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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO

"CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PHIL

PONCE.

ON THIS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER

9TH...

>> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT DONALD

TRUMP SOMEHOW PENALIZING

CHICAGO.

>> AS PROTESTORS HIT THE STREETS

AT THIS HOUR ADDRESSING WHAT --

ASSESSING WHAT DONALD TRUMP'S

COMING PRESIDENCY MEANINGS FOR

CHICAGO AND WHY MAYOR EMANUEL

SAYS HE DOES NOT EXPECT TRUMP

WILL PUNISH THE CITY.

>>> AMERICA WILL NO LONGER

SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN

THE BEST.

>> THEN TAKING STOCK OF WHAT A

TRUMP PRESIDENCY MAY LOOK LIKE.

>>> A VOLATILE INITIAL REACTION

IN MARKETS HERE AND AROUND THE

GLOBE TO THE AMERICAN ELECTION.

SO WHAT WILL TRUMP'S ECONOMIC

IMPACT BE HERE AND ABROAD?

>>> NO ONE TALKED TO ME ABOUT

HOW THIS MERGER IS GOING TO TAKE

PLACE.

>> COOK COUNTY VOTERS GIVE THE

GO AHEAD TO ELIMINATE THE COOK

COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE.

IT WAS ONE OF TWO MAJOR

REFERENDA ON YESTERDAY'S BALLOT.

A LOOK AT THE IMPLICATIONS.

>>> REPUBLICANS BREAK MILD

MADIGAN'S SUPER MAJORITY IN THE

HOUSE.

WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE ON

FIXING THE STATE'S PROBLEMS?

THE LATEST FROM SPRINGFIELD.

>> WHAT UNITES US, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, FAR OUTWEIGHS

ANYTHING THAT DIVIDES US.

>> TONIGHT'S VICTORY HERE IN

THIS ROOM IS A BRIGHT SPOT IN AN

OTHERWISE DARKENING.

>> AND TWO VEHICLEIOUS ILLINOIS

DEMOCRATS ON THEIR WAY TO

WASHINGTON TELL US HOW THEY PLAN

TO WORK WITH A TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION.

ALL THAT AND MORE NEXT ON

"CHICAGO TONIGHT."

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>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN

CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BUN OF COOK COUNTY'S NEWLY

ELECTED JUDGES WILL NOT BE

ALLOWED TO TAKE HER SEAT ON THE

BENCH.

RHONDA CRAWFORD IS THE CLERK WHO

IS ALLEGED TO HAVE PUT ON A ROBE

AND PRESIDED OVER TRAFFIC CASES

IN AUGUST.

SHE CONTINUES HER RUN FOR JUDGE

THOUGH THE INCIDENT LEFT HER

UNDER INDICTMENT UNDER FELONY

AND MISDEMEANOR CHARGES.

THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT

SUSPENDED HER LAW LICENSE AND

BARRED HER FROM BEING SWORN IN

IF SHE WON.

THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

DECLARED CRAWFORD THE WINNER BUT

IF SHE PERMANENTLY LOSES HER LAW

LICENSE IN A HEARING OR

CONVICTED OF A FELONY CHARGE SHE

WILL BE PERMANENTLY INELIGIBLE.

CRAWFORD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO

THE CHARGES.

>> ANOTHER RACIALLY CHARGED

CONFRONTATION IN THE MOUNT

GREENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

A MOSTLY BLACK GROUP OF 25

ACTIVISTS ARRIVED AT THE FAR

SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD TO

PROTEST THE FATAL POLICE

SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND OF

25-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA BEAL.

THEY WERE MET BY A LARGER GROUP

OF BLUE LIVES MATTER SUPPORTERS

DROWNING OUT CHANTS WITH REVVED

MOTORCYCLE ENGINES AND SHOUTS OF

GO HOME.

MOUNT GREEN WEED WAS THE SEEN OF

CONFRONTATIONS WHICH BLACK

PROTESTORS HAD TO BE ESCORTED

AWAY BY POLICE.

>>> AS FOR THE WEATHER CLEAR

TONIGHT WITH A LOW AROUND 39.

AND TOMORROW SHOULD BE SUNNY

WITH A HIGH NEAR 61.

>>> AND COMING UP, WHAT IS AT

STAKE FOR CHICAGO IN A DONALD

TRUMP PRESIDENCY?

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>> A SENSE OF ANXIETY AND

DISAPPOINTMENT AMONG MANY CITY

OF CHICAGO ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THE CITY OVERWHELMINGLY WENT

WITH DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE HILLARY

CLINTON BUT WILL NOW HAVE TO

WORK WITH A PRESIDENT TRUMP.

SOME ARE WE ARED ABOUT WHAT IT

MEANS FOR CHICAGO'S IMMIGRANT

POPULATION, FEDERAL FUNDING AND

MORE AFTER EFFORTS TO REMOVE

TRUMP'S HONORARY STREET SIGN.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE LATEST.

>> A PROTEST BEGAN OUTSIDE TRUMP

TOWER IN RIVER NORTH THIS

EVENING.

IT IS STILL GOING ON AT THIS

HOUR AND HAS GROWN TO BE

NUMBERED POSSIBLY OVER 1,000

PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE MARCHED DOWN INTO THE

LOOP AND THEN DOWN SOUTH

MICHIGAN AVENUE BLOCKING

TRAFFIC.

OBVIOUSLY REGISTERING THEIR

DISAPPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT

TRUMP.

AND IT REFLECT THE GLOOM MOOD OF

MANY CHICAGO ELECTED OFFICIALS

MOST MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC

PARTY AND THEY SUPPORTED THEIR

NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.

AND THEIR CONCERN AMONG LATINO

ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE

SPOKEN WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS

WHO ARE FULL OF ANXIETY

HARKENING BACK TO TRUMP'S

RHETORIC ABOUT DEPORTING

UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND

OVERTURNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS

THAT KEEP COLLEGE STUDENTS

UNDOCUMENTED THE SO-CALLED

DREAMERS, HERE IN THE COUNTRY OR

KEEPING THE UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS

OF AMERICAN BORN CHILDREN THE

SO-CALLED DOCA PARENTS HERE.

MAYOR EMANUEL SAYS CHICAGO WILL

REMAIN A WELCOMING CITY FOR

IMMIGRANTS.

BUT OTHERS ARE NOT SO SURE.

>> IT IS EXTREMELY DEPRESSING.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF DREAMERS AND

DOPA FAMILIES WHO HAVE ALL THEIR

INFORMATION HAS BEEN TURNED INTO

DC BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S

EXECUTIVE ORDER.

AND NOW ACCORDING TO WHAT TRUMP

HAS PROFESSED, THEY ARE IN

DANGER OF GOING BACK.

THERE'S REALLY SAD FAMILIES THAT

ARE NOW WORRYING WHAT IS GOING

TO HAPPEN NEXT.

>> I THINK THE IMMIGRANT

COMMUNITY IS STRONG A COMMUNITY

THAT HAS PROVEN WE CAN FIGHT AND

DEFEND OUR AVERAGES UNDER ATTACK

BY POLITICIANS THAT WANT TO PUSH

POLICIES THAT HURT US.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL SEE IF

DONALD TRUMP ATTEMPTS TO HURT

OUR COMMUNITY.

>> DO NOT LOSE HOPE BECAUSE

AMERICA EMBRACES YOU.

TWO, I WILL BE CLEAR THAT THE

CITY OF CHICAGO AT MANY, MANY

DIFFERENT LEVELS, EDUCATION OF

THEIR CHILDREN IN PRIMARY

EDUCATION, THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL

ID, THROUGH THE WAYS WE MAKE

SURE THAT CITY SERVICES ARE

ACCESSED AND ALSO THAT YOUR KIDS

CAN GO ON TO AT LEAST COMMUNITY

COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THE CHICAGO

STAR.

YOUR STRUGGLES YOUR SACRIFICE

YOUR DREAMS FOR YOUR CHILDREN

ARE HONORED HERE.

>> CHICAGO IS A SO-CALLED

SANCTUARY CITY FOR I AM GRANTS.

IT'S UNCLEAR HOW FEDERAL LAW

MIGHT INTERACT WITH HOME RULE ON

THAT SHOULD FEDERAL LAW CHANGE

GOING FORWARD MANY AND LAST

NIGHT'S HUMBLING DEFEAT CAUSED

LOCAL DEMOCRATS TO PONDER WHERE

EXACTLY THEIR PARTY HAS GONE

WRONG.

>> THE DEMOCRATS LOST LAST NIGHT

FOR A REASON DEMOCRATS LOSE A

LOT IS WE HAVE NOT TOLD A CLEAR

STORY TO THE PEOPLE WHAT IS

WRONG AND HOW TO FIX IT.

DONALD TRUMP HAS A STORY THAT

IT'S IMMIGRANTS AND MUSLIMS ARE

A PROBLEM.

BRUCE RAUNER SAYS LABOR UNIONS

ARE THE PROBLEM AND WE HAVE NOT

TOLD A STORY ABOUT WHAT IS

WRONG.

AND IT'S GUYS LIKE THEM THAT ARE

THE PROBLEM.

THE BILLIONAIRES WHO HAVE EARNED

MORE MONEY AND HELD DOWN WAGES

FOR WORKING PEOPLE.

AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TELL

THE STORY OF WHAT IS WRONG WERE

IN THIS COUNTRY INCOME

INEQUALITY AND CORPORATE PROFIT

OUT OF CONTROL AND WE CAN FIX IT

BY INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE IN

THE STATE.

>> PARIS THERE WAS NOISE ABOUT

THE COUNCIL'S EFFORT TO REMOVE

AN HONORARY TRUMP STREET SIGN IS

THAT GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> NO ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION

FROM THE MAYOR TODAY OR ANY OF

THE SPONSORS OF THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW.

AND CHICAGO WAS PORTRAYED IN A

HARSH LIGHT DURING A LOT OF THE

DEBATES WHERE PRESIDENT-ELECT

TRUMP HIGHLIGHTED THE HIGH

MURDER RATE HERE AND THE CITY

RELIES ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

IF BILLIONS IN FUNDING FOR

TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, FOR

INSTANCE, THE CTA RED LINE

EXTENSION AND MAYOR EMANUEL SAID

TODAY HE IS NOT WORRIED THAT THE

FEDERAL SPIGOT IS GOING TO DRY

UP.

>> I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT DONALD

TRUMP SOMEHOW PENALIZE CHICAGO.

CITIES TODAY ARE THE MAJOR

ECONOMIC CULTURAL INTELLECTUAL

ENERGY OF THE ECONOMY.

AND IT'S INCUMBENT UPON AN

ADMINISTRATION TO SEE THAT

STRENGTH AND INVEST IN IT AND I

WILL MAKE THAT CASE QUITE

LOUDLY.

>> I THINK THE MAYOR HAS TO GO

TO WASHINGTON RIGHT AWAY AND

COLLECT AS MUCH OF THE NETWORKS

THAT HE HAS TO GET THEIR MONEY

THAT THE CITY NEEDS BEFORE THE

END OF THE YEAR.

>> AND THE MAYOR WILL BE GOING

TO WASHINGTON RIGHT AWAY.

HE IS HEADING TO WASHINGTON D.C.

TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT VARIOUS

CHICAGO-RELATED ISSUES.

NO WORD WHETHER HE IS MEETING

WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA OR THE

PRESIDENT-ELECT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO CAROL MARIN AND A

LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT POLLS

AROUND THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY.

CAROL?

>> PHIL, THANK YOU.

>> DONALD TRUMP DEFIED POLITICAL

NORMS TO REACH THE HIGHEST

OFFICE IN THE LAND.

POLLS AND PREDICTIVE MODELS

SUGGESTED HILLARY CLINTON WAS

GOING TO WIN PERHAPS EVEN

HANDILY.

BUT ON ELECTION DAY TRUMP TORE

THROUGH KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES

LIKE FLORIDA AND PENNSYLVANIA.

PULLED OFF SURPRISES IN

WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN AND

ROLLED TO VICTORY.

CLINTON MEANWHILE IS LIKELY TO

EMERGE WITH A VICTORY IN THE

POPULAR VOTE BUT NOT THE

ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

THE COUNTRY SEEMS MORE DIVIDED

THAN EVER.

WILL PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP UNITE

THIS COUNTRY LIKE HE SUGGESTED

IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH OR DEEPEN

THE BREACH AFTER HIS

CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN RHETORIC?

HERE TO DISCUSS TRUMP'S WIN ARE

JOEL WEISMAN HOST OF "CHICAGO

TONIGHT", THE WEEK IN REVIEW

SEEN HERE FRIDAYS AT 7:00 P.M.

ON CHANNEL 11.

>> LAUREL HARBRIDGE YONG

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL

SCIENCE AT NORTHWESTERN

UNIVERSITY.

>>> PAT BRADY, A FORMER CHAIRMAN

OF THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY

AND A CONSULTANT AND FOUNDER OF

THE LOBBYING AND PUBLIC

RELATIONS FIRM NEXT GENERATION

PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

>>> AND THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF

THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY

COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER TIM

SCHNEIDER WELCOME ALL OF YOU

BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

VERY QUICK SURVEY TO BEGIN.

LET'S START WITH THE TWO

REPUBLICANS HERE.

TIM, SURPRISED BY TRUMP'S

VICTORY LAST NIGHT?

>> WE WERE SURPRISED.

MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WOULD

BE AN UNDERGROUND OF PEOPLE THAT

DID NOT WANT TO SAY THEY WERE

FOR TRUMP BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE

NASTY THINGS THAT HE HAD SAID.

BUT BEHIND THE SCENES AGREED

WITH THE POLICIES OF SECURITYING

OUR --

SECURING OUR BORDERS AND BRING

IN JOBS BACK.

YEAH, WE WERE A LITTLE

SURPRISED.

WE HAVE BEEN IN OUR STATE RACES

I THINK THAT WE EXPECTED TO WIN

STATE RACES BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN

DOING POLLING AND THOUGHT WE

WOULD HAVE SUCCESS THERE BUT IN

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, WE WERE A

LITTLE SURPRISED.

>> PAT BRADY?

>> SURPRISED.

I WAS NOT A FAN OF DONALD TRUMP

BUT WE HAD A BIG NIGHT AND KEPT

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND GOT

THE PRESIDENCY AND ILLINOIS

PICKED UP FOUR SEATS.

SO I THINK REPUBLICANS HAD A

GOOD YEAR AND THE REPUBLICAN

PARTY 24 HOURS AGO WAS ALMOST

DEAD AND NOW TALKING ABOUT IN

2018 PICKING UP MORE SEATS IN

THE SENATE IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT.

>> LAUREL IS A PROFESSOR

POLITICAL SCIENTIST SURPRISED?

>> ABSOLUTELY SURPRISED.

>> AND JOEL WEISMAN?

>> ABSOLUTELY SURPRISED AND ONE

OF THE REASONS I'M SURPRISED IS

BECAUSE I'M PART OF THAT GROUP

THINK WHICH IS THE MEDIA AND THE

MEDIA DOESN'T TRY TO DIVERGE

INTO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND WE

WERE TOLD ALL BY AND OUR

GROUPIES AND THE POLLS THAT HE

WAS A GONER.

AND OBVIOUSLY HE WASN'T.

AND IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE WAY

WE COVER ELECTIONS AND PRECISELY

HOW WE DON'T COVER THEM.

>> ARE THE POLL AND MODELS DEAD

IN TERMS OF USEFULNESS?

>> I THINK A LOT OF THINGS ARE

DEAD.

CONVENTIONAL COMMERCIALS ARE IN

PART DEAD.

I THINK NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING

WHICH HILLARY DID DID NOT HELP

HER AND SOME WILL GO BY THE

BOARDS.

AND THE POLLS WE TAKE AND THE

TEMPERATURE WE USE IN THE POLLS

HAS GOT TO BE REVISED INSIDE THE

TRUMP CAMPAIGN THEY OBVIOUSLY

HAD BETTER TECHNOLOGY.

I MEAN HE KNEW WHEN PEOPLE WERE

SAYING WHY ARE YOU GOING TO

WISCONSIN?

WHY ARE YOU GOING TO MINNESOTA?

HE HAD INDICATIONS FROM SOME

SURVEYS THAT THOSE WERE

CAPTURABLE STATES.

>> LAUREL FROM AN ACADEMIC

STANDPOINT AND A RESEARCH

STANDPOINT DO YOU VIEW THE POLLS

AND PREDICTIVE MODELS AS DEAD OR

TOO PROBLEMATIC TO USE NOW?

>> I WOULD NOT SAY THEY ARE DEAD

BUT I THINK PEOPLE HAVE TO THINK

HARD WITHIN THIS INDUSTRY ABOUT

HOW THEY ARE USING THESE POLLS

AND THE TYPES OF ASSUMPTIONS

THEY ARE COMFORTABLE MAKING.

A COUPLE OF THE ASPECTS WHICH I

THINK HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT IN

THIS ELECTION CYCLE WE KNOW IN

GENERAL THERE'S LOW RESPONSE

RATES TO POLLS.

SO THERE ARE MORE ASSUMPTIONS

THAT ARE MADE SAYING THAT YOU

CONTACTED A RANDOM GROUP OF

PEOPLE.

IN THIS ELECTION I THINK TWO

FACTORS MAY HAVE BEEN

PROBLEMATIC.

ONE IS HOW YOU WEIGHT THE

INDIVIDUALS WHO DO RESPOND TO

YOUR SURVEY.

>> BECAUSE THEY ARE SALTED AND

PEPPERED BASED ON WHAT YOU THINK

YOU ARE MISSING?

>> RIGHT.

YOU ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO

THAT SAMPLE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO

ARE WILLING TO TALK TO YOU.

AND THE OTHER PART AND THE

BIGGEST PART OF WHAT WENT WRONG

IN THE POLLS IS HOW THE

DIFFERENT POLLING FIRMS

PREDICTED WHO WAS GOING TO

TURNOUT.

THE LIKELY VOTER MODELS.

AND ACROSS THE POLLING FIRMS ONE

OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS THAT GOES

INTO THE LIKELY VOTER MODELS IS

WHETHER OR NOT YOU TURNED OUT TO

VOTE IN THE LAST ELECTIONS.

AND IF THE PAST ELECTIONS

AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE VERY

EXCITED TO TURNOUT.

BARACK OBAMA WAS THE NOMINEE.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE PERHAPS

LESS EXCITED FOR HILLARY

CLINTON.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHITE

INDIVIDUALS WHITE NONCOLLEGE

EDUCATED MALES PERHAPS TURNED

OUT LOWER RATES FOR OBAMA, AND

HIGHER RATES NOW.

>> PAT BRADY, THE GREAT

COLUMNIST ALWAYS SAID IF A

POLLSTER CALLS YOU LIE TO HIM.

>> I DO IT.

>> DO WE THINK IN FACT I MEAN

YOUR BUSINESS RELIES ON POLLS

FOCUS GROUPS --

>> PROBABLY THREE ELECTION

CYCLES HAVE BEEN GARBAGE THE

DIFFERENCE IS THE INTERNAL POLLS

WHEN GOVERNOR RAUNER AND TIM

LIVED THIS I WAS HEARING FROM

EVERYBODY HE IS DOWN FIVE BUT

THE INTERNAL POLLS WERE THAT HE

WAS UP.

THE INTERNAL POLLS TALK TO MORE

PEOPLE.

THE ARE VERY ACCURATE.

THEY DID HAVE ACCURATE POLLS

BECAUSE YOU READ ARTICLES TODAY

ABOUT THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN WAS

WORRIED AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN

KNEW WHERE TO GO SO THERE'S

ACCURATE POLLING.

THE PUBLIC POLLING HAS BEEN BAD.

>> DO YOU AGREE?

>> I SAW MOST OF OUR STATE HOUSE

AND SENATE RACES WAS ACCURATE AS

WE MOVED ALONG IN THE PROCESS.

WE PREDICTED THAT WE WERE GOING

TO WIN THE EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF

SEATS THAT WE DID IN BOTH THE

HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

WE KNEW IT WOULD BE A --

>> THAT IS YOUR OPTIMISM, AND

YOU WOULD BE HAPPY AND A VICTORY

IF YOU WON ONE SEAT.

>> LET'S SAY THIS.

>> THAT IS NOT POLLING THAT IS

SPIN.

>> SINCE THE REMAP THERE HAS NOT

BEEN A REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBER

THAT WON AN ELECTION SINCE 2010.

WE ARE IN A PRESIDENTIAL YEAR

AND A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE LOST

BY 17 POINTS AND WE PICK UP FOUR

HOUSE SEATS AND TWO SENATE

SEATS.

I WOULD SAY THAT IS A GOOD YEAR

FOR REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS.

AND AS PAT SAID EARLIER WE KEEP

THE U.S. HOUSE AND THE U.S.

SENATE AND OUR PRESIDENTIAL

NOMINEE GETS ELECTED NATIONALLY.

I SAY WE DID HAVE A GOOD DAY.

>> ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH

POLLS AND REPORTING ON POLLS IS

THAT WE COVER THE ELECTIONS AS

HORSERACES.

AND THE POLL IF WE ARE GOING TO

ONLY RELY ON POLLS TO BE

PREDICTIVE, WE ARE MISSING A

LOT.

OBVIOUSLY WE ARE MISSING WHEN

PEOPLE ARE NOT TRUTHFUL AND WE

ARE MISSING WHEN THE POLLS DO

NOT ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.

BUT YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO DO

SOME ADDITIONAL DIGGING.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, THE

INVESTIGATING AND THE FACT

CHECKING WAS LIGHT THIS TIME.

>> DID THESE RESEARCH MODELS

FAIL TO DETECT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL

EDUCATED MEN WHO WERE GOING TO

RISE UP AND THE NUMBERS THEY DID

AND GO FOR TRUMP, BEYOND BLACK

VOTES AND BEYOND LATINO VOTES?

>> I THINK THEY IDENTIFIED THAT

THE INDIVIDUALS WERE STRONG

SUPPORTERS OF TRUMP WHERE THEY

MISSED HOW MUCH THEY WERE GOING

TO TURNOUT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RETURNS

YOU LOOK AT PARTS OF WISCONSIN

AND PARTS OF FLORIDA THAT IN THE

RURAL AREAS YOU SAW A TURNOUT

RATES THAT WERE NOT WHAT PEOPLE

EXPECTED.

>> WHAT ROLE DID MISOGYNY PLAY,

THE IDEA --

WE COULD EIGHT YEARS AGO ELECT

AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN TO THE

PRESIDENCY.

BUT WE STILL WOULD NOT SEE FIT

TO ELECT A WOMAN TO THE

PRESIDENCY?

IS THERE SOMETHING TO THAT?

>> I THINK HILLARY'S CAMPAIGN

WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AND SHE DROPPED FAIRLY EARLY ON

THE WHOLE IDEA IT COULD BE AN

HISTORIC ELECTION AND A CHANCE

TO BREAK THE GLASS CEILING.

>> SHE LEFT THAT CONVERSATION

BEHIND.

>> SHE LEFT THAT CONVERSATION AT

THE VEHICLES AND SHE SUSPECTED

THAT THERE WAS MISOGYNY AT PLAY.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE

STATISTICS, HER AMOUNT OF FEMALE

SUPPORT WAS THE SAME THAT OBAMA

GOT.

AND TRUMP GOT MORE FEMALE

SUPPORT THAN PEOPLE HAD THOUGHT.

>> HOW DO WE SQUARE THE FACT TIM

AND PAT, THAT SO MANY AMERICANS

WHETHER THEY IDENTIFY AS

REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT,

DEMOCRAT, DON'T LIKE EITHER ONE

OF THEM.

DON'T FEEL EITHER ONE OF THEM IS

TRUTH WORTHY.

AND YET, ARE CELEBRATING A TRUMP

WIN.

>> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO

WHAT JOEL SAID I REJECT THE

NOTION THAT PEOPLE WOULD OR

WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HILLARY

CLINTON BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN.

I THINK IT WAS MORE ABOUT HER

CHARACTER AND THE E-MAIL SCANDAL

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE

HAD DONE WITH BENGHAZI.

AND PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO GO IN

THAT DIRECTION AND REJECTED FOUR

MORE YEARS OF WHAT WE HAD HAD

FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT THIS

ELECTION WAS ALL ABOUT.

IS REMAINING WITH THE STATUS QUO

BUSINESS AS USUAL.

OR TAKING THE COUNTRY IN A NEW

DIRECTION.

>> AND THAT NEW DIRECTION BY

TRUMP'S WORDS ARE ANTI-MUSLIM,

ANTI-MEXICAN, ANTIWOMAN DOES

THAT SUGGEST A NEW DIRECTION?

>> AND YET IN THE ELECTION YOU

SAW THAT MORE HISPANICS CAME OUT

AND VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP.

MORE AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAN

PREDICTED CAME OUT AND VOTED FOR

DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE WE SEE WHAT

IS HAPPENING IN OUR

INNER-CITIES.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CRIME IN

CHICAGO AND MANY OF OUR CITIES

IN OUR NATION MANY PEOPLE

BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP COULD

TAKE US IN A NEW DIRECTION AND

START REBUILDING OUR CITIES AND

CREATING JOBS AND BRINGING

BUSINESSES BACK TO OUR SHORES.

>> MANY PEOPLE NEVER VOTED

BEFORE AND WITH TWO NEGATIVE

CHOICES WHY DON'T A I TAKE A

CHANCE THAT THE ONE WHO IS AN

OUTSIDER AS A LAST-DITCH EFFORT

MAY TURN THINGS AROUND.

>> AND THE OTHER THING WE HAVE

TO REMEMBER IS THE POWER OF

PEOPLE'S PARTY IDENTIFICATION.

THAT AS MUCH AS PEOPLE MAY HAVE

DISLIKED THINGS ABOUT EITHER

CANDIDATE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

EXIT POLLS WHAT I SAW TODAY WAS

THAT 90% OF SELF IDENTIFIED

REPUBLICANS SAID THEY ENDED UP

VOTING FOR TRUMP AND AIDE 89% OF

DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR CLINTON.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT TRUMP WAS

NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN

CANDIDATE DID NOT ESPOUSE

TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVE

PRINCIPLES REPUBLICANS CAME HOME

TO HIM.

AND IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS PEOPLE

WHO HAD BEEN SAYING THEY WERE

VOTING FOR THIRD PARTY

CANDIDATES CAME HOME TO THE

PARTIES IN A LARGE DEGREE.

>> DONALD TRUMP SOME OF THE

STUFF HE DID WAS DISGUSTING.

THE LIFELONG REPUBLICAN, I WAS

EMBARRASSED BY THE CAMPAIGN HE

RAN.

BUT THE REALITY HE IS THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR WHATEVER REASON.

A LITTLE BIT OF IT BECAUSE

HILLARY CLINTON WAS NOT A GOOD

CANDIDATE AND WE DON'T DO

CORONATIONS AND SHE HAD A

PROBLEM WITH HONESTY AND DONALD

TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

THE SUGGESTIONS THAT HE IS

SOMEHOW EVIL OR WHATEVER HE DID

DURING THE CAMPAIGN WE HAVE TO

GO FORWARD.

WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES AND WE DON'T NEED

16 MORE YEARS OF WHAT WE SAW

WITH GEORGE BUSH OR BARACK OBAMA

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS TO

DEAL WITH.

>> WHAT HAPPENS THERE?

BECAUSE OF THE FRACTIOUS NATURE

OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY THEY

ATE THEIR YOUNG AMONG THOSE

CANDIDATES.

AND NOW, IN THE SENATE, MARCO

RUBIO IS BACK AND TED CRUZ.

>> HOLD ON A SECOND.

WE'VE GOT ELIZABETH WARREN AND

BERNIE SANDERS WHO CAME CLOSER

TO GETTING A NOMINATION THAN

HILLARY CLINTON DID IN 2008 THAT

WILL BE PULLING THIS PARTY TO

THE LEFT AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A

LEADER.

>> MY QUESTION IS ABOUT

REPUBLICANS AND HOW THEY FIRST

OF ALL HOW THEY PUT IT BACK

TOGETHER AGAIN BECAUSE MITCH

McCONNELL DID NOT WANT TO TALK

ABOUT IT --

>> I THINK WE ARE ALREADY

PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER.

PAUL RYAN WAS PUTTING IT BACK

TOGETHER THIS MORNING.

THE BUSHES WERE PUTTING IT BACK

TOGETHER.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ALL

ABOUT UNITY.

WE ARE TRYING TO BRING IT

TOGETHER.

I WAS AMAZED BY THE CONCILIATORY

MOOD OF SECRETARY CLINTON AND

BARACK OBAMA AND WHAT OUR

PRESIDENTIAL --

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP SAID.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO AS A NATION.

THAT IS WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THE

UNITED STATES.

WE COME TOGETHER.

AND ALONG WITH THAT, THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL COME

TOGETHER AND UNITE BEHIND DONALD

TRUMP.

>> BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A

LOT MORE TO IT WITHIN THE PARTY.

I THINK AT THIS TIME AFTER THE

ELECTION OF COURSE EVERYONE

WANTS TO GIVE AT LEAST LIP

SERVICE TO THE UNITY AND PERHAPS

THERE IS A REAL GOAL FOR THAT.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS

CLEAR-CUT WHAT WE WILL SEE

WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

GOING FORWARD.

>> THERE'S UNITY WHEN YOU SAID

THAT EVERYBODY RETURNED TO THE

PARTY.

>> THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT

THINGS.

ONE IS THAT VOTERS FOLLOWED

THEIR PARTY IDENTIFICATION AND

THE OTHER IS WITHIN CONGRESS YOU

ALREADY HAVE A DIVIDE BETWEEN

YOUR HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS

REPUBLICANS AND YOUR MORE

TRADITIONAL REPUBLICANS.

DONALD TRUMP ESPOUSES A BRAND OF

REPUBLICANISM THAT IS DIFFERENT

THAN BOTH OF THOSE.

AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IT'S

NECESSARILY CLEAR-CUT WHAT THAT

AGENDA WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD

UNITE BEHIND.

>> THAT IS WHY IT'S UP TO HIM

RIGHT NOW.

HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES COME UP WITH

SOMETHING SOME AGENDA THAT THE

COUNTRY CAN AGREE UPON AND I

LIKED WHAT HILLARY CLINTON

SUGGESTED HOW ABOUT A BIG

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT

EVERYBODY CAN AGREE ON.

HOW ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND GIVE HIM A CHANCE.

TO SUGGEST THIS IS ABOUT IT'S

NOT GOING TO WORK.

HE HAS ONLY BEEN ELECTED 12

HOURS.

>> AND I DO NOT THINK ANYBODY IS

SUGGESTING THAT IT'S ALL

DIVIDED.

>> THE QUESTION SUGGESTED IT.

>> HOW DO YOU IN THE LONG-TERM

NOT THE SHORT-TERM, PIECE THIS

TOGETHER?

BUT ONE LAST QUICK QUESTION WE

ARE ABOUT OUT OF TIME TO MEDIA

JOEL DOES THE MEDIA HAVE A PLACE

AT THIS TABLE?

OR HAVE THEY --

HAVE WE IN CRITICAL WAYS

FORSAKEN OUR OWN PLACE?

>> I THINK WE HAVE

UNFORTUNATELY.

AND WE'VE DONE IT BUYER REPORTS

IN THE WAY WE COVERED THESE

THINGS.

AND WE'RE DOING IT BY OTHER

FORCES THAT WERE BUFFETTED BY

NAMELY THE INTERNET AND TWITTER

AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHICH DO NOT HAVE THE SAME

STANDARDS THAT THE MEDIA DOES.

>> SOUL SEARCHING OR A LOT OF

SOUL SEARCHING.

>> A LOT OF SOUL SEARCHING AND

CHANGING THE TEMPLATE.

>> JOEL WEISMAN, LAUREL

HARBRIDGE YONG, PAT BRADY, TIM

SCHNEIDER THANK YOU VERY MUCH

FOR BEING WITH US ON "CHICAGO

TONIGHT."

UP NEXT A LOOK AT WHAT A TRUMP

PRESIDENCY MAY MEAN TO THE

ECONOMY.

SO STAY WITH US.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO

TONIGHT", COOK COUNTY VOTERS

TELL THE RECORDER OF DEEDS

OFFICE TO CLOSE-UP SHOP.

>>> THE LATEST ON GOVERNOR

RAUNER AND SPEAKER MADIGAN'S

BATTLE FOR POWER IN SPRINGFIELD.

>> AND TWO LOCAL DEMOCRATS

HEADING TO CONGRESS SHARE THEIR

THOUGHTS ON THE TRUMP VICTORY.

>> FIRST DONALD TRUMP'S ELECTION

ROILED GLOBAL MARKETS LAST NIGHT

AND IS MORE MARKET VOLATILITY IN

STORE?

THE PRESIDENT-ELECT PROMISED

MASSIVE TAX CUTS, THRILLIAN

DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING

AND TEARING UP TRADE AGREEMENTS.

WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT OF A

TRUMP PRESIDENCY ON THE ECONOMY

HERE AND ABROAD?

JOINING US WITH ANSWERS ARE

EDWARD STUART PROFESSOR EMERITUS

OF ECONOMICS AT NORTHEASTERN

ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND MICHAEL

MILLER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF

ECONOMICS AT DEPAUL'S COLLEGE OF

BUSINESS.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO

TONIGHT."

>> I'M INTERESTED IN THE

REACTION TO THE RESULTS.

MICHAEL MILLER YOUR REACTION TO

TRUMP'S VICTORY?

>> I WAS SURPRISED.

I AM A REPUBLICAN, A

CONSERVATIVE AND I VOTED FOR

GARY JOHNSON.

I HAD BEEN ASKED WHICH ONE OF

THE TWO CANDIDATES DO I THINK

WOULD DO LESS HARM?

AND I HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD BE

HILLARY CLINTON BUT THAT WAS

WELL BEFORE SOME OF THE STUFF

CAME OUT AND HER BAD JUDGMENT.

I THINK WE ARE STUCK WITH

SOMEBODY WHO WE CAN WORK WITH.

AND IT WILL NOT BE THE END OF

THE WORLD.

>> NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

STUART?

>> MAYBE CLOSE TO IT.

>> WHY?

>> I WAS SHOCKED.

AND STILL SOMEWHAT INCREDULOUS.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF COURSE IS

THAT DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T REALLY

HAVE ANY ECONOMIC IDEAS.

AND DOESN'T HAVE SPECIFIC PLANS.

AND HAS KIND OF SLOGANS AND

BLEEPS MOST OF WHICH ARE NOT

TRUE.

ONE OF THE PANELISTS TALKED

ABOUT CRIME RISING.

CRIME IS FALLING.

AND DONALD TRUMP TALKED ABOUT

MANUFACTURING JOBS LEAVING AND

MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT IS UP

IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND DONALD TRUMP AT ONE TIME

SAID THE TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

WAS 40%.

ONLY AN IDIOT WOULD BELIEVE

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE QUESTION OF WHAT COMES NEXT

IS PRETTY SEVERE AND I THINK THE

CONSEQUENCES COULD BE PRETTY

BAD.

AND THE STOCK MARKET I THINK IS

GIVING US AN INDICATION THAT

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BAD FOR

EVERYBODY JUST FOR THE PEOPLE

WHO VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP.

>> MICHAEL MILLER WHO WILL

BENEFIT FROM A TRUMP PRESIDENCY

IN TERMS OF THEIR ECONOMIC

STATUS AND WELL-BEING?

>> WELL, IF HE GETS WHAT HE

WANTS IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC

GROWTH BECAUSE ONE BIG

DIFFERENCE IS THAT HILLARY

CLINTON LIKE BARACK OBAMA

BELIEVES IN INCOME

REDISTRIBUTION MORE THAN GROWTH.

DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES IN GROWTH

INSTEAD OF REDISTRIBUTION.

INCOMES HAVE NOT BEEN RISING

UNTIL RECENTLY.

MEDIAN INCOME OF HOUSEHOLDS IS

LOWER THAN AT THE START OF THE

GREAT RECESSION.

IF WE GET THE GROWTH HE IS

TALKING ABOUT THROUGH HIS

POLICIES, THIS WOULD HELP

EVERYBODY.

IT WOULD BE GOOD.

>> EDWARD STUART WHAT GROWTH IS

HE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT ARE

THE ODDS OF GETTING THAT?

>> ALMOST NONE BECAUSE THERE'S

GOOD EVIDENCE FROM RELATIVELY

MAINSTREAM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE

THE IMF THAT REDISTRIBUTION IS

PRO GROWTH BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH

A UNEASTERN DISTRIBUTION THAT

ECONOMIC GROWTH DEPENDS ON

CONSUMER DEMAND AND IT CANNOT

EXIST UNLESS THERE'S INCOME.

AND IF THE TRUMP TAX IDEA OF

CUTTING TAXES FOR THE RICH AND

CUTTING TAXES FOR THE

CORPORATIONS, AND THEN HAVING TO

CUT DOMESTIC SPENDING TO FINANCE

DEFENSE SPENDING OR

INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING, I DO

NOT THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE

GROWTH.

>> MICHAEL MILLER, WHO STANDS TO

GET HURT?

>> WHO WOULD GET HURT?

I THINK IF HE GOT THROUGH THE

POLICIES HE WANTS WHICH WOULD BE

TRADE PROTECTIONISM WE WOULD ALL

GET HURT IN THAT SENSE IN THAT

THE PRICES OF GOODS WOULD GO UP

AND WE WOULD HAVE A TRADE WAR

BETWEEN US AND OTHER COUNTRIES

WHICH IS NEVER GOOD FOR PRICES

IN GENERAL.

SO IF HE WOULD GET THAT THROUGH

WHAT I'M HOPING HE WILL MOVE

TOWARDS THE CENTER.

WHEN HE WORKS WITH THE CONGRESS,

THEY WILL CONVINCE HIM AND HE

WILL NEGOTIATE AS HE SAYS HE

DOES VERY WELL, TO COME UP WITH

SOME KIND OF TWEAKING OF THE

TRADE AGREEMENTS WITHOUT

DESTROYING THE TRADE AGREEMENTS.

AND HE WILL PLACATE THE POPULOUS

I TOLD YOU I WOULD LOOK AT THE

TRADE AGREEMENTS.

BUT HE IF HE GETS WHAT HE WANTS

HE WOULD SOMEHOW YANK NAFTA AND

GO AFTER TPP, THIS WOULD BE A

PROBLEM.

>> EDWARD STUART ANY IDEA WHO IS

ADVISING HIM ON MATTERS RELATING

TO THE ECONOMY?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND

NOBODY THAT HAS ANY STATUS WITH

WITHIN THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION.

I KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE

AGAINST ELITES.

BUT EVEN GEORGE BUSH AND RONALD

REAGAN HAD ECONOMIST WHO HAD

SOME IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.

DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT KNOW

ANYBODY THAT HAS IDEAS THAT

KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

THAT MIGHT BE ACADEMIC WHICH WE

OFTEN HAVE.

I KNOW HE WORKS WITH LARRY

KUDLOW WHO WAS A FED ECONOMIST

AND THEN A CORPORATE ECONOMIST.

AND NOW HE DOES CNBC.

AND THE GUY STEVEN MOORE AT THE

"WALL STREET JOURNAL" HERITAGE

THEY ARE ECONOMISTS THEY ARE

PHD'S THEY ARE NOT STUPID MEN.

>> LARRY KUDLOW LAST BEEN WRONG

ABOUT EVERYTHING FOR 25 YEARS

AND STEVEN MOORE IS NOT WELL

RESPECTED BY ANYBODY ON THE

LEFT, RIGHT OR CENTER.

>> YOU REFERENCED THIS BUT

DONALD TRUMP HAS PLEDGED TO

REBUILD INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH

WILL BECOME SECOND TO NONE IN

THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S

TERMINOLOGY AND HE HAS A

THRILLIAN REBUILDING PLAN.

WHERE IS HE GOING TO GET THE

SPENDING?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WILL

GET THE MONEY.

I DO.

I KNOW WHAT HIS PLAN IS.

HIS PLAN IS BY CHANGING THE

CORPORATE TAX LAWS, AND BY

BRINGING THE PERSONAL INCOME

DOWN TO 3 DIFFERENT AND LOWER

BRACKETS, THAT THIS WOULD CAUSE

ECONOMIC GROWTH TO GO FROM 2% TO

4%.

AND THAT WOULD GENERATE IN

ITSELF GENERATE MORE REVENUE

THAT HE COULD USE AND SPEND AND

DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY.

>> THOSE PROJECTIONS 2-4% EDWARD

STUART YOU THOUGHT THOSE WERE

NOT REALISTIC?

>> I THINK THE PHRASE IS VOODOO

ECONOMICS IT'S BEEN TRIED WITH

REAGAN AND BUSH AND THERE'S NO

GROWTH FROM TAX CUTS.

ALSO THERE'S NO HISTORICAL

EVIDENCE AND NO METRIC EVIDENCE

THAT TAX CUTS ESPECIALLY FOR THE

WEALTHY PRODUCE ANYTHING EXCEPT

LARGER BUDGET DEFICITS AND

MONETARY POLICY THAT HAS TO BE

RESTRICTIVE AND RAISING INTEREST

RATES HIGH.

>> THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

EVEN DONE BY THE ADVISER WHO

ADVISE Mr. OBAMA THAT TAX

INCREASES THAT MRS. CLINTON

WANTED ARE EXTREMELY

CONTRACTIONARY AND HAD HILLARY

CLINTON WON AND PUT IN THE $5

MILLION BREAK WHERE YOU HAVE TO

PAY THIS EXTRA INCOME TAX THAT

WOULD HAVE SLOWED ECONOMIC

GROWTH IT WOULD NOT HAVE

INCREASED IT.

>> AND SHE WAS PROMISING TO CUT

TAXES TO RAISE TAXES ON UPPER

INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND LOWER IT

ON LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

>> WHAT IS THE FED GOING TO DO

NOW WITH THE INTEREST RATES?

>> I WOULD SUSPECT THAT IN

DECEMBER BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS

UNCERTAINTY THAT THEY WILL DO

NOTHING.

>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING

DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE

DEVELOPED TO DO SOMETHING IN THE

LAST TWO MEETINGS.

AND NOT RIGHT BEFORE THE

ELECTION BUT THE NUMBER COMING

OUT OF THE LAST FED MEETING WAS

70% CHANCE OF AN INCREASE IN

DECEMBER ASSUMING THE DATA COMES

IN THE WAY IT HAS BEEN COMING

IN.

I'M NOT SURE IF THE LABOR DATA

DOES NOT COME IF I'M WONDERING

IF THE FED WILL RAISE RATES AND

SIT ON IT.

>> AND JANET YELLEN WHAT IS HER

FUTURE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I DO NOT THINK IT'S GOOD WHICH

IS A REAL TRAGEDY.

>> SHE HAS A 12-YEAR TERM?

>> SHE IS A BRIGHT WOMAN AND HAS

GOTTEN A LOT OF TOTALLY

IRRATIONAL CRITICISM FROM THE

TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

ONE OF THE ISSUES ABOUT THE FED

IS THAT IT IS A CREATURE OF

CONGRESS AND CONGRESS CAN CHANGE

THE LAW.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN --

>> CAN CONGRESS CHANGE HER TERM?

>> YES, THEY CAN CHANGE

ANYTHING.

>> SHE HAS A 12-YEAR TERM IN

TERMS OF HER SEAT BUT A

FOUR-YEAR TERM AS CHAIRWOMAN AND

EVERY PRESIDENT GETS THE CHANCE

TO NOMINATE AND APPOINT A

CHAIRPERSON TO THE HEAD OF THE

BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

SO SHE WILL BE UP SOMETIME

DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

THIS IS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE IN

OTHER WORDS WHY GARY JOHNSON

EVEN THOUGH I AM PROUDLY A

REPUBLICAN.

>> YOU ARE WEARING THE TIE.

>> I BROUGHT MY ELEPHANTS.

AND HE THINKS THAT THE FED AND

YELLEN IN PARTICULAR IS

POLITICAL AND THAT IS JUST WRONG

NOT THE CASE.

>> YOU DO NOT THINK YELLEN IS A

POLITICAL PERSON IN THE SENSE --

>> I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR HER.

I BELIEVE SHE IS A GOOD

ECONOMIST NOT WORKING ON

POLITICS.

>> EDWARD STUART THE

PRESIDENT-ELECT TALKED ABOUT

SPENDING BILLIONS ON BUILDING A

WALL WITH MEXICO.

ONE OF THIS COUNTRY'S BIGGEST

TRADE PARTNERS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PROSPECTS

FOR THAT ARE?

>> I HOPE NOT GOOD.

ONE OF THE THINGS I AGREE WITH

MIKE ON IS THAT PROTECTIONISM

AND CUTTING OFF TRADE IS NOT A

WIN-WIN SITUATION.

THERE WILL BE A FEW INDUSTRIES

THAT MAY BE HELPED BUT THERE

WILL BE LOTS OF INDUSTRIES THAT

ARE HURT.

AND A LOT OF INDUSTRIES IN

CHICAGO THAT DEPEND ON EXPORTS,

BOEING WOULD BE HURT.

ALL OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES

AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND

BUSINESS SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.

>> THEY WOULD NOT BE HURT BY A

WALL?

>> WELL, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT

NAFTA AND A WALL AND WHAT THAT

WOULD SYMBOLIZE.

SO, YEAH, IT'S NOT A HAPPY

PROSPECT.

>> MICHAEL MILLER, THE PROSPECTS

OF A WALL BEING BUILT?

>> OR CAMPAIGN RHETORIC?

>> IF HE DOES NOT COME UP WITH

SOMETHING LIKE THAT HE IS GOING

TO TAKE A MAJOR HIT IN TERMS OF

POPULARITY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT

THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WANTING.

I AM NOT A FAN OF IT.

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT WE HAVE

THE RIGHT TO PROTECT OUR BORDERS

AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT

PHYSICAL WALLS CAN WORK.

ASK ISRAEL AND SEE IF ISRAELIS

ARE SHOT BY PALESTINIANS ANYMORE

AND THE ANSWER IS NO.

>> AND ASK THE EAST GERMANS.

>> BUT THEY DID WORK TO KEEP THE

PEOPLE IN.

BUT I JUST THAT IS NOT WHERE THE

IMMIGRATION ISSUE IS CENTERED.

IT'S MORE THAT PEOPLE COME IN ON

A VISA AND OVER STAY NOT PEOPLE

COMING OVER THE BORDER FROM

MEXICO.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT.

ALWAYS LOVE HAVING THE TWO OF

YOU ON.

UP NEXT A MOVE MADE BY COOK

COUNTY VOTERS SO STAY WITH US.

>> COOK COUNTY VOTERS DID

SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY

YESTERDAY THEY VOTED TO

ELIMINATE THE OFFICE OF THE COOK

COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS AND

CONSOLIDATE IT INTO THE COUNTY

CLERK'S OFFICE.

IT WAS ONE OF TWO BINDING

REFERENDA ON THE BALLOT AND BOTH

GOT THE VOTERS' THUMBS UP.

>> THE REFERENDA TO MERGE THE

RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE INTO

THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE WAS

RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT

FROM COUNTY VOTERS WITH MORE

THAN 63% OF THEM SAYING YES.

THE MEASURE WAS PROPOSED BY

COUNTY COMMISSIONER JOHN

FRITCHEY WHO SAID CONSOLIDATING

THE OFFICES COULD SAVE 800,000

TO 2 MILLION A YEAR.

10 COUNTY COMMISSIONER VOTED TO

PUT THE CONSOLIDATION MEASURE ON

THE BALLOT.

AND ALL FIVE OF THE COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN OPPOSED THE

MEASURE.

QUESTIONING WHETHER IT WOULD

BRING ABOUT SAVINGS AND ONE

COMMISSIONER SAID THAT IT WAS AN

ALL OUT ATTACK ON BLACK ELECTED

OFFICIALS.

THE LAST FOUR RECORDERS OF DEEDS

HAVE BEEN AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

AND THE OFFICE EMPLOYS MANY

AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

BUT NOW, THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF

THE RECORDERS OFFICE IS TO KEEP

PROPERTY RECORDS, TRACK LIENS

AND COLLECT TRANSFER TAXES.

BUT THE HEAD SAYS HER OFFICE

DOES MORE INCLUDING OUTREACH TO

RESIDENTS TO SAVE THEM MONEY.

THE MERGER TAKES PLACE IN THE

NEXT FOUR YEARS AND KAREN

YARBROUGH IS IN THE DARK ABOUT

THE LOGISTICS OF MERGING AND

QUESTIONS WHERE THE COST SAVINGS

WILL HAPPEN.

>> THE CLERK SAID SOMETHING

ABOUT CHANGE THE NAME ON THE

DOOR.

WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

YOU WILL HAVE TO DO MUCH MORE

THAN THAT.

SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE A REAL

FEEL FOR HOW THIS IS GOING TO

HAPPEN.

I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS GOING TO

SAVE AND NEITHER DOES THE COUNTY

BOARD FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE

DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO IN

THIS OFFICE ANYWAY.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO DID, I WOULD

THINK THAT THE 600,000 PEOPLE

WHO VOTED NOT TO CONSOLIDATE THE

OFFICE MAYBE THEY UNDERSTOOD

WHAT WE DO HERE MAYBE A USE THE

OFFICE.

>> COUNTY CLERK DAVID ORR WHOSE

OFFICE WILL BE TAKING OVER THE

FUNCTIONS HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE

OF THIS MERGER.

HOW COME?

>> WELL, THAT IS BECAUSE HE SAYS

HE HAS SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS

KAREN YARBROUGH HAS NOT

IMPLEMENTED SOME TECHNOLOGIES

AND EFFICIENCIES THAT COULD BE

COST SAVINGS FOR THAT OFFICE.

AND HE SAYS THE CONSOLIDATION IS

A SMART MOVE AND THE COST

SAVINGS WILL COME FROM

ELIMINATING 16 ADMINISTRATIVE

POSITIONS INCLUDING HUMAN

RESOURCES AND PR.

>> FOR BIG CITIES AND BIG

COUNTIES TO SURVIVE WE HAVE GOT

TO BE EFFICIENT.

AND SO BY COMBINING OFFICES

WHICH WILL SAVE US A LOT OF

MONEY AND WITH NO INEFFICIENCIES

FOR THE VOTERS IT ALL MAKES

SENSE.

YOU COULD SAVE $2 MILLION A

YEAR.

AND BUILD FROM THERE.

AND THERE ARE NOT ANY

SIGNIFICANT COSTS WHATSOEVER FOR

COMBINING THE OFFICES.

KEEP IN MIND, THE KEY IS THE

RECORDING FUNCTION IS IMPORTANT.

AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE

DOING THE RECORDING FUNCTION

WILL STAY THERE.

WE SHOULD BE DOING CROSS-TRAIN.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT

THAT THEIR PEOPLE CAN DO THE

CLERK'S WORK AND OUR PEOPLE CAN

DO THE RECORDER'S WORK AND YOU

SAVE MONEY NOT BY LAYOFFS BUT BY

WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE YOU HAVE

PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THE WORK.

>> COOK COUNTY CLERK DAVID ORR

HELD HIS POST FOR 25 YEARS AND

IS NOW 72 YEARS OLD.

THERE HAS BEEN BUZZ THAT DAVID

ORR MAY NOT RUN IN 2018 WHICH

OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE CURRENT

RECORDER OF DEEDS AND SHE DOES

SAY SHE IS INTERESTED.

>> AND THERE WERE OTHER

NONBINDING REFERENDA ON THE

CHICAGO BALLOT BUT THERE IS A

MEASURE BINDING AND THAT PASSED

EASILY.

>> IT HAD OVERWHELMING SUPPORT.

THE SO-CALLED SAFE ROADS

AMENDMENT AND IT PASSED WITH

NEARLY 80% OF THE VOTE.

IT NEEDED 60% OF THE VOTE IN

ORDER TO BE ADDED TO THE STATE

CONSTITUTION.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS FORCE TAXING

BODIES TO USE TRANSPORTATION

RELATED FEES SUCH AS LICENSE

PLATE REGISTRATION PAYMENTS AND

MOTOR FUEL TAXES ONLY ON ROADS

AND BRIDGE PROJECTS AND THE CTA.

PUTTING THE MONEY COLLECTED INTO

WHAT IS CALLED THE LOCK BOX ONLY

USED FOR THOSE TRANSPORTATION

PURPOSES.

IT NOT ONLY WAS A RARE

BIPARTISAN PROPOSAL FROM

GOVERNOR RAUNER AND MIKE MADIGAN

BUT IT GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM

TRADE UNIONS AND MAJOR BUSINESS

GROUPS AND THE ILLINOIS CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE.

AND WE GOT REACTION FROM LOCAL

PUBLIC OBSERVERS.

CYNTHIA THE SENIOR ADVISOR

SAYS...

>> THANK YOU.

>> AFTER TENS OF MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS AND A MASSIVE WAVE OF

POLITICAL ADVERTISING,

REPUBLICANS NETTED A HANDFUL OF

SEATS IN THE ILLINOIS

LEGISLATURE IN THE ELECTION.

THEY PICKED UP ENOUGH TO BREAK

HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE MADIGAN'S

SUPER MAJORITY BUT THE VETO

OVERRIDE POWER PROVED TOUGH FOR

MADIGAN TO WRANGLE.

THE STATE HOUSE AND THE SENATE

REMAIN IN DEMOCRATIC CONTROL.

JOINING US FROM SPRINGFIELD WITH