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

WE WILL BE JOINED IN A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF THE TOP STORIES.

A DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR THAT WAS CRUCIAL TO THE PASSAGE OF THE REVISED SAFE-T ACT HAS DIED SUDDENLY.

SCOTT BENNETT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD THIS AFTERNOON AFTER BEING RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY.

HE DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES.

THEN IT WAS A FORMER PROSECUTOR AND HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SENATE SINCE 2015.

HE WAS A CHIEF NEGOTIATOR OF THE REVISED SAFE-T ACT ASSIGNED THIS WEEK.

>>> THE COOK COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY IS ANNOUNCING MEASURES AIMED AT CRACKING DOWN ON UNLAWFUL OR BOTCHED POLICE RAIDS.

THE STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEKING A REVIEW ON A SEARCH WARRANT HAS TO REPORT BACK TO THE OFFICE ON THE RESULTS , NAMELY IF A JUDGE SIGNED IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS CARRIED OUT, WHETHER SOMEONE WAS ARRESTED, AND WHAT POLICE SEIZED.

THIS WILL ALLOW THE STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE TO COMPILE DATA ON SEARCH WARRANTS AND A REPRESENTATIVE SAYS IT IS ALL ABOUT INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE PROCESS.

>>> NOW TO THE WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US IS LAURA WASHINGTON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND OUR OWN AMANDA AND STEVE DANIELS FROM CHICAGO BUSINESS.

ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IN POLITICS, DIRTY TRICKS AND ACCUSATIONS OF BRIBERY IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR.

A PUSH FOR AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN IN THE STATE AND FEDERALLY.

WILL ILLINOIS ADD ABORTION PROTECTIONS TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND CAN OLDER PEOPLE FORCE REMOVAL OF THE TRUMP TOWER SIGN?

BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, AMANDA, WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE STATE SENATOR, SCOTT BENNETT.

CONDOLENCES ARE POURING IN.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

>> HE WAS ONLY 45 YEARS OLD.

HE HAS YOUNG CHILDREN, TWINS.

HE WAS, AS YOU NOTED, RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.

IT WAS QUITE SUDDEN.

ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM HIS WIFE HE HAD A BRAIN TUMOR AND DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE HAD NOT KNOWN ABOUT.

SO IT REALLY WAS UNEXPECTED AND CONDOLENCES ARE POURING IN AS OUR MEMORIES OF HIM, THIS IS A MAN KNOWN FOR BEING PRINCIPLED AND BEING WARM AND KIND.

>> PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES ARE SENDING CONDOLENCES.

THE SAFE-T ACT IS THE LAST THING HE HAD DONE LEGISLATIVELY.

>> HE WAS A MEASURED A LAWMAKER REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS RESPECTED.

WHEN HE CAME FORWARD WITH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, THOSE TWEAKS TO THE VERY CONTROVERSIAL LAW , CHANGING BILL REFORM, PEOPLE PAUSED AND LISTENED.

AND THAT KICKED EVERYTHING IN AND HE WAS THE NARRATIVE OF THE CONVERSATION.

HE HAD A POSITION THAT WAS NOT APPRECIATED BY PROGRESSIVES.

BUT NONETHELESS, GAVE COVER I THINK TO GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

>> STATES ATTORNEYS WERE ON THE FENCE AND THEY SAID THAT HE HAD A DIRECT LINE.

HE WAS THE PERSON THEY WERE GOING THROUGH.

A FORMER PROSECUTOR.

VERY SAD NEWS AND ARE CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE MAYOR'S RACE IN CITY POLITICS.

THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES TRYING TO KNOCK EACH OTHER OFF THE BALLOT AS THEY DID FOUR YEARS AGO.

THERE IS A NEW WRINKLE HERE.

GREEN IS ACCUSING WILSON OF ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE ONE OF HIS STAFFERS TO JUMP CAMPAIGNS.

SO LET'S LISTEN TO A CONTROVERSIAL PHONE CALL ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

>> WILLIES GOT MONEY AND PAID THE LAWYER ALREADY.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT OVER WITH.

IF YOU WILL WITHDRAW I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU AND YOU CAN TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU WOULD NEED.

>> THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE GUY RUNNING WILLIE WILSON'S CAMPAIGN SAYING WHAT DO YOU NEED?

COME OVER TO OUR CAMPING.

IS THERE ANYTHING AFOUL OF THE LAW?

>> I MEAN, I THINK THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH YOU WILL NEED, NOT MAYBE THE JOB OR WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU DOWN THE ROAD, BUT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION HE MENTIONS HIS FAMILY AND THAT IT IS CHRISTMAS TIME.

HE COMES ACROSS AS AN OFFER OF A MONETARY BRIBE .1 THE BIG QUESTIONS HERE IS WHETHER OR NOT BOTH PARTIES KNEW THEY WERE BEING TAPED, BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL TO DO THAT IN ILLINOIS WITHOUT BOTH PARTIES BEING AWARE.

>> IT IS A DUAL PARTY CONSENT STATE.

>> I SUSPECT HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS FORTHCOMING IF HE KNEW HE WAS BEING TAPED.

SO THAT RAISES ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF IT BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT IS A BAD LUCK.

>> JA'MAL GREEN GOT KNOCKED OFF FOUR YEARS AGO.

HE IS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.

WHY DO YOU THINK THE WILLIE WILSON CAMPAIGN IS INTERESTED IN POACHING HIS PEOPLE?

>> WILLIE WILSON SAYS HE IS NOT GOING AFTER JA'MAL GREEN.

RICKY HENDON AND JA'MAL GREEN DO NOT LIKE EACH OTHER.

SO IT IS A BATTLE BETWEEN THEM.

AND WILLIE WILSON IS LIKE, HEY, I DON'T LIKE BRIBERY EITHER.

COME ON, GUYS.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF HE COULD GET AWAY WITH IT.

I'M NOT SURE THAT IS A MESSAGE -- >> IT IS A PERSONAL BATTLE.

IN THE END IT MIGHT NOT MATTER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO WILL GET TO THE RUNOFF BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE HEARINGS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOCK OTHER CANDIDATES OFF START ON MONDAY.

WHO DO YOU THINK IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO LOSE THEIR SPOT ON THE BALLOT AND NOT BE ABLE TO RUN?

>> YOU PUT ME ON THE SPOT THERE.

YOU KNOW, JA'MAL GREEN GOT KNOCKED OFF LAST TIME AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH.

OTHER THAN THAT, -- >> PEOPLE ARE KIND OF QUESTIONING ALDERMAN SAWYER.

HE DID NOT HAVE AS BIG OF A PILE AS THE OTHERS FOR SURE.

>> THERE ARE TWO LITTLE-KNOWN IMMUNITY TYPE PEOPLE, A POLICE OFFICER AND A BUSINESS CONSULTANT.

THEY MOST LIKELY WILL BE KICKED OFF, BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING CHALLENGED.

>>> RIGHT NOW JA'MAL GREEN IS IN THE TOP SLOT.

HE WON THE LOTTERY TO HAVE THE TOP SLOT.

IF HE GETS KICKED OFF THAT WILL BE ALDERMAN KING.

>> SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD BE HAPPY EVEN THOUGH SHE IS NOT CHALLENGING.

AND OF COURSE, WILLIE WILSON WANTS THEM OFF THE BALLOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SHARED BASE AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

AND WILSON DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE TO SHARE THAT.

>> THAT, IN GENERAL, WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND HERE IS THAT THE FEWER PEOPLE THERE ARE ON THE BALLOT, THOSE WITH THE MOST NAME RECOGNITION THINK THEY WILL HAVE THE ADVANTAGE TO MAKE IT TO A RUNOFF.

THAT IS PART OF THE CALCULUS HERE.

>> IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT SOMEONE HAS THE TOP POSITIONAL THE LAST POSITION.

I MADE THE CASE THIS WEEK, I DON'T THINK IT DOES BECAUSE IF YOU ARE VOTING IN THIS ELECTION, YOU WILL DO YOUR HOMEWORK AS A VOTER.

>> ESPECIALLY IN A MAYORAL RACE.

THIS WILL BE A HOT RACE.

PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WALK IN NOT KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT WHO THEY ARE VOTING FOR.

BUT I THINK IT IS ALSO INTERESTING THAT THIS WHOLE DEBATE IS AROUND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY BECAUSE MOST OF THE CANDIDATES ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND PEOPLE WHO CARE AND THINK IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE ANOTHER BLACK MAYOR SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE DOOM FOR US IF WE DON'T GET SOME OF THESE PEOPLE OFF THE BALLOT.

>> SHE IS MAKING POINTS ABOUT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

SMACK HER TEAM DID NOT CARE BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW WHO SHE IS.

SHE IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT NOW.

>> AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE IF THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR MINDS MADE UP OR AT LEAST HAVE SOME HOMEWORK DONE ON THIS RACE.

ALSO THIS WEEK, GARCIA GETS A MAJOR UNION ENDORSEMENT, LOCAL 150.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN PRACTICAL TERMS?

>> IT MEANS MONEY, IT MEANS HELP WITH ORGANIZATIONS.

HE HAS MADE A LOT OF INROADS WITH TRADES UNIONS.

>> BECAUSE HE LOST ALL THOSE PUBLIC UNIONS AND PROGRESSIVE UNIONS TO BRANDON JOHNSON, THAT IS THE CANDIDATE THAT THEY WANT.

>> RIGHT.

THESE PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS ARE LINING UP BEHIND HIM.

HE ALSO HAS SOME, I THINK, THERE ARE HINTS OF BUSINESS INTERESTS LINKING UP WITH HIM TOO.

IT IS NOT PUBLIC.

>> SUCH AS -- >> I DON'T KNOW, TO BE HONEST.

BUT, CERTAINLY THERE IS LOTS OF CHATTER ABOUT THAT.

PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHO DO NOT WANT THE STATUS QUO TO CONTINUE ARE LOOKING TO BACK HIM.

>> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF HE WAS THE BUSINESS CANDIDATE.

>> I MEAN, THERE IS DEFINITELY INTEREST ON THE PART OF PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO HAVE A CONSENSUS CANDIDATE, OR TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THEY WOULD BACK, BUT I THINK THAT HIS CANDIDACY IS INTERESTING BECAUSE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR INROADS HERE.

THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

>> THERE WAS ALSO QUIETLY A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING PAUL VALLAS.

COULD THAT BE BUSINESS INTEREST?

>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME BUSINESS SUPPORT BUT NONE OF THEM WILL GET AN OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS OF SUPPORT.

I THINK THAT THE MAJOR BUSINESS LEADERS HAVE DECIDED TO SIT OUT THE MAYOR'S RACE THIS ROUND.

WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE RUNOFF.

THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF FOCUS AND MONEY ON THE RACE.

>> CHEWY IS PROGRESSIVE, RIGHT?

AND THIS TIME AROUND, YOU KNOW, HE IS TRADES UNION.

THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY AGGRESSIVE.

>> THEY ARE NOT LIKE FTI YOU OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, THEY ARE -- YOU KNOW, TRADESPEOPLE DOING -- A LOT OF IT IS PUBLIC UTILITY THAT THEY DO.

THERE ARE ISSUES THERE TOO.

BUT, IT IS NOT THE SAME GROUP THAT CHEWY DEPENDED ON.

>> I COULD SAY THAT YOU CAN ALSO SAY THAT HE IS PLAYING CATCH-UP A LITTLE BIT.

HE JUST GOT IN THE RACE, SO THAT IS WHY THE UNIONS ARE COMING AROUND NOW WHERE LIGHTFOOT HAS HALF A DOZEN UNIONS.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY -- >> BUT LIKE WHO IS GOING TO GET THE MONEY AND THEN WHO IS GOING TO BE UP ON THE AIR WITH COMMERCIALS TO GET THEIR NAME MISSION?

IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE FIRST ON TV?

>> THE MAYOR ALREADY IS WITH COMMERCIALS THAT I THINK ARE FUNNY BUT NOT EVERYBODY DOES.

>> THE PIZZA DELIVERY COMMERCIAL?

>> I THINK IS A GOOD THING, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

>> THAT HAS GOTTEN PANDA LITTLE BIT.

CHUY, DO YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO BE ON THE AIR?

BRANDON JOHNSON ¿ >> HE IS GOING TO RAISE HIS RECOGNITION.

>> HE HAS THESE HUGE ENDORSEMENTS FROM PROGRESSIVE PLAYERS THAT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WHAT GARCIA DOES NOT HAVE , YOU ARE RIGHT, A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC, BUT THE FACT THAT HE IS BRINGING THESE CONSTITUENCIES ON BOARD AND BEHIND HIS CAMPAIGN IS TELLING.

WHERE WOULD THIS CONVERSATION BE?

WE KNOW THAT HE HAS NAME RECOGNITION, BUT WITHOUT MONEY AND ENDORSEMENTS FLOODING IN, WE WOULD BE SAYING, HEY, WAIT, WHERE IS JULIE?

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HIS RACE?

HE DOES NOT HAVE ANYBODY.

WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW.

BUT, IT IS A DIFFERENT WORLD.

BUT, THEY ARE NONETHELESS IMPORTANT THAT HE HAS THEM BEHIND HIM.

>> ANOTHER DEBATE THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THE EDITORIAL THAT CANNOT YESTERDAY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE IS BUILDING A BIG SIGN ON HIS BUILDING.

THE ALDERMAN ARE CALLING FOR A WAY TO REMOVE THAT SIGN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE ALDERMAN SAID TO US LAST NIGHT ABOUT THAT.

>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR LEGAL TEAM TAKING A LOOK AT EXPANDING FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNS THAT ARE CONVICTED OF CRIMES AND EXPANDING IT TO TAX FRAUD.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO THE ARGUMENT HERE IS THAT THE COMPANY WAS CONVICTED OF TAX FRAUD BECAUSE OF HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION, IT IS TIME TO LOOK AT THIS, BUT REALLY, IS THERE ANY LEGAL WAY TO FORCE A PRIVATE COMPANY, PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO TAKE THEIR SIGN DOWN ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY?

>> THE TRIBUNE ORIGINALLY ARGUED YEARS AGO THAT THIS WOULD BE A LEGAL FIGHT AND THAT THE CITY WOULD LOSE.

NOW THEY ARE SAYING MAYBE LET'S TAKE IT ON.

I THINK THAT IT HAS TO BE TESTED IN COURT.

I THINK THAT THE ISSUE THAT THEY ARE PUSHING IS THAT THIS DOES NOT REFLECT THE CITY.

THIS IS NOT REFLECT THE CITY'S VALUES.

WE CANNOT HAVE THIS BRAND, YOU KNOW, OVERSHADOWING OUR CITY.

>> THAT ARGUMENT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

THEY GOT THAT SIGN UP THERE BEFORE THERE WAS A LIPS >> BUT THEY ALSO GET A LOT OF POLITICAL HATE OUT OF DOING IT.

THEY NEED TO GET THE SIGN DOWN TO LOOK GOOD.

>> AND NOW CONVICTED CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE , SO THAT WAS PART OF THE TIMING.

AND WITH THE TRIBUNE, WHAT TRIGGERED THE EDITORIAL.

IT WOULD BE A HUGE LEGAL FIGHT NOW, EVEN WITH THAT.

>> OF WORSE IT IS AN ISSUE BUT MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE BEGAN THEIR REPORTING CAREERS COVERING VILLAGE BOARD MEETINGS, BUT YOU CAN HAVE STIPULATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE SIZE OF THE SIGN.

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT CHICAGO COULD HAVE REALLY ADDRESSED THAT.

>> CHICAGO HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT OUTLAWS THAT SIGN.

SO HE WAS GRANDFATHERED IN.

>> HE GOT THE SIGN BECAUSE HE GAVE A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION AND HE HAD CONNECTIONS TO ED BURKE.

>> ED BURKE IS A PROPERTY TAX LAWYER.

>> IT IS ALL CONNECTED IN CHICAGO.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SAFE-T ACT PROVISIONS.

THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BILL WITH ALMOST NO FANFARE.

THE REVISED SAFE-T ACT NO CASH BAIL BILL.

WHY DOES HE NOT WANT TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE?

>> THERE IS A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE WHEN HE SIGNS OF THE SAFE-T ACT IN THE FIRST PLACE BACK EARLY IN 2021 WHERE HE HAD A WHOLE CROWD OF PEOPLE.

YOU ARE RIGHT, HE WAS BEAMING AND MADE A SPECTACLE OF IT.

AND WE JUST GOT THE PAPERWORK THAT SHOWS IT HAD BECOME LAW.

HE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE OF COURSE, JANUARY 1 IS COMING UP SOONER THAN ANY OF US CAN FATHOM.

SO HE WANTED THAT LAW TO BE SIGNED SO THAT STATES ATTORNEYS WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW.

>> AND HAVING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT.

>> CLEARLY, STATES ATTORNEYS, ONE WOULD HOPE, VERY CAPABLE OF READING STATUTES , AND WELL AWARE THAT THE LAW WAS GOING TO BE SIGNED, SO THEY DID NOT NEED HIS PEN TO PAPER IN ORDER TO MAKE TAKE A LOOK.

>> YOU THINK THAT THIS REVISED LAW RAISES CONCERNS OUT OF THE 102 STATES ATTORNEYS THAT SAID WE ARE NOT SO IN FAVOR OF THIS?

>> I IMAGINE THEY ARE STILL NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT NOW IT IS LAW.

THEY HAVE DONE IT.

THEY HAVE TO STEP UP AND START FOLLOWING IT.

>> THEY HAVE TO START PROSECUTING THIS WAY.

THERE WERE SOME STATES ATTORNEYS THAT SAID WE DO LIKE THE IDEA OF IT, BUT WE NEED TO JUST REVISE THE LANGUAGE A BIT.

SO VERY SIMPLY, WHAT IS DIFFERENT NOW?

>> IT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO ANSWER BECAUSE THE LAW IS SO COMPLICATED AS IS THE LEGISLATION.

BUT REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS ADDRESS SOME OF THESE PRIMARY CONCERNS THAT STATES ATTORNEYS HAD HAD THAT SAID THEIR IMPLANTATION WAS GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC, ESPECIALLY COME JANUARY 1 WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD A FLOOD OF ISSUES WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE IN JAIL NOW UNDER THE OLD RULE.

AND WHAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN CUSTODY?

SO AMONG THE CHANGES, IT SETS FORTH A PLAN FOR THAT AND ALSO LAYS OUT SOME SPECIFIC CRIMES THAT CAN BE ATTAINABLE.

SOME OF THESE ARE SORT OF DANGEROUS BUT FOLKS SAID, OKAY, WHY WAS THAT LEFT OFF IN THE FIRST PLACE?

STATES ATTORNEYS WERE CONCERNED THAT THEY WERE NOT -- CRITICS SAY NO, NO, NO.

THERE WAS COVER, BUT A LOT OF STATES ATTORNEYS SAID IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE WASN'T.

SO AGAIN -- THEY THINK IT IS CLEAR ADVOCATION.

YOU TALK TO SOME OF THE STATES ATTORNEYS AND THEY WILL SAY -- EDIFICATION.

>> BUT ALSO, JUDGES NOW ARE GOING TO HAVE THE LEEWAY TO SAY, ALL RIGHT.

IF WE THANK YOU ARE GOING TO BE A FLIGHT RISK, THEN WE CAN RULE.

>> THE JUDGE WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY.

>> THAT WAS CLEAR BEFORE.

AND THAT WAS PART OF WHAT THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN WAS ABOUT WAS THIS ALARMIST LANGUAGE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LEFT WITHOUT ANY SORT OF OVERSIGHT.

>> IN SPRINGFIELD RIGHT NOW A NEW GUN PROPOSAL FROM BOB MORGAN.

A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND FORCING CURRENT OWNERS TO REGISTER.

DOES THIS HAVE MOMENTUM IN THE NEW YEAR WITH THE EXPANDED DEMOCRATIC SUPERMAJORITY?

>> YOU DO NOT HEAR PRITZKER PUTTING A DEADLINE VERY OFTEN BUT HE SAID I WANT THIS BY JULY 4, WHICH WOULD BE ONE YEAR AFTER THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON IT THAT FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, BECAUSE THAT FIRST WEEK IS BEFORE THE REGULAR GENERAL SESSION, SO THEY ONLY NEED 60 VOTES TO PASS IT VERSUS 73, WHICH MIGHT BE HARDER IF YOU ARE FROM A MORE CONSERVATIVE AREA.

MAYBE YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT SECOND AMENDMENT ISSUES.

>> WE HAVE TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE RULES HERE.

IN THE VETO SESSION YOU NEED THE SUPER MAJORITY, BUT WHEN THE NEW SESSION STARTS A LIPS >> IN JANUARY.

>> RIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT IT.

>> TO BE CLEAR ALSO, THIS WOULD BEEN THE FUTURE SALE OF THESE.

IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE WEAPONS NOW, IT IS NOT LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE TO TURN IT IN.

YOU DO HAVE TO REGISTER.

SMACK THAT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC.

>> YOU COULD BE A HUNTER WITH AN UNDERAGE PERSON WHO WANTS A GUN.

THAT IS OKAY.

IF YOU'RE 17-YEAR-OLD AND YOUR DAD ARE GOING TO GO HUNTING, IT IS OKAY.

AND IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY IT IS OKAY.

ABOUT YOU KNOW A LIPS >> THEY WILL RAISE THE AGE TO 21.

>> YOU COULD BE A HUNTER USING AN ASSAULT WEAPON.

>> NO, NO, NO.

NOT ASSAULT WEAPONS.

>> AND WE THINK THAT GUN SHOP OWNERS WOULD PROBABLY SUE HERE.

>> PROBABLY.

>> THEY WILL.

THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THIS AND ALSO GOVERNOR PRITZKER, IF HE WANTS TO RUN FOR HIGHER OFFICE, THIS IS QUITE THE FEATHER IN HIS CAP IF HE GETS THIS.

IT IS A COMPELLING NARRATIVE IF INDEED HE ENTERS THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT.

>> THAT IS WHY HE HAS BEEN SO VOCAL.

AS HE SHOULD BE SINCE THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING.

THESE ARE TWO MAJOR ISSUES THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO LAY OUT AS PART OF HIS RECORD.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO NOT EXIST IN A VACUUM.

WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE WHEN THE SURROUNDING STATES HAVE MUCH LAXER GUN RULES, AS THEY HAVE FOR A LONG TIME?

GUNS CAN STILL FLOW TO CHICAGO STREETS.

>> I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT THE GUNS, THE MAJORITY OF THE GUNS COME FROM THAT ARE ON THE CHICAGO STREETS.

THEY'RE NOT COMING FROM GUN SHOPS .

>> TO THAT END, YOU HAVE SOME OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING AND SOME DOCTORS WHO WERE GOING TO DC WITH EVIDENCE.

THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC AND ARE MAKING THE ARGUMENT FOR A ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

THEY THINK THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MUSTER A LIPS >> AND A REPUBLICAN HOUSE.

>> AND THEY WANTED TO DONE RIGHT NOW.

ABOUT A LIPS >> IT SEEMS TO BE ON THE AGENDA.

>> RIGHT.

THEY'RE TRYING.

>> YOU WANT TO JUMP IN HERE?

>> YEAH, SO A FEDERAL LAW WAS PASSED IN THE SUMMER THAT DOES RAMP UP OR GIVES POLICE MORE POWER TO TARGET PEOPLE WHO BRING GUNS FROM OUT-OF-STATE AND THIS LEGISLATION TRIES TO BEEF THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO POLICE HAVE MORE POWER AND IT HAS BECOME A FELONY IF YOU COME FROM OUT-OF-STATE WITH A GUN.

>> YEAH, LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME BUSINESS NEWS.

AREA LAYOFFS, ARE THEY A HARBINGER OF IMPENDING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN?

THE HISTORIC THEATER MAY NOT CLOSE IN JANUARY AFTER REPORTS THAT THE OWNER WANTS TO SELL IT.

THE OLD ORCHARD SHOPPING RENOVATION PLANS INCLUDE APARTMENTS AND THEY RESEND KANYE WEST HONORARY DEGREE.

>>> A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF LAYOFFS TODAY IN BELVEDERE , MORE THAN 1300 LAYOFFS.

THE TECH SECTOR HAS BEEN STRUGGLING.

ARE THESE A HARBINGER OF PERHAPS A DOWNTURN IN 2023?

>> THEY ARE CERTAINLY EVIDENCE THAT COMPANIES ARE PREPARING FOR A DOWNTURN IN 2023 AND SOMETIMES , YOU KNOW, THAT CAN, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN PROPHECY COME TRUE BASED UPON THE ACTIONS THAT YOU TAKE JUST IN PREPARATION.

JUST OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

WE HAVE SEEN LAYOFFS IN THE TECH SECTOR BEFORE THIS WEEK ALREADY HAPPENING.

IT IS NOT -- YEAH, IT IS NOT A GOOD HARBINGER REALLY AT ALL.

AND REALLY, THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER THERE IS GOING TO BE A RECESSION, IT IS IS IT GOING TO BE A DEEP ONE OR A MILD ONE?

ALMOST EVERY RECESSION IS ACCOMPANIED BY JOB LOSS, AND YOU KNOW, THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT.

>> THE PLANT IN BELVEDERE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE TURNED INTO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANUFACTURING PLANT, SOMETHING THAT ILLINOIS HAS USED TAX CREDITS FOR AND ALSO THE LAME DUCK SESSION THAT JUST ENDED AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THAT.

YEAH, IT COULD SHUT DOWN AND THAT DOES NOT BODE WELL.

>> THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING SOME TRACTION THERE.

AND YOU KNOW, IT IS A -- >> IT IS THE INDUSTRY OF THE FUTURE.

>> IT IS A BIG PRIORITY OF GOVERNOR PRITZKER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE HAVE NEIGHBORING STATES THAT ARE DOING BETTER THAN WE ARE IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING THAT KIND OF MANUFACTURING.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH.

>> ALSO THE HISTORIC PICKWICK THEATER IN PARK RIDGE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THEATER.

THE OWNER SAYS IT IS REALLY HARD FOR SMALL THEATER OWNERS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS A COMPLEX AND THERE ARE HALF THE AMOUNT OF MOVIES NOW.

NOT AS MANY PEOPLE GOING OUT.

IS THIS ANOTHER SIGN OF THE TIMES HERE IN THIS INDUSTRY?

HOW DO THESE SMALL MOM-AND-POP THEATERS SURVIVE?

>> FEWER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE MOVIES.

>> IT IS ALL STREAMING.

>> WHEN THEY ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE SUPERHERO MOVIES AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE PICKWICK THEATER TO SEE THAT.

>> I REALLY WANT TO GO.

>> BUT THERE IS TALK THAT THERE IS INTEREST IN PURCHASING IT AND THERE IS INTEREST IN KEEPING IT GOING, MAYBE AS A MOVIE THEATER, MAYBE IS SOMETHING IN TERMS OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

SO THE STORY IS NOT OVER.

>> IT HAS TO BE SAVED REGARDLESS.

>> ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT IS LOOKING TO SORT OF BE PROTECTED AND SAVE MAYBE NOT A LANDMARK BUT THE OLD ORCHARD SHOPPING MALL.

THEY ARE PLANNING A $100 MILLION RENOVATION AND MAKING IT MORE LIKE A TOWN THAN A MALL.

BECAUSE MALLS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TOO IN THE AGE OF e-COMMERCE.

IS THIS A WAY TO REINVENT MALLS?

>> THAT IS WHAT THE OWNERS THINK, YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW, OLD ORCHARD IS ONE OF THE YOU KNOW, THE JEWEL MALLS OF THE AREA .

THEY HAVE LOST BLOOMINGDALE'S, THEY LOST LORD AND TAYLOR WAS THE OTHER ONE.

>> HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

>> I NEVER GO, NEVER.

>> SO, WHAT DO YOU DO?

I MEAN, DEPARTMENT STORES ARE NOT THE ANCHORS FOR THESE, SO THE -- >> YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO LIVE IN A MALL?

>> I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A MALL, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE .

>> THEY HAVE GREAT LOCATIONS.

THEY ARE CONVENIENT.

>> FOOD OPTIONS.

>> I THINK IT DEPENDS A LOT ON HOW THEY HANDLE IT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

WHAT IS THE AESTHETIC?

AND SO A LOT WILL DEPEND ON THE DETAILS.

>> I ALSO HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT THAT UBER IS PAIN, $10 MILLION TO RESTAURANTS THAT SAY THEY WERE HURT BY THE DELIVERY FEES THAT THE COMPANY SLAPPED ON THEM.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS?

>> THE NEGOTIATED AMOUNT GOES INTO DIFFERENT BUCKETS IN TERMS OF ASSISTANCE AND REIMBURSEMENT TO THE RESTAURANTS THAT WERE DAMAGED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

BUT UBER FLOUTING THE CITY'S CAP ON HOW MUCH CAN BE CHARGED FOR DELIVERING MEALS.

IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO, RIGHT?

EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T.

>> EVEN THE ONES THAT WERE LIFTED AS AVAILABLE ON UBER EATS?

THEY DID NOT EVEN KNOW?

THAT CAUSED SUCH HEADACHES.

INCREDIBLE.

>> IN THE RESTAURANTS , IT HAS BEEN DETAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT HOW MUCH THOSE PEOPLE WENT THROUGH JUST TO STAY ALIVE AND LIVE ANOTHER DAY.

YOU KNOW, AND IT IS TO THEIR GREAT CREDIT THAT WE HAVE AS MANY RESTAURANTS STILL AROUND AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE UBER'S OF THE WORLD TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.

SO IT SORT OF PUTS A LITTLE EXCLAMATION AT THE END OF THIS PROBLEM.

>> YOU JUST PUT A PERIOD AT THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME ALTHOUGH WE WILL CONTINUE IT IN THE EPILOGUE OVER CREDITS.

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>> WHATEVER IT IS, THE ART INSTITUTE.

>> I REMEMBER BEING INVITED AND I WAS LIKE SITTING UP THERE AND WATCHING IT.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS OVER FOR HIM FOR ANY KIND OF ENDORSEMENTS OR ASSOCIATION.

AND WHY WOULD IT NOT BE?

>> THAT WOULD MAKE THE MOST OUT OF IT.

>> YOU.

>> BUT MENTAL ILLNESS DOES NOT MAKE YOU ANTI-SEMITIC.

WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON HERE?

>> .-- BUT IF YOU ARE ON MEDICATION