>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
THE WEEK IN REVIEW.
I'M VOLE VOLE.
>> TOUGH NEW GUIDELINES FOR
CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS ON THE
USE OF FORCE.
>> SIMPLY PUT THE LEVEL OF FORCE
USED MUST BE OBJECTIVELY
REASONABLE, NECESSARY AND
PROPORTIONAL TO THE SITUATION.
>> GOVERNOR RAUNER RE-ELECTION
COFFERS GET A BIG BOOST AS
BILLIONAIRE HEDGE FUND FOUNDER
GRIFFIN CONTRIBUTES $20 MILLION.
>> ILLINOIS POLITICIANS WEIGH IN
ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ROBERT
MUELLER WILL BE THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
FIRED FBI DIRECTOR COMEY.
>> A VERY LIKELY BUYER FOR THE
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES APPEARS TO BE
THE PARENT COMPANY OF THE
TRIBUNE.
>> MAYOR LACE OUT A PLAN TO FILL
THE SCHOOLS GAPING BUDGET GAP.
>> IN SPORTS, THE CUBS SWEEP THE
REDS TO BOOST AN OTHERWISE
LACKLUSTER START OF THEIR
SEASON.
>> JOINING US ARE MAUDLYNE
IHEJIRIKA OF THE CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES.
>> HEATHER CHERONE OF DNA INFO.
>> STEVE DANIELS FROM CRAINS
CHICAGO BUSINESS.
AND MATT SPIEGEL FROM 670 THE
SCORE.
>> IN OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR DICK
DURBIN AND REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINS GER SPEAK
OUT ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A
SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016
ELECTION.
BILLIONAIRE HUNDRED DOLLARS FUND
FOUNDER GIVES $20 MILLION TO THE
CAMPAIGN.
>> AND CHICAGO POLICE IMPLEMENT
A NEW RULE ON DEADLY FORCE AS
CAR JACKINGS ARE ON THE RISE.
>> MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA, DO YOU
FEEL THAT THERE WAS ANY CALMING
INFLUENCE BY THE APPOINTMENT OF
A SPECIAL COUNSEL?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE
JUST BEEN ON EDGE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS COMING
NEXT AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF.
>> TELL ME DO YOU THINK THAT HE
WILL BE ABLE TO WRAP UP HIS WORK
QUICKLY AS THE PRESIDENT HAS
EXPRESSED --
>> I WOULDN'T PUT MONEY ON IT
BEING WRAPPED UP QUICKLY.
>> I DO THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS
INVESTIGATION.
TAKING VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY
INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE IS ABLE
TO CAPTAIN EYES ON THE GOODWILL
HE CREATED.
HE WAS FBI DIRECTOR FOR MORE
THAN 10 YEARS.
HE HAS A STERLING REPUTATION ON
CAPITOL HILL.
>> DO YOU THINK NOW THE
PRESIDENT IS TAKING IT MORE
SERIOUSLY?
>> HE PROBABLY IS.
I HAVE TO EVEN DONALD TRUMP HAS
TO BE TAKING THIS MORE SERIOUSLY
AT THIS POINT BUT HE IS STILL
TWEETED THIS MORNING ABOUT A
WITCH HUNT AND OTHER ASPECTS.
HIS TWITTER FINGER IS STILL
TWITCHING HERE.
GOD ONLY KNOWS HOW SERIOUSLY THE
PRESIDENT IS TAKING THIS AT THIS
POINT.
>> DO YOU FORESEE ANY CHANCE OF
REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY JUMPING
SHIP AND ABANDONING TRUMP OUR
OWN CONGRESSMAN BEFORE THIS
ACTION TOOK PLACE WAS MAKING
NOISES THAT THINGS WERE NOT GOOD
AND SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST A
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.
>> WELL IF THIS COUNSEL CAN HELP
GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF IMPARTIAL
THEN MAYBE YOU WILL GET PEOPLE
THINKING RATIONALLY.
YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT
IS JUST THE DIVIDE AT EVERY
OPPORTUNITY AND THAT CERTAINLY
NOT HEALTHY.
>> IT'S INTERESTING IS AT THE
PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE
COLUMBIAN PRESIDENT YOU COULD
TELL THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT IN
HIS RESPONSE AND HIS THOUGHTS
ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HE WAS VERY
CLEARLY TRYING TO STICK TO
MESSAGE.
VERY CLEARLY TRYING TO SHIFT THE
FOCUS AND STICKING TO MESSAGE.
WE HAVE DONE SO MANY GOOD
THINGS.
THE FIRST 100 DAYS WE
ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH.
THIS IS DIVIDING THE COUNTRY.
SO NOW HE LAMPING ON TO THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE MESSAGE I
THINK CLEAR INDICATION HE TAKING
IT SERIOUSLY.
>> NOT ONLY SHOULD THERE BE A
SPECIAL COUNSEL BUT SOME KIND OF
A SPECIAL COMMITTEE AS WELL AND
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE THESE
CONTINUING CONGRESSIONAL
HEARINGS.
DO YOU THINK THE PUBLIC MAY GROW
WEARY OR TOTALLY PREOCCUPY
EVERYONE SO NOTHING ELSE DOES
GET DONE?
>> I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE IN
THE NEWS BUSINESS ARE CHARGED
WITH TELLING PEOPLE THINGS THAT
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AND NO
DOUBT WITH BREAKING NEWS AFTER
BREAKING NEWS AFTER BREAKING
NEWS PEOPLE HAVE A BOUNDLESS
APPETITE.
WE WILL HAVE MORE ON HEALTH CARE
AND SEE IF COMEY IS CALLED TO
TESTIFY IN PUBLIC WHICH I THINK
COULD SORT OF KEEP THIS STORY
FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD --
>> USE BREAKING NEWS.
>> YOU GET COMPLAINTS FROM SOME
OF THE PUBLIC BREAKING NEWS IS
REALLY REPEATING NEWS.
>> WELL IN THIS CASE YOU HAVE
HAD LEAKS.
EVERYDAY FOR THIS WEEK ABOUT
5:00 HAD A LEGITIMATE LY
INCREDIBLE SCOOP ON THIS AND
OTHER SORT OF RELATED MATTERS.
THERE IS CLEARLY A WHOLE SLEW OF
GOVERNMENT PEOPLE LEAKING LIKE
CRAZY.
>> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME
STORIES THAT ARE ALIVE IN
ILLINOIS.
VERY MUCH ALIVE IN CHICAGO AND
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT KEN
GRIFFIN DROPPING $20 MILLION ON
BRUCE RAUNER'S CAMPAIGN.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION
A GOVERNOR HAS EVER HAD.
>> TOOK MY BREATH AWAY.
TOOK MY BREATH AWAY.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S NOT
UNEXPECTED.
BUSINESS AND CORPORATE INTERESTS
HAVE BACKED RAUNER FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING AND WITH ALL OF THE
PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE
WOODWORK TO TAKE HIM ON I THINK
THAT BUSINESS IS GOING -- SEE
MORE SUPPORT FOR RAUNER.
NO, IT WAS AN ASTOUNDING FIGURE
BUT NOT SURPRISING.
>> BUT AT THE SAME TIME HERE YOU
HAD JB WHO LEADS THE MONEY
RAISING AMONG DEMOCRATS THANKS
TO HIMSELF BECAUSE HE DROPPED
$7 MILLION OF HIS OWN RIGHT IN.
>> I THINK THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY WILL PROBABLY TURN ON
THAT QUESTION DOES THE PARTY
NEED ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE TO TAKE
ON BILLIONAIRE BRUCE RAUNER.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING
DISCUSSION ESPECIALLY IF THE
DEMOCRATS ARE ENERGIZED BY THE
SORT OF ANTI-TRUMP LEFT WING OF
THE PARTY.
I THINK WILL TRY TO CAPITALIZE
ON THAT ANGER.
INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION CALLING
ON THE COUNSEL TO ENDORSE
IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD TRUMP.
SOMETHING PRITZKER AND STATE
SENATOR HAVE ALREADY DONE.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO
BE EVEN CAPTURE 1/100 OF 1%?
NO.
>> I'M NOT SURE ALL CHICAGO IS
WAITING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
WITH BAITED BREATH.
>> WHEN INTRODUCED BY A RIVAL.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ARE
ASTOUNDING.
HOW CAN ANYONE SAY THEY ARE THE
PARTY OF THE PEOPLE OR THE
WORKING MAN WHEN THEY RELY ON
THESE INDIVIDUAL LARGE GIFTS.
>> NO ONE CAN.
IT SEEMS LIKE AN INCREDIBLY SAD
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE
THE MOST THOUGHTFUL BILLIONAIRE.
THIS IS THE WHERE WE ARE.
IT'S HARD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
ESPECIALLY A LOT OF IDEALISTIC
OR SOMEWHAT POSITIVE PEOPLE TO
WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND ANYBODY.
>> OR SOMEONE WHO REALLY WANTS
TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
ALMOST A FINANCIAL IMPOSSIBILITY
UNLESS YOU HAVE MONEY.
>> LET'S NOT FORGET KEV IS A
MAJOR DONOR.
BUT POLITICS AND BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS MAKE FOR STRANGE BED
FELLOWS.
>> YOU SEE UNIONS LINE UP WITH
PRITZKER ALREADY.
KIND OF ANSWERED THE QUESTION
ABOUT MONEY.
>> I AM INTERESTED IN THE NEW
RULES THAT ARE TAKING EFFECT FOR
THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NOW ARE IN AN ERA WHERE YOU
ARE SUPPOSED TO DE-ESCALATE
EVERY SITUATION AND RESPECT FOR
LIFE IS THE KEY IN ALL
SITUATIONS AND THEY ARE BAGGING
ABOUT THIS IS OUR IDEA.
THIS DOESN'T COME FROM THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
THESE ARE OUR NEW RULES.
WILL THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
I THINK THAT CERTAINLY IT IS
CHICAGO'S IDEA BUT IT IS NOT
CITY GOVERNMENT'S IDEA.
IT IS NOT MAYOR'S IDEA NOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PROPELLED BY ADVOCATES AND
PROTESTERS FOR THE PASSED TWO
YEARS.
SO I THINK THE WINNERS HERE ARE
THE ADVOCATES WHO HAVE CALLED
FOR THIS AND OF COURSE IT WILL
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
ABSOLUTELY HAS TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
>> WELL YOU KNOW THIS IS REALLY
PART OF A WHOLE NEW SET OF
REFORMS IN WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN
EXTRA 12 HOURS OF TRAINING AND
WILL ALSO BRING IN TO SERIOUS
DISPUTE WHAT APPROPRIATE
PUNISHMENTS THERE ARE FOR NOT
FOLLOWING THESE NEW GUIDELINES.
>> THE UNION ALREADY HAS KIND OF
SAID WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS BUT
WE ARE GOING TO DECIDE WHAT THE
RIGHT PUNISHMENTS ARE.
>> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT WHEN
YOU SAY THIS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO
THE REFORMS.
THIS IS REALLY THE LEGACY OF
McDONALD'S DEATH.
HAD THAT VIDEO NOT BEEN RELEASED
TWO YEARS AGO YOU WOULD NOT HAVE
SEEN SUPERINTENDENT JOHNSON AT
THAT PODIUM LEADING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT NOR WOULD HE FEEL THE
NEED TO EMPHASIZE THE SANCTITY
OF LIFE AS DID HE.
>> NOW THEY ARE NEGOTIATING A
NEW POLICE CONTRACT.
>> YES, THEY ARE.
>> IT SEEMS SOMEWHAT REMARKABLE
THAT THE UNION GETS TO HAVE
INPUT ON WHAT APPROPRIATE
PUNISHMENT IS.
WHEN DO THE WORKERS, WHEN DO THE
CHICKENS RULE THE HEN HOUSE.
>> VERY REMARKABLE BECAUSE WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT AN UNION WHERE
THE NEW PRESIDENT IS QUOTED AS
SAYING I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS
RACISM WITHIN THE CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
NOR DO I BELIEVE THERE IS ANY
CODE OF SILENCE.
SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A NEW
LEADERSHIP MOVING BACKWARD ON
DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR
THE PASSED TWO YEARS.
SO WHY ON EARTH THE UNION SHOULD
HAVE ANY SAY ON WHAT THESE
PUNISHMENTS WILL BE.
IT SPEAKS TO THE WHOLE
DYSFUNCTION IN THE CONTRACT AND
HOW THERE IS A BLOCKADE IN
ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD OR MAKE
POSITIVE CHANGE.
>> CAN THE MAYOR SURVIVE A
PROTRACTED DISPUTE WITH THE
UNION?
DOES HE NEED POLICE PEACE AND
REDUCTION OF CRIME TO GET
RE-ELECTED.
>> HE NEEDS THE LATTER MORE THAN
THE FORMER.
HE REALLY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT CRIME IN THE CITY RIGHT
NOW.
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE
THAT IS -- IF HE DOES RUN FOR
RE-ELECTION.
>> YOU REALLY THINK HE WILL NOT
RUN?
>> HAS HE ANNOUNCED HE IS
RUNNING?
>> I THINK HE IS GOING TO RUN.
THAT'S THE SAFE MONEY.
HE CERTAINLY BEEN SETTING THAT
UP.
HIS ARGUMENT WILL BE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK.
LAST MONTH.
SO HE HAS AN ARGUMENT TO BE
MADE.
IT WILL INVOLVE THE OBAMA
PRESIDENTIAL CENTER.
IT WILL INVOLVE SORT OF DRESSING
THOSE ROOT CAUSES.
THE CLASH THAT IS COMING BETWEEN
THE POLICE UNION AND THE CITY
COUNCIL LED BY THE BLACK CAUCUS
WILL BE A FIERCE FIGHT AND IT
GOING TO PUT RAHM EMANUEL
SQUARELY IN THE MIDDLE.
>> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A
CHIP THAT HE CAN TOOT, HE IS
STILL BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ON
THE SAME ISSUES THAT CAUSED HIM
TO NEARLY LOSE THAT RACE OR
CONFRONTED WITH THE RUN OFF.
THAT IS THE CRIME ESCALATING
CRIME.
IN THE SAME SITUATION AND THAT
IF THE SCHOOLS.
SO -- WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
SCHOOLS NEXT.
SO WHY DON'T WE GET ON TO THAT.
IN OTHER NEWS THE MAYOR REVEALED
A PLAN TO FILL THE CPS BUDGET
GAP.
STATE DCFS HEAD PROMISES REFORM
AFTER RECENT DEATHS OF CHILDREN.
CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPROVE
COMBINING SCHOOLS FROM VERY
DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE TRACKS.
>> HEATHER, HOW IS THE MAYOR HE
PROMISED HE WOULD COME UP WITH
THE MONEY TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS
OPEN.
THOSE LAST THREE WEEKS.
HOW IS HE GOING TO DO IT?
>> HIS OFFICE TOLD ME NO NEW
TAXES AND NO MORE CUTS TO
SCHOOLS WHICH REALLY MEANS THAT
SE GOING DOOR NUMBER THREE HE
HAS TO BORROW THE MONEY.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THEIR CREDIT
CARD IS MAXED OUT.
THE CITY WILL HAVE TO BORROW
MONEY.
THIS GETS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL
YEAR AND THEY MAKE A HUGE
PENSION PAYMENT.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR SCHOOLS
STARTING UP IN THE FALL IS
LITERALLY THE $1 BILLION
QUESTION.
>> WE ARE TAPE ON THURSDAY NIGHT
AND I GUESS HE WILL UNVEIL THIS
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ON
FRIDAY.
HOW COME HE DOESN'T REALLY GIVE
MORE CONSIDERATION TO TAXES?
THERE WAS TALK ABOUT RESTORING
SOMETHING TAX ON CORPORATIONS.
HEAD TAX IF YOU WILL AND OTHER
NEW REVENUE RAISING THINGS.
>> THE HEAD TAX IN PARTICULAR
WAS TRULY A HATED TAX BY THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WHO RAHM EMANUEL.
YOU LOSE THAT ONE AND THEN WHAT
DO YOU HAVE LEFT.
>> THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE LAST
RESORT.
>> WHAT SHE JUST DESCRIBED A
HUGE INTEREST BILL FOR GETTING
SOME INTERIM FINANCING BANKING
ON THE STATE TO COME THROUGH
WITH THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN
BASICALLY HELD HOSTAGE NOW FOR
THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR.
>> IF YOU NEED THAT BRIDGE LOAN,
THE BUYERS OF THOSE BONDS ARE
GOING TO BE -- HAVE TO BELIEVE
THE STATE --
>> DEMANDING EXTREMELY HIGH
INTEREST RATES BECAUSE THE STATE
IS DYSFUNCTIONAL.
>> IS THERE SOMETHING KIND OF --
STRANGE HERE WHERE --
>> YOU ARE 100% RIGHT.
RE IMPOSES THAT HEAD TAX HE IS
UNDER CUTTING HIS WHOLE NOTION
OF MAKING CHICAGO FRIENDLY TO
BUSINESS AND ENCOURAGING
CORPORATIONS TO MOVE THEIR
HEADQUARTERS HERE WHICH HE TOUTS
ON A DAILY IF NOT WEEKLY BASIS.
WHICH I WOULD BE VERY HARD PILL
FOR HIM TO SWALLOW.
HOWEVER, THE CITY RAISED
PROPERTY TAXES $500 MILLION.
>> STILL CHEAPER THAN MANY
SUBURBS.
THAT WAS A TOUGH VOTE TO TAKE
AND HE STILL GOT TO FIND 26
VOTES.
>> YOU HAVE THE VERY POOR CITY
WITH TERRIBLY HIGH INTEREST
RATES HELPING OUT THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT WHO IS EVEN MORE POOR
AND PAYING EVEN HIGHER INTEREST
RATES.
IT'S THE POOR FEEDING THE POOR.
>> LET'S TALK FOR A MOMENT.
DIDN'T YOU AT ONE TIME WORK FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES?
I DID.
>> THEY ARE NOW CHANGING THEIR
RULES BASED ON A NUMBER OF
DEATHS REVEALED FROM CHILDREN
BEING REARED IN OVER CROWDED AND
DIRTY HOUSES AND I GUESS UNTIL
NOW THAT HAS NOT BEEN GROUNDS TO
TAKE A CHILD IN TO FOSTER CARE.
>> RIGHT.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT REPEAT OF THE
1990s.
THERE IS NOT MANY OF US STILL
AROUND WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE
KEYSTONE FIVE.
THE KEYSTONE KIDS AND ALL OF
THOSE CASES THAT THEN SPAWNED
MANY REFORMS.
TWO ISSUES ARE ON THE TABLE ONE
OF THEM WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT
THESE CHILDREN BEING RAISED IN
THESE FILTHY HOMES.
WE DEBATED THAT ISSUE IN THE
1990s.
IT WAS DETERMINED YOU CANNOT
TAKE A CHILD AWAY FROM A PARENT
BECAUSE THE HOME IS DIRTY.
THERE IS UP TO A POINT WHERE THE
GOVERNMENT CAN STEP IN.
I MEAN WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IT
ALLOWS SO MANY GRAY AREAS FOR
DISCRIMINATION AND CULTURAL AND
ALL SORTS OF THINGS HAVE TO BE
TAKEN IN TO CONSIDERATION.
SHOULD THEY BE ABLE TO COME TO
MY HOUSE AND TAKE MY KID BECAUSE
MY HOME IS IN SQUALOR.
THERE IS THE HOW MANY KIDS HAVE
TO DIE BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATORS
DON'T KNOW THIS SAME PARENT HAS
BEEN CHARGED OTHER HAS BEEN
INVESTIGATED FOR ABUSE THREE
TIMES BEFORE.
AND IT WAS UNFOUNDED.
>> THE TRIGGER THAT CHILD UNTIL
JOLIET WHO WAS LIVING IN A
VASTLY OVER CROWDED HOUSE AND
ALSO IN SQUALOR AND THEY THOUGHT
SHE RAN AWAY BUT IN FACT WAS
FOUND DEAD UNDER THE COUCH.
>> VERY SAD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CHANGES
WILL AMOUNT TO?
>> WELL I THINK THEY ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO WALK A FINE LINE.
COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS
GOING TO REQUIRE PROBABLY MORE
WRAP AROUND SERVICES AND MORE
INTENSIVE SERVICES WHEN YOU FIND
A CHILD IN A HOME LIKE THAT.
NEVER EVER BE ABLE TO CROSS THE
LINE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE A
CHILD BECAUSE THE CHILD IS
LIVING IN A DIRTY HOME.
>> OKAY.
ANOTHER INTERESTING SCHOOL
STORY.
APPARENTLY THEY WANT TO MERGE
THE STUDENT POPULATIONS OF
JENNER SCHOOL WHICH IS A LARGELY
MINORITY AND OGDEN WHICH IS
LARGELY WHITE.
I'M NOT SURE THEY WILL END UP IN
ONE BUILDING OR TWO BUILDINGS OR
MAYBE EVEN A THIRD CAMPUS.
BUT IS THAT A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
REALLY?
>> WELL I THINK IT'S INTERESTING
LEGACY OF THE 50 SCHOOL
CLOSURES.
THERE IS REALLY NO POLITICAL
WILL FOR THEM TO SHUT JENNER
BECAUSE THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH
CHILDREN THERE WHO ARE ATTENDING
NOW.
THIS IS A WAY TO PERHAPS
ENCOURAGE INTEGRATION AND COMING
TOGETHER.
ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS WAS
NOT BEING DRIVEN BY CPS BUT THE
PARTS WHO SAID WE NEED EXTRA
SPACE.
JENNER HAS EXTRA SPACE LET'S
COME TOGETHER AND TRY TO CREATE
A NEW COMMUNITY.
IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING
OUTCOME.
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT OUTCOME
WILL BE?
>> AS THE FATHER OF A
FIVE-YEAR-OLD GROWN UP IN AN
INTEGRATED DAY CARE AND HEADED
TOWARD PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT IS
ALSO HEAVILY INTEGRATED I'M
PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AFFECT ON
HIM AND I CAN SEE IT IN HIM.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S
DIFFICULT TO MANDATE BUT I SEE
THE BENEFITS.
THAT SOCIAL ISSUE IS ONLY A PLUS
TO ME.
>> WILL BE WATCHING AS WELL AS
OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GO ON TO
BUSINESS BEAT.
JEWEL MAKES A BID TO BUY 19
INDIANA GROCERY STORES.
McDONALD DELIVERY SYSTEM NOW
GOES NATIONWIDE.
AND TRIBUNE THE PARENT COMPANY
LOOKS TO BUY THE SUN-TIMES.
>> A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE
TAKING OVER THE SUN-TIMES.
THEY SAY THAT IT WILL REMAIN
EDITORIAL LY INDEPENDENT.
FIRST OF ALL DO YOU BELIEVE THAT
AND SECOND OF ALL WHAT ARE THE
DANGERS JUST IN TAKING THIS
STEP?
>> WELL, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN
SOMETHING LONG IN THE MAKING
THAT CERTAINLY MICHAEL WHO
CONTROLS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY THE
MAN IN CHARGE OF THE SUN-TIMES
BEFORE HE MOVED TO STRONG.
HAD THIS IDEA IN HIS HEAD OF
HAVING THE TWO NEWSPAPERS UNDER
ONE ROOF.
>> HE ALSO CONTROLS MOST OF THE
SUBURBAN APPEARS.
>> CHICAGO READER.
INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN THIS TOWN
NOW.
I THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT
LIKELY THAT THE SUN-TIMES WILL
REMAIN 10 YEARS DOWN THE LINE
EDITORIAL LY INDEPENDENT OUTLET
BUT I THINK IN THE SHORT-TERM
NEXT ONE OR TWO YEARS IT WILL
BECAUSE IT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN
APPROVING THE MERGER OF TWO
NEWSPAPERS IN THE SAME CITY.
>> VERY FEW CITIES THAT HAVE TWO
NEWSPAPERS.
UNDER 10 ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SUN-TIMES ON THE DAY OF THAT
NEWS PRESIDENT FRONT PAGE
DISCLAIMER IF YOU WILL TELLING
YOU THEY WILL TRY TO STAY
INDEPENDENT.
A NEWS STORY ON PAGE FOUR BIT
AND THEN THE MANDATED AD ON PAGE
15 WHERE THEY HAD TO SAY WHAT
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
UNDERSTANDABLY DEFENSIVE ON THE
FRONT END OF THE ISSUE.
>> THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN
MIND MICHAEL HAS A HISTORY IN
TERMS OF EDITORIAL GETTING
INVOLVED IN EDITORIALS.
AT THE SUN-TIMES HAD THEM NO
LONGER DO POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS
AND THEN HE CHANGED THAT IN
ORDER TO ENDORSE GOVERNOR
RAUNER.
IN THE LAST ELECTION.
NOW THE SUN-TIMES NOT SUPPORTED
EDITORIAL LY.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON
THE SPOT BUT I WILL.
>> YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE AT
A PARTY YOU OVERHEAR PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR --
>> WHAT IS THE MORALE LIKE.
>> I HAVE JIM ON SPEED DIAL ON
MY CELL PHONE AND I HAPPILY CALL
HIM RIGHT NOW.
>> THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
>> I WANT TO JUST QUICKLY GO OFF
THESE OTHER TWO BUSINESS
STORIES.
McDONALD'S DELIVERY SERVICE
STARTED AS PART OF AN EXPERIMENT
NOW GOING NATIONWIDE.
IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S DOING WELL
OR WHY?
>> THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO
DO THAT.
IN RECENT PERFORMANCE GOOD.
BUT THEY NEED TO DELIVER THAT
REALLY WHERE ALL FAST FOOD AND
FOOD IN GENERAL IS GOING.
>> PUN ON DELIVERY.
>> AND ALSO THE JEWEL BUYING 19
MORE STORES.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WHEN
DOMINIC CLOSED JEWEL WOULD TAKE
OVER.
THEY DID NOT.
>> TOOK OVER SOME OF THEM.
WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF THEM?
>> WELL I THINK YOU JUST GROW.
YOU GAIN SCALE.
NORTHWEST INDIANA IS PART OF
THIS REGION.
JEWEL HAS BEEN SORT OF THE
SURVIVOR OF THE ALL PURPOSE
GROCERY STORE.
SO MANY OTHERS THAT ARE NICHES.
WHOLE FOODS OR TRADER JOE'S.
>> JEWEL IS KIND OF THE ONE LAST
THAT IS ALL PURPOSE.
THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO FOR ALMOST
ANYTHING.
>> DEFINITELY CHICAGO.
>> WE WILL FINALLY GO OVER TO
SPORTS.
SLOW START FOR THE CUBS.
>> WILL THE SOX BRING MINOR
LEAGUE STARS OR CONTINUE
STRUGGLING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE
AND THE EDUCATION OF BEARS MITCH
BEGAN THIS PASSED WEEKEND.
TELL ME WHY A SWEEP OF THE REDS
MEANS THE CUBS ARE BACK.
>> IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE
STRETCH WHERE THEY HAVE 20 HOME
GAMES OUT OF 26.
IF YOU EXTEND THAT TO THREE MORE
ROAD GAMES WITH THE METS, 20 OF
OF THE NEXT 29 ARE HOME AND
AGAINST BAD TEAMS.
THE CUBS HAVE THE FOURTH MOST
DIFFICULT STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
SO FAR IN ALL OF BASEBALL.
TEAMS ONE, TWO, THREE ALL M THE
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST.
>> SO THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE
CUBS TO EAT AND THEY WILL.
THEY HAVE BEGUN TO EAT.
GIANTS ARE NEXT.
MARLINS IN THE MIDDLE.
EVENTUALLY THOSE METS I BET THEY
WILL GO 20 AND NINE OR EVEN
BETTER IN THIS STRETCH AND A LOT
OF WORRIES FORGOTTEN.
>> MIGHT BE FORGOTTEN BUT HOW
DOES THAT CURE THE PITCHING
PROBLEM?
>> YOU WILL SEE CONFIDENCE
BUILDING.
THE GUY TO WORRY ABOUT IS JAKE.
IF HE IS STILL A GUY WITH A
PLUS.
AND HE CAN'T SPOT HIS SLIDER
WHICH IS HIS OUTPITCH THEY WILL
GET SOMEBODY.
HOW MUCH WILL THEY PAY TO GO OUT
AND TRADE, THAT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN.
>> THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS DEPTH
POSITIONAL PROSPECTS AND I KNOW
THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP A
MAJOR LEAGUER.
PLAYING THE WAY HE IS.
IF THEY ARE GOING TO COEXIST ON
THIS TEAM MAYBE ALMORA IS
AVAILABLE.
>> WINNING TIME IS THE RIGHT
NOW.
>> WHITE SOX WERE SORT OF IN
ENCOURAGING START.
BUT NOW THEY HAVE TAPERED OFF.
>> I DON'T SEE WINNING AS
ENCOURAGING.
IF YOU CAN GET A TOP DRAFT PICK.
I THINK THEY WILL.
>> ON PURPOSE?
>> WHAT YOU WANT IS A PERFECT
TANKING BOX SCORE.
THEY LOSE THE GAME BUT THE GUYS
THAT MATTER PLAY WELL.
RAISING THEIR TRADE VALUE AND
THE PROSPECTS PLAY WELL RAISING.
>> NOBODY HAD A FIXER ON THE
SHOW BEFORE.
>> I WILL DO WHAT KY.
>> WHY AREN'T THEY BRINGING UP
THE NUMBER ONE IN ALL BASEBALL?
>> NOW HE IS JUST PASSED THE
SERVICE TIME ISSUE WHICH MEANS
SEVEN YEARS.
HE HAS AN INJURY NOW.
REALLY IS THIS EXTRA ISSUE WHEN
HE BECOMES ARBITRATION ELIGIBLE
THE MIDDLE OF JULY.
>> COME UP THIS YEAR?
YES.
>> I THINK HE MIGHT COME UP
BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF JULY.
I THINK THAT'S A SMALLER BARGAIN
ING CHIP.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT
WILL LAST THAT EXCITEMENT.
BUT CERTAINLY MIGHT LAST A
LITTLE WHILE.
>> LASTLY THE BEARS.
WHAT WAS THE EDUCATION OF THIS
NEW QUARTERBACK?
>> SUCH A WEIRD THING TO BUILD A
QUARTERBACK IN TO TODAY'S NFL.
DRAFT A GUY THEY THINK IS SMART
AND HAS DECENT FOOT WORK BUT HE
HASN'T TAKEN A SNAP FROM CENTER
SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.
BECAUSE HIS COLLEGE SYSTEM
VASTLY DIFFERENT.
THE EDUCATION BEGINS WITH HOW TO
TAKE THE SNAP BEST AND HE MUFFED
THE SECOND SNAP OF HIS PRACTICE
AND THEN HOW TO TAKE A FIVE STEP
DROP.
AND CONVERSE WITH THE TEAM IN
THE HUDDLE.
>> INTERESTING TO WATCH.
A BIG PROJECT.
>> YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INTERESTING
TO WATCH.
INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO.
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GOOD EVENING.