WEBVTT 00:05.233 --> 00:09.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% [♪♪♪] 00:07.133 --> 00:12.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 00:09.133 --> 00:14.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% "CHICAGO TONIGHT." 00:09.900 --> 00:14.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ON THIS THURSDAY JUNE 8TH... 00:12.866 --> 00:16.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> I'VE SEEN THE TWEET ABOUT 00:14.466 --> 00:18.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% TAPES. 00:14.900 --> 00:22.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LORDY I HOPE THERE ARE TAPES. 00:16.900 --> 00:23.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> LOOKING AT FORMER F.B.I. 00:18.900 --> 00:25.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY'S EXPLOSIVE 00:22.066 --> 00:28.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS. 00:23.133 --> 00:30.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> AND A TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION 00:25.133 --> 00:31.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CLAIMS THE COUNTY'S PROPERTY TAX 00:28.533 --> 00:32.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SYSTEM FAVORS THE RICH OVER THE 00:30.900 --> 00:37.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% POOR. 00:31.200 --> 00:37.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT AND MORE NEXT ON "CHICAGO 00:32.833 --> 00:37.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:22.5% TONIGHT." 00:38.766 --> 00:45.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:12.5% [♪♪♪] 00:47.466 --> 00:50.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I'M 00:48.233 --> 00:53.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% PHIL PONCE. 00:49.266 --> 00:53.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% STILL ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF 00:50.300 --> 00:54.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE IMPACT OF THE STATE BUDGET 00:53.033 --> 00:56.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% STANDOFF. 00:53.400 --> 00:57.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THAT STORY 00:54.333 --> 01:00.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND MORE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN 00:56.866 --> 01:01.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% "CHICAGO TONIGHT." 00:57.900 --> 01:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% BRANDIS? 01:00.400 --> 01:06.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> AND STATE LAWMAKERS WERE IN 01:01.533 --> 01:07.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CHICAGO TO HEAR FROM SURVIVORS 01:03.866 --> 01:09.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND PEOPLE 01:06.033 --> 01:11.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WITH DISABILITIES AND PARENTS 01:07.600 --> 01:12.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES 01:09.266 --> 01:14.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND CANCER SURVIVORS AND THE 01:11.333 --> 01:16.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IMPACT OF THE STATE BUDGET 01:12.766 --> 01:18.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SITUATION ON THEIR WELL-BEING. 01:14.766 --> 01:19.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ONE PARENT TOLD THE COMMITTEE 01:16.066 --> 01:21.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HER DAUGHTER WHO LIVES ON A 01:18.433 --> 01:23.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% VENTILATOR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO 01:19.766 --> 01:27.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LIVE AT HOME BECAUSE OF THE CUTS 01:21.933 --> 01:28.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% TO HOME HEALTHCARE. 01:23.433 --> 01:30.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, FUND 01:27.233 --> 01:32.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% HOME HEALTH. 01:28.900 --> 01:35.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% YOU KNOW IT IS CHEAPER TO HAVE 01:30.633 --> 01:37.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THESE KIDS HOME AND IT'S BETTER 01:32.966 --> 01:38.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FOR THEM THAN IT IS TO MAKE THEM 01:35.100 --> 01:41.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% GO TO NURSING AGENCIES -- 01:37.566 --> 01:41.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TO NURSING HOMES WHERE THEY ARE 01:38.766 --> 01:43.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NOT TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY COULD 01:41.100 --> 01:44.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% DIE. 01:41.366 --> 01:46.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MY DAUGHTER'S BEEN RUSHED TO THE 01:43.633 --> 01:48.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% EMERGENCY ROOM TWICE IN THE LAST 01:44.966 --> 01:50.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% TWO MONTHS. 01:46.800 --> 01:52.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> ADVOCATES FOR THOSE WHO 01:48.400 --> 01:54.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TESTIFIED SAY THE STATE HAS NOT 01:50.666 --> 01:55.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% INCREASED MEDICAID WAGES FOR THE 01:52.366 --> 01:57.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WORKERS WHO CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH 01:54.266 --> 01:58.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% DISABILITIES IN NINE YEARS 01:55.333 --> 02:00.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RESULTING IN A STAFFING CRISIS. 01:57.133 --> 02:01.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND 13 GROUP HOMES CLOSED IN THE 01:58.966 --> 02:03.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TWO YEARS AT THE STATE HAS GONE 02:00.700 --> 02:04.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WITHOUT A BUDGET. 02:01.633 --> 02:05.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE GOVERNOR MADE HIS CASE FOR A 02:03.500 --> 02:07.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% BALANCED BUDGET. 02:04.600 --> 02:08.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER AGAIN 02:05.266 --> 02:10.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CALLED FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF 02:07.133 --> 02:12.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES LIKE 02:08.666 --> 02:13.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AMAZON WHICH OPENED ONE OF NINE 02:10.433 --> 02:15.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% NEW FACILITIES IN ILLINOIS. 02:12.566 --> 02:16.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> BECAUSE OF OUR PEOPLE, 02:13.600 --> 02:19.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BECAUSE OF OUR GREAT LOCATION, 02:15.600 --> 02:20.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE SHOULD BE AND COULD BE ONE OF 02:16.800 --> 02:23.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE FASTEST GROWING JOB CREATING 02:19.400 --> 02:25.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% STATES IN AMERICA. 02:20.833 --> 02:27.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND OUR 02:23.533 --> 02:29.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% REGULATORY BURDEN OUR RED TAPE 02:25.266 --> 02:30.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% KEEPS BUSINESSES OUT. 02:27.700 --> 02:32.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% PUSHES THEM OUT OF STATE OR 02:29.200 --> 02:35.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% KEEPS THEM FROM MOVING HERE. 02:30.666 --> 02:36.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR REAL 02:32.500 --> 02:36.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LASTING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND 02:35.066 --> 02:38.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% REGULATORY REFORM SO WE ARE 02:36.400 --> 02:41.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% COMPETITIVE. 02:36.800 --> 02:44.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WE CAN HAVE A COMPETITIVE 02:38.800 --> 02:45.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ECONOMY TO BE COMPASSIONATE FOR 02:41.666 --> 02:47.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND HAVE 02:44.233 --> 02:50.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% BALANCED BUDGETS. 02:45.466 --> 02:53.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> THE GOVERNOR TOURED AMAZON 02:47.000 --> 02:56.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHERE IT EMPLOYS 1,000 PEOPLE 02:50.833 --> 02:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND INTENDS TO HIRE MORE. 02:53.000 --> 03:01.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AMAZON COMMITTED TO CREATING 02:56.000 --> 03:03.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% 8,000 JOBS ACROSS THE STATE. 02:59.300 --> 03:05.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> CHICAGO'S TOP COP COULD BE 03:01.500 --> 03:07.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% RECEIVING A NEW KIDNEY SOON. 03:03.566 --> 03:10.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% EDDIE JOHNSON'S DOCTORS TOLD HIM 03:05.000 --> 03:12.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THEY ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF 03:07.166 --> 03:15.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SELECTING A DONOR AND SURGERY 03:10.066 --> 03:18.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% COULD BE IMMINENT. 03:12.766 --> 03:20.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% JOHNSON'S SON DANIEL AND A 03:15.333 --> 03:23.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RELATIVE ARE BEING CONSIDERED. 03:18.633 --> 03:25.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AFTER A PUBLIC DIZZY SPELL 03:20.866 --> 03:26.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% JOHNSON REVEALED HE HAD BEEN 03:23.666 --> 03:29.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BATTLING A KIDNEY CONDITION FOR 03:25.000 --> 03:32.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THREE DECADES. 03:26.500 --> 03:33.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HE SHOULD BE BACK TO WORK WITHIN 03:29.233 --> 03:35.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THREE-FIVE WEEKS OF SURGERY U A 03:32.166 --> 03:37.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TONIGHT 03:33.600 --> 03:39.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% AND A LOW AROUND 63. 03:35.466 --> 03:43.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND TOMORROW A CHANCE OF SHOWERS 03:37.400 --> 03:46.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND THUNDERSTORMS AND MOSTLY 03:39.166 --> 03:48.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SUNNY WITH A HIGH NEAR 80. 03:43.500 --> 03:54.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NEXT, PHIL PONCE AND REACTION TO 03:46.500 --> 03:54.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THE TESTIMONY OF THE FORMER 03:48.866 --> 03:54.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:72.5% F.B.I. DIRECTOR, JAMES COMEY. 04:11.633 --> 04:18.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> FORMER F.B.I. DIRECTOR JAMES 04:13.800 --> 04:19.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COMEY DID NOT HOLD BACK IN HIS 04:15.866 --> 04:21.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE 04:18.366 --> 04:22.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE TODAY. 04:19.100 --> 04:24.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A MONTH AFTER THIS ABRUPT FIRING 04:21.166 --> 04:26.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, COMEY 04:22.833 --> 04:28.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DROPPED A NUMBER OF BOMBSHELLS 04:24.466 --> 04:29.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AT THE HEARING INCLUDING HIS 04:26.600 --> 04:31.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% RATIONALE FOR WRITING MEMOS 04:28.266 --> 04:32.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DOCUMENTING HIS CONVERSATIONS 04:29.033 --> 04:34.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% WITH THE PRESIDENT. 04:31.100 --> 04:36.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> I WAS HONESTLY CONCERNED THAT 04:32.566 --> 04:37.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HE MIGHT LIE ABOUT THE NATURE OF 04:34.233 --> 04:38.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OUR MEETING SO I THOUGHT IT 04:36.133 --> 04:40.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% REALLY IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT. 04:37.133 --> 04:41.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THAT COMBINATION OF THINGS I 04:38.700 --> 04:43.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE BUT IT 04:40.100 --> 04:44.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT I GOT TO 04:41.966 --> 04:46.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WRITE IT DOWN AND WRITE IT DOWN 04:43.533 --> 04:48.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% IN A DETAILED WAY. 04:44.900 --> 04:50.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL 04:46.400 --> 04:52.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ATTORNEY RESPONDED TO COMEY'S 04:48.266 --> 04:53.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% TESTIMONY, THE PRESIDENT'S 04:50.133 --> 04:55.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TWITTER ACCOUNT WAS NOTICEABLY 04:52.266 --> 04:58.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SILENT DURING THE HEARING. 04:53.600 --> 05:01.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND JOINING US NOW ARE GIL 04:55.333 --> 05:02.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SOFFER, HE IS MANAGING PARTNER 04:58.766 --> 05:04.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WITH THE LAW FIRM AND A FORMER 05:01.200 --> 05:07.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY AND 05:02.666 --> 05:08.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ASSOCIATE DEPUTY ATTORNEY AT THE 05:04.800 --> 05:10.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. 05:07.166 --> 05:12.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> MARTN REDISH PROFESSOR OF LAW 05:08.900 --> 05:14.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% AND PUBLIC POLICY AT 05:10.966 --> 05:16.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S 05:12.966 --> 05:19.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW AND 05:14.233 --> 05:20.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ANDREW BOUTROS A PARTNER AT THE 05:16.833 --> 05:21.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LAW FIRM AND FORMER ASSISTANT 05:19.000 --> 05:32.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% ATTORNEY GENERAL. 05:20.200 --> 05:32.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% JUST LIKE TO GO AROUND THE TABLE 05:21.366 --> 05:32.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:50% AND GET YOUR REACTIO 05:48.600 --> 05:54.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> ANDREW BOUTROS YOUR TAKE? 05:50.566 --> 05:55.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR POTENTIAL 05:52.566 --> 05:56.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGE? 05:54.500 --> 05:58.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% >> NO, NOWHERE CLOSE. 05:55.366 --> 06:01.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% I AGREE WITH GILL. 05:56.733 --> 06:03.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I THINK TODAY WAS THERE WAS A 05:58.533 --> 06:05.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% LOT OF POTENTIAL POLITICAL 06:01.433 --> 06:07.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FIRESTORM THAT MAY COME OUT OF 06:03.300 --> 06:09.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THIS OR POLITICAL HEAT BUT FROM 06:05.466 --> 06:11.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT IT 06:07.900 --> 06:13.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% MEANS FOR THERE TO BE 06:09.700 --> 06:16.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND TALKS 06:11.833 --> 06:18.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OF IMPEACHMENT OR CRIMINAL 06:13.333 --> 06:18.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CHARGES, I DO NOT THINK THAT THE 06:16.300 --> 06:20.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TESTIMONY MOVED THAT NEEDLE 06:18.000 --> 06:22.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% FORWARD AT ALL. 06:18.800 --> 06:23.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IF ANYTHING, I THINK IT WAS A 06:20.666 --> 06:25.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% GOOD DAY FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM 06:22.066 --> 06:27.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% THAT PERSPECTIVE. 06:23.566 --> 06:27.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> MARTN REDISH WHAT DOES 06:25.900 --> 06:29.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CONSTITUTE OBSTRUCTION OF 06:27.133 --> 06:31.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% JUSTICE? 06:27.666 --> 06:34.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> IT THERE HAS TO BE A CORRUPT 06:29.266 --> 06:34.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INTENT TO THREATEN SOMEBODY IN 06:31.700 --> 06:37.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% ORDER TO PREVENT AN 06:34.066 --> 06:40.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% INVESTIGATION. 06:34.500 --> 06:43.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT IF I COULD RESPOND, I FEEL 06:37.400 --> 06:45.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AT THE VERY LEAST, THERE'S BEEN 06:40.333 --> 06:46.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% A SHOWING OF A BASIS FOR 06:43.300 --> 06:48.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IMPEACHMENT THAT HIGH CRIMES AND 06:45.000 --> 06:49.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% MISDEMEANORS COULD EASILY 06:46.166 --> 06:52.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% INCLUDE THE KIND OF ABUSE OF 06:48.666 --> 06:56.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PRESIDENTIAL POWER WE'VE SEEN. 06:49.866 --> 06:57.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND I WOULD TEND TO DIFFER ON 06:52.600 --> 06:57.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHETHER THERE IS ENOUGH FOR AN 06:56.133 --> 07:00.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGE 06:57.566 --> 07:02.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% HERE. 06:57.866 --> 07:05.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I THINK THE CORRUPT INTENT IS 07:00.766 --> 07:08.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DEMONSTRATED BY THE PRESIDENT 07:02.833 --> 07:08.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ASKING EVERYONE TO LEAVE THE 07:05.066 --> 07:12.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OVAL OFFICE BEFORE HE SPEAKS TO 07:08.366 --> 07:14.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% COMEY. 07:08.666 --> 07:17.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND I THINK IF YOU VIEW THIS AS 07:12.033 --> 07:19.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% A TAPESTRY, IF YOU LOOK NOT ONLY 07:14.866 --> 07:21.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AT WHAT WAS SAID IN THAT ONE 07:17.300 --> 07:24.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INSTANCE ON FEBRUARY 14TH, BUT 07:19.466 --> 07:27.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ADD TO IT THE FIRING WHEN COMEY 07:21.333 --> 07:29.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% DID NOT COMPLY, IT'S QUITE CLEAR 07:24.333 --> 07:32.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT THE INTENT UNDERSCORED BY 07:27.400 --> 07:34.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TRUMP'S OWN STATEMENTS TO THE 07:29.766 --> 07:36.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% RUSSIANS THAT HE REDUCED 07:32.066 --> 07:39.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PRESSURE ON THE RUSSIAN ISSUE BY 07:34.133 --> 07:39.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FIRING COMEY, SHOWS THAT HE WAS 07:36.133 --> 07:42.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TRYING TO INTERFERE WITH THE 07:39.400 --> 07:45.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% PROSECUTION. 07:39.800 --> 07:46.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> GIL SOFFER HOW ABOUT THAT? 07:42.333 --> 07:48.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THOSE INSTANCES ADD UP TO AN 07:45.100 --> 07:49.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE? 07:46.233 --> 07:51.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> MAY GET YOU HALFWAY THERE. 07:48.066 --> 07:53.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 07:49.700 --> 07:54.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% STATES DIRECT THE F.B.I. 07:51.066 --> 07:54.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DIRECTOR NOT TO INVESTIGATE 07:53.066 --> 07:55.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SOMEONE TO DISCONTINUE AN 07:54.533 --> 07:58.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% INVESTIGATION? 07:54.966 --> 08:00.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 07:55.966 --> 08:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% STATES FIRE THE DIRECTOR IF HE 07:58.500 --> 08:05.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% REFUSES THAT DIRECTION? 08:00.300 --> 08:06.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE ANSWER CAN BE YES AND IT 08:03.866 --> 08:08.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TURNS ON WHAT IS THE MOTIVE 08:05.166 --> 08:10.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BEHIND THE PRESIDENT'S ACTION. 08:06.566 --> 08:11.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IF THE PRESIDENT IS DISSATISFIED 08:08.233 --> 08:13.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WITH THE DIRECTOR AND WANTS THE 08:10.166 --> 08:15.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INVESTIGATION TO STOP AND WANTS 08:11.366 --> 08:16.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TO FIRE THE DIRECTOR BECAUSE HE 08:13.966 --> 08:18.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THINKS THAT IT IS A WASTE OF 08:15.200 --> 08:20.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TIME AND THE INVESTIGATION IS 08:16.400 --> 08:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NOT WORTHWHILE THAT DOES NOT GET 08:18.700 --> 08:25.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% YOU TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. 08:20.433 --> 08:25.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> HE WANTS TO STOP EVIDENCE 08:23.200 --> 08:26.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FROM SURFACING THAT GETS YOU 08:25.200 --> 08:30.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% CLOSER. 08:25.533 --> 08:32.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> Mr. COMEY TESTIFIED THAT 08:26.800 --> 08:35.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TRUMP SAID HE HOPED THAT COMEY 08:30.166 --> 08:35.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WOULD LET GO OF THE FLYNN 08:32.800 --> 08:37.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INVESTIGATION AND SAW THAT AS A 08:35.000 --> 08:39.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% DIRECTIVE. 08:35.366 --> 08:41.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IS THAT A REASONABLE CONCLUSION 08:37.166 --> 08:43.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% ON Mr. COMEY'S PART? 08:39.333 --> 08:44.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> DIRECTOR COMEY SAID WHAT HE 08:41.833 --> 08:47.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% INTERPRETED THE WORD HOPE TO 08:43.266 --> 08:48.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MEAN BUT HE ALSO TESTIFIED THAT 08:44.700 --> 08:49.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE PRESIDENT DID NOT ININSTRUCT 08:47.300 --> 08:51.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% HIM TO CONCLUDE THE 08:48.700 --> 08:53.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% INVESTIGATION. 08:49.133 --> 08:56.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HE DID NOT DIRECT HIM TO DO SO. 08:51.300 --> 08:58.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SO WHAT THE DIRECTOR SAID IS HOW 08:53.666 --> 08:59.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HE INTERPRETED IT BUT AS GILL 08:56.900 --> 09:01.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% WAS SAYING WHAT IS MORE 08:58.300 --> 09:03.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IMPORTANT IS WHAT WAS IN THE 08:59.533 --> 09:03.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PRESIDENT'S MIND WHEN HE WAS, IN 09:01.900 --> 09:06.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% FACT, WHEN HE MADE THAT 09:03.233 --> 09:06.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% STATEMENT. 09:03.600 --> 09:08.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I HOPE THAT THIS CAN YOU CAN LET 09:06.033 --> 09:10.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% HIM GO. 09:06.766 --> 09:12.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO 09:08.833 --> 09:14.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% KNOW THAT IT CAME OUT TODAY THAT 09:10.566 --> 09:16.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE PRESIDENT IN FACT ENCOURAGED 09:12.866 --> 09:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE F.B.I. DIRECTOR TO LOOK INTO 09:14.566 --> 09:19.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE 09:16.000 --> 09:21.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WITHIN THE QUOTE-UNQUOTE 09:17.733 --> 09:22.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SATELLITE OF ASSOCIATES INVOLVED 09:19.600 --> 09:26.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% OR COULD BE INVOLVED IN RUSSIA. 09:21.300 --> 09:28.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE IS YOU 09:22.966 --> 09:30.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HAVE SOME STATEMENTS THAT HAVE 09:26.766 --> 09:32.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BEEN IRREFUTABLE THE STATEMENT 09:28.900 --> 09:33.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THAT THE PRESIDENT ENCOURAGED 09:30.133 --> 09:35.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE DIRECTOR TO LOOK THE AOTHER 09:32.400 --> 09:37.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% ASSOCIATES AS WELL. 09:33.133 --> 09:40.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO THAT CALLS INTO QUESTION AND 09:35.066 --> 09:42.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MUDDIES THE WATER ABOUT INTENT. 09:37.866 --> 09:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IT SHOWS THE INTENT GOING THE 09:40.566 --> 09:45.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% OTHER DIRECTION THAT THE 09:42.066 --> 09:47.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PRESIDENT WAS GIVING HIM LEEWAY 09:43.600 --> 09:48.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER. 09:45.800 --> 09:51.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> Mr. COMEY TESTIFIED ABOUT 09:47.100 --> 09:52.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HOW HE PERCEIVED THE PRESIDENT 09:48.833 --> 09:54.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WAS TRYING TO MANEUVER HIM AND 09:51.266 --> 09:55.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% LET'S LISTEN. 09:52.966 --> 09:57.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> I COULD BE WRONG BUT MY 09:54.600 --> 09:59.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COMMON SENSE TOLD ME WHAT WAS 09:55.700 --> 10:02.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% GOING ON IS EITHER HE HAD 09:57.966 --> 10:03.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CONCLUDED OR SOMEONE HAD TOLD 09:59.733 --> 10:04.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HIM THAT YOU DIDN'T YOU'VE ASKED 10:02.300 --> 10:06.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% COMEY TO STAY AND YOU DIDN'T GET 10:03.866 --> 10:08.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% ANYTHING FOR IT. 10:04.733 --> 10:11.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THAT THE DINNER WAS AN 10:06.666 --> 10:13.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EFFORT TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP, 10:08.366 --> 10:15.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IN FACT HE ASKED SPECIFICALLY OF 10:11.333 --> 10:17.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LOYALTY IN THE CONTEXT OF ASKING 10:13.966 --> 10:19.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% ME TO STAY. 10:15.066 --> 10:21.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND AS I SAID WHAT WAS ODD WE 10:17.700 --> 10:25.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TALKED TWICE ABOUT IT BY THAT 10:19.133 --> 10:28.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% POINT AND HE SAID I VERY MUCH 10:21.466 --> 10:30.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% HOPE YOU WILL STAY. 10:25.833 --> 10:32.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> MARTN REDISH AS AN OUTSIDE 10:28.300 --> 10:32.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OBSERVER HOW DO YOU REACT TO 10:30.800 --> 10:34.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THAT DESCRIPTION OF THAT 10:32.200 --> 10:36.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% ENCOUNTER? 10:32.566 --> 10:40.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> I THINK IT'S QUITE CLEAR THE 10:34.166 --> 10:43.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FACT THAT HE WANTED TO TALK TO 10:36.733 --> 10:46.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HIM ALONE ON SO MANY OCCASIONS. 10:40.966 --> 10:48.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THAT HE ASKED HIM TO STOP THE 10:43.333 --> 10:51.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% INVESTIGATION INTO FLYNN WITHOUT 10:46.500 --> 10:53.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ANY RECOGNITION OR ARGUMENT AS 10:48.500 --> 10:54.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% GILL SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A 10:51.633 --> 10:57.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% FRUITLESS INVESTIGATION. 10:53.000 --> 10:58.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% JUST HE WANTED IT STOPPED. 10:54.633 --> 11:01.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND THEN HE FIRED HIM FOR NOT 10:57.666 --> 11:03.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% STOPPING IT. 10:58.233 --> 11:07.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I THINK IT'S QUITE CLEAR THAT 11:01.300 --> 11:09.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THAT INVESTIGATION WAS TO BE 11:03.666 --> 11:12.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STOPPED FOR REASONS NOT RELATED 11:07.566 --> 11:13.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% TO LEGITIMATE PURPOSES. 11:09.000 --> 11:15.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BUT RATHER TO SUPPRESS AN 11:12.133 --> 11:16.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION. 11:13.266 --> 11:19.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> GIL SOFFER HOW NORMAL IS IT 11:15.066 --> 11:20.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FOR AN F.B.I. DIRECTOR TO SPEAK 11:16.866 --> 11:23.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WITH THE PRESIDENT NINE TIMES IN 11:19.433 --> 11:23.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% PERSON OR ON THE PHONE IN A 11:20.966 --> 11:26.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% SHORT PERIOD OF TIME? 11:23.033 --> 11:27.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> HIGHLY ABNORMAL. 11:23.633 --> 11:28.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AS A GENERAL MATTER, A MATTER OF 11:26.833 --> 11:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS AN 11:27.666 --> 11:33.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% F.B.I. DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT 11:28.766 --> 11:35.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WILL NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER. 11:31.033 --> 11:36.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CERTAINLY WON'T ABOUT A PENDING 11:33.633 --> 11:38.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INVESTIGATION OR THE POTENTIAL 11:35.500 --> 11:40.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% INVESTIGATION THAT MIGHT 11:36.833 --> 11:41.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IMPLICATE THE PRESIDENT. 11:38.000 --> 11:43.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SO THAT IS UNUSUAL TO BE SURE. 11:40.066 --> 11:45.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THAT 11:41.500 --> 11:48.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SNIPPET FROM THE TESTIMONY TODAY 11:43.233 --> 11:49.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WAS THE USE OF THE WORD LOYALTY. 11:45.533 --> 11:51.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FOR THE PRESIDENT TO DEMAND 11:48.033 --> 11:52.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LOYALTY POSES SERIOUS ISSUES. 11:49.966 --> 11:54.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THERE'S THE TRADITION OF 11:51.666 --> 11:57.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INDEPENDENCE OF THE F.B.I. AND 11:52.700 --> 11:58.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 11:54.166 --> 12:00.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO DEMAND LOYALTY RUNS COUNTER 11:57.000 --> 12:01.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% TO THAT TRADITION. 11:58.500 --> 12:02.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE 12:00.266 --> 12:03.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% F.B.I. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 12:01.333 --> 12:05.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% JUSTICE ARE A COMPONENT OF THE 12:02.633 --> 12:06.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% GOVERNMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE 12:03.933 --> 12:08.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BRANCH IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT 12:05.500 --> 12:12.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% SITS AT THE TOP. 12:06.933 --> 12:14.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SO THE PRESIDENT IN SOME WAYS 12:08.800 --> 12:16.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CAN DEMAND LOYALTY AND IT MAY BE 12:12.033 --> 12:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% UNWISE AND VIOLATE A TRADITION 12:14.033 --> 12:20.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% BUT IT IS NOT UNLAWFUL. 12:16.433 --> 12:21.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> ANDREW BOUTROS SOME MIGHT 12:17.733 --> 12:23.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ARGUE THAT IF Mr. COMEY IS SO 12:20.700 --> 12:25.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DISTURBED BY THE PRESIDENT'S 12:21.966 --> 12:26.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CONDUCT THAN HE SHOULD HAVE DONE 12:23.966 --> 12:28.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% MORE THAN WRITE A MEMO. 12:25.833 --> 12:30.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% SHOULD HE HAVE? 12:26.733 --> 12:31.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THERE IS A GOOD ARGUMENT THAT 12:28.500 --> 12:33.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PERHAPS THE DIRECTOR COULD HAVE 12:30.166 --> 12:35.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PERHAPS COME FORWARD AND SPOKEN 12:31.733 --> 12:36.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TO PEOPLE IN THE JUSTICE 12:33.500 --> 12:38.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DEPARTMENT AND ELEVATED THE 12:35.300 --> 12:38.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ISSUE TO MEMBERS OF THE JUSTICE 12:36.733 --> 12:40.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% DEPARTMENT OR THE WHITE HOUSE 12:38.133 --> 12:40.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% COUNSEL. 12:38.666 --> 12:42.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> TO WHOM COULD HE HAVE 12:40.366 --> 12:43.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% COMPLAINED? 12:40.800 --> 12:46.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> AT THE TIME YOU HAD THE 12:42.766 --> 12:48.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE 12:43.900 --> 12:50.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% UNITED STATES WHO I BELIEVE WAS 12:46.933 --> 12:52.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% ALSO INVOLVED. 12:48.266 --> 12:55.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I THINK I'M NOT SURE AT THE TIME 12:50.433 --> 12:57.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% JEFF SESSIONS RECUSED HIMSELF. 12:52.800 --> 12:58.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND YOU ALSO HAD THE DEPUTY 12:55.100 --> 13:00.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SO THERE 12:57.200 --> 13:02.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ARE MEMBERS OF THE JUSTICE 12:58.000 --> 13:04.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DEPARTMENT AND HE DID NOT GO 13:00.666 --> 13:06.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THROUGH THAT CHANNEL AT ALL. 13:02.733 --> 13:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND ALSO JUST PIGGY BACKING OFF 13:04.600 --> 13:10.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID A LITTLE 13:06.600 --> 13:13.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BIT A FEW MINUTES AGO, WHAT WE 13:09.400 --> 13:15.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% DON'T KNOW IS WHETHER OR NOT THE 13:10.833 --> 13:16.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% PRESIDENT IN THE CONTEXT OF 13:13.566 --> 13:18.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CLEARING THE ROOM TO HAVE THE 13:15.666 --> 13:19.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR 13:16.700 --> 13:20.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WHETHER HE HAS DONE THAT 13:18.433 --> 13:22.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% UNRELATED TO RUSSIA OR THIS 13:19.966 --> 13:23.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% INVESTIGATION. 13:20.433 --> 13:25.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP -- 13:22.233 --> 13:27.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% >> DOES IT MATTER? 13:23.166 --> 13:27.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 13:25.366 --> 13:29.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% IS A SHREWD AND TOUGH 13:27.200 --> 13:31.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% BUSINESSMAN. 13:27.600 --> 13:33.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND HIS STYLE IS SOMEWHAT 13:29.833 --> 13:35.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% UNORTHODOX IN POLITICS. 13:31.000 --> 13:38.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND SO THIS MAY NOT BE THE ONLY 13:33.833 --> 13:39.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TIME AND THE ONLY INSTANCE IN 13:35.533 --> 13:41.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WHICH HE HAS HAD PRIVATE 13:38.500 --> 13:42.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CONVERSATIONS WITH SENIOR 13:39.866 --> 13:45.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT, 13:41.200 --> 13:47.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% CLEARED THE ROOM AND TALKED 13:42.800 --> 13:48.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ABOUT THINGS UNRELATED TO THE 13:45.033 --> 13:49.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR TO 13:47.600 --> 13:51.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% RUSSIA. 13:48.233 --> 13:52.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT. 13:49.600 --> 13:54.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> AFTER JAMES COMEY'S TESTIMONY 13:51.100 --> 13:56.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PERSONAL 13:52.533 --> 13:58.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ATTORNEY FLAT OUT DENIED THAT 13:54.600 --> 13:59.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE PRESIDENT EVER ASKED Mr. 13:56.100 --> 14:02.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COMEY FOR LOYALTY AND BLASTED 13:58.033 --> 14:04.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE FORMER F.B.I. DIRECTOR FOR 13:59.766 --> 14:07.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% LEAKING HIS OWN MEMO. 14:02.466 --> 14:09.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> IT IS OVERWHELMINGLY CLEAR 14:04.866 --> 14:11.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THAT THERE HAVE BEEN AND 14:07.266 --> 14:14.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% CONTINUE TO BE THOSE IN 14:09.166 --> 14:16.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% GOVERNMENT WHO ARE ACTIVELY 14:11.166 --> 14:19.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ATTEMPTING TO UNDERMINE THIS 14:14.433 --> 14:21.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ADMINISTRATION WITH SELECTIVE 14:16.900 --> 14:22.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND ILLEGAL LEAKS OF CLASSIFIED 14:19.700 --> 14:26.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% INFORMATION AND PRIVILEGED 14:21.333 --> 14:30.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% COMMUNICATIONS. 14:22.766 --> 14:31.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% Mr. COMEY HAS NOW ADMITTED 14:26.000 --> 14:32.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT HE IS ONE OF THESE LEAKERS. 14:30.133 --> 14:33.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> MARTN REDISH WAS IT 14:31.133 --> 14:36.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% APPROPRIATE FOR THE F.B.I. 14:32.500 --> 14:37.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DIRECTOR AT THE TIME TO LEAK 14:33.466 --> 14:41.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% THAT MEMO? 14:36.600 --> 14:42.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% >> YES. 14:37.300 --> 14:44.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% Mr. MAC KASOWITZ SUGGESTED 14:41.233 --> 14:46.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SOME MISLEADING CONNECTIONS. 14:42.900 --> 14:48.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FIRST TO MENTION CLASSIFIED 14:44.900 --> 14:49.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INFORMATION IN THE SAME BREATH 14:46.333 --> 14:50.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% AS Mr. COMEY TOTALLY 14:48.666 --> 14:51.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% INAPPROPRIATE. 14:49.100 --> 14:53.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% NOTHING THAT Mr. COMEY 14:50.400 --> 14:54.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% RELEASED WAS CLASSIFIED. 14:51.566 --> 14:56.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND HE CLAIMED IT WAS 14:53.533 --> 14:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% PRIVILEGED. 14:54.066 --> 15:01.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE IS A 14:56.700 --> 15:02.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COMPLICATED CONCEPT AND BY NO 14:59.300 --> 15:04.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MEANS ABSOLUTE BUT IT IS A MUTE 15:01.300 --> 15:05.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% POINT BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP 15:02.433 --> 15:07.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% HAD SPOKEN ABOUT IT IN 15:04.866 --> 15:07.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% INTERVIEWS ALREADY. 15:05.400 --> 15:09.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND HE CLEARLY WAIVED THE 15:07.033 --> 15:12.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% PRIVILEGE. 15:07.400 --> 15:13.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO I DO NOT THINK THAT THE WORD 15:09.733 --> 15:15.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LEAKING WHILE IT HAS A LOT OF 15:12.033 --> 15:16.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ASSOCIATIONS AND A LOT OF 15:13.533 --> 15:17.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% BAGGAGE TO IT HAS ANY 15:15.200 --> 15:18.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% APPLICATION TO WHAT COMEY DID 15:16.800 --> 15:20.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% HERE. 15:17.200 --> 15:22.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% >> BEFORE WE WRAP UP. 15:18.466 --> 15:26.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LET'S HEAR WHAT PAUL RYAN HAD TO 15:20.366 --> 15:26.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SAY BECAUSE HE BLAMED THIS ALL 15:22.766 --> 15:28.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IN PART ON THE PRESIDENT'S 15:26.466 --> 15:30.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% INEXPERIENCE. 15:26.933 --> 15:31.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> THE PRESIDENT'S NEW AT THIS. 15:28.533 --> 15:34.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HE IS NEW TO GOVERNMENT. 15:30.133 --> 15:36.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND SO HE PROBABLY WASN'T 15:31.900 --> 15:38.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% STEEPED IN THE LONG RUNNING 15:34.800 --> 15:39.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PROTOCOLS THAT ESTABLISH THE 15:36.400 --> 15:41.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DOJ, 15:38.133 --> 15:43.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% F.B.I. AND WHITE HOUSES. 15:39.200 --> 15:45.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% HE IS NEW TO THIS. 15:41.900 --> 15:47.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> GIL SOFFER YOU SPENT TIME IN 15:43.833 --> 15:47.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS 15:45.233 --> 15:49.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% NEWNESS A DEFENSE? 15:47.000 --> 15:50.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> IT CAN BE. 15:47.666 --> 15:52.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THIS IS MORE OF A POLITICAL 15:49.166 --> 15:54.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DEFENSE THAN A LEGAL DEFENSE 15:50.933 --> 15:57.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% START BY SAYING THAT. 15:52.466 --> 15:59.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IT CAN BE A LEGAL DEFENSE AND 15:54.933 --> 15:59.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AGAIN THE QUESTION IS: DID THE 15:57.300 --> 16:03.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PRESIDENT ACT WITH CORRUPT 15:59.433 --> 16:05.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% INTENT? 15:59.766 --> 16:07.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DID HE ATTEMPT TO TORPEDO AN 16:03.533 --> 16:09.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% INVESTIGATION FOR ILLICIT 16:05.900 --> 16:11.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PURPOSES AND IF HE IS NEW IT IS 16:07.933 --> 16:12.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% A MATTER OF FUMBLING IN A 16:09.900 --> 16:14.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% RELATIONSHIP AS OPPOSED TO 16:11.500 --> 16:16.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% CORRUPT INTENT. 16:12.233 --> 16:16.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WAS THE PRESIDENT FUMBLING? 16:14.200 --> 16:18.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> HE IS A VERY, VERY SHREWD 16:16.166 --> 16:20.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% BUSINESSMAN. 16:16.566 --> 16:23.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS. 16:18.900 --> 16:24.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND HE WAS OUT TO GET IT. 16:20.800 --> 16:25.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND HE WAS BASICALLY ASSERTING 16:23.166 --> 16:29.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% HIS POWER. 16:24.133 --> 16:31.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% AND REALLY ABUSING IT. 16:25.666 --> 16:34.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IF WE COMPARE WHAT PRESIDENT 16:29.033 --> 16:37.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% NIXON DID TO JUSTIFY AN 16:31.900 --> 16:41.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING, IN 1974, 16:34.433 --> 16:42.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IT PALES IN COMPARISON TO WHAT 16:37.866 --> 16:44.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Mr. COMEY SAID TRUMP HAS DONE. 16:41.733 --> 16:45.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> GENTLEMEN, WHAT SHOULD WE 16:42.733 --> 16:46.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% WATCH FOR NEXT? 16:44.066 --> 16:48.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% ANDREW BOUTROS? 16:45.066 --> 16:50.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> I THINK THE NEXT IS GOING TO 16:46.733 --> 16:50.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% BE SOME OF THE POLITICAL 16:48.466 --> 16:53.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AFTERMATH THAT COULD COME OUT OF 16:50.000 --> 16:56.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% THIS. 16:50.400 --> 16:57.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT 16:53.466 --> 16:58.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% OBVIOUSLY THE MUELLER'S 16:56.733 --> 17:00.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% INVESTIGATION. 16:57.166 --> 17:01.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT I THINK TODAY AS I SAID, I 16:58.766 --> 17:04.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THINK TODAY IS A GOOD DAY FOR 17:00.700 --> 17:05.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE PRESIDENT AND IT IS A GOOD 17:01.933 --> 17:08.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DAY FOR THE WHITE HOUSE FROM A 17:04.933 --> 17:09.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. 17:05.700 --> 17:10.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I THINK THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF 17:08.233 --> 17:11.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DANGEROUS THINGS OR DAMAGING 17:09.400 --> 17:13.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THINGS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED 17:10.466 --> 17:15.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% AND THEY DID NOT. 17:11.833 --> 17:17.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% >> WHAT TO LOOK FOR? 17:13.800 --> 17:17.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WHAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE 17:15.033 --> 17:19.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SEEING WHICH IS MUELLER'S 17:17.433 --> 17:21.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% INVESTIGATION. 17:17.866 --> 17:22.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> I HEARD THAT THE KUSHNER WILL 17:19.966 --> 17:25.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% BE TALKING TO THE SENATE 17:21.833 --> 17:29.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND I THINK 17:22.800 --> 17:30.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HE IS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. 17:25.833 --> 17:30.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> GIL SOFFER, ANDREW BOUTROS 17:29.800 --> 17:34.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND MARTN REDISH THANK YOU FOR 17:30.533 --> 17:36.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% JOINING US. 17:30.933 --> 17:36.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IS THE COOK COUNTY PROPERTY TAX 17:34.166 --> 17:37.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SYSTEM FAWLTY AND UNFAIR TO THE 17:36.100 --> 17:37.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% POOR? 17:36.400 --> 17:37.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:32.5% STAY WITH US. 18:05.300 --> 18:10.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> AFTER AN INVESTIGATION THE 18:06.900 --> 18:12.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" SAYS THE COOK 18:08.966 --> 18:15.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT 18:10.100 --> 18:16.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IS RIDDLED WITH ERRORS AND 18:12.266 --> 18:20.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PLACES AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON POOR 18:15.000 --> 18:22.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% MINORITY HOMEOWNERS. 18:16.066 --> 18:24.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT CALLED FALSE STATEMENTS, COOK 18:20.233 --> 18:25.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COUNTY ASSESSOR SAYS HE WOULD 18:22.433 --> 18:27.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% NEVER ALLOW HIS OFFICE TO 18:24.300 --> 18:29.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% UNFAIRLY ASSESS PROPERTIES AND 18:25.533 --> 18:32.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CAUSE MINORITIES TO PAY MORE 18:27.300 --> 18:35.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% TAXES THAN THEY SHOULD. 18:29.700 --> 18:37.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HEAR IS REPORTER, JASON GROTTO, 18:32.400 --> 18:40.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR IS, JOSEPH 18:35.000 --> 18:41.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BARRIOS WAS NOT AVAILABLE BUT WE 18:37.700 --> 18:43.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ARE JOINED BY TOM SHAER DEPUTY 18:40.366 --> 18:45.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ASSESSOR FOR COMMUNICATION. 18:41.866 --> 18:47.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% JASON YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME 18:43.600 --> 18:47.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WORKING ON THE INVESTIGATION. 18:45.500 --> 18:51.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IN PLAIN TERMS WHAT DID YOU 18:47.100 --> 18:53.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% FIND? 18:47.600 --> 18:54.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WELL, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT 18:51.233 --> 18:55.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BEGINNING IN 2009, A SYSTEM 18:53.100 --> 18:56.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% RIDDLED WITH ERRORS. 18:54.333 --> 18:59.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND THESE ERRORS HAD A PATTERN 18:55.900 --> 19:01.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% TO THEM. 18:56.466 --> 19:02.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND THE PATTERN WAS THAT LOWER 18:59.066 --> 19:03.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PRICED HOMES WERE OVERVALUED AND 19:01.266 --> 19:05.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HIGH-PRICED HOMES WERE UNDER 19:02.966 --> 19:06.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% VALUED. 19:03.300 --> 19:08.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SOMETHING THAT IS INHERENT IN 19:05.300 --> 19:11.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% THE SYSTEM. 19:06.133 --> 19:13.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% TWO CAUSES WE BELIEVE. 19:08.500 --> 19:14.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ONE WERE ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE 19:11.166 --> 19:16.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% REGRESSION MODELS USED TO VALUE 19:13.000 --> 19:16.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PROPERTY BY THE ASSESSOR AND THE 19:14.966 --> 19:18.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OTHER WAS THE HOUSING MARKET 19:16.566 --> 19:20.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% CRASH. 19:16.866 --> 19:22.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OUR INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT 19:18.766 --> 19:23.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ASSESSOR BARRIOS KNEW THIS AND 19:20.766 --> 19:25.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SAID HE HAD DONE THINGS TO 19:22.333 --> 19:28.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IMPROVE THE SITUATION AND WHAT 19:23.766 --> 19:29.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE FOUND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. 19:25.766 --> 19:31.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF AN 19:28.600 --> 19:34.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% OVERVALUATION? 19:29.133 --> 19:36.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> WHAT WE DID IS INDUSTRY 19:31.433 --> 19:37.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% STANDARD VETTED BY MULTIPLE 19:34.066 --> 19:39.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% EXPERTS OUR STUDY AND IT IS A 19:36.100 --> 19:40.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% STRAIGHTFORWARD ANALYSIS. 19:37.033 --> 19:42.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHERE YOU TAKE THE ASSESSOR'S 19:39.600 --> 19:44.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE AND YOU 19:40.800 --> 19:45.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% COMPARE IT TO A SALE. 19:42.400 --> 19:48.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND SO WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU 19:44.100 --> 19:51.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% DIVIDE THE NUMBERS. 19:45.033 --> 19:52.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IF YOU GET A 1 THEY DID A GREAT 19:48.000 --> 19:55.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% JOB IF IT'S OVERONE THEY 19:51.066 --> 19:58.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% OVERVALUED IT. 19:52.433 --> 20:02.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% YOU COULD HAVE A HOME 1.4 19:55.000 --> 20:06.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% MILLION AS A SALE BUT THE 19:58.400 --> 20:07.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ASSESSOR ASSESSED IT AT 750. 20:02.300 --> 20:09.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> AND A WOMAN WHO BOUGHT FOR 20:06.100 --> 20:12.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% 119,000 IN 2009. 20:07.033 --> 20:12.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND YET IN THE SAME YEAR THE 20:09.766 --> 20:14.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ASSESSOR'S OFFICE VALUED IT AT 20:12.433 --> 20:17.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% 210,000. 20:12.766 --> 20:17.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HOW MUCH MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES 20:14.066 --> 20:18.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DID THAT HIGHER VALUATION COST 20:17.433 --> 20:20.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% HER? 20:17.700 --> 20:21.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. 20:18.566 --> 20:23.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MORE THAN WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE 20:20.833 --> 20:25.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% PAID. 20:21.266 --> 20:26.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> TOM SHAER YOUR RESPONSE? 20:23.033 --> 20:28.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL THE 20:25.033 --> 20:29.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ASSESSOR AND HIS STAFF HAVE DONE 20:26.533 --> 20:31.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MUCH TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM. 20:28.466 --> 20:33.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE NEVER SAID WE WERE GOING TO 20:29.733 --> 20:34.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% USE A NEW MODEL. 20:31.400 --> 20:37.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WE SAID WE WOULD USE MODELS 20:33.933 --> 20:38.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% PLURAL. 20:34.266 --> 20:41.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND THERE IS A MODEL, AND THE 20:37.066 --> 20:43.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TRIBUNE APPEARS TO ADVOCATE THAT 20:38.500 --> 20:45.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MODEL AND IT QUOTES EXTENSIVELY 20:41.200 --> 20:47.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE PEOPLE THAT DEVELOPED THAT 20:43.066 --> 20:50.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MODEL AND WE GAVE QUOTES WHY 20:45.233 --> 20:51.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THAT MODEL DOES NOT WORK. 20:47.966 --> 20:53.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND WE SAY THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS 20:50.200 --> 20:55.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO 20:51.966 --> 20:57.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MAKE CANNOT INCLUDE THIS MODEL 20:53.900 --> 20:58.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BECAUSE IT BREAKS DOWN LATE IN 20:55.666 --> 21:00.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE PROCESS AND DOES NOT WORK 20:57.100 --> 21:02.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND WE ARE ADDRESSING SOMETHING 20:58.400 --> 21:03.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHICH IS IMPORTANT AND THAT IS 21:00.400 --> 21:05.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AS JASON PUT IN THE PIECE, 21:02.433 --> 21:07.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHETHER PEOPLE CHOOSE TO APPEAL 21:03.600 --> 21:09.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% OR NOT. 21:05.433 --> 21:10.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND WE'RE IN THE MINORITY 21:07.333 --> 21:12.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE IS 21:09.500 --> 21:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF LOWER 21:10.700 --> 21:15.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MARKET HOMES WE ARE THERE ALL 21:12.100 --> 21:17.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% THE TIME. 21:13.300 --> 21:19.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WE MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR 21:15.866 --> 21:22.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS TO 21:17.600 --> 21:24.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPEAL. 21:19.666 --> 21:26.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% 77% OF ASSESSOR BARRIOS' 21:22.466 --> 21:28.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% OUTREACH EVENTS OCCUR IN 21:24.266 --> 21:29.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COMMUNITIES WITH A SUBSTANTIAL 21:26.766 --> 21:31.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% NUMBER OR MAJORITY OF LOWER 21:28.200 --> 21:32.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% MARKET HOMES. 21:29.300 --> 21:34.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> JASON GROTTO DOES THE APPEAL 21:31.133 --> 21:36.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% SYSTEM FIX THINGS? 21:32.833 --> 21:38.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% IS IT A SAFETY VALVE? 21:34.800 --> 21:39.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WE CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS WITH 21:36.233 --> 21:42.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S 21:38.533 --> 21:42.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MUNICIPAL FINANCE CENTER AND 21:39.666 --> 21:44.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% APPEALS MAKE THE SYSTEM MORE 21:42.366 --> 21:45.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% AGGRESSIVE. 21:42.800 --> 21:48.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND I ADD WE ARE NOT AN ADVOCATE 21:44.266 --> 21:50.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% FOR ANY MODEL. 21:45.333 --> 21:53.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE MODEL TOM IS TALKING ABOUT 21:48.200 --> 21:54.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IS CALLED THE PRICE REGRESSION 21:50.566 --> 21:55.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% MODEL IT USES A METHOD. 21:53.000 --> 21:58.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WE ARE NOT ADVOCATING THAT. 21:54.333 --> 22:01.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE ASSESSOR ADVOCATED IT IN 21:55.933 --> 22:03.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% JULY OF 2015 WHEN THEY PUT OUT A 21:58.566 --> 22:06.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PRESS RELEASE AND ADOPTED A NEW 22:01.866 --> 22:08.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER MODEL 22:03.000 --> 22:10.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THAT IMPROVED ACCURACY BY 50%. 22:06.933 --> 22:12.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THEY GAVE US THE PRESS 22:08.600 --> 22:14.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RELEASE WHEN WE WENT TO TALK TO 22:10.166 --> 22:15.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE EXPERTS THEY WOULD NOT TALK 22:12.533 --> 22:16.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO US UNLESS THE ASSESSOR GAVE 22:14.566 --> 22:17.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% THEM THE OK. 22:15.466 --> 22:19.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THEY WERE THE ADVOCATE OF THIS 22:16.933 --> 22:21.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% MODEL. 22:17.233 --> 22:22.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ALL WE DID WE LOOKED AT RESULTS 22:19.266 --> 22:24.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND COMPARED IT TO WHAT THE 22:21.133 --> 22:24.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% EXPERTS SAID SHOULD HAVE BEEN 22:22.100 --> 22:26.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THE RESULTS AND THEY DID NOT 22:24.400 --> 22:27.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% MATCH. 22:24.700 --> 22:29.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WE WERE OPTIMISTIC AT THE 22:26.233 --> 22:30.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TIME OF THE PRESS RELEASE AND 22:27.866 --> 22:31.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OVER TIME WE FOUND THAT THE 22:29.433 --> 22:32.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% MODEL DID NOT WORK. 22:30.533 --> 22:34.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% AND WE HAVE -- 22:31.533 --> 22:37.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> THE PRESS RELEASE SAID THAT 22:32.900 --> 22:39.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% YOU IMPLEMENTED THE MODEL. 22:34.833 --> 22:39.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WE SAID WE IMPLEMENTED MODELS 22:37.033 --> 22:42.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PLURAL WE USE IT IN A LIMITED 22:39.100 --> 22:45.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% WAY. 22:39.366 --> 22:47.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IT'S NOT FIT FOR EXCLUSIVE USE. 22:42.633 --> 22:49.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> LET'S NOT GET INTO THE WEEDS. 22:45.333 --> 22:51.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TOM YOU ELUDED TO THE APPEAL 22:47.400 --> 22:53.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SYSTEM AND ACCORDING TO THE 22:49.433 --> 22:55.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION, 50% OF 22:51.166 --> 22:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THE APPEALS ARE GRANTED. 22:53.300 --> 22:58.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% DOESN'T THAT SHOW THAT THE 22:55.600 --> 22:59.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% SYSTEM IS OFF? 22:57.333 --> 23:00.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% >> 80%. 22:58.033 --> 23:03.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> 50% FROM THE ASSESSOR'S 22:59.400 --> 23:04.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OFFICE AND IF YOU GO TO THE 23:00.900 --> 23:06.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BOARD OF REVIEW THE NEXT STEP 23:03.033 --> 23:08.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% AVAILABLE IT IS 80%. 23:04.400 --> 23:11.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% NO, IT DOESN'T SHOW THAT THE 23:06.200 --> 23:12.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% INITIAL FIGURES WERE WRONG. 23:08.200 --> 23:15.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> IF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE 23:11.133 --> 23:16.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% APPEALING, ASSESSMENTS -- 23:12.700 --> 23:16.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> WHAT IT SHOWS IT IS A 23:15.033 --> 23:19.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% COMPUTER-AIDED MASS APPRAISAL 23:16.600 --> 23:22.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% SYSTEM. 23:16.933 --> 23:24.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IF WE HAD 4 THOUSAND INSPECTORS 23:19.266 --> 23:25.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO GO TO EVERY HOME EVERY YEAR 23:22.600 --> 23:27.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IT WOULD COST $250 MILLION A 23:24.766 --> 23:31.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% YEAR. 23:25.066 --> 23:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% WE CAN HANDLE THE JOB. 23:27.533 --> 23:38.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHAT ASSESSOR BARRIOS HAS DONE 23:31.900 --> 23:40.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% UNLIKE HIS PREDECESSOR WHICH WE 23:36.300 --> 23:42.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INHERITED A MESS, BARRIOS DOES 23:38.200 --> 23:44.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NOT SEE IT AS A GAME OF CAT AND 23:40.633 --> 23:46.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MOUSE HE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO 23:42.666 --> 23:47.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% APPEAL TO GET US TO THE RIGHT 23:44.366 --> 23:48.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FIGURE AT THE END WHICH THE LAW 23:46.566 --> 23:49.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% REQUIRES. 23:47.366 --> 23:52.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% WE ENCOURAGE IT. 23:48.333 --> 23:55.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> WHAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL FLAW 23:49.800 --> 23:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS? 23:52.133 --> 23:59.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> WELL, I THINK THE BASIC FLAW 23:55.166 --> 24:02.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. 23:57.333 --> 24:04.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TOM SAYS THEY USE TWO MODELS 23:59.500 --> 24:05.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE PRESSED 24:02.066 --> 24:08.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE MAN IN CHARGE OF ASSESSMENTS 24:04.166 --> 24:10.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THEY DO NOT RELY ON THE NEW 24:05.800 --> 24:12.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MODEL AND WE CHECKED THAT AND 24:08.166 --> 24:14.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% LESS THAN 2% OF THE VALUATIONS 24:10.533 --> 24:15.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MATCHED THE OLD MODEL OR NEW 24:12.466 --> 24:17.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MODEL WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ARE 24:14.166 --> 24:20.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COMING UP WITH THE ASSESSMENTS. 24:15.900 --> 24:21.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND THEY WILL NOT TELL US. 24:17.666 --> 24:25.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WE'VE ASKED FOR DETAILS. 24:20.133 --> 24:26.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> WE'VE WON IN COURT AND THE 24:21.700 --> 24:29.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% JUDGE ORDERED THEM TO TURNOVER 24:25.266 --> 24:30.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% RECORDS AND INSTEAD THEY ARE 24:26.800 --> 24:32.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% APPEALING AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE. 24:29.300 --> 24:33.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> AND WE GAVE THE TRIBUNE 24:30.933 --> 24:34.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES 24:32.233 --> 24:36.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% OF DOCUMENTS. 24:33.700 --> 24:37.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% >> WHY NOT REVEAL THE 24:34.966 --> 24:39.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% INFORMATION ON WHICH THE PROCESS 24:36.100 --> 24:41.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% IS BASED? 24:37.466 --> 24:43.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> CALLED WORK PRODUCT AND UNDER 24:39.466 --> 24:44.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE COURTS RULED THAT WE DID NOT 24:41.333 --> 24:46.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HAVE TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION 24:43.466 --> 24:47.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BECAUSE IT IS WORK PRODUCT AND 24:44.766 --> 24:49.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WE BELIEVE THERE IS ENOUGH 24:46.466 --> 24:51.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% INFORMATION TO GIVE A CLEAR 24:47.900 --> 24:53.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PICTURE HOW WE DO OUR JOB. 24:49.466 --> 24:54.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE DID NOT WIN THAT FIRST ROUND 24:51.900 --> 24:56.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IN COURT WE ARE AVAILING OUR 24:53.366 --> 24:56.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% RIGHT TO APPEAL. 24:54.433 --> 24:58.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IF WE DON'T WIN WE WILL CHANGE 24:56.233 --> 25:01.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THE AUP PROVE. 24:56.900 --> 25:03.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% I HAVE TO SAY IT'S IMPORTANT 24:58.800 --> 25:04.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT THE PEELS ARE A KEY PART OF 25:01.466 --> 25:06.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHAT WE DO BECAUSE WE WANT TO 25:03.033 --> 25:08.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GET TO THE FAIREST FIGURE. 25:04.833 --> 25:10.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE INITIAL FIGURE IS JUST THAT 25:06.700 --> 25:12.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND WE TOLD THE CREATORS OF THE 25:08.766 --> 25:13.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NEW MODEL THAT THE NEW MODEL DID 25:10.633 --> 25:16.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% NOT WORK. 25:12.200 --> 25:18.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND THEY ARE QUOTED IN JASON'S 25:13.933 --> 25:20.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PIECE THAT WE FABRICATED THAT WE 25:16.066 --> 25:20.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HAD TOLD THEM AND WE HAVE THE 25:18.166 --> 25:22.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% E-MAILS PROVING THAT WE DID TELL 25:20.000 --> 25:24.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% THEM THAT. 25:20.600 --> 25:25.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE WANT TO WORK TO GET IT RIGHT 25:22.466 --> 25:28.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND GET IT BETTER AND WE BELIEVE 25:24.066 --> 25:31.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WE DO A GOOD JOB. 25:25.666 --> 25:31.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE CREATORS OF THE MODEL TOLD 25:28.033 --> 25:33.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% US WE WERE DOING A GOOD JOB. 25:31.233 --> 25:35.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> JASON? 25:31.666 --> 25:37.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE 25:33.900 --> 25:37.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ASSESSOR'S OFFICE FOR 10 MONTHS. 25:35.633 --> 25:39.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF 25:37.133 --> 25:42.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% ANY E-MAILS. 25:37.866 --> 25:44.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE APPEALS PROCESS IT IS A 25:39.933 --> 25:46.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FLAWED METHOD TO RELY ON APPEALS 25:42.433 --> 25:48.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TO GET TO A GOOD VALUATION. 25:44.566 --> 25:50.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO 25:46.600 --> 25:51.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FILE APPEALS AND DON'T HAVE 25:48.500 --> 25:53.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% COMPUTERS IT SKEWS THINGS IN 25:50.300 --> 25:54.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% FAVOR OF THE WEALTHY. 25:51.866 --> 25:55.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> JASON GROTTO AND TOM SHAER 25:53.633 --> 25:57.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 25:54.466 --> 25:59.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS 25:55.966 --> 26:00.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% THURSDAY NIGHT. 25:57.333 --> 26:01.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% ABBREVIATED TO BRING YOU 25:59.100 --> 26:02.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CHICAGO'S LAKEFRONT TOUR WITH 26:00.766 --> 26:04.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% GEOFFREY BAER. 26:01.266 --> 26:06.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% I HOPE YOU JOIN US TOMORROW 26:02.700 --> 26:07.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NIGHT FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW AND 26:04.266 --> 26:08.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE ARE BACK TO A FULL HOUR NEXT 26:06.733 --> 26:09.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% WEEK. 26:07.033 --> 26:12.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO 26:08.800 --> 26:13.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% TONIGHT" I'M PHIL PONCE. 26:09.933 --> 26:21.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND I THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 26:12.566 --> 26:21.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% GOOD NIGHT. 26:13.700 --> 26:21.700 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:12.5% [♪♪♪]