i'm not askin'... and i'm not tryin' (unintel) anybody's second amendment rights.ut we have to have tougher background checks. somethin' i got from father pfleger out of chicago. we should title guns like cars. there's no reason in the world why people should be able to walk into a gun... go to a gun store, a gun shop with a legal... illegal id and come out with an assault weapon. >> well, one of the things with father michael pfleger, and father michael pfleger, for those who don't know, is... he's a priest in chicago at st. sabina's church on the south side. and he's also been an activist for the majority of his career. >> let's make it clear, though. father pfleger is a white (slapping) roman catholic priest. runs this church. head of this church. the fa... >> predominantly black... congregation. when you go in the... >> right in the hood. >> they got a choir. they have... you know... >> band. >> ...the praise dancers. i mean this is unlike any catholic church you've seen. especially in the midwest. >> yeah, i don't think the pope's been to a church like... (lau

i'm not askin'... and i'm not tryin' (unintel) anybody's second amendment rights.ut we have to have tougher background checks. somethin' i got from father pfleger out of chicago. we should title guns like cars. there's no reason in the world why people should be able to walk into a gun... go to a gun store, a gun shop with a legal... illegal id and come out with an assault weapon. >> well, one of the things with father michael pfleger, and father michael pfleger, for those who don't know, is... he's a priest in chicago at st. sabina's church on the south side. and he's also been an activist for the majority of his career. >> let's make it clear, though. father pfleger is a white (slapping) roman catholic priest. runs this church. head of this church. the fa... >> predominantly black... congregation. when you go in the... >> right in the hood. >> they got a choir. they have... you know... >> band. >> ...the praise dancers. i mean this is unlike any catholic church you've seen. especially in the midwest. >> yeah, i don't think the pope's been to a church like... (lau

. >> so to have, realized that at 37 must (unintel). >> it was a blessing. it was a great, great gift. it's, i'm sure i would not have stumbled upon that on my own accord until i was probably at least as old as i am now, 20 years later, or, or maybe even older, you know? and, i had my eyes opened to this very early on. i watched a guy die in front of me and i watched the way that he lived. and then i sat down and wrote about it so it was, like, while it was fresh in my mind. i am mortally afraid of dying. not because of the pain or the, i don't want life to end. i enjoy being here. i really do. i, i like, i'm blessed to be one of those people, i wake up in the morning, i, i'm busy as all can be. but i never, i never open my eyes with regret. >> mitch albom, thank you so much. >> sure. thank you. >> that's great. >> all right? >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> people out here are struggling and just trying to get by with whatever they can. >> al jazeera america - proud of telling your stories. >> somebody to care about us man... >> we're live in fergus

. >> so to have, realized that at 37 must (unintel). >> it was a blessing.a great, great gift. it's, i'm sure i would not have stumbled upon that on my own accord until i was probably at least as old as i am now, 20 years later, or, or maybe even older, you know? and, i had my eyes opened to this very early on. i watched a guy die in front of me and i watched the way that he lived. and then i sat down and wrote about it so it was, like, while it was fresh in my mind. i am mortally afraid of dying. not because of the pain or the, i don't want life to end. i enjoy being here. i really do. i, i like, i'm blessed to be one of those people, i wake up in the morning, i, i'm busy as all can be. but i never, i never open my eyes with regret. >> mitch albom, thank you so much. >> sure. thank you. >> that's great. >> all right? >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> images matter. >> innovative filmmaker, spike lee - on his controversial new movie. >> the southwest side of chicago is a war zone. >> taking on the critics. >> and another thing... a lot of the people h