>> A POPULAR MARVEL COMICS CHARACTER THAT'S BEEN A PERFORATED BY FAR RIGHT WELSH GROUP LIKE THE PROUD BOYS.

LAURA, LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU BUT YOU MAKE OF BAILEY'S CONNECTIONS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO WE SHOULD POINT OUT HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF NO CRIMINAL WRONGDOING IN CONNECTION WITH THE JANUARY 6 RIOTS?

>> AMANDA IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR HIS CAMPAIGN.

SINCE HE WAS NOMINATED THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER CONTROVERSY THAT'S BUT HIM IN A DIFFICULT SPOT.

IT'S MADE HIM APPEAR TO BE PERHAPS, NOT AS LEGITIMATE OR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT RAISE CONCERNS AMONG VOTERS PARTICULARLY, VOTERS WHO ARE NOT SUPER CONSERVATIVE.

THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

EVERY WEEK HE'S HAVING TO FIGHT OFF ALLEGATIONS AND SOME OF THE CONTROVERSIAL THINGS HE'S DONE.

EVERY WEEK HE'S DOING IT IS A HOW HE CAN'T TALK ABOUT HIS AGENDA AND PROGRAMS.

HE HAS SAID HE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENERATE SIXTH.

IF ANYONE WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL.

ANYONE HAS BEEN INDUCTED SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.

HE DOES HAVE THESE UNFORTUNATE ASSOCIATIONS.

>> LYNN, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR HIS CAMPAIGN?

THESE ARE PEOPLE HE HAS CAMPAIGNED WITH.

IS IT SURPRISING HE'S ALIGNED WITH THEM?

>> IT'S NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE DARREN BAILEY HAS THROWN IN WITH A WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT IS ALSO THE WING OF ELECTIONS DENIERS AND CONSPIRACY THEORY IS.

HE SOUGHT TRUMPS ENDORSEMENT.

HE IS CLOSE TO MARY MILLER WHO IS IT TRUMP THE ASKED MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION WHO WAS AN ELECTION DENIER.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED THAT TO CONFIRM AND VOTED AGAINST ONE OF THE ELECTION DENIERS WHO VOTED AGAINST IT.

NOW, THE POINT IS YOU NEED TO EXPAND HIS BASE IF HE WANTS TO HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING.

IN SHORT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

HE COULD WHIP UP THE BASE CLOSER TO ELECTION DAY BY MAKING A VISIT TO A PLACE LIKE THAT.

BY THE WAY WHERE IS HIS CAMPAIGN?

IT ISN'T THAT WHERE HE SATURDAY IT'S LIKE A GIMME FOR PRITZKER.

THIS SHOWS HE DOESN'T HAVE A CAMPAIGN THAT'S READY FOR PRIME TIME.

HE CAN'T AVOID GETTING INTO JAMS LIKE THIS.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO.

SELF-INFLICTED WOUND.

>> ZERO LET'S GO TO YOU.

WHEN HE MADE THOSE REMARKS AT THE CHURCH HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO WIN.

BUT, DOES HE?

LOOKING AT $60 MILLION IN PRITZKER'S CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT TO KATHLEEN AVILES.

>> RIGHT.

HE NEEDS A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY TO COMPETE AGAINST PRITZKER.

TO LYNN'S POINT, HE'S NOT GONNA LOSE ANY VOTES FROM HIS BASE BY ALIGNING HIM WITH THE JANUARY 6 PEOPLE.

IN ORDER FOR HIM TO WIN AND BEAT PURCHASER HE NEEDS HOLLER COUNTING SUBURBAN VOTERS.

SOME OF THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD VOTERS THAT CAN GO EITHER WAY AND HE'S NOT DOING HIMSELF ANY FAVORS.

CERTAINLY NOT GONNA DO HIMSELF ANY FAVORS WITH FUNDRAISING WITH THOSE KIND OF VOTERS.

>> DOES HE DISAVOW THE BASE BY DENOUNCING WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6?

>>.

>> I'M SORRY HE HAS ARI SAID HE'S GOT THE SUPPORT AND LAWBREAKERS ON JENNIFER 6.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE HE'S GONNA GO.

>> THERE'S A REASON GOVERNOR PRITZKER DEMOCRAT SPENT THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT BAILEY IN THE PRIMARY.

YOU'RE SEEING IT RIGHT HERE ARE PROBABLY GONNA SEE IT EVERY WEEK OR EVERY OTHER WEEK WITH THINGS LIKE THIS FOR A WHILE.

PROBABLY A PRETTY SHREWD BACK BY THE GOVERNOR AT LEAST IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT RIGHT NOW.

>> SPEAKING OF MONEY AND CAMPAIGNS.

HAS HE GIVEN ANYBODY TO BAILEY SINCE THE PRIMARY.

HE HAS GIVEN $50 MILLION TO THE PACS AT RUN BY DAN PROF. THAT WHEN GREG AIRED A COMMERCIAL IS MORE ANTI-PRITZKER THAN IT IS PRO BAILEY.

MERT LARRY LIGHTFOOT HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

EXPLAIN HER A BRIDGE?

>> THE MAYOR SAID HE DARKENED HER SKIN TO MAKE HER SCARY FOR SUBURBAN PEOPLE AND SHE SAYS IT WAS A RACIST ADD.

SHE'S BEEN BLOGGING BAILEY WHICH SHE ENJOYS FIGHTING WITH BAILEY TOO.

IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THESE UNFORCED ERRORS BY THE PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE DOWN GOVERNOR PRITZKER WHETHER IT'S BAILEY OR THIS PACK.

IS JUST A BIG EMBARRASSMENT.

>> LAURA WASHINGTON, YOU BELIEVE THIS AD WAS DOCTORED AND YOU HAVE THEM CALLING IT INSANE AND IS TYPICAL OF WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS INVETERATE RACE HUSTLERS LIKE LIGHTFOOT AND PRITZKER.

>> ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHOW THE VIDEO SIDE-BY-SIDE.

THE VIDEO DATE USED THAT THE PROP REPRESENTED IN THE CAMPAIGN OF NEXT VIDEO.

IN ONE OF THEM IS DEATHLY DARKER.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PUDDING.

THIS IS AN AGE OLD ACTION CARVING BACK TO BEFORE THE DAYS OF O.J.

SIMPSON WHEN HE WAS ON TRIAL IN "TIME MAGAZINE" RAN AND DARKENED PHOTO OF HIM TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE CRIMINAL WHEN HE WAS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

LORI LIGHTFOOT HAS A RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED AND THE RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT.

LIKE RICK SAID SHE LIKES TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ATTACKING DARREN BAILEY AS AN ADULT TRUMPS OF PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AND MAYBE SOMETIMES THAT REINFORCES THE IMAGE PEOPLE HAVE OF HER AS SOMEONE ALWAYS ON THE ATTACKERS ALWAYS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE WAY SHE'S BEEN TREATED.

I THINK WAS UNFAIR ADD.

I THINK WAS UNAPPROPRIATE.

YOU GOTTA PICK YOUR FIGHTS AND MAYBE THAT WAS ONE SHE DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE ON NOW.

LAURA STICKING WITH YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE STATE REPRESENTED SEAN FORD SAYING HE IS BLACK.

IT'S WRONG TO SAY BEING DARKER SKIN SHOULD BE PERCEIVED AS MORE DANGEROUS.

WHEN YOU MAKE OF THAT?

>> IT'S WRONG TO BELIEVE THAT.

PEOPLE DO BELIEVE THAT.

THAT'S WHY THEY RAN THAT OUT.

THERE IS A NEGATIVE CONDENSATION WITH DARK SKIN.

EVEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS AMONG OURSELVES SOMETIMES LOOK DOWN UPON PEOPLE WHO ARE DARKER THAN US.

IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE IMAGERY THAT IS BEEN USED AGAINST US FOR DECADES.

TO PAINT THIS PICTURE OF DARKER PEOPLE BEING MORE OMINOUS, BE MORE DANGEROUS.

IT SHOWS THE FACT OF LIFE THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT.

>> WASN'T JUST LORI LIFE.

THEY HAD HAD IMAGES OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN CRIME SCENES AS WELL.

THAT ALL PLAYED INTO IT TOO.

>> THINK SARAH.

LYNN I WANT TO GO TO YOU BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MAYOR'S RACE.

ILLINOIS IT WILL PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN THESE MIDTERM ELECTIONS AS THE US HOUSE IS UP FOR GRABS.

WE ARE ABOUT A MONTH OUT ONLY FROM THE START OF EARLY VOTING.

GIVE US A QUICK LAY OF THE LAND AS A PLACED ILLINOIS.

>> WELL, YOU HAVE THE BIG RACE IS THE GOVERNOR.

YOU HAVE A COMPETITIVE CONGRESSIONAL RACE MAINLY OUTSIDE OF THE CHICAGO AREA.

WE DON'T, THE ONLY RIG BIG COMPETITION QUESTION MAY BE IN THE STATE HOUSE AND STATE SENATE IS IF THE DEMOCRATS CAN INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS AND BOLSTER THE SUPER MAJORITY.

HERE IS THE RACE TO WATCH.

THE RACE IS THE 2 SUPREME COURT RACES.

EVEN THOUGH WE TALK ABOUT ILLINOIS A SOLID BLUE.

BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR AND STATE HOUSE AND STATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

THE SUPREME COURT IS DEMOCRATIC ONLY BY 1/4 RATE MARGIN.

TO STATE SUPPORT SUPREME COURT'S SEATS ARE UP.

THEY MAY BE COMPETITIVE.

WATCH FOR A LOT OF MONEY TO GO TO THAT.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD WATCH FOR NOW IS HOW ORGANIZED LABOR IS ALREADY ON TV AND DUMPING A LOT OF MONEY INTO ONE OF THEIR REFERENDUM QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE THE TOP OF THE BALLOT.

GIVING MORE SAFEGUARDS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR UNIONS TO ENSURE THEY CAN ORGANIZE.

>> SUPREME COURT AND SOME SWING DISTRICTS FOR BOTH THE STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES AND FOR CONGRESS.

NOW, THE RACE FOR CHICAGO'S MAYOR IS A BIT MORE OUT.

THE FIELDERS ARE TAKING SHAPE.

SPACEY DAVIS SAID SHE IS OUT OF THE COMPETITION FOR MAYOR.

>> WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FOR MAYOR?

>> BECAUSE I LIKE MY JOB.

CHICAGO KNOWS WHAT IT NEEDS.

NEEDS A PARTNER AND ORGANIZER.

I NEED SOMEONE WHO'S IN LOVE WITH HUMANITY.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

>> THAT'S NOT TO SAY CTU WAS GOING TO STAY OUT OF THIS RIGHT?

>> DEFINITELY NOT.

THE CTU HAS BEEN PREPARING BRANDON JOHNSON FOR HIGHER OFFICE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE TIME.

HE DID THE SOMETIMES CAST HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS INTEREST.

HE'S BEEN CALLING AROUND TO ALL SORTS OF UNION PEOPLE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND HE'S THINKING ABOUT DOING IT.

THE CTU HAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PLAYER IN THIS RACE.

THE MAYOR HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT SINCE 2019.

BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO WANT TO SUPPORT SOMEONE.

RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL END UP BEING BRANDON AND IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING RACE.

>> WAITING FOR THAT OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO DROP CURRENTLY A PLAYER AND CONTENDER IS WILLIE WILSON WHO TOMORROW'S GOING TO BE GIVING ANOTHER GROCERY GIVEAWAY.

LAURA, YOU SAY VOTERS SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT WARY OF THIS TACTIC, WHY?

>> I WROTE ABOUT IT THIS WEEK.

I CALL IT THE WILL THE GLOBALIZATION OF POLITICS.

IT'S BECOMING A BIGGER AND BIGGER TREND FOR POLITICIANS TO EXECUTE GIVEAWAYS.

IN THIS CASE WILLIE WILSON IS GIVING AWAY HIS OWN MONEY.

HE'S GIVING AWAY FREE GAS, FREE CASH, GROCERIES.

AS WOULD HELP PEOPLE GET THROUGH THESE VERY CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES.

HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR LONG TIME.

THERE A LOT OF OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO USE TAXPAYERS MONEY TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO TAXPAYERS THEY SEEM TO ALWAYS WANT TO DO IT VERY CLOSE TO ELECTION TIME.

SOME CRITICS WOULD SAY THIS IS ATTEMPT TO CURRY FAVOR FOR THE VOTERS BY VOTES FROM THE VOTERS.

I THINK IN SOME CASES IT WORKS.

HEARD ABOUT A COMMENTARY FOR PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND PEOPLE TELLING STORIES ABOUT BUT BELIEVE WILSON IS DOING.

HE'S DOING SOMETHING FOR ME EVEN IF IT'S ONLY A $25 GAS CARD.

I WILL THINK ABOUT VOTING FOR HIM OR I WILL SEARCY VOTE FOR HIM.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO IT BECAUSE IT WORKS.

>> GO AHEAD LYNN.

>> IS NOT RUNNING THESE GIVEAWAYS AS IF IT'S REALLY A CONNECTION WITH THE REAL CAMPAIGN.

PEOPLE, HE DOESN'T HAVE THE BIG, STOP TO MAKE THESE WORTHWHILE.

HE DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GIVEN MONEY AWAY FROM CHICAGO.

IF THE REGISTERED.

HE'S NOT COLLECTING AS FAR AS I KNOW, MAYBE YOU GUYS KNOW.

IS HE COLLECTING DATA?

>> LYNN EVERYBODY KNOWS HE'S RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

THIS IS THEIR TIME RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

HE'S NOT GIVING AWAY THE MONEY WITH HIS CAMPAIGN BUT THE FOUNDATION.

EVERYONE KNOW HE'S A MARIUPOL CANDIDATE AND A POLITICIAN.

>> ORDER TO ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO THE POLLS AND THEY FELT THAT THEY FOLLOW UP ON IT AND GET OUT THE VOTE YOU STILL NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU'RE GIVING THIS MONEY 2.

TO BE INTERESTED IN YOU.

>> IF HE STARTS TO DO THAT HE'S GONNA BREAK THE LAW.

THE REASON HE'S ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW IS HE'S DONE IT BEFORE.

IN THE VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT SAINT IT'S NOT A CAMPAIGN EVENT.

YOU START TAKING THE DATA YOU'RE GONNA GET YOURSELF INTO TROUBLE.

BUT HE SPINE IS HIS NAME ID AND GOODWILL.

IT'S A VERY FINE LINE THAT THEY'RE WALKING HERE.

>> SEND THE MONEY TO HIS CAMPAIGN WAR CHEST AND DO THE SAME THING AND MAYBE LEVERAGE IT MORE.

>> MEANWHILE MUSCLE IS ALSO TAKING UMBRAGE WITH THE CITY ELECTION BOARD PLAN TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PRECINCTS.

HE SAYING THIS IS VOTER SUPPRESSION.

IS THAT LEGIT?

>> YOU KNOW WITH THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THE SURE THING IS THERE CUTTING IN PERSON VOTING LOCATIONS.

WITH THE NEW MAP.

WHAT THEY SAY IS THEY ARE EXPANDING VOTE BY MAIL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S KIND OF A WASH.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE, OLDER PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE A BIT INCONVENIENCE.

THE OLDER PEOPLE ARE THE PEOPLE TO VOTE THE MOST.

THEN YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM OF COME UP WE INSISTED HAVING OUR CHICAGO ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY WHEN IT'S FREEZING OUT.

SO WE HAVE THIS HORRIFIC TURNOUT.

IT WILL BE A TURNOUT AGAIN PROBABLY.

>> I KNOW HE WANTS TO GO FARTHER.

>> IT'S NOT NEW APPEARED 10 YEARS AGO THEY ALSO SLASHED A BUNCH OF PRECINCTS.

IT'S NOT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER DONE THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MADE THEY SLASHED THE LAST TIME AROUND.

IT WAS QUITE A NUMBER AS WELL.

>> MY REASONS IS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE EARLY VOTING AND VOTING BY MAIL.

ANOTHER ISSUE IS STAFFING.

EVERY ORGANIZATION A COMPANY AND INSTITUTION HAS A PROBLEM FINDING WORKERS.

THEY HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE JUNE ELECTIONS BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT SHOW UP AT THE POLLS TO WORK MORE AND THERE APPEARED TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE COVERAGE THEY NEED TO OPERATE PROPERLY.

>> SAVING MONEY PLUS LOSS POPULATION TOO.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> WE MAY BE LOSING SOME MONUMENTS AND STATUES AT LEAST THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSION THAT WAS FORMED BY THE MAYOR.

LIGHTFOOT IS NOT READY TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH COMMITTING TO TAKING DOWN THE COLUMBUS STATUE.

GREG, WHY IS ANOTHER WORKING GROUP NEEDED?

>> WELL IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE A CITY IN THE MAYOR ONE UPON ON THE ISSUE.

IT'S EASY TO ADD.

WITH HER DISCHARGE.

IN THIS CASE FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMISSION TO SAY LET'S BUILD MONUMENTS OF LATINOS AND BLACK PEOPLE AND PUT THE RACE RIOT OF 1999.

IT'S EASY TO SAY LET'S TAKE DOWN THESE.

THE CITY PROBABLY REGRETTED ENTERING THE EXERCISES AS SOON AS THEY GOT INTO IT AND 2020 IS WHY THEY TOOK 2 YEARS AND THEY'RE GONNA HUNT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

>> PLANT UNTIL AUGUST AFTER THE ELECTION PERHAPS.

WE WILL SEE.

SHE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD OUT AS LONG.

THE CITY RECEIVED NATIONAL RECREATION TO REDUCE CRIME.

ALSO THERE WAS A BIT OF OMINOUS BEGINNING FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

SARAH, TO YOU.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHERE THINGS ARE AT WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME AND IN GENERAL, CPS AND THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR?

>> IN TERMS OF CRIME, OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR HAS BEEN TRYING TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE.

THE ENTIRE DARREN BAILEY ENTIRE ELECTION IS ABOUT CHICAGO CRIME AND HOW IT'S LIGHTFOOT AND PRITZKER'S FAULT.

ANY CHANCE SHE GETS SHE'S GONNA TRY TO GET OUT THERE AND TRYING TO SPREAD SOME POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT CRIME IN THE CITY.

IT'S A PRETTY HARD ONE TO GO UP AGAINST.

ON A DAILY BASIS ALL OF US, TELEVISION, NEWSPAPERS, THE HEADLINES ARE ABOUT WHATEVER THE LATEST CRIME IS.

SHE TALKED ABOUT SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT CRIME AND KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HOW HOMICIDES AND SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN BY 18 PERCENT AND WERE NOT REPORTED ON THE POSITIVE DATA.

IT'S HARD TO DO THAT WHEN IT'S OVERSHADOWED BY SOMETHING LIKE 3 TO 4 STUDENT SHOT MULTIPLE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

IT'S A HARD ONE TO GO AGAINST.

>> MOVED TO DC USB GOT 5 MINUTES LEFT IN THE PROGRAM.

LYNN, WE HAVE THE AFFIDAVIT WHICH THE FBI MADE ITS CASE FOR NEEDING TO GO TO MAR-A-LAGO AND RETRIEVE SOME DOCUMENTS.

WITH HEAVY REDUCTIONS.

WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THAT AFFIDAVIT?

>> WE LEARNED, IT'S VERY UNUSUAL TO MAKE THE SKY DOCUMENT PUBLIC BEFORE ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE MADE.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE HUNDRED AND 84 DOCUMENTS FOUND IN THIS THAT HAVE SOME LEVEL OF DEGREE OF BEING CONFIDENTIAL OR SECRET.

WE LEARNED THAT THIS IS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MAY 2020.

HERE'S WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTED TO KEEP THIS.

WE KNOW THE STUFF THE FBI RECOVERED INCLUDED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS BUT, THAT IS A BIG MYSTERY.

IT HAS NOT BEEN FILLED IN YET IS WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO WITH THIS STUFF REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE BELIEVES OR CAN BE PROVEN HIS CLAIM THAT THINGS ARE AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED BECAUSE HE HAD SOME KIND OF STANDING ORDER TO DECLASSIFY THINGS IN A STANDING ORDER BY THE WAY THAT FBI NOTES THE AFFIDAVIT.

THE PART THAT WASN'T REJECTED.

THERE IS NO PROOF THAT IT EXISTS.

>> LOTS OF STANDING QUESTIONS THERE.

POTENTIAL NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS.

LANE, IN WASHINGTON, GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE STUDENT LOANS.

DIVIDED REACTION TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLAN TO RELIEVE STUDENTS FROM SOME OF THAT DEBT.

THIS ASSUMES A LOT OF FOLKS COMING TO THE CHICAGO AREA.

WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT?

IS THIS PROGRAM GOING TO HELP DEMOCRATS COME MIDTERM?

>> IT WILL DELIVER TO A DEGREE FOR DEMOCRATIC PROMISES.

IF YOUR STUDENT AND YOU THOUGHT YOU TO GET ALL YOUR EDUCATION FOR FREE.

IT WAS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.

IF YOU GO, IF YOU HAVE A PELL GRANT RIGHT NOW AND YOU HAVE A LOAN INCOME YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR UP TO $20,000 BREAK.

HERE'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT LOOKING AHEAD.

DIVIDED GOVERNMENT DOES WANT PEOPLE TO GET IN A JAM.

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT WITH THIS CRUSHING STUDENT THAT FOLLOWS YOU UNTIL YOUR MIDDLE AGED.

THE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO SPREAD OUT PAYMENTS, CUT HALF AMOUNT OF YOUR DISCRETIONARY INCOME.

SO YOU CAN CUT YOUR PAYMENT AND THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S REAL BIG.

AND DOESN'T DEAL AS MUCH WITH THIS MORNING TIME BREAK FOR PEOPLE THAT YES, PEOPLE, SOME CRITICS ARE HOWLING AS A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED GIVEAWAY TO WHICH THE BUDGET ADMINISTRATION IS PUSHING BACK NOTING HOW MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING REPUBLICAN CRITICS GOT THESE LOANS THAT TURNED INTO FREE MONEY DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE JOEL WEISMAN PANDEMIC.

>> GRADE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MONEY AND GOVERNMENT, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ARE DUE TO GET A RAISE OF NEARLY 10 PERCENT.

UNLESS THEY SAY OTHERWISE.

WHY ARE THEY SENT TO GET SO MUCH?

>> IS A PREPOSTEROUS SYSTEM WE HAVE WHERE THEY GET AUTOMATIC RAISES THEN THEY CAN VOTE NOT TO GET THEM.

THERE'S A FORMULA AND SOME PEOPLE GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND IS BASED OFF OF HOW MUCH ARE WE EARNING.

THEY SHOULD HAVE ONE PAY SCALE SAME AS ANY OTHER ELECTED VILLAGE OR WHATEVER.

IT'S JUST A REALLY WEIRD GOOFY SYSTEM AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE PLAYING GAMES AND IN THIS CASE SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO ENRICH THEMSELVES IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO GET THEM IN TROUBLE WITH THE TAXPAYER WORKS SARAH, DO YOU THINK WERE GONNA SEE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL REJECT THAT WITH AN ELECTION ON THE HORIZON OR PUT THAT MANY IN THE THEIR POCKET?

>> RIGHT.

THERE IS AN ELECTION ON THE HORIZON.

THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

10 PERCENT RAISES A BIG ONE.

>> I'D TAKE IT.

I DON'T ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> I WOULD TAKE A ONE PERCENT RAISE.

YEAH, IT WILL BE A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW.

MAYBE ALL THESE SHOULD QUIT IF THEY'RE GETTING A 10 PERCENT RAISE.

>> NO GET 10 PERCENT RAISES NOW DAYS.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT COULD BE EFFECTIVELY USED AS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE.

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

WHETHER IT'S AN ISSUE THAT SOMEONE COULD BE TO DEFEAT AN INCUMBENT X RIGHT NOW THE ELECTION ISN'T UNTIL FEBRUARY EVEN THOUGH I THINK THE PETITION ARIES START NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS CRIME.

THAT COULD CHANGE.

WHO KNOWS WHERE ALDERMEN SALARIES WILL STACK UP BY THEN.

>> WHO KNOWS.

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