>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND REVIEW.

FORMER PRESIDENT FACES THE MUSIC, INDICTED AND ARRAIGNED IN WASHINGTON DC ON FOUR FELONY COUNTS ON AN ALLEGED SCHEME TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION.

>> CHARGING DONALD J. TRUMP WITH CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES , CONSPIRING TO DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS AND CONSPIRING AND ATTEMPTING TO OBSTRUCT AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING.

>> THE LATEST BOMBSHELL CRIMINAL INDICTMENT LEADING UP TO JANUARY 6th INVOLVING SIX UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATORS.

ATTORNEYS AND POLITICAL ALLIES CLAIM THE INDICTMENT CRIMINALIZES FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES ALTHOUGH THE DOCUMENT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD THE RIGHT TO QUESTION AND EVEN LIE ABOUT THE RESULTS.

HOWEVER, SCHEMES CROSS THE LINE INTO ALLEGED CRIMINALITY.

>>> MAYOR JOHNSON KICKS OFF NIGHT ONE OF LOLLAPALOOZA AS THE DEBATE RAGES ON OVER ITS VALUE TO THE CITY.

>> REFERRING TO CHILDREN AS BABY EL CAJON IS NOT APPROPRIATE.

>> Reporter: AND TEENAGERS ENGAGING IN MOB ACTION AFTER SPEEDY MAKES AROUND 40 ARREST CONNECTED TO LAST WEEKEND'S INCIDENT.

>>> THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL CONDUCTING ANOTHER TOP TO BOTTOM REVIEW OVER HAZING.

>>> IN SPORTS, THE CUBS RED-HOT POWER THE TEAM INTO CONTENTION IN THE NATIONALLY CENTRAL.

>>> AND OF COURSE, I WAS REFERRING TO THE 2020 ELECTION AND OFF THE JANUARY 6 ELECTION.

I WILL WEEKEND PANEL JOINTS WERE WASHINGTON .

MELANIE MAKOTO , MIKE MULLIGAN OF WS ER AND JOINING US FROM WASHINGTON DC, LYNN SWEET.

I WILL GO RIGHT TO COVERAGE OF YESTERDAY'S ARRANGEMENT, WHAT ARE THE RANGE OF REACTIONS THAT YOU HEAR FROM REPUBLICANS BOTH HERE AND NATIONALLY?

>> MOST REPUBLICANS KNOW LEADERS ARE SILENT.

ILLINOIS IS FULL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

YOU MIGHT THINK OF IT AS THE DEMOCRATIC STATE THAT THERE ARE MANY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WHO ARE REMAINING SILENT THE THREE MOST ACTIVE CONGRESSPEOPLE IN ILLINOIS WHO ARE REPUBLICAN THOSE LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY: YOU LARRY MILLER DOWNSTATE ILLINOIS AND CONGRESSMAN FROST AND DARREN BAILEY WHO YOU REMEMBER RAN FOR GOVERNOR, THEY ARE THE MOST AND MILDEST DEFENDERS OF TRUMP .

DARREN BAILEY IS CHALLENGING MICHAEL BOST IN THE MARCH ILLINOIS PRIMARY BUT WHAT WE HAVE IN ILLINOIS MIMICS IN A WAY WHAT IS GOING ON NATIONALLY.

THE ICE IS STARTING TO BREAK A LITTLE BIT JUST TODAY, THE GOVERNOR, RON DESANTIS, WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT BASICALLY SAID THAT TRUMP LIED WHEN HE SAID THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

HE HASN'T AT THAT DEARLY YET, THAT IS A BIG BREAKTHROUGH.

FINALLY, IF NOTHING ELSE, SOMEBODY WANTS TO DENY TRUMP IS USING SOMETHING AGAINST TRUMP.

SO TRUMP, SO FAR, HE HAS ONLY GAINED STRENGTH WITH THESE INDICTMENTS.

REPUBLICANS ARE DOING THEIR REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT I DO NOT STRONGLY AND CONSISTENTLY SPEAK OUT.

>> WHAT LAURA LYNN IS SAYING THAT ONE OF THE OTHER TOP CANDIDATES IN THE REPUBLICAN FIELD MAYBE NOT HEDGING SO MUCH ANYMORE BUT THE DEBATE IS STILL FIRMLY BEHIND TRUMP.

IS THAT THE WINNING STRATEGY FOR REPUBLICANS?

>> IS NOT BECAUSE THE SPACE IS LARGE ENOUGH .

RON DESANTIS IS THE CLOSEST TO HIM IN TERMS OF POPULARITY AND RON DESANTIS IS WAY BEHIND.

AS LONG AS TRUMP CONTINUES TO HOLD ONTO HIS OIL-BASED AND I THINK THESE INDICTMENTS JUST LIKE HIM STRONGER BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO HIS SUPPORTERS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PILING ON , TRYING TO KEEP HIM FROM RUNNING AND GETTING REELECTED PRESIDENT .

>> ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT MAKE HIM STRONGER AMONG HIS FACE, IS THERE SOME THOUGHT THAT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, IT ENSURES THAT THIS 2024 IS GOING TO BE A REFERENDUM ON HIM AGAIN AND NOT ON JOE BIDEN?

>> THAT IS THE REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT, TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE.

THE ARGUMENT GOES, YOU CAN BE A BACKER OF DONALD TRUMP'S POLICIES, MAYBE THINK HE SHOULD NOT BE INDICTED BUT THEN, IS HE THE BEST CANDIDATE IN THE FIELD TO WIN IN A GENERAL ELECTION WHEN YOU HAVE THE TWICE IMPEACHED, AT LEAST THRICE INDICTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES AND MAYBE FOUR.

THAT IS THE ARGUMENT.

DO YOU THINK URBAN VOTERS, SWING VOTERS WOULD GO FOR TRUMP OVER SOMEONE ELSE ?

I AM GOING TO SAY JOE BIDEN WHO IS LIKELY TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.

SO EVEN -- THE REALITY IS, ELECTING TRUMP IS GOING TO BE HARDER IN 2024 THAN IT WAS IN 2020.

>> THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO.

THIS IS VERY EARLY, VERY CLOSE TO JOE BIDEN.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOLD REPORTERS AFTER HIS THIRD ARRAIGNMENT .

>> THIS IS THE PROSECUTION OF THE PERSON LEADING BY VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

>> MIKE MULLIGAN, THE PROSECUTOR HERE, SPECIAL PROSECUTOR , THE JUDGE WILL WANT TO EXPEDITE THIS SO THAT IT DOES WRAP UP BEFORE THE ELECTION, DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN?

>> I REALLY HOPE SO.

I MEAN I REALLY HOPE THAT THEY GET TO THIS.

I HOPE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO SET A COURT DATE AROUND THE 25th OF AUGUST OR SO.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE COULD JUST GET THIS GOING ?

IT SEEMS LIKE A FAIRLY SIMPLE CASE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE KIND OF TRENDED DOWN TO A POINT WHERE THEY ARE HOPING TO KIND OF GET TO IT AND GET THROUGH IT.

I THINK THAT WHAT LYNN SAID THERE IS VERY INTERESTING.

I THINK THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT HIM AND THINK HE WAS IMPEACHED TWICE AND HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN.

AND NOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IT IS JUST PEOPLE GOING AFTER HIM BUT I THINK YOU HAVE GOT TO GET TO SOME ACTUAL COURT CASE, ONE OF THESE THINGS, HE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE INDICTED AGAIN IN ATLANTA ON MONDAY, I BELIEVE.

>> THERE ARE CERTAINLY SIGNS WHERE THEY ARE BARRICADING OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, ANNOUNCING SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION TO THE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.

>> WHAT YOU DON'T WANT JUST A BUNCH OF INDICTMENTS.

YOU WANT TO GET TO SOME SORT OF TRIAL.

THIS SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE STRONGER CASES ALTHOUGH THE DOCUMENTS CASE IS ALSO VERY STRONG .

>> EVEN TODAY, TRUMP PUTS OUT A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING IF YOU COME FOR ME, I WILL COME FOR YOU.

THESE CODED MESSAGES THAT HE KIND OF COMES BACK AFTERWARD AFTER PUSHING BACK AND SAYS, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE VIOLENCE.

DENIABILITY.

DO YOU THINK HE CROSSES THE LINE IN VIOLATING THE TERMS OF HIS PRETRIAL RELEASE?

>> I MEAN, HE HAS ALWAYS SORT OF BEEN THAT WAY.

I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO CHANGE.

SO FAR, I FEEL LIKE ONE THING THAT IS FAIR TO SAY ABOUT TRUMP IS THAT HE IS VERY CONSISTENT.

>> CONSISTENT WITH HIS MESSAGING .

>> FROM A VERY YOUNG BUSINESSMAN, HE LEARNED FROM HIS MENTOR THAT IF THEY PUNCH YOU, YOU PUNCH THEM BACK HARDER.

THAT IS HIS PHILOSOPHY AND WE KEEP SAYING WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE TOO MUCH?

WHEN WILL THE KORAN US -- CROSS THE LINE?

>> YOU ALSO SEE TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS GOING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AND EVEN KIND OF AND MEETING TO THE QUOTE , UNQUOTE FALSE ELECTOR SCHEME AND SAYING THIS IS REALLY ABOUT TRUMP'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND THE CASE IS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO SQUELCH HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SEE THE ELECTION IRREGULARITIES AND EVEN LIE ABOUT IT.

>> WILL BE PULLED .

EVERYONE OUT THERE WHO IS WATCHING THIS, IT IS TRUMP'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO NOT LET , DOES NOT GET HIM OFF THE HOOK FOR PLANNING IN A CONSPIRACY AN UNLAWFUL ACT.

IF YOU DO THAT, THEN ALL OF US AT THIS TABLE HAVE READ OR WRITTEN A REPORT ON STORIES WHERE PEOPLE GET IN TROUBLE FOR WHAT THEY SAY OKAY.

GO NO FURTHER THAN ROB AND HIS GOLDEN JOB HE THOUGHT HE HAD TO GIVE AWAY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE , HE GOT CONVICTED.

HE HAD A 14 YEAR SENTENCE COMMUTED FOR SOMETHING HE NEVER HAPPENED.

HE NEVER SOLD HIS SEAT AND HE DID NOT ARGUE THAT HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS JUST TO BRAG WERE VIOLATED.

SO I KIND OF BIG PEOPLE TO NOT BE DISSUADED BETWEEN SPENT AND SUBSTANCE BECAUSE PEOPLE DO GET IN TROUBLE FOR WHAT THEY SAY.

THEY DO GET IN TROUBLE AND THE INDICTMENT IS POSTED MANY PLACES INCLUDING AT THE SUN-TIMES LAYING OUT THREE CONSPIRACIES.

TO HAVE A CONSPIRACY, YOU DO TALK ABOUT IT SOMETIMES.

THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

>> AND THE INDICTMENT EXPLICITLY SAYS THAT TRUMP DID HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO BRING UP QUESTIONS AND EVEN LIE ABOUT IT AND THAT IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE CHARGES .

>> YOU HAVE JUST CITED PAGE 1, PARAGRAPH TWO.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

>> AND IT IS A STREAMLINED DOCUMENT, IT IS ABOUT 45 PAGES, SOMETHING WORTH READING.

DOZENS OF MIGRANTS WERE MOVED OUT OF A POLICE STATION RIGHT AHEAD OF LOLLAPALOOZA.

IS THAT A COINCIDENCE?

ARE THEY TRYING TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAY?

>> THE MAYOR SAYS HE ENDED UP HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS WEEK AND WANTED TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION ABOUT A VIDEO THAT HAD SHOWN CITY WORKERS THROWING AWAY WHAT WAS EXPIRED MATTRESSES AND BLANKETS THAT THEY COULD NOT TAKE WITH THEM TO THE NEXT STOP SO THEY WERE RELOCATING TO A SHELTER ON THE NORTH SIDE.

YOU KNOW, MAYOR BRENDA JOHNSON HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN SAYING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF SLEEPING ON POLICE STATION FLOORS AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO ABOUT DISTRICT 1, POLICE STATION , PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING OUTSIDE ON MATTRESSES.

>> RIGHT, I SAW PEOPLE WITH AIR MATTRESSES OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.

SO MANY OF THEM AS MELODY MENTIONED GOING TO THE BROADWAY ARMORY.

THERE WAS PUSHED BACK BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER AT THIS POINT.

THEY ARE THERE .

>> THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO ISLAMIC COLLEGES JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNED.

THEY ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT EFFECTS.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THESE PEOPLE.

YOU'VE GOT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE MOVED AND IT CONTINUES SO THAT YOU CAN BRING THESE FOLKS IN.

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE CONCERNED, WHAT ABOUT US?

WHAT ABOUT OUR SERVICES AND ACCESS TO AMENITIES?

AND THERE IS NO LONG-TERM PLAN.

YOU CANNOT JUST KEEP MOVING PEOPLE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE LOCATION, YOU HAVE TO FIND PERMANENT HOMES FOR THEM.

HE SAYS HIS ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING ON THAT .

>> THAT'S RIGHT, HE GAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME ANSWERING THE ORDERS QUESTIONS.

WHAT WAS HIS ANSWER TO THE COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM PLAN?

>> HE SOUNDED PRETTY CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT HE HAS BEEN TALKING TO FEDERAL LEADERS AND STATE LEADERS AND ADVOCATING FOR MORE FUNDING AND MORE SUPPORT AND HE DIDN'T GIVE ANY SPECIFICS BUT HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THAT IS COMING ON THE HORIZON AND HE SEEMED OPTIMISTIC BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE SPECIFIC ANSWERS AND ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, AS THE MONEY RAN OUT?

AND I BELIEVE THE ANALYSIS WITH THE TRIBUNE POSSIBLY HAD SHOWN THAT THE MONEY WAS SET TO RUN OUT IN JUNE AND WE ARE IN AUGUST ALREADY.

SO, HE DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT >> WHAT WAS A, $20 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO SUPPORT -- OUT-OF-TOWN CONTRACTORS THAT WE HIRED TO RUN THESE PROGRAMS .

>> ANOTHER THING THAT LOCAL GROUPS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR, FOREVER, THE RELAXATION FEDERAL WORK PERMITS BECAUSE RECENTLY ARRIVED MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM CANNOT WORK RIGHT AWAY, THEY CANNOT SEEK WORK RIGHT AWAY AND THEY ARE CALLING FOR PERHAPS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENT.

AS THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THIS AT ALL?

>> IT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT THAN THAT.

MOST UNDERGRADS -- DEMOCRATS WANT TO SPEED UP THESE WORK PERMITS BUT THERE IS AN ASTERISK HERE OKAY, A LITTLE BETTER PICTURE AND I KNOW I NEED TO BE QUICK, IT IS NOT FAIR TO ISSUE WORK PERMITS FOR THE NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANTS SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN JULY 25th , GARCIA FROM ILLINOIS, EVERYONE KNOWS HIM, RAN FOR MAYOR, LONG-TERM ADVOCATE FOR IMMIGRANTS, HE SIGNED A LETTER WITH 35 MEMBERS WHERE THEY ARE URGING ACTION NOT ONLY FOR THE NEWLY ARRIVED BUT FOR THE LONG-TERM EXISTING IMMIGRANT POPULACE OF CHICAGO WORKING IN THE SHADOW.

IT MIGHT BE DREAMERS, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FARMWORKERS , ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO DON'T HAVE PERMITS.

POLITICALLY, YOU CANNOT JUST EXTEND EXPEDITED WORK PERMITS FOR THE NEWLY ARRIVED.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS PAYING TAXES, LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS GET NOTHING.

SO YOU HAVE TO FIGURE , WHAT IS THE REASON?

THAT IS NOT SIMPLE, NOT OBVIOUS.

NOT HANDLED BY THE STROKE OF A PEN .

>> WE WILL COME BACK IN A BIT BUT MIKE MULLIGAN, I GOT TO GET TO THE WEEKLY NEWS COMING OUT OF NORTHWESTERN.

MORE LAWSUITS AND THIS WEEK THEY ANNOUNCED THEY ARE BRINGING IN THE FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT ANOTHER REVIEW.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT IN THE FIRST REVIEW THAT WAS CONDUCTED?

>> I GUESS THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT MORE CRITICALLY.

IS THAT THE IDEA?

>> OR IS IT BAD PR?

>> LISTEN, THEY ARE DOING A TERRIBLE JOB.

THAT IS WHY THE BAD PR.

THE NEW CRISIS PUBLIC RELATIONS HELP IMMEDIATELY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ THE LETTER THAT MIKE SCHIFF WROTE IN THE TRIBUNE , THAT IS ANOTHER ONE.

THAT IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE GUY DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A CLUE AS TO HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO -- THE NUMBER ONE RULE IS DON'T LIKE ABOUT ANYTHING WHILE YOU ARE APOLOGIZING AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE SOME GREAT STUDENT ATHLETES AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE BASIC ISSUES.

WHO WAS INVOLVED?

AND WHAT ABOUT IT?

ARE THERE PLAYERS THERE THAT WERE DOING THIS?

ARE THEY FORGIVEN?

IS IT ALL NOT A PART OF ANYTHING GOING ON?

WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THE ASSISTANT COACH?

ONE GUY HAS BEEN MENTIONED.

I JUST THINK THEY HAVE DONE SUCH A HORRIBLE JOB SINCE THIS BEGAN INCLUDING THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND IN HIS BOOK COMES OUT AND NO ONE READ IT .

HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HIS LIFE BUT HE TALKS ABOUT WOMEN ARE THE GREATEST PROBLEM, DISTRACTION FOR ATHLETES.

IT IS PRETTY ROUGH.

APPARENTLY, THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T READ THAT ONE.

>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION, NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY IS AN EXTREMELY WEALTHY, WELL ENDOWED UNIVERSITY.

THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF EXPERTS THEY WANT TO GET.

DO THEY HAVE THEM?

HAVE THEY HIRE THEM?

>> IT WAS THE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THIS STORY THAT EXPOSE A LOT OF THIS.

THIS FROM DAY ONE, THIS WAS ALL REACTION TO THE PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE STORY.

AND THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.

SO NOW THEY'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE COACH TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY.

MAYBE THEY NEED TO SETTLE WITH HIM SO THAT THEY CAN FIGHT THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY.

>> DAN WEBB , THEY ARE BASICALLY WASTING THEIR MONEY.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

>> HE IS NOT WRONG.

IT DOESN'T SEEM AS IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF A DOSE LORETTA LYNCH IS OBVIOUSLY WELL RESPECTED.

THIS COULD BE A DIFFERENT LEVEL THE ACCUSATION HAS BEEN THAT THE ONLY TALK TO DOSE THE INTERNAL CONVERSATION IS A LAW FROM THE COVERTLY DOSE COZY RELATIONSHIP WITH , TRYING TO SWEEP EVERYTHING UNDER THE RUG.

>> DID THEY HIRE ANYONE?

BECAUSE I AM AVAILABLE!

I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE CITY.

SEEM TO BRISTLE A LITTLE BIT WHEN A REPORTER SUGGESTED TO KIND OF COME TOGETHER FOR QUOTE, UNQUOTE MOB ACTION TO KIND OF CAUSE TROUBLE, BASICALLY.

HE SAID DON'T CALL THEM BABY COMPONENTS.

THE THING IS, HE HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOB DOESN'T JUST MEAN DOES IT MEANS GROUPS OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER .

>> WHILE PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER AND DOING THEIR THING.

HE LIKES TO USE THE TERM GATHERING, TRENDING, HE DOESN'T WANT TO DENIGRATE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND HE HAS A POINT.

THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DENIGRATED BY THE MEDIA, BY SOCIETY FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT I THINK THAT IS SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE.

THESE ARE BAD KIDS.

TEARING UP A STORE, JUMPING ON TOP OF CARS, BREAKING WINDOWS, STEALING.

FOUR OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY DOING BAD THINGS, CRIMINAL THINGS, AND THEY HAD TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.

AND WHEN YOU SAY, THIS IS NOT A MOB AND WE NEED TO USE SOFTER LANGUAGE, I THINK YOU ARE SENDING A PERMISSIVE MESSAGE TO THESE KIDS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND DO IT AGAIN.

THE MAYOR LIKES US!

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE UNDERLYING CAUSES AND I THINK FOLKS THAT HAVE THE PROPERTY THAT WAS DAMAGED OR CARS THAT WERE DAMAGED OR THEIR PERSON WAS DAMAGED, DOES THAT MESSAGE PERHAPS , THE BEST MESSAGE THEY WANT TO HEAR AT THIS POINT.

>> I THINK EVEN WHEN WE SAW A LARGE GATHERING OF YOUTH DOWNTOWN AND I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL WHERE THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT WAS ATTACKED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT THE TIME FOR TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND, YOU NEED TO CALL THESE PEOPLE, YOU NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO THEM AND I FEEL LIKE WE , NOT WE BUT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO HEAR THE SAME THING FROM MAYOR JOHNSON .

>> PERHAPS ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING ROOT CAUSES AND SHOWING SOME SYMPATHY OR EMPATHY FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE CAUGHT UP IN SOME OF THESE MALAYS.

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

MIKE MULLIGAN, THE CUBS HAVE BLOWN UP IN A BIG WAY ALTHOUGH THEY LOST, TODAY.

THEY WERE SHUT OUT BUT THEY SWEPT CINCINNATI.

ARE THEY IN CONTENTION, NOW?

>> YEAH, THEY LOOK LIKE A PLAYOFF TEAM, FRANKLY.

THEY WON THREE OR FOUR.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THEY SCORED 36 RUNS IN TWO GAMES.

BACK TO BACK GAMES THAT HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE IN BASEBALL AND THEY SET A RECORD THAT GOES BACK TO 1897 SO WHEN YOU ARE DOING STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT IS PRETTY NICE TO SEE THEY MADE A NICE MOVE AND BROUGHT IN JEIMER CANDELARIO AND ENDED UP BUYING A RELIEF PITCHER, AS WELL.

SO THEY DID NOT TREAT HIM AWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE AND THE RE-CONTENTION IN THE DIVISION, THE LOSS TODAY WAS TO ATLANTA WHO IS MAYBE THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL.

SO MAYBE THAT IS A PREVIEW OF A PLAYOFF MATCHUP AT SOME POINT BUT IT WAS GREAT BE THE RED.

THE RENTS WERE A RED-HOT TEAM.

13 OF 16 BEFORE TODAY SO THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.

THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PLAYOFF GAMES, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO HIT.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PITCH.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY DEFENSE.

THEY ARE A GREAT DEFENSIVE TEAM AND THEY ARE GOING OUT THE BULLPEN.

>> SPEAKING OF DEFENSE, THE BEARS ADDED A PIECE TO THEIR TEAM.

>> HE IS A GUY THAT HAS HAD AT LEAST EIGHT SACKS IN EVERY SINGLE SEASON HE HAS PLAYED SEVEN SEASONS AND NOW HE HAS BOUNCED ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE HE IS A SACK ARTIST, A ONE-DIMENSIONAL PLAYER.

IF YOU HAVE THAT DIMENSION, THAT IS THE ONE DIMENSION THE BEARS NEED.

HE IS NOT GOOD AGAINST THE RUNNER .

THE PROBLEM HE HAS HAD IS THAT HIS SACK NUMBERS ARE SO GOOD THAT HE SHOULD GET PAID A LOT OF MONEY BUT BECAUSE HE IS NOT CONSIDERED MORE OF A SEC SPECIALIST, THIS IS A PERFECT SIGNING, HE IS A GUY THAT HAS ONE DIMENSION.

THEY ARE LEADING DOSE THEIR LEADING SUCKER WAS A SAFETY LAST YEAR.

THIS GUY HAS NEVER HAD FEWER THAN EIGHT AND HE HAD NINE POINT FIVE LAST YEAR.

HE COULD REALLY HELP THEM.

HE COULD BE A DIFFERENCE MAKER ON THAT DEFENSE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THEY LACK, THE ONE THING AND I HAVE EVER SEEN THE DEFENSE THAT DID NOT HAVE GOOD DEFENSIVE ENDS SO THIS COULD MAYBE REALLY HELP.

>> A LOT OF INTRIGUE.

I THINK IT IS A DAY DOSE DEVELOPING DEFENSE.

WE ALREADY KNOW THEY ARE AT USC AND UCLA.

TODAY COMES THE NEWS THAT OREGON AND WASH ARE GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE BIG TEN SO THE IDEA OF REGIONAL CONFERENCES IN COLLEGE SPORTS IS GONE.

IT IS LIKE THE NFC AND AFC, NOW .

>> EVENTUALLY, WE WILL HAVE TWO CONFERENCES, THE AFC AND THE BIG 10.

WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THIS FROM A BIG TEN STANDPOINT IS TO BRING THESE TEAMS IN THE BIG TEN WILL MATCH EACH SCHOOL LIKE 60, $70 MILLION EACH YEAR.

THE SCHOOLS WILL COME IN ABOUT 35 .

SO THEY WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO THE BIG MONEY BUT IT IS GOING TO HELP EVERYBODY IF THE MEDIA MARCHER IT'S -- MARKETS AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE GOT UFC AND UCLA COMING IN.

>> THE BIG TEN HAS LIKE EIGHT TEAMS, NOW.

IT IS CONFUSING.

LOVE YOU GUYS ARE NOT CONFUSING BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE PERFECT SENSE OF THE NEWS OF THE WEEK BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO LAURA WASHINGTON, MIKE MULLIGAN AND LYNN SWEET OF THE CHICAGO -- SUN-TIMES.

I AM PARASITES, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

-- HOW IS OPENING NIGHT?

>> BILLY EILISH, CAROL G .

>> THE MAYOR GOT OUT AND GOT A BIG RESPONSE.

>> HE GOT A BIG RESPONSE, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW WHO WAS THE MAYOR.

SOMEONE JOKED HE WAS THE BAPTIST PREACHER.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WILL WILL: AND PROUD SPONSOR OF PROGRAMMING OFFERING ADVICE AND STRATEGY TO ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING