1 00:04:15,433 --> 00:04:19,733 >> TODAY THE TOP ADMINISTRATION 2 00:04:16,533 --> 00:04:22,933 ANNOUNCED THE END OF THE 3 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:23,600 PROGRAM THAT GAVE LEGAL STATUS 4 00:04:19,733 --> 00:04:25,366 THAT WERE BROUGHT HERE 5 00:04:22,933 --> 00:04:33,300 ILLEGALLY AS CHILDREN TO 6 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:34,100 COLLEGE SERVED AS MILITARY. 7 00:04:25,366 --> 00:04:41,000 THE PRESIDENT OF THE BALKAN 8 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:41,800 >> THERE IS GREAT REACTION AT 9 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:42,500 THIS HOUR. 10 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,100 THERE ARE PROTESTS KICKING OFF 11 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,033 IN FEDERAL PLAZA DOWN IN THE 12 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:45,766 LOOP AND HEADED NORTH. 13 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:46,533 IN THE FUTURE CERTAINLY IS 14 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:57,200 MERCURY AT HUNDRED THOUSAND 15 00:04:45,766 --> 00:04:57,200 ILLINOIS RESIDENTS SAID TO HAVE 16 00:04:46,533 --> 00:04:57,200 PROTECTED STATUS UNDER THIS 17 00:05:00,933 --> 00:05:02,800 PROGRAM, DEFERRED ACTION OR 18 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:03,533 DOCK AS YOU MENTIONED. 19 00:05:02,133 --> 00:05:04,266 THE PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY 20 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,000 GENERAL DID ANNOUNCE THAT THEY 21 00:05:03,533 --> 00:05:05,700 WERE RESENDING IT TODAY SO THAT 22 00:05:04,266 --> 00:05:06,433 MEANS NO NEW ENTRANTS AND THOSE 23 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:16,800 THAT ARE CURRENTLY PART OF IT 24 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:16,800 THEY WILL KEEP THEIR PROTECTIVE 25 00:05:06,433 --> 00:05:16,800 STATUS FOR 6 26 00:05:18,266 --> 00:05:19,766 MONTHS FOR A 27 00:05:18,533 --> 00:05:20,500 CAUSEWAY. 28 00:05:18,933 --> 00:05:21,200 THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING THAT HE 29 00:05:19,766 --> 00:05:21,933 HOPES IN THAT 6 MONTHS TIME 30 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,666 CONGRESS WILL FIND A FIX THAT 31 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,033 DOES KEEP DREAMERS HERE AS PART 32 00:05:21,933 --> 00:05:23,766 OF A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION 33 00:05:22,666 --> 00:05:24,466 SOLUTION. 34 00:05:23,033 --> 00:05:25,200 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TODAY SAYS 35 00:05:23,766 --> 00:05:25,900 HE BELIEVES THAT THIS PROGRAM 36 00:05:24,466 --> 00:05:26,633 ALL ALONG WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 37 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,333 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF DHAKA 38 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:28,500 DELIBERATELY SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE 39 00:05:26,633 --> 00:05:32,900 WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 40 00:05:27,333 --> 00:05:33,266 SPECIFICALLY REFUSED TO 41 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:33,833 AUTHORIZE ON MULTIPLE 42 00:05:32,900 --> 00:05:37,933 OCCASIONS. 43 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:38,700 SUCH AN OPEN ENDED 44 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:39,433 CIRCUMVENTION OF IMMIGRATION 45 00:05:37,933 --> 00:05:43,133 LAWS WITH AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL 46 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:43,800 EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY BY THE 47 00:05:39,433 --> 00:05:44,133 EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 48 00:05:43,133 --> 00:05:44,933 >> I HAVE A LOVE FOR THESE 49 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,600 PEOPLE. 50 00:05:44,133 --> 00:05:45,966 HOPEFULLY NOW CONGRESS WILL BE 51 00:05:44,933 --> 00:05:50,666 ABLE TO HELP THEM AND DO IT 52 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:51,400 PROPERLY. 53 00:05:45,966 --> 00:05:52,200 I CAN TELL YOU WITH SPEAKING TO 54 00:05:50,666 --> 00:05:52,533 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THEY WANT 55 00:05:51,400 --> 00:06:02,800 TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING INTO 56 00:05:52,200 --> 00:06:02,800 A RIGHT. 57 00:05:52,533 --> 00:06:02,800 >> 58 00:06:07,733 --> 00:06:09,633 SO PARENTS WHAT HAS REX BEEN 59 00:06:08,233 --> 00:06:10,266 TAKE TO DICK DURBIN HAS BEEN 60 00:06:08,966 --> 00:06:10,833 ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS OF 61 00:06:09,633 --> 00:06:11,566 CONGRESS I DO WANT TO DO 62 00:06:10,266 --> 00:06:12,066 SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY. 63 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:12,633 HE IS URGING IMMEDIATE PASSAGE 64 00:06:11,566 --> 00:06:13,300 OF THE DREAM ACT. 65 00:06:12,066 --> 00:06:18,500 THIS IS LONG STALLED 66 00:06:12,633 --> 00:06:18,866 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD GIVE 67 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:19,533 PERMANENT STATUS TO THESE 68 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:20,166 DREAMERS. 69 00:06:18,866 --> 00:06:20,833 MEMBER, BY AND LARGE THIS 70 00:06:19,533 --> 00:06:21,566 POPULATION THEY ARE THE 71 00:06:20,166 --> 00:06:21,900 WORKFORCE WHERE THEY ARE IN 72 00:06:20,833 --> 00:06:22,600 SCHOOL OR THEY ARE IN THE ARMED 73 00:06:21,566 --> 00:06:23,233 FORCES. 74 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:26,133 SUPPORTERS OF THE PROGRAM SAY 75 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,833 THEY ARE VERY PRODUCTIVE 76 00:06:23,233 --> 00:06:27,566 MEMBERS OF THIS SOCIETY. 77 00:06:26,133 --> 00:06:28,266 URBAN TODAY WAS FLAGGED BY 78 00:06:26,833 --> 00:06:29,000 REPUBLICAN SENATOR, LINDSEY 79 00:06:27,566 --> 00:06:34,533 GRAHAM, WHO ALSO EXPRESSED A 80 00:06:28,266 --> 00:06:35,333 DESIRE FOR CONGRESS TO DO THIS 81 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:36,033 RIGHT AWAY. 82 00:06:34,533 --> 00:06:36,400 YOU WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB RIGHT 83 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:37,133 HERE IN THE UNITED STATES 84 00:06:36,033 --> 00:06:45,866 SENATE. 85 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:46,666 WE NEED TO PASS IN THIS MONTH 86 00:06:37,133 --> 00:06:47,366 OF SEPTEMBER, A DREAM ACT, 87 00:06:45,866 --> 00:06:48,100 AFFIRMATIVE LAW IN THIS COUNTRY 88 00:06:46,666 --> 00:06:48,766 THAT SAYS THAT THESE YOUNG 89 00:06:47,366 --> 00:06:49,100 PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR CHANCE 90 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:49,700 TO BECOME PART OF AMERICA'S 91 00:06:48,766 --> 00:06:50,433 FUTURE. 92 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:51,066 >> MY CHALLENGE TO THE 93 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:51,633 PRESIDENT IS THAT YOU TALK VERY 94 00:06:50,433 --> 00:06:58,066 CLEARLY ABOUT THESE KIDS. 95 00:06:51,066 --> 00:06:58,800 HELP US IN THE HOUSE. 96 00:06:51,633 --> 00:06:59,466 HELP US IN THE SENATE. 97 00:06:58,066 --> 00:07:00,266 I THANK YOU ARE A GOOD MAN. 98 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,966 GET INVOLVED PERSONALLY. 99 00:06:59,466 --> 00:07:11,333 >> MEANWHILE BACK LOCALLY ON 100 00:07:00,266 --> 00:07:11,333 TODAY'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, 101 00:07:00,966 --> 00:07:11,333 SCHOOLS CHIEF 102 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:15,900 SHE COMES PUBLIC 103 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,600 SCHOOLS WILL BE A SAFE PLACE 104 00:07:15,133 --> 00:07:17,233 FOR ALL UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS. 105 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:17,866 THE PRESIDENT TRUMPS DECISION 106 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,200 TODAY WILL NOT AFFECT CPS. 107 00:07:17,233 --> 00:07:18,866 CPS IS A SANCTUARY SCHOOL 108 00:07:17,866 --> 00:07:26,000 SYSTEM. 109 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:26,800 CHICAGO IS IN CENTURY CITY. 110 00:07:18,866 --> 00:07:27,633 WE WANT THE MESSAGE TO BE 111 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,433 CLEAR, TO DREAMERS AND PARENTS 112 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,700 AND PARENTS ARE DIRECTOR AT OUR 113 00:07:27,633 --> 00:07:29,400 SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SAFE PLACE TO 114 00:07:28,433 --> 00:07:30,133 BE. 115 00:07:28,700 --> 00:07:30,866 WE WILL PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN. 116 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,366 WE DO NOT ALLOW FEDERAL AGENTS 117 00:07:30,133 --> 00:07:39,666 ON A PROPERTY OR IN OUR SCHOOLS 118 00:07:30,866 --> 00:07:40,400 WITHOUT A WARRANT. 119 00:07:31,366 --> 00:07:41,133 WE WILL ENSURE THAT OUR 120 00:07:39,666 --> 00:07:41,866 CHILDREN CAN COME HERE TO 121 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,600 LEARN, BE SAFE AND DREAM THE 122 00:07:41,133 --> 00:07:43,166 DREAMS AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL 123 00:07:41,866 --> 00:07:43,900 TAKE THEM TO COLLEGE AND BEYOND 124 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,300 IN THE UNITED STATES. 125 00:07:43,166 --> 00:07:45,033 >> PIERCE SPEAKING OF THE FIRST 126 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:45,733 DAY SCHOOL. 127 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:46,266 THERE IS A LOT LESS UNCERTAINTY 128 00:07:45,033 --> 00:07:46,800 DUE TO GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED IN 129 00:07:45,733 --> 00:07:47,466 THE PAST FEW WEEKS. 130 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:48,100 STILL, CPS HAS SOME 131 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,400 ECONOMICALLY SENSITIVE TIRE. 132 00:07:47,466 --> 00:07:49,133 WILL WE WILL VISIT TANNER 133 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,533 TODAY. 134 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,300 >> IT CERTAINLY DOES HAVE SOME 135 00:07:49,133 --> 00:07:55,100 SENSE.TIRE. 136 00:07:49,533 --> 00:07:55,866 THE MAYOR TOOK A VICTORY LAP 137 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:58,300 TODAY TOUTING OF THE GAMES, 138 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:58,833 ACADEMICALLY THAT CPS HAS MADE, 139 00:07:55,866 --> 00:07:59,600 HIGHER GRADUATION RATE, HIGHER 140 00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:10,266 EDUCATION SCORES. 141 00:07:58,833 --> 00:08:10,266 THEY KICKED OFF TODAY AT HAROLD 142 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:10,266 WASHINGTON ON THE SOUTH 143 00:08:18,666 --> 00:08:19,866 SIDE. 144 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,633 CPS IS GETTING SUBSTANTIAL 145 00:08:19,566 --> 00:08:21,333 MONEY. 146 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:21,933 THERE IS THE MAYOR OFFICIALLY 147 00:08:20,633 --> 00:08:22,633 RINGING THE BELL AT 8:30 THIS 148 00:08:21,333 --> 00:08:23,300 MIGRANT CPS IS GETTING 149 00:08:21,933 --> 00:08:23,666 SUBSTANTIALLY MORE MONEY FROM 150 00:08:22,633 --> 00:08:24,400 SPRINGFIELD AS WE ALL KNELT 151 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:25,100 THIS YEAR. 152 00:08:23,666 --> 00:08:26,166 PLUS AUTHORIZATION TO RAISE UP 153 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,933 TO $125 MILLION MORE PROPERTY 154 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:27,666 TAXES FOR TEACHER PENSIONS. 155 00:08:26,166 --> 00:08:28,400 IMMANUEL DECIDED NOT TO TOUCH 156 00:08:26,933 --> 00:08:29,100 ON THOSE ISSUES, BUT TO TALK 157 00:08:27,666 --> 00:08:30,300 ABOUT THE GRADUATION RATE AND 158 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,033 THE ACADEMIC GAMES GOING OUT 159 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:37,733 THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 160 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:38,466 >> THE FINANCIALS ARE STABLE, 161 00:08:31,033 --> 00:08:39,133 THE ACADEMICS ARE EXCELLING, 162 00:08:37,733 --> 00:08:39,833 THAT IS THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS. 163 00:08:38,466 --> 00:08:40,166 THIS IS A NEW DAY FOR CPS. 164 00:08:39,133 --> 00:08:40,900 A NEW DAY FOR THE CITY OF 165 00:08:39,833 --> 00:08:46,600 CHICAGO. 166 00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:47,400 WITHOUT A DOUBT WITH MORE KIDS 167 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:47,866 GOING FULL DAY CAN ACCORDING 168 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,566 MORE AND ALL DUPLICATES NEW DAY 169 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,300 FOR THE FUTURE. 170 00:08:47,866 --> 00:08:51,500 EVEN WITH ALL THIS NEW MONEY 171 00:08:48,566 --> 00:08:51,866 COMING IN FILL, THERE STILL IS 172 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:52,700 A WHOLE OF ABOUT 150 $250 173 00:08:51,500 --> 00:09:03,133 MILLION. 174 00:08:51,866 --> 00:09:03,133 WE NEED TO ASK THE MAYOR HOW HE 175 00:08:52,700 --> 00:09:03,133 PLANS TO DO 176 00:09:03,733 --> 00:09:05,600 THIS FOR WEEKS. 177 00:09:04,033 --> 00:09:06,300 TODAY HIS SPOKESPERSON EMAILED 178 00:09:04,833 --> 00:09:06,733 US SAYING THE CITY WILL ASSIST 179 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:17,400 WITH $70-$80 MILLION IN CPS 180 00:09:06,300 --> 00:09:17,400 SECURITY COST. 181 00:09:06,733 --> 00:09:17,400 ALSO, $40-$50 MILLION AND OTHER 182 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:21,266 SAVINGS IN A REMAINING GAP 183 00:09:19,833 --> 00:09:21,933 POSSIBLY SOME OF THOSE FROM 184 00:09:20,533 --> 00:09:22,300 REFINANCING DEBT AND GETTING 185 00:09:21,266 --> 00:09:23,033 SOME BETTER RATES ON THEIR 186 00:09:21,933 --> 00:09:23,566 BORROWING. 187 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:24,300 THEY PLEDGED TO DO THIS WITHOUT 188 00:09:23,033 --> 00:09:24,933 ANY NEW CITY TAXES. 189 00:09:23,566 --> 00:09:25,900 ALTHOUGH, AS I MENTIONED THERE 190 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:26,700 IS THAT NEW PROPERTY TAX 191 00:09:24,933 --> 00:09:27,400 AUTHORIZATION AT CPS CAN ISSUE. 192 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:32,266 ONE PERSON WE SPOKE TO HE HOPES 193 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:33,000 CPS DOES NOT GO THAT ROUTE. 194 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:33,433 >> IS AT A SOLUTION OF MORE 195 00:09:32,266 --> 00:09:34,166 PROPERTY TAXES WHEN NOT REFORM 196 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,933 THE SYSTEM? 197 00:09:33,433 --> 00:09:35,833 WHY NOT JUST GO BACK AND SEE 198 00:09:34,166 --> 00:09:46,300 WHAT IS IN THAT TEST SYSTEM AND 199 00:09:34,933 --> 00:09:46,300 WHAT CAN BE REFORMED AND WHAT 200 00:09:35,833 --> 00:09:46,300 CAN BE SALVAGED SO 201 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,166 THAT THERE 202 00:09:53,666 --> 00:09:55,566 SHOULD NOT BE ANY MORE PROPERTY 203 00:09:54,466 --> 00:09:56,300 TAXES FOR THE CITY IN THE 204 00:09:55,166 --> 00:09:57,033 RESIDENCE. 205 00:09:55,566 --> 00:09:57,666 >> ALSO THERE IS THE PROSPECT 206 00:09:56,300 --> 00:09:58,366 OF A POSSIBLE LAWSUIT THAT YOU 207 00:09:57,033 --> 00:09:59,033 WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT FROM 208 00:09:57,666 --> 00:09:59,666 TEACHERS UNION, PERSON KAREN 209 00:09:58,366 --> 00:10:00,333 LEWIS THAT HIS HAIR HANGING 210 00:09:59,033 --> 00:10:01,033 OVER THE START AND SAWYER. 211 00:09:59,666 --> 00:10:01,700 ALL IN ALL, LOT LESS TRAUMA. 212 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:02,033 MONEY IS THERE, NO THREAT OF 213 00:10:01,033 --> 00:10:12,500 STRIKE AT LEAST IN THE NEAR 214 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:12,500 FUTURE. 215 00:10:02,033 --> 00:10:12,500 PECK PARENTS, THANK 216 00:10:16,233 --> 00:10:17,766 YOU. 217 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:18,233 AND NOW TO BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND 218 00:10:17,066 --> 00:10:18,600 THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO 219 00:10:17,766 --> 00:10:19,300 TEACHERS UNION. 220 00:10:18,233 --> 00:10:19,966 BRANDIS. 221 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,533 >> PHIL OF COURSE AS WE JUST 222 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:21,266 HEARD FROM PHYLLIS THE NEW 223 00:10:19,966 --> 00:10:21,700 SCHOOL YEAR HAS BEGUN. 224 00:10:20,533 --> 00:10:22,233 WITH SOME UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES 225 00:10:21,266 --> 00:10:22,966 AND STUDENTS. 226 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:23,633 FOR FURTHER FUTURES. 227 00:10:22,233 --> 00:10:24,333 WHAT'S MORE CHICAGO HOMEOWNERS 228 00:10:22,966 --> 00:10:25,066 ARE BRACING FOR GET ANOTHER 229 00:10:23,633 --> 00:10:25,800 PROPERTY TAX HIKE THIS ONE TO 230 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:26,533 BE FOR TEACHER PENSIONS BUT THE 231 00:10:25,066 --> 00:10:27,233 GOOD NEWS, CPS GRADUATION RATES 232 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:27,900 ARE UP AND SOME PARENT TEACHERS 233 00:10:26,533 --> 00:10:28,600 AND POLITICIANS ARE RELIEVED 234 00:10:27,233 --> 00:10:28,900 THAT THE BATTLE OVER SCHOOL 235 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:29,600 FUNDING REFORM SPRINGFIELD IS 236 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:39,866 OVER. 237 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:39,866 BIG SURPRISE WAS PUT INTO THE 238 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:39,866 REWORK 239 00:10:44,533 --> 00:10:46,233 BELT. 240 00:10:44,633 --> 00:10:46,966 LAWMAKERS CARD OUT $75 MILLION 241 00:10:45,466 --> 00:10:47,333 FOR TAX CREDIT TO PRIVATE AND 242 00:10:46,233 --> 00:10:48,033 PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIP 243 00:10:46,966 --> 00:10:48,766 DONATIONS. 244 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:49,466 JOINING THE SOUNDS TALK ABOUT 245 00:10:48,033 --> 00:10:50,100 ALL OF THIS IS CHICAGO TEACHERS 246 00:10:48,766 --> 00:10:50,833 UNION PRESIDENT, KAREN LEWIS. 247 00:10:49,466 --> 00:10:51,533 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. 248 00:10:50,100 --> 00:10:52,333 WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK. 249 00:10:50,833 --> 00:10:53,000 PLEASE TO US AT www.WTTW.com 250 00:10:51,533 --> 00:10:53,266 USING THE # CHICAGO TYPEWRITTEN 251 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:53,933 KAREN THANK YOU FOR JOINING 252 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,366 US. 253 00:10:53,266 --> 00:10:58,233 WE JUST HEARD PARENTS TALK 254 00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:58,966 ABOUT DOCK UP. 255 00:10:54,366 --> 00:10:59,400 WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE 256 00:10:58,233 --> 00:11:06,066 PRESIDENT'S PLAN TO MOVE THAT 257 00:10:58,966 --> 00:11:06,800 TO CONGRESS? 258 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:07,466 >> WELL, I THINK HE HAD TO AT 259 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:10,266 SOME POINT BECAUSE WE NEED A 260 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:11,033 LOT THAT COVERS EVERYONE. 261 00:11:07,466 --> 00:11:11,533 IT CANNOT BE CARVED OUT WHERE 262 00:11:10,266 --> 00:11:15,366 THESE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, THESE 263 00:11:11,033 --> 00:11:16,166 PEOPLE DO NOT. 264 00:11:11,533 --> 00:11:17,466 ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS EVEN 265 00:11:15,366 --> 00:11:22,166 AMONGST OUR MEMBERSHIP WE HAVE 266 00:11:16,166 --> 00:11:22,500 AT LEAST 100 MEMBERS THROUGH 267 00:11:17,466 --> 00:11:24,966 DOCTOR WHO CAME HERE AS 268 00:11:22,166 --> 00:11:25,266 INFANTS. 269 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:26,033 WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS 270 00:11:24,966 --> 00:11:28,700 HERE. 271 00:11:25,266 --> 00:11:29,633 WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT 272 00:11:26,033 --> 00:11:39,966 WHAT THAT FINALLY LOOKS LIKE 273 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:39,966 AND WE ARE HOPING IT WILL BE 274 00:11:29,633 --> 00:11:39,966 THERE AND 275 00:11:41,166 --> 00:11:42,500 QUITE KIND TO 276 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,266 FAMILIES. 277 00:11:41,766 --> 00:11:44,000 THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING FOR. 278 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:44,500 BUICK IN THE MEANTIME A LOT OF 279 00:11:43,266 --> 00:11:45,233 UNCERTAINTY FOR THOSE FAMILIES 280 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,866 FOR THE STUDENTS. 281 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:46,600 WHAT IS IT THAT TEACHERS CAN BE 282 00:11:45,233 --> 00:11:47,066 DOING TO HELP THOSE YOUNG 283 00:11:45,866 --> 00:11:47,800 PEOPLE DURING DISCONCERTING 284 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,800 TIME FOR THEM? 285 00:11:47,066 --> 00:11:55,600 >> WHAT WE ARE HOPING IS THAT 286 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:56,266 PEOPLE WILL HAVE FAITH AND TIME 287 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:56,666 TO HAVE GOOD LONG CONVERSATIONS 288 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,466 AND TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN 289 00:11:56,266 --> 00:12:07,800 FEEL SAFE. 290 00:11:56,666 --> 00:12:08,600 IT WOULD HELP IF WE HAVE SOCIAL 291 00:11:57,466 --> 00:12:09,400 WORKERS AND COUNSELORS AND 292 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,100 LIBRARIANS WHO CAN ACTUALLY DO 293 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,733 THIS WORK FOR OUR CHILDREN AND 294 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,466 PUT THEM IN A POSITION WHERE 295 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:12,166 THEY CAN FIND AND DO THE 296 00:12:10,733 --> 00:12:12,533 RESEARCH THEMSELVES AND FIGURE 297 00:12:11,466 --> 00:12:14,566 OUT HOW TO SOLVE SOME OF THE 298 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:15,300 PROBLEMS. 299 00:12:12,533 --> 00:12:21,000 I BET IF YOU ASK ONE OF OUR 300 00:12:14,566 --> 00:12:21,766 STUDENTS THEY HAVE GREAT IDEAS 301 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:22,500 ON HOW TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES. 302 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,233 >> ABSENCE FROM SOCIAL WORKERS 303 00:12:21,766 --> 00:12:29,366 YOU THINK TEACHERS AND STAFF 304 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:30,133 NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO BE 305 00:12:23,233 --> 00:12:30,800 ABLE TO MANAGE THIS? 306 00:12:29,366 --> 00:12:31,533 >> I AM NEVER GOING TO SAY NO 307 00:12:30,133 --> 00:12:32,233 TO ADDITIONAL TRAINING. 308 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,666 I THINK WE ALWAYS WANT TO GET 309 00:12:31,533 --> 00:12:34,400 BETTER AT OUR WORK AND BETTER 310 00:12:32,233 --> 00:12:35,133 AT WHAT WE DO. 311 00:12:32,666 --> 00:12:35,866 I THINK THE KEY IS FOR US TO 312 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,666 SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND TO 313 00:12:35,133 --> 00:12:38,300 SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR 314 00:12:35,866 --> 00:12:38,600 COMMUNITIES. 315 00:12:36,666 --> 00:12:43,100 TODAY, BY THE REASON WE ARE 316 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:43,566 HERE. 317 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:51,066 IF WE DO NOT DO THIS WE WILL 318 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:51,866 HAVE AN ISSUE. 319 00:12:43,566 --> 00:12:52,600 >> WE HAVE HEARD CEO, CLARIS IN 320 00:12:51,066 --> 00:12:52,900 THE MIRROR AND SAY THIS IS A 321 00:12:51,866 --> 00:12:53,633 CENTURY DISTRICT AND CENTURY 322 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,300 CITY. 323 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:54,766 IS THERE MORE THAT THEY SHOULD 324 00:12:53,633 --> 00:12:55,433 BE DOING AS WELL TO SUPPORT 325 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:56,133 THOSE STUDENTS? 326 00:12:54,766 --> 00:12:56,566 >> I THINK AT SOME POINT WE 327 00:12:55,433 --> 00:12:58,200 HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT 328 00:12:56,133 --> 00:12:59,733 REALLY MEANS. 329 00:12:56,566 --> 00:13:04,066 YOU CAN SAY THE WORDS, WHAT 330 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:04,900 DOES IT REALLY MEAN? 331 00:12:59,733 --> 00:13:07,266 NOW I HEARD SOMEONE SAY, I DO 332 00:13:04,066 --> 00:13:08,066 NOT KNOW IF IT WAS THE MAYOR OR 333 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:14,233 FORCE TO THE EFFECT OF WE ARE 334 00:13:07,266 --> 00:13:15,033 NOT GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO 335 00:13:08,066 --> 00:13:15,700 JUST COME IN OUR SCHOOLS. 336 00:13:14,233 --> 00:13:17,100 PEOPLE SHOULD NOT JUST BE ABLE 337 00:13:15,033 --> 00:13:23,833 TO WALK INTO ANY SCHOOL. 338 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:24,633 THESE DAYS HAVE TO PROTECT OUR 339 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:24,966 CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES. 340 00:13:23,833 --> 00:13:25,766 BY PEOPLE YOU MEET IMMIGRATION 341 00:13:24,633 --> 00:13:26,400 AGENTS? 342 00:13:24,966 --> 00:13:31,333 >> OR ANY GROWN PEOPLE THAT YOU 343 00:13:25,766 --> 00:13:32,000 DO NOT KNOW SHOULD NOT BE 344 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:32,733 WALKING INTO SCHOOLS. 345 00:13:31,333 --> 00:13:33,366 I DO THINK ABOUT IS BORN. 346 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:44,266 LAST WEEK, THE GOVERNOR AND 347 00:13:32,733 --> 00:13:44,266 MANY PEOPLE SPRINGFIELD 348 00:13:33,366 --> 00:13:44,266 CELEBRATED THE PASSAGE OF SB 349 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:46,066 1947. 350 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,800 THE BTU EXPRESSED ISSUES WITH 351 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:47,433 IT. 352 00:13:46,066 --> 00:13:48,066 FIRST, DOES THIS ADDITIONAL 353 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,800 FUNDING GO FAR ENOUGH FOR 354 00:13:47,433 --> 00:13:49,066 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO 355 00:13:48,066 --> 00:13:50,333 BUCKNELL, IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED 356 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,100 TO. 357 00:13:49,066 --> 00:13:59,333 SO THE PROBLEM TO BE PERFECTLY 358 00:13:50,333 --> 00:13:59,633 HONEST WITH YOU, THERE IS A $1 359 00:13:51,100 --> 00:14:00,433 BILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN 360 00:13:59,333 --> 00:14:01,166 CPS. 361 00:13:59,633 --> 00:14:01,566 THAT IS DUE TWO YEARS AND 362 00:14:00,433 --> 00:14:03,533 YEARS AND YEARS OF NOT PAYING 363 00:14:01,166 --> 00:14:04,300 YOUR BILLS. 364 00:14:01,566 --> 00:14:09,400 YOU KNOW? 365 00:14:03,533 --> 00:14:10,166 YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF 366 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:10,933 NOT PAYING PENSION. 367 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,866 SO WE SHOULD SAY OKAY WE WILL 368 00:14:10,166 --> 00:14:15,400 GIVE UP HER PENSIONS OR WE WILL 369 00:14:10,933 --> 00:14:15,800 GIVE UP CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE 370 00:14:12,866 --> 00:14:24,666 AFTER ALL THE DISTRICT NEEDS 371 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:25,233 THE MONEY. 372 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:25,933 AFTER ALL HERE IS THE WAY TO 373 00:14:24,666 --> 00:14:26,500 SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 374 00:14:25,233 --> 00:14:27,233 WE WENT SAYING THIS OVER AND 375 00:14:25,933 --> 00:14:34,633 OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 376 00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:34,933 RAHM EMANUEL HAS THE ABILITY TO 377 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:35,766 REINSTATE THE CORPORATE HAD 378 00:14:34,633 --> 00:14:36,533 TAX. 379 00:14:34,933 --> 00:14:36,866 HE HAS THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT A 380 00:14:35,766 --> 00:14:37,533 TAX ON COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 381 00:14:36,533 --> 00:14:38,100 LEASES. 382 00:14:36,866 --> 00:14:41,333 HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO A 383 00:14:37,533 --> 00:14:42,100 VARIETY OF THINGS AND 384 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:42,566 ESPECIALLY LOOK AT THE FUNDS 385 00:14:41,333 --> 00:14:45,533 THAT THE CARDENAS WAS TALKING 386 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:46,200 ABOUT EARLIER. 387 00:14:42,566 --> 00:14:51,566 HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HE HAS AN 388 00:14:45,533 --> 00:14:52,233 ORDINANCE AND ALL THE MEN 389 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:55,266 GUARDS OF WHO WAS A FORMER CTU 390 00:14:51,566 --> 00:14:56,100 MEMBER AND ALDERMAN NOW. 391 00:14:52,233 --> 00:15:01,100 THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER ONE OF 392 00:14:55,266 --> 00:15:01,566 THOSE ORDINANCES THAT ACTUALLY 393 00:14:56,100 --> 00:15:02,166 GOES TO THAT, SEND THE MANY 394 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:02,900 FROM THE TIP. 395 00:15:01,566 --> 00:15:03,633 IF THERE'S NO PROJECT 396 00:15:02,166 --> 00:15:08,733 DEVELOPMENT ATTACHED TO IT. 397 00:15:02,900 --> 00:15:09,466 AND THAT MONEY BACK TO THE 398 00:15:03,633 --> 00:15:10,300 SCHOOL SPIRIT. 399 00:15:08,733 --> 00:15:12,533 >> IF THAT LEGISLATION OR 400 00:15:09,466 --> 00:15:13,333 ORDINANCE DRAGS ITS FEET AND IS 401 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:13,966 NOT MAKING IT WHAT MORE CAN BE 402 00:15:12,533 --> 00:15:16,033 DONE TO INJECT MORE MONEY INTO 403 00:15:13,333 --> 00:15:18,933 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS? 404 00:15:13,966 --> 00:15:19,233 >> WELL, I MEAN AGAIN, 405 00:15:16,033 --> 00:15:20,500 REINSTATE THE CORPORATE HAD 406 00:15:18,933 --> 00:15:23,966 TAX. 407 00:15:19,233 --> 00:15:24,633 THE MAYOR TOOK IT OUT. 408 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:33,333 HE COULD PUT BACK IN. 409 00:15:23,966 --> 00:15:34,166 THIS IS NOT HARD TO DO. 410 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:34,966 IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. 411 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:35,700 WHAT IT IS, IS ASKING HIM TO GO 412 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:45,300 TO HIS DONORS AND TO THE PEOPLE 413 00:15:34,966 --> 00:15:45,633 THAT SUPPORT HIS POLICIES AND 414 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:46,366 ASKED THEM TO PAY THEIR FAIR 415 00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:47,000 SHARE. 416 00:15:45,633 --> 00:15:47,666 THE DISTRICT SAID IS GETTING 417 00:15:46,366 --> 00:15:48,066 ADDITIONAL $450 MILLION 418 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,800 ALTOGETHER FROM THIS NEW 419 00:15:47,666 --> 00:15:49,533 LEGISLATION. 420 00:15:48,066 --> 00:15:49,900 VERY CLOSE TO THE $500 MILLION 421 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,566 THAT IT HAD BEEN ASKING FOR IN 422 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:51,300 THE PAST. 423 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:52,600 MUCH OF THAT IS FOR TEACHER 424 00:15:50,566 --> 00:15:53,166 PENSION, THAT'S THE NORMAL COST 425 00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:53,800 AND THE BACK PAY. 426 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,233 IS AN IMPROVEMENT? 427 00:15:53,166 --> 00:15:55,033 DO YOU SEE THAT IS AN 428 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,466 IMPROVEMENT? 429 00:15:54,233 --> 00:15:56,200 >> OF COURSE IT IS AN 430 00:15:55,033 --> 00:15:58,466 IMPROVEMENT. 431 00:15:55,466 --> 00:16:01,366 WHEN YOU IMPROVE SOMETHING IF 432 00:15:56,200 --> 00:16:02,200 IT'S STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH THEN 433 00:15:58,466 --> 00:16:04,733 YOU WERE GONNA HAVE THAT 434 00:16:01,366 --> 00:16:08,200 DEFICIT STILL LOOMING OVER OUR 435 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:08,966 PROBLEM IS WHILE YOUR PAIN THAT 436 00:16:04,733 --> 00:16:14,433 YOU ALREADY MADE CUTS TO 437 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:15,200 PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE BOARD. 438 00:16:08,966 --> 00:16:15,933 YOU HAVE MADE THOSE SPECIAL ED 439 00:16:14,433 --> 00:16:17,033 CUTS THAT WE GOT LAST DIRT WERE 440 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,733 DEVASTATING FOR OUR STUDENTS. 441 00:16:15,933 --> 00:16:18,166 ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST 442 00:16:17,033 --> 00:16:23,000 VULNERABLE ONES WHO NEED THE 443 00:16:17,733 --> 00:16:27,833 MOST HELP. 444 00:16:18,166 --> 00:16:28,566 AND THE MOST, I JUST DO NOT 445 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:29,133 KNOW HOW YOU DO NOT REALIZE 446 00:16:27,833 --> 00:16:31,866 THAT THAT MONEY IS GONE AND IT 447 00:16:28,566 --> 00:16:32,566 IS NOT REPLACING. 448 00:16:29,133 --> 00:16:33,433 THIS MONEY IS COMING IN IS NOT 449 00:16:31,866 --> 00:16:35,200 REPLACING THE CUTS THAT WERE 450 00:16:32,566 --> 00:16:39,966 ALREADY MADE LAST YEAR. 451 00:16:33,433 --> 00:16:40,800 >> THE PROPERTY TAX. 452 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:43,766 THAT IS PART OF THE PACKAGE? 453 00:16:39,966 --> 00:16:44,566 >> THE PACKAGE WAS THAT ROUTER 454 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:47,366 IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM SAID, 455 00:16:43,766 --> 00:16:48,100 DID I SAY THAT IN A SNARKY WAY? 456 00:16:44,566 --> 00:16:50,533 I'M SORRY. 457 00:16:47,366 --> 00:16:51,200 IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM SAID 458 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:51,966 PROPERTY TAXES WERE TOO HIGH. 459 00:16:50,533 --> 00:16:55,933 NEED PROPERTY TAX FREEZE 460 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:56,766 EVERYWHERE ELSE. 461 00:16:51,966 --> 00:16:59,100 BUT REALIZING THAT ONE OF THE 462 00:16:55,933 --> 00:17:06,133 PROBLEMS FOR US IS THAT WE FEEL 463 00:16:56,766 --> 00:17:06,566 LIKE WE ARE REQUIRED TO LIVED 464 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:07,333 IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO. 465 00:17:06,133 --> 00:17:08,066 THAT IS FINE. 466 00:17:06,566 --> 00:17:08,833 I THINK THAT MEANS WE HAVE AN 467 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:12,500 INVESTMENT IN HOW OUR SYSTEM 468 00:17:08,066 --> 00:17:13,233 LOOKS AND HOW IT IS FUNDED AND 469 00:17:08,833 --> 00:17:14,300 HOW IT IS GOVERNED. 470 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:25,666 WE HAVE WON THE ARGUMENT OVER 471 00:17:13,233 --> 00:17:26,366 AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT 472 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:26,900 THIS PARTICULAR IDEA MAYORAL 473 00:17:25,666 --> 00:17:27,633 CONTROL JUST DOES NOT WORK. 474 00:17:26,366 --> 00:17:27,933 WE WANTED ELECTED 475 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:28,666 REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SCHOOL 476 00:17:27,633 --> 00:17:29,133 BOARD. 477 00:17:27,933 --> 00:17:29,933 90 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE 478 00:17:28,666 --> 00:17:36,500 CITY WANT THAT. 479 00:17:29,133 --> 00:17:37,300 WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS 480 00:17:29,933 --> 00:17:38,033 ACTUALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE 481 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:38,766 DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, THIS 482 00:17:37,300 --> 00:17:49,000 MANY DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. 483 00:17:38,033 --> 00:17:49,366 YOU HAVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN 484 00:17:38,766 --> 00:17:49,733 JUST ONE PERSON MAKING A 485 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,333 DECISION. 486 00:17:49,366 --> 00:17:51,066 YOU KNOW? 487 00:17:49,733 --> 00:17:51,833 DOING LIMITED DEMOCRACY? 488 00:17:50,333 --> 00:17:52,500 >> CTU, YOU GUYS HAVE MADE IT 489 00:17:51,066 --> 00:17:53,233 CLEAR THAT YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF 490 00:17:51,833 --> 00:17:53,933 THE LEGISLATION GIVING TAX 491 00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:55,466 BREAKS TO PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE 492 00:17:53,233 --> 00:17:56,066 TO THE STATEWIDE SCHOLARSHIP 493 00:17:53,933 --> 00:17:57,133 FUND THAT WOULD SEND FAMILIES 494 00:17:55,466 --> 00:18:02,000 TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. 495 00:17:56,066 --> 00:18:02,600 WHAT IF IT HELPED FAMILIES MAKE 496 00:17:57,133 --> 00:18:03,300 A BETTER CHOICE? 497 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,433 >> WHAT IS THAT MEAN? 498 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:07,933 WHO MAKES A CHOICE ON WHAT 499 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:09,533 FAMILIES QUOTE UNQUOTE DESERVE 500 00:18:04,433 --> 00:18:19,833 THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT 501 00:18:07,933 --> 00:18:20,200 CHOICE? 502 00:18:09,533 --> 00:18:21,000 >> THEY BELIEVE TO BE HIGHER 503 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:21,766 FORMING. 504 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,466 OF SCHOOL CLOSER TO THEIR HOME. 505 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,166 AND IT IS CLOSER TO THEIR HOME? 506 00:18:21,766 --> 00:18:23,900 >> WHAT IS IT THAT THEY NEED 507 00:18:22,466 --> 00:18:24,166 THAT MAKES THE SCHOOLS BETTER 508 00:18:23,166 --> 00:18:24,933 THAN THE ONE THEY'VE BEEN GOING 509 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:25,733 TO. 510 00:18:24,166 --> 00:18:26,500 >> OKAY SO I THINK THAT IF THEY 511 00:18:24,933 --> 00:18:31,600 WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO 512 00:18:25,733 --> 00:18:32,066 A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL THEY SHOULD 513 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:32,733 PAY FOR IT. 514 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,600 IT IS SIMPLE. 515 00:18:32,066 --> 00:18:34,133 I THINK THE TAX DOLLARS FOR 516 00:18:32,733 --> 00:18:44,566 PRIVATE SCHOOLS IS ALSO 517 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:44,566 PROBLEMATIC FOR US. 518 00:18:34,133 --> 00:18:44,566 IT ALWAYS WILL BE. 519 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:48,700 SO, IT DOES NOT WORK. 520 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:49,366 THAT IS THE OTHER THING 521 00:18:48,333 --> 00:18:50,066 BRANDIS. 522 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:50,766 THEY HAVE DONE STUDY AFTER 523 00:18:49,366 --> 00:18:51,433 STUDY AFTER STUDY OF CHILDREN 524 00:18:50,066 --> 00:18:52,133 WHO HAVE RECEIVED VOUCHERS OR 525 00:18:50,766 --> 00:18:52,500 OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS OR 526 00:18:51,433 --> 00:18:53,233 WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLING THEM 527 00:18:52,133 --> 00:18:53,900 THIS WAY. 528 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:54,600 THEY ALWAYS CHANGE THE NAME IN 529 00:18:53,233 --> 00:18:55,366 ORDER TO CHANGE THE POLICY. 530 00:18:53,900 --> 00:19:04,933 THE ISSUE IS WHAT YOU ARE 531 00:18:54,600 --> 00:19:05,633 SAYING SOUNDS SO WONDERFUL AND 532 00:18:55,366 --> 00:19:06,366 SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT DOES. 533 00:19:04,933 --> 00:19:06,733 IT DOES NOT WORK ON PAPER. 534 00:19:05,633 --> 00:19:07,466 MILWAUKEE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE 535 00:19:06,366 --> 00:19:08,166 OF THAT. 536 00:19:06,733 --> 00:19:08,866 EVEN WHEN YOU SEND CHILDREN TO 537 00:19:07,466 --> 00:19:10,966 PRIVATE SCHOOLS THEY TEND TO 538 00:19:08,166 --> 00:19:16,600 NOT DO AS WELL, THEY TEND TO 539 00:19:08,866 --> 00:19:16,966 FEEL ISOLATED AND NOT CONNECTED 540 00:19:10,966 --> 00:19:17,566 BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF THE 541 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,033 PROBLEM. 542 00:19:16,966 --> 00:19:18,800 THEY ARE NOT IN THEIR 543 00:19:17,566 --> 00:19:19,633 COMMUNITIES. 544 00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:21,133 >> IS CTU PLANNING TO SUE OVER 545 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,800 THIS PIECE OF ELECT OF POLICY? 546 00:19:19,633 --> 00:19:32,766 >> WE HAVE NOT ME THAT'S 547 00:19:21,133 --> 00:19:33,633 DECISION YET. 548 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:37,566 DIRECT. 549 00:19:32,766 --> 00:19:38,300 I WOULD SAY NOT A SINGLE PERSON 550 00:19:33,633 --> 00:19:39,033 SITTING IN AN OFFICE ANYWHERE, 551 00:19:37,566 --> 00:19:42,200 I WOULD SAY THE MEMBERS THAT 552 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:43,000 WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS EVERY 553 00:19:39,033 --> 00:19:45,633 SINGLE DAY, THOSE ARE THE 554 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:47,533 PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THE WORK 555 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:47,966 TO GET US TO THIS POINT. 556 00:19:45,633 --> 00:19:53,033 SORRY, IT IS NOT THE 557 00:19:47,533 --> 00:19:53,733 BUREAUCRATS. 558 00:19:47,966 --> 00:19:54,500 IT IS NOT ME EITHER. 559 00:19:53,033 --> 00:19:55,233 I AM OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. 560 00:19:53,733 --> 00:19:55,633 I AM PROUD OF THE FACT THAT I 561 00:19:54,500 --> 00:20:06,366 HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW 562 00:19:55,233 --> 00:20:06,366 TEACHING. 563 00:19:55,633 --> 00:20:06,366 I THINK THAT IS A REALLY COOL 564 00:20:07,833 --> 00:20:09,433 THING. 565 00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:10,133 OUR MEMBERS ARE DOING AMAZING 566 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:10,866 WORK WITH FEWER AND FEWER 567 00:20:09,433 --> 00:20:11,566 RESOURCES AND MORE AND MORE 568 00:20:10,133 --> 00:20:11,900 RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT IT IS THAT 569 00:20:10,866 --> 00:20:16,266 WE CAN DO AND HOW CREATIVE WE 570 00:20:11,566 --> 00:20:17,066 CAN BE. 571 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:17,800 I THINK THAT WHAT WE FIND IS WE 572 00:20:16,266 --> 00:20:18,466 ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE FACT 573 00:20:17,066 --> 00:20:18,866 THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE STILL 574 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:25,066 COMING OUT OF THEIR POCKETS 575 00:20:18,466 --> 00:20:25,833 ABOUT $1500. 576 00:20:18,866 --> 00:20:29,966 $1500 EVERY YEAR. 577 00:20:25,066 --> 00:20:30,366 SO, THAT IS THE KIND OF STUFF 578 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:31,000 THAT NEEDS TO BE REALLY 579 00:20:29,966 --> 00:20:31,666 EXAMINED. 580 00:20:30,366 --> 00:20:32,533 I AM THANKFUL FOR THE 581 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:37,566 GRADUATION RATE GOING UP. 582 00:20:31,666 --> 00:20:38,366 IT IS ALMOST THE SAME AS THE 583 00:20:32,533 --> 00:20:42,300 COUNTRY IN GENERAL. 584 00:20:37,566 --> 00:20:43,533 7 YEARS AGO WHEN I CAME INTO 585 00:20:38,366 --> 00:20:47,466 THE OFFICE CTU WE WERE AT 50 586 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:48,300 SOME PERCENT GRADUATION RATE. 587 00:20:43,533 --> 00:20:52,100 MIGRATION RATE HAS GONE UP. 588 00:20:47,466 --> 00:20:52,833 THAT HAS BEEN BECAUSE WE HAVE 589 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:53,866 BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD. 590 00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:58,966 IT IS EVEN HARDER TO DO THIS 591 00:20:52,833 --> 00:20:59,766 WORK WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR 592 00:20:53,866 --> 00:21:00,933 SOCIAL WORKERS, LIBRARIANS, 593 00:20:58,966 --> 00:21:02,833 CLINICIANS THAT WE NEED TO HELP 594 00:20:59,766 --> 00:21:03,100 US WITH OUR CHILDREN. 595 00:21:00,933 --> 00:21:09,166 URGENTLY, THINGS ARE WORKING 596 00:21:02,833 --> 00:21:09,900 OUT. 597 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:10,600 >> KAREN LEWIS, TEACHERS UNION. 598 00:21:09,166 --> 00:21:11,300 I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT WE 599 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:11,566 WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE. 600 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,000 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 601 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:16,566 US. 602 00:21:11,566 --> 00:21:17,266 >> THANK YOU. 603 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:18,033 THANKS BRENDA. 604 00:21:16,566 --> 00:21:20,466 ñ, CHICAGO TONIGHT, A NEW 605 00:21:17,266 --> 00:21:21,166 TUNNEL TO FIGHT FLOODING ON THE 606 00:21:18,033 --> 00:21:21,933 NORTHWEST SIDE. 607 00:21:20,466 --> 00:21:23,133 A PROPOSED CHANGE THAT WILL 608 00:21:21,166 --> 00:21:25,400 MAKE IT HARDER FOR NURSING HOME 609 00:21:21,933 --> 00:21:28,900 RESIDENTS TO SUE AND A REPORTER 610 00:21:23,133 --> 00:21:29,300 BORN IN IRAN ON RECENT 611 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:35,933 CHALLENGES TO JOURNALISM AND 612 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:36,666 EDUCATION. 613 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:37,133 AFTER THE BREAK, EDDIE HAS MORE 614 00:21:35,933 --> 00:21:37,833 ABOUT THE CHICAGO POLICE. 615 00:21:36,666 --> 00:21:38,166 STAY WITH US. 616 00:21:37,133 --> 00:21:39,366 HAS MORE ABOUT THE CHICAGO 617 00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:39,366 POLICE. 618 00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:39,366 STAY WITH 619 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:26,200 >> THE PATH FORWARD IS 620 00:22:20,666 --> 00:22:27,000 ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE HIGHLY 621 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:27,733 CONTENTIOUS. 622 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,500 STATE THAT MIGHT INCLUDE NAACP 623 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,466 TO BLACK LIVES MATTER TO THE 624 00:22:27,733 --> 00:22:36,566 FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE WILL 625 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:36,900 ALL WANT SOME SAY IN WHAT THE 626 00:22:31,466 --> 00:22:37,600 ORDER SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT 627 00:22:36,566 --> 00:22:38,400 CONTAIN. 628 00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:44,166 NOW, ONLY ONE WEEK AFTER 629 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:44,433 MADIGAN ANNOUNCED THE LAWSUIT, 630 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:45,266 THE DEBATE HAS BEGUN HE NEED 631 00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:46,066 NOT. 632 00:22:44,433 --> 00:22:46,733 WE ARE HERE WITH THEIR THOUGHTS 633 00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:47,300 ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ARE LORI 634 00:22:46,066 --> 00:22:48,066 LIGHTFOOT, PRESIDENT OF THE 635 00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:48,700 CHICAGO POLICE BOARD. 636 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:59,166 THIS LIGHTFOOT ALSO CHAIRED THE 637 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:59,166 ACCOUNTABILITY TASK FORCE 638 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:59,166 ASSEMBLED BY MERIT 639 00:23:16,233 --> 00:23:17,800 MANUAL. 640 00:23:16,366 --> 00:23:18,133 SHERRY RUNNER IS PRESIDENT AND 641 00:23:17,166 --> 00:23:18,866 CEO OF THE CHICAGO URBAN 642 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,500 LEAGUE. 643 00:23:18,133 --> 00:23:20,200 BRIAN WARNER, IS THE FOUNDER OF 644 00:23:18,866 --> 00:23:20,866 CHICAGO POLICE SURVIVORS. 645 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:21,400 A GROUP OF CURRENT OR RETIRED 646 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,133 OFFICERS WHO HAVE SURVIVED 647 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:22,833 GERMANIC INCIDENTS. 648 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,566 WE EXTENDED INVITATIONS TO THE 649 00:23:22,133 --> 00:23:23,900 CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AS 650 00:23:22,833 --> 00:23:24,533 WELL AS THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF 651 00:23:23,566 --> 00:23:24,866 POLICE. 652 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:25,533 BOTH DECLINED TO JOIN US 653 00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:26,133 TONIGHT. 654 00:23:24,866 --> 00:23:26,866 WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK 655 00:23:25,533 --> 00:23:27,533 SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE 656 00:23:26,133 --> 00:23:28,266 INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT DEGREE. 657 00:23:26,866 --> 00:23:29,000 TO ANSWER YOUR THOUGHTS AT 658 00:23:27,533 --> 00:23:37,800 www.WTTW.com # CHICAGO TONIGHT. 659 00:23:28,266 --> 00:23:38,566 WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE 660 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:39,266 AND WELCOME YOU. 661 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,900 LORI LIGHTFOOT YOU HAVE BEEN 662 00:23:38,566 --> 00:23:40,500 CRITICAL OF MERRILL MANUALS 663 00:23:39,266 --> 00:23:40,900 OUT-OF-COURT APPROACH TO 664 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:41,600 REFORMING THE POLICE 665 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:42,100 DEPARTMENT. 666 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:42,733 HE REPORTED AS SAYING IT WAS 667 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,366 ROOTED IN FANTASY. 668 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:43,833 IS IT SAFE TO SAY YOU ARE 669 00:23:42,733 --> 00:23:44,566 PLEASED WITH THE ATTORNEY 670 00:23:43,366 --> 00:23:45,233 GENERAL'S MOVE? 671 00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:45,933 >> I THINK THIS IS A PROMISING 672 00:23:44,566 --> 00:23:46,433 AND PRODUCTIVE STEP FORWARD. 673 00:23:45,233 --> 00:23:47,066 AS EVERYTHING, THE DEVIL WILL 674 00:23:45,933 --> 00:23:47,766 BE IN THE DETAILS. 675 00:23:46,433 --> 00:23:48,400 THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE 676 00:23:47,066 --> 00:23:52,833 CONSENT DEGREE IS CREATED AND 677 00:23:47,766 --> 00:23:53,233 ALSO THE CONTENTS OF THE 678 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:54,000 CONSENT DECREE IS FUNDAMENTALLY 679 00:23:52,833 --> 00:23:54,733 IMPORTANT. 680 00:23:53,233 --> 00:24:01,733 STARTING WITH THE PROCESS THE 681 00:23:54,000 --> 00:24:02,433 ATTORNEY GENERAL AS THE PRESS 682 00:23:54,733 --> 00:24:03,100 CONFERENCE INDICATED THAT THEY 683 00:24:01,733 --> 00:24:03,433 WERE COMMITTED TO AN OPEN 684 00:24:02,433 --> 00:24:04,100 TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE 685 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:04,833 PROCESS. 686 00:24:03,433 --> 00:24:06,100 WHICH I THINK WILL BEEN A 687 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:06,633 MENTALLY CRITICAL IN ORDER FOR 688 00:24:04,833 --> 00:24:07,400 WHATEVER THE END RESULT IS TO 689 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:18,033 HAVE ANY LEGITIMACY. 690 00:24:06,633 --> 00:24:18,033 I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW 691 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:18,033 THE CITY AND THE ATTORNEY 692 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:27,033 GENERAL WILL ROLL OUT THE 693 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,766 PROCESS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND 694 00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:28,500 INCLUSIVENESS. 695 00:24:27,033 --> 00:24:29,166 SOME OF THEM IS GOING TO BE A 696 00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:29,466 FUNCTION OF THE FACT THAT THERE 697 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,133 IS A LAWSUIT THAT HAS BEEN 698 00:24:29,166 --> 00:24:30,800 FILED. 699 00:24:29,466 --> 00:24:31,500 PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO FILE 700 00:24:30,133 --> 00:24:32,233 SOME OF THE BACK-AND-FORTH. 701 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,900 NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE 702 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:35,900 AS INVISIBLE AS POSSIBLE SIMPLY 703 00:24:32,233 --> 00:24:36,633 BECAUSE THERE IS A LAWSUIT. 704 00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:37,300 THEY HAVE TO WORK ON AN 705 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:38,066 AFFIRMATIVE PLAN FOR BRINGING 706 00:24:36,633 --> 00:24:38,800 PEOPLE INTO THE PROJECT. 707 00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:39,433 CORRECT WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT 708 00:24:38,066 --> 00:24:40,100 THE MAYOR APPEARED AT THE PRESS 709 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,666 CONFERENCE WITH ATTORNEY 710 00:24:39,433 --> 00:24:43,400 GENERAL MADIGAN BECAUSE AT 711 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:43,733 FIRST HE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE 712 00:24:42,666 --> 00:24:44,400 CONTENT DECREE AND GOING TO 713 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,066 COURT. 714 00:24:43,733 --> 00:24:45,800 THEN HE SAID IT COULD BE 715 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:52,066 HAMMERED OUT OUT-OF-COURT. 716 00:24:45,066 --> 00:24:52,400 NOW HE IS BACK IN THE CAMP THAT 717 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:52,600 SAYS YES AND OVERSEER IS 718 00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:52,800 NEEDED. 719 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,733 THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HE 720 00:24:53,633 --> 00:24:56,933 WAS THERE. 721 00:24:54,033 --> 00:24:57,733 IT IS PORTON THAT THE CITY IS 722 00:24:54,733 --> 00:24:58,500 EMBRACING THIS OPPORTUNITY, TO 723 00:24:56,933 --> 00:25:05,933 REALLY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT AND 724 00:24:57,733 --> 00:25:06,400 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE WAY 725 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:07,033 THAT WE DO BUSINESS IN POLICING 726 00:25:05,933 --> 00:25:07,700 IN THE CITY. 727 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,433 IF THE CITY WAS ON THE 728 00:25:07,033 --> 00:25:09,166 SIDELINES AND THE ATTORNEY 729 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:09,866 GENERAL ESSENTIALLY STANDING BY 730 00:25:08,433 --> 00:25:11,733 HERSELF, I THINK THAT WOULD BE 731 00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:12,533 DEVASTATING FOR THE PROSPECTS 732 00:25:09,866 --> 00:25:20,466 OF REAL AND MEANINGFUL REFORM. 733 00:25:11,733 --> 00:25:21,133 I WILL TAKE AND USE THE MIRROR 734 00:25:12,533 --> 00:25:21,933 WORDS, A PARTNERSHIP AND LET'S 735 00:25:20,466 --> 00:25:22,633 TAKE THEM AT FACE VALUE. 736 00:25:21,133 --> 00:25:23,033 MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS AND 737 00:25:21,933 --> 00:25:33,233 THE CONTENT IS INCLUSIVE AND 738 00:25:22,633 --> 00:25:33,233 TRANSPARENT. 739 00:25:23,033 --> 00:25:33,233 NOT 740 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:37,200 SHERRY, URBAN LEAGUE HAS 741 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,933 WEIGHED IN ON REFORM EFFORTS. 742 00:25:36,533 --> 00:25:38,633 YOU HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT. 743 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,266 WHICH THE CITY RECENTLY TRIED 744 00:25:37,933 --> 00:25:39,933 TO GET DISMISS UNSUCCESSFULLY. 745 00:25:38,633 --> 00:25:40,633 ARE YOU STILL GOING TO GO 746 00:25:39,266 --> 00:25:41,233 FORWARD WITHOUT LAWSUIT NOW 747 00:25:39,933 --> 00:25:41,566 THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS 748 00:25:40,633 --> 00:25:42,233 DECIDED TO SUE THE CITY? 749 00:25:41,233 --> 00:25:42,866 PARENT. 750 00:25:41,566 --> 00:25:43,533 >> WE THINK THAT WE ARE ALL 751 00:25:42,233 --> 00:25:44,133 FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLE. 752 00:25:42,866 --> 00:25:44,500 WE ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE 753 00:25:43,533 --> 00:25:46,066 FACT THAT WE HAVE TO DO 754 00:25:44,133 --> 00:25:46,833 SOMETHING. 755 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:47,166 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN 756 00:25:46,066 --> 00:25:49,700 UNDER SCRUTINY FOR 50 OR 60 757 00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:53,366 YEARS. 758 00:25:47,166 --> 00:25:54,200 WE HAVE 2 VERY DISTINCT REPORTS 759 00:25:49,700 --> 00:26:01,233 THAT TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT 760 00:25:53,366 --> 00:26:02,033 THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 761 00:25:54,200 --> 00:26:02,766 IS UNEQUALLY DONE. 762 00:26:01,233 --> 00:26:03,500 IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS 763 00:26:02,033 --> 00:26:04,600 THE ENTRY WAY FOR PEOPLE INTO 764 00:26:02,766 --> 00:26:12,133 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 765 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:12,966 THAT HAS A LONG-TERM IMPACT ON 766 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:13,800 PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IT IS VERY 767 00:26:12,133 --> 00:26:14,466 IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE A PART 768 00:26:12,966 --> 00:26:15,133 OF THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL AS 769 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,566 THE PEOPLE WHO WE REPRESENT. 770 00:26:14,466 --> 00:26:20,400 THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE A 771 00:26:15,133 --> 00:26:21,200 PART OF THAT. 772 00:26:15,566 --> 00:26:21,966 WHILE I WILL AND VERY HAPPY 773 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:28,033 THAT THE MAYOR AND THE ATTORNEY 774 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:28,800 GENERAL HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO 775 00:26:21,966 --> 00:26:29,500 TRY AND SOLVE THIS OR WALKING 776 00:26:28,033 --> 00:26:30,233 DOWN THE PATH WE REALLY DO FEEL 777 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,566 LIKE THE COMMUNITY HAS TO BE 778 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:34,366 REPRESENTED AS A PART OF THAT 779 00:26:30,233 --> 00:26:35,200 PROCESS. 780 00:26:30,566 --> 00:26:35,933 CONNECT BRIAN, THE FRATERNAL 781 00:26:34,366 --> 00:26:36,666 ORDER OF POLICE, THE FRATERNAL 782 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:44,700 ORDER OF POLICE, IMMEDIATELY 783 00:26:35,933 --> 00:26:45,500 AFTER ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN 784 00:26:36,666 --> 00:26:46,233 HELD THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. 785 00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:46,933 THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT EDDIE 786 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:47,666 JOHNSON, SEEMS TO THINK THAT 787 00:26:46,233 --> 00:26:48,033 THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT 788 00:26:46,933 --> 00:26:48,633 AMONG OTHER THINGS MORE OUT ON 789 00:26:47,666 --> 00:26:58,866 THE FORCE. 790 00:26:48,033 --> 00:26:58,866 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? 791 00:26:48,633 --> 00:26:58,866 >> I 792 00:27:03,133 --> 00:27:04,633 THINK THAT IS TOTALLY 793 00:27:03,533 --> 00:27:05,400 MISGUIDED. 794 00:27:03,933 --> 00:27:06,033 I THINK MOREL IS FINALLY 795 00:27:04,633 --> 00:27:06,766 GETTING TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE 796 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,466 NOT ON THE ROPES ANYMORE. 797 00:27:06,033 --> 00:27:08,000 WE DO NOT FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO 798 00:27:06,766 --> 00:27:08,733 DEFEND OURSELVES CONTINUOUSLY 799 00:27:07,466 --> 00:27:09,400 IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT. 800 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,133 YET WE ARE FAR FROM ANY TYPE OF 801 00:27:08,733 --> 00:27:10,866 NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITY. 802 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,600 THERE STILL THAT SQUEAMISHNESS 803 00:27:10,133 --> 00:27:12,300 AND THAT THREAD AND THOUGHT OF 804 00:27:10,866 --> 00:27:12,700 HIM TO BE IN THE NEXT VIDEO OF 805 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,400 THE NEXT LAWSUIT OR THE NEXT 806 00:27:12,300 --> 00:27:13,866 HEATER CASE. 807 00:27:12,700 --> 00:27:14,533 THE HESITANCY TO YOUR JOB IS 808 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,233 STILL OUT THERE. 809 00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:19,833 MORE IMPORTANT, WE HAVE AN 810 00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:20,533 OUTSIDE AGENCY, THE DEPARTED 811 00:27:15,233 --> 00:27:21,266 JUSTICE CAME INTO THE FINE JOB. 812 00:27:19,833 --> 00:27:22,000 THE REPORT WAS NOT PERFECT. 813 00:27:20,533 --> 00:27:22,600 THEY POINTED OUT MANY THINGS 814 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:26,000 THAT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN 815 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,333 COMMUNITY AND POLICING. 816 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:27,166 WE ALL KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE 817 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,666 MENDED. 818 00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:28,300 THEY TALKED ABOUT TRAINING FOR 819 00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:28,800 LAW ENFORCEMENT. 820 00:27:27,666 --> 00:27:35,400 WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT CAN 821 00:27:28,300 --> 00:27:36,233 ALWAYS IMPROVE. 822 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:37,000 MY BIGGEST CONCERN, THIS IS A 823 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,466 POLITICAL WILL MOVE ONCE AGAIN. 824 00:27:36,233 --> 00:27:38,166 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BEING 825 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,033 USED AS A POND. 826 00:27:37,466 --> 00:27:40,866 THE MAYOR HAD THE COURAGE TO 827 00:27:38,166 --> 00:27:41,600 STEP UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, 828 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:42,200 ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS SAYS 829 00:27:40,866 --> 00:27:44,100 HE'S NOT GOING TO IMPOSE THIS 830 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:46,433 ON US. 831 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:47,233 WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 832 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:50,033 REFERRED WEIRDNESS LIGHTFOOT'S 833 00:27:46,433 --> 00:27:52,933 AGENCY HAS REPORT DOES LOOK AT 834 00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:53,733 THE THINGS AND INFLUENCE ON THE 835 00:27:50,033 --> 00:27:56,066 COMMUNITY IN THE JUSTICE 836 00:27:52,933 --> 00:27:56,900 DEPARTMENT AND THE TIME OR ELSE 837 00:27:53,733 --> 00:28:05,733 IT OURSELVES. 838 00:27:56,066 --> 00:28:06,500 ONE, NOW YOU NOT HAVING ANOTHER 839 00:27:56,900 --> 00:28:07,166 OUTRIGHT SIZING AGENCY SCRUTINY 840 00:28:05,733 --> 00:28:07,533 THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THE 841 00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:08,266 MORAL CAN SAY THE SAME OR 842 00:28:07,166 --> 00:28:08,933 IMPROVE. 843 00:28:07,533 --> 00:28:09,533 MORE IMPORTANTLY WE CAN AGREE 844 00:28:08,266 --> 00:28:10,266 THAT THERE SEVERAL MILLION 845 00:28:08,933 --> 00:28:11,733 DOLLARS ARTIST BENT ON 846 00:28:09,533 --> 00:28:12,466 IMPLEMENTING TO THE DEPARTMENT 847 00:28:10,266 --> 00:28:19,766 OF JUSTICE REPORTS SUGGESTIONS 848 00:28:11,733 --> 00:28:20,066 AND SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS 849 00:28:12,466 --> 00:28:20,766 MORE IN LEGAL FEES SPENT. 850 00:28:19,766 --> 00:28:21,066 THAT. 851 00:28:20,066 --> 00:28:21,766 >> YOU CAN MULTIPLY THAT BY 852 00:28:20,766 --> 00:28:22,500 LAW. 853 00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:23,933 >> I THINK THE MONEY CAN BE 854 00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:24,666 SPENT BY TRAINING, AND PUTTING 855 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:26,166 THAT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. 856 00:28:23,933 --> 00:28:26,633 >> YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS 857 00:28:24,666 --> 00:28:27,166 COULD BE HAMMERED OUT 858 00:28:26,166 --> 00:28:28,733 OUT-OF-COURT? 859 00:28:26,633 --> 00:28:39,200 IS THAT CORRECT? 860 00:28:27,166 --> 00:28:39,966 >> I THINK WHAT I IN OTHER 861 00:28:28,733 --> 00:28:40,733 PEOPLE SAID IS THE AGREEMENT 862 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,500 ITSELF, THE CONTENT HAS TO BE 863 00:28:39,966 --> 00:28:41,866 NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE PARTIES. 864 00:28:40,733 --> 00:28:42,566 NOW WE HAVE TO DANCE PARTNER SO 865 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:43,033 TO SPEAK. 866 00:28:41,866 --> 00:28:43,766 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE 867 00:28:42,566 --> 00:28:44,366 CITY OF CHICAGO. 868 00:28:43,033 --> 00:28:45,333 THERE HAS TO BE A CREDIBLE 869 00:28:43,766 --> 00:28:47,000 ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. 870 00:28:44,366 --> 00:28:50,100 THE REALITY IS I THINK THE 871 00:28:45,333 --> 00:28:51,400 DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN STEPS IN 872 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:53,200 THE LAST 2 YEARS, ROUGHLY, TO 873 00:28:50,100 --> 00:29:01,933 MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 874 00:28:51,400 --> 00:29:02,633 IT IS NOT ENOUGH, IT IS NOT 875 00:28:53,200 --> 00:29:03,400 FAST ENOUGH. 876 00:29:01,933 --> 00:29:04,166 AND THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT 877 00:29:02,633 --> 00:29:04,900 HAVE THE RESOURCES UNLESS IT'S 878 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,233 A SPECIFIC FINANCIAL COMMITMENT 879 00:29:04,166 --> 00:29:07,000 ON THE PART OF THE CITY TO MOVE 880 00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:07,733 FORWARD. 881 00:29:05,233 --> 00:29:18,100 THE THING THAT DISSENT DECREE 882 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:18,866 IF SUE IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY 883 00:29:07,733 --> 00:29:19,666 OTHER KIND DECREE AGREEMENT. 884 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:20,066 IT REQUIRES A COMMITMENT ON 885 00:29:18,866 --> 00:29:20,700 SPECIFICS OF WHAT THE REFORM IS 886 00:29:19,666 --> 00:29:21,433 GOING TO BE. 887 00:29:20,066 --> 00:29:21,800 A TIMELINE TO GET IT DONE. 888 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:32,333 IT WILL OBVIOUSLY END UP HAVING 889 00:29:21,433 --> 00:29:33,033 A MONITOR. 890 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:34,200 IT ALSO REQUIRES A SPECIFIC 891 00:29:32,333 --> 00:29:34,800 COMMITMENT AND A FINANCIAL 892 00:29:33,033 --> 00:29:35,533 RESOURCE AND OTHER PERSONNEL 893 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,266 THAT WILL BE NECESSARY. 894 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,566 >> HOW MUCH IS IS WHAT IT COST? 895 00:29:35,533 --> 00:29:37,266 >> I DO NOT THINK ANYONE KNOWS 896 00:29:36,266 --> 00:29:37,966 THAT. 897 00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:38,700 I THINK IT WILL BE LESS THAN 898 00:29:37,266 --> 00:29:39,366 THE $50 MILLION THAT WE SPENT 899 00:29:37,966 --> 00:29:40,066 JUST LAST YEAR IN SETTLEMENTS, 900 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:40,666 JUDGMENTS AND ATTORNEY FEES. 901 00:29:39,366 --> 00:29:41,366 I THINK IT WILL COST IT AT A 902 00:29:40,066 --> 00:29:42,066 MINIMUM ON ANNUAL BASIS 903 00:29:40,666 --> 00:29:42,600 PARTICULARLY IN THE BEGINNING 904 00:29:41,366 --> 00:29:45,933 YEARS AT LEAST $10 MILLION IF 905 00:29:42,066 --> 00:29:46,666 NOT MORE THAN THAT. 906 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:47,366 ANYTHING ABOUT THE COST AND THE 907 00:29:45,933 --> 00:29:56,200 FINANCIAL COST BUT ALSO THE 908 00:29:46,666 --> 00:29:56,966 PSYCHOLOGICAL COST OF NOT 909 00:29:47,366 --> 00:29:57,700 HAVING A POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 910 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,400 POLICE DEPARTMENTS FEEL THAT 911 00:29:56,966 --> 00:29:59,133 THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TRAINING 912 00:29:57,700 --> 00:29:59,533 AND THE RIGHT RESOURCES AND 913 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,266 TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB 914 00:29:59,133 --> 00:30:00,966 EFFECTIVELY. 915 00:29:59,533 --> 00:30:02,500 AND GIVE A COMMUNITY THAT DOES 916 00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:03,166 NOT FEEL LIKE THE POLICE HAVE 917 00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:08,533 THEIR BACK AND HAVE LEGITIMACY. 918 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:09,300 THOSE COST ARE EXPONENTIAL. 919 00:30:03,166 --> 00:30:10,066 McSHERRY RUNNER, THE REPORT 920 00:30:08,533 --> 00:30:20,266 THAT LORI LIGHTFOOT AND THE 921 00:30:09,300 --> 00:30:20,266 TASK FORCE PUT OUT HAVE HUNDRED 922 00:30:10,066 --> 00:30:20,266 26 923 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,566 RECOMMENDATIONS. 924 00:30:26,066 --> 00:30:28,333 PERHAPS ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS 925 00:30:26,933 --> 00:30:29,000 THAT WILL BE ATTENDING, 926 00:30:27,566 --> 00:30:29,633 COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR PROVIDING 927 00:30:28,333 --> 00:30:30,100 INPUT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO 928 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,833 SPECIFICALLY SEE IN THIS 929 00:30:29,633 --> 00:30:31,533 CONSENT DECREE? 930 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,266 PACK WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SEE 931 00:30:30,833 --> 00:30:32,966 HAPPEN IS THAT THE COMMUNITY 932 00:30:31,533 --> 00:30:33,333 EXPRESSES ITSELF AND THAT IT IS 933 00:30:32,266 --> 00:30:34,033 LISTENED TO IN WAYS THAT HAS 934 00:30:32,966 --> 00:30:34,733 NOT BEEN. 935 00:30:33,333 --> 00:30:35,466 IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND LORI 936 00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:36,200 NOTES TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO 937 00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:39,900 COME TOGETHER TO GIVE SPECIFIC 938 00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:40,700 RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY 939 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:41,400 DO NOT KNOW THEY DO NOT KNOW. 940 00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:42,066 WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT 941 00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:42,733 WHAT THEY DO NOT KNOW ABOUT 942 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,366 COMMUNITY POLICING AND WHAT 943 00:30:42,066 --> 00:30:44,166 THEY SHOULD EXPECT FROM THE 944 00:30:42,733 --> 00:30:55,033 POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE 945 00:30:43,366 --> 00:30:55,033 GUARDING THEM AND WHO HAVE THE 946 00:30:44,166 --> 00:30:55,033 ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO MAKE 947 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,233 SURE 948 00:31:01,133 --> 00:31:02,866 PARENT. 949 00:31:01,466 --> 00:31:03,200 >> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE 950 00:31:02,233 --> 00:31:03,900 OR NOT SEE IN THE CONSENT 951 00:31:02,866 --> 00:31:06,600 DECREE? 952 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,300 >> THERE'S NUMEROUS THINGS. 953 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:07,700 I LIKE TO ADDRESS IS 954 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,200 LIGHTFOOT'S THAT ALL THE 955 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:12,133 TRAINING. 956 00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:12,833 ALL THE LAWSUITS. 957 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:13,633 IT WOULD NEVER WILL. 958 00:31:12,133 --> 00:31:13,933 >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. 959 00:31:12,833 --> 00:31:14,833 >> OKAY SO WERE GOING TO LESSEN 960 00:31:13,633 --> 00:31:17,300 THAT. 961 00:31:13,933 --> 00:31:18,166 WE ARE GOING TO. 962 00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:20,233 >> NO I THINK MORE 963 00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:21,000 CONSTITUTIONAL, A POLICE FORCE 964 00:31:18,166 --> 00:31:31,366 THAT HAS BETTER TRAINING, 965 00:31:20,233 --> 00:31:32,100 COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING ON 966 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:32,866 ANNUAL BASIS THAT POLICE 967 00:31:31,366 --> 00:31:33,533 OFFICERS HAVE REFRESHER COURSES 968 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:34,200 ON THE FOURTH MMA, THE FIFTH 969 00:31:32,866 --> 00:31:34,933 AMENDMENT, THE 6 MINUTE. 970 00:31:33,533 --> 00:31:45,600 YES I DO THINK THAT THOSE 971 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:46,366 THINGS WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO 972 00:31:34,933 --> 00:31:47,100 A BETTER TRAINED POLICE FORCE 973 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,666 THAT UNDERSTANDS AND RESPECTS 974 00:31:46,366 --> 00:31:48,233 CITIZENS RIGHTS IN A WAY THAT 975 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:48,900 WE ARE NOT SEEN IN A 976 00:31:47,666 --> 00:31:49,500 COMPREHENSIVE WAY NOW. 977 00:31:48,233 --> 00:31:50,166 WHY THINK THOSE THINGS WILL 978 00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:50,866 STOP PEOPLE FROM SUING? 979 00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:51,566 NUMBER THEREFORE HUNDRED TO 980 00:31:50,166 --> 00:31:52,200 500 PENDING LAWSUITS IN THIS 981 00:31:50,866 --> 00:31:52,533 DISTRICT RIGHT NOW ON JUST ON 982 00:31:51,566 --> 00:31:55,333 POLICE MISCONDUCT RELATED 983 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:56,100 ISSUES. 984 00:31:52,533 --> 00:31:56,800 MARK THAT IS MY POINT. 985 00:31:55,333 --> 00:31:57,900 THERE ARE A LOT OF FIRMS OUT 986 00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:58,466 THERE THAT FILE HUNDREDS OF 987 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,433 LAWSUITS EACH MONTH FOR HOPING 988 00:31:57,900 --> 00:32:05,000 TO FOR THAT PAYDAY. 989 00:31:58,466 --> 00:32:05,733 WE NEED TO PUT HER FOOT DOWN 990 00:31:59,433 --> 00:32:06,400 AND STOP SAINT THIS IS A BAD 991 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,133 STORAGE FOR OUR TAX DOLLARS. 992 00:32:05,733 --> 00:32:13,700 AND STOP HANDING OUT 459 993 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:14,200 DOLLARS EVEN WHEN IT OFFICERS 994 00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:15,000 HAS FOUND THAT THEY'VE DONE 995 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:15,366 NOTHING WRONG. 996 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,066 AND THE DEFENDANT HAS COMMITTED 997 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,333 A CRIME. 998 00:32:15,366 --> 00:32:17,033 CAN WE STILL WEAR THEM 4 TO 5 999 00:32:16,066 --> 00:32:17,433 $90? 1000 00:32:16,333 --> 00:32:27,866 >> YOU CANNOT GET THE 50 1001 00:32:17,033 --> 00:32:27,866 THOUSAND. 1002 00:32:17,433 --> 00:32:27,866 [INDISCERNABLE]. 1003 00:32:32,233 --> 00:32:33,600 [INDISCERNABLE]. 1004 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,333 WEISER PROCESSES? 1005 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,066 WHY IS THIS PUSHBACK? 1006 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,466 DO NOT THINK THIS WOULD MAKE 1007 00:32:34,333 --> 00:32:36,100 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STRONGER 1008 00:32:35,066 --> 00:32:36,800 AND BETTER? 1009 00:32:35,466 --> 00:32:37,500 >> I THINK THE RESISTANCE 1010 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,233 COMING FROM THE FACT THAT WE 1011 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,866 HAVE OUTSIDE AGENCIES TELLING 1012 00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:39,500 THE POLICE HOW TO DO THEIR JOB. 1013 00:32:38,233 --> 00:32:43,066 LET ME FINISH MY THOUGHT. 1014 00:32:38,866 --> 00:32:43,433 LET ME FINISH MY THOUGHT. 1015 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:44,433 >> YOUR TALKED ABOUT A 1016 00:32:43,066 --> 00:32:47,400 DEMOCRACY. 1017 00:32:43,433 --> 00:32:48,200 PRIVATE COMPANIES HIRE 1018 00:32:44,433 --> 00:32:58,700 CONSULTANTS TO TAKE AN OUTSIDE 1019 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:58,700 LOOK TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DO AND 1020 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:58,700 WRITE WHAT WE DOING 1021 00:33:01,266 --> 00:33:02,833 WRONG. 1022 00:33:01,433 --> 00:33:03,600 POLICE OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS OPEN 1023 00:33:02,233 --> 00:33:04,300 TO OUTSIDE OPINION. 1024 00:33:02,833 --> 00:33:05,000 WHEN THINGS ARE FORCED UPON YOU 1025 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,666 BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE POLITICAL 1026 00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:05,966 MOTIVES THAT SAY, THIS SHOULD 1027 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,666 BE DONE AND THAT SHOULD BE 1028 00:33:05,666 --> 00:33:07,400 DONE. 1029 00:33:05,966 --> 00:33:08,033 YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT A POLICE 1030 00:33:06,666 --> 00:33:08,600 OFFICER DOES EACH AND EVERY DAY 1031 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,300 ENOUGH SQUAD CAR AND THE 1032 00:33:08,033 --> 00:33:14,200 CHALLENGES THEY FACE. 1033 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:14,600 THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO INTO 1034 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:15,433 NORTH WESTERN HOSPITAL AND REDO 1035 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,133 THE TRIAGE. 1036 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:23,366 >> YOUR EFFECTIVELY SAYING THAT 1037 00:33:15,433 --> 00:33:24,100 THE CITIZENS OF CHICAGO WHO 1038 00:33:16,133 --> 00:33:24,900 GIVE YOU THE POWER TO POLICE 1039 00:33:23,366 --> 00:33:25,633 THEM, WHOSE TAX DOLLARS ARE 1040 00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:26,366 USED TO SUPPORT YOUR SALARIES, 1041 00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:27,033 YOUR TRAINING, YOUR CARS AND 1042 00:33:25,633 --> 00:33:27,633 EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ALONG 1043 00:33:26,366 --> 00:33:29,600 WITH BEING A POLICE OFFICER. 1044 00:33:27,033 --> 00:33:34,200 HAVE NO ABILITY HOLD ON. 1045 00:33:27,633 --> 00:33:34,866 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AN OUTSIDE 1046 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:35,533 GROUP, THE OUTSIDE GROUP OF THE 1047 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:42,766 CITIZENS OF CHICAGO ARE 1048 00:33:34,866 --> 00:33:43,533 DEMANDING CONSTITUTIONAL 1049 00:33:35,533 --> 00:33:44,300 POLICING AND HAVE A RIGHT TO 1050 00:33:42,766 --> 00:33:45,033 MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO 1051 00:33:43,533 --> 00:33:45,700 COME INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS 1052 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:46,833 ARE DOING THEIR JOBS AND THEY 1053 00:33:45,033 --> 00:33:47,633 ARE IN A RESPECTFUL MAY AND 1054 00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:58,166 ENGAGES THEM. 1055 00:33:46,833 --> 00:33:58,166 >> 99.9 PERCENT OF THE OFFICERS 1056 00:33:47,633 --> 00:33:58,166 ARE DOING. 1057 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,566 [INDISCERNABLE]. 1058 00:33:59,266 --> 00:34:01,166 THOSE ARE NOT ARE NOT BEING 1059 00:33:59,966 --> 00:34:01,833 HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 1060 00:34:00,566 --> 00:34:02,566 THAT'S NOT TRUE EITHER. 1061 00:34:01,166 --> 00:34:03,266 THERE'S HUNDREDS OF POLICE 1062 00:34:01,833 --> 00:34:03,966 OFFICERS DISCIPLINED AND FIRED 1063 00:34:02,566 --> 00:34:14,633 EVERY YEAR AND LOSER JOBS AND 1064 00:34:03,266 --> 00:34:15,366 LIVELIHOOD BECAUSE OF A CASE 1065 00:34:03,966 --> 00:34:16,133 THAT WASN'T FAIRLY. 1066 00:34:14,633 --> 00:34:16,866 THIS PRE-REMARK WILL THAT YOU 1067 00:34:15,366 --> 00:34:17,566 SIT HERE AND TELL US THAT THE 1068 00:34:16,133 --> 00:34:18,633 ONLY REASON WHY THINGS HAPPEN 1069 00:34:16,866 --> 00:34:23,233 IS SOLELY BECAUSE OF POLITICS. 1070 00:34:17,566 --> 00:34:24,066 THAT IS A REMARKABLE STATEMENT. 1071 00:34:18,633 --> 00:34:26,266 THAT IS SO FAR FROM TRUE. 1072 00:34:23,233 --> 00:34:31,766 THAT'S A REMARKABLE STATEMENT. 1073 00:34:24,066 --> 00:34:32,500 >> IF ERIC HOLDER WAS STILL 1074 00:34:26,266 --> 00:34:33,200 ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND HE SAID 1075 00:34:31,766 --> 00:34:33,666 YOU KNOW WHAT I DO NOT THANK 1076 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:37,833 YOU GUYS NEED A DECREE OUT 1077 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:38,200 THERE GO AHEAD. 1078 00:34:33,666 --> 00:34:38,966 I'D TRUST RAM YOU GUYS HAMMER 1079 00:34:37,833 --> 00:34:39,533 THAT OUT. 1080 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,400 WHAT WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION? 1081 00:34:38,966 --> 00:34:42,166 THOUGHT YES WE WENT. 1082 00:34:39,533 --> 00:34:45,566 WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD. 1083 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:46,233 AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS 1084 00:34:42,166 --> 00:34:47,000 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 1085 00:34:45,566 --> 00:34:48,000 THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS. 1086 00:34:46,233 --> 00:34:56,833 WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO FOR DECADES 1087 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:57,533 HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE WAY 1088 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:58,300 IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN TREATED BY 1089 00:34:56,833 --> 00:34:58,700 CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS AND 1090 00:34:57,533 --> 00:34:59,366 NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR ACROSS 1091 00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:00,166 THE CITY. 1092 00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:07,100 AND TO SUGGEST THAT THIS IS 1093 00:34:59,366 --> 00:35:07,566 SOME POLITICAL CREATION IN THE 1094 00:35:00,166 --> 00:35:08,300 LAST 2 YEARS. 1095 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:09,066 [INDISCERNABLE]. 1096 00:35:07,566 --> 00:35:09,366 >> WE NEED TO WIND THIS DOWN. 1097 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:10,100 LORI WHAT IS THE PROCESS FROM 1098 00:35:09,066 --> 00:35:10,766 HERE? 1099 00:35:09,366 --> 00:35:12,233 >> ARTICLE WE WILL SEE NEXT, I 1100 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:13,100 BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY OR 1101 00:35:10,766 --> 00:35:18,700 TODAY, THE CITY AND THE 1102 00:35:12,233 --> 00:35:19,433 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FILED 1103 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:20,133 A MOTION TO STAY IN FRONT OF 1104 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:30,600 JUDGE STOUT WHO HAS A CASE. 1105 00:35:19,433 --> 00:35:30,600 THEY ASKED FOR THE PERIOD OF 1106 00:35:20,133 --> 00:35:30,600 TIME TO START THEIR 1107 00:35:31,866 --> 00:35:33,400 NEGOTIATIONS HOW MUCH TIME 1108 00:35:32,366 --> 00:35:34,133 BEFORE THIS IS PRESENT TO 1109 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:34,866 JUDGE? 1110 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,600 PACK I DO NOT THINK THERE'S ANY 1111 00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:36,200 WAY TO TELL THAT AT THIS POINT. 1112 00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:36,933 THERE'S A STATUS DATE THAT SET 1113 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,633 FOR THE END OF OCTOBER. 1114 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,366 I EXPECT THIS WILL BE A PROCESS 1115 00:35:36,933 --> 00:35:41,033 THAT EXCESS INTO 2018 FOURTH 1116 00:35:37,633 --> 00:35:41,500 RESULT. 1117 00:35:40,366 --> 00:35:42,200 >> LORI, SHARON AND BRIAN. 1118 00:35:41,033 --> 00:35:42,633 THANK YOU ALL. 1119 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:43,266 I WISH YOU HAD MORE TIME TO 1120 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,566 DISCUSS IT. 1121 00:35:42,633 --> 00:35:46,366 THERE'S LARGE COCOA NIGHT 1122 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:46,366 AHEAD. 1123 00:35:43,566 --> 00:35:46,366 PLEASE STAY WITH US. 1124 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:06,033 TO McKAY MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE 1125 00:36:04,666 --> 00:36:06,700 PROJECT TO FIGHT FLOODING 1126 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,400 THAT'S TAKING SHAPE ON 1127 00:36:06,033 --> 00:36:09,666 CHICAGO'S NORTHWEST SIDE. 1128 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:10,433 WE RECENTLY CHECKED UP ON THE 1129 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,166 PLANS PROGRESS. 1130 00:36:09,666 --> 00:36:19,000 >> WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS IN 1131 00:36:10,433 --> 00:36:19,800 THE ALBANY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ON 1132 00:36:11,166 --> 00:36:20,566 CHICAGO'S NORTHWEST SIDE. 1133 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,300 >> FOR I SUSPECT DATE DECADES 1134 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,733 THE RESIDENTS OF ALBANY PARK 1135 00:36:20,566 --> 00:36:23,500 HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME 1136 00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:25,300 SERIOUS FLOODING ISSUES AS A 1137 00:36:22,733 --> 00:36:31,733 RESULT OF THE FLOODING OF THE 1138 00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:33,366 NORTH BRANCH OF CHICAGO RIVER. 1139 00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:39,300 IN 2008, WE HAD A MAJOR FLOOD 1140 00:36:31,733 --> 00:36:40,066 THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING 1141 00:36:33,366 --> 00:36:40,800 IN THE RIVER ACTUALLY RUNS 1142 00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:49,600 THROUGH THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 1143 00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:50,366 >> AFTER EMERGENCY CREWS USE 1144 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:51,133 SANDBAG BARRICADES AGAINST 1145 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,866 FLOODS IN 2008 2013, THE CITY 1146 00:36:50,366 --> 00:36:52,566 IS ADDING A NEW PLUG DEFENSE. 1147 00:36:51,133 --> 00:36:54,833 AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL TO SEND 1148 00:36:51,866 --> 00:37:05,466 STORMWATER FROM THE NORTH 1149 00:36:52,566 --> 00:37:05,800 BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER, A 1150 00:36:54,833 --> 00:37:06,633 MILE EAST OF THE NORTH SHORE 1151 00:37:05,466 --> 00:37:07,366 CHANNEL. 1152 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,000 THE CHICAGO RIVERS NORTH BRANCH 1153 00:37:06,633 --> 00:37:08,733 WHICH FLOODS WHEN WATER IS 1154 00:37:07,366 --> 00:37:09,533 SUCCEEDS 7 FEET AS LESS 1155 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,066 CAPACITY TO HANDLE HEAVY STORMS 1156 00:37:08,733 --> 00:37:11,100 THAN THE NORTH SHORE CHANNEL, A 1157 00:37:09,533 --> 00:37:13,500 MAN-MADE CANAL. 1158 00:37:10,066 --> 00:37:23,733 >> WHEN THE RIVER STARTS TO 1159 00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:23,733 FLOOD, WHAT THE SUN WILL DO IT 1160 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:23,733 WILL 1161 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,733 TAKE 300 HOMES AND 1162 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,466 PROPERTIES IN THE AREA. 1163 00:37:43,033 --> 00:37:45,166 >> ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE 1164 00:37:43,733 --> 00:37:45,866 PROJECT, CREWS ARE DIGGING A 1165 00:37:44,466 --> 00:37:46,200 CHANNEL TO DIVERT WATER FROM 1166 00:37:45,166 --> 00:37:46,866 THE RIVER TO THE UNDERGROUND 1167 00:37:45,866 --> 00:37:47,466 TUNNEL. 1168 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,233 >> THIS IS THE INNER SHAFT. 1169 00:37:46,866 --> 00:37:49,000 WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE WE 1170 00:37:47,466 --> 00:37:49,800 CONSTRUCT THE INNER CHAMBER WE 1171 00:37:48,233 --> 00:37:58,600 BREAK A WHOLE ENGINE SHAFT 1172 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:59,400 ITSELF TO ALLOW THE FLOODWATERS 1173 00:37:49,800 --> 00:38:00,166 THAT COME FROM THE RIVER TO 1174 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,933 PLUNGE INTO THE SHAFT ITSELF 1175 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,300 HUNDRED AND 50 FEET BELOW 1176 00:38:00,166 --> 00:38:02,000 GROUND AND THEN TRAVEL ABOUT A 1177 00:38:00,933 --> 00:38:02,700 MILE EAST. 1178 00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:03,433 TRAVELING EASTWARD UNDERNEATH 1179 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,100 FOSTER AVENUE TO RIVER PARK, 1180 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:11,966 THE EXCESS STORM WATER WILL 1181 00:38:03,433 --> 00:38:12,766 FLOW INTO THE NORTH SHORE 1182 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:13,466 CHANNEL HERE. 1183 00:38:11,966 --> 00:38:14,200 UNDERGROUND, A MASSIVE TUNNEL 1184 00:38:12,766 --> 00:38:14,766 BORING MACHINE IS DRILLING 1185 00:38:13,466 --> 00:38:15,466 TOWARDS THE WEST CALLING OUT A 1186 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:28,400 SPECIAL SORT OF STONE. 1187 00:38:14,766 --> 00:38:29,200 >> DOLOMITE RHINESTONE. 1188 00:38:15,466 --> 00:38:29,533 IT IS HARD ROCK, MILLIONS OF 1189 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,333 YEARS (THAT IS THE BEDROCK OF 1190 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,033 CHICAGO. 1191 00:38:29,533 --> 00:38:31,400 I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS THE 1192 00:38:30,333 --> 00:38:32,100 OLDEST PIECE OF CHICAGO WE'VE 1193 00:38:31,033 --> 00:38:32,500 EVER SEEN. 1194 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,300 >> ALL OF THAT ROCK HAS TO GO 1195 00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:40,533 SOMEWHERE. 1196 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:41,166 WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS THE MUCK 1197 00:38:33,300 --> 00:38:41,933 REMOVAL OPERATION. 1198 00:38:40,533 --> 00:38:42,633 MUCK IS ESSENTIALLY THE 1199 00:38:41,166 --> 00:38:43,100 LIMESTONE FROM THE TUNNEL THAT 1200 00:38:41,933 --> 00:38:53,600 IS GROUND UP BY THE TUNNEL 1201 00:38:42,633 --> 00:38:53,600 BORING MACHINE. 1202 00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:53,600 IT IS LOADED OUT WITH 1203 00:38:55,466 --> 00:38:57,100 ITS 1204 00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:57,900 CONSIST OF IS A CRANE REMOVING 1205 00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:58,200 MUCK CARS OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND 1206 00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:58,866 DUMPING THEM OVER OUR MUCK WALL 1207 00:38:57,900 --> 00:38:59,600 HERE. 1208 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,400 >> OPERATIONS AT RIVERPARK 1209 00:38:58,866 --> 00:39:00,766 CONTINUE AROUND THE CLOCK WITH 1210 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,400 CREWS DRILLING AND DUMPING DAY 1211 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:01,933 AND NIGHT. 1212 00:39:00,766 --> 00:39:02,666 WE WORK TO 10 HOUR SHIFTS. 1213 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,666 IT IS A LOT OF WORK. 1214 00:39:01,933 --> 00:39:06,466 THESE GUYS PUT IN A LOT OF HARD 1215 00:39:02,666 --> 00:39:10,566 HOURS AND THEY COME UP TIRED 1216 00:39:05,666 --> 00:39:10,900 EVERY NIGHT AND WE GO HOME AND 1217 00:39:06,466 --> 00:39:11,700 THEN WE COME BACK INTO IT 1218 00:39:10,566 --> 00:39:12,466 AGAIN. 1219 00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:22,366 WE'RE TIRED BY THE END OF THE 1220 00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:23,000 WEEK BECAUSE THE PUPPY I GET 1221 00:39:12,466 --> 00:39:23,600 THE PROJECT DONE. 1222 00:39:22,366 --> 00:39:24,366 >> NOT ALL RESIDENTS ARE 1223 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:30,466 THRILLED ABOUT THE WORK. 1224 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:30,900 CREWS USE EXPLOSIVES TO BLAST 1225 00:39:24,366 --> 00:39:31,666 THE TUNNELS SHAFT 150 FEET 1226 00:39:30,466 --> 00:39:32,433 UNDERGROUND. 1227 00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:33,200 ALBANY PARK RESIDENT, A VARCO 1228 00:39:31,666 --> 00:39:33,733 MARTINEZ SAYS HE NOTICED FRESH 1229 00:39:32,433 --> 00:39:37,500 CRACKS IN HIS HOME'S FOUNDATION 1230 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:37,900 FOLLOWING THE BLAST. 1231 00:39:33,733 --> 00:39:45,933 >> MY CONCERN WOULD BE MY 1232 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:46,700 FOUNDATION. 1233 00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:47,300 IT CRACKS AFTER THE BLASTING. 1234 00:39:45,933 --> 00:39:47,966 I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO 1235 00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:48,700 HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. 1236 00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:50,600 >> CHICAGO'S DEPARTMENT OF 1237 00:39:47,966 --> 00:39:51,333 TRANSPORTATION AND THE PRODUCTS 1238 00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:52,166 ENGINEERING FIRM SAY THE TRACK 1239 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:59,066 VIBRATIONS AND NOISE WHILE 1240 00:39:51,333 --> 00:39:59,500 BLASTING AND TOLD US THEY WOULD 1241 00:39:52,166 --> 00:40:00,266 REACH OUT TO A VARCO CONCERNING 1242 00:39:59,066 --> 00:40:00,966 HIS CONCERNS. 1243 00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:01,366 >> I CAN ASSURE YOU WE MONITOR 1244 00:40:00,266 --> 00:40:01,933 EACH AND EVERY LAST REPORTED 1245 00:40:00,966 --> 00:40:02,733 THE LEVELS. 1246 00:40:01,366 --> 00:40:13,066 EVERYTHING WAS SAFE. 1247 00:40:01,933 --> 00:40:13,066 >> THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO 1248 00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:13,066 FINISH NEXT 1249 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,033 SPRING. 1250 00:40:13,533 --> 00:40:15,700 AT $70 MILLION PRICE TAG IS 1251 00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:16,366 PAID FOR BY FUNDING FROM THE 1252 00:40:15,033 --> 00:40:17,100 FEDERAL, STATE AND CITY 1253 00:40:15,700 --> 00:40:20,300 GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS THE 1254 00:40:16,366 --> 00:40:21,033 METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION 1255 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:21,800 DISTRICT. 1256 00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:22,433 ULTIMATE MARINO HOPES BRINGS 1257 00:40:21,033 --> 00:40:23,133 PIECE OF MIND TO A COMMUNITY 1258 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,566 TRAUMATIZED BY FLOODING. 1259 00:40:22,433 --> 00:40:25,133 >> WHEN IT RAINS AT NIGHT I 1260 00:40:23,133 --> 00:40:25,933 CANNOT SLEEP. 1261 00:40:23,566 --> 00:40:26,633 ALL RIGHT? 1262 00:40:25,133 --> 00:40:33,500 I AM SURE THAT GOES THROUGH FOR 1263 00:40:25,933 --> 00:40:34,266 ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN 1264 00:40:26,633 --> 00:40:35,000 THIS COMMUNITY. 1265 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:35,766 THAT INCLUDES NOT BEAT UP MODEL 1266 00:40:34,266 --> 00:40:39,900 WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH 3 MAJOR 1267 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:40,666 FLOODS SINCE HE BOUGHT HIS HOME 1268 00:40:35,766 --> 00:40:41,200 IN ALBANY PARK 13 YEARS AGO. 1269 00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:42,266 THE FIRST FLOOD HIT JUST 3 DAYS 1270 00:40:40,666 --> 00:40:43,766 AFTER HE MOVED IN. 1271 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:50,000 >> SO I HAD A LOT OF STUFF THAT 1272 00:40:42,266 --> 00:40:50,300 I HAD TO THROW OUT. 1273 00:40:43,766 --> 00:40:52,966 BECAUSE IT WAS NEW AT THAT 1274 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,600 TIME. 1275 00:40:50,300 --> 00:40:59,366 CARPET, TV EVERYTHING WAS GONE. 1276 00:40:52,966 --> 00:41:00,166 THIS IS AMAZING FOR US. 1277 00:40:53,600 --> 00:41:00,933 THIS IS A BLESSING. 1278 00:40:59,366 --> 00:41:01,600 AFTER THAT WE HOPE YOU WILL 1279 00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:06,833 NEVER HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. 1280 00:41:00,933 --> 00:41:07,600 >> SINCE WE SHOT THE STORY, 1281 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:08,233 FINISH CREWS IS BORING THE 1282 00:41:06,833 --> 00:41:08,900 MILE-LONG TUNNEL AND ARE NOW 1283 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:12,000 LINING IT WITH CONCRETE. 1284 00:41:08,233 --> 00:41:12,666 WE WILL UPDATE YOU AS THE 1285 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:13,333 PROJECT MOVES ALONG. 1286 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,666 >>> MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION 1287 00:41:12,666 --> 00:41:23,933 AMERICANS LIVED IN NURSING 1288 00:41:13,333 --> 00:41:23,933 HOMES. 1289 00:41:13,666 --> 00:41:23,933 A RULE 1290 00:41:27,733 --> 00:41:29,533 CHANGE SIGNED BY 1291 00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:30,300 PRESIDENT OBAMA IN 2016 WOULD 1292 00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:30,600 HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR 1293 00:41:29,533 --> 00:41:31,300 RESIDENTS TO SUE FOR NEGLECT OR 1294 00:41:30,300 --> 00:41:32,033 ABUSE. 1295 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:32,733 IT WOULD'VE PREVENTED NURSING 1296 00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:33,400 HOMES FROM ENFORCING RULES THAT 1297 00:41:32,033 --> 00:41:33,733 FORCE RESIDENTS TO GO THROUGH 1298 00:41:32,733 --> 00:41:34,600 ARBITRATION RATHER THAN THE 1299 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,300 COURTS. 1300 00:41:33,733 --> 00:41:35,966 NOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS 1301 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,600 PROPOSING A ROLE THAT WILL 1302 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:46,866 FORCE RESIDENTS TO AGREE TO 1303 00:41:35,966 --> 00:41:46,866 ARBITRATION OR RISK BEING 1304 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:46,866 DENIED 1305 00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:00,300 ADMISSION IN THE FIRST 1306 00:41:59,166 --> 00:42:00,966 PLACE. 1307 00:41:59,466 --> 00:42:01,700 JOINING US NOW IS RYAN GRENNAN 1308 00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:02,400 FELDER HE IS MANAGER OF 1309 00:42:00,966 --> 00:42:03,033 ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH FOR AARP 1310 00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:03,633 IN SPRINGFIELD WHICH SUPPORTS 1311 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,200 THE OBAMA ERA RULE CHANGE. 1312 00:42:03,033 --> 00:42:04,866 WE DID REACH OUT TO THE 1313 00:42:03,633 --> 00:42:05,566 ILLINOIS HEALTH CARE 1314 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,300 ASSOCIATION THAT REPRESENTS 1315 00:42:04,866 --> 00:42:06,666 NURSING HOMES AND A NUMBER OF 1316 00:42:05,566 --> 00:42:07,266 OTHER GROUPS SUPPORTED OF THEIR 1317 00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:08,000 POSITION. 1318 00:42:06,666 --> 00:42:08,333 ALL DECLINED TO JOIN US. 1319 00:42:07,266 --> 00:42:09,066 RYAN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 1320 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,766 TONIGHT. 1321 00:42:08,333 --> 00:42:10,466 PERCIVAL EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT 1322 00:42:09,066 --> 00:42:10,766 MORE ABOUT THE WHAT THE OBAMA 1323 00:42:09,766 --> 00:42:11,466 MINISTRATION RULE WOULD HAVE 1324 00:42:10,466 --> 00:42:21,000 DONE. 1325 00:42:10,766 --> 00:42:21,633 >> THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S 1326 00:42:11,466 --> 00:42:22,366 RULE WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED THE 1327 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:22,833 PREDISPUTE ARBITRATION 1328 00:42:21,633 --> 00:42:23,566 CONTRACTS FROM HAPPENING IN 1329 00:42:22,366 --> 00:42:24,266 NURSING HOMES. 1330 00:42:22,833 --> 00:42:24,966 WHICH MEANS THAT NURSING HOMES 1331 00:42:23,566 --> 00:42:25,666 WOULD BE UNABLE TO REQUIRE A 1332 00:42:24,266 --> 00:42:26,400 NURSING HOME RESIDENT TO SIGN 1333 00:42:24,966 --> 00:42:27,266 AN AGREEMENT SAYING THAT THEY 1334 00:42:25,666 --> 00:42:28,900 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM 1335 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:34,466 TO COURT BEFORE THEY GET INTO A 1336 00:42:27,266 --> 00:42:35,133 NURSING HOME. 1337 00:42:28,900 --> 00:42:35,866 THIS NEW PROPOSAL UNDER THE 1338 00:42:34,466 --> 00:42:39,200 UNDER MEDICAID AND MEDICARE 1339 00:42:35,133 --> 00:42:40,000 SERVICES IS ABLE TO PULL THAT 1340 00:42:35,866 --> 00:42:50,600 ROLLBACK THEREFORE PREVENT 1341 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:51,133 ALLOWING THE NURSING HOMES TO 1342 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:51,900 PUT THOSE 3 DISTRIBUTE 1343 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:52,433 ARBITRATIONS 4. 1344 00:42:51,133 --> 00:42:53,000 >> WHY DID THE OPPONENTS WANT 1345 00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:53,666 TO BLOCK THAT ROLE? 1346 00:42:52,433 --> 00:42:54,333 WHY DID THEY SAY THAT 1347 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,866 ARBITRATION IS BETTER THAN 1348 00:42:53,666 --> 00:42:58,933 ALLOWING PATIENTS TO GO TO 1349 00:42:54,333 --> 00:43:00,500 COURT TO MY UNDERSTANDING IS 1350 00:42:55,866 --> 00:43:03,466 THEY ARE ARGUING THAT BECAUSE 1351 00:42:58,933 --> 00:43:04,100 THEY THINK IT IS CHEAPER FOR 1352 00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:10,500 THE GOVERNMENT AND FOR THE 1353 00:43:03,466 --> 00:43:11,233 NURSING HOME RESIDENTS. 1354 00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:11,600 I HAVE HEARD THEM CALL SOME OF 1355 00:43:10,500 --> 00:43:12,900 THESE CASES AS FRIVOLOUS 1356 00:43:11,233 --> 00:43:13,266 LAWSUITS. 1357 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,066 THE AARP WHOLEHEARTEDLY 1358 00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:16,466 DISAGREES. 1359 00:43:13,266 --> 00:43:18,566 WE ARE OPPOSING THIS ALONG WITH 1360 00:43:14,066 --> 00:43:21,333 MANY OTHER ADVOCACY GROUPS 1361 00:43:16,466 --> 00:43:30,933 INCLUDING FOLKS LIKE THE 1362 00:43:18,566 --> 00:43:31,666 ILLINOIS STATE LONG-TERM CARE 1363 00:43:21,333 --> 00:43:32,433 OMBUDSMAN AND ILLINOIS ATTORNEY 1364 00:43:30,933 --> 00:43:32,900 GENERAL LISA MADIGAN WHO SENT 1365 00:43:31,666 --> 00:43:33,533 US A COSINE LETTER SAYING THIS 1366 00:43:32,433 --> 00:43:34,266 IS ABOUT IDEA. 1367 00:43:32,900 --> 00:43:34,933 ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT IS 1368 00:43:33,533 --> 00:43:41,133 SUPPORTING THE NOTION OF FORCE 1369 00:43:34,266 --> 00:43:41,533 ARBITRATION IS SUPPOSED TO 1370 00:43:34,933 --> 00:43:42,333 COURT OPTION IS EUS CHAMBER OF 1371 00:43:41,133 --> 00:43:43,066 COMMERCE. 1372 00:43:41,533 --> 00:43:43,766 THEY ISSUED A LENGTHY STATEMENT 1373 00:43:42,333 --> 00:43:53,700 WHICH SAYS IN PART, ARBITRATION 1374 00:43:43,066 --> 00:43:54,433 IS AN EASIER AND LESS COSTLY 1375 00:43:43,766 --> 00:43:55,200 MEANS SEEKING ADDRESS AND 1376 00:43:53,700 --> 00:43:55,933 SYMBICORT SYSTEM OR OBTAINING 1377 00:43:54,433 --> 00:44:06,566 RELEASE IS FAR MORE EXPENSIVE 1378 00:43:55,200 --> 00:44:06,566 AND TAKES CONCERN BE LONGER. 1379 00:43:55,933 --> 00:44:06,566 ARBITRATION ALWAYS LOWERS 1380 00:45:08,300 --> 00:45:17,800 BUSINESS THEY PULLED CASES OF 1381 00:45:16,233 --> 00:45:18,500 HUNDRED 44 MEDICARE CASES WERE 1382 00:45:17,033 --> 00:45:19,200 NURSING HOME RESIDENTS WENT TO 1383 00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:21,066 AN EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE OF 1384 00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:24,666 SUSPECTED ABUSE AND NEGLECT. 1385 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:24,966 THEY FOUND MANY CASES THAT 1386 00:45:21,066 --> 00:45:35,666 NURSING HOMES DID NOT REPORT 1387 00:45:24,666 --> 00:45:35,666 THIS. 1388 00:45:24,966 --> 00:45:35,666 THE CASES INVOLVED PHYSICAL 1389 00:45:39,433 --> 00:45:41,266 ABUSE AND SEXUAL ABUSE. 1390 00:45:39,866 --> 00:45:42,000 INCIDENT SOME CASES RIGHT. 1391 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,733 UNFORTUNATELY ILLINOIS WAS 1392 00:45:41,266 --> 00:45:43,200 NUMBER ONE, 17 OF ONE OF THOSE 1393 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,933 HUNDRED AND 34 CASES WERE STATE 1394 00:45:42,733 --> 00:45:46,666 OUT OF ILLINOIS. 1395 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,533 IT BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT 1396 00:45:43,933 --> 00:45:48,266 TO STAY LIKE OURS. 1397 00:45:46,666 --> 00:45:48,966 >> EXCUSE ME, HOW PREVALENT ARE 1398 00:45:47,533 --> 00:45:49,666 THESE ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS. 1399 00:45:48,266 --> 00:45:50,066 HOW MANY NURSING HOMES HAVE 1400 00:45:48,966 --> 00:45:56,033 THEM TO CORRECT THAT NUMBER I 1401 00:45:49,666 --> 00:45:56,800 DO NOT KNOW. 1402 00:45:50,066 --> 00:45:57,533 I DO KNOW THAT THEY WILL MOST 1403 00:45:56,033 --> 00:45:58,333 LIKELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS 1404 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,000 AND MANY OF THEM IF NOT ALL OF 1405 00:45:57,533 --> 00:46:03,633 THEM WILL DECIDE TO DO THAT IF 1406 00:45:58,333 --> 00:46:04,366 THIS RULE GOES INTO A PLACE. 1407 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:05,200 THAT IS JUST A SHAME FOR OUR 1408 00:46:03,633 --> 00:46:05,933 COUNTRIES FRAIL CITIZENS. 1409 00:46:04,366 --> 00:46:08,133 THERE IS A SEEM TO SAY MAJORITY 1410 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:16,333 OF NURSING HOMES THAT RECEIVE 1411 00:46:05,933 --> 00:46:17,100 FEDERAL FUNDS HAVE THESE 1412 00:46:08,133 --> 00:46:17,400 ARBITRATION RULES, THE VAST 1413 00:46:16,333 --> 00:46:18,000 MAJORITY DO OR YOU DO NOT KNOW 1414 00:46:17,100 --> 00:46:18,766 THAT? 1415 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:20,633 >> I DO NOT KNOW THAT. 1416 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:21,133 IT IS TO SAY I THINK THAT THEY 1417 00:46:18,766 --> 00:46:21,866 WILL TRY TO DO THAT BECAUSE IF 1418 00:46:20,633 --> 00:46:25,600 THIS IS ALLOWED. 1419 00:46:21,133 --> 00:46:26,333 >> WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THIS 1420 00:46:21,866 --> 00:46:27,000 LAWSUIT? 1421 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:27,800 >> THE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE 1422 00:46:26,333 --> 00:46:33,133 ASSOCIATION FROM WHAT I 1423 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:33,833 UNDERSTAND FILED THIS LAWSUIT 1424 00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:34,533 LAST NOVEMBER. 1425 00:46:33,133 --> 00:46:35,266 IT IS GOING THROUGH THE 1426 00:46:33,833 --> 00:46:35,766 JUDICIAL PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 1427 00:46:34,533 --> 00:46:46,100 I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER CHANCES 1428 00:46:35,266 --> 00:46:46,100 ARE OF WINNING IT. 1429 00:46:35,766 --> 00:46:46,100 ALL OF THE 1430 00:46:49,266 --> 00:46:51,133 ADVOCATES LIKE AARP 1431 00:46:49,633 --> 00:46:51,800 AND OTHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE 1432 00:46:50,333 --> 00:46:52,533 TRYING TO OPPOSE THIS SO THAT 1433 00:46:51,133 --> 00:46:53,233 TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING 1434 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,566 ARSENATE TO PROTECTING NURSING 1435 00:46:52,533 --> 00:46:54,233 HOME RESIDENTS FROM ABUSE AND 1436 00:46:53,233 --> 00:46:54,966 NEGLECT. 1437 00:46:53,566 --> 00:46:55,400 IF THE TRUMPET MINISTRATION 1438 00:46:54,233 --> 00:46:56,033 REALLY WANTS IS CHANGE WILL GET 1439 00:46:54,966 --> 00:46:56,700 DO YOU THINK? 1440 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,433 >> THAT IS HARD TO SAY TO. 1441 00:46:56,033 --> 00:46:58,700 I THINK THAT THEY CAN DO SO. 1442 00:46:56,700 --> 00:46:59,533 I DO ALSO THINK THAT ADVOCATES 1443 00:46:57,433 --> 00:47:03,900 MAY STEP IN AND FILE SOME 1444 00:46:58,700 --> 00:47:04,333 LITIGATION OF THEIR OWN TO TRY 1445 00:46:59,533 --> 00:47:05,133 TO STOP THIS ROLE FROM GOING 1446 00:47:03,900 --> 00:47:05,766 INTO PLACE TO. 1447 00:47:04,333 --> 00:47:16,333 IT MAY BE FLIPPED AND THAT MAY 1448 00:47:05,133 --> 00:47:16,333 HAPPEN AS WELL. 1449 00:47:05,766 --> 00:47:16,333 I KNOW CONGRESS COULD 1450 00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:24,366 ACT IF 1451 00:47:22,933 --> 00:47:24,700 THEY THINK IT'S ABOUT IDEA. 1452 00:47:23,666 --> 00:47:25,433 I FIND IT UNLIKELY AT THIS 1453 00:47:24,366 --> 00:47:26,166 POINT. 1454 00:47:24,700 --> 00:47:26,633 IT IS A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. 1455 00:47:25,433 --> 00:47:27,000 RYAN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 1456 00:47:26,166 --> 00:47:27,600 I APPRECIATE IT. 1457 00:47:26,633 --> 00:47:28,266 THANK YOU. 1458 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:28,700 >>> I JOURNALIST ON HIS 1459 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:28,933 IMPRISONMENT AND ARE WRONG. 1460 00:47:28,266 --> 00:47:28,933 STAY WITH US. 1461 00:47:28,700 --> 00:47:28,933 >> 1462 00:48:03,266 --> 00:48:11,233 TO MIKE ARNESEN GAS IS A 1463 00:48:08,866 --> 00:48:20,433 JOURNALIST AND FILM MAKER. 1464 00:48:09,566 --> 00:48:21,133 HE SPENT 4 MONTHS IN IRANIAN 1465 00:48:11,233 --> 00:48:21,433 PRISON THE BOOK WAS THE 1466 00:48:20,433 --> 00:48:23,633 BASIS FOR A MOVIE RELEASED IN 1467 00:48:21,133 --> 00:48:26,200 2014. 1468 00:48:21,433 --> 00:48:26,566 THAT FILM ROSEWATER WAS THE 1469 00:48:23,633 --> 00:48:27,233 DIRECTORIAL DEBUT OF JOHN 1470 00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:33,733 STUART. 1471 00:48:26,566 --> 00:48:34,366 MORE ON THAT IN A MINUTE. 1472 00:48:27,233 --> 00:48:34,866 FIRST WE WANT TO WELCOME MOSSI 1473 00:48:33,733 --> 00:48:35,466 ARE TO CHICAGO TONIGHT. 1474 00:48:34,366 --> 00:48:36,166 GOOD TO MEET YOU. 1475 00:48:34,866 --> 00:48:36,600 GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 1476 00:48:35,466 --> 00:48:40,733 WHAT BRINGS YOU TO CHICAGO 1477 00:48:36,166 --> 00:48:41,533 FIRST OF ALL? 1478 00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:45,466 >> I WILL BE THE KEYNOTE 1479 00:48:40,733 --> 00:48:46,333 SPEAKER AT THE LUNCHEON FOR THE 1480 00:48:41,533 --> 00:48:50,466 HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON. 1481 00:48:45,466 --> 00:48:51,233 THE BENEFIT LUNCHEON ON FRIDAY. 1482 00:48:46,333 --> 00:48:52,066 >> YOU GREW UP IN TORONTO. 1483 00:48:50,466 --> 00:48:52,400 IT IS CLEAR FROM YOUR CAREER 1484 00:48:51,233 --> 00:48:55,200 THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN JEWISH 1485 00:48:52,066 --> 00:48:55,933 CULTURE. 1486 00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:56,400 WHY DID YOU DEVELOP OR HOW DID 1487 00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,433 YOU DEVELOP AN INTEREST IN 1488 00:48:55,933 --> 00:49:00,600 JEWISH CULTURE? 1489 00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:03,166 I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN KEY 1490 00:48:57,433 --> 00:49:05,600 ISSUES IN OUR RON AND I THINK 1491 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:08,900 IRAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL 1492 00:49:03,166 --> 00:49:11,433 AND WITH JEWISH PEOPLE INSIDE 1493 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:11,766 IRAN AND LOGISTIC MINORITIES IN 1494 00:49:08,900 --> 00:49:16,166 GENERAL IS ONE OF THOSE KEY 1495 00:49:11,433 --> 00:49:20,266 ISSUES. 1496 00:49:11,766 --> 00:49:21,033 AS AN IRANIAN AS A HUMAN BEING 1497 00:49:16,166 --> 00:49:22,800 I THINK IT'S MY DUTY TO TALK 1498 00:49:20,266 --> 00:49:24,333 ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST WHICH I 1499 00:49:21,033 --> 00:49:28,700 THINK IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST 1500 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:29,300 TRAGEDIES OF OUR TIME. 1501 00:49:24,333 --> 00:49:36,133 AND TO GIVE A BETTER 1502 00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:36,966 UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE 1503 00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:37,700 HOLOCAUST TO NEW GENERATION OF 1504 00:49:36,133 --> 00:49:44,100 IRANIANS AND NON-IRANIANS THAT 1505 00:49:36,966 --> 00:49:44,900 DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE 1506 00:49:37,700 --> 00:49:45,600 HOLOCAUST OR WHO HAVE HEARD 1507 00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:46,000 LIES FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT OR 1508 00:49:44,900 --> 00:49:46,600 FROM OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THE 1509 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,300 HOLOCAUST. 1510 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:51,500 >> IN TERMS OF YOUR OWN 1511 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:52,266 PERSONAL BACKGROUND, WHAT WAS 1512 00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:52,600 YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROWING UP? 1513 00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:53,266 DID YOU KNOW JEWISH PEOPLE IN 1514 00:49:52,266 --> 00:49:53,966 IRAN? 1515 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:57,533 >> IN FACT I GREW UP IN A 1516 00:49:53,266 --> 00:50:03,233 JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD IN IRAN. 1517 00:49:53,966 --> 00:50:03,700 I THINK I STARTED TO REALIZE 1518 00:49:57,533 --> 00:50:04,366 WHY OWN IDENTITY BY KNOWING MY 1519 00:50:03,233 --> 00:50:05,100 JEWISH FRIENDS. 1520 00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:08,666 I HEARD THAT THEY WERE 1521 00:50:04,366 --> 00:50:13,133 DIFFERENT FROM US. 1522 00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:13,866 SO MY QUESTION WAS WHO AM I. 1523 00:50:08,666 --> 00:50:14,566 AND MY PARENTS WERE COMMUNISTS. 1524 00:50:13,133 --> 00:50:28,300 AS YOU KNOW COMMUNISTS HAVE A 1525 00:50:13,866 --> 00:50:28,300 FASCINATION WITH JEWS. 1526 00:50:14,566 --> 00:50:28,300 THERE WERE MANY PROMINENT 1527 00:50:28,533 --> 00:50:30,100 JEWS. 1528 00:50:28,633 --> 00:50:30,866 I WAS INTERESTED IN JEWS AND 1529 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,600 JEWISH CULTURAL IN GENERAL. 1530 00:50:30,100 --> 00:50:32,233 BUT HOW MUCH OF THE HOLOCAUST 1531 00:50:30,866 --> 00:50:32,600 WERE YOU EXPOSED TO COMING OUT? 1532 00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,366 WERE YOU TAUGHT ABOUT THE 1533 00:50:32,233 --> 00:50:37,233 HOLOCAUST? 1534 00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:38,066 >> THERE IS NOT MUCH TEACHING 1535 00:50:33,366 --> 00:50:38,533 ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST IN IRAN. 1536 00:50:37,233 --> 00:50:44,133 AS IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES THAT 1537 00:50:38,066 --> 00:50:44,900 ARE TRAVEL TO. 1538 00:50:38,533 --> 00:50:47,433 I THINK IN THIS DAY AND AGE WE 1539 00:50:44,133 --> 00:50:47,833 HAVE TO HAVE A NEW APPROACH TO 1540 00:50:44,900 --> 00:50:48,633 EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THE 1541 00:50:47,433 --> 00:50:52,833 HOLOCAUST. 1542 00:50:47,833 --> 00:50:53,600 THERE AREN'T MANY NATIONALIST 1543 00:50:48,633 --> 00:50:55,066 MOVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD AND 1544 00:50:52,833 --> 00:50:56,866 UNFORTUNATELY THE PARTS OF MANY 1545 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:57,966 NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS AROUND 1546 00:50:55,066 --> 00:51:02,533 THE WORLD ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE 1547 00:50:56,866 --> 00:51:10,733 IS SO MUCH AS HIM. 1548 00:50:57,966 --> 00:51:11,500 I THINK DIFFERENT HOLOCAUST 1549 00:51:02,533 --> 00:51:12,200 EDUCATIONS AND PEOPLE WHO DEAL 1550 00:51:10,733 --> 00:51:12,933 WITH THE HOLOCAUST HAVE TO HAVE 1551 00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:13,433 A NEW APPROACH TO HELICAL US. 1552 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:14,033 THEY HAVE TO TALK TO LANGUAGE 1553 00:51:12,933 --> 00:51:14,666 OF THEIR AUDIENCE. 1554 00:51:13,433 --> 00:51:15,033 THEIR YOUNG AUDIENCE. 1555 00:51:14,033 --> 00:51:16,800 AND TO MAKE THE HOLOCAUST 1556 00:51:14,666 --> 00:51:17,166 RELEVANT. 1557 00:51:15,033 --> 00:51:22,500 THE WHOLE STORY OF HOLOCAUST 1558 00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:23,233 RELEVANT. 1559 00:51:17,166 --> 00:51:24,933 HOW HITLER CAME TO POWER. 1560 00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:25,700 I THINK NOT ONLY IN EUROPE BUT 1561 00:51:23,233 --> 00:51:36,000 ALSO IN THIS COUNTRY, NORTH OF 1562 00:51:24,933 --> 00:51:36,000 AMERICA WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT 1563 00:51:25,700 --> 00:51:36,000 THAT AS 1564 00:51:41,766 --> 00:51:43,433 WELL. 1565 00:51:41,933 --> 00:51:44,166 >> FIRST OF ALL, HOW DO YOU GET 1566 00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:44,900 PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT IT 1567 00:51:43,433 --> 00:51:45,600 ACTUALLY HAPPENED IF THERE'S A 1568 00:51:44,166 --> 00:51:46,300 GOVERNMENTAL POLICY THAT DENIES 1569 00:51:44,900 --> 00:51:46,700 IT HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE? 1570 00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:47,433 HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE 1571 00:51:46,300 --> 00:51:48,300 THAT HAPPEN? 1572 00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:48,600 >> HOLOCAUST IS ONE OF THE BEST 1573 00:51:47,433 --> 00:51:49,366 DOCUMENTED TRAGEDIES OF OUR 1574 00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:51,733 TIME. 1575 00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:52,533 THERE ARE PEOPLE AND STILL 1576 00:51:49,366 --> 00:51:59,133 SURVIVORS WHO WITNESS THAT. 1577 00:51:51,733 --> 00:51:59,966 WHEN WE MADE THE FILM FOR THE 1578 00:51:52,533 --> 00:52:02,666 HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN DC FOR THE 1579 00:51:59,133 --> 00:52:03,200 IRANIAN AUDIENCES WE TALKED TO 1580 00:51:59,966 --> 00:52:05,000 DIFFERENT HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS A 1581 00:52:02,666 --> 00:52:08,533 MAN AND A WOMAN. 1582 00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:11,566 THEY TOLD THE IRANIANS AND 1583 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:16,300 AUDIENCES THEIR EXPERIENCES. 1584 00:52:08,533 --> 00:52:16,933 I THINK IN THIS DAY OF AGE WE 1585 00:52:11,566 --> 00:52:19,300 HAVE BEEN AN ABSENCE OF SOCIAL 1586 00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:22,766 MEDIA AND DIGITAL MEDIA. 1587 00:52:16,933 --> 00:52:24,633 IT IS VERY EASY TO USE THAT AND 1588 00:52:19,300 --> 00:52:27,200 FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-SEMI 1589 00:52:22,766 --> 00:52:37,433 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND 1590 00:52:24,633 --> 00:52:37,433 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE 1591 00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:37,433 OTHER 1592 00:52:38,066 --> 00:52:39,766 ISSUE ARE THE MODERATE 1593 00:52:38,500 --> 00:52:40,233 LESSONS HOLOCAUST. 1594 00:52:39,033 --> 00:52:40,900 WHICH IS REALLY THE COST OF 1595 00:52:39,766 --> 00:52:46,066 DISCRIMINATION. 1596 00:52:40,233 --> 00:52:46,800 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY 1597 00:52:40,900 --> 00:52:49,800 GROUP NOT ONLY BECAUSE THAT 1598 00:52:46,066 --> 00:52:54,733 GROUP NATION IN GENERAL WHEN 1599 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:55,333 YOU LOOK AT SERVICES OF THE 1600 00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:55,800 JEWISH COMMUNITY AROUND THE 1601 00:52:54,733 --> 00:52:59,600 WORLD TO HUMANITY TO 1602 00:52:55,333 --> 00:53:00,366 CIVILIZATION. 1603 00:52:55,800 --> 00:53:02,233 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE 1604 00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:04,766 6 MILLION JEWS WERE KILLED 1605 00:53:00,366 --> 00:53:05,500 COULD DO FOR THE HUMANITY. 1606 00:53:02,233 --> 00:53:15,933 IT IS MIND-BOGGLING. 1607 00:53:04,766 --> 00:53:15,933 I THINK THOSE ARE THE LESSONS 1608 00:53:05,500 --> 00:53:15,933 THAT PEOPLE HAVE 1609 00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,066 TO HEAR. 1610 00:53:20,566 --> 00:53:22,333 AND TO MAKE IT MORE RELEVANT 1611 00:53:21,300 --> 00:53:23,066 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES 1612 00:53:22,066 --> 00:53:23,800 NOW. 1613 00:53:22,333 --> 00:53:24,500 >> FOR THE RECORD YOU MADE A 1614 00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:25,200 DOCUMENTARY IN 1994 CALLED THE 1615 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:25,866 VOYAGE OF THE ST. LOUIS ABOUT 1616 00:53:24,500 --> 00:53:26,600 THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO BRING A 1617 00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:29,400 SHIP FULL OF GERMAN JEWISH 1618 00:53:25,866 --> 00:53:40,100 REFUGEES FROM NORTH AMERICA IN 1619 00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:40,400 1939. 1620 00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:41,166 THAT WE ARE IN CONCENTRATION 1621 00:53:40,100 --> 00:53:41,900 2009. 1622 00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:42,600 WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED LIKE TO BE 1623 00:53:41,166 --> 00:53:43,033 A JOURNALIST WHO WAS USED TO 1624 00:53:41,900 --> 00:53:43,733 COVERING STORIES AND HERE YOU 1625 00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:44,500 ARE THE STORY? 1626 00:53:43,033 --> 00:53:45,333 WHAT WAS ON X-RAYS LIKE TO IT 1627 00:53:43,733 --> 00:53:46,766 WAS A VERY STRANGE EXPERIENCE. 1628 00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:48,533 I ALWAYS SAY THAT MY KNOWLEDGE 1629 00:53:45,333 --> 00:53:54,166 WAS NOT BROADENED WHILE I WAS 1630 00:53:46,766 --> 00:53:54,833 IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AND IN 1631 00:53:48,533 --> 00:53:57,833 THE INTERROGATION ROOM. 1632 00:53:54,166 --> 00:53:58,566 I ENDED UP HAVING A BETTER 1633 00:53:54,833 --> 00:54:01,633 UNDERSTANDING AND A DEEPER 1634 00:53:57,833 --> 00:54:02,466 KNOWLEDGE OF THE MENTALITY OF 1635 00:53:58,566 --> 00:54:03,666 THE IRANIAN REGIME AND THE 1636 00:54:01,633 --> 00:54:04,933 REVENUE-SHARING GUARDS THAT HAD 1637 00:54:02,466 --> 00:54:08,433 ARRESTED ME. 1638 00:54:03,666 --> 00:54:09,066 ONE. 1639 00:54:04,933 --> 00:54:10,666 >> UNIVERSALLY EXPLAINED WHY 1640 00:54:08,433 --> 00:54:12,466 YOU WERE FULLY ARRESTED? 1641 00:54:09,066 --> 00:54:18,366 OR DID BECOME EVIDENT DURING 1642 00:54:10,666 --> 00:54:19,066 THE DURING THE INTERROGATIONS? 1643 00:54:12,466 --> 00:54:19,400 >> THEY WANTED TO INCRIMINATE 1644 00:54:18,366 --> 00:54:20,100 ME AND INCRIMINATE OTHER 1645 00:54:19,066 --> 00:54:22,566 PEOPLE. 1646 00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:28,266 IT WAS VERY COMPLEX SCENARIO. 1647 00:54:20,100 --> 00:54:29,000 ALWAYS SAY THAT IT WAS LIKE A 1648 00:54:22,566 --> 00:54:29,766 BAD SCENARIO. 1649 00:54:28,266 --> 00:54:30,400 THEY HAD A LOT OF MONEY AND 1650 00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:31,033 THEY HAD A LOT OF RESOURCES. 1651 00:54:29,766 --> 00:54:37,166 IT WAS LIKE THE IRANIAN 1652 00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:37,933 VERSIONS OF WATERWORLD. 1653 00:54:31,033 --> 00:54:38,333 REMEMBER THE COVENANT COST OR 1654 00:54:37,166 --> 00:54:38,833 DISASTER FILM THAT BECAME A 1655 00:54:37,933 --> 00:54:39,566 DISASTER. 1656 00:54:38,333 --> 00:54:42,500 IT WAS LIKE THAT. 1657 00:54:38,833 --> 00:54:43,233 THEY SPENT A LOT OF RESOURCES 1658 00:54:39,566 --> 00:54:44,366 AND MONEY INTO EXECUTING THE 1659 00:54:42,500 --> 00:54:46,833 SCENARIO THAT DID NOT WORK. 1660 00:54:43,233 --> 00:54:50,800 I FOUND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING 1661 00:54:44,366 --> 00:54:51,600 OF THE MENTALITY OF THE IRANIAN 1662 00:54:46,833 --> 00:54:52,100 REGIME. 1663 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:56,833 >> DURING THOSE 4 MONTHS IT WAS 1664 00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:57,533 HARROWING FOR YOU. 1665 00:54:52,100 --> 00:54:58,700 NOT ONLY WERE INTERROGATED, YOU 1666 00:54:56,833 --> 00:55:09,366 WERE BEATEN IN YOUR MAIN 1667 00:54:57,533 --> 00:55:09,366 INTERROGATOR WAS SOMEBODY WHO 1668 00:54:58,700 --> 00:55:09,366 SPACE YOU NEVER SAW BUT 1669 00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:16,333 WHO 1670 00:55:14,866 --> 00:55:16,700 WORE ROSEWATER AS COLOGNE. 1671 00:55:15,633 --> 00:55:17,266 DO YOU EVER COME ACROSS THAT 1672 00:55:16,333 --> 00:55:17,600 SENT NOW? 1673 00:55:16,700 --> 00:55:18,266 >> I DO NOT LIKE IT. 1674 00:55:17,266 --> 00:55:18,866 ANYMORE. 1675 00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:19,466 I NEVER LIKED IT THAT MUCH. 1676 00:55:18,266 --> 00:55:20,200 I DO NOT LIKE IT AT ALL. 1677 00:55:18,866 --> 00:55:20,833 DIRECTORY OF FLASHBACKS? 1678 00:55:19,466 --> 00:55:21,166 >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE ICE CREAM 1679 00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:21,933 IS ROSEWATER FLAVORED ICE 1680 00:55:20,833 --> 00:55:25,266 CREAM. 1681 00:55:21,166 --> 00:55:27,000 SINCE GOING TO PRISON I CANNOT 1682 00:55:21,933 --> 00:55:33,133 EAT THAT ANYMORE. 1683 00:55:25,266 --> 00:55:33,833 >> IN THE NEWS TODAY, A CITIZEN 1684 00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:34,566 WAS MURDERED IN INDIA. 1685 00:55:33,133 --> 00:55:35,233 REAL QUICKLY ANY ADVICE FOR 1686 00:55:33,833 --> 00:55:36,833 REPORTERS ON HOW TO STAY SAFE 1687 00:55:34,566 --> 00:55:39,866 AND WERE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. 1688 00:55:35,233 --> 00:55:40,333 >> THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHERE 1689 00:55:36,833 --> 00:55:44,200 THEIR RESTRICTIONS AND HAVE TO 1690 00:55:39,866 --> 00:55:44,933 KNOW THE AREA. 1691 00:55:40,333 --> 00:55:51,133 THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 1692 00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:51,533 JOURNALISTS HAVE BECOME THE 1693 00:55:44,933 --> 00:55:52,100 MAIN TARGET FOR MANY 1694 00:55:51,133 --> 00:55:52,833 GOVERNMENTS. 1695 00:55:51,533 --> 00:55:53,300 AND GROUPS AS WELL. 1696 00:55:52,100 --> 00:55:53,900 DIRECT NAUSEA ARE, THANK YOU 1697 00:55:52,833 --> 00:55:58,500 FOR JOINING US. 1698 00:55:53,300 --> 00:55:58,866 VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 1699 00:55:53,900 --> 00:55:59,600 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1700 00:55:58,500 --> 00:56:00,166 FLIGHT. 1701 00:55:58,866 --> 00:56:00,833 THAT IS OUR CHAUFFEUR THIS 1702 00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:01,566 TUESDAY NIGHT. 1703 00:56:00,166 --> 00:56:03,933 I HOPE YOU JOIN US TOMORROW 1704 00:56:00,833 --> 00:56:04,700 NIGHT LIFE AT 7. NOW FOR ALL OF 1705 00:56:01,566 --> 00:56:05,100 US AT "CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW" 1706 00:56:03,933 --> 00:56:05,600 I'M PHIL PONCE A. THANK YOU FOR 1707 00:56:04,700 --> 00:56:06,266 WATCHING. 1708 00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:12,766 HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 1709 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:14,366 REAL-TIME CLOSED CAPTIONING 1710 00:56:06,266 --> 00:56:14,366 PROVIDED BY U.S. CAPTIONING 1711 00:56:12,766 --> 00:56:14,366 COMPANY. 1712 00:56:30,900 --> 00:56:33,333 [MUSIC]