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

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

ComEd COULD HAVE COMPETITION AS THE CITY'S SOLE POWER SUPPLIER.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT ISSUED A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO SOLICIT POSSIBLE BIDS FROM OTHER ELECTRIC UTILITIES.

ComEd'S FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO SUPPLY EXPIRED LAST YEAR.

LIGHTFOOT WANTS ComEd OR WHOEVER THE NEXT PROVIDER IS TO BE CLIMATE FRIENDLY, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME CUSTOMERS AND HAVE GOOD ETHICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

>> A WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CONGRESSWOMAN WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION.

SUIT REST SHERRY BUSTOS WILL STEP DOWN AT THE END OF HER TERM IN 2022.

BUSTOS WON BY FOUR POINTS IN A DISTRICT THAT WENT FOR TRUMP IN THE LAST TWO ELECTION CYCLES.

AND ILLINOIS HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 3200 NEW COVID CASES WITH 33 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A CASE COUNT OF 1.335 MILLION CASES.

AND 21,960 DEATHS.

AND THE STATE REPORTS MORE THAN 31% OF ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED.

>> THE BEARS BLOCKBUSTER FIRST-ROUND PICK VISITS HIS NEW DIGS.

THE TEAM SHOCKED THE NFL BY TRADING UP TO DRAFT STAR OHIO STATE QUARTERBACK JUSTIN FIELDS LAST NIGHT AND FIELDS DID NOT WASTE TIME GETTING TO KNOW THE LOCAL MEDIA.

HE SAID HE WAS EXCITED TO GO TO A TEAM WITH THE TRADITION THAT THE BEARS HAVE.

>> THE HISTORY HERE THE PRIDE YOU KNOW, HERE IN CHICAGO JUST UNMATCHED.

I JUST LOVE THE ENERGY ALREADY AND I'M GLAD TO BE A BEAR AND GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS GREAT CITY AND GREAT ORGANIZATION I'M EXCITED.

>> AND WE WE HAVE SOMEONE TO BLOCK HIM THE BEARS DRAFTED OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TEVEN JENKINS.

>> WITH YOUR ARE ALEX HERNANDEZ AND MICHAEL MULLIGAN AND KRISTEN McQUEARY AND MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

FIRST OF ALL, A DOUBLE WHAMMY OF INDICTMENTS ON THURSDAY.

KRISTEN McQUEARY FIRST WITH ALDERMAN PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON SEVEN COUNTS IN CONNECTION TO NON-REPAYMENT OF LOANS AT THE DEFUNCT WASHINGTON FEDERAL BANK.

>> THESE ARE SEPARATE FROM WHAT THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT WITH ComEd AND RED LIGHT CAMERAS THEY LOOKED AT INTO REGARDS TO THE COLLAPSE OF A BANK.

WHEN A BANK COLLAPSES YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHOSE MONEYS ARE INVESTED IN THE BANK THE FEDS COME IN TO RESEARCH WHAT WENT WRONG.

ALONG THE WAY BEFORE ALDERMAN THOMPSON BECAME ALDERMAN THEY DISCOVERED HE HAD RECEIVED A NUMBER OF LOANS FROM THE BANK WHERE HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REPAY THEM.

I THINK THE NUMBER WAS UP TO LIKE $220,000 IN VARIOUS LOANS.

NOW, THE ALDERMAN SAYS THAT HE HAS REPAID THE LOANS AND IT IS NOT GUILTY OF THE CHARGES.

BUT HE IS FACING AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POTENTIAL AND THE FACT THAT THIS BANK AND FOUR HIGHER EXECUTIVES HAVE BEEN INDICTED ON EMBEZZLEMENT AND AN ALDERMAN ACCUSED OF POSSIBLY BEING A BENEFICIARY OF THAT AND RECEIVING LOANS FOR THE BANK AND NOT HAVING TO PAY THEM BACK.

>> MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA 10 DEFENDANTS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INVESTIGATION.

DOES THAT TELL YOU THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE TO COME ON THIS WITH ALDERMAN DALEY THOMPSON?

WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL STORY YET?

>> OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

THIS HAS BEEN COMING FOR QUITE SOMETIME AND IT'S BEEN DRIPS AND DRABS.

AND EVERYONE THAT IS INDICTED IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO REEL IN SOMEONE ELSE.

YES, THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN GOING AND IT QUITE CLEAR THAT THE INVESTIGATION IS NOT DONE YET THIS NET IS GOING TO BRING IN A LOT MORE FISH.

>> AND SOME OF THESE 10 DEFENDANTS MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT DALEY THOMPSON'S ACTIVITIES.

DALEY THOMPSON MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM.

THE REPORTING IN YOUR PAPER, "THE SUN TIMES" IS BLOWING THIS OPEN.

MICHAEL MULLIGAN, DALEY THOMPSON THE DALEY DYNASTY HE WAS THOUGHT OF POTENTIALLY THE NEXT MOST LIKELY PERSON TO BECOME MAYOR OUT OF THAT FAMILY, SON OF RICHARD M. DALEY HAS THAT PUT A FORK IN THE DYNASTY?

>> YOU START OUT WITH THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE I DON'T KNOW WE CAN SAY THAT AT THIS POINT.

I THOUGHT THAT HAPPENED.

I THOUGHT THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT'S VICTORY WAS SORT OF INDICATIVE OF A DIFFERENT POLITICAL REALITY IN CHICAGO.

AND I HAD A HARD TIME BELIEVING WHEN I WAS READING THE STORY THAT THE DYNASTY STILL EXISTED.

MAYBE THAT IS NAIVE OF ME I THOUGHT WE KIND OF SHIFTED INTO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

>> MAYBE A QUIETER DYNASTY YOU HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY IN POLITICAL POSITIONS BUT NOT THE TOP DOG POSITION.

ALEX HERNANDEZ THERE'S ALSO THE INDICTMENT NOW OF FORMER ALDERMAN RICARDO MUNOZ FROM THE 22nd WARD, LITTLE VILLAGE 16 COUNTS RELATED TO USING FUNDS FROM THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR TRIPS, SPORTS GAMES A PURCHASE AT LOVERS LANE.

HOW MUCH TROUBLE IS HE IN HERE?

>> A LOT I WOULD ASSUME.

THIS IS AN ONGOING THING WHERE I THINK IT'S 7% OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE PAST X AMOUNT OF YEARS ARE ALL UNDER INDICTMENT.

IT'S NOT GREAT.

>> I CANNOT KEEP TRACK.

HAS MY ALDERMAN BEEN INDICTED THERE IS AN ON-LINE TOOL FOR RESIDENTS TO CHECK THAT.

>> THERE IS, YEAH.

>> TWO INDICTMENTS BACK-TO-BACK.

DOES THAT TELL YOU THAT THE U.S. ATTORNEY JOHN LAUSCH BEFORE HE LEAVES IS SENDING A MESSAGE?

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF INDICTMENTS UNDER LAUSCH BUT TWO RIGHT AWAY?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ON THE SAME DAY.

AND, YES, THE MUNOZ INDICTMENT IN PARTICULAR GOING AFTER SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT CAMPAIGN FUNDS ON PERSONAL EXPENSES IS OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF WHAT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS GO AFTER.

THERE IS A LOT OF LEEWAY IN ILLINOIS ELECTION CODE THAT ALLOWS LONG TIME POLITICIANS TO SPEND CAMPAIGN MONEY ON PERSONAL EXPENSES.

THERE IS AN ETHICS LAW THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO SO.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF THE PARAMETERS AND IT WAS UNDER THE RADAR BUT THERE WAS A UP TO COMMITTEEMAN FORMER REP JOHN SULLIVAN WHO WAS INDICTED.

YES, I FEEL THAT JOHN LAUSCH'S TIME IS LIMITED.

HE WAS GIVEN SORT OF AN EXTENSION UNDER THE NEW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND MAYBE THIS IS A LAST-MINUTE PUSH TO BRING AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE CAN TO TIE-UP SOME OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS.

>> AND WE KNOW THAT FORMER ALDERMAN DANNY SOLIS HAD WORN A WIRE AND A LOT OF ALDERMEN WERE WONDERING WHAT DID SOLIS RECORD.

MICHAEL MULLIGAN, HINTS OF LIFE RETURNING TO NORMAL IN CHICAGO.

FANS GOING BACK TO THE UNITED CENTER FOR A BULLS AND HAWKS GAME.

THEY WANT TO CAP IT AT 20%.

WHY IS THAT?

>> IT'S INDOORS, I THINK.

AND FRANKLY, I THINK PARIS, MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT ONE OF THE TEAMS WOULD BE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

UNLIKELY AT THIS POINT.

IT'S ALMOST JUST A NOMINAL TYPE THING.

THERE ARE TWO HAWKS GAMES AND FOUR OR FIVE BULLS GAMES.

IT'S NOT REALLY A RETURN TO PLAY.

BUT IT'S MORE, I GUESS, BECAUSE THE OUTDOORS WITH BASEBALL THEY WANTED TO THROW A BONE TO THE TEAMS AT THE UNITED CENTER THE WINTER TENANTS AND UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE NEITHER WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS SO THERE WON'T BE NEED TO EXTEND IT.

>> THERE WAS HOPE THE BULLS WOULD SQUEAK IN.

MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA, ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE COVID NUMBERS ARE IN A GOOD PLACE THAT THIS LOOSENING OF RESTRICTIONS THIS WEEK, NAVY PIER OUTDOOR FESTIVALS COMING BACK THIS CAN GO ON SAFELY?

>> I THINK ARE YOU MUTED.

>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I AM ONE OF THOSE THAT IS VERY WARY OF THE RESTRICTIONS LIFT AND OTHERS FOLLOWING PROTOCOL.

SO I AM PROBABLY NOT ONE TO ASK.

I THINK THAT ACCORDING TO CDC, THESE PROTOCOLS ARE ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THESE VENUES BECAUSE OUTDOORS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED EVEN AMONG OTHERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY VACCINATED.

AND IT IS AN EXCITING PROCESS FOR A CITY THAT HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN AND FOR OUR BUSINESSES.

THEY REALLY NEED THIS.

SO I'M EXCITED FOR THEM.

BUT I REMAIN WARY FOR MYSELF.

AND WE'LL SEE.

>> CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A PERSONAL CHOICE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHETHER TO RETURN TO EVENTS.

THE BIG STORY OF THE WEEK ANOTHER POLICE SHOOTING VIDEO RELEASED OF ANTHONY ALVAREZ.

FIRST, ALEX HERNANDEZ, YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU FIRST SAW THIS VIDEO.

>> I HAD TO WATCH IT A BUNCH OF TIMES TO WRITE THE ARTICLE IT WAS A HORRIFIC VIDEO.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS CASE IS THE POLICE HAVE NOT SAID A LOT ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THE FOOT CHASE WE KNOW IT WENT THROUGH A PARKING LOT AT A GAS STATION, THE POLICE ARE GOING IN AN ALLEY AND CORNER Mr. ALVAREZ IN A YARD IN FRONT OF A HOME.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP DO YOU KNOW ANYMORE WHY THE POLICE WERE AFTER THIS MAN?

>> THE NARRATIVE REGARDING THIS KEEPS ON SLIGHTLY CHANGING.

MORE DETAILS ARE REVEALED RAISE QUESTIONS.

WHEN THE SHOOTING WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE PUBLIC RELATION OFFICE OF THE CHICAGO PUBLIC DEPARTMENT THEY SAID IT WAS A CONFRONTATION AND THAT IS WHY THEY WERE CHASING HIM.

LATER ON WHAT LED TO THE CHASE?

WASN'T A CLEARANCE.

AND THEN WHEN THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED, RIGHT BEFORE THEN, AFTER THE FAMILY HAD SEEN THE VIDEO BUT BEFORE IT REACHED THE PUBLIC DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID IT WAS A TRAFFIC STOP.

WHICH, AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF THAT WE HAD NO CONTEXT.

AFTER THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED YOU SEE ALVAREZ EXIT A GAS STATION HOLDING A WHITE BAG A POLICE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVING EAST AND WENT SOUTH ON LARMY AND DID A U-TURN TO GO BACK UP INTO THE GAS STATION.

TURNED ON THE SIRENS AND STARTED PURSUING HIM WHEN HE RAN.

AGAIN, WE SAW THAT HAPPEN.

BUT WE HAD NO CONTEXT WHY DID THEY DO THE U-TURN TO TURN ON THEIR LIGHTS?

TODAY, THE LAWYER FOR OFFICER WHO KILLED ALVAREZ, EVAN SOLANO HIS ATTORNEY SAID THAT APPARENTLY THERE HAD BEEN A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR ALVAREZ AND THAT IS WHY THEY HAD INTEREST IN TALKING TO HIM WHILE HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

WHICH AGAIN ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE HE WAS WALKING ON THE STREET BUT HE HAS A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THIS IS WHY THEY TURNED ON THE SIRENS TO GO AFTER THEM.

AND THAT IS MORE QUESTIONS.

>> HOW WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT BY LOOKING AT SOMEONE WALKING DOWN THE STREET?

MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA, THE SAME TIME ALVAREZ HAS A GUN AND HE IS SEEMINGLY EVADING ARREST.

IS IT HARD TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST AN OFFICER HERE WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES EVEN IF THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED?

>> YOU KNOW, IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST ANY POLICE OFFICER IN ANY POLICE SHOOTING.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

AND THEN YOU ADD A SITUATION WHERE THE VICTIM DID HAVE A GUN.

SO MANY OF THESE OTHER POLICE SHOOTINGS THAT REALLY HAVE ROILED OUR NATION, PEOPLE OF COLOR THEY WERE UNARMED.

AND IT'S REALLY LEFT DEBATABLE IN MANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS.

IN THIS SITUATION NOW YOU HAVE A VICTIM WHO HAS A GUN SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAYING WELL, THE POLICE OFFICER WAS CHASING SOMEONE WITH A GUN.

THE BOTTOM LINE, THOUGH, IS THAT ANYONE WHO WATCHES THIS VIDEO WILL SEE SOME OF THE SAME DYNAMICS WE HAVE SEEN IN ALL OF THE TRAUMATIC VIDEOS WHICH ARE TRAUMATIC TO WATCH AND THAT IS SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT, JOHN NOTHDURFT TURNED TOWARD A POLICE OFFICER WITH A WEAPON AND WHAT SEEMED TO BE IN A THREATENING WAY.

WHAT WE SEE IS A VICTIM WHO WAS RUNNING AND SHOT IN THE BACK.

SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO BRING CHARGES.

BUT ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE SEE IN THIS VIDEO RAISES THE SAME SORTS OF QUESTIONS WE HAVE RAISED WITH SO MANY OTHER VIDEOS.

YOU SHOT SOMEONE IN THE BACK.

>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SAY ARE THAT CHANGES ARE COMING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.

>> THE SHOOTING INVOLVED A FOOT CHASE.

THE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING PROGRESS ON MY DIRECTIVE TO REVISE THE FOOT CHASE POLICY.

>> WE HOPE TO ROLL OUT AND IMPLEMENT THE FOOT POLICY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

>> AND THERE IS A DRAFT OF A POSSIBLE NEW POLICY IN THE TRIBUNE.

KRISTEN McQUEARY WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT POLICY HAS TO BE?

>> I MEAN I AM AHE NOT SURE.

I JUST THINK WE SEE NOW WHAT OFFICERS SEE IS BLURRY AND SHAKEY FOOTAGE OF WHAT THEY ARE CHASING.

I THINK IN EVERY INSTANCE THE CASES THAT HAVE TO BE VIEWED ON THEIR OWN INDIVIDUALLY.

IT'S HARD TO COMPARE ONE TO THE NEXT.

BUT WHAT IS IT WORTH FOR THE OFFICERS TO BE ON A FOOT PURSUIT OVER WHAT THE MAYOR EXPLAINED AS A DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUE.

AND I THINK THERE IS A PART OF THIS THAT WE'RE IGNORING WHICH IS THERE IS A MORE TENDENCY TO RUN IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO GET A FAIR SHAKE FROM THE POLICE.

TO EXPECT PEOPLE TO STOP AND EXACTLY OBEY ORDERS IN THE MOMENT THEY ARE GIVEN IN THESE HIGHLY CHAOTIC SCENES IS JUST NOT REALISTIC AND WE'RE SEEING THAT.

I HOPE A FOOT PURSUIT POLICY ACTUALLY COMES OUT THAT YOU'RE PURSUING SOMEONE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER NOT SOMEONE WHO IS POSSIBLY IN VIOLATION OF A LICENSE ISSUE OR SOMETHING SMALLER.

IT ESCALATES SITUATIONS.

WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATIONS.

>> ALEX HERNANDEZ WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHEN C.O.P.A.

MIGHT COME OUT WITH ITS INVESTIGATION HERE?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

I KEEP REACHING OUT TO THEM.

I REACHED OUT TO THEM A MONTH I'VE BEEN REASONING OUT BEFORE THEY ANNOUNCED THE FAMILY WOULD VIEW THE VIDEO.

AND IT WASN'T C.O.P.A.

THAT ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS THE FAMILY CONTACTING ME.

SO THEY ARE PLAYING IT CLOSE TO THE VEST.

AND JUSTIN AND WHAT KRISTEN SAID REGARDING THE FOOT CHASES I TALKED TO ALDERMAN MARTIN HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED DRAFT THE CONSENT DECREE THAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER.

ONE OF THE THINGS HE AND THE PEOPLE WHO DRAFTED THE CONSENT DECREE IDENTIFIED IN 2019 WAS THAT FOOT CHASES ESCALATE THINGS UNNECESSARILY.

FLASH FORWARD IN 2021 WITHIN A WEEK YOU HAD TWO FOOT CHASES THAT ESCALATED TO TWO SHOOTINGS BY POLICE OFFICERS ONE 13 AND ONE BEING ANTHONY ALVAREZ.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE CITY'S RADAR ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RADAR AND THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE SAID, HEY FOOT CHASES THAT YOU ALLOW OFFICERS TO ENGAGE IN SOMETHING PUTS THE OFFICER AT RISK AND THE PUBLIC AT RISK AND THE PERSON THEY ARE CHASING AT RISK BECAUSE IT ESCALATES THINGS.

AND ONE THING ORGANIZERS ARE FRUSTRATED IS THE CITY KNEW IT HAD TO DO SOMETHING AND IT'S BEEN DRAGGING ITS FEET AND TWO PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF THAT.

>> AND THERE'S URGENCY IS THERE IS NO FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.

WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

THE CENSUS DATA IS IN AND ILLINOIS IS LOSING A SEAT?

SENATE.

HERE IS WHAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAD TO SAY.

>> RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE JUST SAYING NO.

THEY ARE NOT REALLY ENGAGE AND ALL THEY ARE DOING IS FIGHTING IN THESE REDISTRICTING HEARINGS WHICH I THINK HAVE BEEN SO IMPORTANT FOR HEARING WHAT PEOPLE WANT IN A REDISTRICTING MAP.

>> OBVIOUSLY THE STATE LOSES A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BECAUSE IT'S LOST A LITTLE BIT OF POPULATION.

MICHAEL MULLIGAN ARE YOU SURPRISED THE STATE IS LOSING POPULATION 18,000 FOLKS DECIDED ILLINOIS WAS NO LONGER FOR THEM?

>> NO.

I'M NOT SURPRISED BY THAT.

I THINK THAT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF SCARY THINGS GOING ON.

AND I THINK THERE ARE OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE MAY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE MORE SPACE, CERTAINLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COVID ISSUES THAT CROPPED UP AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE ARE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, IT DOESN'T REALLY SURPRISE ME.

IT IS ALSO A QUESTION WHERE YOU CAN WORK AND MORE PEOPLE WORK REMOTELY.

I THINK THE TAXES AND EVERYTHING COMBINED, IT DOESN'T STUN ME WE'RE LOSING PEOPLE FROM ILLINOIS.

>> MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA, ONE LESS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DRAW A MAP HERE.

WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE?

WHAT DISTRICT GETS DRAWN OUT AND YOU THROW OUT SHERRY BUSTOS IN A SWING PART OF THE STATE?

>> IT'S CLEAR THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DRAW THE NEW MAP IN THEIR FAVOR.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

AND NONE OF US SHOULD DANCE AROUND THAT.

THOUGH THE REPUBLICANS ARE FANNING OUTRAGE.

IT'S WHAT THE REPUBLICANS DID WHEN THEY WERE IN CONTROL.

AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY AT LEAST ONE REPUBLICAN FRESHMAN CONGRESSWOMAN WHO IS VULNERABLE.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOSS OF A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.

>> THE ISSUE HERE IS MAPS HAVE TO BE REDRAWN AT A CERTAIN POINT BEFORE THE OFFICIAL CENSUS NUMBERS COME OUT.

KRISTEN McQUEARY, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAID ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HE WANTS AN INDEPENDENT GROUP TO DO THIS.

SHOULD HE BE HELD TO ACCOUNT TOUGH HERE FOR GOING BACK ON THAT NOW?

>> YES.

I JUST THINK THAT THE HYPOCRIT -- AGAIN, I WRITE OPINIONS SO I CAN EXPRESS MY OPINION, ALMOST EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW HOUSE AND SENATE IS ON RECORD SUPPORTING TAKING THIS PROCESS OUT OF THE HANDS OF POLITICIANS.

AND THEY ARE NOW SITTING BY AND LETTING THE POLITICIANS THEIR LEADERS, REDRAW THE MAPS WHICH VOTERS HAVE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN SAID THEY DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN BUT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE IT BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE WILL NOT PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.

THE IDEA THAT THE GOVERNOR WHO AT ONE POINT CONTRIBUTED $50,000 OF HIS OWN MONEY TO AN INDEPENDENT MAP PROCESS, IS NOW JUST THROWING UP HIS HANDS SAYING THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO WHEN HE COULD TAKE A VERY BOLD STEP AND VETO A PARTISAN MAP THAT IS SENT TO HIM.

AGAIN WHY PEOPLE LOSE TRUST IN GOVERNMENT THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

IF YOU ARE TIRED OF ONE PARTY CONTROL IN SPRINGFIELD AND BELIEVE THERE IS A VOICE OR SHOULD BE FOR SOME SORT OF OPPOSITION PARTY, THERE IS SOMETHING THE LEGISLATURE CAN DO.

THEY CAN LET IT GO PAST THE DEADLINE AND IT FORCESTH EMTO CREATE MORE OF A BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE TO DRAW THE MAP.

BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

>> RIGHT THE WAY THE RULES ARE SET IT IF IT GOES PAST THAT DEADLINE IT IS A BASE HIT COMMISSION BUT -- BIPARTISAN COMMISSION BUT THERE'S QUESTIONS OF THE LEGALLALITY BEFORE THE CENSUS NUMBERS COME OUT.

WE SHOULD MENTION THE DRAWING OF THE MAPS THE PARTY IN CONTROL IN MOST STATES GERRYMANDER REDISTRICTING WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF INDEPENDENT.

AND GREAT NEWS FOR THE BEARS, MICHAEL MULLIGAN, JUSTIN FIELDS, ONCE AGAIN RYAN PACE, THE MANAGER MOVES UP TO GET A QUARTERBACK LIKE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO BUT THIS FEELS DIFFERENT, DOES IT NOT?

>> I THINK THIS REALLY IS DIFFERENT.

AND I THINK THAT PARTLY IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT RYAN PACE WAS MAKING THE CALL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SKILL SET THAT JUSTIN FIELDS BRINGS TO THE TABLE IT IS MORE IN LINE WITH DESHAUN WATSON, AND PATRICK MAHOMES THAN WITH MITCH TRUBISKY.

THIS IS A QUARTERBACK THAT THEY MOVED UP TO GET FIRST OF ALL, HE WAS THE GUY THAT WAS SORT OF UNDER THE MOST SCRUTINY FOR SOME REASON DURING THIS PROCESS.

WHICH IS A BRUTAL PROCESS GETTING DRAFTED INTO THE NFL.

HE WAS BASICALLY CONSIDERED THE NUMBER TWO QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL DRAFT AND HE DROPPED TO 11 AND THEN THEY TRADED UP TO GET HIM.

IT WASN'T LIKE THEY WERE THREE TRADING UP TO TWO LIKE WITH MITCH TRUBISKY.

THIS GUY HAS PLAYED IN A LOT OF BIG GAMES HE WOULD SEEM TO BE A PRETTY GOOD FIT INTO THE SCHEME THAT MATT NAGY WANTS TO RUN, THE WAY WE SEE PATRICK MAHOMES WITH THE CHIEFS.

IT'S EXCITING.

IT'S GREAT LIFT GIVEN HOW DISRESPONDENT I FELT BEARS FANS WERE WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WAS REALLY NO IF ANY, ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE END OF THE SEASON AND THIS GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A BUZZ.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT ONE OF THOSE FANS.

DO YOU THINK HE IS THE STARTER IN GAME ONE?

OR IS ANDY DALTON GOING TO START?

>> NO, I THINK ANDY DALTON SHOULD AND WILL GET THE FIRST BITE OF THE APPLE.

THIS IS NOT A MIKE LENNAN SITUATION THIS IS A GUY THAT HAD SUCCESS IN THE LEAGUE.

I IMAGINE HE WILL BE AS MOTIVATED AS HE CAN BE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT IF HE MISSTEPS THIS GUY IS READY TO TEN IN.

-- STEP IN.

I THINK IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME.

I DEALLY YOU WOULD GIVE THEM THE TIME.

THE OLDEST TRICK FOR COACHES IS TO HAVE A YOUNG QUARTERBACK AND MOVE HIM IN AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND CREATE A FEELING THEY ARE GOING TO WIN NEXT YEAR AND SAVE EVERYONE'S JOBS.

I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

I WANT THIS TO BE A BEST MAN.

>> AND THE BEARS ARE ON THE HOOK TO WIN IF RYAN PACE IS GOING TO STICK AROUND MAYBE SAVED HIMSELF WITH THIS PICK.

AND HE GETS TEVEN JENKINS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN THAT FOLKS THOUGHT WOULD STAY IN THE FIRST ROUND.

AARON RODGERS, IS HE REALLY GOING TO LEAVE GREEN BAY?

OR IS THIS GETTING -- SHOULD WE NOT BUY INTO THIS?

>> THIS IS PHENOMENAL.

THE BEARS WON THE DRAFT BEFORE THEY TOOK THE QUARTERBACK.

THE IDEA OF AARON RODGERS LEAVING GREEN BAY, THE IDEA OF INFIGHTING THERE THAT OPENS UP EVERYTHING.

THE BEARS WON EIGHT GAMES BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BEAT GREEN BAY.

THAT IS TWO MORE WINS A YEAR.

AND WOULDN'T THEM BE GLORIOUS TO HAVE THEM FEEL LIKE WHAT IT'S LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I THINK HE IS SERIOUS.

I DON'T THINK HE WANTS TO GO BACK.

AND HE PUBLICLY OFFENDED THEM LAST NIGHT.

HE STOLE ALL THE DRAFT VIBE OUT OF THE LEAGUE AND IT WAS ABOUT HIM AND PEOPLE SAY IT IS A PRIM MADONNA MOVE BUT A YEAR AGO THEY TRADED UP AND TOOK A QUARTERBACK AND INSULTED HIM.

IT IS LIKE AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE THAT CANNOT LIVE TOGETHER ANYMORE.

>> IT'S FUN TO SEE THAT HAPPEN 200 MILES TO THE NORTH.

WE ARE OUT OF AUTO TIME THANKS TO ALEX HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL MULLIGAN, KRISTEN McQUEARY AND MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW.

JOIN YOU GO TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:00 P.M. FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" AND 6:00 P.M. SUNDAY FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" AND "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RETURNS ALL NEXT WEEK AND NOW FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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