. >> laura: let's go to reed willis, a republican. >> so my question for the panelists is whether or not they support president trump's previous calls for the national guard to be sent here to chicago? and if so, what would the national guard be able to do that local police cannot? >> laura: president trump mentioned the national guard in chicago. it's been thrown around before. >> certainly i believe any time we have federal law enforcement agents, they're welcome. certainly, i have nothing against federal troops. i'm sure that the president meant that trying to help the city. i think what we need to do is make sure that politicians realize that they have to spend the money to hire police officers, hire the right police officers, make sure they're trained. have a facility in which to train them. and then also be out there in the community. we've removed our foot officers throughout most of the city. >> laura: are they shutting down detective offices in these difficult neighborhoods, anglewood and so forth? i read that was another concern by the police. >> they have closed some distr