DAUGHTER WAS HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND FULLY VACCINATED FROM COVID COVID AT THE TIME.

DIED IN HER SLEEP AFTER COMING BACK FROM A FRIEND.

IS RUNNING IN THE SIXTH SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

> >> SOME KEY PARTICIPANTS IN THE CHICAGO MARATHON APPEARED AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, AS OFFICIALS RACED TO DRUM UP BUZZ BUZZ FOR SUNDAY'S BIG EVENT.

THE ANNUAL CHICAGO MARATHON?

OFTEN GRANT PARK MONDAY MORNING.

THE FIRST WAVE OF RUNNS OF RUNNERS WILL SPRINT OUT OF THE GATE AT 7:30.

THE COURSE IS IS FLAT AND RELATIVELY FAST COMPARED TO OTHER CITY COURSES AROUND THE WORLD.

SO, THIS LAYS LAYS FORWARD FOR POSSIBLE MARATHON WORLD RECORD TIMES.

>> THIS IS A COMPETITION, LIKE THE PERFORMANCES WE SAW IN BERLIN AND LONDON.

I THINK IT ENERGIZES OUR FIELD, AND EVERYONE IS OF THE MIND-SET THAT THEY WANT TO GO FAST.

THE WEATHER LOOKS ACCOMMODATING.

> >> THE MAYOR AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE SOUTH SIDE BROKE BROKE GROUND ON A MAJOR CITY ASSISTED DEVELOPMENT.

A VACANT FORMER FURNITURE STORE ON 79th WILL SOON BE TRANSFORMED INTO A A SO-CALLED HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HUB, FEATURING A RESTAURANT CAFE BRANCH, AND A CENTER.

THIS THIS IS THANKS TO THE CITIES INVEST IN THE SOUTHWEST INITIATIVE.

THE MAYOR'S INITIAL INITIAL PLAN WANTED THE BULK OF OF THE PROJECT TO BE AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

THOSE PLANS CHANGED ONCE THE MAYOR INVESTIGATOR TEAM.

CRAIG ELMORE, CRAIG ELMORE, FROM POLITICAL NEWS RADIO, AND MAGGIE HENDRIX, WRITER FOR VALLEY SPORTS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM AM TO HAVE YOU HERE, IN FLESH, IN PERSON, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO AND HALF YEARS.

A BRAND-NEW STUDIO, LET'S GET TO IT.

LAST NIGHT, A TELEVISED DEBATE BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES FR CANDIDATES FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR, THEY TOOK THE STAGE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS LYING ABOUT EVERYTHING HE SAID.

>> IT IS A LIE WHAT DARREN BAILEY IS SAYING.

>> EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF OF THIS MAN'S MOUTH IS DECEPTION.

>> HE IS AN ARROGANT LIAR.

>> YOU HEARD OVER AND OVER, HIM HIM LIVE FOR THE LAST 10 MINUTES.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, THAT HE IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PERSON HE BEGGED FOR AN ENDORSEMENT FROM, FROM, AND THAT IS DONALD TRUMP.

>> SO, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THAT BOTH CANDIDATES ARE CALLING EACH OTHER A LIAR, KIM E KIM THE CAN THE VOTERS LEARN ANYTHING NEW FROM THIS DEBATE?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN LEARN ANYTHING NEW.

BUT THEY DID LEARN THAT DARREN BAILEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT ABORTIO, ABOUT ABORTION, DESPITE SAYING THAT WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO SOLVE THIS ABORTION THING.

AND WHEN HE IS CALLED ON IT, HE SAYS, WELL, THE STATE HAS THE MT THE MOST PERMISSIVE ABORTION LAWS IN THE COUNTRY, AND I COULD I COULD -- I COULDN'T CHANGE THEM IF I COULD.

>> I COULDN'T CHANGE THEM IF I COULD, RIGHT.

MAYBE HE MEANT TO TO PUT A W IN FRONT OF THAT WORD.

BUT, MAGGIE, IS THIS A DISSERVICE TO VOTERS?

OR, DOES IT NOT HAVE THE IMPACT IT USED TO?

>> I LIKE YOU AREN'T LEARNING ANYTHING ABOUT THEM THAT YOU COULDN'T END UP READING SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T REALLY -- ALL YOU ARE HEARING IS THEM YELLING AT EACH OTHER.

I MEAN, IF YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY SEEING HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT A PARTICULAR PARTICULAR ISSUE, THEN WHAT IS THE POINT?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE POINT OF THE SECOND ONE IS.

>> HOW ABOUT YOU?

>> THEY ARE POLITICIANS, THEY DON'T WANT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR GET INTO DETAILS THAT WILL GET THEM IN TROUBLE.

WE ALSO LEARNED THAT PRITZKER -- WHEN HE CLARIFIED THE SAFETY ACT, THE VERY CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION THAT REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING IS CREATING MORE CRIE MORE CRIME -- BUT HE WOULD PIN DOWN ON WHAT THOSE CLARIFICATIONS WOULD BE OR HOW HE WOULD FIX IT.

AND THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS VOTERS ARE LG FOR.

THEY WANT TO HEAR, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, SPECIFICALLY?

AND I THINK ON BOTH SIDES, THERE WAS NOT A LOT LOT OF THAT.

>> DARREN BAILEY WOULD HAVE THET THE MOST TO GAIN FROM SOMETHING SOMETHING LIKE THIS SINCE HE IS IS DOWN BY A LOT.

DID HE MAKE ANY INROADS BY LENDING SOME HITS ON GOVERNOR PRITZKER?

>> PROF -- POSSIBLY, BUT PROBABLY NOT.

THE STATE IS A PRETTY BLUE STATE.

THE REASON PR REASON PRITZKER IS TRYING TO LINK HIM TO HIS OPPONENT, IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS ENDORSED RIGHT BEFORE THE PRIMARY WHEN IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE WAS GOING TO WIN BY TRUMP, BUT ALSO, TRUMP WAS NOT POPULAR.

HE LOST THE STATE BY 1 1 MILLION VOTES, TO JOE BIDEN TO BIDEN TO TWO YEARS AGO.

SO, THERE IS CLEAR CONTRAST ON A LOT ISSUE, THAT IF PEOPLE ARE NOT TUNED IN AS MUCH AS WE ARE,, ARE, JOURNALISTS, AND PEOPLE MORE ATTUNED TO THIS SPECIFIC LIFE, PEOPLE ARE JUST TUNING IND IN AND YOU SEE CLEAR CONTRAST ON ABORTION, ON GUNS, ON LABOR .

LABOR RIGHTS.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS A VOTE COMING UP ON LABOR.

>> SORT OF LIKE, STAY IN YOUR LANE FOR THE SAFETY ACT, AS WEL.

AS WELL.

SO, WHAT HE WAS TRYING TRYING TO BETRAY THERE WAS, HEY, FOLKS, THINGS ARE BAD IN THE HELLHOLE OF CHICAGO, AND THESE THINGS COULD HAPPEN IN THE REST OF THE STATE, IN THE SUBURBAN SWING AREAS, AND THE DOWNSTATE AREAS THAT ARE MORE R. MORE REPUBLICAN.

SO, WE WILL SEE WHAT CHANGES ARE MADE TO TH.

TO THIS.

>> THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A CORE MESSAGE.

ON THOSE ISSUES, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THEY BOTH HAD TO SAY ON ABORTION.

>> DARREN BAILEY WANTS TO ELIMINATE A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

HE WANTS TO TAKE AWAY WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

>> THAT IS -- >> THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT HE STANDS FOR.

>> ILLINOIS HAS THE MOST PERMISSIVE ABORTION LAW IN THE .

THE NATION.

NOTHING IS GOING TO TO CHANGE, WHEN I AM GOVERNOR.

I COULDN'T CHANGE THEM IF I COU.

I COULD.

>> CRAIG DELMORE, THIS IS THE QUOTE YOU BROUGHT UP.

WE KNOW THAT BAILEY IS ADAMANTLY PRO-LIFE AND HIS MESSAGE IS, I AM PRO-LIFE, BUT THERE IS NOTHING I CAN REALLY DO, BECAUSE IT IS A DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE.

IS THAT KIND OF MESSAGE, WILL THAT ASSUAGE SOME SOME OF THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD VOTERS?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

CLEARLY, IT IS IS SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS TO DO, BUT CAN'T.

I DON'T KNOW IF TELLING PEOPLE I REALLY WANT TO TO DO THE THINGS I PROMISED YOU THAT I WAS GOING TO DO BUT I CANNOT DO THOSE, I DO NOT THINK THINK THAT IS NECESSARILY A STRONG MESSAGE.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU ARE PRO-LIFE, ARE PRO-LIFE, YOU KNOW THIS IS A PRO-CHOICE STATE, YOU KNOW THIS IS A BLUE STATE, WE WEREN'T REALLY EXPECTING THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A.

DO ANYTHING.

THE IMPORTANT THING FOR BAILEY IS TO NOT LOSE LOSE ANY GROUND.

AND TO BE SEEN SEEN ON THE SAME STAGE IS THE GOVERNOR.

SO, MAYBE HE GOT MORE MORE OUT OF THIS THAN THE GOVERNOR DID.

BUT, I DON'T THINK, AGAIN, THAT HE WAS LANDING ANY BIG PUNCHES.

>> I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT THIS IS ALSO CHALLENGING BECAUSE HE IS BASICALLY SAYING, I CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC LEGI.

DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE.

SO, THEN, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GET INTO OFFICE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE?

WE ARE NOT GOING TO TURN RED OVERNIGHT.

SO, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THINGS DONE?

>> WELL, YOU ARE GOING TO WORK TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

>> RIGHT.

BUT THEN THE DEMOCRATS THE DEMOCRATS -- THEY CAME IN ALL FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, SAYING T THEY WERE GOING TO CHANGE THE W, THE WORLD, AND HE COULDN'T WORK WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE, HE COULDN'T GET ANYTHING DONE.

>> THE DEBATE KNOWS WHAT DARREN DARREN BAILEY IS.

HE WAS OVERWHELMED IN THE PRIMARY, SURPRISINGLY, BECAUSE PRITZKER PUT IN MONEY TO MAKE SURE HE WOULD BEAT HIS OPPONENT, TOO.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT.

BUT HE OVERCAME SOME SIGNIFICANT CENTRIST INTEREST IN HIS OWN PA, OWN PARTY, THAT HAS LEFT HIM MAINSTREAM, LAYING IN REPUBLICAN RUINS.

>> IS TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE N. AUDIENCE NOW.

HE HASN'T DONE ASH AS MUCH AS SOMEBODY SHOULD.

NOT NOT AS MUCH AS HE WOULD IF HE REALLY WANTED TO WIN THIS ELECTION, FRANKLY.

BUT, HE PUNTED A LOT OF TIMES.

HE PUNTED ON ASSAULT WEAPONS, HE PUNTED ON ARMING TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, HE IS AGAINST BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS.

>> HE OWNS A PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE THE TEACHERS ARE ARMED.

THE SCHOOL STAFF IS ARMED.

SO HE WAS ASKED, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE?

DO YOU WANT TO ARM THE S?

THE STAFF?

AND HE SAID, THIS IS IS UP TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

WELL, HERE IS A LESSON FOR YOU ON GOVERNMENT.

I THINK WE LEARNED IN JUNIOR HIGH, IN MY CASE, WHEN GEORGE RYAN WAS THE SECRETARY OF STATE, 40 SOMETHING YEARS AGO, WHAT YOU LEARN IS, YES, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOES HAVE THE VOTE.

BUT, THE GOVERNOR HAS TO SIGN THAT BILL OR VETO IT.

AND, WHAT WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?

WE KNOW.

KNOW.

>> LET'S SEE WHERE THEY STAND ON THE ISSUE OF THE SAFETY ACT THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

>> NOW, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT DARREN BAILEY AND REPUBLICANS ARE STANDING UP FOR FOR IS ONE THAT ALLOWS MURDERERS, AND , AND DOMESTIC ABUSERS TO BUY THEIR WAY OUT OF.

OF JAIL.

>> THE SAFETY ACT MUST BE REPEALED BECAUSE IT HAS LET VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND MURDERERS MURDERERS OUT OF JAIL BEFORE TR.

BEFORE TRIAL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO, THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE REALLY HAMMERED ON THE ISSUE OF.

OF CRIME.

ALTHOUGH, A POLL FOUND THAT IT WASN'T ONE OF THE THE TOP ISSUES THAT VOTERS CARE CARE ABOUT.

THEY ARE MAKING INROADS, FOCUSING ON THIS ISSUE?

THIS ISSUE?

>> I THINK THEY WANT TO.

I THINK THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO SAY, LOOK AT HOW TERRIBLE CHICAGO IS, WE DON'T WANT TO BE BE LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD.

BUT WE DON'T WANT THE REST OF ILLINOIS TO BECOME LIKE CHICAGO.

I DO NOT THINK PEOPLE WILL CARE ABOUT THAT.

EVERYBODY EVERYBODY I AM TALKING TO, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THINGS ON THEIR PLATE.

QUITE FR, QUITE FRANKLY, THIS IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

>> IT SEEMED HIGHER THAN CRIME, CRIME, AT LEAST ON THE POLE.

BUT EVEN DEMOCRATS, EVEN THE GOVERNOR, HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE SAFETY ACT, THE MAIN THING IT DOES IS ELIMINATE CASH CASH BAIL, STARTING IN JANUARY.

JANUARY.

DOES THAT ACT NEED TO BE RE-LOOKED AT OR TWEAKED?

WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING GOING TO DO?

BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED?

AND HE DIDN'T ANSWER, SPECIFICALLY.

>> AND I DON'T THINK HE HAS.

IT IT IS ONLY BECAUSE THE KIND OF TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT ACT WORK THE WAY IT IS EXACTLY SUPPOSED TO, ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE WORKING WITH PEOPLE THAT FRANKLY KNOW MORE ABOUT THE LAW THAN J.B. PRITZKER DOES.

BUT, IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT KIND OF EXCEPTIONS EXCEPTIONS MIGHT BE MADE, AND HOW EASILY JUDGES WILL HAVE THE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO BE BE ABLE TO HOLD SOMEONE.

BECAUSE THE AIM OF IT IS THAT ANY TIME SOMEONE IS BROUGHT BEFORE A JUDGE, THAT JUDGE COULD SAY, OR PROSECUTORS COULD COULD SAY, WELL, THIS PERSON IS, HERE IS HIS RECORD.

AND THE JUDGE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO HOLD HOLD THE PERSON.

SO, THE CASH ISN'T THE ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON IS KEPT IN JAIL.

IF THE JUDGE SAYS, THIS PERSON SHOULD BE HELD, HE IS HELD, WITHOUT BAIL.

BAIL.

>> AND THAT IS TRUE NOW.

>> YES, EXACTLY.

>> NO MATTER WHAT THE SAFETY ACT SAYS, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT.

THAT IS THE DISPUTE.

REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING, WELL, WITH JUST A FEW SERIOUS FELONIES, YOU CAN'T HOLD SOMEONE IN JAIL, AT ALL, WHICH IS NOT TRUE.

BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT EXTRA CUSTODY HEARING, WHERE YOU HAVE TO PROVE TO THE JUDGE THAT THIS PERSON SHOULD NOT BE LET OUT.

SO, IS THAT WHAT HAS TO CHANGE?

OR, DO THE MECHANICS MECHANICS AROUND THAT HAVE TO BE CLARIFIED?

>> I THINK THE MECHANICS HAVE TO BE CLARIFIED.

BECAUSE PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO ARE A FLIGHT RISK CAN BE HELD.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE CAN BE HELD.

BE HELD.

THERE IS ONE OTHER -- AND I AM FORGETTING IT RIGHT NOW -- ONE OTHER ELEMENT.

BUT, ANY OF THOSE THREE CAN DISQUALIFY.

BUT THE QUESTION IS, QUESTION IS, SHOULD CERTAIN CRIMES, LIKE RETAIL THEFT, BE -- YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM?

SO, THERE WILL BE SOME DEBATES.

SOME OF THOSE CRIMES, KIDNAPPING, THERE ARE SOME DOCUMENTS ABOUT WHETHER YOU ARE ACCUSED OF -- AGAIN, ACCUSED, NOT CONVICTED.

>> AND ALSO TRESPASSING IS ANOTHER ONE.

>> YES, TRESPASSING.

>> WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY COULD BE ARRESTED, OR JUST REMOVED FROM SOMEONE'S PROPERTY.

>> AND THAT IS ANOTHER ONE.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PROSECUTORS AND STATES ATTORNEYS STATES ATTORNEYS THAT ARE SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS COMING.

WE HAVE TO GET OUR PROSECUTORS READY TO BE ABLE TO ARGUE THESE.

THESE CASES.

IS THAT OF A SOUND?

SOUND POSITION?

>> IT NEEDS TO GET EASIER, BUT, BUT, THEY HAVE TO SHOW WHY PEOPLE NEED TO BE KEPT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CHANGE, AS LAURA SAYS, I THINK THERE IS IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION AND N AND DISINFORMATION BEING PUMPED PUMPED OUT THERE IN OUR MAILBOXES, AND FAKE NEWSPAPERS THAT WE GET.

AND THE THING THEY THEY ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU YOU IS THAT THERE WILL BE A REVOLVING DOOR.

PEOPLE WILL JUST COME IN AND OUT.

YOU KNOW, KNOW, THERE WILL BE NO CASH BAIL ANYMORE, THERE WILL BE 10 CITIES BECAUSE OF THE TRESPASSING PART OF IT.

>> BY THE WAY, THOSE FAKE NEWS, THE HERALD GOT BRIEFED BECAUSE BECAUSE THEY WERE USING THEIR DISTRIBUTION NETWORK TO DISTRIBUTE CAMPAIGN MAILERS DISGUISED AS NEWSPAPERS.

SO, AG, SO, AGAIN, ANOTHER GIANT NEWS ON NEWS ORGANIZATION THAT IS DISTRIBUTING THEM.

WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE OWNER OF THE USA TODAY BASICALLY DISTRIBUTING FAKE NEWSPAPERS?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE PRESS, THEY WANT IT TO SPIN, THEY WANT TO GET PAID FOR THAT.

I THINK THE PUBLICATIONS WHO OWN THE DAILY , DAILY HERALD, AND THE JOURNALISTS THERE AT THEIR PUBLN THEIR PUBLICATION HAVE NEVER BEEN PARTICULARLY PROGRESSIVE OR LEFT-WING NEWSPAPERS.

BUT, IT REALLY DID A DISSERVICE TO THE JOURNALISTS THERE BY PUBLISHING MISINFORMATION THAT UNDERMINES THIS WHOLE INDUSTRY.

INDUSTRY.

AND THAT IS ALSO NOT A COMPANY THAT IS DEEPLY INVESTED IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE MIDWEST AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.

YOU KNOW, USA TODAY IS IS NOT A COUNTRY COMPANY THAT IS GOING FOR THINGS EXCEPT FOR THEIR BOTTOM LINE.

THEY CUT A LOT OF JOURNALISTS.

>> AND WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THAT THAT MEANS, THERE ARE SEPARATE DIVISIONS IN THESE COMPANIES, THAT IS WHAT THE COMPANIES WOULD ARGUE.

> >> I HAVE TO MOVE ONTO CITY NEWS -- MAYOR LIGHTFOOT UNVEILED A $16 MILLION PROPOSAL, MILLION PROPOSAL, AFTER THE TAX TAX HIKE.

HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID.

SAID.

>> THEY ARE NOT JUST MATH PROBLEMS.

THEY ARE, AND MUST BECOME A VALUE STATEMENT.

VALUE VALUE STATEMENTS ABOUT HOW AND WHY WE INVEST.

AND IMPORTANTLY, IMPORTANTLY, IN THIS CITY, WHERE WE INVEST.

>> NO BIG CUTS, CRAIG DELMORE, NO TAX HIKES, THAT PROPERTY TAX TAX HIKE IS GONE.

WHY IS IT THAT IN AN ELECTION YEAR, IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY FOR EVERYBODY, AND AND THINGS ARE GOING GREAT?

>> WELL, USUALLY, THEY HAVE TO ENGINEERED THIS.

IN SOME CASES, CASES, LIKE THIS YEAR, SOMETHING FELL INTO THE MAYOR'S LAP.

ONE, ONE, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE RECOVERY MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE CITY IS IS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN IT COULD HAVE BEEN BEFORE.

AND THE THE SECOND THING, THAT WAS REALLY LITERALLY UNEXPECTED, WAS THE INCREASE IN REVENUE, TAX REVENUE, AND THE LIKE, MOVING IN.

BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS COMING BACK FASTER THAN ANYBODY ESTIMATED.

>> AND IT IS THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.

I MEAN, THE REAL ESTATE ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES IS BIG-TIME.

>> RIGHT.

SO, WHEN YOU HAVE ALL ALL OF THAT HAPPENING, YOU CAN GET THROUGH THINGS A LOT EASIER.

THIS IS A RELATIVELY EASY BUDGET, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH , WITH VACANCIES, AND THE FACT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNDERSTAFFED.

>> DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE HAMMER IS GOING TO DROP ON NEXT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, BECAUSE THINGS ARE SO GREAT RIGHT NOW, AND WE CAN AFFORD ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO AFFORD?

>> YOU KNOW, LOOK, SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN SOLVED IS THE PENSION SITUATION.

SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT A BUDGET OF $16.4 BI, $16.4 BILLION, $2 BILLION OR SO SO FROM THE FED.

2.34 BILLION FOR PENSIONS COME OUT OF THAT 16.4 BILLION.

>> AND THAT IS A PAYMENT, ABOVE ABOVE WHAT THEY OWE.

>> LONG-RANGE, >> LONG-RANGE, IT IS A GOOD MOVE.

BUT, HOW MANY PEOPLE, IN AN ELECTION YEAR, WANT TO SPEND SPEND ANOTHER $200 MILLION, ON G ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY CAN SEE IN THEIR?

THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> SO, THAT WASN'T A POLITICAL DECISION.

THAT WAS A DECISION M, DECISION MADE, BASED ON -- >> AND A REALLY GOOD DECISION, .

DECISION, TOO.

>> 10, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THEY MIGHT SAY IT IS GOOD TO DO.

DO THAT.

>> THEY MIGHT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SOMETHING LIKE $2 MILLION, SO, YEAH.

>> AND OVER THE LIFE OF THE -- WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THESE STILL ARE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE.

AS PEOPLE GOING OUT ON RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, THEY ARE GETTING SIGNATURES AND STUFF.

ARE THEY GOING TO PASS THIS BUDGET, OR HAVE SOME SORT OF PR?

OF PROBLEM?

>> I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME TWEAKING AND BEHIND THE SCENES .

SCENES NEGOTIATING.

BUT, THERE AREN'T ANY SIGNIFICANT TAX INCR, TAX INCREASES, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH IN THE WAY OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE ENOUH MONEY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND THEY NEVER THINK THAT.

>> AND I WOULD THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY TALK ABOUT, AND MAYBE THAT THEY THEY WOULD VOTE AGAINST.

BUT, IN NUMBERS, IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE POTENTIAL POSITIVE SHE IS GOING GOING TO HAVE.

AMID THIS, THE CU THE CTU ENDORSES A CANDIDATE FROM HERE THAT HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN DECLARED.

HIS NAME IS BRANDEN JACKSON.

HE IS A CTU ORGANIZER, STAFF MEMBER, ALSO A A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

DOES THIS MEAN THAT CHUY GARCIA HAS KIND OF WALKED OUT?

I MEAN, THEY SUPPORTED HIM LAST TIME.

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

BUT, THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER CHUY GARCIA IS GOING TO GET IN.

HE HAS BEEN WALKING A VERY FINE TIGHT ROPE, BECAUSE KELLY IS SAYING, I AM THINKING ABOUT IT.

HOWEVER, THE JOB I HAVE IS REALLY GOOD.

AND THIS IS A KEY TIME FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE.

THE HOUSE.

SO, I HAVE TO REALLY REALLY THINK WHETHER I WANT TO LEAVE MY KEY ROLE.

AND, I -- >> >> ALTHOUGH, HE IS VERY LIKELY TO BE OUT OF THE MAJORITY, COME COME JANUARY, IN CONGRESS.

>> THAT CHANCE IS REALLY GOOD.

AND YOU ARE SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU ARE WONDERING, WHY WOULD HE WANT TO TAKE THIS STEP, TO STEP AWAY FROM WHAT WOULD BE HIS DREAM JOB, TO REPRESENT HIS COMMUNITY IN CONGRESS, TO GO AND INHERIT A NIGHTMARE JOB IN CITY HALL?

SO, SO, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING SOMETHING HE IS PROBABLY LEANING AWAY FROM.

THE CHALLENGE OF IT IS, TOO, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

HE IS STANDING FOR RE-ELECTION.

>> AND HE CAN'T RUN FOR MAYOR WHEN HE IS ALSO RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.

>> EXACTLY.

HE HAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO GO OUT, AND 12,500 PETITION SIGNATURES.

>> A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

>> THAT IS SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO.

BUT, AS A VOTER IN CHICAGO, CHICAGO, I WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS IS LIKE, RIGHT NOW, I WANT THIS THIS JOB, THIS IS HOW IT GOES, THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING TO DO.

>> SO, MAYBE HE HAS ALREADY LOST A LOT OF VOTES?

>> PERSONALLY, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WILL GET MAD AT ME FOR FOR SAYING THIS, BUT, YOU MIGHT MIGHT BE BETTER AS A LEGISLATOR LEGISLATOR THAN AN EXECUTIVE, P. EXECUTIVE, PERHAPS.

I DON'T MEAN IT IN ANY INSULTING WAY.

>> THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE HE WAS IN THE RUNOFF, WHAT WAS IT, EIGHT YEARS AGO?

AND HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A CLEAR PLAN PLAN IN THE RUNOFF, EITHER.

WHO WHO IS GOING TO SUPPORT HIM, OR OR WHO IS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT HIM, BECAUSE IT IS A RUNOFF SITUATION AGAIN.

BUT, HE DOES NEED A GOOD BASE, AND THE CTU'S CTU'S SUMMARY THAT -- >> THEY HAVE AN ELECTED MAYOR.

>> IT DIDN'T REALLY -- >> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE OVER TO SPORTS.

> >> WITH THE WHITE SOX, TONY LARISSA MADE A STATE THIS WEEK SAYING, WE UNDERPERFORMED, I AM AM THE ONE TO BLAME.

IS HE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISAPPOINTMENT THIS YEAR?

>> NO, I THINK GARY RYAN IS AS MUCH AT FAULT AS TONY IS, BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE THAT HAD TO SAY, OH, I NEED TO RIGHT THIS WRONG, WHEN I FIRED A GUY THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE.

>> 40 YEARS AGO?

>> 40 YEARS AGO, BRING SOMEONE BACK WHO HASN'T BEEN A PART OF THIS GAME, WITH THIS YOUNG, EXCITING TEAM.

AND HE CAN CONNECT WITH THEM, HE CAN'T MOTIVATE THEM.

SO, I THINK IT IS BOTH OF THEIR FAULTS.

SO, YES, TONY TOOK THE JOB AND THOUGHT HE COULD DO IT.

AND HE CLEARLY COULDN'T.

>> BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT MORE NEEDS TO CHANGE CHANGE THAN JUST THE MANAGER.

THERE ARE OTHER MOVES IN THE OFF-SEASON THAT WE COULD MAKE.

>> I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF MOVES.

HE IS GETTING UP THERE.

AND HE DEFINITELY WAS WAS HOLDING ONTO PLAY WITH THIS THIS TEAM.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I DO NOTK NOT THINK -- JERRY RYANS ENDORSD RYANS ENDORSED LOYALTY IS SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM.

AND SHE HAS BEEN VERY LOYAL.

I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGE.

>> ON THAT NOTE, OZZIE IAN IS SOMEONE WHO SAID, NOBODY KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION THEN ME, BRING ME BACK.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE THEY WOULD DO THAT?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

AS MUCH AS AS I WOULD LOVE THAT -- THAT WOULD BE SO ENTERTAINING -- BUT, WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT QUOTE ON OZZIE, IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR BUT I THINK THAT PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP IS NOT SEPARATE, EXACTLY, BUT NOT WHAT WHAT IT WAS.

AND I ALSO SEE THIS SMART MOVE FOR THE WHITE SX WOULD BE TO GO AND FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE OTHER TEAMS THAT HAVE HIRED PLAYERS THAT HAVE PLAYED OUT OF THE GAME AND AND REALLY TURN THINGS AROUND.

THIS TEAM IS SOMEBODY THEY CAN CONNECT WITH.

>> AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE THE GENERAL MANAGER WANTED TO DO THE FIRST TIME AROUND, BEFORE TERRY RYAN SHOWED UP.

>> >> I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN SO MANY GOOD OPTIONS.

AND OF COURSE, THEY ARE FALLING OUT OF MY HEAD HEAD AT THE MOMENT.

BUT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY SOMEBODY WHO IS THERE FOR THE G. THE GAME.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, TIME, I THINK HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

>> THEY HAD SORT OF A SPARK UNDER THEM.

>> YES, THEY JUST LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE READY TO PLAY.

BUT, I I THINK IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO TO CONSIDER A COACH THAT IS BILINGUAL, OR AT LEAST MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SPANISH, BECAUSE THIS IS A BILINGUAL TEA.

BILINGUAL TEAM.

>> THE MAJORITY OF THE PLAYERS ARE SPANISH-SPEAKING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEY HAD A BETTER TIME CONNECTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO CAN SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, LITERALLY.

>> WELL, HE WAS A SPANISH SPEAKER.

I HAVE TO ACT -- I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE BEARS, I KNOW, THAT WAS SO MUCH MUCH FUN.

JUSTIN FIELDS DID HAVE HIS BEST GAME LAST WEEK.

AND THEN YOU THINK, OKAY, MAYBE MAYBE HE IS TAKING BABY STEPS TO IMPROVE.

ALTHOUGH, HE'S GOT NOTHING AROUND HIM.

>> HE'S GOT NOTHING AROUND HIM.

HIM.

AND THAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT JUSTIN FIELDS.

IT IS ALSO THAT HE IS NOT PUTTING ANYTHING AROUND HIM, NOT GIVING GIVING HIM BETTER HITTERS, AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT IS GOING TO TO KEEP HIM SAFE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING, YOU ARE RUNNING AS MUCH AS HE DOES, YOU YOU HAVE TO FIND THAT HOLE, AND AND HE DOESN'T HAVE IT.

>> AND THE DEFENSE CAN'T STOP THE RUN, EITHER.

>> KNOW.

AND THEY ARE NOT GOING GOING TO HAVE AN EASY TIME ON SUNDAY AGAINST THE VIKINGS.

>> YEAH, >> YEAH, THERE IS A LOT TO BE HESITANT ABOUT WITH THE BEARS, UNFORTUNATELY.

>> AND THERE IS A LOT TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT, BECAUSE WE ARE IN OUR NEW STUDIO, WE HAVE YOU ALL HERE.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT WENT FOR THE FIRST RUN?

>> IT FEELS LIKE WE NEVER LEFT.

LEFT.

>> WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

SO, OUR THANKS TO LAURA WASHINGTON, DAN, MAGGIE HENDRIX, AND CRAIG .

CRAIG DELMORE.

THANK YOU, ALL, SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

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