>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW , I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

FIRST , SOME OF THE TOP STORIES.

>>> THE ILLINOIS BAN ON SO-CALLED ASSAULT WEAPONS IS NOW ON HOLD AS A JUDGE IN DOWNSTATE APPROVED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WHEN SEVERAL PLAINTIFFS FILED LAWSUITS AGAINST IT, ONE BROUGHT BY THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE.

JB PRITZKER CALLED THE RULING DISAPPOINTING AND SAID OUR MAIN CONFIDENCE THE COURT WILL UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE LAW WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE EIGHT OTHER STATES WITH SIMILAR LAWS WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH LAWMAKERS.

>>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THEY ARE APPEALING THE DECISION .

>>> CHICAGO TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT CHUY GARCIA IS IN A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AGAINST MICHAEL MADIGAN AND COMED , THEY SAY GARCIA IS THE UNIDENTIFIED CONGRESSMAN NAMED IN A COURT FILING.

SPECIFICALLY , IT ALLEGED FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER MADIGAN ENGAGED HIS TEAM TO APPOINT AN ALLY OF GARCIA AS A DIRECTOR.

HE DENIES HE WAS INVOLVED AND HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH ANY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.

COMED ADMITTED GUILT TO THE SCHEME.

WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS IN JUST A BIT.

>>> MAYORAL CANDIDATES ARE SPINNING THE DEBATE PERFORMANCE FROM LAST NIGHT , LORI LIGHTFOOT SAID THE BRUNT OF ATTACKS FROM HER CHALLENGERS AS THEY SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH THE POSITIONS ON ISSUES FROM PUBLIC SAFETY TO TAXES TO SOLDIER FIELD.

THE DEBATE WILL AIR ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

>>> TO OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US ARE JOHN OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, STEVE OF CHICAGO BUSINESS, AND RICK OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.

FIRST UP TONIGHT, CHUY GARCIA IS REVEALED TO BE THE UNNAMED CONGRESSMAN IN THE BRIBERY CASE AS WILLIE WILSON SAYS COPS SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHASE SUSPECT LIKE RABBITS.

ALL EIGHT CANDIDATES SLAMMED THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

EARLY VOTING WILL START THIS THURSDAY.

LET'S START WITH THE NEWS ABOUT CHUY GARCIA.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT HIS NAME IS MENTIONED IN THIS CASE?

>> THAT IS WHAT -- HE IS MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION.

WITH THE COMED BOARD .

>> AN ALLY OF GARCIA.

>> THE EPISODE WITHIN THAT ALLEGED TEAM IN WHICH -- THE EFFORT TOOK A LONG TIME , MORE THAN A YEAR.

MORE THAN A YEAR INTO THIS, THERE WAS A REACH OUT WHICH MICHAEL MADIGAN TOOK TO MEAN , WHAT IS GOING ON?

HE WAS TRYING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH HIMSELF, MADIGAN , AND CHUY GARCIA.

IT TURNED OUT HE WAS REACHING OUT ABOUT SOME OTHER CAUCUS , A DIFFERENT MATTER ALTOGETHER .

HERE IS THE THING, THE NAME CHUY COULD COME UP DURING THE TRIAL WHICH STARTS IN MARCH.

IF THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF, AND HE IS IN THE RUNOFF, THIS TRIAL WILL BE GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, PROBABLY NOT OVER.

>> TERRIBLE TIMING FOR GARCIA THOUGH HE SAYS HE IS NEVER SPOKEN WITH FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS AND NOT IMPLICATED AT THIS POINT.

GREG PRATT , WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FALLOUT WILL BE POLITICALLY?

>> EVERYDAY HE IS TALKING ABOUT MICHAEL MADIGAN AND BEING ASKED THE QUESTIONS, THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT HIS NAME , THAT IS A NEGATIVE .

IF YOU ARE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND REMEMBER HOW YOU CAME INTO OFFICE LAST TIME , A THUNDERBOLT CAME DOWN FROM THE SKY.

YOU START TO WONDER, WILL THAT HAPPEN AGAIN LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH ED BURKE.

>> LET'S LISTEN TO CLIPS FROM LAST NIGHT.

A CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT FROM WILLIE WILSON WHO , WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS POLICY ON POLICE AND FOOT CHASES .

>> WE WILL BE TOUGH ON CRIME.

SOMEBODY RUNS , THE CHASED BY FOOT OR CAR , THE POLICE OFFICER SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHASE THEM DOWN.

HUNT THEM DOWN LIKE A RABBIT.

>> HE IS SAYING THAT POLICE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HUNT PEOPLE DOWN LIKE A RABBIT.

>> THAT PROBABLY WAS NOT A GOOD METAPHOR OR SIMILE, TO COMPARE ALLEGED CRIMINALS TO ANIMALS.

I FEEL -- POLICE FEEL HAMSTRUNG ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN A CHASE AND PEOPLE IN CHICAGO ARE UPSET ABOUT CRIME.

MAYBE THAT WILL RESONATE.

>> STEVE, DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING LAST NIGHT IN THE DEBATE THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW BEFORE?

WHAT THEIR PLANS FOR THE CITY WOULD BE?

>> NO.

IT WAS PREDICTABLE .

THEY WENT AFTER THE INCUMBENT.

SHE IS NOT VERY POPULAR.

AND , THAT IS THE FIRST JOB FOR THESE VARIOUS CANDIDATES , TO MAKE THE CASE THAT SHE IS NOT THE PERSON TO LEAVE THE CITY ANYMORE .

THEN YOU MAKE THE CASE THAT YOU ARE THE PERSON TO DO IT.

THE SECOND PART HAS NOT REALLY HAPPENED YET .

THE CASE AGAINST HER IS PROCEEDING.

>> SHE TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE ATTACKS.

SHE THREW SOME FIRE AT CHUY GARCIA.

DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING MORE ABOUT HOW THEY ALL DIFFER ON PUBLIC SAFETY ?

>> NOT REALLY.

THEY ARE ALL TRYING TO SAY THE SAME THING.

THE ONLY PERSON WITH MORE POLICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

YOU HAVE BRANDON JOHNSON SAYING I WILL BE DIFFERENT AND WE ARE DOING TOO MUCH POLICING, WHICH IS AGAINST THE GRAIN .

ASIDE FROM THAT, THEY ARE TRYING TO AVOID SAYING SOMETHING TO CONTROVERSIAL WHILE ALSO TRYING TO STAND OUT , WHICH IS A STRATEGY -- YOU DO NOT SEE ANYBODY BREAKING OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO ALL SAY THAT THE MAYOR IS BAD.

>> THE SUPERINTENDENT NEEDS TO GO , THEY ALL AGREE ON THAT.

>> EXCEPT THE MAYOR.

THE ISSUE WITH MICHAEL MADIGAN , THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP HIS TIES TO SBF, THE CRYPTO GUY WHO SUPPORTED CONGRESSMAN GARCIA.

DO YOU THINK THESE ATTACKS WILL HAVE RESIDENCE ?

>> THEY COULD.

THAT IS WHY THEY ARE BEING LOBBED.

TOO MANY THINGS TO ASK ABOUT HIS TIES TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.

THERE WAS A THUNDERBOLT FOUR YEARS AGO.

WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT 2019, REALLY NOTHING THAT SEEMS TO BE ROCKING THIS RACE THE WAY IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO.

>> MAY BE THE OCTOBER SURPRISE , IN THIS CASE, JANUARY SURPRISE.

IT IS BEING INDICATED THAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES DO VIEW CHUY GARCIA AS THE FRONT RUNNER.

>> THERE IS NO DOUBT.

THE CANDIDATES WERE GOING AFTER CHUY, KAM AND BRANDON GOT SOME GOOD SHOTS IN, AND THEY WENT AFTER PAUL VALLAS WHO IS QUIETLY EMERGING .

HE IS DOING WELL FOR HIMSELF FOR A GUY WHO HAS STRUGGLED IN THE PAST.

THEY THINK HE IS THE SECOND FRONT RUNNER.

>> STEVE DANIELS , SPEAKING OF PAUL VALLAS, HE IS DOING OKAY MONEYWISE, A REPORT IN THE SUN-TIMES AND THE TRIBUNE THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS SPENDING TWICE AS FAST AS SHE IS RAISING .

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT HER CANDIDACY?

>> THAT SHE NEEDS TO GET TO THE RUNOFF.

SHE NEEDS TO DO WHAT SHE CAN TO GET THERE.

SPEND NOW.

WORRY LATER ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS GOT LEFT AS SOON AS SHE MAKES IT.

I DON'T THINK SHE HAS GOT MUCH OF A CHOICE.

SHE HAS TO PUT NEGATIVES ON CHUY GARCIA AND POTENTIALLY PAUL VALLAS.

CHUY GARCIA IS CLEARLY THE TARGET RIGHT NOW, THAT TAKES MONEY.

>> A COUPLE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT HAVE $1 MILLION, PAUL VALLAS , BRANDON JOHNSON , CHUY GARCIA, WILLIE WILSON, WHO IS FUNDING THE AND WHO ARE THEIR CONSTITUENTS ?

>> JOHNSON HAS THE TEACHERS UNION.

SOME SUI GROUPS.

VALLAS HAS MOSTLY CONSERVATIVE BUSINESSMEN.

THE MAYOR HAS A VARIETY OF DEVELOPERS AND FRIENDS AND LAWYERS.

CHUY GARCIA HAS SOME OF HIS POLITICAL ALLIES.

OPERATING ENGINEERS WITH ORDINANCES.

>> THERE ARE A FEW MORE DEBATES TO GO, INCLUDING HOURS ON FEBRUARY 7th , WHICH ALL THE CANDIDATES I BELIEVE HAVE COMMITTED TO.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER NEWS , THE DOWNSTATE JUDGE TEMPORARILY STOPS THE ILLINOIS ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

ONE SHERIFF IN THE HOT SEAT REFUSES TO ENFORCE THE NEW LAW.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER'S ASKED US QUESTIONS, COMED SEEKS A RECORD RATE HIKE, PEOPLE'S GAS WILL ALSO CHARGE MORE IF THEY GET THEIR WAY BEFORE THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION .

LET'S START WITH THE RULING THAT JUST CAME DOWN THIS AFTERNOON.

A JUDGE IN DOWNSTATE APPROVES A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST THE ILLINOIS ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

>> IT IS ONLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST -- THE FOUR PLAINTIFFS , THERE WERE 800 -- >> GUN SHOP OWNERS.

OTHER CITIZENS.

IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE ACROSS THE STATE.

THIS IS THE PART OF THE PROCESS WITH THESE LAWS .

THEY GO TO THE LEGISLATURE AND ARE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

THEN THEY GO TO THE COURTS.

THE CASE DOWNSTATE LARGELY DEALS WITH THE PROCEDURE FOR WHICH THIS BILL WAS PASSED.

THE JUDGE , I READ IT BRIEFLY ON MY WAY HERE, IT JUST CAME DOWN, HE TOOK ISSUE SAYING IT VIOLATED THE SINGLE SUBJECT RULE.

TECHNICAL STUFF.

THEREFORE -- >> IT WAS BROUGHT BY THE REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS SUED GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE .

>> ON THE COVID STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS .

THE REAL BATTLE WILL BE IN FEDERAL COURT, THE LAWSUIT FILED IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, SAYING IT VIOLATES THE SECOND AMENDMENT .

A SUPREME COURT RULING THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD TO EXPAND GUN RIGHTS.

IT SEEMED LIKE THE LAWSUIT DOWNSTATE WAS WRITTEN TO GET A DECISION FROM THE SUPREME COURT.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THIS PARTICULAR LAWSUIT WAS SET IN A FRIENDLY VENUE , EFFINGHAM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS VOWING TO APPEAL IT.

IS THERE A CHANCE AN APPELLATE COURT COULD OVERTURN THE INJUNCTION?

>> YES.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

>> THIS COULD GO ON FOREVER.

>> IT COULD .

IT WILL GET CONSOLIDATED.

WE MAY SEE MORE DEFINITIVE RULINGS AT THE STATE COURT.

>> IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT IT WILL WIND UP IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ALL THESE LAWSUITS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED IN SOME WAY, RATHER THAN HAVE DIFFERENT ONES MOVING FORWARD.

ALL THIS WILL BE DONE AND UNDONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF JEFF BULLARD SAID ABOUT REFUSING TO ENFORCE THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL .

>> TO ANSWER THAT , BECAUSE I CAN READ THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THE CONSTITUTION .

>> THIS IS A GROUP OF SHERIFF THAT SAYS , EVEN BEFORE THE INJUNCTION WAS PASSED , I WILL NOT ENFORCE IT BECAUSE THEY SAY IT WILL BE FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

ARE THEY TAKING THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS ?

>> I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF IT.

WHAT DOES THE WORD ARMS MEAN, FLAMETHROWERS , BAZOOKAS ?

WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN , YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MUSKETS, YOU COULD FIRE TWO SHOTS PERMITTED, MAYBE THREE.

THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION -- IT IS CRAZY , WHO KNOWS WHAT THE NEXT WEAPON WILL BE?

IT WILL ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE VAGUENESS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

IS IT FOR A MILITIA ?

I HAVE READ IT 1000 TIMES.

>> A WELL REGULATED MILITIA BEING NEEDED.

>> IT IS FROM GERMAN, BACKWARDS .

>> IT IS NOT GOOD GRAMMAR.

>> I WONDER IF THEY EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE WEAPONRY THAT WOULD COME ALONG.

I AM SURPRISED WE STILL HAVE GUNPOWDER IN GUNS.

I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE LASER THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE EXPLODE.

THIS IS STILL JUST A GUN THAT CAN FIRE SO FAST , IT CANNOT POSSIBLY BE USED FOR HUNTING.

ALTHOUGH SOME MEN MAY USE IT FOR HUNTING, YOU DO NOT SHOOT A DEER WITH 40 SHOTS, I HAVE BEEN DEER HUNTING AND PEOPLE USE LONG RIFLES.

>> A LEGITIMATE CASE THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT INCLUDES GUNS USED FOR RECREATION OR DEFENSE , WHETHER OR NOT ASSAULT RIFLES , I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE MARYLAND CASE IS BANKING ON.

WHAT DO THE OTHER CASES TELL YOU ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS LAW ?

>> LIKE THE GOVERNOR SAID, SIMILAR TO LAWS IN OTHER STATES, ALL GOING TO THE SAME PLACE , U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE ON THE AR-15s, WEATHER STATES CAN RESTRICT OR BAN THE SALE OF THEM, THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND FOR ILLINOIS IS GOING.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE SHERIFF'S AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRONG OPINIONS.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT GUNS?

>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE THESE SKIRMISHES .

>> THE SECOND AMENDMENT HAS BEEN INTERPRETED BY JUDGES IN SO MANY WAYS.

OBVIOUSLY , IN RECENT YEARS , WITH A CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT, IT HAS BEEN DIFFERENT .

THE ONLY ANSWER IS, WE DO NOT KNOW .

IT WILL COME DOWN TO HOW IT GETS LITIGATED AND HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES.

COMED AND PEOPLE'S GAS ARE GOING BEFORE REGULATORS SEEKING EIGHT GIANT RATE HIKES AT THE SAME TIME.

HOW PAINFUL COULD THIS BE FOR CONSUMERS?

>> VERY.

THESE ARE BIG RATE HIKES, COMED IS OVER FOUR YEARS, AUTHORIZED IN THE CLIMATE AND EQUITABLE JOBS ACT.

THEY SAY THAT MONEY IS NEEDED TO THE GREEN FUTURE A REALITY.

WE NEED TO HOOK UP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS.

THEY WANT HIGH RETURNS ON EQUITY.

>> THEY HAD A ROLE IN THE BRIBERY CASE.

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF TRIALS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

>> THEY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT.

THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE CASE THAT WE ARE A DIFFERENT COMED .

IT IS A HARD CASE TO.

IT WAS NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT THIS TRANSPIRED.

THESE ARE BIG RATE HIKES TO SUPPORT REBUILDING THE SYSTEM UNDERNEATH THE CITY STREETS, SUBURBAN STREETS , THAT MAY BE OBSOLETE YEARS FROM NOW.

>> REPLACING ALL THE GAS LINES , AND THERE ARE CONSUMER GROUPS THAT SAY THEY HAVE GONE WAY OVER BUDGET .

>> CORRECT .

THAT IS TRUE.

THE BIGGER PICTURE IS, THERE WAS A PUSH TO GET RID OF NATURAL GAS AS OUR MAIN WAY OF HEATING OUR HOMES.

FOR CLIMATE REASONS.

FOR CARBON EMISSION REASONS.

20 OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW, ALL OF THE MONEY BEING SPENT ON A SYSTEM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LAST 50 YEARS WILL BE OBSOLETE.

>> WE SHOULD REMIND VIEWERS OF THE PROCESS, STATE LAW HAS IT SO THAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION , A NONELECTED BOARD , THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE RATE HIKES.

THE COMPANIES MAKE THE CASE AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT .

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM NOT APPROVE AND GIVE PEOPLE'S GAS AND COMED WHAT THEY WANTED .

>> THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING TO DO FOR 10 YEARS BECAUSE LAWS FROM MIKE MADIGAN TOOK AWAY THEIR POWER TO REGULATE UTILITIES.

MORE OR LESS, PUT THE INCREASES ON AUTOPILOT.

THOSE LAWS ARE ALL EXPIRING.

THIS IS JB PRITZKER AND THE COMMERCE COMMISSION, THE GOVERNMENT WILL WEAR THE JACKET FOR WHATEVER THEY DO.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE COMED WITH A FRANCHISE WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO, BEING THE SOLE PROVIDER OF POWER.

IT HAS BEEN EXPIRED FOR A WHILE .

DOES THE MAYOR HAVE ANY LEVERAGE TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT ?

>> SHORT ANSWER IS NO.

IF THEY HAVE THE LEVERAGE , THEY WOULD BE IN BETTER SHAPE, BUT THEY DO NOT.

THERE IS NOBODY OUT THERE.

YOU HAVE TO DANCE -- THEY WERE LIKE , WE WANT YOU TO RENEGOTIATE, THEY WERE LIKE, NO , THERE YOU GO.

>> TRYING TO GET BETTER RATES FOR LOWER INCOME PEOPLE .

THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD.

THE BEARS NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE TEAM IS LEAVING SOLDIER FIELD.

MAYORAL CANDIDATES WEIGHED IN ON THE MOVE, THE BEARS SAID THE LAND SALE WILL FINALIZE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE MAYORAL ELECTION AND SHOULD THE CITY APPROVED SOLDIER FIELD IMPROVEMENTS EVEN WITHOUT THE BEARS.

AND THE BULLS TAKE PARIS BY CHARGE.

THE BEARS INTRODUCED THE NEW PRESIDENT.

THEY LEFT NO DOUBT THAT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IS WHAT THEY ARE PURSUING.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT.

WHY NOT ?

WE ALL LOVE SOLDIER FIELD.

PEOPLE GET VERY NOSTALGIC ABOUT SOLDIER FIELD , THE FIRST BEARS GAME I WENT TO WAS WRIGLEY FIELD.

THE CHICAGO CARDINALS USED TO PLAY AT COMISKY.

IN THE NFL, THEY HAVE THE CITY, EVERYBODY BY THE -- >> WHATEVER BODY PART YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

>> FINGERNAILS.

>> IT IS A CARTEL.

LIKE OPEC OR THE SINALOA CARTEL.

THE NFL HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A CARTEL BY THE COURTS.

YOU CANNOT GET IN AND THEY CONTROL THE SOLUBLE PRODUCT THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN REALLY BUILD OR COMPETE WITH THEM.

THEY SORT OF CONTROL PRICES .

THEY ARE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

IF THEY WANT TO SAY, WE ARE BUILDING A NEW STADIUM, WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

YOU HAVE NO RECOURSE EXCEPT TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT OR SAY GOODBYE.

>> IF YOU ARE THE CITY OF CHICAGO, YOU HAVE SOLDIER FIELD PLANS , THE ONLY CHANCE YOU HAVE IS TO SAY, HERE IS A GIANT PIECE OF LAND, BUILD A NEW STADIUM.

>> SOLDIER FIELD -- PEOPLE DO NOT COME DOWNTOWN ON A SUNDAY.

THEY COME TO SOLDIER FIELD.

I HAVE BEEN TO 100 GATES AND EVERYBODY LEAVES AFTER THE GAME.

THE NFL GAMES, YOU SEE THEM ON TV, WONDERFUL ANGLES , CAMERAS , THE NEWFANGLED CONVENTIONS IN FILMING HAVE COME FROM NFL FILMS .

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL VIEWING EXPERIENCE.

WHERE THE STADIUM IS IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT.

THERE ARE 16 TEAMS IN THE NFL, SIX HAVE A REGION OR A STATE, THE OTHER ONES , 10 OF THEM, THAT DO NOT PLAY IN THE CITY THEY ARE NAMED FOR.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IS NOT IN INDIANA , WISCONSIN, IOWA.

SOLDIER FIELD HAS BEEN TINKERED TO DEATH.

>> 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE DEBATING THIS -- >> SO TERRIBLE.

WHEN A PLACE GETS REMOVED FROM THE NATIONAL -- WHATEVER IT IS CALLED -- >> NATIONAL HISTORIC PLACES.

>> WHEN IT IS REMOVED, YOU KNOW IT IS UGLY.

YOU COULD NOT CRAM THAT THING -- THIS IS A CHANCE TO START FRESH.

THE PEOPLE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IF THEY WANT IT -- >> I LIVE CLOSE .

>> PROPERTY VALUES MAY BE GOING UP.

>> I WONDER WHAT THAT WILL MEAN FOR PROPERTY OWNERS.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THAT AREA AROUND THEIR?

>> SOLDIER FIELD STILL COULD BE A USEFUL VENUE FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

WE HAVE SOCCER, CONCERTS.

DO YOU NEED TO REMODEL IT?

THE ONE THING YOU COULD DO IS PUT A ROOF ON SO YOU COULD DO THINGS IN THE WINTERTIME.

THAT MAY NOT BE COST-EFFECTIVE.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER SOLDIER FIELD WILL BE USED.

>> WHAT SHOULD THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES DO IF THEY LEAVE?

>> THEY ARE ALL PANDERING.

THERE IS REALLY NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

IF THE BEARS CAN GET THE FINANCING AND WORK IT OUT, THEY ARE GOING TO LEAVE.

>> SO GOOD A DEAL FOR THEM .

I WANT TO MENTION A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY, THE 45th ANNIVERSARY OF THIS PROGRAM , IT HAS BEEN AROUND 45 YEARS, 40 HOSTED BY JOEL WISEMAN, THE MAN WHO FOUNDED THE SHOW AND SHEPHERDED IT ALL THOSE YEARS .

WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP HIS LEGACY ALIVE WITH LIVELY, FUN DISCUSSION ABOUT GOING INSIDE THE WEEKS EVENTS.

JOEL, WE ARE TRYING TO DO YOU PROUD .

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SHOW TURNING 45 AND WE WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE ON THE 45th ANNIVERSARY EPISODE OF WEEK IN REVIEW.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME I THANK YOU ALL.

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I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WARREN'S HIRING MEANS FOR THE ON THE FIELD RESULTS ?

AND THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION ?

>> IT SEEMS TO BE SET UP TO GUT EVERYTHING.

>> I AM A SEASON TICKET HOLDER.