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

WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN A MOMENT BUT SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A HEDGE FUND WILL BE THE SOLE OWNER OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" AND PAPERS.

THE BOARD OF TRIBUNE PUBLISHING APPROVED A $633 MILLION BID FROM ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL TO CONTROL THE COMPANY.

IT'S THE SECOND BIGGEST NEWSPAPER OWNER IN THE COUNTRY AND KNOWN FOR SLASHING STAFF TO THE BONE.

THE MOVE COMES AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO FIND A COMPETING BID TO BUY THE PAPER.

GREGORY PRATT SAYS THE DEAL PORTENDS A DIRE FUTURE FOR THAT INSTITUTION AND A CITY THAT RELIES ON ITS REPORTING.

>> IT IS A SOBERING CHALLENGING DAY FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO AFTER THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL TAKING FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE TRIBUNE IS A PROBLEM IT IS A CONCERN IN THE LONG-TERM AND IN THE SHORT-TERM.

BUT IN THE LONG-TERM WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE DO WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT A DAMN PAPER.

>> A VOTE ON A CIVILIAN POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD COULD HAPPEN NEXT MONTH, ACCORDING TO THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

THAT COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE TO VOTE.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT VOWED TO INTRODUCE HER OWN PLAN BUT HAS YET TO GIVE SPECIFICS AND YOU CAN READ MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 1500 NEW COVID CASES AND 21 DEATHS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF 1.373 MILLION CASES AND 22,556 DEATHS.

AND MORE THAN 39% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION HAS BEEN FULLY VACCINATED.

>> AND NOW ON TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" PANEL.

JOINING US ARE MAXWELL EVANS, OF BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO.

TAHMAN BRADLEY OF WGN NEWS.

AND JIM DeROGATIS CO-HOST OF SOUND OPINIONS WHICH YOU CAN HEAR ON WBEZ AND DANA KOZLOV OF CBS2 NEWS.

LET'S START OFF WITH LORI LIGHTFOOT THE MAYOR CELEBRATED HER SECOND ANNIVERSARY IN OFFICE BY TOUTING HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGING DIFFICULTIES.

TAKE A LOOK... >> VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED.

BUT IN MANY WAYS, I WOULDN'T TRADE A SECOND OF IT.

IT'S BEEN HARD, IT'S BEEN TOUGH THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I FELT DESPAIR.

>> LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT BEFORE PANDEMIC SHE CAME IN WITH SO MUCH HOPE AND PROMISE.

THAT PEOPLE BELIEVED IN SOMETHING DIFFERENT COMING TO CITY GOVERNMENT AND SHE HAS FAILED AT EVERY TURN MOST OF THE TIME FROM SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS.

>> DANA KOZLOV, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT PROMISED TRANSPARENCY WHEN SHE CAMPAIGNED.

RACIAL EQUITY, AND END ALDERMANIC PRIVILEGE.

POLICE REFORM.

HOW HAS SHE FARED, WHAT IS HER REPORT CARD?

>> IF YOU LISTEN TO THE 20 PLUS GROUPS THAT HAD A PROTEST NEAR HER HOME GAVE HER AN F. I THINK YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER ONE THING BEFORE YOU ISSUE A GRADE AND THAT IS THE PANDEMIC.

THAT THREW A WRENCH IN SO MUCH WHAT SHE MAY HAVE PLANNED TO DO.

BUT I DO THINK AND THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF HER GOING BACK ON OR NOT LIVING UP TO THINGS SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO DO PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED AND ONE OF THOSE IS TRANSPARENCY.

THE POLICE MISCONDUCT FILE DATABASE AGREEMENT THAT WAS REACHED THIS WEEK BETWEEN HERSELF AND TWO ALDERMEN WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

SHE WANTS TRANSPARENCY ABOUT POLICE PISS CONDUCT AND THE AGREEMENT WOULD RELEASE FILES BACK TO 2000.

AND THE ANJANETTE YOUNG CASE WHERE INITIALLY CITY HALL TRIED TO FIGHT THE RELEASE OF THE VIDEO TO US.

SO I WOULD SAY THERE ARE A LOT OF EX10IATING CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS NOT LIKE OF MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL SECOND YEAR IN OFFICE OR FORMER MAYOR DALEY'S SECOND YEAR IN OFFICE WITH ALL THINGS CONSIDERED I GIVE HER A SOLID B.

>> OR INCOMPLETE BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO MORE YEARS ON THE TERM AND YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE LAST YEAR IT THREW A WRENCH INTO THINGS THAT NOBODY EXPECTED.

AND JOSEPH FERGUSON SAYS THE DATABASE DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH.

TAHMAN BRADLEY YOU HAVE HIGHER RATES OF SHOOTINGS OVER LAST YEAR AND LAST YEAR OVER THE YEAR BEFORE ALTHOUGH THIS DOES MIRROR A TREND IN BIG CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WHAT ABOUT HER RECORD ON PUBLIC SAFETY?

>> PARIS, SHE ABSOLUTELY GETS AN INCOMPLETE GRADE.

IT IS A RECORD OF CLASHING WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE VARIOUS GROUPS, THE ALDERMEN, JOURNALISTS, OPPONENTS HAVE TOUGH IN-YOUR-FACE STYLE.

IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS MARKED BY CONTROVERSY, MARKED BY ACRIMONY.

YES THE PANDEMIC IS A BIG PIECE BUT COUPLE THINGS THAT STAND OUT FOR ME THERE ARE SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE CAMPAIGN PROMISES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN MET.

THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

AND NOW SHE IS BACKING A HYBRID PLAN SO THAT IS A PARTIALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

AND THEN ON POLICE REFORM SHE SAID SHE SUPPORTED PUBLIC OVERSIGHT AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION THAT WOULD HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON POLICE POLICY.

SHE CONTINUES TO PROMISE US THAT SHE'LL UNVEIL HER PLAN, THE ALDERMEN ARE READY TO MOVE ON THIS BECAUSE THE GRASSROOTS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THIS WEEK I ASKED HER ABOUT THAT AND SHE SAID STAY TUNED MY PLAN SOMETHING COMING.

SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXPERT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> FORMER HEAD OF THE POLICE BOARD AND FORMER MAYOR'S TASK FORCE.

A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON THAT ISSUE.

MAXWELL EVANS, THOSE THINGS THAT TAHMAN BRADLEY MENTIONED, CHANGING THE STANCE ON THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TO SUPPORTING HYBRID SCHOOL BOARD AND CHANGING OVER POLICE OVERSIGHT DO YOU THINK THOSE THINGS WILL COST HER WITH VOTERS?

>> WHAT I'M HEARING IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS IS SHE IS NOT DRAWING A WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORTERS FLIP-FLOPPING ON THE ISSUES.

I'VE HEARD PEOPLE ARE IN SUPPORT OF SOME OF HER POLICIES AND PUSHES FOR EQUITY ACROSS THE CITY PARTICULARLY IN BUSINESS.

BUT, YEAH, MANY RESIDENTS I SPEAK TO ARE GROWING FRUSTRATED WITH THE WISHY WASH WINESS AS IT RELATES TO THE ISSUE US.

>> AND FRUSTRATED ALDERMEN.

JIM DeROGATIS, DESPITE THIS FRUSTRATION SHE CAME IN ANTAGONISTIC SAYING YOUR FREE RIDE IS OVER, ALDERMANIC PRIVILEGE IS OVER.

SHE HAS PASSED TWO BUDGETS BY SLIM MARGINS BUT DO YOU SEE AUTO HER LOSING CONTROL OF CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCIL GOING AGAINST WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO?

>> I WISH THE COUNCIL WOULD PUSHBACK MORE.

I DON'T COVER CITY HALL AS REGULARLY AS MY COLLEAGUES.

AS A CITIZEN AND NEWS HOG I'M SHOCKED HOW PRO BIG BUSINESS SHE IS.

JUST LIKE DALEY WAS.

WHETHER YOU TALK ABOUT WAY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BEFORE SHE GOT INTO OFFICE SHE FLIP-FLOPPED IN THE FIRST WEEK ON LINCOLN YARDS AND NOW ALLOWING LOLLAPALOOZA TO DO WHATEVER IT PLEASES THE SITUATION ON THE EASTSIDE OF CHICAGO LET'S MOVE THE PROBLEM OUT OF THE NORTH SIDE AND BRING MORE POLLUTION TO THE EASTSIDE.

YOU KNOW, SHE SEEMS TO ROLLOVER TO BIG BUSINESS EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS HER PRESENTED SESSER ISES.

>> -- PREDECESSORS.

>> CRITICS IN DIFFERENT CORNERS AND MADE NATIONAL NEWS WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED SHE WAS ONLY TALKING TO BLACK AND BROWN JOURNALISTS ON HER SECOND ANNIVERSARY.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> ONE DAY OUT OF 365, I SAY THAT I'M GOING TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY TWO YEARS IN OFFICE BY GIVING EXCLUSIVE ONE-ON-ONES TO JOURNALISTS OF COLOR AND THE WORLD LOSES ITS MIND.

IT'S WAY PASTTIME FOR THE CITY HALL PRESS CORPS AND THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS TO GET THE MEMO.

>> TAHMAN BRADLEY, THE REACTIONS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THIS.

SOME FOLKS SAYING IT'S FAIR TO QUESTION THE DIVERSITY REPRESENTATION OF MEDIA BUT ALSO QUESTIONING WHETHER MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS THE RIGHT MESSENGER OR THE TIMING WHETHER THIS IS A DIVERSIONRY TACTIC?

>> THERE IS A GREAT TRADITION IN THIS COUNTRY OF PROTESTS BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

MAKING A LOT OF NOISE AND SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT.

AND THERE ARE STATISTICS SHOWING THE LACK OF DIVERSITY IN NEWSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE BARELY PAY ATTENTION.

WEDNESDAY PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LACK OF DIVERSITY IN THE PRESS CORPS AND IN NEWSROOMS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

SO IMPORTANT TOPIC TO DISCUSS BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE MAYOR WAS MARKING TWO YEARS IN OFFICE THIS CHANGED THE SUBJECT AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT HEADLINE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF NEGATIVE HEADLINES THAT WE DISCUSSED TO MARK THE OCCASION.

ALSO KEEP IN MIND, PARIS, THAT THIS IS A MAYOR WHO IS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND IT IS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

CERTAIN THE CHATTERING CLASS IS VERY UPSET.

CITY HALL FOLKS ARE OFFENDED.

BUT THE REALITY IS THERE ARE A LOT OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE THAT SAID RIGHT NOW.

LISTENING TO BRACK RADIO STATION THEY WERE EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENED AND THEN THERE WAS A PIVOT TO HOW CHICAGO IS A SEGREGATED CITY AND ALL RILED UP.

AND SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD MISS THE FACT IT WAS A CONVERSATION TO HAVE AND THERE WAS NO QUESTION SHE WAS TRYING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT AND SHE HAS BEEN FEUDING WITH SOME JOURNALISTS AT CITY HALL A WAY TO THROW AN ELBOW YEAH I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU TODAY AND BE MAD ABOUT IT.

>> AND WE TOOK EXCEPTION WITH PREVIOUS MAYORS WHEN THEY WANT TO CHOOSE WHO GETS TO INTERVIEW THEM.

WE'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS WITH OTHER MAYORS WE HAD A DISAGREEMENTS WITH THIS MAYOR.

DANA KOZLOV "SUN-TIMES" EDITORIAL NOTED HAD SHE GIVEN THE INTERVIEWS TO SOME OF THE REPORTERS AS OPPOSED TO MAKE IT PUBLIC, WHAT SHE WAS DOING, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> SHE OFFERED THESE INTERVIEWS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND GONE AHEAD WITH IT WITHOUT MAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT WHY?

>> OR TELEGRAPHING TO EVERYBODY ELSE EXACTLY WHY THEY WERE DOING THIS?

>> YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY I THINK THAT SHE NEEDED TO SAY SOMETHING.

PERSONALLY ON WEDNESDAY, SO I AM SOMEBODY FROM CHANNEL 2 COMMONLY COVERS CITY HALL AND HAS FOR QUITE SOMETIME ON WEDNESDAY, WHEN I CAUGHT WIND OF THESE ONE-ON-ONE'S BEING OFFERED AND JUST LET ME SAY, THE MAYOR CAN OFFER ONE-ON-ONE'S TO WHOMEVER SHE WANTS TO.

>> MAYORS HAVE DONE THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CHICAGO.

>> BUT IT IS CUSTOMARY ON AN OCCASION LIKE A TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR THE MAYOR OR LET'S SAY THE HEAD OF SCHOOLS TO SAY I'M OFFERING THESE ONE-ON-ONE'S TO SOMEBODY FROM EVERYBODY TELEVISION STATION OR EVERY PAPER.

SO WHEN I CAUGHT WIND THAT THE ONE-ON-ONE'S WERE BEING OFFERED TO ONLY JOURNALISTS OF COLOR AND NOBODY AT MY STATION WAS CONTACTED.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

SO I REACHED OUT TO HER STAFF AND WAS SORT OF PUT ON HOLD UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THAT WAS OF THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS THE LETTER AND WHEN I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY SOME OF MY BLACK AND BROWN COLLEAGUES AT CBS2 WERE NOT OFFERED OR COULD HAVE BEEN OFFERED THESE INTERVIEWS AND I NEVER HEARD BACK.

I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT.

BECAUSE THEN OR TELL ME HEY I'M MAD AT YOU CHANNEL 2 AND I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

>> THE SAME THING HERE THERE WAS NOT AN INTERVIEW OFFERED TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AT ALL TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES OR MYSELF.

BUT AGAIN IT PROMPTED A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.

MAXWELL EVANS, SHE -- HER STAFF SAID THEY WANTED TO GIVE HYPER LOCAL OUTLETS AN OPPORTUNITY.

CERTAINLY HYPER LOCAL OUTLETS NEED THE ACCESS.

DID YOUR OUTLET BLOCK CLUB DID THEY GET AN INTERVIEW?

>> I'M NOT 100% SURE I DID NOT NOR DID I REACH OUT TO SECURE ONE.

TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE HYPER LOCAL OUTLETS, THIS CITY IS SPECIAL THERE ARE SO MANY REPORTERS OF COLOR AND YOUNG REPORTERS THOSE WHO DID NOT STUDY JOURNALISM.

I THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED HERE.

THERE IS AN ISSUE OF DIVERSITY IN MEDIA NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME AND MY FRIENDS IN THIS FIELD YET THAT IS AN ISSUE OF ACCESS AS OPPOSED TO MAKEUP.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT CHICAGO YOU HAVE BLOCK CLUB AND GOT THE TRIBE AND ALL OF THE NONPROFIT OUTLETS THE READER, SO MUCH GREAT OUTLETS THAT ARE DOING GOOD WORK THAT HAVE DIVERSE STAFFS AND FOR LIGHTFOOT TO WRONGLY STATE THERE IS NO WOMEN OF COLOR COVERING CITY HALL THAT SHOWS SHE IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TRUE ISSUE THERE ARE WOMEN OF COLOR COVERING CITY HALL AND PEOPLE OF COLOR DOING EXCELLENT WORK COVERING EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY.

IT IS A MATTER OF THEY NEED THIS YEAR-ROUND MORE THAN ONE DAY, THEY NEED MORE THAN A SPECIAL OCCASION.

AND NEED THAT SORT OF ACCESS ALL THE TIME TO PROPERLY REPORT ON THE CITY.

>> CERTAINLY A POINT THAT A LOT OF LOCAL OUTLETS WERE MAKING.

AND JIM DeROGATIS, THE REACTION ESPECIALLY AT A CERTAIN CABLE CHANNEL WAS OVER THE TOP.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HOW SORT OF FOLKS AROUND THE COUNTRY TOOK THIS AND FIT IT INTO A PARTICULAR NARRATIVE?

>> YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT-WING OWE MEDIA JUST BLEW IT OUT OF PROPORTION.

YOU KNOW -- >> THE DOG WANTS TO WEIGH-IN AS WELL.

>> I THOUGHT THAT TRIBE INTERVIEW WAS EXTRAORDINARY.

I THINK THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND THEY ARE DOING GREAT WORK.

YOU KNOW HEY, OF THE THREE REPORTERS WHO COVER CITY HALL FOR WBEZ TWO ARE WOMEN OF COLOR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MAYOR LIGHTFOOT MISSED THAT.

>> CAN I SAY, PARIS AND THAT TRIBE ARTICLE WAS FASCINATING AND I THINK THE MAYOR WAS TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THE LEFT BUT OBVIOUSLY -- >> THE TRIBE IS A HYPER LOCAL OUTLET ON-LINE.

GO AHEAD >> YES.

AND CLEARLY AN EFFORT TO REACH YOUNG BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS AND SOME DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.

THE MAYOR CERTAINLY CAME ACROSS AS PRO POLICE AND SOMEONE WHO MAY BE IS NOT THE STRONGEST SUPPORTER OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND ALSO SHE ENDED UP DEFENDING QUALIFIED IMMUNITY WHICH MAY NOT HELP HER.

>> POLICE OFFICERS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT?

>> WHICH PROTECTS POLICE OFFICERS ON THE JOB.

I GO BACK TO THE POINT THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE MADE UNCOMFORTABLE THIS WEEK.

AND SOMETIMES TO GET CHANGE, PEOPLE HAVE TO BE MADE UNCOMFORTABLE.

THERE IS A HISTORY AND TRADITION OF THAT.

THIS MAYOR CHOSE TO DO THAT, OF COURSE IT WAS POLITICAL SHE IS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS POLITICAL AND YOU CAN QUESTION THE TIMING.

THE TIMING IS SUSPICIOUS.

BUT THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT NEWSROOM DIVERSITY.

>> AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT WAS A ONE-DAY POLICY WHETHER FOLKS LIKE IT OR DON'T LIKE IT AND SHE DID GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND CALLED ON REPORTERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.

I WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER ISSUE THIS WEEK.

LOLLAPALOOZA IS RETURNING TO GRANT PARK WITH NO CAPACITY LIMITS.

JIM WHY IS IT SAFE FOR LOLLAPALOOZA BUT OTHER EVENTS THAT DON'T FEEL IT'S SAFE YET?

>> IT'S INSANE IT IS NOT SAFE.

NOT 40% OF ILLINOIS IS VACCINATED YET.

AND TO ALLOW 100,000 PEOPLE OVER FOUR DAYS EACH IN GRANT PARK IS BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO PLEASE STATE BUSINESSES.

AND LOLLAPALOOZA CANNOT CONTROL [INAUDIBLE] WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO CHECK FOR VACCINES.

>> Dr. ARWADY WAS ON THE SHOW SAYING THEY WILL NOT CHECK FOR VACCINES AT THE GATE THEY WILL COME UP WITH AN ELECTRONIC WAY HOW DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO DO?

>> THE SCIENTISTS ARE UNDETERMINED HOW [INAUDIBLE] HOW BIG A SURGE THE MOTORCYCLE RALLY HAD IN THE MIDST OF THE FIRST WAVE I DON'T WANT LOLLAPALOOZA TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR [INAUDIBLE] LOOK, THIS GOES AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE FACT THAT THE CLUBS THAT ARE THE LIFE BLOOD OF THIS CITY, JAZZ, HIP-HOP AND ROCK HAVE BEEN SHUTTERED FOR 14 MONTHS.

AND THE $8 BILLION BAILOUT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME MONTHS AGO BUT ON DAY ONE OF OPENING THE PORTAL TO HELP, $2 BILLION IS EARMARKED FOR SMALL VENUES OF 150 OR 25 OCAPTY.

THE PORT CAL CRASHED.

IT TOOK A LOT TO GET IT UP.

AND THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN A PENNY, PARIS.

WE ARE GOING TO WAKE UP ONE DAY AND HAVE NOTHING.

BUT LOLLAPALOOZA AND FROM [INAUDIBLE] >> THE LOLLAPALOOZA CONTRACTS MEAN THOSE BANDS CANNOT PLAY THESE OTHER VENUES FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

DANA KOZLOV, WHAT IS THE MAYOR'S EXPLANATION FOR ALLOWING THIS TO GO ON AND RIOT FEST AND PITCHFORK?

ARE YOU GOING TO BE OUT AT ANY OF THOSE EVENTS?

>> FIRST OF ALL MAYBE A FEW YEARS AGO I WOULD BE OUT AT THE EVENTS.

BUT -- MAYBE MY DAUGHTER WILL BE AT ONE BUT WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

HONESTLY, PARIS, HONESTLY, I DIDN'T HEAR THE MAYOR'S EXPLANATION BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD IS YOU KNOW THERE ALWAYS IS A DISCUSSION OF SAFETY AND ECONOMICS AND BELIEVE ME JIM I HEAR YOU ABOUT THE SMALL VENUE I AM A HUGE SMALL MUSIC LIVE PERSON AND I MISS IT AND I HURT FOR ALL OF THEM.

>> I'VE BEEN TO THE GREEN MILL A COUPLE TIMES, AND I AM FULLY VACCINATED.

BUT GO AHEAD.

>> MY POINT THOUGH, IS THERE ALSO IS A NEED TO FOR ECONOMIC REBIRTH IN THE CITY, TOO.

IN MY OPINION, I THINK THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN TRYING TO BRING TAX DOLLARS INTO THE CITY IN WHATEVER WAY YOU CAN AND TRYING TO STILL PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF WHETHER SMALL MUSIC VENUES OR SMALL BUSINESSES AND RIGHT NOW IT IS A PERILOUS TIME ECONOMICALLY.

I DID NOT HEAR HER EXPLANATION BUT I DO THINK IT IS A CONSIDERATION.

>> JIM, LOLLAPALOOZA'S HAD A SWEETHEART RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FORMER DALEY ADMINISTRATION, RAHM EMANUEL WAS SYMPATHETIC IS THERE A SIMILAR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIGHTFOOT ORGANIZATION, THE PRESENTERS?

>> I THINK THE MAYOR IS BEING BUOYED BY THE EXPLANATION HOW MUCH WONDERFUL ECONOMIC ROLL OUT THERE IS IS FOR THE RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS DOWNTOWN.

AGAIN, FOUR DAYS OF INTENSE BENEFIT TO THE HIGH-END HOTELS DOWNTOWN VERSUS 365 DAYS A YEAR TO THE EXISTING MUSIC VENUES.

AGAIN IT'S BENDING OVER FOR BIG BUSINESS AND I WOULD NOT RISK YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN MASKED AND AVOIDING COVID FOR A YEAR TO GO TO ANY OF THE FESTIVALS.

IT'S INSANE.

>> GENERAL IRON IS SUING THE CITY FOR $100 MILLION THOUGH THE CITY IS FOLLOWING EPA WARNINGS ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS CONCERNS ABOUT THAT METAL SHREDDER MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

DOES THIS LAWSUIT HAVE A CHANCE OF SCHEDULE SUCCEEDING?

>> THE PARENT COMPANY IS PUSHING TO DO THEY WANT AN OPERATING PERMIT AND THEY ARE AT ODDS OVER THE DELAYS AND THE PERMIT REVIEW BY THE CITY'S GUIDELINES THE DECISION WAS DUE MARCH 15TH AND MARCH 15TH THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DELAY AND AGAIN EARLIER THIS MONTH WE HEARD THERE WAS GOING TO BE A DELAY BASED OFF OF THE EPA'S GUIDANCE THAT YOU REFERENCED.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS HALTED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S PERMIT REVIEW AND THE EPA URGED THE CITY TO FURTHER STUDY THE IMPACT OF ANOTHER POLLUTER ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

THIS WOULD BE THE FIFTH SCRAPPER THAT IS OWNED BY RESERVE MANAGEMENT GROUP.

THERE IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES THERE IS A DUMP SITE FOR POLLUTED SEDIMENT AND THE AREA IS RECOVERING FROM THE STEEL INDUSTRY'S POLLUTION.

IT'S DIFFICULT AT THIS POINT WITH THE LAWSUIT JUST ANNOUNCED TO SAY WHICH WAY IT COULD GO.

I CAN SAY A FEDERAL JUDGE DECLINED TO FORCE THE CITY TO DECLINE A PERMIT ENDING A LAWSUIT CLAIMING THE CITY COMMITTED ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM BY TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

IF THAT IS THE PRESS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE THEN A FEDERAL JUDGE DID DISMISS THAT.

BUT THIS IS COMPLEX THIS IS THE CITY AND SOUTH SIDE RECYCLING AT ODDS WHEN THEY WERE SHOWING UP IN COURT FOR THAT PAST LAWSUIT TOGETHER AND MAKING THE SAME CLAIMS.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A TUSSLE.

I HAVE TO TURN TO A BIG CONTROVERSY PERHAPS THE BIGGEST CONTROVERSY, YOUR MEAN MERCEDES 30, THE SOX ARE UP 15-4 AND THE COACHES ARE TELLING THEM TAKE THE PITCH AND HE SWINGS AND HITS A HOME RUN AND THE MANAGER IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THIS SPURS A DEBATE OF LIKE DO YOU LET THE KIDS PLAY?

OR DO YOU STAND BY THE OLD UNWRITTEN RULES OF BASEBALL.

WHERE DO YOU FALL?

>> TONY LaRUSSA IS EXCITING AND A HALL OF FAME MANAGER IS AT THE HELM OF THIS EXCITING WHITE SOX TEAM.

I THINK IT'S 1986.

THE GAME HAS CHANGED.

LET THE KIDS PLAY.

THERE IS A PITCHER ON THE MOUND FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS.

>> A POSITION PLAYER.

>> POSITION PLAYER ON THE MOUND FOR THE TWINS.

THEY ARE CONCEDING THE GAME BY DOING THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THROWING A 50-MILE-PER-HOUR FOOTBALL.

0-MILE-PER-HOUR FASTBALL.

HE THREW HIM UNDER THE BUS YOU DON'T DO THAT.

>> ALTHOUGH HE SAID HE WAS AFRAID OF RETALIATION AND THE TWINS DID TRY TO RETALIATE.

>> ALL HE HAD TO SAY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE IS THIS IS WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF WHY I TOLD HIM DO NOT DO THIS RESPECT THE GAME AND CALL OUT THE TWINS LIKE SHAME ON YOU.

WHY WOULD YOU THROW AT MY GUY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

WAKE UP.

YOU GOT A FIRST PLACE TEAM.

>> HE HAS THE BEST TEAM WITH THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL.

I SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE VOTE FOR THE JANUARY 6TH COMMISSION.

35 REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS VOTED IN FAVOR OF INCLUDING DAVIS AND KINZINGER HERE IN ILLINOIS.

ANYONE THINK IT HAS ANY CHANCE IN THE SENATE WHERE A SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL SAID HE WOULD OPPOSE IT TO PUT AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TOGETHER TO INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED JANUARY 6.

>> INTERESTING THAT DAVIS AND KINZINGER VOTED FOR THAT POTENTIALLY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS.

>> MIGHT NOT HAVE A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ANYMORE EITHER.

>> NO, IT HAS NO CHANCE.

>> BECAUSE IT WOULD NEED A FILIBUSTER PROOF MAJORITY?

>> EVERYTHING INCLUDING WHAT WE SEE NOW IS THE STILL ONGOING ALLEGIANCE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

>> IN THE G.O.P.

THANKS TO MAXWELL EVANS, TAHMAN BRADLEY, JIM DeROGATIS AND DANA KOZLOV.

GREAT PANEL.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AND "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" STREAMED ON VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP.

AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" AND SUNDAY FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

AND "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS BACK ALL WEEK AT 7:00 P.M. FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND ENJOY THAT SUMMER-LIKE WEEKEND.

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