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

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

BRANDON JOHNSON DEALS WITH THE HARSH REALITY OF SUMMER VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> I AM DEALING WITH THE CRISIS, THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IGNORED INTENTIONALLY FOR OVER A GENERATION.

>> NEW MAYOR, SAME PROBLEM OF WEEKEND VIOLENCE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING $8 MILLION IN POLICE MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS AND SOME PEOPLE WANT A BIGGER ROLE IN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE SUPERINTENDENT .

>> WE SHOULD BE ALLOWING THE ASYLUM-SEEKERS WHO CAME HERE IN THE LATER HALF OF LAST YEAR THAT NOW GET WORK PERMITS.

WE HAVE JOBS AVAILABLE.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER PUSHED BACK FOR PUSHING FOR HEALTHCARE FOR MIGRANTS AS THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO HOUSE THE NEWEST ARRIVALS.

>>> A BUDGET GAP WITH NO NEED FOR TAX HIKES, HOW LONG WILL THE FISCAL GOOD TIMES LAST?

>>> ETHICS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, REPORTS OF ANOTHER JUSTICE'S LAVISH VACATION.

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

MAYBE YOU ON THE PORCH WATCHING ON YOUR DEVICE WITH A COLD BEVERAGE.

LET THE TOUR PANEL, CRAIG DELMORE , SAM CHARLES FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AND DAN FROM WBEZ.

A LOT OF VIOLENCE LAST WEEKEND.

23 SHOT AND ONE DID.

A LOT OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING WHAT HAPPENED.

>> IT HAPPENED IN A STRIP MALL.

THIS WAS A LARGE GATHERING , THE BIGGEST QUESTION WAS , WHY DIDN'T POLICE STEP IN?

THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN CHICAGO, LARGE GATHERINGS , THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE.

>> THE POLICE WERE THERE , THEY WERE SHUT OFF OF THE SITE IN CASE THERE WAS TROUBLE .

>> WAS THIS A SANCTIONED GATHERING?

A PARKING LOT IN A STRIP MALL EARLY IN THE MORNING .

>> IT WAS LABELED A CELEBRATION.

NOT UNUSUAL FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN .

SOMETHING THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST.

>> AN ANNUAL EVENT.

>> THREATS OF A LAWSUIT FROM THE MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE, HIS FAMILY , IS THE LIABILITY FOR PERHAPS KNOWINGLY ALLOWING THIS TO GO ON?

>> IT IS POSSIBLE.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS NOT DIVULGED MUCH INTO THE INVESTIGATION.

THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED , HE WAS THE FATHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

IT IS SEEMING LIKE A LAWSUIT WOULD BE COMING.

>> THIS HAS ROCKED THE COMMUNITY OF WILLOWBROOK.

YOU HEARD MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON , HOW LONG IS THAT MESSAGE ABOUT THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEM GOING TO CARRY WATER?

>> IT SPEAKS ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE NEED TO NOT DO THE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT WORKED FOR MANY YEARS.

POLICING AND RESPECTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE SO THERE IS NOT ANOTHER HALF $1 BILLION IN SETTLEMENTS ADDED TO THE $8.8 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED THIS WEEK AT CITY COUNCIL.

THE BALANCING ACT , A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A POLICE UNION CANDIDATE.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE TALK ABOUT WILLOWBROOK, HAPPENING ALL THE TIME IN CHICAGO, FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THE SUBMARINE THAT HAD FIVE PEOPLE IN THE ELECTRIC VERSUS A MIGRANT SHIP IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH MORE PEOPLE.

IT IS MORE RARE AND WILLOWBROOK SO WE GOT TO SEE IT FROM A NEWS PERSPECTIVE, THINGS ARE RELATIVELY UNIQUE.

BUT THIS IS HAPPENING IN CHICAGO .

HE HAS BEEN LUCKY IT HAS NOT BEEN HARDER THAN IT HAS BEEN.

>> YOU HAVE JULY 4th WEEKEND, ALWAYS A DIFFICULT WEEKEND.

CRAIG, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CPD SAYING COPS ARE BURNED OUT , IS THAT THE MESSAGE TO THE MAYOR WHO SAID NOT TO HIRE MORE POLICE?

>> WHAT THE MAYOR SAID AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE THAT YOU USED, YES , WE STILL DO NEED MORE PEOPLE.

BUT, HIRING COPS IS NOT NECESSARILY A SHORT-TERM ANSWER .

IT COULD TAKE 18 MONTHS TO GET POLICE OFFICERS IN THE DOOR , TRAINED , ON THE STREETS.

WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW IS HAVING PARALLEL THINGS GOING.

DIFFERENT POLICING ON THE STREET BUT ALSO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WORKING WITH THEM.

AND IT WILL BE SUMMER JOBS.

>> THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK SO HARD EVERY WEEKEND IN ALL COMMUNITIES .

WITHOUT THAT , THE PROBLEM COULD BE WORSE.

>> RIGHT.

>> LAST NIGHT, THE HEAD OF THE MONITORING TEAM , THEY HAD A PUBLIC MEETING AND THEY NOTED THE COMMUNITY STRUGGLES MIGHTILY WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS FAR AS ORGANIZING WITH TEENAGE GROUPS SO WE CAN STOP THIS VIOLENCE .

>> THERE IS STILL NOT A LOT OF COORDINATION?

>> THERE IS SCATTERSHOT , A LOT OF DIFFERENT SILOS , OFFICES THAT ARE NOT WORKING IN A COHESIVE WAY.

>> YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN?

>> I HAVE BEEN COVERING THESE NEWS CONFERENCES , WHEN THE SUMMER BEGINS , MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, EVERY YEAR WE HEAR HOW WE WILL ADD MORE PATROL WITH MORE PEOPLE OUT TO TRY TO STOP VIOLENCE.

IT HAS NOT WORKED.

WE HAVE SEEN IT GET WORSE OVER THE YEARS.

LAST WEEKEND , 75 PEOPLE WERE SHOT.

WHAT CAN BE DONE BACK LAST WEEK , THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT SAID , THIS IS NOT WORKING , WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO?

FOCUS ON LARGE GATHERINGS AND FOCUS ON WHERE THE CONFLICT IS AND SEE DETER THOSE ISSUESIF WE CAN AND KNOW THE PEOPLE .

>> WE HAVE HEARD FLOOD THE ZONE SO MANY TIMES IN PRESS CONFERENCES .

DO YOU DETECT A SPECIFIC STRATEGY FROM THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT DIFFERENT FROM HIS PREDECESSORS?

>> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT MORE COPS.

BUT IT CAN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND HE WILL ONLY BE THERE FOR A SHORT TIME.

CHOOSING THREE FINALISTS FROM THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION.

THEY WILL GET THOSE OPTIONS TO THE MAYOR.

SUPPOSEDLY, IT WILL MOVE ALONG RATHER EXPEDITIOUSLY.

HAVING SAID THAT , THE INTERIM IS NOT IN THE MIX .

HE HAS NOT PUT HIMSELF FORWARD TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT GOING FORWARD.

IF YOU HAVE SOME COHESIVE STRATEGY, MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE AN INTERIM DOING PRACTICES OF A PREDECESSOR .

THAT IS NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW WITH A NEW MAYOR.

NOT A LOT OF CLEAR DIRECTION .

>> IT IS SUCH A COMPLICATED PROCESS, WITH THE THREE FINALISTS FOR THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.

IT HAS HIT A ROADBLOCK, 19 OLDER PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING THAT A CERTAIN CANDIDATE , BRIAN McDERMOTT , THE CHIEF PATROL, HAS NOT RECEIVED ENOUGH CONSIDERATION.

WHO IS HE AND WHY ARE THE OLDER PEOPLE RALLYING BEHIND HIM?

>> HE WAS 20 YEARS IN THE POLICE FOR AND PREVIOUSLY COMMANDER ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

HE WAS CHIEF OF PATROL.

ALL THE COPS IN UNIFORM , THEY REPORT TO HIM , THE LION SHARE OF THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE WAS GIVEN SOMETHING LIKE AN INFORMAL INTERVIEW BUT NOT GIVEN A SECOND ONE.

THE TWO DOZEN ALDERMEN WHO THINK HE WAS MORE QUALIFIED THAN OTHERS.

HOWEVER , THE PRESIDENT OF THE GROUP LEADING THE SEARCH PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT AND WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THEM .

>> DRIVER IS THE HEAD OF THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

IT IS UP TO THEM TO START THIS SEARCH AND FIND THREE FINALISTS FOR THE MAYOR.

IT IS AN INTERIM GROUP DOING THIS BECAUSE IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ELECTED MEMBERS.

>> ELECTED MEMBERS WHO WILL BE SELECTED BY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST ELECTED TO BE IN THE POLICE DISTRICT.

>> EVERYONE SHOULD BE DRAWING OUT A MAP TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS .

>> IT IS A WEB.

BUT THEY ARE IN POWER NOW.

THEY ARE BUILDING THE AIRPLANE WHILE THEY ARE FLYING IT.

THEY HAVE THE BUDGET TO DEAL WITH.

THEY HAVE OTHER APPOINTMENTS TO DO WITH.

THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK WITH EVERYONE.

EVEN IF ANTHONY DRIVER SAYS IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE ALDERMEN , THEY CAN SPEAK .

EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

THEY HAVE TO BE INDEPENDENT.

ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN LAWS AND RULES.

THEY WILL NOT BE DISCOURAGED.

>> THEY HAVE A LARGE GROUP TO LOOK THROUGH WHO APPLIED.

>> MORE THAN 30 HAVE TIES TO CPD.

THERE ARE SCORES OF OTHERS.

CCPSA, HEADED BY ANTHONY DRIVER, PUBLIC MEETINGS SOLICITING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WHO PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IN THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT .

THERE WERE DOZENS OF SPEAKERS LOBBYING FOR SPECIFIC CANDIDATES .

>> ALMOST LIKE A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

>> THIS PROCESS IS ALL NEW.

ALDERS WORK WRITING A LETTER, THE SAME STORY BUT A DIFFERENT CHAPTER.

>> ANTHONY DRIVER SAID, THIS PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE WITHOUT POLITICS.

>> THE CHICAGO WAY, SUPPOSED TO BE A DIFFERENT APPROACH , 19 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS , NEARLY A QUARTER , NEARLY A MAJORITY , THEY ARE NOT THERE TO PASS AN ORDINANCE.

ANYBODY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.

WE CAN SAY WHATEVER WE WANT ABOUT ANY CANDIDATE.

THEY ARE TRYING TO DO AN INDEPENDENT PROCESS TO COME UP WITH A CANDIDATE.

SOME SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE PAST , REGARDLESS OF THEIR ATTRIBUTES FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, SOME FROM OUTSIDE, J-FED.

>> THEY CALLED HIM FED BECAUSE HE WAS A FED.

>> THERE IS DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND NOT A LOT OF THEM HAVE WORKED.

>> ANOTHER APPROACH, CRAIG , THE MAYOR CAN CIRCUMVENT THE PROCESS.

LIKE PRIOR MAYORS DID COME AND SAY I HAVE MY OWN PERSON IN MIND, THANK YOU BUT WE WILL GO WITH THEM.

>> I WOULD BE EXTREMELY SURPRISED IF BRANDON JOHNSON DID THAT .

HE HAS BEEN A PROPONENT OF THIS PROCESS , TOO.

EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE IT THROUGH THIS FIRST TIME.

EITHER NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS LEAVE POLICE COUNCILS , THERE HAS NEVER BEEN THAT BEFORE.

>> THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT HIRE A MAYOR CAN MAKE, YOUR TOP POSITION, HE DOES NOT WANT HIS PERSON IN THAT SPOT?

>> THE POWER TO STOP THE PROCESS OVER AGAIN.

>> THE OPTICS WOULD BE REALLY BAD.

>> HOW MUCH LONGER IS THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT GOING TO WAIT?

>> IT MAY BE A LONG INTERIM PERIOD.

>> JULY 14th?

THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE LIST .

>> A FASCINATING PROCESS TO WATCH.

>>> $8 MILLION IN POLICE MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS THIS WEEKEND .

THAT IS A BIG CHUNK OF THEIR YEARLY BUDGET.

WILL THEY RUN OVER THE BUDGET?

>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ELSE IS IN THE PIPELINE.

A LOT OF TIMES IT IS COMING FROM RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY LAWYERS.

TAKE THIS TO TRIAL OR IN THE BEFORE AND DURING AND IT COULD BE WORSE .

THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SETTLING, TO SAVE THEMSELVES BIGGER PAYMENTS , POTENTIALLY BIGGER PAYMENTS.

I READ ABOUT THESE CASES, THEY ARE THE SAME AS SO MANY OTHERS WE RECEIVED.

PEOPLE THAT SPENT YEARS, DECADES, IN PRISON FOR CRIMES THEY DID NOT COMMIT BECAUSE THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY FRAMED OR ERRONEOUSLY CONVICTED.

PEOPLE THAT GOT SHOT BY OFFICERS IN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE MURKY AT BEST.

AGAIN AND AGAIN, THE CITY AND THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING.

>>> THE ISSUE OF THE RECENT MIGRANT ARRIVALS, IT HAS NOT GOTTEN MUCH PRESS BUT STILL A ISSUE , 300 MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN MOVED INTO A FIELDHOUSE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACTION .

>> A COMMUNITY MEETING HAPPENED EARLY THIS WEEK, THE ALDERMEN WAS LEAVING THAT AND HE JUST SAID , THIS IS HAPPENING.

NOT, LET'S GET YOUR INPUT, BUT THIS IS HAPPENING, IT HAS BEEN APPROVED .

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE MEN.

WHEN I INTERVIEWED HIM , HE SAID WE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE FINDING SHELTER FOR SINGLE MEN .

WE FOUND SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BUT NOT FOR MEN.

INITIALLY, HE SAID WE ARE HOPING THIS WILL DRIVE THE NUMBER 20, BUT LATER HE TOLD ME -- >> ARE THERE STILL PEOPLE IN POLICE STATION BEDS ?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE IN POLICE STATIONS.

HE TOLD ME THERE IS MORE PEOPLE COMING.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

THE PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE TEMPORARY.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PLACE THEM THERE FOR A TIME UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER GOT FEEDBACK FROM PRO-IMMIGRANT GROUPS ABOUT HEALTHCARE, FOR UNDOCUMENTED PERSONS IN ILLINOIS.

HE HAD TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY BECAUSE THE COST A LOT MORE THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED.

WHAT WAS THE PUSHBACK ABOUT?

>> PUSHBACK IS WHAT YOU MAY EXPECT.

PEOPLE SAYING , EVEN THOUGH THE STATE IS RUNNING SHORT ON MONEY, THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING.

TO NOT ALLOW THEM TO ENROLL IN HEALTH INSURANCE IS INHUMANE.

>> THERE IS AN AGE CUTOFF.

>> THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES.

NO NEW ENROLLMENTS.

>> 42 AND OLDER.

18 AND YOUNGER, ALREADY SOMETHING ESTABLISHED , CHILDREN 18 AND YOUNGER CAN GET ACCESS TO THE HEALTHCARE BUT 42 AND OLDER CANNOT ENROLL.

>> YOU HEARD GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT RELAXING WORK PERMITS.

THE LAW IS , NEWER ARRIVALS ARE AWAITING THEIR ASYLUM CASES TO BE HEARD, THEY CANNOT SEEK WORK.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS.

THE MIGRANT CRISIS NOW AT THE BORDER WITH HIM BEING SHIPPED FROM FLORIDA AND TEXAS TO OTHER DEMOCRATIC STATES LIKE ILLINOIS AND NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMMIGRATION COURTS IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO , WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE, THESE CASES TAKE FOREVER.

THOSE IMMIGRATION COURTS ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE BACKED UP.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAME UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW TO SEEK ASYLUM AND THERE ARE JOBS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AT AN HISTORICAL LOW .

I UNDERSTAND WHAT J.B. PRITZKER IS SAYING BUT HE HAS A POLITICAL PROBLEM.

LATINO VOTERS IN ILLINOIS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY , LIKE NEW YORK BUT NOT IN OTHER STATES LIKE FLORIDA.

THIS GOVERNOR IS COMING UP AGAINST THE SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE LATINO REPRESENTATIVES LIKE CONGRESSMAN JULIE GARCIA, WE HOPE YOU ALL THE TIME, DO THIS .

>> IT IS NOT A MONOLITH.

LATINO GROUPS.

SOME DO NOT WANT MORE BENEFITS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS .

NOT LIKE IT IS 100 TO 0.

>> BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE CLEAR MAJORITY.

>> SOME PERSPECTIVE , SOME OF THE MIGRANTS I INTERVIEWED ARE ASYLUM-SEEKERS, ONE HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN TWO YEARS .

SHE HAS TO WAIT WITH HER HUSBAND AND THREE-YEAR-OLD SON FOR TWO YEARS TO ME WITH THE IMMIGRATION COURT AND DECIDE IF THEY WILL GET A WORK PERMIT OR NOT.

SHE HAD A VALID REASON TO STAY IN THIS COUNTRY .

I INTERVIEWED ANOTHER FAMILY WITH A SIX YEAR WAIT.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU CANNOT WORK AND GET INSURANCE .

>> ALL IT MAY TAKE IS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENT.

IT WOULD BE CHALLENGED PROBABLY IN COURT.

CHANGING THE WORK REQUIREMENTS.

SOME OF THE ILLINOIS -- PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON HAS NOT SAID MUCH FUNDING FOR STATES.

INCLUDING ILLINOIS.

>> EVERYONE IS SLOW WALKING , THAT IS TOO HARSH, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO BE RUSHING INTO THIS.

EVEN AS THE CRISIS DEEPENS, WHY ISN'T THE PRESIDENT DOING THIS?

MAYBE THERE CALCULATING THE FULLBACK WITHIN THEIR OWN PARTY , THEIR OWN ADMINISTRATION.

>> A COUPLE OTHER CITY ITEMS THIS WEEK, A PUSH IN CITY COUNCIL TO REQUIRE ALL CHICAGO BUSINESSES TO PAY MINIMUM WAGE REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE A TIPPED WORKER OR NOT.

THAT STALLED UNDER MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, A BETTER CHANCE NOW?

>> YES, FOR TWO REASONS, THE MAYOR IS IN FAVOR OF IT BUT WILL NOT SAY THAT FLATLY, THE FLOOR LEADER IS NOW THE BUDGET CHAIR AND ONE OF THE SPEARHEADS OF THIS.

ALSO, THE HEAD OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO A PROGRESSIVE.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT THIS IS THE HEAD OF THE ILLINOIS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION IS WILLING TO TALK.

HE HAS NO OTHER CHOICE.

>> NOT JUST POLITICS.

A STAFFING SHORTAGE.

YOU NEED RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.

THEY NEED MORE PEOPLE .

THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE ANYWAY.

>> ANYBODY WHO GOES OUT TO EAT KNOWS THE PROBLEM HE IS TALKING ABOUT .

I WAS STUNNED TO SEE THE GAP BETWEEN THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD , MORE THAN $15 PER HOUR, AND CHICAGO, AND THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR THOSE TIPPED WORKERS, LESS THAN $10 PER HOUR.

>> MUCH MORE ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

YOU GET SOMEWHERE AROUND $2.50 IN OTHER STATES.

ILLINOIS IS ACTUALLY DOING BETTER.

IT IS STILL A WAY OFF.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT NATIONAL STORIES.

MORE SCRUTINY ON THE SUPREME COURT, A REPORT ON SAMUEL ALITO TAKING A LUXURY TRIP TO ALASKA ON THE DIME OF A CONSERVATIVE BILLIONAIRE.

DAN, YOU HAVE COVERED A LOT OF PAY TO PLAY IN CHICAGO , SIMILAR?

>> WHO REALLY HAS OVERSIGHT OVER THE SUPREME COURT?

THEY ARE LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES.

GETTING TRIPS OR VERY EXPENSIVE TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTEREST IN CASES BEFORE YOU, HOW CAN THAT NOT BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO REPORT, THAT IS A SERIOUSLY , THE PERCEIVED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

SAMUEL ALITO RUNS TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WHO GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT THE STORY.

>> BEFORE IT EVEN CAME OUT .

SENATOR DURBIN SAID HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THEY WILL WRITE A BILL IN THE SENATE TO TRY TO ENACT ETHICS REFORM.

WHAT WOULD THOSE BE ?

>> I THINK IT IS MORE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND MORE REPORTING.

>> THERE SUPPOSEDLY REQUIRED TO REPORT THESE THINGS NOW THAT THEY ARE NOT .

>> THERE IS NO RECOURSE, NO CONSEQUENCES.

IS THIS A SEPARATION OF POWERS AND DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE?

EXECUTIVE BRANCH , LEGISLATIVE BRANCH PASSING A LAW THAT SAYS THAT JUDICIAL BRANCH HAS TO ABIDE BY IT ?

WOULD THERE BE A LEGAL CHALLENGE?

>> THERE WOULD BE A LEGAL CHALLENGE.

>> DON'T THEY HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES?

>> 10 CASES OF THIS GOP -- THAT WENT IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT, IN FRONT OF SAMUEL ALITO AND NOTHING WAS DONE.

FROM THAT SPECIFIC GOP DONOR.

PAUL SINGER.

>> THE POWER SEPARATION IS IMPORTANT BUT NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW , ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, LEGISLATURES ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW, AND WHY ARE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES?

>> SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE JOURNALIST.

GREAT WORK FROM THE REPORTERS ON THIS.

A LOCAL FOCUS, SAM CHARLES, ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NASCAR RACE NEXT WEEK?

>> IT IS GOING TO COMPLICATE TRAFFIC.

THE HOPE IS IT WILL EXPOSE THE CITY TO A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN CHICAGO.

THEY THINK IT IS ONE OF VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP .

THEY MAY BE UNFAMILIAR WITH HARD-CORE NASCAR FANS .

>> NASCAR WANTS TO EXPAND ITS AUDIENCE, MORE URBANE.

>> ARE THESE DRIVERS READY FOR THESE NARROW STREETS AND HARD RIGHT TURNS?

>> THEY MAY NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO TRY IT BECAUSE THEY ARE RUNNING LATE.

THEY ARE RUNNING LATE WITH THE ACTUAL COURSE AND THEY MAY NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT.

>> THEY ARE DOING VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS.

I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE ON OUR OR TWO TO RUN THE COURSE.

>> CALL ME A NORTHERN ELITIST , I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT NASCAR.

I PREFER SOCCER.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT .

LOOKING FORWARD TO MESSI COMING TO CHICAGO.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DO LOVE NASCAR.

IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

>> THIS WILL SHOW THEM WHETHER THEY CAN DO THIS.

WE ARE GOING TO WATCH.

TEST KITCHEN WILL BE COOKING .

>> AMERICAS TEST KITCHEN.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

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

A CONCERT IN REESE PARK, IT JUST GOT APPROVED BY THE PARK DISTRICT.

BANDS WERE BOOKES.

THIS IS THE RECENT FESTIVAL.

>> ALTERNATIVE SORT OF .

>> WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO DEAL WITH THESE FESTIVALS AND BALANCE THE EXTREMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS?

>> >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES A PROUD SPONSOR OF DIVERSITY,