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Of the same ecosystem and we believe that they will yield significant dividends. >> before you were mayor, you were the chair of the police accountability task force that was created in -- after the tragic police shooting death of laquan mcdonald in 2014 and since then recently chicago for the last few months has been under this court-ordered consent decree since march, and the federal -- that was from the department of justice. the federal monitor report that came out recently found that the chicago police department and city officials have failed, they say, to meet many of the initial reform...

Some good news for you this morning for the third consecutive year, chicago is on track to end the year with a double-digit decline in shootings and homicides. let's talk about why this is happening and how the city plans to continue that upward trend. with me chicago's mayor lori lightfoot, nice to have you especially with good here into ? what has changed and what do you credit for this? >> we abandoned the kind of law enforcement first and only y aligning all city departments in the fight for public safety, but also embracing our partnercommu. i think that all of those things working togeth...

The consent decree gives us a real opportunity to transform the culture and the infrastructure within the police department and i'm committed to making sure that we meet that challenge. >> as you know, i'm a huge chicago fan. i go to the city many times a year. i'm so glad to be able to bring this good news to everyone about your great city and i appreciate you joining us this morning. thank you, mayor. >> thank you. good news this morning. >> yeah. >> thank you to our international viewers for watching. for you cnn newsroom is next. for our u.s. viewers, "new day" continues right now. >> th...

Correct me if i have this wrong, there is still an issue there because there's been a 30% increase in shootings on chicago's south side when you're looking at the year-end totality. i know you have announced plans to reopen two detective bureaus that were closed for cost saving. is that going to be enough? >> well, it's not enough, but what we're also doing is investing in people in those neighborhoods. we've also announced a $750 million investment in key commercial corps across the south side and west side. what we know is when you build healthy, safe communities, the violence goes down. the...