>> Good evening and thanks for joining us on the weekend review.

I'm Nick Blumberg.

Ice agents again help protesters with rubber bullets, pepper and tear gas outside a broad view immigration facility.

>> Isis cruelty has no bounds.

>> A chaotic week of immigration raids and massive protests with no let up in sight.

We know that we're reversing that divestment and putting Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Chicago educators say they're committed to a black student success plan.

Even if the Trump administration says it will pull funding from CPS, we need affordability need affordable housing need development without they can live in a whirlwind day at city Council plagued with hours-long delays, Alders passed a new affordable housing measure for communities near the Obama presidential center as well as a water down ordinance O'kane coach houses and signed off on a new Chicago fire soccer stadium in 78.

>> And now to our week in review panel.

Joining us are when Myers from Block club Chicago, Monica and from Axios, Chicago, Sasha and Simons, host of the new show in the Loop on WBEZ and Jim Daly from South Side Weekly.

Thank you all for being here.

Let's get right to it and lots to get to.

We have seen daily protests outside of ISIS broadview facility.

Things got very heated earlier today.

Monica, you are on the ground.

What's the latest?

>> Well, you know, people can't get anywhere near the building anymore.

There's a fence that broadview officials say illegal.

They demanded that it be taken down.

They say it's a safety hazard.

Ice has not removed it.

When I talk to officials, they said we put it up after rioters attacked law enforcement.

I haven't seen any corroboration rioters attacking law enforcement.

But it was still left.

But despite the fact that protesters can't get anywhere near the building, they were fired on multiple times today.

I start coughing.

You'll know it's because I still have pepper spray in my There seem to be no rhyme or reason for why these relentless pepper spray and tear gas attacks happened today.

>> Well, you know, and quickness is Monica mentioned.

We've heard from Broadview officials saying there's no permit for this fence.

It's it's potentially blocking emergency vehicles.

You know, they've saying we don't want this facility in our town is is there any sign of, you know, this impasse coming I haven't seen want to know the broad.

The mayor sent ice a leather this week asking them to.

>> Take down this illegal fence, which is a sign.

I think that the protests were working you know, stopping hampering this facility from operating fully by Broadview saying this isn't just about a First Amendment safety issue.

We're actually seeing, you know, our neighbors.

I dealing with tear gas into their yards in their houses and So it is becoming a quality of life problem on top of First Amendment issue.

And of course, we've heard all sorts of things from inside the facility about.

>> You know, potentially dangerous, unsanitary conditions.

You know that that folks in there are not necessarily being treated humanely and that's what they're protesting.

want more transparency.

>> They want more accountability.

They want to know what are these people charged with?

I've had a FOIA out for 8 months now and I still don't know the names.

>> And the charges against the people they've adopted from Chicago.

Well, you know, Sasha, we also Border Patrol Marine units going down the Chicago River.

>> Does that seem like it has a practical purpose or is this more of a show of force?

>> I think it's definitely a show of force.

I mean, if you saw the image is going up and down the Chicago River today, I mean, they're standing there literally posing with military style weapons and the logistics.

Just don't make sense.

Who are you?

Arresting on the last a line in the a race to West we can get.

Yeah, it's absolutely just a sign of the fact that we just got these front row seats right now in Chicago, too.

Just the most intense, most worrisome political time.

I not just nearly 20 year journalism career, but I like that one.

To your point about this being, you know, folks with opposing obviously, so many of these things are designed for the camera.

Absolutely.

I at this point that there's been such a force from the federal government, so much focus nationally on Chicago.

It's all a show.

I think I think it's all a show at this point.

And it's all to just sort of put points in Trump's.

we're waiting to see.

We don't even have numbers exactly on how many people have been arrested and detained and possibly deported from the Chicago area.

>> Some estimates around 50500 people by the FDA.

But we don't know if that's changed in the past couple days.

And we haven't seen exact accounting, which is pretty par for the course fries.

They're not very transparent as Monica was.

Yeah, you know, that's just what I was gonna axe next in a gym that, you know, hearing from immigrant advocacy groups are sort of tracking federal agents, actions.

You know, you know where they're going, what they're doing, trying to get a number of people detained every day.

But we really don't have a clear picture of how many folks have been detained or so, you know how long this so-called Midway blitz will last?

That's correct.

I as the other panel, subset ice is not transparent at all.

>> There are groups of grassroots volunteers who are doing rapid response to let people know when I says and neighborhoods.

But a lot of these raids until the up here in a highly edited TikTok video propaganda video.

>> We don't know why they're there or what they're doing and it's really dangerous.

creates a lot of fear in communities.

They're targeting people who have no criminal a couple few weeks ago killed a father of 2 who had no criminal record during a traffic stop.

So it's very dangerous.

And it's it's very chilling, which I think is part of the point is, well, yeah, certainly a very unusual precedent.

There's heading to say the least.

>> Well, turning to some city council news, there was quite a lot of action yesterday in a very, very late you to find Isom laws were passed eventually.

Yes, one of them after much debate finally approved a measure allowing.

>> Tiny homes in Chicago after a decades long ban.

But kind of water down or yeah.

And we're talking about coach Houses and baseman units units basically additional dwelling units, 80 use and until now they've had to get his own change for most of the city to be able to build one of to add another unit to your property.

>> And now you're gonna be able to do it citywide with some very big restrictions in single-family districts.

The bungle about particularly and pockets elsewhere.

Alderman get to opt in.

If they want this to be allowed in their ward or they can say no, we don't want it or they can say it actually what I want in on this street, but not the street.

It's going Cause some confusion, but it is an expansion is being touted by its backers, as you know, a win for affordable So it's a little confusing, I know.

But it is expansion of the an attractive I talks to alderman not been a Lawson who supported it, who sponsored it also talked to Brady quipped.

>> In the 13 who posted and asked for these changes.

Also, you have to have apprentice workers doing the work.

If you are building a brand new coach house that just attic or basement, you're okay.

>> And Marty said, I said so are you ever going allow you to use in your neighborhood?

He said we're gonna have to see that.

This is a living breathing changing law.

I can I can say yes, I can say no.

I want to see how plays out.

And there's already been some pushback on this apprenticeship.

Stipulation people say it's going add a lot of expense to building a coach 1000 might.

>> You know, detract inhibit people from actually doing exactly how much is this going to add?

They said asked the CFL.

we know.

Mayor Johnson's, please, please, please that there's a compromise and the shows that compromise can happen at City Hall.

Well, in especially because, you know, some of his, you know, affordable housing efforts, something, you things like bring Chicago home have not necessarily seen You know, even if we're chipping away at this massive shortage of units, you know, a little bit is going to be a victory for the mayor's >> Well, you know, Jimmy also saw a compromise deal.

Speaking of affordable housing for some protections for communities near the Obama presidential center.

Me remind us what backers of that agreement are concerned about.

>> They are concerned about the Obama center gentrifying the neighborhood around according to the mayor's office, home prices have increased as like 130%.

I think in since Obama center went in there, the CBA coalition member really got buy-in from the Obama Foundation for a CBA.

So they had to go through a grassroots, you approach to get this passed through City Council.

the original attempt at its stalled and city council this was brought in by Janet Taylor right?

And it's it's a start.

So it's a pilot program that doesn't cover all of South Shore, but it does create affordable set asides vacant.

Lots will be developed into of affordable housing.

So it's it's a start.

You know, one question is whether this could also be applied to other developments like the 78 or the United Center where, you development around that is going to judge by the neighborhood and there's no set asides for those communities.

So it'll be interesting to see if that would be rolled out more broadly.

Well, speaking of the 78, you know, Monica Chicago Fire also got sign off for that.

>> Shiny new stadium that they want to build.

I mean, it finally going to spur some development on that very long vacant tract of land.

Yeah, it's been sitting there a long time.

You know, the casino was proposed there, but Asian American groups knowing the high gambling addiction.

>> In the Asian-American community said no And actually they had some questions before this was passed.

And so city council to pass it.

But I heard from Chinatown groups who said, you know, I would have liked a little more collaboration with the community.

I would have liked a little more discussion, but it looks like it's going to happen.

650 million, 2 months.

We do is going to be footing.

Most of that.

There is going to be some city expense and there.

But >> will it per cup the area?

We'll go to soccer games.

Maybe heading out to loves this.

Talk about how much they love this project because and so it was putting up the, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars and self, unlike a certain football team couple billion dollars to build a new stadium.

So, >> you know, when the city council got to say all millionaires investing all that money.

get home, right?

yeah, it's good for them because we've set up.

Yeah, it's hard to you know, I think given the budget constraints of Chicago, folks are really want to see us spending massive amounts of you know, a stadium like are stadium with that.

Yeah, there's not much appetite there.

All right.

We'll looking at state news, Sasha, Illinois has bucked the federal recommendations when it comes to COVID booster shots for the and dropped.

Some new guidance for COVID shots this week really breaking away from the federal government.

The FDA we saw earlier had limited eligibility to just, you know, folks who are over 65 or high risk of getting sick with coronavirus.

If you were to contract it.

>> The CDC weeks revised that an advise Yoest people over 65 get the shot.

But also young people just make sure with the coffee make sure you consult with your doctor.

Now, Illinois saying, you know what, we want this for everybody.

So all adults over the age of 18 essentially covers all pregnant women essentially covers all children.

And some fine print there of, you know, 6 months to 23 months.

And if you're between 2 and 17, there are some categories, some risk categories that they'll prioritize.

move from the Fed switches.

Interesting.

Yeah.

What I do you think we might see more things like this in the months to come where?

>> The federal government says one thing and coalitions of states make vastly different recommendations given how much is changing with some of the health and science recommendations from the administration And it's interesting to see this happening during a Republican administration.

>> Which is, you know, that.

Purport to be the party of small government.

But here we've got government, you know, weaving states to their own devices.

I think that goes without saying that the people who are in charge of health at the federal level are not the most responsible or experienced people in America and they are making recommendations that fly in the face of a lot of past knowledge scientific the attack on Tylenol the other day was another one.

And so states I think especially blue states are going to be stepping up to fill that gap and to keep their citizens safe.

And well, you know, Quinn, Governor Pritzker.

>> He's asking a state leaders to think through some potential budget.

Trims looking at 4% possibly across departments.

What you concerned about, right?

Well, so Trump's big beautiful bill which passed earlier this year, you know, includes tax cuts to billionaires, cuts to Medicaid, cuts to food stamps.

So Pritzker's kind of asking his department has to say set aside 4% in case this hits us hard or we don't totally know the full picture yet of how this is going to impact the state.

So those cuts haven't been made yet, but they are possibly going to be made through a variety of efficiencies, limiting hiring travel, that sort of thing.

And it feels like we just got through the state budgeting process.

A few months ago.

They walked right up to the deadline as usual.

And now there might be an upheaval again, right?

I know some Republicans are pushing back and saying, well, this is proof that the budget was bloated and Governor Pritzker's an irresponsible spend so, you know, getting a pushback already.

Well, speaking of someone who thinks Governor Pritzker is an irresponsible spender, his most recent competitor, Darren Bailey, once again running for the Republican nomination for Governor >> Monica, what's what's his message this time seems like you might be shifting.

Focus geographically.

>> His message seems to be freedom and fiscal responsibility I think is probably a 4% like crazy saying if was the king of Illinois, Trump would look very kindly on us and give us plenty of money and look Pritzker's few.

But he also said Pritzker is trying to take away your freedoms and I'm not sure exactly what that means.

Is it because, you know, seems like it's maybe the right that saying he can't say these things.

that was when he his first appearance as first announcement like freedom, an economy.

That's what we're going to have to prescribe.

I'm curious to see how he defines his campaign because he lost by 500,000 votes last time and he is heavily aligned with the MAGA movement.

>> You know, moderate Republicans have done well in Illinois, but it's pretty much impossible lately to win a statewide primary.

As as a moderate Republican.

I wonder if the Republican Party in Illinois will say, look, you had your chance.

I'm not sure that Illinois as a whole is going to go for someone.

It's part of the writers who are.

Yeah, I mean, the late Jim Edgar, who we were just memorializing in the last few kind of person who would have a tough time possibly getting collected these want session.

The Trump administration is pulling back millions in grant money over CPS's black student success plan policies affirming trans students.

>> What do you think is going you know, the come of this is CPS so far seems like they're stand their ground.

Cps is definitely standing 10 toes Yeah.

this one here and you know, Trump's playing a lot of money.

It well, 5.8 million dollars to be exact.

But CBS is saying the end result will be an 8 million dollar hole.

But >> let's put it in context.

This would be in 8 million dollar hole in a more than 10 billion dollar budget.

To me, still a lot of money million billion analysts think 8 million a lot of money.

But I think CPS been very from the district is moving forward with its black student success plan.

>> Moving forward with that, you know, just rights for transgender students being able to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity.

And they're not they're not budge.

And so as a result, though, Trump taking.

That punishment out by way of funds.

>> I should say that, you know, months ago we had this thing from the D O D O a Department education saying, you know, any school district that has diversity, equity inclusion is going to lose all its funding.

And I'm glad they didn't follow through.

And I think they give 30 days to end all of it than they had that snitch site where you can read all your teacher and tell us, you know, to have it.

And glad nothing came of it.

So crossing fingers that maybe this will be some Yeah.

And it also seems somewhat nebulous.

Lee defined what exactly dei programs are cause.

You know, when you talk to, you know, it's teachers and district officials, they say, look.

>> These are students who face divestment for decades.

So, you know, this is this is not just coming out of the clear blue sky.

Well, speaking of some some funding club back, Sasha federal judge also ruled in favor of Illinois, a coalition of 20 other states saying the administration can't withhold disaster relief funding.

What why were they trying to pull that?

Yes, another victory for Attorney General Kwame Raoul here who's been busy for the last Let's just consuming the administration get but the But they were trying to claw this money state argued that this would >> jeopardize their ability to is to protect public safety, adding really they the federal government was going after sanctuary jurisdictions.

Right?

So just like Chicago in Illinois and saying, yeah, we're going to take 2 billion dollars away in terms of death disaster relief funds and of course, Illinois fighting back as well as those 20 other states sing like that's ridiculous.

You can't do that.

Second of all, the language is so vague that we would have no idea of knowing essentially what conduct you would you would constitute satisfying the federal government.

So it's like get this language out of here where we're fighting back.

>> another big story this week, a gym.

We just learned today that the major TV station owner Sinclair is ending its blackout of Jimmy Kimmel's late night show, who, of course, came back on the air earlier this week on ABC next are still blocking at last check.

Kimmel from its airwaves.

Do you think they may for to back off that position soon?

Given that someone else has kind of caved on that?

I think it remains to be they do still have case pending before the FCC.

trying to.

Monopolize essentially they have an incentive to please the Trump administration.

At the same time, what we've seen I think is that this is an example of the Trump administration backing down when people stand up and in this case, people voted with their dollars by pulling.

>> Subscriptions from Disney and Disney responded by bringing Comeau back.

Trump raged on social media about this and threatened sue Disney and ABC.

But we'll see if he comes through on that.

And I think the really there's 2 really important takeaways from Kimmel.

One is that the current president is yet a totalitarian.

He does not completely controls on the airwaves.

New doesn't control the decisions that people make.

The other is is a point that Jimmy Kimmel himself made and returning monologue that I think is really important.

And that was that he said he himself is a comedian and he's not very important, even though that battle is an important one.

pointed out, the attacks on other journalists and other media, the Trump administration trying to deport a journalist Atlanta, for example, right now, journalists are taking pepper to the face and broad view right now and he had Trump has made no secret of animosity towards the media in lawsuits and otherwise.

And so in a country that has a First Amendment, it's really important to keep sight of that in the Kimmel story that the media as a whole is under attack.

Yeah.

I mean, you know, quickly FCC Chairman Brendan Carr pretty openly threatening ABC, you know, to take him aloft.

>> Since he's been back on air cars, been more or less silence.

mean, do you think you saw how loud the outcry wasn't decided to back off or is this more of just kind of a tactical decision to be quiet in You know, impossible for me to really say.

But I do think, I mean, I think they want to go after They're not done going after him or other journalists are suing the Law Street Journal.

They're suing their times right?

15 billion dollars over.

>> Not just even one story a whole range of what they call in a biased Anti-Trump stories.

So there will be more attacks on this and, you know, we'll see if these corporations stand up to them or if they make a deal to end.

Wall Street Journal owned by Trump to point, I think some of the fractures within the Republican Party like Ted Cruz criticizing Joe Rogan.

>> Criticizing it maybe gave pause to Trump and his folks about doing more of this.

One you have to imagine this is the kind of thing that they see it.

You know, when Democrats are in power, you know, they don't want you know, Republicans don't want Democrats to use the arm of government silence that.

And that's exactly what Ted Cruz was saying is like, you know, at some point there will be another Democrat in power and they're going to use this exact tool against us.

We don't want that.

Yeah, there's a reason that this should be a part of the playbook.

What Monica, you've been taking a look at the push for video gambling in Chicago.

Where do things stand on that?

They help the vote yesterday.

But it was very interesting to see that a committee actually advance said for those who don't know, you know, when you go to a suburban, you see all this video gaming in the windows of Laundromat and pizzeria.

>> It's like it's like a slot machine.

But if we actually allowed in the city limits, valleys would be pretty upset that the Bally's casinos actually give us a hearty chunk of their tax revenue from those they might stop giving the city money.

You might change the character of the city to have them in there.

So it did not go anywhere in the full city council last week, but who knows?

I mean it, you know, it's always been something that was a little too lurid to bring into the city.

But when we're facing a 1.2 billion dollar gap in the next budget may something they're going to seriously contend that he is desperate for money.

But the question should be like with the casino like, is this actually good for our residents?

regress well in how?

Yeah, I mean, it is regressive and that that the flip side is these already exist legally.

And in Chicago, like you can go to say you can find them in in gas stations in different places.

So we were out last night and was convenience store around the corner.

I hold 2 people happily there an extended period money on the floor.

The sitting >> That's kind of, you know, you know, and like, how do you get into that whole equation of cost benefit is different person see said it's not a slam dunk on the money.

mayor the other day, if you've been to Bally's recently and seen, you know that the patrons are largely.

>> Low income people.

And I said, is this really how you want to be shoring up the city's finances on the backs of people with the least ability to pay.

>> And he said, no, I want to tax the rich, but he didn't say what is going to do about the casino soaking all these 2 for money.

Well, into your earlier point about the concerns of locating the, you know, the casino near the 78.

>> Bally's buses, folks in from largely, you know.

So it's not as though that isn't happening, right?

So you have to imagine.

Yeah.

And of course, valleys itself has not necessarily been a cash cow for the city and the returns.

All right.

Well, a little lighter proposal.

Quinn, a Chicago Alderperson, wants to allow people to bring their four-legged companions into restaurants.

Tell us about that.

So I'm going to make and it's in Lincoln Park.

Alderman is basically introducing an ordinance that would allow restaurants to opt in to letting dogs into food establishments.

You don't have to do it.

You know, he had a good quote in block saying I don't imagine Alinea would take us I'm a dog.

Sat next to you.

But you know, he say there are so there's a certain type of restaurant or coffee shop.

It's losing out on business because people can't bring their dogs and you can currently bringing dogs into taverns.

believe it's the food license.

That is the issue.

This isn't getting a lot of pushback.

I just seen on social media, people being like dog owners need to chill like they have enough.

They bring their dog ever wear already.

When you a couple places in our society that are dog free.

By the same time some business owners are supporting and saying, yeah, we would love to have more dogs here at the brewery at it, you open air restaurant, that kind of about some of more unusual food items at Alinea.

My kind of look like a nice treat for the So who knows?

All right.

Well, I would take that 4 of you anywhere.

All whether the older people after.

That's right.

But that's all the time we have for this evening.

So our thanks to Quin Myers, Monica Eng Sasha and Simons and Jim Daly.

And we're back to wrap things up right after this.

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All right.

Well, we are all hoping the Leo High school choir could take it all the way on America's got I so make it to the finale to make it to the top 5.

What an impressive.

Such a cool bunch bunch of guys to.

I was rooting for them.

And Simon Cowell said Intel.

>> You will inspire.

Many people.

You know?

it was fun to see and fun to see.

Especially in a time when Chicago is getting a lot of attention and not all of it positive that, you know, to see that kind of represent outside, you know, black teens like it is, yeah, And a school that was in danger of closing, you know, several years back and now to get this kind of attention.

story also saw this week, Sister Jean of Loyola University 106 years old, a well-deserved retirement.

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