we have wars going on. it's so sad. chicago has become so sad. >> last month after apparently watching a news report about the surge in crime here the president took to twitter to threaten if anything doesn't fix the horrible carnage going only send in the feds. with chicago having become a presidential punching bag, we wanted to come to this city and give officials and activists and others who live here a platform to respond to talk about the real problems and the work towards real solutions. perhaps the president will see this because we have a lot of choices in this room that deserve to be heard. i want to introduce a few right now. joining me on stage, four of those voices, andrea zopp, deputy mayor of chicago, also former president and ceo of the chicago urban legal. i have also the superintendent suspect of the chicago police department. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> amina matthews, someone who has a lot of experience in trying to interrupt violence