The Week in Review
The Week in Review with Carol Marin at 7 PM
Tonight's panel discusses the week's top headlines: Governor Quinn passes a stop-gap budget; Mayor Daley lays off 431 workers after their unions refused to take furlough days off; families are in mourning all over again during the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal; Chicago on a Denver booting-blitz; the CTA cracking down on sexual harassment; the Cubs and Sox well-rested after the All-Star break; and the Blackhawks fire general manager Dale Tallon.
Guests:
- Garrard McClendon, CLTV
- Mary Wisniewski, Chicago Sun-Times
- Mike Flannery, CBS 2 News
- George Ofman, Longtime sports journalist
The Week in Review
Viewer Mail
We hear what you had to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.
The Friday Night Show
Friday Night Preview: Classic Callaway
We take a look back at John Callaway's 1998 Friday Night interview with legendary film reviewers Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.
Ask Geoffrey
Ask Geoffrey
Did you know that the first modern airfield in the U.S. was located right outside Chicago? Geoffrey Baer has the details on that and more in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Arts & Entertainment
Great Lakes Restoration
We talk to Cameron Davis, the local man tapped by President Obama to help restore the Great Lakes.
Arts & Entertainment
"Food Deserts"
We have an update to a story we brought you a few years ago concerning so-called "food deserts" in Chicago -- areas that lack access to grocery stores and healthy food. Christian Farr talks with people who are fighting to make these "deserts" disappear.
Politics
News Analysis with Eddie Arruza
Illinois lawmakers are putting off the tough financial decisions until next year -- that's how many critics view last night's passage of a temporary budget that relies heavily on debt and deferred payments. Eddie Arruza and his panel of lawmakers discuss what's next for cash-strapped Illinois.
Live Music Wednesday
Live Music Wednesday: Treaty of Paris
The Chicago band Treaty of Paris burst onto the scene with an odd and popular music video in 2007. They perform their energetic brand of pop-punk live in our studio.
Arts & Entertainment
Beer: The World's Greatest Drink?
People have been drinking beer for 10,000 years. We talk to one beer aficionado who dares to call beer the best drink in the world.