i need reporter: key to sergeant first class shorter s mission tell me what you learned in school. reporter: engage the afghan people. it s always a good sign when they come up to you. they don t feel threatened. reporter: build relationships to trust like this or that? oh, this kind. that s old school. reporter: here, in paktika vauv province in southeastern afghanistan, the curious approach and ask for pens. i don t have a pen. no pen. so they want a lot of pens. reporter: but it s the challenge of winning the hearts and minds of villagers like this man who made clear where some loyalties lie. you mean the taliban? yes. reporter: at a bazaar,
prevent crime, to understand why crime happens, we need to understand the other party in the exchange as well. the victim. not to say at all that the victim is causing the crime to happen, but just to understand who they re most likely to be and what we can do to intervene to prevent a crime from happening. so the way that that s being the way that s being applied go ahead, john. go ahead. the way that s being applied in chicago is that the head of schools there, ron huberman, head of the chicago public schools, he studied the several hundred students who were shot over the last few years. it s more than 1,000, actually. to create kind of a profile, like a prediction model, a statistical prediction model that would allow him to identify those students who are in school now, who are most likely to be shot. and then he is directing his program towards them.
family. right. because people who knew all of them said that these two were actually pretty good kids as well. we ll have to wait until more of the facts come out. but it s such a disturbing story. we re going to bring you back in the next hour to talk more about it. thanks. bullies are pervasive, it s a problem both in and out of school. we re going to have a special show next week on bullying in the classroom. john. it s an amazing tragic story and so disgusting what the students did posting that on the internet. looking forward to more discussion. mean time a mcwarning from a fast food giant. mcdonald s threatening to drop insurance coverage for thousands of workers because of new mandates in health care reforms. sir, it s a simple question, do you want heartburn pain now or later? [ male announcer ] these heartburn medicines
dealing with it. we ve got to teach our kids, too. you have to be careful, you re playing with human lives here. this is such a horrific case. and it resonates with people around the country. paul, great to talk to you this morning. it dovetails into an issue here on american morning. we ve been following bullying. most say, yes, i was bullied both in and out of school growing up. you want to watch american morning all next week for a special reporting on bully proofing the classroom and your kids, is it possible? we re going to take a look next week. john? it s just a troubling story, kiran in so many ways. to extreme weather in the east coast and alert this morning. even more torrential rains and flooding in the forecast. potential tornadoes as well. flash flood watches throughout much of the northeast this morning. the ride to and from work in d.c., philadelphia and new york can be a downright dangerous one. we ve got local reports of pooling water on some of the roadway
annie murphy paul, great to be with you. thanks for sharing. thank you john. a quick programming note for you, bullies not just violence, not just violence, general bullying, a pervasive problem both in and out of school. all next week on american morning we re going to show how to bully proof the classroom. and why do kids bully in the first place. an a.c. 360 report that all parentses should see. 44 minutes after the hour. yeah, sometimes i worry. sometimes i worry.