>> THANKS FOR JOINING US CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

STILL, THE POLITICAL POSTURING.

AND ALL OF AS COMMITTEE CHAIR IS IN JEOPARDY.

HEATHER TRONE JOINS US LIVE FROM CITY HALL WITH THE LATEST.

UPDATE ON THE CTA RELIANCE ON BUS AND TRAIN OPERATOR OVER TIME AND CHRONICALLY DELAYED RECORDS REQUESTS.

THE BEARS SAY THEY WANT TO STAY IN CHICAGO.

WE DIG INTO THE DEBATE OVER WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND BEHIND THE SCENES OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S, TUMULTUOUS FOUR-YEAR TENURE.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY HELEN OFFICIAL VICTORY NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY.

EILEEN O'NEILL BURKE WAS DECLARED THE WINNER IN THE PRIMARY ON FRIDAY IN A CLOSE RACE WITH CLAYTON HARRIS.

THAT WAS A RACE THAT TOOK 10 DAYS OF COUNTING FOR THE UNOFFICIAL CALL TO BE MADE.

WHEN YOU BURKE SAYS IT WAS A DESIRE FOR LAW AND ORDER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT PROPELLED HER SUPPORTERS.

>> PEOPLE TOLD ME EVERYWHERE THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AT NIGHT AND NOT BE WORRIED.

THEY WANT TO RIDE ON THE SAFE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

PEOPLE WANT ILLEGAL GUNS, AN ASSAULT WEAPONS OFF OF OUR STREETS.

THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE ALL WANT.

>> O NEALE BURKE WILL FACE REPUBLICAN BOB READY.

AND LIBERTARIAN ANDREW CHARLES CA PENSKE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER TODAY WEIGHED IN ON 20TH WARD ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ AFTER LOPEZ SPOKE AT A RALLY WHERE AN AMERICAN FLAG WAS BURNED.

THE GOVERNOR SIGNALED HIS OPPOSITION TO SECURE LOPEZ'S CONDUCT.

BUT STOP SHORT OF SAYING HE SHOULD BE REPRIMANDED FOR IT.

THIS AFTER LOPEZ SPOKE AT A RALLY FOR GAZA LAST WEEK CONDEMNING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE DNC.

THE PRESIDENT.

YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO.

ATTACKING.

EARLY STANDING IN FRONT OF A AMERICAN FLAG AND IN FRONT OF A YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY REFERRING TO PEOPLE AS IF THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF GENOCIDE.

CLEARLY ARE NOT.

I THINK OUR ALL THINGS THAT I DISAGREE WITH.

BUT I WILL TO DEFEND TO THE DEATH IS RIGHT TO SAY THOSE THINGS.

>> AND COMING UP, WE'LL HAVE DETAILS ON AN EFFORT TO STRIP CALDRON SECURE LOPEZ OF HIS COMMITTEE CHAIR POSITION.

CUBS FANS ARE HAPPY TONIGHT IF NOT CHILLY AND SOAKED AFTER A TRIUMPHANT HOME OPENER.

3RD BASEMAN CHRISTOPHER MOREL HIT AN RBI SINGLE HERE THAT TURNED INTO A DE FACTO INSIDE THE PARK HOMERUN.

HAS HE IAN HAPP AND SEIYA SUZUKI ALL SCORE THANKS TO MULTIPLE ERRORS FROM ROCKIES LEFT FIELDER NOLAN JONES, THE MISS THROW THEIR THERE GOES MOREL HOME INSIDE THE PARKER.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK HE GETS CREDIT FOR ALL THOSE RBI IS THOSE ARE ON EARNED RUNS.

BUT THE CUBS WIN 5 TO NOTHING ON THE LESS.

MEANWHILE, THE WHITE SOX ARE STILL FOR THE SEASON DROPPING TO '04 THANKS TO A 9 TO NOTHING LOSS TO THE ATLANTA BRAVES MIGHT BE A TOUGH YEAR ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

UP NEXT, A CITY COUNCIL EFFORT TO PUNISH ONE OF ITS OWN FAILS.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE 29 16 TO REJECT AN EFFORT TO PUNISH ONE OF THEIR OWN.

FOR SPEAKING AT A PROTEST WHERE AN AMERICAN FLAG WAS BURNED, THE VOTE CAME AFTER A FIERY DEBATE.

HERE'S ALDERMAN BYRON LOPEZ RESPONDING TO THE ATTEMPT TO REMOVE HIM CHAIR OF COUNCIL'S HOUSING COMMITTEE.

>> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL.

GUY DOING THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

CONTINUED DEPENDENCE.

I THINK SO.

MY COLLEAGUES NEED TO GOT MAYBE A LESSON.

FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS MEAN.

I CHALLENGE US TODAY.

JUST UP THE POLITICAL POSTURING.

TO A STOP.

THE DIVISIONS.

THAT IS A PLUS FOR DOING THE WORK.

>> REPORTER HEATHER SEAN JOINS US NOW FROM CITY HALL.

SO HEATHER, TELL US ABOUT THAT MARCH 23RD PROTEST.

THAT'S THE HEART OF THIS CONTROVERSY.

>> WELL, SEVERAL GROUPS DEEPLY, DEEPLY UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS HANDLING THE WAR IN GAZA.

ONCE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION NOT TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO AFTER ALL.

AND THIS PROTEST WAS REALLY DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND PROTEST AND REALLY SORT OF LAY IN TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S CONDUCT OF SUPPORTING ISRAEL.

SPEAKING AT THAT PROTEST WAS A VETERAN ZACHARY CAM WHO SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN WITH THE MARINES.

HE SPOKE IN IN PROTEST, BURNED THE FLAG.

HE SAID HE BROUGHT WITH HIM FROM AFGHANISTAN IN PROTEST OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S POLICY.

AFTER CAM SPOKEN AFTER HE BURNED FLAGS, ALDERMAN LOPEZ STOOD IN FRONT OF IT AND THEN DELIVERED TODAY AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ZACHARY CAM ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

HE WAS DENIED.

HE DID NOT SIGN UP AND WIN A LOTTERY SPOT TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.

BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO SHOUTED OUT IN SUPPORT OF HIM AND IN SUPPORT OF BYRON LOPEZ, EVEN THOUGH OTHERS CALLED HIM A TRAITOR AND COP AND CALLED FOR HIM TO BE REMOVED FROM THE COUNTRY.

>> AND THAT WE HAVE SOME VIDEO HERE OF MISTER KAMM, BEING TAKEN OUT OF CITY WHY DID THE EFFORT TO PUNISH LOPEZ FAIL?

>> WELL, I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN THAT THERE WERE SHIFTING EXPLANATIONS ABOUT WHY ALDERMAN SECURE LOPEZ SHOULD BE PUNISHED.

FIRST, THERE WERE ALLEGATIONS THAT WAS REALLY FUELED ON AX.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE ONCE KNOWN AS TWITTER THAT HE HAD BURNED THE FLAG AND THEN IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE THAT HE WAS THERE AT THE PROTEST AND THEN IT WAS AN ACCEPTABLE.

SOME OLDER PEOPLE SAID THAT HE WAS EVEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GROUP THAT IS CALLING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION NOT TO TAKE PLACE IN CHICAGO AND CALLING PRESIDENT BIDEN, QUOTE, GENOCIDE.

JOE.

SO THAT DIDN'T GO OVER WELL WITH THE MAJORITY OF OLDER PEOPLE WHO SEEMED FRUSTRATED THAT THIS TOOK UP AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON WITHOUT ANY REAL CLEAR EXAMPLE, SORT OF WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO EXTEND A COMP EXCEPT EXPOSING DEEP CONTINUING DIVISIONS OVER THE WAR IN ISRAEL AND GOT >> AND THEN CONTAIN DIVISIONS ON CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW.

WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS?

>> WELL, THERE IS A LOT OF LAUGHTER WHEN ALDERMAN MARIA HADN'T STOOD UP AND ASKED HER COLLEAGUES STOP POSTING ON TWITTER TO THINK TWICE BEFORE CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES SUCH AS FASTEST SINCE COMMUNISTS AND SOCIALISTS.

IT'S CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT THIS HAS REALLY REACHED A BREAKING POINT AND IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON SIDES OF ISSUES CAN KEEP CAN REALLY WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

>> CLEAR DIVIDING LINES HERE.

HEATHER.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THANKS, PARIS.

YOU BET THAT YOU CAN READ OTHERS FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S ALL A WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY IS CORRECTED YEARS WORTH OF RECORDS AND PROVIDED THE WTW NEWS AFTER THE AGENCY DISCOVERED IT DID NOT GIVE ACCURATE ACCOUNTING OF BUS AND TRAIN OPERATORS WORK HOURS.

THAT NEWS CAME JUST HOURS AFTER A STORY ABOUT THE CTA IS CHRONICALLY DELAYED.

PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS DELAYS AT A TRANSIT ADVOCATE WAS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF FOIA RESPONSE TIMES.

BTW NEWS REPORTED BLOOMBERG JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

FILL US THE BACKGROUND HERE WILL PURSE FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON THE LONG HOURS THAT SOME CTA BUS AND TRAIN OPERATORS, PUTIN.

>> IN JANUARY, WE FILED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FOR 2023 NUMBERS UNDER THE STATE'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

INITIAL BATCH OF RECORDS HAD ERRORS IN IT, WHICH THE CTA ITSELF CAUGHT AND FLAG FOR US.

BUT 2 WEEKS WENT BY WITHOUT THEM PROVIDING THE CORRECTED RECORDS, PUBLIC BODIES AND ILLINOIS, AS YOU KNOW, GENERALLY HAVE TO RESPOND TO FOIA REQUEST WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS.

A DEADLINE, THE CTA REGULARLY MISSES.

AND THAT AS YOU MENTIONED, WE REPORTED WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CORRECTED BATCH OF OPERATOR HOURS, THEY CAME WITH A BIG CAVEAT, CT OPERATORS EARNED TIME AND A HALF FOR OVERTIME FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS.

THE CTA TOLD US THE RECORDS IT WAS PROVIDING WTW NEWS.

WE'RE JUST A STRAIGHT TIME ACCOUNTING OF WORK HOURS.

BUT THE AGENCY DISCOVERED THAT WAS WRONG AND THE RECORDS DID, IN FACT, CONTAIN THE OVERTIME MULTIPLIER.

EVEN THOUGH THE CTA TOLD US MULTIPLE TIMES THAT IT DID NOT.

WHAT EFFECT DOES THAT HAVE ON THE RECORDS?

WELL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT MADE THE AVERAGE WORKWEEKS FOR BUS AND TRAIN OPERATORS APPEAR ARTIFICIALLY LONGER.

THE CTA WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US CORRECTED RECORDS FOR 2015 THROUGH 2023 LAST WEEK THAT ONLY COVER TIME ON THE JOB WITH NO OVERTIME MULTIPLIER.

THEY STILL SHOW LONG AVERAGE WEEKS FOR CERTAIN OPERATORS AND THE SHRINKING POOL OF EMPLOYEES TO KEEP BUSES AND TRAINS RUNNING.

AND IN 2015, 51.6% OF OPERATORS WORKED AN AVERAGE OF 30 TO 40 HOURS A WEEK THAT COHORT RANKED TO 34.8% LAST YEAR IN 2015, JUST 2 EMPLOYEES WORK AN AVERAGE OF 60 HOURS OR MORE EACH WEEK IN 2022.

THAT PEAK AT 39 OPERATORS NOW, KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE TOTAL YEARLY HOURS DIVIDED BY 52.

THEY DON'T INCLUDE VACATION OR TIME OFF.

SO SOME ACTUAL WORK WEEKS OR EVEN LONGER RAISING CONCERNS, OF COURSE, ABOUT HEALTH SAFETY AND BURNOUT.

YOU MENTIONED THE DELAYED FOR RESPONSE.

AND SO WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT.

WELL, AFTER OUR STORY LAST MONTH ON THE DELAYS, WE HEARD FROM A LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSIT ADVOCATE NECK 100.

HE OBTAINED DATA ON THE CTA IS RESPONSE.

TIME FOR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS DURING 2023 BETWEEN JANUARY AND NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

JUST 94 OUT OF 880 REQUESTS WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THE 10 DAY TIMELINE SET OUT IN STATE LAW ALSO FOUND THAT BUSINESSES LIKE LAW FIRMS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES GOT THE FASTEST RESPONSES.

THE CTA TOLD BOTH U.S. AND 100 THAT IT'S COMMITTED TO RESPONDING WITHIN THE LEGAL TIME FRAME AND IS PURSUING OPTIONS TO SUPPLEMENT ITS FOIA OFFICE STAFF WITH CONTRACT EMPLOYEES.

THE RESPONSE LOT 100 OBTAINED STILL SHOWS MORE THAN 200 UNFULFILLED REQUESTS.

ALL RIGHT.

TAKE A LOT OF CONFUSION THERE.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

AND YOU CAN REMIX FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE WWW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

MAYOR JOHNSON HAS SIGNALED SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT AROUND A POTENTIAL NEW BEARS DOME STADIUM ON THE LAKEFRONT.

>> WELL, THEY HAVEN'T YET RELEASED PLANS.

THE TEAM'S PRESIDENT STATED THEY WOULD COME IN OVER 2 BILLION DOLLARS TO TRANSFORM MUSEUM CAMPUS AND REVAMP THE SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE.

ALL OF WHICH WERE IN HOPES COULD BEGIN AS SOON AS THIS YEAR.

BUT THE GROUP FRIENDS OF THE PARKS IS PLAYING DEFENSE AS THE BUILDING WOULD SEEM TO VIOLATE THE LAKEFRONT PROTECTION ORDINANCE.

AND JOINING US, OUR JIM KILGORE, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE PARKS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE KAM BUCKNER, WHOSE DISTRICT INCLUDES SOLDIER FIELD AND THE AREA SURROUNDING IT.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US HERE AT REPRESENTATIVE BUCKNER.

YOU'VE IN CONTACT WITH THE BEARS THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT TEAM PRESIDENT KEVIN WARREN SAYS THEY WANT TO HAVE A PLANS AND RENDERINGS OUT SOON.

HOW SOME OF THOSE COME OUT AND WHAT YOU THINK YOU LOOK LIKE.

>> HERE'S OUR MANAGER.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE PLANS ARE RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

WE ARE NOW HEADING BACK TO SPRING THROUGH TOMORROW TO REALLY RAMP OUR SESSION.

AND I KNOW THAT THE WANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SO I EXPECT THAT THAT WILL SEE SOMETHING FROM THE BEERS AND IT CAN MAKE OUR PREVENTION SHORT ORDER.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE AND HOPE THAT THOSE PLANS ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, FORWARD-LEANING IT THAT WE COULD HAVE FEE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS, THE PEOPLE, CHICAGO, WHAT THE NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT FOR THE FUTURE.

>> THAT CAN KILL VARA.

YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE BEARS.

YOU HAVE COME OUT IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PLAN, ALTHOUGH STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO SUE.

WHAT WAS YOUR MEETING LIKE?

>> I WAS A GREAT MEETING.

IT WAS WONDERFUL HAVE A TO MEET MORNING AND SEE HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE CITY.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE IN CHICAGO.

WE HAVE NO NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT WE'RE LISTENING.

AND WARNING WANTING TO LEARN MORE.

I LOVE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID LIKE, YES, CONVERSATIONS ARE NEEDED RIGHT >> AND WE RE WE REITERATED OUR CORE VALUES WHICH ARE NOT JUST OUR VALUES ARE CHICAGO'S VALUES OF HAVING AND OPEN CLEAR AND FREE LAKEFRONT THAT IS FOR PUBLIC USE, RIGHT?

THE LAKE FOR PROTECTION ORDINANCE.

SO IF THEY BUILT A DOME AT THAT PARKING LOT SITE, WOULD THAT VIOLATE THE LAKEFRONT PROTECTION ORDINANCE IN YOUR MIND?

WELL, IT'S >> NOT JUST PROTECTION ORDINANCE.

ALSO, THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE WHICH BASICALLY CHALLENGES PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ON AREA OF LAND EAST OF LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

I WANT TO TAKE I WANT BRING THIS BACK A LITTLE AND SAY I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION.

WE WE FEEL THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS BEING REALLY, REALLY RUSHED.

>> AND IT REMINDS ME OF THOSE COMMERCIALS, A LATE NIGHT COMMERCIALS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A YOU KNOW, BY NOW THIS DEAL WILL NOT LAST LONG AND IF YOU ACT NOW WILL THROW IN SOMETHING EXTRA.

YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR PARKS.

WE LOVE IT.

WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF PUBLIC RESTROOMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HEY, I WOULD BE GREAT FOR INCREASING PARK SPACE.

WILL, OF COURSE.

22 THAT WERE PARKED IT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS JOKING IN THE MEDIA.

I FEEL LIKE A KID IN A CANDY SHOP BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPOSING MORE PARK.

SO MANY SO MANY IDEAS ON THE TABLE.

AND I SAID, WAIT US THAT.

WE SAID, WAIT A SECOND.

WE'VE GOT TO DISCUSS ALL THE >> WHERE THE DETAILS.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, REPRESENTATIVE BUCKNER, SOME OF THE DETAILS HERE ARE, YOU KNOW, AMENITIES AROUND THE STADIUM, HOUSING >> BUSINESS AS PERHAPS ENTERTAIN.

BUT WHERE WOULD THAT GO?

IF YOU USE TECHNICALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO BUILD PRIVATE TO DEVELOPMENT ON THE LAKEFRONT.

>> WHOLE GOT TO HEAR MORE FROM THE BEARS ABOUT WHAT THEIR DESIRES, THE ONLY WAY THAT ANY OF THIS WORKS AS 2 THINGS WITH SOME LIGHT, ITS SCRUTINY ARE THE PEOPLE HAVE TO HEAR WHAT THIS PLAN IS OBVIOUSLY JENN TALK A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE LATE HER PROTECTION ORDINANCE AND THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE.

AND THE SPIRIT OF THESE THINGS ARE STRONG.

WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THAT IN I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.

SAY IT HERE'S WERE DEFERRED TO THE PARK FOR NOT JUST NO, BUT IT'S NECESSARY.

AND SO WE HAVE TO A TEACHER THAT.

BUT ALSO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PORTLAND STATE TALKING ABOUT HOTELS.

RESTAURANTS DON'T KNOW.

WHERE ELSE CAN THAT GO OUT HER LOT OF TALK RECENTLY.

THE BRONZEVILLE LAKEFRONT.

I KNOW THAT THERE HAS WANT USE CARGO.

WAS ABOUT BROTHER.

BILLY.

I THINK THAT I LIKE THOSE IDEAS TO.

I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT KIND IMPACT AND WHAT THAT COULD FOR THIS PROJECT.

>> CAN KILL WHAT ABOUT FACT THAT YOU KNOW, REPRESENT BUCKNER IS ADVOCATING FOR THIS BEING A PUBLICLY OWNED STADIUM WITH THAT THAT MAKE IT COMPLY WITH SOUTHWEST ORDINANCE.

>> WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO SAY WHAT WILL COMPLY OR NOT COMPLY WOULD STATE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO A PROPOSAL.

LIKE THIS.

ALTHOUGH AGAIN, IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW.

BIG SO FAR.

BEING CONSISTENT.

HOW OUR LAKEFRONT HAS BEEN PRESERVED.

OUR LAKEFRONT A CROWN JEWEL.

CHICAGO.

PEOPLE HAD NOT TAKEN VERY UNPOPULAR OPINIONS FOR ART AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE LAKEFRONT WITH PARTY DEVELOPED.

WHAT IS TROUBLING IS THAT SOMETHING THAT FEELS THAT PEOPLE COME IN, YOU KNOW, POWER BROKERS, BILLION ARE SPENT?

WELL, MAYBE RULES DON'T APPLY TO US.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED AGAIN.

I LOVE THE WORD.

GEORGE LUCAS CERTAINLY LEARNED THAT INDEED I LOVE THE SCRUTINIZE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING SLOW DOWN A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND WE JUST NEED TO SCRUTINIZE INSTEAD OF JUST BEING SO FOCUSED ON THIS ONE.

SPOT.

LET'S USE OUR CREATIVITY TO WHERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS?

WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE ACHIEVE THIS GOAL?

THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE OUR LAKEFRONT?

HOW DO WE PROTECT IT?

WHERE ELSE IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT?

YOU KNOW THAT.

I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP THE POSSIBILITY THAT MICHAEL RECITES.

SO WHAT ABOUT THE FORMER MICHAEL REESE HAVE WITH WHAT ABOUT THAT REPRESENT BUCKNER?

IS THAT A PLAN THAT YOU MIGHT THE ENTERTAINER LAWMAKERS MIGHT ENTERTAIN THAT?

THE OLD MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL SITE?

>> AS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WANT THE BEARS TO STAY IN CHICAGO AND THERE'S A THERE.

THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE THAT COULD MAKE SENSE OF THAT AND RECONCILE OR AS WE CALL THE MOTHER OF THE BRIDE TO LAKEFRONT, WHICH ARE MISSION EARLY, I THINK LOOKING AT THAT AS A AS NEAR SOUTH SIDE AND ALSO AS A GATEWAY TO THE DOWNTOWN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT IS VERY INTERESTING TO ME, WAS TO GET THE BRUNT OF RESIDENT.

I I'M INTRIGUED BY BUT LISTEN, THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS HERE AND WHAT IS VERY CLEAR IS THAT AS AS JANE SAID, THIS CANNOT JUST BE THE NEXT FOOTBALL SEASON OVER THE NEXT SUPER BOWL.

THIS HAS TO BE ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RIGHT.

ALL WE HOPE TO SEE THOSE PLANS REALLY SOON.

AND THAT REPRESENTED BUCKNER AND KILGORE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT FORMER MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S LEADERSHIP DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME.

SO STAY WITH US.

>> 5 YEARS AGO, FORMER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT BECAME THE FIRST BLACK, A WOMAN TO BE ELECTED MAYOR OF CHICAGO.

BUT IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE A HOST OF CHALLENGES ROSE TO THE SURFACE DURING HER TIME IN OFFICE.

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RISING CRIME AND THE RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.

A NEW BOOK OFFERS A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK INTO LIGHTFOOT'S TAMAL TILLIS SINGLE TERM IN OFFICE.

AND JOINING US IS GREGORY PRATT, CHICAGO TRIBUNE REPORTER AND AUTHOR OF THE CITY IS UP FOR GRABS HOW CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT LEAD AND LOST A CITY IN CRISIS.

THIS IS A REAL PAGE TURNER.

GREG PRATT, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WATCHING THAT LAST INTERVIEW AS A AS VETERAN AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE REPORTER.

YOU ARE NOW TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.

>> SO THAT'S THE CENTRAL QUESTION YOU POSE HERE IN THE INTRODUCTION.

THIS BOOK IS.

>> HOW DID LORI LIGHTFOOT GO FROM POLITICAL WUNDERKIND?

THIS RAPID RISE WHERE SHE EVERY SINGLE WAR IN THE RUNOFF.

>> 2 SULKING HER WAY OUT OF CITY HALL.

HOW DID SHE?

>> IT'S A FUNDAMENTALLY INABILITY TO HAVE POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS AND TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO YOU DON'T LIKE AND IT'S NOT DIFFERENT THAN A NORMAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT WHERE MAYBE YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR MANAGER, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S ON THE GO TO HACK EVERY DAY.

MAYBE YOU DO.

AND THEN PRETTY SOON THAT HAPPENS AT THE TRIBUNE OR AND WTTA W. BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A THING IN POLITICS THAT SHE JUST COULDN'T TRANSITION.

YOU KNOW, I TELL PEOPLE IT'S ADAPT OR DIE.

AND SHE WAS A PROSECUTOR AND SHE COULDN'T GET OUT OF THAT MINDSET.

WHAT IS TALKING ABOUT TRANSITIONING THE LIGHTFOOT THAT CAMPAIGNED WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE WHO GOVERNED ON SO MANY ISSUES LIKE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

POLICE OVERSIGHT, 180 DEGREE TURNS WHEN IT COUNTED FOR HER CHANGE OF POSITION ON THESE THINGS.

>> WHAT'S IT'S REMARKABLE.

SO THERE'S THERE'S ON THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS, RAHM EMANUEL WARNER ABOUT AND TOLD HER WHEN THEY HAD A MEETING.

YOU DON'T WANT THIS BECAUSE SHE CAMPAIGNED IN FAVOR OF AND SHE NO, I DON'T.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE BOOK USES SIPES.

I'M LIKE I'M NOT FOR THAT ARE SO BRIGHT THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE CAMPAIGNED ON THAT AND THEN WHEN THIS ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD HAPPENED, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHANCE THAT WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING IN SPRINGFIELD, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR HER POSITION HAD CHANGED.

SO SHE JUST KIND OF LET THE CTU AND THE LEGISLATORS DO THEIR THING AND THEN CAME UP AT THE LAST MINUTE LOSS.

AND THE ISSUE WAS THAT SHE CAMPAIGN ONE WAY AND GOVERN ANOTHER.

AS YOU POINT OUT AND THAT WAS PARTLY BECAUSE SHE WAS MASSAGING SOME OF HER REAL POSITIONS.

2 >> YOU KNOW, COMPETE WITH TONI PRECKWINKLE ON SOME OF THESE PROGRESSIVE ISSUES, WHICH IS WHERE CHICAGO FOR MOST PART IS.

BUT IN TRUTH, YOU KNOW, SHE RAN LIKE A LIKE A LEFTY AND SHE WAS A MODERATE LIKE EMANUEL.

AND YOU YOU CAN'T PRETEND TO BE KEVIN COSTNER ON DAY NUMBER 2, 3, YOU CAN PRETEND TO BE KEVIN COSTNER ON DAY ONE.

BETTER CALL SAUL REFERENCE.

BUT THE YOU GET THE POINT, A GUY GOT YOU YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ATTEND OF TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS FROM THE MAYOR.

YOU DID A LOT OF 4 WEIGHING TO GET >> A LOT OF LIKE ALARMING.

NOT ALARMING.

BUT YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE THAT THE MAYOR USES THAT KIND OF STANDS OUT NOT JUST TO HER PERCEIVED ENEMIES, BUT HER ALLIES.

GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME LIKE TEXT MESSAGES OR E-MAILS THAT SHE SENT TO PEOPLE, STAFFERS, OTHER ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST KIND OF LIKE EYE OPENING.

I REMEMBER AND I TELL THE STORY IN THE BOOK THAT I GET A PHONE CALL FROM A STAFFER SAYS YOU NEED TO FOR YOU THIS EMAIL.

IT'S THE CRAZIEST E-MAIL I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

>> AND IT'S A THING WHERE SHE WAS UPSET ABOUT, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, OFFICE TIME, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH IS TIME WHERE SHE'S HAS FREE TIME TO MAKE PHONE CALLS, READ WHATEVER AND SHE IS.

SHE WAS IN OFFICE TIME WHEN SHE SENT THE EMAIL AND SHE SENDS E-MAIL AND SAYS I NEED OFFICE TIME EVERY DAY.

I MEAN, OFFICE TIME EVERY DAY.

I MEAN, OFFICE TIME EVERY REPEATS OF 16 TIMES IN THEIR 5 SONS IS REPEATED LIKE 70 TIMES.

NOBODY WANTED TO WORK FOR THAT, RIGHT.

AND AND IF YOU DO THAT OR I DID THAT WORK, WE GO TO HR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT A GOOD EMAIL.

AND THERE WAS THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT LIKE CHRIS TALIAFERRO.

THE ALDERMAN WAS CONCERNED ABOUT LOOTING AND RIOTING DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS AND SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO THIS.

WE NEED TO DO DO THAT.

AND SHE SAYS HE WAS AN ALLY SHE SAYS I'M GETTING I'M GETTING GUNK FOR FOR EVEN TRYING TO DO ANYTHING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE THAT'S AT LEAST IN THE HEAT OF A CRISIS.

BUT IT WAS HER RESPONSE.

EVERYTHING.

I WAS LIKE THE THE TEXT MESSAGE SHE SENT MURRAY HAD AND ABOUT THE COLUMBUS STATUE.

SHE SAID I DON'T TAKE KINDLY TO DEMANDS.

AND MARIA JUST SAID THIS NEEDS TO COME DOWN.

CAN WE TALK INTERESTING?

SO IT I MEAN, DEFINITE DEFINITE SORT OF WAY OF DOING BUSINESS SAID THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE MAYOR.

>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT SHE WAS THROWN CRISES THAT NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC.

GEORGE WHAT IS YOUR SORT OF REPORTING HERE?

TELL YOU ABOUT HOW SHE MANAGED THESE 2 CRISIS.

>> SO I THINK ON COVID SHE AND THE GOVERNOR HAD A LOT OF CONFLICT AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE BOOK.

THE GOVERNOR SHUTDOWNS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT SHE WAS AGAINST IT.

>> BUT SHE DID THE RESPONSIBLE ADULT THING OF WORKING TOGETHER GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

>> OR A LITTLE?

>> NOT SHOW OFF A BUNCH OF FIGHTING LIKE LIKE WHAT HAPPENED THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AND NEW YORK CITY BLASIO AND CUOMO.

SO I THINK YOU SOME RESPECT FOR THAT.

I POLICING IN ON THE CIVIL UNREST, WE KIND OF GOT THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS WHERE THE THEY REALLY DO THE REFORMS THAT THE PROMISE AND YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKING AGGRESSIVELY.

SO SO YOU JUST KIND OF HAD A MIDDLING DEPARTMENT ALONG.

AND WAS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.

VERY QUICKLY.

ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE DECISION, THE HIRING OF THE POLICE CHIEF DAVID BROWN, WHO SHE REALLY TOUTED.

SHE REALLY WANTED.

>> BUT HE HE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL TENURE BY ANY OBJECTIVE ACCOUNT.

NO.

AND IF SHE HAD FIRED HIM, SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GOT REELECTED BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHAT SHE WAS DOING ABOUT CRIME.

SHE HAD A ABSENTEE, A GUY REMEMBER PEOPLE USED TO SAY WHAT HE PAUSE.

OKAY.

HE'S POLLING IS NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHO HE IS.

AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE SECOND MOST VISIBLE PERSON IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AT ANY GIVEN TIME ASIDE FROM WHOEVER IS LOSING GAMES FOR THE BEARS, THEIR A GREAT PRACTICE SO MUCH MORE.

WE COULD TALK ABOUT WITH THIS AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THE UNIVERSITY CLUB APRIL FOR THURSDAY.

SO THERE'S A PLUG.

THEIR GREG'S BOOK COMES OUT TOMORROW.

AGAIN, IT'S CALLED THE CITY IS UP FOR GRABS.

HOW CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT LEAD AND LOST A CITY IN CRISIS.

THANKS, GREG.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

BE SURE TO JOIN US TOMORROW AT 5, 30 10, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM UNPACKS EILEEN O'NEILL, BURKE SQUEAKER OVER WHEN AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.

AND 2 LOCAL WORLD WAR, 2 VETERANS REUNITE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THERE THEY ARE.

AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M PARISH SHOTS.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND DRY TONIGHT.

WE'LL SEE TOMORROW.

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