>>> [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

WILL BE JOINED BY OUR GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT FOR SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

>>> ELECTION SAFETY IS ON THE MINDS OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS TUESDAY'S MIDTERM APPROACHES.

THE CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT AND STATIONING OFFICERS AT CERTAIN POLLING PLACES THAT MIGHT NEED MORE SECURITY.

IT'S A PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH AND THANKS THE VOTER AND ELECTION WORKERS THAT HAVE MATERIALIZE SINCE 2020.

OFFICIALS SAY ANYONE WHO USES WEAPONS, WORDS OR THEIR BODIES TO THREATEN OR INTIMIDATE VOTERS OR POOR WORKERS COULD FACE ASSAULT CHARGES.

>> EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE 2020.

SURE, YEAH, WE WOULD NORMALLY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE COORDINATION THAT WE ARE HAVING NOW.

I THINK WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE COUNTRY THESE LAST 24 MONTHS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LEARNING THE LESSONS.

>> MEANWHILE, HIGH PROFILE NATIONAL LEADERS ARE IN CHICAGO AT THIS HOUR ON LAST-MINUTE CAMPAIGN STOPS.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN JUST ARRIVED AND IS EXPECTED TO HOLD AN EVENT IN JOLIET.

THE U.S. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER MEANWHILE IS HEADLINING AN EVENT IN OAK BROOK.

>>> ANOTHER BIG VOTE IS SLATED FOR NEXT WEEK.

THAT OF COURSE IS CHICAGO'S CITY BUDGET.

THE CITY COUNCIL, AS IS CUSTOMARY, VOTED TO DELAY THE VOTE UNTIL MONDAY.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT COULD FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE TO PASS HER $16 BILLION PLAN AS PROGRESSIVES HAVE DEMANDED THE CITY CREATE AN OFFICE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON ALL OF THIS IN JUST A BIT.

>>> NOW ON TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PRE-ELECTION DAY PANEL.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

GREG HINES, BIDEN ARRIVING IN TOWN TO DO THESE CAMPAIGN EVENTS.

IS THIS A SIGN THAT THESE LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL RACES THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE THOUGHT WOULD BE IN THE BAG MIGHT BE TEETERING A BIT?

>> YEAH, I THINK IT IS.

PARTICULARLY THE SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

EVERYBODY HAS BEEN IN THAT DISTRICT IN THE LAST WEEK.

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, HER REPUBLICAN COUNTERPART IS IN TONIGHT.

JOE BIDEN HIMSELF IS IN FOR HIM.

THERE IS A COUNTER FUNDRAISER TONIGHT THAT DURBIN IS HOLDING.

AT LEAST THREE OF THE BIG NATIONAL HANDICAPPERS HAVE MOVED THAT DISTRICT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE REPUBLICANS.

THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT ARE GOING TO BE CLOSE, BUT THAT'S THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY SEEM TO HAVE CONCENTRATED ON.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY POURED IN, AND THE DISTRICT IS MOSTLY NEW, SO THE IN COMMON IS A NOTE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD BE.

THE SAME KINDS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND CRIME, HE'S HAVING TO DEAL WITH.

THE QUESTION IS, IS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IT?

>> AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE WATCHING BIDEN IS HERE ON CHICAGO.

A NON-SWING STATES WHEN THERE ARE SWING STATES, REALLY COMPETITIVE SENATE RACES, DO THEY JUST NOT WANT HIM THERE?

>> IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE THAT.

IS GOING TO SAFE STATES WHERE HE'S NOT GOING TO BE BOOED.

IT IS CLEAR NATIONALLY IN SOME OF THESE REALLY TOUGH RACES THAT ARE VERY COMPETITIVE, PARTICULARLY IN RED STATES THE DEMOCRATS JUST DON'T WANT HIM AROUND.

'S APPROVAL RATINGS ARE NOT GREAT.

HE'S A NOT AS POPULAR.

UP THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BLAME HIM FOR SOME OF THE ECONOMIC WOES.

SO, HE'S GOING TO THE PLACES WHERE HE FEELS HE'S AT LEAST EFFECTIVE AT RALLYING THE TROOPS.

PUSHING TURNOUT, GETTING PEOPLE ENERGIZED.

PEOPLE HE KNOWS ARE GOING TO GET OUT AND VOTE.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE DEMOCRATS ARE SENDING OBAMA AS A LOT OF THESE CLOSERS.

THE TREND NATIONALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLING, IS IN THE REPUBLICAN'S FAVOR.

ARE THEY JUST BETTER CLOSERS?

>> UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE BETTER AT EVERYTHING.

THE ONE THAT REALLY MAKES ME SAD TO HEAR IS WHEN I HEAR SMART PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE REPEAL OF ROE AS JUST ANOTHER POLITICAL THING.

WELL, I THINK THAT WE PEAKED TOO EARLY ON THE WHOLE ABORTION THING.

IT JUST MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL TO THINK SOMETHING THAT SERIOUS, THAT FUNDAMENTAL, AND WHAT SHOULD BE THAT TECTONIC OF A POLITICAL ISSUE, COULD POSSIBLY JUST FADE.

COULD POSSIBLY BE SOMETHING THAT COULD PEAK EARLY.

>> ALL THE COMMERCIALS YOU SEE OUR ECONOMY, CRIME, >> ESPECIALLY WHAT RESONATED WAS THAT CANDACE REFERENDUM.

WHAT I THOUGHT, AND THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT THAT WAS A WOW MOMENT FOR ME.

I THOUGHT THAT POLITICALLY THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD ABSOLUTELY BE THROWN BACK.

YOU ARE THE DOG THAT CAUGHT THE CAR, AND NOW YOU HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

HERE IS THIS.

FOR IT TO HAVE FADED IS IMMENSELY DISHEARTENING TO ME PERSONALLY, IF IN FACT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

>> YOU SEE A LOT OF ADS RIGHT NOW, HEATHER, FROM THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY BY THE RULES BACK.

CRIME, CRIME, CRIME.

IS THAT MESSAGE RESONATING YOU THINK IN SOME OF THESE ILLINOIS RACES?

>> THAT IS THE $64,000 QUESTION.

YOU SEE POLLING WHERE CRIME IS NOT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.

THE ECONOMY AND ALL ABORTION OUTRANK THAT REPUBLICANS THINK CRIME WORKS FOR THOSE IN A WAY THAT IS BETTER THAN BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE SEEING SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON THAT ISSUE.

WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD THAT WEATHER IS GOING TO PAY OFF FOR THE REPUBLICANS, NO CRYSTAL BALL HERE TONIGHT, BUT IT COULD.

I THINK ABORTION IS REALLY THE WILDCARD, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN HUGE SURGES IN REGISTRATION OF FEMALE VOTERS.

IF THEY COME OUT TO VOTE, THAT IS GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF THIS POLLING VERY SUSPECT.

>> LAURA, DID THE EARLY VOTE TOTALS GIVE YOU ANY INDICATION OF WHERE THINGS ARE GOING TO LAND?

>> WHAT, THE EARLY VOTE TOTALS STATEWIDE ARE PRETTY MUCH ON PAR, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHAT THEY WERE IN THE LAST MIDTERM ELECTION.

IN CHICAGO THEY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER, ALTHOUGH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WAS SAYING THEY HAVE PICKED UP AND THEY ARE HOPING THEY ARE GOING TO APPROACH THE 2018 ROUND.

>>, THE OTHER INTERESTING THING IS THE REPUBLICAN TURNOUT SEEMS TO BE COMING LATER.

THERE ARE FEWER REPUBLICANS THAT ARE VOTING EARLY, AND THE EXPECTATION IS THERE ARE MAYBE GOING TO BE MORE REPUBLICANS COMING TO THE POLLING PLACE ON ELECTION DAY BECAUSE OF THE ARGUMENT THAT DONALD TRUMP AND OTHERS HAVE MADE OVER THE YEARS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT OUR VOTE.

WE WANT TO DO IT IN PERSON AND NOT TRUST THE EARLY VOTING PROCESS.

THERE'S AN EXPECTATION ON PART OF THE REPUBLICANS AS THEY ARE GOING TO MAYBE GET MORE OF A GROUNDSWELL AND COME IN MUCH STRONGER FOR ELECTION DAY THAN THE DEMOCRATS.

>> GREG, YOU SAW THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT TALK ABOUT STEPPED UP SECURITY AT POLLING PLACES.

IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC THREATS IN ILLINOIS, IN THE CHICAGO AREA, OR WE JUST KIND OF HEAR THESE LITTLE INSTANCES OF VOTER INTIMIDATION NATIONALLY.

>> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY THREATS.

IF CPB HAS RECEIVED ANY DIRECT THREATS THEY HAVE BEEN QUITE ABOUT IT.

JUST LOOK AT THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK.

A MAN INVADES THE SAN FRANCISCO HOME OF THE SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE AND ATTACKS HER HUSBAND.

CLOCKS HIM, SENDS HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.

ANOTHER MAN IN CHICAGO THREATENS THE LIFE OF A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR HERE.

THAT'S JUST IN ONE WEEK.

I THINK IT'S WELL ADVICE FOR EVERYBODY TO KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN AND FOR THE SECURITY GUYS TO BE PARTICULARLY AWARE.

BECAUSE WE LIVE IN STRANGE TIMES.

>> LOOK AT, GREAT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

LOOK AT THE WAY VARIOUS PARTIES HAVE RESPONDED TO THOSE ATTACKS.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PELOSI FANS WHO DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT ATTACK HAPPENED THE WAY IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HAPPEN.

THEY HAVE BEEN ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING THAT THEN CAN WE HAVE DARREN BAILEY WHO WAS ACCUSING GOVERNOR PRITZKER OF BRINGING OUT A LOT OF ANGER THAT HAS LED TO THE VIOLENCE AGAINST HIM.

WE ARE SO DIVIDED WE CAN'T EVEN AGREE ON THE FACT THAT THESE THINGS ARE BAD, AND WHY THEY ARE BAD, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO ABOUT IT.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE BAILEY AND PRITZKER BOTH HANDLED THAT THREAT THIS WEEK.

PRITZKER CAME OUT AND CONDEMNED IT.

BAILEY OBVIOUSLY CONDEMNED IT A LOT BETTER THAN A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE DEALING WITH THAT.

THE PELOSI SITUATION, AND ALSO, HEATHER, THERE'S THIS GLUT OF TEXT MESSAGES AND MAILERS.

THERE ARE THESE SIGNS TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE BLACK VOTE FROM THIS GROUP.

THESE THINGS , DARK THOUGH THEY MAY BE, ARE THEY EFFECTIVE?

>> WELCOME IF THEY WEREN'T EFFECTIVE WE WOULDN'T SEE IT ELECTION AFTER ELECTION AFTER ELECTION, RIGHT?

THIS IS SPAGHETTI SEASON AS I LIKE TO CALL IT.

CAMPAIGNS ARE GOING TO THROW WHATEVER AGAINST THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE SHOW BEFORE, THE REPUBLICANS SEE THEIR PATH TO THE GOVERNORSHIP AS SUPPRESSING THE VOTE IN BLACK CHICAGO.

THAT'S WHY YOU ARE SEEING THE SORT OF VERY DARK MESSAGES ABOUT GOVERNOR PRITZKER, AND WHY YOU SAW HIM COME TO THE FAR SOUTH SIDE TODAY TO STAND WITH THE ALDERMAN WHO WAS A CENTER OF THE LATEST AD.

>> THIS WAS AN AD THAT QUOTED CRITICIZING GOVERNOR PRITZKER, SAYING HE TOOK THAT OUT OF CONTEXT.

DAN, ARE YOU GETTING ALL THESE FAKE NEWSPAPERS, ALL THESE MAILERS, ALL THESE TEXT MESSAGES CALLING YOU FALSELY OR NOT FALSELY WHERE TO GO VOTE?

>> WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THE FAKE MAILERS.

I DO GET THE OCCASIONAL TEXT MESSAGES, BUT I THINK I'VE GOT THE SECURITY FEATURES ON MY PHONE IS SET UP MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS CURATED WELL ENOUGH TO KEEP ENOUGH OF IT OUT.

BUT, I LISTEN TO A LOT OF RADIO.

I'M ON THE RADIO A LOT AND I HEAR A LOT OF IT.

EVEN WITH SOME OF THE SPORTING EVENTS NOW, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ADS, THESE PEOPLE FROM INDIANA THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF.

I DON'T KNOW WHO EITHER PERSON IS, BUT -- >> THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN GOING AT IT FOREVER.

>> I KNOW, EVERY ELECTION CYCLE.

>> DAN, IF I MAY, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

ON CHICAGO TV YOU HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATES AIRING COMMERCIALS AT $30,000 A POP.

2% OF THE LISTENING AUDIENCE IN ANY GIVEN DISTRICT , BUT WE ARE STILL DOING IT.

IT'S CRAZY BUT THE POLITICIANS AND THEIR HANDLERS OBVIOUSLY FIGURE IT WORKS OR THEY WOULDN'T DO IT.

>> LAURA WASHINGTON, WITH THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, MOST PROGNOSTICATORS, DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON THAT THE PRITZKER CAMP SHOULD BE A's LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT AN UNLIKELY BUT STILL POSSIBLE UPSET?

>> I THINK THEY ARE WATCHING IT CLOSELY.

I SUSPECT THAT THEY ARE NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THIS RACE, BUT THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE MARGIN.

YOU HAVE AN INCUMBENT GOVERNOR WHO IS PRETTY POPULAR AMONG HIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY BASE.

HE HAS BEEN SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON NOT ONLY HIS CAMPAIGN, BUT ON MANY OTHER CAMPAIGNS TO SHORE UP HIS TICKET.

HE SHOULD HAVE COATTAILS.

IF HE COMES IN WITH A MARGIN LESSON 4% OR 5%, THAT WOULD SEND A REALLY STRONG SIGNAL THAT PERHAPS HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE STABILITY AS A POLITICIAN AS HE THOUGHT HE DID.

I THINK NOT ONLY -- THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING THIS RACE, BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY COME IN WITH A REALLY COMFORTABLE MARGIN.

>> HEATHER, A RACE THAT HE IS WORRIED ABOUT, TWO RACES ACTUALLY.

THOSE STATE SUPREME COURT RACES HE'S KIND OF GETTING AROUND HIS OWN CAMPAIGN ETHICS LAW THAT SAYS HE CAN'T CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN $500,000 TO A CANDIDATE.

HE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED THAT, SO HIS TRUST FUND IS NOW CONTRIBUTING ANOTHER $500,000.

DOES THAT TELL YOU THAT THE TWO RACES ARE TOSS UPS?

>> I THINK THEY ARE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD POLLING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THOSE RACES AND THE STAKES ARE REALLY HIGH ON ABORTION.

IF THOSE TWO SEATS FLIP IT WOULD BE A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED SUPREME COURT, AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PUT ABORTION RIGHTS IN ILLINOIS AT RISK.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER, WHO HAS PLEDGED TO MAKE ILLINOIS THE MOST WELCOMING STATE FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, CANNOT AFFORD TO BE SEEN AS DOING ANYTHING LESS THAN PULLING OUT ALL OF THE STOPS TO KEEP THOSE SUPREME COURT SEATS IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS.

SO, HE IS CERTAINLY FOLLOWING PERHAPS THE LETTER OF THE LAW, IF NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW.

BUT I THINK POLITICALLY IT MAKES SENSE FOR HIM, BECAUSE HE HAS TIED SO MUCH OF HIS TIME IN OFFICE TO PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

>> DAN, LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE SHOW YOU MADE CLEAR THAT YOU WANT THE BIGGEST FAN OF GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DARREN BAILEY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANCES?

IT'S LIKE THE BEAR IT UPSETTING MIAMI ON SUNDAY.

DOES PRITZKER HAVE THIS IN THE BAG OR NOT?

>> I CAN'T -- I HAVE NOT READ ANYBODY I RESPECT WHO CAME CLOSE, EVEN IN RANGES OF PROBABILITY, TO PREDICTING -- MAKING ANY REASONABLE PREDICTING OF A BAILEY VICTORY.

DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT.

>> I SAW YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD.

I WANT TO GO AROUND THE TABLE.

RESUME TABLE, THE REAL TABLE, AND GET ONE BOLD SURPRISING PREDICTION FOR ELECTION DAY.

GREG, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT SURPRISE ALL OF US ON ELECTION DAY.

>> ONE OF THE LITTLE INTERESTING THINGS I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING LATELY IS KIND OF UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT AMONG SOME DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND ALDERMAN TO GET THEIR PEOPLE TO VOTE NO ON THE RETENTION BALLOT FOR TIM, CHIEF JUDGE OF COOK CORNY CIRCUIT COURT.

HE HAS COME UP FOR RETENTION EVERY TWO YEARS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

THEY DON'T THINK HE'S BEEN TOUGH ON CRIME.

REPUBLICANS WERE ALREADY THERE, AND HE NEEDS 60% OF THE VOTE TO WIN IF THERE'S A LOT OF THIS GOING ON, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S ENOUGH, BUT THERE IS SOME GOING ON, THAT ONE IS WORTH WATCHING.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, LAURA, CHIEF JUDGE TIM EVANS ACTUALLY FIGHTING TO RETAIN HIS SEAT.

>> WHAT, IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD EXPECT.

HE IS CERTAINLY NOT THE MOST PROMINENT MEMBER.

PEOPLE DON'T REALLY EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO THEM UNTIL THEY GET INTO THE POLLING PLACES.

EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS THE SUPREME COURT RACE.

I WAS TALKING TO GREG ABOUT THIS EARLY.

I THINK VOTERS ARE CONFUSED ABOUT ALL THE JUDGES.

THEY ARE FRUSTRATED.

THEY GO INTO THE POLLING PLACE AND YOU HAVE THIS LONG LIST.

I'VE ALREADY VOTED AND MY GOD IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED, THEY MIGHT PICK SOMETHING.

IF THEY GET A PALM CARD OR SOME OTHER LIFE MINUTE INFORMATION THAT TIM EVANS IS BEHIND THE HIGH CRIME IN CHICAGO IT MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE.

BUT IF IT IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE CITYWIDE COUNTYWIDE EFFORT, IF IT'S JUST BEING RUN BY MAYBE A HANDFUL OR SO OF ALDERMAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THERE CAUSE OVER-THE-TOP.

>> HEATHER, SURPRISE WE MIGHT SEE ON ELECTION DAY.

OBSCURE RACE YOU ARE WATCHING.

>> IS NOT OBSCURE BUT I'LL BE WATCHING THE WORKERS RIGHTS AMENDMENT.

THE ILLINOIS UNION POWERS REALLY PUT THE FULL FORCE OF THEIR EFFORT BEHIND THAT PUSH.

IF IT FAILS, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER UNION POWER IS STILL AS STRONG AS IT HAS BEEN IN ILLINOIS.

IF IT PASSES, I THINK THEY WILL PLAY KEY ROLES IN THE 2023 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

>> DAN, A OBSCURE THING YOU ARE LOOKING AT AS A CHICAGO BORDER?

>> I AM -- NO.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE.

>> I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING OBSCURE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY VOTE IS AS INFORMED AND CONSCIENTIOUS AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S THE RESEARCH I'M DOING.

>> I THINK WE ALL FEEL THAT WAY.

>>> LET'S MOVE OVER TO SOME CITY NEWS.

HEATHER, YOU REPORTED YESTERDAY ABOUT THE PUSHBACK ON THE MAYOR ABOUT THE BEST $16.4 BILLION BUDGET.

SHE IS GETTING IT FROM HER LEFT FLANK, HER MORE CENTRAL PLANT, DOES THE MATH ADD UP FOR A VICTORY HERE?

>> SHE'S GOT TO GET TO 26 VOTES.

LAST YEAR SHE DID THAT BY AGREEING TO SPEND TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE PRIORITIES OUTLINED BY THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS.

THAT WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

THERE'S NO SUCH OFFER ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.

THE ONLY THING THAT THE PROGRESSIVE HAS ASKED IN THIS BUDGET IS THAT SHE FULFILL HER 2019 CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE MAYOR IS REFUSING TO DO SO SAYING SHE'LL CREATE AN OFFICE OF CLIMATE EQUITY, BUT NOT A FULL DEPARTMENT.

WHETHER THAT MEANS PROGRESSIVES WILL VOTE IN BLOCK AGAINST THE BUDGET I THINK IT'S AN OPEN QUESTION.

SHE HAS THIS WEEK MADE A PLAY FOR MORE CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET TO VOTE FOR IT CALLING IT PRO POLICE BUDGET.

BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY KIND OF INDICATION THAT SHE CAN SHIFT PEOPLE LIKE ALDERMAN.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, GREG.

THERE IS FORMER ALLIES YOU HAVE JUMP SHIP.

LIKE THE ALDERMAN.

WHO IS LEFT?

>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THIS MAYOR HAS HAD REALLY A LOT OF TROUBLE KEEPING FRIENDS CLOSE TO HER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

ALDERMAN WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

SOMEBODY WHO WAS ONCE TIGHT WITH THE MAYOR WHO HAS SAID SOME VERY NASTY THINGS ABOUT HER RECENTLY.

I THINK THE STRUGGLE OVER THE BUDGET IN SOME WAYS IS KIND OF A PREVIEW OF THE MAYORAL ELECTION TO COME.

LORI LIGHTFOOT IS KIND OF IN THE CENTER BUT YOU HAVE FACTIONS ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT.

THEY ARE ALL FIGHTING AND SHE IS TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER.

I SUSPECT THAT SHE'LL IN THE END, SHE'LL GET HER BUDGET.

MAYORS HAVE A LOT OF POWER AND ABILITY TO INFLUENCE VOTERS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

EVERYBODY NEEDS A FEW NEW GARBAGE CANS OR WHATEVER IN THEIR WARD.

THE ELECTION TO BE A DIFFERENT STORY BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME KIND OF DYNAMIC.

THE TWO SIDES GOING AT EACH OTHER WITH HER KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.

>> I THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE MAKING A LOT OF PHONE CALLS THIS WEEKEND AND TWISTING SOME ARMS.

LAURA, EVERYBODY IS WAITING TO SEE WHAT THIS FINAL MAYORAL FIELD IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

IF YOU HAD TO GUESS RIGHT NOW, IS GARCIA GOING TO JUMP IN AND WILL THE ALDERMAN JUMP IN?

>> GARCIA HAS BEEN SEEING LATELY HE'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.

HE WAS, HE WASN'T, HE WASN'T, HE'S THINKING ABOUT IT.

'S LATEST COMMENT IS THAT HE'S TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT THE DEMOCRATS RETAIN THE HOUSE.

THE DEMOCRATS LOSE THE HOUSE, HE HAS LESS STANDING.

HE HAS LESS POWER AND CLOUD.

SO IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY.

I WOULD THINK THAT HE MIGHT BE LEANING THAT DIRECTION.

TOM I THINK IS WAITING FOR GARCIA.

GARCIA, THEY SHARE AT LEAST IN PART, BASES.

PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTH LAKEFRONT.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MEANS HE WON'T GET IN IF GARCIA GETS IN, BUT I THINK EVERYONE IS SORT OF STEPPING AROUND EACH OTHER AND WATCHING EACH OTHER.

WE ARE GOING TO KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE WITHIN A WEEK AFTER THE ELECTION ABOUT WHAT THAT FINAL FIELD IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

>> I THINK A LOT OF THOSE CARDS WILL FALL.

WITH ALL THESE PROGRESSIVE GROUPS THAT NORMALLY WOULD BACK HIM, HAVE ALREADY THROWING IN WITH BRANDON JOHNSON THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION ORGANIZER.

IS GARCIA GOING TO FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE TO GET SOME OF THAT SUPPORT THAT?

>> HE SURE WILL BECAUSE HE WILL NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION AS HE DID IN 2015 WHEN HE FORCED THE FORMER MAYOR INTO A RUNOFF.

THEY HAVE BACKED BRANDON JOHNSON .

PROGRESSIVE GROUPS ARE PREPARING -- UNITE BEHIND ONE CANDIDATE.

BRANDON JOHNSON IS THAT CANADA.

SOMEBODY WITH THE PROMINENCE AND NAME RECOGNITION LIKE GARCIA, BEST LAID PLANS COULD ALL BE FOR NOT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE BEST LAID PLANS SEEMS TO BE TO BOLSTER THE WEAPONS FOR JUSTIN FIELDS.

WITH ALL THE MOVES THIS WEEK THEY TRADED THEIR STAR LINEBACKER ROQUAN SMITH FOR A SECOND ROUND.

THEY GRAB CASE CLAYPOOL.

DID THEY SET THEMSELVES UP FOR FUTURE SUCCESS WITH THESE MOVES?

>> I THINK SO, WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING.

YOU KNEW IT GOING INTO THIS YEAR.

YOU KNEW IT LOOKING AT THE SALARY-CAP.

WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED.

THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES ARE SHOCKED WHEN THEIR VETERAN TEAMMATES GET TRADED.

>> ROQUAN SMITH WAS SAYING BEFORE THE SEASON I NEED TO BE TRADED.

HE SEEMED TO BE SHOCKED THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID IT.

>> HE ALSO TRIED TO EMBARRASS THE BRAND-NEW GENERAL MANAGER BY SAYING I'M GOING TO APPEAL ABOVE YOUR HEAD AND MENTIONING THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER'S BOSSES.

IT DOESN'T COME AS A SURPRISE TO ME THAT THERE WAS A BIT OF A VETERAN PURGE.

WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING.

I THINK THE SMART THING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS LOOK AT THE BEARS AS TWO SEPARATE THINGS BETWEEN WHAT THEIR DEFENSE IS, WHICH IS JUST BEING TORN DOWN.

THEY ARE JUST AWFUL.

ANYBODY HERE ON A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT THAT WANTS TO PROVE THEY SHOULD STICK AROUND IS GOING TO GET THE CHANCE TO DO THAT AND PUT THAT ALL ON TAPE FOR ALL THE OTHER TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE TOO.

OFFENSE IS DIFFERENT.

I DO THINK THE CLAYPOOL ACQUISITION IS SIGNIFICANT IN THAT IT IS AN INDICATION THAT THEY ARE BEGINNING TO BELIEVE THAT THE ARROW ON JUSTIN FIELDS' DEVELOPMENT IS POINTING UP ENOUGH TO MERIT AND ENHANCEMENT AND ACCELERATION OF HIS DEVELOPMENT.

AN OKAY KID, YOU LOOK PRETTY GOOD.

LET'S GET YOU ANOTHER TARGET.

LET'S KEEP IT GOING.

I WOULD SAY I WOULD RATHER SEE THE BEARS LOSE A GAME 45-33 THEN WIN IT 10-6.

>> THAT WAS THE CRITICISM FROM A LOT OF BEARS FANS.

THEY WANT THIS YEAR TO BE ABOUT ESTABLISHING WHETHER OR NOT JUSTIN FIELDS REALLY IS A FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK.

THEY FELT THAT THE GM DIDN'T PROVIDE HIM WITH ENOUGH WEAPONS TO BETTER LATE THAN NEVER I GUESS.

IT IS STILL EARLY ENOUGH IN THE SEASON TO SAY WHAT THEY'VE SEEN WITH AN OFFENSE THAT WE ARE BEGINNING TO LEARN ABOUT THE BONES OF THIS NEW RUN-BASED OFFENSE.

SOME OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING SCHEMATICALLY.

IT MIGHT BE THE START OF SOMETHING.

IT'S FAR FROM A FINISHED PROCESS.

WE ARE FAR FROM DECLARING JUSTIN FIELDS AS THE OLD CONCEPT OF THE FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK.

I'M PRETTY POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT I'VE SEEN ON THAT SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL.

>> ARE YOU POSITIVE OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM THE NEW WHITE SOX MANAGER SO FAR?

GOING OUT TO THE HOTDOG STAND AND SHAKING HANDS.

>> HE'S HAD A NICE COUPLE OF DAYS.

THE WHOLE THING HAS BEEN TELLING US THAT HE'S NOT TONY LARISSA AND THAT TONY LARISSA IS GONE AND THAT THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF HIRING THE MANAGER ACTUALLY GOT TO HIRE THE MANAGER.

SO, HIS BIGGEST SUCCESS SO FAR HAS BEEN BEING WELL SPOKEN, UPBEAT, KIND OF A COME AT YOU GUY WITH SOME TALK OF INTENSITY AND HUSTLE AND CONCENTRATION AND PROFESSIONALISM AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

THAT HE IS NOT TONY.

I THINK WHITE SOX FANS WERE READY TO EMBRACE THAT.

>> DOES THAT MEAN HE'S GOING TO BE GOOD AT THE CHESS MATCH OF BASEBALL, AND GAMETIME DECISIONS, AND SUBSTITUTING RUNNERS, SUBSTITUTING FIELDERS?

>> IT'S NOT THAT HARD, IT'S JUST NOT.

>> IT SEEMED TO BE PRETTY HARD FOR TONY.

>> HE'S TERRIBLE AT IT.

YOU CAN LOOK AT WIN EXPECTANCY CHARTS AND ALL KINDS OF MATRICES TO SEE IF PINCH RUNNING IN THE EIGHTH IN A CERTAIN SITUATION IS GOING TO MAKE IT MORE LIKELY TO WIN THE GAME >> ESTABLISHING A CULTURE IS A BIG DEAL.

>> YES, PULLING THE TEAM TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT.

HAVING THEM KNOW WHAT BASE TO THROW TO WOULD BE NICE.

HAVING THEM IN PROPER PHYSICAL CONDITION SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT OUT GAMES BECAUSE THE LEGS ARE SORE.

THAT WOULD BE NICE.

>> A LOT OF INJURIES LAST YEAR.

>> MAYBE I'M QUALIFIED TO BE THE MANAGER.

>> THERE WERE FANS THAT WERE SHOUTING OUT THE DIRECTIONS TO TONY LARISSA DURING THE SEASON.

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?

I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE BROOKLYN NETS.

KYRIE IRVING.

THEY ARE FINALLY SUSPENDING HIM FOR ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS, SHARING A LINK TO THIS MOVIE.

THEY WANT AN APOLOGY FROM HIM.

BEFORE THEY REINSTATE HIM.

DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO GET THAT IN THE NBA IS GOING TO KIND OF WASH THEIR HANDS OF ALL THIS?

>> THEY GOT HALF OF THIS.

LET'S BE SPECIFIC, THE NET SUSPENDED HIM.

THE NBA HAS NOT.

THE NBA HAS YET TO RULE.

THE GLACIAL PACE OF THIS IS MADDENING.

WHEN YOU HAVE THE NBA ON TNT CREW OF CHARLES BARKLEY AND SPECIFICALLY SHAQUILLE O'NEAL AND THEN REGGIE MILLER AFTER THAT GAME STARTED, WHEN YOU HAVE THEM PROVING TO BE BETTER VOCAL LEADERS ON THIS THAN THE ACTUAL NBA LEADERSHIP, I THINK IT TELLS YOU SOMETHING.

WHATEVER'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS TOO LATE AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SWIFT , AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERE.

FROM ANYBODY IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY TO SEND THAT MESSAGE.

>> WHY ISN'T IT?

WHY IS THE NBA DRIVING ITS HEELS?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY NIKE IS EITHER.

ADIDAS TOOK A WEEK OR SO TO DROP KANYE WEST AB IT'S BECAUSE IT'S JUST A RETREAT OF THIS.

WHICH HE CLAIMS FALSELY THAT IS NOT A PROMOTION OF IT.

LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED ON AMAZON.

THE NEFARIOUS, DISGUSTING BOOK, ON WHICH THE MOVIE IS BASED, HAS ROCKETED UP THE BESTSELLER LIST.

WHEN KYRIE IRVING WANTS TO KNOW WHAT PROMOTION MEANS, THAT'S WHAT IT MEANT.

>> PEOPLE LIKE KANYE WEST AND KYRIE IRVING HAVE VERY POWERFUL PLATFORMS AND THEY ARE INJECTING A LOT OF THESE IDEAS INTO THE MAINSTREAM RIGHT NOW.

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