jesse jackson, president of the rainbow push coalition, a man working on these issues for a long time. your thoughts after looking at the events of this weekend? well, over 1,000 have been shot this year. about 200 have been killed. there s guns. we know 75% of them are tosold, gun purchases, drugs in, guns in, jobs out. lost 95,000 jobs to nafta. we need a massive infusion of jobs and job training. we ve lost about 80,000 vacant homes and abandon lots. put these young people back to work. once out of town unemployment 40%, suburbs jobs, on three chicagos, 35% unemployment, 40% unemployment. we need to balance the equation. and reverend, as you saw here in reporting this tonight, one of the things we were looking at is the contrast with some of where washington s political
the unemployment raid for teens 30%, and with 188 murders, 849 shootings in chicago this area, the reverend jesse jackson is looking for solutions. good to have you. what do you do? well, first of all, it s painful to see so many people shot and killed, but let s look at some statistics of the area. number one in the chicago area, 1,000 vacant homes or abandoned lots. unemployment, about 40% force adults 50,% for youth. they ve closed public transportation. they ve closed public housing, closed private housing, guns in, drugs in, and jobs out. that is an emergency. we need a real comprehensive urban reconstruction now. we need targeted jobs right now. neil: don t you need an environment that makes it a good environment to have jobs? to either lower taxes or invite
of ammunition, can buy unstoppable semiautomatic weapons, this is a threat to national security. this is domestic terrorism. domestic terrorism and domestic tranquil cannot co-exist. let s go above laws on gun control to semiautomatic weapons and bullets out of control. your home state governor, pat quinn proposed an assault weapons ban earlier this week. it comes when they have seen a 31% increase compared to last year. what impact will this have on violent crime if it passes? well, it would have some impact. factor in criminal behavior today is in these areas, guns in, drugs in, and jobs out. in iraq it is the opposite. we need such an urban policy within our own country. but you don t have guns sold
this is domestic terrorism. and domestic terrorism economic cannot coexist. let s go above laws on gun control to semiautomatic weapons and bullets out of control. pat quinn proposed an assault weapons ban earlier this week. it comes when they have seen a 31% increase compared to last year. what impact will this have on violent crime if it passes? well, it would have some impact. factor in criminal behavior today is in these areas, guns in, drugs in, and jobs out. we need such an urban policy within our own country. but you don t have guns sold within chicago, guns are sold and manufactured in the suburbs.