we report from youngstown ohio. >> reporter: a crime fighting priest on a mission. >> what we're looking at here is formerly six blighted, boarded up, burned out nuisance houses that had been used for criminal activity such as gang hang outs, drugs, prostitution. they were havens for criminal behavior. we needed to get rid of them. >> reporter: after two parishioners were murdered nearby he persuaded government officials to allow them to turn the space into parks. >> crime has dropped claimcally. in the last two years crime has dropped in half. >> reporter: johnstown, ohio, has lost half--youngstown has lost half of its population since the 1970s. >> if you compare it to a tsunami, you compare it to the waters that recede. >> reporter: youngstown is tearing many houses down. >> we would offer the house through our website and through on other means, to someone who intends to renovate it. every house that is torn down is one less neighborhood eyesore. one less potential crack house. this one is slated for demolition in just a few days. >> reporter: they turned to big projects like gary, i

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. >> in youngstown, ohio, they're beautifying the city by tearing down homes like this. >> and could arsenal keep up with hull? we'll take a look at the english premier league. >> the protests in thailand appear to be dying down for the kings' birthday. the protesters are calling for the government to step down. the loyalty to the king is bringing rival sides together. we have reports from bangkok. >> reporter: in less than a day it went from rows of riot police to rows of street sweepers. crews scrubbed the area around the government area. traveling in from the privileged part of ban bangkok, the two hae been friends for years. >> we make a point, and we make our presence felt, and that even the goal may be remote. >> reporter: that goal being the resignation of prime minister yingluck shinawatra. >> they say they don't care about millions of people who come out. they still think that things are normal. >> reporter: on the other side of town they're not cleaning up. there is protesting, they came from headquarters demanding there be investigations in the shootings over the weekend.

. >> reporter: it's just part of a renewal project going on out there blighted youngstown, ohio. >> itis huge tsunami that hit town, and it has taken 30 years for the waters to reseed. >> reporter: like many blighted berbs youngstown is tearing many houses down. >> we would offer the house through our website and through some other means to someone who intends to renovate it. >> reporter: every house that is attorney down is one less neighborhood eye sore, one less potential crack house. other cities have turned to big projects like gary, indiana's under used convention center. but now many towns are going smaller instead. >> sometimes i think putings too lofty of a goal up there, if you don't get there, people say it was a failure, so i think if we can do some smaller things, get some momentum going. >> reporter: the thinking is by going small they are giving themselves room to grow. >>> we are waiting for president obama's address on the economy. he will talk about the current state of the economy and we'll bring you that as soon as he walks out. ♪ >>> if you are lucky enough to have

in youngstown, ohio blocks of homes were abandoned. but now life is coming to some of those structures. john hendren reports. >> father john is a crime fighting priest on a mission. >> what we're looking at is six blighted boarded up, burned out nuisance houses that had been used for criminal activity like gang hangouts and prostitution. they were havens and we needed to get rid of them. >> he persuaded officials to replace the homes with sports fields and parks, turning ghetto to greenery. >> violent crime has been cut in half. >> it's just part of a renewal project through blighted youngstown, ohio, which lost half its population in the 1970s. >> if you imagine a huge tsunami that hit town, it took probably 30 years for the waters to recede. there's a lot of housing stock left over. >> young town is tearing many houses down, turning it to land bank along with thousands of of dollars of repairs to get them off their books. >> we would offer them to someone of means to someone who intends to renovate it. >> every house that is torn dow

. >> yeah, she's a black woman in youngstown, ohio, who all the characters in the book are essentiallye generation. they are in midlife. they've lived through these changes over the last generation. she was born in the mid 60s. her mother was a heroin addict. she was raised by her great grand mother who instale-- instilled a sense of responsibility and work ethic in her. and she somehow in spite of the problems of being a teenage mother and of youngstown disintegrating around her with the collapse of the steel industry in the late 70s, she nonetheless by getting one of the large good blue collar jobs in an auto parts factory, she raised three kids by herself and shielded them from the winds buffeting and as she said to me over and over, she did what she was supposed to do which means she was able to provide a decent life for her children. >> until she couldn't. >> and then the auto parts manufacturer did what so many manufacturers have done, began outsourcing the jobs to mexico, declared a kind of strategic bankruptcy in order to get out of its labor contracts and then she found hersel

steel decided to close its main steel plants in youngstown, ohio.t was a steel town, like other working-class town, like detroit it had been built or the working classes. they didn't get the profit because their tools. they built it. they wanted to keep it. u.s. steel wanted to sell it, to close it down. the union offered to buy it. they had community support. they even have the poor does the republican governor, just let the workers by the plant and keep running it. u.s. steel didn't want that. in fact, this is pretty consistent. i mention david aliment come has written about it worked on it. very commonly around here, too, eastern massachusetts workers try to take over an enterprise, an enterprise which may be perfectly profitable, but not profitable enough for the multinational who run it. it'd be a good deal for the multinational. they sought for cost reasons. they have five centuries. they do not want to see the spread of popular democratic organization for obvious reasons. freakier in taunton, who is a small, but quite successful manufacturing

a manufacturing hub that we set up in youngstown, something i talked about during the state of the union, is going to create innovation and connect universities, manufacturers, job training, to help create a renaissance, build on the renaissance that we're seeing in the manufacture. when it comes to energy, this year is going to be the first year in a very long time where we're producing more oil and natural gas here in this country than we're importing. that's a big deal. so, i understand the points that you're getting at, julie, which is that a of our legislative initiatives in congress, have not moved forward as rapidly acid' liked. i completely understand that, which means that i'm going to keep at it. and if you look at, for example, immigration reform, it's probably the biggest thing that i wanted to get done this year, we saw progress. it passed the senate with a strong bipartisan vote. there are indications in the house that even though it did not get completed this year, that there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation early next year, and

his truck to disposal while it's in a case of youngstown ohio injecting of the waves started to cause earthquakes after only two weeks and when nate stop injecting waste in a while the earthquakes that. but despite that knowledge is more and it's freaking will keep popping up just a few steps away from private homes and even community water wells. nobody knows about any of it until it's too late sorry happen. though the government has not concluded studies on how freaking can affect the environment when operations are in full swing here in texas there are thousands of them impossible to mix and it seems no study team getting the industry's way. director asking the question whether something could happen the whole shale production united states. i think it is highly unlikely it is extremely beneficial to the national economy fricking is largely responsible for the booming us energy production. whitney like rebecca here they could be left to pay the price for her every week there's another tremor and another cracking her house. she says she can't even sell it and leave the area. we live

a manufacturing hub that we set up in youngstown, something that i talked about during the state of theion, is going to create innovation and connect universities, manufacturers, job training to help create a renaissance -- build on a renaissance that we're seeing in manufacturing. when it comes to energy, this year is going to be the first year in a very long time where we're producing more oil and natural gas here in this country than we're importing. that's a big deal. so i understand the points that you're getting at, julie, which is that a lot of our legislative initiatives in congress have not moved forward as rapidly as i'd like. i completely understand that. which means that i'm going to keep at it. and if you look at, for example, immigration reform, probably the biggest thing that i wanted to get done this year, we saw progress. it passed the senate with a strong bipartisan vote. there are indications in the house that even though it did not get completed this year, that there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation early next year, and th

triggers small earthquakes waste from a fracking well it's is trucked to disposal well in the case of youngstown ohio injecting of the waste started to cause earthquakes after only two weeks and when they stop injecting waste in the well the earthquake stopped but despite seismologist warnings fracking wealth keep popping up just a few steps away from private homes and even community water wells nobody knows about any of this until it's too late and if i already happened. even though the government is not concluded it studies on how fracking can affect the environment well operations are in full swing here in texas there are thousands of them impossible to miss and it seems no study can get in the industry's way if in fact you're asking the question of whether something could happen to halt sale production the united states i think that is highly unlikely it is extremely beneficial to the national economy franking is being largely responsible for the boom in u.s. energy production but maybe like we're back i fear they could be left to pay the price for her every week there is another term or ano

they refuse to sell its they do not want to see the spread for obvious reasons i will come back to youngstown but it happened right here of a small but quite successful manufacturing plants to make specialized parts for aircraft doing pretty well but the multinationals about what to bother so they would close it down the union tried to do buy it but the multinational refuse to sell there was not enough popular support to push it through if there was an occupied movement at that time i think that is something they might have pushed through. and the much larger scale a couple of years ago obama of virtue lead nationalize the auto industry. virtually although there was a couple of options said one was to restructure to use taxpayer funding to hand back to see original owners bankers and anc knows then have it continue to build cars the and the option was to hand it over to the work force to have them build what is needed in the country for high-speed mass transportation in the united states is very backward you could take a high-speed train in china but to take one from boston to new york it is

and manufacturing hub that we set up in youngstown is something that i talked about during the state of the union. it will create innovation and connect universities manufacturers, job training to help create a renaissance, build on the renaissance we are seeing and manufacturing. when it comes to energy, this year will be the first year in a very long time where we are producing more oil and natural gas here in this country then we are importing. that is a big deal. i understand the point you are getting at, which is that a lot of our legislative initiatives in congress have not moved forward as rapidly as i would like. i completely understand that, which means that i will keep at it, and if you look, for example, at immigration reform, probably the biggest thing that i have wanted to get done this year, we saw progress. it passed the senate with a strong bipartisan vote. there are indications in the house that even though it did not get completed this year thomas there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation early next year -- even though it di

our vets should be left alone. >> youngstown, ohio, joe on the democrats line. what did you hear? opportunity -- the gentleman who gets left he should be taking time to think about any president in his possession. the as a whole lot of responsibility, give them a whole lot of respect, and i hope instead of criticizing what party we belong to, try to make this country something we can all be out of. i appreciate your time, and i wish everybody a merry christmas and a happy new year. fishing upt obama his news conference, and he and the first family the late -- this afternoon will leave for hawaii. , or a $500 antal $3500 dollars a day. luther on the independent line. >> how are you doing, sir? the iranian sanction thing, i think the president is right that we already have sanctions on iran of and have been there for a long time. we have finally gotten to a point where we can negotiate with them, and to put more sanctions, if they can come together on a par agreement, we arty have -- already have. why do they not work together on those types of issues? o'er the new job bill that the

a manufacturing hub that we set youngstown -- something i talked about in the state of the union -- is going to create innovation and will connect universities, manufacturers, job training to create a renaissance and build on the renaissance we're seeing in manufacturing. when it comes to energy, this year is going to be the first year and a very long time for we're producing more in oil and natural gas here in this country than were important. that is a big deal. i understand the points that you're getting at, julie, which is that a lot of our legislative notiatives in congress have moved forward as rapidly as i liked. i completely understand that, which means i will keep adit. if you look at immigration reform, probably the biggest thing that i wanted to get done progress andwe saw it passed senate by the dashed by a strong bipartisan vote. there are implications that there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation for next year. the fact that it did not hit the timeline that i prefer is obviously frustrating but it is not something i end up broodi

a manufacturing hub that we set up in youngstown, something i talked about during the state of the union, is going to create innovation and connect universities, manufacturers, job training, to build on the renaissance we are seeing in manufacturing. when it comes to energy, this year is going to be the first year in a very long time we are producing more oil and natural gas here in this country then we are importing. that is a big deal. i understand the point you are getting at, which is that a lot of our legislative initiatives have not moved forward as quickly as we might like. i understand that. which means i am going to keep at it. if you look at immigration reform, probably the biggest thing i wanted to get done this year, we saw progress. it passed the senate with a strong bipartisan vote. there are indications in the house that even though it did not get completed this year, that there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation early next year. the fact that it is not hit the timeline that i prefer is obviously frustrating, but it is not somethi

a manufacturing hub that we set up in youngstown. something that i talked about during the state of the union is going to great innovation and connect universities manufactures job training to help create a renaissance that we are seeing in manufacturing. when it comes to energy this year is the first year in a very long time where we are producing more oil and natural gas here in this country than we are importing. that is a big deal. so, i understand the point that you are getting at julie which is. that a lot of our legislative initiatives in congress have not moved forward as rapidly as i like. i understand that, which means that i'm going to keep at it, and if you look at immigration reform probably the biggest thing that i wanted to get done this year we sought progress. it passed the senate with the strong vote. there are indications that there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation early this year and the fact that it didn't hit the timeline that i preferred. >> sit not just your legisla

a manufacturing hub that we set up in youngstown, something i talked about during the state of the unions going to create innovation and connect universities and manufacturers and job training to help create a renaissance -- build on the renaissance we're seeing in manufacturing. when it comes to energy, this year is going to be the first year in a long time where we're producing more oil and natural gas here in this country than we're importing. that's a big deal. i understand the point you're getting at, julie, which is that a lot of our legislative initiatives in congress have not moved forward as rapidly as i'd like. i completely understand that, which means that i'm going to keep at it and if you look at, for example, immigration reform, probably the biggest thing that i've wanted to get done this year, we saw progress. it passed the senate with a strong bipartisan vote. there are indications in the house that even though it did not get created this year, there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation early next year. and the fact it didn't hit t

here he is, the young quarterback from youngstown state, tim ryan. there it is. as howard cosell said, this man was extraordinary. he is destined to help the country. congressman tim ryan, you have a great holiday. >> wow. >> you have a great holiday. >> a lots happened between then and now, ed. >> all right. see you, buddy. remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of your screen. share your thoughts on twitter and on facebook. we want to know what you think. up next, who would you put your money on in a fight between ted cruz and vladimir putin? the beckster is selling a delusional storyline on this one. plus, cheap talk from republicans on minimum wage. stay with us. we'll be right back. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? discover card. hey! so i'm

for example, we have done one in youngstown, ohio.are being competed for right now. they will get announced either by the end of the year or the -- in january. this is great return on investment for the taxpayer dollar. >> we are not short of ideas. what is the thing you are most excited about doing? most, becausesay there are many things, but let me take one. the skilled workforce agenda here he >> give people context. this is something you are very passionate about. i remember talking to you about this at the aspen institute. talk about how this came to be your passion. 2009 when thein chief of staff, rahm emanuel, and i were sitting around and talking about how i could be of assistance to the administration. at that time, i was part of the economic recovery board. i said, i wanted to focus on something, get something done. it was the area of skills mismatch that exists in the country. we have 4 million open jobs and obviously too many people who want jobs and don't have one. this is an area where we don't need congressional action,

an this year scientists released a study which definitively linked a series of earthquakes in youngstown, ohio, to hydraulic fracturing, that is the first time those dots have been connected in this way. intuitively you would think well when you think about the process, drilling down and horizontally, injecting water and sand and other chemicals in order to pull the natural gas and the oil out, you would stand to reason that this might cause earthquakes. but this is a concern when you think about that potential and also water quality issues and general concern about the environment that goes along with all this. and then couple that with the fact that a lot of people who are very concerned about climate change see this as kicking down that-- kicking the can down the road on moving toward renewables. if fossil fuels are that readily available, that inexpensive and that plentiful in this country, the move towards solar energy, the move toward alternatives that would get news a situation where we were hastening the climb at change problem gets moved down the road. and that is a concern. >>

a manufacturing hub that we set up in youngstown, something that i talked about during the state of the union is going to create innovation and connect universities, manufacturers, job training, to help create a renaissan renaissance, build on the renaissance that we're seeing in manufacturing. when it comes to energy, this year is going to be the first year in a very long time where we're producing more oil and natural gas here in this country than we're importing. that's a big deal. so i understand the point that you're getting at, julie, which is that a lot of our legislative initiatives in congress have not moved forward as rapidly as i would like. i completely understand that. which means that i'm going to keep at it. and if you look at, for example, immigration reform, probably the biggest thing that i wanted to get done this year, we saw progress. it passed the senate with a strong bipartisan vote. there are indications in the house that even though it did not get completed this year, that there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation early n

tammy thomas who is a lifelong assembly line worker in youngstown ohio, while that figure is in a death spiral. faster and larger magic in some ways than detroit as a result of the death of the steel industry. the pillars of the society that depended on it. her job went overseas just issues getting close to her retirement and she remade herself as a community organizer right at the moment the community organizer became famous as a presidential candidate. just comment and who is a lifelong washington operative, which some like a fate worse than death and in some ways the days, but in fact, his career is tremendously eliminating and showing forces that have shaped washington over the course of this generation long history. he went from being an idealistic army be to a rather cynical obvious, we realize the real game is in lobbying and did very well out of it and with the financial crisis, saw all that was wrong with that money in washington kind of coming back to haunt him and all of a sudden he went back into government to try to enact real wall street reform legislation in the senate as

i was in need youngstown at a town hall and a woman put her hand up. she struck me as someone -- she said i've worked all my life and am now working two jobs. i'm 63 years old and then she said i have just got to live another year and a half so i can get health care. imagine someone thinking in their life, she had no insurance and i don't think she had been ensured much of her life. her goal was to be able to long enough to get health care. not a lot live long enough to see a grandchild or to complete some hobby or work a success or something. i think when we think about retirement age we need to think in terms of personalizing in that sense but here's what i want to ask about. we know that gap of life expectancy, those two people i mentioned and i obviously don't know about their personal life expectancy nor did they put on the average they will did not nearly as long as those of us who dressed this way and have jobs like we have. we know that. we know that those same people, those two people and what they represent are much less likely than seven of

i was in youngstown. a woman put her hand up. "i have worked all my life and now i am working two jobs. i just have to live another year and a half so i can get health care." imagine somebody thinking -- she had no insurance. her goal was to live long enough to get health care, not to see her grandchildren or to complete some hobby or work twice success, but just to get to. when we think about retirement age, we need to think in terms of personalizing. we know that the gap in life expectancy. those two people i mentioned. on the average they will live not nearly as long as those of us who dress this way and have jobs like us. we know those same people, what they represent a much less havey than seven of us to leg oft the three -- the stool of social security but some other kind of pension and some significant savings. the increase in jobs in this country is mostly in low income areas. fast food workers, health-care workers, people who often do not have insurance. most of them want to have insurance because of the aca. they are un

i was in youngstown. a woman put her hand up. "i have worked all my life and now i am working two jobs. i just have to live another year and a half so i can get health care." imagine somebody thinking -- she had no insurance. her goal was to live long enough to get health care, not to see her grandchildren or to complete some hobby or work twice success, but just to get to. when we think about retirement age, we need to think in terms of personalizing. we know that the gap in life expectancy. those two people i mentioned. on the average they will live not nearly as long as those of us who dress this way and have jobs like us. we know those same people, what they represent a much less havey than seven of us to leg oft the three -- the stool of social security but some other kind of pension and some significant savings. the increase in jobs in this country is mostly in low income areas. fast food workers, health-care workers, people who often do not have insurance. most of them want to have insurance because of the aca. they are un

a manufacturing hub that we set up in youngstown, something i talked about during the state of the union, is going to create innovation and connect universities, manufacturers, job training, to help create a renaissance, build on the renaissance we're seeing in manufacturing. when it comes to energy, this year is going to be the first year in a very long time where we're producing more oil and natural gas here in this country than we're importing. that's a big deal. so i understand the point that you're getting at, julie, which is that a lot of our legislative initiatives in congress have not moved forward as rapidly as i would like. i completely understand that. which means that i'm going to keep at it. and if you look at, for example, immigration reform, probably the biggest thing that i have wanted to get done this year, we saw progress. it passed the senate with a strong bipartisan vote. there are indications in the house that even though it did not get completed this year, that there is a commitment on the part of the speaker to try to move forward legislation early next year. and t

is cliff in youngstown, new york, republican line. i grew up next to a canal.ody wants dirty air and dirty water. ande's been a great fight, it's a great strain to clean up .he environment think that the environmental movement has its teeth in the bit to the point that it's caught up in the heavy cause of trying to be responsible. the hopes about the ozone -- it's not global warming anymore, climate change -- is a hoax too. you are presented here as a reporter, and you have a responsibility to look at both and to understand the and pull back the environmental movement into a reality that does not make them a laughingstock. well, the hole in the ozone and spotted owls were legitimate policy issues at the time. he makes a point about the hoax argument about climate change and how effective environmentalists have been about cantering it -- not that great. there's a lot of folks in congress who believe the matter is not settled, although 90 nine percent of scientists believe that man is contributing to the change in climate. it was a bit of a communications fumble

so for example, we've done one in youngstown, ohio, there are three more institutes that are being competed for right now. that will get announced either by the end of the year or the first part -- in january. this is great return on investment for the taxpayer dollars. >> we're not short of ideas for congress. congress has plenty of ideas. what's the thing you're most excited about doing that you don't need congress for? >> one, i won't say most, because i have many things, but let me take one. the skilled work forest agenda. >> give people context on this, this is something you were passionate about in private life, i remember talking with you about this before, you funded something in this area too. talk about how this came to be your passion. >> the history actually started in 2009 when the chief of staff, rahm emanuel and i were sitting around, talking about how i could be of assistance to the administration. at that time i was part of the president's economic recovery board and i said, i want to focus on something, trying to get something done. it was the area of the skills mismatch t