Good evening. I'm John Yang. Tensions are rising in Chicago as President Trump signals that he'll soon send troops and ice agents to the city as part of his crackdown on crime and illegal immigration. This weekend, he posted on Truth Social. Chicago is about to find out why it's called the Department of War. Leaving the White House today, he rattled off some numbers.

You know how many people were killed in Chicago last weekend?

Eight.

You know how many people were killed in Chicago the week before?

Seven.

You know how many people were wounded?

74 people were wounded.

You think there's worse than that? I don't think so.

Numbers from the Chicago Police Department show that through the end of August, murders were down

31% from the same period in 2024. Brandis Friedman is anchor of Chicago tonight on member station

WTTW. Brandis, all this attention on social media, especially.

He's calling this chipocalypse now. How are people reacting or how are people feeling about this

in Chicago? So this weekend, we've seen a number of people take to the streets, thousands and thousands

of demonstrators. I think just yesterday they stopped

by the ICE Chicago field office, as well as the federal courthouse, Trump Tower, protesting

what they're hearing from the president. I think their intention is to send him a message that

they won't tolerate what they believe to be sort of fearmongering. We know that the president has been making these threats for a couple of weeks.

On social media, we see Governor J.B. Pritzker saying that, you know, this is not normal

and saying that it is the president basically declaring war on an American city and that it should not be tolerated.

And something similar from Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago as well.

I know this weekend, a big Chicago celebration among the Mexican American community,

Mexican Independence Day.

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