>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND REVIEW YOUR WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT .

BUT FIRST, SOME OF OUR TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO'S COVID OUTLOOK IS WORSENING JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAVE LEWD FROM LOW TO MEDIUM COMMUNITY LEVEL.

THAT MEANS OFFICIALS HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN CASES AND HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.

THEY WORN IT COULD GO HIGHER AS RESIDENTS GET READY TOGETHER FOR THANKSGIVING.

DR. ALLISON SAYS THE NEWS AS A REMINDER FOR FOLKS TO SPEED UP VACCINATIONS.

TOOK IT ON POTENTIAL HIGH PROFILE MAYORAL CANDIDATE SAYS HE'S NOT ENTERING THE RING.

44th WARD ALDERMAN SAYS HE IS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR MAYOR EVEN THOUGH HE SPENT WEEKS CIRCULATING PETITIONS TO GET ON THE BALLOTS PICK HE SAYS HE'S GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO ENCOURAGED HIM TO DO IT.

CONGRESSMAN JESUS CHUY GARCIA IS CONTINUING HIS RUN.

CITY LEADERS AND SERVICEMEMBERS COME TOGETHER TO COMMEMORATE VETERANS DAY.

ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED WERE HONORED.

SHE SAYS HER A DEMONSTRATION HAS IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CITY VETERANS INCLUDING REESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

>> IN CHICAGO WE MUST PLEDGE TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE AND SUPPORT OF OUR VETERANS IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN.

WHEN VETERANS COME TO OUR CITY WE WANT TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO LIVE THEIR LIVES IN PEACE AND HAPPINESS.

>> NOW TO OUR WEEKEND REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US ARE MARIANNE AHEARN OF NBC 5 CHICAGO , ABC 7 CHICAGO, AND RICK PEARSON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER SENDS A MESSAGE TO NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.

>> THERE IS NO NICER EASY WAY TO SAY THIS, BUT UNTIL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS READY TO EXPEL THE EXTREMIST'S IN THEIR MIDST AS WE NEED TO DO IT FOR THEM AT THE BALLOT BOX.

>> GOVERNOR PRITZKER GIVES THIS NATIONAL STYLE SPEECH, AND THEN WHEN REPORTERS QUESTION HIM ABOUT HIS AMBITIONS TO POTENTIAL RUN FOR PRESIDENT HE SAYS WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> NOT ME, NO.

PLEASE, NO, YES, OF COURSE.

>> THAT'S THE IDEA AND REPORTERS' HEADS.

SPIKE AS SOON AS YOU HEAR IT YOU ALL HERE IT.

>> I'M HERE IF YOU NEED ME .

>> AND HE SAYS MY INTENTION IS TO SERVE FOUR YEARS AS GOVERNOR.

HE'S COMMITTED TO PLANNING FOR STAYING FOR FOUR YEARS.

>> I LOVE TO HAVE HER HELP RIGHT IT , BUT SOMETIMES THAT WARRIOR HAS TO BE A NOMADIC WARRIOR .

OKAY.

IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

>> THERE IS A NOMADIC WARRIORS FOR PRITZKER GROUP .

SO HE WAS ACTUALLY REFERRING TO SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> HE SPENT $150 MILLION TOTAL IN THIS CYCLE IS THIS THE KIND OF VICTORY HE WANTED, ESPECIALLY IF HE HAS FUTURE AMBITIONS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ESPECIALLY WINNING AGAINST SOMEONE LIKE DARREN BAILEY .

HE'S THE ONE WHO PUT DARREN BAILEY IN POSITION.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, HIS WHOLE PLAN REALLY WORKED OUT SOLIDLY , YOU KNOW?

>> I THINK HE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD THE SAME MARGIN.

IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> HE WAS COMING ON WITH A CLEAN SLATE.

YES.

>> DeSANTIS WON , 20 POINTS.

>> AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAD DARREN BAILEY AND HIS OWN CAMPAIGN, BUT THEN THESE PEOPLE PLAYING BY THE RULES, ABOUT $53 MILLION RUN BY THE RADIO PERSONALITY .

WHAT DID THEY GET FOR THAT?

>> A LOT OF PRESS.

THEY GOT HEADLINES, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING FOR.

THE PROBLEM WAS IT WASN'T HITTING THE PUBLIC THE WAY THAT THEY WANTED IT TO.

>> CERTAINLY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THESE ADS, BECAUSE THEY WERE SO CONTROVERSIAL.

THEY SHOWED UP DURING FOOTBALL GAMES THAT WERE ABOUT THE SAFETY ACT AND CRIME.

>> AND BESIDES THE ADS YOU HAD THE NEWSPAPERS THAT LOOK LIKE NEWSPAPERS THAT WERE REALLY ADDS GOING INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES.

BUT BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN REPORTING ABOUT IT, PEOPLE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A TACTIC.

AND ONCE YOU TAKE THAT AWAY THEY ARE NOT AS SCARED.

>> IN THIS ERA OF INFORMATION AND THE SLANTED , SOMETIMES OVERTLY RACIST APPEARANCE OF THESE NEWSPAPERS THAT TRY TO SUPPRESS VOTING .

>> I THINK THE VOTERS WERE TURNED OFF BY IT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED NATIONWIDE, TOO.

VOTERS HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF BY THIS REAL EXTREMISM.

>> ADS FOCUSED MOST ENTIRELY ON CRIME WHEN PULLING SAID INFLATION, THE ECONOMY, WAS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.

>> ALSO REMEMBER THE CRIME BEFORE THE PRIMARY, YOU HAD RICHARD IRVING RUNNING CRIME.

>> AND THEY DID MONDAY MORNING SAYING PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMY AND NOT CRIME.

>> STILL YOU HAD VIEWERS SETTING THE SCREEN OF CRIME, CRIME, THEN AT ONE POINT IT WASHES IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER.

>> THOSE WHO DID SAY OKAY, I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT CRIME, DID VOTE .

11 POINTS VERSUS 16 OR 18 .

>> AT THE SAME TIME THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES ALMOST ALL WENT DEMOCRATIC, AND IN THE MIDTERM ONE HISTORICALLY THE PARTY IN POWER SUFFERS.

>> THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MORE INTERESTING RACE .

>> I THINK THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE CRIME ISSUE JUST WASN'T REALLY RESONATING WITH VOTERS AS MUCH.

NOT JUST BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN GOING ON SO LONG, BUT I THINK YOU WEREN'T HEARING ACTUAL PLANS FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

ALL THEY WERE SAYING IS WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THINGS.

BUT AT NO POINT DID THEY SAY HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

HE JUST SAID, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT .

>> THEY WERE EFFECTIVE IN THE SENSE WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE CRIME BILL THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND BEFORE, AND THAT THE CASH BAIL HAS RAISED SUCH A QUESTION.

SO IN THAT RESPECT, THOSE ADS WERE EFFECTIVE .

>> DEMOCRATS WEREN'T SAYING WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND VETO THIS OR TWEAK IT.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES, IT'S THE STATE SUPREME COURT, IT'S THE LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL RACES THAT A FEW THOUGHT MIGHT BE A FOR GRABS.

CLEAN SWEEP FOR DEMOCRATS.

HOUSE AND SENATE, AND WHAT WENT WRONG FOR REPUBLICANS?

>> BECAUSE THEY LATCHED ONTO EXTREMISM IN THE FAR RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT ESPECIALLY SUBURBAN VOTERS OF CHICAGO, THEY ARE NOT FAR RIGHT VOTERS.

THESE ARE MODERATE VOTERS.

>> DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTED DEMOCRATIC CHAIR OF THE DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD.

THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN RECENT MEMORY, AND IT'S NEVER BEEN A WOMAN .

>> DARREN BAILEY , FROM THE REGIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTING TO SELL IT TO THE SUBURBS AFTER THE PIT.

SELLING AN AGENDA AND IDEOLOGY OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE SUBURBS WERE.

AND SUBURBAN WOMEN ARE KEY, BUT PRITZKER WON THE COLLARS, EXCEPT FOR McKINLEY, BUT IT'S PURPLE NOW.

GOT KENDALL COUNTY NOW, IT ALL WENT FOR PRITZKER.

>> DUPAGE, PRITZKER WON BY 18%.

DUPAGE COUNTY, YEAH.

>> THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S DUPAGE.

ECHOING JIM DURKIN SAYS THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S GOP.

THEY NEED TO GET BACK TO MORE MODERATE VOICES, THEY CAN'T BE FAR TO THE RIGHT ON THINGS LIKE ABORTION OR GUNS.

IS THE PARTY GOING TO LISTEN?

>> WHEN THEY CHOOSE THEIR NEXT , THEY WILL SEE .

GUESS WHO VOTES IN THE PRIMARY .

BY CALLING CHICAGO A HELL HOLE, HE WAS SPEAKING TO HIS ON CHOIR.

>> AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

YOU ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE THAT DIVIDE THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE JIM EDGAR AND BEFORE WHERE THEY ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER, AND YOU KNOW -- >> YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF THE PRIMARY UNLESS YOU ARE STEALING RIGHT.

>> I DID TALK TO ONE PROFESSOR FROM DOWNSTATE WHO SAID THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD FIND A VIABLE STATE WIDE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE THESE DAYS IS TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR GARRETT BAILEY'S RUN AGAINST EACH OTHER AND HAVE A MORE MET ROMNEY CENTER-RIGHT.

>> JB PRITZKER IS SELF-FUNDED.

>> WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THAT MONEY IS NOT AROUND?

HE WILL FUND THE ENTIRE PARTY.

>> BRUCE FUNDED THEIR PARTY , AND NOW HE'S IN FLORIDA, AND THERE'S NO MORE MONEY EXPECT THIS CAME FROM KEN GRIFFEY , WHO WAS ALSO IN FLORIDA.

WHERE DOES THE GOP TURNOUT?

>> IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, I THINK THAT JIM DURKIN IS RIGHT, THEY WILL HAVE TO FIND A MODERATE CANDIDATE .

>> WE STILL DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE WORKERS RIGHT AMENDMENT, MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO PASS ANTIUNION LEGISLATION.

IS IT STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL?

>> TECHNICALLY ASKED.

EITHER 60% OF THE VOTE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING VOTING YES, VERSUS NO.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, IT'S ONLY 58%.

SO THEY DIDN'T HIT THAT THRESHOLD.

COULD THE OTHER WAY IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE VOTERS WHO VOTED YES AFTER AMOUNT TO MORE THAN HALF THE TOTAL VOTING POPULATION.

I TALKED TO SOMEONE THIS EVENING WHO SAID WE HAVE RUN THE NUMBERS AND WE BELIEVE WE GOT 52% OF THE TOTAL VOTE.

THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WASN'T THAT MUCH DROP OFF BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO WERE VOTING.

>> SO PEOPLE DIDN'T LEAVE IT BLANK?

I'M SHOCKED.

YOU READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT WHAT'S THIS FIRST THING?

>> IT WAS THE FIRST THING ON THE BALLOT.

>> THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN WAS CONFUSING.

>> YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO GET A PROS AND CONS PAMPHLET THE STATE WOULD SEND OUT ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

THIS TIME YOU GOT A POSTCARD WITH A LINK TO A URL YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TYPE IN YOUR COMPUTER .

NOBODY IS DOING THAT.

YOU KNOW?

>> THEN YOU'VE GOT THE JUDGE RATINGS ON ANOTHER .

IT'S A LOT OF HOMEWORK VOTERS HAVE TO DO.

NATIONALLY, THE FINGER-POINTING IS GOING ON IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY .

HISTORY SAYS THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE A LOT BETTER THAN THEY DID LAST NIGHT IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE .

AND SOME OF THESE GOVERNORSHIPS, WHERE SHOULD THEIR FINGERS BE POINTED?

>> WE SAW .

AND IF YOU GO BACK, SEVERAL RACES WERE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

IF THOSE WOULD HAVE WON THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE.

>> IN FLORIDA, NEW YORK, THEY DID WELL, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY DEMOCRATS OUTPERFORMED EXPECTATIONS.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ANOTHER FACTOR IS THE TRUMPISM.

AND THAT'S AN OVERRIDING FACTOR.

THEY ARE TEARING OUT THEIR HAIR WITH HOW THEY ENDED UP FAILING .

AND THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.

THERE ARE LOTS OF EXAMPLES AROUND THE COUNTRY OF TRUMP CANDIDATES THAT DID NOT MAKE EXPECTATIONS.

>> I THINK EVERYONE THOUGHT THE DEMOCRATS WERE PROBABLY OVERPLAYING THEIR HAND GOING INTO THE ELECTION THINKING THAT WASN'T GOING TO BE THE CASE.

BUT I THINK IT MADE A DIFFERENCE .

IT GOT WOMEN OUT TO VOTE ON A LOT OF THESE.

>> INFLATION IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN.

>> WE ARE IN A WEIRD RECESSION.

BECAUSE AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE WORKING, AND YES, NOBODY LIKES PAYING THE HIGHER PRICES, AND THEY'RE HAVING TO STRETCH THE DOLLAR, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT.

BUT IF YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED, IF THERE'S A HIGH PERIOD OF UNEMPLOYMENT, THAT'S WHERE THINGS VASTLY COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

>> YOU HAVE THE FOLKS MORE FAVORABLE TO TRUMP POINTING THEIR FINGER AT MITCH McCONNELL, EVERYONE ELSE POINTING THEIR FINGER AT TRUMP .

IT SEEMS LIKE LOUDER THAN EVER, THEY ARE SAYING HE NEEDS TO STEP ASIDE, BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO GIVE AWAY THE CROWN THAT EASILY .

>> WHAT WAS A, TUESDAY?

>> AND AGAIN ABOUT WANTING ATTENTION, THIS IS DONALD TRUMP.

IT'S ABOUT HIM.

>> THEY , SOME OF THESE REPUBLICANS, THEY WERE ALL , RIGHT.

>> YOU HAVE NEWSPAPERS BASICALLY TELLING HIM GET OUT OF THE WAY.

RIGHT.

SO ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE A WAR HERE OR COME BACK HOME?

>> IS RON DeSANTIS GOING TO DO SO WELL?

I THINK THAT'S HOW REPUBLICANS ARE FEELING WITH , WHAT WAS TRUMP RIGHT NOW.

>> PEOPLE , WOULD THEY SAY THE SAME , CAN YOU SAY THE SAME FOR BITING?

>> LOOKING AT THE MULTI-EXIT POLL , IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T WANT JOE BIDEN TO RUN AGAIN.

>> WHEN WILL REPUBLICANS COME TO THAT CONCLUSION?

>> I DON'T THINK THEY DO, BECAUSE AGAIN HE'S STILL THE CORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN PARTY FROM THE VOTER STANDPOINT.

>> A LOT OF THAT IS NATIONAL RACES STILL TO BE DETERMINED FOR CONTROL THE SENATE AND HOUSE, BOTH UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW.

LET'S BRING IN MORE LOCALLY, AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION, CHUY GARCIA MADE IT OFFICIAL ANNOUNCING HIS BID FOR MAYOR ONE DAY AFTER WINNING REELECTION.

TAKE A LOOK.

TO CAN LET'S GET CHICAGO BACK ON TRACK.

TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A CHICAGO FOR ALL.

>> MARION, ALL THESE PROGRESSIVE GROUPS ALREADY CAST THEIR LOT WITH ANOTHER CANDIDATE, BRANDON JOHNSON.

SO WHO ARE THE CONSTITUENTS OF CHUY GARCIA?

>> HE SAID I WANT MY HOMIES TO COME BACK.

DON'T WORRY.

I'M WORKING ON THAT.

MAYBE THEY ARE THINKING WAIT FOR THE RUNOFF, IF HE'S LUCKY ENOUGH TO HEAD TO GROUP FOR THE RUNOFF.

AND REMEMBER THE UNIONS AND THE TEACHERS UNION, OBVIOUSLY, INCREDIBLY STRONG UNIONS, BUT THEY BACKED ONE, AND SHE DIDN'T WIN.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

MEANWHILE LORI LIGHTFOOT HAS TRADE UNIONS BEHIND HER.

BUT SHE'S HAVING TROUBLE GETTING SIGNATURES TO GET ON.

ANY TRUTH TO THAT ?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ENTIRELY TRUE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THOSE RUMORS.

GETTING RUMORS LIKE THAT EVEN WITH SIGNATURES CAN HURT.

THEY HAVE CIRCULATING PETITIONS THERE REFUSAL ON OTHER PLACE.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYONE WHO CAN'T GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO GET ON THE BALLOT.

>> CHUY GARCIA PUT OUT A POLL A FEW WEEKS AGO SHOWING HIM BEATING MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

DO YOU THINK HE IS A FRONTRUNNING CANDIDATE AT THIS POINT ?

>> I WOULD SAY FRONTRUNNING, NOT FRONT RUNNER AT THIS POINT.

I THINK THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO WHAT WE STARTED THIS ABOUT, WHERE THE PROGRESSIVES AND THINGS SETTLE UP.

IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME MOVEMENT HERE TO TRY AND GET COALESCING OF THESE PROGRESSIVES?

WE ALL KNOW WHAT CHUY GARCIA 'S PROGRESSIVE CREDENTIALS ARE.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE PAST UNIONS WHERE HE WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL, THEY ARE GOING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAVE TO SHAKE OUT HERE.

>> AND WEARS CHUY GARCIA'S MONEY COMING FROM?

HE CAN'T USE HIS FEDERAL MONEY FOR STATE ELECTION.

>> AND YOU KNOW, I RECALL WHERE HE WAS, TUESDAY MORNING AT 7:00 A.M., WHEN HE WAS SHAKING HANDS AT THE PINK LINE, STOP, OTHER THAN AN JB PRITZKER.

THERE WAS A SIGNAL SENT.

AND THE OTHER PEOPLE, THE BIG GROUPS, HE WAS ONLY SINGLING WITH CHUY GARCIA.

AND THAT TALK HAS BEEN ON FOR MONTHS NOW, THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHUY GARCIA RUN, EVEN THOUGH HE DENIES IT.

>> IT SEEMS THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THEIR CLASHES, BUT HE COULDN'T PUBLICLY BACK ANYONE COULD HE?

>> THAT WAS HIS MESSAGE THE OTHER DAY, ISN'T THAT GETTING INTO THE MAYORAL RACE.

>> SOMEONE WITH HIS MONEY CAN SOMEHOW MAKE IT IN, RIGHT.

>> BUT THAT'S WHAT CHUY GARCIA NEEDS .

>> VERSUS YOU KNOW HOW THINGS WORK.

>> SOMEONE PERSON, .

>> HE'S GETTING LOTS OF SIGNATURES.

>> ON THE DAY THAT SHE WE ANNOUNCED HE SEEMED TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AND THAT.

AND CHUY , HOSKINS, RILEY, APPARENTLY SAYING YES, COME ON.

>> BECAUSE HE IS RETIRING AS ALDERMAN.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT CONSTITUENCY.

THEY ORIGINALLY DID SUPPORT LORI LIGHTFOOT, AND NOW HE OWNS A BUSINESS, HE RUNS A BUSINESS.

>> THAT'S THE TALK RIGHT NOW, IT COMES TO BUSINESS CANDIDATE, BUT HE'S A SINGLE PERSONALITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE WILL BE TRACKING WITH THE WAY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WANTS TO .

>> AND CHUY CAN'T WAIT FOR THE RUNOFF TO GET THE MONEY, BUT SOME OF THESE JUST SAY LET'S WATCH FOR THE FINAL TOO.

>> A LOT OF THEM HELD BACK UNTIL THAT RUNOFF.

>> COULD BE ANYBODY.

>> AND A LOW TURNOUT ELECTION, I WOULD PREDICT IT WILL BE LOW TURNOUT, BECAUSE IT'S THREE MONTHS AFTER THIS CONTENTIOUS MIDTERM.

BY THE WAY, RICK WHO HAVE WE GOT TO TALK TO TO CHANGE THE ELECTION CYCLE, SO THE MUNICIPAL IS NOT SO CLOSE AFTER THIS VOTER FATIGUE?

>> IMPART IT'S DESIGN, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT CONTROL.

IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP TURNOUT LOW.

THERE WAS A CHANCE TO DO IT BACK IN THE MID-90s WHEN IT BECAME NONPARTISAN.

THERE WERE FANTASIES THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ELECT A MAYOR IN THE NEXT COUPLE DECADES.

BUT AT LEAST, AGAIN, WE SHOULD HAVE THE PRIMARY GOING BACK TO MARCH.

WE WON'T GO AND OF JUNE.

>> THAT GETS ME TO ONE OF THE FIRST STATES MAYBE.

>> [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE MIGHT GET THE DNC MAYBE.

LISTEN TO HIM.

I THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE.

>> I THINK WE DO, TOO, BUT ONE THING TO PUT A HAMPER ON THAT IS LET'S SEE IF THE DECISION COMES BEFORE THE GEORGIA RUNOFF.

BECAUSE ATLANTA MIGHT BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT PLACE.

>> THAT COULD GALVANIZE -- >> OR YES.

BUT I THINK ATLANTA IS LOOKING MUCH MORE APPEALING.

>> IT'S APPEALING IF HE DOESN'T WIN.

>> THEY WANT TO GO TO A SOLID-STATE .

YOU HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT.

>> I WANT TO TURN TO SOME NONELECTION NEWS.

>>> CTA PRESIDENT SHOWED UP TO CITY COUNCIL TO BE QUESTIONED BY THOSE WHO HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR HIM, GHOSTBUSTERS, CLEANLINESS -- >> I THINK THE ONE THING THAT GOT SOLVED WAS THE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN CARTER AND THE COUNCIL .

BECAUSE THEY WERE ANGRY, THEY WERE FURIOUS AT HIM FOR NOT SHOWING UP AND SENDING HIS ASSISTANCE TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.

>> THEY DO THAT TO ALL THEIR PEOPLE, THEY REMEMBER THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> WHEN HE GOT THERE AND SAT DOWN AND SAID I WANT BETTER COMMUNICATIONS AMONG US , THEIR QUESTIONS GOT SOFTER.

THEY ASKED POINTED QUESTIONS, BUT THEY WERE CORDIAL, RESPECTFUL, AND -- >> COMMUNICATION IS ONE THING, BUT HOW ABOUT FIXING THE BUSES?

>> HE TALKED ABOUT A SOFTWARE THING, THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE DOWN ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE, IN THEY NEED TO GET MORE HIRING, AND HE SAID HELP ME.

ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE FOR GETTING MORE PEOPLE, GIVE THEM TO ME AND I'LL WORK WITH EVERY ONE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE.

SAY ALDERMAN AND HIRING AT THE SAME TIME.

>> [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT WAS NOT QUITE A LOVE FEST, BUT IT WAS DARN CLOSE.

I THINK THEY LEFT ON FAIRLY GOOD TERMS, AND HE PROMISED TO COME BACK AT LEAST TWO MORE TIMES EVERY YEAR.

>> WHY SO LONG AFTER THE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY NAMED IT CTA?

>> THE IMPRESSION, HE ALLOWS HIMSELF TO BE VERY BUSY, I THINK.

HAD FOUR DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED WITH HIM, AND THEY WERE CANCELED LIKE A DAY BEFORE, EACH TIME.

>> LET'S DISCUSS THIS OVER THE CREDITS, WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

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