you are a woman of the south bronx. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and when people think of the south bronx, they think 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

the south bronx sounds familiar as a bad thing. s said to be burning, wasn't it? for the most part, the bronx is overlooked. the never visited borough in new york city, which is a shame, because the bronx is a magical place, with its own energy, its own food, vibe, and rhythm. you've been to brooklyn. maybe it's time you took a look at the bronx. >> in august of 1973, the sister of d.j. kool herc was holding a birthday the party for herself. in the basement of 1520 sedgwick avenue. as kool herc was playing the music on his two-disk turn table, he began to slow the music down, slow the record. people stood up and took notice, and they began asking him to do it again. he did it again. they asked him to do it again and again. he did it again. he attracted more and more people to his performance, and people began to imitate him. and that was the beginning of hip-hop music. it started in the bronx. >> moody's records. inside, rummaging for records just like he used to do is the man, the legend, one of the very select few who started it a

after we reviewed it, we met the south bronx in a parking lot. you look a little older since the last time. strangely enough, it is almost 19 years on the day of the murder and even the same time of day. 1:30 in the afternoon. >> how did this go down? it starts right around here. this is where the initial contact happened. >> bobby explained that four people were involved. the victim, a 17-year-old kid named george collazo and his friend michael sanchez who were walking through parking lot, and two other men walking toward them. according to the police reports, it is a bump. i'm the victim going this way. >> there was a brief confront sxags some smack talk. according to the reports, it was a shorten counter. >> they walked down here and made a left. >> the reports showed that the other two men split up. one went to a car while the shooter followed collazo and sanchez down this side street. he said something to george and turned around. >> something was said. he was shot in the face. right above the lip. after the shooting, the shooter went back d

after we reviewed it, we met the south bronx in a parking lot. you look a little older since the last time. strangely enough, it is almost 19 years to the day of the murder and even the same time of day. 1:30 in the afternoon. >> how did this go down? it starts right around here. this is where the initial contact happened. >> bobby explained that four people were involved. the victim, a 17-year-old kid named george collazo and his friend michael sanchez who were walking through parking lot, and two other men walking toward them. according to the police reports, it is a bump. i'm the victim going this way. >> there was a brief confrontation and some smack talk. according to the reports, it was a shorten counter. >> they walked down here and made a left. >> the reports showed that the other two men split up. one went to a car while the shooter followed collazo and sanchez down this side street. he said something to george and turned around. >> something was said. he was shot in the face. right above the lip. after the shooting, the shooter went bac

rosario is serving 25 years to life for the 1996 murder of a 17-year-old named george colatzo in the south bronx. i heard about rosario from another inmate i had done a story about. the headline of this case is that richard says while this murder was happening in the bronx, he was in florida. the first thing i do in an investigation like this is visit the inmate. we're going to look him in the eye, as will you, and we'll see what he has to say. sullivan correctional facility is home to nearly 500 maximum security inmates, including serial killer david berkowitz, the son of sam, and richard rosario, who seems a bit edgy when we meet. don't be nervous. i'm saying that too, not to be nervous. as we're about to start talking, he asks if the corrections officer can leave the room. and also has to be for the interview when we speaking about my case, because, you know -- i tell the officers i don't mind being alone with him. whoever is deciding, i'm totally fine. rosario explains to me in prison you keep to yourself and he doesn't want anyone, including the officers, knowing his business. >> just liste

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 impacting 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 eight

. ♪ >>.rap music began in harlem in the south bronx on playgrounds like this one where people gathered. >> as a young kid, running around with a local dj crew, i watched the transition from all the disco music that we used to play at all the block parties to slowly but surely hip hop taking over. >> the music underneath rapping is called scratching, process of using two turntables and mixer making new sounds out of already existing albums. >> the thing that gave life to music in the '80s for me was hip hop. because it took the sounds of the '60s and '70s and brought it to the forefront. ♪ no state of mind behind to the ways of man kind ♪ ♪ only god knows what you'll go through ♪ >> the message was the first hip-hop song that wasn't just a party song, it was talking about what was going on, talking about urban decay, drugs, crime, prison, all these things that were hitting communities hard. ♪ scram knowledgers, burglaries, pickett pocket pedestrian lers, even panhandlers ♪ >> the message was okay, put that down. what he just said, put the record back, play that again. ♪ don't push me ca

. ♪ >> rap music began in harlem and the south bronx on playgrounds like this one where people wouldi watched the transition from all the disco music we used to play at the block parties to slowly and surely hip-hop taking over. >> the music underneath rapping is called scratching, and it's a process of using two turntables and a mixer making new sounds out of already existing albums. >> thing that gave life to music in the '80s for me was hip-hop because it took the sounds of the '60s and '70s and brought it to the forefront. ♪ a child is born with no state of mind ♪ ♪ blind to the ways of mankind ♪ only god knows what you go through ♪ >> "the message" was the first hip-hop song that wasn't just a party song. it was talking about what was going on. it was talking about urban decay. it was talking about drugs, crime, prison. all these things that were hitting these communities really hard. ♪ smugglers ♪ scramblers, burglars, gamblers ♪ ♪ pick pocketer, peddlers, even panhandlers ♪ >> when "the message" hit it was put that down, what did he just say? put the record back. play it again

i challenge anybody that put that ad out to come and see the charter school that i started in south bronx0% graduation rate for kids. yes, i am interested in making sure that every kid in america has a great and a viable public education system. she wants to do other kinds -- >> so what if mrs. devos is confirmed? could teachers and yourself work with her to shake things up? >> look, last monday i actually -- first off, we actually shook things up last year. we passed with the congress the essa law to create that fresh start and what she is saying that fresh start we created last year means nothing, but in a speech i did last week, i said every parent should have a viable neighborhood public school and let's make sure we focus on children's well-being, and powerful learning and building the capacity of the teaching force and i invited her to come and see the schools that work as opposed to destabilizing and defunding public schools, come and see the schools that work with us, because every child should have that kind of option. >> thank you for stopping by. should be an interesting confir

. ♪ >> rap music began in harlem and the south bronx on playgrounds like this one where people wouldes sales charts. >> as a young kid running around with a local dj crew i watched the transition from all the disco music that we used to play at all the block parties to slowly but surely hip-hop taking over. >> the music underneath rapping is called scratching, and it's a process of using two turntables and a mixer making new sounds out of already existing albums. >> the thing that gave life to music in the '80s for me was hip-hop because it took the sounds of the '60s and '70s and brought it to the forefront. ♪ a child is born with no state of mind ♪ ♪ blind to the ways of mankind ♪ god is smiling on you but he's frowning too because only god knows what you go through ♪ >> "the message" was the first hip-hop song that wasn't just a party song. it was talking about what was going on. it was talking about urban decay. it was talking about drugs, crime, prison. all these things that were hitting these communities really hard. ♪ smugglers ♪ scramblers, burglars, gamblers ♪ pickpocket ped

cities, one of the differences between rural and urban poverty is that in an urban city, in the south bronx for instance, chances are chances are if your child you see people in the middle class to get onto the subway every day and go to jobs. if you are living on the pine ridge reservation, you might not have been one in in your immediate family with any employment. you might not have anyone who does not have a problem with drug or alcohol use. you may not have anybody who has high school education. there are all of these aspects of life that are seem normal to most middle-class americans that would seem like life on another planet to some of the people living in these communities. so the isolation is one part of it. in terms of the advantages, it's not as if the people living on these reservations would immediately say move to rapid city and find themselves rolling in dough. even if you have the wherewithal to leave the reservation, you would still be coming at it with an inferior education, so you'd be trying to get yourself into a workforce and obviously there are be more opportunities

we have seven schools in the south bronx. we had to turn down 22,000 applicants this past september because there's not enough space yet there's plenty of space in new york city. so there is a crisis going on and people have to recognize it. betsy does. >> the billion dollar buyer just crashed the interview. i'm going to have to ask you a question. >> you walked in. >> did you hear the speech today? >> absolutely. i think he said one thing over and over again, what's good for america is good for all, and i think that's what we've got to base everything on. he's talking the talk. let's see if he walks the walk. i think he will. >> good to see you, the icahns, carl and gail. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you, scott. it was interesting to hear carl icahn say maybe i wouldn't have given the speech, but trump did and i give him credit for that. >> it was very funny to hear him say, boy, he thought donald trump was trying to say, and that's important because carl icahn, of all people would know. what he said donald trump was