i grew up in brooklyn at the height of the crack epidemic when the murder rate was incredibly high.here was one thing that helped address the urban crime problem in new york city and that's hiring more police officers. the problem is that chicago is a city that is going broke. last year when the city had a $1 billion deficit, the teachers union fought for substantial wage increases. illinois has $100 billion of pension debt. this state is struggling and has a 67% tax increase. if barack obama had said during that teachers strike, wait a second, we respect and honor our teachers, but these cities need to use those resources for cops as well as for teachers, and everyone is going to have to make sacrifices to keep our streets safe, barack obama is the one person in this country with the moral authority to be able to give that kind of a message. i think his failure to do that is a huge problem. >> when you look at chicago it has some of the toughest gun laws in this country yet this history risk epidemic of violence. are more cops the answer? is this something the president should stan