[♪♪♪] >> 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... >> R. KELLY'S EXPLICIT UNDERAGE SEX TAPE TOOK CENTER STAGE IN HIS CHICAGO TRIAL.

JURORS WATCHED CLIPS FROM THE VIDEO WHICH IS ALLEGED TO SHOW KELLY HAVING SEX WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WOULD BECOME HIS GOD DAUGHTER.

OBSERVERS WERE SHIELDED BUT COULD AUDIO FROM IT IN THE COURTROOM.

KELLY IS ON TRIAL FOR FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS IN JUST A MOMENT.

>> THE CITY'S CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS STATUES SHOULD STAY DOWN FOR GOOD THE RECOMMENDATION FROM MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S COMMISSION ON MONUMENTS.

THE COMMISSION WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 2020 AFTER PROTESTORS AND POLICE CLASHED OUTSIDE THE COLUMBUS STATUE IN GRANT PARK.

THAT MONUMENT WERE REMOVED PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THIS REPORT.

THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE REMOVAL OF 13 STATUES AND MONUMENTS IN ALL AS PART OF A RACIAL HEALING AND HISTORICAL RECKONING PROJECT.

IN MARCH, LIGHTFOOT SAYS THE COLUMBUS STATUES WOULD RETURN BUT DECLINED TO TELL WTTW NEWS TODAY WHETHER OR NOT SHE HAS CHANGED HER MIND AFTER THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND YOU CAN READ THE FULL REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> THE CHICAGO SKY FACE A DO OR DIE GAME TWO IN THE BEST OF THREE SERIES WITH THE NEW YORK LIBERTY.

THE WNA EXAM ANDS WERE FAVORED TO WIN OUT SERIES BUT LOST TO NEW YORK AND TO COMPLICATE MATTERS THE STAR LEFT PRACTICE WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LEG JURASSIC.

NO WORD ON HER STATUS.

GAME TWO IS TOMORROW AT WINTRUST ARENA.

AND THE AIR AND WATER SHOW TAKES OFF THIS WEEKEND WE GOT BLUE ANGEL FORMATIONS DURING PRACTICE OVER THE NORTH SIDE TODAY.

THE SHOW RUNS OVER THE LAKE OFF OF NORTH AVENUE BEACH BETWEEN 10:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

ALTHOUGH A 70% CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD RAIN ON THE PARADE TOMORROW.

BE SAFE EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING OUT IN THE WATER.

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

JOINING US ARE MALLORY VOR BROKER, OF WLSM-AM890.

CRAIG DELLIMORE OF WBBM NEWS RADIO.

AND BECKY VEVEA OF CHALKBEAT CHICAGO AND SONIA MOGHE OF CNN.

FIRST REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR DARREN BAILEY DOUBLES DOWN ON CALLING CHICAGO A HELL HOLE SAYING CHICAGOANS THINK SO, TOO.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THEY DO, BECAUSE IT'S UNSAFE.

IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.

CHICAGOANS DESERVE BETTER.

I CALL IT OUT, FRIENDS AND YOU KNOW THAT.

>> CRAIG DELLIMORE, NOT ONLY DOUBLING DOWN, TRIPLING DOWN, IS THERE A METHOD TO HIS MADNESS?

>> SOMETIMES YOU WONDER BECAUSE YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE WAY TO GET ELECTED TO GIVE YOURSELF FEWERS QUESTIONS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER AND HE CONTINUING TO CALL CHICAGO A HELL HOLE JUST FOCUSES ON THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT -- I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS WORKING FOR HIM.

CERTAINLY PEOPLE IN CHICAGO WERE SAYING THIS ISN'T REALLY GOING TO WORKOUT FOR HIM.

AND HE IS NOT AIMING HIS CAMPAIGN TO PEOPLE IN CHICAGO.

>> SONIA MOGHE YOU ARE BASED IN NEW YORK AND IN CHICAGO COVERING R. KELLY DOES CHICAGO SEEM LIKE A HELL HOLE TO YOU IN YOUR EXPERIENCE?

>> YEAH, LOOK, TO ME I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE CITY.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL I LOVED GOING IN THE SUMMER.

SO ME AS A NEW YORKER WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE CITY IS THE WALKABILITY.

I FELT SAFE WALKING TO THE COURTHOUSE EVERYDAY.

TO AND FROM.

AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE OUTGOING TO WORK.

GOING TO SEE THE CITY.

I LOVED EVERY SECOND THAT I WAS THERE.

OTHER THAN THE DISTURBING TESTIMONY THAT I WAS LISTENING TO.

>> PERHAPS DARREN BAILEY HASN'T TAKEN THOSE WALKS IN THE LOOP.

MALLORY VOR BROKER, YOU WERE DOWN THERE THIS WEEK.

HOW UNIFIED OR DISCORDANT WERE REPUBLICANS AT THE G.O.P.

DAY?

>> REPUBLICANS GATHERED TO TRY AND SHOW UNITY.

HOWEVER, IN FOR EXAMPLE, THE ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER'S JIM DURKIN'S SPEECH, HE WAS NOT REFERRING TO BAILEY AT ALL BY NAME.

BUT HE SAYS THAT DURKIN SAYS HE RESPECTS THE TICKET AND WILL SUPPORT THE TICKET UP AND DOWN.

THAT IS ALSO THE SAME VIBE THAT MOST OF THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WERE GIVEN ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.

AND BAILEY'S CAMPAIGN, BAILEY HIMSELF IS STICKING BY HIS COMMENTS I WOULD SAY REPUBLICANS ARE CLOUDED BY THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING BAILEY AND THE QUESTION IS HOW DO THEY GET OUT FROM UNDER IT?

>> BECKY VEVEA, YOU'VE COVERED POLITICS IN CHICAGO FOR A WHILE, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT WHERE PARTY OFFICIALS REFUSE TO EXPLICITLY ENDORSE THE TOP OF THEIR OWN TICKET?

>> WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN INTERPARTY SCRABBLES O -- SQUABBLES HERE IN ILLINOIS.

EVEN IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE THIS PLAY OUT.

ON THE G.O.P.

SIDE FRANKLY NATIONALLY, THE WHOLE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A BITS OF AN INTERPARTY CRISIS BECAUSE OF YOU'VE GOT TRUMP SUPPORTING REPUBLICANS AND YOU HAVE MORE TRADITIONAL ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS.

AND I THINK THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT IS PLAYING OUT HERE IN ILLINOIS AS WELL.

OBVIOUSLY BAILEY WAS NOT SORT OF, I GUESS, THE CONVENTIONAL FRONTRUNNER DURING THE PRIMARY.

BUT HE CERTAINLY CARRIED IT AND I THINK NOW THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES HE APPEAL TO THE MIDDLE?

>> AND DAN BRADY A CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE ON A G.O.P.

SIDE TRYING TO APPEAL TO THE MIDDLE SAYING HE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHO HE VOTED FOR IN 2020.

CRAIG DELLIMORE IS THAT HIS ONLY PATH OR ANY REPUBLICAN'S PATH TO VICTORY IN ILLINOIS IS BY PERHAPS JUST NOT REMEMBERING WHO THEY VOTED FOR?

>> I THINK THAT IS A HARD ONE TO TAKE.

BUT I THINK AVOIDING COMMITMENTS TO EITHER THE NATIONAL REPUBLICANS OR FRANKLY, TO DARREN BAILEY, IS PROBABLY A PATH.

BECAUSE BAILEY CONTINUES TO ATTACK TO THE RIGHT.

AND ON SO MANY TOPICS.

REMEMBER HE APOLOGIZED FOR HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST THEN, LIKE A COUPLE DAYS LATER, DOUBLED DOWN ON THOSE.

SO EVEN HIS MOST CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS HE STILL MAKES THEM.

SO I THINK THAT SMART REPUBLICANS ARE KIND OF PLAYING IT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR HIM, FOR BAILEY, IS WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING OR NOT GOING RIGHT NOW.

AND HE IS NOT GETTING THE KIND OF DONATIONS THAT HE REALLY NEEDS.

>> NO, NOT GETTING SOME OF THOSE BIG DONATIONS THAT HE OR RICHARD IRVIN GOT IN THE PRIMARY ALTHOUGH DICK UIHLEIN IS DONATING TO A PACT AGAINST PRITZKER.

MALLORY ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, ROBIN KELLY THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY SHE WAS NOT AT THEIR UNITY BREAKFAST.

HOW DISCORDANT IS THAT PARTY?

>> THEY ARE TRYING TO UNIFY AROUND THE NEW PARTY CHAIR WHICH IS IT LISA HERNANDEZ.

PRITZKER SHOWED A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR HER, HAND PICKED SO WHY WOULDN'T HE?

ROBIN KELLY IS SAYING SHE'S FOCUSING ON GETTING THE FOLKS NEEDED TO WIN IN HER DISTRICT AND THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD AS A UNIFIED PARTY.

>> AND MEANWHILE, GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES THEY NEWS LEAKED THAT THEY'VE AGREED TO TWO DEBATES.

NEITHER OF THEM WILL BE HERE AT WTTW.

WE ARE HAVING A CANDIDATE FORUM AND WE INVITE BOTH CANDIDATES.

CRAIG DELLIMORE WHEN AND WHERE WILL THE DEBATES BE AND WILL BOTH CANDIDATES BE THERE?

>> I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY WILL BE.

BUT I KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS DOWN STATE.

AND RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ON-LINE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS -- >> THE ONE IS IN ILLINOIS STATE AND THE OTHER WILL BE AT WGN.

>> AND BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS ARE ABLE TO BE SEEN BY EVERYONE, I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS AS MUCH MORE ABOUT HOW WE COVER THEM.

BUT TWO IS IN SOME WAYS MORE THAN WHAT I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER CAN PLAY HOLD THE BALL ALL HE WANTS AS LONG AS BAILEY IS STRUGGLING TO GET HIS MESSAGE OUT.

SO EVEN THOSE DEBATES WILL BE INTERESTING, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT PRITZKER IS ANXIOUS TO DEBATE ANYMORE THAN HE HAS TO.

>> IF POLLING IS CORRECT IF HE HAS A BIG LEAD AND A CHANCE TO WIN, IT WOULD SEEM HE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH TO GAIN FROM DEBATING.

BUT WTTW ALONG WITH WBEZ AND "SUN-TIMES" WE HAVE A CANDIDATE FORUM AND THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES ARE INVITED.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

LET'S MOVE TO THE R. KELLY TRIAL.

SONIA, THE INFAMOUS JANE VIDEO WAS SHOWN TO JURORS TODAY.

THEY KIND OF TURNED IT OFF SO THE OBSERVERS COULD NOT SEE IT BUT THEY COULD HEAR IT.

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE JURORS AND OBSERVERS SAW AND HEARD IN THAT VIDEO.

>> I WAS NOT IN COURT TODAY.

I'VE BEEN IN COURT ALL WEEK AS PROSECUTORS DESCRIBED THAT VIDEO AS JANE HERSELF DESCRIBED THAT VIDEO.

AND PROSECUTORS AND JANE BOTH SAID THAT SOME OF THE VIDEO PARDON ME, THIS IS GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING, BUT SHOWS R. KELLY URINATING ON HER.

IT SHOWS THEM DOING SEXUAL ACTS SHORT OF INTERCOURSE WHERE SHE REPEATEDLY TALKS ABOUT HER 14-YEAR-OLD BODY PARTS AS SHE PUT IT.

SHE SAID THAT R. KELLY TOLD HER TO TALK ABOUT HER 14-YEAR-OLD GENITALIA.

AND THAT IS CAPTURED IN THE AUDIO AND THE VIDEO IS WHAT PROSECUTORS SAID AND MY COLLEAGUES IN THE COURTROOM TODAY.

SO YOU KNOW, THESE ARGUMENTS THAT THE DEFENSE TEAM ARE GOING TO MAKE ABOUT WELL, THIS WASN'T HIM IN THE VIDEO OR WHAT IS HER AGE IN THAT VIDEO?

NOW YOU HAVE THIS WITNESS WHO 20 YEARS AGO DENIED UNDER OATH TO A GRAND JURY THAT THAT WAS HER IN THE VIDEO THAT ME HAD A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH R. KELLY AS A MINOR.

NOW SHE IS ON THE STAND REVERSING THAT TESTIMONY.

THIS IS A BIG MOMENT.

ALL THE DAYS SHE IS GOING TO BE ON THE STAND IT IS A BIG DEAL.

>> AND 20 YEARS AGO THAT WAS A COOK COUNTY TRIAL AND THE STRATEGY HAS BEEN TO IMPUGN HER CREDIBILITY ASKING HER WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY IT THEN 20 YEARS AGO, WHY NOW.

WHAT KIND OF WITNESS HAS SHE BEEN?

>> EVEN KEEL BUT HAS EMOTIONAL MOMENTS.

THIS IS INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL FOR ANY SURVIVOR OF ABUSE TO GET UP THERE AND TESTIFY ABOUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL REVICTIMIZED HAVING TO TESTIFY ABOUT THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

WHEN I COVERED THE R. KELLY TRIAL IN BROOKLYN FEDERAL COURT LAST YEAR, ONE VICTIM HAD A BREAKDOWN.

AND ENDED UP NOT TESTIFYING BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST IN SUCH BAD STATE ABOUT JUST THE PROSPECT OF HAVING TO FACE R. KELLY IN COURT AGAIN.

I WILL NEVER FORGET THE MOMENT JANE WAS BROUGHT INTO COURT.

SHE WAS WEARING A WHITE BLAZER I'M NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT HER HAIR OR WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE.

I WILL NEVER FORGET, I KEPT MY EYES LOCKED ON HER AND R. KELLY.

THEY DIDN'T LOCK EYES.

HE KEPT HIS EYES DOWN TO THE DEFENSE TABLE AND SHE KEPT HER EYES ON THAT ASSISTTANT U.S. ATTORNEY.

THE ONLY TIME SHE LOOKED AT HIM YESTERDAY WHEN SHE WAS ASKED TO IDENTIFY HIM IN COURT.

VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER.

LOOK WHAT SHE TOLD THE COURT THE REASON WHY SHE HAD A DIFFERENT STORY 20 YEARS AGO, SHE LOVED HIM.

SHE WAS 14, 15, 16 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY HAD THAT SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP.

BUT SHE LOVED HIM AND SHE FEARED HIM.

HE WAS POWERFUL, HE WAS THE ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME FOR HER FAMILY AT ONE POINT.

HER FATHER WAS A GUITAR PLAYER AND HER AUNT HAD A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH R. KELLY HER LIFE WAS WRAPPED UP IN THIS MAN.

AND SHE WAS AFRAID AND HE HAD POWER OVER HER.

>> WHICH IS WHY THE ENTERPRISE HE RAN HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS SORT OF A CULT.

AND YOU MENTIONED THE BROOKLYN FEDERAL TRIAL THAT YOU COVERED, HE WAS OF COURSE CONVICTED OF RACKETEERING AND TRAFFICKING AND OTHER CHARGES IN THAT.

THERE WAS THE COOK COUNTY TRIAL RECENTLY HE WAS CONVICTED.

REMIND VIEWERS HOW THIS TRIAL IS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE CASES?

>> WHAT IS SO INTERESTING ABOUT THIS TRIAL IT HAS SOME OF THE SAME ELEMENTS AS THE BROOKLYN FEDERAL TRIAL THAT THERE WAS AN ENTERPRISE OF PEOPLE HE SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH WHO MANAGED HIS BUSINESS AND HELPED PAY MONEY TO GET THINGS HANDLED TO MAINTAIN HIS IMAGE.

AND WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT ENTERPRISE IN THE BROOKLYN CASE.

AND WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DARRYL McDAVID AND MILTON BROWN, JUNE BROWN AS HE IS KNOWN IN THAT CASE.

BUT NOW WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THIS TIGHT-KNIT GROUP OF PEOPLE.

AND DARRYL McDAVID'S DEFENSE, IS THAT HE WAS SIMPLY LISTENING TO THE ADVICE OF HIS LAWYERS.

HIS LAWYERS BELIEVED THAT DARRYL BELIEVED AND EVEN THAT JANE'S FAMILY BELIEVED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH R. KELLY.

HE WAS LIED TO THAT THE ATTORNEYS WERE LIED TO BY KELL .

KELLY.

THAT IS HIS DEFENSE THAT HE WAS ON THE ADVICE OF LAWYERS AND SHOULD NOT BE FACING THE CHARGES OF RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSTRUCTION.

AND MILT TOWN BROWN IS ARGUING THAT HE WAS MERELY AN ASSISTANT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TRANSPORTING OR RECEIVING.

HE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A SEX TAPE.

HE AND McDAVID ARE ARGUING THAT THEY BELIEVE THE TAPE WAS FAKE THAT IT WASN'T SHOWING CHILD IMPORTANT AND IT DID NOT INVOLVE R. KELLY.

>> OF COURSE THAT TAPE WAS WHAT BROKE IT ALL OPEN YEARS AGO BACK IN THE "SUN-TIMES".

A LOT OF GRUESOME TESTIMONY AND A LOT MORE TO COME.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER ISSUES IN THE NEWS AFTER A NUMBER OF DEATHS IN LAKE MICHIGAN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THE CITY IS REMINDING RESIDENTS OF THE DANGERS.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> SWIM WITH A PARTNER.

AND PLEASE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO SWIM, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BOAT DON'T DRINK.

WE CAN HAVE FUN WITHOUT DRINKING.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU ARE GOING TO DO IS BRING YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES SAFELY BACK HOME.

>> BECKY VEVEA I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THIS PLAY PEN.

I DON'T TAKE YOU FOR SOMEONE THAT LIKES TO GO OUT THERE EVERY WEEKEND WITH THE PARTIERS.

BUT A RASH OF TRAGEDIES MASSIVE FOOT INJURY, DROWNINGS, MISSING SWIMMERS.

DEATHS.

WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE?

>> YEAH, I MEAN I HAVE BEEN -- I WENT ONCE MANY YEARS AGO FOR A BACHELORETTE PARTY AND I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY UNREALISTIC TO TELL PEOPLE IN THE PLAY PEN THE KEY IS TO STOP DRINKING.

I THINK THEY NEED TO CONSIDER HOW MANY BOATS THEY ALLOW IN THIS AREA.

IT'S JUST REALLY SAD.

I SAW SOME OF THE ARTICLES THAT CAME OUT AND THE DROWNINGS AND I THINK THAT THAT IS AN AREA THAT REALLY NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION.

IT'S KIND OF BEEN LOOSEY GOOSEY FOR MANY YEARS AND I DON'T FREQUENT IT AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMEPLACE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO ENJOY AND DO A LOT OF DRINKING AND THAT IS TRUE BOATS AND WATER AND DRINKING DON'T MIX SO WELL.

ESPECIALLY IN THE LAKE LIKE MICHIGAN.

YOU KNOW, IT IS GOOD THAT THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.

AGAIN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE THAN TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO DRINK.

>> SO THAT'S ALL WE'VE HEARD THE COAST GUARD SAY.

CRAIG DELLIMORE THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO TO REGULATE HOW MANY FOLKS ANCHOR IN THE PLAY PEN THE WATER IS FREE FOR ANYONE.

IS THAT TRUE IS THERE NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO TO LIMIT HOW MANY PEOPLE ANCHOR THERE OR PERHAPS EVEN MAKE IT OFF LIMITS AT CERTAIN TIMES?

>> I THINK THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO LIMIT IT DESPITE THE WAY THE WHOLE AREA IS CONFIGURED.

IN FACT, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SPOKE WITH BRIAN HOPKINS THE ALDERMAN FOR THAT AREA, EARLIER TODAY.

AND HOPKINS WAS SAYING ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY TO IMPRESS UPON PEOPLE THAT AT THE VERY LEAST, THE PERSON OPERATING THE BOAT SHOULD NOT BE DRINKING.

ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD NOT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CASE OF THE WOMAN WHO LOST HER FEET BECAUSE THAT PERSON WAS NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

HE WAS RECKLESS.

BUT REALLY IT IS A MATTER OF PEOPLE BEING AWARE AND TRYING TO BE MORE CAREFUL AND MAYBE ALL THE ATTENTION THAT IS BEING PAID WILL GO TO THAT.

BUT NO, THEY ARE UNLESS THEY ARE GOING TO STOP IT FROM BEING THERE AT ALL AND MAYBE DOING MORE INSPECTIONS AS HOPKINS SAID.

MORE INSPECTIONS AND MORE PEOPLE WATCHING WHAT IS GOING ON.

MAYBE THAT SCRUTINY WILL CAUSE PEOPLE TO TAKE MORE CARE.

>> AND THIS WEEKEND A LOT OF BOATS WILL BE OUT WATCHING THE AIR AND WATER SHOW.

WE HOPE EVERYBODY IS SAFE.

BECKY VEVEA, NEXT WEEK, SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION FOR C.P.S., C.P.S.

AND C.T.U.

HAMMERED OUT COVID SAFETY AGREEMENTS OVER THE SUMMER.

DOES THIS MEAN THERE'S GOING TO BE RELATIVE LABOR PEACE THIS YEAR?

>> OH, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, PARIS.

AND I DO NOT HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL THOUGH I WISH I DID.

I'M CERTAIN THAT TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND FAMILIES ARE CERTAINLY HOPING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO STRIKE A MORE CONCILIATORY TONE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND I THINK THEY DID WORK HARD TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT.

THEIR CURRENT SAFETY AGREEMENT WHICH IS THE ONE THAT SORT OF BROUGHT THINGS TO A CLOSE WITH THE JANUARY KIND OF CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS WHEN TEACHERS VOTED TO GO REMOTE AND THAT AGREEMENT EXPIRES NEXT WEEK.

SO THEY HAVE THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IN PLACE.

TEACHERS WILL VOTE ON IT NEXT WEEK.

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN THE CLASSROOM?

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE OPTIONAL TESTING.

THEY STILL HAVE A MASK OPTIONAL POLICY.

ENCOURAGED.

THEY ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER VACCINATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS.

EVEN THE YOUNGEST KIDS CAN GET VACCINATED.

AND THE BIGGEST CHANGE WHICH FOLLOWS C.D.C.

GUIDANCE IS IF YOU ARE A CLOSE CONTACT TO A POSITIVE CASE YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THE QUARANTINES YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CLASSROOM OR MOVE TO REMOTE LEARNING.

IF YOU ARE POSITIVE YOU NEED TO QUARANTINE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE.

BUT THE CLOSE CONTACTS WILL NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE WHICH I THINK WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY WELCOME.

AND THE C.E.O.

PEDRO MARTINEZ SAID THAT IN AN E-MAIL TO PARENTS THAT THE REAL REASON TO DO THAT IS THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP STUDENTS IN-PERSON LEARNING IN-PERSON THIS YEAR TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS OF PANDEMIC SCHOOLING HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON A LOT OF CHILDREN AND TEACHERS AND STAFF IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND I THINK THERE IS A YEARNING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL, FIGURE OUT HOW WE LIVE WITH THE VIRUS, IF YOU WILL, AND THIS SAFETY AGREEMENT WILL HOPEFULLY BE VOTED UP NEXT WEEK AND THINGS SHOULD START OFF SMOOTH SAILING ON MONDAY.

>> LET'S IMAGINE THAT SMOOTH SAILING.

IT'S STRAINED THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS C.P.S.

'S LOST LOTS OF STUDENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

I WANT TO MOVE ON MALLORY TO THE ComEd BRIBERY SETTLEMENT.

THEY ANNOUNCED A LONGTIME AGO THEY WERE GOING TO PAY A SETTLEMENT TO ELECTRICITY USERS BECAUSE OF THE BRIBERY SCANDAL AND IT AMOUNTS TO $5 PER CUSTOMER.

GOOD FOR MAYBE ONE CUP OF COFFEE AND NOT MUCH ELSE.

ARE THEY GETTING OFF LIGHTLY GIVEN THE FACT THIS WAS NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME THESE ALLEGED BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS AND AND PEOPLE PAID MORE FOR THEIR UTILITIES AS A RESULT?

>> ComEd WILL CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO MAKEUP FOR THE BRIBERY SCHEME THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THIS TIME MADIGAN, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.

BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE THAT CAN BE DONE.

>> AND CRAIG DELLIMORE, WHAT ABOUT THAT?

IS ComEd OUT OF THE WOODS WITH CONSUMERS WITH THIS SMALL SETTLEMENT?

OR DO THEY NEED TO DO MORE?

>> I -- DON'T FORGET WE STILL HAVE THE AGREEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES TO DELIVER.

THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, TO THE MAYOR.

SO BELIEVE ME EVERY TIME THEY WALK INTO A ROOM FROM NOW ON, THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE HOW DO WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT TAKING US AGAIN?

HOW DO WE KNOW?

CERTAINLY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET WHAT THEY WANT FROM SPRINGFIELD AS MUCH AS THEY DID BEFORE.

THEY WILL BE PAYING MAYBE THAT ALL AT ONCE, BUT THEY WILL BE JUST HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THIS FOR SOMETIME NOW.

I THINK YEARS.

>> CERTAINLY A LOT OF LEVERAGE FOR THE MAYOR HERE IN REUPPING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ComEd AND THE CITY.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

CRAIG, BACK TO STATE NEWS.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND DEMOCRATS TALKED ABOUT HAVING A SPECIAL SESSION TO PASS GUN RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING A POSSIBLE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THEY HAVE THE VOTES WITH SUPER MAJORITIES AND SEEM LIKE A GOOD TIME BECAUSE OF THE NOVEMBER MIDTERMS.

HOW COME NOTHING IS HAPPENING ON THAT FRONT?

>> I THINK BECAUSE IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS HAVING A POLITICAL MAJORITY.

THE ISSUE OF GUNS ACTUALLY TRANSCENDS PARTY LINES.

IT'S MORE GEOGRAPHIC THAN IT IS POLITICAL.

YES, PRIMARILY REPUBLICANS SEEM TO BE AGAINST GUN LAWS.

BUT YOU GO DOWN STATE AND EVERYBODY IS CARRYING A GUN.

SO IT'S NOT THAT EASY.

THEY ALWAYS GET HUNG UP ON THE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT IS AN ASSAULT WEAPON AND WHICH GUNS ARE REALLY HUNTING WEAPONS.

THAT'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM.

AND I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TOO MANY PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES.

THEY WILL TRY IT.

THEY MAY EVEN IN FACT GET IT.

BUT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE -- THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LOT OF TALKING BEFORE THEY ARE READY TO ACTUALLY VOTE.

>> IN THE PAST YOU ARE RIGHT, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ILLINOIS HAS NOT BEEN A MONOLITH ON GUNS THERE HAVE BEEN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS IN FAVOR OF GUN RIGHTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SAME AS IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO.

MALLORY VOR BROKER, THERE IS A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE RULE HERE WHERE THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SHOULD HAVE AN EASIER TIME REJECTING A FOID CARD APPLICATION IF THEY DEEM SOMEONE A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.

COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS MAKE ANY IMPACT?

>> I THINK IF YOU TAKE LEGISLATION AND YOU MOVE IN LIKE CRAIG SAID SLOWLY AND HAVE LONGER TALKS THAT THESE MOVES WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> AND CRAIG DELLIMORE, HOW WOULD THIS RULE REALLY CHANGE THINGS?

HOW WOULD THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE BE ABLE TO REJECT A FOID CARD FOR SOMEONE LIKE ROBERT CRIMO III IN THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING?

>> I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT WORDINGS OF IT.

BUT THE IDEA IS THAT MORE FACTORS CAN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHETHER IT'S AGE, WHETHER IT'S WHAT THEIR HISTORY IS.

THE PROBLEM, THOUGH, WITH WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH FOID CARDS, IS THAT THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS STILL BACKED UP.

AND SO THE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN THAT THE WHOLE FOID CARD SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE OVERHAULED.

SO RIGHT NOW, IN SOME WAYS THE WAY THEY'RE KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GETTING FOID CARDS IS NO ONE IS GETTING THEM QUICKLY.

BUT AS THAT RAMPS UP, I THINK IT WILL JUST BE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM BUT YOU ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE SAYING THE SYSTEM WASN'T WORKING EVEN BEFORE.

>> CERTAINLY THERE'S BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE FOID CARDS.

ANYONE GOING TO WATCH THE AIR AND WATER SHOW THIS WEEKEND?

>> DON'T ALL RAISE YOUR HAND AT ONCE?

>> I WISH I WAS GOING TO BE IN TOWN FOR IT.

I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU FROM THE MEDIA ROOM WE COULD SEE THE PRACTICING GOING ON YESTERDAY AND IT GOT TO THE POINT PEOPLE WOULD BE TESTIFYING AND YOU COULDN'T HEAR IT BECAUSE THE PLANES WERE GOING BY SO LOUDLY.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE QUITE A GREAT TIME.

>> UNFORTUNATELY FOR THAT TRIAL I WILL NOT BE AROUND IT JUST STARTS AND ENDS THIS WEEKEND.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO MALLORY VOR BROKER, CRAIG DELLIMORE, BECKY VEVEA AND SONIA MOGHE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

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AND NOW FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

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