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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE FAMILY.

>> BODY-CAM FOOTAGE OF THE POLICE INVOLVED DEATH OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW AND THAT AND MUCH MORE IS THE FOCUS OF OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA CHOSE TO BUILD THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CENTER HERE.

>> WORK IS GETTING STARTED AT THE SITE OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER BUT A LAWSUIT AIMS TO BRING THE CONSTRUCTION TO A HALT.

>> ACCOUNTABILITY OVER THE OPERATIONS OF SCHOOLS.

>> AS BILLS TO CHANGE THE C.P.S.

SCHOOL BOARD FLIES PAST IN SPRINGFIELD WE TALK TO C.P.S.

PARENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE.

>> USING FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE CITY'S DEBT AND WHY THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH SOME ALDERMEN.

AN INITIATIVE URGES DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN CITIES AND URGES CITIZENS TO GET IN THE GAME.

>> A GREAT WAY FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT BUT IT'S MADE THE BUSINESS DIFFICULT TO RUN.

>> THE PANDEMIC LED TO A SURGE IN DEMAND OF CORRUGATED MATERIALS IN THE AREA.

>> AND HOW A CHICAGO ARTIST IS TURNING DIGITAL ART INTO A SCULPTURE.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

BODY-CAM VIDEO SHOWING THE FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

C.O.P.A.

WILL ALSO RELEASE OTHER MATERIAL AND THAT INCLUDES THIRD PARTY VIDEO, SHOT SPOTTERS RECORDINGS AND INCIDENT AND ARREST REPORTS.

TOLEDO'S FAMILY REVIEWED THE VIDEO AND ASKED FOR A DELAY IN THE RELEASE.

C.P.D.

IS BEEFING UP POLICING IN THE CITY.

AND ILLINOIS HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 3500 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS WITH 31 ADDITIONAL DEATHS THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL UNDER 1.29 MILLION WITH 21,570 DEATHS.

THE POSITIVITY RATE IS 5% AND THE STATE ANNOUNCES 138,000 VACCINE DOSES ADMINISTERED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER BELIEVES ARE SIGNS THAT THE LATEST SURGE IS PLATEAUING.

>> WE HAVE SEEN A BEGINNING OF MAYBE A LESSENING OF THE RISE OF CASES.

I DON'T WANT TO PREDICT ANYTHING BECAUSE THIS VIRUS IS UNPREDICTABLE.

BUT AAT LEAST IN THE SHORT-TERM THAT SEEMS TO BE GOOD NEWS.

>> A PAUSE ON GIVING OUT THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE WILL GO ON FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

HALF A FEDERAL ADVISORY PANEL SAYS IT NEEDS MORE TIME TO GATHER INFORMATION BEFORE A VOTE ON WHETHER TO USE THAT VACCINE AGAIN.

THE CDC RECOMMENDED A PAUSE YESTERDAY AFTER SIX REPORTED CASES OF BLOOD CLOTTING IN THE BRAIN OUT OF AROUND SEVEN MILLION JOHNSON & JOHNSON RECIPIENTS.

ALL CHICAGO AREA PROVIDERS JOINED IN THE PAUSE SWITCH AGO POINTMENTS TO THE TWO-SHOT MODERNA OR PFIZER VACCINES INSTEAD.

>> IT WAS 2016 WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND MICHELLE OBAMA CHOSE JACKSON PARK AS THE FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER.

CONSTRUCTION IS GETTING STARTED BUT LEGAL ACTION COULD PUT IT TO A STOP.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW.

AMANDA IS IT FINALLY ALL THINGS GO HERE AFTER LEGAL DELAYS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ASKING FOR SOME GIVE-BACKS HERE?

>> IT'S BEEN ALL THAT AND WE SAW VARIOUS GRAPHS OF WHAT THE BUILDING AND FACILITIES WOULD LOOK LIKE THINGS ARE GETTING STARTED.

STILL IT IS PREMATURE TO CALL IT A GROUNDBREAKING.

SOME GROUND IS BEING BROKEN AT JACKSON PARK AND ROADWORK IS BEGINNING AS WELL.

ROADWORK IS THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WILL TRY TO SPREAD OUT OVER THE YEARS TO -- IT'S GOING TO BE INCONVENIENT SO THE INCONVENIENCE IS LESSENED.

STILL THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT SORT OF WORK NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE A TRUE GROUNDBREAKING.

>> THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL VERY SOON BEGIN OUR UTILITY WORK BETWEEN MIDWAY AND HAYES, TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE EXISTING AND FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENTS BUT, OF COURSE, THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS SHE KNOWS THE OBAMAS HAVE A LOT OF SUITERS WHEN THEY WERE FIGURING OUT WHEN FIGURING OUT WHERE TO BUILD THE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER THEY CHOSE TO LOCATE IT IN AND NEAR COMMUNITIES SUBJECT TO DISINVESTMENT FOR TOO LONG SOMETHING THAT THE CENTER AND THE CITY ARE GOING TO CHANGE.

>> OVER THE COURSE OF THIS LONG TORE TROWS YEAR WE HAVE DEALT WITH CHALLENGES THAT STYMY THE SUCCESS OF OUR RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE.

TO ELIMINATE THE FAULT LINES IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT OUR COVID RECOVERY IS EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND ABOVE ALL ELSE INCLUSIVE OF ALL RESIDENTS.

>> THOSE GOALS ECHOED AS WELL BY A FRIEND OF THE OBAMAS AND CHAIR OF THE OBAMA FOUNDATION, MARTY NESBITT.

>> THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA CHOSE TO BUILD THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CENTER HERE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IT COULD BE A CATALYST THAT CREATES TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY THE SORT OF INVESTMENT THEY ENVISIONED.

>> WHILE THERE ARE DIG TAKINGS WERE ON HAND FOR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR, NOW THIS, DESPITE THE EVENT POPPING UP ON BOTH THE MAYOR AND PRITZKER'S SCHEDULE ONLY AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF BEFORE IT WAS GOING TO BEGIN.

AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT, GROUPS CRITICAL OF THE OBAMA CENTER WERE OUT WITH CRITICISM OF THE OFFICIAL LAUDER TO STATEMENT.

YOU HAD JACKSON PARK WATCH SAYING THE OPC IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN JACKSON PARK.

SIMILAR TO PUTTING A DISNEYLAND THERE AND IT SERVES NO COMPELLING PUBLIC INTEREST GIVEN THE MAJOR SOCIAL DISRUPTION TO THE WOODLAWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND BY THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAD A NEW LAWSUIT FILED TO STOP ANY PROGRESS OR WORK AT THE SITE.

GROUPS INCLUDING PROTECT OUR PARKS FILED THE SUIT IN FEDERAL COURT.

THEY HAVE TRIED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION BEFORE TO MOVE THE OBAMA CENTER OUT OF THE HISTORIC PARK.

BUT THUS FAR TO NO TRUE AVAIL NOW THEY ARE TRYING AGAIN.

THIS SUIT ALLEGES THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO FROM THE ONSET WAS FOUR-SQUARE BEHIND THE OBAMA FOUNDATION AND GAVE UP WHOLESALE DELEGATION OF DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY THUS THE RESULT OF THE CITY'S CURSORY REVIEW PROCESS WERE FOREORDAINED FROM THE ONSET.

AND ALL THE FEDERAL REVIEW HAS NOT MET MUSTER TO FEDERAL LAW.

TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND INTERVIEW PROTECT OUR PARKS BUT GOT NO RESPONSE.

THEIR CONCERNS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE.

THERE ARE FEARS THAT THE OBAMA CENTER COULD BRING WITH IT SOARING HOUSING PRICES, SUCH THAT CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD PAYING THEIR RENTS OR MORTGAGE, LIVING NEARBY.

PRESERVATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BILL EAGER HAS WITH THE HELP OF CITY AND STATE FUNDING HELPED ACQUIRED PROPERTIES THAT HE SAYS ARE GOING TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

EVEN WHEN AS HE PREDICTS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THE CENTER SPURS INTEREST IN THE SURROUNDING WOODLAWN NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> IT WILL FOCUS PEOPLE ON WOODLAWN IN A WAY THAT I THINK MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE IN WOODLAWN IT'S PRETTY ASTONISHING.

IT IS A LAKEFRONT COMMUNITY.

IT HAS INCREDIBLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACCESS, VEHICULAR ACCESS.

IT HAS NICE ARCHITECTURE.

>> HE SAYS THIS WORK OF SECURING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IS MORE URGENT THAN EVER.

AND SAYS THERE ARE SOME PROSPECTS IN THE PIPELINE COULD BE COMING SOON.

BACKERS OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER HAVE BIG DREAMS FOR IT AND THE AREA.

>> MORE INVESTMENT AND MORE JOBS WILL COME WHEN WE BRING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER, THAT HELPS CELEBRATE THIS COMMUNITY WE LOVE BUT IT ALSO STRENGTHENS THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

WHEN PEOPLE START AT THE CENTER THEY CAN GET A CUP OF COFFEE AT THE CURRENCY EXCHANGE TRY THE COOKIES AT GIVE ME SOME SUGAR BAKERY OR SOAK UP AND AFTERNOON OF CULTURE AT THE DuSABLE MUSEUM.

>> NOW, WITH ALL OF THIS BUILDUP FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING, YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID WELL THERE IS A PRETTY GLARING ABSENCE.

WHERE ARE THE OBAMAS?

NESBITT SAYS THEY WILL BE ON-SITE AND ON SCENE IN THE FUTURE.

>> THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY WILL BE PRESENT.

THEY WILL SPEND TIME HERE AT THE CENTER.

THEY WILL BE HERE FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING.

AND THEY WILL BE HERE WELL INTO THE FUTURE AS THE CENTER EXECUTES ITS PLAN TO HELP AND STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE >> NOW, BARRING SUCCESS FOR THAT JUST FILED FEDERAL LAWSUIT THAT REAL GROUNDBREAKING IS SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW FOR FALL.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> I GET THE SENSE THERE'S GOING TO BE PUSHBACK UNTIL THE FINAL BRICK IS LAID ON THE BUILDING.

AND NOW ON TO BRANDIS AND THE DEBATE OVER AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

>> A BILL THAT WOULD CREATE A-21 MEMBER ELECTED BOARD ADVANCES IN SPRINGFIELD BUT SOME LAWMAKERS ARE NOT FULLY SOLD YET.

THAT BILL WOULD DIVIDE CHICAGO INTO 20 DISTRICTS EACH WOULD VOTE FOR A REPRESENTATIVE PLUS A CITYWIDE ELECTED POST TO OVERSEE THE BOARD.

THAT APPEARS HEADED FOR CHANGES BASED ON CONCERNS RAISED BY LAWMAKERS AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE STRUCTURE RED C.P.S.

PARENTS, CLAIBORNE WADE WHO FAVORS AN ALL ELECTED BOARD AND DUANE DAVIS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MEMBERS APPOINTED AND SOME ELECTED.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IN TODAY'S HEARING OFFICIALS SAID MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SUPPORTS CHANGING THE C.P.S.

BOARD THOUGH SHE DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL WITH 21 BOARD MEMBERS.

AND CHICAGO'S DEPUTY MAYOR FOR EDUCATION TOUTED THE GAINS C.P.S.

MADE IN EDUCATING ITS STUDENTS AND THE ROLE MAYORS HAVE HAVE PLAYED.

>> THE GAINS HAVE BEEN REALIZED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE PERSON IN THE MAYOR'S SEAT WAS HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

COVID HOLDS THESE GAINS IN THE BALANCE.

THIS IS A TIME TO PROGRESS THE PROGRESS AND THE STABILITY OF THE DISTRICT AND FOCUS ON REOPENING, TIME TO FOCUS ON RECOVERING OUR STUDENTS UNFINISHED LEARNING.

>> CLAIBORNE WADE, I THINK WE HAVE THE TWO OF YOU SWAPPED.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ALL ELECTED BOARD WITHOUT ANY MAYORAL APPOINTEES.

TELL US WHY?

>> WELL, I THINK WHEN WE HAVE ALL ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD, THEY GIVE THE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR SAY SO IN IT.

AS WELL AS OUR PARENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF HOW ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE.

>> SO YOU THINK AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD AND ALL ELECTED BOARD ALLOWS MORE PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE HOW THE DISTRICT IS GOVERNED?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LSC STRUCTURE AND THAT GUARANTEES A SEAT FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL LEADERS AND PARENTS.

AS WELL AS WE WILL FOCUS ON HOW OUR KIDS ARE EDUCATED.

>> AND DWAIN, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A HYBRID BOARD WHERE SOME MEMBERS ARE ELECTED AND SOME APPOINTED.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GO?

>> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE PARENTS HERE ADVOCATING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR YOUTH IN OUR CITY.

I THINK THE HYBRID BOARD MODEL ONE IN THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO WITH IT ALWAYS HAVING AN APPOINTED BOARD, THAT PART OF HAVING THE APPOINTMENTS IS PART OF THE WAY YOU CAN HOLD THE MAYOR ACCOUNTABLE FOR RUNNING AS A PERSON THAT SUPPORTS EDUCATION.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID THERE IS NEVER AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT SAID THEY ARE AGAINST EDUCATION.

SO I THINK THAT APPOINTED PORTION JUST GUARANTEES A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE MAYOR.

AND THE ELECTED PORTION THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE AGREE WE NEED GUARANTEES THAT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND THE WAY THAT CAMPAIGNS ARE FINANCED IN OUR CITY AND OUR STATE AND FEDERALLY LIKE THOSE RULES NEED TO CHANGE TO ALLOW PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR A SLOT.

TO ALLOW TEACHERS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RUN FOR THOSE SPOTS BECAUSE NORMALLY WE THINK ABOUT DEMOCRACY AS A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE ACCESS BUT THAT ACCESS LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONEY TO RUN.

AND WE WANT PEOPLE OF MODEST MEANS TO REPRESENT OUR KIDS AND HAVE OUR KIDS TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPUTY CHIEF OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TESTIFIED TODAY.

AND CAUTIONED THAT AN ELECTED BOARD DOES NOT NECESSARILY COME WITH GUARANTEES.

HERE IS SOME OF WHAT HE SAID.

>> LA HAS THE LARGEST ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE ARE NO PARENTS ON THEIR BOARD.

AN ELECTION DOES NOT GUARANTEE EQUITY IN THE REPRESENTATION.

IT COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHICH FOR MOST OF OUR PARENTS MINE I KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION OF SPECIAL INTERESTS AND WHO IS FUNDING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS AND FOR WHAT REASON?

>> AND CLAIBORNE WADE SHOULD THERE BE LIMITS ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS OR PUBLIC FINANCING?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM EVER SINCE ALL 31 YEARS OF MY LIFE.

AND PROBABLY BEFORE THAT.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT IS THE REASON I SUPPORT THE LSC MODEL BECAUSE IT CAPS THE FUNDING ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION.

AND BY THE WAY, GOOD PARENTS WITH GOOD IDEAS IS GUARANTEED TO BE ELECTED TO THE BOARD.

>> AND JUST SO VIEWERS UNDERSTAND CLARIFY THE LOCAL SCHOOL COUPLES ARE ELECTED WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND TELL US HOW THAT MODEL WOULD APPLY TO THIS ELECTION?

>> AS I SAID, IT WILL GUARANTEE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, TEACHER LEADERS, PARENTS AND THE BY LAUS AND CRUELS, IT A CAP ON IT OR A LITTLE AT ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO RAISE MONEY TO RUN FOR THE SEATS ON YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL.

>> AND HOW CAN YOU INSURE THAT PARENTS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD?

IF A BOARD IS OPEN TO ELECTIONS?

>> YEAH, I THINK THIS IS WHERE WRITING GOOD LEGISLATION CAN PUT THEM FENCES AROUND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND WHAT GETS VOTED ON AND ENACTED INTO LAW.

TO GO ON CLAY BORN'S POINT IF WE HAVE TO HAVE PARENTS REPRESENT US, PART OF THE PETITION PROCESS TO PARTICIPATE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO VERIFY THAT YOU ARE A PARENT OF A C.P.S.

STUDENT THAT IS ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

AND THE OTHER WAY, AND I THANK YOU FOR PLAYING DEPUTY'S COMMENTS, HE TALKED ABOUT DEPUTY MAYOR SYBIL MADISON TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE BOARD REPRESENTS THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND C.P.S.

87% OF KIDS THAT GO TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE BROWN OR BROWN.

-- BLACK OR BROWN.

AND SOME OF THE MODELS THAT YOU SEE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES NOT REFLECT THE CONSTITUENCY OF THE FAMILIES THAT SEND THEIR KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT STATE LAWMAKERS WHO ARE CRAFTING THE BILLS ARE THEY GETTING ENOUGH INPUT FROM PARENTS?

>> NO.

I WASN'T AT THE TABLE.

PARENTS THAT I'VE TALKED THEY WERE NOT AT THE TABLE.

SO I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT COMING TO THE TABLE ABOUT THE BILL THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER.

AND THAT DOES NOT REFLECT ANYTHING THAT THE PARENTS THAT I'VE TALKED TO THEY DO NOT AGREE WITH THE BILL AT ALL.

>> AND DO YOU EXPECT THAT WE WILL SEE SOME LEGISLATION ON EITHER A HYBRID OR FULLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD PASS THIS SPRING?

>> I BELIEVE SO.

I BELIEVE OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT CHICAGO'S MAYOR WILL PUT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE AS WELL.

AND AS CHICAGO POLITICS AND STATE-WIDE POLITICS GO, THERE WILL BE HORSE TRADING AND COMPROMISE BUT I EXPECT TO SEE MOVEMENT.

THE TIME IS NOW TO MAKE A CHANGE IN WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN OUR CITY AND THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT GAINS.

BUT IT'S TIME TO CHANGE HOW WE DO OUR SCHOOL BOARD IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> ONE THAT WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED.

THANKS TO DWAIN AND CLAIBORNE WADE FOR JOINING US.

>> UP NEXT, A NEW INITIATIVE AIMED AT BOOSTING DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES IN A CONVERSATION FROM SUNDAY'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

>> IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A DRIVE DOWN HALSTED STREET FROM LAKEVIEW AND LINCOLN PARK TO ENGLEWOOD IN ROSELAND IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS HOW THE STREET GOES FROM STORE FRONTS ON THE NORTH TO VACANT STOREFRONTS IN THE SOUTH.

A PATTERN OF DISINVESTMENT AND RACISM.

A GROUP OF BLACK BUSINESS LEADERS IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT THEY SEEK TO BOOST DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES LONG IGNORED BY BIG COMMUNITIES AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE OF COLOR TO GET IN THE GAME.

JOINING US ARE TWO MEMBERS OF THAT GRAHAM GRADY.

IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE Mr. GRADY IS A MEMBER OF THE WTTW BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AND LEONE WALKER MANAGING PARTNER OF DL3 REALTY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

LEONE LET'S START WITH YOU, IN CHICAGO THE NUMBER OF BLACK AND LATINO PEOPLE COMBINED WELL OUTNUMBER THE NUMBER OF WHITE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHICH STATISTICALLY MAKES WHITE PEOPLE THE MINORITY.

WHY IS THERE SUCH A DISPARITY IN THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WORLD?

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS A TOPIC THAT IS LONG OVERDUE.

FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED MOSTLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AND CONSTRUCTION PARTICIPATION.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE PARTICIPATION GOES 26, 26% BEING MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES THAT ARE BLACK.

AND THOSE ARE LAUDABLE GOALS.

THOSE ARE GREAT OBJECTIVES.

NOT OFTEN MET BUT THEY ARE STILL VERY ASPIRATIONAL AND GOOD AND WE NEED TO SEE MORE EQUITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION SPACE WHAT.

WE ARE FOCUSED ON AS A DEVELOPER WHO HAS APPLIED THE TRADE AND PRACTITIONER IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES, YOU KNOW IT'S ON GETTING MORE PARTICIPATION FROM ENTREPRENEURS OF HIGH CAPACITY AND HIGH POTENTIAL FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER IS WHAT CONTROLS THE ENTIRE BUDGET NOT JUST THE HARD COSTS WHICH ARE TARGETED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PART OF THE BUDGET BUT THE SOFT COSTS THE LAND ACQUISITION AND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS.

A DEVELOPER IS A PIVOTAL KEY INDIVIDUAL BERM IN THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT EQUATION.

>> AND GRAHAM GRADY WHAT IS KEEPING EMERGING DEVELOPERS FROM BREAKING THROUGH?

>> AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC HERE IN CHICAGO.

PART OF WHAT IS KEEPING THE BREAKTHROUGH FROM OCCURRING, ONE HAS TO DO WITH EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS A PERSONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

SECONDLY WOULD BE A TRACK RECORD IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE ON INCREASINGLY LARGE JOBS.

THE THIRD AREA THAT PEOPLE REFER TO IN TERMS OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE.

WE HELP PEOPLE WITH GREAT EDUCATION, TALENT, AND KNOW HOW BUT UNTIL YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS TO GROW AND SCALE IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET INTO THE LARGER PROJECTS.

AND IT BREAKS DOWN SORT OF INTO TWO AREAS ONE IS FOCUSING ON A NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT.

BUT THE OTHER PART HAS TO DO WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.

THE REDEVELOPMENT OF FULTON MARKET, THE BIG PROJECTS LIKE THE 78 AND LINCOLN YARDS WE NEED TO HAVE ACCESS THERE AS WELL AND TAP INTO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WHICH EXIST AND TO DEVELOP PEOPLE COULD CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN THOSE AREAS TO GROW THIS SECTOR.

>> DPRAM, WHAT MIGHT BE THE TYPICAL PATHWAY TO BECOMING A DEVELOPER WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

THERE COULD BE MANY WAYS TO GET THERE BASICALLY?

>> IT'S INTERESTING YOU MENTION THIS.

IT IS A MENTOR-MENTEE SITUATION.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND OF ANY OF THE BIG DEVELOPERS THEY ALL HAVE A UNIQUE PATH.

THEY'VE ALL BEEN MENTORED BY ONE OR MORE PERSONS AND THERE IS ALWAYS A RICH UNCLE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT HAS CAPITAL OR A LOT OF LAND.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE ARE REAL CHALLENGES FOR PEOPLE COMING FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

BUT THAT REALLY IS THE BIG PART OF IT.

IT'S THE MENTORSHIP THE ONE-ON-ONE RELATIONSHIP AND THE EXPERIENCE WHICH TAKES TIME AND PROJECT AFTER PROJECT TO DEVELOP THE EXPERTISE TO GROW TO BE A REAL DEVELOPER.

>> AND LEONE WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE BUSINESS CASE FOR INCREASING DIVERSITY IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOP MANY?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST TO ADD-ON TO GRAHAM'S COMMENTS, MOST OF OUR DEVELOPERS OF COLOR ARE CONCENTRATED IN AREAS WHICH ARE CHALLENGED DEMOGRAPHICLY AND ECONOMICALLY.

AND SO EVEN LAUNCHING OR SCALING PROJECTS IN WHAT ARE ARE NOW THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS WHICH ARE ALSO AN IDEA THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND CITY IS PUSHING NOW BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING FOCUS AND ENERGY AND USING THE ASSETS OF THE CITY TO PROPEL DEVELOPERS OF COLOR INTO PROJECTS.

BUT NORMALLY, WITHOUT THAT INTENTIONALITY, YOU HAVE THE SITUATION THAT FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT ARE IN AREAS WHERE BANKS ARE SHYING AWAY FROM APPRAISALS ARE NOT AS STRONG AND TENANTS ARE NOT AS READILY AVAILABLE.

YOU HAVE A CONTEXT IN WHICH WE ARE ETRYING TO RAISE UP DEVELOPERS OF COLOR AND WE CANNOT FOCUS ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE TO HAVE A TWO-FISTED APPROACH THE DOWNTOWN AND THE MAJOR MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND THE EMERGING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES.

SO NOW WE ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE AND BE A RESOURCE AND REFERRAL FOR THOSE DEVELOPERS OF COLOR THAT ARE RISING UP AND WANTING TO TACKLE LARGER AND LARGER COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AND THAT IS WHERE COMMITTEE EMERGING DEVELOPER INITIATIVE.

>> HOW DO YOU INSURE YOU ARE BOOSTING DIVERSITY AND THAT IS ALLOWING FOR DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THOSE COMMUNITIES VERSUS GENTRIFICATION IN THOSE COMMUNITIES?

>> WELL, AGAIN, TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.

DEVELOPMENT OBVIOUSLY MEANS CHANGE BUT THAT CHANGE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THERE HAS TO BE GENTRIFICATION.

WHEN I SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITIES WE ARE INVOLVED IN WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST ABOUT THINGS ARE CHANGING AND CHANGE MEANING THAT WILL BE INVESTMENT AND MEANING BUT IN MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF OUR CITY WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE POPULATION TO SUPPORT MOST OF THE ASPIRATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

REALLY IT IS NOT AN ISSUE OF GENTRIFICATION IN BLACK COMMUNITIES AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

IT IS AN ISSUE OF INCLUSION.

TO BE INCLUSIVE, AND PARTICIPATE IN WHAT WE CALL EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL.

AND I CAN TELL YOU MORE BUT THAT BUT THAT INTENTIONALITY PREINVESTMENTS GENTRIFICATION AND WHAT ENDS NEWSPAPER REVITALIZATION.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

GRAHAM, WHAT SORT OF THINGS DO BIG NAME DEVELOPERS DO NOT KNOW OR MISUNDERSTAND ABOUT DISVESTED COMMUNITIES?

>> YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING YOU MENTION THAT.

SO MANY OF THE BIG DEVELOPERS THEIR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS OR THE EXPERIENCE TO BRING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN ON THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SIDE.

AS LEONE MENTIONED ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE THERE IS GREAT PROGRESS.

BUT ON THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SIDE, THERE ISN'T THE EXPOSURE.

AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THROUGH THE INITIATIVE WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.

WE WANT TO THANK THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST FOR FINANCING THIS INITIATIVE.

THE CHICAGO EMERGING MANAGER DEVELOPER INITIATIVE BUT THE TRUST RECOGNIZES IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE WEALTH GAP THAT THIS IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT SECTOR NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

DEI IS EVERYWHERE.

EVERY BOARD AND COMMITTEE I'M ON FROM THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY TO THE ECONOMIC CLUB TO MY OWN LAW FORM HAS A DEI INITIATIVE BUT THIS NEEDS TO REACH THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND IT IS NOT A PLACE WHERE THERE IS TRADITIONALLY MUCH DIVERSITY IN THE CORPORATE C SUITE WITH THE DEVELOPERS.

>> WHAT DOES THE CITY NEED TO BE DOING TO SUPPORT THESE EMERGING DEVELOPERS?

>> THE CITY IS PUSHING STRONG THE INVEST OUT WEST PROGRAM THAT LEONE MENTIONED.

IT IS A GREAT WAY TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON KEY AREAS.

THE CITY IS ROLLING OUT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF SITES IN ALONG DISINVESTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT IS FANTASTIC.

I THINK WE COULD ASK THE CITY IF THEY COULD DO MORE TO PUSH DEVELOPERS ON THE DOWNTOWN MARKET RIVER NORTH AND THE MEGA PROJECTS THE HQ2 SITES.

>> A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

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

>> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING DETAILS OF A PLAN TO USE MILLIONS IN FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE CITY'S DEBT.

FIRST AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NFT'S OR NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN A NEW EXHIBIT IS SHOWCASING HOW THIS TYPE OF DIGITAL ART CAN TAKEOVER PHYSICAL SPACES.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU, SHARES MORE ON THIS NEW CONCEPT AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF ART AS WE KNOW IT.

>> IMAGINE AN INFINITY ROOM FILLED WITH MIRRORS AND AT THE CENTER IS A MONITOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL ART THAT PROJECTS MOVING IMAGES ACROSS THE ROOM.

YOU HAVE JUST ENTERED THE QUANTUM MIRROR.

THOSE DIGITIZED MOVING IMAGES ARE KNOWN AS NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS.

TRADITIONALLY ARTISTS HAVE HAD TROUBLE MONITORING THE USE OF THEIR WORK ON-LINE.

NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN'S ALLOW THEM TO A DIGITAL TRACKER.

>> I CHOOSE HOW OWNERSHIP IS TRANSFERRED WHETHER IT IS A PARTIAL TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP AN OWNERSHIP WITH ROYALTY RIGHTS, WHETHER IT IS IN ADDITION, THE ARTIST HAS A LOT OF CONCEPT AND A LOT OF POWER IN THE TRANSACTION WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO GROUNDBREAKING.

>> QUANTUM MIRROR IS ON DISPLAY AT THE ART SPACE 8 GALLERY AND WORKS AS A METAPHOR FOR HOW ONE'S LIFE CAN BE EN TAKE GELLED WITH TECHNOLOGY.

>> THE MIRRORS ARE IN A PHYSICAL SPACE THAT MAKES QUANTUM MIRROR THE FIRST-EVER NFT SCULPTURE.

>> SO THESE MIRRORS CREATE A THREE DIMENSIONAL WORLD THAT EXISTS AROUND THE NFT'S AND THE NFT'S ARE THE CORE THAT ARE PROJECTED AND REFLECTED INTO INFINITY.

THIS PIECE IS THE SAME OF WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE OF QUANTUM MIRROR.

BUT THIS REALLY EXISTS HERE JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT AN NFT IS AND WHAT A PHYSICAL OBJECT IS AND PROMPT THAT CONVERSATION.

>> JUST LIKE NFT'S ENCOURAGE ARTISTS TO HAVE AGENCY OVER THEIR WORK, THE QUANTUM MIRROR ENCOURAGES VIEWERS TO HAVE AGENCY OVER THEMSELVES AND RECOGNIZE HOW OUTSIDE INFLUENCES CAN INHIBIT THAT.

>> THE ANIMATIONS IN QUANTUM MIRROR ARE INFINITE REPETITIONS OF BODIES IN THE SAME WAY THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS CREATING INFINITE REPETITIONS OF AN INFLUENCE, AN IDEA, TO THE POINT THAT PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR ORIGINALITY.

WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE NOT AWARE OF THAT THEN OUR CODE IS ESSENTIALLY CRACKED.

WE BECOME ENTRENCHED AND INFLUENCED IN A WAY BY SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE SCREENS THAT IT CHANGES OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF US SO MUCH THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN ABLE TO TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG ANYMORE.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> THAT IS A BRAVE NEW WORLD OF SCULPTURE.

AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION HOW TO VISIT THE QUANTUM MIRROR EXHIBIT AT ART SPACE 8 ON MICHIGAN AVENUE.

AND STILL TO COME, A NEW PLAN FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CALLS FOR USING FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE CITY'S DEBT.

COULD THAT TRIGGER POLITICAL FIGHT?

>> THIS IS ABOUT BEING RESPECTFUL AND BALANCING THE NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY.

>> THE MAYOR AND THE FAMILY OF THE 13-YEAR-OLD KILLED BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER WATCHED THE BODY-CAMERA VIDEOS THAT AND MORE WITH OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

>> AND HOW A SURGE IN DEMAND FOR SHIPPING MATERIALS AND CARDBOARD IS BEING FELT IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

>> THE FORMER MINNESOTA POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED DAUNTE WRIGHT IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER.

KIM POTTER RESIGNED FROM THE BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE FORCE AFTER FIRING A GUN THAT KILLED DAUNTE WRIGHT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN SHE PURPORTEDLY MEANT TO FIRE A TASER.

THE FELONY CHARGE CARES A MAXIMUM TEN-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.

THE AGENCY THAT INVESTIGATES CHICAGO POLICE SHOOTINGS SAYS FOOTAGE AND MATERIALS RELATED TO THE DEATH OF ADAM TOLEDO, WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW.

>> GROUPS REPRESENTING CHICAGO GIG WORKERS WANT A GIG WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS.

THOSE GROUPS INCLUDE RIDESHARE DRIVERS FOR UBER WHO WANTS THE CITY TO INSTITUTE A BILL OF RIGHTS TO CODIFY WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS.

RIDESHARE DRIVERS ARE ASKING FOR MORE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN THE WAKE IN THE SPIKE OF CARJACKINGS.

HERE IS DANIEL LASPATA IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE EFFORTS.

>> THIS IS WHAT WORKER JUSTICE LOOKS LIKE AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR AND YOU ARE ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE.

>> AND ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 3500 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

AND 31 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF JUST UNDER 1.29 MILLION.

WITH 21,570 DEATHS.

AND MORE THAN THREE MILLION ILLINOISANS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

THAT IS NEARLY 24% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION.

>> CHICAGO FINANCIAL OFFICIALS ARE RECOMMENDING STEPS TO PAY OFF THE HIGH INTEREST DEBT THAT THE CITY HAS INCURRED BUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS COULD COME AT THE EXPENSE OF CHICAGOANS.

HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US WITH MORE.

SO CHICAGO'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER RECOMMENDS USING HALF OF THE $1.9 BILLION FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS COMING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TO BALANCE THE BUDGETS SO THAT'S 965 MILLION IN FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS FOR THAT CAUSE.

THE MAYOR SAID IN THE PAST SHE WAS HOPING FOR THIS MONTH TO HELP BALANCE THE BUDGETS ESPECIALLY TO MITIGATE THE SCOOP AND TOSS BORROWS.

HOW DOES THIS DO THAT?

>> WELL, BASICALLY, IT CANCELS ALL OF THE HIGH INTEREST DEBT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO BORROW TO KEEP THE CITY'S BUDGET OUT OF THE RED AND TO PREVENT SERVICES FROM BEING SLASHED AND TAXES FROM BEING RAISED SKY HIGH.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS THIS, IS AS IF IT IS A CREDIT CARD THAT YOU ARE MAXING OUT EVERY MONTH AND ONLY MAKING THE MINIMUM PAYMENT.

THIS IS HIGH INTEREST DEBT THAT WAS GOING TO BE PAID OFF OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

AND THE MAYOR'S POSITION IS THAT IT THREATENS THE CITY'S LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH AND THE CITY HAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FEDERAL RELIEF PACKAGE TO CANCEL THAT DEBT.

BUT SOME ALDERMEN WEREN'T THRILLED ABOUT IT.

>> AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THE FEEDBACK OR PUSHBACK THAT SHE IS GETTING FROM ALDERMEN WHO I ASSUME WOULD LIKE THIS MONEY TO GO DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS?

>> SO WHAT A LOT OF ALDERMEN WANT TO DO, IS TO TAKE THIS MONEY AND USE IT TO MAKE DIRECT PAYMENTS TO CHICAGOANS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR RENT, TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES AFLOAT AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT THE CITY HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BEFORE.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS RELIEF PACKAGE THAN PREVIOUS PACKAGES IS THERE ARE FEWER RULES ATTACHED TO HOW THE CITY USES THE MONEY.

IT CANNOT USE IT TO PAY THE PENSION DEBT OR LOWER TAXES.

BUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THAT IS ABOUT THE ONLY RESTRICTIONS.

THE ALDERMEN SEE THIS WAS A WAY TO ADDRESS THE SYSTEMIC INEQUITY THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN BUT THE MAYOR SAYS THE CITY HAS BIGGER AND MORE LONG-TERM PROBLEMS TO FOCUS ON.

>> AND THE CITY WAS UP TO ITS EARS IN DEBT AND THIS LATEST ROUND OF BORROWING PUT THE CITY IN A WORSE POSITION.

THANK YOU.

AND STAY THERE FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THAT IS UP NEXT.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

AND AS I JUST MENTIONED WE ARE BACK WITH SPOTLIGHT POLITICS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND THE FAMILY OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO REACT TO THE VIDEO OF THE TEEN'S SHOOTING DEATH BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

WHICH WILL REPORTEDLY BE RELEASED TOMORROW.

THAT AND MUCH MORE IN THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US ARE THE TEAM, AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

THE RELEASE OF THIS VIDEO OF THE POLICE SHOOTING OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO TEMPORARILY DELAYED BY HIS FAMILY HERE IS WHAT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAD TO SAY TODAY.

>> I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE FAMILY BUT I ALSO DO THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE A POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING PARTICULARLY UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE TRANSPARENT.

WE TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN.

AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO MOVE THIS PROCESS ALONG.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THEM AND MOVE AT THEIR SPEED.

>> AND THERE'S BEEN A LEAK OF A SCREEN SHOT OF THE TAPE SHOWING ADAM'S HANDS UP IF THAT IS THE CASE NOT GOOD FOR THE CITY WHICH HAS 60 DAYS TO RELEASE THESE TAPES.

HEATHER, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

>> IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT EXACTLY THE TAPE SHOWS BUT WE KNOW GENERALLY IT SHOWS THE DEATH AT THE HANDS AND THE GUN OF A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER OF A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO WATCH TOMORROW.

AND THE CITY IS ON EDGE.

IF YOU GO TO DOWNTOWN OR RIVER NORTH OR THE BIG COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS YOU SEE THAT THE GARBAGE TRUCKS AND THE SALT SPREADERS ARE POSITIONED FOR THE MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT HER PROTECTION PLAN THAT SHE DEVELOPED AFTER THE PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH LAST MAY.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE IT'S COLLECTIVELY FEELS WE ARE HOLDING OUR BREATH TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT NIGHT ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO.

>> PARIS, WE KNOW THE MAYOR HAS SEEN THE VIDEO AS WELL.

AND SHE HAS PUT A PRIORITY ON TRANSPARENCY BUT IS THAT A TOUGH BALANCE?

>> THE MAYOR AND POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN PUBLICLY CALLED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE VIDEO.

IT WAS C.O.P.A., THE OVERSIGHT AGENCY SAID WE DON'T KNOW WE CAN BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A 13-YEAR-OLD THEY CONSULTED THE LAW AND WE CAN RELEASE THE VIDEO BUT NOT BEFORE WE SHOW IT TO THE FAMILY.

AND THE FAMILY WANTED A DELAY.

AND THEN IT WILL COME OUT TOMORROW.

AND SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE VIDEO THE CONSENSUS NARRATIVE THAT IS FORMING IS ADAM TOLEDO, REALLY IS A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PUT HIM IN THIS POSITION.

IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING APPARENTLY WITH A BAD ACTOR HERE AS OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO SHOTS FIRED FROM THE SHOTSPOTTER TECHNOLOGY, I HAVE NOT SEEN THE VIDEO.

I HAVE NOT TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO ME THAT IT WOULD SHOW EGREGIOUS POLICE MISCONDUCT MORE SO THIS 13-YEAR-OLD TRAGICALLY BEING IN THE SITUATION WHERE THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED BUT, AGAIN, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF NERVOUS CHICAGOANS THAT DO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER TWICE AND BY THE WAY, THAT POLICE RESPONSE AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS PANNED BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYING THE CITY DID NOT HAVE ITS DUCKS IN A ROW TO PROTECT THE CITY.

>> MOVING OVER TO ANOTHER POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING THIS IN BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA WHERE AN OFFICER KILLED DAUNTE WRIGHT, INSTEAD OF USING HER STUN GUN.

AMANDA, YOU COVERED THIS STORY YESTERDAY BOTH THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE OFFICER KIM POTTER HAVE RESIGNED.

SHE TODAY WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WHAT IS THE CHARGE AND WHY?

>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU OR ANYBODY WATCHING HOW PAINFUL THIS IS JUST IT KEEPS COMING.

TRAGIC INCIDENTS OF SOMEBODY DYING AT THE HANDS OF A POLICE OFFICER SOMEBODY IN AUTHORITY.

KIM POTTER CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER.

SHE DID PAY BOND AND IS OUT.

BUT SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER ONE OF THE CHARGES FACED BY DEREK CHAUVIN WHO IS ACCUSED OF GEORGE FLOYD, AND AMONG OTHER CHARGES SECOND DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN MINNESOTA LAW BUT IT'S SHOWING CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE OR UNREASONABLE RISK TAKING THE CHANCES OF CAUSING DEATH.

>> AND IN BOTH CASES A LOT OF PROTESTORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED IT IS NOT A HIGHER CHARGE.

BECAUSE JUST 10 MILES AWAY IS THE TRIAL OF DEREK CHAUVIN CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.

HIS LAWYERS HAVE BEGUN HIS DEFENSE WHAT.

ARE HIS ATTORNEYS' GOALS?

DO THEY ONLY NEED THE ONE JUROR?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

BECAUSE IT TAKES A UNANIMOUS VERDICT TO CONVICT FORMER OFFICER CHAUVIN.

AND THEY WANT TO RAISE REASONABLE DOUBT IN AT LEAST THAT ONE JUROR'S MIND THAT PERHAPS GEORGE FLOYD DID NOT DIE FROM THE KNEE PRESSED TO HIS NECK FOR ALMOST NINE MINUTES BUT PERHAPS IT WAS HIS DRUG USE OR A HEALTH CONDITION SUCH AS A BAD HEART OR ASTHMA.

YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN EXPERTS TO THE STAND TO COUNTER THE PROSECUTION'S EXPERTS TO SORT OF RAISE THOSE QUESTIONS AND THIS IS REALLY THE CRUX OF WHAT THE JURY WILL BE ASKED TO DECIDE.

AS SOON AS THE END OF THIS WEEK, THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WHICH IS ADDING TO THAT COLLECTIVE EVERYBODY'S HOLDING THEIR BREATH MOMENT.

BECAUSE THE CITY ALSO SAID THEY ARE PREPARED TO ADDRESS IF THERE ARE PROTESTS AND UNREST IN THE WAKE OF THAT VERDICT.

WHICH I THINK ADDS TO THE TENSION A LOT OF CHICAGOANS ARE FEELING TONIGHT.

>> THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE WAS PULLED OUT OF CAUTION AFTER SIX PEOPLE EXPERIENCED RARE BLOOD CLOTS OUT OF SEVEN MILLION DOSES.

OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HIT BY THE PAUSE ON THIS VACCINE?

>> AND BY THE WAY, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER IS AMONG THOSE WHO RECEIVED THAT JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE.

HE SAYS THAT HE IS FEELING FINE.

THOUGH HE IS STILL WITHIN THAT WINDOW WHERE HE HAS TO BE PAYING ATTENTION.

THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE IS ONE THAT REALLY WAS SEEN AS A GAME-CHANGER FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

AND THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUPER COLD STORAGE AND THEREFORE YOU COULD BE MORE MOBILE WITH IT.

AND JUST ONE DOSE AND FOR PEOPLE MAYBE THAT WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING BACK TO TWO APPOINTMENTS AND DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION OR THE ABILITY TO TAKE OFF WORK.

MAYBE THEY ARE CAREGIVERS A ONE AND DONE MENTALITY WAS AGAIN AS A WAY TO GET OUT TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

YES, THIS IS VERY MOST DEFINITELY A CONCERN.

YOU'VE SEEN CHICAGO SWITCH THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THE FIRST TIME, CHICAGO LONG BEEN ASKING GOING TO GET EXTRA DOSES FROM THE STATE'S ALLOTMENT.

BUT HAD TO CANCEL THE BIG PLANS INCLUDING WALK UP JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHOTS GIVEN AT THE UNITED CENTER.

YEAH, IT'S MOST CERTAINLY A DENT IN EFFORTS TO GET TO HERD IMMUNITY.

>> OVER TO SCHOOLS, THE C.P.S.

HIGH SCHOOL BATTLE ESCALATES AS TEACHERS WORKED REMOTELY TODAY IN PROTEST OF C.P.S.

'S PLAN TO HAVE TEACHERS BACK IN THE BUILDINGS.

HEATHER WHAT IS THE LATEST?

>> WELL, THE UNION SAYS THERE'S BEEN SOME PROGRESS BUT NOT ENOUGH PROGRESS TOWARDS A REOPENING PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO RETURN MONDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A YEAR.

THE CRUX OF THE MATTER REMAINS WHAT IT WAS WHEN WE COVERED THIS WHEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE TRYING TO REOPEN.

IT'S VACCINES.

THIS TIME FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE IF THEY ARE AT LEAST 16 AS WELL AS ACCOMMODATIONS FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE AT GREATER RISK OF PASSING COVID-19 ALONG TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS OR RELATIVES WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE YET TO GET THE VACCINE.

EVERYBODY WHO WORKS FOR C.P.S.

HAS BEEN OFFERED THE VACCINE.

NOT TRUE FOR ALL CHICAGOANS.

ONLY A QUARTER OF ALL CHICAGOANS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AT THIS POINT AND THAT IS A CONCERN.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

BUT THE C.T.U.

HAS A GREATER ABILITY TO BARGAIN OVER THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS AFTER THE BILL SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

NOTHING IS EASY WHEN IT COMES TO REOPENING SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.

>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS GOTTEN SENATOR LIGHTFORD TO CARRY HER VERSION OF AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

TELL ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE?

>> WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY YET AND SENATOR LIGHTFORD, REPORTEDLY BY "THE SUN TIMES", HAS COVID.

SO SHE IS AT HOME.

ACCORDING TO REPORTING FEELING OK BUT TIRED.

NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE OR WHEN WE WILL SEE THE LANGUAGE OF THAT BILL.

BUT IT APPEARS WE WILL GET A HYBRID.

SO THERE'S ALREADY SOME FRUSTRATION THAT THAT IS THE ROUTE THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS BACKING.

PARTICULARLY BY LET'S BE CLEAR, C.T.U.

EVER AT ODDS HAD NOT ENDORSED LIGHTFOOT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE SHE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPOINT SOME MEMBERS TO THE C.P.S.

BOARD.

THERE'S MOST CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF ACTION ON THIS.

WE HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT SENATOR KIM LIGHTFORD IS SEEN AS SORT OF THE GURU OF EDUCATION IN THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

AND SHE ALSO WAS JUST THE LEADER OF THE ILLINOIS BLACK LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS.

SHE HOLDS A LOT OF SWAY IN SPRINGFIELD.

>> CAN I JUMP IN AND REMIND EVERYBODY THAT SENATOR LIGHTFORD IS ALSO ON THE BOARD OF LORETTO HOSPITAL AND THOSE REPORTS OF IMPROPER VACCINATIONS LORETTO SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AN AUDIT THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THE CITY AND THE CITY IS REVIEWING THE AUDIT WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHAT THEY LEARNED FROM IT THERE IS THAT CONNECTION.

LIGHTFORD CARRYING LIGHTFOOT'S EDUCATION BILL AND LIGHTFOOT SCOLDING LORETTO HOSPITAL OF WHICH LIGHTFORD IS A BOARD MEMBER.

>> THAT ONE -- BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED.

INTERESTING.

THE OBAMA CENTER, THOUGH, ANOTHER THING THAT IS INTERESTING, ANNOUNCING ITS GROUNDBREAKING TODAY.

HERE IS WHAT GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAD TO SAY.

>> I'M PROUD OF OUR STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S PLAN WORKING WITH THE CITY TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GREENSPACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAKING IT SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TO ACCESS THE AREA, IMPROVING PARK TRAILS AND REROUTEING ROAD TRAFFIC.

>> THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE GOVERNOR IS SPEAKING OF COSTS THE STATE $174 MILLION.

BUT FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS NOT THERE TODAY.

WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?

>> ALSO STRANGE ABOUT THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AS A LOT OF REPORTERS NOTED THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF ADVANCED NOTICE.

LAST NIGHT -- >> AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF.

>> AND THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR SET THEIR SCHEDULES THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THEY LET REPORTERS KNOW.

HERE PERHAPS TO AVOID PROTESTORS AND AS YOU KNOW THERE IS PUSHBACK TO THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER PERHAPS THE OBAMAS DO NOT WANT TO BE SEEN WHILE THERE'S STILL SOME KIND OF OPPOSITION TO THIS BEING BUILT BY COMMUNITY GROUPS WANTING MORE BENEFITS OR BY FOLKS THAT DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE BUILT IN JACKSON PARK AND PERHAPS THEY WANT TO SEE THE SHOVELS SHOVELING DIRT.

MAYBE THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT'S IMMINENT YET GIVEN ALL THE DELAYS IT'S FACED.

>> AND CORRUPTION... TIES TO ALDERMEN ED BURKE COMREDS GUILTY AND AGREES TO COOPERATE.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BURKE AND SANDOVAL?

>> HE MADE THE FUNDAMENTAL ERROR OF CHICAGO POLITICS YOU DO NOT LIE TO THE F.B.I.

THAT'S JUST ALWAYS A TRIP TO A PROBLEMVILLE AND ACOSTA IS LIVING THERE NOW.

WHAT HE HAS TO SHARE WITH THE FEDS ON ALDERMAN BURKE AND OTHER OFFICIALS TIME WILL ONLY TELL.

BUT I AM ALL EARS.

AND CANNOT WAIT FOR THE REVELATIONS THAT HE HAS PROMISED IN RETURN FOR A REDUCED SENTENCE.

>> MANY ON THE END OF THEIR SEATS.

THANKS TO AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> UP NEXT, A SURGE IN DEMAND FOR CARDBOARD.

HOW IT'S BEING FELT IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> MIGHT BE DONE WITH THE 30° TEMPERATURES.

OVER THE PAST YEAR YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED YOUR RECYCLING BINS AND DUMPSTERS OVERFLOWING WITH CARDBOARD.

THE PANDEMIC HAS LED TO A SURGE IN DEMAND FOR THE PRODUCT AND OTHER SHIPPING MATERIALS ESPECIALLY CORREGATED BOXES USED FOR E-COMMERCE ITEMS AND GOODS.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" QUINN MYERS RECENTLY SHOWED US HOW THE BOX BOOM IS FELT ACROSS THE REGION.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> ON AN EARLY SPRING MORNING AT THIS SOUTH SIDE RECYCLING YARD, KEN DUNN IS UNLOADING A MASSIVE HAUL OF CARDBOARD AND PAPER PRODUCTS.

DUNN RUNS A RECYCLING NONPROFIT THAT SERVED THE CHICAGO AREA FOR DECADES.

>> WE STARTED BY HELPING CREWS PICK UP CANS AND BOTTLES ON VACANT LOTS HERE IN THE SOUTH SIDE PROVIDING JOBS AND MONEY FOR THEM TO PICK UP AND THEN PAY THEIR SALARY BY THE MATERIALS WE COLLECTED.

>> THE COMPANY HAS EXPANDED OVER THE YEARS TO INCLUDE ALL KINDS OF MATERIALS.

INCLUDING ONE DUNN SAYS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER THE PAST YEAR.

>> THE CARDBOARD FROM HOUSEHOLDS IT'S JUST PEOPLE ARE BUYING THESE FLAT SCREEN TV'S SINCE THEY ARE AT HOME THAT ARE FIVE FOOT AND THEY COME IN BIG CARDBOARD BOXES.

A LOT OF BOXES COMING TO HOMES.

>> THOSE TV'S AND A SURPRISINGLY LARGE NUMBER OF OTHER PRODUCTS, ARE USUALLY SHIPPED IN CORREGATED PACKAGING.

MADE UP OF LAYERS OF PAPER WITH A WAVEY FLUTE IN THE MIDDLE FOR PADDING.

THE CORREGATED PACKAGING INDUSTRY HAD A RECORD 2020 AS PEOPLE STARTED BUYING EVERYTHING FROM GROCERIES TO PLAYSTATIONS ON-LINE.

>> IT IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERYDAY LIVES IT BRINGS US FOOD FROM, TISSUE, OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE PANDEMIC PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TOILET PAPER IT GETS OUR TOILET PAPER TO US AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN.

>> RACHEL KENYON IS SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE FIBER BOX ASSOCIATION.

OR FBA.

A LOCAL TRADE GROUP THAT TRACKS SHIPMENTS OF CORREGATED PACKAGING NATIONWIDE.

>> THE CORREGATED INDUSTRY GROWS MODERATELY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, 1-2.5% AND WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WITH MANY THINGS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC WE SAW A CHANGE IN BOX PLANT SHIPMENTS.

IN MARCH OF 2020, BOX SHIPMENTS WERE UP 9% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF MARCH.

AND THAT WAS WHEN PEOPLE WERE DOING A LOT OF PANTRY STOCKING AND HOARDING OF PRODUCTS >> THE FBA TRACKED A 3.4% OVERALL INCREASE IN SHIPMENTS IN 2020 OVER 2019.

AIDED BY A SPIKE IN E-COMMERCE ACTIVITY AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

THE CORRUGATED BOOM HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY TAXING FOR BOX MANUFACTURERS LIKE AKERS PACKAGING IN THE BURNSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> IT'S IMPACTED US IN A GREAT WAY FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT BUT IT'S MADE THE BUSINESS DIFFICULT TO RUN.

>> THE FAMILY RUN COMPANY OWNS PLANTS ACROSS THE MIDWEST.

BUT SAYS IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO SCALE UP OPERATIONS TO IMMEDIATE THE FLURRY OF DEMAND.

TO ACCOMMODATE AKERS CONTINUED INVESTING IN AUTOMATION AND JUST MORE MANPOWER.

>> WE'RE USING AS MUCH OF THE CAPACITY IN OUR CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN PLANTS AS POSSIBLE.

WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING OVERTIME ON A DAILY AND SATURDAY BASIS.

SO WE CALL IT THROWING HOURS AT IT TO GET MORE PRODUCTION >> THE BUT COMPANY HAS HAD TROUBLE FILLING VACANT POSITIONS AND THE STRAIN OF THE PAST YEAR LED TO LONGER WAIT TIMES FOR DISTRIBUTORS WHO RECEIVE BOXES FROM MANUFACTURERS LIKE AKERS.

>> I THINK IT WILL SORT IT OUT AS PEOPLE SPEND MORE MONEY ON VACATIONS AND HOTELS AND LESS MONEY ON GOODS FOR THEIR HOMES AND FOOD AND THE INDUSTRY SPENDS MONEY ON MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE BETTER PART OF THE YEAR.

WE REALLY DON'T THINK THINGS WILL CHANGE UNTIL THE FALL OR MAYBE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

>> UNLIKE PLASTIC, CORREGATE SECOND RECYCLABLE.

THE FDA SAYS THE INDUSTRY'S RECOVERY RATE HOVERS AROUND 90%.

BACK AT THE RESOURCE CENTER LOT, KEN DUNN IS EXPECTING THE INFLUX TO CONTINUE AS RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES REOPEN AFTER PANDEMIC SHUTDOWNS.

AND HE WILL BE READY.

>> LOCAL SYSTEMS WITH ALL RECYCLABLES IS BETTER FOR A SUSTAINABLE PLANET AND I THINK IT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL COMMUNITIES.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M QUINN MYERS.

>> AND THE RESOURCE CENTER SAYS THEY HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN PLASTIC BOTTLES DURING THE PANDEMIC.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

>> PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M., BODY-CAM FOOTAGE IS SET TO BE RELEASED IN THE POLICE SHOOTING OF ADAM TOLEDO COMMUNITY MEMBERS JOIN US.

>> AND THE STORY BEHIND THE CTA'S BRIDGE ON TOP OF A BRIDGE IN AN ALL NEW "ASK GEOFFREY".

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

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