>> THANKS FOR JOINING US CHICAGO TONIGHT. I'M PARIS SHOTS. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING NORTHWESTERN SWEETENS THE DEAL TO TRY AND GET ITS PLANS FOR A REBUILT RYAN FIELD. PAST OF INSTANT CITY COUNCIL. BUT OPPOSITION REMAINS. AND THEY'RE JOHNSON, 16 BILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN IS SPENT SENT SET FOR A FINAL VOTE TOMORROW. OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM HAS A PREVIEW. >> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES. WORKERS AT THE HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTERS HAVE KICKED OFF A TWO-DAY STRIKE. SEVERAL DOZEN OF THE CLINIC'S EMPLOYEES PICKETED OUTSIDE A HEALTH CENTER IN ENGLEWOOD ALLEGING THAT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COMPANY HAVE STALLED AND THAT THE COMPANY'S CEO HAS ENGAGED IN WHAT THEY SAY ARE LABOR VIOLATIONS. WORKERS ARE ASKING FOR HIGHER PAY LAYOFF PROTECTIONS AND MORE REMOTE WORK OPTIONS. >> IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT OUR LEADERSHIP DOES NOT WANT TO COME TO THE TABLE AND BARGAIN WITH US IN A FAIR WAY OVER A FAIR CONTRACT. THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ARE VERY SIMPLE AND THEY ARE FOR A DOUBLE. THEY MORE THAN AFFORDABLE BY OUR ORGANIZATION. >> HOWARD BROWN OFFICIALS, MEANWHILE, RESPONDED THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED THEIR FINAL CONTRACT OFFER AND IT INCLUDES MORE PAID TIME OFF AS WELL AS MORE THAN 2 MILLION DOLLARS IN COLLECTIVE WAGE AND BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS. MEANWHILE, WORKERS RALLIED IN THE LOOP TODAY AGAINST HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE. THE GROUPS ARE CALLING OUT HARASSMENT, THEY SAY, IS HAPPENING TO LOW-WAGE WORKERS AT A HANDFUL OF COMPANIES INCLUDING DYNAMIC MANUFACTURING, PIVOT, BIO LOS TACOS AND DESSERTS AND CAFE LA PETITO. THE GROUPS INCLUDING RAISING THE FLOOR SAY THEY HAVE FILED WORKPLACE HARASSMENT CLAIMS WITH THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. >> WE'RE HERE TO SAY WE NOT TOLERATE GENDERED VIOLENCE IN OUR WORKPLACES. SURVIVORS. WHAT SURVIVORS LEAVES A LAWYERS BETTER TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM A >> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON WAS ON HAND TO WELCOME THE NEWEST CLASS OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RECRUITS. THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE THIS MORNING AS IT USUALLY DOES AT NAVY PIER. THE COMMEMORATED THE GRADUATION OF THE LAST 4 CLASSES AND CPD AS WELL AS NEW PROMOTIONS OF COMMAND STAFF. THE TENANTS SERGEANTS AND MANY OTHERS. JOHNSON ASKED THE NEW ACPD MEMBERS TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND COMMUNITY. >> THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR YOU AND FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO. OUR ENTIRE CITIES STRENGTHEN. BY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO WAS DEDICATED. YOUR LIFE TO THIS CAREERS SERVICE. >> BEST OF LUCK TO THE NEW SWORN OFFICERS. UP NEXT, RESIDENTS IN DISAGREEMENT OVER RENOVATION TO NORTHWESTERN'S RYAN FIELD. THAT'S RIGHT. AFTER THIS. >> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS. THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY. THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION. AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS. >> EVAN STONE IAN'S NORTHWESTERN FANS HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT 800 MILLION DOLLAR REBUILD OF RYAN FIELD. THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE BEEN VOTED ON BY THE EVANSTON CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT. BUT MAYOR DANIEL BISS AND 6 OF 8 COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDED TO TABLE IT FOR A WEEK. OFFICIALS SAY IT'S TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY MORE TIME TO LOOK AT AGREEMENT IN WHICH NORTHWESTERN HAS PROPOSED TO PAY 157 MILLION DOLLARS OVER 15 YEARS IN, QUOTE, COMMUNITY BENEFITS. SO LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE MAY HAVE THE ANSWER NEXT MONDAY. WE THOUGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR ANSWER LAST NIGHT. SO WHAT'S ONE MORE WEEKEND? JOINING US, OUR JEFF SMITH, PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL STREET NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, LONGTIME EVANSTON RESIDENT ROBERT ORNSTEIN, WHO LIVES NEAR RYAN FIELD. HARRY UHL DAVIS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MOST LIVABLE CITY ASSOCIATION. AND REVEREND DOCTOR MICHAEL NEIGHBORS, SENIOR PASTOR AT SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH EVANSTON. WE ALSO INVITED NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY JOIN US, BUT THEY DECLINED. WE ARE HAPPY. YOU'RE HERE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. WE HAVE 2 THAT HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR IN OPPOSITION TO UP TO THIS POINT. START WITH YOU, REVEREND NEIGHBORS. WHAT IS THIS EXTRA WEEK GOING TO MEAN FOR THE DEAL? >> WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE PLACING THE VOTE, BUT IT WILL CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS IN EVANS. STAND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AGREEMENT WHICH HAS MOVED FROM 100 MILLION TO 157 MILLION DOLLARS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO SHARE, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT I THINK THAT THE AGREEMENT THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS MADE WITH THE CITY IS UNPRECEDENTED WITH REGARD TO AMERICAN CITIES AND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER UNIVERSITY THAT IS MADE THAT KIND OF PLEDGE OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD TO TRY TO INCREASE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY THAT INCLUDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUEUES INCLUDES COMMUNITY PARK IN MAINE AND ALL OF THOSE ISSUES THAT AFFECT ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE BLACK AND BROWN AND WOMEN AT THE MARGINAL GROUP. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT EXTRA WEEK AND TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE AGREEMENT, ARTERIAL DAVIS SAID THE BIG CONCERN HERE HAS NOT BEEN OVER THE STADIUM ITSELF, BUT NORTHWESTERN'S PLANS. >> TO HAVE NOW AT LEAST 6 CONTRACTORS MUCH AS 6 CONCERTS NON-FOOTBALL DAYS AT THAT STADIUM. IS THAT STILL YOUR MAIN CONCERN? YEAH. BELIEVE THAT'S A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY STILL MAIN CONCERN. WE HAVE TAKEN THE STANCE OF BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS OURSELVES TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. >> IF MY NEIGHBOR WANTS TO BE BOTH THEIR HOUSE FOR A PERFECTLY OK WITH IT. IF MY NEIGHBOR WANTS TO HOST 6 WILD PARTIES WITH RANDOM PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT AT NIGHT, NO, I'M NOT OK WITH. I THINK MOST PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME. BUT IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE FROM OTHER WARDS DISREGARD THAT ASPECT AND HOW IT IMPACTS A COMMUNITY PARTICULAR. FIND THAT PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN ARE PARTICULARLY UNSYMPATHETIC TO ISSUE. BUT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT AREA HAVE YOUNG FAMILIES AND WE'RE ALL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING A HUGE INFLUX OF JUST STRANGERS COMING IN AND OF THE NOISE AND HOW WILL EVERYONE TO SEE YOU DO LIVE NEAR RYAN FIELD. YOU ARE COOL WITH THE CONCERTS. ALTHOUGH THE CITY'S USE COMMISSION DID VOTE AGAINST THIS. 72 THE FINAL VOTE WILL WILL RESIDE WITH CITY COUNCIL. >> IS THAT CAUSE FOR CONCERN THAT THE LESE USE COMMISSION SAID THIS REZONING TO ALLOW THE CONCERTS WASN'T THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. WELL, FIRST OF TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON LAND USE COMMISSION THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS. >> THEY VOTED 9 TO NOTHING IN FAVOR OF THE NEW STADIUM. AND TO BE CLEAR, I'VE BEEN IN FAVOR OF THE NEW STADIUM FROM A YEAR AGO WHEN IT WAS FIRST PROPOSED BECAUSE I SEE THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF THE NEW STADIUM IN TERMS OF CONCERTS, IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE NEW STADIUM. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. AND I THINK PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN USE A CALENDAR AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE THEIR TIME THE WAY THEY DO FOR FOOTBALL GAMES. THEY DON'T LIKE HOW THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS THEM. WHY WOULD YOU STICK AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT? AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF NICE PLACES YOU CAN GO TO VISIT DURING CONCERTS IN THE EVENING GOLD ORCHARD GO UP TO REVENUE AND ENJOY A CONCERT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO IMPACT YOU. WE PEOPLE FEAR IT WILL IMPACT THEM. I'D LIKE TO SEE A NEW STADIUM. ALL RIGHT TO JEFF HAS THAT BEEN YOUR CONCERN? CONCERTS? TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. >> SECURITY IS NORTHWEST OF THAN ANYTHING TO ASSUAGE THOSE CONCERNS. >> THERE'S BEEN SOME MOVES AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG. I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL AND I'M FUNDED BY ALMA MATER, ALSO A FAN OF DUE PROCESS AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS IN THE POSITION OF ACTING AS JUDGE ON A PETITION TO CHANGE THE LAW. AND THERE'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM WHEN THE PERSON IS SITTING. THE JUDGE IS MAKING A DEAL WITH ONE OF THE PARTIES. THAT'S BEFORE ON THE ON THE CASE. SO THE NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION HAS CONCERNS RESIDENTS LISTEN TO OUR POSITION IS ONLY OUR PHILOSOPHY IS THAT THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE STREET CLOSEST TO THE ACTION HAVE THE MOST GRANULAR VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND IT'S JUST REALLY A PROBLEMATIC PLACE TO PUT A STADIUM, A SENSIBLY THIS EXTRA WEEK. DOES THAT MORE TIME FOR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT THAT THE NORTHWESTERN HAS PROPOSED THE CITY? I THINK IT BOTH MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND MORE TIME FOR INPUT, BUT TIME TO REFLECT AND WHETHER MAKING A DEAL IS THE WAY YOU WANT TO CHANGE LAW. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL GETS TO 6 WITH THE DEAL AS IT'S CURRENTLY STRUCTURED. >> RIVER NEIGHBORS. IS THERE A BETTER DEAL OUT THERE THAT COULD BE NEGOTIATED IN THE COMING WEEKS? YOU MENTIONED THIS PRECEDENT IN YOUR MIND 57 MILLION DOLLARS. MAYBE MAYBE THERE'S MORE ON THE TABLE. WELL, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WELL, THAT'S GOING TO NORTHWEST AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 208 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN SET ASIDE. SO THAT BLACK AND BROWN MINORITY CONTRACTORS AND WOMEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO BE CONTRACTED IN THE BUILDING AND THE STRUCTURE. >> OF THE ACTUAL STADIUM, SOMEONE IF YOU ADD 208 MILLION DOLLARS, 157 MILLION DOLLARS, I THINK THAT THE BENEFIT TO OVER OUR COMMUNITY IS ABSOLUTELY PRODIGIOUS. AND AGAIN, TO ME, IT'S UNPRECEDENTED AND OUR JOB AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY. THEN WITH THE COMMUNITY AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS GOING TO FOLLOW EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY THAT THERE IS AN ACTUAL COMMUNITY THAT IS ENSURING THAT THAT AGREEMENT IS GOING TO WORK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE THE MOST VULNERABLE TERRELL DAVIS, DOES THIS AGREEMENT HELP BUT YOUR CONCERNS OR IS IT JUST ALL ABOUT THE CONCERTS? I FIRST HAVE TO SAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AGREEMENT. THESE NUMBERS ARE COMPLETELY SKEWED. PEOPLE KEEP THROWING AROUND 157 MILLION DOLLARS. THERE ANY ANALYSIS THAT SUGGESTED THAT THERE'S ONLY 2 MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TABLE PER YEAR. THAT'S GUARANTEED. >> ALL OF THESE OTHER LIKE EXTRA THINGS. HALF OF THE STUFF THAT THEY PUT IN THEIR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY PROVIDING. AND THEY'RE JUST BASICALLY TRYING TO GET DOUBLE CREDIT FOR THINGS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE. >> I WANT TO START THEIR. THE SECOND IS THAT I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING SOME PEOPLE AT THIS TABLE ARE WILLING TO TAKE THINK ABSOLUTELY EXCHANGE FOR THIS FOR MONTHS AGO. SO THESE PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND SAY THAT THIS IS THE WE'RE GOING TO GET, THAT'S WHAT THEY THOUGHT 4 MONTHS AGO. SO I CAN'T REALLY TRUST THE JUDGMENT OF CITY COUNCIL. THE BEAR OR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE SO IN AND SUPPORT THIS AGREEMENT. AND AS IT APPLIES TO LIKE WHAT I THINK WILL HAPPEN THE NEXT WEEK, I HOPE MORE NEGOTIATIONS HAPPENED. WE TALK ABOUT SOME PRECEDENT, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND. THEY'RE ALREADY DOING A MILLION, BUT THEY STOPPED FOR 2 YEARS BECAUSE WE STOP WATCHING THEM. AND BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT, WHICH CURRENTLY IS NOT LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE SUGGESTED REPEATEDLY THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF LOOPHOLES IN THAT CONTRACT NORTHWESTERN CAN EASILY BACK OUT. AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE 3 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR, CORNELL UNIVERSITY IS THE CITY OF ITHACA. 4 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR WITH 80% OF THAT NO STRINGS ATTACHED. NORTHWESTERN IS OFFERING 3 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY GET TO CONTROL WHERE IT GOES IS THAT THE CITY IS A PUPPET. >> ROBERT ORENSTEIN, ARE THESE NUMBERS INFLATED? IS IT NOT REALLY 157 MILLION DOLLARS A CAN WESTERN MANIPULATE THAT? NO. THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW, THAT'S THE NUMBER. BUT IN TERMS OF HOW THE DOCUMENT IS ACTUALLY STRUCTURED IN TERMS OF >> WHO HAS WHICH RIGHTS OVER WHICH THINGS THAT'S MOVING DAY TODAY HERE. I MEAN, I SOMETHING CAME OUT TODAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSITY WAS GIVEN LESS CONTROL OVER 3 ITEMS. NOW, DID I DO A DEEP DIVE INTO IT THAT SIT THERE IN THE ROOM TODAY WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS KNOW. SO DIDN'T PARTY STATE COUNCIL MADE MINUTE THAT LAST WEEK WAS THIS LATEST AGREEMENT CAME ABOUT 48 HOURS BEFORE EXACTLY. AND HOW CAN IT'S A PART-TIME CITY COUNCIL. THEY HAVE THINGS TO DO THE SO IDEALLY WOULD BE LIKE. >> FINALS WEEK, WE CALL IN THE BASEMENT OF LIBRARY AND JUST DO A DEEP DIVE AND GET THIS THING TO WORK. I'M IN FAVOR OF THE NEW STADIUM AND I HAVE FAITH IN OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT THEY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT THIS IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. JUST MYTH LEGALLY BY NORTHWESTERN TO THESE COME IN IT SAYS LEGALLY BINDING. IT'S VERY DOWN. PARAGRAPH 15, IT'S A SHOULD BE CALLED A CONTRACT STRAIGHT UP. >> SAYING IT'S A MEMORANDUM, MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IT'S LOVE NOTE BETWEEN 2 FOLKS AND IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT REALLY THAT'S A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT CREDIT BEING GIVEN FOR THE MONIES SOME THAT ARE ALREADY BEING SPENT ON PROGRAMS. 3 MILLION COULD BE CLEAN MONEY. PROM ONE BIG PROBLEM IS THAT THE PEOPLE BEING THE MOST IMPACTED PEOPLE WITH SMALL KIDS WERE GOING TO BE WOKEN UP AND CAN'T GO TO OLD ORCHARD WITH THEM TO, YOU KNOW, FOR 3 HOURS TO CHILL. >> YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S NO SPECIFIC BENEFIT BEING GIVEN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE REALLY OUGHT TO BE IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEAL THAT ALL THERE OUGHT TO BE SOMETHING EARMARKED FOR PROJECTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD THINGS LIKE THE LIBRARY TAKEN AWAY. IF 56 CONCERTS REALLY CAUSE OF THE DISRUPTION THAT THAT PERIL, YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A 6 AND THERE'S OTHER EVENTS IN NORTHWESTERN WANTS TO HOLD THEIR BY THE WAY THAT ARE. >> NOT CAPACITY, BUT IT COULD BE 66 OUTSIDE AND UNLIMITED UP TO 10,000 INSIDE. YOU COULD HAVE WON EVERY DAY WEEK. IF YOU'RE CREATIVE AND THEY THE VOTE TO ADVANCE THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WAS A DEADLOCKED. 44 ON CITY COUNCIL MAYOR DANIEL, THIS WAS THE TIE BREAKING SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT WHERE YOU THINK THE VOTES ARE GOING TO COME DOWN ON MONDAY. I THINK THAT THE VOTES ARE GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF COUNCIL PERSON, TOO. >> VOTED AGAINST WHO ARE GOING TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS? THAT'S MY FEELING. AND THAT'S MY SENSE. AND THAT IS MY HOPE BECAUSE, AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT THE ADVANTAGES FOR THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS IN EVANSTON, I'M GOING TO FAR OUTWEIGH ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED. AND I THINK THOSE ARE VALID CONCERNS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S WHY WE SIT AT THE TABLE AND NEGOTIATE AND BARGAIN AND WORK. AND I THINK THAT WE DO THAT IN GOODWILL. AND I THINK WE DO THAT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AT THE SAME TIME. CAROL DAVIS, WHAT'S YOUR READ WHERE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ARE SITTING? IT'S AN 8 PERSON VOTE BECAUSE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS RECUSED THEMSELVES. SO >> COULD THIS COME DOWN TO ANOTHER DEADLOCK WITH THE MAYOR IS GOING TO BE THE DECIDING VOTE. >> I CAN'T REALLY PREDICT THE FUTURE, BUT I WHAT I DO HOPE IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES TAKE A CLEAR LOOK AND REALIZE THE LEVERAGE THEY HAVE. I THINK THAT CURRENTLY THEY'VE BEEN ACTING AS IF THEY HAVE TO BEEN TO NORTHWESTERN SWELL. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE UNIVERSITY. IT'S NOT AUTO FACTORY THAT CAN GO OVERSEAS. AND I HOPE THAT THEY PUT WISHES OF THE RESIDENTS WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED UP FRONT BECAUSE ALL OF THE BENEFITS IT ALL VERSUS TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE REBUILDING EVERYTHING WE CAN HAVE THE REBUILT AND THERE HAVE BEEN VERY FEW BENEFITS TIED TO THE ZONING. I HOPE THEY MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE ABOUT 70. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL KNOW, AS WE SAID VERY, VERY QUICKLY WANT TO LIKE I JUST WANT TO SAY THE UNIVERSITY. YOU'RE RIGHT, ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE. >> BUT THEY HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT FOOTBALL FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS. THEY HAVE TO SIGN A LEASE TO PLAY SOMEWHERE. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WILL SOLD OR COULD BE. >> PART WRIGLEY. THEY THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THAT INTO A 10 YEAR AGREEMENT. THE LEAD AS WE CAN DO NEXT MONTH. I'M SURE THAT IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS, IT WOULD HAVE END. SEEMS LIKE MONDAY BE THE ANSWER. CAN'T REALLY GET THE LEAD THAT MUCH LONGER THAN EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. PERIL DAVIS, JEFF SMITH. >> REVEREND DOCTOR MICHAEL NEIGHBORS AND ROBERT ORENSTEIN. APPRECIATE JOINING US. AND UP NEXT, THE MAYORS CHICAGO, THAT IS HIS CITY BUDGET IS SET FOR A FINAL VOTE. OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WITH WHAT TO EXPECT RIGHT AFTER THIS. ALL RIGHT. A LOT GOING UP UP NORTH IN EVANSTON. A LOT GOING ON IN CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PREPARING TO VOTE ON MAYOR JOHNSON SPENDING PLAN. AND THE LATEST ON A MEASURE THAT WOULD REMOVE CHICAGO'S SANCTUARY CITY STATUS. THAT'S ON THE TABLE AS WELL. FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE TRIAL COULD FINALLY RESUME THIS WEEK FOLLOWING A COVID DELAY. AND MANY, MANY, MANY MORE AND HERE WITH ALL OF THAT, OUR OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, HEATHER, SHARON AND OF IN A KEY. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR JOINING ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE CARE SO >> YOU WE ALSO WANT TO. ALL RIGHT. SO 16.6 BILLION DOLLAR 2024 BUDGET. IT REALLY HASN'T MUCH IN IN THE WAY OF A PUSHBACK. IS IT GOING TO CLEAR THE FULL CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW? SURE, IT'S AN EASY VOTE. THERE ARE NO TAXES, NO NEW FEES, NO SERVICE CUTS. SO EVERYBODY CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY LIKE ABOUT IT. >> WHICH ISN'T TO SAY THAT THERE HAVEN'T HEATED BACKROOM NEGOTIATIONS. THEY HAVE THIS DEBATE HAS REALLY BEEN SHAPED BY THE COSTA, CHICAGO TAXPAYERS OF CARING FOR THE NOW. 21,000 MIGRANTS WHO HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO CHICAGO FROM THE COUNTRY, SOUTHERN BORDER. AND SO THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION THAT WAS 150 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH UNIVERSITY ACKNOWLEDGES WILL NOT COME CLOSE TO COVERING THE COSTS. IS THERE ANY MODIFICATION ON THAT NOTE? THE MAYOR SAYS THAT HE IS STICKING WITH THAT. THERE IS NO PLAN B AND THAT HE IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE, WHETHER THEY WILL DO SO I THINK IS VERY MUCH AN OPEN QUESTION AND WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DO IF THAT MONEY RUNS OUT, THINK ALSO VERY UNCLEAR. AND A KEY TO THIS POINT, THE STATE HAS SAID, NO, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO GIVE YOU ANY INDICATION. THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND IN MEASURE IS REALLY OPEN QUESTION AS MUCH IS JUST NOT THE ANSWER THAT JOHNSON IS LOOKING FOR THERE. I MEAN, LET'S BE CLEAR HERE. YOU HAVE ALREADY A LOT GOING ON IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT >> AFLOAT AND RUNNING THERE WITH PARTISAN BATTLES. SO IT'S NOT AS IF I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CONGRESS CHICAGO, HERE YOU GO. THAT ISN'T AN OPTION. AND ILLINOIS IS ON A DIFFERENT FISCAL OF APPROACHING THE HALFWAY POINT. AND THERE IS NOT A TON OF EXTRA CASH SITTING AROUND. ILLINOIS DID RECENTLY GET SOME GOOD FISCAL NEWS. ANOTHER CREDIT UPGRADE. THIS IS GREAT FOR GOVERNOR PRITZKER, SORT OF A NOTCH ON HIS FISCAL BELT. BUT IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT HE'S GOING TO RUIN THAT. THEREFORE, BY COMING UP WITH A BUNCH OF MONEY TO GET TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO. SO NOT ANSWERS THERE. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS THE STRATEGY IS FOR. YOU CAN GET A BUDGET THROUGH FIRST BUDGET. NO TAXES WORRY ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU HAVE TO CORRECT MAYBE A SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING PLAN OR SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD OR VOTE. THERE IS A STRATEGY, RIGHT, SO HEATHER, SPEAKING OF ALL THIS, THERE'S A MORE THAN 21,000 PEOPLE WHO ARRIVE IN CHICAGO FROM THE TEXAS BORDER. >> ALDERMEN AND THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS TO PUT FORTH THIS MEASURE ON A THEY WANT VOTERS TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY THINK CHICAGO SHOULD STAY A SANCTUARY CITY. WHAT KIND OF TRACTION IS THIS GAME? >> WELL, SO THIS IS PART OF THE BACKLASH TO THE HUGE COSTS AND A VERY CLEAR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. THERE ARE CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS, CITY COUNCIL WHO SEEM TO THINK THAT IF THERE IS A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT, IT WILL ALLOW CHICAGOANS TO SAY, LOOK, WE NO LONGER WANT TO BE A SANCTUARY CITY, BUT AS I HAVE REPORTED AND REPORTED AND REPORTED, THE CITY'S SANCTUARY CITY SAYS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MIGRANTS AND IT WILL NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. AND WHAT WE SAW LAST WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS 7 MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REPEAL THE CITY'S WELCOMING CITY ORDINANCE IN FULL, WHICH IS SORT OF WHERE THOSE PROTECTIONS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIVE IN THE CITY'S COAT. SO THIS IS NOW A VERY CLEAR AND CONCERTED EFFORT TO SORT OF CHANGE THOSE RULES. THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES THAT THIS COULD LEAVE CHICAGO'S UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE IN DEEP PERIL, ESPECIALLY IF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS REELECTED AND HE MAKES GOOD ON HIS THREATS. I THINK IS THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT TO TO DEPORT UNDOCUMENTED THAT THEY'RE JUST SO MUCH CONFUSION HERE BECAUSE AS YOU MAY VISIT, WE'VE ALL MADE THIS POINT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THERE'S UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. >> BUT THEN THEIR ASYLUM SEEKERS WHICH MAKE UP THE VAST, VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN BUSED HERE IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 2 DIFFERENT THINGS. THE PROTECTIONS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS OR ACCESS TO SERVICES AND THEN CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT SHARING IMMIGRATION STATUS WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD REPEAL. BASICALLY A GREAT HOST TO GO THAT ROUTE. WHERE IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE LARGELY FROM VENEZUELA? >> SEEKING ASYLUM LARGELY DIFFERENT SETS OF LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND THEREFORE, NOT IT, WHICH I THINK GETS TO THE POINT. HOWEVER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFICS SO MUCH OF THIS IS ABOUT JUST POLITICAL POSTURING AND DEFINITELY HAS CONSEQUENCES, NOT MINIMIZING THOSE. IN FACT, WE SHOULD NOT BECAUSE IT'S HEATHER NOTED THIS WOULD MEAN A LOT FOR FLORIDA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER OTHER, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CHICAGO'S POPULATION, BUT THOSE WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED HAS IS CERTAINLY POLITICAL POSTURING. >> AND WE'RE GETTING THAT IS WELL, THIS THIS WHOLE THING. A LOT OF IT IS POLITICAL POSTURING IN TERMS OF WHY INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN SENT FROM TEXAS TO CHICAGO IN THE ENTIRE AND ACROSS AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP. HE ASKED THE D AND THE DNC IS GOING TO BE COMING HERE. SO IT'S NOT AS IF EVEN REPEAL WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THE RHETORIC FOR THE BUS. SPEAKING OF POLITICS, THE ULTIMATE CHICAGO POLITICIAN, ED BURKE, HIS TRIAL WAS DELAYED A WEEK BECAUSE A LAWYER GOT COVID. >> SO THEY REALLY HADN'T SATURDAY JURY AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY COME BACK. HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO GETTING INJURY? WELL, THE JUDGE SAYS THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE BACK AT 09:00AM THURSDAY MORNING AND THAT THEY WILL PICK A JURY AND WILL HEAR OPENING STATEMENTS. I I THINK EVERYBODY WHO'S OBSERVED THE WAY JURY SELECTION HAS BEEN GOING THINK THAT'S PERHAPS A LITTLE AMBITIOUS, BUT WE CAN'T FAULT HER FOR TRYING. JUDGE KENDALL, I THINK IS VERY COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THIS TRIAL WILL LAST 6 WEEKS. THAT MEANS THAT WE ALREADY BUMPING UP AGAINST THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. >> AND THIS CASE HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR 5 YEARS. IT WAS 5 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH THAT THE FBI RATED BURKE CITY HALL AND WARD OFF SAYS AND I THINK ALL SIDES ARE EAGER TO SORT OF START TO ARGUE THEIR CASE PEEVED OR I THINK I'D BE I WOULD URGE EVERYONE TO GO ONLINE AND WATCH THE WEEK INTERVIEW FROM FRIDAY BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION ON THE PSYCHOLOGY JURY SELECTION AND >> THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT? WHAT DO YOU NAME YOUR DOG? THE SHOWS YOU YOU KNOW. BUT LIKE PROFILE FOR SOMEONE THAT WOULD HAVE A DOG NAMED FIFI VERSUS A DOG NAMED BUSTER. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY, REALLY NEVER CEASES TO MAYBE AMANDA, NO AT LEGISLATING FROM A STATE LAWMAKERS THIS YEAR. THEY WRAPPED UP THEIR VETO SESSION. THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL LIFTING OF THE STATE'S MORATORIUM ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. CONSTRUCTION IN TWENTY-TWENTY 6. SO WHAT'S WHAT'S GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO SIGN THIS? HE WAS PART OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. SO IT'S CERTAINLY A CHANGE. THIS COMES >> THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ENERGY POLICY IS ILLINOIS LOOKS TO GO TOWARD ALL RENEWABLES? WILL THE STATE BE ABLE TO MEET THAT GOAL? IS THAT GOING TO CAUSE RELIABILITY QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY IN DOWNSTATE CAMERON MARKET? THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN IS NOT JUST AMEREN. IT'S ALSO GETS TO THAT THE GRAND AND MISO BUT POINT BEING RELIABILITY IS A PRIME CONCERN. WE'RE ALSO SEEING COST POINT ITS RELIABILITY CONCERNS THAT IS WHAT THIS IS MEANT TO ADDRESS. BUT I ALSO THINK IT IS SORT OF A SIGNAL TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO REALLY BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS. YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THESE MONSTER NUCLEAR REACTORS THAT YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED TO VISIT CALLED SMALL MODULAR REACTORS. THAT LITERALLY WOULD BE SMALL ENOUGH TO BE BUILT ON, SAY A BUSINESS SIDE TO MANUFACTURING A COLLEGE CAMPUS. AND SO THERE'S INTEREST THERE. BUT CRITICS SAY, AS YOU ARE RUSHING TO DO THIS, FIRST OF ALL, NOT A RUSH. IT'S GOING TO TAKE QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE MORATORIUM. IT MAY BE LIFTED, BUT IT TAKES TIME TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN. BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS THEY SAY ABOUT SECURITY, ITS NUCLEAR. THEY'RE ALSO LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION THAT. >> PRETTY MUCH GONE. NOW THEY DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION ON ON THAT. THAT IS DONE DONE AND ON AT LEAST FOR NOW, THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL CONTINUE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND ADVOCATES SAY THAT THEY VERY MUCH WANT TO COME BACK IN THE NEW SESSION COME JANUARY, WOULDN'T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. BUT THEY'RE HOPING THAT THEY CAN NEGOTIATE AS PART OF THE LARGER BUDGET PIECE AND GET SOMETHING IN THERE. I THINK THAT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH FALL THERE WILL BE FOR LETTING THIS PROGRAM CEASE TO EXIST. HEATHER, WE HAVE 10 SECONDS SAID THE ETHICS BOARD DROPPED A COMPLAINT AGAINST MAYOR LIGHTFOOT. HOW COME OTHER BIG BREAKING STORY, BY THE WAY, WHILE THE U.S. ESSENTIALLY THE CITY'S ETHICS ORDINANCE DOES NOT APPLY TO CANDIDATE COMMITTEES. IT ONLY APPLIES TO CANDIDATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS SAID THE ETHICS PORT SAID LOOK. >> OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE LAWS, THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT IDEA. I WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT ONCE I GET IT. ALL THE WEBSITE OR CLICK ON THE WEB SITE ROAD. AMANDA THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT. JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES. >> AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT AND PARIS SCHUTZ, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND WARM. WELL, IT'S NOT THAT COLD WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A AND CLIFFORD LAW A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS COMMITTED TO