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Reporter Visits The Neighborhood Of Parisian Terrorist

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About 30 miles south of Paris, you will find the housing estates of Grand Borne. What was once regarded as a beautiful neighborhood for workers is now a dilapidated housing project and the home of Paris supermarket shooter Amedy Coulibaly.

John Leicester, sports columnist and former bureau chief for the Associated Press in Paris, speaks with Here & Now's Robin Young about Grand Borne and the reputation of banlieues in France.

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This segment aired on January 21, 2015.

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