Welcome to the Reader’s morning briefing for Monday, February 1, 2016. 
  • A new low for Rahm

           A new poll shows that Mayor Rahm Emanuel has not recovered from the Laquan McDonald video crisis. A majority of Chicagoans—63 percent—disapprove of his job     performance and a measly 27 percent approve. It’s also a big blow for the mayor that nearly 75 percent of Chicagoans don’t believe his account of how he learned of McDonald’s death. [Tribune]