[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> IT JUST SPEAKS TO A PROCESS THAT IS IMPENETRABLE.

>> ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DRAWING ANY POLITICAL MAPS AND THERE IS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION WITH HOW IT'S GOING.

>> WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME BASIC SAFEGUARDS AND REASSURANCES WE ARE NOT POURING GAS ON TO A FIRE.

>> THE LATEST ON NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN C.P.S.

AND THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION OVER THE RETURN OF IN-PERSON LEARNING AT HIGH SCHOOLS.

>> HOW CITY AND STATE UNIVERSITIES PLAN TO HANDLE CORONAVIRUS VACCINATIONS IN THE FALL.

>> ONE YEAR AFTER THE DEMOLITION OF A SMOKESTACK IN LITTLE VILLAGE WE CHECK IN WITH A LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.

>> COULD THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" BECOME A NONPROFIT?

THAT AND BUSINESS NEWS FROM CRAIN'S?

CONFUSION OVER GETTING VACCINATED FOR SOME MUSLIMS AS THE ISLAMIC HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN BEGINS THIS WEEK.

>> A LOOK HOW COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS AIDING THE VACCINE NEFORT I'M ANGEL IDOWU AND TONIGHT I WILL HAVE A SNEAK PEEK ON THE NEW IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH EXHIBIT.

>> AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PIECE COMING UP.

FIRST, TO SOME OF TODAY ETOP STORIES.

ALL ILLINOISANS OVER 16 YEARS OLD CAN OFFICIALLY GET THE VACCINE.

THE FIRST DAY OF EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE, ALTHOUGH CITY OF CHICAGO SITE ALSO NOT BE OPEN TO ALL ADULTS UNTIL NEXT MONDAY.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AUTHORIZED ALL ADULTS TO USE OUTSIDE SITES.

OFFICIALS REPORT 2400 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS WITH 18 DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF 1.282 MILLION CASES AND 21,523 DEATHS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

THE SEVEN-DAY TEST POSITIVITY RATE IS 4.9% AND THE STATE REPORTS 22% OF ILLINOIS' POPULATION IS NOW FULLY VACCINATED.

>> COOK COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS MARK TODAY AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS.

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK IRIS MARTINEZ AND TONI PRECKWINKLE LED A WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT DALEY PLAZA IN THE LOOP.

THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED THIS EVENT.

THE OFFICIALS HELD A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> THE MOMENT OF SILENCE IS TO INFORM OUR COMMUNITY WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THEM AND THOSE WE LOST TO COVID-19.

>> POLICE OFFICIALS IN SUBURBAN MINNEAPOLIS ARE BLAMING AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE IN THE POLICE-INVOLVED FATAL SHOOTING OF A YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SUNDAY IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER OUTSIDE THE TWIN CITIES AND NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE TRIAL OF DEREK CHAUVIN IS BEING HELD.

DAUNTE WRIGHT WAS SHOT AND DIED DURING THE ALTERCATION WHEN ACCORDING TO THE POLICE CHIEF THE OFFICER ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED A GUN WHEN MEANING TO PULL A TASER.

>> IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE OFFICER HAD THE INTENTION TO DEPLOY THE TASER BUT INSTEAD SHOT Mr. WRIGHT WITH A SINGLE BULLET.

THIS APPEARS TO ME FROM WHAT I VIEWED AND THE OFFICER'S REACTION IN DISTRESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS WAS AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE >> THE INCIDENT CAUSED PROTEST AND CIVIL UNREST AND LED TO THE CANCELLATION OF ALL MINNESOTA PRO SPORTS EVENTS TONIGHT.

>> IT IS THAT EVENT THAT HAPPENS ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS, REDISTRICTING.

HOW IT'S DONE IS ALWAYS INCONSPICUOUS AND THIS TIME THERE ARE ADDED COMPLICATIONS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW.

>> LET'S GET BACK TO THE CENSUS SOMETHING WE DID A LOT OF REPORTING ON THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE YOU HAD ILLINOIS STATE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY GROUPS PUTTING FORTH EFFORT, ENERGY AND MONEY INTO MAKING SURE THAT TURNOUT WAS AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE.

REASON THAT MATTERS?

NUMBER ONE APPORTIONMENT THE NUMBER OF SEATS WE HAVE IN CONGRESS AND ILLINOIS IS SET TO LOSE ONE.

AND ALSO RELATED TO THAT REDISTRICTING.

ONE IS THAT?

COMMON CAUSE ILLINOIS' JAY YOUNG DESCRIBES IT THIS WAY.

>> REALLY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW WILL SET THE TONE FOR THE NEXT DECADE IN ILLINOIS.

FIGURING OUT WHO REPRESENTS YOUR INTERESTS, AND HOW YOU ARE DEFINING WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY REALLY IS.

>> WHAT HE MEANS BY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS LITERALLY DRAWING THE MAPS BOUNDARIES THAT DECIDE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.

THE STATE LEGISLATURE DRAWS THOSE BOUNDARIES FOR THE STATE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS THEIR OWN.

THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE.

THERE ARE OTHER MAPS THAT HAVE TO BE REDRAWN TO DETERMINE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL SEATS.

BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

NOW, POLITICIANS CURRENTLY IN POWER, HOWEVER, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GET TO DRAW THIS NEW SET OF MAPS.

AND IN ILLINOIS, DEMOCRATS HAVE TOTAL CONTROL TO REPUBLICANS' DISMAY.

>> WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN.

WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN WITH SUPER MAJORITIES IN THE GENERAL AASSEMBLYMEMBER BLIVMENT WEFL'S IS SEEN WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN CONGRESS WHERE THEY SLICED UP DISTRICTS AS WELL AND WE HAVE FEWER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN THAT WE'VE HAD BECAUSE THEY USE THE DATA FOR POLITICAL GAIN.

>> HOW MANY SEATS THE G.O.P.

COULD HAVE NEXT YEAR, COULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE, LOST OR WON IS NOT THE POINT.

RATHER IT IS THAT THE PROCESS DOES SHUT THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE SUPER MAJORITY.

DEMOCRATS EASILY HAVE THE NUMBERS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO DRAW NEW MAPS, TO PASS THE BILL THAT APPROVES THEM AND THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ALSO A DEMOCRAT TO SIGN THEM INTO LAW.

AND THAT IS WHY THE G.O.P.

IS MAKING A PUBLIC FUSS ABOUT WHERE GOVERNOR PRITZKER STANDS.

>> IN FACT, IF THE GOVERNOR HOLDS TO HIS PROMISE TO VETO ANY PARTISANLY DRAWN MAP THEN HE NEEDS TO SAY THAT NOW SO THAT THE LEGISLATURE KNOWS THAT THIS IS A FOOL OF ERRAND TO KEEP GOING WITH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS IN A PARTISAN WAY.

>> PRITZKER'S PRESS SECRETARY DID NOT DIRECTLY RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ASKING WHAT CONVERSATIONS HE HAS HAD WITH LEGISLATORS HOW HE DEFINES A FAIR MAP BUT DID SEND A STATEMENT SAYING AS THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID HE BELIEVES LEGISLATIVE MAPS SHOULD REFLECT ILLINOIS A.

GENDER, RACIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND APPROVING THE VOTER RIGHTS ACT DIVISION MAKING SURE THAT MINORITY ARE REPRESENTED IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.

DESPITE THE DRAWING OF THE MAPS AND HOW IT'S DONE HAS BEEN GOING ON A LONGTIME.

BUT THERE IS AN ADDED COMPLICATION THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE FEDS ARE LATE IN SENDING THE DATA COLLECTED DURING THE CENSUS.

ILLINOIS' CONSTITUTION CALLS FOR A NEW MAP TO BE PASSED BY THE END OF JUNE.

AND YET ALL OF THAT CENSUS DATA MAY NOT BE COMING UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

IF YOU PASS THAT DEADLINE IN ILLINOIS THAT JUNE 30TH DEADLINE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO GIVE UP THAT POWER AND LEFT TO A BIPARTISAN PANEL TO TRY THEIR HAND AT DRAWING THE MAPS.

AND THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS FORGING AHEAD.

THEY HELD HEARINGS INCLUDING ONE TODAY ASKING FOR INPUT FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

>> EVERY VOICE IS IMPORTANT.

THE N.A.A.C.P.

IS OPPOSED TO SO MANY THINGS SUCH AS PACKING AND STACKING AND FRACKING AND WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

>> NOW, THAT CENSUS DELAY DOES MAKE THINGS TRICKY, YOUNG, SAYS BECAUSE THERE IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEADLINE AT THE END OF JUNE.

AND CANDIDATES HOPING TO RUN IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS THEY HAVE TO GET STARTED PREPARING AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT DISTRICTS THEY MIGHT BE RUNNING IN.

>> THE DECK IS STACKED AGAINST THEM.

SADLY THEY ARE MAKING BAD CHOICES BUT I WILL ADMIT THEY ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT.

>> YOUNG SAYS THAT DEMOCRATS LEGISLATORS COULD, HOWEVER, HAVE DONE SOMETHING ELSE LIKE WHAT CALIFORNIA DID AND GONE TO COURT.

>> COULD HAVE MOVED THAT CONSTITUTIONAL DEADLINE OF JUNE 30.

WE COULD MOVE THE PRIMARIES IN THE SPRING.

WE COULD MOVE THE FILING DEADLINES FOR CANDIDATES.

WE CHOSE NOT TO.

AGAIN, I THINK FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

>> WE REALLY DON'T KNOW A TON ABOUT JUST HOW FAR ALONG DEMOCRATS MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN DRAWING THIS NEW SET OF MAPS WITHOUT CENSUS DATA AVAILABLE, THEY APPEAR TO BE USING INSTEAD INFORMATION FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.

YOUNG SAYS THAT THAT IS AKIN TO DECIDING A WINNER OF AN ELECTION BASED ON EXIT POLLS RATHER THAN COUNT THE BALLOTS THAT VOTERS TURNED IN.

INSTEAD THE LEGISLATORS ARE IN THE FOLKS IN POWER USING BAD DATA THAT WE ALL WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH.

>> 31.5 MILLION MAKING SURE THAT OUR HARDEST TO COUNT, THE HARDEST TO REACH, THE HARDEST TO FIND, THE MOST LEFT BEHIND PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

I KNOW THAT THESE LEGISLATORS CARE ABOUT THOSE FOLKS.

THEY ARE JUST CHOOSING TO MAKE SURE THEY GET ELECTED NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT.

>> DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS SAID THEY ARE COMMITTED TO A FAIR PROCESS AND INSURES REPRESENTATION OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SAY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO SILENCE THEY SAY.

WE WILL HAVE MORE AS THIS RAMPS UP, PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> I'M SURE WE WILL NOT ONLY AT THE STATE LEVEL BUT THE CITY LEVEL AS WARD MAPS GET REDRAWN AS WELL.

AND TO BRANDIS AND THE BATTLE OVER REOPENING CHICAGO'S HIGH SCHOOLS TO IN-PERSON LEARNING.

>> PARIS, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS HOPING TO WELCOME BACK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING STARTING THIS MONDAY APRIL 19TH.

BUT THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION IS ASKING FOR A DELAY AND SAYS THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE TEACHERS AND VACCINE ACCESS FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.

OVER THE WEEKEND THE UNION'S HOUSE OF DELEGATES VOTED TO KEEP HIGH SCHOOL STAFFERS REMOTE STARTING ON WEDNESDAY UNLESS MORE PROGRESS IS MADE ON A REOPENING AGREEMENT WITH C.P.S.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS JESSE SHARKEY, PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

AND WE SHOULD CLARIFY TEACHERS ARE IN THE BUILDINGS TODAY AND TOMORROW WE LEARNED FROM C.P.S.

THAT 84.3% OF TEACHERS DID REPORT TODAY.

BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE DISTRICT?

>> YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT TEACHERS BEING BACK.

THE STICKING POINT HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY HIGH SCHOOL REOPENING IS BEING HANDLED.

HAS TO DO WITH SAFETY AND TRUST.

AND YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW THE CITY AND THE MAYOR AND THE SCHOOLS ARE TAKING POSITIONS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.

YOU'VE GOT THE NEW SURGE.

THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT IS DRIVING THAT INCREASE IN TRANSMISSION ARE THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT THERE IS A SERIES OF POLICIES DEALING WITH SCHEDULES, AND A VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS, DEALING WITH THE ABILITY FOR TEACHERS WHO DON'T NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL TO WORK REMOTELY.

THOSE ARE THINGS TO AVOID A CONGREGATE SETTING THOSE ARE THINGS WE THINK WE NEED TO HAVE TO MAKE THIS PLAN MAKE SENSE >> THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAID THAT THE COMMUNITY THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE SEEING THE INCREASE IS 18-29-YEAR-OLDS NOT NECESSARILY THOSE UNDER 18 AND THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT DELAY THAT YOU ARE SEEKING SHOULD BE DONE.

DO YOU DISAGREE WITH THE CITY ON THAT INFORMATION THAT IT'S 18 AND OVER WHERE THEY ARE SEEING THE INCREASE.

>> THAT IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP IS CHARACTERIZED IT'S YOUNG ADULTS AND THAT RESEARCH SHOWS IS THAT YOUNG ADULTS DON'T TEND TO GET AS SICK AND ARE CONFIDENT MOVE AROUND AND HAVE A LOT OF MOBILITY.

WE HAVE HAD TRAGIC CASES LIKE THERE WAS AN 18-YEAR-OLD A JUNIOR WHO DIED TRAGICALLY.

BUT THOSE ARE THE GROUPS THAT ARE OVERCONFIDENT THAT MOVE AROUND AND GO BACK AND BRING COVID BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

I THINK EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AGREE ABOUT THAT ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE VARIANTS SHOWING UP THAT ARE BOTH MORE CONTAGIOUS AND MORE DEADLY.

AND THERE IS A SMALL NUMBER OF THINGS WE COULD BE DOING TO ADDRESS THAT AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE THINGS BEING ADDRESSED THAT WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE REACTING TO.

>> C.P.S.

SAID QUOTE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE COUNTING ON US TO OPEN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS IN ONE WEEK AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH C.T.U.

CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND WE HAVE GENERAL ALIGNMENT ON A SET OF KEY TOPICS INCLUDING SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO KEEP STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE AND SCHEDULING MODELS TAILORED TO EACH SCHOOL.

THE WORDS GENERAL ALIGNMENT WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION?

>> I WOULDN'T.

WE ARE [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY MENTIONED IT.

YOU KNOW THE IDEA IS YOU HAVE TO KEEP FEW ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL SO IT FITS WITHIN THE CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE LARGE SCHOOLS AND KIDS SHOULD BE BACKFIRE DAYS A WEEK.

SCHOOL IS REMOTE ON WEDNESDAYS.

THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU'VE LOT OF KIDS THAT THE SCHOOL TRYING TO EAT LUNCH TOGETHER AND YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY IN A LUNCH ROOM WE HAVE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THE STUDENTS EAT OUTSIDE.

IT'S CHICAGO IT SNOWS IN THE WINTER AND RAINS IN THE SPRING.

SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN THE SPRING AND YOUR PLAN IS HAVING THEM EAT OUTSIDE THAT IS NOT A GOOD PLAN.

WE DON'T THINK THAT LIKE WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON THE SCHEDULING SITUATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.

>> AS THE REOPENING AGREEMENT, SCHOOLS WILL RETURN TO FULLY REMOTE LEARNING IF THE CITY'S AVERAGE POSITIVITY RATE DOES THREE THINGS IT RISES FOR SEVEN DAY, RISES 15% EACH DAY COMPARED TO THE WEEK PRIOR.

OR IS AT 10% OR HIGHER CITYWIDE ON THE SEVENTH DAY.

CHICAGO IS NOW HITTING TWO OF THE THREE METRICS WE ARE BELOW THAT 10% OVERALL THRESHOLD AND THE UNION IS ASKING FOR A WEEK'S DELAY.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH?

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO KNOW OR HAPPEN?

>> WE HOPE TO GET AN AGREEMENT.

IT IS A HEART OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING WE HAVE CONCERNING SET OF MEASUREMENTS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH TRANSMISSION.

ABOUT THE CURRENT SURGE.

THAT UNDERSCORES THE NEED TO HAVE A SAFE SET OF SCHEDULES AND REMOTE WORK.

I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CRAZY EXAMPLE.

IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY STUDENTS ARE LEARNING REMOTELY WEDNESDAYS.

BUT TEACHERS ARE TOLD THEY HAVE TO GO INTO SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO TEACH FROM SCHOOLS TO TEACH REMOTELY.

I THOUGHT THE POINT WAS TO AVOID CONGREGATE SETTINGS.

YOU HAVE CLINICIANS DELIVERING SERVICES REMOTELY.

WE ARE ALLOWING THE DISTRICT TO NOT HAVE STUDENTS IN PERSON TO WORK REMOTELY.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S COMMON SENSE AND THE THING WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET AN AGREEMENT ON.

IF WE CAN GET AN AGREEMENT I THINK THAT IS WHAT ADDRESSES THE QUESTION OF ARE WE DOING AS MUCH AS NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE TROUBLING NUMBERS AND THE SURGE WE'RE SEEING.

>> IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE HIGH SCHOOLERS WERE IN THEIR CLASS BUILDINGS AND ENGAGEMENT CAN BE A CHALLENGE ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLDER STUDENTS IF DELAYING OR RETURNING TO SCHOOL IS DELAYED MUCH LONGER ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING CONTACT WITH MORE STUDENTS?

>> I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK THAT THE QUESTION OF LOSING CONTACT WITH STUDENTS IS AT THE HEART OF WHY WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE CITY AND THE MAYOR TO OFFER VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE AGE ELIGIBLE AND IN ELIGIBLE COMMUNITIES.

WE THINK YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO A STRATEGY FOR BRINGING IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO GET THE VACCINE.

AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IS A HUGE MAJORITY IN OUR WORKING NEIGHBORHOODS PEOPLE ARE VOTING 0 WITH THEIR FEET AND NOT SIGNING UP.

SIGN UP IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS IS IN THE 20s, 70, 80% OF KIDS ARE NOT COMING BACK.

WE NEED THE KIDS BACK.

BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO WINTRUST WITH THE FAMILIES.

AND WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS ARE TEENAGERS.

PUT THEM IN THE SITUATION WE ARE OFFERING VACCINES TO THE 16, 17, 18-YEAR-OLDS AND ALLOW THEM TO BRING IN FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE.

THAT IS LIKE ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT PROPOSALS AND WE THINK IT COULD WORK TO HELP GET SCHOOLS GOING.

WE WANT THE BOARD TO COME UP IN AND THE MAYOR TO COME UP WITH POSITIONS THAT MAKE SENSE.

>> WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS AS YOU CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE.

THANK YOU, JESSE SHARKEY, FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT HOW LOCAL UNIVERSITIES ARE HANDLING COVID-19 VACCINATIONS ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

STICK AROUND.

>> ILLINOIS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HAVE BEGUN ANNOUNCING PLANS FOR THE FALL SEMESTER FOR SOME THIS INVOLVES REQUIRING STUDENTS TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS.

OTHERS PLAN TO HOLD CLASS ON CAMPUS BUT WILL NOT REQUIRE VACCINATIONS AS STUDENTS WRAP UP THE SPRING SEMESTER AND AS THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GRAPPLES WITH A COVID-19 OUTBREAK ON THE HYDE PARK CAMPUS AMID RISING NUMBERS.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE OUTLOOK FOR THREE UNIVERSITIES ARE LUKE FIGORA, VICE-PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

FRANCISCO GAYTAN, ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR STUDENTS SUCCESS AND RETENTION AT NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND ROBERT JONES CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAGNE.

LUKE FIGORA BEFORE WE GET INTO PLANS FOR THE FALL, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE OUTBREAK IN HYDE PARK.

APPARENTLY TIED TO OFF CAMPUS FRAT PARTIES.

WHAT IS THE SITUATION LIKE AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON?

>> I THINK OUR CAMPUS SITUATION IS STABLE.

WE DID OFFER SPRING BREAK FOR OUR STUDENTS.

STUDENTS RETURNED TWO WEEKS AGO.

WE DID SEE A SLIGHT UPTICK UPON THE RETURN BUT SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN STABLE.

WE'LL KEEP RUNNING OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING, TESTING, MASKING PROTOCOLS.

THE CAMPUS FEELS A GOOD BALANCE AND FOCUS ON VACCINATIONS.

>> AND SPRING BREAK, CHANCELLOR JONES YOU OPTED TO NOT HAVE A WEEK OFF FOR SPRING BREAK IT OPTED FOR STUDENT WELLNESS DATES.

SPAIN THAT DECISION AND HOW HAS IT GONE?

>> EXPLAIN THAT DECISION AND HOW IT'S GONE?

CHANCELLOR I THINK YOU ARE ON MUTE THERE.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THE DECISION WAS BASED ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING WE HAD BEEN CONDUCTING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

IT BECAME VERY CONCERNING TO US THAT THE MODELS SHOWED THE MORE YOU ALLOW STUDENTS TO GO AWAY FROM THE CAMPUS TO MOVE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND MOVE AROUND THE STATE THE MORE LIKELY YOU WOULD HAVE AN UPTICK.

IT WAS A DATA-DRIVEN DECISION THAT WAS DONE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND THUS FAR, SINCE JANUARY, UP UNTIL TODAY, I JUST LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS WE HAVE A POSITIVITY RATE THAT IS LESS THAN A 10TH OF A PERCENT.

AND LIKE YESTERDAY WE HAD FIVE POSITIVE CASES.

FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> CONTAINED AND YOU HAVE 20-30,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE ON CAMPUS.

FRANCISCO GAYTAN, NEIU THERE IS A VACCINATION SITE THERE WILL ANY STUDENTS BE ABLE TO BE VACCINATED THERE?

>> YES.

WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH HEARTLAND ALLIANCE OFFERING VACCINATIONS TO PEOPLE THAT GET SERVICES FROM THEM.

AT THE MOMENT WE ARE NOT PROVIDING VACCINATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS.

BUT WE HOPE WE WILL EVENTUALLY PARTNER WITH THEM TO OVER SOME VACCINATIONS TO STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO MANDATE THE VACCINATIONS AT THIS POINT.

>> AND VACCINE MANDATES, CHANCELLOR JONES YOU SAW THAT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY AND OTHER PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES WILL BE MANDATING PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR STUDENTS COMING BACK TO CAMPUS.

UIUC IS A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY, WILL YOU BE MANDATING VACCINATIONS?

>> WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.

WE ARE STUDYING THE ISSUE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, MOST OF THE UNIVERSITIES THAT MADE THIS DECISION ARE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OR IN A CASE THE RUTGERS THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE OF STATE STATUTES THAT GIVES THEM THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR STUDENT BODY WILL BE VACCINATED.

BECAUSE OF THAT, WHERE WE ARE IS HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH IBAG, AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE, WHAT IS PRACTICAL, AND WHAT IS PRUDENT TO DO AS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

WE ARE JUST CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE WE HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION BECAUSE IT IS NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

>> NEW JERSEY STATE LAW WAS CLEAR.

>> LUKE FIGORA WHAT ABOUT NORTHWESTERN A PRIVATE INSTITUTION WILL NORTHWESTERN MAKE THE DECISION TO MANDATE PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR STUDENTS RUSHING TO CAMPUS?

>> WE HAVE NOT MADE A FINAL DECISION AT NORTHWESTERN.

WE FEEL TO MAKE THAT DECISION WE WANT TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE VACCINE ACCESS IS WIDELY AVAILABLE.

WE ARE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

THEY BECAME ELIGIBLE TODAY BUT WE HAD TROUBLE GETTING ACCESS TO STUDENTS.

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IF WE SEE THE PLAN, WE WILL REVISIT THAT DECISION.

>> FRANCISCO GAYTAN AS I UNDERSTAND, ALL OF YOUR INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN HYBRID IN-PERSON AND REMOTE LEARNING, PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FALL SEMESTER LOOK LIKE?

WILL IT BY NORMAL WITH STUDENTS POPULATING THE CAMPUS?

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE RETURN TO NORMAL.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY REMOTE.

ONLY OFFER VIEW CLASSES THAT ARE FACE-TO-FACE.

MOSTLY HYBRID AND THOSE WERE CLASSES LAB CLASSES, PE CLASSES.

OUR PLAN FOR THE FALL IS TO BE FACE-TO-FACE.

WE PLAN TO HAVE AT LEAST 70% OF OUR COURSES MEETING FACE-TO-FACE.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER PROTOCOLS AND SAFETY MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE WHEN WE RETURN TO CAMPUS IN THE FALL.

>> AND CHANCELLOR JONES ONE THINGS DISRUPT SECOND GRADUATION FOR STUDENTS WHEN YOU HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS AT THE CAMPUS MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO PULL OFF.

TELL US HOW YOU ARE DOING GRADUATION THIS YEAR?

>> WE ALL WOULD AGREE THAT GRADUATION DAY IS ONE OF THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS IN THE LIFE OF A COLLEGE STUDENT.

THE DAY THAT YOU GET ACCEPTED TO, THE DAY YOU ARRIVE ON CAMPUS AND THE DAY THAT YOU GRADUATE.

SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO BECAUSE CURRENT GUIDELINES WILL NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE A MASSIVE GRADUATION WITH 10-20,000 PEOPLE IN MEMORIAL STADIUM WE ARE GOING TO DO A HYBRID.

A STAGE CROSSING WHERE WE ARE USING ALL FIVE OF OUR THEATERS WITHIN THE CENTER ASKING OUR STUDENTS FROM 2020 AND 2021 TO REGISTER FOR 15-MINUTE BLOCK TO SHOW UP AT ONE OF THE THEATRE WITH ONE OR TWO OF THEIR RELATIVES AND CROSS THE STAGE, ACCEPT A DIPLOMA AND TAKE A PICTURE SO THEY WILL HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING THEIR NAME BEING CALLED AND RECEIVING A DIPLOMA.

THAT IS WHAT SEEMS TO MATTER MOST FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE AT LEAST THIS HYBRID EXPERIENCE.

>> IT WILL BE A MEMORABLE DAY FOR STUDENTS THAT THEY WILL REMEMBER THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

LUKE FIGORA, AT NORTHWESTERN IS A DIFFICULT SCHOOL TO GET INTO.

IT IS COVETED SCHOOL.

HAVE YOU SEEN ANY ISSUES WITH ENROLLMENT DUE TO COVID?

>> NO.

I THINK THE STUDENTS THE DEMAND FOR NORTHWESTERN EDUCATION STILL REMAINS STRONG.

ENROLLMENT NUMBERS LOOK GOOD.

INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS THERE'S VARIABILITY FOR SOME MASTERS LEVEL PROGRAMS ADULT LEARNER'S.

BUT NOW FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM WE EXPECT TO FILL THE WHOLE CLASS NEXT YEAR.

>> AND ALL THE INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED ARE COVETED PLACES FOR ILLINOIS RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF THE WORLD TO GO.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND SHARING YOUR COVID PLANS WITH US.

THANKS TO LUKE FIGORA, ROBERT JONES AND FRANCISCO GAYTAN.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR SOME OF TODAY'S TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES INCLUDING DETAILS ABOUT THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE"'S FUTURE.

>> MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY MEDLINE INDUSTRIES IS SEEKING A POSSIBLE SALE AND A BLACK-OWNED HUMAN RESOURCES COMPANY IS MAKING A MOVE TO CHICAGO FROM SPAIN.

HERE IS CRAIN'S BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER.

THE SWISS BILLIONAIRE PART OF THE BID TO BUY TRIBUNE PUBLISHING IS CONSIDERING TURNING THE TRIB INTO A NONPROFIT.

WOULD IT BE UNUSUAL?

>> THE BID IS FROM HANSJORG WYSS HE IS ONE OF A COUPLE OF WEALTHY INVESTORS INVOLVED IN TRYING TO BEAT THIS HEDGE FUND AT ITS OWN GAME AND STEAL TRIBUNE PUBLISHING OUT FROM UNDER THEM.

NOW, ONE OF THIS BIDDING PARTNERS IS A MAN NAMED STEWART BANE HAM, A MARYLAND HOTEL MAGNATE HE WANTS TO PEEL OFF THE BALTIMORE SUN AND MEDIA PROPERTIES IN THE PORTFOLIO AND RUN THEM SEPARATELY.

WHAT WEISS WOULD LIKE TO DO IS RESCUE THE TRIBUNE HE IS INTERESTED ACCORDING TO AN INTERVIEW WITH THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL", IN PERHAPS TURNING IT NONPROFIT.

NOW, AS YOU ASK, BRANDIS IT ISN'T ENTIRELY UNPRESS DENTED FOR A MEDIA COMPANY TO BE TURNED INTO A NONPROFIT NOWADAYS.

THERE IS A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF OPERATION NOW.

IT WOULD BE A LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR A DAILY NEWSPAPER TO GO THAT ROUTE.

BUT THE MAIN DIFFERENCE FOR THE TRIBUNE WOULD BE GOING NONPROFIT WOULD ALLEVIATE PROFIT PRESSURE ON THE TRIBUNE AT A TIME WHEN PROFITS ARE TOUGHER AND TOUGHER TO COME BY IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPER BUSINESS.

>> AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS MEDLINE INDUSTRIES IS SEEKING A SALE.

HOW MUCH IS THE COMPANY VALUED AT AND WHY WOULD THIS BE A SIGNIFICANT DEAL?

>> THIS DEAL IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN, POTENTIALLY VALUES MEDLINE AT $30 BILLION.

IT IS A BIG NUMBER.

THE REASON IT IS A BIG DEAL IS THAT THE FAMILY THAT CONTROLS MEDLINE HAS DONE SO SINCE ITS FOUNDING BACK IN THE 1960s.

AND WHILE MEDLINE IS PRIVATE, IT ISN'T SMALL.

THEY HAD 17.5 BILLION IN SALES LAST YEAR.

THEY ARE A LARGE PLAYER IN THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MARKET.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING TO SEE WHETHER GOLDMAN SACHS HIRED BY THE FAMILY TO REVIEW ITS OPTIONS WILL RECOMMEND A COMPLETE SALE AN IPO OR PERHAPS JUST SELLING A MINORITY STAKE TO AN OUTSIDE INVESTOR.

>> AND LASTLY ELEMENTS GLOBAL SERVICES SAYS IT'S MOVING ITS HEADQUARTERS FROM BARCELONA TO CHICAGO?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE CITY?

>> IT MEANS AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY NEEDS A BOOST IN ITS REPUTATION IT'S GOT ONE.

MAYORS ALL OVER THE WORLD LOVE TO PLAY THE HEADQUARTERS ACQUISITION GAME.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE CHICAGO SCORED A BIG WIN AT THAT GAME AND THIS NEWS SHOWS THAT CHICAGO STILL HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO ATTRACT GLOBAL INVESTMENT.

>> ANN DWYER AT CRAIN'S THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE SMOKESTACK DEMOLITION IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

HOW COMMUNITY GROUPS THINK THE CITY HANDLED THE FALLOUT.

>> COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS HIT THE STREETS TO GET RESIDENTS INFORMATION ABOUT COVID VACCINES WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE OUTREACH EFFORTS.

>> AND A DIGITAL EXHIBIT USES PROJECTIONS TO BRING VAN GOGH'S ARTWORK TO LIFE.

WE GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.

>> ILLINOIS PRISON ALSO START PHASING IN A RETURN OF VISITORS STARTING NEXT WEEK.

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ANNOUNCED THE RETURN TO IN-PERSON VISITS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH OF THE LAST YEAR WHEN THE INITIAL SPREAD OF COVID-19 WAS HAPPENING.

A HANDFUL OF FACILITIES WILL START OPENING UP MONDAY FOLLOWED MORE THE FOLLOWING MONDAY UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF MAY WHEN ALL STATE RUN FACILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE OPEN TO VISITORS.

>> A NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CARDIOLOGIST TESTIFIED IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN.

Dr. JONATHAN RICH ECHOED TESTIMONY FROM A LOYOLA PULMONOLOGIST THAT GEORGE FLOYD DIED AS A RESULT OF A LACK OF OXYGEN BECAUSE CHAUVIN KNELT ON HIS NECK.

Dr. RICH REJECTED DEFENSE CLAIMS THAT DPLOID COULD HAVE DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE.

>> THE TRIAL SAW EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY FROM FLOYD'S 39-YEAR-OLD BROTHER.

AND A JUDGE REJECTED A DEFENSE REQUEST TO SEQUESTER THE JURY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEADLY POLICE-INVOLVEDDED SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 20-YEAR-OLD DAUNTE WRIGHT.

AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED MILES AWAY.

>> WELL IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE THE DEMOLITION OF THE SMOKESTACK AT THE CRAWFORD COAL POWER PLANT AND IT CREATED A DUST CLOUD COATING PARTS OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD.

COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE STILL WANTING ANSWERS AND ON TOP OF THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AN E-COMMERCE WAREHOUSE FOR TARGET THAT IS SLATED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA.

AND JOINING US ARE ALDERMAN MIKE RODRIGUEZ WHICH INCLUDES THE WARD THAT INCLUDES THAT COAL PLANT AND KIM WASSERMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION.

WE REACHED OUT TO HILCO DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS FOR A COMMENT AND THEY DID NOT RESPOND.

FIRST, KIM, IN THE LAST YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN FINES LEVIED AGAINST HILCO, PUBLIC REDUKE AND THE DEMOLITION OF THAT FACTORY.

WHAT DO COMMUNITY GROUPS THINK ABOUT THE WAY THE AFTERMATH OF THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN HANDLED?

>> YOU KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN HANDLED WELL AT ALL.

OUR COMMUNITY STILL DOES NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS AROUND WHAT WAS IN THE DUST CLOUD?

HOW DID IT IMPACT US?

WHAT IS IN OUR SOIL A YEAR LATER THAT WE DON'T KNOW?

AND THE FACT IS DEVELOPMENT IS COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE SECOND WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE STATE.

WE HAVE MASSIVE CONCERNS WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO NOT ONLY HAVE THAT LEGACY OF CONTAMINATION THAT WILL IMPACT US BUT GENERATIONS TO COME.

AND ALSO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE THE E-COMMERCE COMING WITH TRUCKS, THAT AIR POLLUTION IS GOING TO TRAVEL INTO OUR COMMUNITY WE CONTINUE TO BE DISGRUNTLED.

>> ALDERMAN RODRIGUEZ HAS THE CITY DONE ENOUGH TO HOLD HILCO TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR?

>> WELL, PARIS, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

THE FACT IS THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY.

I LIVE THREE BLOCKS FROM THE SITE.

AND MY FAMILY WAS IMPACTED.

I'VE GROWN-UP HERE MY NEIGHBORS WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE LACK OF ANY KIND OF UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY BY THIS INSTITUTION.

>> AND I REMEMBER YOU SAID AT THAT TIME THAT YOU FELT YOU WERE MISLED BECAUSE YOU HAD GREEN LIT THE PROJECT BEFORE IT HAPPENED BUT FELT YOU WERE MISLED BY HILCO?

>> THE CITY APPROVED IT AND I PUSHED BACK WHEN THEY DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO.

THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW.

AND THE CITY APPROVED IT.

AND I PUSHED BACK ON THAT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT TELL ME WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.

THAT WAS STRIKE ONE.

MAYBE STRIKE TWO OR THREE AFTER SOMEONE DIED ON THE SITE THERE, A NEIGHBOR OF OURS, HE LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY I VISITED HIS MOTHER A NUMBER OF TIMES AND THE TRAGEDY SHE HAS HAD.

WE HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TRAGEDY OUT OF THIS DEVELOPER.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY COULD DO TO RESTORE THE HARM HERE.

I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF WHAT IS COMING OUT OF HERE AND THAT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON TO TRY TO DO.

HAS THE CITY DONE ENOUGH?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WE HAD AN AIR QUALITY ORDINANCE THAT KIM AND I AGREE WAS NOT ENOUGH.

IT EXCLUDED TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS FROM IT.

THAT'S WHY I VOTED AGAINST IT.

THAT AIR QUALITY ORDINANCE ENDED UP BEING WATERED DOWN BY INDUSTRY AND I'M HERE TO WORK WITH KIM AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD BAD CORPORATE ACTOR AS COUNTABLE.

>> AND TOXINS POSSIBLY FOUND IN THE SOIL.

THE CITY DID AN ANALYSIS AND DID NOT FIND TOXIC BLUETANTS?

ARE YOU SATISFIED WHAT HAS BEEN LEFTOVER IN THE SOIL IN THE GROUND?

>> THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS.

I THINK KIM IS RIGHT.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS.

THE CITY DID HAVE ENCOURAGING FINDINGS AT THE BEGINNING.

BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR AIR QUALITY AND SOIL QUALITY IS SUFFICIENT FOR ALL MY NEIGHBORS.

AND TO BE FORWARD MY FAMILY.

THE FACT IS THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OVER THE LAST YEAR.

WE CREATED A TAX REVOCATION PROCESS TO HOLD BAD ACTORS LIKE HILCO ACCOUNTABLE.

JUST IN THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND MONTHS WE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DIESEL TRUCKS WOULD NOT COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HELD BACK ON THE LAW TO CHANGE THE FACT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD -- WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO HAVE THE BIG DIESEL TRUCKS COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> I WANT TO GET TO THAT BECAUSE THAT RELATES TO WHAT HILCO PLANS TO PUT THEIR.

>> YOU ARE MENTIONING AN E-COMMERCE DISTRIBUTION SITE ON THAT PROPERTY WHY ARE YOU OPPOSED TO IT AND ARE YOU MAKING HEADWAY TO CHANGE WHAT THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE?

>> NO, I THINK THE REALITY IS WE'RE SEEING CONTINUALLY IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE SUBURBS EXPLOITATION OF WAREHOUSE WORKERS.

IN LITTLE VILLAGE THERE ARE FOLKS FIGHTING AGAINST TEMPORARY AGENCIES BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHHOLDING PAY FROM ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING DONE AROUND PROTECTION OF WAREHOUSE WORKERS IN CHICAGO.

WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION FOR TWO YEARS.

FOR TWO YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND OUR ALDERMEN WAITED UNTIL TOO LONG.

>> AND WHAT ABOUT THE DIESEL TRUCKS IS THAT A CHANGE THAT HAPPENED THE SITE WILL NO LONGER HAVE DIESEL TRUCKS COMING TO THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER?

>> WELL, THEY WON'T HAVE DIESEL TRUCKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT AIR POLLUTION DOESN'T STOP AT 33rd STREET IT WILL BE CARRIED THE WAY THE AIR PUSH IT IS.

TARGET HAS A RESPONSIBILITY.

ALDERMAN RODRIGUEZ HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO INSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AIR FILTRATIONS IN THEIR HOME TO KEEP THEM FROM BREATHING IN PARTICULATE MANNER.

AND DEVELOP THE SITE THAT LIFTS UP OUR COMMUNITY THAT DOES NOT EXPLOY OUR KOOTENAY MORE.

AND TARGET DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF SUPPORTING THEIR WAREHOUSE WORKERS AND THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT TO HAVE BUT ARE NOT HAVING.

>> ALDERMAN RODRIGUEZ YOUR RESPONSE TO THE OPPOSITION TO WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THIS SITE?

>> YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT.

I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND ADVOCATES ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT STANCE.

I'M DEALING WITH THE REALITY OF WHAT WAS BESTOWED UPON ME.

THE CITY AND THE PREVIOUS ALDERMEN APPROVED THIS PROJECT THEY APPROVED THE TAX INCENTIVE I WAS AGAINST.

AND -- >> HILCO KEEPS THIS TAX INCENTIVE, CORRECT?

>> THEY PASSED IT ON TO TARGET.

I TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING.

LAST THURSDAY WE SAT DOWN 10 ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND TARGET, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT OUT OF THIS SITE.

AND I'VE GOT A VISION OUT OF WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH HERE.

THOSE LAST MILE FLEETS NEED TO BE ELECTRIC, THERE SHOULD A BE TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT ELECTRIC AND THE JOBS AT THE TARGET ARE FULL-TIME JOBS WITH FULL-TIME BENEFITS AND NOT TEMP JOBS.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TEMP JOBS AND WE WILL BE FIGHTING FOR THAT.

WE NEED THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INVESTED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE A SAFETY PROBLEM HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE NEED INVESTED ORGANIZATIONS NOT JUST PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT.

>> WE HAVE TO FOLLOW HOW THESE NEGOTIATIONS GO.

OUR THANKS TO ALDERMAN MIKE RODRIGUEZ AND KIM WASSERMAN THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS WITH A LOOK AT THE START OF A HOLY PERIOD FOR MUSLIMS.

>> THIS WEEK MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD THEY BEGIN THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN AND FAST FROM DAWN TO SUNSET FOR WORSHIP.

SOME HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS SAY IT IS RELIGIOUSLY PERMITTED TO GET VACCINATED DURING THE FASTING PERIOD.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS RAMADAN, IS Dr. IMRAN QURESHI, HE IS THE PAST PRESIDENT AND CURRENT BOARD MEMBER OF THE ISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA.

AND ALIA BILAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE INNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK.

>> FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE ISLAMIC HOLY MONTH REMIND US US ABOUT RAMADAN AND WHAT IT IS?

>> SURE.

WELL, I THINK YOU STARTED OFF WELL.

RAMADAN FOR MUSLIMS IS A MONTH OF SPIRITUAL DEVOTION.

IT IS A MONTH TO WRAP YOURSELVES IN THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE DIVINE, THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE CREATOR, THE REMEMBRANCE OF HUMANITY AND MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTS OF DEVOTION.

MANY PEOPLE DO THAT FROM FASTING FROM BEFORE DAWN TO RIGHT AFTER SUNSET.

THROUGH EXTRA PRAYERS TO PRAYER DEVOTIONS DURING THE DAY.

EXTRA READING OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE THE QURAN AND THROUGH GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE TIME OF REMEMBRANCE AND A TIME OF CELEBRATION.

>> AND THIS IS ALSO THE SECOND RAMADAN THAT IS TAKING PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

HOW MIGHT THIS ONE LOOK DIFFERENT IN 2021 THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO IN 2020?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY INSTITUTIONS THAT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE HOPES WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE A PRECOVID ERA.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE MORE INSTITUTIONS LIKE OURS THAT ARE DECIDING TO PLAY IT MORE SAFE AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EMPHASIZING THAT PEOPLE KEEP SAFETY AT THE FOREFRONT.

WE ARE HOSTING SMALLER, INTIMATE GATHERINGS WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO BE SPACED OUT THERE WILL BE MORE OF THE VIRTUAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN USED TO THAT WE HOPE WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE PEOPLE.

>> AND Dr. QURESHI FAST SOMETHING A CRUCIAL COMPONENT OF RAMADAN BUT SOME MIGHT BE WORRIED GETTING VACCINATED WOULD BREAK THE RULES.

DOES IT?

>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

AND EXCELLENT QUESTION.

A LOT OF US HAD THAT QUESTION A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THE RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS ARE UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS ABOUT SAYING THAT WHEN YOU ARE GETTING THE SHOT IT IS A SHOT AND IT IS NOT LIKE YOU ARE EATING OR DRINKING ANYTHING OR RECEIVING IV MEDICATION.

SO THE CONSENSUS OPINION IT IS OK TO GET THAT SHOT.

WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE KNOW SOME OF THE VACCINES REQUIRE TWO SHOTS THREE WEEKS APART AND IT WILL PREVENT FROM PEOPLE DELAYING THE VACCINE THEY WILL SAY LET'S WAIT FOUR WEEKS YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST SHOT NOW AND THE SECOND SHOT AND GET VACCINATED SOONER WHICH IS OUR GOAL.

>> THE VACCINE'S DOSE CAUSED REACTIONS TO SOME PEOPLE.

SHOULD SOMEONE NEED TO DRINK WATER OR TAKE MEDICINE OR EAT FOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE FEELING SICK DURING THE HOLY MONTH, HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND SOMEBODY NAVIGATE THAT?

>> THE SAME RULES WOULD APPLY IF SOMEONE WAS CONVENTION ALI SICK OR NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE FAST YOU ARE ALWAYS ALLOWED TO TAKE MEDICATION.

THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO TO COMPLETE THE DAY.

IF YOU ARE FEELING SICK WE KNOW SOMETIMES THAT SECOND DOSE MAY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS.

IT IS ALLOWABLE TO TAKE THE MEDICATION AND BREAK THAT FAST AND YOU CAN MAKEUP THAT FAST LATER.

>> AND MAKEUP THAT FAST LATER, FAST LATER ON EVEN IF THE MONTH IS OVER?

>> ANYTIME ANYONE IS SICK, I SUFFER FROM MIGRAINES EVERY COUPLE YEARS I WILL HAVE A BAD MIGRAINE THAT I CANNOT MAKE IT TO THE EVENING.

I HAVE TO BREAK THE FAST AND SAKE MEDICATION.

AND WHEN RAMADAN IS OVER WE HAVE TIME TO MAKEUP THAT FAST.

>> AND PRESUMABLY IF SOMEONE WERE TO BECOME INFECTED WITH COVID-19 THEY WOULD HAVE TO BREAK FAST?

>> PRESUMABLY, AGAIN IT FOLLOWS THE RULES OF SICKNESS.

IF YOU ARE SICK, ILL WHILE YOU ARE FASTING THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO FAST.

YOU CAN MAKEUP THAT FAST LATER.

ABSOLUTELY IF YOU BECOME INFECTED AND YOU NEED TO BE TAKING IN FLUIDS AND GETTING MEDICATION, ABSOLUTELY YOU DO NOT FAST THAT DAY OR THE DAYS YOU NEED TO RECOVER.

>> ALIA BILAL DO YOU ENCOUNTER PEOPLE HESITANT TO GET VACCINATED?

AND HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERING AS MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE BEEN FLOODING US WANTING TO GET APPOINTMENTS, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DOUBTFUL AND THE REASONS ARE THE SAME REASONS THAT PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE, COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICAL REASONS FOR BEING DISTRUSTFUL AND DOUBTFUL OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY OR THE GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE HAVE THOSE CONCERNS.

SO FOR US AT I AM MAN PART OF OUR FLIGHT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE ARE HAPPY WE ARE REACHING 1500 VACCINATIONS THAT WE HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHILE WE ARE OFFERING THE VACCINATION THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A STAB IN THE ARM THIS IS ABOUT HOLISTIC HEALTH AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE THINKING OF HOLISTIC HEALTH AS THEY ARE GETTING THEMSELVES THROUGH THIS CRISIS.

>> BEST OF LUCK TO YOU BOTH DURING THIS HOLY MONTH AND OUR THANKS TO ALIA BILAL AND Dr. IMRAN QURESHI FOR JOINING US.

>> UP NEXT HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS ARE HITTING THE STREETS TO GET RESIDENTS VACCINATED ON A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON SATURDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT" LAT VOICES WITH UNIVISIONS ALEX HERNANDEZ BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> SINCE THE EARLY STAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINE EDGABILITY CHICAGO'S BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES FOUGHT FOR EQUITABLE.

IT PRIORITIZES VACCINES TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS HIT HARDEST BY THE VIRUS.

NOW, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS ARE LEADING THE CHARGE TO GET THE RESIDENTS VACCINATED.

IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE BACK OF THE YARDS OUTREACH WORKERS ARE TAKING A GROUND UP APPROACH TO REGISTERING RESIDENTS FOR VACCINATIONS BY MEETING THEM IN GROCERY STORES AND THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE VACCINES ARE THE SENIOR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY HEALTH.

AND A YOUTH LEADER WITH INCREASED THE PEACE AND REGIONAL ORGANIZER WITH JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE ALLIANCE.

SHE IS ALSO A BACK OF THE YARDS RESIDENT.

>> YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE INCREASE THE PEACE YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM CAN YOU TELL US WHAT OUTREACH YOU'VE BEEN DOING?

>> YES.

SO THE KIND OF OUTREACH WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS HONEST LOY SO AMAZING.

WE HAVE BEEN MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT.

WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THE BACK OF THE YARDS AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET WHO MAY NOT GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO RECEIVE THEIR VACCINE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO GROCERY STORES, WALKING DOWN 47TH STREET IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING DOWN THE STREET TO MEET PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES AND ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM THE NEEDS AND REGISTER THEM TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.

IN THEIR LOCAL AREAS OR IF THEY ARE NOT FROM AROUND THE SPECIFIC CLINIC WE'RE AT, WE'RE STILL GIVING THEM AS MUCH RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN THEIR AREA CODES.

>> WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE?

WHAT HAS THAT MADE YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT IN THIS WAY?

>> YES.

SO BASED ON MY EXPERIENCES AND THE THINGS I'VE SEEN SO FAR BEING AN AMBASSADOR WITH INCREASE THE PEACE I'VE SEEN THE NEED IN MY COMMUNITY AND THE NEED SPECIFICALLY BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE BEEN HIT THE HARDEST BY COVID.

AND I SEE HOW SOME FOLKS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO E-MAILS.

THEY DON'T HAVE AN E-MAIL OR A PHONE NUMBER.

TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OR WHAT CLINIC TO GO TO FOR THEIR AREA CODE.

AS AN AMBASSADOR WITH THE OTHERS WE'VE BEEN MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.

GOING TO THE GROCERY STORES.

GOING TO THE HEALTH CLINICS WHERE PEOPLE COME TO GET THEIR VACCINE BECAUSE WE KNOW PEOPLE WILL GO THERE TO REGISTER.

WE HAVE BEEN MAKING CALLS TO STREET VENDORS, MAKING CALLS TO OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY LETTING THEM KNOW TO CONTACT THEIR PEOPLE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SPREAD THE NEWS AND THE RESOURCES FOR THAT VACCINE.

>> YOUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING FROM THE BEGINNING TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU ARE HELPING PEOPLE GET VACCINATED?

>> GOOD MORNING.

YES.

SO OUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE TEAM WAS A TEAM HIRED ON FULL-TIME TO BE WORKING WITH THE PANDEMIC IT WAS EDUCATING OUR STAFF TO KNOW WHAT COVID-19 LOOKED LIKE WHAT IT MEANT, WHAT IT CAN APPEAR IN AN INDIVIDUAL TO EDUCATE FOLKS.

SIMILAR WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING AND GOING TO THE RESTAURANTS AND THE GROCERY STORES AND THE COMMUNITY PLACES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE EDUCATION.

BUT WITH THAT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, WE HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE PROTECT CHICAGO PLUS PROGRAM THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY TO HELP INDIVIDUALS GET VACCINATED.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IS WE HAVE A STATIC LOCATION PROVIDING VACCINES AT OUR HARDING LOCATION, OUR MAIN BUILDING AS WELL AS THE ESTHER YOON-JI KANG CLINIC CENTER SO THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING VACCINATIONS MONDAY-SATURDAY TO ALL OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE RESIDENTS.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ARE HOSTING EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP INDIVIDUALS THAT COULDN'T GET AN APPOINTMENT AT ONE OF THOSE CLINICS TO COME OUT ON A SATURDAY AND COULD BE MORE FLEXIBLE FOR THE FOLKS THAT WORK ALL WEEK LONG TO GET THE VACCINE.

>> SPEAKING OF HOW HARD IT HAS BEEN FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET THOSE APPOINTMENTS, HOW IMPORTANT HAS LANGUAGE BEEN TO GET THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY IN THIS OUTREACH?

>> IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

USUALLY THE LANGUAGE AND EVERYTHING THAT IS PUT OUT BY THE CITY OR ENTITIES COMES OUT IN ENGLISH BUT WE HAVE THE BENEFIT THAT OUR RESEARCH NAVIGATORS ARE BILINGUAL AND THEY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OR MODELING CAN RELATE TO OUR INDIVIDUALS AND ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE FAMILIES AND LET THEM KNOW THE EDUCATION VACCINE PORTION AND WE COLLABORATE WITH Dr. SUSAN LOPEZ FROM RUSH AND SHE EDUCATES INDIVIDUALS ON WHAT THE VACCINE IS.

>> MYRA, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE?

ARE THEY EAGER TO GET THE VACCINE?

>> YES.

PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE AND ACTUALLY EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT WHAT IT IS, HOW THEY CAN GET IT AND FROM WHERE.

YOU KNOW, THE AMBASSADORS WITH INCREASE THE PEACE ARE AT THE CLINIC WHERE PEOPLE RECEIVE THEIR VACCINE AND WHEN THEY ARE IN LINE ABOUT TO GET IT, THEY ASK ME HOW WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE VACCINE?

I AM NERVOUS WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS?

WHAT CAN I TAKE TO ALLEVIATE THEM IF I GET THEM?

AND SOME PEOPLE GET EMOTIONAL WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT THE VACCINE.

BECAUSE SOME FAMILIES HAVE BEEN HIT SO HARD HAVE HAD FAMILY PASS AWAY DUE TO COVID AND THEY ARE JUST SO EXCITED AND SOMETIMES GET EMOTIONAL AT THE THOUGHT OF FINALLY GETTING THEIR VACCINE.

>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US TODAY AND FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> A LONG AWAITED IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH MADE ITS WAY TO THE U.S. ANGEL IDOWU GAVE US A TOUR OF THIS ONE OF A KIND DIGITAL EXPERIENCE A FEW MONTHS BAFNLGT HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

INSIDE THE GERMANIA CLUB BUILDING STANDS A NEW EXHIBIT.

ABOUT 40 FEET HIGH AND 150 FEET LONG.

NOW THE IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH EXPERIENCE IS LITERALLY A FEAST FOR THE EYES.

FEEDING YOUR APPETITE WITH VAN GOGH'S GREATEST WORKS.

WITH 90 MILLION PIXILS PROJECTING ON TO 500,000 CUBIC FEET THROUGHOUT THE GALLERY, THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SAYS THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE REIMAGINES WHAT FLASHED BEFORE VAN GOGH'S EYES IN THE FINAL MOMENTS PRIOR TO HIS DEATH.

WITH MORE THAN 400 LICENSED IMAGES VISITORS ARE ABLE TO SEE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL EVERY DETAIL AND BRUSH STROKE THAT WENT INTO PIECES LIKE SUNFLOWERS AND THE BEDROOM.

NOW, THE EXPERIENCE ENTERTAINMENT IS CHOREOGRAPHED TO A SOUNDTRACK CREATED BY LOMBARDI.

IT FEATURES A MIX OF HIS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND WORKINGS FROM OTHER ARTISTS MEANT TO ENHANCE THE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.

[♪♪♪] EACH RUN PLAYS FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES ON A LOOP WITH DIGITAL CIRCLES MARKING THE FLOOR TO ATTENDEES WILL STAY AS LONG AS THEY LIKE WHILE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING.

[♪♪♪] AND WHILE THIS ONE OF A KIND EXPERIENCE GIVES VISITORS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT VAN GOGH'S WORK, HE HOPES IT INSPIRES PEOPLE TO VISIT MORE MUSEUMS AND APPRECIATE ART IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM.

[♪♪♪] FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

[♪♪♪] >> THE NEW IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH EXHIBIT IS OPEN TO VISITORS AT THE GERMANIA CLUB THE IN OLD TOWN THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

>> QUITE AN EXHIBIT I VISITED IT A FEW WEEKS AGO.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. >> IT IS ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO DO.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

FOR STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.