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Emanuel took office as mayor, there have been over 4,000 murders in this city. that's more than the 3,481 soldiers who were killed in action in operation iraqi freedom from 2003 to 2010, if you can believe it. it's not just the level of violence in the city that's the problem. it's the lack of justice. according to an afternoon nall seus conducted by the washington post, chicago police have made an arrest in only about 27% of homicides since 2010. that's the lowest rate of any city the post examined. for nonfatal shootings, it's even worse. university oven chicago crime lab tells us, just 10% ...

Democrats have controlled this city for more than eight decades. and the disastrous results are impacting residents every day. chicago is about six months out from its mayoral election, but we invited mayor rahm emanuel to attend this town hall. not only did he turn us down, his office used some fairly ugly language in their response to us. well, we think this issue is of critical importance, even if mayor emanuel's office doesn't and does not want to participate. but for more, let's bring in jamel green who is running for mayor, lashawn ford, a democrat and member of the illinois state house ...

Fire, it's my responsibility to get out of the house. but it's the police, rather the fire department's responsibility to put the fire out, not to come on the scene and lecture. was somebody playing with matchs? whose fault is it? nope. there's a responsibility that the fire department must do, and that's put out the fire. that's what we really need. all institutions must put all hands on deck. we certainly need the mayor to lead the way. in chicago we have a tale of two cities. we have economic disinvestment on the south side and west side. on the north side you have economic growth. you have...

Oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. >> chicago democrat mayor rom emanuel announced this week that he will not be seeking re-election. he made the announcement after we taped this last segment, but we thought it was really important to bring out our full discussion about the political failures in the windy city, which perhaps revealed why emanuel decided not to pursue a third term. the failure of political leadership in chicago is simply profound. democrats have controlled this

Of a 17-year-old who was shot 16 times. that has exposed so many different things going on in the city. >> laura: the case is on going. >> the case is on going. lot of different police reforms and people like attorneys stepping up, the cps, sexual abuse scandal that has been uncovered. >> laura: police feel bad, too. think about if you had half the number of people trying to teach 2,000 kids in public schools or tried to be a detective on the street. you're outnumbered and sometimes you're outgunned. so rahm emanuel campaigns in the city, right? he goes to these areas? do you see him down ther...