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Several experts agree and have signed that petition. all right "early start" continues right now. was there a coverup in the police shooting of a chicago teenager? a new investigation launchched into the police department as one of the top cops is fired. the u.s. expanding its role in iraq. new ground troops heading in. the terrorists make alarming new gains in libya. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> it's 5:00 a.m. in the east, i'm allison kosik. mayor rahm emanuel fired police department garry mccarthy. >> that dismissal comes amid angry protests over a polic...

He's out. now what? >> well, rahm emanuel is facing the biggest crisis in his career. i have covered him more than 20 years. i have never seen him look as distraught and unsure of himself as at this press conference this morning. he talked about trying to rebuild trust and confidence. having this task force come back in a few months with some recommendations, that isn't what people want to hear right now. clearly it will take time to get a new superintendent. you have to make sure there are no new cases in a pipeline and rugt now that's not necessarily the case. so this it crisis that emanuel ...

And some students there as well. also joining me here in new york is cnn law enforcement analyst harry hall, so thank you both so much for being with me. steven, to you first. you heard the conversation i just had with the correspondent there in chicago. with the news today of superintendent mccarthy's firing, is that enough for you? >> absolutely not. this is a one branch falling in our pursuit of citizen to really uproot from the car, from the soil the system of corruption that's permeated throughout the city of chicago. you may change the dancers, but still listen to the same tune. so we're...

This case with mr. mcdonald is inexcusable as far as i am concerned. let me say that publicly. it was a very bad optic and looked horrible, and no way justifiab justifiable, and most americans looking at the that video would say that, but chicago has a much larger prob em l and systleprob problem, and for the mayor to let go of the police chief there he had to make a decision, and i'm sure that he had to think deeply on it, and it goes beyond superintendent mccarthy, because if fact that it took 400 days for this information to be exposed with a court order, and in addition to that, at the cou...

Bigger. thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. let's go out to chicago now where the city's top cop is out of a job today after mayor rahm emmanuel called for police superintendent gary mccarthy to resign. the news comes just a week after police dash cam video was released that showed 17-year-old laquan mcdonald being shot and killed by officer jason van dyke. congressman luis gutierrez, democrat from illinois told us earlier that he's now withdrawing his support for cook county state'...