>>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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