[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING ANDWELL COME 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...

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER P SAYS ILLINOIS WILL BE ABLE TO MEET PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S CHALLENGE THAT VACCINES BE OPEN TO ALL ADULTS BY MAY 1.

THE PRESIDENT GAVE THAT DIRECTIVE DURING A TELEVISED ADDRESS TO THE NATION AFTER SIGNING THE $1.9 TRILLION RELIEF BILL.

PRITZKER SAYS SUPPLIES OF VACCINE ARE INCREASING TO THE STATE WHICH ALLOWED A RAMP UP IN VACCINATIONS AND PRITZKER MADE HIS REMARKS AFTER SIGNING BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO BOOST FUND FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

>> AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 1700 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND 39 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

MAKING FOR A TOTAL OF 1.2 MILLION CASES SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC AND 29,001 DEATHS.

THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AGREED TO PAY $27 MILLION TO THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD SETTLING A CIVIL LAWSUIT STEMMING FROM HIS DEATH AT THE HANDS OF THE POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN.

THE FORMER OFFICER IS IN JURY SELECTION PHASE AND PRESSED AGAINST FLOYD'S NECK FOR NINE MINUTES ON MAY 25 LAST YEAR BEFORE FLOYD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IT LED TO PROTESTS AND RALLIES IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE NATION SOME OF WHICH TURNED VIOLENT.

>> AND IT'S CHICAGO ANNUAL RITE OF SPRING: POTHOLE SEASON.

CREWS WERE FILLING POTHOLES AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS ARE NOT AS BAD THIS YEAR DUE TO MILDER WEATHER IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

STILL, THEY ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO REPORT ANY POTHOLES THEY SEE.

>> WE DO WANT TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO HELP US BY IF YOU SEE POTHOLES, REPORTING IT TO 311 BY CALLING 311 OR USING THE MOBILE APP.

>> AND NOW TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PACKAGE JOINING US ARE LEILA RAHIM, OF SCORE SPORTS RADIO, MEGAN HICKEY OF CBS2 NEWS, GREGORY PRATT OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE".

AND MIKE FLANNERY OF FOX 2 NEWS.

HERE IS WHAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE VACCINE ROLLOUT IN ILLINOIS AS MICHIGAN ANNOUNCED IT WILL OPEN VACCINATIONS TO EVERYBODY STARTING IN APRIL.

>> AS WE HAVE PROMISED HERE IN ILLINOIS AND PROMISED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT WE WOULD REACH 100,000 DOSES PER DAY BY THE MIDDLE OF MARCH.

WE'VE ARRIVED.

>> MIKE FLANNERY, THE PRESIDENT SAID EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE BY MAY FIRST.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS WE'RE GAME IN ILLINOIS.

DO YOU BELIEVE IT?

>> I DO.

I THINK THEY HAVE AFTER A ROUGH START AND I TALK PARIS AS A GUY WHO WENT AROUND TO THE WALMARTS AND CVS'S AND TO THE SUPER CENTER AT 108TH AND WOODLAWN ASKING HAVE YOU GOT ANY LEFTOVER VACCINE, VACCINES FOR THE POOR?

THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER.

I'VE GOTTEN BOTH OF MY DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE.

I THINK THIS IS FINALLY ON TRACK.

>> AND I SEE MIKE FLANNERY DOWN THERE IN BEVERLY YOU HAVE YOUR GREEN TIE AND YOU ARE GETTING READY FOR A HOLIDAY.

MEGAN HICKEY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION AT THE UNITED CENTER WHO HAS BEEN ELIGIBLE.

THE CITY CHANGED STANDARDS BECAUSE SO MANY FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO WERE SIGNING UP.

AS OF NOW, WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINE AT THE UNITED CENTER?

>> RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE IN THE ONE A, ONE B PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND THE RULES CHANGED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME.

OBVIOUSLY WHEN PEOPLE STARTED SIGNING UP IT WAS MUCH BROADER ELIGIBILITY THAN THAT.

AND THAT WAS HONESTLY A FIRST OF A LOT OF CONFUSION.

OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY, BECAUSE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CHANGED AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WERE FROM OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO WHO SIGNED UP WERE CONFUSED.

DOES MY APPOINTMENT STILL COUNT IF I GO THERE?

AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET MY SECOND DOSE?

ARE THEY GOING TO SAY GOOD LUCK FIND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF CONFUSION ON TOP OF SCHEDULING ISSUES, PEOPLE GETTING ERROR MESSAGES WHEN TRYING TO SIGN UP.

SAYING, NO, YOUR APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED AND ANOTHER E-MAIL SAYING DISREGARD THAT E-MAIL WAS NOT ACCURATE.

>> ARE THOSE PROBLEMSES ONGOING OR HAVE THEY IRONED THOSE OUT?

>> WE'RE HEARING LESS CONFUSION ABOUT IT.

I'M NOT CERTAIN IT'S BEEN ENTIRELY IRONED OUT.

WE ASKED HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT ERROR MESSAGES AND WERE INVOLVED AND WE NEVER GOT A HARD NUMBER ON THAT.

JUST BEING OUT THERE I WAS AT THE UNITED CENTER MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MONDAY BEFORE VACCINATIONS HAD STARTED, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE EXRANNING ABOUT THAT.

ONCE THEY MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE VACCINATION PROCESS AND CAME OUT ON OTHER END THEY WERE SO GRATEFUL AND HOPEFUL AND ALMOST HAD FORGOTTEN THEY WERE SO UPSET BEFORE THEY HAVE GONE IN.

>> AND GREG, PART OF THE ROLL OUT, THE CITY WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE HARDEST HIT ZIP CODES TO URGE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE UNITED CENTER TO GET THEIR VACCINATION S THAT HELPING DRIVE UP THE EQUITY NUMBERS?

>> YES, I THINK SO.

I THINK THAT THE MAKING IT ELIGIBLE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE SOUTH SHORE AND LITTLE VILLAGE AND PILSEN IS CLEARLY GOING TO DRIVE THAT UP.

THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS SIGNING UP FOR IT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

THAT WAS A IMAGE PROBLEM IN THE BEGINNING.

IT'S LESS OF A PROBLEM.

BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS WITHOUT ONGOING TARGETING AND ONGOING EFFORTS AIMED AT REACHING THOSE COMMUNITIES, CAN EASILY FALL OFF WHICH WOULD BE BAD.

SO THEY ARE WORKING CONSCIOUSLY TO WORK ON THAT AND PROBABLY A GOOD THING.

>> WE SAW AN AD CAMPAIGN FEATURING FORMER PRESIDENTS AND LADIES URGING FOLKS TO GET VACCINATED.

>> AND LEILA RAHIM THERE WILL BE FANS IN THE BASEBALL FANS IN THE STANDS.

HOW EXACTLY IS THAT GOING TO WORK?

>> WELL, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, IT'S GOING TO BE SEASON TICKET HOLDERS WHO WILL LIKELY HAVE THE PRIORITY FIRST AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN GET SEATING FOR OPENING DAY.

THE FIRST QUESTION WE HAD WAS WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE OPENING DAY?

AND ON THE PART OF FANS THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT NEWS, REALLY THE REWARD FOR A FUNCTIONING SOCIETY AS IT WAS PUT BY A BASEBALL PLAYER AND I THINK THAT TRULY APPLIES NOW.

TO KNOW THAT WE CAN ENJOY SPORTS TOGETHER WAS JUST AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR A LOT OF SPORTS FANS.

AND WE ARE A TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE YOU GET TO THE BALL PARK.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK.

WE SAW IT WITH PODS OF FANS, AND MASKS WILL BE INVOLVED, CONCESSIONS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IS PUBLIC BATHROOMS HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK?

THOSE APPEAR TO BE IRON OUT.

WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW THEY GET THE PROCESS GOING BUT WE'RE HEARING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEAMS ARE BEING ALLOWED TO ACTUALLY OPEN UP THE BALL PARKS, HOW IT'S GOING TO GO.

AS FAR AS THE UNITED CENTER IS CONCERNED THAT IS THE NEXT QUESTION.

IS IT GOING TO BE ALLOWED INSIDE ANYTIME?

BUT WE ARE GOING TO ENJOY THE BASEBALL SIDE OF THIS FOR NOW.

>> AND THE CONCESSIONS WILL BE CONTACTLESS.

LEILA RAHIM DO YOU KNOW ARE OWNERS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE FOR EXPANDED CAPACITY IF NUMBERS GO DOWN FURTHER?

>> WE'VE HEARD THAT THE HOPE IS THAT EVEN BY THE END OF THE SEASON THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO 100%.

WE'VE SEEN IT IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ELSEWHERE.

THE TEXAS RANGERS HAVE BOLDLY ANNOUNCED THEY WILL ALLOW FULL CAPACITY AT THE BALL PARK WHICH WAS NEW LAST SEASON AND DID NOT SEE THE OPENING DAY CROWD THAT IT WANT'S.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING TO GO.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN BASEBALL KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT SITUATION AND PERHAPS WHAT HAPPENS TWO WEEKS AFTER OPENING DAY BUT THERE IS THAT OVERWHELMING HOPE THAT THE CAPACITY WILL INCREASE AS LONG AS THE NUMBERS ARE KEPT LOW.

>> MIKE FLANNERY TO YOUR DISMAY NO SOUTH SIDE IRISH PARADE BUT THE MAYOR DID HINT THERE COULD BE A TASTE OF CHICAGO AND AIR AND WATER SHOW.

WHAT WOULD THE METRICS HAVE TO BE FOR CITY OFFICIALS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING THOSE EVENTS GO FORWARD?

>> THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PRECISE, I HAVE NOT HEARD A SPECIFIC NUMBER BUT THEY WANT IT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN NOW.

IF YOU LOOKED AT THE METRICS, THEY ARE GOOD RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE ARE OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE NOT LOOKING THAT GOOD THAT ARE OPENING WIDE AND WE CAN TISK, TISK, AND POO-POO WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

BUT WITH MORE PEOPLE GETTING THE VACCINE AND WITH EVERYBODY BEING ELIGIBLE BY MAY, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE SOON.

>> MEGAN HICKEY IF YOU HAD TO BET WOULD YOU BET THERE WILL BE SUMMER FESTIVALS AS IS USUAL IN CHICAGO, TASTE OF CHICAGO, AIR AND WATER SHOW?

WHAT IS YOUR MONEY ON?

>> I FEEL LIKE THERE WILL BE SOME EVENTS I IMAGINE I COULD SEE MAYBE LIMITING WHO CAN GO.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, CHICAGO TRIATHALON THEY APPLIED FOR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

BUT THAT IS AN EVENT WHERE, YES, IT BRINGS IN THOUSANDS.

BUT THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO MAYBE STAGGER STARTING TIMES FOR EXAMPLE.

I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A WAY FOR THE BIGGER EVENTS THAT ARE TRADITIONS OF THE SUMMER TO ACCOMMODATE.

>> GREGORY PRATT, MIKE FLANNERY, TALK ABOUT THE OWE PASSTY OF CITY OFFICIALS WHAT THE METRICS WOULD BE HAVE YOU GOTTEN INSIGHT FROM THE MAYOR AND FOLKS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT WHAT IS DEPENDING TO DRIVE THEIR DECISION HERE?

>> I THINK IF WE SAY ROUGHLY, WHERE WE ARE GIVE OR TAKE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF STUFF COMING BACK TO NORMAL.

I THINK THE MAYOR HAS BEEN CLEAR ABOUT WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE AND WE WANT TO GO BACK TO NORMAL BUT WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO TEXAS IT UP.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE.

BUT THE -- >> I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD TEXAS AS A VERB.

>> I MADE IT UP ON THE SPOT.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY WANT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO CRAZY ABOUT IT.

I WOULD EXPECT A LOT OF STUFF IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE.

THEY OFTEN TALK ABOUT HOW WHEN YOU ARE OUTDOORS IT'S DIFFERENT THAN INDOORS.

WHICH IS TRUE.

THE SCIENTISTS WILL TELL YOU.

I'M NOT SURE THAT, I WOULD BE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL END UP HAVING THE TASTE OF CHICAGO AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

>> LEILA RAHIM YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED YOU WERE UNCOMFORTABLE COVERING THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME BEFORE THE SHUTDOWN HAPPENED.

WILL YOU BE COMFORTABLE GOING BACK INTO AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT WITH OTHER REPORTERS AND PLAYERS IF INDOOR EXPANDS AND IF CAPACITY EXPANDS?

>> OH, I BELIEVE SO.

I THINK MY CONCERN WAS MORE OF THE UNKNOWN THAN THE ACTUAL COMFORTABILITY LEVEL.

YOU LOOK BACK AND THINK ABOUT STANDING IN A PACKED ROOM SHOULD ADAM SILVER AND THAT VISUAL IS GOING TO BE ANXIETY IN A COVID-19 WORLD.

MOVING FORWARD THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEPARATE ATHLETES, PLAYERS, OFFICIALS, OBVIOUSLY MEDIA, I THINK HAS GIVEN PEOPLE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

WE'VE SEEN GOOD REPORT FROM THE MY PEERS AS FAR AS SITTING IN PRESS BOXES DURING GAMES AND BECAUSE OF THE MASK WEARING AND THE CONCERN FOR THE HEALTH OF EVERYONE AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE NOW MOVING FORWARD THAT WE CAN WORK IN SOME SORT OF WORKING CAPACITY THAT IS GOING TO BE FUNCTIONAL TO COVER GAMES.

LET'S TALK ABOUT LOCAL POLITICAL NEWS.

MIKE FLANNERY A COALITION OF GROUPS WANTS TO TAKE AWAY THE REDRAWING OF CHICAGO WARD MAPS FROM THE BACK ROOM POLITICAL INSIDERS AND MAKE IT A MORE INDEPENDENT PROCESS.

AS YOU LOOK AT THE WARD MAPS THAT DO NOT MAKE GEOGRAPHIC SENSE DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS TIME AROUND?

>> I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO TRY.

AND I THINK THIS COMMISSION THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO PUT IN PLACE IS UNOFFICIAL COMMISSION IS GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT IT.

WHETHER IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT DEPENDS WHETHER THEY CAN GET 10 DISAFFECTED ALDERMEN TO PETITION FOR A VOTE.

BUT ABSOLUTELY WE NEED IT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKENING ENGLEWOOD THAT IS SPLIT AMONG SO MANY DIFFERENT.

>> SIX DIFFERENT ALDERMEN IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY.

>> IT'S INSANE.

AND IT'S LIKE WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DID TO DUPAGE COUNTY TO THE REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLDS IN DUPAGE COUNTY.

IT WAS DONE IN PART, PARIS, BECAUSE CHICAGO HAS LOST SO MUCH AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION THAT 10 YEARS AGO THEY WERE ALREADY HAVING TROUBLE THE MAP MAKERS WERE HAVING TROUBLE PRESERVING WARDS FOR BLACK ALDERMEN.

THAT IS GOING TO BE MUCH, MUCH, MORE DIFFICULT THIS TIME BECAUSE THAT POPULATION LOSS HAS CONTINUED.

>> THAT WILL BE CENTRAL TO THE FIGHT.

I REMEMBER ANECDOTE ABOUT THE LAST REMAP THEN DICK MILL IN CHARGE TRIED TO DRAW I THINK NICK SPOSATO OUT OF HIS WARD AND HE SAID I HOPE YOU SPEAK SPANISH AND NICK ENDED UP WINNING THE NEW WARD.

LET'S MOVE ON TO WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL A DAY EARLIER THAN THE WHITE HOUSE ANTICIPATED.

HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

>> IT'S CLEAR THAT AN OVERWHELMING PERCENTAGE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS OR REPUBLICAN FRIENDS, HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, MADE IT CLEAR THEY STRONGLY SUPPORT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.

YESTERDAY WITH THE FINAL PASSAGE OF THE PLAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THEIR VOICES WERE HEARD.

>> WE KNOW $13 BILLION COMING TO ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT.

7 BILLION TO THE STATE.

2 BILLION EACH TO THE CHICAGO AND C.P.S.

HOW IS THAT MONEY GOING TO BE SPENT BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES?

>> FIRST, THEY ARE GOING TO SAY A PRIVATE THANK YOU TO CONGRESS FOR HELPING THEM AVOID BIG PROPERTY TAX INCREASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY ARE GOING TO FIND WAYS TO SOLVE A LOT OF THEIR PROBLEMS.

THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW SOME OF IT IS GOING TO BE EARMARKED SO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CASE.

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD GOING TO BE THE CASE AND OTHER THINGS WILL BE DEDICATED TO POLICINGS, THINGS LIKE THE PANDEMIC IT'S NOT TOTALLY CLEAR BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE OFF GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

IT'S STAGGERING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT A DIFFERENCE WOULD BE IF TRUMP WON FOR THEM AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS POT OF MONEY COMING IN.

>> OR IF THE TWO SENATORS DID NOT WIN IN GEORGIA.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THERE WERE NO REPUBLICAN VOTES ON THIS.

MEGAN HICKEY, MIGHT BE PRESSURE OFF BUT ALREADY SEEMS TO BE PRESSURE RAMPING UP ON MAYOR LIGHTFOOT FROM ALDERMEN TO SPEND MONEY CERTAIN WAYS.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE THEY ARE PERHAPS BEING A FOOD FIGHT WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD GO?

>> I'M SURE.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A FOOD FIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETING OUT ESPECIALLY THAT MUCH MONEY.

AND WHEN SO MANY DIFFERENT FACETS OF OUR CITY ARE IN SERIOUS DEFICITS I'M SURE IT WILL BE DRAMA AND FUN TO COVER.

>> WHAT IT CAN'T GO TO IS PENSIONS WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE FOR THE STATE BECAUSE THAT IS THE BIG SOURCE OF DEBT AND THE NOOSE AROUND THE STATE AND CITY'S NECK.

WHY NOT?

YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THIS MONEY AGAIN.

I KNOW THAT BY STATUTE IT CAN'T.

BUT... >> AND POLITICALLY, TOO.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THOSE WHO DREAM LIKE OUR SENATE PRESIDENT DON HARMON WHO DREAMT OF GETTING A TROUGH OF FEDERAL BUCKS FOR PENSIONS, THEY ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT, $86 BILLION THAT GOES INTO THOSE MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION FUNDS THE PRIVATE MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION FUNDS INCLUDING A BIG PIECE HERE THERE'S 100,000 CHICAGO WORKERS AND RETIREES AFFECTED BY THIS $86 BILLION.

IT IS A BAILOUT OF THOSE MULTIEMPLOYER FUNDS THAT ARE GOING BROKE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THERE ARE GUYS AND GALS IN SPRINGFIELD WHO DREAM ABOUT THIS BEING A PRECEDENT SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS INCREASE THEIR MAJORITIES IN TWO YEARS AS UNLIKELY AS THAT MIGHT SEEM RIGHT NOW.

>> THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING PRECEDENT HARD TO BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE THIS KIND OF FEDERAL MONEY COMING DIRECTLY TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

ALSO THIS WEEK FINALLY AFTER TWO MONTHS, LINCOLNWOOD NATIVE MERRICK GARLAND ONCE SNUBBED BY SENATE REPUBLICANS FOR THE SUPREME COURT GOT SOME VOTES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE IS WHAT GARLAND TOLD EMPLOYEES YESTERDAY.

>> AS I SAID AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MY NOMINATION, THOSE NORMS REQUIRE THAT LIKE CASES BE TREATED ALIKE.

THERE NOT BE ONE RULE FOR DEMOCRATS AND ANOTHER FOR REPUBLICANS.

ONE RULE FOR FRIENDS, AND ANOTHER FOR FOES.

ONE FOR THE POWERFUL AND ANOTHER FOR THE POWERLESS.

>> GREGORY PRATT IS THIS WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE FROM A MERRICK GARLAND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FORER MORE INDEPENDENT IN PERCEPTION AS THE LAST FOUR YEARS WAS?

>> IT'S WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT FROM ANY ATTORNEY GENERAL DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN.

IT WILL BE DIFFERENT.

OBVIOUSLY ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR DISCREDITED HIMSELF AT TIMES AND THEN OTHER TIMES DID SHOW A LOT OF INDEPENDENCE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.

BUT THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE YEAH, MERRICK GARLAND IS THERE TO GET REVENGE ON MITCH McCONNELL OVER THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE THAT HOW WARMED OUR -- WARPED OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM HAS GONE.

WE SHOULD EXPECT ATTORNEYS GENERAL TO THINK AND SPEAK LIKE THAT.

THAT IS A GOOD SIGN WHETHER IT WILL BE PERCEIVED THAT WAY ON THE RIGHT DEPENDS WHAT THE ALGORITHMS ARE SAYING ON Facebook.

>> HE DID GET BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

LOOK AT THIS WE HAVE A SLATE OF SPORTS.

NBA CANCELED THE FIRST GAME BECAUSE OF COVID-19.

AND THE ENTIRE SPORTS WORLD SHUTDOWN.

U OF I AND LOYOLA ARE GOING TO THE BIG DANCE.

SPRING TRAINING IS IN FULL SWING CUBS CONSIDERED UNDERDOGS AND WHITE SOX HOPES VERY HIGH AND WILL THE BEARS LAND AN AWESOME QB.

LEILA RAHIM, WITH U OF I AND LOYOLA IF YOU WERE TO TO GUESS, WHAT SEATING ARE THEY GOING TO GET IN THE TOWN -- SEEDING ARE THEY GOING TO GET IN THE TOURNAMENT?

>> BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BIG TEN UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IS GOING TO GET A STRONG SEEDING.

THE EXPECTATION IS A ONE SEED.

NOW, THUSLY MICHIGAN IS EXPECTED TO GET A ONE SEED THAT IS HOW STRONG THE CONFERENCE IS.

IF YOU ARE A MIDWESTERN BASKETBALL FAN THIS IS YOUR YEAR.

LOYOLA IS A WILDCARD BECAUSE THEY HAD CONCERNS OVER SCHEDULING AND HOW THEY TRIED TO FIGURE OUT THE SEEDING.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW AMONG CAA.

SELECTION IS GOING TO BE FOR LOYOLA FANS TO FIGURE OUT THEY WILL BE SEEDED BUT WHAT IS NOT A QUESTION IS HOW FAR THEY WILL GO IN THE TOURNAMENT.

I EXPECT THEM TO BE AN ELITE EIGHT TEAM BECAUSE OF HOW WELL THEY PLAY TOGETHER AND HOW WELL THEY ARE COACHED THEIR DEFENSE AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO ON THE COURT.

>> GIVEN THE FACT THEY WERE A FINAL FOUR TEAM AND 11 SEED TWO YEARS AGO DOES THAT GIVE THEM CREDIBILITY WITH THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO GET A HIGHER SEED?

>> I THINK SO IF NOTHING ELSE THE REASON THAT CAMERON IS STILL THERE AND THE CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND THEY LOOK TO THE BIG NAMES WHEN THE ROSTERS CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR.

THERE IS FAMILIARITY AND RESPECT.

>> AND WITH U OF I ELECTRIC PLAYER FOR THE FOLKS THAT MISSED OUT ON THE SEASON THIS YEAR TELL US ABOUT JUST HOW GREAT HE HAS BEEN?

>> FUMU, I THINK AND FANS BELIEVE IS THE NOT JUST THE FACE OF THE TEAM BUT HE IS ALSO WHAT HAS MADE ILLINOIS BASKETBALL START TO COME TO RELEVANCE AGAIN IN A WAY THEY DESERVE.

WE DESERVE TO HAVE HIM BEING DISCUSSED AS FAR AS COLLEGE BASKETBALL ELITE.

HE DECIDED TO GO INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND PLAY FOR.

AND HE DECIDED TO COME BACK.

EXCELLENT PLAYERS HAVE COME WITH HIM.

AND THEY ARE PERFORMING AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL.

IT'S NOT JUST HOW GOOD HE IS.

IT'S HOW GOOD HE MADE THE TEAM AROUND HIM AND HOW HE BROUGHT ILLINOIS TO THE RELEVANCE AGAIN.

>> I KNOW THE FORMER HOST OF THIS SHOW IS EXCITED AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE TEAMS NORTH CAROLINA, DUKE, VILLANOVA, NO OFFENSE IF ANYONE WENT TO THOSE SCHOOLS BUT U OF I AGREE, BELONGS IN THAT STRATS FER.

>> HOW IS TONY LaRUSSA GOING TO GEL WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE FULL YOU HAVE TALENT.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TRACKED.

AND BOB NIGHTINGALE, THE REPORTER OF "USA TODAY" HE WAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT INTERVIEWED FOR THE JOB.

TIM ANDERSON IS THE FACE OF THE TEAM AND ONE OF THE EMERGING FACES OF BASEBALL.

HE IS ONBOARD AS HE HAS SAID WITH TONY LaRUSSA AND GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT.

HOW IS TONY LaRUSSA IN HIS 70s GOING TO IDENTIFY WITH A YOUNG PLAYERS LIKE TIM ANDERSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEEN AS TOO SELF CENTERED AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

PEOPLE WANT TO SEE TA BE HIMSELF AND IT IS A STORY WE CONTINUED TO FOLLOW-UP ON.

>> PEOPLE CAN CHANGE WITH TIME INCLUDING TONY LaRUSSA.

FINALLY, COME SEPTEMBER, THE BEARS STARTING QUARTERBACK WILL BE... BLANK.

PLEASE TELL ME WHO IT'S GOING TO BE.

>> MY INITIAL REACTION IS STILL NICK FOLES BARS A TRADE WITH RUSSELL WILL SOB.

THE PRICE IS TOO HIGH WITH WATSON.

HE MAINTAINED IN AN ARTICLE RECENTLY THAT HE THINKS THAT WATSON IS GONE.

IT IS A QUESTION OF WHAT WOULD BE HOUSTON TEXANS GET IN RETURN?

AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THEM FROM A BEARS' STANDPOINT KHALIL MACK OR SOMEBODY WHO IS OF AN ALL PRO CALIBER PLAYER AT LEAST INCLUDED WITH DRAFT PICKS AS WELL.

>> AND THE BEARS JUST COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS BY DRAFTING HIM A FEW YEARS AGO BUT THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME THANKS TO LEILA RAHIM, MEGAN HICKEY, GREGORY PRATT AND MIKE FLANNERY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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AND "CHICAGO TONIGHT" LATAYNA SUBLETT VOICES AND BRACK VOICES ARE OFF THIS WEEKEND.

AND WE'RE BACK AT 7:00 P.M. ALL NEXT WEEK.

SOME OF THE STORIES A BUSINESS THAT RENTS OUT KITCHEN SPACE TO RESTAURANTS IS RUFFLING FEATHERS.

ON THURSDAY A ONE-HOUR SPECIAL ON A YEAR OF COVID IN ILLINOIS WHERE WE STARTED HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND WHAT IS NEXT.

AND NOW 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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