>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

FIRST, SOME SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

MICHAEL MADIGAN IS INDICTED AGAIN.

THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ANNOUNCES A SUPERSEDING SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT ACCUSING ACCUSING HIM OF ARRANGING PAYMENTS TO A POLITICAL ALLY IN IN AN ALLEGED SCHEME INVOLVING .

INVOLVING AT&T.

AS PART OF THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY HE'S ACCUSED ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED AT&T TO GET OUT OF PROVIDING LANDLINE TELEPHONE SERVICE TO MANY ILLINOIS RESIDENTS.

HE'S ALREADY FACING 22 COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY AND BRIBERY FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION RELATED TO COMMENT.

THE FORMER AT&T PRESIDENT IS ALSO CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS RELATED TO THIS ALLEGED SCHEME AND WE WILL WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS IN A MOMENT.

> >> A GIANT GROCERY MERGER THAT HAS MAJOR RAMIFICATIONS IN CHICAGO, THE PARENT COMPANIES OF JEWEL AND MARIANO'S ARE ANNOUNCING A $20 BILLION MERGER.

ALBERTSON'S WILL FORM THE NEW COMPANY WITH KROGER WHICH OWNS MARIANO'S.

THE MOVE COULD MEAN MANY CHICAGO AREA STORES WILL CLOSE.

THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE ITSELF IN 2024.

> >> JOB SEEKERS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE A NEW PLACE TO GO TO GET WORK SKILLS.

THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CUT THE RIBBON ON A NEW CAREER CENTER LOCATED IN OGDEN IN THE TRYO TAYLOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE GOAL IS TO HELP ASSIST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES GET A JOB.

THE CENTER IS OPEN TO ANYONE WITH DISABILITIES AGE 16 16 AND OVER LOOKING FOR WORK.

> >> BREWSTER HAS DIED.

HE WON THE CY YOUNG IS A CLOSER WITH THE CUBS IN 1979 AND HERE HE IS IS FACING RYAN SANDBERG AND HIS HIS OLD TEAM WITH THE ST. LOUIS LOUIS CARDINALS IN 1984.

HE ALSO PITCHED FOR THE ATLANTA BRAVES.

HE WAS 69 YEARS OLD.

> >> TENT NOW TO THE WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL, JOINING US OR STEVE DANIELS, CHRIS JONES AND CHERYL RAY WHO COVERS SPORTS.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU IN PERSON FOR OUR SECOND WEEK BACK.

FIRST FIRST IS CALLED MED AND NOW ANOTHER GIANT UTILITY GETTING INTO THE MUD PIT WITH MICHAEL MADIGAN, TELL US HOW AT&T TRIED TRIED TO INFLUENCE HIM?

>> AT&T WAS TRYING TO GET THIS LEGISLATION PASSED IN SPRINGFIELD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WOULD GET THEM OFF THE HOOK FOR BEING THE PROVIDER OF LAST RESORT AS PEOPLE WERE USING CELL PHONES, LANDMINES WERE GOING AND IT WAS WAS EXPENSIVE FOR AT&T TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THAT LANDLINE SERVICE AND MICHAEL MADIGAN RESISTED THAT FOR QUITE QUITE SOME TIME ACCORDING TO THIS INDICTMENT, THE PRICE APPARENTLY FORGETTING HIM ON BOARD WAS $22,000.

AS SORT OF A A SMALLER VERSION OF COMMENT WHICH WAS FAR MORE ELABORATE AND INVOLVED FAR MORE PEOPLE, THIS IS A SINGLE ASSOCIATE OF HIS INVOLVED, BUT IT'S THE SAME SAME PLAYBOOK IN THE SAME BLUEPRINT.

>> AT&T TRYING TO GET OUT OF BEING THE LANDLINE SERVICE OF LAST RESORT FOR PERHAPS ILLINOIS RESIDENTS STRUGGLING, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S SELLING OUT OUT THE LITTLE GUY TO MAKE A DOLLAR FOR HIS BUDDY.

>> IT'S THE SAME OLD, IT'S NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER INDICTMENT AND IT JUST SHOWS A PATTERN OF CORRUPTION IN ILLINOIS POLITICS THAT IS BAFFLING, IT'S LIKE THIS ON TOP TOP OF THE ALLEGATIONS REGARDING COMMENT, YOU JUST WONDER IF THERE ARE MORE.

>> 23 COUNTS NOW IF YOU INCLUDE.

INCLUDE THIS.

IS THIS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG?

>> THIS IS THE EMPEROR THAT HAS HAS NO CLOTHES.

IT'S JUST SO UGLY, THIS WHOLE THING IS UGLY AND WE ARE ALL PAYING FOR WHAT HE DOES AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE ABOUT THIS.

>> RATES WENT UP, EVERYONE IN CHICAGO PAID THOSE RATES FOR THAT UTILITY AND AT&T ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY HOLD OURSELVES AND CONTRACTORS TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS AND COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN, WHAT ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF AT&T, WHAT IS HE CHARGED WITH?

>> HE STARTS WITH SEVERAL COUNTS OF MAKING ALL OF THIS HAPPEN SO HE'S BEEN INDICTED PERSONALLY, SO YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COMMENT SITUATION AND THE AT&T WIDEN.

YOU RECALL THAT, HAD ALSO FILED A PROSECUTION AGREEMENT OR ENTERED INTO ONE BUT THERE WERE WERE NO CHARGES AGAINST AHMED EXECUTIVES OR FORMER EXECUTIVES EXECUTIVES UNTIL LATER.

IN THIS THIS CASE IT'S ALL KIND OF WRAPPED UP IN A PACKAGE WHERE AT&T AGREED SIMILAR TO COMMENTED, YES, WE DID THIS BUT BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A FELONY ON OUR RECORD BUT THEN THEY ALSO CHARGE THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

>> REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO PAINT DEMOCRATS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIDTERM ELECTION WITH THIS, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE STICKING AS NEW POLLS COME OUT TODAY SHOWING PRITZKER WITH A HEALTHY LEAD AND ALL OTHER STATEWIDE OFFICE SEEKERS IN THE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH A HEALTHY LEAD SO DOES THIS MICHAEL MADIGAN INDICTMENT NOT REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AT ALL?

>> I THINK IT HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER THAT NEW POLL CAME OUT SO SO IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER IT'S STICKING OR NOT.

I I THINK REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO JUMP ON IT, IT'S AN OCTOBER SURPRISE, YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF OF PEOPLE USING IT, A LOT OF REPUBLICANS TRYING TO USE IT AGAINST DEMOCRATS.

>> ABOUT THIS POLL SHOWING PRITZKER UP ABOUT 15 POINTS, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S RACE, SO ON, DO YOU RELY ON THIS, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR REPUBLICANS TO CLOSE THE GAP WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS?

>> THERE IS A BIG DEBATE COMING COMING UP NEXT WEEK BETWEEN THE THE GOVERNORS CANDIDATES, PRITZKER AND BAILEY, WILL THAT SOMEHOW CLOSE THE GAP?

MAYBE, DARREN BAILEY DID REALLY WELL A A WEEK AGO BUT WE KNOW THAT PRITZKER IS SO FAR AHEAD THAT IT WILL BE HIS TO NOT DO WELL.

>> THIS WEEK WE LEARNED THAT THE BILLIONAIRE PUMPED ANOTHER $14 MILLION INTO THIS PACK RUN BY THE RADIO HOST THAT OPPOSES PRITZKER.

FIRST OF ALL, WHY DOES HE KEEP GIVING THIS MONEY TO THIS PACK AND NOT TO BAILEY HIMSELF?

>> THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION.

I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S BECAUSE DARREN BAILEY WANTS TO STICK WITH HIS TEAM AND DICK WANTS TO HAVE A LITTLE LITTLE MORE CONTROL ABOUT HOW HE RUNS THINGS.

BAILEY LIKES THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING HIS CAMPAIGN AND HE STICKING WITH THEM SO DICK YOU LINE IS GIVING MONEY TO THIS PACK THAT IS HELPING BAILEY INDIRECTLY BY BY BEING ANTI-PRITZKER WITH ALL ALL THOSE ADS THAT YOU SEE OTHER PIT >> AND YOU'VE HAD ALL THE CANDIDATES ARE MOST OF THEM BEFORE YOUR EDITORIAL BOARD AT THE TRIBUNE, YOU INFORMED ENDORSED PRITZKER WHICH IS PRETTY UNUSUAL FOR THE TRIBUNE ENDORSING A DEMOCRAT, WAS THAT THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC ENDORSEMENT FOR GOVERNOR IN HOW HOW MANY YEARS?

>> LIVING MEMORY.

>> I THINK WE FELT THAT WE HAVE HAVE OUR RESERVATIONS ABOUT HIM HIM AND WE LAY THOSE OUT IN THE THE THINGS WE THINK YOU SHOULD DO DIFFERENTLY, BUT I THINK WE FELT PARTICULARLY IS A CHICAGO NEWSPAPER THAT IF YOU LOOK AT DARREN BAILEY'S HISTORY AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE CITY IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO ENDORSE THEM AND ESPECIALLY WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY ARGUING ARGUING THAT THE PUBLICAN PARTY PARTY REALLY NEEDS TO EXCISE THE INFLUENCE OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IF THAT PARTY IS TO HAVE ANY FUTURE AND I THINK BAILEY HAS TACKED TO THE CENTER SO TO SPEAK, OR AT LEAST LEAST IN THAT DIRECTION DURING THE GENERAL CAMPAIGN AND I THINK THAT WHEN HE APPEARED BEFORE US IN THE GENERAL CAMPAIN GENERAL CAMPAIGN, HE WAS A MUCH MUCH SMOOTHER CANDIDATE.

THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE, HE HE WAS MORE RELAXED, HE'S A BETTER CAMPAIGNER THAN HE USED TO BE.

HE HAS MORE THE HAPPY WORRY ABOUT HIM THAT HE HAD THE THE FIRST TIME, HE IS MORE REASONABLE, SO IT'S EASY IN THE THE BIG CITY HERE TO UNDERESTIMATE HIM WITH THE FARMER AND ALL OF THAT, HE'S ACTUALLY A FAIRLY DECENT CANDIDATE, BUT WE DIDN'T THINK GIVEN THE VALUES OF THE PAPER THAT HE WAS A CREDIT.

>> AND ISSUES LIKE ABORTION AND AND JANUARY 6.

AND PRITZKER HAS HAS HAD HIS WARS WITH YOU, SO MUCH THAT HE WOULDN'T SHOW UP FOR HIS INTERVIEW.

>> NO, WHICH WAS PETTY AND ANNOYING.

AND INDICATIVE OF THE THE THINGS WE DON'T LIKE.

>> DID HE CALL YOU AND SAY SORRY ABOUT THAT?

>> MAYBE HE WILL WHEN I GET OFF OFF THE AIR TONIGHT.

>> WE LOOK AT THE RACES ON A CANDIDATE BY CANADA BASIS AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WITH SOME OF THE CANDIDATES AND I THINK SOME OF THIS IS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE RACES, THE LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE NOT RUNNING BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WIN SO YOU ARE LOOKING LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT SLATE OF OF CANDIDATES AND AT THE END OF OF THE DAY, VOTERS HAVE TO LOOK LOOK AT THE TWO CANDIDATES AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST CHOICE ON THE INDIVIDUAL RACES.

RACES.

WE OPPOSED AMENDMENT ONE.

>> THE WORKERS RIGHTS AMENDMENT.

>> CORRECT, SO WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGES WHATSOEVER, WE ARE SIMPLY LOOKING AT THE CANDIDATES IN THESE RACES.

>> AND ONE OF THE MORE UNUSUAL ADS THAT COME ON THE AIR THIS WEEK FEATURES A FORMER TV POLITICAL REPORTER ENDORSING DARREN BAILEY AND CALLING OUT J.B. PRITZKER, WHAT YOU MAKE OF OF THAT?

>> $50,000.

>> THAT'S ACCORDING TO ELECTION ELECTION RECORDS WHAT THIS REPORTER MADE IN THIS CAMPAIGN.

CAMPAIGN.

>> IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE TO SEE AND I SEE IT ALL THE TIME ON HIS FORMER STATION WHICH MAKES T MAKES IT EVEN MORE INTERESTING, INTERESTING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE THAT, YOU WONDER WHY IS HE DOING THIS NOW?

HE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING AFTER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE FOR DARREN BAILEY SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE AGREES WITH EVERYTHING THAT BAILEY HAS HAS TO SAY.

>> OR SOMEONE WROTE A SCRIPT FOR HIM, WHO KNOWS?

DO THESE REPUBLICANS HAVE ANYTHING IN THEIR PLAYBOOK TO CLOSE THIS DOWN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS?

TO CHANGE THE FORTUNES?

>> I DON'T EXCEL.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF, EVEN FOR ILLINOIS, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SUSPENSE IN THIS CAMPAIGN.

AND CHRIS MADE THE POINT, THE STRENGTH OF OF CANDIDATES MATTERS.

WE ARE SEEING THAT IN OTHER STATES BY THE WAY WHERE YOU WOULD THINK THAT PUBLICANS WOULD EASILY WIN WIN SAY LIKE OHIO WHERE YOU GOT GOT TIM RYAN RUNNING FOR SENATE SENATE AND JD VANCE, WITH THE QUALITY OF CANDIDATES MADE A RACE WHAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CLOSE, CLOSE, SO IN THIS CASE, I THINK WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STRONGEST REPUBLICANS RUNNING.

>> ILLINOIS 17, THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES ROCKFORD I THINK IS REALLY CLOSE BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRAT.

IT'S AN OPEN SEAT AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BIG ONE TO WATCH.

>> IS ALSO A TWO STATE SUPREME COURT RACES, DO THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE FAIRLY CLOSE?

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN POLLING SO I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY ADS.

>> EVERY ADD WE WATCH RIGHT NOW NOW IS SOME KIND OF POLITICAL AD BUT NOT ON THE STATION.

I WANT TO GET TO THIS MAJOR BUSINESS NEWS, JULIE MARIANAS, KROGER AND ALBERTSONS, A GIANT MERGER ANNOUNCED SO PRETTY MUCH MUCH EVERY GROCERY STORE IN CHICAGO IS GOING TO BE UNDER THE SAME PARENT COMPANY SO WHAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR CHICAGO?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW.

EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE ANNOUNCED THIS DEAL, FIRST OF ALL, WHETHER THIS DEAL GETS APPROVED APPROVED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS A MASSIVE QUEN MASSIVE QUESTION BECAUSE OF ANTITRUST ISSUES.

>> IT'S ABOUT THE EASIEST WAY POSSIBLE FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAY WE ARE DOING DOING SOMETHING ABOUT INFLATION INFLATION IS TO NOT APPROVE THIS DEAL BUT THAT ASIDE, IN ORDER TO GET IT APPROVED, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SELL A A WHOLE BUNCH OF GROCERY STORES STORES IN MARKETS WHERE THERE IS OVERLAP LIKE CHICAGO.

AND MARIANAS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE DOMINIC'S CLOSURE.

THEY WERE HERE, BUT THEY BECAME BIG BECAUSE THEY HAD THE ABILITY DUE TO A DECISION BY A CORPORATE OVERLORD SOMEWHERE ELSE TO EXPAND.

YOU COULD EASILY SEE THAT KIND OF THING HAPPENING HERE WHERE SOMEBODY, WHO KNOWS, TAKES ADVANTAGE AND BUYS UP THE STORES AND COMPETITION IS JUST AS KEEN IF NOT MORE SO.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY WILDCARDS WITH THIS THING.

THING.

>> I MOURN THE OLD MARIANAS.

I FEEL LIKE IT ALREADY WENT AWAY TO SOME DEGREE.

>> THE PRODUCTS ARE NOT THE SAM.

THE SAME.

>> I USED TO GO IN THERE AT 5:00 ON A FRIDAY AND HAVE A NICE GLASS OF RED WINE, YOU COULD GO TO THE MEAT COUNTER AND THROW SOMETHING ON THE GRILL AND IT WAS A DELIGHT AND I WOULD REGULARLY GO, BUT I THINK THEY REPLACED A LOT OF THAT IN THE STORES THAT I WENT TO, SO IT BECAME MORE LIKE JOUL.

LIKE JOULE.

>> ARE THE STORES GOING TO BECOME MORE HOMOGENIZED IN CHICAGO?

>> IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SELL TO YOU, YEAH.

BUT IN THE AGE OF OF INFLATION, COMPETITION IS GOING TO MATTER IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU PAY SO IT MAY BE BASICALLY THE SAME QUALITY OF MEAT OR PRODUCE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT THERE WILL BE COMPETITION AND WHAT YOU PAY SO SO HAVING THAT DELUDED COMPETITION DILUTED WOULD BE A BAD OUTCOME SO WHEN YOU'RE OPENING YOU TALKED ABOUT CLOSING STORES.

IF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF STORES CLOSED AND ESSENTIALLY COMPETITION IS DELUDED, THAT'S BAD.

>> PERHAPS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS TO COME INTO THE MARKET.

MARKET.

>> HARDLY ANY OF THOSE STORES HAVE FOUND A NEW TENANT, SO EVERYWHERE YOU GO IN THE SUBURBS THERE WAS A CLOSED DOMINIC'S EVERYWHERE AND THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE COMPETITION LIKE YOU MENTIONED, MENTIONED, THE PRICES ARE TOO HIGH AND WITH INFLATION IT'S LIKE YOU REALLY NOTICE IT WHEN YOU GO IN THE STORE, THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO AS IT IS TODAY.

>> WILL THIS DEAL SUPPOSEDLY WON'T CLOSE UNTIL 2024 AND IT'S IT'S GOT TO CLOSE A LOT OF HURDLES.

EARLIER THIS WEEK OTHER PEOPLE CALLED FOR MORE MENTAL FUNDING IN THE CITY'S BUDGET.

>> THIS IS OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO REOPEN THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC AND REINVEST IN THE CITIES OF SYSTEM OF MENTAL HEALTH SO I WILL STAND HERE TODAY WITH THIS THIS COALITION AND SAY, I CANNOT VOTE FOR THIS BUDGET IF IT DOES NOT INCLUDE TREATMENT.

IF IT DOES NOT FEEL THE MAYOR'S MAYOR'S PROMISE TO INVEST IN OUR CITY'S PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH CLINIC TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE CARE THEY NEED.

NEED.

>> THESE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT IN THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS, ARE THEY GOING TO FORCE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT TO HAVE TO DEAL ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES?

>> YES.

IN THE LAST BUDGET SHE NEEDED THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS TO HELP HER PASS THAT BUDGET AND IT SEEMS LIKE SHE WOULD NEED THEM THIS TIME, TOO, BUT SHE ALSO HAS THREE NEW MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PART OF THAT, SO WHO KNOWS HOW THEY MIGHT SHIFT THE VOTE.

>> DEPENDS ON THIS IF THIS CAUCUS HOLDS TOGETHER.

>> ESSENTIALLY THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY THAT INVOLVED WITH POLICE AND POLICE POLICE FUNDING AND I THINK THE MAYOR, I HEARD FROM HER OFFICE THIS WEEK, WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO TO DO SHE'S TRYING TO THREAD THE NEEDLE OF SUPPORTING PROGRESSIVE CAUSES AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT BEING PERCEIVED AS PART OF THE D FUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT AND I THINK WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE YOU'VE GOT THIS SORT OF CONTROVERSY WHERE YOU'VE GOT ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SAY IF IF YOU HAVE A POLICE OFFICER TH, OFFICER THERE, THAT THE SEPARATE WORLD FROM SOMEBODY ARRIVING TO TAKE CARE OF SOMEBODY'S MENTAL HEALTH.

THIS IS THE IDEA THAT POLICE OFFICERS COULD BE BETTER TRAINED IN MENTAL HEALTH, THAT IF IT IS A POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOWS UP IN THIS SITUATION, ISN'T IT BETTER IF THAT POLICE OFFICER KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH SOMEBODY'S MENTAL HEALTH WITH MORE TRAINING IN THAT AREA WHICH I WOULD ARGUE WOULD BE BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.

>> THERE WAS A PILOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW WERE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RESPOND TO THAT.

>> RIGHT.

>> THE CHALLENGE IS SMALL CITIES ARE FINDING SUCCESS DOING IT, BUT WITH A BIG CITY IT'S HARD BECAUSE DO YOU HAVE A A MENTAL HEALTH PERSON WHO LIVES OR WORKS OVER HERE WHO HAS TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY OVER THERE?

NO, YOU NEED LOTS OF PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE CITY AND THAT COST A A LOT OF MONEY.

>> I WANT TO MOVE TO NATIONAL N, NATIONAL NEWS, THE LAST PUBLIC JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HEARING IN CONGRESS HAPPEN THIS WEEK AND THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUBPOENA FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HE WILL EASILY EASILY BE ABLE TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE DISSOLVES WITH THE NEW CONGRESS CONGRESS IN JANUARY SO WHY WOULDN'T THEY DO SOMETHING LIKE LIKE THIS EARLIER?

>> I THINK THEY WANTED TO MAKE THE CASE.

THIS IS ALMOST SYMBOLIC.

LIKE WE'VE MADE THE CASE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THIS MAN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND NOW WE WOULD LIKE HIM TO COME TALK TO US, IS HE GOING TO DO THAT?

PROBABLY NOT AND HE SENT THIS 14 PAGE LETTER LETTER OR SOMETHING THAT WAS FULL OF REPEATING THE SAME STUFF THAT HE SAID ABOUT THE ELECTION BEING STOLEN.

THIS IS SHOWMANSHIP SAYING WE'VE MADE THE CASE, AND ALL THAT'S LEFT IS TO SPEAK TO THE PERSON WHO WE THINK IS RESPONSIBLE.

>> THE OTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THE MEETING IS THAT LIZ CHENEY THE COCHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE SAYING THEY'RE READY FOR CRIMINAL REFERRALS FOR THE DOJ AND THEN INSINUATING THAT MIGHT INVOLVE PEOPLE LIKE ROGER ROGER STONE, STEVE BANNON, MICHAEL FLYNN.

IF YOU ARE MERRICK GARLAND RIGHT NOW WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?

>> I JUST HAVE THIS FLASHBACK OF BEING AT A PARTY ONCE AND SEEING ROGER STONE OVER MY LEFT LEFT SHOULDER.

BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY SOME POLITICAL SHOWMANSHIP BUT I THINK IT'S FAIRLY CLEAR TO THEM ON NONPARTISAN PERSON THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS BEHIND THIS , HE WAS MAD THAT HE LOST THE ELECTION AND HE WANTED TO GO TO TO THE CAPITOL HIMSELF AND HE INCITED THESE FOLKS TO GO INTO THE CAPITOL.

>> SO WE ALL KNOW THIS.

SO WHY THEN DO WE HAVE THIS POLITICAL LIMBO WITH THE REPUBLICANS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP?

IT SEEMS TO ME ME THAT SHE >> BECAUSE HE STILL POPULAR.

YOU KNOW THE ANSWER.

>> I DO KNOW THE ANSWER AND I'VE LISTENED TO DARREN BAILEY DANCE AROUND IT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO ALIENATE THOSE TRUMP VOTERS BUT MAYBE A BETTER STRATY BETTER STRATEGY IS TO TRY TO EXPLAIN, THOSE VOTERS ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE BELIEVE THAT I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE BUT AN ALTERNATIVE CANNOT EASILY EMERGE UNLESS THE REPUBLICANS CY REPUBLICANS CLEARLY EXCISES INFLUENCE.

>> TAKE THE OFF RAMP AS THEY SAY IN SO FEW REPUBLICANS ARE DOING THAT.

ONE IS ADAM KENSINGTON ARE ENDORSING FOLKS IN SWING STATES, IS HE GETTING ANY TRACTION?

I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GETTING TRACTION BUT HE STORES ENDORSING DEMOCRATS WHICH MEANS HE'S NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN ILLINOIS.

BUT THAT SETS HIM APART WITH A LOT OF REPUBLICANS AND IT TELLS REPUBLICANS WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING, WE CAN'T JUST TOE THE LINE.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN I THINK TRYING TO BRING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BACK BACK INTO A PLACE WHERE IT CAN BE WHAT IT WAS WHICH IS WE'VE GOT TWO PARTIES, THEY REPRESENT REPRESENT TWO DISTINCT VIEWPOINS DISTINCT VIEWPOINTS THAT YOU CAN SAY, I SUPPORT THEM AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT.

>> WE ALL HAD TO SIT AND WATCH THAT LAST NIGHT WITH THE BEARS.

IS IT JUST ALL OF THE ABOVE?

>> THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO BLAME.

MAYBE SOME OF THE SCHEME SCHEME DOESN'T WORK FOR HIM BUT BUT YOU GO BACK TO SUNDAY'S GAME AND THEY ACTUALLY MADE STRIDES, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE THREE DAYS TO PREPARE FOR THE GAME LAST NIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE DID BUT HE DID SOME THINGS WELL.

HE HAD THE BIG TOUCHDOWN FOR 40 YARDS IN A 39 YARD RUN THAT HE ALMOST COULD'VE GOT THEM IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO WIN THE GAME, THEY WERE IN THE RED ZONE THREE SOLID TIMES WITH THE ABILITY TO SCORE AND THEY GOT ZERO POINTS.

THAT'S A LOT, AND HE PHYSICALLY TOOK A BEATING.

HE GOT SACKED FIVE TIMES BUT THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE STORY, HE WAS HIT EVERY TIME HE HE RELEASED THE BALL.

HE WAS ON ON THE GROUND.

>> HOW MUCH LONGER CAN HE WITHSTAND THAT?

>> HIS SHOULDER GOT BANGED UP LAST NIGHT.

AND AFTER THE GAME YOU COULD FEEL IT WHEN HE TALKED TO US HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS AND HOW FRUSTRATING IT WAS AND YOU KIND OF HOPE THAT HE DOESN'T BREAK AND THAT'S WHY HAVING 10 DAYS BEFORE THEY PLAY PLAY THE NEXT GAME, THEY'VE GOT GOT TO GET HIS MOJO BACK WHEN IT GOT TO GET SOME PLAYERS FOR HIM.

>> THIS IS MY QUESTION, THE NEW NEW GENERAL MANAGER, HE HAD OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DRAFT WITH WITH HIS FIRST TWO WEEKS HE WENT WITH DEFENSIVE BACKS, HE DIDN'T SIGN ANY BIG NAMES, IS HE REALLY COMMITTED TO JUSTIN FS JUSTIN FIELDS AS A POSSIBLE FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK?

>> WE WILL FIND OUT AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

THE ONLY RECEIVER HE DID TAKEN THE DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT WAS ALEX JONES JUNIOR.

>> AND THAT HAD A BIG IMPACT.

>> IT ALLOWED WASHINGTON TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN WHICH WAS THE THE GAME.

THE THING WE HEARD TODAY IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TO TAKE THESE NEXT FEW DAYS AND AND THEY WILL BE ANALYZING AND SELF SCOUT AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE WRONG AND RIGHT AND THEY WERE ALSO INDIVIDUALLY INDIVIDUALLY GO TO EACH PLAYER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY DO RIGHT AND HE WILL LOOK TO SEE SOME CHANGES ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE POSSIBLY AND OTHER PERSONNEL CHANGES WHEN THEY PLAY AGAINST NEW ENGLAND A WEEK WEEK FROM MONDAY.

IT'S HARD, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A ROOKIE LEFT TACKLE AND TWO OTHER PLAYERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE SIDE BUT HAVE LITTLE EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S NOT GIVING JUSTIN FIELDS ENOUGH.

>> IS ARE GOING TO BE ANY REASON TO WATCH THESE NEXT 11 GAMES WITHOUT FALLING ASLEEP?

>> GET YOUR PILLOW, IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGH.

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BEAT A REALLY BAD TEAM LAST NIGHT AND THEY DIDN'T DIDN'T DO IT.

>> AND THAT IS A VERY BAD TEAM.

TEAM.

>> THOSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF GAMES, THOSE ARE TEAMS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BEAT THEM.

>> IT COULD GET UGLY BUT THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND SPEND NEXT YEAR.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME HERE SO OUR THANKS TO STEVE, CHRIS, AND CHERYL, THANK THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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