>> Hello and thanks for joining us on the week in review.

I'm Amanda with just over a week to go the race for president of the United States the deadlock.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are holding back.

>> We're a dumping ground really We're like a garbage can for the world.

>> Donald Trump is increasingly unhinged and unstable.

Voters are waiting for Election Day to cast their ballots.

High stakes as well for Illinois's formally most powerful politician on trial for corruption.

Meanwhile, a brand-new Chicago school board meets for the first time in signals alignment with the mayor.

This is the moment in time that we cannot afford one.

What's that mean for the CPS?

Ceo didn't come up in public parents of a serious students are focused on the charter schools.

Closing.

>> You're going to rob are children of education in a safe, healthy environment.

>> While Chicago moves to close shelters, specifically for migrants transitioning to a unified system for those without homes.

>> Whether you have just arrived, whether you've been here for some time, you're down on your luck.

>> In Chicago inches toward lowering the citywide speed >> Now to our week in review panel joining us, our JaCoby Cochran from city cast Chicago.

She kept most of Politico new it couple about from choppy Chicago and our very own net Masterson Wbtw news reporter, of course.

So let's get to it.

She I'm going to go to you.

You know that the presidential race at a Explain to how are people at this point and a sock in >> You have to wonder, you know, I don't know.

They're still trying to figure whether they want to vote.

I think I think that's what it comes down to.

We don't There are a lot of people out there who aren't answering polling questions.

Maybe it's not as close as the polls say, but that you all the polls have them neck and neck.

We know that early voting is higher than ever.

It's ever been.

So that means the night is going to go much longer.

>> Election night than it has maybe.

Maybe we won't know who would win race and islands.

We want it in places like Wisconsin, for example, the early voting ballots don't get counted until election night.

Election Day.

So that means if more people are voting, which they are because even Donald Trump has said we want you to vote early, they're going to have more votes to count you know, 4 years ago, Wisconsin didn't know until the second day how they were voting.

So now with more people voting, it could be even longer could be even longer.

So warning everybody, because there's been a lot of suspicion already built into voting integrity.

Interesting the results.

to Kobe, what what does that mean if we are going to have this weight?

>> How should residents and election officials be preparing?

Honestly, I think people should be patient.

I think people fomenting fear in the integrity of the electoral process are working on an agenda.

Their hope is, I think >> to push their narcissism forward to sort of push the scales in their favor so that if they don't seem like they're going to win, they can already argue that the election is somehow rigged.

And I do think that those are our dog whistles from a protest, not even potentially from a very dangerous segment of the populace.

And so I think people should be patient.

You know.

Watch your news source.

Stay tapping into the sort updates coming in.

But any person who caused the election and you're not seeing that sort replicated in other sources, maybe stay patient.

Wait and eventually we'll get things figured out.

I hope.

>> me let we have had its not like anybody he's been Kept gloves on throughout the race, but really they're fully off now.

It seems and people have been calling out Trump's authoritarian leanings or tendencies for quite some time.

But now we have his former chief of Staff General John Kelly saying that, yes, he's a fascist and vice President Harris agreeing with that descriptor of former President Trump.

How seriously should the public take these warnings?

>> Well, >> there certainly have been this.

This has been a part of the discussion the second term candidacy for 3rd, actually for some time now.

>> And and it's not surprising that some of those key players are stepping in at this later stage to weigh in as you mentioned, we haven't seen a ton of movement in the polls.

Things really seem deadlocked in a way that it stayed very stable for weeks now.

And so it be interesting to see what this point can actually move we do with that move the needle.

Any sign that it has.

>> No, I think people have known this entire time that in many respects we're dealing with a narcissist, egomaniac was pushing fascist tendencies and fascist rhetoric because it not only provokes his base.

I think continues to push and stoke fear around electoral integrity.

And it's it's a playbook is oh, this time I just finished watching Peaky blinders and those last few seasons where this exact same thing, a demagogue coming to power by using racist language denigrating particular of the population railing against immigration, saying that they can fix the economy.

There's an enemy within these.

A lot of tried and true fascist tendencies that we've seen for decades and centuries.

And so now is not changing the needle because we we've known this for some time.

And what's interesting is that >> Donald Trump can say these out pray just things that Kamala Harris could not say.

She would annihilated in the press and every other president before her couldn't have said so.

I don't know for all just People are immune to a Donald Trump saying it you know, wasn't there be a tipping point?

I don't know.

You brought up the press and I want to get to that because now we have both The New York Times and the Washington Post saying that they're not going to make endorsements in this historic presidential race.

>> you know that this is something the Chicago Sun-Times, for example, stopping endorsement a while ago.

This is just for the presidential race.

Why it?

And what can you tell us about The responsibility as a journalist yourself of of the the medium, what to weigh in covering this race, Surely seems unprecedented to make this call this late in the race to decide that we're knocking these papers are not going to be doing and endorsements.

been doing them for years and years and decades.

>> It's a very surprising and disappointing decision by LA Times The Washington Post to make these decisions to not, you know, whoever they're going to indoors.

>> To stand behind it and make that decision that they've done all these other elections.

This election should not be treated any different than other ones in the past.

It seems like some of these papers may be afraid of upsetting Trump over.

That's why they're not deciding to to release these endorsements even if they were public or I'm put together by the editorial board and then pulled at the last second.

It's unprecedented, but it doesn't feel like anything is pressing ahead anymore.

And some of these elections, there's so much that just kind of goes out the window.

And when Trump is involved.

>> I want it to last you brought up early voting expanding.

Is there anything to glean from that Illinois thus far that we've seen extension just this week?

It's on the rise in Illinois.

It's on the rise across the country.

And in part because Donald Trump and Republicans have been encouraging people to vote early, even though they also complain about it, the integrity its kind of a double edged sword, I guess for them.

so the more people get there's more people used to be just Democrats voting early now with a Republican.

So the whole cast their ballots already.

Anybody.

I'm an election day voter myself minds on the counter.

I'm a last-minute last night.

Just like I like the feeling of democracy, you know, being there and are acting with the judges getting my sticker.

I don't care if they mail me know, I'm gonna go back to you.

Would let's move on from the presidential race to somebody.

used to be a very powerful figure.

And that, of course, is the longtime speaker of the Illinois House, Michael Madigan.

>> After a lengthy jury selection, it's finally underway.

Let's just opening statements and refresh us on what Metuchen allegedly is.

It has done illegal.

He's basically accused of trading his office for private gain for his own and for his political cronies.

As the prep prosecutors called an opening statements.

>> For years and years and years treating his political power for jobs for basically do nothing jobs with ComEd with 18 to Illinois.

>> And this one on obviously for a very long time so far in the trial.

We basically just gotten table setting of how this works.

It's been a civics lesson on Illinois politics.

A lot of these jurors come in.

They don't know much about Mike Madigan be on the name.

They know that he's a politician, but the prosecutors need to show how powerful he was in order to show that he was worth writing for these companies to get legislation through that they needed.

If he's the one who says a bill lives or dies in Springfield, those that's the person who a company like Ahmed, a company like the teens feeling like it's going to have to go to try to get legislation through.

That's these prosecutors are saying so far so far we've heard from previous legislators, Carol Senti Scott jury.

They testified this week about how if Madigan wanted to build to go through, he can make it go through.

If you didn't.

If he was upset about something he can make it stop right then and there.

So it's it's only been the first week of testimony, but that's what the jurors are getting right now is just the outline of Madigan was important.

Why these companies were in trouble and why they wanted to target somebody like him.

The most powerful politician in Illinois for decades to get that worked JaCoby.

How close attention are you paying to this?

So why should people pay attention or not?

>> Very much.

Honestly, I had you on the podcast a couple to walk me through everything I need to know and I'm very interested because >> this case is largely been built on these hundreds of hours of tapes where they can hear Mike Madigan and Mike mclane talking to each other, doing their business, exercising their control over legislation over positions over potential jobs and while you're probably not going to hear Michael Madigan just like come out and say, I need this done for me.

You start to get inside look of these machinations like how these politicians move, how they exercise their power and for someone who has grown up in a city in which corruption is sort of the the story but the narrative of what Chicago we I think it's important for us to like stop and actually look at how it's done because in many cases it looks nothing like the movies and it's much more insidious.

That's openly binders That's why like McLean is even a defendant this case because Madigan didn't want get his hands dirty, according prosecutors.

So he had an intermediary mike mclane.

>> Go on his behalf and talk to the people tell lays out of a job, tell comment to hire these people because Madigan said are these people so he doesn't have to put his name on anything.

He's not record on call saying do this do that and they're paying me to do it.

But McClain is the person in the middle.

There is the crucial piece to this of how point A to point B in the middle as mike mclane.

>> So it and that actually to that claimed he's already been convicted once.

Why is back on the stand?

And you did, by the way, this week here, some of those very phone calls conversations it could be was referencing.

Exactly.

Like I part of this, case is built about 4 or 5 different.

>> Episodes of bribery and different issues involving the Clinton Madigan.

3 of those involved McLean, including the comment bribery, which McLean was already convicted for this case, involves the same allegations.

It's just against Madigan now as opposed to the other 4 who were convicted of writing him.

But McClain is the one.

He's the peace who is getting these people hired the political allies of Madigan who worked for comment is the subcontractor job state basically did little or no work.

comment paid out about a million dollars to the to the group of them.

And clay who's getting the Start II worked as a lobbyist for comment, but he was the go-between.

He said his real boss.

But man, again, because that's who is making these demands.

And ComEd was more than happy to make those jobs done in order to get the legislation that they needed to to benefit his company calling itself and agents right of and for the speaker.

You know, you cover state politics.

So.

>> With Matt again in court Tuesday, much do think things have changed Republicans this week making an argument that Democrats running for the General Assembly should be hold held culpable because they're still benefiting from the infrastructure that he put in place.

I think this happens every time there is charge of elected, a person or another being charge that there's call for more ethics.

But I think it's the Democrats are the people in power saying the ethics rules that are already in place are what what led to these charges of the first place?

So that's why may not see anything.

And besides we're not the worst.

You have jersey where they've got gold.

Bricks being found in people's homes.

So, you know, so we no have get to have the title.

I write is a good thing.

You do not want the title of most corrupt.

Before we move at Just can you say you did see, of course, Madigan in court?

It's not as if he was ever one of these politicians that was out and about.

>> Often what his his demeanor, he's been very studious.

He's been taking notes throughout the lengthy jury selection.

It took almost 2 full of actual time was about 5 or 7 days in court to actually pick the jury.

>> But was taking notes.

He's looking at jurors.

He's looking he's talking to his attorneys.

He seems calm when previous attorneys like legislators, like Carole Sund here, it's got come in.

They need to identify matting in court.

He stands up and waves and smiles at them.

He doesn't seem stressed in many ways.

He's very comfortable in court with his attorneys and it's going to be a long time.

So it's it's going to be a several month trial.

So should be comfortable in court because it's going to be there for a while.

walking in.

He looks like he's, you know, in control.

He looks like he's in a power position and he walks and so is known for his work ethic.

So I'm sure he knows this case inside and out now.

>> Let's move on the other drama playing out in Chicago.

going to go to you a lot here LA.

>> Chicago, public schools, of course, we have this new board.

There had been a handpicked forward by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

They all resigned.

this is the new handpicked for that.

Just yesterday took an oath of office was sworn in.

So.

Is this the beginning of the end for CPS?

Ceo Pedro Martinez.

>> Possibly certainly something that we will be watching with bated breath.

And yes, all the boards are by the fold, handpick >> a lot of us were at the school board meeting the first one for this new boards yesterday and watching very closely to see if that chemistry and listening for signs of how this is going to go for CEO Martinez.

They certainly didn't take any action on his job last night or but a number of them, including the board president, the Reverend Mitchell Johnson really signaled that they're there to serve at the mayor's pleasure.

They very much are supportive of his education agenda and will be Inc in step with him.

So read the tea leaves for us.

What is being in step with the mayor?

>> Well, for example, of the president mentions there was some brief opening remarks.

He spoke about how he feels it's important for the district.

2.

>> Honor and cover.

Blick pay pension obligations to employees which a lot of us read as >> referring to payment for non pay pensions for non teaching staff pensions to a city fund that Mayor Johnson and Co Martinez have clashed over.

See Martinez feels that the city should continue to cover that payment as it has in the past.

Mayor Johnson has insisted that the district must take it.

want to so basically does this mean that what I loan will be taking out that this board is going to choose to do that.

It's unclear if this board is just going to be a rubber stamp for Mayor Johnson.

That has been what a lot of previous boards have been for under from our past Mares.

They've just as they've been told by the mayor.

>> There was a lot of pushback yesterday from this new board on issues on the agenda, which is fairly unusual.

They didn't take any vote on anything.

We'll see how it goes.

>> I've been covering CPS for about 8 years and I can't recall a single vote that didn't go the way that the mayor wanted it But there a lot more questions than was typically asked during one of these meetings and went on for much longer than they do.

Typically go.

>> So because it's new or because you think that are people that are just French the job.

think that was part of it, definitely.

But I think they also wanted to push back on some district policies that been in place for a long time.

They wanted to say why is it been in place for this long many different issues that they discussed yesterday?

So are they just going to do with the mayor says it's very possible.

The Reverend Mitchell Johnson was asked today about Peter Martinez.

He said that it was loaded question about whether or not he's going to fire him going forward.

But then tonight at all, they haven't said no, we're not going to do this.

So >> until they do say that or it pops up on an agenda that his job is going to be voted on.

Then that question still going to buy that.

Is it a loaded question or a fair one to ask until we get cancer than doesn't seem like it's a loaded question to find out if the one body that can remove a CPS CEO is going to do >> To Kobe land here it gets.

As Matt said.

And simulate, you always have a hand-picked born.

Why is this getting so much attention that and the mayor seems very put off by how much attention this has received is a few things happening.

One, I think it's a reason we have to take campaign rhetoric with a grain of salt because everyone runs on transparency.

Everyone runs on doing things different and then they get those mayoral authorities and powers.

And at times it looks a lot like their predecessors, right contracts are signed outside of the view of the public.

>> You have things like this where one school board can get the job done.

So another will come in about time.

We get to January.

Mayor Johnson will have picked total what 24 school board members in 2 years.

One of the exact reasons people like himself wanted and push for an elected school board.

>> I think what is difficult here he is when the narrative largely scenes like this decision is being made for CPS budget reasons for potentially ousting the CPS CEO.

And you don't offer any clarity there and the U.S. has the questions, POW up sort of your home gets a little more annoyed by the questions.

I think that's where the disconnect happens.

Just let us know if you're going to use this power so that your decisions can get pushed through, stand up their own let us know because if they come out in a couple of weeks and pushed through a law and 5, the and then you go well, it seems like I guess that's what they wanted to that I guess it makes us look like idiots.

And now now we're sort of being gaslight from asking all these questions for months.

And so, you know, if it quacks and if it walks, then it is so just come out and say, yes, this former board couldn't get my agenda through.

This new work is more likely to and that's why we're moving with The last I heard the mayor said that he didn't actually ask for Pedro Martinez resign or be fired, correct?

Yeah, that's right.

He has questions.

Pedro Martinez's account of this meeting that they had a couple weeks back in which he said that the mayor asked for his resignation just adds to my confusion.

>> Frankly.

It is.

It is a little bit confusing because the mayor also he's certainly not come forward.

Then said that he supports the CEO and wants him to see him continue.

>> In his jaw thank you for trying play for all of in these, by the way.

And this is mix of shakeups in.

>> The mayor's office, what can you tell us?

He's also lost his close confidant, that communications chief questions about that deputy mayor overseeing education for for personal reasons having to immediately step away.

This is the latest sort of in a string.

So what can you share with us?

Is this righting the ship or a sign of problems on the They had a great comms person run the campaign and the same comms person ran the transition.

>> And the same comms person took the mayor's office through the Democratic Convention.

Now their shift because they've got a lot of stuff on the table.

They've got a budget that got to deal with it got CPSC to you.

So they are shifting their coms messaging, I guess you could say.

And the so there's they've got a new team and >> So this is just a change in messaging.

You think anybody here, anything otherwise or thoughts on all this change?

Actually appreciate how she a friend because I think we have to give.

>> The man been a fitted out and says that you can easily Google.

Rahm appointees leaving Lori Lightfoot appointees leading daily point and we can argue about the timing of all of them.

But ultimately the mayor comes He appoints his team and as decisions are made as people leave, I don't We should cover every single one with this idea of like is the sky falling yet?

We should.

You know, question are these appointments of sign of something more?

But if it seems as if the mayor has decided, you know what, time to kick it into another gear and I need the people and help me do that.

But I do think we should give give some time to see how those positions work out.

Are they happening at a time when there seems like there's a lot of drama and a lot of miscommunication?

Yes, I do agree >> When another change that is coming is that the migrants are no longer going to be guaranteed a city shelter space.

This is coming as as sort of merger with the overall system for shelters, for in services for the Unhoused Mueller.

Can you share?

What difference do you think that this is going to make?

>> Well, we certainly seen major decrease in the arrival of migrant there has been decrease crossings of the border.

I think there hasn't been the coming Texas with says June.

That's right.

So and it's seemed like the right time for the city.

But live right before winter.

Does anybody else questioning what is such a transition where people will presumably be out of shelter space and it's it's about to get cold.

>> Where will they be out of shelter space?

I don't know.

I mean, they're going to combine some of the the shelters for, they're just going to combine everything.

Hopefully.

>> they do say that they're only be 3800 beds available to arrives in bag us their county about 5,000.

There's a chance about 1200 people will be evicted.

And I think we've been seeing and concern for the last 6 months about what happens as people maybe overstay their limit have to reapply.

Maybe they're not allowed back So I do think we're going to see regardless of the attempts from the mayor's office and city partners, a rise in the city's unhoused population.

We come into winter.

And to my next point, I don't want it what I'm trying to say to seem like it's above real challenges people are facing and how vulnerable people are.

Both long-term Unhoused residents and new arrivals.

But I actually think while lack faith that integrated system is going to provide overwhelming benefits for either population.

I do think it's going to help the mayors messaging moving forward because so much concern has been put on the divisiveness amongst residents, constituents seekers getting to first in line in some respects.

And what I do think that that is a gross under like a gross simplification of what's happening.

>> I do think consolidating the system.

It's probably also giving us a little foreshadowing the what we might hear next week's budget address about how the mere tends or how the mayor plans on.

>> Using funding for an house, especially in light of bring Chicago home, not passing.

Funding for arrivals in light of changes.

>> And we will be watching, as you noted, Wednesday is going to be the unveiling of the mayor's plans, both he and state leaders continue to say this is a problem that we need the federal government to deal with, which of course, goes back to >> the election of the next president of the United States.

So that is how we are going to cap this program.

Our appreciation to guess, JaCoby Cochran, Shia capos, Boulevard and Matt Masterson.

We'll be back to wrap things up right after this.

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