>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ GAZA.

CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION RIPS APART CITY COUNCIL.

>> 26 PALESTINIANS NOW HAVE KILLED.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DIGGING.

THROUGH THE RUBBLE.

FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.

WE SHOULD NOT PASS A LESS.

IT MAKES CLEAR THAT CANNOT.

>> AND SHOULD NOT ATTACK AGAIN.

THIS RESOLUTION FAILS TO DO THAT.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON CAST TIE BREAKING VOTE ON GAZA CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION AFTER CHAOTIC CITY COUNCIL DEBATE JEWISH LEADERS AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER LAMENT THAT THE RESOLUTION DIDN'T INVOLVE LANGUAGE SUPPORTING VICTIMS OF ALLEGED HAMAS TERROR ACTIVITIES.

CTU PRESIDENT IN HOT WATER OVER COMMENTS TELLING MEMBERS TO, QUOTE, PUNCH THEIR PRINCIPLE IN THE FACE.

TRUMP AND BIDEN GET TO STAY ON THE ILLINOIS BALLOT.

ALTHOUGH TRUMP OPPONENTS MAY TAKE THE ISSUE UP IN STATE COURT, THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS SLAMMED FOR SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN THE WAKE OF MULTIPLE DEATHS ON THE JOB AND WORKERS AT THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE WALK OFF THE JOB IN SEARCH OF BETTER PAY AND BENEFITS FROM CORPORATE OVERLORD, ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL.

>> NOW TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL JOINING US ARM RIGHT, WILLFUL FROM WBEZ SOPHIE SHERRY OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.

MELODY MERCADO FROM BLOCK CLUB, CHICAGO AND FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, STEVE DANIELS OF THE EDITORIAL PAGE THERE.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY IS BITTERLY DIVIDED ON THIS GUY'S A CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION.

MARIAH SET THE SCENE FOR US ON WEDNESDAY.

THIS CHAOTIC MEETING.

>> SO HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS, MOST OF THEM IN SUPPORT OF THE CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION.

THEY'VE BEEN SHOWING UP TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS, PUSHING THE CITY COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN ON THIS INTERNATIONAL CRISIS.

AND YOU SAW THE DIVIDE PLAY OUT IN THE COUNCIL THAT I THINK IS A REFLECTION OF ALDERMAN'S CONSTITUENTS AND OF THE CITY AND OF THE NATION.

A 23 TO 23 VOTE THAT WAS BROKEN BY MAYOR JOHNSON WHO VOTED IN FAVOR PAST THE CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR 3 THINGS IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE, HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA, AS WELL AS THE RELEASE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES PROPONENTS SPOKE OUT SAYING THAT EVEN IF THIS IS SYMBOLIC, IT SENDS A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO PALESTINIANS IN CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY OPPONENTS SPOKE OUT AND SAID WE SHOULD BE WEIGHING IN ON AN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, LEAVE THIS TO JOE BIDEN TO WORK.

SO WE SHARE WE HEARD THE JEWISH DENVER SILVERSTEIN, THEIR SAY.

>> THIS WAS NOT THE WAY TO GO.

WHAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT OPPONENTS WANTED IN THERE.

IT SEEMS SPEAKING TO THE ALDERMAN AFTER THE MEETING, THE THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE UN COMPONENTS OF THIS BILL AND GOLD SILVER WITH RAY LOPEZ REALLY JUST WANTED THEIR ALTERNATIVE TO BE JUST CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES.

THERE.

>> SO SO DIVIDE HERE.

PALESTINIAN AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, EMILY MERCADO AND SOMETIMES REPORTING THAT MAYOR JOHNSON ASKED SOME OTHER PEOPLE NOT TO SHOW UP IF THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE.

YES, SO HE COULD GET.

THAT'S WHY YOU SO MUCH POLITICAL CAPITAL ON THIS PHONE.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO SOME KIND OF LAW IN CHICAGO.

>> WRITE IT, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY CORRECT THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT THE MATTER OF FACT HERE IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY BEING THE LARGEST POPULATIONS OF PALESTINIANS IN THE COUNTRY IN COOK COUNTY.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST BEING SYMBOLIC.

IT'S IT'S AS ALDERMAN JIM GARDNER WAS WAS SAYING TO COUNCIL IT'S ABOUT SHOWING PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION ON COUNCIL THAT WE HEAR YOU.

WE SUPPORT YOU.

AND WE, YOU KNOW, WANT WANT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR FOR YOU.

PALESTINIANS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT OF THEM DO HAVE CONNECTIONS AND HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OR IMMIGRATED FROM GAZA, BUT SEED AS OR JEWISH AMERICANS WHO FELT THE ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS COME OUT OF SOME OF THESE PROTESTS SAYING, DO YOU HEAR US, THOUGH?

>> RIGHT.

AND THE YOU KNOW, WE HAD A TORY ALLIES ON AND FOUND THE WHOLE SPECTACLE TO BE APPALLING TO BE THE IT WAS A VERY ONE-SIDED RESOLUTION.

THE ONE SINGLE JEWISH, ALTHOUGH ALDERMEN ON THE COUNCIL SILVERSTEIN.

>> WANT SOME CHANGES TO REFLECT A HAMAS STARTED.

THIS THINGS LIKE THAT WAS REBUFFED.

YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR MOVED HEAVEN AND EARTH TO GET THIS THING PASSED BY THE BAREST OF MARGINS, WHICH DOESN'T EXACTLY HAVE THE CAST.

THE TIE BREAKING VOTE.

ALDERMAN TO LEAVE SO THAT IT WOULD RIGHT NOW ALL 50 ALDERMEN HAD BEEN THERE.

IT WOULD HAVE FAILED.

I MEAN, THAT THAT SEEMS CLEAR.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF MESSAGE THAT REALLY SET AGAIN USING POLITICAL CAPITAL.

BUT IS THERE CRITICISM HERE THAT THE CITY IS DEALING WITH MIGRANT CRISIS, THAT THAT IS, KNOW, NOT GETTING BETTER.

3 KIDS SHOT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL EDGE IS THERE A DISCONNECT HERE BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR TIME ON AND CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT RESIDENTS ARE SEEING HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THE CITY COUNCIL GOT TO A POINT WHERE THEY HAD NO CHOICE.

BUT TO WEIGH ON, WEIGH IN ON THIS CRISIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ORGANIZERS HAVE DEMANDED AND HAVE SHOWN UP AT CITY HALL AND FLOODED THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL TO SAY >> THAT EVEN IF IT IS SYMBOLIC, WE NEED YOU TO SPEAK OUT WEIGH IN ON THIS AS A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO.

AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD A CHOICE IN THE MATTER OF WHETHER TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY THEY DID IT SYMBOLICALLY AS A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT.

YOU COULD SAY THAT THEY DID IT IN HOPES.

YOU MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS A PROGRESSIVE AND AND AN ORGANIZER.

AND SO THIS FALLS IN LINE WITH HIS PRIORITIES.

THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OF THE COUNCIL IS PROGRESSIVE.

AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY DIDN'T SYMBOLICALLY, WHETHER THEY DID IT TO TRY TO HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT AND APPLY PRESSURE ON JOE BIDEN TO HELP OTHER CITIES BUILD CONSENSUS AROUND SIMILAR CEASE-FIRE.

RESOLUTIONS.

SO YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE THERE ARE OTHER MAJOR CITIES CALLING FOR THIS AND INCREASING PRESSURE OR WHETHER THEY DID IT SO THAT THEY CAN GET ON WITH THEIR THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING AND CREATING CHAOS IN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 4 MONTHS NOW.

RIGHT?

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF A LOT OF PROTESTS SHUT DOWN CITY COUNCIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO FOR.

>> THE FIRST TIME WE RECALL THAT HAPPENING, THERE ARE SOME PRESSURE FROM CPS STUDENTS.

DOES ANYONE KNOW >> WHO ORGANIZED THOSE CPS WALKOUTS THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

>> I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO BE SOME COLLECTIVE ORGANIZING.

I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF BUT SEEING THE STUDENTS WERE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS THE CITY.

BUT I MEAN, I THINK WAS 15 DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW THAT PARTICIPATED IN WITH MY ATTENTION.

I KNOW LINCOLN PARK HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE KIDS, YOU KNOW, WALK TO THE ALDERMAN'S OFFICE FIRST DEMANDING A YES VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE ALL HEADING DOWN TO CITY COUNCIL.

LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A NATIONAL EVEN THE KIDS THERE AND ALDERMAN ECHOED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN PIECE MIGHT BE PEOPLE OF VOTING AGE ARE APPROACHING VOTING AGE.

BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF CHANCE OF, YOU KNOW, WE CUP BIDEN.

YOU CAN'T HIDE.

WE SEE SO VERY, YOU KNOW, CLEAR AND CONCISE, ORGANIZING AROUND 3RD LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY, SENDING THAT KIND OF MESSAGE.

THEY'RE HOPING THAT THE PRESIDENT >> LISTENS TO THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, STUDENT PROTESTS COME A DAY AFTER CHICAGO TEACHERS, UNION LEADERSHIP STANDS UP AT A PRESS CONFERENCE SUPPORTING THE CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTIONS, CTU WE SAW SENT OUT A LETTER MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, YOUR JOB IS NOT TO ENCOURAGE ANY PROTESTING.

YOU'RE JUST THERE TOO.

SUPERVISING KEEP STUDENTS SAFE.

WE HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THAT CTU AND ANY OF THIS ON.

BUT DOES IT KIND OF MUGGY HERE THAT YES, THEIR UNION SUPPORT SYSTEM NOW BUNCH OF STUDENTS THAT THEY TEACHER WALKOUT.

>> YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I READ AND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY TRIED TO BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THE TEACHERS DIDN'T GET INTO TROUBLE BY SORT OF GOING OVER THE LINE THERE AND SAY, YOU A SORT OF EXHORTING THEIR STUDENTS TO TAKE ONE POSITION OR ANOTHER OR TO JOIN THE WALKOUT OR SO I DON'T THINK WE AT LEAST I'VE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE THAT ACTUAL RANK AND FILE TEACHERS SORT AT THE BASE.

THEY WERE TOLD TO BE ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR INFO FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL.

THEY WERE RIGHT.

WE, YOU KNOW, NON FAN OF THIS ORDINANCES, GOVERNOR PRITZKER, WHO BASICALLY SAID HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S GOING TO CALM MUCH AND HE WASN'T SO FUND.

>> OF THE LANGUAGE, ANOTHER KIND OF REBUKE AGAINST MAYOR JOHNSON THE 2 OF THEM SEEM TO ON THEIR PRIORITIES IN THE MEDIA.

LOT.

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S TRUE.

BUT I THINK HERE AGAIN, MAYOR JOHNSON REPRESENTING CHICAGO, LIKE MARIAH SAID, IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE CITY COUNCIL REALLY NEED TO WEIGH IN AND HE GAVE THAT SUPPORT A WEEK BEFORE THE VOTE HAPPENED.

THEN AT THE END, HE FOLLOW HAD TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH HIS WORD WITH THE TIE BREAKING >> ALL RIGHT.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO HAPPEN ON THAT AT THIS POINT OR IS AT THE END OF OF THE CAUSE, JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

>> WELL, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE CONTINUED ORGANIZING THE U.S. ON LEADING UP TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR BOTH LEADING UP TO PRESSURING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO TAKE ACTION THAT ORGANIZERS FEEL IS MORE IN LINE GIVING AMERICAN RESIDENT.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

AS LONG AS LONG AS CONFLICT GOES ON.

>> KIND OF ECHOES SHADES OF 1968.

DEPEND A LOT, THOUGH, WHETHER HE'S STILL GOING ON.

I MEAN, RIGHT, WE'VE GOT PRETTY INVOLVED.

NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT.

IT'S VERY CLEAR THE PRESIDENT BIDEN DOES NOT WANT THIS CONFLICT TO DRAG ON INTO THE LEFT ELECTION.

MEANS IT'S OBVIOUS HE'S DOING BEHIND THE SCENES AND HE'S TAKING A TOUGHER STANCE.

NO, I WANT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL FOLKS THAT THAT MESS AROUND IN THE WEST BANK BASICALLY IN I WANT TO ASK YOU, WE DID A STORY THIS PRINCIPAL AT A SCHOOL FILED A REPORT, A POLICE REPORT AFTER CTU PRESIDENT STACY DAVIS.

GATES AT A YEMENI TELLS MEMBERS TO PUNCH THEIR PRINCIPLE IN THE FACE.

>> SHE SAYS HE'S WERE FIGURATIVE TAKING OUT A LINE.

DOES THAT MAKE THEM OK?

YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM OKAY.

>> WORDS WORDS DO MATTER.

YOU AND YOUR THE LEADER OF THE ONE AT THIS POINT.

LET'S JUST BE HONEST, IS THE MOST POLITICALLY POWERFUL GROUP IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

YOU'VE GOT WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT.

YOU CAN'T BE USING THOSE KINDS OF TERMS NOT TO DO.

I THINK SHE WAS LITERALLY EXHORTING PEOPLE TO PUNCH THE PRINCIPLE IN THE FACE.

PROBABLY NOT.

BUT BUT COME IT'S NOT THAT HARD WHEN YOU'RE PER PERSON IN A POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY TO WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE YOU CAN SAY THINGS FORCEFULLY WITHOUT BEING LIKE THAT.

AND SHE MADE THE POINT THIS IS PART OF UNION BARGAINING AND SHE FEELS THAT HER MEMBERS ARE BEING BULLIED IS THEY'RE TRYING TO BARGAIN FOR NEW CONTRACT.

I TRIED TO ASK THEM.

>> WHAT THIS PRINCIPLE MIGHT HAVE SAID OR DONE TO PROVOKE HER COMMENTS.

I'D EVER REALLY GOT A RESPONSE ON THAT.

SO, >> YOU KNOW, A LOT OF >> A LOT RHETORIC BEING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

BUT WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THERE WAS A NON-CRIMINAL REPORT AND THERE WAS NO CHARGES OR ANYTHING FILED.

BUT >> PRINCIPAL DID SEE FIT TO FILE A POLICE REPORT AFTER THAT.

WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OF THAT.

I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE MIGRANT SITUATION.

MAYOR IS NOW POSTPONING AGAIN THE 60 DAY MIGRANT EVICTION, A POLICY UNTIL MARCH.

WILL THE SHELTERS BILL TO HAVE THE AS AS MIGRANTS CONTINUE TO STAY THERE?

>> I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST QUESTION.

AND I THINK IT REALLY KIND OF RELIES ON WHETHER OR NOT THE STATE IS GOING TO BE BUILDING THE ADDITIONAL 2000 BEDS THAT THEY PROMISED THE CITY OF CHICAGO YOU KNOW, I DID ASK US THE MAYOR AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

HE IF HE WAS HAPPY WITH THE SPEED THAT THE STATE WAS WORKING AT WITH RIGHT NOW ON TO TRY TO IT, SECURE THOSE ADDITIONAL BEDS.

HE VERY CAREFULLY WORK WORKED AROUND THAT QUESTION.

WE KNOW >> THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR HAVE BEEN CAREFUL WHEN WHEN TRYING TO ADDRESS WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S TENSIONS REGARDING THAT.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE OPENING ANY MORE MIGRANT SHELTERS.

AND WE KNOW THAT THE CITY NEEDS ADDITIONAL BEDS AND HAS THAT BECOMES AN APPARENT PROBLEM.

WE SEE MORE AND MORE MIGRANTS WAITING AT THE LANDING CENTER WAITING FOR PLACEMENT SHELTERS, RIGHT?

DO YOU THINK THIS NEW EXTENSION IS GOING TO BE?

>> SET IN STONE?

I MEAN, NONE OF THE PREVIOUS DEADLINES WERE AND I MEAN, TO BE HUMANE, YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST KICK PEOPLE OUT WITH NO PLACE TO GO.

RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE CALCULATION THAT THEY MADE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY MIGRANTS THEY WERE GOING TO PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, KICK OUT OF THE SHELTERS ON FEBRUARY.

2ND IS NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE.

AND I SAID, I THINK THEY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

>> AND DECIDED THAT THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING CONNECTED WITH HOUSING FAST ENOUGH TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULD PUSH PEOPLE OUT AT AT THE PROPER DEADLINE.

AND SO I THINK AS MELANIE SAID, IT'S A MATTER OF WHAT THE NEXT MONTH LOOKS LIKE.

ARE WE GOING TO GET 2000 MORE BEDS AND THERE'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE STATE IN THE CITY ON WHO'S AT FAULT FOR WHY THAT SHELTER HASN'T BEEN BUILT YET.

OF COURSE.

BUT THAT'S ONE FACTOR.

ANOTHER FACTOR IS HOW MANY MIGRANTS ARE CONTINUING TO COME TO THE CITY.

THERE'S BEEN A SLOWDOWN IN THE NUMBER OF BUSES ARRIVING, BUT THAT COULD CHANGE ANY ANY DAY.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET 16 BUSES TOMORROW THEN THE WHOLE SITUATION CHANGES AGAIN.

BUT IT SEEMS THAT RIGHT AT THAT RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM OUT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN.

PEOPLE IN SHELTERS UNTIL BUT YEAH, I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST.

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF IT'S MARCH FIRST AND WE ARE AT ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE THAT IS A SHIFT.

THE STRATEGY HAS BEEN SHIFTING.

KNOW WE WERE OPENING TONS OF BRICK AND MORTAR SHELTERS.

NOW WE'RE NOT OPENING ANY MORE BRICK AND MORTAR SHELTERS AND FOCUSING ON HOUSING.

MORE PEOPLE.

SO I THINK IT DEPENDS OUR CASEWORKERS AT SHELTERS ON THE DAILY.

ARE THERE ENOUGH CASEWORKERS AT EACH SHELTER TO GET MIND AND THOSE ARE STATE TO GET MIGRANTS HOUSE QUICK ENOUGH.

AND I GUESS WE'LL JUST START TO WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT PACE LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEXT MONTH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PACE GOING TO BE LIKE?

WHAT ARE THE NEXT FEW MONTHS LOOK LIKE?

>> YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH WITH MARIAH JUST SAID BASICALLY WE DON'T KNOW.

I THERE HAS BEEN A SLOWDOWN, WHICH YOU KNOW, WELCOME AS HELPFUL, TOO, TAKING CARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.

WE'VE GOT POLITICAL CONVENTION COME.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THINGS GET POTENTIALLY.

HARRY IS A IS SORT OF REPUBLICAN MEDDLING IN TRYING TO MAKE THE CITY LOOK BAD, TRYING TO MAKE THE DEMOCRATS LOOK BAD AND AND A GIANT INFLUX OF MIGRANTS CAN HELP MAKE THINGS CHAOTIC AND ACCOMPLISH THAT.

SO THIS IS GOING TO GO ON FOR A AND I GUESS GUESS WHAT I WOULD JUST SAY IS THAT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NEEDS TO BE SOME MORE LONG-TERM STRATEGIZING AND IT GOING TO BE A HELP IN WASHINGTON.

THIS THIS CONGRESSIONAL IMMIGRATION BILL.

>> LOOKED LIKE IT HAD SOME MOMENTUM.

BUT NOW AFTER DONALD TRUMP REPORTEDLY SAID DON'T PASS THIS BILL AND MAKE MY OPPONENT LOOK GOOD.

EVEN THOUGH I'M ONE THAT WANTED ORDER.

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

NO, THAT IS REALLY, REALLY TOO BAD BECAUSE THEY'RE THE POLITICS ARE LINED UP TO FINALLY.

>> DO SOMETHING ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEDEVILED THIS COUNTRY FOR 4 DECADES.

I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER.

DEMOCRATS HAVE MORE THAT COME TO THE TABLE ON THIS ISSUE AND AND HERE WE YOU KNOW, AND IT'S IT'S IT'S SAD.

IT'S TOO BAD THAT IT WOULD GIVE THE PRESIDENT THE AUTHORITY TO SHUT THE BORDER DOWN AFTER CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSING.

SO PER DAY PER THAT I THINK THE DETAILS ARE WORKED ON THAT.

BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING GO ANYWHERE.

DO YOU FEEL A MELODY THAT THE BUSES ARE GOING TO START PICKING UP AGAIN?

>> YOU KNOW, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF LET YOU OFF THE HOOK THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

IT'S TIME TO TIME TO THROW MORE AT YOU.

>> YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO TELL.

WAS SAYING, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE WEEK, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE CATCHING A BREAK.

AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK WE GET A JUMP.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BUSES THAT HAD WELL HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL I I WILL SAY I DO THINK WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT WITH THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE CONVENTION, THE MORE BUSES WE WILL SEE.

I THINK THAT'S JUST INEVITABLE HERE.

BUT I WILL SAY THE CITY HAS HAS SHOWN THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO AT SOME NOT PROTECTIONS, BUT THERE CHECK INS IN TERMS OF THE THE NEXT 60 DAYS THAT MIGRANTS ARE THERE AND THOSE ARE COMPLETELY NEW.

IT'LL BE THE FIRST 2 THAT THAT OMICRON IS IN A SHELTER THAT HAVE A CHECK IN ABOUT WHAT SORT OF RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE BEING CONNECTED TO.

AND THEN THEN THAT THE LAST CHECKPOINT WILL BE CHECK-IN WILL BE 2 WEEKS BEFORE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EXIT THE SHELTER AND NOW EXAMINE THEM TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS.

AND AND I'M GETTING ARE APPLYING FOR TPS IF THEY QUALIFY OR FOR GETTING CONNECTED WITH HOUSING.

AND IF YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, DO THEY QUALIFY FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE SHELTER?

TPS, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO PERHAPS SEEK WORK.

>> SO IF YOU WANT TO TURN TO A STORY THAT YOU DID, THAT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE SUN TIMES THIS WEEK.

OSHA, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND SO SEE THEY HAVE A MANDATE TO THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CHANGE SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

THIS AFTER 3 FIRE DEATHS IN 2 YEARS.

WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE?

YES.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, OSHA SEND A VERY STRONGLY WORDED LETTER TO JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION THIS WEEK.

>> BASICALLY SAYING THE CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEW TO EXTINGUISH THIS PRACTICE OF ALLOWING FIREFIGHTERS TO OPERATE ALONE AT THE SCENES OF FIRES WHICH THEY FOUND TO BE AN ISSUE OR EVEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE DEATH OF AT LEAST 3 LINE OF DUTY DEATHS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I'M LOOKING BACK TO 2021.

I'M ONE OF THOSE THE 2021 CASE SHOULD JUST PUT OUT A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT INVESTIGATION DETAILING EXACTLY WHERE THE BREAKDOWNS HAPPENED.

IN THAT CASE IN THE DEATH.

AND THE ROOKIE FIREFIGHTER MARSHAWN PLUMBER AND THAT HIS OSHA FOUND ROOKIE WAS SENT IN TO THE SCENE HAD A MALFUNCTION OF HIS BREATHING DEVICE AND THERE WAS NO ONE IN ONE WITH THERE SHE ALSO FOUND AND HE'S FOUND ANOTHER CASE IS THAT THERE SEEM TO BE A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF RADIO COMMUNICATION.

THERE WAS A DELAY IN CALLING A MAYDAY, WHICH SHOULD BE LIKE THE ALL HANDS ON DECK ALARM FOR A FIREFIGHTER DOWN.

IT TOOK ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

OSHA FOUND BEFORE CRUISE LINE DETERMINED HE WAS MISSING INTO FOUND HIM.

AT THAT POINT.

CONSCIOUS, AS YOU MENTIONED, 3 DEATHS.

I MEAN, HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVILY COVERED THE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

>> A SIGN HERE THAT PERHAPS THE DEPARTMENT DOES IS NOT AS SAFELY WITH THE RIGHT PROTOCOLS WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING AS IT SHOULD AND THERE.

AND AND THERE NEEDS TO BE REFORM YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT OCEANS BASICALLY SAYING.

THIS IS SORT OF THE LAST MORNING HERE.

I'M THIS CAME ALONG WITH A SERIES OF CITATIONS VIOLATIONS FOR AN AUGUST 2023.

FATAL FIRE NUMBER.

THEY ON THE SAME ISSUE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS OPERATING ALONE.

AND THEY BASICALLY SAID FROM HERE ON OUT, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SITE EACH ONE OF THESE INFRACTIONS IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS UNTIL THERE'S SOME CHANGE TO THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION.

HAVE ANY RESPONSE.

DID NEITHER DID THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REALLY.

I MEAN, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES OF THESE REPORTS IS AWARE OF AND WORKING TO MAKE THIS A SAFER JOB.

BUT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DEALING WITH WHAT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR MEMBERS ON.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN, BUT FOR THEREFORE LINE OF DUTY DEATHS IN 2023, WHICH IS THE MOST OF SOME OF THESE ARE PREVENTABLE WITH DIFFERENT POLICIES.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS PRIORITY LIKE THIS HAS TO HAPPEN.

AND SO I MEAN, THE WORDING IN THE LETTER TO JOHNSON, SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BRIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE.

>> IT'S JUST THAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO MAKE IT A CARDINAL RULE OR STANDING OPERATOR OPERATING PROCEDURE THAT ALL CREW MEMBERS AND THE OTHER SAY THE OTHER RIGHT, RIGHT.

WELL, I WILL SEE WHAT COMES OF IT'S A GREAT REPORT.

VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.

TRUMP AND BIDEN.

THEY GET TO STAY ON THE BALLOT IN STEVER TRUMP ARE GOING TO GO TO THE.

>> COURT SYSTEM NOW TO KIND OF SIMILAR OUTCOME THAT HAPPEN IN COLORADO.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE SEEKING.

YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE UP TO THE SUPREME COURT HEARING IS COMING WEEK OR 2 BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.

>> SO WHATEVER HAPPENS HERE, WHATEVER IS ALREADY HAPPENED IN COLORADO AND MAINE AND OTHER STATES THAT TAKEN A POSITION ON THIS WILL ALL DETERMINED BY THE SUPREME COURT.

IS WEAK IN A 63 CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.

WOULD EXPECT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY PROBABLY OVERTURNED CARS REELING IN THE ILLINOIS.

MIGHT BE >> AT THAT POINT IF THEY ISSUE A RULING PRETTY SOON ON THAT.

>> IN OUR INDUSTRY, IN THE NEWS INDUSTRY, WE HAD SOME TRIBUNE REPORTERS WALKED OUT YESTERDAY.

THEY'RE FOR A CONTRACT.

WHAT IS IT THAT THEY ARE ANGRY ABOUT WITH OVERLORD?

WE HAVE A TRIBUNE PERSON HERE I'M SURE HE'LL JUST PATIENTLY.

LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO >> WELL, TRIBUNE REPORTERS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR A CONTRACT FOR 5 YEARS.

THEY WENT ON STRIKE YESTERDAY.

>> AND TALKED ABOUT HOW ALDEN GLOBAL GLOBAL CAPITAL IS TRYING TO CUT THEIR 401 K. THESE REPORTERS AREN'T EVEN FIGHTING FOR AN INCREASE IN THEIR 401 K MATCH.

THEY'RE TRYING KEEP FIGHTING TO KEEP IT >> THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR COST OF LIVING RACES RAISES.

I HEARD ONE MEMBER WHO SPOKE OUT SAID SHE HADN'T GOTTEN A RAISE SINCE 2004 OTHERS HAVEN'T GOTTEN RESISTANCE IN 5 YEARS.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WITH INFLATION AS RENT INCREASES AS PRICES INCREASES TO LIVE WITHOUT.

AND HEY, THIS IS A COMPANY THAT IS NOT HURTING IN TERMS >> THE OVERLORD ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL AND CONTINUES TO MAKE MONEY.

UM, THEY'VE DONE ON THE CURRENT THE COUNTRY IS TAKEOVER PAPERS, KIND OF CUT THEM APART, SELL OFF REMAINING PARTS.

BUT STEVE DALE'S, WE WE KNOW THAT THE TRIBUNE IS STILL VERY NEWSPAPER.

THAT PUTS OUT A REALLY GOOD PRODUCT TO EVERY DAY YOU'RE NOT IN THE UNION BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE EDITORIAL BOARD.

WHAT'S YOUR VIEW OF ALL THIS?

>> I THINK REALLY, FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARDS PERCH, I MEAN, THESE ARE COLLEAGUES WRITE THAT THIS IS THIS IS THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE PAPER GO AND THAT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN SAY IS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM.

AND APART FROM THAT, IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT FOR FOR US.

WE'RE WORSE WHERE WE SIT TO TO WEIGH IN ON IN PARTICULAR.

BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WANT TO CONVEY HOW MUCH WE VALUE OUR COLLEAGUES.

ALL RIGHT.

NOTED, I WANT TO HOW YOU HOW MUCH YOU >> GREG HINES ARTICLE IN CRANES, THIS REPORTING TO THE BEARS PRIORITY NOW IS TO BUILD A NEW STADIUM ON THE LAKEFRONT AND NOT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

THIS COMES AFTER JERRY REINSDORF IS PITCHING A NEW SOCKS PARK AT THE 70 A DEFINITELY WANTS TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THIS.

HOW COULD THE BEARS WILL THE STADIUM AND GET TAXPAYER DOLLARS IF THE WHITE SOX OR ASK FOR TAXPAYER DOLLARS?

>> YEAH, WELL, WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN IT SEEMS UNLIKELY NOW WE DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE WHITE SOX FINANCING.

GOT RIGHT.

WE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SO STUFF.

TRIAL BALLOONS THROWN OUT THERE ABOUT THE 2% HOTEL TAX BEING EXTENDED AND PUT TOWARD THAT.

THAT'S AN EXISTING TAX.

EXISTING TAX THAT'S PAID FOR GUARANTEED RATE.

IT.

BUT IT ISN'T.

BUT THAT TAX IS PAID GUARANTEED RATE FIELD, THE RENOVATIONS AND ALL THAT RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEN THAT EXTENDED AND PUT IT TOWARDS THIS.

STADIUM.

>> TIF DOLLARS WOULD CLEARLY BE INVOLVED IN THE WHITE PARK.

SO, YEAH, THOSE ARE PUBLIC DOLLARS ESSENTIALLY RIGHT SO YES, ARE THE BEAR WITH THE BEARS THEN BE OK WITH BEING TOLD YOU NEED YOU KNOW, DO ALL THIS YOURSELF WITH 0 HELP OF ANY KIND FOR THE PUBLIC KNOW, I'M SURE THEY WOULD NOT DO SO.

2 BIG NEW STADIUMS BEING BUILT THE SAME TIME, POTENTIALLY.

THAT'S A PRETTY EXCITING.

>> IT'S WEAKENED TIME.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO MARIAH WILL FALL.

SOPHIE SHERRY, MELODY MERCADO AND STEVE DANIELS WERE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY AND AND RICH CAR.

FRANCINE AND DOCTOR ANTHONY BROWN.

AND THE MOMENT HOW A PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPIC FUND IN HONOR OF SUPPORTING QUALITY JOURNEYS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.

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WHEN YOU THINK MELODY MAYOR JOHNSON IS GOING TO GREEN LIGHT, BIG STADIUM PROJECTS HAND OVER TAXPAYER CASH FOR TODAY GOVERNOR PRITZKER THE GENERAL >> NO HITS.

>> HE SEEMS INTERESTED IN KEEPING THE BEARS.

I MEAN, WITH MULTIPLE MEETINGS, BEARS OWNERSHIP, LIKE I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME INCENTIVES TO KEEP 35TH AND SHIELDS.

I KNOW THAT THE LAKE KEEPING THE FACTS WHERE THEY ARE, SUCH AN INSTITUTION?

MARY GRIFFIN BRONZEVILLE?

>> TURN DOWN THE STREET WOULD BE SAID IT WOULD BE SAID FOR BRIDGEPORT.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF LOTS OF REASONS ON BOTH SIDES.

THE BETTER BETTER TO GO A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF INTERNATIONAL.

YES, THAT THINK RICH RIDING SAY MORE.

IT'S STATEMENT LIKE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRM COMMITTED TO GIVING BACK TO