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

I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUTCOME "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS OUT WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING.

SNOW ON THE GROUND FROM THIS PAST WEEK'S STORM BUT THE CHICAGO AREA COULD GET BETWEEN 5-9 INCHES MORE.

HEAVY WIND GUSTS AND FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO IN THE FORECAST THAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TOMORROW THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

>> CHICAGO'S ON PACE TO MEET STATE CORONAVIRUS BENCHMARKS SUCH THAT FURTHER RESTRICTIONS COULD BE LIFTED STARTING MONDAY.

BUT, CITY OFFICIALS SAY EVEN IF CHICAGO MAKES IT TO PHASE FOUR WHEN THE STATE ALLOWS GROUPS UP TO 10 TO BE SEATED TOGETHER THE CITY WILL NOT EASE UP ON LIMITS MEANING CHICAGO WILL BE FOLLOWING RULES STRICTER THAN THE STATE REQUIRES.

CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER Dr. ALLISON ARWADY TOLD WTTW NEWS THAT THE CITY DOES NOT WANT TO TRIGGER A THIRD WAVE.

YOU CAN READ MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> CORONAVIRUS VACCINATIONS ARE RAMPING UP IN ILLINOIS.

THE STATE REPORTS 58,000 RESIDENTS GOT A COVID SHOT IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.

THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW ILLINOIS' ADMINISTERED A RECORD NUMBER OF DOSES.

STILL OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE READY FOR THE FEDS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY IN AN EFFORT TO EXPAND THE POOL OF PROFESSOR WILL AS ABLE TO GIVE SHOTS ILLINOIS INVOKED AN EMERGENCY RULE DENTISTS WHO ARE CPR CERTIFIED AND TAN A TRAINING -- TAKE A TRAINING PROGRAM WILL BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS 4156 NEW CASES AND 71 NEW DEATHS BRINGING THE TOTAL CASE LOAD IN THE STATE TO MORE THAN 1,120,000.

A TOTAL OF 19,138 ILLINOISANS HAVE DIED AFTER CONTRACTING THE VIRUS.

>> JOINING US FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" ARE SARAH KARP, OF WBEZ.

MARY ANN AHERN OF NBC5 NEWS.

KIMBERLY EGONMWAN OF WVON AND GREGORY PRATT OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

WELCOME TO ALL.

BUT FIRST, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT APPEARED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" LAST NIGHT AND APPEALED DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS TO HELP STRIKE A DEAL WITH THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

LET'S LOOK AT WHAT BOTH SIDES HAD TO SAY.

>> WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE YOU.

IF YOU'VE GOT A UNDERLYING CONDITION, IF YOU ARE THE PRIMARY CARETAKER FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOES BUT WE NEED YOU TO TALK TO YOUR UNION LEADERSHIP TO MEET US AT THE TABLE TO GET A DEAL DONE SO THAT OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE SUFFERING AREN'T LEFT BEHIND.

>> THE MAYOR IS TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE C.T.U.

BEING A SOURCE OF STOPPING THINGS BY RAISING UNREASONABLE DEMANDS.

THAT IS NOT TRUE WE WANT TO RAISE DEMANDS ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER AND THE SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS THE CHILDREN AND ALLOW US TO GET SCHOOLS OPEN IN A SAFE WAY OF THE.

>> FEBRUARY FIRST SEEMED LIKE A LONG WAY AWAY WHEN C.P.S.

ANNOUNCED IT WANTED K-8 STUDENTS BACK IN SCHOOL IN DECEMBER.

AGAIN, NOW IT IS MONDAY, THIS COMES WITH LOTS OF NEGOTIATING GOING ON.

GREG WHAT IS THE LATEST?

THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY.

>> WELL, THEY ARE STILL AT THE TABLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE DONE A WHILE AGO AND THEY CAME BACK.

IT'S NEGATIVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A DEAL.

THERE'S HARD RHETORIC OUT THERE.

RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME ON, JESSE SHARKEY TWEETED OUT RETWEETED SOMETHING ABOUT PRETTY COMBATIVE ABOUT THE STANCE THEY ARE TAKING WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY CONCILIATORY WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE TWO SIDES FEELS LIKE THEY ARE FAR APART.

>> AND WE HAD BEEN EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM MAYOR LIGHTFOOT DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WAS POSTPONED AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE.

SARAH, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?

IS THAT A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT?

>> YOU KNOW, I WOULD NOT NECESSARILY SAY THAT IT IS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK THAT -- I DON'T THINK SHE WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE A DEAL PER SE BUT SHE WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE THEY WERE GETTING CLOSER OR AGREED ON MAIN ISSUES AND THEN SOMETHING GOT BROKEN IN THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SOME REASON IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO NOW THEY ARE BACK AT IT.

AND SHE'S PROMISED ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE TONIGHT.

SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SHE CAN SAY.

YOU I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT'S ALL THAT POSITIVE.

EVEN THE THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE AGREED ON, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE THE REALLY BIG ISSUES.

THEY MIGHT BE MORE ABOUT LIKE TIMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAN BIG ISSUES.

>> THE EASY STUFF CHECKED OFF PERHAPS BUT THE MORE DIFFICULT ELEMENTS YET TO BE NEGOTIATED.

MARY ANN IT IS NO SECRET THERE IS NO LOST LOVE BETWEEN LORI LIGHTFOOT AND THE C.T.U.

HOW DOES THAT FACTOR IN?

>> I THINK IT FACTORS IN A LOT.

AND WHEN YOU SAY C.T.U.

I WOULD PUT STACY DAVIS-GATES VERSUS LORI LIGHTFOOT AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST OF NOT GETTING ALONG.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT JESSE SHARKEY.

HE HAS BEEN A LITTLE MORE CONCILIATORY.

NOW, WHAT I AM HEARING AND EVERYBODY IS HEARING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT THIS IS COMPLICATED BY THEY HAVE NEVER HAD TO BARGAIN THESE ISSUES BEFORE.

WE HAVE NOT LIVED THROUGH A PANDEMIC BEFORE.

AND THE UNION IS ASKING FOR PERHAPS PIE IN THE SKY AND THEY WANT EVERYTHING, WHY NOT?

THAT IS WHAT THEY SHOULD ASK FOR AND C.P.S.

IS SAYING NO, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT WE GOT IT WE HAVE A PLAN FOR YOU AND THE TEACHERS KNOW THAT MAYBE THAT PLAN ISN'T ASSET IN STONE AT EVERY SCHOOL.

I'M WONDERING IF PERHAPS AND THIS IS FROM SOMEONE CLOSE TO NEGOTIATIONS MIGHT SAY AND THIS IS A BIG MIGHT COME UP WITH PHASING IT IN STARTING TO THE PRE-K-3 GRADE RATHER THAN ALL OF ELEMENTARY AND GET SOME KIDS INTO SCHOOL AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

BUT THAT IS THE, AGAIN, JUST ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE TONIGHT.

>> I DO THINK THAT THAT IS THE THING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE C.T.U.

HAS PROMOTED FOR A WHILE.

THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT PHASING IN GOING BACK.

AND THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WILL JANICE JACKSON WHO DUG IN AND WE GOT TO GET KIDS IN SCHOOL WILL THEY GO FOR IT?

AND IF THEY PHASE IT IN CAN IT BE DONE BY MONDAY?

IS MONDAY A REALISTIC DATE CONSIDERING THAT IS JUST AFTER THIS WEEKEND.

>> THEY HAD SOME OF THE KIDS IN WHY NOT?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF THE KIDS WHICH STAFF THEY HAVE THE ISSUE OF WHICH STAFF ARE GOING TO COME IN.

EVEN IF YOU DID BRING IN THE K-3 YOU NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

>> AND THESE ARE TEACHERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE CLASSROOMS SINCE MARCH.

KIMBERLY, THIS HAS TO BE FEELING VERY FRUSTRATING PARTICULARLY FOR PARENTS AND YET THE POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER STRIKE DURING MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S TERM THE SECOND IN 15 MONTHS WHAT DOES THIS POLITICALLY FOR HER?

>> WELL, I THINK WHAT IT MEANS IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE GOT WHAT MAY BE THE STRONGEST TEACHERS' UNION IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY KNOW HOW TO USE POWER.

AND THE MAYOR BLINKED LAST WEEK IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

SHE HAD BEEN SETTING THIS PAST WEEK AS THE DEADLINE FOR TEACHERS HAD TO BE IN THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN SHE SAID, NO WE'LL PUSH IT OFF A FEW DAYS NOW IT IS A WHOLE WEEK AND AT THAT POINT WE KNEW SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER.

SHE HAS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD BEHIND HER.

SHE HAS JANICE JACKSON.

SHE HAS THE EDUCATION BUT SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THE TEACHERS GO IN.

PARENTS ARE COMPLETELY LOST IN THIS SCENARIO.

EVEN IF THE SCENARIOS THAT SARAH AND MARY ANN HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR CHILD IS GOING TO SCHOOL.

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

IT IS A MESS.

AND THE THING IS THAT THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE OF THE TEACHERS' UNION LOOKS OUT FOR THE TEACHERS.

JANICE JACKSON AND THE MAYOR LOOK OUT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.

WHO REPRESENTS THE PARENTS IN THIS SCENARIO?

>> I DO THINK, THOUGH, IF MORE PARENTS WERE GOING TO BRING THEIR KIDS INTO SCHOOL IT'S ABOUT 32% OF PARENTS ARE EVEN THINKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR KIDS RETURN IN-PERSON NEXT WEEK, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD GIVE THE MAYOR A LOT MORE POWER IN THIS.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THE REASON WHY THE UNION HAS HAD SO MUCH POWER IS BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF PARENTS HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY WON'T BRING THEIR CHILDREN IN.

AND NOT JUST RECENTLY THEY SAID THIS DECEMBER 7TH WAS THE DEAD LINE TO SAY THAT.

>> I WOULD ADD TO THAT, EVEN THOUGH THAT HAPPENED AND WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN AROUND THE COUNTRY AND INITIALLY PARENTS ARE RELUCTANT.

BUT ONCE THEY SEE THAT SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING AND HOPEFULLY THE KIDS ARE SAFE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE WANTING TO COME TO SCHOOL.

>> AND THE VOTE THAT C.T.U.

TOOK WAS A FOREBODING TALE.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT C.T.U.

REGULARLY ENJOYS 90% PLUS SUPPORT OF THEIR LEADERSHIP'S POSITIONS AND IN THIS CASE THEY MADE OUT AT 71%.

SO IT'S TRICKLING DOWN.

71% TO NOT GO BACK IN SCHOOL THAT IS LOW.

ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, I THINK TIME WILL BE THE BIGGEST INDICATOR AND ALSO THIS WHOLE THING IS A TALE OF DISPARITIES.

WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS GOING BACK THEY ARE MOSTLY WHITE STUDENTS AND BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS ARE NOT GOING BACK.

>> WHY IS THAT?

>> IT REFLECTS A FEW THINGS.

IT IT REFLECTS UNONE THING THAT COVID-19 DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BLACK AND LATINO PEOPLE AND FAMILIES ARE SCARED ABOUT IT.

BUT IT ALSO REFLECTS THE FACT THAT ONE -- 90% OF WHITE STUDENTS IN C.P.S.

GO TO A LEVEL ONE OR LEVEL 1A SCHOOL.

THE EDUCATION THEY ARE GETTING IS SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH GOING BACK TO.

THE DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION IS A MAJOR ISSUE AS WELL.

AND NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING WHY THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DYNAMIC WHERE THE UNION, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF TEACHERS WHO DO WANT TO GO BACK AND WHO WILL GO IN.

BUT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PART WHO ARE STILL REFUSING TO GO IN.

AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE MAJORITY THAT THEY WOULD GET IN A SORT OF A STRIKE VOTE.

BUT THIS IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE AND IT IS A PERSONAL ISSUE.

AND THAT IS WHY THIS IS SO DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE'S POLITICS HERE BUT THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND EMOTION AND THERE ARE SOME TEACHERS FEEL LIKE THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH AND SOME PARENTS THINK THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH BECAUSE THEIR KIDS ARE FALLING BEHIND AND THEIR KIDS ARE EMOTIONALLY NOT DOING WELL.

ON BOTH SIDES THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND A LOT OF REASONS.

I FEEL LIKE THE UNION THOUGH THEY ARE NOT ENJOYING COMPLETE SUPPORT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAY IS WELL, LOOK, THE MAJORITY OF KIDS AREN'T COMING BACK.

SO NEXT WEEK, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AS MANY STAFF AS YOU ORIGINALLY LIGHTFOOT AND JACKSON.

>> YOU DON'T NEED TO BRING EVERYBODY BACK INTO SCHOOLS IF THEY DON'T HAVE FULL CLASSROOMS TO TEACH.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEIR ARGUMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE CLASSROOMS HELP THE WATERS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY OF WHAT THE PUBLIC THINKS.

GROCERY STORE WORKERS ARE BACK.

CTA BUS DRIVERS ARE BACK.

HEALTHCARE WORKERS, TEACHERS DID NOT SIGN UP TO BE NURSES.

BUT AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO DEAL WITH WHAT THE CARDS YOU HAVE BEEN DEALT AND TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ABSOLUTELY AND IF YOU HAVE A PREEXISTING CONDITION STAY HOME BUT I DO THINK THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN TO GET THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS BACK.

>> AND OUT NOW WITH NEW GUIDANCE THAT SAYS SCHOOLS ARE SAFER THAN MANY HAD PRESUMED.

GREG, IF THE MAYOR DOES BACK OUT WILL SEE BE PERCEIVED AS WEAK AND CAVING?

>> WELL, THAT IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN POLITICALLY FOR HER AND IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE.

SHE ALREADY HAS A REPUTATION AMONGST CRIT PARTICULARS FOR BEING TOO SOFT ON THE C.T.U.

FOR NOT HAVING TAKEN THEM TO THE WOOD SHED IN 2019 AND NOT HAVING BEEN TOUGHER ON THEM NOW.

IT IS A PERCEPTION OUT THERE.

IT IS A REAL THING ACTUALLY MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE JOHN CASS WROTE AN INTERESTING COLUMN ABOUT THAT DYNAMIC AND HE WAS EXPRESSING SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO FEEL SHE HAS GOTTEN BEAT UP BY THE C.T.U.

NOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO END UP HAPPENING.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE C.T.U.

HAS HER IN A CORNER AND THEY ARE GOING TO TRYING TO GET CONCESSIONS WHETHER IT'S BAKED IN OR PHASED IN OR PUSHING THE DATE BACK WHETHER IT'S THEM REFUSING TO COMEBACK MONDAY AND SHE CALLS THEIR PLAY AND SAYS I WILL LOCK YOU OUT AND THAT IS A NIGHTMARE FOR HER.

NO MATTER WHAT, THIS IS A REALLY TOUGH POSITION AND PROBABLY HARD TO IMAGINE IT BEING RECONCILED WITH THE MAYOR WINNING EVERYTHING SHE WANTS.

SHE IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO BEND TO WHAT THE ARGUMENTS AND -- >> BOW, BEND, COMPROMISE.

WANT TO GO THROUGH A ROUND OF RAPID FIRE, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE A PREDICTION.

PARENTS REALLY WANT TO KNOW LOOKING AHEAD TO MONDAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, GO AROUND WHAT DO YOU PREDICT KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL, STRIKE, DELAY?

>> SARAH I WILL START WITH YOU.

>> I DON'T THINK THEY WILL BE BACK IN SCHOOL.

EVEN IF THERE IS A DEAL TONIGHT THEY WON'T BE BACK IN SCHOOL.

>> KIMBERLY?

>> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE BACK EITHER AND I THINK THAT C.T.U.

HAS DUG IN AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEIR CONCESSIONS ARE BEING MET.

I'M THINKING MAYBE STRIKE.

>> MARY ANN?

>> I THINK THEY COME UP WITH A WAY TO SAY MAYBE NOT MONDAY BUT BY THE 8TH OR GIVE IT ANOTHER DATE AND WORK ON IT AND SAY WE'RE STARTING WITH THE KINDERGARTEN-THIRD GRADE.

GIVES EVERYBODY A COMPROMISE.

>> GREG?

>> I DON'T THINK THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE BACK BY THE FIRST.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY REAL CHANCE IF IT HAPPENED WE WOULD BE SURPRISED.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD BE SURPRISED.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER NEWS.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SENDS 500 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE U.S. CAPITOL.

ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS WILL RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD FOR A ONE-DAY ONLY SESSION IN FEBRUARY AS THE NEW SPEAKER CHRIS TALIAFERRO PICKS HIS -- CHRIS WALSH PICKS HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM.

AND MEANWHILE, THE CITY IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO REDRAW THE CITY COUNCIL WARD MAP.

FIRST, GOVERNOR PRITZKER REACTS TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SHORTENED LEGISLATIVE SESSION TAKE A LOOK.

>> THE SOONER THE LEGISLATURE GETS TO WORK, THE BETTER WHETHER IT'S REMOTELY OR IN SPRINGFIELD.

BUT WE NEED LEGISLATION TO KEEP MOVING BECAUSE THERE WAS VETO SESSION CANCELED, THE LAME DUCK SESSION WAS VERY SHORT.

IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK.

>> NOW, MARY ANN THIS IS A BIT OF A CHANGE IN TUNE BECAUSE A ROLE REVERSAL BECAUSE LEGISLATORS ARE SAYING WE WANT TO GET BACK AND THEY WERE NOT CALLED BACK TO SESSION WHEN PRITZKER WAS CALLING THE SHOTS.

WHY DOES THE GOVERNOR WANT SPRINGFIELD IN SO BADLY?

>> HE NEEDS A BUDGET TO GET MOVING AND HE DOES NEED TO GET THE EMPHASIS OFF OF HIM AND THE VACCINE ROLLOUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE WAY HE WANTED IT.

AND HE HAS OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED.

THEY NEED THE LEGISLATURE BACK TO GET THE BUDGET STARTED.

AND WHY CAN THEY NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT REMOTELY?

WE HAVE A NEW SPEAKER.

HE IS A LITTLE MORE ADEPT ON-LINE.

LET'S GET IT TOGETHER AND START WORKING TOWARDS A WAY AND THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE RULES.

BUT IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO START MEETING.

>> AT SOME POINT, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER IS GOING TO HAVE TO THIS MAJOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PACKAGE APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE THIS MONTH.

THAT WOULD END CASH BAIL IN ILLINOIS.

A HUGE CHANGE.

THIS AS CHICAGO AND THE SUBURBS ARE SEEING THIS SCARY SPIKE IN CARJACKINGS.

GREG WHAT IS GOING ON THERE?

>> WELL, THE CITY HAS -- CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL IN THE CITY.

THE SHOOTINGS ARE UP, TOO, AND LATELY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARJACKINGS WHICH HAVE SPIKED BUT SO HAVE MURDERS AND SHOOTINGS AND WE HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS THERE AND IT'S NOT UNDER CONTROL AND THE CITY IS TRYING ITS BEST BUT I SUPPOSE, YOU KNOW BUT IT'S OUT THERE.

THEY BLAME COVID SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY AND SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE C.P.D.

IS IN A STATE OF DISARRAY.

THERE IS A LOT OF CRITICISM OUT THERE.

AND IT'S PROBABLY A MIXTURE OF ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

CARJACKING IS THE HEADLINE THIS WEEK.

BUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATION IS NOT GOOD IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW.

>> KIMBERLY IS THE CITY TRYING ITS VERY BEST?

>> I DON'T THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I THINK THAT THE CITY IN GENERAL FOR GENERATIONS HAS BEEN USED TO CRIME CERTAIN CRIME HAPPENING IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I'M WATCHING THIS CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY HAPPEN TO BLACK PEOPLE, WHITE PEOPLE, LATINO PEOPLE, ASIAN PEOPLE, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SUBURBS AND I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF CASH BAIL IS THE ISSUE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT TIES INTO IT.

IT'S RESPECT FOR THE POLICE.

IT'S RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE AND IT ALSO IS WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD CRIMINAL AT TEN YEARS OLD, 14 YEARS OLD AND HOW DO YOU REHABILITATE SOMEONE LIKE THAT?

AND NOT IN THEIR LIFE IN JAIL BUT HOW DO YOU REHABILITATE SOMEONE LIKE THAT WITHOUT THROWING AWAY THEIR LIFE.

THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE.

>> SO MANY JUVENILES CAUGHT UP IN IT.

MARY ANN I WANT TO MOVE TO THE CORONAVIRUS.

ILLINOIS LAGGING IN COMPARISON TO OTHER STATES "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS THAT WE'RE FAR DOWN THE LIST WITH 5.4% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION THUS FAR VACCINATED.

WHY ARE WE BEHIND?

>> WELL, THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION OF THE DAY AND IF YOU HAVE ANYONE WHO IS PART OF THIS NOW 1B, 65 AND OLDER, EDUCATORS, GROCERY STORE WORKERS THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO NOW QUALIFY IN ILLINOIS BUT TELL ME WHERE TO SIGN UP IS WHAT THEY THEY'RE SAYING.

THE SIGN UP IS COMPLICATED.

THEY ARE GOING ON-LINE AND ALL THE SPOTS ARE TAKEN.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING WAIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

ISN'T THAT AN OPPORTUNE TIME.

BECAUSE THE SLOTS ARE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.

>> AND THEN YOU CANNOT GET THROUGH.

>> EXACTLY.

AND TODAY A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS AN EYE DOCTOR WHO DID RECEIVE AFTERHOURS AND HOURS OF SIGNING UP DID RECEIVE THE FIRST DOSE.

AND WORKS IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A MATTER OF FACT.

CANNOT GET THE SECOND APPOINTMENT.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AUTOMATIC.

WHEN YOU GOT THE FIRST APPOINTMENT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GET AN APPOINTMENT LATER.

>> WITHOUT THAT BOOSTER EVERYTHING WOULD RUN AMOK.

>> AND THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS SAVING HE HAD TO SAVE.

>> NOT A GOOD ROLL OUT.

ANOTHER TIME TO GET IT GOING AND THE FIRST WEEK ADDING SO MANY PEOPLE.

WHEN WE ARE COUNTING ON THIS SO MANY IN ILLINOIS ACROSS THE WORLD, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT LET'S GET THIS MOVING A LITTLE BIT SOONER.

>> WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES LEFT.

SARAH, WE NEED TO BRING UP WHERE ANOTHER RACIAL DISPARITY REARING ITS HEAD IN CHICAGO 50% OF THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE VACCINE ARE WHITE.

17% LATINO, 15% BLACK.

WHAT CAN CHICAGO DO TO BRING MORE EQUITY TO VACCINATIONS?

>> THEY DID SAY THEY ARE GOING TO ROLL OUT THE PLAN AND FOCUS ON COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING COVID.

AND SO REALLY DIRECT PLAN AND WORKING WITH THE PROVIDERS.

THERE DOES SEEM THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG THE WAY THEY THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE THE VACCINES WERE GOING IN CHICAGO A LOT OF THEM WENT STRAIGHT TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

BUT I'VE SEEN ON-LINE, LIKE I'M DRIVING HERE AND THERE, LIKE I JUST GOT AN APPOINTMENT THERE'S LEFTOVER STUFF.

IT'S LIKE THE WILD WEST OF VACCINES AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE MOST ABLE MAYBE THEY ARE NOT OUT WORKING AT THE GROCERY STORE.

>> THEY HAVE THE TIME TO COMMUTE.

>> GET IN THE CAR AND GO AND HAVE THE CONNECTION AND SAD THINGS YOU ARE HEARING -- I'M HEARING OF SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN ON THE NORTH SIDE AND SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHO HAVE HOOKUPS WITH HEALTHCARE COMPANIES THAT ONCE THEY HAVE RUN OUT THEY HAVE EXTRA VACCINE THEY ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME IN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS CORRECT TO DO.

>> HOW MUCH FRUSTRATIONS EVERYBODY WANTS THIS SHOT.

AND IS CLAMOURING FOR IT.

SO MUCH INEQUITY.

BIG NEWS WITH REDISTRICTING.

THE LATINO CAUCUS IN CHICAGO OBJECTING TO AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION DRAWING THE WARD MAPS.

>> A RELIC OF THE PAST OF HAVING WARD BOUNDARIES DRAWN IN A BACK ROOM IS JUST THAT, A RELIC OF THE PAST.

>> KIMBERLY IS SHE RIGHT?

THIS IS CHICAGO?

ANY CHANCE ALDERMEN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRAW THEIR OWN WARDS?

>> I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.

AS YOU SAID THIS IS CHICAGO.

THIS IS ILLINOIS.

>> YOU HAVE ME.

YOU'RE BACK.

>> I'M LISTENING TO WHAT SHE SAID AND I'M LOOKING AT THE PRACTICE I SAW THE WTTW LINK AND THE CRYING EXPOSE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DID.

THIS IS THE STATE AND THE CITY FOR BACK ROOM DEALS IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A BACK ROOM IT WILL HAPPEN IN A SMOKE FILLED ROOM.

ALL OF THE GROUPS WILL EXERT THEIR POWER AND NUMBERS IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT DOESN'T BECOME A BACK ROOM DEAL.

>> WE'LL END THIS -- >> THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PUDDING SHE IS SAYING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS ABOUT REFORM BUT THE ALDERMEN NEED TO APPROVE IT AND ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE IT UP INDEPENDENTLY WHEN THERE'S NO REASON TO.

AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

PROBABLY NOT.

>> AND THAT IS AS THERE IS A PUSHBACK THE FEDS SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET THE CENSUS DATA TO ILLINOIS UNTIL A MONTH PAST THE CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED DEADLINE TO EVEN PASS THESE NEW LEGISLATIVE MAPS AND IT'S AT THE HEIGHT OF POWER.

AND WE STILL HAVE MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD AGAIN GOING OFF TO WASHINGTON DC BECAUSE OF AN ONGOING THREAT THERE.

UNFORTUNATELY WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF TIME AND WE GIVE APPRECIATION TO OUR GUESTS, SARAH KARP, MARY ANN AHERN, KIMBERLY EGONMWAN, AND GREGORY PRATT.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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THEN 6:00 P.M. SUNDAY FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

AND THEN WE'RE BACK AT 7:00 P.M. ON MONDAY.

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AND A SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR WORKING TO RETAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CULTURE.

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

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND GOOD NIGHT.

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