[♪♪♪] >> 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 FIRST SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CITY COUNCIL CRITICS BLOCKED THE PLAN TO GIVE CIVILIANS RATHER THAN THE MAYOR OVER THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ALDERPERSON INTRODUCED A REVISED VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE BUT TALIAFERRO SAYS THE CHANGE CAME TOO LAST-MINUTE.

>> THAT REPRESENTS A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS BY ADVOCATES FOR THIS WITH A LOT OF GIVING AND TAKING.

>> THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S ORDINANCE THAT YOU GUYS WANTED ME TO BRING TO VOTE FOR QUITE A LONGTIME >> A RAUCOUS MEETING ENDED WITH NO VOTES ON ANY MEASURE CHANGING SUPERVISION OF THE C.P.D.

DESPITE A CAMPAIGN PLEDGE FROM MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT BACKING A GRASSROOTS OVERSIGHT PLAN.

MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> RESIDENTS OF ROCKTON IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS CAN RETURN HOME NOW THAT A DISASTER HAS BEEN LIFTED.

ANYONE WITHIN A MILE OF KEMP TOOL INCORPORATED HAD TO EVACUATE WHEN THE PLANT CAUGHT FIRE.

CAUTIONS RESIDENTS TO TOSS FOOD OR WATER LEFT ON COUNTERS AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO DANGEROUS PARTICLES AND WARNS NO TOUCHING DEBRIS OR ASH AND THAT INCLUDES PETS AND CHILDREN WHO WANT TO PLAY OUTSIDE.

THE STATE IS TESTING WATER FROM THE NEARBY RIVER THEY ARE CONCERNED A PRIVATE COMPANY FOUGHT THE FIRE WITH A FOAM THAT CONTAINS A TOXIC CHEMICAL.

>> CHICAGO IS LAUNCHING A PROJECT TO EXPAND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT 10 COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND CREATE AFFORDABLE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS SUCH AS ON SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDES.

APPLICATIONS OPEN TUESDAY.

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

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

GREG HINZ OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

ATAVIA REED OF BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO AND MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA OF "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES".

TALK ABOUT EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ORDINANCE THAT WAS GEARED UP FOR A COMMITTEE VOTE.

INSTEAD, I DESCRIBED IT AS RAUCOUS.

GREGORY PRATT WHAT DID HAPPEN?

>> WELL, YOU HAVE TWO WARRING FACTIONS TRYING TO DEBATE OVER WHAT TO DO AND NEITHER ONE REALLY HAS THE SUPPORT THAT THEY WANT AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.

THEY WANTED TO KICK IT AND BLOCK VOTES SO EVERYBODY BROCKED THE VOTE ON AN ISSUE THAT THE MAYOR SAID WAS A 100-DAY PRIORITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR CAN'T COME TOGETHER ON.

>> MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA HAVE WE GOTTEN AN EXPLANATION FROM MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AS TO WHY SHE HAS BACKED AWAY FROM THAT PROMISE FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF THE C.P.D.?

>> I AM AFRAUD WE -- AFRAID WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.

>> SORRY WILL THAT.

YEAH, NO WE HAVEN'T.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT BACKED AWAY FROM SEVERAL CAMPAIGN PROMISES WITHOUT GIVING AN EXPLANATION.

BUT I THINK IT REALLY JUST BOILS DOWN TO, SHE POLITICALLY NOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IT IS EXPEDIENT.

AND SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE THE CONTROL.

>> GREG HINZ HOW LONG CAN SEE HOLD OFF ON THIS?

IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IT INEVITABLE AT THIS POINT?

>> NOTHING IS INEVITABLE.

THE CORE PROBLEM IS HERE THAT THERE IS LEGITIMATE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ON THIS.

THE POLICE AND POLICE SUPPORTERS THINK ONE THING, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES OF POLICE REFORM THINK ANOTHER THING AND THE MAYOR IS IN THE MIDDLE.

SHE CAN CONTINUE TO WAFFLE IF SHE WANTS THE QUESTION IS WHAT THE POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS WILL BE.

PERHAPS THE MAYOR HAS AN EYE ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE THE MAYOR'S RACE THERE WHICH WILL BE DECIDED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS CENTERED IN LARGE PART ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

MAYBE SHE WILL READ A MESSAGE OUT OF THAT.

>> LET'S JUMP TO THAT, THE SPIKE IN VIOLENCE HAS CHICAGO ON EDGE WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE MASS SHOOTING IN ENGLEWOOD THIS WEEK, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT BRISTLED ABOUT THE REPORTERS QUESTION ABOUT THE PERCEPTION THAT CHICAGO IS UNSAFE.

>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FAMILIES WHO WILL BE FOREVER SCARED BY THE LOSS OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

THAT'S WHAT MY PRIMARY FOCUS IS.

OBVIOUSLY PERCEPTION MATTERS BUT WHAT MATTERS MOST ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITAL FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES.

>> NOW, THIS EVEN AS A WBEZ ANALYSIS FINDS THAT CHICAGO IS HOME TO MORE MASS SHOOTING, SHOOTINGS WITH MORE THAN FOUR PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER CITY00 ABC7 IS REPORTING THAT A C.P.D.

POLICE OFFICER OWNS THE HOME WHERE THAT MASS SHOOTING IN ENGLEWOOD TOOK PLACE.

ATAVIA REED CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING MORE.

>> NO, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE REELING FROM THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE.

SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE, THEY DID NOT EXPECT THIS TO TAKE PLACE.

ONE THING THEY WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THIS IS NOT THE NORM FOR ENGLEWOOD ALTHOUGH IT'S WHAT YOU SEE.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GET TOGETHER, COMMUNICATE, FOCUS ON HAVING A GOOD TIME.

RIGHT NOW, THE PRIORITY IS FOCUSING ON HOW TO COME BACK FROM THIS TRAGIC EVENT AND HOW TO BOOST WHAT ENGLEWOOD CAN BE AND NOT WHAT TRAGEDY HAS STRUCK THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> GREGORY PRATT IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO RETURN TO THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT VIOLENCE AND SHOOTINGS IN CHICAGO.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE MAYOR'S EXPLANATION?

>> WELL, SHE'S RIGHT THAT A QUESTION ABOUT ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERCEPTION OF VIOLENCE?

THE FIRST THING IS PEOPLE'S FAMILIES AND CENTERING WHAT HAPPENING IN A COMMUNITY GOOD AND BAD.

BUT ONE OF THE REALLY ASTONISHING COMMENTS SHE MADE WHEN SHE SAID THE CITY IS SAFE AND STANDS BY THAT AND THAT IS NOT A PERCEPTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CRIME IS UP OVER LAST YEAR AND CRIME LAST YEAR WAS VERY BAD.

AND SO THE CITY NEEDS TO GET THAT UNDER CONTROL.

IT'S STRUGGLING WITH REFORM AND SO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF STREET VIOLENCE AND GUNS AND WEAPONS AND CONFLICT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT CULTURE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY WHICH MAKES IT HARDER TO SOLVE CRIMES AND MAKES IT HARDER TO PREVENT VIOLENCE THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW ON A PUBLIC SAFETY FRONT.

>> JUMP IN HERE PLEASE, IS CHICAGO SAFE?

>> I'M GOING TO STEP OUT THERE AND SAY THAT CHICAGO IS ABSOLUTELY IN A PLACE WHERE SAFETY IS NOT THE WORD I WOULD USE.

CHICAGO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, CHICAGO IS NOT SAFE IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

CHICAGO IS NOT SAFE.

LET US FACE THAT FACT, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

CHICAGO IS NOT SAFE.

AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> WHAT?

>> BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HELD HOSTAGE IN THEIR HOMES.

>> WHAT CAN BE DONE, ANYBODY SPEAK UP HERE?

>> LISTEN SOLVING CRIME PROBLEMS IS HAS VEHICLESSED MAYORS OF THIS -- VEKSED MAYORS OF THIS TOWN FOR MANY YEARS NOW.

CRIME IS UP IN BIG CITIES AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC WHICH IS LOOSENED THE RULES.

BUT ULTIMATELY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO JUDGE THIS MAYOR AT REELECTION TIME WHETHER THEY FEEL SAFE.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT CRIME IS JUST AS BAD AS IT EVER HAS BEEN IN MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND SPREAD INTO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS MOSTLY WHITE, PARTICULARLY THE CARJACKINGS WHICH OCCURRED EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY THAT HAS PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY SCARED TO DEATH.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO ABOUT IT IS A LONG CONVERSATION WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE TONIGHT BUT IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T COME UP WITH SOMETHING SOON PEOPLE WILL LOOK FOR A POLITICAL FIGURE TO BLAME.

>> MEANWHILE WE HAVE ANJANETTE YOUNG FALSELY SUBJECT TO A C.P.D.

RAID PRIOR TO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TAKING OFFICE.

BLASTING THE MAYOR FOR TRYING TO DISMISS YOUNG'S CASE AGAINST THE CITY.

YOU CANNOT WATCH THIS VIDEO, I THINK, AND NOT SYMPATHIZE WITH YOUNG WHO WAS NAKED FOR MUCH OF THE TIME.

WHAT IS THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION UP TO?

>> YOU KNOW, THAT IS HARD TO SAY.

CAN ANYONE REALLY SAY THAT?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION THAT THEY CAN GO IN NOW.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE PUBLIC TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE ONE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN BUT ALSO TO BE HONEST TO FIND A WAY TO REALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THE WAY PEOPLE SEE THEM NOWADAYS.

ESPECIALLY WITH THIS CASE, HOW CAN YOU TRUST THE MAYOR AFTER SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> WELL, GREG HINZ -- >> GO AHEAD.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S REALLY BECOMING QUITE CLEAR THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT YOU KNOW, WILL CHANGE HER MIND ON A DIME DEPENDING ON THE POLITICS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN ANJANETTE YOUNG WAS IN THE NEWS SHE WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR SHE UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND WOULD WORK TO MAKE THE WOMAN WHOLE.

AS SOON AS THE HEADLINES DISAPPEAR, HER ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO RENEG, TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH NOT COMPENSATING THIS WOMAN IN A MANNER THAT THE COURTS OR WHOEVER WILL DECIDE THAT SHE NEEDS TO BE COMPENSATED.

BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IT DEPENDS ON THE POLITICS AT THE MOMENT WITH THIS MOMENT.

LOOK AT JUNETEENTH.

LAST YEAR WAS OH, WE CAN'T DO IT, THIS YEAR THE STATE WAS A WEEK OF AWAY OF CALLING IT A HOLIDAY SO IT'S EASY BY THE WAY WE CHANGED OUR MIND WE WILL MAKE IT A CITY HOLIDAY.

SO MANY THINGS ARE DEPENDING ON POLITICS WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE LIGHTFOOT CAN'T GET AWAY AGAIN, ANJANETTE YOUNG, GIVEN HOW POWERFUL ANYBODY SEES THAT VIDEO AND I THINK WOULD RECOIL AT THAT EXPERIENCE HAPPENING TO THEM.

GREGORY PRATT YOU COVER THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION AND CITY HALL, IS SHE CONSTANTLY CHANGING HER TUNE?

AND HOW DOES SHE RESPOND TO THAT ALLOCATIONS OF HYPOCRISY?

>> WELL, OF COURSE SHE WOULD DISPUTE THE ALLEGATIONS THAT SHE CHANGES HER MIND.

FOR THE RECORD, BUT, YES, HER ADMINISTRATION WILL SPEAK ABOUT VALUES AND THEN DO SOMETHING ELSE.

SHE SUPPORTS AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND THEN SHE DOESN'T.

SHE SUPPORTS THE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT PLAN AND THEN SHE DOESN'T.

>> RIGHT.

>> THERE'S ISSUES OF POWER.

IN THE ANJANETTE YOUNG IT IS TELLING.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T DOUBT WHAT THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT THE HORROR SHE FELT WATCHING THE VIDEO AND THAT SITUATION AS IT UNFOLDED.

BUT ONCE IT WAS OUT OF THE NEWS HER LAW DEPARTMENT IS FIGHTING WITH ANJANETTE YOUNG AND THE MAYOR SAID SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT SITUATION RIGHT.

AND SO -- I THINK IT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR TO SAY SHE TO IMPLY SHE DOESN'T HAVE PRINCIPLES, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION DOES LACK CONSISTENCY AND FOLLOW THROUGH.

>> YOU ASKED WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION.

ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS I THINK EVERYBODY WHO FOLLOWED THIS BELIEVES, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING POLICED AND THE POLICE.

PEOPLE HAVE TO TRUST THAT THE COP IS NOT GOING TO BE BEAT THE HECK OUT OF THAT AND THAT MEANS ACCOUNTABILITY AND LIKE THE CASE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OR THIS SEEMING SWITCH OF POSITION AND INABILITY TO COMPROMISE ON CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT, IT POSTPONED THE DAY WHEN THE COMMUNITY HAS CONFIDENCE IN POLICE.

THIS IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION.

>> AND ONE OF THOSE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IS THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AGAIN A CASE IN WHICH LORI LIGHTFOOT THE MAYOR CHANGED HER TUNE.

SHE HAD MAYBE A WIN TODAY ON STAFFING OFF THE -- STAVING OFF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ORDINANCE BUT NOT SO MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING HER WAY WITH AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS ONCE THAT BILL REACHES HIS DESK HE DOES PLAN TO SIGN IT INTO LAW.

GREGORY PRATT HOW SINGING OF A DEFEAT IS THAT FOR THE MAYOR?

>> IT'S MAJOR.

THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MAYORAL AMBITIONS WHO HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

SHE HAS ALLOWED LEGISLATORS TO TAKE AWAY ONE OF THE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING MAYOR OF CHICAGO.

IT IS A HUGE DEAL AND SOMETHING SHE OPPOSED AND SOMETHING THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO DOES HAVE ABSOLUTE POWER OVER AND WHETHER THAT IS GOOD OR NOT IT IS A THING AND NOW IT'S ABOUT TO BE TAKEN AWAY.

AND IT'S YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE WASN'T AT THE TABLE FOR SOME OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHY NOT?

HOW COULD YOU NOT BE?

HOW DID YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?

AND OF COURSE THE DOUBLE HIT OF SHE SUPPORTED IT BEFORE SHE OPPOSED IT.

>> MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA HOW DO YOU FORESEE AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD CHANGING HOW C.P.S.

FUNCTIONS?

>> YOU KNOW, AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO MEAN THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY WILL HAVE AN INPUT HOW THEIR SCHOOLS ARE OPERATED.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A MOVEMENT TOWARD EQUITY.

EQUITY LENS IS THE WORDS OF THE MOMENT.

IN EVERY OTHER SECTOR OF OUR SOCIETY EVERYTHING IS BEING LOOKED AT THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS AND YOU WILL SEE A SCHOOL BOARD THAT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD AN EQUITY LENS ON FUNDING, ON STAFFING, ON PROGRAMMING.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE COMPLAINED FOR YEARS THAT THEY ARE TARGETED IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

AND SO I THINK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THEM BEGIN TO TAKE BACK THAT CONTROL AND SAY OK, WE'RE GOING TO FUND THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY GUTTED OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT SCRAMBLING TO PAY FOR NOTEBOOKS AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU WILL SEE A MOVEMENT TOWARD EQUITY ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> ATAVIA REED, BLOCK CLUB IS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY REPORTING.

WHEN YOU ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THIS?

ARE PARENTS HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL IMPROVE THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION?

>> I THINK SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON BEFORE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION IS THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IN ALL SECTORS WHETHER CRIME OR EDUCATION AND I THINK WHAT PARENTS, FAMILIES WANT RIGHT NOW, IS TO JUST KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL.

KNOW WHAT THEIR CHILD IS LEARNING.

KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE IN RESOURCES AND THEY DON'T HAVE HONESTLY.

THEY ARE EXCITED TO POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO SERVE ON A BOARD WHERE THEY CAN SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, SHARE THEIR OPINIONS AND BE ABLE TO GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> GREG HINZ, YET WHEN THIS MEASURE DID PASS IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK FROM LEGISLATORS WHO SAY THEY SUPPORT THE CONCEPT THAT IT WASN'T READY FOR PRIMETIME AND CALLING FOR CHANGES FOR EXAMPLE TO CAMPAIGN CAPS FOR THE RACES.

MAYBE DOWNSIZING THE BOARD.

IS THAT REALISTIC OR GIVEN HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR THIS BILL TO GET TO THIS POINT, IS THIS GOING TO BE THE PLAN?

>> THE CHIEF SPONSOR REPRESENTATIVE DELIA RAMIREZ SAID THAT PUT A BRICK ON THE BILL.

SHE FILED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER WHICH MEANS IT DOESN'T GO TO GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S OFFICE AND SPEAKER WELCH SAID THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE ADVOCATES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

BUT I THINK IN THE END, MOST OF THE CHANGES IF THERE ARE ANY WILL BE ON THE MARGINS MIGHT AFFECT LIMITS ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE THE MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED THE BOARD MEMBERS GET A BIG FAT CA CHECK -- PAYCHECK.

AND SOMETHING TO HELP NONCITIZENS LIKE LATINOS THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE AND THEY CANNOT RUN FOR IT.

THE CORE OF THE PROPOSAL, A 21-MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD WITH 20 PEOPLE ELECTED FROM SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, THE CHAIR ELECTED CITYWIDE AND I THINK THAT WILL SAY THE FREIGHT TRAIN IS MOVING DOWN THE TRACKS THERE'S TOO MUCH SUPPORT IT'S NOT DEPENDING TO CHANGE.

>> GIVING US MORASS AND EXPENSIVE AND VOLATILE ONES TO COVER THIS AS YOU HAD GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER YESTERDAY SIGNING A LAW THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE PRIMARY DATE FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION.

NOW, MEANWHILE, SPEAKING OF NEW LAWS, BOTH THE U.S. SENATE AND HOUSE PASSED THE LAW MARKING JUNETEENTH A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.

THIS IS RIGHT AFTER THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ALSO MADE JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY FOR STATE WORKERS.

HERE IS WHAT VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SAID AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY.

>> NATIONAL HOLIDAYS ARE SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

THESE ARE DAYS WHEN WE AS A NATION HAVE DECIDED TO STOP AND TAKE STOCK.

AND OFTEN, TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HISTORY.

>> ATAVIA REED WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?

IS JUNETEENTH A LIBERATION OF THOSE WHO WERE BELATEDLY ENSLAVED SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING PREVIOUSLY?

>> YEAH.

I'VE CELEBRATED JUNETEENTH WITH MY FAMILY FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

IT'S BEEN ENGRAINED IN MY UPBRINGING.

POLL KAYLEE I SEE IT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

I LIKE COMMEMORATING THE HOLIDAY AND CELEBRATING IS IMPORTANT BUT THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND SIGNING JUNETEENTH INTO LEGISLATION IS IMPORTANT BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE WANTING TO RENAME LAKE SHORE DRIVE DUSABLE DRIVE.

IT HAS MEANING AND IT IS IMPORTANT BUT THERE ARE STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN.

>> LIKE WHAT?

>> I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ISSUES ARE HAPPENING WHETHER IT BE WITH C.P.D., SPEAKING LOCALLY.

JUST DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR BLACK PEOPLE ESPECIALLY EXPERIENCE EVERYDAY.

I THINK THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAD AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE TO TRY TO MAKEUP FOR THAT AND WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT, I FEEL LIKE OTHER THINGS NEED TO TAKE PLACE.

>> I TOTALLY AGREE.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

IT IS A WONDERFUL THING THAT JUNETEENTH IS NOW A FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND IT IS A WONDERFUL THING THAT JUNETEENTH IS NOW AN ILLINOIS HOLIDAY.

AND IT IS A WONDERFUL THING COOK COUNTY AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT THAT YOU HAVE SEEN FIX TO MAKE JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

BUT WHAT ABOUT POVERTY?

WHAT ABOUT DISINVESTED COMMUNITIES?

WHAT ABOUT CRIME THAT IS HOLDING RESIDENTS HOSTAGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES?

WHAT ABOUT LACK OF COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR YOUTH WHO ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY?

WHAT ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN ATTRIBUTE TO STRUCTURAL RACISM, INCLUDING THE HEALTH INEQUITIES WE SAW WITH COVID ALL OF WHICH MUST BE ADDRESSED AND WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED BY MAKING JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF US ARE SAYING IS OK THIS IS WONDERFUL BUT LET'S NOT GET IT TWISTED.

JUNETEENTH IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT RUNS RAMPANT THROUGH AMERICAN SOCIETY AND THE RACIAL RECKONING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN SINCE THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

>> AGREE.

>> BECAUSE THE RENAMING OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE DID COME UP.

I DO WANT TO BRING UP THAT ROAD AND GO DOWN THAT ROAD, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY.

GREG HINZ THIS IS SET FOR A CITY COUNCIL VOTE RENAMING LAKE SHORE DRIVE IN FAVOR OF JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DuSABLE AS A COUPLE OF ALDERMEN ARE SAYING A MAJORITY OF CHICAGOANS DO NOT SUPPORT IT.

MAKE A PREDICTION HERE... IS CHICAGO DUE FOR A CHANGE IF ONLY IN NAME?

>> OH, IT'S DANGEROUS TO MAKE FINAL PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL I WILL NOT DO IT.

I WILL STICK TO THE FACTS.

THE DAVID MOORE THE SPONSOR CLAIMED HE HAD THE VOTES LINED UP TO GET IT THROUGH BEFORE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND IT WAS DEFERRED WHICH IS A TECHNICAL WAY TO KICKOFF THE THING UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

SINCE THEN TWO OTHER ALDERMEN BRIAN HOPKINS AND BRENDON REILLY HAVE COME UP WITH A POLL THEY TOOK, SAYS THAT MOST CHICAGOANS DO NOT FAVOR EVEN BLACK PEOPLE 48% SUPPORTED IT.

AND HOPKINS SAID HE THINKS IT IS SOME OF THE SUPPORTERS HAVE FALLEN OFF.

WE'LL SEE.

THE MAYOR SEEMS TO BE REALLY NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS AND IN FAVOR OF THE ALTERNATE PROPOSAL.

>> WE WILL BE WATCHING.

>> BUT THIS IS A REAL EMOTIONAL ISSUE THAT THERE WILL BE LOTS OF TWISTING.

I HOPE IT DOES NOT GET TOO UGLY.

I CANNOT PREDICT.

>> IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING MEETING AND IF IT PASSES, THE MAYOR MIGHT VETO IT WHICH WILL BE INTERESTING.

>> SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A WHILE.

ANOTHER EMOTIONAL ISSUE PARTICULARLY FOR FANS OF THE CHICAGO BEARS, THE TEAM MIGHT BE LOOKING TO BEAR DOWN TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

ATAVIA REED, IS THIS A NEGOTIATING TACTIC TO BRING MORE CITY PAID IMPROVEMENTS TO SOLDIER FIELD?

>> I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THE CHICAGO BEARS NEED TO STAY IN CHICAGO THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE THING THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS THAT I CAN NOD MY HEAD TO.

THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON -- >> BEATING THE PACKERS, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> ANY BRIEF INSIGHT THERE GREG HINZ?

>> IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THIS IS A NEGOTIATING PLOY THERE ARE THINGS THE CITY COULD DO IF THEY WANTED TO HELP OUT THE BEARS MORE SIGNAGE, MAYBE EVEN SIGNAGE RIGHTS NAMING RIGHTS AT SOLDIER FIELD AND THAT WOULD CREATE A STINK.

THE CORE PROBLEM IS THAT THE FIELD ITSELF IS OBSOLETE.

IT IS THE SMALLEST STADIUM IN THE NFL.

IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF SKYBOXES AND THAT GOES TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE BEARS AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, ABOVE ALL, IS A -- >> A GAME OF MONEY ABOVE ANY OTHER GAME.

>> AND GREGORY PRATT I WANTED TO BRIEFLY IN 30 SECONDS A TOUGH WEEK AT THE TRIBUNE I SAW 24% OF JOURNALISTS NOW UNDER ALDEN OWNERSHIP TAKING BUYOUTS.

ANYTHING YOU CAN SAY TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR CIVIC LIFE IN CHICAGO?

>> WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF OUTSTANDING JOURNALISTS AND THAT WILL HURT OUR ABILITY TO COVER THE CITY BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF OUTSTANDING JOURNALISTS WHO ARE REMAINING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND WE HOPE YOU WILL STICK WITH US.

>> I'M GLAD THAT EACH OF YOU WHO JOINEDDED ME ON THIS PANEL ARE GOING TO BE HERE TO CONTINUE TO COVER WHAT GOES ON IN CHICAGO AND SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

SPECIAL THANKS TO GREG HINZ, GREGORY PRATT, ATAVIA REED AND MAUDLYNE IHEJIRKA.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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

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

AS A HOUSING CRISIS LOOMS IN CHICAGO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HOW THEY ARE HELPING KEEP FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES.

AND A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION WE GO ON A WALKING TOUR THROUGH A CEMETERY TO HEAR STORIES OF PROMINENT BLACK CHICAGOANS.

THEN CHICAGO IS 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.

GOOD NIGHT.

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