to discuss both of these issues, i am joined from chicago by "usa today" reporter aamar madhani. aamar, to describe what was going on in chicago, president trump used the word "carnage" which quite literally means large-scale killing of people. so in this instance it might actually be the accurate word to use. what is unique about chicago that we're having these kind of numbers? >> well, what's unique about chicago is that i think sort of some of the structural problems that we saw in the 90s and late 80s, in the midst of the crack cocaine epidemic, a lot of the structural problems that caused those spikes in violence that have gone down elsewhere in big cities like new york and l.a., they haven't been totally addressed here. >> stewart: nobody is disputing it's a horrible situation. the thing that upset people was president trump's potential solution. >> it's really vague. he says, "i'm going to send the feds in." does that mean i'm going to order national guard troops in the streets? does that mean i'm going to rush a bunch of federal money to your city? does it mean something e