>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

NEW REPORTING FROM WDW NEWS SHOWS REPEATED MISCONDUCT BY POLICE OFFICERS TAXPAYERS 10'S OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

>> I AM TODAY SUSPENDING MY CAMPAIGN.

>> RON DESANTIS IS OFFICIALLY OUT WHAT TRUMP AND HALEY COULD FACE IN TOMORROW'S NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY.

>> THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT DOES TO SUPPORT BUSINESS WELL ACROSS THE STATE, INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> THE LATEST ON THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX EYEING A NEW HOME.

IS IT THE RIGHT MOVE?

WE UNPACK THE POSSIBILITIES.

>> WHEN WET, WARM AIR MASS HITS LAND STARTS TO COOL LAKE EFFECT SNOW.

>> AND WDW NEWS EXPLAINS WHAT THE HECK IS LAKE EFFECT.

SNOW.

>> NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO MIGHT BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE USE OF NATURAL GAS.

GROUP OF ALL THE PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO INTRODUCE WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THE CLEAN BUILDINGS ORDINANCE APPROVED.

IT WOULD REQUIRE NEW BUILDINGS TO BE ALL ELECTRIC POWERED.

BUT IF OPPONENTS TODAY, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, THEY WANT TO PUT A HALT TO THE PROPOSAL THEY SAY WOULD PUT ONEROUS RESTRICTIONS ON CHICAGO.

BUILDING OWNERS.

>> PROPOSED CLEAN, AFFORDABLE BUILDING ORDINANCES NEED A CLEAN NOR AFFORDABLE.

MAKE NO MISTAKE.

CHICAGO MUST WORK TO REDUCE ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT.

BUT DURING THE WINTER'S FRIGID TEMPERATURES WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS.

CHICAGO'S WERE LEFT WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.

NOW IS THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME TO BASICALLY SLAMMED THROUGH AN ORDINANCE WITHOUT EXAMINING TRUE COST.

>> LOCAL AND NATIONAL POLITICIANS MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NOW OVERTURN LANDMARK ROE V WADE DECISION OF 1973.

THE DECISION GUARANTEED THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION BUT WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT IN 2022, BOTH PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HELD EVENTS TODAY AS DEMOCRATS EXPECT TO MAKE ITS CENTRAL TO THEIR GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

IN A STATEMENT, BIDEN SAID, QUOTE, EVEN AS AMERICANS FROM OHIO TO KENTUCKY TO MICHIGAN, TO KANSAS, TO CALIFORNIA HAVE RESOUNDINGLY REJECTED ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

REPUBLICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR A NATIONAL BAN AND DEVASTATING NEW RESTRICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND I ARE FIGHTING TO PROTECT WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

HALL OF FAMER RYNE SANDBERG ANNOUNCES HE'S BEING TREATED FOR METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER.

THE FORMER CUBS LEGEND MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY SAYING HE WAS DIAGNOSED LAST WEEK AND THAT HE'S SURROUNDED BY HIS WIFE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAY POSITIVE TO BEAT THIS DISEASE.

SAMBERG WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2005 AND WON 9 CONSECUTIVE GOLD GLOVES DURING HIS CAREERS AS A SECOND BASEMAN WITH THE CHICAGO CUBS.

WE ARE ALL ROOTING FOR RYNE SANDBERG AND HEALTHY RECOVERY.

>> AND COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, WHAT THE END OF RON DESANTIS, HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MEANS.

BUT FIRST, THE HEFTY PRICE.

>> CHICAGO TAXPAYERS ARE FOOTING FOR POLICE MISCONDUCT.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> WDW NEWS ANALYSIS FOUND CHICAGO TAXPAYERS PAID NEARLY 143 MILLION DOLLARS TO RESOLVE LAWSUITS INVOLVING REPEATED MISCONDUCT BY 141 POLICE OFFICERS.

THE PAYOUTS MADE OVER 4 YEARS CAME IN SPITE OF EFFORTS TO REIN IN CAPS WHO REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THE RULES.

BTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER IS FRANK JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT SHE AND WTW IS.

JARED TECHIE FOUND CHAIR HEAVY BEEN FOLLOWING US.

A BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS FOR US.

HOW BIG A PROBLEM CITY FACE FROM THESE REPEATED ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT THAT THEN RESULT IN LAWSUITS.

SO CHICAGO TAXPAYERS PAID A TOTAL OF 295 MILLION DOLLARS TO RESOLVE CLAIMS MISCONDUCT OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS.

NEARLY 60% OF THAT TOTAL.

THAT 143 MILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

>> WE'RE DUE TO OFFICERS BEING NAMED IN MORE THAN ONE LAWSUITS SHOWING THAT SO MUCH OF THIS EXORBITANT COST IS DUE TO THE CITY'S INABILITY TO PREVENT REPEATED CASES FROM MIX OF MISCONDUCT FROM THE SAME OFFICERS.

AND YOU FOCUS ON ONE OFFICER IN PARTICULAR IS NAMES DETECTIVE ROCCO PROVE OR OUTCOME?

WELL, HE WAS NAMED IN 6 LAWSUITS THAT THE CITY SETTLED OVER THAT FOUR-YEAR PERIOD FOR A TOTAL OF $260,000.

NOW HE WORKED ALONGSIDE 2 OFFICERS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF CRIMES DURING THEIR ROLES AS TACTICAL OFFICERS.

AND WE OBTAINED RECORDS FROM THE POLICE MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY THAT SHOWS THE CITY IS WELL AWARE THAT OFFICERS IMPLICATED IN THAT SCANDAL ARE STILL ON THE STREET.

NOW I REACHED OUT TO DETECTIVE PROGRAM.

HE DID NOT RESPOND TO MY REQUEST FOR COMMENT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DECLINED TO COMMENT ABOUT WHY AN OFFICER WITH THAT KIND OF RECORD STILL EARNS $125,000 AND HE'S THE MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE CHICAGO POLICE TO LEAST THE NEXT QUESTION.

WHY DON'T CITY OFFICIALS STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT OFFICERS WHO HAVE COST TAXPAYERS MONEY TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

STOP FROM DOING IT AGAIN.

THE CITY DOES NOT SYSTEMATICALLY TRACK THE CAUSES OF LAWSUITS THAT LEAD TO PAY OUT BY TAXPAYERS.

NOW THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.

BUT IT IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO HOLD THE OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS PATTERN IDENTIFIED NOW FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 4 MONTHS BY WBTW WHAT ABOUT EFFORTS TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT ALERTS POLICE BRASS WHEN OFFICERS OF THE SUBJECT OF MULTIPLE LAWSUITS?

SO THAT KIND OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IS REQUIRED BY THE CONSENT DECREE, WHICH, OF COURSE, REQUIRES THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REFORM ITSELF.

THERE'S ALSO A NEW SYSTEM IN THE WORKS BY THE LAW DEPARTMENT THAT WILL TRACK THESE KIND MISCONDUCT CASES THAT WON'T LAUNCH UNTIL MARCH AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM REMAINS IN A PILOT'S STATUS WITH NO DATE SET FOR LAUNCH.

ALL RIGHT, HEATHER, YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING US GREAT REPORTING AS USUAL.

THANKS, PARIS.

AND YOU CAN READ THE FULL STORY ANALYSIS BY HEATHER AND JARED TURKEY ON OUR WEB SITE.

THAT'S WWW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

THE GOAL OF THE WHITE SOX MIGHT BE ON THE MOVE JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH TO THE PARCEL OF LAND KNOWN AS THE 78.

THE SUN TIMES FIRST REPORTED LAST WEEK THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN IN SERIOUS TALKS WITH DEVELOPER RELATED MIDWEST AND THE CITY ABOUT BUILDING A NEW STADIUM THERE BORDERED BY THE SOUTH PRESS, THE CHICAGO RIVER, ROOSEVELT ROAD.

AND CLARK STREET.

BUT THAT WOULD MEAN PACKING THEIR BAGS AND LEAVING TEAM'S HOME FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.

BRIDGEPORT.

COULD THIS BE A HOME RUN FOR THE SOX OR IS IT ANOTHER STRIKEOUT FOR A TEAM HAVING TROUBLES ON THE FIELD?

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS ARE MARC GANIS PRESIDENT, THE SPORTS BUSINESS CONSULTING FIRM SPORTSCORE.

HE'S WORKED MORE THAN 2 DOZEN SPORTS FACILITY PROJECTS AND SEEING WOMEN DO AS A SPORTS CONSULTANT BASED IN CHICAGO.

WE ALSO INVITED THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX AND RELATED MIDWEST, BUT NEITHER ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION TONIGHT.

WE'RE GLAD TO TALK TO BOTH OF YOU SO MARC GANIS AND THIS KIND RHYMES WITH WHAT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO.

OJ RISER THREATENS TO MOVE TAMPA.

THE STATE STEPS IN AND THEY BUILD A NEW STADIUM.

HOW SERIOUS DO YOU THINK THIS TALKS ARE FOR THE 78?

>> THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY QUITE FOR NUMBER OF REASONS.

ONE IS THE WHITE SOX LEASE IS COMING UP OVER GUARANTEED RATE FIELD.

THEY NEED ABOUT 6 YEARS TO PLAN.

ABOUT THAT MUCH TIME LEFT.

ROGER WRITES, STUART IS IN HIS MID TO LATE 80'S.

HE DOES WANT TO LEAVE THE TEAM GOOD HANDS.

AND IN CHICAGO, HE IS COMMITTED TO THE CITY.

AND THIS SITE IS A GREAT SITE RELATED MIDWEST DOES COME OUT AND SAID SOME PUBLIC STATEMENTS ABOUT IT IT WOULD REALLY BE MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR THE WHITE SOX IF THEY COULD A NEW BALLPARK ON THIS SITE.

>> WOMEN, THOSE AS JUST THE RIGHT SPOT FOR A WHITE I MEAN, IT'S STILL THE SOUTHSIDE TECHNICALLY ABOUT 111200 SOUTH, NOT 3500 SOUTH.

>> YEAH.

WELL, YOU SAID IT YOURSELF.

IT'S STILL THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

SO THEY STAY AT HOME AND IN A REALLY GREAT YOU KNOW, THE 78 IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN EXPLORED IN THE LATE 60'S.

AREA WAS ACTUALLY IT'S FLORIDA AS A PLACE TO PUT SPORTS TEAMS.

AND I THINK IT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THAT AND I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WHITE SOX TO STAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

BUT IN THE SOUTH LOOP SOMEWHERE THAT THEY WILL DEVELOP NEXT.

A VERY TRANSPORTATION AND AN ACTUAL CTA STUFF THAT MIGHT GET BUILT IN THE AREA, AREA YOU KNOW, SUCH ITS VOTING NOT TOO FAR FROM WINTRUST ARENA.

THAT'S ALREADY IN OTHER SPORTS FACILITY SOLDIER FIELD.

>> YEAH, THERE'S LOTS OF TRANSIT AROUND THERE.

BUT MARK, I MENTIONED IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, 30 SOME ODD YEARS AGO WHEN HE THREATENED TO AND THEN THE STATE STEPPED IN AND AND CREATED THIS QUASI PUBLIC PRIVATE, ILLINOIS SPORTS FACILITY AUTHORITY BASICALLY FUND THE WHOLE THING.

SO IS THIS.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW IS IS A SPORTS FACILITY AUTHORITY ISSUE HOTEL BONDS TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE WELL, IT HAS TO BE PAID FOR AND JURY HAS SHOWN KNACK OF BEING ABLE TO GET THE PUBLIC SECTOR PONY UP A LOT OF MONEY.

>> FOR STADIUMS, NOT JUST IN CHICAGO DID THE SAME THING IN WASHINGTON WHEN THE EXPO'S MOVE DOWN FROM OUR TRAIL HAVING BEEN SAID, IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.

PARIS, THIS IT'S A VERY TOUGH ENVIRONMENT TO GET THE KIND OF DEAL THAT WAS DONE BACK THEN WITH THE ARM TWISTING OF GOVERNOR JIM THOMPSON AND SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN, WHO HAD A LOT TO TRADE BACK THEN THERE ISN'T THE SAME KIND OF ECONOMIC IN SPRINGFIELD ORE IN CHICAGO.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S TIED INTO THE SOLDIER FIELD.

BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN REFINANCED MULTIPLE TIMES FROM THE SAME TACK AS WELL SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO BE MORE CREATIVE THIS TIME.

THEY'RE LIKELY BE MORE PRIVATE IN THIS ONE.

THEN THERE WAS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE, NOT ON THIS SITE, THERE MAY BE SOME OF THE SUBURBAN THAT COULD WORK WHERE THEY CAN BUILD REAL ESTATE AROUND IT TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF BUILDING AND OPERATING THE STADIUM.

BUT THIS IS A GREAT SITE IF THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WITHIN THE MAY BE THE BEST SITE IF THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WITHIN THE CITY PROPER.

>> WOMEN, HOW ATTRACTIVE IS THAT TO SOMEONE LIKE JERRY REINSDORF, THE FACT THAT THERE'S THIS REAL ESTATE WHERE THEY CAN BUILD HOTELS AND EVENT SPACES.

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN THE MODERN DAY.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO EMULATE THE WRIGLEYVILLE, YOU KNOW, THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, IT CAME ORGANICALLY WITH REALLY LOW.

BUT EVERYONE'S DONE THAT FROM ST. LOUIS YOU KNOW, HERE IN KANSAS CITY WHERE I'M SITTING JUST BLOCKS AWAY FROM WHERE THEY WANT A BILL, ONE OF THE THINGS THE ROYALS HAS COMMITTED TO SHOULD THEY BUILD A DOWNTOWN ALL PARTIES TO AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY.

YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS VERY GOOD ON PAPER, BUT GOING BACK TO IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT MARK JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM TO BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL 30,000 BALLPARK.

THE BALLPARK YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING BUILD IN VEGAS FOR THE ATHLETICS WHEN THEY MOVE FROM OAKLAND HAS A COSBY, YOU KNOW, ONE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT?

SO WHERE IS THAT GOING I THINK LIKE MIKE SAYS, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME WITH SOME PRIVATE MONEY AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET CREATIVE BE ON THE UNIVERSITY ILLINOIS'S INSTITUTE GOING IN THERE, HOTELS, YOU KNOW, BRING IN BARS IN AND HAVING IT BE A FULL COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE ALDERMAN AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

>> WELL, SPEAKING OF THE WE INVITED PAT WHOSE WARD INCLUDES A 78 ON THE SHOW.

SHE DECLINED BUT SENT A STATEMENT THAT SAID IN PART, QUOTE, AFTER MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AT RELATED MIDWEST TODAY BELIEVE THE PROPOSED CHICAGO WHITE SOX TATUM CAN BE A POSITIVE ANCHOR FOR THE NEW 78 COMMUNITY.

ASSUMING THE FINANCIAL DEALS CAN BE WORKED OUT.

THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOWS PROMISE AS A GREAT GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THE ADDITION OF SIGNIFICANT MARKET IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RETAIL AND A WORLD-CLASS BASEBALL STADIUM AND CONCERT VENUE CAN BE THIS SORT OF CATALYTIC INVESTMENT THIS CITY NEEDS.

SO MARC GANIS SAID IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ALREADY GOT A SKEPTICAL ALDERMAN KIND OF ON BOARD HERE WITH WITH ALL THESE KIND OF BENEFITS FOR THE CITY >> WOULDN'T WOULDN'T BE NICE IF THE ALDERMAN COULD WRITE THE CHECK FOR AS IT IT YES, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE MOMENTUM.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE POSITIVE STATEMENTS BY THE POLITICAL BY POLITICAL OFFICIALS.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE TOXICITY OF OUR POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT HERE IN CHICAGO.

THE DRAIN AN IMPORTANT RESOURCES, THINGS THAT ARE EXPECTED LIKE NEW TEAM, NEW UNION CONTRACT AND THINGS THAT ARE UNEXPECTED LIKE THE MIGRANT THAT WE HAVE.

SO IT'S THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FINANCIALLY.

BUT THE SITE IS A GREAT SITE.

THE ALDERMAN IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

THE LOCATION WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE WHITE SOX FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

IT'S WHERE THE CITY IS GROWING RESIDENTIAL E ENTERTAINMENT RETAIL.

SO IT WOULD REALLY CREATE REALLY GREAT SOUTHWEST ANCHOR TO WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AROUND WORLD.

WROTE IN WHOLE AREA, LOTS TO TO SAY WHY THIS SHOULD HAPPEN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAPPEN DON'T AND THINGS DON'T AREN'T NEEDED SOMETIMES.

DO SO.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS ONE BUT WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT.

DIFFICULT.

OF US IN A WAY, PERHAPS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS AS THE SOX INVESTING LIKE THIS IN THE BRIDGEPORT.

>> THERE ISN'T MUCH OF A ANY KIND OF COMMUNITY AROUND THE STADIUM.

YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THE TRACKS ARE OVER THE EXPRESSWAY.

>> DO YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE FOR THE TEAM LEAVE A HOME THAT THEY'VE BEEN FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.

>> WELL, IT WOULD BE TOUGH BECAUSE THAT IS ACTUALLY THE THE WINDS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR LONGER.

YOU KNOW, WILL STATE IT WAS JUST BLOCKS AWAY IN ONE OF THOSE LOT SET.

NOW HE'S STILL GETTING GOING ON.

I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT I MENTIONED, THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

THEY COULD BUILD AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT RIGHT NEXT TO A RED LINE.

STOP RIGHT NEXT TO GREEN LINE.

STOP NEXT TO A METRO STOP.

SO THE CURRENT WHITE SOX LOCATION IS ACTUALLY THE FACTS AND ALL CHICAGO SPORTS IN TERMS OF GETTING THEIR PUBLIC TRANSIT.

AND WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID YOU KNOW, THE THE BALLPARK IS ACTUALLY I LOVE GOING THERE I WILL SAY I'M A CUBS FAN.

I LIVE 2 BLOCKS FROM WRIGLEY FIELD.

I STILL LOVE GOING TO THE BALLPARK.

IT'S EASY TO ACCESS AND EVERYTHING AND IT COULD EASILY HAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT BUILT ALONGSIDE THE REAL-LIFE USING SOME OF THOSE LOT.

THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT YOU KNOW, WHY NOT JUST DEVELOP THE LAND?

THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF IT.

BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE CHICAGO FIRE, THE CHICAGO BEARS.

SHOULD THE WHITE SOX MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE TO GO TO THE 78 AND SAY, HEY, NOW WE HAVE ALL THESE CHICAGO BEARS.

WHY DON'T YOU STAY IN THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, BUILD THEIR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE CITY.

IT'S GOING TO SOME SUPER BOWL, SOME NATIONAL TITLES.

AND, YOU KNOW, WWE WRESTLEMANIA.

>> ISN'T THAT A TANTALIZING THOUGHT?

ALWAYS SKY'S THE LIMIT.

IF YOU CAN KEEP THE >> YOU CALL THIS POTENTIAL GIANT NEW STADIUM BOTH MUST BE SALIVATING RIGHT NOW >> THANKS FOR TO MARK.

AT ESSENCE AND WOMEN.

FOR JOINING US.

AND UP NEXT, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY FIELD NARROW.

SO STAY WITH US.

ALL EYES TURN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW IN THE RACE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME VOTERS WILL HEAD TO THE POLLS FOR A PRIMARY ELECTION FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S IOWA CAUCUS.

THEY'LL CAST THEIR BALLOTS JUST DAYS AFTER FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS ANNOUNCES HE IS SUSPENDING HIS CAMPAIGN.

THAT LEAVES A 2 PERSON BATTLE BETWEEN FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

AND JOINING US NOW IS LYNN SWEET, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.

LYNN, THANKS FOR COMING BACK AND TALKING TO US AGAIN.

WE LAST TALKED ON THE WEEK IN FRIDAY.

DESANTIS WAS STILL IN THE RACE.

SO HOW DOES THIS AND NOW ENDORSEMENT OF TRUMP CHANGE THINGS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE?

>> WELL, IT CHANGES THINGS, NAMELY FOR NIKKI HALEY PARISH BECAUSE SHE'S GETTING THE ONE ON ONE SHE'S BEEN WANTING WHETHER OR NOT THE DESANTIS ENDORSEMENT OF TRUMP REALLY I THINK REMAINS TO BE SEEN TO BE SCOTT ENDORSEMENT OF TRUMP.

I SEE IS MORE MEANINGFUL BECAUSE AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT NOT DEBRA 24TH COMES TO SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY AS WE THIS IS A TEST OF WHETHER OR NOT STATE BEHIND FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA DESANTIS DOESN'T THAT MUCH PER SE.

BUT THE STAKES THEN GROW EXPERT ACTUALLY HIGHER FOR NIKKI YOU KNOW, ONE POINT IT SEEMED LIKE WAS EITHER RUNNING NECK AND NECK WITH TRUMP OR HELD LEADS ON TRUMP WAY BACK WHEN.

>> WHERE IT APPEARED MADE THE TRIP THE GOP WAS READY TO MOVE ON.

WHAT HAPPENED.

>> WELL, WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT TRUMP'S BASE IS MOVEMENT LIKE AND IF YOU HAVE A DESANTIS SAYING HE'S MORE OR LESS LIKE TRUMP MAY BE YOUNG GIRL AND A LITTLE LESS CHAOTIC WHEN YOU HAVE THE REAL THING, WHY WOULD YOU GO DESANTIS?

HE NEVER WAS ABLE TO BUILD A CAMPAIGN WAS ABLE ROAD ANY THE MOVEMENT FEEL THAT A TRUMP EVEN THOUGH HE CAMPED OUT 99 COUNTIES AND AND I WHAT GOT A VERY LITTLE RETURN FOR ALL THAT TIME.

AND HE INVESTED THERE.

ANOTHER REASON DROPPED OUT WITHOUT WANTING TO GO THROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE IS THAT IT?

NEVER INVESTED AS MUCH TIME OR RESOURCES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SO THERE WAS NO CHANCE THAT HE WOULD HAVE ANY MOMENTUM COMING OUT OF THE GRANITE STATE RACE.

>> AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE NIKKI HALEY HAS MOMENTUM GOING INTO THE GRANITE STATE RACE AS SHE HAD BEFORE.

IT SEEMS LIKE TRUMP'S LEAD IS ONLY WIDENED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

>> RIGHT.

THINK THAT I NIKKI HALEY GOTTEN A WIND BEHIND BACK IN HAS BEEN FOCUSING WAS GOING TO SURPRISE.

IT SAYS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE PRIMARY FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY TO VOTE FOR HER TO STITCH IT THIS UP FOR EVERYONE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, RULES ABOUT PARTY CHANGING UP YOUR DEMOCRAT ISSUED ITS FIRST BY A 2 OVER 3RD LAST YEAR TO A REGISTRATION.

YOU WHAT?

HARD TO FIGURE OUT IN GAINING WHETHER OR NOT TRUMP IS THE EVENTUAL NOMINEE IS MOVEMENT POLITICS WIPE OUT THE MODERATE REPUBLICANS AND PEOPLE THINK IT'S JUST TIME TO MOVE ON FROM TRUMP RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE HAD ONE TESTS AND TOMORROW WE'LL SEE ANOTHER ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF TRUMP'S MOVEMENT.

THAT, OF COURSE, KIND OF DEFIES POLITICAL GRAVITY.

>> IF NIKKI HALEY LOSES BUT COMES IN A CLOSE SECOND TO WITHIN 5 POINTS, DOES THAT GIVE OR SOME KIND OF MOMENTUM GOING FOR A SPECIAL MENTION SOUTH CAROLINA HOME STATE COMING UP.

>> WHAT IT IF SHE WINS?

IT WOULD, COURSE, BE THE MOST MOMENT.

BUT IT THE TEST REALLY IS COMING IN A FEW WEEKS.

AND THIS FEBRUARY, 24 CAROLINA PRIMARY.

IF SHE DO WELL AND MAYBE AN OUTRIGHT WIN, WHICH AGAIN, TRUMP PAUL PULLING AHEAD.

WE'RE COMING CLOSE.

IT WILL BE HARDER FOR HER TO STAY TO THAT SAY SUPER TUESDAY WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF DELEGATES AT STAKE, THE WAY YOU GET TO BE A DELEGATE TO BE A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES TO GET SOUTH CAROLINA.

WINNER TAKE ALL STATE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT MANY DELEGATES.

ILLINOIS MORE.

THEN THAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF JUST KEEPING THE DONOR BASE HAPPY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THESE EARLY VOTING STATES, IT JUST MAKES FOR MERGE OVER CALL FOR HER TO TRY AND COLLECT DELEGATES IN A SMARTER WINDS.

IF SHE DOESN'T VERY WELL IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

>> LYNN, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE TO MENTION THE FACT THAT TRUMP IS FACING 91 CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS, INCLUDING AN ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN THE LAST ELECTION.

ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE PARTY HAS AND LARGE RALLY TO HIS SIDE?

AGAIN, JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT LIKE YOU SAID, HE'S HE'S GOT THE MOVEMENT HERE.

HE'S HE'S HE'S THE ONE THAT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE STANDARD THERE.

>> WELL, HIS GIFT OF COMMUNICATION TO GET PEOPLE TO HE DOESN'T.

SEEMS DEFY WHAT YOU WITH YOUR OWN EYES AS VIDEO TAPE FOR ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL JANUARY 6.

FEEL FROM MY ANALYSIS IS WHAT I'VE READ OF INTERVIEWS OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS IS THAT THEY JUST DISCOUNT ALL THE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HIM WITHOUT MAKING A LOT OF DISTINCTION THAT THE CASES ARE DIFFERENT.

THE CASE ABOUT KEEPING JACKET, VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE CASES DEALING WITH TRYING TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION SEND INTO TRYING TAMPERED AT BIG >> AND NOT TO MENTION ALL THE THE THE CIVIL CASES TO.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU, PIERS.

AND UP NEXT, WHY NORTHWEST INDIANA GOT SO MUCH SNOW.

BUT CHICAGO DID NOT.

SO STAY WITH US.

>> COVERAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY JOEL HIM FREE PRESIDENT OF THE ALVIN H BOMB FAMILY FUN.

>> NORTHWEST INDIANA GOT SOCKED WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN ALMOST 3 FEET OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS ON FRIDAY, 3 FEET.

WOW.

WHY THE BIG STORM THERE?

BUT NOT RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PHENOMENON KNOWN AS LAKE EFFECT.

SNOW.

THEY HAVE HEARD THE TERM.

BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?

OUR PATTY?

WHAT LEE TELLS US IN THIS EDITION OF WTW NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> BETWEEN THE WIND AND THE COLD AND THIS AND DISAPPEARING FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE MONTHS AT A TIME WINTER IN CHICAGO IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, BUT IT COULD WE COULD LIVE IN ONE OF THESE CITIES.

THE SNOWIEST IN THE U.S. NOTICE A PATTERN HERE.

THEY'RE ALL ON BOTTOM SIDE OF THE GREAT LAKE.

>> AND BY WRONG SIDE, WE MEAN THE SIDE MOST LIKELY TO GET SOCKED WITH LAKE EFFECT.

SNOW.

>> OH, YEAH.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW MACHINE IS REAL.

IT'S UNPREDICTABLE AND CAPABLE OF DUMPING TONS OF SNOW IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND JUST BECAUSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAKE DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE SAFE WHEN THE WIND TURNS ON CHICAGO WATCH SO WHAT CAUSES LAKE EFFECT?

SNOW?

2 THINGS, COLD AIR.

>> AND COMPARATIVELY WARMER WATER.

>> HERE'S HOW IT WORKS DURING A TYPICAL MIDWESTERN WINTER COLD WINDS SWEEP IN FROM THE NORTH, WHICH NOT TO POINT FINGERS USUALLY MEANS CANADA.

THE GREAT LAKES HOLD ON TO THEIR HEAT LONGER THAN THE SURROUNDING LAND.

SO WHEN THIS COLD AIR PASSES OVER THE WARMER WATER, IT UP MOISTURE LIKE A SPOT DEPENDING WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING.

IT MIGHT CROSSED A LOT OF WATER IN THE MORE WATER.

IT TRAVELS OVER MORE WHEN WET WARM AIR MASS HITS LAND STARTS TO COOL LAKE EFFECT THE WEIRDEST THING ABOUT LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS HOW IT CAN FALL FAST AND FURIOUS IN ONE PLACE WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING JUST A MILE OR 2 AWAY.

>> STORM, WHAT STORM?

THAT'S BECAUSE UNLIKE LARGE WEATHER SYSTEMS, LAKE EFFECT EVENTS TEND TO BE HYPER LOCAL.

SO WHAT KEEPS CHICAGO FROM BEING BUFFALO?

WELL, HERE, WIND PATTERNS TYPICALLY FLOW WEST TO EAST PUSHING THAT WET, WARM AIR TOWARD INDIANA AND MICHIGAN.

SORRY, NOT SORRY.

>> BUT WHEN THE WINDS SWITCH AND THAT'S WHEN THE CITY GETS A TASTE OF SNOW APOCALYPSE.

>> CHICAGO WINTER, IT COULD BE WORSE AND SOMETIMES IT IS.

THANKS.

LAKE EFFECT, SNOW.

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