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Now, one can only hope that a new mayor will bring peace and some healing to a city in desperate need of both. here's our town hall from chicago. good evening everyone, i'm laura ingraham. welcome to the first ever ingraham angle town hall. first i'd like to thank the city of chicago and our add again for hosting us for an incredibly important discussion. chicago is one of the truly great american cities, spectacularry beautiful in the summer and winter. but in recent years, its gang violence problem has reached epidemic pro-portions. level of violence that's unacceptable for anywhere in ameri...

Seems like it's obviously not working for the people who need the most help? >> that's a good question. i'm one vote. my people need help in chicago. black people need help if we really want america to be the greatest it can be. we need stronger black leaders. we need a black mayor in chicago. there's no way we will be able to deal with the issues in chicago unless you have a mayor that really understands the critical issues that are impacting the people of chicago. the black issue is the number one issue in the city of chicago. until we have a mayor in this city that understands how to remedy...

Teufrbs. looks like the major has a plan gentrification. as long as 87% of the people that are free, you're still going to have black people from the south side and west side. people downtown will still be safe. people north side will be safe. seems like a strategic plan by this administration. >> laura: wow. that's quite a charge. i wish the mayor were here to respond to that. he's obviously not here. hold on one second. nicole vaughn who identifies herself as a democrat, has a question. nicole? >> so, the violence of chicago, why isn't economic development a priority, particularly in under s...

>> i'm just saying right now we need a black mayor. i can't back down from that. the last time we had a black mayor, things were improving. white people are good. i will work with white people. >> laura: i'm here trying to figure it out. i'm trying my best. >> i have nothing against white people, but what i do know, we need to work alongside white people, blacks and whites. no one can really solve black people's problems better than blacks. >> laura: it could be you. you're 26? >> 23. yes, ma'am. >> laura: you've had your own issue, run-in with the police. it involved you and getting into a du...

>> i think there is hope. but i think hope lies in strong leadership. i think the hope lies in a change in governance. i think we have an incompetent mayor. i think corruption and violence are part of the beautiful dna of this season. >> laura: what does that mean, part of the dna? >> chicago is one of the most corrupted cities. it has been for a long time. we have a mayor who used the mayorship and did nothing about it except looked the other way when bribes were being undertaken. i think that a change of governors is really necessary. i think there are a couple of things that would make this...