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So donald trump, president-elect, is now diving into the debate over how to slow chicago's soaring homicide rate. the president-elect calling out mayor emanuel for the spike in the rate. saying it is record setting. 762 murders in 2016. mayor can't do it. he must ask for federal help. it did not take long for mayor emanuel to respond. more now from rosa flores. >> reporter: john and christine, the city mayor's office respondsirespondspending to the president-elect's tweet. saying we are hardened. we take this seriously and we

You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. donald trump, the president-elect, with new criticism of the chicago mayor over the soaring murder rate. 57% spike in 2016. president-elect tweeted chicago murder rate is record setting. 4,371 shooting victims with 762 murders in 2016. if mayor can't do it, should ask for help. it did not take long for rahm emanuel to respond. rosa flores has more.

Look forward to working with the new administration. let's dive into the details a bit here. 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 south sides of the city. this is according to police. in an area, they say, where 59 gangs are fighting for territory. if you ask the former police superintendent, he will say that the chicago police department is in crisis. here is what he told "60 minutes." >> offices are under attack. that's how they feel. that's how they feel in this ...

>> reporter: the city mayor's office responded by saying, quote, we are hardened. he is taking the issue seriously and looking forward to working with the administration. let's dive into the details. in 2016, the city of chicago saw 762 murders. 3,550 shooting incidents and 4,331 shooting victims. most of the killings happened in five districts on the south and west sides of the city. in an area they say where gangs are fighting for territory. if you ask the former police superintendent, he will say that the chicago police department is in crisis. here's what he told "60 minutes." >> officers ...

Alabama, gosh, i'm blanking on his name. >> pryor. >> sorry. are you talking about judge pryor. >> yes on the 11th circuit and. >> shon: sykes on the 7th circuit in chicago both of whom they respected, very conservative, likely to vote to oppose roe versus wade. i think the likely votes of any of the 20 would be very similar to justice scalia. >> jeffrey toobin, professor jonathan turley, thank you. coming up, it's the kind of record no city wants to break. 2016 was the deadliest in nearly two decades in chicago. 762 murders. what the city is planning to do about it next. ♪ if you're gonna m...