>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND OF YOU.

I'M PARIS SHOTS, MIGRANT TENT FIASCO AS GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON PUBLICLY AT ODDS >> I'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR PLAN D AND IAN FROM THE VERY MOMENT THAT I BECAME THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, MAYOR JOHNSON ON THE HOT SEAT, THE STATE ABRUPTLY STOPPED CONSTRUCTION OF BRIGHTON PARK.

MIGRANT TENSE.

>> CITING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION ON THE SITE.

THE DISPUTE HAS PUT MAYOR JOHNSON AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER AT ODDS WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

CLEARLY UNHAPPY WITH HOW THE CITY HAS MANAGED THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

AND BERKS ALLEGED ATTEMPTS TO SHAKE DOWN A SOUTHWEST SIDE.

BURGER KING, THE FOCUS OF TESTIMONY THIS WEEK IN THE FORMER ALDERMAN'S FEDERAL CORRUPTION TRIAL.

MIXED NEWS ON CITY CRIME NUMBERS.

MURDERS ARE DOWN, BUT ROBBERIES ARE UP.

CONTROVERSIAL PROVISION IN THE NEW CHICAGO POLICE CONTRACT GETS SHOT DOWN IN A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE SETTING UP A BATTLE WITH THE FOP AND IN SPORTS, THE BEARS ARE REPORTEDLY SURVEYING LAND JUST SOUTH OF SOLDIER FIELD FOR A POTENTIAL NEW STADIUM.

BUT PARK ADVOCATES ARE ALREADY THROWING THE PENALTY FLAG.

>> WE HAVE A LOT TO CHEW ON AND JOINING US, OUR STEVE DANIELS FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE THE WHOLE APPLE IS FROM WBEZ BLOCK CLUB.

CHICAGO IS MEDICINE SURVEYED ARE AND OUR VERY OWN MATT MASTERSON OF WDW NEWS.

SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

THAT BAD, A SENSE OF ADRA.

LET'S GO OVER THE TIMELINE.

THE BRIGHTON PARK, MIGRANT TENTS GO UP.

MAYOR JOHNSON SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE DESPITE THE CONTAMINATION.

THE STATE ABRUPTLY STOPS AND SAYS NO, IT'S NOT SAFE.

AND YOU DID NOT ACCURATELY MEASURE THIS OR QUANTIFY UNPACK ALL OF THIS.

>> WELL, IT'S A LOT TO UNPACK AND IT HAPPENED IN A REALLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

LAST WEEK.

THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, BIG PUSH.

EVERYBODY WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL BECAUSE THE SPRING PARK 10 CAMP HAD A HISTORY OF INDUSTRIAL USE.

AND I THINK THE BIG QUESTION WAS, IS THIS GOING TO BE SAFE FOR PEOPLE GOING TO BE SAFE FOR CHILDREN IS GOING TO SAY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING THERE AND THE CITY DID ULTIMATELY MAKE THAT REPORT YOU KNOW, FOR SOME PLAYER REQUESTS LATE FRIDAY AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS SAFE DESPITE FINDING HIGH LEVELS OF MERCURY AND OTHER YOU KNOW, MEDALS.

AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE CAME OUT AND SAID THE ILLINOIS EPA REVIEW THIS.

AND WHILE THE CITY MAY THINK IT'S SAFE, WE DO NOT THINK IT'S SAFE JUST HALTED IT.

DESPITE THERE BEING 10 STRUCTURES.

I MEAN OR COLLEAGUES WERE WERE DOWN THERE.

THEY THE TENTS WERE UP.

THEY GOING WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IN PRETTY STEVE DANIELS.

>> THE GOVERNOR TAKES OVER TO THE STATE IS FUNDING THIS TO THE TUNE OF 65 MILLION DOLLARS.

CLEARLY UNHAPPY WITH THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION THINKING THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT COMPETENT IN THE WAY THEY'RE HANDLING >> YES, THAT WAS I THINK THEY SAID THAT.

THEY MADE THAT MAKING THIS DECISION.

WHAT THINK, THOUGH, THAT WE OUGHT TO REMEMBER IS THAT IT TOOK AN AWFULLY LONG TIME FOR THE STATE TO RAISE THESE AND THEY WERE THEY WERE RIGHT GOING DOWN THE THE BRIGHTON PARK PATHWAY FOR A LONG TIME.

IT WAS THEIR MONEY AND THEY SAID YES TO USE IT FOR BRIGHTON PARK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED HIM UP AS HE DOESN'T HAVE A POINT WHEN HE SAYS, HEY, THE STATE NEVER TOLD ME THAT THESE ARE THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAD TO GO BY.

I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOOK FROM OUR POINT FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE'S POINT OF VIEW.

AND AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, I THINK WHO ARE CRITICAL OF THIS THIS SEEMS LIKE A TERRIBLE IDEA FROM THE START.

THIS IS A FORMER ZINC SMELTER.

IT WAS IT THE NASTIEST STUFF IMAGINABLE GOES INTO DOING THAT KIND OF THING.

IT WAS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISING IF THERE WEREN'T.

TOXICS ALL OVER THE LAND SO WHY EVEN START THEIR LIFE A MILLION EMPTY PARCELS ALL OVER THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THEN DEMI PLUS THAT MAYOR JOHNSON THERE SAYS HE'S LOOKING FOR PLAN BC, D F HE'S GOT THOSE PLANS.

WHAT ARE THOSE PLANS?

>> GOOD THERE ARE OTHER SITES AND THERE ARE THINGS IN THE WORKS.

BUT BRYAN ENCOUNTERED SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'LL SEE IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THERE'S BACKLASH.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CALL IT NOT IN MY BACKYARD, BUT THEY'RE ILL HOMEOWNERS WORKING CLASS OR EVEN MIDDLE-CLASS HOMEOWNERS IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE THERE WHO ARE AND A LOT OF THEM ARE IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES.

BY THE YOU KNOW, ASIAN HE KNOWS.

AND THERE WAS A HUGE BACKLASH.

THE THERE CHANTING IN SPANISH AGAINST THE MIGRANTS GOING TO BRIGHTON PARK.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

I MEAN, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT THE AMERICAN CAN HOLD ONTO RIGHT NOW IS THAT THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE IN POLICE STATIONS AT THE AIRPORT APPARENTLY THAN THERE WERE SOME TIME AGO, ACCORDING TO THEIR NUMBERS.

AND SO THAT A SCENARIO THAT YOU WANT TO DIMINISH AND YOU WANT THAT TO TO TO BE GOING AWAY BECAUSE NEXT YEAR'S THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO, DON'T YOURSELF.

THAT WAS ON THE MIND OF JOHNSON AS WELL AS PRITZKER.

IT GOVERNOR PRITZKER BECAUSE THIS IS GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS A HE'S A BIG SHOW.

HE WANTS TO SHOWCASE CHICAGO.

HE WANTS SHOWCASE HIMSELF AND IT'S NOT A SECRET THAT HE PROBABLY WANTS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND YOU CAN'T HAVE A PROBLEM ON HIS HANDS.

SO MEDICINE SAAVEDRA.

>> WE HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR SITE IN LITTLE VILLAGE IS IMPOSSIBLE.

LOT ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE.

WHERE ARE THESE MIGRANTS GOING TO GO NOW?

>> WELL, I THINK THE BRICK AND MORTAR SHELTERS THAT SOMETHING BAD.

MAYOR EDDIE JOHNSON KEEPS, YOU KNOW, DOUBLING DOWN ON EVERY TIME SOMEBODY WOULD CRITIQUE THE BASE CAMPS.

IT SEEMS LIKE HE WOULD SAY, WELL, WE'RE STILL BUILDING THE BRICK AND MORTAR SHELTERS, WHICH WHILE THEY HAVE FACED SOME, YOU KNOW, PUSH BACK IN THE ALL THE COMMUNITIES THEY'VE BEEN BUILT.

I DON'T I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE NOT OF THE SAME LEVEL THAT THE BASE CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK HAD AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED THAT FAR, SOUTH SIDE LOT AT 100 15TH AND HALSTED.

ALSO BEEN FOR A BASE CAMP.

YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL.

I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST MONTH'S GOSH, MAYBE 2 MONTHS AGO OKAYED THE PURCHASE OF WITH THE DEADLINE OF, YOU KNOW, CAN'T BE THEIR PAST NOVEMBER 2024, BUT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY UPDATES ON THAT.

I WOULD GUESS THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S JUST GONE DOWN WITH THE BRYAN PARK 10 CAM.

I WOULD GUESS THAT THE CITY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES.

>> MATT MASTERSON EVEN HAVE A YOU HAVE A PROGRESSIVE ALDER, ONE VERY PROGRESSIVE, ALTHOUGH IN JEANNETTE TAYLOR SAYING.

WE PROGRESS AS WE WERE NOT READY TO GOVERN SOME PRETTY ROUGH START TO THE JOHNSON MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION.

IT IS START.

OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT PRITZKER TO BE ON YOUR SIDE.

YOU CAN BE YOUR BIGGEST ALLY AND GETTING OFF TO THIS BUTTING HEADS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR FOR JOHNSON IS NOT A GOOD LOOK EITHER SIDE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL DEFINE HIS CAPABILITY OF BEING A LEADER FOR OUT HIS TERM, BUT HE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T, THAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS THROUGH THIS AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT GOING FOR AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO >> DO THIS BEFORE THE SNOW.

IT'S THE GROUNDS SOMETHING YOU GUYS SURPRISED AT THE FACT THAT THIS SPARRING BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR.

>> AND THE MAYOR IS GOING ON IN PUBLIC.

WE KEPT GETTING COMPETING PRESS RELEASES SAYING NO, THE MAYOR DIDN'T CONSIDER THIS IN THE MAYOR SAYING NO, THE STATE NEVER TOLD ME THIS.

THIS IS GOING ON IN PUBLIC.

THEY'RE CLEARLY AT AN IMPASSE HERE.

HOW HOW SERIOUS IS THAT?

ITS REAL?

I MEAN, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS A STORY IN THE SOMETIMES JUST RECENTLY ABOUT THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THEM.

THEY'LL SAY ALL, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS IN THE MEDIA ARE TRYING TO PIT PEOPLE >> AGAINST EACH OTHER AND MAKE DRAMA WHERE THERE ISN'T ANYTHING.

AND THEN THIS HAPPENS.

YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME.

I I CALLED NOTHING BUT BIG FOOTING BY BY THE PART OF THE STATE.

AND THEY WOULD SAY THEY HAD TO DO IT.

YOU KNOW, WITH THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS WERE 6 INCHES GRAVEL TO PUT ON TOP OF THE CONTAMINATED SOIL AND BUILD THE TENTS ON TOP ALL THAT ASIDE, IT'S NOT A PERSONALITY CONFLICT, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERING VIEWS HERE AND IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING THAT THEY'RE NOT WORKING THIS OUT BEHIND THE SCENES.

THEY'RE WORKING OUT IN PUBLIC.

I THINK IT IS WORTHY OF NOTE.

I THINK IT SOMETHING THAT WHICH WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WATCH GOING FORWARD.

>> ON OTHER ISSUES AND OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO AND THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS HAVE TO DEAL WITH EACH OTHER ON THINGS JUST ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF OF THEIR SITUATIONS.

AND WILL BEAR CLOSE WATCHING GOING FORWARD.

I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE TO BE MUCH IMPROVED ANYTIME SOON.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE AT BURKE TRIAL AND THAT MATCHED AND EVEN IN THE COURTROOM ALL WEEK.

SO THIS WEEK, PROSECUTORS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ALLEGED BURGER KING, A SCHEME WHERE >> THE OFFICIALS AT ON THE BURGER KING FRANCHISE SAID AT BERKS OVER CHIRS TOO.

HIRES LAW FIRM OR WEIRD.

NOW WE'RE ENOUGH TO CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT BREAK DOWN HOW PROSECUTORS ARE PRESENTING THIS ALLEGED SCHEME.

SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT THESE OWNERS FROM HOUSTON, THEY BOUGHT THIS BURGER KING A FEW YEARS BEFORE THIS ALL HAPPENED IN 2017.

THEY WANTED TO REMODEL IT.

>> THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO GO AHEAD.

THEY GOT A BUILDING PERMIT FROM THE CITY THE TALKED WITH BERG BACK AND FORTH.

THEY WERE SOME OVERTURES ABOUT HIS LAW FIRM.

HE MENTIONED ON A RECORDED PHONE CALL THAT HE WANTED TO GET SOME OF THEIR LAW BUSINESS.

HE THOUGHT THAT THEY OWN HUNDREDS OF RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY.

THEY DO OWN SEVERAL, BUT NOT QUITE THAT MANY.

>> ONCE THE PROJECT ACTUALLY GOT UNDERWAY, BURKE, THE DID A SITE VISIT IN BURKE AND HIS ASSISTANT ERIN ANDREWS WAS ALSO CHARGED IN THIS CASE.

THEY BROUGHT UP THAT THERE WERE DRIVEWAY PERMIT ISSUES AND THAT THEIR OVERNIGHT TRUCK PARKING ISSUES AND THEY WERE THE OWNERS WERE SURPRISED BY THIS.

THEY SAID THEY'D NEVER REALLY HEARD ANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS, BUT THEY WANTED TO GET IT FIGURED OUT.

THEY ENDED UP GOING AHEAD WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION.

THE REMODELING PROJECT AND THE DAY THAT IT STARTED AT BIRTH.

BIDEN SEES THAT IS GOING ON?

HE SAYS, WHY THIS HAPPENING?

BECAUSE PETER ANDREWS, HE ASKS, WHY WAS INTENDED TO TOP 8 OF HIS SAYS WHY WAS ABLE TO HOLD THIS UP?

AND THEY TALK AGAIN ABOUT THE DRIVEWAY PERMITS NOW FROM THE DEFENSIVE SIDE.

THIS WAS A LEGITIMATE ISSUE THAT THERE WERE DRIVEWAY PERMITS THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET HAMMERED OUT.

BUT IT WASN'T AN ISSUE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD UP THE REMODELING.

PROBLEM THERE WAS THAT HE HAD KEPT GOING TO THESE OWNERS AND SAYING, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HIRE CLASTER IN BURKAS PROPERTY TAX FOR HIM TO HANDLE SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT YOU OWN IN ILLINOIS IN CHICAGO.

THIS IS A BIG COMPANY.

HE IT'S NOT THEY DON'T JUST ON THAT BURGER KING.

SO HE'S HIS SECOND THERE'S A LOT OF GROUND BEEF HERE THAT HE CAN BRING INTO HIS BUT DANIEL, UP WAS THIS ALLEGED SCHEME, THIS KIND FEATURES SOME OF THE MOST?

>> POTENT AND BERT COMMENTS CAUGHT ON TAPE WHERE HE'S LITERALLY CONNECTING THE TAX BUSINESS THAT HE WANTS TO HIS APPROVAL OF THIS DRIVEWAY.

AND ABSOLUTELY THIS IS WHAT THIS WHOLE TRIAL IS ABOUT.

BLEND OF >> POLITICS, PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PERSONAL PROFIT THAT YOU CAN GET FROM JUST DOING HIS JOB THAT HE'S ELECTED TO OR NOT DOING IT HOLDING THAT BACK IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT HE WANTS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE MESSAGES GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PRICE OF GETTING ONLY PRACTICAL CHICAGO.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A A VERY CLASSIC SITUATION IF YOU WATCH THOSE VIDEOS THAT WERE SECRETLY RECORDED BY ANOTHER FORMER ALDERMAN DANNY SOLIS FOUND HIMSELF IN TROUBLE AND THEN IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE QUOTES THAT WE SAW.

THERE ARE MANY OF WHICH ARE CLASSICS, INSTANT QUESTIONS.

JUST THIS.

THIS VIDEO HERE IS MADE THIS AND DANNY SOLIS IS OFFICE SOLELY SITS DOWN A LOOK AT THIS, OK, IT CUT OFF.

>> HE SITS DOWN IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AND THEN LIKE INSTANTANEOUSLY, HE MOVES LIKE TO HIS RIGHT LIKE THE E KNOWS HE'S BLOCKING THE CAMERA THERE.

I MEAN, SO LEAST HAVE A FUTURE IN THE FILM OR OR AS A AS A MOLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS AS HE'S BEEN DOING HERE.

STEVE DANIELS.

PROSECUTORS, ARE THEY ARE THEY MAKING A STRONG CASE HERE?

YEAH, I THINK SO I THINK A PARTICULAR ON THE BURGER KING SITUATON, THERE'S BEEN OBVIOUSLY SEVERAL DISCRETE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, FORM THE FOUNDATION OF THE CASE.

>> THAT ONE SEEMS THE STRONGEST TO ME AND IS SEEMS IT'S NOT A QUID PRO QUO.

IT'S THE NEXT THING TO ITS RIGHT TO BRIGHTEN EVER GOT THE BUSINESS.

AND THERE'S TESTIMONY THAT THIS COMPANY DIDN'T THINK THAT CLATTENBURG WAS A VERY GOOD TAX FROM RIGHT?

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT ALSO ITS HE'S CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED EXTORTION.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE OUT.

>> ANY OF THIS BUSINESS TO BE CHARGED WITH THIS?

THIS IS WHAT HE WAS ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO DO.

AND THAT'S ENOUGH TO GET THIS CHARGE.

AND NEVER GOT TO SO.

DANNY SOLIS, AS WE MENTIONED, THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO CALL HIM POTENTIALLY NEXT WEEK AS A WITNESS.

WHEN YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING IF BURKE'S ATTORNEY CHRIS CAIRNS BEEN LOOKING HIS CHOPS TRYING TO GET HIM ON THE STAND.

HE'S BUT HE VERY EXCITED ABOUT CROSSING I'M SORRY, DIRECTLY EXAMINING HIM TRYING TO GET DENNIS LEAST TO SAY HE WAS AROUND THAT HE ROLLED OVER ON HIS COLLEAGUE BURKE AND THAT HE DID THIS TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN.

HE WAS APPROACHED BY FBI AGENTS HAVE INVESTIGATING HIM.

HE INSTANTLY STARTED A COOPERATING, I THINK IS THEY SAID THE NEXT DAY HE AGREED TO START COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS AND WITH WORK HE DID EVERYTHING THAT THEY ASKED HIM TO DO.

AND I SAID JUMP, HE LITERALLY SAID HOW HIGH MEDICINES OF A TIME HE LITERALLY HE DID IT.

>> YOU KNOW, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, RAT.

I MEAN, HE KIND OF WAS.

WHAT DO I MEAN, I THINK IT'S FASCINATING.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT JUST WATCHING THE TAPES, I MEAN, HAVING THOSE, YOU KNOW, MADE PUBLIC IS.

>> IT'S LIKE IF THAT'S THE STUFF THAT WAS CAUGHT, I MEAN, JUST LEAVES YOU TO IMAGINATION RUN WILD.

LIKE WHAT HASN'T BEEN CAUGHT AND HOW LONG HAS BUSINESS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, BEEN DONE.

AND I KNOW WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT IS PROBABLY A LONG TIME.

PROBABLY TOO LONG BUT IT'S JUST IT'S I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S INTERESTING A LOT A LONG TIME ONLY ALDERMAN FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

I NO, I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ANY SOLIS HERE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HIM CALLED.

>> THERE'S A LOT LET'S JUST SAY, JARGON TERMINOLOGY FOR THIS IN CHICAGO POLITICS.

IT'S IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE THE GREATEST OF THE TRAILS TO BE A RED.

AS YOU SAID, A B FOR A FLIPPER.

YOU KNOW, THE OPPOSITE OF THAT IS TO BE A STANDUP GUY AND TO BE SOMEBODY WHO WHO SEEING.

>> TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN.

BUT BUT HE'S SAYING LIKE A CANARY ALMOST FROM THE MINUTE THAT HE GOT CAUGHT IN HIS OWN MISDEEDS, THEY'RE GOING TO POINT OUT ALL OF HIS MISDEEDS.

WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

I DON'T REMEMBER A TIME THAT THAT WORKED IN PUNCTURING A CASE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE FEDS HAVE A 90 PLUS PERCENT.

IT MIGHT EVEN BE IN THE HIGH 90% RANGE FOR SUCCESS.

BUT AT BURKE AMASSED OVER THE YEARS, A LOT OF MONEY, NOT JUST FROM HIS CLIENTS, BUT ALSO IN HIS CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

AT ONE POINT, PROBABLY MORE THAN 10 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND HE'S BEEN BURNING THROUGH THAT OR HOW MUCH IS LEFT THAT JUNCTURE?

BUT THOSE LAWYERS EVERY OR HIGH PRICE TO SEEING THAT LAWYERS FROM WHITE COLLAR ALONG FOR MOST HERE ARE OR SO THE COUGARS.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE CRIME STATISTICS THAT WE SAW THIS WEEKEND SENT AS MATT MASTERSON.

WE HAVE KIND OF A DUAL SITUATION GOING ON.

AIR MURDERS ARE DOWN THIS YEAR.

THANKFULLY, BUT ROBBERIES ARE UP 20%.

WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALL THE ROBBERIES HAVE BEEN GOING UP FOR?

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A DIFFERENT CRIME.

EVERY LAST YEAR'S CARJACKINGS THIS YEAR, IT'S ARMED ROBBERIES.

ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE SKYROCKETING EVEN IF OTHER CRIMES ARE COMING THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT THIS YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE CAUSE OF THAT IS, BUT I THINK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN >> ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SEEING THE MURDER NUMBERS COME DOWN.

THE SHOOTING NUMBERS COME DOWN.

BUT THOSE ARE DOWN COMPARED TO SORRY COMPARED TO 2020.

21.

22, THEY'RE STILL AT 2019 LEVELS.

THEY'RE STILL HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN FOR MUCH OF THE LAST 2 DECADES WHERE ARE MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION.

IT'S POSITIVE THING TO SEE THAT.

BUT IT'S ALSO NOT THE END GAME HERE.

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO TWENTY-TWENTY WAS SUCH A HIGH YEAR 2021 IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS REALLY NO PLACE TO GO.

DOWN FROM HOPEFULLY A DAMNING LAW.

PLUS, YOU HAVE AN INVESTIGATION THAT JUST CAME OUT INCREDIBLE.

>> A FORMER COP WHO HAD 2 CONTROVERSIAL FATAL SHOOTINGS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WANTED FIRED THAT COST THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF BECAUSE OF MISCONDUCT CASE WRONGFUL SHOOTING.

HE'S NOW RUNNING FOR JUDGE AND THE BACKING OF A PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC DONOR.

WHY IS THIS DONOR BACKING?

HIS FAMILY SAYS BIG LOAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM HIS WHAT HIS NAME IS.

SERGEANT JOHN POULOS, BY THE WAY, IS RUNNING IN SUB CIRCUIT, A NEW SUB CIRCUIT.

TAKES UP A BIG CHUNK OF THE NORTH SIDE.

>> AND SO IT WILL BE ON YOUR BALLOT IN THE MARCH DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DESPITE NEARLY 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN SETTLEMENTS FROM THOSE 2 FATAL SHOOTINGS IN 2013 AND AGAIN IN 2016 OF A YOUNG BLACK MEN.

TALK TO THEIR FAMILIES.

YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE PLAINTIFFS IN THOSE MOST CASES AGAINST THE CITY AND WHO GOT THOSE SETTLEMENTS?

THEY WERE FLABBERGASTED TO LEARN FROM US THAT HE WAS RUNNING FOR JUDGE.

AND IT'S LIKE PICKING AT OLD SCAM.

DONOR, THOUGH, WHY DO YOU THINK THE DONOR WOULD KIND OF LOOK PAST THAT WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT WILL HIS IS IS GETTING SUPPORT FROM HIS WIFE AND ALSO FROM THE SECOND WHOSE TO ME IN THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE SECOND WARD, WE TRIED ASK HIM AND HE WOULDN'T COMMENT WHY HE'S JUMP ALOS TO BE A COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE.

DESPITE THE TRACK RECORD THAT WE LAID OUT IN THAT STORY TODAY WITH TIME SHOOT AND THE SOMETIMES IT'S A FASCINATING INVESTIGATION.

ANOTHER ONE OF INCREDIBLE PIECES OF WORK AND HELP US SAID YOU JUST DO OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHERE THIS SPEAKING >> STEVE DANIELS, A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE THIS WEEK, THEY APPROVED THE NEW LABOR CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE, BUT THEN THEY SHOT DOWN A PORTION OF IT.

THAT'S VERY CONTROVERSIAL THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR CLOSED-DOOR ARBITRATION.

>> FOR SERIOUS POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES.

FIRST OF ALL, WHY IS THAT PROVISION SO CONTROVERSIAL?

WELL, IT'S TOOK SO CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WORST KINDS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES, WHICH FOR VERY LONG TIME HAVE BEEN HANDLED IN AN ARBITRATOR THIS IS AFTER ON VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE ARBITRATOR ON THIS ISSUE RULED THAT THE UNION WAS RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE THINGS HANDLED IN ARBITRATION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WHERE THE PUBLIC COULDN'T SEE WHAT WENT INTO THE DECISION.

SO THAT IS HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL FOR LOOK AT QUAD MCDONALD.

ISN'T THAT LONG TIME TIME AGO, RIGHT?

I MEAN, PEOPLE RECALLED THAT THIS SORT OF THING.

IT WAS TOUGH TO GET SURFACED IN TO THE PUBLIC.

THE ARGUMENT, THE MAN, WE SHOULD MENTION THE FOP PRESIDENT JOHN CATANZARA IS GOING TO BE HERE ON OUR SHOW MONDAY BECAUSE NOW THIS IS GOING TO GO TO FULL CITY COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY.

THE ARGUMENT THAT THE UNION MAKES IS THAT ALL OTHER UNIONS HAVE THIS ABILITY LIKE THERE.

THEIR CASES ARE NOT ADJUDICATED IN PUBLIC LIKE LIKE OUR MEMBERS ARE BY THE POLICE BOARD.

IS THAT A FAIR ARGUMENT?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MAKES A MISTAKE OFTEN?

LOOK, WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING IN THE OTHER CASE WITH TRUMP PULLS, SOMEBODY DIES.

>> YOU KNOW, THESE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO KNOW IF POLICE POWER, PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING AND PROTECTING US SENSIBLY ARE MISUSING THEIR POWER.

STORIES THAT WE DO IN MANY CASES, SOMETIMES IT ENDS UP IN COURT AND YOU CAN HEAR ABOUT IT THAT WAY.

BUT OFTEN TIMES WE RELY ON MISCONDUCT FILES, WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT.

IF THERE ARE COMPLAINTS AND THEY'VE HEAD INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THEY'VE TURNED OUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WAY.

AND MOST OFTEN THEY TURN OUT THAT THEY SAY THAT POLICE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

WHY SHOULDN'T THAT BE TRANSPARENT?

THAT'S MY QUESTION.

WERE ALSO THESE ARE CONFINED TO THE MOST SERIOUS POLICE?

IT'S NOT AS IF POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES.

THE OF THE MOST SERIOUS CASES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, RIGHT?

SO SO THAT'S REALLY THE ISSUES THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES ARE NOT.

>> LIKE THIS, RIGHT.

SO THOSE ARE HANDLED IN ARBITRATION JUST LIKE EVERY SITTING DEPARTMENTS OF THIS VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS.

NOW, MADISON.

SO THE COUNCIL SHOOTS DOWN THIS CONTROVERSIAL PROVISION.

>> CITY COUNCIL, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD SHOOT IT DOWN, BUT THAT'S NOT THE END OF IT BECAUSE THE FOP SAYS, HEY, THE ARBITRATOR RULED THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS TO BE.

SO THEN WHAT DOES IT JUST GO TO COURT?

>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YES, THE WHATEVER HAPPENS AT THE CITY COUNCIL, SAID IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE END OF THE ROAD FOR I MEAN, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A PUSH IN THE PUBLIC FOR MORE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THINGS LIKE THIS.

I MEAN, OF COURSE, I WOULD BE SHOCKED TO YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL NOT NOT TRY TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING.

ALL RIGHT.

SPEAKING OF CITY COUNCIL, A DAM A PLUS AFTER HUGE OUTCRY.

>> PERHAPS IT'S WALKING BACK ITS PROPOSAL TO ONLY ALLOW INVITED GUESTS TO COME WATCH A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE FLOOR CITY COUNCIL AND CAN FIND EVERYBODY ELSE TO THE 3RD FLOOR WHERE IT'S WINDOWED IN.

CAN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING.

THERE'S BEEN SOME.

THAT BEHAVIOR, OK?

AND MAYOR APPARENTLY IS.

HESITANT TO, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT PEOPLE IN JUST TOSS THEM OUT.

SO THEY CAME UP WITH SOME RULES.

>> AND THEY'RE TALKING NOW ABOUT ONLY INVITED GUESTS, ONLY PEOPLE WITH A RESERVATION BEING ABLE TO GO ON THE SECOND FLOOR WITH AND MIND YOU.

THESE PEOPLE, EVERYONE COMES IN THERE.

HE'S GOING THROUGH METAL DETECTORS ALREADY.

SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH A SAFETY THING.

IT'S A REALLY BAD LOOK FOR THE MAYOR.

HORRIBLE.

LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS ELECTED SAYING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING IS GOING TO BE THE AND THE PEOPLE'S ADMINISTRATION.

IT LOOKS VERY STARKLY UNDEMOCRATIC AND AN REFORMIST TO BE PUTTING IN THESE.

IT WAS JOKING TODAY, LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE?

YOU CAN IMAGINE THE WAYS THAT THAT CHICAGO POLL THAT POLITICAL TYPES CAN CAN MANIPULATE THIS, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE P ES CELLS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE BUY BY SEASON TICKET OR SOMETHING GET SUPPORTERS AND THEY'RE TAKING.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL SEE PPS AS WE HAVE TO ADDRESS A BEAR STORY.

SO REPORTEDLY.

>> THEY'RE CONSIDERING AND MAYBE NOT DOING ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND BUILDING SOMETHING ON THE PARKING LOT.

JUST SOUTH OF SOLDIER FIELD IN STAYING IN CHICAGO.

HOW I SERIOUSLY THINK THAT IS?

WELL, THAT'S HARD TO SAY.

BUT I MEAN, IF THEY'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT, I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S IT'S NOT AN UNSERIOUS.

LET'S PUT IT THEY'RE SERVING THAT LAND, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THINKING ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN, THE LAKEFRONT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD LOCATION FOR THE BEARS.

SOLDIER FIELD IS NOT A GOOD STADIUM.

I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE WORST.

>> IN THE NFL.

SO YOU CAN THEY CAN MAKE A CASE THAT THAT NOW, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE LEGAL ISSUES IN THE LAKEFRONT ISSUES AND ALL OF THERE'S THE LAKEFRONT PROTECTION ORDERS WHICH FORBIDS ANY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

ANY FURTHER PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ON THE LAKE FRONT LIKE THAT.

>> THE LUCAS MUSEUM FOUND THAT OUT.

THEY WENT TO COURT AND THEN THEY JUST KIND OF LEFT TOWN, FRIENDS OF THE PARKS.

THE EMBASSY GROUP IS ALREADY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SUE IF THE BEARS TRY TO DO THIS, THEY HAVE A CASE.

>> I MEAN, I THINK IN THE CASE OF LUCAS, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET TO THE FINAL POINT WHERE THERE WAS A FINAL RULING BECAUSE THEY JUST SAID, FORGET THIS.

BUT IT AT THE VERY LEAST WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THEY GO FORWARD WITH THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME.

IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE COURTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE DELAYED.

WE'VE SEEN THE ADVOCACY GROUPS USE THE COURSE TO DELAY OTHERS, INCLUDING THE YOU KNOW, SPOT TO SOMEHOW THAT GOT APPROVED.

BUILDING IN A PUBLIC PARK TOOK A LONG TIME, RIGHT?

THEY THEY WAITED IT OUT AND DID IT.

BUT SO YOU HAVE TO BRING IN YOUR PAPER OR A STATE REPRESENTATIVE KAM BUCKNER, WHO IS HE?

>> HE IS IN.

THAT'S HIS DISTRICT.

SO THE FIELD IS IN HIS DISTRICT IS SAYING WHAT IF WE MADE THIS STADIUM PUBLIC-PRIVATE SO SAY SOMETHING LIKE PIER THE METROPOLITAN PIER AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY THAT OWNS MCCORMICK PLACE AND NAVY PIER SAY THEY BUILT THEY OWNED DOES THAT MAKE IT PUBLIC?

>> DOES THAT MAKE IT PASS A LAKE FOR REACTION?

WE DID THAT WITH GUARANTEED RATE FIELD MORE OR LESS RIGHT?

I MEAN.

>> AND JERRY REINSDORF DOESN'T OWN BUT HE OWNS IT, RIGHT?

HE GOT FREEBIES CALLS THE SHOT GOING TO HAVE IT'S A IT'S A CLEVER WAY TO TO POTENTIALLY GET AROUND THIS.

IT'S WE HAVE A MODEL IN GUARANTEED RATE FIELD WHERE THAT WHERE THAT OCCURRED TO ME TO THE PUBLIC DOLLARS, THOUGH, THAT WOULD GO TOWARD IT WOULD LIKELY MEAN THAT WHICH WOULD BE TAKING YOUR HEAD.

AND WHENEVER YOU HEAR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

>> THEY'RE REACHING FOR OUR WALLETS.

OKAY.

AND THIS IS WHAT ALL THIS THE TEAMS DO.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PLAYING ARLINGTON HEIGHTS OF THE NORTHWEST SUBURBS OFF OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

YEAH.

I MEAN ITS SUBSIDIES.

IF THIS WERE SOMETHING ELSE, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD CALL IT.

IF IT WERE A FARMLAND OR IF IT WERE A I MEAN, THEY WOULD CALL WELFARE.

FRANKLY, THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS GETTING THAT.

KEEP IN MIND THAT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS WITH THE BEARS ARE GOING TO DO WITH THEIR OWN MONEY.

THEY JUST THEY WANTED A DEAL ON PROPERTY TAXES.

THEY THEY WANT.

THEY WANT SOME KIND THAT'S A SUBSIDY.

BUT IT'S NOT BUILDING THE STADIUM WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS IN THIS CASE MIGHT BE DOING THAT, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE OPTIMAL.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YOU HAVE BEEN OPTIMAL PANEL.

>> BUT WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

SO MY THANKS TO STEVE DANIELS, DAN, THE PLUS, MEDICINES OF A DRAW AND THAT MASTERSON.

>> AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

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AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

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LET'S SAY, ALRIGHT, LET'S GET THE BEARS.

THEY THEY TEAR DOWN LAKESIDE CENTER.

THEY RESTORE PARKLAND.

TURNED SOLDIER FIELD SOME KIND OF PUBLIC PART YOUR GAINING PARK.

IF HE IF THEY DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WAS PARKING LOT.

THAT'S WHEN REAL APPROACH HAD TO DO THAT KIND OF TRADEOFF.

MY QUESTION IS HOW DOES THAT SOLVE?

>> AND ISSUE OF IT IS SO HARD TO GET TO ABOUT PART OF THE LAKEFRONT LIKE IN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME IT AS SOMEONE WHO WANT TO TELL CONCERT WAS IMPOSSIBLE LEAVE THEIR.

YOU JUST REALIZE THAT WITH THE DEALERS FOR, YOU DATE SOMEBODY ON THE BEARS >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS PROUD