If you live in the eastern half of the country, those at west, this is your number. Yourt west, this is number. If you are a chicago resident, this is your number. ,e will begin how we always do with the numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Now 2. 4 million cases around the world in 185 countries. The total deaths, one of six 1000 69,000. Joining us from her office in chicago is the mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Thank you for being with here with us here on cspan. My pleasure. I want to begin with some concerns expressed by deborah birx on the White House Coronavirus task force. We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have to get to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are
She believes she was terminated as retaliation for failing to do favors for city hall. She spoke about her plans to fight back. I want to about the termination itself. If you had a sense it was coming,or if you were surprised . I was surprised. Reporter she believes she may have lost her job because she wouldnt do favors for a member of the panel who terminated her. In 2018, the chief told the st. s hr director that Police Commissioner, Janelle Harris demanded she reimpurse harris for towing fees, and was worried about retaliation. You hired a woman of intrigue trite. And by that, i am willing to stand on my values. Im willing to lose a job by standing on my values. No regrets. Reporter harris has not responded to our request for comment. Do you plan to sue the city . I have Legal Options that i am weighing right now. I am embarrassed. Those headlines went national. Its painful to me. Its not how i would like to end 38 years. Reporter the Police Commissioner was voted into power in 201
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