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

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

FORMER NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL PLAYERS SPEAK OUT ON THE HAZING IN THE PROGRAM.

>> IT IS UNCONTROLLABLE.

YOU ARE DOMINATED BY THE CULTURE.

>> NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL ALUMNI BREAK THEIR SILENCE.

A LAWYER FOR FORMER HEAD COACH PAT FITZGERALD MAINTAINS HE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING.

>> THE POLITICAL POSTURING IS OVER.

>>> THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT GREEN LIGHTS THE ELIMINATION OF CASH BAIL AS PROSECUTORS AND JUDGES SCRAMBLE TO GET READY.

>> I DO NOT WANT PHONE CALLS ASKING WHEN THE CITY WILL PLOW MY SIDEWALK.

>>> COULD GOVERNMENT TESTIFIED IN THE TRIAL OF ED BURKE ?

>>> REMEMBERING AMERICAN ICON TONY BENNETT, DEAD TODAY AT 96 YEARS OLD.

>>> NOW TO OUR PANEL, DAN BERNSTEIN OF THE SCORE, CHERYL CORLEY OF NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, JOINING US VIA ZOOM, DAVID KENNY.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

DAN, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF WHAT FORMER NORTHWESTERN PLAYER LLOYD YATES HAD TO SAY?

>> IMMENSELY COMPELLING, TERRIBLY SAD, AND COURAGEOUS OF HIM TO DO IT.

HE IS ONE OF MANY ALREADY AND THERE WILL BE MANY MORE TELLING THEIR STORIES.

SINCE I LEFT THE GREEN ROOM AND SAT DOWN HERE, I GUARANTEE THERE IS ANOTHER STORY EMERGING.

THIS IS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORY AND IT IS IN NO WAY POSITIVE FOR NORTHWESTERN.

FITZGERALD, THE HAZING, THIS IS ONLY A TINY PART OF IT BECAUSE OF THE ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM AS WELL , BECAUSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE BASEBALL COACH BEING FIRED AND HAZING INCIDENTS IN OTHER SPORTS.

THIS IS A PROFOUND SITUATION.

>> IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE FOR THAT ENTIRE SPORTS DEPARTMENT.

LET YOUR LITTLE BIT OF WHAT FORMER QUARTERBACK LLOYD YATES HAD TO SAY.

>> PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL, PLAYING BIG TEN, WE WANTED TO BE ACCEPTED AND WE WANTED TO FIT IN.

WE WANTED TRUST AND RESPECT.

IF YOU WENT AGAINST THAT, YOU WERE AN OUTCAST AND IT WARRANTED FURTHER ABUSE.

>> BEN CRUMP IS RIGHT TO HIS LEFT, HE GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION.

GIVE US A SENSE OF THE SCOPE NOW OF THIS LEGAL SITUATION FOR NORTHWESTERN.

>> AS SOON AS BEN CRUMP WALKED UP TO THE STAGE, NORTHWESTERN JUST SHOOK.

BECAUSE THESE ARE THE KINDS OF CASES THAT HE TAKES ON.

CASES THAT HAVE WIDESPREAD IMPLICATIONS.

THIS CASE OBVIOUSLY DOES.

SO I THINK THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED , WE MAY BE SEEING A LOT MORE COMING OUT, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE SEEKING MORE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD AND TO BE PART OF IT.

>> THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAWSUITS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT, EVEN TODAY.

WHEN YOU HEAR FROM THE ATTORNEY FOR PATRICK FITZGERALD SAYING, HEY, SO WAS THE PROOF THAT THE HEAD COACH, THE LEADER, KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS STATEMENT?

>> HIS ARGUMENT IS, I DIDN'T KNOW.

IT WENT ON FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE VICTIMS.

THAT IS ANOTHER RED FLAG , IF IT WAS GOING ON.

THE STUDENT PAPER THAT BROKE THAT STORY, THEY BROUGHT EVERYONE AWARENESS OF IT.

TO SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THAT IS HORRIFYING IN ITS OWN WAY.

>> WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF DAN WEBB GOING OUT AND MAKING THESE STATEMENTS WHEN THERE IS NO LEGAL ACTION THAT FITZGERALD IS TAKING PART IN?

>> HE WANTS TO SPEND THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE HIGHEST-PAID SPOKESMAN AIKEN FINE.

UNTIL NORTHWESTERN FILE SUIT, YOU DO NOT NEED A LAWYER.

YOU CAN RATTLE THOSE SABERS , BUT UNTIL THEY TAKE ON DISCOVERY.

UNTIL THEY SAY, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO SWORN DEPOSITIONS, GOING BACK HOWEVER MANY YEARS, IT IS ALL JUST POSTURING AND BLUSTER.

>> YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL DOMINOES ARE FALLING.

WHAT IS THE NEXT SHOE TO DROP?

THERE IS A STAFF OF COACHES WHO ARE STILL THERE, DESPITE BEING AROUND FOR THE FITZGERALD TENURE.

>> THE ASSISTANT COACH JUST HAD HIS NAME PULLED INTO THINGS AS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE SEXUAL WHO RAISE , HAZING, THERE WILL BE MORE.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS.

WHAT THEY SHOULD DO, FIRST OF ALL, SUSPEND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, DEREK GREG IMMEDIATELY AND INDEFINITELY.

THEN THEY SHOULD SUSPEND THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL, THEY HAVE MEDIA DAY, THEY ARE GOING TO TROT OUT AN INTERIM HEAD COACH ON MEDIA DAY TO BE THE FACE OF THIS.

THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT TALKED AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAS NOT TALKED.

THEY ARE PUTTING THIS ALL ON AN INTERIM GUY THAT THEY HIRED LAST YEAR.

THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL IS AN IRONIC STATEMENT ABOUT HOW THE HAD JOMINI OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL HAS AFFECTED THIS.

>> THEY WERE 1-11 LAST YEAR.

WHAT ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AS A PROGRAM?

>> IT WILL BE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WANT TO SPEND AND HOWEVER THEY CAN FIND THE CONTINUING RECRUITMENT PIPELINE.

IT IS A SEDUCTIVE ADDICTION FOR A COLLEGE TO LOVE FOOTBALL TOO MUCH.

LOOKED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO YEARS AGO, WHEN THE ACADEMIC POWERS THAT BE DECIDED ENOUGH ALREADY.

WE ARE DROPPING THE PROGRAM.

FOR DECADES, UNTIL THEY CAME BACK IN DIVISION III.

>> THE PRESIDENT OF NORTHWESTERN SAID SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT, WE WILL REEVALUATE IN THE BROADER CONTEXT.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT SOMETHING LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SITUATION COULD HAPPEN?

>> PERHAPS.

THE CHANGES, THIS IS WHY HE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGE.

HE IS RELATIVELY NEW.

AND HE WILL HAVE , TRUSTEES, THEY HAVE A NEW GUY WHO CAN MAKE CHANGES AND WHO IS NOT INVESTED IN THE PROGRAM AS MUCH AS A PRESIDENT WHO WAS AROUND FOR MANY MORE YEARS.

>> THERE IS PAT RYAN, THE FOUNDER OF AION INSURANCE, AND ALL OF THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TRUSTEES FEEL ABOUT THIS ?

>> THEY ARE IN A NIGHTMARE RIGHT NOW.

THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS.

AGAIN, I THINK THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE A NEW GUY ON THE BLOCK WHO CAN MAKE CHANGES AND NOT BE BLAMED AS MUCH AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

>> McKINNEY, YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS, WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IS GOING ON ?

>> AS I WAS SITTING THERE LISTENING TO THE EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM YOUR PANEL, THE THING THAT BLOWS ME AWAY, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT AS IF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IS NEW TO AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE NORTHWESTERN.

LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT PENN STATE, LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT MICHIGAN STATE.

YOU KNOW, LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN ALL OF OUR BLACK SOCKS, RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD.

THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE HAVING TO PAY OUT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BEING ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH, THIS KIND OF MISCONDUCT IS HAPPENING RIGHT BENEATH PEOPLE'S NOSES.

THAT IS WHAT IS SO SURPRISING TO ME.

EVERY SINGLE INSTITUTION THAT DEALS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE ACUTELY AWARE OF THIS KIND OF SITUATION HAPPENING.

AND NORTHWESTERN, IF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE ACCURATE, WHAT NOW?

>> NORTHWESTERN HAD ANOTHER HAZING SCHEDULE ALREADY WITHIN SOCCER.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS WERE MENTIONED.

YOU KNOW , THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HAS SOME EXPERIENCE.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE NORTHWESTERN HANDLED THIS LIKE THE BLACKHAWKS DID.

>> THEY ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING IN WHICH ALL OF THE PRINCIPLES DECIDED LIKE CARTOON VILLAINS TO COVER IT UP.

THIS IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO UNRAVEL BECAUSE OF THE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY.

>> WE NOW HAVE TO MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE OTHER NEWS.

DAVE McKINNEY, HE BROKE A LOT OF THAT BLACKHAWKS STORY.

DAVE, THE SUPREME COURT IN ILLINOIS THIS WEEK SAID THAT CASH BAIL IS GOOD TO GO, WHY DID THE HIGH COURT DIFFER ?

>> THE HIGH COURT TOOK A LOOK AND GIVE DEFERENCE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE WILL OF THE SUPER MAJORITY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

I DO NOT THINK THAT THE OUTCOME HERE IS AT ALL SURPRISING.

WHAT IT DOES SHOW IS THAT ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

IF WE ZOOM BACKWARDS TO THE LAST ELECTION, THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT REPUBLICANS HAD TO TAKE A TEAR AT THE STATE SUPREME COURT.

BOTH OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, REPUBLICAN-LEANING PLACES , AND IN BOTH CASES, DEMOCRATS WON.

THE MAJORITY OF COURTS SWUNG THAT WAY.

I THINK IT IS AN INTERESTING ISSUE.

POLITICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYING OUT ALMOST SINCE THE MOMENT THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR, AND ARE , WE HAD AN ELECTION THAT WAS BUILT AROUND THIS ENTIRELY.

I THINK THAT REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THIS.

WE HAD AN ELECTION, A GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, WHERE THIS WAS FRONT AND CENTER.

AND J.B. PRITZKER PREVAILED.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE STILL HAVE PROSECUTORS DOWNSTATE THAT MAY BE MORE CONSERVATIVE BUT DO NOT WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS.

THEY HAVE TO.

THEY HAVE A MATTER OF SEVERAL WEEKS.

HOW DO YOU THINK THE IMPLEMENTATION IS GOING TO GO?

>> I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE ADVOCATED FOR IT, THEY WERE READY TO GO, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

AND THIS IS OVERTIME, ESSENTIALLY, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT.

DOWNSTATE, THEY ARE BASICALLY TRYING TO CHALLENGE IT , OF COURSE.

I WOULD IMAGINE THEY ARE PROBABLY SCRAMBLING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT AND MODEL HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS ADDITIONAL TREATMENT, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO DECIDING WHEN SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED, IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE HELD IN JAIL, RIGHT?

IN COOK COUNTY, THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ALREADY DO.

IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THEY HAVE REMOVED THE CASH COMPONENT.

IT REQUIRES MORE SCRUTINY ON THE PART OF THE JUDGE, BASICALLY, OR, THE PROSECUTORS, YEAH.

>> AND YOU KNOW, THERE WERE CONCERNS, CHERYL CORLEY , ABOUT WHAT KIND OF DISCRETION THAT JUDGES WOULD HAVE.

WHAT OFFENSES WILL OFFENDERS STILL HAVE WHERE THEY WILL HAVE TO STAY IN JAIL AND WHAT KIND OF DISCRETION WILL JUDGES HAVE?

>> IF YOU HAVE COMMITTED A SERIOUS CRIME IN THE PAST, THE JUDGE WILL LOOK AT YOUR RECORD.

THERE WILL BE AN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU ARE A SAFETY RISK OR NOT.

WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO, IS THIS PERSON GOING TO BE A HARM TO THE PUBLIC?

IS THIS PERSON A PERSON WHO WILL NOT COME BACK, IF THEY ARE LET OUT OF JAIL BEFORE THEIR TRIAL ?

THOSE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT THE JUDGES WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ADVOCATES OF THIS HAVE ALWAYS SAID IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

THAT THIS LAW MAKE THE IMPORTANT ISSUES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO A POSSIBLE OFFENDER, OR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SOMETHING, THOSE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.

AS OPPOSED TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN PAY TO GET OUT OF JAIL.

>> DAVID McKINNEY, DO YOU SEE, DOWNSTATE, MORE CONSERVATIVE PROSECUTORS, PERHAPS MORE CONSERVATIVE JUDGES, IMPLEMENTING THIS DIFFERENTLY THAN A PLACE LIKE COOK COUNTY?

>> I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME THAT TRY.

THERE WILL BE SOME PROSECUTORS.

DO NOT FORGET, PROSECUTORS ACROSS THE STATE ARE PARTISAN.

YOU KNOW, THEY ARE PLAYING TO THE PEANUT GALLERY, IN SOME WAYS.

THEY WILL TRY TO DO SOME WORKAROUNDS , I SUSPECT.

IF WE SEE ANY EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF WHERE DIFFERENT COUNTIES DOWNSTATE ARE THUMBING THEIR NOSE ENTIRELY OR NOT ADHERING TO WHAT THE COURT SAYS, I THINK WE WILL SEE ACTION, PERHAPS, IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TIGHTEN IT UP EVEN MORE.

THE SUPREME COURT IS THE FINAL SAY IN THIS.

AND WE ARE A STATE OF LAWS.

YOU FOLLOW WHATEVER THE LAW IS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DOWNSTATE PROSECUTORS, THEY MAY NOT LIKE IT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE SWORN TO UPHOLD THE LAW.

>> THERE ARE SOME WARNING THAT THIS WILL PUT MORE DANGEROUS PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

DAN BERNSTEIN, YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF CHICAGO, DO YOU FEAR THAT NOW THAT JUDGES CANNOT IMPOSE ANY KIND OF CASH BAIL, IT COULD LEAD TO PUTTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE A THREAT, BACK ON THE STREETS ?

>> I THINK, AS IT WAS SAID , THERE WILL BE A TRUST IN JUDGES TO MAKE PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENTS.

AS A CHICAGOAN, I AM NOT INCREASINGLY FEARFUL AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, A GOOD STEP.

AND I AM HOPING THAT IT SUCCEEDS , LONG TERM, BECAUSE OF THE EXAMPLE IT WOULD SET.

HOWEVER, WHEN REPUBLICANS ARE CHAMPING AT THE BIT TO MITIGATE, YOU HAVE EVERYONE WHO CANNOT WAIT TO WRITE THAT CAMPAIGN AD.

THEY CANNOT WAIT TO WRITE THAT CAMPAIGN AD.

>> THEY DID THAT IN THE LAST ELECTION, AND THEY DID NOT WIN ANYTHING.

>> WELL, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAD TO LEARN LESSONS, THIS HAS HAD REPERCUSSIONS IN MY EYES WELL OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

AND IN OTHER MAJOR CITIES, OTHER RED AND BLUE DIVIDES THAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT AMERICA.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN PLACES WHO HAVE NOT USED BAIL THAT MUCH.

STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE ABOUT WHAT EFFECT THAT HAS HAD.

WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW JERSEY, THEY LOOKED AT IT EXTENSIVELY.

WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS NOT USED BAIL, EXCEPT FOR VERY SPARINGLY, SINCE THE 1990s.

NEW JERSEY HAS NOT USED IT FOR ALMOST AS LONG.

THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT CRIME HAS NOT GONE UP BECAUSE PEOPLE DID NOT MAKE BAIL.

>> MOTHER IS PRECEDENTS IN THIS.

>> NEW JERSEY WAS THE FIRST TO TOTALLY GET RID OF IT, COMPLETELY.

>> THEY HAVE GOT TO MOVE OVER TO THE CITY.

AND IN THE OFFICE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY TOOK THE RARE STEP OF SPEAKING OUT.

THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT ACTUALLY IDENTIFY ANY VICTIMS OR ALLEGED CASES OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS HAVING INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH MIGRANTS.

HOW COME THEY CANNOT IDENTIFY ANYONE?

>> A BIG PART OF THAT, THEY KEPT ON SAYING THAT THEY WERE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS.

BUT AT THAT POINT, THE ALLEGATIONS WERE UNSUBSTANTIATED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SPEAK TO THE VICTIMS.

A BIG PART OF IT, A LOT OF THE MIGRANTS WHO I HAVE SPOKEN TO, YOU KNOW, FROM SEPTEMBER WHEN I STARTED REPORTING ON IT, UNTIL NOW, THEY WERE SPEAKING OUT.

SPEAKING OUT ABOUT A COP COULD GET YOU KILLED.

PEOPLE CAME HERE SEEKING ASYLUM.

BECAUSE OF THESE ALLEGATIONS, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATIONS WITH MIGRANTS, THEY DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT COPA IS, RIGHT?

THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN TRUST COPA.

THAT IS KIND OF COMPOUNDED WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE BARRIER AND THE OTHER ISSUE THAT EVOLVES AROUND BEING THE VICTIM OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHERE THESE ALLEGATIONS ORIGINATED AND IF THEY WERE MAYBE SPURIOUS GREAT >> TYPICALLY, THERE WILL BE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE VERY END, WHERE THEY COMPLETELY LAY EVERYTHING OUT.

BUT, THEY SAID THEY WERE STILL INVESTIGATING AND TRYING TO INVESTIGATE WHERE THE ALLEGATIONS CAME FROM.

I, MYSELF, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

AND THERE WERE NEW ALLEGATIONS, TOO.

A COMBINATION OF, DURING THE SEARCH, ABOUT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BETWEEN OFFICERS AND MIGRANTS, THE REBELLIOUS INVESTIGATIONS ACROSS VARIOUS POLICE DISTRICTS.

THERE WERE SOME STUDIES AND OTHER THINGS, BUT THE ONE THAT WAS ELEVATED TO THE 10th DISTRICT WAS AT THE 19th DISTRICT, AGAIN, UNSUBSTANTIATED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT FIND A VICTIM WHO WANTS TO GO ON THE RECORD.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE TRICKY TO INVESTIGATE, BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED, THE TRUST, THE LANGUAGE BARRIER.

DAVE McKINNEY, WE HAVE GOT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CASE OF ALDERMAN ED BURKE, AT SOME POINT, THIS WILL GO TO TRIAL.

IT HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE YEARS OF PRETRIAL MOTIONS.

PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO SEEK TO HAVE FORMER ALDERMAN TESTIFY, DO YOU THINK THAT HE WILL END UP TESTIFYING?

>> I THINK THE ONE THING THAT IS LIKELY, WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN THE TRIAL, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS PROBABLY PRETTY WELL ASSURED.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS A LOT RIDING ON THIS CASE.

I THINK IT IS IN THEIR INTEREST TO BRING HIM OUT INTO THE OPEN.

BY FAR, HE IS PROBABLY THE MOST INFAMOUS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, A GOVERNMENT MOLE, THAT HAS BEEN USED.

WE JUST GOT OFF THE CON ED TRIAL WHERE THERE WAS A GOVERNMENT MOLE INVOLVED.

HE OFFERS POWERFUL TESTIMONY ABOUT WHAT HE SAW WITH ED BURKE.

AND I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGHT AGAINST HIM BEING THERE.

AND I AM SURE THEY ALREADY HAVE STRATEGIES READY TO ENACT , TO TRY TO TEAR SOLIS APART.

DANNY SOLIS, IF HE TAKES THE STAND, IT WILL NOT BE FOR AN HOUR.

IT WILL BE FOR A WEEK OR LONGER.

THOSE OF US WHO LOVE FOLLOWING THESE CASES, IT WILL MAKE FOR GREAT THEATER.

>> IT WILL BE.

THERE WILL BE BOMBSHELL TESTIMONY IF IT INDEED DOES EVER HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT DROPPED THEIR CHARGES AGAINST CON ED.

DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE COMPANY HANDS ARE WHITE CLEAN?

THEY KIND OF FULFILLED EVERYTHING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO , BY COOPERATING AND WHATNOT.

>> LEGALLY, IT MEANS THAT THEY NO LONGER FACE THE THREAT OF BEING CONVICTED OF BRIBERY.

THE CONDITION WAS, THEY WOULD DROP THAT IN THREE YEARS IF CON ED COOPERATED FULLY IN THE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS OF MIKE MADIGAN.

AND IF THEY PAID THE $200 MILLION FINE.

THEY FULFILLED BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

CON ED 'S COOPERATION FACTOR HEAVILY IN THE PROSECUTIONS AND CONVICTIONS OF THEIR FORMER CEO AND THE LOBBYIST MIKE McLEAN , AND OTHERS.

IT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT IN THE UPCOMING TRIAL OF FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER, MICHAEL MADIGAN.

IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY IN THE BOOKS.

BUT CON ED IS STILL OBLIGATED TO CONTINUE COOPERATING IN THE MADIGAN CASE.

FOR THE MOMENT, NOT FOR THE MOMENT, THEY ARE NOW OFF THE HOOK, LEGALLY, FROM FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

>> AND YOU HAVE THE FORMER CEO CONVICTED, TRYING TO APPEAL THAT, I WONDER IF SHE , OR ANYONE ELSE , MIGHT MOVE ON TO SOME CITY COUNCIL ACTION.

SO, THE CITY , SHOVELING SIDEWALKS, IT IS SAID IT WILL BE A BAD IDEA.

>> I DON'T WANT TO GET NO PHONE CALLS FROM MY RESIDENTS ASKING WHEN THE CITY IS GOING TO COME AND PLOW MY SIDEWALKS.

>> SO, CHERYL CORLEY, CITY COUNCIL HAS A PROPOSAL WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO SHOVEL ALL THE SIDEWALKS.

THAT IS A LOT OF SIDEWALKS.

THEY KIND OF PUNTED, SAYING THEY WOULD PUT TOGETHER A STUDY GROUP AND COME OUT WITH THE RESULTS NEXT MAY.

IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO THIS, IT WILL NOT BE IN THE COMING WINTER.

>> YES, YOUR SIDEWALKS WILL STILL HAVE SNOW.

>> YOU WILL STILL HAVE TO SHOVEL.

THERE IS A TIP AND MINIMUM WAGE PROPOSAL, WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS WILL ALL GO ?

>> I THINK IT WILL BE A LONG HAUL.

I THINK RESIDENTS WOULD LOVE THE IDEA OF THEIR SIDEWALKS BEING PLOWED.

BUT I DO NOT THINK , I THINK THAT THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF SWAY.

HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE WAITING FOR THEIR STREETS TO BE PLOWED?

>> WE KNOW THE HISTORY OF PLOWING AND POLITICS IN CHICAGO.

IF MY SIDEWALKS ARE NOT PLOWED, YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF HERE.

>> WE ALSO KNOW WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF FIRST.

>> PROBABLY NOT ED BURKE'S NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE, BUT IN THE PAST, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE CASE.

>> BEFORE WE GO, DAN BERNSTEIN, PAT HUGHES, THE LEGENDARY RADIO BROADCASTER, TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE RADIO HALL OF FAME.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT ?

>> IT IS A WONDERFUL HONOR.

WHAT IS SO SPECIAL, HE IS HEARING ALL OF THESE APPRECIATIONS WHILE HE IS ABSOLUTELY AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME.

HE HAS NEVER SOUNDED BETTER.

THE QUALITY OF THE CHICAGO CUBS ACTUAL PLAY HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN, THE QUALITY OF PAT HUGHES ON THE AIR HAS NEVER BEEN AS GOOD AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

>> HE NAILED THE BIGGEST CALL IN CUBS HISTORY, 2016, THE CHICAGO CUBS WIN THE WORLD SERIES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO HIM ?

>> IT MEANS SO MUCH.

TO BE ABLE TO WATCH HIM , AND TO HEAR HIS SPEECH WHICH HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME, IT WILL BE SUCH A GREAT MOMENT FOR CHICAGO BROADCASTING.

>> SO YOU WILL HAVE PAT USE IN THE HALL OF FAME, SOMETHING THAT RON CENTO WOULD HAVE BEEN THRILLED ABOUT.

THANK YOU TO DAVE McKINNEY, DAN BERNSTEIN, AND CHERYL CORLEY.

>>> NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IS AMANDA VINICKY.

BUT WE FOUND HER WITH HER NEW BABY GIRL, BORN ON JULY 3rd.

MOM, DAD, AND BABY ARE ALL HAPPY AND HEALTHY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AMANDA VINICKY ON HER NEW BABY.

AMANDA IS CHAMPING AT THE BIT TO CHASE DOWN SOME OF THOSE POLITICAL SCOOPS.

THAT IS OUR SHOW.

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