CLOSE RERUE OF TWEETS IN THE REAL DONALD TRUMP ACCOUNT AND THE CONTEXT AROUND THEM WE HAVE PERMANENTLY SUSPENDED THE ACCOUNT DUE TO THE RISK OF FURTHER INCITE.

OF VIOLENCE.

HIS MONITORED ACTIVITY ON ITS PLATFORM AT THAT TIME TALKS ABOUT MORE ARMED PROTESTS AND ANOTHER PLANNED ATTACK ON THE U.S. CAPITOL AND STATE CAPITOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON JANUARY 17TH.

TRUMP HAS COME UNDER FIRE OVER THE COURSE OF HIS PRESIDENCY FOR A TORRENT OF TWEETS CONTAINING DISINFORMATION AND LANGUAGE APPEARING TO INCITE VIOLENCE.

THE CONTROVERSIAL HEAD OF THE CHICAGO POLICE UNION WHO MADE COMMENTS APPEARING TO DEFEND RIOTERS AT THE CAPITOL SAYS HE IS SORRY.

JOHN CATANZARA SAYS HIS COMMENTS TO WBEZ WERE QUOTE A LAPSE IN JUDGMENT.

HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THE FRUSTRATION THAT LED TO THE RIOT ON WEDNESDAY WHICH LED FIVE DEAD INCLUDING A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER.

SAYS HE FELT QUOTE SOMETHING SHADY WENT DOWN IN THE ELECTION.

THE NATIONAL FOP CONDEMNED CATANZARA'S COMMENTS AND CATANZARA SAID TRUMP NEEDS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT DAY'S EVENTS.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHERS WHO CHOOSE TO NOT SHOW UP WHEN IN-PERSON CLASSES RESUME WILL BE DEEMED ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE AND WILL NOT BE PAID.

THAT ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FROM MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND SCHOOL C.E.O.

Dr. JANICE JACKSON.

THIS DESPITE PUSHBACK FROM THE TEACHERS' UNION WHICH SAYS IT IS NOT YET SAFE TO BRING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BACK TO CLASS IN THE PANDEMIC.

THE DISTRICT SAYS LESS THAN HALF OF ALL STAFF MEMBERS SET TO RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK DID SO.

MONDAY MARKS THE RETURN OF SOME STUDENTS TO CLASS FOR PREKINDERGARTEN AND CLUSTER SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

AND WE'LL HAVE MORE LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

>> AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN 9200 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

ALONG WITH 126 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A TOTAL OF 1 MILLION CASES AND 17395 DEATHS.

AND JOINING US ARE DANA KOZLOV OF CBS2 CHICAGO.

GREG PRATT OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

RACHEL HINTON OF THE "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES" AND NATASHA KORECKI OF POLITICO.

WOW, EVERYBODY.

WHERE DO WE START IN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TWITTER BAN SINCE THAT HAPPENED.

DONALD TRUMP SUSPENDED.

DANA KOZLOV WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS MOVE?

>> WELL, I THINK THERE'S ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF WHETHER THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP AND A RIGHTFUL STEP.

YOU COULD PROBABLY ASSUME THERE WILL BE PEOPLE SCREAMING ABOUT FREE SPEECH IT IS A PRIVATELY OWNED PLATFORM.

ON THE FLIP SIDE WITH VERY REAL CONCERNS HOW HE COULD USE THAT PLATFORM AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO POTENTIALLY INCITE MORE VIOLENCE, VIOLENT PROTESTS, ET CETERA IN THE COMING 12 DAYS IN PARTICULAR.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A PRUDENT DECISION.

BUT LONG-TERM, IT'S ONE WORTHY OF DISCUSSION.

>> WORTHY OF A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

GREG PRATT DO YOU THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE BACKLASH TO THIS IN AND WE SHOULD MENTION TWITTER SAID THEY ARE MONITORING CHAT ON ITS PLATFORMS TALKING ABOUT FUTURE TERRORIST ATTACKS AND THAT CHAT REVEALS THAT DONALD TRUMP'S LATEST TWEETS WERE VIEWED AS SORT OF A CALL TO ACTION BY SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL ACTORS.

BUT, GREG, WHAT ABOUT THE BACKLASH?

>> WELL, CLEARLY IT'S GOING TO INCITE CONTROVERSY IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU HAVE A U.S.

SENATOR HAVING A BOOK CONTRACT VIOLATED WHEN IT IS THE FREE MARKET IN ACTION.

THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FEEL THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT AND THAT SHOULD BE TRUE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE RELIEVED THAT THE PRESIDENT CANNOT SAY THINGS THAT WILL INCITE ACTION LIKE WHAT WE SAW AT THE CAPITOL THIS WEEK.

SO IT IS A MIXED BAG.

OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BRING UP A LOT OF CONTROVERSY, THOUGH.

IF TWITTER DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT BY NOW.

>> AND NATASHA KORECKI SPEAKING OF THE UNBELIEVABLE ACTIONS AT THE CAPITOL ON WEDNESDAY, THE LATEST IS THAT HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE FILING ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.

THERE HAVE BEEN TALKS FROM REPUBLICANS FOR DONALD TRUMP TO RESIGN FOR THE CABINET TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

WHAT IS THE LATEST ON ALL THOSE EFFORTS RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, THEY ARE NANCY PELOSI AND DEMOCRATS ARE VOWING TO FAST TRACK IMPEACHMENT AND PELOSI TONIGHT SAID IF DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT RESIGN THEY WILL IMPEACH HIM.

AND THERE WAS A CRITICAL MASS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF CONGRESS PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY THINK IT'S DEPENDING TO BE BIPARTISAN AND THE REASON THEY THINK THAT IS GOING BACK TO YOUR TWITTER DISCUSSION EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MOMENT IN HISTORY.

AND I THINK FOR TWITTER THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKED AT FOR ETERNITY AS THE TOOL THAT DONALD TRUMP USED TO AS A MEGA PHONE TO INCITE A MOB.

AND THE EMPLOYEES ROSE UP AND SAID DO WE WANT TO BE KNOWN AS THAT OR NOT?

DO WE WANT TO TAKE A STAND WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN CONGRESS THAT IS MUCH OF THE SAME.

IF YOU ARE IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS THE POINT WHERE DONALD TRUMP HAS GONE TOO FAR?

AND A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE BETTING THAT MORE REPUBLICANS WILL COME ONBOARD AND JOIN THEM.

>> ONE OF THOSE REPUBLICANS ONBOARD IS ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE ADAM KINZINGER.

HE REMAINS A LONE G.O.P.

CONGRESSMAN CALLING FOR THE OUSTING OF THE PRESIDENT VIA THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

>> I WOULD VOTE TO END THIS NIGHTMARE.

WE WILL RISE FROM THIS BUT WE CANNOT FORGET WHAT LED US HERE.

THE LIARS AND CONSPIRACY AUTHORS ARE AT IT AGAIN THIS MORNING WITH FALSE NARRATIVES ABOUT YESTERDAY'S DISASTER.

>> REFERENCES TO THE LIES AND CONSPIRACIES ABOUT THE ELECTION BEING STOLEN.

NOT TRUE.

BUT DID INSPIRE THE ANGER THAT WE SAW FROM THE RIOTERS THAT BELIEVED THAT JOE BIDEN WASN'T THE LEGITIMATE WINNER WHEN HE WAS.

RACHEL HINTON DO YOU THINK ANY KIND OF IMPEACHMENT EFFORT WOULD GET SUPPORT AMONG A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS?

THEY WOULD NEED 17 OR 19 TO REMOVE IN THE COMING WEEK?

>> I THINK WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND THE PAST EIGHT YEARS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA A REAL DIVIDE BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES.

AND BOTH PARTIES STICK TO THEIR SIDES.

THEY HAVE DRAWN THEIR LINES AND THEY STICK TO THEIR SIDES.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE WILL SEE ENOUGH SENATORS JOIN THIS PUSH TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT OR INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

>> IS THERE A POLITICAL COST IF DEMOCRATS DO GO FORWARD WITH THIS AND REPUBLICANS SAY, HEY, YOU SAID IT'S TIME FOR HEALING AND THIS ISN'T ON THE ROAD TO HEALING?

>> YEAH, THERE ARE ALREADY A SMALL GROUP OF DEMOCRATS WHO ARE RAISING THAT POINT.

SAYING THAT LOOK, YOU KNOW, TRUMP'S POWER IS ALMOST OUT OF HERE LET HIM GO.

13 DAYS LEFT.

AND PELOSI ALREADY ASKED TALKED TO THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ABOUT CUTTING OFF TRUMP FROM THE NUCLEAR CODE.

HE IS OFF OF TWITTER.

THERE ARE ARGUMENTS HOW MUCH MORE DAMAGE CAN HE DO?

AND WILL THERE BE A BACKLASH?

AND AT A TIME WHEN JOE BIDEN AND THE INCOMING PRESIDENT IS SAYING THAT HE WANTS TO BRING BOTH SIDES TOGETHER.

FORGET ABOUT THE PARTISAN PAST AND GET THROUGH COVID AND THE CRISES.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GOING ON.

BUT I WOULD NOT SAY IT'S THE PREDOMINANT FEELING.

>> AND JOE BIDEN SEEMED TO BE NONCOMMITTAL WHETHER IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVE SHOULD GO FORWARD.

ROBIN KELLY DESCRIBED HER EXPERIENCE AS THE MOB OF RIOTERS OVERTOOK THE CAPITOL AND GOT INTO THE HOUSE CHAMBER.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> IT WAS VERY, VERY SCARY.

WE WERE ALL SITTING ON ONE SIDE OF THE CHAMBER AND WE SAW EVERYONE ELSE LEAVE THE FLOOR.

THEY WERE BARRICADING THE DOOR AND THE GUNS CAME OUT.

SO WE ALL KNEELED REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY SCARY.

>> DANA AS MORE VIDEO SURFACES ABOUT THE KAI YOS THAT TOOK PLACE, LIVES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THEIR STAFFS, SECURITY WERE AT STAKE.

THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE -- THERE WERE FIVE DEATHS INCLUDING A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER.

WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THIS UNFOLD AS A REPORTER WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND?

>> INTERESTING YOU ASK ME THAT QUESTION.

INITIALLY, I HAD SAID TO SOME FRIENDS OF-MILES-PER-HOUR I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE RALLY WHAT SUPPORTERS MIGHT DO.

WITH THE BACK OF MY MIND I ANTICIPATED IT.

WITH THAT WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE STORMING IF YOU WILL OF THE CAPITOL, I WAS STUNNED THAT THIS IS WHERE WE'VE COME AS A COUNTRY.

AND THEN I IMMEDIATELY HAD TO WORK.

AND I STARTED TALKING TO SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, CONGRESSMEN IN THE CAPITOL INCLUDING MIKE QUIGLEY.

I HAD TO PUT EVERYTHING AT THE BACK OF MY MIND AND JUST WORK.

AND HE SHARED A HARROWING STORY.

HE CALLED IT A TRAGIC COMEDY BUT NOT IN A FUNNY WAY.

BEING HUNKERED DOWN AND HIT THE FLOOR AND GUNS COMING OUT AND USING CONSENT DECREE DENSE SAS TO BLOCK THE DOOR THAT THE PRESIDENT WALKS THROUGH.

TRYING TO PUSH ANYTHING UP AGAINST IT TO KEEP THE RIOTERS FROM ENTERING THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.

AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS COMING UP NEXT.

THERE WAS SO MUCH ADRENALINE I THINK FROM FOLKS IN THE CAPITOL FROM REPORTERS COVERING IT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN IS THIS GOING TO STOP?

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL HOURS LATER AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AND TALKING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS 0 POSSIBLE ABOUT WHAT WERE THEY THINKING FOR ME PERSONALLY, HOURS LATER IS WHEN I SAT FOR A COUPLE HOURS THAT NIGHT LATE AND JUST TRIED TO SORT OF PROCESS IT ALL.

AND ITS TOTALITY AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BRING THE TWO SIDES TOGETHER THE COUNTRY TOGETHER.

AND FER EVERY EMOTION I THINK I'VE FELT IT.

>> WE ALL HAD TO WORK RIGHT AWAY AND A DAY AFTER SOMETHING THE REALITY OF THIS KIND OF HITS YOU THE SHOCK OF THIS.

RACHEL HINTON, I THINK THAT AMERICANS NEED TO KNOW WHY THE CAPITOL WAS THAT EASILY BREACHED.

WHY DID NOT SEEM TO BE FORTIFIED IN THE WAY IT WAS DURING PROTESTS IN THE SUMMER ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THERE AT THE TIME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE LACK OF SECURITY THERE?

>> I THINK THAT IS A MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.

EVERYBODY WANTS AN ANSWER TO THAT.

I FORGET, [INAUDIBLE] I THINK WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS WAS SO EASY OR WHY IT SEEMED TO BE SO EASY.

AND I GUESS GOING FORWARD WE WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN IN TERMS OF OK WE'RE GOING TO PREVENT PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM BEING ON TWITTER ANY LONGER AND BEING ABLE TO INCITE THESE THINGS BUT ALSO WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO FROM A CULTURE STANDPOINT TO PREVENT THIS SORT OF THING FROM HAPPENING OR TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE THAT I TALKED ABOUT.

>> AND I TALKED TO THE ANTIDEFAMATION LEAGUE A FEW MONTHS AGO WORRIED THEY HAD MONITORED ON-LINE ACTIVITY AND PLANS AND IT'S CLEAR THAT LOTS OF GROUPS WERE PLANNING VIOLENT ACTIVITY THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

IT WAS IN THE OPEN IT'S NOT LIKE THIS COULD HAVE CAUGHT PEOPLE BY SURPRISE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEOS YOU SEE INSTANCES WHERE POLICE ARE BEING RUSHED VIOLENTLY BY PROTESTORS AND POLICE ARE LETTING THEM THROUGH.

WHAT IS THE PICTURE OF WHAT THE CAPITOL POLICE DID?

>> WELL, I THINK EVERYONE IS STILL PIECING THAT TOGETHER AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ABHORRENT VIDEOS THAT CAME OUT ARE THE IMAGES OF THE CAPITOL POLICE ALLOWING THIS MOB TO RUN THROUGH AND GIVING THEM ACCESS AND LATER ON A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER IS KILLED?

YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SHOULD THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS?

LOOK AT WHAT SOME WERE WEARING?

THEY HAD MERCHANDISE FOR THIS.

>> JANUARY 6TH.

>> RIGHT.

OCCUPY THE CAPITOL.

STORM THE CAPITOL MERCHANDISE AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE REPORTERS WHO FOLLOW THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS ON-LINE AND THEY SAID YOU COULD SEE THIS COMING FROM A MILE AWAY.

THE QUESTION IS WAS THERE A MASSIVE INTELLIGENCE FAILURE?

OR A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE THE INTELLIGENCE?

THAT'S ONE THING AND THERE'S ALSO THE TIMELINE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

YOU HAD GOVERNOR HOGAN FROM MARYLAND COMING OUT AND SAYING HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR 90 MINUTES AND COULD NOT GET AHOLD OF ANYONE.

AND HERE IS CONGRESSMEN CALLING THEIR GOVERNORS.

THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN, WHY WASN'T THERE SECURITY AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MOST SECURE PLACE IN THE COUNTRY.

AND TO SEE THAT HAPPEN, IT'S JUST A FAILURE ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THAT IS WHY I THINK WE'RE SEEING SO MANY HEADS ROLL AND MORE WILL.

>> YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MOST SHAMEFUL THINGS IS HOW INCOMPETENTLY HANDLED IT WAS.

WHATEVER HAPPENED CLEARLY MAJOR SCREW UPS AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING FIRED LEFT AND RIGHT.

BUT ONE OF THE MOST EMBARRASSING THING AS A CITIZEN TO WATCH HERE IS THE WHITE PRIVILEGE ON DISPLAY WHERE IF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE WERE WRITING THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE TRUMP RALLY HAD BEEN WRITING IN THE DAYS AHEAD THEY WOULD HAVE HAD IT ON LOCKDOWN.

THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ASSUMED THE CROWD WOULD STAY PEACEFUL.

IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN POSTING THE THINGS THEY WERE POSTING AND WE SHOULD BE DEEPLY EMBARRASSED BY THAT.

>> GREG AND A LOT OF US WERE COVERING PROTESTS IN CHICAGO WHERE THERE WERE POLICE OFFICERS, NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN RIOT GEAR, ROWS AND ROWS DEEP.

AND YOU DID NOT SEE THAT HERE UNDER FIRE, THE PRESIDENT STUCK TO A TIGHT SCRIPT YESTERDAY IN A VIDEOTAPED SPEECH THAT KIND OF SOUNDED LIKE A CONCESSION.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> NOW, CONGRESS HAS CERTIFIED THE RESULTS.

A NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL BE INAUGURATED AN JANUARY 20TH.

MY FOCUS NOW TURNS TO INSURING A SMOOTH, ORDERLY AND SEAMLESS TRANSITION OF POWER.

THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR HEALING AND RECONCILIATION.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF REPORTS THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS FORCED BY STAFF TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF MIND RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, I MEAN, FROM JUST READING REPORTS FROM OUR OWN REPORTING AT POLITICO, HE'S IN A DESPERATION.

HE HAS BEEN SOME DESCRIBE HIM AS DELUSIONAL.

LOOK AT THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WE'VE SEEN IN THE RUN UP TO THE ELECTION AND THE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION.

IT'S BEEN AN ESCALATION.

MAKING FALSE CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUD.

FROM THAT TO ALSO THINK BACK TO THE DEBATE WHERE HE TOLD THE PROUD BOYS TO STAND BACK OR STAND BY.

WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO REPUDIATE THEM AND HE WOULDN'T.

THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN TALKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH FOR A LONGTIME WHEN IT COMES TO WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND RACISTS.

AND THAT VIDEO YESTERDAY WELL HE WAS FORCED TO DO IT OF COURSE HE WAS.

HE IS SEEING THE BACKLASH THERE IS A MASSIVE BACKLASH AND IT IS REPUBLICANS, IT IS DEMOCRATS, IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD.

NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THIS PARTICULAR WHETHER I FROM A PRESIDENT WHO HAS ALWAYS CLAIMED THAT HE IS THE LAW AND ORDER PRESIDENT, I WILL SEND IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, LET ME TAKE CARE OF IT.

WHAT HAPPENED THIS IS IN YOUR BACKYARD >> AND SPEAKING OF CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS, RACHEL HINTON THERE WAS A NEWLY SWORN IN DOWN STATE ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE MARY MILLER THAT MADE A REFERENCE TO HITLER AND RETRACTED.

TELL US WHO SHE IS AND WHAT THE REACTION TO THAT STATEMENT HAS BEEN?

>> SHE IS A DOWN STATE REPUBLICAN NEWLY INAUGURATED INTO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SHE WAS AT A RALLY I BELIEVE IN WASHINGTON D.C.

I THINK MOMS FOR AMERICA IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

AND SHE SAID HITLER HAD ONE THING RIGHT, I BELIEVE IF YOU HAVE THE YOUTH ON YOUR SIDE YOUR PARTY HAS A FUTURE.

YOUR IDEOLOGY YOUR BELIEFS HAVE A FUTURE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND THE IMPACT OF THAT THE BLOWBACK WAS SWIFT AND THE IMMEDIATE.

REPRESENTATIVE JANUARY SHAH KAWASAKI WHO REPRESENTS THE NORTH SHORE AREA SHE CALLED FOR HER TO RESIGN.

MS. MILLER APOLOGIZED TODAY.

MANY PEOPLE THAT APOLOGY WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.

HOW DO YOU INVOKE HITLER AT A RALLY?

>> AND WE SHOULD MENTION HER HUSBAND CHRIS MILLER WAS AT THAT RALLY HE IS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE DOWN STATE.

WHAT ABOUT IN THE PARTY?

JIM DURKIN MADE A COMMENT EXCOREIATING WHAT SHE SAID.

ARE THEIR SEATS IN DANGER AS A RESULT?

>> I WOULDN'T BELIEVE SO RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN GIVEN THAT THE ELECTION JUST HAPPENED I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THIS.

I'M SURE IN THE NEXT ELECTION COMES AROUND SHE IS WELL-KNOWN I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THIS THIS WILL BE IN ADS IT WILL BE ON MAILERS.

PEOPLE REGULAR PEOPLE OR EVERYDAY PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE THE MEMORY THAT POLITICAL PEOPLE DO.

MEANING THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS AND ADS.

BUT WHEN IT'S TIME FOR HER FOR REELECTION I'M SURE THIS WILL HAUNT HER.

>> POLITICAL STRATEGISTS ON THE OPPOSING SIDE WILL BE INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE QUOTES.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER NEWS.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS IN-PERSON LEARNING WILL START MONDAY DESPITE PUSHBACK FROM THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

LAWMAKERS REPORT TO SPRINGFIELD TO BATTLE OVER THE SPEAKER'S GAVEL AND POLICE REFORM AND FATHER MICHAEL PFLEGER IS REMOVED FROM ST. SABINA AS A RESULT OF A 40-YEAR-OLD ACCUSATION OF ABUSE BEING INVESTIGATED.

>> DANA KOZLOV MONDAY IS THE DAY FOR CLUSTER AND PRE-K IN-PERSON CLASSES.

HOW MANY TEACHERS DO YOU THINK ARE GOING TO SHOW UP?

>> THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.

TODAY Dr. JACKSON SAID THIS WEEK ABOUT 50% OF THE TEACHERS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO RETURN HAD RETURNED THIS WEEK.

C.T.U.

LEADERS TOLD THEIR MEMBERS IN A MEETING LAST WEEK AND CONTINUED TO TELL THEM RESIST.

DON'T GO BACK.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR BACK.

AND THIS AFTERNOON REITERATING THAT CALL IN SO MANY WORDS.

SO I THINK THE TEACHERS FEEL MANY OF THEM FEEL LIKE I'M STATING THE OBVIOUS BUT THEY ARE CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

SOME ARE GENUINELY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR SAFETY.

OTHERS HAVE THOSE CONCERNS BUT SEE THE VALUE IN GOING BACK.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO HOW SECURE A LOT OF THEM FEEL THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR JOBS THAT THEY WILL NOT GET THEIR PAY DOCKED AND THAT THE UNION WILL TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT THEM.

AND THERE'S THAT STRIKE REST ON THE TABLE.

C.T.U.

PRESIDENT JESSE SHARKEY SAYING TWO MEMBERS IF ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND PUSHBACK DOESN'T WORK, WE WILL CALL THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES TOGETHER FOR A STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE AND IT COULD HAPPEN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.

SO IF I HAD TO GUESS, I WOULD PUT IT AT 70% OF THE TEACHERS WILL GO BACK NEXT WEEK.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE SO MANY THINGS WITH C.P.S.

AND THE UNION IT IS A GAME OF CHICKEN LET'S HEAR MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT ABOUT SCHOOLS REOPENING.

>> WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF GIVING OUR PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS THE OPTION, THE OPTION TO COME BACK TO IN-PERSON LEARNING.

WHAT'S GOTTEN LOST IN A LOT OF THE NOISE HERE IS IT'S AN OPTION.

>> GREG PRATT, WHAT IS C.T.U.

'S RESPONSE GOING TO BE?

C.P.S.

IS THREATENING YOU WILL GET YOUR PAY DOCKED.

IS C.T.U.

GOING TO CHALLENGE THAT SUCCESSFULLY?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.

THEY DO HAVE CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS AND THEY WILL PUSH THEM AND THEY ARE AN AGGRESSIVE UNION THAT TAKES FULL [INAUDIBLE] THE 2019 WAS ARGUABLY A ILLEGAL STRIKE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO STRIKE OTHER THAN A NARROW SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO THEY ARE A VERY AGGRESIVE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR MEMBERS.

SO IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN THE MAYOR SAYS THAT IT'S OPTIONAL FOR PEOPLE TO RETURN, WHAT SHE LEAVES OUT IT'S NOT OPTIONAL FOR THE TEACHERS.

THEY ARE DEFINITELY PLAYING A GAME OF CHICKEN.

THEY ARE TWO SIDES THAT DON'T TRUST EACH OTHER AND THEY CAN'T COME TO THE TABLE.

THEY ARE AT THE TABLE BUT HOW THAT IS, IT HASN'T SECURED REOPENING AGREEMENT.

THEY ARE FAR APART.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY UNFORTUNATE THING TO WATCH BECAUSE THE TEACHERS ARE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE AND SO IS THE MAYOR.

THERE'S REAL CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING AND CONCERNS ABOUT TEACHERS' HEALTH AND THERE IS A REALLY STRUGGLING TO COME UP TO A MIDDLE GROUND AND A BIG PART OF EXACERBATED BY THE BLUNT VIEW GOING ON.

>> AND Dr. JACKSON SAID THAT YEAH, THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING.

BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS ACCORDING TO Dr. JANICE JACKSON AT C.P.S.

IS THAT THE UNION WANTS TO NEGOTIATE NON-PANDEMIC SAFETY ISSUES LIKE RENT ABATEMENT.

WHICH C.P.S.

ARGUES SHOULDN'T BE PART OF THIS CURRENT DISCUSSION ABOUT GETTING TEACHERS BACK IN-PERSON.

>> AND C.T.U.

HAS LEGISLATION IN SPRINGFIELD TO TRY TO EXPAND WHAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STRIKE OVER SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE THREATENING TO GET MEMBERS TO PASS.

RACHEL HINTON SPEAKING OF SPRINGFIELD, SPECIAL SESSION LEGISLATIVE SESSION VETO SESSION I THINK STARTING THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.

WHAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF IT?

>> THIS C.P.S., C.T.U.

BILL OR REPEAL OF A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE ILLINOIS EDUCATION SOME EDUCATIONAL ACT I THINK IS THE THING TO WATCH.

THE BLACK CAUCUS HAS SEVERAL SWEEPING OMNIBUS BILLS THAT GETTING MOST ATTENTION IS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL.

IN THAT THEY CALLED FOR MANDATING REQUIRING RATHER BODY-CAMERAS TO BE WORN BY POLICE OFFICERS BY 2025.

AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOCUS GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATE'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURTS ARE WORKING APPROPRIATELY.

THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF THE THINGS ON THE AGENDA TO WATCH FOR.

AND THIS IS A LAME DUCK SESSION NOT THE VETO SESSION THE VETO SESSION WAS CANCELED AT THE END OF NOVEMBER AND BEGINNING OF DECEMBER THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.

SO THIS IS THEIR LAST EFFORT THE LAST EFFORT OF THE LAME DUCK THE ONES WHO DID NOT -- NOT ABLE.

>> SORRY WE HAVE TO GO.

EVENTUALLY WE'LL LEARN THE FATE OF SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN AND WHETHER HE WILL CONTINUE AS SPEAKER.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

MY THANKS TO NATASHA KORECKI, GREG PRATT, DANA KOZLOV AND RACHEL HINTON.

THANKS SO MUCH AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

WE'RE BACK AT 7:00 P.M. NEXT WEEK.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND GOOD NIGHT.

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