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First of all, i didnt come up with the title. local chicago rap areas came up with the title. his reasons for changing the title were troubling to me. he said the title "chi-raq"" would hurt tourism and economic development. >> but understand why you know, and i recognize that "chi-raq" spike lee "chi-raq." it comes from folks in chicago. you recognize that term, part of the objection to that term is sometimes when we talk about urban violence and im talking about us, me, the media, okay? >> all...

And stop thinking that this craziness is fun. >> spike lees new movie is called "chi-raq"". it is a fantastical mythical modern adaption of lysistrata. where women band together for a sex strike to put an end to the gang violence in their chicago neighborhoods. film has been controversial from the start from the title which conjures up the images of a distant war zone to the premise criticized as an front to residents of chicago where gun violence is a deeply serious reality. i sat down with spi...

>> still to come, my interview with spike leon his new controversial movie "chi-raq." what he said happened in his meeting with chicago mayor ram emmanuel. >> he was trying to convince me to change the title "chi-raq." first of all, i didnt come up with the title. local chicago rappers came up with the title. his reasons for changing the title were troubling to me. the radiant glow of being in love.

>> chance the rapper who is from chicago and as he was coming up before he became big was rapping a lot about this issue about violence in chicago, went off. he said the idea that women abstaining from sex would stop murder. a slop in the face to any mother who lost a child. you dont live here. youve never watched someone die here. dont tell me to be calm. >> first chance rap will say full disclosure. his father works for the mayor. hes the chief of staff whatever the title is. his father is the...

If you saw the film angela bassett, you might have forgotten, angela bassett has a scene where she says is, people dont know what theyre talking about. a character in the movie says she hates the word "chi-raq." >> you have characters ins the movie saying everything. >> people have to have a right. they want to see the different viewpoints. as a flaemmaker, im not going to have every character in my movie say what i believe. >> right, now. >> thats what he artists do. >> so the other reason i th...

Emmanuels chief staff and the director of the mayors office of public engagement. i asked spike if this movie is really about the city of chicago into this is about america because a big take away for me for the film is guns. and its a question that weve, i dont know if were afraid to deal with it or dont want to deal with it. i dont know what it is, but i think that it is insane. its complete insanity that 88 americans die every day due to gun violence in this supposed civilized country that we...

Their own eyes. they did not. katrina pierson -- >> you agree it happened, right? >> thousands and thousands of muslims were not celebrating after 9/11, no, that did not happen. thanks for being with me this morning. i appreciate it. >> thanks, carol. lets move on to chicago now. outrage in chicago. superintendent out and now protesters say rahm emanuel could be next. >> show us your hands! show us your hands! >> protesters claiming a cover-up accusing rahm emanuel of protecting police during ...

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Going to impact it going into the spring fights on the nomination contest and i do think it is going to impact the general election. he has had a profound impact on the republican race and also the entire 2016 race. >> mark murray, well talk more tomorrow. more surprises, more strangeness to come. up next, acclaimed director spike lee live in our studio to talk about his new movie, "chi-raq." >> make sure these fools put down these guns! >> it is a powerful new film taking on chicagos gun viol...

Does that make you feel afteral of your years on the front line? >> it means we failed our young people. we failed our young americans. >> you mean black parents have failed or the black community -- >> no, just everybody. the government, too. local, state. and federal. why is it that the worst schools, you know, we go down the line. worst facilities. talking about food deficits, all these things we find our youth embattled. even show the film was called "chi-raq," this stuffs happening in pales...