GOOD EVENING AND WE WILL UP TO

THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL'S LEAD OVER

CHUY GARCIA IS GROWING WITH LESS

THAN THREE WEEKS TO THE RUNOFF

ELECTION.

EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO

DO IS RIGHT OUR FINANCIAL SHIP.

WE ARE IN THE WHERE WE WERE FOUR

YEARS AGO BUT WE ARE NOT DONE.

WHAT WE LACK IS TRANSPARENCY AND

ACCOUNT BILLION, WE HAVE HAD

BROKEN PROMISES AND MISGAIDED

PRIORITIES.

RAHM EMANUEL ACCUSES HIS

CHALLENGER OF LACKING A CITY

FINANCIAL PLAN.

DPARSIA CALLS OUT THE MAYOR FOR

SERVING ONLY THE RICH.

AND LATCHES HIS FIRST RUN

INVOLVE TV AD.

THE MAYOR WANTS TO KEEP CONTROL

OF THE SCHOOLS, I WILL GIVE

CONTROL OF YOUR SCHOOLS BACK TO

YOU.

FROM THE INAS A GRAM SENSATION

TO THE TAR OF AN ETHICS PROBE,

SHOCK SHK RESIGNS UNDER SBEENS

SCRUTINY.

A RECORD SELLING PRICE FOR THE

WILL IS TOWER.

SERVICE CUTS AND FARE HIKES

IMPACTING CTA AND PACE UNDER

GOVERNOR RAUNER'S PROPOSED

BUDGET.

>> THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, A

HEALTHY TRANSIT SYSTEM CREATES

JOBS YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE ON

CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ECONOMY TO

GET PEOPLE TO JOBS AND SCHOOL,

AND IF YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT

YOU HARM THE CHECK GROWTH.

AND IN SPORTS... THE BULLS

FINDING WAYS TO WIN DESPITE

MULTIPLE INJURIES TO STAR

PLAYERS.

JOINING US IS GREEZ GREEZ FROM

REUTERS AND AMANDA VINICKY FROM

"CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND CHARLES

THOMAS OF ABC-7 NEWS AND DAN

McGRATH OF THE CHICAGO

"SUN-TIMES".

THE DEBATES, GARCIA ATTACKED

RAHM EMANUEL'S DECISION TO CLOSE

50 SCHOOLS AND A SERVICE

EMPLOYEES UNION IS THROWING

BODIES AND CASH BEHIND GARCIA.

CHARLES THOMAS, DO YOU BELIEVE

THE POLLS THAT SHOW RAHM EMANUEL

WHAT WA DOUBLE DIGITAL IT LEAD.

>> NOT FOR A MINUTE AND I DON'T

THINK THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN

BELIEVES THAT EITHER.

THE NUMBERS WERE WAY OFF IN

FEBRUARY.

THE MAYOR THOUGHT HE HAD IT WON,

HE THOUGHT HE HAD 53% OF THE

VOTE AND HE ENDED UP WITH 45%,

AND GARCIA IN THE HIGH 20s AND

HE ENDED UP IN THE MID30s.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL

BE WON WITH SOPHISTICATED POLLS,

IT WILL BE WON ON THE GROUND.

THIS IS A KNIFE FIGHT.

RAHM EMANUEL MIGHT HAVE A

BAZOOKA AND STEALTH FIGHTERS

WITH HIS MONEY, AND HIS CAMPAIGN

APPARATUS BUT HE WILL HAVE TO

WIN IT ON THE DROWNED.

WHEN THE UNION PEOPLE HIT THE

STREET DURING EARLY VOTING, CAN

THE MAYOR MATCH THAT?

PARTICULARLY IN THE

NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> DAN, DID YOU BELIEVE THAT THE

ADS WILL ACCOUNT FOR A LARGE

PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE?

>> I THINK IT MIGHT HELP WITH

CHUY'S NAME RECOGNITION.

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST GAP, THE

RUNOFF TACK PLACE, AND NOW IN

THE FOLLOWUP.

PEOPLE WEREN'T THAT FAMILIAR

WITH CHUY.

BUT THE ADS WILL THEM THEM WITH

THE THE NAME GETTING BETTER

KNOWN, I AM SURPRISED HE HUNG

THIS LONG.

THE RUN INVOLVE RESULT WAS

AWAKEUP CALL, AND THE LONGER

DPARSIA HANGS IN THERE IT

BECOMES LIKE A GAME 7.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

DO YOU THINK GARCIA IS

QUALIFIED, AND THE RONNIE SAY

THAT IS THE IMPLICATION IN RAHM

EMANUEL'S ADS IS HEY YOU ARE

DEALING WITH A GUY WHO HAS IN

PLAN.

THEREFORE HE IS NOT QUALIFIED.

>> HE HAD ONE GREAT CHANCE TO

SAY HE DIAGNOSIS HAVE PLANS AND

HE BLEW IT.

HE WAS GOING TO GIVE HIS

FINANCIAL PLAN, HE SAID HE WOULD

FORM A TASK FORCE TO A BLUE

RIBBON COMMUNITY, THAT WAS A

REAL DEFLATEOR AND AT THE SAME

TIME RAHM EMANUEL POSTED ON HIS

CAMPAIGN WEBSITE, AT LEAST THE

OUTLINE OF A PLAN AND SPECIFIC

OBJECTIVES.

THE BIG NUMBER HANGING OVER THIS

ELECTION IS $550 MILLION PENSION

PAYMENT THAT HAS TO BEGIN EARLY

NEXT YEAR AND NEITHER ONE IS

ARTICULATEED ANY REAL PLAN ON

HOW TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

THAT IS THE BIG NUMBER, 50

SCHOOLS IS ANOTHER ONE, AND OF

COURSE ALL THE SHOOTINGS IN THE

AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS,.

WHAT ABOUT RED LIGHTS.

THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE, TOO.

>> IN A BIG WAY.

HUGE WAY.

>> KNIFE FIGHT ISSUES.

BACK TO THE PLAN HE HAD.

A LOT OF IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS

ROOTED IN SPRINGFIELD.

>> GREAT AT GETTING THINGS DONE,

RIGHT?

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES ABOUT ALL

THE STATE'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS

THEY WILL HELP CHICAGO TO THE

EXCLUSION OF OTHER PEOPLE AND

THEIR OWN BUDGET, AND GIVE RAHM

EMANUEL WHAT HE NEEDS?

>> RAHM EMANUEL FIRST OF ALL

DOES HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CHICAGO

LEGISLATOR WHO'S HAVE HIS BACK.

HE'S THE MAYOR.

THEY WILL PROTECT HIM AND DO

WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY.

THEY OUTNUMBER THE DOWNSTATERS.

AND HE HAS THAT.

AND HE AND THE GOVERNOR TRY AS

THEY MIGHT, PRETENDS TO NOT KNOW

EACH OTHER ALL THAT WELL, THIS

ELECTION TIME, THEY ARE REALLY

GOOD BUDS AND WITHIN MAY VERY

WELL EXPECT THE GOVERNOR TO COME

TO THE RESCUE A LITTLE BIT, FOR

THE MAYOR, THAT SAID, WHEN YOU

HAVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS,

STATE LJ SLITTORS THAT ARE

TAKING IT ON THE CHIN FOR

PREVIOUS PENSION VOTES AND NOW

ASKED TO GO IN AND SLOW DOWN

CHICAGO MAKING THE PENSION

PAYMENTS, THAT IS WHERE WE GOT

INTO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> DID YOU THINK RAUNER WOULD

JEOPARDIZE HIS FIRSTAL

REPUTATION, TO HELP OUT HIS OLD

FRIEND?

>> I COULD SEE SOME CAHOOTS AT

SOME POINT, FOR SURE.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE WILL RISK HIS

REPUTATION, CHUY GARCIA WAS

QUALIFIED.

HE HAS BEEN IN STATE GOVERNMENT,

CITY GOVERNMENT, AND COUNTY

GOVERNMENT.

RAHM EMANUEL HAD NEVER BEEN

ANYWHERE NEAR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

WHEN HE BECAME MAYOR AND WE HAVE

TO THINK ABOUT RICHARD M.DALEY

WHO RAHM EMANUEL SAID WRECKED

CITY GOVERNMENT, SO I MEAN... SO

SOMEHOW THE FACT THAT HE

COULDN'T RUN THIS GOVERNMENT?

A LOT OF THESE ADS ARE.

>> CHAFRLS WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT

HIM?

HE KNEW THERE WAS ONE ISSUE, THE

FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, WE HAD WEEKS

TO PREPARE.

AND HE COMES OUT AND SAYS I GOT

NOTHING FOR PUT UP THE MAYOR'S

PEOPLE, I WILL TELL YOU TODAY

DID A BETTER JOB OF SPINNING

THAT WHOLE ISSUE THAN GARCIA'S

PEOPLE.

KNEE BLEW IT ON THAT.

BUT THE MAYOR DOESN'T HAVE A

PLAN, AND ALL THAT HAVE OR NOT

OF THAT IS PREDICATED ON WHAT

HAPPENS IN SPRINGFIELD.

AND THEY CAN'T DECIDE WHAT DAY

OF THE WEEK IT IS.

FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WATCHED THE

DEBATE, HOW DO YOU THINK GARCIA

ACQUITTED HIMSELF IN THAT?

>> HE BLEW IT ON THAT ISSUE.

HE COULD HAVE SAID THE SAME

THING, THAT RAHM EMANUEL SAID,

HAD THE SAME ANSWER, AND IT

WOULD HAVE BEEN A PUSH AS THEY

CALL IT, AND EVERYTHING IS FINE.

BUT HE DISTRIBUTE AND HE DID

THIS BUSINESS, THIS BRUCE RAUNER

ROUTINE, I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I

GET THERE.

WILLIE WILSON SAID THAT DURING

THE FIRST ROUND.

AND THAT IS NOT PLAYING VERY

WELL.

>> HE IS TRYING TO SAY, SHADY

NUMBERS, IMPLYING YOU CAN'T

TELL...

>> YOU DON'T KNOW THE SITUATION.

GIVE US A CONCRETE EXAMPLE.

I THINK THAT ALL THIS IS NOT

REALLY HELPFUL.

>> IF I LIVE IN A CRIME RIDDEN

BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I HAVE

JUST GOTTEN TONS OF RED LIGHT

TICKETS, AM I GOING TO WORRY

ABOUT VOTING FOR RAHM BECAUSE HE

SUPPOSEDLY HAS ANSWERS OR MIGHTY

WANT TO CHANGE IN THE

ADMINISTRATION?

>> I DON'T THINK RAHM HAS A SHOT

AT THOSE FOLKS.

CAN THEY GET THE VOTE OUT FOR

CHUY?

HE HAS NOT PROVEN HE WINS THAT

VOTE EITHER?

THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT...

>> THE BIG QUESTION SEEMS TO ME,

WILL YOU REALLY HAVE A BLACK

HISPANIC ALLIANCE AS YOU DID

WHEN MAYOR WASHINGTON GOT

ELECTED.

THE LATINO END OF THAT ALLIANCE

WAS A LOT LESS, THEN, THAN IT IS

NOW.

AND I THINK YOU HAVE TOITY THAT

CHUY GARCIA HAS TO GET THE

LATINO VOTE.

FOR HIM TO WIN.

>> I COVER HAROLD WASHINGTON'S

MAYORAL RUN AT THE TIME, THAT

WAS A MECHLT.

AND CHUY HAS YET TO SHOW THIS IS

A REAL MOVEMENT IN THE MISS

PANIC COMMUNITY.

YOU ARE ON THE STREETS MORE THAN

I AM, CHARLES.

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

I HAS TO BE A MOVEMENT FOR HIM

TO WIN.

>> IT HAS TO DO WITH TURNOUT.

MOVEMENTS GENERAL RATE A LOT OF

TURNOUT.

DO YOU SEE ANY INDICATION THAT

TURNOUT WILL BE GREAT THIS TIME.

>> AS SOON AS THE WEATHER HEATED

UP THERE WERE A A BUNCH OF

SHOOTINGS, THAT ISSUE IS NOT

GOING AWAY.

THE DEBATE BETWEEN PUBLIC AND

CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE ISSUE OF

PUBLIC AND CHARTER CAME UP IN

THE DEBATE.

AND THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

THERE ARE ISSUES OUT THERE THAT

I THINK WILL BE A FACTOR IN A

TURNOUT.

AND LATER TODAY, EARLIER TODAY,

THE SCIU BEGAN TO AIR A NEGATIVE

AD ON RAHM, POINTING OUT THE

THINGS...

>> NEGATIVE ADS.

VERY WELL DONE.

AND I THAT I THAT WILL HAVE AN

IMPACT.

WHAT REPETITION RATE CAN IT RUN

AT.

YOU HAVE SO MUCH FREE COVERAGE

OF THE AD IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT

MUCH.

>> IT IS CLEAN.

A SHOT OF THE CITY SHOWING ALL

THE DOWNTOWN SKYSCRAPERS AND

CUTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PT

POLICE ON THE STREET.

>> HIS ADS WERE BETTER AND

WOULDN'T LET UP ON IT.

THE COMPTROLLER IS RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE CEMETERY, HOW MANY

PEOPLE...

>> THE BIG QUESTION AND A LOT OF

VOTERS' MINDS IF I VOTE FOR ONE

OR THE OTHER WILL CHANGE THE

FACT AS TO WHETHER I WILL GET A

REAL ESTATE TAX INCREASE.

>> WHAT WILL COME OUT TO THE

POLLS PERIOD, WILL CHUY BE ABLE

TO REF UP THE VOTE, AND THAT IS

HARD TO DO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A

PLAN.

>> HOW ABOUT EUPHEMISMS, RAHM

EMANUEL CALLS FOR REFORM OF THE

SALES TAX.

WHICH MEANS MORE SPENDING.

REFORM OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

KERRY AUSTIN THE BUDGET

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN IS THE ONLY

PERSON WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH

HERE.

SHE SAYS THERE WILL BE A

PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, AND THE

ONLY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH.

>> WE HAVE TO GO ON TO OTHER

POLITICS.

IN THE POLITICAL NOTE BACK,

QUESTIONABLE SPENDING ON A

LAVISH LIFESTYLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA

LEAD TO CONGRESSMAN AARON

SCHOCK'S RESIGNATION.

WILL A CRIMINAL INDICT FOLLOW.

FORMER CONGRESSMAN RAY LAHOOD

FAVORED TO REPLACE HIM.

AND PRESIDENT OBAMA CASUALLY

COMMENTS THAT HE HOPES HIS

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY LANDS IN

CHICAGO.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF AARON

SCHOCK?

WHAT TO THE PEOPLE IN

SPRINGFIELD MAKE OF IT?

>> AN INCREDIBLE FALL FROM

GRACE.

HE HAD AN HISTORIC RISE, HE WAS

18 WHEN HE WAS ON THE SCHOOL

BOARD, THE YOUNGEST LEGISLATOR

ELECTSED TO ILLINOIS GENERAL

ASSEMBLY AND IT IS INCREDIBLE,

HE CLEARLY HAS AMBITION AND HE

WAS SMART.

BUT HE WORKED HARD.

BUT THAT IS WHAT THAT IS

TELLING, HE DOESN'T GIVE UP, YOU

HAVE TO WONDER WHAT WILL COME

NEXT.

ALL THAT WAS DROPPED ON HIM SO

FAR, YOU THINK HE EVENTUALLY

WILL HAVE HIRED A BOOKKEEPER AND

SAID I'M SORRY, I WAS HAVING TOO

MUCH FUN, I WILL GET THIS TAKEN

CARE OF.

>> WHAT ABOUT SOME FRAUD

ELEMENTS, HE PUTS IN FOR...

>> HOW DIAGNOSIS THAT HAPPEN?

90,000 EXTRA MILES FROM A THAT

HELP HE BOUGHT FROM A CAMPAIGN

CONTRIBUTOR?

>> THAT IS TRICKY STUFF, HE MAY

HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RIDE OUT BUT

SOME REAL ESTATE DEALS WITH HIS

CONTRIBUTORS AND HE TURNED HUGE

PROFITS AFTER HOLDING ROTHS FOR

A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THAT IS WHERE THE REAL BEEF WAS

STARTING TO SIZZLE.

LET ME SPIN YOU BACK TO THE

CHILDHOOD WHEN THERE WAS NO

SOCIAL MEDIA.

WOULD YOU BE AS OUTRAGED IF YOU

HADN'T SEEN THE SHOTS ON

FACEBOOK?

>> ANOTHER WEEK IN THE CITY OF

CHICAGO.

SO SEE THAT CORRUPTION.

THAT CONTRIBUTED, YES.

>> SOMEONE LIVING THE HIGH

LAKEFRONT AND SEEING HIM.

>> THIS GUY IS A GOOF.

>> THE REPUBLICANS CALLED FOR

LAST SUNDAY, THAT IS WHEN YOU

GET IT, OKAY FOR YOU TO TAKE A

JET OVERSEAS AND HAVE FUN AND

PAY FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO A

CONCERT.

SORRY.

HE WAS SO AMBITIOUS, AFTER HE

WAS REELECTED IN 2012, HE BEGAN

CALLING A CHICAGO MEDIA ALL THE

TIME TRYING TO GET ON TELEVISION

HERE BECAUSE HE KNEW HE COULD

RUN INTO RAHM STATEWIDE HE WOULD

HAVE TO HAVE THE CHICAGO MEDIA.

WAS HE DOING THIS FOR 7 YEARS,

ITS BUBBLED UP?

>> TOWARD THE END.

>> HE HAD REPUTATION OF A PART

GUY IN SPRINGFIELD.

IT IS DEFINITELY...

>> YOU KNOW ALL THE PARTY GUYS.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

HE WANTED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR.

THAT WAS FAIRLY OBVIOUS.

AND SOMEHOW IT GOT TO A VOTE AND

BRUCE RAUNER BECAME, AND AT THAT

POINT HE REALLY GOT INTO.

DID YOU SEE THE INTERVIEW WITH

HIS FATHER.

>> WASN'T THAT WEIRD?

>> IN TWO YEARS HE WILL BE

SUCCESSFUL AGAIN IF HE'S NOT IN

JAIL.

WHOA.

THANKS DAD.

REPUBLICANS DROPPED THE DIME ON

IT.

WHAT DID HE DO TO HELP THE PARTY

OUT.

THEY WON'T LOTION D.C..

>> NO, NO CHANCE.

CLEARLY HE IS ON THE OUTS.

>> A STATE SENATOR WHAT MAGICAL

NAME, LAHOOD AND HIS FATHER HELD

THAT SEAT BEFORE.

FORMER HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT.

A REASONABLE GUY.

YES.

>> THE YOUNGER LAHOOD IS MORE

CONSERVATIVE THAN A FATHER.

>> UH-HUH.

WHICH MAY PLAY VERY WELL THERE.

HE WAS IN FRONT AND NO ONE ELSE

HAS DELIVERED BUT THERE ARE A

TON OF NAMES.

>> ANY DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE

AVAILABLE?

>> SO FAR, A COUPLE OF NAMES

HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AND YOU

THINK THAT MAYBE IN THIS

DISTRICT, PEOPLE VOTERS ARE

ANGRY ENOUGH AT THE GP BECAUSE

OF ALL THAT SCHOCK DID YOU COULD

HAVE A DEMOCRAT FOR A LITTLE BIT

AND WHERE RISK YOUR CAREER WHEN

YOU WILL LOSE IT IN 2016.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OBAMA

LIBRARY.

A BIG DEAL THEY WEREN'T GOING TO

MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AFTER

THE ELECTION BECAUSE OBAMA

DIDN'T WANT TO INTERFERE IN

ELECTIONS.

ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S QUOTED AS

SAYING I THINK IT WILL END UP IN

CHICAGO.

I HOPE IT WILL UP THERE, YES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

IF HE WANTS IT HERE, HE'S THE

PRESIDENT.

PUT IT HERE.

>> MAYBE IT IS HIS WIFE, SHE'S

THE HEAD OF THE COMPLETE THAT

DECIDES.

>> I DO NOT GET IT.

>> I WISH WE COULD TURN BACK THE

CLOCK, TO DAYS WHERE NO ONE

CARED WHERE THEY WENT.

>> IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR CHICAGO,

THOUGH?

>> IT WOULD BE IF IT GOES IN THE

RIGHT PLACE.

>> THE FRIENDS OF THE PARKS ARE

LIKELY TO CHALLENGE THIS.

IF HE DOESN'T PUT THE LIBRARY

HERE, HE MIGHT AS WELL STAY IN

NEW YORK OR HONOLULU.

>> HE CAN PUT IT HERE AND STILL

STAY IN NEW YORK.

WITH THE LUCAS MUSEUM, THEY CAN

SHARE.

>> WE WILL GO TO THE BUSINESS

BEAT.

FARE HIKES ON THE HORIZON, AND

RECORD $1.3 BILLION SELLING

PRICE FOR THE WILLIS TOWER AND

NAME CHANGE CONSIDERED FOR THE

JOHN HANCOCK.

AND MORE THAN 500 ITEMS FROM

OPRAH'S DOUNDS CONDO ARE UP FOR

AUCTION.

WHICH WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY

DAVID?

>> A MILLION WOULD GET YOU A

CHIP ENDALE TABLE, MAYBE.

THE SEARS TOWER, THAT IS REALLY,

SOUNDS BIG BUT IT IS 350 PER

SQUARE FOOT WHICH IS NOT A GOOD

PRICE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF

THE TROPHY PROPERTIES.

IT IS A LOUSY BUILDING.

IN MOD ENTIMES.

IT IS FRAIRL WELL RENTED NOW

BECAUSE UNITED IS THERE, PUTTING

THEIR OPERATIONS CENTER THERE

BUT NOT A MOD ENOFFICE BUILDING.

>> WHY DID THEY SELL IT?

>> HE THEY DID WELL ON IT.

THEY PRACTICALLY DOUBLED THEIR

MONEY.

AND BLACKSTONE IS A APPROPRIATE

EQUITY FIRM IS MAKING A BIG PLAN

AND THEY SAID THEY WILL YET

AGAIN, REVAMP THE SKY DECK

THERE.

>> THE SKY DECK, THE OBSERVATION

TOWERS HAVE BECOME BIG BUSINESS

AND YOU CAN MAKE TENS OF

MILLIONS OFF IT.

>> THE JOHN HANCOCK HAS ONE, AND

THEY ARE THINKING OF CHANGES

THAT NAME, AND ACTUALLY DOING A

LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT

BUILDING.

IN A SENSE THE FLOOR PLANNINGS

ARE NOT AS BIG AND IT IS MORE

INTERESTING.

>> WILL RAHM EMANUEL TAKE CREDIT

FOR THE RISE IN DOWNTOWN REAL

ESTATE?

I'M SERIOUS.

>> CAN OR WILL, HE WILL.

HE PLAYED A FACTOR.

>> HOW DID HE DO THAT?

>> CHUY WOULD SAY HE IS GIVING

AWAY TAX BREAKS TO HIS

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE FRIENDS.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS HE EDGE

COURAGED A BUSINESS CLIMATE THAT

HELPED TO FILL OFFICE SPACE, AND

THAT IS FILLING UP AND RENTS ARE

GOING UP.

CHICAGO HAS BENEFITED TO AN

EXTENT.

GOT RECOGNIZED BY A MAGAZINE AS

THE TOP DESTINATION.

HOW COME ON MANY NEIGHBORHOODS

REAL ESTATE IS NOT GOING IMAT

ALL.

AND THE CHICAGO AREA LAGS

CERTAIN OTHER AREAS IN THE

COUNTRY IN TERMS OF REAL ESTATE

VALUES.

>> OVERBUILT, ALL THOSE CONDO

TOWERS AND A TIME WHEN EVERY

CONNER OF DOWNTOWN HAD A CONDO

TOWER ON IT.

ITS GOES BACK TO THE WHOLE TAX

SITUATION.

THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS ARE

CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN

WITH PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE OF

THIS PENSION BUSINESS.

OUR PROPERTY TAXES IN THE CITY

COULD GO UP THOUSANDS A YEAR,

BECAUSE OF THE POLICE AND FIRE,

AND PENSION SYSTEMS, IF IN FACT

THE COURT THROWS OUT WHAT WE

HAVE DONE, WHICH WASN'T MUCH.

YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE IN THE AS

WILLING TO BUY PROPERTY?

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE

HOLDS IN ILLINOIS.

YOU DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT.

AND THAT FES DOWN TO THE

INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, WHO THINKS

ABOUT HIS OR HER THREE OR FOUR00

THOUSAND HOUSE.

WE WILL GO OVER TO SPORTS, BLACK

HAWKS CLIMBING IN THEIR DIVISION

STANDINGS WHAT TIMELY FOUR-GAME

WINNING STREAK.

BULLS BACKUPS MAKING THE MOST OF

THEIR INCREASED PLAYING TIME AS

INJURED STARS ARE READY TO

RETURN AND ROOKIE 49ERS

LINEBACKER CHOSES RETIREMENT

OVER STARDOM WITH LONG-TERM

EFFECTS OF CONCUSSIONS.

AND WILL CHRIS BRYANT AND THE

NEW WRIGLEY JUMBO VIDEO BOARD BE

READY FOR OPENING DAY.

SPORTS IS USUALLY FUN.

I WANT TO TAKE IT FROM A SERIOUS

STANDPOINT.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN THIS

PROMISING SAN FRANCISCO FOOTBALL

PLAYER QUIT.

>> THERE COULD BE BE, RIGHT

THINKING PEOPLE ARE COMING TO

THE REALLYSATION THIS IS A

DANGEROUS SPORT AND THERE IS A

LOT OF MONEY AND FAME AND SO

MUCH TO BE HAD FROM IT, DO I

WANT TO RISK MY LONG TERM

HEALTH.

THE GUY IS 24, ONE OF THE BETTER

PLAYERS ON ONE OF THE BETTER

TEAMS AND HE JUST DECIDED IT IS

NOT WORTH IT.

THERE WILL BE AN INFORMED

CONSENT, THAT WILL BE NECESSARY,

YOU HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW THERE

ARE LONG-TERM EFFECTS, THIS IS A

DANGEROUS GAME AND THEY CAN

REFINE THE HELMETS ALL THEY

WANT.

THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE.

YOU BANG YOUR HEAD ENOUGH TIMES

AND YOU PAY THE CONSEQUENCES.

I WILL NOT BE SURPRISED, HE BE

THE ONLY ONE.

WILL THERE STILL BE ENOUGH

PLAYERS?

>> IT WILL BE LIKE BOXING.

IT DRAWERS FROM THE POOREST, THE

PEOPLE THIS IS MY WAY OUT.

THIS IS HOW I WILL MAKE

SOMETHING OUT OF MYSELF.

>> WILL FOOTBALL LOSE ITS

AUDIENCE?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUNDAY

AFTERNOONS, A RITUAL FOR SO MANY

PEOPLE THP THEY BUILD THEIR

WEEKENDS AROUND IT AND GYMING,

AND FANTASY, AND IT HAS GOTTEN

SO BIG.

PRO FOOTBALL DWARFS THE OTHER

SPORTS.

>> I THINK IT IS A FASCINATING

STORY.

I ALSO THINK IT IS FASCINATING

THAT THE BLACKHAWKS PUT TOGETHER

FOUR STRAIGHT WINS, AND THEY

WERE SPUTTERING FOR A WHILE.

>> WITHOUT PATRICK, AND THE

TRADES, THEY HAVE SOME PROVEN

GUYS WHO WERE ABLE TO STEP IN

AND PICK UP THE SLACK.

YOU LIKE TO HAVE HOME ICE, THE

WAY THE PLAYOFFS ARE PLAYED, IT

IS SO DPE TIFF AND INTENSE, IT

GIVES YOU A LITTLE EDGE BUT NOT

THAT MUCH.

MAYBE IN GAME 7.

IS THIS IN ANYWAY A TEST TECHLT

TO GREAT COACHING.

HE IS SITTING DOWN FAIRLY

ESTABLISHED PEOPLE.

PERFORMANCE BASED, EVERY

DECISION HE MAKES IS PERFORMANCE

BASED.

AND HE HAS THE CRED TO GET AWAY

WITH IT.

HE HAS DONE IT AND WON A LOT OF

GAMES AND TWO CUPS IN FIVE

YEARS, A SUCCESSFUL GUY.

YOU AND PATRICK, IF YOU WERE

HIM, WOULD YOU COME BACK?

>> YES.

>> THIS YEAR?

>> YES.

THEY ARE IN POSITION TO WIN.

THEY COULD WIN AND AFTER THIS

YEAR THEY BACK SLIDE BECAUSE

THEY HAVE TO SHED SOME SALARY.

SOME GUYS WILL HAVE TO CUT LOOSE

BECAUSE THEY ARE AT THE SALARY

CAP.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BULLS, AS I

DO EVERY DAY, I TOY TOM

THIBODEAU WILL BE BACK.

>> I DON'T THINK SO, THE GAP

BETWEEN HIM AND THE FRONT OFFICE

IS THERE AND IT HAS GONE.

AN INTERESTING STORY IN THE

TRIBUNE.

I THINK CASEY IS THE EYES AND

EARS OF THAT TEAM AND WHEN

ENWEIGHS IN, IT IS HEADED THAT

WAY...

>> MORE THAN YOU?

>> A DISCLAIMER JOEL.

I HAVE IOWA STATE IN THE FINAL

FOUR.

THEY LOST THEIR FIRST GAME.

SO MY SPORTS CREDIBILITY...

LET'S ASSUME HE'S IN THE COMING

BACK AND THE BULLS GET BACK SOME

INJURED PLAYERS.

>> FRED WENT DOWN WITH IOWA

STATE.

HE IS NOT AS POPULAR.

I THINK THEY CAN MAKE THE

CONFERENCE FINALS, BUT IN THE

BEAT CLEVELAND.

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