>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND OF YOU.

I'M PARIS SHOTS.

A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER LOSES POWERFUL POSTS AFTER A TESTY EXCHANGE WITH HIS COLLEAGUE.

>> WE NEED RESPECT.

>> 30TH WARD ALDERMAN CARLOS RAMIREZ.

ROSAS APOLOGIZES FOR BLOCKING ALDERWOMAN AND THE MINUTES FROM A MEETING.

BUT NOT BEFORE LOSING HIS POWERFUL POST AS THE MAYOR'S FLOOR LEADER.

WE ARE WORKING TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF THE PAST.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SCORED BIG VICTORIES ON PROGRESSIVE AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDING A REFERENDUM ON A GRADUATED REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX TO HELP THE HOMELESS IN MANDATORY PAID LEAVE FOR CHICAGO WORKERS.

CHICAGO ALDERWOMAN ROSANA RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ COURTS CONTROVERSY WITH DIVISIVE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA COMMENT ABOUT PALESTINE AND ISRAEL.

JURY SELECTION UNDERWAY IN THE HISTORIC TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE.

BUT COVID DELAYS THE TRIAL FOR AT LEAST A WEEK.

SPRINGFIELD LAWMAKERS ADJOURNED THEIR SPECIAL SESSION, BUT LEAVE MORE CONFUSION ON HOW THE COMING ELECTED CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO WORK IN SPORTS.

>> THE BEARS DOWN THE PANTHERS IN THE BATTLE FOR TOP DRAFT PICKS.

THE MANAGER DAVID ROSS IN FAVOR OF FORMER DIVISION RIVAL CRAIG COUNCILS AND FAN FAVORITE WHITE SOX BROADCASTER JASON BENETTI.

>> PICKS UP AND LEAVES FOR SAD TO SEE JASON BENETTI GO AND NOW JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL ARE.

>> RAY LONG OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 80 QUICK OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE AS WELL.

>> MELODY MERCADO WITH BLOCK CLUB, CHICAGO AND DAN BERNSTEIN WITH WSC ARE 6.70, THE SCORE.

WELL, WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO THIS WEEK.

80 QUICK TELL US EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS ALTERCATION THAT GOT CARLOS RAMIREZ, ROSA, IN SO MUCH TROUBLE NEED ABOUT 45 MORE MINUTES.

BUT THE SHOW'S ONLY 26 THE SHORT VERSION IS THAT HE BLOCKED HIS COLLEAGUE ALDERMAN EMMA MITTS TEMPORARILY FROM ENTERING COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ALMOST OPPOSED TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING TO VOTE ON A SANCTUARY CITY RESOLUTION.

>> HE'S ALSO ACCUSED OF THREATENING HIS COLLEAGUES, BASICALLY WITHHOLDING ZONING SUPPORT IF THEY DON'T GO ALONG WITH HIS WISHES, HE ENDED UP LOSING BOTH HIS POSITION AS THE MAYOR AS FLOOR LEADER AND AS OWNING CHAIR, WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG FALL FROM GRACE 6 MONTHS.

YOU KNOW, I DO AS WE SAW THERE, HE IT'S HUGGED IT OUT.

HE APOLOGIZED.

>> BUT IS THERE STILL SOME BAD BLOOD HERE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY?

THAT DOES FEEL SLIGHTED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?

YEAH, I FEEL LIKE IF WE IF WE LOOK DOWN TO THE VOTE, 24 24 25.

AND THEN THIS IS THE CENTER OF A RIGHT TO CENSURE VOTE HERE.

>> THAN WE HAD TO.

YOU KNOW, ALL AND RILEY SAID, YOU KNOW, ALDERMAN REMEMBER AS I CAN VOTE FOR SOMETHING TO CENTER HIMSELF, TAKE ITSELF OUT.

AND THEN MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR TO NOT CENSOR THE ALDERMAN.

I THINK THAT HE'S SENDING A MESSAGE THERE TO SAY LET'S SORT OF TRY TO WORK TOGETHER.

LET'S TRY TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND I REALLY THINK THE DECISION ON WHO HE CHOOSES TO BE HIS NEXT 4 LEADER.

>> WE'LL SEE A LOT.

I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY SHOULD BE SOMEONE FROM THE BLACK CAUCUS WHO'S BEEN SERVING FOR A LONG TIME.

NO SPECIFICS THERE.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.

DAN BERNSTEIN DO THINK THAT MAYOR JOHNSON MADE THE RIGHT MOVE IN BACKING CARLOS RAMIREZ.

ROZIER NOT CENTERING HIM.

EVEN THIS IS.

>> MORE OF A SYMBOLIC ISSUE.

I THINK HE KNOWS HIS CURRENT ENEMIES AND FRIENDS BETTER THAN I DO.

BUT WHEN HE MAKES A MOVE LIKE THIS, I'M ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT DEAL WAS ALREADY MADE.

THERE ISN'T ANY.

>> ANYTHING LIKE THIS WHERE I WOULDN'T SUSPECT THERE'S HE'S GETTING SOMETHING BACK IN RETURN OR AT LEAST THERE IS A DEPOSIT IN THE FAVOR BANK TO BE LATER REDEEMED RAY LONG.

WOULD YOU THINK THE BLACK COMMUNITY WOULD WANT THE MAYOR TO PERHAPS MORE FORCEFULLY DEFEND?

IT'S SURE ABSOLUTELY.

MAYBE SHE SHOULD BE THE NEW FLOOR LATER.

WHO KNOWS?

>> IT'S IT WAS A BIZARRE SITUATION.

MADE ME THINK THE TIME.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN JUMPED OUT OF A WINDOW IN SPRINGFIELD TO AVOID A QORUM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULDN'T COME ABOUT THAT AFTERWARDS.

BUT I COULDN'T GET HIM TO SAY ANYTHING.

>> WE SHOULD EVEN AROUND AND THE MINUTES DID NOT VOTE FOR CENSURE.

SHE BASICALLY GAVE HIM YEAH.

FORGIVE HIM, CAME OVER AND GAVE HIM A HUG AND BASICALLY YOU KNOW, WE ARE THEY DEFINITELY DO KNOW KUMBAYA MOMENT.

I'M STILL VERY DIVISIVE.

AS MELANIE SAID, WE COULD SEE HOW CLOSE THAT VOTE WAS.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ALDERMAN WHO SAID THIS IS THE ONE KIND OF MEASURE WE HAVE TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.

THE CENSURE VOTE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS BASICALLY SYMBOLIC.

>> THIS IS A SIGN GOING FOR THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR ACCEPTABLE.

SO THIS THIS DIVISION KIND OF CONTINUES RIGHT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS KNOW MERCADO FIRST, A GRADUATED REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX HIKES.

>> THE PORTION OF THE TAX OVER MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN HIKES AND AGAIN OVER A MILLION 5 TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

THIS PASSES.

NOW IT'S A REFERENDUM THAT GOES ON THE BALLOT FRONT OF VOTERS.

YOU THINK VOTERS ARE GOING TO STAND ON THIS.

>> WELL, I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO A RESOLUTION SAYS THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE WILL VOTE POSITIVELY TO DIRECTIONS THIS COULD HAVE ON FIELD OR YOU COULD GO IN THE REFERENDUM ROUTE.

THEY WANT THE REFERENDUM ROAD CRACKS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY HOW VOTERS WILL GO.

BUT I I THINK THAT EITHER WAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL STILL NEED TO FINALIZE THE WORDING OF ALL OF THIS EVENTUALLY PASS IT AND SEEMS THAT SEE HOW THAT OVER TO WHAT HE DID.

GENEROSITY OF CHICAGO, SHOWS THROUGH HERE AND THEY'LL SAY, YES, WE WANT TO HIKE HIGHER AND REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

WELL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A POPULIST MOVE BECAUSE THEY'RE MOST VOTERS AREN'T GOING TO FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.

THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY IT.

>> BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO CHOOSE THE REFERENDUM AROUND BECAUSE THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT POLITICS EVEN WRIT LARGE IN THIS COUNTRY.

THE DECOUPLING ISSUE FROM PARTY AFFILIATION OR FROM PERSONALITY, DRASTICALLY CHANGES THE WAY IT'S VIEWED IF IT'S NOT A TEAM SPORT AND IT SIMPLY BECOMES DO WE WANT TO KEEP ABORTION IN THE CONSTITUTION?

YEAH, WE WANT DECRIMINALIZE CANNABIS.

YEAH.

ONCE YOU ATTACH THAT TO A TEAM AND RED OR BLUE PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR MINDS IN A HURRY.

SO THE FACT THAT HE THINKS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SUCCESSFUL MOVES TELLS YOU A LOT REFERENCING VOTE IN OHIO UP THROUGH FAIRLY DEEPLY RED STATE NOW.

BUT VOTING TO CODIFIED WHAT KANSAS OR MONTANA OR ANYWHERE ELSE, ABORTION RIGHTS INTO THE RIGHT ALONG ON THE CHICAGO WORKERS NOW WILL BE ENTITLED TO AT LEAST 2 WEEKS PAID TIME OFF.

DO YOU BUSINESSES NOW FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR THREATS TO PULL UP THE STAKES?

I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A LONG SHOT.

I THINK THEY'LL BE SOME WHO WILL USE AS AN EXCUSE.

BUT THERE IS AN EXCEPTION FOR >> BUSINESSES THAT HAVE 50 OR LESS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO HIT EVERY MOM AND POP STORE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THE BIG THE BIG BOYS WITH THE BIG BOX STORES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT.

QUICK BACK TO THE WHOLE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX.

AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE A BIG >> SORT OF PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FROM REAL ESTATE INTEREST WILL BE COMMERCIALS TRYING TO PERSUADE VOTERS TO VOTE AGAINST THIS.

ALREADY SEEN A GROUP ORGANIZED BY THE REALTORS BEGAN KIND OF A TEXT AND MAIL CAMPAIGN.

THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT $225,000 IN THE LEAD-UP TO THIS, NOT NOT EVEN GOING ON THE VALLEY.

AND THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT A BUNCH OF MONEY.

I THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE.

WE SAW FOR THE PAID LEAVE VOTE.

THEY BASICALLY SAID THIS IS THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR THE MAYOR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THEY HAVE RAISED THIS KIND OF MONEY BEFORE THEY SPEND THIS KIND OF MONEY, AN ALDERMANIC RACES.

BUT WHETHER THAT CAN OVERCOME THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE, THAT'S GOING TO BE A TAX CUT ON SALES FOR 96% OF PROPERTY SALES.

YET TO BE RIGHT?

BECAUSE THERE'S A SMALL LITTLE MARGINAL CUT ON THOSE SALES UNDER MILLION DOLLARS TO KIND OF MAKE THIS MORE OF A POPULIST.

>> AND EVER AND PERHAPS GET MORE SUPPORT FROM FOLKS WANT TO MOVE ON TO TO THIS TWEET FROM ALDERWOMAN RESIGN.

RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ THAT WE REPORTED ON.

SHE QUOTED THIS QUOTE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA.

PALESTINE WILL BE FREE.

THIS COMES AFTER THE ADL HAS CALLED THIS, QUOTE, ANTI SEMITIC.

CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB FROM MICHIGAN GOT CENTERED IN CONGRESS IN PART FOR USING THIS QUOTE, ALTHOUGH DEFENDERS SAY THERE'S NOTHING ANTI-SEMITIC ABOUT THIS COURT AT DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

I WAS ALWAYS BROUGHT UP THAT THAT WAS AN EXTREMELY ANTI SEMITIC PHRASE, SPECIFICALLY.

>> AS THE ADL HAS SAID, BECAUSE IT MEANS VERY SPECIFICALLY FROM SPECIFIC RIVER TO A SPECIFIC C THE ABOLITION OF ISRAEL AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M HEARING NEW INTERPRETATION OF SAYING NO, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ISRAELIS HAVE TO BE FORCED OUT OR HAVE TO DIE.

IT JUST MEANS THAT ISRAEL, AS WE KNOW IT IS DISSOLVED.

I THINK IT'S WEAK SAUCE.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FROM BOTH PALESTINIAN AMERICAN GROUPS AND JEWISH AMERICAN GROUPS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

>> RIGHT NOW OVER A LONG BUT THE ALDERWOMAN DECIDED TO USE THIS SPECIFIC PHRASE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS THAT HAS COURTED CONTROVERSY.

SHE TRYING TO COURT CONTROVERSY?

IT'S A VERY WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN HER DECISION TO DO CLEARLY.

>> CAUSE TO PROBLEMS CONGRESS LED TO LEAD CENTER.

AND NOW WE THIS ALDERMAN WHO IS REIGNITING THE FLAME HERE.

MAYBE SHE HAS HER OWN INTERPRETATION.

BUT DAN SAID, IT'S IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME WITH MUCH DIFFERENT GOING TO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PALESTINIAN AMERICANS HAVE TOLD ME PERSONALLY THAT WHAT THEY MEAN BY THIS, QUOTE, IS JUST A SELF DETERMINATION OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND THAT EVERYONE SHOULD LIVE.

>> SORT OF SIDE BY SIDE IN THIS REGION.

BUT AD QUICK, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ISRAEL AND GAZA AS SORT OF CAUSE A LOT OF DYSFUNCTION AND CITY COUNCIL.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WE HAVE THAT MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE WOMAN DEAD SILVERSTEIN TRY TO PASS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND DESCENDED INTO CHAOS.

ESSENTIALLY THE MAYOR HAD TO CLEAR COUNCIL CHAMBERS FROM DUELING PROTESTS.

WERE FOLKS JUST COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER.

THIS IS VERY SAYS I'M A LIVE WIRE ISSUE AND TWEETING THINGS LIKE THIS WITHOUT CONTEXT MAKES IT THAT MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE.

>> KIND OF FULSOME CONVERSATION THERE'S A LOT OF REACTION TO THIS.

AND MORE THAN ON ANY ISSUE.

I THINK I'VE REPORTED TIME.

YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.

WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I YOU KNOW, IN MY CONVERSATIONS A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM PALESTINIAN DESCENT, FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, A LOT OF THE.

>> THE CONTACTS INCLUDED WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE NAKBA 1948, LOTS OF PALESTINIANS WHO WERE FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES.

MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR I THINK IF YOU SPEAK TO THE SPOUT POSTING COMMUNITY, THAT PHRASE SPEAKING TO THE ABILITY TO RETURN TO THE LAND WHERE THEY ONCE LIVED, BE ABLE TO LIVE FREE YOU KNOW, BEING FORCED TO LIVE IN VERY SMALL QUARTERS IN GAZA AND UNDER MILITARY RULE.

WHAT THEY CONSIDER A MILITARY ROLE IN THE WEST BANK.

A LOT OF THE INTERPRETATIONS AS A AS WE SAID, THIS SETS OFF A LOT OF TRAUMA.

I THINK FOR A LOT OF BURQA.

>> DOES HE HAVE ANY TRAUMA SITTING IN COURT?

THE WATCHING PROSPECTIVE JURORS GET INTERVIEWED?

WELL, RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST TRAUMA IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DELAY.

THEY'VE BEEN DELAYED FOR A WEEK.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THE DEFENSE LAWYERS HAS A >> TESTED POSITIVE IS COVID COVID.

SO THEY WERE SOME WEIRD QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN AND SOME OF THE JURY SELECTION PROCESS WHICH ARE WHAT WHAT YOUR DOG'S NAME.

YOU KNOW.

>> CANS OF THINGS AND I TALKED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE THAT FOLKS WITH A DOG NAMED SPOT ARE GOING TO LIKE BE MORE SYMPATHETIC TO A DEFENSE.

WELL, I WONDERED ABOUT THAT.

SO I TALKED TO A JURY SELECTION GET THIS WEEK AND HE WAS ACTUALLY SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF IF SOMEBODY HAS GOT AN ELITE TYPE OF BREED OR IF THEY'VE GOT A THAT RISK IS A YEAH, FIFI BRING SOME KIND OF CATEGORY THAT SOMEBODY ONCE AND THEN YOU KNOW, THE MIGHT AND SO ARE WE MIGHT HE MIGHT BE JUST WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

IT'S HARD TRANSLATE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'VE AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T CHOSEN A JURY.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK NEXT THURSDAY, IF EVERYBODY'S WELL THEY WILL SUPPOSEDLY START OPENING STATEMENTS.

THEN, BUT THEY STILL DON'T.

THEY HAVE UNSEATED A JUROR WE STILL DON'T KNOW GOING TO BE ON THIS JURY, RIGHT.

SO WHAT DOES THE DEFENSE WANT VERSUS WHO THE PROSECUTION WANTS?

THE PROSECUTION WANTS THE THAT WALKED BY.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

BUT I DO THINK THAT THE MORE THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD GET HIM ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW.

THE REALITY IS I THINK THE DEFENSE IS PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS SOME KIND OF APPRECIATION FOR THE KIND OF OLD-SCHOOL CHICAGO WAY OF THE DOING THINGS HERE.

I THINK THE PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO WANT SOMEBODY WHO WILL LOOK AT THE FACTS AND DECIDE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

WHETHER SOMEBODY IS CROSS THE LINE.

80 CRAIG, INTERESTING.

THE DEFENSE WANTS A COURT EXHIBIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO CORRUPTION TO BE TAKEN DOWN.

WHY EVER COULD THAT BE?

WHO HEARING ABOUT IT AS MUCH AS >> RAY DID A GREAT HELPED A GREAT START WITH ANOTHER TRIP COLLEAGUES ABOUT KIND OF A HISTORY OF CHICAGO CORRUPTION WORK.

BURKE FITS IN.

I THINK IT'S VALUABLE FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW BUSINESS WAS WHAT REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT PEOPLE DO BUSINESS.

>> WHAT IS THIS EXHIBIT?

THE FEDERAL COURT?

I'VE BEEN DOWN HAVE ANOTHER WILD.

BUT WHAT WHAT IS IN THIS WELL AS THEY HAVE SEVERAL YOU KNOW, THEY THEY BLAGOJEVICH, RIGHT ALL THE GREATEST HITS ALL THE GREATEST SOME OF THE GANG ISSUES ALONG THE WAY, TOO.

SO IF USE BUTCHER PAPER OR WHAT LOOKS LIKE.

WHAT PAY FOR TO COVER IT UP, WHICH OF COURSE, BRINGS BACK THE 5 YEARS AGO RAID.

THAT WAS THAT THE CITY HALL WHERE THEY ALDERMAN BOOKS BOX FINANCE HIS WINDOWS WITH BUTCHER PAPER.

SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THAT KIND OF A I GUESS IT'S A SOME KIND OF SYMMETRY THERE.

I REMEMBER THAT EXACT DAY AND THAT EXACT SCENE REMEMBER THINKING IS THERE SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GOING ON?

AND IT WAS SHOULD AS A THERE WAS SOME KIND OF LET'S SAY REARRANGING GOING ON IN THERE WITH OF COMPUTERS AND STUFF BEING TAKEN OUT OF THERE.

THE CONSTRUCTION, DECONSTRUCTION A DAM BURSTING THE DEFENSE.

VERY LOSE A CASE LIKE THIS IS THAT BURQA.

ALL THE MILLIONS HE'S SPENDING ON DEFENSE.

DOES HE HAVE A CHANCE HERE?

>> I THINK ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE.

I JUST I WANT TO SEE THIS PAINTING NOW FOLLOWING THE DETAILS OF THIS CASE.

TAKES.

>> SO MUCH ENERGY AND SO MUCH BANDWIDTH AND KNOWING ALL OF THE STORIES AND ALL THE CONNECTIONS I TO BE HONEST, HAVE HAVE TAKEN A BIT OF AN ARM LENGTH VIEW OF THIS IS JUST YET ANOTHER RUNYON.

ASK CHAPTER IN EVERYTHING AND OF THE WHAT WAS CONSIDERED, THOUGH, THE WAY BUSINESS IS DONE AND SOME THINGS ARE JUST NOT OK THEIR TIME TO NOT BE OK ANYMORE.

AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT TO WEAR TEMPERED HOARDINGS OF THE STATEMENTS LIKE DID YOU BRING HOME THE THINGS LIKE I MEAN, I JUST I THAT WHATEVER MOVIE RIGHTS GET OPTIONS FALL INTO INTO THE RIGHT HANDS.

MAYBE MAYBE A DESERVE SOME OF >> RESIDUALS BECAUSE HE BROUGHT A LOT OF THE SCRIPT.

>> A MILITARY TRYING GET RESUME NEXT WEEK.

IT'S BEEN 5 YEARS WAITING FOR THIS THING.

NOW IT'S DELAYED, OF COURSE, COVID WHAT HAPPENED?

I MEAN, SHUT DOWN.

THE DELAY IN THE TRIAL TO HAPPEN TO THE LATEST THING OF THE YEAR IS EACH MEMBER OF THE DEFENSE TEAM MADE IT COVID EVERY WEEK EVERY OTHER WEEK.

EVERY JUST AGARD OUT.

WE'LL JUST BE WAITING FOREVER.

WELL, LET'S SEE IF WE RESUME THIS NEXT WEEK AND WE CAN KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SPRINGFIELD.

>> SO RAY LONG, A 21 MEMBER ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IS COMING TO CPS VERY SOON.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS TASKED WITH HIRING OUT HOW THESE ELECTIONS ARE GOING TO WORK.

THEY LEFT SPRINGFIELD WITHOUT DOING, COURSE, AND THEY SAY, WELL, WE GOT, BUT THE ELECTION IS NEXT YEAR.

SO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW IS.

>> SHOULD WE ACTUALLY GO AHEAD WITH THE GAME PLAN, WHICH WAS LET'S HAVE A HALF OF THE COUNCIL ARE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTED IN HALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTED REMIND VIEWERS AWAY THIS ORIGINALLY PASSES THAT FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF THIS STARTING IN 2020 FOR THE MAYOR GETS TO A 0.11 MEMBERS.

>> AND THEN VOTERS GET TO ELECT 10 MEMBERS IN IN 10 OF THESE DISTRICTS.

AND THEN 2 YEARS LATER, THEY'RE ALL ELECTIVE RATE.

RIGHT NOW.

LAWMAKERS TALK ABOUT CHANGING THAT.

YEAH.

THE SENATE'S COMING IN WITH THE IDEA.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW.

>> AND SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH WAS ELECT HIM ALL RIGHT.

OR THE CTU, WHICH WIRED ELECT ALL RIGHT.

NOW, HAS NOW SAID, OK, LETS TO GO WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CLASH.

BUT IF YOU HEAD EVERYBODY ELECTED RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD PROBABLY GIVES SEE TO YOU, FOLKS CHANCE TO REALLY RALLY THEIR TROOPS ONE MORE TIME AND GET BEHIND CANDIDATES.

THEY WANT TO BE RUNNING A LITTLE THERE.

SOME SCHOOL OF THOUGHT HERE.

THAT AD QUICK CTU DOES NOT WANT.

>> ALL THESE ELECTIONS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THEIR GUY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO STILL CAN HAVE THE OF POWER OVER THE BAR.

RIGHT.

AND I'M WORKING ON 20 ELECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WANT TO SPEND TIME WORKING ON 10 WE'LL SEE HOW GOES THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DO HAVE MAPS.

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE MAPS BEFORE.

WE NOW HAVE MAPS.

WE HAVE MAPS OF EACH SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT, RIGHT?

AND THAT HONOR KIND OF THE ORIGINAL CALLS >> RACIAL DIVISIONS THAT REFLECT WHAT THE STUDENT BODY CPS LOOKS LIKE.

SO THAT'S A PLUS.

WE SHOULDN'T DING SPRINGFIELD ALL THE WAY.

BUT WE DO HAVE A I'M WOLF HALL, A BUILDING IN SPRINGFIELD THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE YES, BUT THE THE OTHER PROBLEM HERE IS THERE HAVE BEEN HISPANICS.

>> HAVE FELT THAT 6 DISTRICTS THAT ARE MAJORITY HISPANIC ARE NOT ENOUGH.

AND THERE'S BEEN THAT TENSION THAT STILL EXISTS.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF >> ISSUE THAT'S GETTING BOTH BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF CPS STUDENTS ARE HISPANIC.

BUT RECENT A RECENT PHENOMENON, THIS IS BEING BASED ON THE THE MAKEUP OF VOTERS VOTING YES EVERY DRONE AGAIN IN 2030, MILITARY YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE RESOLVED.

>> I I NO BUT I WILL SAY I I.

>> A SOMEONE WHO COVERED SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN IOWA WHERE NONE OF THIS EXISTED.

IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE DYNAMICS THAT ARE AT PLAY.

IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE IF WE DO GET THE 10 11, WHETHER PEOPLE WILL BE RUNNING A WHETHER WHAT PACKS WILL BE BACKING, WHICH CANDIDATES.

I THINK ALL OF THAT IS REALLY FASCINATING SPECIFICALLY IN SCHOOL BOARDS AND IT WILL BE A FIRST FOR CHICAGO, WHICH IS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT IN THE STATE HISTORY BECAUSE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT RUN THE WAY THAT CHICAGO RUNS IN TERMS OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

RIGHT?

WHAT'S BEEN SINCE THE MID 90'S THAT THAT'S BEEN A MAYORAL APPOINTED SCHOOL BOARD TO MORE DEMOCRACY?

IT COULD BE A GOOD THING.

IT COULD BE A VERY MESSY THING.

THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF SPEAKING OF A MESSINESS, LET'S GET TO SPORTS.

>> BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL FRANCHISE RIGHT NOW.

THAT ISN'T A TOTAL MESS.

THE BEARS WON 16 TO 13 BUT IS THERE ANYTHING MORE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS?

THEN IT ENSURES THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THAT FIRST OVERALL PICK IN THE DRAFT BECAUSE THEY HAVE CAROLINAS PICK.

THERE'S NOTHING TO TAKE AWAY FROM IT OTHER THAN ANY TIME YOU WASTED WATCHING AT THAT PROBABLY MAJOR DUMBER IT WAS A THURSDAY NIGHT GAMES ARE GENERALLY BAD ANYWAY BECAUSE THESE PLAYERS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER FROM.

>> THE EQUIVALENT OF THE CAR CRASH THAT THEY SUFFERED LAST SUNDAY.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE PHYSICALLY JUST NOT REALLY READY TO PLAY AT FULL STRENGTH OF WERE 2 AWFUL TEAMS WITH 2 TERRIBLE QUARTERBACKS, A BROADCAST THAT WASN'T REALLY INTERESTED IN EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE GAME WAS IN FRONT OF THEM AND I COULDN'T BLAME IT WERE IT, NOT MY JOB.

I WOULD.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING SOUTH PARK.

WE'RE AND THINK AL MICHAELS, YOU'RE THE GUY THAT CALLED LIKE ONE OF THE GREATEST SPORTS MOMENTS OF ALL TIME USA VERSUS RUSSIA IN THE OLYMPICS.

AND NOW YOU'RE CALLING.

>> THE BEARS AND THE PANTHERS THURSDAY NIGHT.

AND HE HE SHOWS BY HIS LEVEL OF INTEREST FOR A MILLION DOLLARS A GAME.

YOU THINK HE'D BE A LITTLE MORE INTERESTED IN IT?

I EVEN MADE A JOKE ON TWITTER LAST NIGHT.

I WAS SURPRISED WAS THE 2ND HALF STARTED.

HE WAS STILL THERE.

>> I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE BACK AT PENINSULA ORDERING DINNER OR TO CHICAGO CUT STEAKHOUSE, WHICH TALKED ABOUT WAS HIS FAVORITE RESTAURANT.

SO I THINK THE FANS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN JUSTIN FIELDS GOT 7 GAMES LEFT.

IS THE STORY WRITTEN FOR WITH THE BEARS ENTER, DOES HE HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVE OVER THE 7 GAMES THAT CAN BE THE GUY?

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ROOTING FOR HIM BECAUSE OF HOW THIS IS ALL GONE DOWN IN SOME OF THE WAY THAT THE HIS COACHES HAVE SHOWN WHAT THEY WANT.

AND IT'S BEEN UNFORTUNATE, IN MY OPINION THAT THEY'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR.

YOU CAN TELL BY WHAT THE NATIONAL BROADCAST SAYS HOW THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION.

THEY WOULD PREFER A ROBOT TO A SPECIAL TALENT.

DON'T UNDERSTAND REALLY HOW TO COACH JUSTIN FIELDS.

FIELDS HAS SAID THAT THEY MADE HIM APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING IT.

AND THINK THEY'RE JUST KIND OF OUT ON IT.

IT'S THIS ISN'T A GUY THAT THEY DRAFTED AND YOU'VE GOT AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR THAT IS MUCH MORE CONCERNED WITH HIS PLAYS AND THE WAY THEY'RE DESIGNED AND HAVING EVERYTHING LOOK RIGHT, THEN TAKING REMARKABLE TALENT, THE LIKES OF WHICH THE CITY PROBABLY HAS NEVER SEEN AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CAN BEST DO TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT'S A STRANGE JUST RAN SITUATION THERE.

AND THEN WITH THE WHITE SOX, IT GETS EVEN STRANGER.

SO NOW ONE OF THE STRONGEST ASSETS.

I THINK THE ORGANIZATION HAD LEFT GOING FOR IT AFTER PLAYING SUCH BAD BASEBALL AS A BROADCASTER.

JASON BENETTI WHO IS VERY WELL LIKED.

HE'S LEAVING FOR THE TIGERS.

HE GREW UP A WHITE SOX FAN Y LIKELY THAT TOWN IT'S A TRAVESTY AND THEY PUSH THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY MADE HIS LIFE MISERABLE FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WITH PETTY CANTANKEROUS NEGOTIATIONS NICKEL AND DIME ING OVER HIS NATIONAL TV SCHEDULE RATHER THAN UNDERSTANDING THE MARKETING VALUE OF THE VOICE OF THE WHITE SOX.

ALSO BEING FRONT AND CENTER DOING COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN COLLEGE, BASKETBALL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THEY WANTED VERA GUY, ITS PROVINCIAL.

IT'S SMALL.

IT'S PETTY AND PERSONAL, TOO, WHERE JERRY REINSDORF HIMSELF WAS.

BECAME VERY CLEAR TO JASON BENETTI THAT HE WASN'T REALLY A FAN.

HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HIS SENSE OF HUMOR.

HE DIDN'T LIKE HIS STYLE OF BROADCASTING AND IT WAS ENOUGH ALREADY.

THEY TOOK THIS KID.

THIS KID WHO WHO A BORN AND BRED WHITE SOX FAN WHO GOT HIS DREAM JOB.

THEY MADE IT NOT HIS DREAM JOB AND HE LEFT SOCKS AND AND HE WAS KIND OF LIKE THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE ARE WATCHING BECAUSE LIKE WE SAID, THIS IS A NON CONTENDING TEAM FOR THE LAST COUPLE BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE THE CUBS MIGHT BE CLOSER TO CONTENTION.

>> HOW HOW FURTHER AHEAD AS CRAIG COUNSELL PUSH THEM INTO THAT REALM AS MANAGER THAN DAVID ROSS DID THIS AGAINST MOVE.

THIS IS STRAIGHT-UP POACHING.

YOUR DECISION RIVAL, NOT JUST THAT FIRING YOUR FRIEND FLYING DOWN TO TALLAHASSEE AND SAYING WE LOVE YOU DEARLY.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.

BUT WE THINK THIS GUY UP THE ROAD IS BETTER THAN YOU ARE AT YOUR JOB ENOUGH THAT WERE FIRING YOU TO HIRE HIM.

WERE HE NOT AVAILABLE?

DAVID ROSS WOULD STILL BE THE MANAGER.

THAT'S HOW MUCH BETTER THEY THINK.

CRAIG COUNSELL.

DO YOU THINK HE'S BETTER?

I'M A HUGE CRAIG COUNSELL FAN BECAUSE HE NEVER BEEN THS.

AND DAVID ROSS WAS LITTLE TOO BUMPY FOR ME AND HANDLE THE PITCHING STAFF WAYS THAT I MAY QUIBBLE HERE AND THERE ON THE BIG DAVID ROSS.

AND I THINK HE COULD BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL MANAGER.

AND I DON'T THINK HE UNFORTUNATELY IT'S TOO BAD BUT TO MAKE A MOVE LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE ASK OUR TEAMS TO DO.

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THIS GUY?

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THAT GUY?

THAT'S THAT'S A BIG TIME.

MAJOR MARKET BEHAVES.

ALL RIGHT.

SPEAKING OF SHOHEI OHTANI, GOING MAKE THAT MOVE.

I THINK THEY'RE IN ON THE NEGOTIATIONS.

AS FOR TO THE BEST OF MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE MOMENT THEY ARE OHTANI IS IS ABOUT THE FIT AND IF THEY CAN MAKE THE RIGHT PITCH THE MONEY, THEY GOT PLENTY OF MONEY.

AND I THINK IT'S YOU DARVISH THAT BASICALLY TOLD THEM, HEY, THE CUBS ARE GOOD ORGANIZATION.

YOU SHOULD GO THERE.

THAT MEANS.

THEY THEY'VE GOT THAT GOING FOR THEM.

CAN'T HURT.

AND ULTIMATELY MIGHT BE THE BIG CHECK.

AND DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY HE CAN RECOVER FROM THE UCL RECONSTRUCTION TO BE ABLE TO PITCH IS GOING TO IS GOING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE OVERALL VALUE IS.

BUT AT THE MOMENT THERE, AND I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING TIME WHEN I HAVE LIKE LIFELONG SOX FANS TELLING ME, YOU KNOW WHAT, LIKE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE IT.

THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMELS AND I MIGHT HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NORTH SIDE.

NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THAT HAPPEN ANYWHERE AT A TIME STAR THANKS TO RAY LONG.

>> 80 QUICK MELODY MERCADO AND DAN BERNSTEIN.

AND WE'RE 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.

>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US AT 8 FOR CHICAGO STORIES OR RISE AND FALL OF THE MAIL ORDER GIANTS.

THE FILM EXPLORES THE HISTORY OF SEARS ROEBUCK AND MONTGOMERY WARD.

HOW THEY INFLUENCE RETAILERS WHO CAME AFTER THEM.

CAN WATCH NEW EPISODES OF CHICAGO STORIES FRIDAY NIGHTS AT 8 ON WTW STREAMING ON THE PBS APP.

EXPLORE THE WEBSITE NOW WTW DOT COM SLASH CHICAGO STORIES NOW WE CAN REVIEW PARIS SHOTS.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND, DAN BERNSTEIN THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS IS JIM HARBAUGH.

THING JUST CAME HE SUSPENDED NOW FROM THE SIDELINE AND MICHIGAN AN INJUNCTION.

>> SO HE STILL GETS THE COACH.

WELL, THIS IS PENDING HEAT.

WELL AT THE MOMENT HE CAN'T COACH GAME DAY.

HE CAN COACH DURING THE WEEK, BUT HE CAN'T BE ON THE SIDELINES OF CAMPING IS THE LAST THAT HE CAN'T.

HE CANNOT BE A GAME DAY.

COACH.

>> IS HE GOING TO BE GOING TO BE A FUTURE BEARS COACH?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS I KEVIN WARREN'S RELATIONSHIP CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE.

>> BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, CHICAGO, PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING DIVERSITY EQUITY.