With more than a dozen African-Americans reportedly considering a run for mayor, we look at how that community--and others--may try to whittle down the field.

Carol Marin sits down with famed feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem.

50 years ago this week, candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy met in Chicago for the first televised presidential debate. Many believe that it changed the outcome of the election. We talk with Newton Minow, who was a key player in setting up the debate, and broadcasting historian Bruce DuMont.

Senator Bill Brady continues to pound Governor Quinn on the deal forged with AFSCME to cut health care costs and defer pay raises in exchange for freezing layoffs until 2012. Elizabeth Brackett has more on the debate.

On tonight's edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week In Review -- The campaign season heats up with Governor Quinn fighting back in response to Bill Brady's criticism of the union deal; dueling ads get ugly in the race for Barack Obama's old Senate seat; Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s mayoral hopes fade in light of renewed accusations of an improper Senate seat deal along with new allegations that he had a fundraiser pay to fly a female "acquaintance" to Chicago; rumors circulate that Rahm Emanuel is leaving his White House post next month to run for mayor, and Sheriff Tom Dart is coy about his own poss

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Could a Latino be the next mayor of Chicago? Elizabeth Brackett and her panel discuss that possibility, and how the Hispanic community could impact the race.

Phil Ponce goes one-on-one with Mayor Daley, who talks about the fallout from his decision not to run for another term and the upcoming mayoral election, and reflects on his time in office.

What is terrorism? How has the so-called threat shifted since the attacks of 9/11, and how much should we know? We sit down with the head of the FBI's Chicago office and the Director of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point for those answers and to hear about a new nationwide terrorism training program.

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Scott Lee Cohen has gone from disgraced Illinois Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor to Independent candidate for governor. Carol Marin sits down with Scott Lee Cohen.

Despite his high profile, could Rahm Emanuel actually be disqualified from running for mayor? We pose that question to a panel of political and legal observers.

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger accepted the resignation of his deputy chief of staff, Carla Oglesby, after she was charged with fraud for allegedly getting paid for sham county contracts. Elizabeth Brackett has the latest.