Big John Howell Show Notes for Monday 11/23/15

African-American leaders in Chicago are calling for peace ahead of the release of the Laquan McDonald video. They want people to be passionate, but peaceful. The city has until Wednesday to release the video.

5 people were injured in a fire on the 50th floor of the John Hancock Center on Saturday. John believes that this only backs up his calls for a ban on candles.

Donald Trump is claiming that people in New Jersey were cheering when the World Trade Center came down. On This Week, George Stephanopolous pointed out that didn’t happen, and Trump accused him of ignoring it in the name of political correctness. Steve Kastenbaum reporting for WLS from New York joined John with reaction.

Trump also commented on a Black Lives Matter protester getting roughed up at one of his rallies by saying “Maybe he should have been roughed up.”

Spike Lee is in town for the premiere of his new movie Chi-raq. He says that the controversy over the title is completely overblown, and people should see the movie before they pass judgement on it.

Two Arabic-speaking men were briefly kept off a flight from Midway to Phoenix. Passengers said they were uncomfortable flying with them because they were speaking Arabic while they were waiting for their flight. Eventually Southwest employees let them on the airplane anyway.

What can the government do to make sure that no bad guys sneak into the country with Syrian refugees? Rep. Randy Hultgren from the 14th district shared his thoughts with John this morning.

A pair of women were rescued by a clown when they were attacked by a man on the streets of Toronto. The clown was driving a car with two other clowns as passengers.

Faisal Khan left a flaming bag full of ethics complaints on the steps of city hall on his way out. Chicago Tribune Columnist Kristen McQueary joined John Howell to talk about her column on Khan’s departure.

Wall Street Journal columnist Stephen Moore finds himself longing for the 1960’s when college students protested about things that actually mattered like wars and civil rights. He joined John to talk about his column on the recent protests on college campuses around the country.

Is the John Fox honeymoon over? ABC 7 sports reporter Dionne Miller joined John with reaction to the Bears loss.

Will Donald Trump feel any fallout from his recent statements? CNN reporter Karin Caifa joined John to break down the latest polling numbers.

Big John Howell Show Notes for Monday 11/23/15

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