Chicago mayor welcomes help, warns against deploying troops

Thursday, January 26, 2017

CHICAGO -- A day after President Donald Trump declared he was ready to "send in the Feds" if Chicago can't reduce its homicides, Mayor Rahm Emanuel warned against deploying the National Guard, saying it would hurt efforts to restore trust in the police.

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