Video: Mayor Daley Q&A with Tera Williams

Chicago - FOX Chicago News reporter Tera Williams questioned Mayor Richard Daley Wednesday about the death of schools chief Michael Scott.

At the tail end of a press conference on the city council budget, Williams sought to follow up on how sources were saying Scott's death would impact Daley's political career.

Daley said Williams' questions were "an insult" to him and he reprimanded Williams from the podium .

Earlier Wednesday Chicago clergymen told Williams that they believe Scott was murdered. At least two people also said that Scott's death will have a "tremendous" impact on Daley's career.

"[The impact will be] tremendous, because it was an inner circle and [Scott] was the guy that the mayor went to and the guy that the mayor trusted," said Rev. C. E. Robinson, pastor of Holy Starlight Missionary Baptist Church.

Kublai Torre, a friend of Scott's, agreed.

Scott's death will impact him "tremendously, Torre said, "because see this mayor, he feared the black man and he [doesn't have a] strong relationship with the black man... If you look at his record there's a dismal record as far as black men getting jobs and being treated fairly in this city. Someone like Mike could relate to us out here on the street and kept a lot of racial tension down."

Williams followed up with Daley about the two men's statements.

Here's how her interaction with Daley played out:

TW: "Mayor Daley, we're just coming from the West Side where clergy members were meeting about Michael Scott and they say he was murdered."

RD: "We'll see again --they have to fully investigate this... she has claim to fame you know her [medical examiner's] name... that's why the Chicago police have to do a thorough investigation... they have a responsibility to society... about financial problems..."

TW: "Some of his [Scott's] friends are also saying that this is going to have a tremendous impact on your career politically. What's your response to that -- how do you interpret that?"

RD: "What? Death? It's a personal thing. This has nothing to do with my public career. That's an insult to me. What do you mean someone died? My son died -- that's an insult to me. Because someone that you love dies that changes your public career? Think a minute for the sake of people dying. That's an insult... What a silly question to ever even ask. If your mother died, does that change your life? What's wrong with you people? Don't you have any respect for people anymore? I know you want to make a lot of money, you want to be on TV, you want to ask me a lot of questions... but do you have any respect for anyone? I guess you don't. It's kind of a sad comment... You owe me an apology on that."

TW: "I'm asking your response to what they said."

RD: "Well that's a silly question and it's a dumb question as well."

TW: "I'm just asking for your reaction to what they just told me today.

RD: "Who said that at your station they asked you to do that?"

TW: "No, this is what they just said to me at this meeting with the clergy members. They said this will have a tremendous impact..."

RD: "What? You mean a death of somebody has? No... you shouldn't ask that... Give me his name.

TW: "Sure, I have it right here."

RD: "And he asked you to do that? Did he ask you to jump off a bridge tomorrow??"

[Daley begins walking out of the room.]

RD to TW: "You have no, no feeling about people. I feel sorry for you."

TW: "That's not true at all. I was just asking for your reaction to what they said."