>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK INTERVIEW.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THE GOVERNOR REVERSES COURSE ON CHICAGO'S MIGRANT CRISIS AND SAYS HELP INDEED IS ON THE WAY.

EVERYTHING WE CAN DO.

WE MUST 2 THE STATE OF ILLINOIS COMES TO CHICAGO'S RESCUE.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER ANNOUNCES 160 MILLION DOLLARS TO ASSIST WITH THE CITY'S ONGOING MIGRANT CRISIS.

MEANWHILE, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAYS MIGRANTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 60 DAYS IN CITY SHELTERS.

>> THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO AS WE PASS THE 2024 BUDGET CITY COUNCIL, RUBBER STAMPS.

JOHNSON, 16.7 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.

>> FEATURES NO NEW PROPERTY TAXES DESPITE COMING FISCAL CLIFFS.

THE TRIAL OF ED BURKE IS BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER A WEEK LONG COVID DELAY IN SPORTS, JUSTIN FIELDS GETS READY TO MAKE HIS RETURN FROM A HAND INJURY AGAINST THE MIGHTY DETROIT LIONS.

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT THE MIGHTY DETROIT KIND OF GET USED TO SAYING THAT.

JOINING US ON OUR PANEL ARE LAURA WASHINGTON OF ABC, 7 CHICAGO, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, OUR VERY OWN HEATHER SHARON GREGORY, PROUD OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND MAGGIE HENDRICKS, SPORTSWRITER AT OLYMPICS DOT COM.

SO HEATHER CERON AFTER MONTHS OF STATE LAWMAKERS ARE SAYING WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO HELP YOU.

WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO HELP YOU.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER THIS AS WELL.

THERE'S 160 MILLION DOLLARS.

WE HAVE TO HELP YOU.

WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?

THE COUCH CUSHIONS.

ESSENTIALLY THIS WAS MONEY THAT WAS APPROPRIATED TO THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES THAT THE GOVERNOR CAN RE APPROPRIATE.

YOU KNOW, UNDER LAW.

>> AND THIS WILL BE USED IN 3 BUCKETS.

ONE TO STAND UP A MASSIVE SOFT-SIDED SHELTER THAT WILL HOUSE UP TO 2000 PEOPLE.

IT WILL ALSO HELP PROCESS MIGRANTS WHO COME INTO THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WANT TO COME TO CHICAGO AND MAYBE THAT MEANS A BUS TICKET TO SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH THE STATE'S HEALTH AND THEN THERE UPDATED CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

SO THIS WILL HELP PEOPLE GET WORK PERMITS.

THIS WILL HELP PEOPLE SORT OF GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED ALL IN THE HELP OF MOVING THEM OUT OF CITY SHELTERS, FASTER, WHICH IS WHY THE MAYOR SAID IT'S TIME TO PUT A LIMIT ON THOSE STAY GREAT PRIDE.

IN THE GOVERNOR'S REMARKS, HE SAID THINGS WERE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH WITH THE CITY IN THE WINTER MONTHS ARE COMING.

IS THAT A SUBTLE DIG?

>> AT MAYOR JOHNSON'S EFFORTS THUS FAR, PROBABLY.

I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN DIGGING AT EACH OTHER FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF FRUSTRATIONS WITH EACH OTHER.

SO IF YOU'RE GONNA >> START TO TAKE ACTION, YOU MIGHT WANT TO POKE I'M A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT IS.

IT IS A REALIZATION OF THE FACT THAT THEY ALL NEED TO START WORKING TOGETHER TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE SITUATION, FORTUNATELY, THE BUSES HAVE SLOWED DOWN.

SO IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD BE A MONTH AGO.

BUT THE SITUATION IS STILL IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.

AND THIS IS MUCH NEEDED.

LAURA WASHINGTON ABOUT TIME THE STATE STEPPED IN HERE IN THE U OF A COOK COUNTY.

ALSO PLEDGING 100 MILLION DOLLARS CHICAGO IS ON AN ISLAND FOR A WHILE.

YET, JOHNSON HAS BEEN A CALLING FOR THIS KIND OF SUPPORT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND EVEN MORE BEHIND THE 8 BALL NOW BECAUSE THE SUPPORT HAS TO COME.

>> PRITZKER AND AND THE MAYOR HAVE BEEN AT ODDS FOR A WHILE.

AND IT'S INTERESTING, THOUGH, THAT THE SOUTH SIDE, 10 CITY THAT PRITZKER'S PROPOSING AND HE'S GOING TO PAY FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFERENT THAT IS FROM THE 10 CITIES SAID THE JOHNSON WAS PROPOSING THAT WHICH PITCHER CHRIS, TO CRITICIZE EXACTLY THE SAME EXACT GOING TO BE WARM REALLY VIABLE CHICAGO INTERNET.

THE QUESTION HAS BEEN AND IT HASN'T BEEN ANSWERED AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE ANY OF THESE FACILITIES WILL BE EITHER START OF THE INTAKE FACILITY FOR MIGRANTS TO COMING INTO CHICAGO.

THERE'S NO LOCATION YET ANNOUNCED.

WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE MASSIVE WINTER ICE BASE CAMPS WILL BE AND IT IS GOING TO BE 20 DEGREES NEXT WEEK.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE MORE THAN 1000 SLEEPING OUTSIDE CHICAGO POLICE STATIONS AS WE SPEAK.

>> THEY ARE AT GRAVE RISK AS WE HEARD THE GOVERNOR SAY A FREEZING TO DEATH ON CHICAGO STREET.

MAYBE HUNDREDS.

DOES THIS ACTUALLY 160 MILLION DOLLARS GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PASS BY POLICE STATIONS AND NOT SEE.

>> ALL THESE TENSE AROUND AND FOLKS STANDING OUTSIDE OR SLEEPING INSIDE.

I MEAN, I THINK THE ONLY WAY THE ONLY PATCH THAT CAN HELP THESE I ASYLUM SEEKERS IS HELPING THEM FIND JOBS.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

THAT IS PART OF IT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HELP FIND PERMITS THAT THERE'S GOING TO CASE MANAGEMENT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THESE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WILL HELP THEM.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A 60 DAYS IN JUST EXACERBATING THE HOMELESS PROBLEM WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE CITY AND GREG PRATT.

SO THIS THE MAYOR SAYING 60 DAYS IN A CITY-RUN SHELTER, ALTHOUGH NOT EXACTLY SAYING, WELL, IF YOU HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO KICK YOU OUT ON THE STREET RIGHT?

YEAH, I THINK I THINK THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BLUFF TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT TO THROW PEOPLE OUT.

>> THE CITY HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A POLICY THAT YOU GOT TO GET OUT AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME DIDN'T ENFORCE IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THERE.

YOU HAVE HUMANITARIAN AND THEN OF MAYOR JOHNSON ALSO WANT TO HAVE THIS POLICY ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE HE HAS A LOT OF RESENTMENT, PARTICULARLY THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PEOPLE ON AN OPEN ENDED LEVEL AND YOU THERE'S NOTHING FOR US.

AND SO THEY HAVE A POLICY THAT THEY CAN POINT TO.

SO I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW SERIOUSLY THEY ENFORCE THE 60 DAYS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WILL BE VERY IT, BUT IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.

SO YOU KNOW FOR 60 DAYS ARE GOING TO BE THROWING FOLKS OUT OF SHELTERS IN IN THE DEAD OF JANUARY.

>> SO THAT THERE'S A BIG QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE MAYOR HAS SORT OF PIVOTED FROM HIS MORE HARDLINE STANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT MY CRYSTAL MATTER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EVERY HAND CAMERA.

WE'RE AN OPEN CITY NOW SAYING, WELL, THERE ARE LIMITS TO THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING HE'S BEEN UNDER PRESSURE TO DO AND TO ON FOR A LONG TIME, PARTICULARLY GREG SUSKIND AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

I WAS GOING TO ASK, IS THAT A RESPONSE TO THE SOME OF THE CALLS FROM THE I YOU AMERICAN COMMUNITY SAYING WHAT ABOUT OUR NEED?

I THINK IT'S RESPONSE TO POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM ALL SIDES.

IT'S NOT JUST THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

IT'S YOU SEEN PROTESTS IN BRIGHTON PARK, WHICH WAS NOT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROTESTER PRIMARILY WITH LATINOS AND ASIAN NATIONS WHO ARE PROTESTING.

THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIM TO TO TO MAKE NOT ONLY THAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE CHICAGO PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME TO TAKING CARE, BUT THAT WE SOLVE THIS CRISIS RIGHT NOW.

HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ALL THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO BUILD A OF BRIGHTON PARK AT THE SHARON.

DO WE KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT 10 CITY HAVE IT HAS ANY CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON THEM AT ALL KNOW.

SO THERE HAS BEEN NO FINAL DETERMINATION THAT EITHER THE WINTER ICE BASE CAMP WILL BE BUILT AT 30TH IN CALIFORNIA IN BRIGHTON PARK OR AT 100 15TH AND HOSTED IN THE 20ST WORD IN THE ROSELAND NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'RE STILL WAITING.

>> FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS AND OTHER SIGN OFF BY CITY DEPARTMENTS.

JOHNSON FIRST ANNOUNCED THIS PROPOSAL IN SEPTEMBER.

IT IS MID NOVEMBER.

YOU WILL ASK CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS AND THEY WILL SAY, LOOK, IT'S HARD TO GET THINGS DONE.

IT IS A BUREAUCRACY AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING CARE OF.

I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A BACKUP PLAN TO THE BACKUP PLAN.

BUT TO YOUR POINT WHERE I WAS REALLY STARTLING MOMENT TO HEAR BRANDON JOHNSON SAY THIS WEEK THAT HE WOULD NOT SACRIFICE CHICAGOANS NEEDS FOR THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HOPE TO BE CHICAGOANS.

AND I THINK RESIST A HOST OF QUESTIONS WHEN YOU BECOME A CHICAGO IN YOU GET TO COME AND SAY YOU'RE A CHICAGO THAT'S HOW I'VE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD CHICAGO, WHICH HAS A DEEP AND LONG HISTORY OF WELCOMING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.

AND I THINK THERE ARE VERY REAL PRESSURES THAT HE IS FACING FROM ALL SIDES.

AND HE IS IN A VERY TOUGH MOMENT.

JUST 6 MONTHS IN OFFICE.

THE CERTAINLY A DIFFERENT TUNE THAT HAD BEEN GREG PRATT, NOT A DIFFERENT TUNE WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET PASSES WITH FLYING COLORS JUST MAYOR EMANUEL'S BUDGETS, DAILY'S BUDGETS AND MANY OF MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S BUDGETS.

>> NO CONTROVERSY OR HOW COME IT WAS JUST SO EASY.

>> WELL, IT'S A IT'S A NON CONTROVERSIAL BUDGET.

ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT ACTUALLY BALANCED, WHICH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF FISCAL UNCERTAINTY IS NEVER GOING TO SINK A BUDGET IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

IT'S A PRETTY UNCONTROVERSIAL BUDGET.

I THEY WANTED TO GET MORE THAN 39, WHICH WAS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S FIRST NUMBER AND THEY GOT IT.

I THINK IT WAS 40.

SO THEY REALLY KEEP TRACK OF THESE TALLY.

OH, THEY THEY SIT THERE PAYING ATTENTION THAT THEY LIKE.

IT'S BASEBALL CARDS ARE.

I KNEW.

I MEAN, EMANUEL WANTED TO GET THINGS LIKE 45 46, 50?

YEAH.

THE ALWAYS WANTS THE JUGGLER POP UP SOME NONSENSE ABOUT IT WILL AFFECT THE BOND RATING OF US.

NOT UNANIMOUS.

HE WOULD TRY EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY TRACK.

BUT FIRST FOR JOHNSON, YOU KNOW, FOR >> IT WAS A GOOD VICTORY.

IT'S THE EASIEST BUDGET.

IT'S INTERESTING THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT DID NOT DO A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE HER FIRST YEAR AND NEITHER DID MAYOR JOHNSON WHEN PROMISE HIS CAMPAIGN HE WOULD.

BUT AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ONE OF BETTER OF A NEW POLITICAL WISDOM IS THAT YOU DO IT AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

SO YOU CAN BLAME THE OTHER PERSON.

AND PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT IT IN 3 YEARS AND YOU'RE RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY ARE WITH ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE.

BUT I THINK FROM THE MAYOR'S PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A BETTER, SAFER, STRONGER CHICAGO.

FROM YOUR A CHICAGO RESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO I I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF MONEY GOING TOWARDS FIXING THE CTA THAT IS MY BIG THING THAT LIKE I SURE WOULD LIKE TO RIDE BUS AND TIME AGAIN.

>> AT SOME POINT BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THINGS WORK OUT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

WHETHER THAT'S THE CRISIS, WHETHER THAT'S ETA, WHAT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON WITH THIS BUDGET AND ALSO EVEN CHICAGO COMING HOME.

HOW THIS ALL ALL WORKS OUT.

>> THE TO HELP THE HOMELESS, THAT TAX ON HIGH-END REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

YOU MENTIONED, THE CTA, NORMAL PART OF THE HEAD OF THE CTA.

I MEAN, SO MANY FOLKS HAVE SORT OF LOST THEIR JOBS OR TURNED OVER IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.

ADORABLE CARTER HAS BEEN OFF CRITICIZE.

I WONDER WHAT GOT ON AND THEN THIS TERRIBLE ACCIDENT OR THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THERE.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF THING.

>> IF YOU'RE THE HEAD CTA, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN ON YOUR WATCH WILL HONESTLY, I THINK ABOUT FIRE DOCTOR ARWADY AND IT TOOK HIM 3 MONTHS TO REPLACE OR SO IT'S IT'S A.

>> TRYING TO FIND GOOD PEOPLE WELL, IF I RUN BECAUSE I MEAN, IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT HARD.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE BURK HEATHER, YOU'VE GOT TO SIT AND WATCH THE FORMER 50 YEAR ALDERMAN AND HIS POCKET SQUARES IN PINSTRIPE SUITS.

LISTEN TO TESTIMONY.

FIRST OF ALL, THEY SAID A JURY THEY DID FINALLY WHEN THEY GOT BACK THIS WEEK WAS ON THE JURY.

SO IT IS 9 WOMEN AND 3 MEN.

AND IT IS MOSTLY SUBURBAN CHICAGO ENDS.

AND WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT SUBURBS, I'M NOT TALKING PARKER PARK RIDGE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT GENEVA, HOURS AWAY.

SO THIS IS ALL PART OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT.

SO THEY TRY AND DRAW FROM THIS.

IT'S CLEAR THAT BOTH SIDES, PERHAPS WE'RE LOOKING FOR JURORS WHO WERE NOT PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY PERHAPS WHAT ED BURKE IS ACCUSED OF DOING.

>> NOW, I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T TALK TO THE LAWYERS ABOUT WHY THEY PICKED THIS JURY, BUT IT WAS STARTLING THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW CHICAGOANS ON THE STORY AND THERE ARE NO BLACK PEOPLE.

ON ON THIS JURY THAT'S CODE THAT LIKE FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S LEGACY REGARDLESS OF OUTCOME OF THIS TRIAL WILL BE WHAT HE DID TO FORMER MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON.

I THINK THAT SORT OF START ME.

I HAVE TO SAY WHY PROSECUTORS TRY HARDER TO TO PUSH FOR BLACK REPRESENTATION ON JURY, RIGHT?

SO WE'RE JUST NOW WE HEARD TODAY JUST WITH THE FIRST FEW WITNESSES AND WE'VE ONLY HEARD OPENING STATEMENT, BUT IT WAS REALLY STRIKING TO ME HOW PROSECUTION PAINTED THIS PICTURE OF SOMEBODY WHO WAS OUT TO SELL HIS PUBLIC OFFICE FOR THE HIGHEST BIDDER AND THAT HE WAS CAN HE WOULD DO IT FOR ANY POSSIBLE REASONS.

NEED A PERMIT TO RENOVATE A BURGER KING.

YOU NEED TO HIRE MYLAR FROM YOU.

WANT TO RENOVATE THE OLD POST OFFICE.

YOU GOT TO HIRE MY PART OF THE FENCE.

HERE.

IS IT IN THE WAY BURKE PRESENTS THAT BECAUSE YOU NEVER SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO HIRE MY LAW FIRM.

>> HE WOULD SAY THINGS HERE'S OUR LAW FIRM.

MIGHT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, RIGHT?

SO IF YOU LISTEN TO CHRIS CARE, BROOKS ATTORNEY, HE'S JUST OLD-SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVANT WHO WAS NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM SERVING AS PROPERTY TAX ATTORNEY WHEN ALL OF THIS WENT DOWN IN 2017.

>> SO WE'RE GOING HEAR THAT CASE MADE THAT HE WASN'T DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL.

AND IF PEOPLE WANTED TO HIRE HIS LAW FIRM PUTS HIS LOVE FOR AN IS GREAT.

THERE'S NOTHING TO PREVENT THEM FROM DOING THAT.

>> IT WAS SORT OF ANOTHER MOMENT THAT SORT OF TOOK MY BREATH AWAY TO HEAR CHRIS GARRETT TALK ABOUT HOW ALL AT BURKE DOES WAS MAKE PHONE CALLS TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND THAT NONE OF THESE PHONE CALLS INCLUDE EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING.

THERE'S NO ENVELOPES FULL OF CASH IN THIS CASE.

THERE'S GOLD BARS OR ANYTHING RIGHT WAS ASKING.

SO SO THE JURY WILL BE ASKED TO DRAW AN INFERENCE, RIGHT?

YOU'RE IN A MEETING WITH SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS A PERMIT AND YOU SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT THIS LAW FIRM, IT WOULD SURE BE GREAT IF YOU HIRED MY LAW FIRM.

WILL THE JURY BUY THAT THE CASE FOR DEFENSE HERE IS TO JUST SORT OF MODEL THIS PICTURE FOR THE JURY.

SO THEY'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE.

AND IN ANOTHER PART OF THE FENCE.

>> LAURA WASHINGTON IS TO SAY, WELL AT BIRTH DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH PART BECAUSE UNDER RAHM EMANUEL, RAHM EMANUEL HAD A RUBBER STAMP CITY COUNCIL HERE IN THE CITY OF THE POST OFFICE WAS GOING TO GET RENOVATED AND RAHM EMANUEL WANTED THAT WILL COULD BURKE DO ABOUT IT?

>> ED BURKE WAS WAS WILL REMAIN THE MOST ALDERMAN IN EVER IN CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL THE HEAD THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DECADES AND WITH THAT POWER COMES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.

CAN PUT.

YOU CAN PUT YOU CAN PUT A STOP TO THINGS HE CAN KEEP KEEP THINGS FROM HAPPENING BECAUSE THE FED FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS ITS FINGERS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PI.

SO RAHM EMANUEL, A LOT OF POWER TO THE KEPT HIS DISTANCE FROM HEAD A TOWER THAT AND THEY CAN'T THEY STAYED OUT OF EACH OTHER.

SANDBOX IS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO MESS WITH YOUR SANDBOX.

YOU DON'T MESS WITH MINE AND IT WORKED FOR THEM.

WELL, THE DEFENSE SHOULD BE CAREFUL PLAYING TOO CUTE IN PLAYING STUPID ABOUT ALL BURKE.

ISN'T THAT POWERFUL?

BECAUSE IT'S A SILLY ARGUMENT THAT'S GOING TO >> QUICKLY GET POPPED.

THE SHOULD BE CAREFUL PREVENTING KIND OF A BLOATED CASE.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I WAS WATCHING SOME OF THEIR TESTIMONY TODAY AND THE PROSECUTOR, PROSECUTORS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PHRASE, WHICH IS SLIMMER, A SLIM WINDS.

YOU THE SUMMER CASE, I'M MORE FOCUSED CASE.

SOME OTHER STUFF THAT THEY WERE PRESENTING TODAY ABOUT THE FIELD MUSEUM WAS KIND OF FALLING FLAT TUMMY.

I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT?

THIS IS WHERE BURKE WAS ANGRY THAT THE FIELD DID NOT HIRE AN INTERN FOR WINTER.

AND THE DAUGHTER OF A FRIEND, A FORMER ALDERMAN AND THEN ALLEGEDLY THREATENED THAT.

I THOUGHT ENDED UP BEING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE COMPELLING TESTIMONY AND THERE'S A LOT MORE COMPELLING EVIDENCE THAT TO ANOTHER HIS OWN WORDS.

I THOUGHT THAT THE I THOUGHT I WOULD BE A LITTLE NERVOUS IF I WAS THE FENCE ABOUT THAT.

I'D BE A LITTLE NERVOUS IF I'M THE DEFENSE THIS NONSENSE ABOUT IT.

BURKE WASN'T REALLY POWERFUL BECAUSE RAHM IS MORE POWERFUL.

YEAH, AROUND IS MORE POWERFUL.

BUT BURKE IS VERY POWER.

THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE THAT CASE, BURKE SHOULD SHOW UP IN $100 FROM SUPPLYING WITH KNOWN POCKETS.

YOU KNOW, GREG, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SOME STORIES YOU'VE BEEN DOING ABOUT THE CITY TREASURER, MELISSA CONYERS, IRVINE.

NOW THE CHICAGO ETHICS BOARD.

>> IS FINDING FAULT WITH HER FOR A IMPROPERLY FIRING TO AGE BECAUSE THEY HAD REPORTED BLOWN THE WHISTLE ON IRVINE ZA CONYERS IRVIN'S UNETHICAL ACTS.

SO WHAT'S THE FALLOUT HERE?

WHILE SHE'S GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO REBUT THE ETHICS BOARD IN THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND ARGUE THAT SHE'S A INNOCENT OF THOSE CHARGES.

>> BUT IT'S A REALLY REMARKABLE STORY MEAN SHE FIRED THEM AFTER THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT MISCONDUCT AND IN THEIR LETTERS AND FIRING, SHE SAYS, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS ON ITS NOT TRUE.

I MEAN, THERE WAS NO NO CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION.

SHE'S THE ONE WHO HIRED THEM.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'S PEOPLE WHO WORKED ELSEWHERE.

SO IT'S IT'S A IT'S AN INTERESTING, ONGOING CASE.

AND SHE'S TRYING TO JUST RIDE IT OUT AND IGNORE IT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT IT'S THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT SHE OWES THE PUBLIC ANSWERS TO JUST TRY TO WRITE OUT A RUN FOR CONGRESS.

YES.

AND AND YOU KNOW THIS, THIS WILL NOT HELP HER, BUT SHE'S GOING RUN DAVIS LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.

SITTING CONGRESSMAN.

>> SHE'S GOING HAVE AN UPHILL BATTLE ARE GOING TO BE OTHER PEOPLE IN THAT RACE AS WELL.

RIGHT, WHO'S RUN?

THIS WILL BE HER RUN.

SO IT'S IT WOULD BE TOUGH FOR HER ANYWAY, SHE COULD PROBABLY HOLD ONTO HER SEAT AND EVEN IF SHE'S FOUND CUOCO GUILTY OF THESE CHARGES, YOU SIGN OF HARD SHE'S OPPOSED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

YEAH.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT HIM?

THIS IS THE FIRST CHICAGO POLITICAL THING THAT HAPPENED ABOUT SCAM.

>> AM PART OF I LOVE IT.

IT WAS A PICK UP IN COURT.

PRO WHAT I HEARD THAT I WAS LIKE, OH, NOW AND PAY ATTENTION.

WE HAVE CHICAGO SCANDALS.

ALL SCANDALS.

I JUST THINK ABOUT THE DOROTHY BROWN CAKE ACTUALLY DOROTHY BROWN HER DRESS.

YES, AS THE LAYERS, THE CAKE OF COURSE, FORMER COOK COUNTY, A CIRCUIT COURT CLERK OUT.

LET'S MOVE UP TO EVANSTON 800 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION OF RYAN FIELD.

>> THE VOTE ON THIS IS A TABLE FOR ANOTHER WEEK.

MAGGIE HENDRICKS, YOU THINK ULTIMATELY EVANSTON IS GOING TO SAY, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

HAVE A BUNCH OF CONCERTS AND REBUILD THE STADIUM.

>> I THINK I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET ENOUGH PRESSURE FROM NORTHWESTERN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BECAUSE THE THING IS IF NORTHWESTERN DOESN'T GET THIS NEW STADIUM.

IT IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THEM IN THE BIG 10 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE.

AND THEN BEN TELL THEIR COLLEGE STADIUMS.

BUT LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, IT'S A DUMP.

IT JUST IS.

AND I MEAN, MOST KIND OF STALL TO HAVE MY BACK BY THE END OF AND IT SAYS AS POPULATED AS A HIGH SCHOOL SAY HE'S USES A 10,000 PEOPLE THERE AND THEY'RE ALL FOR SO THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SWEETEN THE POT.

I THINK FOR EVANSTON RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T KEEP PLAYING IN THAT STADIUM AND HAVE THE BIG 10 BE OK WITH WELL, AND SO THERE WAS A 44 DEADLOCK ON CITY COUNCIL AND THE PASS AND THE MAYOR THERE, DANIEL BISS.

>> WAS THE DECIDING VOTE TO MOVE IT FORWARD?

IT IS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

DO YOU THINK YOU THINK MORE FOLKS ARE GOING TO SORT OF FALL IN FAVOR OF THIS?

AGAIN, THE BIG THING I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER, THESE FOLKS, THE BIG THINGS, THE CONCERTS, THEY DON'T WANT THE CONCERTS HERE IN OUR BACKYARD.

SURE, BUT AS MAGGIE SAYS, THEY'RE SWEENEY NORTHWEST GOING CONTINUES THE POT IS A 250 MILLION DOLLARS, 7 MILLION DOLLARS YEAR TO MERCED OVER NUMBER OF YEARS, THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO RESIST AND IS IN THIS IS AN INTERESTING PLAYER IN THIS BECAUSE >> HE'S TRIED TO PRETEND OR HE'S TRIED INDICATE THAT HE WANTS TO BE MOVED TROLL UNTIL FINAL DECISION GETS MADE.

BUT HE'S ALREADY GOT SOME POLITICAL OPPOSITION FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT RAIN AGAINST HIM BECAUSE THEY'RE UNHAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT WITH WAY HE'S HANDLING, THEY SEE HIM AS BEING PRO NORTHWESTERN.

>> AND THAT ANTONIO.

BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT.

>> I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS A GIANT.

LAND HOLD OR IN YOUR TOWN THAT DOESN'T PAY ANY TAXES.

STANDS TO REASON THAT THEY WOULD WANT SOME KIND OF BENEFIT FROM THE SCHOOL RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

YOU YOU CAN DO A WHOLE ROUNDTABLE ABOUT PILOTS PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES, >> IS AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS REMARKABLE.

WHAT, WHAT NORTHWESTERN ANOTHER BIG INSTITUTIONS LIKE THAT DO AND THEY DON'T PAY ANYTHING I KNOW.

AND AND I KNOW THEY WOULD.

THEY WOULD.

THEY WOULD SAY WE PAY ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS.

AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, BUT WE PROVIDE A DIFFERENT KIND OF BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY, WILL SEE HOME ALLEGEDLY IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL DAY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SIGN THIS JUMP ON ONE OTHER CITY COUNCIL ISSUE.

HEATHER.

>> ALDERMAN BILL CONWAY IN THE SECOND WARD PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING MAYOR HIS OFFICE OFFERED TO HELP HIM OUT TO CLEAR OUT SOME TROUBLED THE TENT ENCAMPMENTS IN HIS WORD.

BUT BASICALLY SAID IT WOULD COME AT A PRICE.

WELCOME WAS THE 34TH WARD.

I'LL DEFER THAT WAS HIS STORY.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IS REALLY REMARKABLE BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE BOTH TALKING ABOUT A BACK ROOM CONVERSATION.

THEY >> ALDERMAN CONWAY AND JASON LEE, THE MAYOR'S TOP ADVISER AND THERE IS A PRO QUO OFFERED THEREOF WE WILL GET RID OF YOUR CAMPS, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO VOTE FOR THESE 2 THINGS.

CONWAY SAID NO.

AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY HOW DARE YOU?

AND THEY SAID, HEY, WHAT DO HEAR SOMETHING?

BE THE NEW FACE IN CITY POLITICS.

YOU DON'T DO THINGS LIKE WELL, THEY FOLKS THAT THEY'VE NEVER THAT THAT THEY THEY'VE HELD THEMSELVES OUT AS NOT DEAL MAKERS.

THEY'RE NOT LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYING WE DON'T BUY VOTES, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, USUALLY GET THEM TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE OPEN.

AND THAT WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE.

>> MAYBE YOU WANT TO JUMP YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST THOUGHT IT FOR REGULAR POLITICS.

I LIKE I REMEMBER I READ YOUR ARTICLE AND I THOUGHT LIKE, WELL, YEAH, PUBLIC SAFETY THING SO SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT >> THIS IS CHICAGO POLITICS.

THE WAY IT USUALLY RUN.

MAYBE JUST BECOME.

SO IT HASN'T TAKEN JOHNSON THAT LITTLE VERY LONG.

THE TOOTH TO FIGURE OUT THE CHICAGO WAY AND HOW WORK IN CITY HALL FOR WAS GOING QUOTE, UNQUOTE, RAT THEM OUT, TOO.

IF THEY DON'T THE PROPOSITION HERE.

WELL, OF COURSE WE HAVE BILL CONWAY WHO RUN RAN UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY.

HE'S CLEARLY VERY AMBITIOUS.

MOST FRESHMAN ALDERMAN SORT OF SPEND AT LEAST THE FIRST 6 MONTHS FIGURING OUT WHERE THE BATHROOMS ARE AND HOW TO USE THEIR SWEAT PASSES TO GET INTO CITY HALL.

HE ALONG WITH OTHERS HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THAT PATTERN AND HE HAS BEEN NOT AFRAID TO SORT OF THROW SOME ELBOWS ON THE CITY COUNCIL FLOOR AND NOW BEHIND THE SCENES.

AND I THINK THAT IS AN INDICATION THAT POLITICS ARE CHANGING BECAUSE HE DID NOT COME UP THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE.

>> AS OLDER PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, HE'S THERE.

I WOULD THINK HE WOULD SAY FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS, BUT HE IS ALSO GOT HIS EYES ON THE HORIZONS, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY COMING CITY COUNCIL RUNNING AGAINST MAYOR.

JUST WE DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE JUSTIN FIELDS IS COMING BACK FROM HIS HAND INJURY.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM HIM THIS WEEKEND?

I MEAN, WE'RE PLAYING THE THAT THEY ARE PLAYING THE LIONS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH GAME FOR THE BEARS TO MEET TOUGH GAME FOR JUSTIN FIELDS.

LIONS ARE NOT EASY AND QUARTERBACKS.

SO.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE TALKING FOR HIM TO COME BACK.

BUT THERE'S COACHES ARE EASY AND BEARS QUARTERBACKS AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING EASY ABOUT STARTED BACK.

I WOULDN'T WANT THE JOB, BUT I I THINK THAT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A BETTER SITUATION THAN HAVING TYSON BAGENT HE DID HIS BEST, BUT IT WASN'T PRETTY FOOTBALL WHEN HE PLAYED.

HE'S NOT READY YET.

HIS NIGHT SHOWED SOME SIGNS THAT HE COULD BE GOOD DOWN THE DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY CHANCE JUSTIN FIELDS, IF HE HAS A REMARKABLE LAST 7 GAMES OF THE SEASON?

>> HE'S READING HIS TICKET TO STAY IN CHICAGO BE THE FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK OR GENERAL MANAGER ALREADY.

YOU KNOW, SCOTT IN THE DRAFT AND SAYING WE NEED A REPLACEMENT, IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE READY TO MOVE ON, WHICH IS REAL SHAME BECAUSE I THINK GETTING.

>> FIELDS HAS PLENTY OF TALENT AND HASN'T HAVE THE SUPPORT TO BECOME THE PLAYER THAT HE COULD BE.

BUT MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER.

THERE'S ANOTHER FRANCHISE OUT THERE.

THERE'S 31 OTHERS THAT CAN HELP HIM BECOME THE BETTER PLAYER.

HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING GO THROUGH?

THIS IS BEARS FANS AND >> YOU KNOW, HERE'S HERE'S THE LATEST QUARTERBACK.

LET'S SEE WHAT HE'S GOT 3 YEARS LATER.

RUN OUT OF TOWN.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THERE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CURSE IS.

BECAUSE LIKE.

>> WITH THE CUBS, WHEN YOU'RE WITH THE CURSES.

SO THERE'S CLEARLY A QUARTERBACK, CARSON, CHICAGO, WE JUST NEED TO WE NEED TO A SPORTS HISTORIAN TO GO THROUGH THE CURSE OF THE QB ABSOLUTELY GOING TO SAY BRING MCMAHON.

BUT WITH ITS WELL BEFORE THEY I MEAN, MY FATHER HAS NEVER SEEN A FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK IN CHICAGO AND HE'S BEEN A BEARS FAN AND THEY HELD THE U.S.

HE PROBABLY WITNESS THE GLORY DAYS OF BOBBY DOUGLASS.

BUT LESS GREAT QUARTERBACK BEARS HAVE WAS JUST JUMPING IN.

SO I RE SURE.

AND I STAND FOR IT.

HE PUT THE TEAM TO A SUPER BOWL.

LET'S GIVE HIM YOU FOR GETTING WORKS.

WHO COULD.

ONE GREAT HALF-SEASON.

REX GROSSMAN >> ZACH LEVINE, THE BULLS TRADE RUMORS CIRCULATE IS HE GONE?

>> I MEAN, THE U.S. TRADE RUMORS IT THERE'S BEEN TRADE RUMORS AROUND HIM I MEAN PRETTY AROUND COVID TIMES LIKE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE TRADING BLOCK.

AND I THINK THE FACT THAT HE HASN'T BEEN MOVED YET SAYS THAT TEAMS MUST JUST NOT BE OFFERING ENOUGH FOR HIM, BUT IT DOES ADD SOME DRAMA TO THE NBA TRADE DEADLINE, WHICH IS UNTIL FEBRUARY.

BUT MAN, THE NBA BRINGS THE DRAMA WITH THEIR TRADE DEADLINE BETTER THAN ANY OTHER YOU KNOW, IT MAKES THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO MOVE NOW WHEN.

PEOPLE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE IT HEAP THEY'VE BEEN TRYING EVEN BEFORE IT WAS THE CURRENTS ARCHER'S KURD ARE WHO IS GENERAL MANAGER?

YEAH, I YOU ALL HAVE CERTAINLY MADE THINGS INTERESTING HERE AND IT HAS DRAMA FREE FOR THE MOST BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

AND SO MY THANKS TO LAURA WASHINGTON.

>> HEATHER, SURE ON GREG PRATT AND MAGGIE HENDRICKS.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

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

HOW ARE PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPIC FUND IN HONOR OF EVEN MOMENT HOUSE SUPPORTING QUALITY JOURNALISM?

>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET YOU CAN GET A COVID TONIGHT AND WE CAN REVIEW STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND OUR WEBSITE WWW DOT COM SLASH NEWS NOW THE WEEK IN REVIEW AND PARIS SHOTS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

TYLER, WASHINGTON EXCITED ABOUT THE CRAIG COUNSELL ERA FOR THE CHICAGO CUBS.

>> I'M EXCITED BY ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES A COUPLE CUPS.

I'M A FAN AND I THINK WE NEED TO.

>> WE NEED TO BRING HOPE BACK WITH A LOOK AT THAT THAT THE ONLY BASEBALL FRANCHISE IS BRINGING ANY KIND I MEAN, SOX FANS ARE JUST PILING ON.

>> WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON?

JUST I WE TALKED TO HIM THEY JUST DESERVE BETTER.

I FEEL LIKE THE A'S FANS ARE PROBABLY RIGHT TREATED MLB.

BUT ARE NOT FAR BEHIND ALL.

RIGHT.

BEFORE YOU, WE SHOULD MENTION THE BLACKHAWKS, A KIND OF THE GUARD IS THAT?

>> IS THAT THE WHOLE THING FOR THE BLACKHAWKS MAY HAVE COME BUY A TICKET TO SEE KIND OF A BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY A GREAT TEAM.

KNOW KIND ARTIST DOING EXCITING ENOUGH THINGS THAT IT'S WORTH GOING LAKE IS CAPTIONED IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH.