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Week in Review: Trump Ruled Ineligible for Illinois Ballot
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEK IN REVIEW, I PARIS SCHUTZ A COOK COUNTY JUDGE RULES.
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS INELIGIBLE TO RUN IN THE ILLINOIS PRIMARY.
>> JUDGE TRACY PORTER BASES, HER RULING ON THE 14TH AMENDMENT AND TRUMP'S ALLEGED ROLE IN THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION WITH THE RULING IS ON HOLD PENDING APPEAL AND THE OUTCOME OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE ON COLORADO'S RULING LIKELY TO WIND UP IN TRUMP'S FAVOR, A SWEEPING INVESTIGATION REVEALS MAYOR JOHNSON'S ADMINISTRATION IGNORED MULTIPLE WARNINGS ABOUT UNSANITARY CONDITIONS AT THE PILLS AND MIGRANT SHELTER WHERE 5 YEAR-OLD JOHN CARLOS MARTINEZ RIVERO EVENTUALLY DIED AS A RESULT OF MULTIPLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, A COLLECTION OF CIVIC GROUPS WARN THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ITS TIME TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH GOVERNMENTAL BUSINESS.
JURORS VIEW GRIZZLY BODYCAM FOOTAGE IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF SLAIN FORMER CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ELLA FRENCH, LEGENDARY CHICAGO WEATHERMAN TOM SKILLING SIGNS OFF AFTER UNPARALLELED 45 YEARS AT WGN AND IN SPORTS, ALL SIGNS POINT TO THE BEARS PARTING WAYS WITH QUARTERBACK JUSTIN FIELDS SETTING SIGHTS ON COLLEGE SUPERSTAR CALEB WILLIAMS WITH THE NUMBER ONE PICK.
>> SEE IF THEY EXECUTE A TRADE HERE WHILE WE'RE ON THE AIR AND JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND YOU ARE RE LONG FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, LEGION GRECO FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS KATRINA PHAM FROM BORDERLESS MAGAZINE AND MIKE MULLIGAN.
FROM 6.70, THE SCORE.
LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.
TO RAY LONG.
TRUMP HAS RULED INELIGIBLE FOR THE ILLINOIS BALLOT.
BUT TO BE CLEAR, HIS NAME HAS ALREADY BEEN PRINTED ON ABOUT THE BALLOTS ALREADY PRINTED.
FOLKS ALREADY VOTED EARLY.
SO NAME WILL STAY ON THEIR RIGHT.
AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE ON THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
IT MAY NOT BE COUNTED DEPENDING ON THE COURT RULINGS, BUT >> THE CHAOS AND THIS THAT IS IT CONCERNS EVERYBODY IS.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A PATCHWORK THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WHERE SOME >> STATES CAN KNOCK OFF SOME AND THEN SOME CAN KNOCK UP OTHERS.
AND ONCE ONE STATE KNOCKS OFF, BIDEN WILL ANOTHER STATE COME BACK AND TRY TO KNOCK IT'S JUST SITUATION WHERE THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE THE SUPREME COURT, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT SORT.
IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEARLY THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO VOTE AGAINST COLORADO AND FOR TRUMP HERE.
SO THIS MIGHT ALL BE ACADEMIC.
>> WELL, A SHORT.
THAT COULD BE THE CASE.
SO MANY JOURNALISTS HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME, ALTHOUGH IF I WERE A BETTING WOMAN, WHICH I'M NOT, I WOULD BET THAT THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH SHE NODA'S LEANING PRETTY HEAVILY CONSERVATIVE IS GOING TO GO TRUMP'S WAY.
THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD CONSIDER WHEN I SPOKE WITH KAREN LETTER A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN THEY HAD ORAL ARGUMENTS HERE IN ILLINOIS.
IS THAT THERE ARE PERSON FEEL THAT BROUGHT THE CASE.
AND YES, I YES FOR THE OBJECTORS TO TRUMP IS HOW IT MIGHT AFFECT ILLINOIS SO THAT COULD BE A SLIGHT TWEAK.
BUT AS FAR AS TRUMP REMAINING ON THE YOU KNOW, THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT.
AND AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE HOWEVER, THEY LAND ON THAT.
THAT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND MIKE MULLIGAN, THE SUPREME COURT'S GOING TO TAKE UP HIS CLAIMS OVER.
>> HE HAS IMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, HE'S APPEALING THIS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR IT IN APRIL.
SEEMS THIS TRIAL IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE ELECTION OR AT LEAST WE WON'T KNOW AN OUTCOME.
YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S AN ATTORNEY WHO READ.
>> THE THE WHAT THE SUPREME COURT SAID WHILE TAKING THE CASE.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF WEIRDLY.
>> ALMOST BUT THEY HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT, WHICH KIND OF SCARES YOU A LITTLE BIT.
HOW DO YOU IF HE GETS COMMUNITY AND THEN BECOMES PRESIDENT?
HOW DO YOU GET A LEAVE OFFICE, RIGHT?
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY STRANGE CASE FOR THAT TO TAKE CLARENCE THOMAS'S WIFE CHARGED IN OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT BY CHARGE, BUT WELL, AND POSSIBLY INVOLVED TEXT MESSAGES.
SOMEONE SHOULD CHARGE SOMEONE WITH SOMETHING.
>> THE TRUCK ATTORNEY'S STRATEGY HERE IS JUST DELAY, DELAY, DELAY.
WANTED TO GO THROUGH TO THE ELECTION AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THROUGH THE INAUGURATION OF CENTRALLY.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE OKAY TO HAVE THE MAR-A-LAGO CASE HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE CAN MAYBE THEY THINK THAT'S MORE POLITICALLY BENEFICIAL TO THEM?
YEAH, IT'S NOT ONE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY IS WILDLY BUT >> THE MARALAGO CASE DOES INVOLVE OF >> WHAT TRUMP WAS DOING AND WHY HE WAS TAKING ALL THESE DOCUMENTS WITH HIM.
SO THAT IS ONE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
IT COULD COME UP AND THEN WE HAVE THE THE STORMY DANIELS CASE AND ON TAP IN NEW YORK.
SO HE'S JUST GOT THIS WAS ALREADY CONVICTED FOR FRAUD FOR BUSINESS FRIDAY, RIGHT?
AND HER DEATH, A NATION AND 500 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CIVIL CASE WITH BEIJING CAROL.
SO SEVERAL TRIALS.
DOWN AND MANY STILL TO GO.
WE'LL SEE IF THEY HAPPEN BEFORE THE ELECTION.
KATRINA FAM DORVAL CARTER, THE PRESIDENT, THE CTA IS KIND OF HARD MAN TO FIND BUT HE APPEARED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK KIND OF >> GETTING ANGRY AT HIS CRITICS.
I DO IF YOU'RE RIGHT, THE CT OR NOT, BUT IT'S IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF TOUCH TO NOT MAYBE LISTEN TO THE CRITICISM.
>> YEAH, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THERE NOT BEING ENOUGH BUS AND TRAIN SERVICES AND CARTER SAYING THAT THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS OF SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
BUT PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S UNRELIABLE AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND WILL GIVE US A SENSE OF NORMAL CARTER'S SORT OF LIKE DEMEANOR IN THE FACE OF THIS CRITICISM.
I MEAN, I WOULD SAY HE GOT A LITTLE TOUCHY.
HE GOT A LITTLE DEFENSIVE, ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ALDERMAN CAME AFTER HIM.
YEAH, BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ REALLY COME AFTER HIM.
>> AND YOU KNOW, HE WAS PUSHING BACK ESSENTIALLY ON ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO TURNED OUT TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON HOW THE SEAT HE IS RUNNING THESE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY TAKE THE CTA ON A REGULAR BASIS AND SAYING THAT HE KNOWS BETTER THAN THEY DO.
AND I THINK HE WAS ALSO REACTING TO A VERY GOOD BLOCK CLUB STORY THAT CAME OUT LAST YEAR THAT SHOWED THAT CARTER AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE NOT TAKEN THE CTA.
SO PROBABLY PUSHING BACK ON SOME OF THAT CRITICISM AS WELL.
I THINK THE FOLKS AT THE WINNING 26 MINUTES FOR THEIR TRAIN KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CIA.
MY WIFE WAS TO JUST THE LAST WEEK WAITING FOR A BUS AND WAS LIKE 30 TO.
>> 30 MINUTE.
WAIT.
AND SHE DEAL WITH A HOMELESS PERSON WHO WAS LIVING IN ONE OF THE SHELTERS.
THE ARE THE BUS SHELTER, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST A ONE OF MANY, MANY THINGS GO INTO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL UNSAFE RIDING THE TRAIN.
WILL.
HE SAYS HE'S GOT A PLAN TO MAKE WORLD-CLASS TRANSIT SYSTEM IS GOING TO RIVAL SOME OF THE TOP CITIES IN THE WORLD.
WHAT THAT WHAT IS SPECIFIC TO THAT PLAN?
>> HE'S GOING TO NEED MORE THAN FOR BREES TO JUST KIND OF GET THROUGH HE'S GOING TO NEED A REAL SET OF REFORMS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT SAYS HE'S GOING TO GO TO SPRINGFIELD.
JURORS ARE GOING SPRINGFIELD, JERRY REINSDORF IT'S THERE'S 2 THEIR SERVICE AND SAFETY SERVICES DEFINITELY ON HIM.
I IS THE SAFETY.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT REAL ISSUES AND IT'S SCARY.
>> RIDING THE TRAINS SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY AT TO DEFINITELY A GOOD POINT TO KATRINA.
FAMU, A LOT OF FOR THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION HOLDOVERS.
THEY LOST THEIR JOB.
DORVAL CARTER.
DESPITE ALL THE CRITICISM STILL HAS HIS.
ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT I'M DEFINITELY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE HIS RESPONSE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING LAST WEEK OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PURPLE LINE ON THE ALLEGED ASSAULT THAT OCCURRED OVER THE YOUNG GIRL.
SO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, CRITICISM FOR A CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE MAYOR.
OKAY.
COMING FROM SOME CIVIC GROUPS THIS WEEK FOR LACK OF LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE PUBLIC GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT.
>> YES, SO YOU HAVE GROUPS LIKE A CIVIC FEDERATION, BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING PROPER HEADS UP ON WHAT CITY COUNCILS DOING.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT 48 HOURS OR AT LEAST THEY ARE GETTING THE 48 HOURS.
BUT IT'S IT'S A LITTLE VAGUE RIGHT NOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES IN THE WAKE OF WHAT THE MAYOR SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, ROLL BACK PUBLIC ACCESS IN PERSON TO THESE MEETINGS.
THAT ULTIMATELY DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE HE GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON ON.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU MENTIONED BEFORE WE STARTED IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY MAYOR COMES IN AND SAYS I'M GOING TO BE THE MOST TRANSPARENT MAYOR EVER.
AND INSTEAD THEY BECOME EVEN MORE OPAQUE THAN THE PREVIOUS MAYOR.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE.
JOHNSON, IT SEEMS TO BE A TREND, YOU KNOW, DAILY >> LIGHTFOOT, JOHNSON, WE KIND OF GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION HERE.
EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND THE WHOLE IDEA THAT THERE.
>> YOU HAVE KIND OF CHAOS HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THE MEETING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
A LOT OF TIMES THE MEETINGS DON'T HAPPEN.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
THIS IDEA THAT LEAD BROUGHT UP HERE WHERE THERE WE'RE TRYING DETERMINE WHO GETS TO SIT AND WATCH THE COUNCIL.
COME THIS IS AMERICA.
THIS ISN'T CRAZY WING.
KNOW THEY CITE THEY'VE VERY TESTING SITUATION THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN AROUND THE COUNCIL HERE WE 90 BEIRUT ON THE LAKE.
THIS IS SOME KIND OF ISSUE THAT YOU GET TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL OR AND KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT.
>> YEAH.
GOT TO LET THE PEOPLE IN.
>> I THINK THEY'RE HIDING FROM ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAYBE IN THAT THE HAD A BAD WAY OF LOOKING AT LIKE I'M NOT SURE THERE ARE UP TO ANYTHING REALLY WRONG OTHER THEY DON'T WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, WOW, THIS IS ROUGH.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE WELL, NO, NO.
IT IS GOING TO SAY THAT'S A PERFECT TRANSITION.
CLEARLY.
>> THEY DON'T WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOWING HOW THEY'VE MANAGED THE MIGRANT YOU DID THE INVESTIGATION AND BORDERLESS A KATRINA MAGAZINE BASICALLY FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT WE HAD REPORTED A THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION HAD KNOWN PRETTY EARLY ON.
THEY WERE WARNED MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS AT THIS PILLS IN MIGRANT SHELTER WITH THE YOUNG BOY DIED.
AND ACCORDING WHAT YOU FOUND, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
>> YEAH, IT REALLY DOESN'T LINE UP THE CITY SAYING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL CARE TO MIGRANTS.
POLICE ON DECEMBER 5 YEAR-OLD JOHN CARLOS MARTINEZ PREVAIL.
HE DIED OF SEPSIS AND HE HAD SEPSIS FROM STRAP ADENOVIRUS A COMMON COLD COVID-19 AND YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT HE DIDN'T DIE OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND THEN WHEN THE AUTOPSY REPORT COMES OUT, THIS IS WHAT WE FIND.
WELL, THIS IS THE THING YOU BROUGHT UP BECAUSE HE DID IN A IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT.
THE MAYOR SAID HE IT IT DIDN'T DECIDE.
I'M INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND THERE WAS NO.
>> EVIDENCE OF AN OUTBREAK.
THEY'RE NOT TRUE.
IT'S VERY NOT SURE.
AND MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTING DOZENS OF PREVENTS REPORTS OF THE SHELTER WRITING IN SPANISH AND WRITING TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION SAYING THEIR CHILDREN ARE GETTING SICK AND THEY WANT TO BE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT SHELTER.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENING.
SO I MEAN, WE HAVE REPORTED ON SOME E-MAILS THAT HE BEEN SENT TO THE MAYOR IN OCTOBER ABOUT THE CONDITIONS HERE.
HE SAID IN RESPONSE TO THAT.
WELL, WE TOOK QUICK ACTION AFTER THAT.
BUT YOU FOUND MORE STUFF, MORE COMPLAINS THAT CLEARLY IT SEEMS LIKE IT DIDN'T TAKE QUICK ACTION.
YEAH.
THE MIGRANTS WE SPOKE TO AT THE HALL SAID SHELTER SAID THE FOOD IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE WAS STILL SOME ANY ISSUES WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES, THE RATIONING OF WATER AND >> THE MOST OF THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE ALL HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR.
>> THINK THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR ANY LEGAL LIABILITY IN HIS DEATH, GIVEN AGAIN, ALL THE WARNINGS THAT SAW.
AND THINK THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF LAWYER WHO'S GOING TO FIND A WAY INTO INTO THIS.
AND I MEAN, KATRINA WAS GENEROUS THERE WHEN SHE SAID WHAT HE SAID, WHICH I THINK WAS SOMETHING LIKE HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES.
THE MAYOR SAID SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT VERSUS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO SAY IT DIDN'T QUITE LINE UP IS VERY GENEROUS.
I WOULD SAY YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>> ALSO WONDERING, THOUGH, YOU TALK ABOUT WHO'S ON THE HOOK FOR I WONDER IF YOU FIND IN YOUR REPORTING LIKE WHEREAS COOK COUNTY ON THIS BECAUSE COOK COUNTY IS SUPPOSED TO HANDLE HEALTH CARE.
YES, BUT THEN ALSO, WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THE LANDLORD?
WHAT ABOUT THE PERSON THAT OWNS THAT BUILDING?
I MEAN, I THINK UNDERSTAND THEY BOUGHT IT IN AUGUST.
A THEY LIABLE FOR ANYTHING.
THERE'S A LOT OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.
I THINK BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT OFFICERS.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER LIKE.
>> BRANDON JOHNSON IN THE STATE.
I MEAN, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WAS BEING PUT TOWARDS FROM THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION TO THE MIGRANT CRISIS BASED ON DIFFERING FROM WHAT STATE WAS SAYING.
I THINK YOU ARE.
YOU'RE ALSO SAYING THAT THAT THIS IS NOT ZONED FOR ANY KIND OF LIVING THIS.
THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
>> RIGHT.
IT'S A WAREHOUSE THAT THEY TURNED INTO A SHELTER.
AND THERE'S IT'S AND PILLS SINCE INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THIS STUFF.
IS THAT NOT JUST THE HORRORS GOING ON WITHIN THE BUILDINGS, BUT >> THERE'S LIKE ENVIRONMENT PLEA TOXIC AREAS WHERE TRYING TO BUILD THING.
>> STOP SOME ALREADY.
BUT GOOD GOD.
YEAH, IT'S CRAZY.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY COULDN'T FORESEE.
THIS PROBLEM WAS ALREADY PERCOLATING BEFORE THEY EVEN CAME INTO YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ROMANCE, A OF A HONEYMOON PERIOD IS WAY GO OVER YOU HAVE A LOT MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA UPSET AT THE AT THE WAGES AND HE'S COMMUNICATING WITH THE PRESS AND SURE.
>> KIND CALLING IT OUT OF THE SUN TIMES.
I THINK GREAT, GREAT, HE SET UP AN EDITORIAL INTERVIEW WITH THEIR EDITORIAL BOARD, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS DIFFERENT FROM THE NEWSROOM THAT THERE WERE NEWS REPORTERS THERE WHO ARE GOING TO REPORT ON WHAT HE SAID AND THEN ONE OF THE AIDES SAID, HEY, THIS IS OFF THE RECORD IN THE THIS IS CRAZY.
THIS IS VILLE.
SO WITH TO THIS IS OFF THE RECORD TO THE JOHNSON SIGNED OFF.
SO AND JOHNSON SIGNED AFTER COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE ON THE RECORD OR OFF THE RECORD.
GOING TO A MAJOR NEWSPAPER OR ANY TYPE OF NEWS FOR AN INTERVIEW AND THEN SAYING IT'S OFF THE RECORD.
IT'S IT'S JUST THAT IT'S A MUCH ANY OF AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT FEBRUARY 15TH PRESS CONFERENCE WHAT HAPPENED THERE LINED US.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED A WEEK BASICALLY EVERY REPORTER THERE ASKED THE SAME 2 THIS WAS ABOUT TO THE MIGRANTS AND SHOT ALL US THE SAME 2 QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE MEMORY PROBLEMS OR SOMETHING.
AS THE SAME 2 QUESTIONS BECAUSE JOHNSON REFUSED TO ANSWER THEM.
>> AND SO, YES, HE SAID THINK THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS DEFINITELY OVERDUE WORD SALE HE JUST WOULD THROW BACK AND THAT MAY BE GENEROUS TO.
>> I WANT TO ASK REAL QUICKLY ABOUT THE MURDER THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY KILLED ELLA FRENCH, THE FORMER POLICE OFFICER.
YOU KNOW, THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE, ACCORDING PROSECUTORS PRETTY MUCH TELLS THE WHOLE STORY A PRETTY OPEN AND SHUT CASE.
HE WOULD.
YOU WOULD THINK SO.
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO A JURY.
WE CAN'T WE CAN'T REALLY GET INSIDE THE MINDS THE JURORS.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO POINT THIS DEFENDANT BEING IN TROUBLE HERE ABSOLUTE >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE JERRY REINSDORF MAYBE AS PLANS TO GET BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TAXPAYERS ARE IN TROUBLE THIS WEEK.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN.
YOU KNOW WHY?
THIS IS A SMART INVESTMENT FOR TAXPAYERS.
YEAH, WELL, BECAUSE IT IS NOT SHERRY.
BLESS THEM.
>> HE WANTS TO MOVE INTO THE 78 AND THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A STADIUM.
THE RENDERINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
SO LOOKS GREAT.
THEORETICALLY HE JUST HE'S GOING TO NEED A BILLION DOLLARS TO GET IT.
DON.
AND I I GUESS HE'S LIVING ON THE OLD PLAYBOOK, YOU KNOW, IN 88 WHEN THE NEW BUILDING WAS BUILT IN, YOU KNOW, WENT TO CRANES AND HAD A LAUNCH AND DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT.
HE BASICALLY BLAMED THE PEOPLE OF BRIDGEPORT FOR NOT COMING OUT TO SEE IS 101 LOSS TEAM.
AND THAT'S WHAT HE CAN SAY.
EXTENSIVE PLAYERS APPAREL.
MEAN, HERE'S A GUY THAT WENT TO THE OWNERS MEETING IN NASHVILLE AND DID LIKE A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR OF NASHVILLE, NASHVILLE AND ONE OF THE SAME PLAYBOOK.
HE USED SITE WE WENT TO SAINT PETE.
YEAH, MOVE IN THERE AND THEN AND THEN HE HAD MIKE MADIGAN.
JIM THOMPSON, 2 HUGE SOX FANS IN THE STATE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHO SAID, >> OKAY, WELL, WE'LL WE'LL PAY EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND NOW THEY'VE GET TOGETHER WITH THE BEARS.
>> THERE'S ALL THIS BE ILLINOIS SPORTS AUTHORITY HAS ALL THIS MONEY THAT IS SITTING THERE THAT WILL EXPIRES SOON.
SO THERE'S A TAXES.
BUT OFFICIAL BASICALLY CREATED FOR THIS 88 YES, AND THE PUBLIC BUILD THE STADIUM AND END STAY STILL OWN.
I THINK EXCUSE ME.
50 MILLION.
I'M GUARANTEED RATE FIELD RENOVATIONS AND HALF A BILLION SOLDIER FIELD.
MORE THAN HALF A BILLION IS IT LIKE AN INSET?
WELL, NOW LET'S BUILD SOME NEW STADIUMS.
I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BEARS IS DIFFERENT.
THEY ARE GOING OUT TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS MAY OWN THE LAND THERE AND THEY'RE MAD ABOUT THE TAXES.
SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A DOME IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT, WHICH I MEAN, EVEN THE BEARS ARE WORTH WHATEVER 6 BILLION DOLLARS DO THEY WANT GO INTO PARTNERSHIP ON ANOTHER BUILDING QUARTER?
THEY WANT TO OWN THE HOME BUILDING AND THEN REALLY HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK FINANCIALLY.
I I THINK THE BEARS WILL WIND UP IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, BUT EITHER WAY THE POLITICIANS, ONE, THE BEARS AND THE SOX TO GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH ONE PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE WHY INSTEAD OF THE 78 INSTEAD OF BUILDING WRIGLEYVILLE, SOUTH KOREANS WERE FOR PUBLIC FINANCE THAT'S REINSDORF AND MCCASKEY OF HISTORICALLY NOT PLAYED KIND OF FAITH CONTINUE.
WANT TO JUMP IN HERE.
HERE.
YOU'RE YOU'RE.
YOU GREW UP A CHICAGO SPORTS FAN.
>> I JUST HOPE THAT THOUGH THE WHITE SOX CONTINUE TO DO WELL LIKE THEY SO FAR.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT MAYBE GET SOME MORE SUPPORT FOR SOME I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT LEACHING.
GREG, WHAT DO YOU THINK LAWMAKERS HAVE ANY APPETITE TO GIVE ME MAYBE RIGHT STUFF IS GOING OUT THERE SWINGING FOR THE FENCES, READY TO NEGOTIATE PULL BACK 50%.
>> WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IF LAWMAKERS HAVE ANY APPETITE TO GET PUBLIC DON'T THINK SO.
AT LEAST THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW PRITZKER'S LEAD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE FOR ME.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'M WATCHING WITH THE BEARS IS IF THEY CONTINUE WITH THIS PLANNED TO PIVOT OVER TO THE LAKEFRONT, WE JUST GOING TO SEE A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE LUCAS MUSEUM WHERE THEY HAVE WITH FRIENDS OF THE PARTY.
YES, FRIENDS OF THE PARKS HAS ALREADY DECIDED THAT THE THEY WOULD SUE IF THEY BUILD SOMETHING.
>> BUT RAIN LAST NIGHT AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO JERRY REINSDORF.
YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT AIR WE LIVE WHETHER THERE'S AN APPETITE HE'S GOING TO USE PLAY BOOKING, GO WITH HIS CUP IN HIS HAND AND SAY, >> TAXPAYERS, YOU BUILD MY IS THERE IN 1988 WHEN HE DID THE LAST ONE AND THEY PUSHED THE CLOCK TO 12.
0, 3, BUT TO GET TIMES.
YES, TO CURE IT IN ON TIME AND THEY DECLARED IT WAS 11 59.
AND THOMPSON SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS 11 59 AND MIKE MADIGAN SAID, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT MY WATCH.
WAS LIVE 15 AND THEY GOT UNDER THE WATER THAT WAY.
THE THAN RULED PAY.
>> THIS IS WHAT THEY DECLARE THE TIME WAS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE TIME WAS.
YOU KNOW, THEY THERE WAS JUDGE THAT CAME IN FLORIDA WHO INVOLVED IN THIS BECAUSE OF SAINT PETER ANGLE AND AND HE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, ONLY ONE TIME IN THE HISTORY OTHER THAN IN THE THE JUS DALE CHRISTIAN BIBLE HAS TIME STOOD STILL.
AND THAT WAS IN THE ILLINOIS HOUSE SO WE GET WE'VE GET JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE HERE OF OF PEOPLE WANT TO PUSH FOR MORE THAN THEY GET IN.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THE CURRENT STADIUM IS OK, I'VE BEEN THERE.
I WENT THERE 4 TIMES LAST YEAR RIGHT I MEAN, HERE'S THE WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE ABOUT 12 PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE GETTING PUBLIC MONEY IN DIFFERENT CITIES.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF >> BILLIONAIRES GETTING PAID.
THE REALITY IS THESE THERE'S A LOT OF CIVIC PRIDE IN TERMS OF YOUR TEAM'S.
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT POLITICIANS WOULD BE PRESSURED TO GIVE THE MONEY.
I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME MONEY, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY FROM NASHVILLE IF HE DOESN'T GET WHAT YOU WANT WHILE HE CLAIMS THAT I WANT PLAY THAT A NEW OWNER OF THAT?
HE'LL DIE AND THEY'LL SELL THAT.
AND WHAT WHY WHEN DOES ANYBODY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD THE 78 THEMSELVES AND TAKE ALL THE MONEY TALKING ABOUT, BUT DO IT WITH THEIR OWN FINANCES.
WHY NOT SELL THE TEAM NOW AND SEE IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO DO THAT RATHER THAN GO TO?
I THINK YOU NATIONAL OR GOING TO PASS A NEW THIS BEFORE >> BECAUSE THE ELECTION IS OUT THERE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE ESPECIALLY IT COMES FAST SPEAKER WELCH IS A CUBS JOHNSON AND I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK PRITZKER ALSO LEAVE A CUBS.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 30 MILLION.
THE TO HELP WITH SECURITY COS. WELL, EVERY ONCE IN THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE MIKE THE BEARS AND LOOKS LIKE ALL SIGNS POINT TO CALEB WILLIAMS, THE SUPERSTAR USC QUARTERBACK AS THEIR NUMBER ONE DRAFT PICK PART WAYS JUSTIN FIELDS.
YEAH, I THOUGHT HE HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK TODAY IN A REALLY GOOD DAY FOR INDIANAPOLIS COMBINE AND MET WITH EVERYONE TALKS SAID EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO HEAR.
I THINK THEY'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO TRADE JUSTIN FIELDS.
I THINK WE KNEW THAT THERE'S STILL A QUARTER OF A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR JAYDEN DANIELS, HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER COULD PROJECT EVENTUALLY AS THE BETTER QUARTERBACK.
I DON'T THINK HE WILL.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY WITH WILLIAMS.
>> STARTING FOR THE BEARS THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE NUMBER ONE IS THAT THE RIGHT TO TO BRING A ROOKIE QUARTERBACK INTO TEAM THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE SOLID ON DEFENSE.
GOT SOME WEAPONS ON OFFENSE.
YEAH, IT WORKED >> CJ STROUD IS A ROOKIE IN HOUSTON AND THEY WERE IN WORSE SHAPE THAN THE BEARS ARE THIS SEASON.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE QUARTERBACK TOUCHES THE EVERY PLAY ON OFFENSE.
>> THE QUARTERBACK HAS TO BE THE BEST ONE.
YOU CAN GET IF YOU FEEL THAT THE CEILING FOR THIS GUY IS HIGHER THAN JUSTIN FIELDS AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ELEMENT AS YOU RESTART THE CLOCK OVER ROOKIE CONTRACT, WHICH MEANS YOU WARM INTO HIMSELF LIKE 5 YEARS BY DOING SOME POINT THAT IT'S IT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO WHAT WHAT YOU THINK CAN GET FOR JUSTIN FIELDS?
SNOW THEIR TALK WAS THE SECOND ROUND PICK OF LAND NUMBER.
43, EVERYBODY WAS HOPING.
THANK YOU.
KIND OF REPLENISH THE PICK THAT THEY GAVE UP TO GET MONTEZ SWEAT.
IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT FOR I THINK THEY GAVE UP THEIR SECOND.
SO THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
THEY GET SOME LIKE THAT.
THEY ALSO HAVE 2 THIRD-ROUND PICKS.
MAYBE THEY TRY TO KEEP THE SECOND AND GIVE THEM 3RD.
PLUS, WHO KNOWS?
JUST WANT TO SEE THEM GET A WIDE RECEIVER WITH THAT NUMBER 9 PICK.
YEAH.
IT'S GOING TO BE INTEREST.
THERE'S 3 GREAT RECEIVERS IN THIS DRAFT.
AND IF THE QUARTERBACKS ARE ALL MOVING UP AND THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY 4 QUARTERBACKS THAT COULD GO, ONE OF THOSE RECEIVERS FALLS TONIGHT.
YOU HEARD THAT RYAN POLES, WE NEED A WIDE RECEIVER.
LIKE ALRIGHT RUNOFF.
OUT OF TIME.
SORRY.
THANKS TO RAIN ALONG LEGION GRECO, KATRINA PHAM AND MIKE MULLIGAN AND >> WE'RE BACK WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.
THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.
TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT.
WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY AND AND RICH FRANCINE AND DOCTOR ANTHONY BROWN AND THE MOMENT HOW A PROGRESSIVE PHILANTHROPIC IN HONOR OF THE SUPPORTING QUALITY JOURNEYS.
>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
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I'M PARISH SHOTS.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.
AND WE HAVE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM SKILLING.
THE BEST TO EVER DO IT.
45 YEARS AT WGN, PART OF MY CHILDHOOD.
GROWING UP WATCHING HIM.
HE'S THE BEST.
WE LOVE TO HAVE YOU ON TIME FOR EXIT INTERVIEW AS WELL ANY FAVORITE MEMORIES OF TOM SKILLING.
>> WAS AWESOME.
THAT HIS LAST, YOU KNOW, NIGHT WORK WAS DURING THE 50 GRAMS.
EXPLAIN WHAT?
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO HAPPENS AGAIN?
YOU'RE NOT HERE, I'M SURE HE'S TO CALL HIM UP.
AND WELL, HE'S AN ICON AND A NIGHT.
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