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

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

MAYOR JOHNSON IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NASCAR AFTER THE RACE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN DOES NOT DAMPEN THE SPIRITS OF NASCAR OFFICIALS AFTER THE HISTORIC FIRST EVER CHICAGO STREET RACE BUT MAYOR JOHNSON AND CITY COUNCIL THEY PUT THE BRAKES ON A RETURN NEXT YEAR.

>>> SOME PARTS OF THE AREA DRENCHED WITH EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN.

STORMWATER OFFICIALS GET A TEARFUL.

>>> ALLEGATIONS THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAD SEX WITH MIGRANTS LIVING IN POLICE STATIONS.

>> IT REPRESENTS DEMOCRACY.

EVERYONE HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE, NO MATTER YOUR COMMUNITY .

>> A PROGRESSIVE BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND MAYOR JOHNSON COMPLETES A DRASTIC OVERHAUL WITH THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

>>> HYDE PARK RESIDENT HONOR THE VICTIMS OF THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE JULY 4th MASSACRE.

OUR PANEL JOINING US , CRAIG DELMORE , MIKE LOWE, WGN, RAY LONG OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

THIS DISTURBING STORY TODAY, INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER AN OFFICER HAD SEX WITH MIGRANTS AT THE POLICE STATION.

WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR?

>> WE KNOW VERY LITTLE.

THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN TIPTOEING AROUND THE FACTS.

WE GOT A STATEMENT FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAYING THAT THEY WERE INVESTIGATING AN ALLEGATION THAT A POLICE OFFICER HAD SEX WITH A MINOR MIGRANT.

I DO NOT KNOW WE HAVE HAD THAT CONFIRMED BEFORE .

THAT WOULD PUT IT IN A NEW LIGHT AND MAYBE WHY EVERYONE IS TIPTOEING AROUND IT.

YOU CANNOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICER OR THE ALLEGATION.

PLUS , INDICATIONS ARE IT COULD BE OTHER OFFICERS WHO MAY HAVE HAD SEXUAL CONTACT , MAYBE WITH OTHER MIGRANTS.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND IT IS MAINLY GOING ON UNDER THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY .

>> VIEWERS MAY WONDER, WHAT ARE MIGRANTS STILL DOING AT THIS POLICE STATION.

>> IT IS FLABBERGASTING YOU HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG TO MOVE MIGRANTS OUT OF THE POLICE STATION.

WHERE ARE THE PLACES THAT ARE STEPPING UP TO TAKE CARE OF THEM?

COULDN'T WE FIND HOTEL ROOMS?

DORM ROOMS THAT ARE EMPTY?

CHURCHES THAT ARE WILLING TO OPEN THEIR DOORS?

IT IS A CASE WHERE THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT POLICE STATIONS.

YOU HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT THE POWER DYNAMIC THESE MIGRANTS ARE FACING TO COME THROUGH THE JUNGLES, THEY GO TO A POLICE STATION , THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH SO MUCH, AND NOW FACED WITH POLICE OFFICERS DOING THINGS TO THEM THAT ARE UNSPEAKABLE.

>> WE DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS BUT THEY ARE VERY VULNERABLE.

>> THIS STEMS FROM THE POLICY, IF A MIGRANT SHOWS UP AT A POLICE STATION , THEY STAY THERE UNTIL THE CITY PLACES THEM IN A SAFE PLACE.

WHEN YOU THINK OF A POLICE STATION , YOU THINK OF IT AS A SAFE PLACE EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NOT BEDS.

WHEN THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP , WHERE SHOULD WE RELOCATE SOME OF THE MIGRANTS?

IT SHOULD BECOME A BIG PROBLEM.

IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IS DRIVING MIGRANTS WHO ARE STILL AT THE POLICE STATION.

>> ONE THING THAT IS INTERESTING , I WAS READING THAT THE WORKERS HAD ASKED FOR THE CITY TO SEND PEOPLE TO MONITOR WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE SLEEPING.

THAT THEY WERE SAFE, THIS WAS ACCORDING TO THE SUN-TIMES.

THAT IS AN ISSUE.

PEOPLE HAVE RAISED THIS CONCERN , THESE ARE VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE POLICE ARE WHO YOU WOULD CALL WHEN YOU DID NOT FEEL SAFE.

>> A LOT TO INVESTIGATE .

THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY PASSED UPWARDS OF $50 MILLION TO DEAL WITH A MIGRANT CRISIS.

WHERE IS THE PLAN TO HOUSE SOME OF THESE MIGRANTS AT LEAST TEMPORARILY?

>> THAT $51 MILLION, IT ONLY TAKES US TO THE END OF THIS MONTH.

MOST OF IT WILL GO TOWARDS PERSONNEL.

THAT IS ANOTHER STORY WE HAVE DEALT WITH HERE.

THE PLAN IS TO FIGHT OTHER PLACES , THEY ARE TRYING TO STAND UP OTHER PLACES.

AS WE HAVE SEEN, EVEN PROPOSING SOME PLACE AND SAYING WE ARE GOING TO TURN THIS HOTEL INTO A PLACE FOR MIGRANTS, BRINGS US PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE , LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS.

IT IS NOT AN INSTANTANEOUS THING WHERE SOMEONE WAVES A MAGIC WAND AND THERE IS A SHELTER.

IT TAKES TIME .

>> A STILL DEVELOPING STORY.

>> IF IT IS REDTAPE, YOU HAVE TO CHANNEL WHAT HAROLD WASHINGTON SAID, DON'T WAIT FOR THE DOOR TO SAY, OPEN SESAME, KNOCK THE DOOR DOWN.

>> SOMETHING LIKE THIS MAY SPUR THIS ON.

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT NASCAR.

DID EVERYBODY WATCH THE RACE?

THE CITY NEVER LOOKED BETTER IN THE DRONE SHOTS .

>> THERE WAS SO COOL .

>> AND THE TRAFFIC JAM.

>> I DO THINK THE POINT YOU ARE RAISING ABOUT THE CITY LOOKING GREAT, IT BOOSTED THE CHICAGO AUDIENCE THAT MAY NOT THINK OF CHICAGO AS A BEAUTIFUL , CULTURAL MECCA.

PEOPLE MAY WATCH NASCAR AND HAVE THEIR OWN IDEAS ABOUT WHAT CHICAGO LOOKS LIKE.

WE ARE NOT A NASCAR MARKET, NFL, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL , NBA MARKET.

IT WAS COOL TO SEE IT.

THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS , THEY DESERVE ONE MORE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, IF THE CONCERTS HAD GONE OFF AS SCHEDULED AND THE RACES HAD BEEN RUN.

>> THE RATINGS WERE STILL GOOD .

>> THAT IS WHAT MATTERS TO NBC.

>> THAT TELLS THEM , IF WE HAD A BETTER SHOW TO SELL, MORE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE WATCHED.

>> WHAT MATTERS TO MAYOR JOHNSON AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO CHICAGO.

WHEN WILL WE KNOW THE NUMBERS?

>> WE ARE STILL FAR AWAY TO CALCULATE THE ECONOMICS AND SEE WHETHER IT WAS GOOD FOR THE CITY.

I STILL WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CARS GOING IN ONE DIRECTION.

WE NEED REAL CHICAGO DRIVING.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

>> MAYBE WE COULD GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> THEY FOUND OUT , THE DISRUPTION IS THE OTHER THING THE MAYOR WILL WANT TO HEAR ABOUT.

THE MUSEUM CAMPUS IS AS MUCH, AND SOMETIMES MORE BUSINESS THAN IT NORMALLY GETS.

THEY WERE NORMALLY WHERE THEY WOULD BE.

>> THE HOPE WAS MORE RESTAURANTS WHO HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING SINCE THE PANDEMIC WOULD GET CROWDS.

>> WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

>> THE CITY COUNCIL HAS LEVERAGE TO HAVE MORE CONCESSIONS WITH NASCAR.

>> THEY GET MILLIONS OUT OF LOLLAPALOOZA.

THEN MAYBE A WAY TO SAY, WE DESERVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> THAT HAS BEEN A SUBJECT ON PURPORTING, THE IDEA OF NASCAR ONLY PAYING $500,000 FOR THE PERMIT WHEN LOLLAPALOOZA PAYS $8 MILLION AND IT DOES NOT DISRUPT TRAFFIC.

>> DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A SWEETHEART DEAL?

>> THOSE OTHER MAJOR FESTIVALS STARTED UP WITH CONTRACTS LIKE THIS ONE AND WHEN THEY GREW INTO SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER , THEY PAID A BIGGER PRICE.

>> CRAIG, IF YOU HAD TO GUESS , BECAUSE THE CITY HAS A CLAUSE WHERE THEY CAN CHOOSE NOT TO RENEW THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF RAISING, IS IT COMING BACK?

>> I BELIEVE IT WILL.

I THINK THERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE QUESTIONS.

IT WAS NOT AS DISRUPTIVE AS MANY PEOPLE EXPECTED.

IT DID BETTER THAN SOME PEOPLE EXPECTED DESPITE THE RAIN AND I THINK IT WILL BE BACK.

>> WE ARE HOLDING YOU TO THAT.

>> I WAS SURPRISED MICHAEL JORDAN WAS IN HERE .

HE IS A NASCAR OWNER AND IT IS A NATURAL FIT.

>> MAYBE HIS FLIGHT WAS DELAYED BY THE RAIN.

>>> OTHER ISSUES , MAYOR JOHNSON SAYS HIS NEW TRANSITION REPORT REPRESENTS HIS VALUES AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE CITY.

>> BECAUSE THIS BLUEPRINT REPRESENT A PLATFORM THAT I RAN ON.

IT IS ALSO A REPRESENTATION OF HOW WE WILL GOVERN.

IT REPRESENTS DEMOCRACY.

WHERE EVERYONE LITERALLY HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

>> THE MAYOR HAS GOTTEN SOME HEAT FOR HIS PERCEIVED SLOW ROLLOUT , HIRING TOP PEOPLE , PUTTING OUT THINGS LIKE THIS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS TRANSITION REPORT?

>> IT WAS LONG , 223 PAGES.

IT WAS A LOT OF WHAT YOU HEARD HIM CAMPAIGN ON.

HE BROUGHT IN PEOPLE WHO WERE WITH HIM AND LAID OUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT SHOULD HAPPEN.

I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING I WAS LIKE, THAT IS DIFFERENT.

HE DID TRY TO GET SOME DIVERSITY OF OPINION .

THERE WERE SOME BUSINESS PEOPLE.

THERE WERE PROGRESSIVES THAT SAID, WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE THAT?

BUT IT WAS A LAUNDRY LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO.

THESE ARE GREAT GOALS.

BUT , HOW DO YOU REACH THESE GOALS IS THE BIGGEST QUESTION?

>> REVENUE FOR HOUSING , THE HOMELESS, THE CORPORATE TAX.

DOES THIS LEAD TO LEGISLATION AND ACTION?

OR WILL IT BE SHELVED?

>> I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF BLUE RIBBON REPORTS OVER THE YEARS THAT GO ON THE SHELF.

I DO BELIEVE THE INTENT IS TO GET THINGS DONE.

IF YOU HAVE A DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME LEGISLATION FORWARD , THEY HAVE A BETTER THAN USUAL CHANCE.

>> ABOUT RAISING MONEY FOR THE HOMELESS AND REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX , I THINK THE COMMITTEE CITED WITH GOING THE LEGISLATURE ROUTE, WHETHER THEN A REFERENDUM.

>> BOTH ROUTES WOULD BE DIFFICULT BUT THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAVE NOT INDICATED THEY WILL SUPPORT THAT TAX.

>> THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID THAT IS NOT SOMETHING HE IS THINKING ABOUT.

>> THERE WILL BE SOME REVENUE CHALLENGES.

ON A HISTORICALLY VIOLENT WEEKEND, THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF MURDERS WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

LET'S HEAR WHAT THE INTERIM POLICE SUPERINTENDENT HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE WEATHER FACTORING INTO HOLIDAY WEEKEND VIOLENCE.

>> MAYBE WE DO NOT HAVE THE CLIP.

HE IS SAYING, IT RAINED A LOT, IT DOES HAVE SOME IMPACT , ALTHOUGH IT WAS A FAIRLY VIOLENT, LONG WEEKEND WITH MURDERS DOWN THIS YEAR.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

OR A FAILURE THAT IT SHOULD BE DOWN MORE?

>> WHEN COMPARED TO NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, NOWHERE NEAR THE SUCCESS THEY ARE HAVING.

25% DOWN IN YORK AND MAYBE MORE THAN THAT IN LOS ANGELES.

BUT , IT IS PROGRESS.

WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN , YOU DON'T WANT TO SCOFF AT THAT.

NOT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

>> PROGRESS WILL BE INCREMENTAL IN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOU TOOK AWAY -- POLICE ARE LEARNING WHERE HOTSPOTS ARE AND TRY TO STAFF THE HOTSPOTS.

IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET REAL MOMENTUM.

HE DID ACKNOWLEDGE , WHILE IT WAS RAINING , PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE.

IT THE GUNMEN CAME OUT AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED.

>> HE SAID THEY SHOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE IN BREAKING UP LARGE GATHERINGS.

THIS IS NOT NEW.

>> GOOD IDEA!

>> IT WAS NOT A LIGHT RAIN, IT WAS A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR.

>> WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT RECORD-SETTING RAINFALL.

SOME AREAS ON THE WEST SIDE IN CICERO GOT EIGHT INCHES IN ONE DAY.

2000 BASEMENTS FLOODED ON THE WEST SIDE .

STORMWATER OFFICIALS ARE GETTING HEAT FOR NOT DIVERTING THE RIVER EARLIER .

>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE TUNNELS.

AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU MAY THINK THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CLIMATE CHANGE THAT IS EXASPERATING THE PROBLEMS.

DO YOU WANT TO OPEN THE RIVER WITH ALL OF THE WASTE THAT GOES IN FROM THE RIVER INTO LAKE MICHIGAN?

YOU CANNOT HAVE THE BEACHES OPEN.

>> THE RECLAMATION DISTRICT SAID THAT ALL OF THE DEEP TUNNELS AND RESERVOIRS WERE FILLED TO THE BRIM BECAUSE OF THE STORM AND THEY COULD NOT HANDLE ANY MORE.

AFTER ALL THAT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THEY COULD SPEND MORE.

>> THESE KINDS OF THINGS WANT EASY ANSWERS BUT IT IS A TECHNICAL THING WHEN YOU'RE DECIDING WHEN TO OPEN THEM OR NOT .

THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

>> THE RIVER HAS TO BE AT A HIGHER LEVEL .

WOULD YOU WANT TO JUMP INTO LAKE MICHIGAN RIGHT NOW?

>> SOME OF THE BEACHES ON THE NORTH SHORE WERE CLOSED.

NOBODY WOULD WANT TO JUMP INTO LAKE MICHIGAN AFTER WHAT WAS LET IN.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ASSIGNING BLAME, IT WAS HISTORIC RAINFALL AND THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY DAY.

NOT A PROBLEM WE WILL SEE EVERY WEEKEND.

>> THE ENGINEER WHO CAME ON THE SHOW SAID IT WAS A ONE IN 100 TO 500 YEAR RAIN EVENT.

IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING AND WE HAVE SEEN MORE OF THOSE.

>> WE ARE GETTING THESE MORE OFTEN.

>> LET'S NOT FORGET THERE WAS A DROUGHT BEFORE THIS .

IT IS FEAST OR FAMINE.

>>> LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ISSUE INVOLVING MAYOR JOHNSON CLEANING HOUSE AT THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION .

NOT SURPRISING.

BUT , WHO DID HE REPLACE THE FORMER MAYORS APPOINTEES ?

>> SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A STRONG PROGRESSIVE VOICE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

OTHER THAN THAT , EVERYBODY WAS GONE, INCLUDING A FAR SOUTH SIDE ACTIVIST I THOUGHT HE MAY KEEP ON.

HE BROUGHT ON THE LEADER, A GUY WHO IS -- OR WAS THAT HEAD OF RAZOR HAND, THE ADVOCACY GROUP AND IS A VERY PROGRESSIVE PERSON.

>> THEY HAD TIES TO THE TEACHERS UNION.

>> THEY HAVE FUNDED THEM OVER THE YEARS.

THEY WERE FOUNDED WAY BACK IN 2010.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS TALKING ABOUT GROWING CLASS SIZES AND THE BUDGET CRISIS.

HE BROUGHT ON A SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCATE WHO IS A PARENT AND WHO HAS BEEN STRONG OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SOME NAMES I WAS NOT EXPECTING.

NOT NAMES THAT ARE HOUSEHOLD NAMES.

THEY ARE PROGRESSIVES.

I AM NOT SURE WHAT THEIR EDUCATION AFFECT IS.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

I WAS LISTENING CLOSELY TO WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.

THEY HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THEY WERE ANNOUNCED.

THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.

SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY HAS BEEN MISSING OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO.

>> IT DOES SEEM LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN WALLED OFF FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WERE JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE MAYOR.

DO YOU THINK THESE NEW NOMINEES WOULD DO WHAT MAYOR JOHNSON WANTS , MORE SOCIAL WORKERS?

>> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT LAZANO JR., SOMEBODY WHO COMES OUT OF THE ACTIVIST AGENDA AND SOMEBODY WHOSE FATHER WAS SLAIN, AN ALLY OF HAROLD WASHINGTON.

HE ALSO RAN AGAINST AN ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRAT, DAN BURKE.

WHEN HE GAVE HIM A RUN FOR THE MONEY, NEXT TIME , HE THREW HIM OUT OF DAN BURKE'S DISTRICT.

INTERESTING TO HAVE A VOICE NOT ALWAYS HEARD BY THE PEOPLE .

>> PROPERTY TAX HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE LIMIT PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR.

THEY WANT TO SPEND IT ON MORE TEACHERS AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BILL COMES DUE?

>> THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, IN 2025, WE GO TO ELECTIONS .

>> SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.

IN TWO YEARS, THERE WILL BE 11 APPOINTED AND 10 ELECTED.

HOW WILL THAT WORK WITH THE ONES HE JUST APPOINTED?

>> THEY HAVE SAID THAT WHAT COULD HAPPEN, THE MAYOR COULD APPOINT THEM AGAIN .

IF HE IS HAPPY WITH THEM , HE WILL KEEP THEM AROUND AND HAVE THE NEW ELECTED PEOPLE.

>> 21 MEMBER BOARD .

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 2025 , IT IS PROJECTED A DEFICIT OF OVER $600 MILLION.

THAT COVID RELIEF MONEY THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DEPENDED ON TO PAY THE BILLS OVER THREE YEARS WILL RUN OUT AND HAS TO BE SPENT.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PROGRESSIVES , LET'S SAY THEY WANTED FULLY FUNDED SCHOOL, HAVE TO NOW BALANCE THE BUDGET?

THEY ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

>> THERE ARE ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS THAT CPS HAS, $250 MILLION TO THE PRINCIPAL TRAINING PROGRAM , THAT TURNED OUT TO BE CORRUPT AND MENDED THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT IN JAIL.

WHEN DO THEY SCRUTINIZE THESE CONTRACTS ?

>> THIS IS A GROUP THAT HAS RAILED AGAINST PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD START LOOKING AND TRYING TO GET RID OF THESE CONTRACTS .

EARMARKS IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES.

THE JANITORIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

HOWEVER, IT IS A HARD THING TO BRING IT BACK IN THE HOUSE.

IT WILL NOT BE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO OVERNIGHT.

THERE IS A LOT OF LOGISTICAL ISSUES , FROM THE OUTSIDE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW TO DO THIS, IT IS NOT EASY.

IF THEY DON'T SCRUTINIZE EARMARKS , EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS -- >> IF THEY DON'T , WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO.

>>> LET'S MOVE ON TO HIGHLAND PARK.

A STRONG TURNOUT ON TUESDAY FOR THE COMMUNITY WALK.

WHAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO GIVEN THE CONCERNS .

>> THEY DID NOT WANT A PARADE.

THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE .

THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY WALK.

3000 OR 4000 PEOPLE CAME.

THE MAYOR SAID WE ARE RECLAIMING WHAT WAS TAKEN LAST YEAR.

IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL WEEK.

HAVING ALL THE MEMORIES FLOODING BACK.

WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 4th, 2022.

WITH SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED.

THEY WERE DREADING THIS DATE , UNDERSTANDABLE, THEY DID WHAT WANT THESE EVENTS .

SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO COME TO THESE EVENTS , THE CEREMONY , THE WALK, THE PICNIC, GARY SINESE.

IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL WEEK.

>> PEOPLE WANT TO SAY THAT , THIS KIND OF EVIL CANNOT WIN.

WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS SHOWING UP ?

DID THAT HELP THE CAUSE OR BRING TOO MUCH ATTENTION ON THEIR SUFFERING?

>> ONE OF THE PEOPLE , THE DAUGHTER OF A MAN WHO WAS THE FINAL PERSON TO DIE AFTER THE ATTACK, THEY SAID ALL THE ATTENTION WAS TOO MUCH FOR THEM .

POLITICIANS TALKING ABOUT IT , REPORTERS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, OR EVEN WATCHING TV AND SEEING THE FOURTH OF JULY SALES COMMERCIALS BROUGHT IT ALL BACK.

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE TWO U.S.

SENATORS AND THE GOVERNOR SITTING FRONT ROW , IT WAS IMPORTANT THEY SHOWED UP.

IN ILLINOIS, THIS BIRD LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IN A WEAPONS BAN.

AND THERE IS CIVIL LITIGATION , TRYING TO SUE THE GUN MANUFACTURERS.

>> EVERYBODY WAS SAFE AND HAD A GOOD TIME.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

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