The Week in Review: Chicago’s Top Cop Asks for Help

9/8/2016 | 27m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

Joel Weisman and a panel of journalists discuss the week’s news.

Joel Weisman and guests discuss the week’s news: Violent crime soars as a debate rages over hiring new officers. Youth employment rates are as low as 28 percent in some parts of the city. School starts in Chicago for the second year in a row without a teachers’ contract. Mayor Rahm Emanuel pushes a new sewer and water tax. And in sports: Do the Chicago Bears have a prayer this year?

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The Week in Review: Chicago’s Top Cop Asks for Help

9/8/2016 | 27m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

09/08/2016 | Rating NR

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