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

WE'LL BE JOINED BY OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" GUESTS IN JUST A MOMENT BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET FOR MONDAY IN THE FEDERAL TRIAL OF CHICAGO ALDERMAN PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON.

THE DEFENSE RESTED TODAY WITHOUT CALLING THOMPSON TO THE STAND.

DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SOUGHT TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THOMPSON WAS DISORGANIZED AND FRAZZLED WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY FALSELY CLAIMED A MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION ON A LOAN THAT WAS NOT A MORTGAGE AND IS CHARGED WITH LYING TO LENDERS ABOUT HOW MUCH HE OWED ON LOANS HE TOOK OUT.

AND MUCH MORE IN A BIT.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HINTS AT NEW EFFORTS TO ENTICE THE BEARS TO STAY AT SOLDIER FIELD.

SPEAKING ON RADIO THIS MORNING LIGHTFOOT SAID THE CITY WOULD BE MAKING A QUOTE COMPELLING FINANCIAL CASE WHY IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE BEARS TO STAY IN CHICAGO.

THIS COMES AS THE MAYOR LAUNCHED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REIMAGINE THE MUSEUM CAMPUS INCLUDING SOLDIER FIELD.

THE BEARS INKED THE DEAL ON THE PROPERTY ARLINGTON HEIGHTS WHICH HOUSED THE RACE CLOSE WHICH CLOSED FOR GOOD LAST YEAR.

>> AND TIME TO GET THE DIBS ITEMS OUT OF THE STREET.

CREWS WERE REMAINING ITEMS, TABLES AND CHAIRS AND VACUUM CLEANERS AND ITEMS CHICAGOANS USED TO MARK OUT PARKING SPOTS.

THE CITY WARNED FOLKS TO REMOVE THE ITEMS IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAR THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS OF CLUTTER.

DIBS MIGHT BE A CHICAGO TRADITION BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY LEGAL IF IT ISN'T ILLEGAL EITHER.

CONFUSING.

TO OUR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" JOINING US ARE CRAIG DELLIMORE OF WBBM RADIO, SARAH SCHULTE OF ABC7 CHICAGO.

LOURDES DUARTE OF WGN NEWS.

>> AND JON SEIDEL.

THE MOVE IS NOT POLITICAL BUT THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS TAKE A LOOK.

>> WE'RE SEEING A TRAJECTORY OF THE HOSPITALIZATIONS COME FROM 7300 DOWN TO UNDER 2500 IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS.

AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE WE GET TO FEBRUARY 28, I THINK WE ALL EXPECT TO SEE A CONTINUATION OF THAT TREND.

>> SARAH SCHULTE, J.B. PRITZKER BANKING ON THE CONTINUED DROP-OFF IN COVID CASES BY FEBRUARY 28.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD PUT A DAMPER ON THOSE PLANS TO LIFT THE INDOOR MASK MANDATE?

>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO HE SAYS HE IS FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE.

HE IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND POLITICS WAS PART OF THE MOTIVATION HERE.

I MEAN HE IS FOLLOWING DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO NOVEMBER BEING THE PARTY OF SHUTDOWNS.

SO THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THIS BEHIND THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

HE OBVIOUSLY IS FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO WAY I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO GO BACK UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER VARIANT COMES THAT IS WORSE THAN OMICRON.

BUT FOR NOW, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

>> YOU KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY A RISKY MOVE TO DO WHAT HE IS DOING THAT IS LOW RISK.

OTHER GOVERNORS HAVE DONE IT.

>> AND THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE SOLID FROM EPIDEMIOLOGISTS THAT THE HOSPITALIZATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FINGERS CROSSED.

CRAIG DELLIMORE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS HINTING THAT SHE TOO IS GOING TO FOLLOW SUIT FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO DOES THAT MEAN THE INDOOR VATION MANDATE WILL LIFT TOO ON FEBRUARY 28?

>> THEY ARE CERTAINLY THINKING ABOUT IT AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

SHE IS GOING TO FOLLOW REALLY THE STATE AND IN FACT THERE WERE ALDERMEN DEMANDING THAT SHE LIFT THE REQUIREMENTS THIS WEEKEND SO THAT SUPER BOWL WEEKEND COULD BE FREE OF SUCH REQUIREMENTS.

BUT WITH THE STATE MANDATE STILL IN PLACE, THE CITY COULDN'T EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO AND SHE DOESN'T WANT TO.

>> I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP THERE ARE ALDERMEN SAYING LIFT IN NOW SO RESTAURANTS CAN HAVE SUPER BOWL PARTIES OR VALENTINE'S DAY EVENTS WE ARE IN THE WEEKEND DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT?

>> LY NOT WE 0 -- ABSOLUTELY NOT WE WE HAVE HEARD.

COME FEBRUARY 28 WHEN THE MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED THAT WILL THEN GIVE ROOM FOR THE MAYOR TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CHICAGO.

AND YOU TALK ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND BIG VENUES, THEY ARE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONGTIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IT'S BEEN AFFECTING THEIR BOTTOM LINE AND THEY NEED THOSE PATRONS AND CUSTOMERS START COMING BACK.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD WEEKEND BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> JON SEIDEL THIS NOTION OF POLITICS IS THERE POLITICS IN THE DECISION MAKING NOW WHEN YOU CONSIDER BLUE STATE GOVERNORS ARE LIFTING THE RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW AS PRIMARIES FOR MIDTERMS RAMP UP?

>> I KNOW CERTAINLY EXPECT SO LIKE SARAH SAID.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR THEM TO SEPARATE THAT FROM THEIR THINKING.

IT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S OPPONENTS ARE MAKING THIS INTO A BIG ISSUE.

IT IS A BIG ISSUE.

SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.

BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS.

I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT DOESN'T UNINTENTIONALLY FACTOR N. >> HIS OPPONENTS ON THE G.O.P.

SIDE MADE MANDATES A BIG ISSUE.

DOES THIS NEUTRALIZE THAT AS THE ELECTION COMES CLOSER?

>> I DON'T THINK IT NEUTRALIZES IT BECAUSE ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN MAKING IS THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS IT WAS GO IT ALONE POLICY MAKING.

AND THAT HE WAS NOT CONSIDERING OTHER OPINIONS.

AND THEY ARE STILL GOING TO SAY THAT AND SAY IT WAS OUR PRESSURING THAT GOT HIM TO DO IT.

SO NO, THIS ISSUE IS GOING GOT LEGS AS AS MUCH LEGS AS THE CRIME ISSUE BUT IT STILL GOT LEGS.

>> AND MASK MANDATES IN SCHOOL WHICH THE GOVERNOR SAID WILL NOT LIFT ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

SARAH SCHULTE, THIS AMID THE COURT DECISION LAST WEEK THAT BASICALLY NULLIFIED THAT MASK MANDATE.

GIVE US A SENSE WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THAT MANDATE IN PLACE AND WHAT DON'T?

>> WELL THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT STILL HAVE IT IN PLACE AND THEY ARE HEAR TO GO FROM PARENTS.

NOT ALL PARENTS.

THE WHOLE THING REALLY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS JUST BECAUSE OF THIS COURT DECISION REALLY HAS BEEN A BIG MESS.

REALLY A BIG MESS IN THE SUBURBS.

THERE'S SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING IT, SOME ARE MAKING IT OPTIONAL, SOME ARE WIPING IT OUT AND YOU CAN THROW THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN THERE.

IT IS AN ABSOLUTE MESS.

I THINK IN GENEVA THERE'S TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT JUST QUIT BECAUSE THEY WERE UPSET AT THE ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO CLOSE SCHOOL MONDAY WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO INTERPRET THE LEGAL DECISION OVER THIS.

BUT IT REALLY IS -- WHO YOU HAVE TO FEEL SORRY FOR IN ALL OF THIS ARE SUPERINTENDENTS.

WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR THE LAST -- THEY'VE BEEN IN THE LINE OF FIRE FROM BOTH SIDES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND DEFINITELY THIS WEEK OVER THE WHOLE MASK MANDATE.

>> CAN I JUMP IN ONE QUICK POINT.

LITTLE KNOWN AND NOT AS WIDELY REPORTED HAS BEEN THE FACT THAT THAT DECISION EVEN THAT JUDGE'S DECISION MADE AN EXCEPTION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.

THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHICAGO.

THERE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TEACHERS THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LIFT THE MANDATE AND THAT IS HAPPENING IN A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS N SOME CASES THERE'S ALREADY SOMETHING THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM TAKING IT AWAY.

>> HOW DO YOU THINK IT GETS RESOLVED?

>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE RESOLVED ANYTIME SOON.

WE SAW A WEEK OF PROTESTS.

THERE WERE PROTESTS EVERYDAY WE WOULD COVER TWO OR THREE OF THEM.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO THINK IT DOESN'T END TODAY IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE COMING DAYS, THE COMING WEEKS UNTIL THIS IS PLAYED OUT LEGALLY.

AND THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WILL THAT MASK MANDATE BE LIFTED FEBRUARY 28TH OR EVEN A FEW DAYS OR WEEKS AFTER THAT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE PROTESTS AT MANY OF THE SUBURBAN SCHOOLS, MAYBE EVEN CHICAGO SCHOOLS OR OUTSIDE THE FACILITIES.

IT DOESN'T END SOON.

>> IT IS A POLITICAL I WAS AT A PROTEST MONDAY, AND THERE WERE ONE OR TWO CANDIDATES REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES THAT WERE THERE.

SO CLEARLY THEY ARE TRYING TO HOP ON TO THE ISSUE TRYING TO PART OF THE PROTEST AS WELL.

IT'S NOT -- IT WASN'T JUST PARENTS AND KID OUT THERE UPSET OVER MASKS.

>> AND POLITICAL TENSIONS SARAH YOU REPORTED ON REPRESENTATIVE CONROY, A DEMOCRAT WHO RECEIVED REALLY VIAL MESSAGES BECAUSE OF MISINFORMATION ON MASK MANDATES.

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

>> SHE INTRODUCED OR PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WAS KIND OF PART OF AN EXISTING BILL THAT ALL IT DOES IS REQUIRE THE STATE TO RELEASE DATA TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS QUICKER.

AND NOT JUST DATA ON THE CORONAVIRUS ALSO DATA THAT HAS TO DO WITH ALL SORTS OF OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.

AND A COUPLE ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS TOOK IT OUT OF CONTEXT AND IT MISINFORMATION COMPLETELY BLEW UP TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS BEING REPORTED THAT SHE WANTED TO TAKE PUT UNVACCINATED PEOPLE IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

AND AS A RESULT OF IT, SHE HAS HAD PROTESTS IN FRONT OF HER OFFICE, SHE'S HAD DEATH THREATS.

I MEAN WHEN I SPOKE TO HER SHE WAS REALLY SHAKEN, REALLY EMOTIONALLY SHAKEN OVER THIS WHOLE THING.

AND THAT'S WHAT ALSO PROMPTED A LETTER FROM SPEAKER CHRIS WELCH TO REPUBLICAN LEADER DURKIN AND THEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE GOT INVOLVED WITH LETTERS GOING BACK AND FORTH ON TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> EVERYONE ASKING THE OTHER SIDE TO TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC.

AND CRIME ISSUES.

JON SEIDEL THIS WEEK C.P.D.

AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE MORE CHANGES TO C.P.D.

'S FOOT CHASE POLICY AFTER THE ADAM TOLEDO CASE AND THE ANTHONY ALVAREZ CASE.

THEY TRIED AND PUSHBACK, WHAT WILL THE NEW CHANGES DO?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK TO THAT I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE -- THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO START A CARJACKING TASK FORCE AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE THEY WERE GOING TO PUSH INTO.

AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT WITH THAT, TOO.

I THINK THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MADE A PUSH TO HELP WITH THE CARJACKING PROBLEM.

>> WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO BEEF UP THE CARJACKING TASK FORCE?

>> IT IS LIKE ANOTHER EXPANSION OF THAT EFFORT BECAUSE OF THE SURGE.

I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

WE'VE SEEN PROMINENT FEDERAL CASES ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND SEE IF IT IS A PROBLEM THAT IS RESOLVED HERE.

>> AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT STOLE THE SPOTLIGHT FROM THAT BY BLAMING THE RISE IN CARJACKINGS ON REMOTE LEARNING AND KIDS NOT BEING IN SCHOOL.

LOURDES DUARTE IT PROMPTED AN ANGRY PUSHBACK.

IS THERE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT THAT IS THE CASE?

>> SO ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR, THERE IS DATA.

I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SEEN IT BUT OBVIOUSLY I'VE HEARD THEM TALK ABOUT THE DATA THAT IS OUT THERE THAT HALF OF THE CARJACKING SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN JUVENILES.

WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE AT SCHOOL OR NOT OR SUPPOSED TO BE AT SCHOOL AT THE TIME.

I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC AND THE REMOTE LEARNING SHUTDOWN.

SO IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO?

I GUESS YOU COULD MAKE ONE IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

BUT THAT ANGERED C.T.U.

BASICALLY SAYING SHE IS NOT LOOKING AT THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE OF POVERTY AND SOME OF THE EQUITY ISSUES IN OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT IS WHAT SHE SHOULD BE FOCUSING IN ON INSTEAD OF SENDING BLAME TO STUDENTS OR BLAMING STUDENTS FOR THE CARJACKINGS.

>> AND C.T.U.

SOUGHT TO MAKE THE CASE THE RISE IN CARJACKINGS BEGAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND THE PANDEMIC EXACERBATED EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH INEQUITIES AND WITH CRIME.

AND IT APPEARS THAT CASE DEEPENED THE DIVIDE BETWEEN LORI LIGHTFOOT AND KIM FOXX BROUGHT THEM CLOSER TOGETHER.

THE TWO APPEARED TOGETHER TO ANNOUNCE CHARGES IN A SHOOTOUT IN AUSTIN.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT I WANT TO STRESS OF UNITY.

I STATE HERE WITH THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND THE SUPERINTENDENT UNITED IN OUR COMMON PURPOSE AND COMMITMENT TO BRING PEACE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

>> CRAIG DELLIMORE WE'VE HEARD THIS DRUM BEAT OF THE BLAME GAME.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CALLING OUT STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX FOR NOT PROSECUTING TOUGH ENOUGH OR LETTING PEOPLE OUT OR CALLING OUT THE JUDGES.

HAVE THEY MENDED THEIR FENCES HERE?

>> I THINK TO SOME DEGREE THEY HAVE ESPECIALLY WITH STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX.

BECAUSE REALLY, REMEMBER THESE EVEN WITH THE CHIEF JUDGE THEY ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE WHEN IT COMES TO BAIL REFORM.

THEY ALL TALK ON THE SAME SIDE.

THIS ISSUE OF PEOPLE BEING LET OUT AND EVEN THE CASE WHERE THIS WAS A GUY WHO WAS NOT CHARGED WITH -- WHO WAS ACCUSED OF BEING A COMBATANT AND NOT NECESSARILY SOMEBODY WHO INSTIGATED A FIGHT, ANYWAY, ALL OF THIS IS LEGALEES BUT THE BOTTOM LINE THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK TOGETHER BECAUSE IT STARTED LOOKING BAD AT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND THE MAYOR COULD NOT GET ALONG.

WE'VE SEEN THEM TOGETHER FOUR TIME IMS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOW A SENSE OF UNITY.

EVEN IF STILL THE CHIEF JUDGE IS NOT ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE MAYOR ON EVERYTHING.

>> CERTAINLY FOR THE SAKE OF THE CITY THOSE TWO OFFICES HAVE TO BE SEEN WORKING IN COORDINATION.

THERE'S INTERNAL UNION POLITICS WITH THE FOP, CATANZARA IS MAKING MEMBERS PAY 240 MORE SO HE CAN RAISE 2.5 MILLION FOR A UNION POLITICAL FUND AND HE SAID HE WANTS TO RUN FOR MAYOR.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE I DON'T KNOW POTENTIALLY A SLUSH FUND THAT CATANZARA CAN CONTROL AS HE TRIES TO TAKE ON MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

>> IF HE GETS OPPOSITION, WITHIN THE FOP, IT CERTAINLY WILL BE A CAMPAIGN ISSUE.

AND I THINK ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU MAY SEE PUSHBACK FROM THE REGULAR RANK-AND-FILE WHO MAY BE GETTING TIRED OF THE BACK AND FORTH HIGH LEVEL BITTER RHETORIC BETWEEN CATANZARA AND THE MAYOR.

YES, IT HELPS THEIR POSITION AND BOLSTERS IT SOMETIMES.

BUT SOMETIMES IT STOPS THINGS IN THEIR TRACK.

>> LOURDES DUARTE SPEAKING WITH CRIME I WANT TO PICK UP ON A STORY YOU COVERED YOU TRACKED DOWN A RETIRED CHICAGO POLICE DETECTIVE REYNALDO GUEVARA WHO COST THE CITY TENS OF MILLIONS BECAUSE OF WRONGFUL CONVICTION LAWSUITS.

REMIND US WHO HE IS AND DID HE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU HE WENT TO SAN ANTONIO AND YOU FOUND HIM.

>> LET ME BACK UP.

TALKING ABOUT KIM FOXX, SHE, TWO YEARS AGO SAID SHE WOULD REVIEW PENDING CASES LINKED TO THIS FORMER DETECTIVE AND HERE WE ARE ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER AND THE REVIEWS HAVE NOT HAPPENED.

PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PUSHING FOR THE REVIEWS TO BE CLEATED.

REYNALDO GUEVARA THE FORMER CHICAGO DETECTIVE USED TO PATROL THE STREETS OF HUMBOLDT PARK AND IN THE 80s AND 90s HE WAS WELL-KNOWN FOR BEING THE DETECTIVE WHO WOULD SOLVE CRIMES AND OTHER COPS COULD NOT SOLVE.

FAST FORWARD TO TODAY DECADES LATER AND DOZENS OF MEN OVER 50 MEN SAY THEY WERE FRAMED THROUGH COERCED CONFESSIONS, MANIPULATING WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE AND IN FACT THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT A DOZEN CASES THAT HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED.

FOUR MEN SETTLED WITH THE CITY FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

THE CITY HAS HAD TO PAY THE MEN 50 MILLION.

AND SPENT ANOTHER 20 MILLION IN ATTORNEY'S FEES.

THAT WAS A STORY WE FOLLOWED.

WHEN WE WENT TO SAN ANTONIO WHERE HE RETIRED HE RAN FROM OUR CAMERAS THE MINUTE HE SAW US.

YOU COULD TELL HE IS HIDING IN SAN ANTONIO.

>> HE LEFT HIS DOG OUTSIDE AND YOU HAD TO CARESS THE DOG UNTIL HE OPENED THE DOOR AND LET THE DOG IN.

AS I UNDERSTAND YOU WILL KEEP FOLLOWING THIS THERE ARE MORE CASES IN THE PIPELINE CONNECTED TO GUEVARA.

>> AND THE FEDERAL CASE OF PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON THIS DEFENSE THAT HE IS CLUMSY AND FRAZZLED DISORGANIZED HE DID NOT IMPROPERLY CLAIM THAT MORTGAGE TAX DEDUCTION AND DID NOT LIE TO THE LENDERS ABOUT WHAT HE OWED HOW IS THAT ARGUMENT GOING OVER IN THE COURTROOM?

>> I THINK THAT ALDERMAN THOMPSON'S DEFENSE HAS BEEN SCORING KEY POINTS.

WE'LL SEE.

WE WILL FIND OUT PROBABLY EARLY NEXT WEEK HOW WELL IT'S GOING OVER BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE JURY MONDAY.

JUST TONIGHT WE'VE SEEN BRIEFS ABOUT JURY ININSTRUCTIONS WHICH COULD BE CRUCIAL.

IT'S MORE INTERESTING THAN EXPECTED FOR A DRY TAX CASE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

>> AND ALSO LAWYERS THEY WANT TO DROP THE CHARGES RELATED TO HIM ALLEGEDLY LYING TO THE LENDERS ABOUT WHAT HE OWED.

WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS THERE?

>> THE JUDGE DENIED THAT AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

ALDERMAN THOMPSON PART OF THE CHARGES THAT HE LIED TO THE TWO CONTRACTORS BY THE F.B.I.

HOW MUCH HE HAD GOT ESPECIALLY FROM THIS BANK IN BRIDGEPORT.

BUT WHEN HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY CROSS-EXAMINED THEM ON THURSDAY, HE QUESTIONED THEM ON PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF THE CHARGES THAT ALDERMAN THOMPSON LIED AND THE TWO CONTRACTORS DID NOT REALLY AGREE THEIR TESTIMONY DID NOT SEEM TO SUPPORT THE CHARGE.

UNTIL PROSECUTORS WOULD SAY THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE ARGUMENTS BUT WE HAD ARGUMENTS WHETHER OR NOT THOSE COUNTS SHOULD BE THROWN OUT.

THE JUDGE DENIED THAT REQUEST BUT NOTED THERE IS ' EXTREMELY HIGH BAR FOR GRANTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE COUNTS STAND THEY WILL GO TO THE JURY AND WE'LL SEE.

>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A PUBLIC OFFICIAL WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING?

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT IS PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON GOING TO BE THE FIRST ALDERMAN IN A LONGTIME TO BASICALLY BEAT THE FEDS?

I THINK THERE WERE A FEW PUBLIC OFFICIALS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, LA SHAWN FORD HE HAD HIS CASE DROPPED.

BUT NOT MANY BEAT THE FEDS WILL HE BE THE ONE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

ASK JON I HAVE NOT SAT THROUGH THE TRIAL.

I MEAN I THINK IT'S SIGNIFICANT IF JON SAID THE FEDS HAVE BEEN WINNING KEY POINTS.

YOU GO INTO THE COVERED A FEW CASES AT THE DIRKSON BUILDING WHEN THE FEDS BRING A CASE AGAINST YOU IT'S A STRONG ONE.

>> AND THE PROSECUTION CANNOT BRING UP THE HISTORY OF THE BANK AND THE THINGS THAT YOUR PAPER HAS OUTLINED ABOUT HOW PROBLEMATIC IT WAS.

>> RIGHT.

THAT IS NOT PART OF THE CASE.

AND THERE WAS A WHOLE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR EMBEZZLEMENT SCHEME 14 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED.

ALDERMAN THOMPSON IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

THIS IS AN OFF SHOOT OF THAT.

NO, THEY CANNOT GET INTO IT THERE'S BEEN REFERENCES TO SOME THINGS SO THE JURY MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING IS UP.

I DO THINK THE DEFENSE SCORED KEY POINTS.

I THINK THE FEDS IS MITIGATING THE DAMAGE.

I STILL THINK THE STATE BET IS WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THAT BUILDING.

WE'LL SEE.

>> MAYBE THEY GET HIM A LESSER SENTENCE OR PROBATION IF THERE IS A GUILTY VERDICT BUT WE DON'T KNOW.

WE WILL HEAR CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND WE'RE FOLLOW YOUR COVERAGE.

CRAIG DELLIMORE THE MAYOR THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED THE BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION TO REENVISION THE LAKEFRONT CAMPUS AND SOLDIER FIELD AND SAID THEY ARE COMING UP WITH A PLAN TO ENTICE THE BEARS TO STAY IN SOLDIER FIELD.

IS SHE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE?

BASICALLY THERE IS A PLAN EVEN THOUGH THE COMMISSION JUST GOT NAMED?

>> I THINK THE COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL BE WANTING TO KNOW THAT.

LET'S FACE IT THAT CAMPUS, THIS IS INCLUDING THE THREE MUSEUMS McCORMICK PLACE AND SOLDIER FIELD IT REALLY DOES NEED PLANNING.

BECAUSE THE LAKESIDE CENTER THE BIG BLACK LOW BUILDING ON THE LAKEFRONT IS GOING TO GO AT SOME POINT.

THEY HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO PROVE THAT IT'S NOT GIVING UP ON KEEPING THE BEARS IN CHICAGO.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE MAYBE THIS IS A HAIL MARY PASS.

THEY ARE READY -- THEY ARE GOING TO START MAKING OFFERS AND THE MAYOR HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT SHE SAID THEY ARE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT CHANGING THE OUTSIDE AREA AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE SITE LINES AND THE WEATHER INSIDE SOLDIER FIELD BEING A PROBLEM.

>> I BELIEVE SHE USED THE WORD CRAPPY.

>> I WAS TRYING TO AVOID THAT THANK YOU FOR SAY TO GO FOR ME.

>> SARAH SCHULTE, LOURDES DUARTE, WE HAVE ALL THE SUPER BOWL WAGERS.

IF YOU WERE BETTING WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO KEEP THE BEARS FROM MOVING TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO.

>> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH LOURDES.

IT IS A SMALL STADIUM EVEN IF YOU PUT A ROOF ON IT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO HOST THE SUPER BOWL.

NO, I AGREE.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AS A MAYOR YOU CANNOT JUST SIT BACK AND WATCH IT HAPPEN.

>> THEY WANT TO KEEP THE COLON NADS THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO MAKE THAT BIGGER AND TO ME, THE ONLY OPTION THEY HAVE IS TO BUILD A NEW STADIUM SOMEWHERE BE IT ON THE LAKEFRONT, BE IT THE 78 BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT IS AN OPTION RIGHT NOW.

>> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PRIVATE FINANCING BECAUSE THE MAYOR DOES NOT WANT TO COMMIT ANY CITY MONEY.

>> AND SOLDIER FIELD YOU HAVE TO LEASE IT FROM THE PARK DISTRICT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE IN A POSITION LIKE THAT FOR YEARS TO COME.

THEY NEED TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF THEIR OWN STADIUM.

>> SOME BRAND NEW STADIUM IN THE CHICAGO IS THE ONLY WAY THEY WILL STAY THAT IS MY GUESS.

I DON'T SEE A FUTURE FOR SOLDIER FIELD BUT WE DON'T KNOW AND THE BEARS SAID THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE FINANCING FOR BUILDING A BIG STADIUM.

ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS ON THE SHOW?

>> BENGALS.

>> BENGALS BY 7.

>> LOURDES.

>> BENGALS 10.

>> CRAIG, JON?

>> BENGALS.

>> I SPENT MY YOUTH OUTSIDE CINCINNATI SO I WILL GO BENGALS.

>> IT SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME, THOUGH.

>> BOTH CITIES I KNOW ARE VERY EXCITED AND WE'RE LEFT TO WATCH AS USUAL THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT PARAGRAPHS NEXT YEAR.

THANKS TO CRAIG DELLIMORE, SARAH SCHULTE, LOURDES DUARTE AND JON SEIDEL.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

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FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

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