other big cities like new york and los angeles. daley decided not to seek a seventh term and was replaced by a man who not only had ties to the city but to the white house. chicagoans have a new mayor-elect tonight, rahm emanuel. the former white house chief of staff. former congressman. rahm emanuel campaigned on bringing crime down and moved quickly to bring on a new superintendent of police, gary mccarthy who helped turn things around in newark, new jersey. meanwhile, the city many were calling the murder capital of the country with its new high-profile mayor had attracted the attention of the national media and the conservative media in particular. in chicago, new questions today about the political leadership of that city s mayor. the numbers do not favor rahm emanuel. i mean, the number of homicides in chicago, the same time this year to last year, up 39%. it doesn t seem like mayor emanuel has a grasp of the situation. rahm emanuel is supposed to be this star in the