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

I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER MEANT TO SAFEGUARD SOME ABORTION ACCESS.

>> WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXTREMIST ELEMENTS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO TAKE AWAY FREEDOMS AND OUR PERSONAL AUTONOMY.

>> THE EXECUTIVE ORDER CAN PRO BONO ATTORNEYS TO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO PROVIDERS.

AND DIRECTS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PRIVACY RELATED TO REPRODUCTIVE CARE AND TASKS THE HELMUT JAHN AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY.

IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH CRITICS SAY.

THERE IS NO DIRECT FUNDING TO STATES LIKE ILLINOIS WHERE ABORTIONS REMAIN LEGAL AND ARE ALREADY SEEING INCREASED DEMAND.

>> DROP-OFF BALLOT BOXES ARE ALLOWED IN ILLINOIS INDEFINITELY COME ELECTION TIME.

NOT SO IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF WISCONSIN.

THE HIGH COURT ISSUED A RULING THAT LARGELY BANS BALLOT DROP BOXES.

AND VOTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LET SOMEONE ELSE TURN IN THEIR COMPLETED BALLOT.

>> IT'S CHICAGO'S FIRST TIME HOSTING THE WNBA ALL-STAR GAME.

FAN ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE THEIR FAVORITE BASKETBALL PLAYERS HIT THE COURT OF THE HOME OF THE CHICAGO SKY THIS WEEKEND.

CANDACE PARKER IS STARTING AND SKY COACH JAMES WADE IS COACHING THE OPPOSING TEAM.

SEVERAL OTHER SKY PLAYERS ARE RESERVES.

THE SKILLS COMPETITION IS TOMORROW AT 2:00 P.M. AND THE GAME SUNDAY AT NOON.

WNBA STAR BRITNEY GRINNER WILL NOT BE PRESENT SHE IS STUCK IN RUSSIA WHERE SHE FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES.

YESTERDAY SHE PLEADED GUILTY AND TOLD THE COURT SHE ACCIDENTALLY PACKED THE CANNABIS OIL IN HER LUGGAGE.

HER WIFE STOOD WITH PLAYERS IN CHICAGO AND CRITICIZED U.S. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO FREE BRITNEY BUT SHE SAYS SHE NOW UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES GIVEN RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS HER FULL SUPPORT.

>> SO I'M GRATEFUL AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT BG VOTED FOR TOOK THE TIME TO SEE HER AS A PERSON IN THE MIDST OF WHAT SHE IS GOING THROUGH AND TO SPEAK TO ME DIRECTLY AND LET ME KNOW THEY ARE EXHAUSTING ALL EFFORTS TO BRING HER HOME.

>> AND NOW TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL.

JOINING US ARE GREG PRATT OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

MADISON MULLER OF BLOOMBERG NEWS.

LYNN SWEET OF THE "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES" AND RAVI BAICHWAL OF ABC7 CHICAGO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN A VERY TOUGH WEEK.

STARTING THE DISCUSSION TRACING BACK TO MONDAY WHEN A TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE DESCENDED INTO TRAGIC CHAOS.

SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED WHEN A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN ALLEGEDLY OPENED FIRE USING A LEGALLY PURCHASED MILITARY-GRADE ASSAULT RIFLE.

NOW, LYNN, YOU WERE AT THAT PARADE.

TELL US BRIEFLY WHAT HAPPENED?

>> I WAS THERE IN MY CIVILIAN CAPACITY.

MY SISTER AND FAMILY LIVES IN HIGHLAND PARK.

I CONSIDER IT IN THE SENSE MY ADOPTED HOMETOWN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND EVERYBODY HAS COMPELLING STORIES THAT WAS THERE.

IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PARADE AND I SAW THE FLOATS STARTING.

I SAW A SEA OF PEOPLE MOVING TOWARDS ME.

SOMEONE TOLD ME SHOTS WERE FIRED AND THEY WERE RUNNING IN THE GARAGE NEARBY I MADE MY WAY OVER TO CENTRAL AVENUE PARADE AREA THE MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN AND I SAW SADLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED IS THAT A SHOOTING SPREE HAD WOUNDED MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO I SAW AND CERTAINLY I SAW HAD KILLED OTHERS.

>> LYNN, SO FRIGHTENING.

YOU COVERED A LOT IN YOUR CAREER AS A JOURNALIST AND IT'S DIFFERENT TO BE AT THE HEART OF THINGS.

MADISON, YOU ALSO GREW UP IN THE HIGHLAND PARK AREA.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT IS LITERALLY IN THE MOVIES STANDING IN AS AN ALL AMERICAN SUBURB.

LET'S TALK, PLEASE, ABOUT SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY WHO DID LOSE THEIR LIVES ON MONDAY.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE VICTIMS?

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME.

I MEAN, I HAVE COVERED GUN VIOLENCE AND COVERED MASS SHOOTINGS.

AND IT WAS DIFFERENT TO ACTUALLY BE HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THE VICTIMS IN MONDAY'S SHOOTING SORT OF FROM FAMILY NETWORKS AND FRIENDS.

GETTING CALLED AND TEXTS, PEOPLE HAVING TO CANCEL THINGS YOU HAD PLANNED.

EVERYONE IS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS OR HAD A FAMILY MEMBER IN THE HOSPITAL.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WHILE I DID NOT HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY OF THE VICTIMS, IT IS THE VICTIMS ARE MY MOM'S FRIEND'S UNCLE OR MY COUSIN'S FRIEND'S GRANDFATHER AND THEY ARE ALL A MEMBER OF OUR CONGREGATION OUR SYNAGOGUE HERE IN GLEN SO, NORTH SHORE CONGREGATION ISRAEL.

IT FEELS VERY PERSONAL.

EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY IS SO TIGHT-KNIT.

AND IT JUST EVERYONE HERE FEELS LIKE FAMILY.

SO TO BE HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THESE VICTIMS AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T KILLED, BUT ARE INJURED OR ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL IT IS DEFINITELY TAKING A TOLL ON EVERYONE HERE.

>> MADISON, THERE WERE NO CHILDREN WHO WERE FATALLY SHOT BUT CERTAINLY STILL VICTIMS INCLUDING AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WHO IS HOSPITALIZED SHOT IN THE SPINE S THERE ANY UPDATE YOU CAN GIVE ON HIS CONDITION OR THE OTHERS STILL HOSPITALIZED?

>> YEAH, THE "GOFUNDME" PAGE WHICH IS VERIFIED PAGE FOR COOPER ROBERTS WAS UPDATED YESTERDAY.

THAT DOCTORS DID CONFIRM HE IS NOW PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.

AND THEIR NEXT STEPS WERE TAKING HIM OFF THE VENTILATOR AND TRYING TO GET HIM TO BREATHE ON HIS OWN NOW.

THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING.

HIS MOM WAS SHOT AND HAD TO UNDERGO MULTIPLE SURGERIES.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE DON'T THINK ABOUT WITH MASS SHOOTINGS IS SORT OF THE LIFELONG MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS THAT PEOPLE FACE, THE TRAUMA, THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS THERE IS A LOT THIS COMMUNITY WILL BE DEALING WITH NOW FOR A LONGTIME.

>> AND WAS SOMEBODY GOING TO PIPE UP THERE?

>> RAVI, CAN YOU GIVE US THE LATEST ON THE SUSPECT?

HE WAS IN BOND COURT THIS WEEK.

WHAT IS HE FACING FOR THE ALLEGED CRIMES?

>> WELL, HE'S CHARGED WITH ALL THE MURDERS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW HE GOT THIS GUN.

WHAT WERE THE PARAMETERS AROUND GUN LEGISLATION IN ILLINOIS.

GUN LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWED HIM TO DO THIS.

TO GET AHOLD OF THESE GUNS.

THE INVESTIGATION ABOUT WHETHER HE WAS ACTUALLY ON HIS WAY TO CARRY OUT ANOTHER SIMILAR ATTACK IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.

AND THERE'S ALSO HIS FATHER'S OUT THERE SAYING HE IS SOMEBODY WHO SIGNED OFF AND GAVE A CONSENT TO THIS YOUNG MAN GETTING HIS FOID CARD EARLIER AND BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE GUNS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION IF HE IS CONVICTED OF THE MURDERS HE IS CHARGED WITH HE WILL BE SPENDING THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE.

IT'S THAT STARK.

>> THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SAYING MORE CHARGES COMING.

>> YES, EXACTLY.

>> SORRY.

I WAS JUST ON THAT, ON THE GOOD POINTS ABOUT THE OPEN QUESTIONS THAT YOU RAISED IT'S ASTONISHING THAT THIS MAN WAS ABLE TO -- YOUNG MAN WAS ABLE TO GET THE RIFLE AFTER THEY CALLED THE POLICE AND SAID HE HAD SAID HE WAS GOING TO KILL EVERYONE IN AN INCIDENT AT HOME.

THEY PUT HIM ON A LIST THAT IS SUPPOSED TO RAISE RED FLAGS.

AND THEY DIDN'T WORK.

AND THERE'S BEEN COVERAGE OF IT PARTICULARLY IN THE TRIBUNE HOW THE RED FLAG LAWS AND THE FOID LAWS THESE RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE IN ILLINOIS, I DON'T REALLY WORK THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

AND THAT SHOULD REMAIN A FOCUS AS WELL FOR ALL OF US OF HOW TO PREVENT THIS ONGOING, OCCURRING AMERICAN TRAGEDY OF COMMUNITIES BEING TERRORIZED BY PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE WEAPONS.

>> A WEEKLY TRAGEDY THAT IS BEING POINTED OUT BY THE GOVERNOR.

THIS IS A WEEKLY TRAGEDY AND PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

>> THERE'S ALSO A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE GUN VIOLENCE HAPPENING ALL THE TIME IN CHICAGO AND ONE MUST NOT FORGET THERE ARE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES THROUGH OUR R OUT OUR AREA BECAUSE OF GUN VIOLENCE.

AND GREG TO BUILD ON YOUR POINT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COVERAGE HOW HE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE STRONG RED FLAG LAWS.

BUT IN THE END WE STILL HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS HOWEVER HE GOT THERE, WHATEVER HE SLIPPED IN AND THE FATHER ENDED UP SIGNING, PERMISSION UNDER AGE SON YOU STILL END AT THE UP THAT THE MAN WANTED TO GO BUY AND SOUGHT WEAPON.

THERE WAS AN ASSAULT WEAPON LEGALLY AVAILABLE TO BE BOUGHT.

AND I THINK WHEN POLICY MAKERS IN SPRINGFIELD, WASHINGTON, WHEREVER WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THIS, ONLY THE LATEST HORRIBLE MASS KILLING THE POLITICAL AND THE GOVERNMENT AND POLICY WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE AVAILABILITY OF GUNS OUT OF THE EQUATION TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF GUN VIOLENCE.

>> I WANT TO GET AND DRILL DOWN R DOWN INTO THE ISSUES.

RAVI IT IS CLEAR THAT GUN VIOLENCE AND MASS SHOOTINGS CAN AND DO HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

THERE'S NO COMMUNITY THAT IS IMMUNE FROM IT.

AND CHICAGO, OF COURSE, SEEING ITS OWN CONSTANT GUN VIOLENCE INCLUDING MASS SHOOTINGS.

AND JUST OVER THE BORDER IN GARY, INDIANA, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY THERE WAS A MASS SHOOTING AT AN INDEPENDENCE DAY BLOCK PARTY CELEBRATION.

WHAT IS IT THAT HAS SO CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF PEOPLE NATIONWIDE, GLOBALLY ON THIS INCIDENT?

>> WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE IS YET AGAIN ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE AS YOU SAY THIS CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE THAT NOBODY IS SAFE IN ONE SENSE.

THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY.

THAT MORNING I WAS SCHEDULED TO DO THE LATER SHOWS THAT AFTERNOON AND THAT EVENING.

IN THE MORNING I WAS GETTING MY FAMILY READY TO MARCH IN THE EVANSTON PARADE.

AND IT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME THING AS HIGHLAND PARK.

WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF THEM.

AND THE WORD CAME DOWN THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS PARADE WASN'T GOING TO GO AHEAD.

SAME WITH SKOKIE AND A RANGE OF THING THAT HAPPENED.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, THERE WAS AN IDEA BECAUSE OF THE PROVISION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF THE WEAPONS OF WAR, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT THEM POLITICALLY, THAT PEOPLE OF A DIFFERENT MINDSET, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THESE THINGS.

THERE IS ABILITY TO PERHAPS ACCESS THEM AND HAVE A CATHARTIC MOMENT WITH THEM FOR WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING THROUGH IN THEIR LIFE.

AND WHAT THAT DID IT CREATED A SENSE IN A NEW WAY THIS LITERALLY COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

I WILL BE VERY CLEAR.

I'VE BEEN OFF FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT FOR A WALK AROUND TOWN AND MY FAMILY AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THAT?

>> SECOND-GUESSING PARTS OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IN A WAY THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS ON THE REGULAR BASIS ON THE NEWS IN THE BROADER CITY OF CHICAGO.

THIS HIT HOME AGAIN AND AS THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID THIS IS BECOMING A WEEKLY OCCURRENCE AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AND FEELS LIKE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS IS INSANITY.

>> AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE PEOPLE HAVE DESCRIBED IT AND HAPPENING ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

>> GREG YOU MENTIONED THIS...

THE SUSPECT DID HAVE SEVERAL GUNS ALL LEGALLY OBTAINED DESPITE HIGHLAND PARK POLICE HAVING SEVERAL ENCOUNTERS IN 2019 WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER WITH HIS FAMILY.

A THREAT TO KILL.

HELP US MAKE SENSE HOW WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE RECORD CAN AN INDIVIDUAL LEGALLY BE ABLE TO GET A FIRE OWNERS IDENTIFICATION CARD?

ISN'T THAT THE POINT OF THE BACKGROUND CHECKS?

>> THEY SAID HE DID NOT HAVE A GUN YET.

WHEN THEY MADE THAT REPORT SO THERE WAS NOTHING TO REVOKE.

AND I SUSPECT QUITE STRONGLY THAT THE STATE POLICE DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.

THE STATE POLICE DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GO BACK AND DO ON A FULL EVALUATION OF EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION SHOULD BE CONCERNING.

IT SHOULD BE HIGHLY CONCERNING OF HOW THAT WORKS BECAUSE WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN ALMOST ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD AND CERTAINLY EVERYPLACE IN THE WESTERN WORLD IS THAT ANYBODY ON THIS PANEL EVEN CAN GO OUT AND GET A MILITARY STYLE WEAPON THAT IS DESIGNED SOLELY TO KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE QUICKLY AND YOU GO OUT AND IF YOU ARE AN EVIL PERSON OR A TWISTED PERSON OR A SICK PERSON YOU GO OUT AND TERRORIZE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE NEVER MET OR YOU DON'T KNOW AND YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

AND IT GOES BACK TO THE VERY STRONG GUN CULTURE THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTRY EVEN IN BLUE STATES WHERE PEOPLE ARE UNWILLING TO COMPROMISE ABOUT WEAPONS OF WAR THOUGH WE HAD ONE FOR A DECADE AND AASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THAT WAS NATIONAL.

IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE POLITICS OF THAT HAVE SHIFTED.

>> I WANT TO SAY ONE THING I AM HEARING FROM PEOPLE AROUND WHOM I LIVE AND PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE IS THAT THE IRON INFIELD THIS THING AND MAYBE IT UNDERLINES WHAT HIGHLAND PARK HAS DONE AND GET A LOAD OF THIS HIGHLAND PARK NOW ENTERED THE VERNACULAR OF UVALDE, SANDY HOOK IT HAS THAT BRAND AWFUL BLOODY BRAND EQUITY ABOUT A PLACE WHERE A TRAGEDY HAPPENED.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY DON'T FEEL FREE.

THEY DON'T FEEL FREE TO WALK IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD WHETHER IT IS A BLUE STATE OR RED STATE OR MORE LIBERAL THAN OTHER PLACES WHATEVER.

THE IRONY IS THAT FREEDOM IS BEING LOST IN THE MINDS OF AVERAGE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE DON'T THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT MUCH.

THAT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.

>> AND HIGHLAND PARK A PLACE WITH A CLASSICALLY LOW CRIME RATE BUT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS FEELING LIKE THAT EVERYDAY.

I THINK THIS GETS TO HOW CENTRAL THIS IS GOING TO BE TO THE POLITICAL DYNAMIC IN THE ELECTION YEAR.

ON MONDAY, WHILE THE SUSPECT WAS STILL AT LARGE, THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR WEIGHING IN ON THIS THAT STATE SENATOR DARREN BAILEY POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA HIS OWN CAMPAIGN VIDEO OFFERING PRAYERS BEFORE SAYING IT WAS TIME TO QUOTE MOVE ON AND CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY.

HE HAS APOLOGIZED.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO BAILEY'S LATEST APOLOGY.

>> I'M A FATHER.

I'M A GRANDFATHER.

AND CINDY AND I ARE HEARTBROKEN FOR THESE FAMILIES.

THE THOUGHT THAT MY INITIAL RESPONSE COULD HAVE CAUSED MORE PAIN IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT.

AND I'M SORRY.

>> COULD HAVE CAUSED MORE PAIN?

LYNN, DID IT?

WHAT DYNAMIC DOES THIS MEAN OR DOES IT CHANGE AT ALL THE GOVERNOR'S RACE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

PEOPLE MAKE POSSIBLY I'M JUST GUESSING, I HAVE NOT REPORTED IT OUT, MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF ANYTHING HE SAID AT THE TIME.

PEOPLE WERE BUSY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

BUT HERE IS THE POINT...

THERE ARE NOW TWO BIG PLATFORMS THAT J.B. PRITZKER HAS TO RUN ON.

AND ONE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS ABORTION MANY AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE WHICH IS PUTTING CURBS ON ACCESSIBILITY TO GUNS PARTICULARLY ASSAULT WEAPON BANS.

J.B. PRITZKER WAS INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON MONDAY WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A CEREMONY MARKING WHAT WAS SEEN AS A HISTORIC AND IS A HISTORIC MEASURE THAT A HOUSE AND THAT PASSED WITH SOME GUN CURBS.

AMAZING ANYTHING GOT DONE BUT THAT WAS AFTER UVALDE AND BUFFALO.

AND THE COMMANDER IN HIGHLAND PARK WHO OVERSAW THE RESPONSE WILL BE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, TOO.

BUT WHAT YOU HAVE WITH THIS DARREN BAILEY EVEN WITH THE APOLOGY IS THAT YOU'VE JUST CREATED ADS FOR THE PRITZKER CAMPAIGN AND HIS ALLIES TO MAKE AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT PRITZKER'S ON ONE END OF THIS AND ANYONE -- HE ALSO CAMPAIGNED SHOWING PICTURES WITH HIM WITH AN AS A RESULT WEAPON.

>> HE SAYS ILLINOIS DOESN'T NEED MORE GUN LAWS BUT ENFORCE THE ONES.

AND FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.

MADISON IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER FROM A MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE AS WE'RE COVERING THE MASS SHOOTINGS?

>> THIS IS ALL SOMETHING I'VE REPORTED ON AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE IN RECENT DAYS.

AND EVERY COUNTRY HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

BUT THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS JUST ACCESS TO GUNS.

YOU HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE YOU CAN GO GET A GUN.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE YOU CAN GO GET A GUN.

IT'S SO EASY IN THIS COUNTRY.

AS A HEALTH REPORTER, SOMETHING I'VE REPORTED ON IS THE FACT THAT GUN VIOLENCE AND GUNSHOT WOUNDS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS UNDER THE AGE OF 19 AND FOR AMERICANS UNDER THE AGE OF 44.

THEY ARE AMONG THE FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH.

IT'S CLEAR THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

AND IT'S NOT REALLY TALKED ABOUT IN THAT LENS.

IT'S USUALLY TALKED ABOUT IN MORE OF THE POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE.

BUT I THINK MORE AND MORE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THIS CONVERSATION MOVE TOWARDS THE FACT THAT THIS IS LIKE WE'VE SAID A WEEKLY OCCURRENCE A DAILY OCCURRENCE.

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE OF GUN VIOLENCE IT NEEDS THE FRAMEWORK NEEDS TO CHANGE HOW WE'RE THINK BEING THIS.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND GOING FORWARD.

>> WE CAN'T FULLY ERASE THE POLITICS.

LYNN NOTED THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF THIS ISSUE SAYING HE IS ANGRY PROMISING ACTION.

GREG, HE HAS BEEN IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, DEMOCRATS HAVE SUPER MAJORS IN BOTH CHAMBERS AND YET STALLED MEASURES THAT WOULD BAN IN ILLINOIS ASSAULT WEAPONS.

WHAT IS THE HOLD-UP?

WILL THIS INCIDENT CHANGE THINGS?

>> WELL, YOU WOULD THINK WITH IT BEING AN ELECTION YEAR AND HAVING ENORMOUS POWER IF THEY WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING THEY CAN CHANGE SOMETHING.

THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAS GOT IN A LOT OF KUDOS ESPECIALLY FROM HIS SIDE OF THE AISLE HOW HE HAS RESPONDED TO THE HIGHLAND PARK MASSACRE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPARED IT TO FAVORABLY TO HIM AND JOE BIDEN THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT SHOWN ENOUGH PASSION.

I'M ALWAYS LEARY HOW MUCH WILL BE WORDS AND HOW MUCH WILL BE ACTION.

ARE WE GOING TO FIX THE ISSUES WITH THE FOID AND THE RED FLAG?

ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN ILLINOIS SO THAT JOE SMO CANNOT GET A RIVAL OF RIFLE?

I DON'T KNOW.

>> WE WILL KNOW SOON ENOUGH BECAUSE THERE'S TALK OF A SPECIAL SESSION.

SO -- >> WHAT DOES IT SAY IT TAKES SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO SPUR CHANGE?

>> IT'S BEYOND WORDS, OF COURSE.

SHOULD WE HAVE A -- I ONLY LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK.

THE REALITY IS THE REALITY.

I AM NOT HERE TO MAKE ANY PRONOUNCEMENTS WHAT IT SAYS FOR SOCIETY.

IF I HAVE ONE OBSERVATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLICY, IS THAT YOU CANNOT TAKE GUNS OUT OF THE EQUATION AND WHEN THE DAY CAME THIS MAN HAD THE ABILITY AND THE AVAILABILITY, AVAILABILITY AND ABILITY TO BUY A GUN LEGALLY.

IF THE GUN WAS -- IF THIS MILITARY STYLE WEAPON WAS NOT FOR SALE HE MIGHT HAVE STILL HAD A WEAPON AND MURDERED SOME PEOPLE.

INJURED SOME PEOPLE.

BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A MASS SLAUGHTER.

>> AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT TO CHANGE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL?

>> IF THE SENATE -- YOU NEED IT SO.

THE HOUSE WILL PASS SOMETHING IN THE COMING WEEKS AND ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN TO HAVE PEOPLE ON RECORD DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE HOUSE UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION AND THE SENATE HAD A CRITICAL NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS TO GET THIS NEGOTIATED DEAL MADE AND IF THE UVALDE AND BUFFALO SLAUGHTERS IN MAY DID NOT MOVE THE SENATORS, IT'S HARD TO BE OPTIMISTIC ANOTHER MASS SLAYING IF IT DIDN'T DO IT.

BUT HOLD ON EVERYONE IT STILL IS HISTORIC BECAUSE WHAT WAS PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW WHAT WILL BE MARKED BY THE WHITE HOUSE ON MONDAY, IS THE FIRST TIME IN SOME 30 YEARS THERE IS ANY MOVEMENT AT ALL.

>> MEANWHILE WE'VE SEEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ALSO RECEIVING EXPLICIT THREATS INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN KINZINGER WHO RELEASED VOICE MAILS AND TO SAY THEY WERE MEAN IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT THEY WERE PROFANE AND THREATS.

RAVI IS THIS POLITICS AS USUAL OR HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO TELL YOU, I CAME HERE FROM CANADA.

I COME FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS.

BUT I THINK THERE IS A CHANGE.

I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OPENLY TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF AROUND THE 2024 ELECTION.

THERE IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO TAKE THINGS TOO FAR WHO DON'T AGREE WITH THE OTHER SIDE AND FEEL THEY NEED TO RESORT TO NON-DEMOCRATIC MEANS TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS.

BUT I FEAR FOR THIS COUNTRY.

AND I CHOSE THIS COUNTRY.

I TALK TO EVERYBODY IN THIS WHO IS WATCHING THE SHOW AND ON OUR STATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR WORLD.

LET'S HEAR FROM THE COUNTRY BECAUSE I WONDER IF PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT DEMOCRACY AND HOW WE DO THINGS THROUGH THE RULE OF LAW AND INSTITUTIONS IS AT STAKE.

AND I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY MUCH WORRIED ABOUT THIS AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ADAM KINZINGER AND LIZ CHENEY AND OTHERS TRYING TO GET TO THE TRUTH, WHICH IS WHY WE ALL GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS, IS A CANARY IN THE COAL MINE?

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE HAVE GOT A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO WHAT IS CONSIDERED A LOYAL OPPOSITION AND THE OIL OPPOSITION IS NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO WHAT IS SUPPOSEDLY THE OUTCOME OF WHAT PEOPLE VOTED FOR.

I WORRY ABOUT THAT.

I WORRY ABOUT THAT A LOT.

>> AND THAT WILL BE OUR LAST WORD.

SO MUCH ELSE GOING ON.

THE ONCE ALL MIGHTSY DALEY FAMILY SEEING ONE SENTENCED TO PRISON AND THE UNVEILING OF NEW DOMED SOLDIER FIELD BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

FOR TONIGHT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO GREG PRATT, MADISON MULLER, LYNN SWEET AND RAVI BAICHWAL.

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

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:00 P.M. FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES".

THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" AT 6:30.

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

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

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE, ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THAT.

AND GOOD NIGHT.

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