>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ JURORS GET TO HEAR FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE TRY AND LAND THE PROVERBIAL TUNA.

>> YOU WE'RE SIGNED UP.

I'M NOT GOING DO LOOKING FOR THIS GUY.

>> UNDERCOVER VIDEO EVIDENCE PURPORTS TO SHOW ALDERMAN ED BURKE TRYING TO GET A TASTE OF THE BUSINESS AND BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL IN EXCHANGE FOR OFFICIAL ACTION.

>> KNOW.

IS NOT THE RUNNING.

>> PROSECUTORS OUTLINED HIS ALLEGED SCHEME THAT INVOLVED THE RENOVATION OF THE GIANT OLD MAIN POST OFFICE.

WE WILL OVERCOME THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

>> AND WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER.

>> CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON MIGRANT CAMPS IN BRIGHTON PARK.

WHEN WILL MIGRANTS BE ABLE TO MOVE IN FROM THE COLD?

CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL PROPOSES CONTROVERSIAL NEW RULES TO LIMIT THE PUBLIC FROM ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

ELECTION 2024 IS UNDERWAY AS CANDIDATES FILE THEIR PETITIONS TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND IN SPORTS BLOCK IT FOR GOOD SNAP.

GOOD HAUL CHANT.

>> BACK ON TOP.

>> THE BEARS GET IN THE WIN COLUMN AFTER A STRONG DEFENSIVE EFFORT AND THE BLACKHAWKS WILD IN CONTROVERSY AGAIN AFTER DISMISSING CO-CAPTAIN COREY PERRY.

>> A LOT OF NEWS TODAY ALONE AND THIS WEEKEND.

JOINING US ALL TO WADE THROUGH IT ARE CHRIS JONES FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

OUR VERY OWN HEATHER SURE OWN MELODY MERCADO FROM BLOCK CLUB.

CHICAGO AND PHIL THOMPSON FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

I WANT TO GET TO A LATE BREAKING STORY FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS THIS THEY'RE THEY'RE REPORTING THAT A FEDERAL AGENCY AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ARE INVESTIGATING BIDDING PROCESS THAT LANDED BALLY'S THE LONE CHICAGO CASINO CONTRACT.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS, CHRIS JONES.

WELL, THERE GOING THERE WAS A REGULAR IT IS AND HOW THEY GOT THE CONTRACT THAT THE WAY THEY DEALT WITH MINORITY OWNERSHIP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> BUT THERE'S A BIT OF HISTORY HERE OF THIS SORT OF THE DISGRUNTLED USING BEEN IS KEEPING THIS ALIVE.

THIS DEFINITELY A SENSE THAT THE CASINO STORIES NOT YET FULLY WRITTEN, EVEN THOUGH THEORETICALLY CONSTRUCTIONS ABOUT TO STOP PRETTY MUCH WHERE I WORK.

SO IT'S TO BE AN INTERESTING STORY.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE HEARD THE LAST OF GOING INTO EVENTUALLY.

WE THE AREA WHERE THE OFFICES TREATING PLANS ARE RIGHT NOW A MILLION MERCADO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

IT'S JUST SOUR GRAPES FROM THE OTHER FOLKS TO THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT JUST.

>> JUST TRYING TO MAYBE START OF THE PROCESS AFTER IT'S ALREADY DONE.

I MEAN, THIS WAS A VERY BIG WIN FOR THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION.

SO I I FEEL THAT.

>> SHE'S NOT GOING TO LET GO OF THIS VICTORY AND SHE'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO ADMIT IF THERE IS, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, SOUR GRAPES.

SHE SHE IS THAT SHE'S OFF ENJOYING HER POST.

MAYOR LIFE RIGHT ALSO MAYBE NOT ENJOYING THEIR POST PUBLIC LIFE AT BURKE, HEATHER SO >> YOU HEARD HIM IN HIS OWN WORDS THIS WEEK.

QUOTE, THE CASH REGISTER HAS NOT RUN YET, QUOTE, DID LAND THE TUNA?

HOW DID THOSE QUOTES HIT?

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TELL BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY BEEN A VERY LONG TRIAL.

AND THE JURORS SHOWED VERY LITTLE EMOTION, ALTHOUGH THAT THE PART OF THE TAPE THAT GOT THE MOST REACTION THAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE JURY WAS WHEN.

>> ED BURKE SORT OF EXPLAIN THE RELUCTANCE OF THE DEVELOPER, THE OLD MAIN POST OFFICE OR TO REDEVELOP OR I SHOULD SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HIRE HIM PERHAPS BECAUSE THEIR TUITION, HE'S CATHOLIC.

AND HE SAID QUITE CLEARLY, WELL, YOU KNOW, JEWS, LIKE HIRE SOME OF THEIR OWN.

AND THERE WERE A COUPLE GRIMACES ON THE JURORS NOW AT BERKS LAWYERS TRIED TO KEEP THAT TAPE OUT OF COURT AND THEY FAILED.

AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR ONCE WE CAN TALK TO THE JURORS SORT OF WHAT THEY MADE OF THIS, ESPECIALLY AT THIS MOMENT OF INCREASED TENSION WITH ISRAEL AND HAMAS.

OF COURSE, ALL THESE HORRIBLE ANTI-SEMITIC AND INCIDENTS HAPPENING ALL AROUND US.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT THAT THE PROSECUTORS HAVE NOW MADE IT THROUGH BULK OF THEIR CASE.

THEY STARTED ON 4TH AND FINAL SORT OF ALLEGED CRIMINAL SCHEME TODAY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 6 DAYS LEFT IN THE PROSECUTION'S CASE, THEN THE DEFENSE WILL GET A CHANCE.

BOTH ED BURKE, PETE ANDREWS AND CHARLES CLAY WILL GET A CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR CASE TO THE JURY.

SO IT'S BEEN SORT OF HALTING PROGRESS, BUT WE ARE COMING INTO THE HOME STRETCH HARD ENOUGH TO BELIEVE.

SO CHRIS JONES OR OUTLINE THIS ALLEGED SCHEME INVOLVING THE RENOVATION OF THE OLD MAIN POST OFFICE OF THE DEVELOPER THERE.

>> HE NEEDS TO WORK WITH AMTRAK WHICH OWNS THE TRACKS BELOW THE BUILDING TO GET SOME AIR RIGHTS.

HE NEEDS WORK WITH THE CITY TO GET SOME TIFFANY, WHO DOES HE CALL AND BURKE?

SO WHAT IS THE STORY?

THE PROSECUTORS TELL ABOUT THIS ALLEGED SCHEME?

WELL, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A QUOTE, LIKE THE CASH REGISTER IS NOT YET, I MEAN, COME ON.

I MEAN, THAT IS THAT THAT IS IS SORT OF IDENTITY HEARING ABOUT FROM AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE.

>> THE OTHER PART OF THIS STORY THAT I THINK IS SO DISAPPOINTING IS ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND BOOK PLAYING HIS GAME AND THAT SO THIS KIND OF CASE AND SNOW HAS A LOT OF FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO.

THEY HAVE NO CHOICE, ESPECIALLY THE FIELD MUSEUM.

FOLKS.

>> AND THIS DEVELOPER, IT'S LIKE I GUESS THIS IS HOW YOU DO BUSINESS IN CHICAGO.

DO YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE HAVING YOU COULD SAY WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

THE PROBLEM IS FOR YEARS IN CHICAGO IS NO, BUT NO, BUT HE'S ACTUALLY SAID BUT I FIND IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE GENDER FLEXING THE WENT ON FROM THESE OUTSIDE PARTIES.

>> I'M YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT BLAMED THE HE'S CLEARLY THE GUY AND IN THE IN THE DOCK, SO TO SPEAK.

BUT IT STILL DISAPPOINTING TO ME.

THOMPSON, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE TAPES OR YOU HEAR SOME RECORDINGS, DOES IT TELL A PRETTY CAUSE CONVINCING STORY HERE OR >> AS THAT ROD BLAGOJEVICH SAID THAT PLAY ALL THAT TAKES?

YOU HAVEN'T HEARD EVERYTHING.

WELL, I'M I'M ALL FOR PLAYING ALL THE I THINK ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS I'VE HEARD >> YOU KNOW, TESTIMONY FROM THE BURGER KING, PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SHAKE >> THEM DOWN.

I MEAN, TRIED TO STAY BIRD CAME HOW ARE OUR TAX FROM?

AND YOU CAN HAVE IT YOUR THINKING ABOUT PLANNING THAT THAT'S GREAT.

I DIDN'T HAVE THAT CUED UP EVERYBODY IN JOURNALISM HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY INCORPORATE THAT PHRASE THE INTO THE STORY YOU KNOW, WATCHING THESE RECORDINGS IN DANNY SOLIS, A FORMER ALDERMAN TURNED GOVERNMENT MOLE IS WEARING IT.

>> CAMERA WEARING A WIRE.

HE'S GOT A CAMERA SET UP IN HIS OFFICE.

IT'S KIND OF AMAZING HOW STEELY HE IS AND CONVINCING HE IS WHEN HE'S TALKING TO ED BURKE ABOUT THE SCHEMES.

THIS ABSOLUTELY.

YOU SEE HIM SORT OF PLAYING THE ROLE PRESCRIBED TO HIM BY THE FBI.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT I ASSUME WE WILL HEAR FROM BERKS ATTORNEYS BASICALLY SOLIS WAS OUT TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN AND WAS SAYING WHATEVER HE COULD TO GET ED BURKE TO DO WHATEVER LOOKED A LITTLE BIT HANKY.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT YOU HEAR ED BURKE TIME TIME AGAIN IN HIS OWN WORDS ASKING DANNY SOLIS, WHY HAVE THESE PEOPLE NOT HIRED AND IF THEY DON'T HIRE ME, HE USES THE PROFANITY.

YOU KNOW, HE SAYS THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO GET ON THE AGENDA.

WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE COVERED AT BURKE FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

AND THIS IS A GLIMPSE OF HOW HE OPERATED BEHIND THE SCENES, WHICH, OF COURSE.

>> I HAVE NEVER BEEN PRIVY TO BEFORE.

AND IT'S TRULY FASCINATING SORT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF MIXTURE OF STEELY SORT OF WELL.

IF YOU WANT ACTS, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO WHY AND SORT OF OLD-SCHOOL CHICAGO, YOU KNOW, CHARM.

WE HEARD HIM EXPLAIN THE GENESIS OF THAT CLICHE.

NOBODY NOBODY SENT AND IT'S REALLY FASCINATING TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE LIKE FORMER WATER DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER BARRY MURPHY WHO SAID HE WAS TERRIFIED AT BURKE.

HE WAS TERRIFIED OF GETTING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THAT BIRTH BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT THAT MEANT THAT HIS DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET WAS POTENTIALLY AT RISK.

AND WE HEARD SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR FROM ONE OF THE OFFICIALS AT THE FIELD MUSEUM'S AND IT'S SORT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, THEIR PAIN.

PROSECUTORS ARE SLOWLY PAINTING THIS PICTURE OF ESSENTIALLY REIGN OF TERROR THAT ED BURKE LED AT TOP CITY HALL WHERE THAT IF HE WAS IN THE LITTLE DISPLEASED WITH YOU, HE WAS GOING TO IN NO SMALL WAY.

MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING.

THE PROSECUTORS ARGUMENT IS THEY HE DID THAT TO BENEFIT HIMSELF.

SO IF PROSECUTORS ARE DESCRIBING THIS REIGN OF TERROR, CHRIS JONES, WHAT THE WHAT'S THE STORY?

THE FENCE TELLS?

>> WELL, I GUESS THEY HAVE TO SAY THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST HIS STYLE.

HE'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S JUST PART OF THE CHICAGO WAY.

WASN'T REALLY GOING TO DO.

WHO KNOWS?

I MEAN, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.

LOOKING A LOT OF PRIDE THEIR LITIGATION OF THESE VIDEOS.

AND THESE QUOTES WHERE AT BURKE IS NOT TRYING TO SHAKE THESE DEVELOPERS DOWN FOR BUSINESS FOR HIS TAX FOR WHEN YOU READ ON THE CASH REGISTER IS NOT YET WRONG.

WHAT WITH THAT INTENT IN WHAT WITH THAT INTERPRETATION?

POSSIBLY BAY?

WELL, DURING CROSS-EXAMINATION, BURKE SAYS WHERE'S THAT BASICALLY SAID, LOOK, HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET ANY MONEY, WHICH IS TRUE.

HE NEVER ACTUALLY GOT ENJOY GOT ANYBODY.

AND SO THE THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, AN UNUSUAL ALLEGED BRIBERY CASE AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, GOLD BARS IN THE CLOSET WE DON'T HAVE.

AND LOADS FULL OF CASH BEING STUFFED IN SOMEBODY'S POCKET.

>> BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT WE'VE NOW PROSECUTORS HAVE, I THINK, BUILT THE SORT OF PYRAMID OF SORT OF HOW ED BURKE OPERATED AND THEY SAY IT WAS AN ILLEGAL ATTEMPT TO MONETIZE HE'S ELECTED AND I GUESS NOT ILLEGAL TO BE GRUMPY ABOUT NOT GETTING WHAT YOU WANT.

SO THEORETICALLY, THEY COULD SAY SOME VERSION OF THAT.

WHEN YOU TIE THAT CITY BUSINESS, THAT MIGHT BE AND ALSO OFFERING SULLY'S, YOU KNOW, A PIECE OF THE ACTION, I WOULD THINK.

>> READY SET HIMSELF, I BELIEVE IN SHARING THE WEALTH.

YES, YES, AND IT'S AMAZING THAT SOLIS WAS CAUGHT UP IN A LOT OF PROBLEMS OF HIS OWN, GETS OFF SCOT-FREE FOR DOING WHAT HE DID.

BUT I'M LOOKING AT THESE VIDEOS.

HE'S NOT HIS HANDS AREN'T EVEN SHAKING.

YEAH.

I MEAN, HE'S A BRILLIANT ACTOR.

HE'S PULLING ALL THIS OFF AND YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT THIS IS ABOUT AS NERVE WRACKING OF THINGS YOU CAN UNDERTAKE.

I THINK THAT A LOT OF THINGS WHAT HEATHER WAS GETTING OUT OF THE PUBLIC PERSONA OF AD, YOU KNOW, HAVING SEEN HIM AROUND TOWN FOR MANY IS RIGHT WITH THE SUITS WITH THIS CHARM.

AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE THIS OF ITS PAST, THE KIND OF JUST SOUNDS LIKE A AN AVERAGE CHICAGO WARD HEALER WITH THAT WITH THE WAY HE TALKS ARE.

MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE OTHER BIG STORIES OF THIS DO SOME CONSTRUCTION ON THE WINTERIZED TENTS.

ENCAMPMENT HAS STARTED IN BRIGHTON PARK.

WHEN WILL MIGRANTS MOVE IN?

WE HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.

>> THERE'S BEEN SO MANY QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE SITE, THE BASE CAMPS IN GENERAL BEFORE THE SITE WAS SOLIDIFIED.

WE FOR MANY WEEKS TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD START CONSTRUCTION FINALLY STARTED THIS WEEK, WE SAW SOME OF THE FRAMES FOR THE TENTS PLATE PUT IN PLACE.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE IN.

I THINK THE BIG THING HANGING OVER THE SITE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION PROMISED IT WOULD BE RELEASING TODAY AND EVERYONE CHECKED THEIR EMAILS RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED TODAY AND NO ONE HAS RECEIVED ANYTHING.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME VIDEO FROM TODAY OF THE CAMPS GOING UP.

THAT'S RIGHT, HEATHER.

SHARON.

>> SO VIEWERS DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL RE REMEDIATION ON THIS FORMALLY INDUSTRIAL SITE.

>> THE ADMINISTRATION DID PROMISE A REPORT ON THAT.

HOW COME THEY'RE NOT BEING FORTHCOMING WITH THAT YET?

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I WHICH I DID.

SO WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR'S SPOKESPERSON JUST BEFORE COMING ON AIR, HE ASKED ALL OF US, NOT JUST ME TO FILE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FOR THIS REPORT.

SO APPARENTLY THE REPORT DOES EXIST.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY HAS SEEN IT YET.

THE QUESTION IS INVOLVES TOXIC METALS ON THE SITE WHICH WE KNOW WERE FOUND ON THE SITE AND THAT ALDERWOMAN JULIO RAMIREZ BELIEVES MAKES THE SITE UNFIT TO HOUSE MIGRANTS.

SO THE QUESTION IS ONE THAT I WANT TO WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO SORT OF MEDIATE THOSE TOXIC METALS?

AND WHAT IS THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE LIVING ON THIS SITE FOR AS LONG AS 60 DAYS?

>> I THINK THE LARGER QUESTION INVOLVES TRANSPARENCY AND IT INVOLVES HOW THE MAYOR STARTED WHEN ABOUT CREATING THE SITE.

BECAUSE AS I ASKED EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHY START CONSTRUCTION ON THE SITE BEFORE YOU HAVE THIS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT OUT THERE TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SAY, OK, HERE'S WHAT IT WAS.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND HERE'S WHAT THAT WILL MEAN.

WE'RE NOW IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 800 OR SO MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR OF POLICE STATIONS AND WHAT A VERY COLD, WET WEEK.

AND THIS IS SORT OF POTENTIALLY BETTER LIVING SITUATION THAT MAY POSE SOME SORT OF UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT, ADDING PERHAPS INSULT TO INJURY.

AND AS WE UNDERSTAND ANOTHER IN LITTLE CBS LOT BEING CONSTRUCTED TODAY.

>> CHRIS JONES, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE MAYOR?

WELL, WITHHOLD IN THE BROADER QUESTION IS IS RIDICULOUS TO NOT IMMEDIATELY BE FORTHCOMING WITH THAT REPORT TO NOT STAND UP IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MICROPHONE AND SAY, LOOK.

>> THIS PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW IT JUST MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN THAT REPORT I'D LIKE TO START.

WELL, I I YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, STATE IS PAYING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF I THINK COULD DEDUCE THAT THE STATE DOESN'T THINK >> THAT THERE'S ANYTHING TERRIBLE IN THIS TRIPLE OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE GONE AHEAD WITH ALLOWING MONEY TO BE USED FOR SO IF YOU WANT MY VIEW AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY >> THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE OK IN THE END.

BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT THE REPORT'S NOT OUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC, EVEN THOUGH THEY PROMISED THAT IT WILL BE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FILE FOIA REQUESTS TO GET SOMETHING IS CENTRAL TO THAT.

PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON THE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A THE TENTS HAVE A FLOOR, BUT THIS WAS ONE ZINC SMELTER.

I MEAN, WHY IS IT EVEN ON THAT SITE TO BEGIN WITH YOU?

MY DOG YOU AND GIVEN THAT IT IS SURELY CHICAGOANS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THAT THAT SAFE AND THE MIGRANTS THEMSELVES HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THAT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ANOTHER PHIL THOMPSON, DO YOU THINK CHICAGOANS HAVE A RIGHT TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL?

>> AND WATCH THE WITH THEIR OWN EYES.

THE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BECAUSE NOW MAYOR JOHNSON IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS ARE AND THE CITY COUNCIL TRYING TO KIND OF CHANGE BEST BAFFLING TO ME.

THAT'S I MEAN, WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HAVING TO MAKE FOR YOUR REQUEST, WHICH YOU KNOW, JUST YOU TALK ABOUT THE ANTITHESIS OF TRANSPARENCY.

>> THIS IS JUST GOING TO THE NTH DEGREE TO TO KEEP THE PUBLIC OUT OF THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS THAT WRONG MESSAGE SINCE THIS WHOLE SAGA BEGAN, WHEN THEY START BRINGING IN MIGRANTS OR WORLD HAVING TO ACCEPT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR THINKING IS.

>> NEW HOW DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE THINKING IS WHY ARE PROPOSING THESE NEW RULES WHEREBY YOU CAN ONLY COME TO THESE MEETINGS IF YOU ARE INVITED BY OLDER PEOPLE, YOU'RE JUST A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

YOU'RE A LUCKY GUY.

GO TO THE 3RD FLOOR OF WINDOW.

GALLERY.

>> I WISH I UNDERSTOOD.

I THINK I WOULD HAVE A VERY HIGH PAYING JOB IF I DID.

BUT I I THINK HERE IS JUST IT'S SENDING THE MESSAGE WE ONLY WANT YOU CLOSE TO YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IF YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY INVITED BY THEM.

BASICALLY SHOWING YOU NEED CONNECTIONS TO BE CLOSE TO YOUR ELECTED AND IF NOT, YOU HAVE TO SIT ON THIS.

THIS BALCONY VIEW IN CLOSE WITH ALL THIS CLASS JUST DOESN'T SEEM VERY ACCESSIBLE.

IT'S SORT OF AGAINST WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE EXCESSIVE ON BEING TRANSPARENT.

AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE TO CONSTITUENTS ALL OVER THIS.

AND THE SHARON IS ARE LEGITIMATE SAFETY CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T MEAN?

WE HAVE SEEN SOME VERY UNRULY.

>> COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS RECENT MONTHS SHORT.

SO THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE GOTTEN COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL AT TIMES TWICE IT SECURITY AND CHARGES THAT CHAMBERS HAD TO CLEAR THOSE GALLERIES BECAUSE PEOPLE YELLING AND MAKING RACIST STATEMENTS AND THREATENING OLDER PEOPLE.

>> SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF SECURITY ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING.

FLIP SIDE OF THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ICE, I'VE BEEN COVERING THE CITY COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH UNDER 3 MAYORS NOW WHERE I'VE SEEN PEOPLE HAULED OUT OF CHAIN OUT OF CHAMBERS FOR SNEEZING, TOO LOUDLY AND THE MAYOR WHO CAME UP AS AN ORGAN, THAT ORGANIZER AND SORT VERY, YOU KNOW, WAS VERY COMFORTABLE AND SORT OF PROTESTS DID NOT WANT TO ENFORCE THOSE RULES AS HIS PREDECESSORS HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT THEY HAD BEEN OVERLY ENFORCED.

PERHAPS THAT'S TRUE AS WELL.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT THE PENDULUM NOW HAS SWUNG SO FAR TO THE RIGHT.

AND NOW IT'S ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE THAT NOW AND YOUR AVERAGE CHICAGO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS DOING DOING THEIR WORK IN THEIR NAME, PAID BY THEIR MONEY.

AND I THINK THAT THE MAYOR WHO'S NOT TAKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SINCE THE POLICY WAS FIRST REPORTED BY WBEZ AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT ARTICLE.

HASN'T BEEN ASKED TO HEAT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS CHANGE WEALTHY AND WE SHOULD LET VIEWERS KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY LAYERS OF SECURITY THAT YOU TO GO THROUGH METAL DETECTORS.

THERE'S LOTS OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT GUARD THE AREA.

THEY TRY TO MAKE IT AS FORTIFIED AS POSSIBLE.

CHRIS JONES.

>> IS THERE AND OPEN MEETINGS VIOLATION POTENTIALLY HERE WITH US?

WELL, BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION SAY IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO LEGAL ACTION THE ACLU HAS SAID THAT LOOKING INTO LEGAL ACTION ABOUT IT.

>> SO IT EFFECTIVELY IS ANNOYED ALMOST EVERYBODY ON THE LEFT DRY.

I JUST FEEL THIS ADMINISTRATION WON'T SUCCEED UNLESS IT REBOOTS.

THIS WHOLE LINE NOTION OF TRANSPARENCY AND THAT IT IT HAS MORE CONFIDENCE IN ITSELF AND IT DEVELOPS MORE OPENNESS AND THAT THE MAYOR IS WILLING TO HAVE A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH SAYS CHICAGOANS QUESTIONS.

I THINK IT COMES UP TOPIC AFTER TOPIC UP TOPIC.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GENESIS OF IT IS.

MAYBE IT'S FIA.

MAYBE AS WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS GOING BUT IN THE END OF THE DAY FOR THE MAYOR OF THE CITY, YOU JUST HAVE TO OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AND THEY FAILED TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO THAT.

I THINK MICHAEL, BACK ON THIS.

I JUST WANT IT JUST TO SAY TO UNDERSCORE CHRIS'S POINT.

>> SUPPOSED TO BE A PROGRESSIVE ADMINISTRATION.

DOES THIS SOUND PROGRESSIVE?

AS THE LAKE?

BUT ADMINISTRATION WAS SUPPOSED TO AND THAT ADMINISTRATION WAS A REACTION TO THE PERCEIVED LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.

WE KIND OF KEEP SEEING THIS CYCLE REPEAT ITSELF.

>> TIME IS A FLAT CIRCLE.

IT CERTAINLY IS ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID.

I'M HEATHER.

DO YOU THINK THAT THE MAYOR MIGHT HEAR THIS CRITICISM AND SAY WILL WILL RETHINK THIS?

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS SAID PLEDGED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO PEOPLE AND THAT HE IS ACKNOWLEDGED, YOU KNOW, HEY, I WILL MAKE MISSTEPS AND I WILL CORRECT THOSE WHEN THEY'RE MADE.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TESTS THAT EVERY CHICAGO MAYOR FACES AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER ONCE THEY THEY TAKE OFFICE.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INCIDENTS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

>> THAT WILL SORT OF START TO PAINT THE PICTURE OF HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE.

ALL RIGHT.

MELODY MERCADO, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS, BUT ELECTION 2024 IS ALREADY UNDER WAY, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 20.

>> 8 DAYS OR 30 DAYS UNTIL 2024 OFFICIALLY BEGINS IN THE CALENDAR YEAR.

BUT TO WHAT?

>> ONE OF THE BIG RACES TO FOLLOW AS FOLKS START TO FILE THEIR NOMINATING PETITIONS THIS WEEK.

>> I THINK THE BIG NUMBER ONE TICKET.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE WHO'S GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR STATE ATTORNEY AND THEN WHO IS, OF COURSE, GOING TO BE BRANDON JOHNSON SEAT ON COOK COUNTY HAS COMMISSIONED A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

THOSE I THINK ARE THE TOP TO THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.

I KNOW SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 55 PEOPLE THAT SUBMITTED THEIR THEIR SIGNATURES TO RUN FOR VARIOUS COOK COUNTY HERE IS THAT UNTIL THOMPSON EVERY YEAR.

THERE ARE FOLKS THAT LINE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THE FIRST PERSON ON THE BALLOT.

THEY WANT TO GET THAT.

>> THAT SPOT BECAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT GIVE THEM AN ADVANTAGE WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE AND IT'S A RACE YOU NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH YOU JUST GO WITH THE FIRST PERSON ON THE >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF DO I THINK IT TAKES TO CONGO TRIBUNE VOTER GUIDE WITH ONE BETTER AT A INFORMANT I I JUST WANT TO I CAN'T THINK WAR FOR LIGHTNING, ROD POSITION CAN LEFT THEN HURLED JOB, YOU KNOW, SO MORE POWER TO REALLY WANTS THE JOB.

ALL CHRIS JONES, WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE TO DO WANT THAT JOB.

WE JUDGE BURKETT GOT THE CLAYTON HARRIS WHO HAD RUN THE LONGTIME ATTORNEY.

>> WHO STANDS OUT TO YOU?

I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.

I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CERTAINLY ENDORSED IN THAT RACE AND WE LIKE WE HAVEN'T FINISH THAT PROCESS GENERALLY AND REALLY STARTED THAT PROCESS THIS WE KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE JUST AT THAT POINT THIS IS ALSO GETTING MENTION, BOB FEAR.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S KNOW WE BECAUSE IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR BY END IS RUNNING FOR SOMETHING.

BUT I FEEL IS RIGHT.

IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A HIGH RACE AND IT'S THAT THAT POSITION HAS BEEN MORE IN THE NEWS THAN AT ANY OTHER POSITION.

AND IN WHERE WE SWING THE PENDULUM BACK TOWARD THE MIDDLE AFTER HAVING A I DO.

I DO.

BUT I YOU KNOW, YOU TELL AT THIS POINT, REALLY, BUT I DO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY WHEN THE BEARS WHEN PHIL THOMPSON, THEY DIDN'T SCORE A TOUCHDOWN, THEY BEAT A STARTING ITS FOURTH-STRING QUARTERBACK.

SHOULD FANS BE EXCITED THAT?

>> THE TEAM AND JUSTIN FIELDS OF TRYING TO CORNER THIS YEAR.

>> HAVE I DON'T ANYONE IN OUR NEWSROOM KNOWS WE'RE IN SPORTS MEDIA.

THINK GOOD FLU SNOWS WHETHER TURNED THE CORNER OR NOT.

I MEAN, THERE'S A BIG A BIGGER PICTURE SKEWS ME AT PLAY HERE JUST ONE WIN AGAINST DEPLETED MINNESOTA VIKINGS >> AND THAT'S WHERE THE FIELDS IS, THE THE QUARTERBACK OF THE FUTURE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT WAS SALT HERE OR IF THIS ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COACH ON SHOULD BE IN PLACE.

AND I THINK THE GENERAL MANAGER RYAN POLES BROUGHT IN THE COACH PUT THE TALENT ON THE TEAM, ALBEIT HE INHERITED JUSTIN FIELDS INCLUDED IN YOU KNOW.

>> HE'S THE FORMER OFFENSIVE NOT LIKE THE WAY OFFENSIVE LINE LOW, ALTHOUGH WITH IMPROVED RECENTLY.

>> I THINK EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE.

HERE'S WHAT STATE YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE WHAT COULD BE FIRST IN THE 4TH OVERALL PICK OR FIRST IN THE 6, WHEREVER THOSE WOUND UP LANDING AFTER THE SEASON.

THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BEERS TO RESET AND BUILD A FOUNDATION WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE.

IT'S ALSO OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY WARLEY SCREW THIS IF YOU HAVE THE WRONG PEOPLE PULLING THE LEVERS.

>> THE BEARS HAVE NEVER DONE THAT AND THEY FEEL TIME.

YOU KNOW, FANS OF PTSD.

AND AS YOU POINTED WHEN BIG DECISIONS YEAH, I CAUDILL SPORTS TEAMS JUST CONSISTENTLY GETTING RIGHT.

WELL, HAHA, THE BLACKHAWKS GOT IT RIGHT, TERMINATING THEIR COREY WHAT WAS THE INCIDENT THAT LED TO HIS TERMINATION?

>> VERY CLOSED LIPPED ABOUT THAT.

PERRY CAME OUT WITH AN APOLOGY AND SUGGESTED THAT IT HAD A LOT DO WITH ALCOHOL.

THERE'S AT LEAST ONE REPORT THAT SAID THAT THERE WAS ALCOHOL INFUSED EVENTS WHERE HE BEHAVED INAPPROPRIATE WAY.

THERE ARE A LOT MORE SUBSTANTIATED DETAILS BEYOND THAT.

YOU KNOW, IS IT'S A BIG BLACK EYE FOR BLACKHAWKS ORGANIZATION.

YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS ALTERNATE CAPTAIN.

THIS IS ORGANIZATION THAT CAN FORM BLACK EYES FOR REASONS THAT WE ALL KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE ON FROM FROM SCANDAL FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

>> BETTER KNOW WITH THE BLACKHAWKS KIND OF A GUARD, RICKY, THE MONTH EASY TO SURMISE HEAT AND THE ROOKIE YEAR.

OH, YES.

OH, YEAH.

I MEAN, ALREADY LEADING IN HE'S JUST LIKE EVERYTHING IS ADVERTISED.

>> HE CERTAINLY DESERVED THIS HONOR FOR THIS THAT FLORIDA TRIP, YOU KNOW, HE'S FLIRTING WITH A HAT.

TRICK IN BACK-TO-BACK GAMES.

WOW.

IT'S A WORKING SO AND HE STILL VERY DRY.

HE'S BARELY OLD ENOUGH PLAYERS IN THE NHL.

YES, BUT I MEAN, BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT, >> YOU ALMOST KIND OF FROWNED AT YOU LIKE, YOU KNOW, I EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY BE IMPRESSED, BUT I EXPECT MORE.

>> SO YOU KNOW, HE CERTAINLY IS NOT LACKING FOR CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES.

SO I I WOULDN'T BET AGAINST THEM IN THE ROOKIE OF THE RACE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE HAVE NOT BEEN LACKING IN GOOD CONVERSATION ON THIS PANEL, BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

>> SO OUR THANKS TO CHRIS JONES, HEATHER, SHARON, MELODY MERCADO AND PHIL THOMPSON.

WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY AND AND RICH CAR.

AND THE MOMENT.

HOW ARE PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPIC FUND IN HONOR OF THE MOMENT?

SUPPORTING QUALITY JOURNALISM.

>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN GET YOUR COMMENT TONIGHT.

AND THE WEEK INTERVIEW STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND OUR WEBSITE WWW DOT COM SLASH NEWS AND NOW FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

I'M PARISH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

CHRIS JONES, WE ALSO HAVE NEWS THIS WEEK THAT SOME AIRLINES ARE TRYING TO HAIRS.

THAT RENOVATION PLANS.

MULTI MULTI MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION PLANS.

WELL, THE AIRLINE TO CHEAP AND THEY WANT HEAD TO BE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM.

THEY WANT THEY WANT TO DO IS HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE PASSENGERS AND NOT HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY.

AND THAT REALLY FIGHTS WITH THE DESIRE TO HAVE THIS SPLENDID YEAH, BUT THEY NOW SAY, BUT WE HAD AND WHEN WE SIGNED THERE HAVE BEEN MASSIVE COST, WE HAVE TO REMIND BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES PAYING FOR HIS THEIR FEES, ITS GATE FEE.

IT'S ALSO VARIOUS CASES COMPARED TO SAY CHARLOTTE, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S ALL THESE FLIGHTS AND CHARLOTTE NOW.

>> I'M FAR DO HAVE AND THEY THEY HAVE ALL THE CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ROBERT CLIFFORD AND COULD FRONT OFFICES.