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Responsibility of the attorney general and the department of justice is to execute the laws passed by this congress and to follow the constitution in that process and carry its principles out. so you can be sure i understand that. we may have had disagreements here about whether a law should be passed, but once passed, i will do my level best to ensure its properly and fairly enforced. i do believe that we have a crime problem. i wouldnt perhaps go in time now unless you want me to to describe w...

City of chicago. >> theres no question theres a crime problem. laquan mcdonald is ongoing because of the murder trial. police put out report that was false. it said he raised a knife, there was an attack, attempt toll kill van dike, he fired his gun at mcdonald. when you were running the department, the reports reflecting that were left out in the public record from over in the year. they turned out to be lies. do you regret leaving that false information for that long? >> time-out. i didnt have...

Of his tweets. if mayor cant do it, he must ask for federal help. spokesperson responding, we agree. to give you some perspective on chicagos shocking crime stats, in 2016, 762 people were murdered. two people per day. imagine that in your hometown. 4,000 people shot, chicagos crime problem. all topped off with the police force of been essentially stripped of the tools of stop and frisk. top cops say its time for prosecutors and judges to get tough. >> if you do pick up a gun and use it, you wil...

If mayor cant do it, he must ask for federal help. spokesperson responding, we agree. to give you some perspective on chicagos shocking crime stats, in 2016, 762 people were murdered.ag two people per day. imagine that in your hometown. 4,000 people shot, chicagoss crime problem. all topped off with the police force of been essentially stripped of the tools of stop and frisk. top cops say its time for prosecutors and judges to get tough. >> if you do pick up a gun and use it, you will be held ac...

In 2016 more people were killed in chicago then new york and l.a. combined. >> this is a chicago problem. >> he had led the african-american community. >> were going to continue to see carnage. >> he says he reached out to trump during the campaign but didnt hear back. he agrees chicago needs federal funding. >> and there is a fire, hurricane, tornado, they call a state of emergency. federal funds come in and help rebuild the town. we have a state of emergency in chicago. >> in the crowd, the re...

It. matt? >> harris, donald trump filing off a signature tweet at rom emanuel. he said that chicagos murder rate is record setting. 762 murders in 2016. if the mayor cant do it, he must ask for federal help. rom emanuels responding as the president-elect knows from his conversation, we agree the federal government has a strong role to play in public safety. we look forward to working with the new administration on these important efforts. all of this comes weeks after rahm emanuel made a special...

In 2016 more people were killed in chicago then new york and l.a. combined. >> this is a chicago problem. >> he had led the african-american community. >> were going to continue to see carnage. >> he says he reached out to trump during the campaign but didnt hear back. he agrees chicago needs federal funding. >> and there is a fire, hurricane, tornado, they call a state of emergency. federal funds come in and help rebuild the town. we have a state of emergency in chicago. >> in the crowd, the re...

Eight of donald trumps a cabinet nominees and threatening to drag-out the confirmation process for months. but is it a losing fight? federal help? chicago suffers its highest murder rate in two decades with 762 homicides in the year that just ended. president-elect trump warns the citys mayor that, if he cant fix the crime problem, he must ask for federal help. what does trump have in mind? i am wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." president-elect trump is digging in his heels, c...

From the governors office. but there are a lot of people and theres a lot of finger-pointing and everyone says they got bad information from someone else. so this is just another step in that process. >> thanks so much. hes a star on the basketball court. now chicago bulls player dwyane wade is working on becoming a leader in his community. wade grew up in the windy city chicago. as cnns matt winer learned, chicagos crime problem is now hitting even closer to home. >> reporter: in the waning d...

No? >> why? >> thats not mexico. >> so what. whats the difference? in all reality, right? the point is theyre coming through. yes, im going to have a conversation with whoever made the mistake, no doubt about that. the truth is people are pouring through our borders which are open. donald trumps the guy who brought that to the forefront. now everybody is talking about it. do you remember from the first debate how they attacked him, they continued to attack him. you cant do that. its not american...