>> HEY, EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

I'M AMANDA THE MAYOR SAYS CHICAGO, A BILLION THAT'S WITH A AS IN BIG NUMBERS.

>> WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS HE'S DOING RIGHT BY THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF THIS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WHICH IS THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON TRAVELS TO THE STATE CAPITOL TO MAKE HIS CASE AS LAWMAKERS HEAD INTO THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MAKES A QUICK STOP IN CHICAGO.

WHAT 100 DAYS OUT FROM THE DNC CONCERNS FOR HIM AND THE CITY ABOUT PROTESTS OVER THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA.

MEANWHILE, TRANSIT ACTIVISTS ARE UPSET THAT NEW LEADERS OF TRANSIT AGENCIES DON'T REGULARLY RIDE THE TRAIN.

THE GOVERNOR SELECTED PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE AND CONTROVERSIAL DESIGN.

>> THIS BUILDING AND OPEN TRANSPARENT 17 STORY OFFICE BUILDING WRAPPING AROUND BEAUTIFUL 8 ROOM.

THAT'S LARGER THAN A BASKETBALL ARENA.

>> WANT TO CHICAGO'S MORE UNIQUE BUILDINGS BEGINS ITS MAKEOVER.

>> AND NOW TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US, SOPHIA TAREEN OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, OUR VERY OWN HEATHER SHARON.

HALEY BOSTIC, STUDENT, JOURNALIST AND EDITOR AND CHIEF AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY'S 14 EAST MAGAZINE.

AND JOINING US FROM SPRINGFIELD, JEREMY CORNER OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

NOW, LET'S GET TO IT.

HEATHER, BEGINNING WITH YOU.

A KEY CITY PANEL ADVANCED.

SO HE'S NOT ON THIS YET.

BUT ON THE WAY, THIS IS A PIC OF MAYOR BRENDAN JOHNSON TO SERVE ON THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD.

>> AND THIS MEETING GOT TENTS TENSE.

AND USUALLY THESE APPOINTMENT HEARINGS ARE WHAM.

BAM.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

EVERYBODY IS SEEING COME BY.

I AND THERE ARE PUPPIES AND RAINBOWS.

THIS WAS NOT WHAT THE REVEREND IRA ACREE FACED.

HE FACED DEEP QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MASSIVE BUDGET DEFICIT, 730 MILLION DOLLARS FACING THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

AND WHAT THE CTA SHOULD LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD IN THIS POST PANDEMIC WORLD, WE ALL FIND OURSELVES HE STRUGGLED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WHICH REALLY BROUGHT OUT SORT REAL ISSUES WITH PROGRESSIVE ALTER PEOPLE I BELIEVE THAT HE WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT THERE WAS THIS BUDGET GAP.

I MEAN, >> TO EACH OF, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WAS BUDGET I MEAN, WE'RE PAID IT.

HE BE?

IS THIS A PAID POSITION SO HE WOULD GET A STIPEND FOR MONTHLY MEETINGS OF $25,000 ANNUALLY.

SO THIS IS A 16 MEMBER BOARD.

THE MAYOR GETS TO APPOINT SOME.

THE GOVERNOR GETS TO APPOINT SOME.

>> BUT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE BOARD THAT'S GOING TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GOING FORWARD.

AND THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PICKED REVEREND AT TO DO THIS JOB.

SO BEFORE YOU GO FORWARD, I'M GOING TO GET TO JUST THAT BECAUSE IN FACT, THE MAYOR WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS BY REPORTERS AND JOHNSON SAID THAT HE WANTS APPOINTEES AT THE TABLE WHO ARE CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEMS FACING CHICAGOANS.

>> I'M PEOPLE THAT HAVE REAL LIVED THE TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES.

AND I HAVE ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE THAT HE'S LIVED.

EXPERIENCE WELL WAS GIVE A REAL VOICE TO THOSE FAMILIES.

>> HEATHER, OUR TRANSIT ADVOCATES ADD TO THAT THEY HAVE ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE THEY DO NOT.

AND THIS, I THINK IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THE MAYOR BECAUSE THE RIBBON IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS LONG HISTORY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

HE'S A CLOSE ALLY OF THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON JUNIOR WHO ATTENDED THE CONFIRMATION HEARING IN A RARE MOVE.

>> AND THIS IS A REAL TENSION BETWEEN JOHNSON'S PROGRESSIVE AS WELL AS HIS STRENGTH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY WHO REALLY RELISH THESE APPOINTMENTS FOR PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT BLACK CHICAGOANS HAVE A VOICE ON THESE SORT STATEWIDE BOARDS.

IT'S LIKELY TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.

NOBODY WANTS TO GET CROSSWISE WITH REVEREND JESSE JACKSON JUNIOR, BUT IT IS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE MAYOR IS GOING TO DO ABOUT TRANSPORTATION HOLISTICALLY GOING 4.

AND THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT ANOTHER APPOINTEE WHO ALREADY HAS MADE IT ONTO THE CTA BOARD.

THIS RTA MEASURE STILL THERE.

JEREMY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU YOU WANT TO ADD FROM THE SPRINGFIELD POINT OF VIEW?

BECAUSE THIS WILL TALK ABOUT SHORTLY.

THIS COMES AS THE MAYOR HAD HAS HIS HAND OUT IN SPRINGFIELD AND CERTAINLY THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TRANSIT GENERALLY, AS YOU HAVE A MEASURE BEFORE LAWMAKERS THAT WOULD UNITE THE CTA.

THE RTA, METRA PACE, ALL BRING IT INTO ONE MASSIVE ORGANIZATION.

>> RIGHT.

I MEAN, I MEAN, THIS LEGISLATION COMES AMID COMPLAINTS THAT JUST MOUNTED REPEATEDLY OVER THE CTA, STRUGGLES TO PROVIDE FREQUENT, RELIABLE AND SAFE THIS CAME DAYS TO AMANDA AFTER GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

I'M IN A LATE NIGHT NEWS CONFERENCE YOU KNOW, SPRINGFIELD, HE CALLED FOR EVOLUTION OF THE CTA.

IT WAS KIND OF TAKING AN INDIRECT CTA.

PRESIDENT DORVAL CARTER.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HE'S COME UNDER FIRE AS HEAD OF CTA HAS BEEN THERE DURING THE EMANUEL.

HE'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE AD MAN, THE EMANUEL YOU KNOW THE FACE THAT YOU KNOW, UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE AGENCIES FACED A RANGE OF COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING ABOUT SO-CALLED GHOST BUS IS TRUE.

YOU KNOW, IN IN TRAINS LONG WAIT TIMES CONCERNS ABOUT PERSONAL SAFETY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THIS.

THEY'RE FACING A FISCAL I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE 730 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET HOLE THAT'S WITH THE FUNDING THAT'S RUNNING OUT.

SO THE IDEA OF THIS AGENCY IS THAT IT WOULD OF THIS LEGISLATION IS THAT IT WOULD IT WOULD BASICALLY FOR THOSE 3 AGENCIES.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT YOU FUNDING FUNDING AND LEADERSHIP.

YES, BUT NO MOMENT SAY THAT AGAIN.

NO MOVEMENT YET.

YES.

DON'T MOVE IT YET IN SPRINGFIELD.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE.

A VERY COMPLEX HOW PEOPLE GET APPOINTED TO THESE BOARDS TO WHICH WAS SOMETHING YOU KNOW, POLITICAL, I DON'T KNOW, >> OKAY.

WELL, THERE'S THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, THESE REGIONAL POINT OUT.

THERE'S LIKE 47 BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THESE AGENCIES APPOINTED VIOLENT.

21 DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS.

YOU DON'T HAVE IT AND POINTING PEOPLE TO THESE BOARDS.

>> SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE VERY OF NEARLY 2 DOZEN STATES, SUBURBAN CITY OFFICIALS OF VARYING INFLUENCE ON TRANSIT PORT.

SO IT CREATE A LOT OF CONFUSION AT A TIME YOU KNOW, CAPITAL UNDER A MICROSCOPE.

>> SO IF YOU COVERED POLITICS FOR A LONG TIME, SO IT'S TAKING A STEP BACK FROM THIS.

IS THIS JUST?

ALL APPOINTMENTS GO?

I YOU THINK ABOUT WHO'S GETTING CHOSEN TO BE AMBASSADOR BROUGHT US.

FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, I MEAN, IS THIS JUST SORT OF APPOINTMENTS LET YOU KNOW AT A LOT OF HEATHER WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH IRAQI, FOR EXAMPLE.

>> I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF RESPECT IN STANDING THAT HE HAS IN CHICAGO AMONG PEOPLE OF FAITH WITH RAINBOW PUSH.

HE WAS AN EARLY LEADER ALL OVER THE CITY.

I MEAN, THERE IS PROBABLY SOME SENSE OF CREDIBILITY OR SOMETHING THAT BRANDON JOHNSON LOOKING BACK NOW IN HIS FIRST YEAR.

LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS.

HE'S WANTING TO CREATE SOME CONFIDENCE MAYBE IN PARTS OF HIS BASE AND MAYBE THIS AND THAT THIS REALLY EXPERIENCE YOU TALKED ABOUT AND TRULY PEOPLE THAT THAT.

>> USE THE SYSTEM, EVEN IF IT ISN'T A REVERENT ACREE HIMSELF THAT HE HAS A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND TALK WITH CONVERSATION AND WE'RE JUST REGULAR FOLKS.

YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN HE GIVES ENDORSEMENTS AND DURING POLITICAL SEASON FOR CANDIDATES, PEOPLE LISTEN, THERE WE BEFORE WE MOVE JUST ANYTHING YOU WANT TO.

I DIDN'T.

DO YOU TAKE CTA, THE RIDE, THE TRAIN OR A BUS?

PASS.

AND WE ALL RELY ON THE TRANSIT HEAVILY TO GET FROM THE LINCOLN PARK TO THE LOOP CAMPUS.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A SECRET.

IT'S, YOU KNOW.

>> NOT A SINGULAR ISSUE.

THE CTA TAKES ON THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.

DRUG ABUSE PROBLEMS.

>> MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

AND AS A REGULAR WRITER, YOU SEE THAT AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY ISSUE.

AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THAT 2 WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE REGULAR FOLKS WHO DO RIDE PERHAPS THAT SOMETHING THAT TRANSIT ITS COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IN TERMS OF THESE OTHER ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE AN EXPERT I DON'T KNOW.

>> LET'S MOVE ON THAT JUST RAISE MAYOR JOHNSON WHO IS APPROACHING HIS YEAR ANNIVERSARY OFFICE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HIS TRIP TO SPRINGFIELD.

BUT BEFORE WE GO, THERE HAVE HIS TRIP IN CITY HALL FOR THIS PAST YEAR, RIGHT NOW, I THINK HE'S REALLY TRYING TO GET SOME GOOD HEADLINES.

HE'S DONE OF MEDIA INTERVIEWS IN A WAY THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN.

>> AND THIS ENTIRE YEAR YOU KNOW, IN WHICH HE'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PAID LEAVE AND KEEPS KIND OF TRYING TO BRING THOSE UP ANYTHING HEADING INTO YEAR.

HE'S GOT THIS COUNTDOWN CALENDAR CELEBRATING THAT YEAR, MARKING THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND I THINK TRYING TO REALLY SET THE STAGE OF CHICAGO AHEAD OF THE DNC, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, THEIR, YOU COURSE, OF TALK TO JOHNSON ABOUT THIS?

I HAVE.

SO HE'S IN THE MIDST OF A THINK A MEDIA BLITZ IS PROBABLY A GOOD WAY TO PUT WE SPEND SOME TIME TALKING THIS WEEK ABOUT SORT OF WHAT HAS WORKED AND WHAT HASN'T WORKED THIS THIS THIS YEAR.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HE IS UNDER AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE AND HAS BEEN FROM THE SECOND.

HE'S TOOK OFFICE AS A CHANGE AGENT AS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE PERSON EVER ELECTED CHICAGO MAYOR.

AND AS SOMEBODY WHO'S FACING REAL PRESSURE FROM THAT BASE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO HOW THE CITY OPERATES.

BUT ALSO FACING REAL PUBLIC.

>> POINTED SKEPTICISM FROM THE POWER BROKERS OF THE CITY WHO HAD I DON'T WANT TO SAY AN ALL ACCESS PASS TO CITY HALL UNDER MAYOR IS EMMANUEL AND BETTER ACCESS UNDER LORI LIGHTFOOT THAT THEY NO LONGER ENJOY.

AND I THINK THAT TENSION HAS REALLY SHAPED HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE MIGRANT CRISIS IN THE CONTINUING PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.

BUT COME ON BACK TO THE SHOW NEXT WEEK.

WE'LL HAVE SOME WILL HAVE 1, ANNIVERSARY.

THERE'S A PREVIEW.

OKAY.

NOW I MISSUS, JOHNSON.

I'M ASSUMING HE DID NOT TAKE THE AMTRAK TO GET THERE, BUT HE DID.

SPEAKING OF POWER BROKERS, TALK WITH SOME OF THEM AT THE STATE CAPITOL WHERE HE VISITED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

HE WENT AFTER VERY PUBLICLY SAYING THAT CHICAGO.

>> A BILLION BUCKS HOW USE A BIG NUMBER.

IT IS.

AND TO BE FAIR, HE'S NOT WRONG BACK UNDER FORMER GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER, THE STATE CHANGED THE WAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED TO EMPHASIZE THE NEEDS FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS.

WHERE DO LOW-INCOME STUDENTS LIVE IN ILLINOIS?

THEY LIVE IN CHICAGO.

>> AND IF YOU IMPLEMENTED THE FORMULA AS IT WAS DESIGNED, CHICAGO WOULD GET AN EXTRA BILLION DOLLARS TO FUND ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

NOW, THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR STATE OFFICIALS TO SORT OF MAKE GOOD ON THOSE PROMISES IN RECENT YEARS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE FEDERAL COVID-19 AID.

WHILE THAT AID IS PRETTY MUCH SO NOW THE RUBBER IS MEETING THE ROAD, WHICH IS WHY YOU HEAR JOHNSON SAYING, HEY, YOU'VE BASICALLY SIGNED THIS PROMISSORY NOTE TO OUR STUDENTS AND I AM HERE TO COLLECT NOW.

THIS GOOD POLITICS FOR HIM, OF COURSE, BECAUSE HE'S A FORMER ORGANIZER WITH THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION.

THE TEACHERS UNION WANTS TO SEE MORE FUNDING THAT MAKES THEIR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH HAVE JUST STARTED PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

SO IT'S SORT ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT THIS SORT OF DEBATE HAS ALREADY SORT OF THAT THE NARRATIVE ABOUT IT HAS BEEN THAT THE MAYOR IS GOING TO SPRINGFIELD AND SORT OF ASKING STATE OFFICIALS TO WRITE THIS CHECK.

SHOULDN'T THE STATE WANT TO FUND ALL SCHOOLS EQUITABLY, WHICH IS WHAT THIS FORMULA IS DESIGNED TO DO AND THEY ADMIT THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AND FOR TO DO.

NOW.

THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.

JEREMY, TELL ME ABOUT THAT.

WHAT WAS THE RECEPTION LIKE IN SPRINGFIELD THERE?

THERE'S A LOT IT TO UNPACK IN TERMS OF BOTH.

>> RATCHETING UP OF MONEY TO FULFILL THAT THAT THERE IS AROUND MEET THOSE EDUCATION GOALS.

BUT LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK AWAY FROM JUST THAT.

THE EDUCATION COMPONENT GENERAL WAS THE RECEPTION LIKE FOR THE MAYOR IN THE CAPITAL.

>> WELL, HE WENT TO THE YOU KNOW, TO TALK WITH A GOVERNOR PRITZKER IN STATE.

LAWMAKERS SCENE.

YOU KNOW, IT BUILT TO MAKE HIS PITCH FOR MORE STATE FUNDING FOR CRITICAL CITY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND HE WAS GOING TO DISCUSS THE BEARS AND THE PLAN FOR THEIR NEW STADIUM.

THAT DIDN'T THAT DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN.

MAYBE ELSE.

TALK ABOUT LIKE SERVICE POINT REPLACEMENT.

YOU YOU TALK ABOUT STUFF LESSER KNOWN HIGH-PROFILE ISSUES.

THAT'S WHAT ONE STATE HOW HOW SHE DESCRIBED IT TO HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE BEARS.

THEY HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT TALK ABOUT PUBLIC FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS.

BUT SPECIFICS WERE VERY FEW MEETINGS WERE VERY SHORT.

THERE REALLY WASN'T A LOT OF DETAIL.

LOT OF IT JUST GOING TO SPRINGFIELD TO KIND YOU KNOW, MAYBE PERHAPS WORKING WITH STATE OFFICIALS LAWMAKERS BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO NEED ALL THE HELP YOU CAN GET.

YOU KNOW, THE POINT ABOUT PUBLIC FUNDING FOR SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT THE BILLION DOLLARS.

THE ONE CRITICISM PRITZKER'S FACED IS THAT UNDER THIS EDUCATION FOR THAT YOU'RE TALKING HE'S ONLY REALLY ASK WHAT IN YOUR THE MINIMUM 350 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE HERE WHERE HE'S BEEN CALLED UPON, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST CHICAGO AREA.

BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY, WHICH IS PARTIALLY WHERE AMIR JOHNSON IS COMING FROM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO WANT TO YOU KNOW, MORE FUN FUNDING FOR CPS, BUT THAT COULD BE A TALL ORDER THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A 52, WHICH ALMOST A 53 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.

THERE'S A LOT OF BILL YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FISCAL CLIFF FOR THE TRANSIT FUNDING TALK ABOUT THE MIGRANT YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY A LOT ON HIS PLATE.

AND SO HE LEFT SPRING FEEL REALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE REALLY WEREN'T A LOT OF SPECIFICS OUT THERE IS TO LIKE WHAT GOT DISCUSS WHAT RESULT.

WE ONLY HAVE 2 WEEKS LEFT OF SCHEDULED SESSION.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT SO RIGHT IN IF ANYTHING GOT RESULTS THERE.

I KNOW I SPOKE WITH A LEGISLATOR WHO LEADS SOME OF THE EDUCATION DISCUSSIONS FOR APPROPRIATIONS.

HE SAID.

>> NO WAY THAT THE BILLION DOLLARS IS GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.

BUT MY THE WAY FOR SCHOOLS THAT ARE LOWER FUNDED AND CPS THAT, IT IN TERMS OF EQUITY.

BUT HE SAID, YEAH, MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME AND THEN CHICAGO WOULD BE ADVANTAGED BY ANY SORT OF INCREASES THAT ARE PUT TOWARD FUNDING MORE IN GETTING MORE TO SCHOOLS COMING TO US.

SO JEREMY, IT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT SEEMS AS IF THE FOCUS WAS YOU KNOW, REPLACING LEAD PIPES.

IT AT DAY, CARES MONEY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE.

WHY NOT CENTER DISCUSSIONS ON ON SCHOOLS IN IF HE WAS GOING TO GO DOWN THAT WHAT WE SHOULD HAD THAT BEEN THE MAIN FOCUS?

>> WELL, THAT'S WHAT'S VERY PUZZLING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I GO DOWN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE WERE STAKING OUT ALL DAY.

HE WAS GOING FROM MEETING TO MEETING THE MEETING AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY LAST VERY LONG.

SO CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE EXPLAINING, YOU KNOW, EXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES.

YOU KNOW, GETTING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN SCRATCHING THE SURFACE, REALLY WASN'T DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THERE WAS A LOT LIKE YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN LIKE I SAID, JUST RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE'S THAT THEY CAN CLEAR ECONOMY FROM WHEN HE WAS FIRST ELECTED WHEN HE CAME TO SPRINGFIELD LAST YEAR TO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HE WAS IN HIS HONEYMOON PERIOD EARLY ON WHEN HE WAS THE MAYOR ELECT.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAD GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS BECAUSE OF HIS PRIOR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION.

BUT NOW A YEAR LATER WHEN HE'S WE'VE SEEN TENSIONS THAT HE'S HAD WITH GOVERNOR PRITZKER OVER THE MIGRANT OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

THEY YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DIVIDED ON, YOU KNOW, THE BEAR STADIUM WHICH OBVIOUSLY DIVIDED, YOU KNOW, APPEAR TO YOU KNOW, COULD BE A DIVISION ON SCHOOL FUNDING.

>> AND JEREMY, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 10 MINUTES LEFT HERE.

SO I WANTED QUICKLY ALSO TOUCH ON THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION BECAUSE NOT THAT IT'S NOT JUST A STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH MAYOR JOHNSON ACCORDING TO REPORTING, HIS BIG ALLY STRAINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAWMAKERS.

>> YES, SO ON THE SAME DAY THAT MAYOR JOHNSON WAS HERE, THERE WAS A BILL THAT WENT THROUGH COMMITTEE THAT WOULD THROUGH SENATE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD EXTEND A 2 YEAR.

IT WOULD EXTEND MORATORIUM ON CLOSURES OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY 2 YEARS.

THIS WAS INITIALLY A BILL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, PREVENTING A DISPROPORTIONATE FUNDING, THE CLAIMS FROM THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY PUSH FOR SCHOOL CHOICE.

OBVIOUSLY PROGRESSIVE WERE UPSET BY THEY ALSO WERE AGAINST THIS MORATORIUM EXTENSION, EVEN THOUGH IT COVERED NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AS THIS IS A BILL THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHERE CTU AND MAYOR JOHNSON WERE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED GET PAST 92 TO 8 THROUGH THE HOUSE, WHICH WAS A BIG BLOW FOR CTU AND THE MAYOR AND THEN IT WENT ON IMPOSED THROUGH COMMITTEE ON THE SAME DAY THAT HE WAS SO THAT BILL HAS, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SENATE.

I'M TO OFF.

THE SUGGESTION A SIMPLE SENTENCE, A POINT.

>> YEAH.

THE MAYOR BRUSH OFF SUGGESTION THAT THIS WAS A SNUB, BUT CERTAINLY IT IS SEEN THE CAPITAL AS SUCH.

NO IS, YOU KNOW, TO JEREMY WILL BE HOPEFULLY FOCUSING A LOT ON THIS IN COMING WEEKS BECAUSE SESSION IS WINDING UP.

BUT I WANT TO MOVE NOW TO TO YOU HAYLEY BECAUSE LOT OF ACTION IN SPRINGFIELD, BUT REALLY A LOT OF ACTION ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS COUNTRY, INCLUDING WHERE YOU ARE SUED.

AND THAT IS AT DEPAUL.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS AFTERNOON THERE WERE SOME DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ENCAMPMENTS PROTEST OVER WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA.

WHAT IS LATEST YET?

SO THIS IS A BELIEVER 11, STAY AT THE FORTUNES.

REPORTERS HAVE BEEN THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY TO COVER THIS >> TODAY DPU ALERTS THE ALERT SYSTEM SENT OUT AN EMAIL LETTING US KNOW THAT EVERYBODY INCLUDING THE ENCAMPMENT, PROTESTERS NEED TO LEAVE THE QUAD THE YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT IT WAS VERY VAGUE AND I DON'T KNOW YET.

WE EXPECT AT LEAST WE CAN I WAS ON MY WAY SO I YOU KNOW, BUT IT.

>> IT IS CONCERNING BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES BALL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ITS OWN ADMINISTRATION AND THE FRUSTRATIONS, BUT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD DEPAUL IS SURROUNDED BY LINCOLN PARK HOMES AND AND PEOPLE ALL HAVE.

THERE'S SEPARATE OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE CALLING TO PAUSE OPERATIONS OWN.

SO IT CANNOT BE UP TO DEPAUL IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER DECIDES TO A CALL, THE POLICE ON THE ENCAMPMENT OR B CALLED A THREAT.

IT'S BEEN CLEAR THAT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DEPAUL IS STUDENT BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S BEEN A TENSION FILLED TIME AT THE LAST ENCAMPMENT IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

SO EVERYBODY IS REALLY FEELING THAT PRESSURE FOR SURE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S MADE UP OF 8 STUDENT DEPOSIT INVESTMENT COALITION.

IT'S BACKED BY THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT.

PRESIDENT.

AND IT'S IT'S A POWERFUL FORCE ON SO YOU'LL BE CONTINUING TO COVER IT.

NOTED THAT THIS IS THE SORT OF THAT THE LAST ENCAMPMENT AT A CAMPUS VISIT.

>> HEATHER, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO WHAT STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS HAVE SEEN?

HOW THE TALK IS ABOUT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO WHERE INVESTIGATORS ARE ACTUALLY PROBING POLICE ACTIVITY.

RIGHT?

SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENT SORT OF AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS CITY.

SO WE SAW UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POLICE REMOVED ENCAMPMENT FROM THE QUIET DOWN IN HYDE PARK THAT THAT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF WAS NOT CONDUCTED BY CHICAGO POLICE.

BUT THEN WE SAW CHICAGO POLICE ROOFING CAM IN THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE IN.

THERE ARE SEVERAL OFFICERS WHO ARE NOW FACING PROBES FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST THE STUDENTS THERE.

THIS COMES, OF COURSE, THE CHICAGO IS ABOUT 100 DAYS OUT FROM HOSTING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

SO SO SOPHIA.

WHAT IS SAYING ABOUT HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE HANDLED AN INVESTIGATION INTO POLICE?

I MEAN, THIS IS CLEARLY SOMETHING NOT JUST HAPPENING IN CHICAGO, BUT >> PUTTING THE LIMELIGHT ON THAT.

THE CPD MAYOR JOHNSON.

>> I THINK IT'S SETTING THE STAGE.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE SO MANY ATMOSPHERE OUT THERE IS SO CHARGE AND IT'S ONLY I THINK ENERGIZE PEOPLE TO WATCH PROTESTS MORE AND AS THIS IS HAPPENING, YOU'RE SEEING THE CITY DENYING, YOU KNOW, PROTESTERS PERMITS THEIR ONLY LEAD TO BE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PROTESTERS SAY WE'RE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SITE.

THE CLU IS FILED A LAWSUIT PROTESTERS HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT.

SO THERE'S KIND OF I THERE'S A LOT OF WORRY OUT THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW.

>> THINK HARRISON STA 68 MAYOR JOHNSON IS OUT THERE SAYING I AM NOT THE MAYOR OF 1968.

YOU KEEP SAYING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY I THINK THEY DON'T LIKE THAT COMPARISON.

THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT ANYMORE.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

WHAT THE POLICE ARE SAYING IS THEY'RE UNDERGOING ALL THIS NEW TRAINING.

THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE VAGUE ABOUT IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, CROWD CONTROL, THEY'RE POINTING AT LIKE NATO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, LARGELY A LOT OF OUTSIDE GROUPS.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THERE WERE COMPLAINTS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF, MORE SUCCESSFUL HANDLING OF CROWDS AND CROWD CONTROL.

MOST OF YOU, I WANT TO STICK WITH YOU BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW LAWSUIT THIS WEEK THAT ALLEGES DECADES OF ABUSE OF CHILDREN WHO WERE DETAINED, A JUVENILE DETENTION >> WHAT DOES THIS SUIT HOW COULD THIS ACTIVITY GOING ON SO LONG?

BECAUSE IT REALLY COVERS THIS WEEK A LAWSUIT IS FILED THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND THE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS IN THE >> ALLEGING MULTIPLE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF ABUSE AGAINST CHILDREN FOR OVER 2 DECADES.

AND THIS LAWSUIT HAS 95 DIFFERENT MEN AND WOMEN.

SO IT'S NOT A CLASS ACTION, BUT IT'S IT'S ALMOST A 200 PAGE YEAH, AT EVERY YOU KNOW, THERE'S TELL ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIVITY.

I MEAN, JUST ITS FACE.

HARD IT'S IT'S ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE READ IT, BUT THEY'RE ALLEGING, YOU RAPE OF CHILDREN, BEATINGS IN THESE PEOPLE WHO POWER OVER OVER CHILDREN TO LEAD.

CONTINUE TAKE WE'RE TALKING CHAPLAINS, NURSES, DOCTORS, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND RESPONSE FROM THE STATE.

THE STATE SO FAR HAS SAID THAT THIS HAPPENED IN PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS.

>> AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT ANY ANY HINT OF ANY STAFF, YOU KNOW, WRONGDOING IS INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY AND FULLY.

>> BUT THE LAWYERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE, NO, THEY FILED LAWSUITS MULTIPLE STATES, 5, 6, STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND THEY'RE SAYING IT'S SYSTEMIC.

IT'S THE WAY THAT THESE DETENTION CENTER'S PERCENT UP AND THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLEGING ABUSE AND THEY'RE READY TO FILE MORE LAWSUITS IN ILLINOIS JUST HEATHER BRIEFLY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SKIP.

PRESIDENT COMES TO THE CITY.

WHY WHY WAS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN HERE?

I WAS HERE.

SO SO SHORT WHILE HE WAS HERE TO RAISE MONEY BECAUSE CHICAGO IS SORT OF THE CENTER OF HIS FINANCE OPERATION RIGHT NOW.

HE WAS IN WISCONSIN TO SORT OF.

>> TALK UP HIS INVESTMENTS AND SORT OF WITH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACT.

AND IF YOU'RE IN WISCONSIN, WHY NOT CHECK DOWN TO CHICAGO AND GO TO THE DRAKE HOTEL?

I BELIEVE ANDRES AND WHAT I'M SURE IS A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS WAS I BELIEVE EXACTLY.

2 MILLION IS CLOSEST FRIENDS.

WE WILL SEE BE SEEN.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF HIM AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND AND THAT WON'T CHANGE IN THE NEXT 100 DAYS BEFORE THE CONVENTION.

>> SOPHIA, GO BACK TO YOU WE TALK ABOUT THE STATE HOUSE, BUT ACTUALLY STATE GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME HAVE A SEAT.

>> HERE IN CHICAGO, THAT WAS MARY RECOGNIZABLE LOOKED LIKE A RED AND BLUE SPACESHIP DOWNTOWN.

AND THIS, OF COURSE, THE THOMPSON CENTER DESIGNED BY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO IT RECOGNIZABLY WHAT'S CURRENTLY IS RECOGNIZABLE.

BUT I MUST SAY ALSO HAD AN OFFICE IN THE PRESS ROOM AT THE THOMPSON CENTER FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

I THINK THIS I MEAN, IT'S A EVEN AMONG CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE.

IT STANDS OUT THE 17 STOREY GLASS ATRIUM WITH SALMON AND BLUE.

AND TIME FOR TIME IT WAS.

THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF ISSUES WITH IT.

I MEAN, HEATING COOLING SAFETY ELEVATORS.

YOU KNOW, PANELS WERE FALLING YOU KNOW, ROACHES AND ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE UNDER THE SUN WAS HAPPENING THERE.

>> BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY FINALLY THE STATE SOLD IN THE DEAL.

THEY GOT 30 MILLION CASH.

THEY GOT ANOTHER BUILDING.

MOVE TO YOU ROUGHLY 2000 STATE EMPLOYEES TO OTHER LOCATIONS THIS WEEKEND.

AND GOOGLE IS GOING TO TAKE IT OVER AND THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES THERE GOT THE MONEY RAIDED OF ROACHES AND MAKE IT PRETTY.

WHAT THEY SAID WAS STILL KEEP.

>> KIND OF SOME OF INTEGRITY OF THE GLASS STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS OTHER PLANS THAT OFFERED KNOCKING THIS DOWN COMPLEX WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THOSE INSIGHTS.

AND HAVE NO ROACHES HERE.

WE'RE PLANT.

WE'RE ALSO OUT OF TIME.

SO OUR THANKS TO SOPHIA >> HEATHER?

SURE.

AROUND HALEY BOSTIC AND TO JEREMY GARNER AND WE ARE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.

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

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STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE GOOD >> AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, BY THE WAY, LEARNING THAT YOU'RE GOING HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE YOUR JOURNALISM CAREER AND A MASTER'S PROGRAM.

BUT WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE COVERING?

>> THESE PROTESTS AS THE SOONER A LIST?

YES, SO TENSIONS ARE FULL.

IT'S OKAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T TRUST US IN THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW.

>> IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO TELL THEM TO TRUST US.

IT'S OUR JOB TO PROVE IT.

SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE SERVE SAFE AND AND DO OUR BEST UNETHICAL REPORTING.

AND AND THAT MEANS JUST NOT HELICOPTER ING IN AND TAKING THE STORY.

BUT BEING THERE AND REALLY HAVING STUDENTS YESTERDAY AS HE LOOKS LIKE SEE, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR COMMUNITY TO AND WE CARE ABOUT IT.

AND WE AND WE CARE ABOUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS CARE ABOUT.

UM, STUDENTS WANT TO KNOW WHETHER TUITION DOLLARS ARE GOING.

AND THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MATTERS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE TELL THEIR STORIES, NOT TELL IT FOR THEM.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, WHICH IS PROUD TO HONOR FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT CLIFF,