>> Good evening.

And thanks for joining us on the weekend review.

I'm Nick Blumberg, 3 former presidents are among thousands at a day-long memorial for Reverend Jesse Jackson.

>> His voice called on each of if the Herald change to be messenger the fall.

To step forward and say said May.

>> Famous faces an everyday folks alike come together at the people celebration of Jackson's life.

Well, she should let the door hit her on the way out.

I hope that her replacement, who I guess was named the same time does a better job.

>> It's a pretty low bar.

Illinois.

Democrats cheer after President Donald Trump oust Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in favor of Oklahoma.

Senator Markwayne We have seen Americans be able to return to United States beginning.

We've providing that direct security.

>> But frustrated local officials say the administration isn't doing nearly enough to bring home Illinois and stranded in the Middle East amid the U.S.

and Israel's war on Iran.

Meantime, Illinois lawmakers push for a state commission to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's local ties.

The Chicago Fire break ground on a new stadium as neighbors call for a community benefits agreement.

And it's DNC deja vu as Chicago has named a finalist for the Democrats.

2028 convention.

>> And now to our week in review panel.

Joining us are Steve Daniels of the Chicago Tribune editorial board, Katrina Pham, a borderless magazine.

Caroline comes and ski.

Also from the Chicago Tribune and Wt Tw zone.

Heather Sharon, thank you all for being here.

Let's get right to it.

See Daniels, what do you think Christie knows legacy is going to be as DHS secretary.

It's going to be terrible, right?

I she oversaw the basically these incursions into cities, including Chicago.

>> Incredibly poorly trained agents.

Doing more or less abominable things on city streets throughout throughout the country.

And we were just talking before we went on the air.

She managed to unite Republicans and Democrats in their desire for her to leave, which in this day in age is a is a real So I history won't be You know, the first draft of his the has been written has been terrible, but I don't think it's going get any better.

It will get worse.

Steve, you can admit that we talked before the show.

We just have to 2 or if these right.

>> You know, Heather, does this signal a change in direction for immigration policy or was this just sort of one scandal to many one bad article too many for the president.

There's no indication that Markwayne Mullin if he's confirmed by the Senate as everybody expects him to would do anything different.

There's been no sort sea change in the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement.

Certainly President Trump has not come out and said, hey, actually, I'm not going to do mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

>> The other thing is, is that I think that perhaps he will do a better job of not becoming a lightning rod, as seemed to be unable to sort of avoid making the story all about her.

And if you've covered President Trump for maybe longer than 5 minutes, you know that he does not enjoy it when his aides and sort of cabinet members become the star of the show.

He wants all the attention be focused on And I think it's interesting because part of the reason why I think she was ousted in fired was because when she was testifying in Congress.

>> She said that Trump to prove like that 220 million dollar ad.

That was really a sticking point for Republican and Democratic senators and Congress people.

And I think because her inability and the disconnect between Trump and over that and the fact that that was sort of a sticking point and not necessarily her inability to justify any of the killings that have happened thus far.

And the tactics being used by DHS.

I think that kind of demonstrates that the real issue is not necessarily the tactics, but rather like some of the press that she's been getting for herself for this time.

I think in Chicago there's a lot of skepticism that anything is going to change on the ground with the Fed should eventually come back here.

I spoke to one person yesterday who was cheering her leaving.

>> But said that unless agents take off their masks and start to identify themselves more and don't carry weapons on residential streets and then he thought that residents should basically be prepared for more of the same of what they saw on the fall.

Yeah, especially because you know, was a figurehead in some ways.

But there are also other folks like Greg that, you know, you know, that have been flashpoint in this.

>> You know, he was sidelined so but for all of this happened, he was sent back to wherever he came from and he's not.

>> By any indication coming back?

I mean, so so there were some indications before all of this that the administration understand this wasn't going well for them politically, that there needed to be some changes that skepticism is completely wanted is to whether those changes will actually be significant.

But there's clear recognition on the administration's part that this was not working for them.

And that was well before was fired.

And I have to believe that if factored into it, at least a little bit, even if the immediate cause was her.

Ms in Congress well.

And you mentioned that testimony, Katrina, there was another notable moment where Noem said she was unaware are Omar Martinez, the you know, the Chicago woman who was shot, none fatally during the crackdown.

>> Were you surprised to see her say essentially that you didn't know anything about what's become such a high-profile case.

>> A little surprise in the sense that her administration has really double down on the attacking of or the characterization right of people who have been victims of killings by by DHS and by federal agents and characterizing them domestic terrorists.

You see that with the killing of Alex Petty.

You saw that with the killing of my Martinez.

So for her be on the stand and to be under oath in to say that she did not know about that case is really like questionable and surprising to me because you would assume that she would know about that already, right?

Because it's such a high-profile case for hit administration are for DHS and for the Trump administration.

And Martin Mark was there in Congress and has been there and other times to sound at the State of the Union as well.

Yeah.

>> You know, Carol Caroline, some of the local fallout from Trump's immigration crackdown, Ben Cook County prosecutors bringing charges against protesters.

But we got some news on that front this week.

Tell us about these charges that are being dropped.

Sure.

More than a dozen, mostly suburban moms from places like River Forest in Oak Park.

They had charges against them for a peaceful protest that they orchestrated that the tail and the blitz outside the broadview processing center.

Those were dropped.

>> Earlier this week and their attorney said that they had simply been exercising their First Amendment rights and that the prosecutor's office had done the right thing interest.

And yes, certainly.

>> Some of the folks that we see out there protesting suburban moms, members of clergy kind of hard to justify charging those folks.

You also reported this week something of an exodus of immigration judges.

Tell us about what that means for immigration courts.

>> Chicago started the second presidential term with 21 judges working at its immigration court and they are now down to 16 judges that includes 2 temporary ones.

And they're seeing a record high number of case loads and the judges who have left the bench, they quit or were fired or they took buyouts.

They told me that they are really concerned for their remaining colleagues ability to do their as the Constitution dictates with due process and also about burnout on the bench as they face this incredible case.

Load.

>> Well, of course, this was a system that was backlogged even before we saw this massive plus, you can imagine how much this has been exacerbated.

The backlog has been growing exponentially for years now and it's also this instability at immigration court.

Is it coming alongside series of other changes for immigrants who are fighting their who either don't like the appeals that they're getting or >> who are now in countering, for example, DHS attorneys who just moved to dismiss cases before they even reach a judge.

And so the landscape for people who are still waiting for their day in court is changing rapidly under their feet.

And a lot of people who watch that system closely are wondering what's gonna come next?

and I think what's really concerning about that, too.

And the decrease in judges over time as the >> Trump administration's policy changes in regards to bond and the amount of time that people are spending in detention while they're waiting their immigration case.

And as there's less judges and more people flooding immigration court system, it's going to take even longer write them before for people to make their way through this system.

And because they're not able to access pond like they're going to be held in detention regardless of, you know, the legality of their case or how it would pit play out later.

then there's all this disagreement going on across the country.

And so if something gets arrested here, but they're taken to a jurisdiction that doesn't think that immigrants are eligible for money bond, then that creates a whole new layer of process and headache for that person's family and their attorneys to >> get them to a jurisdiction where they could be.

>> Yeah, sort of a patchwork system that folks are navigating in real Another huge story this week.

Of course, the expanding war with Iran.

Steve Governor Pritzker appealing to secretary of state Rubio saying, you know, we need help getting Illinois's were stranded across the Middle East home.

course, the administration says, as we heard there, they're working.

24 7 on this.

But does it feel like there was clear plan going into to bring people back?

>> I mean, as one of the things that really struck us win.

All of this happened so suddenly can typically in the past when we've seen the U.S.

get involved militarily, we see some warning to people in the region ahead of time and not might not be a lot of warning but but some warning the 2 that might want to get out.

Obviously, that did not occur.

So we do have this is an unusual such and it's obviously not just the U.S.

tonight countries all over the world that are in the same boat.

And you've got people hunkered down places like Dubai, you know, in hotels with bombs going off or whatever missiles hitting it is.

It is a very, difficult situation.

But no, I don't think there was a lot of preparation.

>> You know, Heather, Congress failed to advance measures this week that would have reined in the president here.

Does this show maybe a a fracture within MAGA that some of these antiwar Republicans weren't necessarily antiwar?

Absolute Well, I think that that is going to be the story of the next couple of days, right?

We've seen people like Tucker Carlson, online former FOX News had be very critical of the president's decision to go to war in Iran and the It close alliance with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

>> And I think that how that sort of all plays out within the Republican Party will tell us a lot more about how long this is going to last.

Exactly certain how it shapes up.

But it is an indication that, you know, of just awesome power that an American president holds in his or her hands at any given moment, even though it's quite clear Trump's decision to order this kind of massive military, environment violates the War Powers Act and should have required congressional authorization before it happened.

There just doesn't seem to be any enforcement mechanism to.

A reality.

There's Congress, but they're not doing exactly what they votes through and they voted not to not to 2.

>> Basically stop it right.

So there were votes there after the fact, obviously, this we've it's not just this president and we've seen this in any number of presidents gone into military conflicts getting congressional approval ahead of time.

So that is been an issue since the early 70's That's true.

And there's certainly real consequences to for the ongoing Warren run.

I think a lot of folks here.

>> part of the Iranian diaspora here in Chicago have real concerns right?

For family members who and Iran and who are currently experiencing a communications blackout.

Right.

And they can't communicate with family who are there and that they can't you don't really know what's going on with family members in real-time, Ray.

And I think that's a real concern for people here, especially.

I see connections with, you know, that concern and also with what happened with my to do in Venezuela and thinking about people who are concerned about the instability, right?

You take out the leader of the country, but then what happens next for everyone who still has to live there?

And I think Venezuelans and Iranians are having like a similar feeling now about what happens next for my friends and family who are still a team around.

Well, and it's interesting, too, because you know it in both of those communities.

>> You know, not necessarily across the board, but there are a lot of folks who wanted to see, you know, the leadership in Iran who wanted to see the leadership in Venezuela taken out.

But >> it's all about the way it's going about.

And is there a plan there which obviously creates a lot of anxiety for folks?

>> Yes, certainly I think it's very complex like people's feelings like I think that that kind of sums it up, right?

It's like we don't think he's necessarily great person.

don't necessarily want him in power, but is this the way to take him out of power?

All right.

We'll Reverend Jesse Jackson's memorial saw thousands of people, a slew of notable guests today, 3 living former presidents among many others.

You know, Heather, we've been talking about this quite a bit over the last several weeks.

What's stood out to you in terms of some of the ways that Jackson been memorialized?

Well, I think it's only fitting that former President Obama and former President Kamala Harris were there and delivered those eulogies without Jesse Jackson running for president in 1984, in 1988, they would not have risen to 2 of the highest offices in the land.

>> You know, I think a look, there's been a lot of talk about reverend's legacy and sort of you know, persona.

But he made significant change in how we elect presidents.

That would mean that President Obama would not have been able to defeat Hillary Clinton, who is, of course, sitting right And I think that it, you know, this is essentially a state funeral in Chicago.

And I think that it will it's really certain possible to sort of stuff, you capture the scope of of Jackson's impact.

But I think that it appropriate that happened in Chicago, which, of course, declared as his adopted hometown and we adopted him right back safely.

All right.

Switching gears, Caroline, Illinois, lawmakers introducing a measure to create a state commission that would investigate local ties to Jeffrey Epstein?

>> I would have subpoena power would have some teeth.

Do you think we might see more local efforts like this given that the DOJ so far doesn't seem to be really taking any action.

>> I think it's possible.

Illinois is not the only state in the country to have looked at this I think that the bigger issue might be the fact of one rep Rashida introduced this bill that would create the commission rate.

It's after a critical consideration deadline in Springfield.

And so realistically, the next time they could take it up would be in November.

That think about how different the world was 6 months ago and who knows what could happen in the next 6 months.

And who knows what could be a priority for veto session at that point.

I were them, I would be thinking more about the and they may pull critics involved in Springfield shocking and if they really want to get it passed, they can find way trick out and slap it on their eyes as they've been on your Exactly.

>> You know, I mean, Katrina, even if there aren't necessarily prosecutions are tangible outcomes from this commission, should it be put into place?

Do you think maybe just sort of existence can be a significant gesture, especially to to abuse survivors?

>> Yeah, I think because currently, you know, the lawmakers who presented the bill, we're talking about the fact that so many of the FC files remain unreleased, right?

And the DOJ really doesn't seem to have taken any real tangible steps to prosecute people related to those files are who involved in those files.

And so at least symbolically that this legislation in this commission could be something that is meaningful for people who are looking for some form of accountability right at a time where they feel like maybe the federal government isn't taking steps to to hold people accountable at a federal level and may be thinking about how we can do that as a state.

Instead.

>> Well, sticking with you for a minute on a very different story.

Chicago Fire broke ground this week for their new stadium complex.

Lots of excitement there.

But there's some concern from residents in the communities surrounding the 78.

What you hear from them.

>> Yeah.

So I spoke to residents who live in Chinatown and Bridgeport and the surrounding area and the 78 is directly north of paint on Park and Chinatown.

You drive through wells and you're in Chinatown and have a lot of concerns about one, the gentrification, potential gentrification right of the surrounding area.

But to the TIF dollars that are on that site and how that will be spent in the case of the gentrification.

I think the the question that they have if the if the rents go up, what happens to us?

Right?

Because Armor Square neighborhood is a majority low-income neighborhood.

People who are low-income in Armory Square.

They tend to be rent burden, which means they pay.

25 to 30% of their income on housing costs.

So that means if that rents go up, it could make them difficult to continue living in that area.

And with the question right, the 78, the stadium is on a TIF district, meaning that a portion of the tax funds from the area could go toward public infrastructure that could benefit the surrounding community.

But there isn't currently a plan right for how that if dollars will be spent.

And that's something that Johnson was asked.

And at the groundbreaking ceremony and he didn't really answer clearly about what the plan a B. And that's a serious concern for people who want things like housing for seniors, affordable housing.

So that's a serious concern for people in Chinatown, Bridgeport and the surrounding area.

Yeah, I think that's a question he's going to keep getting asked in the coming years.

>> It is Steve.

The Tribune headed editorial this week, sort of contrasting the new fire stadium with Chicago's World Cup, shall we say, missteps that?

>> Well, yeah.

And and we think the fight the fire stadium is is a very good thing and the other the any time you build something substantial in any neighborhood, you're going to have gentrification questions right now.

Chicago is and building much of anything.

So that is pressuring rents in and of itself.

And the reason and so that.

Tracked in general.

If you get bunch of housing on, it should help alleviate some of those pressures.

But on the question of the World Cup.

We saw that the Trump administration is is going to be provide 100 million dollars to transit systems of cities that are hosting Cup games and our poor beleaguered transit system could sure could use that kind of helped.

Obviously back way back in when people are making these decisions.

You couldn't foresee that.

But it real missed opportunity for Chicago, which, you know, to have a World Cup game.

World Cup matches in Kansas City and not in Chicago is.

Bothers us.

I would like to see it.

But >> All right.

Well, speaking of stadiums, Heather Governor Pritzker this week seeking to reassure Illinois means that the Indiana Bear Stadium isn't a done deal, which I think I can say every single week on the Mayor Johnson, City officials still have your beating the drum for Chicago Bears stadium.

>> They sure think that soldier Field is still an option.

I don't know that the bears think it is still an But you know, anything is possible because you and I have been covering this story and there has been so many twists and turns and that the real issues going to be what happens to this bill pending in Springfield right now, which would essentially allow the Bears to negotiate property taxes with Arlington Heights and the surrounding school districts.

The Bears say that they need that to make that.

>> Stadium entertainment district 8 Governor Pritzker sounds certainly more optimistic about it.

Perhaps the Bears sort of squeeze play with Indiana paid off a little bit, but it's not clear whether even if that bill passes, they can still move ahead with that Arlington Heights plan, which you know is, you 5 years in the making at this point on.

And I think that city officials see Soldier Field as known option for the Bears.

If they can't make that work, you know, maybe they just stay put and avoid paying the fee for ending their lease their early well, and that fight with, you know, the folks have in Arlington Heights that the don't necessarily have.

>> I don't know, maybe with at least with the school district.

A lot of good will know.

I mean, those school districts have been.

>> Lobbying for.

For assistance and for clarity with the Bears on what kind of tax breaks they would really need and how that would impact there operations and the likely influx of students that they could get from the entertainment district or to go up.

And that's been going on since 2023 when dinosaurs from there, the tip property tax certainty, I understand it.

>> What effect stadium and only directly ancillary development.

So everything else on that very large tract.

>> Would not be subject to a property tax freeze.

It sounds like to us that the people or the various officials and that area are going to do business with the Bears.

this bill passes.

So it really is a matter of getting it done in Springfield.

And the Chicago delegation is the issue in terms of that happening, not wanting to allow the Bears to flee Chicago without providing Chicago with anything.

So really 2, that's roadblock politically.

I think more so than anything going on in the northwest suburbs.

And of course, there's the last renovation of Soldier Field that still hasn't been paid are us.

And we've heard from the governor started making some statements that he liked to have that debt settled before this sort of gets worked out.

I don't know if that is possible because it such a massive amount of money.

There are a lot of Chicago law makers that can stand in the way video if they want a all right most of the time.

But Heather, it feels like the speaking of when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

feels like the 2024 DNC simultaneously was a million years ago and just happened.

>> Now we've learned were a finalist for 2028 I had rate that is that make sense.

Symbolically doesn't make sense to do a repeat.

Well, there are very few cities that can handle conventions.

And I think that Chicago approved in 2024 that they can do it with police services in with infrastructure and moving people around.

And, you know, nobody you know, had anything bad to say about how the convention itself, you know, worked, including, you know, lots of concerns about protests and the police department's ability to start.

>> Handle that influx.

So, you know, it could be a return to the olden days, truly olden days where the conventions always took place in Chicago.

And I think as the Chicago political reporter and obligated to be in that, I think, although I will say that nobody was more excited before the 2024 convention to think come here because it'd you know, since 1996 before that happened for it to come back in another 4 years.

I gotta say I'm a little bit less excited about it personally.

All right.

Well, I'm very excited to have the 4 of you on this panel, but unfortunately, we are out of time.

>> Sorry, thanks to Steve Daniels, Trina Fam.

Caroline comes and ski and Heather, sure around.

And we're back to wrap things up right after this.

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