>> HEY, EVERYONE, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

MY MUM AND OF INDICATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENT A UNITED FRONT ON BEHALF OF ONE OF THEIR OWN.

>> TODAY WE HONOR HIM AS WE HOLD ACCOUNTABLE.

THE OFFENDER WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS MURDER.

>> INVESTIGATORS SAY SLAIN POLICE OFFICER'S OWN HANDCUFFS FOR USE WHEN THEY APPREHENDED HIS ALLEGED KILLER.

WHY THE MAYOR WAS ABSENT FROM OFFICER LUIS WEST COAST FUNERAL AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT CPD RELATIONS.

WE'RE AT IT CRITICAL POINT IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY.

AND SO PROTECTING PEOPLE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

OF COURSE, IS.

>> PROTEST OVER THE WAR IN GAZA ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES GROW NATIONALLY AND IN CHICAGO 2 CALLS FOR POLICE TO DISMANTLE THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT.

>> TOUCH TOUCHES EVERY FACET OF.

OUR RESIDENTS.

LIVES PUSH TO PUT THE REGION'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES ON A NEW ROUTE.

CHICAGO CONTEMPLATES DEMANDING CARS SLOW DOWN AND STICKER SHOCK OVER THE COST OF THE BEARS PLANS FOR A NEW STADIUM.

THE GOVERNOR CALLS IT A NONSTARTER IN THE RUSSIA ELECTION BILL.

ON THE OTHER HAND, PRITZKER FOR REDESIGN LEADING TO REPUBLICAN ACCUSATIONS THAT ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL THE ELECTION.

>> AND NOW TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US ARE MITCHELL ARMAN TROUT OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.

GRECO FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

NADER ISSA ALSO FROM THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES MANY RAMOS FROM BLOCK CLUB.

CHICAGO, THANKS TO EACH OF YOU.

AND LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

NOW THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER EAST WESCOTT WAS IN COURT TODAY.

THAT IS XAVIER TATE JUNIOR FACING FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AND OTHER OFFENSES.

MANY WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.

>> WE NEED TO KNOW IS THAT THE ARREST TOOK PLACE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS IN GLENDALE HEIGHTS.

I COULD BE WRONG WITH THAT.

BUT BASICALLY THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK HIM DOWN THROUGH BANK CARD USAGE AS WELL AS ON THE TRACK.

THEY WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO WISCONSIN AS WELL AS IN IOWA THINKING THAT HE WAS THERE, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK INTO A HOME OF A RELATIVE WHERE HE WAS THERE APPREHENDED UP WITHOUT ANY ISSUES.

WE KNOW INDIVIDUAL WITH THE SAME LAST NAME IS HIM WAS ALSO ARRESTED PREVIOUSLY FOR TOSSING A THAT WAS OF AN APPARENTLY OFFICER WAYS WEAPON AS WELL AS SOMEONE WAS ARRESTED WITHIN AT AND HIS APARTMENT OR ROADS, HIS FAMILY APARTMENT FOR AIDING AND ABETTING.

>> AND A LOT OF COOPERATION, BOTH FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THEN ALSO SUPERINTENDENT SNOWING TALKED ABOUT COOPERATION FROM THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING THAT A LOT OF POLICE VIDEO WAS USED FOR THIS.

I ONE OF THE SAY, THOUGH HE HE SAID THAT THIS IS A HUGE RELIEF FOR THE FAMILY SO MUCH FOR THE REST OF CHICAGO KNOWING THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL CAN'T POSE HARM TO ANYONE ELSE.

BUT BUT BUT CPD HOMICIDE CLEARANCE RATE.

52%.

WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS SITUATION THAT A SUSPECT SO QUICKLY IDENTIFIED DIDN'T.

IT'S A MOST UNUSUAL UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HAS HAPPENED YOU THE DEATH OF OFFICER IN THE LINE OF DUTY >> BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT PERSON WAS THAT THE SUSPECT WAS ON THE LOOSE FOR MORE THAN A THAT IS PRETTY UNUSUAL FOR SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE CASE.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I JUST I MEAN, IT DOES IT'S DOESN'T DO ANY FAVORS FOR THE THAT'S REALLY TRYING TO TURN AROUND AND IMAGE CLEARANCE RATES THAT HAVE HOVERED IN THE TEENS IN RECENT YEARS.

SO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST BRING THE SUSPECT, I THINK BRING SOME CLOSURE TO THE FAMILY WILL SEE HOW THE TRIAL PLAYS OUT.

BUT IT'S A, YOU KNOW.

HARD TO CALL THIS A WIN FOR ANYONE.

>> DEALS.

LET'S TO THIS JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING IN TERMS OF SELLING RESPONSE WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THIS WAS SO HIGH PROFILE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT COOPERATION.

DOES THAT SIT WELL?

>> NATALIE STRESSING THE FACT THAT NOW THAT HE'S IN LEADERSHIP, THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING GOING FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WAYS AS HIGH PROFILE AS MUCH MENTION HOW THIS HAD SO MUCH ATTENTION WE'VE SEEN ALSO IN MORE HIGH-PROFILE CASES OF OFFICER SHOOTINGS IN THE PAST FOR THE FOR DAY THEY GET RESOLVED.

UM.

SO WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS GOING TO BE CONTINUING HAPPEN, WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT.

BUT SNOWING WAS DEFINITELY PUSHING BACK ON.

AND BEEN MORE THAN THE NORM.

>> IT WAS PARTICULARLY HIGH PROFILE IN PART BECAUSE THEY BECOME VERY PUBLIC.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE OFFICER'S FUNERAL.

SO OF COURSE, CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.

IT WAS HEARTBREAKING SWATCH THROUGHOUT.

BUT I'M ALSO WHAT BECAME SORT OF A PUBLIC NARRATIVE WAS THE ATTENDANCE OR LACK THEREOF THAT CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

SO LEE MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON DID NOT ATTEND.

WHY?

SO THIS OBVIOUSLY IF YOU JUST LOOK AT ON THE FACE OF THAT, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT SOME SORT OF POLITICAL STATEMENT THAT REALLY MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON >> WAS DOING THIS AT THE FAMILY'S WISHES.

BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THIS BLEW UP ON SOCIAL THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, TALKS ABOUT WHY HE WASN'T THERE OR WHY, YOU KNOW, SOME MEMBERS OF CITY HALL WERE THERE.

AND SO HE CLARIFIED THAT DURING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, HE CLARIFIED THAT THIS WAS A REQUEST OF THE FAMILY.

IS.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL HAD SENT PERHAPS THAT THIS REQUEST AND IT WAS BECAUSE HE IS A DIFFERENCE AND DID NOT CONFIRM THIS.

BUT OTHER REPORTING HE'S SAID OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OFFICER'S FAMILY AND IT BELIEVED THAT JOHNSON FOR THAT MATTER, THE GOVERNOR NOT ENOUGH IN SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRIBUNE SAYING THAT THAT SHOULD PROMPT SOUL SEARCHING.

>> IT'S IT'S A LONGSTANDING ISSUE WE'VE KNOWN WITH MAYOR VAN JOHNSON EVER SINCE HIS ELECTION.

HE DOESN'T COME FROM SORT OF MOVEMENT.

HE COMES FROM THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, THE TEACHERS UNION, THE POLICE UNION, THE POLICE.

THEY'VE EXACTLY BUTTING THEY HAVEN'T NECESSARILY ALIGN ON THE WAY THEY SEE THE CITY.

AND SO IT'S IT'S NOT REALLY A SURPRISE.

HE MADE SOME MOVES EARLY ON LIKE HIS PICK FOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, HIS PICK FOR CHIEF OF STAFF THAT SEEM TO BE AN OLIVE BRANCH.

BUT I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF MENDING OF FENCES TO GO FOR ANYONE TO CALL MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON, A FRIEND OF THE AND SHOWS THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S HE'S TRYING TO ADDRESS SINCE HE CAME INTO OFFICE LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE WAS ABLE WAS NEGOTIATED A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE RANK AND FILE OFFICERS.

>> ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S STILL SORT OF FIGHTING THIS IMAGE OF BEING THE ALLEGED TO FUND THE WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE BUDGET WENT UP A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO LIFE LAST YEAR IN OFFICE.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SORT IT'S TOUGH FOR HIM TO SORT OF BREAK AWAY FROM THAT IMAGE THAT POLICE LEADERS HAVE GIVEN THEM.

>> IS THERE ANY SORT OF INCITING ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE WHERE YOU DID SEE THE COMPTROLLER SUSANA MENDOZA REALLY BRING THIS TO THE PUBLIC FOR BY TWEETING, MAYOR SHOULD STAY AWAY AFTER INITIALLY PUBLIC SCHEDULE CALLED FOR HIM TO BE ATTENDING THE FUNERAL AND THEN THERE WAS COVERED THIS IN THE FALLEN OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN SPRINGFIELD.

IT'S REALLY HEARTBREAKING TO ATTEND.

THE MENDOZA SAYING THAT SHE WAS, QUOTE, DISGUSTED BY THE VILIFICATION OF OUR POLICE FORCE.

IS THERE ANYTHING TO SAY EITHER THAT NARRATIVE OR MAYBE MENDOZA'S FUTURE LEAVE?

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS BODES FOR MENDOZA'S FUTURE RIGHT YOU KNOW, LIKE I LAKES YEAH, IT'S IT'S IT'S HARD TO SAY AGAIN, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU BASES SCENES ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S HARD TO SORT OF CLEAN.

>> WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE LONG YOU KNOW, I MAY BE A LESSON THERE.

BE WARY OF SOCIAL MEDIA, RIGHT?

IT'S NEVER I I WILL SAY THAT.

YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH AS I NOTED BEFORE, THE FAMILY BRANDON JOHNSON NOT TO BE AT THE THAT ANY OF THESE POLICE FUNERALS ARE FRAUGHT WITH POLITICAL TENSION.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, JOHNSON WAS ABLE TO AVOID A POSSIBLE PITFALLS HERE, YOU KNOW, ENDING UP WITH WHAT LORI LIGHTFOOT HAD TO DEAL WITH WHEN SHE ATTENDED THESE FUNERALS AND THE OFFICERS TURNED HER BACK ON HER IS SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT NEEDLE TO THREAD HERE.

YOU KNOW, IF IF ANYTHING, I THINK BRENDAN JOHNSON WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THAT THIS WEEK, WHETHER WAS HIS INTENTION OR SUCH A DELICATE RIGHT.

AND JUST 7 HARD FOR EVERYBODY.

MEANWHILE, HAS WTW REPORTED AS WELL AS WBZ IN THE SUN-TIMES.

>> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT GOING FORWARD WITH DISCIPLINING ANY OFFICERS LISTEN.

MEMBERSHIP RULES OF THE OATH KEEPERS.

MITCH, WHAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR IT KEEPING THESE MEMBERS AS PART OF THE FORCE?

WELL, POLICE LIEUTENANT LARRY SNELLING SAYS INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.

>> JUST FOUND THAT THESE ALLEGATIONS WEREN'T SUSTAIN, THEY'RE ONLY 3 OFFICERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR ALLEGED TIES TO THE OATH KEEPERS, WHICH WHITE-SUPREMACIST GROUP THAT'S TIED TO A LOT OF OTHER SORT OF A.

NOT GREAT GROUPS THAT YOU WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH.

CERTAINLY DID YOU DO WHEN YOUR POLICE FORCE TO BE INVOLVED WITH WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THEIR INVESTIGATION I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE SUN-TIMES, DANIEL OPOLIS UNDER FROM WBZ AND TIME.

SURE THAT OUR PAPER THEY FOUND THERE AT LEAST 9 ACTIVE POLICE OFFICERS HAD TIES TO TO THESE GROUPS YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE SEE THE FULL EXTENT THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AND IT'S HARD TO SAY HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO CLEAR THESE OFFICERS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS.

SO MANY OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS I WILL POSE WANT TO.

I DON'T KNOW EITHER OF >> DOES THIS.

HE'S BREAK A PROMISE THAT JOHNSON HAD MADE.

AND WHAT DOES IT SAY IS, WELL, 2 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OATH KEEPERS BEING OUT ON THE STREETS, PROTECTING THEM.

A SENSE OF LEE.

>> YEAH, I COULD TAKE IN THAT SAME PRESS EVENT US KNOWING WHAT WAS BEING LEE DEFENDING HIS ACTIONS ON.

HE CAME OUT AND SAID AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT IS GOING TO COME OUT.

EVERYONE CAN HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK READ ONE.

WHY THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH THIS AND HE ALSO YOU KNOW, EXPECTED GENERAL TO COME IN AND AUDI HOW THEY WENT ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TO TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THERE IS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, THE CPD HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT OF ISSUES AS WE ALL ARE AWARE OF.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THESE POTENTIAL OF FOLKS CONNECTIONS TO EXTREMIST GROUPS IS REALLY CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS IN IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BEING OVER POLICED AND ENSURING YEAH, THE MAYOR, I MEAN, IT'S YOU VERY CLEARLY.

AND HIS CAMPAIGN SAID THAT HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT.

>> THEY HAD NO ROOM IN OUR POLICE FORCE, NO ROOM FOR WORKING IN CHICAGO POLICE.

AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO MONITOR HOUSE.

YOU CAN DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT FROM THIS.

WHAT'S THE INSPECTOR GENERAL GOING TO FIND?

AND HOW'S HOW'S HE GOING MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE ALLEGATIONS?

WE DO KNOW IS THAT A MATTER OF THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS IS IN A MATTER OF WHAT FLAWED ROLES LIKE.

WE DON'T KNOW SO MANY QUESTIONS.

>> IT'S JUST A IT'S SORT OF A STRANGE LOOK FOR LARRY SNELLING, YOU KNOW, DURING CONFIRMATION HEARINGS BEFORE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS WAS A REALLY A HOT BUTTON ISSUE FOR HIM TO.

AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF CLAIM THAT THIS WAS ONE OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES TO ROOT OUT EXTREMISM IN THE DEPARTMENT.

SEE THAT WE HAD A PRETTY CLEAR CUT CASE OF, YOU KNOW, LEAST TIES TO THESE GROUPS.

AMONG SUBSET OF OFFICERS.

BUT AGAIN, ONCE ONCE, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ELSE.

SO HE'S GOING TO RELEASE ON WHAT THEY FOUND.

THESE GUYS THAT I GOT FROM SNELLING TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WERE AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY WAS MONITORING FROM AFAR, BUT ENDED VERY ABRUPTLY.

>> AFTER YOUR COLLEAGUE, HEATHER SURE OWN RUSSIAN ABOUT THIS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING HOT BUTTON ISSUE FOR SNELLING.

I THINK IT REALLY TOUCHED A NERVE FOR BECAUSE IT IT SEEMS TO REALLY SET HIM OFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST REALLY UPSET AT THIS IDEA OF JANUARY 6 BEING CAUSE OF THIS WRITER LIKE HIS OFFICERS BEING CONNECTED TO JANUARY 6 IN SOME WAY.

>> YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE INVOLVED THE JANUARY 6, GROUPS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WERE INVOLVED.

AND I THINK THAT'S SORT OF LIKE WHERE THE QUESTIONS COME.

>> AND CONTINUE TO COME BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THIS FOCUS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT TALK ABOUT, YES, CPD HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

HE SPENT HALF THE SHOW TALKING ABOUT WE THOUGHT WE'D HEARD THE END OF SHOTSPOTTER.

BUT NOW THERE ARE NEW POLICE STATS THAT WERE INVITED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT SHOW THAT ACTUALLY THE SYSTEM IMPROVED FOR POLICE RESPONSE TIME TO INCIDENTS WHEN SHOTS ARE FIRED.

IS THE PRESSURE BUILDING ON THE MAYOR TO REVERSE HIS DECISION TO CANCEL THE SYSTEM, CERTAINLY CURIOUS YOU KNOW, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON EXTENDED THE CONTRACT WITH SHOTSPOTTER THROUGH.

>> THE END OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH THE TRADITIONALLY VIOLENT MONTHS OF THE SUMMER.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE KIND OF GETTING THESE NUMBERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT SUGGEST POLICE RESPONSE TIMES TO SHOTSPOTTER ALERTS ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND MINUTES AND VERSUS A 9-1-1.

CALL USE.

IT TAKES THEM ABOUT 10 MINUTES OR SO TO TO GET TO A SCENE.

WHAT GETS TOUGH WITH SHOTSPOTTER I FEEL LIKE IS THAT.

IT'S FIGURES BASED ITS OWN NUMERICAL IT AND IT'S EASY FOR OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS TO FIND NUMBERS CAN SUPPORT AN ARGUMENT FOR NUMBERS DON'T LIE.

BUT IT'S THE NUMBERS THAT YOU USE.

SO I MEAN, IT'S YOU DON'T IT'S HARD FOR ANY POLITICIAN OR OFFICIALS SAY WE SHOULD HAVE SLOWER POLICE RESPONSE TIMES TO A SHOOTING AT THE SAME TIME.

IT'S SO MUCH RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SHOTSPOTTER ALERTS LEAD TO OVERPOLICING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MOSTLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

WE'RE INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE DISPROPORTIONATE AND CAN END IN VIOLENCE.

SO IT'S AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A LARRY SNELLING, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, LOBBIED TO KEEP SHOTSPOTTER.

REVEREND JOHNSON CAMPAIGNED ON A PROMISE TO END IT.

AND AS YOU THE PRESIDENT TODAY SAID THAT HE IS STICKING BY.

IT KNOW BOTH OF THEM ALSO WERE ASKED ABOUT.

>> WHAT IS GOING ON WITH PROTESTS IN NEIGHBORING GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO YOU, THESE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST THAT REALLY ROCKED CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT SO FAR IN CHICAGO, THEY'RE CERTAINLY PRESENT, BUT THEY LARGELY REMAINED PEACEFUL.

WHAT IS GOING ON DIFFERENTLY IN CHICAGO AREA SCHOOLS THAN SAY UCLA.

>> YEAH, UCLA.

WE ALL SAW OTHER DAY COLUMBIA CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK.

THE ACTUAL PROTESTS THEMSELVES AND ENCAMPMENTS DEMONSTRATIONS.

THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TOO MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONES HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

IT'S REALLY BEEN ABOUT THE POLICE RESPONSE AND YOU SAW IN COLOMBIA, FOR EXAMPLE.

I MEAN, THEY WERE QUICK.

THE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT IMMEDIATE BE CALLED NEW YORK POLICE.

>> THEY CAME IN OTHER DAY.

THEY CAME IN AGAIN AND THEY RATED HAMILTON HALL WHERE STUDENTS HAVE BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN AND OCCUPY THE BUILDING.

>> HERE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HANDS-OFF NORTHWESTERN.

THERE'S MAYBE A SCUFFLE ON THE FIRST DAY, BUT THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, THEY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION.

YOU, CHICAGO, DEPAUL, COUPLE OTHERS THAT HAVE ENCAMPMENTS.

THEY'VE SORT OF ALLOWED THE STUDENTS TO REMAIN SPEAK ABOUT THEIR DEMANDS.

>> IS THAT LAST AN 8 BECAUSE TODAY WE LEARNED.

>> THAT THE STUDENTS AT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESIDENT HAVE COME TO AN IMPASSE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND THEY'RE NEGOTIATING OVER THE STUDENTS DEMANDS WHICH ARE TO DISCLOSE ANY INVESTMENTS BY THE UNIVERSITY AND WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS TO DIVEST FROM ANY COMPANIES THAT ACTIVELY SUPPORT ISRAEL OR THE ISRAELI MILITARY.

AND FOR YOU, CHICAGO TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN GAZA, WHICH IS EVERY SINGLE UNIVERSITY AND I HAS BOMBED.

IT'S BEEN DESTROYED.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN KILLED.

THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND BEGIN ADDRESS SOME OF THE HARM IT CAUSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND AREA AROUND THE UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS THROUGH ITS INVESTMENTS AND UNIVERSITY NOT DOING.

ARE THEY GOING TO CALLING POLICE?

>> THE PRESIDENT TODAY SAID THAT IT'S TIME TO HE SAID THAT THERE'S NO MORE TIME FOR NEGOTIATION THAT SORT OF COME TO NOW AND THEY'RE NOT.

>> THEY'RE NOT AGREEING ANY OF THE STUDENTS DEMANDS.

TODAY WE SAW SORT OF AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE AT THE ENCAMPMENT.

THEY HAVEN'T MOVED IN TAKE TEMPS AWAY AND SHUT IT DOWN JUST YET LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN COLLEGES ACROSS FRONT OF LEADERSHIP THAT COMING.

IT SEEMS THAT'S WHERE IT'S HEADED.

>> DEPAUL, NOTHING REALLY NEW THERE.

SOME MINOR, A SKIRMISH NEWS OF BUT NOTHING NEW FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON THIS IS SO HUGE, ANYBODY WANT TO BRING ANYTHING ON THIS AGAIN, SNOWING IN THE MAYOR BOTH SEEMING TO SORT OF SUPPORT KEEPING POLICE AWAY.

I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO WATCH AND AGAIN, THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING, IT'S SEEN THAT VOTE SNELLING AND THEY WERE ASKED ABOUT THE NEW CHICAGO PROTESTS AND THE PRESIDENT'S YOU KNOW, FOR MORE FORCE THERE.

>> BOTH JOHNSON ARE TAKING A VERY CAUTIOUS APPROACH HERE, WHICH I THINK IS IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THESE PROTESTS ARE TEEING UP WHAT COULD HAPPEN FOR THE DNC AND PAST.

ALMOST EXACTLY.

AND I WOULD THINK IF I'M YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT CHICAGO THAT I DON'T WANT SORT OF A PRE DNC, SCUFFLE HERE OR OR CERTAINLY NOT WHAT WE SAW COLOMBIA.

>> YEAH.

AND AND THE THING TOO IS IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME HUGE CIP IS INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO YOU WONDER IF THEY'RE STAND SORT OF SHIFTS BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST.

BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S TELLING THEY REALLY WANT TO TRY TO KEEP SOME THE THINGS CALM FOR NOW.

I SORRY AND GET JUST AS WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 6 MINUTES LEFT TIME IT.

LET'S MOVE TRANSPORTATION AND MANY WANT TO GO TO YOU BECAUSE FOLKS WHO RELY TRANSPORTATION USE MULTIPLE AGENCIES TO GET TO WHERE THEY WANT TO PROPOSAL WOULD MERGE CTA, METRA AND PACE INTO ONE SINGLE AGENCY.

>> NOW, WHY WOULD BACKERS THINK THAT THIS IS GOOD IDEA AND DOES IT HELP OR HURT THE CAUSE THAT THE CTA HAS BEEN UNDER SO MUCH FIRE?

SO STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING THIS ORDINANCE OR THIS LEGISLATION THAT WAS EMERGE.

CTA, METRA AND PACE RIGHT.

>> AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THESE AGENCIES ARE FACING A LARGE BUDGET GAP OF 730 MILLION DOLLARS 2026.

IT'S HUGE.

AND WHAT THESE LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING IS HOPING THAT THIS WOULD RESTRUCTURE THE GOVERNMENT'S ASPECT OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS.

TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND WE'LL MAKE IT MORE SORT OF AS WELL AS INTEGRATED AND HOW THE FAIR'S OPERATE RUN SO THAT THEY'RE NOT COMPETING FOR DIFFERENT FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, MECHANISMS WITHIN STATE, WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SOLVE ALL OF THE ISSUES FACING MASS TRANSIT IN THE REGION.

I'M NOT SURE.

BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS MIGHT BE CALLED THE M A.

>> OH, HE GOT OUT GET SOMETIMES IT DOES TAKE THAT IN ORDER TO GET A SPOT ON A VERY CTA TRAIN IF YOU TAKE THE BLUE LINE AS SOLELY, LET'S QUICKLY TURN TO I DO USE THE BLUE LINE TO GET TO O'HARE AND YOU HAVE NEWS JUST THIS AFTERNOON THAT UNITED AMERICAN OF ACTUALLY REACHED A DEAL WITH JOHNSON ON THE AIRPORT'S FUTURE.

WHY IS THIS SHOW STRENGTH FOR JOHNSON AND JUST REAL QUICKLY, WHAT IS THE STATE?

YES.

THIS IS A HUGE DEAL TODAY.

WE'VE LONG WAITED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF O'HARE AND THIS EXPANSION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON GOING BACK TO YOU.

>> MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL'S ADMINISTRATION, OBVIOUSLY THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS DELAYED FOR THE PANDEMIC.

NOT A LOT OF TRAVEL GOING ON.

THEN BUT THEN WHAT HAPPEN IS THE AIRLINES WANTED TO SWITCH AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE SO THAT THEY CAN PRIORITIZE NEW GLOBAL IN THE DEAL ALLOWS THAT AND THE DEAL DOES ALLOW THAT EXACTLY ON.

THE AIRLINES WANT THIS BECAUSE THEY SEE THE GLOBAL TERMINAL IS BRINGING IN MORE INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS.

AND THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN FUELING A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC IT PLACES LIKE O'HARE THAT ARE BIG HUBS.

SO LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS ALSO A FEATHER IN THE CAP FOR THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW.

AND OF YOU HERES A HUGE ECONOMIC ENGINE.

IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IF YOU COME INTO CHICAGO.

WHAT IS STILL UNADDRESSED IS ONE.

IS THIS CONSTRUCTION GOING TO GOING TO START END FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT TO MAYBE TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR PLANE, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE DRIVING THERE IS TALK ABOUT THE CITY MOVING FROM 30 MILES ALLOWED AND MOST CITY STREETS DOWN TO 25.

>> WHY IS THIS JUST A MONEY GRAB FOR SPEEDING DRIVERS?

YES, SO THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING PROPOSE JUST YET.

THERE WAS A HEARING THIS WEEK.

>> AND CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SAFETY.

BASICALLY IT'S THE IDEA IS TO REDUCE THE DEFAULT SPEED LIMIT IN THE CITY FROM 30 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES PER HOUR.

>> DURING HIS HEARING TO HEAD TRANSIT EXPERTS AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, LEADERS WITHIN THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION.

THEY REALLY OUTLINED HOW IMPLEMENT WILL GO, HOW THEY WILL IMPLEMENT THIS.

BUT ALSO HOW POTENTIALLY LIFESAVING THIS COULD BE.

THEY POINT TO CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING YORK, PEDESTRIAN DEATH DECREASED BY 23%.

ONCE THEY'VE REDUCED THE NOT INSIGNIFICANT.

WOW, OK, SO NOT NECESSARILY MINI-GRANTS SAVING LIVES THAT WE WILL IT WOULD NOT BE A SHOW AND SPRING OF 2024.

WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT DOUG, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING TO TURN TO YOU THAT TEAM EXECUTIVES HAD THEIR INITIAL MEETING WITH GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S OFFICE.

>> THE IN WHICH WENT OUT SAID THIS IS A NONSTARTER.

MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE OF SOME OF YOUR CALCULATIONS ABOUT THE PRESS YEAH, RIGHT.

NOT A GREAT MEETING THIS WEEK FOR THE >> YOU KNOW, THEY THEY KIND OF MADE THIS BIG PITCH LAST WEEK FOR LOOKING FOR 3 BILLION DOLLAR STADIUM WITH ANOTHER 1.5 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.

THEY WOULD NEED ABOUT 900 MILLION FROM THE STATE.

PLUS, AT LEAST 325 MILLION FROM NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD COME FROM.

FURTHER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.

LONG STORY SHORT, THAT AND THAT DEBT IS ACTUALLY GOING PILE UP TO MORE LIKE 1.2 BILLION INSPECTORS ALREADY SHELLED OUT ABOUT 6 BILLION FOR THE PAST UPGRADE SOLDIER FIELD.

NOT TO MENTION A GUARANTEED RATE FIELD I WAS FIRST BUILT ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.

SO THESE ARE ALL BIG REASONS WHY GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND A LOT OF OTHER STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE REALLY BEEN TRYING PUT THE BRAKES ON THIS WHOLE PROJECT FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

AND I THINK THIS IS THE REVEALED THAT THEY HAVE.

>> THE TEAM IS GO ANY CHANCES.

CERTAINLY NOT THIS SESSION.

IT WOULD SEEM LIKE I'M A SPY.

KEVIN WARREN WANTING THAT THAT'S PRESENT.

EXACTLY.

YEAH.

I THINK THEY REALLY WANT THIS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.

THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH THAT GOES BY THAT THIS ISN'T HAPPENING, THAT THE CITY MONEY LOSS FOR THE MAYOR'S, BUT THE MONEY SAVED BY TAXPAYERS THAT THE EXACTLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOVERNOR PRITZKER TRYING TO HAMMER HOME.

>> LET'S TURN BRIEFLY TO POLITICS.

WE HAVE A LOT LEAVE THAT COMES JUST ABOUT 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION.

BUT MIDWAY THROUGH WHEN LOCAL PARTIES ARE, LEADING CANDIDATES TO RUN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IF THERE WAS NOT WHAT SOMEBODY THAT RAN IN THE PRIMARY SO KIND SWITCHING THE RULES.

MIDWAY THROUGH THAT GAME IS REPUBLICAN SAY OR ETHICS U.S. DEMOCRATS DO.

NEW LAW CENTER TODAY.

BY THE WAY.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND 2 REPUBLICANS, AT LEAST 2 JUST GOT IN UNDER THE WIRE ON FILING SAID THAT THEY COULD.

>> I DO WANT TO SAY GET AROUND THIS RULE, BUT TO WHAT WAS ALLOWED BEFORE TOOK EFFECT.

EXACTLY.

BUT THERE WAS THIS AMENDMENT THAT WAS SLIPPED IN.

AND YES, IT WOULD PREVENT A GOING ON THE GENERAL ELECTION YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE APPOINTED BY THE PARTIES.

SO BASICALLY IN ORDER TO GET ON THE BALLOT, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PRIMARY SYSTEM.

SO WHAT DOES THIS HAVE AN EFFECT OF THOSE?

AGAIN, REPUBLICANS SAY THIS IS DEMOCRAT STEALING THE ELECTION.

SO 30 SECONDS.

IS THIS WHAT A DEMOCRAT PROTECTION PLAN OR NOT?

IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT ON BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS.

AND MOST OF SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THE CASE IS FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, THOSE 2 REPUBLICANS THAT FILED AND WHAT THEY SEE AS VULNERABLE DISTRICTS.

BUT THAT WAS AN AMAZING LESS THAN 30 SECONDS SUMMATION, TO YOU AND TO ALL OF OUR PANELISTS OF QUARTERS.

AND THAT IS MITCHELL ARMAN TROUT.

BILLIE JEAN GRECKO NADER ISSA AND MANNY WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

LEAVE THAT TO YOU.

YOU COVERED A HEARING WITH DAN PROST BIG NAME THERE AND FOR A GOP CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR DARREN BAILEY.

TELL ME ABOUT THIS.

THIS SUPER PAC DIDN'T GO AWRY COLLUDE.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY JUST WHEN I THINK I'VE COVERED THE CHICAGO HEARING, I CAN.

THEN YOU'VE GOT TO A HEARING IN YOU.

>> BACKROOM DEALS IN CHICAGO COUNTRY AND OF COURSE, ENVELOPE FULL OF 20 MILLION DOLLARS FROM ULINE.

I MEAN, THIS REALLY JUST 20 MILLION DOLLAR 20 MILLION DOLLARS.

YEAH.

IN HUNDREDS.

I LOVE IF IT WERE JUST A STACK.

I'M PICTURING A VERY THICK STAFF ABOUT WHAT I WOULD WIND.

IT IS DECISIONS EXPECTED.

WE'RE NOT GOING HERE UNTIL OR JULY, IT, YOU KNOW, ON THE FACE OF IT, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO GET AROUND WITH SUPER PACS AND THESE GUYS, SEEMS TRY AND >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH AND PROUD SPONSOR OF PROGRAMMING THAT OFFERS ADVICE AND STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL AND