>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY GUESTS IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A SPECIAL COUNSEL WILL NOW OVERSEE THE MYRIAD FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

MERRICK GARLAND MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, APPOINTING PROSECUTOR JACK SPITZ, WHO HAS MOST RECENTLY BEEN A WAR CRIME PROSECUTOR AT THE HAGUE.

TRUMP HAS HAD A ROLE IN KEEPING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AT HIS MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE AS WELL AS TRYING TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION.

>>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ROLLS OUT ITS THANKSGIVING WEEK SAFETY PLAN.

THE MAGNIFICENT MILE LIGHTS FESTIVAL IS EXPECTED TO DRAW THOUSANDS DOWN TO MICHIGAN AVENUE THIS WEEKEND, PLUS THERE IS THE CHRISTKINDLMARKET AND OTHER EVENTS HAPPENING.

>> I WANT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND KNOW THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE VISIBLE AND PRESENT.

>>> SOME ENCOURAGING COVID NUMBERS AHEAD OF THANKSGIVING.

LOCAL COUNTIES ARE MOVING DOWN FROM MEDIUM RATES OF TRANSMISSION.

EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO GET THE BIVALENT SHOTS TO KEEP THE TREND GOING DOWN.

>>> OLDER WOMAN CARRIE AUSTIN SAYS THAT SHE WILL RETIRE FROM OFFICE ON MARCH 1st.

SHE WOULD NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.

THE RETIREMENT EVENT WILL COME AFTER ANYONE OFTEN BEFORE THE NEW COUNSEL IS SWORN IN.

THE CURRENT 34th WARD IS LOCATED ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE, BUT THANKS TO THE REMAP, THE NEW WARD IS GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN.

WE ARE GOING TO ASK OUR PANEL A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT COMING UP, AND LET'S INTRODUCE OUR PANEL.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

FORMER GOVERNOR PAT QUINN TEASES A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

HE ASSEMBLES REPORTERS FOR A BIG PRESS CONFERENCE, THEN HE TELLS THEM THIS.

>> I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN ORGANIZE A LOT OF CAUSES IF YOU ARE RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

>> SOME PEOPLE LIKE ATTENTION.

HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES THAT CAME UP.

>> YOU HEARD HIM SAY I AM NOT RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

I AM GOING TO PUSH REFERENDUMS.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?

>> IT WASN'T TOO BIG OF A SURPRISE.

I THINK WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE TEASE A MAYORAL RUN AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THAT GIVES THEM THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO RUN.

YOU DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY STORIES IN THE DAYS AHEAD LEAKING OUT FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

HIM FOCUSING ON BALLOT REFERENDUMS, HE HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED AN ORDINANCE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GOING ANYWHERE.

>> I WONDER IF IT IS REFERENDA, THE CORRECT TERM FOR PLURAL REFERENDUM.

>> MAYBE SOME VIEWERS WILL CALL IN AND TELL US THAT.

MONDAY IS A BIG DAY.

IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF FILING.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE STARTING EARLY IN THE MORNING ON MONDAY?

>> WE ARE GOING TO SEE MAYORAL HOPEFULS SHOWING UP DOWNTOWN.

THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES TO COUNT SIGNATURES OVER THE 12,500 REQUIREMENTS THEY HAVE GOTTEN.

BUT WE WILL ALSO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WAIT UNTIL THE FINAL DAY OF FILING.

HAS ALREADY SAID THAT SHE PLANS TO SUBMIT ON THE LAST DAY INSTEAD OF THE FIRST DAY.

SOME PEOPLE WANT THE TOP SPOT.

>> THE MAYOR SAYS HE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT?

SHE MIGHT BE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE REQUISITE AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES.

>> I AM NOT SURE.

YOU CAN READ INTO IT AS HER HAVING TROUBLE, BUT MAYBE THIS IS A LITTLE GAMESMANSHIP WITH HER OPPONENTS.

THIS IS NOT UNHEARD OF IN CHICAGO.

>> IT MAY BE USED PEOPLE LESS TIME TO PREPARE A PETITION CHALLENGE.

ONCE HE GETS FILED, THEN OTHER CAMPAIGNS WILL TRY AND FILE.

YOU THINK ANY OF THESE 15 OR 16 CANDIDATES WON'T MAKE IT PAST THAT CHALLENGE?

>> YOU CAN BET ON IT.

I HAD A SEASONED PROFESSIONAL WHO COULDN'T GET ON THE BALLOT.

YOU HAD GREEN WHO WAS ABOUT TO GET KNOCKED OFF, HE IS TRYING AGAIN, AND SECOND TIME COULD BE THE CHARM FOR HIM.

BUT THERE SHOULD BE SURPRISES.

IT IS A CHALLENGING THING.

IT IS A TOUGHER ENVIRONMENT THIS TIME TO GET SIGNATURES THAN IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.

>> IS HE GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE BALLOT?

>> HE HAS BEEN CIRCULATING ANNOUNCEMENTS.

HE HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THAT HE HAS TO IMPROVE HIS GROUND GAME.

IT CLEARLY WASN'T A CONCERN.

>> THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A MACHINE ON THE SOUTHSIDE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.

WE TALKED ABOUT CARRIE AUSTIN, WHO HAS BEEN INDICTED.

WHY NOT JUST WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE TERM?

>> THAT IS SUCH A GOOD QUESTION.

SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO SERVE IT OUT, TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE VOTERS.

THERE IS SOME OF THAT.

THERE IS ALSO SOME GAMESMANSHIP.

SHE DID HAVE A MEDICAL EPISODE ON THE FLOOR.

YOU THINK YOU WOULD DROP OUT AT THAT POINT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR A WHILE LONGER.

>> HER LAWYERS SAID TO PROSECUTORS THAT SHE IS TOO SICK TO STAND TRIAL.

ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO APPOINT AN INTERIM OLDER PERSON EVEN IF IT IS JUST FOR A MONTH OR TWO?

>> THEY HAVE 60 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL RESIGNATION DATE.

IF THEY CAN REACH UNTIL MAY WHEN THE NEW CITY COUNCIL IS SWORN IN, THEN SHE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT AN ALDERMAN.

>> IN FEBRUARY, THE ELECTIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.

>> WILL SHE BE IN THE RUNOFF?

>> THAT MIGHT PLAY INTO THAT DECISION.

>> THAT WARD IS NOW DOWNTOWN.

>> BILL CONWAY IS WELL KNOWN.

WE WANT HIM TO FINISH OFF THE TERM.

GET SOME PRACTICE.

>> THE WARD IS STILL -- >> GOING TO BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, 34th WARD.

VERY CONFUSING.

LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME NATIONAL POLITICS.

MERRICK GARLAND HAS APPOINTED A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF DONALD TRUMP.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> Reporter: BASED ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO RUN IN THE NEXT ELECTION, I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO APPOINT A SPECIAL COUNSEL.

>> GARLAND IS NOTING THIS SITUATION.

HE DOESN'T WANT POLITICS TO APPEAR INVOLVED, BUT OF COURSE TRUMP WILL PAINT THIS AS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED NO MATTER WHO WAS LOOKING INTO IT.

>> I THINK GARLAND IS DOING PRECISELY WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO DO AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE WAS ENTERING THE RACE, WHICH IS PLAY IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

TAKE PRESIDENT BIDEN OUT OF THE MIX AS FAR AS INVESTIGATING, AND PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.

I THINK THAT THIS IS KIND OF A SAFE, CAUTIOUS, AND PROBABLY PRUDENT MOVE.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS WILL ALWAYS TRY AND FRAME THIS AS POLITICAL.

DOES ANYONE THINK IT WOULD SLOW SOME OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS DOWN?

>> SURE.

THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF TRUMP SLOWING THINGS DOWN AND BEATING PEOPLE INTO SUBMISSION.

I AM NOT SAYING THAT WILL HAPPEN HERE, BUT HE WILL SLOW IT DOWN.

THEY ARE DEFINITELY SCARED OF THE MOVEMENT THAT HE HAS.

IT IS A TRICKY SITUATION, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

>> USING THE COURTS TO COUNTER INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST HIM HAS BEEN A PART OF HIS PRACTICE.

>>> LET'S GO TO BUSINESS NEWS.

STATE REGULATORS SIGNED OFF ON A $200 MILLION RATE HIKE FOR CON ED, DESPITE CON ED ADMITTING TO BRIBERY.

>> THEY SAY THAT THE AVERAGE BILL WILL GO UP $2.20 PER MONTH BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1st.

>> HERE IS THE THING.

ESSENTIALLY, RATEPAYERS WILL MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE.

>> IT IS PRETTY TEMPTING TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.

LIFE GOES ON.

THIS IS THE ELECTRIC UTILITY FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

UNDER THE LAW, THERE IS A FORMULA RATE WHICH IS THE LAST ONE OF THOSE THAT WILL GO AWAY AFTER THIS.

THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO.

STATE REGULATORS HAVE NO SAY OVER ANY OF THAT.

JUST PATCH IT ON THROUGH WITH NO COMMENT WHATSOEVER, NO RECOGNITION OF THIS REGULATORY REGIME.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, THE MAYOR HAS TRIED TO USE THE CON ED SCANDAL TO USE SOME LEVERAGE TO CHANGE THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THE UTILITY, THE POWER TO THE ENTIRE CITY.

>> IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

I BELIEVE IT EXPIRED AT THE END OF 2020.

HE HAS DONE SOME LEVERAGE, WHERE SHE HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE CEO AND APPOINTED A COUNCIL, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ACCESS HAS PUSHED HER TO GO HARDER WITH THEM ON, INCLUDING LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT COMPANY.

I KNOW THAT THEY DID PUT AN RFP OUT, OR RFI, REQUEST FOR INTEREST -- >> COULD ANY OTHER COMPANY DO THIS?

>> THERE ARE OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT COULD DO THIS, BUT -- >> IT WOULD REQUIRE A VERY COMPLEX -- >> YOU COULD DO IT.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUY ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE.

BUT THE REQUEST WAS, WHO AMONG THE BIG COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?

THEY NEVER PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION.

>> MAYBE THE CITY CHANGES THE AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING .

BUT MEANWHILE, THE WORKERS RIGHTS AMENDMENT APPARENTLY HAS ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS NOW BEFORE THE COUNTY COMES IN.

WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN ILLINOIS?

>> IT IS A BIG SHOT IN THE ARM.

THIS WILL BE TESTED AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

YOU WERE MISSING ONE FIGURE HERE THAT HAS PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN TORPEDOING GOVERNOR PRITZKER -- THERE WAS NO MONEY THAT HE PROVIDED, AND I THINK THAT THAT HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE OUTCOME.

BUT NONETHELESS, THERE WERE VOICES IN BUSINESS THAT REALLY, REALLY DID NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AND LOBBIED AGAINST IT.

THEY SAID THAT ILLINOIS HAS ALREADY GOT A REPUTATION FOR BEING HOSTILE TO BUSINESS.

YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THIS.

IT PASSED BY JUST THAT MUCH.

IT WAS REALLY BY A HAIR.

>> AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE WORKERS AT STARBUCKS ORGANIZING, STRIKING, BECAUSE STARBUCKS ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS GOING TO CLOSE DOWN SOME OF THE SHOPS THAT VOTED TO UNIONIZE.

SO DO WORKERS HAVE A LEGIT FAIR LABOR COMPLAINT HERE?

>> I AM NOT A LABOR LAWYER, SO I CAN'T REALLY A PINE ON THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT STARBUCKS HAS BEEN CREDIBLY HOSTILE TO THIS EFFORT.

HOWARD SCHULTZ, HE IS THE FOUNDER OF STARBUCKS, HE HAS BEEN CEO, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE TO HIM.

SO YES, THEY HAVE USED SOME TACTICS, AND I'M SURE CREATIVE LAWYERS COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

>>> I DO WANT TO MOVE ONTO CITY NEWS.

CONVINCE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR A NEW TAX FINANCING DISTRICT FOR THE REDLINE EXPANSION.

RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCILMEMBERS DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

WILL I HAVE SUCCESS CHANGING MINDS ON THIS?

>> I THINK HE MAKES THE ARGUMENT THAT WE DID THIS IN 2017 WHEN WE MADE RENOVATIONS TO THE BROWN AND PURPLE LINES ON THE NORTH SIDE.

WHY NOT DO THE SAME TO EXTEND -- >> IT IS A FAIR POINT.

VOTERS VOTED FOR THE CHANCE TO FUND THE NORTH SIDE, WHY NOT FOR THE SOUTH SIDE?

>> SHE WILL HAVE TO CONVINCE AT LEAST FIVE ALDERMEN WHOSE WARDS REALLY WON'T BE AFFECTED IN A DIRECT WAY BY REDLINE EXTENSION, ARGUING THAT WORKERS FROM THE FAR SOUTH SIDE NEED A WAY TO WORK TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY.

>> AND THE TRANSIT CENTER AS WELL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THEY HAVE ABOUT A YEAR TO CONVINCE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS.

WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> YOU NEVER VOTE AGAINST THE MAYOR DOING WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.

THEY WILL -- I WOULD GUESS THAT SHE GETS THERE.

>> WE HAVE TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS, THERE IS FEDERAL MONEY AT PLAY HERE.

I GET IT.

>> IT IS A MATCHING THING.

YOU ARE NOT FOOTING THE BILL FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT.

YOU ARE PUTTING UP PART OF THE MONEY AND THE FEDS WILL COME THROUGH WITH THEIR PART OF IT.

>> I DON'T HEAR ANYONE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW.

ALSO, IT SEEMED LIKE THE MAYOR DID NOT WANT THE COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR THIS HIKE IN REAL ESTATE TAX THAT WOULD FUND HOMELESSNESS.

WHAT HAPPENS THERE?

>> THE ALDERMEN HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR IT TRYING TO GET IT GOING ON MONDAY.

THEY COULD NOT REACH A QUORUM.

IT IS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING WITH TONS OF RESIDENTS WAITING FOR HOURS ON MONDAY MORNING TO SPEAK THEIR PIECE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX.

THIS IS SOMETHING THE MAYOR DOESN'T SUPPORT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE TRANSIT TAX, AND THEY WANT IT TO BE DEDICATED TO HOMELESSNESS AND POLLUTION, WHEREAS THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONCERN ON THE MAYOR'S PART ABOUT DEDICATING THAT.

ABOUT DEDICATING THAT MONEY TO ONE AREA AND NOT DEDICATING IT ELSEWHERE.

>> IF THEY SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR A PROPERTY TAX HIKE, OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

BUT THIS IS A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX.

>> IT IS MORE PALATABLE, LESS CONFUSING.

IN POLITICS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TRUE FOR YOU TO SAY IT.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT THE MAYOR IS GOING TO SUCCESSFULLY HOLD OFF A VOTE ON THIS?

>> I THINK SO.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2019.

IN SPRINGFIELD THEY HAD SOME PROGRESSIVE STOPPAGE, AND THEY NEEDED A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.

THEY WANT ABLE TO GET A LEFT-WING LEGISLATOR, SO IT IS THE OPPOSITE THING HERE WHERE I DON'T THINK THEY CAN CONVINCE THE COUNCIL.

>> STEVE DANIELS, NO BIG PROPERTY TAX LIKE THIS HERE.

BUT SOME COUNTY HOMEOWNERS ARE GETTING PROPERTY TAXES INVOLVED THIS WEEK.

THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING AT SOME STICKER SHOCK, SAYING THAT I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BREAK DOWN TAXES ON HOMES.

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.

>> RIGHT.

THE BOARD OF REVIEW , WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, CAME IN AND ADJUSTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF VERY LARGE COMMERCIAL ASSESSMENTS DOWNWARD, WHICH HAD THE EFFECT OF ACTUALLY MAKING IT SO THAT HOMEOWNERS WILL PAY A SLIGHTLY LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPERTY TAX.

>> WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE?

DID THEY SAY THAT THEY ASSESSED ALL OF THIS WRONG?

>> THEY SAID THEY HAD A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING IT.

THAT HE HAS BEEN DOING IT THIS WAY FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

HE CAME IN AND CHANGED HOW HE ASSESSES, OR HOW THE OFFICE ASSESSES THE PROPERTY, AND WE LIKE HOW WE DO IT.

IT WAS NOTHING PERSONAL, IT IS JUST TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT.

IT WAS PERSONAL TO HIM.

HE PUT OUT A REPORT THAT WAS VERY, VERY CRITICAL.

HE IS SAYING HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING TOO MUCH OF THIS, BUSINESSES HAVE GOTTEN A SWEET DEAL FOR TOO LONG.

>> THAT WAS HIS WHOLE REASON FOR RUNNING.

>> OBVIOUSLY IF THESE DON'T COME THROUGH , AND I GUESS THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THEIR TAX BILL AND SAY, YOU DIDN'T COME THROUGH WITH US.

>>> LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME EDUCATION NEWS.

SCOTT GAVE $50 MILLION TO CPS.

WHAT IS THIS MONEY GOING TO BE USED FOR?

>> THERE ARE NO STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT, SO THEY CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO.

I SHOULD MENTION THAT HALF OF IT WILL GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEN THE OTHER HALF, ABOUT $16 MILLION, WILL GO TO LOCAL CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND $7 MILLION TO ELEMENTARY.

SO THEY GOT INDEPENDENT GIFTS.

BUT THIS IS THE LATEST ROUND OF PHILANTHROPIC GIVING.

THERE WERE A BUNCH OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, NOT JUST CHICAGO, DETROIT GOT SOME MONEY, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA , WHICH IS KIND OF UNUSUAL.

I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR SHE GAVE SOME MONEY TO NEW YORK CITY AND TO CITY COLLEGES.

SO WE ARE ASKING THEM WHAT THEY HAVE SPENT THAT MONEY FROM LAST YEAR ON!

WHEN I ASKED CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY SENT A STATEMENT AND SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IT TOWARDS A LOT OF RECOVERY EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.

WE ARE OBVIOUSLY SEEING A DIP IN MATH AND READING SCORES BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> RIGHT.

IT IS $50 MILLION THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES!

ON THE STATE LEVEL, THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION CARMEN AIELLO IS RETIRING.

>> IT IS INTERESTING.

I THINK THAT IT WAS NOT ENTIRELY SURPRISING, BUT THERE WAS SOME UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WOULD ONLY DO THE FIRST TERM.

DR. AYALA SPENT A LOT OF HER TIME FOCUSED ON EQUITY.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE WOULD GIVE UP ON THE EQUITY FOCUS.

I THINK WE HAVE TO SEE WHO HE ENDS UP PICKING FOR A SECOND TERM AND WHAT DIRECTION THAT TAKES THE BOARD.

I WILL NOTE THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN AND PERSON OF COLOR TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.

SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE PICKS ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

>> EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHETHER TWITTER IS GOING TO SURVIVE AND WE WOKE UP AND IT IS STILL THERE.

WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> I HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT THIS.

EVERYBODY WAS LIKE -- LIKE THEY WERE GIVING ACADEMY AWARDS SPEECHES OR SOMETHING!

>> THEY'RE LIKE, THIS IS A HORRIBLE PLACE.

>> I WILL SAY THIS.

THERE IS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT ON THAT COMPANY.

TO THINK THAT HE IS GOING TO TRY TO TORPEDO IT DELIBERATELY OR ANY OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS IS SILLY, BECAUSE ALL OF THAT DEBT WOULD PROBABLY FALL ON HIM AND HE WOULD BE SUED IF IT WERE FOUND THAT HE HAD RUN THE COMPANY INTO THE GROUND.

>> IT IS CRAZY THE WAY THEY ARE RUNNING THAT COMPANY, THOUGH.

IT IS ALMOST LIKE MAD LIBS WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO SCREW THINGS UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE THIS, BUT FOR NOW THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, AND STAY WARM.

PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THIS IS ALL PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.

HE IS GOING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

>> IF THESE WORKERS ARE OUT OF JOBS, EVERYTHING LIVES ON THE INTERNET FOREVER!

WILL THE WEBSITE JUST SORT OF SOFT FUNCTIONING AND GO OUT OF DATE?

OR WILL THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IT