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

I'M PARIS SHOTS HORRIFIC KILLING OF A 6 YEAR-OLD PLAINFIELD BOY UNDERSCORES HOW THE ISRAEL AND GAZA CONFLICT IS REVERBERATING BACK HOME.

U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OPENS A HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION INTO THE GRISLY MURDER OF 6 YEAR-OLD WHAT ALL FIND A MATE AS PRESIDENT BIDEN CONDEMNS THE ACT.

>> YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

AS LONG AS UNITED STATES STANDS AND WE WILL STAND FOREVER LET YOUR >> THIS IS BIDEN ATTEMPTS TO SHOW US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN ITS BATTLE AGAINST HAMAS.

AND AS ISRAEL CONFIRMS THE RELEASE OF AN EVANSTON MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, WE HAD BEEN HELD HOSTAGE.

SOUTHSIDE ALDERWOMAN BATTERED DURING HEATED PROTEST OVER HOUSING ASYLUM SEEKERS AS MAYOR JOHNSON SENT A DELEGATION TO TEXAS COUNCIL MEMBERS BEGIN THE PROCESS OF VETTING MAYOR JOHNSON, 16 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND ILLINOIS GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER LAUNCHES A NEW NATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.

DOES IT SIGNAL A RAMP UP IN HIS AMBITIONS FOR HIGHER OFFICE?

>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO GET TO THIS WEEK AND NOW JOINING US OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL, STEVE DANIELS OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, OUR VERY OWN HEATHER SHARON, MICHAEL LAURIA OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES AND QUINN MYERS OF BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO FIRST OFF WITH THE RELEASE OF THE EVANSTON MOTHER AND YOU'D EAT AND THAT'LL RUN ON A THEY'VE BEEN RELEASED.

THEY HAVE BEEN HELD HOSTAGE BY THE MILITANT GROUP HAMAS.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR CONDITION AT THIS POINT OR WHAT?

WHAT'S FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE IN ISRAEL IN CUSTODY, THE RED CROSS RIGHT NOW, WE'VE SEEN THE FIRST PICTURES OF THEM LEAVING ARE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, LEAVING AN AIRFIELD.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY APPEAR TO BE IN REASONABLY GOOD HEALTH.

>> AND I THINK YOU SAID BEFORE WE WENT ON THE AIR THAT WE HEARD FROM EVERY SINGLE ILLINOIS POLITICIAN ELECTED LEADER CELEBRATING THEIR APPARENT SAFE RETURN AFTER WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN HARROWING SEVERAL DAYS IN HAMAS CAPTIVITY.

2 HOSTAGES RELEASED.

BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL IN CUSTODY.

APPARENTLY STEVE 1000, WE KNOW WHY THESE 2 ARE AND NOT OTHERS KNOW.

AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A.

>> A QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE ONCE, YOU KNOW, PAST THE POINT CELEBRATING THEIR THEIR RETURN AND ALL OF THAT.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT OCCURS TO YOU.

AND AND YES, NO, WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

CLEARLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT AS HEATHER SAID, EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL, ILLINOIS HAS PRAISED THIS ANOTHER HAPPY ABOUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC HOMECOMING WHENEVER THEY ARE READY TO COME HOME.

ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THIS CONFLICT IN ISRAEL GOT HIS RIVER RATING BACK HERE THAN THE HORRIFIC KILLING OF THE 6 YEAR-OLD A PLAINFIELD WHAT FAMILY AND THEN THE WOUNDING OF HIS MOTHER.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WEIGHED IN.

QUINN MYERS NOW THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHING A HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION.

WHAT WILL THAT ENTAIL?

>> REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T TOTALLY KNOW.

BUT IT IS KIND OF SIGNIFYING THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHICH THIS IS THIS HORRIFIC KILLING IS BEING TAKEN BY HIS LANDLORD.

WE HAVE VERY VARIOUS RESPONSES FROM THE MUSLIM AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE.

NOT JUST CONDEMNING IT, BUT CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DO MORE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES HERE AND AS WELL AS IN THE MIDDLE EVEN AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE FUNERAL WITH FUNERAL, A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL WAS BOOED.

I'M KIND OF SHOUTED SAID THE UNDERSTANDABLY ARE EXTREMELY HIGH RATE OF WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SENT TO MEMORIAL.

MICHAEL, OR WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT?

>> HOW PALESTINIAN AMERICANS ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF THIS.

ARE THE MESSAGING AROUND THIS?

YEAH, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE ABOUT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE FEELING ABOUT IT.

BUT I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES REPORTING ON THE WAY THAT PEOPLE AROUND HERE ARE REACTING TO IT AND THE RISE OF HATE CRIMES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

>> IN AROUND CHICAGO, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE BUT ALSO THERE WAS REPORTS OF >> AMANDA LOMBARD THREATENING TO SHOOT A WOMAN.

>> THERE WAS A SOUTHWEST SIDE SCHOOL OR SORRY, SOUTHWEST SUBURBS, SCHOOL THAT HAD TO CLOSE.

>> THERE ARE OPERATING REMOTELY AT THE ALSO, DEALS REPORTING LIKE A 400% INCREASE IN.

I BELIEVE IT'S I GUESS, REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM, A TICK.

>> COMMENTS ARE OR ACTIONS THAT SO IT SEEMS LIKE STEVE DALE'S, BASICALLY JUST TENSIONS ARE REALLY HIGH RIGHT NOW.

WE SAW THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST FRIDAY GET SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE ISRAEL GAZA ISSUE WITH SOMETHING IS IS IS IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW.

YEAH.

AND AND THE THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST THINGS TOUCHING OFF THAT OFF.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT AND WE'LL GET TO IT IN THE SHOW.

BUT THE MIGRANT ISSUE IN CHICAGO HAS GOT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED, UPSET ON EDGE.

WE'RE SEEING REALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO BOIL IT RIGHT BAD NOT NOT CIVIL BEHAVIOR BY.

>> YOU KNOW, BY PEOPLE AND IF PEOPLE HAVING DIFFICULTY KEEPING THEIR EMOTIONS UNDER CONTROL AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE A LOT MORE SORT OF CALMING.

I THINK, DISCUSSION FROM OUR LEADERS AND RHETORIC AND OF COURSE, THAT APPLIES TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

ALDERWOMAN JULIO RAMIREZ.

>> AT A RALLY IN BRIGHTON PARK ABOUT ASYLUM SEEKERS.

HEATHER SHARON, SHE WAS APPARENTLY A PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED HER BATTER.

SOMETHING HAD TO BE TAKEN AWAY BY THE COPS FOR US FILL US ON THAT INCIDENT.

WELL, HER WORD IS THE 12TH WARD, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF BRITAIN PARK IN MCKINLEY PARK AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS EVALUATING A GIANT VACANT LOT NEAR 38TH AND CALIFORNIA FOR THE FIRST SO-CALLED WINTER ICE BASE CAMP.

>> NOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ALDERMAN RAMIREZ SUGGESTED OR SUPPORTS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, SHE'S SORT OF FOUND HERSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DEBATE.

NOW, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HASN'T SAID WHETHER THEY WILL BUILD THE TENT THERE, BUT THEY HAVE SAID THAT ALDERMAN RAMIREZ DOES NOT HAVE VETO POWER OVER IT BECAUSE THERE ARE NEARLY 4,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN STILL SLEEPING INSIDE AND NOW OUTSIDE OF POLICE STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.

AND THE MAYOR IS DETERMINED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THEM OFF OF THOSE FLOORS.

NOW YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES OF THE PROTEST.

IT DID TURN VIOLENT.

IT DID TURN INTENSE.

NOW ALDERMAN RAMIREZ SAYS SHE WAS NOT INJURED BUT HER AID WAS AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AT ONE POINT IN FAIR CONDITION.

WE HOPE HE'S HE'S OKAY.

BUT I THINK STEVE IS RIGHT.

THE SHOWS THAT SORT OF PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS ARE JUST SORT OF AT THE BOILING POINT AND IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH TO SORT OF PUSH THEM OVER EVEN IN A SITUATION WHERE THIS IS A MAJORITY LATINO COMMUNITY BEING ASKED TO HOUSE MAJORITY LATINO ASYLUM IS THE HIGHEST ESCALATION OF THESE THIS ANGST.

BY THAT.

WE'VE BEEN SEEING IT FOR MONTHS ALL OVER THE CITY.

I MEAN, >> ESPECIALLY IN PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

WHEN A MIGRANT SHELTER IS PROPOSED FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES EVEN UKRAINE, A UKRAINIAN VILLAGE, COMMUNITY MEETING LAST WEEK TALKING ABOUT A MIGRANT SHELTER THERE.

AND THERE IS SOME EXTREME THAT WAS A SINGLE MALE SHELTER.

THERE ARE SOME INTENSE FEELINGS ABOUT ABOUT THAT SAID THIS IS KIND OF RAMPING IT UP TO EVEN HIGHER, NOT BUT IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND MICHAEL LAURIE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRIGHTON PARK HERE.

THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY LATINO COMMUNITY.

ALSO HIGHER POPULATION OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S SUCH PUSHBACK ABOUT HOUSING ASYLUM SEEKERS >> IT'S HARD TO TELL.

BUT SPEAKING WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS DOWN THERE, I WAS TALKING WITH.

2 MEN TO ON.

I BELIEVE IT IS WEDNESDAY.

>> ONE WAS AN IMMIGRANT FROM ECUADOR WAS AN IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO AND THE GUY FROM MEXICO.

HE WAS TELLING ME THAT, YOU KNOW, HIS GARAGE LOOKS RIGHT OUT ONTO THAT PROPERTY AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE PLIGHT OF THESE BUT I GUESS KIND OF HIS FEAR WAS THAT.

THAT MANY PEOPLE COMING THERE.

HE SAID HE WAS SURE THAT SOME OF THEM WERE GOOD PEOPLE, BUT ALSO SOME OF THEM WERE ALSO NOT GOOD PEOPLE.

AND HIS CONCERN WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO BE THERE.

THE GUY FROM ECUADOR I WAS TALKING WITH WHICH ALSO THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE FROM ECUADOR AS WELL.

A LOT OF HE WAS TELLING YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS LAND WOULD BE BETTER SERVED, BUILDING A WAREHOUSE OR SOME TYPE OF THING WHERE THESE FOLKS AND OTHER CHICAGOANS COULD HAVE JOBS AND IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY TO PRIVATELY OWN PIECE OF LAND.

HEATHER SHARON AND WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN CONFIRMATION FROM THE CITY.

>> THAT THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO IS IS IS A KIND OF A DONE DEAL OR NOT SO MUCH?

WELL, THERE'S A COMMUNITY MEETING ON TUESDAY.

THE MARIAS OFFICES PROMISED US MORE INFORMATION AT THAT MY SENSE IS THAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER TO SIGN OFF ON WHETHER THE SITE CAN HAVE THE SUPPORT OF UTILITIES TO SUPPORT THAT MANY PEOPLE LIVING THERE.

>> AND I THINK THERE ARE QUESTIONS POLLUTION ON THAT LOT.

IT HOUSED TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS FOR MANY YEARS.

AND THERE'S SOME CONCERN THAT ARE THERE POLLUTANTS THAT WOULD MAKE IT UNSUITABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE.

BUT AGAIN, I'M SURE MICHAEL'S EXPERIENCE THIS.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, NOBODY AGREES ON WHAT THE FACTS OF THE SITUATION YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WRITE ABOUT THIS OR COVER THIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE OPERATING ON A DIFFERENT SET OF OLDER PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN FACTS.

OUR EYES TELL YOU ONE THING.

AND THEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAYS NO, THAT'S NOT THE AND THEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS NO.

WE HEARD THIS.

IT'S HARD TO GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER OUT OF SPECIAL AROUND THE OPENING DATE.

I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN COMMUNITY THINGS HAPPEN AND THE SHELTERS OPEN THE NEXT DAY OR, >> YOU KNOW, AND THEN OTHER TIMES THEY'VE BEEN DELAYED FOR UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE WITH US.

I MEAN, MAYBE PERHAPS IT IS A UNIQUE SHELTER SITUATION THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE DIFFERENT HERE IN BRIGHTON PARK.

BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT COULD OPEN.

AND THIS COMES AS A COUPLE MEN, INCLUDING ANTHONY BEALE, WHO WAS HERE THIS WEEK, WANT TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION TO SCRAP THE CITY'S SANCTUARY CITY POLICY.

HEATHER, YOU WROTE A REALLY NICE EXPLAIN ABOUT WHAT AHEAD WHAT ITS SANCTUARY CITY REALLY ISN'T IT?

WE HAVE TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS, SANCTUARY CITY PROTECTIONS APPLY TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WERE TALKING ABOUT ASYLUM SEEKERS.

THEY DO HAVE LEGAL STATUS HERE.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY >> APPLES AND ORANGES.

SO WHY THIS WHOLE FOCUS ON A SANCTUARY CITY RIGHT NOW?

WELL, BECAUSE JUST LIKE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BEFORE HIM, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT HAS SEIZED ON CHICAGO SELF-PROCLAIMED STATUS, A SANCTUARY CITY TO TARGET CHICAGO.

AND YOU AND I BOTH COVERED BACK IN 2017.

>> TRUMP'S SUING THE CITY TRYING TO SORT OF REMOVED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANTS FROM THE CITY.

HE NEVER GOT ANYWHERE BECAUSE THE COURT SHOT THAT DOWN.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS SUCCEEDED FAR BEYOND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WILDEST DREAMS AND SERVE OPENING UP THIS FISSURE IN CHICAGO BETWEEN CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

BLACK CHICAGOANS, LATINO, CHICAGOANS, WHITE CHICAGOANS IN SOME CASES AND REALLY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHICAGO.

SANCTUARY STATUS.

I SPENT ABOUT 1000 WORDS SAYING NOTHING.

IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.

IT DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY JUST TO PAY FOR A SINGLE IMMIGRANT OR TO HOW IT'S BEEN MORE TO FEED THEM OR TO DO.

BIG MISCONCEPTION HERE, FOLKS LIKE BECAUSE THE CITY'S A SANCTUARY CITY OF MEANS MONEY.

FEDERAL MONEY IS GARCIA MONEY IS GOING TO THIS.

BUT IT DOES NOT OBLIGATE ANY OF THAT.

IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE IT.

BUT THE FACTS ON THE GROUND ARE THE FACTS ON THE SO ALL OF THOSE PUT THOSE REALLY GOOD PIECE AND AND ALL OF THOSE POINTS FOR EXTREMELY WELL TAKEN.

>> BUT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND WHY PEOPLE ARE SO UPSET.

THEY MAY SEIZE ON SANCTUARY CITY WELCOMING CITY.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WILLIE WILSON WROTE A COLUMN AND THAT READ ABOUT THIS ONE TO PUT IT TO VOTER REFERENDUM.

SHOULD WE REMAIN?

A SANCTUARY CITY ARE A WELCOMING CITY.

WE'RE NOT THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THERE ARE THESE MIGRANTS COMING IN LARGE NUMBERS.

THERE IS CITY MONEY BEING SPENT TO HOUSE THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH IS, BUT IN FACT, CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH IS BUDGETED TO DO SO.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOT PEOPLE UPSET.

SO WHETHER IT'S A SANCTUARY CITY ARE WELCOME TO SEAR WHETHER THESE PEOPLE BELONG IN THAT CATEGORY ARE NOT DON'T BELONG IN THAT CATEGORY FOR VOTERS ISN'T GOING TO MAKE MENTION, HEATHER, GREG ABBOTT, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, SUCCEEDED BEYOND HIS WILDEST READ, BUT IT ALSO EXPOSED AFFECT THAT DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS IN CHICAGO AND WE'RE NOT READY FOR THIS.

THEY WEREN'T READY TO HANDLE.

CERTAINLY NOT.

AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE THE WAY THE FEDERAL AID IS STRUCTURED IS TO GO TO STATES LIKE TEXAS WHERE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS WHO CROSS THE BORDER AND SEEK ASYLUM AND ARE ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTRY WHILE THAT PROCESS OUT.

SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT A LOT IS THAT CHICAGO HAS WELCOMED JUST ABOUT AS MANY UKRAINIAN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN THIS PERIOD AS WE HAVE WELCOME.

>> IMMIGRANTS FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

THE UKRAINIAN IMMIGRANT WHO CAN CHICAGO CAME WITH REFUGEE STATUS.

THEY HAD HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY HAD ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND MORE ESTABLISHED AND WEALTHY COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT VENEZUELANS IN THE ECUADOREANS AND ALL OF THE OTHERS DID NOT.

SO I THINK IF WE'RE ASKING, SHOULD CHICAGO BE TARGETED BECAUSE IT IS A SELF-PROCLAIMED SANCTUARY CITY.

WE HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION SANCTUARY FOR WHOM?

AND IS THERE A RACIAL COMPONENT IN THAT THESE UKRAINE IMMIGRANTS ARE PRESENT AS WHITE ARE GETTING TREATED ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

THEN LATINO IMMIGRANTS BY ALL SECTIONS OF CHICAGO'S VERY HARD TO GET PAST THAT PART OF IT.

AND QUINN OTHER PEOPLE WERE ON THIS SHOW AND THEY'VE BEEN IN CITY COUNCIL.

THESE BUDGET HEARINGS ASKING FOR MORE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT.

>> TO HELP OUT CHICAGO, WHICH IS ONLY BUDGETED 150 MILLION DOLLAR MONEY ORDER OR MAYBE MORE BROADLY JUST IS THIS ENOUGH I THINK THERE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANYMORE WELL.

WE CLEARLY I BRANDON JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION IS SAYING THAT EXPLICITLY THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS SAY THEY NEED TO PAIR.

>> PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

CARRY THE BURDEN I THINK IS THE QUOTE, HELP US CARRY THE BURDEN IS THE QUOTE THAT I'M BRENNA.

JOHNSON'S BUDGET DIRECTOR USED AND THE CITY IS SAYING BASICALLY THAT THIS IS HOW MUCH WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING HERE AND EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO KIND OF PONY UP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PEOPLE EVEN CLOSE ALLIES THAT THE MAYOR ARE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK.

YOU KNOW, IF WE GET HALFWAY THROUGH 2024 AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, THEN WHAT THEN DO WE COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AFTER APPROPRIATE MORE FUNDS?

WHAT WE SAW, HOW THAT WENT THIS YEAR?

A COUPLE CONTENTIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN SOME TIME, SOME CASES JUST TO ACCEPT MONEY THAT WAS EVEN CITY MONEY WAS MONEY FROM THE SCENE, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THERE ARE HUGE FIGHT OVER THAT.

SO HOW'S IT GOING TO GO WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY COMING FROM CHICAGO PEAKING OF EXPECTING THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JOLIET TURNED DOWN 8 MILLION DOLLARS FEDERAL GRANT TO HOUSE ASYLUM SEEKERS.

MICHAEL OREN CHICAGO ON AN ISLAND HERE IS KNOW SOME ARE GOING TO STEP UP.

EGGS ARE GOING TO STEP UP.

DOWNSTATE.

>> TOWN GOING TO STEP UP KIND OF SEEMS THAT WAY TO SECOND.

BUT WE ARE SEEING, YOU KNOW, SOME PLACES WHERE LIKE IN THE ST. LOUIS OFFERED TO TAKE IN SOME ASYLUM SEEKERS.

IF YOU SAW THAT REPORT, THEY'RE TRYING ALSO TAKEN, YOU KNOW, NOT VERY MANY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF IT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.

BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE STATE'S HOUSING PROGRAM FOR MIGRANTS, THEY ARE GETTING APARTMENTS OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

AND, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE STATE AS FAR AS PEORIA, ALTHOUGH I'M TOLD A LOT OF THE MIGRANTS PREFER TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY'VE COME TO KNOW BY BEING IN THE SHELTERS.

AND CERTAINLY THERE'S SIGNIFICANT POPULATION IN CHICAGO THAT PERHAPS FEW MORE COMFORTABLE COMING HERE TO A LATINO POPULATION.

>> STEVE DOWNS, WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE BUDGET.

THE BUDGET HEARINGS ARE NOW IN FULL SWING.

THE MAYOR'S GOT HIS 16 PLUS BILLION DOLLAR PLAN OUT THERE.

>> YOU SEE SIGNIFICANT PUSHBACK HAPPENING.

>> WELL, I THINK THIS MIGRANT ISSUE COULD COULD ENGENDER SOME SOME IT AS A GENERAL MATTER.

I THINK THIS WAS ONE THAT MET WITH RELIEF FROM A NUMBER OF THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT HIGHER TAXES.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM FITCH RATINGS AGENCY THAT UP UPGRADED THE CITY'S THE CREDIT JUST ABOVE JUNK BOND STATUS.

WELL, IT'S WHERE IT'S IT'S BETTER GOING UP AND GOING DOWN.

>> SO I THINK THAT THE THE BUDGET WAS CLEARLY IN IN MY MIND.

GET THROUGH THIS FIRST BUDGET.

I GOT A LOT TO LET'S NOT HAVE BIG FIGHTS ABOUT THIS.

NOW AND AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE A YEAR FROM NOW.

AND I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY BE TREATED THAT WAY.

AT THE END OF THE DAY.

BUT I DO THINK THE WILD CARD THIS MIGRANT ISSUE.

AND THAT COULD REALLY YOU KNOW, PROMPTS SOME THINGS WE DON'T EXPECT, RIGHT.

THE HEARINGS GOING ON.

HEATHER, DO YOU SEE ANY AREA WHERE THE MAYOR IS GOING TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SAY, ALRIGHT, I'M NOT GOING TO GET PAST THIS.

WOMEN HAVE TO TWEAK THIS.

SO IT IS VERY RARE FOR A MAYOR TO NOT GET THE BULK OF THEIR SPENDING PLAN.

RUBBER STAMPED EVEN WHEN LORI LIGHTFOOT WAS SORT OF HER.

>> LOWEST RELATIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THAT THAT BUDGET THROUGH.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT OLDER PEOPLE USUALLY ASK THEMSELVES BEFORE DECIDING HOW TO VOTE IS IS THEIR PROPERTY TAX INCREASE?

KNOW I VOTE.

YES.

AND THAT IS SORT OF THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK, I THINK THE RUBBER IS GOING MEET THE ROAD ON THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 2 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.

THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY IS NEARLY A 3RD OF THE CITY'S >> CORPORATE FUND, WHICH IS MOST OF ITS DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD EXERCISE HOPE AS A STRATEGY IS ALDERMAN.

ANDREA VASQUEZ SAID AND HOPE THAT THE STATE AND HOPE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES IN.

THIS IS WHAT LORI LIGHTFOOT DID LAST YEAR.

AT THIS TIME, SHE PUT 5 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET TO TAKE CARE OF THE MIGRANTS THAT IT PRETTY MUCH JUST STARTED COMING.

THAT DID NOT TURN OUT VERY WELL ON MIGRANT WERE PROJECTED TO SPEND AT LEAST 300 MILLION DOLLARS THIS 30660.

IT'S IT'S RISING.

AND SO >> IF YOU JUST YOU THERE COULD BE A WHOLE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF POLICY IN TERMS OF HAVING PEOPLE COME HERE.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THERE.

THE BUDGET TO IS USUALLY REVERSED FOR ONE REASON.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN OTHER PEOPLE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW HARD IT IS TO ACTUALLY BUDGET FOR THAT >> NO, I WANT TO DO THAT JOB, BUT THERE'S NO PROPERTY TAXES.

I'M I'M QUITE ALL RIGHT.

STEVE DAVIS SHOULD TALK ABOUT ED A LITTLE BIT.

FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE AS LAWYERS INDICATE THEY WANT TO CALL ALDERMAN TURNED GOVERNMENT MOLD.

DANNY SOLIS AS A WITNESS.

SO LET'S REMIND OUR VIEWERS SO LEASES UNDERCOVER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THE CASE OF FOR FEDS AGAINST A WHAT WHAT?

WHAT?

WHAT?

DEFENSE LAWYERS WANT TO PUT THEM UP ON THE STAND.

>> WELL, I THE FOLLOWING CASE CLOSELY.

SO STIPULATED OF FRONT.

BUT THEY DON'T SEE HIM AS BEING A GOOD WITNESS FOR THE FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

THEY SEE HIM AS BEING AN UNRELIABLE WITNESS.

THEY SEE HIM AS THEY CAUSE.

HE WAS IN HIS OWN HUGE LEGAL TROUBLE AND THEN GOT ALL WIPED YOU CAN ESTABLISH ALL THE MOTIVES THAT >> HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO 2 DO WHAT HE DID AND AND PUT TRY TO SOW THE MINDS OF THE JURY >> THAT THIS ISN'T SOME KIND ENTRAPMENT SITUATION OR OR OR SOMETHING IN THIS WAS A CASE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE?

WELL, THE POINT IS THERE SOME SORT OF ENTRAPMENT CASE FOR DEFENSE LAWYERS TO MAKE IS IF YOU LOOK >> AT, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIFICS OF THE INDICTMENTS, THE YOU KNOW, THE FEDS ARE TELLING DANNY SOLIS WHAT TO DO THAT LIKE OKAY.

NOW GO FOR 10 YEAR THIS AND GO PER 10 YEAR.

IS THAT WHAT OFFENSIVE GOING RUN WELL, SO FAR BERKS LAWYERS HAVE SAID THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PRESENT AN ENTRAPMENT DEFENSE UNDER VARIOUS LEGAL RULES.

THEY HAVE TO SORT OF TELL THE PROSECUTION IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE TABLE AND SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO ARGUE THAT.

>> AND BURKE WAS A VERY BUSY MAN AND, YOU KNOW, SOME STUFF MIGHT HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS, BUT HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T PURPOSELY DO ANYTHING RIGHT AWAY.

YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE CONSTRUED ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS AND HIS LAWYERS ARE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO STRIKE THAT.

THEY WANT THINK THEY WANT THE JUDGE TO NOT ALLOW THE PROSECUTORS TO PLAY THAT TAPE.

THE QUESTION IS, IS WHETHER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONVINCE A JURY OF 12 PEOPLE THAT ED BURKE, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICIANS IN CHICAGO HISTORY WAS NOT PAYING SUPER CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND HIM IN HIS OFFICE IS PERHAPS A HEAVY LIFT.

BUT THERE IS A REASON I'D NEVER BE ALLOWED ON THAT JURY.

SO ONE THING I'VE NOTICED THAT'S INTERESTING, ANDERSON, HAD A CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THIS IS HAVING LITTLE KIND NOT TOO MUCH IMPACT IN CITY HALL FOR SOMEONE OF AT BERKS STATURE.

WE'RE NOT SEEING THE LONGEST-SERVING ALDERMAN.

YOU KNOW, CALLED HIM LONG TIME.

WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING POLITICAL FALLOUT.

I MEAN, LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING CITY HALL, BRANDON JOHNS, THAT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE CLOSE CONNECTIONS LIKE POLITICIANS HAD WITH BURKE.

RIGHT?

SO WE'RE NOT SEEING A HUGE IMPACT HERE ON THE KIND OF OVERALL TOOK PLACE AND ELECTION OF AND NOW IT'S LIKE THE SAME WITH MIKE MADIGAN.

YOU KNOW, STATEWIDE DEMOCRATS REALLY AREN'T SEEING ANY IMPACT.

>> FROM THE FACT THAT THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBER, THEIR PARTY ONCE MAYBE LESSON FOR SOME OF STATE POLITICIANS.

WELL, THE OTHER THING WE SHOULD MENTION ABOUT MANAGED TO TO GET THE JUDGE TO AGREE NOT TO LET DONALD TRUMP'S NAME.

SPOKEN.

>> IN COURT BECAUSE TRUMP A PROSECUTION OFFICE OFFERED TO DO THAT EVEN BEFORE THE DEFENSE OBJECTED.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE THOUGHT WAS THAT IF WE BRING DONALD TRUMP INTO THIS MISSION, GOSH, IT'S JUST GOING TO DISCONTINUE MISSOURI, EVERYBODY.

SPEAKING OF MICHIGAN'S ALDERMAN, JIM GARDNER, 40 40TH WARD ALWAYS CAUGHT UP IN SOMETHING $20,000 ETHICS, FINE.

>> FOR HIS ROLE IN GETTING SOME UNFOUNDED CITY CITATIONS LEVELED AGAINST A RESIDENT OF HIS HAS BEEN A CRITIC.

IS IT JUST AN ETHICS HEATHER OR YEAR TO TO SORT OF INVESTIGATE IN TERMS OF ABUSE OF POWER WITH THIS GUY?

WELL, I THINK THE THE ALLEGATIONS WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN SUSTAINED ARE SHOCKING AN ELECTED ALDERPERSON USED HIS OFFICE TO TARGET SOMEBODY WHO WAS A FREQUENT CRITIC OF HIM AND OPPOSED HIS POLICIES AND HIS INITIATIVES.

>> AND THAT IS SORT OF THE HEART OF THE SORT OF ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AGAINST CHICAGO POLITICIANS FOR DECADES.

AND I'M SURE IF INSPECTOR GENERAL DENVER, WHICH BIRD CORE HERE, SHE WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT'S WHY SHE IS ENGAGED IN A SERIOUS EFFORT TO RAMP UP ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOK.

AND SHE BELIEVES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN POORLY ENFORCED AND LIGHTLY ENFORCED IN THE PAST THAT HE'S ALLOWED THIS KIND ALLEGED CORRUPTION TO FLOURISH.

THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU PUNISH AN ALDERPERSON FOR SOMETHING THAT HE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DONE IN 2019 WAS THEN REELECTED IN 2023 LARGELY BECAUSE HIS COLLEAGUES DECIDED TO DRIVE FAR MORE FAVORABLE WARD BOUNDARY FOR HIM.

THAT I THINK IS A QUESTION THAT CHICAGO SORT POLITICS HAS NOT REALLY GRAPPLE.

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN SOME CHICAGO POLITICS, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT A LOT HAS CHANGED.

ALL RIGHT.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

>> ANNOUNCED HE'S LAUNCHING THIS NEW NATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CALLED THINK BIG AMERICA, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO FOCUS MOSTLY ON ABORTION RIGHTS.

I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION HERE IS IS TRYING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020 FOR 2028?

>> CERTAINLY I MEAN, HE'S HE'S LANG A GROUNDWORK.

I MEAN, OF COURSE, HE HAS NOT CONFIRMED ANYTHING.

AND THAT IS I'M SURE HE GETS EVERY SINGLE YOUR AND JUST COINCIDENTALLY, A NEW YORKER INTERVIEW COMES OUT TODAY.

YOU KNOW, OF THE GOVERNOR.

I'M SURE IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GET YOUR COMMS TEAM.

YOU'VE GOT MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT AS FOR THAT, LET'S GO BACK BUT YEAH, I THINK I THINK HE COMMITTED TO BEING A PLAYER NATIONALLY.

WE'VE SEEN THAT AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

I MEAN, HE'S GOING PLAY A BIG PRESENCE IN RE ELECTING.

I'M JOE BIDEN.

IF JOE BIDEN IS GET REELECTED, HE WILL WILL BE A FACTOR IN THAT IN ILLINOIS AND ACROSS THE MIDWEST.

AND AND YOU KNOW, WITH THIS THERE, YOU CAN GO ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND BUILD UP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEMOCRATS ALL AND NOT JUST ANY RELATIONSHIP, BUT RELATIONSHIPS CENTERED ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, WHICH IS PROVED TO BE REALLY SORT OF A.

>> JUST AN INVIGORATING MESSAGE FOR DEMOCRATS REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN BLUE STATES AND PURPLE STATES AND RED STATES.

SO IF HE CAN SORT OF USE THIS GROUP TO GO TO A STATE LIKE ARIZONA OR WISCONSIN AND HELP ELECT DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT.

IF HE'S RUNNING IN 2028, HE WILL HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AND A LOT OF FAVORS TO CALL IN WHICH COULD HELP A RUN.

ALSO HELPS THAT HE'S GOT A LOT OF MONEY TO SPREAD ALWAYS HELPED MANY OF HIS A POLITICAL RUN.

STEVE, DOWN TO ABOUT 30 SECONDS HERE.

SO WILL THE UNITED STATES HAVE A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK?

>> YOU GIVE ME 30 SECONDS YES OR YES, I THINK THERE WILL BE BECAUSE THEY'RE HAST.

WOW, WHO THAT WILL BE.

I MEAN, SOME OF THE NAMES HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT.

THERE ARE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER EVEN I THINK TOM EMMER FROM MINNESOTA IS NOW A NAME.

I GUESS WE DID ABOUT THE THE OFTEN GROUP, YOU'RE SAYING YES, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL.

EVERYBODY KEEPS TELLING ME IT'S GOING TO BE A KNOW YOU CAN PIN ME WHEN I GOT TO SAY YES, JUST BECAUSE THEY SUFFER THE PAIN.

>> ANY LONGER OF WAIT AND WE'LL SEE.

>> HAHA, I DON'T KNOW FOR A LOT OF PAIN.

I'M GOING TO SAY >> MICHAEL LAURIA.

HEATHER, QUINN MYERS AND STEVE DANIELS WERE 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 MOMENT.

HOW ARE PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPIC FUND IN HONOR OF EVEN MOMENT HOUSE.

>> SUPPORTING QUALITY >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

YES, WE WE HEARD YOUR COMING OFF AN IMPRESSION, RIGHT?

VIEWERS IN ON DEPRESSION BY WAY OF DANA CARVEY.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

NO.

I MEAN, MOST TO YOU AND YOUR VIEWERS EVEN WHY HAVE WATCH THAT SHOWS FROM THE MILLION YEARS AGO WHEN THAT LONG IT'S STILL A LITTLE >> AND EVEN HEARD OF THAT SHOW CLAY ALL.

AND, KNOW, YOU'RE BEING SERIOUS.

ALL CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FROM.

>> WHOSE ATTORNEYS EMBRACE A CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY IN SERVICE BY VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE TO