jesse jackson we really appreciate your time today sir reverend jackson is the founder and president of the rainbow push coalition he's also turning seventy one on october eighth so a very happy early birthday to you sir thank you all right time now for an update on your privacy we want to talk to about take a look at the quaids the government is stripping away your digital rights and also ways that you are making it easier for them as well as for hackers to access your information earlier our five are who are arctic web producer andrew blake join me to talk about all of this take a look. most of data that we have today on the internet isn't actually on our own computers anymore even our own homes we're actually keeping practically everything like you said including what we listen to and what are bank numbers somewhere in the cloud has it where and who can monitor that well that's really up to whoever maintains those servers the most information we have that isn't actually in our possession anymore just kind of out there in the open third parties manage it and then the current cypres

jesse jackson we really appreciate your time today sir reverend jackson is the founder and president of the rainbow push coalition he's also turning seventy one on october eighth so a very happy early birthday to you sir thank you all right time now for an update on your privacy we want to take a closer look at the ways the government is stripping away your digital rights and also ways that you are making it easier for them as well as for hackers to gain access to your information earlier our cyber guru our t. web producer and you'd like join me to talk about all of this take a look. most would gather that we have today on the internet isn't actually on our own computers anymore even or in the homes we're actually keeping practically everything in like you said including what we listen to what are being numbers somewhere in the cloud as it were and who can monitor that well that's really up to whoever maintains those servers but yeah most information we have isn't actually in our possession anymore just kind of out there in the open third parties manage it and in the current legislat

. >> we're very elated and very grateful for reverend jackson's efforts. he and his team left no stone unturned to insure they took us out of prison and returned us back to the u.s. we're very grateful. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more pcessed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i kn is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. martha: a violent prison riot in california leaves 13 inmates wounded. that includes one inmates shot by a corrections officer. prison authorities are not saying what started the riot. but at one point it involved 60 inmates. most injuries came from slashings and stabbings. it was quite a scene. but the guards also fired nonlethal rounds. six rounds from a rifle. things have settled down. >> takes a couple days to figure this out. we go to surveillance video. some times in the riots they're trying to get out of the way. they were not really involved. takes a couple days to figure ou

i agree with reverend jackson. the president had a hole but he's just made it deeper and bigger and worse. >> he didn't say he made it deeper. that's not what the reverend said. he did say he underestimated the problem here. one of the things he also criticized is he didn't think republicans were doing a goods job either at actually addressing the issue of poverty and that's really one of the main things they're talking about here. i want to turn to ann romney, because she has been speaking and we saw her at the rnc. one of the things that we're going to see tonight is michelle obama addressing the dnc. ann romney has taken on a different tone now, an attack tone against the president. do you think that serves the republicans well? >> i think what we saw from ann romney was a very heartfelt speech. said, i'm speaking from my heart to yours. she talked about her husband. she talked about what a great husband and father he was. she gave us personal anecdotes about him as a person and talked about how he will not fail

but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon. but the media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia, they are trying to clear the jails by killing everybody. it's more than likely the men would have been killed. i suspect these men are apparently west african disscent and a lot of people think it's old news or something. >> i just wondered if it had something to do with the fact that he seemed to get more coverage for these kinds of missions when he was presidential candidate or considered a viable possible president. do you think that has changed? it doesn't seem

reverend jesse jackson. mayor anthony fox, mayor anthony fox. >> yes, sir, welcome to charlotte. >> you want to say a word of welcome and then we'll get back to this other stuff. >> i want to welcome you to charlotte. glad to have you. we're going to have a great week. >> we have never had a welcome like this. ever. this is better than new york even. any way, let me ask you about the voter turnout. are you concerned this state is really one of the closest? within the margin of error. >> it's going to be close in north carolina and the efforts that the republican legislature have taken to try to take the vote away through voter i.d. laws, through shortening the early voting periods. we're going to get the phone calls, door knocks, we're going to get out and vote. north carolina is going to go for the president. >> let me be able to positive and give you a chance. the reverend jackson has been through every hell with the civil rights fact. he's got some trace of on the part optimism. is there optimism in this

but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon. but the media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia, they are trying to clear the jails by killing everybody. it's more than likely the men would have been killed. i suspect these men are apparently west african disscent and a lot of people think it's old news or something. >> i just wondered if it had something to do with the fact that he seemed to get more coverage for these kinds of missions when he was presidential candidate or considered a viable possible president. do you think that has changed? it doesn't seem

but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon. but the media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia, they are trying to clear the jails by killing everybody. it's more than likely the men would have been killed. i suspect these men are apparently west african disscent and a lot of people think it's old news or something. >> i just wondered if it had something to do with the fact that he seemed to get more coverage for these kinds of missions when he was presidential candidate or considered a viable possible president. do you think that has changed? it doesn't seem

also, released because of the efforts of reverend jesse jackson, jessa. he was director of immigration in gambia. he was deputy inspector for police. he was a former soldier that fought in iraq during desert storm. he was serving a life sentence we are told because he had been convicted of also treason. he confessed under torture. also worth noting here, is that following the meeting with reverend jackson, gambia's president decided that instead of simply suspendedding a moratorium on the death penalty in that country he would extend it indefinitely. in august, jon, the president of gambia said all 47 prisoners on death row were going to be executed. nine of them were. he came under a great deal of international pressure. now appears for the moment 38 lives have been spared. we expect to learn a great deal more when reverend jackson arrives in the room in john f. kennedy airport in a few minutes. jon: keep an eye on it for us. david lee miller, thank you [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the

i sit down with the reverend jesse jackson. plus, a panel of republicans refuses to sway on their position. finally, how one man engineered the perfect game plan. that's what's going on in "our world" up next. >>> for six decades the reverend jesse jackson has been on the front lines in the struggle for freedom and justice, keeping hope alive for millions around the world. >> it was parents and teachers join hands together, children have a foundation! >> i sat down with rev vend jackson to talk about his journey and where he's headed next. good to see you. >> god to see you, sir. >> how did you get involved in this struggle for freedom, become such a central part of this? >> in the 1960s, i wanted to use a public library and could not use it. i tried and use a public library and i really never stopped fighting. before then, i was existing. at some point, you either imitate the system, trying to get a job and like it and be an extension of it or you adjust to it or you resist. and i learned as a young naacp youth activist and th

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina. the new south. >> we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina. the new south. >> we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level

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we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina. the new south. >> we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level

anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting rights act itself. then 18-year-olds to vote in 1970. and then students could then vote. and able to get the voting. she is a product of the voting rights act. their plan is negation, purging, voting suppression. and confusing people. and inciting their base to vote. >> but it seemed like they're trying to deny or really make it highly difficult. if you come from the south like you did and move north and you live in north philadelphia where i'm familiar with, that means you got to go back to somewhere in south carolina to get your birth certificate. you got to figure out how to get it with an i.d. card. it's difficult to do this. >> the jefferson davis democrats and republicans have never stopped to deny -- >> we'll get back to "hardball" and the reverend jesse

anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting rights act itself. then 18-year-olds to vote in 1970. and then students could then vote. and able to get the voting. she is a product of the voting rights act. their plan is negation, purging, voting suppression. and confusing people. and inciting their base to vote. >> but it seemed like they're trying to deny or really make it highly difficult. if you come from the south like you did and move north and you live in north philadelphia where i'm familiar with, that means you got to go back to somewhere in south carolina to get your birth certificate. you got to figure out how to get it with an i.d. card. it's difficult to do this. >> the jefferson davis democrats and republicans have never stopped to deny -- work requirement, to me is >> remember harvey gantt, ma

reverend jackson, is on my father is on the way to the country today, but he is walking into something that's very, very dangerous to a country that's very dangerous, why? because of this, because of this film. yes, it's been out for quite some time, angela, but you know, while for it to concentrate and here we are. >> the internet, the internet-- >> and got to wrap it up. >> your father is in my prayers and i pray for him. >> thank you. >> this film has been out for a while and you have internet in all countries and the film was out there. it was an excuse, it was a planned attack and i think the travesty again for the obama administration to say that all of these attacks is because of one film. >> jamie: being september 11th date, it seems more than a coincidence. we're going to stay on it and we hope to get answers, especially for the families who lost loved ones, thanks to both you have. >> absolutely, and god bless america and everybody, thank you. >> that's right, god bless america. see you. >> kelly: and we are going it talk about this later on with walid phares with a terrorism

. >> when i was in my cell and called out and told that the reverend jesse jackson has security our release, i couldn't find the words to express myself. >> for a moment i thought maybe i was in a dream and i had to, you know, do a few things here and there to convince myself that it was real. >> well, reverend jesse jackson also managed to gam beaten president to spare the lives of prisoners who were due to face execution as they put it at any moment. the lawmakers in burma are apparently trying to learn democracy by watching old episodes of an american tv show. that's the word from the secretary of state hillary clinton. she spoke today at a ceremony to honor the burmese activist with the congressional gold medal, the highest civilian honor that congress can award. and secretary clinton recalled a conversation with a house speaker in burma in which he asked her to help lawmakers learn how to create a democratic process. >> he went on to tell me that they were trying to teach themselves by watching old segments of the west wing. [ laughter ] i said i think we can do better than that, mr. s

fox news can confirm the americans will be arriving in new york tomorrow with the reverend jackson. one of the prisoners wars a former university of tennessee professor who was serving a life sentence and get this, it was for printing shirts with the words, end dictatorship now. the other, a gulf war vet who had been serving 20 years for driving to the borrowed of of gam bee i can't with a man threatening to overthrow the country's president. masked men storm a mcdonald's threatening customers and employees inside been robbing the place. wait until you see the tape as we go across america. florida, surveillance video shows the whole thing. one guy points what looks like a gun at a teenage customer and then turns it on the cashier. employees scatter as the men jump the counters, then charge at workers in the kitchen. the manager opens back off his safe at gun point and the robbers take off with a bag full of cash. cops say they're still looking for the suspects. >>> alabama, air traffic controllers say the pilot of a small plane talked about hitting bad weather. then the control towe

. >> and next to james is reverend jackson. cofounded the brooklyn rescue mission in 2002 with her husband reverend robert jackson. to bring healthy food to the homeless and hungry of central brooklyn. finding fresh food rare in their donations box, the jacksons began growing produce in an abandoned lot behind the mission. it is now a small urban farm supplying a small farmers market and pantry -- sorry, for their emergency food providers, and the reverend jackson are known across the city for the partnership with other urban farmers, and community groups. welcome, reverend. [applause] >> and then, of course, on the in is her own tracie mcmillan. tracie mcmillan is a senior fellow at the schuster institute for investigative journalism and the author of "the american way of eating: undercover at walmart, applebee's farm fields and the dinner table," which just went on sale today. although she has written on food and class in the new york times, harpers and transit, she just closer foodstamp case last month and was of all things,

. >> reverend jesse jackson makes an historic trip to free two captive americans and mainstream media are no shows. nbc compares to liberal noise makers with the success of fox news. >> if you are going to be successful on national television you are going to have imitators. look. let's be honest here, not many people is obnoxious as i am. >> jon: on the panel this week, fox news contributor, judy miller, richard grenell that served as press spokesman. jim pinkerton, from the american conservative magazine and juan williams. i'm jon scott. >> jon: hidden camera clip made public by mother jones magazine became the focus of mainstream s. >>> cnn reported the video caught fire as damaging material to the presidential nominee. associated press, relearning history's gaffe lessons and jonathan martin. >> the worst is we are for is character about the person. that is the problem with this video. >> jon: they latched on this latest diversion to repeat it that republican candidate is out of touch. >> mitt romney doesn't have any empathy which is the problem. >> he only has so much time left wi

>>shepard: reverend jesse jackson on the line from overseas. thank you very much, reverend. >>guest: thank you. >>shepard: a man in washington state says he felt like he did not have a family until recently. that changed. this weekend, his family went with him for a big adventure sky diving. it is a great story. we will hear it from the man in the middle of it all. that is coming up next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. >> occupy protesters are returning to the place where it all began. demonstrators here marching from zuccotti mark in lower manhattan, where protesters camped out for months lat year before the city finally kicked them out. today, police say they made more than 100 arrests. the crowd was much smaller than last fall. those demonstrations spread to dozens of cities around the nation. the organizers protested corporate greed and america's income despairty. if you need a reminder how

. >> at rainbow push headquarters the reverend jesse jackson weighed in on a potential teachers strike. >> that means some parents can't go to work. it means it will affect the buses, it will affect street safety. the impact could be disastrous. >> he hosted representatives from the teachers' union saturday who stayed on message. >> we do not wish to strike. >> as negotiations between c.p.s. and the c.t.u. were reportedly taking place elsewhere. >> we are pushing for dignity and respect for our students. surely they deserve better than what they have been offered. the teachers' union has prepared itself to forego a paycheck if that means the child is going to get a better day. >> there is a contingency if the teachers stand their ground including higher pay for a longer school day and year, which jesus montero has made a central focus of his administration. >> they say they have a contingency play in place. hopefully the parents have something in place. >> back at the march parents and students hope an agreement is reached before the deadline. >> i support their reason, but i don't sup

. >>> reverend jesse jackson is involved in the teacher's strike where they don't have the same urgency as protesters. >> this strike is now four days old and the sticking points, they are teaching evaluations based on students' test scores. they both met trying to reach some sort of common ground and this is forcing 350,000 public school kids to stay home. >>> they have approved an across the bored pay cut for employees. it means the college will not have to lay off workers. 70 positions will be eliminated through attrition and 650 classes will be cut. they are expected to save the school about $6 million a year. >>> ago sister are studying how private shuttles they stayed in the zone for a minute each stop and that can put muni lines behind schedule. they said it affects the contract with private shuttles. >>> a man accused of raping a san jose girl and holding her against her will is scheduled to hold a plea today. he was stopped for not having a valid pass. the 16-year-old girl he was with said she was being held against her will and that he had sexually abused her. the girl had bee

reverend jesse jackson takes heat from people, controversial figure. one thing that jackson is known for over the years he has done it three or four times, difficult situations negotiate release of americans, held overseas. in this case, he did it in ganbia with two american citizens gambia originally and became american citizens rather. i say to jesseiacson, for tall heat you do, you do good work. these people are delighted to be out. the people we help before. >> eric: think what obama could do if he were doing that instead of hanging out with dade letterman, beyonce and jay-z. my one more thing today i saw president obama in lima, ohio. it struck me that ohio is doing much better, bob, but not necessarily because of obama or obamanopcs but because of the great governor john kasich. >> eric: he is not the one -- >> bob: she is not the one on the presidential ballot. >> eric: but obama takes credit -- >> bob: he should take credit for it. >> andrea: bin laden is dead. you can't run on that much longer. can we percolate the presidential prediction? tha

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina. the new south. >> we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level

reverend jesse jackson takes heat from people, controversial figure. one thing that jackson is known for over the years he has done it three or four times, difficult situations negotiate release of americans, held overseas. in this case, he did it in ganbia with two american citizens gambia originally and became american citizens rather. i say to jesseiacson, for tall heat you do, you do good work. these people are delighted to be out. the people we help before. >> eric: think what obama could do if he were doing that instead of hanging out with dade letterman, beyonce and jay-z. my one more thing today i saw president obama in lima, ohio. it struck me that ohio is doing much better, bob, but not necessarily because of obama or obamanopcs but because of the great governor john kasich. >> eric: he is not the one -- >> bob: she is not the one on the presidential ballot. >> eric: but obama takes credit -- >> bob: he should take credit f it. >> andrea: bin laden is dead. you can't run on that much longer. can we percolate the presidential prediction? that

. >> i literally bumped into the reverend jesse jackson. he gut struck jesse jackson. >> we almost kissed. >> you went in for it. he didn't like that. >> they bumped into each other. >> instead of keeping hope alive, you were trying to kill hope. >> i was running over hope, yeah. >> jared was telling an animated story and he bumped into him and i thought security was going to take him out and be like run, jesse, run. it was intense. i was like what am i supposed to do racial low in ts moment. am i supposed to take jared out because of our shining black prince being hurt? >> watch out, jesse jackson. i thought he said i was starting to sound like him, but i was about to run into him. >> more details about a wee bit of a man crush it seems on one of the guys running for president. see if you can guess who it is. guess what. you can take cnn with you and watch us while you work. watch cnn live on your computer or your smart phone. . >> we have more from the comedy central's indecision team covering the presidential race. given clint eastwood a

. >> i literally bumped into the reverend jesse jackson. he gut struck jesse jackson. >> we almost kissed. >> you went in for it. he didn't like that. >> they bumped into each other. >> instead of keeping hope alive, you were trying to kill hope. >> i was running over hope, yeah. >> jared was telling an animated story and he bumped into him and i thought security was going to take him out and be like run, jesse, run. it was intense. i was like what am i supposed to do racial low in this moment. am i supposed to take jared out because of our shining black prince being hurt? >> watch out, jesse jackson. i thought he said i was starting to sound like him, but i was about to run into him. >> more details about a wee bit of a man crush it seems on one of the guys running for president. see if you can guess who it is. guess what. you can take cnn with you and watch us while you work. watch cnn live on your computer or your smart phone. . >> we have more from the comedy central's indecision team covering the presidential race. given clint eastwood

the reverend jesse jackson says that he is the guy that preaches. jesse preaching next neil: welcome, everyone. to the democratic national convention. the guy up on the stage right now is lincoln chafee. a democrat, he was one of the liberal republicans who switched sides. his father was a lifelong senator. always a liberal. this is the guy who just switched parties. lincoln chafee speaking. speaking about those who have been disadvantaged and abused by the republican party. a notion that my next guests agrees with, the reverend jesse jackson. reverend, good to have you. >> he kept hope alive. neil: we could quibble about that, i guess. there are a lot of people that cross over. >> birder >> birder davis. >> that was a kind of realignment. neil: do you worry that businesses were dramatically represented here? there are some like the tarmac ceo that i just chatted with. austin ligon. nothing like the republicans. they made a point in making it so with her speaker roster. >> at the end of the day, business and labor must -- neil: the later part of the

his father the reverend jesse jackson tells fox he does not know when his son will return to work. >>> former pennsylvania senator arlen specter is battling non-hodgkins lymphoma. state fire department the son's law firm says specter has been released from a philadelphia hospital but will return for further treatment. he has alreadyurvived two bouts with hodgkins disease. >>> the dismal job numbers and what it means for obama's prospect of keeping his job and romney's reaction. the fox all-stars discuss when we come back. [ mother ] you can't leave the table till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... >>> today we learn that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when i took office, business once again added jobs for the 30th month in a row. total of more than 4.6 million jobs. >> it's been 43 straight months above 8%. there are today 23 million americans that are out of work or stopped looking for work or under employed. it's a national tragedy.

. >> i literally bumped into the reverend jesse jackson. >> he got struck jesse jackson. >> we almost kissed. >> you went in for it! he didn't like that. >> you were trying to -- >> they bumped into each other. >> instead of keeping hope alive, you were trying to kill hope? >> i was running over hope, yeah. >> jared was telling a story and i said watch out. jesse bumps into him and i thought the security would take jesse out and say run, jesse, run. it was real intense. what am i supposed to do racially in building moment? am i supposed to take jared out because of our shining black prince being hurt. >> i was telling a story. he said watch out, jesse jackson. i thought he meant i was beginning to sound like jesse jackson but, no, i was beginning to run into him. >> a wee bit of a man crush it seems on one of the guys running for president. see if you can guess who it is. >>> guess what? you can take cnn with you. you can watch us while you work. go to cnn.com/tv and watch cnn live on your computer or on your smart phone. so... [ gasps ] these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptiou

. >>> and the reverend jesse jackson has offered his services to try to mediate this terrible impas impasse. i am joined by chris wells from chicago, and i want to ask you about the football story, and not just na ta kthat the kids ag to miss games, but they are doing their own practices, and that is maybe dangerous and where does that stand? yes, they are having to go to the prak tis unhave vised and any of the coaches or teachers are not allowed to work with the students during the strike and everything is student-led and some folks would say, this is no worse than a pickup game of foot b football or basketball on the south ooid of chicago, but that said, it is the south side of chicago, and the parent s as ar worried about their kids being out of school in general at all so the fact that they have free time has folks worried, because this is an area of chicago as you know this year, they have seen quite a lot of violence and shootings and the murder rate has really gone up, so it is really a concern for parents. >> day four, and still at it. chris welch, thank you very much. when a deal