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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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NATIONAL CONVENTION KICKS OFF

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE ILLINOIS

REPUBLICANS THAT BILL RUTHHART

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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