>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW .

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

FIRST, SOME OF THE TOP STORIES.

CLAS IS BACK IN SESSION AT LANE TECH COLLEGE PREP.

MERCURY WAS FOUND IN THE BATHROOM LAST NIGHT WHILE A GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME WAS GOING ON.

MERCURY EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND THE PRINCIPAL SAYS A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CLEANUP WILL GO ON TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

>>> CHUY GARCIA SAYS HE WANTS THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT AND MORE NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS.

HE UNVEILED HIS PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSALS AT AN EVENT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND HE ALSO WANTS TO HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO FILL UP VACANCIES AND SAYS GOOD COPS DESERVE RESPECT .

HE IS ONE OF NINE CANDIDATES SEEKING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, MANY HAVE CALLED FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE CURRENT POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.

J.B. PRITZKER CITED NEW ABORTION BILL INTO LAW, IT PREVENTS ANY OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTIONS FROM TAKING LEGAL ACTION OVER GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.

>> IN ILLINOIS, WE KNOW THAT REPRODUCTIVE CARE IS HEALTHCARE.

A MEDICAL DECISION SHOULD BE MADE BETWEEN A PATIENT AND THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.

NO ONE ELSE.

>> ON TO OUR PANEL , JOINING US OUR FRIEND , GREG OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS, AMANDA VINICKY , AND RAY OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE. "

THE MAYOR OWNS UP TO A MAJOR MISTAKE GETTING TEACHERS TO ASK STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER.

THEY CAME -- THE CAMPAIGN WORKER RESPONSIBLE WILL NOT BE FIRED.

A CPS WATCHDOG AND THE ACLU SAYS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT FIRST AMENDMENT LAWS MAY HAVE BEEN BROKEN.

GREG, MEA CULPA FROM THE MAYOR , WILL THAT MAKE THIS GO AWAY?

>> NO.

THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE IT TO.

I WILL TAKE IT AT HER WORD THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT.

I DO NOT THINK SHE IS THAT STUPID.

CHICAGOANS ARE CYNICAL WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICIANS.

BEYOND THAT, IT HAPPENED AT CHICAGO CITY COLLEGES.

SHE SAID THE CULTURE OR CAMPAIGN TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO THINK YOU CAN DO THIS STUFF.

LORI LIGHTFOOT GOT ELECTRIC ELECTED BECAUSE MICHAEL MADIGAN WAS UNDER FIRE .

>> BRING IN THE LIGHT WAS HER MOTTO.

IT DOES APPEAR THAT ETHICS LAWS WERE BROKEN.

TO REMIND EVERYBODY , THE EMAIL WAS SENT FROM THE CAMPAIGN TO TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT ASKING THEM TO RECRUIT STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP HER WIN.

DO YOU THINK THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE ?

>> THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY A FINE.

IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE EFFORT BY THIS PERSON WHO IS BEING BLAMED, THE CAMPAIGN STAFFER, WAS MEANT TO INTIMIDATE.

IF YOUR LETTER IS COMING FROM THE CAMPAIGN OF A PERSON WHO RUNS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ALL THE PEOPLE, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT SEEMS THAT WAY.

WITH THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS, BUT , I CAN ONLY THINK, I AM STRONG WITH GREG ON THIS.

NO ONE WHO IS AN ADULT WITH EXPERIENCE IN HISTORY WITH THINK A LETTER TO THE TEACHERS REPRESENTED BY THE CTU, WOULD DO THIS .

>> THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CANDIDATE.

>> THIS WAS DESIGNED TO BLOW UP.

NO WAY THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BLOW UP.

>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF CONSIDERATIONS , ETHICAL QUESTIONS , AND WHAT CAMPAIGN DOES A SINGLE STAFFER HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND AN EMAIL WITHOUT RUNNING UP THE FLAGPOLE AND GETTING IT CHECKED?

JUST PRACTICALITY.

>> TO THINK THERE WOULD BE CLASS CREDIT THESE STUDENTS WOULD RECEIVE.

>> AT ITS BASE, WHAT PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN IS THAT TOLERATED?

>> RAY , IF THIS IS JUST A MISTAKE , A BONEHEADED MISTAKE BY A LOW-LEVEL STAFFER, NOTHING WITH NEFARIOUS INTENT, DOES THE MAYOR WASH HER HANDS OF THIS ?

DO THEY STILL FACE ETHICS VIOLATIONS ?

>> SHE FACES ETHICS VIOLATIONS, PARIS , BUT THE KEY THING IS, WHETHER YOU CAN PROVE INTENT, THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA, IT DOES NOT MATTER THE LAWS , THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE CASE.

A VIOLATION IS A VIOLATION , THEY WILL PROBABLY GET A SLAP ON THE RISK BUT PEOPLE LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH A POLITICAL LENS, IF YOU ARE WORKING ON HER CAMPAIGN, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT .

>> KNOWING WHO TEACHERS ARE REPRESENTED BY.

>> THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION IS DIFFERENT THAN THE REAL COURTS.

MAYBE NOTHING CRIMINAL DID OCCUR , BUT CHICAGO WILL SHAKE THEIR HEAD AND SAY, WE DON'T LIKE THIS.

>> EVEN IF SHE GETS FIND HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS -- >> THE COVERAGE HAVE BEEN DAMAGING.

THE ACLU IS TALKING ABOUT VENERABLE VIOLATIONS .

>> THEY ARE REFERRING TO THE SUGGESTION THAT , A SUPERIOR THAT RUNS OR ORGANIZATION, WHEN SOMEBODY WORKING FOR THEM SEND YOU A LETTER, SUGGESTING YOU DO SOMETHING, THE APPLICATION IS, IF I WANT TO GET PROMOTED, I BETTER DO IT.

WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS REAL COERCION IS SOMETHING THAT THE COURTS NEED TO FIGURE OUT.

IT RAISES THE QUESTION.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT POLLING, THE MAYOR WAS LOOKING AT AN UPHILL BATTLE TO GET INTO A RUNOFF, DOES SHE RECOVER?

>> I AM NOT SURE SHE WILL RECOVER.

THE ISSUE , HOW FAR DOWN WHAT SHE ALREADY?

I DO NOT THINK THE DAMAGE GOES AWAY.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME.

IT IS LEAVING A BAD TASTE IN EVERYONE'S MOUTH.

SHE ADMITTED YESTERDAY THAT SHE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS.

SHE WAS ASKED IF SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LASTING DAMAGE , SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT HAPPY.

>> WE HAVE SOME SOUND FROM THE MAYOR.

>> THE OUTREACH TO THE CPS TEACHERS , NEITHER EMAIL SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED , IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> RAY LONG , YOU HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THINGS FOR A LONG TIME, WHAT QUESTIONS ARE UNANSWERED ?

>> YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHO FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, WHY THEY DID NOT SHUT IT DOWN AFTER THE COLLEGE ISSUE EARLIER , WHICH WAS SIMILAR , IN THE SUMMER , AND HOW THAT IS ALLOWED TO GO ONE.

YOU HAVE THOSE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND YOU HAVE TO LIGHTED UP AGAINST THE LAW AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING WAS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL.

THAT LEADS INTO A NEW REALM .

>> NOW MULTIPLE PROBES, THE CITY INSPECTOR GENERAL, THE ETHICS BOARD , WE WILL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL STORY, ALDERMAN DEREK CURTIS, WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN A CLASS ABOUT GUN SAFETY, HIS DAUGHTER IS LATER ACTUALLY SHOT, SOME THINK HE DISCHARGED THE WEAPON BUT HE DENIES IT.

IS THIS A LEGAL ISSUE OR A HEAD SCRATCHING CHICAGO STORY?

>> IT IS A HEAD SCRATCHING CHICAGO STORY.

BUT, YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN TWICE.

SOME OF THE REPORTERS YESTERDAY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT, WHEN WE SAW THE HEADLINE, WE WENT, ARE THEY REPORTING AN OLD STORY?

WE JUST READ THE STORY.

WAIT A MINUTE.

>> I THINK THE SERIOUS ISSUE IS, HE SHOULD NOT BE TEACHING A GUN SAFETY CLASS.

>> IT DOES SEEM THAT IS A LOGICAL CONCLUSION.

>> I THINK IT IS MORE OF AN EMBARRASSMENT.

IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE, THIS WOULD BE A BIG LAWSUIT.

PRESUMABLY , HE GETS ALONG WELL WITH HIS DAUGHTER.

BECAUSE -- >> HE USED TO.

>> SHE IS IN GOOD CONDITION , SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT IS OKAY.

>> HE WAS ACTING IN HIS CAPACITY.

>> DO YOU GET TWO CHANCES?

I ASKED THE QUESTIONS HERE .

>> YOU CAN SAY HE IS A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

>> TURNING A NEGATIVE INTO A POSITIVE .

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAME-DUCK SESSION IN SPRINGFIELD WITH CONTROVERSIAL BILLS GETTING PAST BY LAWMAKERS , ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN , WHICH THE GOVERNOR SIGNED, THEY ASSURED THAT THE LAW WILL PASS CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER .

AN ABORTION BILL WAS SIGNED WHICH PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR OUT-OF-STATE PROVIDERS WITH MANY OTHER THINGS.

AMANDA, LET'S GET TO THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BILL.

FIRST OF ALL , GIVE US THE BULLET POINTS , WHAT GUNS ARE GOING TO BE LEGAL?

I DID NOT MEAN THAT .

WHAT GUNS WILL NOT BE LEGAL, WHEN , AND WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY OWN THOSE GUNS?

>> YOU ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP THEM BUT EXPECTED TO REGISTER THEM WITH THE STATE , A POINT OF MAJOR CONSTERNATION, GUNOWNERS SAY, NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT , WE HAVE A GROWING NUMBER OF SHARES ACROSS COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS SAYING THAT THEY WILL NOT ENFORCE THAT.

YOU HAVE ANY OF THE WHAT HAD BEEN FUTURE SALES, FROM THE TIME IMMEDIATELY , THE MEASURE WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ON TUESDAY NIGHT, GOING FORWARD , ANY OF THESE FIREARMS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED IN THE LEGISLATION AS ASSAULT WEAPONS ARE NO LONGER TO BE SOLD IN THE STATE.

THEY CAN BE MANUFACTURED IN ILLINOIS BUT NOT SOLD HERE.

WE COULD TAKE UP THE WHOLE SHOW LISTING THEM, THERE ARE DOZENS.

>> I WANT TO GET TO THE PIECE ABOUT THE CURRENT GUNOWNERS, REGISTERING THEIR ASSAULT WEAPONS, THEY WILL NOT ENFORCE THAT, BUT IF THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ENFORCE IT ?

>> RIGHT.

IT IS THE QUESTION OF , WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT DO IT?

>> HOW DO YOU KNOW?

>> YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE DOOR AND INTERVIEW WITH A SENATOR FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SHE WILL NOT REGISTER IT UNTIL SHE SEES HOW THE COURTS VIEW IT.

>> DARREN BAILEY, OVER MY DEAD BODY.

>> NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT CONFISCATING ANY WEAPONS.

>> WAS IN THE LAKE COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY WHO HAD THE MOST REALISTIC OF THE RESPONSES, HE SAID, IF WE COME UPON A GUN THAT IS USED IN A CRIME, IF SOMEBODY IS ACTIVELY SEEN USING THE GUN, THEN WE MAY USE THAT LAW .

>> LET'S NOT FORGET THE STATE HAS RED FLAG LAWS.

THOSE ARE NOT ALWAYS ENFORCED.

>> YES , UNFORTUNATELY , THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES, INCLUDING RECENT LAWS THAT DO MORE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU CAN RAISE THE RED FLAG IF SOMEBODY WILL HURT THEMSELVES OR ANOTHER PERSON, AND THIS LOSSES, IF YOU ARE SOMEWHAT THE COURT DEEMS TOO DANGEROUS TO HAVE A GUN, YOU CAN HAVE THAT GUN CONFISCATED FOR UP TO A YEAR AS OPPOSED TO SIX MONTHS.

THIS LEGISLATION DOES A LOT, WHO KNOWS FOR HOW LONG, THERE WILL BE SOME COURT FILINGS.

>> LET'S HEAR J.B. PRITZKER ADDRESSING THAT .

>> THIS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW , THE LAW WE NOW HAVE ENACTED IS CONSTITUTIONAL .

THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD BE.

OBVIOUSLY , THINGS WILL GO THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM AND THEY WILL MAKE THEIR DETERMINATION.

I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT.

>> THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENTLY WRITTEN AMENDMENTS, DOESN'T IT COME DOWN TO HOW THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO INTERPRET THIS LAW?

>> PROBABLY, EVEN THIS COURT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP WITH RULES .

THIS IS AN ISSUE , PEOPLE CANNOT WORK IT OUT IN THE MIDDLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WILL DO.

THERE IS A REAL CHANCE IT WILL BE OVERTURNED.

>> WILL THERE BE A STAY ON THE LAW?

>> A GREAT QUESTION YOU COULD ARGUE THAT YOU CANNOT JUST CHANGE THINGS AND THEN CHANGE THEM BACK AND EVERYBODY WOULD BE MORE CONFUSED.

I CAN SEE A JUDGE , IF YOU GET A RIGHT JUDGE FOR THE PRO-GUN RIGHTS FOLKS, THAT JUDGE COULD PUT A STAY AND WE COULD WAIT IT OUT UNTIL A DECISION IS MADE .

>> AMANDA, THE GOVERNOR GOES ON NATIONAL TV AND GETS APPLAUDED BY BILL CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA, HE WILL BE IN DAVO'S FOR THE ECONOMIC FOR MOST FOR HIM IN SWITZERLAND .

>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS AFTER THIS WEEK ABOUT JOE BIDEN, HIS CAMPAIGN.

>> I THINK , REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN ILLINOIS, YOU HAVE A NATIONAL PLATFORM , HE SIGNED THIS RIGHT AWAY IN PART BECAUSE HE SAYS IT IS SO IMPORTANT.

HE CAN ALSO SAY, DAY ONE , MY FIRST FULL DAY IN MY SECOND TERM, LOOK WHAT I ACCOMPLISHED.

TRY TO PACK AS MUCH IN AS POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE VERY QUESTIONS AND NOTICING THIS.

>> THERE IS THE ABORTION BILL HE SIGNED, ANOTHER GOOD CHIP FOR HIM TO HAVE.

A DEMOCRAT -- LET'S GO TO THE LEGAL ISSUES FROM THIS WEEK, A U.S. ATTORNEY IS RESIGNING IN MARCH AFTER DOING A PROBE OF THE BIDEN DOCUMENTS.

MORE WIRETAPS ARE RELEASED IN A CASE.

COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL MICHAEL MADIGAN SENT HIS FRIENDS MADE OUT LIKE BANDITS , LUIS GUTIERREZ ALLEGEDLY LOBBIED FOR A BOARD APPOINTMENT.

JOHN LOUTISH , U.S. ATTORNEY , OVERSEEING MAJOR CASES , MICHAEL MADIGAN , ALL OF SUDDEN SAYS HE WILL STEP DOWN IN MARCH TO TAKE A PRIVATE SECTOR JOB, MAYBE ?

>> I THINK THAT HE IS ABLE TO GET ANYTHING YOU WANT IF HE IS A CRIME BUSTER LIKE HE SAYS HE IS.

HIS TERM WAS EXPANDED WHEN DURBIN AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH SAID, LET'S GET THIS GUY ON, LET'S KEEP HIM ON EVEN THOUGH HE WAS APPOINTED BY DONALD TRUMP.

>> VERY RARE.

>> HE HAS HAD AN IMPACT AND, IF YOU HAVE ALREADY GOT THESE TRIALS LINED UP, YOU COULD FIGURE THE REST TO TAKE IT FROM THERE.

>> HIS DAYS WERE NUMBERED ANYWAY AND HE WAS ON TO MAKE SURE THE PROSECUTIONS ARE CONTINUING.

I THINK THAT THIS DOES COME AS A SURPRISE.

IT DOES COME AS A LETDOWN FOR THIS AREA.

HE HAS BEEN VERY FRIENDLY WITH MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

THEY WORK TOGETHER.

HE GOT ALONG WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE.

VERY EASY-GOING.

ACCESSIBLE .

I THINK HE WILL BE MISSED.

>> NOW HE WILL MAKE A PILE OF MONEY, ALWAYS NICE.

>> AMONG HIS LAST DUTY WILL HAVE BEEN TO LOOK OVER THESE JOE BIDEN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT WERE FOUND IN HIS HOME AND THAT GOVERNMENTAL CENTER.

THE FACT THAT HE IS SAYING THAT HE THINKS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO LOOK AT THIS SUGGESTS THERE MAY BE MORE THAN , WE DID NOT KNOW WE HAD THESE DOCUMENTS.

>> THERE APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER REVELATION EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS.

IT ALSO MAY SUGGEST PUBLIC PERCEPTION.

ALREADY A SPECIAL COUNSEL LOOKING AT DONALD TRUMP FOR MISHANDLING DOCUMENTS .

YOU HAVE A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WHO CLEARLY MISHANDLED DOCUMENTS .

IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHY YOU GO AFTER ONE AND NOT THE OTHER.

>> WE DON'T KNOW.

>> SPEAKING OF INVESTIGATIONS, RECORDINGS IN THE COMMON CASE , MICHAEL MADIGAN, IN THESE RECORDINGS, HE SAID, HIS ASSOCIATES MADE OUT LIKE BANDITS FOR KEEPING THESE JOBS WHERE THEY DID NOT HAVE TO WORK AT COMED.

>> DID HELPS TO HAVE THIS BIG QUOTE, THESE REALLY HAVE OPENED UP THE CURTAINS AS TO WHERE THE PROSECUTORS WANT TO GO IN THE CASE INVOLVING , NOT MADIGAN, BUT HIS LONGTIME CONFIDANT , BUDDY , THAT GOES BACK WITH HIM TO THE 1970s.

AND THE FORMER CEO OF COMED , AND A COUPLE OF COMED LOBBYISTS .

IT GOES IN DEPTH INTO MANY POINTS THEY WANTED TO BRING UP.

THE DEFENSE IS SAYING, WE ARE NOT DISAGREEING THAT WE DID THIS , BUT WE DON'T THINK IT IS NOT LEGAL.

>> WENT MADIGAN SAYS THEY MET OUT LIKE BANDITS, WHY THAT PLACE INTO WHAT HE IS CHARGED WITH DOING.

>> IS CHARGED WITH RUNNING A SITUATION WHERE HE IS TRYING TO LEVERAGE THE WISHES OF COMED INTO A WHOLE SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE GETTING HIS BUDDIES TO THE PAYROLL AT COMED .

>> PAY FOR PLAY.

>> THEY MENTIONED PAY FOR PLAY.

IN THIS LAST ROUND OF COURT FILINGS.

I THINK THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO, CONVINCE THE JURORS IT WAS PAY FOR PLAY.

YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT.

>> WE WILL NOT HEAR ALL OF THIS FOR MORE THAN ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE HIS TRIAL WILL NOT START UNTIL APRIL OF 2024.

WE HAVE ALL OF THESE OTHER CASES, COMED , SOME OF THE ASSOCIATES OF MADIGAN THAT WILL GO UNDER WAY.

GREG, THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG WEEK , I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED THIS WEEK, THE NEW ANIMATION RELEASED SHOWING RENOVATIONS OF SOLDIER HILL , TRYING TO KEEP THE BEARS IN TOWN , NOT ONLY HAIL MARY BUT FROM YOUR OWN GOAL LINE.

WITH NO TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK.

>> I WILL NOT DISAGREE.

ONE KEY QUESTION, THE McCASKEY FAMILY WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER DONE , THE HOUSE OF McCASKEY .

THEY WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER DONE, TAKE OUT DEBT OR SELL A HUGE PART OF THE TEAM, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.

THEY WANT TO GO TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

MR. DUNN, DOING THIS TO HELP SOLDIER FIELD .

>> HE IS ASKING THE STATE FOR NEARLY $5 BILLION.

>> HE IS TRYING TO GET THE MAYOR ON HIS SIDE.

I WOULD NOT DISAGREE WITH THAT CHARACTERIZATION.

>> ARE THE BEARS AS GOOD AS GONE AND THEY WILL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER USE FOR SOLDIER FIELD ?

>> THAT IS PROBABLY THE CASE.

THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE CITY IS THAT SOMETHING WILL GO WRONG IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS , OR MAYBE IN SPRINGFIELD, WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY DO NOT GET ANY STATE MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT.

THAT IS THEIR ONLY HOPE.

THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BEARS HAVE TO COME BACK , THERE IS A SOFT LANDING.

>> AT LEAST GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS.

>> MAKING MEETINGS MORE COMPLICATED, KAM BUCKNER, RUNNING FOR MAYOR, SPONSORED A BILL SAYING NO PUBLIC SUBSIDIES.

>> IT IS LAW.

>> AS PART OF SOMETHING ELSE.

>> CAN THE BEARS GET AROUND THAT?

>> THIS INVOLVES STATE FUNDING.

>> IT CUTS OFF DIRECT SUBSIDIES.

NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE HELP .

IF THEY WANTED TO BUILD A ROAD -- >> WE WILL SEE.

IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE IT.

>> THEY SAID NO STATE FUNDING FOR THE BEARS TO MOVE TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

SPEAKING OF THE BEARS THEY HIRED A NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO, FROM THE BIG 10 CONFERENCE, HE WAS THE COMMISSIONER.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE BUSINESS?

>> THEY HAVE HIRED SOMEONE FROM THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

HE HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR THE BIG TEN.

HE SIGNED ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE TV PACKAGES EVER.

THE BEARS NEED TO REINVENT THEMSELVES AND HE MAY HELP THEM DO THAT.

>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID SHE AND KEVIN WARNER ARE FRIENDS, MAYBE SHE HAS SOME SWAY TO KEEP THEM IN CHICAGO ?

>> I DON'T THINK THAT WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

MAYBE SHE WANTS TO UPGRADE HER SEASON TICKETS AGAIN.

>> THAT IS RIGHT, SHE HAS SEASON TICKETS IN THE THIRD DECK.

SHE WAS TRYING TO MOVE DOWN FOR SECURITY REASONS.

>> YES.

>> WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

OUR THANKS TO YOU ALL.

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I AM PARIS SCHUTZ , THANK YOU FOR WATCHING , STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

AMANDA WE DID NOT GET INTO THE ABORTION BILL.

WE WILL HAVE YOU BACK FOR THAT.

>> THIS ALLOWS FOR PATIENTS TO COME HERE, PROVIDERS TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM ABORTIONS IN THE STATE WITHOUT FEAR OF PROSECUTION WHEN THEY RETURN HOME .

THEY WILL NOT BE EXTRADITED.

THERE IS ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS IN THE BILL, WHAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST COVER IN TERMS OF INSURANCE.

ABORTIONS HAVE TO BE IN THERE, COVERAGE FOR HIV PREVENTION DRUGS , GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, THERAPIES , PROTECTIONS -- >> GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, SEXUAL REASSIGNMENT SURGERY.

>> THERE HAD BEEN AN EFFORT TO GO BEYOND THAT, THIS IS PROVIDING THE CARE , THE SECURITY THAT PUBLIC ENTITIES NEED TO HAVE THAT COVERAGE .

>> ANOTHER QUESTION I FORGOT TO ASK YOU, LUIS GUTIERREZ, ASKING MADIGAN FOR A JOB?

>> TO GET SOMEONE ELSE A JOB.

>> YES -- >> IT IS CHICAGO, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

>> IN THE NEXT ROUND OF FILINGS.

HE ENDORSED MADIGAN IN 2018, AND THAT HIS BUDDY WANTED THE JOB.

HE NEEDED A LITTLE MORE TIME AND EFFORT .

HE THOUGHT GUTIERREZ COULD GET A FAVOR OUT OF MADIGAN.

THAT IS ALLEGEDLY WHAT HAPPENED.

>> WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE TRIALS THAT ARE ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY?

>> >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A PROUD SPONSOR OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION FOCUSED