>> Good evening and thanks for joining us on the week in review on them keep it has been less than 2 weeks since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised his second term would begin with a historic start and to say that much is true.

>> Here is a vice of arrested thousands and thousands of illegal alien criminals.

Ice comes to Chicago.

>> Fear a lot of Just lot worry.

>> Trump supporters are says the city's sanctuary status makes it easier for targets too high.

>> In Chicago, very well educated.

They've been educated.

How that I defy how how to how to hide from ice.

They called know your rights icon.

Hollis Cooper asked prompting calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson to testify before Congress.

We did receive an invitation from the Oversight Committee it is under legal review.

But local Democrats about Bill protect immigrant communities.

You are not alone.

>> We stand by.

You.

We will fight for you.

>> They're also fighting for billions of federal dollars.

Trump's suddenly threatening to cut off.

means no more funding for illegal dei programs means no more funding for the green new scam are seeing this administration continue its campaign of chaos.

Meanwhile, Mayor Johnson defends keeping gifted Gucci bags in a locked room.

Illinois Republicans sue over gerrymandering just a little corrupt.

It may be one of the most corrupt in American history and jury deliberations begin in former Speaker Michael Madigan's bribery trial.

>> And now to our week in review panel.

Joining us, our Rick Pearson from the Chicago Tribune Maisel from Capitol News, Illinois.

Katrina found from Borderless magazine and Kerry Shepherd of Axios.

No, just this afternoon, a federal judge Rick granted Illinois and other Democratic states request for a temporary restraining order on this federal funding.

really widespread impact there.

This means that Trump's agencies cannot go forward with that freeze or does it should Illinois and agencies be breathing a sigh of relief that shouldn't >> it's quite clear given the chaos that's been caused, this is truly part of the intent of the original directive from OMB.

No one really precisely say what's covered and what isn't.

You're told that Medicaid, for example, is not affected.

But yet the systems being shut down technical glitch.

I mean, this is this is part of the disruption narrative that Trump.

2 point O is pursuing promise checking all and here it is and what sort grants and federal money was sort of institutions are impacted its.

>> So numerous, you can't name them all.

I mean, like there's a lot of federal pass through money that goes to state budgets, you know, not just Illinois, every state, and that's why and we do we talk about, you know, these federal matching dollars, you know, for example, Medicaid dollars, you know, to maximize that to take care of as many folks as possible.

You've got to try next phase that every year that under direct threat and Medicaid is spent on much more than you know, you would traditionally think what Medicaid is, you know, help health care for folks who you know, sick and elderly, low-income you it affects so many programs.

And I mean, we're talking what Katrina were talking that are ahead.

It's better.

And, you know, food banks, one that's often not talked about is the impact tribal nations who rely on federal funding for a lot of their public services.

One example that I can give is the National Immigrant Justice Center here in Chicago.

>> They have a help desk at Chicago's immigration court, which is the court that all immigrants have to pass through during their deportation proceedings.

And it's notoriously backlog.

Notoriously hard to navigate so that help Desk is a resource for immigrants to go to to learn, you know, a little bit more about the court proceedings and how to navigate it while they're navigating their asylum cases TPS and they received a stop work order from the Department of Justice telling them to stop those services.

And so there's no longer the help desk available to these immigrants who are navigating something that is extremely confusing, especially for those.

don't speak English well.

And this is again, despite this court order that says there's a temporary restraining order on what the president is trying to do.

So Kerry.

>> It's spending some more.

should agencies, therefore, not be able to say, OK, we're going to get that money is from?

I think it's like Rick said, it's a lot of confusion right now.

It's that even from the top of the week since the start of the week, service agencies were going online to help their patients help their clients and they're getting just pages that are down, which is now happening just tonight.

>> It was just reported that several of federal pages have just been taken down several that address transgender care and aides said reporting numbers that been just taken down.

So it's it's a lot of confusion.

Several sources I talked to who served the transgender community and patients say they have no idea yet they don't know what to tell their patients and their families.

So it's a lot of confusion.

So as you say, why can't they just move on?

I think because they don't have the answers yet where a couple of things to was the rumor.

This is almost many respects one, Illinois, like when Illinois, one budget lists.

>> Bruce Rauner, and it's a great impact.

And the and the grants are these safety.

What what suffered the most during the Rauner impasse where these things to your citizens in that organizations, which are the ones that are most heavily dependent on from she string budget that they're not for profits that yes, literally week the week on making payroll for many and sits trickles out.

Wright State relies on the federal city city, but the city relies on what they have.

But 4 million, something, you know, and in federal grants that they rely on Katrina saying and it goes down to these agencies, it goes down to nonprofit.

So it's just going to be a trickle down effect.

But you also at the press secretary, for example, say the memo was rescinded, but the order has not exactly which is actually great for the new press secretary who becomes the subject of one of those injunctions.

It cited by the federal judge because of basically this administration can't say what it's doing.

>> And, you know, I want to hear is well from Congressman Brad Schneider, who I spoke with earlier this week.

He told me that the funding freeze came as a surprise to him other members of Congress as well.

>> And effectively with the administration is doing is stealing the money and channeling it towards dark of the law mosque.

This is something that is beyond outrage is it's illegal and we need mobilize Congress needs to act protect our prerogatives as Congress to decide what programs we want to invest in, how much money we want invest in those programs.

>> So Congressman Traders saying it is time for Congress to act.

We have the power of the purse.

What are the chances that is going to happen when the Senate when the U.S. House are controlled by the Republican Party?

Well, I think given this litigation, if you want to push it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

>> Granted, we know it's a conservative majority.

There.

Nevertheless, certain things are pretty much fundamentally in law that it is.

Congress is the appropriators that's delineated in the Constitution.

>> And what you have as part of this disruptive nature, Trump pushing the boundaries of what does the executive branch get to do?

>> But you see Congress saying okay with the president wants these cuts, let's make them or because these impact their own districts.

Is this an area where the GOP might begin to push back?

think for now, you know, the Republicans who have taken over control of both not that just, you know, numbers wise, the folks who are now in charge the legislative leaders, they are a different Republican than 5.10, years ago.

They are and I don't see them pushing back at least not, you know, for Trump's what first 100 days, we always give deference to this idea.

First 100 days.

I think that you're going to see Republicans, you know, like you mentioned, of course, person's district are going to be impacted.

You know, this money goes to schools, rural schools.

You know, they are on shoestring budgets.

They do not have that problem.

But I think that's why Republicans are not going to just acquiesce to this is because, yes, that money flows to all of their districts.

And we all know.

>> You know, nothing.

They could just create a between Trump and Republican Republicans in Congress again, is a real.

>> Is this all real?

We don't know.

And we don't know the answer to that, but certainly there was Republican pushback as well in Washington.

>> Over that over these funding announcements and, you know, if there's federal money to build district in road in highway or bridge in a district that's Republican and it's like no, no more federal grants.

They'll be some pushback.

>> What he's very real, particularly for immigrants residing in Chicago, is that raids have begun.

Katrina, what do we know about what has happened in the city and surrounding areas thus far.

>> So what we know so far us was a CPD superintendent Snelling has told us, which is that roughly 100 people so far as of Tuesday earlier this week have been arrested in the Chicago area.

We also know is that across the nation, according to X, ISIS said that there more than 4,000 arrests of immigrants across the nation which he's kind of on pace for the last administration in terms of the daily average of arrested happening so far between 30375 on on average.

What we also know is that the people who are being targeted targeted, the Trump administration has said that people with criminal convictions have been But the reality on the ground, as we've seen some collateral arrests that is something that was banned under the Biden administration but is now in place under the Trump administration to wear if ISIS targeting a particular individual, people who are also in the vicinity who are also in the area of the raid can also be deported, are arrested as a result of that raid.

Happening to that and let's hear from the Trump administration's border czar Tom Homan, who says, yes, the focus is on criminals, but he says that there will be more.

>> Collateral arrests in sanctuary cities.

>> Because when we're forced into neighborhood to find the back, I he's probably going to be with others.

And we're not gonna strucked ice agents to ignore the Alton or the law her later long ago.

And they're going to go to jail, That's why I I'm imploring sanctuary cities that is in the generous a bad guy in jail where the community safety officers saved the only safe.

>> So to be clear, the governor has said that if you are somebody with a criminal record, Illinois doesn't want you and you should go back.

But Kerry, what what do you make of Homan's argument there?

It could it be that sanctuary protections are backfiring.

I mean, and should also to be clear, Sheriff Tom Dart has said we don't Bed-Stuy says, well, I mean, and as of course, Mayor Brandon Johnson has said as well, we're sticking to our century, says city status.

>> I mean, obviously Chicago has been in time home in and President Trump's crosshairs for quite a while.

Now.

I to, you know, Superintendent Snelling as message earlier this week.

I you know, it was confusing.

I would say that it confusing to immigrant communities to hear.

Okay.

Yes.

Continue to go to school.

Continue to live your life.

You know, don't be afraid.

That's where you're safe.

But as we saw last week, of course, we ended up, you know, it came out that at CPS it was the Secret Service that came.

It was a nice agents.

It was a communication mix-up, we understand.

But that didn't make anybody feel safe at that school in Little village, largely Mexican community.

So I mean, how how do people know to feel safe if they're continuing to live their lives, that what you're hearing on the ground country?

Yeah, I think there's been a lot of fear about these ice raids.

And I mean, there's a player for a nation on social media like posts about.

I just saw ice like down the street.

I just saw.

>> Like I said, the grocery store, right?

But these are not always confirmed.

And so when there's a lot of talk about ICE raids in the news and also in people's networks the community, a lot of fear comes up and sell a lot of people that we've been talking to up strategy to.

people worried, concerned.

>> Do not go about normal activities because you could be subject to arrest and deportation.

Also, as we've learned time and time again, the criminal justice system doesn't dish out justice in most the most equitable way, right?

So some of these collateral damage we might be talking about might be a person who maybe has a drug conviction from 30 years ago or but not right versus somebody who's maybe, you know, has of a murder conviction.

You know, these are these are not it's not black and white all the time.

I know we'd love to think it is.

But as proven time and time again, that's not the case.

That's not how it works.

can mean so much riding could mean a lot of things.

under the ministrations, you know, interpretation >> They're justifying these the collateral arrests because they say that anyone who is here illegally is now, you know, they're all kind of being treated the same despite criminal because you don't legal step.

You know, despite the fact that they're you know, they're saying that yes for your prioritizing people who have these, you know, prior arrest or their future.

you know, the Tribune have the story about a father in Elgin you know, it was stepson who is being targeted and it was a fugitive arrests from the U.S.

Marshals Office.

But then it turned into a nice situation when he was found hiding in the attic.

This is someone who's been in the country for 24 years.

They reported and, you know, these kind of things.

The whole point Laker excite is, you know, Encourage people, I guess, to self deport.

This is the term so many people are using in if the self deport, you know, it sounds.

It's of course, not as simple as These folks would like to make it sound.

You know, people have made their lives here for years very little is I want to go before we move on because raids in Chicago got a lot of airplay in part because doctor Phil was there who wants to weigh in on that?

Was that?

>> Helpful and appropriate?

>> I think it's interesting to think about the fact that doctor Phil was invited to be a part of these rates as a member media, it's been hard to get information from ICE right about who is being arrested, who's being targeted yet?

Dr. Phil gets, you know, an exclusive access to these raids and get cno exclusive time on an app where you can like install it and see these raids happening.

So all about controlling the narrative.

you know, by choosing who gets to see these raids in action by choosing that it's only doctor Phil who gets this Houston action and not local media officials people, members of the local media.

It controlled in truly making a show situations where, well, that's reality.

Tv administration.

Okay.

It's rooted in that Tom Homan to friend of Doctor Phil Dr. Phil just launched his own TV stations.

So this is the promotion of that TV station and and he has been a >> immigration enforcement advocate repeatedly.

So a very friendly, not just audience but friendly guide to write and his folks as we tried to reach reach him at the Tribune.

They wanted to know what side of the issue we're on.

There we go.

Then decided to issue is that we are journalists.

I want to go to you carry on another executive order because you've been covering the impact on the local individuals that are seeking transgender care that could be impacted by an executive order.

Could you give an explanation?

Sure.

Lurie Children's Hospital is really, you know, obviously this is a top notch children's hospital in the country, but also they have really been at the forefront of gender affirming care for They've had they've had a program for it for a very long time.

>> Talking to them this week.

They also did part of the chaos.

They don't know yet.

They don't have answers yet of how this is going to affect their patients and their families that they just all right.

The executive orders, this deluge of acting executive orders just earlier in the month, Trump said that to the officially the government acknowledges 2 sexes, male and female.

And, you know, I have a quote from a doctor said, well, that's great that the government says there are only 2 sexes.

I mean, government can say there are only 2 cancers that doesn't make it right, right?

You know, there are more than that.

So then it came out attacking gender, affirming care.

And, you know, these are these are young people that are in the middle of their care.

They are in the You can't just stop that, that, you know, that that would have detrimental effects on anyone who is in the middle of any sort of treatment.

So they are still waiting and still kind of not stopping anything right now because they don't have any answers.

So it's just a question of, you know, understanding what this really means and where the restraining order on some of these federal, the federal funding will go.

Let's take it from DC to Chicago and in particular to a particular room, evidently in the >> Mayer's quarters that I didn't know it had existed.

And currently the inspector general tried to get into this room that is filled with gifts that folks have given to that mayor but was turned away.

What is this all about?

didn't know about this either.

I had no idea about the mayor's gift through of it.

And I know we're kind of snickering, but there is a larger issue at play here.

this new green comes from the fact that the inspector general put out a report earlier this week that revealed that there are, you know, designer purses handbags shoes, other items that apparently the mayor and the previous mayor, Lori Lightfoot >> has accepted and are allegedly stored in some room.

We don't know if they're stored there because Mayor Johnson administration did not elect a let anyone from the inspector general's office into said room And you there is this is a long history.

You know, you're not supposed to accept anything over $50.

You know, if it from anyone the mayor's office isn't supposed to, if it is, then it belongs to the people.

Chicago's, in other words, those are our designer handbags.

those belong to us.

>> the investigators with igs office, they went and they said, you know, we need to see said words, members of the public.

This and they were denied.

They sent FOIA requests.

They were denied.

So finally, they said, look, you know, we we need to see this log every other administration has shown us log.

So so be on the fact that I'm not currently carrying Gucci bag with Why are Why does this matter?

>> One is the fact that this has been kind of an understanding an agreement that goes back to you, Jane, Sawyers time as mayor, that the board of Ethics was not going to enforce proper logging in catalog gifts.

And so wasn't until the IG really looked into it and find out, in fact, out from the board of ethics.

Oh, yeah, we we kind of deal with the mayor's office a long time ago.

Don't worry about it.

>> But we don't have a complete lack of who get the gifts and therefore it's hard to ask the question of why and what today.

And we don't know that they're in that room.

We just have a lot Somebody is wearing a pair of cufflinks or size and authorities say just quickly, I would say I talked to the IG today and, you know, as we're talking about this federal this presidency, PUD Ministration in chaos, I think this is a moment that we really need to understand that our local leaders, our mayor, our governor, are really, you know, everything is keeping calm.

And this is a moment where we don't want to be questioning the ethics and >> what's going on literally behind closing mayors, defense was somewhere along those lines of worry about in DC is really what the mayor had said.

I think we can worry about both.

>> call it a so-called investigation and then put the blame on Trump and just kind of move the spotlight off of himself.

But I think there's still some real concern from a lot of people about how they can trust a mayor.

You know, the mayors telling them that this is a safe city for them, that this is a sanctuary city.

But then, you know, behind closed doors, he's hiding all of these gifts and money that.

>> You know, we actually don't know if it's there or not or how much it is or who it's from.

So it's definitely erosion of public trust.

Well, now, you let's go to Springfield, Illinois.

Republicans have filed a lawsuit over a legislative map that they say Democrats drew, that they illegally gerrymandered it to their advantage.

What's the legal argument here?

>> Well, you these maps were passed in 2021.

So almost 4 years ago, I remember all the late night that debating on the House and Senate floor.

>> You know, Republicans say, hey, we've now had 2 election cycles under these matters.

And so that's proof that, you know, illegally shut You that we're keeping to the compactness that can take us you know, everything that the Illinois Constitution lays out these districts have to And, you know, I I.

These bats were already challenge in federal court in 2021 course that, you know, if nothing changed, in challenging it in the Illinois Supreme You know, I I don't think that I think a change.

There is a longstanding, you know, history, precedent of that court not wanting to interfere with legislative this one.

This is talking redistricting year, but 2 things.

One.

>> The previous Republican challenges were brought in federal court.

Okay.

And they involve federal Voting Rights Act violations alleged.

>> The that is argument that it's a new argument because you cannot argue partisan gerrymandering in federal court to the U.S. Supreme Court says that is a non just discovered despicable.

Okay.

You can't.

So in state court.

Yes, you can argue it.

2, there's a couple of things.

The other Republicans brought this challenging, noting the fair and clear election cycle of the Constitution fair.

And and that's been cited in 2 other states, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, as reasons to go and tear up the maps.

So there citing a legal precedent, but from other states and we've got less than a minute left to pay it.

Rick, they are making this argument before Supreme Court.

That is a fight to Deming.

going factor in.

>> They don't have to take case.

So we don't really actually it's actually I want to see the rationale for why they don't take the case, but that's Mike's.

But be watching that.

actually, we do have 30 more seconds.

going to get one of the questioning is I know you reported on this.

Why wait 3 years?

Is that going to kill the argument maybe get the that going to be one of the arguments there.

But again, as as Hanna said, it provides a track record to argue how impossible it is in some of these districts to elect someone of the minority party.

Basically they waited to that.

They would have election information to show the GOP losses.

That's their argument.

We are out of time with that.

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>> Coming to you because you've been in the courtroom for the final arguments now.

That's in the jury's hands.

The fate of Speaker Madigan.

What do you expect that they are talking about?

I mean, they have 100 pages jury instructions to contend They had 3 months of testimony to contend with hundreds of secret recordings.

Tons of documents.

You know, people are invested.

They've already, you know, they spent 3 and half months of their lives.

I don't think that there rushing.

Of course, they want to get back to their lives and their jobs.

But I think that they are properly invested the outcome Libya, fairly thin with consideration.

Anything that you heard in the sort of closing arguments that really stuck with you and therefore might stick and then years?

Yeah, I mean, you know.

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