THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

I'M AMANDA FINICKY.

WHAT'S THE PRICE FOR SPENDING DECADES BEHIND BARS FOR A MURDER YOU DIDN'T IN THE AMOUNT OF 50 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S CHICAGO'S PRICE TAG, BELIEVED TO BE THE CITY'S LARGEST EVER.

PAY OUT FOR POLICE MISCONDUCT.

THE CITY OWES IT TO 4 MEN EXONERATED FOR MURDER CONVICTIONS BASED ON COERCED CONFESSIONS.

THE FAMILIES TO 60 DAYS EXPIRE.

THEY CAN COME BACK IF THERE ARE BITS.

55% OF THEM DO ABOUT 45% OF MOVE ON.

SO, YES, WE ARE STILL LIVING UP TO OUR VALUES.

THE REPRIEVE IS OVER FOR MIGRANTS.

THE STUDENTS, THE SCHOOL OUT SHELTER ADDICTIONS BEGIN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION HITS COOK COUNTY HEALTH OVER A MASSIVE DATA BREACH.

THERE WILL BE CALLS IN THE STILLNESS OF THE BUILDING WE CAN SEE.

CALLED JUST A PAIR FROM THE HOPE IS GOVERNOR SHOULD CHERISH.

SENTIMENTS HEATED OVER PLANS TO DEMOLISH 2 STATE PRISONS SINCE THIS IS REALLY A CONCEPT AND NOT A PLAN.

BUT LAWMAKERS ASKED WHAT PLAN?

AND IN THE DECISION THAT'S CAUSED LOT OF NOISE RIGHT PAST PACKS UP MOVES TO BRIDGE.

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT ALL THAT AND MORE AS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL THAT SAMANTHA SMILEY FROM CHOPPED BEAT CHICAGO, FREELANCE REPORTER LEE JOHN GRECO, THE LAW PLUS FROM WBEZ JENNIFER FULLER FROM CAPITOL NEWS, ILLINOIS.

NOW LETS GET RIGHT TO IT.

CITY COUNCIL VOTING UNANIMOUSLY ON WEDNESDAY.

THE 50 MILLION DOLLARS LEITA FORMAT.

THEY SPENT 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRIME THEY DIDN'T COMMIT.

50 MILLION DOLLARS.

SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.

BUT IS THAT ENOUGH?

YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH GIVEN THESE 4 MEN SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THEIR YOUNG LIVES IN PRISON FOR A CRIME THEY DIDN'T COMMIT.

YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THIS IS REALLY JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG THAT WERE SEEN IN TERMS OF THESE POLICE SETTLEMENTS.

I SHOULD TELL US ABOUT THIS CASE.

YES.

THE THAT COERCED THESE FALSE CONFESSIONS OUT OF THESE YOUNG MEN, THEY WERE TRAINED BY JOHN THE DISGRACED FORMER COMMANDER.

AND SO NOW CITY 21 MILLION FOR THE SETTLEMENTS AT THE CITY'S INSURANCE ANOTHER A 29 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS AND AND AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN COLLEAGUE, HEATHER SURE OWN ON.

SHE DIDN'T ASSESSMENT OF SOME OF THESE LAWSUITS THAT TPD HAD TO SETTLE STEMMING FROM THE 2020 PROTESTS.

THOSE COST TAXPAYERS 5.6 MILLION SO IT'S VERY CONCERNING BOTH FROM, YOU KNOW, THE POINT OF VIEW OF HOW THESE OFFICERS ARE CONDUCTING THEMSELVES.

BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL COST TO EVERYDAY CHICAGOANS.

IS IN THE CARS THAT CHICAGO CAN CONTINUE TO AFFORD IT.

THAT'S AN EXCELLENT BUT IT HAS BEEN PAYING OUT THERE.

SOME OF IT IS COVERED BY INSURANCE, BUT YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO HER INSURANCE COMPANY OFF IT, THAT MIGHT AFFECT YOUR PREMIUMS AS WELL.

THESE ARE ENORMOUS COST IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS.

IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.

IT'S BOTH A MORAL DISGRACE AND A FINANCIAL ISSUE WE HAD LAST ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

EXACTLY ON THE FIRST JUNETEENTH OF BRANDON JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION AS MAYOR OF WAS THE OPENING OF THE MEMORIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR THE SURVIVORS OF JOHN BERGES, THE TORTURE WHO ARE LEGION.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN EVENT LIKE THAT, THE HUMAN COST TO NUMBERS THE MONEY.

BUT MONEY IS STAGGERING.

SO MUCH THAT WE'RE ALL PAYING.

AND TO BE CLEAR, OF COURSE, THIS WAS THEY SPENT 2 DECADES BEHIND BARS.

THIS WAS THEY WERE EXONERATED 7 YEARS AGO.

I BELIEVE IN 2017 DIFFERENT TEAMS AT THE TIME.

SO THAT'S IT.

THAT'S AN OLD CASE.

BUT SAMANTHA, CITY OF CHICAGO, OF COURSE, STILL UNDER A CONSENT DECREE.

ONLY 7% COMPLIANT.

CONSENT DECREES DO TAKE TIME.

BUT WHY ARE WE SEEING SO LITTLE WHAT DOES THIS PAYOUTS FOR TO BRING TO THE FORE IN TERMS OF POLICE RELATIONS NOW?

ISSUE, A REPORT BUT IN GENERAL, I JUST THINK IS IS REALLY DISTURBING THAT PEOPLE SPENT 20 YEARS OF THEIR LIVES IN JAIL IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN YEAR TEENAGE YEARS TO YOUR 40'S AND LOSING.

THAT IS JUST VERY HEARTBREAKING.

I MEAN, LIKE I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY, BUT LIKE THESE PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.

THERE'S A LOT OF IT THINGS TO HAPPEN IN JAIL BUT IS TRAUMATIC FOR THOSE FOLKS.

THEY ALSO CANNOT SOMETIMES THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CANNOT GO BACK INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND RELATE TO PEOPLE.

WHO KNOWS IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET LIKE A JOB TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES LIKE.

THAT ME IS REALLY UPSET.

AND I DON'T SO.

HE SAID TO BE THE SHOW IS, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S I MEAN, IT CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT AND IT THERE IS JUST SUCH A HUMAN TOLL AND I WANT TO GO TO YOU BECAUSE IN STICKING WITH THE TOPIC OF POLICE, BUT A NEW STORY OUT FROM YOU TODAY.

THIS IS ABOUT THE EXTREMIST GROUPS THAT ARE ON A LIST.

THE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS ARE BARRED FROM JOINING WHAT CREWS MAKE THE CUT AND WHICH DO WELL, THEY HAVE PUT IN SOME RULES THAT SAY THAT IF YOU SO SEE 8 WITH CRIMINAL OR BIASED ORGANIZATIONS, THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS FOR DECADES ON BEING A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY EXPANDED IT IS A CRIMINAL OR BIASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ENTRUSTED UNDER THAT A RULE TO COME UP WITH A LIST IDENTIFY GROUPS ARE BIASED ORGANIZATIONS.

SO WE DID A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS TIME.

SURE.

BUT THE SUN TIMES WE'VE DONE THE STORIES.

I'M LOOKING AT THE RECORDS OF THESE OFFICERS JOIN EXTREMIST GROUPS AND THE FACT THAT THEY'VE HAD ON PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE AND PROTECT US TENTATIVELY.

AND WE FOUND THAT ON THAT LIST WERE 675 GROUPS, ALL OF WHICH ARE STREET GAMES, NOT A SINGLE BY HIS GROUP.

NOT THE OATH KEEPERS, NOT THE PROUD BOYS, NOT THE KU KLUX, ALL OF WHICH HAVE COUNTED CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS AMONG THEIR MEMBERS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

SO DESPITE BIASED ORGANIZATIONS, DEFINITION EXPANDING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY THAT FIT UNDER THAT CATEGORY.

CPD DOESN'T PUT ANY OF THEM ON THE LIST WE ASKED THEM ABOUT THAT.

AND THE CPD SPOKESPERSON TOLD US WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THEM ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND GOING WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW WHY THE POLICY.

EXACTLY.

AND JUST TO BE THAT COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR POLICE SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PUT A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THERE WAS A MISINTERPRETATION.

YEAH.

I MEAN, WE STAND BY OUR STORY YOU KNOW, THIS IS A STORY WHERE THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY STILL CAN USE THIS RULE TO TAKE-OUT SOMEBODY FROM THE FORCE WHICH THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO, BY THE ALMOST ALL OF THEM HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN PUNISHED.

AND YOU KNOW, I'D LET THEM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES ABOUT WHY THEY WENT AFTER US.

BUT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO TOLD US SHE FEELS BLACK OF THOSE GROUPS, LIST UNDERMINES THE GOAL THAT THEY STATED, WHICH AND THE MAYOR HAS PROMISED TO RID THE DEPARTMENT OF PROUD BOYS AND ALSO KEEPERS SPECIFICALLY.

HE SAID THAT AS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE.

SO WE TOTALLY STAND BY STORY.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER MAJOR CHICAGO.

YOU JUST SEE HIM HERE IS WHERE OUR EDUCATION REPORTER IS GOING TO COME INTO PLAY.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPPOSED TO RELEASE ITS BUDGET FOR THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR.

THIS WEEK, BUT NOW THAT'S BEEN DELAYED.

WHAT'S THE ISSUE?

WHY DON'T WE HAVE A PROPOSAL?

I KNOW I THINK EVERYBODY LOOKING BECAUSE IT'S A POST.

BUT SO WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR AS THAT THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO AWAY FROM STUDENT BASE.

I'M A ROMAN HOW THEY FUND SCHOOLS TOO MORE OF OPPORTUNITY LIKE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH TEACHERS FOR STUDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WAS LESSEES WHO WERE PRETTY UPSET ABOUT SORRY, SOME LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS THAT WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT.

AND EVEN SOME OF THEM COMPLETELY LIKE WAS LIKE, NO, WE'RE NOT WE CAN'T TAKE THIS BUDGET BECAUSE WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING A TEACHER POSITIONS HERE.

AND SO IT'S IT'S JUST GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEARLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT HAS 400 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

NEARLY THEIR COVID-19 FUNDS WILL EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 30TH.

AND WE JUST GOT THE STATE BUDGET AND THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT LIKE FOR WHAT CPS SAYS ACTS FOR WHEN THEY WENT DOWN TO SPRINGFIELD.

SO BASICALLY PERHAPS THAT THE DELAY MIGHT BE BECAUSE IT'S NOT FINISHED.

THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME BRIDGING THE GAP.

WE DO KNOW THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.

AND OVER TO SAMANTHA NOTED, THAT STATE SUPPORT.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE BUDGET JUST PASSED?

CPS NEEDS THIS MONEY.

THEY SAY ANY CHANCE THE STATE'S GOING TO COME THROUGH WITH SOME SORT OF RESCUE.

YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS EVERY YEAR WHERE SOME GROUP OR ANOTHER COMES TO SPRINGFIELD AND SAYS, OH, WAIT, WE HAVE THIS HUGE EMERGENCY AND WE REALLY NEED THIS FUNDING AND THE LAWMAKERS SIT AND LISTEN.

AND THEN THEY GO HOME AND THAT NEED IS STILL ON THE TABLE.

COULD IT HAPPEN?

SURE.

ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.

IS IT LIKELY?

PROBABLY NOT.

THIS WAS A DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR.

WE SAW THIS AS WE SAW THE NEGOTIATIONS PLAY OUT AND WE SAW IT IN THAT ALL NIGHT LONG DEBATE WHEN THE HOUSE TRIED TO PASS THE BUDGET AND NEEDED 3 CHANCES TO GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

SO BRINGING IN ANOTHER APPROPRIATION AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT NO CEMENT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AS CPS AND CTU ARE HOLDING THEIR FIRST EVER LITERALLY LIKE AS WE'RE TAPING THE FIRST EVER PUBLIC NEGOTIATING SESSION IS GOING ON.

IS THIS REALLY GOING TO BE PUBLIC?

YES, THERE'S LOT OF PEOPLE THEY GUESS THEY'RE GOING TO SIT AROUND THE TABLE AND GO OVER THE NEWS PROPOSAL IN GO OVER WHAT MANAGEMENT HAS SAY ABOUT AND THEIR REASON FOR IT.

I MEAN, I'M EAGERLY MYSELF.

SO KNOW HAD NEGOTIATIONS.

GO.

SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

I DON'T KNOW, ACTUALLY, IF THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING OR GIVE A NEEDS NEW LEAD BACK ITS COMPLETELY NEW IS THE WHAT DO YOU THINK?

AND THE FIRST.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PUBLIC NEGOTIATION IS JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON GREEN SCHOOLS.

SO IT'S KIND OF MORE ABOUT HVAC SYSTEMS, LEAD PIPES, THAT SORT OF I DON'T GET THE SENSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO KIND OF THE JUICY THINGS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS MIGHT BE INTERESTED STRUCK OVERLY.

EXACTLY.

SO I I WAS CURIOUS COUPLE WEEKS AGO NAZ ASKING ABOUT THESE PUBLIC NEGOTIATIONS.

ARE WE GOING TO HEAR AND AND I'M SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS?

IS IT TO WHAT DID, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A MAYOR THAT STILL CONTROLS THE SCHOOLS, ALTHOUGH THEY THEY FOUGHT FOR AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS HYBRID MODEL WHERE SOME OF THEM ARE ELECTED.

YOU STILL HAVE EFFECTIVELY MAYORAL CONTROL, WHICH HE'S BEEN THE CASE FOR WHAT?

CLOSE TO 30 YEARS NOW.

AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THAT PERIOD, YOU HAVE A MAYOR WHO COMES FROM THAT UNION.

YOU KNOW, THIS CITY SCHOOLS ARE THE BIGGEST PART OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX IT'S NOT AS BIG A BUDGET.

I DON'T THINK AS MAYBE CITY HALL, BUT BUT IT'S AN ENORMOUS IT'S THE LARGEST SISTER AGENCY BY FAR.

SO THE IDEA THAT THE LABOR FORCE, WHICH PERSONNEL COSTS ARE THE LARGEST CAUSE WITHIN THAT, THE IDEA THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING HELP ELECT A MAYOR SO THAT THEY CAN GET A GOOD CONTRACT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGHT THAT IMPRESSION, MAYBE WITH SOME THEATER, PERHAPS OR WITH SOME MORE TENSION THAT THEN THERE MIGHT BE THERE EARLY.

BUT WHO KNOWS WITH THEM VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVELY ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYERS.

BUT THEN YOU SEE ARE INTERVENING DIRECTLY IN, YOU KNOW, ISSUES IN SPRINGFIELD, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, MARKER CROOKS, A BILL ON SELECTIVE WHICH, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING PUT HIS THUMB ON THE SCALES, THEREBY GIVING A CALL TO SENATE PRESIDENT DON HARMON.

SO, YEAH, IT'S THIS WEIRD DANCE WHERE, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS TRYING TO LOOK HANDS OFF BUT GETTING INTIMATELY INVOLVED AT THE SAME TIME IS THAT THERES?

YET I BELIEVE THAT'S AND, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT IN CHICAGO, OF COURSE, ABOUT CPS IN THIS BUDGET SHORTFALL OF 400 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT CPS IS FACING PUTIN.

CAN YOU PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR US?

BECAUSE THEY'RE DOWNSTATE SCHOOLS OR MAYBE IT'S NOT THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT CANNOT BUY BUT IT IS THE PAIN COMMENSURATE.

SURE I THINK YOU SEE SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS ALL OVER.

IN FACT, YOU KNOW, SAMANTHA AND I WERE TALKING BEFORE WE GOT STARTED ABOUT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT SOME OF THE SCHOOL'S AVERAGE AGE OF SOME OF THE FACILITIES THAT THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING IN.

AND THERE ARE SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS ACROSS THE STATE.

SO AS SURE LACK BUILDINGS THAT CAN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ARE THAT ARE WITHIN THE WALLS, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND YOU SEE SOME THINGS HAPPENING IN SOME AREAS THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS PALATABLE IN OTHER WHERE I LIVE IN FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, THE COUNTY WENT TO TAXPAYERS AND SAID, HEY, CAN WE PASS A ONE PERCENT SALES TAX THAT WILL FUND SCHOOL FACILITIES AND THE TAXPAYER SAID YES, SOME COUNTIES ARE DOING THE SAME THING AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT.

SO THERE'S THIS BACK AND FORTH.

WE UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE KIDS.

WE UNDERSTAND WE NEED THE SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION, BUT HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

AND THAT QUESTION IS GOING ON FOR SURE.

ALL OVER THE STATE AND THE STATE IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE ABOUT HOW TO GET THAT FUNDING TO THE SCHOOLS.

WE SAW THIS CONVERSATION WHEN EVIDENCE-BASED FUNDING WAS PUT IN PLACE AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OK ON TOP OF EVIDENCE-BASED FUNDING.

HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO GET THOSE SCHOOLS THAT NEED THE EXTRA HELP THAT HELP THAT THEY NEED?

AND SAMANTHA, JUST BRIEFLY HERE, CPS ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND DATA ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

SO WE ARE ON SCENE.

THERE ARE GAINS BUT STILL WEARS PROFICIENCY YET.

YEAH.

SO MORE STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT IN READING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.

AND THEY'RE EVEN OUTPERFORM.

THERE'S MORE STUDENTS WHO ARE PROFICIENT THAN THEY WERE IN 2019 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD SIGN THAT YOU YOU'RE SEEING LIKE BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS.

THEY REALLY BIG GAMES IN THAT WAY.

IN TERMS OF HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT.

BUT THEY'RE STILL A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE STILL LAGGING IN AND THEY ONLY INCREASED ABOUT 2 PERCENTAGE POINTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVEN'T REACHED THE PREPANDEMIC PROFICIENCY RATE.

SO SO A LOT TO GO.

THEY'RE PART NEGOTIATIONS.

I'M SURE I I BELIEVE SO.

I THINK THAT MIGHT COME UP IN TERMS OF LIKE THE TEACHER STUDENT RATIO IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN BE USED IN CLASSROOM.

BUT ALSO THESE THIS IS ABOUT THE STATE'S STANDARDIZED TEST KNOWN AS ILLINOIS ASSESSMENT OF READINESS.

A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE THE RESULTS COME OUT SO LATE AND STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY GONE TOO.

THE NEXT CLASS.

SO A LOT A LOT OF SCHOOLS ACTUALLY AND ASSESSMENT THAT THEY HAVE FALL AND THEY KIND OF TEST 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE ALREADY MAY BE MORE USEFUL THERE BELIEVES ALSO, BY THE WAY, JUST THOSE NUMBERS, 30% OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM CPS THIS PROFESSION, READING LESS THAN 20 IN MASS.

NOW, DAN, GOING TO TURN TO YOU.

YOU HAD ANOTHER STORY BIG WEEK FOR REPORTING THAT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING A MASSIVE DATA BREACH AT COOK COUNTY HEALTH.

UNFORTUNATELY, HACKS OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE NO LONGER RARE.

SO WHY DOES THIS ONE PROMPT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION?

WELL, FOR ONE THING, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PROSECUTORS, BUT IT IS THE BIGGEST ONE IN THE COUNTRY.

I THINK THERE FOR TOTAL OF 14 MILLION PEOPLE AT LEAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED IN PLACES LIKE NEW YORK STATE AND AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BREACH.

A LET'S BE COOK COUNTY HEALTH WASN'T BREACHED A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT HAD PATIENT INFORMATION AND VERY SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING LIKE DIAGNOSTIC EXAMS AND AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD WOULD GIVE TO ANY DOCTOR THAT THAT COMPANY WAS BREACHED AND THEY FOUND THAT OUT LAST YEAR.

THEY COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND FINALLY LATE LAST YEAR, COOK COUNTY HEALTH SENT LETTERS TO THESE 1.2 MILLION PATIENTS WHOSE DATA MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THAT BECAUSE COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND IT'S HOSPITAL SYSTEM WITH A A GOAL OF HELPING REALLY PEOPLE THAT CAN GO ANYWHERE ELSE, RIGHT?

THAT ARE PROBABLY UNINSURED.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN CHICAGO COOK COUNTY.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IT'S A BIG DEAL.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE FEDS ARE GOING WITH THAT.

WE'VE GOT A COPY OF THE SUBPOENA.

WE HAD TO SUE COOK COUNTY HOPE THAT I WANT TO GIVE IT TO US AND AND OUR LAWYER, MATT TOPIC ON BEHALF OF WBZ, SUE, THEY RELENTED THEY GIVE THIS TO US AND IT SHOWED THAT THEY WANTED A LOT OF THINGS.

THE CONTRACT, HOW THEY'VE ADDED THE COMPANY AND ANY COMMUNICATIONS THAT THEY HAD ABOUT WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY CHARGES YET, THOUGH COMING FROM THAT INVESTIGATION REALLY AT COOK COUNTY HEALTH OR THE PRIVATE ENTITY?

THEY SENT IT TO COOK COUNTY HEALTH, BUT THE BREACH WAS DEFINITELY AT THE PRIVATE ENTITY WITH COOK COUNTY PATIENTS.

INFORMATION A LONG TIME FOR THESE PATIENTS TO BE NOTIFIED, RIGHT?

YEAH.

THERE ARE LAWSUITS WHERE THAT HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR WHO IS FROM NEVADA.

I'M SAYING THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD US SOONER BECAUSE I THINK IT HAPPENED EARLIER LAST YEAR WAS DISCOVERED SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, AROUND JULY DON'T ONLY TO THE TIMELINE, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL NOVEMBER THAT, YOU MONTHS WENT BY LEE.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU IN TERMS OF?

THAT'S PEOPLE'S PERSONAL INFORMATION, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, PERHAPS HEALTH INFORMATION.

LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WHEN YOU OPEN THIS UP, A COOK COUNTY IS NOT THE ONLY HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL TO GET HIT BY WE HAVE TO LEARN BREACH A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WRAPPING UP RECENTLY.

I THINK WHAT IT SHOWS IS THAT A LOT OF THESE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ARE VERY FAR BEHIND WHEN IT COMES DATA SECURITY AND RAPIDLY TRYING TO PLAY CATCH-UP AND IT'S ESSENTIAL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S TOO LATE.

THEY'RE JUST FAR BEHIND THE 8 BALL.

BUT IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD TO SUE FOR THESE RECORDS AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY FEEL FOR TOPIC RIGHT NOW BECAUSE BETWEEN COOK COUNTY AND THE CITY, HE'S GOT HIS HANDS BUSY.

JUST GIVE US THE INFORMATION IS PUBLIC.

OKAY.

THERE'S MY JENNIFER, YOUR HAVE DONE SOME REALLY SUPERB REPORTING ON HOME SCHOOLING IN THE STATE AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS NOT A PRETTY PICTURE.

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A BRIEF SYNOPSIS?

SURE.

SO THIS WAS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PRO PUBLIC.

OUR REPORTERS STORE FOR MOLLY PARKER SPENT MONTHS LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO PARENTS FOR WHATEVER REASON REASON HAVE PULLED THEM OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SAID WE'RE HOMESCHOOLING OUR CHILDREN.

FOR A LARGE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE OR SHOULD SAY MAJORITY A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

THEY ARE HOMESCHOOLING THEIR FINDING ONLINE CURRICULA, OTHER DOING MAYBE A FAITH-BASED PROGRAM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THERE IS A SEGMENT OF THAT POPULATION THAT ARE CALLED KNOW, SCHOOLERS AND THESE CHILDREN ARE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS.

AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE ARE MANDATED REPORTERS THAT YOU FIND IN EVERY SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S A TEACHER'S SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR COACH, THE CAN RECOGNIZE THINGS LIKE ABUSE, LIKE NEGLECT, MALNOURISHMENT, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

AND IF THOSE CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO SEE THOSE PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY'RE FALLING THROUGH THOSE SAFETY CRACKS.

AND WE FOUND STORIES.

HEARTBREAKING STORIES OF CHILDREN WHO WERE BEGGING FOR FOOD FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS, GOING TO A LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE IN BEGGING FOR QUARTERS SO THAT THEY COULD GO IN AND BUY SOME FOOD AND THEN THEY WOULD GO HOME.

GO TRIAL DATE HAS NO REGULATION.

IS THIS PROMPTED ANY CALLS FOR THAT?

YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THAT EVERY YEAR, BUT THE HOME SCHOOL ORGANIZATION HAS A VERY, VERY STRONG LOBBY AND THEY GO TO SPRINGFIELD EVERY YEAR.

THEY THANKED LAWMAKERS FOR THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF REGULATIONS ON HOME SCHOOLING IN ILLINOIS.

AND SO THERE'S THIS CONSTANT BATTLE ABOUT WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO BECAUSE THE STATE CAN CAN KEEP TRACK OF A STUDENT UP AND UNTIL THEY ARE NO LONGER TRUANT.

ONCE THIS THE THE FAMILY SAYS WE ARE HOMESCHOOLING.

THEY CAN NOTHING ANYMORE.

WE HAVE STORIES OF OF TRUANCY OFFICERS WHO ARE LITERALLY ON THE STEPS OF THE COURTHOUSE GOING TO COURT TO TRY AND GET THESE PARENTS TO GET THE STUDENTS BACK IN SCHOOL.

AND THE PARENTS A HOMESCHOOL AND THEY WALK AWAY, GIVES THAT A RENO SPEAKING OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN, MAYOR JOHNSON AND ADMINISTRATION AS WE BEGIN THIS PROCESS OF FORCIBLY REMOVING MIGRANT FAMILIES FROM CITY SHELTERS.

UNDER THAT 60 DAY EVICTION POLICY LEAK, WHAT OPTIONS TO THESE MIGRANTS?

HALF?

WELL, THIS IS REALLY TOUGH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HAS THE STORY NOTED A SCHOOL WAS REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY FORMS OF STABILITY FOR THESE KIDS RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIVING IN THE SHELTERS AND THEN GO TO CPS SCHOOL AND NOW, OF COURSE, SCHOOL IS OUT.

AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.

AND AND WHAT IS REALLY CONFUSING AS THAT, SOMETHING LIKE 55%, I THINK THESE WHO ARE TOLD THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE SHELTERS.

THEY THEN HAVE TO GO BACK TO THIS BUS STATION, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THIS LIMBO WHERE THEY WAIT AND AROUND HALF OF THEM WHO GO THERE, END UP BACK IN THE SHOW.

WHAT'S THE POINT IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE SHELTER?

AND THEN BACK AT SAMANTHA, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT I'M MISSING IN TERMS OF WHY THAT MAKES PRACTICAL SENSE?

NO, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM MAKE SENSE.

AND IT FEELS VERY AND AT THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH IT MEANS FOR FOR CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

IT IS THE SUM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY HARD THING FOR THEM FIGURE OUT FOOD, TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO IS ALSO SUPER HOT IN CHICAGO NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE 90'S ALL BE IN NEW ORLEANS.

SO I'M SORRY ALL BUT LATTER THEIR RIGHT THAT MIGRANTS OF SUGAR FROM VENEZUELA I THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS.

LIKE JACKETS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING THIS IS MORE LIKE OTHER IN VENEZUELA THE LAST FEW DAYS.

BUT 43,000 HAVE BEEN BROUGHT HERE FROM THE BORDER SINCE TAXES, I THINK WAS THE FIRST TO START BRINGING THE BOSSES HERE PAST SOME SUN SELLING CANDY AND WATER BOTTLES.

A REPORT FROM DOWNTOWN.

BY THE WAY OUT ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE ON THE WAY HERE TODAY.

AND 150 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CITY, WHICH AGAIN, LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALK ABOUT, THE POLICE MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS BIG, SOME FOR FOR THE CITY AND IT COULD BE GOING, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO I THINK IT'S IT'S A VERY TOUGH RIGHT NOW.

GETTING ANSWERS.

AND THE SECOND TIME THAT THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PEOPLE, THERE WERE SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT WERE MADE AND EXTENSIONS THAT WERE GIVEN THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED IN MARCH.

BUT THEY SEEM TO BE THINKING, WELL, SCHOOLS OUT NOW THAT'S DISRUPT THEM BETTER IN THE SUMMER THAT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND STILL IT TO.

IS THAT STILL JUST PART LOOK AT PROM IS TONIGHT.

CITY IN THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT WE DON'T HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THAT'S THE BIG PROBLEM THAT WE ASK BAITED HOMELESSNESS ISSUES THAT ALREADY EXISTED IN AND SO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN FOR YEARS IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHEN IT WENT CITY, GOING TO BUY A PROPERTY IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THESE HOMES.

AND THIS LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUT STILL NO ANSWERS WE SHOULD HAVE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT JENNIFER, I WANT TO TURN TO YOU ON PRISON CLOSURES THAT WERE A COUPLE OF HEARINGS ABOUT THE PROPOSED CLOSURES THAT PRITZKER WANTS TO MAKE FOR PRESIDENTS.

ENJOY A LOOK AT AND REBUILD PRISONS.

WE HAD SOME ACTION FROM THE STATE TODAY.

REAL QUICK.

WHAT WAS REACTION?

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S CALLED ACTION.

AMANDA, THERE WAS NO VOTE, A LACK OF A QUORUM FROM THE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT FORECASTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH REALLY WAS HOLDING ONLY AN ADVISORY VOTE TO LET THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE KNOW HOW EVERYONE FEELS.

THESE 2 HEARINGS BROUGHT OUT A LOT OF EMOTIONS FROM PEOPLE SAYING LOT OF EMOTIONS GOING TO CUT JOBS.

YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY ECONOMIES.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN EXACTLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE WILL BE WATCHING WHAT THE PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION DOES WITH THAT THING.

I THINK PRETTY DEDICATED TO MOVING FORWARD WITH HIS PLAN BUT WILL WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS TO SAMANTHA SMILING, JOHN GRECO, JENNIFER FULLER AND AND A LOT LESS.

WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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WANT TO TALK ABOUT RIOT FEST BEFORE WE ARE AND MOVING FROM THE CITY.

THIS A LAST THE CITY ARE GETTING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT WAS A GAME BRIDGEVIEW.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYWHERE THEY PEOPLE DON'T LIKE I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE MUSIC AT MY AGE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, COME ON.

I THINK MAYBE IT'S VERY POPULAR.

ONE FROM BEYOND WORDS LOCATED, BUT WHEREVER IT IS LOCATED, THERE WERE HUGE PROBLEMS AND DOUGLAS PARK AND AND THEN THE PREVIOUS LOCATION HUMBLE PARK BRIDGEVIEW, THE RED STARS.

I FEEL FOR THOSE YOUNG WOMEN ARE.

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