[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW".

I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> ILLINOIS IS OUT WITH NEW COVID GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOLS THAT DROPPED QUARANTINE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES THIS IS LOOSER BEST PRACTICES RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

THE C.D.C.

'S CHANGES DEEMPHASIZE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND NO LONGER RECOMMEND TESTING OF THOSE IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS LIKE SCHOOLS WHO HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.

THE GUIDELINES NO LONGER CALL FOR UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS TO QUARANTINE AFTER A KNOWN EXPOSURE TO COVID.

INSTEAD ANYONE EXPOSED SHOULD WEAR A MASK AND GET TESTED FIVE DAYS LATER AS COOK COUNTY DROPPED FROM HIGH TO MEDIUM RISK OF COVID TRANSMISSION.

ALL BUT 12 OF ILLINOIS' 102 COUNTIES ARE AT A MEDIUM OR HIGH-RISK TO COVID.

DUPAGE AND LAKE COUNTIES ARE AMONG THE COUNTIES AT THE HIGH LEVEL.

HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE UP AT 1500, THE HIGHEST SINCE MID-FEBRUARY.

>> ILLINOIS HAS A FRESH ROADMAP OF 34 BILLION DOLLARS OF NEW ROAD AND OTHER PROJECTS.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE UP AT LEAST 10% BUT HE SAYS ILLINOIS HAS SHOVEL READY PROJECTS THAT WILL ALLOW THE STATE TO LEVERAGE MONEY AVAILABLE THANKS TO LAST YEAR'S MAJOR FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.

>> THIS MONTH, OUR PROGRAM DOES NOT JUST FOCUS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES BUT SHOWS HOW WE PLAN TO INVEST IN TRANSIT, RAIL, AIRPORT, AND WATERWAYS OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

CAPTURING THE TRUE MULTIMODAL MISSION OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

>> LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE IMPROVED ACCESS TO O'HARE WITH RECONSTRUCTION AND MORE RAMPS FROM BETSEY COLEMAN DRIVE AND BRIDGE WORK ON I94 AND IDA B.

WELLS DRIVE.

MILLIONS WILL BE SPENT TO CONSTRUCT MORE LANES ON THE ILLINOIS 56 CORRIDOR IN DUPAGE AND $1 BILLION WILL GO TOWARD REBUILDING AGING STRUCTURES ALONG THE FREIGHT CORRIDOR OF I80.

>> A TRIO OF MARIJUANA ENTERPRISES RECEIVED THE STATE'S LATEST LICENSES TO OPEN DISPENSARIES.

THAT BRINGS THE NUMBER OF LICENSES AWARDED VIA THE PLAGUED SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM TO 182.

ILLINOIS ISSUED THE BULK OF LICENSES IN JULY AFTER A TWO-YEAR DELAY.

THREE MORE LICENSES ARE AVAILABLE AND THE STATE SAYS THEY SHOULD BE ISSUED IN COMING WEEKS.

IT COULD BE A STRETCH BEFORE THE NEW POT SHOPS OPEN BUT WHEN THEY DO THE NUMBER OF LEGAL DISPENSARIES IN ILLINOIS WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE.

AND NOW TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL.

JOINING US ARE HEATHER CHERONE OF WTTW NEWS.

GREG HINZ OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS, ERIN HEGARTY OF THE DAILY LINE AND JACOBY COCHRAN OF CITY CAST CHICAGO.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

WE NOW KNOW WHAT THE F.B.I.

SEIZED WHEN ON MONDAY AGENTS SEARCHED FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO HOME.

HEATHER, WHAT DID THEY FIND?

>> WELL, THEY TOOK 11 SETS OF THEY SAY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WERE CLASSIFIED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WERE CONFIDENTIAL.

WE DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE DOCUMENTS WERE.

ALTHOUGH THE "WASHINGTON POST" DID REPORT THAT SOME OF THEM WERE RELATED TO THE NATION'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION OF THAT IN THE DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY A JUDGE TODAY.

WE DO KNOW THAT THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED INFORMATION ABOUT FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON AND ROGER STONE CONVICTED OF LYING TO CONGRESS TORE HIS ROLE IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION BACK IN SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

SO THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A WIDE RANGING SEARCH AND WE WILL CERTAINLY HEAR MORE ABOUT IT IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME.

>> GREG, TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS JUST CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THINGS RELATING TO NUCLEAR DOCUMENTS, HOW PROBLEMATIC IS THIS ALL AT A HOME THAT HOSTS EVENTS?

>> WELL, AMANDA NOT PROBLEMATIC AT ALL.

THE F.B.I.

PLANTED THE INFORMATION DONALD TRUMP SAID SO.

THIS IS A WITCH HUNT.

SO WHAT YOU NEED TO GO ON TO REAL NEWS.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, YEAH.

>> IT'S POTENTIAL VERY SERIOUS.

IF YOU OR I WERE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF TOP SECRET DOCUMENTS WE WOULD BE IN JAIL AND THEY WOULD THROW AWAY THE KEY.

WHETHER THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO Mr. TRUMP HE STAGED A FURIOUS RESPONSE HE HAS GOTTEN SUPPORT OF MUCH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NATIONALLY ALREADY.

REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESSWOMAN GREENE IS MOVING TO IMPROVE MERRICK GARLAND FOR ABUSING HIS AUTHORITY FOR DARING TO GO AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

BUT IF I WERE TRUMP'S LAWYERS I WOULD BE TELLING THEM TO GEAR UP FOR A FIGHT AND KEEP QUIET NEITHER WHICH HE WILL DO.

>> AND JACOBY, WE HAD ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND HAVE TO COME OUT AND SPEAK AND SAYS HE PERSONALLY APPROVED IT AFTER THE F.B.I.

UNDER SERIOUS THREATS.

AND YOU HAVE ALSO PRESIDENT TRUMP TRYING TO SAY THAT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DID THE SAME THING AND THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES COMING OUT AND SAYING, NO, THAT IS NOT HOW THAT WENT DOWN.

JACOBY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT THIS DOES TO A JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO AND F.B.I.

AND AMERICANS TRUST IN THESE FRANCHISES?

>> I MEAN IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR ATTACKS THAT THE G.O.P.

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS TO ATTACK INSTITUTIONS FOR I WILL LEGITIMACY.

IF YOU CAN SOW DISCORD IN JOURNALISM AND UP AND DOWN THE JUDICIAL INSIDE OF CONGRESS ULTIMATELY YOU HAVE AN AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT IS CONSTANTLY WONDERING WHEN IS THE NEXT CONSPIRACY THEORY IS GOING TO DROP.

HE IS PLAYING THE SAME GAME THAT HE HAS BEEN PLAYING FOR A DECADE.

IF I CAN SPREAD MISINFORMATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHEN IT'S TIME TO HANG ME OUT TO DRY I WILL PLAY THE GAME THESE ARE LIES THIS WAS PLANTED LET'S IMPEACH MERRICK GARLAND UP AND DOWN THE LINE.

THESE TACTICS DON'T SHOCK ME AT ALL.

IT'S CRAZY TO THINK A PERSON IS FUNDRAISING ON THE FACTS THAT THEIR HOME AND BUSINESS HAVE BEEN RAIDED.

IT BLOWS MY MIND.

>> GREG, WHY IS THE G.O.P.

STICKING BY TRUMP?

>> FOR THE REASON THAT PRIMARIES TEND TO DRAW AND THAT IS REMOTE SELECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY DETERMINED IN PRIMARIES.

THEY TEND TO DRAW THE HARDCORE ON BOTH SIDES THEY DRAW PROGRESSIVES ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE AND THE REPUBLICAN SIDE THEY DRAW TRUE BELIEVERS IN Mr. TRUMP HAS INDICATED IN THIS PRIMARY CYCLE NOW JUST ABOUT DONE WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO LIZ CHENEY THIS UP COMING TUESDAY BUT HE HAS DEMONSTRATED HE HAS CONSIDERABLE SWAY IN A LOT OF THESE RACES.

HE HAS WON ENOUGH TO STAND UP AND SAY THAT IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE AND GO ON AND HAVE A POLITICAL CAREER YOU HAVE TO KISS THE RING.

>> AND WE'VE SEEN THAT PRIMARY RECORD PLAY OUT IN ILLINOIS PREVIOUSLY IN ALSO THIS PAST WEEK IN WISCONSIN.

ERIN, DONALD TRUMP UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE COULD THESE BE THE STAGES THAT STICK UNTIL NOW THE TEFLON PRESIDENT?

>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING.

I MEAN HE'S SOMEHOW SURVIVED IMPEACHMENT AND I DON'T KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY IN MY 30 PLUS YEARS OF LIFE I HAVE NOT WATCHED AS IT'S UNFOLDING HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS GOING ON.

BUT, YEAH, I THINK TO PUT A GUESS OUT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE HARD TO DO.

I WILL KEEP WATCHING.

>> IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, RIGHT?

LET'S TAKE THINGS CLOSER TO HOME.

ERIN BACK TO YOU AND TO OUR ACTUAL HOMES GIVEN THAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT THIS WEEK INTRODUCED HER 2023 BUDGET AND IT INCLUDES A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

BUT ERIN NOT AS BIG AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

EXPLAIN >> YES.

SO THIS PAST WEEK, THE MAYOR HAD HAD HER BUDGET FORECAST ADDRESS THAT SETS THE STAGE HOW BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING TO GO THIS FALL AND THERE IS A $121.9 MILLION AND BUDGET GAP THIS YEAR WHICH IS SMALLER THAN WHAT WAS PREDICTED AND SMALLER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN THE GAP IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS WHEN LAST YEAR THEY CLOSED A $733 MILLION GAP AND THE YEAR BEFORE $1.2 BILLION.

THE MAYOR'S CALLING THIS THE CITY'S STABILITY BUDGET AND AT THE SAME TIME SHE IS PROPOSING A $42.7 MILLION PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

THIS IS LOWER THAN WHAT IT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN WITH HER MEASURE THAT TIES PROPERTY TAX INCREASES ANNUALLY TO CPI OR 5% AND SHE SAID THIS INCREASE WOULD BE MERELY 34 DOLLARS NEXT YEAR FOR A HOUSE VALUED AT $250,000 WHICH SHE COMPARED TO THE COST OF [INAUDIBLE] FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.

>> FOUR ITALIAN BEEFS WITH CHEESE.

HEATHER I KNOW THAT IS NOT YOUR THING I RECENTLY WAS AT AL'S AND THEY OFFER TWO KINDS OF CHEESE TOPPINGS ON A BEEF IF YOU WANT TO GET ONE.

HEATHER, DO YOU FIND ANY IRONY IN THIS TYING PROPERTY TAX INCREASES TO INFLATION WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP REMOVE POLITICS FROM THE SORT OF DECISIONS.

AND INSTEAD, IS THIS A DECISION THAT IS POLITICAL OR IS IT JUST PRACTICAL?

>> WELL, THIS WAS A GAMBLE THAT THE MAYOR TOOK TWO YEARS AGO.

YOU FORGET THAT INFLATION HAS BEEN HOVERING BETWEEN 2-3% FOR AS LONG AS MOST PEOPLE COULD REMEMBER.

SO IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS AN EASY WAY TO TIE THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX LEVY TO THE COST OF INFLATION.

AND GIVE ALDERPEOPLE A CHANCE TO AVOID TOUGH VOTES, ESPECIALLY IN ELECTION YEARS.

AND IF THE BUDGET IS CRAFTED TO ASSUME THAT THE PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO RISE WITH INFLATION THEN NOBODY HAS TO TALK ABOUT IT AND MAYBE WE IN THE MEDIA WON'T NOTICE IT.

AND IT WILL JUST SORT OF FLIP ON THROUGH.

OF COURSE THAT BLEW OFF IN THE MAYOR'S FACE WHEN INFLATION SOARED TO 9%.

HER BUDGET CALLED FOR MAXIMUM INCREASE TO THE 5% AND AS ERIN SAID SHE IS PROPOSING ONLY A 2.5% INCREASE TO GET TO THAT 42.7 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO THAT ALL WILL BE UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF THAT IS APPROPRIATE.

AND WE HEARD FROM ALDERMAN PAT DOWELL AFTER THE MAYOR'S SPEECH IT WILL BE A HARD SELL.

BECAUSE THIS BUDGET DEFICIT IS TRULY SMALL WHEN COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET AND THERE WILL BE ALDERPEOPLE LOOKING IN THE COUCH CUSHIONS, SHAKING OUT THE CHANGE JAR TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO COVER THIS GAP SO THEY CAN GO TO VOTERS AND SAY SEE, LOOK, I DIDN'T RAISE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.

IT WILL BE A FIGHT.

>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT FOLKS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE BUDGET LET'S HEAR FROM THE MAYOR HERSELF.

>> 2021 WAS OUR PANDEMIC BUDGET AND 2020 WAS OUR -- 2022 WAS A RECOVERY BUDGET.

THIS MUST BE OUR STABILITY BUDGET.

>> GREG, IS CHICAGO ON STABLE FISCAL FOOTING?

>> THE HONEST TRUTH IS WE DON'T KNOW.

WE KNOW THE MAYOR IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND THAT HAVING GUARANTEEING OURSELF A PROPERTY TAX NOW SHE IS TRYING TO HAVE HER CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.

FRANKLY IT'S GOING TO BE IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY IS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN IT WAS STATE GOVERNMENT IN ILLINOIS IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND GOVERNMENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A PEPPY ECONOMY HAVE HAD RECORD REVENUE COMING IN.

THAT HELPS THEM ALL.

AND ON TOP OF THAT THEY'VE HAD ALL THE FEDERAL COVID RELIEF MONEY.

WE WON'T FULLY KNOW UNTIL NOT THIS UP COMING YEAR BUT THE YEAR AFTER WHEN THE ARPA MONEY IS GONE AND THE MAYOR HAS TO FACE THE DECISION OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAMS THAT COSTS MONEY HOW IS SHE GOING TO PAY FOR IT?

THAT IS THEN.

AND IT'S ELECTION TIME AND YOUR PROPERTY TAXES WON'T BE AS BAD AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

>> YAY!

>> SPEAKING OF ERIN POLITICS, MAYOR NOW HAS MORE COMPETITION.

WHO IS THAT?

THIS RACE FOR MAYOR?

>> YES.

SO THIS WEEK WE SAW ALDERWOMAN SOPHIA KING OF THE FOURTH WARD OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THAT SHE IS GOING TO CHALLENGE LIGHTFOOT NEXT YEAR.

AND THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF SPECULATION THAT KING WAS GOING TO JUMP IN AND SHE MADE IT OFFICIAL WITH A VERY POLISHED VIDEO ANNOUNCING HER CANDIDACY THIS WEEK.

AND YEAH, I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING BECAUSE KING IS NOW THE THIRD SITTING ALDERMAN TO ANNOUNCE A RUN NEXT YEAR.

AND I THINK IT WILL MAKE BUDGET SEASON EVEN MORE INTERESTING WITH PROBABLY GRANDSTANDING SPEECHES AND PROPOSALS.

>> INTERESTING I WILL SUBTHAT WORD FOR CONTENTIOUS PERHAPS.

YOU KNOW, HEATHER WE LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT ONE OF THE MAYOR'S MORE VOCAL CRITICS WILL NOT BE ENTERING THAT FRAY.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

CHICAGO POLICE UNION PRESIDENT JOHN CATANZARA WILL NOT RUN FOR MAYOR IN 2023.

ALTHOUGH HE PROMISED TO DO SO AFTER THE MAYOR AND HE CLASHED OVER THE CITY'S VACCINE REQUIREMENTS FOR COPS.

THIS WEEK WHAT WE ALSO HAD HIS CRACKTHE DOOR TO RUN FOR MAYOR.

HE RAN IN 2015 AND GAVE FORMER RAHM EMANUEL QUITE A SCARE FORCING THE FIRST RUNOFF IN MODERN CHICAGO HISTORY.

IF HE RUNS THAT WOULD RESHUFFLE ALL OF THE DECKS.

BUT ERIN IS CORRECT, SOPHIA KING COULD GIVE LORI LIGHTFOOT A RUN FOR HER MONEY.

SHE IS A PROGRESSIVE AND SHE HAS A RECORD OF PROGRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THIS CAMPAIGN.

>> AND GREG, I KNOW YOU REPORTED ON THIS.

DO YOU THINK THAT CONGRESSMAN GARCIA IS GOING TO BE WANT TO BE MAYOR GARCIA INSTEAD?

>> PROBABLY NOT BUT SOMETIMES THESE THINGS PICK UP A LIFE OF THEIR OWN.

WHEN PEOPLE SAY DO IT, DO IT, DO IT.

YOU WEAKEN.

HE COULD BE PLAYING THE HAROLD WASHINGTON GAME.

OK YOU WANT ME TO RUN?

SHOW ME YOUR MONEY.

RAISE ME A MILLION BUCKS.

>> AND THAT HELPS HIM RAISE HIS PROFILE MORE.

>> I DON'T THINK SO BUT I WOULDN'T BET THE FARM ON IT.

>> JACOBY, ALDERWOMAN KING SAID SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE BULLIED OUT OF THE RACE AFTER A RESPONSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S BLACK CAUCUS CHAIR SAYING THAT WITH SEVEN BLACK CANDIDATES QUOTE WE RUN THE RISK OF LOSING IT ALL.

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT?

>> I MEAN, WE HEAR THAT DURING EVERY ELECTION SEASON THE MORE CANDIDATES BLACK OR BROWN THAT GET INTO THE FRAY THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD WE CAN SPLIT THE BLACK OR BROWN VOTE.

SOMETHING YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT WHEN WHITE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

I UNDERSTAND SOPHIA KING'S DESIRE TO LABEL IT AS NOT BEING BULLIED.

YOU DO SEE IT BEING THROWN OUT.

HOWEVER IT'S REALISTIC.

BETWEEN BUSINESSMAN WILLIE WILSON, BETWEEN RODERICK SAWYER, BETWEEN THE INCUMBENT MAYOR, SOPHIA KING HAS AN UPHILL BATTLE AND I WONDER IF THOSE BIG ENDORSEMENTS THAT CAME THROUGH RUNNING THROUGH ALDERPERSON, FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, TONI PRECKWINKLE WHO LOST TO THE MAYOR IN THE LAST ELECTION.

IF THEY COME THROUGH AND GIVE HER THAT NAME RECOGNITION THAT ALL ALDERPEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO GAIN I THINK IT COULD MAYBE CHANGE THE RACE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING VERY STRONG.

>> AND HEATHER WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR'S RACE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF CRIME, INCLUDING ON THE C.T.A.

SO HEATHER WHAT IS THE NEW PLAN FOR KEEPING THE L SAFE AND DOES IT IS THIS INITIATIVE IS DUBBED MEET THE MOMENT?

>> WELL, C.T.A.

PRESIDENT DORVAL CARTER SPOKE TO THE CITY CLUB OF CITY AND SAID THEY WOULD DO A BETTER JOB OF TELLING PEOPLE WHEN BUSES AND TRAINS WOULD ARRIVE.

WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THE GHOST TRAPE AND THE GHOST BUS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING AND IT NEVER SHOWS UP.

AND THAT IS VERY FRUSTRATING.

AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AS PEOPLE ARE WAITING IN ONE SPOT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

SO HE SAID THEY ARE GOING TO REDO THE SCHEDULES TO MAKE THEM MORE ACCURATE AND EXPAND THE NUMBER OF SECURITY GUARDS AND OTHER SORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS ON THE TRAINS AND THE BUSES.

BUT THIS IS REALLY A SIMPLE ISSUE THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SOLVE.

RIDERSHIP IS FAR BELOW PREPANDEMIC LEVELS AND THE FEWER PEOPLE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE MORE CHANCES OF SOMEBODY BEING ISOLATED AND A BAD ACTOR TAKING VAC OF THAT.

ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

EVERYBODY SAID THE REAL SOLUTION IS GETTING RIDERSHIP BACK TO THE LEVELS BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE AND THAT IS THE CIRCLE THAT THE C.T.A.

IS CAUGHT IN RIGHT NOW.

>> MEANWHILE, JACOBY THERE IS TENSION AT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN FIRED THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN IN CHARGE OF IMPLEMENTING THE CONSENT DECREE THAT IS ROBERT BOIK.

JACOBY, WHY DID THE SUPERINTENDENT DO THAT?

AND DOES THIS SPELL TROUBLE FOR TRUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?

>> I MEAN, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

I SAID THIS EARLIER I DON'T THINK THAT C.P.D.

TAKES THE CONSENT DECREE THAT SERIOUSLY.

OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND MY EVIDENCE FOR THAT IS MISSED DEADLINES.

AND WHEN YOU ADD THIS FIRING A PERSON WHO FROM EVERYTHING I'VE READ FROM THE E-MAIL WAS TRYING TO GET THE SUPERINTENDENT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BY TAKING OFFICERS OUT OF TRAINING, THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SETBACK ANOTHER DEADLINE WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO HARM TRUST EFFORTS.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS I THINK DAVID SAID IT PERFECTLY LIKE THIS MOVE FEELS LIKE SUPERINTENDENT BROWN DOESN'T SEE THE FIELD HERE.

FIRING SOMEBODY WHO IS IN CHARGE OF MEETING DEADLINES THE A TIME WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE C.P.D.

WAS ACTUALLY STARTING TO MAKE SOME DENT IN THOSE DEADLINES.

I MEAN IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK.

AND IF IT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOU DID NOT LIKE THE CRITICISM BECAUSE I WANT TO TAKE OFFICERS OUT OF TRAINING TO MEET OTHER PRIORITIES, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY UNFORTUNATE BUT A FOOLISH MOVE WHEN YOUR LEADERSHIP IS BEING QUESTIONED EVERYDAY.

>> THE MAYOR STICKING BY SUPERINTENDENT BROWN AND GIVING A SHOUT-OUT TO KIM FOXX WHO SAYS THE EXODUS OF UNHAPPY PROSECUTORS IS NOT ABOUT HER LEADERSHIP.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF WHAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE GREAT RESIGNATION.

AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN SPARED.

>> SO HEATHER, SHE IS ON THE DEFENSE OVER THIS.

IS SHE IN POLITICAL TROUBLE?

>> WELL, SHE IS NOT UP FOR REELECTION FOR ANOTHER CYCLE SHE JUST WON REELECTION.

THIS IS NOT A CRISIS THAT WILL TOSS HER OUT OF OFFICE IN NOVEMBER.

AND I THINK PEOPLE GET CONFUSED WHEN PEOPLE ARE UP FOR REELECTION AND I DID THINK THE MAYOR'S STATEMENT OF PRAISE FOR KIM FOXX WAS INTERESTING TODAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF SHE IS LOOKING FOR VOTES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, KIM FOXX HAS A LOT OF A LOT OF SUPPORTERS IN THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE SHE RAN ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM PLATFORM AND SHE HAS REALLY WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD TO DELIVER THAT REFORM.

THOSE REMARKS WERE MADE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND ANNOUNCED SHE IS OVERTURNING EIGHT CONVICTIONS OBTAINED BY DETECTIVE WHO HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE LIED AND FRAMED SUSPECTINGS AND THAT IS WHAT KIM FOXX IS GOING TO FOCUS ON WHEN AND IF SHE RUNS FOR A THIRD TERM IN OFFICE.

>> IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE UNITED STATES LARGEST MASS EXONERATION FOR MURDER.

GREG, TAKE US DOWNTOWN TO JULY OF 2023 WHEN NASCAR RACES WILL BE TAKING OVER CITY STREETS.

WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THIS AND IS IT A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY?

>> WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, AND WE'VE LEARNED WITH DIFFICULTY BECAUSE THE MAYOR AND HER PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GIVE DETAILS.

IS THAT THE DEAL THEY CUT WITH THE PARK DISTRICT ALLOWS NASCAR TO USE PORTIONS OF GRANT PARK FOR AS LONG AS A MONTH.

THE AREA AROUND PARTICULARLY AROUND BUCKINGHAM FARM WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO PUT GRANDSTANDS AND SELL TICKETS FOR THE PEOPLE TO WATCH THE RACE.

THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS GOING TO GET APPEARS TO BE A FRACTION A SMALL FRACTION OF WHAT LOLLAPALOOZA IS PAYING THOUGH IT WILL PULL IN AS MANY PEOPLE.

100,000 UP TO THAT POTENTIALLY MORE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE DEAL.

AND WE'VE LEARNED THIS IS A THREE-YEAR YEAR WITH ONE YEAR OPTIONS AND AUTOMATIC.

AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE MAYOR WHO HAS PROMISED TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WON'T TELL US WHAT THE CITY IS GETTING AND HOW LONG IS LAKE SHORE DRIVE GOING TO BE CLOSED?

AND MICHIGAN AVENUE GOING TO BE CLOSED?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND FRANKLY, THE ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT THE HOTEL REVENUES AND CHICAGO'S REPUTATION THERE'S POTENTIAL HERE BUT THE MAYOR IS NOT MAKING IT EASIER BY REFUSING TO TELL WHAT IS GOING ON.

THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM GRANT PARK THEY ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

BIG CARS ROARING THROUGH THEIR FRONT YARD THEY DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND TO HAVE A VOICE.

>> YOU CANNOT HELP BUT NOTICE A NASCAR DRIVING THROUGH.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES LEFT.

IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR THERE IS NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN THE NOMINEES, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR DARREN BAILEY DOUBLE BUILDING DOWN ON DEFENDING THE VIDEO WHICH HE COMPARES ABORTION TO THE HOLOCAUST SAYING HE SPOKE WITH JEWISH LEADERS WHO AGREE WITH HIM, BUT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WHO IS JEWISH IS DEMANDING AN APOLOGY.

HERE HE IS.

>> WHY CAN'T REPUBLICANS STAND UP AND SAY WHAT DARREN BAILEY SAID WAS WRONG?

WHY CAN'T THEY DO IT?

AND WHY DIDN'T DARREN BAILEY APOLOGIZE?

HE FIRST TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE SAID AND SAYING NO, I MEANT WHAT I SAID.

>> JACOBY, WILL GOVERNOR PRITZKER GET THAT APOLOGY AND DOES IT MATTER TO VOTERS?

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER TO VOTERS AND HE IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET IT.

HE CALLED OUR CITY A HELL HOLE AND OUTWARDLY SPOKEN ABOUT DRAGGING OUR STATE BACKWARDS ECONOMICALLY.

YOU KNOW, WITHHOLDING WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND HEALTHCARE AUTONOMY.

DOWN RIGHT VIOLENT RHETORIC TOWARDS THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY DARREN BAILEY HAS GONE ALL IN ON KISSING THE RING OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE MOST STAUNCHLY CONSERVATIVE IN THE PARTY AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE G.O.P.

IS SEEMINGLY BEING THE MOST VISIT RALE SAYING THE MOST OUTLANDISH THINGS RUFFLING THE MOST AMOUNT OF FEATHERS.

IT SEEMS HE IS GOING TO RIDE THAT THROUGH NOVEMBER WHEN I IMAGINE IT'S NOT GOING TO PAY OFF FOR HIM.

>> AND ERIN I WILL BET ON YOU FOR THE LAST 30 SECONDS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE MAYOR RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND WANTS THAT CASINO WHAT DEVELOPMENT DO WE HAVE?

>> WE HAVE THE BALLY'S WHICH WAS AWARDED THE RIGHT TO BUILD A CASINO.

THEY APPLIED -- SUBMITTED THEIR CASINO APPLICATION THIS WEEK, I THINK IT WAS ON WEDNESDAY.

THEY ARE HOPING TO GET THEIR TEMPORARY CASINO UP AND RUNNING I THINK IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR WHICH SEEMS VERY QUICK IN THE ME DIANA -- MADINA TEMPLE AND HOPING FOR THE CASINO IN 2026.

NOW IN THE HANDS IN THE STATE GAMING BOARD.

WITH THAT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO HEATHER CHERONE, GREG HINZ, ERIN HEGARTY AND JACOBY COCHRAN.

THANKS.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

NOW FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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