[♪♪♪] >> 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...

THE PROCESS OF GETTING A CHICAGO CASINO IS TAKING LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCES THE CITY WILL EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO RECEIVE BIDS FROM POTENTIAL OWNER AND OPERATORS.

THE REQUEST HAD AN AUGUST 23 DUE DATE BUT WILL BE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 29.

THE MAYOR WANTS TO GIVE BIDDERS MORE TIMES TO ASSESS THE OPPORTUNITY AND PUT TOGETHER FINANCING AND MORE ON THIS LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> AND ILLINOIS RECORDS ITS SECOND STRAIGHT DAY WITH MORE THAN 3,000 NEW COVID CASES.

3040 NEW CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

AND 13 DEATHS.

MEANWHILE 59% OF THE STATE'S 12 PLUS POPULATION IS FULLY VACCINATED WITH 67% RECEIVING AT LEAST ONE DOSE.

AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS CUT THE RIBBON ON A NEW ROLLER RINK IN WEST GARFIELD PARK ON A FORMERLY VACANT LOT AND PART OF THE MAYOR'S PLAN TO HELP BRING DOWN CRIME.

THE SITE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC PLAZA AND WAS BUILT WITH THE GARFIELD PARK RIGHT TO WELLNESS COLLABORATIVE.

>> AND NOW LET'S GET TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL.

JOINING US ARE GREG HINZ OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS, GREG PRATT OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

AND MIKE LOWE OF WGNTV NEWS.

AND DIONNE MILLER.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S MANDATING MASKS FOR SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS AND STATE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS SUCH AS LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND PRISONS.

>> WE ARE DOING THIS I THINK AT THE RIGHT TIME AND MAKING SURE AS SCHOOLS GET BACK IN SESSION THAT WE'RE LIMITING THE SPREAD MITIGATING THE SPREAD.

>> GREG PRATT ARE WE LIKELY TO SEE PUSHBACK FROM LABOR UNIONS, PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN TO THESE MANDATES?

>> YOU WILL SEE PUSHBACK FROM PARENTS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN.

SOME OF THE LABOR UNIONS ARE IN A TRICKY SPOT WHERE MOST OF THE LABOR UNIONS UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE BUT YOU HAVE SOME MEMBERS WHO MIGHT NOT WANT TO WEAR A MASK MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE VACCINATED AND UNIONS HAVE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR MEMBERS THAT IS THEIR GOAL.

BUT IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE THAT WE ARE STILL IN THIS MESS AND NO SMALL PART BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP REFUSING TO DO WHAT SCIENCE TELLS THEM IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.

>> AND CASES HAVE EXPONENTIALLY RISEN HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

GREG HINZ GREG THE CRITICISM FROM THE REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE HOUSE IS PRITZKER IS DOING IT BY EXECUTIVE FIAT AND NOT WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE ON REGULATIONS LIKE THIS.

DO THEY HAVE A POINT THERE?

>> NOT REALLY, PARIS, IF HE CONSULTED THEY WOULD HAVE SAID NO, LET IT BE UP TO PARENTS AND SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT GREG INDICATED A MINUTE AGO THE STATE IS SPLIT POLITICALLY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE AND SOME PEOPLE ARE BEING STUBBORN AND WON'T DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THERE IS A POLITICAL RISK TO THE GOVERNOR BUT I GIVE HIM CREDIT TO MAKE A GUTSY DECISION HERE.

>> MIKE LOWE BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISHMENTS ARE DOING WHAT THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO BE DONE AND STARTING TO REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATIONS SOME OF THE CONCERTS, RESTAURANTS, BARS, DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE LOTS OF BUSINESSES FOLLOWING SUIT?

>> I THINK WE'RE ALREADY SEEING A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES DOING THAT BUT GOVERNOR PRITZKER WAS ASKED IF WE WOULD REVERT BACK TO PHASE FOUR PROTOCOLS FOR EXAMPLE.

HE SAID WE ARE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT WORLD NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TOOLS WE HAVE THE VACCINE.

SO HE DOESN'T ENVISION ANY MANDATES FOR BUSINESSES OR CAPACITY LIMITS AT THIS POINT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AT THIS POINT BASED ON WHAT THE BUSINESS FEELS IS RIGHT.

>> DIONNE MILLER SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WITH BIG MASS GATHERINGS ARE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS, CUBS, SOX, BEARS, DO YOU GET ANY INDICATION FROM OWNERS THAT THEY WANT TO START INSTITUTING PROOF OF VACCINATION OR PROOF OF NEGATIVE TESTS FOR FANS COMING THROUGH THE GATES?

>> NOT AT THIS POINT ALTHOUGH IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW EACH TEAM HAS THEIR OWN PROTOCOLS, WAYS THEY ARE GOING.

THE LEAGUES DO.

BUT YOU SEE LIKE I WAS COMING FROM WRIGLEY FIELD AND THERE WAS NOT A MASK IN SITE.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE TEAM ARE WEARING THE MASK.

85% THRESHOLD THAT ALLOWS THEM TO REMOVE THE PROTOCOLS.

THE WHITE SOX WERE AMONG ONE OF THE FIRST TEAMS TO MOVE TOWARDS THE FULLY VACCINATED RATE AND YOU SEE LESS MASKING AND IT IS AN OUTSIDE THING.

AND THE BEARS ARE DEALING WITH THEIR OWN MINI OUTBREAK.

THEY ARE NOT REQUIRING THE VACCINATION THEY ARE EDUCATING THEIR PLAYERS.

IT'S OBVIOUS WHICH ONES ARE AND ARE NOT VACCINATED BASED ON HOW THEY TALK TO US.

WE ALL AS A MEDIA STAFF HAD TO PROVE OUR VACCINATION TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THE BUILDING.

IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THINGS CONTINUE TO PLAY OUT BASED ON THE WAY THAT THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY AND CITY.

>> THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROVERSY THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS KURT COUSINS TALKING HE WOULD RATHER HAVE A PLEXIGLASS OFFICE THAN TAKE THE VACCINE HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK WITH THE NFL IF THERE ARE OUTBREAKS?

>> I'M NOT SURE THEY DON'T WANT TO CANCEL GAMES BECAUSE GOD FORBID THEY LOSE MONEY SO THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THE GAMES ARE PLAYED AND REVENUE THEY WANT TO GET AND THEY FEEL THEY LOST A TON BY NOT HAVING FANS THERE.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING HOW THEY ACCELERATE THINGS TO MAKE THE MONEY BAKE.

JIM ANY GRAHAM WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW FRUSTRATED HE WAS WE WERE ALMOST FORCED TO GET THE VACCINE AND NOW YOU HAVE TO TEST ME MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE PLAYERS UNION FIGHTS BACK ON THE PROTOCOLS THAT THE NFL IS TRYING TO IMPLEMENT.

>> GREG PRATT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND Dr. ALLISON ARWADY SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF NEW YORK AND REQUIRE VACCINATION FOR INDOOR ACTIVITY LIKE THAT CITY HAS.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE IF THE CASES GO UP THEY MIGHT CHANGE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> SURE, IF IT BECOMES A FULL-BLOWN CRISIS OF COURSE THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR MIND.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS BEEN VERY STRONG ON STAYING THE RIGHT THINGS AND URGING CAUTION BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN BIG ON RESTRICTIONS SINCE LAST JUNE, I MEAN 2020.

IT'S I DON'T ANTICIPATE THEY ARE GOING TO GO OUT IN THAT WAY LIKE NEW YORK UNLESS THEY HAVE TO BECAUSE CASES GO REALLY BAD AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS ROOTING AGAINST THAT.

>> GREG HINZ ANOTHER PART OF THE PANDEMIC DISCUSSION IS THE EVICTION MORATORIUM IT EXPIRED IN ILLINOIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH AND NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE C.D.C.

ARE TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING IT THOUGH THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING HE IS NOT 100% SURE WHETHER COURTS WOULD UPHOLD THE C.D.C.

'S AUTHORITY.

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT?

>> I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO GO TO COURT AND THE PRESIDENT IS PROBABLY GOING TO LOSE IN COURT AS HE SUGGESTED.

IN THE MEANTIME WITH THE BASE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED HE WILL HAVE BOUGHT TIME TO COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION TO GET SOME OF THE MONEY THERE'S ALL KINDS OF MONEY PASSED DOWN TO THE STATES AND LANDLORDS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS IT'S STUCK IN THE BUREAUCRACY AND IT HASN'T GOTTEN OUT THERE.

IT GIVES THEM MORE TIME TO PERFECT THAT SYSTEM.

GIVEN THE SUPREME COURT DECISION WINNING THIS CASE IN COURT WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE TOUGH.

>> PROBABLY A SITUATION OF BUYING TIME.

>> MIKE LOWE WE SEE CASES CONTINUING TO RISE, THE POSITIVITY RATE ACROSS THE STATE 5%.

Dr. ARWADY SAID THERE IS NO LOLLA SPIKE IT'S TOO SOON.

BUT WE'RE FIVE, SIX DAYS OUT NOW, DO YOU ANTICIPATE SEEING A LOLLA SPIKE AND THE CASES CONTINUE TO GO UP?

>> WELL, VIRTUALLY EVERY PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT THAT WE TALKED TO SAID WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE THAT.

AND I WAS AT LOLLA COVERING IT AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CHECKING OF VACCINATION CARDS WAS CURSORY AT BEST.

>> AND THE MAYOR BRAGGED 90% OF FOLKS WERE VACCINATED ACCORDING TO LOLLA ORGANIZERS.

>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE THOSE NUMBERS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT IF YOU SAW HOW THEY WERE CHECKING.

YOU HAD TO SHOW A PIECE OF PAPER AND THEY WAVED YOU THROUGH.

THEY DID HAVE THAT CHECK IN PLACE AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING AT LEAST GOT TESTED OR WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THEY DIDN'T FEAR GETTING KICKED OUT.

WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE A SPIKE THOUGH THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF HOLDING LOLLAPALOOZA.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE EXACTLY HOW BIG THE SPIKE IS.

BUT I THINK WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE AN UP PARTICULAR IN THE -- UPTICK IN THE NUMBERS WE'VE SEEN HAPPENING.

>> ECONOMIC BENEFITS YOU HAVE NEWS OF HYDE PARK FESTIVAL SHUTTING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN OF THE RISING CASES.

>> THE MARKET DAY IS A BIG FESTIVAL ON THE NORTH SIDE IS GOING ON.

SO IT'S NOT UNIVERSAL THAT ALL OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVALS ARE CANCELING THOUGH SOME ARE.

>> PARIS IF I WOULD ADD A QUICK THOUGHT HERE.

WHILE I BELIEVE IN FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE, HEALTH COSTS ARE NOT THE ONLY COSTS WHEN A BUSINESS GOES OUT OF BUSINESS.

EMPLOYEES DO NOT HAVE MONEY.

PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE FEEDING THEIR KIDS.

MAYBE THEY GET EVICTED.

THIS IS A BALANCING ACT.

AND I THINK OFFICIALS IN ILLINOIS PROBABLY DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OVERALL IN BALANCING IT.

BUT IT'S TRICKY.

>> DIONNE MILLER ARE YOU MORE OR LESS LIKELY TO GO TO AN ESTABLISHMENT IF THEY SAY WE NEED YOU TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION TO COME IN AND EAT OR LISTEN TO MUSIC?

OR DOES IT MAKE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE GOING TO A PLACE LIKE THAT?

>> IT MAKES ME MORE COMFORTABLE.

I AM NOT AFRAID TO SAY I GOT THE VACCINE AND IF SOMEONE ASKS ME TO SEE PROOF OF THAT, I'VE HAD TO DO IT FOR WORK JUST TO BE ALLOWED TO COVER TEAMS AND DO THE JOB I LOVE TO DO.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT CRAZY TO ASK THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO DETERMINE ONE WAY OR OTHER IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.

AT THE SAME TIME, ANY RISK NO MATTER WHERE WE GO AND WHATEVER VIRUSES ARE OUT THERE COVID OR NOT.

I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK INVOLVED WHEN YOU ARE GATHERING IN A LARGE CROWD AND NOT KNOWING WHERE THE PEOPLE CAME FROM.

>> CERTAINLY MORE AWARE OF ALL THOSE RISKS THESE DAYS THAN WE WERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER POLITICAL NEWS.

THERE WAS ANOTHER CANNABIS LOTTERY THIS WEEK FOR FOLKS THAT FELT IT WAS UNFAIR THE LAST TIME AROUND AND THE SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS DID NOT GET A FAIR SHAKE.

GREG HINZ HAS THE STATE WORKED OUT THE KINKS?

>> I HOPE SO BUT WE'LL FIND OUT.

IT WAS A REAL MESS WHEN THE LEGAL CANNABIS BILL PASSED THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF PROMISES FROM THE GOVERNOR AND TOP LAWMAKERS NOT GOING TO LET THE BIG COMPANIES TO GET ALL THE MONEY WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD THIS OUT AND GIVE MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS A CRACK.

IT DID NOT TURNOUT THAT WAY.

THIS IS TAKE TWO FOR THEIR SAKE AND OUR SAKE I HOPE IT DOES, BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF STUFF THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS TRYING TO DO WHICH IS SPREAD THE MONEY AROUND HERE.

GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO HAVE A PIECE OF THE SYSTEM SO THAT THEY HAVE A REASON TO BE IN IT.

>> I WILL THROW THIS OUT TO ANYBODY IT IS AMAZING TO ME THAT WE HAVE TALKED NOW OF THESE WINNERS MIGHT SELL THEIR LICENSES AND YOU MIGHT JUST HAVE THE BIG GIANT MULTISTATE CORPORATIONS COME IN AND BUY UP OR SUPPOSED TO BE SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES DOES ANYBODY THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE?

THAT PEOPLE WILL WIN AND THEY WILL BE SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS AND TURN AROUND AND SELL THEIR LICENSE?

>> WELL, I SAY THAT WOULD BE THE AMERICAN WAY.

I GUESS THAT WOULD GIVE THEM MONEY BUT I WOULD HOPE NOT.

BUT WE'LL SEE.

>> RICKY IT'S BEEN REPORTED THE VOICE OF EQUITY IN ALL OF THIS, HAS SAID HE'S GOT AN OFFER AND HE BELIEVES HE COULD SELL THE LICENSE HE GOT FROM 3-5 MILLION SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE IT COULD SELL FOR MUCH LOWER BETWEEN 1-3 MILLION.

BUT THE OFFERS ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND THEY ARE GOING TO COME FROM CORPORATE INTERESTS AND WEALTHY PEOPLE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT THE LAW WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE THE LICENSES TO.

>> WHY IS THE LAW PERMITTING THIS SELLING OF LICENSES SO THAT THIS HAPPENS SO EASILY?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW THIS WHOLE THING, IT'S JUST AS A GENERAL POINT ON THIS IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF NOT BELIEVING THE HYPE WHEN WHERE THE CANNABIS PASSED WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW ILLINOIS HAD THE MOST EQUITABLE LAW IN THE COUNTRY AND IT WASN'T GOOD AT THE TIME IN TERMS OF GETTING OUT THERE AND IT'S STILL A MAJOR PROBLEM WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH THE OPTION TO SELL IT.

WHY THAT IS IN THE BILL, IT SOUNDS GOOFY YOU CAN GET THIS IT BUT THEN YOU CAN SELL IT.

I MEAN GOODNESS.

WHAT AN OVERSIGHT.

>> AS MIKE LOWE BROUGHT UP, IF THE OFFERS ARE IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, AND YOU ARE A WINNER OF THIS LICENSE WHY NOT SELL RATHER THAN DEALING WITH THE TROUBLE OF OWNING A POT SHOP.

AND BY THE WAY, THE MAYOR WANTS TO EXPAND THE AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE DISPENSARIES CAN GO AND CITY COUNCIL LIKELY TO GO ALONG WITH THAT?

>> AS LONG AS IT'S NOT IN THE HEART OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, YES.

BUT I THINK THE IDEA THAT RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF BANKS AND MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND LAW FIRMS YOU WILL HAVE A WEED SHOP ON THE CORNER THAT IS UNPOPULAR WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I EXPECT THERE WOULD BE A BIG FIGHT OVER THAT.

>> OR WITHIN SCHOOLS OR PARKS.

GREG HINZ, WE SAID EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM TONIGHT THAT THE CASINO PROCESS IS SLOGGING ALONG YOU HAD A REPORT THERE IS NOT MUCH INTEREST.

IS THAT THE CASE?

>> WELL, IT'S HARD TO TELL BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW AREN'T TALKING.

THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY QUIET.

WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE APPARENT PATTERN FRONTRUNNER IS NEIL BLUM WHOSE DAUGHTER IS TIGHT WITH LORI LIGHTFOOT, WENT TO LAW SCHOOL WITH HER.

AND IF SHE WERE THE ONLY BIDDER OF THE CASINO THE PERCEPTION IS TERRIBLE.

THERE'S ALSO A PERCEPTION OUT IN THE CASINO BUSINESS AND THE GAMBLING BUSINESS THAT NEIL DENIES THAT THAT HE HAS AN INSIDE IN BECAUSE OF THAT AND HE IS GOING TO WIN IT.

HERE TODAY THE MAYOR ANNOUNCES THAT SHE IS GOING TO DELAY THIS A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SOME PEOPLE CONNECTED TO IT SAYS THERE'S LAST-MINUTE INTEREST AND OTHER COMPANIES ARE KICKING TIRES AND INDEED ONE OTHER COMPETITOR.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE MAYOR IS NOT SAYING.

AND HER PEOPLE AREN'T SAYING.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY IS GOING TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY IT NEEDS TO PAY PENSIONS, THIS THING HAS TO WORK.

AND FOR IT TO WORK BEST WE NEED MORE THAN ONE BIDDER.

>> THE COMPETITION GETS YOU BETTER.

>> IF THERE IS ONLY ONE BIDDER DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE OTHER BIDDERS, HARD ROCK OR WYNN OR IS A CHICAGO CASINO NOT A GOOD BET?

>> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAD AN ACHIEVEMENT IN GETTING IT PASSED AND GETTING THEM TO AMEND IT.

IT IS NOT PERFECT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT TOO MANY TAXES ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY RAISE.

WHETHER OR NOT A CASINO OPERATOR FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, WILL COME IN, I DON'T KNOW.

PROBABLY IS A GOOD TIME FOR THE MAYOR AND HER ECONOMIC TEAM TO BE MAKING PHONE CALLS AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IS PART OF WHAT THE EXTRA TWO MONTHS IS ABOUT IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THAT CHICAGO IS A GOOD INVESTMENT.

BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY'S JUST ABOUT THE CITY'S STABILITY.

OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN TAMPING DOWN AND PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THAT.

>> DIONNE MILLER WE KNOW PEOPLE WILL BE GAMBLING AT THE CORNER OF ADDISON AND WAIVELAND AS THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION APPROVED THE CUBS PLAN FOR A SPORTS CLUB.

WOULD THAT BE THE FIRST GAMBLING FACILITY INSIDE A PROFESSIONAL STADIUM?

AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK?

>> WELL, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK BUT I KNOW THE APPETITE IS THERE.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH DRAFT KING AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BET REALTIME ON GAMES IN THE NFL THE BETS GO ON THROUGHOUT THE GAME.

YOU CAN DO THAT AT WRIGLEY WESTBOUND INTERESTING.

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IT TO BE THAT ACCEPTABLE TO THE FANS RIGHT THERE NOT SURE HOW MUCH THEY WOULD BE BETTING ON THEIR HOME TEAM FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

HOWEVER, I THINK THE FANS WOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO IT.

>> A CASH COW FOR THE CUBS AND AFFORD TO BRING BACK ONE OF THE THREE MARQUEE PLAYERS THAT THEY LOST.

MIKE MUSIC I REMEMBER GOING TO THE BLEACHERS AND PEOPLE WOULD BE BETTING ON WHETHER THE BALL WITH LAND ON THE MOUND WHEN THE PITCHER WALKED OFF IN-BETWEEN INNINGS.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE AT THE WRIGLEY SPORTS BOOK WHEN IT GOES UP?

>> TO ME, I AM NOT A GAMBLER.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

IT'S UNSEEMLY TO DO IT ESPECIALLY ON YOUR OWN SPORTS TEAMS.

BUT I AM IN THE MINORITY.

WE'RE SEEING THESE ADS DURING THE BROADCASTS NOW, TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE LARGEST SPORES BOOK IN AMERICA AT WRIGLEY FIELD THE.

THE CATHEDRAL OF BASEBALL TO ME IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.

BUT I AM IN THE MINORITY AND IT'S HAPPENING ANYWAY.

I WON'T BE ONE OF THEM.

>> I AGREE I CANNOT DO FANTASY FOOTBALL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BET AGAINST THE BEARS EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE LUCRATIVE AT SOME POINTS.

>> MIGHT BE?

>> GREG HINZ, KIRK DILLARD TALKED TO YOU AND OTHER FOLKS SAYING HE HAS BEEN FIELDING CALLS ABOUT JUMPING IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS SERIOUS THAT THERE MIGHT BE MONEY BEHIND A POSSIBLE DILLARD BID AND DILLARD IS A REPUBLICAN FORMER STATE SENATOR AND NOW CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY.

>> PARIS, I THINK IT'S POTENTIALLY SERIOUS BUT IT DEPENDS.

IT DEPENDS ON TWO THINGS; ONE WHAT YOU MENTIONED MONEY TO WIN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IS GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY AND WHOEVER WINS WILL GO AGAINST BILLIONAIRE J.B. PRITZKER WHO IS PREPARED TO SPEND WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN.

THE BIG REPUBLICAN MONEY GUYS, KEN GRIFFIN HAVE TO GET BEHIND A CANDIDATE AND PROMISE IF YOU WIN WE'RE GOING TO BACK YOU FOR HIM TO BE INTERESTED.

THAT IS IT FACTOR NUMBER ONE.

AND NUMBER TWO, IS KIRK DILLARD IS A MODERATE REPUBLICAN.

HE WAS JIM EDGAR'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND COMES FROM A PARTY THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

IT DOESN'T MEAN HE CANNOT WIN BUT FOR HIM TO WIN HE HAS HAS TO BE THE ONLY MODERATE AGAINST A FIELD OF TRUMP LOYALISTS FROM DOWN STATE.

THAT MIGHT HAPPEN OR IT MIGHT NOT.

WHAT HE SAID I WILL WAIT-AND-SEE.

WHAT IT MEANS HE WILL LOOK FOR A WHILE AND SEE.

>> IF SOMEONE WRITES A CHECK WITH A BUNCH OF ZEROS.

>> DIONNE MILLER YOU LEFT GAME ONE OF THE CUBS-SOX SERIES KIMBREL DID NOT HAVE THIS A GAME TODAY, DID HE?

>> HE CERTAINLY DID NOT.

I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WERE A LOT OF EMOTIONS IN THAT DESPITE HOW SHORT HIS STAY WAS WITH THE CUBS THERE WAS A LOT THERE.

>> WRIGLEY FIELD.

RIGHT.

I THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD -- WHEN HE CAME IN I THOUGHT THIS GAME IS OVER AND THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

IT'S INTERESTING.

GETTING TO KNOW HIM MORE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING HE HAD GONE THROUGH, WE HADN'T INTERACTED WITH HIM BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND TALKING TO HIM AT THE ALL-STAR GAME AND GETTING TO KNOW HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO HIM TO STAY IN THE CITY AND NOT HAVE TO MOVE THE FAMILY AND IS PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING IN CHICAGO AND STAY WITH THE WHITE SOX.

THE EMOTIONS WERE HIGH YOU GUYS.

I DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT IF YOU ARE A CUBS FAN AND NOT KNOWING WHO THE GUYS ARE IN THE LINEUP CARD EVERY TIME WE GO FOR A WRIGLEY FOR A WHILE TO KNOW WHO THE GUYS ARE AND THAT ENERGY WAS THERE IT WAS ALIVE AND FULL, ALMOST 40,000 PEOPLE ONE OF THE LARGEST CROWDS I'VE SEEN SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWING CAPACITY IN THERE.

IT'S EXCITING AND I THINK IT WILL BE AN EMOTIONAL WEEKEND.

WHITE SOX ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT NOW.

>> AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT JIMENEZ AND LEWIS ROBERTS COMING BACK AND THE CUBS NOT A LOT OF W FLAGS THEY WILL WAVE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WHITE FLAGS FROM THE OWNERSHIP.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE BEARS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION AND ALL THE HYPE AROUND JUSTIN FIELDS, DO YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO SUPPLANT ANDY DALTON AS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK?

IS THE PLAN ON TRACK TO HAVE DALTON BE THE STARTER?

>> IS PLAN IS ON TRACK FOR DALTON TO BE THE STARTER.

ONE THING I'VE NOTICED IN A WEEK OF TRAINING CAMP AND GRANTED THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE SAME DEFENSIVE PRESSURE THAT IN A PRESEASON GAME.

BUT DALTON IS A VETERAN QUARTERBACK.

AND IT'S BEEN A LONGTIME SINCE THE BEARS HAD A QUARTERBACK THAT IS DECISIVE AND CONFIDENT IN WHAT HE IS DOING THERE IS NO HESITATION.

HE HAS BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT AND JUSTIN FIELDS SEES IT.

HE UNDERSTANDS WHERE HE IS AT.

HE IS LEARNING WHAT HE CAN.

HE IS GOING TO BE GREAT BUT ANDY DALTON IS GOOD.

WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS FOR THE START OF THE SEASON.

WE'VE HAD FOUR YEARS OF MITCH TRUBISKY.

IT'S TIME FOR SOMEBODY TO STEP IN THAT THE REST OF THE TEAM HAS CONFIDENCE IN AND MOVE THE OFFENSE FORWARD AND GIVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE AND I IMAGINE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON THEY WILL BE CLAMOURING.

>> COULD BE LIKE A SITUATION IN KANSAS CITY, SMITH TOOK THEM TO THE PLAYOFFS AND MAHOMES CAME IN AND WAS ALL WORLD.

TELL ME ABOUT THE MOVES THE BULLS MADE.

WITH BALL ARE THEY ON THE LEVEL OF MILWAUKEE BUCKS?

>> GETTING THERE.

GETTING THERE.

I THINK WE HAVE TO SEE HOW ALL THE PIECES COME TOGETHER.

WAS HE THAT QUITING?

A HOMETOWN KID BEING DRAFTED AND GETTING BALL AND DE ROSEN, WHAT IS GOING ON.

IT WAS JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THEM BUILDING AND AGAIN, WITH THEIR GM LIKE HAVING THAT COMMITMENT TO WHAT HE IS DOING AND BUILDING AND PUSHING FORWARD AND TAKE MAKING THE RISKY MOVES AND MAKING CHICAGO EXCITING AGAIN AND A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.

THEY ARE NOT A THIS POINT AT THAT LOWER LEVEL.

THEY LOOKING AT ONE THAT CAN COMPETE AND DO IT RESPECTABLY WAY.

>> DIONNE GET HOME SAFELY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

MY THANKS TO GREG HINZ GREG PRATT, MIKE LOWE AND DIONNE MILLER.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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