my favorite cicago alderman joe marino is for the tax. here to disagree with . >> great to be with made favorite right-wing talking ad. good to be here. >> it is what it is. small government. that is all that i care about. >> all right. all right. melissa: make your best argument. >> well, so actually, i sent that link to your producers. melissa: you get credit for that. you have a good sense of humor. >> thanks. melissa: you pointed that out to us and you're a good guy. go ahead. make your best hearingment. >> fir of all i'm on the city coins sill. this a county wide tax. i don't have a vote on it. i support it. this is not a panacea, melissa, if we do that it will solve every issu with crime and violence in chicago, absolutely not. i would submit we have issue with straw buyers, straw purchasers buying thousands and thousands of bullets and guns that end up on the streets in the wrong hands. maybe if we hit the pocketbook and we'll see less of them out on the street. the legislation, dollars raised will kept help county pay for victims

here to disagree with me is very brave chicago you would alderman joe marino.me back. >> i have to be brave to disagree with you. melissa: i think so. especially on this topic, when you look at the gridlock that we just showed our whole audience who maybe isn't familiar, look at that! i'm never getting home tonight. i'm supposed to go trick-or-treat. it is never going to happen. the mayor said, quote, i love this, we would love to have him but we have lots of things to do. you think that is rude? >> sure. no, look. it would be rude if the president didn't offer to come and, as a local official i respect the fact that mayor bloomberg responded in the way that he did but let's remember, president bush was criticized by both parties when he flew over katrina and didn't stop. so, i think today's show, melissa, would have been if president obama didn't offer to come here, we would be talking about why the president dissed new york, why he didn't offer to go there while he has the state wrapped up politically and doing this for political reasons. he offered to go. th