i mean look... and... look, we... we had a difference, but in no way did mayor rahm emmanuel say, "spikei don't want you to make this film". he never said that. he said, "spike, i like your films". he said, "my problem is is that i don't like the title," which i didn't come up with. the term chi-raq came off local chicago rappers who thought, and i think rightfully so, where they live... southwest... west... on the southwest side of chicago, is a war zone. >> and the numbers confirm it. >> yes. the dubious numbers. and then he also said that this film will hurt tourism and economic development. well, i would like to tell you this. while we were filmin' chi-raqin chicago, nfl commissioner roger goodell had the nfl draft. >> just a little event. >> 250,000 people were in grant park for the (unintel). then you had the grateful dead's last five concerts at soldier field. then you had lollapalooza. those three events. you couldn't get a hotel room. you couldn't get a restaurant. >> couldn't get a rental. >> you couldn't get a car... chicago was jumpin'. nfl draft, grateful dead, lollapalooza,

i mean look... and... look, we... we had a difference, but in no way did mayor rahm emmanuel say, "spikei don't want you to make this film". he never said that. he said, "spike, i like your films". he said, "my problem is is that i don't like the title," which i didn't come up with. the term chi-raq came off local chicago rappers who thought, and i think rightfully so, where they live... southwest... west... on the southwest side of chicago, is a war zone. >> and the numbers confirm it. >> yes. the dubious numbers. and then he also said that this film will hurt tourism and economic development. well, i would like to tell you this. while we were filmin' chi-raqin chicago, nfl commissioner roger goodell had the nfl draft. >> just a little event. >> 250,000 people were in grant park for the (unintel). then you had the grateful dead's last five concerts at soldier field. then you had lollapalooza. those three events. you couldn't get a hotel room. you couldn't get a restaurant. >> couldn't get a rental. >> you couldn't get a car... chicago was jumpin'. nfl draft, grateful dead, lollapalooza,

maria: that's why they want rahm emmanuel's head. >> that's right.one is a big fan of the mayor right now. the police are having trouble enforcing things. nobody is working together. that's the problem. seems like a very divided city right now. dagen: is this detroit or baltimore, the flight of people that pay most in tacks out of the city and you can't fund -- the budget problems become even worse because you can't fund the general operation. it's a vicious cycle. >> the people who are voting politicians in really hahave to take a look who they are phoing for. >> historically democratic state, the whole poioint it was going to help p two parties come together, , it's done anything but, it's parated things worse. maria: i was pulling up the story where states where people are moving to and states where people are leaving because there's a list recently, all the big cities like chicago, new york, connecticut. they're going to places like texas, florida. >> even tennessee. decent business environment, healthcare system, that's also attracting people. m

mayor rahm emanuel says he agrees with a lot in the report. emmanuel created an the tack force after the death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald, the dashcam video showing his shooting by a white police officer led to unrest and pro testeds. >> a cleveland dad is taking four years in prison for taking his son when the child was 5 years old. that child pleading with the judge to spare his father prisontime. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: an a cleveland judge, his identity protected by the court, beggg for leniency for the man who kidnapped him, his father. >> i don't know what else to say other than not to send my father to jail. >> reporter: in 2002, defendant bobby hernandez took his then 5-year-old son, julian, from his alabama home. hernandez moved to cleveland, ohio, where he created new identities for him and julian. for 13 years, julian's mother searched for her son. attorney gloria allred reading a letter on her behalf in court. >> during my darkest moments, i considered suicide. >> reporter: authorities even using this age progression pictu