[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR BEAK BEAK GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> WHOLE FOODS IS CLOSING THE STORE IN ENGLEWOOD AS THE CHAIN PLANS TO CLOSE FIVE OTHER STORES AROUND THE NATION INCLUDING THE STORE INSIDE DePAUL.

IT IS A BITTER BLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY SIX YEARS AFTER OPENING WITH GREAT FANFARE IN WHAT WAS A FOOD DESERT.

THE COMPANY ANNOUNCES EMPLOYEES AT THE STORE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR JOBS AT OTHER STORES.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT BUT WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REPURPOSE THAT STOREFRONT.

>> THE TAX BILL IS REPORTEDLY GOING TO JUMP AT TRUMP TOWER CHICAGO.

THE COOK COUNTY ASSESSORS OFFICE SLAPPED A 68% INCREASE ON ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT BUILDING.

FRITZ KAEGI SAYS THE VALUE OF THE RETAIL SPACE HAS GONE UP THOUGH THAT SPACE SITS VACANT.

KAAGE IS FACING A HEATED REELECTION BATTLE AGAINST BOARD PRESIDENT CARRY STEEL.

WITH THE 39TH PICK IN THE DRAFT THE BEARS COLLECT TYLER GORDON.

THE BEARS SAT OUT OF THE FIRST ROUND DUE TO LAST YEAR WHERE THE TEAM TRADED UP TO SELECT JUSTIN FIELDS.

THE BEARS HAVE A PICK IN THE FIRST CRACK AT THE EVENT AND MORE ON THE NEW PICK LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> AND NOW TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL JOINING US ARE MIKE MULLIGAN OF WCRAM670 THE SCORE.

OUR OWN HEATHER CHERONE.

BECKY VEVEA OF WBEZ AND JACQUELINE SERRATO WITH SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

BECKY VEVEA "THE SUN TIMES" REPORTS THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TIPPED HER HAND AND SHE IS GOING TO RUN FOR REELECTION.

MEANWHILE, CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY WHO IS TESTING THE WATERS DECIDES HE WILL NOT.

FIRST OF ALL, WHY IS HE NOT GOING TO GET IN THE RACE?

>> WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS DOING IT FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

HE CITING HIS AGE AND FAMILY AND HOW HARD IT IS TO BE THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO AND NOT SOMETHING HE WANTS TO DO AT THIS TIME.

I IMAGINE, I HAVE NOT SENSED BAD BLOOD BETWEEN HIM AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT I IMAGINE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A CONVERSATION AND MAYBE HE DECIDED CHALLENGING HER WAS NOT IN THE CARDS.

>> AND HEATHER CHERONE WHAT IS BEHIND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT STRETCHING THIS DECISION OUT?

WE MENTIONED LAST WEEK SHE TEASED THE DECISION AT A CITY CLUB SPEECH.

>> IT'S CLEAR PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING SHE IS PERCEIVED AS EXTREMELY VULNERABLE.

WE HAVE ALL SORT OF HEARD RUMORS ABOUT POLLING WHERE HER APPROVAL RATE SOMETHING HE HAVE, VERY LOW.

AND ANNOUNCING HE WASN'T GOING TO RUN, MIKE QUIGLEY MADE SURE TO MAKE IT CLEAR HE THOUGHT IF HE HAD HE WAS GOING TO BEAT HER WHICH IS QUITE A CHOICE TO MAKE WHEN THERE IS AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR OF THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION THAT HE AS THE NORTH SIDE CONGRESS PERSON IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH HER.

THE SENSE IS MAYBE LIGHTFOOT WAS FEELING SO VULNERABLE THAT SHE WOULDN'T RUN FOR A SECOND TERM.

IT'S CLEAR BY THE REPEATED YEP, I'M WORKING ON IT, IT'S COMING.

SHE IS TRYING TO ALLAY THE FEARS.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2018 WHEN EVERYBODY THOUGHT RAHM EMANUEL WAS CERTAIN TO RUN AND OUT OF NOWHERE WAS PETITIONS ON THE STREET CAME OUT AT CITY HALL AND SAID I'M NOT RUNNING AGAIN.

I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE.

YOU REALLY CAN'T DISCOUNT THE POWER OF AN INCUMBENT MAYOR TO RUN FOR REELECTION BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE QUIGLEY.

>> THE SOONER SHE DECIDES THE MORE FUNDRAISING SHE CAN DO.

THE PERSON THAT IS ULTIMATELY BE THE TOP CHALLENGER LIGHTFOOT HAS NOT ENTERED THE RACE.

JACQUELINE SERRATO ANY NAMES COME TO MIND THAT FOLKS MIGHT JUMP DOWN THE ROAD?

>> NO, IN THE LATINX IN PARTICULAR THERE IS ALWAYS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO MAY RUN FOR MAYOR.

AND IT USED TO BE CHEWY GARCIA BUT THAT IS THE NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE NOW THAT HE IS IN CONGRESS.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS BUT THERE ARE NOT NAMES THAT COME TO MIND.

>> GARCIA RUMORS I'VE HEARD THEM, TOO.

I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE CONGRESSMAN HIMSELF.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BIG ACTION IN CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.

THE FULL COUNCIL PASSES THE MAYOR'S GAS CARD GIVEAWAY BUT NOT WITHOUT ROAD BUMPS FROM ALDERMEN WHO SAID THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN PUT TO BETTER USE.

>> WHEN WE ARE GIVING $3 MILLION TO THE FOOD DEPOSITORY AND $12 MILLION FOR GAS CARDS SOMETHING IS OFF.

>> IN THIS CITY THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT BARELY HAVE A COUPLE DOLLARS IN THEIR POCKET.

WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS LOWERING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO THAT AS A CITY.

MEANWHILE BACK IN PLANET REALITY FOLKS HAVE TO DRIVE.

>> IF YOU ARE A VOTER AND GET A $50 GAS CARD DOES IT MEAN YOU ARE GO TO REELECT A POLITICIAN THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN?

>> YES, I DON'T THINK $50 IS ENOUGH, FRANKLY.

IF YOU FILLED UP YOUR CAR RECENTLY.

I WAS TELLING MY WIFE THE OTHER DAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WAS IT WAS CRAZY.

THERE WAS A TIME IN MY LIFE WHERE I COULDN'T GO TO WORK IF GAS WAS THIS EXPENSIVE.

I GOT TO TELL YOU I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE GET THROUGH IT.

AND I THINK THE CTA PASSES, WE'VE GOT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THIS.

GAS IS CRAZY AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS IT'S GOING HIGHER.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN DO AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE BUYING VOTES BY DOING THIS.

IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY NOT TO BE AT A STAND STILL.

>> HOW BENEFICIAL COULD THIS BE?

>> I THINK PEOPLE DO APPRECIATE IT.

I MEAN MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT TOOK A PAGE FROM WILLIE WILSON'S GENEROSITY.

EVEN THOUGH THOSE GIVEAWAYS WERE PRETTY CHAOTIC.

PEOPLE WERE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL AND WILLING TO STAND IN LINE FOR HOURS TO GET FREE GAS.

SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED THESE GAS CARDS AND TRANSPORTATION CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE AT BEING ELIGIBLE FOR ONE OF THEM.

BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE MONTHLY LOTTERIES.

SO, YES, I THINK PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.

>> BECKY VEVEA REMIND US HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK, IT'S $12 MILLION PLUS PROGRAM WHO IS GOING TON ELIGIBLE AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET THE CARD?

>> IF YOU MAKE 100% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS.

FOR A SINGLE PERSON I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT PERSON, 60,000 AND FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR 90,000.

AND I THINK THERE IS AN APPLICATION ON-LINE THAT YOU CAN GO AND FILL OUT.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO A LOTTERY EVERY MONTH.

AND GIVEAWAY I BELIEVE IT IS 100,000 OF THE 50 TRANSIT CARDS AND 50,000 OF THE $150 GAS CARDS.

THERE IS A LOT THERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GET THEM.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK LIKE WHETHER THE QUESTION OF IF I'M GOING TO GET A GAS CARD AM I GOING TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE, WHO KNOWS HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE.

BUT THEY ARE GOING TO JOHN NOTHDURFT VOTE BECAUSE SOMEBODY GAVE THEM A GAS CARD.

IT'S ONE OF THE CAN'T HURT SORTS OF PROGRAMS AND SOMETHING THAT WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO WIN SOMETHING?

>> AND WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO PUT THEIR NAME ON SOMETHING THAT PUTS CASH IN THE POCKETS OF VOTERS.

HEATHER CHERONE, THE LITTLE KERFUFFLE ABOUT HAVING MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S NAME ON THE CARD?

>> IT WILL BE ON THE CARD.

AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE WHOLE DEBATE OVER GIVING PEOPLE CASH ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY FROM THE GOVERNMENT HAS CHANGED JUST 180°.

THIS IS THE LEGACY REALLY OF ANDREW YANG IN THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY IN 2020 WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME AND THE CITY'S TEST OF THE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME THE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW AND IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS 90,000 CHICAGOANS APPLIED FOR THAT.

IT'S $500 A MONTH FOR A YEAR THAT COULD CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES HONESTLY.

AND I THINK THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW MUCH NEED AND HOW MUCH REALLY ECONOMIC DESPAIR IS OUT THERE.

AND IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT LOTTERY WORKS OUT.

BECAUSE ONLY 5,000 FAMILY ALSO GET THAT HELP.

AND WHETHER THAT PROVES TO BE A POLITICAL BOON FOR MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT OR WHETHER IT HURTS HER WHEN PEOPLE START GETTING THE REJECTIONS AND FEEL ANGRY ABOUT IT.

>> AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PILOT RUN TO SEE IF IT WOULD WORK ON A LARGER SCALE.

A DISTURB ANDING REPORT SHOWS LIVE EXPECTANCY DROPPING FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN CHICAGO SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

JACQUELINE SERRATO IS THIS ALL ABOUT COVID OR ABOUT OTHER FACTORS ESPECIALLY IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES?

>> WELL, I THINK BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES BORE THE BRUNT OF THE COVID DEATHS.

IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AUSTIN, LITTLE VILLAGE, SOUTH SHORE WHERE THE HARDEST HIT BY COVID.

EACH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAD ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO OVER 300 DEATHS.

OF COURSE THAT IS GOING TO SKEW THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN IN EACH ONE OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

NOT TO MENTION THAT IN GENERAL THERE IS A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE IN MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE IS A DESERT OF HOSPITALS AND LOCAL CLINICS.

SO YOU KNOW I THINK THESE ARE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT SIMPLY MANIFESTED THEMSELVES ESPECIALLY DURING COVID.

>> AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE OBVIOUSLY THAT AFFECTS LIFESPAN AND THAT IS CRIME.

WE SAW THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS OF THE YEAR LAST WEEKEND WHEN THE WEATHER WAS WARM.

WE SAW GROUPS OF FOLKS CAUSING TROUBLE ON MICHIGAN AVENUE, CRIME ON THE CTA AND YESTERDAY VIDEO OUT OF A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL GAME WHERE SHOTS RANG OUT ACROSS THE STREET.

MIKE MULLIGAN, ARE WE JUST IN FOR ANOTHER VIOLENT SUMMER IN CHICAGO LIKE LAST YEAR?

>> IT SURE LOOKS THAT WAY.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU IT IS REALLY DEPRESSING THAT WE ARE FINALLY KIND OF OUT OF BEING IN LOCKDOWN AND THE RESPONSE IS THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CRIME ISSUE.

IT IS -- THERE'S NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT APPARENTLY.

THERE'S NOBODY COMING UP WITH ANYWAY OF DETERRING THIS.

IT'S JUST IT IS HAVING BEEN DOWNTOWN WORKING OFF MICHIGAN AVENUE, IT'S LIKE A -- IT'S EVERY WEEKEND.

WE GO DOWN AND PARK IN THE GARAGE SOMETIMES AND GOODNESS IT'S SCARY.

>> AND DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE FOOT TRAFFIC RETURNED TO THE LOOP OR THE NORMAL HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.

BECKY VEVEA DOES THIS MEAN TROUBLE FOR DAVID BROWN?

>> I THINK HIS FORTUNE IS TIED TO HER FORTUNE.

AND I CAN'T SEE HER REPLACING HIM PRIOR TO ELECTION.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STRIFE AND INTERN PRESSURE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE IN THE RANK-AND-FILE WHO LIKE HIM VERY MUCH AND I THINK SHE IS SO FAR REBUFFED MANY CRITICS AND KEPT HIM IN PLACE AND SHE HAS CONFIDENCE IN HIM.

I CAN'T SEE HER DOING AN OVERHAUL PRIOR TO ELECTION.

THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT THEIR NUMBERS AND THE WAY THEY SLICE THINGS AND THEY'VE TOUTED THE HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATE REDUCING.

BUT I CANNOT SEE HER -- THEY ARE BASICALLY TIED TOGETHER.

>> ANOTHER CRIME ISSUE, HEATHER CHERONE WE SAW THE WARD SUPERINTENDENT OF EMBATTLED 45TH WARD JAMES GARDINER WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO SELL A MACHINE GUN HE SAYS WAS AN ANTIQUE HIS GRANDFATHER USED IN WORLD WAR II.

HOW DOES THIS IMPACT GARDINER HIMSELF BECAUSE WE AND OTHERS REPORTED HE IS UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION?

>> WELL, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND WHAT IS INTERESTING THAT A WARD SUPERINTENDENT IS SOMEBODY HIRED DIRECTLY BY THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON.

CHARLES SIKANICH WHO IS FACING THE CHARGES WAS ALDERMAN GARDINER'S CHOICE IN THE 45 PTH WARD WHICH INCLUDES JEFFERSON PARK.

AND I THINK BEARS QUESTIONING WHETHER HE PICKED THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB GIVEN THE CHARGES.

AND AS YOU AND I REPORTED IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THERE'S.ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THEM.

THE TWO ARE ACCUSED OF HARASSING A MAN WHO FOUND CHARLES SIKANICH'S CELLPHONE THERE IS A FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER THAT.

AND ALLEGATIONS THAT JIM GARDINER IMPROPERLY BLOCKED PEOPLE FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE BECAUSE HE DID NOT LIKE OPINIONS.

AND JIM GARDINER SENT EYE POPPING TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT CITY HALL STAFFERS AND HOMOPHOBIC COMMENTS ABOUT TOM TUNNEY.

HE HAS ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE FOR THREE YEARS BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE A TENURE.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET HIM ON THE PHONE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS.

ELECTION IS COMING UP AND WE'LL SEE.

>> A LOT OF TIME THE STORIES WE GO TO HIS OFFICE AND THE BLINDS ARE DRAWN SO NO ONE CAN LOOK IN.

JACQUELINE SERRATO SURPRISE NEWS TODAY THAT AMAZON WHOLE FOODS WILL CLOSE THE WHOLE FOODS STORE IN ENGLEWOOD.

I REMEMBER WHEN MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL TOUTED THIS AS A REALLY BIG BOON TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT HAD BEEN A FOOD DESERT.

WHY DO YOU THINK WHOLE FOODS IS GOING TO PULL OUT NOW?

>> THIS WAS THE NEWS OF THE DAY IN THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT REACTIONS BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY SHOPS THERE.

I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS -- THIS CHAIN STORE HAD A GREAT INCENTIVE TO MOVE INTO THIS AREA IN THE FORM OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX BREAKS.

BUT I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION HOW THEY WOULD BE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE KNOW THAT THE PRICES AT WHOLE FOODS ARE TYPICALLY ABOVE OTHER GROCERS IN THE SOUTH SIDE LIKE JEWEL'S ALDI, FOOD FOR LESS.

AND WITH PEOPLE HURTING FINANCIALLY IN THE CITY, I THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT WHOLE FOODS WAS NOT REACHING ENOUGH ENGLEWOOD CONSUMERS.

I THINK THAT WHOLE FOODS AS WELL AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES CAN BE A SYMBOL OF GENTRIFICATION AND THIS STORE WAS OPEN WITH THE HOPE OF SPURRING DEVELOPMENT.

BUT DEVELOPMENT FOR WHOM?

LIKE WAS THEIR SELECTION AND PRICE TAILORED TO LOCAL COMMUNITY?

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE UP IN THE AIR.

>> AND I REMEMBER THE STORE OFFICIALS WERE PROMISING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TAILOR THE PRICES AND SELECTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE MAYOR SAID SHE IS DISAPPOINTED.

JACKIE DO YOU THINK SHE SHOULD TRY TO DO MORE TO KEEP THEM THERE?

OR TRY TO FIND ANOTHER TENANT THERE?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THIS -- HOPE THIS WILL ENCOURAGE US TO REEVALUATE SUBSIDIZING CORRECTIONRATIONS AND EXPECTING THEM TO REVERSE DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT IS THE BEST WAY TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY GROWTH.

I THINK THIS IS A MODEL THAT DIDN'T WORK.

HAVING SAID THAT I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORKING LOCALLY TO OFFER OTHER ALTERNATIVES LIKE ON 63rd AND RACINE, THERE IS A NEW STORE CALLED GO GREEN COMMUNITY FRESH MARKET AND THIS WAS A RESULT OF NONPROFITS COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER.

>> WE HAD OUR OWN NICK BLUMBERG OUT THERE LAST NIGHT TALKING ABOUT THAT.

HEATHER CHERONE I WANT TO YOU CAN TA ABOUT THE STANDOFF BETWEEN ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE CHICAGO READER AND THE STAFF OF THE CHICAGO READER LIKE A GAME OF CHICKEN WHERE THE OWNER LEONARD GOODMAN BLINKED AND STEPPED DOWN AND NOW THE READER WILL TRANSITION TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE PAPER?

>> IT GIVES IT A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.

AND I RARELY EXPRESS AN OPINION ON SHOWS BUT I WILL SAY THAT HEALTHY, STRONG READER IS GOOD FOR ALL OF CHICAGO.

IT IS GOOD FOR WTTW.

IT IS GOOD FOR WBEZ AND GOOD FOR SOUTHWEST SIDE WEEKLY AND FOR THE SCORE.

>> MORE JOURNALISM IS ALWAYS BETTER.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF THAT OUR COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO BE PAID BECAUSE THAT WAS CERTAINLY A QUESTION.

AND THAT THE READER IS GOING TO CONTINUE ITS 50-YEAR HISTORY OF DIGGING INTO THE CREVICES IN ARTS AND CULTURE AND MUSIC AND I KNOW I PERSONALLY AM RELIEVED FOR MY FRIENDS OVER THERE.

>> LET'S GET INTO STATE-WIDE POLITICS.

BECKY VEVEA SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE ANNA VALENCIA HAS BEEN UNDER A LOT OF FIRE AND SHE IS THE CURRENT CITY CLERK HER HUSBAND IS A LOBBYIST WHO LOBBIED THE CITY AND THERE WERE QUESTIONS WHETHER SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT LOBBYING.

THIS WEEK SHE CAME OUT IN AN INTERVIEW SAYING SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL IN SETTING UP THAT DIVIDING LINE.

DOES THAT ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE?

>> I MEAN IT DOES.

BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT LEFT UNANSWERED.

AND I KNOW MARY ANN AHERN HAS BEEN DIGGING ON THIS AND HAS GOTTEN MORE DOCUMENTS SHOWING THIS WAS A HABIT OF ANNA VALENCIA.

IT WASN'T JUST A SLIP UP WITH E-MAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES THERE WERE BLURRY LINES BETWEEN HER HUSBAND.

IT'S HER HUSBAND YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR PARTNER.

WHEN YOU ARE WORKING IN GOVERNMENT AND HE IS A LOBBYIST THERE ARE GUARDRAILS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE.

AS SHE IS SEEKING HIGHER OFFICE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS A VERY COMPETITIVE RACE RIGHT NOW, I THINK THIS IS A FAIR INTERESTING SORT OF THING THAT WE'RE SEEING PLAY OUT.

>> TWO OF THE CANDIDATES ALEXI GIANNOULIAS AND VALENCIA HAVE THAT AND DAVID MOORE IS RUNNING AND ALEXI GIANNOULIAS HAS THE ISSUE WITH HIS FAMILY BANK THAT WENT UNDER.

HEATHER CHERONE DOES THIS STORIES IMPACT VOTERS?

>> YOU KNOW THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE THE JUNE PRIMARY, IT'S IT'S A WHILE AWAY, YET, RIGHT?

THE QUESTION I OFTEN ASK MYSELF AM I THE ONLY ONE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE STORIES?

I THINK BECKY IS RIGHT IF YOU ARE RUNNING FOR A POSITION LIKE SECRETARY OF STATE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HIRE, BIG POWER OVER MASSIVE BUREAUCRACIES IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS HOW YOU HANDLED YOUR ROLE AT CHICAGO CITY HALL AND IT'S HARD TO OVERSTATE HOW CENTRAL THE -- THE HEART OF THE ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN TO HER TERM AS CITY CLERK.

I THINK MORE WE'LL LEARN HER TONE THIS WEEK WAS DIFFERENT THAN SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

SHE SAID I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG.

AND THAT WAS NOT WHAT SHE IS SAYING THIS WEEK.

AND THAT IS ONLY GOING TO RAISE MORE QUESTIONS.

>> AND IT MIGHT MEAN THEY'RE SEEING INTERNAL POLLING.

WE WILL MOVE TO SPORTS AND PUT MIKE MULLIGAN ON THE CLOCK.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THE BEARS THEY HAD TWO PICKS IN THE SECOND ROUND THEY DID THE FIRST PICK.

HAVE THEY MADE THE SECOND PICK.

>> THE PICK IS IN.

I DON'T HAVE IT ANNOUNCED.

AND I'M REFRESHING.

>> JAUWAN FROM PENN STATE.

>> HE IS THE SAFETY.

>> THE BEARS NEEDED TO GIVE JUSTIN FIELDS WEAPONS AND PROTECTION AND THEY DRAFTED TWO DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD PLAYERS.

>> I CANNOT SAY I'M THRILLED ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY DO MOVING FORWARD IN THE DRAFT.

BUT THE GENERAL MANAGER CAME IN AND MADE A BIG POINT ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

AND THEY HAD ONE GUY THEY TRIED TO SIGN HE WAS MATCHED AND THEY FAILED TO GET HIM.

SO THEY ARE SHORT A PLAYER.

THEY HAVE LET JAMES DANIELS GO.

THEY NEED A RIGHT GUARD AND THEY NEED TACKLES.

I THINK YOU CAN ARGUE THEY NEEDED TWO OFFENSIVE LINEMEN.

IT'S INTERESTING THEY GOT A DEFENSIVE MINDED COACH AND BROUGHT IN TWO MEMBERS OF THE SECONDARY.

THEY NEED STARTERS AT BOTH POSITIONS THEY NEED STARTERS IN A LOT OF POSITIONS.

>> AND THEY NEED WEAPONS FOR JUSTIN FIELDS.

>> IT WOULD BE NICE AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS DRAFT IS THERE ARE MORE LIKE SPEED WIDE RECEIVERS THROUGH THE DRAFT.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FILL THOUGHT NEEDS AND THE BEST RECEIVER IS DARNELL MOONEY A FORMER FIFTH ROUND PICK.

WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND DETERMINE THAT.

BUT USUALLY IF YOU WANT TO GET A LEFT TACKLE OUT OF A DRAFT YOU NEED TO DO THAT IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A FIRST-ROUND PICK.

THIS IS JUST A POSITION THEY WILL NEED.

MAYBE THEY HAVE A PLAN.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GUYS ON THE FREE AGENT MARKET THAT THEY CAN THROW MONEY AT AND SEE IF THEY CAN LINE IT UP.

THE BEARS HAVE SIX PICKS IN THE DRAFT YOU'RE HOPING THEY ADD MORE.

THEY HAVE LIKE 60 SOMETHING GUYS SIGNED AND YOU NEED 90 TO GO TO CAMP.

THERE ARE ONLY SHORT 30 PLAYERS BUT DON'T PANIC.

>> GET YOUR PADS AND TRYOUT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BULLS.

ZACH LEVINE BIG STAR IS A FREE AGENT FANS WANT TO KNOW IS THE TEAM GOING TO KEEP HIM AROUND?

>> I BELIEVE THEY WILL.

I THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE HIM A MAX CONTRACT TO DO THAT.

BUT THEY CAN PAY HIM MORE MONEY THAN ANY OTHER TEAM.

AND I THINK THAT ZACH IS PROBABLY EARNED A MAX DEAL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HE IS A MAX PLAYER THAT BEING SAID.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HE IS THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER, LET'S SAY, ON AN NBA CHAMPION BUT HE IS A TWO-TIME ALL-STAR AND A GUY THAT PLAYED THROUGH INJURY.

NOT EVERYONE CAN SAY THAT HE HAS TO GET HIS KNEE CLEANED UP IN THE OFF SEASON.

I WOULD SUSPECT THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM A MAX CONTRACT.

>> AND THE BULLS EXCITED PEOPLE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON THEN THEY FELL OFF AND THE SERIES WITH MILWAUKEE EXPOSED WEAKNESSES.

WHAT DOES THE FRONT OFFICE HAVE TO DO TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP TO GO DEEP INTO THE PLAYOFFS?

>> THE BUZZWORD WAS CONTINUITY BUT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO GET BETTER.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR TEAM, THEY WON A GAME AGAINST MILWAUKEE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

GOD BLESS THEM.

BUT THAT'S THE ONLY GAME A WON AGAINST THE TOP THREE TEAMS IN THE EAST OR THE WEST.

THEY DON'T MATCHUP TO THE BEST TEAMS.

SO THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER STEP.

AND THE QUESTION IS HOW YOU DO THAT.

AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY THE IDEA BEING IF SOMEONE CAME TO YOU WITH A TRADE OFFER THERE IS NO ONE THAT IS UNTOUCHABLE.

NORMALLY WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A WINNING TEAM, YOU THINK YOU HAVE UP WITH GUY, YOU'RE BUILDING THE TEAM AROUND AS GREAT AS DE ROSEN WAS HE IS 32 YEARS OLD, ON THE WRONG SIDE OF 30.

YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT IF YOU CAN MAKE THE MOVE YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT.

>> NO ONE IS OFF LIMITS AND THE YOUNG FORWARD PAT WILLIAMS.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME FOR NOW.

OUR THANKS TO MIKE MULLIGAN, HEATHER CHERONE, BECKY VEVEA AND JACQUELINE SERRATO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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