>> WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT ARE SET TO MEET AT THE BARGAINING TABLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY.

>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MADE A WHIRLWIND TRIP TO CHICAGO AND NOMINATED THE FIRST WOMAN AS THE TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR , IF CONFIRMED.

ALL THAT COME AND MORE, AND SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN IN CHICAGO TODAY ANNOUNCING THAT APRIL PERRY IS A PIC FOR U.S. ATTORNEY.

SHE WORKED AS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN THE OFFICE.

SHE ALSO SERVED AS CHIEF ETHICS OFFER AND COOK COUNTY , BUT SHE LEFT THE ADMINISTRATION AFTER THE FOX ADMINISTRATION DISMISSED CHARGES AGAINST JUSTICE JUST JUSSIE SMOLLETT.

TELL US ABOUT THE DECISION.

>> SHE IS A LONG TIME PROSECUTOR, MOST NOTABLY IN THE U.S.

ATTORNEYS OFFICE PROSECUTING THE KEVIN TRUDEAU CASE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, -- BY THE WAY, SHE SERVED ON THE CHICAGO POLICE BOARD FOR MANY YEARS.

A SIMILAR RESUME TO LORI LIGHTFOOT, WHO WAS ALSO CONSIDERED A NAME THAT WOULD BE U.S. ATTORNEY BEFORE SHE RAN FOR MAYOR.

AS YOU MENTIONED, AS THE CHIEF ETHICS OFFICER AS THE COOK COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE, OTHER KIM FOXX, LEAVING HIM ABOUT WHOLE CLOUD REGARDING THE JUSSIE SMOLLETT CASE AND ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE UNANSWERED.

AS FAR AS WE HAVE GLEANED, THERE IS A BIG INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT WENT WRONG, WHO WAS WRONG, WHO ACTED UNETHICALLY.

HER NAME IS NOT MENTIONED IN ANY THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE SHE LEFT BEFORE THAT REALLY BLEW UP, AND PERHAPS, IN PROTEST OF WHAT SHE SAW HAPPENING, AS OPPOSED TO BEING PART OF THAT.

I WOULD ASSUME, IF SHE HAD A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THAT, SHE WOULD NOT GET THE HIGH PRAISE SHE IS GETTING FROM THE SENATORS HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, A VERY DEEP RESUME.

THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR SOMEONE TAKING OVER THIS VERY IMPORTANT JOB.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO FUNDRAISING HERE TODAY WITH THE GOVERNOR AND DEEP POCKET DONORS.

IS A SHOW ABOUT ALL THE UNITY AFTER THE TALK OF GOVERNOR PRITZKER RUNNING?

BUT I DON'T THINK THE TALK OF GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAVING HIS SIGHTS SET ON HIGHER HORIZONS IS GOING TO LEAVE.

THAT IS WHY HE WANTS TO PLAY NICE.

HE HAS ALWAYS DONE SO.

IS A VERY WEALTHY MAN, A LONG TIME DEMOCRAT.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR HIM.

HE DID GET SINGLED OUT FOR PRAISE BY THE PRESIDENT DURING THE EVENT, SAYING THAT HE DID MORE THAN ALMOST ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY TO GET BY THE ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 2020.

YES, IT IS A SHOW OF UNITY, AND IT IS ALSO THAT BY THE NEEDS MONDAY, CHICAGO IS HOSTING THE D&C, GOVERNOR PRITZKER ONCE MORE, AND THIS IS A NATURAL ROLE FOR HIM.

ALL OF THAT.

>> FLYOVER ATM.

>> HEATHER, YOU REPORTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL HEARING ABOUT THE MICRO-CRISIS TODAY.

600 MIGRANTS LIVING IN POLICE STATIONS, 5000 IN CITY SHELTERS.

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE FIVE NEW PROPOSED CENTERS BY >> THE CITY NEEDS TO GET THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE FLOORS OF POLICE STATIONS OUT OF THEIR.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS TWO MONTHS AFTER THE CRISIS BEGAN.

THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL UNHOUSED IN CHICAGO, AND I THINK THAT IS TRULY A CRISIS.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR THE MAYORS ADMINISTRATION.

THEY PROMISE TO TODAY THEY ARE DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO OPEN MORE SHELTERS, AND THAT WILL STANDARDIZE THE PROCESS WILL PEOPLE ARRIVE IN CHICAGO TO GET THEM SERVICES AND SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.

BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO FIND PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THESE RECENT IMMIGRANTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY.

THEY CAN'T WORK, MOST OF THEM.

THAT MEANS THAT FEWER THAN 1000 PEOPLE OF THE 11,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ARRIVED SINCE AUGUST HAVE MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOMES.

THAT SHOWS YOU THE SCOPE OF THE CRISIS.

>> MAY, THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED PREVIOUSLY THIS ME, ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS HERE?

AND HE SAID, YES, EVERY TIME I HAVE THE CHANCE.

IT DID NOT COME UP, HOWEVER, INVITE HIS PREPARED REMARKS FOR THIS EVENT.

IT WAS NOT PART OF BIDENOMICS.

HOPEFULLY THERE WAS SOME TALK, BUT THERE REALLY HAS NOT BEEN AN INDICATION THAT THE FEDS ARE GOING TO BE SWOOPING IN WITH ADDITIONAL CASH OR AID.

>> THAT IS WHY IT IS A BUMMER THERE IS NO QUESTION AND ANSWERS FROM REPORTERS.

IT IS NOT JUST THE CASH, BUT COULD BIDEN ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD LIFT WORK REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM THAT CANNOT LEGALLY WORK.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT REALLY THINKS ABOUT THE, OTHER THAN CONGRESSPEOPLE HAD BEGGED HIM FOR SOME KIND OF ACTION.

MAYBE AT THE FUNDRAISER THEY TALKED ABOUT A, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT POLITICS AND MONEY.

>> LET'S SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT.

SEE WHAT I DID THERE?

HOLIDAY WEEKENDS ARE USUALLY RIPE WITH SAFETY ISSUES.

HOW WILL FIRST RESPONDERS DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES AROUND THE NASCAR EVENT?

IT WILL NEIGHBORHOOD COVERAGE LACK?

>> THEY MIGHT HAVE TO PUT THE BRAKES ON SOME OF THEIR NORMAL PATROLS.

[ LAUGHTER ] CHICAGO IS GOOD AT ONE THING, HE KNOWS HOW TO HOST BIG EVENTS.

NATO, G7, WHATEVER THE NUMBER .

THE CITY KNOWS HOW TO PULL THESE THINGS OFF.

WHAT HAPPENS IS, OFFICERS ARE OVERWORKED.

THERE WORKING THROUGH THEIR HOLIDAY SHIFTS AND OVERTIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND LEAVE RESOURCES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE WITHOUT NASCAR, THIS IS TYPICALLY ONE OF THE ROUGHEST WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF CRIME.

>> GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS SKIPPING IT.

IS HE SENDING A MESSAGE >> I DON'T THINK A.

HE SAID HE HAD PLANS LONG BEFORE.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE HILL WITH THAT ONE.

>> GOOD TO KNOW.

>> I HELD MYSELF FROM ANY