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the idea, get communities involved to stop the violence. >> nri! nri! >> reporter: how? on this chilly afternoon, teenagers across chicago's south side are paid to hand out flyers -- >> you have a nice day, sir. >> reporter: -- and spread a message of nonviolence. the nri is credited with creating about 3500 temporary jobs, mentoring youth and parents, providing reentry services and counseling in schools. but our four-month investigation found those jobs included handing out flyers, attending yoga class, taking museum field trips, even marching with the governor in a parade. the jobs are now gone. cnn has taken an extensive look at where the money went, what it did, and most importantly, the timing of how the program was rolled out. the neighborhood recovery initiative began sending money to tough neighborhoods in the city of chicago right before chicago voters went to the polls. according to these minutes from a state meeting, a member of the governor's staff promised quote, allocating some of the funds for this initiative immediately, the rest after the election. >> i'
the idea, get communities involved to stop the violence. >> nri! nri! >> reporter: how? on this chilly afternoon, teenagers across chicago's south side are paid to hand out flyers -- >> you have a nice day, sir. >> reporter: -- and spread a message of nonviolence. the nri is credited with creating about 3500 temporary jobs, mentoring youth and parents, providing reentry services and counseling in schools. but our four-month investigation found those jobs included handing...
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get communities involved to stop the violence. >> nri! nri! >> how? on this chilly afternoon teenagers across chicago's south side are paid to hand out flyers, and spread a message of nonviolence. the nri is credited with creating about 3,500 temporary jobs, mentoring youth and parents, providing re-entry services and counseling in schools, but our four-month investigation found the jobs not only included handing out those flyers, but also attending yoga class, taking museum field trips, even marching with the governor in a parade. the jobs are now gone. cnn has taken an extensive look at where the money went, what it did, and most importantly, the timing of how the program was rolled out. the neighborhood recovery initiative began sending money to tough neighborhoods in the city of chicago right before chicago voters went to the polls. according to these minutes from a state meeting, a member of the governor's staff promised "allocating some of the funds for this initiative immediately, the rest after the election." >> i'm happy to say that i'm alway
get communities involved to stop the violence. >> nri! nri! >> how? on this chilly afternoon teenagers across chicago's south side are paid to hand out flyers, and spread a message of nonviolence. the nri is credited with creating about 3,500 temporary jobs, mentoring youth and parents, providing re-entry services and counseling in schools, but our four-month investigation found the jobs not only included handing out those flyers, but also attending yoga class, taking museum field...
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that's where critics say the nri money ended up. the governor won that election by less than 1 percentage point. but the results on reducing crime? so far there has been 484 murders this year, up 21% from 2011. >> on its face it appears to be a waste. >> reporter: illinois republican state senator matt murphy. >> about a month before the election, at a time when reports everywhere were showing a diminished interest in the election, in the governor's base, and lo and behold here he comes with a new state program and millions of dollars to get people interested. >> a lot of baloney. you know, they know that. matter of fact, people make those charges are running against me. it is all politics. >> reporter: in an early november interview, governor quinn insisted to cnn the murder rate was so high in the summer of 2010, he had to do something. >> the city of chicago is the third lafrrgest city in america. i live in chicago. i live in a violent neighborhood. i know firsthand you better -- government do something about the violence, becaus
that's where critics say the nri money ended up. the governor won that election by less than 1 percentage point. but the results on reducing crime? so far there has been 484 murders this year, up 21% from 2011. >> on its face it appears to be a waste. >> reporter: illinois republican state senator matt murphy. >> about a month before the election, at a time when reports everywhere were showing a diminished interest in the election, in the governor's base, and lo and behold...
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has been done again and again by both democratic and republican pollsters, and the stroubl that the nri is just never willing to have any restriction whatsoever, no matter how reasonable it is. the supreme court fortunately was. they said having reasonable restrictions is consistent with the constitution. >> does that dynamic change now? does the nra have disproportionate power? you argued a moment ago they didn't have the power they once had in the presidential election. >> i'll give you an example. i'm not a kind of person to sit back and say, you know, the world is getting worse for my kids, and when i'm gone i don't care about their lives. i do care about their lives. i'm going to do everything i can while i'm alive to make the world a better place for my kids but also for society, and take a look one of the things they decided to do in this last election was to support some candidates that were running against those that had great records with the nra, where the nra was putting their money into one side. i decided to put my money into the other sigh. >> joe baca in california, we w
has been done again and again by both democratic and republican pollsters, and the stroubl that the nri is just never willing to have any restriction whatsoever, no matter how reasonable it is. the supreme court fortunately was. they said having reasonable restrictions is consistent with the constitution. >> does that dynamic change now? does the nra have disproportionate power? you argued a moment ago they didn't have the power they once had in the presidential election. >> i'll...
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so the nri, la pierre says he didn't wait long enough. when is the right time to talk about gun control room with the nra? never? >>> i am waiting for michael bloomberg. he is looking for ways to get back into the media. >> i must say all of us involved in the media here, it's one thing to say, you only had 90 seconds, you should have waited until you had more time. how long how often do any of us have more than 90 seconds? i started out in television doing 90-second commentaries on the evening news in los angeles, you know. i never had more than 90 seconds to make a point. most of us don't. >> millions of people watch it. >> 90 seconds sounds like it might sound like a chunk of time to some people but in the media, that's a lifetime. to have that kind of real estate to make your point especially on a sports broadcast, you don't get that >> bill: on the network, you are going to get 60 seconds, 90 seconds and you are out, baby. you have if he mike it. >> the n.f.l. is one of the worst leagues and let me tell you the leagues aren't great.
so the nri, la pierre says he didn't wait long enough. when is the right time to talk about gun control room with the nra? never? >>> i am waiting for michael bloomberg. he is looking for ways to get back into the media. >> i must say all of us involved in the media here, it's one thing to say, you only had 90 seconds, you should have waited until you had more time. how long how often do any of us have more than 90 seconds? i started out in television doing 90-second commentaries...