>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , START YOUR ENGINES.

>> THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS BEING CONSISTENT AND NOT HITTING THE WALL.

>> NASCAR TAKES OVER GRANT PARK AND SNARLS DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS IN TOWN FOR FUNDRAISING THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR.

>> APRIL PERRY IS EXPECTED TO BE NAMED THE NEW U.S. ATTORNEY .

THE SUPREME COURT CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY ISSUES A LANDMARK RULING , WIPING AWAY AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION , STUDENT LOAN RELIEF , AND CERTAIN LGBTQ PROTECTIONS.

>> THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS SELECT CONNOR BEDARD.

>> THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS GRABBED A 17-YEAR-OLD HOCKEY PHENOM.

JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL OR MIKE FLANNERY OF FOX 32 NEWS, ON THE FINAL DAY OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER.

HEATHER SHARON OF WTTW, AND PHIL THOMPSON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

NASCAR , THEY HAVE STANDS , THE DRIVERS ARE IN TOWN.

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS WILL GO OFF?

>> IS HERE, FINALLY , HARD TO MISS.

IT CERTAINLY -- THINGS GOT OFF TO A TRAGIC START TODAY.

WITH THE DEATH OF A WORKER WHO WAS HELPING TO SET UP.

NOT THE START OBVIOUSLY ANYBODY WAS HOPING FOR.

THE CITY AND NASCAR HAVE PRETTY HIGH HOPES FOR THIS EVENT.

RESIDENTS MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY.

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THE TRAFFIC, DISRUPTIONS, NOISE , WHETHER THAT PAYS OFF.

>> ARE YOU SPENDING ANYWHERE BETWEEN $300 AND $1000 IT COSTS ?

>> I WILL WATCH IT FOR FREE AS A TOKEN.

IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE ME TO THE S-CURVE, YOU CANNOT CALL YOURSELF AN ELITE DRIVER.

BIGGER PICTURE, WITH ALL THE HEADACHES, THE TRAFFIC, AND WE HAVE THE SMOG , IT PUTS CHICAGO IN A HIGHER STAGE IN REGARDS TO SPORTS.

>> THERE IS A BIG VIEWING AUDIENCE.

>> EXACTLY.

>> I CAN ATTEST TO THOSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.

A LIVE SHOT YESTERDAY , ONCE WE GOT TO THE LOOP, WE COULD NOT MOVE.

HOW BIG WILL SAFETY BE A CONCERN UNTRADITIONAL IN A VIOLENT WEEKEND?

>> IT IS HOT.

THAT IS THE JOKER IN THE DECK.

I KNOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PRIVATE SECURITY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN RETAINED FOR THE EVENT.

THERE IS A LOT OF POLICE BACKUP IF THEY ARE NEEDED.

WITH THE NASCAR VIEWING BASE WATCHING, THAT IS PERHAPS WHAT SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE EXPECTING.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF CHICAGO AVOIDED THAT.

>> HEATHER , LOCAL OFFICIALS TOUTED THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS RACE.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS SHOW THAT HOTELS ARE NOT SOLD OUT THE WAY THEY WORK DURING TAYLOR SWIFT WEEKEND.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ?

>> THIS WAS THE PARTING GIFT FROM LORI LIGHTFOOT, OR NOT SO MUCH A PARTING GIFT.

THEY HOPED THIS WOULD BRING IN $113 MILLION , THAT WHAT -- THAT IS WHAT WAS SOLD TO THE CITY AS, IF IT FALLS SHORT, THE MAYOR WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE IT.

IT IS A TRIAL AND SUPPOSED TO COME BACK THE NEXT TWO SUMMERS.

WHETHER THE CITY CAN HANDLE THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES , AND WEATHER IT HELPS THE CITY'S ECONOMY IS HOW THEY WOULD JUDGE IT.

>> NASCAR SAID THE PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

HAVE TICKETS SOLD IN THE WAY NASCAR SAID?

>> THAT IS THE QUESTION.

NASCAR HAS NOT BEEN RELEASING TICKET SALES .

I BELIEVE IT IS NINE RESERVE SEATING SECTIONS ARE SOLD OUT.

THE REST OF IT , WE DON'T KNOW.

NASCAR HAVE 50,000 TICKETS PER DAY.

WEATHER THOSE PEOPLE SHOW UP, WHETHER THEY ARE TAKING A DAY TRIP FROM INDIANA VERSUS COMING IN FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND GETTING A HOTEL ROOM, EATING OUT AT RESTAURANTS, ALL OF THAT WILL REALLY DEPEND ON WHETHER NASCAR GETS CLOSE TO THE PROJECTED ECONOMIC IMPACT.

>> THIS DEAL IS FOR MY THREE YEARS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EXHAUST FUMES IN A WEEK WE HAD THE WORST AIR QUALITY.

ARE YOU FEELING EFFECTS OF IT?

I AM.

>> YES.

THEY ARE PUTTING MUFFLERS ON THE ENGINES TO KEEP THE SELF-DOUBT.

I WAS IN NASHVILLE , I THINK THAT IS THE WORST .

MY WIFE HAS BREATHING PROBLEMS .

SHE GO STIR CRAZY IN THE HOUSE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AT RISK.

>> THAT IS A SERIOUS QUESTION, HEATHER, MAYOR JOHNSON PUT OUT ADVISORIES EVERY DAY WHAT IS THE HEALTH IMPACT IN CHICAGO?

PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OR LIVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM AREAS.

>> THE NASCAR RACE ITSELF WILL NOT GENERATE ENOUGH EXHAUST TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADD TO THE ALREADY POOR AIR QUALITY.

IT IS MORE OF AN OPTICS ISSUE.

YOU ARE GIVING OVER MUCH OF DOWNTOWN TO THESE EXHAUST , POLLUTION SPEWING CARS WHEN LITTLE VILLAGE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE ARE STRUGGLING TO BREATHE WITHOUT THE CITY BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, OTHER THAN SAYING, BE CAREFUL , IT IS NOT GREAT OUTSIDE.

THAT IS A HEALTH PROBLEM AND A POLITICAL PROBLEM FOR THE MAYOR.

>> CANNOT TOSS IN ONE GOOD WORD , I CAN EMPATHIZE WITH WIFE LORI LIGHTFOOT WANTED TO BRING THIS TO TOWN.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO RESTAURANT TOURS AND THEY ARE DESPERATE , AND HOPING, EVEN IF THESE PEOPLE ARE TAKING A DAY TRIP FROM INDIANA OR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN , THEY DO IN FACT STOP FOR A BOWL OF PASTA BEFORE THEY DRIVE HOME.

>> A PIZZA ON ROOSEVELT.

GIVEN THE FACT , WITH WORK FROM HOME, THE LOOP DID NOT COME BACK.

>> 100,000+ WORKERS STILL MISSING.

THE OTHER THING I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE KNOW WE ARE NO LONGER THE STEELMAKER TO THE WORLD.

FACTORIES ARE MUCH SMALLER OF AN ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT.

OUR NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY , THE NUMBER ONE EMPLOYER IN CHICAGO IS THE HOSPITALITY AND RESTAURANT , ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL BRING A FEW PEOPLE IN WHOM A RETURN.

>> IS A GOOD POINT , THE CITY RELIES ON TOURISM AND IT DOES NEED THESE BIG EVENTS.

MIKE FLANNERY, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WAS AT A FUNDRAISER HELD BY GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER AT THE MARRIOTT.

NONE OF US WERE INVITED.

WHAT IS GOING ON ?

>> AT THAT FUNDRAISER, $3300 WAS THE ENTRY TICKET .

I THINK THERE WAS A BIGGER TICKET FOR THE SECOND ONE.

YOU NEEDED $25,000 TO GET A PHOTO WITH THE PRESIDENT.

THIS IS WHY THE CONVENTION IS COMING TO CHICAGO.

THE GOVERNOR AND HIS CIRCLE OF MILLIONAIRES , BIG BUCKS MILLIONAIRES, ARE SUPPORTING THE CONVENTION AND WILL GUARANTEE THE CONVENTION NEXT YEAR WILL NOT LOSE MONEY HERE.

ORGANIZING EVENTS LIKE THIS.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAS PARTICIPATED IN FUNDRAISERS FOR THE PRESIDENT ELSEWHERE.

>> JOE BIDEN CALLS HIM A GOOD FRIEND EVEN THOUGH JB PRITZKER IS TESTING THE WATER ON A PRESIDENTIAL RUN HIMSELF.

>> NOT ANY LONGER.

THE PUBLIC ADDRESS HE MADE , HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO NOT HAVE TO BE ON AIR FORCE ONE.

HE TALKED ABOUT HIS ECONOMIC PLAN.

THERE IS THE CONUNDRUM, UNEMPLOYMENT IS NEAR AN ALL-TIME LOW.

AT 3.2% IN ILLINOIS, IN CHICAGO , IT WAS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW IN MAY , BUT VOTER OPINION SURVEYS SHOW ONLY 30% -- 36% THINK THE ECONOMY IS GOOD OR EXCELLENT.

24% GIFT JOE BIDEN APPROVAL POINTS ON THE ECONOMY.

>> HE IS GOING ALL IN ON HIS ECONOMIC PLAN, IS THAT A SMART REELECTION PLAN?

>> I HEARD THAT AND SAID, "THIS IS A TONE DEAF.

YOU CANNOT GIVE YOURSELF YOUR OWN NICKNAME.

>> REPUBLICANS CAN APPROPRIATE THAT AND SAY BIDENOMICS IS A DISASTER.

>> I THINK IT WAS COINED BY CONSERVATIVES AS AN INSULT IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL PAGE.

MUCH LIKE OBAMACARE STARTED AS AN INSULT BEFORE THE DEMOCRATS EMBRACED IT.

THE PRESIDENT IS EMBRACING BIDENOMICS.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE PRODUCTION .

>> YOU HAVE A BUSINESS.

WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A DOWN VIEW ON THE ECONOMY WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW , THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL , THE WORKS PROJECTS ?

>> I AM NOT -- TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, WE HAVE HAD SUCH HIGH INFLATION.

WE WERE TALKING A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN OUR LOCAL RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.

THINGS DON'T ADD UP.

I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE ECONOMY MAY BE SOMETHING JOE BIDEN WOULD LATCH ONTO .

WHAT ELSE IS HE GOING TO DO?

>> THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WILL RUN AGAINST JOE BIDEN ON THE ECONOMY AND WE WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT INFLATION, PROBLEMS.

BORROWING FROM THAT ADVISOR TO BILL CLINTON, WHO IN THE 1990S SAID , "IT IS THE ECONOMY, STUPID ."

YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.

>> WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE LANDMARK SUPREME COURT RULING, FIRST , WIPING OUT THE PRESIDENT'S STUDENT DEBT RELIEF PROPOSAL.

THE PRESIDENT HAS VOWED SOME OTHER ASSISTANCE.

>> THIS AFTERNOON, HE SAID , THEY WILL TRY TO DO IT UNDER ANOTHER PIECE OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION WHICH WILL TAKE LONGER AND WE SAW THE ADMINISTRATION TRY TO TURN THIS INTO THEIR ADVANTAGE WITH SURROGATES SAYING, THEY ARE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE REPUBLICANS -- THE REPUBLICAN SUPREME COURT IS TAKING MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET AND THEY WILL USE THAT AS AN ELECTION ISSUE .

SO MANY REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE LOANS FORGIVEN BECAUSE OF COVID .

TAMMY DUCKWORTH , DURING THE DEBATE , THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE.

IF THEY GOT LOAN FORGIVENESS, WHY DO STUDENTS NOT GET LOAN FORGIVENESS?

THE PRESIDENT REACTED QUICKLY ABOUT THE FAILINGS OF THIS.

WE WILL SEE THIS ELECTION REVOLVE AROUND THE QUESTION , RIGHTS FOR WOMEN IN TERMS OF ABORTION, BUT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND GAY PEOPLE.

>> THE RULING ABOUT THE LGBTQ GROUP, THE DESIGN OF A WEBSITE .

>> THE SUPREME COURT TODAY RULED THAT BUSINESSES CAN DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE.

THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT THAT YOU CANNOT PREDICT AT THIS POINT I WAS ON MANY PANELS SAYING THAT ABORTION WAS NOT GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE BY THE MIDTERMS.

WE ALL KNOW IT WAS A HUGE ISSUE.

THIS CAN RESONATE IN THE SAME WAY.

>> IN A WEEK, THE SUPREME COURT DID GIVE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN A 2024 PLATFORM, AND THE WIPING AWAY OF RACISM -- RACE BEING A CONSIDERATION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.

>> THINGS WILL CHANGE.

THE PRESIDENT OF NORTHWESTERN SAYS THEY ARE GLOMMING ONTO THAT PHRASE , THE FOOTNOTE IN THE OPINION THAT JUSTICE ROBERTS WROTE, PEOPLE CAN STILL , APPLICANTS CAN STILL REFERENCE RACE AS AN INSPIRATION OR AS AN OBSTACLE THAT THEY OVERCAME IN THEIR LIFE.

THAT WILL BE THERE.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANICS , THEY WILL BE ADVISED TO MAKE SOME REFERENCE IN THEIR ESSAYS.

THAT WILL BE ON THE FILE .

>> THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS IS PRETTY SUBJECTIVE.

HOW WILL UNIVERSITIES MAINTAIN DIVERSITY AMONG THEIR STUDENT BODY?

>> RECRUIT.

THERE IS ALL KIND OF NETWORKS.

YOU CAN FIND APPLICANTS WHO CARE ABOUT DIVERSITY YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING TO YOU.

I THINK IT IS IRONIC TO -- TO USE THIS AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

I AM NO LEGAL SCHOLAR.

>> IT WILL ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT PROGRESS IS SOMEHOW BEING ROLLED BACK.

WHATEVER THE ISSUE IS, 2016 , MANY DEMOCRATS DID NOT BELIEVE THE SUPREME COURT WAS AN ISSUE, ONE OF THE REASONS HE WAS ELECTED.

THE REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME ARGUING THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT ON THE BALLOT IN 2024.

>>> WE HEARD FROM SENATORS DUCKWORTH AND DURBIN THAT THERE WOULD WE A REPLACEMENT FOR THE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS ?

>> THE FIRST WOMAN RATIFIED BY THE SENATE, I EXPECT , UNLESS SOMETHING SURPRISING.

>> IT IS A 50-50 SENATE.

>> SHE HAS BEEN THE CHIEF ETHICS OFFICER FOR STATES ATTORNEY KIM FOX.

>> SHE LEFT DURING THE JESSIE SMOLLET CASE.

DID SHE SEE SOMETHING UNETHICAL UNFOLDING ?

>> SHE WILL BE GRILLED ON ALL OF THAT IN FRONT OF THE SENATE.

>> WE HAVE TO ASSUME, BECAUSE SHE DID NOT BECOME AN ISSUE IN THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THAT SITUATION, THERE IS SOME SORT OF EVIDENCE THAT SHE WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ANYTHING QUESTIONABLE.

>> I DID NOT SEE HER MENTIONED IN THE REPORT.

>>> THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOOTING IN HIGHLAND PARK.

THIS IS GETTING A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION.

IN THE YEAR SINCE, PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO TO LARGE EVENTS , McKINLEY PARK HAD A PROBLEM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO .

ARE PEOPLE STILL WANTED TO GO OUT?

>> THAT IS THE QUESTION.

WE STILL SEE PARADES, GATHERINGS , A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE WAS A JUNETEENTH GATHERING IN WILLOWBROOK.

PEOPLE WANT TO GATHER.

IF I WAS AT THE HIGHLAND PARK PARADE LAST YEAR, AM I GOING TO GO BACK?

>> THIS YEAR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL MARCH IN A SOMBER REFLECTION OF WHAT HAPPENED.

PEOPLE WILL PARTICIPATE.

THEY WILL NOT LET IT STOP THEIR CELEBRATION.

GARY SINESE'S BAND WILL PLAY AND THEY WANT TO MAKE IT RESPECTIVE.

>>> THE BLACKHAWKS HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE INTRODUCING CONNOR BEDARD.

WILL HE LIVE UP TO THE HYPE?

>> THE IDEA IS YOU WILL.

HE IS A PHENOM.

AT 13 YEARS OLD, THEY DECLARED HIM THE FUTURE OF HOCKEY , THE HOCKEY NEWS DID.

THE THING I HAVE HEARD IS THAT HE CAN BLOCK OUT THE NOISE.

HE CAN TAKE IT ALL IN STRIDE AND FOCUS .

HE IS HUMBLE.

TEAMS WHO MET HIM IN HIS PHANTOM YEARS SAY HE DID NOT JUMP ON PEOPLE WHEN THEY MADE MISTAKES.

HE IS ALL ABOUT FOCUS.

>> 17 YEARS OLD.

WHAT DO THE BLACKHAWKS NEED TO DO AROUND HIM?

>> THEY ARE DOING IT.

THEY HAD TWO FIRST-ROUND PICKS.

TWO FIRST-ROUND SELECTIONS IN THE NEXT TWO DRAFTS.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SPEED OR SIZE.

OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE SKILL.

THEY WANT TO INUNDATE OPPONENTS WITH SPEED AND SKILL.

IF CONNOR BEDARD CANNOT GET THROUGH , MAYBE ALL OF HER MORE WILL.

-- OLIVER MOORE WILL.

THEY ARE TRYING TO OVERWHELM OPPONENTS.

THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THIS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.

>> A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FROM CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS FANS.

THEY BOUGHT UP A BUNCH OF TICKETS.

>> WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

>> MIKE FLANNERY , WE ARE SO PLEASED YOU CHOSE THIS VENUE AS YOUR FINAL ON TV APPEARANCE IN YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER.

WE HAD AN AMAZING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST KNOWN APPEARANCE ON WEEK IN REVIEW.

SEPTEMBER 3rd , 1982.

>> WE ARE FASCINATED BY THIS RACE.

SHE IS A HOT PERSONALITY AND A DOMINANT FIGURE.

WE FOLLOWED HER.

WE CREATED HER IN A SENSE .

RICH DAILY CHALLENGING HER MAKES THIS MAJOR PERSONALITY EVEN MORE DRAMATIC.

>> THIS IS OCCURRING BEFORE THE WASHINGTON PHENOMENON.

>> WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, I THINK I WAS ON BEFORE THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> IT GOES BACK BEFORE OUR RECORD-KEEPING.

>> JOE TOLD ME , I WAS THE SECOND MOST FREQUENT GUEST.

>> WE DID ACCOUNT , DO YOU WANT TO GUESS THE NUMBER OF APPEARANCES THIS IS FOR YOU?

>> OVER 100?

>> OVER 300.

A ROUND NUMBER, 300 AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THAT JOEL SEND YOU OFF WITH A FEW REMARKS.

>> HE HAD INFORMATION TO IMPART AND HE DID .

VERY HARD-WORKING , VERY HONEST , VERY RELIABLE , A VERY GOOD FRIEND TO MANY.

HE WILL BE MISSED ON THE SCENE , THEY DON'T MAKE REPORTERS LIKE HIM ANYMORE.

HE WILL HATE ME FOR SAYING THIS, ALL THE FACIAL HAIR , WHICH HE HAD ON AND OFF OVER THE YEARS.

>> ON AND OFF.

>> IS ALMOST GONE NOW AND I'M TRYING TO ROCK THIS DOUBLE LOOK.

HAVING JOEL DO THAT , I AM VERY GRATEFUL.

IN AUGUST OF 1974, HE WAS A METROPOLITAN EDITOR AT THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.

HE CALLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE AND SAID, LARRY , YOU ARE GOING DOWN TO CITY HALL.

RICHARD DALEY IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND YOU WILL HELP HARRY GOLDEN JR. COVER HIS CAMPAIGN.

WE DID NOT REALIZE IT WAS HIS LAST CAMPAIGN.

THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

>> HE SET YOU UP TO COVER POLICY AND POLITICS.

>> WAS THE WASHINGTON ISSUE THE HEIGHT OF WHAT YOU COVERED ?

DID ANYTHING MATCH THAT ?

>> NOTHING COMES CLOSE.

THEY WERE YOUNG PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF JOURNALISM THAT SAY, IN THIS PAST RACE FOR MAYOR , IT WAS SO POLARIZED.

BRANDON JOHNSON , EVERYBODY IS SO ANGRY AND THE CITY IS ON FIRE REALLY?

THE TURNOUT WAS 30% , IN 1983 , WHEN HAROLD FIRST WON, THE TURNOUT WAS 90% AS IT WAS AGAIN IN 1987.

HERE IS HOW ON FIRE THE CITY WAS, I WOULD WALK DOWN THE STREET IN CHICAGO AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, GOOD STORY, OTHERS WOULD HARANGUE ME.

I WAS OUT TO DINNER AT JO'S PLACE , AND I AM SEEING A GUY AT THE BAR GIVING ME THE EVIL EYE.

HE PUTS ON HIS COAT AND HE COMES OVER AND HE SWINGS AT ME.

HE WAS SO DRUNK HE FELL DOWN.

>> HAZARDS OF THE JOB.

YOU HAVE WORKED AN ENTIRE YEAR FOR US FOR FREE , WE THOUGHT WE COULD GIVE YOU A TOTAL BACK.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

WE HAVE TO RUN.

THANK YOU ALL.

THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.

WE WILL LEAVE YOU WITH VINTAGE MIKE FLANNERY THROUGH THE YEARS.

♪ >> I HAVE TO SAY, TWO ILLINOISANS WERE VYING FOR THE PRESIDENCY AND BOTH FELL FLAT.

THEY BOTH ENDED UP FALLING SHORT AND I THINK , IN THE CASE OF ONE OF THEM, JESSE JACKSON , WHO WENT TO THE CONVENTION , HE PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN CONFUSING AND THROWING FOR LOSS THE MIKE DUKAKIS CAMPAIGN.

♪ >> WE ARE SEEING AN URBAN-SUBURBAN VERSUS RURAL SPLIT IN THIS COUNTRY.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LESS DENSE PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY , THOSE COUNTIES WHERE THE DENSITY PER SQUARE MILE IS FAIRLY LOW.

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