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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HEARS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>> CAN CONTEST?

YOU SEE POLITICS?

>> WARS.

>> A TERRORISM SPECIALIST ON THE THREATS TO DEMOCRACY.

3 YEARS AFTER THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.

A BAN ON EXTREMIST POLICE OFFICERS IS SET TO GO INTO EFFECT IN CHICAGO.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS HAS A PREVIEW ON THAT AND MUCH MORE.

>> THERE'S AN IMPLICIT THREAT TO YOUR CAR WILL PAY THE PRICE.

SO AND WE DIG INTO A LOOK AT THE MADNESS AND MERRIMENT OF CHICAGO'S PARKING SPOTS.

SAVING TRADITION.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

WE'RE NOW LEARNING WHY DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN WAS HOSPITALIZED IN LATE AUGUST OR DECEMBER.

EXCUSE ME, THE PENTAGON SAYS AUSTIN WAS BEING TREATED FOR PROSTATE CANCER THROUGH A MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURE.

>> HE WAS UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA DURING THIS PROCEDURE.

SECRETARY AUSTIN RECOVERED AND THEN FLEE FROM HIS SURGERY AND RETURNED HOME THE NEXT MORNING.

HIS PROSTATE CANCER WAS DETECTED EARLY AND HIS PROGNOSIS IS EXCELLENT.

DEFENSE.

>> DAYS LATER, AUSTIN WAS READMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A URINARY TRACT INFECTION.

ALSO HAS BEEN UNDER CRITICISM SINCE NEITHER THE WHITE HOUSE NOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASSUMED HIS DUTIES WERE AWARE OF THE HOSPITALIZATION UNTIL 3 DAYS AFTER HE WAS ADMITTED.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT'S TAKING A LOOK AT PROCESSES ACROSS THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE SOMETHING LIKE DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS LOST MORE THAN 77,000 ELECTRONIC DEVICES WORTH.

23 MILLION DOLLARS.

CPS INSPECTOR GENERAL WILL FLETCHER SAYS THE DEVICES LIKE IPADS AND TABLETS MOSTLY ISSUED DUE TO STUDENTS DURING REMOTE LEARNING AND THE PANDEMIC OFTEN WEREN'T RETURNED.

WITH LITTLE CONSEQUENCE.

IN SOME CASES, SCHOOLS REPORTED 100% OF THE EQUIPMENT IS LOST OR STOLEN WITH SOME STUDENTS NOT RETURNING MULTIPLE DEVICES.

THEY HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

FLETCHER'S OFFICE MADE 16 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING REWRITING ITS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT POLICY.

YOU CAN READ THE FULL REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE.

AS THE RACE TO BECOME THE NEXT COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY PICKS UP SPEED.

THE CURRENT OFFICEHOLDER IS REFLECTING ON HER RECORD IN FUTURE.

KIM FOXX SPOKE WITH FAITH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE AND ADDRESSED THE FREQUENT CRITICISM THAT CHICAGO'S CRIME AND VIOLENCE RATES.

OUR REFLECTION OF HOW MANY AND WHICH CRIMES HER OFFICE PROSECUTES.

>> KEEP HIM PLAY BECAUSE YEAH, I'M TIRED OF FALSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CRIME AND VIOLENCE.

WHAT IT TAKES AND THIS NOTION THAT ONE SINGULAR INDIVIDUAL IN A ROLE IN AN OFFICE IS WHAT'S GOING TO CHANGE IT WHEN WE IN THIS ROOM KNOW WHAT IT >> LAST YEAR FOX ANNOUNCED SHE WON'T BE RUNNING FOR A 3RD TERM.

2 DEMOCRATS AND ONE REPUBLICAN HAVE FILED TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE.

THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION IS ON MARCH 19TH.

AND IF YOU CAN WORK FROM HOME TOMORROW, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO SAYS RAIN AND SNOW WILL LEAD TO A SLOW AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

ANY RAIN MOVING IN LATER TONIGHT WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW IN CHICAGO METRO AREA.

IF YOU HAVE A LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW, IT MAY BE SNOWING NOW.

THEN TOMORROW IT WILL BE COLD AND BLUSTERY WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED.

UP NEXT, ASSESSING THE DANGEROUS TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN 2024.

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.

>> SATURDAY MARKED THE 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSAULT ON THE U.S. CAPITOL BY SUPPORTERS OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WITH TRUMP, THE OVERWHELMING FAVORITE TO GET THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION ONCE AGAIN, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS BEGINNING TO FOCUS HIS ATTACKS ON HIS PRESUMED OPPONENT IN A SPEECH FRIDAY FROM VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BIDEN PORTRAYED TRUMP AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND MAKE CLEAR THAT IN HIS MIND, THE ELECTORAL STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER.

>> THIS IS NOT RHETORICAL ACADEMIC OR HYPOTHETICAL.

MORE THAN A MOCK RUSS IS STILL AMERICA'S SACRED CAUSE IS THE MOST URGENT QUESTION OF OUR TIME.

THAT'S WHAT THE 2024 ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT.

>> JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS ROBERT PAPE, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, TERRORISM SPECIALIST AND THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO PROJECT ON SECURITY AND THREATS.

ROBERT, WELCOME BACK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THANKS FOR HAVING SO, OF COURSE, SINCE THE ATTACKS ON THE CAPITAL, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOU ALL BEEN WORKING TO TRACK THE THREAT OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL VIOLENCE THROUGH YOUR DANGEROUS TO DEMOCRACY SURVEY.

HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE LEVEL OF THE THREAT TODAY AND WHAT'S BEEN THE WE ARE A TENDER BOX OF THE COUNTRY.

THERE ARE LITERALLY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE WILLING >> TO USE FOR SAY THEY'RE WILLING TO USE FORCE IN SUPPORT THE USE OF FORCE TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL GOALS IF THEY CAN TO ACHIEVE THEM THROUGH THE BALLOT BOX.

THAT IS A REALLY STRIKING PHENOMENON.

THERE'S A LARGE GROUP ON THE RIGHT.

YOU CAN CALL THEM THE MAG OF THE VIOLENT MAGER RIGHT.

AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT ISN'T JUST THESE VIOLENT SENTIMENTS ON THE RIGHT.

IT'S THAT THERE'S A LEADER DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF WHO'S DEMONSTRATED A UNIQUE WILLINGNESS AND CAPACITY TO MOBILIZE LARGE FOLKS IN THE MAINSTREAM TO SUPPORT THE USE OF VIOLENCE FOR HIS GOALS GO THERE ARE SIMILAR.

I WOULD SETTLEMENTS ON THE LEFT.

WE HAVE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE VIOLENTLY OPPOSED TO THE RETURN OF DONALD TRUMP WHO ARE VIOLENTLY IN FAVOR OF RESTORING ABORTION RIGHTS.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SIMILAR READER ON THE LEFT THAT ACTUALLY STOKING THOSE FLAMES, ENCOURAGING THAT VIOLENCE.

AND SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE A TINDERBOX OF THE COUNTRY, THE MAIN PROBLEMS WE'RE FACING OVER THE NEXT SAY 12 MONTHS ARE LIKELY GOING TO BE ON THE RIGHT.

>> YOU SAY THAT THIS IS A STRIKING PHENOMENON.

IS THIS LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE, ACTUAL VIOLENT SAY, FOLKS, ARE THEY ADMIT TO BEING WILLING TO USE FORCE WHERE THOSE SAME FOLKS KIND OF QUIET ABOUT THEIR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO USE FORCE ONCE UPON A TIME.

AND NOW IT'S OK TO SAY OUT LOUD.

>> WHAT I'VE FOR 30 YEARS, I HAVE STUDIED POLITICAL VIOLENCE AROUND THE WORLD.

WHAT'S STRIKING IS THE MAINSTREAM NATURE OF THE SUPPORT FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.

THIS STARTS WITH JANUARY 6 ON JANUARY 6.

WE NOW HAVE OVER 1100 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED FOR CRIMES RELATED TO JANUARY 6, NEARLY 50% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, ARCHITECTS, THEY ARE BUSINESS OWNERS.

THEIR EXECUTIVES IN CORPORATIONS, CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING IN SCHOMBERG HERE.

BASICALLY MIDDLE-CLASS FOLKS IN ELMHURST HERE IN CHICAGO.

WHAT'S REALLY STRIKING IS THAT WE'RE SEEING THE SUPPORT FOR VIOLENCE IN THE MAINSTREAM AND EVEN AMONG AFFLUENT SEGMENTS THE COUNTRY.

AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NORMAL.

NORMALLY WE WOULD EXPECT VIOLENCE TO BE WITH FOLKS WHOM I THINK VERY LITTLE TO LOSE.

THESE FOLKS HAVE A LOT TO LOSE.

WELL, AND YOU ARGUE, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE FRINGE ELEMENTS, THE PROUD BOYS, THE OATH KEEPERS AND THE BUT YOU SAY THAT THAT IS NOT THE COMPLETE PICTURE.

>> AND AS YOU JUST REFERENCED, YOUR RESEARCH TELLS YOU MORE ABOUT THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE CAPITOL COMMITTING THAT ASSAULT 3 YEARS AGO.

IT WAS VERY EASY FOR THE NEWS MEDIA TO FOCUS ON THE QANON SCHOEMAN.

IT WAS VERY EASY TO FOCUS OATH, KEEPER OR PROUD BOYS.

SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY WEARING KIND OF UNIFORM.

SO YOU ACTUALLY PICK THEM OUT.

>> WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE LAST 3 YEARS IS THAT THOSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE MINOR PART OF THE INSURRECTION.

ONLY 12% OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO INVADED THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6 WERE MEMBERS OF THE PROUD BOYS.

PORCO'S KEEPERS.

NEARLY 90% WERE NOT.

THEY WERE TRUMP SUPPORTERS BASICALLY ORDINARY TRUMP SUPPORTERS COMING FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND MOSTLY FROM URBAN AREAS OR SUBURBAN AREAS, NOT FROM RURAL AMERICA.

SO WE TEND TO I CAN PUT IT.

CRUDELY OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS AS REDNECKS OR IN PICKUP TRUCKS IN RURAL AREAS.

THAT'S NOT THE PROFILE OF THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS WHO INVADED THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO SPECIAL AND SO DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET OUR ARMS WRAPPED AROUND BECAUSE I THINK IT'S COMFORTABLE FOR US TO THINK THAT THE FINAL FOLKS ARE JUST THESE FRINGES.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO FOLKS WHO COULD JUST BE THAT INSURRECTIONISTS NEXT STORE.

>> IS TRUMP'S RHETORIC ABOUT THE ELECTION.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WHAT OUT IN THE SO-CALLED BIG LIE AND THAT THE ELECTION WAS SAYS THE MAIN SOURCE OF WHAT'S SORT OF DRIVING THIS LEVEL OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR IS THAT A SYMPTOM OF SOMETHING ACTUALLY MUCH DEEPER?

I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE BOTH DEEP SOURCES AND NEAR-TERM SOURCES AND THESE ARE NOT CAUSE.

THEY KIND OF FIT TOGETHER.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR STUDIES THE SUPPORTERS OF TRUMP ON JANUARY 6 AND ALSO IN OUR NATIONAL SURVEYS IS THE VIOLENCE SUPPORT SURROUNDING DONALD TRUMP SEEMS TO GO TO THE FEAR OF THE GREAT REPLACEMENT.

THE IDEA THAT THERE IS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IT'S MALICIOUSLY OCCURRING.

AND THIS IS WHERE TRUMP'S RHETORIC COMES OUT BECAUSE WHAT TRUMP IS EXPLAINING AND OTHERS.

TUCKER CARLSON, STEVE BANNON, A WHOLE ARMY ON HIS SIDE ARE ARGUING IS THAT THIS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IS NOT HAPPENING SPONTANEOUSLY.

IT'S HAPPENING MALICIOUSLY AND WISH US PURPOSE TO ESSENTIALLY SUBJUGATE A PART OF THE POPULATION.

WELL, IF YOU START TO TELL FOLKS THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBJUGATED THEIR VICTIMS.

THIS PRODUCES A VERY DIFFERENT REACTION AMONG PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU ARE SEEING A LARGE AMOUNT OF NOT JUST SUPPORT FOR TRUMP AT THE BALLOT BOX, BUT REALLY DEDICATED AND VIOLENCE SUPPORT FOR TRUMP.

YOU KNOW, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE IS IT INEVITABLE THAT WE WILL SEE SORT OR RISE IN THIS THREAT?

NO, I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE EASY FOR THE PUBLIC THING.

THE PUBLIC, I THINK IS COMFORTABLE THINKING THE THREAT IS EITHER VERY HIGH OR VERY LOW PERMANENTLY WHEN, IN FACT, THE POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF TRUMP WILL HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THE LEVEL OF THE VIOLENT THREAT.

>> SO LONG AS TRUMP IS GAINING AT THE BALLOT BOX, HE'S GOT VERY LITTLE TO GAIN POLITICALLY BY ORCHESTRATING HIS FOLLOWERS TO DO ANY VIOLENCE.

AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST YEARS WITH THE INDICTMENTS AND NOW THE DISCUSSION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

TRUMP IS SORRY.

TRUMP IS SOARING.

SO THERE COULD BE A BIG CHANGE.

HOWEVER, WHEN TRUMP NO LONGER IS SOARING, IS FALLING BEHIND AND MAYBE LOSES.

THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH JUST LIKE ON JANUARY 6, TRUMP MAY RUN OUT OF POLITICAL OPTIONS TO GET AHEAD AND MAY REALIZE THAT VIOLENCE IS HIS ONLY MEANS WHICH HE WENT TO BEFORE SORT OF A SEESAW TRUMP'S NOT DOING SO WELL THAT THREAT OF VIOLENCE LIKELY TO BE HEARTENED X ONE WAY TO PUT IT A SEESAW, NOT A PERMANENT STATE OF EITHER RISING OR FALLING.

>> THIS IS WHY IT'S I THINK, CHALLENGING FOR POLITICIANS, FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EASIER IF WE THINK OF IT AS SIMPLY A WIN HERE PHENOMENON AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE PERIOD OF JUST 2 OR 3 WEEKS.

AN INTERESTING FACT, FOR INSTANCE, IS THAT SMALL NUMBERS OF FOLKS JANUARY 6 WHO ARE OATH KEEPERS AND PROUD BOYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY JOINED THE FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY INVADED THE CAPITOL, MILITIA GROUPS JUST 2 MONTHS BEFORE JANUARY 6.

THESE WERE NOT MEMBERS OF THE OATH KEEPERS AND PROUD BOYS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS LIKE SOMETHING THEY FOR NOW THE ELECTION AFTER THE ELECTION ELECTION HAPPENED, TRUMP IS EXPLAINING TO HIS BOSS.

THEY HAD WAS SIGNED UP AND THEY SIGNED UP AND OTHERS WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP WERE ALSO JUST AS VIOLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

ROBERT PAPE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> UP NEXT, THE LATEST ON A POLICY THAT BANS CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS FROM JOINING EXCRETE EXTREMIST GROUPS.

STAY WITH US.

THE BAN ON CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS BELONGING TO EXTREMIST GROUPS TAKES EFFECT THIS WEEKEND.

MEANWHILE, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TAKES A PASS ON THE LATEST CHALLENGE TO ILLINOIS'S ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND WHY IT TOOK DECADES TO PROVE FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE CORRUPTION AND ABUSE OF POWER.

HERE.

WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM AMANDA VICKI HAD OR SHARON AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

HELLO AGAIN, THE GANG'S ALL HERE.

SO AS WE SAID, STARTING SATURDAY, A POLICY THAT BANS CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS FROM JOINING EXTREMIST GROUPS TAKES EFFECT.

HEATHER, HOW CPD GOING TO IMPLEMENT OR ENFORCE THIS?

WELL, THIS IS REALLY THE CRUCIAL QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A POLICY ON THE BOOKS.

AND IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HOLD A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING THAT POLICY.

AND IF YOU ASK INSPECTOR GENERAL DE PERE WHISPERED, SHE SAYS, LOOK, THERE'S ALREADY A POLICY ON THE BOOKS THAT SAYS OFFICERS CANNOT BRING DISREPUTE TO THE DEPARTMENT.

>> AND AFTER YOUR CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT PAPE, IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING THAT BRINGS DISPERSED PEW TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THEN ASSOCIATING WITH GROUPS LIKE OATH KEEPERS AND THE PROUD BOYS.

I AM HARD PRESSED TO THINK OF IT.

THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIRE MANY AS DOZEN POLICE OFFICER WHO HAVE TIES TO THOSE GROUPS.

WHETHER THIS POLICY, ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE VOTED ON AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

IT'S VERY MUCH AN OPEN QUESTION.

THERE'S A MINUS WHY THEY PASSED THIS FAN OR OVER.

THERE IS THAT KIND OF HIGH-PROFILE CASE OF FOR OFFICER ROBERT THEY FAIL.

THEY HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE TIES ADMITTED TO HAVE TIES TO THE PROUD BOYS, EXTREMIST GROUP WHOSE LEADERS WERE CONVICTED FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION.

AND AS HEATHER SAID, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

>> TO EXPEL A POLICE OFFICER FOR A REASON LIKE THE BEER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DID.

THEIR INVESTIGATION SAID LOOK WEEKLY, WE DON'T HAVE GROUNDS TO FIRE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER OFFICERS.

AS HEATHER MENTIONED, THEY CAME THE SAME CONCLUSION.

THE IG DENVER WITH SAID NO, NO, NO, NO.

YOU'VE GOT A LOOK AT THIS AGAIN.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT GROUNDS TO EXPEL THESE OFFICERS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL COMES IN AND SAYS, I GUESS WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PASS ORDINANCE HERE.

KIND OF DEFINE THIS.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE ISSUES OF POLICE MISCONDUCT.

THERE'S THE POLICE BOARD.

THERE'S THERE'S HOW THESE THINGS GET ADJUDICATED IN THE POLICE UNION.

YOU KNOW, FIGHTS THESE THINGS A TOOTH AND NAIL.

AND AGAIN, IN THESE CASES THEY WERE CLEAR CUT THE OFFICERS HAD ADMITTED OR HAD DOCUMENTED THEIR TIES TO GROUPS LIKE THE OATH KEEPERS AND THE 3 PERCENTERS IN THE PROUD BOYS.

I'M HEATHER.

SPEAKING OF, OF COURSE, THE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD MENTION 7 PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WILL BE SELECTED FORT WHO IS QUALIFIED TO SERVE ON THIS.

SO YOU HAVE TO SPEND A CHICAGO IN FOR 5 YEARS IN.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF EXPERTISE EITHER HAS A LAWYER OR A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.

>> THE BOARD ALSO HAS TO BE BALANCED GEOGRAPHICALLY 2 MEMBERS FROM THE NORTH SOUTH AND WEST SIDE, AT LEAST AS WELL AS 2 MEMBERS YOUNGER THAN 24 ENSURE THAT CHICAGO'S YOU HAS A VOICE ON THIS COMMISSION.

SO IT IS VERY MUCH AN OPEN QUESTION AS TO WHETHER ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL APPLY FOR THESE POSITIONS THAT THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND THEN MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON CAN PICK FROM THIS IS REALLY A TEST OF WHETHER THIS NEW OVERSIGHT STRUCTURE THAT IS DESIGNED TO GIVE REAL CHICAGOANS A SAY IN HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATES.

WEATHER WORKS WERE APPROACHING THAT AND THERE'S LIKE 400 HOURS OF LIKE NEGOTIATING IN LEGISLATING WITH ALL THE TO COME TO THIS.

>> KIND OF FRANKENSTEIN A SOLUTION BECAUSE NO ONE COULD AGREE ON WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO THEY NEGOTIATE, NEGOTIATE, NEGOTIATE.

>> AND THIS KIND OF IS WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S COMPLICATED.

THAT'S IT'S AWESOME.

BECAUSE IF IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S THERE'S ALSO THIS RECENT THE STATEWIDE BAN BACK IN THE HEADLINES AGAIN, U.S. SUPREME COURT DECIDING THE LOWER DECIDING TO TAKE A PASS SHOULD SAY GUNS.

BUT THE LATEST CHALLENGE TO ILLINOIS'S ASSAULT WEAPONS.

>> BAND BROUGHT BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN CAULKINS WATER.

HE AND OTHERS ARGUING WELL, SO THIS IS SORT OF A DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS WHAT REALLY CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS LIKELY NOT THE END OF THE LEGAL CHALLENGES FOR THIS LAW, INCLUDING EVEN BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

SO SECOND AMENDMENT CHALLENGES STILL REMAIN CAULKINS AND TRIED TO GO ANOTHER ROUTE, WHICH IS INTERESTING IS WE'RE APPROACHING AN ELECTION IN WHICH THERE'S AN OPEN SEAT FOR COOK COUNTY FOR A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IN ILLINOIS.

>> GIVEN THAT THIS CASE WAS DECIDED BY A 5 TO 2 MAJORITY, INCLUDING 2 NEW JUSTICES EACH RECEIVED A MILLION DOLLARS FROM GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER, WEIGHT WAS A DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE GIVEN THAT HE SIGNED IT INTO LAW.

AND SO CHALLENGE.

BUT MICHAEL KUNZE SAID HE MIGHT PROCESS RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.

THIS IS A COURT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THEY SHOULD HAVE RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM THEIR CASE.

IT STRIKES AT THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY.

IF YOU'RE WEIGHING IN ON A CASE FROM SOMEBODY FROM HER MUSIC, SEPTA DONATIONS.

AND SO THAT WAS WHAT IT IS.

YOU SAID IT'S NOT THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WEIGHED IN ON THOSE ARGUMENTS.

JUST THAT AS SO MANY CASES, THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TAKE A PASS TO NOT HEAR KNOW THAT THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT DEADLINE HAS PASSED.

IT TOOK EFFECT JULY FIRST JANUARY.

FIRST, USE ME.

I KNEW THAT STARTED WITH THE LETTER.

HOW'S IT GOING YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT GOING GREAT.

PRESUMABLY WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY WAY TO KNOW HOW MANY GUNS SHOULD BE REGISTERED PER THE LAW.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME 2.4 MILLION FOID CARDHOLDERS IN REALLY TINY LIKE ONE PERCENT OF THAT THAT THE LESS THAN 30,000 >> INDIVIDUALS HAVE REGISTERED SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING GREAT.

AND NOW THAT THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED, THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWN QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHETHER PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS.

IT ALL, WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY SORT OF COMPLIANCE CHECKS IN FURTHER WHAT HAPPENS IF IT IS PASSED.

YOU SAY, OH, GOSH, I DO HAVE A GUN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REGISTERED AND YOU FILE IT.

WILL YOU GET IN TROUBLE?

THERE'S A MEETINGS MUST DISPEL RULES AFTER THE DEADLINE IN THE THE 16TH, RIGHT?

I'M SURE HE'LL TELL US MORE ONCE WE FIGURE THAT OUT OF COURSE, AS WE COVERED FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE CONVICTED OF 13 OUT OF 14 COUNTS OF RACKETEERING, BRIBERY AND EXTORTION.

IT ALL WENT DOWN JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

BUT HOW DO WE KNOW YOU'VE TAKEN?

>> A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS CASE.

WHY DID ACCOUNTABILITY TAKE SO LONG?

WELL, I REALLY THINK THAT'S THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION THAT CHICAGOANS ARE LEFT WITH AFTER THIS REALLY LAND TO MARK VERDICT BECAUSE THE TAPES THAT WE HEARD WERE ED BURKE SORT OF REFLECTS OF LEE ENGAGING IN CORRUPTION WHEN EVER GIVEN.

>> THE SLIGHTEST OPPORTUNITY.

AND THAT IS WHY HE IS LIKELY FACING A LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE.

MY QUESTION WAS, WHY WAS HE ALLOWED TO OPERATE THAT WAY?

AND I THINK THAT THE THE THE REALLY ONLY QUESTION THE ONLY ANSWER TO THAT IS THIS BECAUSE THAT IS THE CULTURE THAT CHICAGOANS WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE THESE KIND OF CASES.

AND I SPOKE WITH CONSTANT NIXON WHO TESTIFIED IN CASE AND SAID, LOOK, IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR DANNY SOLIS, TAKING THE PROSECUTORS BEHIND THESE CLOSED DOORS, THIS PROBABLY NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

SO IT IS REALLY SORT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IS WHY HE IS THE 38TH ALDERMAN SINCE 1969 TO BE CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION.

AND AS U.S. ATTORNEY SAID, THE $64,000 QUESTION IS, WILL THIS DETER OTHER POLITICIANS FROM ENGAGING IN SIMILAR SIDE-FOOT PUT FOLKS.

ALL THE PEOPLE WERE MORE AND SO HEATHER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY OTHER PERSON IN CITY COUNCIL THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS BECAUSE THEY ALL KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, HE ABSTAIN FROM HUNDREDS 100'S OF VOTES FOR A REASON BECAUSE HE HAD A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

BUT WE KNOW THAT HE INFLUENCED THOSE VOTES.

THEY ALL KNEW HAD ANY OF THEM.

>> GOING TO THE FED'S EARLIER.

AND THERE WAS ALSO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL JOE FERGUSON, WHO IS ON HIM ALSO FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS A PART OF THIS CASE.

SO IT AND THE LAST SAYS ED BURKE WAS TOO SMART.

HE'S TOO QUICK FOR THE FACE UNTIL HE WASN'T MUCH.

LET'S ALSO REMEMBER HOW MUCH WAS CAUGHT ON THOSE TAPES?

THINGS.

IT'S FRANKLY SURPRISED THE FED SO LEAST NEAR THE WHOLE LOT A LOT MORE THAT IS AND HAS ESPECIALLY RIGHT THAT SPOTLIGHT EVERYBODY.

AMANDA, HEATHER, PARIS, THANKS.

GAME UP NEXT, YOU'RE EITHER FOR IT OR AGAINST IT.

2 KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF DIBS IN CHICAGO.

>> BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT HOW SOON YOU MAY HAVE TO CLAIM THAT PARKING SPOT.

SO THAT PREDICTED SNOW STORM KIND OF MORE OF A RAINY MESS TODAY.

BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU MAY BE SEEING SOME SLUSHY SNOW OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN EXPECT MORE OF THE WHITE STUFF LATER IN THE WEEK WHEN IT COMES TO SHOW AND SNOW IN CHICAGO, YOU CAN BANK ON IT.

SEE WHAT WE DID THERE.

AND WITH SNOW IN CHICAGO COMES PARKING HEADACHES, WHICH OF COURSE MEANS THE RETURN OF DIBS.

WHAT EXACTLY IS WHEN DID IT START AND IS IT EVEN LEGAL?

>> THOSE ARE AMONG THE QUESTIONS WE TAKE ON IN THE LATEST EDITION OF OUR AWARD-WINNING SERIES W T TW NEWS EXPLAINS.

HERE'S ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> EVERY WINTER CHICAGO STANDS DIVIDED AROUND A PRACTICE COMMONLY KNOWN AS DIPS WHEN CAR OWNERS USE JANKY HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS RESERVE THEIR PRECIOUS SHOVELED OUT PARKING SPACES.

THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS THAT TAKING YOUR CAR OUT FROM THE SNOW YOU EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO THE SPOT?

>> SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO KIDS IN PART OF HIS BASE SOMEONE ELSE'S MARK WITH FOLDING CHAIR, DUBIOUSLY ACQUIRED TRAFFIC CONES FOR A LATE GEORGIAN.

HAVE TO WAIT.

CYBORG.

THERE'S AN IMPLICIT THREATS TO YOUR CAR WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR A SO HOW DID WELL, CHICAGO IS AMONG A HANDFUL OF AMERICAN CITIES THAT HAVE THE CONDITIONS TO CREATE A PERFECT STORM FOR WINTER PARK.

I PART OWNERSHIP, DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND THE SNOWY CLIMATE START SNOWFALLS IN 1967, 1979.

WERE SO CATASTROPHIC TO CHICAGO STREET AND SHOVELERS BACKS THAT FOLKS BEGIN DEFENDING THEIR SPOTS WITH WHATEVER JUNK WAS HAND SINCE THEN CALLING OUT THE OLD MILK CRATES OR PATIO FURNITURE AFTER A HEFTY SNOWFALL HAS BECOME MORE LA STANDARD PRACTICE IN CHICAGO.

MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF OTHERS WHO FIND THE PRACTICE PUTTING A LITTLE A NEIGHBOR.

BE ARE THE BIGGEST CITY TO CALLED WE'RE NOT THE ONLY IN PITTSBURGH.

IT'S KNOWN AS THE PITTSBURGH PARKING THEY ALSO DO IT IN BOSTON THE DAY PROBABLY CALL IT THE PACKING AND IF THE TERM WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE COLUMNIST JOHN KASS POINT IN 1999, ISN'T CUTE ENOUGH FOR IN PHILADELPHIA.

COLLEGE >> BOTTOM LINE IS DID HE GO IN CHICAGO?

COME IT'S NOT.

OF COURSE IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT.

BUT WHEN MAYOR RICHARD DALEY WAS ASKED HIS THOUGHTS ON IN 2001, HE ECHOED THE FEELINGS OF MANY CHICAGOANS.

>> IF SOMEONE SPENDS ALL HER TIME TO GET CAR WITH DRIVE INTO SO CONSIDER THAT FAIR WARNING.

CHICAGO UNTIL A CITY LEADER HAS ENOUGH SNOWBALLS, ENFORCE A NO DIPS POLICY.

>> PARK IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S DID SPOT LOOK YOUR OWN RISK.

>> I LOVE HEARING WHAT OTHER CITIES CALL IT.

SAVES THESE.

IF YOU'RE UPSET, YOU MISSED A CHANCE TO SHOVEL OUT A SPOT TODAY.

YOU'RE IN LUCK.

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THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

>> HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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