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

I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

IT'S HARD TO UNDERESTIMATE THE WHAT IF'S AND COULD HAVE BEEN THES.

>> I KNEW THE DEBT CEILING WAS COMING.

>> THE ARE 314, THE NAYS R 117.

THE BILL IS PASSED.

>> THE NATION ESCAPES ITS FIRST-EVER DEFAULT.

MEANWHILE, LAWMAKERS IN SPRINGFIELD REACH A $50 BILLION DO BUDGET DEAL.

>> I ASK YOU TO PUT ASIDE POLITICAL AGENDAS AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

>> IF YOU WANT TO INVEST OVER $100 MILLION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO BRAVELY GO OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND DEFEND OUR COMMUNITIES, VOTE iMAC.

>>> WHILE A CHICAGO BUDGET BATTLE GETS CONTENDERS OVER FUNDING FOR MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM.

>> THESE POOR PEOPLE HAVE NOWHERE TO GO, NOWHERE TO EAT, NOWHERE TO SLEEP, NOWHERE TO SHOWER, NO PLACES TO DECLARE SANCTUARY.

>> I KNOW IT'S RIGHT TO WANT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE AS BLACK PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT WE DO, BUT WHEN THE ARE Y'ALL GOING TO HELP US?

>> AND EVEN AS THE WRECKING BALL HITS ARLINGTON RACECOURSE, THE BEARS BEGIN TO LOOK AT OTHER SUBURBS FOR A NEW STADIUM.

>>> NOW JOINING US FOR OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL, MIKE DELMORE OF WBBM NEWS RADIO, ETHEL WEINBERG OF WB EASY CHICAGO, TINA SPEND ELLIS OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES AND OUR VERY OWN HEATHER SHARON.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE DEAN OF THE CITY HALL PRESS CORPS.

YOU ENDED UP APPROVING $51 MILLION TO BE SPENT ON SERVICES FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS BY THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

DO YOU EVER REMEMBER A DEBATE GETTING THAT EMOTIONAL?

>> I'VE SEEN OTHER ONES THAT EMOTIONAL BUT THE SUBJECTS WERE USUALLY TECHNICAL THINGS LIKE SMOKING, INDOOR SMOKING.

>> MAY BE MORE ANGRY?

>> BUT THIS WAS DEFINITELY AN EMOTIONAL ONE THAT TOUCHED PEOPLE IN MANY WAYS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGER, MOSTLY FROM THE AUDIENCE, BUT STILL IT WAS UNUSUAL.

BUT THERE WERE SOME GRIPPING MOMENTS.

>> WHAT IS BEHIND IT?

>> WHAT IS BEHIND IT IS SIMPLY THE FACT THAT BOTH SIDES ARE RIGHT TO SOME EXTENT, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS BECOME A BLACK VERSUS LATINO THING.

IT ISN'T REALLY THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW IT PLAYS OUT, AND ON THE SIDE OF PEOPLE IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, WHERE THERE'S BEEN STRUGGLING PEOPLE ASKING FOR RESOURCES ALL ALONG, AND NOT GETTING THEM, TO THEN HEAR THE $51 MILLION OF CITY MONEY IS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO JUST HAVE COME INTO TOWN IS ANGERING.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, AND THIS WAS TYPIFIED BY THAT REALLY BRILLIANT AND DEEPLY EMOTIONAL REMARKS, THAT SPEECH BY ALDERWOMAN JEANETTE TAYLOR.

IT IS -- EVEN THOUGH THOSE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, YOU STILL KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT, AND WHAT'S RIGHT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

>> LET'S HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT HEARING, HEARING ANGRY ALDERWOMAN TAYLOR BEFORE THE VOTE.

>> MY YES VOTE, IF THAT BOTHERS YOU, SO BE IT.

IF YOU TAKE AWAY MY VOTE, SO BE IT, BUT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR.

YOU NEED TO LOOK UP AND SAY WHO ARE YOU BECAUSE HELP PEOPLE, DON'T HURT PEOPLE.

>> THANK YOU, ALDERWOMAN TAYLOR.

>> HEATHER, WAS THAT REMARK YOU THINK DIRECTED TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OR PERHAPS WAS THAT MORE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING A VERY HEATED DEBATE THERE, NOT JUST AMONGST THE OLDER PEOPLE, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO WERE GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> THIS WAS A MEETING REALLY UNLIKE ANY OTHER THAT I'VE COVERED GOING BACK TO 2015, WHERE THE CROWDING TOGETHER REPLAYED SUCH A LARGE ROLE.

THEY REPEATEDLY HECKLED ALDER PEOPLE IF THEY SAID SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH.

THEY WERE LOUD AND BY AND LARGE THEY WERE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THE CHAMBERS, WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANTLY UNUSUAL.

I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT AFTER ALDERWOMAN TAYLOR CONCLUDED HER REMARKS JUST THEN, SHE WAS GREETED WITH RACIST ABUSE FROM PEOPLE IN THE GALLERY, WHO CALLED HER A TRAITOR AND A SELLOUT, AND JUST A FEW MOMENTS EARLIER ALDERMAN LOPEZ WAS SPEAKING AND HE GOT INTO SORT OF AN EXCHANGE WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AFTER WHICH SHE STOPPED SPEAKING AND WAS TOLD GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY.

SO THAT IS DEEPLY UNUSUAL AND I THINK IT SHOWS YOU JUST HOW DEEPLY THIS ISSUE HAS DIVIDED BLACK AND LATINO CHICAGOANS WITH THE SENSE THAT IT IS OFFENSIVE THAT BLACK CHICAGO HAS WAITED FOR REINVESTMENT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES AND HASN'T REALLY GOTTEN ANYTHING, ONLY TO SEE THESE MIGRANTS COME TO CHICAGO REALLY WITH NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT THEY CAN CARRY AND THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK, TO REALLY BEING GREETED WITH WHOLESALE, ALL IN APPROACH TO TRY TO GET THEM HOUSED, AND FED, AND CARED FOR.

AND THAT JUST EXACERBATED THAT TENSION THAT HAS LONG EXISTED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, BUT PERHAPS NOT QUITE IN SUCH STARK RELIEF.

>> IT RAISED A LOT OF TALK ABOUT CHICAGO MOVING TO REPARATIONS AND REALLY NEEDING TO ACT MORE.

TESSA, WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, MONEY WAS APPROVED FOR THIS, AGAIN, $51 MILLION.

THAT SPENDING IS GOOD FOR HOW LONG, AND THEN WHAT?

>> OFFICIALS SAID THAT'S ONLY GOING TO LAST THE CITY THROUGH THE END OF JUNE AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE AT, IF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO APPROVE MORE SURPLUS FUNDS.

THE CITY IS SCHEDULED TO GET THE MONEY FROM THE STATE BUDGET THAT WAS RECENTLY PASSED THAT WILL GO TOWARD ASSISTING ASYLUM-SEEKERS, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME AID THERE.

THE CITY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ASKING THEIR FEDERAL PARTNERS FOR MORE ASSISTANCE.

MEANWHILE, THE CITY IS CONTINUING TO OPEN ADDITIONAL SHELTERS, SO PROBABLY THE NEED IS ONLY GOING TO GROW.

AND AS OF EARLIER THIS WEEK, THERE'S OVER 4000 ASYLUM-SEEKERS ACROSS A DOZEN OR SO SHELTERS AND TEMPORARY RESPITE CENTERS IN THE CITY, AND THERE ARE 100 STILL IN POLICE STATION LOBBIES.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY THE CITY IS KIND OF MAXED OUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SHELTER SYSTEM RIGHT?

I HATE TO SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S SUMMER BUT JUNE IS GOING TO BE OVER BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

TINA, FUNDING IS COMING CHICAGO'S WAY.

HOW MUCH?

ENOUGH TO MAKE A DENT?

>> THIS IS AN ONGOING SITUATION SO WE HAVE NO CLUE HOW MUCH THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING BUT THE STATE IS GIVEN A LOT OF MONEY TO THE CITY THIS YEAR, WHICH I THINK THE CITY SOMETIMES FORGETS ABOUT.

BUT ABOUT $110 MILLION IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET BACK IN JANUARY, ANOTHER $42 MILLION FROM THIS BUDGET WHICH WILL BE SIGNED NEXT WEEK.

THEY WILL GET THAT MONEY AND THEY'RE ALSO TAKING THEIR CALLS WHEN THEY NEED HELP.

LIKE THERE'S A NEW CENTER THEY ARE HELPING.

THE STATE IS NOT ONLY HELPING THEM RUN IT.

THEY'RE RUNNING IT WITH THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES.

THE CITY NEEDS IT.

THE STATE IS GOING TO HELP.

THERE IS NOT THIS HUGE DIVISION BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE CITY.

THERE IS A TEAM SITUATION.

>> HEATHER, I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOU.

WE DID HERE QUITE EARLY ON FROM ALDERMAN NAPOLITANO WHO SAID THAT CHICAGO, A SANCTUARY CITY, ILLINOIS, A SANCTUARY STATE.

THIS IS, QUOTE, ON US, BASICALLY WE ASKED FOR IT.

>> RIGHT, AND TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WHO VOTES WITH LORI LIGHTFOOT AND BRADY JOHNSON AND REALLY CRITICIZED FOR USING THESE IMMIGRANTS, THESE POLITICAL PONDS, THEY WERE LUCKY FOR CHICAGO, A PLACE THAT PLEDGES TO WANT TO WELCOME THEM.

I THINK IF THE ISSUE IS THAT THE CITY'S SOCIAL SAFETY NET WAS STRETCHED TO THE BREAKING POINT WHEN THIS CRISIS BEGAN, AND THERE WERE TWO REALLY SORT OF FLASHPOINTS, ONE LAST FALL WHEN THE FIRST WAVE OF IMMIGRANTS STARTED ARRIVING FROM TEXAS AND CHICAGO, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE THAT BEGAN IN MID APRIL.

AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE CITY HAS ROUGHLY 3000 SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT.

ALL OF THOSE WERE FULL WHEN THESE TWO TWIN SURGES STARTED HAPPENING.

SO IT MEANT THAT THE CITY HAD NO EXTRA CAPACITY TO WELCOME THESE HUGE NUMBERS AND IT DIDN'T HAVE SORT OF A SYSTEM SET UP TO CARE FOR THESE PEOPLE.

AND THAT I THINK WAS REALLY SORT OF THE PROBLEM.

NOW ALDERMAN NAPOLITANO IS REALLY THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WHO IS NEITHER A DEMOCRAT NOR A REPUBLICAN, AND HE HAS OFTEN SPOKEN ABOUT THE NEED TO CARE FOR CHICAGOANS FIRST, AND FOREMOST, SORT OF THE RHETORICAL FLOURISH THAT I THINK ECHOES TALKING POINTS FROM REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE BEEN IN DEEP OPPOSITION TO MAHER BRANDON JOHNSON AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

>> AND A LOT OF CALLS NOTED FOR MORE HELP FROM THE STATE, PARTICULARLY THAT THE ONUS IS ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR RESOLVING THE BROADER ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION.

NOW CRAIG, LAST WEEKEND, LET'S MOVE TO SOMETHING ELSE, A PERENNIAL ISSUE MORE SO, LAST WEEKEND THE MOST VIOLENCE THAT CHICAGO HAS SEEN SINCE 2015.

MAYOR JOHNSON INITIALLY CAME OUT WITH A STATEMENT ADDRESSING IT.

HE IS NEW ON THE JOB.

HE CAME OUT WITH A NEW SAFETY PLAN.

>> IF PEOPLE STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND REALIZE HE'S ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB FOR THREE WEEKS, THEN PERHAPS THEY WILL GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE LEEWAY.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR SOME TIME NOW, AND THE PLAN REALLY IS ABOUT HOW THEY REACT TO THIS FIRST WEEKEND, BECAUSE HE SAYS YES, THEY HAD FRED WALLER, WHO WAS THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, HAS EXPECTED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE DIFFERENT MOVES ONCE THEY STARTED SEEING WHERE THE TROUBLE SPOTS WERE.

BUT YES, IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT WEEKEND, SOME OF THE SHOOTINGS, THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS DOWN WITH THE NUMBER OF MURDERS WERE STILL QUITE HIGH.

>> HOW LONG DOES JOHNSON HAVE TO REALLY MAKE A DENT HERE AND IS THERE ANY SENSE THAT HE'S CHANGING HIS PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY ALREADY?

>> THAT WAS SOMETHING AT THE MOST RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE HE HAD.

THEY DIDN'T REALLY DELVE DEEP INTO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY OR HOW THEY ARE REEVALUATING.

ONE OF HIS MAJOR PRIORITIES HAS BEEN TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF YOUTH THAT THE CITY HIRES IT'S ONE SUMMER CHICAGO PROGRAM THAT EMPLOYS YOUNG PEOPLE.

THEY ACTUALLY EXTENDED THE APPLICATION PERIOD TO NEXT WEEK.

SO I THINK THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WORTH WATCHING.

CAN THEY GET THOSE NUMBERS BOOSTED?

THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TALKED ABOUT PUSHING IMMIGRATION TO HIRE MORE YOUTH AND EVEN BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND HE ROLLED OUT DIFFERENT PUBLIC/PRIVATE GRANTS, AND SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE ALSO GOING TO GO TOWARDS HELPING YOUTH HAVE THINGS TO DO, BE EMPLOYED, SO I THINK THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE KIND OF EARLY WAYS HE'S HOPING TO MAKE A DENT THIS SUMMER, AND GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE PRODUCTIVE THINGS TO GET TO BE A PART OF.

>> THERE'S GOING TO BE, HOWEVER, SOME CHANGEOVER IT SEEMS AT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M NOT TALKING SUPERINTENDENT, ALTHOUGH THAT OF COURSE, BUT ALSO THE CITY'S REFORM CHIEF RESIGNED, CITING RETALIATION.

THIS IS JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE PREVIOUS INDIVIDUAL WHO HELD THAT JOB WAS FIRED FROM IT.

SO WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER THERE?

DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE RETALIATION THAT THEY ALLEGEDLY FACE?

>> THAT IS SOMETHING THE SUN-TIMES REPORTED AND THAT SHE SUBMITTED, PEOPLE WERE TO RETIRE FROM THE DEPARTMENT LATER THIS MONTH.

SHE OVERSAW DEPARTMENT EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE CONSENT DECREE AND REFORMS BUT THERE WAS LITTLE INSIGHT AND REASONS AS TO WHY SHE WAS RETIRING.

THEN THEY ANNOUNCED THIS ALLEGED RETALIATION.

SHE'S IN THE VETERAN DEPARTMENT THAT HAD ONLY BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

HER PREDECESSOR HAD ALSO BEEN ABRUPT HE FIRED AND CLAIMED RETALIATION.

>> SHE CITED THE WHISTLEBLOWER LAW BUT THEN DIDN'T GIVE ANY SPECIFICS ON WHY SHE WAS CITING IT.

BUT I THINK WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT AS ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON, AND AGAIN, THAT PART OF IT HAS BEEN IN FLUX FOR SOME TIME NOW.

ROBERT BOYD, WHO WAS HER PREDECESSOR, IS NOW GOING TO STILL BE INVOLVED IN ANTICRIME EFFORTS, BECAUSE THE CIVIC COMMITTEE OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO JUST STARTED ITS OWN CORPORATE VERSION OF GIVING AID IN A NUMBER OF WAYS TO THE CITY, IN TERMS OF ANTI-VIOLENCE, AND ROBERT BOYD IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO HE'S STILL IN.

>> HE'LL BE INVOLVED EVEN THOUGH THE CPD DOESN'T HAVE SOMEBODY OVERSEEING THE DECREE THAT THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION SAID IS GOING TO BE INVESTIGATED.

>> BUT THERE IS A FEDERALLY COURT-APPOINTED MONITOR WHO IS STILL OVERSEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE ALSO PART OF JOHNSON'S TRANSITION EFFORT, SO I'M SURE THEY ARE TALKING CLOSELY ON THAT.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FEDERAL DEBT CEILING, SOMETHING THAT CAPTIVATED THE NATION BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO CALAMITOUS HAD IT NOT PASSED, AND IF IT WOULD'VE HAPPENED, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAD MEDIA AVAILABILITY TO SIGN THE DEBT CEILING DEAL.

WHAT ABOUT THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION?

HOW DID IT VOTE?

ANY SURPRISES?

>> IT KIND OF FOLLOWED WHAT PEOPLE DID NATIONALLY, WHERE THE SUPER PROGRESSIVE AND THE FAR RIGHT VOTED NO ON IT, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, FOR CUTTING PROGRAMS OR NOT SUPPORTING PROGRAMS.

THE FAR RIGHT SAID WE DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT JOE BIDEN ANYWAY.

SENATORS DICK DURBIN AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH VOTED YES.

I'M SORRY, CONGRESSWOMAN WOJCIECHOWSKI VOTED NO BUT SAID SHE WAS PREPARED TO VOTE YES IF SHE HAD TO.

SO OUR PROGRESSIVE BLOCK DID VOTE NO ON IT .

DANNY DAVIS VOTED YES.

HE GOT A CALL FROM JOE BIDEN, SAYING THANK YOU.

HE STRUGGLED WITH IT BECAUSE THERE WERE CUTS TO PROGRAMS HE REALLY CARED ABOUT.

SO THAT WAS JUST THE DECISION THEY REALLY HAD TO MAKE.

>> LET ME BE CLEAR, THE PRESIDENT DID NOT SIGN IT TONIGHT, HE'S GOING TO DO SO TOMORROW.

I WANT TO GET THAT CORRECTED.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT DOWN THE ROAD WE ARE GOING TO SEE PLAY OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN IN DC IN THE TIMES THAT WE ARE IN?

>> THIS IS UNTIL 2025.

IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN UNLESS PEOPLE DID GET THINGS OUT OF THIS.

IT WAS GOOD FOR KEVIN McCARTHY AND IT WAS GOOD FOR JOE BIDEN.

>> DESPITE THE PRESIDENT SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE.

>> HE SHOWED HIS MANY, MANY YEARS OF BEING A GOOD NEGOTIATOR, SO YES.

>> MORE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE 2025 WE CAN REVIEW.

I'M GOING TO STICK WITH YOU BECAUSE STATE LAWMAKERS PUNTED TAX BREAKS FOR AN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS STADIUM.

THEY ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT LATER BUT THAT DID NOT SEEM TO STOP THE BEARS AT ALL, WHO MOVED AHEAD WITH DEMOLITION STARTING ON THE FORMER ARLINGTON PARK RACETRACK STARTING THIS WEEK.

NOW WHAT?

THE BEARS ARE PLANNING TO LOOK AT NAPERVILLE INSTEAD?

>> YES, SO NAPERVILLE SENT THE BEARS A LETTER LAST WEEK.

THE BEARS MET WITH NAPERVILLE THIS WEEK, A GROUP THAT'S REPRESENTING A LOT OF ADVOCATES SAY THAT THE BEARS ARE TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.

THEY'RE MAD ABOUT IT.

THEY BLAME POLITICIANS NOT TAKING IT SERIOUSLY AND THAT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM IT.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S POSSIBLE THE BEARS ARE PLAYING GAMES HERE, WHERE THEY'RE STILL GOING TO CHOOSE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND THEY WANT PEOPLE TO FIGHT FOR THEM.

BUT AS YOU SAID, THERE'S NO TAX BREAK, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.

>> GET MORE INTO THAT.

IS THIS A NEGOTIATION POINT?

IF SO, WHO DOES THAT SWAY?

WHY WOULD THE STATE LEGISLATURE PARTICULARLY CARE ABOUT WHAT LEGISLATION, IF THIS IS ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES?

EXPLAIN HOW THAT MIGHT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

>> I DON'T THINK THIS IS -- I DON'T THINK THE AUDIENCE IS THE STATE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD NEED FROM ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, THEY WOULD ALSO NEED FROM THE STATE OR NAPERVILLE.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY AIMED DIRECTLY AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND COOK COUNTY, BECAUSE SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TAX BURDEN IN COOK COUNTY AND WHETHER THEY CAN WORK ANYTHING OUT.

THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR FOOTBALL AND GO HOME, AND THEN THEY JUST WANT TO FIND ANOTHER HOME.

INTERESTINGLY, THERE IS NO APPARENT PROPERTY IN NAPERVILLE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT THE BEARS NEED FOR THE STADIUM, SO THEY HAVE TO TEAR SOMETHING DOWN BEFORE THEY CAN BUILD ANYTHING.

SO THIS COULD MORE BE A NEGOTIATING TACTIC THEN IT IS SOMETHING -- >> BUT IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT, AND I CAN SEE THROUGH IT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, WHAT DO I KNOW?

JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S GETTING COSTLY.

SPEAKING OF NEGOTIATIONS JUST BRIEFLY HERE, YOU ALSO HAVE THE STATE LEGISLATURE UNABLE TO REACH A DEAL ON THE CHICAGO ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MAP, PUSHING THAT OFF.

IS IT A PRUDENT CHOICE OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST PUSHING OFF MORE HARD CHOICES UNTIL JUST BEFORE AN ELECTION, TROUBLE DOWN THE ROAD?

>> SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO CRAFT DISTRICTS THAT WILL ADEQUATELY REPRESENT CHICAGO'S POPULATION, WHICH IS DIVIDED ESSENTIALLY INSERTS.

ONE THIRD WHITE, ONE THIRD BLACK AND ONE THIRD LATINO, AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ESSENTIALLY 20 DISTRICTS EQUALLY WITH ENOUGH POPULATION AND HAVE ENOUGH WITH THE MAJORITY OF BLACK VOTERS AND THE MAJORITY OF LATINO VOTERS TO SORT OF MEET CONCERNS ABOUT FAIRNESS AND REPRESENTATION, IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEGOTIATORS JUST RAN OUT OF TIME IN THIS REGULAR SESSION.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AT IT.

BUT I THINK IT IS SORT OF AN INDICATION THAT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS.

EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE REALLY IN FAVOR OF AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD FOR CHICAGO.

THE QUESTION IS HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND WE ARE GOING TO SORT OF ENTER INTO THIS SORT OF LIMBO PERIOD WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A HALF APPOINTED BOARD, HALF ELECTED BOARD, SO A TRANSITION TO A FULL ELECTED BOARD, AND OF COURSE MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON REALLY AT ANY POINT CAN ASK THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO STEP DOWN, INCLUDING HIS OWN APPOINTEES IN THERE, ALONG WITH THE NEW POTENTIALLY CEO.

>> A LOT OF WORK FOR LAWMAKERS, PERHAPS EVEN STUDENTS WHO ARE ON SUMMER BREAK.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THERE WAS A $50 MILLION STATE AUDIT PACKAGE.

GIVE ME A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS BRIEFLY HERE.

>> EARLY EDUCATION.

UNIVERSITIES HAVE $100 MILLION GOING TO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES.

JB PRITZKER, THE GOVERNOR, IS GOING AROUND THE STATE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY EDUCATION IS GETTING.

VERY PROUD OF IT.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE BUDGET SPEECH THAT HE GAVE EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS ABOUT KIDS.

IT WAS ABOUT SUPPORTING BABIES, CHILDREN, EARLY EDUCATION, AND GOING FORWARD, SO IT WAS A GOOD PR BUDGET.

THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT GIVING MONEY.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON IS LEGISLATIVE PAY RAISES.

AFTER A 50% ONE IN JANUARY AND ANOTHER 5%.

>> A MEASURE DID PASS THAT ALLOWS POLICE SURVEILLANCE DRONES AT EVENTS LIKE PARADES, THIS EVEN AFTER A FLASH MOB IN THE TINLEY PARK FESTIVAL HAS LED TO OTHER EVENTS BEING CANCELED.

>> I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WE SEE SO FAR FROM PLAYERS LIKE MAYOR JOHNSON HAVE BEEN HOLISTIC, TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE ARE MAYBE NOT SEEING THESE LARGE-SCALE EVENTS OR HAVING TO TRAVEL DOWNTOWN TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WILL PLAY OUT BUT WE WILL SEE.

>> IT'S NOT YET LAW.

IT HAS TO BE SIGNED STILL.

>> LET'S MOVE OVER, HOW ABOUT ANOTHER TEAM, THE EUROPEAN SORT OF FOOTBALL.

THAT IS THE CHICAGO FIRE, WHERE NOW THEY FILED A LAWSUIT ABOUT A LAND THAT IS OWNED BY THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY BEING USED FOR A FIRE TRAINING FACILITY.

WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH US?

IS THIS SORT OF SIMILAR IN A SENSE TO THE MIGRANT DEBATE?

>> NO, THIS IS A DEBATE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON A LONG TIME, BECAUSE WHEN THE HIGH-RISE, CHA HIGH-RISES WERE TORN DOWN, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE DISPLACED, AND THEY WERE ALWAYS TOLD WE'RE GOING TO BUILD MORE PUBLIC HOUSING ON THE LAND, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HIGH-RISES, AND WE WILL WELCOME EVERYONE BACK.

AND SO WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES ALONG, WHERE THEY GIVE, ALL BUT GIVE LAND TO A BILLIONAIRE OWNER OF A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM, TO BUILD A TRAINING FACILITY, IT GETS PEOPLE'S IRE UP.

BUT WHAT THE CHA IS SAYING IS, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO PUT PUBLIC HOUSING ON THIS AREA.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT IS WHY THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GAVE PERMISSION FOR IT, THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT.

BUT THIS LAWSUIT IS AGAINST HUD AND THE CHA, SAYING YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THIS LAND IS OUR LAND.

YOU WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THE COURTS RECEIVE THIS.

THIS IS A DISPUTE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IN VARIOUS VENUES BESIDES THE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE.

>> VERY SERIOUS.

>>> HEATHER, FORMER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT, SHE'S GOING TO BE TEMPORARILY, AT LEAST, DOING THE HARD WORK.

THOUGHTS ON PROFESSOR LIGHTFOOT?

>> SHE WILL BE A TOUGH GRADER, NO DOUBT, AND SHE WILL BE TEACHING A CLASS ON HER COVID RESPONSE AND HOW SHE LED THE CITY DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND SHE SAID SHE'S GOING TO FOCUS ON HOW THAT CRISIS GAVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS LONG-STANDING AND DEEP DISPARITIES IN TERMS OF HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR BLACK CHICAGOANS AND LATINO CHICAGOANS.

THIS REALLY GOES TO SORT OF THE HEART OF WHAT SHE WILL BE, HER LEGACY AS CHICAGO MAYOR.

THIS IS SORT OF A VERY COMMON PATH FOR POLITICIANS WHO ARE OUT OF OFFICE, -- >> SOME BREATHING ROOM.

>> YES, EXACTLY.

AND HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT IN ACCEPTING THIS POSITION, SHE SEES THIS AS SORT OF WHAT HER LEGACY WILL REALLY HINGE ON.

>> NOW I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT SHE SOLIDIFIED BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE, IS THIS NASCAR DEAL.

NASCAR REVS ITS PUBLICITY ENGINES THIS WEEK.

I FOR ONE WAS JEALOUS OF MY COLLEAGUE PARIS SCHUTZ WHO GOT TO DO A RIDE ALONG WITH THE DETAILS, JARRETT AND EARNHARDT JUNIOR MAC.

IS THAT ENOUGH TO PUT IT OVER?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN ALDERMEN WANTING TO HAVE A HEARING ON THIS AND ONE IS GOING TO BE SCHEDULED PERHAPS SOON.

THEY WANT TO AIR THESE CONCERNS OVER TRAFFIC AND HOW THIS EVENT WAS PUT ON.

SOME OF THOSE STREET CLOSURES STARTING TO HAPPEN.

TRAFFIC IS REALLY BAD DOWNTOWN WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION.

I THINK IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.

>> THESE NASCAR STOCK CARS ARE GOING FASTER THAN MY CAR.

WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT, SO I WANT TO GO QUICKLY.

HEATHER, PERMANENT OUTDOOR DINING PAST CHICAGO CITY HALL.

ALDERMEN, HOWEVER, GET THEIR PREROGATIVE.

IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PLAY FAVORITES OR A PRACTICAL WAY TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHECK?

>> WELL, A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

LORI LIGHTFOOT TRIED TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE SHE LEFT OFFICE.

SHE COULDN'T BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE ARDELL PEOPLE THE FINAL SAY ON IT.

BRANDON JOHNSON SAID NO.

YOU SHOULD DECIDE WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR WARDS, AND IT WAS A LOVEFEST WITH EVERYBODY GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE AND GLAD TO MAKE OUTDOOR DINING A PERMANENT PART OF CHICAGO'S FOOD SCENE.

PERHAPS THE ONE UNEQUIVOCALLY POSITIVE THING TO COME OUT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>> AND WE ARE ABOUT OUT OF TIME, SO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL EVENING AND GO ALFRESCO AFTER YOU WATCHED OUR PROGRAM.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WE WILL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION OVER THE CREDITS.

OUR THANKS TO OUR GUESTS, CRAIG DELMORE, TESSA WEINBERG, TINA SPEND ELLIS AND HEATHER SHARON.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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NOW TO THE WEEK IN REVIEW, I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY, STAY SAFE, AND SEE YOU AT 10:00 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES WITH GUEST CHANCE THE WRAPPER.

THERE WE GO.

>> YOU'RE A SWIFTY.

>> YOU'RE HERE, NOT AT THE SHOW.

>> YOU LET ME KNOW.

>> I'LL TOTALLY SPEND 400 BUCKS.

I WOULD GO.

IT WAS $800 THIS MORNING.

FOR OBSTRUCTED VIEW BEHIND THE STAGE.

I'M NOT GOING.

>> DO THEY GIVE THIS MUCH ATTENTION TO BEYONC÷ WHEN SHE COMES?

>> IF SHE SELLS OUT LIKE THAT I THINK SO, YEAH.

IT'S A BIG DEAL, RIGHT?

I WOULD GO TO EITHER SHOW.

I'M GUESSING I CAN'T AFFORD IT.

WITH WHAT MEDIA SALARIES ARE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

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