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>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
"THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS
SCHUTZ.
I WILL BE JOINED BY OUR PANEL IN
JUST A MOMENT FOR OUR REGULAR
SHOW.
FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP
STORIES.
FIREWORKS AT A SPECIAL SESSION
OF CITY COUNCIL AFTER FOUR
ALDERMEN CALLED AN EMERGENCY
MEETING.
MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND 47 OF
THE 50 ALDERMEN ATTENDED THE
VIRTUAL MEETING OVER SEAM TO
ADDRESS THE WIDESPREAD LOOTING
AND CONSIDER A PROPOSAL TO ASK
GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TO SEND
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
BUT A MAJORITY OF ALDERMEN VOTED
TO BLOCK THAT MEASURE AND PUT
OFF DEBATE UNTIL ANOTHER TIME.
IN A POST MEETING PRESS
CONFERENCE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT
OUTLINED WHY SHE OPPOSES
BRINGING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO HESITATE TO
DO OF THE I CAN TO KEEP OUR
RESIDENTS SAFE.
BUT THE NATIONAL GUARD DESPITE
MY OWN VIEW IS THE NATIONAL
GUARD DESPITE THE CONVERSATION
IS NOT A PANACEA.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE
COURSE OF THE SUMMER IF IT'S NOT
DEPLOYED IN THE RIGHT WAY IT CAN
GO DISASTROUSLY WRONG.
>> THE AGENCY FOR ATTRACTING
JOBS IS UNDERGOING SLASHES OF
ITS OWN.
WORLD BUSINESS OF CHICAGO
ANNOUNCES IT'S CUTTING STAFF BY
A QUARTER.
THE QUASI PUBLIC PRIVATE AGENCY
IS REPORTING A REVENUE DROP DUE
TO THE SLOW ECONOMY AND COVID-19
AND IT WILL SAVE HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS OUT OF A BUDGET OF UNDER
$9 MILLION ACCORDING TO THAT
CRAIN'S REPORT.
>> ILLINOIS REPORTS 2,000
COVID-19 CASES FOR THE SECOND
TIME THIS WEEK.
HEALTH OFFICIALS PUT THE TALLY
OVER 2200 NEW CASES IN THE LAST
24 HOURS FOR A TOTAL CASE LOAD
OF UNDER 216,000.
THERE WERE 24 ADDITIONAL DEATHS
FOR A TOTAL OF 7800.
THE POSITIVITY RATE TICKS DOWN
TO 4.43%.
20 COUNTIES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE
AT A WARNING LEVEL TWO COVID
RISK INDICATORS INCREASED LIE
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND
EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS.
>> AND NOW TO OUR REGULAR "THE
WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL.
JOINING US FROM VARIOUS
LOCATIONS AROUND TOWN ARE CRAIG
DELLIMORE OF WBBM RADIO.
OUR OWN AMANDA VINICKY.
BILL RUTHHART OF THE "CHICAGO
TRIBUNE" AND JACKIE SERRATO OF
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY.
BEFORE I GO TO THE PANEL,
OBVIOUSLY THE DNC CAPPED OFF THE
WEEK WITH THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
FROM JOE BIDEN.
LET'S HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY
LAST NIGHT.
>> NOW, I GIVE YOU MY WORD, IF
YOU ENTRUST ME WITH THE
PRESIDENCY, I WILL DRAW ON THE
BEST OF US NOT THE WORST.
I WILL BE AN ALLY OF THE LIGHT
NOT THE DARKNESS.
>> CRAIG, SEEMED LIKE THE
CENTRAL GOAL WAS TO GET VOTERS
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT VOTING FOR
JOE BIDEN NOT JUST AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP.
WERE THEY SUCCESSFUL?
>> I THINK THEY WERE AND THEY
CAME IN FEELING THAT WAY BECAUSE
THEY ARE ALL ANXIOUS TO VOTE
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
SO THAT'S BEEN THE UNDERLYING
THEME.
BUT THE OTHER THEME FOR BOTH THE
LOCAL ACTIVITIES AMONG OUR
ILLINOIS DELEGATES AND FOR THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS ABOUT
SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE TEMPERAMENT, THE CHARACTER
OF JOE BIDEN VERSUS WHAT WE'VE
SEEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND
MORE THAN ONCE THEY SAID OVER
AND OVER AGAIN THIS IS A GOOD
MAN, A KIND MAN, AN EMPATHETIC
MAN.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THIS
MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT
SPEECH OF VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
CAREER AND ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT POLITICAL SPEECHES IN
GENERAL.
DID BIDEN RISE TO THE OCCASION?
>> YEAH, HE GAVE A GOOD SPEECH
AND I THINK THAT THAT IN ITSELF
IS SUCCESS CONSIDERING THAT THE
PRESIDENT SET EXPECTATIONS FOR
HIM TO BE QUITE LOW TALKING
ABOUT HOW BIDEN ISN'T PERHAPS UP
TO THE TASK MENTALLY,
CRITICIZING BIDEN FOR WHEN HE
DOES STUMBLE WHILE HE IS
SPEAKING AND THE FACT THAT BIDEN
DIDN'T DO IT, LET ALONE THE
CONTENT AND THE CONTENT, I THINK
DID GET ACROSS THAT HI, I AM A
NICE GUY, I CARE.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS
WHICH IS TOP OF MIND FOR FOLKS
NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM YOU ARE ON.
AND I THINK, AGAIN, THAT
HIGHLIGHTED BY THOSE WHO DID
TUNE IN FOR THE WHOLE PORTION
THE BIDEN SPEECH WAS IMPACTFUL
AND YOU HAD BRADEN HARRINGTON
TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY FOR
HIM TO GIVE A SPEECH AND
CONTRASTING THAT WITH JUST YOUR
TYPICAL POLITICIAN STANDING AT A
PODIUM WITH FLAGS WAVING.
THERE WAS THAT COMPONENT AS
WELL.
AND I THINK COMBINED, YES, YOU
HAD A SOLID SPEECH FROM BIDEN
THAT ALSO HE DID CRITICIZE THE
PRESIDENT BUT NOT DIRECTLY.
SO HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT
AS CRAIG TALKED ABOUT, MUCH OF
THIS CONVENTION WAS SETUP TO DO
HI I'M A NICE GUY.
INTO BRADEN HARRINGTON SUFFERED
WITH A STUTTER.
AND WE HEARD FROM
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE KAMALA
HARRIS LET'S HEAR WHAT SHE HAD
TO SAY ON WEDNESDAY.
>> WE MUST ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO
WILL BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
SOMETHING BETTER AND DO THE
IMPORTANT WORK.
A PRESIDENT WHO WILL BRING ALL
OF US TOGETHER.
BLACK, WHITE, LATINO, ASIAN,
INDIGENOUS.
>> JACKIE SERRATO YOUR
IMPRESSIONS OF THE
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS?
>> I THINK THERE'S EXCITEMENT
ABOUT WHAT SHE REPRESENTS,
ESPECIALLY AS A WOMAN OF COLOR.
BUT HONESTLY I THINK BIDEN HAS
WON CHICAGO AS WE KNOW CHICAGO
IS AN OBAMA TOWN.
THERE IS EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT
HE REPRESENTS.
AND THERE'S A SENSE OF NOSTALGIA
FOR THE YEARS WHEN OBAMA WAS
PRESIDENT.
SO I THINK CHICAGO IS IN THE
BAGS.
BUT THERE IS EXCITEMENT FOR
KAMALA.
>> CERTAINLY NOT A LOT OF
PUNDITS PREDICT THAT ILLINOIS
WILL BE CONTESTED.
AND FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK
AIM AT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HERE IS A CLIP OF WHAT HE SAID.
>> DONALD TRUMP HASN'T GROWN
INTO THE JOB BECAUSE HE CAN'T.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT
FAILURE ARE SEVERE.
>> BILL RUTHHART ARE YOU
SURPRISED THAT OBAMA MENTIONED
TRUMP BY NAME AND WENT HARD
AGAINST TRUMP BREAKING THAT
PROTOCOL?
>> NOT TOTALLY SURPRISED WE SAW
TEA LEAVES AT THE JOHN LEWIS
FUNERAL.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT IS A
NOTEWORTHY MOMENT AND HISTORIC.
YOU ARE CORRECT YOU DO NOT OFTEN
SEE A FORMER PRESIDENT CRITICIZE
THEIR SUCCESSOR.
HOWEVER THESE ARE NOT NORMAL
TIMES.
AND I THINK THE REASON YOU SAW
OBAMA GO AT TRUMP SO HARD HE
TRULY BELIEVES THAT THE NATION'S
DEMOCRACY IS ON THE LINE HERE.
>> AND THERE IS ANOTHER CHICAGO
CONNECTION LAST NIGHT ILLINOIS
SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH TOOK AIM
AT THE PRESIDENT.
LET'S LISTEN.
>> INSTEAD, THEY HAVE A COWARD
IN CHIEF WHO WON'T STAND UP TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN, READ HIS DAILY
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS OR
ADMONISH ADVERSARIES FOR PUTTING
BOUNTIES ON OUR TROOPS' HEADS.
>> WHAT IS HER ROLE GOING TO BE
IN THE CAMPAIGN?
>> I THINK YOU WILL SEE HER BE A
SURROGATE FOR BIDEN SHE HAS
GOTTEN COMFORTABLE ON THE CABLE
NEWS NETWORKS BUT SHE WILL HAVE
A LANE OF ATTACKING WHEN IT
COMES FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE
USE OF THE MILITARY.
IF WE SEE ANY USE OF TROOPS
AGAINST PROTESTORS THAT KIND OF
THING THEY WILL ROLL HER OUT
THERE AND HAVE HER GO RIGHT ON
THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST THEM.
SO I THINK YOU WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE HER DO THAT TIME AND AGAIN,
AND IT IS A ROLE SHE HAS GROWN
COMFORTABLE WITH AND HER
NATIONAL PROFILE AGAIN HAS
REALLY RISEN HERE IN THE MORE
RECENT WEEKS.
AND I THINK IN A MINIMUM IF SHE
STAYS IN THE SENATE SHE WILL
HAVE MORE INFLUENCE AND
LEADERSHIP THERE.
AND TALK OF A POSSIBLE CABINET
POST ON THE LINE IF BIDEN IS
ELECTED.
EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN'T SELECTED
AS THE RUNNING MATE THINGS ARE
LOOKING GOOD FOR TAMMY
DUCKWORTH.
>> SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
CRAIG DELLIMORE AS THIS IS
DEPENDING ON YOU HAVE THE
ILLINOIS DELEGATION MEETING VIA
ZOOM I MISS HAVING THESE IN
PERSON SO WE CAN CHASE THE
STORIES WITH THE ILLINOIS
DELEGATION.
AND MADIGAN IS THE ELEPHANT IN
THE ROOM HERE.
I SPOKE WITH A NUMBER OF MEMBERS
THIS WEEK AND THEY KEPT SAYING
IF THE CHARGES ARE TRUE MADIGAN
SHOULD STEP DOWN SEEMING TO
SIDESTEP THE QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE WAY THAT
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS HANDLED THIS?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE
GOING TO GET CRITICISM FOR NOT
JOINING THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY
DIRECTLY SAID THAT MICHAEL
MADIGAN SHOULD RESIGN.
BUT I THINK PROBABLY THE PERSON
WHO APPEARED ON THOSE ZOOM
MEETINGS AND THEY ACTUALLY TWO
MEETINGS A DAY.
ONE FOR THE MEDIA AND ONE FOR
EACH OTHER, THEY KEPT CLOSE TO
THE MESSAGE THAT THEY WANTED TO
GIVE AND ABOUT LIKE MADIGAN
CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY SAID YOU
KNOW WHAT?
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE ELECTION
WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE ELECTION,
BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO FOCUS
ON WINNING THE ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER.
AND THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE HAS
SAID IS THE GOAL AND THAT THEY
DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT MICHAEL
MADIGAN RIGHT NOW.
AND HE IS KEY WITH HIS FUND
RAISING AND WITH ORGANIZING THE
PARTY TO NOT ONLY WINNING THE
ELECTION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO THE
LEGISLATURE.
HE HAS MEMBERS RUNNING AND A LOT
DEPEND ON HIS MONEY.
>> THAT SAID I THINK YOU HIT ON
IT RIGHT THERE.
IT IS INTERESTING WE KEEP
HEARING THAT NARRATIVE.
IF IT IS TRUE, BECAUSE THAT IS
NOT THE SAME STANDARD THAT MANY
DEMOCRATS HAVE HELD FOR SOME OF
THEIR PEERS.
>> GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH HE WAS
REMOVED FROM OFFICE BEFORE FOUND
GUILTY.
WHY IS IT A DIFFERENT STANDARD
FOR MADIGAN?
>> I THINK THE BLAGOJEVICH
SITUATION IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
GIVEN THE INFORMATION WE HAD AND
THE IMPEACHMENT MOVED FORWARD.
BLAGOJEVICH WAS NOT LIKED
ALREADY AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHY
HE WAS IMPEACHED AND REMOVED
FROM OFFICE A LOT DID NOT HAVE
TO DO ABOUT THE CRIMINAL CHARGES
IT WAS FOR WHAT DEMOCRATS WERE
PERCEIVED AS JUST MALPRACTICE AT
THE GUBERNATORIAL LEVEL.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, PARIS.
YOU LOOK AT MORE RECENT EXAMPLES
WITH SENATOR SANDOVAL AND
REPRESENTATIVE ARROYO BUT
FURTHER WHAT CRAIG NOTED IN THAT
THEY ARE DEPENDING ON MADIGAN.
HE IS THE FUNDRAISING JUGGERNAUT
AND CONTINUES TO, UNIONS LOVE
HIM AND ARE GIVING HIM MONEY.
THE QUESTION WE WILL BE WATCHING
IN ANY OF THESE SUBURBAN RACES
WHERE THEY COULD GO EITHER WAY,
WHAT ARE THOSE LEGISLATORS OR
CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING AS
DEMOCRATS, SAYING ABOUT MADIGAN?
AND WILL HE DRAG THEM DOWN?
SOMETHING REPUBLICANS HAVE TRIED
TO DO FOR YEARS WITH MADIGAN
MOSTLY UNSUCCESSFULLY AND NOW
WITH ALL OF THIS WILL IT WORK?
THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT
DEMOCRATS ARE ABLE TO NOT REALLY
COMMENT ON THE MADIGAN SITUATION
NUMBER ONE BECAUSE, LUCKY TIMING
FOR HIM, THE DNC IS VIRTUAL SO
HE DOES NOT HAVE REPORTERS
CHASING AFTER HIM.
>> WE MISS THAT.
AND MADIGAN HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED
HE IS IMPLICATED IN THE CRIMINAL
INFORMATION WITH ComEd.
JACKIE WE HAVE THE FIRST OF TWO
HEARINGS ON CAPITOL HILL WITH
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL LOUIS
DeJOY IS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
TO TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD THAT THE
CUTS TO THE POST OFFICE WILL NOT
AFFECT THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS?
>> I'M SORRY.
SEEMS LIKE WE LOST JACKIE.
ARE YOU BACK?
I WILL DIRECT THAT TO BILL, BILL
DO YOU BELIEVE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE HIM AT HIS
WORD THAT THE MAIL-IN BALLOTING
WILL GO SMOOTHLY?
>> YOU KNOW THAT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN HERE.
LOOK, IN WISCONSIN, WHEN THEY
HAD THEIR PRIMARY THERE WERE ALL
KINDS OF PROBLEMS PROCESSING
BALLOTS BEFORE ANY OF THIS
HAPPENED.
IT IS A TALL ORDER AND NEVER
BEEN DONE BEFORE WITH A FULLY
STAFFED AND FULLY FUNDED POST
OFFICE.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS
IN CONGRESS TRYING TO KEEP AS
CLOSE OF AN EYE AS POSSIBLE ON
THIS.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED AND IN THE
BEST OF TIME WITH THE BEST
RESOURCES NONE OF WHICH ARE THE
CASE CURRENTLY IT WOULD BE A
TALL ORDER.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE
ISSUES.
HOW WIDESPREAD AND HOW
PROBLEMATIC THAT IS THE BIG
QUESTION.
>> AND CLERK ALSO HAVE THEIR
HANDSFUL.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WE
HAVE TWO THINGS TO CONSIDER.
THE FIRST IS THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE FEEL THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN
DONE BY BRINGING MORE DOUBT
AMONG PEOPLE ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE THE
RIGHT WAY TO GO.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
ONE OTHER THING.
THE POST OFFICE DELIVERS MAIL AT
CHRISTMAS.
AND THAT IS BIGGER THAN ANY EVEN
THIS ELECTION WOULD BE.
IF THEY CAN DELIVER THE MAIL ON
TIME DURING CHRISTMAS WITH WHAT
THEY HAVE THEY CAN DELIVER THE
MAIL DURING THIS.
THE QUESTION IS WILL THEY WANT
TO?
HAVE THEY CHANGED THE STAFFING
SO THAT THEY CAN'T.
>> IT'S NOT JUST THE POST
OFFICE.
THE FOCUS IS THERE FOR GOOD
REASON AND IN PART BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HAS PUT THE FOCUS THERE.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT.
I THINK IT GETS TO WHAT BILL WAS
HINTING AT THAT IT'S ALSO THE
PROCESSING AND THE ASK THAT
LOCAL ELECTION AUTHORITIES
COUNTY CLERKS WILL HAVE AND
VOTERS WHO MIGHT BE CONFUSED AND
IT IS THE QUESTION OF IS A ONE
BALLOT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED
VALID OR NOT DUE TO SIGNATURE,
ARRIVAL TIME.
THERE'S BEEN FOCUS ON THE POST
OFFICE BUT IT IS MORE THAN THAT
PARTICULARLY GIVEN ALL OF THE
DOUBT THAT HAS BEEN CAST INTO IT
AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> THE MESSAGE IS VOTE EARLY.
ALTERCATIONS BETWEEN PROTESTORS
POLICE AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE
REFORMS TO THE PROGRAM THAT PUTS
POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS.
ALDERMAN ED BURKE'S LAWYERS
MOTION TO REMOVE WIRETAPS AS
EVIDENCE IN HIS CRIMINAL CASE.
AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LEGACY
OF FORMER GOVERNOR JAMES
THOMPSON WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF
84.
JACKIE SERRATO THOUGHT WE HAD
YOU BACK.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE PANEL, I
WANT TO PLAY A CLIP OF POLICE
SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN AND A
PROTESTER THAT YOU TALKED WITH
THIS WEEK ABOUT THE PROTESTS.
>> THE POLICE CLOSED IN ON US
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I'M
BEING HIT WITH BATONS AND TEAR
GAS IS SPRAYED THEY ARE PUSHING,
SHOVING US AND I GOT KNOCKED
OVER THREE TIMES.
>> I STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER,
WITNESSING THE VERBAL ABUSE AND
DODGING THE BOTTLES AND STREET
DEBRIS ONE MAN WAS ASSAULTED BY
A MAN WIELDING A SKATEBOARD.
>> JACKIE SORRY WE LOST YOU.
YOU HAVE PROTESTORS SAYING COPS
WERE AGITATING LAST WEEKEND COPS
SAYING THE PROTESTORS WERE
AGITATING.
WEIS THIS WE ARE NOT GOING TO KW
THE TRUTH HERE AND MAYBE IT IS A
LITTLE BIT OF BOTH?
>> WE HEARD THE OFFICIAL
ACCOUNTS.
WE KNOW THE POLICE ATTEMPTS TO
CONTROL AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND AT THE SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY WE
HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTING TIME
LINES OF PROTESTS IN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA.
THAT HAD INCIDENTS OF POLICE
ESCALATION AND WE HAVE BEEN
PUTTING OUT A CALL FOR FIRST
PERSON ACCOUNTS LIKE THE ONE WE
HEARD AND PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE ON THE GROUND.
AND PROTESTS WE'VE SEEN THE USE
OF BATONS, RIOT GEAR, PEPPER
SPRAY AND USING MILITARY TACTICS
SUCH AS KETTLING WHICH IS MEANT
TO CORNER YOU INTO A DETERMINED
AREA SO THAT POLICE CAN ATTACK
AND MAKE MASS ARRESTS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO COMPARE THE
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS WITH THE WAY
THAT PEOPLE SAW IT ON THE GROUND
BECAUSE AUGUST 15TH SATURDAY WAS
MEANT TO BE A PEACEFUL PROTEST
DOWNTOWN.
PROTESTORS WERE UNARMED.
AND HONESTLY, WE FEEL LIKE THE
POLICE OVERREACTED.
>> YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE
ACCOUNTS YOU ARE HEARING DO DO
NOT SQUARE WITH SOME OF THE
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS?
>> CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT POLICE
MADE QUITE A FEW ARRESTS BUT
THEY HESITATED TO RELEASE THE
BLACK PROTESTORS BECAUSE IT WAS
A DIVERSE COALITION AND ONE OF
THEM, JOHNSON, WAS JUST RELEASED
TODAY.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP FOLLOWING
THAT.
BILL RUTHHART LATER THIS WEEK,
MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT CONFIRMED
THAT THE BLOCK WHERE SHE LIVES
WOULD BE CLOSED OFF TO
PROTESTORS.
A FAIR SORT OF THING TO DO WHEN
YOU CONSIDER THREATS TO HER AND
HER FAMILY OR DOES THAT RUN
AFOUL WITH FIRST AMENDMENT
PROTECTIONS?
>> THAT IS A BIG DEBATE.
FIRST OF ALL WE ARE NOT PRIVY TO
THE TYPE OF THREATS THE MAYOR IS
RECEIVING ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THEY ARE ON THE REGULAR.
AND I THINK WHAT ALSO IS NOT IN
DISPUTE IS THAT THE LEVEL OF
PROTESTS WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE
CONFRONTING MORE OR THE
PROTESTORS BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE
IS CERTAINLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
WE SAW POST LAQUAN McDONALD
AND AT THE NATO SUMMIT SOME OF
THE MAJOR PROTESTS WE SAW DURING
EMANUEL'S TIME IN OFFICE.
THE MAYOR SAYS THIS IS A
DIFFERENT DYNAMIC.
WE'VE HAD LOOTING THIS TIME
AROUND WHICH WAS NOT PART OF AN
ISSUE AND SOMETIMES THAT GETS
WRAPPED INTO THE PROTESTS AND
SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
ALL THAT SAID, YOU KNOW MAYOR
RAHM EMANUEL'S HOME GOT
PROTESTED FREQUENTLY AND I WAS
THERE A LOT.
AND THEY KEPT THE SIDEWALK CLEAR
BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS A
PUBLIC WAY AND FOLKS PROTESTED.
I HAVE NOT BEEN TO LIGHTFOOT'S
BLOCK BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT
IT'S GOTTEN A LOT OF NATIONAL
ATTENTION AND FOLKS ON FOX NEWS
HAVE POINTED TO THIS.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE
THAT SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
HEAR ABOUT.
>> THE TEMPERATURE TURNED UP.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS POLICE OFFICERS
IN SCHOOLS.
C.P.S. CAME FORWARD TO ANNOUNCE
REVISIONS TO THAT PROGRAM AND
THIS IS AFTER MANY SCHOOLS VOTED
TO TAKE AWAY THE SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICERS SOME OF THE SCHOOLS
VOTED TO KEEP THEM.
WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THEY ARE
MAKING HERE?
>> HONESTLY I CANNOT TELL YOU
ABOUT THE DIRECT INDIVIDUAL
CHANGES BECAUSE I WAS MOSTLY
WATCHING THE POLITICAL STUFF
THIS WEEK.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
POLICE ARE NOT CALLED FOR SCHOOL
DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS.
IN OTHER WORDS IF A STUDENT IS
ACTING UP IN CLASS, YOU DON'T
CALL THE POLICE FOR THAT.
THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR COMPLAINT
THAT BASICALLY, THE POLICE WERE
CALLED FOR ANYTHING.
SO THAT I KNOW HAS BEEN A MAJOR
ONE THING THAT THEY WANTED TO
FOCUS ON.
BUT YOU ALSO CAN SEE FROM THE
WAY THAT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
ALSO KEPT THE OFFICERS, A LOT
HAS TO DO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP
AT THAT SCHOOL BETWEEN THOSE
PARTICULAR OFFICERS AND THOSE
KIDS.
AND THE RELATIONSHIP.
AND I THINK THAT'S HELD THROUGH
MUCH OF THE VOTING.
>> JACKIE, DO YOU THINK THAT
KIDS FEEL SAFER IN SCHOOLS WITH
THE POLICE OFFICERS OUT OF THERE
AND THE POLICE OFFICERS IN
THERE, WITH CHANGES TO THE
PROGRAM?
>> WELL, I THINK THE DATA SHOWS
WHEN POLICE OFFICERS INTERVENE
IN SCHOOL IT TENDS TO BE AGAINST
BLACK STUDENTS OVERWHELMINGLY.
AND HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE SOUTH
SIDE DID VOTE TO KEEP COPS IN
SCHOOLS BUT I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT
MANY SCHOOLS IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES DO NOT HAVE LSC'S
AND DO NOT HAVE QUORUM IN THE
SOUTH SIDE ALONE THERE'S 45 HIGH
SCHOOLS WITH COPS AND NEARLY
HALF OF THOSE SCHOOLS DO NOT
HAVE LIKE I SAID ACTIVE LSC'S OR
ENOUGH VOTES.
AND SOME STUDENTS ACCUSE LSC'S
OF NOT ENGAGING THE STUDENTS IN
THE CONVERSATION STUDENTS WHO
WILL BE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH
POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS.
I THINK WE SHOULD QUESTION
WHETHER LSC'S ARE TRULY
REPRESENTATIVE OF STUDENT
BODIES.
>> ALDERMAN ED BURKE'S LAWYERS,
REMEMBER ED BURKE SEEMS LIKE
FOREVER SINCE HE WAS INDICTED ON
14 COUNTS THEY ARE ASKING THE
JUDGE TO REMOVE THE WIRETAPS
FROM HIS CASE.
WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT THERE?
>> THE ARGUMENT THERE IS THAT
THE FEDS AND THIS IS WHAT
BURKE'S ATTORNEYS ARE ALLEGING
THAT THEY MESSED UP THEY ASKED
FOR TOO MUCH THEY WENT ON FOR
TOO LONG AND SAYING WE DON'T
QUITE KNOW WHY IT WAS THAT
BURKE'S PHONES WERE WIRETAPPED
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO THEY ARE ALLEGING LIKE I SAID
THE FEDS JUST WENT TOO FAR AND
THEY NEED TO FOLLOW PROTOCOLS
AND THEREFORE THE WHOLE DARNED
CASE SHOULD BE TOSSED.
>> AND PART OF THIS MOTION WAS
REVELATION THAT AN ALDERMAN WE
KNOW TO BE DANNY SOLIS WAS
WEARING A WIRE ON ALDERMAN
BURKE.
CRAIG DELLIMORE, YOU KNOW, A LOT
OF QUESTIONS AS TO WHY ALDERMAN
SOLICE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED OR
WHETHER HE IS GOING TO SKATE
FREE BECAUSE OF HIS COOPERATION
HERE?
>> THAT IS TRUE.
AND WHAT CAME OUT IN THIS MOTION
FROM BURKE'S ATTORNEYS WAS THAT
SOLICE HAS THEY SAY A DEFERRED
PROSECUTION AGREEMENT.
WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE
FEDS DO NOT CHARGE HIM UNTIL
THEY SEE HOW THE INFORMATION
THAT HE GAVE THEM PLAYS OUT AND
THEN THEY MAY OR MAY NOT CHARGE
HIM.
THE SAME THING THAT COMMONWEALTH
EDISON AGREED TO THEY ARE HAVING
A DEFERRED PROSECUTION.
THEY SAID THAT IS SUSPICIOUS.
THIS IS A MAN WHO HAD SOMETHING
TO GAIN BY SAYING THESE THINGS
AND DOING THESE THINGS.
>> THERE WAS ANOTHER INDICTMENT
TODAY ON A COOK COUNTY DEMOCRAT,
WHAT IS THAT INDICTMENT
ALLEGING?
>> TAX FRAUD AND EXTORTION AND
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE
BEEN WAITING FOR.
IT APPEARS FROM THE SMALL AMOUNT
OF INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM
THE FEDS THAT HE, TOO, IS
COOPERATING WITH THEM.
SO IT JUST CONTINUES, CONTINUES,
CONTINUES.
>> LIKE A DRAGNET THERE ARE SO
MANY LAYERS.
CRAIG DELLIMORE, QUICKLY, THIS
WEEK, THE STATE LOST JAMES
THOMPSON FORMER GOVERNOR AT 84
YEARS OLD.
WHAT IS HIS LEGACY?
>> I THINK HIS LEGACY IS GOING
TO BE FIRST OF OFF ONE OF THE
BETTER GOVERNORS.
HE WAS ABLE TO GET ALONG WITH
BOTH SIDES HE WAS A REPUBLICAN,
HE WAS A CHICAGO REPUBLICAN BUT
HE WAS THE KIND OF PERSON THAT
WOULD BRING EVERYBODY INTO THE
ROOM AND SIT DOWN AND SAY
EVERYBODY CALM DOWN AND LET'S
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO
MAKE THIS WORK AND HE DID THAT
ON SO MANY ISSUES.
WASN'T ALWAYS RIGHT.
DIDN'T ALWAYS WORK ECONOMICALLY.
BUT IT HAPPENED.
>> CERTAINLY LONG SERVING
GOVERNOR IN THAT ILLINOIS
REPUBLICAN TRADITION OF BEING
MODERATE.
BILL RUTHHART WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
FROM THE RNC?
>> WELL, THE TWO THINGS.
WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE
NATIONAL LEVEL AND LOCALLY WITH
ILLINOIS DELEGATION.
ILLINOIS DELEGATION WE ARE NOT
EXPECTING A LOT AS FAR AS I CAN
TELL.
THE PARTY IS SUBSTANTIALLY
WEAKENED IN ITS ORGANIZATION
SINCE RAUNER WAS GOVERNOR.
IT DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES
WHEN RAUNER WAS PUMPING DOLLARS
INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE'S NOT DAILY ZOOM CALLS OR
EVENTS PLANNED AS THE DELEGATION
LIKE THE DEMOCRATS DID THIS
WEEK.
SO ON THE LOCAL FRONT NOT A HECK
OF A LOT.
>> I HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE
BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
BUT MY THANKS TO CRAIG
DELLIMORE, AMANDA VINICKY, BILL
RUTHHART AND JACKIE SERRATO
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
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WE'LL HEAR FROM THE ILLINOIS
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BILL WAS TALKING ABOUT AND
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SPEECHES AND
OF COURSE OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS
TEAM BREAKS IT ALL DOWN.
AND NOW FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW"
I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND.
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