[♪♪♪] >> 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 GOVERNOR SIGNS THE STATE'S NEW LEGISLATIVE MAPS DESPITE CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS THAT THEY WERE DRAWN PURELY ON A PARTISAN BASIS.

J.B. PRITZKER SAID HE SUPPORTED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO REDRAW THE MAPS AND THE MAPS SIGNED INTO LAW ACT CADLY PRESERVE MINORITY REPRESENTATION AND SATISFY THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

QUOTE... >> CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN UNVEILS A NEW COMMUNITY POLICING STRATEGY.

BROWN SAYS THE POLICY IS A QUOTE TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE PLAN CALLS FOR POLICE LIAISONS TO WORK WITH THE LGBTQ, HOMELESS, IMMIGRANT AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.

BROWN SAYS THE MOVE TOWARD COMMUNITY POLICING HAS NEVER BEEN HIS AGGRESSIVE AND SAYS IT WILL BE KEY TO REDUCING CRIME.

>> IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO POLICE.

THAT POLICING IS BEST DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

>> AND STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 600 NEW COVID CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WITH 15 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF 1.384 MILLION CASES AND 22,880 DEATHS.

AND THE POSITIVITY RATE IS DOWN TO 1.6%.

>> AND NOW ON TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL JOINING US ARE MARIAH WOELFEL, OF WBEZ, MIKE FLANNERY OF FOX 32 NEWS.

RACHEL HINTON OF THE "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES" AND STEVE DANIELS OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

LET'S START WITH THE NEWS THAT CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS ARE ON TRACK TO A FULL REOPENING NEXT WEEK.

TAKE A LISTEN... >> BEFORE PEOPLE UNCORK THE CHAMPAIGN AND HAVE BEERS ALL AROUND A NOTE OF CAUTION: COVID IS STILL HERE, STILL WITH US.

AND WHY WE ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING NO DOUBT IS A RESULT OF THE VACCINATIONS.

>> STEVE DANIELS, COVID STILL HERE, COVID STILL WITH US.

YET ALL RESTRICTIONS WILL BE REMOVED STARTING FRIDAY.

IS THAT THE END OF THE STORY?

>> OH, YEAH, NO.

WE'VE GOT VARIANTS AROUND THE WORLD.

WE'VE GOT NEW DEVELOPMENTS ALL THE TIME IN TERMS OF VACCINATION EFFICACY.

I THINK I SAW SOMETHING TODAY ABOUT THE PFIZER VACCINE NOT BEING ALL THAT EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE VARIANT THAT IS CIRCULATING IN INDIA.

SO I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH COVID FOR YEARS CLEARLY.

SO THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE: AS WE LEARN AND CREDIT TO THE SCIENTISTS AND HOW EFFECTIVE THE VACCINATIONS HAVE BEEN TO DATE AND ALL OF THAT, JUST INCREDIBLE, BUT CERTAINLY NO, WE'RE GOING TO BE LIVING WITH THIS FOR A LONGTIME.

>> MARIAH WOELFEL THE CITY ANNOUNCED IT WILL AMP UP OUTREACH EFFORTS TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

IS THE CITY ON TRACK TO MEET THE 70% VACCINATION GOAL AT SOME POINT?

>> AT SOME POINT, POTENTIALLY.

WE ARE AT 63% OF ADULTS OF CHICAGO ADULTS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED GOTTEN ONE DOSE.

THE GOAL IS TO GET 70% OF ADULTS ONE DOSE BY JULY.

Dr. ALLISON ARWADY THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER THIS WEEK CALLED THAT A STRETCH GOAL BUT SHE IS OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH IT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY VACCINATIONS STILL LAG AMONG MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AROUND 35% OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION HAS GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE.

AND 44% OF LATINO CHICAGOANS.

THOSE ARE STILL LAGGING BEHIND OVERALL CITY NUMBERS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL NEWS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK STARTING WITH GOVERNOR PRITZKER WILL HE OR WON'T HE RUN AGAIN HE SAYS HE IS WEIGHING WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS WORTH IT AFTER HIS DAUGHTER WAS TARGETED BY POLITICAL WOES.

>> I HAVE TWO TEENAGE KIDS AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEM IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY WIFE.

THE IMPACT OF BEING GOVERNOR ON THEM WEIGHS ON ME.

THERE HAVE BEEN UNFAIR ACCUSATIONS AGAINST MY DAUGHTER.

THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WEIGH-IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING DECISION.

>> MIKE FLANNERY THE GOVERNOR PUT $35 MILLION IN HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

DO YOU BUY THIS HEMMING AND HAUGHING ABOUT RUNNING AGAIN?

>> HE IS RUNNING AGAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT DO YOU CARE TO EXPAND ON THAT?

>> THAT MONEY IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT.

AFTER THAT SEVERAL STORIES SUGGESTED, WHOA, HE MAY NOT GO.

THERE WAS PUSHBACK FROM WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION.

PEOPLE SAYING HEY, THE FIRST LADY MK PRITZKER LOVES THE JOB, LOVES WORKING WITH THE STATE AND WHEN I WENT OVER TO THE THOMPSON CENTER TO DO MY INTERVIEW IN THE STRING OF THEM THE GOVERNOR DID YESTERDAY, I WENT RIGHT BY MK'S OFFICE THERE.

LOOK, YES, HE HAS BEEN THE TARGET OF UNFAIR HITS ON THE FAMILY.

THERE'S BEEN UGLY SUGGESTIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN SOME OF THIS ANTI-COVID EXCESSIVE ATABS ON HIM AND THAT IS FRIGHTENING AND CONCERNING BUT HE IS RUNNING AGAIN.

>> AND ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT ATTACKED THE SHUTDOWN RULES IS A GUY RUNNING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, DARREN BAILEY.

AND GARY RA BEAN.

RACHEL HINTON ARE THERE OTHER POTENTIAL G.O.P.

COMPETITORS THAT HAVE STEP UP?

>> THERE HAVE BEEN RUMORS OF RODNEY DAVIS POTENTIALLY JUDGE IN.

FOR RIGHT NOW I THINK MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM ESPECIALLY ON THE G.O.P.

SIDE OF THINGS.

AND NOW WITH THE PRIMARY DELAYED A LITTLE BIT, THEY HAVE TIME THEY HAVE TIME TO WEIGH THINGS OUT AND TIME TO GET DONORS ON THEIR SIDE AND MAKE THEIR CASE TO THE POOL OF DONORS WHO TYPICALLY FUND REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGNS.

I THINK RIGHT NOW, THE REAL GET WOULD BE TRYING TO GET A KEN GRIFFIN WITH DEEP POCKETS ON YOUR SIDE TO GO AGAINST GOVERNOR PRITZKER WHO HIMSELF IS A BILLIONAIRE.

WHO CAN DO THAT I'M NOT SURE WE KNOW.

>> THAT $35 MILLION IS A SCARY NUMBER.

BUT AGAINST KEN GRIFFIN IT WILL BE A REPLAY OF THE GRADUATED INCOME TAX FIGHT.

>> RACHEL, YOU SAW THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE NEW LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS FOR THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE THOUGH HE CAMPAIGNED ON AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION DRAWING IT.

DID HE GO BACK ON HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE?

>> WE IN THE MEDIA SAY YES.

HE SAYS NO.

THAT WAS DEPENDING ON A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BEING DRAWN TO MAKE IT SO THERE WAS A COMMISSION WITHOUT THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HE IS FALLING THROUGH ON HIS WORD.

REPUBLICANS SAY THAT IS A FLIP-FLOP.

THEY ARE UPSET WITH HIM FOR SIGNING THESE MAPS WHICH THEY SAY ARE DRAMATICALLY UNFAIR.

AND PUSH THEM INTO DISTRICTS TOGETHER AND DISTRICTS WITH DEMOCRATS AND I THINK WE'LL SEE MANY PRIMARIES THAT ARE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER.

WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS FAIR I'M SURE REPUBLICANS WILL CONTINUE TO USE THAT MESSAGE TO SAY NO YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND AND YOU DID NOT KEEP YOUR WORD.

>> CERTAINLY THEY WILL AMP UP THE RHETORIC BUT DOES THE GOVERNOR PAY A POLITICAL PRICE TO GO BACK ON THIS?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

I DO THINK THAT REPUBLICANS ARE SEEKING TO MAKE IT INTO A BROUGHTER NARRATIVE OF CAN YOU TRUST HIM?

IS HE GOOD TO HIS WORD?

AND WILL BE PART OF A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES, I THINK THAT THEY WILL LAYOUT TO MAKE THAT CASE.

BUT, NO, WORKERS -- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ELECTION TAKING PLACE SOMETIME FROM NOW IF REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO RUN COMMERCIALS SAYING HE SIGNED A PARTISAN MAP AFTER SAYING THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING MORE BIPARTISAN, I DON'T SEE THAT BEING A REAL GOOD INVESTMENT PUT IT THAT WAY.

YOU KNOW, LOOK, AROUND THE COUNTRY THOSE STATES IN WHICH PARTIES CONTROL BOTH THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION AND THE LEGISLATURE, RUN OUT PARTISAN MAPS AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT'S FINE.

THE COURTS DON'T HAVE ANY SAY OVER THAT ANYMORE.

PUT IT THIS WAY...

IF YOU ARE AN ILLINOIS DEMOCRAT WHY ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT STANCE FROM A REPUBLICAN IN TEXAS?

>> OR A STATE LIKE NORTH CAROLINA OR WISCONSIN WHERE THEY OPENLY TALK ABOUT PARTISAN MAP DRAWING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

MIKE FLANNERY, THIS WEEK WE SAW ONCE AGAIN A BUDGET COME DOWN LITERALLY AT THE 11TH HOUR, 9,000 PAGES THAT HARDLY ANYBODY READ AND YOU SAW THAT REMAP AND THE NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE CHRIS WELCH MEET THE NEW BOSS SAME AS THE OLD BOSS?

>> WELL, IT DEPENDS HOW BIG YOUR TYPE WAS.

I'VE SEEN 3,000 PAGES AS ONE ESTIMATE.

>> 24 FONT AERIAL WOULD BE THE 9,000 PAGES.

>> MY SENSE IS THAT THIS IS NOT -- THIS KIND OF PROCESS AND PROCEDURAL THING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT RESONATES WITH VOTERS.

BUT THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBER BACK PRECOVID DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD FOR THOSE VOTES, I REMEMBER GOING ROUND AND ROUND THE BUSH WITH MICHAEL MADIGAN WHO WOULD DUMP A MONITOR ROUSE BUDGET ON THE DESKS WITH A FEW MINUTES TO GO.

>> HE LOVED THAT KIND OF SPARRING AND.

AND WELCH AS MUCH SAYS THIS BUDGET DIDN'T SPRING FULL-BLOWN FROM THE BROW OF ZEUS HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THE VOTE WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDER TO GO FOR MONTHS.

THE DPRL OUTLINES WERE CLEAR TO MEMBERS.

ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WAS A LOT OF THE FINE PRINT IN THERE THAT EVEN THE DEMOCRATIC SPONSORS KEY PIECES OF LEGISLATION DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE AT THE 11TH HOUR AND WE MAY STILL BE DISCOVERING SURPRISES DOWN THE ROAD.

>> MARIAH WOELFEL ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD THAT WOULD HAVE 21 MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE YEAR 2027, I THINK.

SPEAKER WELCH INDICATED IT'S LIKELY TO PASS IN THE HOUSE AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS AGAINST IT BUT DOES SHE HAVE JUICE DOWN THERE TO STOP IT?

>> SHE TRIED HER DARNEDEST TO CHANGE THINGS IN THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

THERE WERE COMPROMISES MADE IN LIGHT OF HER CRITICISM, INCLUDING DELAYING THE FULLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD UNTIL 2027, WHICH IS A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT FOR POW POTENTIALNENTS FIGHTING FOR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD FOR YEARS.

SHE TRIED TO MAKE CHANGES BEFORE IT PASSES THE HOUSE.

I IMAGINE SHE WILL TRY TO PUSHBACK ON A MORATORIUM OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS UNTIL 2025 BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT A CASH PALOOZA AS WE HAVE SEEN IN LOS ANGELES WHERE UPWARDS OF A MILLION DOLLARS IS SPENT ON THE RACES AND IT COMES DOWN THE TEACHERS' UNION BACKING A CANDIDATE VERSUS CHARTER SCHOOL INTERESTS BACKING A CANDIDATE.

IS THERE ANYTHING TO PREVENT THAT?

>> THAT'S MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S MAIN CRITICISM THERE IS NO CAP ON SPENDING IN THE SCHOOL BOARD RACES AND SO ONE CONCERN WOULD BE THAT A LOT OF THE RACE ALSO GO TO THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION WELL POSITIONED TO RUN FOR THE SEATS OR INTERESTS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

>> WHEN SHE SAYS THIS WEEK WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS BILL HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH DEMOCRACY.

WHAT DOES SHE MEAN?

>> I THINK SHE IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE IDEA THAT ACTUAL LOCAL PARENTS AND SCHOOL ADVOCATES WOULD HAVE VERY LITTLE SAY IN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CAP ON CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

>> RACHEL HINTON, A FAIT ACCOMPLI AFTER THE BILL DID PASS THE SENATE AND CHRIS WELCH LIKES THE BILL AND IT WILL PROBABLY PASS?

>> YEAH, I WOULD AGREE.

I BELIEVE MANY OF THE CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVES HAVE SUPPORTED IT SAME WITH THE SENATORS BASED IN CHICAGO.

I KNOW THAT REPRESENTATIVE RAMIREZ RATHER WHEN THE BILL WAS IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THIS AMENDMENT THAT ALLOW TO DO TO PASS THE SENATE BEFORE THAT CAME UP, RAMIREZ REALLY WITH THE VOTES GAVE A SPEECH ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.

I BELIEVE THAT IT PASSED THE HOUSE AT THAT POINT.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY IT WOULDN'T LATER ON.

>> UNRESOLVED THE MASSIVE ENERGY BILL TO GIVE SUBSIDIES TO THREE EXELON NUCLEAR PLANTS AND CARBON FREE ILLINOIS BY 2050.

STEVE DANIELS, BEFORE WE GET TO WHY IT STALLED CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN WHY IT'S IN THE INTEREST OF TAXPAYERS TO BAILOUT THREE MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS FOUR YEARS AFTER THEY BAILED OUT TWO PLANTS ALL CANNOT MAKE MONEY ON THEIR OWN?

>> WELL, IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ARE LISTENING TO.

THE IN YOUR GOAL IS A CARBON-FREE POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY IN ILLINOIS, WITHIN SOME REASONABLE TIME-FRAME, EXELON'S TRUMP CARD IN THIS DEBATE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET THERE IF WE'RE CLOSING MULTIPLE NUCLEAR PLANTS.

THEY DON'T EMIT CARBON.

AND WHEN WE CLOSE THEM, THAT WILL BE THAT GAP THAT NEED WILL BE FILLED BY FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS, NATURAL GAS CERTAINLY BECAUSE GAS IS SO CHEAP.

THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE TRUMP CARD ARGUMENT HERE.

THEN IT CAME DOWN TO OK ARE YOUR PLANTS REALLY UNPROFITABLE?

AND THE GOVERNOR ORDERED UP AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT.

THAT AUDIT FOUND YES TWO WERE OR WOULD BE AND NEEDED TO BE PROPPED UP.

THEN THERE ENSUED A FIGHT HOW MUCH MONEY THE BAILOUT WOULD BE.

THE GOVERNOR MADE IT CLEAR THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BAILOUT WHEN HE SAID I DON'T WANT NUCLEAR PLANTS TO CLOSE.

AND ONCE THAT HAPPENED IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF HOW MUCH MONEY WAS GOING TO BE SPENT.

>> EXPLAIN WHY IT'S STALLED?

>> IT'S STALLED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE IS A DISAGREEMENT OVER A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT WAY SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THAT WAS BUILT ONLY 12 YEARS AGO.

AND WAS DESIGNED AT THE TIME AND STILL DOES TO BURN ILLINOIS COAL HIGH SULFUR ALL THE COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS IN THE STATE BURN COAL FROM WYOMING LOWER SULFUR AND THE COAL INDUSTRY DOWN STATE HAS BEEN RUNNING ON FUMES FOR A LONGTIME.

THAT WAS THE IDEA AT THE TIME.

AND FINANCING THAT PLANT WHERE ALL OF THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES UP WITH IN THE STATE'S CAPITOL, SPRINGFIELD.

OTHERS OF THEM, IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS, NAPERVILLE HAS ITS OWN UTILITY.

AND THOSE SUBURBS THOSE MUNICIPALITIES SIGNED CONTRACTS THAT WENT ON FOR DECADES.

THEY ARE ON THE HOOK TO PAY FOR THAT.

SO THE DISPUTE IS OVER IF YOU ARE GOING TO CLOSE ALL COAL PLANTS IN 2035 YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES ON THE HOOK TO PAY FOR IT NEARLY 2050 AND THAT IS WHAT IS HOLDING IT UP.

THERE ARE STILL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE COMPROMISE THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID NO, 2035 IS IT FOR COAL PLANTS.

I THINK WE'LL SEE SOMETHING.

>> THEY WANT A CARVE OUT FOR THAT.

AND MIKE FLANNERY, ETHICS A PUNY ETHICS BILL IN SPITE OF THE MASSIVE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AND INDICTMENTS INTO MADIGAN CONNECTED LOBBYISTS, FAIR TO SAW THAT LAWMAKERS CAME UP SHORT WITH ETHICS REFORM?

>> OH, MY GOSH IT IS A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT, PARIS.

WE DID GET STRICTER REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

INVOLVING POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND THAT'S NOT TRIVIAL.

BUT WE STILL HAVE THIS BIZARRE JOB THAT EXISTS ALMOST NOWHERE ELSE BUT ILLINOIS OF BEING WHERE YOU CAN BE A LAWMAKER AND A LOBBYIST.

YOU CAN'T LOBBY YOUR FELLOW LAWMAKERS FOR PAY.

BUT YOU CAN GET HIRED BY ComEd EXELON TO GO UP AND LOBBY THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL OR THE NAPERVILLE COUNCIL.

THERE WAS AN EFFORT MADE TO PUT A FEW RESTRICTIONS ON THAT BUT IT'S ALMOST MEANINGLESS.

BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.

>> THE REVOLVING DOOR OF LOBBYISTS AND ARROYO COMES TO MIND AS A LAWMAKER THAT GOT IN TROUBLE FOR LOBBYING.

MARIAH WOELFEL LET'S GO BACK TO THE CITY WITH MAYOR LIGHTFOOT THERE WAS A NEW POLL OUT THIS WEEK THAT FOUND HER APPROVAL RATING AT 48%.

NOTHING TO CROW ABOUT BUT NOT A GUARANTEE THAT SHE COULDN'T WIN REELECTION.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT RATING?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF LIGHTFOOT HATERS ON TWITTER.

BUT I THINK THIS POLL SHOWS NOT THE MAJORITY, BUT A WIDE SWATH OF CHICAGOANS ARE HAPPY WITH HER JOB PERFORMANCE.

AROUND 39, 40% WHO DISAPPROVED.

AND ANOTHER CHUNK CHANGE THAT SAID THEY WERE UNSURE ABOUT HER PERFORMANCE.

IT'S LOWER THAN OTHER ILLINOIS OFFICIALS.

PRITZKER'S APPROVAL RATING IN THE POLL WAS AROUND 60%.

AND SO I THINK THAT MAY BE IT'S NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT.

BUT BETTER THAN EXPECTED.

>> AND MAYBE A SIGN THAT TWITTER IS NOT ALWAYS REAL-LIFE AND ALWAYS IN THAT POLL -- >> CAN I CHIME IN THERE, PARIS?

I THINK 61% OF VOTERS GIVE THE MAYOR CREDIT FOR BEING MOSTLY HONOR VERY HONEST.

THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER FOR A POLITICIAN.

BUT IT LINKS BACK TO ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING.

WHY DOESN'T SHE HAVE ANY JUICE IN SPRINGFIELD?

WE DOESN'T SHE HAVE CLOUT?

SHE IS NOT PLAYING NEARLY AS VIGOROUS A PATRONAGE GAME AND BACK DOOR FAVORS AS THOSE MAYORS DID.

AND THE FLIP SIDE IS, THAT WHEN SHE NEEDS VOTES AND SHE CAN'T COUNT ON THE CHICAGO DELEGATION IN NEITHER THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE.

>> NO, IT SEEMS LIKE THE TEACHERS' UNION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD BILL HAS A LOT MORE SWAY DOWN THERE.

>> THEY PLAY THIS GAME BETTER THAN SHE DOES.

SHE IS NOT PLAYING IT AT ALL.

>> AND ANOTHER PART OF THAT POLL, STEVE DANIELS, CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A 60% APPROVAL RATING.

THEY ARE PLUS 30 THERE.

IS THAT A SURPRISE GIVEN THE RHETORIC OVER THE LAST YEAR ON DEFUNDING POLICE AND POLICE REFORM?

>> NO, NOT REALLY.

I THINK THAT WELL, ESPECIALLY I THINK THERE ARE MORE CONCERNS ABOUT CRIME THAT'S BEEN SORT -- AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH COVID, THAT'S BEEN THE SNEAKY BIG ISSUE THAT I THINK MAY BE THE BIG ONE IN THE UPCOMING MAYORAL ELECTION WHEN IT OCCURS.

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH CRIME.

SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, AND PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN SAFETY AND THE LIKE, WHO CAN THEY TURN TO?

I AM A R'S USING THE TERM PEOPLE LOOSELY BUT IT'S POLICE.

SO I'M NOT ALL THAT SURPRISED.

>> AND LET'S DOVETAIL ON THAT AND TALK ABOUT THE SHOOTING NUMBERS.

DESPITE SHOOTINGS INCREASING, DAVID BROWN PUT A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE WORK THAT HIS OFFICERS ARE DOING.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> ONE VIOLENT CRIME IS ONE TOO MANY.

BECAUSE THERE IS A VICTIM BEHIND EVERY STATISTIC.

THERE IS A FAMILY THAT IS GRIEVING BEHIND EVERY PERSON WHO IS THE VICTIM OF VIOLENT CRIME BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.

>> AND CERTAINLY, THERE WERE NUMBERS OVER MEMORIAL DAY THREE REPORTED HOMICIDES.

WHICH WAS THE LOWEST IN 10 YEARS.

DESPITE A RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME TO THIS POINT.

MARIAH WOELFEL IS THERE EVIDENCE OF A TREND THAT THIS MIGHT NOT BE AS BAD A SUMMER AS IT LOOKED LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE OR IS IT TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CREDITED THE LOW CRIME RATE THIS WEEKEND WITH RELYING HEAVILY ON PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS THAT GO OUT AND TARGET HIGH VIOLENCE BLOCKS IN THE CITY AND WORKOUT NONAGGRESSION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN RIVAL GANGS WHEN THEY SUSPECT THAT A RIVAL SHOOT SOMETHING GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW, IF THAT IS TRULY THE REASON WHY WE SAW SUCH A LOW VIOLENCE RATE OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT WEEKENDS IN CHICAGO EACH YEAR YOU HAVE TO ASK IF THOSE SAME AMOUNT OF RESOURCES WILL BE APPLIED FOR FUTURE WEEKENDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THE SUMMER.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF NERVOUSNESS WHERE SHOOTINGS ARE HAPPENING ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

RACHEL HINTON THERE WAS ACTION ON GUN LEGISLATION IN SPRINGFIELD CAN YOU GET US UP TO SPEED WHERE THAT STANDS?

>> VERY LITTLE ACTION.

NOTHING IS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR CURRENTLY.

A HOUSE BILL THAT WOULD MANDATE FINGERPRINTS TO BE ABLE TO GET A FIREARM OWNER IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT WAS A STICKING POINT FOR MANY REPUBLICANS AND SOME DEMOCRATS.

THAT BILL PASSED NARROWLY.

MEANING THAT IT COULD GO ON TO THE SENATE BUT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE PUT A BRICK ON IT.

THEY FILED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER SO THAT BILL STAYS IN THE HOUSE UNTIL OR UNLESS THAT PERSON DECIDES TO TAKE THAT MOTION OFF OF IT.

THE SENATE HAD A DIFFERENT BILL THAT BILL DOES NOT MANDATE FINGERPRINTS TO GET THAT ID CARD BUT SESSION ADJOURNED.

THE SENATE ADJOURNED BEFORE THE BILL COULD BE TAKEN UP.

NOW AND IF THE LEGISLATORS DECIDE TO COME BACK TO SPRINGFIELD THEY HAVE TO TAKE UP THAT MATTER.

>> LET'S END ON A FUN NOTE.

SOMEONE WANT TO TELL ME SOMETHING FUN THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR ONCE THE STATE THE CITY ACHIEVES FULL REOPENING NEXT FRIDAY.

MIKE YOU WILL BE AT A SOX GAME?

>> I'M GOING TO LOTS OF SOX GAMES.

>> STEVE, YOU WILL BE AT RIOT FEST.

>> I WILL BUT THAT IS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

BUT, YEAH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONCERTS AGAIN.

>> AS AM I.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS TO MARIAH WOELFEL, MIKE FLANNERY, RACHEL HINTON AND STEVE DANIELS.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

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