gophers. >> i'd love to see romney pick either pawlenty or jindal, bu >>> issue three. chicago under siege. chicago claims the title as the third biggest city in the united states. population 2.7 million. size, 240 square miles. chicago's racial makeup is as follows. white, 42%. black, 36%. gang wars have been ongoing on chicago's streets for seven years, mostly in black neighborhoods in chicago's west and south side. an estimated 5,000 black youths have been killed during this time. the mayor of chicago for the last 14 months is rahm emanuel, formerly emmanual was president obama's white house chief of staff. mayor emanuel is now warning chicago's gangs to stay away from chicago's kids. >> you've got two gang bangers, one standing next to a kid. get away from that kid. take yourself to the alley. don't touch children of the city of chicago. don't get near them. >> victims include chdren. a seven-year-old girl, heaven sutton, was shot while selling candy outside her house. overall, however, crime in chicago is down, like armed robbery, theft, et cetera, but murders are up, way up, 38% from a year ago. 272 homicides have been committed as of six weeks ago