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

I'M AMANDA KENNEY.

>> A FORMER AND POSSIBLE FUTURE PRESIDENT IS ALSO NOW A FELON.

MANY VOICES OUT THERE.

THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS.

HE'S THE VOICE OF THE JURY.

AND THE JURY HAS SPOKEN.

>> THIS WAS A DISGRACE.

THIS IS A GREAT JUDGE WAS CORRECT.

WE'LL TRIAL.

RACE, THE IMPACT OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CONVICTION ON THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

>> AND ON DEMOCRACY WRIT LARGE.

>> FOR THE 6TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR INTRODUCE AND LEGISLATURE PASSED A BALANCED BUDGET THAT INVEST IN OUR FUTURE.

WELL, PUTTING MONEY BACK IN THE HANDS OF HARDWORKING ILLINOISANS.

DEMOCRATS DECIDE HOW THE STATE WILL SPEND 53 BILLION DOLLARS.

JB PRITZKER IS MAKING GOOD ON HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE.

>> OF MAKING THIS THE MOST WELCOMING STATE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF MINORITY PARTY.

REPUBLICANS.

>> WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR WALLET, FOR CPS AND 4 DA BEARS.

>> AND NOW JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW PANEL, INCLUDING RICK PEARSON FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

MICHAEL LIVE TRUCK FROM SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY.

GREG KINDS FROM CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS.

AND THEN ZOOM, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT.

BECKY, VIVI OF CHECK TALK CHICAGO.

THAT IS SO WE'RE GOING TO OF COURSE, WITH THIS HISTORIC NEWS OF THE CONVICTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE.

HOW HISTORIC IS DISTURBANCE?

THE FIRST PRESIDENT PRESIDENT EVER TO BE?

>> FOUND GUILTY OF A FELONY AND CRIMINAL I MEAN, YOU CAN'T UNDERSTATE.

>> BUT OF COURSE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP'S RESUME TWICE JUST LOOK AT THIS LITANY OF THINGS AS WELL AS THE 3 TRIALS THAT ARE FACING THEM.

BUT THE FACT THAT YOU REALLY HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COURTROOM, A OF OUR PEERS HAS FOUND HIM GUILTY OF 34 CRIMINAL ACTS.

>> NOW, MICHAEL, THERE'S A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN FOR THE ELECTION.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> AS TRUMP SAID, THAT IS WHAT HE THINKS, WHAT THE REAL VERDICT WILL BE.

AND THIS HAS A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ELECTION OVERALL, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TRUMP NOT ONLY FACING THIS CASE, WHICH HAS COME TO A CLOSE, BUT THE 3 OTHER CASES THAT ARE COMING.

YOU HAVE FLORIDA CONCEALING DOCUMENTS, GEORGIA ELECTION AFFAIRS AND THEN THE FROM JANUARY 6.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT WHAT THESE CASES MEANS.

BUT THIS CONVICTION IS DEFINITELY UNPRECEDENTED AND HISTORIC.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE CALM BEFORE THE FALL.

>> GREAT TO YOU THERE.

WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT CASE SLAMMING THE COURT THE VERDICT AS WREG.

YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS LEADERS.

IT'S NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY MANY OF THE LEADERS OF HIS PARTY, INCLUDING THAT THE SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE THAT ARE ALSO CALLING THIS A POLITICAL PERSECUTION WEAPONIZING OF THE JUDICIARY.

ARE THERE ANY LONG-TERM RAMIFICATIONS BEYOND THE REVOCATION GOING TO GO TRUMP HAS CHANGED TO THE POLITICAL CULTURE.

>> IN THIS AND A NUMBER OF WAYS I THOUGHT THE MOST TELLING OF REMARKS AND THE AND THE WHOLE TRIAL WENT AFTER THE PROSECUTION CONTENDED THERE WAS THIS CONSPIRACY COVER THIS UP UP THIS AFFAIR TO GET HIM ELECTED.

HIS ATTORNEY GOTTEN A LITTLE SAID WHAT ALL CAMPAIGNS THAT CAN SPIRITS AND, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE GO OUT AND BUY OFF WITNESSES AND AND TO KEEP THE PUBLICITY FROM GETTING OUT THERE.

I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE COMPANY IN VIEW OF THE WORLD THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL CROOKED.

IT'S ALL EVIL TOWN THAT TAKES YOU CAN GO AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

AND WE'RE SO TRIBAL LINES IN THIS COUNTRY IN PART BECAUSE OF TRUMP HAS PUSHED THINGS AND HOW HIS CAMPAIGN THE YOU KNOW, NOBODY TALKS TO ANYBODY IT'S REALLY THAT'S WHERE THE REPUBLICAN IS, TOO, ISN'T.

HE IS.

>> YOU'RE THE THEIR PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.

SO FOR MIKE JOHNSON, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR MITCH MCCONNELL.

HE IS THE HORSE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO ADOPT ALL THE SAME LINES LIVE WITH THE RIG TRIAL, THE WITCH HUNT, ALL THAT STUFF.

YOU LOOK AT IT ON THAT LEVEL.

THE NEW LOOK AT JUST THE SINCE THE GUILTY PLEAS WERE ANNOUNCED TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S RAISED.

35 MILLION DOLLARS IN SMALL DOLLARS DONATIONS.

SO THAT'S A RESONATING.

YES, BECKY, I WANT TO BRING YOU INTO THIS CONVERSATION.

JUST DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD IN TERMS OF EITHER?

>> IMPACT ON THE ELECTION OR I GUESS ALSO I'M INTERESTED IN THIS NOTION BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE SO POLARIZED THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO LITERALLY TOASTING CHAMPAGNE TO THIS VERDICT AND OTHERS THAT ARE HANGING THEIR FLAGS UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS TRULY IN ATTACK IN A CONSPIRACY AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> I THINK THE RULING ITSELF DOESN'T CHANGE THE POLARIZATION OF THE COUNTRY.

I WHAT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING AND IS ALSO VERY UNPRECEDENTED.

IT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN HIS SENTENCING OCCURS, WHICH IS WHAT IS IT A WEEK BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS SET TO TAKE PLACE.

HE WILL SENTENCED IN A COURTROOM AND I THINK MORE BROAD PERSPECTIVE.

I THINK WE HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE WANT THE LEADERS OF OUR INSTITUTIONS IN AMERICA, IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS?

HOW DO WE WANT THEM TO ACT?

HOW DO WE WANT THEM TO BE?

AND I THINK THE INTERACTIONS WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM HAVE HUGE RAMIFICATIONS LIKE GREG SIDE THAT WILL KIND PLAY OUT FOR MANY YEARS AND AGAIN WITH THE SENTENCING.

I MEAN, THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE IS ONE OF HIS SENTENCE REQUIRES HIM TO SERVE TIME WHEN HE'S OPPOSED LET'S SAY HE DOES WIN THE AND WHEN HIS SUPPORT OFFICE, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG QUESTIONS FACING OUR COUNTRY AS IT RELATES TO JUSTICE MEN WHAT IS RIGHT CALM.

>> SO TO THAT, AND, YOU EVEN IF WE JUST SPLAYED CALLS FROM TRUMP CHARACTERIZING THIS IS REALLY A KANGAROO COURT.

CRAIG, I WONDER IF THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLING ALL IN THE MEDIA TO WATCH THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE CONTINUE TO PLAY THAT BECAUSE AS I WAS WATCHING, FOR EXAMPLE, I HEARD MORE OF TRUMP BEING WHAT WAS SAID BY WHAT THE JURY'S VERDICT WAS.

THE CASE ITSELF.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

AND IT PUTS A REAL DILEMMA WE HAVE.

I'M STILL KIND OF TAKEN BACK.

ONE COUPLE SAY SOMETHING WHICH IS CALLING AN AD A AND THE REPORTER IMMEDIATELY SAID, WELL, OF COURSE, THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

LOT.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS WITH A SITUATION LIKE THAT.

BUT BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT THERE ARE NO RULES ANYMORE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT RUMPUS IS BROUGHT ABOUT.

IN PART YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU CAN DEMONIZE WHATEVER YOU WANT, HOW THE MEDIA COVERS THAT WITHOUT BECOMING POLARIZED ITSELF IS VERY DIFFICULT.

WANT TO WALK IN.

IT'S VERY EASY TO FALL OFF ONE SIDE OF THE ANNUAL THAT LINE MICHAEL.

GREG, I HAVE TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE TRUMP IS DEFINITELY USING THE MEDIA WHEN IT COMES TO THE AFTERMATH OF THIS VERDICT.

>> AND LOOKING AT EVEN HIS COMMENTS AFTER THE VERDICT THAT I WAS MORE SHOCKED.

NOT SURPRISING EVEN HAPPENED WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE COVERAGE AND YOU SEE TRUMP WALKING OUT OF THE COURTROOM, I THINK ALWAYS ABOUT TO HIS CAR.

THEN YOU SEE HIM STOP ADDRESS THE CAMERAS AND THEY GO INTO THIS SPEECH REALLY EMBOLDENING HIS BASE AND HE KNOWS HIS BASE.

KNOWS HIS BASE VERY WELL.

KNOWS WHAT CAN GALVANIZE THEM AND SPENT ANY SITUATION INTO THIS IS AGAINST ME.

THEREFORE, THIS IS AGAINST AMERICA.

THEREFORE, THIS IS AGAINST YOUR LIBERTY AND WE PLAN YOU KNOW, ITS HOME MARKET PARING DOWN INSTITUTIONS.

ONE INSTITUTION.

THAT AWAITING THE TEAR DOWN IS NOW JUDICIAL SWELL.

SO LET'S GO BACK TO IT AND STICK THERE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE, OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO, WHO IS REFUSED TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM CASES INVOLVING THE JANUARY 6 ON THE CAPITOL.

>> WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN THAT I THINK THE SUPREME COURT FACES SOME VERY TRUST ISSUES WITH THE PUBLIC AND I KNOW DURBIN FOR AS HEAD OF SENATE JUDICIARY, YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS AS TRY TO GET THE SUPREME COURT TOO, ENACT ITS OWN KIND OF CODE OF CONDUCT.

BUT WE ALSO BELIEVED, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO THAT FOR THE MOST PART, YES, THERE'S ALWAYS POLITICS INVOLVED, BUT WE BELIEVE FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WERE TRULY HONORABLE PEOPLE LOOKING ABOVE.

>> THE REGULAR FREE OF POLITICS TO DECIDE ON A COUNTRYWIDE BASES.

OF THE PART JUST WELL, AND THAT'S THE AND NOW THAT'S WELL, IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOW COME INTO THAT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, COULD SAY THE BIG EXAMPLE.

THAT WAS BUSH V GORE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THAT KIND OF SCENT, EVERYTHING KIND OF CASCADING INTO HOW POLITICS IS JUST PERMEATED EVERYTHING IN.

THERE IS NO TRUST FACTOR.

>> AND RICK, I'M GOING TO STICK WITH YOU BECAUSE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS WENT ALL IN FOR TRUMP LAST WEEKEND.

THERE WAS A STATE GOP CONVENTION IN COLLINSVILLE.

YOU WERE THERE.

THIS IS DIFFERENT.

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY TO DO?

WELL, IT'S VERY MUCH AN AND I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH A REFLECTION TO OF.

>> YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ILLINOIS, THE FACT THAT HERE THEY MET COLLINSVILLE IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS JUST OUTSIDE ST. LOUIS, WHICH IS BASICALLY ALL THE RED COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS, YOU KNOW, RUN FROM SOUTH PAST SPRINGFIELD, DOWNSTATE USED TO BE FERTILE DEMOCRATIC TERRITORY, A UNION TERRITORY, MODERATE DEMOCRATS, VERY FEW OF THAT EXIST DOWN THERE.

AND SO, YES, THEY HAVE THEIR BIG CONVENTION.

THEY THESE PLATFORM POSITIONS THAT ARE TOTALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT TRUMP REPUBLICAN PLATFORM IS AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT WENT FOR THE MILWAUKEE, A DELEGATION, ILLINOIS DELEGATION, THE CONVENTION, THEY PICKED MARY MILLER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE FREEDOM CAUCUS, THE MOST EXTREME RIGHT MEMBER OF THE 3 REPUBLICANS THAT LEFT OF THE 17 MEMBER CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

BUT SHE HAS BEEN TOTALLY TRUMP ACOLYTE THE ENTIRE TIME AND AGAIN BEING A MEMBER OF THE FREEDOM CAUCUS TOLD TO ABOUT WHERE WHERE HER LEADERSHIP >> NOW IS LET'S COME OVER TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SCHOOL OUT MEMORIAL DAY OVER.

THAT MEANS SUMMER IS HERE AND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BE HOSTED IN CHICAGO SOONER.

DAN, WE KNOW IT AND GREG, WE'VE GOT SOME ABOUT THESE PREPARATIONS.

>> THE STATE'S INSPECTOR GENERAL RELEASED A REPORT SUGGESTING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REALLY HASN'T DONE THE KIND OF PREPARATIONS TO DEAL WITH MASS EVENTS THAT THEY ARE TO THAT INDEED IS TROUBLING.

WERE ALL IT'S GOING TO QUESTIONS IS GOING TO BE 1968 REDUX.

WE ALL KNOW IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE HUGE DEMONSTRATIONS UNLESS SOMETHING MIRACULOUS HAPPENED.

GUYS IN HIS WAY ON THE WHOLE THING IS IT SOUNDS IT'S GOING TO BE BIG DEMONSTRATIONS.

THE MAYOR IS THE HEAD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHICH GOT PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK BUT ALSO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE DELEGATES TO GET THE MAYOR HIMSELF WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A BOB CROW.

HE COMES OUT AS CAME OUT.

THIS IS AN ORGANIZER.

HOW'S HE GOING TO COME THIS IS VERY BACK IN PROGRESS.

DO IS GOING TO TURN OUT.

COULD BE VERY BAD.

WE'LL SEE HOW WE OF THIS TRAINING GOING ON.

AND I THINK THAT WAS DIFFERENT KIND SELLING SENSE.

IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL AWARENESS AND THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.

>> BUT THAT REPORT KIND OF PRETTY SAID YEAH, IT'S IT'S A LOT OF TALKING RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT COMING.

>> OUT OF 2020 AND THE NEED FOR PROGRESS THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PROTESTS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.

AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT KETTLE WHERE IS CIRCLED, PROTESTERS AND NOW SAYING THAT THOSE ARE 2 DIFFERENT TERMS, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

CACKLING VERSUS AND CIRCLING.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN?

>> SO ESSENTIALLY.

IT'S CIRCLING.

>> TENANTS KNOW HE'S SAYING IS GOING TO BE USED WHEN CPD IS GOING TO FOR SURE WITH PROBABLE CAUSE ARREST MEMBERS OR PROTESTERS WHO ARE BEING AND CIRCLED.

AND HE IS CERTAIN THIS HAS THE DISTINCTION FROM WHICH WAS HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL BACK IN 20 MORE OF A MASS ROUNDUP ROUTE JOINING INDIVIDUALS RIGHT WHEN THEY SHOWED UP PROTEST.

AND ESSENTIALLY WE THINK ABOUT PATTY WAGON SITUATION WHERE THE POLICE SHOW UP IN.

JUST TAKE EVERYONE AND SNOW IS NOW STARTING THAT IS CIRCLING IS GOING TO BE USED WHEN THE CPD HAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S SIR.

MICHAEL, DO YOU THINK THAT THE PUBLIC ARE PARTICULARLY PROTESTERS ARE GOING TO SEE THAT DISTINGUISH?

I THINK IF YOU'RE IN A CROWD AND YOU KNOW THIS THAT POLICE ARE SURROUNDING YOU.

IT'S GOING TO THE SAME FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO JUST TO BE SURROUNDED SO MANY EYES ON AND MICHAEL, IT STICK WITH YOU.

IT IS WELL, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CHANGES TO WHEN THERE IS AN ALLEGATION OF MISCONDUCT BY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

>> SOME OF SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IS NOW GOING TO BE MADE PUBLIC.

>> YES, YES.

SO THROUGH EFFORTS BY THE COMMITTEE COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, POLICE MISCONDUCT THROUGH THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

THOSE RECORDS ARE GOING TO BE NOW PUBLIC.

AND THIS HOPEFULLY THEY'RE HOPING THAT THIS COULD JUST SHINE A LIGHT ON THE JUDGMENT AND THE PROCESS BEHIND THESE POLICE MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PAST YEAR WHERE YOU SAW THE SHOOTING OF EXTREME WHEN YOU SAW MIGRANT TEEN LESLIE BEGIN IMPREGNATED BY CPD OFFICER.

THAT TRUST.

AND THINK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND POLICE, ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, 2020, THE NEED FOR HEALING THERE.

>> AND THIS MIGHT BE SEEN AS PROGRESS.

THAT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

AND SO THE EFFORT BEING PUT THERE TOWARDS HEALING BY MAKING THESE RECORDS PUBLIC.

>> IT BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THE DNC, THERE WAS NEWS THAT CHICAGO IS NOT GOING TO BE WHERE THE BIG ROLL CALL OCCURS.

BECKY ART CONVENTIONS ARE A RELIC OF THE PAST.

IF THEY CAN JUST DO THAT, VIRTUALLY.

>> I ACTUALLY WROTE A STORY 2020 ABOUT THE CONVENTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE VIRTUAL AT THE TIME WITH COVID AND I TALKED TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BOTH IN THE PARTY AND OTHER EXPERTS, POLITICAL OBSERVERS AND REALLY THE CONVENTIONS ARE NOW MEANT TO BE A BIT OF RALLYING TO GET OUT THE VOTE, ENERGIZE THE BASE, ENERGIZED THE PARTY TO GO OUT AND DO THE FINAL PUSH TO GET VOTERS TO THE POLL KIND OF AN NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE PROCEDURE OF NOMINATING THE CANDIDATE.

A LOT OF THAT IS DONE AND AND ALL OF THE PROCEDURAL STUFF IS SORT POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE AT THE EVENT.

AND SO THINK THAT IS BEEN A MOVEMENT THAT MANY BOTH PARTIES HAVE MADE OVER TIME AND CERTAINLY IN TWENTY-TWENTY ALLOWED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT THEY I THINK WHAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN, KNOW, THE CAR DRIVE BY VERSION.

BUT THE IDEA OF THE CONVENTIONS IS KIND OF HAVE A PARTY.

ANNA, A RALLYING BASE TO AGAIN, GET OUT THE VOTE AS THE FINAL TRAVEL WILL SHORTLY HAVE PLENTY OF PARTIES QUICKLY.

GREG DEIAH.

>> HE SAID I AGREE WITH AGREE WITH YOU, BUT YOU CAN STILL HAVE SURPRISES CONVENTIONS.

I REMEMBER THE EMERGENCE OF SARAH PALIN, FOR JOHN MCCAIN'S CONVENTION, THAT WAS KIND OF SIGNALED THE GREAT RIGHT WORD MOVE.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS VERY A PREDECESSOR.

DONALD TRUMP.

>> OTHER BIG COMMERCIALS, BUT DEAL STILL TALKING 2003 1000 HUMAN BEINGS IN A STRANGE STUFF CAN HAPPEN.

A LOT CAN HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DELEGATES SHUNS THIS WHOLE HOSTING IS A FEATHER IN THE CAP OF >> THE GOVERNOR.

AND SPEAKING OF PRITZKER SAYS THAT HE IS GOING TO SIGN A BUDGET THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED EARLY.

AND I DO MEAN IT LIKE FOR 44, I BELIEVE IN THE MORNING OR 100 AND THIS WAS NOT WITHOUT DRAMA.

IT TOOK DEMOCRATS 3, 1, 2, 3, TRIES TO PASS THE REVENUE REALLY READ TAX HIKE.

PART OF THE BUDGET.

THEY'RE REPUBLICANS SAY THAT DEMOCRATS TWIST TO THE RULES TO GET IT DONE.

FLOOR LEADER REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK WINDHORST WAS VISIBLY UPSET.

LET'S WATCH.

>> I THINK IT SHOULD BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE IN THIS STATE.

WHAT THIS SUPER MAJORITY IS WILLING TO DO TO RAM A TAX INCREASE DOWN THE THROATS OF THE CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS.

>> IN THE MORNING.

>> WHY DID IT TAKE DEMOCRATS?

SEVERAL TRIES THEY HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH MEMBERS.

IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR.

KEEP THAT IN MIND.

>> TO I THINK YOU'RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE AND I IN VARIETY OF WAYS, NOT JUST WITH THIS REVENUE PACKAGE, BUT EVEN THINGS INVOLVING MAYOR JOHNSON CPS AND CTU ABOUT YES, DEMOCRATS HAVE MORE THAN A 78 MEMBERS THERE.

ONE, NOT ALL OF THEM SHOWED FOR THIS.

THIS WAS A A BIFURCATED SESSION.

THE SENATE HAD PASSED ALL EVERYTHING ON SATURDAY WENT HOME.

>> NOT REALLY GOOD.

I THINK IT'S ALSO A SIGNAL THAT WORK 3 DIFFERENT FISCAL TIMES AND WE'VE BEEN IN THE LAST 3, 4, 5, YEARS.

WE HAD ALL THE COVID RELIEF MONEY FROM WASHINGTON.

WE HAVE A GREAT THING TO KIND WHAT WE'RE NOW BACK TO THE COMMONS.

TIGHTER MONEY IS TIGHTER.

PEOPLE WANT TO SPENT.

YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS BACK TO THIS WAS LIKE A NORMAL BUDGET.

YES.

SO THIS IS A SIGNAL OF WHAT WHAT THAT OF THIS YEAR'S THE COPS ARE NOW GOING TO GET WORSE FROM HERE YOU WANT GET BETTER.

SO NOW YOU'LL GET THESE KIND OF CONFRONTATIONS.

SO, YEAH, THEY THE DEMOCRATS TO FIND THEIR OWN RULES.

THEY ALWAYS POSE GET 2 BITES OF THE APPLE ON THE VOTE.

OF COURSE, WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THE VOTES, BRING IT BACK THE RULES AND MAKING A 3RD.

SO BUT BUT I THINK IT DOES REVEAL.

YES, THERE'S THE BELT TIGHTENING IS COMING IN.

SPRINGFIELD NOT HAVE THE OCEANS OF CASH.

COVID, I WHICH MEANS THAT CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON, DESPITE HIS ASK FOR >> ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, CPS.

DIDN'T THAT COME THROUGH?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CPS IS OVER?

BUDGET IS THE DEFICIT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR THE DISTRICT.

>> RIGHT.

AND THE DEFICIT, WE STILL AREN'T QUITE SURE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE THAT DEFICIT.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN A SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL BUDGETING PROCESS.

BUT THE LAST 2 MONTHS AND THAT CONTINUED TO IT.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY INTERESTING.

THEY THEY FINALLY RELEASE THE FILE THAT SHOWED EVERY SCHOOLS, HOWEVER, SCHOOLS POSITIONS, AND-AND BUDGET WAS GOING KIND OF SHAKE OUT.

>> AND HOW DOES IT?

YOU KNOW ABOUT 150 SCHOOLS.

WE DID AN ANALYSIS.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT YEAR-OVER-YEAR BECAUSE USING A NEW FORMULA.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS USING A NEW FORMULA.

BUT DID AN ANALYSIS LOOKING AT POSITIONS ON THE CURRENT STAFFING FILE COMPARED TO THE ONES IN THIS NEW BUDGET FILE AND FOUND ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 150 SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO SEE A REDUCTION OF POSITIONS BY AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, 0.5 POSITION OR MORE.

SOME SCHOOL SEEING MORE THAN A DOZEN POSITION REDUCTION, OTHER SEEN, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 AND THEY'RE ALL ACROSS THE BOARD THERE WEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOODS, NEIGHBORHOODS.

SOME ARE VERY FULL SCHOOL.

SOME MORE UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST WINTER CERTAINLY ARE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER ENROLLED BECAUSE THE OLD FORMULA WORKED IN A WAY IN WHICH WHEN YOU LOST STUDENTS WHO LOST MONEY AND THEY'RE TRYING TO REVERSE THAT DOWNWARD SPIRAL FOR SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS.

WE ARE SEEING A VERY MIXED BAG.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIKE ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS RUNNING OUT OF THE FEDERAL COVID MONEY THAT REALLY MADE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND I THINK PEOPLE GOTTEN USED TO THAT LEVEL LEVELS OF RESOURCES AND THEY DON'T WANT TO LET THEM GO THEY WANT TO FIND A WAY TO SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, GOOD INITIATIVES THAT WERE PUT IN AND THAT'S CAUSING SOME TOUGH CHOICES.

WE DID SEE THAT IT DID NOT PROVIDE MORE IN SPRINGFIELD, JOHNSON DID GET DID GET A LITTLE WHEN A COUPLE WINS ON 2 BILLS THAT WERE I'M GOING TO MAYBE BLOCK HIS SCHOOL BOARD FROM MAKING SOME CHANGES HARMON ULTIMATELY DIDN'T CALL THOSE ONTO THE FLOOR.

AND SO THOSE DID NOT AND THOSE I THINK WE'RE CONSIDERED PROBABLY FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR HIS TEAM.

BUT CERTAINLY THE BIG 0.1 PER CPS.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO WEIGH IN TERMS OF HOW CHICAGO FARED.

>> A LOT SAY ON THE ON THE ON THE BILLS THAT AFFECT ABOUT YES FROM THE MAYOR.

THERE WERE BIG WINS IN FOR DON HARMON.

IT'S A BIG RISK BECAUSE HE'S MADE OF THE SELECTED AND PROTECTION FOR 2 YEARS UNTIL ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD IS ELECTED.

AND I MEAN, THAT HUGE MARGINS IN THE HOUSE.

IT WAS EMBARRASSMENT MAYOR JOHNSON WAS DOWN THERE IN THE SENATE PRESIDENT, LET THAT THROUGH COMMITTEE AND JUST SAY YOU WANT TO SEE A GOOD GAME IN MONTHS TO COME.

LOOK AT THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NEW CONTRACT BETWEEN MAYOR JOHNSON SNOW SCHOOL BOARD AND THE AND CO-TEACHER SHOOTING WHERE THE MAYOR USED TO ANY NUMBER OF THINGS OF GREAT INTEREST.

ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM SPRINGFIELD WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HELPED A LOT IT'S NOT COMING.

>> ANY OTHER MICHAEL, FOR YOU, ANY BIG BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THEIRS.

58 BILLION DOLLARS SO MUCH TO MENTION, >> I THINK IS GOOD, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DCFS AND THEM GETTING ADEQUATE FUNDING ACTUALLY WITH CRANES.

I RECENTLY DID A STORY LOOKING AT JUST THE STATE DCFS IN HOW THEY'RE FUNNY CAN HELP LEAVE THE FOSTER SYSTEM AND GO ON TO LIVE INDEPENDENT LIVES.

I THINK SOMETHING PRITZKER HAS BEEN BIG BEHIND AND ALSO PASSED A DCFS LOOKING PORTION RIGHT IN WITH THE BUDGET ITSELF ALSO EFFORTS BE ON THE BUDGET WHEN IT COMES TO FURTHER EMBOLDENING ILLINOIS AS THE STATE THAT COULD BE A REFUGE AS IT IN WAKE OF THE REPEAL OF ROE V WADE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE COME REALLY TRYING TO MAKING SELF A NATIONAL NAME FOR TERMS OF ILLINOIS IS A HAVEN FOR ABORTION RIGHTS.

>> THE GROCERY TAX ELIMINATION.

THAT'S THE THAT'S ANOTHER ONES THAT WHAT IS THIS?

IS THIS GOING MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO CONSUMERS WALLETS OR IS THIS JUST FOR?

>> IT'S NOT GOING MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

AND WHAT?

HERE IT IS.

IT'S IT'S IT'S A TAX IS ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE.

BUT LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES COLLECTED STATE OK, WE'RE NOT GOING MINISTER ANYMORE.

IT'S GONE.

OKAY.

IN EXCHANGE, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES CAN JUST REPLACE GUESS THEY'RE JUST GOING TO REPLACE OF MONEY.

AND WE'RE TALKING ONE PERCENT.

SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT 100 BUCKS.

>> IN ABOUT THE MINUTE WE HAVE LET'S GO TO YOU, GREG.

ANOTHER MEASURE THAT DIDN'T ADVANCE IS FUNDING FOR THE BEARS AND FACTS AS WELL.

THEY'RE NOT ON THE FIELD.

THE LES IN SPRINGFIELD WHAT'S NEXT.

WHAT'S SAID THAT IT LOOKING FOR PLAN I DON'T SEE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE BEARS AT THE WHITE SOX ALL SAY THEY CAN TO.

>> STICK WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THEY SEE SOME LITTLE SIGNS OF OF STUFF THAT STARTING TO HAPPEN.

FRIENDS.

PRETTY WELL KNOWN AND IN GOVERNMENT CIRCLES JERRY RICE OR PHONE OR THE WHITE SOX'S WANT TO PUT UP A BIG TALK ABOUT 500 MILLION DOLLARS.

IT SUPPOSEDLY THAT HE IS AND SAID THAT PUBLICLY.

AND SO UNTIL IT DOES, IT'S REAL.

BUT IT'S THAT KIND OF THING THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO MOVE THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S STUCK YOU HAVE THE NOTION OF THROWING MONEY THING THERE'S GOING IN AN ELECTION VERY POPULAR AND POPULAR EVEN OUTSIDE OF ELECTION YEAR.

BUT WE WILL HONEY OF THE GAMES TO BE PLAYED BY SCOTT.

THE SPORTS TEAM.

>> OUR POLITICIANS WITH THAT.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

SO OUR THANKS TO RICK PEARSON, MICHAEL LIPPE TROT GREG PINTS AND TO BECKY VIVI.

WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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>> OR MAYBE LEAVING PERHAPS LEAVING OUT OF O'HARE GREAT.

YOU HAVE BEEN DOING SOME REPORTING ON WHAT HOW VITAL IS REALLY THE EXPANSION CONSTRUCTION AT O'HARE CRITICAL OF THE HOME.

THANKS FOR SUBMISSION COMES ECONOMY.

THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE WE'RE TRANSPORTATION CENTER.

>> HAVE GOOD CONNECTIONS.

BUT THE AIRPORT IS OLD ABOUT MOTIVE.

LEAST THE TERMINALS THEY NEED TO FIX AND EVERYBODY AGREES THAT THERE'S BEEN THIS BIG FOOD FIGHT OVER.

WHO PAYS FOR FURTHER, MICHAEL, YOU THAT WOULD MEAN CONSTRUCTION MEANS A NIGHTMARE.

HOWEVER, SOMETIMES FOR THOSE OF US.

>> IS IT WORTH IT?

ARE YOU WILLING TO PUT UP WITH THAT FOR AN IMPROVED EXPERIENCE FLYING OUT THE CITY ARE INTO IT.

>> IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF DELAYED GRATIFICATION AND CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FROM AND PROUD SPONSOR OF PROGRAMMING THAT OFFERS ADVICE AND STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL AND