>>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR TURNING US ON THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

I AM AMANDA.

PARIS HAS THE WEEK OFF.

FIRST, CHICAGO BORDERS .

>> COME ALIVE, CHICAGO.

MY NAME IS BRENDAN JOHNSON AND I CANNOT WAIT TO BE SWORN IN AS THE NEXT MAYOR OF THE GREATEST CITY OF THE WORLD.

>> CHICAGO'S NEXT MAYOR MAKES BIG PROMISES TO USHER IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.

>> I RAN FOR MAYOR TO BRING THE CITY TOGETHER.

IT'S CLEAR THE CITY IS DEEP AND DIVIDED.

>> THE TRANSITION AND SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

>> WE SHARE A LOT IN COMMON, OUR DESIRE TO LIFT UP THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FACES 34 FELONY COUNTS.

>> THE ONLY CRIME I HAVE COMMITTED IS TO FEARLESSLY DEFEND OUR NATION FROM THOSE WHO SEEK TO DESTROY IT.

>> AND THE CITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF TWO FIREFIGHTERS.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A TRAGIC WEEK FOR US.

UNPRECEDENTED.

>> OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE FIREFIGHTERS.

NOW TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL.

RETIRED FROM CBS TO CHICAGO, BUT BACK FOR ELECTION COVERAGE.

OUR VERY OWN HEATHER OF WTTW NEWS .

ALSO GREG PRATT OF THE CHICAGO TERM TRIBUNE.

AND BECKY.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

MARY ELECT, BRANDON JOHNSON, WASTING NO TIME.

MEETING WITH THE STATES MOST POWERFUL DEMOCRAT, GOVERNOR JAMIE.

WHAT ARE YOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS MEETING FROM THESE TWO TOP LEADERS?

>> IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE GOVERNOR THROUGH COLD WATER ON ONE OF HIS TAX PROPOSALS.

FINANCIAL SERVICES TAX.

I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHY HE FELT HE NEEDED TO GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO DO THAT RIGHT THERE.

IT DOES SPEAK TO MARY ELECT JOHNSON COMING IN WITH A VERY BROAD AND VICIOUS AGENDA THAT COULD BE TOUGH TO IMPLEMENT.

>> WHY WOULD HE THROW COLD WATER ON THE IN THEIR VERY FIRST MEETING.

IS IT SENDING A MESSAGE?

>> IT COULD BE.

IT COULD BE THE SETTING THE TONE FOR THE RELATIONSHIP IN SOME WAYS.

WHAT'S GOOD FOR CHICAGO IS GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE STATE.

JAMIE IS SAYING TO HIM, DON'T DO ANYTHING TOO DRAMATIC.

AS GREG SAID, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HIS VERY AMBITIOUS AGENDA IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGE.

IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE AN EASY ROAD.

>> TAKE US A STEP FURTHER.

THIS IS AN INITIAL MEETING.

THEY ARE BOTH DEMOCRATS.

THEY SIGNALED A COMB BY OUR MESSAGE.

WE WANT THE SAME THING.

WE BELIEVE IN THE SAME THING.

WE GOT AN EXAMPLE RIGHT AWAY FROM THE GOVERNOR AND SOMETHING HE DOES NOT BELIEVE .

IS THERE GOING TO BE A SPLIT AND WHAT MIGHT THAT MEAN FOR CHICAGO?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WILL BE A SPLIT, BUT THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES.

THE GOVERNOR'S AGENDA MAY NOT ALIGN WITH MARY ELECT JOHNSON'S AGENDA.

THE MARY ELECT IS FACING A $600 MILLION DEFICIT ACCORDING TO LORI LIGHTFOOT OFTEN TIMES, ONCE THE ELEKTA GETS INTO THE OFFICE THEY FIND THE WHOLE IS EVEN DEEPER.

HE WANTED TO RAISE $800 MILLION IN TAXES TO FUND HIS VERY AMBITIOUS AGENDA.

PUT THOSE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER.

600 MILLION AND 800 MILLION.

AT A VERY DEEP CHASM THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME COMPROMISE, PROBABLY, AND ALSO SOME REALISTIC THINKING TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A BUDGET SOLUTION JUST TO PAY THE BILL CHICAGO ALREADY HAS.

>> HEATHER, WHAT A WAY TO MAKE OF THE FACT THAT FOR OVER AN HOUR, THEY DIDN'T REALLY GET TO THE NITTY-GRITTY ACCORDING TO WHAT THE TWO MEN SAID AFTERWARD.

THEY DIDN'T TOUCH ON MAJOR ISSUES, EVEN ON THINGS THAT WOULD REQUIRE ACTION FROM SPRINGFIELD, FOR EXAMPLE A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION TAX.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE GOVERNOR SAID I'M NOT A FINANCIAL FAN.

DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE TAXES THAT BRENDAN JOHNSON FAVORS PUTTING ON LARGE CORPORATIONS.

THERE IS CLEARLY GOING TO BE A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN BRENDAN JOHNSON, GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THERE IS ROOM FOR BOTH HERE.

THIS WEEK AND POST ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT EVERYONE PUTTING ON A HAPPY FACE AND COMING TOGETHER AND LINKING ARMS AND PUTTING ASIDE THE DECISIVENESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HE DID NOT ENDORSE BRENDAN JOHNSON.

HE DID NOT ENDORSE PAUL VALLAS.

BRENDAN JOHNSON COMES FROM A VERY DIFFERENT PART OF THE CHICAGO DEMOCRATIC PARTY .

YOU CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT BRENDAN JOHNSON IS REALLY THE CULMINATION OF THE PUSH IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

>> CAME AT THE GOVERNOR TODAY.

JOHNSON HAD A PRIVATE MEETING WITH CURRENT MAYOR, LORI LIGHTFOOT.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW THAT WENT?

>> IT WAS QUICK.

SHE DID NOT TALK AFTER IT.

IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO KNOW.

IT'S A CERTAIN -- THERE'S A FORMALITY TO THIS.

A PASSING OF THE TORCH.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT COLD WATER ON HIS CAMPAIGN WHEN HE ENTERED THE RACE AND SAID HE WOULD NOT BE THE MAYOR.

A HUMBLENESS SHE WILL HAVE TO REACH AT THIS POINT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE DOES STAND READY TO HELP WITH THE TRANSITION AND IS WILLING TO DO THAT.

>> HAD TO BE LORI LIGHTFOOT'S WORST NIGHTMARE COME TO BE.

VERY SHORTLY AFTER SHE TOOK OFFICE IN 2019, SHE TOLD US SHE WAS CERTAIN THE TEACHERS UNION WOULD TRY TO OUST HER.

>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING IN FEBRUARY THAT TURNED HER ATTENTION TO BRANDON JOHNSON .

BEFORE THAT SHE WAS SPENDING MOST OF HER TIME TALKING ABOUT PAUL VALLAS AND GARCIA.

SHE DISMISSED BRANDON JOHNSON UNTIL IT WAS ALMOST TOO LATE.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT BECKY DID MENTION.

THIS IS WHEN THE MAYOR SAID THAT BRANDON JOHNSON WOULD NEVER WIN AS MAYOR.

COULD BAD BLOOD DISRUPT THE TRANSITION AT ALL?

LIKE YOU SAID.

>> YOU CAN IMAGINE A SCENARIO.

THAT THE WHITE HOUSE, DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT IS NOT GOING TO BE WARM AND FUNDING.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT AGENDAS.

I DOUBT IT WILL GET TOO DRAMATIC.

BUT IT'S POSSIBLE, I SUPPOSE.

>> NOTHING THAT IS GOING TO HARM RESIDENTS .

STUFFING INFORMATION.

>> NO.

TRANSITIONS ARE MESSY AND DISORGANIZED.

THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN A DISORGANIZED ADMINISTRATION IN A LOT OF WAYS.

THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE AN UPSTART ADMINISTRATION.

STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN A LOT OF WAYS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF GROWING PAINS.

>> THIS WILL BE THE SHORTEST TRANSITION PERIOD.

ONLY GOING TO BE 41 DAYS BETWEEN ELECTION DAY AND INAUGURATION DAY , WHEN LORI LIGHTFOOT TOOK OVER , CLOSER TO 47 DAYS.

JOHNSON REALLY HAS TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, ALTHOUGH, I'M SURE LIKE THE REST OF US, HE IS LOOKING FOR SLEEP AND RELAXATION.

>> 41, 47 DAYS, NOT A LOT OF TIME.

WE DON'T KNOW ALL THAT MUCH ABOUT WHAT WENT ON DURING THIS MEETING.

LIGHTFOOT ISN'T SPEAKING PUBLICLY.

HAD SEEN VERY LITTLE OF HER SINCE HER LOSS.

WHAT GIVES?

>> I THINK SHE MAY BE EMBRACING THE MOMENT.

HER TIME IS ENDING.

SHE COULD COME OUT AND GIVE A FULL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED.

I THINK SHE SENSES THE FOCUS IS ON THE NEW GUY.

SHE DOESN'T WANT TO TRY TO CLAIM HIS SPOTLIGHT.

I SAY THAT AS BEING RATHER GRACIOUS.

>> THE FLIPSIDE TO THAT IS THAT THE MAYOR IS DOING AN INFORMAL BOYCOTT.

SHE IS DECLINING LEGACY , INTERVIEW REQUESTS.

THERE'S SILENCE BETWEEN THE CAMPAIGN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ROUND, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

MORE OR LESS BOYCOTTING THE PRESS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF HER TERM.

I THINK THEY ARE PROBABLY TRYING TO GET NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION.

IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY SHE LOST.

THIS INABILITY TO DO AND PUT ASIDE BAD FEELINGS.

EXPLAIN YOURSELF AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

>> MUST REGRET HAVING NO LEGACY MESSAGE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

IT WILL BE UP TO US TO WRITE THE LEGACY OF WHAT LORI LIGHTFOOT'S TIME IS.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO HER ABOUT WHAT SHE SEES AS HER FAILURES.

WE CAN DO THAT.

IF SHE DOES NOT SPEAK TO THE PRESS.

SHE WILL BE MAYOR FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR SO.

I AM ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO THE NEWS MEDIA.

THINGS MOVE FAST FOR ALL OF US.

STILL EARLY FOR HER.

SHE MAY DECIDE TO SAY SOMETHING.

OF A MEMO TO SAY NOTHING AT ALL UNTIL I CAN COLLECT MY THOUGHTS.

SOMEONE WHO DID COLLECT THEIR THOUGHTS HAD A WRITTEN BEFORE , WITH BRANDON JOHNSON.

A ROUSING SPEECH ON TUESDAY NIGHT SAYING A LOT OF PROMISES USHERING IN A NEW ERA IN CHICAGO HISTORY.

THING OVERWRITES AND LABOR MOVEMENTS ARE UNITED.

WE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES.

THERE CAN BE WINS FOR EVERYBODY.

WHETHER YOU ARE RICH OR POOR, NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE CITY YOU ARE FROM.

WORKING CLASS, BUSINESS CLASS.

ISN'T GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER, ALL ABOUT HAVING TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE VERY CHOICES?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

GOVERNOR -- IT IS A ZERO-SUM GAME.

THERE ARE LIMITED DOLLARS.

THOSE DOLLARS WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE HOW TO BE SPENT.

I THINK WHAT BRANDON JOHNSON IS GOING IS WHAT HE CAMPAIGNED ON.

PUTTING AN END TO WHAT HE CALLED THE POLITICS.

FOR A LONG TIME, IN CHICAGO, IT WAS THE BUSINESS INTEREST.

THE LARGE CORPORATIONS WHO HELPED SWAY AT CITY HALL.

THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO BE THE CASE IN THE SAME WAY AS BRANDON JOHNSON.

THE NEW DAY.

NEEDS TO BE SEEN , CAN HE FULFILL THOSE PROMISES AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE.

IT'S A CAMPAIGN SPEECH.

SURE.

IT'S GOING TO BE DEEP.

CAN HE MAKE GOOD ON THOSE PROMISES ?

YOU MENTIONED THE BUDGET PICKLE CHICAGO IS IN.

>> WE WILL SEE.

THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION.

DURING THAT VICTORY SPEECH CHARACTERIZED THE CAMPAIGN RESULTS AS BEING A TRIUMPH OF HOPE OVER FEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COMPLETELY FAIR TO KERALA -- PUBLIC SAFETY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AND TOP OF MIND FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE AS IT IS DOWNTOWN AND THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDE.

CERTAINLY IN THE BRANDON JOHNSON VICTORY, THIS KIND OF NEW PROGRESSIVE PARADIGM , WHICH IS MORE ASPIRATIONAL.

MORE HOPEFUL.

BUT IT'S GOING TO RUN UP AGAINST THE REALITY OF DOLLARS AND CENTS CHOICES VERY SOON.

>> SO MUCH DOES.

AS DEREK NOTED, HE WAS INTRODUCED IN THAT VICTORY SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION.

WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THE CAMPAIGN ADVISER, TO SOMEONE SITTING ACROSS THE NEGOTIATING TABLE WITH BRANDON JOHNSON WHO IS CURRENTLY AHEAD ?

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

A LOT OF THE RHETORIC, AT THIS POINT, IS SHIFTING TO WE CAN BE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS AT THE TABLE.

I SPOKE WITH HIM AND HE SAT ON SCHOOL BOARDS IN THE AREA.

THE COMBATIVE APPROACH , LABOR VERSUS MANAGEMENT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD SEEN , AND UNDER THE TEACHERS UNION IS NOT THE ONLY APPROACH THAT YOU CAN TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH OF THE BARGAINING TABLE BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE BOARD.

I DID SPEAK WITH JOHNSON YESTERDAY MORNING , AND ASKED HIM THIS QUESTION.

HE SAID, AT THIS POINT, AS A PARENT, LIVING WITH CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM .

IN RECENT MEMORY.

TO HAVE CHILDREN IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

I AM LOOKING TO BUILD .

IN THIS POSITION.

I'M LOOKING AT IT AS A PARENT NOW.

CONTINUE TO SEND MY CHILDREN TO.

THAT'S THE APPROACH I'M TAKING.

>> OF COURSE DOLLARS AND CENTS REALITIES WILL SET IN.

I DO THINK THE FOLKS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE A LOT OF -- I'M SURE THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND EDUCATION AND CONVERSATIONS WITH HOW TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

>> IN THE RECENT PAST, THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TEACHERS UNION AND CITY HAVE BROKEN OVER WAGES AND BENEFITS AND THOSE DOLLARS AND CENTS ISSUES.

THEY BROKEN DOWN OVER HOW WE CAN ENSURE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND HAVE HEALTHCARE AND ARE FED.

AND THOSE SORT OF ISSUES THAT COULD BE ABSORBED BY A MIRROR THROUGH THE CITY BUDGET TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS, WHICH HE SAID HE WILL THROUGH PROGRAMS.

REOPENING THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS.

MAKING SCHOOLS MORE OF A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES .

ESSENTIALLY WHAT CTU WAS PUSHING FOR.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF NEGOTIATION THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.KS IN SOME WAYS THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE MIRRORS TO ADOPT THESE VALUES THAT THEY WANTED THEM TO ADOPT ON THOSE ISSUES.

THEY WEREN'T REALLY NECESSARILY WILLING TO DO THAT.

I DON'T SEE RESISTANCE COMING.

>> SO MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TEACHERS UNION.

I AM CURIOUS.

CAN WE DIVE INTO HIS RELATIONSHIP.

COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR TONY , WHO HAS A LOT OF ACOLYTES IN POWERFUL POSITIONS, AND WHAT DO WE THINK THIS DOES FOR HER?

>> SHE HAS A GREAT LEGACY IN TERMS OF GETTING HER ACOLYTES AND HER STAFFERS APPOINTED .

OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THE STATE ATTORNEY WHO SHE IS PROUD OF.

BRANDON JOHNSON WHO SHE IS PROUD OF.

CONTROVERSIAL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES.

IN SOME CIRCLES.

SOME PRETTY GOOD ADMINISTRATION FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE.

THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF GOOD GUIDANCE HER TEAM CAN GIVE TO COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WHAT ELSE CAN WE EXPECT FROM A JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION?

WE DID SEE HIM MODERATE HIS PLATFORM A LITTLE THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.

THE PHONE THE POLICE.

NO, I'M NOT GOING TO MESSAGE.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE EARLY DAYS?

>> HE SAYS HE INTENDS TO TRY TO MOVE ON THIS CITY BASED YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

HE WANTS TO GATHER TOGETHER CORPORATE LEADERS AND HAVE THEM WORK WITH THE CITY VENDORS AND CITY AGENCIES TO TRY TO DEVELOP A YEAR-ROUND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.

GET THEM ENGAGED IN PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND REDUCED CRIME.

THAT WAS JOB ONE.

>> WRAPPING UP IN TIME FROM SUMMER.

MORE CRIME .

IT'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW JOHNSON ONE.

FOR EVERYBODY, IS ANYONE SURPRISED BY HOW RELATIVELY EARLY HE HAD THE RACE?

AP CALLED THE RACE FOR HIM WITH SO MANY OUTSTANDING BALLOTS STILL BE COUNTED.

>> I WAS SURPRISED.

IN THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING HE LOST THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM ELECTION NIGHT TO WIN ALL OF THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS.

RICHARD IS BRANDON JOHNSON'S TEAM HAD A ROBUST AND EFFECTIVE MAIL IN BALLOT CAMPAIGN, WHICH MEANT THAT IF PAUL WAS TO WON ON TUESDAY, HE WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT ON ELECTION NIGHT POINT FOR A WHILE WILL LOOK LIKE HE MAY BE.

ONCE WE GOT TO ABOUT 60% OF THE VOTE COUNTED THE TWO CANDIDATES WERE TIED.

AT THAT POINT, REALLY BELIEVING MAIL-IN BALLOTS WERE GOING TO BREAK HARD FOR JOHNSON, THE OUTCOME BECAME CLEAR.

YOU SAW THE AP CALL IT ALSO PAUL VALLAS CONCEDED.

>> JOHNSON NEEDED TO CONSOLIDATE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE.

THAT WAS HIS MAJOR TASK.

HE DID IT.

HE WON MORE THAN 80% OF THE VOTE.

HE GOT LORI LIGHTFOOT'S VOTES.

WILSON'S BOATS.

EVEN THOUGH THE BLACK TURNOUT WAS NOT ROBUST, HE DOMINATED THE NUMBERS WHO DID VOTE.

HE RAN, I THINK, EXTRAORDINARILY STRONG ON THE LAKEFRONT.

THE SURPRISE TO ME WAS NOT SO MUCH THE DEFENDANT POLICE , IT DOES NOT HURT HIM IN THE LAKEFRONT, BUT HIS TAX PROPOSALS DO NOT HURT HIM IN THE WEALTHIER PARTS OF THE LAKEFRONT AMONG THOSE VOTERS.

I WAS ALWAYS TOLD POLITICAL CONSULTANTS ALWAYS SAID NEVER RUN A CAMPAIGN BASED ON YOU ARE GOING TO RAISE TAXES.

HE DID IT AND SUCCEEDED.

>> ENTIRE PACKAGE.

>> WHICH I THINK SAID SOMETHING TO THAT ASPIRATIONAL THING THAT IS SELLING WITH YOUNGER COLLEGE-EDUCATED VOTERS.

>> PRETTY SHREWD THING FOR HIM WHEN HE'S GOVERNING LATER ON.

HE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY, I CAMPAIGN AND WON ON THESE TAX INCREASES.

>> THIS IS WHAT I DID.

GREG, WHATEVER THAT THOUGH?

WHAT DOES IT SAY ?

WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THEM?

THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

ENDORSING PAUL VALLAS PICS >> AND LEAVE THEM ON A PRACTICAL MATTER.

LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

YOU GET A CHANCE TO CHOOSE YOUR MAYOR IS ELECTION DAY.

WHEN YOU WIN AND LOSE, YOU STICK AROUND OR GET OUT OF TOWN.

MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STICK AROUND.

>> YOU ARE NOT BUYING THIS WHOLE I AM LEAVING THE CITY?

>> PEOPLE TALK A LOT OF NONSENSE SOMETIMES.

I WILL PERSONALLY PACK UP THE PLAYSTATION'S , IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

HE DOES HAVE TO WORK ON REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDE.

HE IS WORKING ON IT.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS TO UNIFY AND FOCUS ON THINGS WE CAN AGREE ON.

INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BE DIVISIVE.

THAT THE ZERO THE SAID THEN DONE.

IT IS SOMETHING I THINK HE'S TRYING TO DO.

>> THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ELECTION.

WE HAVE LOTS OF TURNOVER IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

HEATHER, BRIEFLY HERE, THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE FEMALE, MORE , ASIAN, OLDER PEOPLE ELECTED.

GIVE US THE BIG UPSET.

>> IT'S A CLICH÷.

IT IS THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA .

CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE GENERATIONALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE FAR MORE FEMALE ELDERLY PEOPLE.

FAR MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE OF COLOR AND LGBTQ.

I THINK THE FACT THAT BRANDON JOHNSON IS THE FIRST GEN X MAYOR IT WILL SET THE TONE AND IT WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO SEE THE NEW CITY COUNCIL BE MORE INDEPENDENT.

ACTUALLY FUNCTION AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY.

I'M SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL ABOUT THAT.

WE WILL SEE.

I THINK PROBABLY THE BIG UPSET , YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE END OF HIS CAREER.

HE DID NOT RUN AGAIN.

JUST A CHANGE IN CHICAGO HISTORY.

YOU WILL SEE AN EMPOWERED -- AT LEAST AT THIS POINT.

AS WELL AS ANGELA CLAY IN UPTOWN.

>> A FEW MINUTES LEFT.

WE DID SEE A LOT OF ATTENTION TO SCHOOL BOARD RACES.

WE DON'T GET THAT SORT OF ATTENTION.

CONSERVATIVES AND THIS AWAKE MOVEMENT TYPICALLY NOT SUCCESSFUL.

>> DID NOT PERFORM SUPER WELL.

THERE WAS A REACTION TO THAT.

I THINK YOU SAW IN THOSE RACES, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW WITH BRANDON JOHNSON'S WIN.

YOU HAVE AN ELECTORATE.

MAYBE A YOUNGER ELECTORATE.

IT'S MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN THESE PROGRESSIVE FOCUSED POLICIES.

NOT GOING TO ENTERTAIN THE TRUMPISM AND THE MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH.

YES, SCHOOL BOARD RACES.

>> THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY PICKUPS.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTING, THOUGH.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WITH EYES ON CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN 2024.

I'M SURE WE WILL SEE SOME OF THAT RUNNING.

>> THIS IS NOT THE END.

>> I WANT TO TURN TO YOU.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHO IS NOW FACING FELONY COUNTS IN NEW YORK.

TONING DOWN HIS RHETORIC.

WE SAW THE SPEECH AT MAR-A-LAGO.

DO YOU EXPECT THERE IS SOME GAG ORDER , OR WHAT DO WE MAKE OF WHAT TRUMP IS SAYING AND WHAT IT MIGHT YIELD?

>> IT'S HARD TO FORECAST WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO DO, OR HOW HE'S GOING TO REACT.

I THINK THAT TRUMPS RHETORIC ISN'T GOING TO DIMINISH.

THAT IS HIS BRAND.

UNLESS HE IS FORCED TO SHUT UP, HE'S NOT GOING TO SHUT UP.

WE KNOW WELL ENOUGH.

>> ESPECIALLY AS A CANDIDATE.

>> THIS OF COURSE IS NOT THE END OF HIS LEGAL TROUBLES BECAUSE HE HAS MORE INVESTIGATIONS UNDERWAY, BOTH IN GEORGIA AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

>> INCLUDING TESTIMONY FROM THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AS WELL.

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6.

16 SECONDS, HEATHER M GOING TO GO TO YOU.

CAME UP DURING THE COMMON TRIAL.

A LOT OF FAMILIAR NAMES ON IT.

WHAT'S THIS MAGIC NOTE?

>> A MAGIC LIST KEPT BY A CONFIDENT AND CLOSE AIDE.

IT LISTED ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO MICHAEL MADIGAN ALLEGEDLY WANTED TO COME AND HIGHER IN RETURN FOR PUSHING THROUGH THEIR LEGISLATION.

PERHAPS THE ROSETTA STONE OF THIS ONGOING TRIAL.

>> PRETTY DARN SUCCESSFUL THERE.

WITH THAT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS TO DEREK, HEATHER, GREG, AND BECKY.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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JOIN US TONIGHT AT 10:00 FOR THE CHICAGO TONIGHT PROGRAM .

ON THAT SHOW, BREAKING DOWN THE TESTIMONY ON FORMER SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN.

MORE OF WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

ALSO, WHAT'S NEXT AFTER A JUDGE OF ACCEPTABLE CROSSWALKS FOR THE BLIND IS LEGAL.

NOW FOR THE WEEKEND REVIEW, I AM AMANDA, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY.

WE WILL SEE YOU AT 10:00.

I DON'T LIKE TO END ON A SAD NOTE, BUT I WANT TO SAY, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS.

GARCIA'S DAUGHTER PASSED AWAY.

NOT ON THE STAGE ON ELECTION NIGHT.

SECOND NUMBER WHO LOST A CHILD.

THAT IS JUST TERRIBLE.

>> INCREDIBLY SAD.

INCREDIBLY SAD.

AWFUL.

>> AND TO THINK OF THE SCOPE OF THE TRAGEDY.

THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY NEVER BEFORE LOST TWO MEMBERS IN ONE WEEK.