>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE WEEK IN REVIEW, I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

WILL BE JOINED BY OUR GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT.

>>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE A HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

IN ALL, FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT AROUND 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL.

POLICE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED THE NAMES OR AGES OF ANYONE INVOLVED, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THERE IS NO SUSPECT YET.

>> IT'S A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION.

WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.

WE ARE REVIEWING VIDEO IN THE AREA AND CAMERAS.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET FURTHER ALONG WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

>>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAID SHE HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

SHE REVEALED THE NEWS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SAYS SHE IS NOT FEELING ANY SYMPTOMS, WHICH SHE ATTRIBUTES TO BEING FULLY VACCINATED AND BOOSTED.

SHE SAID SHE WILL WORK FROM HOME AND FOLLOW CDC GUIDELINES FOR ISOLATION.

LIGHTFOOT PRESIDED OVER A FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY AND THIS IS HER SECOND REPORTED CASE OF COVID-19.

>>> THE FATHER OF THE MAN CHARGED WITH A HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING NOW FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES OF HIS OWN.

THE LAKE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY IS CHARGING ROBERT CRIMO JR. WITH SEVEN COUNTS OF RECKLESS CONDUCT BECAUSE HE SIGNED HIS SON'S APPLICATION FOR A FIREARM OWNERS IDENTIFICATION CARD.

ROBERT CRIMO III IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL , ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING SEVEN , AND WOULD NEED AND OTHERS OF OTHERS DURING THE HIGHLAND PARK.

FATHER CRIMO JR. IS SET TO APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE TOMORROW.

>>> FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY ALDER WOMAN CARRIE AUSTIN IS TRYING TO PULL A FAST ONE BY CLAIMING SHE IS TOO SICK TO STAND TRIAL.

AUSTIN HAS SAID SHE IS SUFFERING FROM HEALTH ISSUES WHICH SHOULD EXEMPT HER FROM GOING TO TRIAL.

IN A COURT MOTION TODAY, PROSECUTORS SAY THEY DID LIMITED SURVEILLANCE OF AUSTIN AND FOUND THAT SHE DID A NUMBER OF THINGS.

AMONG THEM, VISITING A BEAUTY STORE, A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, AND GOT HER HAIR DONE, SUGGESTING THAT IF SHE EXAGGERATING.

SHE IS CHARGED WITH GETTING PERSONAL BENEFITS FROM A CONTRACTOR TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY AMONG OTHER THINGS.

>>> NOW TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US IS SARAH KARP OF 91.5.

MIKE FLANNERY OF FOX 32 NEWS.

SARAH FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND GREG PRATT , ALSO OF THE TRIBUNE.

LET'S GET TO OUR AGENDA FOR THE EVENING.

>>> FIRST, CHICAGO IS ON TRACK FOR A NUMBER OF MAJOR PROJECTS.

THE LONG SOUGHT AFTER CASINO IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

THE PEOPLE ALSO APPROVED FUNDING FOR EXTENDING THE RED LINE TO 130th ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE.

>>> MEANWHILE, A CONTROVERSIAL NEW HIGH SCHOOL APPROVED ON THE CHA'S OLD LOCATION.

AFTER NINE YEARS AND MORE THAN $800 MILLION, THE INTERCHANGE OFFICIALLY OPENED.

>>> THAT'S A LOT TO GET TO.

MIKE FLANNERY, THESE ARE SOME BIG-TICKET ITEMS THAT PASSED OUT OF CITY COUNCIL YESTERDAY.

THE CASINO APPROVAL, A TIP FOR THE RED LINE EXTENSION SOUTH TO 130th.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT EVEN ELUDED THE FORMER MAYOR.

SHOULD LIGHTFOOT BE TAKING A VICTORY LAP?

>> WELL, SHE IS AND IT'S MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT PROJECT IN PARTICULAR WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.

THEN, EVEN ADDITIONAL YEARS BEFORE PEOPLE WILL BE USING IT.

THE FIRST DESIGNATION OF THIS AS A PROJECT THE FEDS WOULD BE WILLING TO FUND DID COME UNDER MAYOR EMANUEL AS YOU NOTED.

>> GREG PRATT, ARE THESE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT COULD TRANSLATE TO CAMPAIGN SUCCESS AS POLLS ARE OUT NOW SHOWING THAT SHE IS TRAILING SOME OF HER CHALLENGERS?

>> OF COURSE.

THE MAYOR HAS A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO AND SUCCEED WITHIN THE PAST FOUR YEARS THAT SHE CAN TALK ABOUT.

THINGS THAT ARE GOING DOWN THE PIKE LIKE THE CASINO.

LIKE THE RED LINE EXTENSION.

AND THE ISSUE FOR HER IS GOING TO BE WHETHER SHE CAN GET THAT OUT, AND GET IT OUT BEYOND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAUSED HER PROBLEMS LIKE CRIME AND LIKE THE CRITICISM OF HER PERSONALITY SOMETIMES.

SHE ABSOLUTELY HAS THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

>> LET'S TAKE SOME OF THESE BIG-TICKET ITEMS AND PICK THEM APART.

SARAH WITH THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT FOR THE RED LINE EXTENSION.

IT'S ABOUT $900 MILLION THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK?

>> SO, THIS TIP IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A TRADITIONAL TIP THAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING OF.

BASICALLY THEY WILL BE TAKING THAT ROUGHLY $950 MILLION.

IT'S GOING TO BE GENERATED IN A STRETCH OF THE CITY FROM DOWNTOWN TO BROWNSVILLE BASICALLY.

THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY THAT IS GENERATED, AND BRING IT FURTHER SOUTH TO BUILD A RED LINE EXTENDED 5 1/2 MILES.

>> FROM 95th DOWN TO 130th STREET.

THEY PASS THIS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GET SOME OF THAT FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS, AS MUCH AS $2 BILLION.

IS IT A SENSE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET THAT MONEY, THAT FEDERAL MONEY?

>> IT WAS PRETTY KEY.

IT WAS A KEY STEP FORWARD IN GETTING THAT.

THEY DO STILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET THE FEDERAL GRANTS AND SOME OTHER MONEY ON TOP OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS.

THIS PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO BE $3.6 BILLION, SO THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF MONEY LEFT TO GET.

>> SARAH KARP, THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT SINCE PERHAPS THE 1950s.

THIS IS THE FUNDING ASPECT OF IT, BUT DO YOU THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN?

WILL THERE BE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND AT SOME POINT TO START BUILDING THIS EXTENSION?

>> I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR THE DAILY SOUTHTOWN RIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL IN 1995.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EXTENSION BECAUSE THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS ARE VERY INTERESTED.

ESPECIALLY LIKE CALUMET CITY AND PLACES FURTHER SOUTH.

IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME.

I DO WONDER IF IT WILL EVER GET DONE, BUT NOW THAT THEY HAVE MONEY, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT, ISN'T IT LIKE THE OLDER MAN FOR LIKE THE BROWNSVILLE AREA -- >> McDOWELL.

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT WAS THE ONE THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT.

>> I THINK THAT IS KIND OF INTERESTING.

I WONDER IF SHE CAN MAKE SOME OF HER POINTS.

TIPS ARE USUALLY VERY MUCH WITH THE ALDERMEN.

THAT IN FACT, THE TIPS MONEY THEY USE TO BUY THE LAND THAT IS IN THE AREA FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IS SOMETHING THAT SHE IS REALLY PUSHING FOR.

>> SHE WAS IN FAVOR OF THAT.

FIRST, LET'S RUN A QUOTE FROM MAYOR LIGHTFOOT FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THIS EXTENSION.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAR SOUTH SIDE.

A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME COMING.

[ APPLAUSE ] IT'S ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.

>> WHAT'S APPROVED IS THIS TAX INCREASE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN OFFICIAL PLANS DRAWN UP ACTUALLY TO EXTEND THE RED LINE OR WHAT DATE THIS MIGHT BEGIN.

MIKE FLANNERY, CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THE CASINO PLAN.

IS IT A CINCH NOW THAT IT'S GOING TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE GAMING BOARD?

THAT IS THE LAST STEP.

>> I THINK IN THE END IT WILL GET APPROVAL.

I WOULDN'T SAY IT IS A CINCH.

I THINK THEY WILL FACE SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS.

I DON'T THINK -- AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING AT A TRANSITION POTENTIALLY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SHOULD LORI LIGHTFOOT WIN REELECTION.

IT WOULD CERTAINLY STRENGTHEN THE CASE FOR BALLY'S.

I THINK THERE ARE POTENTIAL SLIPS , BUT I THINK IN THE END THEY ARE GOING TO WIN THE APPROVAL.

>> GREG PRATT, I DON'T HAVE A SHAKESPEARE QUOTE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU, BRENDAN RILEY BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT BALLY'S IS LEVERAGED WITH A WHOLE LOT OF THAT HERE.

IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THE CITY COULD WIND UP WITH LIKE A HALF FINISHED EYE SORE?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF BRENDAN RILEY SAID THAT OR IF IT WAS MARK TWAIN, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF RISKS.

I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVITY AROUND THE CASINO FROM SOME PEOPLE.

THEY MAY BE RIGHT, BUT IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THE CITY, THE MAYOR, THE TRADE UNIONS, HOW MUCH ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS , THE STATE.

THE STATE IS RELYING ON THIS MONEY FOR LOGISTICAL STOP IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT WHOLE ECOSYSTEM ALLOWING THIS PROJECT TO FAIL.

BUT I GUESS IT IS POSSIBLE, AND IT WOULD BE A HINDENBURG LEVEL COLLAPSE.

I WILL QUOTE OH, THE HUMANITY, IF IT DOES.

>> LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER QUOTES WE CAN THROW INTO THIS BROADCAST.

SARAH KARP, YOU BROUGHT UP THE APPROVAL OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE JUST EAST OF CHINATOWN.

HOW DID THIS VOTE COME DOWN?

>> ONLY FIVE ALDERMEN VOTED AGAINST IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPOSITION IN THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK ONE THING THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING HERE IS THAT IN SOME WAYS, THIS PROJECT, $8 MILLION HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETELY APPROVED BY CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THERE IS STILL A FEW MORE STEPS TO TAKE.

I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING THING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN BROWNSVILLE ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS HIGH SCHOOL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT THE NEARBY SCHOOLS WILL BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THIS NEW SCHOOL.

ALSO, SOME RESIDENTS , A GROUP OF THEM HAVE COME OUT VERY MUCH AGAINST ALLOWING THE PLAN TO BE USED FOR A SCHOOL.

THEY SAY THEY DON'T TRUST THAT ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL BE BUILT.

>> THE OTHER PART SAYS THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE SAYING SHE IS GOING TO CUT OFF $50 MILLION IN STATE SUBSIDIES FOR THIS SCHOOL.

IS THAT GOING TO HINDER ITS ABILITY TO GET BUILT?

>> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YES, I MEAN IF SHE DOESN'T COME THROUGH WITH IT.

ALSO THIS WEEK, OFFICIALS ARE VERY LIKE SUTLEY AT THE KHMER HEARING, UPPED THE PRICE.

ALL SUMMER AND THROUGH SEPTEMBER WHEN PART OF IT WAS PASSED BY THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IT WAS THAT IT WAS A $120 MILLION PROJECT, OF WHICH 50 MILLION WAS COMING FROM THE STATE.

NOW THE $50 MILLION IS IN QUESTION AND NOW IT IS A $150 MILLION PROJECT.

NOW, IT IS GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.

I REALLY THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT HAS MANY UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS .

THEY ARE FACING A FINANCIAL CLIFF ACCORDING TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOOKED AT IT.

THIS IS THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVERAGES BONDS IN ORDER TO BUILD.

SO, WHEN YOU SAY IT IS $150 MILLION AND IT MIGHT BE MORE BECAUSE OVER TIME THESE THINGS TEND TO GO, YOU ARE LEVERAGING A LOT OF MONEY .

IT GETS COMPOUNDED IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK THIS IS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT REALLY PLAYING TO PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH .

PEOPLE IN CHINATOWN AND ALSO THE WEST.

WILDLY ENOUGH, PARTS OF THE WEST ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE BOUNDARY FOR THIS NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS WAY FARTHER AWAY THAN MANY OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS.

>> THAT WOULD BE A LONG COMMUTE.

GREG PRATT, ISN'T THERE AN ELEMENT OF RACIAL POLITICS HERE?

ADVOCATES IN CHINATOWN HAVE LONG WANTED A HIGH SCHOOL IN CHINATOWN WITH CHINESE LANGUAGE SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN CHINATOWN AND WOULD SERVE MORE OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION.

IS THIS UNDER THE DEBATE HERE?

>> YOU CAN'T EVER GET RACE OUT OF CHICAGO POLITICS.

IT'S ALWAYS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, AND THAT SOMETIMES IT IS QUIET, AND SOMETIMES IT IS NOT.

IN THIS CASE, THAT IS AN ISSUE TOO.

>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT IS GOING TO BE MOSTLY A BLACK POPULATION.

IT IS MOSTLY THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE BUILT FOR THE CHILDREN -- FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN.

THEY THINK IT IS GOING TO BE BUILT FOR THE SOUTHLAKE'S CHILDREN OR CHILDREN FROM CHINATOWN.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS.

TODAY LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INTERCHANGE.

>>> AFTER EIGHT OR NINE YEARS, IS IT ACTUALLY DONE?

I KNOW THE GOVERNOR HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE SAYING THAT'S IT, LET'S CUT THE RIBBON, IT'S ALL OVER.

BUT, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE DONE.

>> [ LAUGHTER ] IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT IT MIGHT EVER BE DONE.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT , YES, IT IS DONE.

ALL OF THE LANES, ALL OF THE EXIT RAMPS, ALL OF THAT HAS REOPENED.

AS OF TODAY.

THERE IS STILL SOME ODDS AND ENDS LIKE SOME PAVING, SOME LANDSCAPING , SOME PAINTING.

SOME OF THAT WILL BE GOING ON THROUGH THE WINTER IN THE SPRING.

LANES OF TRAFFIC ARE ALREADY OPEN.

>> BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG PRODUCT IN CHICAGO, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT COST OVERRUNS THAT WE KIND OF ANTICIPATED THERE WOULD BE.

HOW BIG ARE THOSE OVERRUNS?

>> THE CURRENT PRICE TAG IS OVER $806 MILLION.

THAT'S ABOUT $270 MILLION OVER BUDGET , SO A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT OVERRUN.

>> THIS IS WHAT ALL MOTORISTS WANT TO KNOW, SARAH.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPROVE MY COMMUTE TIME FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO THE SOUTH SIDE, OR GETTING ON THE EISENHOWER GOING WEST?

>> THEY SAY, THEY ARE TELLING US THAT IT WILL SHAVE A LOT OF TIME OFF OF COMMUTES.

OBVIOUSLY JUST HAVING ALL OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION CONES AND LANE CLOSURES.

HAVING ALL THAT GONE WILL BE A RELIEF.

THEY ALSO SAY THAT IT IS GOING TO MAKE THAT WHOLE INTERCHANGE A LOT SAFER TO DRIVE ON.

SO, THOSE RAMPS , BACK IN THE 50s AND 60s WHEN THEY WERE BUILT, THEY WERE BUILT PRETTY STEEPLY.

THEY KIND OF SMOOTHED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT OUT.

>> WE WILL EAGERLY AWAIT THE NEXT RENOVATION.

THAT SHOULD HAPPEN ANY YEAR.

>>> POLLS SHOW MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TRAILING SOME OF HER CHALLENGERS.

WILL AND EMOTIONAL NEW CAMPAIGN AD HELP SOFTEN HER ABRASIVE IMAGES?

AND OTHERS SPAR OVER ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY.

MIKE FLANNERY, YOU HAD A POLL ON FOX 32 SHOWING MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IN THIRD PLACE.

WE HAD A POLL COMMISSIONED BY A UNION THAT IS ENDORSING GARCIA THAT SHOWED GARCIA OUT FRONT.

HOW MUCH DO WE MAKE OF THE POLLS RIGHT NOW?

>> THE SURVEY THAT WE REPORTED, PARIS, WAS JUST PAID FOR BY THE POLLSTER, NOT BY A CAMPAIGN.

I THINK THESE POLLS ARE A SNAPSHOT.

THESE TWO, THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS REPORTED THE OTHER NIGHT AND THAT WE REPORTED LAST NIGHT ON FOX 32, A LINE.

THEY SHOWED GARCIA IS A CLEAR EARLY FRONT RUNNER .

NOW, HE COULD YET STUMBLE AND FALL.

BUT, THE FINDING OF THAT SURVEY THAT WE REPORTED LAST NIGHT, THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WAS ACTUALLY BEHIND .

JUST ABOUT TIED WITH HER, WILLIE WILSON.

THAT IS A ONE SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH CITY HALL.

IT'S EXTREMELY RARE FOR A CHICAGO INCUMBENT MAYOR NOT TO MAKE THE RUNOFF.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS RUNOFF GAME GOING FOR A LONG TIME HERE.

STILL RELATIVELY NEW.

BUT, IT WOULD BE UNHEARD OF FOR LIGHTFOOT NOT TO MAKE THE RUNOFF.

IT'S ASTOUNDING THAT SHE IS IN JEOPARDY OF DOING JUST THAT.

>> GREG PRATT, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE CHALLENGERS ARE TREATING GARCIA AND LIGHTFOOT AS THE FRONT RUNNERS.

THEY WERE DINGING THE TWO OF THEM FOR THEIR TIES TO THE FOLLOWING CRYPTO MAN, SAM BANKMAN-FRIED.

REMIND US WHAT THOSE TIES ARE.

>> THE DISGRACED CRYPTO KING , HE ALLEGEDLY WAS DEFRAUDING PEOPLE AND STEALING MONEY.

HE HAD GIVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH, AND HE HAD GIVEN SIX-FIGURE DONATIONS TO GARCIA.

HE HAD DONE AND IT EVENT, OR HIS COMPANY HAD DONE AN EVENT WITH THE CITY.

SO, BOTH OF THEM ARE FACING SOME HEAT.

ON THE FRONT RUNNERS, SITUATION, GARCIA AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ARE THE FRONT RUNNERS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BEST-KNOWN.

THEY HAVE RESOURCES.

THEY HAVE NOTORIETY.

ANYBODY WHO COUNTS THEM IN OR OUT AT THIS POINT, FORGETS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TIME LEFT FOR OTHER CANDIDATES TO GROW AND TO MAKE THEIR MOVE.

YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE BRANDON JOHNSON START TO SPEND HIS MONEY.

YOU ARE GOING TO SEE KAM BUCKNER AND SOPHIA KING WORKED PRETTY HARD AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE MAYOR FIGHT BACK.

EVERY TIME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW THE MAYOR HAS DONE, OR HOW SHE IS IN TROUBLE, WHICH SHE IS IN TROUBLE, BUT WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT, SHE IS GOING TO FIGHT BACK.

THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WHETHER IT MAKES ENOUGH OF A DIFFERENCE FOR HER, WHO KNOWS.

THIS THING IS FAR FROM OVER.

>> THE TWO OF THEM, GARCIA AND LIGHTFOOT, DIDN'T NECESSARILY FIGHT BACK AT A CAMPAIGN FORUM THIS WEEK ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE PUT ON BY A PROGRESSIVE GROUP.

THEY WERE NO-SHOWS.

SARAH CARTER, THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY ARE RUNNING SIGN ROSE GARDEN STRATEGY.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THE LESS I SAY THE BETTER I AM.

MAYBE FOR LIGHTFOOT, THE FACT THAT SHE HAS PART OF THE ANNUITY.

ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE'S BEING ATTACKED.

IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR HER NOT TO BE RESPONDING.

SOMETIME SHE CAN RESPOND A LITTLE SHARPLY.

THAT MIGHT CHANGE THAT IMAGE THAT SHE'S TRYING TO PUT OUT HERE.

SHE IS TRYING TO CHANGE IT RIGHT NOW FOR BEING SORT OF SHARP TONGUED TO BEING WARM AND FUZZY.

>> SPEAKING OF CHANGING HER IMAGE, SHE PUT OUT AN ADVERTISEMENT THIS WEEK THAT DOES PURPORT TO SHOW HER SOFTER SIDE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> I'M THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR KIDS.

BOTH MY PARENTS WERE BORN IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH.

I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE BUT FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT MY PARENTS MADE FOR ME, AND PARTICULARLY MY MOM.

>> THAT A MORE EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL APPEAL HERE.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY?

>> I THINK IT IS A STRATEGY THAT MAYBE IS A LITTLE BIT PREDICTABLE.

MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING.

COMING AT A TIME , AS YOU POINTED OUT, SHE DID NOT COME TO THE CANDIDATE FORUM THIS WEEK.

SHE IS PORTRAYING THIS MORE EMOTIONAL SIDE.

CERTAINLY SHE DID HAVE SOME BIG WINS .

BOTH REAL ONES AND WHAT SHE HAD PORTRAYED AS WINS.

IN CITY COUNCIL , SHE MAYBE IS LETTING THAT DO A LITTLE BIT OF THE TALKING FOR HER.

>> I THINK THIS WAS HER VERSION OF THE SWEATER COMMERCIAL.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT.

>> EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.

>> WE HAVE TO REFERS TO THIS AS THE SWEATER STRATEGY .

LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER POLITICAL NEWS.

>>> CONGRESSMAN ADAM KANE THINKER GIVES A TOP FAREWELL SPEECH ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.

>>> POLICE SCANNERS BLOCKS MEDIA FROM BREAKING NEWS.

>>> MEANTIME AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR REPORTS THAT CPD IS FAILING TO MEET GOALS OF THE CONSENT DECREE.

>>> ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS HEAR MORE WRENCHING TESTIMONY ON ANOTHER HEARING REVOLVING AROUND BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS.

>>> ADAM KINSINGER GIVES A FRANK AND EMOTIONAL GOODBYE SPEECH TO CONGRESS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> I KNOW THAT STANDING UP FOR TRUTH .

IT WOULD COST ME MY JOB, FRIENDSHIPS, AND EVEN PERSONAL SECURITY.

I WOULD, WITHOUT HESITATION, DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> MIKE FLANNERY, THE CONGRESSMAN OBVIOUSLY THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN WHO BROKE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER JANUARY 6th WAS ON THE COMMITTEE.

THAT COMMITTEE NOW REPORTEDLY ISSUING CRIMINAL REFERRALS TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THINGS LIKE CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT KIND OF WAKE DOES THIS REFERRAL HAVE?

>> I DON'T THINK THAT MERRICK GARLAND IN PARTICULAR , THE PRIDE OF NILES TOWNSHIP UP THERE IN THE NORTH SUBURBS, WANTS TO BE SEEN AS INFLUENCED POLITICALLY.

BUT, THE WEIGHT THAT THIS WOULD CARRY WHEN NEXT WEEK APPARENTLY IT IS GOING TO BE UNVEILED BY THE COMMITTEE, IT WILL COME WITH THE PUBLIC.

LAYING OUT THE CASE, WE SAW CONGRESSMAN KING'S ANGER IN MEDIA INTERVIEWS HAS SAID HE BELIEVES PRESIDENT TRUMP ABSOLUTELY BROKE -- ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED CRIMES .

THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.

A PIECE THAT WE MAY BE TALKING ABOUT IN YEARS TO COME, PERHAPS NEXT YEAR EVEN WITH KINSINGER, IS WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO NEXT?

FORMER CONGRESSMAN DAN LIPINSKI HAD TOLD ME THAT KINSINGER HAS REACHED OUT TO HIM.

HE WAS A DEMOCRAT, A CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT, WHO LOST THE SEAT FOR NOT BEING WITHIN THE MAINSTREAM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY , ALLEGEDLY.

THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO -- KINSINGER, IN THINK ABOUT SOME KIND OF THIRD FORCE, MAYBE NOT A THIRD PARTY, BUT A THIRD FORCE IN U.S.

POLITICS.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED, LAPINSKI WAS MORE CENTRIC, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL ISSUES.

FAMOUSLY ANTIABORTION.

>>> GREG PRATT, I WANT TO MOVE BACK LOCAL.

THIS PLAN TO ENCRYPT POLICE SCANNERS AND REAL-TIME.

REGULAR FOLKS OR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR POLICE CALLS AS THEY DO NOW.

SOMETIMES IF YOU ARE IN THE MEDIA YOU HEAR THE POLICE SCANNER AND YOU CAN GET YOUR CREW TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

WHAT'S THE ULTIMATE EFFECT OF THIS?

ENCRYPTING THESE COMMUNICATIONS?

>> IT IS TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO BACK 30 YEARS.

IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE AND REGRETTABLE.

THE MEDIA, IN PARTICULAR, AND EVEN CITIZEN SCANNERS, THEY GET INFORMATION OUT AND IT IS CRITICAL.

SOMETIMES THEY CAN HELP HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

THE CITY KEEPS MAKING ARGUMENTS THAT ARE RHETORICAL SLEIGHTS OF HAND.

THEY ARE NOT INTELLECTUALLY VALID OR IN MY VIEW, PARTICULARLY HONEST.

THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE PEOPLE INTERFERE WITH THE SCANNERS, OR WE DON'T WANT CRIMINALS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHICH DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHY YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW THE MEDIA TO ACCESS IT.

THAT'S A SEPARATE MATTER THAN LIKE A GUY IN A VAN.

THIS IS REALLY BAD.

>> I KNOW A LOT OF JOURNALISTS ARE PUSHING BACK, BUT IT DOES APPEAR THE MAYOR IS PUSHING FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN TO ENCRYPT THESE COMMUNICATIONS.

>>> WE ARE OUT OF TIME BUT OUR THANKS TO OUR PANEL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW, I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE, AND GOOD NIGHT.

>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD LAW.

A PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRM PLEASED TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH NUMEROUS CHARITY OF INITIATIVES.