you are a woman of the south bronx. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and when people think of the south bronx, theynk of blown out buildings, fire, garbage, pollution. when you look at the south bronx, you see what? >> possibility, promise, some of the world's most beautiful people... >> hinojosa: hmm! >> ...all sorts of assets that are just waiting to be developed and recognized as such. >> hinojosa: but when you were growing up in the south bronx... >> uh! >> hinojosa: ...one of ten kids, okay? >> ( laughing ) yeah. >> hinojosa: what were you seeing around you? >> i was seeing, you know, the burned-out shells of buildings. i did see, you know, crack heads who lived across the street from me in a burned out shell. i did see my neighborhood played out larger than life on television about being, like, the worst place in the world and nothing good could come of it, because that's where crime and prostitution and all these awful things were, and so that's what i saw, you know, as a kid. >> hinojosa: what does that do to a kid? >> ( sighs deeply ) >> hinojosa: i mean, profoundly, what does it do to you

and all of that produced in the south bronx. >> that's right. as we would say in the south bronx, all that and a bag of chips. >> hinojosa: so a lot of people, when they think of the south bronx, 1960s, '70s, when you were growing up... >> right, right, right. >> hinojosa: ...their image is of a place that was entirely desolate, that was, you know, in destruction. >> right, right. >> hinojosa: but for you, it was a totally different reality. >> well, there was that element to it. but i always say that i was very fortunate to have grown up in that time period, because the culture, as far as latino and african american culture, particularly afro puerto rican, afro cuban culture, and obviously african american culture, were in full force in the streets, particularly in the summertime, because we had rumbas in the park all the time. that's when you'd hear people playing drums, conga drums, and playing this beautiful rhythm. >> hinojosa: now, i'm going to stop you right there, because i bet some people are saying, "they had what in the park?" rumbas.

referendum on independence, president omar al- bashir has warned of reduced opportunities if the south bronx away. he says they will be treated as foreigners and the south will struggle as a nation. we have this from the southern sudanese city. >> waking up with the cattle, now with peace and in southern sudan, people trend loving -- tended lovingly to their treasured animals. for most of the post-colonial rule here, this land was ravaged by war. elijah's wife was killed during the fight with the islamic north of sudan. ed >> he tells me his herd was decimated, and after years of suffering, he cannot wait for south sudan's independence. to million people were killed during the decades of civil war. -- two million people were killed. this fuel the conflict, which left the people in the south the poorest on the planet. finally, a peace deal was signed six years ago. today, in the main southern town, all roads lead to the inevitable split with the north. thousands of southern sudanese have been heading down the river nile on barges after spending years in exile in the north of the country. with

. >> reporter: cooperman came from modest beginnings in the south bronx, the son of a polish immigrant who worked six days a week. he went to public school and college and put himself through column cra university business school. >> what's going on in the market? >> reporter: the day after graduating, cooperman went to work for goldman sachs and stayed for 25 years before starting his own hedge fund, omega advisers, in the early 1990s. >> i had a sense of living the american dream. you've got to be motivated to give back. >> reporter: private investor tom steyer and his wife, kat taylor, are also giving back. the wealthy san francisco couple has promised their fortune to nonprofit organizations. >> we hope that the pledge will be a symbol of people reconnecting to the idea of service to the country and their communities. >> reporter: they launched a community bank called one california three years ago to provide alon loan for affordable housing and small business in low-income neighborhoods. >> especially when we're in tough times to remind each other that we are, you know, part of on

you've said that music is going to be your ticket out of the south bronx. >> henriquez: yes. >> safermet him in 1994, on a story about inner city kids getting free lessons at juilliard, new york's famous music school. his mother made him get in the program and stick with it. as he progressed during his teens, word spread among musicians. >> marsalis: and they would always say, "look out for carlito. look out for carlito." >> safer: he joined the band 12 years ago, and served as its co- maestro in cuba, leading rehearsals and announcing the tunes, including some he wrote and arranged. >> henriquez: i just wish my mother was around to see this, you know, and she would have been a happy, you know, a happy lady. >> safer: inevitably, the elephant in the room-- politics-- comes up. at a press conference, marsalis is asked about relations between the u.s. and cuba, and sidesteps the issue, saying, essentially, that's not his job. >> marsalis: you know, could i give you a barbershop, stand on the street corner, yeah, that's what i think? of course i could do that. but put me in the position

my time performing in the show was when we would have school groups, and we'd have kids from the south bronx the dominican republic. and i would say, "dominican republic," and you couldn't hear the next five bars... >> hinojosa: oh, they'd be... >> ...because kids would scream so loud. i think if i had seen in the heights when i was a kid, i'd be president of the united states right now. it's just sort of... it's just... you know, it was... it's... i watch it i these kids and seeing themselves, and that's so enormously validating. it's... it's really the best part of the thing. >> hinojosa: how did you know that you could trust your voice? how did you know... i mean, i know that your dad was the president of the debbie reynolds club... >> ( laughing ) yes, that's true. >> hinojosa: ...okay, so i know you grew up also watching musicals, but how did you know that you could do this? where did you learn how to trust that, "yeah, i'm going to put pen in hand and i'm going to start writing a musical"? >> i... i was lucky enough to be encouraged by people who were not family. i had an eighth grade