[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ MANY WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... EMIL JONES, III PLEADS NOT GUILTY FOR CHARGES THAT HE TOOK BRIBES FROM A RED LIGHT CAMERA FIRM AND LIED TO THE F.B.I.

HE INTERRED THE PLEA IN COURT AFTER BEING CHARGED IN A CRIMINAL INFORMATION TYPICALLY FILED IN CASES WHERE THE DEFENDANT HAS INDICATED THEY EVENTLY PLAN TO ENTER A PLEA DOWN THE ROAD.

NOW, JONES RESIGNED HIS COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP ROLE IN THE ILLINOIS SENATE BUT IS REBUFFING CALLS BY MEMBERS IN THIS PARTY INCLUDING GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TO RESIGN HIS SEAT.

THE NEXT COURT HEAR SOMETHING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER FOURTH.

A MAN WHO WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN A BUILDING EXPLOSION IN SOUTH ALWAYS TIP THIS WEEK HAS DIED.

THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS THAT ONE MALE VICTIM WHO HAD SUFFERED EXSENSITIVE BURNS IN THE BLAST DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.

THE MAN WAS 29 YEARS OLD.

THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY INSIDE A 4 STORY APARTMENT THE NEAR WEST END AND NORTH CENTRAL AVENUES.

8 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE BLAST.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WERE ON HAND TO UNVEIL A NEW DESIGN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS' DISCOVERY PARTNERS INSTITUTE.

THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IS SLATED TO BE BUILT IN THE 78 DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF ROOSEVELT ROAD IN THE SOUTH LOOP.

PART OF A MASSIVE HUB FUNDED BY THE STATE AND THE U OF I SYSTEM.

IT WILL PROVIDE, OFFICE, CLASSROOM, LAB AND EVENT SPACE AND SHOULD BREAK GROUND IN 2024.

>> THIS PARTNERSHIP GIVES CHICAGOLAND REINS AN OPPORTUNITY TO -- RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED TO KICK START A NEW CAREER IN DATA SCIENCE, IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, IN DIGITAL MARKETING, ROBOTIC PROCESS INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED FIELDS.

>> AND NOW TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL JOINING US ARE PAUL SULLIVAN, LONG TIME BASEBALL WRITER FOR THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

ALICE YIN POLITICS REPORTER TO THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

STEVEN DANIELS SENIOR REPORTER AT CRAIN'S AND HANNAH MEISEL WITH NPR AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC RADIO.

>> HANNAH MEISEL GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER IS CALLING FOR TWO MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY TO STEP DOWN AMID ELECTION SEASON HERE THEY ARE EMIL JONES, III WHO WE MENTIONED AND ALSO STATE SENATOR MICHAEL HASTINGS.

REMIND US WHY SENATOR HASTINGS IS IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION.

>> WELL, MICHAEL HASTINGS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONTENTIOUS DIVORCE AND IN THOSE DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS SOME INFORMATION HAS COME OUT KIND OF SLOW DRIP, DRIP OF REPORTING FROM VERY, VERY HYPER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FROM THE SOUTH SUBURBS WHERE HE IS FROM, ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSING HIS WIFE, THIS WEEK I THINK LAST WEEK WE'VE ALSO SEEN ALLEGATIONS FROM A STATE HOUSE LOBBYIST WHO SAYS THAT HASTINGS IS A BULLY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID BEHIND THE SCENES FOR A LONGTIME.

BUT YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR PRITZKER WANTED TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF BOTH OF THESE THINGS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS WEEK, THE TRIBUNE HAD A HEADLINE THAT WASN'T THE MOST FLATTERING.

IT SAID THE GOVERNOR DEFLECTED ON CORRUPTION ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN I DON'T THINK IT IS A SURPRISE THAT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THE GOVERNOR WAS CALLING ON BOTH OF THESE STATE SENATORS TO RESIGN.

THEY HAVE ALREADY RESIGNED THEIR LEADERSHIP POST AND EMIL JONES, III RESIGNED HIS COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP SOMETHING HE GETS PAID ALMOST $12,000 A YEAR FOR.

BUT THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO GET AHEAD ON THIS AND IT IS NOT SHOCKING.

WHEN WE GO BACK TO 2020, THE WAY HE HANDLED THE MIKE MADIGAN, THIS IS PRIOR TO MIKE MADIGAN GETTING INDICTED THIS YEAR WHEN THOSE ASSOCIATES OF MIKE MADIGAN INVOLVED THE ComEd SCANDAL, WERE INDICTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.

THE GOVERNOR KIND OF FUMBLED HIS CALL.

SO I THINK THIS IS -- >> AS YOU SAID THE GOVERNOR TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS.

AND HANNAH IN THE CASE OF SENATOR EMIL JONES, III AND ALLEGEDLY TAKING BRIBES FROM THE RED LIGHT CAMERA COMPANY, THE FEDS ISSUED THE CHARGES IN A CRIMINAL INFORMATION WHICH USUALLY MEANS A PLEA DEAL IS IN THE WORKS BUT THE TIME SOMETHING WEIRD BECAUSE JONES IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION UNOPPOSED.

DO YOU SUPPORT HE WANTS TO WIN REELECTION AND ENTER WHATEVER AGREEMENT THEY MIGHT BE COOKING UP?

>> THERE IS A VARIETY OF FACTORS AT PLAY.

OF ONE IT WOULD BE MESSY TO HAVE TO REPLACE HIM ON THE BALLOT.

WE HAVE PASSED THE -- PAST THE POINT WHERE THE ELECTIONS HAVE CERTIFIED THE BALLOT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

AND THEN ALSO WE'VE SEEN IN A NUMBER OF CASES LIKE THIS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS PEOPLE LIKE LATE STATE SENATOR MARTY SANDOVAL, FORMER REPRESENTATIVE LUIS ARROYO HELD ON TO THEIR SEATS SO THEY COULD KEEP GETTING THEIR SALARIES AND HEALTHCARE.

THERE'S BEEN A WARRANT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO PRORATE THOSE BENEFITS OF PEOPLE GET -- IF THEY LEAVE OFFICE OR IF THEY ARE -- WHATEVER.

>> AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PENSIONS, HANNAH.

THE SALARY IS NOT SO GREAT FOR A STATE LEGISLATOR BUT THE PENSION BENEFITS ARE SOUGHT AFTER.

BACK TO CHICAGO, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAD CHOICE WORDS FOR THE C.E.O.

OF MCDONALD'S AFTER HE HAD CHOICE WORDS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE CITY.

>> I THINK THAT WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IS FOR THE MCDONALD'S C.E.O.

TO EDUCATE HIMSELF BEFORE HE SPOKE.

WE'VE HAD PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM.

I THINK YOU SAW THAT THE MCDONALD'S PUT OUT A FULL PAGE AD TALKING ABOUT THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

I WILL LOOK ON PRODUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND NOT LOOK IN A REARVIEW MIRROR.

>> STEVEN DANIELS THE COMMENTS Mr. KIMCHINSKY, THE C.E.O.

OF MADE BEFORE AN ECONOMIC CLUB FORUM CHICAGO HAS A REPUTATION THAT IT'S DANGEROUS, HARDER TO RECRUIT MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES.

WHY HAS THIS DRAWN THE MAYOR'S IRE SO MUCH?

>> IT'S SOMETHING SHE IS UNDERSTANDABLY DEFENSIVE ABOUT.

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH CHICAGO'S REPUTATION AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT THESE RECENT EXAMPLES OF HEAVYWEIGHT CORPORATIONS MOVING OUT OF TOWN, CITING ONE OF THEM KENNETH GRIFFIN CITED THE CRIME PROBLEMS AS A PRINCIPLE REASON.

YOU HAVE A CATERPILLAR MOVING TO TEXAS.

THESE ARE NOT GOOD OPTICS AT ALL FOR A CITY IN TERMS OF ITS BUSINESS CLIMATE.

AND TO HAVE KIMCHINSKY IN A PUBLIC FORUM ESSENTIALLY I WANT TO BE FAIR TO HIM.

I THINK HE WAS CHIDING THE CITY AND SAYING WE WANT TO GET BEHIND A PLAN.

LET'S HAVE A PLAN.

IT IS NOT OK THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT LET'S GET BEHIND SOMETHING.

SO, AT ANY RATE, HER REACTION WAS IN LINE HOW SHE TYPICALLY REACTS TO THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

AND MCDONALD'S QUICKLY PUT OUT THE ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER SAYING HEY WE LOVE CHICAGO AND LIKE BEING HERE.

BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ISSUE.

AND THE ISSUE IS CRIME IS SOMETHING OF CONCERN.

BOTH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE CITY AND THAT'S JUST A FACT.

>> AND THAT'S HOW I READ THE C.E.O.

'S ORIGINAL COMMENTS NOT RIPPING THE CITY BUT SAYING IT IS A FACT THERE IS A PERCEPTION OUT THERE AND IT IS HAVING AN IMPACT.

PAUL SULLIVAN IS IT THE MOST PRODUCTIVE APPROACH IF YOU ARE MAYOR TO TRY AND TAKE A SWIPE AT ONE OF THE C.E.O.

'S OF ONE OF THE CORPORATIONS LEFT IN CHICAGO?

>> NO, BUT IT IS NOT SURPRISING AND THAT HAS BEEN HER MO AND IT WILL BE AN ISSUE THAT WILL COME UP IN THE ELECTION.

I TRAVEL A LOT, AND THE REPUTATION OF CHICAGO IS NOT VERY GOOD.

THE CRIME IS I WOULD SAY RAMPANT AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GET ON THE L. THEY ARE AFRAID TO GO DOWNTOWN.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE TAKE LIGHTLY.

AND I WISH MORE CORPORATE LEADERS WOULD SPEAK OUT ON THIS.

>> DO YOU SEE THAT, PAUL, WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING FOLLOWING THE SOX OR THE CUBS FROM FOLKS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ASKING YOU WHAT IS GOING ON IN COMMITTEE?

>> -- IN CHICAGO?

>> THEY SEE IT ON TV ALL THE TIME.

ALL THE SHOOT BUILDING.

AND OBVIOUSLY -- ALL THE SHOOTINGS.

AND THERE ARE STATISTICS HAT SHOW IT IS NOT THE WORST CRIME CITY IN AMERICA.

THERE ARE OTHER CITIES WITH WORSE PROBLEMS THAN CHICAGO.

BUT THE FACT IT'S ONGOING AND WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, IT'S MASS SHOOTINGS.

YOU KNOW PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE OF THAT.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO GO AWAY UNTIL THEY SOLVE THE ISSUE AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS IN CHARGE OF THE CITY.

SO IT'S REALLY UP TO HER TO GET THINGS MOVING.

>> AND PER CAPITA CHICAGO IS USUALLY NOT IN THE TOP 10 BUT THE PERCEPTION REMAINS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER.

NEW ALDERPERSON 43rd WARD WAS SWORN IN AND HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT TIMMY KNUDSEN HAD TO SAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE HE WAS CONFIRMED.

>> WHAT IS CLEAR TO ME IT'S 43rd WARD SEEKS FRESH LEADERSHIP.

THEY WANT AN ALDERMAN WHO WILL FIGHT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

FOFLTER OPEN DIALOGUE AND CHAMPION LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

I WILL WORK EVERYDAY TO ANSWER THAT CALL.

I'M HONORED TO HAVE A NEW WAY TO GIVE BACK TO A COMMUNITY THAT I CALL HOME AND BRING A PERSPECTIVE TO THE 43rd WARD AND CITY COUNCIL.

>> WHO IS TIMMY KNUDSEN?

AND AM I PRONOUNCING HIS NAME.

>> TIMMY KNUDSEN.

>> AND THE TIMMY PART IS IMPORTANT.

>> HE GOES BY TIMMY?

>> HE WAS THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS CHAIR HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A LAWYER.

HE HAS DONE PRO BONO WORK HELPING LGBTQ ASYLUM SEEKERS IN CHICAGO.

AND HE IS ALSO A LIGHTFOOT SUPPORTER FROM 2019.

>> ONE OF A HANDFUL THAT HAVE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE THE PREDECESSORS LEFT.

IS SHE BUILDING UP LIKE A MINNIE MACHINE OF ALDERPEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SUPPORT HER?

>> WELL, SO FAR IT SEEMS THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE APPOINTED THEY HAVE VOTED IN LINE WITH HER POLICIES.

FOR EXAMPLE WHEN SHE WAS PUSHING FORWARD -- BACK AGAINST THE SPEED CAMERA REPEAL, MONIQUE SCOTT GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT CAR ACCIDENTS IN HER WARD AND VOTED ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR.

I IMAGINE MANY OTHER VOTES WERE SIMILAR.

YEAH, SO FAR IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE CASE AS THEY APPROACH CAMPAIGN SEASON BEFORE THE FEBRUARY ELECTION AND WANT TO CAMPAIGN ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR I DON'T IMAGINE THAT CHANGING MUCH IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

>> AS WE SPEAK WE GOT A NOTICE THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS CAMPAIGNING WITH Mr. TIMMY KNUDSEN IN HIS ATTEMPT TO GET ELECTED TO THE SEAT IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TONIGHT.

CLOSE ALLIES IT APPEARS THERE.

ALICE AT CITY COUNCIL THEY APPROVED A PRACTICE FACILITY FOR THE CHICAGO FIRE ON A FORMER CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY SITE.

A LOT OF FOLKS UP IN ARMS BECAUSE THE CHA HAS NOT MET THE PROMISES ON REPLACING THE HOMES.

AND INITIALLY FAILED ITS COMMITTEE VOTE AND THEN IT HAD THE VOTES THE NEXT DAY IT PASSED.

WHAT CHANGED?

>> WELL, IT SEEMS THAT BEHIND THE SCENES THE PROPONENTS OF THIS PLAN, THE MAYOR INCLUDED PROBABLY WRANGLED ARMS AND GOT MORE PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.

DURING THE FIRST VOTE A LOT OF ALDERMEN WERE ABSENT.

AFTER IT RECONVENED MORE ALDERMEN SHOWED UP AND IT GOT THROUGH COMMITTEE.

>> MOVING BACK TO THE STATE THERE'S RUMBLING ABOUT THE SAFE-T ACT THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS IS GOING TO END THE PRACTICE OF CASH BAIL.

AND ONLY HOLD OFFENDERS PRETRIAL FOR THE MOST SERIOUS OF OFFENSES.

THERE ARE RUMBLINGS THAT DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION AFTER THE ELECTION TO TWEAK ASPECTS OF THE LAW.

WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE THEY MIGHT TWEAK?

>> WE WERE GOING TO HAVE FEEDER SESSION EVERY FALL IN ELECTION YEARS IT'S ALWAYS AFTER THE ELECTION.

AND THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR WEEKS, REALLY MONTHS BEHIND THE SCENES.

BACK IN THE SPRING IN OUR TRUNCATED REGULAR SESSION, THE SAFE-T ACT CRIME THEY WERE HUGE, HUGE COMPONENTS BECAUSE IN THE DEMOCRATIC -- IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR, RICHARD IRVIN, THE MAYOR WELL FUNDED BY KEN GRIFFIN HAD MADE CRIME THE CENTERPIECE OF HIS CAMPAIGN.

THE OTHER CANDIDATES FILED SUIT AND DARREN BAILEY AS THE WINNER OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, HE'S PICKED UP ON THIS AND HE'S RUNNING WITH IT.

OF COURSE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO COALESCE AROUND THIS MESSAGE.

IN TERMS OF WHAT SHOULD BE CHANGED?

I THINK DEMOCRATS BEHIND THE SCENES FOR MONTHS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, YES, WE KNOW THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF CLARIFICATIONS.

SOME DEFINITIONS WITHIN THE LAW ARE NOT IT IS -- IT'S CAUSING CONFUSION.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS GONE ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION THERE ARE THREE BIG PARTIES AT FAULT HERE.

ONE THOSE ACTING IN BAD FAITH TO MAKE THE LAW INTO A BOOGIE MAN AHEAD OF THE ELECTION.

TWO DEMOCRATS THEMSELVES WHO HAVE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF SELLING THIS LAW AND TELLING THE PUBLIC WHAT IT IS.

IT'S BAFFLING TO ME THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT ENGAGED IN BIG MONEY CAMPAIGN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY.

>> I'M GUESSING THE NUMBER THREE MIGHT BE US, JOURNALISTS PERHAPS YOU KNOW WHEN THIS LAW CAME OUT MAYBE NOT REPORTING AS EXTENSIVELY AS WE SHOULD AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKEUP FOR IT NOW IT IS A COMPLICATED LAW.

PART OF THAT INFORMATION, STEVEN DANIELS, ARE THESE CAMPAIGN MAILERS THAT ARE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC PRO REPUBLICAN THAT ARE DISGUISED AS NEWSPAPERS THAT GO OUT MADE BY DAN PROFT WHO IS A SUPPORTER OF BAILEY AND RUNS A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FUNDED BY DICK UIHLEIN.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER GOT UPSET AT THE DAILY HERALD WAS USING THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK TO SEND THOSE OUT AND NOW THE DAILY HERALD IS SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT ANYMORE.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT KERFUFFLE?

>> IT WAS INTERESTING FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

ONE IS A PUBLISHER TRYING TO SEPARATE THE NEWSPAPER HE PUBLISHES HE OR SHE PUBLISHES FROM THEIR PRINTING OPERATION.

SAYING OUR PRINTING OPERATION IS A PRINTING OPERATION.

SOMEBODY WILL COME TO US AND PAY US TO PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE SOMETHING WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING THAT, TOO.

THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS WHAT WE PUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPERS THAT WE OWN.

THAT MESSAGE DID NOT FLY AT ALL.

AND SO THEY QUICKLY BACKTRACKED AFTER THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE THAT THEY WERE PART OF, CITING THAT.

AND I MEAN, YOU CAN TAKE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THAT QUESTION.

BUT JUST SIMPLY, I THINK, THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING WAS A LOT OF THE ISSUE.

IF IT HADN'T BEEN SUCH A HYPER PARTISAN THING THAT WAS KIND OF DISGUISED AS SOMETHING ELSE, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH A PROBLEM FOR THEM.

>> NOW, PERHAPS GOVERNOR PRITZKER REJOINS THAT DEBATE.

ALICE YIN DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR'S PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ASWAGED AND HE IS GOING TO DEBATE DARREN BAILEY?

AND THIS WAS NOT JUST THE DAILY HERALD, AND AP AND OTHERS CONDUCTING THE DEBATE.

>> YEAH.

I THINK READING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE'S LATEST STATEMENT THAT THEY WERE RECONSIDERING, I GENERALLY FEEL THEY WOULD NOT PUT A STATEMENT LIKE THAT IF THEY WEREN'T LEANING TOWARDS PARTICIPATING.

I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE HIM THERE.

>> AND HANDFUL OF DEBATES WE ARE DOING WE HAVE A CANDIDATE FORUM WITH NPR AND SO FAR NEITHER CANDIDATES HAVE CONFIRMED.

THERE'S STILL TIME THERE.

HINT, HINT.

MORE FORUMS THE BETTER.

STEVEN DANIELS DONALD TRUMP' WOES ARE MOUNTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL UNVEILED THE $250 MILLION CIVIL SUIT AGAINST THE TRUMP REAL ESTATE EMPIRE ALLEGING IT'S BUILT ON FRAUD, INCLUDED IN THAT IS TRUMP'S CHICAGO HOTEL AND TOWER.

WHAT IS THE ALLEGED CHICANERY GOING ON HERE?

>> ESSENTIALLY WHAT WAS ALLEGED WAS THAT WHEN THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION SOUGHT LOANS FROM BANKS AND OTHER LENDERS AND SOMETHING LIKE TRUMP TOWER CHICAGO WAS IMMENSELY VALUABLE.

BUT WHEN THEY WENT AND FILED THEIR TAXES SOMETHING LIKE TRUMP TOWER CHICAGO WAS WORTHLESS.

AND SO THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF REALLY ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS IN THAT CIVIL SUIT.

THEY USED DIFFERENT EXAMPLES AND DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS HOW CHICAGO'S PLAYS IN THAT IN THAT LAWSUIT IN THIS ASPECT.

I DON'T THINK IT IS A CENTRAL COMPONENT BUT IT IS A COMPONENT.

SO IT'S -- THE ISSUE FROM DEVELOPERS' POINT OF VIEW IS ALL DEVELOPERS KIND OF DO THIS TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR TAXES AND LOANS.

THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OF THE ENVELOPE GOT PUSHED HERE AND KNOWING THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION, MAYBE IT DID.

>> AND THAT IS GOING TO BE SORT OF THE CRUX OF WHAT THIS CASE IS GOING FORWARD.

AND PAUL SULLIVAN, THE FORMER HAS THIS.

HE HAS A MILLION LEGAL WOES MOUNTING JANUARY 6TH AND OF COURSE HE HAD SETBACKS WITH THE SPECIAL MASTER AND THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN THE MAR-A-LAGO CASE DO YOU THINK THIS IS ENOUGH TO SWAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO SAY MAYBE WE SHOULD GET BEHIND SOMEONE ELSE FOR 2024?

OR AS WE'VE SEEN TIME AND AGAIN NOTHING MOVES THE BASE FROM SUPPORTING TRUMP?

>> WELL, MY GUESS IS THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO DISSUADE HIM FROM RUNNING MANY IF HE RUNS I THINK HE WILL BE THE NOMINEE.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE NOTHING EVER STICKS TO HIM.

HE MADE THE FAMOUS QUOTE THAT HE COULD SHOOT SOMEONE ON FIFTH AVENUE AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE.

HIS POLLING NUMBERS RARELY CHANGE.

IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE THROUGH IT, BUT APPARENTLY PEOPLE DON'T.

>> WE'LL SEE HOW THESE CASES PLAY OUT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO SPORTS.

PAUL SULLIVAN WHITE SOX FANS SEE THROUGH THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE ORGANIZATION.

THEY HAD A MUST-WIN SERIES AGAINST CLEVELAND AND THEY LOST THE FIRST TWO GAMES.

WHAT WENT WRONG AGAINST CLEVELAND?

>> WELL, YEAH, THEY GOT SWEPT IN THE SERIES.

IT'S BASICALLY OVER FOR THEM.

THERE'S 12 GAMES LEFT.

THEY JUST THEY CAME IN A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLL.

THEY HAD THE MANAGERIAL CHANGE WITH TON TONY LARUSSA I THINK THINGS WERE LOOKING OK.

THE FIRST GAME THEY BLEW IT.

AND THE SECOND GAME THEY BARELY SHOWED UP.

IT'S KIND OF BEEN THAT WAY ALL SEASON WHERE EVERY TIME YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND GET ON A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLL THEY SLIDE BACKWARDS.

AGONIZING, DISAPPOINTING SEASON FOR SOX FANS.

AND CERTAINLY ONE THAT JERRY HAS TO LOOK AT THIS ORGANIZATION AND SEE WHAT HE HAS TO DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT YEAR.

>> AND SOX FANS CAME WITH EXPECTATIONS ON PAPER, THE LINEUP LOOKED LIKE IT WAS A WORLD SERIES CALIBER LINEUP.

SO MANY PLAYERS UNDERPERFORMED AND SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DECISIONS OF MANAGER TONY LARUSSA AND WHETHER HE WAS REALLY OUT OF IT FOR A LOT OF HIS TIME IN THE DUGOUT.

DO YOU EXPECT BIG CHANGES LIKE LETTING LARUSSA GO OR TRADES IN THE OFF SEASON?

>> I DO.

I FIND IT HARD TO IMAGINE LARUSSA BEING BACK AFTER THIS YEAR.

THE FANS DEFINITELY HAVE TURNED ON HIM.

MOST OF THEM DIDN'T LIKE HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHEN THEY WENT TO THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR, THEY GAVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.

BUT HE DOES BEAR A LOT OF BLAME FOR THIS YEAR.

I THINK HE THOUGHT THIS WAS A PUSH-BUTTON OPERATION WITH THE TALENT THAT HE COULD COME IN AND GO TO THE WORLD SERIES.

MAYBE THE PLAYERS THOUGHT THAT WAY, TOO.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WASN'T THE CASE.

I DON'T THINK HE WILL BE BACK.

I THINK MOST OF THE TEAM IS SIGNED THROUGH NEXT YEAR, KEY PLAYERS, UNLESS THEY MAKE TRADES I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS CHANGING.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE FRONT OFFICE, DO YOU THINK THEIR JOBS ARE SAFE?

>> I THINK KENNY WILLIAMS IS SAFE.

HE IS CLOSE.

RICK HAHN IS A DIFFERENT STORY.

HE DID A GREAT JOB IN THE REBUILD GETTING THEM TO THIS POINT AND OFF SEASON HE DID NOT ADD-ON LIKE HE NEEDED TO.

DIDN'T GET LEFT-HANDED BATS CONCENTRATED ON BULLPEN ARMS THAT DIDN'T WORKOUT.

HE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT IN JEOPARDY.

BUT KNOWING REINSDORF HE WILL KEEP BOTH OF THEM AND FIND A NEW MANAGER AND PRETEND LIKE THIS YEAR DIDN'T HAPPEN.

>> MAYBE HE WILL FIND THE MANAGER HE WANTED TO FIND A COUPLE YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE WHISPERS THAT TONY LARUSSA WANTED TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER SHOT AFTER HE WAS LET GO SOMETHING LIKE 30, 40 YEARS AGO.

WHO KNOWS.

WE'LL NEVER GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT.

PAUL SULLIVAN, THE BOTTOM OF JUSTIN FIELDS THERE WAS A LOT OF HOPE THAT HE TURNED A CORNER THIS YEAR AND HE PLAYED A DUD OF A GAME IN GREEN BAY.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HIM?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE.

THIS WAS A YEAR THAT BEARS FANS SAID OK, WE'RE GOING TO GET USED TO LOSING BUT WE WANT TO SEE PROGRESS FROM JUSTIN FIELDS.

HE IS THE MAIN PLAYER ON THE TEAM.

HE HAD A DECENT SECOND HALF IN THE RAIN AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO AND PEOPLE THOUGHT OK, WELL, MAYBE, THEY WON THE GAME GIVE HIM A CHANCE.

BUT HE JUST DIDN'T DO ANYTHING IN THE GREEN BAY GAME AND ONLY 11 PASSES I THINK THEY ARE NEAR THE BOTTOM IN PASSING YARDAGE WITH HOUSTON.

SO YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIM.

HE HAD THE FIRST MISTAKE WITH THE MEDIA TALKING ABOUT HOW PLAYERS HAVE IT WAY WORSE THAN FANS AS FAR AS LOSING TO THE PACKERS AND HE HAD TO BACKTRACK ON THAT.

THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE KID.

HE IS A YOUNG GUY.

HE IS GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES.

AND I THINK THIS IS A BIG WEEK FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BEAT HOUSTON.

>> IT IS A BOUNCE BACK GAME LET'S HOPE AND THE WEATHER DOESN'T LOOK GREAT.

MAYBE THE WEATHER WILL HELP THEM OUT THIS WEEKEND AND WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS TO PAUL SULLIVAN, ALICE YIN, STEVEN DANIELS AND HANNAH MEISEL THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND THAT IS OUR SHOW.

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