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

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

>>> HOCKEY FANS MOURN THE LOSS OF THE BACK AUNTS TEAM OWNER .

MORE LAWSUITS ARE HITTING NORTHWESTERN AND ITS ALLEGED CULTURE OF RACISM AND HATRED, INCLUDING NOW ON THE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM.

>>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DEMAND ANSWERS AS MAKESHIFT MIGRANT SHELTERS ARE MET WITH RESISTANCE AT EVERY TURN.

>> IT SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT.

>>> CHICAGO WILL PUT ITS BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

DON'T LOOK NOW, KEVIN MORAN AND KEVIN JOHNSON MEET AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT STADIUM SITES IN THE CITY AND THEY VOWED TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.

>>> NOW TO OUR PANEL.

JOINING US, RICK FROM THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, RICK PEARSON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AND CRAIG OF WBBM NEWS RADIO.

WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE SOMEPLACE COOL AND HYDRATED.

WE ARE IN THE STUDIO.

DO WE KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES?

>> HE WAS 70 .

IT WAS SHOCKING.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, I THOUGHT HE WOULD GO ON FOR QUITE A WHILE.

BUT HOWEVER IT HAPPENED , I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS SICK.

IT WAS SUDDEN.

I JUST DON'T KNOW.

A LOT OF THOUGHTS WENT THROUGH MY MIND.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, HIM TAKING OVER FOR HIS DAD , BILL, AND WINNING THREE STANLEY CUPS.

I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING TO FORGET THAT.

>> NO ONE KNOWS THE LIFE OF ROCKY WIRTZ BETTER THAN YOU, TURNING THE BLACKHAWKS INTO A MODEL FRANCHISE.

IS HIS GLEAMING LEGACY MARRED BY WHAT HAPPENED WITH KYLE BEACH ON HIS WATCH?

>> I THINK THAT FOR ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS HE DID, REALLY MODERNIZING THIS TEAM THAT HAD BEEN STUCK IN THE 1950s MAKING IT A MODEL FRANCHISE FOR ALL OF SPORTS -- >> THEY NEVER SHOWED THEIR HOME TAMES GAMES ON TV UNTIL HIS FATHER DIED.

>> IT DID NOT TAKE ROCKET SCIENCE TO DO THIS, BUT IT DOES TAKE A COMMITMENT.

GOING BACK, I DO THINK THAT THE FACT THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A TOWN HALL, AND HIS REACTION TO IT , ROCKY DID NOT WANT TO BE HIS FATHER.

HE WAS SHUNNED BY HIS FATHER IN MANY RESPECTS.

IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HIS FATHER.

HE APOLOGIZED.

>> THAT IS WHEN A REPORTER ASKED HIM ABOUT THE SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL.

HE GOT UPSET.

>> HE WAS TONED AFTER HE THAT PRESS CONFERENCE.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ROCKY WIRTZ, THEY ARE GOING TO DIG ABOUT HOW QUICKLY HE TURNED AROUND THAT TEAM AND WON THE STANLEY CUP.

I KNOW THAT, OVERALL, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REMEMBER ROCKY WIRTZ AS A PERSON WHO KIND OF PUT THE BLACKHAWKS BACK ON THE MAP.

>> FRANKLY, HE HAD TO BRING ME BACK TO THE BLACKHAWKS BECAUSE I HAD GONE AWAY FROM THEM FOR SO LONG.

AND I GOT TO KNOW HIM A LITTLE BIT AND WE TOLD STORIES ABOUT THE OLD DAYS.

ALL OF THE PLAYERS THAT I WATCHED GROWING UP IN THE OLD STADIUM, HE CONNECTED THEM AND HE MADE THEM REALLY PART OF THE HISTORY AND THE BRANDING.

>> HE WAS A BIG FIGURE IN THE CITY CENTER, HE OPENED THAT ICE RINK ON THE WESTSIDE THAT THERE WERE SO MANY PRESS CONFERENCES.

AND ROCKY WIRTZ WAS ALWAYS AT THE CENTER OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN CHICAGO.

>> HE MAJOR THE BLACKHAWKS WERE THOUGHT OF AS A TEAM THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY.

I AM NOT A HOCKEY FAN.

BUT I DO REMEMBER HIM AS A FIGURE WHO HAD ENERGY.

HE ALWAYS WAS OUT THERE, CHEERING THEM ON.

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY, HE WOULD SHOW UP.

EVEN BRINGING IN KIDS TO THE TRAINING CENTER, THAT KIND OF THING.

SO YEAH, I THINK WE ALL KNEW HIM.

>> HE WAS A CIVIC LEADER AND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE WHOLE FAMILY WITH THIS LOSS.

>>> THE ALLEGATIONS KEEP COMING AT YOUR OLD ALMA MATER, NORTHWESTERN .

HOW MANY ARE WE UP TO?

>> I THINK FIVE.

>> I THINK IT IS UP TO 10.

>> I THINK IT WILL REACH CRITICAL MASS.

ON ONE SIDE, THE LAWSUITS FOR THE PLAYERS, ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE PADS FOR GERALD, AND YOU HAVE A BIG SHOT GUY, EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE, THAT IS FOR $40 MILLION IN BACK PAY, SEVERANCE.

>> I DO NOT KNOW WHO ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO PAY EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT SETTLING THROUGH, THIS IS TO SETTLE HAZING ISSUES.

THE FUNNY THING IS, SCHOOL IS OUT AND NOTHING IS GOING ON.

IT IS HARD TO PUT YOUR FINGER ON WHERE THIS IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING.

>> DOES THIS HAVE THE RISK OF TURNING INTO A MEDIA SPECTACLE?

ONE IN WHICH EVERYONE IS TRYING TO PICK AT THE CARCASS AND GET SOME MONEY OUT OF WHAT HAPPENED AT NORTHWESTERN?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

IF THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT IT AS FINALLY GETTING SOME TYPE OF REDEMPTION, THAT I DO NOT KNOW.

>> I AM ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OF THE GRAPHIC THINGS BEING ALLEGED HERE.

>> THE DOOR IS OPEN, AND I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE LAWSUITS.

>> IT HAS BEEN CRICKETS.

THIS IS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR'S ISSUE.

>> HERE HE IS , DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BIG TEN NETWORK.

HE SHOULD BE THE FALL GUY.

>> SOMEONE HAS TO BE THROWN OVER THE CASTLE WALL.

THAT IS WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENS.

IT COULD BE MICHAEL SCHILL, THE PRESIDENT.

MORTY SHAPIRO WAS RETIRING TWO YEARS AGO.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

REBECCA BLANK , SHE DIED BEFORE SHE COULD TAKE OVER.

SHE DIED VERY SUDDENLY.

THEY HAVE MICHAEL SCHILL, AND THE SAME WAS TRUE WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, WHEN PHILLIPS LEFT ABRUPTLY.

THEY HAD A GUY IN NINE DAYS, THEN THEY KICKED HIM OUT, BECAUSE THAT WAS TAINTED BY SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS WITH THE CHEERLEADERS.

NOT LISTENING TO THEIR COMPLAINTS.

THEN THEY GET CRAIG, FROM TULSA.

I THINK HE HAS BEEN BLINDSIDED >> THERE IS NO PLAYBOOK TO DEAL WITH THIS.

>>> LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME ISSUES WITH MIGRANTS.

IT IS A VERY CONTENTIOUS COUNCIL MEETING WHAT ALDERPEOPLE WERE BRINGING UP INSTANCES OF MIGRANTS DOING DRUGS, ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING.

HOW WIDESPREAD IS THIS RIGHT NOW WITH THE MIGRANT SITUATION ?

>> I AM NOT SURE THAT IT IS EVERYWHERE.

FRANKLY, I THINK THE HEADLINES MADE IT SEEM AS IF ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS WERE ABOUT THINGS THE MIGRANTS WERE DOING.

IN FACT, DURING THE HEARING, IN SOME CASES, THE MIGRANTS WERE BEING VICTIMIZED.

THERE WERE PEOPLE COMING IN TO SELL THEM DRUGS.

THE TRAFFICKING MAY HAVE BEEN PUT UPON THEM.

SO, YES, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT PARTYING, AND THEM STAYING OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE STATION, WHERE THEY WERE.

BUT THE REAL ISSUE HAS BEEN WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMUNITY IS BROUGHT IN ON THE DECISION, MOST OF WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE ALDERWOMAN FROM THE 20th , TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THEM IN THE LOOP, THAT IS STILL THE BIG COMPLAINT.

THE CITY IS SAYING, BASICALLY, WE ARE GOING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

>> THEY ARE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS, FROM BRANDON JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION.

WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE?

>> THAT THIS IS A CRISIS THAT KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND THEY REALLY CANNOT KEEP UP WITH IT .

THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND SHELTERS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FIND BUILDINGS THAT ARE UP TO CODE.

>> AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME DELAY.

>> RIGHT, THEY GET PUSHED BACK.

AND I SAY , THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 68 BUSES THAT HAVE BROUGHT MIGRANTS IN SINCE JANUARY.

60 SINCE JOHNSON HAS TAKEN OFFICE.

AND A LOT OF THE ALDERMEN ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM .

THE ONE THING THAT BLEW ME AWAY , THE FACT THAT THEY ADMITTED THEY HAVE HAD NO CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DNC ABOUT THE MIGRANTS.

THEY TALK ABOUT OTHER ISSUES BUT NOTHING ABOUT MIGRANTS AND A LOT OF THESE MIGRANTS ARE CONCERNED THAT MORE AND MORE ARE GOING TO KEEP COMING AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DNC.

>> LOOK AT , HARRIS , SHE IS COMING TO CHICAGO , TALKING ABOUT BIDEN AND ALL OF THESE OTHER ISSUES.

AND THE LARGEST HISPANIC GROUP, NO WORD MENTIONED ABOUT IT AT ALL.

>> THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME HELP.

>> THE HELP THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR IS SOME TYPE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN.

THEY FEEL LIKE, AT THIS POINT, THAT IS THE ONLY ANSWER.

THE LONGER THAT THESE MIGRANTS ARE AT THE SHELTERS OR THE POLICE SHELTERS, THE MORE THEY ARE GOING TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS.

>> AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE ARE JOBS TO BE HAD.

LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A RALLY OUTSIDE OF THE BROADWAY ARMORY IN EDGEWATER.

THAT WOULD BE SET UP.

LET'S HEAR FROM AN ABACUS TO IS AGAINST TURNING THAT AS A SHELTER.

>> THE PROCESS HERE HAS BEEN A DISASTER.

THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EXCLUDED.

WE HAVE WAITED PATIENTLY FOR A CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

WE HEARD THIS FACILITY MIGHT BE USED AS A SHELTER AND ALL-PRO PROGRAMS SHUTDOWN.

>> THIS IS THE PUSHBACK WE ARE HEARING IN SEEMINGLY EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE ARE 1000 MIGRANTS STILL AT POLICE STATIONS.

>> I AM NOT SURE YOU CAN SOLVE THIS, THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, WHEN YOU ARE GETTING ALMOST ONE BUS A DAY ARRIVING HERE.

YOU CANNOT KEEP UP.

THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND MORE PLACES.

BUT THEN YOU FIND A POSSIBLE PLACE, YOU ARE GOING TO GET THAT.

SO, I AM NOT SURE THERE IS AN EASY SOLUTION.

YOU HAVE TO BRING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN.

YOU HAVE TO SAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART.

WHAT SHE IS SAYING, THE WHOLE CITY HAS TO BE IN ON THIS, IT SHOULD NOT JUST BE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO AMERICANS, IT HAS TO BE EVERYWHERE ACCEPTING THIS.

>> HE HAS THE LARGEST, IN HIS 47th WARD, THERE ARE 1400 AND MIGRANTS .

THERE ARE ALSO MIGRANTS AT THE STANDARDS CLUB, AND I MEAN AGAIN, WHAT HE IS SAYING, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE PLAYING BY THE RULES, BUT THERE ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF BAD APPLES.

THEY ARE COMPLAINING THAT THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH SECURITY, WHAT IS THE ISSUE WITH THE PRIVATE SECURITY ?

>> WITH THE BROADWAY ARMORY , IT WAS DISPLACING SERVICES FOR SENIORS.

THAT BRINGS IN A WHOLE NEW ASPECT TO IT.

>> IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY IS PREPARED FOR THIS.

PEOPLE DO NOT HATE THE IMMIGRANTS, IT IS JUST LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO?

A LOT OF THIS WAS COURTESY OF GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

HE JUST KEEPS SENDING THEM UP.

NO PLAN.

NO PLAN AT ALL.

>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT DID HAVE MONTHS TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF PLAN AND SHE DID NOT.

THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION HAS TO WORK BACKWARDS, THEY CANNOT KEEP UP.

>> THEY ARE NOT LETTING PEOPLE IN ON THE PROCESS, JUST LIKE LORI LIGHTFOOT WAS NOT LETTING PEOPLE IN ON THE PROJECT .

>> THE PROBLEM IS, THEY ARE COMING IN SO FAST, THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT.

THEY REALLY DO NOT HAVE TIME.

THEY HAVE ONE COMMUNITY MEETING AND THEY HAVE TO GET PEOPLE INTO THIS PLACE.

SO, JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS.

>> IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION.

RICK, YOU BROUGHT UP THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

DOZENS OF LABOR UNIONS SIGNED A PEACE AGREEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE NO LABOR ACTION BEFORE OR AROUND THE 2024 CONVENTION, SO THAT CHICAGO CAN PUT ITS BEST FOOT FORWARD.

>> I THINK IT WAS NO SURPRISE.

OBVIOUSLY, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, IT IS PROUNION.

THAT IS A PRO FORMA SETTING OF THE STAGE, IT WAS ANOTHER RALLY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION COMING TO CHICAGO.

THERE IS A PRACTICAL SIDE TO NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF STRIKE , OR ANY KIND OF INTERRUPTION OF WORK BEING DONE .

BUT, BEYOND THAT, IT IS JUST KIND OF PRO FORMA.

>> BUT, GOVERNOR PRITZKER MENTIONED IT WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CONVENTION EVER RUN.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE TO BREAK EVEN?

>> I DID INTERVIEW MIKE QUIGLEY, HE IS WORKING ON A BILL TO GET ANOTHER $25 MILLION OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY ARE TRYING TO GET ANOTHER $25 MILLION FOR THE REPUBLICANS.

>> $50 MILLION IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED.

>> THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FUNDED.

>> WELL, PART OF IT, YOU HAVE THE SECURITY OPERATIONS, TOO.

THESE ARE DESIGNATED SPECIAL SECURITY EVENTS.

>> BUT, THAT IS WHAT THE MONEY IS BEING INCORPORATED IN.

>> EVEN THE GOVERNOR HAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE COULD PULL OUT HIS WALLET AND BANKROLL THE WHOLE THING.

AND THAT IS , YEAH, THAT IS WHAT HE HAS SAID.

>> THEY DO NOT WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE.

>> AND HE DOES NOT WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE.

>> YOU NEED SOME FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

HE HAS TO SAVE IT FOR THAT.

>> I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE 1968 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, NOT A GOOD MOMENT TO CHICAGO.

>> 1996 WAS A MUCH BETTER MOMENT.

>> 1968, HAVE WE EVER HAD SUCH A CONTENTIOUS MOMENT UNTIL TODAY.

WE WILL BE GETTING TWO BUSES OF MIGRANTS DURING THE CONVENTION.

>> SOME PEOPLE SAID THERE WAS A LOT OF UGLINESS IN 1996 WITH EVERYONE DOING THE MACARENA .

>> THAT WAS WHEN I WENT TO MY HIGH SCHOOL REUNION.

THEY PLAYED THAT SONG AND I WAS LIKE, I AM OUT OF HERE.

>> I DO WANT TO BRING UP THE INITIATIVE ON MAYOR JOHNSON, THAT IS THE SURCHARGE ON RETAIL TRANSACTIONS OVER $1 MILLION, IS THAT GOING ANYWHERE?

>> I THINK IT IS, THE PROGRESSIVES HAVE GOTTEN MORE THAN THEY DID OUT OF THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION.

THEY DO NOT THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY ACTION IN SPRINGFIELD, THE ONLY OPTION IS TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT IN CHICAGO AND THEY ARE HOPING TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT IN MARCH.

I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR IT AND I ASKED PRITZKER , HE HAS BEEN ON THE RECORD SAYING HE IS AGAINST IT.

BUT TODAY HE DIALED IT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND SAID THAT HE IS ACTUALLY WAITING TO SEE HOW IT ENDS UP.

AND THAT HE MAY SUPPORT A PORTION OF IT.

>> HE WAS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE HAS SAID HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT.

THE DIFFERENCE IS, WHAT KIND OF REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX ?

WHAT IS PROPOSED IN BRING CHICAGO HOME IS A FLAT TAX.

IF YOU GO OVER THE THRESHOLD OF $1 MILLION, INSTANTLY, YOU ARE TAXED ON EVERYTHING.

WHICH MEANS YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF PLACES SELLING THINGS FOR $999,000.

THE IDEA IS, DO WHAT THEY CALL A MARGINAL TAX.

ONCE YOU'VE OVER THE $1 MILLION, YOU ARE ONLY CHARGED FOR WHAT IS OVER $1 MILLION.

IT IS A HIGHER RATE .

BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT COULD PASS AND WHAT COULD GET SOME SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS.

>> YOU ARE TALKING TRIPLE.

IF YOU WILL OVER THAT, EVEN IF IT IS MODERATE, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRIPLING THE TRANSFER TAX.

THINK ABOUT THAT, IT IS A LOT.

>> IF IT GOES FOR $1.4 MILLION, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE PAYING $8000-$12,000 IN TAXES.

>> WHAT IF YOU TAKE OUT THE $1 MILLION AND YOU ARE ONLY PAYING THE $400,000.

>> IT IS LIKE GRADUATED TAXES.

WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

>> LORI LIGHTFOOT'S HOUSING COMMISSIONER WAS SAYING, WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT.

>> IT WAS JUST ABOUT A STEP DOWN OR TWO.

>> THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RESEARCH THEY HAD DONE ABOUT HOW THIS COULD GO OVER.

SEE, THIS IS THE INTERESTING THING.

I DON'T THINK THEY WERE DOING THE RESEARCH AND THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

THIS MEANS THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT MAY HAVE HAD ALL THIS INFORMATION.

EVAN , I AM WONDERING WHY THIS INFORMATION DID NOT COME UP EARLIER.

>>> ON WASHINGTON, TRUMP IS CHARGED WITH MORE ALLEGATIONS , INCLUDING THAT HE ORDERED THE SCRUBBING OF VIDEO.

THERE IS NOW SPECULATION THAT IT WAS RELATED TO THE JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION.

RICK, WHEN WILL WE SEE THAT ?

>> I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE IT, NOW THEY HAVE A SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT.

WHICH MEANS THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL CONTINUING.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR TWO WEEKS WHETHER THE JANUARY 6th INDICTMENT OF TRUMP WAS GOING TO BE EMINENT.

AS LONG AS THEY ARE TURNING OVER MORE DETAILS, I MEAN THE FACT OF THE OBSTRUCTION, FROM THE BOSS, TO SCRUB THE VIDEO.

WHICH IS ALLEGED.

I MEAN, THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL GOING FULL STEAM AHEAD.

>> HILTON LISLE/NAPERVILLE, IS THERE ANY DOUBT THAT HIS MOST FERVENT SUPPORTERS WILL WANT TO VOTE FOR HIM MORE?

>> HE HAS A LOT OF SUPPORT, I WAS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK THIS WEEKEND, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF TRUMP FLAGS FLYING.

ABSOLUTELY, THAT IS -- THE TRUMP BELIEVERS ARE GOING TO KEEP SAYING THAT.

THAT IT IS A WITCHHUNT.

>> HE HAS A LOT OF MEGAPHONES.

WE SHOULD GO TO THE OTHER SIDE AND TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN.

HUNTER BIDEN HAS HAD A PLEA DEAL THAT HAS NOW GONE AWAY.

RICK, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY MAY NEGOTIATE A NEW ONE WE >> THAT IS THE WORK THAT SEEMED TO BE GOING ON AS THEY ARE TRYING TO RESTRUCTURE A NEW PLEA DEAL.

OF COURSE, ONE OF THE ISSUES IN THE WEAPONS CHARGE, AND WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE OFFENSE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE REALLY JUMPED ON.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE JUDGE HAS SOME QUESTIONS.

AND THEY ARE WORKING, THE PROSECUTION, TO GET THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

>>> I HAVE GOT TO GET TO A FEW SPORTS ITEMS, FUN SPORTS ITEMS.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FANFARE WITH THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX.

WHAT ARE THEY TRADING AWAY, AND HOW BIG IS THEIR REBUILD GOING TO BE?

>> LANCE LYNN, JOE KELLY, SUDDENLY GONE AND I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE TWO , YOU KNOW IT IS LIKE AT NORTHWESTERN.

IF THEY HAVE A TEAM LEFT, IT WILL BE AAA.

YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ROOTING FOR LAUNDRY , HALF THE TEAM WILL BE GONE.

THEY ARE REBUILDING.

THIS IS A TEAM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE READY TO GO.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WENT WRONG OR WHAT WENT RIGHT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> THESE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE YEARS.

I MEAN, EVEN THE PARKING LOT GUY HAS GOT TO GO.

I AM WATCHING THE CUBS , LOSING 7-2 IN THE FIFTH INNING.

THEY BRING THE BULLPEN IN.

>> THEY HAVE LOST IN SOME OF THE MOST ASTOUNDING WAYS, ALMOST AS IF BY DESIGN.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

>> YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

>> BREAK THE SCOOP ON THIS.

THE CUBS ARE RED-HOT.

THEY HAVE WON SOMETHING LIKE SIX IN A ROW.

THEY HAVE SOLIDIFIED THEIR POSITION AS BUYERS, NOT SELLERS, AT THE TREAD DATELINE .

>> THEY HAVE BEEN ASCENDING, AS OPPOSED TO THE WHITE SOX THAT THIS WOULD BE THE TIME THAT THEY COULD DO IT.

I MEAN, WE ARE NOT THAT FAR OUT.

WHAT IS THAT?

ONE OF THE CLICH÷S, WE ARE ALL GROWING TOGETHER.

WHATEVER THE MANAGERS USE.

>> YOU ARE 4.5, 5.5 GAMES OUT OF THE WILDCARD.

I DON'T SEE HOW YOU THROW IN THE TOWEL.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE THE DIRECT LINE?

>>> FINALLY, THIS IS A PET PEEVE OF JOEL WISEMAN, BUT THE CHICAGO BEARS TRAINING CAMP STARTED, AND YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PASSES COMPLETED IN PRACTICE.

>> THE BEARS ARE UNDEFEATED.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

32 TEAMS.

>> EVERY PAPER IS WRITING ABOUT IT.

>> ALL OF THE QUARTERBACKS, YOU KNOW, BRYCE YOUNG, THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THEY COULD GET CARTED OFF AND INJURED BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS.

>> I AM VERY POSITIVE.

I HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PANEL.

OUR THANKS TO SARAH SCHULTE, RICK PEARSON, AND GREG DELMORE.

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FOR THE CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW, I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

WE WILL SEE YOU AT 10:00 TONIGHT FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

I WANT TO SEE JUSTIN FIELDS AND DJ MOORE DO GREAT THINGS.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GETTING 2.500.

I MEAN YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST MOVE AHEAD.

IT IS THE CUBS.

>> THERE IS GOING TO BE A MEETING BETWEEN KEVIN WARREN AND MAYOR JOHNSON.

IS THIS HEATING UP , THAT THE BEARS MAY STAY IN CHICAGO?

>> IT IS A POSSIBILITY.

BUT, THE BEARS ARE GOING TO MAKE WHAT EVER DEAL -- >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD