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

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" IN JUST A MOMENT.

FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES AND.

NEW COVID CASES TICK UP AGAIN IN ILLINOIS.

MORE THAN 4,000 REPORTED CASES HAVE COME DOWN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE JANUARY AND 21 DEATHS.

MAKING FOR A TOTAL OF 1.273 MILLION CASES WITH 21,476 DEATHS.

THE TEST POSITIVITY RATE TICKS UP TO 4.8%.

THE STATE REPORTS A RECORD-BREAKING 164,462 VACCINE DOSES ADMINISTERED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS THE STATE IS TRYING TO PRIORITIZE VACCINE DOSES TO AREAS THAT ARE SEEING A SURGE IN CASES.

>> WE ARE SENDING THOSE NATIONAL GUARD MOBILE TEAMS IN AND VACCINATING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.

>> AND THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF A RETURN TO NORMALCY DESPITE THE RISING COVID NUMBERS.

RIVERWALK REOPENED WITH BARS AND RESTAURANTS AND CONCESSIONS DOING PARTIAL OUTDOOR BUSINESS.

THE REOPENED ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDE ISLAND PARTY HUT, CITY WINERY AND BEAT KITCHEN ON THE RIVER.

AND THERE WILL BE MORE TO FOLLOW ON A ROLLING BASIS IN THE COMING WEEKS.

CITY OFFICIALS SAY BOAT TOURS AND KAYAK RENTALS SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE END OF MAY.

MORE HEADACHES FOR BOEING AND THE TROUBLED 737 MAX AIRLINER.

AIRLINES PULLED DOZENS PLANES OUT OF SERVICE FOR INSPECTION DUE TO A POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

THE ITCH AUTO YOU IS AFFECTED PLANES USED BY 16 AIRLINES AND THIS IS THE LATEST SETBACK SINCE THEY WERE GROUNDED IN 2019 FOLLOWING TWO CRASHES.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HAD BEGUN FLYING THE PLANE AGAIN LAST MONTH.

>> AND NOW WE GO TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL JOINING US ARE RAVI BAICHWAL OF ABC7 NEWS.

ALEX NITKIN OF THE DAILY LINE.

RACHEL HINTON OF THE "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES" AND MARY ANN AHERN OF NBC5 NEWS.

FIRST OFF THE STATE'S MAKING EVERYONE 16 AND OVER ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID VACCINE MONDAY A WEEK AHEAD OF THE CITY BUT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS CHICAGO RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO SIGN UP AT ANY STATE RUN SITE AS THE VARIANTS ARE DRIVING A SURGE.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE IN CHICAGO KNOW THEY ARE WELCOME TO SIGN UP FOR OUR MASS VACCINATION SITES AND WE OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY.

THERE ARE LOTS OF GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED PRIOR AND GROUPS THAT YOU COULD SEPARATE OUT AND SAY WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE GOING FORWARD.

BUT WE NOW NEED TO GET AS MANY SHOTS INTO ARMS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

>> MARY ANN AHERN, VACCINATIONS ARE UP BUT SO ARE CASES AS WE MENTIONED.

HOSPITALIZATIONS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR FUTURE REOPENING PLANS FOR CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY AND ILLINOIS?

>> WELL, IT IS A CONCERN.

BECAUSE THE HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP.

AND THOSE WHO ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED ACCORDING TO DR. NGOZI EZIKE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED.

SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE A PAUSE AS THERE HAS BEEN SO FAR.

THREE WEEKS AGO THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS REOPENING PLAN AND TALKED ABOUT A BRIDGE.

WE ARE IN THE BRIDGE BUT I THINK WE WILL BE HIDING UNDER THE BRIDGE FOR SOMETIME UNTIL WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IT IS NOT MICHIGAN.

MICHIGAN AS SEEN AN 18% POSITIVITY RATE AND WHILE THEY ARE OPENING UP VACCINES TO 16 AND OLDER IF YOU ARE 16 OR 17, YOU REALLY ONLY QUALIFY TO TAKE THE PFIZER VACCINE.

THAT IS THE ONLY ONE ELIGIBLE FOR THEM.

SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY GOING TO BE QUITE EASY FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET THE SHOT.

>> AND RAVI BAICHWAL MARY ANN MENTIONS MICHIGAN GOVERNOR IS REQUESTING THAT RESTAURANTS DO NOT DO INDOOR DINING.

DO YOU THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE IN THE OFFING FOR CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS IF THE CASES DON'T START TO PLATEAU?

>> I THINK CERTAINLY THE HEALTH SPECIALISTS WOULD LIKE TO PUSH IT.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THERE'S MUCH ROOM POLITICALLY IN THIS CITY TO COME BACK WITH HEAVY-DUTY MITIGATIONS.

IT SEEMS TOP A PALPABLE DEMAND TO GET QUOTE-UNQUOTE BACK TO NORMAL IT WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF POLITICAL CAPITAL AND NOW THE PEOPLE TO GET THE NEW RULES OR OLD RULES REAPPLIED AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TRAVEL AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES WITH THEIR OWN EYES.

AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE KNOW THAT DID GO TO FLORIDA AND SO ON.

AND SAW HOW OTHER SOCIETIES SEEM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DUE GIVEN THEY ARE UNDER THE SAME KIND OF THREAT THAT WE ALL ARE HERE.

I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BECOME UNFORTUNATELY AS MUCH OF A POLITICAL QUESTION AS IT IS AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL QUESTION.

>> RESTAURANTS AND BARS IN CHICAGO ARE AT 50% CAPACITY.

YOU SAW THE GOVERNOR URGING CHICAGOANS THERE WILL BE A WEEK BETWEEN CHICAGO RESIDENTS AND THE REST OF THE STATE.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS WELL, IF YOU ARE A CHICAGO RESIDENT GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE.

GO TO QUINCY, ROCKFORD DO YOU THINK CHICAGOANS WILL HEED THAT ADVICE?

>> I THINK SO.

WE'VE SEEN SO FAR PEOPLE GOING TO SPRINGFIELD OR SOMEWHERE DOWN STATE WHERE THERE ARE MASS VACCINATION SITES TO GET THE VACCINE.

PERSONALLY PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT WE'VE WRITTEN STORIES ABOUT THAT.

NBC, ABC AND THE DAILY LINE HAVE DONE IT, TOO.

I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE PEOPLE GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT TOWNS AND VILLAGES WHATNOT TO GET THE VACCINE SINCE THE CITY IS NOT FOLLOWING THE STATE'S PLAN WITH THE VACCINE ROLLOUT.

>> AND ALEX NITKIN THE REASON CITY OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN IS BECAUSE CHICAGO IS NOT SEEING ENOUGH VACCINES TO MEET THE DEMAND.

BUT NOW MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAYS WELL, WE WILL OPEN UP TO ALL ADULTS OVER 16 APRIL 19TH AS PRESIDENT BIDEN SUGGESTED.

WHAT IS THE SUPPLY VERSE DEMAND SITUATION GOING TO LOOK LIKE?

>> WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, IT IS STILL VERY MUCH DEMAND OUTWEIGHING SUPPLY AND THEY EXPECT THAT TO BE THE CASE ON APRIL 19TH.

JUST A WEEK AFTER IT OPENS UP.

YOU HEARD Dr. ARWADY WITH THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ASKING FOR THE STATE TO SEND THEM DIRECTLY MORE VACCINE DOSES.

ASKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEND MORE DOSES AND Dr. ARWADY -- >> AND PRITZKER SAID THE CITY GETS ITS OWN ALLOCATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ALLOCATION AND THE QUESTION IS HAS IT BEEN ENOUGH?

THE CHICAGO IS ARGUING IT'S NOT AND Dr. ARWADY IS SAYING IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS GO TO THE SUBURBS OR TO INDIANA.

SHE SAYS I DON'T LIKE SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO SAY BUT.

BUT IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS THAT WILL OPEN UP SPOTS IN CHICAGO FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT DRIVE.

>> MARY ANN AHERN VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS VISITS TO TOUT EQUITY NUMBERS IN VACCINATIONS WAS THERE ANYTHING BEYOND THE PHOTO-OP HERE BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR AND VICE-PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS THERE ANY SERIOUS POLICY DISCUSSED BEHIND THE SCENES BETWEEN THE PARTIES?

>> I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO SAY NO.

I DO THINK THAT IT WAS SORT OF A NOD TO CHICAGO.

IT WAS HER FIRST VISIT OUT OF WASHINGTON BESIDES CALIFORNIA.

SHE HAD BEEN IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND.

THERE WAS A LOT OF CRITICISM FOLKS WONDERING WHY SHE DID NOT GO TO THE BORDER.

PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS JUST APPOINTED HER THE POINT PERSON FOR THE CRISIS AT THE BORDER.

LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

AND IN MY VERY SHORT FIVE-MINUTES OF GETTING TO SPEAK TO HER TRIED TO ASK HER ABOUT THAT AND DID NOT GET A STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER WHY SHE HAS NOT YET GONE TO THE BORDER.

I DO THINK THAT A LOT OF POLITICIANS IN CHICAGO FROM DANNY DAVIS TO OTHERS, WHO ARE RIGHT THERE FRONT AND CENTER ON HER VISIT WHO HAD COME OUT IN SUPPORTED HER IN HER RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

WERE RIGHT THERE TO SAY HELLO TO HER.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT INVITED HER TO COME AND SAY HERE IS HOW WE ARE HANDLING EQUITY.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT BEHIND THE SCENES THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES OF CLOUT PERHAPS AT LORETTO HOSPITAL AND MAYBE OTHER HOSPITALS THAT WE ALL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE AS MUCH.

>> I WONDER IF THE VICE-PRESIDENT WAS MADE AWARE OF THAT.

MAYBE YOU MADE HER AWARE OF THAT?

>> I DID, OF COURSE.

I DID ASK HER ABOUT THAT.

SHE NOT ONLY BEEN AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, A U.S.

SENATOR AND NOW THE VICE-PRESIDENT, SHE IS ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS WELL WITHOUT MAKING ANY BIG NEWS.

BUT THE MISSION WAS EQUITY, GET A VACCINE, AND DON'T BE NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING IT.

>> AND ALEX NITKIN AFTER THIS PHOTO-OP THERE WAS TO BE A COLLECTIVE PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, SENATOR DURBIN, BUT A FEW PEOPLE DID NOT SHOW UP AT THE LAST-MINUTE.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, GOVERNOR PRITZKER, IT MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE PROTESTORS ON THAT SCENE AND MAYBE THEY WANTED TO AVOID THAT.

WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENES THERE?

>> MAN, I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

WHAT WE SAW IT WAS JUST A LOGISTICAL MESS.

WE WILL NEVER KNOW WAS IT BECAUSE THE MAYOR HEARD THERE WERE PROTESTORS AND TURNED AROUND.

SHE SAID THAT WAS NOT THE CASE IT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION.

AND THE GOVERNOR SAID WE HEARD THE MAYOR WAS BAILING.

I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM ON SAME PODIUM BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASK THEM ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES THEY HAVE HAD THE BILLS THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THAT THE MAYOR HAS NOT SUPPORTED.

BUT RACHEL ALSO WAS THERE.

MAYBE SHE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

>> RACHEL, ARE YOU -- >> I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS STRUCK BY THE OPTICS OF THE EVENT AND WE TALK ABOUT POLITICAL WORK.

IT SEEMED SLIP SHOT IT WAS AT THIS A CLEARLY AN ATTEMPT TO TALK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS CONNECTION TO LABOR AND SHOWCASE THIS KIND OF A PLACE TO BE THE KIND OF MODEL FOR MASS VACCINATION TRYING TO GIVE THAT SHEEN TO LABOR.

AND I THOUGHT IT CAME OFF SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT DISORGANIZED HALF COOKED BUT THE VICE-PRESIDENT WAS HER ELOQUENT SELF AND ALL THE SUPERSTAR REPORTERS IN CHICAGO GOT THE FIVE MINUTES.

A, I THINK THEY THOUGHT THEIR MESSAGING OUT THE WHITE HOUSE DID.

BUT IT STRUCK ME AS NOT AMATEURISH OR ANYTHING, BUT IT WASN'T AS SLICK AS I'VE SEEN THE EVENTS COME OFF BEFORE.

>> IT SEEMED LIKE AT THE LAST-MINUTE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TOOK A DETOUR AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER DID THE SAME.

RACHEL HINTON ARE YOU DETECTING A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE TWO PUBLIC OFFICIALS?

THEY DENY THERE IS ANY BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS.

>> I WOULD THINK THAT IS A FAIR ASSUMPTION THERE IS A DISCONNECT.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER SIGNED TWO BILLS THIS WEEK ON MONDAY HE SIGNED A FIREFIGHTER PENSION BILL THAT GETS RID OF THE BIRTHDATE CLAUSE THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF A PENSION CHICAGO FIREFIGHTERS CAN GET.

>> AND BY THE WAY MOODY'S CAME OUT WITH A REPORT SAY TO GO WILL PUT CITY TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR $800 MILLION MORE IN PENSION COSTS.

TAKING AND UNDERFUNDED PENSION AND MAKING IT MORE UNDERFUNDED.

>> THAT IS WHAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAID IT WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT CHICAGO TAXPAYERS AND THE OTHER PART WAS DENIGRATING SPRINGFIELD SAYING IT IT IS A BACK ROOM DEAL AND SPRINGFIELD NEEDS TO LISTEN TO CITIES.

THE TWO HAVE BEEN AT ODDS ON THESE BILLS.

AND YOU KNOW, AT OTHER POINTS THROUGHOUT THEIR POLITICAL HISTORIES WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE AND OFFICES, NEITHER OF THEM SAYS THAT THERE IS A FEUD GOING ON.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED THEM TO CONFIRM THERE IS A FEUD GOING ON FOR US TO SAY THERE IS A FEUD.

>> MARY ANN AHERN -- BRAVO, RACHEL.

>> YOU'VE GOT THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY LED BY TONI PRECKWINKLE ENDORSING THE IDEA OF A 21-MEMBER C.P.S.

SCHOOL BOARD THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS SHOWN OPPOSITION TO.

ARE THESE SIGNS SHE IS JUST NOT GETTING MUCH TRACTION IN SPRINGFIELD, AMONGST SOME OF THE POWER BROKERS IN COOK COUNTY?

>> SHE IS WEATHERING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME.

AND REALLY LET'S FACE IT, EVER SINCE SHE HAS BECOME MAYOR AND NOW THE TEACHERS' STRIKE SHE MET IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS SEEMS LIKE NOTHING.

SEEMS LIKE A SMALL BLIP BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE OTHER ISSUES.

>> AND C.T.U.

IS SAYING THEY WANT TO HALT RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THAT IS GOING TO LEAD TO ANOTHER LABOR BATTLE?

>> WELL, NEXT WEEK WE WILL HAVE OUR EYES FOCUSED ON THAT THEY ARE HOPING TO REOPEN A WEEK FROM MONDAY AND THE MAYOR SAYS WE ARE GOING TO OPEN AND C.T.U.

SAYS SCHOOLS ARE NOT SAFE AND WE'VE SEEN A RISE IN CASES.

WE HAVE A BATTLE ON THAT WITH C.P.D.

SHE IS JUST REALLY MOVING FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS AND IT'S HARD TO SEE A VISION WHEN YOU ARE ONLY IN CRISIS MODE.

>> AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT HAS BEEN THE JOB OF THE CHICAGO MAYOR.

>> TO THAT POINT I HAVE TO SAY THAT YES, TO YOUR POINT, THE TONE SHE STRUCK BACK TO THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION SAYING THESE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED.

WE ARE MOVING AHEAD HER UNWILLINGNESS TO USE SOMETHING DIPLOMATIC SUGGESTED THIS IS A FIGHT SHE IS WILLING TO HAVE AND SHE IS GETTING IMPATIENT ABOUT HER AGENDA NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD EVEN IN SMALL INCREMENTAL STEPS.

>> AS THIS IS HAPPENING SHE HAS TO DEAL WITH TERRIBLE SHOOTINGS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

AMID THE SPIKE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAYS CHICAGO POLICE ARE MONITORING THE DATA TO RESPOND AS BEST AS POSSIBLE BUT SHE ADDS THAT SOME OF THE FACTORS DRIVING THE CITY'S VIOLENCE ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY'S CONTROL.

>> WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE NOT ONLY IN CHICAGO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN CITIES THAT WE SAW REALLY I THINK ARISING FROM THE PANDEMIC.

WE ARE ULTIMATELY FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE IF THERE IS NOT COMMON SENSE GUN CONTROL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN ENACT.

>> RAVI BAICHWAL YOU'VE COVERED THE STORY OF THAT AWFUL LAKE SHORE DRIVE SHOOTING OF THE 21-MONTH-OLD BABY KAYDEN SWANN.

FIRST OF ALL, TELL US WHAT THE CONDITION OF THAT YOUNG CHILD IS RIGHT NOW.

APPARENTLY LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DOCTORS SAY THAT THERE ARE SIGNS OF A RECOVERY?

>> YES.

WELL, EVERY PARENT'S HEARTBREAKS EVERY HUMAN BEINGS' HEARTBREAKS WHEN THEY HEAR OF A 21-MONTH-OLD BEING SHOT IN A DRIVE-BY AT 11:00 A.M.

THERE APPEARS TO BE BRAIN FUNCTION.

I TALKED ONE-ON-ONE TO THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN WHO WAS HOLDING ALL THE PRESS CONFERENCES EARLIER.

AND I DID ASK HIM THE CHILD IS A BABY, THE HUMAN BODY IS INCREDIBLE THAT YOU CAN ADAPT TO DEFICITS THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE PRESENT THAT MAYBE ARE NOT AS BAD AS A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD BUT THE BODY HAS AN ABILITY TO ADAPT.

NO QUESTION THE BABY IS GOING TO HAVE ISSUES AND NEED REHABILITATION FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

BUT SURPRISINGLY, POSITIVE MEDICAL UPDATES ABOUT THIS CHILD AND WE CAN ALL PULL FOR HIM.

IT DOES UNDERLINE ESPECIALLY AFTER THE SHOOTINGS WE SAW NATIONWIDE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE PRESIDENT COMING DOWN WITH ACTIONS ON GUN CONTROL, WHAT A PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH THIS ISSUE.

>> ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THIS SHOOTING IS THE POLICE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEIR STORIES STRAIGHT.

THEY ANNOUNCED CHARGES AGAINST THE 43-YEAR-OLD MAN DRIVING IN THE CAR WITH THE 21-MONTH-OLD.

APPARENTLY THEY SAID HE FIRED FIRST AT THE CAR DURING THIS ROAD-RAGE INCIDENT AND THE OTHER CAR FIRED BACK THE SHOT THAT HIT THE BABY.

AND THEY SAID NO HE DID NOT FIRE THAT FIRST SHOT.

WHY THE CONFUSION HERE?

>> I THINK IT'S JUST A TERRIBLY UNREAL CONFUSING SITUATION AND YOU'VE GOT WITNESSES YOU HAVE A GOOD SAMARITAN INVOLVED WHO WANTED TO STAY ANONYMOUS.

YOU'VE GOT MANY OF THE RELATIVES OF THE FAMILY WHO APPARENTLY DID NOT LIKE THIS QUOTE-UNQUOTE BOYFRIEND OF THE GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS IN THE CAR WITH THAT BABY AT THAT TIME SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THOSE AGENDAS ARE.

AND AN ENTIRE CITY WANTING TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS BABY?

A BABY WAS SHOT.

THAT BECAME THE HEADLINE.

ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND IT EVEN ROAD-RAGE AND LSD AND THINGS HAPPENING ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ALL THAT WAS SECONDARY IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE HUMAN REACTION TO THE PLIGHT OF A BABY.

I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOCUS ON WHAT THE NARRATIVE OF THE STORY WAS.

>> AT SOME POINT, THE POLICE HOPEFULLY THERE'S GOING TO BE EXPLANATION FOR HOW THIS EVENT WENT DOWN.

AND MAYBE THEY HAVE LEADS ON THE PERSON THAT SHOT THAT BULLET THAT HIT THE BABY.

AND AS THIS IS HAPPENING, ALEX NITKIN YOU HAVE THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE ACTION IN THE STREETS WITH THE RELEASE OF THE BODY-CAM VIDEO SHOWING THE SHOOTING THE POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING OF 13-YEAR-OLD LITTLE VILLAGE RESIDENT ADAM TOLEDO.

DO YOU EXPECT THAT THIS VIDEO MIGHT BE VERY DAMNING AND CAUSE AN EMOTIONAL REACTION?

>> THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WAITING TO SEE AND FRANKLY DREADING.

WE HAVE BEEN BRACING FOR THIS VIDEO TO COME OUT.

WE HAVE BEEN THINKING TODAY AND IT MIGHT BE NEXT WEEK.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL SHOW.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE KEEPING A CLOSE NOTE OF HOW IT COMPARES TO THE C.P.D.

STATEMENT WHAT WAS VAGUE AND SAID THERE WAS AN ARMED CONFRONTATION WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

BUT AS YOU SAID, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BRIEFED ALDERMEN TODAY ON THEIR SUMMER PLANS SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AND BE BETTER AT DEPLOYING RESOURCES WHERE NEEDED.

AND THAT HAS LEFT ALDERMEN WITH QUESTIONS ARE OUR WARDS GOING TO BE COVERED.

>> THERE IS NO ALDERMEN WANTS TO HEAR THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYING WE ARE GOING TO TAKE RESOURCES FROM YOUR WARD AND PUT IT IN ANOTHER WARD?

>> RIGHT.

AND THAT IS NOT WHAT HE SAID BUT AFTER ALL THE EVENTS OF LAST YEAR AND THE UNREST THAT HAPPENED AND ALL EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY ASKS OF POLICE, ALDERMEN STILL HAVE A BAD TASTE IN THEIR MOUTHS SAYING HOW MUCH WHAT KINDS OF RESOURCES ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND TO PROTECT DOWNTOWN AND THE MAGNIFICENT MILE AND PROTECT THE CITY'S IMAGE AS OPPOSED TO COMMUNITIES.

>> RACHEL HINTON, JOE BIDEN'S EXECUTIVE ACTION ON GUNS.

TARGETING GHOST GUNS BUT THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF THINGS HE CAN DO.

HE IS URGING CONGRESS AGAIN TO TAKE UP AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THIS ISSUE IS ALWAYS MIRED IN THE MUCK.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANYTHING DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND WHERE SOME SORT OF GUN LEGISLATION WILL MOVE THROUGH WASHINGTON?

>> UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT AND WHAT IS INTRODUCED IF ANYTHING IS INTRODUCED AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

CAN THERE BE NEGOTIATIONS THAT PROCESS.

BUT GIVEN THE HISTORY OF EVENTS AROUND GUN VIOLENCE, MASS SHOOTINGS AND THE LACK OF LEGISLATION THE LACK OF ACTION FROM CONGRESS, I DON'T THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO MAYBE BE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL DO SOMETHING.

>> MARY ANN AHERN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SUBURBAN POLITICS.

THERE WERE ELECTIONS IN SUBURBS THIS WEEK.

SEEMS LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK THERE IS AN ELECTION.

AND A CERTAIN CLASS OF POLITICIANS DID WELL.

THAT IS POLITICIANS PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT ARE EITHER FACING FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS OR UNDER INDICTMENT AND THAT IS LOU PRESTA, THE MAYOR OF CRESTWOOD, CHRIS GETTY THEY WON THEIR RACES DESPITE THE FEDERAL PROBES.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE SUBURBS?

>> YOU KNOW BESIDES THAT ALSO, PARIS, THERE WAS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN UNDER FIRE FOR NOT OPENING SCHOOLS SOONER AND FOLKS SAID YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN.

AND I BELIEVE MANY OF THEM SUBURBAN CASES THOSE INCUMBENTS WON.

IS IT NAME RECOGNITION?

IS IT BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO KNOW HOW TO GET THEIR VOTERS OUT WHETHER IT IS A LOCAL RACE, A BIG RACE THAT WE SOMETIMES FOCUS ON.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT.

AND IF YOU KNOW A NAME WHETHER OR NOT YOU CARE IF THERE IS A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THAT PERSON, YOU MIGHT SAY YOU KNOW WHAT I GET MY GARBAGE PICKED UP.

>> AND LOW TURNOUT ELECTIONS.

THE TURNOUT WAS SOMEWHERE WHAT?

IN THE TEENS, 20% RANGE?

>> AND ALEX NITKIN YOU COVERED A COUPLE OF SURPRISE ELECTIONS THIS WEEK.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> YES, FOR THE SECOND TIME IN -- LET ME BACK UP.

ANDRE, THE SOUTH SIDE STATE REP RETIRED LAST MONTH.

AND AS WE KNOW THE PROCESS IN ILLINOIS INSTEAD OF A SPECIAL ELECTION ALL OF THE PARTY COMMITTEE PEOPLE KIND OF GET INTO A ROOM AND THEY DECIDE WHO IS GOING TO FINISH OUT THEIR TERM.

THAT SORT OF REPUTATION OR THE EXPECTATION HAS BEEN PREBAKED DEAL THAT SOMEONE IS ANOINTED AHEAD OF TIME.

FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED THIS YEAR THEY CAME OUT OF THE ROOM AND SURPRISED A LOT OF US.

THEY APPOINTED NICKELS, WHO IS A ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO.

LITTLE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE.

A LOT OF ALDERMEN MOST ALDERMEN IN THAT COMMITTEE OVERLAPPING WITH THE DISTRICT WERE GOING FOR SOMEONE ELSE FOR ALLISON WHO HAS DEEP TIES WITH THE BLACK CAUCUS, DERRICK CURTIS THE ALDERMEN WITH THE MOST VOTES WENT FOR NICKELS AND THAT IS THE NEWEST MEMBER.

>> SURPRISE PICKS HERE.

BEFORE WE GO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL.

THE SECOND WEEK OF THAT TRIAL.

CHAUVIN THE OFFICER CHARGED IN THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD.

AND THE TESTIMONY THIS WEEK FOCUSED ON FLOYD'S MEDICAL CONDITION AND WHAT CAUSED HIS DEATH.

HERE IS A CLIP.

>> DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION TO REASONABLE DEGREE OF MEDICAL CERTAINTY, IF Mr. FLOYD WOULD HAVE DIED THAT NIGHT HAD HE NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO THE SUBJECT DUAL AND RESTRAINT OF THE POLICE?

>> THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST HE WOULD HAVE DIED THAT NIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE INTERACTIONS ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> AND RAVI BAICHWAL WE HAVE A LOYOLA UNIVERSITY PULL MONEYOLOGIST WHO TESTIFIED AND INDEED WAS THE KNEE TO THE NECK FOR NINE MINUTES THAT CAUSED GEORGE FLOYD TO STOP BREATHING AND CAUSED HIM TO DIE.

WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT THE TESTIMONY THIS WEEK?

AND IS THE DEFENSE GETTING TRACTION TRYING TO SAY HE HAD DRUGS IN HIS SYSTEM AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT?

>> IT'S YET AGAIN A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM SHOWING HOW IT WORKS HERE AND CLEARLY WE CAN SEE WHAT THE DEFENSE STRATEGY HERE IS JUST SIMPLY TO GET THAT ONE TINY BIT OF DAYLIGHT AROUND THE NOTION OF DOUBT.

A LITTLE BIT OF DOUBT.

JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF DOUBT.

AND MAYBE THAT IS ENOUGH TO ALLOW SOME JURORS TO BE ABLE TO SAY MAYBE THIS IS NOT THE ENTIRE EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED.

THAT BEING SAID I THOUGHT THAT THE TESTIMONY OF THE EXPERTS WAS QUITE RIVOTING.

WE HAVE BEEN COVERING ALL THE STATIONS HAVE BEEN COVER TO GO GAVEL TO GAVEL.

ON-LINE AND TV.

AND YOU SEE THESE STRATEGIES IN PLAY.

BUT YOU ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE RIVOTING IMAGES OF WHAT WE SAW AND EXPERIENCED AS A COMMUNITY LAST YEAR.

AND MY SENSE IS BEING A NEWS PERSON WATCHING THIS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN JUDICIALLY, IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF EVENTUALLY SOMEHOW DEREK CHAUVIN IS FOUND NOT GUILTY?

IT WILL LIKELY COME DOWN TO THE ISSUE OF THIRD DEGREE MURDER WHICH IS AN UNUSUAL CHARGE TO HAVE THEY HAVE IN MINNESOTA.

IT WILL BE TECHNICAL AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT BE HAPPY IT WORKS OUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AGAIN IT'S INSTRUCTIVE TO WATCH A TRIAL, TO WATCH THE MACHINATIONS OF A TRIAL AND THE DEFENSE LAWYER.

>> AND THAT MIGHT BE WHY WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

MIGHT BE WHY PROSECUTORS HAVE THE THREE CHARGES AGAINST HIM THAT THREE DIFFERENT BITES AT THE APPLE ANTICIPATING THE PUBLIC REACTION.

BUT CERTAINLY THE TESTIMONY PUT ON BY THE PROSECUTION VERY COMPELLING.

AND WE ARE OUT OF TIME THANK YOU TO RAVI BAICHWAL, ALEX NITKIN RACHEL HINTON AND MARY ANN AHERN.

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AND NOW FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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