1 00:00:04,366 --> 00:00:14,566 [♪♪♪] 2 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:22,066 >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 3 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:23,366 THE WEEK IN REVIEW I'M PARIS 4 00:00:21,733 --> 00:00:25,666 SCHUTZ. 5 00:00:22,066 --> 00:00:28,833 LORI LIGHTFOOT AND THE NEW CITY 6 00:00:23,366 --> 00:00:29,200 COUNCIL PREPARE TO TAKEOVER AS 7 00:00:25,666 --> 00:00:31,033 MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL WAVES A FINAL 8 00:00:28,833 --> 00:00:32,166 GOOD-BYE. 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,766 >> SHE SHOULD SAY WE ADOPTED'S 10 00:00:31,033 --> 00:00:35,600 NEED ALDERMEN PERIOD. 11 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:38,233 THAT IS WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO 12 00:00:33,766 --> 00:00:41,600 TELL US. 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:42,066 >> ALDERMEN WE ARE 50 CZARS. 14 00:00:38,233 --> 00:00:43,600 AND THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN OTHER 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,800 CITIES. 16 00:00:42,066 --> 00:00:48,033 >> LIGHTFOOT GEARS FOR FIGHTS 17 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:49,600 OVER ALDERMANIC POWER AND LAYS 18 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:51,433 OUT AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR HER 19 00:00:48,033 --> 00:00:52,533 FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE. 20 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,133 >> I HAVE THREE HEALTHY KIDS 21 00:00:51,433 --> 00:00:56,100 THAT LOVE THEIR DAD. 22 00:00:52,533 --> 00:00:57,633 I HAVE A WONDERFUL WIFE. 23 00:00:54,133 --> 00:00:58,633 I HAVE A CHARMED LIFE. 24 00:00:56,100 --> 00:01:00,333 I GOT ELECTED TO CONGRESS. 25 00:00:57,633 --> 00:01:02,300 I WILL BE OK. 26 00:00:58,633 --> 00:01:04,000 >> RAHM EMANUEL GETS SET TO RIDE 27 00:01:00,333 --> 00:01:07,233 OFF INTO THE SUNSET SAYING 28 00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:08,666 CHICAGO GOT ITS SWAGGER BACK ON 29 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:11,066 HIS WATCH. 30 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:11,433 >> THE JOE MORENO IS CHARGED 31 00:01:08,666 --> 00:01:12,766 WITH FOUR COUNTS EACH ARE FELONY 32 00:01:11,066 --> 00:01:14,833 OFFENSES. 33 00:01:11,433 --> 00:01:17,466 >> THE OUTGOING ALDERMAN OF THE 34 00:01:12,766 --> 00:01:19,633 FIRST WARD BECOMES THE LATEST 35 00:01:14,833 --> 00:01:23,000 MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO 36 00:01:17,466 --> 00:01:24,900 FACE ARREST AND IN SPORTS, THE 37 00:01:19,633 --> 00:01:25,233 BULLS ROLL AN UNLUCKY 7 IN 38 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,566 ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING DRAFT 39 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:30,166 LOTTERY. 40 00:01:25,233 --> 00:01:32,733 JOINING US ARE TINA SFONDELES OF 41 00:01:28,566 --> 00:01:35,800 THE "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES", MIKE 42 00:01:30,166 --> 00:01:38,533 DUMKE OF PROPUBLICA, MARY 43 00:01:32,733 --> 00:01:40,266 WISNIEWSKI AND TRIBUNE AND 44 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:41,633 EXAVIER POPE OF FORBES.COM. 45 00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:43,833 ARE LORI LIGHTFOOT AND CITY 46 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:45,333 COUNCIL GETTING OFF ON THE RIGHT 47 00:01:41,633 --> 00:01:46,033 FOOT WITH THIS TALK OF AN 48 00:01:43,833 --> 00:01:47,333 EXECUTIVE ORDER REINING IN 49 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:49,200 ALDERMANIC POWER? 50 00:01:46,033 --> 00:01:50,300 >> IT IS NOT A SURPRISE. 51 00:01:47,333 --> 00:01:52,233 SHE CAMPAIGNED ON THIS THEY KNOW 52 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,833 THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 53 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:55,233 WE DON'T KNOW HOW EXTREME IT 54 00:01:52,233 --> 00:01:57,100 WILL BE IF IT WILL BE 55 00:01:54,833 --> 00:01:58,833 AFFECTED -- 56 00:01:55,233 --> 00:02:00,666 I DON'T THINK IT WILL AFFECT 57 00:01:57,100 --> 00:02:02,533 ZONING BUT THERE ARE PROVISIONS 58 00:01:58,833 --> 00:02:05,500 SHE IS TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE. 59 00:02:00,666 --> 00:02:05,833 THEY KNOW SHE IS MAKING CHANGES. 60 00:02:02,533 --> 00:02:07,400 WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO 61 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:09,333 HAPPEN. 62 00:02:05,833 --> 00:02:10,633 >> MIKE DUMKE ARE ALDERMEN GOING 63 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,833 TO GO ALONG WITH THIS GETTING 64 00:02:09,333 --> 00:02:14,333 RID OF THE FUN THINGS THEY HAVE 65 00:02:10,633 --> 00:02:14,633 DONE IN THE PAST? 66 00:02:11,833 --> 00:02:16,733 >> MANY WILL NOT THAT IS FOR 67 00:02:14,333 --> 00:02:17,800 SURE. 68 00:02:14,633 --> 00:02:19,366 WHY WOULD THEY GIVE UP WHAT THEY 69 00:02:16,733 --> 00:02:21,866 HAVE WILLINGLY? 70 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:23,466 AND IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HER 71 00:02:19,366 --> 00:02:26,233 TO CARRY THIS OUT BECAUSE IT'S 72 00:02:21,866 --> 00:02:26,966 NOT ENCODED. 73 00:02:23,466 --> 00:02:28,933 THE SYSTEM IS NOT ENCODED. 74 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:32,000 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AGAINST 75 00:02:26,966 --> 00:02:34,200 SOMETHING THAT IS SORT OF 76 00:02:28,933 --> 00:02:35,600 CULTURAL RATHER THAN LEGAL, AND 77 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:38,100 TO START OFF WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE 78 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:40,600 ANY POLITICAL EXPERIENCE 79 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:42,466 YOURSELF AS A GOVERNING FIGURE 80 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:43,666 AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO START 81 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:45,966 OFF WITH A BATTLE WITH PEOPLE 82 00:02:42,466 --> 00:02:47,966 YOU NEED TO WORK WITH, I THINK 83 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:48,600 WE HAVE ISSUES COMING UP HERE. 84 00:02:45,966 --> 00:02:51,433 >> MARY WISNIEWSKI WHAT ABOUT 85 00:02:47,966 --> 00:02:53,033 THAT? 86 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,966 DOES THIS PORTEND BAD THINGS 87 00:02:51,433 --> 00:02:56,500 WITH HER RELATIONSHIP WITH CITY 88 00:02:53,033 --> 00:02:59,400 COUNCIL GOING FORWARD? 89 00:02:53,966 --> 00:03:02,633 >> I THINK WE WILL SEE A REPLAY 90 00:02:56,500 --> 00:03:04,266 OF THE COUPLE WARS THAT WE SAW 91 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:06,700 DURING WASHINGTON'S TIME AND SHE 92 00:03:02,633 --> 00:03:10,733 PROMISED AND EXPANDING 93 00:03:04,266 --> 00:03:11,600 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THINGS 94 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:12,800 THAT CAN DIFFICULT TO DO WITH 95 00:03:10,733 --> 00:03:14,566 ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE. 96 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:16,133 >> DO YOU THINK THAT LORI 97 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:18,933 LIGHTFOOT IS READY FOR THE 98 00:03:14,566 --> 00:03:21,966 CHALLENGE OF REINING IN THE BODY 99 00:03:16,133 --> 00:03:22,466 OF 50 CZARS AS THEY'VE SAID? 100 00:03:18,933 --> 00:03:23,966 THEY ARE LIKE THE KINGS OF THEIR 101 00:03:21,966 --> 00:03:24,300 KINGDOMS? 102 00:03:22,466 --> 00:03:27,300 >> THEY ARE LITTLE KINGS AND 103 00:03:23,966 --> 00:03:28,466 QUEENS. 104 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:30,400 BUT THERE IS A NEW QUEEN IN TOWN 105 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:33,733 IN LORI LIGHTFOOT I DON'T THINK 106 00:03:28,466 --> 00:03:36,633 SHE HAS A MANDATE OF THE CITY 107 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:38,133 BASED ON THE LOW VOTER TURNOUT. 108 00:03:33,733 --> 00:03:39,466 SO SHE HAS A LOT OF WORK AHEAD 109 00:03:36,633 --> 00:03:41,933 OF HER IN TERMS OF CONVINCING 110 00:03:38,133 --> 00:03:42,433 THE CITY SHE SHOULD BE DOING 111 00:03:39,466 --> 00:03:43,366 THIS AND GETTING ALDERMEN BEHIND 112 00:03:41,933 --> 00:03:46,300 THAT. 113 00:03:42,433 --> 00:03:47,666 >> THE FACT THAT THE EXECUTIVE 114 00:03:43,366 --> 00:03:47,966 ORDER DOES NOT INCLUDE ZONING SO 115 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:51,333 ALDERMEN WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF 116 00:03:47,666 --> 00:03:53,000 THAT. 117 00:03:47,966 --> 00:03:54,166 ISN'T THAT THE HOTBED OF PAY TO 118 00:03:51,333 --> 00:03:56,000 PLAY STYLE CAMPAIGN 119 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,766 CONTRIBUTIONS? 120 00:03:54,166 --> 00:03:59,200 >> MARY MENTIONED AFFORDABLE 121 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:02,433 HOUSING. 122 00:03:56,766 --> 00:04:03,900 SOME OF THE BIGGEST USES OR 123 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:06,133 MISUSES OF ALDERMANIC 124 00:04:02,433 --> 00:04:07,633 PREROGATIVE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED 125 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:09,366 IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIKE 126 00:04:06,133 --> 00:04:10,533 DISTRIBUTES ON THE NORTHWEST 127 00:04:07,633 --> 00:04:13,566 SIDE WHERE ALDERMEN MOVED TO 128 00:04:09,366 --> 00:04:16,233 BLOCK AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 129 00:04:10,533 --> 00:04:17,900 AREAS THAT ARE MOSTLY WHITE AND 130 00:04:13,566 --> 00:04:18,300 HISTORICALLY RESISTED ANY RACIAL 131 00:04:16,233 --> 00:04:20,200 INTEIATION AND ECONOMIC 132 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:21,533 INTEGRATION. 133 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:24,633 THAT IS A BIG ISSUE. 134 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:26,433 YOU TAKE ZONING OFF THE TABLE 135 00:04:21,533 --> 00:04:27,933 RIGHT AWAY MAYBE IT'S MORE 136 00:04:24,633 --> 00:04:30,800 PALATABLE TO ALDERMEN BUT ON THE 137 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:32,566 OTHER HAND IT IS AT THE HEART OF 138 00:04:27,933 --> 00:04:34,566 MOST OF THE DISPUTES. 139 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:37,166 >> TINA, THE ADMINISTRATION 140 00:04:32,566 --> 00:04:37,500 ANNOUNCED SOME TOP STAFF A LOT 141 00:04:34,566 --> 00:04:39,533 OF EMANUEL HOLD OVERS AND NEW 142 00:04:37,166 --> 00:04:40,666 PEOPLE. 143 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:42,166 WHAT ARE WE TO GLEAN FROM SOME 144 00:04:39,533 --> 00:04:43,266 OF THE NAMES? 145 00:04:40,666 --> 00:04:45,700 >> I THINK SHE IS BEING 146 00:04:42,166 --> 00:04:46,266 RESPECTFUL TO THE EXPERTS. 147 00:04:43,266 --> 00:04:48,433 YOU CANNOT COME HERE AND SWEEP 148 00:04:45,700 --> 00:04:50,200 EVERYTHING ANEW. 149 00:04:46,266 --> 00:04:53,000 SO I THINK SHE SPENT SO MUCH 150 00:04:48,433 --> 00:04:53,833 TIME THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS 151 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:55,000 TALKING TO PEOPLE AND SHE HAD A 152 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,133 GREAT TRANSITION TEAM. 153 00:04:53,833 --> 00:04:58,366 SHE WAS IN SPRINGFIELD AND 154 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,100 WASHINGTON D.C. SHE DID HER 155 00:04:57,133 --> 00:05:00,733 HOMEWORK TO BLEND THE OLD AND 156 00:04:58,366 --> 00:05:02,666 THE NEW. 157 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:04,533 AND I ALSO THINK THAT IS WHAT WE 158 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:06,666 WILL SEE WITH HER LEADERSHIP 159 00:05:02,666 --> 00:05:08,533 TEAM IN THE CITY COUNCIL I THINK 160 00:05:04,533 --> 00:05:09,600 SHE WILL BE RESPECTFUL OF THE 161 00:05:06,666 --> 00:05:10,600 OLDER PEOPLE THAT SHE TRUSTS AND 162 00:05:08,533 --> 00:05:13,566 BRING THE NEW. 163 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:14,133 >> MARY WISNIEWSKI SHE IS LAYING 164 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:15,900 OUT AN AMBITIOUS 100-DAY 165 00:05:13,566 --> 00:05:17,633 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 166 00:05:14,133 --> 00:05:18,566 DO YOU THINK THAT SHE WILL HAVE 167 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:20,766 THE LEVERAGE TO GET A LOT OF 168 00:05:17,633 --> 00:05:22,733 THIS DONE? 169 00:05:18,566 --> 00:05:23,066 >> IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY WITH 170 00:05:20,766 --> 00:05:24,533 SOME OF THE OPPOSITION IN CITY 171 00:05:22,733 --> 00:05:25,733 COUNCIL. 172 00:05:23,066 --> 00:05:27,233 HOWEVER SHE HAS BEEN A SURPRISE 173 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:28,566 ALL THE WAY ALONG. 174 00:05:25,733 --> 00:05:30,766 PEOPLE DID NOT THINK SHE WOULD 175 00:05:27,233 --> 00:05:32,466 GET AS FAR AS SHE COULD. 176 00:05:28,566 --> 00:05:33,166 SHE IS A VERY SMART PERSON AND 177 00:05:30,766 --> 00:05:35,300 SHE IS CONSULTING WITH A LOT OF 178 00:05:32,466 --> 00:05:36,600 SMART PEOPLE. 179 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:38,300 I DON'T THINK THE ALDERMEN 180 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:39,833 SHOULD UNDERESTIMATE HER. 181 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:42,300 >> I WANT TO GO DOWN THE LINE 182 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:43,166 AND GET YOUR ESTIMATION ONE 183 00:05:39,833 --> 00:05:44,833 THING THAT YOU EXPECT THE 184 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:45,800 ADMINISTRATION TO DO OTHER THAN 185 00:05:43,166 --> 00:05:47,533 THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN THE FIRST 186 00:05:44,833 --> 00:05:48,466 FEW WEEKS. 187 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,766 EXAVIER POPE WHAT IS ANOTHER 188 00:05:47,533 --> 00:05:52,566 INITIATIVE WE WILL SEE? 189 00:05:48,466 --> 00:05:54,333 >> THE OTHER INITIATIVE IS 190 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:57,200 DEALING WITH UBER AND LYFT. 191 00:05:52,566 --> 00:05:59,366 AND THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT 192 00:05:54,333 --> 00:06:01,933 GOING TO THE NEW YORK STYLE AND 193 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:04,033 WHERE THEY ARE GETTING UBER AND 194 00:05:59,366 --> 00:06:05,433 LYFT TO PAY THEIR FARE. 195 00:06:01,933 --> 00:06:08,066 AND THAT WILL RISE IN COSTS FOR 196 00:06:04,033 --> 00:06:08,900 THE CONSUMER IN THE CITY. 197 00:06:05,433 --> 00:06:10,833 BUT IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT MORE 198 00:06:08,066 --> 00:06:13,066 SAFE FOR EVERYONE. 199 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:14,500 THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE 200 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:16,000 IT MORE FAIR FOR TAXICAB DRIVERS 201 00:06:13,066 --> 00:06:18,100 IN THE CITY AS WELL. 202 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:19,166 >> SHE LAID THAT OUT. 203 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,933 AND MARY WISNIEWSKI ANOTHER 204 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:21,166 INITIATIVE RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT 205 00:06:19,166 --> 00:06:23,233 TO SEE? 206 00:06:19,933 --> 00:06:25,366 >> THE OTHER THING SHE TALKED 207 00:06:21,166 --> 00:06:27,100 ABOUT IS DOING AN AUDIT ABOUT 208 00:06:23,233 --> 00:06:30,633 PARKING TICKETS AND MOVING 209 00:06:25,366 --> 00:06:34,133 VIOLATION TICKETS WHICH HAVE 210 00:06:27,100 --> 00:06:35,933 BEEN FOUND TO EFFECT PEOPLE IN 211 00:06:30,633 --> 00:06:37,066 BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES 212 00:06:34,133 --> 00:06:38,933 MORE THAN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. 213 00:06:35,933 --> 00:06:41,000 >> PUBLIC SAFETY SHE WILL BE 214 00:06:37,066 --> 00:06:42,300 TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT IS 215 00:06:38,933 --> 00:06:45,966 PROBABLY HER BIGGEST AREA OF 216 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:47,833 EXPERTISE AND SHE STARTED 217 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:48,533 TALKING ABOUT AMONG HER 100-DAY 218 00:06:45,966 --> 00:06:50,466 PLAN, PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY 219 00:06:47,833 --> 00:06:52,833 WEEKEND. 220 00:06:48,533 --> 00:06:53,666 WORKING SHE SAID AT LEAST FOR 221 00:06:50,466 --> 00:06:55,533 NOW GOING TO KEEP SUPERINTENDENT 222 00:06:52,833 --> 00:06:57,400 EDDIE JOHNSON IN PLACE. 223 00:06:53,666 --> 00:06:58,866 I THINK WE WILL HEAR HER TALKING 224 00:06:55,533 --> 00:06:59,633 A LOT AND STRESSING INTO THE 225 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,100 SUMMER PUBLIC SAFETY BEING A 226 00:06:58,866 --> 00:07:01,866 PRIORITY. 227 00:06:59,633 --> 00:07:04,000 >> TINA? 228 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:07,233 >> I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN 229 00:07:01,866 --> 00:07:08,966 THE STATE AND COOK COUNTY IS IS 230 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:10,966 A PUSH TOWARDS EXPUNGEMENTS TO 231 00:07:07,233 --> 00:07:11,866 GIVE PEOPLE ANOTHER CHANCE I 232 00:07:08,966 --> 00:07:13,033 THINK SHE WILL LOOK INTO 233 00:07:10,966 --> 00:07:15,400 CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. 234 00:07:11,866 --> 00:07:17,100 >> AND THE BATTLE IS WHO IS 235 00:07:13,033 --> 00:07:18,900 GOING TO GET THE COVETED 236 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,566 COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS. 237 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:22,566 MIKE DUMKE ALL NAMES BEING 238 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:24,700 THROWN OUT. 239 00:07:19,566 --> 00:07:26,733 WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION FOR HER 240 00:07:22,566 --> 00:07:28,800 PICK OR THE ALDERMEN'S PICK FOR 241 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:29,666 THE HEAD OF FINANCE OR BUDGET? 242 00:07:26,733 --> 00:07:32,000 >> I THINK IN GENERAL TINA HIT 243 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:35,600 ON IT. 244 00:07:29,666 --> 00:07:37,266 I EXPECT TO SEE COMPROMISES. 245 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:38,966 I DON'T THINK SHE WANTS TO AND I 246 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:40,833 DON'T THINK SHE CAN GET AWAY 247 00:07:37,266 --> 00:07:42,866 WITH KEEPING THE STATUS QUO, 248 00:07:38,966 --> 00:07:43,566 KEEPING THE OLD GUARD PEOPLE IN 249 00:07:40,833 --> 00:07:46,100 CHARGE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 250 00:07:42,866 --> 00:07:46,533 COMMITTEES. 251 00:07:43,566 --> 00:07:48,000 BUDGET, FINANCE, WORKFORCE 252 00:07:46,100 --> 00:07:50,866 DEVELOPMENT. 253 00:07:46,533 --> 00:07:52,733 ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE CANNOT 254 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:54,533 JUST TOTALLY START AFRESH AND 255 00:07:50,866 --> 00:07:55,233 CANNOT PUT IN NEWCOMERS AND 256 00:07:52,733 --> 00:07:56,833 CAN'T PUT IN ONLY THE REFORM 257 00:07:54,533 --> 00:07:58,766 TYPE PEOPLE. 258 00:07:55,233 --> 00:08:00,400 SHE WILL NEED HELP. 259 00:07:56,833 --> 00:08:01,200 I EXPECT HER TO GO FROM THE 260 00:07:58,766 --> 00:08:03,400 ALDERMEN THAT I CONSIDER THE 261 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:05,000 MODERATE TYPES. 262 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:06,666 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OUT IN 263 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:09,600 FRONT WITH SOME REFORM PROPOSALS 264 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,933 IN THE PAST. 265 00:08:06,666 --> 00:08:14,133 BUT ALSO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE 266 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,466 PERHAPS BEING ON THE COMMITTEES. 267 00:08:10,933 --> 00:08:16,033 YOU WILL SEE NAMES LIKE PAT 268 00:08:14,133 --> 00:08:17,600 DOWELL. 269 00:08:14,466 --> 00:08:20,000 AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT MIGHT RISE 270 00:08:16,033 --> 00:08:21,733 TO THE FOREFRONT. 271 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:23,633 >> DO YOU THINK ALDERMEN MIGHT 272 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:25,500 REVOLT AND GO WITH THEIR OWN 273 00:08:21,733 --> 00:08:26,833 PLAN? 274 00:08:23,633 --> 00:08:28,733 >> AS MIKE SAYS THERE'S GOING TO 275 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:30,366 HAVE TO BE COMPROMISES. 276 00:08:26,833 --> 00:08:31,300 MAYBE SHE WILL GET FINANCE BUT 277 00:08:28,733 --> 00:08:33,166 NOT BUDGET SHE IS THE PERSON IN 278 00:08:30,366 --> 00:08:36,400 CHARGE RIGHT NOW. 279 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:37,966 >> AND SPEAKING OF COMMITTEES, 280 00:08:33,166 --> 00:08:39,533 YOU AT PROPUBLICA DID A DIVE 281 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:41,200 INTO WHAT COMMITTEES DO AND HOW 282 00:08:37,966 --> 00:08:42,833 THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY AND GET 283 00:08:39,533 --> 00:08:43,866 ALL THE EXTRA STAFF MEMBERS. 284 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:46,000 FILL US IN ON WHAT YOUR 285 00:08:42,833 --> 00:08:48,233 INVESTIGATION FOUND. 286 00:08:43,866 --> 00:08:49,766 >> WELL, THE LONG AND SHORT IS 287 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:52,233 COMMITTEES AT EVERY LEVEL, 288 00:08:48,233 --> 00:08:54,466 CONGRESS, STATE LEGISLATURES, 289 00:08:49,766 --> 00:08:55,766 CITY COUNCILS THEY ARE SUPPOSED 290 00:08:52,233 --> 00:08:58,333 TO VET LEGISLATION AND PROVIDE 291 00:08:54,466 --> 00:08:59,600 GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT AND WITH 292 00:08:55,766 --> 00:09:02,100 RARE EXCEPTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL 293 00:08:58,333 --> 00:09:05,400 COMMITTEES DO NOT DO EITHER. 294 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:06,900 THEY EXIST TO ADVANCE THE 295 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:08,800 MAYOR'S AGENDA, TO RUBBER STAMP 296 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:10,433 SMALL BOARD LEGISLATION THAT 297 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:12,500 AFFECTS STUFF IN WARDS OR SINGLE 298 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:14,933 STREETS AND THEN THEY EXIST AS 299 00:09:10,433 --> 00:09:16,733 YOU MENTIONED, PARIS, AS PERKS 300 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:19,733 TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS. 301 00:09:14,933 --> 00:09:22,233 THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDS THAT 302 00:09:16,733 --> 00:09:22,800 RANGE FROM $100,000 TO AT LEAST 303 00:09:19,733 --> 00:09:24,766 A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE 304 00:09:22,233 --> 00:09:25,900 FINANCE COMMITTEE. 305 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,600 AND THEY CAN USE THE MONEY 306 00:09:24,766 --> 00:09:28,700 ANYWAY THEY WANT. 307 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:30,566 SO THEY HIRE WHOEVER THEY WANT 308 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:32,066 IN SOME CASES. 309 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:34,433 THEY DIP INTO THE FUNDS 310 00:09:30,566 --> 00:09:35,433 SOMETIMES FOR PERSONAL USE. 311 00:09:32,066 --> 00:09:39,400 I FOUND THE TRANSPORTATION 312 00:09:34,433 --> 00:09:40,233 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WAS USING 313 00:09:35,433 --> 00:09:42,900 MONEY IN HIS OWN TRANSPORTATION. 314 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:44,033 >> ANTHONY BEALE. 315 00:09:40,233 --> 00:09:45,466 >> AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS 316 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:49,266 WAS OVERBUDGET IN THE SPENDING 317 00:09:44,033 --> 00:09:49,933 AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S 318 00:09:45,466 --> 00:09:51,066 FINANCES ARE ALMOST 319 00:09:49,266 --> 00:09:55,433 INPENETRATABLE. 320 00:09:49,933 --> 00:09:56,400 >> EXAVIER POPE DOES THIS TELL 321 00:09:51,066 --> 00:09:57,700 YOU THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT NEEDS TO 322 00:09:55,433 --> 00:09:59,900 FUNDAMENTALLY RETHINK COUNCIL 323 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,233 COMMITTEES IN GENERAL? 324 00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:01,766 OR MAYBE GET RID OF A LOT OF 325 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:03,633 THEM? 326 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:05,366 >> YES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 327 00:10:01,766 --> 00:10:06,466 TO ADDRESS HOW COMMITTEES ARE 328 00:10:03,633 --> 00:10:07,800 STRUCTURED AND FORMED AND HOW 329 00:10:05,366 --> 00:10:09,966 THEY OPERATE ESPECIALLY WITH THE 330 00:10:06,466 --> 00:10:12,166 FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE ISSUES 331 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:13,800 THAT THAT CHAIR HAS EXPERIENCED 332 00:10:09,966 --> 00:10:15,033 IN HIS OWN POLITICAL CAREER. 333 00:10:12,166 --> 00:10:17,633 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THAT. 334 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:19,800 >> TINA SFONDELES ALSO THIS WEEK 335 00:10:15,033 --> 00:10:21,566 WE HAVE ANOTHER ALDERMAN IN A 336 00:10:17,633 --> 00:10:24,733 LOT OF LEGAL HOT WATER. 337 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:25,633 HOW MUCH TROUBLE IS ALDERMAN JOE 338 00:10:21,566 --> 00:10:26,966 MORENO IN FOR THIS ALLEGED 339 00:10:24,733 --> 00:10:28,833 INSURANCE FRAUD CHARGE THAT HE 340 00:10:25,633 --> 00:10:30,733 IS FACING? 341 00:10:26,966 --> 00:10:32,400 >> WELL, THESE ARE FELONY COUNTS 342 00:10:28,833 --> 00:10:35,200 THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR HIM. 343 00:10:30,733 --> 00:10:37,933 WE WERE DISCUSSING THERE ARE A 344 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:38,266 FOUR ALDERMEN OUT ON BAIL. 345 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,933 >> AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT 346 00:10:37,933 --> 00:10:42,066 RECORD. 347 00:10:38,266 --> 00:10:44,733 >> THERE COULD BE MORE. 348 00:10:38,933 --> 00:10:45,066 BUT HE IS IN -- 349 00:10:42,066 --> 00:10:47,100 >> NONE OF US THINK IT IS A 350 00:10:44,733 --> 00:10:50,233 RECORD. 351 00:10:45,066 --> 00:10:52,433 >> THAT PICTURE OF THE FOUR 352 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:55,533 SIDE-BY-SIDE AND IT IS SAD FOR 353 00:10:50,233 --> 00:10:56,533 CHICAGO TO DEAL WITH. 354 00:10:52,433 --> 00:10:59,900 HE IS IN TROUBLE BECAUSE IT IS A 355 00:10:55,533 --> 00:11:02,966 FELONY COUNT. 356 00:10:56,533 --> 00:11:05,300 HE REPORTED A CAR STOLEN AND HE 357 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:06,433 ALLEGEDLY LET A WOMAN USE HIS 358 00:11:02,966 --> 00:11:07,366 CAR AND IT WAS FOR $30,000 359 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:08,333 INSURANCE CLAIM AND THAT IS WHAT 360 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:10,066 IS ALLEGED. 361 00:11:07,366 --> 00:11:11,933 WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 362 00:11:08,333 --> 00:11:13,700 HE WAS IN COURT THIS WEEK. 363 00:11:10,066 --> 00:11:14,066 HE OBVIOUSLY LOST HIS ELECTION 364 00:11:11,933 --> 00:11:15,933 AND THIS WAS DURING THE 365 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:17,266 ELECTION. 366 00:11:14,066 --> 00:11:18,900 I'M SURE IT WAS A STRESSFUL TIME 367 00:11:15,933 --> 00:11:19,200 WHATEVER HE IS GOING TO SAY 368 00:11:17,266 --> 00:11:20,166 HAPPENED BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK 369 00:11:18,900 --> 00:11:21,633 GOOD. 370 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,266 >> AND THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER 371 00:11:20,166 --> 00:11:25,666 OF THIS SAYS THEY WERE TEXTING 372 00:11:21,633 --> 00:11:26,033 AND IN COMMUNICATION ALL THE 373 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:28,266 TIME THAT THIS CAR WAS ALLEGEDLY 374 00:11:25,666 --> 00:11:29,200 STOLEN. 375 00:11:26,033 --> 00:11:31,566 >> AND SHE FILED A DEFAMATION 376 00:11:28,266 --> 00:11:33,000 LAWSUIT AGAINST HIM. 377 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:34,933 >> AND BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS 378 00:11:31,566 --> 00:11:35,566 TOPIC, EXAVIER POPE WE'VE TALKED 379 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,800 ABOUT LIGHTFOOT AND LET'S TALK 380 00:11:34,933 --> 00:11:38,933 ABOUT RAHM EMANUEL. 381 00:11:35,566 --> 00:11:41,633 WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE HIS LEGACY 382 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,900 WILL BE? 383 00:11:38,933 --> 00:11:44,266 WILL BE AS ROSIE AS HE PAINTS 384 00:11:41,633 --> 00:11:45,633 IT? 385 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:46,100 OR DIRE AS THE CRITICS PAINT IT 386 00:11:44,266 --> 00:11:47,800 OR IN THE MID? 387 00:11:45,633 --> 00:11:48,200 I WILL. 388 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:49,133 >> I THINK IT WILL BE IN THE 389 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,900 MIDDLE. 390 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,966 WHAT RAHM EMANUEL BROUGHT TO THE 391 00:11:49,133 --> 00:11:55,800 CITY IN TERMS OF NEW BUSINESS 392 00:11:50,900 --> 00:11:57,966 THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY MAY LOOK 393 00:11:52,966 --> 00:11:59,800 AT HIM FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE BUT 394 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:01,566 IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WITH 395 00:11:57,966 --> 00:12:05,166 LAQUAN McDONALD THAT IS GOING 396 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:09,466 TO CARRY ON AFTER HE IS GONE. 397 00:12:01,566 --> 00:12:12,333 >> AND THE POLICE CONSENT DECREE 398 00:12:05,166 --> 00:12:14,133 IN PLACE AND MIGHT BE LEGACY 399 00:12:09,466 --> 00:12:16,200 WITH IMPROVING RELATIONS. 400 00:12:12,333 --> 00:12:18,000 THE THINGS THAT WILL TAKE YEARS 401 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:19,633 AND YEARS TO ASSESS OUT. 402 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:21,433 >>> AND NEWS OUT OF SPRINGFIELD. 403 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,866 OPPONENTS IN A SENATE HEARING 404 00:12:19,633 --> 00:12:24,733 ARE BLUNT WHY THEY BELIEVE THE 405 00:12:21,433 --> 00:12:28,100 LEGALIZED MARIJUANA LEGISLATION 406 00:12:22,866 --> 00:12:28,466 SHOULD GO UP IN SMOKE. 407 00:12:24,733 --> 00:12:29,533 I DID NOT GET ENOUGH POT PUNS IN 408 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:30,866 THERE. 409 00:12:28,466 --> 00:12:33,800 AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S 410 00:12:29,533 --> 00:12:36,466 BUDGET GETS A NOD OF APPROVAL 411 00:12:30,866 --> 00:12:37,700 FROM THE CIVIC FEDERATION AND 412 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:38,666 PRITZKER PLEDGES AN OVERHAUL OF 413 00:12:36,466 --> 00:12:42,000 THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND 414 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:43,300 FAMILY SERVICES. 415 00:12:38,666 --> 00:12:44,433 TINA SFONDELES, IS THIS POT 416 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,833 LEGISLATION ABOUT TO GO UP IN 417 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:47,566 SMOKE AS WE SAID? 418 00:12:44,433 --> 00:12:49,233 >> I DON'T THINK SO. 419 00:12:45,833 --> 00:12:50,066 WE HAVE TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE 420 00:12:47,566 --> 00:12:52,033 END OF SESSION AND THIS IS WHEN 421 00:12:49,233 --> 00:12:54,400 EVERYTHING HAPPENS. 422 00:12:50,066 --> 00:12:57,200 WE NEED A CAPITAL PLAN A BUDGET 423 00:12:52,033 --> 00:12:57,500 PUSHING POT AND PUSHING EXPANDED 424 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:59,566 GAMBLING, THE GRADUATED INCOME 425 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,833 TAX. 426 00:12:57,500 --> 00:13:02,466 BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THIS IS 427 00:12:59,566 --> 00:13:04,366 ORGANIZED AND THE SPONSORS OF 428 00:13:00,833 --> 00:13:05,933 THE BILL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT 429 00:13:02,466 --> 00:13:07,633 FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. 430 00:13:04,366 --> 00:13:08,633 IT IS NOT A SURPRISE WE ARE 431 00:13:05,933 --> 00:13:10,333 HEARING MORE DETAILS THAT WE 432 00:13:07,633 --> 00:13:12,000 HAVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GOVERNOR 433 00:13:08,633 --> 00:13:13,700 THAT WANTS TO SEE IT HAPPEN. 434 00:13:10,333 --> 00:13:16,366 IN THE HEARING IT WAS A 435 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:18,866 THREE-HOUR HEARING IT WAS A GOOD 436 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:20,366 OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROPONENTS. 437 00:13:16,366 --> 00:13:24,966 AND SOME OF THE OPPONENTS THEIR 438 00:13:18,866 --> 00:13:27,133 CLAIMS WERE ONES THAT I NEVER 439 00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:29,266 HEARD OF A DOCTOR SAYS IT CAUSES 440 00:13:24,966 --> 00:13:33,066 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND THE 441 00:13:27,133 --> 00:13:34,700 SENATE SENATOR WAS SURPRISED SHE 442 00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:37,133 HAD NOT HEARD THAT CLAIM. 443 00:13:33,066 --> 00:13:38,300 >> AND TRYING TO GROW THE 444 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:42,800 POPULATION OF ILLINOIS. 445 00:13:37,133 --> 00:13:45,033 >> THE PROBLEM WE'VE KNOWN THAT 446 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:48,266 POT CAUSES A CRAVING FOR 447 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:50,600 DOUGHNUTS AND TACOS BUT THIS IS 448 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:52,200 SOMETHING I NEVER HEARD OF. 449 00:13:48,266 --> 00:13:53,400 >> A SOCIAL WORKER TALKED ABOUT 450 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,700 PSYCHOSIS AND STUDENTS THAT WERE 451 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,800 SMOKING POT AND NOT GOING TO 452 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,200 CLASS OR WITHDRAWN. 453 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:58,766 >> WHAT IS YOUR FINAL 454 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,066 PREDICTION? 455 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:01,700 IS IT GOING TO PASS AND WHAT IS 456 00:13:58,766 --> 00:14:03,533 IT GOING TO INCLUDE? 457 00:14:00,066 --> 00:14:03,866 >> I THINK IT WILL PASS. 458 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:05,166 CHANGES WILL BE PART OF THE 459 00:14:03,533 --> 00:14:06,300 EXPUNGE. 460 00:14:03,866 --> 00:14:08,533 PROCESS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE 461 00:14:05,166 --> 00:14:10,366 LESS OF THAT. 462 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:11,766 AND LESS OF THE CLASSES THAT 463 00:14:08,533 --> 00:14:14,166 WOULD HAVE THE MARIJUANA 464 00:14:10,366 --> 00:14:16,366 CONVICTIONS EXPUNGED AND THE 465 00:14:11,766 --> 00:14:16,900 HOME GROW ELEMENT ALLOWING YOU 466 00:14:14,166 --> 00:14:18,266 TO HAVE FIVE PLANTS IN YOUR 467 00:14:16,366 --> 00:14:20,700 HOME. 468 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:22,800 PEOPLE ARE SCARED WHAT THEY WILL 469 00:14:18,266 --> 00:14:23,633 DO WITH THE PRODUCT THAT MIGHT 470 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:25,866 BE DWINDLED DOWN TO MEDICAL 471 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:28,300 MARIJUANA. 472 00:14:23,633 --> 00:14:30,933 >> MIKE DUMKE DOESN'T MATTER IF 473 00:14:25,866 --> 00:14:32,466 THERE'S ONE PARTY IN POWER IN 474 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:34,433 SPRINGFIELD OR WHETHER THERE'S 475 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:36,133 REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT POWER IT 476 00:14:32,466 --> 00:14:36,500 COMES DOWN TO THE 11TH HOUR AND 477 00:14:34,433 --> 00:14:38,433 THEN THERE IS AN OVERTIME 478 00:14:36,133 --> 00:14:41,466 SESSION. 479 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:43,200 WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING IN 480 00:14:38,433 --> 00:14:44,433 SPRINGFIELD? 481 00:14:41,466 --> 00:14:47,300 >> GAMESMANSHIP. 482 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:49,133 WE WERE TALKING BEFORE THE SHOW 483 00:14:44,433 --> 00:14:50,700 IT IS A THEORY THAT A LOT OF US 484 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:53,900 HAVE NOT JUST THOSE OF US HERE 485 00:14:49,133 --> 00:14:54,800 BUT PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW POLITICS 486 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:57,100 THAT SOME OF THE KEY PLAYERS, 487 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:58,100 HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN 488 00:14:54,800 --> 00:15:00,733 THEY WANT IT THIS WAY IT MAKES 489 00:14:57,100 --> 00:15:05,766 HIS ROLE MORE IMPORTANT. 490 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:06,133 HE CAN BE THE SUPER HERO. 491 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:09,333 HE CAN KILL OR LET LIVE CERTAIN 492 00:15:05,766 --> 00:15:10,533 PROPOSALS. 493 00:15:06,133 --> 00:15:11,633 AND AS TINA SAID IT SEEMS TO 494 00:15:09,333 --> 00:15:13,433 HAPPEN EVERY CYCLE. 495 00:15:10,533 --> 00:15:13,966 >> MARY WISNIEWSKI COULD YOU 496 00:15:11,633 --> 00:15:14,566 THINK WE WILL HAVE A CAPITAL 497 00:15:13,433 --> 00:15:16,333 BILL? 498 00:15:13,966 --> 00:15:18,566 >> I DO NOT. 499 00:15:14,566 --> 00:15:20,466 AND THIS IS A REALLY -- 500 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:23,000 IT'S BEEN PUSHED TO THE SIDE. 501 00:15:18,566 --> 00:15:24,633 WITH POT AHEAD OF IT AND OTHER 502 00:15:20,466 --> 00:15:26,666 THINGS AHEAD OF AND THE INCOME 503 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,633 TAX DEBATE AHEAD OF IT AND THIS 504 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:28,633 IS SOMETHING THAT THE TRANSIT 505 00:15:26,666 --> 00:15:30,000 AGENCIES AND THE ROAD 506 00:15:27,633 --> 00:15:31,733 AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN PUSHING 507 00:15:28,633 --> 00:15:33,500 HARD FOR BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT 508 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,233 OF NEEDS IN THE STATE. 509 00:15:31,733 --> 00:15:36,266 AS YOU CAN SEE WITH WHAT 510 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:39,466 HAPPENED ON THE LAKE SHORE DRIVE 511 00:15:35,233 --> 00:15:41,533 BRIDGE OVER THE WINTER AND WHAT 512 00:15:36,266 --> 00:15:43,233 IS HAPPENING ON THE BRIDGE OVER 513 00:15:39,466 --> 00:15:44,700 THE DES PLAINES RIVER IN JOLIET 514 00:15:41,533 --> 00:15:47,133 THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE 515 00:15:43,233 --> 00:15:49,100 STATE AND THE FURTHER YOU PUSH 516 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:51,233 IT OUT THE MORE EXPENSIVE AND 517 00:15:47,133 --> 00:15:54,433 MORE DETERIORATED IT WILL GET. 518 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:56,966 >> EXAVIER POPE WHAT ABOUT 519 00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:58,366 GAMBLING IN WRIGLEY WRIGLEY 520 00:15:54,433 --> 00:15:59,500 FIELD OR SOLDIER FIELD OR UNITED 521 00:15:56,966 --> 00:16:03,033 CENTER? 522 00:15:58,366 --> 00:16:05,400 >> YEAH, LEGALIZED SPORTS 523 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:07,066 BETTING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 524 00:16:03,033 --> 00:16:10,000 IT'S IN EIGHT STATES UP TO THIS 525 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:10,266 POINT AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 526 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:12,633 WHETHER IT'S NOW OR A YEAR FROM 527 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:16,500 NOW. 528 00:16:10,266 --> 00:16:18,866 BUT IT IS AMAZING TO SEE TWO 529 00:16:12,633 --> 00:16:19,300 PROFESSIONAL TEAMS IN VEGAS, AND 530 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:21,666 WE'RE SEEING IT'S JUST GOING TO 531 00:16:18,866 --> 00:16:23,266 HAPPEN. 532 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:23,600 I THINK AMERICA HAS CHANGED HOW 533 00:16:21,666 --> 00:16:25,366 WE VIEW GAMBLING AND SPORTS 534 00:16:23,266 --> 00:16:27,666 BETTING. 535 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:28,800 BUT THE FIGHT IS WITH CASINOS. 536 00:16:25,366 --> 00:16:30,133 WHO WANT TO CONTROL SPORTS 537 00:16:27,666 --> 00:16:32,100 GAMING THAT IS WHERE THE FIGHT 538 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:33,200 IS AT. 539 00:16:30,133 --> 00:16:35,566 >> AND DOESN'T MAJOR LEAGUE 540 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:37,766 BASEBALL OR SOME OF THE OTHER 541 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:39,633 LEAGUES WANT TO ALLOW SOME KIND 542 00:16:35,566 --> 00:16:41,166 OF BETTING ON THEIR PROPERTY 543 00:16:37,766 --> 00:16:43,633 THEY WANT A PIECE OF THE CUT. 544 00:16:39,633 --> 00:16:44,866 >> AND THAT IS THE THING ABOUT 545 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:46,466 ALL THE STUFF WITH POT, GAMBLING 546 00:16:43,633 --> 00:16:48,300 IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. 547 00:16:44,866 --> 00:16:49,600 SO WE'RE HAVING THIS DEBATE 548 00:16:46,466 --> 00:16:51,533 BECAUSE THE STATE WANTS A CUT OF 549 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:52,666 WHAT IS OUT THERE. 550 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:54,766 AND SO NOW THE PRIVATE INTERESTS 551 00:16:51,533 --> 00:16:56,466 WANT A CUT AS WELL. 552 00:16:52,666 --> 00:16:58,066 >> AND THE TEAMS ARE LOBBYING IN 553 00:16:54,766 --> 00:16:58,433 THE OTHER STATES WHERE IT'S 554 00:16:56,466 --> 00:17:00,366 LEGALIZED AND THEY HAVE NOT 555 00:16:58,066 --> 00:17:01,400 SUCCEEDED. 556 00:16:58,433 --> 00:17:03,266 THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE ILLINOIS 557 00:17:00,366 --> 00:17:04,866 THE FIRST STATE -- 558 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:06,433 >> SLOTS IN THE STADIUM? 559 00:17:03,266 --> 00:17:07,900 >> NO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO USE 560 00:17:04,866 --> 00:17:09,866 THEIR DATA AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO 561 00:17:06,433 --> 00:17:11,200 PAY THEM FOR THAT DATA. 562 00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:13,533 SO IT WOULD BE LIKE ACCURATE 563 00:17:09,866 --> 00:17:14,833 GAME STATS FROM THE LEAGUES THAT 564 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,500 IS WHAT THEY WANT THEY WANT A 565 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:17,400 CUT FOR PROVIDING THE 566 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:18,733 INFORMATION. 567 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:19,833 >> AND TINA, ON THE TROUBLED 568 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,966 CHILD WELFARE AGENCY. 569 00:17:18,733 --> 00:17:23,400 WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR 570 00:17:19,833 --> 00:17:24,566 WILL DO ON THAT? 571 00:17:20,966 --> 00:17:26,500 >> HE HAS TO FIND A WAY TO GET 572 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:28,133 THEM MORE MONEY. 573 00:17:24,566 --> 00:17:30,200 WE'VE SEEN THEY'VE GOTTEN LESS 574 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:31,100 MONEY WITHIN THE PAST 10 YEARS 575 00:17:28,133 --> 00:17:32,266 SO THAT WILL BE IN THE 576 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:35,333 APPROPRIATIONS THAT THEY ARE 577 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:35,700 ASKING FOR IN THE BUDGET. 578 00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:37,600 HE WANTS TO HIRE 126 MORE CASE 579 00:17:35,333 --> 00:17:39,033 WORKERS. 580 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:40,233 IT WILL HELP BUT THERE SEEMS TO 581 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:41,900 BE SO MANY PROBLEMS IT IS NOT 582 00:17:39,033 --> 00:17:43,300 JUST ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 583 00:17:40,233 --> 00:17:43,900 EMPLOYEES THERE'S SYSTEMIC 584 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:46,333 CULTURAL ALL THESE ISSUES. 585 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:47,833 EVERY YEAR. 586 00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:48,900 THIS IS AN EMBATTLED AGENCY WE 587 00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:51,200 HAVE SEEN IT FOR DECADES IT WILL 588 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:53,433 BE A HUGE CHALLENGE. 589 00:17:48,900 --> 00:17:55,200 >> THE NEED FOR MORE MONEY. 590 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:57,733 LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER NEWS THIS 591 00:17:53,433 --> 00:17:59,166 WEEK IN THE MAYOR'S FINAL DAYS 592 00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:00,700 IN OFFICE THE CITY UNVEILS THE 593 00:17:57,733 --> 00:18:01,666 NEWEST STRETCH OF THE RIVERWALK 594 00:17:59,166 --> 00:18:05,600 AND A LOOK AT EMANUEL'S RECORD 595 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:06,900 ON TRANSPORTATION. 596 00:18:01,666 --> 00:18:09,600 A REPORT FINDS RENTERS IN BLACK 597 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:12,566 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MORE LIKELY TO 598 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:15,233 BE EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES AND 599 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:15,533 HAMILTON ANNOUNCES IT WILL END 600 00:18:12,566 --> 00:18:16,700 THE LONG CHICAGO RUN EARLY NEXT 601 00:18:15,233 --> 00:18:17,566 YEAR. 602 00:18:15,533 --> 00:18:19,700 MARY WISNIEWSKI WHO IS NEW ABOUT 603 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:22,000 THE RIVERWALK? 604 00:18:17,566 --> 00:18:24,200 >> WE HAVE MORE VENDORS. 605 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:26,000 IT'S EXPANDED ITS BASE INTO THE 606 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:27,533 EAST OF THE MICHIGAN AVENUE AND 607 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:31,633 IT HAS A MORE CONSISTENT LOOK. 608 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:33,000 ONE OF THE WEIRD THINGS IS THEY 609 00:18:27,533 --> 00:18:34,800 ARE ENFORCING BICYCLING ON THE 610 00:18:31,633 --> 00:18:35,166 RIVERWALK EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT 611 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,666 ILLEGAL TO BICYCLE ON THE 612 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,333 RIVERWALK. 613 00:18:35,166 --> 00:18:39,133 THEY ARE THERE TO TELL YOU THAT 614 00:18:36,666 --> 00:18:41,700 YOU HAVE TO WALK YOUR BIKE AND 615 00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:44,033 THAT IS STRANGE. 616 00:18:39,133 --> 00:18:45,366 AND THE RIVERWALK IS ONE OF THE 617 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:47,100 UNQUESTIONABLE GOOD PARTS OF THE 618 00:18:44,033 --> 00:18:48,366 LEDGER ON EMANUEL'S WATCH. 619 00:18:45,366 --> 00:18:50,100 THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS 620 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:51,966 SUCCESS FOR THE CITY AND 621 00:18:48,366 --> 00:18:53,400 BRINGING PEOPLE TO A PART OF THE 622 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:55,400 CITY THAT PEOPLE IGNORED BEFORE. 623 00:18:51,966 --> 00:18:58,333 >> I WAS WALKING DOWN THE EAST 624 00:18:53,400 --> 00:19:00,766 PART OF THE RIVERWALK THE OTHER 625 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:02,366 NIGHT EAST OF MICHIGAN AVENUE. 626 00:18:58,333 --> 00:19:05,533 THERE'S STILL NO KIND OF 627 00:19:00,766 --> 00:19:07,166 RESTAURANTS OR ACTIVITIES YET. 628 00:19:02,366 --> 00:19:07,900 WHEN IS THAT ALL GOING TO GO IN? 629 00:19:05,533 --> 00:19:09,800 >> THE VENDORS ARE SUPPOSED TO 630 00:19:07,166 --> 00:19:10,333 BE COMING. 631 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:11,900 >> EMANUEL MADE A BIG DEAL OF 632 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,566 TOUTING THAT. 633 00:19:10,333 --> 00:19:14,500 I HAD NOT SEEN THE RESULTS. 634 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:16,366 SO YOU SAID THIS IS A POSITIVE 635 00:19:13,566 --> 00:19:17,600 PART OF THE LEDGER. 636 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:19,700 WHAT IS EMANUEL'S OVERALL LEGACY 637 00:19:16,366 --> 00:19:21,500 ON TRANSPORTATION? 638 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:22,800 >> HE REALIZED IN ORDER TO MAKE 639 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:25,166 CHICAGO WORLD CLASS CITY HE HAD 640 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:26,600 TO TAKE CARE OF THE STUFF AND 641 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:28,533 MAKE SURE THAT THE CTA IS 642 00:19:25,166 --> 00:19:29,400 RUNNING AND THE AIRPORT WOULD BE 643 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:31,000 ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE AIR 644 00:19:28,533 --> 00:19:31,600 TRAVEL COMING IN THE FUTURE. 645 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,466 SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT HE TOOK 646 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:36,100 CARE OF. 647 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:37,800 HE WAS ABLE TO GET A BILLION 648 00:19:33,466 --> 00:19:39,466 DOLLARS FOR THE RED PURPLE LINE 649 00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:40,766 MODERNIZATION AND HE WAS ABLE TO 650 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,066 TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIRS NEEDED 651 00:19:39,466 --> 00:19:43,166 ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR THE RED 652 00:19:40,766 --> 00:19:44,733 LINE. 653 00:19:41,066 --> 00:19:45,966 SO WE'RE LOOKING POSITIVE IN 654 00:19:43,166 --> 00:19:48,233 COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES LIKE 655 00:19:44,733 --> 00:19:48,566 NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C. 656 00:19:45,966 --> 00:19:50,000 THAT ARE TRANSIT SYSTEM LOOKS 657 00:19:48,233 --> 00:19:51,633 BETTER. 658 00:19:48,566 --> 00:19:53,466 IT STILL HAS PROBLEMS AND 659 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:54,833 REPAIRS IT NEEDS WHICH IS WHY 660 00:19:51,633 --> 00:19:56,933 THEY HAVE BEEN WANTING THE 661 00:19:53,466 --> 00:19:58,333 CAPITAL BILL SO BADLY. 662 00:19:54,833 --> 00:20:00,300 BUT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CLAIM 663 00:19:56,933 --> 00:20:01,866 SOME SUCCESSES ON THAT. 664 00:19:58,333 --> 00:20:03,533 ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE'S THE 665 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:06,400 RIDESHARE ISSUE NEEDS TO BE 666 00:20:01,866 --> 00:20:07,666 TAKEN CARE OF AND THE PROBLEM 667 00:20:03,533 --> 00:20:09,166 WITH PEOPLE BEING TICKETED IN 668 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,766 GREATER PROPORTION IN MINORITY 669 00:20:07,666 --> 00:20:12,900 COMMUNITIES IS STILL A PROBLEM. 670 00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:13,833 >> AND LIGHTFOOT IS TALKING 671 00:20:10,766 --> 00:20:15,133 ABOUT TAKING AWAY A LOT OF RED 672 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:17,733 LIGHT CAMERAS. 673 00:20:13,833 --> 00:20:19,600 WHAT ARE HER PRIORITIES? 674 00:20:15,133 --> 00:20:21,633 >> SHE WANTS TO REDUCE 675 00:20:17,733 --> 00:20:24,233 CONGESTION AND ADD 100 MILES OF 676 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:26,533 BIKE LANES AND SHE WANTS TO MAKE 677 00:20:21,633 --> 00:20:29,166 THE RIDESHARE SITUATION MORE 678 00:20:24,233 --> 00:20:30,766 EQUITABLE AND REDUCE CONGESTION 679 00:20:26,533 --> 00:20:31,066 AND ADD BUS RAPID TRANSIT LANES 680 00:20:29,166 --> 00:20:32,466 SOMETHING THE CITY IS DEFICIENT 681 00:20:30,766 --> 00:20:34,266 IN. 682 00:20:31,066 --> 00:20:35,500 >> THEY HAVE TRIED OVER THE 683 00:20:32,466 --> 00:20:36,500 YEARS BUT IT HASN'T WORKED OUT. 684 00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:37,433 >> AND THAT IS PART OF THE 685 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:40,566 PROBLEM WITH THE ALDERMEN AND 686 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:42,166 THE BUSINESSES. 687 00:20:37,433 --> 00:20:44,733 THEY WANTED A LINE DOWN ASHLAND 688 00:20:40,566 --> 00:20:45,366 AVENUE AND THE BUSINESSES WERE 689 00:20:42,166 --> 00:20:47,233 LIKE WE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAR 690 00:20:44,733 --> 00:20:48,433 TRAFFIC. 691 00:20:45,366 --> 00:20:50,600 >> AND THE REPORT SHOWING THAT 692 00:20:47,233 --> 00:20:51,333 AFRICAN-AMERICAN RENTERS ARE 693 00:20:48,433 --> 00:20:52,966 EVICTED AT HIGHER RATES THAN 694 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:55,033 OTHER GROUPS. 695 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:56,966 >> IT SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF 696 00:20:52,966 --> 00:20:58,800 MINORITIES ARE BEING EVICTED 697 00:20:55,033 --> 00:21:00,633 FROM THEIR HOMES AND THEIR 698 00:20:56,966 --> 00:21:03,100 APARTMENTS AND I DID LIKE THE 699 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:04,600 OTHER SIDE OF IT, WHICH IS IT 700 00:21:00,633 --> 00:21:06,866 MAKES IT SEEM LIKE THEY ARE NOT 701 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:09,533 DOING ANYTHING TOO WRONG. 702 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:10,866 THEY MAY BE IN A DISPUTE WITH 703 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:12,666 THE LANDLORD OVER REPAIRS OR 704 00:21:09,533 --> 00:21:15,066 THEIR TOILET IS BROKEN AND THEY 705 00:21:10,866 --> 00:21:15,433 TELL THE LANDLORD AND DO NOT PAY 706 00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:17,000 THE RENTS BECAUSE THEY WANT IT 707 00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:17,533 REPAIRED. 708 00:21:15,433 --> 00:21:19,000 INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THAT 709 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,233 THEY LEAVE. 710 00:21:17,533 --> 00:21:22,133 IT IS A SAD SITUATION AND IT 711 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:24,066 SEEMS LIKE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 712 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:25,433 THAT TA THEY OWE IS NOT MUCH. 713 00:21:22,133 --> 00:21:27,433 SO THEY ARE BEING CATEGORIZED AS 714 00:21:24,066 --> 00:21:29,600 A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL 715 00:21:25,433 --> 00:21:31,333 THE EVICTIONS AND IT'S LIKE SOME 716 00:21:27,433 --> 00:21:37,000 OF THE PETTY DETAILS. 717 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:38,500 >> AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THE 718 00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:41,166 LAST FEW YEARS MATTHEW DESMOND 719 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:42,300 SCHOLARSHIP THIS HUGE BOOK THAT 720 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:46,433 SHOWED HOW EVICTIONS SET 721 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:47,833 FAMILIES BACK TREMENDOUSLY. 722 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:49,966 SO IT IS NOT JUST THE HORRIBLE 723 00:21:46,433 --> 00:21:51,600 DISRUPTIVE EVENT OF HAVING TO 724 00:21:47,833 --> 00:21:53,766 FIND A NEW APARTMENT BUT THE 725 00:21:49,966 --> 00:21:54,500 HUGE ECONOMIC BLOW THAT HAPPENS 726 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:58,466 TO PEOPLE. 727 00:21:53,766 --> 00:22:00,833 REPERCUSSIONS ACROSS THE CITY 728 00:21:54,500 --> 00:22:03,500 WHEN IT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE. 729 00:21:58,466 --> 00:22:05,966 >> 8.6% OF THE RENTERS IN SOUTH 730 00:22:00,833 --> 00:22:06,333 SHORE ARE BEING EVICTED AND 731 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:07,866 CHATHAM, SOUTH SHORE AND 732 00:22:05,966 --> 00:22:09,700 RIVERDALE. 733 00:22:06,333 --> 00:22:10,233 IT'S JUST SHAMEFUL TO SEE. 734 00:22:07,866 --> 00:22:11,800 AND THIS PROBLEM HAS TO BE 735 00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:13,166 ADDRESSED. 736 00:22:10,233 --> 00:22:15,400 >> CERTAINLY AFFECTING SPECIFIC 737 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:16,733 COMMUNITIES MORE THAN OTHERS. 738 00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:17,133 BEFORE WE MOVE TO SPORTS, HAS 739 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,533 ANYONE SEEN HAMILTON? 740 00:22:16,733 --> 00:22:18,933 >> YES. 741 00:22:17,133 --> 00:22:19,600 >> YES. 742 00:22:17,533 --> 00:22:22,200 >> I HAVE NOT SEEN HAMILTON. 743 00:22:18,933 --> 00:22:24,133 >> YOU HAVE. 744 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:26,666 A FEW MORE MONTHS TO DO IT. 745 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:27,400 >> I SAW IT WITH A HUGE POLE IN 746 00:22:24,133 --> 00:22:29,366 FRONT OF ME I HAD A LIMITED 747 00:22:26,666 --> 00:22:31,600 VIEW. 748 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:33,166 >> HOPEFULLY THE PRICE WASN'T 749 00:22:29,366 --> 00:22:34,666 $500 TO SEE THE SHOW. 750 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,033 >> NO, IT WAS 80 BUCKS. 751 00:22:33,166 --> 00:22:37,733 >> WHAT IS HAMILTON'S EFFECT 752 00:22:34,666 --> 00:22:40,200 BEEN ON CHICAGO? 753 00:22:36,033 --> 00:22:41,133 BY THE TIME THIS IS ALL SAID AND 754 00:22:37,733 --> 00:22:43,866 DONE 2.6 MILLION PEOPLE WILL 755 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:45,666 HAVE SEEN IT. 756 00:22:41,133 --> 00:22:47,533 >> I KNOW IN MY OWN FAMILY MY 757 00:22:43,866 --> 00:22:49,266 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER'S FIRST BIG 758 00:22:45,666 --> 00:22:50,500 SHOW THAT SHE GOT TO SEE AND I 759 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:50,833 THINK IT'S GETTING A LOT OF 760 00:22:49,266 --> 00:22:52,700 YOUNG PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT 761 00:22:50,500 --> 00:22:54,133 THEATER. 762 00:22:50,833 --> 00:22:55,933 >> AND IT GETS A LOT OF TOURISM 763 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:58,233 PEOPLE COMING FROM THE MIDWEST 764 00:22:54,133 --> 00:22:58,633 TO COME TO CHICAGO AND SPEND 765 00:22:55,933 --> 00:23:00,366 THEIR MONEY AND HOTELS UNT 766 00:22:58,233 --> 00:23:02,500 RESTAURANTS. 767 00:22:58,633 --> 00:23:04,866 >> AND MOVE TO SPORTS. 768 00:23:00,366 --> 00:23:06,466 CUBS LOSE 2 OUT OF 3 TO THE REDS 769 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:08,333 BUT HANG ON TO THE LEAD AND THE 770 00:23:04,866 --> 00:23:11,533 WHITE SOX WIN AGAINST THE BLUE 771 00:23:06,466 --> 00:23:11,866 JAYS AND THE BULLS LAND THE 772 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:14,566 NUMBER 7 PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT 773 00:23:11,533 --> 00:23:16,400 LOTTERY. 774 00:23:11,866 --> 00:23:17,633 EXAVIER POPE WITH THE BULLS, DID 775 00:23:14,566 --> 00:23:19,933 THEY TANK THIS YEAR IN HOPES OF 776 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:22,166 GETTING A TOP PICK? 777 00:23:17,633 --> 00:23:23,000 >> I DON'T THINK THEY 778 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:24,300 DELIBERATELY TANKED THEY ARE NOT 779 00:23:22,166 --> 00:23:25,766 VERY GOOD. 780 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,600 THEY ARE STILL YOUNG AND DON'T 781 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:30,100 HAVE A LOT OF TALENT. 782 00:23:25,766 --> 00:23:30,900 UNSURE WHAT THE BULLS ARE DOING. 783 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:31,866 WHAT IS THE IDENTITY OF THE 784 00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:32,533 TEAM? 785 00:23:30,900 --> 00:23:35,833 >> DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A 786 00:23:31,866 --> 00:23:37,800 LONG-TERM PLAN. 787 00:23:32,533 --> 00:23:40,666 >> A LOT OF FANS HAVE HAD ISSUES 788 00:23:35,833 --> 00:23:43,833 WITH THE ERA AND MANY WERE UPSET 789 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:44,166 WITH SOME OF THE RECENT MOVES IN 790 00:23:40,666 --> 00:23:45,233 BRINGING THE CONTRACT TO JIM 791 00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:47,000 BOYLAND. 792 00:23:44,166 --> 00:23:48,433 >> THE HEAD COACH. 793 00:23:45,233 --> 00:23:48,766 THE HEAD COACH OF THE BULLSES. 794 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,300 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE 795 00:23:48,433 --> 00:23:50,966 DOING. 796 00:23:48,766 --> 00:23:53,033 >> DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE 797 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:55,566 DOING? 798 00:23:50,966 --> 00:23:57,733 >> THE BULLS CONTINUOUSLY HAVE 799 00:23:53,033 --> 00:23:58,566 THE HIGH ATTENDANCE RATES AT 800 00:23:55,566 --> 00:23:59,833 THEIR GAMES THEY ARE DOING WELL 801 00:23:57,733 --> 00:24:01,800 FINANCIALLY ON THE COURT THEY 802 00:23:58,566 --> 00:24:04,500 ARE NOT DOING WELL. 803 00:23:59,833 --> 00:24:06,000 >> AND WHO DO YOU THINK THEY 804 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:06,733 WILL GET? 805 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:08,233 >> THERE'S TALKS ABOUT THE KID 806 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,966 OUT OF DUKE. 807 00:24:06,733 --> 00:24:10,466 AND THEY ARE GOING TO PICK BUT 808 00:24:08,233 --> 00:24:12,533 WHO NOOSE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO 809 00:24:09,966 --> 00:24:15,033 DO. 810 00:24:10,466 --> 00:24:18,466 >> AND IF THEY COULD GET THE 811 00:24:12,533 --> 00:24:20,333 NUMBER ONE PICK ZION WILLIAMSON 812 00:24:15,033 --> 00:24:21,066 WOULD HAVE BEEN A SAVIOR. 813 00:24:18,466 --> 00:24:22,733 >> SLAM DUNK BUT THEY ARE THE 814 00:24:20,333 --> 00:24:25,033 CHICAGO BULLS. 815 00:24:21,066 --> 00:24:25,866 >> AND YOU WONDER HOW LONG THEY 816 00:24:22,733 --> 00:24:27,133 WILL KEEP THEIR FAN BASE AT THIS 817 00:24:25,033 --> 00:24:28,300 RATE. 818 00:24:25,866 --> 00:24:29,733 >> THE FAN EXPERIENCE AT THE 819 00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:31,533 CHICAGO BULLS ARE SOME OF THE 820 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:33,433 BEST IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. 821 00:24:29,733 --> 00:24:35,233 YOU COME TO THE GAME YOU WILL 822 00:24:31,533 --> 00:24:38,233 ENJOY YOURSELVES AND IT KEEPS 823 00:24:33,433 --> 00:24:40,700 FANS COMING TO THE GAMES. 824 00:24:35,233 --> 00:24:42,600 >> THERE'S DJ'S AND HOSTS. 825 00:24:38,233 --> 00:24:44,500 >> AND TAKE PICTURES OF TROPHIES 826 00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:44,900 FOR WHEN THEY WERE GOOD. 827 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,566 >> AND IT'S BECOME A TOURIST 828 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:48,200 ATTRACTION. 829 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:49,366 >> AT THE END OF THE SEASON I AM 830 00:24:46,566 --> 00:24:51,333 ONE OF THE PERSON TURNING ON 831 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:52,266 GAMES IN THE BACKGROUND UP 832 00:24:49,366 --> 00:24:53,666 THROUGH THE LAST WEEK. 833 00:24:51,333 --> 00:24:55,966 I DON'T KNOW. 834 00:24:52,266 --> 00:24:57,466 I LIKE BASKETBALL. 835 00:24:53,666 --> 00:24:59,900 BUT IT'S LIKE EVEN I HAD TROUBLE 836 00:24:55,966 --> 00:25:00,566 KEEPING TRACK OF WHO THE GUYS 837 00:24:57,466 --> 00:25:02,466 WERE ON THE FLOOR. 838 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:04,833 THERE'S SO MUCH. 839 00:25:00,566 --> 00:25:06,000 I KNOW A LOT OF INJURIES THIS 840 00:25:02,466 --> 00:25:06,700 YEAR BUT WHAT IS THE PLAN POINT? 841 00:25:04,833 --> 00:25:08,433 IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW. 842 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,366 >> ALL RIGHT. 843 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:10,700 SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE CUBS ARE 844 00:25:08,433 --> 00:25:12,500 BARELY HANGING ON TO FIRST 845 00:25:10,366 --> 00:25:15,033 PLACE. 846 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:16,100 HOW DIFFICULT IS IT GOING TO BE 847 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:16,500 TO STAVE OFF THE BREWERS AND THE 848 00:25:15,033 --> 00:25:17,700 CARDINALS OVER THE REST OF THE 849 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,166 YEAR? 850 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:21,200 >> IT WILL BE TOUGH. 851 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:22,666 THERE ARE THREE SOLID TEAMS IN 852 00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:26,033 THE DIVISION AND THEY HAVE THE 853 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:27,633 MVP THE BREWERS. 854 00:25:22,666 --> 00:25:28,900 AND THE CUBS AFTER A SLOW START 855 00:25:26,033 --> 00:25:29,900 PICKED UP SPEED AND HAVE BEEN 856 00:25:27,633 --> 00:25:31,633 PLAYING WELL AND STARTED TO HIT 857 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:33,000 A LITTLE BIT. 858 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:33,633 SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH 859 00:25:31,633 --> 00:25:37,433 DIVISION TO WIN BUT THEY ARE IN 860 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:42,100 FOR IT. 861 00:25:33,633 --> 00:25:43,600 >> AND THE PITCHING HAS GOTTEN 862 00:25:37,433 --> 00:25:45,600 BETTER EXCEPT FOR DARVISH. 863 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:46,600 >> THOUGHT THAT THEY BOUGHT KEY 864 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,900 TERM HE HAS NOT DELIVERED ON 865 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:50,000 THOSE GOODS AND I DON'T KNOW 866 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:51,100 WHETHER HE WILL. 867 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:53,066 >> HE WAS GOOD THE OTHER NIGHT. 868 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,200 >> ONE NIGHT. 869 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:55,633 >> BUT THEY LOST THAT GAME. 870 00:25:53,066 --> 00:25:58,833 >> HE HAS TO BE CONSISTENT AND 871 00:25:54,200 --> 00:26:00,066 THAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT THE 872 00:25:55,633 --> 00:26:00,966 TEAM HAS BEEN HAVING. 873 00:25:58,833 --> 00:26:01,833 >> ALL RIGHT WELL YOU HAVE BEEN 874 00:26:00,066 --> 00:26:03,800 CONSISTENTLY GREAT BUT WE ARE 875 00:26:00,966 --> 00:26:04,633 OUT OF TIME. 876 00:26:01,833 --> 00:26:06,966 TINA SFONDELES, MIKE DUMKE, MARY 877 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:08,666 WISNIEWSKI AND EXAVIER POPE 878 00:26:04,633 --> 00:26:11,166 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND WE 879 00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:13,100 WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION 880 00:26:08,666 --> 00:26:15,500 ON-LINE IN OUR WEB EXTRA VIDEO 881 00:26:11,166 --> 00:26:18,533 AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT 882 00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:18,533 EDITION OF THE WEEK IN REVIEW. 883 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:18,533 I'M PARIS SCHUTZ. 884 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:23,766 [♪♪♪]