JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW ON THEM.

AND IF ANY KEEP, IT'S HIGH STAKES.

SHOWTIME FOR CHICAGO.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER A YEAR TO BUILD THE FIGURATIVE AND NOW LITTER OLD STAGE FOR OUR PARTY AND OUR NOMINEES.

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION KICKS OFF MONDAY.

ELECTRICITY AS WE KNOW IT.

THAT EXIST TODAY.

CAME INTO LIKE LITERALLY RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO.

AND NOW IN A WEEK FROM NOW.

THE CITY WILL BE ELECTRIFIED AGAIN WHEN THEY SEND A WOMAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

SCORES OF DEMOCRATS ARE HEADED TO THE CITY TO RALLY BEHIND KAMALA HARRIS.

HIS BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

AND I WELCOME THE 50,000 PEOPLE THAT WILL CONVERGE ON CHICAGO.

SOME PREDICT THERE WILL BE DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT OF PROTESTERS.

POLICE SAY EXERCISING FREE SPEECH IS SANCTIONS.

HOWEVER, VIOLENT ATTACKS.

AGAINST THE POLICE AGAINST EACH OTHER AGAINST OUR CITIZENS, THAT THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE.

REPUBLICANS HAD PROMISED ANOTHER SURGE OF MIGRANTS AND WE CONTINUED BY SAYING MY LIST.

SANCTUARY CITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AND THOSE BUSES WILL CONTINUE TO RAUL.

BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.

I'M HOPING IS THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE MIGRANT ENCAMPMENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM WITH YOUR RIVALS.

THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL PROMISING VOTERS ECONOMIC WINS, BUILDING UP THE MIDDLE CLASS WILL BE A DEFINING GOAL OF MY PRESIDENCY.

SO WHEN I WHEN I WILL IMMEDIATELY BRING PRICES DOWN, STARTING ON DAY ONE.

MEANWHILE, JUSTICE SCHOOL SET TO START.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S REPORTEDLY LOOKING TO OUST THE SUPERINTENDENT CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

A COURT ORDERS PRISONERS OUT OF STATE BILL CORRECTIONAL CENTER.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DESIGNATES THE SITE OF SPRINGFIELD'S 19.

0, 8, RACE RIOT AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT, CHILDREN GRANDCHILDREN, EVERYBODY.

HAPPENED?

CAN STILL AND RIOT FEST MAKES AN UNEXPECTED RETURN TO DOUGLAS PARK.

OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL THIS WEEK ARE WE'VE GOT SOME STARS, SAMUEL A PLUS FROM WBEZ TIFFANY WILD AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE TRIBE MAISEL FROM CAPITOL NEWS, ILLINOIS AND QUIT MYERS BLOCK CLUB, CHICAGO.

NOW LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

WE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

TIFFANY, WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WEEK?

YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPECTING A LIVE REPORT.

WE'RE PREPARING FOR EVERYTHING.

BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS AT PLAY.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A HISTORIC MOMENT WHERE WE SEE A BLACK IF IS A LOVELY, ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE A LOT OF PROTESTS AND DEMANDS FROM ORGANIZERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO MEET IN THEIR DEMANDS IN TERMS OF A CEASE-FIRE IN TERMS OF REPARATIONS.

AND IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE OTHER NEEDS OF THE CITY.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE 2 DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM.

WE WANT TO DELVE INTO THE PROTEST ELEMENT IN JUST A BIT.

BUT DAN, LET'S GO TO YOU BRIEFLY.

AND I'M GOING TO POSE THAT SAME QUESTION.

WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WEEK, PARTICULARLY AS AT THE POLITICS HERE?

YEAH, I WE NEED TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING.

AND I DO THINK THAT THERE WILL BE LARGE PROTESTS FROM.

YOU CAN SEE THE FAR LEFT.

YOU CAN SEE A PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUPS.

THEY'RE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

SOME ARE SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FAMILY-FRIENDLY.

THE MAIN MARCH ON MONDAY.

OTHERS ARE USING SOMEWHAT MORE INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE.

BIG QUESTIONS OF HOW THE CHICAGO POLICE WILL HANDLE IT.

WELL, THEY DO BETTER.

THEN THEY DID IN 2020 WITH THE PROTESTS AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S KILLING IN MINNEAPOLIS.

A LOT OF BIG QUESTIONS ARE OUT THERE.

AND I DO THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT COULD IMPACT HOW THINGS LOOK FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS THEY TRY TO USE THIS AS A SPRINGBOARD TO KEEP THE WHITE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

I WANT TO GET INTO REALLY THE STAKES.

THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IS BEING MADE ABOUT THESE PROTESTS, HOW BIG THEY ARE.

HOW MUCH THESE ONLINE FOR CHICAGO.

LET'S GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.

BUT WHAT IS ON THE LINE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE UNITED ON THE PARTY WOULD WANT TO DO THAT GOING INTO A FALL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND OTHER ELECTIONS THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT.

THEY WANT TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE UNITED.

THE OTHER PARTY WANTS TO A SHOWCASE FOR DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

I THINK DONALD TRUMP IS PRAYING FOR TROUBLE CHICAGO AND AND WOULD WOULD RELISH IT.

WE ALREADY HAVE SOME RIGHT-WING INFLUENCERS AND OTHERS IN CHICAGO TRYING TO KEON IMMIGRATION TRYING TO KEON GAZA.

TRYING TO POINT TO THE DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

SO IT'S NOT UNITED GOING INTO CLINTON THAT CURIOUS HOW OUR LOCAL LEADERS ARE GOING TO SELL THE CITY OF CHICAGO TOO.

THE NATION.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO AIR SOME PRETTY.

YOU HAVE SOME INTERESTING RHETORIC, SOME VERY BOOSTER RHETORIC.

BUT WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY NOT GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT?

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THE MIGRANT CRISES A LOT, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS RESIDENTS HERE DEALING WITH GUN VIOLENCE, PROBABLY NOT IN HERE TOO MUCH ABOUT THOSE ISSUES IN THE GRAND TALK ABOUT CHICAGO BEING OPEN FOR BUSINESS OF BEING A GREAT PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, LIVE WORK AND PLAY.

THAT MIGHT BE THE EXTENT OF IT.

CURIOUS TO SEE FRIENDS, ABOUT THESE BIG STAGE SPEECHES THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, MAY BRANDON JOHNSON SET TO TAKE THE STAGE ON MONDAY.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER ON TUESDAY.

THEY'RE GOING TRY TO SHOW THE CITY AND STATE IN ITS BEST LIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

MAY AROUND JOHNSON AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY GAVE A LITTLE PREVIEW OF TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT HIS FAMILY COMING FROM THE SOUTH COMING TO THE MIDWEST COMING CHICAGO.

HOW ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE HERE?

THINK THAT COULD BE A COMMON THEME THAT WE END UP SEEING AT THE DNC AND FOR PRINCE THAT'S PROBABLY A SIMILAR THING.

ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TO BE HIS BIG COMING OUT PARTY AND IN SOME WAYS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN DILUTED.

HANNA COULD PROBABLY SPEAK MORE TO THAT.

BUT I MEAN, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOW NO LONGER JOE BIDEN AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, THE PRESIDENT STEPPING DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT.

THAT IS A HUGE AND ALSO HIS OWN YOU KNOW, AMBITIONS AS WELL.

AND I THINK MAYBE YOU KNOW, HE WAS TO THE FIRE, TOOK THE FIRE OUT OF SOME OF SOME CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT HIS SPEECH LOOKS LIKE.

DO WE GET A PREVIEW OF THIS AT ALL THIS WEEK?

BECAUSE WE HAD BOTH DEMOCRATS AND THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY IN SPRINGFIELD.

THIS IS TRADITIONALLY SORT OF THE KICKOFF TO CAMPAIGN SEASON THIS YEAR, A WHOLE DIFFERENT, OF COURSE.

BUT WE'LL PREVIEW WEEKEND.

WE I DEMOCRATS ARE I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A LARGE A CROWD OF DEMOCRATS OUT AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE COVER IT TOGETHER.

USUALLY DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE THIS LARGE BREAKFAST IN SPRINGFIELD.

AND THEN IF THEY GO OUT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, IT'S LIKE A NOTHING THING.

BUT MANY MORE THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE 11 YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS LIKE DAN SAID, THEY WANT TO SHOW THAT UNITED BECAUSE JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN A MONTH AGO, THEY WERE VERY, VERY DIVIDED.

YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE COMING OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY TRYING TO PUSH JOE BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE, WHICH HE FINALLY DID.

OF COURSE.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAVE TO LOOK UNITED TO LOOK LIKE.

THEY'RE ALL PUSHING FOR THE COMMON GOAL AND THEY WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THE BOOST THAT KAMALA GOTTEN IN THE POLLS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEW YORK TIMES POLL THIS WEEK THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOW THAT SHE IS UP IN THESE KEY RUST BELT STATES.

THE MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND A REVERSE OF WHAT ITS POLLS HAVE BEEN SHOWING WHEN BIDEN WAS THE NOMINEE.

AND I'M GOING GET BACK TO JUST SECOND, BUT IT, WHY HAVE WE SEEN SUCH A FLIP?

IS IT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HERSELF?

IS IT THAT VOTERS ARE JUST SICK OF THE OLD GUARD?

WHAT WHY?

WHY THIS CHANGE WILL THE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, DEMOCRATS THAT WANTED JOE BIDEN OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IF THEY ELECTED HIM IN NOVEMBER TO BE A JUST OR ANYTHING THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A JOB ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TERM WHEN HE'S 86 AT THE END OF THAT ARE MUCH LESS EVEN GIVEN THAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE, WHICH WAS, I THINK A HUGE, HUGE GAME CHANGER.

LET'S NOT FORGET THIS IS REALLY AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE TO THE SWAP YOUR YOUR TOP OF THE TICKET, YOUR STANDARD BEER AT THIS STAGE, KAMALA MAY AND KAMALA HARRIS ALSO HER RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZ.

MAYBE IN SOMETHING OF A HONEYMOON PHASE.

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

IF THAT EXTENDS THROUGH NOVEMBER ELECTION.

THEY CONTINUE BUILD ON THIS THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN.

NO DOUBT.

I THINK THE DNC SHOULD GIVE THEM A BOUNCE.

IF THINGS, YOU KNOW, STAY CALM.

IF IT'S NOT LIKE 1968 HERE IN CHICAGO AND WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT SPECTER LOOMING, WHENEVER WE HAVE A CONVENTION HERE IN CHICAGO.

SO I THINK IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER SHE CAN MAINTAIN OR EVEN BUILD ON THAT ADVANTAGE RIGHT NOW, TRUMP IS TRYING TO RECALIBRATE AND DEAL WITH THE NEW REALITY.

AND, YOU HIS WHOLE MESSAGE BEFORE WAS BIDEN IS NO LONGER CAPABLE UP HERE.

YOU KNOW, OF DOING THE JOB WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PAINT WHAT TRUMP HAS NOT REALLY DEFINED KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS OPPONENT YET IN THIS RACE AND SHE HAS REALLY DEFINED HERSELF VERY MUCH.

WE STILL DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT HER PLATFORM POLICIES.

WE ARE GIVEN ECONOMIC SPEECH TODAY WITH A FEW PROPOSALS, BUT SHE HASN'T GIVEN A SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW WITH ANY REPORTER YET.

I KNOW MAYBE JUST THE PRESS CARES ABOUT THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR NAIL DOWN AND PUSH HER ON SPECIFICS.

AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT YET.

SO THAT KIND OF GENERIC DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE SHE'S SHE'S BENEFITTING FROM THAT.

POLLS, I THINK INDIANA, IS THAT THE STATE FAIR?

WHAT SORT OF MESSAGE DID YOU HEAR BE ON UNITY?

IS THERE A LINE OF ATTACK THAT DEMOCRATS AND THAT AND OF COURSE, REPUBLICANS ARE TAKING WELL, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS, THEY WANT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS JB PRITZKER'S EFFORTS TO BRING THE DEA INTO CHICAGO.

HE WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SO-CALLED BLUE WALL THAT HE REFERS TO.

ILLINOIS NOT JUST FOR ABORTION RIGHTS, BUT FOR THINGS LIKE ORGANIZED LABOR.

AS WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE STATES IN THE LAST DECADE, DECADE, HALF TURN TO RIGHT TO WORK STATES.

YOU KNOW, HE WANTS TO JOIN FORCES WITH ORGANIZED LABOR AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE UNION FRIENDLY STATE.

THERE ARE ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, PROGRESSIVE IDEAS THE GOVERNOR'S TRIED TO PUSH, ESPECIALLY IN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH ALMOST A SECOND TERM.

YOU KNOW, HE IS TRYING TO MAKE ILLINOIS, THE ILLINOIS SO OFTEN IN NATIONAL POLITICS KIND OF IGNORED BECAUSE IT'S A GIVEN THAT IT'S A BLUE STATE.

YOU KNOW, NOT ABOUT CHILD CARE TURNING ACTUALLY EXACTLY BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK DEMOCRATS WANT ILLINOIS TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YEAR DECADES AGO, ILLINOIS HAD A MUCH YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY IMPACT NATIONAL POLITICS.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE A AND I THINK WE STILL DO HAVE I THINK THAT A LOT OF STATES AND DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY LOOK UP TO CHICAGO, AT LEAST IN MY TRAVELS.

PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZE THE CHICAGO ARE DOING THIS.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX, NOT SO MANY REFORMS THAT HAS LIT THE COUNTRY AND SOME OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS ON THE SAFETY WHERE ONE OF THE FIRST STATES, IF CORRECT, IF I'M CORRECT CERTAIN ON TO TO COMPLETELY AWAY WITH CASH BAIL.

YES, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT HOLDS US BACK AS HANNAH WAS MENTIONING IS LIKE HAVING THAT MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION WITH SOME REASON WE ALWAYS, YOU WE DON'T GET THAT ANY STICKING WITH IT.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE LISTENING FOR AS YOU WATCH THIS BIG SHOW ON STAGE NEXT I'M REALLY INTERESTED SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE CEASE-FIRE.

THE I THINK ONE OF THE COUNTY ITSELF IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PALESTINIAN COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND FOLKS ARE TAKING THE STREETS TO PROTEST FOR, YOU KNOW, FIRE AND YOU KNOW, TO STOP FUNDING OF WEAPONRY OVER IN THAT AREA.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN VP HARRIS TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT AND SOME OF RALLIES.

WE'VE SEEN HER DEAL WITH HECKLERS AND PROTESTERS IN THOSE SPACES AND SHE'S ADJUSTED.

SHE'S ADAPTED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESPOND.

BUT I WANT TO ON THIS STAGE, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THEY ADDRESS IT AND ALSO HOW THEY ADDRESS IMMIGRATION COULD HAVE WHAT YOU WHAT HE'S GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR.

YEAH, I THINK, YOU WE'RE ON THE PROTEST SIDE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING LET THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FORGET ABOUT THE DEMANDS FOR THE THERE ARE ALSO PROTESTS SURROUNDING REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE.

SO I'M GOING TO BE OUT THERE COVERING THESE PROTESTS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW EFFECTIVE THEIR MESSAGING.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH WHETHER THEY CAN GET PERMITS WHERE THEY CAN GET STAGES EVERYTHING WAS ON THAT NEWS ON THE CITY TO GRANT ONE OF THEM AND SOME OF THE MAIN ORGANIZERS ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE AMPLIFIED SOUND AND THE STAGE IN UNION PARK.

PORTA POTTIES AND WHY WERE THEY ALLOWED TO HAVE PORTA-POTTIES AND SPEAKERS IN THE FIRST?

THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK THERE'S BEEN A HUGE BACK AND FORTH HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE JUDGE, I THINK SAID, WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG?

WHY DID THE CITY SAID ON THESE PER REQUEST FOR SO LONG?

VALID QUESTION.

I YOU KNOW, WE ARE LITERALLY 3 DAYS AWAY.

2 DAYS AWAY FROM THE DNC STARTING IN THE PROTESTS STARTING.

SO I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT REASON.

BUT YEAH, I THINK I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THOSE DEMANDS, IF YOU KNOW THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, GIVE THEM ANY NEW LIFE, THESE PROTESTS YOU KNOW, BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHY IT TAKES SO LONG HAVE THE CITY GRANT PERMITS, IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT FEW 1000.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 25,000 OR MORE BUSES FROM MANY OTHER STATES COMING HERE.

CHICAGO, YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE CITY TO SIT YOU KNOW, THOSE NEGOTIATIONS FOR SO LONG, IT REALLY THREW A WRENCH IN THE PROCESS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ENDED UP WITH EGG ON THEIR FACE, EVEN THOUGH IN THE END, YOU KNOW, THIS AFTERNOON, WE HEARD FROM THE MAIN ORGANIZERS SAYING I WAS MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON FIGHTING FOR US.

SEEMS TO ME IF YOU WANT UNRULY CROWD, DON'T GIVE THEM A PLACE TO USE THE FACILITIES WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE ALL DAY.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SOME SOME BASICS YOUR DANCE YEAH, I MEAN, WITH THE BIGGER ISSUE, I THINK, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT PUTTING ASIDE THE PORTA-POTTY ISSUE OR THE APPLICATION ISSUE, WHICH THE PROTESTERS DECLARED VICTORY ON THIS AFTERNOON.

BUT I THINK THE LARGER ISSUE HAS BEEN THE ROUTE, OK, THEY WANT TO BE CLOSER TO THE UNITED CENTER THAN THE CITY WANTED THEM TO BE THE COURTS SIDED WITH THE CITY ON THAT ONE.

THE ROUTE IS A MILE LONG.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 20, 30,000 PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW THE PROTESTERS, THE DEMONSTRATORS ARE SAYING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LARGE ENOUGH AREA.

AND THEN I WOULD SPEND SOME TIME THIS WEEK WITH OTHER DEMONSTRATORS, PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS CALLED BEHIND ENEMY LINES NEARBY HERE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IRVING PARK ROAD.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT DO WE NEED A PERMIT AT ALL?

WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLING FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

AND THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHERE WILL THE POLICE DRAW THE LINE?

THEY'VE SAID WE WILL NOT ALLOW VIOLENCE OR VANDALISM.

SO BASICALLY PROPERTY CRIME.

I COULD SEE SOME PROPERTY CRIME OCCURRING.

AND THEN THE QUESTION IS HOW IS THE POLICE GOING TO RESPOND?

ARE THEY ONLY GOING TO RESPOND TOWARD THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMITTING THOSE ACTS IS THE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

ARE THEY GOING TO SWEEP UP A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE AND HOW WILL THAT ESCALATE SITUATION POTENTIALLY?

AND HAVE TRIED BEEN REPORTING ON REPORT ON THAT SOON.

WE COVER 2020 AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1968, WE SAW WHAT THE POLICE DID DURING 1968 CONVENTION.

AND DURING 1968 KING UPRISINGS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE ARE OUT.

YOU KNOW HOW THE POLICE RESPOND TO THE PROTESTERS.

ARE THEY GOING INCITE ISSUES OUT THERE?

WE SAW 2020 WHERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, HITTING PEOPLE AND OVER HERE WITH TIMES THEY KNOCKED OUT IN ORGANIZERS TAPE AT ONE OF ORGANIZING EVENTS.

SO A LOT OF A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS HERE IS AROUND.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER POWER, THE POWER, THE POLICE GOING TO POLICE THEMSELVES ARE THERE ARE QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER AFTER, FOR EXAMPLE, GOVERNOR PRITZKER TRIED SO HARD TO LAND DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THAT IS GOING TO INSPECT HER CHILD ON ILLINOIS'S REPUTATION OR EVEN HURT DEMOCRATS CHANCES IN THIS ELECTION?

I THINK IF THINGS REMAIN RELATIVELY PEACEFUL, I DON'T SEE IT HURTING CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BIG I DON'T KNOW IT'S A I WE REALLY AS DAN SAID, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

I THINK POLITICALLY, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THE CONVENTION IN CHICAGO WISE AND NOT IN ATLANTA OR MILWAUKEE WHERE THE REPUBLICANS HAD OR PHILADELPHIA, A SWING STATE WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SHOW VOTERS ON THE FENCE THAT YOU'RE THERE AND YOU'RE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, CHICAGO TO GET IN FOR THE I'M STILL, YOU KNOW, I KIND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF, OBVIOUSLY THAT WHEN DID THIS.

BUT I THINK POLITICALLY, I YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE BEST CHOICE FOR THE DEMOCRATS WILL SAY.

AND THEN TIFFANY, YOU'VE ALSO DONE SOME REPORTING OR THE TRIBE HAS ANYWAY AND FRUSTRATIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE THAT LIVE NEAR THE UNITED CENTER.

YES, OUR REPORTER CORLEY JAY WAS JUST OUT ON THE WEST EARLIER LAST WEEK RESIDENTS WERE STILL CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

THEY SAW THE PARKING SIGNS AND IF THEY PARK ON A STREET, FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT.

JUST LIKE WHERE YOU SUPPOSE APART.

AND I WENT OUT THERE MYSELF AND WALKED AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BARRICADES THAT BUSINESSES IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIDDLE YOU KNOW, A PLACE WHERE THERE'S HOMES AND KIDS AND PARKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PERIMETER SECURITY PERIMETER, ONLY ONE WAY TO GET SO HOW ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE COMMUNITY?

AND TEXAS, ANY OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT THEY MAY NEED.

SOME OF THE HOSPITALS CLOSING THEIR QUITTING SMOKING.

ONE RESIDENT WHO SAID SHE TAKES THE BUS TO WORK AND ASKED US TO GO EXTRA MILE AROUND THE WAY TO TRY TO GET ON THE BUS.

AND THAT'S GONNA NAVIGATE HER AT THE WAY TO GET TO.

WHERE IS THE BUS SHOW?

A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS WELL ABOUT LACK OF TRUST.

THAT IS IN THE CTA AND FOLKS WORKING FROM HOME.

BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

WANT TO BECAUSE WE'VE ONLY GOT ACTUALLY ABOUT 5 OR SO MINUTES LEFT AND THEY'RE HIS BEN MOVEMENT AS WELL FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY SIGNING A PROCLAMATION THAT DESIGNATES THE NATIONAL MONUMENT AT THE SITE OF THE 19 0, 8, RACE RIOTS IN SPRINGFIELD.

NOW, DAN, YOU'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS.

YEAH, JUST KIND LIKE TO STUDY HISTORY.

AND SO TIES IN WITH MODERN EVENTS.

ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, SONYA MASSEY, WHO WAS SHOT BY A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY IN SAYING I'M IN COUNTY IN SPRINGFIELD RECENTLY.

WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.

IT'S CALLED IT'S CAUGHT BODY CAMERA OF ANOTHER OFFICER, I BELIEVE AND HORRIBLE NATIONAL ATTENTION IS BEING PUT ON THAT INCIDENT.

SHE'S A DESCENDANT OF ONE OF THE PEOPLE QUARTER FAMILY OF ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS LYNCHED IN 19.

0, 8, AND HE YOU KNOW, MEMBER OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN SPRINGFIELD, WHICH IS BEEN THERE REALLY SINCE SINCE SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, I THINK BUT LARGE COMMUNITY THERE.

IT'S A VERY SEGREGATED CITY, MUCH LIKE CHICAGO AND A MUCH SMALLER SCALE.

OBVIOUSLY END.

THEY'RE GOING TO DESIGNATE SOME ATTENTION TO THAT ALONG WITH THE OTHER MONUMENTS TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND WHATNOT THAT WE GO AND AND SEE IN SPRINGFIELD ON FIELD TRIP TO ME, HOW MEANINGFUL IS IS BIG IS IMPORTANT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS HISTORY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONTEXT.

WHAT WE HAVE REPUBLICANS TRYING TO RACE HISTORY AND TRY BAN BOOKS IN VAN HISTORY IN BLACK HISTORY, PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOLS.

AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE MONUMENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO, DAN MENTIONED ON FIELD TRIPS AND LEARN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY OF THE SAME WAY THAT YOU LEARN ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND EVERYONE ELSE.

ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED BY BIDEN LIMITING THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS CROSSING FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER HAVING IMPACT GOING ON CHICAGO.

TOTALLY.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A BUS.

I THINK IT ALMOST 2 MONTHS COME FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND IT'S KIND OF TIED.

IT SEEMS TO BE TIED WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER LIMITING SEVERELY LIMITING ASYLUM SEEKERS COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY, WHICH IS HEAVILY CRITICIZED THE TIME.

AND I THINK STILL IS LOT OF PROGRESSIVES ON IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES.

BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF DID IT STOP THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS COMING TO SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES.

IT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AND THE CHICAGO SHELTER POPULATION IS ABOUT ABOUT 5500 PEOPLE LIVING NEW ARRIVALS AND THAT IS DOWN LAST DECEMBER IT WAS ABOUT 15 1000.

SO IT'S DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN HANNAH BRIEFLY HERE.

THAT'S GOT TO BE HUGE AS WELL FOR BOTH THE JOHNSON AND PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION THAT THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE 2 ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE HAD EASY TIME WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THESE MIGRANTS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE EXTRA PRESSURE LEADING UP TO THE DNC, ESPECIALLY BUT IN GENERAL, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL HUMAN BEINGS HERE.

LET'S NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.

YOU I THINK NOT HAVING THAT TENSION BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN GOOD FOR BOTH OF THEM.

THEY CAN FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS THEY CAN FOCUS ON DELIVERING THE SERVICES THAT THEY CAN TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE.

AND THERE IS THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY SHOW THAT CHICAGO HAS TAKEN CARE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

DAN KNOW YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS DONE SOME REPORTING ON EFFORTS BY THE MAYOR TO GET RID OF THAT.

SUPERINTENDENT PEDRO MARTINEZ, HEAD OF CPS.

AND I FIND IT REALLY MYSTIFYING AS SOMEONE THAT REMEMBERS WHEN MAYORAL CONTROL WAS INSTITUTED.

VERY CONTROVERSIAL UNDER A RICHARD AND DAILY IN THE 90'S WERE GOING ON 30 YEARS NOW MAYORAL CONTROL THAT WE HAVE A MAYOR WHO COMES FROM THE TEACHERS UNION, BUT THEY CAN TO GET ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THE CEO WAS HIT, YOU KNOW WHAT WASN'T HANDPICKED BY MAYOR, BUT WAS KEPT BY THIS MAYOR.

RIGHT?

THERE'S A LOT OF DISPUTES ABOUT HOW TO FINANCE THE CPS, A CONTRACT WITH THE TEACHERS WITH THE UNIONIZED, THE TEACHERS GOING SO THIS COULD BE IT FOR FOR YET ANOTHER CEO.

AND WE'VE SEEN SO MANY OF THEM COME AND GO IT TO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON THIS FRONT?

IS THIS SORT OF EXPECTED?

YOU HAVE A MAYOR WHO IS VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION AND THEY DON'T LIKE MARTINEZ THAT THIS THE BRAKES OR COMING AT SCHOOL BEGINS.

ARE PEOPLE NERVOUS?

YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE THING IS ABOUT THE KIDS.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT BEING DISCUSSED AND WAS NOT BEING ACQUITTED IN THIS CONVERSATION IS HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE STUDENTS?

HOW OF THESE CHANGES IMPACT WITH THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SCHOOL IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ADULTS DOING ABOUT THINGS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE KIDS PUT AT THE FOREFRONT OF INFLUENCE IN WITH YOUR TAKE ON THE SITUATION.

SO MUCH OF THIS IS ITS FINANCES.

BUT WHY DON'T WE HAVE MARTINEZ HERE STILL, IF THERE ARE SIGNALS THAT THE MAYOR DOESN'T WANT WELL, IT'S COMPLICATED.

CAN'T THE MAYOR TO TECHNIQUE AND JUST CALL UP AND SAY YOU'RE GONE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH JOHNSON DID A POINT.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A SCHOOL BOARD AS POSSIBLY PROBABLY SIDING WITH MARTINEZ OR HAS SIDED WITH HIM NUMEROUS ITEM SINCE THEY CAME INTO POWER.

YOU KNOW, AT ISSUE HERE ARE A HIGH INTEREST LOAN THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED, A BIG PENSION PAYMENT.

THE CITY WANT TO SHIFT BACK TO CPS, TOUCH SHIFTED BACK TO THE TO THE CITY UNDER LIGHTFOOT.

SO IT'S PRETTY COMPLICATED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW AND THAT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS 10 DAYS AWAY.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THEN.

AND THEN THERE ARE A WHOLE SEVERANCE FIRING FOR CAUSE OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

THAT REALLY COMPLICATE THIS IS NOT IT.

AND OVERNIGHT, ISSUE HERE WILL STILL HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION IN CHICAGO FOR LOOMING, IT'S GOING TO BE A HYBRID BOARD IS NOT GOING TO BE TOTAL MAYORAL CONTROL.

ALL WHICH THE UNION PUSHED FOR A MANY PROGRESSIVES PUSH FOR ANOTHER GOING TO GET IT WHEN THEY HAVE A MAYOR FROM FROM THE UNION IN THE 5TH FLOOR OF CITY HALL AND WE'LL WE'LL HAVE TO END IT WITH THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE TO EACH OF YOU ARE THANKS TO DEMI A LUCKLESS TIFFANY WILD AND HANNAH MAISEL AND QUIT MYERS JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT WILL BE LIVE AT 5, 30 AND AT 10 EVERY NIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO IN-DEPTH ON THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN.

HEAR FROM SOME OF LEADING DEMOCRATS.

IT'S WELL AS GETTING SOME REPUBLICAN RESPONSE.

WE WILL BE 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.

BNSF RAILWAY, FRANCINE AND DOCTOR ANTHONY BROWN.

AND THE MOMENT, HOWEVER, PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPIC FUND IN HONOR OF THEM AND HOW SUPPORTING QUALITY JOURNALISM.

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

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.

THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT A BRAND NEW E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, THE DAILY CHICAGO AND WE'LL HAVE THE BACK STORY AND THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY AND INSIGHTS INTO WHAT DEFINES OUR CITY WILL ALSO HELP YOU EXPLORE YOUR OWN COMMUNITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS CHICAGO HAD TO WT TW DOT COM SLASH NEWSLETTER TO SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW ON THE MEND OF IN A KEY.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

AND WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT RIOT FEST WHICH LEFT CHICAGO AND NOW IS COMING BACK TO WHATS UP.

IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THE ORGANIZERS THAT HAVE FOUGHT FOR YEARS, YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO GET RIOT FEST OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IS BACK IN THAT WAY TO SAY OLDER WOMAN THERE SAID THAT NORTH LAWNDALE HAS BEEN CLEAR RIGHT.

BEST HOME IS IN DOUGLAS PARK.

WHEN I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S VERY CLEAR, I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS FROM NORTH AND SOUTH ON A LITTLE VILLAGE AREA WHO DO NOT WANT IT THERE.

BUT THERE ARE MANY FANS WANT THIS ALTERNATIVE FESTIVAL WITHOUT A PUNK BANDS THERE AND ON THIS PART AND ASSIGNED THE SWITCH RIDGEVIEW WAS NOT A PLACE COUNTER CORPS WANTED TO TRAVEL.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACT BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY TAKE IT FOR FLYING OFF THE PROVERBIAL SHELF OR WHEREVER YOU STUART.

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