the president called the mayor of chicago sending 150 federal officials to help chicago but the mayor of chicago pushing back on that, threatening to sue when they step out of line. >> this is where politics and people step out of line. the mayor of chicago put politics over people far too long. glad she finally came to her senses saying we need the feds in chicago. that is the only way changes will happen. 3-year-old children should not be getting shot. funerals should not be shot up. there should not be 25 shootings in one day. just shouldn't be. elizabeth: you know there is voter reaction to the politicization of the violence. there is also been criticism of the president for trying to step in to help. let's watch a cnn reporter ask the president yesterday about the skyrocketing violence in your city of chicago and about how his predecessor barack obama dealt with this. watch this. reporter: 2016 you said it was president obama's fault that homicides were up in chicago. sew why was it the president's fault then but not your fault now? president trump: president obama was invited in

do what they are doing right now in chicago and new york. >> sean: i misspoke. 14 killed? 14 shot. we make a mistake. let not your heart be troubled. laura ingraham? >> laura: terrific show. we've got a lot to get through tonight. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. breaking news out of chicago, as sean just said, according to police, 14 people injured, most of them shot near a funeral home iin the community called arba ad said there was some kind of planned ambush outside the funeral home where a memorial service was going on inside for a homicide victim. at the end of last week in chicago, murders were up 51%, shootings were up 44%. 47%, actually. despite those staggering numbers, merit lori lightfoot has presided over a city that has turned into the wild west. let me make this as clear as i canhi make it tonight. it is open season on the citizens of chicago and the mayor cannot be bothered to accept real federal help. do you know why? because of her seething hatred for donald trump. that is outweighing her concern for the citizens that she is supposed to be serving. th

in this poll in chicago thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world will start in israel where protesters have been keeping up the pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu what they say as his government's mishandling of the coronavirus crisis israel has just recorded more than 2000 new cases in. his prime minister. country have breached a common understanding and sit down and egypt over a call. project. africa's president cyril ramaphosa has an ounce of public schools will close for 4 weeks as confirmed coronavirus cases grossed more than 400000 he said it was important to ensure that schools did not become sites of transmission in the. latest round of talks between the u.k. and the european union have ended with a downbeat assessment from both sides the news chief negotiator michel the body has had a trade deal the unlikely for the u.k. david frost also admitted there was a long way to go. or german court has handed down jail sentences to several men convicted of raping

wednesday in chicago. a 3-year-old, another 3-year-old was shot in chicago. you know, the superintendent, the police superintendent, david brown a proud black man said that get this number. there's 117,000 gang members in chicago. 117,000. you heard right. that's 7% of the city. i mean, it's an incredible number. there's 55 major gangs in chicago. you know, you watch this amateur theatric in portland where the mayor grandstanding and then, you know, getting it thrown back at him from the very demonstrators that he's trying to suck up to. that is nothing. that is just play acting. look at chicago with another 3-year-old shot. ten more in total shot yesterday. three more killed. what are you going to do? there's 12,000 cops in chicago, 117,000 gang members, bill. >> bill: it's a mountain to climb. leo, what would you do? >> bill, i'll tell you right now, it's so obvious. three quick points. the president is spot on and legally correct to go in to these cities. because he has the authority to enhance the fbi, the dea. and the pundits of these other cable network

shannon: he joins us from chicago with his message. thank you for being here. what is your message to the mayor? >> my message is clear that residents should not be a partisan issue, should not be a twitter campaign to take shots at the president who you may or may not agree with, there are things i don't agree with that this president does but i'm not willing to put that partisanship above the safety and security of the residents of the city of chicago. >> 51% rise in murders, 47% rise in shootings year-over-year, 2019-2020. if we had a democrat president would cities like chicago be as opposed to federal intervention or if we had a president that wasn't donald trump? >> i think a lot of this stems from the fact that it is donald trump because chicago had no problem accepting $1 billion in federal assistance to fight covid-19 but now that we are trying to fight the anarchists trying to subvert our city all of a sudden we have a problem with it. my community on the southwest side of chicago always worked well with law enforcement and federal partners to try to

violence in chicago. listen to this. >> we're all for peaceful protest but when you have people dropping off frozen water bottles and sharpened pvc pipes during demonstration under cover of peaceful protest. >> i support you. there you go. >> yeah. elizabeth: you have oregon democrat earl bloom men thank you from the senate floor saying that portland is not out of order. why do democrats say that. >> they're kissing up to very violent and radical political base. maybe squeaky wheel gets the grease on the left. americans need to pay attention to it. not every democrat is speaking up to this. oregon senators this is too widespread for us to take casually. this is bad pattern. chicago morphing what looked like a peace pull protest, that injured 49 police officers. superintendent brown, head of the police in chicago, gave a brilliant press conference. urge viewers to pull it up on youtube, before he gets to the q and a. shows it very clearly what looks like a peaceful protest was designed and changed into a v

leaders in the chicago community. so, when you were growing up, or now that you're living in chicago, do you feel discrimination or have you bypassed it? john: i have to say, when people think about minority business it's typically around what they call supplier diversity. construction, catering, things that are about procurement. and my mom had this challenge when she was building her law practice, and my dad did too, that people didn't think about hiring a minority lawyer to do their transactions. the same thing when it comes to money management. we were the first african-american money management and mutual fund to start in the country's history. when we went to see people they never thought to hire someone who was african-american to manage their money or have our mutual funds in their 401(k) plan. david: you mentioned melody hobson. for those who don't know, she's the president of the company. you're the ceo of the company, she's the president. john: yes. david: she also went to princeton. you hire people who don

in as fall in chicago thank you so much for your reporting. president trump meanwhile has canceled the florida portion of next month's republican national convention the 4 night event was expected to draw more than $10000.00 people to celebrate trump's formal nomination as the party's candidate for the november election but florida now seeing a spike in corona virus cases the president says safety is his main concern but i looked at my team and i said the timing for this event is not right just not right with what's happened recently the flare up in florida to have a big convention it's not the right time it's really something that for me i have to protect the american people that's what i've always done that's what i always will do that's what i'm about. well let's go now to some other stories making news around the world a u.s. an f. 15 fighter jet that flew close to an iranian passenger plane was at a safe distance according to u.s. officials but iranians or as i say the mahanta air flight was forced to descend quickly to avoid a collision

around the streets of chicago that's not democracy that we saw unfolding in the streets of portland as a result of this federal action that's what we call tyranny dictatorship and we're not having it in chicago. residents of chicago say extra police won't solve that uses facing the city saying action on gun control would be more effective in tackling violent crime and the more we are joined now by teller millard correspondent at n.b.c. news radio welcome to you i'd like to ask you 1st about donald trump announcing this action as quote operation legend tell us a little bit more about what the details of this plan are so operation legend it was actually started earlier this month in kansas city after the killing of a 4 year old while which he was asleep involving gun violence that suspect is still on the loose the what the what the feds say they're doing is they're putting more assets into was certain areas like in kansas city to go after violent crime kids a city saw $100.00 agents go into the area chicago is expected to have the exact thing doing the same with the albuquerque but th

they don't care about the people in and the city of chicago. the children who have lost their lives they are since the beginning of the year and neither does the mayor. mayor lightfoot. i have to tell you, laura, i think about all the children across this country that have been so badly affected this year. not only with the violence in the streets, but with covid the, not being able to go to school. now we have a bunch of adults who act like children and put our children's lives in danger because of their political and divisive. and what we are seeing across the country is something that i believe can get far worse if something doesn't happen. if something doesn't stop this, this escalation of violence. i talked to law enforcement officials today, many of who told me, look, if we don't get the kind of backup support we need, a lot of people are walking off of the jobs. they are retiring. they will leave law enforcement. what happens to the citizens when that happens, laura? >> laura: i would say the same time a debate is going on in chicago abo

calling the mayor of chicago last night sending in 150 federal officials to help chicago but the mayor pushes back on that threatening to sue if they step out of line? >> this is where politics and people divide. the mayor of chicago puts politics over people for far too long i'm glad she has come to her senses and said yes, we need the fads in chicago. this is the only way we can make changes. three -year-old children should not c be getting shot. there should not be 25 shootings in one day. elizabeth: voter reaction to the politicalization of and also criticism of the president. let's watch a cnn reporter askede the president was skyrocketing violence on how the predecessor dealt with this. >> you said it was president obama's fault why is it his fault then but not your fault now? >> president obama was invited in and did a poor job. he could've gone into chicago and solve the problem and he didn't we can solve the problem very easily equipped with the best equipment and the best. people portland was coming down him busting at the seams. elizabeth: that my is a cnn reporter asking th

here is the result in chicago. in the last month alone, literally hundreds of americans have been gunned down there. just last night for example, at least 15 people were shot in a single incident outside a funeral home in the city. some of that chaos was caught on surveillance tape. watch this. [inaudible] >> tucker: the first thing you notice about that tape after the sound is that it was light out. the killers pulled up in full view and simply started shooting people with impunity. bodies fell on the sidewalk, the wounded screamed, but the gunfire continued. this wasn't baghdad. it was america's third-largest city. it's hard to believe this is happening here, but the activists don't care. they made this possible. they did this, but they're not organizing marchesos to protest this violence, they're ignoring it completely. the white house is not ignoring it, the administration has said it was under federal law enforcement agents to chicago to restore order to stoi these killings. the city's mayor, living parity hav

the chicago police union. the police in chicago have a long history of cooperating with the federal government to violate the rights of people in the chicago community. there is a real concern that that is what is gogoing to happn here. that the deployment of t these troops that has been done to t y , andell these protests that is s unconstitutional. that is something thahat will absolutely be challenged in court. the issue we have right now is the chicicago police depepartmet has systematically attempted too chill first amendment rights of protesters. and thahat has been happening oa regularr basis and happening ina very systemamatic way. the overlalay of additional federal troops is deeply disturbing and what that might mean for the city's protest. amy: sheila bedi, thank you for being with us. you are suing on behalf of mimiracle boyd? >> miracle boyd will be filing a civil rights lawsuit. amy: sheila bedi is a professor of law at t northwestern university, lawyer representing miracle boyd. when we come bac

we want to make our products in chicago, not shanghai. we want the american dream for american children, and i will fight to deliver that dream every ounce, every single ounce of my strength, i will be fighting. but opportunity cannot thrive violence,e is prosperity, whether there's bloodshed, and security cannot exist where there are violent criminals who are able to maim and murder with impunity. that is what operation legend is all about. that is why we are here today to answer the please of those of those crying for justice and help. for those people in chicago and other cities where we will be, help is on its way. i would now like to ask attorney general william barr -- she is doing a fantastic job -- to explain operation legend in greater detail followed by weing secretary wolf, and will hear from loved ones of fallen americans. i will ask sam and jerome powell to the podium and we would love to hear them say a few words in honor of their loved one. please, bill. thank you, mr. president. especiallye to thank the families of the vic

this is chicago! this is one of the major american cities -- it's chicago! 17 people shot? you are worried about president from going in and breaking? what is left to break? he is in their sweeping and cleaning the place up! i applaud the president with a big round of applause and open arms, send those federal agents in there and give the people of those cities the right to public safety. they are american citizens too. they deserve it. >> sean -- >> sean: alderman, let me go to you. >> if i could be clear, first and foremost let me say i am a democrat who also cares about the safety of my residence and the safety of all chicago' chic. it's not a lost cause for the party as a democrat that people should be safe and secure in their neighborhood but what we've seen time and time again is there have been so much pandering over twitter and getting into social media battles that even in my own city, our mayor and the president have gone on for weeks whether or not to have federal assistance. finally today's she said i'm okay with it now. how many of our children had to die becau

they are already doing that in chicago. so i'm hoping to hear more than the status quo from the president. >> bill: all right, ted, here it is. the measure includes 100 people, many of whom continue to do the regular jobs as you point out but be able to help fight street crime as it arises. would this not be helpful based on what we have been watching for the past couple of months, ted? no, absolutely no. let me just tell you, neil, that crime in chicago, you've got that gang turf out here and gain more. and the fact about it is, 100 men, women are not going to make the difference in chicago. what is going to have to happen in chicago is that the citizens, the citizens are going to have to get involved and the help to take back of their neighborhood. >> bill: that is a fact, ted, thanks. i called you wheeler. i will never do that again. wheeler is the mayor in portland. thank you, ted, and the judge right now what the president can do with federal authority. judge, size it up for us. what would be used? >> good afternoon, b

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that is chicago. these are real people. so i strongly suggested everybody reevaluate their position and put politics in the lock box and reconsider these are human lives. if this 3-year-old girl was going to live a regular life, we have 77 years without her right now. the president is doing the right thing and under authority. i was there. >> on that note, i want to play this kayleigh mcenanysound bite. she was asked if this is a distraction and i'll get you final thoughts on this, jessica. >> the president has been very clear for years that violent crime is a priority. we saw it going up at the end of the obama administration as the attorney general said yesterday. finally started to come down under president trump's administration and now with this defund the police movement, we're seeing it creep back up. this is about protecting the american citizenry. >> is that a valid question, whether this is distraction from coronavirus? >> i think it's a valid criticism for sure when you think that we have 142,000 people that have

federal agents now head to chicago. >> reporter: an uptick in violence in chicago, 14 people were shot as they left the funeral on the south side. police say and suv pulled up and started firing.

saying chicago should be calling us. it comes after federal officers continue to clash with protesters in portland, oregon. >>> texas police investigating after the body of a ft. hood soldier was found at a reservoir near the texas base. the third soldier from that base found dead in a month. >>> and the severe weather in the northeast as we come on tonight. the thunderstorm watch. wind gusts possible. to up 70 miles an hour. from washington, d.c. to philadelphia to new york. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we have a lot to get to. and we begin with the coronavirus and what the president said moments ago, saying, wear a mask, social distance and wash your hands, saying, we're all in this together, that we're going to get this complete, were his words, suggesting it has popped up in places that we didn't anticipate, he said, citing florida as an example. the u.s. reporting more than 1,000 deaths in 24 hours for the first time in two weeks. and the u.s. now closing in on 4 mil

president thinks that surging the amount of federal law enforcement personnel to chicago will solve chicago's crime problem gang crime problem that these all denies to crime violence latest incident just yesterday 14 mourners at a funeral home were shot by in a drive by shooting now indication here that this is gang related. that the people who came out of the funeral home and were shouted out of the driving recall shocked beck so everybody walks around with guns if you're in a game and you're organized crime then that's very likely that is what mr trump the president wants to tackle with sending federal law enforcement personnel in as you have heard chicago adamant about if this is coordinated and collaborative then they have no problem always good to have more boots on the ground to fight organized crimes and gangs but a situation like in portland is very very different that has nothing to do with the operation he announced yesterday portland is separate this is operation legend what he's doing now named after a little boy his name is legend fierro and he was shot in kansas city just a mont

you know as paul in chicago thank you so much for your reporting. well let's go now to some other stories making news around the world protesters in israel have been keeping up the pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu for what they see as his government's mishandling of the coronavirus crisis israel has just recorded more than 2000 new cases one day. as prime minister has hailed the early filling of the massive dam on the blue nile river as historic the announcement came and said his country has reached a major common understanding with sudan and egypt over the controversial project. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has announced that public schools will close for 4 weeks as converge of as confirmed coronavirus cases that rose to more than 400000 and he said it was important to ensure that schools did not become sites of transmission lines. with the latest round of talks between the u.k. and the european union have ended with a downbeat assessment from both sides the news chief negotiator michel barnier said a trade deal looked unli

the chicago police office does not know. they are not very eager to talk to us am not very happy to talk to journalists. when i mentioned we are from an international broadcast, not the american media, they kind of "of it. i had the feeling they are not really looking forward to the feds coming into chicago. >> what is the problem in chicago that the president says can only be solved by sending in federal troops? reporter: we just heard the mayor. chicago was one of the murder capitals, there are a lot of game shootings. up to 10-20 people got shot just yesterday. -- gang shootings. up to 10-20 people got shot just yesterday. a little kid happened to get shot. it is really violent, it is really gun violence as the huge problem for many years here in chicago. >> troo -- troops are only being sent to cities controlled by democrats, being an election year. reporter: that seems to be a tactic of president trump, who seems to be losing support. the polls are down. he is double digits behind joe biden, t the front man of the democ

people are dying in chicago and other cities, and we can solve the problem. they have to ask us but we can solve the problem. >> you saw he mentioned mayor lori lightfoot a number of times and mayor of chicago, lori lightfoot joins me now. thank you, mayor, i appreciate it. give me your reaction to the president. i understand that you two spoke after those remarks. >> you know, the president's remarks are politics. you know, obviously, he is in the fight for his survival. so i'm not surprised that he is targeting democratic mayors, whether it's me, whether it's keisha lance bottoms, jenny durkan in seattle or muriel bowser in washington, d.c. but it doesn't change the fact that we do not want unconstitutional, secret federal agents coming into our cities, grabbing our residents, and detaining them and violating their rights. i have drawn a very bright line there. and we're not going to go back from that. >> the president blamed you. he blames former president barack obama. could not explain, to our kaitlan collins, why a rise in crime under, either, you or th

>> chicago police say 14 people were shot following the funeral on the southside of chicago. going to step out of the way so you can take a look. we right now or at the university of chicago hospital. police say the suspects were driving by in a car and opened fire, driving away from the scene and later crashed, all suspects ran. one suspect in custody. happened at the 1,000th block of west 79th street and the victims were taken to five hospitals as you can see here at the university of chicago, very active scene. we've been here for 45 minutes to an hour now, a lot of people outside the emergency room and the lot of people driving by and of course still waiting to learn more on the condition of those 13 victims. >> sean: 14 victims, we've heard 11. is it possible, they talked about 60 when i was listening to the police presser, shell casings that have been found, is it even potentially higher? >> right now, we've only heard 14, but of course police are still investigating at this time. >> sean: sad thing is, we have 70 shot last weekend? ten and 11-year-old shot last weekend

army troops began arriving in chicago in substantial numbers this morning. at least 50 planeloads but they will be available to reinforce some 5,500 illinois national guardsmen, 2,000 fbi, secret service and other federal agents, and the 11,000-man chicago police force. >> we're concerned about the buildup of force. anything that's built up like this is liable to be used. >> you're a girl, are you afraid of violence that may occur? >> there will be violence, yes, no doubt about that. i'm not afraid of it. >> about 500 students, hippies, yippies, radicals, activists, mccarthy kids, and other demonstrators marched four miles to the hotels housing the democratic convention delegates. they stayed on the sidewalks. they stopped for traffic signals and they did not try to cross police lines. >> you're here to work for a living, you wouldn't be out here. >> as the protesters marched back toward lincoln park, they clashed with police. >> we were told that we would have to leave the park at 11:00 at night. at 5:00, the police started beating people up. >> we want the

he's now talking about sending federal agents to chicago against the objections of the mayor of chicago. he's casting the cities basically as, you know, the enemy. run by liberal democrats. he's always sure to tell people they're run by liberal democrats, and he ties it to his opponent, joe biden. he's not being subtle about it, he's drawing the political argument here. it's not just an issue of crime or rioting or unrest by protesters. he's making a direction connection to the election by saying if you elect joe biden, america will not be safe. it's a stark, dark message. but it's in keeping with the very beginning of his president say, when he told us about american carnage. we thought it would be over now. he promised it would be over by now, but he's looking for a foil and the american cities run by democrats are the ones he's chosen to focus on. that's not to say there aren't problems in these cities. there are. some of the cities have had some pretty horrific violence and cases of crime. but the president, rather than working together, is finding ways to confront the mayors and go

this is failed leadership in chicago. david: one of the reasons i love work you do, you don't focus from the top down. you go right into the neighborhoods. you say it has got to be the neighborhoods working on their own to fix things. you're not the only one who has seen this. there is a wonderful somalian immigrant to the united states, she wrote a piece in the "wall street journal." a little long. i will read it to you, get your reaction to it. she said time was americans were reknowned for their can-do problems solving attitude. europeans as de tocqueville were inclined to leave problems to central authorities in paris or berlin. americans traditionally saw problems locally, sitting down together in town halls and voluntary association. some of that spirit still exists even if we now have to meet on zoom. but the old question how can we figure this out is threatened with replacement by why contact the government figure this out for us. doesn't this have to be done at a community level? >> government will always have a

take chicago. if mayor lightfoot says to the attorney general or the president, yes, i want your guys to work arm in arm, shoulder to shoulder as the attorney general said with my people, but i don't want them getting in people's faces, i don't want them enforces local law, i want them to work with my people. there is nothing wrong with that if they work on their own and she doesn't want them there under the constitution, they have to go. >> and we have heard that apparently these 200 members of the federal officers who are going to go are going to be under the direction of the u.s. attorney out there john losh who they trust and focus on gangs and drugs. judge, you cited chicago. when you look at portland though. if the local law enforcement under the direction of the mayor there will not protect federal facilities, you know that the president of the united states and the attorney general have every right in the world to order in frail assets that's in the law. >> yes it is. they have ever write t

on the streets of chicago? no. donald trump is sending 200 people, 200. that means there will probably be no more than 100 of them on the street at any one time, and that's not enough law enforcement personnel to stop anything in chicago, but it is enough to start something. it is enough to draw a crowd of protesters against the trump troops in chicago. and we have seen that the trump troops do not require the slightest bit of provocation. no provocation at all to start rioting themselves exactly the way the chicago police did in 1968. here is a video of what is now the trump police riot that has gone viral of a navy veteran in portland who literally stood there, stood there doing absolutely nothing as the trump troops did, exactly what donald trump wants them to do. >> donald trump is playing with fire tonight. he is hoping for fire in portland tonight, and he is hoping for more fire in chicago. the viewers of this program know my book about the 1968 presidential campaign is entitled "playing with fire." it re

violence in chicago is bad no doubt about this a lot of people die there every day every weekend. and local law enforcement trying to get a whole hand on this and a handle on this for years but why sending in now federal law enforcement personnel that is maybe a political question so just to be clear. this deployment to take chicago the as you mentioned this is completely separate so these days these protests the being dealt with by federal office as they say portland. until racism protests that appear to have got out of hand this is this is this appears to be something different. yeah it is something different there are no. similar protests as you see there in portland oregon where protesters say locals as well as federal law enforcement try to attack federal buildings that hasn't happened. on that scale or at all in chicago here it is the president portraying himself and giving himself as the marshal not just the sheriff but the marshal who comes to town with federal troops to implement law and all of because he things that is the narrative at least the democrats are now. trying

unfortunately what is happening they are chicago, and thanks to the corruption of local officials, chicago is bankrupt. the city is so deeply in debt, williams and billions, tens of billions of dollars in debt, that no economist believes it can never pay its bills. taxpayers knowt this. they understand they will be punished for the crimes of their leaders. just this week so far, 106 people. there was one drive-by shooting. on the city's southside and two died. it's not just happening in poor neighborhoods in chicago. here's surveillance video of a gunman opening fire downtown. two people hit by bullets and one was killed. among many others murdered in chicago, including many children, this man's first grader for example was shot in the head. >> to see my daughter on the table with a gunshot wound to the forehead -- >> 7-year-old natalia wallace was shot in the head and killed over the weekend in chicago she playedhe outside with her siblings. >> visualize the 7-year-old a shotot and bleeding to death whe the families they are. >> also among the innocent victims, police a 14-year-old hernan

is that a strategy that should be implemented in chicago today? >> it is a strategy that could be successful in the city of chicago but think of it this way too. we are well understaffed, we need another 2000 police officers on the street, these police officers have been working 3 years without a contract, their morale is down and yet they still want to do the job every day of the week, they just caught one of the vendors that shot one of the 7-year-olds this weekend. i was at my old fire house, retirement party, we were talking about how there's a good chance this offender might hit the street again. our detectives did the lord's work and cut this offender in bringing in more people but yet this revolving door system is not helping us get out of the problem. the police are doing -- it is unreal. and they -- go ahead. todd: a prominent voice in the black community has a solution. >> federalize the national guard. eisenhower did it in 1955, jfk did it in 1952. when is enough enough? we point a finger democratic leadership. we need to take a stand a

portland is a very different place in chicago but chicago should be calling us and so should philadelphia and detroit and others to go in and really help them because when you're losing many people a weekend, many, many people. you see the same numbers as i do. when you're losing these people, they should call us and say come on in. it's incredible to me but they are not doing it. at some point they will. at some point we may have no other choice but to go in. >> reporter: mr. president, are you looking at closing further chinese embassies in the united states? did you ask ambassador woody johnson to bring the british open to your property in scotland? >> president trump: i never spoke to woody johnson about that. sternberg is a highly respected course, one of the best of the world and i read a story about her today and that i had never spoken to woody johnson about doing that, no. as far as closing additional embassies, it's always possible. you see with going on. we saw the -- thought there was a fire in the one that we do close and everybody said there's a fire. there's a fire and i gu

ten were murdered this weekend in chicago. on sunday, a memorial service was held for a man who was shot and killed in southside chicago. during that service, three more people were shot, including two more kids. one was 10 years old and was 11 years old. two little kids shot. sadly unacceptable acts of violence now routine in liberal cities across the country. we see this every single weekend. it's a massive scale. the president's right. it's a war zone. this is our american treasure, our children are being murdered. the far left so-called protesters in chicago, they are more interested in toppling a statue of christopher columbus. look at your screen. in this incident, 18 police officers were injured on top of, what, the 1300 other police officers injured, the 12, 14 now dead, in this case and a gray mob started throwing frozen water bottles, rocks, bricks, fireworks and other projectiles at police officers trying to do their job and keep law and order. one local alderman is slamming the chicago mayor lightfoot on twitter fo

in one incident in recent memory in chicago. at 6:30 p.m. tonight four individuals in a black vehicle opened fire in the south side of chicago outside a funeral home, 14 people were shot. some of those and opening opening fire on that vehicle. we do not know the specific conditions of the victims, only the most are in serious to critical condition. they have been sent to five area hospitals, 60 gunshot casings have been found on the scene, suspects trashed that vehicle and fled the scene. police have one person of interest in custody. the motive is unknown but we know one officer was assigned to protect that funeral as a precaution. the funeral was for a man that was shot and killed a mile and a half away from that funeral home. the shooting happened amid a major spiking gun violence in chicago where you today shootings are up 47% and murders are up 51%. before this shooting donald trump reportedly signed off on sending 150 homeland security investigative agents to chicago to reinforce local law enforcement there. witnesses to t

also new from chicago, mayor lightfoot ordered the columbus statue in chicago's grand park where rioters and police clashed last friday to be taken down. city workers arrived in the darkness of night to remove the statue and now mayor de blasio is threatening president trump with legal action if he sends federal officers to new york city. to help ease the growing violence in that city. saying, we would immediately take action in court to stop it. joining me now is former florida attorney general pam bondi, former united states attorney brett tolman and fox news journalist gianno caldwell. that documentary gives an inside look at gang life in his hometown and is available exclusively on fox nation. thank you all for joining us. i want to start with you, brett, being a u.s. attorney, i want to talk about operation legend. the left, the democrats and mainstream media are claiming the president has no authority to do this and this is unprecedented in its nature, what's a reality? >> the reality is like most people in the country we are a little fed up with what's going on in some of these ci

we want to make our products in chicago, not shanghai. we want the american dream for american children and i will fight to deliver that dream every ounce, every single ounce of my strength i will be fighting. but opportunity cannot thrive where there is violence, prosperity cannot flourish whether bloodshed and security cannot exist where there are violent criminals who are able to maim and murder with impunity. that is what operation legend is all about. >> sean: operation legend is greatly needed. 100 agents cannot save and protect the cities. they can protect federal property, they can help investigations, they can t get t underlying groups fomenting is violence. unless and until these reckless, irresponsible democratic mayors and governors do their job and or allow the help they are being offered,d, they are allowing innocent people to die. that is all on them. new york, chicago, philly, baltimore, you name the city, seattle, portland. it is all on them. especially true in chicago. shootings are up 47% over last year. homicides up by

if you look at chicago, detroit -- i mean, look around. any of these cities where we have the problems. we are sending them help. we are waiting for them to call for the large numbers of people that we have ready, willing and able. you look at chicago, where 14 people were shot yesterday. over the weekend, many people died and were shot. they are sitting record numbers. we are waiting for the mayor and other mayors and governors to call us. we are ready, willing and able to go in with great force. we also have people that are going in and arresting drug dealers, arresting some of the shooters. we are working with police forces. in some cases they are told don't work with the federal government, the police forces have great respect for what we do. we are ready, willing and able to go into these cities being decimated with shooting and we are going to help. reporter: i have a question on crime, but i don't think we got an explanation yesterday on why the health experts are no longer joining you at these briefings. pres. trump: because they a

true in chicago. shootings up 47% over last year. homicides up by a whopping 51%. 70 shot last weekend, 63 the weekend before and even children dying every single week. the violence reaches catastrophic levels. by the way, last night we reported on that horrific mass shooting in the south side of chicago. 15 people seriously wounded outside of a funeral home in what appears to be a gun related incident appeared at least 60 shell casings recovered from the scene. caught on camera by nearby surveillance system, take a lo look. [gunshots] [screaming] >> sean: mayor lightweight isn't doing anything to protect her city. moments later two witnesses in a war zone as the president has been calling this and applauded the president's plan, please help us. please send in. the mayor and the governor won't let him do that. take a look. >> we wish it would stop. and the need to go to federal troops in chicago because of the violence. and really, it is the same as pandora. so we need more callouts, federal troops, b