Illinois Senator Mark Kirk was one of the first Republican Senators who agreed to meet with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Kirk joined John to talk about his meeting with Garland, and the White House plan to close Gitmo. (Listen here)
Gov. Bruce Rauner and the four legislative leaders met face-to-face for the first time this year Tuesday. Illinois state representative Ron Sandack from the 81st district joined John with an update on all things Springfield, including the budget battle, funding for schools and the daily fantasy sports bill. (Listen here)
Paul Ryan isn’t running for president. He will not allow his name to be put in for the nomination. And he won’t accept the nomination if, somehow, it gets to that.On Tuesday, the House speaker went even further, urging delegates to the 2016 convention in Cleveland to limit the pool of potential nominees to the dozen-plus people who waged campaigns over the past year and a half. Daniel Lippman from Politico joined John with reaction to Ryan’s latest comments on the 2016 race. (Listen here)
Some people are saying Chicago should consider female-only trains to prevent sexual harassment and sexual assaults. Transit systems in Japan, Germany, Indonesia, India, Egypt, Mexico and Brazil already feature women-only rail cars.
You can take the interim tag off of Eddie Johnson, the city council approved him without incident. They did ask him to improve the department’s connection with the community
You can stand down from Post Office eminent domain alert. Mayor Emanuel says he’s OK with the plan to sell the property to a new developer and won’t be seizing it after all.
A woman in North Carolina was kicked out of a courtroom for breastfeeding. The judge admonished her, saying she should know doing that was inappropriate in a courtroom.
Two brothers decided it was a good idea to prank their sister who just had her wisdom teeth pulled and was still high on medication. They went all Orson Welles on her and convinced her there was a zombie outbreak going on. She freaked out, as you might expect, and totally believed it. At one point they tell her they are going to Mexico, where they will be safe from the zombies, but they can only take one pet and make her choose between he dog and cat.
