>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW".

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE, CHICAGO IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

>> THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT AND VERY DEMOCRATIC.

>> THE NEW COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION SELECTS THREE FINALISTS FOR THE TOP JOB AND IT'S A AMIR JOHNSON TO CHOOSE ONE.

>> CHICAGO CLEANS UP FROM ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER , WITH STORM WATER AFFECTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> AND, IN SPORTS, FIRING OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FOOTBALL COACH AFTER HAZING ALLEGATIONS ROCK THE CAMPUS.

>> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO.

WE HAVE HEATHER , MONICA, AND GREG .

TELL US ABOUT THE THREE FINALISTS .

>> WE HAVE TWO HOMEGROWN LOCAL CHICAGO GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME FOR THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCY AND SUPERINTENDENT BROWN, THE PREDECESSOR .

HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE BEING THE CONCERN.

THE IDEA THAT THEY WANT SOMEBODY WHO KNOW CHICAGO, WHO IS AN INSIDER.

>> SO, WITH THAT MAKE YOU BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE HAS THE UPPER HAND?

>> HE WOULD CHOOSE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD COME UP AND THEY FIT THE BILL.

THE ISSUE IS THAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER A FEDERAL COURT ORDER TO REFORM AND THE NEED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THAT ORDER.

IT'S NOT CLEAR IF AN INSIDER COULD CHANGE THE PATH OF THE DEPARTMENT , AFTER SCANDAL AFTER SCANDAL AFTER SCANDAL.

TYPICALLY, THEY BRING IN AN OUTSIDER, BUT COULD SEAN BARNES BRING EVERYBODY FORWARD?

THAT'S THE DECISION THEY HAVE TO MAKE.

>> DID THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD UP CONFIRMATION YET?

>> THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

HE COULD SAY, HEY, I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT THAT WOULD SEEM A LITTLE BIT ODD , GIVEN THAT HE'S BEEN A LOT MORE INVOLVED IN CHOOSING THIS.

CPD HAS HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS OVER THE YEARS , SO HOW CAN THEY FIX SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ENDEMIC IN THE ORGANIZATION?

>> SO THEY WANT AN INSIDER IN THE DEPARTMENT, HOW WILL THAT BREAKDOWN, INSIDER , VERSUS ?

>> SNELLING IS VERY POPULAR .

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE EXPLANATION.

I BET HE HAS QUITE THE PITCH BUT IT IS STILL A REALLY HARD SELL.

>> INSIDER, OUTSIDER.

>> IT'S A TOUGH THING.

IT'S ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB , BECAUSE EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY PULLS A CELL PHONE OUT.

THEY HAVE TO CHANGE .

IF THEY GOT SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE, THEY DON'T KNOW CHICAGO BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE INSIDE, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS A CAMPAIGN AROUND HIM.

CHICAGO HAD ALMOST 700 MURDERS LAST YEAR .

IF YOU GET SOMEBODY FROM MADISON OR DALLAS WERE SUPERINTENDENT BROWN CAME FROM, THESE ARE ALSO ISSUES YOU ARE FACING.

>> IT'S MUCH HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THAT.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE F.O.P.

SET UP THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMEONE HAS ASKED THEM.

>> TRUE, ALTHOUGH THEY TOLD US THAT THE PROCESS WAS COMPROMISED BECAUSE HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD NOMINATE A WHITE MAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT, WITH A LOT OF CONTROVERSY.

McDERMITT WAS ONE OF THE SIX FINALISTS, SO HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE DOES , AND WHETHER THAT MEANS THAT THE PROCESS WILL HAVE LEGITIMACY, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

>> WHO YOU THINK IS GOING TO GET THE NOD FOR AMIR JOHNSON?

>> WHO WOULD WANT THIS JOB?

IT IS SO HIGH-PROFILE.

>> CLEARLY PEOPLE DO.

>> YEAH.

IT'S SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE PLACE TO DEAL WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS .

>> IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT THESE THREE AND SAY, I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU?

>> I WOULD GO OUT ON A LIMB AND SAY, NO.

THE CANDIDATES ARE CONSIDERED SERIOUS PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT , I JUST DON'T SEE THAT BEING AN OPTION.

>> TO THE POINT OF WANTING TO RESPECT THIS PROCESS , IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY ARE BUILDING THE PLANE WHILE THEY ARE FLYING IT.

VIEWERS AT HOME NO .

>> THIS WAS NOMINATED BY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL.

>> AND SOME WHERE NOMINATED BY MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT THE ONES THEY DECIDE, THEY WILL NOMINATE PEOPLE .

IT IS VERY COMPLICATED.

>> VERY COMPLICATED.

YOU BROUGHT UP MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WHO JUST GOT DINGED BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL , STEMMING FROM A STORY YOU BROKE ABOUT HER CAMPAIGN WITH STAFF ASKING FOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS.

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY A SECOND SET THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT IS NOW IN TROUBLE FOR, EMAIL SENT FROM HER CAMPAIGN SOLICITING DONATIONS AND THEY WERE THE SAME EMAILS THAT WENT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR UPDATES FROM HER CAMPAIGN.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ONLY WENT TO CITY EMPLOYEES FROM CITY OF CHICAGO.ORG.

THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIALLY SOLICITING MONEY FROM THOSE WHO WORK FOR HER AND SHE ALSO DINGED INFORMAL CITY TITLE IN THOSE EMAILS, SAYING I AM THERE LORI LIGHTFOOT, PLEASE RUN FOR ME, AND SHE SAID THAT INAPPROPRIATE.

THE FORMER MAYOR COULD FACE FINES UP TO $60,000 IF THE EFFICACY BOARD GOES FORWARD WITH THAT.

>> AND THIS SEEMS TO BE PRETTY RARE, DO YOU IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD LEVY A PRETTY HEFTY FINE?

>> I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD TAKE IT RELATIVELY SERIOUSLY.

WHO KNOWS.

THE ISSUE SHE HAS IS THAT THEY TOLD HER ABOUT 10 MONTHS BEFOREHAND , THIS HAPPENS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE ETHICS BOARD IS HISTORICALLY A VERY NICE BODY, PRETTY POLITE.

THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE.

>> WHAT ABOUT JAMES GARDNER, SLAPPED WITH ANOTHER ETHICS ALLEGATION ?

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

>> THIS IS SEVERAL YEARS, UP TO 2019 WHERE THE ALDERMAN WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL , WITH TWO OF HIS EMPLOYEES, AND THE MAN WHO WAS A FREQUENT CRITIC OF HIS.

THIS MAN HAS A RAIN GARDEN IN HIS FRONT YARD AND HE WAS LEFT WITH NEARLY $600 AND FINE EVEN THOUGH IT'S UP TO CITY CODE.

HE FOUGHT THAT FINE.

>> HE IS A CRITIC.

>> HE FOUGHT THE FINES, AND FILED A COMPLAINT , WHICH LED TO TODAY'S FINDING.

>> HE SEEMS TO BE CAUGHT UP IN THIS OLD-SCHOOL, ALLEGED BULLYING BEHAVIOR, SO WHAT IS THE ETHICS BOARD GOING TO DO, RIGHT HERE?

>> I THINK THEY WILL FIND HIM.

I THINK THAT THEY WILL TRY TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF HIM.

THERE'S A LIST OF OFFENSES AND ISSUES AND PROBABLY .

>> IT'S BEEN REPORTED IN A FEDERAL PROBE, AS WELL.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY START INVESTIGATING AND THEY DON'T USUALLY TELL YOU WHEN THEY STOP.

>> IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR PROTESTERS AND SUPPORTERS .

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED WHERE A COP OR COPS ALLEGEDLY HAD INTERCOURSE WITH UNDERAGE MIGRANTS?

>> WE DON'T KNOW MUCH BUT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING .

SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE PRESS GO WELL BEYOND, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT ESTABLISHED OUT OF THAT PRECINCT.

YOU KNOW, NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVEN .

I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH OUR LANGUAGE BUT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS DEMANDING MIGRANTS BE MOVED FROM POLICE STATIONS?

>> THEY WILL HOLD THESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE EXTENT OF THE LAW.

THEY ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW AND WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THIS , THESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS HAVE A VOICE.

>> DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON?

THEY'VE BEEN SO TIGHTLIPPED.

>> THESE CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS ARE CLOSED, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH CITY OFFICIALS ARE ALLOWED TO TELL US, WHICH PROVES FRESH TRADING FOR THOSE WHO ARE LEGALLY HERE SEEKING ASYLUM.

I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING THE MAYOR, THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THE OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO HAS BEEN ACCUSED.

>> THEY SHOULD BE MOVING EXPEDITIOUSLY .

IT'S A BAD THING TO HAVE LINGERING.

FOR THE MIGRANTS, FOR THE OFFICERS, THIS IS A PROBLEM .

EVERY DAY, I GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON .

THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW AND BE REALLY NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

>> ARE YOU AWARE OF WHAT THE MAYOR'S PLAN IS , WITH THE REMAINDER OF MIGRANTS AT POLICE STATIONS AND FOR THOSE WAITING FOR ASYLUM?

>> I KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE, IT'S A PROBLEM , WE HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT THEY'RE SAYING DON'T DO IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, DON'T DO IT IN MY SCHOOL.

RIGHT?

YOU KNOW, THE WAY TO BE PREPARED , AND I KEEP GETTING PUBLIC ATTENTION.

SOMEONE'S GOT TO DO THE HUMANITARIAN THING.

>> HEATHER, NOT SURPRISINGLY , THEY WANT TO QUASH OR NOT AND BIT CERTAIN THINGS, UP TO FEDERAL TRIAL.

THEY'VE ESSENTIALLY SAID PLAY ALL THE TAPES.

>> MIKE MADIGAN SAYS THAT THESE WERE NOT OBTAINED PROPERLY, I DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG, BUT EVEN IF YOU HEAR THE WIRETAPS , THAT'S JUST VERY SIMILAR .

IN HIS CASE, HE TRIED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE WIRETAPS AND THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE SAID THAT THEY KIND OF JUST HAVE TO WORK ITS WAY OUT AND THEY WILL GO TO TRIAL IN APRIL OF 2024.

>> WE SEE A LOT OF FOLKS WITH A LOT OF POWER TRYING TO PUSH OFF THEIR VARIOUS FEDERAL TRIALS.

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?

>> THEY WILL BE ENTERTAINING A MOTION, VARIOUSLY .

THIS DOESN'T REALLY PROVE THAT THERE WAS ANY PAY FOR PLAY.

THEY ARE SLOW TO RESPOND TO THIS MOTION.

>> WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT A BOMBSHELL, OUT OF NORTHWESTERN.

A BASEBALL COACH HAS NOW BEEN FIRED FOR BULLYING ACCUSATIONS, TAKE US INSIDE THAT ONE.

>> THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

THE STORY ABOUT HIM BEING ABUSIVE, I MEAN, I HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE GUY.

MAY HAVE BEEN THE SPARK FOR A LOT OF THESE THINGS .

IT'S JUST SNOWBALLING, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THIS GOES.

>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A DARKER TIME OVER THERE?

>> IN THE MID-90s, THERE WAS A GAMBLING SCANDAL .

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.

I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO MENTION NAMES BECAUSE IT WAS SO LONG AGO , IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL.

TO GET PROBATION OR BE NOT HEALTHY OF GAMBLING , THAT WAS NOT GOOD.

>> SO, PAT FITZGERALD , PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST HIGH-POWERED ATTORNEYS .

WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE CHILD IS GOING TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH OF THE MONEY AS HE CAN?

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO GO SCORCHED-EARTH .

OF COURSE, HE WAS A FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY , HE WAS IN DOMINION LAW CASES , HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE JESSE SMOLLETT CASE.

HE SAYS THAT HE WILL CLEAR HIS GOOD NAME.

>> MAGGIE HICKEY, WHO SEEMS TO DO EVERY HIGH-PROFILE INVESTIGATION IN CHICAGO , IS AT HER LAW FIRM?

>> GOOD QUESTION, CONSIDERING THAT THE DEFENSE IS NEARLY 4.5 YEARS OLD .

>> A FINE JOB.

>> RIGHT BEFORE YOU GOT HERE, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT IF ONE GOOD THING CAME OUT OF THIS, THEY SAID THE NORTHWESTERN DAILY, OH MY GOD.

>> SURELY THEY'VE HAD THEIR TIME IN THE SUN.

IT DOES SEEM CLEAR THAT THEIR TOP BRASS WANTED TO BURY IT, WHERE THEY RELEASE THIS ON A LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN SAID, ALL RIGHT.

>> PEOPLE DUMP ON JOURNALISTS.

>> MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALISM, DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUSING ON THIS.

WHEN I WAS COVERED IN COLLEGE FOOT WALL FOOTBALL, THE STUDENT OFFICE, WHEREVER IT WAS , THOSE KIDS KNOW.

>> AND YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS , THEIR FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS OF PEOPLE ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM .

DOES PAT FITZGERALD HAVE A CASE ?

THE REPORT DID CONCLUDE THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SAY , HE REITERATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING.

NORTHWESTERN ALLEGEDLY BREACHED THEIR CONTRACT.

>> FROM A LEGAL ASPECTS, MY GUT FEELING IS THAT NO ONE WHO IS A COACH WOULD NOT KNOW AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.

HE DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE TO DO THESE THINGS, BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR TEAM, YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL.

THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> BUT THEY SAY, THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME, I'M THIS TYPE OF COACH, WHAT YOU THINK?

>> YOU ARE LOSING YOUR BASEBALL COACH .

>> WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, IS WHAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE?

WHAT GIVES YOU REASONABLE DOUBT, PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE?

>> WE HAVE YET TO SEE THAT WHOLE REPORT.

>> THAT'S WHY THERE ARE NO CRITICAL CHARGES.

SCHAPIRO WAS THE PRESIDENT.

>> JIM PHILLIPS LEFT.

REBECCA BLANK GOT CANCER AND DIED SO QUICKLY, THEY HAD A NEW PRESIDENT IN A MATTER OF MONTHS.

TURNOVER COULD HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE.

MICHAEL SCHELL IS LIKE, WHAT?

>> WHAT IF HE DECIDED TO PUT A HARSHER SUSPENSION FORWARD, FOR PART OF THE SEASON OR ALL OF THE SEASON?

>> I THINK THAT ONCE IT WAS OUT THERE , IT'S OVER.

>> AND WE TALK ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM IN THE PROGRAM, WHERE BLACK , BROWN, AND LATINO PLAYERS SAID THEY SUFFERED MORE COMPARED TO THEIR WHITE TEAMMATES, THAT RAISES SYSTEMIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT NORTHWESTERN.

YOU HAVE ALUMNI WHO REALLY WANT TO BE PROUD OF THEIR ALMA MATER BUT DON'T WANT TO BE AFFILIATED WITH NORTHWESTERN.

>> A LOT OF ALUMNI ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.

>> THE STUDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING FOR THEM.

THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS , IT'S A STUDENT THAT THEY KNOW AND THAT STUDENT IS LIKE WHAT, TWO WEEKS?

>> RIGHT.

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT REVEREND JESSE JACKSON, RETIRING AS THE HEAD OF RAINBOW PUSH, THE ORGANIZATION THAT HE FOUNDED.

>> WE ARE SEEING A BUNCH OF WEEKEND EVENTS , OF PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF THAT 88 FOR JESSE CAMPAIGN, SUNDAY, THE FAMILY IS EXPECTED TO NAME A SUCCESSOR.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> HE IS THE FACE.

>> HE IS THAT ORGANIZATION.

>>> LET'S STEP ASIDE AND SEE IF ARE IN FOR STRUCTURAL HOLD UP WITH RAIN.

>> THIS WHOLE CLIMATE THING SUCKS , I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT.

WE HAD THIS RAIN FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE MONTHS.

>> WHAT ABOUT PHOENIX, ARIZONA?

THEY ARE OVER 110.

>> WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS.

SORRY, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT?

I CAN'T BE LEAVE THAT WE ARE LIKE OH MY GOD, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENING?

>> THERE WERE 11 TORNADOES THAT TOUCHED DOWN THE OTHER DAY, JUST IN JULY, WHICH IS REMARKABLE TO SEE IN THE SPRING .

GROWING UP IN CHICAGO, YOU WERE TOLD THAT TORNADOES AREN'T COMING CLOSE TO THE WATER SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY .

ANOTHER TORNADO HIT ELDRIDGE PARK A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

>> AND THERE'S THIS LINE WITH THE WATER.

>> I AM SURE THAT OTHER OFFICIALS ARE FACING THIS, AS WELL.

CAN WE HANDLE THIS EXTREME WEATHER?

>> WE HAD SOMEONE FROM THE DISTRICT ON THIS WEEK WHO SAID NO, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN THE RESERVOIR.

THEY CONTEND WITH THESE STORMS .

>> NINE INCHES OF RAIN IN CICERO , NO SYSTEM COMES THAT FAST .

>> AND IT'S JUST NOT WORKING, PROPERLY.

>> THE COUNTIES WITH LESS RESOURCES SUFFER THE MOST.

CICERO HAS BEEN SUFFERING FOR DECADES AND HAS BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM.

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO FEEL THAT ARE THE POOREST AND MOST VULNERABLE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OFFICIALS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE FACT THAT HALF AN HOUR HAS GONE BY VERY FAST.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

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ANYONE WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THE ACTOR STRIKE?

>> NO RIDERS, NO ACTORS, NO SHOWS.

>> BUT IT'S DIFFERENT.

>> WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

>> YOU ARE NOT.

>> THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE NEW SHOWS.

>> KEEP YOUR DIAL ON 11.

>> TRADEMARK THAT, YOU SHOULD SELL IT TO MARKETING.

>> YOU ARE NO LONGER A JOURNALIST.

>> I ALSO WENT TO MARKETING.

>> INTEGRATED MARKETING?

>> THEY WOULD TAKE US TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.