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His crew, the pirate gang here at dell gardens, one of the hottest pockets of violence on the south side of chicago. if you know me, you know i hate hot pockets. >> a week ago, two killers out here, two shootings. people die. it may look like it look now, but it ain't sweet. this is one of the most infamous projects. >> i feel like you just invoked the thunder. >> that force. [ laughter ] >> that was verification. no validation needed. >> blue checkmark, you got verified. nationally, when people talk about chicago now, it's like the most notorious city in the country. south side and west side ...

Niece, my niece got caught up in that, this particular year. >> yes, ma'am. >> going to school just to register the babies. >> she was shot in the head while she was walking and pushing her newborn in a stroller on friday. she died a short time later at the hospital. >> instead of saying, ma'am, you know, get out of the way, get off the block, this and that, this is fixing to go down. you just shoot? you wonder, what were you thinking? >> these two offenders are the prime example of the challenge we face here in chicago with repeat gun offenders that don't care who they shoot, don't care whose...

Factions. for more on this, google the gulf war, iraq, al qaeda, and isis. i'll wait. >> people grandstanding, this is what we're going to do to fix chicago. get more police. really? y'all been getting more police the last 40 years, dog. stop playing. that ain't the solution. >> it's not the number of police that solves the problem. there isn't a magic number, once we hit that number, all of a sudden -- suddenly the houses get nicer. the winter is only 50 degrees. >> forcefully, no. >> yeah. to get a better understanding of what life is like in these neighborhoods, malik has set up a meeting b...

People like oprah winfrey, michael jordan, kanye west, shonda rhimes. these two and even this cultural icon. hey. i spent my awkward teenage years on the south side neighborhood of hyde park. there's the restaurant that didn't hire me. and look at the two dorks with the cool guy in the middle. that's jason and rob. i'm the one in the middle. chicago isn't only famous, we're also infamous. like m.c. al capone. and chicago isn't ashamed of this history. you can literally go on a bus tour of al's greatest hits. that's where he sent his goons to murder 14 people on valentine's day. "ooh let's get ...

[ laughter ] nobody says you don't go to spokane, washington. you don't go to pew, montana. you don't want to go to salt lake city. i don't actually. this is the "united shades of america." chicago, illinois, not only helps define america to americans but defines america to the rest of the world, which makes sense because chicago has been home to many of the most influential cultural icons.