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Outlining the problem, from january, the shooting victims in the windy city, and a year later, there have been 2,324 shooting victims. The reverend, Jesse Jackson among others demanding that the police chief be fired. Its four times higher than the national average. The black friday protests led by reverend jackson put a lot of pressure to do something. And the city council said this they too thought that the Police Superintendent should go. A short im ago, immanuel said that its under investigation. Was this handled approximately . I want to be clear that the u. S. Attorneys office, as you know, the city has handed every piece of evidence over to the u. S. Attorneys office here in chicago. And the fbi within weeks of the incident. This includes evidence related to the shooting itself, but also related to the Polic ....
And we begin in chicago where the superintendent of the Police Department has been fired. For the past week, hundreds of people have been on the streets, calling for Gary Mccarthy to go. And today, the mayor answered those calls. Critics of his leadership are angry that it took more than a year for White Police Officers to be charged with murder of a shooting death of a black teenager. The Community Leaders want it gone as well. Diane eastabrook has more on this now. Reporter tony, this really was a bombshell announcement today, because the mayor had been very supportive of mccarthy, but the calls for his removal had just gotten way too intense. Chicago mayor, rob immanuel held a News Conference th ....
Saudiled Coalition Bombing houthis. They have toppled the yemeni government. We begin this hour in washington with a confusing and an alarming day for thousands of people. A power line failure this afternoon at the white house and state department and wide swath of the capital region. People were trapped in elevator as parts of the metro station went dark and art museums were evacuated. The officials are confident this was all a result of an electrical transmission accident but yet it put a lot of people on edge. Libby casey joins us live from washington. Libby. Reporter david todays episode wasnt that bad but it certainly did highlight the vulnerabilities that the city faces are dependent on the four grid. From the political center, from the state department where a spokeswoman conducted a briefing by the light of her phone, to the white house which was briefly hit. To the cause of this, i dont know if an upgraded infrastructu ....