more pregnant women are using pods. what could possibly go wrong with that? this statistic: under 18, the use of pot has climbed from 12.5% to 21.8%, people under the age of 18. 18 to 24. cnn celebrating with pot on new year's eve. they are the ones who put the story out. come on, guys. nothing can be wrong for the baby or the mother with pot use for pregnant women. that's all the time we have for tonight. shannon bream is back to take things from here. i am delighted to see her. miss shannon, happy new year. >> shannon: happy new year to you. this is a drug-free zone. here's what we have going up tight. >> we will make america strong again. we will make america proud again. we will make america safe again. >> shannon: as he returns to washington to begin his second year in office, president trump

vows to keep his promise of putting america first. is it all based on demanding respect on the world stage. >> we expect to be treated respectfully. >> shannon: jack keane on the te presidents strategy. >> obviously that budget is first and foremost. >> shannon: chuck, nancy, g.o.p. leaders sitting down with white house officials to discuss hot button issues, immigration, funding the government. kansas secretary of state kris kobach previous to mars meeting. -- tomorrow's meeting. >> that did not represent the overall community. >> shannon: a faith leader telling police to back off as baltimore's murder rate sores. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington.

new developments in foreign policy in the new year, much sparked by tweets from our commander in chief. president trump refusing to back down from his support for the iranian people amidst the continuing protests. even as supreme leader ayatollah khamenei responded with harsh words, calling the u.s. an enem enemy. another tweet setting up pushback from pakistan as a country's top leaders call an emergency meeting to respond to president trump, saying that his tweet accusing them of lies and deceit struck at the trust between the two nations. as the president practices his own form of social media diplomacy, north korea's dictator kim jong un's testing relationships between the u.s. and its allies. the president responded site with nuclear comments of his own, and they are creating a firestorm. rich edson has more. >> president trump returned this evening to escalating rhetoric with the north korean dictator through twitter. responding to kim jong un kim jong un's new year's day pronouncement that the united states is within range of his nuclear arsenal, president trump tweeted:

"north korean leader kim jong un just stated that the "nuclear button is on his desk at all times." will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him that i too have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my button works!" south korea is offering to speak with north korea after kim jong un said the country should relieve tension on the peninsula. this while the united states is leading a campaign to isolate north korea. that leaves analysts to say north korea's recent outreach is an attempt to separate the u.s. from its allies. >> kim jong un may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations, between our nation and the republic of korea. i can assure you that that will not happen. >> as for protests in iran, the state department officials as trump administration would consider additional sanctions against iran if it cracks down violently on these protesters.

u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley says the u.s. will call for emergency sessions of these is security and rights councils. >> it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government, especially when their government has a long history of murdering its own people. so we applaud the tremendous courage of the iranian people. >> ambassador haley also confirms the united states will continue withholding $255 million in aid to pakistan. they trump administration says pakistan harbors terrorists who attack u.s. forces in afghanistan. yesterday president trump tweeted that "the u.s. has given pakistan brilliance and has received only lies and deceit in return." this morning pakistan called an emergency meeting. it's government responded to the presidents tweet calling it "completely incomprehensible."

>> shannon: on this idea of north korea, the campaign we are waging via social media. >> there's that and then there's the campaign try to isolate north korea, get countries to remove their diplomatic presences. these statements is that campaign is showing results, though the goal is to convince north korea to hold its weapons program. kim just spent a year firing intercontinental ballistic missiles over japan adjusting nuclear bombs. this afternoon, the president tweeted: "sanctions and "other" pressures are beginning to have a big impact on north korea. soldiers are dangerously fleeing to south korea. rocket man now wants to talk to south korea for first time. perhaps that is good news, perhaps not. we will see!" china is the administration's focus here as well, it accounts for 90% of north korean trade. the administration says china has been helpful, though it can do more to isolate its ally north korea. >> shannon: rich edson live, thank you. north korean leader kim jong un

appeared in his new year's address yesterday and a light gray western-style suit. a reuters report suggested he's going for a softer image than what was likely a calculated move to be more relaxed. to go along with his surprise opera for south korea. it's a departure with what he's worn in the past. for more on these things, let's bring in a retired four-star general and senior fox news strategic analyst, general jack keane. >> welcome to the new year. >> shannon: it's a busy one. talk about this report in "the washington free beacon" today and it cites the sacred document. they say they have obtained within the chinese communist party about a side secret agreement it's got going on with north korea. here are some of the allegation allegations. they states within the party. that would allow north korea to keep its nuclear arsenal, that it will not allow the north korean regime or government to collapse, that will apply sanctions symbolically so the world sees they are doing something but it

will also increase aid and military support for north korea, including new missiles. if this turns out to be true, are you surprised? to go that's pretty much been the pattern of behavior for years. i mean, they clearly supported north korea having a nuclear capability and 2005. their long range ballistic missiles looked remarkably like the chinese and particularly portable devices that they move around. they were able to somehow very rapidly move from old soviet style rockets and missiles where they were missing about 50% of the time to a procedure now where they are testing intercontinental ballistic missiles with more clarity and more productive capability than they've ever had. something has changed among the engineers and scientists, and we have long suspected either they hired russians to do this for them or the chinese have always consistently been helping them. >> shannon: if this document at some point, i don't know if there's any way that we will ever be able to verify it but if it turns out to be legitimate,

what is it take you that it was leaked. do you think there is disagreement within the party in china? >> well, i can't say. i don't know what the source of the leak is. if that came from our intelligence services, that's another matter. that may be leaked just to get it out in front of the american people. i think this administration is very clear eyed about china. they know china has played the united states for 25 years on this issue. i think we have put down some markers, and we are clearly watching what's taking place. we are saying that we know that china could do more. i think the concern we have right now, even though there is some positive signs that this economic strangled and starting to take place, gasoline lines and these two soldiers came back, they were emaciated. they had significant bacteria in their systems. something is going on with the food supply, to be sure. but at the same time, i think we are concerned about this backdoor that north korea has from russia or also possibly

from china. i think our intelligence services are on this. i think you are moving toward some kind of showdown this year over this whole issue. >> shannon: what do you make of the presidents tweet which was reporting, saying please inform kim jong un i've got a nuclear button too. it's much bigger and it works. >> it is a tongue-in-cheek comment about a pretty serious issue. of course it's true, and that is the harsh reality. all things aside, we are in pursuit of economic sanctions. that's our main effort, backed up by military action, some type of preemptive strike if we have to or the horrific contours of an actual war on the peninsula which would be devastating for everybody. we are getting closer to that, to be frank. >> shannon: i want to you about iran. we see the protest there. a lot being made about what's behind the protest.

the response the previous administration had versus this administration. a "wall street journal" piece said "mr. rouhani made a crucial mistake overpromising and under delivering on economic and political reform." seems like that's the consensus. >> i think that's largely true but it's also been the pattern of the regime for 36 years. their desire is regional hegemony. they have been about that in lebanon, syria, iraq and yemen. clearly that has always been the strategic objective. secondary to that is a nuclear arsenal. and i clearly think the money they received from the sanctions they invested that in the wars they are fighting. and not in their own people. the people are clearly, unemployment is at 12%. on inflation is high. the contours of this demonstration is a little different than the previous one which was focused on the capital among the elites largely on young people.

this is touching the entire social economic fabric of life in iran. while there is demonstration in tehran, the capital, going on, these protests and demonstrations and 80 other cities. that did not happen the last time on that kind of scale. i think it's considerably more deep-rooted. they are calling out the president rouhani, calling out the supreme leader. they are clearly frustrated with the lack of economic opportunity and progress. they don't agree with the foreign policy. they believe they are throwing away their money on wars that are unnecessary. >> shannon: it does feel different. the energy and continuing days. will watch and see. general, thank you. big day tomorrow. white house meeting with congressional leaders to talk budget caps and other policy battles. the biggest point of contention, and impending showdown over immigration. the president issues an ultimatum to democrats to find a border wall or forget negotiating over the so-called

dreamers. doug mckelway is here. >> hi. what to do with dreamers, that's going to be a first test of bipartisanship in 2018. there are thousands of young immigrants in the united states would qualify as dreamers, all of your through an obama administration program that mandated deferred action on childhood arrivals. in september, president trump announced the end of daca but gave congress until march of this year to find a solution. there's a lot of common ground among the parties. very few want dreamers deported. many republicans want to attach dreamer legislation to more comprehensive reform. >> there is an agreement that you may reach. it's got to start with border security. putting money in place to start building the wall, as president trump said. he campaigned on this and he won the presidency with this being front and center. >> many democrats want a stand-alone bill on daca. in december, nancy pelosi said congress can't wait into march

because hundreds of dreamers lose their daca status every da day. >> think of the dreamers as a discrete piece that needs protection now. and not wait for the entire comprehensive immigration reform to be resolved before we deal with this emergency. >> at the same time, democrats may try to use approaching january deadlines for funding the government as leverage to force a daca deal. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell dismisses that, noting there is no emergency with the march deadline for daca and today via twitter, president trump took the fight a step further. "daca activists and hispanics will go hard against dems, will start "falling in love" with republicans and their president! we are about results." tomorrow, mcardle, ryan, schumer, pelosi ate with senior white house aides. >> shannon: doug mckelway live tonight. thank you.

from the big four meeting to four big challenges. immigration, welfare reform, the budget. kevin corke asking sarah huckabee sanders which comes first for the president or will he take a buckshot approach. here's what she said. >> a lot of the meetings this week with leadership will help determine what the best strategy is on each of those individual areas. those are certainly welfare reform, infrastructure, responsible immigration reform, and health care will all be top priorities. >> shannon: chris stirewalt, joins us live. happy new year. it is known far and wide. >> you still have your new year's eve bedazzled pen. >> shannon: i do. thank you, mom.

>> back to the big important meeting tomorrow. chuck, nancy, mitch, and paul. >> this is reflective of some success congress had and on punting the stuff into the next year. when the president tried to do the summit, not so hot. this is good in the sense that it's congress taking the lead on the things congress actually does. this isn't the president's job. coming up with solutions on how to keep the government running, what do you do about unfunded obamacare liabilities. what do you do about these other issues that they, these are housekeeping issues in a real sense. how they sort these things out doesn't need presidential moderates to start. >> shannon: one of the things

is daca. this six month time limit is going to be upon us. we are getting there. you know what the president has to say. he says the democrats are doing nothing for daca. "democrats are doing nothing for daca and just interested in politics. daca activists and hispanics will go hard against dems, will start "falling in love" with republicans and their president! we are about results." a senator tweeting tonight. "repeal daca, g.o.p. keeps blocking the dream act. the only dream trump teams to care about is the empty one of a border wall." >> not only do they have until march but the president has hinted that maybe march isn't the real deadline. maybe they will kick it again. the republicans know if they get in a one-to-one, we are going to start deporting young adults who were brought to the united states through no fault of their own as minors, whenever they get to that point, they

have poor leverage. as long as that's a date, and that's why macconnell says, on the it's january. that's an eternity. the real issue is, they've got to spend some money and the big tough one, obamacare exchanges. the people whose insurance now is dependent on whether or not the federal government is going to cough up six or $7 billion to fund these people forced into i it. they need this subsidy money. is the government going to come up with the cash? >> shannon: this, i want to put up the trump agenda for 2018. budget, daca, border security, infrastructure, welfare reform. there's a new poll out. i think that this quinnipiac. they ask people what they think should be the priorities. they have health care first.

there are people who have real-life problems they are going to have to figure it out. economy, immigration, foreign policy. and then the budget. what's happening on the hill? the intention isn't exactly lined up with what the american people think. >> 2018 is an election year. do you know what congress does? >> shannon: they stay away from scary votes. >> they do easy things. i imagine the republicans would like to batch out hard stuff in the first quarter of the year and then get away from it. the idea that we are looking at a congress that's going on her deck a trillion dollars in infrastructure spending, the idea that we're going to look at, heads of immigration reform seems far-fetched. things can changed but what history tells us, every day further into a midterm election year, the further away you get from a willingness to take on a

tackle big issues. >> shannon: it is not the president sitting down with the big four. >> mick mulvaney and mark schwartz. -- marc short. this is better. it's a good way to do it. they can hash out the details. this is basically our demand, your demand and they can do it without doing a tweet fight. they can talk about realities without talking about personalities. >> shannon: again, happy new year. my grandmother told me you are her favorite. i am assuming i am on that list as well but she said i really like chris stirewalt. >> yet i have no pen. >> shannon: we will get you your own sparkle plan. fusion gps founder glenn simpson going after republicans and claiming the salacious and unverified dossier was not the trigger for the fbi probe. it's so credible it's been used

to verify other sources. we are going to debate what simpson had to say tonight. the showdown on capitol hill continues over immigration reform. it was a central campaign promise by president trump. can a deal be reached when there is division even within the g.o.p.? california is officially a sanctuary state but there is some backlash. you may have noticed some "welcome to california" signs look different. the windy city ends 2017 with better statistics but another major u.s. city such a frightening new record. i realize that ah, that $100k is not exactly a fortune.

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governor jerry brown says it's to protect illegal immigrants living in the shadows of societ society. the acting i.c.e. directors as it's putting politics above public safety and he is bowing to double the number of immigration and customs enforcement agents patrolling the newly declared sanctuary state. >> there is no sanctuary from federal law enforcement. california better hold on tight. they are about to see more deportation orders. if the politicians in california don't want to protect their communities, then i.c.e. will. >> shannon: the trump administration talking tough on california's policy. what about the hundreds of thousands of so-called dreamers? as the president returns from the holiday, he was expected to tackle the dreamers but his press secretary sarah sanders essay the white house has other more immediate priorities. our next guest is a potential pick to run the department of homeland security. he was photographed with a list of priorities. everybody zoomed in.

it puts illegal immigration up high on the list. joining us, kris kobach. heads of the voter fraud task force. good to see you. >> great to be with you. >> shannon: let's talk about the president saying this in a tweet: "the democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no daca without the desperately needed wall at the southern border and an end to the horrible chain migration and ridiculous lottery system of immigration etc. we must protect our country at all cost!" the democrats of said funding for a wall is a no-go. are we going to be at an impass impasse? >> it appears we are. at least i hope we are. i hope president trump not only says, let's back up. daca is bad policy. it's going to hurt those 800,000 illegal aliens in their 20s and 30s, they are not kids.

they are competing for jobs with americans who in that age group are facing 9% unemployment, 19% under employment. we are giving those jobs to daca recipients effectively. it's going to cause a surge in illegal immigration. what would president trump be willing to take that hit, the bad policy that's going to anger his base, what would he be willing to demand? he has to demand more than just the raise act, more than the border wall. e-verify nationwide as well. make sure this surge of illegal aliens, which they will come in, make sure they don't take additional jobs. i see the president staking out the grounds for the discussion but i think he needs to take an even stronger position etsy i need three things. if i don't get all three, i am walking. we know he's a great dealmaker but i'm hoping he holds the line and says this is absolutely nonnegotiable.

>> shannon: you know so much of what gets passed, in the senate, you need 60 votes. the things you talk about, republicans need nine democrats to come along. which nine would vote for those things? >> that's a great question, which is why i think an impasse is the most likely outcome and frankly getting -- the democrats are trying to frame it like america is demanding an amnesty for these nearly 1 million illegal aliens in their 20s and 30s. they are not. there is no demand for amnesty. it's a false crisis created on capitol hill. if the democrats are not willing to come forward and go along with these three things that would actually do something good for the country, a wall, not just a paltry 1.6 million >> ryan has has suggested. the full 20 billion plus that's needed. if we don't have that and e-verify and an end to chain migration it's not worth talking

about. stephen democrats pointing to people who are success stories. nancy nancy pelosi tweeting aboa young man brought to the u.s. when he was nine. scholar, received a diploma, graduated cum laude with a double major in biology and french. he's in his third year of medical school researching diseases. you know those are the people they are going to say people can contribute and be great assets. why wouldn't we want to help them? >> that's a really good question. when pelosi brings forward that example, i would bring forward the 2000-plus daca recipients who have committed felonies after they got the executive amnesty from the obama administration, including in a few cases murder. it's a cross-section of illegal

aliens. the notion that daca recipients, this subsection of illegal aliens is better, more meritorious come more deserving than the rest of the broad population of illegal aliens is incorrect. you have some scholars and you have some criminals. the notion that somehow these are special people that we must grant amnesty to a simply false. >> shannon: you are part of the voter fraud task force that scott made a lot of heat. people say it is ginning up allegations about fraud that doesn't exist. lawsuits involve commissions, i'm not aware of one that has been hit with so many lawsuits. they are coming and trying to stop the commission. they want us to stop investigating, they want us, one

lawsuit try to stop us from having that meeting. they are trying to bog us down. >> shannon: we have lost the secretary of state from kansas. we thank you for your time. we will keep you up-to-date on the next meeting of the voter fraud task force. california's facing backlash. wait until you see this welcome. the longest-serving senate republican retiring and that may open the door from familiar face to come to washington. also a trump foe. >> the president certainly praises his service and is very sad to see senator hatch leave. been jimmy's longest. jimmy (shouting): james! he's survived record rain and a supplier that went belly up. so while he's proud to have helped put a roof over the heads

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>> in october, governor jerry brown issued a statement which read in part "these are uncertain times for undocumented californians and their families, and this bill strikes a balance that will protect public safety while bringing a measure of comfort to those families who are now living in fear every day." the new law is drawing plenty of backlash on social media. take a look at this sign placed at the california-nevada border. felons, illegals, ms-13 welcome. democrats need the votes. a similar sign from april was placed in malibu which reads official sanctuary city. cheat cheap nannies and gardenee california great. no word on who is behind these visibly placed signs. jose garcia zarate is facing

sentencing friday in san francisco. he was acquitted of kate steinle's murder but due to be sentenced for being a felon in possession of a gun. >> shannon: mary rafferty, thank you. chicago ends 27 he knows about her statistics when it comes to violence in that city. course monomeric vintage look at the early numbers and how authorities are working to drive down crime. >> a testament to how bad violent crime is in chicago. 650 murdered last year, an improvement from 2161 killings averaged more than two per day. shootings dropped from about 352016 to around 2800 last year. the greatest improvement happened in englewood, one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. >> sunday mornings, drinking coffee, seeing someone with a gun shooting. or sitting on the porch at night after work, listening to music,

and then hearing shots ring out. >> police largely credit the drop in crime to shots buying technology, cameras and radar top utility poles that detects gunshots and instantly alerts police. improving response times and possibly capturing shooters on camera. police ranks increased by 1100 officers on the department put an emphasis on community policing. >> they have a connection with the community and community organizations bring and they are, they don't come around security. they come around as the fabric of englewood. >> a new state law keeping in effect january 1 that requires judges to reveal why they did not give strict sentences to repeat gun offenders. >> i think those individuals are showing us they don't want to play by the rules of society social so we should give them a place to show down. crime. >> we are hardworking citizens

who vote, doing things to clean up our block, we want a safer, walkable community. >> the drop in violent crime was seen in new york and los angeles. here in chicago, it's day 3 of 2018 and released three people have already been killed. shannon. >> shannon: matt finn reporting. thank you. fox news political analyst gianno caldwell will be here to talk about baltimore. they have a new record for homicides per capita in 2017. local residents have surprising answers. we know america is a country on the move and we know where they are moving to. according to a survey, americans are going west. oregon, idaho, washington state. states that saw the most people leave: illinois, new jersey, new york. coming up, the justice department and the fbi facing a

deadline tomorrow to hanover dossier details to the house intelligence committee. tonight the firm behind the dossier speaking out and taking a stand against republicans. we will debate their claims. another tough day for travelers. what is behind the latest nightmare. >> they are like okay. we waited another hour. ..

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>> shannon: another big deadline tomorrow. we are going to see whether the justice department and fbi answer a deadline imposed on them by the chairman of the house intelligence committee. republican congressman devin nunes wants materials on witnesses related to the

so-called dossier. a report compiled by christopher steele on president trump during the 2016 campaign. christopher steele was hired by fusion gps and it was headed by a former "wall street journal" reporter named glenn simpson. "the new york times" is running an op-ed by simpson in which he makes the case steele provided and credible information and it was not the impetus for the russia probe. "we don't believe the steele dossier was the trigger for the fbi's investigation into russian meddling. our sources say the dossier was taken seriously but because it corroborated reports." where do we go from here? larry o'connor, richard fowler. great to have you with us. what we hear from glenn simpson is others with fusion gps, in total they have testified before

committees, told them everything they know. congress knows more than they are saying publicly. larry, he is saying it's time for the republicans on the committee to release the full transcripts of what the fusion gps folks have said. he said they've had selective leaks. >> selective leaks in this town about trump? give me a break. hardly a new story. most of them have been anonymous coming the other direction. if this gentleman would like to do that, he should run for senate. that's not how we do things and that's not how the rules are made. i want to say this entire op-ed is really incredible damage control by the fusion gps people. they are so slimy. they are partisan hacks. even worse, this guy was a journalist. tells you how slimy he is. it doesn't matter what he believes. i believe oklahoma is a better

football team in georgia but that doesn't change the rose bowl yesterday. it's damage control because the dossier is toxic and they are doing whatever they can to distance themselves. >> shannon: in this piece that came out tonight, he evokes nixon and watergate saying this president is incredibly corrupt or has connections and questionable business dealings that are more concerning than any former president in history. what's your take? >> my take is fusion gps is trying to protect themselves. i don't think this is a partisan hack. he worked for "the wall street journal" ," number two, this organization worked for the free beacon. they worked for the hillary campaign, republican candidates, the g.o.p. these are facts. >> these were entirely democrat.

the vast majority of their work has been for liberal democrats. >> the reporter was with "the wall street journal." >> there are a lot of liberals who report for "the wall street journal." >> shannon: this deadline that chairman nunes set out for doj and fbi to turn in records. that would give them more answers about whether the dossier was relied upon, was a paid for by the fbi? we will wait to see. these agencies have not cooperated in the way they should with congress. he says tomorrow is the day. speak with the larger is this. i think it's important to realize that what happens on capitol hill is going to be partisan no matter how you split the baby. you have democrats looking for one thing and republicans looking for the other. the investigation with the most

credibility is the mueller investigation because it's nonpartisan. >> shannon: a lot of folks do not have confidence in him because the number of people connected to this investigation who have turned out to have very serious potential conflicts of interest. >> everybody who has been conflicted in the mueller investigation has been excused. >> that we know of. >> shannon: yeah, that we know of. on another topic i want to ask you about the news that orrin hatch is not going to run again. talk that mitt romney will. a lot of folks wonder how the president gets involved, steve bannon gets involved. not long ago he said this. he said you hid behind your religion. this is steve bannon. he said he went to france to be a missionary while guys are dying and rice paddies in vietnam. >> i don't like those words from

steve bannon. it's ugly and i hope it doesn't go that way. i understand utah has a stomach for going against the establishment. that's why mike lee is the senator. >> i think mitt romney wins. a poll says he's the most popular politician in utah. he has a lot of credibility for saving the olympic games. if steve bannon runs a candidate, that candidate will likely lose. he's an adult. >> have those things running against obama. >> he is still a rich guy. >> shannon: we are not getting in our time sheet. larry and richard, great to see you. baltimore hits a new record on homicides, and there's plenty of

blame being leveled at politicians, activists, even the media. gianno caldwell joins us next. from texas to canada, montana, wyoming, new england, bone chilling cold.

>> shannon: baltimore has had a new record, its highest homicide rate per capita. a pastor talked about claims some in the city may bear part of the blame because they wanted less police involvement following the death of freddie gray after he had been in baltimore police custody. >> didn't you want police to back off? to go no. that did not represent the

overall community. we know for a fact around the time freddie gray was killed, we started to see homicides increase. we had five homicides in that neighborhood while we are protesting. >> shannon: gianno caldwell is here to discuss the issue. what do you make of this? there are a lot of fingers pointing all over baltimore. the mayor's office, police chie chief. there's plenty to go around it seems. >> every time we discuss these issues, my heart is heavy, especially for baltimore, a city that share similarities to my hometown of chicago. chicago has seen more murders than new york and los angeles combined. three and 43 killings in baltimore in 2017. 56 killings per 100,000 people.

only 615,000 residents. i think the reverend provided common sense analysis. this scenario is remarkably similar to the aftermath in chicago. you have activists and journalists in these cities looking to more so divide the night. at this particular time we need to come together as community and police respecting the process. until we can do that, we can engage each other, we are going to continue to have conflicts and problems in our cities throughout, not just want to commit violence on the streets but even with the interactions with community members and police officers that look to protect. >> shannon: we've got professor emeritus saying this. "the conventional wisdom

suggests the great increase in murders is happening partly because the police have withdrawn from aggressively addressing crime in the city's many poor crime-ridden neighborhoods. the mayor says they are having a really tough time hiring police officers. they have about 2100 full-time. they need 3,000 and they can't recruit them. >> that makes sense to me. you have scenarios where there are police being demonized on a regular basis and some for just doing their job properly. the idea that they may not be doing their job properly provides disenfranchisement for not just the police officers, for the community. growing up on the southside of chicago, i saw police help residents on a regular consistent basis. i'm not going to say all police officers were willing to help her do the right thing. but there was an overwhelming amount of police officers that were willing to help.

it disenfranchises the process when you have so many people looking to divide instead of unite. >> shannon: it's not going to be easily solved. the mayor says they're going to work on it. gianno caldwell, thank you. coming up, say it ain't snow. in florida of all places. we will tell you which parts of the

>> shannon: it's nice in hawaii in california, really

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