An examination of the relationship between drugs, crime, and racism as factors contributing to violence in DC, including the beginning of a live forum (which continues on "Nightline") with Ted Koppel (ABC), DC public housing advocate Kimi Gray, DC Mayor Marion Barry, DC Police Chief Maurice Turner, School Principal Princess Woodfield, and US Conference of Mayors Police Policy Director Patrick Murphy; taped segments with Koppel, Queenie Murchison, DC homicide detective William Ritchie, DC narcotics detective Colin Younger, auto dealer Skip Franzen, Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson, Beatrice and Hilda Jackson, Dr. Walter Faggett, Carroll Payne, John Mathews, Caroline Bridges, Kim Ross, Antonio Evans, Cathy Hughes, Bill Lindsay, J. Leon Peace, Orlando Lee, former Secretary of the Army Clifford Alexander, American Security Bank Chairman Daniel Callahan, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise Bob Woodson, and Gray.