[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PAIRING PAIRS.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> NEW YORK CITY'S NEW MAYOR ERIC ADAMS PAID A VISIT TO CHICAGO AND MET WITH MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AT CITY HALL TODAY.

THE TWO HELD A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON AND SAID THEIR MEETING FOCUSED THE ON WAYS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN BOTH CITIES.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT BELIEVES SHE AND ADAMS WILL BE QUOTE GREAT PARTNERS.

>> ONE AND DONE FOR THE LOYOLA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.

THE 10TH SEEDED RAMBLERS LOST THEIR FIRST GAME TO THE BUCKEYES BY 54-41.

THE TEAM'S THIRD TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AUTO LOSING IN THE SWEET 16 AND MAKING IT TO THE TIME FOUR IN 2018.

AND COOK COUNTY MAY HAVE A NEW FLAG IN TIME FOR THE BICENTENNIAL.

OFFICIALS SELECTED SIX FINALISTSES FROM A POOL OF 300.

OFFICIALS SAY THE GOAL IS CREATE YOU AN INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION OF COOK COUNTY AS IT APPROACHES MORE THAN 190 YEARS SINCE ITS FOUNDING.

TONI PRECKWINKLE AND OTHERS ARE EXPECTED TO CHOOSE THE NEW FLAG DESIGN WITHIN THE COMING MONTHS.

CURRENT FLAG DESIGN WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 1961.

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

JOINING US ARE HEATHER CHERONE OF WTTW NEWS.

ALEX NITKIN OF THE DAILY LINE JASON MEISNER OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" AND EXAVIER POPE OF ESPN LAS VEGAS.

FIRST, JASON MEISNER FORMER ALDERMAN RICARDO MUNOZ SENTENCED TO 13 MONTHS IN JAIL.

IS THE JUDGE SENDING A MESSAGE HERE TO FUTURE POSSIBLE POLITICAL OFFENDERS?

OR IS THIS ABOUT STANDARD FOR WHAT HE WAS CONVICTED ON?

>> IT IS ABOUT STANDARD FOR WHAT HE WAS CONVICTED ON.

BUT IT WAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE ALDERMAN MUCH NOSE'S -- MUNOZ'S LAWYER BROUGHT UP AN ARGUMENT DOES HE NEED TO BE SENTENCED TO PRISON SINCE THERE'S BEEN A LINE CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN ILLINOIS TO BE SENTENCED TO PRISON YET THEY KEEP COMMITTING CRIMES.

THE JUDGE LISTENED AND SAID HE UNDERSTOOD PARTS OF IT AND BROUGHT UP IF WE DON'T SENTENCE CORRUPT POLITICIANS TO PRISON WON'T CORRUPTION GET WORSE?

HE GAVE HIM 13 MONTHS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GUIDELINES.

AND HE WILL HAVE TO SERVE ABOUT 11 MONTHS OF THAT.

HE HAS TO SERVE 85%.

>> AN INTERESTING ARGUMENT THE JUDGE WAS NOT HAVING ANY OF.

HEATHER CHERONE, WHAT IS THE REACTION FROM SOME OF HIS FORMER PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS COLLEAGUES?

BECAUSE HE IS CONVICTED OF SIPHONING MONEY FROM THEIR POLITICAL FUND TO USE FOR PERSONAL EXPENSES?

>> I SPOKE WITH JOHN ARENA SAYING THAT HE WAS FRUSTRATED THAT RICARDO MUNOZ HAD NOT YET UNTIL THIS POINT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND HE WAS GLAD TO SEE THE JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO THE 13 MONTHS IN PRISON AND NOT PROBATION.

THAT SENTENCE WAS MORE THAN THE PROSECUTOR'S WERE ASKING FOR THEY WERE ASKING FOR A YEAR AND A JAIL IN JAIL.

AND THE JUDGE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY SAYING CERTAINLY YOU SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR DECADES BUT THE GOOD YOU DID DID NOT OUTWEIGH HOW YOU ABUSED YOUR PUBLIC TRUST AND IN ALL HE PLED GUILTY TO CHARGES HE STOLE ABOUT $38,000 AND REPAID ALL BUT $6800 WHICH HE WILL HAVE TO DO AS PART OF HIS SENTENCE.

>> ALEX NITKIN MUNOZ GOING TO PRISON.

PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON CONVICTED.

MICHAEL MADIGAN INDICTED.

WHAT IS NEXT ON THE DOCKET?

>> WELL, THE SCENE WE'RE WATCHING IS WHO IS GOING TO SUCCEED PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON IN THE COUNCIL IT'S VACANT THERE ARE 49 ALDERMEN AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WANTS TO ACT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET A NOMINEE FORWARD.

AND WE SAW LAST WEEK THEY RELEASED THE LIST OF NAMES.

27 NAMES.

IT'S VERY DIVERSE GROUP IN BACKGROUND AND IN SORT OF PROFESSION AND IDENTITY.

A LOT OF PUBLIC SERVANTS OF ALL STRIPES PEOPLE FROM WITHIN THE OLD DALEY ORGANIZATION INCLUDING HIS OLD CHIEF OF STAFF BUT THE MAYOR IS FACING PRESSURE TO APPOINT AN ASIAN-AMERICAN PERSON TO THE SEAT IN PART BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK IT'S TIME, THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

THE FASTEST GROWING RACIAL GROUP IN THE CITY AND HAS REPRESENTATION.

BUT ALSO IN PART BECAUSE IT'S IN HER INTEREST TO CHOOSE SOMEONE WHO CAN WIN AND THIS WARD IS GOING TO BE A MAJORITY ASIAN WARD FOR THE FIRST TIME, LIKE A CERTAINTY.

THE WHEELS ARE IN MOTION.

I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO GET A NOMINEE HEARD IN COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY.

THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WATCHING.

>> VERY SOON WE MAY KNOW WHO SUCCEEDS PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON.

AND JASON MEISNER SPEAKING OF THOMPSON HIS LAWYERS WANT THE CONVICTION THROWN OUT AND A NEW TRIAL.

ON WHAT GROUNDS?

>> STANDARD GROUNDS THAT THE PROSECUTORS DID NOT PROVE THEIR CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT DESPITE THE JURY'S UNANIMOUS VERDICT ON ALL COUNTS.

A LOT OF THE MOTION FILE SECOND ROUTINE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PRESERVE THE ISSUES FOR APPEAL.

BUT SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS FROM DALEY THOMPSON'S LAWYER THAT THE PROSECUTORS WENT OVERBOARD IN THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

DURING THE TRIAL WHEN THEY BROUGHT UP HIS STATUS AS ALDERMAN AND ONE POINT DURING THE PROSECUTOR'S REBUTTAL, HE ACTUALLY STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THOMPSON WAS BLAMING EVERYBODY BUT HIMSELF AND STARTED SAYING INCLUDING THE VOTERS WHO REELECTED HIM.

THEY OBJECTED AND THE JUDGE SUSTAINED IT STRONGLY.

HE SEEMED IRRITATED AT THAT COMMENT.

WHETHER THAT THAT IS GROUNDS FOR SAYING THE JURY WAS TAINTED BY THAT COMMENT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

IT'S RARE FOR A JUDGE TO TAKE THAT STEP TO THROW OUT A JURY'S VERDICT.

>> SEEM HIGH STANDARD WOULD HAVE TO BE MET TO THROW OUT A UNANIMOUS VERDICT.

AND SPEAKING OF APPEALS, EXAVIER POPE JUSSE SMOLLETT RELEASED FROM JAIL ON BOND PENDING HIS APPEAL.

IS IT UNUSUAL FOR A JUDGE TO ORDER SOMEONE'S RELEASE AS THEIR CASE GETS TO BE HEARD IN THE APPELLATE COURT WHICH CAN TAKE YEARS.

>> IT IS STANDARD STUFF IN TERMS OF APPEALING CASES.

MOTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE FILED AND JUSSE SMOLLETT WOULD HAVE SERVED THE SENTENCE 150 DAYS, 75 DAYS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.

BY THE TIME HIS APPEAL WAS ALREADY HEARD.

SO THIS IS THE STANDARD STUFF HE GETS A CHANCE TO GET OUTSIDE, APPEAL MORE TO THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION BUT THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL.

>> AND HEATHER CHERONE DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY THAT SMOLLETT WILL NOT SPEND TIME IN JAIL FOR HIS CONVICTION PENDING THIS APPEAL?

LIKE I SAID THESE CAN TAKE MONTHS, YEARS?

>> IT'S REALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHEN THE APPELLATE COURT WILL ACT.

I THINK EXAVIER IS RIGHT, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT BY THE TIME THIS APPEAL WAS HEARD AND RESOLVED HE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN RELEASED FROM COOK COUNTY JAIL AND THE ISSUE YOU CAN'T GIVE THAT TIME BACK TO SOMEBODY IF THE DECISION OF THE APPELLATE COURT WOULD BE THAT IT WAS NOT PROPER TO SEND HIM TO JAIL.

BECAUSE, OF COURSE, LET'S REMEMBER THIS IS A CLASS 4 FELONY A LOT OF CHARGES DO NOT RESULT IN JAIL TIME BUT THIS IS A CASE UNTO ITSELF WITH POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS AND THE IMPORT OF PUBLIC OPINION.

STANDARD IN A CASE THAT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT STANDARD AT ALL.

>> AND JASON MEISNER THERE IS A DEFAMATION SUITS AND DEFAMATION COUNTER SUITS.

CAN YOU MAKE SENSE OF THE LEGAL FILINGS GOING ON NOW?

WE THOUGHT THIS WAS OVER?

>> NO, IT'S DEJA VU AND GETS WACKIER.

BACK TO THE HIM BEING RELEASED I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT JUNG LINCOLNTON WHO ORDERED HIM INTO CUSTODY PROBABLY KNEW THAT SMOLLETT WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE 0 TO BE RELEASED ON BOND.

AND IT WAS CLEAR FROM JUDGE LYNN'S REMACKS HE THOUGHT HE NEEDED TO BE IN CUSTODY FOR SOMETIME.

I THINK THAT FACTORED INTO THE DECISION OF HIM BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

HE IS OUT.

WE HAVE A BIG APPEAL THAT COULD TAKE YEARS.

THE CASE SEEMS TO HAVE NO BOUNDS.

AND THERE WERE THERE IS A DEFAMATION SUIT FILED BY THE BROTHERS IN FEDERAL COURT ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD TODAY.

AGAINST SMOLLETT'S ATTORNEY, LA BASED ATTORNEY.

AND NOW HER FIRM, THE GATHER GOSS FIRM, GAR GOSS, FILED A SUIT IN COOK COUNTY THIS WEEK CLAIMING THAT HE WAS DEFAMED BY THE DEFAMATION SUIT.

THERE YOU GO.

I MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHAT IS NEXT.

>> A LOT OF FILINGS FOR THE COURT REPORTERS TO FOLLOW.

CITY COUNCIL NEWS, HEATHER CHERONE, THE CITY COUNCIL EFFORT SIGNED ON TO BY 12 ALDERPEOPLE TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS BE ABLE TO DECLARE NATIONAL IMMUNITY TO COVID TO AVOID THE VAX MANDATE.

IS THAT THE END OF THAT NOW?

>> I THINK SO.

IT'S CLEAR THERE ARE NOT 26 VOTES ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO REPEAL THE VACCINE MANDATE FOR ANY OF THE CITY WORKERS.

THE ISSUE NOW IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER APRIL 14TH?

THAT IS THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES TO BE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE 3600 OFFICERS -- CITY WORKERS ARE POLICE OFFICERS AND IT'S CLEAR THAT THE MAYOR HAS NO APPETITE TO TERMINATE OR DISCIPLINE THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRIME SURGE.

THE QUESTION IS: WHAT DOES SHE DO IF THE OFFICERS DO NOT BLINK AND ULTIMATELY GET VACCINATED?

IT IS AN OPEN QUESTION AT THIS POINT.

BUT WE ARE NOT AT THE RESOLUTION OF THIS MONTH'S LONG SAGA YET.

ALTHOUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S NEARLY 30,000 EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE IS VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

AND MET THE DEADLINE.

>> IT IS A SOPHIE'S CHOICE FOR THE MAYOR.

MORE THAN 2,000 POLICE OFFICERS WE KNOW OF RIGHT NOW NOT IN COMPLIANCE YET.

EXAVIER POPE IF YOU ARE THE MAYOR WHAT DO YOU DO?

DO YOU JUST LET IT SLIDE AFTER ALL THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE A QUARTER OF YOUR POLICE FORCE?

>> I GUARANTEE YOU THIS MAYOR IS GOING TO LET IT SLIDE.

RIGHT NOW, THE WITH THE PANDEMIC WANING AND THE LESS APPETITE THAT CITIZENS WOULD HAVE FOR PUNISHING THE POLICE FORCE AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS A SURGE, IT WOULD LOOK BAD FOR THIS MAYOR TO COME AT THIS DIFFERENT TIME AND I THINK THAT IF SHE MAY BE TURNS THE OTHER WAY AS IT GOES ON MAYBE IT WILL RESOLVE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

BUT IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

WE'VE SEEN THIS MAYOR GET TOUGH WITH HER OWN CITY COUNCIL.

WILL SHE TURN AROUND AND GET TOUGH WITH THE POLICE FORCE TO SHOW SHE IS THE ONE IN CHARGE OF THE CITY?

AND THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

>> AND THIS HAS BEEN A BATTLE WITH JOHN CATANZARA WHO URGED MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO HOLD OUT.

>> SOME OF THE MOST POLICE FRIENDLY COUNCIL PEOPLE HAD A BLOWUP WITH CATANZARA.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?

>> CATANZARA HAS BEEN GETTING INVOLVED IN CITY POLITICS.

DURING THE LAST CITY COUNCIL WARS OVER THE VACCINATION MANDATE HE SAID WE ARE GOING TO VOTE OUT ANY ALDERMEN ON OUR SIDE TRYING TO END THE MANDATE AND HE WENT AFTER ROBERT WICK AND SAYING -- MARTWICK'S HEAD ON A PLATTER.

AND MARTWICK TRIED TO TOW THE LINE OF BEING PROGRESSIVE AND CLOSE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HE IS A BIG FAN -- THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION IS A BIG FAN OF HIS BECAUSE HE CHAMPIONED THE BILL LAST YEAR TO INCREASE THE PENSION BENEFITS MUCH TO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S CHAGRIN.

BUT THE SIN AS FAR AS CATANZARA IS CONCERNED MARTWICK SUPPORTED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM PACKAGE THAT REPUBLICANS AND POLICE ARE NOW LAMBASTING AND TRYING TO REPEAL.

SO THIS IS NOW PUTTING THREE VERY CLOSE POLICE ALLIED ALDERMEN, JIM GARDINER, NICKER SPOS SO AND NAP PAN TOW IN A BIND BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO MARTWICK AND NOW CATANZARA IS SAYING I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US IN THE PAST BUT IF YOU STAND WITH MARTWICK AND HIS PRIMARY YOU'RE DONE.

>> AND CATANZARA INCREASING DUES ON POLICE OFFICERS TO FUND BIGGER POLITICAL OPERATION FOR ALDERPEOPLE OR PERHAPS HIS OWN RUN FOR MAYOR.

AND THE DECISION FROM STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX NOT TO CHARGE THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF ADAM TOLEDO AND ANTHONY ALVAREZ.

JASON MEISNER, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS DECISION.

BUT THIS WAS BASED ON PRETTY SOUND LEGAL JUDGMENT, WAS IT NOT?

>> YES.

BASED ON THE LAW.

IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ON DUTY SITUATION LIKE THAT.

BOTH THOSE CASES WHERE BOTH OF THEM WERE ALLEGED TO HAVE GUPS OR GUNS WERE SEEN IN THE BODY-CAM FOOTAGE.

THEY DID INVOLVE FOOT CHASES WHICH WE ALL KNOW NOW THIS FOOT CHASE POLICY HAS BEEN UNDER REVIEW FOR A LONGTIME.

THE TRIBUNE I WAS PART OF A TRIBUNE INVESTIGATIVE SERIES BACK AFTER THE VASE SON VAN DYKE CASE CAME OUT HOW THEY ARE A BIG PERCENTAGE OF SHOOTING FATALITIES AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A SERIOUS DOUBT WHETHER THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE THE OFFICERS CLEARLY.

I KNOW THAT'S HARD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO IMAGINE WHEN THEY SEE A YOUNG KID GETTING SHOT AND APPARENTLY HAD STOPPED AND WAS FOLLOWING POLICE DIRECTION BUT IT HAPPENED SO FAST AND THERE IS A GUN SEEN IN THE VIDEO AND THERE WAS OTHER EVIDENCE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING THE PERSON HE WAS WITH FIRED AT A CAR RIGHT BEFORE THAT.

IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THE STATE'S ATTORNEY.

AND KIM FOXX WHO CAMPAIGNED ON DOING THESE CASES DIFFERENTLY.

I THINK IS FINDING OUT THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

>> AS FOXX SAID NO WINNERS HERE AND CRIMINAL INTENT IS DIFFICULT TO PROVE.

ALTHOUGH, HEATHER CHERONE, THE OFFICERS FACE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR DISCIPLINE AS AGENCIES LIKE C.O.P.A.

AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

THIS DECISION BY KIM FOXX MOVES THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THEY ACTED PROPERLY IN THE SHOOTINGS INTO THE REALM OF THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

THAT AGENCY WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THAT -- THOSE SHOOTINGS THE ADAM TOLEDO AND ANTHONY ALVAREZ SHOOTINGS, WERE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT'S USE-OF-FORCE POLICY.

AND THEN THAT AGENCY WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO SUPERINTENDENT BROWN.

SUPERINTENDENT BROWN WILL THEN MAKE A DECISION AND THAT DECISION ULTIMATELY COULD END UP BEFORE THE CHICAGO POLICE BOARD.

JASON IS RIGHT, THE LAW SAYS AN OFFICER IS JUSTIFIED IN USING DEADLY FORCE IF THEY HAVE A REASONABLE BELIEF THAT THEIR LIFE IS IN DANGER.

EVERYBODY WHO SAW THE VIDEOS RECOGNIZED IT WAS A FRAUGHT SITUATION.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT BECAUSE OF THE WORK JASON AND HIS COLLEAGUES DID AT THE TRIBUNE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S INVESTIGATION, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LONG ON NOTICE THE FOOT PURSUITS WERE DEADLY NOT ONLY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BUT ALSO FOR OFFICERS.

AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL AFTER ADAM TOLEDO'S DEATH THAT THE MAYOR DEMANDED A POLICY BE IMPLEMENTED AND THERE IS NOT ONE PERMANENTLY IN PLACE AS WE SPEAK TONIGHT.

THE INITIAL VERSION OF THE POLICY WAS REJECTED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL.

SAID IT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PROTECT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT IS STILL IN THE WORKS.

WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE NEARLY A YEAR AFTER THOSE DEATHS WHICH REALLY ROILED CHICAGO AND REMINDED PEOPLE OF THE DEATH OF LAQUAN McDONALD.

>> RIGHT.

AND THE MAYOR ACKNOWLEDGED IT HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON THAT FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.

>> ALEX NITKIN LET'S MOVE BACK INTO CITY POLITICS.

BOTH COMPETING PROPOSALS FOR NEW ALDERMANIC WARD MAPS ARE BEING FILED TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR PUBLIC REFERENDUM.

IS THAT IT?

BACK ROOM DEALS?

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THE BACK ROOM DEALS HAVE BEEN DEALT AT THIS POINT.

THE TWO SIDES WE HAVE TWO FACTIONS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL.

GIVE OR TAKE 12 OR 13 ALDERMEN WITH MOSTLY THE LATINO CAUCUS THEIR COALITION MAP AND WHAT WE SAW ROLLED OUT WAS THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE SAW THIS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH 26 ALDERMEN, A MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL STANDING UP THERE.

THIS IS ALMOST ALL THE BLACK CAUCUS AND WILD ALDERMEN WITH WHAT THEY ARE CALLING THE CHICAGO UNITED MAP.

IT IS MOVING INTO THIS PHASE WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO NOW MARKET TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND SORT OF ANGLING FOR A REFERENDUM TO GET PEOPLE TO DECIDE.

IT SEEMS LIKE UNLESS THERE IS SOME KIND OF LAST-MINUTE DEAL THAT COMES CRASHING TOGETHER BETWEEN THE TWO FACTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO AVOID A REFERENDUM BUT AT THIS POINT THINGS ARE MOVING FAST IN THAT DIRECTION.

>> IT WILL BE UP TO THE VOTERS.

EXAVIER POPE THE AVERAGE CHICAGO VOTER YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS WITH ALL THE LINES, HOW DO YOU MAKE A DECISION?

>> YOU MAKE A DECISION BY WHO GETS TO WINNOW OWE WHAT IS GOING ON IN PUBLIC OPINION.

AND WHO IS MAKING THEIR CASE THE BIGGEST AND THE LAST ONES ARE HERE.

AND RIGHT NOW MOST CHICAGOANS DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

UNTIL BOTH SIDES SELL WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO THE PUBLIC AND DO SO EFFECTIVELY ON THE GROUND AND SHOW THEM WHAT THE MAP LOOKS LIKE TO THE CONSTITUENTS THEN RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH THROWING A DART AND SEEING WHAT STICKS.

>> HEATHER CHERONE THE GROUPS BEHIND THE MAPS ARE THEY GETTING READY FOR A BIG PR PUSH TO INFORM VOTERS?

>> THEY SURE ARE.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT CREATED BY THE LATINO CAUCUS TO PUSH THEIR MAP.

I EXPECT THE BLACK CAUCUS WILL START TO RAISE MONEY TO MAKE ITS CASE TO THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO.

YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT MIGHT SEEM ESOTERIC AND CONFUSING BUT THIS IS A BATTLE FOR POLITICAL POWER AT CITY HALL FOR THE NEXT DECADE.

AND IT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER BLACK ALDERMEN MAINTAIN A MAJORITY OF WARDS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH THEIR INITIATIVES AND THIS IS A CHANCE FOR LATINO POLITICIANS AND LATINO ALDERPEOPLE TO STAND UP AND SAY WAIT, WE ARE NOW THE SECOND BIGGEST RACIAL GROUP IN CHICAGO AND WE DESERVE AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF POWER AT CITY HALL THAT DID NOT HAPPEN 10 YEARS AGO THOUGH THE LATINO POPULATION WAS GROWING THEN.

THIS IS A FRAUGHT MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE BLACK CHICAGO AND LATINO CHICAGO BATTLING FOR POLITICAL POWER WHILE WHITE CHICAGO SORT OF LOOKS ON AND IT'S THAT LEGACY OF SEGREGATION WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AT WTTW THAT PITS BLACKS AND LATINOS AGAINST EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY WERE FORCED TO LIVE IN THE SAME PARTS OF THE CITY AND THOSE SEGREGATION WALLS REMAIN.

>> AND FOR THE WHITE ALDERMEN IT COME DOWN TO INDIVIDUALLY WHICH MAP WILL BE THE BEST FOR THEM.

THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH.

LET'S MOVE ON TO SPORTS.

EXAVIER POPE TODAY LOYOLA'S TOURNAMENT DREAMS DASHED BY OHIO STATE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> THEY COULDN'T BUY A BUCKET THEY COULD NOT THROW THE BALL IN THE OCEAN AND SISTER JEAN WAS NOT THE GOOD LUCK CHARM THEY EXPECTED HER TO BE.

LOYOLA LOOKING TO BE THE PROGRAM MAKING SO MANY TOURNAMENTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND LOOKING TO BE ONE OF THE TOP MAJOR TEAMS.

AND OHIO STATE HAD THEIR OWN UPSET BEING A TWO SEED AND GETTING UP SEAT AND COMING INTO THE GAME BEING THE UNDERDOG.

LOYOLA GOES HOME.

>> THREE TOURNAMENTS OUT OF FOUR YEARS AND NOW LOYOLA WILL MOVE TO THE ATLANTIC 10 WE'LL SEE IF IT GETS MORE DIFFICULT FOR THAT PROGRAM.

THE BEARS SIGNED A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN TO REPLACE EDDIE GOLDMAN BUT THEY LEARNED HE FAILED HIS PHYSICAL.

IS THIS A BLOW TO THE REBUILD PLANS?

>> A BIG BLOW TO THE BEARS AFTER LOSING KHALIL MACK TO THE CHARGERS AND THAT WAS A SHOCKER TO THE TEAM.

AND STICKING TO PUT A TEAM AROUND JUSTIN FIELDS THAT WILL BE COMPETITIVE.

WHICH SEEMS TO BE ONE FOR THE TAKING RIGHT NOW WITH ADAMS HEADING TO THE RAIDERS AND LEAVING AARON RODGERS WITHOUT HIS BIG WIDE RECEIVER.

IT IS A DIVISION OF LUCK.

THE BEARS NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW WHAT IDENTITY THEY HAVE.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE A SOLID DEFENSIVE TEAM LIKE THEY HAVE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN.

WILL THEY GET THE FIRE POWER NEEDED TO BE A GOOD OFFENSIVE TEAM.

SO MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN AROUND THE BEARS.

THE IDENTITY OF 2022.

>> YOU MENTIONED ADAMS TRADE TO LAS VEGAS WE MIGHT HAVE INTERESTED PARTIES THAT WANT TO KNOW, DIDN'T AARON RODGERS RESIGN WITH THE BIG CONTRACT THINKING HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THE STAR WIDE RECEIVER AND THEY WERE GOING TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL?

>> EXAVIER?

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YES, THAT'S WHAT WAS EXPECTED.

I THINK HE WAS HUGE DEAL.

BIG TIME MONEY.

AND THAT WAS THE GUY HE COULD COUNT ON PITCH AND CATCH AND SCORE HE WAS A DOMINANT PLAYER AND NOW HE IS GONE.

WHAT -- PACKERS LEVERAGED SOOP OF THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURE INCLUDING MONEY AFTER AARON RODGERS MAY NOT BE PLAYING ANYMORE THAT WILL SADDLE THE TEAM FOR YEARS IN TERMS OF GETTING OTHER PLAY FORCE THE TEAM.

WITHOUT EVEN GETTING FAR IN THE PLAYOFFS.

THEY'VE LEVERAGED THEIR FUTURE ONE OF THE WEAPONS IS GONE AND EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE OTHER TEAMS NOT AS GOOD, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THE NFC NORTH?

THAT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH.

BASEBALL WILL BE FUN TO WATCH.

SPRING TRAIN SOMETHING BACK AFTER THE TWO SIDES CAME TO LABOR PIECE.

DO YOU EXPECT THE SOX TO PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF?

OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS RAUFT SENATOR.

>> -- ROSTER?

>> THE WHITE SOX ARE IN GOOD SHAPE EXPECTED TO WIN THE AL CENTRAL ONCE AGAIN.

AND CUBS LOOKING TO GET ABOVE 500.

WHITE SOX DISAPPOINTING LOSS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE PLAYOFFS BUT THAT TEAM MAY BE BETTER THIS YEAR IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL AND PROBABLY WILL WIN THAT DIVISION BARRING A SURPRISE IN THAT DIVISION.

>> AND THE CUBS NOT MUCH TO CHEER ABOUT, EXCEPT FOR THIS WEEK THEY SIGNED JAPANESE STAR SUES YOU ISKY.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?

>> NOT MUCH.

AND LIKE ANY OTHER CHICAGO FAN THEY HOPE THEY CAN GET MORE IMPORTS SUCCESS COMING OVER TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND GET FANS IN THE STADIUM AND BRING OUT FANS TO THAT LEVEL.

WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO WIN GAMES FOR THE CUBS?

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT.

THAT TEAM IS HOPING TO TREAD WATER TO BE A DECENT CLUB.

MANY SURPRISES HAPPENED.

BUT THERE ARE MORE PLAYOFF SLOTS RIGHT NOW FOR TEAMS WITH THE CHANGES WITH 12 TEAMS INSTEAD OF 10.

BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THE CUBS HAVE A CHANCE OF GETTING ONE OF THOSE SLOTS.

ARE THE RICKETTS GOING TO BUY THE CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB IN LONDON?

>> THERE'S 20 OFFERS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A LOT OF CUB FANS WONDERING IF THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN GIVEN THEY WANT MORE INVESTMENT HERE AT HOME AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

THANKS TO HEATHER CHERONE, ALEX NITKIN, JASON MEISNER AND EXAVIER POPE.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YouTube AND OUR WEBSITE WTTW.COM/NEWS.

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

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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