[♪♪♪] >> 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 CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RELEASING DETAILS ON A POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING ON 18TH STREET IN PILSEN THIS MORNING.

THE INCIDENT STEMMED FROM AN INVESTIGATORY STOP THAT ESCALATED INTO A R AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUSTAINING GUNSHOT WOUNDS AS WAS A PASSERBY.

TWO POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED WERE NOT STRUCK BY GUNFIRE BUT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ANYWAY.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAYS THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT.

>> THERE WAS TWO EXCHANGES OF GUNFIRE DURING THIS WHOLE INTERACTION.

THE ONE WAS WHILE THE OFFICER WAS STILL SEATED IN THE CAR.

THE SECOND WAS AS THE SHOOTER WAS FLEEING, HE WAS FIRING BACK AT THE OFFICERS AS WELL.

>> CANDIDATES INTERESTED IN SERVING AS 43rd WARD ALDERPERSON CAN SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WILL FORM A SEARCH COMMITTEE TO SELECT MICHELE SMITH'S REPLACEMENT AND INTERESTED APPLICANTS CAN E-MAIL TO... >> AND THEY CAN DO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 5.

YESTERDAY THREE TERM ALDERPERSON MICHELE SMITH ANNOUNCED SHE WILL STEP DOWN ON AUGUST 12TH TO CARE FOR AN AILING FAMILY MEMBER.

CHICAGO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ARE NEXT FEBRUARY.

>> AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS GETTING A NEW SHIPMENT OF MORE THAN 15,000 DOSES OF MONKEYPOX VACCINE FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON TOP OF 5400 DOSES AND AS THE CITY REPORTED 202 MONKEYPOX CASES WITH THE STATE OF ILLINOIS REPORTING 230.

CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER SDR ALLISON ARWADY WARNED TODAY THAT THE SUPPLY WILL BE LIMITED AND SAID THAT CERTAIN GROUPS WOULD BE PRIORITIZED TO RECEIVE INITIAL DOSES UNTIL ADDITIONAL SUPPLY BECOMES AVAILABLE >> ANYBODY WHO IS A KNOWN CONTACT OF SOMEONE DIAGNOSED WITH MONKEYPOX GETS VACCINE.

TWO DOSES THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.

DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR DOESN'T MATTER WHAT OTHER RISK FACTORS IF YOU ARE KNOWN CONTACT THAT IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.

>> THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS REPORTEDLY OUT WITH RENDERINGS OF A HAIL MARIA TEMPT TO KEEP THE BEARS AT SOLDIER FIELD.

CORROBORATES PUBLISHED A RENDERING OF A DOME REPORTING IT IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS PURSUED BY MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S ADMINISTRATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO STAVE OFF A MOVE TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS NO.

WORD HOW THE CITY PLANS TO PAY FOR THE UPGRADE.

AND IT'S GOT MORE THAN $600 MILLION AND 10 YEARS TO GO PAYING OFF THE CURRENT RENOVATIONS COMPLETED IN 2003.

CRAIN'S REPORTS THE MAYOR IS SCHEDULING A MONDAY NEWS CONFERENCE TO TALK ABOUT THESE PLANS.

>> THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SENDING OUT A MESSAGE AS TEMPERATURES SOAR AND PEOPLE HEAD TO THE BEACH.

BE RESPONSIBLE AND BE SAFE.

CFD DEMONSTRATED THE WATER RESCUE CAPABILITIES AT 57TH STREET BEACH.

THE COMMISSIONER ANNETTE NANCE-HOLT SHE CAUTIONED PEOPLE SHOULD NOT GO IN THE WATER WITHOUT LIFEGUARDS PRESENT AND WHEN THERE ARE RED CONFEDERATES THAT SIGNIFY DANGEROUS WATER CONDITIONS.

HOLT RELAYED TO THE BEACH GOERS TO INSURE THEY COULD COOL OFF IN THE LAKE >> PLEASE DON'T SWIM ALONE.

SWIM A PARTNER AND UNDERSTAND EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS CAN BE OVERTAKEN BY RIP CURRENTS.

PARENTS SHOULD BE VIGILANT AND ALWAYS KEEP CHILDREN IN SIGHT.

AND BOATERS SHOULD WEAR LIFE JACKETS AND CALL FOR HELP EARLY.

>> AND NOW TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL JOINING US ARE LYNN SWEET OF THE "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES".

LORRAINE FORTE OF THE "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES" AS WELL.

RICK PEARSON OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE", MARIAH WOELFEL OF WBEZ CHICAGO PUBLIC READY.

GOOD TO BE BACK AND SEE ALL OF YOU.

LAST NIGHT'S COMMITTEE HEARING LAID OUT WHAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DID AND DID NOT DO DURING THE INSURRECTION.

WHAT IS WHAT ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER HAD TO SAY >> THE COUNTDOWN TO A ABSOLUTE HALT AND ULTIMATELY DELAYED FOR HOURS.

THE MOB WAS ACCOMPLISHING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PURPOSE SO, OF COURSE, HE DIDN'T INTERVENE.

HERE IS WHAT WILL BE CLEAR BY THE END OF THE HEARING.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT FAIL TO ACT DURING THE 187 MINUTES BETWEEN LEAVING THE ECLIPS LIPS AND TELLING THE MOB TO GO HOME.

HE CHOSE NOT TO ACT.

>> IN FACT, KINZINGER USED THE PHRASE DERELICTION OF TRUMP'S DUTY THAT DAY.

RICK PEARSON DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING THROUGHOUT THE HEARINGS THAT WOULD GET A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS INCLUDING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?

>> I'M NOT A PROSECUTOR BUT CERTAINLY I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE, THAT ARE WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MERRICK GARLAND AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GIVEN WHAT THEY HAVE LAID OUT.

BUT LAST NIGHT WAS VERY COMPELLING WHERE YOU LOOK AT WHAT OCCURRED MINUTE BY MINUTE BASICALLY IN THOSE 178 MINUTES.

AND EVEN THE TWEETS THAT OCCURRED OF TRUMP BASICALLY GIVING UP HIS VICE-PRESIDENT TO THE CROWD, TO AN INSURRECTIONIST CROWD AFTER BEING URGED REPEATEDLY BY STAFF, HIS ATTORNEY AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY TO CALL THE PEOPLE OFF AND GET THEM OUT OF THERE.

DERELICTION OF DUTY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WE HAD KINZINGER AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE THAT CO-CHAIRED THAT MEETING BOTH VETERANS.

AND I THINK THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY POINTING OUT THE ISSUE OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF NOT DOING HIS DUTY.

>> AND SOME OF THE TESTIMONY LAST NIGHT REVEALED THE DETAIL REGARDING FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE FEARED FOR LIVES.

TALKING ABOUT MAKING FINAL PHONE CALLS.

CHILLING TESTIMONY.

LYNN SWEET THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE TIME PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW WORD THEY WILL COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER AND HOLD MORE HEARINGS.

WHAT WILL THEIR WORK FOCUS ON GOING FORWARD?

>> WELL, FIRST IT'S NOT THAT WE GOT IT WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE HEARING THEY ARE GOING TO SPEND AUGUST DOING MORE INVESTIGATIONS.

AND THE CO-CHAIR REPRESENTATIVE LIZ CHENEY SAID THAT THE DAM HAS BEEN BROKEN AND THERE IS SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION COMING THAT THEY WILL HAVE MORE HEARINGS IN THE FALL.

THEY FACE A HARD DEADLINE WHICH IS IN JANUARY IF AS EXPECTED THEY LOSE THE HOUSE.

SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO LOOK AT THIS AS A WHOLE.

EVEN THOUGH MANY MEMBERS SAID THERE'S PLENTY OF INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE THAT COULD SUPPORT A CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE JUDICIOUS OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO MOVE BEFORE THE HEARINGS ARE OVER TO HAVE THE FRUITS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION AS WELL AS THE INVESTIGATION THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING NOW.

TWO QUICK HIGHLIGHTS, IF YOU LISTEN TO NOTHING ELSE, LISTEN TO THE SUMMATION FROM LIZ CHENEY AND ADAM KINZINGER, LIZ CHENEY MADE SPECIFIC POINT THAT EVERY WITNESS IS A REPUBLICAN, THESE WERE NOT PEOPLE THAT WERE SWORN ENEMIES OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> AND THAT HELD TRUE LAST NIGHT SOME OF HIS INNER CIRCLE AND MOST HARDCORE LOYALISTS HAVE BEEN APPEARING AND OFFERING IN SOME CASES THE MOST DAMNING TESTIMONY.

LORRAINE FORTE, HAVE THESE HEARINGS KNOCKED DONALD TRUMP OFF THE PEDESTAL IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OR IS HE STILL THE PRESUMPTIVE FAVORITE TO WIN A NOMINATION IN 2024?

>> THE LATEST POLLS THAT I'VE SEEN I THINK SHOW THAT MAYBE PEOPLE ARE IN THE G.O.P.

ARE WILLING TO MOVE AWAY FROM HIM.

I'M SURE THERE IS A CERTAIN HARDCORE THAT JUST WILL NOT WHO STILL BELIEVE THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, WHO YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP.

IF THE SHIP EVER GOES DOWN.

I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH TRACTION MAYBE RON DE SANTIS CAN GET OR ONE OF THE OTHER FOLKS WHO MIGHT CONSIDER RUNNING.

BUT THEY HAVE RIO OWE THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

IF YOU HAVE NOT ABANDONED HIM BY NOW YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO.

>> LYNN SWEET AS IS THIS HAPPENING A BIPARTISAN BILL SURFACED TO DEAL WITH THE CHAOS THAT HAPPENED AROUND THE ELECTORAL CERTIFICATION IN 2020.

WHAT DOES THIS BILL DO?

AND SINCE IT IS SPONSORED BY MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES DOES IT HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF PASSAGE?

>> FATE UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER IS REALLY BEHIND IT.

BUT THE SHORT ANSWER TO WHAT IT DOES, THIS MEASURE IF PASSED BY CONGRESS, WOULD MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S ROLE IN FORMALIZING THE ELECTION IN THE COUNTING OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE BALLOTS IS CEREMONIAL AND THERE IS NO WAY A VICE-PRESIDENT NO MATTER WHO IT IS, CAN OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ALSO ON CAPITOL HILL THIS WEEK, HIGHLAND PARK MAYOR NANCY ROTERING APPEARED BEFORE A SENATE COMMITTEE TO TESTIFY ABOUT BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS NATIONALLY IN THE WAKE OF THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE MASSACRE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> WHILE I WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ALL OF THE MENTAL HEALTH EFFORTS AND THE SCHOOL HARDENING EFFORTS AND THE RED FLAG LAWS AND EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE IS TRYING TO DO AT THE BOTTOM LINE WE KNOW THAT MOVING FORWARD AS A COMMUNITY, MOVING FORWARD AS A NATION, WE NEED TO GET COMBAT WEAPONS OUT OF CIVILIAN HANDS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

IT'S STILL A NEW JOURNEY FOR ALL OF US.

IT WILL BE A LONG JOURNEY.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE NEED THE WEAPONS OUT OF CIVILIAN HANDS.

>> WELL SAID.

WELL SAID.

[APPLAUSE] >> MARIAH WOELFEL DESPITE THE PASSIONATE TESTIMONY IT WOULD APPEAR THERE IS NO APPETITE NATIONALLY FOR AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF A GUN BILL THAT THE PRESIDENT SIGNED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

WHAT ABOUT IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS?

WHAT WOULD ' ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN LOOK LIKE HERE?

AND IS THAT GAINING MOMENTUM?

>> THERE IS RENEWED MOMENTUM AT THE STATE LEVEL OBVIOUSLY AFTER WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT POTENTIAL SPECIAL SESSION FOR WEEKS NOW FROM GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HIM AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS CALLED FOR THAT AFTER ROE VS. WADE WAS OVERTURNED IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS ABORTION RIGHTS IN ILLINOIS.

AND THEN THAT KIND OF SHIFTED TO A POTENTIAL SPECIAL SESSION WITH A MUCH BROADER AGENDA INCLUDING AN ASSAULTS WEAPON BAN AND POTENTIALLY CHANGES TO THE STATE'S RED FLAG LAW AND OBVIOUSLY THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE WAY THAT THE SHOOTER IN THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING WAS ABLE TO LEGALLY SECURE MULTIPLE WEAPONS.

AND SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S SPECIFIC TIMING ON THAT.

I THINK AFTER HIGHLAND PARK, PRITZKER CAME OUT WITH A STATEMENT VOWING IN THE COMING 0 MONTHS TO HELD A SPECIAL SESSION.

IT DOES SEEM THERE'S MOMENTUM AT THE STATE LEVEL.

>> AND THE RED FLAG LAWS COMING INTO QUESTION AFTER WHAT HAPPENED.

RICK PEARSON I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

YOU WROTE ABOUT REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER DARREN BAILEY, STRUGGLING TO RAISE CASH.

GOING UP AGAINST J.B. PRITZKER WHO HAS UNLIMITED SUMS BECAUSE OF HIS PERM WEALTH.

BAILEY WAS THE RECIPIENT OF $9 MILLION FROM A BILLIONAIRE, DICK UIHLEIN, DO WE BELIEVE HE IS GOING TO OPEN UP HIS WALLET HERE?

OR WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR?

>> THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION.

NOT ONLY DID HE GIVE DARREN BAILEY ROUGHLY $9 MILLION HE GAVE $8 MILLION TO A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT WAS SUPPORTIVE OF BAILEY.

17 MILLION IS NOT AN INSUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT J.B. PRITZKER AND UNLIMITED ABLE TOI TO SPEND.

WE LEARNED TODAY MUCH OF THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION ADS THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT PROPPING UP DARREN BAILEY AS TOO EXTREME TORE ILLINOIS, PRITZKER GAVE THEM $24 MILLION ON TOP OF THE $30 MILLION IN SPENDING ON HIS OWN COMMERCIALS.

THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION.

WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM TO AT LEAST TRY TO MAKE DARREN BAILEY COMPETITIVE?

AND HE DOES NOT DESPITE THE FACT THAT REPUBLICANS HAD A UNITY DINNER IN RIVER NORTH LAST NIGHT, HE DOES NOT HAVE THE THE BACKING OF A LOT OF THE HOLD TIME MAINSTREAM BUSINESS REPUBLICANS WHO WERE THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE MONEY SUPPORT FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN ILLINOIS.

SO WE'LL SEE IF HE CAN GET THOSE AS WELL.

>> THEY DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE ON A LOT OF THINGS.

LYNN SWEET HAS GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION HE IS GOING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FLORIDA WHERE OS STEALTH BOMBERSIVELY HE GOT COVID HE IS TIPPING HIS TOE IN THE WATER FOR A POSSIBLE 2024 RUN.

HOW IS HE RECEIVED BY NATIONAL DEMOCRATS?

>> HE GETS GOOD PRESS.

EVERY STORY I'VE SEEN IS UPBEAT ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO SEE WHO MAY RUN IF JOE BIDEN DOES NOT AND KAMALA HARRIS DUSTIN CALLIARI'S.

DOESN'T RUN.

AND YOU HAVE GOVERNOR KNEW SOME ON A LONG -- NEWSOME ON A LONG LIST.

WHEN HE IS DOING THE TRIPS HE IS HELPING TO RAISE MONEY OFTEN IN THE EAST COAST TO RAISE MONEY FOR OTHER CANDIDATES, TOO.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY TO SAY IN THE CONTEXT HE IS PREPPING FOR A RUN, I THINK IS A TINY BIT MORE NUANCED HE IS POSITIONING HIMSELF TO BE IN POSITION WHICH IS A DIFFERENT THING.

>> POSITIONING HIMSELF TO BE IN POSITION.

LET'S MOVE TO CITY NEWS.

LORRAINE FORTE WE GOT THE NEWS A LONGTIME LINCOLN PARK ALDERWOMAN MICHELE SMITH IS GOING TO STEP DOWN EARLY SHE IS NOT GOING TO RUN AGAIN.

SMITH JOINS, CAPPLEMAN AND OSTERMAN, AND MICHAEL SCOTT.

IS THERE SOMETHING BIG GOING ON HERE?

IS THERE A SEA CHANGE HAPPENING FOR A REASON IN CITY COUNCIL?

>> WELL, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THE MAYOR'S RACE COULD BUST OPEN.

YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE DECLARING.

RAY LOPEZ AND OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY WANT TO RUN.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIGNING AS ALDERMAN ARE PLANNING TO RUN FOR MAYOR THEMSELVES.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOB THAT MAYBE AFTER THREE, FOUR, FIVE TERMS YOU'VE BEEN IN THERE A LONGTIME.

MAYBE YOU ARE READY TO MOVE ON.

>> AND THAT'S CERTAINLY THE SENTIMENT THAT ALDERWOMAN SMITH PRESENTED.

MARIAH WOELFEL, SO THE MAYOR'S GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SELECT ANOTHER REPLACEMENT HERE.

ARE THERE NAMES BUBBLING UP AS A FAVORITE?

>> OH, I THINK THERE ARE NAMES BUBBLING UP.

NONE THAT I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO SERIOUSLY LOOK INTO.

THE NEWS BROKE YESTERDAY BUT SHE DID ANNOUNCE THE PROCESS.

AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS SHE ANNOUNCED FOR MICHAEL SCOTT.

AND FOR PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON WHERE SHE IS GOING TO CREATE A SELECTION COMMITTEE WITH THE HELP OF THE ALDERMANIC WARD OFFICE IN THE 43rd WARD THAT WILL HOPE THAT WHOEVER APPLIES FOR THE JOB.

THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 43rd WARD IS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS ASKING CONSTITUENTS WHAT ISSUES THEY CARE ABOUT THAT THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR ALDERPERSON.

[INAUDIBLE] SOUTH SIDE WARDS.

BUT YOU KNOW, 43rd WARD CONSTITUENTS ACCORDING TO MICHELE SMITH ARE ENGAGED.

I EXPECT THERE TO BE A LONG LIST OF APPLICANTS AS THERE WERE IN THE 11TH WARD AND THE 24TH WARD AND SHE HAS 60 DAYS TO APPOINT A REPLACEMENT AFTER MICHELE SMITH'S LAST DAY WHICH IS AUGUST 12TH.

SO SOMETIME IN OCTOBER BY OCTOBER IN THE MIDST OF THE MAYORAL RACE AND ALDERMANIC RACES A MONTH BEFORE PETITIONS ARE DUE.

PETITIONS WILL BE CIRCULATING AROUND THAT TIME.

>> AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

MARIAH WOELFEL, THERE WAS A LOT THIS WEEK FIRST PLAN TO LOOSEN THE SPEED LIMITS THAT PRODUCE SPEED CAMERA TICKETS THAT WAS GOING TO BE A POKE IN THE EYE AT THE MAYOR.

IT FAILED.

HOW COME?

>> I THINK SEVERAL ALDERMEN WHO WERE INITIALLY OF THE MINDSET THAT THIS IS A CASH GRAB, THE MAYOR WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CONVINCE THEM AS WE SAW THIS HAS BEEN DELAYED AGAIN AND AGAIN BY MAYORAL ALLIES AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS SOMETHING THEN YOU ARE GOING TO DELAY IT UNTIL YOU THINK YOU DO.

I THINK SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING CALLS IN THE PAST MONTH TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE RIGHT NOW TO WHAT SHE CALLS EFFECTIVELY RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT.

OBVIOUSLY THE SPEED LIMIT HAS STAYED THE SAME AT 30-MILES-PER-HOUR.

IT IS A MATTER OF WHAT WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT AUTOMATICALLY TICKETING THEM.

>> THIS WAS A HUGE FIGHT FOR THE MAYOR.

THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO CHARGE DRIVERS FOR GOING 6 TO 9 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN IN THE LAW FOR MANY YEARS.

LIGHTFOOT WAS THE FIRST MAYOR TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN HER 2021 AND IT'S BROUGHT IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SINCE THE BUDGET.

IT WESTBOUND A HUGE BUDGET GAP AND IT WOULD HAVE HAD -- PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PUSHED HER TO ISSUE HER FIRST EVER VETO AS MAYOR.

AND OPEN HERSELF TO BEING OVERRIDDEN IN THE COUNCIL BY TWO-THIRDS VOTE.

>> IT WAS CLEAR, TOO, FROM SOME OF THE ALDERPEOPLE'S STATEMENTS THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH PEDESTRIANS GETTING HIT BY CARS AND BICYCLISTS GETTING HIT BY CARS AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LOOK ON THE WRONG SIDE OF IT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO BE PERMISSIVE FOR CARS TO GO FASTER.

AND RICK PEARSON NASCAR ANNOUNCES ITS BRINGING THE FIRST-EVER ROAD RACE TO CHICAGO RIGHT AROUND GRANT PARK.

IN 2023.

OBVIOUSLY DOWNTOWN ALDERMEN ARE MAD ABOUT THIS.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH CITY COUNCIL FIRST?

DOES THE MAYOR HAVE THE POWER TO STRIKE A DEAL LIKE THAT?

>> WELL IT IS A SPECIAL EVENTS DEAL LIKE YOU SEE LOLLAPALOOZA OR THOSE THINGS.

I FIND IT IRONIC THE OPTICS HERE YOU HAVE THE ISSUE OF COUNCILMEMBERS ACTIVELY WORKING TO TRY TO COMBAT THINGS LIKE DRAG RACING AND TAKING OVER STREETS BY SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WITH BARS.

AND BY THE WAY, LOOK HERE WE'RE GOING TO BRING NASCAR THROUGH CHICAGO.

I JUST THINK THE OPTICS ARE SO STRANGE.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A TOURISM, MONEY RAISING EVENT.

IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

BECAUSE NASCAR CULTURE DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT KIND OF CHICAGO LIBERAL CULTURE.

IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING MELDING OF THE MINDS AS THAT TAKES PLACE.

>> NASCAR SAYING THEY WANT TO EXPAND THEIR AUDIENCE AND COME TO A MARKET LIKE CHICAGO AND SEE IF THEY HAVE VIEWERS.

LORRAINE FORTE, DO YOU THINK THE PUBLIC IS OK WITH THIS?

DO THEY NOT MIND GRANT PARK BEING SHUTDOWN FOR AT LEAST A WEEKEND HERE?

IT'S SHUTDOWN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS DURING LOLLAPALOOZA OR ARE IS THERE GOING TO BE AN UPRISING?

>> IT'S INTERESTING TO ASK THAT BECAUSE IN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WE'RE GETTING BOTH SIDES.

THE LETTERS WE'RE SEEING AT "THE SUN TIMES" BOTH SIDES PEOPLE SAYING YEAH, IT'S GOING TO RAISE MONEY, CHICAGO IS THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO KEEP DOING NEW THINGS.

AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE SAYING WHY ARE YOU BRINGING THIS NOISE TO CHICAGO?

WHY ARE YOU BRINGING THIS?

YOU ARE GOING TO SHUTDOWN THE PARK.

RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE SPLIT IN BOTH CAMPS.

I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW SMOOTHLY IT GOES AND IF IT BRINGS IN A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, THEN THE CITY MAKES OUT.

>> FOR HOSTING.

>> THIS WEEK, AN ETHICS PACKAGE PASSED IT WAS WATERED DOWN AFTER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT GOT HER HANDS ON IT.

WHAT PASSED NN WHAT DID THE MAYOR CHIP AWAY AT IN THIS PACKAGE?

>> THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE I GUESS TWO LIKE MAIN PROVISIONS.

ONE THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE FINAL DRAFT.

ONE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED ALDERMEN WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR A STAKE IN A MATTER BEING DEBATED OR VOTED ON ON THE COUNCIL FROOR TO PHYSICALLY LEAVE ANY MEETING ROOM DURING THAT VOTE AND DURING THAT DEBATE.

THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO DO THAT UNDER THE PROVISION THAT PASSED.

INSTEAD THEY HAVE TO WITHIN 24 HOURS DISCLOSE THE DETAILS OF THEIR CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS WHICH WILL PUBLISH THE DETAILS.

THAT WAS WATERED DOWN.

AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER PROVISION THAT WOULD HAVE EXPANDED CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION CAPS OF $1500 TO NOT ONLY CONTRACTORS WITH THE CITY AND SISTER AGENCIES BUT SUBCONTRACTORS WHICH YOU KNOW, MANY GOOD GOVERNMENT FOLKS ALLEGE IS WHERE THE DARK MONEY COMES FROM IN CAMPAIGNS.

AND HOW CONTRACTORS GET AROUND CAMPAIGN CASH IS BY USING SUBCONTRACTORS TO CONTRIBUTE.

THAT WAS [INAUDIBLE] >> AND LYNN SWEET THIS WAS THE HALLMARK OF LIGHTFOOT'S REASON FOR RUNNING FOR ELECTION FOR MAYOR BRINGING THE LIGHT, TRANSPARENCY, AND HERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF REPORTING THAT SOME OF THESE WATERED DOWN CHANGES MIGHT BENEFIT OF HER ALLIES THAT FACE HOT WATER.

IS THIS PROBLEMATIC GIVEN THAT HER BRAND WAS TRANSPARENCY?

>> NO.

AT THE MOMENT, NO.

AND THE REASON I SAY IT IS THAT NONE OF HER RIVALS HAVE ANY WAR CHEST.

IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT FUNDRAISING EXCEPT FOR WILLIE WILSON.

NO ONE HAS RESOURCES RIGHT NOW.

SO TO THINK THIS ONE ISSUE WOULD MAKE OR BREAK IT FOR THE MAYOR, I THINK IS A LITTLE UNREALISTIC AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A CAMPAIGN OVER ETHICS, I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF EVERYBODY WHO IS IN THE RUNNING COULD SURVIVE THAT EXTRA SCRUTINY THEY MAY GET.

THE FIELD IS IN FLUX, IT IS NOT SET.

IT IS IN A LONGTIME.

AS ISSUES GO, THIS MAY NOT BE ONE THAT IS PROFOUND ENOUGH TO BE A DEFINING ISSUE IN THE MAYORAL RACE.

>> IT MAY NOT BE A DEFINING RACE BUT IT WAS IN 2019 SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE YOU HAD ED BURKE INDICTED RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME.

>> THAT IS DIFFERENT.

HAVING ONE ALDERMAN ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION IS DIFFERENT THAN HAVING SETTING THE TABLE WITH A MENU OF ETHICAL ISSUES INCLUDING GOING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, STRAW DONORS.

BURKE WHO IS STILL ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL RUN FOR REELECTION EVEN THOUGH IS INDICTED.

IS IN A CATEGORY OF HIS OWN.

>> HE PROBABLY WON'T BE ONE OF THE ALDERPEOPLE STEPPING DOWN.

WE'LL WAIT AND SEE.

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