[♪♪♪] >> 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 HAS A FEW EXTRA YEARS TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE.

THE JUDGE APPROVED A THREE-YEAR EXTENSION FOR C.P.D.

TO SATISFY THE AGREEMENT BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF REFORMS REQUIRED.

THE PROCESS BEGAN IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER OF LAQUAN McDONALD IN 2014 AND MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

INTO GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNS A BILL HELPING THE STATE PAY DOWN THE DEBT IN THE UNIMPLIMENT INSURANCE FUND AS PART OF THE BILL $2.7 BILLION IN FEDERAL COVID RELIEF MONEY WILL BE USED TO HELP PLUG A 4.5 BILLION GAP.

THE BILL PASSED ALONG PARTY LINES WITH DEMOCRATS APPROVING AND REPUBLICANS OPPOSING.

LAWMAKERS SAY THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON A PLAN TO SHORE-UP THE REMAINING DEFICIT IN THAT FUND.

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

JOINING US ARE BECKY VEVEA OF WBEZ, LEE BEY OF "SUN-TIMES" AND OUR OWN AMANDA VINICKY AND GREG HINZ OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

>> AND NICOLE LEE IS HER NOMINEE TO BE THE 11TH WARD ALDERPERSON.

LIGHTFOOT STEPPED IN WHEN A REPORTER ASKED ABOUT LEE'S FATHER A FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO RICHARD M DALEY AND WAS CHARGED WITH STEALING MONEY.

>> I WOULDN'T HAVE PICKED NICOL IF I DIDN'T THINK SHE COULD DO THE JOB.

YOU ARE NOT ASKING HER TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HER FATHER.

>> I SAW MY PUBLIC SERVING THE PUBLIC FOR 30 YEARS.

DRIVING THE STREETS TAKING THE LONG WAY HOME, CHECKING THE LIGHTS, TAKING CALLS AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.

THAT IS THE WHAT HE DID.

>> BECKY VEVEA, TELL US WHO NICOLE LEE IS IN AND WHY SHE WAS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S PICK TO REPLACE PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON AMONG A HUGE POOL OF PEOPLE?

>> RIGHT, WHEN NICOLE LEE COMES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SHE WORKED FOR UNITED AIRLINES RIGHT NOW.

AND SHE WILL BE HOPEFULLY A POINTED ON MONDAY AS THE REPLACEMENT TO FILL OUT THE REMAINING TERM LEFT BY WHEN PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON WAS CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT.

HE WAS THE PREVIOUS ALDERMAN AND ALSO THE NEPHEW OF THE FORMER MAYOR.

THE 11TH WARD IS BRIDGEPORT.

IT IS THE DALEY FAMILY STRONGHOLD.

NICOLE LEE HER FATHER GENE LEE, REFERRED TO AS THE MAYOR OF CHINATOWN, SHE COMES TO US FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SHE TALKS DURING HER ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT GROWING UP IN CHINATOWN AND ATTENDING SCHOOL IN BRIDGEPORT AND LATER AT WHITNEY YOUNG IN DIVERSE SPACES WHERE SHE WAS THE ONLY ASIAN-AMERICAN IN THE ROOM AND SHE WILL BE THE ONLY ASIAN-AMERICAN IN THE CITY HALL ROOM TOO.

THIS IS SOMETHING SHE TALKED ABOUT BEING COMFORTABLE IN THAT ROLE.

AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW SHE TAKES TO THE POSITION.

SHE TALKED A LITTLE BIT LIKE AN OLD SCHOOL ALDERMAN TALKING ABOUT KEEPING STREET LIGHTS AND KEEPING THE GARBAGE PICKED UP AND THESE ARE BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUES THAT ALDERMEN HAVE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND WHETHER SHE JUMPS IN TO JUST THAT PART OF THE ROLE OR ALSO PUSHES FOR DIFFERENT POLICIES IN CITY COUNCIL WE HAVE YET TO SEE.

>> AND THE TREES HAVE TO BE TRIMMED AND THE SIDEWALKS HAVE TO BE CLEANED.

>> GREG HINZ WHAT ABOUT HER FATHER, GENE LEE?

TELL US ABOUT HIM AND WILL HE BE BAGGAGE FOR HER SHOULD SHE WANT TO RUN FOR REELECTION?

>> MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, BUT FRANKLY THIS WILL DEPEND HOW WELL SHE DOES THE JOB.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES IN LIFE.

I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR'S POINT BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT CHICAGO IT HELPS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE POLITICAL A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THE REAL STORY IS HERE IS HOW THE ASIAN COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY THE CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAS COME OF AGE.

WE HAVE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

AS BECKY MENTIONED THIS WILL BE THE FIRST CHINESE AMERICAN IN THE ASIAN OF ANY KIND IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND MUCH AS THE ALDERMEN HAVE BEEN FIGHTING OVER THE WARD REMAP, ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THEY AGREE IS THE 11TH WARD BECOME MAJORITY ASIAN.

WELCOME TO THE PARTY GUYS.

>> IT'S EXPECTED TO BE MAJORITY ASIAN-AMERICAN WHEN IT GETS REDRAWN.

AND THE FORMER ALDERMAN WAS ASIAN-AMERICAN AND HE IS NOT ON CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW.

>> AMANDA, CITY COUNCIL GOING TO APPROVE THIS PICK?

>> I WOULD IMAGINE SO.

THIS WAS NOT JUST LIGHTFOOT'S SELECTION THIS IS MADE BY A COMMITTEE WITH MEMBERS FROM THE 11TH WARD INCLUDING LEADERS OF THE CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE YES IT WOULD BE A STUNNER IF IT WOULD GO ANY OTHER ROUTE.

WHAT WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF SHE RUNS FOR A FULL TERM AND THUS FAR HASN'T WEIGHED IN ON THAT, YOU WOULD EXPECT IF SOMEBODY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT IS THE PLAN.

>> AND THE ELECTIONS ARE LESS THAN A YEAR AWAY.

LEE BEY THE BIDS FOR THE CHICAGO CASINO ARE DOWN TO THREE.

HARD WOKE, BALLIES AND -- HARD ROCK, BALLY'S AND RIVERS.

>> I SUSPECT THAT PROBABLY THE SITE AT THE 78 MIGHT BE THE SITE THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BETTER.

THIS IS THE 78 THE NEW COMMUNITY BUILT SOUTH OF ROOSEVELT ROAD ON THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER.

BECAUSE THE CASINO AND THE COMMUNITY CAN GROW UP TOGETHER IT WOULD SEEM THAT MIGHT BE IF THERE IS SUCH THING AS A FRONTRUNNER IN THIS.

THE SECOND SITE THE TRIBUNE SITE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE NORTH BEND AT CHICAGO AVENUE.

A LOT OF TRAFFIC A LOT OF CONGESTION NEED TO BE FIXED TO MAKE THAT WORK.

I THINK THE DOG OF THE BUNCH IF I CAN SAY THAT IS THE SITE THE PROPOSED HARD ROCK, 1 CENTRAL.

IS THIS COMPLEX PROPOSED OVER THE METRA AIR RIGHTS THE TRACKS AT 18TH STREET AND THE DEVELOPER LANDMARK DEVELOPMENT WANTS SOMETHING THAT HE CALLED A CIVIC BUILD A TRANSPORTATION CENTER THAT NO TRANSPORTATION ENTITY IN CHICAGO HAS ASKED FOR.

THIS WILL BE BUILT AND SOLD TO THE STATE FOR $6.5 BILLION.

SOME DAY DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT ONE HITCHED THE WAGON TO THAT ONE SEEMS STRANGE.

>> SEEMS LIKE A PIE IN THE SKY DEVELOPMENT AND ESPECIALLY IF THE BEARS MOVE FROM SOLDIER FIELD BECAUSE ONE OF THE ANCHORS WAS TO HAVE BEEN BEARS GAME DAY RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS.

HOW DO THE BIDS OVERCOME THE NEIGHBORS THAT WILL SHOW UP TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS SAYING WE WANT A CASINO IN CHICAGO BUT NOT IN MY BACKYARD?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, PARIS.

MY SUSPICION THAT LEE'S SUSPICION IS RIGHT.

IT IS CONGESTED AND HARD TO GET TO.

ALDERMAN REILLY SAID THAT HE IS AGAINST IT.

ALDERMAN HOSPITAL KINS IS IN THE SAME PLACE.

I'VE LOOKED AT E-MAILS FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO SAY WE DON'T WANT THIS, THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM.

THE SITUATION WITH THE HARD ROCK WITH ONE CENTRAL, THAT IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING MAPPED OUT.

THE CITY INSISTS THAT ALL THEY CAN DO THIS LITTLE PART AND FORGET THE REST.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT IT'S LIKE BUILDING A KITCHEN BUT NOT BUILDING THE HOUSE.

ALDERMAN LOPEZ SAYS HIS PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW CONSEQUENTIAL THAT IS.

I AGREE WITH LEE THEY SEEM TO BE THE ONE PARTICULARLY UNS R SINCE THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS' DISCOVERY PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE THAT WILL SHARE THAT PROPERTY I'VE CONFIRMED THEY'VE SENT A LETTER TO THE CITY DROPPING ANY OBJECTION IF THEY WANT TO PUT A CASINO THERE IT'S FINE WITH US.

>> AND THAT IS JUST SOUTH OF ROOSEVELT ROAD.

BECKY VEVEA, PERHAPS BECAUSE THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT THE MAYOR IS PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO SELECT THE WINNER MADE UP OF CHAIRS THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND THEY GET THE CHAIRMANSHIPS THROUGH THE MAYOR.

DOES THIS MEAN IT WILL BE A RUBBER STAMP CHICAGO?

>> THE COMMITTEE IS INTERESTING TO CREATE A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO HANDLE THE ELEMENTS OF A CASINO PROPOSAL.

I WILL COMPARE IT TO THE 78.

THE 78 WAS THE BIG MEGA DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN RAHM EMANUEL AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO GET IT APPROVED IN CITY COUNCIL, IT HAD TO GO THROUGH DIFFERENT COMMITTEES LEWD R INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY HAD TO CHANGE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMITTEES THAT HAD TO WEIGH-IN.

NOW, LIGHTFOOT IS SAYING THE NEW SPECIAL COMMITTEE WILL HANDLE ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE CASINO.

I THINK THERE MIGHT BE QUESTIONS LEGALLY THAT HER LAW DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE TO WEIGH-IN ON, ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL BE ALLOWED OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO WEIGH-IN ON THIS PROPOSAL.

THAT SAID, THE FULL ALL OF THESE ITEMS ON THE FULL PACKAGE WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY ALL 50 ALDERMEN AT THE CITY COUNCIL.

EVEN IF YOU CAN GET IT THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE, YOU WERE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ALL ALDERMEN GET A SAY AS A FULL COUNCIL.

SO THERE ARE 26 OF THOSE 50 THAT SAY WE'RE NOT INTERESTED SOME PART OF -- >> IF I CAN INTERJECT DOES ANYBODY DOUBT IN THE END THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE GOING TO BE ONE PERSON'S DECISION IN THE END.

THE MAYOR.

>> AND WHEN SOMETHING IS SOMETHING OUT AS A PACKAGE THERE'S LITTLE TWEAKING THAT ACTUALLY OCCURS.

>> AND YOU'VE GOT THE 78 WHICH IS THE PROPOSAL FROM THE SAME GUY WHO RUNS RIVERS CASINO OUT IN DES PLAINES.

AMANDA VINICKY DO YOU THINK THE MAYOR MIGHT HAVE HER WINNER AND THIS IS ALL CEREMONIAL FROM HERE ON OUT?

>> I MEAN CERTAINLY I THINK IT IS NOTEWORTHY THIS IS A DELAY FROM HER OWN TIMELINE AND A DELAY VERSUS OTHER CASINOS GOING UP ALREADY INCLUDING, WAUKEGAN IS NOT CHICAGO, AND SIMILARLY CLOSE.

YOU BRING UP AN INTERESTING POINT IN TERMS OF THE RIVERS CASINO BECAUSE THAT IS ILLINOIS' MOST SUCCESSFUL CASINO.

THERE IS A NOTION OF CANNIBALIZATION.

AND IS IT THE RIGHT CHOICE TO GO WITH AN ENTITY THAT HAS ITS OWN COMPETITION IN ITS OWN BACKYARD AND WHAT THAT IS GOING TO DO?

WILL THERE BE INCENTIVES TO STUNT GROWTH AT ONE OR THE OTHER?

THERE IS A LOT GOING INTO IT HERE.

I DON'T HAVE INSIGHT AS TO WHETHER LIGHTFOOT HAS A FAVORITE AND I THINK SHE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE TO BRING IN PUBLIC INPUT.

ONE OF THE OPTIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH BIGGER BACKLASH.

>> LEE BEY IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THE DESIGNS THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU ARCHITECTURALLY?

>> NO, NOT YET.

IT'S TOUGH TO -- MAYBE, MAYBE THE 78, MAYBE THE TRIBUNE SITE HAS INTRIGUING TOWERS THAT ARE TALLER AS WELL.

FRANKLY, I THOUGHT THAT McCORMICK PLACE THAT RIVERS AND McCORMICK PLACE BE THE ONE THAT MIGHT EDGE OUT THE OTHERS.

THIS WAS TOO -- TAKE LAKESIDE CENTER THE FLAT ROOF BUILDING ON THE LAKE AND CONVERTED TO A CASINO.

AND WITH RESTAURANTS AND STUFF INSIDE.

THAT ONE TO ME WAS THE MOST INTRIGUING PERSONALLY BECAUSE THEN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE THE NEIGHBORS WOULD COMPLAIN "ABOUT FACE: STONEWALL, REVOLT AND NEW QUEER ART" A CASINO, ALL OF THAT SCROLLED AWAY INSIDE THAT BUILDING.

THERE IS NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD TO HANG OORN.

YOU CAN PARK INSIDE.

AND IT BRINGS USE TO THE BUILDING WHICH NEEDS $400 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.

THE OWNER SAYS THEY NEED THAT BUILDING.

I HADN'T HEARD THAT IN 60 YEARS.

>> AND MORE SCHEDULED OUT MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW.

CERTAINLY THE LAST MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL WANTED TO TEAR IT DOWN FOR THE LUCAS MUSEUM AND I THINK THAT WAS THE SURPRISE OF IT ALL.

>> WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM TO REHAB IT?

>> THAT IS THE QUESTION.

>> WHO IS GOING TO RUN FOR MAYOR AGAINST LORI LIGHTFOOT?

GREG HINZ WE'VE ASKED CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY WHETHER HE WAS INTERESTED IN JUMPING IN.

HE SAID I'M FOCUSED ON UKRAINE BUT HE DID TELL US FOLKS HAVE ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.

THERE WAS A POLL THIS WEEK ASKING VOTERS WHETHER THEY WOULD SUPPORT HIM AND WHO IS BEHIND THAT POLL?

>> HE IS, PARIS.

SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH TELL ME HE COMMISSIONED THE POLL.

IN THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T SAY NO WHEN A POLITICIAN DOESN'T SAY NO IT MEANS MAYBE.

YOU KNOW, WITH ALL GOOD CHICAGO POLITICIAN THE ONLY JOB THAT COUNTS IS MAYOR.

HE WOULD BE LORI LIGHTFOOT'S NUMBERS HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD FROM THE POLLS I HAVE SEEN.

ARNE DUNCAN DID A POLL AND WHO IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

THERE IS A DISTANCE BETWEEN HERE AND THERE.

INTEREST, RAISING THE MONEY, GOING THROUGH THE POLITICAL HEAT.

I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF NOTE Mr. QUIGLEY NOW IS A BIG SHOT IN CONGRESS.

HE'S A CARDINAL.

HE IS HEAD OF THE SUBAPPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES.

IF THE REPUBLICANS TAKEOVER GUESS WHAT?

HE WON'T BE AS BIG OF A SHOT MAYBE GIVES HIM MORE REASON TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.

>> AND IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN THE MIDTERMS AND HE IS CHAIR OF THE UKRAINE COMMITTEE AND THAT IS THE BIG FOCUS.

WILLIE WILLSON'S GAS GIVEAWAY THE FIRST ONE CAUSED TRAFFIC HEADACHES.

AMANDA VINICKY WAS THE SECOND ONE, A MILLION DOLLARS AROUND THE CHICAGO REGION WITHOUT THE HEADACHES AND MORE SUCCESSFUL?

>> I MEAN I'M NOT SURE IT WAS WITHOUT ANY HEADACHE WITH LESS BECAUSE CITY PLANNING DID GO INTO IT.

I THINK THIS IS, BY THE WAY, YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITHOUT CONNECT TO GO TO THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD AND THAT QUESTION OF WHO IS GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR MAYOR?

WILLSON, OF COURSE, A FORMER MAYORAL CANDIDATE HE COULD BE DOING THIS HE IS A WEALTHY MAN.

PUT HIS MONEY AND EFFORTS TOWARD OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE MISSIONS PREVIOUSLY.

BUT IS HE ALSO A FUTURE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION AND APPRECIATION FROM FOLKS THAT RIGHT NOW ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND ABOUT GAS PRICES AS WAS EVIDENCED BY THE REALLY, REALLY LONG LINES.

SO CERTAINLY A TAKEAWAY IN TERMS OF HOW TO PLAN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE.

BUT THE BIGGER TAKEAWAYS ARE WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ECONOMY AND FOR THE POLITICAL FUTURE HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST.

BUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT SHOW THAT WILLSON SURE HAS HIS EYES SET ON THE FUTURE.

>> HE HAS BEEN A PAST CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.

AND OTHER OFFICES INCLUDING PRESIDENT AND BECKY VEVEA THE MAYOR IS SUPPOSED TO UNVEIL HER OWN GAS GIVEAWAY TYPE OF PLAN.

WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE?

>> WELL, SHE HAS BEEN HINTING AT IT.

THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING AND THAT GOT CANCELED TODAY.

THAT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PUSHED OFF.

SHE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND SHOW SHE IS LISTENING TO VOTERS.

IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR.

AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT IS HITTING EVERYBODY.

SHE SAID THE OTHER DAY, WE ARE CAR CITY EASTERN THOUGH WE HAVE A BIG MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM.

PEOPLE DRIVE THEIR CARS TO GET TO SCHOOL AND WORK.

TWO YEARS AGO, SHE INCREASED THE CITY'S GAS TAX FROM 5 CENTS TO 8 CENTS AND THERE'S CHATTER SHE WOULD ROLL THAT BACK AND THAT IS UNCONFIRMED TO THIS POINT.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CHASE IT DOWN.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE QUESTIONS IF SHE WILL LOWER IT, ROLL IT BACK OR TAKE OTHER STEPS TO PROVIDE RELIEF AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF THIS BUDGET YEAR AND HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT $5 A GALLON AT THE PUMP.

>> WE'LL WAIT-AND-SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WHEN THEY ANNOUNCE A PLAN GAS PRICES WILL GO DOWN.

MURPHY'S LAW.

LEE BEY IS THE LONG SOUGHT WESTERN ACCESS TO O'HARE AIRPORT CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF CITY COUNCIL TOOK ACTION ON?

IS IT.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS TO ACQUIRE THE LAND THAT IS NEEDED FOR IT AND BEGIN THE PROJECT OF BUILDING THAT ACCESS.

SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DREAMED ABOUT.

I WANT TO SAY BACK TO OLD MAN DALEY'S TIME.

TO RICHARD M. TO DO THIS.

IN A WAY IT RELATES TO THE SUBJECT WE GOT THROUGH TALKING ABOUT.

ONE WISHES PERHAPS THERE COULD BE BETTER PUBLIC TRANSIT LINKS INTO O'HARE AND AROUND O'HARE BUT THAT IS ANOTHER ARGUMENT FOR ANOTHER SHOW.

BUT I THINK IT IS CERTAINLY A STEP FORWARD WE'VE SEEN THIS WEEK.

>> WE'RE WAITING FOR THE ELON MUSK BORING TUNNEL THAT LEAVES OUT OF BLOCK 37.

AMANDA VINICKY WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS WESTERN ACCESS?

STATE, CITY, FEDS, BOTH, THREE?

>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.

SIMPLE ANSWER.

I WILL SAY SORT OF THOUGH, AGAIN CONNECTED TO ALL OF THIS ILLINOIS ALSO LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF GAS TAX RELIEF TEMPORARILY.

BUT THAT IS THE MONEY FUNDS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS COMES FROM, THE MOTOR FUEL TAX.

THERE IS AN ARGUMENT AS TO WHETHER WE WILL SEE THAT.

THE STATESIDE.

AND A COUPLE WEEKS LEFT FOR LEGISLATORS AND THE GOVERNOR TO FIGHT THAT OUT AND GET SOMETHING FIGURED OUT.

EVEN IF THERE WERE TO BE THAT THAT ARGUE FRONT LABOR SAYS FOR THE INTEGRITY OF PROJECTS AND FOR THE FUTURE SUCH AS THIS, YOU CAN'T GIVE UP ON THAT MONEY AND FURTHER WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR PEOPLE'S POCKETS IT MIGHT SOUND GOOD BUT IT WOULD NOT ADD UP TO INDIVIDUALS.

>> THIS WILL FUEL QUITE A DEBATE.

AND NATIONAL NEWS -- >> I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT -- NATIONAL NEWS YESTERDAY WAS THE FINAL DAY OF HEARINGS FOR SUPREME COURT NOMINEE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.

G.O.P.

SENATORS ATTACKED HER RECORD AS A JUDGE CLAIMING SHE HAS BEEN TOO LEAN GENT IN SENTENCING DECISIONS.

HERE IS WHAT JACKSON HAD TO SAY IN RESPONSE.

>> MY ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH DEFENDANTS IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED VIA THE FEDERAL SYSTEM, AND EASTERN VIA THE STATE SYSTEM WILL COME OUT.

WILL BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES AGAIN.

SO IT IS TO OUR ENTIRE BENEFIT AS CONGRESS AS RECOGNIZED TO INSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO COME OUT STOP COMMITTING CRIMES.

>> AND GREG HINZ WE HAVE THE NEWS THAT WEST VIRGINIA MODERATE SENATOR MANCHIN IS A YES.

DOES THAT SEAL THE DEAL AND INSURE SHE WILL HAVE THE 50 DEMOCRATS PLUS ONE TO GET HER THROUGH?

>> YES, IT SURE LOOKS THAT WAY.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE A REPUBLICAN OR TWO.

THE REPUBLICANS THERE'S ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE RULES OF THIS SENATE, IF ONE PARTY OR THE OTHER WALKS OUT OF A COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE A QUORUM AND THEY CANNOT REPORT OUT OF THE NOMINEE.

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY ARE GOING TO SHOW UP WHICH LOOKS AROUND APRIL 3.

THAT THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE AND IT GOES TO THE FLOOR.

ALL 50 DEMOCRATS ARE THERE AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT HARRIS IS THERE TO PROVIDE THE TIE VOTE.

>> AND REPUBLICANS LEANED IN THIS ISSUE ON HER SENTENCING WITH RESPECT TO CHILD SEX OFFENDERS PLAYING INTO SOME CULTURE WAR POLITICAL ISSUES AND IT IS NO SECRET SOME OF THE SENATORS ARE VERY AMBITIOUS ABOUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

WERE THESE GENUINE OR A BIT INR DISINGENUOUS.

>> PARTICULARLY HOW THEY DID OR DIDN'T QUESTION TWO PREVIOUS NOMINEES TO THE SUPREME COURT WHO HAD FAR LESS FAR LESS ENGLISHAL EXPERIENCE THAN THE CURRENT NOMINEE.

AND I FOLLOW SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT AMERICA MIGHT BE THINKING OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND MAYBE PEOPLE COULDN'T MAKE HEAD OR TAIL WHY THERE WAS AN OBSESSION WITH THAT.

BY LINDSEY GRAHAM AND OF COURSE, BY SENATOR CRUZ OF TEXAS AMONG OTHERS.

IT IS AN ODD PIECE.

AGAIN, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE LACK OF QUESTIONING THAT OF THE LAST TWO NOMINEES FACED.

>> AND BECKY VEVEA THE "WASHINGTON POST" WROTE AN EDITORIAL SUGGESTING THAT REPUBLICANS TREATED JACKSON WORSE THAN DEMOCRATS TREATED KAVANAUGH.

DO YOU SEE THAT?

WERE REPUBLICANS HARSHER HERE ON HER THAN DEMOCRATS WERE ON KAVANAUGH?

>> THIS IS A WOMAN WHO IS VERY ACCOMPLISHED AND HAS AN AMAZING RECORD AND IT ALMOST SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD MAKE HAY OVER.

AND SO I THINK THAT WAS [INAUDIBLE] AND THE "WASHINGTON POST"ED WEIGHED IN ABOUT THIS AND I WILL SAY I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY AND GREG MENTIONED I THINK HER NOMINATION AND THE WON'T BE SOMETHING THAT GETS HELD UP.

AS FAR AS THE PARTISAN FATER OF THE HEARINGS YES, THEY HAVE GOTTEN VERY PARTISAN IN THE LAST THREE WE'VE SEEN AND THEY POTENTIALLY WILL GET MORE PARTISAN.

I THINK THE QUESTION IS YOU KNOW WE WILL HAVE THREE CLOSE TOGETHER WE CAN COMPARE BUT I THINK, SHE A VERY ACCOMPLISHED THE JUDGE AND VERY, VERY MUCH QUALIFIED FOR THIS ROLE.

AND SO YEAH, WE'RE THE DIGS AND THE LINES OF QUESTIONING REALLY TOUGH?

YES.

I THINK IN MANY OBJECTIVE WAYS THEY WERE.

>> AND NO DOUBT THIS IS FREE AIR TIME FOR SENATORS.

SENATORS THAT WANT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

DO THE MATH.

THEY CERTAINLY UTILIZE THAT FOR SOME OF THE THEATRE.

AND THIS WAS A BIG STAGE FOR ILLINOIS SENATOR DICK DURBIN CHAIRMAN HOW DID HE DO IN HANDLING ALL THIS?

>> HE HAS BEEN IN THE SENATE HE KNOWS THE DRILL.

HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THESE HEARINGS HE KNOWS THE DRILL WITH JUDGE BROWN JACKSON HER HAVING RECENTLY BEEN AS HE WAS CHAIR BEFORE THE VERY SAME COMMITTEE.

THIS WAS SOMETHING I THINK I'M SURE DELIGHTED IN AS SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW HIM WELL, COVERED SENATOR DUR WIN FOR YEARS.

AND THERE WAS A SPAT WITH SENATOR CRUZ.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL HAVE BOTH SIDES BE SORT OF A LITTLE RUFFLED FEATHERS ABOUT.

BUT HE WAS, OF COURSE, GOING TO DO THAT ON BEHALF OF DEMOCRATS AND TRIED TO HOLD THAT GAVEL WITH THIS SORT OF CROSSING THE AISLE BIPARTISANSHIP FASHION WHICH IS HE KNOWN FOR.

>> A FUNNY LINE TO TED CRUZ, I KNOW YOU FROM TV.

THAT GOT A CHUCKLE.

I KNOW YOU ALL FROM TV OUR THANKS TO BECKY VEVEA, LEE BEY, AMANDA VINICKY AND GREG HINZ.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

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