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

ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE AN IMMEDIATE EXPANSION OF VACCINE ELIGIBILITY.

ALL RESIDENTS 16 AND OLDER ARE ELIGIBLE.

STATE OFFICIALS HAVE SEEN A SLOWDOWN IN CERTAIN AREAS WITH INCREASED VACCINE INVENTORY.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS THE EXPANSION COMES AS THERE ARE WORRYING SIGNS OF A RESURGENCE IN COVID CASES.

>> WE WANT TO AVOID A SURGE.

WE'VE TRIED TO JUMP ON TOP OF THIS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE MAKING SURE WE ARE NOT ONLY VACCINATING MORE PEOPLE BUT WE HAVE TEAMS GOING TO THE REGIONS OF THE STATE WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING.

>> AND STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 3,000 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 AND 33 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A TOTAL OF 1.232 MILLION CASES SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC AND 21,203 DEATHS.

THE POSITIVITY RATE TICKS UP TO 3.3%.

>> THE EMBATTLED C.E.O.

OF LORETTO HOSPITAL GETS A VOTE OF SUPPORT FROM THE VICE-CHAIR WHO IS AN ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR.

KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD IS DEFENDING GEORGE MILLER.

MILLER APOLOGIZED FOR HIS ROLE IN IMPROPER VACCINATION EVENTS OFFSITE INCLUDING HIS SUBURBAN HOME CHURCH.

ANOSHA AHMED WHO WAS TIED TO MANY OF THE IMPROPER VACCINATIONS RESIGNED.

AND ADDED UNRELATED NEWS CONFERENCE, SENATOR LIGHTFORD GAVE MILLER HIGH MARKS.

>> Mr. MILLER IS ONE OF OUR BEST PRESIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.

WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS IN AND ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTHCARE TO OUR AUSTIN RESIDENTS.

>> AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE IN JUST A MOMENT.

>> CHICAGO POLICE OFFICIALS ARE RAISING ALARMS OVERSHOOTINGS AT POP-UP PARTIES IN THE CITY.

ANOTHER PERSON WAS KILLED AT SUCH AN EVENT IN THE ASHBURN NEIGHBORHOOD FOLLOWING A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING LAST WEEK IN PARKMAN NOSH.

THE CITY IS ON PACE TO SEE HIGHER HOMICIDE NUMBERS WHEN THE CITY RECORDED 769 HOMICIDES A JUMP FROM THE 495 THE CITY RECORDED THE YEAR EARLIER.

AND JOINING US ARE MARY MITCHELL OF THE "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES".

ROBERT CHIARITO OF BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO CHRISTIAN FARR OF NBC5 CHICAGO AND GREGORY PRATT OF THE TRIBUNE.

AND THE LORETTO STORY, ROBERT CHIARITO YOUR OUTLET, THE BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO REPORTED SO MUCH ON THIS, AND Dr. ANOSHA AHMED RESIGN SECOND THAT ENOUGH TO QUIET THE FIRESTORM ABOUT IMPROPER VACCINATIONS?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

WE'LL SEE IF THAT HAPPENS AND WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES WE ARE LOOKING INTO, POTENTIAL STORIES.

AND I KNOW ALL OUR COMPETITORS ARE AS WELL.

IT'S BEEN 10 DAYS OF A LOT OF STORIES THAT SEEM TO GET A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING BY THE DAY.

>> IT'S BEEN A FIRE HOSE OF STORIES, BOB.

MARY MITCHELL, YOU HEARD STATE SENATOR LIGHTFORD DEFEND THE C.E.O.

GEORGE MILLER WHO STILL HAS HIS JOB.

SHOULD HE KEEP HIS JOB?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW SHE COULD COME FORWARD AND SAY HE SHOULD KEEP HIS JOB.

WHO DO YOU HOLD ACCOUNTABLE IF IT'S NOT THE C.E.O.?

IT IS NOT THE C.F.O.

OR THE COO IN CHARGE.

IT IS THE C.E.O.

SO HE HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND FOR HER TO DEFEND HIM MAKES DEPOSE TO SHOW YOU THE REASON WHY THIS HAPPENED IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WEAK BOARD.

A STRONG BOARD WOULD HAVE CUT TIES WITH BOTH GENTLEMEN AND SENT THEM ON THEIR WAY.

>> CHRISTIAN FARR WHEN YOU LOOK AT Dr. AHMED WHO RESIGNED, THE C.F.O.

AND THE COO, 2.7 MILLION CONDO IN TRUMP TOWER AND LIVING THE HIGH LIFE WITH 180 DOLLAR STEAKS AT THE STEAKHOUSE AND LOTS OF JEWELRY.

DOES THAT RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION HERE IS AT THIS SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL?

SERVES THE NEEDIEST RESIDENTS?

>> I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.

LORETTO IS ON THE WEST SIDE.

AND WE SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.

IT'S REPORTED NOT JUST HERE IN CHICAGO BUT NATIONWIDE.

AND TO SEE THAT EVENTS AT A JEWELRY STORE AND STEAKHOUSE AT A SUBURBAN CHURCH WHEN YOU ARE NOT HAVING EVENTS WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO VACCINATE THE PEOPLE THAT TRULY NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM THIS.

THEY ARE ON THE FRONTLINES.

THESE ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS THEY HAVE TO KEEP ON WORKING TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLES AND TO REPEATEDLY SEE EACH AND EVERYDAY.

BLOCK CLUB DID AN AWESOME JOB ON THIS AND WE FOLLOWED UP.

GOING TO THE LOCATIONS, MY COLLEAGUES DID.

AND IT WAS DISTURBING TO HEAR WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

WHERE YOU ARE VACCINATING PEOPLE NOT IN LINE.

ALL OF US ARE WAITING TO GET VACCINATED WHEN WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET VACCINATED AND TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN.

THERE IS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE JUDGES AS WELL.

IT RAISES A LOT OF RED FLAGS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

>> COOK COUNTY JUDGES THAT JUMPED THE LINE AND GOT VACCINATED AT LORETTO HOSPITAL.

GREGORY PRATT, TODAY, THE MAYOR AND YESTERDAY AND TODAY THE MAYOR GOT TESTY WHEN ASKED ABOUT SOME ASPECTS OF THE VACCINATION AT LORETTO HOSPITAL.

CAN YOU DELVE INTO THAT A BIT?

>> WELL, THE MAYOR DENIED THAT ANYBODY AT HER STAFF HAD GIVEN A LIST OF NAMES TO LORETTO TO VACCINATE WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE RUMORS THAT IS OUT THERE.

AND OUR COLLEAGUE AT NBC, MARY ANN AHERN ASKED ABOUT IT AND THE MAYOR WAS UPSET AND DIDN'T -- SHE DID NOT USE THE POLITE VERSION OF IT.

AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS A BIT OF AN OVERREACTION TO A FAIR ENOUGH QUESTION.

AND YOU HAD A SITUATION WHERE THE MAYOR WAS DEFENSIVE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE FOR HER, SHE HAD BEEN STRONG IN RECENT DAYS ABOUT CRITICIZING WHAT HAPPENED AT LORETTO AND TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY NEED TO COME CLEAN WITH THE PUBLIC.

SO YOU CAN SOMEWHAT UNDERSTAND HER FRUSTRATION.

BUT YOU KNOW, BUT -- THE FACT THAT A QUESTION LIKE THAT IS OUT THERE REALLY SPEAKS TO THE CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE THAT STARTED TO SURROUND LORETTO WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

>> AND ROBERT CHIARITO YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE TIPS YOU ARE LOOKING INTO.

WHAT ARE THE NEXT SHOES TO DROP IN THE STORY?

>> WELL -- >> HE IS NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THAT.

>> I CANNOT SAY TOO MUCH.

>> THOSE ARE THE SECRETS.

>> YOU WERE MARY MITCHELL'S FORMER STUDENT.

I'M SURE SHE TAUGHT YOU WELL.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

I MEAN, WE'LL SEE WHAT PANS OUT.

>> WHAT IS INTERESTING HERE, IS IT'S NOT JUST WHAT NEXT SHOE IS GOING TO DROP IT'S WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO LORETTO WHEN THE GUYS MOVED ON DOWN THE ROAD AND LET GO OF GEORGE MILLER AND LET HIM FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE TO GO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO LORETTO?

IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THE HOSPITAL TO BE ACCEPTED AAS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS UNDERSERVED.

PEOPLE DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY.

THEY MAY HAVE ISSUES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THOSE PROBLEMS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DEAL W WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM?

AND THAT IS THE PART THAT DISCOURAGES ME ABOUT THIS STORY.

IS THAT WHEN WE GET FINISHED TELLING ALL THIS ABOUT LORETTO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> MARY MITCHELL I POSE THAT QUESTION ABOUT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR ARTICLE, THE FORMER C.E.O.

IN 2017 WAS MAKING BETWEEN 800,000-900,000 IS THAT APPROPRIATE SALARIES AT A SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL THAT RELIES ON MEDICAID AND MEDICARE TO TREAT THE NEEDIEST PATIENTS?

>> I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE WEBSITES WHERE THE ORGANIZATION THAT KEEP TRACKS OF THAT SORT OF THING AND IT APPEARS A HOSPITAL LORETTO'S SIZE THAT HAS $49 MILLION IN ASSETS THAT THAT C.E.O.

MAKES 247,000 OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE A YEAR.

AND NOT 800,000.

SO THE SALARY SEEMS TO BE OUT OF WHACK.

AND YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF IF HE IS MAKING THAT KIND OF MONEY, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES WITHIN THE HOSPITAL HOW MUCH RESOURCES DOES THAT HOSPITAL HAVE?

>> LORETTO HAS TALKED IN RECENT YEARS ABOUT HAVING TO CUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GETTING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS AND THREATENED TO CLOSE IN THE PAST THE SALARIES RAISE RED FLAGS.

AND ANOTHER VACCINATION STORY, GREGORY PRATT, THE CITY IMMEDIATELY YANKED AWAY A CONTRACT FROM A COMPANY THAT WAS VACCINATING C.P.S.

EMPLOYEES FOR WHAT ARE MISALLOCATED VACCINATIONS THAT COMPANY INNOVATIVE EXPRESS CARE SAYS THEY WERE DOING NO SUCH THING.

WHERE IS THE TRUTH?

>> THEY DON'T NECESSARILY THEY SAID THEY DID NOT DO NO SUCH THING AND SAID WE GAVE VACCINES TO OTHER PEOPLE BUT THEY NEEDED IT.

WHAT THEY'VE MADE THE ARGUMENT THEY DID NOT TURN AWAY C.P.S.

PEOPLE BUT AT THE END OF THE WEEK WHEN THEY HAD OTHER VACCINES COMING, THEY GAVE IT TO PEOPLE THAT NEEDED IT AND PEOPLE THAT WERE ELIGIBLE WHICH OF COURSE, IS ADMIRABLE BUT IN AN ABSTRACT WAY, BUT IF YOUR CONTRACT IS TO VACCINATE C.P.S.

PEOPLE AND YOU ARE TAKING THOSE VACCINES AND GIVING THEM TO ANYONE ELSE THAT IS NOT THE DEAL.

AND THE MAYOR HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN ABOUT SAYING YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.

THEY ARE NOT BEING STRAIGHT.

THEY ARE TWISTING IT.

AND IT DOES SEEM FROM WHAT THEY ARE ADMITTING PUBLICLY THAT THEY FELT THEY COULD TAKE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL VACCINES AND GIVE THEM TO OTHER PEOPLE AS LONG AS THEY WERE DESERVING.

AND THAT IS MORE OR LESS WHAT THEY'VE SAID AS I'VE UNDERSTOOD IT AND THAT IS NOT OK BY C.P.S.

OR MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S STANDARDS.

>> AND THEY SAY THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION ON THAT.

AND CHRISTIAN FARR THIS COMES AS THE MAYOR AND THE SCHOOL SAID TO VACCINATE EVERYBODY DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN NOW?

>> I JUST DON'T THINK SO.

LOOK YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION BETWEEN C.P.S.

AND C.T.U.

ON JUST TRYING TO GET BACK INTO SCHOOL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO VACCINATE EVERYONE HAS BECOME A HUGE ISSUE.

THE THING WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL WITH THE VACCINES.

I'VE DONE REPORTING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINES BUT CANNOT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

WHEN YOU SEE STORIES LIKE THIS, YOU WONDER WHAT IS THE SYSTEM?

PEOPLE CAN'T GET THIS VACCINE, AND WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY ROUTES DO I GO TO WALGREENS?

YOU KNOW, IT'S DISTURBING WHEN YOU SEE STORIES LIKE THIS WITH LORETTO HOSPITAL AND THIS C.P.S.

STORY AS WELL.

IT JUST RAISES A LOT OF RED FLAGS THIS WAS NOT ROLLED OUT THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> AND LORETTO HOSPITAL DEFENDED SOME ACTIONS SAYING THE VAST MAJORITY OF VACCINES HAVE GONE OUT TO RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE VACCINES IN QUESTION HERE ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED IN THE POOL OF 15,000.

THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

LET'S MOVE ON.

>> WE DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE THE CASE.

>> THAT IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT.

>> AND TRANSPARENCY IS AN ISSUE, TOO.

>> BOB, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE REAL NUMBERS ARE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I TRUST THEM TO REPORT IT.

>> CERTAINLY, YEP, CERTAINLY A LOT OF CONFUSION AROUND THAT.

AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER GOT HIS VACCINE ON CAMERA AND HE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT INFECTIONS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> EVEN AS WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE MITIGATIONS AND TRIED TO LOWER MITIGATIONS HERE OR THERE I'VE SAID WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE VARIANTS.

AND I'M CONCERNED, IS THAT THE VARIANTS OR A BLIP IN THE DATA?

WE WILL KEEP WATCHING CLOSELY.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS MORE ACTIVITY GOING ON AND PEOPLE MAY BE ARE BEING A LITTLE LESS CAREFUL AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY PLEASE KEEP YOUR DISTANCE AND CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR MASK AND BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS.

>> MARY MITCHELL WE SEE THE NUMBERS ITCHING UP AND IN EUROPE THEY ARE IN A THIRD WAVE.

IS THAT WHERE ILLINOIS IS HEADED?

>> I HOPE NOT BUT PEOPLE ARE WARY TIRED OF BEING LOCKED UP AT HOME AND BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VACCINATIONS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE SHOT, THEY WANT TO BE OUT AND ABOUT.

SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE LOOSE WITH THE MASK WEARING.

I WAS OUT THE OTHER DAY AND I SAW PEOPLE WITHOUT A MASK AND IT HAD BEEN A LONGTIME SINCE I'VE SEEN THAT.

AND ALL THE GATHERINGS AND POP-UP PARTIES SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT IF THEY ARE HAVING ALL THE POP-UP PARTIES AGAIN THAT IS HOW THE VIRUS IS SPREAD.

SO I THINK THAT WE ARE INCHING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

WHAT PUZZLES ME IF WE'RE DOING THAT IF THIS IS HAPPENING, THEN WHY ARE WE OPENING UP MORE OR TRYING TO REOPEN IF WE ARE NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL RIGHT NOW WITH CONTAINING THE VIRUS WHY ARE WE DOING THAT?

>> GREGORY PRATT THE STATE IS CLOSE TO 70% OF SENIORS BEING VACCINATED THE THRESHOLD THAT GOVERNOR PRITZKER SET FOR THE BRIDGE PHASE IS THAT BRIDGE PHASE STILL GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> WELL, I THINK THEY ARE CLOSE ON ONE OF THE METRICS AND A COUPLE OTHER METRICS THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT WAYS TO GO IS THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT.

I THINK THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING THE POLITICAL LEADERS AND SOCIETY WITH THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, CASES GO UP, DEATHS ARE RELATIVELY STABLE AND YOU KNOW, DEATHS IS WHAT CONCERNS THEM MORE THAN PEOPLE BEING SICK, ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY SICKNESS IS A PROBLEM AND DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT PLACES ARE REALLY STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.

THE MAYOR WAS ASKED ABOUT IS IT A MIXED MESSAGE TO TELL PEOPLE HEY, THE VIRUS IS GOING UP, YOU NEED TO DO BETTER AND BY THE WAY WE ARE EXPANDING CAPACITY OUTDOORS?

AND OUTDOORS IS DIFFERENT THAN INDOORS BUT IT IS A MIXED MESSAGE.

YOU CAN HANGOUT WITH MORE PEOPLE OUTSIDE JUST DON'T DO IT INSIDE.

PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY HEAR THAT.

THEY DON'T HEAR OR THINK ABOUT THE OUTSIDE-INSIDE DISTINCTION.

BUT WE ARE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

IT IS NOT -- THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF EASY CHOICES AND PROBABLY BE TEACHING ETHICS CLASSES ABOUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS MADE.

>> ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE AS PRITZKER SAID LOTS OF COUNTIES HAVE VACCINE SURPLUSES SO EVERYBODY OVER 16 IS ELIGIBLE RIGHT NOW IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.

LET'S TALK ABOUT NEWS OF THE WEEK.

LAWMAKERS DEMAND CHANGES TO GUN LAWS AFTER A RASH OF NATIONAL AND CHICAGO SHOOTINGS AFTER EVANSTON PASSES THE REPARATIONS FUND CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL DEBATES THE SUBJECT.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT PROPOSES THE BOOST TO THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOMES.

AND SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH DEMANDS ASIAN REPRESENTATION IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S CABINET.

CHRISTIAN FARR, WE'VE SEEN A RASH OF POLICE -- SHOOTINGS OF POLICE OFFICERS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES ARE UP THIS YEAR OVER LAST YEAR AND LAST YEAR WAS A TERRIBLE YEAR.

DO POLICE OFFICIALS HAVE ANY EXPLANATION FOR THE SURGE?

>> YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY DON'T.

BUT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN THAT POLICE OFFICERS AND SOME CASES ARE BEING TARGETED.

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, DID ONE AT A POLICE DISTRICT WHERE AN OFFICER HAD A GRAZE WOUND TO HIS LIP.

HE WAS JUST OUTSIDE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

THERE WAS A LARGE POLICE RESPOND HE WAS OK.

THE NEXT DAY AN OFFICER OFF DUTY WAS INVOLVED IN WHAT WAS A CARJACKING AND THAT WAS A TOUGH SITUATIONS WHERE OFFICERS RESPONDED.

IN THE MORE THAN 10 YEARS I'VE WORKED AT NBC CHICAGO AND COVERED SHOOTINGS THIS IS THE WORST I'VE SEEN IT WITH POLICE OFFICERS.

TO HAVE TWO BACK-TO-BACK IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS THE NUMBERS WE'VE HAD.

THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT ARE POLICE OFFICERS BEING TARGETED?

ARE WE DEALING WITH THE GUN LAWS ENOUGH THE GUNS ON THE STREET?

AND YOU HAVE THE PARTIES WITH MASS SHOOTINGS.

AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND DO YOU THROW MORE POLICE AT IT?

YOU DON'T KNOW AND THAT IS WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

>> MARY MITCHELL WE TALKED ABOUT PARTY EARLY THIS MORNING AND PARK MANOR A MASS SHOOTING A WEEK AGO WHAT IS THE DANGER WITH THE POP-UP PARTIES WHY ARE THESE BECOMING SUCH AN ISSUE?

>> FIRST OF ALL THEY ARE ILLEGAL THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT STICKS OUT WITH ME IS THAT SHOWS HOW MANY GUNS ARE ON THE STREETS.

YOU CANNOT GO TO A PARTY WITHOUT SOMEONE GETTING INTO IT AND HAVING A SHOOTOUT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GUNS ON THE STREET.

THE OTHER MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT IF PEOPLE WERE HAVING CITIZEN SHOOTING CITIZENS AND MASS SHOOTINGS NOW WE'RE TREATING EIGHT PEOPLE GETTING SHOT AND ONE DEAD IS LIKE A GOOD THING AND NOT A REALLY BAD THING.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN EIGHT PEOPLE DEAD.

AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR POLICE OFFICERS SHOT IN TWO WEEKS.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF IT AND WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITIZEN IN A CASE LIKE THIS.

SHOULD WE HAVE OUR EYES OPEN AND SEE A GATHERING SHOULD WE BE CALLING 9-1-1.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IT TO STOP IT AND THAT IS THE SCARY PARTY.

>> AND THEY ARE DANGEROUS FOR POLICE OFFICERS AS CHRISTIAN MENTIONED AMID A MASS SHOOTING IN BOULDER THAT FOLLOWS THE MASS SHOOTING IN ATLANTA.

SOME TALK AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL OF SOME SORT OF GUN CONTROL MEASURES IN EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS OR A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

THESE THINGS GET TALKED ABOUT, ROBERT CHIARITO DO YOU SEE ANY APPETITE TO GET IT DONE?

>> NO.

I BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.

I THINK IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS.

ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS THIS TIME.

SO THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE.

BUT LIKE I SAID, I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT.

>> SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THE FILIBUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT FOR THAT TO PASS.

GREG YOU DID A STORY ABOUT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT EARNING $350,000 FROM HER FORMER EMPLOYER MAYOR BROWN, THE LAW FIRM SHE WAS A PARTNER IN.

THIS IS DURING HER FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE SHE WAS MAKING THAT INCOME?

>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THAT SIMPLE QUESTION.

AND IT IS A SIMPLE QUESTION.

AND I'VE GIVEN THEM 46 DAYS TO ANSWER IT AND THEY JUST DIDN'T DO IT.

AND WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE SHE COULD ANSWER IT VERY QUICKLY.

SHE KNOWS WHY SHE GOT PAID THAT MONEY.

IF I WAS GUESSING IT IS AN ISSUE WHERE IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY STRUCTURED THE PAYOUTS FOR PARTNERS WHEN THEY LEAVE.

BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT THEY ARE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION WHICH IS REALLY INEXPLICABLE.

IT'S AN AMATEUR HOUR.

>> AND SHE SAID SHE DIVESTED FROM ANY STAKES IN THAT COMPANY A BIG LAW FIRM.

CHRISTIAN FARR THIS WEEK EVANSTON PASSES THE NATION'S FIRST REPARATIONS ORDINANCE.

REMIND US HOW IT WORKS?

>> BACK IN 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL IN EVANSTON PASSED REPARATIONS.

AND SO IT IS BROKEN DOWN SO THIS LAST VOTE THAT THEY JUST HAD WAS HOW TO JUST TAKE CARE OF 4% OF IT.

IT'S BEEN FUNDED FROM TAX REVENUE FROM MARIJUANA SALES AND THE HOUSING PART OF IT.

AND IT'S SPECIFIC.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE LIVED IN EVANSTON DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE THEY HAD REDLINING GOING ON.

I MEAN IT'S HUGELY MONUMENTAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE REPARATIONS ON THE BOOKS WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS PREVALENT SOMEPLACE ELSE.

SO AND THEY ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDE IN DOING THIS.

THEY VOTED ON IT, PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND SPENT TIME THROUGH COVID SPEAKING TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE GETTING A LOT OF NATIONAL ATTENTION.

THERE IS PUSHBACK AS WELL AND THE THREAT OF A LAWSUIT.

BUT THE FIGHT CONTINUES.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW IT'S 4% ABOUT 400,000 DOLLARS THAT THEY WILL START DOLLING OUT.

>> WHAT WOULD THE LAWSUIT BE ABOUT?

>> FROM THE CONSERVATIVE LAW FIRM IT IS A THREAT OF A LAWSUIT THEY ARE CALLING IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL THAT YOU CAN'T GIVE BENEFITS BASED ON RACE.

NOW, THE ALDERMAN WHO IS BACKING THIS UP ALDERMAN SIMMONS WHO SERVES THE FIFTH WARD IT'S PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND POOR AND SHE GREW UP THERE AND IS REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS FIGHT SAYS SHE TALKED TO THE CITY'S LAW DEPARTMENT AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FEAR FROM THE LAW FIRM.

THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE LAW FIRM OUT OF DC THAT SENT THIS LETTER TO THEM THIS MONTH.

>> AND MARY MITCHELL, THIS COMES AS CITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT THIS AND STARTS TO FORM COMMITTEES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT REPARATIONS COULD LOOK AT THE CITY LEVEL.

IS EVANSTON A MODEL FOR WHAT CHICAGO COULD DO?

>> IT COULD BE.

THIS IS MONUMENTAL.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REPARATIONS AND I CAME INTO THE NEWSROOM 30 YEARS AGO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT REPRESENTICRATIONS -- REPARATIONS AND EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT REPARATIONS BUT THEY NEVER GOT PAST THE TALKING STAGE TO A REAL COMMITTEE, IT NEVER GOT TO A THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IS NOT AN END ALL AND BE ALL.

IT IS A SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I'M THRILLED AND I THINK IT COULD BE A MODEL IF CHICAGO WAS DOES SIT DOWN AND THE CITY COUNCIL SIT DOWN AND CONSIDER WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> WHAT IS CITY COUNCILLING CONSIDERING, GREGORY PRATT AND WHAT WOULD THE MAYOR CONSIDER?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THE MAYOR DOESN'T GO IN ON A LOT OF THESE CULTURAL TOUCH POINTS.

SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF SHE COMES OUT IN FAVOR OF IT IN SOME WAY.

THE CITY COUNCIL ALDERMAN SAWYER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HELENE GAYLE COMMITTEE SCALED BACK -- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE SCALED BACK SOME ON THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE MAYOR.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THIS CAN GENERATE MOMENTUM.

WHEN IT COMES TO UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME AND REPARATIONS, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR JUST HASN'T GONE THERE AND IN CHICAGO, IF THE MAYOR IS NOT GOING THERE, THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THE JUICE TO DO ANYTHING.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> YOU'VE BROUGHT THE JUICE TONIGHT BUT WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO MARY MITCHELL, ROBERT CHIARITO, CHRISTIAN FARR AND GREGORY PRATT.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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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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