>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING ON THE TRAIN TO.
HAS THE EVENING OFF.
TRY TO HELP ASYLUM-SEEKERS GET JOB , CLAIMING IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
>> IF YOU DON’T GIVE A FLYING THING FOR THIS MORAL ARGUMENT, DO IT FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY SO THAT BUSINESSES CAN STAY OPEN.
>> J.B. PRITZKER, MAYOR JOHNSON AND SENATOR DURBIN: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP .
>> AN UPDATE FROM CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS YOUNG ASYLUM-SEEKERS START SCHOOL WITH SIGNIFICANT LANGUAGE BARRIERS.
>> THIS IS AN ISSUE WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
>> REPUBLICANS RENEW CALL FOR REFORM MEASURES AFTER CONVICTION OF A TOP EIGHT TO MICHAEL MADIGAN.
>>> JERRY REINSDORF SAYS HE DOES NOT SEE HOW SOMEONE BROUGHT A GUN INTO THE BALLPARK.
>>> NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL TAKES THE FIELD SUNDAY FOR THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON WITH A CLOUD OF BRUTAL HAZING OR ALLEGATIONS OVER THEM.
>> WE HAVE STATE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS REPORTER FOR CAPITAL NEWS ILLINOIS.
AND MAGGIE HENDRIX .
AND OUR VERY OWN JOANNA HERNANDEZ.
>>> THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIGRANTS BUST TO CHICAGO BY THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.
YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS SINCE THE EARLY DAYS.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW SEVERE THIS CRISIS IS ?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THE CITY WAS TRYING TO HUSTLE AND SCRAMBLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO BASED THESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS.
WE SAW THEM IN THE SUBURBS, DOWNTOWN.
THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE IMPACT THEY WOULD HAVE ON THE CITY.
WE ARE STILL IN A CRISIS.
>> MORE THAN 13,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME HERE.
THEY ARE AT THE POLICE STATION, O’HARE AIRPORT, WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE COVERING THE STORY?
FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND A SAFE LIFE IN THE STATES ?
>> AS THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS , IT IS TOUGH, AT THE POLICE STATION, AT THE SHELTER, MANY OF THEM ARE CHILDREN.
WE ARE ONE YEAR LATER AND WE ARE HEARING THAT PEOPLE EVERY DAY , THEY ARE STILL COMING EVERY DAY.
MOST OF THEM ARE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
IT IS HARD NOT TO FEEL BAD.
I THINK ABOUT A MOTHER AND HER CHILD WHO CAME HERE , 10 YEARS OLD ON CRUTCHES.
HIS STORY ABOUT GETTING ON THE BUS , CROSSING THE RIVER, THESE ARE IMPACTFUL STORIES.
AS WE JUST HEARD FROM SOUNDBITES , STATE OFFICIALS ARE PUSHING FOR THESE WORK PERMITS.
WE ARE SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE FIRST BUSSED HERE A YEAR AGO AND STILL WAITING FOR WORK PERMITS.
>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON INHERITED THIS CRISIS FROM HIS PREDECESSOR.
HOW HAS THE WAY HE HANDLED IT DIFFERENT FROM LOW RELY FOOT?
>> I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE CRISIS HAS REMAINED CONSTANT.
HE IS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE POLICE STATIONS.
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE OTHER ISSUES, WHERE THEY’RE COMING FROM.
THERE IS AN INTENTIONAL MOVE TO SEND MORE MIGRANTS TO STATES LIKE ILLINOIS AND NEW YORK, THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON BEING A WELCOMING STATE, TEXAS, AND OTHER GOVERNORS THUMBING THEIR NOSES, SAYING , IF YOU WANT THEM, YOU GOT THEM.
EVERY TIME THE EMPTY THE POLICE STATION , WE GET FIVE BUSES EVERY DAY.
THERE ARE ABOUT 1900 OF THEM.
RIGHT NOW , HE IS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PROBLEM AND FIND MORE PLACES.
FIND NEW AND DIFFERENT PLACES TO HOUSE THEM.
BUT THEY DON’T STOP COMING.
>> PEOPLE ARE ALSO COMING FROM NEW YORK.
WE ARE SEEING A CRISIS IN NEW YORK AT THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND THE RESOURCES.
I AM HEARING THAT MANY ARE BEING SENT TO CHICAGO.
THE CITY IS TRYING TO FIND RESOURCES AND WE HAD TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THESE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN GROUPS TO MOBILIZE AND HELP PEOPLE .
>> CRITICISM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT SENT ENOUGH AID .
WE HAVE HEARD STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, SENATOR DURBIN , CALLING FOR MORE HELP.
WHAT DO THEY WANT TO SEE?
>> THIS IDEA HAS BEEN GAINING POPULARITY, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER , THE IDEA THAT STATES WOULD BE THE ONE WHO SPONSORED THESE MIGRANTS SO THEY CAN GET WORK PERMITS.
CURRENTLY, FIVE MONTHS AFTER YOU APPLY FOR ASYLUM , IT CAN STILL TAKE MONTHS UNTIL YOU CAN APPLY FOR A WORK PERMIT AND EVEN THEN, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THEY CAN CHOOSE WHO DOES AND DOESN’T.
IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS.
I TRIED TO NAVIGATE THE WEBSITE , EXTREMELY CONFUSING.
IF ENGLISH IS NOT YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE AND YOU DON’T HAVE ANYONE TO HELP YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET THE WORK AUTHORIZATION PERMITS.
THE IRONY, THIS IS A REPUBLICAN LED ISSUE.
INDIANA AND UTAH HAVE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS WHO WROTE AN OP-ED IN THE WASHINGTON POST PUSHING FOR THIS IDEA.
BUSINESS LEADERS , MANY OF THEM WHO TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH REPUBLICANS, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF — >> THE GREAT RESIGNATION, LABOR SHORTAGES.
>> LABOR SHORTAGES THAT CAME FROM COVID .
I DON’T WANT TO PIN IT DOWN TO ONE THING, BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
THE GREAT IRONY, YOU HAVE A LOT OF JOBS OPEN.
YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE AND WANT TO WORK.
THEY WANT TO MAKE A LIFE FOR THEMSELVES .
WHERE ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO GO ?
THEY TRAVELED THOUSANDS OF MILES.
MOST OF THEM DON’T HAVE CONNECTIONS HERE.
THEY HAVE TO ESTABLISH THEIR LIVES SOMEHOW.
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK.
>> TO ADD TO THE IRONY, PETITIONS ARE BEING MADE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, WHO ONLY NEED TO SAY, OKAY , AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET.
THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE TRYING NOT TO SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
BUT, IF YOU ASK THEM, WHY HASN’T THE PRESIDENT GIVE THEM PERMISSION ?
>> YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD TRY TO GO THROUGH MORE PRIVATE CHANNELS TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A POLITICAL ISSUE THAT WAS DRIVEN BY REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SENDING THESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS HERE.
IS THERE AN ELEMENT OF PRESIDENT BIDEN NOT WANTING TO TAKE THE BAIT?
THERE HAS NOT BEEN AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT AS LOCAL LEADERS WOULD HOPE TO SEE.
>> I DON’T GET IT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A WIN.
PEOPLE WANT TO WORK AND THERE ARE JOB SHORTAGES.
WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO FIX THAT PROBLEM.
IT SEEMS LIKE AN EASY THING TO DO.
I REALLY DON’T UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS NOT WANT TO GO AFTER THE PRESIDENT.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
MAYBE J.B. PRITZKER NEEDS TO SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> JOANNA, MANY GROUPS HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP THESE FOLKS.IS THERE A SENSE OF FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS THAT STILL EXIST?
THE LACK OF HELP?
>> DEFINITELY.
THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION THE CITY HAS HAD WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
MANY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY TO TRY TO GET MONEY TO HELP THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS.
THEY WANT TO ASK PEOPLE , CAN YOU DONATE , CAN YOU BRING FOOD?
THEY HAVE HAD TO FIGURE IT OUT ON THEIR OWN.
THEY COULD ASK THE QUESTION, DO WE HAVE THIS MONEY TO HELP THESE PEOPLE?
LOOK WHO WE ARE HELPING.
AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE FIGURING IT OUT ON THEIR OWN.
>> THERE IS VERY MONTHS OF COVERAGE ABOUT THE MOMENTS OF TENSION BETWEEN PEOPLE IN CHICAGO , IS THIS EASING UP ?
>> IT IS A TOUGH CONVERSATION.
>> IT IS A CONVERSATION BEING HAD WITHIN THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL.
AND WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ALDERMEN, WHO ARE SAYING DON’T DO ANYTHING BEFORE YOU DO IT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE 20th WARD ALDERWOMAN, WHO HAS BEEN VEHEMENT ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE HELP FOR PEOPLE ALREADY IN CHICAGO, SHE ALWAYS SAYS, I AM NOT GOING TO SAY NO ON THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DO NEED HELP.
BUT YOU STILL NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO EVERYONE ELSE.
THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO DO THIS, MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ALSO HELP GOING ON FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> I THINK FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW THE ASYLUM-SEEKERS, THERE IS COMPASSION WHEN YOU MEET THEM AND HEAR THEIR STORIES.
THAT IS HOW I NOTICED WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TRYING TO HELP.
IT IS TOUGH.
UNDERSTANDABLE WHY PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES ARE UPSET.
>> THERE IS SOME VISCERAL IMAGERY, FLOATING THE IDEA OF PUTTING MIGRANTS INTO A SCHOOL THAT WAS CLOSED 10 YEARS AGO .
IN A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> INCREDIBLE AND EMOTIONAL, A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL TRANSFORMED , ALONG THE LINES OF ADDRESSING ASYLUM-SEEKERS OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN CHICAGO FOR A LONG TIME.
THE BREAK CHICAGO HOME PROPOSAL TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS, 60,000 PEOPLE EITHER LIVING ON THE STREET OR DOUBLED UP WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
IS THAT GETTING ANY TRACTION?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION AND THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, LIGHTFOOT SUPPORTED BREAK CHICAGO HOME.
RAISING THE TRANSFER TAX AND USE THAT MONEY TO HOUSE HOMELESS AND GIVE THEM SERVICES.
SHE RESISTED THAT HEIGHT IN THE TAX WHEN SHE GOT INTO OFFICE.
PROBABLY AFTER HEARING FROM BUSINESSES.
THE NEW MAYOR IS ON BOARD AND WITH THE MOST AGGRESSIVE FORM OF IT.
I KNOW THERE IS A COMPROMISE THAT SAYS WE WILL NOT RAISE THE TAX IN ONE FELL SWOOP, ANYTHING OVER $1 MILLION GETS A TRIPLE TAX .
UNDER $1 MILLION , THEY GET A TAX BREAK.
OVER $1 MILLION, JUST OVER $1 MILLION IS ONE TAX, $1.5 MILLION IS ANOTHER TAX.
>> ANYONE WHO GOES AROUND CHICAGO DOES NOT HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR TO SEE PEOPLE WHO WORK LIVING IN A POLICE STATION, DOES THIS FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WE CAN DIG OUR WAY OUT OF?
>> YES .
CITIES HAVE DONE IT.
ROCKFORD HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN COMBATING THE HOMELESS PROBLEM.
JUST BECAUSE WE ARE A MUCH BIGGER CITY DOES NOT MEAN WE CANNOT LEARN FROM THEM AND HOW THEY USE THESE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER IN THE 40th WARD IS EXCITING, A HOTEL NOT USED CHANGED INTO SOMETHING TO HELP HOMELESSNESS.
EXCITING TO SEE AS A RESIDENT WHO DOES NOT WANT ANYBODY LIVING IN AN ENCAMPMENT.
>> THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX WILL NEED SPRINGFIELD’S APPROVAL , AND ANOTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEASURE GETTING CHATTER THIS WEEK , THE LATEST PROPOSAL TO DO AWAY WITH A BAN ON RENT CONTROL.
COULD THAT COME UP IN A SESSION ANYTIME SOON?
>> THIS HAS SOME MOMENTUM.
BUT I ALSO WAS LOOKING BACK AT MY PREVIOUS REPORTING FROM FOUR YEARS AGO, AS A LETTER THESE POLICIES GO IN SPRINGFIELD, A BAN ON RENT CONTROL IS A TRICKY ISSUE .
PROGRESSIVES WHO LEAD IN THIS ISSUE , THEY HAVE MADE GIANT STRIDES IN THE CITY COUNCIL , BUT THERE ARE MANY DEMOCRATS WHO ALSO SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THINGS.
THEY ARE HEARING FROM INDUSTRY FOLKS, THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION, AND OTHERS.
THEY HAVE ARGUMENTS THAT RENT CONTROL HAS UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
THIS IS A DEBATE WE WILL PROBABLY KEEP HAVING.
RENT CONTROL IS NOT REALLY A WIDESPREAD THING.
NEW YORK IS THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A CITY WHO HAS DONE RENT CONTROL FOR MANY YEARS BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING.
IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT RENT CONTROL WOULD BE A PANACEA FOR GETTING MORE HOUSING.
>> A FREQUENT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IN SPRINGFIELD , REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS PUSHING ETHICS REFORM THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFTER TIM MAPES WENT DOWN FOR LYING TO THE FEDS.
ARE THESE MEASURES DEAD ON ARRIVAL ?
>> SOME OF THEM COULD GET TRACTION.
IT IS A MATTER OF RHETORIC.
BEING TORN DOWN.
REPUBLICANS , AFTER TIM MAPES WAS CONVICTED LAST WEEK IN THE COURTROOM, THEY COME IN HOT AND SAY THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF DEMOCRATS WOULD NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF ETHICS REFORM.
SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
TIM MAPES WAS A PRIVATE CITIZEN IN 2021 AND HAD BEEN TO THREE YEARS WHEN HE LIED TO THE GRAND JURY.
SOMETHING THAT HE DID IN THIS TRIAL HAD NO BEARING ON WHAT HE DID AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE MANY YEARS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE PUT FORWARD, THESE ARE THINGS DEMOCRATS WOULD BE ON BOARD WITH.
THEY WANT A BAN ON USING CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PAYING LEGAL FEES.
MADIGAN HAS SPENT $8.5 MILLION ON ONE LAW FIRM AND THERE WILL BE MORE AS THEY GO TO TRIAL IN APRIL.
>> THAT BILL WILL KEEP GOING UP AND UP.
>> A REPUBLICAN LEADER WANTS THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HAVE A STATEWIDE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING THIS .
DEMOCRATS WOULD BE ON BOARD.
2007 , 2008 WHEN LISA MADIGAN , THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR A LONG TIME, WAS INVESTIGATING THE HIRING PRACTICES OF ROB NINKOVICH.
AS A RESULT, THE INVESTIGATION PROBABLY NEVER KNEW THE RESULTS OF THAT IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIRING PRACTICES BECAUSE THE FEDS GOT HIM ON A HOST OF OTHER THINGS.
I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THESE IDEAS COULD GO FORWARD IF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SHOULD STOP BEING AT EACH OTHER’S THROATS.
>> ANYPLACE THAT NEEDS A WAY TO KEEP AN ISSUE GOING WITHOUT EVER BEING RESOLVED, THE PEOPLE IN SPRINGFIELD .
I COVERED THE LEGISLATURE IN THE 1980s.
STATEWIDE GRAND JURY WAS AN ISSUE THEN.
IT NEVER HAPPENED.
>> THEY WERE TOUTING THE SUCCESS OF THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO TRY TO FIX SERVICE SHORTFALLS AND STAFF PROBLEMS .
DO MOST PEOPLE IN CHICAGO THINK THEY’RE RUNNING AWAY WITH IT?
>> NO.
VERY SIMPLE ANSWER.
FROM MY ANTIDOTAL EVIDENCE, I DON’T TAKE THE BUS VERY MUCH.
I USED TO ALL THE TIME.
I CANNOT RELY ON IT.
>> I DRIVE , MY WIFE TAKES THE TRAIN.
SHE GETS THERE REALLY LATE BECAUSE THERE IS A DELIGHT.
>> SOME MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING FROM MAYOR JOHNSON ABOUT THE CTA?
>> NO.
THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION.
HE IS DELIVERED WHERE HE MAKES HIS MOVE.
HE SAYS THAT HE IS TAKING HIS TIME.
HE WANTS TO MAKE DECISIONS THE RIGHT WAY.
SO FAR, CRITICS ON THE CITY COUNCIL MAY BE TRYING TO GET TRACTION ON THIS, I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS A BIG ISSUE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AS LONG AS THE GARBAGE IS GETTING PICKED UP AND THE TRAIN IS NOT A PROBLEM.
>> THAT IS A FAILURE OF PEOPLE POINTING OUT, THE TRAFFIC IS BAD BECAUSE NOBODY IS TAKING THE BUS.
THERE SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BIGGER EFFECTS OF HAVING AN UNRELIABLE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
>> I HEAR THAT ON TWITTER, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY AN ECHO CHAMBER.
>> PEOPLE WHO EXCLUSIVELY DRIVE, THEY DON’T THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> MOVING OVER TO A VERY DIFFERENT TOPIC, WHITE SOX OWNER JERRY REINSDORF SAYS THAT HE DOESN’T SEE HOW ANYBODY COULD HAVE GOTTEN A GUN INTO WHITE SOX BALLPARK AFTER PEOPLE WERE HURT IN THE SHOOTING.
SO MUCH HAS BEEN FLOATING AROUND BUT NO CLEAR ANSWERS.
WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> NOT MUCH.
THE POLICE SAID THAT THEY DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY WAY THAT THE SHOT COULD HAVE COME FROM OUTSIDE THE PARK.
THAT MAKES SENSE .
WHEN YOU SEE WHERE THAT GROUP WAS SITTING.
JERRY REINSDORF WILL WANT TO TOUT HIS OWN SECURITY.
OBVIOUSLY , SOMEONE TOOK A FIREARM INTO THE PARK.
IT IS SO BIZARRE THAT WE ARE WEAK INTO THIS , THERE ARE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE, WE DON’T HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED, OF A SHOOTING IN A BASEBALL PARK.
BOGGLES THE MIND.
>> REPORT SAID THE WOMAN HAD BEGUN IN HER BELLY FAT.
>> THAT IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS AS A STORY AND INVESTIGATION.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HAD BEGUN , THAT IS BREAKING THE LAW.
I THINK, THE LIKELIHOOD IT IS AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE.
THAT IS WHY THE GAME WASN’T CANCELED.
THE CROWD WAS NOT PANICKING.
NO ONE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED AND BY THE TIME THEY FIGURED IT OUT, THE GAME WAS OVER.
>> THE VANILLA ICE CONCERT GOT CANCELED .
>> THAT WAS THE STORY.
>> THAT IS ALL THAT WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY ONLY CAME TO THE GAME BECAUSE OF THE VANILLA ICE CONCERT.
>> WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
>> FROM THE SPORTS POLICE BLOTTER.
>> NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL IS COMING BACK AFTER AWFUL HAZING ALLEGATIONS THAT COST THE HEAD COACH HIS JOB.
WILL IT BE TOUGH FOR PLAYERS TO KEEP THEIR HEADS IN THE GAME?
>> I THINK THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE PROBLEM.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHO WAS HAZING PEOPLE.
IT IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN DEAL WITH IT.
IT WILL BE A TOUGH SEASON FOR NORTHWESTERN.
THEY WERE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE ROSE BOWL THIS SEASON ANYWAY.
I THINK THAT PLAYING FOOTBALL IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP THEM FOCUS AND GET PAST THIS.
SOMETHING THEY WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
>> THE CHICAGO CUBS ARE THREE GAMES BACK IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL, COULD THEY HAVE A SHOT AT THE POSTSEASON ?
>> THEY ARE IN A GOOD SPOT FOR THE WILD CARD.
THERE IS A GAME GOING ON RIGHT NOW, I SHOULD KNOCK ON WOOD.
>> THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IS NOT ON FIRE THIS YEAR.
>> WE WILL TAKE IT WHERE WE CAN GET IT.
WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE THE FOUR OF YOU ON CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW .
WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
THANK YOU ALL.
THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT YOU CAN CATCH CHICAGO TONIGHT AND CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW ON FACEBOOK , YOUTUBE, AND OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS .
I AM NICK BLUMBERG.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING , HAVE A SAFE WEEKEND, SEE YOU AT 10:00 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICE.
CHRIS GETZ WAS NAMED GENERAL MANAGER.
>> I MEAN — IT IS THE FRUIT THE SAME DEAD TREES .
>> AND THEY WILL NOT SPEND MORE MONEY.
THEY WILL NOT MAKE CHANGES ON THE FIELD.
>> THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY, DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.
THAT TONY LaRUSSA HIRE SET THEM BACK.
>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FIRM PROUD TO BE A MULTILINGUAL LAW FIRM
