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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE CITY'S CONTROVERSIAL SHOTSPOTTER CONTRACT WILL COME TO AN END.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM UNPACKS MAYOR JOHNSON'S DECISION.

WESTON'S ABOUT AGING COGNITIVE FUNCTION ARE ONCE AGAIN SURFACING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BRAIN HEALTH AS WE GET OLDER.

>> I ONLY MAKE THE KIND THAT MAKE MICA R DOT.

>> AND ON THIS FAT TUESDAY, A CHICAGO AREA BAKER SHOWS US HOW SHE MAKES HUNDREDS OF PACZKI.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS KEEPING A CAMPAIGN PROMISE AND ANNOUNCING THE CITY WILL NOT RENEW ITS CONTRACT FOR SHOTSPOTTER.

THAT'S THE CONTROVERSIAL GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM MADE BY COMPANIES.

SOUND THINKING AND USED BY THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE CONTRACT EXPIRES FRIDAY, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED UNTIL LATE SEPTEMBER.

IN A STATEMENT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAYS, QUOTE, IN ADVANCE OF THE DECOMMISSIONING IN SEPTEMBER, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL WORK TO REVAMP OPERATIONS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC DECISION SUPPORT CENTERS IMPLEMENT NEW TRAINING AND FURTHER DEVELOP RESPONSE MODELS TO GUN VIOLENCE THAT ULTIMATELY REDUCE SHOOTINGS AND INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY.

OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS WITH OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEEN IN A FEW MINUTES.

AIRPORT PASSENGERS MIGHT HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL 100 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PICKETING TODAY AS PART OF A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION CALLING FOR HIGHER PAY.

>> THE TIME THAT WE'RE WORK, WE'RE NOT GETTING PAID DURING THE TIME THAT WE'RE BOARDING.

WE'RE NOT GETTING PAID.

THE ONLY TIME WE GET PAID IS DOORS CLOSE TO THE TIME THAT DOOR OPENS.

>> FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CITY AIRPORTS FOR HOURS OUT AND IN BETWEEN BITES DURING THAT TIME, THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID.

IT'S TIME TO GET PAID FOR ALL THE TIME WHERE I >> RALLIES AND PICKETT'S TOOK PLACE AT 30 AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY, INCLUDING O'HARE AS 3 SEPARATE UNIONS REPRESENTING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAY THEY'RE DEMANDING NEW CONTRACTS AND HIGHER WAGES.

REPRESENTATIVES FOR COUNCIL 8 SAYS THEY'VE BEEN IN NEGOTIATION WITH UNITED AIRLINES FOR 2 AND A HALF YEARS.

THE GROUPS ARGUE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REWARDED FOR WORKING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC WHILE PILOTS ONE HUGE PAY REGENT PAY RAISES LAST YEAR.

NORTHWESTERN'S FORMER FOOTBALL COACH IS PUSHING FOR A SPEEDY TRIAL AND HIS WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY.

>> ATTORNEYS FOR PAT FITZGERALD TOLD THE COOK COUNTY JUDGE, THEY'D LIKE A DECEMBER TRIAL BECAUSE THE FORMER BIG 10 COACH NEEDS THE TRIAL TO, QUOTE, EXONERATE IN ORDER TO GET ANOTHER COLLEGE COACHING JOB IN THE 2025 SEASON.

THE JUDGE DID NOT SET A TRIAL DATE BUT URGED ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH FITZGERALD AND THE UNIVERSITY TO SETTLE MATTERS ON THEIR OWN.

FITZGERALD WAS FIRED LAST JULY FOLLOWING REPORTS OF YEARS LONG HAZING SCANDAL THAT ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE UNDER HIS WATCH.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BRAIN HEALTH AS WE AGE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> QUESTIONS ABOUT AGE IN MEMORY HAVE RESURFACED IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THIS IN LIGHT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORT THAT REFERS TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS A, QUOTE, WELL-MEANING ELDERLY MAN WITH A POOR MEMORY.

BIDEN IS 81 AND HIS CHIEF OPPONENT, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS 77.

BUT OLDER AGE ISN'T NECESSARILY THE ONLY INDICATOR OF BRAIN COGNITION.

JOINING US, OUR MOLLY MATHER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

AND JAY OLSHANSKY PROFESSOR PUBLIC HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO.

THANKS TO BOTH FOR JOINING US.

JAY OLD AGE OFTEN CITED AS A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AS OF FOR SOME VOTERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENCY ABOUT WHAT CONCERN.

I'M GOING TO BE THERE'S NO QUESTION.

>> AS YOU GET OLDER, THE RISK OF THINGS GOING RISES THE RISK OF DEATH DOUBLES ABOUT EVERY 7 YEARS.

SO YOU CAN'T DENY THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH GROWING OLDER.

IT'S JUST THAT WE DON'T ALL GROW OLD.

AT THE SAME RATE, WE CAN'T TREAT EVERYONE EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.

SO YEAH, IT'S LEGITIMATE.

BUT PERHAPS WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE 2 CANDIDATES.

THEY'RE DIFFERENT ISSUES AS AS WE AGE AND DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT IMPACT THEM.

>> WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WHEN WE EXPAND THIS BEYOND THE U.S. PRESIDENCY, OF COURSE, IN THE AGE OF THE PRESIDENT, HOW COMMON ARE COGNITIVE CHANGES IN OLDER ADULTS.

>> YES, SO COME.

KIND CHANGES ARE QUITE AS WE AGE.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE RELATIVELY HONESTLY, FROM THE TIME THAT WE'RE ABOUT IN OUR 30'S, THINGS TEND TO DECLINE A LITTLE OVER THE YEARS.

BUT THOSE ARE CERTAIN TYPES OF COGNITIVE ABOUT THESE THINGS LIKE BEING ABLE TO THINK ON YOUR BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO MULTIPLE PIECES OF INFORMATION MANAGE COMPLEX SITUATIONS.

THOSE THINGS TEND TO, YOU KNOW, SEE A LITTLE BIT DECLINED.

WHEN YOU LOOK JUST CROSS, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, 40 YEAR-OLDS VERSUS 50 VERSUS 60.

THAT BEING SAID THERE'S MORE VARIABILITY AS PEOPLE AGE.

SO THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DO MUCH BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE MUCH WORSE THAN THE AVERAGE AND THAT INCREASES OVER TIME.

SO REALLY, IT'S YOU'RE KIND OF MISSING A LOT OF THAT THEY WANT.

IF YOU JUST LOOK AT KIND OF THE AVERAGE TRAJECTORY FOR ANYONE IN 80'S, WHAT DOES COGNITIVE DECLINE LOOK LIKE IN OLDER ADULTS?

>> I MEAN IT IT GENERALLY IS BIT OF A LOSS OF COGNITIVE EFFICIENCY.

SO >> YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO REMEMBER THE PHONE NUMBER THAT SOMEONE SAYS TO LONG ENOUGH TO PUT IT IN THE PHONE.

THAT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT A DO THAT NOW.

I CAN'T DO SO IT'S REALLY THE STUFF THAT THAT'S KIND OF ONLINE THINKING BEING ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY MANAGE, YOU KNOW, COMPLICATED.

I THINK IMPORTANT MISSION THE FLIP SIDE OF QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU ONLY ASKED ABOUT COGNITIVE DECLINE.

THERE THINGS THAT IMPROVE.

>> AS WE GET OLDER IS CRYSTALLIZED THE ABILITY TO MAKE IMPROVE SPACE THAT ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SO IT'S NOT YOUR DIRECTION THAT EVERYONE IS CRYING DOWNHILL.

YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE GET OLDER, OFF AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

WE'RE TALKING OF A SUPER AGERS.

WHAT IS THAT AND ARE EITHER OF THESE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR ADAM, WHERE I WORK THE MATCH ON CENTER HAS BEEN STUDYING WHAT WE CALL SUPER AGERS FOR DECADES.

WELL, BEFORE WORKED >> AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS SORT OF A SPECIFIC DEFINITION THAT THE NORTHWESTERN TO BRIDGING PROGRAM HAD COME UP WITH WITCHES.

>> PEOPLE WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, NORMAL FUNCTIONING.

THERE'S NO CONCERNS THAT THEY'RE BELOW AVERAGE FOR ANYTHING.

THEN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER THAN AVERAGE MEMORY.

THEIR MEMORY IS AS GOOD AS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR 50'S OR 60'S.

SO TODAY, THE STRENGTH AND MEMORY THAT WE SEE AND THIS CAME OUT OF OBSERVATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO QUITE INTO THEIR 80'S AND BEYOND.

AND SOME FINDINGS ABOUT THE BRAINS OF OF MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR 80'S ACTUALLY LOOK MUCH HEALTHIER MAYBE YOU WOULD EXPECT.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A SPECIAL GROUP, SUPERIOR AGING GROUP, SO TO SPEAK THEM AND THEIR THEIR FAITH MATING.

JAY, WHAT CAN WE GATHER ABOUT HOW JOE BIDEN AND DONALD OUR AGING BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT MEDICAL RECORDS AND HISTORY?

WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, MY COLLEAGUES AND I EXAMINED MEDICAL RECORDS IN DETAIL.

WE PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE.

>> WHAT THE REDDIT RECORDS TELL US.

THE MEDICAL RECORDS CRYSTAL CLEAR.

BOTH OF THEM, BIDEN AND TRUMP.

EXHIBIT CHARACTERISTICS OF EXCELLENT AGING.

DONALD TRUMP DOES HAVE FROM HAS HE HAS SOME RISK FACTORS SO BC HAS A FAMILY HISTORY OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BY PRACTICALLY TAKING NO MEDICATIONS, THE EXERCISES.

HE IS NOT LIKE THE AVERAGE 81 YEAR-OLD.

MOLLY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT THAT CAN DETERMINE HOW SOMEONE AGES?

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT HONESTLY IS THE BIG QUESTION THAT WE DON'T.

>> HAVE THE ANSWER TO OF HOW SOMEONE GETS ON ONE TRAJECTORY OR ANOTHER.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT CHARACTERISTICS AND TRAITS OF PEOPLE WHO TEND TO AGE.

WELL, THEY TEND TO, YOU KNOW, BE RELATIVELY HEALTHY, PHYSICALLY.

ONE THING THAT WE REALLY SEE A LOT AND THEY'RE SUPER AGERS IS BEING ACTIVE, BEING ENGAGED WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY FIND MOST MEANINGFUL AND INTERESTING.

SO IT'S NOT THE SAME THING FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S MAYBE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR SOME PEOPLE OR VERY STRONG FRIENDSHIPS, OUR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FOR ANOTHER.

AND THEY TEND TO HAVE GOOD POSITIVE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.

SO THAT'S A PROTECTIVE FACTOR AS WELL.

WE A LOT OF STUFF WE DON'T KNOW YET.

THEY'RE ALSO THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

AGE.

TELL HOW THAT HOW DOES THAT PLAY IN?

>> YEAH, I FOR ONE THING, YOU KNOW, ANY EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION OR DIFFICULTY ACCESSING HEALTH CARE.

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS THAT HEALTH DISPARITIES ARISE IN DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.

THOSE THINGS TEND TO PUT YOU AT HIGHER RISK FOR VARIOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS, WHICH ALSO THEN PUT YOU AT HIGHER RISK OF HAVING BRAIN DISEASE LATER IN LIFE ARE DEVELOPING.

>> A DISEASE LIKE ALZHEIMER'S STRESS IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN IN GENERAL.

SO CHRONIC STRESS CAN REALLY KIND WAY ON ON HOW YOU'RE DOING AND AND HAVE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.

PEOPLE WHO ARE LOWER INCOME TEND TO HAVE ABSOLUTELY LEVELS OF J.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS QUESTIONS ABOUT AGE COME UP IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE AND HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT MANDATORY RETIREMENT ARE NOT UNHEARD OF IN SOME PROFESSIONS.

PILOTS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE REQUIRED TO RETIRE AT 65.

>> BEEN TALK ABOUT PUSHING THAT TO 67.

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON A MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR ANYTHING?

FOR MOST THINGS, I WOULD BE DEAD SET AGAINST A MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE REALLY, FOR ANYTHING.

>> I LOOK, WE DON'T ALL AGENT THE SAME RATE.

SOME PEOPLE MAKE IT OUT TO THEIR 80'S.

>> AND 90'S AND THEY'RE FUNCTIONING PERFECTLY WELL.

THEY CAN BE PRESIDENT CEO, YOUR PHYSICIAN, WHATEVER AND SOME PEOPLE CAN'T DO WELL IN THEIR 40'S AND 50'S.

SO, YOU KNOW, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS ABOUT EVERYONE BASED BASED ON A SUBGROUP OF THE POPULATION THAT'S EXHIBITING BAD CHARACTERISTICS.

I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA.

WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE ROOM BEFORE WE CAME IN HERE.

IT'S THE ANALOGY THAT YOU USE WITH LIFE TEENAGERS A REALLY GOOD SO SHOULD WE BAN ALL TEENAGERS FROM DRIVING?

>> NO, AGREE WITH YOU ALWAYS MAKE THE BEST SPEAKING OF DECISION-MAKING, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE A FAN OF E. >> X MEN SERIES X MEN SERIES IS ABOUT A GROUP OF MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SUPER POWERS THAT BAD DECISIONS.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE NEW X MEN THAT IS AN OLDER INDIVIDUAL THAT USES WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING GOOD DECISIONS.

THAT MARVEL HAS A NEW SUPERPOWER.

HAHA, I THINK MARVEL IS IN CHARGE IT GOES BACK TO WHOLE SAYING YOUTH BEING WASTED ON THE YOUNG RIGHT, LIKE THEY'RE THEY'RE PHYSICALLY ABLE AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT A COUPLE OF SECONDS.

A COUPLE OF SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT IMPACT DOES YOU KNOW WORKING MUCH LATER IN LIFE HAPPEN, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AS WELL.

DEPENDS ON THE IF IT'S A GOOD, MEANINGFUL POSITION AND SOMETHING THAT BRING LIKE POSITIVE ASPECTS FROM AND THEY'RE LIKE A DIFFERENT RING.

>> THAT'S REASON THAT PEOPLE CAN'T KEEP WORKING.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF IT'S A VERY STRESSFUL TO HAVE YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S JUST ANOTHER KIND OF MIGHT BE TIME TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE.

YEAH, YEAH, RIGHT.

THAT'S WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

MOLLY, MATHER AND CHANCE THANK SO MUCH.

THANK UP NEXT, THE CITY WILL NOT RENEW ITS CONTRACT FOR SHOTSPOTTER.

AND MICHAEL MANN AGAINST FORMER AIDE GETS PRISON TIME SPOTLIGHT POLITICS ON THAT AND MUCH MORE.

STAY WITH US.

>> HAPPY >> FAT TUESDAY OR AS SOME CHICAGO RESIDENTS LIKE TO SAY HAPPY PACZKI DAY.

CHANCES ARE YOU'VE ALREADY EATEN SOME PACZKI TODAY.

BUT HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT GOES INTO MAKING THE FRIED POLISH DONUT PRODUCER NICOLE CARDOZ WENT INSIDE A LOCAL BAKERS HOME TO SEE HOW SHE WHIPS TOGETHER.

HUNDREDS OF PUNCH.

KEEP THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> MY NAME A SCRAP WITHOUT ABOUT TO I'M A BAKER.

>> I'VE BEEN BAKING FOR YEARS.

FROM EAST FALLEN BY U.S. IS MY HOME.

I STILL HAVE A POLISHED TO REMEMBER THAT.

YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR MY GRANDMA.

NICE TO PUNCHED OF THEM.

AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP MAKING ENOUGH.

>> I CRATE IN I IN 2013.

I BASICALLY DIDN'T WANT TO BANKING ANYMORE OF TO CLOSE MY STAR AND THEN PEOPLE KEEP ASKING ME THE PLAN SLOWLY.

I JUST START BAKING FOR PEOPLE BUSINESSES TO START PICKING UP.

I MAKE SOUR DOUGH MY FAVORITE THING TO I LOVE TO MAKE PARTS.

I MAKE LOVE I MAKE CAKES.

>> I MEAN, THE AMENDMENT THAT I >> THE FRONT KIND OF HAVE THIS SWEETS, BUT I THINK ABOUT ALL THAT'S OUR.

>> YEAH.

IT REALLY I ONLY MAKE THE KIND THAT MAKE DOLLARS AND JAM.

I KNOW PEOPLE MAKE DIFFERENT KIND.

THEY ASKED ME FOR THE FRONT KIND EITHER MAKE.

THAT'S THE WAY I MAKE OF THAT LIKE A I MAKE FROM SKY THIS WEEK.

>> I WILL NOT FROM WAYS BY MORNING THE THURSDAY ITEMS.

>> DO THINK YOU MAKE AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR A LACK CONFIDENCE WILL MAKE >> WE'RE 1502,009.

>> I JUST MAKE PACZKI KIND SO BASICALLY JUST GOING COME THURSDAY TUESDAY AND THEN BOUND FOR COLLIER.

I'M NOT GOING BECAUSE POLISH AND WE NEED THEM THURSDAY.

THEY SAY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PUNCH THURSDAY BECAUSE THEY BRING YOU LIKE FOR THE HOLLY YEAR.

SO REALLY THEM ARE BLACK.

YOU HAVE >> AND AS SHE MENTIONED, THOUGHT IT WAS DONE, MAKING APPROACH BEFORE THE YEAR.

BUT YOU CAN STILL PLACE ORDERS FOR BREAD, TARTS AND CAKE.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION WHERE YOU'LL ALSO FIND HER DOG OWES STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO MAKING PACZKI AT HOME.

IT IS ALL IT W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

LOOKS DELICIOUS.

OKAY.

THE MAYOR FULFILLS A MAJOR CAMPAIGN PROMISE FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN IS SENTENCED FOR LYING TO A GRAND JURY.

AND THE QUESTION OF WHO GETS THE FINAL SAY ON HOLDING POLICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SERIOUS MISCONDUCT RETURNS TO CITY COUNCIL AND RETURNING NOW WITH MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM AMANDA, HEADER, SHARON IN TAKING SO AS WE HEARD THE TOP OF THE SHOW, OF COURSE, MAYOR JOHNSON CANCELING THE SHOTSPOTTER CONTRACT, BUT THE CITY IS GOING TO KEEP USING IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22ND HEATHER WATER TO KEEPING IT THROUGH THE SUMMER WHEN THE CONTRACT EXPIRES NOW.

WELL, THE MAYOR STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE CANCELLATION OF THE COUNCIL CONTRACT DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO THAT.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS SUMMER, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND I THINK THAT THE WAY SHOTSPOTTERS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONS IS GOING TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO SORT OUT THOSE ALERTS GO INTO WHAT'S CALLED STRATEGIC DECISION SUPPORT CENTER.

SO THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW OPERATE THOSE CENTERS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO CRIME AND TO TRACK CRIME WITHOUT USING SHOTSPOTTER.

ALSO THE SUMMER, AS WE ALL KNOW IS TYPICALLY THE MOST VIOLENT PART OF THE YEAR.

>> AND IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT IF THERE WAS AN UPSURGE IN CRIME THE SUMMER AND A SHOTSPOTTER WASN'T OPERATING.

THE MAYOR WOULD FACE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CRITICISM.

THIS IS A WAY TO LOOK HIS KENTUCKY.

INDEED IT I LIKE WHAT YOU DID HAPPY MARDI GRAS, EVERYBODY.

THIS, OF COURSE, AS MEDA SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL POSE A MAJOR CAMPAIGN >> BUT WHY WAS DITCHING THIS SO IMPORTANT TO THE AND A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

RAHM EMANUEL SAID THAT THIS LED TO OVER POLICING IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

>> THAT FOLKS OF COLOR IN A BAD POSITION.

AND THERE ARE MANY STUDIES THAT INDICATE THAT SHOTS BUYERS NOT ACCURATE, THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF TIME SHOT SPIDER TRIGGERED POLICE RESPONSE.

THERE WAS NO ACTUAL ARREST.

THERE WAS NO ACTUAL INCIDENT.

THEN THERE'S THE CASES OF, YOU KNOW, 4TH OF JULY.

SHOTSPOTTER KNOW WHETHER IT'S FIREWORKS OR OR GUNSHOT.

NOW WE SHOULD.

WE SHOULD SAY THAT THE POLICE AND DEFENDERS OF SHOTSPOTTER SAY THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THAT ACTUALLY IT'S VERY ACCURATE AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN PUBLIC SAFETY THAT POLICE HAVE INTEGRATED INTO THEIR OVERALL TOOL KIT.

SO IT'S NOT UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED, BUT A LOT PROGRESSIVE WHO CITED THAT DATA THAT SAID IT JUST DIDN'T WORK MOST.

THE TIME WAS ALSO THE CRITICISM THAT POLICE OFFICERS UPON HEARING THAT ALERT GO CHARGING INTO COMMUNITY, EXPECTING TO RESPOND TO GUNFIRE AND AS IF IT HAD HAPPENED WHEN MAYBE GUNFIRE ACTUALLY DIDN'T GO DOWN HAVE OUR ANY REACTION FROM SOME THINKING THE COMPANY THAT MAKES SHOTSPOTTER?

WELL, I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE TO MY REQUEST FOR COMMENT, BUT THE STOCK MARKET CERTAINLY HAD A REACTION.

IT ITS STOCK DROPPED MORE THAN 18% ON THE DAY, WHICH BRINGS THE COMPANY'S VALUE.

ACCORDING TO THE STOCK MARKET DOWN BY MORE THAN 50% SENSE.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S ELECTION.

>> A CLEAR SIGN THAT CHICAGO IS A CRUCIAL MARKET FOR THIS COMPANY.

AND YOU CAN EVEN KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT REBRANDED AFTER JOHNSON'S ELECTION FROM SHOTSPOTTER TO SOUND THINKING AND BEGAN TALKING MORE ABOUT HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD BE USED TO RESPOND TO THE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AS OPPOSED TO SORT LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING HAS PUBLICLY BACKED SHOTSPOTTER AS A CRUCIAL TOOL AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE.

DO WE KNOW IF ANYTHING WILL BE USED TO REPLACE IT?

HEATHER, AND HOW IS THIS MONEY GOING TO BE SO THIS CONTRACT OVER LIFE OF THAT SINCE 2018 HAS COST TAXPAYERS ALMOST 50 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO IN THE WHOLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUDGET OF NEARLY 2 BILLION DOLLARS, MAYBE NOT A HUGE AMOUNT, BUT STILL ENOUGH MONEY TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADD TO THE CITY'S BUDGET FOR ALTERNATE 9-1-1, RESPONSE OR VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

SO IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO SHAKE OUT.

BUT THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER COMPANY THAT WORKS.

THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE.

SO THIS WAS REALLY SORT OF ALL OR NOTHING.

AND THE MAYOR SAYS NOTHING IN SEPTEMBER.

SEPTEMBER.

WE'LL SEE, I SUPPOSE ARE HOPEFULLY BEFORE THEN AMANDA, LONGTIME CHIEF OF STAFF TO FORMER ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN WAS YESTERDAY SENTENCED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND PERJURY FOR LYING TO A GRAND JURY.

>> THAT WAS INVESTIGATING MADIGAN.

WHAT WAS HIS SENTENCE?

AND OF COURSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO MEET HERE.

WHAT WAS HIS SENTENCE AND WHAT WAS HE FOUND TO HAVE LIED ABOUT?

MAPES WILL BE GOING TO PRISON FOR 2 AND A HALF YEARS.

AND THIS WAS DESPITE A LOT OF VERY PROMINENT FOLKS, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHO WE JUST KNOW THAT.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF WHO'S WHO THAT WRITTEN ON HIS BEHALF AT TO ASKING FOR MORE LENIENCY, MAPES HIMSELF SAYING THAT HE HAD WORKED FOR THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS WANT TO DO RIGHT BY THEM WAS AGREED THAT THIS WITH SOMETHING THAT MADE PEOPLE BELIEVE LESS IN GOVERNMENT.

BUT WHAT DID HE DO?

WELL, WHAT THE JUDGE DESCRIBED THIS MISGUIDED LOYALTY SAYING THAT EVEN WHEN MAPES HAD IMMUNITY TO TELL ALL TO A GRAND JURY.

SO COULD HAVE SAID ANYTHING WITHOUT THREAT OF PROSECUTION, THAT HE LIED, THAT HE CONTINUALLY SAID, I DON'T RECALL WHEN IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT HE SHOULD RECALL BRIGHT GUY KNOWN FOR AS HE EVEN PUT IT, KEEPING THE TRAINS RUNNING ON TIME IN SPRINGFIELD THAT HE DID NOT TELL THEM THE TRUTH IN A WAY TO IT SEEMS PROTECT MAD AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH AGAIN, BY THE WAY, HAD OUSTED MAYBES FROM THAT CHIEF OF STAFF POSITION THAT HE WAS IN FOR SO LONG IN 2018 KIND OF KICKED HIM TO THE PARIS, DOES THIS GIVE ANY SORT INDICATION OR IMPLICATION ABOUT WHAT MADIGAN ZONE, FEDERAL, RACKETEERING AND BRIBERY TRIAL WILL LOOK LIKE WHICH IS SLATED TO BEGIN OCTOBER.

YEAH, AND BY THE WAY, AND THAT WAS FOR ME TO ISSUES THAT WAS FROM APES IS HANDLING OF ME TO ISSUES IN THAT OFFICE.

NOTHING WITH CORRUPTION ARRESTS, RIGHT?

THAT SO THIS SORT OF SOLACE TO THEM AND A GOOD TEAM, THEIR THEIR THEIR THEIR FOCUS IS DEAD SET ON THE SUPREME COURT RIGHT NOW.

>> THAT'S WHY IT'S DELAYED UNTIL OCTOBER, BECAUSE FREEPORT GOING TO TAKE UP A CASE OUT OF INDIANA THAT COULD REDEFINE THE BRIBERY STATUTE.

SO THEY THINK THAT THIS CASE IN INDIANA SIMILAR TO WHAT MADIGAN IS BEING CHARGED IN THAT SUPREME COURT SAYS NO, THAT WASN'T BRIBERY WITH US.

SMALL TOWN INDIANA DID.

THEN THEY THINK THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE.

AND THEN SOME OF THESE OTHER CONVICTED >> FELONS, MAYBE THEY WANT TO TRY FOR A RETRIAL OR AN APPEALING THEIR CASE.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR EVERYTHING AND THESE COMMENT RELATED TRIAL.

SO NO, THAT DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR MADIGAN AT ALL.

AND OF COURSE, TO BE CLEAR, IS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT US WAITING HEAR FROM ON THIS ISSUE 100 ISSUE OF ARBITRATION FOR A POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT EXPECTED TO BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR CITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY.

SEEMS LIKE IT KEEPS COMING UP.

>> WHAT ARE EXPECTING THIS TIME?

WELL, THIS AT LEAST SEEMS TO BE THE DEFINITIVE SO ON WHETHER THE CITY IS GOING TO SORT OF START WHAT PROMISES TO BE A HUGE LEGAL FIGHT OVER WHETHER POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF SIGNIFICANT MISCONDUCT THAT COULD LEAD TO THEIR TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF UP TO YEAR.

>> COULD THEIR CASES DECIDED BY AN ARBITRATOR BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

RIGHT NOW THE RULES CALL FOR THOSE CASES TO BE SOUGHT DECIDED BY THE CHICAGO POLICE BOARD WHICH MEETS IN PUBLIC AT MEETINGS THAT WE CAN GO TO AND THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO THE CHICAGO POLICE UNION.

THE LARGEST POLICE UNION SAYS THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE.

POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THAT DISCIPLINE PROCESS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY, WORKER AT THE MAYOR AND AT LEAST 30 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TO AGREE WITH THAT POSITION OR THIS WILL UP.

AND THE WAY POLICE DISCIPLINE HAS HAPPENED IN CHICAGO FOR THE LAST MORE THAN HALF PARIS, ANY SIGN OF AN END TO THIS IMPASSE OVER WHO WILL ULTIMATELY GET TO DECIDE WHO HOLD COPS ACCOUNTABLE?

WELL, IT'S AND SEEMS LIKE THE COURTS WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHAT THE END OF THIS IMPASSE IS.

AND >> THE FOP CERTAINLY BELIEVES THAT THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW HERE THAT THE COURTS WILL RULE IN THEIR FAVOR BECAUSE THIS ARBITRATOR RULED THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH ILLINOIS LABOR LAW, OTHER PUBLIC, ILLINOIS EMPLOYEES GET TO HAVE THIS KIND OF ARBITRATION PROCESS.

WHY SHOULD IT BE DIFFERENT FOR POLICE?

OF COURSE, THE ARGUMENT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN STATE TROOPERS ARE OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT CALLED PEOPLE'S LIVES IN THEIR HANDS POTENTIALLY.

>> AND A DEADLINE TO INTRODUCE BILLS IN SPRINGFIELD WAS FRIDAY.

ANYTHING OF NOTE TO REPORT AND SLOW IN 45 SET OF THERE ARE SO MANY BILL, I'M HESITANT TO NAME ANY PARTICULAR ONE BECAUSE THERE'S JUST WAY TOO MANY PICKING INTEREST.

THERE'S A BILL TO MATCH IT.

BUT WHY HAVEN'T ANY BEEN ACTED ON?

WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THE BIG BILL HASN'T YET BEEN INTRODUCE.

YOU HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT CAN SKIP THAT DEADLINE.

THINGS LIKE, OH, WAIT THE BUDGET, WHICH IS REALLY, OUT OF THE STATE'S PRIORITIES.

SO WE WILL SOON BE HEARING FROM PRITZKER.

WHAT HIS SPENDING PLAN IS THAT IS GOING TO SET THE AGENDA.

WHY HAVE WE OTHERWISE SEEN A LOT OF ACTION NEXT TO BE IN SPRINGFIELD?

THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF SESSION BECAUSE LEGISLATORS ARE HOME GEARING UP FOR ARGENTINE PRIMARY.

THEY WANT TO BE IN THEIR DISTRICTS, NOT THE STATE CAPITOL, OK?

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR MORE.

>> AFTER THAT, I'M SURE WE WILL.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT SPOTLIGHT, EVERYBODY.

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