>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

GERRYMANDERING, GUNS AND ABORTION PILLS, THE SUPREME COURT IS ON THE CLOCK FOR ITS NEW TERM.

>> IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR WHO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ALREADY WORKS FOR AND IT IS NOT THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.

>> WILL KEVIN McCARTHY OR WON'T HE LOSE HIS JOB?

REPUBLICANS FIGHT AMONGST THEMSELVES AS HE FACES A REBELLION.

>> HE NEEDS THE SAME LOVE, CARE AND KINDNESS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES GIVE.

STOMACH ADVOCATES FOR THE MAJOR BIKE TRAIL SAY IT IS TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM.

STOMACH NOW TO SOME OF THE TOP STORIES, GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAS A ONE-WORD MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

HELP.

THE GOVERNOR SENT A LETTER TODAY OUTLINING CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS MIGRANT CRISIS ASKING FOR A BIGGER AND MORE CORRUGATED RESPONSE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE GOVERNOR IS ASKING FOR MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ILLINOIS AND ASKED FOR SOMEONE TO COORDINATE THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS CROSSING THE BORDER.

THE GOVERNOR ASKED THE PRESIDENT TO WAIVE FEES FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO GET PERMIT STATUS.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE STATE HAS SPENT UPWARDS OF $330 MILLION ALREADY AND EIGHT FOR MIGRANTS, THIS IS SOME CITY COUNCILMEMBERS SAY THE STATE HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH TO HELP OUT THE CITY.

STOMACH WEAPONS OWNERS HAVE THREE MONTHS TO REGISTER THEIR GUNS UNDER THE NEW ILLINOIS GUN LAW.

REGISTRATION OPENED TODAY AND UNDER THE NEW ASSAULT RIFLE OWNERS MUST GET AN ENDORSEMENT AFFIDAVIT AND SUBMIT REGISTRATION TO CONTINUE OWNING A GUN.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE LAW PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR BANNING THE SALE AND OWNERSHIP OF THOSE WEAPONS, POLICE OFFICIALS SAY GUNS WILL NOT BE CONFISCATED IF OWNERS DO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES.

THEY ARE PLAYING THEIR WAY TO THE COURT SYSTEM, LIKELY TO EVENTUALLY BE DECIDED AT SOME POINT BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

STOMACH COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONY SAYS SHE WANTS TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE COUNTY.

THAT MEANS A PLAN TO GET ALL RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF RACE OR INCOME LEVEL ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND DEVICES TO CONNECT THEM THERE.

SHE ANNOUNCED THE FIRST EVER DIGITAL EQUITY PLAN TODAY BASED ON THE STUDY THAT INCLUDES 20% OF COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE HOME INTERNET SERVICES AND 21% DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER AT HOME.

THE PLAN COMES AS THE GOVERNMENT IS READY TO DOLE OUT $65 BILLION AS PART OF THE 2021 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TO CLOSE THE NATION'S DIGITAL DIVIDE.

STOMACH IT MIGHT BE HARDER GETTING AROUND THE LOOP.

STREET CLOSERS FOR THE CHICAGO MARATHON BEGAN TODAY.

SO FAR ELBOW DRIVE IS CLOSED BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND LAKESHORE DRIVE.

A FEW MORE CLOSURES COULD BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK AND THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 40 ON THE DAY OF THE MARATHON, SUNDAY.

OFFICIALS SAID THE SYSTEM WILL BE RUNNING MORE TRAINS AND BUSES FOR SPECTATORS AND RUNNERS TO GET TO AND FROM THE EVENT.

STOMACH WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE SUPREME COURT THIS TERM.

THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

QUIETER OPEN TO THE LATEST U.S. SUPREME COURT TERM TODAY THAN IN YEARS PAST.

THE ISSUES OF ABORTION, GUNS AND GERRYMANDERING ARE EXPECTED TO POP UP AGAIN DESPITE MAJOR RULINGS ON THESE VERY ISSUES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THIS COMES AS THE COURT FINDS ITSELF UNDER INCREASING SCRUTINY OF HER THICK CONCERNS.

JOINING US ARE CAROLYN SHAPIRO, CODIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO COLLEGE OF LAW'S INSTITUTE ON THE SUPREME COURT, SHE ALSO QUIRKED FOR STEPHEN BREYER AND DAVID FRANKLIN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT DePAUL UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF LAW.

HE ALSO WORKED FOR JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH HERE IN PERSON.

THINK OF JOINING.

ABORTION ACCESS, DESPITE THE WHIRLING, IT IS ON THE DOCKET AND INVOLVES MIFEPRISTONE AND WHAT IS AT STAKE?

>> EARLIER THIS YEAR DOCTORS IN TEXAS REPRESENTED BY THE ALLIANCE OF FREEDOM FILED A SUIT IN TEXAS IN A PARTICULAR DISTRICT WHERE THEY KNEW THEY WOULD GET ONE JUDGE WHO WAS VERY HOSTILE TO ABORTION.

THIS IS IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.

I ASKED HIM TO SAY THAT MIFEPRISTONE WAS ILLEGAL, THAT THE FDA HAD NOT DONE AN ADEQUATE JOB DETERMINING THAT IT WAS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

PART OF THEIR PROBLEM WAS THAT THEY WERE AN UNUSUAL GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BRING THIS CLAIM.

THEY ACTUALLY WERE DOCTORS WHO NEVER PRESCRIBED THIS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN ABORTION.

THEY SAY MAYBE SOMEDAY THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WE MIGHT HAVE TO TREAT WHO MIGHT HAVE TAKEN MIFEPRISTONE AND MIGHT SUFFER COMPLICATIONS AND THAT WOULD BE UPSETTING TO US.

UNDER NORMAL DOCTRINE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING THIS LAWSUIT BUT THE JUDGE ALLOWED THEM TO DO THAT.

THE FIFTH CIRCUIT DID AS WELL.

THEY CUT BACK SOMEWHAT ON THE JUDGES WHIRLING.

THE FIFTH CIRCUIT DID ALLOW MIFEPRISTONE TO CONTINUE UNDER ITS RULING, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE, BUT NOT THROUGH TELEMEDICINE.

THE SUPREME COURT STATED THE UPHOLDING.

THEY SAID WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE THIS CASE SO NOTHING CHANGES, THE PRE-EXISTING LAW REMAINS IN EFFECT.

MIFEPRISTONE REMAINS AVAILABLE AND UNDER THE TERMS THE FDA HAS SET UNTIL WE DECIDE THE CASE.

>> WHICH THEY WILL BE DOING SOON.

WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE SOME JUSTICES THAT VOTED ONE WAY AND DOBBS MIGHT SLIP AND VOTE IT DIFFERENTLY IN THIS?

>> IT IS POSSIBLE.

I DO THINK THAT ULTIMATELY THE COURT IS GOING TO FIND THESE DOCTORS DON'T HAVE TO STAND IT FOR THE REASONS THAT CAROLYN GAVE ERIC BUT I HAVE BEEN WRONG BEFORE.

>> ANOTHER IMPORTANT CASE, NOT THE ILLINOIS LAW, WE ASSUME THAT WILL GET THERE, BUT THIS IS CONCERNING RESTRICTIONS AROUND PEOPLE BUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS AND THEIR ABILITY TO OWN GUNS.

WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS CASE?

>> THERE IS A LAW THAT SAYS IF YOU ARE UNDER A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER AND THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN THIS CASE WAS, HE BEAT UP HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THREATENED HER WITH A GUN, FEDERAL LAW SAYS THAT WHILE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER IS IN EFFECT YOU CAN'T HAVE FIREARMS ANYMORE.

HE ARGUES THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT, THE CONSTITUTION AUTHORIZES HIM TO KEEP HIS GUN.

THE FEDERAL LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

ALL OF THIS COMES BACK TO A 2020 TO RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT WRITTEN BY JUSTICE THOMAS IN WHICH THE COURT ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT ALL LAWS REGULATED FIREARM OWNERSHIP ARE PRESUMED TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT CAN SHOW THAT THERE WAS SOME SIMILAR LAW ON THE BOOKS ARE A SIMILAR HISTORY AND TRADITION OF REGULATING THAT ACTIVITY GOING BACK TO THE 18th CENTURY WHEN THE CONSTITUTION WAS FIRST ENACTED.

>> WE SHOULD SAY THERE WERE PROBABLY NOT ANY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS AS WE UNDERSTAND THEM ON THE BOOKS AT THAT POINT.

IS THAT THE STANDARD YOU BELIEVE THE CONSERVATIVES WOULD USE TO MAKE >> THE FIFTH CIRCUIT RULED THAT THIS GUY HAD A SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO HIS GUN BECAUSE BACK IN THE 18th CENTURY WOMEN WERE NOT PROTECTED BY THE LAW IN THE WAY THAT WOMEN ARE TODAY.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARD ONE FOR A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT.

I THINK JUSTICE THOMAS WILL PROBABLY STICK TO HIS POSITION THAT IT IS NOT A CLOSE ENOUGH ANALOGY, BUT I THINK A NUMBER OF JUSTICES ARE LIKELY TO SAY WAIT A MINUTE, THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF KEEPING PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS FROM HAVING GARDENS, AND THIS IS ANALOGOUS TO THAT REGULATION, BUT WE WILL SEE.

I HAVE BEEN WRONG BEFORE.

>> I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS ENTIRE APPROACH TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS ABSURD AND DANGEROUS AND IT ALSO REVEALS THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS A SELECTIVE APPROACH TO THIS SO-CALLED ORIGINALIST METHODOLOGY.

LOOKING THROUGH 18th CENTURY STATUTE BOOKS OR ANALOGOUS REGULATIONS WHEN GUNS ARE FAR MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE AND THEREFORE FAR MORE DEADLY THAN THEY WERE BACK THEN, LET ALONE THE STATUS HAVING CHANGED SO MUCH, IT IS RIDICULOUS.

WE OUGHT TO CALL IT LIKE WE SEE IT.

THAT IS WHAT IT HAS BECOME IN THIS AREA.

>> DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND DIFFERENT WEAPONS.

ONCE AGAIN, GERRYMANDERING ON THE DOCKET THIS TIME INVOLVING THE MAPS DRAWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MANY STATES IN HIS HEART, IT INVOLVES RACE.

TELL US ABOUT THIS.

>> THE CLAIM IS OF RACIAL GERRYMANDERING.

THE PLAINTIFFS ARE AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA NAACP AND THEY SAY WHEN SOUTH CAROLINA REDREW THEIR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THEY DELIBERATELY MOVED 30,000 BLACK PEOPLE OUT OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1, THEY WERE THE TARGET OF 17% BLACK PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT AND THAT VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION, THAT ALLOWS RACE TO PREDOMINATE IN REDISTRICTING AND THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR A LONG LINE OF CASES.

SOUTH CAROLINA WHICH IS A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED STATE IS DEFENDING ITSELF BY SAYING IT IS NOT THAT WE WERE TRYING TO TARGET RACE WE WERE TRYING TO TARGET PARTISANSHIP.

OF COURSE IN THE SOUTH IN PARTICULAR RACE AND PARTISANSHIP ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED.

THE SUPREME COURT DID SAY IN 2019 THAT IT WOULD NOT DECIDE WHEN PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUT THEY DID NOT SAY IT WAS CONSTITUTIONAL, THEY SAID IT IS ANTIDEMOCRATIC AND JUSTICE KENNEDY SAID THE OTHER BRANCHES SHOULD NOT BE DOING THINGS THAT ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, SO WHETHER THEY WILL ALLOW THIS TO ACTUALLY STAND AT THE DEFENSE TO RACIAL GERRYMANDERING, I THINK IT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

>> WE WILL SEE IF IT GOES AWAY.

THEY ROLLED IN THE CASE IN ALABAMA, A SIMILAR ISSUE.

DAVID FRANKLIN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CASES THAT SORT OF RETAIN TO THE POWER OF FEDERAL AGENCIES TO REGULATE WHAT SORT OF THINGS THEY HAVE.

GIVE US THE UMBRELLA OF WHAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL CONSIDER.

>> THERE IS A LOT TO WATCH THIS TERM.

THERE IS A CASE WHICH THE SUPREME COURT MIGHT OVERRULE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT SUPREME COURT CASE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD OF A CASE CALLED CHEVRON WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THAT WHEN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY IS CHARGED WITH ENFORCING THE LAW, IT GETS TO INTERPRET THE LAW IF THE LAW IS AMBIGUOUS AT LEAST AS LONG AS THE AGENCY AS BEING REASONABLE.

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST OFT CITED CASES, BUT THE SUPREME COURT ITSELF DOES NOT LIKE THE CHEVRON CASE ANYMORE AND WILL PROBABLY OVERRULE IT OR SHARPLY CUT BACK.

THERE IS ALSO CASES INVOLVING WHETHER THE EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS THE ABILITY TO ADJUDICATE DISPUTES UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND WHETHER THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU'S FUNDING MECHANISM MAKES THAT AND HER AGENCY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

ALL OF THESE CASES COMING OUT, MOST OF THEM OUT OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT GET SOME MENTIONING AND ALL OF THEM ARE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON THIS SORT OF DEREGULATORY MISSION AMONG CONSERVATIVES TO DISMANTLE THE FENESTRATED STATE AND I THINK SEVERAL OF THE JUSTICES, MAYBE A MAJORITY WILL BE TEMPTED TO GO ALONG WITH SOME OF THOSE THEORIES.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE FROM SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT THAT IS THE DIRECTION THEY WANT TO GO.

WE MENTIONED THEY ARE HEARING THESE CASES AS THE COURT ITSELF IS FACING A CRISIS, AND I GUESS IT'S APPEARANCE OF INDEPENDENCE OR BEING FREED FROM ETHICAL PROBLEMS GIVEN THE REPORTING ON JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS, THE FREE VACATIONS HE TOOK FROM THE BILLIONAIRE WHO IS INVOLVED IN CASES BEFORE THE COURT.

HE DID NOT REPORT MUCH OF HIS STUFF.

THE SUPREME COURT IS SAYING THEY MIGHT START WRITING SOME GUIDELINES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD COME UP WITH?

>> IF THEY ARE SMART THEY WILL COME UP WITH GUIDELINES THAT BASICALLY MATCH THE ONES THE REST OF THE JUDICIARY HAS TO FOLLOW.

THERE MIGHT BE SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES FOR THE SUPREME COURT, BUT THAT IS WHAT I THINK THEY SHOULD DO.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WELCOME I CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW THEY WILL GET UNANIMITY ON THIS.

I THINK JUSTICE THOMAS AND ALITO ARE BOTH VERY DEFENSIVE ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AND JUSTICE THOMAS HAS WRITTEN ABOUT ACCESS IN SOME OF HIS OPINIONS THAT SUGGEST I THINK HE DOES NOT DO ANYTHING HE HAS DONE SHOULD EVEN HAVE TO BE DISCLOSED.

SO I AM NOT SURE THEY WILL GET UNANIMITY AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT THEY WILL DO IF THEY CAN'T GET IT.

>> ONLY A FEW SECONDS, BUT ANOTHER INTERESTING CASE INVOLVING HOW TO REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THIS IS AGAIN COMING OUT OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.

>> TEXAS HAS A LAW THAT BASICALLY SAYS THE LARGEST SOCIAL MEDIA FORMS WE ARE GOING TO REGULATE THE WAY YOU MODERATE YOUR CONTENT SO WE ARE GOING TO STOP YOU FROM REMOVING ACCOUNTS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR VIEWS.

THAT SEEMS TO CLEARLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AS LONG AS YOU ACCEPT THE IDEA THAT TWITTER AND FACEBOOK HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THEY ARE LIKE THE NEW YORK TIMES, THEY CAN DECIDE WHAT MATERIAL THEY WANT TO CARRY AND WHICH THEY DON'T.

I THINK THE SUPREME COURT WILL VIEW IT THAT WAY, AND WILL STRIKE DOWN THE LAW.

>> INTERESTING GETTING TO THIS POINT OF WHEN ARE THESE PRIVATE COMPANIES PART OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE BECAUSE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE USING THEM FOR.

DAVID AND CAROLYN, INSIGHTFUL AS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU.

STOMACH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT AHEAD.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> IT IS MONDAY.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS STILL OPERATING.

THAT IS BECAUSE OF AN 11th HOUR DELL TO AVERT A SHUT DOWN FOR NOW.

NOW THE TALK TURNS TO POLITICS AND INTERPARTY BICKERING AS A HARD RIGHT MEMBER OF CONGRESS THREATENS TO REMOVE KEVIN McCARTHY FROM HIS JOB.

JOINING US NOW IS FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH.

NO STRANGER TO TROUBLEMAKING AND RABBLE ROUSING IN CONGRESS.

GREAT TO SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS.

LET'S TURN TO THE SPARRING PARTNERS IN WASHINGTON AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

>> IT IS EASY TO BE A CONSERVATIVE WHO WANTS TO DO NOTHING, BUT I BELIEVE AMERICA ONCE DEFINED A CONSERVATIVE THAT CAN MAKE GOVERNMENT WORK EFFICIENTLY, EFFICIENTLY AND BE ACCOUNTABLE.

>> IT IS BECOMING CLEAR TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ALREADY WORKS FOR AND IT IS NOT THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.

>> WE WE NEED TO REMIND THE VIEWERS THE SPEAKER AGREED TO THESE RULES WHERE ONLY ONE PERSON COULD FILE A MOTION TO VACATE IF THEY WANTED TO AND THAT ONE PERSON SEEMS TO BE MATT GATES RIGHT NOW.

SO IS McCARTHY'S JOB IN JEOPARDY TO MAC >> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

KEVIN McCARTHY, THE SPEAKER IS VERY VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT MATT GATES IS SOMEONE WHO REALLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY FRIENDS.

NOBODY IN CONGRESS LIKES HIM.

SO McCARTHY IS BENEFITING FROM THAT.

HE IS A NUMBER OF HARD-LINERS IN THE HOUSE TODAY WHO CAME OUT AND SAID NOW IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO GET RID OF McCARTHY.

I HAVE BEEN VERY PUBLIC AND THAT THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE IS RUN BY MAGDA.

IT IS ANIMATED BY MOST OF McCARTHY'S CONFERENCE.

IT IS THE HARD-LINERS, BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO FIGHT ABOUT, THEY WOULD RATHER GO AFTER HUNTER BIDEN AND JOE BIDEN AND ALL THE REST, NOT MESS AROUND WITH SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.

MATT GAETZ IS ON HIS OWN.

>> YOU THINK THESE HARD-LINERS THAT HAVE AGREED WITH HIM AND THESE ARE PROBABLY THE MOST HARD-CORE SUPPORTERS WILL KIND OF LET HIM TWIST ON THE VINE AND LET HIM GO ON TV AND THEN KIND OF LET IT FIZZLE OUT?

>> YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, THEY DON'T THINK THIS HELPS THEM POLITICALLY.

MOST OF MY FORMER COLLEAGUES IN THAT CONFERENCE, THEY ARE JUMPERS.

DONALD TRUMP RUNS THAT CONFERENCE, BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO FIGHT ABOUT, SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY RIGHTLY BELIEVE THAT HURTS THE REPUBLICANS.

AGAIN, THE BOGUS BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, ALL OF THAT, INVESTIGATING ERIC GARLAND, THAT IS THE KIND OF STUFF THEY WANT TO DO.

>> THEY HAD A HICCUP WITH THAT BIDEN IMPEACHMENT STUFF BECAUSE THEY HELD A HEARING AND FOLKS CAME AND TESTIFIED THAT THEY HAND-PICKED SAYING IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THERE IS REALLY ANY EVIDENCE THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN BENEFITED IN ANY WAY FROM WHATEVER HIS SON WAS DOING INVOLVING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

>> AS BESIDE IT IS A BOGUS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

REPUBLICANS PROMISED US TO YEARS AGO THAT IF THEY WERE GIVEN CONTROL OF CONGRESS THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE, INVESTIGATE, INVESTIGATE.

IT WAS GOING TO BE TO YEARS OF RETRIBUTION FOR HOW THEY BELIEVED DONALD TRUMP WAS TREATED.

THEY STILL WANT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEIR BASE ONES.

EVEN IF THERE IS NO BASIS TO IT LIKE THIS BOGUS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

>> SPEAKING OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WITH LEGAL PROBLEMS, TODAY TRUMP IS IN NEW YORK ACCUSED OF FRAUD INVOLVING HIS BUSINESSES THERE AND THEN COMES FOR A CRIMINAL TRIAL.

THE HUSH MONEY CASE, JANUARY 6th AND THE GEORGIA ELECTION CASE, YOU INTERFACE WITH SOME SUPPORTERS ALL THE TIME COME HE MADE THIS POINT BECAUSE YOU WERE SPEAKING TO THEM AS A RADIO HOST.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THESE CASES, WHAT DO THEY SAY TO YOU?

>> IT IS ALL CALLED FOR DONALD TRUMP.

ALL OF HIS CRIMINAL TROUBLES AND TRIALS ONLY STRENGTHEN HIS SUPPORT WITHIN THE PARTY.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.

TO AND HALF YEARS AGO HE FILED AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE AUCTION AND THEY STUCK WITH HIM.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE, TRUMP VOTERS DO THAT THIS THING CALLED THE DEEP STATE IS AFTER HIM.

SO THIS IS A BADGE OF HONOR FOR HIM, WHAT HE IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

HE IS GOING TO BE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINEE.

THAT WAS NEVER IN DOUBT.

>> I KNOW ON YOUR PODCAST YOU ARE TRYING TO MEDIATE SOME OF THESE ARGUMENTS, TRYING TO REACH ACROSS THE DIVIDE HERE TO SORT OF TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE SOME OF THE HARD-CORE TRUMP SUPPORTERS.

ARE THERE ANY EXAMPLES YOU HAVE WHERE YOU GOT THROUGH TO SOMEONE THAT WAS RIGHT OR DIE FOR TRUMP AND THEY STARTED SEEING THINGS PERHAPS THE WAY YOU SEE THEM?

>> YES, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU TENS OF THOUSANDS EVERY WEEK, BUT NO.

MAYBE ONE OR TWO EVERY WEEK.

I COME FROM THE RIGHT AND MOST PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT THINK I AM A TRAITOR BECAUSE I TURNED ON TRUMP.

THIS IS TRUMP'S PARTY RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE, BUT I FIND THAT WHEN YOU PUT LITTLE NUGGETS OF TRUTH THE TRUTH IN FRONT OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS, EVERY NOW AND THEN THE LIGHTBULB GOES OFF AND THEY REALIZE THEY HAVE BEEN DECEIVED.

>> DOES THAT MEAN THAT SOME OF THESE PRIMARY CANDIDATES LIKE CHRIS CHRISTIE WHO ARE THE LOUDEST AND SORT OF CRITICIZING HIM MIGHT GAIN SOME KIND OF TRACTION AT SOME POINT?

>> NOT AT ALL.

AGAIN, I HOPELESSLY RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020.

THERE IS NO ANTI-TRUMP LANE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

I HAVE GOT TO WATCH MY LANGUAGE BECAUSE I RESPECT YOU IN THIS STATION.

REPUBLICAN VOTERS WANT A JERK TO BE THEIR NOMINEE.

THEY WANT A GUY LIKE TRUMP.

THEY WANT AN AUTHORITARIAN AND IF IT IS NOT TRUMP, THEY WANT SOMEBODY JUST LIKE TRUMP, BUT IF YOU ARE A CHUMP CRITIC LIKE ME, LOOK AT MY FRIEND ADAM KINSINGER.

YOU HAVE NO FUTURE IN THIS PARTY.

>> NO DOUBT.

HE HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED, ALTHOUGH ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS HAD A PART OF THAT WHEN THEY GERRYMANDERED HIS DISTRICT AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A REPUBLICAN TO RUN THERE.

ALL RIGHT, ALL THE BEST TO YOUR WIFE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> I LOVE YOUR SHOW.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, CYCLISTS SAY THEIR FAVORITE SPOT DESERVES MORE ATTENTION, BUT FIRST, THE WEATHER.

>>> THE LAST TWO DECADES HAVE SEEN RAIL LINES CONVERTED INTO BIKE TRAILS, BUT NOT ALL OF THOSE TRAILS WERE CREATED EQUAL.

CHAMPIONS OF THE MAJOR TAYLOR TRAIL CELL IT HAS HELPED THEM TO GET ON THE ROAD TO WELLNESS.

NOW THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE CITY AND COMMUNITY TO KICK IT INTO HIGH GEAR AND HIT THE TRAIL THEY AMENITIES.

ERICA HAS THE STORY.

>> AND ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A KID.

I HAVE GOT THE WIND IN MY HAIR, I HAVE GOT ASIDE, THE SOUNDS, THE SMELLS OF JUST BEING OUTSIDE AND IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY YOUNG AND FREE.

>> Reporter: FOR MEMBERS OF THE MAJOR TAYLOR CYCLING CLUB RIDING ALONG THE TRAIL IS A MAJOR PART OF STAYING HEALTHY IN MIND AND BODY.

>> IT GIVES ME PEACE OF MIND, IT IS VERY RELAXING.

I LIVE US INTO HEADPHONES BECAUSE NATURE IS MY SOUND SYSTEM THAT I AM ENJOYING.

>> DOCTORS TOLD ME THEY DIAGNOSED ME WITH COPD AND DIABETES.

IF I WAS NOT WRITING, I MIGHT NOT BE HERE TODAY.

THIS KEEPS ME GOING.

>> THIS ALLOWS ME TO SEE THINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I NORMALLY WOULD NOT SEE DRIVING A CAR.

IT WAS BASICALLY MENTAL HEALTH FOR ME.

SO COMING THROUGH HERE, ABLE TO TALK TO MY GIRLFRIENDS, ABLE TO COME UP HERE, SEE THE GREENERY.

>> Reporter: THE TRAIL IS NAMED TO HONOR CYCLING CHAMPION MARSHALL MAJOR TAYLOR.

PHIL GASTON FOUNDED THE MAJOR TAYLOR INTERNATIONAL CYCLING ALLIANCE CREDITS THE TRAILS NAMESAKE WITH GIVING HIM A BIKE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> WHEN I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT HIM, I FOUND OUT HE HAD ALL OF HIS ACCOMPANIMENTS.

MY THOUGHT WAS ANYBODY THAT WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN SHOULD BE ON A BIKE ENTERING ON MAJOR TAYLOR.

>> Reporter: GIVEN ALL THE TRAILS HAVE DONE FOR COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, THE MAJOR TAYLOR CYCLING CLUB SAYS IT IS TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET THE LOVE BACK.

THE TRAIL WAS COMPLETED IN 2006, BUT AS AN EARLY PROJECT, BRENDAN DIXON SAYS THE CONVERSION WAS PRETTY BARE-BONES.

SINCE THEN THE CLUB SAYS THE TRAIL NEEDS MORE AND BETTER AMENITIES TO BRING IT UP TO THE STANDARDS OTHER LOCAL TRAILS AND JOY.

>> REST STOPS, CHAIRS, GARBAGE CONTAINERS, BETTER LIGHTING.

>> Reporter: 80% OF THE TRAIL ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

THE TRAIL STARTS AT RYAN WOULD AND IT RUNS ALL THE WAY TO BLITZER WAS AND IT IS AN 8.6 MILE TRAIL THAT RUNS LITERALLY THROUGH THE HEART OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

IN THE 90s, WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THE PROJECT, THEY WERE NOT AS SOPHISTICATED AS THEY ARE NOW.

YOU SEE THE 606 TRAIL THAT HAS ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL AMENITIES.

FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THE TRAIL HAS NEVER BEEN COMPLETED BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING THAT ALL OF THE OTHER TRAILS ARE GETTING TODAY.

I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS TRAIL UNTIL IT IS UP TO STANDARDS LIKE EVERY OTHER TRAILS BEING PLANNED TODAY.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE JOINED THE CLUB THAT HAD HELPED CONSCIOUS WHEN THEY JOINED AND WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO, THOSE CHALLENGES HAVE DISAPPEARED.

IT SAVES LIVES.

THIS TRAIL , GIVEN ALL THAT IT HAS DONE, ALL WE NEED IS THE SAME CARE ON THIS TRAIL LIKE ALL THE OTHER TRAILS.

IT WILL SAVE LIVES.

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> SUPPORTERS HAVE BEGUN RAISING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET A STATUE OF MAJOR HIMSELF AS WELL AS CALLING ON OFFICIALS TO GET IMPROVEMENTS.

THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING TO PARTNER UP WITH CLUBS TO GET SOME MAJOR ACTIVITY GOING.

YOU WILL FIND MORE ON ALL OF THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5:30 AND 10:00.

I AM PARIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.