A recap of the days news. And beyond. You had this growing up, what do you think . If you had this . Youre successful but i think early on i would have been able to start my path earlier in my life and start it a little bit later. But i dont even know if i would have this school if i didnt have the trials and tribulations i had when i was a kid and the upbringing that i had. It let me know when i was younger if i ever had the means or became successful or anything i want to be able to give back. Do you ever like look around and get down and depressed . I know you said you always want to be positive with dr. King and those guys when you see whats happening in the country, oh, man, were going backwards . Absolutely. Thats human nature. No way you can look at certain things and not feel like, why are we not pushing forward. For me, as one of the leaders of america or one of the leaders of my community, its my
responsibility to stay as positive as i can and let people know we can go furthe
unraveling that was common in rust belt communities and towns, but ours was a particularly severe example of that. - average income? - we re around $20,000, so - which is. - which is substantially below the pennsylvania average. - yeah, i ll have mothers that will call me on a monday, and, you know, by friday they re gonna be out of food to feed their three kids, and this happens quite regularly. - john fetterman does not look like your typical mayor, and he isn t. he came to braddock in 2001 to help at-risk youth get their geds, and ran for office here in one of the most depressed towns in the state four years later. his wife, gisele, is from rio, and she runs a nonprofit that provides food and essential supplies for more than 1,500 families each month. a lot of people in this country are angry. they feel that their anger has not been acknowledged in any way, and frankly, i think they re right. - yep. - there is a sense, particularly in rural, white america,
work you do. it s not just providing shelter. there s a lot more to it in terms of providing classes for women to learn about financial management, helping people get geds. talking about that. when a mom moves into our program, we really want them to know that it s you know, there s more to ending homelessness. there s education piece, there s an employment piece, the life skill piece. so our whole program really is designed to teach the mom the skills. when the moms do not have their ged or high school diploma, they have to work on that full time. if they have obtained that, we want them to work full time. and there s a savings aspect of our program too. they have to save 65% of their income in order to have a secure deposit and first month s rent when they leave. that s phenomenal what you re doing. people should vis
rust belt communities and towns. but ours was a particularly severe example of that. anthony: average income? john: we are around $20,000, so we re . anthony: which is? john: which is substantially below the pennsylvania average. gisele: i ll have mothers that will call me on a monday and, you know, by friday they are going to be out of food to feed their three kids. and this happens quite regularly. anthony: john fetterman does not look like your typical mayor, and he isn t. he came to braddock in 2001 to help at-risk youth get their geds. and ran for office here in one of the most depressed towns in the state four years later. his wife, gisele, is from rio, and she runs a non-profit that provides food and essential supplies for more than 1,500 families each month. anthony: a lot of people in this country are angry. they feel that their anger has not been acknowledged in any way. and frankly, i think they re
he s done more than that. he s actually bringing us backward and making us an uglier country than we were. he s giving us permission for people to talk and feel in ways they shouldn t and encourage the wrong things. he is throwing bombs here and there to divide us. it s not just a matter we learned under trump things about our country we often ignored, yes, we have. he s also making those things worse and exacerbating the situation. several things lebron said during that tour of the school to you and in that interview touched on that an that was very wise. that s why it upsets so many people. lebron is doing great things. other athletes do great things in their communities and you don t always see them on cnn. lebron is a megastar doing this great thing, parents get geds, there s a food pantry and moving hours, 8:00 to 5:00. a long day. amazing stuff. when you hear someone calling