>> HEY, EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW, MUM AND AGAIN, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN USES HIS EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY TO BUILD A BUREAUCRATIC WALL AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

THIS BAN.

>> WE REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRYING TO LEGALLY REDUCED TO LEVEL THAT OUR SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY MANAGE.

>> THE CAP ON ASYLUM SEEKERS COULD HAVE AN IMPACT.

1700 MILES AWAY IN CHICAGO WHERE RESIDENTS HELPED TO ELECT A NEW MEXICAN PRESIDENT AS A CONVICTED FORMER CHICAGO POWER BROKERS SEEKS A REDO IN COURT.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR RIGHTS SAFELY RESPONSIBLY AND WE WILL PROTECT IT.

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE VIOLENCE BAD ONES.

>> IT'S PREP TIME FOR CHICAGO.

POLICE AHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

>> THIS BY NO MEANS A WASN'T EASY BUDGET, BUT THIS IS A GOOD BUDGET.

>> BREAKING DOWN, ILLINOIS'S BUDGET AND THE TOPPLING OF A BRAND NEW LAW FUTURE.

CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD LEADERS NEED RESIDENTS HELP.

>> THE MAYOR'S HERE RAISING CAMPAIGN EXPENSES CALLS FOR CURFEW.

>> AND JOINING US FOR THAT WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL ARE CHARLES FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

SARAH KARP FROM WBEZ.

YEARS OF BLOCK CLUB.

CHICAGO AND LAURA RODRIGUEZ ALSO FROM THE TRIB.

THANKS TO EACH OF YOU AND MORE.

I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH YOU.

US GOING TO REFUSE ASYLUM SEEKERS IF THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF BORDER CROSSINGS TOPS 2,500 LEAST ON AVERAGE.

AND THAT'S UNDER A NEW POLICY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS INSTITUTED.

SO I WANT TO TAKE BRIEFLY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

WHAT IMPACT IS THAT EXPECTED TO HAVE AT THE BORDER?

WELL, IT DEFINITELY RESTRICTS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE COUNTRY ENDED PAST.

THAT PUTS FAST TRACK TO DEPORTATIONS.

>> SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY WILL LIMIT THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WILL LIMIT ASYLUM SEEKERS AT THE BORDER BECAUSE THEY WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH A PORT OF ENTRY.

SEEK ENTRY THROUGH TO THE CDP ONE APP.

SO THAT MEANS THAT EVEN IF THEY CROSSED ILLEGALLY, BUT JUST WHAT WAS HAPPENING FOR AND THEN THEY WILL TURN THEMSELVES INTO IMMIGRATION AND THEY'LL BE KIND OF LIKE PAROLED IN THAT WON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.

SO IT DEFINITELY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CROSSING THE BORDER AND THEREFORE, WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO HAVE AN EFFECT IN CHICAGO WHERE WE WON'T SEE AS MANY GETTING HERE.

TAKE THAT A STEP FURTHER.

WHAT WHO WOULD THE ON-THE-GROUND IMPACT BE IF YOU ARE MIGRANTS COMING OVER WHAT FEUER BUSLOADS IN CHICAGO.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING THAT MANY RECENTLY ANYWAY, RIGHT?

ACCORDING TO ADVOCATES THAT THAT WILL BE THE DIRECT IMPACT IN CHICAGO BECAUSE OF THEIR PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE LESS PEOPLE BUSSED OVER TO CHICAGO.

I'M NOT SURE WHY WE HAVEN'T SEEN MANY BUSES COMING PERHAPS ARE NOT ON OUR RADAR ANYMORE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE COMING NOT ON BUSES BY ON THEIR OWN.

AND ALSO THE SHELTER SYSTEM IS NOT WHAT HE USED TO BE.

CHICAGO'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE NOT LANDING THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT.

THEY KNOW NOW THAT THEY CAN STAY THERE.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS.

SO PERHAPS WE THINK THEY'RE NOT COMING RIGHT.

BUT THERE MIGHT BE THERE THAT REALLY HARD TO MEASURE.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THIS POLITICALLY?

>> IT SEEMS LIKE ALL EYES ARE LOOKING TOWARDS AUGUST RIGHT NOW AT LEAST LOCALLY.

AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS VALID OR NOT IS UNCLEAR OF WHETHER OR NOT GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IN TEXAS KIND OF BIDING HIS TIME BEFORE HE SIZE TO SEND SCORES OF BUSES, POTENTIAL BUSES TO CHICAGO DURING THE DNC IS AN EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS LOOK FOR THE DEMOCRATS WERE GOING DO IT.

IT'S VERY UP IN THE AIR.

AND I THINK POLITICALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR MAYORS FROM MAYOR VAN JOHNSON, A WHO >> MAYBE BEFORE HE WAS MAYOR, WOULD HAVE SHARPLY CRITICIZE ORDER FROM JOE BIDEN.

HE PUT OUT A VERY TEPID STATEMENT, NOT GOING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND I THINK HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS TO BE KIND OF SOME OF THEM ARE PROBABLY AT YOU KNOW, CYBER.

WE FEAR THAT THIS MIGHT SLOW THE PACE OF ASYLUM SEEKERS.

BUT YOU KNOW, MANY PROGRESSIVES IN CHICAGO THAT WALK TALK TO YOU THAT THE TRIP TALK YOU CONDEMNS THIS ORDER AND SAID IT WAS AGAINST DEMOCRATIC VALUES.

SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE, YES, THEY CONDEMN BUT ALSO, I DON'T THINK, GARY, THEY'RE USING IT TO RIGHT TO TO BRING UP ANOTHER IMPORTANT >> CONCERN, WHICH IS WHERE WHEN IS PRESIDENT BIDEN USES EXECUTIVE POWER TO ISSUE RELIEF FOR A LONG TIME UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE USING SO YESTERDAY CONDEMNING IT, BUT THEIR FEET DESERVING.

I WAS NEUTRAL ABOUT BECAUSE WE HERE ARE THE CURRENT CRITICISM FROM REPUBLICANS THAT THIS IS AN EFFORT BY BIDEN TO LOOK TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF BEFORE THE ELECTIONS THAT HE'S BECAUSE RECOGNIZING THAT IMMIGRATION IS A HOT ISSUE AND THAT VOTERS WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE SAYING, WHY DID YOU WAIT TO DO THIS UNTIL NOW?

BUT THEN THERE'S THE OPPOSITE SIDE, SO SO, YEAH.

SO DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO CRITICIZING THE SAME THING, RIGHT?

HE'S USING THIS AS A POLITICAL.

>> STOP STANCES THAT BUT BUT AT THE SAME.

BUT SO THEY'RE SAYING IF YOU'RE USING THIS TO TO GET SOME SUPPORT THAN WHAT WE REALLY WANT.

A BRIGHT AS DEMOCRATS IS FOR YOU, TOO.

ISSUE AND IMMIGRATION REFORM OR OR TALK TO THOSE SUPPORTERS BECAUSE HE'S NOT DOING IT BY CONTROLLING THE BORDER BECAUSE AND THIS IS ALSO NOT A CLOSED BORDER POLICY.

AND I THINK THAT MANY PEOPLE SEE IT THAT WAY.

IT DEFINITELY IS NOT AS JUST THE LIMIT, BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S JUST REALLY INTERESTING TO ME HOW DEMOCRATS ARE USING TO UPLIFT THE OTHER ISSUE.

AND, SIR, I WANT TO BRING YOU IN HERE BECAUSE YOU TALK TO SO MANY FAMILIES AND OF COURSE, THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPACTED BY THE INCREASE IN STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE WHO HAVE COME OVER FROM VENEZUELA THROUGH MEXICO.

WHAT HAVE YOU SO IS THERE ANY SORT OF CHANGING THE CALCULUS FOR WHAT THIS MEANS FOR FOR SCHOOLS OR THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM FAMILIES?

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT >> THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BENEFITED FROM HAVING MIGRANTS COME INTO SCHOOLS BECAUSE NOW ARE SUDDENLY OUR ENROLLMENT TO STABLE.

AFTER YEARS OF LESS ENROLLMENT, HOWEVER, WE'VE SOME TROUBLE BEINGS.

CPS HAS SOME TROUBLE MAKING SURE THAT THAT THE KIDS HAVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THEM, THAT THEY'RE IN SCHOOLS THAT CAN SUPPORT THEM.

AND SO MAYBE THIS GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANCE OR TO CATCH UP.

I KNOW THAT PAPER RITCHIE, MARTINEZ, THE CEO HAS TALKED ABOUT HOW THE NEEDS OF THE KIDS IN CHICAGO, PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME GREATER.

AND YET THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT INCREASING.

IN FACT, WE'RE FACING A DEFICIT, ESPECIALLY AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DIDN'T DIDN'T HELP CPS VERY MUCH.

AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A MIGRANT MONEY FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN.

THE DID NOT GET PAST IN THE LAST STATE BUDGET.

SO YOU KNOW THAT THE BUDGET AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A BIT.

RISEN RECENTLY SIGNED JUST THIS WEEK BY THE GOVERNOR AND IT DID NOT INCLUDE WHAT EXACTLY WHAT THAT BUT THERE WAS A BILL THAT WOULD ARM WOULD PROVIDE 185 MILLION DOLLARS FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HELP SUPPORT THE CHILDREN.

>> BUT THAT DIDN'T GET PAST.

DID GET PUT INTO THE BUDGET.

SO I KNOW SOME OTHER MONEY FOR MIGRANTS DID.

BUT THIS WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MUSLIM SUPPORTS AND THINGS LIKE NOW BY THE BRIEFLY THAT CHICAGO, BY THE WAY, STARTING ACTIONS AGAIN, COMING UP, IS THAT CORRECT?

WELL, PICTURE SAYS HAVE BEEN GOING DEPENDING ON WHEN MIGRANTS GOT INTO THE SHELTER BUT WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE IS THAT THEY THEY JUST MIGRANTS HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.

SO THEY'RE JUST RETURNING BACK TO THE LANDING ZONE.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A CYCLE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 7,000 MIGRANTS AND SHELTERS.

I BELIEVE IT'S 17 SHELTERS STILL RUNNING, BUT EVICTIONS HAVE BEEN REALLY QUITE HAPPEN THE WAY PERHAPS THE CITY WAS EXPECTING BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND ACTUALLY WHAT VOLUNTEERS SAY IS THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT GOT A PLACE TO LIVE THROUGH.

>> THE DON'T A HOUSE HERE.

GRANT.

THERE WAS A RAN OUT OF MONEY.

THEN THEY HAVE REALLY NO WAY TO PAY FOR IT.

SO THEY'RE BACK IN THE SYSTEM FILTERING THROUGH, WHICH SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT MUCH.

BUT IT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH RIGHT.

MIGRANT FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, CPS WERE ABLE TO EXTEND SEVERAL TIMES.

AND THAT'S COMING UP.

THAT WILL BASICALLY FINISH VERY SHORTLY.

I THINK SCHOOL'S OUT, THIS IS THE KIND OF THE TERMS OF THE EXTENSION THE JOHNSON, THE STATION BASICALLY LAID OUT.

SO WE DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WILL BE EVICTED AND MASK, BUT IT IS A DEADLINE IS LOOMING FOR THAT AS WELL JUST OR CIRCLE BACK TO THE TO THE ASYLUM SEEKING BAD.

I MEAN, CRITICISM ALSO GOES TO THE FACT THAT BIDEN DECIDED YOU KNOW, USE HIS EXECUTIVE POWER TO BAN THAT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO PROVIDE.

>> THE FUNDS TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE BIKERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN HERE, WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHERE PUSH FROM DEMOCRATS.

IT'S COMING FROM TO USE HIS EXECUTIVE POWER TO INSTEAD PROVIDE WORK PERMITS FOR BOTH MIGRANTS AND LONG-TERM IMMIGRANTS.

THE LINE THAT WE HEAR FROM ALL THE POLITICIANS IN AGREEMENT IS WE NEED MORE FEDERAL MONEY NOW WE BROUGHT UP THE IMPACTS THE MIGRANT SITUATION AND THE BORDER POLICY WILL HAVE.

>> PERHAPS IN CHICAGO AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THAT COOK ATTACHMENT TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THIS WEEK, WE DID HEAR FROM CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF LARRY STILLING, ALSO SEEING SOME LEADERS FROM THE SECRET SERVICE ABOUT READINESS FOR THIS CONVENTION.

AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING ASSURANCES FOR MONTHS THAT THEY'RE PREPARED.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE OK, SO WHAT WAS NEW THIS WEEK?

>> HEARD FROM THE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR IN PERSON THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME KIMBERLY CHEADLE WAS IN TOWN AT THE SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE THAT WAS ON TUESDAY AND THE FROM THAT PRESS CONFERENCE IS BASICALLY WE'VE GOT THIS.

WE'RE READY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING SET UP.

NO WORRY, NOT.

AND THIS PAST THURSDAY, JUST YESTERDAY, A CP AS WE SAW IN OPENING CP, OPENED UP A HARD PLACE TO LET REPORTERS AND CAMERA CREWS DO YOU A WHOLE SERIES OF TRAINING EXERCISES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED.

A HEAD OF THE DNC, THINGS LIKE WATCHING SUPERVISORS INSPECT OFFICERS, UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT AND HOW OFFICERS WILL USE RIOT SHIELDS AND HOW BIKE UNITS WILL MOVING AROUND THE CITY AND HOW THEY WILL BE RELIEVED GIVING OFFICERS A BREAK WHEN THEY NEED IT.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO PRETTY IN-DEPTH.

IT WAS AT LEAST FOR AN HOUR.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER FIGURES THERE.

I G DEBORAH.

WHAT'S BERG WAS THERE OBSERVING AS WERE SOME PEOPLE FROM COPA AND THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING TEAM THAT OVERSEES THE CONSENT DECREE.

AND SUPERINTENDENT SELLING ALSO AUTHORED AN OP-ED IN THE TRIBUNE WITH THE IN THE KICKER IS THE SAME.

WE ARE READY SO WE'VE HEARD BUT QUESTION WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

BUT THAT'S THE YOU KNOW, THIS IN SOME PLACE WAYS A KIND OF >> REACTING TO ALL THIS 1968, YOU KNOW, OUR WEEK IS GOING TO PARALLEL THE PARALLELS THAT KEEP WHICH ARE THEY FAIR OR NOT?

I'M NOT SO SURE.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY PIECES ABOUT.

>> THE MAYOR'S FINALLY, I'M GOING TO SOME OF THE PROTESTERS, WE HAVE A PROGRESSIVE MAYOR I THINK CPD IS BASICALLY WALKING A VERY FIRM LINE HERE.

AND AS THEY'RE THEY'RE SAYING, YES, YOU CAN PROTEST, BUT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.

BUT AGAIN, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN PLAN FOR, BUT I DO THINK THEY'RE REALLY FOR MESSAGING STANDPOINT, BEING WE'RE READY, 2020 STILL FRESH IN THE MINDS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT WAS HONESTLY LIKE SUPERINTENENT SONG HAS BEEN VERY BLUNT IN HIS ASSESSMENT THAT THE CPD WAS NOT READY FOR THESE POP-UP SORT OF.

>> MOBILIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, PROTESTERS, LOOTING, VIOLENCE, ALL THAT AND HE IS REALLY.

HAMMER HOME.

THE IDEA THAT WE ALREADY WE'VE BEEN TRAINING NONSTOP.

EVEN THE POLICE PROBABLY OBVIOUSLY.

BUT TRAINING HAS BEEN NONSTOP AND WE REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

WELL, YOU SAID FROM LINE IN SOME WAYS, THOUGH, IT'S A FINE LINE.

I WANT TO HEAR FROM SUPERINTENDENT SELLING ABOUT JUST THAT.

>> PEACEFUL PROTEST DOES NOT NECESSARILY THAT SOMEONE EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION.

ONLY THERE IF YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING A CRIME.

>> SO WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN?

THAT COMMENT WAS?

>> IN REFERENCE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT REFERRING PROTESTERS AND MARCHERS WHO HAD NOT APPLIED FOR GRANTED PERMITS WHO ARE SAY BLOCKING TRAFFIC, BLOCKING ACCESS TO BUSINESSES PUBLIC WAY THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO JUST TO BE FAIR TO HIM, HE WAS A FRIEND LIKE SEEMS LIKE HE WAS REFERRING TO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE BEING STILL POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL ACT THAT IS SUBJECT TO ARREST POTENTIALLY.

THAT THAT WAS MY READING OF IT HOW I HEARD IT.

LET'S BE REAL IT PEOPLE WANT TO PROTEST.

THEY'RE GOING TO PROTEST WHERE THEY WANT ADDRESS.

EVEN BEFORE I RIGHT OUR IT.

AND BUT I DO THINK YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MEAN, THEY'RE NOT.

>> SILLY.

THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PROTEST WHERE THEY WANT TO PROTEST.

AND I THINK THE REAL THREAT IS LIKE IS ARE GOING TO BE VIOLENCE.

I MEAN, THERE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.

THREATENING VIOLENCE.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD ABOUT THE RUSSIANS ARE LIKE TRYING ASSIGN HER AND MIGHT HAS STARTED PEOPLE ALMOST LIKE TUESDAY AND THE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR KIND OF DUMB OR DOUBT IT.

MAYBE IT'S MAYBE THAT WILL.

BUT IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, I MEAN, THEN IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.

AND YOU KNOW I THINK THAT DOES, YOU KNOW, CROSS THE LINE FROM FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT ANYMORE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HURRY.

YOU KNOW, INTERESTING THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE HOTTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR.

AUGUST IS ALWAYS THE HIGHEST MONTH OF THE YEAR HERE.

AND IT'S ALWAYS THE MONTH IT SEES THE MOST GUN VIOLENCE LIKE WITHOUT FAIL.

THAT IS ROUTINELY.

>> 80 TO 90 MURDERS IN AUGUST ALONE EVERY YEAR.

TEAM CPD OFFICERS HAVE THERE SCHIFF'S EXTENDED THEIR DAYS OFF CANCELED AND THAT'S DURING A NORMAL SUMMER.

IS THAT A CONCERN OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENOUGH OFFICERS, EVEN WITH THE SECRETS OF IT GOING TO BE TIRED.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF DAYS OFF, CANCELING A LOT OF EXTENDED SHIFTS LIKE POLICE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE TIRED BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.

WILL THERE BE HALLS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY?

THAT'S I MEAN THERE ARE READY BY LYNN SAYS DOWN HERE I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ROBERTS AND WHATNOT.

THE THE REASON WHY THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE RESPOND RIGHT AWAY.

>> AND THE RESPONSE FROM STATE MEDIA SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS.

SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ABOUT THE NC AND IS THERE ANY ACTION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDS AS PART OF THAT WE SAW THE OTHER DAY?

>> YOU KNOW, THERE ARE EFFORTS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THE OFFICERS WHO ARE ASSIGNED THE DNC.

WE'LL HAVE SOME SORT OF REPRIEVE WHEN THEY NEED IT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THAT THERE BETWEEN 2503,000 OFFICERS WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED FOR.

THESE PROTESTS, POTENTIAL RIGHT EVENTS SO THAT THERE IS PERSONNEL THAT HAS BEEN LIKE SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ASSESSING OFFICERS FROM OTHER NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES.

NEIGHBORING AGENCIES BROUGHT IN LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COPS A LOT OF COPS AND ALSO CHILDREN WILL NOT BE IN THE THAT I WAS GOING TO POINT THAT OUT WHEN I ACTUALLY THOUGHT WAS SORT OF AN INTERESTING DECISION TO MOVE BACK THE START BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND YOU NEED POLICE AROUND AT SOME SCHOOLS.

>> WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER, BUT I ALSO THINK HAVING KIDS IN SCHOOL CONTENT DOWN SORT OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THINGS LIKE PROTESTS.

AND EVEN AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING KIDS AND BEING KEPT OUT AND ABOUT, DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM IN SCHOOL KIND OF SEE WHY THAT WOULD BE THE COMMUTE.

MAYBE IS WHAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME BECAUSE GOING TO I THINK WE DON'T KNOW HOW BIG A HASSLE IT WILL BE TO JUST GO ABOUT OUR DAILY LIVES.

BUT THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING POINT.

COULD BE A COMMUTE.

IT COULD BE ALSO JUST THAT.

YEAH, THAT THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE A DISMISSAL FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL IS PRETTY IMPORTANT SOME SCHOOLS THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS IN PLACE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO MUCH OF KIDS WHO ALL CAMPS ARE OVER THERE, JUST GOING TO BE KIND OF STARING OUT THE WINDOW.

AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS DON'T ALWAYS NO, SIR, I WANT TO STICK WITH YOU BECAUSE I'M CHICAGO RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO MAKE BIG DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO GO ON WITH THINGS LIKE IN CLASSROOMS.

AND WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS AND ENDS.

>> THAT HE'S STILL RUNNING FOR A SEAT ON THE BOARD OF THEY'VE GOT TO GET THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW SOON.

RIGHT.

BRIGHT JUNE 24TH.

THEY HAVE TO HAND IN 1000 SIGNATURES WHICH, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY MOST PEOPLE SAID THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO HEAD IN 2000 SIGNATURES AT LEAST TO WITHSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY CHALLENGES.

AND THE SWEET RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ABOUT 40 PEOPLE WHO WE KNOW OF THAT ARE RUNNING THAT A FILE PAPERWORK.

>> WHETHER THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, GET ALL THOSE SIGNATURES IS A BIG QUESTION.

I I THINK THAT THAT WILL SEE SOME, YOU NARROWING OF THE FIELD JUST BECAUSE OF THAT.

IS THAT ABOUT WHAT YOU HAD PREDICTED?

THERE BEEN SO MUCH.

I MEAN, FOR YEARS AND YEARS WANT AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

IS THIS ABOUT WHAT YOU YOU THERE'S 10, 10 DISTRICTS THAT ARE RUNNING.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN AVERAGE OF 4 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT.

THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A UNIFORM, 5 CANDIDATES AND THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS AND JUST HAVE ONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF WAITING SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU KNOW, BY THE 24TH, AS I SAID, A LOT CAN CHANGE BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO BE HOTLY CONTESTED.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IT MONEY FROM PACS COMING YOU KNOW, IS THAT WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SEE THAT THE RACES COME I THINK 40 PARTIES.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT FOR SURE.

IS THAT SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO FOLLOW THESE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RACES TOO YOU BROKE CAMPAIGN I WANT TO TALK >> NEW REPORTING FROM THE SUN-TIMES THAT SHOWS BRANDON JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS THAT HE HAS SPENT $30,000 MAKEUP AND HAIR EXPENSES.

WHEN IS THIS MUCH ADO ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF HAIR SPRAY I THINK IT MIGHT BE.

WE SHOULD REALLY STRESS THESE ARE NOT TAXPAYER FUNDS.

THESE ARE THESE WORDS DONATIONS.

AND THIS IS HIS CAMPAIGN SO KIND OF.

>> WAS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT EQUATION.

YOU KNOW, IT IS KIND OF A GOSSIPY STORY.

I DO THINK IT LIKE IT IS INTERESTING.

I THINK AS YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO FOLLOWS THE TIKTOK OF DAILY POLITICAL STUFF.

YOU KNOW, I I LOVE THESE KINDS OF STORIES.

JUST A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO SOMEONE'S.

>> LIFE IS IN THE SCANDAL.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK I THINK, YOU KNOW, SARAH WAS SAYING LIKE SOME MEN REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE CAUSE OF IRISH OUT EVERY WEEK.

THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

SO I I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT BIG A DEAL.

BUT IT IS A A SPICY HEADLINE FOR SURE.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I BRANDON JOHNSON BEFORE HE BECAME MAYOR.

>> MAYBE HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN HERE COME A LITTLE LOOK FRESH, ALL THAT.

CAN APPRECIATE I GUESS I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE.

>> YOU'RE GOING IN FRONT OF CAMERAS.

YOU WANNA LOOK GOOD.

>> AND IT WAS AND IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN OTHER, YOU KNOW, LORI LIGHTFOOT AND TONI PRECKWINKLE.

BUT AGAIN, CLASSIFIED DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH OTHER CANDIDATES HAVE SPENT ON ON HAIR AND MAKEUP.

READ THAT OVER LIKE, YOU KNOW, LORI LIGHTFOOT WAS SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE LIKE, WELL, MAYBE SHE COULD HAVE USED KNOW.

I MEAN, IT'S I THINK IT'S IN TOTAL.

THAT'S I LIKE SEE A BREAKDOWN.

YES, I WOULD WISH THAT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS HAD TO BE A LITTLE MORE EXACT THIS ALL OUT.

THERE WE I DON'T THINK I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WOULD TAKE ME TO SPEND $30,000.

WHILE I IS HIM, LET'S GO BACK TO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CRIME, BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO IT.

YOU DIDN'T REALLY A DEEP DIVE ON THIS IN TERMS CRIME DOWN.

WHY?

>> THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS.

I MEAN, THERE WAS A SPIKE AFTER TWENTY-TWENTY.

THE COVID LOCKDOWN GAVE WAY TO A HUGE SPIKE IN VIOLENT CRIME.

AND THERE'S A GOOD ARGUMENT.

I THINK THIS IS KIND OF REGRESSION TO THE NORM.

YOU KNOW, BOTH NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES ARE DOWN IN THE SO FAR THIS YEAR.

IT'S KIND OF SPREAD IN 2 OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY VIOLENT PARTS OF THE CITY, GARFIELD PARK IN INGLEWOOD SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES ARE BOTH DOWN THIS YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT HOW EVERY NIGHT GO A FEW MILES SOUTH IN AUBURN GRESHAM HOMICIDES AND NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS ARE UP.

SO IT'S KIND YOU KNOW, IT CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE CITY'S GEOGRAPHY AND THEIR DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING EMPLOYED BY DIFFERENT CBD SUPERVISORS.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO SO HARD TO SAY WHAT EXACTLY IT IS.

BUT >> RIGHT AND WE'LL TAKE IT WILL IT WILL TAKE MOST CERTAINLY IS GOOD.

IT KNOW.

THE BUDGET ILLINOIS'S LARGEST EVER BUDGET SIGNED INTO LAW AND AS OF TODAY, SO TOO, IS THE TAX INCREASES THAT ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

>> COULD 53 BILLION DOLLARS?

BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THIS IS A HUGE STORY NOT A VERY A SPRING SPRINGFIELD.

THAT'S A LOT OF ALLITERATION I THINK THE STORY IS KIND OF BIG STORIES.

WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN WE HEARD ABOUT THERE'S FUNDING DIDN'T HAPPEN >> MAYOR JOHNSON WANTS PEOPLE ASKING FOR A BILLION DOLLARS FOR CBS.

DIDN'T HAPPEN YOU KNOW, THE FISCAL CLIFF FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIGGER STORY OUT OF SPRINGFIELD.

BUT YEAH, THIS IS THE LARGEST BUDGET IN IN STATE THERE A LOT OF TAX INCREASES IN VARIOUS WAYS.

AND THIS THEY'RE SPENDING WENT UP ACROSS THE BOARD.

THERE SOME TWEAK THINGS HERE AND BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THE KIND OF BIGGER STORY WAS THE KIND OF CHAOTIC HOUSE VOTES.

ON THIS HOUR.

THERE WAS DRAMA.

THERE DRAMA WAS JUST IT FOR.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF A TIDE US OVER.

LET'S GET ON TO OTHER STUFF.

KIND OF BUDGET, BUDGET DESIGNED TO SUCH KNOW LAURA.

>> WE DO HAVE SOME EXCITING POLITICAL NEWS OUT OF MEXICO.

A NEW PRESIDENT AND EXPLAIN HOW CHICAGO RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO HAVE A PART CHOOSING SO DEFINITELY HISTORICAL ELECTION FROM MEXICO.

IT DID YOU.

THEY WERE ELECTING BETWEEN.

THEY WERE DECIDING BETWEEN 2 WOMAN, A CLOUDY, A SHAME BOMB AND ASSOCIATED GUY.

THIS.

>> AND IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT A MEXICAN NATIONALS ABROAD WERE ABLE TO VOTE IN PERSON IN THE 22 CONSULAR OFFICES.

CHICAGO WAS ONE OF THEM.

>> THE THE >> PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP WAS DEFINITELY WAY MORE THAN WHAT OFFICIALS WERE EXPECTING.

HOW MANY PEOPLE?

BEFORE 03:00AM.

THERE ARE PEOPLE LINED UP READY BY 08:00AM.

THERE WAS AROUND 2003 1000 PEOPLE ALREADY OUTSIDE THE MEXICAN CONSULATE OFFICE HERE IN CHICAGO.

THAT WITH ONLY 1500 BALLOTS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T REGISTER AND 1300 FOR THOSE WHO DID REGISTER.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAPPENED ACROSS CONSULAR OFFICES ALL OVER MEXICO HAD KNOWS THE THE MOST PEOPLE EVER TURN HOW TURNOUT IN HISTORY AND TOOK A YOU KNOW, SHE WON BY A LANDSLIDE.

I THINK IT WAS WAY OVER 60% RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

SO WE DO HAVE THE FIRST WOMAN AND IN MEXICO AND THAT IS A FOLLOW-UP FROM OF THEM WITHIN A PARTY WHICH IS A POPULIST LEFT A PARTY LEFTIST PARTY PARTY LED BY THIS WHAT I WHICH IT'S BEEN KNOWN REALLY SPEAKING TO THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.

AND SO POLICE CHICAGO IS MOST PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE TO VOTE TO ENSURE THAT THE STATE POWER AND THAT SEEMED TO HAPPEN ALL ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO I GUESS GLASS HALF FULL THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PARTICIPATION, ENTHUSIASM, GLASS, HALF EMPTY IN AND OFFICES SPEAKING >> POLITICIANS WHO WERE ONCE IN POWER CIERRA.

I BURKE.

HE'S SEEKING A NEW TRIAL ON WHAT BASIS.

>> I MEAN IT IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S SAYING THAT HE JUST AWESOME.

EMPTY THREATS, THAT THEY'RE LIKE EMPTY THREATS.

AND WAS WET AND READING THE ARTICLE ABOUT IT WASN'T VERY CLEAR.

THERE'S LIKE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU SAY.

HE WANTED A NEW TRIAL FOR AND THEN OTHER THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T OR THAT BUT THE INTERESTING THING, I GUESS WAS THAT THE JUDGE LISTENED TO A VERY LONG ARGUMENT ABOUT IT.

AND SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT TO, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOING TO ISSUE SOMETHING MAYBE EVEN PULL BACK SOME OF THINGS SOME OF HIS CONVICTION LAST INTO HOUSE AND ITS ALLIES.

THAT SENTENCING IS SET FOR LATER THIS MONTH.

>> WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IS RARE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMPLETELY A NEW TRIAL.

BUT HEY, IT IS WORTH A SHOT.

IF YOU HAVE THE LAWYERS, I GUESS I TAKE THAT CHANCE, WITH THAT.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS TO SAM CHARLES, SARAH CART MYERS AND LOWER AVERAGE EGOS PRESIP.

WE'RE BACK WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER >> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT.

WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART, RIGHT.

AND AND RICH CAR, FRANCINE AND DOCTOR ANTHONY BROWN.

AND THE MOMENT HOW A PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPIC FUND IN HONOR OF SUPPORTING QUALITY JOURNEYS.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

IF LOOKING TO STILL MAKE PLANS FOR THIS WEEKEND, BUT NEED A LITTLE INSPIRATION.

CHECK OUT OUR SUMMER FESTIVAL GUIDE.

THAT'S AT W T TW DOT COM SLASH FESTIVALS.

NOW FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW ON THE MEND OF ANY THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

WHETHER YOU'RE BLUESFEST SUMMER FEST AND PUERTO RICAN, CITY'S WHAT HAVE YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> AND I'M >> WHOEVER WON THE HOME ALONE HOUSE, WHY WOULD YOU WANT?

>> ARE YOU SERIOUS?

THAT REALLY A QUESTION LIKE YOU'RE GOING THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE BEFORE LIKE THERE IT SURE DOES CANCERS.

AND IT ON TO AVOID THAT.

I COULD.

I THINK THE LIVE THERE, I'M NOT SAYING I WOULD.

I 5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR I OVER 5 SO >> BY ROBERT, A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, WHICH IS PROUD TO HONOR FOUNDER AND SENIOR PARTNER ROBERT CLIFF, WHO HAS BEEN NAMED IN FORBES