>> Good evening and thanks for joining us on the week in review.

I'm Nick Blumberg.

After a lengthy back and forth, Chicago public schools and the teachers union reached a compromise calling May first a day of civic action.

>> Things that are happening at the federal level are impacting our students and our students want to see teachers standing up.

>> Classes will remain in session despite CTU demands, but CPS will provide transportation to an afternoon rally in Union Park and won't retaliate against students and staff who attend.

>> Tyrants and those who wage Reedy do harm to the common Those teachings go back many years.

Local religious leaders and beyond slammed President Donald Trump's attacks on Pope Leo.

Despite the efforts of corporate lobbyists as leaders in Chicago.

We are not backing down from our commitments to workers in our city City Council fails to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of a measure that would roll back to phase out tipped minimum wage.

Meantime, an appeals court orders the release of 2 members of the so-called comment for allegedly caught up in former House Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption scheme, Republican candidate for Governor Darren Bailey says he's moved into an apartment in Chicago as he tries to woo voters and the CEO of United Airlines sends many eyebrows sky-high as he pitches a longshot merger with American.

And now to our week in review panel.

Joining us are Jon Platt's of Crain's Chicago Business Melody Mercado of Block Club.

Chicago.

All right.

Well, full of WBEZ Chicago and Hannah Maisel of Capitol News, Illinois.

Thank you all for being here.

Let's get right to it.

>> Before we get to some of those topics, melody, a very difficult to watch a video released.

This is some of the body cam video from the shooting of Officer Crystal Rivera.

What did we see?

>> Well, the video was going showed that her partner Officer Carlos Speaker, shot her while they were in foot pursuit.

They entered an apartment in a neighborhood on the South side.

We see both officers go up the stairs and the person they were chasing enters in apartment.

We see Officer Baker kicked down the apartment door.

We see individuals inside the apartment possibly reaching for a weapon, but they start to scatter.

Then we see Officer Baker moved to the side away from the door frame.

Officer Rivera comes up from behind him and he it fires his weapon.

Cbd says that that was an accident that was not meant to happen.

But while he shooting his weapon while he's leaning to the side, he she says Papa his partner Officer Rivera.

It happens very, very quick and it's very hard to follow the narrative that that Officer Rivera's family has been saying that officer Baker shot her on purpose.

We do know that they had some sort relationship before and that it had ended and things are a little tense between the 2.

And so, you know, this has been a longtime coming with the release of the video.

yeah, we we now have seen it and we see it from all angles from inside the apartment from Officer Baker and from Officer Rivera's body Cam.

Yeah, obviously still a lot of unanswered questions.

Despite that wealth video.

And as you mentioned, that lawsuit ongoing.

>> Alright, Mariah, a long awaited compromise between CPS and CTU.

I guess a compromise was necessarily guaranteed over whether schools should be in session on made a major demonstrations planned.

Sounds like classes in the morning rally in the afternoon.

Does it feel like maybe both sides can walk away happy from this deal?

Yeah.

And that's kind of what their reaction is showing.

I think CT wanted the full day for students to go in protest in support of labor rights.

>> And CPS said, you know, we need every day we can get for instruction and it's quite literally like half and half.

You know, I think students we picked up around 01:00PM if they choose to go to May day protests and so I do think I do think it's a it's a it's a compromise.

I think there are still some questions about, you who is going to be supervising the kids at the protest?

How much staff is needed for that?

What about kids if they if they just leave school instead of going to the protests, how do you kind of, you know, monitor that so start to work out.

But more certainty than there has been in the past few weeks for parents who are wondering is there going to be school on May first or not?

And not that students would ever leave school and not attend the premier even we heard Mayor Johnson essentially say, look, this is going to happen.

You have to wonder whether there are other folks trying to come in and help broker some sort of an agreement here.

Yeah, I think CPS the CPS CEO had did play a big role in in brokering that agreement with both with board president, the school board president and the CTU.

>> it in never thought a quite would be discussing this way.

President Trump this week attacks the pope as weak on crime.

>> Also saying too far to the left a criticism.

You know, some other folks have had so far essentially has brushed off the attack.

You know, hand, it feels like a lot of folks are are siding with the pope, including some folks on the right.

Some of the president's own supporters.

>> Well, yeah, I mean, like as someone put it to me earlier this week in history for thousands of years the of the Christian Church who usually wins in a fight between a political leader and the pope.

It's a pretty much always the park.

And, you know, I think that this does cut across even conservatives who do support the president.

You it took extreme.

especially if they're Catholic, you know, they you know, this is their bridge too far.

This is their 3rd rail attacking the pope.

You know, we Vice president JD Vance who is a new Catholic convert.

Tell the pope that he should be careful what he's preaching about the Gospel.

You know, I think that a lot of people see that as extremely.

You against they know and imagine what the dynamic should be.

The pope has that he does not support any war and then he was a little bit more specific this week when he said, you know, this war in Iran is baseless.

It's not, you know, it.

It's killing innocent people I it seems like the president, though, does not want to back off.

And, you know, we didn't even discuss the means the president tweeting AI images about him being Jesus.

Yeah.

After that was also something I didn't quite expect to in.

You know, we've seen sort of these ai-generated means that the president has used, you know, over the past year or so.

But >> this one felt like garnered quite a different reaction than previous ones.

Yeah, definitely a bridge too far for a lot of people will either sticking with sort of the some of the fallout from the war on Iran.

You know, John, the have been many effects on this.

Obviously, the human toll here at home, some of the political fallout.

A lot of it has been from the skyrocketing gas prices.

That's not just hitting drivers.

It's it's hitting airlines as well.

And you've you've been covering some of that.

I yeah, for airlines, you know, the second biggest cost for an airline is fuel.

>> And, you know, those prices have soared and jet fuel has gone up even more than more than gas.

So if you if you think you're feeling at the pump, airlines are really feeling it.

You know, the challenge there is that even the cease-fire holds the Strait of Hormuz opens up.

It doesn't mean everything's going to go back to normal and that those prices are going to immediately go down.

So you've got, you know, some analysts thinking that, you know, those prices are going to remain elevated substantially throughout the rest of the year.

And that no drives affairs.

You've already seen baggage fees from airlines go in an effort to kind of combat that.

So, you know, the the cost travel is going to go up and you know, things like a bag fees may not come down.

Yeah, of course.

Go heading into the busiest, busy travel season.

>> Well, sticking with air travel week we heard United CEO Scott Kirby floating the idea of his airline merging with American some news this afternoon about what American thinks about the whole thing.

>> Right?

American says no thanks.

They're not interested they're not having discussions or interested in a merger with United.

And one of the things they said they cite is the question everybody had about this deal you know, and trust concerns.

Competition concerns and how that plays out for consumers.

>> Yeah, I mean, how about that?

You know, if you're the average air traveler think a lot of people are already very frustrated by the to the fewer and fewer options such as seemed like this was something that the really tough sell for folks.

Yeah, it's my understanding that while facts may be reduced airline opportune, you know, options for people Chicago is a major hub for both American and United were.

>> Maybe a bit spoiled.

And in that way, we have plenty of options when it comes to travel.

And I think that that would be an effect for consumers directly.

Yeah, not not.

Something could be eager to see necessarily.

All right.

Hand of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals State ordered the release >> former comment CEO and product or a longtime political operative, Michael McClain.

They were sort of convicted in this Michael Madigan at all investigation.

But the Supreme Court now, you know, has this ruling within the last couple of years, the changing that the quid pro quo.

A question here.

So why did they get out?

What happens next year?

That's correct.

It was quite remarkable on Tuesday this >> Lawyers for and promissory and Mike mclane had argued to the 7th circuit to reverse their convictions.

To remind viewers they were convicted in the so-called comment for case 2023. separate but of very related to Mike Madigan's, a separate trial between the 2023 now.

>> In 2020 for the U.S.

Supreme Court basically narrowed the federal bribery statute.

>> And the judge had thrown out the bribery convictions, but they were still last summer sentence on the remaining convictions within not even 4 hours of the finishing of the arguments and for the 7th circuit, the 3 judge panel came out with a pretty short order and and said, you know, we order their release and, you they were, I believe, released on Wednesday afternoon after serving 3 and half months for Mike mclane 3 months for and com story and they will have a new trial.

We don't know yet but we will soon see the detailed opinion kind of backing up the order for a new trial.

I just think it's.

It wasn't.

It wasn't a guarantee, but I do think that things were kind of going that way.

But to see it happen so fast, fascinating very speedy ruling.

All right.

But yeah, maybe more than expected.

And lawyers for Mike Madigan separately last week are also argued to the 7th circuit, but that 3 judge panel, which is different.

>> Seemed a little bit more skeptical.

again.

different judges and slightly different arguments of law.

But it'll be interesting to see if the 7th circuit takes.

This opinion into with Mike Madigan's case.

He has been in prison in West Virginia for 6 months >> Yeah.

Even if this is something following the law, you have to imagine a lot of Illinois not necessarily happy to see this.

All Hannah also longtime state lawmaker Barbara Flynn Currie died yesterday at 85 first woman to serve as Illinois House Majority Leader think she'll be remembered.

>> Yeah.

I mean not only first moment House majority leader, but the I believe I did the calculations day.

I believe she is tied for second longest-serving legislature.

Let legislator in Illinois history at behind Mike She will definitely be remembered as a trailblazer, particularly for women when she was first elected in 1978, legislature with only 13% women.

today it's about 44%.

And that did not come easily.

It did not come without force.

And, you know, the people I talked to today, too, remember her, remember her, as you know, that just a trailblazer for women, but also just a affair negotiator.

Very, very smart ever inside the smartest person in the room and you know, also remembered her for her service table you and still active in public life ending right until the very end.

Yeah, she after her retirement in 2019 from the legislature, she moved on to chair, the Illinois Pollution Control board.

And, you know, she was still the chair up until, you know, yesterday at her death.

And she was also very involved in other, you or a casual political and government prophecies.

You know, it's something that you can't let go after a lifetime in Springfield.

can imagine a pretty remarkable figure.

All right, melody, a Springfield story of a different kind.

There's a state bill under consideration allowing a pilot for driverless cars like Waymo.

But there is a group of unions organizing to push back on this saying >> fewer jobs, less safe roads, we hear from them.

I also think that's really important to understand that this is very, very early on.

But we're seeing.

>> The unions trying to build up steam to try to stop because, of course, their big concern our jobs for their members and their argument is also this is going to really hurt the middle class.

These are individuals that, you know, if you take away their jobs are not going to be able to.

>> Order food on DoorDash or our go to local restaurants and businesses and spend as much money in the economy because they.

>> Their jobs are taken away by, you know, ation.

And of course, we know Waymo.

>> Has been on the streets of Chicago with drivers mapping out the streets, trying to get ahead of themselves a little bit here.

But of course, we are also seeing a very strong show of force from all of them, major unions that support transportation, really try to step in here to protect those jobs.

You have to imagine to some of this is informed by the way, that Uber and Lyft, you know, when they were first getting started.

>> Just kind of barreled into a lot of different municipalities.

And we're doing more of, know, forgiveness, rather than permission perhaps there are some lessons learned there that they need to get out ahead of Yes, absolutely.

And I think it's, you know, we're seeing a lot of conversations, not just about automation, I as well.

And what have we learned about technology so far maybe we can try to get of ourselves a little bit here and put in the protective measures.

Now.

>> The very interesting to see where this goes.

And yes, just pilot program under consideration for the moment.

right some city council news, another veto when for Mayor Brandon Johnson this week as the phaseout of tipped minimum wage will continue.

He's had string of veto winds recently or of his vetoes surviving.

Yeah, You know, the council has very much been successful in rallying a simple majority to.

>> Kind of go against some of Brandon Johnson's policies.

You know, you'll remember they pass an ordinance making stricter curfew rules in Chicago that he vetoed.

They also passed an ordinance that would ban have sales throughout the city that he vetoed.

And so far we have not been able to see you know, kind of garner the time to get that 2 thirds majority 34 votes in the city council.

We saw that again this week with their effort to wage increases for tipped workers in the city.

So as of now, that will stand wages will increase in July.

And, you know, does this necessarily point to an improved relationship between the mayor and the city councilors?

This more just a question of.

>> Not quite enough numbers to to override Yeah, I think that that 30, that the 30 alderman who have, you know, been kind of the same kind of coalition throughout several other things, including the budget process as well, that where they passed a budget over the objection of the mayor.

>> That's kind of stayed strong at 30.

But I don't think that Johnson has been able to kind of peel any of those people way, including, you know, his own we some of his close close allies of former close allies like, you know, finance chair alderman Pat I'm the mayor of, you know, I mean it when he first used it was on the budget.

It was the first time in what, 20 something years.

Do you think that this is going to be calm?

You know, now that he's used few times, do you think this changes how dynamics are?

I think that he is not scared to use his veto power.

And you know the first veto.

He actually didn't veto the budget.

He but he didn't sign to try to just say, I don't endorse this.

His first veto is on the curfew ordinance and that was the first time since daily.

But you you've seen, you know, vetoes be used very sparingly throughout Chicago's modern history, especially Herald Mayor Harold Washington, the city's first black mayor issued tons of vetoes.

So, yeah, I mean, I think it kind.

It does change dynamics a little bit because I don't think that I now that he's not scared to use his veto power, these rip that Band-Aid off.

You've got in the headlines that he's going to do.

maybe is not necessarily as concerned with peeling some of those dollars away as long as he can keep them at 30 instead of 34 interest.

Yeah, I think that just shows that his administration has also gotten better at Wheeling and dealing behind closed doors.

You know, the curfew ordinance was by Alderman Hopkins.

He really that moving, got a pass.

It was vetoed.

>> He tried to come again.

But he's, you know, the folks of the mayor's office were able to really negotiate very that.

And worked with Alderman Hopkins to quite frankly put for something that was extremely watered down from what he originally wanted.

So I think we're seeing negotiating just getting a little better within the mayor's office as well.

Yeah, folks starting to get their their sea legs underneath them.

>> huge on the Cook County State's attorney.

This week's been touting its task force aggressively prosecuting crime on the CTA.

>> The RTA is your marking its first tranche of new state funding.

Also towards safety measures.

Cta, Metra pace.

Does it seem like things are sort of moving in a positive direction because transit safety been such, you know, hot topic in the last several years.

>> Yeah, it's a major focus of the transit overhaul.

It's also been a focus of the Trump administration and their issues.

So it's you know, it's one more example of the attention being paid on on that is if you talk to riders, that really is at the top of the list.

Yeah.

>> And you know, the sort of widespread negative perceptions in recent years.

Melody, how how tough is it?

You know, thinking of the right perspective to change the way people see this issue, even when things are trending in the right way.

>> I think I think it's extremely difficult.

You know, I I'm a blue line user, a red line user Brown line green and pink how to get around I beat of downtown West Loop Humble Park.

So I write a lot of the different the A L lines and >> my experience has been dramatically just different on every single one of them.

I can tell you the green line in pink line for me smokers are the biggest blue line.

I I really haven't had many issues on line.

Mostly positive.

The red line.

I have experiences you know, slight harassment on the red line.

So I have a negative perception of the red line.

All on all of this is post pandemic.

So I feel like it's very individualistic depending on who you're talking to.

And that's just me.

I'm just one person.

And I know many other people that have similar similar experiences to me, again, very dependent on what line they are riding.

Yeah, absolutely.

And what time of day and who else is on?

There's a lot of a lot of factors go into it.

>> All right.

Hannah Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey.

>> He's one of our neighbors.

Now he's moved into Chicago.

What do we know about sort of how long he'll be here, what he hopes to accomplish So if you remember back to 2022, when he was the Republican gubernatorial candidate, then >> he.

>> Called Chicago a hellhole.

He also, you know, he alienated himself from anything having to do this city.

I remember one particular press conference after the Highland July 4th shooting when he referred to a imaginary neighborhood called Edge Field That does not exist.

Of course, kind of get it.

you know, I I do.

It seems like he has learned his lesson.

you know, in this way and he wants to ingratiate himself the city and, you know, kind of because demographics of the state and voters within the state, you know, he cannot He can't even get close to Anything close to 50% without the city.

And of course, the suburbs which have turned very ugly within the last 10 years and is the sort of come hand-in-hand with his efforts, also to distance himself from President Trump, this election as well.

And he got I think he got like 15% in Chicago.

>> Last round.

So he's got a lot of ground pick up and I feel like that's in the same rate.

He called himself this week with an inner I believe an interview with Politico.

He that he's not moderate.

But, you know, I August maybe when the eye of the beholder and I think a lot of people would not take him at his word on that.

Yeah.

All right, John, a lot of conversation about the rapid proliferation of data centers in Illinois, as well as many other states, even doing some reporting on how people feel about regulating those centers.

What you find.

>> There was a poll done by a group of legislators and some environmental groups that pushing legislation to basically the data centers to pay more.

There.

Fair share on power.

And not surprisingly, it was about two-thirds of the voters who were asked said they support that.

But it's a reflection.

The fact that electricity prices are going up.

And, you know, you've got consumers who are pointing to data centers and you saw this with Governor Pritzker earlier in the week.

He he joins some other governors the region.

That includes Illinois, know, in asking that grid to make sure that data centers are paying more.

Yeah.

And it seems like, you know, there's a lot momentum on this from legislators because as you say, they understand that this is an issue that even if it's not a one to one, that that their voters are very concerned about.

Yeah, it's a real pain point.

It's it's you know, it's a real pocketbook >> issue.

And, you know, consumers have, you 2 or 3 years ago, you someone known about data centers or or ever talked about it.

And now they very much well, that might be a pain point for consumers.

No pain points at this table.

You for a great, but we are out of time.

So I thanks to Jon Platt's Melody Mercado.

Alright, Willful and Hannah Maisel.

We're back to wrap things up right after this.

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Melody, we landed the big account and the Hall of Fame is set to open next summer, Michigan Avenue.

>> And this kind feels like reports of Michigan Avenue's demise were little exaggerated.

Yeah, I would like to say that block of are very optimistic about the Mag mile come back and we've seen lots of really great retail come to the space like the Candy Hall of Fame, which is taking up.

>> 60,000 Square feet vacant retail that's been vacant for If they're going to have it, of course, is going to incorporate all of the city's relations to Candy, which is runs deep in the history of Chicago.

you know, they're also going to be some ticketed events as well where you'll get to taste things as well as learn about the different candies.

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