[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "THE WEEK IN REVIEW".

I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THERE IS A POSSIBLE DEAL ON A LONG STALLED PLAN THAT WOULD GIVE CIVILIANS OVERSIGHT OF CHICAGO'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS THERE'S SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON NEGOTIATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS PUSHING FOR CIVILIAN CONTROL OF THE C.P.D.

REPORT A COMPROMISE OFFERED BY LIGHTFOOT IS CLOSE TO WHAT THEY'D ACCEPT.

IF A COMMITTEE VOTE PASSES TUESDAY EVENING, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD ACT AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY.

MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION IS SOUNDING THE ALARM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE COVID VACCINE.

>> THIS IS BECOMING A PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED.

WE ARE SEEING OUTBREAKS OF CASES IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE LOW VACCINATION COVERAGE BECAUSE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE ARE AT RISK.

AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FULLY VACCINATED ARE GENERALLY FARING WELL.

>> SHE IS PLEADING WITH ADULTS WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE COVID VACCINE TO DO SO IF NOT FOR THEMSELVES FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.

IN ILLINOIS COVID IS NOWHERE NEAR WINTER'S LEVELS BUT CASES ARE TRENDING UPWARDS.

THE STATE SAW 4400 NEW CASES THIS WEEK.

THE RATE OF VACCINATIONS HIT A LULL 73% OF ILLINOIS ADULTS RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE THAT IS ONLY AN INCREASE OF 1% FROM LAST WEEK.

CHICAGO WILL MAKE HOME VISITS TO VACCINE PEOPLE.

AND ANY -- VACCINATE PEOPLE AND ANY ILLINOISIAN WHO HAS BEEN VACCINATED IS ELIGIBLE FOR A CASH PRIZE.

>> A TRILLION PLUS INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE WILL PASS CONGRESS SAYS U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG.

EVEN IF THE PLAN HAS TO TAKE A DETOUR OR TWO FIRST.

BUTTIGIEG GAVE HIS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AFTER TOURING THE REDLINE STATION AND TOURED THE CSX BEDFORD PARK YARD.

>> IT WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF GOOD PAYING AMERICAN UNION JOBS AND IT REPRESENTS THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE LARGEST INVESTMENT -- WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.

[APPLAUSE] THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN PASSENGER RAIL SINCE THE CREATION HEALTH INSURANCE AMTRAK.

SINCE THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION.

>> CTA PRESIDENT CARTER SAYS FEDERAL FUND SOMETHING THE ONLY WAY CHICAGO CAN TRULY MODERNIZE ITS TRANSIT SYSTEM.

IT COULD EXPAND THE REDLINE FURTHER SOUTH AND MAKING ALL STOPS ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT WITH TONIGHT'S GUESTS.

THEY ARE LYNN SWEET OF THE "CHICAGO-SUN TIMES".

MARISSA PARRA OF CBS2 CHICAGO.

MARY ANN AHERN OF NBC5 CHICAGO AND TONYA FRANCISCO OF WGNTV NEWS.

>> LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

MAYOR PETE LIVED FOR A TIME IN CHICAGO AND PRESUMABLY HE TOOK THE REDLINE NOW AND THEN WHEN HE WAS HERE.

HE SAYS HE IS CONFIDENT THAT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WILL PASS.

LYNN SWEET, ARE YOU?

>> NO, I'M NOT.

AND ACTUALLY SO EVERYONE KNOWS HE LIVED IN CHICAGO TWICE HE WAS AN INTERN FOR CHANNEL 2 IN CHICAGO.

>> CHANNEL 5, LYNN.

>> LET'S DO THAT OVER.

INTERN FOR RENE FERGUSON.

5, 5, 5.

AND THIS DEAL IS NOWHERE NEAR DONE.

THE OPTIMISM OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS QUITE UNDER STOOD AND THIS IS NOT A STAND ALONE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.

THAT DOES HAVE SOME BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

IT IS LINKED POLITICALLY WITH A GIANT BILL STUFFED WITH EVERY DEMOCRATIC PRIORITY THAT WILL UNDER THE RULES OF THE SENATE BE ABLE TO BE PASSED.

BUT ONLY WITH USING A LOOPHOLE THAT WILL LET IT BE PASSED WITH ONLY DEMOCRATIC VOTES.

A LONG BIT OF NEGOTIATIONS STILL AHEAD.

>> AND SOME OF THAT CRITICISM COMING FROM REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS WHO CHARACTERIZE SOME OF THIS SPENDING AS WASTEFUL.

MARY ANN, HOW IS ONE TO JUDGE WHAT IS PROTEIN VERSUS PORK?

>> ABSOLUTELY AMANDA.

I DID THINK IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY IS GOING TO COME WHERE HE WILL GET ALL THE LOVE.

HE HAS THE DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT.

WHY NOT REACH OUT PERHAPS THE CHICAGO VISIT MAYBE GO TO ROCKFORD OR SPRINGFIELD OR THE AREAS WHERE YOU ARE STILL TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.

WE IN ILLINOIS HAVE ALREADY PASSED A $45 BILLION RENEW, REBUILD ILLINOIS PLAN.

SO THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE SAYING WAIT A SECOND, IS THIS REALLY WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW?

IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY AND IT IS.

>> MARISSA, YOU ARE OFTEN ON THE ROAD DOING YOUR JOB REPORTING ACROSS CHICAGOLAND.

DO WE NEED MORE MONEY PUMPED INTO INFRASTRUCTURE OR IS THAT REBUILD ILLINOIS PLAN THE ILLINOIS PAID FOR DOING THE JOB?

>> I THINK EVERYONE CAN AGREE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT I THINK NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS YOU GO TO, EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT AND I THINK, THOUGH, THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH SIDE IN PARTICULAR WHICH PROBABLY HAD SOME PART IN WHY THE 95TH STREET STATION WAS CHOSEN THAT BECOMES MORE EVIDENT.

LOOK AT ALL OF THE POTHOLES AND THE CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE REPORT ON SOMETIMES, WEEKLY IF NOT MORE.

YES.

I THINK THAT IS A RESOUNDING YES.

>> EN TO YEAH, I TONYA, I WANT TO GO TO YOU TO GET MORE ON THIS IN TERMS OF THE PLANS HERE BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST WE HAVE SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG BUT FURTHER WE HAD THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK AND A SUBURBAN PRESIDENT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST WEEK AND LAUREN UNDERWOOD'S DISTRICT.

WHAT IS UP WITH THE WHITE HOUSE-ILLINOIS CONNECTION LATELY?

IS IT POLITICS?

COINCIDENCE IN TIMING?

>> NEVER THERE'S NOTHING COINCIDENTAL ABOUT ANYTHING POLITICAL.

YOU COME TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU GET THE MOST LOVE.

IF YOU PREACH A MESSAGE LOUD AND LONG ENOUGH YOU HOPE IT WILL CATCH ON AND EVERYONE WILL START TO BELIEVE IT AS WELL.

CHICAGOANS HAVE A LONG WISH LIST THAT HAS BEEN GOING BACK FOR YEARS THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD POSSIBLE AND THERE'S ENOUGH STATE MONEY.

IF THEY CAN GET FEDERAL HELP WHY NOT GO TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY THEY CAN PROVIDE THE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REDLINE CAN BE EXTENDED AND YOU CAN HAVE A SUPER LINE FROM O'HARE TO DOWNTOWN.

MANY OF THE PROJECTS CANNOT BE PAID FOR BY ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS YOU NEED FEDERAL SUBSIDIES TO GET THOSE DONE.

WHEN YOU ARE RIDING ON THE ROADS MANY HAVE POTHOLES NOT TO MENTION THE GRAFFITI.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE IF THE LOVE IS GOING TO COME WHY NOT ACCEPT IT.

YOU GET YOUR LOCAL SENATORS, YOU GOT DICK DURBIN AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH AND NOW LAUREN UNDERWOOD AND PETE BUTTIGIEG HERE FROM HAVING SPENT TIME IN THE CHICAGO AREA BUT NATIVE TO SOUTH BEND IF YOU CAN GET THE LOVE WHY NOT TAKE IT.

I WOULDN'T TURN IT DOWN EITHER.

>> PERHAPS NOT HELPFUL IN TWISTING ANY ARMS OF REPUBLICANS HESITANT TO GET ONBOARD.

LYNN SWEET LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LOVE.

BECAUSE GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER GOT SOME OF IT IN WASHINGTON D.C.

WHEN HE WAS PART OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

BUT HE ALSO HAD A PRIVATE AUDIENCE AND TOUR WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AS WE ALSO KNOW IN POLITICS TO HAVE BEEN A FLY ON ON THE WALL THERE.

WHAT DID HE SPEAK WITH BIDEN ABOUT IS THERE PROOF THAT VISIT WILL PAY OFF FOR ILLINOIS?

>> LET ME PULLBACK THE MICROSCOPE.

YES, IT WILL PAY OFF BECAUSE OF RELATIONSHIPS.

HE HAD ONE WITH BIDEN AND IT'S STRONGER OUT OF THE MAYORS AND GOVERNORS, JB WAS BEST KNOWN HIS SISTER WAS THE COMMERCE SECRETARY IN THE OBAMA-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

THAT IS ONE.

TWO, IT WAS JUST IN THE STAGE OF RALLYING AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING.

ILLINOIS CAPITAL PLAN AND WHAT IS PROPOSED ILLINOIS PLAN THAT J.B. PRITZKER PASS SECOND TO MAIN TAN WHAT WE HAVE.

IF THE FEDERAL PLAN EVER HAPPENED IT WOULD BE FOR NEW THINGS LIKE THAT EXTENSION OF THE REDLINE AND ON YOUR POINT IT'S INTERESTING WHO WASN'T THERE IN 95TH AND DAN RYAN AND IT WAS LAUREN UNDERWOOD THE MOST ENDANGERED DEMOCRAT IN THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION.

THAT WAS BECAUSE HER BET IS BEST TO DO HER THING AND BE INDEPENDENT OF ALL THESE DEMOCRATS IF IT WAS TRULY A BIPARTISAN GROUP IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT PLEASE NOTE ALL FIVE ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS IN THE DELEGATION HAVE NOT BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.

WHEN I TALKED TO J.B. PRITZKER AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND ASKED HIM ABOUT IT, HE SAID WHELL THEY SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

I DO NOT PREDICT ANY OF THEM WILL VOTE FOR THE PLAN BUT IT WOULD BE TO THEIR BENEFIT IF IT WAS EVER PASSED.

>> THANK YOU FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS ON CHICAGO WHILE YOU ARE IN THE CAPITAL.

STAYING ON THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS, NOW, FUNDRAISING TOTALS WERE GREAT DURING THE ERA FOR DEMOCRATS THAT IS, WHEN SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN WAS HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS.

BUT NOW, THAT HE IS ISN'T, FUNDRAISING IS LOOKING WEAKER AND THE NEW CHAIR, CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIE KELLY IS IN A FURTHER WEAKENED POSITION AFTER A NEW RULING THAT SAYS SHE CAN ONLY STICK TO FEDERAL FUNDRAISING, NO FUNDRAISING FOR STATE RACES THERE WILL BE AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE DOING THAT.

MARY ANN DEMOCRATS KNEW THIS WAS A RESTRICTION WAS A POSSIBILITY WHEN THEY CHOSE KELLY FOR THE JOB.

WHY DID THEY?

AND DO YOU BUY THAT SHE SAYS THAT THIS MAKES THE PARTY MORE INCLUSIVE VERSUS PUTTING HER IN A CEREMONIAL ROLE?

>> I THINK AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED DURING THE WINTER IT WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE THAT MADIGAN DECIDED TO STEP DOWN.

AT FIRST FROM HIS POST AS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND THEN AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY.

AND THERE WAS WRANGLING BEHIND THE SCENES GOING ON.

AND SOME INCLUDING J.B. PRITZKER WANTED MICHELLE HARRIS AND OTHERS WHO SUPPORTED KELLY WON AND THEY FELT AS IF WAIT A SECOND WE ARE NOT SURE NOW THE GOVERNOR HAS INFLUENCE AND MONEY TO GIVE TO VARIOUS CANDIDATES DID THEY WANT HIM TO HAVE ALL OF THAT.

THEY ENDED UP GOING AND MORE PROGRESSIVES WENT WITH HER.

BUT 83% OF THE MONEY IN THE PAST THAT MADIGAN RAISED WENT TO LOCAL CANDIDATES AND BOUGHT HIM A LOT OF LOVE AND INFLUENCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE LOVE ON THE SHOW I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE GALS ON THE SHOW.

I CAN'T HELP IT.

[LAUGHTER] IT IS GOING TO BE -- WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

THE STATE HOUSE AND THE STATE SENATE THEY LOOKED TO MADIGAN TO HELP THEM OUT.

WITHOUT THAT MONEY, IT MIGHT BE A NEW DAY FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF WHO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THE FUNDS THEY NEED.

>> MAY I JUMP IN FOR A MOMENT?

>> PLEASE, DO.

>> SO WE REALLY HAVE -- LET ME GIVE KELLY THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT FOR A MOMENT.

BECAUSE MADIGAN RAISED THE MONEY FROM MAINLY FROM DEMOCRATIC ALIED INTERESTS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO WALK AWAY.

DO YOU THINK GETTING A PHOTO-OP WITH MICHAEL MADIGAN IS WHY THE PEOPLE GAVE THE MONEY?

NO.

SOME OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME IN ANYWAY NO MATTER -- YOU DON'T NEED ROBIN KELLY TO PERSONALLY MAKE THE CALL IN THE WAY THAT MAYBE MADIGAN DID AND WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE THE FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE THAT MONEY THE DEMOCRATIC MONEY IS GOING TO BE IN PLAY.

AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE WHO COULD STEP IN AND DO THAT ROLE.

IT IS TAKING A RISK BUT LET ME TELL YOU WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE KELLY RAN AGAINST, HARRIS, THERE IS NO TRACK RECORD SHE HAD IN ANYWAY OF DOING MAJOR FUNDRAISING.

SO LET'S GET REAL HERE.

WE HAD TWO CANDIDATES EACH WITH PLUSES AND MINUSES THERE IS A WORK AROUND NOW FOR KELLY THAT COULD WORK.

WE'LL SEE.

BY THE WAY, SPEAKER CHRIS WELCH IS COMING TO WASHINGTON AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR HIS FUNDRAISING [AUDIO INTERRUPTION].

>> NEW AVENUES FOR FUNDRAISING.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO WILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE?

THAT WILL BE A NEW AVENUE FOR FUNDRAISE EGG POWER?

>> I HAVE NOT HEARD.

>> SAME HERE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO A FEDERAL DECISION THAT JUST WAS HANDED DOWN BY A FEDERAL JUDGE OUT OF TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.

AND THAT SAYS THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO COME TO THE U.S. AS CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT ALREADY DREAMERS CAN NO LONGER APPLY FOR THAT DACA STATUS.

MARISSA WHAT IMPACT COULD THIS HAVE POLITICALLY AND IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS?

>> I'VE SPOKEN A LOT WITH DREAMERS HERE IN CHICAGO AND ONE SAID SHE HAS BEEN PREVALENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF BOTH FOLKS WHO HAVE GAINED THEIR CITIZENSHIP AFTER COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES HERE IN CHICAGO.

AND SO SHE HAS BEEN SORT OF MY GUIDE INTO THE DEVASTATION THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD FEEL IF PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PATH SHE HAD.

SHE I THINK SHE HAD A COMPELLING STORY HER FAMILY WOULD MAKE TAMALES AND SHE PAID HER WAY TO GET HER EDUCATION THE ONE SHE HAS TODAY.

I THINK THAT THERE IS A VERY COMMON TROPE THAT YOU WILL HEAR SOMETIMES THAT DREAMERS EVEN ARE PERHAPS TRYING TO TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT.

SO I THINK THAT SHE HAS BEEN LOUD AND OUT SPOKEN IN HER MISSION TO DISPROVE THAT AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT SO MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS NOT ONLY HELPING HER FAMILY AND NOT ONLY TRYING TO PAY FOR HER OWN EDUCATION AND TRYING TO HELP OTHER UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE WHICH IS A MASSIVE BARRIER WHEN IT COMES TO GOING THROUGH THE CITIZENSHIP PROCESS AND THE IDEA OF BEING A DREAMER AND HER BEING ABLE TO BE THE SHINING LIGHT, THIS IS DEVASTATING TO SO MANY PEOPLE SHE IS TRYING TO HELP.

>> AND WE WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHETHER THIS IS AN IMPETUS FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION AND BIDEN FOLLOWING THROUGH ON PROMISES THERE.

LET'S MOVE TO UNFORTUNATELY A TOPIC WE HIT ON AND THAT IS CRIME IN CHICAGO.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS BEEN PROMISING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THIS AND NOW DEBUTING A $1 MILLION FUND THAT WILL BE AWARDED TO TIPS THAT LEAD TO THE SEIZURE OF ILLEGAL GUNS.

TONYA, IS THIS A CREATIVE SOLUTION AND WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

>> I'M HARD-PRESSED TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

YOU ALREADY HAVE GUN TURN INS WHERE YOU GET MONEY.

YOU HAVE POLICE SEIZING THOUSANDS OF GUNS EVERY WEEKEND I CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE TOTAL.

BUT AT SOME POINT IT WAS UP TO 6,000 GUNS THIS YEAR.

THE GUNS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF THE STREETS THE ONES THAT ARE WILLINGLY COMING OFF THE STREETS BY OFFERING MONEY I DON'T SEE HOW MANY MORE GUNS COME OFF THE STREETS.

I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS ABOUT GETTING CREATIVE IS GOING BACK TO WHAT WORKS.

GO BACK TO THE PERIOD IN THE CITY WHERE YOU HAD LESS GUN VIOLENCE AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE AT THE TIME.

AS A KID WHO GREW UP IN THE CITY ON THE WE HAVE SIDE OF CHICAGO I KNOW WHAT KEPT ME OUT OF TROUBLE, WHICH WAS DAYCARE, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THINGS THAT KEPT MY MIND OCCUPIED AND MY FRIENDS OCCUPIED SO WE COULDN'T GET INTO TROUBLE.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT A LOT IS.

YOU STOP THE TIDE OF PROBLEMS OF GOING INTO GUN VIOLENCE AND GOING INTO GANGS IF YOU CAN START WITH THAT SECTION AND THE NEXT SECTION PEOPLE ALREADY INVOLVED YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM AN ALTERNATIVE.

I WAS TALKING TO FATHER PFLEGER AFTER THE SHOOTING ON 79TH AND JUSTINE THE OTHER DAY.

AND HE SAID GUN VIOLENCE, GUNS ARE THE WAY WE TALK TO EACH OTHER NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING AN ARGUMENT OR A DISCUSSION OR A CONVERSATION WE PULL OUT A GUN AND THAT IS HOW THE CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE.

IT'S TIME TO START HELPING TO REACH THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN GUN VIOLENCE.

GIVING THEM OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN YOU STEM THE TIDE.

BUT TO GIVE SOMEONE MONEY FOR TURNING IN A GUN WE'VE TRIED THAT.

THAT IS WHAT GUN BUYBACKS IS.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN PRESUMABLY GOT BROUGHT UP WHEN HE WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO ASK FOR HELP FEDERALLY IN COMBATING VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO AND CAME BACK HE CONTINUED TO BLAME JUDGES FOR THE VIOLENCE.

>> I KNOW I'M BEING REPETITIVE.

KEEPING VIOLENT OFFENDERS IN JAIL LONGER.

WILL REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN CHICAGO.

>> SO I WANT TO GO TO YOU MARISSA.

ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD-ON THAT?

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND YET ON TOP OF THAT VIOLENCE, YOU COVERED ONE OF THE MASS SHOOTINGS TWO WHERE FIVE INDIVIDUALS WERE SHOT ON WEDNESDAY.

YOU COVERED THE ONE IN AUBURN GRESHAM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THERE'S THE COURTS ANGLE AND THE GANGS.

WHAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT A GANG-RELATED EVENT?

>> CORRECT.

I THINK IT IS A HODGEPODGE A LOT OF FACTORS AND TONYA BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

WHEN I SPEAK TO VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AND THAT MASS SHOOTING WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM AN ANTIVIOLENCE ORGANIZATION.

AND SOMETHING THAT I HEAR ACROSS THE BOARD IS AND THIS IS FROM VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, IS WE WORK SO HARD TO TELL PEOPLE TO PUT THE GUNS DOWN.

AND THEN THE HARDEST PART IS WHAT DO I DO INSTEAD?

HOW DO I TELL PEOPLE TO PUT THE GUNS DOWN WHEN I AM NOT ABLE TO OFFER THEM HOPE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY OF LIVING.

I THINK THAT THE DIFFICULTY IS EVERYONE WANTS TO FIND ONE SOLUTION OR ONE THING TO BLAME AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE NUANCED THAN THAT AND THE HARD PART IS HOW DO YOU FIND A SOLUTION WHEN YOU TAP PREVENTATIVE MEASURES THAT YOU WOULD NOT SEE THE EFFECTS OF FOR 10 YEARS IF NOT LONGER.

AS CHILDREN GET OLDER.

BUT PREVENTION THAT IS A HUGE PART THAT GETS MISSED.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO FINGER POINT, BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

>> PEOPLE REALLY WANTING A SOLUTION.

>> AMANDA IF I CAN ADD, BY BRINGING IN THE FEDERAL TROOPS AND THE FEDERAL MANPOWER YOU NOW TRANSFER THE CASES FROM THE COOK COUNTY COURT TO THE FEDERAL COURT.

YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH LENIENCY.

YOU HAVE HARDER SENTENCES.

YOU DON'T GET PAROLE.

YOU DON'T GET HOME ELECTRONIC MONITORING.

THE SENTENCING IS DIFFERENT.

THEN YOU DO GET THE SO-CALLED REPEAT OFFENDERS OFF THE STREETS AND NOW IT LOOKS AS THOUGH, THIS IS WORKING BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE FEDERAL HELP.

IT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT JURISDICTION AND ANYBODY WHO LIVED IN CHICAGO KNOWS IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU GO TO THE CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE THE OUTCOMES ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

>> HERE IS THE ISSUE WITH THAT, THOUGH, IS HOW LONG WILL THEY STAY?

WE SAW FEDERAL STRIKE FORCE LAST YEAR WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.

TO HAVE THEM COME DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS OF COURSE WE THINK THAT MIGHT BE AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK.

BUT IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT.

CERTAINLY THAT THEY HAVE AN INFLUENCE AND HELP BUT IS IT SORT OF A TWO-MONTH DEAL AND WE ARE BACK TO THE SAME ISSUE ONCE THEY LEAVE?

>> I WANT TO MAKE TWO QUICK POINTS.

WAITING ANY DAY TO SEE WHAT ENHANCED HELP AND WHAT THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE STRIKE FORCE.

ON THE POINT OF INTERVENTION THURSDAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE INCLUDING EDDIE BOKO BOSS NATION RA, IN JUST A FEW WEEKS HE IS A SENIOR DIRECTOR AT THE HEART LAND ALLIANCE GUN SAFETY PROGRAM AND VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAM AND THIS CRIME INITIATIVE INCLUDES THIS HE WAS ONE OF A FEW PEOPLE AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE SECOND TIME BRIEFING THE WHITE HOUSE FIRST TIME IT WAS ON THINGS THAT WORKED.

CHICAGO'S ONE OF 15 CITIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS CARVE OUT FOR INTERVENTION POLICIES.

SO THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE IS PUTTING WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, SOME ASSETS IN THIS.

>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MANY COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IS COMMUNITY BELIEFS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR DOING AWAY WITH IT ALTOGETHER.

SO WE ARE HEARING WORD MARY ANN THERE IS A POSSIBLE DEAL ON THE HORIZON FOR COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OF THE C.P.D.

SO WHAT ARE YOU HEARING IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN FOR TAKING AWAY THE MAYOR'S ABILITY TO HIRE AND FIRE A SUPERINTENDENT?

AND HOW WEAK WOULD THAT LEAVE ANY MAYOR?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SHE IS NOW -- ME IS GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND TO LOSE THE AUTHORITY OF THE C.P.D.

WOULD BE MASSIVE.

SHE SPOKE WITH BILL CAMERON FROM WLX RADIO SHE DOES NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

THERE WILL BE MORE MEETINGS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THEY DID DISCUSS IT TODAY AT CITY HALL.

I WAS NOT THERE BECAUSE I WAS WITH BUTTIGIEG BUT I DID SEE SOME OF THE GIVE AND TAKE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FORMER WHEN WE WAS NOT RUNNING YET WHEN SHE WAS PART OF THE REFORM, LIGHTFOOT SAID YES, I WANT THIS.

NOW THAT SHE IS THE MAYOR SHE IS WAIT A SECOND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PICK WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE.

THAT WOULD BE HUGE IF SHE LOST THAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> THAT WOULD BE BIG AND WHILE WE ARE ON THIS NOTE, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT MARISSA I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU CAN ADD ANYTHING HAS THE C.P.D.

DONE ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH?

A THIRD POLICE OFFICER COMMITTED SUICIDE.

>> IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK.

A LOT OF OFFICERS WOULD SAY NO.

THEY ARE STRETCHED THIN.

SOMETIMES FEELING UNDERSTAFFED AND THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE.

>> I'M SORRY I HAVE TO END YOU THERE.

BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THE VIBRANT DISCUSSION THAT YOU OFFERED, LYNN SWEET, MARISSA PARRA, MARY ANN AHERN AND TONYA FRANCISCO.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:00 P.M. FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" AND 6:00 P.M. SUNDAY FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" AND WE'RE BACK AT 7:00 P.M. NEXT WEEK.

FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

GOOD NIGHT.

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