>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

THE FORMER TOP GUY OF MICHAEL MADIGAN HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN.

TIM MAPES FOUND GUILTY OF OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE AND LYING TO A GRAND JURY SEEMINGLY TO PROTECT HIS OLD BOSS, MICHAEL MADIGAN, NOW FACING 20 YEARS IN JAIL.

DONALD TRUMP BECOMES FULTON JAIL INMATE , RESTED ON STATE CHARGES HE LED A RACKET ATTEMPTING TO OVERTURN A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION.

>> THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO A PROGRESSIVE FORM OF REVENUE THAT CAN ADDRESS A CRITICAL NEED .

>> HIKING THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX ON HIGH-END PROPERTY TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

>>> IN SPORTS , A WHITE SOX DOUBLE-PLAY, LEAVING GUARANTEED RATE FIELD AND CHICAGO ALTOGETHER FOR A NEW STADIUM, THEN ANNOUNCES A HOUSECLEANING AT THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATION.

>>> AND THE BEARS GET READY FOR THEIR FINAL PRESEASON TUNEUP AGAINST BUFFALO.

NOW FOR OUR PANEL.

LAUREN OF WGN RADIO, RAY LONG OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

>> AN AMAZING TURNAROUND FOR TIM MAPES .

HE WAS CHARGED WITH PERJURY , THEY BASE THAT ON SEVEN LIES THEY HAD THAT THEY DOCUMENTED IN A GRAND JURY APPEARANCE.

THE JURY CHECKED SEVEN BOXES AND THEY ONLY NEEDED TO CHECK ONE.

THEY ONLY NEEDED TO CHECK ONE BOX IN THE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGE AND THEY CHECKED ABOUT A DOZEN MORE.

THEY DID NOT LISTEN TO HIS EXCUSES .

>> THEY WERE OUT IN TIME FOR LUNCH.

HE WAS OFFERED IMMUNITY , ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS NOT LIVE ABOUT WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT MICHAEL MADIGAN.

WHY?

>> HE IS LOYAL AND WILL PAY A HUGE COST.

HE WENT WITH THE SERGEANT SCHULTZ DEFENSE.

>> " I KNOW NOTHING ."

>> HE WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY I SUSPECT.

MICHAEL MADIGAN IS COMING UP FOR TRIAL SOON .

HE WILL GET A SENSE AND MAYBE HE WILL FLIP.

>> HE HAS NOT THUS FAR.

>> THIS IS TERRIBLY UNPREDICTABLE IN A BUNCH OF WAYS.

WHETHER ANYTHING PRESENTS THE INSIDE SAUSAGE MAKING, WE NEVER SEE A TESTIMONY LIKE THIS.

I AM READY FOR SURPRISES IN THE NEXT PHASE , ESPECIALLY THE MICHAEL MADIGAN TRIAL .

>> HE WAS CONVICTED, TIM MAPES , SPELL DOOM FOR MADIGAN ?

>> YES, EVERYTHING IS STARTING TO PILE UP AND THIS COULD BE THE FINAL STRAW WORKED YOU KNOW HE WILL NOT HAVE A GOOD YEAR.

>> KNOWING MICHAEL MADIGAN , HE DOES NOT THROW IN THE TOWEL.

KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT TIM MAPES AND MICHAEL MADIGAN , ANY CHANCE HE WILL GO TO THE FEDS AND SAY, I KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT .

>> HE WILL EXAMINE HOW MANY YEARS HE WILL SPEND IN PRISON.

THE MAXIMUM OF THE OBSTRUCTION CHARGE IS 20 YEARS.

FIVE YEARS FOR PERJURY.

HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS ON A TRAIN TO PRISON.

IT IS SOMETHING HE HAS TO CONSIDER , TALKING WITH HIS FAMILY, WHETHER HE FLIPS .

HE IS A GUY WHO STAYED LOYAL BUT ALSO A GUY OFTEN REFER TO SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM.

>> THERE WERE SOME WOMEN THAT HAD WORKED FOR THE ORGANIZATION WHO CAME OUT AGAINST HIM.

VINDICATION FOR THEM.

>> YES , WE HEARD FROM THEM , THEY SAID IT WAS A RELIEF .

ALL OF THE TROUBLE THEY WENT THROUGH EXPOSING AND THIS END RESULT MADE IT WORTH IT.

HOW SURPRISING THE SAUSAGE MAKING WAS.

THE WOMEN INVOLVED FEEL VINDICATED THAT WHAT THEY WERE ACCUSING HIM OF TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE.

>> THE WOMEN , THEIR CASES CAME UP , ALL THESE EMAILS OF MICHAEL MADIGAN AND MICHAEL McCLAIN AND TIM MAPES SPEAKING OUT OF ALAYNA HAMPTON , THE YOUNG STAFFER WHO ACCUSED MICHAEL MADIGAN OF RETALIATING , SHE HAD A LOT OF COURAGE AND IT TURNS OUT IT IMPACTED THIS CASE .

>> ABSOLUTELY .

THE TRUTH HURTS AND BY ALL INDICATIONS THESE WOMEN WERE AT A TERRIBLE PLACE TO WORK.

THERE WAS HARASSMENT.

MISTREATMENT .

HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ATTENDS TO ATTRACT THE FEMINIST.

THIS IS NOT GOOD .

THAT IS WHY HE DIDN'T WANT IT TO COME OUT.

>> WHAT WILL PROSECUTORS ASK FOR ?

>> I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT REGULATION BUT A STERN A PRISON TIME AS THEY CAN GET .

UNLESS HE COOPERATES AND TRIES TO PLAY BALL.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER , IF HE FLIPS , THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION , FIRST QUESTION HE WILL HAVE TO DEFEND HIS, WEREN'T YOU CONVICTED OF PERJURY ?

>> ARE YOU RELIABLE ?

THE LEGAL SYSTEM WOULD SUGGEST NOT.

WE HAVE TO MOVE TO SOMEONE ELSE, DONALD TRUMP BOOKED IN THE FULTON COUNTY JAIL.

A HUGE PRODUCTION.

HE HAS A MOTORCADE OF SUVs AND MOTORCYCLES, AND HE PUTS ON HIS MUG SHOT, IS HE CAPITALIZING ON THE SITUATION ?

>> ABSOLUTELY, HE PROBABLY IS PLANNING TO POSE FOR THAT SHOT.

THIS IS BOOSTING HIS MORALE , HIS BASE, HIS POLL NUMBERS ARE GOING UP MORE AND MORE WITH THESE INDICTMENTS.

THEY ARE USING THIS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.

NOW YOU HAVE THE MUG SHOT HE IS SELLING THE SHIRTS THAT SAY NEVER SURRENDER WITH A PICTURE USED WHEN HE SURRENDERED.

>> RIGHT.

ARE YOU SURPRISED HIS SUPPORTERS ARE RALLYING AROUND HIM?

WE HAVE SEEN POLITICIANS, TAKE MUG SHOTS , IT WAS A DIFFERENT SITUATION WITH ROD BLAGOJEVICH.

>> HE HAS TURNED POLITICS INTO A REALITY SHOW, NOTHING MATTERS AND HOW YOU COME ACROSS, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A PARTY OF GRIEVANCE .

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HOW THEY ARE TREATED.

SOMEBODY WILL SMASH UP YOUR TEETH.

THEY LOVE IT.

>> DID ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES MAKE INROADS IN THEIR FIRST DEBATE IN MILWAUKEE?

>> AGAINST EACH OTHER?

MAYBE .

NOT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP WHO HAS DOUBLE-DIGIT LEADS AGAINST EVERYONE ELSE .

IT ALLOWED A COUPLE PEOPLE TO SNEAK UP IN TERMS OF PROMINENCE BUT NOT GAIN ON DONALD TRUMP.

HE WAS A LINGERING GHOST DURING THE DEBATE.

QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE VARIOUS CANDIDATES FELT ABOUT THE INDICTMENT UNTIL LATE IN THE GAME.

YOU HAD A WISHY-WASHY WAVE OF ANSWERS.

>> "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

>> THE FRONT WATER , THE CENTER OF THE PARTY -- I DON'T THINK ANYONE GAINED ON HIM .

>> A HANDFUL OF CANDIDATES ARE CRITICIZED DONALD TRUMP AND EVEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, IN THE CASE OF NIKKI HALEY , ANY CHANCE OF SUCCESS GOING THAT ROUTE?

>> AT SOME POINT THE FIELD HAS TO SHRINK.

>> NO , IT DOESN'T .

>> YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT.

AT SOME POINT , THE INFORMATION COMING IN ABOUT THE DONALD TRUMP MISDEEDS, ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, WOULD SOMEHOW PULL OFF MORE PEOPLE AND HURT THE OVERALL EFFORT OF DONALD TRUMP.

>> NIKKI HALEY SAID HE WAS THE MOST UNPOPULAR POLITICIAN.

THEY WANT TO WIN .

THEY DO NOT LIKE JOE BIDEN.

>> I THOUGHT SHE WAS THE BEST.

SHE PROBABLY PICKED UP THE MOST BECAUSE SHE HAD , NOT ONLY GOOD LINES, BUT SHE KNOWS THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, SHE KNOWS THE LOCAL POLITICS.

SHE CAN MAKE ARGUMENTS AND SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN ON STAGE AND MAKING A GOOD STAND.

>> A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTER OR A GENERAL VOTER?

>> SHE SAID THERE WERE THINGS TO CRITICIZE.

WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

>>> THE WHITE SOX, YOU REPORTED THIS WEEK THAT JERRY REINSDORF MAY WANT TO LEAVE TOWN AND LOOK FOR ANOTHER STADIUM WHEN THE LEASE IS UP IN SIX YEARS.

A CLASSIC NEGOTIATING POINT TO GET A GOOD DEAL?

>> IT MIGHT WELL BE, IN PART, BUT HE IS 87 YEARS OLD , A LONGTIME BUSINESS ASSOCIATE , THE TEAM HAS BEEN TERRIBLE.

THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN VERY HAPPY AT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD.

>> THE TAXPAYERS PAID FOR EVERY INCH OF THAT FIELD AND ALL THE RENOVATIONS.

THE HOTEL TAX .

>> MAYBE HE IS LOOKING FOR GREENER GRASS AND A BETTER DEAL.

HE IS TRYING TO MAKE MORE MONEY.

>> A LONG-SUFFERING WHITE SOX FAN, LAUREN , WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROSPECT OF THEM MOVING TO NASHVILLE , DO YOU SAY, GO AHEAD?

>> WHITE SOX FANS ARE ONE OF THE MOST LOYAL FAN BASES.

IT WOULD CRUSH US.

HE NEEDS TO SELL THE TEAM BUT MOVING AWAY IS NOT THE ANSWER.

>> TAKE A VACATION TO GO WATCH A BALL GAME.

I CANNOT FATHOM THAT.

JERRY DOESN'T CARE , HE WILL CARE ABOUT THE MONEY I AM CURIOUS, LIKE HE AWOKE FROM HIS SLUMBER.

PEOPLE ARE TELLING HIM EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON.

THE TEAM IS FALLING APART, NOW HE IS LIKE, MAYBE WE WILL MOVE THE STADIUM AND MOVE THE TEAM.

THE NEXT DAY , WE ARE GETTING RID OF EVERYBODY.

GOING BACKWARDS.

>> WHAT ABOUT A NEW STADIUM SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY ?

>> THAT IS A REAL POSSIBILITY.

THE PROBLEM WITH GUARANTEED RATE IS NOT THE RENOVATIONS, IT IS THE LACK OF CREATURE COMFORTS AROUND IT, BARS, ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE AT WRIGLEY FIELD.

LIKE YOU HAVE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

>> THE BEARS ARE TRYING TO DO IT.

>> THEY ARE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT.

IT MAY BE EASIER TO DO IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.

>> IS THERE A TIE IN WITH THE BEARS EFFORTS TO GET A NEW STADIUM, MAYBE JOINT LEGISLATION?

>> IN BRIMFIELD , YOU HAVE A BEARS FAN AND A CUBS FAN, WHITE SOX FAN , MAYBE THEY WILL THROW INTO SOME KIND OF SUPERDOME.

>> THERE IS NO MICHAEL MADIGAN TO DO THAT ANYMORE.

>> FOR OUR VIEWERS, 30 YEARS AGO , THEY SAVED THE WHITE SOX FROM GOING TO TAMPA BAY BECAUSE MICHAEL MADIGAN AND JIM THOMPSON WERE HUGE WHITE SOX FANS .

>> UNLIKE J.B. PRITZKER WHO SAYS HE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF SUBSIDIES.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING .

YOU MENTIONED THE NEXT DAY, CLEANING HOUSE, AT THE TOP , SOMETHING FANS HAVE WANTED FOR A LONG TIME, KENNY WILLIAMS, THE ARCHITECT OF THE 2005 WORLD SERIES, HE IS GONE.

THE GENERAL MANAGER IS GONE.

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE FIELD ?

>> WE KNOW THIS NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

SOMETHING HAS FALLEN APART .

WE HAD A GREAT 2020 SEASON, I SAY WE, AND GREAT 2021 SEASON, IN 2022 IT WAS .500 AND THAT WE FALL APART.

MAYBE RICK AND KENNY ARE NOT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE IN CHARGE WITH FIGURING OUT THE PROBLEM AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.

SOMEONE HAS TO.

I KNOW THIS WAS DIFFICULT FOR JERRY.

PEOPLE ARE STILL IN SHOCK THAT IT HAPPENED .

>> HE HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING LOYAL TO A FAULT.

THE NEWS REPORTS ARE THAT THE HEAD OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT UNDER RICK HAHN WILL BE THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER, MEET THE NEW BOSS , SAME AS THE OLD BOSS.

>> WHY HAVE THIS SLIGHT CHANGE OF POSITION , WHY WILL IT BE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT?

IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.

FROM SOURCES ON THE INSIDE, MOST LIKELY THAT WILL HAPPEN.

>> WHY NOT ENTERTAIN THE NOTION OF THEO EPSTEIN, HE TURNED AROUND THE TWO MOST CURSED FRANCHISES IN SPORTS.

>> POLLING A PLAYER FROM PLAYER DEVELOPMENT WHEN PLAYERS ON THE FIELD ARE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED.

>> WE SHOULD MENTION BRINGING BACK TONY LaRUSSA AS A CONSULTANT.

>> A BIG SIGH OVER THAT ONE.

HE IS NOT THE GUY FOR MODERN BASEBALL.

>> DO YOU THINK JERRY REINSDORF WILL LISTEN TO ANY OF THAT?

>> THAT IS THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION.

IT TOOK SO LONG FOR HIM TO MAKE THIS MOVE GETTING RID OF RICH AND KENNY.

SOMEONE IS TELLING HIM SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE , BUT WILL HE LISTEN AND THINK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET OUTSIDE EYES ON THIS ORGANIZATION OR STAY LOYAL?

I THINK HE WANTS TO KEEP FAMILY CLOSE IN HIS LAST FEW YEARS.

>> INTERESTING TO SEE WHETHER HE GIVES THIS FRANCHISE TO HIS KIDS OR SELLS IT.

>> I WANT TO HOPE , FOR THE SAKE OF HIS KIDS , THEY HAVE BEEN USING VENTURE CAPITAL TO PURCHASE OTHER SHARES.

>> I AGREE.

I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE , NOT CRAZY TO THINK HE WOULD GET RID OF THE WHITE SOX AND FOCUS ON THE BULLS FOR LAST FEW YEARS HE FEELS HE CAN KEEP DOING THIS.

THIS TEAM NEEDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I HOPE HE MAKES THE RIGHT DECISION.

HINDSIGHT IS 2020 .

LET'S SEE IF GETTING RID OF PEOPLE ON TOP WAS THE RIGHT CALL.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

CPS, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY ACCOUNT FOR THIS NEWFOUND AGREEMENTS ?

>> THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED TO HAVE SO MUCH HARMONY, THE MAYOR, THE UNION , TOGETHER, WE SAW HOW OFTEN HE WAS MEETING WITH PEDRO MARTINEZ , THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WELCOMING ASYLUM-SEEKERS.

ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DROP.

THERE IS A LOT THEY HAVE TO TACKLE WITH THE CONTRACT.

A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

>> SOME MIGRANT CHILDREN REPORTEDLY TURNED AWAY FROM CHICAGO SCHOOLS FOR NOT HAVING THE CORRECT FORMS.

>> SUPPOSEDLY THEY FILLED OUT THE WRONG FORMS, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD , GIVE THEM THE CORRECT FORM IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT.

>> LAUREN, THE MIGRANT SITUATION CONTINUES TO SWELL WITH 1000 OR SO MIGRANTS IN POLICE STATIONS.

DO WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE OVERALL PLAN BY THE MAYOR TO GET THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING?

>> HE DANCES AROUND THE QUESTION.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE BEFORE HE HAS BEEN HERE, GRANTED ONLY 100 DAYS, YOU THINK WE WOULD HAVE MORE CONCRETE ANSWERS BY NOW.

NOW , MIGRANTS ARE GOING BACK TO POLICE STATIONS WHERE THERE ARE INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON BASED ON MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS OF A SEXUAL NATURE.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD AN UPDATE SINCE THE LAST PRESS CONFERENCE.

THEY BASICALLY SAID THEY HAVE NOT FOUND ANYTHING TO THINK THAT IT WAS TRUE.

CLEARLY , THEY FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THEM TO GO BACK.

OFFICIALS WITH OEMC SAID THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO PUT THESE PEOPLE.

HEARTBREAKING.

>> AND THE HISTORIC HEAT WAVE WITH A LOT OF MIGRANTS OUTSIDE.

>> IS CRAZY, THE IDEA BRANDON JOHNSON DID NOT TACKLE THIS YET , TRYING TO FIND DORMS, APARTMENTS, OTHER AREAS, MAYBE OPENING UP McCORMICK PLACE OR SOMEPLACE ELSE TO HOUSE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, IF WE ARE A WELCOMING CITY, YOU HAVE TO WALK THE WALK.

>> THE FORMER MAYOR AND CURRENT MAYOR RAN INTO PUSHBACK.

PEOPLE DID NOT WANT THESE FACILITIES IN THEIR DISTRICT.

>> WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BIG CHAIR , SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS.

YOU WILL LOSE SOME OF YOUR BASE OVER WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT PEOPLE, THAT MAY BE A RISK YOU HAVE TO TAKE.

YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.

>> WE HAD THE MAYOR ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT AND HE SAID THERE'S COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE, COUNTY , DOES THAT MEAN THEY WILL BE GOING DOWNSTATE ?

>> I HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT SUBURBAN FACILITIES.

THEY ARE COLLABORATING WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS ON HEALTHCARE , THE STATE PROVIDING FUNDING, AND MAYBE WE MAY SEE FEDERAL PRESSURE , NEW YORK OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT ON THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION .

WE HAVE NOT SEEN PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS GO THAT HARD.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL ?

>> THEY HAVE ALREADY RUN OUT OF IT.

AN INTERESTING STORY, WHAT HAPPENS AROUND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HAPPENS?

>> THEY WANT TO SEND A LOT OF BUSES.

>> IF WE ARE NOT READY NOW, HOW WILL WE DO WITH THAT?

>> THE FEDS NEED TO STEP UP.

THE CITY WILL HAVE TROUBLE HANDLING THIS.

>> YOU HAD A GREAT STORY THIS WEEK ABOUT LINCOLN YARDS AND THE 78 .

THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GET TIPS WHEN THEY DEVELOP AND BUILD, BUT THEY HAVE $140 MILLION IN TIFF MONEY , WHY?

>> TRANSFERS , THEY WERE EXPIRING, ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS WHERE YOU COLLECT TAX FOR DEVELOPMENT, THEY SUNK THEM INTO MEGA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.

>> WHEN THEY EXPIRE , THEY GO BACK TO THE SCHOOLS, CITY, RECREATION DISTRICT.

>> TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS COULD HAVE GONE BACK TO THE CITY AND CPS WHO IS IN A LOT OF BUDGET TROUBLE.

>> A VERY PROGRESSIVE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, HOW DO THEY LET THAT HAPPEN ?

>> BUREAUCRATIC DECISIONS.

THEY CHUG ALONG WITHOUT A LOT OF OVERSIGHT.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD THE MAYOR ON LINCOLN YARDS.

>> LINCOLN YARDS , WE SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR THIS WEEK, WILL YOU SPEND THE MONEY ON THESE DISTRICTS ?

HE LEFT THE QUESTION WIDE-OPEN, " WE ARE TALKING --" >> THEY CAN'T GET ANY OTHER FINANCING.

>> THEY COULD SURPLUS IT.

>> WHEN WILL WE SEE DEVELOPMENT?

>> THAT DEPENDS ON THE STATE OF THE OFFICE AND THE DEVELOPMENT MARKET.

DOWNTOWN IS STILL AT THE HIGHEST RATE SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO INVEST IN THE BIG DEVELOPMENTS.

>> THIS REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX , WE RAISE IT FOR PROPERTIES OVER $1 MILLION .

WILL THAT HELP?

>> THIS HAS BEEN FALSELY SOLD AS A TAX , IT IS ON ALL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS OF ANY KIND, ALMOST ALL HOME SALES COULD BE EXEMPT, IT WILL HIT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES LIKE IN DOWNTOWN.

A LOT OF THESE HAVE GONE BELLY UP.

YOU WILL PUT IN ANOTHER BIG TAX ON TOP OF IT ?

>> NOT A DONE DEAL.

PER STATE LAW , IT WILL HAVE TO GO TO A REFERENDUM AND THE VOTERS WILL HAVE TO DECIDE.

>> AND THEN BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

A LONG TIME UNTIL THIS WOULD BE COMPLETE.

IT ALSO LEAVES A LOT OF TIME FOR NOT COLLECTING THESE ADDITIONAL TAXES TO GIVE SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS.

>> WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE CHICAGO BEARS WITH A FINAL PRESEASON GAME IN WHICH THEY WILL PLAY THE STARTERS.

PLEASE DON'T GET HURT.

PLEASE DON'T GET HURT.

>> YOU HAVE REASON TO WORRY.

I THINK IT IS OKAY FOR ONE QUARTER.

NOT BE ON THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INJURIES ALREADY PILING UP.

THE LAST THING YOU WANT , NO PROTECTION FOR YOUR QUARTERBACK, SCRAMBLING A LOT LAST YEAR.

NO LINE TO PROTECT THEM .

>> THEY HAVE A LOT OF INJURIES ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

>> BE CAREFUL WITH IT.

A QUARTER IS FINE.

IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE STARTERS WILL BE READY FOR GREEN BAY.

>> OPENING-DAY.

JUSTIN FIELDS , DON'T RUN WHEN THE POCKET BREAKS DOWN.

WILL THE CHICAGO CUBS CATCH THE BREWERS?

>> THEY HAVE A GREAT CHANCE AND THEY WILL TAKE THEM ON HEAD ON IN THREE GAMES COMING UP SOON.

THEY HAVE A GOOD SCHEDULE THAT FAVORS THEM AND WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN DO IT.

>> A LOT OF HOPE.

WE HEAR THAT A LOT.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

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RAHM EMANUAL WILL EAT FISH AROUND THE FUKUSHIMA POWERPLANT BECAUSE THE WATER HAS BEEN CLEANED UP.

>> WHAT?

>> YOU DIDN'T READ IT?

HE IS NOT SENDING A DEAD FISH TO SOMEONE AND HE WILL EAT ONE.

>> HE IS A TRAIN GUY.

>> THEY HAVE GOOD PUBLIC TRANSIT.

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