[♪♪♪] >> WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL CANCEL CLASSES FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12 TO ALLOW FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THE C.D.C.

APPROVED VACCINATIONS FOR KIDS 5-11 YEARS OLD.

AND TODAY AS YOU SEE, LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BEGAN VACCINATING KIDS AND HELD A SESSION FOR PARENTS WHO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE'S SAFETY AND EFFICACY.

>> MORE AMERICANS ARE GOING BACK TO WORK EMPLOYERS ADDED 531,000 JOBS LAST MONTH.

THAT THE MOST SINCE JULY.

THE REPORT SHOWS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 4.6%.

THAT SAID THE COUNTRY IS LAGGING BEHIND WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT IN MARCH OF 2020 WHEN THE JOBLESS RATE WAS 3.5%.

>> AND INDEED, IS THAT TIME OF YEAR TURN THE CLOCKS BACK THIS WEEKEND AS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS SUNDAY AT 2:00 A.M.

THE DEBATE WHETHER TO ABOLISH THE TIME CHANGE RAGES ON AND COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE SAYS THE OCCASION IS A GOOD ONE FOR RESIDENTS TO CHANGE OUT BATTERIES IN SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.

TO OUR PANEL, JOINING US ARE JON SEIDEL OF THE "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES".

GREG HINZ OF CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS AND CHICAGO'S JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR, KELLY BAUER FROM BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO.

GREG HINZ LET'S START WITH KYLE RITTENHOUSE ON TRIAL UP IN KENOSHA OVER THE BORDER.

REMIND US OF THE BACK STORY HERE AND THE STAKES IN THIS TRIAL.

>> WELL, THE BACK STORY IS THAT KYLE RITTENHOUSE THEN 17 DECIDED TO IF EFFECT BE HIS OWN COP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIOTS TO GO UP TO KENOSHA WISCONSIN AND PATROL AROUND TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO ON THE SIDE OFFER MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE.

BUT IN THE PROCESS, HE BROUGHT HIMSELF A GUN THOUGH HE DID NOT LEGALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO OWN THE GUN.

AND HE SHOT AND KILLED PEOPLE.

THAT'S THE BACK STORY AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER HE WAS AS HE SAYS IN FEAR OF HIS LIFE FROM THE DANGEROUS RIOTERS OR APPOINTED VIGILANT WHO DECIDED TO DEAL OUT HIS OWN FORM OF JUSTICE.

>> HE WAS SAYING HE WAS THERE TO GUARD PROPERTY, THE OWNER OF THE CAR LOT SAID I NEVER ASKED FOR ANYONE TO DO AT THAT TIME.

JON SEIDEL WE HAVE HAD STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN SO FAR.

THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY VOCALLY PUBLIC.

AND WE'VE HAD A JUROR DISMISSED FOR MAKING A CRUDE JOKE.

IS THAT UNUSUAL FOR SUCH A HIGH PROFILE CASE?

>> YEAH, AND I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT OFF TO A GREAT START.

NO, THE JUDGE RECEIVED A LOT OF CRITICISM OVER THIS RULING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY RITD HOUSE CAN BE REFERRED TO AS VICTIMS.

I WILL SAY, THAT IS A RULING I'VE HEARD BEFORE IN OTHER CASES.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WISCONSIN SAID THAT IS A SOLID RULING.

BUT THE JUDGE SEEMED TO REALLY NOT APPRECIATE THE CRITICISM THAT HE HAS RECEIVED ABOUT IT IN THE MEDIA AND WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IT IS THE LAW IN WISCONSIN AND THOSE ARE THE RULES.

AND I WASN'T THERE BUT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING OUR COLLEAGUES COVERING THE TRIAL AND I DO HAVE TROUBLE THINKING THE TIME I'VE SEEN OR HEARD A JUDGE RESPOND TO MEDIA CRITICISM IN QUITE THAT WAY.

FROM TIME TO TIME THEY WILL CALL US OUT AND REMARKS ABOUT ACCURACY.

BUT HE SOUNDS HE WENT AT LENGTH ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE WAS THE NOTE FROM THE JUROR MADE A JOKE ABOUT JAKE COULD BE BLAKE IT WAS A SEATED JUROR WHO HAS BEEN DISMISSED.

BUT THAT HAS TO CAUSE CONCERN INCLUDING FROM THE ATTORNEYS WHO LET HIM THROUGH ON TO THE JURY.

>> AND THE JUDGE SEEMINGLY AGREED WITH THAT DISMISSAL RIGHT AWAY.

KELLY BAUER, TALK ABOUT SORT OF THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS HERE.

THE JUDGE SAYS WE DON'T WANT ANY POLITICS TO AFFECT WHAT IS GOING ON.

THIS IS SIMPLY ABOUT A GUY AND A GUN KILLING TWO PEOPLE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> THIS CAME WHEN WE SEE UPRISINGS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD THERE WAS LOOTING AND PROTESTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT AFTERMATH.

AND IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE INCIDENTS TO COME ABOUT FROM THAT.

IT HAS BEEN HIGHLY POLITICIZED A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THIS IS THAT DIVISIVENESS WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY ARE HELPING OUT AND PROTECTING BUSINESSES AND WE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST PEACEFULLY PROTESTING AND THEY CLASHED AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT.

>> AND ALL OF US HERE COVERED PROTESTS THAT SORT OF HAD ALL THE ELEMENTS IN THEM PERHAPS NOT SHOOTING AND KILLING.

JON SEIDEL OAK PARK NATIVE HEATHER MACK WAS ARRESTED AT O'HARE AFTER SPENDING TIME IN BALI AND ARRESTED HERE.

THEY ARE SAYING THE UNITED STATES HAS NO CASE.

DOES THE MACK DEFENSE HAVE A CASE HERE?

>> THE ATTORNEYS I'VE TALKED TO DON'T THINK SO.

BUT I MEAN WE'RE GOING TO WAIT-AND-SEE.

WHEN I SPOKE TO HER ATTORNEY, TUESDAY NIGHT, HE WAS FULL OF RHETORIC AND SABER RATTLING SAYING THIS WAS GOING TO BE A WAR.

HE DID NOT TALK ABOUT DOUBLE JEOPARDY AND ANY ATTORNEY I'VE TALKED TO SAID DOUBLE JEOPARDY DOES NOT APPLY IN TERMS OF THE TOQUESAL PROTECT -- CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A SECTION OF THE UNITED STATES CODE THE LAWYERS I'VE TALKED TO SAID THAT SECTION HE IS TALKING TO THE PROTECTION AGAINST A SECOND PROSECUTION IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY APPLIES TO THAT SECTION OF THE CODE.

AND WHICH IS NOT WHERE SHE IS CHARGED AND THEN THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.

SO AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM -- I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO HIM SINCE THE INDICTMENT CAME DOWN.

HE SAYS SIMILAR THINGS TO OTHERS.

WE'LL WAIT-AND-SEE.

YOU KNOW, IF THIS WERE TO GO TO TRIAL WHICH I'M SUSPECT OF, THE EVIDENCE I THINK IS OVERWHELMING AGAINST HER.

>> CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A FAR-FETCHED DEFENSE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE PARK DISTRICT, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS FEELING THE PRESSURE TO OUST AVIS LAVELLE AFTER A CULTURE OF ABUSE ALLOWED TO FESTER.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> ONE OF THE REALLY SAD THINGS FOR ME IS THAT THESE WOMEN TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND IT WENT UNHEARD.

THE BALL GOT DROPPED AT SEVERAL LEVELS.

>> KELLY BAUER THERE WAS AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO THE OUSTER.

MIKE KELLY IS GONE HE IS IMPLICATED.

WHY SO MUCH HEAT ON THE BOARD PRESIDENT LAVELLE?

>> IT FEELS LIKE THIS CULTURE IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A FRAT HOUSE CULTURE IN THE LIFEGUARD PROGRAM WHICH IS ALLOWED TO GO ON FOR SO LONG WHEN YOUNGER LIFE GUARDS WERE TRYING TO REPORT THIS.

WHAT THE INVESTIGATION FOUND IS THAT IT WAS JUST ALLOWED TO FESTER THAT OFFICIALS KNEW ABOUT THIS, KNEW ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE AND DID NOT ACT EVEN WHEN PRESSURED TO.

AND RECENTLY WHAT IS SHOWN IS IN COOK COUNTY'S STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX STARTED AN INVESTIGATION WITH HER OFFICE THAT AFTER VICE LAVELLE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARK DISTRICT BOARD TEXTED KIM FOXX AND ASKED IF THEY COULD TALK.

IT RAISES QUESTIONS WHAT DID SHE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

THAT IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

>> AND THE PRESSURE COMING FROM A HANDFUL OF ALDERPEOPLE ON CITY COUNCIL CALLING FOR HER TO STEP DOWN.

GREG HINZ WHAT DO YOU THINK LAVELLE WILL DO?

SHE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS.

>> AVIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER.

THEN SHE LATER WENT INTO PRIVATE CONSULTING BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY.

THERE'S REALLY TWO QUESTIONS HERE: ONE IS WHETHER SHE KNEW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND FAILED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND DID SHE ADEQUATELY DO HER JOB AS A BOARD CHAIRMAN IN SUPERVISING THE STAFF THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO DO, THE BOARD IS IN CHARGE.

THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HIRED BY THE PARK DISTRICT I READ THROUGH THE REPORT A COUPLE TIMES AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO ME THAT AVIS KNEW AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THAT REPORT BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE KNEW BEFORE IT WENT PUBLIC.

AND THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID I WASN'T TOLD.

THAT IS CONCEIVABLE SHE WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST BOARD CHAIR HAD SNOOKERED BY THE C.E.O.S.

>> I'M REMINDED OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREG AND THE SOUP SCANDAL WITH FORMER C.E.O.

BARBARA BYRD BENNETT WHEN THE BOARD HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

>> AND THAT RAISES THE SECOND POINT MAYBE SHE IS MORE PALPABLE AND DO HER JOB.

YOU WOULD EXPECT SHE WOULD HAVE SOME IDEA THE DEPTH OF THE INPRO TRITETY IT IS SEVERE IF I HAD A HAIR IT WOULD CURL SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAPPENED.

BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK WHETHER THE BOARD DID ITS JOB.

>> JON SEIDEL AS KELLY MENTIONED THE STATE'S ATTORNEY IS PROBING THIS.

DO YOU EXPECT MORE SHOES TO DROP HERE?

>> WELL, CERTAINLY THAT'S WHERE IT COULD LEAD TO.

YOU KNOW, IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME THAT BEING A STATE COURT MATTER FOR THE STATE'S ATTORNEY.

BUT IT'S BEEN A ROILING THING.

I THINK THAT THIS STORY IS NOT GOING AWAY.

WE WILL SEE.

>> ANOTHER STORY NOT GOING AWAY IS THE LORETTO HOSPITAL STORY KELLY YOU REPORTED NOW THE F.B.I.

IS PROBING ALL OF THOSE VIP SHOTS THAT IT WAS IMPROPERLY GIVING THAT YOU REPORTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE F.B.I.

IS LOOKING INTO?

>> YEAH, BACK IN MARCH WE FIRST REPORTED THAT PEOPLE AT TRUMP TOWER HAD BEEN VACCINATED THOUGH THEY WERE INELIGIBLE AND ONE OF THE TOP EXECUTIVES LIVED AT TRUMP TOWER AND OTHER PLACES HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH HAD GOTTEN SHOTS LIKE A JEWELRY STORE AND A STEAKHOUSE.

SINCE THEN THE MAYOR CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE VACCINES.

LORETTO LOST ACCESS TO VACCINES FOR A WHILE.

AND NOW THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE HOSPITAL.

THIS WEEK WITH MY PARTNER DAVID JACKSON WE REPORTED THAT THE F.B.I.

IS INVESTIGATING LORETTO'S VACCINE PROGRAM THAT TWO SUBPOENAS WERE ISSUED TO THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ON WHO WAS VACCINATED TWO DAYS IN MARCH.

WE'RE TRYING TO DIG DEEPER INTO THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW FAR REACHING THIS INVESTIGATION IS AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AT.

>> GREG HINZ I SEEM TO RECALL MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCING THEY WERE GOING TO DO AN INVESTIGATION AND THEY CAME OUT WITH THE CONCLUSION WHICH AS I RECALL WAS A LOT OF NOTHING.

YOU THINK MAYBE A MISSED A FEW THINGS HERE?

>> MAYBE A MISSED A FEW THINGS OR MAYBE THE F.B.I.

WAS BETTER POSITIONED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED, PARIS.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS AND WHETHER SOMETHING ILLEGAL AS OPPOSED TO STINKY HAPPENED.

>> KELLY, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAYS YEAH THE CITY IS COOPERATING AND GOVERNOR PRITZKER SAYS YEP, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHAT WOULD INVESTIGATORS BE LOOKING AT WITH THE STATE AND CITY AGENCIES?

>> SO THE OFFICIALS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE EXPERTS WHO HAVE A HISTORY IS THAT THE F.B.I.

DOES THAT COME POKING AROUND BECAUSE THEY THINK SOMETHING UNETHICAL HAPPEN THEY INVESTIGATE BECAUSE THEY THINK SOMETHING ILLEGAL HAPPENED.

WE THINK THIS IS A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION GIVEN THE F.B.I.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THAT WAS ILLEGAL THAT WERE DONE.

>> JON SEIDEL FORMER ILLINOIS STATE REPRESENTATIVE LUIS ARROYO PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT TO ONE CHARGE OF WIRE FRAUD.

REMIND US.

>> THIS CAME DOWN TWO YEARS AGO.

IT WAS LUIS ARROYO WAS CHARGED WITH BRIBERY AND ACCUSED OF TRYING TO BRIBE A STATE SENATOR TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION REGARDING THE SWEEPSTAKES VIDEO GAMING MACHINES.

AND AT THE TIME NOT ONLY DID THESE CHARGES END LUIS ARROYO'S POLITICAL CAREER IT WAS QUICKLY REVEALED WE CONFIRMED AND OTHERS CONFIRMED THAT THE STATE SENATOR NOT NAMED IN THE COMPLAINT WAS TERRY LINK.

HE DENIED IT AND HE HAS SINCE BEEN CHARGED AND PLEADED GUILTY TO A TAX COUNT.

SO THIS HAS BEEN BREWING FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

A YEAR AGO, A RELATIVE OF FORMER ASSESSOR IS JOE BERRIOS WAS ADDED TO THE CASE INVOLVED IN THE MEETINGS WITH ARROYO AND LINK.

ARROYO DID THIS WEEK ENTER A BLIND PLEA THERE WAS NO DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT BUT HE DID PLEAD GUILTY TO THE ALLEGATIONS HANGING OVER HIS HEAD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO HE PLEADED GUILTY.

HE HAS A SENTENCING I THINK EARLY NEXT YEAR.

BUT HIS CO-DEFENDANT JAMES WEISS STILL HAS CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST HIM.

>> YOU ARE SAYING IT IS A BLIND PLEA IT MEANS HE IS NOT NECESSARILY COOPERATING WITH THE GOVERNMENT ON ANY OTHER INVESTIGATION OR MIGHT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD LEAD TO OTHER INDICTMENT.

>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FOR IN THESE CASES.

THERE IS NO FORMAL DEAL.

IF THERE IS A FORMAL PLEA AGREEMENT THERE MIGHT BE TALK ABOUT COOPERATION AND SENTENCING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT HERE.

>> EDDIE VRDOLYAK HAS TO REPORT TO PRISON HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE THAT BECAUSE OF COVID AND HEALTH CONCERNS HIS LAWYERS ARGUE IF HE GOES HE IS STILL AT RISK OF GETTING SICK AND DYING.

IS THAT A PLEA THAT'S GOING TO KEEP HIM OUT OF JAIL, YOU THINK?

>> I DON'T THINK SO, PARIS.

HE DID IT HE WILL DO THE TIME.

WHAT MYSTIFIES ME IS HOW THEY CAUGHT HIM.

FAST EDDIE DID NOT GET THE NICKNAME FOR NOTHING.

THE FEDS YOU WOULD THINK HAVE BEEN AFTER HIM FOREVER.

>> HE SAYS I TALK TO EVERYONE AS IF THEY ARE WEARING A WIRE.

>> MONEY AND POWER GRAVITATE TO HIM AND FUNKY RELATIONSHIPS BUT THEY GOT HIM.

WHICH GOES TO PROVE THAT IF YOU KEEP WORKING AT IT, YOU GET YOUR GUY.

THE QUESTION NOW REALLY IS WHETHER TWO OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE PEERS OF HIS IN TERMS OF AGE WILL GO DOWN TOO, ED BURKE FACES CHARGES HE WILL GO TO TRIAL AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF MIKE MADIGAN IS GOING TO BE INDICTED.

>> HE WAS IMPLICATED IN THAT MAJOR ComEd INDICTMENT AS PUBLIC OFFICIAL A THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

IT CERTAINLY BEARS WATCHING.

>> THE OLD GANG AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH MCDONALD'S.

ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING FOR THE OUSTER OF THE C.E.O.

CHRIS KEMPCZINSKI AFTER THE TEXT MESSAGES TO THE MAYOR CAME TO LIGHT HE CRITICIZED THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN SHOT INCLUDING SEVEN-YEAR-OLD JASLYN ADAMS WHO WAS KILLED IN A MCDONALD'S DRIVE-THRU AND ADAM TOLEDO AND SO THE TEXT HERE CHRIS KEMPCZINSKI SAYS... MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID GREAT TO SEE YOU IN PERSON GREAT WORK SPACE.

AND I SAID TO JOE I WOULD BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THE OPERATOR FOR SUPPORT AND HE AND HIS TEAM MEMBERS HAVE TO BE TRAUMATIZED.

THE MAYOR NOT CALLING THE C.E.O.

OUT THERE FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

KELLY BAUER IS THERE A PR PROBLEM HERE FOR MCDONALD'S AND B FOR THE MAYOR?

>> ABSOLUTELY PARTICULARLY FOR MCDONALD'S.

EVEN JUST THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, THERE WAS A RALLY OUTSIDE THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE WEST LOOP WHERE PEOPLE WERE SAYING THE C.E.O.

SHOULD STEP ASIDE AND REMOVED FROM HIS POSITION.

I THINK PEOPLE FIND IT PROBLEMATIC THIS IS A VERY OLD THING THAT PEOPLE BRING UP IS THAT THE PARENTS ARE TO BLAME.

BOUGHT JASLYN ADAMS WAS A GIRL, A GIRL, WHO WAS IN A CAR AT THE WRONG MOMENT AT THE WRONG TIME.

SHE WAS WITH HER FAMILY WAS NOT INTENDED TARGET AND SHOT DEAD.

PEOPLE DO SEE RACIAL CODING TO THE MESSAGES AND I THINK IT BRINGS UP CONCERNS.

>> GREG HINZ WHAT ABOUT THAT?

IS THERE A PR FALLOUT THAT MCDONALD'S HAS TO MANAGE HERE?

>> ABSOLUTELY, PARIS.

WE LIVE IN AN ERA WHEN EVERYTHING BECOMES PUBLIC IN A HURRY.

>> THINGS WERE BROUGHT TO LIGHT BECAUSE OF A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST.

>> I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MAN IS COMING FROM.

IT'S FAIR TO ASK IN CASES LIKE THIS PARTICULARLY THE ONE WHERE WERE THE PARENTS AND THE SUPERVISION DID THEY FALL DOWN ON THE JOB.

YOU OUGHT TO BE SMART ENOUGH IN THIS ERA NOT TO PUT SENSITIVE THINGS IN WRITING IT'S GOING TO COME OUT PARTICULARLY DEALING WITH A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

AND HE AND HIS COMPANY ARE NOW GOING TO PAY A PRICE FOR IT.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

FIVE MORE CONVICTIONS RELATED TO DISGRACED FORMER SERGEANT RONALD WATTS WERE VACATED.

THERE'S BEEN SO MANY THAT STATES ATTORNEY KIM FOXX VACATED.

JON SEIDEL CAN YOU FILL US IN ON THE BACK STORY WITH RONALD WATTS AND WHY THESE CONVICTIONS HAVE BEEN VACATED.

>> YES, SURE.

RONALD WATTS WAS A POLICE OFFICER WHO A DECADE AGO WITH A FELLOW JUNIOR OFFICER WAS ACCUSING CONVICTED OF -- THEY PATROLLED THE IDENTIFY DID B.

WELLS PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX AND INSTEAD OF PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS THERE, THEY WERE SHAKING DOWN DRUG DEALERS FOR DRUGS AND MONEY AND PROTECTING THEM.

AND YOU KNOW IT WAS PAYOFFS.

SO HE WAS CONVICTED AND DID TIME AND IN THE MEANTIME THERE'S BEEN FALLOUT BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE CASES WHEN THOSE WHO DID NOT COOPERATE WITH HIM THERE WOULD BE PLANTING OF DRUGS OR FALSE CHARGES.

SO EVER SINCE THE CONVICTION THERE HAS BEEN THEY HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE OLD CASES TO SEE YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS LEGITIMACY.

SO WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL MASS EXONERATIONS RELATED TO RONALD WATTS.

WE'RE TOTALING MORE THAN 100.

THEY WERE HOPING FOR MORE AND THIS LATEST HEARING AND RECEIVED FIVE.

THERE'S LOTS OF MASSIVE BIT OF LITIGATION AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING RELATED TO RONALD WATTS.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND I HEAR JUNGS TALK ABOUT IT THE CONCERN WHEN POLICE OFFICERS VIOLATE THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR BADGE.

THIS IS WHAT THE FALLOUT IS AND WE'VE SEEN IT WITH OTHER POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION CHARGES, TOO.

>> AND GROUPS ARE CALLING FOR 88 OR MORE CONVICTIONS TO BE VACATED, TIED TO RONALD WATTS.

WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL FOR A CHICAGO CASINO FIVE BIDS BY THREE COMPANIES TWO OF THE COMPANIES HAD TWO DIFFERENT POSSIBLE SITES.

KELLY BAUER, ANYTHING HAVE -- ANYONE OF THE BIDS HAVE THE UPPER HAND AT THIS POINT?

>> I'M NOT SURE OF AN UPPER HAND.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAD A NEWS CONFERENCE AND ASKED AND DEFLECTED AND DID NOT WANT TO SAY WHO MIGHT BE FAVORED.

ONE OF THE PROPOSALS I BELIEVE THE MICHAEL REESE SITE THOUGH PEOPLE HAD BEEN PROMISED THERE WOULD NOT BE A CASINO BLOCKING THAT SITE THAT IS AN INTERESTING TWIST.

>> AND THE SOPHIA KING WHO REPRESENTS THAT AREA SAID NOT IN OUR BACKYARD, DID SHE NOT?

>> YES.

SHE DID NOT WANT IT THERE, RESIDENTS DID NOT WANT IT THERE AND NOW ONE OF THE PROPOSALS IS FOR THAT AREA.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THEY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

>> BALANCELY'S WANT TO MAKE A CASINO RESORT AND HARD ROCK AND RIVERS CASINO.

IS THERE ANY EXTRA LOVE FOR THE LOCAL FOLKS?

>> MAYBE, PARIS.

I THINK THE ONE OF THE BIDS MAYBE IS WORTH WATCHING PARTICULARLY CLOSELY.

THAT IS THE FRONTRUNNER BUT THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING IS NEIL BLUM, THE CHICAGO BILLIONAIRE CASINO OPERATOR WANTS TO TAKE THE OLD LAKE SITE CENTER McCORMICK PLACE IT'S FALLING APART.

AND THE AGENCY THAT RUNS McCORMICK PLACE NEED $400 MILLION TO REHAB IT.

IF THEY CAN GET Mr. BLUM TO SPEND THE 400 MILLION AND GET INCOME FROM IT OFF LEASING IT, IT'S OFF TO THE SIDE KIND OF AN ISLAND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE PROBLEM THAT THE TRUCK YARD ONE DOES.

IT'S WELL SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS: OTHER CHICAGO CONTENTION PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT A CASINO RIGHT NEXT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER?

CAN THEY BE CONVINCED TO GO ALONG WITH IT?

MAYBE.

THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHETHER LAKEFRONT PRESERVATIONISTS THE FOLKS WHO KILLED THE LUCAS MUSEUM AND OPPOSED THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER WHETHER THEY CAN TIE THIS UP.

FRIENDS OF THE PARKS VERY ACTIVE IN THE LUCAS MUSEUM THEY TOLD ME WE'RE NOT TAKING NEW PROPERTY WE'RE TAKING AN EXISTING BUILDING AND REHABING MAYBE WE WILL STAY NEUTRAL.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO TURN THAT INTO LAKESIDE PARK.

BEFORE WE GO, GREG, RAHM EMANUEL AND HIS AMBASSADOR NOMINATION AND SENATE COMMITTEE TWO REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST HIM AND TWO DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST HIM.

WILL THERE BE A FULL SENATE VOTE GIVEN THAT TED CRUZ KEEPS BOTTLING UP THE NOMINATIONS?

>> I WOULD SAY YES.

AND MY PREDICTION WOULD BE THAT WHILE ALL THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR Mr. RAHM EMANUEL SOME REPUBLICANS WILL.

I EXPECT AT SOME POINT IT WILL PASS.

>> AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER WHO SAID HE IS NOT RUNNING AGAIN, TELL CNN HE MIGHT RUN FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR OR SENATE.

EVEN PRESIDENT IN 2024.

GREG WHICH OF THESE IS MOST LIKELY?

>> I'M NOT SURE ANY OF THEM ARE LIKELY, PARIS.

I WILL SAY IF YOU WANT TO GET A GIG A TALK SHOW HOST CONSIDERED A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS GOING TO GET YOU NOTICE AND ATTENTION.

>> AND HE IS ALSO RUNNING POLITICAL PACT AND MAKES A LOT OF -- >> HELPS YOU DO ALL THAT.

>> ANYONE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT AARON RODGERS OUR FRIEND TO THE NORTH THAT COMES AND OWNS OUR FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAM?

>> WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND.

>> DON'T ALL JUMP AT ONCE.

THANKS TO JON SEIDEL, GREG HINZ AND KELLY BAUER.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

HOPE WE GET THAT MILD WEATHER THIS WEEKEND SO YOU CAN ENJOY IT AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

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