>>> HEY THERE AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT LAYS ONE OF THEIR OWN TO REST.

AND AS THE CITY MOURNS FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS -- SAME THING.

>>> THE DEFENSE TEAM GETS ITS TURN IN THE DEFENSE TRIAL.

>>> LOCAL LEADERS ASK WALMART TO REVERSE ITS DECISION TO CLOSE.

>>> AND HOW ART IS BEING USED AS A TOOL TO HEAL.

>>> NOW FOR OUR TOP STORIES.

>> THE DEFENSE IS UP IN THE CON ED CORRUPTION TRIAL.

FORMER EXECUTIVES AND LOBBYISTS ARE ACCUSED OF -- MICHAEL MADIGAN.

THE DEFENSE HAD PUT A KEY PLAYER ON THE WITNESS STAND.

>> YES, THEY DID PUT SOMEBODY ON THE WITNESS STAND.

ONE OF THE FOUR DEFENDANTS HAD HIS BRIBERY CHARGES.

THE PROSECUTION WILL GET THE CHANCE TO EXAMINE HER.

BUT NOT YET, THOUGH.

>> I AM SURE THAT DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WILL SADDLE UP FOR THAT.

>> SAID SHE WAS AGING HERSELF BY REVEALING THAT SHE WAS REALLY INTO THE 1968 OLYMPICS.

WE OFTEN HEAR TESTIMONY FROM SPRINGFIELD ON LEGISLATION, AND THIS WAS PART OF THAT.

SHE LOOKED AT THE JURY AS SHE TALKED.

UNLIKE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PREVIOUS WITNESSES, DO YOU REMEMBER?

SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD GO OUT TO ASSESS STORM DAMAGE.

SHE SAW HOW HURT THEY WERE BY POWER OUTAGES.

SHE THOUGHT THEY WOULD UPDATE THINGS WHEN THE LEGISLATION PASSED.

AND THE JURY JUST GOT STARTED THIS AFTERNOON, SO WE ARE SURE WE WILL GET INTO IT.

MADIGAN SAYS THAT THEY HAD A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP.

SHE DID TALK ABOUT HOW SHE WAS CLOSE WITH MADIGAN.

THE DEFENDANT SAYS THAT SHE DID NOT FIT IN WITH THE COMPETITIVE CULTURE.

SHE OBSESSIVELY THANKED THEM FOR HELPING WITH PASSED LEGISLATION, AND ON BEHALF OF HER REDHEADED SON WHO WAS NICKNAMED "READ JACK" AND SHE BELIEVED MADIGAN TO BE A CON ED ALLY.

SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE COULD CALL MADIGAN AS SPEAKER TO GET BILLS PASSED.

AGAIN, SHE SAID NO.

>> YOU SAID THERE WAS ANOTHER MAJOR WITNESS.

WHO IS THAT?

>> HE GOT PROMOTED, AND HE WOULD STAND FOR HOURS.

ME TELL YOU.

YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT HE WAS SUBPOENAED ON BEHALF OF THE PROSECUTION.

HE IS STILL A TOP ENERGY EXECUTIVE.

SO THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY THINGS GOT PARTICULARLY TESTY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THEY REALLY TRIED TO GET TO THE JUDGE ABOUT CONVERSATIONS WITH McLEAN.

IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE FBI SET UP A WIRETAP .

DOMINGUEZ TRIED TO PUSH BACK ON PROSECUTORS.

BASICALLY, HE SAID, BE CAREFUL OR YOU WILL REGRET THAT.

ONE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAID THAT THAT IS TANTAMOUNT TO A THREAT.

DOMINGUEZ TOLD THE JURY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HE SAW THAT LOOKED LIKE DRIVING MADIGAN.

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THOUGH, THAT THEY ADMITTED TO DOING JUST THAT.

AND AT MADIGAN'S BEHEST, DOMINGUEZ SAID SEVERAL OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE CON ED PAYROLL GO ALONG WITH THAT.

DOMINGUEZ ALSO SAYS THAT HE HAS WORKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES.

THAT SAID, HE SAID THAT McLEAN WAS A DOUBLE AGENT.

>> WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE THINGS RIGHT NOW?

>> THE TRIAL -- TO BE BACK ON THE STAND.

WE DON'T KNOW YET.

>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

DOMINGUEZ SAID THAT HIS COMPANY IS ADMITTING TO A BRIBERY SCANDAL.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THAT IS INTERESTING.

>>> NOW TO BRANDIS FOR SOME MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

>> THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT LAYS ONE OF ITS OWN TO REST.

MOURNERS GATHERED TO PAY RESPECT TO CHICAGO FIREFIGHTER JOHN, WHO DIED OF A HEART ATTACK WHILE TRYING TO FIGHT A FIRE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

SERVICES FOR PELT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON SERVICES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

>>> FACULTY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HAVE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE.

THE MEMBERS SAY THEY ARE AT AN IMPASSE WITH REGARDS TO WORKING CONDITIONS.

THE SCHOOL HAS SUFFERED A DROP IN ENROLLMENT.

FACULTY AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY VOTED NOT TO STRIKE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER REACHING A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

>>> OFFICER WHO STRUCK THE BOARD PRESIDENT WITH A BATON.

THE PROBE INCLUDED THAT HE DID SO WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION.

>>> AN ENDANGERED BUILDING WITH CULTURAL HERITAGE -- LANDMARK STATUS FOR THE WAREHOUSE AT 206 SOUTH JEFFERSON.

THIS IS THE HOME BASE FOR THE GENRE FOUNDER, AND THEY SAY THEY DON'T INTEND TO TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN.

THE BLACKHAWKS ICON AND CAPTAIN.

>>> TONIGHT WAS HIS LAST GAME IN A UNIFORM.

TOEWS PLAYED FOR THE HAWKS.

>>> UP NEXT IN THE PROGRAM , THE IMPACT OF -- THAT STORY RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> MANY CHICAGOANS ARE SHOCKED THE WALMART ANNOUNCED CLOSURES OF FOUR STORES THIS WEEKEND.

DEMONSTRATORS ARE CALLING ON WALMART TO REVERSE THE CLOSURE AND ARE CALLING ON -- >> ELECTED OFFICIALS, CLERGY AND RESIDENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO -- >> PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT SAYING, WHERE DO I GO FOR MY MEDICINE?

>> THE COMPANY JUST ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS SHUTTERING LOCATIONS.

SHOPPERS AND EMPLOYEES.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY SAYS THAT THEIR ANNUAL LOSSES -- DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED OUTSIDE.

IT WAS CLOSED FOR MONTHS.

>> WE WILL BE HERE.

>> Reporter: THEY ANNOUNCE THE REOPENING OF THE STORES IN 2020.

>> THESE STORES, THERE IS MORE TO THIS EQUATION THEN THE PROPHET.

>> Reporter: STAFFERS SAY THEY HAVE NOT FUNDAMENTALLY IMPROVE THE FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS CHALLENGE.

SHE RAN THE SUBWAY BESIDE THE CHATHAM WALMART FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS.

>> WE NEED TO PUT MORE EFFORT INTO THIS LOCATION.

>> Reporter: THE COMPANY SAYS THAT IT WILL KEEP ITS PHARMACIES OPEN.

AS FOR THE SPACES THEY ARE PULLING OUT OF, THEY WILL TRANSFER THEM TO OTHER STORES DID >> IF WALMART DOESN'T INVEST IN THE PEOPLE HERE -- >> THERE IS ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION PLANT OUTSIDE THE WALMART IN -- >>> COMING UP, FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURES OF WALMART AND WHOLE FOODS, OUR FOOD DESERTS STRUGGLING TO FIND GROCERIES?

>>> BUT FIRST, FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF TWO FIREFIGHTERS, WHAT IS BEING DONE TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS?

STAY WITH US.

>>> WE HEARD EARLIER ABOUT FIRE LIEUTENANT WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

THIS HAS TAKEN A HUGE TOLL ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO FIRST RESPONDERS.

DR. STEINER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

SO THREE IN 10 FIRST RESPONDERS SUFFER FROM SOME SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE.

>> SOME OF THE POPULATION WILL HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.

BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TRAUMA, WHICH INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WILL SUFFER.

>> WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW ?

FOR INSTANCE, HOW THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH THE LOSS OF TWO COLLEAGUES.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS, EAP?

>> EAP IS AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

SOMETIMES FIRST RESPONDERS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING INTO -- COME BACK.

THERE ARE WORRIES THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO ANY CLINICIAN THAT THEY WANT TO.

THEY USUALLY FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND.

>> PERHAPS THERE IS SOME SORT OF STIGMA, TO AS TO WHETHER YOU HAVE IT TOGETHER, CORRECT?

>> YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO A BURNING BUILDING OR SEEING DEAD PEOPLE.

IF YOU SEEM TOO EMOTIONAL, THAT CAN SOMETIMES BRING INTO QUESTION YOUR STABILITY.

>> THIS IS YOUR PRACTICE.

YOU GO ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WAS IT LIKE?

>> I THINK WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO DO IS JUST GET DOWN TO SOME THINGS THAT DO EXPOSE MORE TRAUMA BECAUSE OF THAT.

IT IS POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, PTSD ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE WANT FIREFIGHTERS OR POLICE OFFICERS TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GOING OUT TO FIND RESOURCES TELL, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY -- THEY SAY SOMETHING LIKE I FEEL LIKE I AM HURTING MYSELF AND I DIDN'T CARE.

THEY ARE WORRIED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ADMITTED.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO REALIZE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT AND NEED TO ADDRESS.

USUALLY FOLKS ARE QUITE RESILIENT AND GOOD AT PROCESSING THOSE THINGS.

THEY ARE NOT DOING THOSE THINGS.

>> SO THEY NEED MORE MENTAL-HEALTH HELP FOR OFFICERS.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MORE HELP FOR THE DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE?

>> I THINK IT IS ABOUT BRINGING BACK THE DAY TO DAY FUNCTIONING AND LITTLE EXERCISES.

IT IS ABOUT PROCESSING THESE TRAUMAS AND HAVING IT BE SOMETHING ESSENTIAL, RATHER THAN HAVING IT TO BE WHERE SEEKING HELP IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA.

SO I THINK THE GOAL IS TO BRING WELLNESS AND FUNCTIONING IN RATHER THAN WAITING TO GO TO THE CLINICIAN.

>> DR. CARRIE STEINER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> THERE IS MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT JUST AHEAD, SO PLEASE STICK AROUND.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A CENTURY, CHICAGO WILL HAVE -- MAYOR ELECT BRANDON JOHNSON -- AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT IS ONE OF MANY AREAS IN CHICAGO REFERRED TO AS A FOOD DESERT.

WE WENT TO THE RESTAURANT TO SIT DOWN FOR AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION THAT WE WILL BROADCAST TOMORROW.

>> WE HAVE BEEN PREVIEWING THIS SHIFT FOR SOME TIME.

WHAT I AM VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO IS WORKING WITH SOME BUSINESSES TO FILL THE HOLES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT IF POSSIBLE.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE.

REMEMBER THAT THEY DID THE SAME THING.

THE ISSUE IS FRESH FOODS.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN EMBRACE IT.

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS PART OF CHICAGO.

>> BE SURE TO WATCH OUR FULL INTERVIEW WITH JOHNSON TOMORROW AS PART OF THE SERIES.

PLUS HE GIVES US A TOUR OF HIS FAVORITE SPOTS.

>>> A LOCAL ART STUDENT IS USING HER ARTWORK TO EXPLORE.

IT IS A CONCEPT FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING ABOUT USING ART AS A TOOL TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> MY PARENTS AND I DIDN'T GROW UP WITH A LOT OF MONEY.

GLASS, COLORED IMAGERY, THAT BECAME THE VISUAL OF IT.

I WANTED TO MAKE MY PARENTS PROUD >> SHE WENT THROUGH A DRAMATIC CHANGE DURING HER TEENAGE YEARS.

>> IT IS REALLY HARD TO LISTEN TO.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MOM THOUGHT I WAS POSSESSED WITH SOMETHING.

WE KIND OF THOUGHT OF FAMILY WAS POSSESSED BY -- IT WAS HARD TO WATCH MY MOM OR FAMILY IN GENERAL GO THROUGH THIS.

>> THE MADNESS SHE DESCRIBED WAS SOON FEELING LIKE A BREAKING POINT.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS A DEMON IN YOU.

THE CATALYST WAS -- SHE FELT LIKE SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE CLEANSED IN HER.

SHE FELT LIKE IT WAS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.

>> SHE WOULD USE IT AS A TOOL TO BOTH HEAL AND FORGIVE.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THE LINE IS VERY REOCCURRING.

WE KIND OF USE THAT AS A SIMPLE -- BUT ALSO -- >> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO SELF-PORTRAITS , SHE ALSO DID OTHER KINDS OF WORK.

>> IT HELPED ME TO RECONNECT WITH THAT HISTORY.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HELP ME CONNECT.

>> Reporter: PATINA SAID THAT HER JOHNNY HELPED HER TO IDENTIFY -- >> I FELT A LITTLE BIT OF SADNESS IN THEM.

I FELT HOPEFUL.

THERE IS ONE WHERE I FEEL SADNESS BUT ALSO HAPPINESS FOR THEM.

I FEEL LIKE IT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH, BUT I ALSO FEEL HAPPY BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE I AM NOW.

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING MORE OF HER SELF-PORTRAITS, YOU CAN SEE THEM AT THE SCHOOL OF ART INSTITUTE.

>>> AND WE ARE BACK WITH A LOOK AT WHAT IS ON TAP FOR TOMORROW AFTER THIS.

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

DON'T FORGET TO STAY CONNECTED WITH US AT CHICAGO TONIGHT ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE.

>> PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 FOR THE WEEK IN REVIEW.

ON THE SHOW, AS WE MENTIONED, MAYOR ELECT BRANDON JOHNSON SHOWS US AROUND AS PART OF OUR SPECIAL.

>>> THE GREAT RESIGNATION HITS THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

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