since lori lightfoot was sworn in, the city of chicago has crumbled under her leadership. crime is an epidemic with crime up 63% compared to this day in 2019 and murder in the city are up staggering 61%. >> todd: homelessness a major

he is on kidney dialysis and is the brother of mendoza, who is blasting lori lightfoot. >> not in my wildest dreams did i imagine his case would be denied. you can imagine my shock, disbelief and frankly disgust when my brother's claim for duty disability benefits was denied. >> marianne: lightfoot calling the accusations lies. >> what little i know about her, she cares deeply about her family, but making up accusations and suggesting somehow i acted inappropriately, she's not entitled to her own facts. it is not lost on me, this is a press conference at city hall a week before the election, you can draw your own conclusion about why that is happening. >> marianne: lori lightfoot is taking heat for telling voters if they are not voting for her, they shouldn't vote at all. she is walking that statement back. >> any vote coming out of the south side not voting for lightfoot is a vote for garcia. if you want them controlling your fate and your destiny, stay home, don't vote. >> if i said anything other than everybody everywhere need to vote, i misspoke in the heat of a campaign rally. >>

make the right call and fire mayor lori lightfoot. this has to come to an end, harris.rime for the first time in the city's history or rather in the last 20 years has been front and center. you have every member of chicago just about where it is concerned for their safety whether it be downtown chicago on the far south side, things have to change. this leader has failed at every inch of her job. we need to get her out of here and we need to get some but he who cares about public safety and more importantly cares about the people of chicago, the residents were suffering there on a daily basis. >> harris: she is a vacuum because of that crime so may things like the economy locally in chicago. as much as a year ago real estate agents were complaining people were selling faster than they were buying. i mean they want out. and it is such a beautiful city. i mean, she had to get her hair done too during that pandemic lockdown. so, there you go for judgment. president biden's border crisis is also a drug crisis. in orange county telephone number to patrol agents made a massive

paul vallas 33% followed by brandon johnson and 20% in lori lightfoot trailing 18% according to the latest race pole despite lightfoot southside voters telling them if they don't vote for her stay home. >> in a vote coming from the south side for somebody not named lightfoot is a vote for garcia or paul vallas. if you want solely your faith and destiny, then stay home and don't vote. >> if i said anything other than everybody everywhere needs to vote, then i misspoke in the heat of a campaign rally. >> lightfoot trying to explain why she is falling in the polls as she desperately tries to cling onto her seat. "i am a black woman and let's not forget frankly certain's folks don't support us." ashley, todd. >> ashley: marion thank you. i want to come off of what marianne said, it was lori lightfoot sing to the new york i am a black woman and let's not forget certain folks frankly don't support us in leadership roles. based on the polls, what is going on here? do that she have any chance of pulling office? >> i think what you have to look at is the last election site, she made a name daily. s

since lori lightfoot was sworn in, the city of chicago has crumbled under her leadership. crime is an epidemic with crime up 63% compared to this day in 2019 and murder in the city are up staggering 61%. >> todd: homelessness a major program from places like o'hare, the airport and the city is housing illegal migrants inside abandoned schools and stores. >> ashley: marianne has details from los angeles. >> marianne: good morning, ashley and todd. mayor lori lightfoot getting hit from all sides just a week before chicago picks a mayor. lightfoot is accused of denying benefits to officers. joaquin mendoza. >> not in my wildest dreams, did i imagine his case would be denied. you can imagine my shock, disbelief and frankly disgust when my brother's claim for duty disability benefits was denied. >> marianne: lightfoot clapping back calling the accusations lies. >> what little i know about her, she cares deeply about her family, but making up accusations and suggesting somehow i acted inappropriately, she is not entitled to her own facts. it is not lost on me this is a press con

>> hell yeah. >> what grade would you give lori lightfoot? f-minus. >> chicago has a massive problem not just but with how we support them. they cannot be riding on the train. they cannot be shacking up everywhere. >> they can't close the airport. they are in there and they kick them out and they come back in. they sleep all over the place. >> ainsley: that's crazy, yeah. all these homeless people sleeping in the airport. have you seen this? i haven't been to o'hare lately. >> pete: i vicinity seen it firsthand. lori lightfoot trying to shoe everybody out before the election. >> ainsley: saying this happens every airport i have not seen that. >> pete: that's not true. >> griff: one guy gave her f minus. no such thing. he is saying it's so bad that it's untenable. and from the crime to the homelessness, look, chicago is a great american city. and the residents are speaking out because i think there's a common theme there, those are frustrated residents that their city has become what it is. and lightfoot has done nothing to give them confidenc

hell no. >> and finally, dear abc. >> chicago's crime keeps spiking under mayor lori lightfoot.ses may have to take the issue into their own hands and out of their own wallets. how so? well, by hiring armed guards to protect themselves. we're live in a chicago store with the details. hi, jeff. >> dana, good morning to you from -- well, from the aisles of one of the thousands of businesses that under this proposed bill would be forced to hire their own armed security. sounds crazy, but here's what's proposed. it's called the armed security protection act. i read from the bill. it's simple. that's one good thing about it. it says, beginning in july 2024, a bank, a gas station, a grocery store, or a pawnshop, shall employ and have on its premises at least one armed security guard. the barb eastman runs happy foods, a neighborhood grocery store. you would be forced to hire a guard. how do you feel about that? >> i don't want to do that. it's a lot of liability. it's not necessary. we have police to do this. >> yes, we should. you've run this business for 25 years. this is a fairly s

when you see the crime and education, lori lightfoot is in big trouble. crime and education were very much on voter's minds in the midterm elections a few months ago, john, but it's very difficult to nationalize those types of issues. lee zeldin, and lori lightfoot is in for quite a surprise. >> john: you mentioned the crime statistics going up more than 50% under her watch. let's put the figures up on the screen here because i mean, there's been a steady increase. look at this, 2019, the year she took office, 60% it was up, 64% in 2020, 2021, 102%. 2022, 52% increase, and you mentioned paul valas, he and chewy garcia, her top competitors, have put forward an anti-crime platform saying they would increase the number of chicago police, paul has been endorsed by the chicago fraternal order of police. when it comes to law and order, she has a big hill to climb if she wants to convince voters she's the way to go. >> yes, and if it cracks, if the facade cracks in chicago i think other city's mayors and the soros' backed d.a.'s should be worried about their ele

lori lightfoot facing the race of her life.democratic candidates opposing her in a big primary ultimately decide very likely who is the next mayor in chicago, overwhelmingly democratic city. usually nominee for democrats goes on to be the mayor of all in chicago. called call following all of this, fox news political analyst, out loud with galled galled podcast host, but this is not just politics for gianno it is personal. how do you see this race sorting out? >> well, thankfully it appears mayor lori lightfoot will lose if we're just relying on polling. not only that historical interest in this race the first time in a decade, numbers, early vote totals have been wow for a lot of people. it is amazing i think. it shows me that folks are really tired of the mayor. when you saw me interviewing people in chicago they fear for their lives on a daily basis and i if were to give a message to the voters in chicago, mayor lori lightfoot's policies have been a cancer that infected every block within the city of chicago. this is a great

the reason lori lightfoot won't survive in the runoff. what you'll see is all the constitutional interests that the public sector unions and kleptocacats consolidate around him. stuart: c kleptocrats, want thieves. the guards are telling them they've got orders from higher ups. know anything about this, dan? who's the higher up? >> the idea that the inmates, prison inmates being a constituent is not new unfortunately the real additional layer to have is that those inmates are not inmates long enough and that's the real problem in chicago and that's led the nation for for the last 11 years in the number of homicides and until and unless we get serious. not just with the mayor and prosecutor and the judges and keeping habitual violent offenders in and away from prison and peaceful people and more. stuart: lori lightfoot doesn't get a second term and going for a second term? >> not sure. stuart: dan, you're all right and come back any time you like. thank you very much, dan. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: whoopie goldberg had enough with canc

it will go down to two but do you think there is any chance lori lightfoot loses?but when you are supposed to make it up. [laughter] >> jessica: because you googled it. >> greg: no, she's past her prime. [laughter] it hasn't occurred to many people the homeless want to leave chicago and that is why they are at the airport. >> judge jeanine: good point! >> greg: put them on a spirit flight or if sent them to san francisco because why not? the city have called all the homeless and most should get all of the homeless. do it like immigration and make everybody feel the pain. i returned to my solution that we have to admit for overwhelming number of people, homelessness is a choice. you don't pay rent, you don't pay bills, drugs are easy to get. but you can't do it among us. right? i am totally with you on the lifestyle. i understand it. i'm thinking about it at times but you can't blame it with the people who live in cities anymore. i love that we talk about the walton solution and it's about creating a safe space away from commerce to live how you want. in the meantim

. >> neil: lori lightfoot is in the race of her life.ocratic mayor of the city. right now the issue is crime. big time. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. >> neil: all right. a border here on capitol hill that didn't border on heated. it was heated. doesn't aishah hasnie now it. what happened? >> republicans and democrats always go at each other whenever the border is being talked about. but today really focused on the testimony. emotional, dramatic testimony from this mother, rebecca kiessling that lost two of her sons to fentanyl poisoning. that led her to come here to the hill today and demand from lawmakers that they stop the bickers and they stop the smuggling of fentanyl across

neither of you are supporting the current mayor lori lightfoot. >> we both supported lori lightfoot. at her as a true reformer four years ago. she has turned out to be a failure. abysmal failure with property taxes skyrocketing in chicago, crime has skyrocketed. guess what? so has pollution in the latino community. she said she was going to be against the asphalt company and then give them $50 million. she blew up a chimney in the middle of covid, causing environment hazards chart community that we still don't know. that is lori lightfoot. who is garcia? -- karen lewis called garcia and said, which you carry on the progressive movement, president of the ctu? he is the same jesus garcia today, a progressive leader who has crisscrossed this country for bernie sanders. we all know he is a national spokesperson for him. we know where he is at on immigration. we know where he is at on crime, on income inequality. we learned from him, the first progressive mayor of the city of chicago, the first black mayor of the city of chicago where we built a coalition of black and white and latinos. i

chicago mayor lori lightfoot with controversial strategy. don't vote!t is truly [indistinct] [applause] if you want them controlling your faith in your destiny, then stay home. but don't vote. >> piers: the mirror claiming she missed oak. this is not the first time she's put her foot in her mouth. in trying to prove chicago public school students to help her win. and then there is those cringeworthy tiktok dancing videos that make it seem like she's not taking the city's crime crisis as seriously as she should. look, all they really know about lori lightfoot is after jesse schmoll it faked his own race attack, she came out and set my thoughts and prayers are with j. everyone deserve to live safely is true authentic self. [laughter] >> we were saying in england she's not the brightest hope in the two lit patch however, i bow, judge, my question my youngest boy finished a year in chicago. and he found from a crime perspective pretty scary and whoever takes on this job it is tough. why would anyone want to do it? >> judge jeanine: first boy lived in chicag

if mayor lori lightfoot loses her re-election the numbers will be why.ears since she was elected murders are up by 59%, shootings up 43%, robberies and theft up more than a quarter and number of carjackings has nearly tripled. in a poll by local media outlets, 65% of people say they don't feel safe. today voters will decide how much the mayor is to blame for the surge in crime, similar to what many large cities have seen over the last few years. lightfoot is in a much different position from 2019 when she surprised the political establishment by winning every ward in the city in the runoff. made history by becoming chicago's first black and openly gay mayor. in a recent poll by northwestern university, more than twice as many voters, though, said they hold an unfavorable view of lightfoot than those who view her favorably. as you mentioned, there are nine candidates in the race. lightfoot is facing competition from political right and left. tomorrow competition is the -- brandon johnson has the backing of the teachers union and congress garcia. a candida

a bonus in the city plagued by rampant crime and homelessness may be preparing to give mayor lori lightfoot polls amid multi- can field pinches a selection likely had to run off eventually. it looks like lightfoot might get knocked out in the first round. violent crime in chicago surged 41% last year compared to the previous year. of course crime is way up over pre-pandemic levels as well. now, as many viewers may be or are calling here, jenna's own brother was killed in an act of senseless violence in the city of chicago last year. net city many residents and the mayor, the incumbent is not sufficiently focused on curbing crime. gianno, eric him up at that photo on the screen it is difficult to see i am sure it is particularly tough for you and your family issue are still trying to make sense of this tragedy, still an unsolved murder in that city. i understand you spent some time there recently trying to get to the truth and also trying to get a pulse of what voters are feeling their pain. >> absently and thank for mentioning my brother. this past monday would've been this 19th birthday. t

and lori lightfoot, as we look at the polls right now, she is polling in third place. s there a believe she could still pull this thing out? >> i don't think so people see that but you just never know in chicago and for the one guy who said that he felt safe he also has a conceal carry permit so that's the why he said he felt safe. i'm going to tell you, brian, last night i sat with a dear friend of mine from eighth grade we shed tears one over the fact that my brother was murdered june 24th. and her brother was murdered last november. she had another brother murdered two years before that so you wonder how many people in the city of chicago have had multiple family members murdered and you need a mayor who understands that you have to have a multi-pronged solution to this. you cannot gas light the residents and tell them that they feel safe when they absolutely do not. so, we -- i am personally hopeful that she is going to lose and that's the only solace that families like mine have in the city of chicago, brian. >> brian: if you look at the numbers hideous 27% increas

set to head to the polls tuesday in that city's closely-watched mayor's race where incumbent lori lightfootigh that axes, troubled -- high taxes, troubled schools. a new poll finds lightfoot in ninth place. the top two finishers will go to a runoff election on april 4. if no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote. we're back with khan dan henninger colin levy. colin, you're in chicago land, so how much trouble is in the -- is lori lightfoot in? >> yeah, i think she's in significant trouble right now, paul, because she owns the crime wave, and that's really all that anyone here is talking about. i had someone mention to me that they thought the six issues in the chicago's mayor's race were crime, crime, crime, schools, taxes and crime. that's all anyone's talking about. that has been paul val llas's major effort that he's making, to really talk about how he's going to combat that, how he's going to put more officers back on the street, how he's going to create a witness protection program. he has all these things he's saying to change it, and that's what's going to drive voters to the poll

lori lightfoot facing an uphill battle, eight other candidates on the ballot, and critics say she is a failure. crime has skyrocketed 60% under her watch, robbery, sexual assault and other crimes spiking. nine candidates in the mayor's race. lori lightfoot says it's bound to go to a run-off, some challengers are saying she may not make it to that run-off. what do you think? >> yeah, it's -- depending on the poll you look at, she's in either second or third place. the election will take place next tuesday and if no candidate gets 50 plus 1% of the vote, then to a run-off that takes place of the top two candidates will go to a run-off that takes place five weeks later on april 4th. and right now, a good chance lightfoot may not make the run-off. other candidates in the race, garcia, and johnson, have both been surging in the poll, and so again, she's right on the cusp of being defeated as an incumbent mayor, first time in chicago history. >> john: continues to run in third place, almost a certainty she would not make it to the run-off. look at crime in chicago, a huge issue for so many

i find great solace in what appears to be a defeat of lori lightfoot. she is polling number three.lly pulling that top spot, paul vals was public school ceo, when i was in elementary school. a very pro police guy, believes in fairness. he is a democrat but i appreciate somebody willing to put forward policies supportive of police officers and victims unlike what we've seen with lori lightfoot and kim fox, the county prosecutor there. when we come to this race quickly coming to an end, i'm hopeful chicagoans make the right choice to vote lori lightfoot out of office. she tries to push her candidacy, trying to address issues now when she had a number of years to do that. many family members murdered on her watch. she does not belong in public office. can go back to be a lawyer whatever it is she wants to do but she should not be leading the city of chicago, neil. neil: gianno, it is well beyond chicago. i remember when you went down to washington get to the bottom of it what republicans and democrats will do about it, just as you're aware, a crazy incident in austin, a drag race, got

concern over crime at the center of chicago's race for mayor incumbent lori lightfoot is calling on herival for wanting to defend the police. in the meantime republicans would be democrats for not doing enough to stop the violence there, charles watson life with the latest. >> good evening interesting stuff some of the democratic candidates for mayor of chicago including current mayor will lori lightfoot are changing course and trying out new tough on crime stances as public safety becomes a major concern across the city chief among them is front runner paul vallas the former chicago schools endorsement of the police union and censures his campaign around the rising crime he says he wants more police on the street and accuses lori lightfoot of failing to provide officers with the proper resources and support that they need to tackle the city's crime. >> 1700 police officers down from 2019 and 406,911 calls did not have a car available including 32000 assaults and batteries in progress there is a lack of police officers. >> many large cities across the country, crime skyrocketed after th

chicago another place where lori lightfoot's job hanging in the balance as voters head to the polls toor of the windy city. crime, as you know, the evidently the most important issue on the ballot. prison inmates pressure to fill out ballots. what the heck is going on in the windy city? we break it down next. ♪ ♪ >> ashley: fox news alert, polls will open in chicago just hours for now, voters prepare to cast ballots for mayor. >> todd: could be days before we know the results, it could end in a run-off in april. i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier

the democratic incumbent, lori lightfoot, facing an uphill battle.t-runner is the former chicago public ceo, paul vallas, also a democrat who has campaigned heavily on a promise to reduce crime. four years ago, mayor lightfoot became the first black woman and the first openly gay person to serve as chicago's mayor. cnn's omar jiminez is live on the ground for us in chicago outside a polling site. omar, what are you seeing today? >> reporter: well, look, i mean, you are seeing signs. of course, as we've seen all this campaign season, we're outside a polling site on the northern side of chicago right now. and this is going to be a fight. i mean, the environment now is different than what it was in 2019, of course. the last time we had a mayoral election here. we're on the other side of what mayor lori lightfoot has described as a once in a lifetime set of challenges. among them, a spike in crime, like we saw here and in places across the country. and look, at this point, enthusiasm is high. we have already seen coming into election day, more than 240,0

lori lightfoot has presided ove a dystopia.ry week and we look at how many children are dying in chicago. we look at what joe biden has done. what are they going to run on? we want to sexually groom the children. we want to have grown men in bathrooms with your daughters. we will keep your children locked in schools and have fentanyl come across the border. that's the only thing they can run on. what do they say? they hate you because you are black. we can protect you. look, cs lewis had a choice. it is. you can un- shoes it. they talk about systemic racism and institutional racism. if it isn't institutional racism , they provide it because they run all the institutions i the black community. they run the schools. they run the churches. they have destroyed them all. it's institutional racism cause by them. they talk about white privilege. let me tell you something. it is a privilege to be white and it's also a privilege to be black. it's a privilege for me to live in america. it's a privilege to be a chris chan and for the chri

lori lightfoot will be gone when we're talking on wednesday. >> todd: another prediction. >> ashley: a couple days. >> joe: we will, thank you for having me and what i have known about predictions in politics, maybe don't be definitive, i think she will probably be gone. >> ashley: we know what happened when you predicted the chiefs were going to lose the super bowl. >> joe: i knew it. >> todd: stro is ruthful today. >> ashley: we are glad you are back. thanks, joe. >> joe: end zone dancer, congrates to mahomes and the chiefs again. >> ashley: new york mayor of los angeles has a plan to being tael out of control crime, including lowering standard for new police recruit, rooting out right-wing extremists in the l.a. pd. >> todd: democratic extras could cost extra, we will explain it. proposing a yankee tatax to deal with influx of people fleeing from blue states. cheryl casone, i see her, she's there, she will break it down for us next. detect this: living with hiv, i learned i can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that's why i switched to dovato. dovato is for some adults who a

lori lightfoot gets it.paign for her. voter outreach is that important. so critical prisoners are getting pressured to vote. a bombshell report in the daily mail claims that prison guards in chicago's cook county jail are doing their best to get out the vote by attempting to illegally register nonresident inmates to take part in tomorrow's mayoral election. and mail in their ballots. i'm telling you it's about ballot production. reporter william j. kelly spoke to one of these alleged whistleblower inmates. watch this. >> have any of the jail guards asked you about voting in the mayoral election? >> [inaudible] >> what do they say to you? >> do you want to vote? because they have a paper. they have a whole listing >> jesse: chicago reporter william j. kelly joins me now. so, william, were you surprised that a jail inmate has more integrity than the chicago politicians? >> it's shocking, jesse. because as i'm sure you know, chicago is known for voter integrity above all else. [laughter] >> jesse: right. do you

chicago mayor lori lightfoot flip-flopped this week after telling voters not to vote if they were notf you're not into controlling your pate and your destiny, then stay home. if i said anything other than everybody everywhere needs to vote, then mys spoke. misspoke. >> absolutely disturbing. i went to chicago to ask people what they thought. here's a preview. >> mayor lori lightfoot recently said that she, if you're not voting for her, then you shouldn't vote. then she went back the next day and changed course on that. what do you think about that flip-flop? >> i -- something seems kind of to rotten when she realized that it could potentially hurt her. no, no, no, wait. but the back pedaling gives me some, some pause, for sure. [laughter] >> it's giving a lot of chicagoans pause. we will have more with my interview tomorrow on "the big sunday show," so tune in. you know, i could tell from talking to a number of different residents, different backgrounds, they are fed up with mayor lori lightfoot. and that is good news for me especially considering my family tragedy last year and so ma

lori lightfoot is fighting for sur viechl.ctations fur years ago becoming the first black woman and openly gay person to become chicago mayor. david axlerod, it's where we met, in 2003. >> it is, indeed, yes. hey, guys. >> basically, good morning. what is the weather like there? oh, you are in pennsylvania. >> pennsylvania. but it's nice a chicago. i'm told it's nice in chicago today. good voting weather. i hope everybody takes advantage of it. >> yeah, that's why i'm asking because that means usually better weather means bigger turnout. it looks like it could be a runoff in april. what do you make of lori lightfoot's chances of being one of the top two contenders and advance, to advance, i should say, to that runoff? >> well, that is the big question of the day, don. seems pretty clear one of her opponents, paul vallas, will finish first in the runoff -- in this primary, and he will move on to the runoff. the big question is, who will join him in that runoff? it's not certain that the incumbent mayor of the city, lori lightfo

john: that could spell trouble for mayor lori lightfoot as she runs for a second term.he faces a crowded field. eight challengers are trying to make her the first incumbent in decades to be defeated for reelection. lori lightfoot: what we don't need is somebody who doesn't support the police and, in fact, wants to divert resources from the police to other projects. john: the candidates are drawing sharp contrasts over public safety in the city's police department, which remains under a consent decree imposed after the 2014 fatal police shooting of 17-year-old laqn mcdonald. protesters: laquan! john: lightfoot points to her record as mayor, hiring more than 950 police officers last year and removing more than 12,000 guns from the city's streets. >> we are bending the curve on violent crime. john: every one of lightfoot's challengers has pledged to replace the police superintendent she appointed. teacher-turned-cook county commissioner brandon johnson. he says he would reallocate funds in the police departnt and focus on the root causes of crime by investing in schools an

will the incumbent mayor lori lightfoot be among the top two. what she described as a once in a lifetime set of challenges, challenges that have translated to the minds of voters. take a listen to some of the few we talked to. >> the issues that are most important to me right now are equity as a city, this is a city that has disinvested in some neighborhoods for decades and it is really important to keep the momentum that has been going for a little while to have better investment throughout the city. >> she's a member of two, count them two minority groups in the political sense. and that's why i've been so disappointed in her because she hasn't really come through nearly as well as i had hoped she would. >> reporter: and that last voter is someone who is crucial in this, he told me he was -- he voted enthusiastically for mayor lori lightfoot in 2019. this time around, he's changing his vote to another one of -- who is seen as the major contenders, jesus chuy garcia. paul valles, a former school ceo in philadelphia is one of the front-runners e

go to getrefunds.com. >>> tonight chicago mayor lori lightfoot is in danger of losing re-election inng a tax over her handling of crime in the city. omar jimenez is out front. ♪ >> throughout lori lightfoot's term as mayor of chicago, the issue of public safety has persisted. >> if people don't feel safe, literally nothing else matters. >> now it may decide if she's reelected, like many cities violent crime spiked in 2020 and 2021, but the windy city saw levels not seen in about a quarter century, while shootings and murders have decreased from those heights, issues of crime and public safe ty have remaine front and center. >> the democrat who will put crime and safety first. >> reporter: paul vales, is focusing a big part of his campaign on public safety. >> the dramatic increase in violent crime coincided the shutting down of schools for 50 months. you have to open the campuses over the summer. you've got to bring community-based organizations. the schools have got to be part of the public safety strategy. >> he's among a crowded field of nine candidates. >> i know you want to man

when you see videos like we saw with lori lightfoot, what do you think? >> it is frustrating.ly tone deaf and has no idea what is going on, she's surrounded by this bubble of yes men and has no idea, it appears has no idea what is going on in chicago right now. >> ashley: what is going on in the streets? since 2018, they lost 1600 of ros. are those spots being filled or are they vacant? >> no, that is the problem. we are losing 1000 to 1100 officers per year and the thing that is key about that is whenever you have a spike in hiring like in 1991, you hired a lot of officers, you have a spike in retirement 30 years later and would lose 20 officers a year to resignation. last we're we lost 360 officers. they are going and getting jobs at other law enforcement agencies, they are leaving chicago law enforcement. >> ashley: i am sure there is not one reason you left, what are the top reasons you left? >> the problem is they created a toxic work environment, brought in superintendent brown from texas and they have whiplash policy, they have cancelled days off with no reason. there i

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northwestern university showing a tight race between lori lightfoot and third place with 14%. challenger in the late 19% and 12% with 20% saying they are undecided. ashley, todd. >> ashley: marianne rafferty, following up on that poll and the mayoral race coming up, talking about this is until blue in the face and people decide to elect someone different to change the way their city or state is run. nothing is going to change. but with that being said, from a personal standpoint, i would not want to walk through that. i already feel uncomfortable in the airport. there is a lot of people. it is weird time so when you see this, you see these images and you think, would i feel safe? would he think anything would happen to my luggage? people slumped over and janitorial staff that called the police according to the one report, called the police and say these homeless people are walking up behind them in the middle of the night harassing them. we can't do anything until they physically do something so be careful. the police's hands are tied but recently chicago was given $60 million

nine different candidates, including incumbent mayor lori lightfoot competing against others. nt there, and then you see in place for second, it's kind of a narrow margin between incumbent lightfoot in addition to brandon johnson, and local representative garcia. we have spoken to a number of people that showed up to the polling site we are at right now, and 50 people have shown up so far this morning. the people we have spoken to said there's a wide variety of things that went into those factors, but every one of them said there was one voting issue they focused on the most. take a listen to two people that we spoke to. >> i was just making sure our kids are safe, making sure we have programming and making sure we have after school programs and making sure they can go to school safely, and keeping the violence down in chicago. that's my main issue. >> just deciding what to do about crime. there's a lot of graffiti around the expressways and city, and figuring out what we are going to do about it. >> reporter: what is the number one issue for you as a chicagoan? >> crime, for s

you have to have 50% so probably a runoff pier at the top for coal mayor lori lightfoot as you point a rough four years and crime has skyrocketed on her watch and whither we blame her, we will decide tonight, and paul vallas the closest you will get to in this race. but he said he's a lifelong democrat but the handcuffs need to come off of the police in chicago. and he said he's more republican than democrat. now, a lifelong democrat. jesus garcia lost to rahm emanuel and brandon johnson got the attention of the business community not in a good way because he wants to tax the wealthy, 3.5% tax and everybody making $100,000 and also wants to tax trades cme and hotel tax and in a tax on the wealthy in chicago or any area frequented by chicago. crime is his number one come i think, issue here. take a look, even in the last year, crime skyrocketed, robbery, theft, shootings and murders slightly down. we talked to folks in the business community who say, crime is really jeopardizing the cities economic. >> people say i want to go to work but we work every day seven days a week and crime i

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chicago mayor lori lightfoot faces eight challengers in the race. not even survive the first round of voting today in her bud for a second 2er78. cnn's omar jimenez is in chicago. omar, in 2019, mayor lightfoot was an incredibly popular figure. what happened that she's now fighting for her political life? >> reporter: well, jake, to put it simply, we're on the other side of what she has described as a once in a lifetime set of challenges, from the peak of the pandemic to increases in gun violence, but also in other places across the country, economics impact as well. this vote, or these people headed to the polls, it's really a referendum on how she presided over some of those challenges. and we've got nine candidates in total. you have to get 50% of the vote to win this election. we're likely not going to see that, so we're really focused on who the top two will be, because those top two will advance to a runoff. take a listen to voters we spoke to about what issues they feel are important here. >> equity as a city. this is a city that has disinves

it should be noted, ash, lori lightfoot in a re-election campaign.sees the voters are not happy with her, and she's not going to do this despite her vow to be a sanctuary city at all costs? we'll see. ashley: yeah, we'll see. todd, thank you very much. quick check of the futures ahead of the opening bell in 6 minutes from now, we look like we'll have a slightly lower open. we'll find out because the opening bell coming up. ♪ the dj got us falling in love again. ♪ yeah, baby, tonight the dj got us falling in the love again -- in love again ♪ good luck. td ameritrade, this is anna. hi anna, this position is all over the place, help! hey professor, subscriptions are down but that's only an estimated 15% of their valuation. do you think the market is overreacting? how'd you know that? the company profile tool, in thinkorswim®. yes, i love you!! please ignore that. td ameritrade. award-winning customer service that has your back. sometimes you're so busy taking care of everyone else you don't do enough for yourself, or your mouth. but eventually, it will

of the nine candidates running in chicago's 2023 mayoral race, including democratic incumbent lori lightfoot participated in a forum hosted by the city's local pbs station. rising housing costs, deferred maintenance backlog for public transit and the city's efforts to combat gun violence. debate. there will be no opening or closing statements. candidates will not all get the same questions and answers will not be timed. that said, given the number of candidates on this stage and the time constraints we are asking candidates to try and answer questions in around 30 seconds, good luck. i'll jump in to keep things moving, especially if any candidate starts to speechify instead of answering the question and we'll go to watch matters. one in austin, bridgeport and logens square and we have members of the audience, including the university club of chicago and we thank the university club for their generous forum. on the ballot, community activist, jamal green. state representative cam buckner. businessman and philanthropist willy wilson. brandon johnson, paul vallis. incumbent lori lightfoot and a

incumbent mayor lori lightfoot is facing eight challengers nearly four years after she carried all 50 of the big issues that voters are considering when they're casting their ballots today. >> reporter: aaron, we've had a chance to speak to a number of voters as they were leaving the polling site, and what we have found, just boots on the ground talking to people, lined up with what we were seeing with independent issue polls. the number one leading voting issue that people have is crime. take a listen. >> honestly, just making sure our kids are safe. making sure that we have programming, making sure that we have after-school programs, making sure that they can go to school safely. keeping the violence down in chicago. >> what's the number one issue for you as a chicagoan? >> crime, for sure. >> reporter: now, of course, how to go about tackling crime, who they think the best person is to do that, that's of course where the road starts to splinter. the road is splintered nine different ways, and i think one of the most interesting parts of today, aaron, is it is not a high confidence

where mayor lori lightfoot is seeking a second term. this is only the primary.d just days ago shows he's falling far behind the challengers from her own party. paul valas is leading the race. ahead of lightfoot by almost 10 points. if she loses today she'll be the first chicago mayor to lose a re-election in bid in 40 years. so what exactly is going on? joining me now from chicago is nbc news correspondent marissa pair. who before she joined us was a reporter in chicago. this is not usually what happens when you have an incumbent running, you usually don't get challenges, competitive challenges from within that person's own party. what is happening? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, and specially this many. and just the atmosphere here, when i'm talking to voters, there is not even a sense of confidence as to whether or not mayor lori lightfoot will be part of what we believe to be an inevitable runoff election. we'll get to that in just a moment. but when we talk about what changed. we spoke to people who once voted for her, voted in the last election and are not voti

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some of the candidates including current mayor lori lightfoot are changing course and trying out a new tough on crime stance. among them his front runner paul hill has the endorsement of the police union and centers his campaign around the city's rising crime and public safety. calling for more police on the street and accuses the mayor of failing to provide the resources they need. >> we are down police officers. 406,911 calls did not have a car available. there is a lack of police officers. >> like many large cities across the country, crime skyrocketed after the death of george floyd in the pandemic. chicago is no different. murder at a 25 year high with more than 800 homicides. a double digit drop in 2022. homicides were still up compared to pre-pandemic levels. now as lightfoot she is using a surprising attack. accusing one of her biggest challengers brandon johnson of wanting to defund the police. also defending her record on public safety. her efforts to hire nearly 1000 new officers. >> i believe we have made significant progress, but i also recognize that while homicides are d

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