>> 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.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA, HEATHER

CHERONE, STEVE DANIELS AND

MATT SPIEGEL.

WE WILL CONTINUE THIS

CONVERSATION ON LINE IN OUR WEB

EXTRA VIDEO AND SEE YOU ON THE

NEXT EDITION OF THE WEEK IN

REVIEW.

I'M JOEL WEISMAN.

GOOD EVENING.