1 00:00:16,133 --> 00:00:17,400 >> HELLO AND THANKS FOR 2 00:00:16,633 --> 00:00:18,100 JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT. 3 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,000 I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN. HERE'S 4 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:21,666 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,666 >> EVER SAID THE HOUSE WAS 6 00:00:21,666 --> 00:00:26,400 BORING. 7 00:00:25,666 --> 00:00:27,133 >> ONE ON ONE WITH THE SPEAKER 8 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:27,733 OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE ON THE 9 00:00:27,133 --> 00:00:32,066 JUST-ENDED LEGISLATIVE 10 00:00:27,733 --> 00:00:33,300 SESSION. THEY NEVER APOLOGIZED 11 00:00:32,066 --> 00:00:34,000 FOR THEIR OFF OF WORK AND THEY 12 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:38,066 NEVER SEND ANYONE BACK OUT 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,766 EVEN AFTER PROMISING TO DO SO. 14 00:00:38,066 --> 00:00:41,733 >> AND LOCKSMITHS CAN BE YOUR 15 00:00:38,766 --> 00:00:42,466 KEY TO HOME PROTECTION. BUT 16 00:00:41,733 --> 00:00:45,300 UPCOMING DEREGULATION HAS SOME 17 00:00:42,466 --> 00:00:47,300 CONSUMER ADVOCATES WORRIED. 18 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:49,366 >> AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S 19 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:50,500 TOP STORIES. MORE THAN 100 20 00:00:49,366 --> 00:00:52,366 PEOPLE HAVE FILED 2 NEW 21 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:54,866 LAWSUITS AGAINST THE STATE OF 22 00:00:52,366 --> 00:00:56,800 ILLINOIS ALLEGING ABUSE AND 23 00:00:54,866 --> 00:00:59,033 MISCONDUCT AT ILLINOIS YOUTH 24 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,333 CENTERS. ATTORNEYS FOR THE 95 25 00:00:59,033 --> 00:01:02,033 MEN AND 13 WOMEN CLAIM THE 26 00:01:01,333 --> 00:01:05,400 STATE ALONG WITH THE ILLINOIS 27 00:01:02,033 --> 00:01:06,366 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND 28 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,833 JUVENILE JUSTICE, QUOTE, 29 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:09,700 ALLOWED A CULTURE OF ABUSE AT 30 00:01:07,833 --> 00:01:11,666 HIGHWAY SEES TO FLOURISH 31 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:14,633 UNABATED. THE GROUP SAYS THE 32 00:01:11,666 --> 00:01:15,566 ABUSE OCCURRED FROM 1997 TO 33 00:01:14,633 --> 00:01:17,800 2019 AND INVOLVED VICTIMS WHO 34 00:01:15,566 --> 00:01:19,200 WERE 10 TO 17 YEARS OLD AT THE 35 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,800 TIME BEING HELD AT 8 YOUTH 36 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,933 CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE. THE 37 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,033 ALLEGATIONS ARE SIMILAR TO 38 00:01:22,933 --> 00:01:25,633 THOSE MADE IN A LAWSUIT FILED 39 00:01:24,033 --> 00:01:29,300 BY THE SAME ATTORNEYS LAST 40 00:01:25,633 --> 00:01:30,200 MONTH ON BEHALF OF NEARLY 100 41 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:34,633 OTHERS ALSO ALLEGE ABUSE AND 42 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:35,266 ASSAULT BY EMPLOYEES. CHICAGO 43 00:01:34,633 --> 00:01:36,033 POLICE SAY SHOOTINGS AND 44 00:01:35,266 --> 00:01:39,866 HOMICIDES ARE AT THEIR LOWEST 45 00:01:36,033 --> 00:01:40,500 LEVELS SINCE 2019. THE CHICAGO 46 00:01:39,866 --> 00:01:41,200 POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS 47 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,533 HOMICIDES ARE DOWN MORE THAN 48 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:47,366 14% YEAR TO DATE AND SHOOTINGS 49 00:01:43,533 --> 00:01:49,433 ARE DOWN NEARLY 10% IN THE 50 00:01:47,366 --> 00:01:50,733 MONTH OF MAY. THE DEPARTMENT 51 00:01:49,433 --> 00:01:52,533 SAYS THERE WERE 20% IF YOU ARE 52 00:01:50,733 --> 00:01:53,700 HOMICIDES COMPARED TO LAST 53 00:01:52,533 --> 00:01:54,633 SHOOTING INCIDENTS ARE DOWN 54 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:57,733 13% AND THERE'S A 6% DROP IN 55 00:01:54,633 --> 00:02:00,566 GUN FIRE VICTIMS ALL AT THEIR 56 00:01:57,733 --> 00:02:01,933 LOWEST LEVELS IN 5 YEARS. 57 00:02:00,566 --> 00:02:02,666 POLICE SAY THEY'VE INCREASED 58 00:02:01,933 --> 00:02:04,400 THEIR PRESENCE ACROSS THE CITY 59 00:02:02,666 --> 00:02:05,066 AND ON THE LAKEFRONT. IN 60 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,866 ADDITION TO PREPPING FOR 61 00:02:05,066 --> 00:02:07,733 LARGE-SCALE EVENTS AND MORE 62 00:02:06,866 --> 00:02:11,400 TRAINING BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC 63 00:02:07,733 --> 00:02:12,733 NATIONAL CONVENTION IN AUGUST. 64 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,666 CHICAGO SPORTS FANS WILL SOON 65 00:02:12,733 --> 00:02:16,366 HAVE A NEW NETWORK TO CATCH 66 00:02:14,666 --> 00:02:18,633 BULLS, WHITE SOX AND THOSE 67 00:02:16,366 --> 00:02:19,366 BLACKHAWKS GAMES. THE NEWLY 68 00:02:18,633 --> 00:02:20,100 FORMED CHICAGO SPORTS NETWORK 69 00:02:19,366 --> 00:02:22,966 LAUNCHES IN OCTOBER AND WILL 70 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:25,800 REPLACE NBC SPORTS. CHICAGO AS 71 00:02:22,966 --> 00:02:27,000 THE 3 TEENS BROADCAST THE 72 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,733 NETWORK WILL AIR MORE THAN 300 73 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,900 LIVE GAMES ANNUALLY AND 74 00:02:28,733 --> 00:02:34,666 FUTURE. 24 7 MULTI-SPORT 75 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:35,366 PROGRAMMING. TALKS AND BULLS 76 00:02:34,666 --> 00:02:36,066 PRESEASON GAMES START AIRING 77 00:02:35,366 --> 00:02:38,766 IN OCTOBER WITH THE WHITE SOX 78 00:02:36,066 --> 00:02:39,933 COMING ON IN THEIR 2025. 79 00:02:38,766 --> 00:02:42,600 SEASON. NBC SPORTS, CHICAGO 80 00:02:39,933 --> 00:02:43,333 SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE COVERING 81 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,033 THE TEAM'S THROUGH THE REST OF 82 00:02:43,333 --> 00:02:44,800 THE PARTNERSHIPS AND COVERAGE 83 00:02:44,033 --> 00:02:45,933 OF EVERY LOCAL PRO TEAM ON 84 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:50,433 NBC, 5, CHICAGO AND TELEMUNDO, 85 00:02:45,933 --> 00:02:51,400 CHICAGO. CHICAGO AND COOK 86 00:02:50,433 --> 00:02:52,700 COUNTY OFFICIALS MARK THE 87 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,166 BEGINNING OF PRIDE MONTH AT 88 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:56,066 DALEY PLAZA TODAY RAISING THE 89 00:02:54,166 --> 00:02:58,133 PRIDE FLAG ALONG WITH THE 90 00:02:56,066 --> 00:02:59,066 COUNTY FLAG. THE MAYOR COOK 91 00:02:58,133 --> 00:03:00,133 COUNTY BOARD, PRESIDENT AND 92 00:02:59,066 --> 00:03:02,933 OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AS 93 00:03:00,133 --> 00:03:03,666 WELL AS LGBTQ+, ADVOCATES 94 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:04,366 EXPLAIN THE MEANING BEHIND THE 95 00:03:03,666 --> 00:03:10,066 COLORS OF THE PROGRESS PRIDE 96 00:03:04,366 --> 00:03:11,533 FLAG. BLACK AND BROWN STRIPES 97 00:03:10,066 --> 00:03:13,766 TO PORTRAY MARGINALIZE LGBTQ+ 98 00:03:11,533 --> 00:03:15,766 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 99 00:03:13,766 --> 00:03:18,600 >> AS WELL AS BLUE AND PINK 100 00:03:15,766 --> 00:03:19,366 STRIPES TO HIGHLIGHT THE 101 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,966 TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY 102 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:24,400 MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ 103 00:03:19,966 --> 00:03:26,133 COMMUNITY. IT IS IMPORTANT 104 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,366 THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR 105 00:03:26,133 --> 00:03:28,433 INCLUSION AS WE CONTINUE TO 106 00:03:27,366 --> 00:03:29,400 SEE DISCRIMINATION AND 107 00:03:28,433 --> 00:03:32,600 VIOLENCE AGAINST THE TRANS 108 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,300 COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS 109 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,266 COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS 110 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:38,133 BLACK TRANS WOMEN. 111 00:03:36,266 --> 00:03:39,300 >> THE CTA ALSO ROLLED OUT THE 112 00:03:38,133 --> 00:03:40,033 PRIDE TRAIN FOR THE 7TH YEAR 113 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:43,233 IN A ROW. NOW IN SERVICE ALONG 114 00:03:40,033 --> 00:03:44,466 THE RED LINE, THE 8 CARR 115 00:03:43,233 --> 00:03:46,366 RAINBOW WRAP STRAIN HAS A NEW 116 00:03:44,466 --> 00:03:47,266 DESIGN WHICH COVERS THE ENTIRE 117 00:03:46,366 --> 00:03:49,433 TRAIN AND ALSO INCLUDES THE 118 00:03:47,266 --> 00:03:52,266 ADDITIONAL COLORS OF THE 119 00:03:49,433 --> 00:03:53,200 PROGRESS FLAG REPRESENTING 120 00:03:52,266 --> 00:03:56,100 LGBTQ+, PEOPLE OF COLOR AS 121 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,300 WELL AS THE TRANS COLOR TRIO. 122 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:58,033 FOR MORE DETAILS ON PRIDE 123 00:03:57,300 --> 00:04:00,200 EVENTS HAPPENING ACROSS THE 124 00:03:58,033 --> 00:04:00,833 CITY THIS MONTH. VISIT OUR 125 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:05,066 WEBSITE WTW DOT COM SLASH 126 00:04:00,833 --> 00:04:06,566 FESTIVALS. UP NEXT, WHAT'S ALL 127 00:04:05,066 --> 00:04:07,466 IN THE STATE'S NEW BUDGET 128 00:04:06,566 --> 00:04:08,200 THEM? AND THEN A KEY IS 129 00:04:07,466 --> 00:04:08,933 ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE SPEAKER OF 130 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,766 THE ILLINOIS HOUSE TO FIND OUT 131 00:04:08,933 --> 00:04:13,433 RIGHT AFTER THIS. 132 00:04:12,766 --> 00:04:15,700 >> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE 133 00:04:13,433 --> 00:04:16,366 POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE 134 00:04:15,700 --> 00:04:18,966 ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS 135 00:04:16,366 --> 00:04:21,933 FAMILY. THE GYM AND K MAYBE 136 00:04:18,966 --> 00:04:25,233 FAMILY. THE POPE BROTHERS 137 00:04:21,933 --> 00:04:35,566 FOUNDATION. AND THE SUPPORT OF 138 00:04:25,233 --> 00:04:35,566 THESE DONORS. 139 00:04:36,533 --> 00:04:39,466 >> ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS ARE 140 00:04:37,566 --> 00:04:42,500 BACK HOME AFTER THEIR ANNUAL 141 00:04:39,466 --> 00:04:43,200 END OF A WHIRLWIND WE SAW 142 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:43,933 LEGISLATORS PASS A BUDGET AND 143 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,200 BILLS THAT DO EVERYTHING FROM 144 00:04:43,933 --> 00:04:46,333 CREATING DIGITAL DRIVER'S 145 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,300 LICENSES TO GIVING CONSUMERS 146 00:04:46,333 --> 00:04:49,900 GREATER HEALTH INSURANCE 147 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:50,533 PROTECTIONS. NONE OF WHAT GOES 148 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:53,033 ON IN SPRINGFIELD HAPPENS 149 00:04:50,533 --> 00:04:53,733 WITHOUT INVOLVEMENT FROM A FEW 150 00:04:53,033 --> 00:04:54,500 KEY LEADERS, INCLUDING OUR 151 00:04:53,733 --> 00:04:58,200 GUEST. THAT'S ILLINOIS HOUSE 152 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:59,466 SPEAKER EMANUEL CHRIS WELCH. 153 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,100 THE ACTION DID NOT STOP IN 154 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:00,900 SPRINGFIELD UPON ARRIVING 155 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:02,666 HOME. WELCH WAS SERVED WITH 156 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:04,966 THE LAWSUIT BY MEMBERS OF HIS 157 00:05:02,666 --> 00:05:06,800 OWN STAFF. NOW JOINING US TO 158 00:05:04,966 --> 00:05:07,933 TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT IS THE 159 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,800 SPEAKER OF THE ILLINOIS HOUSE 160 00:05:07,933 --> 00:05:09,466 EMANUEL, CHRIS WELCH. THANKS 161 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,433 FOR JOINING US NOW. WE JUST 162 00:05:09,466 --> 00:05:13,133 HEARD FROM BRANDEIS THAT THE 163 00:05:12,433 --> 00:05:14,800 BEARS AND THE SOX ARE GETTING 164 00:05:13,133 --> 00:05:17,833 A NEW NETWORK. BUT SO FAR, NO 165 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,766 NEW STATE HELP FOR FRESH 166 00:05:17,833 --> 00:05:22,533 STADIUMS. WHAT IF ANYTHING, 167 00:05:20,766 --> 00:05:23,266 CAN THEY DO TO CONVINCE YOU 168 00:05:22,533 --> 00:05:25,200 ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO 169 00:05:23,266 --> 00:05:29,066 MAKE THAT HAPPEN? COME FALL? 170 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,733 >> I GOT TO TELL AS WE'VE SAID 171 00:05:29,066 --> 00:05:31,266 TO THE BEARS OVER AND OVER 172 00:05:29,733 --> 00:05:33,333 AGAIN TO THE WHITE SOX AND 173 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:37,533 ALSO TO THE CHICAGO RED STARS. 174 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:39,733 THERE'S JUST NO USE TAXPAYER 175 00:05:37,533 --> 00:05:40,166 FUNDING TO FUND STADIUMS FOR 176 00:05:39,733 --> 00:05:40,900 BILLIONAIRES. 177 00:05:40,166 --> 00:05:45,100 >> EVEN AFTER THE ELECTION YOU 178 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:46,866 KNOW, EVEN AFTER THE ELECTION, 179 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:48,366 I JUST THINK IT, YOU KNOW IT'S 180 00:05:46,866 --> 00:05:51,666 THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS 181 00:05:48,366 --> 00:05:52,366 ON KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES. 182 00:05:51,666 --> 00:05:53,066 >> PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE SURE 183 00:05:52,366 --> 00:05:55,100 THEIR GROCERIES OR AFFORDABLE 184 00:05:53,066 --> 00:05:55,866 THE RENT IS AFFORDABLE. YOU 185 00:05:55,100 --> 00:05:59,066 KNOW THAT THEY CAN HAVE A ROOF 186 00:05:55,866 --> 00:05:59,700 OVER THEIR HEAD. THE LAST 187 00:05:59,066 --> 00:06:00,366 THING THEY WANT US TO BE 188 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:03,133 TALKING ABOUT STADIUMS FOR 189 00:06:00,366 --> 00:06:04,233 SPORTS TEAMS. 190 00:06:03,133 --> 00:06:04,866 >> WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 191 00:06:04,233 --> 00:06:07,133 BUDGET IN JUST A BIT, BUT 192 00:06:04,866 --> 00:06:07,800 FIRST BECAUSE THIS IS FRESH 193 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:09,033 JUSTICE OR FRIDAY WITH THAT 194 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,066 LAWSUIT. AND FOR THOSE WHO 195 00:06:09,033 --> 00:06:12,000 AWARE, IT IS A GROUP OF 196 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:12,666 EMPLOYEES POLICY WORK FOR THE 197 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,033 STATE UNDER HOUSE DEMOCRATS 198 00:06:12,666 --> 00:06:17,266 THAT ARE TRYING TO UNIONIZE 199 00:06:16,033 --> 00:06:19,066 SUING SAYING EU AS SPEAKER 200 00:06:17,266 --> 00:06:21,366 HAVE EFFECTIVELY BLOCKS THEM, 201 00:06:19,066 --> 00:06:23,400 END QUOTE, UNLAWFULLY CREATED 202 00:06:21,366 --> 00:06:24,000 A CLIMATE OF FEAR. NOW THIS 203 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,766 COMES YOU ANOTHER STATE 204 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,566 DEMOCRATS, OF COURSE, PASSED 205 00:06:27,766 --> 00:06:29,666 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 206 00:06:28,566 --> 00:06:32,733 PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO 207 00:06:29,666 --> 00:06:33,733 COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN. HOW DOES 208 00:06:32,733 --> 00:06:34,466 THAT SQUARE? 209 00:06:33,733 --> 00:06:35,133 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME 210 00:06:34,466 --> 00:06:36,933 TELL YOU, I HAVE NOT BEEN 211 00:06:35,133 --> 00:06:37,966 SERVED WITH A LAWSUIT YET. IF 212 00:06:36,933 --> 00:06:40,100 THERE IS A LAWSUIT THAT'S BEEN 213 00:06:37,966 --> 00:06:43,133 FILED, WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT 214 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:43,933 YET. OFFICIALLY. I WILL TELL 215 00:06:43,133 --> 00:06:44,900 YOU THAT. 216 00:06:43,933 --> 00:06:46,633 >> READ IT ON OFFICIALLY 217 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:47,100 EVERETT ON. IT'S BEEN ON 218 00:06:46,633 --> 00:06:49,566 SOCIAL MEDIA. 219 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:51,433 >> BUT I HADN'T SERVE ANYTHING 220 00:06:49,566 --> 00:06:53,433 YET. CERTAINLY IF WE GET SIR, 221 00:06:51,433 --> 00:06:56,466 WILL A DEAL WITH IT AT THAT 222 00:06:53,433 --> 00:06:58,266 TIME? YOU KNOW, MY RECORD BEEN 223 00:06:56,466 --> 00:06:58,900 PRETTY CLEAR LABOR. I PICKEN 224 00:06:58,266 --> 00:06:59,900 LABOR ORGANIZATION. THEY 225 00:06:58,900 --> 00:07:04,933 RECOGNIZE ME FROM MY WORK ON 226 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:06,733 ON LABOR RIGHTS. I BELIEVE 227 00:07:04,933 --> 00:07:07,500 DEEPLY IN THE RIGHT TO 228 00:07:06,733 --> 00:07:08,266 ORGANIZE. I BELIEVE IN UNIONS 229 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:10,466 MY FAMILY WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE 230 00:07:08,266 --> 00:07:12,600 ARE TODAY WITHOUT UNIONS, BUT 231 00:07:10,466 --> 00:07:13,500 THE LAW AS IT CURRENTLY 232 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,200 EXISTS, DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO 233 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:19,200 DO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING. SO 234 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:19,800 WHAT HAVE WHAT HAVE I DONE? I 235 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,200 FILED A BILL MY NAME I 236 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,266 SPONSORED IRAN. IT AND IT 237 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,300 PASSED THE HOUSE 238 00:07:23,266 --> 00:07:26,733 OVERWHELMINGLY THAT BILL WOULD 239 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:27,400 ALLOW US TO CHANGE THE LAW AND 240 00:07:26,733 --> 00:07:28,766 GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO DO 241 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,766 WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THAT 242 00:07:28,766 --> 00:07:32,800 BILL CURRENTLY SITS IN THE 243 00:07:30,766 --> 00:07:33,566 SENATE. AND SO I WOULD LOVE 244 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,533 FOR THAT. PASSED THE SENATE 245 00:07:33,566 --> 00:07:37,666 HAD TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK 246 00:07:35,533 --> 00:07:39,033 BECOME LAW BECAUSE THEN WE 247 00:07:37,666 --> 00:07:39,800 WOULD BE ABLE NOT EMPLOYEES IN 248 00:07:39,033 --> 00:07:41,566 THE HOUSE THAT RIGHT WOULD BE 249 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,566 ABLE TO GIVE EMPLOYEES IN THE 250 00:07:41,566 --> 00:07:44,600 SENATE AND THROUGHOUT THE 251 00:07:43,566 --> 00:07:45,666 ENTIRE BUILDING. THAT ABILITY 252 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,900 COURSE CAN'T FORCE THE SENATE 253 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:49,033 TO DO ANYTHING. BUT YOU CAN 254 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:49,566 HAVE CONVERSATIONS. POWERFUL 255 00:07:49,033 --> 00:07:50,600 LEADER. 256 00:07:49,566 --> 00:07:53,466 >> GET WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO 257 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,366 TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? WELL. 258 00:07:53,466 --> 00:07:55,433 >> I WILL TELL YOU SINCE 2021, 259 00:07:54,366 --> 00:07:56,133 WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF 260 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:58,433 THINGS THAT HAVE IMPROVED THE 261 00:07:56,133 --> 00:08:00,666 CONDITIONS IN THE HOUSE. CAN 262 00:07:58,433 --> 00:08:02,300 THEY BE BETTER? THEY CAN 263 00:08:00,666 --> 00:08:03,000 ALWAYS BE BETTER TO PASS LAW. 264 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:03,733 CHANGE MAY BE THINGS IN THE 265 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,433 HOUSE. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING 266 00:08:03,733 --> 00:08:06,566 ABOUT GETTING MORE STRUCTURE 267 00:08:04,433 --> 00:08:07,800 TO WORK TIMES AND 268 00:08:06,566 --> 00:08:10,600 >> INCREASES IN PAY. BUT HAVE 269 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:12,433 YOU DONE ANYTHING TO TRY TO 270 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,633 MOVE THE SENATE ON THAT 271 00:08:12,433 --> 00:08:14,533 LEGISLATION? AS ASIAN, I'VE 272 00:08:13,633 --> 00:08:15,633 HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR 273 00:08:14,533 --> 00:08:16,666 SENATE HE KNOWS MY POSITION ON 274 00:08:15,633 --> 00:08:21,033 THE BILL. I'M A BIG SUPPORTER 275 00:08:16,666 --> 00:08:21,766 OF THAT ISSUE. AND 276 00:08:21,033 --> 00:08:22,400 >> CERTAINLY THERE'S THAT BILL 277 00:08:21,766 --> 00:08:23,133 AND OTHER BILLS THAT HAVE 278 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,300 PASSED THE HOUSE THAT HAD BEEN 279 00:08:23,133 --> 00:08:25,000 MOVED IN THE SENATE. THAT'S A 280 00:08:24,300 --> 00:08:27,100 POINT OF FRUSTRATION THAT WE 281 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,166 HAVE EVERY YEAR. WHAT I THINK 282 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:29,866 THOSE EMPLOYEES SHOULD DO. 283 00:08:29,166 --> 00:08:31,733 SIMILAR TO THE CONVERSATIONS 284 00:08:29,866 --> 00:08:32,466 THEY'VE HAD WITH ME. THEY 285 00:08:31,733 --> 00:08:34,633 SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE 286 00:08:32,466 --> 00:08:35,400 CONVERSATIONS IN THE SENATE. A 287 00:08:34,633 --> 00:08:36,133 BILL BECOMES LAW WHEN IT 288 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,866 PASSES THE HOUSE, THE SENATE 289 00:08:36,133 --> 00:08:40,166 AND IS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. 290 00:08:38,866 --> 00:08:40,933 AND I TELL YOU, I'M A BIG 291 00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:41,600 SUPPORTER OF THAT ISSUE. I 292 00:08:40,933 --> 00:08:45,300 STOOD WITH THEM. I SAT WITH 293 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:47,466 HIM COMMITTEE AND ADVOCATED 294 00:08:45,300 --> 00:08:48,400 FOR THEM AND I'M GOING TO 295 00:08:47,466 --> 00:08:49,933 CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE JUST A 296 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,866 FINAL QUESTION HERE. DOES THIS 297 00:08:49,933 --> 00:08:52,233 ISSUE PRESENT ANY QUESTIONS 298 00:08:50,866 --> 00:08:52,833 ABOUT JUST DEMOCRATIC 299 00:08:52,233 --> 00:08:53,533 IDENTITY? 300 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:56,500 >> I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK 301 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:57,633 THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, I PUT 302 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:59,066 MY NAME ON THE BILL AND PASSED 303 00:08:57,633 --> 00:09:00,500 IT. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR 304 00:08:59,066 --> 00:09:01,233 VALUES. BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT 305 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:03,600 TO ORGANIZE. AND THAT'S WHY I 306 00:09:01,233 --> 00:09:04,466 SUPPORTED THE BILL. 307 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,633 >> WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE 308 00:09:04,466 --> 00:09:07,800 BUDGET BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG 309 00:09:06,633 --> 00:09:08,500 DEAL. AND WHEN YOU ARE 310 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,633 CREATED, YOU SAID TODAY WILL 311 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:12,700 BE THE LAST TIME. I TALK ABOUT 312 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:13,566 US AS DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS 313 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:15,566 BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 314 00:09:13,566 --> 00:09:16,666 BEING UNITED WITH BUT I'M 315 00:09:15,566 --> 00:09:17,500 GOING TO PLAY HERE, A 316 00:09:16,666 --> 00:09:18,766 REPUBLICAN WHO JUST LAST WEEK 317 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:23,400 DURING THE BUDGET VOTE, SPOKE 318 00:09:18,766 --> 00:09:24,766 SPOKE UP, FEELING OTHERWISE. 319 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,633 >> YOU PASS THESE RULES. THESE 320 00:09:24,766 --> 00:09:30,666 ARE YOUR RULES. I THINK IT 321 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:32,000 SHOULD BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE IN 322 00:09:30,666 --> 00:09:34,600 THIS STATE. WHAT THIS SUPER 323 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:38,700 MAJORITY IS WILLING TO DO TO 324 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:39,366 RAM A TAX INCREASE DOWN THE 325 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:42,166 THROATS OF THE CITIZENS OF 326 00:09:39,366 --> 00:09:44,200 ILLINOIS. 327 00:09:42,166 --> 00:09:47,366 >> IN THE MORNING. 328 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:51,100 >> RESPOND TO THAT. WELL, THAT 329 00:09:47,366 --> 00:09:51,766 WAS SPRINGFIELD THEATER. 330 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:52,433 THAT'S POLITICAL THEATER. 331 00:09:51,766 --> 00:09:52,933 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED ON THE 332 00:09:52,433 --> 00:09:53,600 FLORIDA HOUSE OF 333 00:09:52,933 --> 00:09:56,100 REPRESENTATIVES EVERY YEAR. 334 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:59,466 THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT WHAT 335 00:09:56,100 --> 00:10:00,166 YOU SAW IS A REPUBLICAN LEADER 336 00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:03,666 ADVOCATING FOR CORPORATIONS 337 00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:05,000 LIKE REPUBLICANS DO TALKING 338 00:10:03,666 --> 00:10:05,733 ABOUT TAX TAXES ON SPORTS, 339 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:11,433 BETTING COMPANIES THAT AREN'T 340 00:10:05,733 --> 00:10:12,166 EVEN BASED IN ILLINOIS AND BGT 341 00:10:11,433 --> 00:10:13,466 WE'RE NAMING TERMINALS. VIDEO 342 00:10:12,166 --> 00:10:14,900 GAMING TERMINALS WERE TALKING 343 00:10:13,466 --> 00:10:16,866 ABOUT TAXING CORPORATIONS THAT 344 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:20,633 CAN TO PAY MORE TO HELP US DO 345 00:10:16,866 --> 00:10:21,300 THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR THE 346 00:10:20,633 --> 00:10:24,266 HOMELESS TO HELP HOUSING TO 347 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:24,966 HELP OUR SCHOOLS AND 348 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:26,166 CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY'VE 349 00:10:24,966 --> 00:10:29,033 DONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THEY 350 00:10:26,166 --> 00:10:30,700 STOOD AGAINST THOSE THINGS. 351 00:10:29,033 --> 00:10:32,933 >> AND YET IT WASN'T JUST 352 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:34,000 REPUBLICANS. IT TOOK 3 TIMES 353 00:10:32,933 --> 00:10:37,033 FOR DEMOCRATS TO PASS THE 354 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,833 REVENUE PART OF THIS BUDGET 355 00:10:37,033 --> 00:10:41,000 PACKAGE. YOU SHOULD HAVE A 356 00:10:38,833 --> 00:10:42,233 SPARE 17 VOTES THERE. SO WHAT 357 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S SAUSAGE, 358 00:10:42,233 --> 00:10:44,666 MAKING SAUSAGE MAKING IN 359 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,766 SPRINGFIELD IS YOU EXACTLY 360 00:10:44,666 --> 00:10:49,466 WHAT YOU SAW. 361 00:10:47,766 --> 00:10:50,166 >> THESE RESTRUCTURE ROLL OUR 362 00:10:49,466 --> 00:10:52,066 STRUCTURE ROLL CALL. WE KNEW 363 00:10:50,166 --> 00:10:52,333 EXACTLY WHAT THE NUMBERS WOULD 364 00:10:52,066 --> 00:10:55,600 BE. 365 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:56,566 >> WRONG WELL, YOU KNOW. 366 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,466 >> IT'S SAUSAGE, MAKING SAUCES 367 00:10:56,566 --> 00:11:00,366 MAKING THINGS ARE 368 00:10:58,466 --> 00:11:01,666 UNPREDICTABLE. AND, YOU KNOW, 369 00:11:00,366 --> 00:11:02,700 WE HAD SOME EMERGENCIES THAT 370 00:11:01,666 --> 00:11:04,433 CUT CAME THINGS THAT WERE 371 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:08,266 UNEXPECTED THAT DID COME UP. 372 00:11:04,433 --> 00:11:08,966 BUT WE ALWAYS HAD A EXTRA 373 00:11:08,266 --> 00:11:09,500 VOTES IN OUR BACK POCKET. SO 374 00:11:08,966 --> 00:11:13,600 YOU PREPARED FOR 375 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:14,800 CONTINGENCIES. SHOWING THAT 376 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,466 SORT WITH THOSE NUMBERS, JUST 377 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:20,466 DESPAIR. MINIMUM NUMBER OF 378 00:11:15,466 --> 00:11:21,566 VOTES IN WAS A REVENUE PACKAGE 379 00:11:20,466 --> 00:11:23,033 THAT DESIGNED TO NOT FRUSTRATE 380 00:11:21,566 --> 00:11:23,800 VOTERS. AS YOU TALKED ABOUT 381 00:11:23,033 --> 00:11:26,500 CORPORATIONS OUT OF STATE 382 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,066 COMPANIES, NO INCOME TAX HIKE. 383 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:29,600 WHY RESISTANCE? WHY WAS IT SO 384 00:11:28,066 --> 00:11:30,266 HARD TO GET DEMOCRATS ON BOARD 385 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,233 WITH A REVENUE PACKAGE THAT 386 00:11:30,266 --> 00:11:34,266 SHOULD HAVE FROM THE 387 00:11:32,233 --> 00:11:36,266 OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE? PRETTY 388 00:11:34,266 --> 00:11:36,833 EASY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 389 00:11:36,266 --> 00:11:37,566 SOME PRETTY POWERFUL 390 00:11:36,833 --> 00:11:38,300 CORPORATIONS. I THINK THEY HAD 391 00:11:37,566 --> 00:11:41,366 EVERY LOBBYIST IN SPRINGFIELD 392 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:42,533 ON THEIR PAYROLL. 393 00:11:41,366 --> 00:11:43,433 >> AND THEN THEY WERE 394 00:11:42,533 --> 00:11:44,100 CONSISTENTLY WORKING AGAINST 395 00:11:43,433 --> 00:11:46,700 THE REVENUE PACKAGE FOR THE 396 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:47,433 LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF MAY 397 00:11:46,700 --> 00:11:48,733 >> AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, IT 398 00:11:47,433 --> 00:11:49,833 CAN MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT 399 00:11:48,733 --> 00:11:51,866 MORE DIFFICULT. BUT I THINK AT 400 00:11:49,833 --> 00:11:55,033 THE END OF THE THE LISTEN TO 401 00:11:51,866 --> 00:11:55,766 THE FACTS AND THEY VOTED AND 402 00:11:55,033 --> 00:11:58,966 THIS IS A BALANCED BUDGETS ARE 403 00:11:55,766 --> 00:11:59,766 6 BALANCED BUDGET IN A ROW. 404 00:11:58,966 --> 00:12:01,933 ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY 405 00:11:59,766 --> 00:12:03,833 PRAISING A ANOTHER BALANCED 406 00:12:01,933 --> 00:12:06,033 BUDGET THAT REDUCES OUR MUNI 407 00:12:03,833 --> 00:12:06,966 DEBT. FOR THIS IS SOMETHING WE 408 00:12:06,033 --> 00:12:07,866 SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND IT'S 409 00:12:06,966 --> 00:12:10,600 GOING TO LEAD TO ADDITIONAL 410 00:12:07,866 --> 00:12:11,233 CREDIT CREDIT RATING 411 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:11,933 INCREASES. NOW TO THAT, 412 00:12:11,233 --> 00:12:13,133 ACTUALLY, WANT TO HEAR FROM A 413 00:12:11,933 --> 00:12:13,833 MEMBER OF YOUR OWN PARTY WHO 414 00:12:13,133 --> 00:12:16,300 IS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S TO 415 00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:17,200 COME WHEN IT COMES TO THE 416 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:17,900 BUDGET. 417 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,466 >> BILLION DOLLAR DEFICITS 418 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:20,166 PREDICTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 419 00:12:19,466 --> 00:12:24,366 WITH THAT, HERE'S DEMOCRATIC 420 00:12:20,166 --> 00:12:25,066 REPRESENTATIVE FRED CRESPO. 421 00:12:24,366 --> 00:12:25,766 >> AND AT THIS RATE, LADIES 422 00:12:25,066 --> 00:12:26,500 AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO 423 00:12:25,766 --> 00:12:28,666 RUN OUT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO 424 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:32,633 SPEND. NOW. I'VE HEARD SOME 425 00:12:28,666 --> 00:12:36,866 SAY THAT. A BUDGET IS A MORAL 426 00:12:32,633 --> 00:12:37,566 DOCUMENT. SURE IS. BUT ALSO IT 427 00:12:36,866 --> 00:12:39,500 ARGUE THAT WE HAVE A MORAL 428 00:12:37,566 --> 00:12:43,566 OBLIGATION. SO LOOK AFTER 429 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:45,600 TAXPAYERS. 430 00:12:43,566 --> 00:12:46,266 >> IT'S A TAX HIKE THAT WILL 431 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,666 BE MORE DIRECTLY IMPACTING 432 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:49,000 INDIVIDUALS IN THE NEAR 433 00:12:48,666 --> 00:12:49,733 FUTURE. 434 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,633 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME 435 00:12:49,733 --> 00:12:52,533 SAY, I THINK CHAIRMAN CHRIS 436 00:12:51,633 --> 00:12:53,533 PAUL IS AN EXPERIENCED YOU 437 00:12:52,533 --> 00:12:54,333 KNOW, I CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM 438 00:12:53,533 --> 00:12:55,000 EACH OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE 439 00:12:54,333 --> 00:12:58,000 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND HE'S 440 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,966 CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM YOU 441 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,733 KNOW, I THINK THIS WAS A TOUGH 442 00:12:58,966 --> 00:13:02,300 BUDGET YEAR NEXT YEAR IS GOING 443 00:12:59,733 --> 00:13:03,666 TO BE ANOTHER TOUGH YEAR. ONE 444 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:04,966 OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN 445 00:13:03,666 --> 00:13:08,566 ABLE TO DO DEMOCRATS, THE 446 00:13:04,966 --> 00:13:09,100 PARTY IN CHARGE, WE'VE BEEN 447 00:13:08,566 --> 00:13:09,733 ABLE TO BE FISCALLY 448 00:13:09,100 --> 00:13:10,300 RESPONSIBLE. WE'VE BEEN 449 00:13:09,733 --> 00:13:13,066 FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE 450 00:13:10,300 --> 00:13:14,233 COMPASSION AS WELL. EVERY YEAR 451 00:13:13,066 --> 00:13:14,900 PRESENTS A NEW CHALLENGE. AND 452 00:13:14,233 --> 00:13:15,800 I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO BE 453 00:13:14,900 --> 00:13:16,466 ABLE TO TACKLE NEXT YEAR'S 454 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,433 CHALLENGES AS WELL. IS THAT 455 00:13:16,466 --> 00:13:20,200 GOING TO TAKE MORE REVENUE, 456 00:13:18,433 --> 00:13:22,333 THOUGH? WELL, I THINK WHAT WE 457 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,400 DID THIS YEAR IS A BIG START 458 00:13:22,333 --> 00:13:25,200 AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND 459 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,266 SEE WHERE WE YOU KNOW, COME 460 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,900 APRIL OF NEXT YEAR AND WILL 461 00:13:27,266 --> 00:13:29,266 MAKE DETERMINATIONS WHAT 462 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:30,600 HAPPENED IN MAY THAT I GOT ALL 463 00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:32,333 YOUR HEAD. SO LET'S FOCUS MORE 464 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,433 ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND A 465 00:13:32,333 --> 00:13:34,133 BIG POINT OF CONTENTION IN THE 466 00:13:33,433 --> 00:13:37,233 BLACK COMMUNITY STATEWIDE AND 467 00:13:34,133 --> 00:13:37,933 IN CHICAGO HAS BEEN. 468 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:41,033 >> WHAT FEELS LIKE TO HAVING 469 00:13:37,933 --> 00:13:41,800 THEIR NEEDS LEAPFROGGED BY 470 00:13:41,033 --> 00:13:44,400 MONEY GOING TO MIGRANTS AND 471 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,133 SORT OF EXACERBATING 472 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,933 LONG-STANDING FEELINGS OF OF 473 00:13:45,133 --> 00:13:48,300 NEGLECT AGAIN, PARTICULARLY IN 474 00:13:46,933 --> 00:13:49,100 BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS. HOW HAVE 475 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:50,333 YOU DEALT WITH THOSE TENSIONS? 476 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:51,900 WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE 477 00:13:50,333 --> 00:13:52,600 THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS GET 478 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:54,633 OUT AND POINT TO PEOPLE WHAT 479 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,300 IS ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET. 480 00:13:54,633 --> 00:13:57,866 THIS BUDGET TAKES CARE OF 481 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:59,600 FOLKS ALL ACROSS THE STATE. 482 00:13:57,866 --> 00:14:01,400 >> YOU KNOW, ILLINOIS IS A 483 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,066 WELCOMING STATE. WE CAN'T 484 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,833 IGNORE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 485 00:14:02,066 --> 00:14:05,466 THIS COUNTRY. THERE'S A CRISIS 486 00:14:02,833 --> 00:14:06,133 THAT'S BEING CREATED. 487 00:14:05,466 --> 00:14:08,000 REPUBLICANS NATIONALLY? THE 488 00:14:06,133 --> 00:14:11,466 GOVERNOR OF TEXAS IS USING 489 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:12,166 HUMANS AS PAWNS AND IT 490 00:14:11,466 --> 00:14:12,866 PRESENTS A SITUATION THAT WE 491 00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:14,700 HAVE TO DEAL WITH HERE IN A 492 00:14:12,866 --> 00:14:15,500 WELCOMING STATE LIKE ILLINOIS. 493 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:19,533 >> IF THE 180 MILLION DOLLARS 494 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:21,700 IS NOT ENOUGH. ARE DEMOCRATS 495 00:14:19,533 --> 00:14:22,433 PREPARED TO GIVE MORE AND WHY 496 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:23,666 THAT OVER OTHER NEEDS WHAT WE 497 00:14:22,433 --> 00:14:26,833 BELIEVE THAT 182 MILLION IS 498 00:14:23,666 --> 00:14:27,566 ENOUGH AND CERTAINLY IF WE 499 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:28,733 HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE, 500 00:14:27,566 --> 00:14:32,433 LOOK AT THIS. WE'RE GOING TO 501 00:14:28,733 --> 00:14:33,433 GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. THAT'S 502 00:14:32,433 --> 00:14:34,166 WHAT BUDGETING IS. BUT WE 503 00:14:33,433 --> 00:14:35,433 BELIEVE ALL THE FACTS HAS BEEN 504 00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:39,133 PRESENTED TO US THAT WE'RE 505 00:14:35,433 --> 00:14:39,866 MEETING THOSE NEEDS AND MORE. 506 00:14:39,133 --> 00:14:42,333 HOW BIG OF OBSTACLE WAS THAT 507 00:14:39,866 --> 00:14:44,300 GETTING THE BUDGET PASSED? 508 00:14:42,333 --> 00:14:45,200 182 MILLION ANYTIME YOU DO A 509 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:49,100 BUDGET. IT'S IT'S A CHALLENGE. 510 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:49,833 AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WANTS 511 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:53,433 MORE. AND THIS WAS A YEAR THAT 512 00:14:49,833 --> 00:14:54,333 THEY WANT MORE. WE HAD LESS. 513 00:14:53,433 --> 00:14:55,133 AND THIS WAS YEAR THAT WE HAD 514 00:14:54,333 --> 00:14:57,000 TO SAY NO MORE THAN WE'VE 515 00:14:55,133 --> 00:14:59,000 WE'VE EVER HAD IN THE LAST 4, 516 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,666 5, YEARS. AND EVERY BUDGETS 517 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,300 AND CHALLENGE NEXT YEAR IS 518 00:14:59,666 --> 00:15:03,300 GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. BUT 519 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:05,433 ONE OF THE THINGS WE WITH OUR 520 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:07,466 DIVERSE CAUCUS IS TALK THROUGH 521 00:15:05,433 --> 00:15:08,433 THE ISSUES AND WE END UP IN A 522 00:15:07,466 --> 00:15:09,133 GOOD PLACE LIKE WE DID A 523 00:15:08,433 --> 00:15:11,200 BALANCED BUDGET THAT'S GOING 524 00:15:09,133 --> 00:15:11,566 TO LEAD TO MORE CREDIT 525 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,233 UPGRADES. 526 00:15:11,566 --> 00:15:12,966 >> NOW YOU LIVE IN COOK 527 00:15:12,233 --> 00:15:13,733 COUNTY. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT 528 00:15:12,966 --> 00:15:19,300 YOU MAKE OF STATE'S ATTORNEY 529 00:15:13,733 --> 00:15:20,566 KIM FOXX PLAN TO NOT PROSECUTE 530 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:22,233 GUN DRUG OR OTHER CRIMES THAT 531 00:15:20,566 --> 00:15:22,933 STEM FROM POLICE STOPS THAT 532 00:15:22,233 --> 00:15:25,300 BEGIN AS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. 533 00:15:22,933 --> 00:15:26,200 MINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. 534 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:27,733 >> YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T REALLY 535 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,733 READ MUCH ABOUT THAT YET. I 536 00:15:27,733 --> 00:15:30,566 KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN IN THE 537 00:15:28,733 --> 00:15:32,766 NEWS WHILE WE WERE IN 538 00:15:30,566 --> 00:15:33,600 SPRINGFIELD. I LIKE TO DIG A 539 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:34,633 LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO IT. 540 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,800 ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE STATE'S 541 00:15:34,633 --> 00:15:38,100 ABOUT HER RATIONAL BEHIND THE 542 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,733 POLICY. BUT RIGHT NOW, I JUST 543 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:41,000 HAVEN'T REALLY GIVEN MUCH 544 00:15:38,733 --> 00:15:43,833 THOUGHT TO IT. 545 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,966 >> WHAT ABOUT ALSO IS COOK 546 00:15:43,833 --> 00:15:46,066 COUNTY RESIDENT, REGARDLESS 547 00:15:44,966 --> 00:15:49,200 THE EXACT PLAN TO MERGE THE 548 00:15:46,066 --> 00:15:50,033 CTA, METRA AND PACE. WHATEVER 549 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:53,066 COMES OF THAT, THE AGENCIES 550 00:15:50,033 --> 00:15:55,300 ARE LOOKING AT A $730, 551 00:15:53,066 --> 00:15:57,500 730 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET HOLE 552 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:59,133 SOON. HOW IS ILLINOIS GOING TO 553 00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:00,500 COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO FILL 554 00:15:59,133 --> 00:16:01,233 WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE 555 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:03,166 CHALLENGES WE KNOW IS GOING TO 556 00:16:01,233 --> 00:16:03,833 BE THERE FOR US NEXT YEAR. AND 557 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:05,133 THAT'S ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, 558 00:16:03,833 --> 00:16:07,000 WE'VE GOT SOME EXPERTS ARE 559 00:16:05,133 --> 00:16:07,766 CAUCUS 560 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,433 >> THAT ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT 561 00:16:07,766 --> 00:16:11,400 IT. THAT MEETING AND KAM 562 00:16:10,433 --> 00:16:12,100 BUCKNER ARE VERY PASSIONATE 563 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,066 ABOUT TRANSIT. THERE ARE SOME 564 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:15,033 FOLKS THAT I'M LISTENING TO. 565 00:16:13,066 --> 00:16:16,166 WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE 566 00:16:15,033 --> 00:16:17,800 SUMMER THE REALLY DOING SOME 567 00:16:16,166 --> 00:16:20,800 WORK TO PURPOSE FOR NEXT YEAR. 568 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,733 BUT THAT'S ONE OF OUR MANY 569 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,766 CHALLENGES AHEAD. 570 00:16:21,733 --> 00:16:24,733 >> MATTER THAT IS HEADING TO 571 00:16:22,766 --> 00:16:25,766 GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S DESK IS 572 00:16:24,733 --> 00:16:26,633 GOING TO LIFT ALL CAMPAIGN 573 00:16:25,766 --> 00:16:27,333 LIMITS DURING PRIMARIES THAT 574 00:16:26,633 --> 00:16:29,100 COME FROM POLITICAL PARTIES 575 00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:30,266 AND REPORTED GROUPS SAY THAT 576 00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:33,466 THIS IS JUST THE VERY SORT OF 577 00:16:30,266 --> 00:16:34,133 ISSUE THAT GALVANIZED YOUR 578 00:16:33,466 --> 00:16:36,166 PREDECESSOR, FORMER HOUSE 579 00:16:34,133 --> 00:16:39,200 SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN'S 580 00:16:36,166 --> 00:16:40,133 POWER. WHY MAKE THAT CHANGE? 581 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,133 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE 582 00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:42,233 OF THE THINGS THAT THE SENATE 583 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:44,800 PRESIDENT AND THE WE TALKED 584 00:16:42,233 --> 00:16:45,966 IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT 585 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,300 YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW WHERE THE 586 00:16:45,966 --> 00:16:47,933 MONEY'S COMING FROM. WE FILE 587 00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:51,333 REPORTS IT'S THE SUN IS 588 00:16:47,933 --> 00:16:52,500 SHINING IN ON THE PROCESS AND 589 00:16:51,333 --> 00:16:55,433 WE THOUGHT IT WAS 1, ONE OF 590 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:58,533 THE CHANGES THAT WAS AND WE 591 00:16:55,433 --> 00:16:59,200 AGREED UPON BUT WHY? I MEAN, 592 00:16:58,533 --> 00:17:00,433 IT IS DOES THIS HAVE TO DO 593 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,166 WITH YOU? OF COURSE, PENTALY 594 00:17:00,433 --> 00:17:01,833 YOU ARE ILLINOIS'S FIRST BLACK 595 00:17:01,166 --> 00:17:05,066 HOUSE SPEAKER, BUT YOU ALSO 596 00:17:01,833 --> 00:17:06,000 SPENT A LOT OF MONEY DURING 597 00:17:05,066 --> 00:17:07,200 THE PRIMARY. 598 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,900 >> TO REMOVE FROM OFFICE. IT 599 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,466 LONGEST-SERVING BLACK MEMBER 600 00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:09,533 OF THE HOUSE. THAT'S 601 00:17:08,466 --> 00:17:10,266 REPRESENTATIVE MARY FLOWERS. 602 00:17:09,533 --> 00:17:12,300 >> EXCEPT FOR YOU KNOW, ONE OF 603 00:17:10,266 --> 00:17:15,900 THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT WHAT 604 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:16,633 OUR CAUCUS IS, YOU KNOW, 605 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:17,300 >> PLAYING AN INFINITE GAME 606 00:17:16,633 --> 00:17:18,000 AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE 607 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:20,266 GAME. THE GOAL OF THE GAME IS 608 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,133 TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. THAT 609 00:17:20,266 --> 00:17:22,833 WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS GAME 610 00:17:22,133 --> 00:17:24,866 THAT'S GOING MAKE THE HOUSE 611 00:17:22,833 --> 00:17:25,566 BETTER MAKE OUR CAUCUS BETTER. 612 00:17:24,866 --> 00:17:27,300 AND I THINK EVENTUALLY MAKE 613 00:17:25,566 --> 00:17:29,933 THAT DISTRICT BETTER IN THE 614 00:17:27,300 --> 00:17:30,966 ENTIRE STATE. SOMETIMES WE CAN 615 00:17:29,933 --> 00:17:32,733 OVERSTATE. I YOU KNOW, AND 616 00:17:30,966 --> 00:17:36,533 THAT'S A SITUATION WHERE I 617 00:17:32,733 --> 00:17:37,800 THINK A CHANGE WAS NEEDED AND 618 00:17:36,533 --> 00:17:38,533 OCCASIONALLY GOING TO DO THAT 619 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,766 IS CALL NEXT ESSENTIAL THAT'S 620 00:17:38,533 --> 00:17:42,466 WHAT WAS NEEDED AS WE PLAY 621 00:17:41,766 --> 00:17:43,900 THEM FOR THE GAME AND NOT TO 622 00:17:42,466 --> 00:17:44,500 OVERSTAY ARE WELCOME. BUT VERY 623 00:17:43,900 --> 00:17:45,233 BRIEFLY, THE DEMOCRATIC 624 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:47,500 NATIONAL CONVENTION IS COMING 625 00:17:45,233 --> 00:17:47,933 UP. YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING 626 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:48,833 WHAT THEN? 627 00:17:47,933 --> 00:17:49,766 >> WELL, I'M I'M A DELEGATE. 628 00:17:48,833 --> 00:17:51,033 I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING 629 00:17:49,766 --> 00:17:51,700 VICE PRES. A VICE PRESIDENT, 630 00:17:51,033 --> 00:17:53,866 KAMALA HARRIS AND PRESIDENT 631 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:55,133 BIDEN TO GET RE-ELECTED SO WE 632 00:17:53,866 --> 00:17:56,900 CAN KEEP MOVING THIS COUNTRY 633 00:17:55,133 --> 00:17:57,566 FORWARD AND HOSTING A PARTY 634 00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:58,433 WITH ALL THE OTHER BLACK 635 00:17:57,566 --> 00:18:01,466 SPEAKERS FROM ACROSS THE 636 00:17:58,433 --> 00:18:02,400 NATION. I BELIEVE TO THE DNC. 637 00:18:01,466 --> 00:18:03,066 >> WE ARE GOING TO BE BACK 638 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:03,800 WITH CHICAGO TONIGHT RIGHT 639 00:18:03,066 --> 00:18:14,333 AFTER THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 640 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:14,333 THE KERR WELCH. THANK YOU. 641 00:19:17,466 --> 00:19:20,166 HAVE YOU EVER FOUND YOURSELF 642 00:19:18,433 --> 00:19:21,200 LOCKED OUT OF YOUR HOME? LATE 643 00:19:20,166 --> 00:19:22,333 AT NIGHT? 644 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,166 >> FINDING A QUALIFIED 645 00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:24,466 LOCKSMITH TO HELP YOU OUT OF A 646 00:19:23,166 --> 00:19:28,200 STRESSFUL SITUATION CAN BE 647 00:19:24,466 --> 00:19:29,433 TOUGH AND SOON IT MAY GET EVEN 648 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,233 TOUGHER. LAWMAKERS IN 649 00:19:29,433 --> 00:19:32,266 SPRINGFIELD PASSED A LAW THAT 650 00:19:30,233 --> 00:19:33,200 WOULD PLACE ILLINOIS AMONG THE 651 00:19:32,266 --> 00:19:35,300 MAJORITY OF STATES THAT DO NOT 652 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,233 REQUIRE LOCKSMITHS TO BE 653 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:38,833 LICENSED. SOME WORRY THAT 654 00:19:36,233 --> 00:19:39,966 COULD LEAVE THE DOOR WIDE OPEN 655 00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:42,500 TO QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES AND 656 00:19:39,966 --> 00:19:44,500 REDUCED CONSUMER PROTECTIONS. 657 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:45,366 CAROL MARINE AND STUDENTS FROM 658 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:47,400 DEPAUL UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR 659 00:19:45,366 --> 00:19:48,533 JOURNALISM, INTEGRITY AND 660 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,366 EXCELLENCE. INVESTIGATE IN 661 00:19:48,533 --> 00:19:50,066 CARROLL JOINS US NOW. WELCOME 662 00:19:49,366 --> 00:19:52,233 BACK. CAROL, ALWAYS GOOD TO 663 00:19:50,066 --> 00:19:52,533 SEE YOU. THANK YOU. BRAND 664 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:53,233 THIS. 665 00:19:52,533 --> 00:19:54,666 >> YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS 666 00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:55,300 MOMENT OF PANIC WHEN YOU FIND 667 00:19:54,666 --> 00:19:58,400 YOURSELF LOCKED OUT YOUR 668 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:59,100 HOUSE, WHAT DO YOU DO? 669 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,500 STRUGGLE SOMEHOW TO QUICKLY 670 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:02,333 FIND THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE 671 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:05,966 JOB. WE START WITH A WOMAN IN 672 00:20:02,333 --> 00:20:06,700 OLD TOWN, JENNY HOPS WHO SAYS 673 00:20:05,966 --> 00:20:08,033 SHE WAS LEFT UNPROTECTED AFTER 674 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:13,433 CALLING A LOCKSMITH. SHE 675 00:20:08,033 --> 00:20:15,433 THOUGHT SHE COULD TRUST. 676 00:20:13,433 --> 00:20:17,166 >> IT WAS NEAR MIDNIGHT THIS 677 00:20:15,433 --> 00:20:18,700 WAS SOUTH STREET APARTMENT 678 00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:19,466 BUILDING HOBBS SAID SHE AND 679 00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:22,666 HER ROOMMATE FOUND THEMSELVES 680 00:20:19,466 --> 00:20:23,700 LOCKED OUT OF THEIR UNIT. A 681 00:20:22,666 --> 00:20:25,800 PHONE NUMBER POSTED IN THE 682 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:26,866 LOBBY WAS HOPS. HOPE THE 683 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,033 SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEM. 684 00:20:26,866 --> 00:20:30,433 >> THERE'S A STICKER AND IT 685 00:20:29,033 --> 00:20:34,366 SAYS CALL THE LOCKSMITHS. SO 686 00:20:30,433 --> 00:20:35,000 WE CALL THE NUMBER. 687 00:20:34,366 --> 00:20:35,700 >> MAKE A LOCKSMITH IN 688 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:40,000 SECURITIES. THE COMPANY. SHE 689 00:20:35,700 --> 00:20:40,900 SAYS SHE CALLED AFTER ARRIVING 690 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,333 TO UNLOCK HER DOOR. SHE SAID 691 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:45,100 THE LOCKSMITH TOLD THEM THERE 692 00:20:42,333 --> 00:20:47,866 WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY INTO THE 693 00:20:45,100 --> 00:20:48,500 DOOR. HE UNLESS HE DID A 694 00:20:47,866 --> 00:20:49,366 SPECIAL ROUTE. 695 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:51,700 >> AND SO HE DID, SHE SAID AND 696 00:20:49,366 --> 00:20:54,033 BROKE HER LACK. THESE ARE THE 697 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:54,700 PHOTOS SHE TOOK. 698 00:20:54,033 --> 00:20:58,666 >> HE SAID HE WOULD FIX IT, 699 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:59,400 BUT IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 700 00:20:58,666 --> 00:21:01,900 CHARGE IT'S A COUPLE $100 TO 701 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,333 DO THAT ROUTE. 702 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:05,166 >> SHE SAYS THE LOCKSMITH 703 00:21:03,333 --> 00:21:05,900 FINISH THE JOB SORT 704 00:21:05,166 --> 00:21:09,033 >> WE DON'T REALIZE TOO, THAT 705 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:13,033 NIGHT. THIS LOCK IS LIKE 706 00:21:09,033 --> 00:21:14,166 TURNING AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, 707 00:21:13,033 --> 00:21:16,066 THAT'S WHAT LOCKS TO IT SAYS 708 00:21:14,166 --> 00:21:18,333 NO, LIKE IT IS GOING 360 709 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:20,333 DEGREES IN THE DOOR FRAME. 710 00:21:18,333 --> 00:21:22,133 WHAT HAPPENED TO GINNY HOPS 711 00:21:20,333 --> 00:21:23,233 AND HER ROOMMATE IS NOT AN 712 00:21:22,133 --> 00:21:25,800 ISOLATED OCCURRENCE. ACCORDING 713 00:21:23,233 --> 00:21:26,533 TO TOM JOHNSON OF THE BETTER 714 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,633 BUSINESS BUREAU CONSUMERS ALSO 715 00:21:26,533 --> 00:21:30,900 THE LEGEND OR COMPLAINTS. IT. 716 00:21:29,633 --> 00:21:32,933 >> THEY'LL COME IN AND HAVE A 717 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:34,366 DOOR LOCK REPLACE AND WILL 718 00:21:32,933 --> 00:21:36,133 FALL APART WITHIN A COUPLE OF 719 00:21:34,366 --> 00:21:38,300 DAYS LITERALLY BE LOOSENED NO 720 00:21:36,133 --> 00:21:39,000 LONGER WORKING. 721 00:21:38,300 --> 00:21:42,166 >> AND WHEN THEY CALL THEY 722 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:44,666 FIND OUT THAT GUARANTEE THE 723 00:21:42,166 --> 00:21:45,233 VERBAL GUARANTEES MEAN 724 00:21:44,666 --> 00:21:48,566 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 725 00:21:45,233 --> 00:21:51,266 >> OUT OF MONEY AND FRUSTRATED 726 00:21:48,566 --> 00:21:51,666 HOPS ROADIE YELP REVIEW OF HER 727 00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:52,600 EXPERIENCE. 728 00:21:51,666 --> 00:21:53,966 >> THEY NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR 729 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,633 THEIR OFF OF WORK AND THEY 730 00:21:53,966 --> 00:21:57,533 NEVER SEND ANYONE BACK OUT 731 00:21:54,633 --> 00:21:58,466 EVEN AFTER PROMISING TO DO SO. 732 00:21:57,533 --> 00:22:00,400 IT COST $350 FOR A JOB THAT 733 00:21:58,466 --> 00:22:03,533 WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY. DO NOT 734 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,800 WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE. 735 00:22:03,533 --> 00:22:05,733 >> THE OWNER OF MAKE A 736 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,800 LOCKSMITH AND SECURITY 737 00:22:05,733 --> 00:22:10,466 DECLINED TO DO AN ON-CAMERA 738 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,500 INTERVIEW AND DID NOT RESPOND 739 00:22:10,466 --> 00:22:13,066 EMAILS DEALING THE SPECIFIC 740 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:18,333 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOPS 741 00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:20,266 COMPLAINT. 742 00:22:18,333 --> 00:22:21,166 >> THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF 743 00:22:20,266 --> 00:22:24,933 FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL 744 00:22:21,166 --> 00:22:27,500 REGULATION OR IDF PR MANAGES 745 00:22:24,933 --> 00:22:29,500 THE LICENSING AND TAKES 746 00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:31,933 CONSUMER COMPLAINTS IN 747 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:34,766 ILLINOIS OVER 360 INDIVIDUALS 748 00:22:31,933 --> 00:22:36,133 OR COMPANIES, INCLUDING MEGA 749 00:22:34,766 --> 00:22:36,833 LOCKSMITH, ARE LICENSED BY THE 750 00:22:36,133 --> 00:22:39,933 STATE AMONG THE REQUIREMENTS 751 00:22:36,833 --> 00:22:40,666 TO GET A LICENSE. OUR PASSING 752 00:22:39,933 --> 00:22:44,633 AN EXAMINATION PASSING A 753 00:22:40,666 --> 00:22:45,766 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, 754 00:22:44,633 --> 00:22:46,900 REGISTERING YOUR FINGERPRINTS 755 00:22:45,766 --> 00:22:51,500 WITH THE STATE AND PAYING UP 756 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:52,166 TO $300 IN FEES BY THEIR VERY 757 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:56,766 NATURE. LOCKSMITHS HOLD THE 758 00:22:52,166 --> 00:22:57,766 KEY TO A FAMILY SECURITY. IN 759 00:22:56,766 --> 00:22:59,833 2029, THE LAW THAT REGULATES 760 00:22:57,766 --> 00:23:01,433 LOCKSMITHS IN ILLINOIS WILL 761 00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:04,300 SUNSET THE RESULT OF 762 00:23:01,433 --> 00:23:05,300 LEGISLATION APPROVED IN 763 00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:07,300 SPRINGFIELD STATE. 764 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:11,300 REPRESENTATIVE EDGAR GONZALEZ, 765 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:11,966 JUNIOR OF CHICAGO WAS A 766 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:12,666 LEGISLATIVE CO-SPONSOR. THE 767 00:23:11,966 --> 00:23:13,300 ARGUMENT WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, 768 00:23:12,666 --> 00:23:14,500 THAT WAS DURING THE COVID 769 00:23:13,300 --> 00:23:15,566 PANDEMIC. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS 770 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:17,200 ABOUT PEOPLE WERE JUST HAVING 771 00:23:15,566 --> 00:23:17,866 A ROUGH TIME AND WE WANT TO 772 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,500 REMOVE AS MANY BARRIERS AS 773 00:23:17,866 --> 00:23:23,466 POSSIBLE. AND SO ONE OF THOSE 774 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:24,733 EXCESSIVE LICENSING OR. 775 00:23:23,466 --> 00:23:27,466 >> GRUBER WHO OWNS NATIONAL 776 00:23:24,733 --> 00:23:29,333 LAW, KEN SECURITY BELIEVES 777 00:23:27,466 --> 00:23:30,700 LOOSENING REQUIREMENTS IS 778 00:23:29,333 --> 00:23:32,000 WRONG. THERE'S NOTHING WORSE 779 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:33,700 THAN FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE IN 780 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,600 YOUR OWN HOME AND THAT YOU'RE 781 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:36,600 NOT SAFE. 782 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:40,600 >> SHE ALSO SITS ON THE BOARD 783 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,466 OF IDF PR WHICH OVERSEES THE 784 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,966 CONDUCT OF LOCKS MOVES, 785 00:23:41,466 --> 00:23:45,433 INCLUDING THOSE WHICH ARE NOT 786 00:23:42,966 --> 00:23:46,733 LICENSED BY THE STATE. I DO 787 00:23:45,433 --> 00:23:49,633 KNOW THAT MOST REGULATION 788 00:23:46,733 --> 00:23:51,500 HAPPENS BECAUSE ABUSE 789 00:23:49,633 --> 00:23:54,633 OCCURRED. THAT ABUSE, SHE 790 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:55,900 SAYS, INCLUDES A LONG LIST OF 791 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:57,300 UNLICENSED LOCKSMITHS. WE CALL 792 00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:58,200 THEM TRUNKS. LAMMERS OUR OUR 793 00:23:57,300 --> 00:24:00,633 WORLD BECAUSE THEY'RE GUYS WHO 794 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,333 WORK OUT OF THEIR CARS. 795 00:24:00,633 --> 00:24:05,700 THEY'RE NOT ASSOCIATE A BRICK 796 00:24:01,333 --> 00:24:06,400 AND MORTAR AND A T THEY DON'T 797 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:07,933 HAVE OVERSIGHT AND TRAINING. 798 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,000 THEY DON'T HAVE SUPERVISION 799 00:24:07,933 --> 00:24:11,133 TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, A COMPANY 800 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:13,933 WE FOUND ON YELP CALL. 24 7 801 00:24:11,133 --> 00:24:15,600 SKOKIE LOCK KEY. 802 00:24:13,933 --> 00:24:18,100 >> PUT MONEY NEWS, CAROL 803 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,766 REPORTER DOING A STORY ON 804 00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:21,333 LOCKSMITHS. CAN YOU TELL ME 805 00:24:18,766 --> 00:24:22,433 WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED? PLEASE? 806 00:24:21,333 --> 00:24:25,266 >> THE QUESTION PUT TO THE MAN 807 00:24:22,433 --> 00:24:27,333 ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE 808 00:24:25,266 --> 00:24:28,000 WENT UNANSWERED. THE COMPANY'S 809 00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:31,933 ADDRESS ON YELP, WHICH WAS 810 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,800 JUST UPDATED THIS APRIL, 7800 811 00:24:31,933 --> 00:24:36,400 NORTH LINCOLN AVENUE IN 812 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:39,133 SKOKIE. IT'S 7800 NORTH 813 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,833 LINCOLN IN SKOKIE, NORTH 814 00:24:39,133 --> 00:24:45,100 SHORE, COMMUNITY BANK AND 815 00:24:40,833 --> 00:24:47,233 TRUST NOT A LOCKSMITH. AFTER 816 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:48,800 SOME PRODDING. THE MAN WHO 817 00:24:47,233 --> 00:24:49,466 ANSWERED OUR CALL SAID THE 818 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:50,366 COMPANY IS A MOBILE SERVICE 819 00:24:49,466 --> 00:24:53,400 AND TRANSFERRED US TO A 820 00:24:50,366 --> 00:24:54,066 MANAGER. 821 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,900 >> SOME OF THE GUN JUST GOT 822 00:24:54,066 --> 00:24:59,233 HUNG UP ON. 823 00:24:56,900 --> 00:24:59,933 >> ONCE YOU TAKE AWAY THE 824 00:24:59,233 --> 00:25:02,533 LICENSING, LITERALLY ANYBODY 825 00:24:59,933 --> 00:25:04,033 CAN DO THIS. 826 00:25:02,533 --> 00:25:06,933 >> FOR JENNY HOPS BEING LOCKED 827 00:25:04,033 --> 00:25:07,333 OUT AT MIDNIGHT WAS 828 00:25:06,933 --> 00:25:08,066 TERRIFYING. 829 00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:08,666 >> I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 830 00:25:08,066 --> 00:25:11,600 LOCKS. AND HE ALSO TOOK 831 00:25:08,666 --> 00:25:12,333 ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 832 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,333 >> SOMETHING AND GRUVER 833 00:25:12,333 --> 00:25:17,166 WORRIES WILL OCCUR. MORE AND 834 00:25:14,333 --> 00:25:17,866 MORE WHEN ASKED WHO WOULD 835 00:25:17,166 --> 00:25:19,433 REGULATE LOCKS MINUTES AFTER 836 00:25:17,866 --> 00:25:21,433 THE LAST SUNSETS. 837 00:25:19,433 --> 00:25:22,100 >> SHE ANSWERED. 838 00:25:21,433 --> 00:25:27,033 >> NO IT BECOMES THE WILD 839 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:28,066 WEST. AGAIN. 840 00:25:27,033 --> 00:25:29,900 >> CURRENTLY ONLY 13 STATES 841 00:25:28,066 --> 00:25:31,333 REQUIRE LOCKS. MISTER, BE 842 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:33,366 LICENSED. ONE NATIONAL GROUP 843 00:25:31,333 --> 00:25:35,100 THAT OVERSEES THE LOCKSMITH 844 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:37,266 INDUSTRY SAYS AT LEAST FOR THE 845 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:39,266 MOMENT, ILLINOIS HAS THE 846 00:25:37,266 --> 00:25:42,333 STRICTEST LAWS. AS FOR JENNY 847 00:25:39,266 --> 00:25:43,066 HOPS, SHE TOLD US AFTER MANY 848 00:25:42,333 --> 00:25:46,100 CALLS MANY COMPLAINTS AND THAT 849 00:25:43,066 --> 00:25:48,366 BAD YELP REVIEW, SHE FINALLY 850 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:49,100 GOT HER MONEY BACK. RENT 851 00:25:48,366 --> 00:25:50,900 CAROL, BEING LOCKED OUT CAN BE 852 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:52,933 TRAUMATIC. WHAT SHOULD 853 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:54,133 CONSUMERS DO? IT'S TRICKY 854 00:25:52,933 --> 00:25:54,866 BECAUSE IN THE MOMENT YOU SAY 855 00:25:54,133 --> 00:25:56,600 ARE YOU LICENSED? YOU WANT THE 856 00:25:54,866 --> 00:25:58,266 GUY TO FIX HERE. LOCK. WHAT 857 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,000 YOU DO IS YOU PAY WITH A 858 00:25:58,266 --> 00:26:02,300 CREDIT CARD BECAUSE IF IT 859 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:05,133 TURNS OUT BADLY, YOU CAN 860 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:07,766 CANCEL THE CHARGE CAN COMPLAIN 861 00:26:05,133 --> 00:26:08,500 TO VISA AMERICAN EXPRESS. AND 862 00:26:07,766 --> 00:26:09,166 SOMETIMES THAT IS MEANINGFUL 863 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:12,366 AND GOOD TO KNOW COVERING. 864 00:26:09,166 --> 00:26:13,500 THANK YOU SO MUCH. WORK. AND 865 00:26:12,366 --> 00:26:14,166 THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS 866 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:14,900 MONDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF US 867 00:26:14,166 --> 00:26:16,433 HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT. I'M 868 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:16,866 BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU 869 00:26:16,433 --> 00:26:17,566 FOR WATCHING. 870 00:26:16,866 --> 00:26:28,000 >> STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND 871 00:26:17,566 --> 00:26:28,000 HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 872 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:36,000 CLOSED 873 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:37,066 CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY 874 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,700 ROBERT A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD 875 00:26:37,066 --> 00:26:39,333 LAW OFFICES, WHICH IS PROUD TO 876 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:42,666 HONOR FOUNDER AND SENIOR 877 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:45,733 PARTNER ROBERT CLIFF, WHO HAS