[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THE VERDICT IS IN WE SHARE THE LATEST IN THE CHICAGO FEDERAL TRIAL.

R. KELLY.

>> HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE SHOT BEFORE LORI LIGHTFOOT, J.B. PRITZKER AND KIM FOXX DO SOMETHING.

>> THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR CALLS OUT LEADING DEMOCRATS FOR NOT CARING ABOUT CRIME IN CHICAGO.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MORE.

>> WE DON'T PAY THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO RAILROADS BUT THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> THE DEADLINE TO AVOID A RAIL STRIKE IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING.

WHY IT COULD CAUSE BIG HEADACHES.

>> WHAT ALLOWS THOSE PEOPLE, MURDERERS AND DOMESTIC ABUSERS TO BUY THEIR WAY OUT OF JAIL.

>> IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR PRITZKER LAST YEAR AND HAS GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE LOOK AT THE SAFETY ACT AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS IN THE STATE.

>> WE ARE TIRED OF FIGHTING HOWARD SCHULTZ'S EGO.

>> LAWMAKERS BLAST THE COFFEE GIANT IN A CAPITOL HILL HEAR SNOOK AND THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT CONSIDERS A CHANGE FOR A PERMANENT PROCESS IN EVENTS LIKE THE RIOT FEST HAPPENING IN DOUGLASS PARK.

OUR TOP STORY, GUILTY ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES ACQUITTED ON SOME OTHER COUNTS.

THAT IS THE VERDICT IN THE FEDERAL TRIAL OF DISGRACED R&B SINGER R. KELLY.

THE WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AND MATT, AFTER DELIBERATING FOR MORE THAN 10 HOURS OVER TWO DAYS THIS 12-PERSON JURY REACHED A VERDICT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

BREAK IT DOWN FOR US.

>> IT WAS A BIT OF A SPLIT DECISION.

KELLY'S JURY CONVICTED HIM ON THREE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES RECORDED HIMSELF ABUSING HIS 14-YEAR-OLD GODDAUGHTER REFERRED TO AS "JANE" IN THIS CASE IN THE 1990s.

AND THREE COUNTS OF ENTICING MINORS INCLUDING "JANE" AND OTHERS INTO IT LISTET CONDUCT.

BUT THEY WERE AQUIETED ON CHARGES THAT'S THEY CONSPIRED TO RECEIVE THOSE ILLICIT VIDEOS AND CONSPIRED TO OBSTRUCT THE 2008 CHILD PORN CASE IN COOK COUNTY.

>> WHAT IS THE TESTIMONY THEY HEARD DURING THIS TRIAL?

>> PROSECUTORS HAD FOUR ACCUSERS TESTIFY AGAINST KELLY INCLUDING HIS GODDAUGHTER "JANE" WHO IS NOW A GROWN WOMAN BUT WAS 14 AT THE TIME.

SHE SAID SHE WAS THE GIRL IN THE TAPES WHERE KELLY COULD BE SEEN SEXUALLY ABUSING HER THOSE WERE SHOWN TO THE JURY.

THEY WERE AT THE HEART OF THIS CASE AND THE 2008 CASE IN COOK COUNTY WHERE HE WAS ACQUITTED.

WHILE JURORS OBVIOUSLY BELIEVED WHAT ZANE WAS SAYING, BECAUSE ALL THE COUNTS RELATED TO HER THEY DID NOT BELIEVE ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT'S WITNESSES.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, DERREL McDAVID ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS HE TESTIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO CONSPIRACY THAT HE AND MILTON BROWN AND R. KELLY WERE NOT WORKING TO COVER AUDIOTAPE THE TAPES OR OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.

HE DENIED THEY PAID ANYONE TO TRY TO RECOVER THE TAPES OR KEEP "JANE" FROM TESTIFYING IN THAT 2008 TRIAL.

AND WHILE GOVERNMENT WITNESSES TESTIFIED THAT THE IS WHAT HAPPENED, JURORS LEANED TOWARDS McDAVID'S TESTIMONY AS HE WAS ACQUITTED ON THOSE COUNTS.

WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE IS R. KELLY FACING?

>> JOHN LAUSCH SPOKE AFTER THE CASE AND HE SAID KELLY COULD FACE FROM 10-90 YEARS ON THE CONVICTIONS FROM TODAY THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE 30-YEAR SENTENCE HE RECEIVED AFTER THE TRIAL IN NEW YORK WHERE HE WAS CONVICTED ON SEX TRAFFICKING AND RACKETEERING CHARGES.

IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE SENTENCE IN THIS CASE WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY OR CONSECUTIVE TO THE 30 YEARS BUT IT COULD BE ADDED ON.

LAUSCH WAS PLEASED KELLY IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ABUSE OF HIS GODDAUGHTER AND WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE OTHER ACQUITTALS THAT RESULTED TODAY.

>> MATT YOU HEARD FROM R. KELLY ATTORNEY?

>> SHE SAID HER CLIENT IS USED TO GETTING BAD NEWS REFERENCING THE 30 YEARS HE WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND HAD A SENSE OF RELIEF AFTER THE VERDICT WAS OVER.

HE WANTED TO GET PAST THIS CASE SHE SAID.

AND SHE WAS PLEASED WITH THE ACQUITTALS DID COME AND CREDIBILITY WAS EVERYTHING IN THE CASE.

AND SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT'S WITNESS KOS NOT BE BELIEVED.

MATT MASTERSON YOU'VE BEEN COVERING THIS FOR US WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US.

>> THANKS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ MATT'S FULL STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> NOW, PARIS BACK TO YOU WITH MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNS A DISASTER DECLARATION AND IS MOBILIZING THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD TO CARE FOR THE MORE THAN 500 IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE COME HERE.

THE IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN BUSSED TO CHICAGO BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.

IT WILL SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR STATE AND CITY AGENCIES TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, FOOD AND MEDICAL TREATMENT TO THE IMMIGRANTS.

>> LET ME BE CLEAR, WHILE OTHER STATES MAYBE TREATING THESE VULNERABLE FAMILIES AS PAWNS, HERE IN ILLINOIS WE ARE TREATING THEM AS PEOPLE.

AND WHEN A PERSON COMES URGENTLY SEEKING HELP HERE N ILLINOIS WE OFFER THEM A HELPING HAND.

>> POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN WASHINGTON PARK LAST NIGHT THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD AND SEVEN OTHERS WOUNDED.

POLICE SAY THERE WAS A PERSONAL ALTERCATION IN THE PARK BETWEEN TWO FINGERPRINTS WITH GANG AFILLATIONS BEFORE SHOTS WERE FIRED.

A 43-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS KILLED.

IN ADDITION TO A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.

>> WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO CORROBORATE ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND SOME POINT TALK TO THE VICTIMS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO BEFORE WE CAN CORROBORATE WHAT WE HEARD.

>> AND THERE'S MORE ON OUR WEBSITE INCLUDING HOW TO SUBMIT TIPS TO THE POLICE.

>> A SUSPECT IN AN ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY IN LINCOLN PARK GOT AWAY AFTER THE SECURITY DETAIL OF A SUBURBAN MAYOR FIRED SHOTS AT THE SUSPECT.

A S.U.V.

CARRYING THE SECURITY DETAIL WAS PASSING BY THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHERN HALSTED WHEN THEY WITNESSED AN ARMED ROBBERY ATTEMPT NEAR THE CTA'S REDLINE SHOT.

A MEMBER OF THE SECURITY DETAIL FIRED SHOTS TOWARD THE SUSPECT.

NOBODY WAS REPORTEDLY HURT IN THE INCIDENT.

UP NEXT, RAILROAD WORKERS ACROSS AMERICA MAY DECIDE TO STRIKE IF A DEAL BETWEEN COMPANIES AND UNIONS IS NOT MADE.

PLEASE STAY WITH US FOR A LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR RAILROAD COMPANIES AND UNIONS TO REACH A DEAL.

IF ONE ISN'T REACHED BY LATE TOMORROW NIGHT, WORKERS COULD STRIKE.

AND THAT COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW.

WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE?

>> BRANDIS, A LOT.

FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR COMMUTERS METRA IS CANCELING TRAINS COMING IN AND OUT OF CHICAGO STARTING TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER RUSH-HOUR.

THAT INCLUDES CERTAIN EVENING TRAINS ON MAJOR LINES INCLUDING THE BNSF WHICH GOES TO AND FROM AURORA.

AND UNION PACIFIC NORTH AND UNION PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND THE UNION PACIFIC WEST.

AND THAT GOES IN AND OUT OFLEBURG.

ALSO IT'S BEEN REPORTED AMTRAK CANCELING LONG DISTANCE TRIPS.

THIS EVEN THOUGH METRA AND AMTRAK ARE NOT PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THEIR WORKERS ARE NOT THREATENING A STOPPAGE.

IT'S BECAUSE THE TRAINS RUN ON THE RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS OWNED BY THE MAJOR COMPANIES THAT ARE IN A STANDOFF WITH ENGINEERS AND CONDUCTORS.

>> WE'RE DEPENDENT ON THEM TO OPERATE THE RAILROADS.

AND IF THEIR PEOPLE ARE NOT THERE, THEN AMTRAK CANNOT OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND METRA CAN'T OPERATE EFFICIENTLY.

>> METRA AND AMTRAK MAY BE THE TRAINS THAT MOST OF US ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH.

BUT NORTHWESTERN TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST JOSEPH SCHOFER SAYS UNLESS YOU RIDE THEM TRAINS ARE REALLY RELATIVELY INVISIBLE TO MOST FOLKS EVEN THOUGH THEY PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

IN THE THINGS THAT ARE MANUFACTURED, THAT WE BUY, THE COUNTRY SENDS OVERSEAS.

GETTING PARTS TO FACTORIES AND SHIPPING OF COMMODITIES.

>> RAILROADS ARE BEST KNOWN FOR BEST CAPABLE OF MOVING BULK COMMODITIES, GRAIN, COAL, GRAVEL.

REALLY VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CORE OF OUR SOCIETY.

>> AND HEADS UP INTERNET SHOPPERS.

RAIL PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN INTERMODAL FREIGHT.

PACKAGES THAT YOU BUY ON THE INTERNET THAT ARE SHIPPED VIA TRUCK AND TRAIN.

IF YOU WERE THINKING THINK AGAIN.

SAYS JEFFREY HAUSHALTER A PARTNER WITH CHICAGO CONSULTING.

>> THE RAIL NETWORK GOES ON STRIKE, THERE REALLY IS NO SURGE CAPACITY WITHIN THE TRUCK INDUSTRY TO TAKE ON AT THAT TIME ADDITIONAL FREIGHT.

IT'S NOT AS IF WE CAN SHUTDOWN THE RAIL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TRUCKERS WILL MAGICALLY APPEAR AND TAKE UP THE SLACK.

>> ABOUT 40% OF GOODS ARE SIPPED VIA -- SHIPPED VIA RAIL AND JEFFREY HAUSHALTER SAYS COMMODITIES, INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL A LOT OF THINGS ALREADY CARRIERS ARE PROTECTING THEIR ASSETS.

FOR INSTANCE BY PUTTING ON HOLD THE MOVEMENT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CARGO, AS WELL AS CARGO THAT MAY SPOIL OR BE DANGEROUS IF IT GETS STUCK DUE TO A STRIKE.

IT COULD TAKE A WHILE FOR THE IMPACT TO RIPPLE DOWN TO MOST CONSUMERS.

BUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN WOULD SEE IMPACTS RIGHT AWAY.

HE SAYS MANY COMPANIES DO ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID HAVE SOME PREPARATIONS IN STORE FOR SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS.

>> MOST COMPANIES DO HAVE WHAT WE CALL SAFETY STOPS.

WHICH IS INVENTORY THAT THEY RESERVED FOR EXACTLY THESE TYPES OF DISRUPTION.

SO SHORT-TERM DISRUPTION MOST COMPANIES CAN WEATHER THAT BUT A LONG-TERM DISRUPTION WOULD BE VERY COSTLY.

>> COSTLY, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN INFLATION IS ALREADY A CONCERN.

COSTLY DOLLAR WISE AND ALSO POLITICALLY.

SUCH THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS REPORTEDLY PUTTING ON PRESSURE FOR A DEAL.

THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING ALL DAY.

SO IT MAY NOT COME TO A STRIKE THERE COULD BE AN AGREEMENT OR THE TWO SIDES COULD CONTINUE UNDER THE COOLING OFF PERIOD THAT THEY ARE HAVING NOW.

ESSENTIALLY KEEPING THE CURRENT TERMS IN EFFECT.

ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE, CONGRESS COULD GET INVOLVED.

AND ESSENTIALLY FORCE THE RAIL TO KEEP RUNNING.

YOU HAVE SOME REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO DO JUST THAT.

BUT DEMOCRATS WELL, THEY ARE MORE ALLIED WITH UNIONS AND SO MORE APT TO BE RETICENT ABOUT THAT.

>> CONGRESS DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO END IT.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY DECIDE TO DO THAT IS FIRST OF ALL YOU NEED TO HAVE AGREEMENT.

BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE WILL TO WANT TO INTERVENE IN SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE MAY WANT TO AVOID IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

>> NOW, THE FIGHT IS NOT OVERCOMIZATION.

UNDER TERMS OF AN ONGOING DEAL, THE WORKERS ARE SET TO SEE DOUBLE-DIGIT RAISES.

RATHER, THE UNION IS BATTLING FOR SCHEDULING CERTAINTY FOR NOT HAVING TO CONSTANTLY BE ON CALL LIKE SO MANY DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT SEEMS TO BE A PRIORITIZATION OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE JOSEPH SCHOFER SAYS.

>> EVERYBODY IN THE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS IS DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE.

AND SO IN A SENSE THE LABOR SIDE OF THE MARKET HAS A BIT OF AN UPPER HAND.

YOU NEED US AND YOU NEED TO GIVE US WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE US HAPPY COMING BACK.

>> CHICAGO IS THE NEXUS ALL SEVEN OF THE MAJOR RAILROAD COMPANIES COME INTO THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA FOR INTERCHANGES.

SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

WHICH MEANS ALL ABOARD AS THAT DEADLINE APPROACHES AGAIN, 12:01AM THURSDAY GOING INTO FRIDAY.

WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> SOMETHING TO WATCH THANK YOU.

>> .

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR A DEEP DIVE INTO A CONTROVERSIAL LAW.

PARIS?

>> THE SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITY FAIRNESS AND EQUITY TODAY ACT KNOWN AS THE SAFETY ACT, WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER IN 2021.

THE LAW AIMS TO DO AWAY WITH CASH BAIL IN AN EFFORT TO END WHAT PROPONENTS SAY IS SYSTEMK RACE, BUT CRITICS SAY IT WILL ALLOW VIOLENT OFFENDERS TO WALK THE STREETS.

THE SUBJECT HAS EXPLODED AS THE 2022 MIDTERMS HEATED UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS AND CAMPAIGN MAILERS MAKING ALL KINDS OF CLAIMS ABOUT THIS 700 PAGE BILL.

WHAT EXACTLY IS TRUE AND WHAT IS NOT?

AND HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE SAFETY ACT IS ALL ABOUT AND TALK WITH THE PROS AND CONS ARE STATE REPRESENTATIVE, PATRICK WINDHORS REPUBLICAN FROM DOWN STATE HARRISBURG.

KANE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMIE MOSSER.

COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER SHARONE MITCHELL.

AND PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY MANAGER FOR THE CHICAGO ALLIANCE AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION MADELEINE BEHR.

>> A FEW BULLET POINTS OF THE PRETRIAL FAIRNESS.

IT ELIMINATES CASH BAIL BUT IT DOES ALLOW JUDGE'S DISCRETION TO IMPOSE PRETRIAL DETENTION FOR FORCIBLE FELONIES.

IT'S ALSO BASED UPON IF THE DEFENDANT POSES A PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT OR IS A FLIGHT RISK.

IT'S NO LONGER BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE CAN POST BAIL.

STATE'S ATTORNEY, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT CONCERN YOU ABOUT THE BAIL PROVISIONS IN THIS BILL?

>> SO THE FIRST THING THAT I DO WANT TO SAY I'M ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF ELIMINATING CASH BAIL BECAUSE IT HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS WITHIN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

SO I AM A PROPONENT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

THE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING WITH THIS IT LIMITS WHO WE CAN ASK TO BE DETAINED AS STATE'S ATTORNEYS AND WHO JUDGES CAN DETAIN.

AND THE EXAMPLE YOU GAVE THEY TALK ABOUT FORCIBLE FELONIES.

BUT THERE IS A PROVISION THAT SAYS IT HAS TO BE FORCIBLE FELONIES THAT ARE NON-PROBATIONAL -- THAT ARE PROBATIONAL.

THE ONES WE CAN HOLD ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO THE DOC IF FOUND GUILTY.

BUT THERE ARE MANY FORCIBLE FELONIES THAT ARE PROBATIONABLE.

THAT INCLUDES ROBBERY, SECOND DEGREE MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AGGRAVATED BATTERY, ARSON, BURGLARY AND INTIMIDATION, THREATENING A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

AND WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF FORCIBLE FELONIES THERE ARE MANY OFFENSES THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED WE CANNOT ASK TO BE HELD.

ANY DRUG OFFENSE INCLUDING OUR AMOUNTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE DEALING FENTANYL THAT IS KILLING PEOPLE THEY CANNOT BE DETAINED.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE A DRUG INDUCED HOMICIDE AND THAT PERSON LOST THEIR LIFE CANNOT BE DETAINED.

>> SHARONE MITCHELL YOU'RE A PUBLIC DEFENDER IN COOK COUNTY WHAT ABOUT THE SPECIFIC CRIMES WHERE FOLKS CANNOT BE DETAINED ARE THERE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS IF THEY ARE LET BACK ON TO THE STREETS THEY CAN REOFFEND.

>> FIRST OF ALL WE KNOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE PATHS THAT A PROSECUTOR CAN PURSUE WHEN IT COMES TO DETENTION.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY BUT PROSECUTORS CAN ALSO ASK FOR DETENTION ON THE GROUNDS OF FLIGHT AND PROSECUTORS CAN ASK FOR DETENTION ON THE GROUNDS OF A VIOLATION OF A LEASE.

WE WILL SEE PEOPLE AFTER JANUARY 1 THAT ARE CHARGED WITH THOSE OFFENSES WHERE PROSECUTORS CAN MAKE THE PETITION FOR DETENTION.

>> WHAT ABOUT THAT REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK WINDHORS, THE FACT THAT THESE NON-FORCIBLE FELONIES WHICH ARE LISTED PROSECUTORS CAN GO THIS ROUTE TO ASK FOR DETENTION FOR THE OTHER FELONIES?

>> THEY WERE BOTH CORRECT IN WHAT THEY SAID.

I WILL SAY TO Mr. MITCHELL, WILLFUL FLIGHT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ATHREE PLIED IN A LIMITED FACTION.

THE PROSECUTOR HAS TO ALLEGE A PAST FAILURE IN COURT.

THE PROSECUTOR HAS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE A PLANE TICKET TO LEAVE WITH A PASSPORT IT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED AND VERY RARE.

OF COURSE THE PROSECUTOR CAN ALSO ASK FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE THEIR PRETRIAL RELEASE REVOKED WHEN THEY COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME BUT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SECOND CRIME TO BE COMMITTED.

THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO BE HELD PRETRIAL PENDING THE DISPOSITION OF THE CASE.

>> BACK TO YOU SHARONE MITCHELL HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT THEN TO PROVE A POSSIBLE FLIGHT RISK HERE GIVEN WHAT REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK WINDHORS IS SAYING ABOUT THAT?

>> WE KNOW THERE ARE STATES THAT ONLY HAVE FLIGHT AS A REASON FOR DETENTION.

SO FOR INSTANCE NEW YORK THEY DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY EXCEPTION FOR DETENTION.

FLIGHT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY A PERSON SHOULD BE DETAINED.

I DON'T THINK THE PROSECUTORS WILL HAVE THAT DIFFICULT OF A JOB.

AND WITH THAT SAID, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ACCUSED OF.

AND WE KNOW HERE IN COOK COUNTY ONLY 2019, ONLY 60% OF PEOPLE ACCUSED OF A FELONY WERE ACTUALLY FOUND GUILTY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE DISMISSED.

PEOPLE WHO WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY.

AND THAT IS IS THE WAY THE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

THESE ARE ALLEGATIONS AND WHEN WE PROSECUTE AND INCARCERATE PEOPLE BEFORE TRIAL THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.

WE KNOW FROM A CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT.

JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST SAYS THAT DETENTION IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE AND NOT THE RULE.

>> THESE ARE PRETRIAL DETENTIONS BEFORE ANYONE IS PROVEN GUILTY.

AND WE SHOULD MENTION THIS PART OF THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT JANUARY FIRST.

MADELEINE THERE'S OPPONENTS THAT WORRY THAT VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME WILL BE REVICTIMIZED IF SUSPECTS OF THOSE CRIMES ARE LET BACK ON THE STREET.

YOUR REACTION?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT IS ALREADY POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF BAIL.

THE CURRENT PRETRIAL SYSTEM DOES NOT PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF SURVIVORS.

MONEY BONDS ALLOW PEOPLE TO PURCHASE THEIR WAY OUT OF JAIL EVEN IF THEY POSE A THREAT TO THE SURVIVOR.

WHAT THIS WILL DO IS HAVE INDIVIDUALIZED HEARINGS TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON SHOULD BE RELEASED PRETRIAL AND A JUDGE IS REQUIRED TO EVALUATE THEM.

WE HAVE HEARINGS THAT ARE MOVING QUICK WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

VICTIMS ARE NOT OFTEN NOTIFIED OF THE BOND HEARINGS AND THEY ARE FORCED TO ENCOUNTER THE PERSON ON THE STREET IF THEY HAVE BEEN BAILED OUT.

SO THIS IS A MUCH WORSE SYSTEM IN OUR CURRENT FASHION.

THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WILL BE IN PLAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER AND REQUIRE JUDGES TO LOOK AT THE FACTORS INCLUDING SAFETY OF VICTIMS WHEN DETERMINING PRETRIAL RELEASE.

>> HERE IN COOK COUNTY THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH JUDGES AND INCONSISTENCIES IN TERMS OF CRITERIA OF LETTING FOLKS OUT VERSUS DETAINING THEM.

JUDGE TIM EVANS HAS HAD TO REVISE THOSE.

ARE YOU WORRIED TOO MUCH WILL BE PUT ON JUDGE'S DISCRETION?

>> WELL, IF WE KEEP THIS CURRENT SYSTEM WE LOSE A LOT OF JUDGE'S DISCRETION AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM.

BECAUSE YOU'VE LIMITED WHAT CASES WE CAN ASK FOR AND HOW WE CAN ASK FOR IT.

THERE IS A NEW JERSEY SYSTEM WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING ILLINOIS TO MODEL OFF OF WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE IN 2017 AND HAS BEEN DOING EVERYTHING WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN HERE.

AS TOWARDS THIS, THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE CASES HAVE VICTIMS AND WE AS PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND SAY I COULD NOT ASK FOR THAT PERSON TO BE HELD THAT IS WHY THEY ARE OUT THERE.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM THAT GIVES DISCRETION THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE, BY WHAT THE DANGER IS, THE DANGER TO THE VICTIM, AND ACTUAL FLIGHT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

>> YOU MENTIONED NEW JERSEY THEY HAVE THEY ARE KEEPING SOME CASH BAIL, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT.

>> THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING HERE.

>> REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK WINDHORS THERE ARE A A LOT OF RUMORS GOING AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THEM HERE.

THERE ARE CLAIMS THAT THE BILL PREVENTINGS POLICE OFFICERS FROM FORCIBLY REMOVING A TRESPASSER FROM ONE'S PROPERTY THIS BILL DOES A LOT OF THINGS.

IS THAT CLAIM TRUE OR FALSE?

>> WELL, I THINK IT IS PARTIALLY TRUE.

THAT RELATES TO A TRESPASSER ON PROPERTY NOT INSIDE A RESIDENCE BUT ON PROPERTY.

AND IT SAYS THAT PERSON IS NOT SUBJECT TO ARREST UNLESS THEY ARE PRESENTING A RISK TO SAFETY OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR THE COMMUNITY.

SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL ON PROPERTY WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OR TRESPASSING THE POLICE LEAVE.

>> THERE IS A CLAIM GOING AROUND -- >> YOU WANT TO JUMP IN.

>> WITH THOSE TWO POINTS.

FIRST IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT ALL CASES ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE DETAINABLE UNDER EACH ONE OF THE BUCKETS.

WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY OR WHETHER IT'S FLIGHT OR WHETHER IT'S A VIOLATION OF RELEASE, ALL OF THOSE CASES ARE DETAINABLE.

THE IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE DOMESTIC ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ACTUALLY ANTISEXUAL ASSAULT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED IN THE CREATION OF THIS BILL AND SUPPORT THIS BILL BECAUSE IT CREATES A BETTER SYSTEM THAN THE STATUS QUO THAT THEY ARGUE LEAVES THEM BEHIND.

ON THE TRESPASS ISSUE I THINK THE REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK WINDHORS IS RIGHT THAT THE PART OF THAT LEGISLATION SAYS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD NOT ARREST FOR THE LOWEST LEVEL OF TRESPASS.

BUT THE NEXT LINE GIVES LAW ENFORCEMENT THE SOLE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN FROM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A GROUP OF STATE'S ATTORNEYS, COURT SYSTEM AND PROSECUTORS.

AND A REPORT RELEASED IN APRIL OF 2020.

THAT IS A GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT THE FLEXIBILITY TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT DECISION THEMSELVES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A LOT OF FINE POINTS NUANCES IN THE LAW.

MADELEINE THERE IS A RELATED ISSUE.

YOUR GROUP EXPRESSED OUTRAGE AT THE CAMPAIGN VIDEO SHOWING WHITE WOMAN BEING MUGGED IN LAKEVIEW.

YOU'RE SAYING SHE IS BEING REVICTIMIZED RUN BY THE CAMPAIGN.

>> I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT USE VICTIMS OF CRIME AS POLITICAL PAWNS.

IT IS FRUSTRATING TO PUBLIC DEFENDER MITCHELL'S POINT ADVOCATES LIKE MYSELF OUR LEGAL DIRECTOR AND OTHER PEOPLE WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAVE WORKED ON THIS LAW.

WE ARE ACTIVE IN WORKING ON THIS.

WE REPRESENT SURVIVORS IN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL COURT EVERY SINGLE DAY AS VICTIMS' RIGHTS ATTORNEYS.

IT'S PROFOUNDLY FRUSTRATING TO USE VICTIMS OF CRIME AS REASONS TO OPPOSE NECESSARY REFORM.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER I THINK 80% OF THE CASES AT LEAST IN COOK RIGHT NOW THAT ARE GOING THROUGH BOND COURT ARE NOT GOING TO BE CASES THAT PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO SEE IN BOND COURT.

THEY ARE YOUR LOW LEVEL NONVIOLENT OFFENSES WHICH MEANS THAT 20% THAT WILL GET ALL OF THE MANPOWER OF THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THE ATHOSE CASES AND TALK WITH VICTIMS EVALUATE CASES AND DECIDE WHAT CASES TO PETITION THE JUNG TO DETAIN.

THAT IS A SENSE OF ECONOMY THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT AND IT'S FRUSTRATING POLITICAL PAWNS BEING USED IN THIS WAY.

>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE CONVERSATION THIS IS A HUGE TOPIC AND I KNOW ONE THAT IS BEING TALKED ABOUT VERY HEATEDLY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

WE PLEDGE TO CONTINUE TRYING TO UNPACK THIS AND MAKE SENSE OF IT.

OUR THANKS TO PATRICK WINDHORS, JAMIE MOSSER, SHARONE MITCHELL AND MADELEINE BEHR THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HOUSE LAWMAKERS HEARD TESTIMONY TODAY ON BARRIERS WORKERS SAY THEY FACED ORGANIZING AND WHAT PRO BUSINESS GROUPS AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS CALL DEMOCRATIC OVERREACH.

THE DEMOCRATS WHO CALLED THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS SAY THERE'S BEEN A HUGE SPIKE IN INTEREST WITH WORKERS REQUEST FOR UNION REPRESENTATION UP 60% IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR.

AMONG THOSE WORKERS ARE STARBUCKS STAFFERS FROM HUNDREDS OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE U.S.

INCLUDING EIGHT IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" NICK BLUMBERG JOINS WITH AN UPDATE.

>> BRANDIS MANY WORKERS UNION ORGANIZERS AND DEMOCRATIC ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL TELL YOU WE'RE SEEING A NEW LABOR MOVEMENT.

THERE WERE 641 SUCCESSFUL UNION ELECTIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.

AND WORKERS HAVE ORGANIZED AT SOME BIG NAMED COMPANIES LIKE APPLE, AMAZON, CHIPOTLE, TRADER JOE'S AND STARBUCKS.

STARBUCKS WAS CALLED OUT DURING THE HEARING IN THE COMMITTEE FOR ALLEGATIONS OF UNION BUSTING TECHNIQUES.

MICHELLE EISEN WORKS AT THE FORS STARBUCKS LOCATION TO UNIONIZE IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK U THEY WENT FROM OFFERING US THE WORLD IF WE VOTED NO.

TO THREATENING TO TAKE AWAY OUR BENEFITS IF WE VOTED TO UNIONIZE.

AND WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK AND WE WON THE UNION ANYWAY THEY BEGAN TO DISCIPLINE US.

THEN FIRE US AND PERMANENTLY CLOSE OUR STORES.

AND AS OUR CAMPAIGN MOVED FROM BUFFALO TO A NATIONAL SCALE SO DID STARBUCKS UNION BUSTING.

>> THEY POINTED OUT THAT STARBUCKS IS FACING HUNDREDS OF ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLATING LABOR LAW INCLUDING 200 IN BUFFALO ALONE WHERE THE NATIONWIDE ORGANIZING EFFORT BEGAN.

THOSE CHARGES INCLUDE FIRING AND DISCIPLINING PRO UNION WORKERS, SURVEILING EMPLOYEES AND CLOSING STORES THAT ORGANIZED OR THE COMPANY THOUGHT WOULD.

STARBUCKS HAS CONSISTENCY DENIED THE CLAIMS TO WTTW NEWS TELLING US MULTIPLE TIMES THAT ANY CLAIMS OF ANTIUNION ACTIVITY ARE CATEGORICALLY FALSE AND THE COMPANY WILL BE PREPARED TO DEFEND ITS CASE.

>> WAS THERE A POLITICAL PURPOSE?

>> DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO DRUM UP SUPPORT FOR THE PRO ACT THAT PASSED THE HOUSE BUT GONE NOWHERE IN SENATE THAT BILL WOULD GIVE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD MORE LEGAL HEFT TO ENFORCE LAW.

REPUBLICANS THINK THE LAW IS AN OVERREACH, SAYING WORKERS RIGHTS ARE ALREADY PROTECTED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE IN A UNION.

THE PRO ACT WOULD OVERRIDE STATE'S RIGHT TO WORK POLICIES.

AND REPUBLICANS SAY THIS BILL IS MORE ABOUT DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGN FUNDS THAN WORKERS RIGHTS.

>> UNIONS SEND HUGE PORTIONS OF THEIR WORKER FUNDED WAR CHESTS TO DEMOCRAT POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.

CAMPAIGNS, AND LEFT WING ORGANIZATIONS.

IT'S NO WONDER DEMOCRATS COW TOW TO UNION BOSSES.

BEING PRO UNION DOES NOT MEAN BEING PRO WORKER AND IN TOO MANY INSTANCES WORKERS AND JOB CREATOR ARE BEING HARMED BY UNIONS.

>> REPUBLICANS ALSO SAY UNION BACKERS ARE OVERLOOKING A FRACTION OF THE THOUSANDS OF STARBUCKS CAFES IN THE U.S.

ORGANIZED.

BUT LAW PROFESSOR MATTHEW BODIE SAYS HE IS SURPRISED HOW QUICKLY THE ORGANIZING SPREAD.

THE FIRST STARBUCKS LOCATION VOTED IN UNIONIZE IN DECEMBER AND THERE ARE NOW 238 UNIONIZED STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOPS WITH 323 MORE THAT HAVE PETITIONED FOR AN ELECTION.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CAMPAIGN OF A NATIONAL BRAND LIKE STARBUCKS BE AS SUCCESSFUL IN ORGANIZING ONE BY ONE INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS AND TO HAVE THOSE LOCATIONS KIND OF CONTINUALLY EVERY WEEK, THERE IS A NEW LOCATION THAT IS PETITIONING FOR A UNION OR VOTING ON THE UNION.

AND YOU HAVE 100% SUCCESS RATE BUT THEY HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESS.

>> BUT AFTER EMPLOYEES VOTE TO UNIONIZE THEY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT.

BOTH MICHELLE EISEN AND A LOCAL MEMBER OF THE STARBUCKS BARGAINING COMMITTEE SAY THEY HEAR LITTLE TO NOTHING FROM THE COMPANY.

>> WE'VE SENT OUT MASS LETTERS ON BEHALF OF STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK.

AND IT'S FRUSTRATING.

WE WANT TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH AND THEY KEEP SAYING THEY WANT TO.

BUT WE DON'T HEAR BACK.

>> WHEN A RESPONSE DOES COME IN IT IS A IT LOOKS LIKE AN AUTOMATED RESPONSE.

THANK YOU FOR SENDING US YOUR DEMAND TO BARGAIN WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU.

>> MATTHEW BODIE SAYS DELAYS CAN BE A TACTIC FOR COMPANIES AND THE TRADITIONAL WORKER RESPONSE WOULD BE A TRYKE.

BUT THAT COULD BE CHALLENGING FOR RETAIL EMPLOYEES WITH SO MANY LOCATIONS.

>> AS A FORD FACTORY SHUTDOWN BY A STRIKE THAT COULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON FORD.

IF ONE LOCATION OF STARBUCKS STARBUCKS IS NOT GOING TO BE ALL THAT AFFECTED BY IT.

THAT WILL BE THE NEXT CHALLENGE FOR UNION TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE REGIONAL.

MAYBE ALL THE STARBUCKS IN DALLAS GO ON STRIKE OR THE STARBUCKS IN CHICAGO GO ON STRIKE IF THEY COULD COORDINATE TO THAT LEVEL.

>> AND ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRO ACT THAT DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING WOULD REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO START BARGAINING WITHIN 10 DAYS OF A REQUEST FROM WORKERS WHOSE UNION ELECTION HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS SUCCESSFUL.

>> OK. NICK, THANK YOU.

WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT CONSIDERS NEW RULES FOR FESTIVALS AS RESIDENTS ARE CALLING FOR AN END TO RIOT FEST IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> GOVERNOR ABBOTT DOESN'T SEE THE HUMANITY IN ANY OF THESE PEOPLE.

BUT WE DO.

>> AND DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TRADE BARBS OVER MIGRANTS BUSSED BY WAY OF TEXAS AND CRIME IN CHICAGO.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM HAS IT COVERED.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> C.T.A.

OFFICIALS GOT AN EARFUL ABOUT COMPLAINTS OF UNRELIABLE, DIRTY AND UNSAFE BUSES.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL HEARING SOME MEMBERS BLASTED C.T.A.

PRESIDENT CARTER FOR FAILING TO ATTEND THE HEARING WITHOUT EXPLANATION.

TRANSIT WORKERS AND RIDERS HAVE BEEN CALLING ON THE C.T.A.

TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES AND IMPROVE RELIABILITY.

ALDERMAN CARLOS RAMIREZ-ROSA SAYS THE C.T.A.

HAS AN EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM.

>> IT'S BECOME CLEAR THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING C.T.A.

MUST DO IS HIRE, HIRE, HIRE.

THE REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT HAD RELIABLE SERVICE IS BECAUSE C.T.A.

IS NOT FILLING VACANCIES THAT EXIST.

WE NEED MORE TRAIN AND BUS OPERATORS.

>> COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC CAN SOON AFLY FOR POTENTIAL RELIEF.

COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY PEOPLE CAN BEGIN APPLYING OCTOBER 6 FOR A LOTTERY TO RECEIVE $500 A MONTH FOR TWO YEARS PART OF A $42 MILLION BASIC INCOME PILOT PROGRAM THAT IS FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL COVID RELIEF PACKAGE.

MORE THAN 3,000 HOUSEHOLDS ARE EXPECTED TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM THAT IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION.

FOR MORE INFORMATION HOW TO APPLY YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>> THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS ONCE AGAIN REMINDING RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR ANNUAL FLU SHOT.

THIS TIME AROUND THEY ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET UP-TO-DATE ON COVID-19 VACCINES INCLUDING THAT BOOSTER APPROVED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS SCHEDULED 75 FLU AND COVID CLINICS OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GET THEIR SHOTS.

>> AND NOW PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

THOUSANDS OF FEST CAL GOERS ARE ABOUT TO DESCEND ON DOUGLASS PARK FOR RIOT FEST AS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THE END OF LARGE FESTIVALS LIKE THIS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS NOTING THE LACK OF CLEAN UP AND INVESTMENT IN LOCAL BUSINESSES.

NOW THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT IS PROPOSING NEW RULES FOR MAJOR FESTIVALS LIKE RIOT FEST.

SO WILL RESIDENTS GO FOR IT?

AND JOINING US ARE JUANITA IRIZARRY, FROM FRIENDS OF THE PARKS.

AND COMMUNITY MEMBER ANTON ADKINS WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM DOUGLASS PARK.

AND WE INVITED RIOT FEST AND THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT BUT THEY BOTH DECLINED OUR REQUEST.

JUANITA IRIZARRY, THIS NEW RULE FROM THE PARK DISTRICT ANNOUNCED TODAY SAYS THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONER AT THE PARK DISTRICT HAS TO APPROVE ANY EVENTS OVER 10,000 PEOPLE HELD IN CHICAGO PARKS AND THERE HAVE TO BE COMMUNITY HEARINGS.

YOUR REACTION?

>> WELL, FRIENDS OF THE PARKS THINKS THAT THE IS GOOD PROGRESS.

WE HAVE SEEN UNDER SUPERINTENDENT THE ADMINISTRATION A LITTLE BIT MORE OPENNESS TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY BE GUIDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE, THE RIOT FEST CONCERT HAPPENING IN DOUGLASS PARK THIS YEAR COMES FROM CONTRACTS THAT THE WERE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE.

WE'RE EXCITED MOVING FORWARD TO HAVE THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ASKING THE COMMUNITY WHETHER ANY PARTICULAR CONCERT OR EVENT IN A PARK OVER THAT SIZE MAKES SENSE IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY AND THAT PARK.

>> ANTON YOU LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM DOUGLASS PARK THEY ARE SETTING UP NOW FOR RIOT FEST.

DO YOU BELIEVE THE NEW RULE MIGHT PREVENT RIOT FEST FROM COMING BACK TO DOUGLASS PARK NEXT YEAR AS MANY RESIDENTS WANT?

>> YEAH, AS JUANITA MENTIONED THERE'S HOPE WITH THESE NEW MEASURES PUT IN PLACE.

BUT AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE ACTUAL TEETH BEHIND THAT.

WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT THESE MEETINGS HAPPEN BUT WILL IT BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY?

WILL IT HAPPEN IN GOOD FAITH?

AND WILL OUR WORDS BE ADHERED TO.

AS OUR WISHES GO FORWARD KNOWING THESE CONCERTS AT LEAST IN THE PAST HAVE NOT BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY BUT AS WE GO FORWARD WE WOULD LOVE AND HOPE THAT OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD NUMBER ONE.

AND NUMBER TWO THERE'S ACTUAL FAITH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WHETHER WE CAN GET SOMETHING FROM THE FESTIVALS OR NOT.

>> NOT JUST RIOT FEST BUT THERE'S PITCHFORK FEST AND OTHER FESTIVALS IN UNION PARK AND LOLLAPALOOZA WHICH SHUTS DOWN GRANT PARK.

IF NOT IN CHICAGO PARKS WHERE SHOULD THE FESTIVALS GO?

>> WELL, SOLDIER FIELD IS ONE GOOD PLACE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE THESE EVENTS.

SOLDIER FIELD DOES BELONG TO THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT.

RENTING THAT OUT ACTUALLY STILL HELPS THE PARK DISTRICT HAVE THE REVENUE IT'S LOOKING FOR IN HOSTING THESE.

AND SO WE LOOK FOR THEM TO MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME FESTIVALS IN SOME PARKS WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS HAPPY TO HAVE THEM IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

OR UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

WHERE THERE IS A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT, WHERE THERE IS REAL MONITORING OF WHETHER THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING THE BENEFITS THAT ARE PROMISED, IT COULD BE THAT CERTAIN EVENTS STILL HAPPEN IN PARKS.

BUT WE DO THINK A DEDICATED VENUE WHETHER IT'S SOLDIER FIELD OR SPACE LIKE THEY HAVE IN MILWAUKEE WOULD BE GREAT.

>> ANTON ADKINS, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF RIOT FEST ON THE COMMUNITY AROUND DOUGLASS PARK?

>> YEAH, OVERALL WE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS WE'VE SEEN NOTHING BUT NEGATIVITY.

DOUGLASS PARK HAS SEEN YEARS OF NEGLECT.

RANGING ANYTHING FROM NOT HAVING THE SIDEWALKS WITHIN THE PARK BEING ADA ACCESSIBLE OR SEEING ANY UPGRADES IN THE PAST YEARS.

THE FIELDS NOT BEING REGRADED SO THOSE MONSOONS OF RAIN THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST SUNDAY AS IT FLOODS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THEM SETTING UPSTAGES AND THESE OTHER REALLY BIG GREAT BIG MACHINERY ON THE FIELD.

IT DAMAGES IT ALL.

AND WE UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THE PARKS ARE THE ONES WHO PAY FOR IT.

OF BUT I WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU IT LOOKS THE SAME AFTERWARD AS IT DOES BEFORE.

AS A COMMUNITY WE BELIEVE THAT WE EXIST AND THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH.

OUR PARK TO BE AS GOOD AS LINCOLN PARK OR GRANT PARK OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

SO THAT IMPACT THAT WE SEE WE WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND NOT JUST FOR OUR PARK TO BE A PLACE THAT OTHERS MAY BENEFIT FINANCIALLY IN ANY OTHER WAY FROM THAT.

>> ARE ARE YOU SAYING IF THERE WERE DIFFERENT KIND OF A FESTIVAL OR IF RIOT FEST STRUCK A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT AND WAS A LITTLE MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS MIGHT GO FOR IT?

>> NO.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANYTHING IF THERE ARE FESTIVALS I WOULD SAY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES WE WILL HOPE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING MORE HOMEGROWN.

SOMETHING MORE AKIN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND NOT SOMETHING THAT IS FOREIGN TO US AND JUST PLACED WITHIN OUR AREA FOR GAIN BY OTHER PEOPLE.

FOR RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT JUST FOR US OR SOMETHING THAT IS AKIN TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.

BUT SOMETHING THAT WE ORGANICALLY CAN COME UP WITH AND NOT SOMETHING THAT IS DUMPED ON US.

DECIDED BY OTHER PEOPLE.

>> JUANITA IRIZARRY YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING INTERESTING.

MILWAUKEE HAS SUMMERFEST A DEDICATED FESTIVAL SPACE ON THE LAKEFRONT.

COULD CHICAGO DO SOMETHING LIKE THEY PERHAPS AROUND SOLDIER FIELD ESPECIALLY IF THE BEARS ARE GOING TO BE DONE IN A FEW YEARS?

>> YES, I HAVE BEEN PART OF CONVERSATIONS THAT IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITY OF SETTING UPSTAGES AROUND AND OUTSIDE OF SOLDIER FIELD.

SO THAT THE COMPLAINT THAT WAS RIOT FEST CANNOT FIT IN SOLDIER IS WIPED OUT.

YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF THE EVENT OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM.

AND WE KNOW THE PARK DISTRICT HAS LOOKED FOR OTHER LAND THAT IS NEAR GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, NOT CURRENTLY A PARK, THAT THEY COULD PURCHASE TO CREATE SUCH A VENUE WE THINK IT'S A GREAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES.

>> AND WITH SOLDIER FIELD YOU HAVE THE PARKING LOT THERE.

IS THIS SOMETHING THE CITY OR PARK DISTRICT IS RECEPTIVE TO?

>> MY SENSE IS THAT ONCE IT IS CLEAR THAT THE BEARS ARE NOT HERE, IT ACTUALLY OPENS UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO RENT SOLDIER FIELD FOR A LOT MORE EVENTS.

AND THAT WOULD REPRESENT A GROWTH IN REVENUE FOR THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

VERY INTERESTING DEBATE HERE.

WE'LL SEE HOW THE NEW RULE.

THERE IS A 45-DAY REVIEW PERIOD FOR THE NEW RULE WHERE COMMISSIONERS NOW HAVE TO APPROVE A BIG FESTIVALS OVER 10,000 PEOPLE LIKE RIOT FEST WHICH IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM ANTON OVER THIS WEEKEND.

OUR THANKS TO JUANITA IRIZARRY AND ANTON ADKINS.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU ALL.

>> UP NEXT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE EXODUS AT CITY HALL.

BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> A DISASTER DECLARATION FROM GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SHOULD FREE UP RESOURCES TO AID MIGRANTS.

PRITZKER'S G.O.P.

CHALLENGER DARREN BAILEY MOVES TO CHICAGO BUT STILL CALLS THE CITY A QUOTE CRIME RIDDEN HELLHOLE.

AND MILLIONS OF ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS SHOULD START RECEIVING STATE TAX REBATES MONDAY BUT IS THE TIMING SUSPICIOUS?

JOINING US IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

SO TEAM, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY ALONGSIDE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE AND OTHERS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED THAT DISASTER DECLARATION TO FREE UP RESOURCES FOR SOME 500 MIGRANTS WHO HAVE BEEN BUSSED TO CHICAGO FROM TEXAS.

THE GOVERNOR CALLED 0 OUT HIS COUNTERPART IN TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ACCUSING HIM OF DEMONIZING THE MIGRANTS.

>> THE FAMILIES ARE POOR AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THAT IS APPARENTLY ALL SOME PEOPLE NEED TO LEVEL BASELESS ACCUSATIONS.

MANY HAVE LITERALLY WALKED FROM VENEZUELA TO THE U.S. BORDER SEEKING SAFETY FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

THIS IS NOT A TIME TO DEMONIZE HUMAN BEINGS.

THIS IS A TIME TO LIVE UP TO OUR VALUES.

>> SO HEATHER WHAT WOULD THIS DECLARATION DO?

>> IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO GET THESE IMMIGRANTS SOMEWHERE TO LIVE EITHER SHORT-TERM OR A LITTLE BIT LONGER TERM DEPENDING ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

IT WILL ALSO HELP THE STATE PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE, FOOD AND WHATEVER SORT OF EMERGENCY NEEDS THEY HAVE.

IT IS AN INDICATION THAT THE CITY AND THE STATE AND THE COUNTY THINK THERE ARE MANY MORE BUS LOADS OF PEOPLE HEADED TO CHICAGO FROM TEXAS AND THAT THIS IS TURNING INTO AS WE HEARD THE MAYOR SAY, A MANUFACTURED CRISIS.

>> THE GOVERNOR REFERENCED LOCAL POLITICIANS WHO ARE QUOTE-UNQUOTE GRUMBLING AND HE IS REFERRING TO SUBURBAN POLITICIANS SUCH AS BURR RIDGE MAYOR WHO CLAIMED THEY WERE BLINDSIDED BY THE MIGRANTS MOVED TO HIS COMMUNITY FROM CHICAGO.

DID GOVERNOR PRITZKER ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS?

>> HE DID.

HE SAID THAT LOOK, THIS IS A TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO PULL TOGETHER AND TO HELP THESE PEOPLE AND WE JUST HEARD HIM DESCRIBE THE REALLY QUITE SERIOUS STRAITS THAT MANY OF THE FAMILIES FIND THEMSELVES IN.

THE MAYOR TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TONE.

SHE SAID IT WAS RIGHT AND FAIR FOR MAYORS TO WANT TO BE NOTIFIED AHEAD OF TIME THAT THESE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WERE COMING TO STAY AT HOTELS IN THEIR SUBURBS.

AND THIS DISASTER DECLARATION WILL HELP SORT OF COORDINATE THAT CARE AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SAME PAGE.

BUT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE EXCESS SHELTER CAPACITY SO THEY COULD QUICKLY FIND SOMEWHERE FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO AND STAY AND GET THE CARE THEY NEEDED.

SO THAT'S WHAT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WAS REALLY ABOUT.

>> ALL THAT SAID, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CALLED OUT THE TEXAS GOVERNOR SAYING THAT HE IS REFUSING TO COMMUNICATE.

>> GOVERNOR ABBOTT CLEARLY HAS MANDATED THAT NO ONE IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT, NOT THE SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES, NOT THE TEXAS RANGERS, OR ANYONE ELSE CAN PROVIDE US WITH ANY INFORMATION OR NOTICE.

THE NORMAL LINES OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE WITH STATE LEADERS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT HE SHUT THOSE OFF FROM US.

SO IT IS A MANUFACTURED CRISIS BY AMBUSH.

>> AMANDA PRITZKER AND LIGHTFOOT ARE CALLING WHAT ABBOTT IS DO A STUNT.

HOW DO YOU THINK VOTERS IN ILLINOIS WILL SEE THIS?

>> I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE VOTER THAT YOU ARE.

CERTAINLY WE ARE AWARE WHILE DEMOCRATS HAVE BASICALLY A SWEEP OF CONTROL OF STATE GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY DOWN STATE REPUBLICANS DO WELL.

AND NOT TO SAY THIS IS PARTISAN ISSUE BUT THERE IS A DIVIDED OPINION I'VE HEARD AND TALK TO SOME PEOPLE THAT QUESTION THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO ARE PUTTING TOWARDS THESE INDIVIDUALS GIVEN THE MANY SOCIAL NEEDS, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, THAT ALREADY EXIST BY PERMANENT ILLINOIS RESIDENTS.

THAT SAID, AS HEATHER POINTED OUT, THESE ARE IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE IN VERY DIRE STRAITS.

HARD CIRCUMSTANCES, FLEEING VIOLENCE OFTEN IN CASES AND BY THE WAY ARE LEGALLY IN THE COUNTRY AS THEY SEEK STATUS FOR EXAMPLE FOR ASYLUM.

>> SO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR DARREN BAILEY WHO HAS TEMPORARILY TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN THE JOHN HANCOCK BUILDING ONCE AGAIN SOUGHT TO ATTACK PRITZKER ON HIS RESPONSE TO CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> SOMEONE WHO LOVES ILLINOIS WOULDN'T TRY TO PAINT A ROSIE PICTURE WHILE MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN CHICAGO.

MAINLY IN THESE BLACK AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

WHERE ARE YOU AT?

JB YOUR ADMINISTRATION IS ABSOLUTELY INCOMPETENT.

OUR GREATEST CITY IS A CRIME RIDDEN HELLHOLE AND YOU DON'T CARE.

>> THERE IT IS AGAIN.

CRIME RIDDEN HELLHOLE.

IS CRIME GOING TO BE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR REPUBLICANS IN THIS RACE.

>> THEY ARE MAKING IT SUCH AND IT'S NOT JUST THE GOVERNOR IN A LOT OF STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES PARTICULARLY IN AND AROUND CHICAGO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE ISSUE FOR THE G.O.P.

FOR A TIME IT HAD BEEN INFLATION, AND THE ECONOMY.

WE MIGHT SEE THAT CHANGE.

BUT CLEARLY, THEY APPEAR TO HAVE POLLING THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS THE TOP ISSUE AND THE SAFETY ACT WHICH WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT EARLIER IN OUR PROGRAM THERE, I THINK YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

HAS TRACTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THERE ARE A LOT OF STRETCHES OF THE TRUTH IF NOT OUT RIGHT LIES IN TERMS OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH VIOLENCE THERE.

BUT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO AND MAKE CLEAR WHAT EXACTLY THIS LAW WILL AND WON'T DO.

YES THIS IS GOING TO BE HUGE IN THE CAMPAIGN AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT JUST WITH PRESS CONFERENCES BUT THE CAMPAIGN ADS.

>> DAN PROFT HAS BEEN BACKING BAILEY BY FUNDING FAKE ARTICLES CLAIMING THE STATE'S NO CASH BAIL POLICY WILL PUT DANGEROUS CRIMINALS, PICTURED AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS, BACK ON THE STREETS.

THIS IS A REFERENCE TO THE SAFETY ACT SIGNED BY PRITZKER THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

BUT WILL IT PUT THOSE CHARGED WITH VIOLENT OFFENSES BACK ON THE STREET AS REPUBLICANS ARE ACTUALLY CHARGING?

>> MY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT PANEL THAT WE DID A BIT AGO IS THIS ACT IS REALLY COMPLEX AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE INTERPRETATIONS OF SINGLE PROVISIONS.

AND I THINK THERE ARE GOOD FAITH MULTIPLE INTERPRETATIONS AND BAD FAITH MISINFORMATION AND MANIPULATION OUT THERE.

BUT THAT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THIS.

THE JUDGES, THE STATE'S ATTORNEYS.

THE SHERIFF'S.

AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT AMANDA SAID THAT REPUBLICANS ARE CEASING ON THIS ISSUE NUMBER ONE.

IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR CANDIDATE OVER THE JOB BUT IT COULD GET GAINS IN THE ASSEMBLY AND I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MESSAGING OF THIS.

IT IS CONFUSING.

THERE WAS A VORTEX WHERE THE MISINFORMATION WAS ABLE TO TAKE HOLD BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT CLEAR MESSAGING ABOUT THIS COMPLEX ACT.

>> SO PROFT IS BEHIND THE PACKETS THAT FUNDED THE TV AD THAT SHOWS A WOMAN BEING VIOLENTLY ATTACKED IN LAKEVIEW.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER CALLED THE AD DISGUSTING AND SAID IT WAS RACIAL.

PARIS BACK TO YOU, ARE REPUBLICANS LIKE PROFT ARE THEY PLAYING RACIAL POLITICS HERE, DOG WHISTLING?

>> WHEN I SAW THIS AD THE CLEAR NARRATIVE WAS THAT BLACK CRIME IS COMING TO WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PRITZKER AND LIGHTFOOT ARE TO BLAME.

THE RACE COMPONENT IS CENTRAL TO THE AD AND Mr. PROFT HE COULD HAVE CHOSEN THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT CRIME VIDEOS.

BUT WENT WITH A WHITE WOMAN IN LAKEVIEW APPARENTLY GETTING ATTACKED BY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

IT GOES BACK TO THE WILLIE HORTON AD REFERENCES THAT A LITTLE BIT.

IT KIND IS LIKE THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY FORMER PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON AND THE POINT IS RACIAL FEAR, AND RACIAL RESENTMENT AND IT'S EFFECTIVE BUT IT'S DARK AND THE DARK AND DIRTY SIDE OF POLITICS.

>> HEATHER HAS THERE BEEN RESPONSE FROM PROFT OR DALEY ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM?

>> DAN PROFT SAID LOOK THIS IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED ON A STREET IN LAKEVIEW AND IT'S NOT OUR FAULT PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH AND DARREN BAILEY SIDESTEPPED THE ISSUE BECAUSE THIS IS A PAC AND HIS CAMPAIGN IS NOT ALLOWED TO COORDINATE WITH DAN PROFT HE SAID LOOK IF YOU GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE AD GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS MUCH CLOSER THAN THAT.

AND DAN PROFT WOULD NOT HAVE PUT OUT THE AD HAD HE NOT HOPED IT WOULD HELP DARREN BAILEY.

BUT THAT IS AGAIN THE SIMIER SIDE OF POLITICS.

>> AND THE BLOG THAT AIRS THE VIDEOS HAS ASKED THAT THE AD BE TAKEN DOWN.

AND CLEARLY Mr. PROFT THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED TO THIS WOMAN AND HE SAYS IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUT A POLITICAL MESSAGE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CALLS TO TAKE THAT DOWN.

BUT WHETHER IT COMES DOWN OR NOT IT'S BEEN UP AND SEEN BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

IT PROBABLY HAD THE EFFECT THAT Mr. PROFT INTENDED IT TO HAVE.

>> AMANDA, STATE TAX REBATE ALSO START TO BE DISPERSED TO ILLINOIS HOUSEHOLDS ON MONDAY.

IS THERE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THE TIMING HERE GIVEN THE APPROACHING NOVEMBER ELECTION?

>> THEY STARTED GOING OUT AND SHOULD BE ARRIVING IN THE NEXT SIX-EIGHT WEEKS AND THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE CAN BEGIN TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THOSE THROUGH THE NOVEMBER SECOND ELECTION.

WHEN THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED ABOUT IT HE SAID NO, THIS IS THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WHEN THE PAPER ARRIVED WE HAD THE CHECKS AND ALSO WHEN ILLINOIS HAD THE MONEY IN THE BANK TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE WHAT WILL AMOUNT TO $1.2 BILLION OF TAX.

THAT SAID YES THIS IS OF COURSE POLITICAL.

THERE'S NO QUESTION AND YOU CAN TELL THAT AGAIN CAMPAIGN ADS.

GOVERNOR AIRING A LOT OF THEM TALKING ABOUT HIS BUDGET, AND THIS MONEY IS GOING TO TAXPAYERS AND HE IS TAKING CREDIT FOR IT.

CERTAINLY, YES, BRANDIS.

I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE TO GO WITH SUSPICIOUS IT'S DIRECT.

>> IT'S CONVENIENT.

PARIS ILLINOIS STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANNE BURKE ANNOUNCED SHE IS RETIRING WAS THIS EXPECTED GIVEN HER HUSBAND ED BURKE IS UNDER FEDERAL INDICTMENT?

DID ALL OF THAT PUT HER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION?

>> IT'S BEEN AN AWKWARD POSITION ALTHOUGH IT IS A FEDERAL CASE IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THAT CASE WOULD GO TO THE STATE COURT.

BUT SHE IS 78 YEARS OLD AND SHE MIGHT JUST BE RETIRING BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD TIME TO RETIRE.

SPOUSES SHOULD NOT BE GUILTY OF SINS OF THEIR SPOUSES.

AND ANNE BURKE HAS BEEN MARRIED TO ED BURKE FOR A LONGTIME BUT SHE HAS RESPECT FROM HER PEERS AS A JUDGE.

SHE STARTED THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN CHICAGO.

ALTHOUGH FOR MANY YEARS THE BURKES ACTED AS A TEAM.

THEY WOULD HOST DINNERS WITH POLITICIANS COMING OVER.

FUNDRAISING DINNERS WHERE THEY WERE BOTH HOSTING IT.

AT TIMES IT'S BEEN HARD TO SEPARATE THE TWO BUT JUSTICE BURKE'S LEGACY THAT WE KNOW OF IS FAR LIGHTER THAN WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE ALDERMAN ED BURKE'S LEGACY IS GOING TO BE.

>> IF I COULD JUMP IN IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE JUSTICE BURKE IS GOING TO BE SEATED THROUGH FALL.

SO THROUGH THE ELECTION WHICH MEANS THAT ALREADY ACTUALLY THE SUPREME COURT HAS CHOSEN WHO WILL SERVE AS HER REPLACEMENT AND THAT IS JOY CUNNINGHAM.

INTERESTING THERE TWO FOLD.

NUMBER ONE BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT CUNNINGHAM IS NOT GOING TO BE STANDING FOR ELECTION THIS WILL BE A SEAT SHE WILL HOLD THROUGH 2024 AND WILL BE THE SECOND BLACK WOMAN THAT IS SITTING ON THE STATE'S HIGH COURT.

THAT IS SOMETHING, HOWEVER, THAT LATINOS ARE TAKING UMBRAGE WITH GIVEN THERE IS NO LATINO ON THE SUPREME COURT.

ALREADY REALLY GEARING UP FOR THE 2024 ELECTION CYCLE AND TRYING TO TAKE THAT BACK.

TALKING ABOUT FRUSTRATION WITH THE LACK OF HISPANICS ON THE STATE'S HIGH COURT.

>> AND ESTHER, YOUR REFLECTIONS ON ANNE BURKE'S RETIREMENT.

>> I THINK PARIS IS RIGHT.

THERE IS NO SENSE THAT THIS FEDERAL CASE HE IS FACING WAS GOING TO END UP IN HER COURT BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS A LOT OF ATTENTION AND WHENEVER I TOLD PEOPLE ABOUT IT THEY SAID THAT IS SO ILLINOIS.

IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN SHE WILL NOT BE ON THE COURT WHEN HE FACES A JURY IN 2023.

THE QUESTION IS IS HE GOING TO FOLLOW HIS WIFE INTO RETIREMENT OR SEEK A 14TH TERM ON THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WE DON'T KNOW.

>> AND THERE HAVE NOT BEEN PETITIONS CIRCULATING FOR HIM OR MAYBE THAT IS A RUMOR.

THAT'S SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

THANKS EVERYBODY, AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

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