[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR WEEK WEAK GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MORE MIGRANTS ARRIVE AT UNION STATION FROM THE TEXAS BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AS U.S.

SENATOR DICK DURBIN TOURED A LOCAL SALVATION ARMY SHELTER.

HUNDREDS HAVE COME HERE THIS WEEK MAINLY FROM VENEZUELA.

DURBIN, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER VOWED TO HELP SETTLE THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND CRITICIZED REPUBLICAN TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT FOR SENDING THEM TO CHICAGO.

THE CITY HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP THE NEW ARRIVALS WITH BASIC NEEDS.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS IS GOING TO DO NEXT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING TO DUMP IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO BUT WE HAVE TO DO OUR BEST TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.

IT MEANS MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE BASICS FOR A FEW DAYS AND TRANSITION OUT OF HERE.

>> CHICAGO POLICE SAY A 17-YEAR-OLD CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT WAS SHOT AND KILLED THIS AFTERNOON NOT FAR FROM KENWOOD ACADEMY ON THE 1600 BLOCK ON EAST 50TH PLACE.

NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED IN THE SHOOTING BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.

>> OUR VICTIM, A MALE, 17 YEARS OF AGE, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION WITH OCTOBER PANTEDS OF A VEHICLE.

THIS VEHICLE CHASED OUR VICTIM TO A PARKING LOT WHERE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THAT VEHICLE EXITED AND BEGAN FIRING UPON THE VICTIM.

>> AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE GEARING UP FOR THIS WEEKEND'S CELEBRATIONS AROUND MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.

THIS YEAR MARKS THE FIRST OFFICIAL MEXICAN DANCE DAY PARADE IN LITTLE VILLAGE SINCE 2019.

OFFICIALS SAY HISTORICALLY AS MANY AS HALF A MILLION PEOPLE COME TO WATCH THE PARADE AND PARTICIPATE IN FESTIVITIES BUT THEY CAN MORPH INTO ALL NIGHT EVENTS AT THAT TIME CAN CLOG UP TRAFFIC.

POLICE OFFICERS ARE SAYING STAY VIGILANT IF THEY SEE UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR.

>> WE WILL HAVE MORE OFFICERS ON PATROL AND OUR TRVEG WILL BE MONITORING ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY.

WE WANT THIS WEEKEND TO BE ONE FILLED WITH CELEBRATION AS IT SHOULD BE.

>> NOW, ON TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" JOINING US ARE MIKE MULLIGAN CO-HOST OF THE SHOW ON 670 THE SCORE.

CRAIG DELLIMORE POLITICAL EDITOR AT WBBM NEWED RADIO AND A.D. QUIG REPORTER FOR THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" AND SHIA KAPOS WHO COVERS ILLINOIS POLITICS AT POLL CO. "POLITICO".

>> THE BEARS PRESENTED THEIR DOME STADIUM PLANS FOR AN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS MEGA FACILITY TO RESIDENTS LAST NIGHT.

DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THEM?

>> YES, I THOUGHT THEY DID VERY WELL AND I THINK IT WAS WELL RECEIVED.

AND I'VE ALWAYS FELT, PARIS, THAT THIS IS SORT OF A FAIT ACCOMPLI, THAT THE BEARS MORE OR LESS ALREADY MOVED TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

I WILL BE SURPRISED IF IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH AT THIS POINT.

THEY ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY.

IN ORDER TO BUILD THE DOMED STADIUM THEY WILL NEED A LOT OF PUBLIC HELP.

AND I WOULD JUST TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE THE THEORY SEEMS TO BE THAT THERE WON'T BE A DOME IF THEY DON'T GET THE PUBLIC HELP.

BUT THEY WILL THE BUILDING.

THEY WILL BUILD A STADIUM BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A DOME WHICH WOULD MEAN NO SUPER BOWL AND NO NCAA FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS.

>> ARE YOU SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO USE THAT AS 11AGE, THE POINT IS TO BUILD THIS FACILITY TO USE FOR ALL THESE OTHER PURPOSES?

>> I THINK THEY HAVE NO LEVERAGE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S LEVERAGE THEY CAN USE.

THE ONLY THING THEY CAN SAY IS THAT THEY WILL BUY THE LAND AND IF THEY GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED, AND THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE HELP AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.

THEY CLAIM THAT THEY WILL BUILD THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE THEMSELVES.

BUT IF THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I THINK A LOT OF THE PUBLIC SPACE AND THE OTHER STUFF THAT THEY ARE OFFERING OR TALKING ABOUT, AND AGAIN THAT IS WHY THEY USED THE WORD IF EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND, IF WE, IF THIS, IF THAT, I THINK THAT THEY WILL END UP I DON'T THINK THEY ARE NOT BUILDING A STADIUM OUT THERE.

I THINK THEY WOULD END UP BUILDING AN OPEN AIR BUILDING AND USING THE MONEY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IN THE DOME.

AND THE DOME YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT GOING YEAR-ROUND YOU HAVE TO HEAT IT AND DO A LOT WITH IT.

THEY WOULD USE THAT ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SPLIT THE COST.

THIS IS JUST AN EDUCATED GUESS.

>> BEAR WEATHER MIGHT NOT BE A THING OF THE PAST IF THIS IS INDEED CHAPS.

SHIA KAPOS THE BEARS DO WANT PUBLIC HELP FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, SEWERS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT.

DO YOU THINK THERE WILL BE A POLITICAL APPETITE TO APPROVE THAT?

>> IT SEEMS LIKE SO FAR NO.

I KEEP WONDERING IF THE HIGH-END TICKET HOLDERS, THE SAME TOP C.E.O.S ACROSS THE CITY ARE GOING TO BE WILLING TO THROW IN A LOT OF MANITOBA KNOWING THEY COULD GET, YOU KNOW, A PREMIER BOX.

THEY COULD GET LEVERAGE IT BY DONATING A LOT AND GETTING A LOT BACK WHICH A LOT OF PLACES HAVE DONE.

SO I FEEL LIKE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT STEP TO SEE WHAT LOCAL PEOPLE WILL DO TO DONATE.

>> FULL DISCLOSURE I AM A BEARS SEASON TICKET HOLDER AND WE HAD THE PERSONAL SEAT LICENSE WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE RENOVATED SOLDIER FIELD AND I'M WONDERING WHAT THEY WILL DO ABOUT THE PSL'S IN A NEW STADIUM.

I DON'T THINK THE BEARS ARE AT THAT POINT.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS SHE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO PERSUADE THE BEARS TO STAY IN CHICAGO.

>> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS AND CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LEAGUE.

BUT, AS YOU KNOW, I'M SOMEBODY WHO LIKES TO PLAN.

SO WE'VE GOT PLAN B, PLAN C AND OTHERS IN THE WORKS AS WELL IF THE BEARS DECIDED THEY ARE GOING TO ABANDON THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

I HOPE THEY DON'T AND WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING THE FIGHT AS LONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

>> CRAIG DELLIMORE WHETHER ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PANS OUT I DON'T THINK SOLDIER FIELD HAS A FUTURE AS THE HOME OF THE BEARS.

MAYBE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

PLAN A IS TO KEEP THE BEARS.

DOES THE MAYOR HAVE ANY OTHER RABBIT SHE CAN PULL OUT OF HER HAT TO KEEP THEM?

>> I DON'T THINK SO AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY THE MAYOR'S STATEMENTS ARE GOING.

HALF THE STATEMENT SAYS WE HOPE TO KEEP THE BEARS HAS BEEN GETTING SHORTER AND SHORTER.

AND THE PART SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH OF A FUTURE THERE IS ON THE MUSEUM CAMPUS WITHOUT THE BEARS, GETS LONGER AND LONGER AND MORE DESCRIPTIVE.

I THINK THEY ARE COMING TO THE REALIZATION THAT UNLESS SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENS IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS THAT THE BEARS ARE PRETTY MUCH GONE SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO SOCCER AND OTHER BIG EVENTS MORE CONCERTS THERE.

I THINK THAT THAT CAMPUS IS GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR A FUTURE WITHOUT A FOOTBALL TEAM.

AND, YEAH, THERE'S TALK ABOUT BRINGING ANOTHER FOOTBALL TEAM IN.

THE REALITY -- >> NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> EXACTLY.

>> IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BY LEAGUE RULES THE BEARS COULD REJECT IT.

WHY WOULD THEY WELCOME THE JAGUARS TO CHICAGO.

INTO THAT IS A PIPE DREAM.

THERE'S STUFF IN FLUX FOR THE BEARS, TEAM PRESIDENT TED PHILLIPS ANNOUNCES HE IS GOING TO RETIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THE WHOLE SITUATION WITH OWNERSHIP, MRS. McCASKEY THERE WERE REPORTS HER HEALTH WASN'T IN THE BEST SITUATION.

SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THEIR FUTURE PLANS?

>> YEAH, I THINK ALL OF THAT IS VERY INTERESTING.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, I HAVE NOT HEARD THIS BUT IT WOULD BE MY BELIEF THAT PSL'S AND BOXES AND ALL THAT SUITES, THAT IS MONEY THAT THEY ARE USING IN THEIR MINDS TO HELP WITH THAT BUILDING.

IF THEY ARE NOT SEEKING ANY OUTSIDE MONEY TO BUILD THE DOME, THAT MONEY IS IN THEIR MIND GOING INTO THE DOME THEY ARE BUILDING, NOT GOING INTO THE OUTSIDE AREA.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

YOU WOULD THINK THE BEARS ARE WORTH, WHAT?

$4 BILLION.

ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS FIND THE RIGHT BANK AND FINANCE IT.

LIKE BUYING A HOME.

BUT YOU HEAR DIFFERENT STORIES THEY MAY BE LOOKING FOR OTHER PARTNERS AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR HOW BIG THIS PROJECT WILL BE.

AND THE BEARS ARE FOR YEARS THEY PORTRAYED THEMSELVES AS THE MOM AND POP SHOP BECAUSE THAT IS THEIR BUSINESS.

THEIR BUSINESS IS JUST THAT.

IT'S NOT LIKE THE ROONEY FAMILY THAT OWNS RACETRACKS.

>> THE STEELERS OWNERS.

>> YES.

THE STEELERS OWNERS OF THE FAMILIES THAT STILL HAVE A SHARE OF VARIOUS FOOTBALL TEAMS THE McCASKEYS STAND ALONE WHO ONLY BUSINESS IS FOOTBALL.

>> A LOT TO FOLLOW HERE AND THEY WANT TO MAYBE CLOSE ON THIS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER NEWS.

THE HERE IS ALDERWOMAN SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA EXPLAINING HER DECISION NOT TO SEEK REELECTION WHILE SHE WAS HERE ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" EARLIER THIS WEEK.

>> I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE GIVING BACK TO THE PEOPLE IN THE 10TH WARD.

32 YEARS AS A COUNSELOR, AN EDUCATOR AND ALDERWOMAN IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GIVE BACK TO MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS AND MYSELF, QUITE FRANKLY.

>> A.D. QUIG THIS WEEK WE HEAR ALDERWOMAN GARZA AND JOSE MIGUEL AND BROOKE INSHANGING IT UP.

AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ELECTIONS YET.

IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE WATER HERE?

>> IT COULD BE.

I MEAN THINK ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE LAKEFRONT ALONE WHO ARE RETIRING.

NO, IT IS A REAL PHENOMENON HAPPENING AT CITY COUNCIL IN A WAY IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN OTHER BODIES.

THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

NOT HAPPENING AS COOK COUNTY BOARD.

THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WE HAVE 14 FOLKS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD RUN AGAIN WHO AREN'T.

EIGHT RETIRING AT THE END OF THE TERM.

THREE RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

ONE LEAVING FOR ANOTHER JOB AND TWO OTHERS LEAVING.

ONE GOING TO JAIL AND ONE GOING TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

IT IS A TON OF TURNOVER AND THE MAYOR SAID SHE IS EXPECTING MORE.

THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.

>> ONE GOING TO JAIL AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THE TWO DIFFERENT ROUTES THAT SOME OF THE FORMER ALDERMEN ARE TAKING.

A.D. QUIG DOES SOME OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE MAYOR?

FOLKS HAVE COMPLAINED THAT SHE IS HARD TO WORK WITH, SHE RUBS PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY?

>> IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

I KNOW ALDERMAN -- NO ALDERMAN WOULD SAY THE FIRST REASON THEY WANT TO LEAVE IS THE MAYOR.

A LOT ARE SAYING I WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND THE PANDEMIC WAS HARD IT KEPT ME AWAY FROM MY FAVORITE THINGS INTERACTING WITH CONSTITUENTS AND NOT HAVING TO SIT LONG BORING MEETINGS.

BUT, YES, WHEN I'VE SPOKEN WITH ALDERMEN THAT ARE LEAVING THEY HAVE STRAIGHT UP SAID OR ELUDED TO IT'S HARD TO WORK IN THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THE WAY MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT RUNS THINGS.

AND THE MAYOR SAID TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME.

I'M 60 YEARS OLD AND I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE AND I CAME TO COUNCIL TO SHAKE IT UP AND I HAVE.

>> CRAIG DELLIMORE THE POINT IS TO SHAKE IT UP.

FOLKS STAY FOR LIFE AND LEAVE BY THE PINE BOX OR THE JURY BOX.

>> OR THE BALLOT BOX.

>> MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD THING TO REFRESH AND GET NEW BLOOD IN THERE.

>> SOME OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

REMEMBER THE TALK ABOUT THE RUBBER STAMP CITY COUNCIL WE HAD FROM YEAR AFTER YEAR, MAYOR AFTER MAYOR.

WELL, THIS IS A MORE INDEPENDENT CITY COUNCIL.

AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

THE OLD -- THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.

AND IT'S SLOPPY SOMETIMES AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MAYOR HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED EVEN THE ATMOSPHERE AMONG THEMSELVES WITH EACH OTHER HAS BEEN HARSH AT TIMES.

THE REMAPPING FIGHT WAS AS BITTER AS I'VE EVER SEEN IT AND I'VE GONE THROUGH A FEW OF THESE.

IT JUST ISN'T THE SAME BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FINALLY DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE SAME KIND OF PEOPLE RUNNING.

AND YOU WILL SEE A CHANGE EVEN MORE WHEN YOU GET SOME OF THAT NEW BLOOD IN REPLACING THIS BIG GROUP OF ALDERMEN LEAVING.

>> THE POINT WAS MADE TODAY THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME CITY COUNCIL IS A LEGISLATIVE BODY WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE NOT USED TO.

IN THE PAST THEY RULED OVER THEIR FEET WHILE THE LEGISLATION CAME FROM THE MAYOR AND THEY RUBBER STAMPED IT.

IT IS DIFFERENT TIMES.

IT'S INTERESTING.

SHIA KAPOS, CHUY GARCIA SAID HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AND HE IS ENDORSING A FEW ALDERPEOPLE.

IS HE GOING TO GET IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR?

>> IN THE MAYOR'S RACE?

>> YES.

>> I THINK WE DON'T KNOW.

BUT HE CAME IN THIS WEEK, WE ALL WONDERED BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WHAT IT WOULD BE AND HE WAS THERE TO ENDORSE A SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL.

BUT CONGRESSMAN GARCIA IS VERY MEASURED AND DOESN'T SAY WHAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO SAY.

HE WAS ASKED ABOUT WHETHER HE WANTED TO RUN FOR MAYOR HE KIND OF TALKED AT LENGTH HOW HE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.

AND WHY HE HASN'T DECIDED YET.

AND THE FACT THAT HE TALKED ABOUT IT AT LENGTH, I THINK IS VERY INTERESTING.

MAYBE HE IS LEVERAGING TO GET MORE SUPPORT FOR THOSE CANDIDATES.

MAYBE HE WILL RUN.

EVERYBODY'S KIND OF WAITING.

BECAUSE IF HE WERE TO RUN THAT WOULD REALLY SHAKE UP THE MAYOR'S RACE.

>> SOMETHING THAT HAS SHAKEN UP A RACE IN TEXAS AND PERHAPS WILL SHAKE UP THE MAYOR'S RACES THIS ISSUE OF MIGRANTS.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CASTIGATED GREG ABBOTT FOR REFUSING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE MIGRANTS HE IS SENDING TO THE CITY.

>> THIS IS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNOR WHO HE'S PUTTING ON BUSES WHEN THEY ARE COMING, WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC CONDITIONS AND NEEDS ARE.

THE SAME THING HE IS SAYING I NEED MORE HELP.

SO DO WE.

HE IS TREATING THESE HUMAN BEINGS LIKE FREIGHT.

>> AND MORE CAME ON A BUS TODAY.

A.D. QUIG THE MAJORITY FROM VENEZUELA ESCAPING THE PROBLEMS IN THAT COUNTRY.

SO IS THE MAYOR RIGHT HERE?

IS GREG ABBOTT NOT COORDINATING, GREG ABBOTT OR TINA SFONDELES SAID NO ONE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HERE CALLED THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THERE.

SO THEY ARE POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> THE MAYOR SAID THE SAME THING I ASKED HER ON TUESDAY, HAVE YOU OR ANYONE IN YOUR OFFICE REACHED OUT TO ABBOTT'S OFFICE TO SAY WHAT IS GOING ON?

AND SHE SAID NO I'M MAKING THE PUBLIC PRONOUNCEMENTS IT WOULD BE EASY TO GIVE ME A CALL TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHICH FAMILIES BELONG TO WHOM.

WHEN THEY WILL ARRIVE AND WHAT STATE THEY WILL ARRIVE WHAT KIND OF HEALTHCARE THEY MAY NEED AND THE CITY AND COUNTY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SO FAR.

BUT WE ARE GETTING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE EVERYDAY.

THOUSANDS TO NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C. AND IT TAKES COORDINATION TO HELP THEM REUNITE WITH FAMILIES.

PARIS, YOU SAID TODAY THIS IS POLITICALLY BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF THEM FOR GOVERNOR ABBOTT LOOKING TOUGH ON IMMIGRATION AND FOR THE MAYOR PORTRAYING CHICAGO AS A WELCOMING CITY.

>> POLITICS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE DECISION.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE TO HAVE FOLKS USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS LIKE THIS AS IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING.

LET'S MOVE TO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

I THROW THIS OUT TO ANYBODY.

HAS ANYONE GOTTEN THESE FAKE NEWSPAPERS IN THE MAIL THEY PURPORT TO BE A NEWSPAPER BUT THEY ARE CAMPAIGN LITERATURE FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ANYONE RECEIVED THOSE?

HERE IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF THEM?

>> THANKFULLY, NO.

>> THEY DON'T SEND IT TO CHICAGO.

>> I LIVE IN CHICAGO AND I GOT ONE.

IT WAS CALLED CHICAGO [INAUDIBLE] A LONGTIME FIGURE IN CONSERVATIVE POLITICS TAKING MONEY FROM DICK UIHLEIN TO RUN THE ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERS FOR DARREN BAILEY HE IS THE PERSON BEHIND THIS?

>> YES.

>> IS THIS -- >> I DON'T THINK HE DENIES IT.

THESE ARE JUST CAMPAIGN MAILERS THAT THEY ARE JUST MORE SOPHISTICATED, MORE STYLISH CAMPAIGN MAILERS LIKE YOU WOULD BE GETTING ANYWAY.

BUT THESE ARE INVENTIVE AND THEY ARE MEANT TO BASICALLY, SCARE PEOPLE.

A LOT OF WHAT THEY DO IS SCARE PEOPLE.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SO YOU TAKE IT AT FACE-VALUE WHEN THESE ARE COMING FROM LIBERTARIAN SIDED WEBSITES AND REPURPOSED AND A LOT ARE PRO BAILEY ADS.

>> IT'S CONFUSING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE PUTTING OUT MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFETY ACT AND SO PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IS IT TRUE?

OR ARE CRIMINALS GOING TO BE LET OUT FREE?

THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION BEING PUT OUT BY THE RIGHT.

AND THAT'S CONCERNING.

THAT'S WHAT GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT HIS CONCERN WHEN HE CRITICIZED IT EARLIER.

>> AND I THINK THE CONFUSION IS POINT HERE.

IT'S MEANT SO THAT PEOPLE THINK THIS IS JUST REAL NEWS AND I THINK WE CAN SAY THE DEFINITION OF FAKE NEWS THIS IS CAMPAIGN LITERATURE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

BAILEY AND PRITZKER ARE JOUSTED OVER THE PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS THIS WEEK.

WHAT DID THEY SAY?

>> WELL, ON BAILEY'S SIDE, HE BASICALLY SAID THE PROBLEM WITH PUBLIC SAFETY IN ILLINOIS IS THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY, THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO, AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

HE DIDN'T REALLY GIVE ANY OTHER PLANS BUT SAY WE'LL TAKE THE HANDCUFFS OFF THE POLICE.

NO ACTUAL PLANS WERE OUTLINED.

AND JUST SAYING THE SAFETY ACT, AGAIN, THAT HAS BECOME THE BOOGIE MAN OF THIS CAMPAIGN, THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE GOING TO OPEN THE DOORS OF THE PRISONS ON JANUARY FIRST, AND LET ALL THE MURDERERS OUT.

WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS NOT TRUE.

AND BUT THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE SELLING.

AND OF COURSE, FOR THE GOVERNOR HE IS SAYING THE GUY WHO VOTED AGAINST ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE WANTED TO SPEND, THE EXTRA MONEY, BILLIONS ON PUBLIC SAFETY, WELL, BAILEY VOTED AGAINST THAT BUDGET.

AND BAILEY SAYS, HEY, A BUDGET IS ONE BIG DOCUMENT AND NOBODY READS ALL OF IT.

IT'S REALLY MORE POLITICAL POSITIONING.

BUT REALLY, YOU ARE NOT SEEING ANY SOLID PLAN ABOUT HOW BAILEY WILL CHANGE THINGS OTHER THAN LET THE POLICE BE THE POLICE.

>> AND THE SAFETY ACT THE ISSUE OF ENDING CASH BAIL FOR ALL BUT THE MOST VIOLENT OF OFFENSES.

AD I WANTED TO GET TO THE STORY YOU WROTE, IT IS A GREAT STORY.

YOU LOOKED AT THE SALARIES OF FOLKS WORKING AT THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER THEY ARE GOOD JOBS WITH GOOD PAY.

WHAT DID YOU FIND?

>> SO A READER REACHED OUT AFTER I DID A STORY ABOUT THE OBAMA FOUNDATION'S 2021 FILING WHICH SAYS ALL THE SALARIES ARE THE FOUNDATION YOU SHOULD COMPARE THESE TO WHAT IS BEING EARNED AT OTHER FOUNDATIONS IN CHICAGO.

I WENT DIGGING AND I FOUND THAT FOLKS AT OBAMA FOUNDATION TOP EARNERS, 0 ARE OUTEARNING MOST FOUNDATIONS IN CHICAGO AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER MODERN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION.

>> AND IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT AT SOME POINT THEY ARE GOING TO BREAK GROUND ON A BUILDING.

BUT WHAT ARE THEY DOING BECAUSE THERE IS NO CENTER YET?

>> NO CENTER YET AND IT'S BEING BUILT WE ARE COMING UP ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GROUNDBREAKING BUT THE FOUNDATION EXISTED SINCE 2017.

THEY HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND A VOYAGER PROGRAM AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF CIVIC LEADERS AND YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE CURATING AND RAISING MONEY IS REALLY IMPORTANT THEY SET A $1.3 BILLION GOAL FOR THE NEAR FUTURE AND THAT TAKES PEOPLE WITH CONNECTIONS.

AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH CONNECTIONS USED TO WORK IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

>> AND THEY COST A LOT.

AND THE BEARS, MIKE MULLIGAN, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING THEY WILL BE PLAYING AT SOLDIER FIELD.

WHAT IS A REALISTIC EXPECTATION FOR JUSTIN FIELDS THIS YEAR AND THE TEAM OVERALL?

>> YES, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK ONE THAT WILL BEGIN TO UNFOLD ON SUNDAY.

I DON'T HAVE THE HIGHEST EXPECTATIONS.

THEY JUST SET THE LINE AT 6.5 WINS AND THEN IT DROPPED TO LIKE 5.5 WINS.

AND, AGAIN, LAS VEGAS DOESN'T CARE WHO WINS OR LOSES THEY ARE PLAYING THE MIDDLE THEY WANT TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE THINKING BOTH WAYS.

THE BEARS ARE NOT POPULAR NATIONALLY.

THERE IS NOT A FOLLOWING BEHIND THEM.

THEY HAVE A SHOCKING 64% OF THEIR ROSTER ARE NEW PLAYERS.

THERE IS A 53-MAN ROSTER.

15 ARE ROOKIES.

THEY HAD NO FIRST-ROUND PICK.

THEY HAD ONLY THREE PICKS IN THE FIRST 150 PLAYERS TAKEN.

SO THEY GOT A LOT OF GUYS THAT THEY -- I WOULDN'T SAY THAT TALENT WISE THEY MATCH THE REST OF THE NFL.

BUT, THEY SEEM LIKE THEY ARE ORGANIZED.

IT IS A VERY ABSURD BAR TO HAVE.

BUT I THINK THEY WILL NOT COMMIT A TON OF PENALTIES BEFORE THE BALL IS SNAPPED WHICH WE GOT USED TO SEEING IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION.

SO THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TALENT.

THEY GOT THIS PRINCIPLE.

IT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH.

IT WILL BE FUN TO SEE HOW THIS GOES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR FIRST TWO OPPONENTS ARE PRETTY TOUGH.

BUT I THINK JUSTIN FIELDS HE SHOWS A LOT OF MOXIE AND A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT.

HE IS IN RHYTHM.

HE HAS GOTTEN RID OF THE BALL BETTER HE HAS TO MOVE FAST BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTION.

OTHER THAN THAT IT SHOULD BE A GREAT YEAR.

>> AND THE OFFENSE IS GOING TO BE MORE TAILORED TO TIM AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR.

THAT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH.

AND FUN TO WATCH IN THE LAST FEW DAYS THE WHITE SOX WITHOUT MANAGER TONY LARUSSA THAT HAS A HEALTH ISSUE.

WHAT IS THE SITUATION WITH LARUSSA?

>> HE IS SUPPOSEDLY IS GOING TO MEET THEM ON SUNDAY IN OAKLAND.

BECAUSE DAVID STEWART IS HAVING HIS NUMBER 34 RETIRED AND DAVE, OF COURSE, WAS THE MANAGER OF BACK IN THE DAY.

SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING.

HE WANTS TO REJOIN THE TEAM NEXT WEEK.

AND I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHO MAKES THAT CALL.

BECAUSE I'D SAY THAT MOST OBSERVERS WOULD BE HESITANT ABOUT GETTING TONY BACK.

THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING .700 BASEBALL WITHOUT HIM.

THEY HAVE BEEN .50025 TIMES AND PLAYING .700 BASEBALL SINCEN TO KNOW IS OUT.

>> AND THEY ARE A GAME-AND-A-HALF BACK.

IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SOX PLAYING BETTER AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BENCH COACH TAKING OVER?

>> RICK.

>> YES.

THERE MAY WELL BE.

I THINK IT'S HARD NOT TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU WISH TONY WELL.

AND HE IS A 77-YEAR-OLD MAN.

AND I DON'T THINK AGE SHOULD MATTER.

BUT MAYBE IT DOES WITH HEALTH ISSUES, RIGHT?

SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND CERTAINLY YEAH, THEY'VE PLAYED MUCH BETTER.

NOW THEY ARE TWO GAMES OVER .500.

ONLY A GAME-AND-A-HALF OUT.

THEY PLAY IN THE WORST DIVISION IN BASEBALL.

ANY OTHER DIVISION THEY WOULD BE 15 GAMES BACK.

>> ONCE OCTOBER STARTS.

CHICAGO SKY COULD NOT DEFEND THEIR CROWN.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT?

>> WELL, I MEAN THEY KIND OF STOPPED PLAYING.

THEY GAVE UP A 19-0 RUN TO END THE GAME.

THEY WERE UP 10 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IT IS A PITY AND I HATE TO THINK -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT CANDACE PARKER'S PLANS ARE BUT SHE IS A GREAT CHICAGOAN AND CAME BACK AND WON A TITLE.

YOU WOULD HOPE THAT IS NOT THE WAY SHE GOES OUT.

THE LAST TWO GAMES THEY LOST TO A TEAM THAT WAS BIG AND KIND OF MUCKED IT UP ON THEM AND HIT THEIR SHOTS IN THE FIRST GAME.

A 19-0 RUN TO CLOSE A GAME THAT IS UGLY.

>> THANKFULLY NONE OF YOU MUCKED THIS UP BUT WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO MIKE MULLIGAN, CRAIG DELLIMORE, A.D. QUIG AND SHIA KAPOS.

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AND WE'RE BACK AT 7:00 P.M. ALL NEXT WEEK.

AND NOW FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

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