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Seven fatally between late friday and into sunday. the youngest of the victims was a 16-year-old boy. grim news comes after police figures earlier this month shows a 34% drop in murders compared to last year. over the same weekend last year the city saw even more shootings. in an email to the chicago sun-"times," chicago police spokesperson adam collins says while we've had fewer murders to date this year than any year since the mid 1960s, there's more work to be done and we won't rest until everyone in chicago enjoys the same sense of safety. the city's wave of violence has been documented on...

We may have not made the step, but one of our colleagues made it for us. >> i think that the republican leadership is in a very tough position here. last year they took a million votes on women's reproductive rights, whether it was abortion and contraception, came back to haunts them in the election. they're looking forward to 2014. on the one hand they have the faith and freedom coalition all weekend saying don't you dare dessert us on abortion and on the other hand, they have these comments alienating female voters. >> it probably won't be the end of it. thank you very much, erin, greatly ap...

His block on his neighborhood in the south side of chicago, it's unacceptable. >> you hear the report that the homicides were down in chicago, 34%. when i look at those who were killed over the weekend, it's on the northwest side. it's on the south side. it's on the west side. that you're seeing, it's all over. even though you and i know there's always a heavy focus on the south side of chicago here. when you heard that young man in that "vice" episode that you were featured in refer to it as chi-rac, what did you think? >> well i was shaken when i first heard it. but i understand it the numbe...