have nicknamed mayor one percent, we go to chicago where we are joined by his challenger jesus "chuy" garcia contacted emanuel's campaign and invited him to join us, but they did not respond. if garcia is elected, he will become chicago's first-ever latino mayor. the run-off election will take place on april 7. welcome to democracy now! why are you running for mayor? >> good morning. great to be with you, amy. i'm running for mayor because chicago needs to go in a different direction. for the past four years, we've seen mayor emanuel arrive in town with a boatload of money and pose his policies on the people of the city of chicago. they favored a select few in chicago. through the amassing of large sums of money, he thought he could get reelected, while leaving behind chicago neighborhoods, making chicago the city that leads the nation in the number of school closings -- almost 50 -- in making chicago one of the most violent cities in the country. we have experienced 10,000 shootings in the past four years. people feel left behind. that come together, supported me for mayor. we forced them i

(chanting) for chuy garcia's campaign, the driving message is a tale of two cities. he calls rahm emanuel mayor 1% accusing him of catering to the giant corporations and their c.e.o.s in the gleaming skyscrapers downtown. garcia portrays himself as the neighborhood guy, more in touch with ordinary chicagoans. >> my roots are roots embedded in chicago neighborhoods that understand that the first important thing to bring about change is people. >> reporter: among garcia's favorite backdrops are abandoned school buildings. he has exploited the city's decision to close 50 poorly attended and underperforming schools, costing emanuel support in the minority communities where they were located. >> our schools that he closed were in african-american and latin-american communities, so you attacked the very people who voted for you the first time. who would vote for him again? you would have to be crazy. >> reporter: garcia hit a nerve promising to take down more than 300 red light cameras, money machines for the city that angered drivers. emanuel backed down ordering 50 remove

let's turn to chuy garcia. i don't to overplay this short fuse. i want you to comment on it. factor in this race or is it just media talk? >> people in chicago are tired of it. they want someone who is going to be engaging. someone who will be patient. someone who will be strong but compassionate. that's why we're in a dead heat in spite of the fact we were outspent 12-1. >> is rahm emanuel not compassionate or a heartfelt guy at all? >> no. the school closings are one indication of it. the latest tirade is another indication of it. you run adds showing you in a nice fluffy sweater in your kitchen saying you also have a good side to you. but when mental health advocates inquire about why you did it and if you'll commit to reopen those health clinics, you come out of the bag. >> what do you think of that commercial? it is almost like he is apologizing. >> it is a little bit too late. people have gotten a chance to see him, to experience him, and to see chicago work for a select few. people in the neighborhoods want change. that's why we forced him into a runoff. there was anot

. >> in chicago april 7th is going to be a runoff between rahm emanuel and chui garcia. ali, people don't let's cut to the chase. from a news media standpoint we put tons of emphasis on presidential races versus local races. the average person isn't really collecting the dots saying wait a minute, i'm ticked off that darren wilson wasn't prosecuted but i vote for the district attorney. oh, then does its cross my mind, these judges are getting on my nerves with all these fines. wait a minute, who appoints the judges? oh. that's what you have here. ferguson can be described this way, i talked to several people who deal with behavior, who deal with psychology and they said if you look at the legal system there you look at the press force -- police force and all of that, they said ferguson was like south africa during apartheid where you have whieth that control the -- whites that control the levers of power. the african american majority that didn't have the power. i heard people describe that people who live there frankly suffered post traumatic stress if you will, this is

john: garcia likes to be called chuy garcia. he was little known and so how do you get to the point where you could unseat an incumbent mayor and a friend of the president two a president who is very popular in chicago to mike flannery covers chicago politics far fox affiliate. this is a surprise. >> not necessarily. it was clear that the mayor was going to have trouble not least because he has made some very powerful enemies in the constellation of chicago politics the big public employee unions and the biggest of all, the most power of all is the chicago teachers union very upset that the mayor closed 50 schools and the move that led to a couple of thousand job cuts. >> never before has a mayor who was already in office for his neck and term not won this runoff? >> that is true. but the system changed a few years ago. this is the first time that we have had a mayor seeking a second term. john: you mentioned he became very unpopular after closing 50 schools. i think that this reason that it made him so unpopular is the way the

y jesÚs chuy garcÍa se estÁ acercando las encuestas, tiene 38%, frente a un 42% de rahm manuel. vimiento en las comunidades, los vecindarios, en la ciudad de chicago. tambiÉn he tenido puestos legislativos como concejal, como senador estatal, primer mexicano en illinois, y tambiÉn como comisionado en el contrato. -condado. entonces tengo una larga trayectoria de servicio pÚblico y tenga una red de mucha gente que me conoce y sabe cuÁles son mis valores, y sorprendimos a chicago cuando anunciÉ mi candidatura, y obviamente le ganamos a un candidato que tenÍa mucho dinero, segÚn el pensamiento comÚn, que estÁ muy favorecido porque gastÓ casi 14 millones de dÓlares en contra de mi candidatura. yo solamente gaste 1 millÓn y medio. hemos aprendido a chicago, los electores han votado a favor del cambio, y creo que estamos a punto de ganar la alcaldÍa. jorge: seÑor garcÍa, ciertamente tiene mucho mÁs dinero.. y ustedes en chicago se critica muy duro. la campaÑa de rahm no estar criticando porque dice que no ha hecho suficiente por chicago. que Él estÁ mucho más adelante, ¿como responde u

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john being from chicago, it will be april 7th when we have the run offfrom mayor emanuel, and a chuy garcia. if rahm emanuel wins, there will be a perception that it had something to do with jacking up turn justify on his behalf. if garcia wins it will raise real questions about the limits of such seemingly limitless television spending. >> just all the growth though, jim, is people getting the skulls from karabell and numbs for all those potential candidates out there, the really crazy thing is when they hire consultants to take a percentage of the media bite. anybody who does that -- should have his head examined because those guys have a real invested interests. in these natural elections, fortunate the impact of television ads is coming down. >> okay. james warren jonathan alter, appreciate the time tonight. thank you for joining us. >>> that is "the ed show." "politics nation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. \s. >> good evening, ed. i'm live in chicago tonight. breaking news tonight. we're awaiting a statement from the attorney for 20-year-old martis john

we just did an interview with chuy garcia, the contender -- mayoral contender against rahm emanuel, the mayor of chicago and charter schools are a key issue there as well. juan: absolutely. tension between the united states and venezuela is increasing after the obama administration declared venezuela to be an extraordinary threat to national security and slapped sanctions on seven top officials for alleged human rights relations and corruption. on tuesday, venezuelan president nicolas maduro asked the national assembly for increased power to protect the country's integrity and sovereignty from what he described as "imperialist aggression." >> president obama has decided to put himself into a box with no way out, a box of failure. he has decided he wants to be remembered in the future like richard nixon and george w. bush. president obama will be remembered in the future his decision today and the aggression against the venezuelan people, the noble people will stop because the people of venezuela are a peaceful people. president obama, you don't have a right to attack us. nor to declare

digit lead over chuy garcia.e results mark the first time since emanuel has a majority of supporters backing him for a second term. emanuel has 51% con compared to 37% for garcia 11% remain undecided. tribune says mounting support from african-american voters is crucial to emanuel's uptick in the polls. the run up to the election will be held on april 7th. >> speaking of city government, i read a remarkable story in the "washington post" a couple weeks ago. maybe it was last week, jonathan capehart, the demographic makeup of d.c. is changing and it's going to impact elections around here. >> you know remember this is a majority democratic city for -- >> no. >> yeah, for a while. guaranteed in d.c. >> serious? >> but it's also -- but it's also a majority african-american city at least it was. the demographic trend is that this whatmajority african-american city is going to be sort of like new york. this -- gorgeous mosaic of people from all over the place in this one spot. and so it could have impact on particular