>> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW ON THEM.

AND EVEN A KEY MAYOR, BRANDON JOHNSON'S IN CHARGE FOR A YEAR NOW.

>> CHICAGO.

COUNTING ON US TO WORK TOGETHER.

TO COLLABORATE TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER.

EVERY DAY.

>> A YEAR IN THE MAYOR'S STANDING BY CTS LEADER PUT ALDERMAN ARE FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY ARE DOWN ALL ACROSS OUR CTA SYSTEM.

FOR MEANWHILE, THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION AND CPS TRAVELED TO SPRINGFIELD, OUR WHITE STUDENTS.

THEY HAVE ACCESS AND THEY HAVE WHITE LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT AND GET AN ICY RECEPTION FROM REPUBLICANS.

THE MAYOR.

>> AND NOW HIS MINIONS IN THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION THAT COME DOWN HERE, TRY TO BULLY LAWMAKERS INTO MORE MONEY.

THEY CLAIM THEY'RE BEING SHORTCHANGED ABSOLUTELY GRACIOUS.

>> POLICE PRAISE CHICAGO'S LAST PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENT.

A CHICAGO INSTITUTION GETS A NAME CHANGE.

>> AND NOW TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US, OUR CHRIS JONES FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, LSU, ALSO FROM THE TRIP AND RENA IMMUNE FROM CHALK BEATS JOINING US FROM SPRINGFIELD AND SKI UP DAILY LINE.

NOW, LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

AND THANKS TO EACH OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

START WITH YOU, JOHNSON, IN OFFICE FOR A YEAR NOW.

HOW'S HE DOING?

>> WELL, IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU WANT FROM THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO.

I THINK IF IF YOU SUPPORT A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA AND IF YOU WANT TO GOT PUT INTO PLACE AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY QUITE LIKE THE MASK THIS YEAR, IF YOU ARE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, YOU PROBABLY DON'T LIKE THE MASK FOR THIS.

YEAH, I THINK IT JUST SORT OF DEPENDS.

I THINK HE'S STRUGGLED TO MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM ACTIVIST ABBAS.

AND I THINK THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT ONE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN THESE CAUSES.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE RUNS THE POLICE FORCE.

HE HAS TO STAND UP TO THE SEA TO YOU WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATIONS ON THE PART OF THE CITY.

AND THAT'S PROVING DIFFICULT FOR HIM.

AND I DON'T HAVEN'T SEEN HIM YET FIGURE THAT OUT, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY THE MOST PIVOTAL.

THINK HE'S GOT TO DO.

I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SORT OF THE FIRST YEAR AND A QUARTER THAT MATTERS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE DNC COMING.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A PIVOTAL TEST OF HOW HE DOES IN THAT REALLY SEMINAL MOMENT FOR THE CITY.

VERY PUBLIC TESTING THERE.

BUT LET'S GET ELLIS.

THEY WANT TO GO TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD A SITDOWN WITH HIM.

>> AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT DISCUSSION.

FOLLOWED HIM FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THE CAMPAIGN, WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT CONVERSATION?

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION STRATEGY ABOUT HIS OF SUCCESSES AND SETBACKS IS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM BOTH MY INTERVIEW AND THE INTERVIEWS HE GAVE TO MULTIPLE OUTLETS ON UNAPOLOGETIC, CONFIDENT KIND OF JUST RESPONDING TO ALL THE CRITICS BY SAYING TAKES TIME CHANGE THE THERE'S 40 YEARS OF DISINVESTMENT.

WE HAVE TO FIGHT BACK REALLY NOT A LOT I GUESS, LIKE REFLECTION ON WHERE HE MIGHT HAVE MADE MISSTEPS WITH THE MIGRANT CRISIS OR ACCIDENTS STRUCK ME AS WELL.

HE WAS SO ON MESSAGE.

IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE SAME PHRASES WERE REPEATED IN EVERY INTERVIEW OR EVEN WITHIN INTERVIEWS OVER AND OVER.

>> AND DEPRESSED FOR SOME REFLECTION, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES TAKE THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

WHAT DID HE SAY WHEN YOU ASKED ABOUT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY TO GO?

>> YEAH.

BASICALLY TO ONE THING I WISH I COULD CHANGE I WISH CONGRESS WOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB.

SO KIND OF DEFLECTING TO I KNOW HE GAVE ANOTHER THERE.

YOU TO KNOW THAT SAYING I WISH I LIKE WAS MORE REPORTED HOW EXTREMIST AND RIGHT GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS AND >> BUT NEITHER CHANGE THAT HE WOULD.

IT ALL SORT OUTWARD LOOKING IS IS THERE SOMETHING TO TAKE AWAY FROM TO KNOW YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT IS DO YOU THINK MESSAGING STRATEGY OR IT TO TO NOT HAVE SAID I MADE ANY MISSTEPS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS A OF NO POLITICIAN.

NOBODY IN GENERAL LIKES TO SAY, I DID SOMETHING WRONG.

IS IT THAT OR IS IT THAT YOU REALLY DOESN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER?

>> YEAH, I I I'M NOT QUITE SURE EITHER.

BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY.

THERE ARE BENEFITS TO THAT MESSAGING STRATEGY, BUT IT HAS ITS LIMITS.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE FRESHMAN MAYOR AND, YOU VOTERS UNDERSTAND THE GIVE YOU GREAT IF YOU MAKE SOME IN YOUR FIRST DAYS AND ARE YOU SAY I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS BUT THIS IS HIS STRATEGY AND IT IS IT IS GOOD THAT TALKING TO THE MEDIA AT ALL WITH LOT OF THAT FOR THIS FIRST 12 MONTHS, HE DIDN'T GIVE ANY INTERVIEWS.

HE DIDN'T TALK TO THE TRIBUNE EDITORIAL BOARD THIS TIME.

BUT THAT'S HIS PRIVILEGE.

>> FAIR ENOUGH.

BUT IT IS GOOD THAT HE'S TALKING TO THE MEDIA I THINK HE SHOULD ADMIT MISTAKES.

SECOND CHICAGOANS WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM DO THAT.

EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES.

WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T GET MUCH OF YEAH.

I MEAN, IT'S A REASONABLE THING TO NOBODY'S PERFECT PEOPLE APPRECIATE ON THE STATE.

>> AND THEY DID FEEL LIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AS I WAS WITH SAY EVERY TIME THERE WAS ANY ISSUE HE JUST REPEATED HIS ACHIEVEMENTS.

SO WHAT MORE REFLECTION FROM THE BROUGHT UP EARLIER THAT IF YOU'RE A PROGRESSIVE, PERHAPS YOU'RE QUITE HAPPY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE AND ELISSA GOING BACK TO YOU.

>> HE REALLY IS VERY PROUD OF WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR IN.

HE SAYS ONLY YEAR'S TIME.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS?

YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, EARLY ON WHEN YOU KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HONEYMOON PERIOD, WHEN DOES BUCK HE PASS SERIES OF LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUCH >> ABOLISHING THE TIP TO A SUB-MINIMUM WAGE EXPANDING CHICAGO'S PAID LEAVE TIME ORDINANCE TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST IN THE CITY AT THE TIME OF PUTTING RICHARD ON THE BALLOT, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW HOW THAT ENDED UP >> AND SAILED.

BY THE WAY, IF MISSED THAT YEAH, BUT I DO IN THE THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY HAVE JUST BEEN A LOT OF ON HEADLINES ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

YOU KNOW, THE SHOTSPOTTER SITUATION THAT.

>> KIND OF A I THINK, YOU KNOW, SETBACK THE OPTICS OF SO.

>> LET'S GO TO YOU.

WHAT ABOUT?

OF COURSE, HE HAD WORKED PREVIOUSLY FOR THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION.

HE WAS AN ACTIVIST FOR IN NOW.

HE HAS NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT ON BEHALF CPS IN THIS CITY WITH THE UNION.

WHAT DO YOU FORECAST FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS?

>> YEAH, IT'S IT.

I MEAN, IT'S A SUPER IMPORTANT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON THIS PROGRAM QUITE A BIT, CPS IS FACING A NEARLY 400 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT STARTING JULY FIRST.

SO THAT MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT DOES NOT AS FAR AS WE UNDERSTAND, HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO PLAY WITH THOSE PROJECTIONS.

DON'T DON'T ASSUME YOU KNOW, MAJOR CHANGES TO THE SEAT WHOSE CURRENT CONTRACT, RAISES LIKE CTU IS ASKING FOR EXACTLY.

AND THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPOSALS THAT KIND OF FOLLOW THE PATTERN OF THE UNION IN THE PAST WHERE THEY WANT TO BRING ABOUT ACTUAL CHANGE TO HOW STUDENTS EXPERIENCE YOU KNOW, THEY THEY THEY WANT TO DO THINGS LIKE FIND WAYS TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS.

BUT THESE ARE PROPOSALS LIKELY REQUIRE A LOT OF MONEY.

AND SO I THINK THE MAYOR IS PROBABLY IN A TOUGH SPOT WHERE HE HAS HE'S UP AGAINST NOT, YOU KNOW, HE'S NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT.

ESSENTIALLY.

HIS ADMINISTRATION IS NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT WITH THE VERY ORGANIZATION THAT CATAPULTED HIM INTO POWER.

BUT HE HAS LIMITED RESOURCES AND I HEARD PEOPLE FROM FROM DIFFERENT KIND IDEOLOGICAL CAMPS.

IF YOU WILL STAY THE SAME THING, WHICH IS THE MAYOR IS NOT IN THE POSITION.

ADMINISTRATION IS NOT IN A POSITION TO GIVE THE UNION EVERYTHING THAT THEY BUT YOU CAN'T IGNORE THAT.

THEY HAVE A FRIENDLY FACE IN OFFICE.

SO WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHAT IT CAN SAY IS THAT AS FAR AS WE'RE AS FAR AS WE KNOW, NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING AT A MUCH HAVE A MUCH FRIENDLIER TONE.

THEN UNDER LIGHTFOOT OR AROUND AN ANNUAL.

SO ISN'T PROBABLY ALL THAT TOUGH TO DEAL.

BUT NONETHELESS SIGNIFICANT.

YES, EXACTLY.

>> ELSE YOU TALK TO HIM OTHERWISE ABOUT EDUCATION AND WE'LL GET A SPRINGFIELD TRIP THAT HE TOOK AND THAT THAT UNION TOOK COULD THIS WEEK.

BUT WHEN YOU SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT SORT OF YEARS BACK, REFLECTION FUTURE FORECAST, WHAT WOULD SPEAK?

YES, SO WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW WITH HIM WAS FUNNY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE OUTSIDE EXPERTS I TALKED TO ARE LIKE.

IT.

HE'S ACTUALLY THIS IS THE ONE AREA THAT HE HAS MADE SOME PROGRESS IN FULFILLING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO ON THE CAMPAIGN.

>> ON TRAIL ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WHICH WAS TO INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, WHICH MEANS SENDING MORE CITY RESOURCES, MORE DISTRICT RESOURCES, NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THAT YOU CAN THAT YOU ENROLL IN THAT YOU'RE ZONED FOR.

AND HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT STEPS TO FULFILL THAT PROMISE.

THESE ARE CONTROVERSIAL STEPS, DAVE, TO BE TO BE CLEAR AND TO BE SURE THEY'VE CAUSED A LOT CONTROVERSY.

AND SO YOU KNOW, A COMMITMENT FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO RETHINK THE CITY SCHOOL CHOICE SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT.

YOUR MAGNET SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU APPLY TO BETTER.

STILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEN THE MINUTE THAT BOARD HAS ALSO CHANGED THE FUNDING FORMULA FOR HOW SCHOOLS GET FUNDED.

AND SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE CAUSED SO MUCH BACKLASH THAT LEGISLATORS IN SPRINGFIELD HAVE FILED BILLS, TOO.

SOME OF THOSE AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ALSO THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THESE CHANGES TO DO SO YOU KNOW, I THINK HE REFLECTED ON THIS BY SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, MY ADMINISTRATION I WAS I FEEL LIKE I WAS CHARGED TO BRING ABOUT THIS CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, ANYTIME I KIND OF ASKED HIM SIMILAR LEE ABOUT SUPPORTING MIGRANT ARE RESPONDING TO THAT CRISIS OR ABOUT THE BACKLASH HE KIND OF PLACED THE BLAME ON SPRINGFIELD.

HE SAID SPRINGFIELD LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS.

THEY'RE NOT GIVING US ENOUGH FUNDING.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE POTENTIALLY SUPPORT MIGRANT STUDENTS AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO IT WAS A BIT OF, YOU BLAMING BLAMING OTHERS.

I THINK.

AND BEN, THIS IS A PERFECT SEGUE TO BRING YOU IN BECAUSE GIVING ADDITIONAL MONEY RESOURCES TO NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.

>> WHAT IS PERCEIVED TO BE THE EXPENSE OF SELECTIVE ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS IS RIMA NOTED HAS THE SUBJECT OF LEGISLATION IN SPRINGFIELD.

IS THAT WOULD TELL US ABOUT BRANDON JOHNSON SORT OF HIS HOW HE'S PERCEIVED UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.

>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE SAW BRANDON JOHNSON COME DOWN SHORTLY BEFORE HE WAS SWORN IN AS MAYOR.

GAVE A REALLY GREAT SPEECH.

BUT I THINK A LOT OF PROGRESSIVES LIKE DEMOCRATS IN GENERAL REALLY LIKE.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE THAT SPRINGFIELD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO WORK WITH 10 BECAUSE SPRINGFIELD DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH LORI LIGHTFOOT NOW FAST, 40 YEAR, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH TENSION OVER THE MIGRANT SITUATION.

FOR EXAMPLE.

NOW, THE MAYOR AND TEACHERS UNION, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING UP A LOT OF THERE IN SOME WAYS WHAT THEY CALL DEMANDS TO FUN.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS MORE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN SPRINGFIELD KIND OF RESISTANT TO EVERYTHING WE'VE PROPOSING FROM, YOU KNOW, SPRINGFIELD, PUSHING A MORATORIUM ON THESE CHANGES DISLIKED OF ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS THAT CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN EXTRA FUNDING, AT LEAST AT THE MOMENT THAT JUST KIND OF TEACHERS UNION BRANDON JOHNSON ALSO WANT.

SO THEY'VE KIND OVER THE LAST YEAR JUST SOURED IN THE MAYOR AND KIND OF WISHES.

WHY?

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK SOME OF THAT MAY STEM HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

YOU KNOW, I THINK GOVERNOR PRITZKER REALLY TRIES TO HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR, THE BIGGEST CITY AND ILLINOIS, BUT A LOT OF OTHER DEMOCRATS AND PEOPLE IN HIS PARTY, YOU KNOW, SHE REALIZES THE STAKES FOR HIM AND THAT SAYS HE CONSIDERS POTENTIALLY RUNNING FOR HIGHER OFFICE.

TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, BUT HE'S ALSO NOT WILLING TO SEE MISTAKES BEING MADE AND WHEN THERE'S BEEN ISSUES AT MIGRANT SHELTERS OR THERE'S THREATS TO POTENTIALLY HAVING AN UNBALANCED BUDGET BECAUSE OF SO MANY SPENDING DEMANDS.

YOU SEE THE GOVERNOR AND DEMOCRATS IN GENERAL JUST KIND PUSH BACK ON THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF THE PHYSICAL PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE IN ILLINOIS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I THINK PROGRESS REALLY DO WANT TO SEE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT BRANDON JOHNSON HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR.

I THINK THEY KIND OF REALIZE THAT SOME OF THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW IS PIE IN THE SKY, ESPECIALLY IN A TIGHT BUDGET YEAR, SUCH AS THIS ONE.

>> AND SO LET'S GO TO IT THEN BECAUSE AS HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON SOME CPS, WHICH AGAIN, STILL AT THE MOMENT, HAS A BOARD WHOSE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AS WELL AS ACTUALLY CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, A RARE CASE.

WENT FOR A JOINT, A DAY OF ACTION TO SPRINGFIELD.

AND SO YOU HAD ALL THESE TEACHERS TALKING FOR ABOUT AN INCREASE IN FUNDING IN A BILLION DOLLARS REMOTE THAT THEY SAY THE DISTRICT IS OUT.

RESENTMENT COME FROM.

>> SO THAT NUMBER COMES FROM WHAT THEY CALL FULFILLING ADEQUACY AND OR SO BASICALLY IMAGINE A DISTRICT BEING ADEQUATELY FUNDED BY THE STATE'S DEFINITION UNDER THE MAIN FUNDING FORMULA THAT IS USED TO FUND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

AND SO THAT'S THAT BILLION DOLLAR NUMBER IS ACTUALLY THE STATE'S OWN ESTIMATION OF IF WE ADEQUATELY WE GIVE YOU A BILLION MORE DOLLARS REALITY.

AND YOU KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES AND THE REPORTED ON THIS THAT THIS STATE HAS BEEN WITH EXCEPTION OF 2020 HAS BEEN INCREASING FUNDING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE BY ABOUT 350 MILLION DOLLARS.

CPS GETS A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT INCREASE GIVEN THAT RATE, THERE WAS A REPORT OUT BY THE CENTER FOR TAX BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY.

THAT SAID THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO REACH THAT DEADLINE FOR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER I THINK IS ANOTHER IS RIGHT WHEN THE ORIGINAL GOAL IS 2027.

THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE STATE OF FUNDING, THEN WHAT WAS THE RECEPTION LIKE IN SPRINGFIELD FOR THIS MISSION TRIP?

>> CURRENTLY SOME DEMOCRATS THAT I TALKED TO AND I THINK YOU MAY BE REPUBLICANS EVEN TO AN EXTENT I THINK THEY RECOGNIZE WHAT CPS AND CTU ARE ASKING FOR.

THEY DO REALIZE THAT THE 350 MILLION DOLLAR FUNDING INCREASE THAT'S GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE.

EACH YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH TO MEET THESE GOALS.

THAT STATES THAT, YOU KNOW, IN LAW IN 2017, THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PRIORITIES AND STATE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE TEACHERS UNION IS BASICALLY JUST ONE OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAS COME DOWN TO SPRINGFIELD THIS YEAR AND EVERY OTHER YEAR, BASICALLY TO ASK FOR MORE FUNDING FOR THEIR PRIORITIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR PRITZKER, OTHER DEMOCRATS ABOUT THIS.

THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE TOTALLY OPEN TO INCREASING EVIDENCE BASE FUNDING FOR ITS EPS FOR ALL SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS.

BUT THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE GET RIGHT NOW?

WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE TO DO IT.

AND DESPITE BEING, YOU KNOW, BEING INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY MAKING THIS INCREASE.

I THINK THE QUESTION REALLY JUST DO WE ACTUALLY GET THERE BETWEEN THE REVENUE AND BEING ABLE TO FIND ALL THE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS ALSO WANT TO HAVE FUNDED AS WELL.

>> SO, CHRIS, IS THIS EFFECTIVE THESE LOBBYING DAYS AND VERY PUBLIC DEMAND?

NO, I DON'T THINK IT IS.

I THINK MOST PARENTS LOOKING PARENTS OF KIDS IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH ONE THAT TEACHES TO BE TEACHING THE KIDS FROM A SPOT.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT EXPAND ON THAT.

THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY.

I MEAN, I THINK FOR ONE THING, GETTING VERY DIFFICULT TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CPS AND CTU AND EVEN THE MATCH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THEY'RE ALL SORT OF MELDING INTO ONE ENTITY.

I THINK.

AND I THINK THAT SORT IN SPRINGFIELD ARE LOOKING ASKANCE AT THAT.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE GOVERNOR.

I THING TO BE THE ADULT IN THE ROOM ON THIS AS HE HAS AS HE HAS BEEN WITH THE MIGRANT CRISIS AND ALSO WITH THE CHICAGO BEST STADIUM.

SO YOU'RE SEEING, I THINK, CORRECT THAT SEEING THE GOVERNOR SORT OF SO COMMENT, YOU KNOW, CALM EVERYTHING DOWN AND ACT MORE LIKE A RESTRAINT ON ON CHICAGO.

BUT I DO THINK THE A MEMO WENT OUT TO THE PARENTS OF CTU KIDS TO 2 KIDS.

AND I THINK PEOPLE FOUND THAT CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHY THAT TEACHES.

WE'RE ALL HEADING TO SPRINGFIELD TO LOBBY.

I MOST PARENTS MINDS YOU SHOULD HAVE LOBBYISTS, BUT NOT THE TEACHERS WHO SHOULD BE IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING YOUR KIDS ABOUT.

THAT WAS THE NARRATIVE THAT WE HEARD PARTICULARLY HAD A PAID DAY OFF.

YEAH, I THINK HAS GOT TO SAY I'M NOT I'VE GOT A NEW JOB NOW AND I REPRESENT THE CITY AND I WAS ELECTED.

WE ALL KNOW WITH A LOT OF CTU.

HOW, BUT I'M NOW SEPARATE.

I THINK HE'S GOT TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT.

SO PEOPLE ON THE GOVERNOR AND SPRINGFIELD COULD APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU KNOW, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT DIFFERENCE.

AND NOW, I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOU BECAUSE AS WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT REVENUE POSSIBLE THAT LEGISLATORS ARE ONLY IN SPRINGFIELD FOR ONE MORE WEEK.

>> THEY PLAN TO ADJOURN BY THE 24TH.

HOW IS BUDGET?

LOOK?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND I THINK WE'D ALL LIKE TO SEE THE ANSWER TO I DO KNOW THAT MOST LAWMAKERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, THEY HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THE DETAILS THAT THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL PRETTY EXTENSIVE CAUCUS MEETINGS TO WORK OUT SOME DIFFERENCES THIS WEEK.

DEMOCRATS ON TUESDAY, THEY CAUCUS ON THE HOUSE SIDE FOR OVER 4 HOURS TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET ISSUES.

AND THERE IS SOME WARINESS AMONG DEMOCRATS ABOUT SOME OF THESE FUNDING REVENUE INCREASES THAT GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S PROPOSED.

HE'S PROPOSED SOME EXTRA TAX INCREASES ON BUSINESSES.

SOME CHANGES TO WHAT THEY DEDUCT FROM THEIR LOSSES.

EXTRA TAXES ON SPORTS BETTORS IN CASINOS THAT HOUSE THEM.

AND I THINK A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE LITTLE BIT WARY ABOUT THIS.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY PROMPTED THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TELLS STATE AGENCIES, YOU MIGHT NEED TO ACTUALLY WATCH OUT FOR FOR 800 MILLION DOLLARS, 800 MILLION DOLLARS LESS IN FUNDING THIS COMING YEAR.

SO I THINK AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO GENERALLY GET ON BOARD WITH EVERYTHING.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAS PROPOSED.

BUT WHETHER YOU RIGHT?

EXACTLY.

AND IF THAT SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.

>> NOW IT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE BACK IN CHICAGO, PRESSURE REALLY GROWING TO OUST THE BOSS OF THE CTA DORVAL CARTER WITH 19 MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SIGNING ON TO A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR CHANGE AT THE TOP.

QUESTION IS WHY AS MAYOR JOHNSON STICKING WITH CARTER?

>> I THAT'S THAT'S ALSO A QUESTION.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT THE ANSWER TO.

YEAH, IT SEEMS FROM, YOU KNOW, BOTH HIS MESSAGING AND THE CTA IS MESSAGING THAT THERE KIND OF DIGGING THEIR HEELS IN AND TRYING TO COUNTER THE NARRATIVE BY PUTTING YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TO 06:00AM STUFF WHICH I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A WINNING STRATEGY BECAUSE AS WE SAW KNOW THE SPIKE IN CRIME UNDER LORI LIGHTFOOT ON IF DON'T LOOK AT PEOPLE'S CONCERNS HEAD ON AND KIND DENY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ABOUT LIKE THEIR FEARS AND FRUSTRATIONS ARE VALID.

FRUSTRATION.

>> AND SO IS FAR AS YOU SAID, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD FROM JOHNSON WHY HE'S STICKING WITH CARTER.

HADLEY.

>> ALL WE?

I MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE REPORT TRY TO PRESS HIM ON IT.

BUT HAS COME TO TALK TO THE I DON'T DISCUSS ISSUES PUBLICLY.

I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE.

>> WELL, NOT SOMEONE THAT IS FOR SURE ON HER WAY OUT IS STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, BUT SHE IS NOT LEAVING QUIETLY PER A POLICY THAT IS NOT YET IN PLACE BUT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.

THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD NOT PROSECUTE ANY GUN CRIMES IF THEY HAD ORIGINATED BECAUSE POLICE PULLED OVER A DRIVER FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED.

SO SOMETHING JUST LIKE A RUN OF THE MILL TRAFFIC STOP.

NOW, WHY SHE DOING THAT?

CHRIS?

>> I THINK SHE BELIEVES THAT THAT THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS HAVE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON CHICAGOANS OF CHOLERA.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT THAT'S A REASONABLE POINT.

I ALSO THINK THOSE TRAFFIC SPOTS TIME TRAFFIC STOPS DO SOMETIMES RESULT IN A LOT OF TENSION.

THEY RESULT PEOPLE DYING, FRANKLY.

SO I SEE THOSE CONCERNS BUT SEEMS TO ME A STATE'S ATTORNEY ON THE WAY OUT SHOULDN'T BE MAKING THAT KIND OF DRASTIC CHANGE, WHICH IS LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TURN BY A SUCCESSOR ANYWAY.

ALSO, I THINK IT ULTIMATELY THAT'S A POLICE DECISION AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A FACT THAT CARS OFTEN CAUSE IN CHICAGO THAT ARE PULLED OVER, SOMETIMES HAVE GUNS AND IT HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE WAY.

I THINK FOR THE POLICE TO GET GUNS OFF THE STREETS AND SO I THINK FOR THE PROSECUTOR TO SAY, WE'LL JUST NEVER OVER PROSECUTE THOSE CRIMES IS A MISTAKE.

I THINK THE POLICE HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANT TO REFOCUS AWAY FROM THOSE.

SO SOCAL PRETEXTUAL STOPS.

THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY TO SAY THAT IN PUBLIC, IT JUST SORT OF REMOVES THE ANY INCENTIVE TO NOT HAVE A GUN IN YOUR CAR.

AND YOU KNOW, THE REALITY OF HAVING A GUN IN YOUR CAR IS THAT YOU MIGHT USE IT.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHOOTINGS TEND TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE EFFECTS DOWN THE LINE.

THERE'S A SHOOTING TODAY THAT LEADS TO A SHOOTING TOMORROW.

IF YOU CAN GET THE GUN OUT OF THE CAR IN SOME INSTANCES, LIVES CAN BE SAVED.

SO IT'S COME HAS TO BE MORE NUANCED AND SHE'S APPRECIATE IT.

AND THIS, OF COURSE, COMES AFTER THAT, THE KILLING OF DEXTER READ, WHICH I THINK CANNOT BE IGNORED BUT IT MOVING TO SOMETHING ELSE REGARDING GUN CRIMES.

THIS IS, OF COURSE, A CITY, AS WE NOTED, THAT DOES STRUGGLE WITH GUN VIOLENCE.

>> AND YET THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS SOME PRETTY UNSETTLING NUMBERS THAT IT REALLY DOES NOT KNOW IF SOME 84,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DEEMED TOO DANGEROUS TO OWN GUNS STILL HAVE THEM.

HOW IS THIS A PROBLEM >> YEAH.

I THINK THE MAIN PROBLEM YOU KNOW, IF YOU BELIEVE IN ENFORCING, YOU KNOW, GUN CONTROL AND, YOU KNOW, PASSES LOSSES LIKE RED FLAG LAWS TO YOU KNOW, THE PAST MASS SHOOTINGS, THE SCENE THEY'RE NOT AFFECTED IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW UP ON THEM AND IT A HUGE NUMBER TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT HUGE NUMBER.

>> THAT REMOTE.

NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO YOU BECAUSE CAMPUS PROTESTS THERE AREN'T ANY LONGER ENCAMPMENTS ON HIGHER EDUCATION CAMPUSES HERE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AFTER POLICE REALLY STRUCK DOWN THE IN THAT TENSE IN DEPAUL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

SO WHAT THIS IS SORT OF A ANOTHER TIME IN QUESTION AFTER IT BEEN THERE SO LONG.

WHY NOW?

>> WELL, SO IT SOUNDED LIKE, YOU KNOW, AT THE ADMINISTRATION AND STUDENTS THERE 10 LIKE THEY CAN COME TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE KIND OF SEEN OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY IN CHICAGO AT NORTHWESTERN TRY TO HASH OUT.

AND AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ADMINISTRATORS AT DEPAUL SAID THINGS ARE THINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE WERE PROCEEDING.

THANKS TO BE TOO DANGEROUS FOR OUR OVERALL STUDENT COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS, TRESPASSER, THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE AND SO THE POLICE CAME IN.

YOU KNOW, I WASN'T PERSONALLY OUT THERE.

I DID SEE SOME VIDEO FLOATING AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOME CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS.

POLICE HAVE SAID THAT THE BREAKUP WAS LARGELY, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WERE NOT CLASHES, THAT IT WAS AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ALSO RUNS VERY COUNTER TO WHAT HAPPENED AT NORTHWESTERN, WHICH WAS ADMINISTRATION AND PROTESTERS DID KIND OF SIT OUT, SIT DOWN AND HASH OUT AN AGREEMENT WHICH IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ADMINISTRATORS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME SUBJECTS OF GRILLING IN DC BY CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THESE 2 UNIVERSITIES IN OUR CITY HAVE KIND OF HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.

AND WE'LL ALL BE WATCHING THAT.

I BELIEVE THURSDAY IS WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF NORTHWESTERN WILL BE HAULED BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL THAT IS ALL THE TIME THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.

SO MUCH APPRECIATION GOES TO.

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>> YOU WANT JUMP YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THE PRESIDENT OF NORTHWESTERN DESERVE SOME CREDIT FOR HAVING ARRIVED AT THAT.

YOU KNOW, AT THAT THAT DEAL, I THINK IT WAS A HE'S A PERSON OF CONSCIENCE.

AND I THINK ACTUALLY ENDED THAT PROTEST IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.

>> IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT NOT ALL OF THESE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN THE SAME.

I WASN'T THE THAT COLUMBIA NEW YORK THAT WAS VERY, VERY DISTURBING.

WANT TO NORTHWEST AND DIDN'T FEEL AS BAD AS WANTED TO PULL.

I THINK JUST GOT A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY WENT IN AND CLEANED IT TODAY.

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I'M FIRED UP ABOUT THIS REMOTE.

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YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ALWAYS THE SEARS TOWER.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE GUARANTEED.

RATE FIELD IS JUST THAT.

SO THIS ISN'T AND IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.

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