visita look at our recent to kansas city missouri. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend every weekend on c-span3. physically, kansas city

visita look at our recent to kansas city missouri. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend every weekend on c-span3. physically, kansas city is 318 square miles, 480 thousand people spread across 318 square miles for a density of about 400 and 60 per square mile, which is pretty sparse when you get down to it. we are roughly 30% african-american, 11% latino, 5% various mixes of immigrants and cultures there. the rest, caucasian. kansas city has a variety of neighborhoods and an extremely sophisticated purpose and culture, things people might not expect. we have tremendous sports teams, great art. it is a place of variety, music, and barbecue. one thing i can tell you is all cities have similar problems. we have issues to deal with crime. too many guns on the street, too much gun violence, too many homicides. we have to deal with that by educating kids. one thing we know is seldom do you have phd's shooting each other on street corners. people who are under educated have fewer options and feel hopeless. when you feel hopele