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Son’s woes weigh heavily on Jesse Jackson

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At 71, the Rev. Jesse Jackson still keeps a hectic schedule and speaks extemporaneously on issues from voting rights to prisoners in Gambia. But the head of one of America's most prominent families struggles when addressing one thing: the son and political heir who abandoned his congressional seat last week because of mental health problems and two federal investigations.