WEBVTT 00:21.500 --> 00:23.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% joining us on the weekend 00:22.033 --> 00:26.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% review. I'm Nick Blumberg. 00:23.400 --> 00:28.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Amanda has the evening off. 00:26.300 --> 00:28.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Mayor Brandon Johnson says 00:28.233 --> 00:31.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% some alders are acting more 00:28.966 --> 00:33.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% like adolescence. Some of the 00:31.033 --> 00:34.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% steps and measures that are 00:33.766 --> 00:35.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% being taken. These are some of 00:34.533 --> 00:36.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% visions of having tantrums 00:35.366 --> 00:40.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% right now. It's time to grow 00:36.133 --> 00:42.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% up. People. Chicago have time 00:40.133 --> 00:43.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% for The mayor cuts his 00:42.700 --> 00:45.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% proposed property tax increase 00:43.733 --> 00:46.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% in half to 150 million 00:45.866 --> 00:49.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% dollars. 00:46.700 --> 00:50.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> That's as a budget deal is 00:49.500 --> 00:51.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% still a ways off with a 00:50.133 --> 00:53.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% December 31st. Deadline 00:51.566 --> 00:55.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% approaching fast after months 00:53.500 --> 00:56.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% of negotiations with no 00:55.600 --> 00:57.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% contract, Chicago teachers, 00:56.500 --> 00:59.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Union members rally trying to 00:57.700 --> 01:01.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% put pressure on the school CEO 00:59.666 --> 01:03.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% and calling on the mayor for 01:01.633 --> 01:05.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% an assist. Meanwhile, Cook 01:03.833 --> 01:06.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% County Board, President Toni 01:05.633 --> 01:07.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Preckwinkle applauds passage 01:06.800 --> 01:11.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% of the county's budget with no 01:07.933 --> 01:14.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% property tax or fee hikes. 01:11.500 --> 01:15.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Prosecutions should be based 01:14.700 --> 01:17.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% on facts. 01:15.666 --> 01:19.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> Prosecution should not case 01:17.733 --> 01:20.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% on. thanks to This was a 01:19.766 --> 01:21.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% vindictive persecution, not 01:20.466 --> 01:24.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% prosecution. Lets them make 01:21.200 --> 01:25.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% any mistake about that. 01:24.100 --> 01:26.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> The state Supreme Court 01:25.133 --> 01:26.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% overturned Jussie Smollett's 01:26.100 --> 01:30.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% conviction for faking a hate 01:26.933 --> 01:32.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% crime against himself and in 01:30.600 --> 01:33.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% federal court, former alderman 01:32.700 --> 01:35.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% turned FBI mole Danny Solis 01:33.900 --> 01:36.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% takes the stand in the 01:35.533 --> 01:40.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% corruption trial of former 01:36.233 --> 01:41.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% House Speaker Michael Madigan. 01:40.300 --> 01:42.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> And now to our week in 01:41.000 --> 01:44.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% review panel. Joining us are 01:42.733 --> 01:45.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Jake Sheridan of the Chicago 01:44.900 --> 01:49.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Tribune, Melody Mercado of 01:45.600 --> 01:51.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Block Club. Chicago, Rima, I 01:49.466 --> 01:52.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% mean, of Chalk beat Chicago 01:51.600 --> 01:53.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% and Rob Heart of WBBM 01:52.466 --> 01:55.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Newsradio. Thank you all for 01:53.366 --> 01:57.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% being here. Let's get right to 01:55.233 --> 01:58.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% it, Jake. We just saw some of 01:57.233 --> 02:00.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% Mayor Johnson's evident 01:58.766 --> 02:02.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% frustration with the city 02:00.533 --> 02:03.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Council there. Is it fair to 02:02.800 --> 02:04.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% say that frustration goes both 02:03.633 --> 02:05.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% ways right now? It's 02:04.333 --> 02:08.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% definitely goes both ways. You 02:05.166 --> 02:10.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% know, the city council. 02:08.900 --> 02:11.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> Is super frustrated with 02:10.500 --> 02:12.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% the original 300 million 02:11.566 --> 02:15.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% dollar proposal. That's why 02:12.266 --> 02:17.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% they struck it down. You know, 02:15.433 --> 02:17.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% has has played in the intro. 02:17.000 --> 02:20.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% The mayors, current proposal 02:17.766 --> 02:22.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% is 150 million dollar property 02:20.433 --> 02:23.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% tax hike with $150 of other 02:22.166 --> 02:25.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% tax reasons. That's mostly on 02:23.100 --> 02:28.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% cloud computing software and 02:25.300 --> 02:30.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% subscription. your Netflix as 02:28.333 --> 02:31.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% well as some efficiencies in 02:30.000 --> 02:34.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% federal stimulus money 02:31.000 --> 02:35.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% spending. you know, whether or 02:34.133 --> 02:37.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% not that new 150 million 02:35.466 --> 02:39.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% dollar property tax hike 02:37.300 --> 02:39.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% actually sticks. That's a huge 02:39.133 --> 02:40.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% question. The city Council 02:39.800 --> 02:41.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% right now, aldermen are still 02:40.866 --> 02:44.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% really frustrated with that 02:41.600 --> 02:45.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% property tax hike. Do we have 02:44.133 --> 02:48.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% a good sense of how they got 02:45.866 --> 02:49.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% to one 50 versus 302 alders 02:48.600 --> 02:51.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% feel like? 02:49.533 --> 02:54.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> The mayor and his budget 02:51.600 --> 02:55.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% staff are being transparent 02:54.300 --> 02:56.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% are collaborating. You know, I 02:55.366 --> 02:56.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% think when the original 02:56.100 --> 03:00.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% 300 million Dollar Property 02:56.800 --> 03:00.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% tax hike came out. 03:00.133 --> 03:01.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> Most aldermen were really 03:00.866 --> 03:02.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% frustrated with that number 03:01.600 --> 03:03.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and felt like the mayor wasn't 03:02.366 --> 03:04.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% speaking with them. The mayor 03:03.766 --> 03:06.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% certainly said that he's 03:04.433 --> 03:07.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% collaborating more and, you 03:06.633 --> 03:08.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% know, when I speak with 03:07.666 --> 03:10.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% alderman, it seems like they 03:08.400 --> 03:12.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% feel that way, too. But some 03:10.233 --> 03:14.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% were caught off guard by this. 03:12.233 --> 03:16.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% 150 million dollar number when 03:14.500 --> 03:17.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% it came out on You know, I 03:16.400 --> 03:19.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% think a lot of alderman still 03:17.566 --> 03:21.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% want to see that number come 03:19.000 --> 03:22.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% down more they sense more 03:21.700 --> 03:26.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% collaboration. I don't know if 03:22.466 --> 03:27.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% they feel like the budget that 03:26.300 --> 03:28.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% the property tax hike is where 03:27.066 --> 03:29.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% they wanted to In reporting, 03:28.533 --> 03:30.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% for example, alderman Jeanette 03:29.666 --> 03:31.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Taylor saying, okay, let's get 03:30.400 --> 03:32.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% down to one 20. So it seems 03:31.133 --> 03:34.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% like they still want more. 03:32.766 --> 03:35.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Yeah, yeah. several aldermen 03:34.433 --> 03:38.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% of told me they want to see 03:35.200 --> 03:39.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% that number 0. So we're 03:38.100 --> 03:39.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% actually lands. It's 03:39.233 --> 03:41.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% definitely be interesting to 03:39.966 --> 03:42.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% see. I think there's a really 03:41.200 --> 03:43.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% good chance to come down 03:42.166 --> 03:45.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% farther. think a lot of people 03:43.466 --> 03:46.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% want to see it at I mean, you 03:45.366 --> 03:48.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% know, Rob, this is a tactic 03:46.366 --> 03:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% you see sometimes propose a 03:48.066 --> 03:52.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% huge increase and then walk it 03:48.866 --> 03:52.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% back to lessen the blow. Given 03:52.066 --> 03:55.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% the infighting, though, that, 03:52.766 --> 03:55.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% you know, Jakes reported on 03:55.033 --> 03:56.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% another folks. Does that feel 03:55.800 --> 03:58.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% like what's happening here? Is 03:56.566 --> 03:59.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% this a negotiating tactic or 03:58.166 --> 04:00.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% is this just genuinely kind of 03:59.600 --> 04:01.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% a messy budget process? I 04:00.666 --> 04:02.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% think it's a messy budget 04:01.866 --> 04:04.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% process. I mean, the question 04:02.600 --> 04:05.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% here is your asking. 04:04.666 --> 04:07.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> As the mayor of the city of 04:05.433 --> 04:09.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Chicago with a 14% approval 04:07.666 --> 04:10.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% rating. You are asking members 04:09.600 --> 04:12.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% of the city council to vote 04:10.333 --> 04:15.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% for a property tax hike which 04:12.366 --> 04:16.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% in and of itself as 04:15.300 --> 04:18.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% politically unpopular and puts 04:16.100 --> 04:19.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% their political futures in 04:18.100 --> 04:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% jeopardy. And unless you can 04:19.633 --> 04:24.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% say look down the line, I'm 04:22.066 --> 04:26.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% going to protect you 04:24.066 --> 04:27.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% electorally in 2027. Do you 04:26.266 --> 04:28.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% take that risk? Yeah, it's 04:27.900 --> 04:31.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% it's pretty big gamble for a 04:28.633 --> 04:32.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% lot of folks. Melody. It's not 04:31.933 --> 04:34.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% necessarily going to plug the 04:32.766 --> 04:35.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% city's budget deficit, but the 04:34.600 --> 04:37.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% block club, CBS investigation 04:35.300 --> 04:40.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% out this week. 04:37.533 --> 04:41.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> We kind of city is owed 04:40.433 --> 04:42.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% some 28 million dollars in 04:41.600 --> 04:43.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% police overtime payments from 04:42.366 --> 04:46.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% special event. Organizers. Why 04:43.233 --> 04:47.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% haven't they paid up? 04:46.100 --> 04:48.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> Yeah. And that 20 million 04:47.266 --> 04:50.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% dollar figure is just from 04:48.900 --> 04:53.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% this year alone. talking tens 04:50.366 --> 04:54.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% of millions of dollars of 04:53.266 --> 04:56.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% unpaid geared toward street 04:54.000 --> 04:57.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% festivals and special events. 04:56.333 --> 04:59.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% But basically departments are 04:57.733 --> 05:00.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% not talking to each through a 04:59.600 --> 05:02.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% lot of record requests. We 05:00.800 --> 05:03.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% found that the city is 05:02.200 --> 05:05.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% actually not retroactively 05:03.200 --> 05:07.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% charging for this over time, 05:05.800 --> 05:08.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% although they are required to 05:07.766 --> 05:11.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% by city ordinance. And of 05:08.600 --> 05:12.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% course, festival producers 05:11.300 --> 05:13.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% that I've talked to have not 05:12.866 --> 05:15.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% necessarily know that they're 05:13.600 --> 05:18.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% supposed to be paying this 05:15.033 --> 05:18.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% back and personally about the 05:18.000 --> 05:22.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% festival organizer. I don't 05:18.700 --> 05:24.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% know if I would want to avoid 05:22.033 --> 05:25.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Milton Valieva expensive 05:24.200 --> 05:26.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% police overtime. Yeah. I think 05:25.766 --> 05:27.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% that's the kind of thing that 05:26.533 --> 05:29.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% unless the bill comes to 05:27.200 --> 05:30.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% probably keep quiet. I mean. 05:29.433 --> 05:31.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> Do you think there's going 05:30.700 --> 05:34.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% to be effort to force 05:31.900 --> 05:35.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% organizers pay up here? 05:34.766 --> 05:37.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I think that there needs to 05:35.866 --> 05:38.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% be some sort of collaborative 05:37.666 --> 05:41.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% effort to make this more 05:38.733 --> 05:43.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% equitable for possible 05:41.333 --> 05:44.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% producers. It's no secret that 05:43.233 --> 05:46.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% producing street festivals, 05:44.600 --> 05:46.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% your favorite neighborhood. 05:46.100 --> 05:49.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% She festivals have gotten more 05:46.866 --> 05:50.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% expensive because of 05:49.133 --> 05:52.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% inflation. And and the street 05:50.233 --> 05:53.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% festivals are not allowed to 05:52.966 --> 05:54.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% retroactively charge an 05:53.600 --> 05:55.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% entrance fee. So they're not 05:54.333 --> 05:57.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% they're not able to work with 05:55.100 --> 06:00.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% a lot of of money here when 05:57.066 --> 06:02.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% when it comes to profit. But 06:00.000 --> 06:04.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% at the end of the day, it is a 06:02.033 --> 06:05.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% city ordinance. And the 06:04.200 --> 06:08.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% question is, do we get rid of 06:05.900 --> 06:09.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% that? Do we fix it somehow to 06:08.533 --> 06:11.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% maybe offer some additional 06:09.233 --> 06:14.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% cuts to that where it may be 06:11.400 --> 06:16.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% their only paying a 06:14.033 --> 06:17.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% percentage. CPD has said that 06:16.166 --> 06:20.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% they don't have a seat at the 06:17.933 --> 06:21.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% table here and they're asking 06:20.100 --> 06:22.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% that they could be 06:21.833 --> 06:23.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% retroactively more part of 06:22.533 --> 06:25.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% this process with case so that 06:23.333 --> 06:26.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% they can figure something out. 06:25.533 --> 06:27.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Police are tired. They're 06:26.933 --> 06:30.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% working a lot of overtime. Cpd 06:27.966 --> 06:33.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% has a shortage right now. It's 06:30.000 --> 06:35.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% no secret and so pulling some 06:33.166 --> 06:35.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% of your officers from the 06:35.133 --> 06:37.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% South side are working special 06:35.866 --> 06:39.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% divisions and what not to 06:37.900 --> 06:40.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% patrol a street festival is 06:39.133 --> 06:42.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% not actually extremely 06:40.966 --> 06:43.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% productive for CPD. And it 06:42.200 --> 06:43.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% seems like in warm weather, 06:43.066 --> 06:45.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% there's about 50 festivals 06:43.733 --> 06:46.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% every weekend, too. 06:45.666 --> 06:47.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> You know, reim at the same 06:46.966 --> 06:49.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% time that the mayor is working 06:47.733 --> 06:51.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% on the city budget. Choppy 06:49.733 --> 06:51.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% reporting this week, the 06:51.300 --> 06:53.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Chicago teachers Union is 06:51.966 --> 06:54.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% asking the mayor to help move 06:53.466 --> 06:57.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% things along with their 06:54.366 --> 06:59.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% contract negotiations. Do we 06:57.333 --> 07:01.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% have any sense of whether the 06:59.366 --> 07:02.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% mayor's jumping into the sea 07:01.333 --> 07:05.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% tu contract debate, whether 07:02.033 --> 07:06.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% he's got the bandwidth for So 07:05.266 --> 07:08.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% we're not aware of a formal 07:06.266 --> 07:09.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% response to the union. 07:08.100 --> 07:10.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% President Stacy Davis, Gates 07:09.366 --> 07:13.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% is formal letter to the mayor 07:10.166 --> 07:14.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% asking him to kind of step 07:13.866 --> 07:15.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> Of course, the mayor and 07:14.533 --> 07:18.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% the CTU are very close allies. 07:15.266 --> 07:19.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I, you know, he I am sure you 07:18.666 --> 07:21.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% get regular updates about 07:19.700 --> 07:22.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% contract negotiations from his 07:21.566 --> 07:25.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% allies or from his deputy 07:22.400 --> 07:26.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% mayor labor prison early. But, 07:25.166 --> 07:26.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% you know, pretty early to tell 07:26.033 --> 07:30.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% us and other news 07:26.566 --> 07:31.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% organizations that the the 07:30.333 --> 07:32.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Johnson administration doesn't 07:31.066 --> 07:35.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% actually feel like CPS as 07:32.866 --> 07:35.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% bargaining. Good faith. They 07:35.066 --> 07:37.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% are pretty extraordinary 07:35.700 --> 07:38.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% comments that she made last 07:37.800 --> 07:41.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% night. And so that could be a 07:38.566 --> 07:42.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% signal that city Hall may may 07:41.800 --> 07:44.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% step in here and turn up the 07:42.900 --> 07:45.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% heat a little bit. It's 07:44.866 --> 07:47.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% interesting. Usually in the 07:45.566 --> 07:48.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% past couple rounds of 07:47.700 --> 07:49.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% negotiations, you seen seat. 07:48.400 --> 07:49.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% He's bashing the mayor here. 07:49.233 --> 07:51.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% They're asking the mayor to 07:49.933 --> 07:52.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% jump into the fray. Yeah, 07:51.933 --> 07:54.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% absolutely. And a different 07:52.866 --> 07:55.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% political environment. The CTU 07:54.666 --> 07:58.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% responsible for getting the 07:55.366 --> 07:59.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% mayor elect, you know, and so 07:58.133 --> 08:00.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% they see a friend city hall. 07:59.466 --> 08:02.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% They see someone who is 08:00.100 --> 08:05.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ideologically aligned with a I 08:02.733 --> 08:06.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% think that helps explain some 08:05.833 --> 08:07.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% of how how different 08:06.833 --> 08:08.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% negotiations are approached 08:07.766 --> 08:10.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% this time around. Yeah, I want 08:08.533 --> 08:11.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% to come back to to you. But, 08:10.433 --> 08:13.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% you know, Jay, kind of put a 08:11.533 --> 08:14.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% bow on some of the budget 08:13.500 --> 08:15.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% conversation. How close does 08:14.700 --> 08:17.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% it look like? We're going to 08:15.433 --> 08:18.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% get to the December 31st 08:17.600 --> 08:20.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% deadline before this deal? You 08:18.633 --> 08:21.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% know, I was talking with an 08:20.533 --> 08:21.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% alderman today at City Hall, 08:21.266 --> 08:23.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% and I told them I think 08:21.900 --> 08:25.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% there's a one percent chance 08:23.633 --> 08:26.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% that I'm gonna have to cancel 08:25.566 --> 08:30.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% many said you said it's higher 08:26.933 --> 08:32.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% than one percent So, you know, 08:30.633 --> 08:33.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I will certainly get closer 08:32.666 --> 08:35.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% than we've been recent years. 08:33.800 --> 08:36.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% You know, most budgets, our 08:35.766 --> 08:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% resolve by now, we're going to 08:36.533 --> 08:39.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% get into the mid December 08:37.200 --> 08:40.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% without a doubt. 08:39.133 --> 08:41.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> There's a lot of holidays. 08:40.366 --> 08:43.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Lot of people are out of town. 08:41.133 --> 08:43.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% It's hard to make and it's 08:43.000 --> 08:45.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% going to be harder to do the 08:43.766 --> 08:47.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% kind of deal making that's 08:45.000 --> 08:49.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% going to be needed to close 08:47.200 --> 08:51.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% this. So, you know, it's it's 08:49.400 --> 08:52.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% a really they deal with the 08:51.233 --> 08:54.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% city goes past December 31st. 08:52.466 --> 08:54.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I don't think anyone in the 08:54.266 --> 08:55.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% city council. I don't think 08:54.966 --> 08:57.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that anyone the mayor's office 08:55.733 --> 08:59.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% wants to do that. So they got 08:57.966 --> 09:01.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% to get a deal, it might be 08:59.966 --> 09:02.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% closer to new years than other 09:01.033 --> 09:03.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% years. Okay. Well, hopefully 09:02.433 --> 09:03.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% you don't have to put the 09:03.100 --> 09:07.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% champagne away just yet. We'll 09:03.933 --> 09:07.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% see what in a remote back to 09:07.066 --> 09:11.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% to the CTU. They held a rally 09:07.866 --> 09:12.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% yesterday pledging to 09:11.433 --> 09:14.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> resist President-elect 09:12.733 --> 09:15.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Trump in the project. 2025 09:14.666 --> 09:16.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% agenda that's been laid out by 09:15.466 --> 09:19.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% the Heritage Foundation. What 09:16.633 --> 09:20.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% exactly was the union calling 09:19.500 --> 09:21.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% for their so the you know, 09:20.466 --> 09:24.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% exactly kind of what you said 09:21.666 --> 09:25.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% that if there are mandates 09:24.400 --> 09:26.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% federally that are, you know, 09:25.400 --> 09:27.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% will be targeted. It will be 09:26.866 --> 09:30.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% targeting LGBTQ students, for 09:27.866 --> 09:31.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% example, are marginalized 09:30.700 --> 09:31.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% populations. 09:31.133 --> 09:33.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> They want to push back 09:31.833 --> 09:34.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% against that. They raise 09:33.333 --> 09:34.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% question of whether Trump is 09:34.333 --> 09:35.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% going to get rid of the 09:34.966 --> 09:39.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Department of Education and 09:35.666 --> 09:40.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% what that means for funding 09:39.233 --> 09:41.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% for schools. But they also use 09:40.200 --> 09:44.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% the rally to turn up again. 09:41.500 --> 09:46.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% The Heat on CPS CEO Peter 09:44.933 --> 09:48.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Martinez and really just 09:46.133 --> 09:50.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% calling for CPS to come to a 09:48.633 --> 09:52.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% deal. And, you know, district 09:50.900 --> 09:53.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% leaders actually yesterday 09:52.633 --> 09:54.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% kind of presenting their side 09:53.600 --> 09:55.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% of negotiations. And so 09:54.233 --> 09:58.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% yesterday was very heavy on 09:55.533 --> 09:59.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% both sides, kind of publicly, 09:58.466 --> 10:01.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% despite a little bit about 09:59.600 --> 10:02.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% what's going on. Yeah, it 10:01.000 --> 10:03.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% seems like from from other 10:02.466 --> 10:04.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% reporting, the 2 sides are 10:03.133 --> 10:05.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% still fairly far apart. There 10:04.966 --> 10:07.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% might be dependent fact finder 10:05.733 --> 10:09.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% coming in. But 10:07.200 --> 10:10.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> who knows what comes of 10:09.100 --> 10:12.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% that? It still seems pretty 10:10.866 --> 10:12.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% contentious still seems pretty 10:12.233 --> 10:14.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% contentious. You know, we 10:12.900 --> 10:15.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% don't have any sense that this 10:14.333 --> 10:17.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% is heading towards a strike as 10:15.400 --> 10:19.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% it has in previous contract 10:17.400 --> 10:19.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% years. 10:19.233 --> 10:20.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Yeah, things are really 10:19.933 --> 10:23.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% tense. And of course, for the 10:20.666 --> 10:23.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% past couple months, CPS CEO 10:23.200 --> 10:24.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Martinez's job has been in 10:23.900 --> 10:27.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% question. The mayor has asked 10:24.600 --> 10:31.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% him to resign and he's he's 10:27.366 --> 10:33.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% still overseeing Chicago 10:31.166 --> 10:34.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% schools. And there's a lot of 10:33.066 --> 10:34.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% leadership shakeups happening 10:34.166 --> 10:37.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% at the same time that these 10:34.900 --> 10:38.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% negotiations are happening. So 10:37.800 --> 10:40.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% it's very tense. What I'll 10:38.533 --> 10:41.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% say. Yeah, I mean, in the CTU 10:40.000 --> 10:42.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% is, you know, among lots of 10:41.800 --> 10:44.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% different organizations 10:42.833 --> 10:45.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% thinking through what a second 10:44.900 --> 10:46.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Trump administration might 10:45.566 --> 10:48.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% look like. But if you look at 10:46.966 --> 10:49.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% an organization, you know, 10:48.333 --> 10:51.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% like a labor union, Rob, how 10:49.866 --> 10:53.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% much exactly is there that 10:51.933 --> 10:55.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% they can do to to you know, 10:53.233 --> 10:56.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% this, whatever this 10:55.100 --> 10:57.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% administration tries to enact 10:56.033 --> 10:57.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% so they can put they can plant 10:57.333 --> 10:58.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% their flag. But I think 10:57.933 --> 11:02.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% there's a much larger issue, 10:58.666 --> 11:02.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% though. We talk about local 11:02.033 --> 11:03.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> institutions and what 11:02.666 --> 11:04.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% they're going to do. And a 11:03.333 --> 11:07.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% second Trump administration. 11:04.033 --> 11:08.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% And that is look at the map of 11:07.133 --> 11:11.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% the city of Chicago on 11:08.066 --> 11:12.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Election Day, November 5th of 11:11.700 --> 11:13.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% this year. 11:12.733 --> 11:15.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> And where Republicans and 11:13.766 --> 11:17.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% where Donald Trump made his 11:15.000 --> 11:17.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% greatest gains mean, obviously 11:17.100 --> 11:19.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% it's where the cops and the 11:17.800 --> 11:20.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% firefighters live at his 11:19.000 --> 11:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% apartment. Greenwood. But if 11:20.200 --> 11:23.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% you look at at the near 11:22.066 --> 11:25.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Southwest side, a lot of 11:23.133 --> 11:27.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Hispanic neighborhoods is 11:25.933 --> 11:30.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% where Donald Trump made his 11:27.433 --> 11:31.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% greatest gains compared to 11:30.433 --> 11:32.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% 2020. And if if I'm a local 11:31.766 --> 11:34.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% institution trying to figure 11:32.500 --> 11:37.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% out how do you plot a course 11:34.066 --> 11:39.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% of the future? Look back to 11:37.766 --> 11:40.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Election Day and see, why did 11:39.533 --> 11:42.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% why were they receptive to his 11:40.833 --> 11:42.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% message? What did they like 11:42.100 --> 11:45.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% about what the the Trump 11:42.733 --> 11:46.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% campaign was selling and then 11:45.800 --> 11:47.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% cater your response to 11:46.433 --> 11:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% addressing some of their 11:47.100 --> 11:49.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% needs. 11:48.866 --> 11:52.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Yeah, trying to to meet 11:49.600 --> 11:54.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% folks where they're at which 11:52.933 --> 11:56.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% could be a tall order for some 11:54.866 --> 11:56.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% of the CT leadership given, 11:56.233 --> 11:57.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% you know, a lot of the 11:56.833 --> 12:00.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% progressive positions that 11:57.500 --> 12:01.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% they stake out. As we 12:00.800 --> 12:03.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% mentioned in the setup package 12:01.533 --> 12:05.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% of the state Supreme Court 12:03.866 --> 12:08.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% overturned Jussie Smollett's 12:05.933 --> 12:09.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% hate hoax. Hate crime 12:08.933 --> 12:13.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% convictions say that 5 times 12:09.633 --> 12:15.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% polity is this never ending 12:13.800 --> 12:17.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% saga coming to an end. 12:15.700 --> 12:18.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Finally, please. I I hope so. 12:17.866 --> 12:19.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Yeah. I think for everyone's 12:18.566 --> 12:19.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% sake, I think I you know, I 12:19.266 --> 12:22.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% think we can say that this 12:19.966 --> 12:23.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% book is close. And I think 12:22.000 --> 12:26.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% that 12:23.733 --> 12:27.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> we're seeing one person in 12:26.266 --> 12:29.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% particular take a victory lap 12:27.000 --> 12:29.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% here. And states attorney Kim 12:29.033 --> 12:32.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% Foxx. 12:29.333 --> 12:33.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Who has repeatedly said 12:32.433 --> 12:36.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% that it should have been 12:33.133 --> 12:37.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% overturned because essentially 12:36.800 --> 12:40.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% you can't try someone twice. 12:37.500 --> 12:41.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% She argues that that is what 12:40.000 --> 12:43.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% happened. And and so, you 12:41.933 --> 12:45.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% know, I think it's sad. And 12:43.200 --> 12:45.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% and hopefully this time, yes, 12:45.066 --> 12:48.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% on interview with her, she was 12:45.933 --> 12:48.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% saying this is criminal 12:48.033 --> 12:49.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% procedure. once I mean, is she 12:48.800 --> 12:50.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% sort of closing out her 12:49.900 --> 12:53.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% tenure? 12:50.233 --> 12:55.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> You have to imagine this is 12:53.100 --> 12:56.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% a positive note for you to be 12:55.133 --> 12:56.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ending Yeah, absolutely. And 12:56.166 --> 12:58.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% we've seen her making the 12:56.833 --> 13:02.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% media tours as well and she's 12:58.800 --> 13:03.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% really push how she feels that 13:02.766 --> 13:06.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% some people will call more 13:03.700 --> 13:07.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% progressive agenda has been 13:06.633 --> 13:11.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% successful and overturning 13:07.533 --> 13:13.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% about 250 wrongful convictions 13:11.000 --> 13:15.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% making work to bring into 13:13.966 --> 13:19.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% light issues with police, 13:15.833 --> 13:20.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% torture and things of that 13:19.000 --> 13:22.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% nature. And Jake, that the 13:20.233 --> 13:24.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% city budget is all drama. 13:22.100 --> 13:25.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Meanwhile, the other side of 13:24.000 --> 13:27.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% the building over head Cook 13:25.966 --> 13:28.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% County, they pass this sort of 13:27.433 --> 13:30.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% good news budget this week. 13:28.166 --> 13:33.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Just how stark a contrast are 13:30.200 --> 13:34.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% we looking at here? Yeah, 13:33.033 --> 13:35.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% well, the procedure is one big 13:34.866 --> 13:36.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% difference, You know, the the 13:35.566 --> 13:37.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% county got their budget 13:36.966 --> 13:41.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% through. 13:37.333 --> 13:42.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> Like basically instantly. 13:41.300 --> 13:43.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Meanwhile, the city is months 13:42.933 --> 13:44.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% into a process that doesn't 13:43.633 --> 13:45.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% really have an end in sight 13:44.400 --> 13:49.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and no one's really sure where 13:45.600 --> 13:50.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% it's going to go right now. 13:49.066 --> 13:51.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% You know, I think the other 13:50.000 --> 13:52.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% big difference, of course, is 13:51.233 --> 13:53.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% the county didn't after his 13:52.466 --> 13:56.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% property taxes, which is the 13:53.233 --> 13:56.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% good news that President Toni 13:56.033 --> 13:59.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Preckwinkle is talking about. 13:56.766 --> 14:01.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Yeah, and you have a lot fewer 13:59.233 --> 14:03.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% commissioners that you have to 14:01.066 --> 14:05.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% to try. instead 50 many mayors 14:03.100 --> 14:08.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% trying to agree you know, with 14:05.233 --> 14:08.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% robbed former Alderman Danny 14:08.033 --> 14:11.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Solis began his testimony this 14:08.766 --> 14:13.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% week in Michael Madigan's 14:11.200 --> 14:14.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% corruption trial wasn't on the 14:13.133 --> 14:15.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% stand for very long before 14:14.333 --> 14:16.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% they broke for the week. The 14:15.333 --> 14:19.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% judge also told the jury they 14:16.600 --> 14:21.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% should expect to be in court 14:19.200 --> 14:22.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% well into January. Any 14:21.400 --> 14:24.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% surprise there given the pace 14:22.466 --> 14:25.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% so far? I am getting 14:24.300 --> 14:27.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% flashbacks to 2005, 2006, 14:25.433 --> 14:31.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% which I cannot believe that 20 14:27.966 --> 14:34.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% 0, 5, is almost 20 years ago. 14:31.266 --> 14:35.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% But Georgia George Ryan 14:34.933 --> 14:36.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% corruption trial, which I 14:35.933 --> 14:38.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% covered when I when I first 14:36.633 --> 14:39.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% came back to Chicago as a 14:38.800 --> 14:43.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% reporter, that trial began in 14:39.700 --> 14:45.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% October of '05 deliver. It 14:43.566 --> 14:45.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% continued all the way until 14:45.200 --> 14:47.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% April that and that is when 14:45.933 --> 14:51.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% the jury reached its verdict. 14:47.466 --> 14:52.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> And that was so long ago 14:51.366 --> 14:53.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% when you go to the Dirksen 14:52.066 --> 14:53.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Federal Building and babysit 14:53.200 --> 14:57.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% jury deliberations, maybe they 14:53.966 --> 15:00.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% have a verdict today. This is 14:57.233 --> 15:00.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% before smartphones. So like 15:00.033 --> 15:01.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% you had rely on the kindness 15:00.766 --> 15:05.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% of strangers like maybe palm, 15:01.866 --> 15:05.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% could give you his old beat up 15:05.000 --> 15:08.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Sun-Times. And you could read 15:05.733 --> 15:09.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% that the past the time, but 15:08.300 --> 15:12.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that that that that happens. I 15:09.100 --> 15:12.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% mean, if you're a juror that 15:12.133 --> 15:13.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% trial and you could go well 15:12.833 --> 15:14.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% into next year because you 15:13.533 --> 15:17.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% have to go through every 15:14.200 --> 15:17.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% single little thing. Your 15:17.300 --> 15:20.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% financial records and stuff 15:17.966 --> 15:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% like that. Forensic 15:20.566 --> 15:23.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% accounting. that's that's 15:21.600 --> 15:24.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that's public service for you. 15:23.533 --> 15:26.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% It certainly is. It's not 15:24.433 --> 15:27.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% always pretty. But someone to 15:26.100 --> 15:28.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% take with. 15:27.033 --> 15:30.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> Remove with with vote 15:28.633 --> 15:31.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% counting coming to an end this 15:30.200 --> 15:34.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% week. Voter turnout for school 15:31.666 --> 15:36.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% board races pretty high of 53% 15:34.600 --> 15:39.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% of registered voters. What do 15:36.566 --> 15:39.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% you think? Got Chicago and so 15:39.133 --> 15:41.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% engaged in this election? 15:39.800 --> 15:42.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Yeah. So the fact that this 15:41.433 --> 15:44.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% happened in a presidential 15:42.966 --> 15:45.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% race year in a general 15:44.500 --> 15:45.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% election, huge reason that's 15:45.233 --> 15:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% according to experts and the 15:45.933 --> 15:49.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% Board of Elections. 15:48.866 --> 15:50.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> And we'll see more of that 15:49.633 --> 15:50.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% in future school board 15:50.266 --> 15:53.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% elections that happened in 15:50.966 --> 15:54.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% presidential election years. 15:53.466 --> 15:55.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Also, you know, an expert was 15:54.766 --> 15:56.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% telling us that the fact that 15:55.633 --> 15:58.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% this was a novel election, 15:56.866 --> 15:59.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% that this was something that 15:58.466 --> 16:00.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% you noticed, advocates and 15:59.533 --> 16:03.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% organizers have been pushing 16:00.266 --> 16:04.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% for for a long time. Also 16:03.433 --> 16:05.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% helped in so lots of different 16:04.700 --> 16:08.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% factors there. And, you know, 16:05.433 --> 16:10.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% I should note that 53% of 16:08.833 --> 16:11.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% registered voters, but of the 16:10.066 --> 16:12.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% people actually showed up to 16:11.633 --> 16:14.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% the polls. It was actually 16:12.333 --> 16:18.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% closer to 80%. Really? So a 16:14.733 --> 16:19.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% good deal interest there. 16:18.700 --> 16:20.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% yeah. I mean it as we look 16:19.433 --> 16:21.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% forward to having a fully 16:20.766 --> 16:22.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% elected school board in a 16:21.433 --> 16:24.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% couple of years. You have to 16:22.833 --> 16:27.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% wonder whether that enthusiasm 16:24.800 --> 16:28.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% will hold once it's lined up 16:27.666 --> 16:29.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% with the midterms. Yeah. And 16:28.366 --> 16:30.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% you know this the same expert 16:29.133 --> 16:31.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% I talked to said that, you 16:30.666 --> 16:32.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% know, you're going to have 16:31.533 --> 16:33.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% some incumbents running, but 16:32.800 --> 16:35.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% then you're also gonna have 16:33.533 --> 16:36.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% new new seats opening up. And 16:35.266 --> 16:37.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% so 16:36.033 --> 16:38.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> that could keep the energy 16:37.100 --> 16:40.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% going. But if you look, you 16:38.233 --> 16:41.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% know, 5.10, years out and you 16:40.366 --> 16:44.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% kind of see it when down to 16:41.166 --> 16:45.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% 20%, you should be. 16:44.400 --> 16:47.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> Totally surprised. But I'm 16:45.133 --> 16:48.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% choosing to stay optimistic. 16:47.433 --> 16:49.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% So, there was also really 16:48.366 --> 16:50.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% interesting. You Chicago study 16:49.800 --> 16:54.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% out this week about English 16:50.733 --> 16:55.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% learners. They found 16:54.300 --> 16:56.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> folks to become fluent by 16:55.333 --> 16:58.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% 9th grade. They graduate at 16:56.066 --> 17:00.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% higher rates than their peers 16:58.266 --> 17:01.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% late arriving English learners 17:00.466 --> 17:02.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% graduate at lower rates. Tell 17:01.566 --> 17:05.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% us a little bit about, you 17:02.500 --> 17:06.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% know what, what that study 17:05.233 --> 17:08.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% found and what it point to 17:06.566 --> 17:09.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% with the approach CPS needs to 17:08.300 --> 17:10.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% take. Yeah. So when you look 17:09.033 --> 17:11.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% at public data for English 17:10.533 --> 17:12.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% language learners that focuses 17:11.700 --> 17:13.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% on just kids who are currently 17:12.466 --> 17:15.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% learning English as a new 17:13.133 --> 17:16.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% language. The research study, 17:15.266 --> 17:18.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% you know, to kind of separate 17:16.033 --> 17:19.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% those things out and draw 17:18.400 --> 17:19.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% attention to the fact that 17:19.200 --> 17:22.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% this group of students, 17:19.833 --> 17:23.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% there's a lot of nuance there. 17:22.033 --> 17:24.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% And so they found yes, that 17:23.366 --> 17:26.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% former English language 17:24.966 --> 17:27.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% learners really out pace, 17:26.200 --> 17:28.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% graduation rates grades SAT 17:27.933 --> 17:30.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% scores. 17:28.900 --> 17:30.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Compared to their peers 17:30.100 --> 17:33.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% district-wide. But then when 17:30.833 --> 17:33.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% you look at kids who have who 17:33.033 --> 17:35.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% have not necessarily been 17:33.766 --> 17:38.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% deemed by the district fluent 17:35.500 --> 17:39.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% in English, they overall 17:38.466 --> 17:43.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% average. Lower GPA is are less 17:39.700 --> 17:44.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% likely to graduate on time. 17:43.366 --> 17:44.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% And so, you know, the point 17:44.033 --> 17:45.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% was that this should help us 17:44.933 --> 17:49.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% target supports for different 17:45.666 --> 17:50.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% kinds students and try to 17:49.533 --> 17:52.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% figure out, you know, what 17:50.466 --> 17:53.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% might what might be behind 17:52.900 --> 17:55.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% those those figures? Yeah, I 17:53.833 --> 17:56.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% mean, you know, when you look 17:55.466 --> 17:57.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% at all the, you know, the 17:56.933 --> 17:58.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% thousands of new arrivals that 17:57.866 --> 18:00.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% the city has seen in the last 17:58.633 --> 18:01.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% couple of years. 18:00.700 --> 18:02.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> melody, when you think 18:01.800 --> 18:05.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% about tailoring support to 18:02.766 --> 18:07.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% students the work we've seen 18:05.066 --> 18:08.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CPS schools, all sorts of, you 18:07.333 --> 18:10.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% know, parts of the try to help 18:08.100 --> 18:12.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% meet the needs of these folks. 18:10.100 --> 18:12.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Just how important is it to 18:12.000 --> 18:14.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% take these sorts of things 18:12.933 --> 18:15.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% into account when you have, 18:14.266 --> 18:17.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% you know, an influx of folks 18:15.000 --> 18:18.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% coming into town. I mean, 18:17.566 --> 18:21.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% incredibly important. These 18:18.266 --> 18:21.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% are folks that, you know, 18:21.200 --> 18:24.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> are highly likely to stay 18:21.966 --> 18:24.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% within the city of Chicago. 18:24.233 --> 18:27.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% And it's worth investing in 18:24.933 --> 18:28.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% these young people so that 18:27.933 --> 18:32.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% they can get back to the city 18:28.833 --> 18:33.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% in terms of whether that mean. 18:32.300 --> 18:36.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> State staying here buying a 18:33.066 --> 18:37.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% home, having a family. 18:36.433 --> 18:39.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> You know, going for that 18:37.466 --> 18:40.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% career that they've always 18:39.366 --> 18:41.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% wanted to and not having a 18:40.500 --> 18:42.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% language barrier being 18:41.300 --> 18:45.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% something that stops them from 18:42.066 --> 18:46.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% doing that. Yeah, mean, it. 18:45.466 --> 18:47.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> You know, these sorts of 18:46.700 --> 18:48.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% issues, the classroom 18:47.366 --> 18:51.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% resources that CTU wants to 18:48.066 --> 18:53.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% see. I mean, how much did you 18:51.700 --> 18:54.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% know? Does this play at all 18:53.466 --> 18:55.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% into the question of contract 18:54.566 --> 18:57.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% negotiations? Yeah. So one of 18:55.400 --> 18:58.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% the things that the union says 18:57.466 --> 19:00.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% they're really far apart on is 18:58.633 --> 19:02.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% beefing up bilingual staffing. 19:00.600 --> 19:03.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% You know, the district has 19:02.333 --> 19:04.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% routinely violated state laws 19:03.400 --> 19:06.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% when it comes to providing 19:04.100 --> 19:06.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% enough filing, you'll 19:06.466 --> 19:07.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% staffing. 19:06.833 --> 19:08.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> The district is in a very 19:07.600 --> 19:12.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% tough financial position right 19:08.333 --> 19:14.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% now. And so that appears to be 19:12.100 --> 19:16.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% one reason why they're so far 19:14.133 --> 19:18.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% apart hiring lots more people 19:16.100 --> 19:20.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% more than they already have. 19:18.066 --> 19:20.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% And when you look at, you know 19:20.066 --> 19:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% that the ongoing back and 19:20.966 --> 19:25.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% forth over CPS CEO Pedro 19:21.600 --> 19:26.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Martinez, you know, the the 19:25.233 --> 19:29.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% district or the union, rather, 19:26.000 --> 19:31.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% you know, trying to call Mayor 19:29.200 --> 19:32.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Johnson in for support on the 19:31.033 --> 19:33.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% contract negotiations. I mean, 19:32.433 --> 19:35.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% how difficult does that make 19:33.433 --> 19:36.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% it take to to get a deal done 19:35.300 --> 19:36.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% when they're still all this 19:36.000 --> 19:39.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% uncertainty about the 19:36.566 --> 19:40.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% leadership at the top of CPS. 19:39.733 --> 19:42.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> I think it makes it 19:40.700 --> 19:43.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% probably incredibly difficult 19:42.866 --> 19:44.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% to to not have a ton of 19:43.766 --> 19:45.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% directions, not have that 19:44.766 --> 19:47.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% stability to close the deal. 19:45.466 --> 19:48.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% You know, it's it's really 19:47.466 --> 19:49.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% hard. 19:48.433 --> 19:50.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> There is some more 19:49.400 --> 19:53.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% education news this week. Rob. 19:50.200 --> 19:54.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Lisa, President elect Trump 19:53.933 --> 19:56.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Tap former wrestling executive 19:54.666 --> 19:58.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Linda McMahon to lead the U.S. 19:56.366 --> 19:59.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Department of Education. She 19:58.000 --> 20:00.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% also ahead of the Small 19:59.866 --> 20:03.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Business administration during 20:00.633 --> 20:05.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Trump's first term. Is she 20:03.300 --> 20:05.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% there to to dismantle the 20:05.233 --> 20:07.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Education Department? It's 20:05.900 --> 20:08.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% been a target before. Well, I 20:07.300 --> 20:10.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% think that it has been a 20:08.400 --> 20:11.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% target before over the course 20:10.233 --> 20:12.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% of the decades. That has been 20:11.466 --> 20:14.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% part of like the conservative 20:12.233 --> 20:15.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% wishlist going back. 20:14.566 --> 20:16.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> To the establishment of the 20:15.300 --> 20:18.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Department of Education in the 20:16.066 --> 20:20.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% early 80's when it was cleaved 20:18.600 --> 20:22.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% off of the Old Department of 20:20.766 --> 20:23.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Health, Education and welfare. 20:22.033 --> 20:26.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Probably easier to do that in 20:23.500 --> 20:27.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% 1982. Compared to today 20:26.333 --> 20:29.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% because if you want to 20:27.400 --> 20:30.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% dismantle the Department of 20:29.266 --> 20:30.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Education and do as President 20:30.000 --> 20:33.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% elect Trump says, send it back 20:30.766 --> 20:34.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% to the states. You're saying 20:33.166 --> 20:36.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% to the 50 states including 20:34.066 --> 20:38.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% some states that elected him 20:36.866 --> 20:41.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% overwhelmingly. Here you go. 20:38.766 --> 20:43.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Please establish and put 20:41.000 --> 20:44.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% together a large education 20:43.766 --> 20:45.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% bureaucracy to take care of 20:44.500 --> 20:46.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% all the functions that Uncle 20:45.200 --> 20:49.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Sam took care of. And on top 20:46.200 --> 20:50.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% of that, you have a lot of 20:49.933 --> 20:52.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% parents nationwide who may 20:50.733 --> 20:53.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% have children who are reliant 20:52.800 --> 20:54.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% on services funded by the 20:53.600 --> 20:56.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% Department of Education and 20:54.533 --> 20:58.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% going back to Old City Council 20:56.400 --> 20:59.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% discussion, members of the 20:58.333 --> 21:01.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% House and Senate. If they feel 20:59.233 --> 21:02.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% that their electoral future is 21:01.533 --> 21:03.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% in jeopardy, they're not gonna 21:02.300 --> 21:05.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% be behind that. Yeah, mean, is 21:03.066 --> 21:07.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% is this the kind of thing that 21:05.800 --> 21:10.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% but CPS is looking at with 21:07.833 --> 21:10.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% perhaps worry or they sort of 21:10.200 --> 21:11.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% feeling like let's see where 21:10.900 --> 21:13.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% this goes. Things are status 21:11.900 --> 21:15.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% quo for right now. Yeah, I 21:13.866 --> 21:15.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% think some of the concerns are 21:15.066 --> 21:16.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% around what the federal 21:15.933 --> 21:17.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% government provides, 21:16.500 --> 21:19.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% obviously, which doesn't make 21:17.733 --> 21:19.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% up. 21:19.200 --> 21:20.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> You know, huge part of the 21:19.966 --> 21:23.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% district's budget, but that's 21:20.700 --> 21:26.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% where you get federal grants. 21:23.733 --> 21:27.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% That's where title one money 21:26.400 --> 21:27.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% title I'm sorry. Title One 21:27.066 --> 21:28.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Money which supports, you 21:27.700 --> 21:29.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% know, schools with lots of 21:28.400 --> 21:29.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% kids from low-income 21:29.100 --> 21:32.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% households. That's where that 21:29.833 --> 21:33.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% money comes from to. So 21:32.633 --> 21:34.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% there's I think there's a 21:33.600 --> 21:38.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% question internally about, you 21:34.400 --> 21:39.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% know, what are we do if this 21:38.233 --> 21:41.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% funding kind of dries up or 21:39.066 --> 21:41.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% isn't quite available anymore? 21:41.333 --> 21:42.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Yeah, well, and you know, 21:41.966 --> 21:45.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% looking ahead to the second 21:42.666 --> 21:45.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% Trump administration, we also 21:45.133 --> 21:46.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% heard. 21:45.466 --> 21:48.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> The mayor earlier this week 21:46.233 --> 21:50.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% reiterate some of his comments 21:48.200 --> 21:51.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% about Chicago remaining a 21:50.200 --> 21:53.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% sanctuary city. Did we hear 21:51.366 --> 21:54.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% anything new from the mayor 21:53.233 --> 21:55.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% about preparations they're 21:54.066 --> 21:56.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% taking or is he just sort of 21:55.166 --> 21:58.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% reiterating their stance? Know 21:56.400 --> 21:58.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% he's he's reiterating its 21:58.033 --> 21:59.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% stance. He you know, he hasn't 21:58.800 --> 22:01.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% didn't really say anything new 21:59.633 --> 22:04.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% this week. But, you know, it's 22:01.700 --> 22:05.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% it's stuck out to He's taken 22:04.666 --> 22:06.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% shots at Donald Trump, Thomas, 22:05.833 --> 22:09.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% like he's going a bit. I think 22:06.600 --> 22:10.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% you called Donald Trump. 22:09.400 --> 22:12.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> Soft and small. And then he 22:10.433 --> 22:13.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% said unlike in Chicago were 22:12.866 --> 22:14.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% big and strong. So, you know, 22:13.566 --> 22:16.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% he's he's taking a lot of 22:14.266 --> 22:17.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% shots of the president-elect. 22:16.900 --> 22:19.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I mean, is that the kind of 22:17.700 --> 22:20.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% thing that could potentially 22:19.466 --> 22:20.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% backfire? I mean, you know, 22:20.133 --> 22:21.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% when Joe Biden in the White 22:20.833 --> 22:22.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% House are still is, you know, 22:21.866 --> 22:24.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% it's a lot easier for Mayor 22:22.933 --> 22:26.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Johnson to pick up the phone 22:24.633 --> 22:27.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and talk to someone has a good 22:26.833 --> 22:29.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% relationship with certainly 22:27.533 --> 22:32.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% having a Democratic president 22:29.233 --> 22:32.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% helps. But it is the 22:32.066 --> 22:34.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% antagonism worth it You know, 22:32.800 --> 22:35.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I'm not sure. And I think time 22:34.566 --> 22:35.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% will tell. The mayor was also 22:35.300 --> 22:37.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% clear that, you know, he's 22:35.966 --> 22:40.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% he's ready to try to work with 22:37.666 --> 22:43.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Donald Trump where where their 22:40.066 --> 22:46.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% interests aligned. So, you 22:43.966 --> 22:48.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% know, Donald Trump's also 22:46.000 --> 22:50.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% someone who hasn't taken jokes 22:48.133 --> 22:51.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% like that super well well, 22:50.300 --> 22:53.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% speaking of an outlet known 22:51.200 --> 22:55.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% for its jokes, a conspiracy 22:53.933 --> 22:56.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% theorist, Alex Jones is a 22:55.266 --> 22:58.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% site. Infowars went up on the 22:56.033 --> 22:59.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% auction block, sold to pay off 22:58.766 --> 23:03.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Sandy Hook families that a 22:59.466 --> 23:04.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% court found Jones defamed 23:03.500 --> 23:05.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% Chicago zone. Satirical news 23:04.566 --> 23:08.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% hate the Onion bought it to 23:05.500 --> 23:09.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% make Infowars into a parity. 23:08.633 --> 23:11.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% Melanie, what kind of an 23:09.666 --> 23:14.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% impact do you think that might 23:11.433 --> 23:15.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% have? Well, Alex Jones is 23:14.533 --> 23:16.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% already fighting it. And 23:15.433 --> 23:20.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% there's he's saying that there 23:16.200 --> 23:22.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% was a higher better. 23:20.733 --> 23:23.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> But reality, it's financial 23:22.233 --> 23:26.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% package. There was the money 23:23.300 --> 23:28.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% that's owed to the Sandy Hook 23:26.166 --> 23:30.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% parents. They fungal that in 23:28.266 --> 23:30.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% into their bid. And so that 23:30.300 --> 23:31.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% made their bid valued at 23:30.966 --> 23:33.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% 7 Million. And Alex Jones is 23:31.700 --> 23:35.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% like, oh, you can't do that. 23:33.966 --> 23:36.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% So he's trying to fight it in 23:35.566 --> 23:40.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% court. But we'll see what 23:36.500 --> 23:40.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% happens. I mean, at the end of 23:40.166 --> 23:42.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% the day, if they do end up 23:40.900 --> 23:43.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% getting it, turning it into a 23:42.566 --> 23:45.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% parody site which some people 23:43.333 --> 23:48.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% probably already are. You? 23:45.400 --> 23:50.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% That's better than what it is 23:48.233 --> 23:52.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% now will be interesting to see 23:50.366 --> 23:53.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% how that ends Robert, 23:52.433 --> 23:54.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% something like this likely to 23:53.233 --> 23:55.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% change minds. I mean, is this 23:54.000 --> 23:57.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% just going to be like a 23:55.500 --> 23:58.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% digital version of the Cold 23:57.966 --> 24:01.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Air reporter, something? think 23:58.700 --> 24:02.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% what what the Trump era. 24:01.000 --> 24:03.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> And the Alex Jones content 24:02.100 --> 24:06.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% and it's all kind of 24:03.666 --> 24:08.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% intertwined. It's impossible 24:06.166 --> 24:10.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% to parity. The reality shoots 24:08.833 --> 24:12.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% past parity every single time. 24:10.966 --> 24:14.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% In fact, I think if the onion 24:12.733 --> 24:16.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% really wants to provide a 24:14.633 --> 24:18.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% service turn in 4 wars and the 24:16.400 --> 24:21.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% like old-fashioned art bell 24:18.933 --> 24:22.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% style conspiracies, like talk 24:21.800 --> 24:25.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% about area. 51 talk about, you 24:22.633 --> 24:26.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% know, people being abducted by 24:25.433 --> 24:27.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% aliens. 24:26.333 --> 24:31.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> Talk about, you know, 24:27.333 --> 24:32.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% little green bring back old 24:31.300 --> 24:33.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% school conspiracies that this 24:32.433 --> 24:35.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% this stuff to give us the X 24:33.366 --> 24:37.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% files to get to the good 24:35.500 --> 24:38.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% stuff. Well, I appreciate that 24:37.566 --> 24:39.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% you for certainly not little 24:38.800 --> 24:41.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% green men. We appreciate 24:39.466 --> 24:44.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% having you all here. Take 24:41.233 --> 24:46.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% Sheridan, Melody Mercado. 24:44.166 --> 24:47.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> Rima, mean, and Rob Heart 24:46.633 --> 24:52.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and we are back to wrap things 24:47.500 --> 24:52.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% up right after this. 24:52.166 --> 24:55.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Chicago tonight is made 24:52.866 --> 24:55.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% possible in part by the 24:55.266 --> 24:59.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% Alexander and John Nichols 24:55.933 --> 25:01.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% family. 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I'm Nick 25:22.600 --> 25:24.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% Blumberg. Thank you for 25:23.900 --> 25:27.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% watching. Stay healthy and 25:24.566 --> 25:28.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% safe and have a good weekend. 25:27.400 --> 25:31.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% All right. How how badly did 25:28.633 --> 25:32.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% everybody get hosed in the 25:31.633 --> 25:33.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% snowstorm yesterday morning? 25:32.833 --> 25:36.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% Did you have to leave I 25:33.633 --> 25:37.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% actually had to cover rally 25:36.566 --> 25:41.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% and it stopped snowing, but 25:37.500 --> 25:42.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% started raining just the worst 25:41.500 --> 25:42.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% possible light for of the 25:42.166 --> 25:43.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% season. Love to you know, you 25:42.900 --> 25:44.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% have to we know it's going to 25:43.900 --> 25:46.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% happen every year and yet we 25:44.733 --> 25:47.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% still cannot help but 25:46.733 --> 25:49.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% complain. I think it's in DNA 25:47.933 --> 25:51.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% that was on the night was it 25:49.733 --> 25:52.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% was like a snow globe. I 25:51.566 --> 25:55.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% couldn't see like what is 25:52.700 --> 26:02.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% this? That's kind of a fun guy 25:55.800 --> 26:03.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% to look out at I just stayed 26:02.433 --> 26:04.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% remind that always makes me 26:03.166 --> 26:07.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% think of when I was a reporter 26:04.566 --> 26:08.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% in Phoenix, I was in a radio 26:07.500 --> 26:09.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% studio and I looked out the 26:08.566 --> 26:11.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% window when a sand storm was 26:09.433 --> 26:14.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% coming like we were just 26:11.433 --> 26:15.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% getting envelop allows you no 26:14.500 --> 26:18.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% visibility whatsoever. 26:15.466 --> 26:18.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> But is a good have never 26:18.133 --> 26:29.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% experienced the help. before I 26:18.866 --> 26:29.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:42.5% cannot to say it 26:35.600 --> 26:40.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> Closed caption was made 26:39.200 --> 26:42.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% possible by Robert a And 26:40.066 --> 26:43.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Clifford Law a personal injury 26:42.433 --> 26:44.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% law firm committed to giving