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

THE GLOVES CAME OFF THIS WEEK IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR.

>> CANDIDATES TURN THEIR FIRE TOWARD EACH OTHER IN HEATED FORMS.

MEANWHILE PAUL VALLAS BRINGS IN THE MOST CASH AND SCORES AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

>> DOES ANYONE IN HERE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT IS IN HERE?

WE JUST GOT THIS TODAY.

CITY COUNCIL PUTS THE BRAKES ON MAYOR'S MAJOR AGREEMENT OF POWER CHICAGO FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS.

>> WE BELIEVE JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED.

COOK COUNTY DROPS CHARGES AGAINST R. KELLY TO FOCUS RESOURCES ELSEWHERE.

>>> CHICAGO PONDERS THE LEGACY OF BLACKHAWKS LEGEND BOBBY HULL.

JOINING US ARE MARIANNE OF NBC 5 CHICAGO, LAURA WASHINGTON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND ABC 7 NEWS.

NANCY ARMER OF USA TODAY AND JASON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

A PRETTY GOOD WEEK FOR PAUL VALLAS.

HE IS RAISING LOTS OF MONEY.

HE HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF TOM.

IS HE GAINING SOME MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW?

>> IT DOES SEEM THAT WAY.

DO YOU KNOW WHO HAD THE ENDORSEMENT FOUR YEARS AGO?

IT WAS BILL DALEY WHO DID NOT EVEN MAKE IT TO THE RUNOFF.

IT IS A FEATHER IN HIS CAP TO HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT.

IN THE THREE WEEKS WE HAVE LEFT I THINK IT IS THE WIDE-OPEN FIELD.

I THINK IT IS VERY FLUID.

>> SOMEWHERE GARY JOHNSON IS SAYING THEY ENDORSED ME FOR PRESIDENT YEARS AGO.

LAURA WASHINGTON, IS IT TELLING THAT CHUY GARCIA IS RUNNING AN ATTACK AD PLAYING THESE CLIPS WERE VALLAS SAID HE IS BASICALLY REPUBLICAN AND PRO-LIFE.

GIVE US SOME CONTEXT HERE.

>> SOME OF THE POLLS SHOW HE IS BEING A FRONT RUNNER.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS, YOU GET BEAT UP ON.

THE MAYOR BECAUSE OF HIS SUPPOSE IT POSITION , ANTI-ABORTION AND HE MAY BE A REPUBLICAN.

CHUY HAS AN AD HE IS PLANNING TO RENT THAT SAYS THAT.

OF COURSE, BOTH THE MAYOR AND CHUY ARE AIMING AFTER THE LAKEFRONT PROGRESSIVE VOTERS BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT WILL HURT VALLAS.

THAT IS WHERE HE MAY BE GAINING GROUND.

>> HE WILL COUNTER AND SAY WHEN HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR, HE WAS ENDORSED BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND SAYS HE IS PRO-CHOICE.

>> SO LOOKING AT THE RAW TAPE FROM THIS INTERVIEW THAT CHUY GARCIA RAN, IS HE SAYING HE IS A REPUBLICAN?

>> THEY DID SEND ME MORE OF THE INTERVIEW AND I THOUGHT HE DIDN'T CLARIFY WHAT HE WAS ASKED.

IT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL.

THIS WAS DONE IN 2009.

HE WAS IN NEW ORLEANS AT THAT POINT.

HE FEELS SOME OF THE ISSUES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE LEFT HIM.

>> HE IS PRO-VOUCHERS AND PRO-SCHOOL CHOICE.

YOU THINK THIS WILL RESONATE WITH VOTERS IN THE SELECTION?

>> EVERYONE I TALKED TO IS THROWING THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR AND I DON'T KNOW.

AT LEAST THE PEOPLE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, IT IS THE LEAST WORST OPTION.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF THE DAY.

IF YOU HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL ARE YOU GOING TO WANT HIM?

IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, ARE YOU GOING TO BE SWAYED BY THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT?

EVEN THOUGH AT CHICAGO MAYOR HE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE STATE LAWS.

I JUST THINK IT IS SUCH A CRAP SHOOT AT THIS POINT THAT ANYTHING COULD HELP YOU OR HURT YOU.

>> THERE IS A HARRIS POLE WHERE VOTERS ARE STILL UNDECIDED.

THIS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE A HIGH TURNOUT RACE.

PEOPLE ARE NOT ENERGIZED AND EXCITED ABOUT IT.

IT WILL COME DOWN TO THE WIRE.

ANYONE COULD BE IN THE RUNOFF.

>> OLDER WOMAN PAT DOWELL CAME OUT FOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

WE MENTIONED THE RETIRED ALDERMAN COMING OUT.

TO SUPPORT LIGHTFOOT.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A PATTERN WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM HER .

IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD GOING IN WITH ONLY THREE WEEKS LEFT TO HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE SAYING I WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU LIKE I DID IN THE BEGINNING.

IT SEEMS LIKE SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE MOMENTUM THAT SHE HAD THE FIRST TIME WHEN THE CORRUPTION CASE WAS IN THE NEWS AND SHE CAME ON LIKE WILDFIRE.

>> THAT WAS A HER YOU A HUGE TURNING POINT.

WE HAVE TO BE GARCIA, WILLIE WILSON, SOPHIA KING, RODRICK SAWYER.

>> A HUGE FIELD.

WE ARE LOOKING AT PERHAPS FOUR OR FIVE.

THE OTHERS MIGHT BE VERY GOOD CANDIDATES BUT WITHOUT MONEY TO GET OUT THEIR MESSAGE IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GAIN SOME TRACTION.

IT APPEARS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT POLLS TO FIND OUT FOR SURE.

WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING AN ATTACK AT AGAINST PAUL VALLAS, THAT IS ONE SURE SIGNAL THAT YOU ARE NOT DOING AS WELL AS YOU THOUGHT.

IT SEEMS TO THINK HIS STRATEGY WAS SAVING SOME OF HIS MONEY PERHAPS FOR RUNOFF.

NOW THE QUESTION IS WILL HE MAKE IT TO THE RUNOFF?

>> LIGHTFOOT'S STRATEGY IS TO SPEND HER MONEY ATTACKING GARCIA.

IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT THESE ARE WORKING?

>> SHE IS DOING INTERNAL POLLING.

THE OTHER INTERESTING ATTACK IS SHE HAS LEVIED IT DALLAS IS THAT HE WOULDN'T COME OUT AND SAY WHETHER HE WAS PRO-CHOICE AND SHE BROUGHT THAT UP IN A COUPLE OF DEBATES.

IF I WERE HER I WOULD WOULD HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME VIDEO THAT CHUY GARCIA USED BEFORE.

IT SHOWS VALLAS SAYING HE IS AGAINST ABORTION.

FOR SOME REASON SHE HELD BACK ON USING THAT VIDEO.

MAYBE SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT NOW.

I THINK SHE IS DOWN IN THE FUNDRAISING RACE.

>> PAUL VALLAS SEEMS TO BE GETTING ALL OF THESE CHECKS FROM BIG BUSINESSES.

IS HE THE CONSENSUS BUSINESS CANDIDATE PERHAPS?

>> HE HAS BRIAN HOPKINS TODAY.

THE SECOND WARD ALDERMAN.

HE REPRESENTS MUCH OF DOWNTOWN AND MICHIGAN AVENUE.

I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW THAT PAUL VALLAS IS THE BUSINESS CANDIDATE.

>> JASON MEISNER, THE MALE UNVEILED THIS CHARTER AGREEMENT WITH COMET.

THEY ARE EMBROILED IN THESE SCANDALS, ADMITTED TO BRIBERY PAYING MONEY.

COULD THE MAYOR HAVE EXTRACTED MORE GIVEN ITS VULNERABLE POSITION?

>> I THINK SO.

EARLY ON SHE SAID WE WOULD GET ALL OF THIS OUT OF THEM.

NOW HERE WE GO WITH ONE MONTH TO GO BEFORE THE BRIBERY CONSPIRACY TRIAL OF THE FORMER CEO OF COM ED AND THREE OTHERS ARE GOING ON TRIAL IN THIS BRIBERY SCHEME.

SEEMS LIKE BAD TIMING.

I KNOW SHE WANTS TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE ELECTION TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE .

THAT WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THIS BEING TABLED FOR NOW IN CITY COUNCIL.

IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR HER RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION.

THIS IS ALL GOING ON.

WE WILL HAVE A RUNOFF PROBABLY IN THE ELECTION AND THIS TRIAL WILL GO ON IN THE MIDDLE THAT.

WE WILL SEE WHAT NAMES COME UP THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ALREADY.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS COMING OUT.

>> ALL CHICAGOANS PAY THEIR UTILITY BILL TO COMMENT.

DOES IT BOTHER YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY THIS COMPANY FOR YOUR POWERS GIVEN ALL THE SCANDALS?

>> YES.

OF COURSE IT DOES.

WHEN I SAW THE AGREEMENT 15 YEARS IS A LONG TIME ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRANSITIONING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT WILL SUPPOSEDLY BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

CHICAGO HAS A BAD HISTORY OF LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS.

NOT 100 YEARS OR WHATEVER THE SKYWAY IS.

REALLY THE WHOLE THING SEEMED VERY TONE DEAF.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH.

I TOOK THAT AS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH HER.

IS IT BECAUSE THEY THINK SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE AROUND?

>> THEY ARE BRINGING UP THE PARKING METER DEAL.

I THINK A LOT OF THESE WILL BE IN OFFICE AND IF THEY SURVIVE THE ELECTION THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ACCUSED OF HAVING ANOTHER 15 YEAR DEAL.

>> DO YOU NOT KNOW LESSON NUMBER 1?

COUNT YOUR VOTE AHEAD OF TIME.

>> WE SHOULD REMIND VIEWERS THE CHARTER AGREEMENT IS FOR COM ED TO BE THE SOLE POWER PROVIDER FOR EVERYBODY.

WHY DOES SHE WANT TO PUSH THIS THROUGH SO QUICKLY?

>> SHE NEEDS A FEATHER IN HER CAP FOR HER CAMPAIGN, ESPECIALLY IF SHE GETS INTO THE RUNOFF.

SHE WANTS TO CLAIM SHE BROUGHT THIS WONDERFUL DEAL TO THE CITY.

I THINK THAT IS ONE REASON WHY SOME OF THE ALDERMAN ARE REJECTING.

THIS IS AN ELECTION GIMMICK TO BENEFIT HER.

>> THERE WAS A PUBLIC SPEAKER AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS THROWN OUT ALLEGEDLY.

WE WILL COVER THIS AT 10:00.

ALLEGING THAT MAYBE THE MAYOR IS RETALIATING AGAINST HER.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> THERE WAS SOMEONE AT CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC COMMENT THAT DID SPEAK OUT.

THAT IS UNUSUAL.

IF YOU LISTEN THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS , IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THIS PERSON WAS VIOLATING ANY OF THE RULES OR SAYING ANYTHING RUDE.

YOU DID AN INTERVIEW WITH SOMEONE THIS WEEK THAT WAS KICKED OUT OF THE DEBATE.

>> A TEACHER WHO WAS UNHAPPY WITH SUPPORT FOR BRIAN JOHNSON AND IS MAKING IT A MISSION TO GO TO MANY OF THESE EVENTS AND PROTESTING SAYING I AM GOING TO DO WHAT THE UNION DOES.

SHE HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED FROM HER CLASSROOM.

>> LAURA WASHINGTON, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM YESTERDAY.

WOODLAWN RESIDENTS PROTESTING THE ARRIVAL OF MIGRANTS TO THE SCHOOL IN WOODLAWN AT THE SHELTER THERE.

REMIND US WHY THIS IS SO CONTROVERSIAL.

>> IT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE LIKELY ADMINISTRATION NOT PREPARING THE WAY AND CONSULTING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE THE COMMUNITY.

EVEN THE ALDERMAN WAS BLINDSIDED BY THIS IDEA.

SOME FOLKS ARE TOTALLY AGAINST IT AND SOME ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THE MIGRANTS BUT WE ALSO NEED RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

WE HAVE ISSUES.

THEY ARE SAYING BRING THEM HERE.

THEY WOULD BE MUCH MORE WELCOME IF THEY HAD RESOURCES.

IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

THEY HAVE STARTED TO MOVE THEM IN.

>> THERE WAS A MEETING BETWEEN SOME COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN WOODLAWN THAT ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A JOINT PLAN.

>> MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE SCHOOL TO REHAB IT.

>> HOW CAN YOU BLINDSIDE THE ALDERMAN IN THAT SITUATION.

IT SEEMS LIKE REALLY BAD COMMUNICATION.

>> THAT WAS JEANETTE TAYLOR WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST THAT.

SHE SPOKE OUT ABOUT AN EXPANSION OF THE RAILYARD.

AND THEN SHE TURNED AROUND AND SUPPORTED IT.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

>> SHE SAID I COME AROUND AND I EVOLVED.

>> THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD BUT, YEAH.

>> THIS IS A BIG RAIL COMPANY.

MAYBE JOBS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE WORD.

FAIR ENOUGH, LET'S MOVE ON TO COOK COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY, KIM FOXX DROPPED ALL CHARGES AGAINST R. KELLY AS VICTIMS CALL FOUL.

AND THE SON OF A FORMER STATE REP WITH TIES TO COMMENT FOUND GUILTY OF TAX EVASION CHARGES.

LET'S HEAR WHAT KIM FOXX HAD TO SAY ON CHICAGO TONIGHT ABOUT DROPPING THESE CHARGES AGAINST R. KELLY.

>> BEFORE WE GOT TO THE STATE CASES HE IS LOOKING AT SPENDING THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

AS A RESULT OF THAT WE BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED.

>> JASON MEISNER, YOU INTERVIEWED ONE OF THE VICTIMS REPRESENTED IN THIS COOK COUNTY CASE.

THE JUSTIFICATION IS HE WILL BE IN JAIL PROBABLY THE REST OF HIS LIFE AND OUR RESOURCES ARE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE.

>> IT WAS MY COLLEAGUE , MEGAN BUT IT WAS A POWERFUL INTERVIEW ON THE DAY THAT THEY DROPPED THE CHARGES.

IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE AFTER KIM FOXX ANNOUNCED THEY WERE GOING TO DROP THE CHARGES.

SHE REACHED OUT AND SAID THEY WANTED TO TALK.

SHE WENT OVER TO THE LAWYERS OFFICE AND OPENED UP ABOUT HOW THIS HAS HAUNTED HER SINCE SHE FIRST WENT TO POLICE IN 2003.

THEY NEVER FILED CHARGES.

SHE HAD EVIDENCE AND WAS WILLING TO TESTIFY.

SHE WENT TO A GRAND JURY.

FINALLY KIM FOXX PUT OUT THIS RATHER UNUSUAL CALL FOR VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD AFTER WHAT AIRED.

AND SHE ANSWERED THAT CALL.

>> SHE STEPPED FORWARD AND SHE THOUGHT FINALLY I WILL GET JUSTICE HERE.

THEN TO HAVE THE CHARGES DROPPED LIKE THEY WERE, IT REALLY HIT HER HARD.

THERE IS THIS COLLATERAL DAMAGE WHEN YOU PUT OUT TO PUBLICLY FILE THE CHARGES.

HE IS STILL GOING TO BE IN PRISON FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT THERE ARE VICTIMS THAT ARE LEFT IN THE WAKE.

>> CLEARLY JUSTICE WILL BE DONE.

BUT IS JUSTICE DENIED WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT VICTIMS LIKE THIS WOMAN WHO WILL NOT GET HER DAY IN COURT AND POINT AT HIM ON THE WITNESS STAND AND SAY YOU DID THIS?

>> ONE THING THAT KIM FOXX COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS EXPLAIN THESE TRIALS WOULD COST X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.

WE CAN USE THESE TO TEST A BACKLOG OF KITS.

WE CAN PROSECUTE DEATHS.

WE CAN PUT THIS MONEY TOWARD ABUSED WOMEN, PROGRAMS THAT WILL BENEFIT.

IF SHE HAD DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR IF THE OFFICE HAD OUTLINED THAT OR GIVEN SOME INDICATION OF OTHER STEPS THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN OR WERE GOING TO TAKE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE PALATABLE.

OTHERWISE IT JUST LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T NEED YOU.

>> IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO FUTURE VICTIMS AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THAT WOMAN TO COME FORWARD.

IF THEY THINK THEY WON'T GET THEIR DAY IN COURT AND THEIR CASE WON'T BE PURSUED , WHY WOULD WOMEN COME FORWARD?

>> I THOUGHT THE STATEMENT WAS ODD.

IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT INSTEAD, WE WILL HELP THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENTARY TO SUPPORT THEM.

>> FOCUS ON OTHER CASES.

>> THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ODD THING TO SAY.

IS PARTIALLY THIS THE RESULT THAT THERE ARE ALL OF THESE FEDERAL CASES, STATE CASES IN MINNESOTA GEORGIA AND NEW YORK , SHOULD THEY HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED SOMEHOW?

>> IT IS R. KELLY OVERLOAD A LITTLE BIT.

FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS WERE GOING ON IN A SEPARATE TRACK.

KIM FOXX FILED THESE INDICTMENTS IN 2019.

IT WAS WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS WHEN SHE MADE THAT PLEA.

THESE FEDERAL TRIALS , HE WAS CONVICTED IN NEW YORK SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS.

HE IS APPEALING THAT CASE.

>> THE CASE OF BILL COSBY, HE WAS GOING TO BE PUT AWAY FOR LIFE AND THAT WAS OVERTURNED.

>> HIS ATTORNEY IS A PERSON WHO IS BEHIND BILL COSBY GETTING HIS CASE OVERTURNED SO , ABSOLUTELY IT COULD HAPPEN.

HE HAS OTHER FEDERAL SENTENCING COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE HE FACES AT LEAST 10 YEARS AND UP TO 90.

I THINK FOR COOK COUNTY TO GO FORWARD WITH THESE INDICTMENTS WOULD BE DICEY.

TWO OF THESE CASES INVOLVE VICTIMS WHO ALREADY TESTIFIED IN THE FEDERAL CASE.

IN THOSE CASES IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

AS FAR AS THIS ONE WOMAN WE TALKED TO, SHE WAS DEVASTATED.

>> CLEARLY UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET ABOUT IT.

TELL ME ABOUT THIS GUILTY VERDICT FOR THE SON OF FORMER STATE REP, EDDIE WHO IS CLOSE WITH MADIGAN AND COMMENT.

WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS HERE?

>> HE WAS CONVICTED.

THE JURY WAS OUT FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

I DON'T THINK THE JURORS EVEN TOUCHED THE MUFFIN TRAY.

THEY WERE LIKE HE IS GUILTY.

IT WAS A SIMPLE TAX CASE WHERE HE DIDN'T REPORT ABOUT $70,000 OF LOBBYING INCOME.

THE WHOLE REASON THEY WERE ON TO HIM WAS BECAUSE OF THE BROADER COMMENT INVESTIGATION.

HIS FATHER WAS LOOKING CLOSELY AT HIM .

HE WAS GOING INTO LOBBYING.

AND HE PLED GUILTY.

SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN APPETIZER.

IT HAD NOTHING DIRECTLY TO DO WITH HIS SON MAKING ALLEGED PAYMENTS.

WE GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INVESTIGATION ACTUALLY GOING TO TRIAL.

>> HE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE DEAL.

HE IS LOOKING AT MAYBE A YEAR IN PRISON.

COULD GET PROBATION.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED AN APPETIZER FOR THE MAIN COURSE OF THE COM ED CASES TO COME.

AND THE MADIGAN CASE IF THAT EVER HAPPENS.

THEY HAVE ALL THESE PRETRIAL MOTIONS THEY HAVE TO GO TO.

WE HAVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION EVERY WEEK.

GIVE US THE 411 AND THE STATUS OF THE ASSAULT WEAPON BAN.

>> THERE IS FEDERAL , ANOTHER TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER UPHELD DOWNSTATE.

AS I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE TWO IN DOWNSTATE COUNTIES.

I HELPED OUT ON THAT STORY AND TALK TO A LOT OF EXPERTS ABOUT WHAT LEGAL CHALLENGES MIGHT BE AND THEY MOSTLY AGREED TO FEDERAL CASES MAKE THE MOST SENSE.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE SOMETHING THAT WILL EVENTUALLY GO TO THE SUPREME COURT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

>> THE STATE CASES RESULT IN A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.

THE LAW DOESN'T GET ENACTED FOR THE PLAINTIFFS ON THE CASE.

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW BUT EVERYONE ELSE STILL DOES.

>> I THINK THE STATE CASES ARE INTERESTING BUT I DON'T THINK IN THE END THEY WILL BE THE ONES THAT GO UP THE CHAIN.

IT WILL BE ONE OF THESE FEDERAL CASES FILED BY THE ILLINOIS RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT COULD BE CONSOLIDATED.

>> THESE ARE GOING TO TAKE YEARS IT SEEMS LIKE TO FLUSH OUT.

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

THE GREATEST QUARTERBACK IN NFL HISTORY, I THINK THAT IS AN OBJECTIVE STATEMENT.

HE RETIRES AGAIN.

THE TOP FREE-AGENT PLAYERS MOVING ON TO OTHER TEAMS.

THE CHICAGO BULLS SEASON CONFOUNDS AS THE TRADE DEADLINE APPROACHES.

AND REMEMBERING HOCKEY GREAT, BOBBY HULL.

LET'S START WITH THE NFL'S GREATEST OF ALL TIME CALLING IT QUITS.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> GOOD MORNING GUYS.

I WILL GET TO THE POINT RIGHT AWAY.

I AM RETIRING.

FOR GOOD.

>> WHAT ARE THE ODDS HE SHOWS UP ON ANOTHER TEAM LIKE BRETT FAVRE DID ALL THOSE YEARS AGO?

>> I THINK HE IS DONE THIS TIME.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST YEAR VERSUS THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST YEAR, IT WAS A STATEMENT HE PUT OUT ON INSTAGRAM.

HE IS CLEARLY GETTING CHOKED UP TOWARD THE END.

AND THIS WAS THE THING THAT REALLY SEALED IT FOR ME.

HE POSTED A LITTLE OVER 60 PHOTOS ON HIS INSTAGRAM STORY FROM A COUPLE GOING BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

PHOTOS OF HIS KIDS, FAMILY, TEAMMATES.

THAT IS NOT SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT PRETTY CERTAIN THAT THIS IS IT.

>> SOME NFL EXECUTIVE DOES WANT TO SEE IF HE CAN CALL HIM UP AND ENTICE HIM.

>> HE HAD A MARKET.

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN TEAMS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WILLING TO GIVE HIM MONEY.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN HIS PLAY THIS YEAR.

HE IS NOT THE SAME BRADY THAT HE WAS.

AND DO YOU WANT TO START OVER?

IF YOU ARE NOT ON A TEAM TO WIN A SUPER BOWL, AND IF YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT IS BUILT WHEN A SUPER BOWL YOU ARE NOT LOOKING FOR BRADY AT THIS POINT.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT TIM IS THE BEARS.

>> NOT YET.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER TEAM THAT WAS BUILT WHEN A CHAMPION SHIP.

THE CHICAGO SKY.

WHY CAN'T THEY KEEP THESE TEAM MEMBERS ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM?

>> BEFORE THE WNBA FINALS STARTED I TALKED TO THE OWNER OF THE LAS VEGAS ACES AND LAS VEGAS RAIDERS.

THERE ARE NEW OWNERS THAT ARE WILLING TO PUT THE MONEY IN.

THEY RECOGNIZE THE FINANCIAL POSSIBILITIES AND YOU CAN SEE MARK DAVIS IS ONE OF THOSE OWNERS.

ALSO THE NEW YORK LIBERTY OWNER IS SIMILAR.

THOSE ARE THE TEAMS THAT GOT EVERYONE IN FREE AGENCY AT THIS POINT.

I THINK THE SKY WILL HAVE TO START PUMPING MONEY INTO THAT TEAM.

WE SAW THAT THEY HAD ANOTHER INVESTOR THIS WEEK.

PLAYERS WANT TO GO WHERE THEY ARE NOT PRACTICING IN A COMMUNITY FACILITY.

MARK DAVIS JUST BUILT A BRAND-NEW FACILITY FOR THE ACES THAT WILL OPEN IN MARCH.

>> NOT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION RIGHT NOW.

BOBBY HULL CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST CHICAGO SPORTS FIGURES OF ALL TIME.

AND PROBLEMS IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE.

HOW SHOULD CHICAGOANS REFLECT ON HIS LEGACY?

>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE BOTH INTO CONSIDERATION.

YOU CAN'T JUST PUT THEM IN A BOX AS JUST AN ATHLETE.

THEY ARE HUMANS.

GOOD BAD OR INDIFFERENT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT.

BOBBY HULL, THERE WAS SOME REALLY BAD STUFF.

THE DOMESTIC ABUSE AGAINST ALLEGATIONS AND SOME PROBLEMATIC THINGS HE SAID.

YOU CAN'T JUST THINK ABOUT THE ATHLETE AND NOT THE PERSON.

THAT IS NOT REALISTIC.

>> IT HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC ON SPORTS RADIO.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME HOSTS SAYING WE CAN'T BILL A NICE GUY.

SOME SAY HE WAS THE GREATEST BLACKHAWK OF ALL TIME.

REALLY INTERESTING DISCUSSION.

HE PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK.

OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.

>>> THE BULLS ARE APPROACHING THE TRADE DEADLINE.

A DISAPPOINTING SEASON.

DID THEY MAKE ANY MOVES?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY DO.

I THINK LONZO BALL IS THE KEY TO ALL OF THIS.

THERE IS NO TIMELINE FOR WHEN HE COMES BACK.

DO YOU HOPE YOU WILL BE BACK NEXT SEASON AND KEEP PIECES AROUND HIM?

OR DO YOU SAY HE'S NOT COMING BACK AND WE NEED TO BLOW IT UP AND GET SOMETHING FOR THE GUYS WE CAN AT THIS POINT.

>> DEMAR WOULD BE THE MOST VALUABLE THEY HAVE.

>> AND ALSO , HE WILL BE A FREE AGENT THIS SUMMER.

YOU GET SOMETHING FOR HIM NOW OR TAKE THE RISK OF LOSING IT DOWN THE ROAD?

YOU COULD GO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND I THINK THE HEALTH OF LONZO BALL IS THE KEY TO ALL OF IT.

>> THE BULLS ARE IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION RIGHT NOW JUST LIKE THE BULLS.

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DRAFT IN APRIL.

I DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OUT OF TIME HERE.

OUR THANKS TO MARIANNE, LAURA WASHINGTON, NANCY ARMER AND JASON.

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TUNE IN.

A LOCAL RESIDENT SAID THEY WERE POLITICALLY TARGETED AFTER SPEAKING AT THIS WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND WHAT'S DRIVING RACIAL DISPARITY IN HOMICIDE RATES.

AND NOW FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW, I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

>> MARIANNE I HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THIS FORM ON TUESDAY.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WRANGLE ALL THESE PEOPLE?

>> GOOD LUCK.

>> IT WILL BE WILD.

>> NO TIME LIMITS EITHER.

WE DON'T HAVE LIKE 30 SECONDS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

>> MAKING SURE OF EQUAL TIME?

>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A PENCIL AND A STOPWATCH.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR MOVE .

THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME LEFT.