[♪♪♪] >> 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.

CITY LEADERS OUTLINE PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS FOR MEMBER DAHL DAY WEEKEND AND THE REST OF THE SUMMER.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAID THE STRONG WOULD NOT JUST BE TO PUT POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET BUT PERSONNEL FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS IN THE 15 MOST VIOLENT POLICE BEAT AREAS IN THE CITY.

LIGHTFOOT AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY VOWING A QUOTE ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH.

>> WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE THIS FIGHT LITERALLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS' LIVES.

AND MAKING THIS SUMMER, THE SUMMER WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR AFTER THE YEAR WE ENDURED WE NEED TO MAKE THIS THE SAFEST YET TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.

>> AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 982 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WITH 21 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF 1.38 MILLION CASES AND 22♪ R,739 DEATHS.

THE POSITIVITY RATE IS 2.3%.

THE PUSH TO REPLACE CHICAGO'S LEAD WATER SERVICE LINES IS OFF TO A SLOW START IT IS NOT OFF TO ANY START AT ALL.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE REPORTS THE CITY HAS YET TO REPLACE A SINGLE SERVICE LINE IN THE EIGHT MONTHS SINCE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCED A REPLACEMENT PLAN.

LIGHTFOOT URGED FEDERAL LAWMAKERS TO PASS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WHICH INCLUDES $45 BILLION TO REPLACE EVERY LEAD WATER DRINKING LINE IN THE COUNTRY.

>> AND NOW ON TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL JOINING US ARE A.D. QUIG OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

CRAIG DELLIMORE OF WBBM NEWS RADIO.

TONY ARNOLD OF WBEZ AND WILL JONES OF ABC7 CHICAGO.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

AGAIN ON THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THEY ANNOUNCED THE PLAN TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AND HERE IS WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD TO SAY.

>> THIS IS GROUND ZERO FOR SUCCESS.

AND THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL HAPPEN HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE DENSITY TO BE ABLE TO PENETRATE WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

INSTEAD OF IT BEING LED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IT IS REALLY IS A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO REALLY BEAR DOWN ON THESE COMMUNITIES TO INSURE THAT WE GIVE THE COMMUNITY WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF IN A SAFE MANNER.

>> CRAIG DELLIMORE WE HAVE THESE PRESS CONFERENCES EVERY YEAR WHERE CITY LEADERS OUTLINE THEIR PLANS AND FLOODING THE ZONE, ALL HANDS ON DECK, DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING DIFFERENT TODAY THAT WOULD GIVE YOU OPTIMISM THAT PERHAPS THIS CAN BE A DIFFERENT SUMMER?

>> I DON'T KNOW IN OPTIMISM IS THE RIGHT WORD.

BUT THERE IS SOME PROMISE BECAUSE AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT THAT HASN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE IS AND THAT IS THE ATTEMPT TO COMBINE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE MORE HELP WITH REAL LIVES, RATHER THAN JUST THE ENFORCEMENT AND GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE SOMETHING TO DO IS NOW GOING TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A TECHNIQUE THAT HAS WORKED IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY ALREADY.

THERE IS A GROUP CALLED READY CHICAGO FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOES USE THAT MODEL WHERE YOU PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

YOU GET PEOPLE SOME JOBS.

AND THEY HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN CRIME AND CERTAINLY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE SHOT.

>> AND AS VIOLENT CRIME HAS BEEN UP THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS WHERE THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE BELOW AND EVERY YEAR WHEN THERE ARE HIGH NUMBER OF HOMICIDES WE HEAR FINGER POINTING, THE MAYOR WILL SAY WELL, IT'S THE JUDGES OR THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND THIS YEAR MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ACTUALLY C.P.D.

BROWN WAS SAYING JUDGES ARE LETTING PEOPLE GO ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING BOND TO EASILY, TONY ARNOLD AT WBEZ THERE WERE E-MAILS THAT THEY FOUND THAT SHOWED MAYOR LIGHTFOOT KNOWS THAT IS NOT 100% TRUE.

CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT?

>> YES.

THIS IS A COMMON TALKING POINT THAT YOU HEAR FROM POLITICIANS NOT JUST IN CHICAGO IS THAT CRIME WOULD BE DOWN IF ONLY PEOPLE WERE LOCKED UP FOR LONGER WHILE AWAITING TRIAL.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT NOT REALLY THE CASE.

AND YET HERE WE SAW A YEAR OR TWO AGO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE IN THE SAME EXACT WAY.

AND MY MOST EXCELLENT COLLEAGUE PATRICK SMITH WENT THROUGH THE E-MAILS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HACKED AND PUT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT IN FACT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAD A VERY HARD TIME BEING ABLE TO PROVE THAT VERY ACCUSATION THEY WERE MAKING IN THE PRESS DESPITE ALL OF THEIR BEST ATTEMPTS AND TOLD INTERNALLY STOP USING THIS LINE OF LOGIC FOR WHY CRIME IS NOT GOING DOWN.

WE CAN'T FIND EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE OUT ON PAROLE OR BOND AND COMMITTING THESE CRIMES.

AND YET THAT DIDN'T STOP THE MAYOR OR SUPERINTENDENT FROM MAKING THOSE CLAIMS.

>> SO THAT NARRATIVE DOESN'T NECESSARILY HOLD-UP.

WILL JONES ALSO THIS WEEK, THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD WHEN YOU TALK TO COMMUNITY LEADERS DO THEY SENSE ANYTHING HAS CHANGED WITH RESPECT TO POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY IN THIS INTERVENING YEAR?

>> SEVERAL ACTIVISTS AND THEY ARE ALL DISAPPOINTED IN THE MAYOR.

THEY DIDN'T EXPECT MUCH OUT OF HER BUT THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE PROGRESS WITH REGARD TO THE POLICE REFORM.

SHE RECENTLY RELEASED HER CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT PLAN AND ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING THAT WEAK, THE POWER TO FIRE AND HIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT STILL RESTS IN THE MAYOR'S HANDS AND ACTIVISTS WANT THAT POWER TO REST WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE CIVILIANS TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHO IS LEADING THE CITY BUT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAYS THE BUCK STOPS WITH HER WITH REGARD TO CRIME AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE MAYOR HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND THAT POWER SHOULD RESIDE WITH THE MAYOR.

>> AND A.D. QUIG ON THAT NOTION, THE MAYOR DID INTRODUCE HER CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT PROPOSAL AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HERS AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY LEADERS SUPPORT SECOND THAT THE MAYOR WOULD KEEP SOME OF THAT ABILITY TO HIRE AND FIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WILL JONES SAID.

DOES IT LOOK LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE COMPROMISE?

NEGOTIATIONS?

OR WILL ALDERMEN STAND FIRM WITH THE PROPOSAL OUT THERE?

>> I'VE HEARD FROM ALDERMEN SO FAR IS LEANING CLOSER TO STANDING FIRM.

THIS IS A DEBATE WE'VE HAD GOING BACK TO 2017 AT LEAST.

AND IF YOU TALK TO THE FOLKS AT C PAC WHO HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING SINCE 1970 THIS IS WAY, WAY OVERDUE AND THE MAYOR'S CASE PEOPLE ARE ARGUING IT'S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE A PROMISE SHE MADE FOR HER FIRST 100 DAYS AND WE ARE GETTING A WATERED DOWN PROPOSAL COMPARED TO WHAT SHE SUPPORTED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

ALDERMEN ARE ALREADY KIND OF UNHAPPY WITH HOW THEY HAVE DEALT WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THEY REACH A DEAL AND THERE ARE CONFLICTS THAT MAKE AT COMPROMISE HARDER TO DO.

>> AND CRAIG DELLIMORE THE MAYOR INTRODUCES HER PLAN FOR A POLICE MISCONDUCT DATABASE AND SLAMMED BY INSPECTOR GENERAL JOSEPH FERGUSON IS THIS ANOTHER AREA SHE MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE COMPROMISING WITH ALDERMEN?

>> I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE.

ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD SAY THIS IS A EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION.

ALDERMEN WHO MIGHT BE ON THE FENCE, MIGHT COME DOWN ON THE SIDE OF NOT SPENDING AS MUCH MONEY.

BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE COVERED.

ORIGINALLY, THE IG WANTED THIS TO GO BACK LIKE 1994, BACK THEN, THE RECORDS WEREN'T DIGITIZED TO ANY DEGREE.

GOING BACK TO 2000 SEEMED LIKE A GOOD COMPROMISE BUT THEY CANNOT AGREE WHICH WHAT WOULD BE COVERED.

JOSEPH FERGUSON IS CONCERNED IT WOULD ONLY BE CASES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUSTAINED AND HE BELIEVES THAT IT SHOULD BE CASES THAT ALL HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED.

AND THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT MEASURE.

AND FRANKLY, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT INFORMATION IS ON-LINE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILE A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST TO GET.

AND SO SO FAR, A NUMBER OF ALDERMEN ARE STANDING FIRM ON THAT, TOO.

>> A LOT OF BATTLES THE MAYOR IS WAGING WITH ALDERMEN AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK MORE.

A VOTE TO RENAME LAKE SHORE DRIVE AFTER JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DuSABLE'S PUSHED UNTIL THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO MICHAEL MADIGAN IS INDICTED AND DEMOCRATS RELEASE UPDATED BOUNDARIES IN THE NEW DISTRICT MAPS.

WILL JONES ON THE DuSABLE DRIVE THE MAYOR UNVEILED WHAT SHE SAYS IS A COMPROMISE SHE HAS BEEN CHILLY TO THE IDEA RENAMING LAKE SHORE DRIVE INSTEAD WE'LL PUT MONEY TO FINISH THAT PARK ON THE LAKEFRONT DuSABLE PARK AND HAVE A DuSABLE FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR IN AUGUST AND RENAME THE RIVERWALK AFTER DuSABLE.

DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD ASWAGE CRITICS WHO ARE SAYING WHAT WE WANT IS THE NAME CHANGE OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE?

>> PARIS THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A VOTE THIS WEEK BUT DUE TO PROCEDURAL MANEUVERING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT MONTH.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO CALM CONCERNS FROM CRITICS WHO WANT LAKE SHORE DRIVE TO BE NAMED AFTER JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DuSABLE.

IT IS A PREMIER DRIVE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT DRIVE ALL THE TOURISM AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT DOES NOT WANT TO RENAME LAKE SHORE AFTER JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DuSABLE IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS UNFOLDS.

PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THIS IDEA OF RENAMING LAKE SHORE DRIVE THEY WANT IT TO HAPPEN.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR A LONGTIME.

>> AND THE BIGGEST SUPPORTER IS ALDERMAN DAVID MARIENTHAL WHO IS SAYING NO WAY, DAVID MOORE.

A.D. QUIG GOT PUNTED TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IS IT A CINCH TO PASS IN THAT MEETING?

>> ALDERMAN DAVID MOORE SAYS HE HAS THE VOTES.

I BELIEVE HIM IT PASSED COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AND HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT BY HIM.

BUT ALSO A COUPLE PEOPLE MAYBE WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SUPPORT IT OR PEOPLE THAT LIKE LAKE SHORE DRIVE THIS WILL COME TO AN UP OR DOWN VOTE NEXT MONTH AND WHAT I WONDER WILL HAPPEN IS IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND THE MAYOR HAS TO MAKE THIS $40 MILLION COMMITMENT THAT SHE ESSENTIALLY PROMISED TO DO.

YES, SHORT STORY, I THINK IT HAS THE VOTES TO PASS AND ALDERMAN DAVID S'MORE DEAD SET ON THIS HAPPENING.

HE INTRODUCED THIS ORDINANCE IN OCTOBER OF 2019.

AND WE HAVE THE VOTES.

>> AND NOTHING HAPPENED IN THE COUNCIL MEGHT IT DID GET TENSE OPPONENTS TO RENAMING LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

LET'S LOOK AT THE DEBATE.

>> ARE IS YOUR HAND RAISED ON THAT THE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN DEFERRED AND PUBLISHED?

NOTHING TO SPEAK ON SINCE IT'S BEEN DEFERRED AND PUBLISHED.

>> CAN WE GET A LEGAL OPINION ON THIS.

>> THE ROLL CALL IS CALLED FIRST.

CAN WE GET A LEGAL OPINION?

>> YOU ARE ORDER OF ORDER, SIR.

YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.

>> [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> SO THAT LAST PERSON SPEAK SOMETHING DAVID MOORE.

CRAIG DELLIMORE THE OPPONENTS ARE SAYING THEIR CONCERNS THEY HAVE TO CHANGE ADDRESSES FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE OR THE MUSEUMS.

HAVE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS BEEN ADDRESSED?

>> YES, IN FACT THAT SPECIFIC CONCERN WAS ADDRESSED DAVID MOORE COMPROMISED HIS PLAN SO IT IS ONLY THE OUTER DRIVE THAT WOULD BE RENAMED.

THAT IS THE HIGHWAY LOOKING PART.

THE PART THAT IS RESIDENTIAL WOULD REMAIN LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

THE ISSUE REALLY HAS TO BE MORE ABOUT WHAT IS ICONIC AND EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THERE DON'T WANT THE HIGHWAY PART RENAMED BECAUSE THEY SAY LAKE SHORE DRIVE IS ONE OF THE NAMES THAT JUST MEANS CHICAGO.

BUT, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY CONTENTIOUS THING.

I THINK WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A HEARING BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING AND I THINK WE WILL SEE A LOT OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN AT THAT MEETING RIGHT AFTER THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING ENDED.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT BROUGHT A NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ALDERMEN AND OTHERS BACK INTO A MEETING ROOM NEAR RIGHT OFF THE FLOOR, AND STARTED TALKING TO THEM.

SO SHE WAS TRYING TO MARSHALL SUPPORT FROM OTHERS.

BUT I AGREE WITH A.D. QUIG I DON'T THINK SHE HAS THE VOTES SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING.

>> AND THE MAYOR HAS HAD A DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIP WITH MUCH OF CITY COUNCIL.

WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER ON SOME COMPROMISE.

WILL JONES, THE MAYOR ALSO PROPOSED CUTTING OFF LIQUOR SALES AT LIQUOR STORES AT 10:00 P.M., A BLANKET CURFEW.

DO YOU THINK THAT DOES ANYTHING TO HELP PUBLIC SAFETY?

>> CRAIG WALL DID A REPORT ON THAT THIS WEEK AND HE FOUND FROM BUSINESS OWNERS THEY ARE STRUGGLING DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND THEY SAY IT IS ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE BUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS OBVIOUSLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE ON EVERY CORNER IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE SOUTH AND NORTH SIDES.

BUT THERE IS NO DATA THAT SHOWS THIS WILL ACTUALLY STOP CRIME.

THIS WAS IN PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND CRIME STILL CONTINUED.

THE CITY NEEDS THE MAYOR NEEDS TO SHOW DATA THAT SUPPORTS THIS MEASURE.

AND SHE HASN'T SO FAR.

>> LET'S GET TO STATE NEWS.

THE BOMBSHELL THE FORMER LONG TIME TOP AIDE TO HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN POLITICAL AIDE AND LEGISLATIVE AIDE TIM MAPES INDICTED IN THE ComEd INVESTIGATION.

TONY ARNOLD DOES THIS TELL YOU 100% FOR SURE THAT THE ULTIMATE TARGET IS MICHAEL MADIGAN?

>> WELL, THE INDICTMENT ALMOST LAID THAT THERE.

IT SAID THAT YES, WE'RE GOING AFTER THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

>> MAPES IS FACING GRAND JURY QUESTIONS AND ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT MICHAEL MADIGAN AND HE AND MIKE McCLAIN WORKING TOGETHER.

GO AHEAD.

>> CORRECT.

TIM MAPES BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THAT PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS ComEd THING WHACKED UP FORMER LAWMAKERS AND LOBBYISTS IN SPRINGFIELD, THEY ARE GOING ON AND BRING TIM MAPES INTO THE GRAND JURY ROOM AND GIVE HIM IMMUNITY TO TESTIFY.

NOW THEY ARE SAYING HE LIED WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP DID MADIGAN HAVE WITH LONG TIME FRIEND, TOP ComEd LOBBYIST FERREST MICHAEL McCLAIN.

WHAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP DID THEY HAVE.

DID McCLAIN CARRY OUT MESSAGES ON HIS BEHALF I DON'T KNOW.

>> AND HE WAS SAYING THAT IS A LIE THAT HE WENT BEYOND THE THRESHOLD OF THE IMMUNITY LINE.

>> IS THAT FEDDITIS.

>> IT FEELS LIKE IT'S OUT OF THE GODFATHER MOVIE.

AND MAPES ENTERED A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY.

HE SAYS THE QUESTIONS WERE VAGUE AND THAT ULTIMATELY THIS WHOLE CASE IS ABOUT MADIGAN AND THAT'S CORRECT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT THEIR EYES SET ON MADIGAN.

WHAT IS NOTABLE ABOUT THE INDICTMENT ABOUT MAPES IT IS NOT LIKE THE DOCUMENT IS ABOUT MAPES' ROLE IT'S ABOUT WHAT HE TOLD THE BUDGET OR DIDN'T TELL THE GRAND JURY.

THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE CHARGES HAD TO BE ABOUT ALLEGED LIES THAT HE TOLD THE GRAND JURY.

>> AND BASICALLY, WHAT THE FEDS ARE SAYING THEY HAVE E-MAILS SHOWING THAT MAPES DID KNOW EVERYTHING OR MOST OF THE WHAT WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN MADIGAN AND MIKE McCLAIN.

CRAIG DELLIMORE DOES IT ALSO TELL YOU THAT MAYBE THE FEDS ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A SMOKING GUN ON MADIGAN THEY ARE TRYING TO PRY IT FROM PEOPLE LIKE MAPES AND MIKE McCLAIN AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH IT?

>> WELL, THESE CASES ALWAYS ARE LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH SOMEONE WHO ISOLATES HIMSELF FROM THE ACTUAL PROCESS.

MICHAEL MADIGAN IS ONE OF THE MOST CAREFUL POLITICIANS ANYONE HAS MET.

THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOMETHING ON THEM IF YOU CAN GET SOMEONE TO TALK.

THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE ANY CLOSER TO MADIGAN THAN MAPES HAS BEEN EVEN BEFORE HE WAS CHIEF OF STAFF.

AND MAPES HAS HAD HIS OWN TROUBLES.

>> NEKS SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

>> YES.

EXACTLY.

>> BUT, HE HAS BEEN CLOSE HE WAS ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSE SO THEY KNOW HE COULD TALK.

OBVIOUSLY THE TWO TOP PEOPLE ARE NOT TALKING.

BUT THEY HAVE A LOT ALREADY.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM.

>> TONY ARNOLD IS THAT THE ONLY ROUTE TO MICHAEL MADIGAN IS THROUGH MAPES TRYING TO PERHAPS INTIMIDATE HIM WITH A 20-YEAR POSSIBLE PRISON SENTENCE FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE OR THE OTHER FOLKS CHARGED IN THIS CASE?

>> THE PROSECUTOR GAVE MAPES IMMUNITY AND HE DID NOT TURNOVER ANY INFORMATION ABOUT MADIGAN TO THE GRAND JURY.

I DON'T THINK MAPES IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL HERE.

McCLAIN, THE LOBBYIST CLOSE CONFIDANTE TO MADIGAN HAS TOLD WBEZ HE IS NOT COOPERATING WITH THE FEDS HE HAS BEEN INDICTED IN A SEPARATE CASE FOR HIS ROLE IN THE ALLEGED SCHEME HERE.

I THINK THAT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MADIGAN'S INNER CIRCLE BEING INDICTED.

AND BEING WILLING TO TAKE THIS TO TRIAL IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> AND AT LEAST THAT WE KNOW OF.

THAT HAS BEEN PUBLICLY RELEASED.

THERE IS A LOT ON THE AGENDA IN SPRINGFIELD INCLUDING REDRAWING LEGISLATIVE MAPS.

DEMOCRATS RELEASED THEIR DRAFTS WHICH HAVE DRAWN CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS.

WHO IS WHAT TWO LAWMAKERS TOLD OUR AMANDA VINICKY THIS WEEK.

>> THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO MATTER ARE THE HOME ADDRESSES OF INCUMBENT POLITICIANS SO THAT DEMOCRATS CAN BE PROTECTED AND REPUBLICANS CAN BE PUNISHED.

ALL DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS TO ENTER THE SECRET ROOM AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO PICK THEIR VOTERS HAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

FINDING A WAY AROUND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

>> WE HAD 45 HEARINGS, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

IT WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAD ALL KINDS OF PRESENTATIONS.

>> THE DEMOCRATS RELEASED THEIR FIRST PASS AT A REMAP AND REPUBLICANS CRITICIZED IT AND THEY COME OUT WITH ANOTHER DRAFT.

DOES THIS NEW DRAFT MAKE THESE MAPS LESS POLITICAL?

>> CERTAINLY NOT.

AND THAT DOESN'T STOP THE DEMOCRATS AT ALL FROM THIS AFTERNOON PUSHING THROUGH ANYWAY SAYING THESE ARE THE MAPS AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPROVING THEM THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND PUTTING THEM ON GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S DESK.

PRITZKER SAID DURING THE CAMPAIGN HE WANTED AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO DRAW THE MAPS.

THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IT WAS THE POLITICIANS THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE MAJORITY.

AND SO NOW THE PRITZKER IS GOING TO BE UP TO PRITZKER I IMAGINE TO DECIDE IF HE IS GOING TO VETO OR SIGN THEM.

CERTAINLY LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW HE IS GOING TO BE SIGNING THEM.

AFFECTING WHO YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, STATE SENATOR AND EVEN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WHICH ARE ELECTED IN ILLINOIS, ARE GOING TO BE.

NOTABLY THE ONE THAT IS MISSING A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IS WHO YOUR CONGRESSMAN IS GOING TO BE.

THOSE MAPS ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT MUCH LATER ONCE THE REAL CENSUS DATA COMES OUT.

AND I THINK PART OF WHAT IS GOING ON THERE, IS YOU HAVE THE FATE OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT STAKE AND ILLINOIS IS A BLUE STATE AND YOU DON'T WANT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MAPS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE LAWSUIT THAT WILL BE INEVITABLE WHEN REPUBLICANS ONCE THESE ARE APPROVED.

>> AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN, HAVE BASICALLY SAID, THEY MIGHT BE ENDANGERED.

WILL JONES THIS IS IMPORTANT BUT SO IN THE WEEDS IF THE GOVERNOR DOES SIGN SOMETHING LIKE THIS AFTER PROMISING HE WOULD NOT SIGN A PARTISAN DRAWN MAP IS THERE BACKLASH FROM VOTERS?

JUST TOO WEEDY OF AN ISSUE?

>> OVERWHELMINGLY DEMOCRATIC STATE SO I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO PAY ANY PRICE FOR THIS.

THIS HAPPENS IN EVERY STATE WHOEVER IS IN THE MAJORITY THEY DRAW THOSE LINES TO BENEFIT THEIR PARTY.

AND VOTERS HAVE ACCEPTED THAT THAT IS JUST PART OF THE PROCESS UNFORTUNATELY.

>> AND IT'S HAPPENING IN STATES OF BOTH PARTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

TONY ARNOLD THERE IS THE ISSUE OF WHETHER THESE MAPS ARE LEGAL, THE G.O.P.

BRINGS LAWSUITS MOST OF THE TIME THIS HAPPENS BUT THIS TIME THEY ARE SAYING THESE MAPS ARE NOT BASED ON THE CENSUS BECAUSE THE CENSUS NUMBERS WERE NOT IN ON TIME.

IS THERE A CREDIBLE LAWSUIT HERE?

>> YES, IT VERY POSSIBLE, YES.

AND YOU CAN TELL DURING THE DEBATE EVERYONE IS CHOOSING THEIR WORDS SO CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT WILL BE PARSED OVER BY A JUDGE DOWN THE ROAD.

WE ARE A WAYS AWAY FROM KNOWING IF THESE MAPS ARE FINAL OR IF THEY WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE REPUBLICANS WILL BE FILING SUIT HERE.

AND THAT'S JUST OVER THE SPRINGFIELD.

>> IF I CAN ADD ONE QUICK NOTE THAT THERE IS A DEADLINE WHEN THE STATE HAS TO HAVE THESE MAPS SO THAT IS THE OTHER PART OF THIS.

THEY ARE SAYING WE CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT LATE INFORMATION.

IT'S GOING TO GO TO COURT.

BUT IT'S NOT A SLAM DUNK EITHER WAY.

>> AND THEY COULD WAIT FOR THE DEADLINE THE DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE IT GIVES THE REPUBLICANS A CHANCE TO DRAW DISTRICTS.

>> IT WOULD BE A BIPARTISAN PANEL.

TONY ARNOLD AS WE SPEAK THERE'S FEVERISH LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY IN SPRINGFIELD.

WHEN WE COME BACK BACK TO WORK WHAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ABOUT THE STATE AS A RESULT OF WHAT LAWMAKERS ACCOMPLISHED?

>> THIS IS WHEN EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN SPRINGFIELD THEY WAIT UNTIL MAY 31, THE FINAL DAY.

>> 11:59.

>> SOMETIMES, YES, SOMETIMES BEYOND THAT.

THEY PRETEND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I THINK LOOK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW WAS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND HER NEGOTIATIONS AND HOW SHE IS GETTING ALONG WITH CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION OVER THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT YET AGAIN AT THE END OF SESSION.

AND IT CERTAINLY A FEW DAYS -- [INAUDIBLE] >> IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS GOING TO GO AT THE END OF THE WEEK NOW, AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO GO.

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN PLAYED SO MANY GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED WITH THE ISSUE OVER TIME IN SPRINGFIELD AND IT IS SUCH A POPULAR IDEA AND YET THE MAYOR HAS NEVER WANTED IT.

AND NOT JUST THIS MAYOR BUT ALL MAYORS BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE CONTROL OF THE BOARD HERE WE ARE AGAIN, THE SAME GAMES ARE BEING PLAYED AND THEY WERE THAT CLOSE AND MAYBE, MAYBE, THE TEACHERS' UNION HAS ENOUGH SUPPORT SO THEY CAN RAIL SOMETHING THROUGH WITHOUT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT GETTING ONBOARD?

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A PREDICTION HERE BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE GAME BEFORE.

>> THE POLITICAL JUNKIES WILL BE WATCHING THIS CLOSELY.

WHILE THE REST OF US BARBECUE IN THE COLD WEATHER.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME THANKS TO A.D. QUIG, CRAIG DELLIMORE, TONY ARNOLD AND WILL JONES.

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