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Homicides. compare that to 459 when president obama took office in 2009. the president now set to give his farewell address from chicago next week, but are the clergy leaders in that city, are they hopeful the new administration can make some changes and what advice do they have for donald trump? cory brooks, a pastor at new begins church in chicago. he joins us to weigh in. thanks, pastor for being with us. >> good morning. thanks for having me on the show. ainsley: you're city is in the news. we've been reporting it, staggering numbers. that is the big difference almost doubled since preside...

Thope to see you again soon.. whoa, whoa, i got this. just gotta get the check. almost there. i can't reach it. if you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the check. what? it's what you do. i got this. thanks, dennis! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. growwwlph. it's what you do. oh that is good crispy duck. >> there's been a crime crisis in chicago for quite some time. in 2016, the violence skyrocketed. homicides topped 700 for the first time in 20 years. 762 murders. the city's former top cop blames the black lives matter movement

If mayor can't do it, he must ask for federal help. spokesperson responding, we agree. to give you some perspective on chicago's shocking crime stats, in 2016, 762 people were murdered.ag two people per day. imagine that in your hometown. 4,000 people shot, chicago's's crime problem. all topped off with the police force of been essentially stripped of the tools of stop and frisk. top cops say it's time for prosecutors and judges to get tough. >> if you do pick up a gun and use it, you will be held accountable. right now, you don't do that. >> notable chicago activists has

>> thank you. we want to thank our international viewers for watching us. cnn "newsroom" begins for you in moments and for our u.s. viewers, we are following a lot of news this morning. so let's get right to it. house republicans secretly voting to gut their own independent ethic watchdog. >> republicans went against their own leadership. >> i'm concerned about a bunch of the nominees. >> the democrats choice is to oppose every one of these individuals is frankly sad. >> digital fingerprints pointing the finger to moscow. >> it's often no fool proof to say who it is. >> we don't believe th...

He wrote chicago murder rate is record setting. 4,331 shooting victims with 762 murder victims in 2016. if mayor can't do it, he must ask for federal help. did not take long for rahm emanuel to respond. let's get the latest from rosa flores. >> reporter: the mayor's office responding to the president-elect's tweet saying, quote we are hardened. he is taking the issue seriously and looking forward to moving forward on the details. in 2016, the city of chicago saw 762 murders. 3,550 shooting incidents and 4,331 shooting victims. now most of the killings happened in five districts on the west and...