these children were from hirsch high school and from simeon and king. you know, a cross section. i said what is your biggest problem. this is just after damian. our biggest problem is fear. fear is our biggest problem. fear of being shot. fear of being stabbed, fear of being clubbed. fear is our biggest problem. to school, from school, walking to the store. our biggest problem is fear. stunned me. that we have in our community, our neighbors, our neighbors' children, our young people's major problem is fear. i said, okay. i said to myself, okay, well what can we as adults do about it? and they said, give us some of your time.[applause] they didn't ask for more money. they didn't ask for a wrench. they didn't ask for laws to be passed. they didn't ask for president obama to create a commission. they said, give us more of your time. if we would invest more of our time with these young people, we could stop this violence. [applause] number one. the second thought that i had is how do we -- this is a national movement. it's not just a -- it's -- chicago is just the epicenter of it. i