[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 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... >> IF IT SEEMS LIKE FOOD AND GOODS AND SERVICES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE.

THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT RELEASED INFLATION NUMBERS TODAY SHOWING CONSUMERS PRICES ROSE 8.6% IN MAY OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

PRICES JUMPED FROM APRIL TO MAY THIS YEAR.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF GAS IS $4.98 WITH ILLINOIS' AVERAGE CURRENTLY AT $5.56 ACCORDING TO AAA.

>> STATE'S FORMER PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DR. NGOZI EZIKE COULD BE IN ETHICS HOT WATER ACORRECT LGD TO A REPORT.

THE REPORT SAYS DR. NGOZI EZIKE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE ILLINOIS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR POTENTIALLY VIOLATING ILLINOIS' ETHICS LAWS WHEN SHE LEFT HER STATE POST TO BECOME C.E.O.

OF SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM A NONPROFIT THAT DOES BUSINESS WITH THE STATE.

STATE LAW REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO WAIT A YEAR BEFORE ACCEPTING POSITIONS AND GET CONTRACTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY LED.

DR. NGOZI EZIKE'S ATTORNEY SAID SHE BELIEVES SHE IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF THAT LAW.

DR. NGOZI EZIKE APPEARED IN PUBLIC EVERYDAY IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF COVID PROVIDING UPDATES ON THE STATE'S RESPONSE.

>> NEW POLLING OUT IN THE G.O.P.

GUBERNATORIAL RACE AND IT SHOWS DOWN STATE SENATOR DARREN BAILEY OPENING UP A WIDE LEAD ON RICHARD IRVIN.

THE POLL CONDUCTED BY PUBLIC POLICY POLLING FOR WBEZ AND "THE SUN TIMES" SHOWING BAILEY AT 32% WITH IRVIN 17% AND IT SHOWS 27% ARE UNDECIDED T SURVEYED 677 LIKELY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS.

IRVIN RECEIVED $50 MILLION FROM THE STATE'S WEALTHIEST RESIDENT KEN GRIFFIN WHILE BAILEY RECEIVED MILLIONS FROM DICK UIHLEIN AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS IN JUST AABILITY.

WITH THE PRIMARY ELECTION COMING UP CHECK OUT OUR VOTER GUIDE TO HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES IN THEIR OWN WORDS WHY THEY WANT YOUR VOTE.

IT'S ALL AT... >> AND NOW TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL.

JOINING US ARE LYNN SWEET, OF THE "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES".

LAURA WASHINGTON FROM THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" AND ABC7 CHICAGO.

SHIA KAPOS OF "POLITICO" AND BILL CAMERON OF 890WLS AM NEWS.

>> LAST NIGHT A U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER TESTIFIED ABOUT HER HARROWING EXPERIENCE ON JANUARY 6.

>> WHAT I SAW WAS JUST A WAR SCENE.

SOMETHING LIKE I'D SEEN OUT OF THE MOVIES.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.

THERE WERE OFFICERS ON THE GROUND.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE BLEEDING.

THEY WERE THROWING UP.

THEY HAD I MEAN I SAW FRIENDS WITH BLOOD ALL THEIR FACINGS.

I WAS SLIPPING IN PEOPLE'S BLOOD.

>> LYNN SWEET DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING NEW THAT YOU HAD NOT KNOWN ABOUT THAT DAY?

>> WHAT I LEARNED AND WHAT I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS THE VIDEO TESTIMONY THE DEPOSITION OF IVANKA TRUMP AND JARED KUSHNER SEEING THEM IN THE CLIPS WAS REF LAKER TO.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE WAY THAT REPRESENTATIVE LIZ CHENEY PUT TOGETHER THE NARRATIVE AND TRYING TO SIMPLIFY IT.

THERE ARE SEVEN THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND SHE IS GOING TO TELL YOU THE STORY OF 7.

THE OTHER THING DRIVEN HOME IN EVERY SENSE OF WHAT WAS NEW SEEING THE VIDEO DEPOSITIONS OF MEMBERS OF TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE INCLUDING FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR SAID THAT SAID WHEN HE TALKED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT THE ELECTION RESULTS HE TOLD HIM THAT HIS ELECTION FRAUD CONSPIRACY THEORIES WERE BS.

>> AND LIZ CHENEY YOU MENTIONED SHE LAID THIS OUT LIKE A PROSECUTOR AND THE FIRST THING SHE MENTIONED WAS ESTABLISHING THAT TRUMP KNEW THAT HE LOST THE ELECTION.

THAT AS YOU MENTIONED, LYNN, SO MANY MEMBERS OF HIS INNER CIRCLE TOLD HIM THAT.

LAURA WASHINGTON IS MERRICK GARLAND FOR WHAT COMMITTEE PRESENTING?

>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS OFFICIAL ORGANIZATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE INVESTIGATING AND BRINGING ANY CHARGES.

THE COMMITTEE ALL THEY CAN DO IS INVESTIGATE AND ISSUE A REPORT.

FOR ME, AN INTERESTING THING WAS THE WAY THEY ARE BUILDING A CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

AND THEY ARE SUGGESTING IT'S GOING TO BE MORE TO COME.

BUT CHENEY WAS MAKING THE CASE NOT ONLY WAS HE INVOLVED IN THIS, HE SAID THEY HIGHLIGHTED A TWEET HE SENT IN DECEMBER WEEKS BEFORE THE INCIDENT WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT URGED ON THE PROTESTORS OR SORT OF URGED THEM ON AND SAID GO FOR IT.

AND THE DAY OF HE DID NOTHING.

HE IT PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED AND PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE TOP PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP AND CALL THEM OFF AND HE DID NONE OF THOSE THINGS.

I THINK THAT IS A POWERFUL PART OF THE PRESENTATION.

>> AND MIKE PENCE DID DO THOSE THINGS.

>> BILL CAMERON THE RATINGS FOR THE BROADCAST LAST NIGHT ON ALL THE NETWORKS WERE 19 MILLION PEOPLE.

IS THAT A BIG AUDIENCE FOR THIS?

>> I THINK IT IS.

PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

AND WHAT WE'RE SEE SOMETHING A DRIP, DRIP, DRIP, LEADING TO AN INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP.

BENNY THOMPSON ATTEMPTED COUP ALLEGATION IN THIS REMARKS AND THE EVIDENCE THAT IS BEGINNING TO COME INTO PLAY IS BUILDING A LEGAL CASE AND THE TESTIMONY BY OFFICER EDWARDS WAS COMPELLING TO BUILD PUBLIC OPINION FOR THE INDICTMENTS WHICH WILL TAKE YEARS TO PLAY OUT.

BUT WILL PROBABLY MAKE TRUMP MORE INFLUENTIAL IN THE MIDTERMS.

THEY WERE NOT CLOAKED IN THEIR LANGUAGE.

SHIA KAPOS WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ON MONDAY AND THE COMING DAYS?

>> I'M WONDERING MAYBE LYNN KNOWS THIS IF ADAM KINZINGER WILL BE OFFERING QUESTIONS BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THAT IS WHAT I WILL BE WATCHING FOR.

>> WILL HE TAKE ON A MORE PUBLIC ROLE?

>> HE WILL BE THE LEAD IN ONE OF THE UP COMING HEARINGS, YES.

AND THE HEARINGS ARE START MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

AND THERE WILL BE AS MANY AS SIX OR EIGHT.

I WOULD LOOK FOR HIM TO BE IN A LEAD ROLE NEXT WEEK.

>> THERE WAS AN OP-ED IN THE "WASHINGTON POST" WONDERING WHETHER THERE IS A JOHN DEAN TYPE OF WITNESS FROM TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE THAT WOULD BE A KEY WITNESS THAT WE MIGHT SEE?

>> THE KEY WITNESSES ARE GOING TO COME TO YOU PROBABLY ON VIDEOTAPE TESTIMONY.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN GOOD AT DOING IS KEEPING UNDER WRAPS SOME OF WHAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY SAY IS EXCLUSIVE AND NEW.

NEW, BY THE WAY, MAYBE IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS REAL CLOSELY.

I'M MAKING NO PREDICTIONS.

HERE IS THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

IT PROBABLY DOESN'T HINGE ON ONE PERSON THE WAY THAT WATERGATE DID ON JOHN DEAN.

THIS IS WAY BIGGER.

REMEMBER MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN INDICTED INVOLVED IN THE CAPITOL RIOT.

THIS IS A MUCH MORE COMPLEX, MULTILAYERED CAST OF THOUSANDS GOING INTO THIS.

>> WE KNOW THAT THE PROUD BOYS HAVE BEEN CHARGED OR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY AND THE COMMITTEE SOUGHT TO MAKE THE TIE BETWEEN TRUMP AND THE PROUD BOYS WITH THE TWEETS.

DO YOU EXPECT MORE EVIDENCE THAT CLOSELY TIES THE GROUPS AND TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE?

>> IF YOU ARE ASKING ME TO PREDICT THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE A CASE.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SMOKING GUN, I WOULD DISSWAY PEOPLE OF THAT NOTION THAT IT'S SO SIMPLE.

THEY ARE CONNECTING DOTS.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE -- I WOULDN'T BE EXPECTING A MEETING WITH THE PROUD BOYS AND TRUMP IN THE OVAL OFFICE.

BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT TOGETHER AND SEE THE TOTALITY OF IT THEN YOU SEE A CASE.

AND THESE CONSPIRACY CASES AS WE KNOW IN OTHER CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY CASES WE'VE COVERED EVEN LOCAL CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO, THEY ARE SOPHISTICATED IN HOW THEY PUT TOGETHER DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO MAKE THE WHOLE.

>> CERTAIN CASES WE'RE FOLLOWING HERE IN ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CHICAGO MAYOR'S RACE.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT ADDRESSES THEIR ABRAYSIVE STYLE IN A VIDEO SHE RELEASED TO LAUNCH HER REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

>> THEY SAY I'M TOUGH.

THEY SAY I GET ANGRY.

THEY SAY SOMETIMES I TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY?

THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

>> BILL CAMERON, SHADES OF RAHM EMANUEL'S REELECTION COMMERCIAL WHERE HE WORE A SWEATER AND SAID I KNOW I RUB PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY.

I OWN IT.

>> YEAH, BUT THERE RAHM WAS APOLOGIZING I WILL DO BETTER AND LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS I DO IT AND I LIKE IT AND I WILL KEEP DOING IT.

IF SHE WERE A MAN, WOULD SHE REALLY BE CATCHING THIS FLACK FOR BEING ABRAYSIVE?

I'M NOT SO SURE.

HOWEVER THERE ARE BIGGER ISSUES LIKE CRIME IN THE STREETS AND CARJACKINGS AND SHOOTINGS WHICH SHE WILL BE UNABLE TO OVERCOME BECAUSE OF THIS APPROACH.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A SMART PITCH IN GENERAL.

>> THE COMMERCIAL THIS IS MOST EVOCATIVE OF IS JANE BYRNE COMMERCIAL.

BILL MIGHT REMEMBER IT AND LAURA, BUT THIS IS FAR MORE ALMOST SCENE-FOR-SCENE WHAT JANE BYRNE DID TO EXPLAIN AWAY THE SAME QUALITIES THAT SHE WAS SADDLED WITH AT THE BEGINNING OF ONE OF HER CAMPAIGNS.

>> I THINK LYNN, SIMILAR BETWEEN JANE LIRN AND LORI LIGHTFOOT THEY WERE IN SOME WAYS HELD TO DIFFERENT STANDARDS AS MAYORS BECAUSE THEY WERE WOMEN.

AND BOTH OF THEM ALWAYS PORTRAYED THEMSELVES AS FIGHTERS AND TOUGH FOLKS WHO WERE GOING TO TAKE ON THEIR POLITICAL CRITICS HEAD ON.

AND THAT IS WHAT LIGHTFOOT WAS TRYING TO DO.

SHE WAS TRYING TO SPIN IT MAYBE I'M DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH BUT I'M FIGHTING FOR YOU BECAUSE IT MATTERS AND BECAUSE THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING IN.

BUT IT IS A REASONABLE ARGUMENT TO MAKE.

>> SHIA KAPOS -- GO AHEAD, BILL.

>> THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JANE BYRNE AND LORI LIGHTFOOT.

JANE RAN AS A REFORMER AND GOT ELECTED AND MADE A DEAL WITH THE KABBAL OF THE EVIL MEN, THE TWO EDDIE'S AND FRED, OR LORE GOT ELECTED ON THE REFORM PITCH BUT HAS NOT SURELY HAS NOT MADE A DEAL WITH ANYBODY IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND IS FIGHTING ON.

THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

>> NOT ONE OF THE ED'S ONE BEING BURKE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SHE STRUCK ANY DEAL WITH HIM.

IS THIS THE CENTRAL TENET AND THEME WE WILL SEE FROM MAYOR LIGHTFOOT YES I MIGHT BE ABRAYSIVE BUT I GET PICKED ON A LOT BECAUSE OF WHO I AM?

>> NO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS ISSUES.

IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT CRIME.

IT'S GOING TO BE LIGHTFOOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS DONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND MAYBE GETTING CRITICISM BACK FROM THE CHALLENGERS SAYING WELL, YOU HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH TO HELP FIGHT CRIME IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.

SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES.

SO I MEAN, I SEE IT SHIFTING TO ISSUES AFTER THIS WEEK REALLY.

I DON'T KNOW THEY WILL KEEP TALKING ABOUT HER PERSONALITY.

DO VOTERS DO THEY CARE ABOUT PERSONALITY WHEN THEY ARE PUNCHING THE BUTTON?

I DON'T KNOW.

>> I THINK THEY CARE IN THE SENSE WHAT I HEAR FROM VOTERS THEY FEEL THE MAYOR SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHERS.

WORK WITH THE COUNCIL, WORK WITH THE UNIONS.

WORK WITH OTHER ALLIES AND WORK WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE PERCEPTION OUT THERE IS SHE DOESN'T WORK WELL DOES NOT COLLABORATE.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A TOUGH MAYOR SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE LONE WOLF APPROACH.

BUT I THINK THERE IS THAT PERCEPTION SHE IS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.

EXAMPLE PAUL VALLAS AND KAM BUCKNER TWO PEOPLE ANNOUNCED RUNS AGAINST HER THAT IS PART OF THE THEMES THEY WILL BE SOUNDING.

THEY KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN SPRINGFIELD AND IN GOVERNMENT AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE.

>> HERE'S WHAT THE MAYOR HAS ON HER SIDE AND THAT IS TIME.

WE CAN'T CONFLATE THE CAMPAIGN THAT IS STARTING FROM MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND THE PRIMARIES WINDING DOWN.

SHE HAS THE MONEY AND THE CAMPAIGN OPERATION TO PUT ON COMMERCIALS NOW.

IF THIS DOESN'T WORK TRY SOMETHING ELSE.

THE OTHER CAMPAIGNS ARE NOTHING RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAVE NO MONEY AND NOT UP AND RUNNING.

EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE PEOPLE DECLARED SHE HAS GOT THE PAID MEDIA GAME ALL TO HERSELF.

SHE HAS THE LUXURY OF TRYING OUT TO SEE WHAT WILL WORK AND RESONATE AS HER CAMPAIGN DEVELOPS.

>> BILL CAMERON WE HAD THE ELECTIONS AND RECALL IN CALIFORNIA, PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR WAS RECALLED BECAUSE OF CRIME IN SAN FRANCISCO.

A COMPETITIVE RACE FOR THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR WHERE A CENTRIST BUSINESSMAN IS TAKING ON A PROGRESSIVE CONGRESSWOMAN.

IS LIGHTFOOT PAYING ATTENTION?

>> KIM FOXX IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DYNAMICS I TWEETED OUT THE NIGHT OF THE RESULT OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THERE GETTING RECALLED.

I TWEETED OUT IF WE HAD RECALL IN ILLINOIS WOULD KIM FOXX SURVIVE?

AND I GOT THOUSANDS OF RESPONSES.

AND IT SUGGESTS TO ME IF WE DID HAVE RECALL IN ILLINOIS THE COOK COUNTY'S STATE'S ATTORNEY WOULD NOT SURVIVE BECAUSE SHE IS BEING ACCUSED OF AND IT'S LANDING A PUNCH ON HER THAT SHE CODDLES CRIMINALS IN HER PROSECUTORIAL DECISIONS.

>> THERE IS A BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE CALLING FOR BEING ABLE TO RECALL KIM FOXX.

BUT IT'S PROPOSED BY A REPUBLICAN IT'S NEVER GOING TO GO ANYWHERE BUT IT IS OUT THERE.

>> FOXX DID WIN REELECTION LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO.

I WANT TO THROW OUT THE STORY WE HEARD ABOUT MAYOR DALEY BEING ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

HE IS ALERT.

I THROW THIS OUT TO ANYBODY, DOES ANYONE KNOW HIS STATUS OR WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH HIM?

>> I DON'T THINK I WAS IN TOUCH WITH THE FOLKS AT CHANNEL 7, THEY ARE BEING TOLD BY THE MAYOR'S SPOKESPERSON HE IS STABLE, HE'S RESTING.

HE'S CONTINUING TO GET TESTS.

BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WONDER WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE KNOW HOW HOSPITALS WORK THEY DON'T KEEP YOU AROUND EVEN IF YOU ARE A FORMER MAYOR THEY DO NOT KEEP YOU AROUND IF YOU ARE FINE.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS JUST WHAT THE STATUS OF HIS HEALTH IS.

AND SEE HOW MUCH LONGER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD OUT ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

>> THIS FAMILY PROBABLY GUARDING THAT CLOSELY.

AND MOVE ON TO THE STATE POLL THAT CAME OUT SHOCKING FROM "THE SUN TIMES" AND WBEZ SHOWS DARREN BAILEY OPENING UP A 32-17 LEAD OVER RICHARD IRVIN.

SHOULD WE TRUST POLLS?

>> I SMELL A RAT.

WOULD YOU BE SURPRISED IF PRITZKER DEMOCRATS TOLD THE AUTOMATED POLL I AM A LIKELY REPUBLICAN TO VOTE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET DARREN BAILEY LOOKING LIKE A WINNER BECAUSE THEY THINK HE IS THE WEAKEST REPUBLICAN FOR PRITZKER TO RUN AGAINST.

I THINK WE MAY HAVE CROSSOVER INFLUENCE GOING ON HERE.

>> LIKELY REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS, THOUGH,.

>> YES.

>> USUALLY THAT IS DEFINED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES BEFORE SO AS RULE OF THUMB THAT WOULD NOT CAPTURE -- IN ILLINOIS, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR BALLOT AND DECLARE YOUR PARTY THE DAY YOU VOTE.

SO YOU COULD VOTE CROSSOVER.

BUT IF YOU ARE A POLLSTER IS LOOKING FOR YOU, THEY ARE GOING TO USE A CALL SHEET LIKELY VOTERS, THEY WILL LOOK FOR PEOPLE WITH REPUBLICAN HISTORIES.

>> THE IRVIN CAMPAIGN REARRANGED THEIR STRATEGY HERE.

THEY ARE PULLING ALL THE ADS DOWN STATE AND ONLY GOING TO RUN ADS IN CHICAGO.

IS THIS A SIGN THEY THINK THEY MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE AND NEED A REBOOT?

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THERE WAS A POLL OUT EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT SHOWED BAILEY AHEAD BY AS MUCH AS "THE SUN TIMES" POLLED SHOWED BUT IT SEEMS IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THE POLLS THERE IS A TREND IN THE WRONG WAY FOR IRVIN AND SPECULATION THAT IS WHY HE IS REGROUPING.

HE HAS INFORMATION THAT IS TELLING HIM WHAT HE IS DOING IS NOT WORKING.

HE IS TRYING TO REGROUP AND THIS IS LATE IN THE GAME WITH LESS THAN THREE WEEKS LEFT TO BE TRYING TO REBOOT A MAJOR STATE-WIDE CAMPAIGN.

>> [INAUDIBLE] >> I WAS ASKING SHIA IS IT PANIC TIME IN THE IRVIN CAMPAIGN?

>> THEY ARE SAYING THEY HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL AND ARE REGROUPING.

BUT YOU HAVE TO WONDER TWO-AND-A-HALF WEEKS AND YOU ARE MAKING MAJOR CHANGES AND NOT ADVERTISING IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE STATE?

THAT IS ASTONISHING.

AND YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THEY ARE -- LESS THAN TWO WEEKS IN THE RACE, HOW MANY MILLIONS DO THEY HAVE LEFT?

THEY ARE TRYING TO CODDLE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ADVERTISING THAT TAKES THEM THROUGH ELECTION DAY?

MORE THAN 50% OF THE ELECTORATE IS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

IT'S NOT UNSMART TO DO THAT.

THEY ARE STILL IN CHICAGO.

IT'S JUST BAFFLING OTHERWISE.

>> NINE MILLION PEOPLE IN THE METRO AREA THERE ARE A CHUNK OF G.O.P.

VOTERS HERE.

IRVIN HAD $50 MILLION FROM THE STATE'S WEALTHIEST RESIDENT, KEN GRIFFIN WHAT DO YOU THINK KEN GRIFFIN THINKS RIGHT NOW?

>> HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE KEN GRIFFIN?

WHAT A BAD INVESTMENT.

$50 MILLION.

IT SHOWS THE WRONG REPUBLICAN.

PROBABLY CHOSEN THE WRONG HORSE IN THE RACE.

IT'S PROBABLY CHUMP CHANGE AND HE WILL BE WISER IN HIS SELECTIONS GOING FORWARD.

HE WAS WISER IN THE PAST BEATING DOWN PRITZKER'S GRADUATED INCOME TAX AND THE RETAIN.

OF A DEMOCRAT IN THE SUPREME COURT.

YEAH, $50 MILLION AND YOU ARE NOT AHMED?

AND YOU -- YOU ARE NOT AHEAD.

AND YOU HAD THE STORY ABOUT THE MESSAGES BY IRVIN THAT HE THOUGHT TRUMP WAS AN IDIOT AND OTHER FACTORS SHOW IRVIN NOT TO BE A REAL SOLID CANDIDATE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO WIN THE BACKING OF TRUMPERS.

>> AND THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" PUT IT IRVIN THE MAYOR IS OFTENTIMES AT ODDS WITH IRVIN THE CANDIDATE HERE ON SO MANY POSITIONS.

SHIA?

>> I THINK IRVIN AND HIS TEAM WANT TO FOCUS ON THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT THEY WOULD USE AGAINST PRITZKER IN TERMS OF FIGHTING CRIME AND MAKING THE STATE BETTER.

BUT RIGHT NOW HE IS IN A PRIMARY WHERE CONSERVATIVE VOTERS WANT TO KNOW WHERE HE STANDS IN TERMS OF DONALD TRUMP THAT IS WHY YOUR STORY THAT WTTW DID WAS SOFAS NATURING BECAUSE IRVIN HAS NOT TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND VOTERS ARE CURIOUS ABOUT IT.

CAN'T HE BE HONEST ABOUT IT?

APPARENTLY HE DOESN'T FEEL THAT IS AN ISSUE.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO ACCORDING TO THAT POLL.

>> AND THAT "SUN-TIMES" STORY THAT THE TRUMP FACTOR DID WEIGH ON THE MINDS OF THOSE RESPONDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR REFERENCING THAT.

YOU CAN FIND IT AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> SHAME LLS PLUG.

>> ON A RELATED NOTE, LAURA WASHINGTON THE AURORA PRIDE PARADE WAS CANCELED AND NOW IT'S BACK ON.

RICHARD IRVIN SAID HE IS NOT GOING TO MARCH IN IT BECAUSE DOES NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CANNOT WEAR UNIFORMS.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

>> WHAT IS GOING ON IT STARTED WITH THE ISSUE OF THE UNIFORMS.

THE ORGANIZERS OF THE PARADE WELCOMED POLICE MARCHING AND PARTICIPATING BUT THEY DID NOT WANT THEM TO WEAR OFFICIAL UNIFORMS BECAUSE THE FRACTURED RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE FEAR THAT SOME LGBTQ PEOPLE HAVE OF THE POLICE.

AND IRVIN'S POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IRVIN PUSHED BACK ON THAT AND SAID WE SUPPORT OUR POLICE OUR POLICE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROUDLY WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS.

THAT BECAME A STALEMATE.

AND THEN IT BECAME AN ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT THE ORGANIZERS WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH SECURITY WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE THE SECURITY NEEDED FOR THE PARADE.

AND THE CITY SAID THAT THE ORGANIZERS COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY COULD BRING ENOUGH FOLKS ALONG.

SO THEY CAME TO THE STALEMATE AROUND THAT.

THERE'S CLEARLY A HUGE DISCONNECT I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN BEFORE AROUND A GAY PRIDE PARADE IN THIS AREA IN TERMS OF POLITICIANS FIGHTING WITH THE ORGANIZERS WHETHER OR NOT THE PARADE SHOULD HAPPEN.

PARTICULARLY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE IN THE PAST.

>> HE IS SUPPORTING IT AND THIS IS BACK IN 2019.

I WANT TO MOVE THIS CONVERSATION BACK TO WASHINGTON.

LYNN SWEET IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A LONG TIME, MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT UVALDE AND GUN VIOLENCE AND IMPLORING LAWMAKERS TO DO SOMETHING.

THE HOUSE DID PASS LEGISLATION THAT INCLUDES RACING THE AR PURCHASE RAISE FROM 18-21.

ANY CHANCE IN THE SENATE?

>> RIGHT NOW, NO.

I WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM WHEN McCONAUGHEY GAVE THE SPEECH.

SPEAKING OF ADAM KINZINGER, THE HOUSE BILLS PASSED ON DEMOCRATIC VOTES AND THERE ARE A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS THERE WERE SEVEN VOTES AND REPUBLICANS THEY WENT FROM THREE REPUBLICANS TO 13.

ON EVERYONE OF THEM ADAM KINZINGER WAS ONE OF THE FEW REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORTED EVERYONE OF THOSE MEASURES DEALING WITH FINDING SOME TERMS ON GUNS IN ORDER TO REDUCE VIOLENCE.

GOING TO YOUR QUESTION IS THIS THE TIME THAT THIS SENATE IS GOING TO ACT?

I HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS SINCE THE COLUMBINE TRAGEDY IN 1999.

AND I KNOW THIS ONE HAS GIVEN A FRESH IMPETUS FOR TALKS FROM BOTH SIDES.

BUT IF THE SENATORS SOME OF THEM, AND REMEMBER YOU NEED 10 TO GET SOMETHING DONE IN THE SENATE 50 DEMOCRATS, 10 REPUBLICANS, IF THERE IS EVEN STALLED RIGHT NOW ON RAISING THE AGE TO BUY A WEAPON TO 21 AN ASSAULT WEAPON, THEN THAT'S REALLY SHOWS HOW TOUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE.

KEEP HOPE ALIVE.

BUT THE PAST IS ALSO A PROLONG.

>> AND BILL CAMERON YOU'VE SEEN IT PLAY OUT BEFORE.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE TO GET 10 REPUBLICAN VOTES IN THE SENATE TO AVOID A FILIBUSTER?

>> IT IS SO DEPRESSING, ISN'T IT?

WOW.

WE MIGHT GET SOMETHING ON RED FLAG MAYBE.

AND WE MIGHT GET SOMETHING MORE BILLIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTHCARE.

BUT I MEAN I'M SURPRISED THEY DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE AGE TO 21 TO BUY AN AR-15 WHEN THESE DAYS YOU GOT TO BE 21 TO BUY A BEER.

>> THAT BILL YOU HIT ON IT.

MENTAL HEALTH PUTTING MORE MONEY IN THAT, RED FLAG.

I THINK THE POINT IS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT THIS IS THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS TO DO BUT -- >> WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

AND WE DID TALK ABOUT RED FLAG LAWS IN ILLINOIS ON THIS PROGRAM AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS WORK AS WELL AS ADVERTISED.

THANKS TO LYNN SWEET, LAURA WASHINGTON, SHIA KAPOS AND BILL CAMERON.

THANKS SO MUCH AND THAT IS OUR SHOW.

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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