live, a much more controlled environment. democratic strategists are telling me traditional town halls are too risky right now. they see no up side in putting themselves in a position where an exchange with an angry protesters to end up going viral. sarah ganim, cnn, new york. another community speaking out of issues is chicago. the violence in chicago is one of prettysident trump s favorit talking points. they are telling him, actions speed louder than words. can you believe what s happening in chicago as an example? reporter: president trump talking chicago violence yet again. two days ago, seven people were shot and i believe killed. seven people. reporter: not only during his speech at cpac but, you guessed it, on twitter.
wednesday was the deadliest day this year in chicago. seven people were shot and killed, including a pregnant woman. for community leaders who have been work tog sting to stop the violence, the president talking about it is getting old. my anger with the president, he keeps tweeting and dropping statements about chicago. in my mind, if you are really serious, come to chicago. reporter: candidate donald trump started slamming chicago early in his campaign. in chicago, 3,664 people have been shot since january 1st of this year. reporter: then he tweeted about it saying, if the mayor can t do it, he must have for federal help. as president, he continued beating the trump. what is going on in chicago?
go tower hometown and show that i care about it more than you. i think your agenda is sensationalism. it bothers me. this is blood out here. reporter: the white house, for its part, says law and order is the top priority. cnn reached out to the white house directly asking why the president keeps singling out chicago and we haven t heard back. rosa flores, cnn, chicago. i can tell you from having worked in the chicago burroueaud seeing blood on the streets, there are good people looking for solutions. they want actions and not word. they deserve it. chicago is a great, great city but it has got a huge problem with that, the gang situation there. we ll again follow up on that story as well and see if there is reaction from president trump. coming up here, one family s dangerous journey fleeing syria is captured in an
it is worst than some of the place that is we read about in the middle east. reporter: using the word carnage to describe the killings and, again saying if the city can t solve the problem, he will send in the feds. i would welcome, always have, welcome federal participation in working with local law enforcement to dealing with guns and gangs. the election is over. the cook county commissioner is also frustrated about the president talking and not doing. the president of the united states does not change the course of any of this action. we are not a monarchy. the commissioners say the administration can pump money to combat crime and inject economic investment. they mapped it out for the president in a resolution passed earlier this month. chicago is still waiting. why does the president keep talking about the windy city. i think it is about embarrassing barack obama. i think this is, i am going to