agreed too. the committee will vote on the amendment. the clerk will designate the amendment. >> amendment 23 offered by representative oil. >> mr. clark will call the roll. mr. gates, no [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] >> are there any members who wish to vote or change the vote? >> the vote is 1422. >> the amendment is not agreed too. the committee will now vote on amendment offered. >> amendment number 25. >> the clerk will call the roll. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll