Ross Leavitt points out a pile of steaming dirt to his 4-year-old son, Patrick, as they watch construction in the Rosauers parking lot on a chilly Tuesday morning in Moscow.
the kid and that fear turns into anger and the anger gets transmitted to the kid and the kid is told defend yourself because if you are a punk, people going to try you. reporter: the program tries to change that thinking. teaching students leadership skills to help resolve conflicts without fighting. these five teens say it s helping them. i learned how to control myself. reporter: amber was suspended 15 times for getting into fights during her freshman year. now a junior, she says she s worked hard to keep trouble at bay. i start looking at a lot of situations different, i start looking at a lot of fights different. when people coming to me, i be thinking okay, is fighting her really worth it. and it s not even worth it. reporter: t.j. holmes, cnn, atlanta. many chicago students face the threat of silence simply walking to and from school. so t.j. will take that trip with two of those students tomorrow. i m fredricka whitfield. it is wednesday, december 23rd and
search for hash tag 1023. that s all the time we have today. if you missed any part of the show, check out my podcast. remember, this is the place for answers to all of your medical questions. i m dr. sanjay gupta. more news on cnn starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is cnn saturday morning for the first day of august. thank you for starting with us. we are working this story. want to get you up on this happening at the laguardia airport. live pictures coming in, or pictures coming in, lot of people just hanging out and waiting because the central terminal was evacuated about an hour and a half ago. and we are finding out that yes, one person is in custody and their bag is being looked at by authorities. the new york police, the port authority, also the bomb squad involved here, but don t know exactly what the suspicion of the person or bag, but one person is in custody. this is the primary terminal at laguardia