>>Eddie: GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO THE WEEK IN REVIEW.
I A.M. EDDIE ARRUZA, IN FOR
JOEL WEISMAN.
LAWMAKERS IN SPRINGFIELD GET
SERIOUS
HARRASSMENT.
>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN
ILLINOIS IS DEMONSTRATING AGAIN
THAT IT IS INCAPABLE OF
POLICING ITSELF.
>>Eddie: NEW MEASURES IN
SPRINGFIELD MANDATE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT TRAINING AND GIVE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL MORE
LEEWAY TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO
TRANSFORM THE CITY THAT DON'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH POLICE
TRAINING.
>> ALDERMEN APPROVED A FIRE
ACADEMY ON THE WEST SIDE
DESPITE PLEAS FROM CHANCE THE
RAPPER TO FUND SCHOOLS INSTEAD.
>> VIRGINIA HAS TOLD US TO END
THE DIVISIVENESS THAT WE WILL
NOT CONDONE, HATRED AND
BIGOTRY.
>>Eddie: A SEISMIC SHIFT
FOLLOWING TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS.
IS IT A WARNING FOR REPUBLICAN
INCUMBENTS IN ILLINOIS.
IN SPORTS, WITH ARRON ROGERS
STILL INJURED, COULD - - LEAD
THE THREE- BEARS TO A WIN OVER
GREEN BAY.
>>Eddie: 20 US TONIGHT OUR BOB
REED OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
AMANDA VINICKY OF WTTW, LAURA
WASHINGTON OF THE ABC
7/SUN-TIMES AND LESTER MUNSON
OF ESPN.
FIRST TONIGHT, A BIG ONE FOR
GOVERNOR AS LEGISLATORS FAILED
TO OVERRIDE HIS VETO ON A WORK:
RIGHT TO WORK BILL.THIS AS
THEY LOOK INTO SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AT THE CAPITAL.
TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS BOOST
DEMOCRATS HOPE FOR 2018 SHOULD
VULNERABLE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS
BE WORRIED.
MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL DEFENDS A
NEW POLICE AND FIRE ACADEMY AS
CHANCE THE RAPPER DRAWS
ATTENTION TO SCHOOLS.
- - AS WELL AS NEW REGULATIONS
FOR RIDESHARE AND TAXI DRIVERS.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT HAS CERTAINLY
DOMINATED THE NEWS THIS WEEK
BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
AND EIGHT, DO YOU BELIEVE THE
CORNER HAS BEEN TURNED ON
AWARENESS ON THIS, ESPECIALLY
IN GOVERNMENT HERE IN ILLINOIS?
>> I THINK THE CONDUCT IS NEVER
GOING TO CHANGE.
I THINK THAT THERE'S AWARENESS,
MOVEMENT TOWARD STRENGTHENING
LAWS.ENCOURAGING WOMEN, WOMEN
WILL FEEL BETTER AND MORE
ENCOURAGED ABOUT COMING
OUT AND
COMING FORWARD WITH THESE
THINGS.
>>Eddie: AMANDA, YOU'VE BEEN
DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD MOST OF
THIS WEEK.
THERE IS THIS NEW BIPARTISAN
CAUCUS OF SENATE WOMEN.
15 OF THEM HAVE COME TOGETHER.
IS THERE ANY LEGISLATIVE REASON
OR IS IT BECAUSE OF THIS SEXUAL
HARASSMENT PUSHED TO COME
FORWARD AS LAURA WAS SAYING?
>> I THINK A LOT OF ISSUES
INVOLVING WOMEN BEYOND SEXUAL
HARASSMENT, THAT IS THEIR ONLY
POLICY FOCUS.
THAT TO ME, WITH ALL OF THE
WOMEN THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE
ILLINOIS SENATE, BROUGHT TO THE
FOREFRONT ISSUES.
ONE REPORTER ASKED, WHY AREN'T
THERE ANY WOMEN RUNNING FOR
OFFICE?
NOW THERE IS BUT IT WAS ALMOST
FORGOTTEN AND PUSHED ASIDE.
- - A STATE REPRESENTATIVE,
VERY CONSERVATIVE RUNNING A
DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN.
NONETHELESS, BRINGING THAT
ISSUE TO THE FOREFRONT.
WOMEN WERE INTRICATELY INVOLVED
YET WE ARE PARTICULARLY
INVISIBLE IN THAT BECAUSE IT
WAS END: IN THE END NEGOTIATED
BY THE MALE LEADERS.
WHEN THAT DEAL WAS REACHED, IT
WAS AFTER REPUBLICAN LEADER - -
HAD BEEN PUSHED OUT.
THERE'S THAT BUT CERTAINLY ALL
OF THOSE ISSUES ARE NOT AT THE
FOREFRONT.
IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE
AFTER THAT PRESS CONFERENCE,
THERE WAS A MEASURE THAT WAS
SEEN AS CENTRAL TO WOMEN'S
RIGHTS CAUSES WAS VOTED DOWN.
THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK.
NOW THE CAPITAL IS FOCUSED ON
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
>>Eddie: THERE'S THIS NEW
INSPECTOR GENERAL, THE POSITION
HAS FINALLY BEEN FILLED.
THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE HIGH
PROFILE ALLEGATION THAT'S COME
FORWARD.
DO WE EXPECT MORE WOMEN TO COME
FORWARD AND REGISTER
COMPLAINTS?
>> WE DON'T KNOW THE NATURE OF
THE COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE THUS
FAR BEEN SENT TO THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
IT APPEARS CLEARLY THAT ONE OF
THEM WILL HAVE TO DO WITH
SEXUAL HARASSMENT INVOLVING
SENATOR SILVERSTEIN.
HIS ACCUSER NAMED DENISE ROSCH
TIMER WAS A VICTIMS RIGHTS
ADVOCATE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH
SILVERSTEIN ON LEGISLATION.
IS HERSELF RUNNING FOR OFFICE
AS A REPUBLICAN NOW.
SHE MADE PUBLIC THOSE
ALLEGATIONS.
WE DON'T KNOW.
THE REST COULD NOT BE ABOUT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
WILL OTHER NAMES BE OUT THERE
OR NOT?
WE ARE ALL WATCHING AND
WAITING.
THERE IS PROTECTION ON ALL
SIDES BECAUSE ONCE ONE NAME
COMES OUT, THESE FACEBOOK
EXCHANGES.
THE SILVERSTEIN ONE IS NOT THE
TYPICAL CASE OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT THAT'S BEEN TALKED
ABOUT IN SPRINGFIELD.
ONCE SOMEBODY TUMBLES, PERHAPS
A WHOLE LOT MORE.
>> THE SPORTS WORLD ESPECIALLY
AMONG REPORTERS HAS ALWAYS BEEN
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN CLOSELY
WATCHED BECAUSE MORE WOMEN ARE
ENTERING THE FIELD.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS,
ESPECIALLY IN LOCKER ROOM
SETTINGS IN THE MAIL DOMINATOR
SPORTS
WORLD?
>> THE LOCKER ROOM ISSUE WHICH
WAS A BIG ISSUE SEVERAL YEARS
AGO HAS PRETTY MUCH
DISAPPEARED.
MOST TEAMS THAT OPPRESS
COMPASSES OUTSIDE THE LOCKER
ROOM.
A LOT OF SPORTS JOURNALISTS
REALIZE WE DON'T REALLY BELONG
IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
FRANK THE FORD, THE GREATEST OF
SPORTS REPORTERS LEAD THIS
IDEA.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY STABLE.
THE PROBLEM IS, WE AT ESPN
VIGOROUSLY, AGGRESSIVELY HIRE
WOMEN TO BRING THEM INTO SPORTS
MEDIA.
THEN THEY STAYED FOR A COUPLE
YEARS AND THEY ARE GONE.
WE ARE IN PERPETUAL 10 PERCENT
RANGE.
AS SOON AS THEY'VE WORKED WITH
US FOR A WHILE, OFF THEY GO TO
A BIGGER AND WHAT THEY THINK IS
A BETTER JOB.
MAYBE IT IS.
I THINK THE SPRINGFIELD
SITUATION, I WORKED IN
SPRINGFIELD FOR GOVERNOR
OGILVY, THAT IS A TOXIC CULTURE
FOR WOMEN.
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE GUYS RIGHT NOW THAT
ARE HOPING AND PRAYING THEIR
NAMES DO NOT COME UP.
SILVERSTEIN, THE COLUMN WITH
THE EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE WOMAN
AND I PERCENT HE SHOULD BE SO
EMBARRASSED.
HE SHOULD RESIGN FOR
EMBARRASSMENT AND STUPIDITY IF
NOT HARASSMENT.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT YOU
READ.
>> I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
GOING FORWARD IS THE - - YOU
WILL GET FROM MEN THAT REALLY
DON'T GET IT.
OR JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
DEFINITION.
I WAS JUST FLIRTING OR
WHATEVER.
THAT SEWER REMAINS VERY MURKY.
THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE HAD A
GREAT DEFINITION OF WHAT
SEXUAL-HARASSMENT IS, IF YOU
CAN'T SAY OR DO IN FRONT OF
YOUR GRANDMA, IT'S SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
>> FOR EVERY LEGISLATOR THAT IS
HOLDING HIS BREATH TO SAY I
HOPE NOTHING COMES OUT, THEY
ARE JUST AS MANY FOR WHOM THERE
IS SOMEBODY READY TO SHARE A
STORY.
AND THAT LEGISLATOR OR LOBBYIST
WOULD BE CAUGHT OFFGUARD.LIKE
WHAT?
YOU THINK THAT WAS
SEXUAL-HARASSMENT?
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE
QUESTION HERE.
>>Eddie: LET ME GET TO THE CITY
COUNCIL BECAUSE THERE WAS A BIG
CHANGE IN CHICAGO AS WELL.
MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T
REALIZE THAT THE MAYOR AND THE
CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER ELECTED
OFFICIALS WERE EXEMPT FROM ANY
SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS
COMING TO THEM.
DO YOU EXPECT A LOT OF
COMPLAINTS TO COME
FORWARD?
>> DEPENDS ON THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DIDN'T
HAVE WAS A PATHWAY TO ADDRESS
ANY GRIEVANCE BECAUSE IN
SPRINGFIELD, THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL JOB WAS OPEN FOR WHAT?
THREE YEARS.IN ADDITION TO
THAT, STATUTORILY THEY COULD
ONLY DO SO MUCH.
YOU HAVE TO IMPROVE THE LAW IN
ORDER FOR AN INSPECTOR GENERAL
TO DO MORE.
AND THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.
YOU RUN THE RISK OF HAVING
WINDOWDRESSING AND NO REAL PATH
TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
IF THAT HAPPENS, THEN IT IS
JUST A SHOW.
THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO FIND
OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND ADDRESS
IT AND HAVE THE PROPER
PUNISHMENT FOR DOING IT.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S LEFT UP TO
PEOPLE, MAYBE I DID SOMETHING
WRONG.
MAYBE I SHOULD RESIGN, MAYBE I
SHOULDN'T.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE WAY
YOU HANDLE THIS.
>>Eddie: COME JANUARY FIRST,
SHOULD ALDERMEN BE WORRIED IN
WASHINGTON?
>> OF COURSE THEY SHOULD BE
WORRIED.
ALDERMEN AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
HAVE BEEN GETTING A FREE RIDE
FOR MANY YEARS.
LIKE YOU SAID, MANY PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE MANY OF OUR LAWS
DON'T APPLY TO THEM.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
NERVOUSNESS, NOT JUST ABOUT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT BUT WHAT ELSE
IS OUT THERE.
>>Eddie: TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS,
ESPECIALLY IN VIRGINIA THAT SAW
AN ENORMOUS SHIFT FROM
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS TO
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS.
EVEN THEIR FIRST TRANSGENDER
ELECTED OFFICIAL THERE.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO SPILL OVER
TO THE ELECTIONS NATIONWIDE,
ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE ILLINOIS
AREA?
IS THE GOVERNOR MORE PROBABLE
OR REPUBLICAN CONGRESS
VULNERABLE?
>> I THINK IT'S A STATE AND
LOCAL ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW THERE'S A HUGE
TREND.
INEVITABLY, YOU NEED A MUCH
MORE INCLUSIVE TYPE OF
GOVERNMENT THEN CURRENTLY WE
HAVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF
DEMOGRAPHICS.
YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE MORE
PEOPLE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PEOPLE IN THE SITUATION.
SO, I THINK THIS IS A - - OF
THINGS TO COME BUT I DON'T KNOW
IT WILL TURN ON A DIME IN THE
NEXT ELECTION.
>>Eddie: THERE ARE OTHER
ISSUES.
THE TAX REFORM ISSUE,
HEALTHCARE, ATTEMPT AT REPEAL.
SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS IN
ILLINOIS BACK TO THAT.
NOT VERY POPULAR AMONG THEIR
CONSTITUENTS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK LESTER, WILL
IT HAVE AN IMPACT COME NEXT
YEAR?
>> I DON'T THINK WHAT HAPPENED
TO VIRGINIA WILL HAVE AN IMPACT
HERE.
I THINK PEOPLE LIKE PETER
ROSKAM, HE HAS PLENTY TO WORRY
ABOUT.
HE IS A FAMILY FRIEND OF MINE.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE'S PUT
HIMSELF IN CORNERS THAT ARE
DIFFICULT TO DEFEND.
THAT VIRGINIA ELECTION, ED
GILLESPIE, FOR SOME REASON HE
WAS TALKING ABOUT A GANG IN
GUATEMALA NAMED MS 13.
I WOULD SAY HE WENT OFF FROM
THE MAIN ISSUES AND GOT
DISTRACTED.
>>Eddie: BUT THEY HAVE A
PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES,
ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK CITY.
WHICH IS NOT IN VIRGINIA,
NONETHELESS, HE WAS TRYING TO
CAPITALIZE ON WHAT THE
PRESIDENT DID EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
>> PART OF WHAT THIS SHOWS IS
WHO'S MOTIVATED TO COME OUT AND
VOTE.
THAT REALLY IN THE END IS WHAT
THIS IS ABOUT.
VIRGINIA IS IN ILLINOIS.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT PLAYERS,
DIFFERENT DYNAMICS.
IF YOU HAVE VOTERS THAT WILL
COME OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE
ANGRY.
THAT IS INTERESTING.
SEEING A SHAKEUP IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WHERE YOU HAVE
A DIVISION BETWEEN A MORE
CONSERVATIVE VERSUS THE
MODERATE.
WILL THERE BE REPUBLICANS THAT
GO OUT FOR OTHERS?
WILL THEY NOT COME OUT IN THE
END IF THEIR CANDIDATE DOESN'T
MAKE IT FROM THE PRIMARY TO THE
GENERAL.
THERE WILL BE A WHOLE LOT TO
WATCH.
IF I WAS GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER,
IT WOULD MAKE ME MORE NERVOUS.
>>Eddie: COULD PUBLIC DEFENDERS
FILE LAWSUITS SAYING NOTHINGS
BEEN DONE TO STOP SEXUAL
AGGRESSION BY JAIL INMATES.
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA IS
DISMISSED FROM JURY DUTY AS
ACTIVIST CALL FOR MORE INPUT IN
HIS SOUTHSIDE PRESIDENTIAL
CENTER.
COULD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND
TONI PRECKWINKLE WITH A
REFERENDUM TO MAKE RECREATIONAL
POT LEGAL.
- - HAVE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
NOT DONE ENOUGH TO PROTECT
THEIR ASSISTANT PUBLIC
DEFENDERS?
>> THERE ARE TENSIONS BETWEEN
THOSE TWO OFFICES FOR A COUPLE
YEARS NOW.
THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THEY BEEN
WORKING TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES
BUT CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH HAS BEEN
DONE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO
PROTECT PROFESSIONALS LIKE THE
PUBLIC
DEFENDERS.
YOU HAVE TO PROTECT EVERYBODY
WORKING IN THAT BUILDING AND
THEY NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM
VERY FAST.
THERE'S BEEN TENSION BETWEEN
THOSE TWO OFFICES FOR A LONG
TIME.
>>Eddie: THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
SAY IN THE LAWSUIT THAT EVEN
WHEN THE LAWS: INMATES ARE TOLD
THERE ARE SEVERE REPERCUSSIONS,
THAT THEY DON'T CARE AND
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO TRY TO
STOP IT OR MAKE IT A GREATER
OFFENSE.
>> THESE PUBLIC DEFENDERS ARE
IN A TRICKY POSITION.
THEY HAVE A DUTY TO REPRESENT
THEM.
TO MINIMIZE PUNISHMENTS AND
MAKE SURE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED.
THEN THESE GUYS ATTACK THEM.
IF YOU READ THAT LAWSUIT, IT
GIVES YOU A PICTURE THAT SHOWS
ALMOST A SNAKE PIT.
IT'S WAY BEYOND
SEXUAL-HARASSMENT THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IN SPRINGFIELD.
THIS IS GROSS, TERRIBLE THINGS
THAT HAPPENED THAT YOU CAN'T
EVEN TALK ABOUT HERE.
>>Eddie: BOB REED , WHAT CAN
SHERIFF - - DO?
>> HE HAS TO FIND A WAY TO
PROTECT THESE EMPLOYEES AND
FIND A WAY TO PUNISH THESE
FOLKS.I AGREE WITH YOU, IT'S
A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION.
THEY ARE ALREADY IN JAIL.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?
>>Eddie: UNLESS THERE IS SEVERE
PUNISHMENT BUT WHAT WOULD THAT
BE?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WHAT WOULD THAT NECESSARILY BE?
EXTEND THEIR TIME, SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU CAN DO
THAT.
>> THEY'VE EVEN TRIED JUMPSUITS
THAT WOULD TIE THEIR HANDS.
NONE OF THAT WORKED.
THEY HAVE TRIED THINGS.
THEY JUST HAVEN'T GOT THE
ANSWER.
SEVERE PUNISHMENT OF A GUY
ALREADY IN THE COUNTY JAIL,
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
>> TOM DARK UP UNTIL NOW HAD A
STERLING
REPUTATION.
HE GOT A LOT OF NATIONAL
ATTENTION FOR THE GOOD WORK
HE'S DONE IN TERMS OF PRISON
REFORM.
HERE HE IS NOW, PEOPLE TALKING
HIM UP AS A CANDIDATE THAT CAN
RUN STATEWIDE AND HE IS IN A
DICEY SITUATION.
RUNNING A JAIL IS THE TOUGHEST
JOB FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO
HAVE IN THE STATE.
>>Eddie: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
PROPOSAL ABOUT MAYBE LEGALIZING
MARIJUANA.
STILL IN ITS INFANCY STAGES, IN
ITS SEED IF YOU LIKE.
IS THIS GOING TO BE WHERE THEY
MAKE REVENUE AND MAKE IT A
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ISSUE.
AMANDA, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> CERTAINLY I THINK IT WILL BE
PORTRAYED AS A CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM ISSUE.
FOR GOOD REASON.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN JAIL.
THIS IS A WAYS OFF.
ANY REFERENDUM WOULD BE JUST
THAT, NONBINDING.
WE ARE SEEING TALK ABOUT IT.
A SERIES OF HEARING BUT EVEN
LEGISLATORS WHO ARE BEHIND
THAT, SAY THIS IS GOING TO TAKE
SOME TIME.
WE ARE ASKING ALL OF THE
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES HOW
THEY FEEL ABOUT IT.
NONETHELESS, A WAYS TO GO.
>> IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE
WILL BE SOME MOVEMENT IN
SPRINGFIELD NEXT YEAR?
WE ARE HEARING ABOUT IT BEING
BROUGHT UP IN THE SPRING
SESSION.THEY ARE LOOKING AT
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE
THAT OTHER STATES LIKE COLORADO
ARE GETTING.
>> IT'S BETWEEN $350
MILLION-$700 MILLION A YEAR.
IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH
SPRINGFIELD BEFORE THE ELECTION
YEAR NEXT YEAR.
>> THERE ARE NO STUDIES
UNDERWAY IN COLORADO AND
WASHINGTON.
NOT ONLY THE REVENUE BUT THE
COST OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.
THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
IT.WE ALL KNOW STONERS WHO
HAVE LOST OPPORTUNITIES.I AM
ON THE BOARD OF THE BETTY FORD
CENTER.
WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN
ADDICTION ISSUES.
WE HAVE SEVEN CAMPUSES ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES.
WE ARE SAYING GO SLOW ON
LEGALIZING MARIJUANA.
THERE ARE MORE PROBLEMS THAN
YOU THINK.
INCLUDING, SOMEWHAT
SURPRISINGLY, EREWHON OR IN
COLORADO SEEMS TO BE A GATEWAY
DRUG TO OPIOIDS.
>>Eddie: LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
BUSINESS BEAT.
THE SUDDEN SHUTDOWN OF DNA INFO
CONTINUES TO RESONATE AS ITS
FOCUS TURNS TO ITS BILLIONAIRE
FOUNDER.
SEARS CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE AS
WALL STREET WARNS THE RETAILER
MAY NEVER AGAIN TURN A PROFIT.
RETAILERS PREDICT SOFT BLACK
FRIDAY SALES - -
[INDISCERNIBLE].
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DEMANDING A
TAX REFORM.
>> IT REALLY GOT INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDED
INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED AND
NECESSARY.
THAT THE BIG NEWS ORGANIZATIONS
AREN'T PROVIDING.
THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A
SHAME.
AS A BUSINESS MODEL, IT HAD A
LOT OF PROBLEMS.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET
SUBSCRIBERS.
ADVERTISERS WERE FEW AND FAR
BETWEEN.
THE COST IS NOT IN LINE WITH
THE REVENUES.
>>Eddie: BUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THAT?
YOU HAVE THIS BILLIONAIRE
FOUNDER, THERE ARE OTHER MODELS
AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE
SUCCESSFUL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE
INVESTING IN THESE MODELS.
WHY COULDN'T HAVE THAT
HAPPENED?
>> BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESSES ARE THINLY
CAPITALIZED.THEY DON'T HAVE
THE MONEY TO GO OUT AND BUY
ADS.
IN TERMS OF THE BUSINESS MODEL,
THIS IS A MODEL THAT HAS
REPEATEDLY FAILED.
YOU CAN'T COVER YOUR COSTS AND
YOU CAN'T TURN A BUCK.
>>Eddie: REFERRING TO THE TEXAS
TRIBUNE THAT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED
IN RECENT WEEKS.
>> IT'S SUBSCRIBERS, ELECTED
OFFICIALS, PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS
NEWS TO DO THEIR JOBS.
THEY ALSO HAVE BUDGETS AND THAT
KIND OF THING.
>> SOME OF THE THINKING IS THAT
IT SHOULD BE NONPROFIT.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU GO TO
FOUNDATIONS WHICH RAISES A LOT
OF OTHER ISSUES.
PARTICULARLY, CONFLICT OF
INTEREST.
HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S JUST AS
TOUGH GETTING THAT MONEY AS IT
IS SELLING ADVERTISING.
WHEN YOU ARE HYPER LOCAL AND
YOUR FOCUS IS SO NARROW, IT'S
DIFFICULT TO GET TO THE SCALE
THAT ANYBODY IS GOING TO WANT
TO SUPPORT.
WHETHER IT'S AN ADVERTISEMENT
OR NONPROFIT.
>>Eddie: BLACK FRIDAY IS TWO
WEEKS FROM TODAY.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING AHEAD.
SEARS SEEMS TO BE HANGING ONTO
LIFE WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A
LONG TIME.
OTHER RETAILERS AREN'T WAITING
UNTIL BLACK FRIDAY TO PITCH
THEIR SALES.
WHO'S GOING TO WIN OR LOSE IN
THIS UPCOMING SEASON?
>> THEY ARE CALLING THIS THE
CYBER CHRISTMAS.
THE WINNER WILL PROBABLY BE
AMAZON.THE BRICKS AND MORTAR
CHAINS ARE UPGRADING THAT AREA
OF THEIR BUSINESS.
THEY ARE HIRING NEW
PEOPLE AND
TRYING TO MAN THE PHONES AND
DISTRIBUTION AREAS.
BUT, GOING TO THE STORE AND
GETTING THINGS OFF THE SHELVES.
SALES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN
BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GENERATE
TRAFFIC AND THEY CFOR BLACK
FRIDAY.
>>Eddie: WILL BLACK FRIDAY
THIS.
SOME POINT?
>> I THINK SO.
I THINK IT WILL BE REPLACED BY
ONE OF THESE FIBERS FIRST IS.
CYBER
THURSDAYS.
>> BEING IN THE STORE AROUND
THE HOLIDAYS HAS BECOME A
HOLIDAY TRADITION WITH MANY
FAMILIES.>>Eddie: HOW MANY OF
YOU EXPECT TO SEE A TAX
DECREASE NEXT YEAR IF THE
CONGRESS PASSES IT?DO YOU
THINK IT WILL PASS AND DO YOU
THINK YOU'LL SEE A DECREASE?
>> I THINK WE'LL SEE A DECREASE
IN THE RATE BUT WE WILL LOSE
DEDUCTIONS THAT A LOT OF US
RELY ON.
IT'S A LITTLE SCARY.
>>Eddie: BULLET RESONATE AND
AVOID ANY TAX REFORM THIS YEAR?
>> DEPENDS ON WHAT IT WILL BE.
WE HAVE THREE VERSIONS AND
THEY CONFLICT.
IT WILL TAKE CONGRESS A LONG
TIME TO RESOLVE THAT.
>> THEY CLEARLY HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY
SET OUT TO DO THUS FAR.
THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF
ENERGY.
WHAT IT WILL DO TO US, THAT IS
THE SCARY PART.
>>Eddie: LET'S MOVE ON TO
SPORTS.
THE BEARS HOPE FOR A WIN OVER
AN INJURY WEEKEND GREEN BAY.
- - GONE AFTER A FIGHT WITH
TEAMMATE BOBBY PORTIS.
THE STRUGGLING BLACKHAWKS LOSE
TO THE FLYERS.
WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS HAVE WE
SEEN IN MITCH STRAVINSKY?
>> MITCH IS A PROMISING PLAYER.
HE COULD BE THE REAL THING.
CHICAGO BEARS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT
A - - SINCE THE 1940S.
HE MAY ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN AN
EXCELLENT DRAFT PICK AND HE
COULD BECOME A GREAT
QUARTERBACK.
THE PROBLEM IS, HE HAS NOBODY
THAT CAN CATCH HIS PASSES.
THEY ARE DEVOID OF TALENT IN SO
MANY POSITIONS THAT HE IS OUT
THERE MORE OR LESS BY HIMSELF
WITH MAYBE THREE OTHER
PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS HELPING
HIM.
>>Eddie: YET AND THE BEARS ARE
FAVORED TO WIN OVER GREEN BAY?
>> GREEN BAY IS IN BAD SHAPE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY
LIFETIME, THE BEARS HAVE A
BETTER QUARTERBACK ON THE
FIELD.
I'M OLD.
FIRST TIME IN MY LIFETIME THAT
THE BEARS HAVE A BETTER
QUARTERBACK ON THE FIELD THAN
THE GREEN BAY PACKERS.
THE BEARS ARE FAVORED WHICH IS
SOMEWHAT INCREDIBLE.
IT WILL BE A WEATHER GAME.
IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING.
>>Eddie: THIS - - PORTIS FIGHT
HAS EXPLODED.
THE PLAYERS SEEM TO BE BACKING
PORTIS.
ARE YOU SURPRISED?
>> I AM SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH
MUTINOUS IS
DISLIKED.
IT'S NOT LIKE BOBBY PORTIS IS A
WARM AND FUZZY GUY WHOM YOU
LIKE.
CHANCES ARE, IF YOU MET HIM,
YOU'D WANT TO GET AWAY FROM HIM
AS FAST AS YOU COULD.
BUT - - HAS SOMEHOW BECOME THE
BAD GUY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HE
THAT SUFFERED THE BLOW.
AND PORTIS IS BACK ON THE
FLOOR.
PORTIS, THEY WILL KEEP AND
MIROTIC THEY WILL HAVE
TO MOVE.
>>Eddie: WHAT ABOUT THE
BLACKHAWKS?
>> THEY ARE NOT SCORING AT ALL.
THE COACH, BRILLIANT COACH, HE
HAS TRIED EVERY COMBINATION
THERE IS.
HE WAS CHANGING COMBINATIONS
LAST NIGHT.
EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT, IT'S A
SLUMP.
ALL OF THESE GUYS SEEM TO BE IN
A SLUMP TOGETHER.
EVEN THE GREAT PLAYERS HAVE
PERIODS OF TIME WHERE THEY TAKE
A SHOT AND IT MISSES BY
INCHES.
THEY WILL COME AROUND.
THE PLAYERS WILL COME BACK TO
THEIR NORMAL PRODUCTION AND
THIS WILL COME TO AN END.
>>Eddie: AND WE ARE OUT OF
TIME.
MY THANKS TO BOB REED , AMANDA
VINICKY, LAURA WASHINGTON AND
LESTER MUNSON.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR
CONVERSATION ONLINE IN OUR WEB
EXTRA VIDEO.
WE WILL GET THOUGHTS FROM OUR
PANEL ONE YEAR AFTER THE
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP.
WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT
EDITION OF WEEK IN REVIEW.
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