>>> HEY, EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND REVIEW, I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

A FORMER PRESIDENT, PROSECUTOR,: POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

HISTORY WAS MADE THIS WEEK.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP INDICTED FOR HUSH PAYMENTS.

BACK HOME, THE RUNOFF ELECTION IS DAYS AWAY, AS BERNIE SANDERS GOES FOR MAYORAL CANDIDATE BRANDON JOHNSON.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO LET HIM CHEAT?

>> MEANWHILE, AN UNPROVEN TROPHY ABOUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS.

>> KEEP ME ON , AND USE ME.

AND USE ME.

>> THE CURTAIN IS PULLED BACK ON FORMER SPEAKER , AS THE TRIAL BARRELS FORWARD.

AND , IN SPORTS, -- >> KNOCK OFF THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS.

>> OPENING DAY WINS FOR THE CUBS AND SOX AS THE NEW FAST ERA OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GETS UNDERWAY.

>> TO OUR WEEKEND REVIEW PANEL.

JOINING US ARE DOUG, CANA, RICK PEARSON OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AND DAN BURSTEIN.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN THE RAIN AND WIND.

RICK PEARSON, DONALD TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT, EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON, HOW ARE YOU EXPECTING THIS TO GO?

>> IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE NONSTOP TV COVERAGE ON TUESDAY.

>> HELICOPTERS?

>> THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.

>> WE BASICALLY KNOW ABOUT TUESDAY BECAUSE NOT ONLY FROM HIS ATTORNEY, BASICALLY CONFIRMING THE INDICTMENT, BUT ALSO THE EFFECT YOU HAVE THE SECRET SERVICE MEETING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOW TO WORK THE COURTHOUSE IN MANHATTAN ON TUESDAY.

>> DAN WILL YOU BE WATCHING FOR A SPECTACLE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH PROTESTERS?

>> I FIND IT A SPECTACLE AT THE MOMENT, FRANKLY REMARKABLE TO SEE HOW MANY REPUBLICANS COULD EVEN BE RUNNING AGAINST HIM OR WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY STAKE OUT , NOT FULL NEVER-TRUMP, BUT POST -INTERACTION.

WE'VE BEEN LOSING A LOT.

HIS CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN LOSING.

HIS POLL NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ERODING.

MAN DO YOU SEE THEM SNAP BACK LIKE IRON FILINGS TO A MAGNET WHEN IT BECOMES SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

HIS SWAY HE CONTINUES TO HOLD ON THIS PARTY, AGAINST THEIR BETTER POLITICAL JUDGMENT, TO SEE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU IS REMARKABLE >> YOU HAVE KEVIN McCARTHY SAYING AT THE WITCHHUNT.

THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD THE MANHATTAN D.A.

ACCOUNTABLE.

HOW CAN LAWMAKERS CREDIBLY SAY THESE THINGS WHEN NO ONE HAS SEEN THE CHARGES?

NO ONE HAS SEEN THE EVIDENCE, NO ONE HAS SEEN THE FACTS.

>> IT'S RHETORIC RIGHT NOW.

WITH MORE OF WHAT WE'VE HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR THE LAST MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.

HOW CAN YOU SAY -- FIRST OF ALL, HOW CAN CONGRESS HOLD THE D.A.

IN MANHATTAN ACCOUNTABLE?

THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE.

IT'S JUST RHETORIC.

>> COMPLETELY SEPARATE UNITS OF GOVERNMENT.

FEDERAL AND STATE.

CRAIG JUMPED ON THIS RIGHT AWAY AND WAS PRETTY TOUGH ON TRUMP.

>> OBVIOUSLY THE CANDIDATES WERE RUNNING RIGHT NOW , OR ARE GOING TO.

WHAT STRUCK ME IS HOW MANY BIG-NAME DEMOCRATS ARE ACTUALLY HOLDING THEIR FIRE.

I TALKED TO NICK EARLIER TODAY.

HE WAS VERY MEASURED.

INSTEAD OF CROWING, HE SAID, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE , AND THAT THERE IS A PROCESS THAT HAS TO BE GONE THROUGH.

I ASKED, WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE SAYING AT THE POLITICAL PROSECUTION?

>> HE SAID, THAT'S A QUESTION I CAN ANSWER.

>> THIS IS PART OF A PLAYBOOK, THOUGH.

JOE BIDEN WAS ASKED ABOUT A FOUR TIMES TODAY.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ANSWER.

THERE IS NO GAIN HERE.

LET THIS PLAY OUT.

WE WILL WATCH IT DISSEMBLE ON THE TRUMP SIDE.

>> COULD ALSO BE INDICATIVE OF CONCERN THEY HAVE THAT THESE CHARGES ARE NOT THE STRONGEST CHARGES THAT ARE OUT THERE AGAINST HIM WHEN YOU HAVE THESE INVESTIGATIONS?

>> YOU ARE TALKING ONE WORD.

INDICTMENT.

THAT'S A BIG ENOUGH WORK.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE UNDERLYING CHARGES ARE.

THAT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR THING.

BUT THE FACT THAT DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING THE SETBACK, VERY JUDICIOUS APPROACH , IS PART OF THE STRATEGY.

>> I THINK THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE FORCE FORMER PRESIDENT TO BE INDICTED, THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS, THIS IS TAWDRY STUFF.

WHATEVER THE NEW YORK LAW IS, THESE PARTICULAR CHARGES, AS OPPOSED TO DIRECTLY INTERFERING, TRYING TO FIND VOTES IN GEORGIA, OR CAUSING PEOPLE TO STORM THE CAPITAL, AND OR PUTTING FALSE SLATES OF ELECT FITS TOGETHER.

IT JUST OPENS THIS PLAYBOOK MAKE SENSE IF THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMETHING THAT FEELS MORE MEANINGFUL.

WITH MORE HISTORICAL GRAVITY THEN CHECKS CUT TO STORMY DANIELS.

>> THE SECOND YOU DISPLAY ANY SENSE OF GLEE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, YOU GIVE AMMUNITION TO THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IT IS A POLITICAL PROSECUTION.

SO THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD THEIR FIRE THROUGH MUCH OF IT IF NOT ALL OF IT.

>> HOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO THE CHICAGO MAYORS?

PAUL BALLAS, BY THE WAY, THERE WERE COMMENTS WHERE HE WAS ON THE RADIO, CALLING SOME INVESTIGATION AGAINST TRUMP A WITCHHUNT.

>> AGAIN, THE SECOND IMPEACHMENT.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE QUESTION WE HAVE ALL BEEN ASKING, WHO IS PAUL VALLAS?

ADVANCING THIS TIGHT ROPE OF ALIGNING HIMSELF WITH MORE TO THE RIGHT-WING TYPES.

GOING ON RIGHT-WING TALK RADIO.

CALLING THEM DICTATORS OVER THERE EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF COVID.

BASICALLY SAYING OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR UNMASKING ORDERS IN SCHOOL SAYING IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN DONE.

AND THEN HE'S GOT THE, I AM A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT BEHIND THAT.

NO LIFELONG DEMOCRAT IS GOING TO GO ON THESE RIGHT-WING TALK SHOWS.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP ON THE PODCAST OUT IN WHEATON.

>> YEAH, THE WORD DEMOCRAT IS EVERY THIRD WORD .

REMEMBER, I'M A DEMOCRAT.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, DANA, YOU'VE GOT STORIES THIS WEEK ABOUT BRANDON JOHNSON WHO HAS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DEBT HE HASN'T PAID.

WATER BILLS, TRAFFIC TICKETS, ARE THESE BLOWS LIKELY TO INFLUENCE THESE ON THE FENCE VOTERS?

>> IF YOU ARE ON THE FENCE, POTENTIALLY.

IF YOU ARE REALLY TRULY ON THE FENCE IT COULD POTENTIALLY RAISE QUESTIONS.

I TALKED TO COMMISSIONER JOHNSON ABOUT THOSE TODAY.

BY THE WAY, THEY ARE ALL PAID UP.

AS OF TODAY HE DID NOT WANT THAT TO BE A DISTRACTION.

I TALKED TO SOMEONE EARLIER THIS WEEK YOU MADE A GOOD POINT AND SAID, I THINK MORE VOTERS ARE EITHER DISCLOSED THEN THEY ARE UNDECIDED.

THAT COULD BE VERY TRUE.

BUT I DO THINK IF YOU ARE ON THE FENCE, TRULY ON THE FENCE, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN CONSIDER.

LEGITIMATELY RAISES QUESTIONS.

IF YOU WANT TO MANAGE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET, AND YOU HAVE SOME POTENTIAL , EVEN PAST ISSUES WITH YOUR OWN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THAT MAY NOT SIT WELL WITH THE UNDECIDED.

HOW MANY UNDECIDEDS THERE ARE IS HARD TO SAY.

>> ESPECIALLY BEING AN UNTESTED PERSON.

THE SPACE IN THE CITY BUDGET .

PROPERTY TAXES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW FISCAL MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR OWN HOUSEHOLD -- >> OPPOSITION HAS TRIED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT HE'S MAKING $175,000 A YEAR.

WHY WOULD YOU HAVE THESE OUTSTANDING BILLS?

YOU ARE RUNNING FOR MIRROR.

>> YOU WONDER HOW YOU LET IT GET THIS FAR.

IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT, ALL RIGHT, I AM ON A PAYMENT PLAN.

PAYING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

LITTLE OR NO INTEREST ON IT.

HE MAY HAVE THOUGHT , I ALREADY TOOK CARE OF IT.

I WOULD'VE THOUGHT ABOUT WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND I NEVER WILL, I WOULD HAVE STRAIGHTENED SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT AHEAD OF TIME.

>> I MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF PARKING TICKETS I STILL HAVE TO PAY.

YEAH.

I AM DISCLOSING IT RIGHT NOW.

I WILL PAY IT OFF ASAP.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, TOO.

ON THE UPPER SIDE OF THAT, THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TROUBLE PAYING THEIR BILLS.

>> HE SAID, LISTEN, WITH STUDENT LOANS, MORTGAGES, HAVING A YOUNG FAMILY , I AM NOT UNIQUE TO CHICAGO FAMILIES.

MOST CHICAGO FAMILIES ARE NOT RUNNING TO BE THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO.

>> AND NOT MAKING $175,000 A YEAR.

>> THE INCOME, MEANWHILE, YOU HAVE THE F.O.P.

PRESIDENT SAYING -- THERE WILL BE BLOOD IN THE STREETS OF JOHNSON WINS.

CITING WHAT HE EXPECTS TO BE AN EXODUS OF COPS.

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE HERE ?

>> IT'S WHAT HE DOES.

>> NOTHING LIKE THAT FROM HIM SURPRISES ME.

THAT CONNECTION IS GROSS.

IT REALLY IS.

IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THERE TO BE ANY KIND OF ALLIANCE OR PERCEPTION OF ALLIANCE THAT SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY .

TO BE IN BED, AT ALL, WITH SOMEONE WITH THAT FRINGE AND THAT EXTREME.

FRANKLY AWFUL.

IT DOES NOT REFLECT WELL FOR REASONABLE CITIZENS .

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, RICK.

WHO IS THE REAL PAUL?

WANTING POLICE ENDORSEMENT BUT TRYING TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE LEADER.

>> EXACTLY.

HE'S GOT MONEY WHO HAS BEEN TRUMP SUPPORTERS.

MONEY THAT ENTERED IN FROM BETSY DIVORCE'S PASCO.

HE DENOUNCES TRUMP.

THE INDICTMENT , AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE, THAT KIND OF THING.

IT'S THIS CONSTANT OF BEING ASKED ABOUT THESE DALLIANCES WITH REPUBLICAN SIGNS.

IT'S NOT LIKE HE DEFINITIVELY ANSWERS THEM.

HE JUST STAYS ON MESSAGE.

THAT'S BEEN HIS STRONG POINT THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN.

BUT PAUL , I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 40 YEARS.

PAUL IS A WORD SALAD IN A SPINNING BALL.

HE'S DOING THE BEST JOB EVER ON STAYING ON MESSAGE.

EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT IS A DISTRACTION.

>> HE HAS A NATIONAL HEAVY HITTER RUNNING HIS CAMPAIGN.

DANA CARSWELL, THE END OF THE DAY, WOULD YOU EXPECT THAT PUBLIC SAFETY, CRIME, WILL BE ENDS UP BEING THE PRIMARY MOTIVATORS FOR VOTERS OF POLLING HAS SHOWN?

>> YES.

I THINK THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE ON EVERYBODY'S MIND RIGHT NOW.

POTENTIALLY THOSE WHO WANT TO COME INTO CHICAGO TO WORK.

ULTIMATELY IT'S ALSO ABOUT -- THEY ARE SO DIAMETRICALLY DIFFERENT.

THE WAY THEY WANT TO APPROACH PUBLIC SAFETY.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO PUBLIC SAFETY BEING THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE.

WHICH CORD OF ACTION DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT ONE TO TRY TO GET CRIME UNDER CONTROL?

SHORT-TERM VERSUS LONG-TERM IS ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT AS WELL.

>> TO THE EFFECT THAT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PUT OUT A BOWL THIS WEEK SHOWING THE RACE NECK AND NECK.

ONLY A SLIGHT MAJORITY OF WHITE SUPPORTERS SUPPORTED PAUL VALLAS.

LATINO VOTERS ARE UP FOR GRABS.

ALL THOSE WHO PREDICT THAT THIS IS BERNIE VERSUS HAROLD PART TWO , NOT SO MUCH.

>> NO, EXCEPT THAT IN SOME WAYS IT IS.

IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T THINK WE ACCOUNTED FOR, OR THE POLLSTERS ACCOUNT FOR , HOW MANY DIFFERENT FACTIONS THERE ARE OUT THERE.

THERE IS A SPLIT AMONG THE VOTERS BETWEEN THOSE WHO WANT MORE LAW AND ORDER, AND THOSE WHO SAY WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> IT'S NOT COMING DOWN TO RACE.

>> I WASN'T USING RACE.

>> FOLKS WERE SAYING IT WOULD BE ABOUT RACE.

>> IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN THAT, ALTHOUGH, I THINK JOHNSON HAS BEEN TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE THAT , AND HAS BEEN INJECTING COMMENTS ABOUT WHEN QUESTIONED BY PEOPLE .

HE DOESN'T LIKE THE QUESTION.

WHY ARE YOU GIVING THE QUESTION TO A BLACK MAN?

THERE'S A SUBTEXT, TOO THAT IS ON INESCAPABLE.

IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE POLICIES WOULD CONTINUE, IN LARGE PART, TO PERPETUATE AN US AGAINST THEM CONSTRUCT.

THE TWO CHICAGO'S.

IF JOHNSON IS FINDING TRACTION FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN THAT, SOME OF THESE LONG-HELD, LONG PROVEN MORE COPS, FLOOD THE STREETS, KEEP THOSE PEOPLE AWAY FROM US.

IF HE IS GETTING TRACTION, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

IF HE'S ABLE TO PITCH THE IDEA OF FIGHT CRIME, FIGHT THE DESPAIR.

TO FIGHT CRIME HELPS PEOPLE AND BUILD THEM UP AND GIVE THEM ALTERNATIVES, RATHER THAN JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

>> THE FAULT IS IDEOLOGY.

NOT GREAT SO MUCH, NOT INCOME SO MUCH.

IF YOU WANT A STRONGER POLICE PRESENCE VERSUS A MORE PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO THIS, THIS IS WHERE THE FAULT LINE IS.

>> I THINK A WARINESS WE HAVE OF A LOT OF CHICAGOANS.

JUST ABOUT WARINESS ABOUT CRIME.

THAT TRANSCENDS ANYTHING AS FAR AS RACE.

THERE IS THAT ELEMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

I'M SAYING THERE IS AN ELEMENT.

>> SOMETHING SOONER THAN LATER.

NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND HOPEFULLY IN 10 YEARS IT'LL WORK OUT.

I THINK THERE'S A BIG FACTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW LONG CERTAIN PLANTS WILL TAKE.

>> WE KNOW WHAT DOESN'T WORK.

BEEFING UP THE BUDGET AND MAKING THIS A CITY HASN'T WORKED.

>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT IS MY OPINION.

I'M SAYING THAT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE , AND I DO THINK IT COMES DOWN TO IDEOLOGY.

MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE.

>> REMEMBER, THOUGH, PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID ARE MORE MOTIVATED TO COME OUT AND VOTE THEN PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATED TO DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THAT MAY BE -- >> I WOULD ALSO SAY, TOO, LET'S REMEMBER AGE AND HOW THIS PLAYS IN.

OLDER VOTERS, MOST DEMOCRATIC DEDICATED DEMOGRAPHIC GOING TO POLLS.

YOUNGER VOTERS.

>> THEY WERE ALMOST NOT THERE.

THAT CERTAINLY IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF NEEDED VOTE FOR BRENDAN JOHNSON.

HERE JESSE WHITE WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ENDORSEMENTS.

THAT HELPED TRANSCEND THE SELECTION BEING ABOUT RACIAL ISSUES.

HERE YOU HAVE VENERATED ELDER STATESMAN OF ILLINOIS POLITICS WHO HAPPENS TO BE BLACK.

BUT PROVIDING THIS IS A SAFE SIGNAL THAT YOU CAN VOTE FOR PAUL VALLAS.

>> THAT'S A HUGE POINT, THE H POINT.

THAT'S HUGE.

THEY'RE SUCH A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING .

I KNOW I'M SPEAKING IN GENERALITIES BETWEEN FOLKS WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 30 AND ARGUABLY , FOLKS WHO ARE OVER THE AGE OF 55.

THERE'S A VERY DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY.

TURNOUT IN THAT REGARD COULD BE A HUGE DEAL.

>> PAUL VALLAS KEEPS MENTIONING DON CLARK.

IT MIGHT MEAN SOMETHING TO OLDER VOTERS.

WOULD YOU PROTECT WE ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW THE RESULTS ON ELECTION NIGHT?

GIVEN ALL THE MAIL IN VOTES HERE?

>> I STILL THINK -- I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE ELECTION.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN YES, WE WILL NOT KNOW THAT NIGHT.

BUT THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN SO SURPRISING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS , AND WE MAY SEE PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON TUESDAY, WE CAN SEE A BIG SURGE, AND IT CAME END UP GOING ONE WAY MORE THAN THE OTHER.

THE TEACHERS UNION KEPT ITS PEOPLE OUT.

REALLY DRAGGING PEOPLE TO THE POLLS.

THAT COULD CHANGE THE DYNAMIC TEXT >> HOPEFULLY THEY ARE NOT LITERALLY DRAGGING PEOPLE TO THE POLLS.

>> SOME ARE ACCUSING THEM OF THAT.

>> MEANWHILE, RICK PEARSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT BETTER AT EACH OTHER TO EXPAND THEIR OWN POWER.

EXPAND THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES.

TAKE AWAY THE POWER OF THE MAYOR TO APPOINT COMMITTEE LEADERS.

WHAT IS THIS ALL REALLY ABOUT?

>> ONE YOU HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF TURNOVER GOING ON AT THE CITY COUNCIL.

17 MEMBERS ROUGHLY?

>> 14 RUNOFFS.

THEY HAVE NEW MEMBERS.

>> 16 FOR SURE.

>> PLUS, YOU KNOW, THAT NEW BLOOD REFLECTS A TIREDNESS OF HAVING THE MAYOR CONTROL OVER COUNSEL COMMITTEES.

OVER CHAIRMANSHIPS.

OVER THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

I THINK IT IS MORE OF A LIBERATING , USING THAT AS A NEW STARTING POINT FOR ALL KINDS OF GREAT ANTICS IN THE COUNSEL.

>> I THINK WHAT THEY ARE AFRAID OF IS THAT, IF THEY WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE IS SWORN IN, A NEW MAYOR COULD START MAKING PROMISES.

>> CUTTING DEALS .

>> THEY ARE TRYING TO PREEMPT THAT.

THIS HAS BEEN A PRIMO CARROT IN THE TOOLBOX FOR THE MAYOR.

TO WIN OVER AND INFLUENCE BY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFERENT CITY COUNCIL.

THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR MORE PROGRESSIVES TO COME IN.

THERE WILL BE MORE.

THERE WILL BE MORE LATINOS.

MORE THAN EVER IN THE COUNSEL THAN BEFORE.

THERE ARE JUST SO MANY NEW ENERGIES THAT ARE HEADED THAT WAY.

THEY WANT TO GET THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW BEFORE THAT.

>> PROSECUTORS WANT TO GET THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW.

IT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR A WEEK.

CATCH OUR VIEWERS UP ON THE HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK.

>> BASICALLY, WHAT WE HAVE IS, THE CHIEF MALL FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TESTIFYING.

THE CHIEF MALL , THE EXECUTIVE , THE DELL MARQUEZ .

TESTIFY AND RETURN FOR JAIL TIME.

HE HAS BEEN OUTLINED IN THE VARIOUS WAYS THE TOP HENCHMAN .

FAVORS THAT THE COMPANY WOULD DO TO MAKE SURE THAT MADIGAN WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE COMPANY IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT.

>> HOW ABOUT THE UNDERCOVER VIDEO HE SHOT.

HOW DID HE GET THAT VIDEO?

WAS THERE A BOMBSHELL HERE?

A SMOKING GUN HERE?

MICHAEL MacLEAN IN ONE OF THE OTHER VIDEOS.

>> UNLESS YOU CONSIDER PIZZA, AS A SMOKING GUN, -- >> WE LEARNED WHAT THEY LIKE ON THEIR PIZZA.

>> IT WAS THE FEDS WHO SET UP THE CAMERAS FOR HIM TO WEAR.

THAT IS WHY THE PICTURES ARE EERILY SHAPED.

WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS NOW TRYING TO CUT DOWN HIS STORY.

BASICALLY SAYING THE FACT YOU ARE OFFERED NO JAIL TIME IN RETURN FOR YOUR TESTIMONY , PLEADING GUILTY TO A CRIME .

WE WILL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS.

>> INTERESTING TURN THERE BY THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY.

MAKING GOOD MONEY TO COME UP WITH ARGUMENTS LIKE THAT.

LET'S MOVE OVER TO SPORTS.

CUBS AND SOX WIN THE CUBS GAME.

VERY BREEZY.

IS THIS GOING TO BE THE STANDARD THIS YEAR ?

>> YEAH, IF THEY KEEP THESE RULES AS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED , AND ENFORCE THEM THE WAY THEY HAVE, GET USED TO IT.

IF YOU NEED A BATHROOM BREAK OR NEED TO GO STAND IN LINE TO GET A HOT DOG, MAKE SURE YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE RADIO BROADCAST OR WATCHING ON A, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO MISS A LOT .

>> OUR FANS, PLAYERS, ARE THEY COOL WITH THE PITCH COUNT CLOCK?

ARTICLE WITH THESE CHANGES?

>> IT SEEMS SO.

THESE ARE THE RULES.

THIS IS HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY.

EVERYBODY HAS TO PLAY BY THEM.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MISTAKES.

BASED ON WHAT EPSTEIN HAS SAID ABOUT ALL OF THE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION, LOOKING AT THE AFFILIATED MINOR LEAKS THAT USE THIS, THEY KNOW WHAT THE FIRST SEVERAL WEEKS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE.

THEY ARE GOING TO GET A LARGER SAMPLE SIZE DATA.

THEY ARE GOING TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND BE WILLING TO TWEAK AROUND THE EDGES OF WHAT IS BEST.

SO FAR, SO GOOD.

A NEW RECORD FOR STOLEN BASES THAT WAS SET FOR THE FIRST DAY , AND STOLEN BASES.

>> THE PITCHER COUNTER OVER TO FIRST MORE THAN TWICE.

>> THE BASES ARE BIGGER, AND THE DISTANCE IS CUT DOWN NOW.

A PICTURE CAN'T JUST THROW OVER MULTIPLE TIMES.

THEY'VE STRIPPED OUT ALL THE STUFF WE DON'T NEED.

>> RICK YOU LOVE IT.

>> TWO HOURS AND 23 MINUTES.

LET'S GET BACK TO BASEBALL, LET'S GET BACK TO PLAYING.

NOT GOOFING AROUND OUTSIDE THE BATTER'S BOX.

TRYING TO SUCK EACH OTHER OUT MENTALLY OR WHATEVER.

>> SOME SAY THAT IS BASEBALL.

>> IT'S NICE TO SEE.

>> IT'S NOT JUST MENTAL, IT'S PHYSICAL, TOO.

THE IDEA IS TO NOT GIVE SOME OF THESE END OF GAME HIGH LEVERAGE PITCH RELIEVERS WHO THROW EVERYTHING MAX EVER ALL THE TIME.

THE CHANCE TO REBUILD THEIR VIDEO GAME POWER BAR FOR THE NEXT EXPLOSIVE ACTION.

GET IT AND THROW IT.

WHAT IS HAPPENING IS ALL THESE GUYS WERE THROWING 102 MILES AN HOUR MAX EFFORT, THEY ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING TO BE IN THE DIFFERENT CARDIOVASCULAR SHAPE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BUDGET THEIR ENERGY BETTER.

>> MIGHT NOT GIVE IT THE SAME ADVANTAGE.

OBVIOUSLY THE MLB WANTS MORE.

IS THIS THE CURE TO THEIR AILING RATINGS AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEM?

THEY ARE LOSING YOUNGER VIEWERS, ARE THEY?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE PARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE YOUNG FAN -- THE IDEA OF SITTING, ANY OF US WHO HAVE KIDS OF A CERTAIN AGE OR HAVE HAD THEM, KNOW THAT EVEN TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES OF RACKED ATTENTION AT A THING IS ASKING AN AWFUL LOT.

>> UNLESS THEY ARE BASEBALL PLAYERS THEMSELVES.

>> EVEN THEN, TO THE PHONE TO LOOK AT STATS, TO CALL UP FAN GRAPHS.

>> THE NOTES ARE GOING ON THE GAMBLING SITES BASICALLY.

DANA, ARE YOU MORE INCLINED TO GO TO WRIGLEY FIELD THEN WANT CUBS GAME NOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SHORTER?

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, I AM A SOX FAN.

>> HOW DID I GET THAT WRONG?

>> I'M NOT A HATER.

I'M NOT A HATER.

I AM MARRIED TO A CUBS FAN.

I DON'T KNOW YET.

, YOU MIGHT HAVE CHANGED MY MIND.

I LOVE BASEBALL.

I LOVE THE SLOWER PACE OF IT.

WE WILL SEE.

GIVE IT A CHANCE NOW.

I WILL WATCH A FULL GAME AND CHECK BACK IN.

>> AS TO THE SUBSTANCE HERE, THE CUBS BOUGHT THEMSELVES A MODERATE CONTENDER HERE WITH SWANSON.

BELANGER.

>> IF A LOT OF THESE ACQUISITIONS END UP IN THE 80th PERCENTILE OF THEIR PERFORMANCE PROBABILITIES, SURE.

I THINK A WINNING REST RECORD AT THE TRADE DEADLINE, FRINGE AT THE TRADE DEADLINE, IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO ADD A LITTLE BIT.

COUNT THAT AS A BIG WIN.

THEY HAVE SPENT SOME MONEY.

THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT PLAYER.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF BETTER PLAYERS.

BUT THE WAY CHAMPIONS ARE BUILT, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THREE FIVE WIN PLAYERS.

SWANSON IS A FOUR WIN PLAYER IN 80th PERCENTILE.

THEY COULD BE GOOD.

I DON'T SEE A ROAD MAP FOR THEM BEING GREAT.

>> MAYBE THEY ARE DEVELOPING SOME OF THOSE PLAYERS.

RENTON DAVIS.

HE MIGHT NOT BE BACK.

>> HE HAS A BACK PROBLEM.

HE HAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

THE DECISION THEY MADE WITH THE CONTRACT WAS INTERESTING.

A THREE-YEAR WINDOW OF THAT POINT WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH HALF.

SOME OF THE TERMS OF THOSE DEALS WILL TELL US MAYBE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE THERE.

>> FOLKS, WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS.

THAT IS THE WEEK IN REVIEW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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STAY HEALTHY AND STAY SAFE OUT THERE.

, WHAT IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR ELECTION?

>> I WILL BE IN STUDIO.

BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR REPORTERS OUT ON THE FIELD.

>> WITH ROBIN ROBINSON WILL BE OUR ANALYST.

>> INVOLVED IN THE ALL WOMEN CAMPAIGN.

>> SHE WAS.