>>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I AM BROOKE.FREEMAN .

>>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

WHAT IS BEHIND THE RECORD NUMBER OF OPIOID OVERDOSES IN COOK COUNTY.

>>> DIVING DEEPER INTO A NEW LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW NONCITIZENS JOIN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>>> PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN OF POWER.

>>> CHICAGO'S OPIOID EPIDEMIC HAS RISEN TO A DEADLY NEW PEAK.

THE COOK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE JUST REPORTED A RECORD 2000 COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS DIED OF OPIOID -RELATED OVERDOSES LAST YEAR.

THAT NUMBER HAS CONSISTENTLY GONE UP EVERY YEAR.

WE STILL HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS BEHIND A TROUBLING TREND AND FIND THAT THE DRUGS ARE MORE DIVERSE, MORE AVAILABLE AND MORE LETHAL THAT NEVER.

>> PHYSICALLY, ACTIVELY, SPIRITUALLY.

MIKE THOMAS SAYS HE USES FENTANYL TO DEAL WITH GRIEF.

>> FENTANYL BLANKETS YOUR EMOTIONS.

IT COMFORTS THEM.

BUT MASKS THEM.

>> Reporter: HE IS WEEKS INTO HIS SECOND STINT OF REHAB, CURRENTLY IN THERAPY AND LIVING AT THE HAYMARKET WINTER, ONE OF THE LARGEST DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.

ALECIA JACKSON SAYS SHE HAS BEEN ADDICTED TO HEROIN FOR 25 YEARS AND HOMELESS MUCH OF THAT TIME.

>> I WAS PANHANDLING, SELLING DRUGS, PROSTITUTING.

YOU DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO!

WITH THE DRUGS AS CALM, YOU GO.

>> Reporter: JAMES STEWART SAYS HE WAS AT THE IT FOR 35 YEARS AND CAME TO HAYMARKET BY WAY OF COOK COUNTY JAIL.

ALL OF THEM SAY THEY KNOW IT IS EITHER TREAT OR ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH.

>> WE TREAT THE DISORDER, WE TREAT THE MENTAL ILLNESS, WE TREAT THE PRIMARY CARE CONDITION.

OVER THE LAST 46 YEARS, WE REALIZE IF YOU DON'T TREAT THOSE CONDITIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT IT WILL CAUSE A RELAPSE IN THE OTHER CONDITIONS.

>> Reporter: HAYMARKET PRESIDENT AND HE GOES AS THE CENTER TREATS 12,000 PATIENTS PER YEAR, MOSTLY IN LOW INCOME AND HOMELESS POPULATION AS IS THE NATURE OF ADDICTION HASN'T CHANGED BUT THE DRUGS HAVE.

>> WHAT WE ARE NASI IS THAT OFTEN, THE HEROIN IS ADULTERATED WITH FENTANYL AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN IN HOUR 47 YEAR THREE.

>> Reporter: FENTANYL IS A POWERFUL SYNTHETIC OPIOID OFTEN USED FOR CANCER PATIENTS.

IT IS GRADUALLY TAKEN OFF OF THE DRUG MARKET.

THERE ARE 100 AND THREE OVERDOSE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED WILL DEFEND TO THE AND 20 FEET TEEN.

IN 2020, THAT NUMBER SHOT UP TO 1500 AND 83 AND LAST YEAR CITY RECORD OF 1825 DEATHS ACCORDING TO STATISTICS FROM THE COOK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE ACCOUNTING MORE THAN 90% OF ALL OPIOID -RELATED DEATHS IN COOK COUNTY .

>> LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, WE ARE SEEING THE COMPLETE TURNOVER OF OPIOIDS AS WELL AS OTHER DRUGS FROM ORGANIC SYNTHETIC.

>> Reporter: NICK RHODY IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA , A FEDERAL TASK FORCE THAT IS IS LAW-ENFORCEMENT IN FIGHTING DRUG TRAFFIC AND SAYS CARTELS HAVE STOPPED GROWING DRUGS AND HAVE STARTED THEM IN LABS, INSTEAD , BEFORE DISTRIBUTING TO GET MEMBERS AND DEALERS ON THE STREETS .

>> IT IS CHEAPER FOR THEM, MORE EFFICIENT AS FAR AS GROWING CYCLES IN THE PROPHET MARGINS ARE TENFOLD.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS SYNTHETICS ARE IN MORE THAN 99% OF ALL ILLICIT OPIOIDS ON THE MARKET AND IT IS NOT JUST FENTANYL.

THERE ARE VARIATIONS THAT HE IS HAS OVER 100 TIMES MORE POTENT AND AN ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER CALLED ON THE SCENE HAS RECENTLY EMERGED AS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST DRUGS.

THEY USED TO BE CUT IN TO HEROIN BUT NOW THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.

>> IT IS VERY UNLIKELY YOU WILL BUY A REAL OXYCODONE.

MOST OF THEM AT THIS POINT THAT YOU ARE BUYING ON THE STREET ARE GOING TO END UP BEING FENTANYL.

>> ECSTASY, COCAINE , LITERALLY , I DON'T THERE ARE ANY DRUGS THAT ARE PEERED DRUG.

THEY ARE ALL LACED WITH FENTANYL.

>> Reporter: THAT MAKES TREATMENT MORE DIFFICULT FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS .

>> IT IS HARD TO PREDICT HOW MUCH IS THE WHAT AND HOW MUCH IS THE OTHER THINGS.

THE OPIOID, WE CAN TREAT WITH A REVERSING AGENT REALLY WELL BUT THE MORE OF THE OTHER STUFF, THE LESS EFFECTIVE IT IS.

>> Reporter: THE MAJORITY OF THE ILLICIT DRUG TRADE STILL HAPPENS ON THE WEST SIDE.

ON A RECENTLY DAY, WE RAN INTO THE OPIOID TASK FORCE PENDING WILL ALSO OR NOT CAN WHICH CAN REVERSE IT OPIOID OVERDOSE.

>> WE KNOW THAT ISOLATION BREEDS ADDICTION SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS EDUCATE THE PEOPLE ON HOW TO USE NARCAN AND I'M GOING TO SAY PREACH BUT PREACHED TO THEM THE IMPORT OF NOT USING LONG WITH ALWAYS HAVING SOMEONE WITH THEM IN THE EVENT THEY GO OUT AND THAT PERSON WITH THEM COULD POSSIBLY THINK THERE MIGHT.

>> Reporter: HE BELIEVES NATIONAL DRUG POLICY WILL HAVE TO CHANGE BEFORE THERE IS ANY HOPE OF HER TELLING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.

>> THERE ARE MORE DOORS TO TREATMENT CENTERS -- PRISON AND TREATMENT INTEREST IN THIS COUNTRY AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THAT, HE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A DOES NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.

>> Reporter: ALECIA SAYS SHE WAS IN AND OUT OF S OR BE DIVERTED TO TREAT.

SHE SAYS SHE HAS BEEN CLEAN FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

>> I AM JUST FINDING OUT WHO I AM AS A PERSON!

I AM LEARNING TO LOVE MYSELF BY BEING HERE AND SURROUNDED CARE .

>> Reporter: 78% OF OVER DOSED DEATHS WERE MEN LAST YEAR AND THE NUMBER ONE AGE GROUP WAS PEOPLE IN THERE FOR THE SPIRIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE ALONG AND NOT HAVE SOMEONE AROUND TO APPLY NARCAN OR CALL FOR HELP.

THERE IS LEGISLATION CURRENTLY IN THE HOUSE WOULD ALLOW PHARMACISTS TO SELL FENTANYL TEST STRIPS OVER THE COUNTER .

>>> SOME NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL COACHES AND STAFF MADE THEIR SUPPORT FOR OFFERED HEAD COACH AT THE FIRST PRACTICE OPEN TO THE MEDIA, TODAY.

A NUMBER OF THEM OR T-SHIRTS CALLED CATS AGAINST THE WORLD WITH THE NUMBER 51.

THE UNIVERSITY IS FACING MORE THAN A DOZEN LAWSUITS .

IN A STATEMENT, THE SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR RESPONDED SAYING IN PART, NEITHER I NOR THE UNIVERSITY WERE AWARE THAT THEY WOULD OWN OR WOULD WEAR THE SHIRTS, TODAY.

THE SHIRTS ARE OFFENSIVE AND TONE DEAF.

LET ME BE CLEAR, HAZING HAS NO PLACE AT NORTHWESTERN.

THE TRIAL CONTINUES .

TIM MADE HIS CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE DECLARATIONS AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

IT IS PART OF A SWEEPING INVESTIGATION INTO THE FORMER SPEAKERS INVESTIGATION INTO MICHAEL MacLEAN AND CHARGES TOOK BRIBES AND WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE OF TODAY'S CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CASE COMING UP IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>>> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND ARE PERFORMING TONIGHT WITH A SECOND SHOW ON FRIDAY TO PREPARE FOR THE SHOW BY VISITING OUR WITH TY, 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SPRINGSTEEN IN CHICAGO.

>>> THIS IS AN ICONIC ANNUAL TRADITION.

HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF BUTTER ARE USED TO CONSTRUCT THE SCULPTURE MADE BY SARA PRATT.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS HARVEST THE FUN.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN PERSON STARTING TOMORROW RIGHT THROUGH AUGUST 20th.

>>> STILL TO COME , DECISION DAY FOR CHICAGO'S NEXT TALK, QUICKLY APPROACHING .

>>> FIRST, THE DEBATE ON A STATE LAW THAT WILL ALLOW SOME CITIZENS TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS.

>>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS, THE GYM AND K NAVY FAMILY, THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> A NEW LAW HAS BECOME THE FLASHPOINT WITH RON DESANTIS CONDEMNING IT AND THE LAW WILL SOON ALLOW NONCITIZENS TO WORK IN THE U.S. AND ARE AUTHORIZED FIREARMS UNDER THE FEDERAL LAW BECOME POLICE OFFICERS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

THE LAW BECOMES DOES THE MOVE COMES AMID 1000+ VACANCIES IN CHICAGO'S POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT WAS PASSED WITH THE MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN SUPPORT.

>>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA HERNANDEZ, A DEMOCRAT FROM AURORA WHO SPONSORED THE BILL AND GEORGE FISHMAN, A SENIOR LEGAL FELLOW.

BUT BOTH OF YOU.

HERNANDEZ, WHO SPONSORED THIS LAW.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO BECOME SWORN LAW-ENFORCEMENT AND WHO ISN'T?

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WITH THIS LAW, IT WOULD ALLOW LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS AND DOCTORAL RECIPIENTS TO BECOME OFFICERS IF THEY APPLY AND THEY ARE ABLE TO QUALIFY.

HOWEVER, THE DOCKET PORTION IS EMBOLIC SIMPLY BECAUSE IT CANNOT CARRY AN ORDINANCE.

>> YOU INTRODUCED THIS BILL.

WHY DID YOU BELIEVE IT WAS SUPPORT?

>> Reporter: OVERALL, WE ARE SEEING EGG SHORTAGE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE RETIRING, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT JOINING THE FORCE SO THERE IS THE BIG POOL OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO.

ALLOWING THEM TO APPLY AND QUALIFY AND GO THROUGH AND BECOME OFFICERS , THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH THEM AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FILL IN THE GAP.

>> GEORGE FISHMAN, WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THESE NONCITIZENS WHO DO HAVE WORK AUTHORIZATION, WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THEY SHOULD NOT BECOME POLICE OFFICERS?

>> FIRST, I SHOULD SAY THAT I SPENT MUCH OF MY CAREER CRAFTING LEGISLATION FOR THE U.S. CONGRESS AND MY READING OF THE ILLINOIS LAW IS THAT IT WOULD ALLOW ALIEN NOT ELIGIBLE TO WORK UNDER FEDERAL LAW BECOME POLICE OFFICERS.

ACTUALLY NOT WITH REGARD TO POLICE OFFICERS BUT WITH REGARD TO A DEPUTY SHERIFF.

THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, ALL DACA RECIPIENTS PUTTING ASIDE THE FIREARM ISSUED BECOME DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT NOT ALL DACA RECIPIENTS ARE WORK AUTHORIZED.

THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR WORK AUTHORIZATION TO THE DHS AND THEY WILL ONLY RECEIVE IT IF THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE AN ECONOMIC NECESSITY SO IT IS HER WAY POSSIBLE THAT THE STATUTES COULD RESULT IN NONWORK AUTHORIZED ALIEN BECOMING DEPUTY SHERIFF AND THAT INVOLVES BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS.

>> LET'S CLEAR THAT UP.

REPRESENTATIVE HERNANDEZ, WOODED ALLOW SOME DACA RECIPIENT THAT DO NOT HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO BECOME DEPUTY SHERIFFS?

>> NO, ONLY A LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT AND DACA RECIPIENTS UPON FEDERAL APPROVAL IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES ALLOW THEM TO PURCHASE OR OWN A GUN.

>> GEORGE FISHMAN, I WANT TO READ A TWEET FROM MARY MILLER SAYING CHORD WHEN NOBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A BILL TO ALLOW IMMIGRANTS TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS GIVING NONCITIZEN THE POWER TO ARREST CITIZENS IN OUR STATE.

NO FOREIGN STATE WOULD DO THIS.

THIS IS MATT'S.

HOWEVER, THIS BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN THE HOUSE WITH MOST REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE.

CHRIS MILLER, THE CONSERVATIVE STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS MARRIED TO MARY MILLER VOTED YES ON IT.

WHY ARE REPUBLICANS OPPOSING IS NOW IN A SUPPORTED THIS COMING UP?

>> GETTING INTO A MARITAL DISPUTE WITH DRESSER THEY DON'T WANT TO DO, U.S. CITIZEN BIGOTED , WANTING TO BE POLICE ONLY BY OTHER HUMANS TO?

I CERTAINLY DON'T SO THE CONCERNS THAT MS. MILLER AND OTHERS HAVE EXPRESSED ARE THE EXACT SAME CONCERN THAT THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT ADDRESSED IN 1978 WHEN IT CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT STATES HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LIMIT ELIGIBILITY TO BE POLICE OFFICERS AND U.S. CITIZEN'S.

THE SUPREME COURT COULD SAY THAT THEY HAD TO DO THAT.

IT SAYS THEY WERE CERTAIN WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO DO THAT.

>> THIS WAS NOT CONTROVERSIAL AMONG REPUBLICANS WHEN IT WAS BEING VOTED ON.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

>> CIS IS A NON- PARTISAN ORGANIZATION AND , CERTAINLY, AS MANY HAVE POINTED OUT, MANY NONCITIZENS PERFORM ADMIRABLY IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES BUT AS THE SUPREME COURT SAID , IMPACTING U.S. CITIZEN IS THE MOST SENSITIVE AREAS OF LIFE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS AND DO THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON THEIR OWN INITIATIVE.

IT IS CERTAIN THE UNDERSTANDABLE AND REASONABLE THAT CITIZENS MIGHT WANT TO BE POLICED BY OTHER U.S. CITIZEN.

IT IS NOT IMPUGNING ANYONE ELSE.

IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT AGAIN THE SUPREME COURT WAS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH .

>> LET'S GO BACK TO REPRESENTATIVE HERNANDEZ.

THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS .

THE AN USHER POST A QUESTION, IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK ON FOLKS THAT ARE NOT CITIZENS.

YOU MIGHT NOT BE THAT MUCH INFORMATION ON THEM .

HOW ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS, REPRESENTATIVE?

>> I THINK HONESTLY, MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNS SHOULD BE EDUCATED ON THE PROSPECT, IT FELT .

ESPECIALLY LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY HERE MANY YEARS.

THERE IS A PATHWAY FOR CITIZENSHIP, AS WELL.

THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOUR YEARS IN ORDER TO DO THAT BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THEM ALREADY.

WHEN IT COMES TO DHEA, THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2012 .

SO ALL OF THESE CLAIMS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND SO ON, IT IS NOT REALLY TRUE BECAUSE IT IS MOSTLY ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE .

THEY WERE PROBABLY TWO YEARS OLD AND THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THEM.

>> WE DO HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT JANUARY NEXT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> UP NEXT, DETAILS INTO THE MICHAEL MADIGAN OPERATIONAL REVEALED WITH HIS TOP AIDES TRIAL.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>>> FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON MICHAEL MADISON'S POWER IN SPRINGFIELD AS THE TRIAL OF HIS TOP AIDES STARTS THIS WEEK.

THAT AND MUCH MORE IN OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US TONIGHT IS WBZ REPORTER.

WELCOME BACK.

TESTIMONY HAS STARTED IN THE TRIAL WHO WAS A PERFORMANCE SPEAKER , MICHAEL MADIGAN , SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, MICHAEL MADIGAN.

REMIND US OF WHAT LAWS HE IS CHARGED WITH MAKING.

>> THE CHIEF OF STAFF BASICALLY RAN THE SHOW.

THE MAJOR THE TRAINS CAME IN ON TIME OR THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

HE WAS THE KIND THAT REALLY RAN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND HE IS CHARGED WITH TAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO THE GRAND JURY RELATED TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MIKE MADIGAN AND LOBBYIST WHO WAS A CLOSE MADIGAN CONFIDANT.

WE KNOW MacLEAN IS ALSO CHARGED IN THESE ALLEGATIONS.

WE ALSO KNOW HE PLEADED GUILTY TO A COVERT PROSECUTION AND SO FAR HAS BEEN THE BIG TENT.

WHEN THE GRAND JURY QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE WHOLE THING, THEY SAY THAT HE LIED ABOUT -- LIED ABOUT MacLEAN AND MADIGAN RELATIONSHIP.

THE FEDS WOULD BE HAPPY TO DROP THIS CASE.

THEY KNOW EVERYTHING AND WOULD GIVE UP ANYTHING ON MY MADIGAN TO MAKE THAT CASE STRONGER.

SO THIS CASE IS PROCEEDING TO TRIAL.

>> THE FORMER HOUSE LEADER AND RETIRED DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER WAS CALLED TO TESTIFY, TODAY.

WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM HIM AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO THE CURRENT PULLBACK ON POLITICS?

>> BILLS ARE CALLED , LEGISLATORS WHAT THEY DO ALL THE TIME AND HOW MUCH MADIGAN AS SPEAKER WAS THE CENTER OF ALL OF THIS FOR YEARS.

SOMEONE PRESENTED TODAY TO HARRIS BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW JURORS HOW HE OPERATED FOR SO MANY YEARS , HOW HE CONTROLLED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT LARGE AND HE DID WORK FOR THREE DECADES AND WOULD ALLEGEDLY LIE TO PREVENT HIM FROM GOING INTO THE INVESTIGATION SO THIS ISN'T ANY BOMBSHELL INFORMATION, NECESSARILY .

GIVING PROSECUTORS A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT HIS MINDSET WAS IN 2021.

EXPECT A BIT OF HIS EXPERTISE.

IN PARIS, MAY , PROSECUTORS , MADIGAN GOES ON TRIAL IN APRIL.

HOW MIGHT MAKE A STRONG IMPACT THE CASE?

>> CONVICTION REALLY IMPACT MEDICINE CASE.

ANY CHANCE FOR ACQUITTAL FOR MY MADIGAN, THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER NOTCH IF CONVICTED AND I WILL REITERATE, I THINK THE FEDS WANT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF HIM AND HE JUST HASN'T GIVEN IT UP.

HE IS JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT.

>> DEFENSE ATTORNEYS HAVE SAID HE REALLY DID NOT RECALL AND HE SAID I DO NOT HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION.

THEY ARE SAYING THAT IS TRUTHFUL AND HE ACTUALLY DID NOT REMEMBER FROM THE 600 QUESTIONS HE WAS ASKED.

IF FOUND GUILTY, WHAT KIND OF TIME COULD HE BE FACING?

>> IF HE IS CONVICTED OF PERJURY, HE COULD FACE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR THAT IS 20 YEARS.

>> I DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT TO ASK THIS ONE: IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY, IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HIS MIND IF HE STARTS SINGING ON MADIGAN?

>> I AM GOING TO GUESS THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO BE HUMMING ANY TUNE ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF PRISON SENTENCE THEY SLAPPED HIM WITH SHOULD HE BE CONVICTED.

>> LET'S START WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, THREE FINALISTS FOR TOP COPS.

WHO IS LARRY SNELLING?

>> LARRY SALLY IS THE CHIEF OF COUNTERTERRORISM, A LONGTIME VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR DECADES AND DISTRICT COMMANDER FOR THE TRAINING AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DESIRE FROM MAYOR JOHNSON, ALL OF THE OTHERS TO SEE SOMEONE WHO COMES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, SOMEONE WHO CAN REBUILD MORALE .

HE IS ALSO SIDE -- TIED TO CPD AND ALSO A VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO HAS BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.

THE THIRD FINALIST IS THE MADISON WISCONSIN CHIEF OF POLICE BUT HE DID HAVE A STENT IN CHICAGO SO THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES.

>>> WHEN WILL WE KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE IN?

>> BRENDA JUSTIN TO COMPLETE THOSE TYPICALLY HAVE 30 DAYS.

IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SO BUT IT IS INTERESTING, THERE IS THIS POST FROM SOME OLDER PEOPLE AND SELLING AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE JOB AND WHAT HIS PAIN WAS ABOUT AND WHAT HIS CREDENTIALS ARE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT SOMEONE LIKE SHAWN BARNES, SOMEONE WHO WAS WITH COPPOLA INVESTIGATING POLICE, YOU WONDER IF HE GOES WITH THE AND MATTER, DOES HE GET PUSHED BACK FROM THE PROGRESSIVE WHO SUPPORTED HIM VERSUS SUPPORT OF THE MORE CENTERLEFT, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO WANT SOMEONE IN THE DEPARTMENT .

>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HELD A HEALING TODAY ABOUT POLICY.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?

>> THIS WAS A HEARING TO GIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GIVE INPUT ON THIS PROPOSAL BETWEEN THE CITY AND ILLINOIS AG TO TRANSFER STOCK POLICY TO THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE .

ADVOCATES RELEASE YOUR THERAPIES, TALKED ABOUT HOW SOME STOP AND FRISK IS REALLY STOP AND ARREST .

DATA SHOWS BLACK AND LATINO'S ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY STOPPED COMPARED TO WHITE SO THEY ARE ADVOCATING AND WANT TO SEE STRONGER MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO ASSURE THAT THE ONES RACE OR LOCATION IS NOT A FACTOR.

ULTIMATELY, THE JUDGE WILL MAKE A DECISION, TODAY.

>>> MOVING ON, KAMALA HARRIS BACK IN TOWN ON FRIDAY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF HER IN CHICAGO, LATELY.

THIS IS HER FOURTH TRIP.

>>> THERE'S A LOT OF CHICAGO MONEY.

PEOPLE REJECT THE -- JOKINGLY , KAMALA HARRIS IS 30 OUT THERE AS A FRONT PERSON TO TRY AND STRIKE THIS CAMPAIGN OFF OF THE SECOND TERM FOR THE BODY -HARRIS ADMINISTRATION.

YOU HAVE THE 2024 DNC IN CHICAGO , CHICAGO CENTRAL FOR THE PLANS FOR DEMOCRATS.

NOT ONLY HAVE THEY THIS EVENT BUT THERE WAS A LATINO AMERICAN EVENT THAT SHE SPOKE AT.

YOU'VE GOT GOVERNOR PRITZKER WHO HAS A LOT OF SWAY IN THIS PARTY.

HE'S GOT SPEED DIAL AND A LOT OF MONEY.

>>> THAT IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

THANKS TO TUCKER WEINBERG AND MATT BASTION .

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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