• Ike Ejiochi has the details on Secretary Blinken’s latest warning on the risks to National security created by unfilled State Department posts. 

• Gregory Royal Pratt from the Chicago Tribune discusses the Chicago watchdog report on Ald. Jim Gardiner’s violations of the city ethics code. 

• Jason Nathanson runs the numbers on the cost of a double strike in Hollywood. 

• Plus, a caller shares his opinion of Chris Christie, and Rachel cannot stop raving about the new “Mission Impossible” movie.