Emanuel did apologize to the public when the Tribune stories broke, saying “all adults offer apology, and I offer my apology,” before pivoting, “but the question is what are we going to do now besides words? What are the deeds to fix this up?” He then, naturally, dragged his new schools CEO, Janice Jackson, into his uncomfortable spotlight with, “I take responsibility like Janice does take responsibility to do this. My point is, if you have a suggestion for how to tighten something up, offer that.”