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Dont -- the complexion, the color of the trigger finger, the trigger finger does not matter to me. if you kill somebody, you kill somebody, no matter who you are. >> when you make a movie, you spent a lot of time studying, trying to figure this out. why is chicago -- so in much more worse shape? >> i still cant tell you. >> things are better. i grew up in miami. things are better in overtown. south central l.a. isnt what south central was 25 years ago. >> but you know what? one thing though, cra...

And thats why we need to have the multipronged strategy, including our muslim allies. because at the end of the day, its going to be muslim soldiers in iraq and in syria that are going to ultimately defeat isis it wont be the united states lone. >> mike mcfaul, wendy sherman, thank you so much. we have to leave it there. happy holidays, happy new year to you both. coming up next, spike lee on his controversial movie "chi-raq" and the conversation he wants his film to inspire. >> i want people ...

Dont -- the complexion, the color of the trigger finger, the trigger finger does not matter to me. if you kill somebody, you kill somebody, no matter who you are. >> when you make a movie, you spent a lot of time studying, trying to figure this out. why is chicago -- so in much more worse shape? >> i still cant tell you. >> things are better. i grew up in miami. things are better in overtown. south central l.a. isnt what south central was 25 years ago. >> but you know what? one thing though, cra...

Central l.a. it affects rural area, it affects everybody. >> it seems youre trying to send a message to black america with this movie. >> i disagree. >> okay. >> i disagree. i think what i just said, guns affect everybody and not just in the hood. >> but you seem to be sending the message that its going to take black americans to stop this. dont rely -- this is not about public policy, its not about -- it seems as if take control of this. >> well, i wouldnt go far to say that, but i do think tha...

But its not just police shooting that spike lee wanted to draw attention to when he sat down with chuck to talk about his movie. >> who is the audience for this movie? >> everybody. >> its interest i dont go say that. >> i say everybody, you know why? >> why? . >> ive been asked many times. ive been making films since 1986 and the one question filmmakers always say, what is the take away? what do you want people to think when they come out of that theater. and you say i dont ask that question. b...

Central l.a. it affects rural area, it affects everybody. >> it seems youre trying to send a message to black america with this movie. >> i disagree. >> okay. >> i disagree. i think what i just said, guns affect everybody and not just in the hood. >> but you seem to be sending the message that its going to take black americans to stop this. dont rely -- this is not about public policy, its not about -- it seems as if take control of this. >> well, i wouldnt go far to say that, but i do think tha...

To fight isis," theres actually been 9,000 attacks against isis in iraq and syria. weve spent over $5 billion already in that theater alone. but nobody believes that theres going to be a victory over isis through an air campaign. and thats why we need to have the multipronged strategy, including our muslim allies. because at the end of the day, its going to be muslim soldiers in iraq and in syria that are going to ultimately defeat isis. it wont be the united states alone. >> mike mcfaul, wendy ...

Ive been making films since 1986 and we do press for the film. the one question the filmmaker always gets is what is the takeaway? what do you want people to think when they come out of that theater? >> and usually i dont answer that question. but just know, i want people to think about guns. thats the takeaway for this film. 88 americans die every day due to gun violence. that adds up to 32,000 per year. >> and thats not just the hood, not just chi-raq, kill-adelphia, the bronx, south side, sou...

I think what i just said, guns affect everybody and not just in the hood. >> but you seem to be sending the message that its going to take black americans to stop this. dont rely -- this is not about public policy, its not about -- it seems as if take control of this. >> well, i wouldnt go far to say that, but i do think that i wanted to speak in this film upon black on black violence. that its not always policemen. it wasnt a cop that killed -- that executed tyshawn lee, the 9-year-old boy who ...

Thrown to one side and left to their own devices. >> just by calling it "chi-raq," youre saying its a war zone. did you feel like it was a war zone when you were walking these neighborhoods? >> no, because the police were all around us. but my first day of pre-production, one of my -- i had to go to a funeral because one of my guys got shot. the first day of pre-production i was at a funeral. and while we were filming -- and i said this before, excuse me if its redundant, people heard me talk on...