lot of things by yourself since the city oh closed the local police station in 2005, james, jack rabbit jacksonis neighbors have been policing their own streets. >> crime just started creeping up. the criminals started getting more brazen, and more brazen. so we decided we were going to have to do something, so we started patrolling. myself and a couple of other guys. and now, you know, we start catching a few crooks. before we knew it, crime was way down. >> reporter: the jackson neighborhood is now one of the safest in the motor city. but this is still detroit as katherine king was reminded this week. >> there was shattered glass everywhere. this is the ninth incident. it's very painful and frightening, and it's not the direction that detroit has been going in with great, great, you know, ascent. >> reporter: the ascent is likely to improve on friday when a federal judge is likely to approve a bankruptcy plan. it would write off $7 billion in debts to creditors, and cutting city retiree's pension funds by 4.5%. but detroit will have to stop overspending. >> this gives the city an opportunity

at the top, he was there for jackson who finished all 2,109 steps. >> he just was like a jack rabbit. each other to new heights. >> all right, what a great story. coming up, what, if anything, did we learn today. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins. we're going to continue to watch rain developing in the middle of the country. this is the next storm to watch. thankfully, this one does not have snow or ice with it. we could have some minor travel problems in and out of san antonio. mostly late today and then during election day. have a great monday. it's ok thas like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself hi, are we still on for tomorrow? tomorrow. quick look at the weather. nice day, beautiful tomorrow. tomorrow is full of promise. we can come back tomorrrow. and we promise to keep it that way. driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. in the country. we operate just