[♪♪♪] >> 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... >> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS DENYING THE CLAIMS IN A LAWSUIT THAT ALLEGED SHE DEFAMED FORMER LAWYERS AND USED OBSCENE LANGUAGE TO BERATE THEM.

IN A STATEMENT THE MAYOR SAID QUOTE... >> "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" FIRST REPORTED ON THE LAWSUIT IT CLAIMS LIGHTFOOT THREATENED TO FIRE FORMER PARK DISTRICT EMPLOYEES FOR CUTTING A DEAL WITH ITALIAN/AMERICAN GROUPS.

THE MAYOR HAD ORDERED THE REMOVAL OF THE COLUMBUS STATUES GIVEN THE CONTROVERSIAL STANDING.

SHE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BERATED THE ATTORNEYS WITH OBSCENE LANGUAGE BRAGGING ABOUT GENITAL SIZE.

>> TWO CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS ARE BEING TREATED FOR NONLIFE THREATENING INJURIES AFTER BEING SHOT OUTSIDE A WEST GARFIELD PARK RESTAURANT OVERNIGHT.

DAVID BROWN SAYS THE OFFICERS WERE SHOT WHILE ON A BREAK DURING THEIR OVERNIGHT SHIFT.

HE SAYS A SUSPECT GRABBED ONE OF THE OFFICER'S GUNS AND STARTED FIRING.

POLICE SAY A MAN IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW FOR THE SHOOTING.

>> AND IT IS A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TODAY.

CHICAGO TURNS 185 YEARS OLD.

THE CHICAGO WAS INCORPORATED ON THIS DAY IN 1837 AS A CITY.

AND FRANKLY IT'S ONLY LOOKED BETTER WITH AGE.

AND I THINK OUR PAGE LISTS WOULD -- PANELISTS WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

JOINING US ARE ANNA SAVCHENKO OF WBEZ, RAY LONG OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE", LAURA WASHINGTON OF "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES" AND ABC7 AND MARY ANN AHERN OF NBC5 NEWS.

LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE POLITICAL BOMBSHELL HERE IS U.S. ATTORNEY JOHN LAUSCH ANNOUNCING THE CHARGES AGAINST MICHAEL MADIGAN ON WEDNESDAY.

>> THE DIVMENT ACCUSED MADIGAN OF LEADING FOR NEARLY A DECADE A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO ENHANCE MADIGAN'S POLITICAL POWER AND FINANCIAL WELL-BEING WHILE GENERATING INCOME FOR HIS POLL KAY ALLIES AND ASSOCIATES.

UNFOR NATURALLY THIS CONSTRUCT UNFORTUNATELY THIS CONDUCT UNDERMINES THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT.

>> THE ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE IN INDICTMENTS AGAINST ComEd LOBBYISTS AND MIKE MCCLAIN AND TIM MAPES, WHAT LED THE FEDS TO MADIGAN HIMSELF?

>> IT'S BEEN IN THE WORK FOR 10 YEARS.

TUESDAY, THIS WEEK IS LIKE WHAT DAY WAS IT IT'S BEEN SO CRAZY.

A LOT OF US REPORTERS WERE AT THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TOGETHER AND A JANET YELLEN EVENT AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE REPORTERS WERE GETTING TEXTS WHAT GOING ON?

WE HEARD WORD OF THIS AND I COULDN'T BE MICHAEL MADIGAN.

IT HAS BEEN RUMORED FOR YEARS OF COURSE WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO, RAY?

RAY YOU ARE THE AUTHORITY.

YOU HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK.

ONCE WE HEARD OF THE FOUR CLOSE ASSOCIATES TWO SUMMERS AGO EVERYONE THOUGHT ANY DAY NOW.

IT TOOK A WHILE BUT THIS WEEK WAS WEEK.

>> ALL ROADS HAD BEEN LEADING TO MADIGAN.

AND RAY LONG YOU HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT THE VELVET HAMMER, MICHAEL MADIGAN.

YOU HEAR THE LANGUAGE USED BY JOHN LAUSCH THE MADIGAN ENTERPRISE SAYING THE 13TH WARD DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION WAS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.

THIS LANGUAGE THAT YOU NORMALLY SEE IN A MAFIA TYPE CASE?

>> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SOMETHING YOU EXPECT TO BE ROLLED OUT IN A POLITICAL CASE.

BUT, YES, IT IS MORE OF A MAFIA THING OR MORE OF A MOB THING.

BECAUSE RACKETEERING IS ONE OF THE TYPES OF CHARGES THAT WAS INVENTED TO DRAG IN MOBSTERS.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A RACKETEERING, EXTORTION ALL TYPES OF BRIBERY RELATED TYPES OF CHARGES.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT MAKING THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD INCLUDE MUCH OF HIS ORGANIZATION, MUCH OF HIS STATE HOUSE AND MUCH OF THE VARIOUS OTHER PLACES THAT HE IS AT.

>> YOU BETTER PICK THAT UP IF THAT IS MICHAEL MADIGAN CALLING YOU.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT I WILL LET HIM TALK TO ME LATER.

THE REALITY IS THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO.

BUT FEW PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS UNTOUCHABLE AND FINALLY THE FEDS GOT TO HIM.

AND THEY'VE PULLED THE TRIGGER NOW.

>> LAURA WASHINGTON WERE YOU ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS DAY MIGHT NEVER COME?

DESPITE THE FACT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE THINGS THAT PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE WAY HE OPERATED?

>> KNEW ABOUT THEM.

A LOT OF POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IF THEY WOULD TELL THE TRUTH THEY WOULD SAY THEY SAW SOME OF THE THINGS HE DID IN TRADING POWER FOR JOBS.

BUSINESS AS USUAL IN SPRINGFIELD.

HE HAS BEEN THE REASON WHY IT'S SO STUNNING BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN IN OUR LIFETIME.

HE IS THE LONGEST SERVING HOUSE SPEAKER IN THE ENTIRE NATION.

HE HAS BEEN THE VELVET HAMMER THAT RAY WRITES ABOUT FOR DECADES.

AND FEAR, MAKING SURE THAT HE TOOK NAMES, DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE LIST.

THE FACT THAT SOMEONE LIKE THAT COULD END UP IN THE DOCKET, IT IS REALLY JUST A STUNNING OUTCOME.

BECAUSE PARTICULARLY ALSO BECAUSE EVERYONE THOUGHT MICHAEL MADIGAN WAS THE MOST CAREFUL POLITICIAN IN THE HOUSE.

NO ONE WAS GOING TO CATCH HIM HE DOESN'T USE CELLPHONES AND E-MAILS.

HE ALWAYS MAKES SURE HE TOLLS THAT LEGAL LINE AND NEVER STEPS OVER IT THAT WAS THE PERCEPTION THAT PEOPLE HAD.

AND THE FEDS THINK DIFFERENTLY.

>> A MAN OF FEW WORDS.

AND ON PAGE 82 OF THIS INDICTMENT, DANNY SOLIS ZONING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ON CITY COUNCIL IS SAYING THE WORDS QUID PRO QUO AND MADIGAN SAYS OK 9.

DID HE GET SLOPPY LIKE IT APPEARS ED BURKE DID?

>> WELL, LET'S WAIT-AND-SEE.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ALLEGATIONS AND YOU NOMAD BEGAN SPENT $2 MILLION IN ATTORNEYS.

THEY ARE GOING TO VIGOROUSLY DEFEND THIS AND THEY WILL SAY IT'S POLITICS.

IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT THE DEFENSE THAT BLAGO HAD.

>> OR PLAY ALL THE TYPES, GO AHEAD.

>> BUT YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT SO SECRETIVE.

NEVER, EVER, I NEVER GOT AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM OTHER THAN WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY WITH A MIKEN TO AND CHASING HIM AND RAY LONG AND I WERE REPORTERS WE DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS AGO, MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO AND WE WERE COVERING SPRINGFIELD TOGETHER THEN HE DID NOT TALK TO US THEN EITHER.

YEAH, IT IS JUST GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT ELSE.

MIGHT THERE BE OTHERS?

HOW FAR DO THE TENTACLES GO.

IT ISN'T JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A DEW POINT ALREADY BUT MIGHT THERE BE MORE?

>> RAY LONG?

THIS INDICTMENT THERE ARE COUNTS AGAINST MIKE MCCLAIN WHO IS ALREADY BEEN CHARGED FOR BASICALLY THE EXACT SAME SCHEMES.

DOES THAT TELL YOU THE FEDS ARE TRYING TO GET HIM TO FLIP?

AND THAT WOULD HAVE A STRONGER CASE NOT SAYING IT IS NOT STRONG NOW, BUT DO THEY HAVE A STRONGER CASE WITH AN INSIDER AS A KEY WITNESS?

>> MIKE MCCLAIN AND TIM MAPES, ARE TWO OF THE BIG INSIDERS WHO WOULD KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO SAY.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WENT WRONG, WAS WRONG, ET CETERA.

AND AGAIN, IF THEY HAVE TO PROVE IT IF THEY'VE GOT IT.

SOME OF THE COUNTS HERE REALLY ADD UP TO QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE CROSSED THE LINE OVER THE IDEA OF STAYING WITHIN THE LINES THAT MARY ANN ANN AND LAWYER ARE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

I DO THINK ANOTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THE FEDS SOPHISTICATED THEIR GAME OVER THE LAST YEARS.

AND THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE E-MAILS.

THE KIND OF THING THAT MADIGAN WASN'T BROUGHT UP ON AND STILL DOESN'T HAVE ONE AT LEAST AS OF A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

WE'VE GOT THAT AND WE'VE GOT THE KINGPIN OF ILLINOIS POLITICS AND WITH THAT, THE ILLINOIS POLITICAL WORLD IS REALLY LOOKING AT THIS AS THE MOTHER OF ALL INDICTMENTS.

>> LAURA WASHINGTON WE SPOKE TO A FEW DEFENSE ATTORNEYS OR FORMER PROSECUTORS THAT SAID TO PROVE THAT HE DID CROSS THE LINE IT IS HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT NARRATOR THAT WAS AN INSIDER LIKE MAPES, LIKE McCLAIN.

DO YOU THINK THE FEDS HAVE MORE TO GO MORE SUPERCEDING INDICTMENTS MORE LOOSE ENDS THEY WANT TO TIE-UP BEFORE THIS GOES TO TRIAL WHICH MIGHT NOT BE FOR A COUPLE YEARS?

>> ABSOLUTELY I SUSPECT THEY ARE MAYBE HOPING TO CONVINCE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS TO COOPERATE.

THEY'VE GOT TIME THEY'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS INVESTIGATION SO FAR.

AND AS THE U.S. ATTORNEY THEY ARE WELCOMING AND INVITING PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE INFORMATION WHO MAY WANT TO COME FORWARD TO DO SO.

BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE STRONGER THE MORE PEOPLE THEY CAN BRING INTO THE WEB AND GET TO COOPERATE THE STRONGER THEIR CASE WILL BE IN THE END.

AND MARY ANN IS RIGHT IT WILL BE A LONG-HAUL MICHAEL MADIGAN LIKE ED BURKE MICHAEL MADIGAN IS GOING TO FIGHT THIS DOWN TO THE WIRE.

HE HAS THE RESOURCES TO DO IT.

MILLIONS MORE TO PAY LAWYERS.

SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE CHAPTERS TO COME.

>> SPEAKING OF CHAPTERS BECAUSE YOU'VE WRITTEN THE BOOK AND THERE'S MORE CHAPTERS TO COME.

YOU STUDIED THIS ORGANIZATION.

DO YOU THINK THAT THERE IS MORE THE FEDS HAVE THAT THEY DID NOT PUT IN THE INDICTMENT?

>> WELL, RIGHT.

I DO THINK THAT THE FEDS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE.

AND THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN LOOKING AT MORE THINGS.

ALL AROUND FROM THE WARD ORGANIZATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO THE LEGISLATION IN SPRINGFIELD TO THE LOBBYISTS THEY DEAL WITH.

MADIGAN PULLED ALL THE LEVERS ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND THEREFORE THAT IS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT INTO A NICE TIDY BOW.

BUT WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS GET PIECES OF THOSE AREAS AND PUT THEM IN HERE.

SAY WHO GOT A CONTRACT THAT WAS SLIPPED UNDER THE RADAR THROUGH ANOTHER LOBBYIST AND DIDN'T COME UP AND DIDN'T HAVE TO BE FILED IN PUBLIC.

BUT McCLAIN IS A GUY WHO WENT BACK WITH MADIGAN TO THE 1970s.

THEY WERE LAWMAKERS TOGETHER.

MADIGAN WAS A LAWMAKER WITH McCLAIN'S FATHER.

THEY GO BACK SO FAR AND SO LONG THAT THEY JUST HAD A BOND.

McCLAIN HAD A BEACH OF BENCH OUTSIDE MADIGAN'S OFFICE AND SAT THERE AND TALKED TO HIM ALL THE TIME.

>> AND MIKE MCCLAIN HAS CONTINUED TO SAY THAT HE WILL NOT FLIP HE WILL NOT DO THE THINGS THAT THE FEDS ARE ASKING HIM.

>> RIGHT.

>> A LOT OF POLITICAL FALLOUT.

HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER JIM DURKIN SLAMMED DEMOCRATS AFTER THE INDICTMENT FOR NOT HOLDING MADIGAN ACCOUNTABLE SOONER.

>> BUT THE PUT NEEDS TO GET ANSWERS FROM THE SPEAKER AND THE DEMOCRATS AND THE GOVERNOR WHY THEY DID NOT TAKE ACTION AGAINST THIS MAN EARLIER WHEN THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE FULL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE BEGAN A PROCESS WE DID HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE HIM FOR CAUSE.

>> MARY ANN AHERN, DEMOCRATS STARTED TO JUMP OFF THE MADIGAN SHIP ONCE IT WAS CLEAR WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION WAS GOING.

YOU ALSO HAVE LAUSCH SAYING GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WHO WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE F.B.I.

IS NOT IMPLICATED IN ANYTHING.

BUT WILL THEY PAY A POLITICAL PRICE WILL REPUBLICANS MAKE THIS PART OF THEIR CAMPAIGN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ALREADY ARE.

AND YOU KNOW, THE DEMOCRATS WERE RATHER SLOW TO PEEL AWAY.

YOU REMEMBER ALAINNA HAMPTON WHO SPOKE UP AND SAID THAT THE MAN WORKED IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR MADIGAN HARASSED HER.

KELLY CASSY WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD THE CUTS TO SAY WAIT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

AND SHE PAID A HEAVY PRICE IN LEADERSHIP BECAUSE OF THAT.

IT TOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS TO FINALLY 19 PEELED AWAY WHEN THE NOIR WERE INDICTED THAT HAD TIES TO MAD GAP A YEAR AGO.

BUT AND FINALLY SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL.

AND STEPPED DOWN WHEN HE REALIZED HE WASN'T GOING TO BE SPEAKER.

BUT HE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE LAST MOMENT A YEAR AGO TRYING DESPERATELY.

AND THEN WE LEARNED FROM A WBEZ REPORT THAT SOMEONE WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION PUT OUT TALKING POINTS YESTERDAY OR THE DAY OF THE INDICTMENT TO SAY NO, EVERYBODY LET'S LET THIS [INAUDIBLE] AND WE'VE SAID THAT OURSELVES LET'S LET THE CASE PLAY ITSELF OUT HE IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

DEMOCRATS NEED TALKING POINT ON THAT?

REALLY?

AND THAT IS EMBARRASSING.

>> SPEAKING OF TALKING POINTS WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR WEEKS TO COME.

WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ARNE DUNCAN WILL NOT RUN FOR MAYOR.

RUSSIAN FORCES SEIZE A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN GIVES HIS FIRST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WITH THE WAR CASTING A DARK SHADOW.

ANNA SAVCHENKO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT UKRAINE YOU HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN UKRAINE YOU ARE A HIGHER EDUCATION REPORTER AT WBEZ.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON THE GROUND?

WHAT IS THE LATEST THAT YOU HEAR FROM FOLKS IN UKRAINE?

>> WELL, PEOPLE TERRIFIED AS YOU MENTIONED.

THERE ARE MILLIONS THAT ARE FLEEING.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CROSSING INTO POLAND, SLOVAKIA ALL THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FLEE.

THAT ARE SCARED THEY ARE STUCK THERE RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE A LOST OF PEOPLE FLEEING BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STAYING PUT.

AND THEY ARE TERRIFIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO COME NEXT.

EVERYDAY IS JUST CALLING RELATIVE AFTER RELATIVE ASKING ONE ANOTHER WHETHER THEY ARE ALIVE.

AND IT'S JUST ALL AROUND A TERRIFYING SITUATION.

AS YOU MENTIONED WITH RUSSIA TARGETING THE LARGEST POWER PLANT IN EUROPE, THINGS ARE ESCALATING.

AND IT'S UNCERTAIN WHAT IS GOING TO COME NEXT.

>> AND I THINK THE CONSENSUS IS BECAUSE UKRAINIAN FORCES TO THIS POINT HELD OFF A LOT OF THE RUSSIAN ADVANCES ESPECIALLY AROUND KYIV IS THE FEAR THAT PUTIN AND THE KREMLIN ARE GOING TO GET MORE VIOLENT MORE MISSILES MORE BOMBS?

>> WELL, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK SINCE THE WAR STARTED.

AND WE'VE SEEN THAT ESCALATE FROM DAY ONE.

SO IT'S UNCERTAIN WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

I THINK THE U.S. AND THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NATO HAVE TRIED TO KIND OF DRAW A REDLINE FOR THE KREMLIN AND TO KIND OF LAYOUT WHAT IS THE LAST -- WHERE THE LENGTH THAT PEW TIP CAN GO TO BUT HE HAS NOT BEEN LISTENING TO THAT.

HE HAS RUNNING HIS OWN SHOW AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHAT LENGTHS HE WILL GO TO.

AND THAT IS WHAT CIVILIANS ARE TERRIFIED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CIVILIAN CASUALTIES ALREADY.

AND HE IS TARGETING THE KREMLIN IS TARGETING JUST CIVILIAN TARGETS.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW.

>> WE MENTIONED A MILLION REFUGEES HAVE FLED SO FAR THIS WEEK, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PUT IN PLACE TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEES.

HOW MANY DO YOU ANTICIPATE MIGHT COME TO CHICAGO?

>> THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN GAUGE RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IS PREPARING FOR IT.

THERE HAVE BEENESTS TO RAISE MONEY AND EFFORTS TO PURCHASE THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES, MILITARY SUPPLIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SENT TO UKRAINE BY PLANE IN THE COMING DAYS.

THERE HAVE BEEN CHECKPOINTS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DROPPING OFF THINGS LIKE ANYTHING FROM MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO I DON'T KNOW, JUST THINGS ORDINARY PEOPLE NEED IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.

SO EVERYBODY IS MAKING AN EFFORT BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE THE REFUGEES MAY END UP IN CHICAGO.

>> WE SPOKE WITH ST. JOSEPH UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH THE FATHER WAS SAYING THEY WERE SENDING BODY ARMOR AND PUTS HIM IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION AS A MAN OF PEACE SAYING THIS IS WHAT THE SITUATION HAS CAUSED.

ANNA, THE OTHER REPORTS ARE THAT RUSSIA HAS EXPELLED MEDIA AND INFORMATION THAT ISN'T REPORTING ON THE WAR THEY WANT TO REPORT IT.

IS THERE A FEAR THAT RUSSIAN POPULATION WILL BE CUTOFF FROM ANY TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING?

>> WELL, I THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY A LOT OF FEAR IN TERMS OF JUST EVERYDAY RUSSIAN PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO JUST STAY AWARE AND STAY IN THE LOOP OF THE NEWS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UKRAINE.

BUT WE ALSO MUST NOT FORGET THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONNECTIONS TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA.

EVEN IF THEY STAY CONNECTED WITH FRIENDS THAT ARE ABROAD THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF INFORMATION.

SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY COMPLEX AND ALSO WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS IS A PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WOKE UP ONE DAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HAVE ALL THESE RADICAL BELIEFS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN FEEDING FOR YEARS.

SO IT'S TERRIFYING TO SEE THE ATTACK ON INDEPENDENT MEDIA THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CHOOSING NOT TO BELIEVE THE THINGS THEY ARE SEEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE THINGS THEY ARE HEARING FROM PEOPLE ABROAD.

IT IS A A BIT OF BOTH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL PICK IT UP AGAIN.

I WANT TO COME BACK LOCAL.

LAURA WASHINGTON ARNE DUNCAN SAYING HE IS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR MAYOR.

NOT GOING TO CHALLENGE LORI LIGHTFOOT.

DOES THAT OPEN UP THE FEED FOR OTHER POTENTIAL CHALLENGERS AND WHO MIGHT THEY BE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THAT WAS SORT OF THE MADIGAN STORY WAS THE BIG POLITICAL BOMB BUT THE ARNE DUNCAN STORY MADE HAY AS WELL.

ARNE DUNCAN WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST SERIOUS POSSIBLE CHALLENGER TO LORI LIGHTFOOT HE HAD.

HE WAS BEING URGED BY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO RUN.

THERE WAS GOING TO BE SUPPORT AND MONEY PUT BEHIND THAT.

HE HAD THE RESUME.

HE HAS THE ABILITY TO PRESENT HIMSELF AS A CREDIBLE MAYORAL CANDIDATE.

HE IS OUT OF IT NOW.

SO THAT DOESN'T BREAK THE FIELD WIDE OPEN AND THE QUESTION IS ARE THERE OTHER ARNE DUNCAN'S OUT THERE, CANDIDATES WITH POLITICAL, BUSINESS, GOVERNING EXPERIENCE WHO CAN MAKE THE CASE THAT THEY CAN RUN THE CITY.

WHATEVER YOU THINK ABOUT LORI LIGHTFOOT, THE CITY IS IN A CHALLENGING PLACE RIGHT NOW AND I DON'T THINK VOTERS ARE GOING TO WILLING TO PLACE THEIR TRUST IF SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE NEED.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ALDERMEN TALKING ABOUT IT WILLIE WILLSON WHO HAS RUN BEFORE WHO MAY RUN AGAIN.

CAM BUCKNER ON THE SOUTH SIDE BASED IN BRONZEVILLE.

RESPECTED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS LOOKING AT THIS.

LA SHAWN FORD WHO RAN LAST TIME.

I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FOLKS LOOKING AT THIS AND WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A CROWDED FIRST ROUND IN THE CAMPAIGN A YEAR FROM NOW.

>> AND MARY ANN AHERN THIS WEEK, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS ACCUSED IN THE LAWSUIT FROM FORMER PARK DISTRICT LAWYERS OF BEYOND DEFAMING THEM BERATING THEM WITH THE COMMENTS I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON AIR.

BUT COMPARING MALE GENITALIA SIZES IS THIS LOCKER ROOM TALK OR SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS FOR HER?

>> IT COULD BE MORE SERIOUS.

SHE HAS NOT ABSOLUTELY SAID I NEVER SAID THAT.

SHE SAID SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO DEFENDING HERSELF IN COURT.

AND PART OF THE DEFENSE I'M HEARING ARE THINGS LIKE, OH, DID YOU EVER HEAR RAHM AND DALEY?

THEY ARE NOT IN OFFICE ANYMORE.

AND PARTLY MAYBE BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR BEHAVIOR WAS LIKE.

MAYBE NOT DALEY'S TALK BUT RAHM'S TALK.

AND SHOULD THIS BE TRUE MIGHT IT BE A VIOLATION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT?

MIGHT IT BE AN ETHICS VIOLATION?

ANYONE IF THEY DID WITNESS OR HEARD THIS COMMENTS, THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY INAPPROPRIATE AND UNPROFESSIONAL.

DID ANYONE REPORT THEM?

DID ANYONE SAY I CAN'T IMAGINE AGAIN IF THESE ARE TRUE COMMENTS, DID SHE TRULY SAY THIS TO AN ATTORNEY AT THE PARK DISTRICT THAT SOMEONE DIDN'T SAY WHOA, WAIT, WHO TALKS LIKE THAT?

WHO IS ALLOWED TO BE IN A BUSINESS SITUATION?

I AM NOT SAYING MYSELF I'VE NEVER SAID ANYTHING OF COURSE.

IT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE WHERE I WORK.

>> PARIS TWO QUESTIONS OCCUR IS ONE THE THERE WAS AN ATTORNEY THAT IS MAKING THE ALLEGATIONS IN A LAWSUIT.

HE'S THE ATTORNEY SAYING THAT SHE USED THE WORDS AGAINST HIM.

ANY REPUTABLE ATTORNEY WOULD BE TAKING A BIG RISK TO MAKE AN ALLEGATION IN A LAWSUIT IN COURT IF HE WASN'T SURE OR COULDN'T PROVE THAT IT WAS TRUE.

HOW DOES HE PROVE THAT?

WAS -- THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A RECORDING THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY TO PROVE IT.

EACH SIDE IS GOING TO ACCUSE OF EACH OTHER OF THIS AND THERE IS NO WAY TO PROVE IF THE WORDS WERE SAID.

THE MAYOR'S STATEMENT WAS ARTFUL AND SHE NEVER DENIED SAYING THOSE WORDS.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO SHE IS TRYING TO COVER HER BASES AS WELL.

>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN GAVE THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE CAST A SHADOW ON THE SPEECH.

HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.

>> TONIGHT, I SAY TO THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS AND THE CORRUPT LEADERS WHO BUILT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF THIS VIOLENT REGIME.

NO MORE.

THE UNITED STATES... [APPLAUSE] I MEAN IT.

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS AASSEMBLY BRELLING A TASK FORCE TO GO AFTER THE CRIMES OF THE RUSH AN OLIGARCHS.

>> RAY LONG BEYOND THE WORDS ABOUT UKRAINE AND RUSSIA, THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED A LIST OF THINGS APPEALING TO THE MODERATE VOTERS.

DO YOU THINK THE SPEECH CAN TURN THE TIDE FOR THE PRESIDENT WHOSE APPROVAL RATINGS HAVE STRUGGLED?

>> IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT WILL TURN THE TIDE.

IF YOU CAN GET INTO THE SENSIBLE MIDDLE OF AMERICA WHICH I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO DO THEN I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS.

THERE ARE THOSE OUT THERE WHO WANT TO SUPPORT THIS PRESIDENT.

BUT AREN'T YET CONVINCED OR THEY WERE THOSE WHO DID SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT AND WERE FALLING AWAY.

BUT HE IS TRYING TO SHOW THAT HE'S ACTING SOME OF THE SAME IDEAS THAT COME FROM REPUBLICANS AND WHEN THE IDEAS COME FROM REPUBLICANS, THEY MAY RESONATE JUST ENOUGH TO GET HIM OVER THE HUM.

AND HE NEEDS TO MAKEUP GROUND.

>> BIPARTISAN NOTES IN THAT SPEECH.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

SO OUR THANKS TO ANNA SAVCHENKO, RAY LONG, LAURA WASHINGTON AND MARY ANN AHERN.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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