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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

WEEK ONE OF THE BRANDON JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION AT CITY HALL DRAWS TO A CLOSE.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT A REVIVAL IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHERE THE SOUL OF CHICAGO COMES ALIVE.

>> NEW MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PROVIDES A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH ON HIS FIRST WEEK AS CHICAGO'S 57th MAYOR.

THE CHALLENGES COME FAST & FURIOUS STARTING WITH CHICAGO'S MIGRANT CRISIS AND FINDING A SOLUTION TO OVERCROWDED SHELTERS.

MEANWHILE JOHNSON MUM AS PROGRESSIVE ALLY GOES BIG IN $12 BILLION NEW TAX IN SPENDING CUT PROPOSAL.

STATE LAWMAKERS KEEP BUDGET SPECIFICS CLOSE TO THE VEST AS DEADLINES FAST APPROACH IN SPRINGFIELD.

>>> SMART, OUTGOING, BEAUTIFUL, WITTY, LOYAL.

>> AND FALLEN 24-YEAR-OLD CBD OFFICER ARIANNA PRESTON A RAY OF LIGHT WHO ASPIRED TO ONE DAY LEAD THE DID NOT.

>>> JOINING US ARE GREG PRATT, SARAH SCHULTE AND RAY LONG.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU, GLIAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

GREG PRATT, SEEMS LIKE BRANDON JOHNSON DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A THREE-OUR HONEYMOON PRO AN ALDER MAN CALLS HIM TO TASK FOR HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH COMMENTS COMPARING THE ADAM TOLEDO AND ARIANA PRESTON SITUATIONS.

WHY WAS THAT SO CONTROVERSIAL?

>> WELL, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FEEL VERY STRONGLY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T GET ITS FAIR SHAKE AND PUTTING ADAM TOLEDO AND THE OFFICER IN THE SAME SENTENCE IS WRONG, BUT HIS BROADER POINT WAS ABOUT HUMANITY.

IT WAS ABOUT WHAT -- THEY'RE BOTH HUMAN BEINGS THAT SUFFERED IMMENSE LOSSES AND BOTH ARE TRAGEDIES AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN SOME WAYS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE TAKE FAULT WITH YOU FOR BEING TOO ASPIRATIONAL.

>> CERTAINLY DIFFERENT TRAGEDIES, PART OF THE SAME OVERALL TRAGEDY OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

CARLOS RAMIREZ ROSA THROWS LIGHT AT THE ADMINISTRATION.

JOHNSON SAYING NOT REALLY.

>> WHY NOT STIR UP THE POT, RIGHT?

CHICAGO THROWS A FEW THINGS AROUND, LET'S GET THINGS ROLLING, A ROUGH AND TUMBLE WORLD.

I JUST THINK THAT TO PICK UP ON WHAT GREG WAS SAYING THERE, TOO, NOT TO CHANGE IT TOO MUCH, BUT I THINK THE TOLEDO SITUATION ALSO BROUGHT OUT A PIECE OF HUMANITY THAT WE ALL HAD TO HAVE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT BRANDON JOHNSON BRINGING THAT OUT SUPPOSEDLY SUCH A GREAT COMMUNICATOR DIDN'T REALLY CONNECT THE DOTS FOR EVERYBODY AND LEFT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE FISSURES TO HAPPEN.

SO I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE AND HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT REAL QUICKLY.

>> THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE JUST UPSET THAT HE'S MAYOR AND THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE RIGHT AWAY AND OTHER FOLKS ARE LIKE NO, YOU GOT TO GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE.

ERIC, YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN HERE.

>> YEAH.

THE ONE THING HE HAD DURING THE CAMPAIGN WAS HE DID NOT HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT ALL AND FOR THAT COMMENT TO COME OUT, I UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF THE HUMANITY OF IT.

THEY'RE BOTH HUMAN BEINGS.

THEY BOTH HAVE PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM, YET WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION, I THINK YOU HAVE ALL THESE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ALREADY DON'T LIKE YOU AND NOW YOU'RE COMPARING AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING TO AN OFFICER THAT DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

I THINK THAT JUST CONTINUES TO RUB THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT THE WRONG WAY.

>> IT CERTAINLY DID, ALTHOUGH HE DID GO ON IN THAT SPEECH TO SAY MORE ABOUT ARIANA PRESTON.

GO AHEAD.

>> HE WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES.

THESE ARE TWO FAMILIES SUFFERING FROM VIOLENCE AND THAT WAS REALLY THE CONTEXT, BUT IT'S ALSO THE WRONG CASE.

I THINK ADAM TOLEDO IS THE WRONG OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE.

I THINK HE USED IT BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ON LORI LIGHTFOOT'S WATCH, BUT IT IS THE WRONG CASE TO COMPARE.

>> IT WASN'T AN EGREGIOUS -- >> NO.

TOLEDO TOSSED A GUN RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE.

>> CERTAINLY A SAD SITUATION BUT MAYBE NOT THE MOST EGREGIOUS EXAMPLE OF ALLEGED POLICE MISDUCT.

SARAH, YOU FOLLOWED JOHNSON AROUND THIS WEEK.

WHAT STOOD OUT IN WEEK ONE OF THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION.

WHOOPS.

>> ERIC'S PHONE.

MIGHT BE A SOURCE, ERIC.

>> MAYBE IT'S THE MAYOR.

>> I THINK WHAT STOOD OUT WASN'T THAT SURPRISING AND I THINK A I LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING FOR MORE DETAIL FROM BRANDON JOHNSON.

HE REALLY HAD VERY LITTLE DETAIL DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND THEN DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD EVERYONE WAS REALLY PUSHING FOR HIM TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON A MIGRANT PLAN, ON A PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN.

HE EVEN TOLD US HE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN AT 12:01 A.M. MONDAY.

STILL DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN, WAS JUST TOLD TODAY BY CITY HALL THEY WON'T HAVE A DETAILED PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN UNTIL AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, PLAN FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER.

>> USUALLY THAT SPEECH COMES BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE PRE-MEMORIAL DAY PUBLIC SAFETY SPEECH.

>> EVEN ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS WHO SUPPORTED PAUL VALLOS WAS SAYING GIVE HIM SOME TIME.

THEY'VE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE TO HIRE.

YOU GOT TO GIVE HIM SOME SLACK, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BUT I DO THINK IT DIDN'T COME AS A SURPRISE, BUT I WAS SURPRISED EVEN ON THIS WEEK THIS WASN'T SOME TYPE OF -- MORE OF A PLAN, ESPECIALLY ON MIGRANTS.

>> THERE'S A NEW INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT TAKING PLACE, GREG WALLER.

THERE'S NOT MUCH DETAIL ON HIS MIGRANT PLAN, HOW TO DEAL WITH OVERCROWDING OF THE MIGRANT SHELTERS.

THAT WAS ONE OF HIS FIRST OFFICIAL ACT TO GO VISIT PITROSKI PARK IN MIDDLE VILLAGE, BUT DO YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW HE'S GOING TO EXPAND CAPACITY FOR FOLKS?

>> NO.

ONE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S FIRST DAYS IS HE WALKS INTO A REAL CRISIS.

THE MIGRANT SITUATION IS A MAJOR CRISIS THAT'S GOING TO LAST WITH US.

THERE'S NO GOOD ANSWERS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE TO FIND MONEY AND SPACE AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THIS OPPOSITION IN THE BLACK COMMISSION, WHICH I WAS WITH HIM IN PETROSKEY PARK AND HE SAID WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LEFT OUT WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE.

HE'S WALKING INTO A LOT OF CRISIS.

HE'S NOT GIVING CLEAR ANSWERS TO THESE YET.

THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GRACE YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE SOMEBODY JUST STARTING A JOB LIKE THIS, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME STUFF LIKE WELL, WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS?

WHERE ARE YOU ON THE STAFF, ON THESE POSITIONS?

YOU KNOW, THE GRACE RUNS OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.

>> MEANWHILE THERE'S SOME PROGRESS EXTENSIVE ALLIES OF BRANDON JOHNSON, ERIC, THAT PUT FORTH THIS KIND OF MASSIVE PLAN TO BRING IN $12 BILLION OF NEW REVENUE WITH SOME SPENDING CUTS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHO ARE THESE FOLKS AND WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO GET HERE?

>> ONE OF THE TRANSITION TEAM, WHICH WAS INTERESTING, AND AS WE WERE KIND OF DISCUSSING A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE SHOW, A LOT OF THE IDEAS ARE NOT ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HE SAID ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

I MEAN THEY WENT BIG AND A LOT BIGGER THAN EVEN MAYOR JOHNSON DID.

SO THE QUESTION I THINK IS THIS JUST TO BOX HIM IN AND HOLD HIS FEET TO THE FIRE AND SAY HEY, LISTEN, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO THESE THINGS.

I WANT YOU TO DO THEM.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU AT LEAST LOOK AT THEM.

>> HE HAD PROPOSED 800 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE.

THEY'RE PROPOSING 12 BILLION.

>> I MEAN MAYBE THIS IS JUST A HEY, WE'RE GOING TO LOB THIS UP TO YOU.

THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO START.

LET'S SEE WHERE YOU COME BACK AND WHERE WE FALL IN THE MIDDLE ONCE IT GETS DOWN TO THE -- >> IT DOES PUT JOHNSON IN A TOUGH POSITION BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WOULD HAVE TO GET DONE WITH THE HELP OF SPRINGFIELD WHICH HAS SHOWN NO APPETITE ON SOME OF THIS.

IT WOULD SEEM IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SOME OF THIS.

>> RIGHT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET 800 MILLION FROM SPRINGFIELD.

NO WAY.

THEY'RE LUCKY IF THEY'LL GET ANY.

BRANDON JOHNSON HAS ALLIES IN SPRINGFIELD.

HE STARTS OUT WITH SOME SORT OF ADVOCACY DOWN THERE AS OPPOSED TO LORI LIGHTFOOT WHEN SHE HAD TO BREAK THE ICE WITH MIKE MADIGAN AND OTHER LAWMAKERS, TOO.

I DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT PUSH HERE TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF SPRINGFIELD, BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPENNESS STILL DOWN THERE TO TRY TO HELP.

>> IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A DIFFICULTY TO GET A PUSH OUT OF CITY COUNCIL.

YOU NEED 26 VOTES.

HE DOESN'T HAVE 26 VOTES TO GET A LOT OF THE STUFF DONE.

>> WAS HE CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THIS GROUP TRYING TO GET $12 BILLION?

>> MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE REPORT WAS TITLED FIRST WE GET THE MONEY, WHICH IS A SCAR FACE QUOTE.

SO IT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY THE GROUP TO BE GANGSTER AND YOU START OFF WITH REALLY UNREALISTIC STUFF AND THEN YOU GET MORE REALISTIC STUFF.

>> BRANDON WOULD LOOK MORE REALISTIC IF HE COMES BACK WITH A SMALLER PLAN NOW, TOO, BUT THERE'S NO WAY HE'S GOING TO GO FOR THE 12 BILLION.

>> THEY ALREADY SAID THEY WON'T.

THEY COMPLETELY DIALED BACK.

>> HE'D BE A LAME DUCK ALREADY IF HE ACCEPTED THE 12 BILLION NOW.

>> IT'S FIVE DAYS INTO OFFICE AND HE'S GETTING IT FROM ALL ANGLES.

THERE WAS ANOTHER KIND OF MINI CONTROVERSY SOME MIGHT SAY TEMPEST IN THE TEAPOT, GOT SOME GRIEF FROM EDITORIAL BOARDS, "WALL STREET JOURNAL," CHICAGO TRIBUNE, ABOUT CREATING A DEPUTY MAYOR FOR LABOR.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON OWES PROGRESSIVE LABOR GROUPS WHICH SUPPORTED HIM AND IS CREATING A DEPUTY MAYOR FOR LABOR POSITIONS.

THEY ALREADY HAVE LABOR RELATIONS PEOPLE.

THE CONCERN IS HE GOING TO GIVE AWAY THE STORE TO ALL OF HIS ALLIES?

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN TONI PRECKWINKLE HAD A MASSIVE STRIKE.

WHETHER OR NOT MAYOR JOHNSON CAN KEEP A HEALTHY RESPECT FOR LABOR WHILE NOT GIVING THEM EVERYTHING THEY WANT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING FOUR YEARS.

HE'S LAYING DOWN A MARKER, WHICH IS I'M A SUPER FRIEND OF LABOR, AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING DON'T FORGET EVERYONE ELSE.

>> ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, THERE'S TAXPAYERS.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE WAGES OR BENEFITS, WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT HOW MUCH THAT COSTS.

>> WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHO THAT LABOR RELATIONS PERSON IS GOING TO BE.

THAT ALL DEPENDS.

IT COULD END UP BEING SOMEONE WHO IS NOT SO PRO LABOR.

>> I DOUBT THAT.

I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT.

>> ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT A TRAGIC STORY THIS WEEK, ARIANA PRESTON LAID TO REST.

ERIC, YOU WERE THERE.

I REMEMBER HEARING HER SISTERS AND HER MOTHER JUST CRYING.

OBVIOUSLY WHY WOULDN'T THEY?

IT'S A TRAGIC SITUATION.

SHE HAD BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE FBI AND WANTED TO BE SUPERINTENDENT ONE DAY.

SHE PROBABLY MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

>> I THINK LORI LIGHTFOOT REALLY NAILED IT WHEN SHE SAID THIS IS THE FUTURE OF CHICAGO POLICE.

THESE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANT ON THE STREET, ON THE BEAT INVESTIGATING THESE CRIMES.

EVERY STORY THAT WE HEARD IS THAT SHE POLICED WITH EMPATHY, BUT SHE WAS VERY STRONG-WILLED AND DID THE JOB THE WAY IT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

I THINK LIGHTFOOT REALLY HIT IT ON THE HEAD WHEN SHE SAID THAT ABOUT OFFICER PRESTON.

>> WAS IT ODD THAT THE FORMER MAYOR WOULD SPEAK WITH THE CURRENT MAYOR THERE?

>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE.

>> THIS DID HAPPEN DURING HER TENURE AS MAYOR.

ARE.

>> YOU COULD TELL LIGHTFOOT WAS CHOKED UP ABOUT IT.

>> YEAH.

>> I THOUGHT IF THERE WAS ANY TENSION ABOUT IT, IT WAS A GRACIOUS MOMENT TO ALLOW HER TO SPEAK BECAUSE SHE DID HAVE SO MUCH EMOTION ABOUT IT.

>> SHE GAVE A GREAT SPEECH.

>> OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF GENUINE EMOTIONS AND OUR SYMPATHIES WITH PRESTON'S FAMILY, A TRAGIC SITUATION AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TOO.

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET SITUATION.

SO THE DEADLINE THAT THE DEMOCRATS SORT OF IMPOSED ON THEMSELVES HAS COME AND GONE, NO BUDGET.

>> RIGHT.

NO SURPRISE EITHER.

THEY'RE ALL FIGHTING OVER MORE MONEY.

THEY ALL WANT MORE MONEY AND MORE MONEY AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SHRINKING PIE BECAUSE SOME OF THE ESTIMATES HAVE GONE DOWN, BUT I BROUGHT SOME NOTE HERE TO BE SURE BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE TECHNICAL, BUT BASICALLY THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT IS A MEDICAID-STYLE PROGRAM FOR BENEFITS FOR IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE 42 AND OLDER AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT LEGAL PERMISSION OR WHO HAVE GREEN CARDS BUT HAVEN'T COMPLETED THEIR FIVE-YEAR WAITING PERIOD.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE $220 MILLION RANGE.

IT'S NOW ESTIMATES UP AS HIGH AS 1.1 BILLION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY WELL, IT CAN'T BE THAT MUCH, BUT THE FACT IS THEY'VE GOT A PROBLEM THERE ON A BALLOONING COST OF THIS PROGRAM.

>> IT'S POLITICALLY TOUGH FOR THEM BECAUSE IF THEY SAY WELL, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FUND THIS, THEY WILL ANGER PROGRESSIVE IMMIGRANT GROUPS, BUT IF THEY SAY YES, WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THE MONEY?

>> RIGHT, EXACTLY.

AND THERE ARE GROUPS PUSHING TO LOWER THE AGE LIMIT, TOO, SO THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE, WHICH, OF COURSE, WOULD INCREASE THE COSTS.

AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH -- JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO PUSH FOR MORE MONEY AS WE JUST REFERENCED TO GET HELP WITH THE MIGRANTS WHO ARE COMING IN NOW.

>> YOU ALSO HAD PEDRO MARTINEZ AS CPS CEO AND THE CTU PRESIDENT STACY DAVIS-GATES TOGETHER WANTING MORE MONEY FOR CPS.

ARE THEY GETTING THAT WISH FULFILLED?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

STACY DAVIS-GATES AND SO IS JOHNSON PUSHING FOR THE STUDENT-BASED BUDGETING, TO HAVE THAT CHANGED AS WELL.

>> WHICH WOULD RESULT IN MORE MONEY.

>> RIGHT.

>> I THINK THERE'S MORE OPTIMISM AT CITY HALL FOR THAT THAN THERE IS SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF.

THEY DON'T EXPECT JET FUEL.

I THINK THEY EXPECT HELP FROM SPRINGFIELD ON SCHOOLS, MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS YEAR AND SOON.

WWE'LL SEE.

IT IS SOMETHING TO SEE THE UNION PRESIDENT AND CPS HEAD DOWN THERE TOGETHER.

>> A NEW DAY.

>> SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS.

>> EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER HOT BUTTON ISSUE.

TEMPERS FLARED OVER A BATHROOM BILL THAT PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANY LADY WANT A DUDE IN THEIR BATHROOM?

I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW IF A GUY WALKS IN THERE, I'M GOING TO BEAT THE LIVING [ BLEEP ] OUT OF HIM.

>> IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO IN THAT PARTICULAR BATHROOM, THEN JUST DON'T FRICKING DO IT.

IF YOU HAVE A MOTHER, A FATHER, BROTHERS, SISTERS, SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER, YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN USING A GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WHAT IS ALL THIS SORT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT?

WHAT ARE THE SPECIFICS OF THIS BILL?

>> YEAH.

BASICALLY THEY'RE ALLOWING THINGS.

THIS IS A PERMISSIVE BILL TO SET UP SOME GROUND RULES THAT ALLOW YOU TO SET UP RESTROOMS THAT ARE GENDER NEUTRAL.

JUST THE IDEA OF THE POSSIBILITY OF IT HAS OBVIOUSLY SET OFF SOME NERVES DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE DEALS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FIGHTS OVER AT ANY TIME AT ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.

>> IT'S PLAYING INTO SORT OF THAT NATIONAL CULTURE WAR.

>> WE ALREADY HAVE GENDER NEUTRAL SINGLE BATHROOMS.

SO THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE STALLS.

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT BOTH GENDERS WOULD USE.

>> BUT IT'S NOT MANDATING IT.

IT'S ALLOWING IT.

>> IT'S ALLOWING IT.

>> THEY COULDN'T DO IT TO THIS POINT?

>> WELL, I MEAN I GUESS YOU COULD.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A LAW THAT DISALLOWS THAT.

>> WHO IS GOING TO POLICE THAT?

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAS THEM RILED UP, THE IDEA SOME OLD GUY GOES INTO THE BATHROOM AFTER YOUR YOUNG DAUGHTER IS WHAT IS THE TENSION POINT HERE THAT HAS THE REPUBLICANS RILED UP IN SPRINGFIELD.

>>> WHAT ARE THE OTHER HOT BUTTON ISSUES THAT ARE GETTING DEBATED THAT ARE GOING TO PASS?

>> WELL, WOULD HAVE GOT A VARIETY OF THINGS DOWN THERE, BUT THE FOCUS NOW IS ON THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE BUDGET HAS TO BE DONE WHERE YOU HAVE A MADIGAN ROUND OR STANDOFF AND EVERYTHING GOES BLEWY.

>> YOU HAVE A STANDOFF WITH DEMOCRATS HAVING SUPER MAJORITY IN POWER.

YOU WOULDN'T THINK THEY'D HAVE A STANDOFF WITH EACH OTHER.

>> YEAH.

IT'S KIND OF CRAZY.

THIS IS A FALSE DEADLINE THEY HAD FRIDAY THAT THEY SET UP FOR THEMSELVES AND THE REAL DEADLINE IS MAY 31st, BUT SINCE THEY BOTH HAVE SUPER MAJORITIES, THEY CAN BOTH BLOW THROUGH THAT DEADLINE AND PASS ANYTHING THEY WANT, TOO.

THEY'VE GOT TIME TO COME UP WITH AGREEMENTS.

THEY'VE GOT TIME TO FIND MONEY IF THEY CAN FOR MIGRANTS.

THEY'VE GOT TIME TO FIND MONEY FOR SCHOOL, IF THEY CAN, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT RESULTS IN SOMEBODY BEING WILLING TO SAY NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.

>> BUT THEY DIDN'T FIND TIME TO PASS A COMMISSION TO CHANGE THE STATE FLAG.

>> THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

>> WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE OLD STATE FLAG?

>> THEY SAID IT WASN'T FLASHY ENOUGH AND PEOPLE WEREN'T FLYING IT ENOUGH.

THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED THE COMMISSION.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING SAYING WE ARE DEFINITELY GETTING A NEW FLAG.

>> NO.

IT'S JUST TO LOOK INTO IT.

>> IT BLOWS MY MIND WHAT PEOPLE SPEND THEIR TIME THINKING ABOUT.

>> WE HAVE THE STATE FRUIT, THE STATE PLANT, THE STATE BUG.

>> INSECT, EXACTLY.

>> THE STATE DANCE IS THE SQUARE DANCE.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER.

ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING HERE.

>> COOK COUNTY, THE COMMISSIONER KABULSKI WANTED TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO MANDATE LUNCH PERIODS DURING COUNTY BOARD MEETINGS AND YOU'RE LIKE COME ON, GUYS.

WE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS.

>> THEY DIDN'T TACKLE ETHICS.

THAT IS THE BIG -- >> AFTER THE BIG CONVICTION OF THE FOUR.

>> IT'S JUST INCOMPREHENSIBLE.

THEY ALL KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THERE IS A VARIETY OF THINGS TO TIGHTEN UP AND WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT.

THEY WILL END UP PASSING SOMETHING LIKE LIMITS AND PUT LOOPHOLES IN IT.

>> IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT ETHICS RESPONSE THAT LAWMAKERS WILL HAVE TO THE SITUATION.

>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S THE PUBLIC NEEDING TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THEIR OWN LEGISLATORS AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

>> THEY COULD READ A BOOK ABOUT MIKE MADIGAN AND HOW IT WORKS.

I THINK WE HAVE THE AUTHOR RIGHT HERE.

WHAT ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT COMES UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR SEEMINGLY THE LAST 30 YEARS, THE THIRD AIRPORT?

WHY IS IT NEEDED WHEN FOLKS DECIDED YOU DON'T NEED A THIRD PASSENGER AIRPORT AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE CARGO?

>> IT HASN'T BEEN 30 YEARS.

IT'S BEEN 50.

IT'S BEEN TOSSED AROUND SINCE THEN AND JESSE JACKSON JR., THIS WAS HIS BIG THING, TOO.

SO RIGHT.

THEY'RE CHANGING IT MAKING IT INTO A CARGO AIRPORT.

THEY INSIST SOME OF THE SOUTH SUBURBAN LAWMAKERS INSIST THEY NEED IT BECAUSE OF ALL THESE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER AND SOME OTHER FULFILLMENT CENTERS, BUT AS A FARMER POINTED OUT TO ME WHO IS NOT GOING TO SELL HIS LAND TO THE STATE FOR THIS AIRPORT, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF AMAZON REALLY WANTED AN AIRPORT, THEY WOULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> WOULDN'T COST THEM TOO MUCH TO BUILD THEIR OWN AIRPORT.

>> THEY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS AND MAKE A THIRD AIRPORT HAPPEN.

I THINK THE ONLY THING THIS LEGISLATION DOES REALLY IS DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO KIND OF LOOK INTO IT.

>> PRITZKER IS REALLY NOT EVEN 100% ON BOARD EITHER.

>> HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A NEED FOR IT, COMPANIES REALLY NEED THE CARGO.

>> THE STATE OVER THE YEARS ALREADY THROWN A LOT OF MONEY AT THIS ENDEAVOR.

>> CLOSE TO 100 MILLION AND NOT ONLY THAT.

THEY'RE CONTINUING TO SPEND MONEY BECAUSE THE LAND THAT THEY BOUGHT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR SECURITY FOR AND THERE'S ACTUALLY -- THERE HAVE BEEN PROGRAM DIRECTORS FOR THIS AIRPORT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT EVEN THERE YET.

SO THERE'S LIKE A STAFF AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXPENSES THAT ARE GOING INTO THIS ALREADY THAT THE STATE IS PAYING FOR.

>> BUT IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WAS GET PASSENGER AIRLINES TO BUY IN BEFORE.

THEY DIDN'T BUY IN.

NOW THEY'RE TRYING CARGO.

IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF APPROACH, BUT NOBODY'S SURE IF THERE'S THE CAPACITY.

>> WELL, IS ANYONE SURE THAT THE BEARS ARE GOING TO GET WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF SPRINGFIELD?

SEEMS LIKE THERE'S MOMENTUM.

THERE'S MOMENTUM FOR A BILL, BUT IT'S GOING TO GET TABLED IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

THERE WAS A LOT OF HOPE THAT IT WAS GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT'S NOW STALLED AND I THINK IT WILL BE RETOOLED AND LOOKED AT AGAIN.

I MEAN IT'S DEFINITELY NOT DEAD.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

>> WHAT WOULD THIS BILL PROVIDE THAT THEY WANT?

>> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS FREEZE THE PROPERTY TAXES, RIGHT?

THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO GO UP.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD BE AN EASY GIVEAWAY BY THE STATE.

>> BUT THEN YOU HAVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THERE SAYING THAT'S GOING TO HURT US.

>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

MARTY MOYLAN, LAWMAKER, IS TRYING TO SPREAD OUT SOME OF THE WEALTH HERE.

SO MAYBE CHICAGO GETS A LITTLE MONEY FROM EACH TICKET, MAYBE $3.

MAYBE THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, BUT TO HELP PAY OFF THE DEBT ON SOLDIER FIELD.

I WAS DOWN THERE WHEN THEY DID SOLDIER FIELD AND I THOUGHT THIS IS THE DEAL THAT THEY GOT.

THEY GOT A LOT OF BREAKS THEN AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.

NOW THEY WANT MORE.

SO THEY WANT TO LEAVE THE CITY.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT KIND OF PUTS A BAD TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH.

>> STILL HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PAY ON THAT SOLDIER FIELD RENOVATION, WHICH THIS BILL WOULD MAYBE HELP WITH.

>> BUT NOT COMPLETELY.

>> ALSO, SARAH, WE SAW MAPS EMERGE ABOUT A NEW CHICAGO-ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD, 20 DISTRICTS.

FOLKS SEEM TO NOT AGREE ON ANY OF THIS EITHER.

WHAT'S THE TAKEAWAY FROM THE MAPS PUT OUT THERE?

>> JUST WHAT YOU SAID.

FOLKS DON'T REALLY AGREE WITH IT.

ARE THEY STARTING OVER ON THIS?

I THOUGHT THEY WERE -- >> I THOUGHT IT WAS A DRAFT.

>> THEY KEEP COMING OUT WITH DIFFERENT DRAFTS ON THIS.

>> THE FIRST DRAFT HAD TOO MANY WHITE MAJORITIES.

>> IT WAS NOT EQUITABLE.

>> THE BREAKDOWN IS SOMETHING LIKE 47% LATINO IN THE SCHOOLS.

THEN IT'S 11% -- >> WHO IS IN CHARGE OF DRAWING THESE MAPS?

>> ANN WILLIAMS IS -- >> STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANN WILLIAMS IS WORKING ON IT.

THE REALITY IS THE LATEST MAP HAD SEVEN DISTRICTS BLACK, SEVEN DISTRICTS LATINO AND SIX WHITE.

THE LATINO STILL FEEL THEY'VE GOT 47% OF THE STUDENTS, THE GREATEST PART OF THE STUDENTS, THAT THEY SHOULD GET MORE REPRESENTATION.

>> WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK THERE WOULD BE DISAGREEMENT WHEN YOU PASSED A BILL THAT CALLED FOR 20 SEATS ON THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD, 20 POLITICAL RACES, 20 POLITICIANS?

MEANWHILE THERE'S A LAW TO MAKE GUN MANUFACTURERS ASSUME MORE LEGAL RISKS FOR MURDERS IN SHOOTINGS, BUT IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT REALLY ENFORCEABLE?

>> IT'S TOUGH.

I DO THINK ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IN IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE DON HARMON, THE SENATE PRESIDENT, HELD UP A PICTURE OF SOME MARKETING ON THE SENATE FLOOR THAT SAID WE HAVE JR-15s NOW WITH A SMALL KID WITH A LIGHTER GUN RATHER THAN THE AR-15.

>> THIS IS A BILL GOING AFTER THE MARKETING, RIGHT?

>> AFTER THE MARKETING, YEAH.

>> THERE'S ANOTHER BILL TRYING TO MAKE GUN MANUFACTURERS LIABLE FOR SOME OF THE MURDERS.

>> THEY MAY TRY TO PUSH IT THROUGH, BUT IT MAY NOT BE CONSTITUTIONAL.

>> MEANWHILE THE SUPREME COURT IS ALLOWING THE ASSAULT RIFLE BAN TO GO FORWARD AS THE CASES WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE COURTS.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

THEY'VE TRIED TO CHALLENGE IT.

THERE'S BEEN CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN FILED OBVIOUSLY AND THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS ALLOWING THE LAW TO STAY IN PLACE.

IT HAD BEEN BLOCKED FOR A MOMENTARY PERIOD AND THERE WERE GUN SALES GOING CRAZY DURING THAT SHORT FEW DAYS, BUT THEY'VE NOW CLAMPED DOWN ON IT AND AS THE CASE PLAYS OUT -- >> THIS CASE WILL PLAY OUT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

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THERE'S SOME RUMORS NOW WRIGHT JUNIOR COLLEGE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE MIGHT BE USED AS A SHELTER FOR MIGRANTS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING?

>> YEAH.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD A MEETING ABOUT IT WHERE HE DOESN'T WANT ANYBODY EXCEPT 38 RESIDENTS TO ATTEND.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HE'S WORKED UP.

>> I WOULD ASSUME AT THAT MEETING MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE OPPOSED TO THAT PLAN.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> I DON'T KNOW THERE'S ANY COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN THRILLED WITH THE TURNOUT, BUT CERTAINLY -- >> THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN A NOT IN MY BACKYARD SITUATION.

>> THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO HAVE FAITH COMMUNITIES -- >>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FIRM THAT IS