>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF A WEEK IN REVIEW TONIGHT IS THE YEAR IN REVIEW.

WILL GO INSIDE THE MAJOR STORY FOR 2022 AND LOOK INTO OUR CRYSTAL BALL TO PREDICT WHAT IS COMING IN 2023 STARTING WITH A WIDE-OPEN CHICAGO CONTEST AND THE GOVERNOR TAKING THE OATH FOR HIS SECOND TERM.

>> PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS THANK YOU FOR PLACING YOUR TRUST IN ME.

>> GOVERNOR REELECTION IN NOVEMBER AFTER A CHALLENGE FROM DOWNSTATE REPUBLICAN DARREN BAILEY HE CAPS A NIGHT FOR ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS TO KEEP SUPER MAJORITY FOR THE STATE HOUSE AND SWEEP ALL MAJOR STATEWIDE OFFICES.

>> THE INDICTMENT ACCUSES HIM FOR PLEADING NEARLY FOR A DECADE A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.

>> THIS DESPITE THE STUNNING CORRUPTION INDICTMENT OF MIC MAN AGAIN EMBROILED IN ALLEGED SCHEMES TO ASSIST AT& T IN EXCHANGE FOR BRIBES.

LORI ANNOUNCES HER REELECTION BID AMONG SAGGING APPROVAL RATES AND OTHER CHALLENGERS ARE CLAIMING VICTORIES IN 2022 A BALANCED BUDGET AND APPROVAL OF A LONG-SOUGHT CHICAGO CASINO BUT PERSISTENTLY HIGH SCRIBE THAT CHICAGO ON EDGE WITH THE CITY CLOSING IN ON 700 HOMICIDES FOR THE YEAR.

>> THAT HAS BEEN A LESSON FOR DUALITY AND HUMANITY.

KILLED SEVEN AND INJURED DOZENS MORE.

CALLING STATEWIDE FOR MORE THAN CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHO APPROVED HIS APPLICATION.

>> WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR DAUGHTERS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS TO HAVE FEWER RIGHTS THAN WE DO.

>> ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS WITH MORE ABORTION PROTECTIONS TO OVERTURN ROE VERSUS WADE.

CHICAGO'S UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ON EDGE AS RUSSIA'S ATTACK ON UKRAINE CREATES A REFUGEE CRISIS AND UPENDS THE WORLD ECONOMY.

>> INFLATION REMAINS A STUBBORN PROBLEM WITH SIGNS OF ABATING IN THE NEW YEAR A POSSIBLE COMING RECESSION.

MAJOR CORPORATIONS PUCK UP AND MOVE OUT OF CHICAGO.

THE CHICAGO BEARS ARE LIKELY ON THEIR WAY OUT CLOSING IN ON PLANS FOR A NEW HOME IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS DESPITE THE MAYOR'S ABOUT TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE.

FIELD QUARTERBACK JUSTIN FIELDS GETS STANDS HOPES AMID ANOTHER LAST-PLACE SEASON WITH THE DISAPPOINTING WHITE SOX LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF HALL OF FAME MANAGER .

>> LET'S RAISE OUR GLASSES TONIGHT JOINING US OR STEVE DANIELS LAURA WASHINGTON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE RICK PEARSON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND MAGGIE HENDRIX WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL TOAST AT THE END OF THE EVENING BUT LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT STARTING WITH THE MAYOR'S RACE AFTER PREDICT NOW THE MAYORS MAKING THE FINAL RUNOFF.

>> I AVOID PREDICTIONS.

IT'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY.

RIGHT NOW THEY ARE COMING IN SECOND IN THE FIRST-ROUND THEY ARE COMING IN THIRD.

THEY ARE UP THERE IN BASIS OF NAME RECOGNITION WITH GARCIA THE NUMBERS ARE SO POOR RIGHT NOW EVERYONE EVERYWHERE YOU HEAR SHE SAID SHE'S GOT A REALLY BIG MOUTH.

>> THAT'S A RELIGIOUS VICTORY.

CAN SHE TURN THIS INTO POLITICAL MOMENTUM?

KNOW I THINK IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT.

EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT KIND OF THING I'M NOT SURE THAT'S REALLY RESONATING WITH DEVELOPERS.

AT BAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT MADE UP THEIR MINDS ALREADY AS WE SAID >> MANY PEOPLE HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TRY AND PULL THOSE PEOPLE BACK.

>> SHE WAS REALLY AIMED AT A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THAT WAS SORT OF THE BIG PIECE HE WAS MISSING IN THE REELECTION SHE'S HAD PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY SHE'S GOT MORE PEOPLE.

>> SHE IS WORKING SHE'S GOING UPSTREAM WITH THE NEGATIVE ATTITUDE AND SHE'S DEEPLY UNDERWATER TO FAVORABLE.

>> MAGGIE HENDRIX IN 2019 WAS THAT THE TOP KIND OF OUT OF NOWHERE IS THERE A CANDIDATE THIS TIME?

>> I THINK IF PEOPLE START LOOKING AT THE POLITICS AND LOOKING AT HIS ACTUAL POSITION I FEEL LIKE HE COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO COULD MAKE THAT FALL THE KIND OF THINGS HE'S TALKING ABOUT ARE THE EXACT THING THAT EVERYONE I KNOW IS TALKING ABOUT CARING ABOUT TRANSIT AND CARING ABOUT CRIME IN A WAY THAT'S MORE HOLISTIC IT'S JUST DIFFERENT THAN INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS AND I LIKE THAT A LOT.

>> YOU'RE WATCHING STEVE DANIELS LEADING EARLY AND DONNED BY SOME OF THE REPORTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BANK .

IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT KNOCKS THEM OFF OF THE TOP SPOT?

>> IT'S COURTESY OF I'M SURE THE MAYOR AND ADVERTISING OR PERHAPS OTHERS.

IT IS A WEAK SPOT FOR HIM AND IT'S ONE THAT HE STRUGGLES TO EXPLAIN YOU KNOW?

I THINK WE SPOKE ABOUT HER WEAKNESS.

A LOT OF THESE OTHER CANDIDATES WILL BE SUBJECT TO NEGATIVE ADVERTISING AND PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

>> THE NAME RECOGNITION.

THEY MIGHT MEAN MORE NEGATIVE ADS FOR CANDIDATES.

>> BUT THE SHOW IS GETTING GREAT.

ONCE THEY GET PAST THE HOLIDAYS THAT'S WHERE WE WILL START GETTING THE ADVERTISING.

>> PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION AT ALL.

WE JUST WANT THEIR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER THEY HAVEN'T REALLY RECOVERED FROM THAT.

FOR FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE ELECTIONS NOW RUNOFF SPEAKING OF THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN NEW YEAR'S.

THIS CASINO WAS APPROVED WILL IT GO UP?

>> IT'S SUPPOSED TO NEXT YEAR.

IT WILL BE DEPENDENT ON APPROVAL FOR THE GAMING LICENSE BUT OTHERWISE YES.

ASSUMING THEY GET THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHICH WILL BE -- THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS THAT CHICAGO FOR SO MANY YEARS, DECADES AND TO SEE IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WE WILL HAVE SOME GRAY IN OUR HAIR.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO DOCUMENT THE MOVING TRUCK SOME LOADING.

THE CARD TABLES AND ENROLLING THEM.

THE NEW STATE LEGISLATURE SAYS THEY ARE BRINGING DEMOCRATS WITH AS MUCH CONTROL HE'S BACK.

THAT DEMOCRATS WITH THE TYPICAL MIDTERM STORY THEY DIDN'T DO SO WELL IN NEW YORK.

>> ONE THING IS THAT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WAS JOHN AND THEY WERE DRAWN TO HELP FAVOR THE CANDIDATE THEY WERE EXPECTING THE WHOLE REASON .

THEY CAN COME FOR NEW YORK.

>> NEW YORK DIDN'T HAVE IT MANAGED.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION YOU SEE ILLINOIS LOSING POPULATION AT LARGE LANE DOWNSTATE FOR THOSE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THAT KEEP GROWING.

YOU ISOLATE AND DRAW THE MAP LINE AND ALLOWED DEMOCRATS AT BAT 14-3 FOR REPUBLICANS.

>> THE SUPER MAJORITY IN THE STATE HOUSE WHEN YOU THINK THAT MEANS FOR LEGISLATION AND AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT WITH FURTHER PROTECTION?

>> DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING THEY WANT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRITICISMS DURING THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE REPUBLICANS THEY ARE NOT GETTING VERY MUCH DONE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE MAJORITY THERE IS A STRONG DETERMINATION TO GET THAT ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN THROUGH AND MORE ABORTION PROTECTION THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL ISSUES THAT CAME OUT OF THE CAMPAIGN AND THEY WON IN THAT CAMPAIGN.

>> LA THEY HAD THIS EXPANDED MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE HOLDING MAJORITY IN THE SENATE I THINK WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE TRAILER BILLED FOR THE SAFETY ACT.

IT'S ABOUT CONCERNS OVER HOW FAR PROGRESSIVE HOW FAR HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING TO GO >> THERE MIGHT BE A TIPPING POINT IT MIGHT JEOPARDIZE SOME OF THESE.

>> IT'S ALSO THE PROSPECT.

THAT'S SORT OF THE UNSPOKEN THINGS.

>> MY PERSONAL OPINION IS NOT SUPER REALIST DECK.

IF HE DECIDES NOT TO RUN IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S THROWING HIS HAT IN THE RING.

>> HE NEEDS NOTCHES IN HIS BELT.

>> THOSE ARE PERFECT TALKING POINTS FOR THE PRESIDENT.

>> IT'S LIKE BIDEN IS GOING TO RUN.

I THINK IF HE DOES STEP BACK IS GOING TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK HE SAYS HE'S NOT BUT HE'S THINKING ABOUT IT.

PUTTING PLANS OUT THERE.

HE'S LAYING OUT THE AGENDA AROUND ABORTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> THAT'S ALSO WHERE THE MONEY HAS GONE IT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

COME BACK THEY ARE NOT CRAVING MONEY, THEY ARE GIVING MONEY.

>> THE MASS SHOOTING ON JULY 4th DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WILL SPUR LAWMAKERS TO FINALLY ENACT ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN?

THERE'S ALSO HOLES IN THAT.

CERTAINLY HOPE SO AND I THINK HAVING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE HAVING ISSUES AT THIS BUT PARTICULARLY PLACES LIKE HIGHLAND PARK WHERE THERE ARE POWERFUL PEOPLE THAT PUT MONEY INTO THAT PARTICULAR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MEAN SOMETHING AND IT MAY FINALLY MEAN THAT THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN WE SHOULD HAVE WILL BE HERE.

>> THIS IS A STATEWIDE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

THE NO CASH BAIL PART OF THAT STRIKING IT DOWN BUT THERE IS NO INJUNCTION SO THERE IS NOTHING THING THE LAW CAN'T TAKE A FACTOR HAS TO GET PUT ON HOLD WHAT DOES THAT MEAN COME MONDAY?

QUESTION IT'S REALLY GOING TO COME DOWN TO A COUNTY BY COUNTY SITUATION THIS 60 COUNTIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED I'M NOT SURE THERE WERE EVEN THAT MANY IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

SO I MEAN I THINK IT'S REALLY -- MOST OF THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM IS FAILING WITH THIS.

THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THIS.

THAT'S WHAT CONSTITUTES BAIL WHICH CONTRADICTS WHAT THE JUDGE WANTS.

>> WHICH IS FINE FOR THE DEMOCRATS.

NOT TO SAY THEY ARE GOING TO PUT POLITICS INTO CONSIDERATION THEY WOULD LEAD ONE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS LAW WOULD LIKELY BE UPHELD.

>> THAT WOULD BE THE LIKELY BELIEF BUT TRUTHFULLY, WE HAVE SEEN RULINGS VARIOUS TIMES WHERE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS UNITE ON STRUCTURAL SYSTEM MATTERS.

>> LIKE 10 YEARS AGO.

>> 7 1/2.

CONSTITUTES A STRUCTURAL QUESTION.

>> THEY POINTED OUT IT'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONED.

>> THE REST OF THEM WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.

ITS PUBLIC SAFETY.

ALL OF THAT, A BIG ISSUE WILL BE HOW IT WORKS .

TYPICALLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.

OTHERWISE WE WOULD'VE BEEN BEHIND BARS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT'S A POSSIBILITY NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

>> A BUNCH OF PEOPLE POINTED OUT THAT THEY ARE OPPOSED TO IT.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM WORK HARDER.

>> THEY ARE UP WITH THE JUDGES WILL THEY BE READY?

>> THEY ARE UP REGULARLY FOR REELECTION.

THIS IS GOING TO REFLECT ON THEM.

THEY ARE ALSO SUPPOSED TO PRESENT THE CASE .

>> SPEAKING OF PROSECUTION IT HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG YEAR.

MULTIPLE INDICTMENTS NOT JUST FOR COMMENT BUT NOW AT& T WHICH CAME LATER IN THE YEAR SO IT'S LIKELY THAT HIS CASE IS NOT GOING TO GO TO TRIAL IN 2023 BUT THERE'S OTHER CASES TO THE BRIBERY SCHEME THAT WELL.

HIS TOP CONFIDANT SO WHAT IS THE PUBLIC LIKELY TO LEARN FROM THOSE CASES ABOUT HOW HE RAN ALL OF THIS?

>> WELL, WE WILL GET MORE DETAIL WHEN WE GO TO TRIAL WE'VE ALREADY GOT PLENTY.

2 THEY HAVE THE ALLEGED SCHEME AND HOW IT WORKED.

TO HAPPEN IS WE DO HAVE A TRIAL IN MARCH.

HE WAS HIS BEST FRIEND AND HENCHMEN.

>> YES.

>> TOM HIGGINS.

>> AND TO OTHERS J DOHERTY AND JOHN.

SO MARCH IS GOING TO BE A BIG SPECTACLE FOR COURT OF COURSE WE SEE SOME SURPRISE WHICH IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT WAY RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE NEXT THING THE LODGE.

IT WILL DEFINITELY GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THIS AND DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME IF THEY DON'T GET CONVICTED THAT'S BIG TIME FOR MIKE RIGHT?

HE NEEDS TO WATCH MIKE McLEAN.

HE IS THE KEY MAN.

AND THROUGH ALL OF THE YEARS IT HAS BEEN MIKE IN A WAY THAT HE IS WITH MIKE McLEAN.

>> WHAT ABOUT THAT CASE THAT'S BEEN DRAGGING ON FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS?

WOULD THAT BE THE YEAR HE ACTUALLY DOES GO TO TRIAL?

GO TO TRIAL NEXT YEAR AND HAS BEEN DELAYED.

THIS CASE HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT IT GOT SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF PRETRIAL DELIBERATIONS I DON'T THINK WE CAN SEE ANYTHING ELSE.

>> LET'S MOVE OUR LANDS NATIONALLY.

REPORTING TO CONGRESS RECOMMENDING CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR DONALD TRUMP THE GOP REPRESENTATIVE WAS A BIG PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.

WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE TRUMP INDICTMENTS IN 2024?

ARE THESE INVESTIGATIONS STILL BIG?

>> I DON'T WANT TO PROTECT IT BUT I DO THINK THERE IS EVERY POSSIBILITY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL ISSUE CHARGES.

I DON'T SEE GIVEN THE SCOPE OF THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE LAID OUT PLUS THE THINGS THAT THAT COMMITTEE WHAT THEY ARE LIMITED TO BE ABLE TO DO VERSUS WHAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CAN DO THEM IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STARTS PUSHING THE LEVERS PEOPLE WILL TURN OVER EVIDENCE.

I THINK THERE IS EVERY POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WILL BE SERIOUS CHARGES.

>> THAT WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH IN 2023 ESPECIALLY UP AROUND 8% FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR.

THE MARKETS ARE GOING TO FINISH THE YEAR IS THAT A SIGN OF IMPENDING RECESSION FOR 2023?

>> YES.

TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN PREDICTED ABOUT SUCH THINGS.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.

2008 IT WAS DOWN 38% COMING UP WITH THAT IN 2022 HE WAS DOWN 23%.

PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THAT.

THEY ARE DOWN 20%.

>> WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT THE SEVERITY OF THE RECESSION?

MAYBE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE A GREAT RECESSION BUT TYPICALLY, YES .

>> LOCALLY IN CHICAGO MAJOR COMPANIES WELL CATERPILLAR THEY GET THE HEDGE FUND .

IS THIS A HIT TO CHICAGO?

TO THE ECONOMY OR TO OUR PRIDE?

>> BOTH.

SERIOUS.

WE'VE GOT POLITICIANS WHO HAVE SORT OF SHRUGGED IT OFF.

THEY SAID WE HAVE A FEW EXECUTIVES LEAVING IT'S NOT ECONOMICALLY IMPACTFUL BUT IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE PUBLIC EYE FOR THE PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS WITH MOVING COMPANIES INTO THE STATE OF THE CITY.

IS THIS A SAFE PLACE TO DO BUSINESS IS THIS A PLACE TO EXPAND?

RIGHT NOW CHICAGO HAS GOT A PR PROBLEM AND PRETENDING WE DON'T IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO GO.

>> AS SUCH WITH WASHINGTON IS THERE ANY CANDIDATE HERE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT WILL COALESCE ON THAT?

>> EACH CANDIDATE LIKES THE BALANCE OF THE WORLD THEY HAVE SOME FOLKS SUPPORTING THAT.

MAKING ANY RECENT ATTEMPTS TO REACH OUT.

SHE'S JUST NOW REACHING OUT AFTER SHE'S BEEN THERE ALMOST 40 YEARS.

SEEMS LIKE FOR THE MOST PART THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS ON THE SIDELINE.

>> WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REVERSE THIS TREND?

AT LEAST TAKING YOUR HEADQUARTERS AWAY AND LOWERING COMPANIES BACK?

>> THAT'S A REALLY BIG ONE.

WE HAVE A NEW TERM CAMPAIGN THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC IN THE RACE IT PUTS A REAL DENT ON THE CITY'S REPUTATION.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE HIM BELIEVE THAT HE COULDN'T BRING PEOPLE HERE AND KEEP THEM HERE.

>> IT WAS MICHIGAN AVENUE.

VISITING THAT FOR TOURISTS.

YOU ARE NOT SAFE COMING INTO THAT IT'S A SAFE PLACE TO GO TO ENJOY THE CITY.

>> AS WE MENTIONED THE HOMICIDE NUMBER IS GOING TO END THE YEAR LIKELY AROUND 700 THAT'S LESS THAN LAST YEAR BUT >> THAT'S STILL TERRIBLE.

>> A LOT OF FAMILIES A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS LEAVING THIS PART OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE THEY GOING TO CLOSE ON THIS IN 2023 AND BREAK GROUND?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING FOR A NEW CEO THE WHOLE IDEA IS SOMEONE WHO CAN CLOSE THAT DEAL.

>> HE'S THE BIG TEN COMMISSIONER AND HE INTERVIEWED WITH THEM.

>> HONESTLY IT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS HE'S DONE IS THAT PROCESS THAT'S SOMETHING THEY NEED TO DO.

THEY NEED TO PUT A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TABLE.

CONSIDERING HOW SMALL THE FIELD IS THAT MEANS THE AMOUNT OF BOXES AND SPONSORSHIPS ALL OF THE THINGS THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AS CAN AND HAS BEEN A GREAT JOB >> HE BUILDS THE NEW MINNESOTA VIKINGS STADIUM.

>> ABSOLUTELY WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL STADIUM THAT I WANT TO GO TO AT SOME POINT SO IT'S A WONDERFUL STADIUM IT'S EASY TO GET TO AND IF THEY CAN DO THAT IN LINCOLN HEIGHTS THAT'S SOMETHING THE FIELD DOESN'T HAVE.

RIBBON-CUTTING IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT YEAR BUT I THINK >> WHAT HAPPENS AT SOLDIER FIELD?

>> THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE.

THERE WILL BE CONCERTS BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO TRY TO RE-RENOVATE SOLDIER FIELD TO ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE BEARS WE CAN DO SOMETHING.

>> THESE ARE PLANS THE BEARS PUT FORWARD?

>> IT IS 20,000 SEATS THAT'S MUCH TOO SMALL .

>> OF ANDREW SAID >> THE BEARS MADE A MISTAKE 20 YEARS AGO THERE'S NO FIXING THAT THERE IS NO COMING BACK FROM THAT THEY SCREWED THAT UP IT'S OVER NOW.

>> HOPEFULLY THEY DIDN'T SCREW UP WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIELD.

ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT GENERAL MANAGER RYAN IS GOING TO BUILD A CONTENDING TEAM AROUND HIM?

HE GOT THE MONEY THIS YEAR TO GO OUT AND MAKE SOME MOVES.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL HAVE THE NUMBER ONE DRAFT PICK I'M KIND OF CONFIDENT I CAN SAY I'M 100% CONFIDENT BUT I THINK HE ENJOYS THAT HE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO END THE MONEY AND BRING IN SOME GOOD RECEIVERS >> AND THE DEFENSE LINE.

YES.

>> BRINGING IT UP TO THE OFFENSE AND THE DEFENSE.

>> SPECIAL TEAMS ROK.

SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW .

>> THE WHITE SOX TRULY DISAPPOINTED THEIR FANS THIS YEAR.

THEY MADE ONE BIG SIGNING WITH OTHER CONTENDERS.

>> THEY DID SUCH A BAD JOB WITH THIS WASTING THE PRIME OF A FEW GOOD PLAYERS WITH ANDERSON SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT ABOUT IT NOR SHOULD THEY BE.

>> THEY WERE EXCITED THEY WERE REALLY LET DOWN.

THEY WERE REALLY LET DOWN THEY HAVE MADE A COUPLE MOVES .

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> NOT AT ALL.

>> THEY COME UP FOR DISNEY WORLD.

>> THERE WAS NO OPTIMISM.

>> YOU CAN HELP DOING THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S GREAT.

>> THEY HAVE A CAROUSEL AND ALL OF THAT.

FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAXIMIZE MORE THAN INTO THE TEAM.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY THEY ARE GOING TO GO.

THEY WILL PROBABLY KEEP DONOVAN BUT >> IT'S A MISTAKE TO REDESIGN ZACK LEVINE.

>> HE DIDN'T FIT TOGETHER ALL THAT WELL.

>> THEY LIKE 150 POINTS PER GAME.

>> THEY HAD SOME GREAT GAMES.

THAT WAS FUN.

>> I WAS THERE.

>> YOU WERE THERE?

>> THAT'S FUN.

>> BEFORE WE HAVE TO GO WE HAVE TO CHEERS .

IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR I THINK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US LET'S TELL US TO A GREAT 2023.

BIG SCOOPS.

>> CAN WE DO THAT ON TV?

>> McPHERSON AND MAGGIE HENDRIX WE WILL FIND OUT IF I'M HERE ON MONDAY.

DON'T FORGET YOU CAN GET CHICAGO TONIGHT ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND OUR WEBSITE .

BE BACK TUESDAY.

FEBRUARY 1st.

>> THAT'S TOO MUCH.