>> JOEL: GOOD EVENING WELCOME TO
"CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW" I AM
JOEL WEISMAN.
CAMPAIGN MESSAGING AND
FUNDRAISING FULL THROTTLE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA FUNDRAISES FOR
HILARY CLINTON.
>> DONALD TRUMP MUST GIVE THE
PUBLIC HIS TAX RETURNS.
TO SHOW HE IS QUALIFIED TO BE
PRESIDENT AND BREAKING HIS
PROMISE.
>> HE WENT THROUGH A VERY
DIFFICULT TIME AND USED THE TAX
CODE THE WAY IT IS TO BE USED.
HE DID IT BRILLIANTLY.
>> JOEL: DONALD TRUMP'S TAXES
TAKE CENTER STAGE AT THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL STAGE.
TEACHER STRIKES SET FOR TUESDAY
AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE.
>> NO, OUR WORK IS NOT DONE.
THIS IS A PROCESS TOWARDS A
POINT.
>> JOEL: DESPITE PROTESTS, MAYOR
RAHM EMMANUEL SCORES A WIN WITH
NEW POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD.
CUBS FACE GIANTS IN FIRST ROUND
OF THE PLAYOFFS.
JOINING US, TOM CORFMAN, SARAH
KARP OF WBEZ.
DAVID GREISING OF ROITERS, NANCY
ARMOUR OF USA TODAY.
FIRST TONIGHT A NEW POLL SHOWS
TAMMY DUCKWORTH PULLING AWAY
FROM MARK KIRK.
DONALD TRUMP SLAMS KIRK FOR
HOLDING HIS ENDORSEMENT.
LESLIE MONOGER -- SAME DAY VOTER
REGISTRATION.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS HERE, TELL
ME, IS IT GOING TO HELP HILARY
CLINTON?
DOES SHE NEED HELP HERE?
>> HE IS GOING TO HELP HILARY
CROSS THE COUNTRY PARTICULARLY
IN THE BATTLING GROUND-STATES.
OBAMA'S RATING 55% HIGHEST OF
SECOND TERM.
>> JOEL: TIMING IS SUPPOSED TO
BE EVERYTHING.
DAVID, TODAY WE HAVE THE CUB'S
PLAYOFF GAME.
IS THAT GOING TO DROWN OUT THE
PRESIDENT?
>> IN CHICAGO IT WILL.
ILLINOIS IS A BLUE STATE.
HILARY CLINTON WON'T LOSE VOTES
BECAUSE OF THE CHICAGO CUBS
BEING IN THE PLAYOFFS.
>> JOEL: DO YOU THINK HE COMES
HERE FOR THE MONEY.
>> HE IS A POPULAR PRESIDENT.
THAT CAN TRANSLATE TO MONEY
WHICH IS FUNNELED TO OTHER RACES
AND DRAW ATTENTION TO OTHER
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
>> JOEL: IS HE HAVING ANY, IS IT
SMART TO COME TO CHICAGO WHEN
VIOLENCE IS FRONT AND CENTER IN
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THIS
IS HIS HOMETOWN?
SOME SAY THIS IS NO CO INCIDENCE
TRUMP POINTS TO CHICAGO AS A
FAILED VIOLENT CITY.
>> I THINK THE OBAMA CONNECTION
IS THERE BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF
THERE IS A TEACHER STRIKE ON
TUESDAY, I THINK IT IS NOT SO,
SO GREAT.
EVEN IN CHICAGO DOESN'T MAT IR.
NATIONALLY THERE IS TENSION IN
HILARY'S POSITIONS AND MAJOR
TEACHERER'S UNION.
I AM SURE SHE DOESN'T WANT THAT
POINTED OUT ON A NATIONAL STAGE.
>> JOEL: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
RACES DOWN THE TICKET A MINUTE.
EVEN THOUGH THE PRESIDENTIAL
THING IS ALL BUT SETTLED.
WE HAVE OTHER RACES,
PRESIDENTIAL RACE SUCKS ALL THE
AIR OUT OF THE ROOM.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE TAMMY
DUCKWORTH HAS A DOUBLE DIGIT
LEAD.
>> THIS HAS NOT BEEN A VERY
APPETIZING CAMPAIGN IN TERMS OF
DEBATE OF THE ISSUES, BOTH SIDES
HAVE BEEN SLINGING MUD AT EACH
OTHER.
I DON'T KNOW THERE IS ENTHUSIASM
FOR THIS CONTEST IS KIND OF
FLAGGING.
BUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON A
PRESIDENTIAL YEAR VERY TOUGH FOR
MARK KIRK TO WIN.
>> JOEL: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN
DRINKING?
DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT BECAUSE
THERE IS NO ISSUE IT IS NOT
GETTING ATTENTION JUST MUD
SLINGING?
ISN'T THAT WHAT VOTERS CRAVE AND
REACT TO?
>> I THINK THEY ARE ENTERTAINED
BY MUD SLING.
I WOULD AGREE WITH TOM, FIRST OF
ALL, THIS RAISE HAS GOTTEN
CROWDED OUT.
TAMMY DUCKWORTH SEEMS TO HAVE
DONE PRETTY WELL.
DEBATE SUCH AS IT WAS --
>> JOEL: WHAT HAS SHE ACTUALLY
DONE?
>> CAMPAIGNED VIGOROUSLY.
SHE HAS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT
MARK KIRK'S EFFECTIVENESS.
KIRK IS IN THIS POSITION WHERE
HE CAN'T -- HE HASN'T ENDORSED
THE PARTY'S NOMINEE.
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT BACKING
HIM VERY STRONGLY.
HE SEEMS TO BE IN A FAIRLY WEAK
POSITION GOING INTO THE
ELECTION.
>> JOEL: THEY HAVE TAKEN AWAY
PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED AD BUYS,
NATIONAL PARTY HAS.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, THEY ARE TUBING
THEM.
THEY THINK HE HAS NO CHANCE.
>> I THINK HERE IN CHICAGO WHICH
IS WHERE I AM AROUND, I DON'T
HEAR MANY TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS
A SENATE CAMPAIGN.
IT IS USUALLY A BIG DEAL.
YOU HAVE A WEEKEND INCUMBENT.
I DON'T HEAR PEOPLE ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT TAMMY DUCKWORTH.
CHICAGO IS MOSTLY DEMOCRATS.
>> JOEL: USUALLY INCUMBENTS
DON'T ALLOW TOO MANY DEBATES.
TAMMY WANTED FIVE ORIGINALLY
AGAINST MARK KIRK.
HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE HER THREE
ONE IN SPANISH.
NOW SHE IS GIVING FOUR.
SHE IS BOYCOTTING CHANNEL 11.
ALMOST EVERY CANDIDATE USES.
ARE THESE DEBATES IMPORTANT?
>> THEY CAN BE IF IT IS A TIGHT
CONTEST AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
AT THE ISSUES.
AGAIN CHICAGO TENDS TO BE
DEMOCRATIC.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT KIRK'S
EFFECTIVENESS.
THAT HAS PUT REALLY EFFECTED THE
RACE.
>> JOEL: DOESN'T THAT GIVE HIM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HE IS
EFFECTIVE?
LET'S BE HONEST, THEY ARE
WORRIED TO SEE IF HE IS FULLY
RECOVERED FROM HIS STROKE?
>> THAT IS PROBABLY THE ISSUE.
COVERAGE OF THE DEBATE AT THE
EDITORIAL BOARD, KIRK'S WASN'T
AS VIGOROUS AS ONE EXPECTED.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE HIS STROKE
HAS EFFECTED HIS ABILITY TO
THINK CLEARLY, TO WORK ON THE
LEGISLATION.
>> JOEL: WOULD YOU AGREE?
>> HIS NOT AS GLIB AS HE ONCE
WOULD YOU SAY.
IMAGE PROJECTED AND TRIBUNE
EARNS APPEARANCE NOT VERY --
REPUBLICANS, IF THEY ARE PULLING
MONEY OUT OF ILLINOIS IT IS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER RACES
THEY HAVE TO AMP UP ON.
>> JOEL: RACE THAT ALMOST NEVER
GETS ATTENTION, IRONICALLY THIS
YEAR, STATE COMPTROLLER.
CURRENT APPOINTED MS. MOUNGER
HANDED IT OVER TO THE STATE GOP.
GOVERNORS OF BRUCE ROUNER.
A BUSINESSMAN, DONE VERY WELL
FOR THEMSELVES, THIS IS A
CRITICAL RACE FOR THE GOVERNOR.
FOR HIM TO LOSE APPOINTEE IT IS
GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR HIM.
>> JOEL: IS SHE IN TROUBLE?
>> I THINK THE MOST RECENT
POLLS, SUSANA MENDOZA, CHICAGO
CLERK IS AHEAD.
MEDIA ON SLOT FROM MOUNGER'S
CAMPAIGN IS JUST BEGINNING.
TV ADS CAN DRIVE POLLS UP AND
DOWN.
>> THIS IS AN OFFICE NOT LONG AL
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
ELIMINATING ALTOGETHER.
NOW THERE IS A STREET FIGHT
GOING ON.
IT DOES, I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT,
GOVERNOR'S NEED TO SOLIDIFY SOME
HOLD ON LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE
STATE.
>> IT IS A RACE BASED ON PARTY
LOYALTY THEN ON QUALIFICATION OF
THE CANDIDATES.
THIS IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
>> JOEL: MENDOZA STARTING HER
ADS AND CHOSEN TO SAY WHAT THE
COMPTROLLER DOES.
>> MANY PEOPLE VOTE FOR IT AND
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT PERSON
DOES.
>> JOEL: WITH ALL DO RESPECT, DO
YOU?
>> THE COMPTROLLER WRITES THE
CHECKS FOR THE STATE.
>> THIS ISN'T EASY EIGHT AND A
HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN PAST DUE
BILLS.
GOING UP TO 14 BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT IS A DIFFICULT JOB THEY
CAN'T PAY THEIR BILLS.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
POLITICAL DECISIONS COMPTROLLER
HAS TO MAKE.
>> JOEL: TEACHERS UNION AND
SCHOOL BOARD INTENSIFY.
SCHOOLS WILL STAY OPEN IF THE
TEACHERS GO OUT.
FOUR CPS HIGH SCHOOLS INFLIGHT
STUDENT ATTENDANCE TO GET MORE
CASH, FORMER -- ELECTED SCHOOL
BOARD.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A STRIKE?
>> I CAN'T SAY FOR ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER.
I FEEL LIKE THERE COULD BE A
DEAL BEFORE TUESDAY.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING
EVERYDAY.
THEY HAVE TOLD THEIR BID
BARGAINING TEAM TO COME IN
TOMORROW DURING THE DAY.
WHAT THEY ARE WAITING FOR A
SOLID.
I THINK THE DEVIL IS IN THE
DETAILS.
ARE THERE DETAIL IT IS UNION CAN
ACCEPT AND CAN THEY SELL IT TO
THEIR MEMBERS?
>> JOEL: WHY SHOULD THE UNION
EVER BELIEVE THE SCHOOL BOARD
WHEN IT SAYS THEY HAVE NO MONEY.
APPARENTLY THEY ARE SCUFFLING
AROUND AND GET EVEN YET MORE
MONEY.
>> LOOKS LIKE THE MAYOR IS GOING
TO DO WHAT THEY WANT, SEARCH FOR
MORE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
I HAVE A THEORY ON THIS, MAYOR
LOW BALLED THE AMOUNT BECAUSE HE
KNOWS THERE IS MORE MONEY HE CAN
COME IN AND SAVE THE DAY WITH
EXTRA MONEY.
>> WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S
FINANCIAL SITUATION IS.
THERE IS A STRAIGHT FACED CASE
TO BE MADE THAT THE SYSTEM HAS
LITTLE TO NO MONEY.
AT SOME POINTS EARLIER, THEY
BASICALLY HAD FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS, SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT.
THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO RUN A BIG
SCHOOL SYSTEM LIKE CHICAGO.
THERE ARE OTHER MONEYS
AVAILABLE.
THAT IS NOT IN THEIR BUDGET
RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE TO DRAW MONEY AWAY
FROM THE DISTRICTS.
>> JOEL: DIDN'T THE MAYOR TALK
ABOUT USING IT FOR OTHER THINGS
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU USE THE
SAME DOLLARS?
>> USUALLY ONCE.
THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
MAYOR SEEMS WILLING TO TAKE IT
OUT OF THE TIP DISTRICTS.
TROUBLE IT IS NOT A RELIABLE
FUNDING MECHANISM.
IT IS A DANGEROUS THING TO RELY
ON THE TIP DISTRICTS.
>> CLEARLY THE SCHOOLS ARE IN A
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY --
>> JOEL: WHEN HAVE THE SCHOOLS
NOT BEEN IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS?
>> THAT WAS A PARTIAL CRISIS.
NOW WE HAVE THE REAL CRISIS.
>> NO QUESTION FINANCIAL
CONDITION IS WORSE NOW.
EMPLOYEES AT ANY ORGANIZATION
GOING THROUGH A HARSH TIME.
IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE TEACHERS
TO PITCH IN.
TAX PAYORS PONYING UP WITH MAJOR
PROPERTY INCREASES.
TEACHERS, CASES TO BE MADE
TEACHERS HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN
ORDER FOR US TO --
>> JOEL: HE MAYBE RIGHT IN TERMS
OF THEY SHOULD PONY UP?
DON'T PARENTS FEEL THE CITY
SHOULD GIVE THEM MORE MONEY SO
THEIR KIDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND
WON'T BE A STRIKE?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
DICEY.
>> JOEL: IS THAT JOUR ANSWER?
>> ONE THING THAT IS A MISNOMER.
THEY ARE SAYING WE WANT IT TO BE
A WASH.
WE DON'T WANT TO START AT THE
BEGINNING AND END WIND UP WITH
LESS.
IF YOU ARE A UNION, YOUR JOB IS
TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT YOUR
MEMBERS NOT END UP WITH LESS.
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR
NOT.
IF MY UNION VOTED TO APPROVE THE
CONTRACT, I AM GOING TO GET
LESS, I WOULD NOT BE VERY HAPPY.
>> RANK AND FILE REJECTED THE
CONTRACT.
BIG ISSUE IS HOW MUCH TEACHERS
HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THEIR
OWN PENSIONS, 2% RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS THE BIG FIGHT.
>> JOEL: THEY HAVE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE BEEN PAYING 9%.
THE TEACHER'S SHARE WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE 9%.
NOW THE TEACHERS ONLY PAY 2%.
>> THAT IS A BIG FIGHT RIGHT
NOW.
>> THING IS THOUGH, UNION WILL
KICK IN 7%.
WE WANT RAISES TO MAKE IT EQUAL.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR
EVERYBODY.
>> JOEL: THINK THERE IS GOING TO
BE A STRIKE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
THERE IS A LOT LESS ANIMOSITY
THAN A COUPLE OF YEAR AGO.
I THINK THERE IS REALISM ON BOTH
SIDES.
>> JOEL: TO TOM'S POINT WHEN YOU
ARE IN NEGOTIATION, THERE IS NOT
MUCH POINT STRIKING IF THERE IS
NO MONEY.
>> JOEL: IF THEY STRIKE AND
CAUSE ENOUGH INCONVENIENCE MONEY
WILL MATERIALIZE.
>> JOEL: LET'S GO TO OTHER CITY
NEWS, CITY COUNCIL EASILY
APPROVES PART OF THE
ACCOUNTABILITY REFORM.
SANCTITY OF LIFE IN USE OF
FORCE.
ORDNANCE TO STRIP DONALD TRUMP
-- CITY TRIES TO EMBARRASS
ALDERMAN WITH PLAYOFF TICKETS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT COPE PA BOARD
WHICH STANDS FOR ABILITY IN
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
GOOD OR BAD THING?
>> CLEARLY THE RECORD SHOWS WE
NEED AN OVERSIGHT BOARD WITH
MORE TEETH.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS, INCREASE
SUP SUBPOENA POWER AND CASES OF
USE OF FORCE ETC. STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
MAY NOT BE A CURE ALL.
IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT.
>> JOEL: RIGHT AFTER THAT PASSED
THAT, TODAY THE CITY COMES OUT
WITH A NEW POLICY MUST BEEN AN
IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FORCE BEFORE
THEY CAN USE THEIR GUNS.
UP UNTIL THEN THEY HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO FIRE AT FLEEING
SUSPECTS.
DO YOU BELIEVE THIS POLICY WILL
BE FIRED AND SATISFY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WHICH IS NOW
EXAMINING THE CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THAT IS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT MATTER.
FACT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS,
SHOULD BE A NO BRAINER, YOU HAVE
TO HAVE AN IMMINENT THREAT
BEFORE YOU CAN FIRE.
>> ALSO WHO IS APPOINTED TO THE
BOARD?
CITIZEN COULD BE A CITIZEN OR --
>> JOEL: RUBBER STAMP FROM THE
MAYOR.
>> IT SHOULD BE MORE FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
>> JOEL: PEOPLE PROTESTING, WANT
THOSE PEOPLE ELECTED?
>> NOT ELECTED BUT SOME
COMMUNITY INPUT.
>> JOEL: THAT THEY'LL HAVE VETO
POWER.
NICE TO PROTEST, DO THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN PLAN IS MY QUESTION?
>> I JUST HEARD THE PIECES ON
THE RADIO AND READ ABOUT IT.
IT IS A RUBBER STAMP ON THE
POLICE BOARD SO FAR.
IT HAS BEEN A RUBBER STAMP.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE DID SEEM
POLITICALLY CORRECTED.
YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME
SEPARATION.
>> JOEL: IS IT FAKE REFORM?
>> I WOULDN'T GO THAT FAR, IF
PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN
EXPOSE THINGS.
A LOT OF TROUBLE WHEN PEOPLE
TRIED TO EXPOSE THINGS.
>> JOEL: YOU THINK THERE WOULD
BE AN HONORARY STREET NAMED
AFTER ME?
>> WILL BE JUST LIKE DONALD
TRUMP'S HONORARY STREET WHICH IS
WABASH NEAR THE TRUMP TOWER.
IS THIS A BIG SYMBOL IF YOU TAKE
AWAY DONALD TRUMP'S HONORARY
BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN BAD MOUTHING
CHICAGO?
>> PROBABLY ONLY TO DONALD
TRUMP.
THE REST OF US, YOU KNOW, I
THINK COULD CARE LESS.
BIG THING IS HE HAS HIS BIG NAME
ON THE RIVER TO BE SEEN.
>> JOEL: IS THIS A GREAT STORY,
ALDERMAN TOOK CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
DONALD TRUMP NOW OFFERING TO
RETURN THEM.
>> I THINK THOSE BROWN STREET
NAMES.
THERE WAS A BIG NAME AFTER HUGH
HEFNER HAVING A NAME.
WATCH YOUR TWITTER FEED.
>> JOEL: THEY CONFUSE VISITORS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEBATE IN
OUR OPEN.
DO YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP'S
TAXES STILL A BIG ISSUE OR DO
YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO GET
AWAY WITH NOT DISCLOSING THEM?
>> THERE IS NO EXPECTATIONS HE
IS GOING TO DISCLOSE HIS TAXES.
NOBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE
SENSE OUT OF THEM.
FROM WHAT THE "NEW YORK TIMES,"
HE TOOK A HUGE WRITE OFF IN
1995.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DREW THE
CONCLUSION.
IT IS CLEAR HE HAS AGGRESSIVELY
USED THE TAX CODE.
HE IS PROUD OF IT.
IF YOU ARE SUCH A GENIUS, DOES
THAT MAKE THE REST OF US FOOLS.
>>
>> JOEL: WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF
US THAT USE IT, GENIUSES OR
FOOLS?
>> I THINK YOU ARE GENIUSES,
JOEL.
[LAUGHTER].
>> ISN'T THE QUESTION DO HIS
SUPPORTERS, I AM PAYING MY
TAXES, WHY SHOULDN'T HE PAY HIS
TAXES?
>> JOEL: A LOT OF THE REPORTERS
TAKING STOCK LOSSES.
>> THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR THEM,
DOES THIS EFFECT THEM?
>> JOEL: HE SLIPPED IN THE
POLLS, DO YOU THINK IT IS
BECAUSE OF THE TAX ISSUE OR BAD
PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST DEBATE?
>> IT IS A COMBINATION.
HE MAKES CRITICISMS OF POOR
INFRASTRUCTURE, AIRPORTS ARE
THIRD WORLD.
TALKS ABOUT THE MILITARY NOT
BEING EFFECTIVE.
TAXES WILL PAY FOR THOSE THINGS.
THERE IS CLEARLY A DISCONNECT.
THAT IS STARTING TO SINK IN FOR
SOME.
>> INTERESTING THE FAMILY TRY TO
DEFLATE PERSONAL WITH CORPORATE
TAXES.
>> JOEL: WE ARE FINALLY IN
SPORTS.
CUBS START THEIR PLAYOFF PUSH
AGAINST POST SEASON SAVVY
GIANTS.
WHITE SOX MANAGER SWAP.
BEARS RECOVERING QUARTERBACK JAY
CUTLER BENCHED.
TELL ME ABOUT WHY THE GIANTS
DON'T HAVE AS GOOD A CHANCE
BEATING THE CUBS?
>> I THINK THEY DO.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE A
POPULAR OPINION.
>> JOEL: I AM WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> JOINTS WON THREE WORLD SERIES
LAST THREE IT IS 2016.
THREE IN A ROW IS IMPRESSIVE.
EVERYBODY POINTS TO THE FACT
CUBS HAD THE BEST RECORD, ONLY
FOUR TIMES LAST 22 YEARS GONE ON
TO WIN WORLD SERE RIR --
SERIES.
GIANTS HAVE GREAT PITCHING.
I THINK THIS IS A LOT MORE
DIFFICULT THAN PEOPLE ARE
REALIZING IN THIS SERIES ALONE.
>> JOEL: IF THEY DON'T GET
PASSED THE GIANTS, YOU DON'T
TAKE A STEP.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
>> START THIS SERIES, ROTATION
LUSTER HENDRIX AND JAY GIRIET,A.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH YOU ARE
GOING TO GET.
ALSO THE QUESTION IN PLAYOFFS.
THEY ARE HOT AND HAVE BEEN THEY
PLAYED THE OTHER NIGHT.
YOU HAVE A MANAGER IN JOE MADDEN
WHO MANAGED TO PUSH ALL THE
RIGHT BUTTONS.
IF YOU GET TO A TIGHT GAME, GAME
FIVE AND IN WRIGLEY, IT CAN BE A
BOOST.
>> JOEL: WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE
SOX?
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS CUB
MANIA, THEY CHANGE MANAGERS,
HIRING AN EXCUB MANAGER.
>> EXACTLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THIS COMING.
WHITE SOCKS GAVE VENTURA AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK.
A LOT SAW THIS COMING, THIS WAS
THE MANAGER IN WAITING.
WHITE SOX KNEW SOMEBODY ELSE WAS
GOING TO HIRE HIM.
>> JOEL: A LOT OF STORIES, THEY
DIDN'T WANT THEM TO COME BACK,
WHEN THEY SAID HE COULD MAKE HIS
OWN DECISION, I WOULD LIKE TO
JOB LIKE THAT.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO
WORRY, ALL THE FANS WENT NUTS.
>> WHITE SOX FANS FRUS STRAITED.
BOSTON AWFUL LAST YEAR.
NOW THEY ARE IN THE PLAY OFFS,
TURN AROUNDS CAN HAPPEN.
>> JOEL: CHICAGO BEARS AND JAY
CUTLER IN PARTICULAR, EVEN WHEN
HE RECOVERS HE DOESN'T GET
STARTING JOB BACK.
>> PEOPLE ARE MAKING A LOT ABOUT
IT.
THEY BEAT THE LIONS.
IT IS NOT LIKE THE BEAT THE
PATRIOTS.
THIS IS A MOOT POINT.
CUTLER HASN'T PRACTICED.
HE IS NOT NOT ABLE TO PLAY.
>> JOEL: BEARS HAVE ANY CHANCE
OF TURNING IT AROUND, THEY ARE
ONLY 1-3.
>> WHO CARES, CUBS ARE IN THE
WORLD SERIES.
>> JOEL: DO YOU THINK THE CUBS
ARE GOING TO WIN THE WORLD
SERIES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> JOEL: WHAT ABOUT HER
RESERVATIONS?
>> I HAVE WAITED 52 YEARS FOR
THIS MOMENT.
>> JOEL: YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
A TRAINED OBSERVER.
THAT IS WHAT REPORTERS ARE.
YOU ARE SOUNDING LIKE A FAN.
>> I DON'T COVER SPORTS.
>> JOEL: THAT IS OBVIOUS.
WE ARE OUT OF TIME, MANY THANKS
TO TOM CORFMAN, SARAH KARP,
DAVID GREISING AND NANCY ARMOUR.
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