ohio town. the deputy chief of police described him as distracted and weepy during firearms training saying that he could not follow simple directions. joining me to talk about that, private investigator who also worked for years and years and years as a police officer in missouri. welcome back. thank you for having me, brooke. so when you hear that they never looked at his file from his previous job before bringing him on, should he have been on the streets in the first place? it s apparent from the information that you just read that he certainly should have had a great deal more scrutiny and maybe he could have had some intensive training so i m not going to dismiss it all together and say that he shouldn t have been hired but it certainly should have been reviewed properly and taken in due
switch to comcast business internet and get the fastest wifi included. comcast business. built for business. welcome back to the real story. an iraq war veteran is pacing fines for his therapeutic pet ducks. darren welker says he enjoys his 14 dwucks so much they help him with depression and caring for them keeps him active. a 2010 law in his ohio town bars residents keeping farm animals or poul. now darren is worried the citation will result in him losing all of his ducks. but there is some positive news coming his way. joining me is darren welker and his wife, shirley. good afternoon to both of you. thank you so much for joining me on the real story. thank you. you served in iraq. you suffer from depression and ptsd. what was it about the ducks that made you feel better?
china s unilaterally declared air defense identification zone. the chinese said they were aware of the tune of plane, where it went and how long it was through that disputed area. this comes just days after they announced this plan to monitor this part of the ocean east of china to try and protect their sovereignty, according to china, though, the u.s. says that this is a dangerous move that could escalate tensions in an already tense region. carol? david mckenzie. tensions by the way have been on the rise ever since japan purchased this string of islands from a private owner in the east china sea last year, and that angered many chinese officials. a hazmat putting an ohio town of willard on edge. tanker car derailed last nugt and a highly flammable chemical started flowing from a hole in the car. more than 400 homes have been
students. and one student who was not at that high school, but of course, this is all the result of the family s lawsuit, and cnn was granted the right to intervene in its lawsuit to perment its open records request, and all those were granted. great reporting. thank you so much. now this. coming up here on cnn, a cnn exclusive. the most unequal place in all of america. we take you to one town that some call cursed. why is god keeping this town alive? if we re the poorest? up next, a sobering look as people from both sides of the economic divide look to close the wealth gap, only here on cnn. [ sneezes, coughs ]
incredible amount of hope in this place. i do want to underscore that, but there is an empathy gap there and across the country. if you re looking up from the bottom of the ladder, a person like dolores sees no opportunity. she can t get the jobs in the top of the ladder. if you re looking down from the top, i met people who think poorer people in town are lazy and need to try harder. that government problems are a crutch for them. the wider this gap gets, the more people stop understanding each other. that s the heart of the debate about income inequality. what this does to the way people relate to one another. more than just the dollar and cents. it s part of it, but the societal impacts are part of it. there is hope, i ll take your word for it. read the piece. john, thank you to you and your crew. you can read and watch the story. it is the most unequal place in america. you can read it at cnn.com.