>>> HEY, EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

FOUR DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE ELECTION, AND IT'S ANYONE'S GUESS WHO MAKES IT TO THE RUNOFF.

THE CAMPAIGN ANSWER COMING FAST AND FURIOUS AS CANDIDATES MAKE THEIR LAST-MINUTE PITCHES.

>> THIS IS ABOUT TAKING BACK OUR CITY.

>> MEANWHILE, RACE TAKES CENTER STAGE AS LIGHT CUTE ACCUSES VALLAS OF DOG WHISTLE POLITICS BUT >> TAKE OUR CITY BACK, MEANING WHAT?

TO WHAT TIME?

AND TAKE OUR CITY BACK FROM WHO?

>> OUR MEMBERS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY.

OUR MEMBERS DESERVE DEMOCRACY.

>> A GROUP OF TEACHERS BLESSED THE CTU OVER BIG SPENDING ON MAYORAL CANDIDATE BRANDON JOHNSON.

CPD BRASS GETS AN IRBIL OVER FAILING TO FIRE OFFICERS TIED TO EXTREMIST GROUPS.

>> IS IT ACCEPTABLE TO SEND SOMEBODY TO SECOND GRADE AND HAVE A TEACHER TELL THEM THAT THEY WERE BORN IN THE WRONG BODY?

>>> FLORIDA REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS BRINGS HIS CULTURE WAR PLATFORM TO SUBURBAN ELMHURST.

AS CROWDS GATHERED TO PROTEST OUTSIDE.

>>> AND IN SPORTS, NBA STAR PATRICK BEVERLEY COMES HOME TO MAKE HIS DEBUT FOR THE CHICAGO BULLS.

>>> AND NOW TO OUR WEEKEND REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US , OUR GREG HINES OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS, SARAH SHELBY OF ABC 7 CHICAGO, MARIAH WILL FULL OF CHICAGO, AND SHIA KAPPES OF POLITICAL.

SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

GREG HINES, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S CLOSING MESSAGE SEEMS TO BE YOU CAN'T REALLY TRUST PAUL VALLAS, BECAUSE HE'S SAID THE STUFF ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN REALLY TRUST BRANDON JOHNSON BECAUSE HE SAID DEFUND THE POLICE.

YOU KNOW ME, THAT HOW THE UNDECIDEDS BREAK FROM HER?

>> MAYBE.

PRETTY MUCH AGREES .

PAUL VALLAS IS GOING TO MAKE THE RUNOFF FOR SURE.

THAT MAKES CREE RAILWAYS FOR TAPAS AMONG THE MAYOR, AND BRANDON JOHNSON, AND CHUY GARCIA.

I THINK THAT THIS MAYORS PROBLEM , WHATEVER HER VIRTUES ARE, SHE'S GOT A RECORD, PARTICULARLY ON CRIME, THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO SHE KIND OF NEEDS, I THINK, TO MAKE THE RUNOFF.

WE NEED THE PROGRESSIVE VOTE TO SPLIT PRETTY EVENLY BETWEEN THE OTHER TWO CONTENDERS FOR SECOND PLACE, FOR MR. GARCIA AND MR. JOHNSON.

IF IT DOES, IF ONE OF THEM RUNS AWAY WITH IT , AND IT'S LIKE A 25%, I THINK SHE HAS BEEN >> AND BRANDON JOHNSON HAS BEEN SHOWN IN CERTAIN RECENT POLLS TO HAVE BEEN SEARCHING CHUY GARCIA, TRAILING BEHIND.

BUT AGAIN, PULLED JUST A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.

THEY DON'T REALLY SIGNIFY HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO TURN OUT, NECESSARILY.

MEANWHILE, PAUL VALLAS IS UNDER FIRE FOR INTERACTING ON TWITTER WITH SOME PRETTY OFFENSIVE CONTENT .

SO TELL US ABOUT SOME OF HIS ACTIVITY.

>> SO THIS IS SOMETHING HE SAID HE WAS SHOCKED BY .

HIS OFFICIAL ACCOUNT, WHICH IS PRETTY ACTIVE ON, YOU KNOW, WITH TWEETING ABOUT HIS POLICIES AND IDEAS FOR LEADING THE CITY, HAS COME UNDER FIRE FOR LIKING OFFENSIVE AND RACIST TWEETS .

TWEETS THAT, I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, DEHUMANIZE LIGHTFOOT IN MANY WAYS.

THEY CALL HER LARRY LIGHTFOOT , THE GNOME ON THE FIFTH FLOOR, SAY SHE'S ANYTHING BUT HUMAN.

AGAIN, VALLAS , LIKE, STICKING TO THIS STORY THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE LIKES, AND DOESN'T KNOW WHO LIKE THEM, SAYING, YOU KNOW, TONS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE ACCESS TO HIS ACCOUNT.

EITHER WAY, THIS IS EITHER SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR VALLAS'S CAMPAIGN, IT MIGHT SHED LIGHT FOR PEOPLE ON WHO, WHO WORKS FOR VALLAS'S CAMPAIGN.

>> AND SO WHAT HE'S SAYING, HE SAID VOLUNTEERS GOT A HOLD OF MY ACCOUNT AND THEY WENT AND LIKES THEM STUFF.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE, BUT GO ON TO PAUL VALLAS'S TWITTER ACCOUNT AND SAY, LET ME LIKE SOME UNFAVORABLE STUFF HERE?

>> I CERTAINLY ASKED THIS MORNING ON PLAYBOOK, IF YOU ARE THAT PERSON TWEETING, LET ME KNOW.

AND NOBODY RESPONDED, SO I DON'T KNOW.

>> THERE WE GO.

>> SARAH SHOULDER, I MEAN, HE IS HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK FROM THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, HE HAS TOUTED HIS RECORD SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY.

SOME GROUPS SAY NOT SO MUCH WHEN YOU ASSOCIATE WITH FOLKS ON THE FAR RIGHT WHO HAVE BEEN AT ODDS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, EQUALITY ILLINOIS AND A COUPLE OF THE GROUPS ARE ENDORSING LORI LIGHTFOOT , AND THEY'RE ALSO VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND THAT PAUL VALLAS HAS ON THE AIR, WHICH ACTUALLY, THERE'S NOTHING FALSE ABOUT THE AD.

I MEAN, HE DOES TALK ABOUT HIS RECORD, PREVIOUS RECORD, YEARS AGO, CLAIMING HE WAS A, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND PROVIDE DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS FOR CPS.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, WAY BEFORE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, POLITICALLY POPULAR, AND ALSO BEFORE MARRIAGE, BEFORE IT WAS POLITICALLY POPULAR.

THAT'S WHAT IN THE AD.

THE THING THAT EQUALITY ILLINOIS SAID ABOUT IT IS THINGS RECENTLY, YOU KNOW.

KIND OF GUILT BY ASSOCIATION.

THEY THINK THAT PAUL VALLAS, YOU KNOW, HE ATTENDED SOME EVENTS, WERE SOME FAR RIGHT PEOPLE WERE THERE.

YOU KNOW?

>> WOKE ILLINOIS WASN'T -- >> EVEN THOUGH HE HAD SPOKEN AT THEIR EVENTS TWICE, CORRECT?

NOT JUST ONCE BUT >> AND INITIALLY DEFENDED THAT EVENT, AND THEN LATER, AFTER PUSHBACK, YOU KNOW, CAME OUT -- >> I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE , PAUL, SOMETIMES HE JUST CHARGES AHEAD AND DOESN'T REALLY THINK.

CLEARLY HE SHOULD'VE FIGURED OUT, WHEN HE NOT ONLY ACCEPTED THE ENDORSEMENT, BUT THAT THAT COMES WITH LOTS OF STRINGS, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME BAD PEOPLE WHO SAY SOME NASTY STUFF IN THAT ORGANIZATION.

>> INCLUDING THE LEADER, WHO'S BEEN NOWHERE TO BE SEEN IN RECENT DAYS.

>> IT DOES COME WITH STRINGS.

IT ALSO COMES WITH BOWS.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT PAUL VALLAS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE POLICE AND FIRE, AND THOSE WORDS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE SOUTHWEST SIDE , COME OUT TO VOTE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE BIG WORDS, YOU KNOW?

YOU SAID GREG HINES , WILL THE REAL PAUL VALLAS PLEASE STEP FORWARD?

SO HE DOES SEEM TO HAVE AS NORTHWEST SIDE, SOUTHWEST SIDE, PERHAPS MORE CONSERVATIVE VOTERS LOCKED UP.

IS HE TRYING TO PLAY BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE HERE?

>> THE REASON MOST PEOPLE SAY THAT VALLAS IS IN GOOD POSITION TO MAKE THE RUNOFF IS HE NOT ONLY HAS THAT VOTE, HE'S PICKED UP ON THE, ON THE, THE 42nd WARD, THE 43rd WARD, THE 44th WARD.

HE'S TRYING TO APPEAL TO THEM, AND ANYTHING THAT SHOWS HE'S A BIGOT OR SOMEONE WHO'S MAYBE NOT ON OUR SIDE IS GOING TO CAUSE THEM SOME PROBLEMS.

HE'LL DEFINITELY NEED THEM AND MORE LIKE THEM IF HE MAKES THE GENERAL TO WIN THE RUNOFF.

>> WE MENTIONED THAT POLLS HAVE SHOWN BRANDON JOHNSON MAKING A HUGE SURGE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ACCOUNTS FOR THAT?

>> I THINK BECAUSE HE HAS A LOT OF GOOD ADS OUT THERE THAT ARE REALLY MOTIVATING PEOPLE AT A TIME WHEN YOU'RE SEEING FEWER ADS, MAYBE, FROM CHUY GARCIA, AND THEY'RE BOTH TRYING TO COMPETE FOR THAT PROGRESSIVE VOTE.

>> AND MEANWHILE, YOU HEARD MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IN THAT PACKAGE SAY THAT WHEN VALLAS SAYS, TAKE OUR CITY BACK, IT'S A DOG WHISTLE ALL OF BERNIE, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

GREG HINES, DO YOU VIEW IT THAT WAY?

>> NO.

I DIDN'T DO IT THAT WAY.

PARTICULARLY SINCE, SINCE LIGHTFOOT HERSELF TRIED TO PLAY THE RACIAL CARD A FEW DAYS EARLIER .

HER CAMPAIGN SET ON AN EDITORIAL , SAYING THAT, HEY, THERE'S ONLY ONE .

IF YOU'RE BLACK, YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR ME, YOU SHOULDN'T VOTE AT ALL.

SO, I MEAN, KIND OF HOPING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN VALLAS'S HEART, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IT PLAYS INTO THIS EVOLVING THING.

IT GOES ALONG WITH EMAIL THEN WHATEVER THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER SHOT AT PAUL VALLAS.

>> AND MARIAH , MEANWHILE, LIGHTFOOT DID HAVE TO WALK BACK THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT NOT COMING OUT TO VOTE AT ALL.

IT'S KIND OF AN UNFORCED ERROR HERE FOR -- >> WELL, I THINK SHE'S WALKED THE COMMENT BACK ABOUT EQUATING VOTING FOR ANYONE BUT HER AS, YOU KNOW, JUST STAYING HOME AND NOT VOTING.

THAT WAS THE INTENT OF HER ORIGINAL COMMENT , HOW I TOOK IT.

I THINK SHE'S WALKED THAT BACK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, STILL TRYING TO PAINT HERSELF AS THE ONLY CANDIDATE CAN BE VALLAS, SO THEREFORE SAYING, YOU KNOW, NOT VOTING FOR HER MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOMEONE WHO YOU MAYBE DIDN'T INTEND IN A RUNOFF.

>> A LOT OF ACCUSATIONS FLYING HERE.

MEANWHILE, CHUY GARCIA, SARAH, HE STARTED OFF KIND OF IS A FRONT-RUNNER HERE, MAYBE BECAUSE OF HIS NAME RECOGNITION , AND THESE POLLS SHOW HIM THIRD OR FOURTH, KIND OF BARELY HANGING ON.

DISAPPOINTING SHOWING SO FAR?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT CHUY GARCIA GOT INTO THE SLATE, RIGHT?

I MEAN, HE WAS ONE OF THE LAST PEOPLE TO GET IN, SO WE DIDN'T GET THAT SUPPORT THAT HE HAS GOTTEN IN PREVIOUS, THE PREVIOUS ELECTIONS , PREVIOUS ELECTION, YOU KNOW, FROM THE UNION.

SO I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT, BECAUSE THEN HE'S NOT ABLE TO GET THE MONEY TO PUT THE ADS ON THE AIR.

I MEAN, HIS ADS CAME, CAME LATE AS WELL.

PLUS, I THINK THAT CHUY GARCIA IS HAVING A PROBLEM TRYING TO REALLY FIND HIS BASE.

I MEAN, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN THAT PROGRESSIVE BASE, AND I YOU HAVE BRANDON JOHNSON CUTTING INTO IT, SO HE'S REALLY TRYING TO ALSO APPEAL TO SOME OF THE COMEDY, THE NORTHSIDE LAKEFRONT WARD.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE 46 AND 48th WARD FURTHER NORTH.

HE , HE'S REALLY TRYING TO APPEAL TO THOSE OVER THERE.

>> SAYING YOU KNOW ME, BECAUSE OF THE CTU AND THOSE GROUPS ALREADY BACK BRANDON JOHNSON.

>> THE PROBLEM TO SOME EXTENT IS THE FLIPSIDE OF WHY JOHNSON IS DOING WELL.

HE'S TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CENTRIST.

HE DOESN'T HAVE A VERY CLEAR, DECISIVE KIND OF MESSAGE, WHEREAS BRANDON, IF YOU'RE ON THE LEFT, AND A SOCIALIST, OR YOU'RE A REAL PROGRESSIVE, AND YOU BELIEVE THAT, YEAH, WE NEED TO TAKE SOME MONEY AWAY FROM THE COPS AND SPEND IT ON -- BUT HE'S SAYING THE THINGS YOU WANT TO HEAR, THEN PRINT >> YEAH, AND HE'S GOT REAL CLEAR MESSAGE FOR HIS BASE.

GARCIA'S MESSAGE IS DIVERSE.

IT'S MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD.

IT MIGHT WORK BETTER IN A GENERAL ELECTION.

>> I THINK BOTH JOHNSON AND VALLAS HAVE A SIMILAR , THEY'RE APPROACHING IT , APPROACHING THEIR BASE IN A SIMILAR WAY.

THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME OUT NO MATTER WHAT.

WHEREAS LORI LIGHTFOOT AND CHUY GARCIA , YOU KNOW , PEOPLE MAY LIKE THEM, THEY MIGHT NOT LIKE THEM, BUT THEY AREN'T, THEY AREN'T GOING TO GO OUT RAIN OR SHINE, YOU KNOW?

>> AND IF YOU DO HAVE A JOHNSON AND VALLAS RUNOFF, YOU SEEM TO HAVE POLAR OPPOSITES, COMPLETE OPPOSITE MESSAGE HERE .

VERY INTERESTING CHOICE.

BUT MARIAH, GIVEN THE RECORD AMOUNT OF MAIL-IN VOTES HERE, IS IT LIKELY THAT WE WON'T KNOW WHO, AT LEAST THE SECOND PERSON IS GOING TO BE ON TUESDAY NIGHT?

>> I THINK THAT THEY CHANCE.

I THINK THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WILL HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS TO COUNT AFTER -- TO SIFT THROUGH, AFTER THE DAY OF , DAY OF VOTING.

SO IT'S, IT'S A, A FEW HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF VOTES BETWEEN A SECOND AND THIRD CANDIDATE.

IT MIGHT TAKE A COUPLE DAYS.

>> CERTAINLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW.

>> RIGHT.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENTION.

WE SHOULDN'T FORGET ABOUT THAT.

TOO MANY TO COVER HERE ON A HALF AN HOUR SHOWBREAD MEANWHILE, SARAH, THE CTU, THAT IS A GROUP THAT IS TRYING TO FINANCE SOME OF THOSE BOARD RACES, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BACKING BRANDON JOHNSON.

THEY'VE COME UNDER FIRE FOR LOANING $415,000 TO ITS PACK, ITS POLITICAL ARM.

THE ELECTION BOARD SAID, WELL, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

THEY SAID, WHOOPS, OUR BAD.

IT'S NOT A LOAN, IT'S ACTUALLY A DONATION OF AGGREGATE NUMBER DUES.

A BIT OF AN UNFORCED ERROR HERE ON THE CTU'S PART.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE SOME REPORTING THAT SAYS THERE ARE A QUITE A FEW CTU MEMBERS THAT AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT THEIR UNION DUES -- I MEAN, I THINK THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS THERE'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

>> THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T GET TO VOTE ON IT, THAT THE UNION JUST MADE THIS DECISION TO TRANSFER THEIR DUES OVER THERE.

>> RIGHT, YOU KNOW, LOOK, THAT UNION , THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHERS OUT THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY ALL DON'T SUPPORT BRANDON JOHNSON.

>> 27,000+ MEMBERS, CLOSE TO 30,000 MEMBERS, IT'S NOT A MONOLITH.

EVEN THOUGH THEIR MESSAGE IS USUALLY PRETTY UNIFIED WHEN THEY SPEAK OUT PUBLICLY.

>> YEAH, I THINK THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS MOVES THE NEEDLE IN TERMS OF JOHNSON'S SUPPORT IS, IS MAYBE A GOOD ONE TO ASK, BUT, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPORTING JOHNSON, HAVE DONE THE WORK TO, YOU KNOW, GET HIM TO WORRY THAT NOW, BUT I THINK IT DOES RAISE THE QUESTION OF, IF JOHNSON IS NUMBER 2 ON TUESDAY AND MAKES IT INTO THIS RUNOFF, DOES CTU HAVE THE MONEY TO KEEP FUNDING HIS CAMPAIGN IF THEY'RE TAKING OUT A LOAN, OR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO COME UP WITH CASH TO GET HIM TO THIS RUNOFF, AND THEN, 2, IF HE GETS TO THE RUNOFF, THEY MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER ABOUT -- >> I THINK HE'LL HAVE THE MONEY.

PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY AS VALLAS IS THE OPPONENT.

YOU WILL SEE UNION MONEY FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY .

>> AND DON'T FORGET -- >> YEAH.

>> ALTHOUGH CTU DUES GO TO THOSE GROUPS AS WELL.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> I MEAN, GREG HINES, IT IS JUST A HANDFUL THAT WE SPOKE WITH , THAT THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SPOKE WITH, SOME OTHER MEMBERS.

I SPOKE WITH MOORE ON THE PHONE THAT WERE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT.

IS THERE A MINI REVOLT HERE AGAINST THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CTU, OR DO THEY STILL HAVE PRETTY IRONCLAD CONTROL OF THAT ORGANIZATION?

>> I THINK THE CTU MAY TO SOME DEGREE BE RETURNING TO FORM.

TRADITIONALLY, FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY DIVIDED UNION.

THEIR LEADERSHIP FIGHTS WERE DRAG OUTS, THERE WERE FACTIONS WITHIN FACTIONS .

IN RECENT YEARS, THEY KIND OF PUT TOGETHER -- THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO WENT WITH.

>> MEANWHILE, YOU HAVE THE FLT AS WELL TRYING TO BACK CERTAIN RACES IN CAMPAIGNS.

THEY, OF COURSE, ENDORSED PAUL VALLAS.

WHEN YOU SEE THESE MAJOR PUBLIC UNIONS, F.O.P., CTU, TRYING TO WIELD TOO MUCH POWER, SO MUCH POWER, MIGHT VOTERS BE WORRIED THAT'S TOO MUCH POWER HERE?

FOLKS HAVE TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND TEACH OUR KIDS.

>> I DEFINITELY THINK YOU WOULD TALK TO PARENTS.

MAYBE AS PARENTS, THEY WOULD SAY YES.

I MEAN, I DON'T -- I THINK THAT A LOT OF CPS PARENTS ARE UPSET ABOUT THAT THEY'VE LIVED THROUGH SEVERAL STRIKES, THROUGH COVID , THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY WAS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE UNION.

SO I THINK THAT FROM THAT END , YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE POLICE AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT I BLAME THE MEDIA A LITTLE BIT.

UNION IS DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO GET STUFF TO MEMBERS, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MEAN AND NASTY AND DRAGGED OUT, BUT WE KIND OF LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS, WHICH GOOD FOR THE CTU, IT'S GOOD FOR CHICAGO, IT'S GOOD FOR CHICAGO CITIZENS.

>> AND MAYBE ONE COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THE FLP.

OR ANY OTHER BIG INTEREST GROUP THAT TRIES TO, YOU KNOW, INFLUENCE ELECTIONS.

MEANWHILE , YOU HAVE A STATE COMPTROLLER, SUSANNA MENDOZA, SHE'S UPSET THAT HER POLICE OFFICER BROTHER CAN'T CLAIM HIS FULL PENSION BECAUSE HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS JOB DUE TO HIS COVID COMPLICATIONS.

SHE'S BLASTING MAYOR LIGHTFOOT FOR THIS.

WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT MENDOZA KIND OF JUMPED INTO THE FRAY THIS WEEK?

>> YEAH.

THAT SHE DID IT THIS WEEK.

BECAUSE IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN OF CONCERN TO HER -- YEAH.

FOR A MONTH OR SO, AND SHE DID IT A WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION.

SO THAT , THAT RAISES QUESTIONS, I THINK.

>> WHAT WOULD BE HER INTEREST IN PUTTING HERSELF ON THIS SCALE IN THE MAYORAL ELECTION?

BECAUSE SHE HAD SUPPORTED LIGHTFOOT FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER SHE HAD DROPPED OUT.

>> WELL, MAYBE SHE HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE CITY BEING RUN THE WAY IT IS.

I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST, I DO THINK DOING IT A WEEK BEFORE WAS A POLITICAL STATEMENT, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS MAKING IT A LEGISLATIVE ISSUE.

AND I THINK THE LEGISLATIVE ISSUE IS INTERESTING, BUT THE TIMING OF IT RAISES A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

>> AND MARIAH, LIGHTFOOT IS SAYING, THIS IS A DECISION BY THE POLICE PENSION BOARD, I CAN'T GO IN THERE AND TELL THEM WHAT TO DO.

IS THAT A FAIR ARGUMENT THERE?

>> WELL, THERE ARE MANY MAYORAL APPOINTED BOARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAT THE CHICAGO TRANSIT BOARD, THE, THE CPS BOARD, THE PENSION BOARD, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME WILL SAY LIGHTFOOT CONTROLS BEHIND THE SCENES.

SHE SAID THAT IT'S AN INDEPENDENT BOARD, THAT SHE DID NOT TELL THEM, AS MENDOZA ALLUDED TO, TO DENY THIS, THE DISABILITY BENEFIT.

IT IS BEING APPEALED , BUT A, BUT A JUDGE AGREED THAT THE PENSION BOARD -- >> YOU GOT TO TAKE IT TO ANYBODY WHO IS SMART ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE MAYORAL BOARD.

>> INTERESTING ISSUE THIS WEEK.

INTERESTING THAT MENDOZA JUMPED IN, AND SOME OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BLASTED POLICE BRASS FOR NOT FIRING OFFICERS TIED TO EXTREMIST GROUPS.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> IF SOMEONE TODAY SAID, I AM A MEMBER OF THE OATH KEEPERS, I AM A SWORN MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, COULD, COULD THERE TENURE BE TERMINATED?

>> COULD THEIR POSITION IN THE CITY BE TERMINATED?

>> NO, SIR.

>> NO.

>> MARIAH, THIS IS A QUESTION THAT SEEMS TO HAVE COME UP FOR MANY WEEKS NOW, AND IT HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED.

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS SAID, YES, CPD CAN FIRE AT LEAST ONE OF THESE OFFICERS, MR. BAKER, THAT HAD TIES TO THE PROUD VOICE.

CPD KEEPS SAYING NO, WE CAN'T.

WHY NOT?

>> CPD SAYS IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH, IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT HE LIED ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, ABOUT , YOU KNOW, GOING TO A PROUD BOYS BARBECUE , THAT THE ONLY EVIDENCE THEY HAVE IS THAT HE LIED ABOUT BEING INTERVIEWED BY FBI OFFICIALS.

BUT I THINK IT'S CONFLICTING, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE MORE CONFUSED AFTER THE HEARING.

>> ANY ANSWERS FROM WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID?

>> THEY TRIED TO GO BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW , THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, WHEN THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS SAYING YOU CAN USE COMMON SENSE, AND THEY WERE PART OF THAT GROUP, SO, OF COURSE, YOU CAN DUMP THEM.

>> SO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL -- >> AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS SAID THAT, THAT CPD IGNORED DOCUMENTS THAT ONE OF, THAT WOULD'VE, YOU KNOW, SHINE A LIGHT ON HIS, ON HIS TIES TO THE PROUD BOYS.

>> SO WHY IS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SO CONFIDENT THAT CPD CAN TAKE THIS ACTION, AND CPD IS JUST HOLDING ON LIKE THIS?

>> WELL, YOU HAVE TO ASK JILL ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK GOOD POLICING REQUIRES COPS TO GET ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, AND IF, IF THE COP INVOLVED, THE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IS WEARING A VERITABLE WHITE SHEET OF SORTS, THAT'S GOING TO BE , IT'S GOING TO MAKE, MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE, FRANKLY, TO HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP.

YOU NEED TO BE -- >> AND THIS COMES AS LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUPS ARE WARNING ABOUT THIS SO-CALLED DAY OF HATE DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM OR WHY THIS IS BUBBLING UP AS AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW?

>> THIS IS , I, I BELIEVE A THREAT IN IOWA BY HATE GROUPS DECLARING TOMORROW A DAY OF HATE, SO POLICE OFFICERS, SPECIFICALLY AN ANTI-SOMATIC MOVEMENT, AND CPD OFFICERS ARE WARNING RESIDENTS TO MOVE WITH CAUTION, JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S NO VIABLE THREATS , BUT THE TWO, THE TWO HEADLINES COMING IN THE SAME WEEK OF, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, WE CONDEMN HATE, BUT ALSO HAVING TO DEAL WITH REALLY TOUGH QUESTIONS BY CITY COUNCIL ASKING WHY YOU HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, TAKEN MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, THE ACTION OF SUSPENSION AGAINST A MEMBER OF YOUR OWN BRASS WHO IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, TIES TO HATE GROUPS, I THINK IT'S -- YOU KNOW, OF INTEREST.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK.

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SPOKE IN ELMHURST TO POLICE OFFICERS.

NEW COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL THAT MIKE MADIGAN'S CONFIDANT, WHO IS ON TRIAL, WAS QUESTIONED TWICE BY THE FBI.

AND FORMER ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZER HAS A BOOK DEAL.

HE'LL EXPOUND ON HIS BREAK FROM THE GOP OVER THE JANUARY 6th STAGE OF THE U.S. CAPITAL.

LET'S GET TO THAT DESANTIS VISIT.

WHY DID HE BRING THIS QUOTE UNQUOTE ANTI-WOKE ROADSHOW TO ELMHURST?

>> IT WAS A DAY -- OR VISIT THREE IN ONE DAY.

HE VISITED NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND THE CHICAGO AREA , JUST TO PITCH HIMSELF.

IT'S A PREVIEW OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT OF HIM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT SAYING THAT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET REVVED UP FOR THE 2024 -- >> AND HIS WHOLE SPEECH SEEMS TO BE THAT SCHOOL THERE TOO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, WOKE, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TOO QUOTE UNQUOTE WOKE.

DO THESE THINGS RESONATE HERE?

>> LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO -- RESONATING WITH THE REPUBLICAN BASE IS IMPORTANT.

IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, YOU HAVE TO BE TOUGHER THAN TOUGH.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE A TRUE BELIEVER THAN TO GO TO BLUE STATES AND HAVE PEOPLE SCREAM AND YELL , THROW ROCKS AT YOU, AND THEN YOU GO TO THE PLACE AND SAY, SEE, I'M YOUR GUY.

>> ALSO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AIMED AT PRITZKER TULSA.

BECAUSE PRITZKER IS A POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

WHO KNOWS.

IT COULD END UP BEING EVENTUALLY BOTH OF THEM.

SO THIS IS KIND OF TAKING A SHOT AT PRITZKER BUT >> IT DOES SEEM LIKE PRITZKER IS TRYING TO POSITION HIMSELF AS THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS ON A NATIONAL STAGE.

IS THAT A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK FOR HIM?

>> YEAH, I THINK GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAS SAID NUMEROUS TIMES HE'S NOT GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

HE SUPPORTS JOE BIDEN COMPLETELY.

BUT HE IS LOUD AND CLEAR THAT HE DOES NOT WANT RON DESANTIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, HE DOES NOT WANT DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

HE JUST TOLD BLOOMBERG THAT HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS DON'T GET IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

SO THAT MEANS HE'S GOING TO HAVE A BIG VOICE, I THINK, DURING THE 2024 CAMPAIGN, WHETHER HE RUNS OR NOT.

HE'LL BE OUT THERE SPEAKING, YOU'LL BE OUT THERE PUSHING AGAINST, YOU KNOW, THE RON DESANTIS OR TRUMP AND THEIR ANTI-WOKE DISPARATE >> AND SOMEONE THAT DID COME OUT PRETTY QUICKLY AGAINST THAT DESANTIS WAS PAUL VALLAS, WHEN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT FIRST KIND OF CAME UP.

YOU'D THINK THAT THAT DISAPPOINTED SOME OF THE FOLKS IN MOUNT GREENWOOD OR EDISON PARK THAT ARE FIRMLY IN THE VALLAS CAMP?

>> WELL, IT CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTED SOME CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS ON TWITTER.

SAID SOME NASTY THINGS ABOUT NOW WE KNOW WHERE PAUL REALLY IS.

I THINK PAUL IS TRYING TO WALK THIS LINE , LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.

HE WANTS TO KEEP CONSERVATIVES WITH HIM, BUT HE ALSO WANTS TO BROADEN HIS APPEAL TO A MORE, LESS CONSERVATIVE PARTS OF THE CITY.

GOING AFTER DESANTIS, IN THIS CASE, WAS HIS MAIN TARGET.

YEAH, IT MAY HURT HIM WITH A FEW CONSERVATIVES, BUT EVEN A CONSERVATIVE GUY WAS SUGGESTING , WELL, QUITE FRANKLY, WE KNOW WHAT PAUL WAS DOING HERE.

HE HAD TO BEEF UP .

>> PEOPLE WERE IRRITATED, THOUGH, AS THEY CAME IN.

THEY WERE ALL GRUMBLING THAT PAUL WOULD SPEAK OUT THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, SAYING WHY DID HE EVEN SAY ANYTHING AT ALL?

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

EXACTLY.

WHAT DO THEY CARE?

>> I ALSO FEEL LIKE PAUL VALLAS HAS SOME ROOM TO SPLIT FROM SOME F.O.P., YOU KNOW, ACTIONS, AND, AND WORDS WHICH HE HAS, YOU KNOW, HE SAID HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT THAT JOHN, WHEN HE COMPARED A COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE TO GERMANY , HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE HIS LIEN IS LESS CROWDED THAN, THEN THE PEOPLE TO THE LEFT OF HIM.

AND SO IF HE HURTS THE FEELINGS OF PEOPLE IN MOUNT GREENWOOD, OR SOME MORE CONSERVATIVE WARDS, I MEAN , HE'S STILL POTENTIALLY THEIR BEST, BEST CHOICE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, IN OUR MIND IS FOCUSED ON THE SELECTION, BUT MEANWHILE, GREG HINES, THE ILLINOIS ELECTIONS BOARD IS TAKING ACTION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ELECTION, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO DARREN BAILEY AND THEN THE RADIO COMMENTATOR, DAN CROFT, WHO ALSO, IN HIS SIDE JOB, RAN THIS CLINICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT SUPPORTED DARREN BAILEY.

>> I REMEMBER ALL THE NET PRITZKER ADDS ON CRIME , YOU CAN'T WALK OUT THE STREET.

WELL, THEY WERE ALL PRETTY MUCH -- BY THIS PACT .

NOW, A THEORY , THESE, THIS PARTICULAR PACT WITH INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE THAT SUPPOSED TO COORDINATE WITH, WITH, WITH MR. BAILEY.

BUT CROFT HAD BAILEY ON HIS REGISTER.

NUMBER OF TIMES, THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT?

THE SAME KIND OF THINGS, LO AND BEHOLD .

BILLIONAIRE FROM WISCONSIN.

DOES THIS CONSTITUTE A LEGAL COORDINATION OR NOT?

THE ELECTION BOARD TOOK A LOOK AT IT.

REAL LOOK AT IT.

WE'LL FIND OUT.

>> THEY MIGHT'VE COLLUDED.

TO THE SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN CLEAR , THESE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE GROUPS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY KIND OF COORDINATION WITH AN ACTION.

>> RIGHT.

I'M SURE THAT THE COUNTER TO THAT IS GOING TO BE THAT THE LAWYERS SAID, SO FAR, THEY SAID, HEY, HEY, IT'S FREE SPEECH.

SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT CROFT TEST TO TALK ABOUT IT.

STILL, WHEN YOU HAVE THE TWO PRINCIPALS TALKING AND THE AD COMES OUT , THAT BRING SOME QUESTIONS BUT >> ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU HOPEFULLY ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT FOR OUR VIEWERS, SO WE ARE OUT OF TIME, SO OUR THANKS TO GREG HINES, SARAH, MARIAH, AND SHE A COMPASS.

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ADAM KINZINGER, HE'S GOT A CNN GIG NOW.

HE'S WRITING A BOOK.

IS HE CASHING IN ON THIS KIND OF , YOU KNOW, REPUBLICAN WHOSE AGAINST THIS PARTY, HOLDING?

>> HE WOULD PROBABLY SAY HE'S ABOVE THAT, BUT, BUT HE HAS JUST TRYING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION.

HE HAS A STORY TO TELL.

I THINK I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

>> SHIRLEY DOES HAVE A STORY TO TELL.

THE PERSON IN THAT PART OF IT , BROKE THE HARNESS, AT LEAST AFTER THE ELECTION.

JANUARY 6 PANEL .

>> MIGHT BE A LOT OF INTERESTING ANECDOTES IN THERE.

>> I'M SURE THERE'S -- >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICERS , A PROUD SPONSOR OF DIVERSITY,