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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THESE RIDICULOUS UNETHICAL, ILLEGAL MASK MANDATE.

>> A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR'S PUBLIC MESSAGE ON MASKING CONTRADICTS THE POLICY OF HIS OWN FAMILY BUSINESS.

>> CASINO SITES, GAS CARD GIVEAWAYS ALDERPEOPLE HAVE PLENTY TO WEIGH AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S COUPLE MEETING.

>> WHY IS IT WE'RE UNWILLING TO PROTECT INFANT AND TODDLER.

>> A LACK OF SYSTEMIC COVID TRACKING IN DAYCARES A LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.

>> A DISTURBING NEW REPORT FINDS ANTI SEMATIC INCIDENTS ARE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH ACROSS THE NATION AND HERE IN THE MIDWEST.

>> YOUR WATER BILL MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT HERE WHY ON A ONE WITH THE WATER COMMISSIONER.

>> AND CHICAGO'S OLDEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CAMERA CLUB FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY AND NATURAL BEAUTY OF WASHINGTON PARK.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ANNOUNCES SHE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.

HARRIS RELEASED A STATEMENT TODAY SAYING SHE HAS NO SYMPTOMS AND WILL ISOLATE FOLLOWING C.D.C.

GUIDELINES AND NOTED SHE IS BOTH VACCINATE AND BOOSTED.

HARRIS RETURNED TO WASHINGTON YESTERDAY AFTER A WEEK LONG TRIP IN HER HOME STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY COVID CONTACT TRACE SOMETHING UNDERWAY.

>> THE CHICAGO READER IS FREE ACCORDING TO ALTERNATIVE NEWSPAPER'S STAFF.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AFTER CO-OPENER LEONARD GOODMAN SAID HE WOULD BE STEPPING DOWN WITH THREE BOARD MEMBERS.

HE SAID QUOTE... >> THE MOVE COMES AFTER PROTESTS FROM THE STAFF LAST WEEK.

THE PAPER HAD BEEN ON TRACK TO SWITCH OVER TO A NONPROFIT MODEL BUT CONTENTIONS STEMMING FROM AN OP-ED COLUMN GOODMAN WROTE ON VACCINES IS HELD UP.

THE PAPER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FORWARD BECOMING A NONPROFIT MODEL.

>> FACING A PLAYOFF ELIMINATION THE BULLS MAY BE SHORTHANDED TOMORROW NIGHT.

ZACH LEVINE IS ENTERING THE COVID HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

BULLS COACH SAYS LEVIN WILL UNDER GO TESTING AFTER NOT FEELING WELL THIS MORNING.

HE WILL NOT TRAVEL TO MILWAUKEE AS THE BULLS PLAY GAME FIVE AGAINST THE BUCKS AND IT IS A MUST HAVE WIN.

BULLS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT GUARD CARUSO WAS IN CONCUSSION PROTOCOL AND QUESTIONABLE FOR GAME FIVE.

UP NEXT IS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE DARREN BAILEY SENDING MIXED MESSAGES ON HIS STANCE ABOUT MASKING?

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER DOESN'T HAVE ANY COMPETITION IN THE JUNE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

BUT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE THERE'S A DIVISIVE BATTLE WHO WILL WIN THE NOMINATION TO TAKE ON PRITZKER COME NOVEMBER.

PRITZKER'S HANDLING OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS AMONG REPUBLICAN CRITICISMS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT ONE OF THE LEADING CANDIDATES SEEMINGLY CONFLICTING POSITIONS ON COVID PROTOCOLS.

>> PARIS, GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE AND SENATE SENATOR DARREN BAILEY HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF FIGHTING THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT REQUIRE MASKING IN THEATERS, STORES AND SCHOOLS.

EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC HIS COLLEAGUE KICKED BAILOUT.

>> -- BAILEY OUT.

>> 81 VOTING YES AND 27 VOTING NO AND ONE VOTING PRESENT.

REPRESENTATIVE BAILEY WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE FLOOR.

DOORMAN PLEASE REMOVE REPRESENTATIVE BAILEY.

>> THAT WAS SPRING OF 2020 WHEN THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS FIRST MEETING IN-PERSON SINCE THE START OF COVID.

IT WAS JUST MONTHS INTO THE PANDEMIC.

BAILEY REFUSED TO ABIDE BY THE RULES THAT REQUIRED LEGISLATORS WEAR MASKS.

SO COLLEAGUES VOTED HE BE REMOVED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS.

CHRIS MOONEY SAYS IT WAS A POLITICALLY SAVVY MOVE.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO HOG TIE HIM AND THROW HIM ON THE GROUND BUT IT WAS NOTED.

YOU GUYS IN THE PRESS NOTED IT.

SUDDENLY HE GETS A POP.

HE CAN BE ANTIMASK AND FITS IN WITH THE BASE HE IS TRYING TO APPEAL TO.

>> BAILEY WORN HIS MASK AT THE CAPITOL WITHOUT ISSUE AS HAS OFTEN BEEN REQUIRED.

BUT LAST NIGHT AT A G.O.P.

CANDIDATES FORUM, BAILEY BOASTED ABOUT HIS MASK PROTESTS A COUPLE YEARS BACK.

>> I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO STOOD UP AND ESCORTED OUT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

I'VE BEEN STANDING UP AND TRYING TO EDUCATE PARENTS FROM DAY ONE TAKE BACK YOUR SCHOOLS.

[APPLAUSE] WHEN WE ALLOW GOVERNMENT TO GET OUT OF CONTROL, WE LOSE OUR FREEDOMS.

>> BAILEY HAS OFTEN PUSHED BACK AGAINST MASK ORDERS AND STATE-WIDE MANDATES.

>> IN MY ARGUMENT FROM DAY ONE, I UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THINGS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT IN CHICAGO.

I GET THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT MORE PEOPLE UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

BUT WHEN YOU LIVE DOWN HERE IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS LIKE I DO, AND YOU REALIZE SOMETHING'S WRONG AND WE NEED TO TREAT THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE STATE.

>> DESPITE HIS WALKOUT, LAWSUITS, AND CAMPAIGN RHETORIC MASKS HAVE DURING POCKETS OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC BEEN REQUIRED IN BAILEY'S DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY BY WORKERS ON THE BAILEY FAMILY IT FARM WHICH DARREN BAILEY IS TRUSTEE.

WHEN FARMS BRING ON WORKERS FOR THE HARVEST THEY HAVE TO FILE EMPLOYMENT CONDITION FORMS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

THE BAILEY FARM HAS BEEN HIRING DURING THE PANDEMIC AND IS DOING SO NOW FOR JOBS THROUGH JUNE AT 15.89 AN HOUR.

THEY REQUIREMY GRANT WORKERS WEAR MASKS ESPECIALLY IF THEY CANNOT KEEP SIX FEET APART.

BAILEY'S FARM DID NOT HAVE TO GO THAT FARM.

WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUED GUIDELINES ON COVID INCLUDING OTHER FARMS INCLUDING ANOTHER LIST NO JUST REQUIREMENTS.

A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SPOKESPERSON SAYS TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE COVID PROTOCOLS LISTED IN AGRICULTURAL CLEARANCE ORDERS THEY ARE EITHER VOLUNTARY PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE BY THE EMPLOYER OR NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH STATE OR LOCAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.

INCLUDING COVID PRECAUTIONS IS RATIONAL FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE ACE CHRIS MOONEY.

>> YOU KNOW HIS BUSINESS WILL BE HIT IF WORKERS GET SICK AND THEY INFECT EACH OTHER.

HE FEEDS AGRICULTURE PARTICULARLY A TIMELY YOU NEED THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE AT A CERTAIN TIME OR THERE IS A PROBLEM.

SO ABSOLUTELY LEGITIMATE IT'S LEGAL.

>> BUT MOONEY SAYS IN THE CASE OF WINNING A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IS NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT RATIONAL.

IT IS ABOUT SYMBOLISM.

BAILEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT.

IT IS A BUSINESS' RIGHT TO IMPLEMENT A MASK ORDER IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

THEY SHOULD DO WHAT THEY WANT HE SAYS.

HE IS AGAINST GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE.

STILL, BAILEY'S REPUBLICAN OPPONENT RICHARD IRVIN, GARY RABIN CAN POINT TO IT AS HYPOCRISY.

>> THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR GOVERNORSHIP IS THE BATTLE WHO CAN BE THE MOST TRUMPY MOST LIKE DONALD TRUMP.

SO THIS IS WHAT HE IS DOING.

DONALD TRUMP ASKEWED MASKS.

>> WE DID REACH OUT TO BAILEY'S CAMPAIGN TO SEE HOW HIS FARM POLICY SQUARED WITH HIS CAMPAIGN STANCE.

PRIOR TO COVID THE FARM DID SUPPLY NSKS N95 MASKS FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED THEM FOR WORK.

FOR THE RISE OF RIGHTS OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES.

THE CAMPAIGN SAYS ALSO SAYING IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THIS IS FARM WORK SO MOSTLY DONE OUTSIDE.

THE BAILEY'S FARM OVER 12,000 ACRES.

SOCIAL DISTANCING COMES NATURALLY.

THE H2A IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT LEGALLY BRINGS MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY FEDERAL RULES AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO WORKERS WHENEVER THEY NEED.

BAILEY FAMILY FARM EMPLOYS SEVERAL LOCAL FAMILIES AND CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE JOBS TO FILL POSITIONS BUT NO ONE WANTS TO WORK.

THAT IS THE RESPONSE FROM THE BAILEY CAMPAIGN.

WITH THAT, PARIS SENDING IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK AMANDA.

TOMORROW CITY COUNCIL MEETS AND ONE PLAN IS TO USE $12 MILLION IN CITY FUNDS TO GIVEAWAY GAS CARDS AND CTA PASSES.

ANOTHER TOP ISSUE IS THE SEARCH FOR THE CITY'S CASINO.

THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE CASINO MET AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS ARE ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS OF THE SECOND WARD ON THE NORTH SIDE.

GILBERT VILLEGAS OF THE NORTHWEST SIDE 36TH WARD AND CHAIR OF THE LATINO CAUCUS.

ALDERWOMAN PAT DOWELL WHO REPRESENTS THE THIRD WARD AND JASON ERVIN REPRESENTING THE 28TH WARD AND CHAIR OF THE BLACK CAUCUS.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I WANT TO START ALDERMAN HOPKINS WITH THE VIOLENCE THIS WEEKEND THE MOST VIOLENT WEEKEND OF THE YEAR AND THE WARMEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR AND WE SAW THOSE GROUPS OF TROUBLEMAKERS ALONG MICHIGAN AVENUE NEAR MILLENNIUM PARK.

C.P.D.

SAID IT WAS PREPARED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> WE HAD A PLAN TO DEAL WITH IT BUT THE PLAN REQUIRED A LARGER NUMBER OF PATROL OFFICERS ON THE GROUND TO RESPOND TO THE SIZE OF THE CROWD.

IT WAS APPROACHING 500 AT ITS PEAK.

AND WE WEREN'T QUITE EXPECTING 500.

WE COULD HAVE PROBABLY HANDLED SAY LESS THAN 200, MAYBE 150.

THE PLAN AND THE RESOURCES WOULD HAVE BEEN ADEQUATE.

WE WERE OUTNUMBERED AND WE COULDN'T RESPOND QUICK ENOUGH.

>> ALDERWOMAN DOWELL WHAT DO YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE THIS SUMMER WILL NOT BE AS VIOLENT AS LAST SUMMER?

>> AS WE APPROACH SUMMER WE ALL GET WORRIED WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR WARDS.

WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM THE C.P.D.

IS THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO HANDLE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE EXPERIENCE IN THE THIRD WARD FOR EXAMPLE, UNAUTHORIZED GATHERINGS NEAR PARKS.

MOTORCYCLES RIDING DOWN MICHIGAN AVENUE.

THOSE ARE THE MAIN PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE DURING THE SUMMER.

WE HAVE BEGUN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF OUR COMMANDERS TO PUT IN MEASUREMENTS RELATED TO PARKING TALKING TO OUR COMMANDERS ABOUT SIGNAGE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS BEING PREPARED FOR THE CROWDS THAT AS BRIAN HOPKINS SAYS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE SIZE OF THE CROWDS ARE GOING TO BE.

>> A LOT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WE GET WARMER HERE.

ALDERMAN ERVIN TO THE CASINOS IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THREE OF THE PROPOSAL ALSO GET A NO VOTE FROM THE ALDERPEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THOSE WARDS.

IS ANYONE OF THESE PROPOSALS GOING TO PASS CITY COUNCIL?

>> I THINK WE'RE EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS IT RELATES TO THE CASINO PROPOSALS.

AND WE HAVE TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THEM ALL.

THERE WERE INITIAL PIECES THAT WERE DONE OUTLINED IN THE BOOKLET GIVEN TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I NOTED THEY ARE BASED ON PUBLIC INPUT AND THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ASKS OF THE CASINO OPERATORS.

AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BEST AND FINAL OFFERS LOOK LIKE FROM ALL THREE PARTYS.

AND ALDERMAN VILLEGAS WE ARE HEARING REPORTS THAT BALLY'S OFFERED $25,000 UP FRONT AND THE CITY IS SOLICITING $75,000 UP FRONT IN CASH FROM THE WINNER.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT ABOUT?

>> WELL, I'M NOT SURE.

ARE YOU SURE IT WAS 75,000?

>> I THINK IT WAS MILLION.

>> 75 MILLION.

>> THAT WOULD BE A DROP IN THE BUCKET, RIGHT.

>> SO 75 MILLION, I THINK IT'S JUST LET THEM KNOW THEY HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME.

YESTERDAY'S MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE YOU HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE COLLEAGUES THAT WE WANT SOMETHING WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEN ALL FIVE PROPOSALS AND NOT JUST THREE.

I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE COST VALUE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE CITY FROM ALL FIVE PROPOSALS AND NOT JUST THREE AND ALSO WHAT WE SAW OUT OF THAT HEARING YESTERDAY WAS THAT THIS IS A UNION TOWN.

AND THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE PLA'S IN PLACE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CAR CHECK AND TRAVEL ARE IN PLACE AND WORKING FAMILIES WILL BE WORKING AT THIS PROJECT.

AND IF IT'S NOT UNION IT IS A NO GO FOR ME.

>> SO THAT IS A BIG ISSUE IS THE JOBS WILL BE UNION.

ALDERMAN HOPKINS YOU HAVE COME OUT AGAINST THE BALLY'S PROPOSAL AT THE TRIBUNE PRINTING PRESS SITE.

HOW COME?

>> THE OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION FROM MY COMMUNITY.

ALDERMAN REILLY AND MY NEIGHBORING ALDERMAN DID A SURVEY ONE OF THE MORE PROMINENT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS DID A SURVEY.

80% OF THE RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED.

IT'S NOT CLOSE.

I CANNOT SWIM AGAINST A TIDE OF OPPOSITION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M NOT GOING TO NOR SHOULD I.

THAT IS MY JOB AS THE ELECTED OFFICIAL.

I'M SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S CLEAR THERE IS NOT ROOM FOR DOUBT.

I CAME OUT AGAINST THAT PARTICULAR SITE PRIMARILY DUE TO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND ISSUES.

I HAVE NOT YET TAKEN A POSITION IN FAVOR OF ANY ONE BUT AFTER THE MEETING YESTERDAY I'M PREPARED TO ANNOUNCE ON THIS SHOW, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE 78 RIVERS CASINO.

I BELIEVE THAT IS THE BEST PROPOSAL I'VE SEEN SO FAR AND IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE CITY.

>> THE 78 RIVERS PROPOSAL WHICH COULD BE ROOSEVELT ROAD.

ALDERWOMAN DOWELL YOU HAVE COME AGAINST THE HARD ROCK PROPOSAL AT THE ONE CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS NEAR SOLDIER FIELD.

HOW COME?

>> SOME OF THE SAME REASONS THAT I'M HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

MY CONSTITUENTS OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSE THE HARD ROCK CASINO'S PROPOSALS FOR REASONS OF HAVING SUCH A LARGE ENTERTAINMENT 24/HOUR ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION LOCATION ADJACENT TO A FAMILY FRIENDLY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

RIGHT CLOSE TO THE BACKYARDS AND PATIOS AND BALCONIES OF MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS.

WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES RELATED TO CONGESTION.

THEY WOULD EXPERIENCE ALL YEAR LONG WHEN THE BEARS ARE PLAYING AND THE CONGESTION AND PARKING ISSUES.

THERE ARE CONCERNS THEY HAVE FOR LITTER, NOISE, BRIGHT LIGHTS, ALL OF THESE MATTERS HAVE TO BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED.

AND IT IS UNUSUAL TO PUT A CASINO SMACK UP AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

WHEN I THINK OF CASINOS, I THINK THE HORSESHOE OR RIVERS CASINO OUT IN ROSEMONT.

THOSE ARE IN BUSINESS AREAS INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND NOT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE OTHER TWO ON THE TABLE BUT THE HARD ROCK PROPOSAL IN MY COMMUNITY IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

>> AND AS ALDERMAN ERVIN MENTIONED EARLY IN THE PROCESS.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE GAS CARDS THAT WILL GET A VOTE TOMORROW THAT GIVEAWAY PROGRAM.

IT BARELY CLEARED COMMITTEE.

IS IT GOING TO HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS TOMORROW?

>> I BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS BECAUSE WE KNOW MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE HURTING.

THE CHANGES IN LOOKING AT THE LOW MOBILITY AREAS THE RED AND THE ORANGE AREAS ON THE MAP, I THINK WILL HELP THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT IN MANY CASES DON'T VIEW PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AS THE BEST OPTION AND INTEND TO DRIVE.

AND WE KNOW OUR RESIDENTS HAVE HAVING CHALLENGES AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS POSITIVE AND WORKS IN THEIR BENEFIT.

I THINK THAT THE VOTING AGAINST THIS IS VOTING AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I'M HOPEFUL AND I BELIEVE THOSE VOTES WILL BE THERE TOMORROW TO PASS IT.

>> ALDERMAN VILLEGAS WHAT CAN YOU TELL CONSTITUENTS HOW IT WILL WORK AND GO TO THE FOLKS THAT NEED IT THE MOST?

>> I THINK THAT IT WILL PASS TOMORROW AS WELL.

GIVEN THAT THERE'S BEEN AN EXPANSION IN THE AREA CAPTURE MORE FOLKS THAT ARE HURTING.

I WOULD RATHER SEEN THE ADDITIONAL $12.5 MILLION GO INTO THE INCOME PILOT SO THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE HELPED ADDITIONAL FAMILIES NOT JUST FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS BUT FOR A YEAR.

AS MUCH AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN IT GONE TO THE PROGRAM I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT CAPTURES ADDITIONAL FAMILIES AND OUR OFFICE WILL BE READY TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND HELP FOLKS APPLY FOR THE LOTTERY.

>> WE'LL WATCH THAT VOTE TOMORROW.

WE WILL BE JOINED AGAIN BY THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS LATER IN THE PROGRAM TO DISCUSS ETHICS AND MUCH MORE.

THANKS TO BRIAN HOPKINS, GILBERT VILLEGAS, PAT DOWELL AND JASON ERVIN.

UP NEXT, HISTORIC LEVELS OF ANTISEMITISM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

STAY WITH US FOR MORE ON THAT NEW REPORT.

>> A DISTURBING REPORT FROM THE ANTIDEFAMATION LEAGUE FINDS ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS REACHED HISTORIC HIGHS ACROSS THE U.S. MORE THAN 2700 INCIDENTS TARGETING AMERICAN JEWS WERE RECORDED LAST YEAR.

THAT MARKS THE HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE IT BEGAN TRACKING SUCH DATA IN 1979.

THE MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE ADL WHICH FOCUSES ON ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MINNESOTA, THE DAKOTAS AND WISCONSIN REPORTED 175 ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN 2021.

THAT IS UP 62% FROM THE 108 CASES IT RECORDED THE YEAR BEFORE.

AND MORE THAN 200% HIGHER THAN FIVE YEARS AGO.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS RISING TIDE OF ANTISEMITISM, DAVID GOLDENBERG MIDWEST REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE ANTIDEFAMATION LEAGUE ANDS EREZ COHEN AT ILLINI HILLEL.

OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED ARE ALARMING.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE INCIDENTS THAT GO UNREPORTED?

ARE YOU CONCERNED IT'S HIGHER?

>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE AN ACCURATE NUMBER.

WE KNOW FROM THE F.B.I.

THAT ROUGHLY 40% OF ALL HATE CRIMES GO UNREPORTED.

ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS IMPORTANT WHILE THIS NUMBER THAT YOU PROBABLY LOWER THAN THE ACTUAL NUMBER WE THINK THERE IS A TREND IN GENERAL ARE ACCURATE.

WHILE WE'VE SEEN THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASES IN A DRAMATIC WAY IN ILLINOIS WE'VE SEEN 430% INCREASE IN ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

WE THINK THAT TREND IS VERY REAL EVEN IF THE PERCENTAGE IS HIGH.

>> DAVID, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS DRIVING THE SURGE?

>> THREE BIG THINGS.

NUMBER ONE FIRST AND FOREMOST THE SPREAD OF HATE AND ANTISEMITISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

NUMBER TWO, I THINK THE LOSS OF CIVIL DISCOURSE THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS AND THE INTENSITY AROUND POLITICAL DEBATES.

NUMBER THREE THERE'S GENERAL IGNORANCE AND ESPECIALLY WHERE PEOPLE WERE ESSENTIALLY HOLD-UP IN THEIR HOMES.

THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE LIVING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO THE EFFORT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO BE EXPOSED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU, WHO HAVE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.

AND IGNORANCE IS DRIVING AN ELEMENT OF THIS AS WELL.

>> EREZ COHEN WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ANTISEMITISM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SHAM PAN?

>> WE'VE SEEN A GREAT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS AND TO THE EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT REPORTING AND SOME INCIDENTS GO UNREPORTED FOR EXAMPLE, JUST YESTERDAY, WE WERE DEALING WITH AN ISSUE OF A STUDENT THREW ROCKS AT STUDENTS THAT WERE ILLINI HILLEL DURING A RALLY AND WERE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE POLICE AROUND THIS TOPIC.

AND THESE ARE ONGOING ISSUES ON OUR CAMPUS.

>> DAVID GOLDENBERG, AS WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBERS ON THE RISE IN THE MIDWEST WHAT HAS BEEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THESE INCIDENTS?

DOES IT SEEM LIKE THE COURTS ARE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR COMMITTING THEM?

>> DAVID PLEASE ANSWER THAT ONE.

>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IS THAT IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE LARGE POPULATIONS OF JEWS WHO CULTIVATED RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THEY HAVE BEEN QUITE RESPONSIVE.

BUT IN SOME CASES WHERE THEY ARE NOT SO EXPERIENCED IN HATE CRIMES AND INVESTIGATING HATE CRIMES, THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

>> AND EREZ COHEN, DIRECTING SOMEONE SIMILAR QUESTION TO YOU, HOW HAS THE ADMINISTRATION AT UNIVERSITY RESPONDED TO SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS AND THE INCREASE IN ANTISEMITISM?

>> SO WE ARE IN CONSTANT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY AROUND THIS.

THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING, FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO TAKE MORE LEADERSHIP AND TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS IN THE WAY THEY FEEL SEEN AND HEARD AND SUPPORTED.

SOME EVENTS ARE BETTER HANDLED THAN OTHERS AND WE LEARN FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES AS WELL.

EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY GAVE ORDERS TO PEOPLE THAT THREW ANTISEMITIC FLYERS ON THE GROUND.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY HELD INDOORS IN THE DORMS.

WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SIMILAR LEADERSHIP COMING FROM OUR ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.

>> AND HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THE EVENTS IN ISRAEL AND THE ONGOING CONFLICT WITH PALESTINIANS SEEM TO DRIVE THE ANTISEMITISM THAT YOU SEE HERE?

>> WE DEFINITELY SEE A GROWING ANTISEMITISM AROUND THE TIMES THINGS HEAT UP IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND THE ARGUMENTS THAT RULE OUT THE JEWISH RIGHTS FOR SELF DETERMINATION.

HAS BECOME AN ENGINE FOR ANTISEMITISM ON OUR CAMPUS.

IT'S VERY CONCERNING AND SOMETIMES IT'S UNIVERSITY FUNDED WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE.

ON THE LEVEL OF STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF THAT ARE JEWISH AND EXPERIENCE THIS TIME OF BIAS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

>> DAVID GOLDENBERG SAME QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL AND WHAT IMPACT EVENTS OF THE LEAF YEAR HAVE HAD ON THE RISE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ANALYZED?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO DURING THE MOST RECENT CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS BACK IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WE TRACKED MORE THAN 114% YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE FROM MAY 2021 COMPARED TO MAY 2020.

THERE WAS A SPIKE THAT WE SAW AS IT RELATES TO ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS TIED TO THAT CONFLICT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID SEE THOUGH, IS THAT IT IS QUICKLY TURNING FROM LEGITIMATE CRITIQUES OF ISRAEL INTO THE TARGETING OF JEWISH INSTITUTIONS, JEWISH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH IS AN ACT OF ANTISEMITISM AND IT TRANSLATES INTO THE ROCK THROWING INCIDENTS IT BECOMES AN ACT OF VIOLENCE.

SO AMERICAN JEWS ARE CONCERNED.

>> DAVID, WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN WHITE SUPREMACIST SENTIMENT HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR IS THAT?

>> IT PLAYS AS MUCH OF A FACTOR IF NOT MORE AS FAR AS THE RISE OF ANTI SEMITISM.

THE THING ABOUT IS IN THOSE TWO QUESTIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXTREME PARTS OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND MANY AMERICAN JEWS WITH BEING SQUEEZED.

YOU HAVE WHITE SUPREMACISTS THE SPREAD OF THE ANTISEMITIC AS WELL AND VANDALISM AND HARASSMENT THAT IS DRIVEN BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANTISEMITISM IT IS NOT EVEN AT THE CORE OF WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGY BUT THE CORE OF WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGY ON THE EXTREME LEFT YOU SEE THOSE IN THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT THAT ADOPTED AN ANTI-ISRAEL POLICY APPROACH AND THAT IS OK TO BE CRITICAL OF ISRAEL BUT WHEN THAT BECOMES ACTS OF ANTISEMITISM THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

>> EREZ COHEN WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR THE STUDENTS THERE AT THE UNIVERSITY AND HOW THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO SOME OF THESE EVENTS?

>> INTERESTINGLY WE SEE MORE WITHIN THE ILLINI HILLEL MORE STUDENTS COME TO GET INVOLVED AND THEY BECOME LESS AND LESS VISIBLY JEWISH ON CAMPUS.

THEY HIDE JEWISH SYMBOLS.

THEY TRY NOT TO SIT WITH DIFFERENT STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMPUS.

SO THIS IS A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IS SHYING AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC EYE BUT IS COMING TO JEWISH INSTITUTIONS FOR MORE SUPPORT.

>> AND DAVID WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT HE JUST TOLD US?

>> IT'S HEARTBREAKING AND THE REALITY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE TODAY.

FOR STUDENTS TO THINK ABOUT IT THAT THEY ARE AFRAID TO EMBRACE OR CONCERNED ABOUT EMBRACING A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR IDENTITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONCERNS THAT THEY WILL BE ATTACKED OR HARASSED.

THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

SO AS WE THINK ABOUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THAT IS A REALITY AND IT WILL TAKE A SOCIETY APPROACH TO DEAL WITH IT.

>> SOMETHING THAT ADL WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK.

MY THANKS TO DAVID GOLDENBERG AND EREZ COHEN FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS.

>> AND NOW PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", WTTW NEWS LEARNED LOCAL PUNISH HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE NOT TRACKING COVID OUTBREAKS AT DAYCARES A LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON CHILDREN AND PARENTS.

WARD MAPS AND ETHICS PROPOSAL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL DISCUSS THAT AND MUCH MORE AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S MEETING.

WATER METER INSTALLATIONS ARE RESUMING AFTER THREE YEARS WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CITY'S WATER COMMISSIONER.

AND A CAMERA CLUB FINDS INSPIRATION OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF SOUTH SIDE PARKS AND THE HISTORY OF CHICAGOLAND SCAPE ARCHITECTURE.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A CITY EMPLOYEE IS BEING CHARGED WITH GUN POSSESSION AND OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.

CHARLES SIKANICH THE WARD SUPERINTENDENT FOR 45TH WARD JAMES GARDINER IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SELL A MACHINE GUN TO AN UNDERCOVER A.T.F.

AGENT WHILE IN A CITY VEHICLE AND ON THE CLOCK FOR HIS STREETS AND SANITATION JOB.

ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE... >> ACCORDING TO HIS ARREST REPORT, CHARLES SIKANICH ASKED TO CONTACT 45TH WARD ALDERMAN JIM GARDINER WHILE BEING PLACED INTO CUSTODY.

WTTW HAS REPORTED THAT GARDINER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION HIMSELF BY THE F.B.I., CHICAGO BOARD OF ETHICS, CIRCUIT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE AND OFFICE OF CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL.

>> A NEW REPORT FROM THAT WATCHDOG, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYS THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CORRECTING A CULTURE OF DISCRIMINATION BUT STILL HAS WORK TO DO.

THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH IS 91% MALE AND 64% WHITE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND LAWSUITS OVER THE YEARS.

THIS TRIGGERED A LIST OF ACTIONS BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE RELATING TO TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE PROTECTIONS.

TODAY ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL MARBECK SAYS ONE HAS BEEN ADAPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

AMONG THOSE LACKING IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER AND A TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING FOR STAFF HANDLING DISCRIMINATION AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS.

IT'S SPRINGTIME IN THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE STARTING TO BLOOM ACCORDING TO CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT WHICH SAYS 1 SIX 0 CHERRY TREES IN JACKSON PARK ARE BLOOMING.

THE AGENCY SAYS THE WARMER WEATHER THIS WEEK SHOULD HAVE CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN FULL BLOOM FOR THE NEXT SIX TO 10 DAYS.

ALTHOUGH WE ARE DREADING THAT POSSIBLE SNOW TOMORROW.

THE PARK DISTRICT IS HONORING THE JAPANESE TRADITION OF FLOWER WATCHING WITH A CELEBRATION IN JACKSON PARK THIS SUNDAY FROM NOON-3:00 P.M. AND YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE.

AND TO BRANDIS FOR A SPECIAL WTTW NEWS FINDING ON COVID-19 AND DAYCARES.

>> PARIS, CHICAGO PARENTS OF TODDLERS AND BABIES ARE HAVING TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS WHEN SENDING THEIR LITTLE ONES TO DAYCARE CENTERS BECAUSE THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS NOT SYSTEMICALLY TRACKING COVID-19 OUTBREAKS AT THOSE FACILITIES AS COVID-19 CASES ARE RISING.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT WHAT SHE FOUND AND HOW ONE CHICAGO MOTHER COPED WITH HER SON EILLNESS.

TELL US WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT COVID-19 IN DAYCARE CENTERS?

>> WELL, WE DON'T KNOW MUCH BECAUSE OF THAT LACK OF SYSTEMIC DATA.

NOW, THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIRES DAYCARE CENTERS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS TO REPORT WHEN THEY HAVE HAD TWO OR MORE CASES OF COVID-19 WITHIN 14-DAYS.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT'S REALLY A REQUEST.

CITY OFFICIALS CANNOT ENFORCE THAT REQUIREMENT AND THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT REPORTING IT.

THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT THAT DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE TO CHICAGO PARENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO DECIDE WHETHER IT'S SAFE FOR THEIR KIDS GOING TO DAYCARE.

WTTW NEWS WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME DATA WHICH SHOWS THERE WERE NINE CASES JANUARY-MARCH BUT CITY OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IS LIKELY AN UNDER COUNT WHICH LEAVES PARENTS FLYING BLIND.

>> WHY DOES IT MATTER THEN THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT TRACKING COVID-19 IN DAYCARE CENTERS?

>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW IF COVID-19 IS SPREADING IN DAYCARE CENTERS, YOU CAN'T REIMPOSE MEASURES LIKE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASK WEARING TO STOP THAT SPREAD.

AND THEN YOU GET A SITUATION WHERE YOU CAN HAVE REALLY SEVERAL CASES OF COVID-19 UP TO A DOZEN THAT COULD CAUSE FULL DAYCARE ROOMS TO SHUTDOWN MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PARENTS TO WORK.

>> ONE CHICAGO MOM WAS CAUGHT IN THE SITUATION, MEREDITH HER 19-MONTH-OLD SON CARTER GOT COVID-19 AT THE END OF MARCH.

MEREDITH AND HER HUSBAND TESTED POSITIVE WITH A DOZEN CHILDREN AT THAT CENTER.

HERE IS WHAT MEREDITH TOLD YOU.

>> WE DID THE MOST WE COULD TO PROTECT HIM AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

BECAUSE WE ARE NOT CHOOSING AS A COMMUNITY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO PROTECT HIM.

>> DID SHE FEEL LET DOWN BY THE LACK OF GUIDANCE FROM HEALTH OFFICIALS?

>> SHE ABSOLUTELY FELT LET DOWN AND WAS FURIOUS THAT THIS CASE OUTBREAK AT HER SON'S DAYCARE IN LINCOLN PARK REALLY HAPPENED THE A TIME WHEN CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS WERE REMOVING MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.

REALLY LEAVING SIDES LIKE HER SON WHO IS TOO YOUNG TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF COVID AND SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM EFFECT OF COVID AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THOSE ANSWERS EITHER.

>> YOU SPOKE WITH Dr. RUBEN A PEDIATRICIAN WHERE THIS LACK OF DATA LEAVES PARENTS.

>> RATHER COMPLICATED TRICKY SITUATION FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT SITUATION THEY ARE SENDING THEM OFF FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO WATCH THEIR CHILDREN.

>> WHAT CAN PARENTS DO TO KEEP THEIR TODDLERS AND BABIES SAFE?

>> THEY ARE LEFT ONLY WITH THE BASICS.

TO PRACTICE GOOD HAND HYGIENE, TO KEEP PEOPLE HOME IF THEY ARE SICK.

AVOID CROWDED PLACES WHERE THE CHANCE OF CONTRACTING COVID-19 IS GREATER AND BEYOND THAT IT'S REALLY JUST TO STAY HOPEFUL AND KEEP THEIR FINGERS CROSSED THAT THERE WILL BE A COVID-19 VACCINE FOR KIDS UNDER FIVE PERHAPS SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.

BUT THAT CAN SEEM A LONGTIME TO WAIT SINCE THESE PARENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS AT THIS POINT.

>> AND TODDLERS ARE SO GOOD AT WASHING THEIR HANDS.

>> YES, YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT.

>> WE KNOW THAT WELL.

HEATHER CHERONE THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY AND 0 OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR MORE WITH MEMBERS OF CHICAGO'S CITY COUNCIL.

>> EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM WE DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL SITES FOR CHICAGO CASINO AND THE MAYOR'S GAS GIVEAWAY PLAN.

AND WE'RE JOINED BY ALDERPEOPLE, BRIAN HOPKINS, GILBERT VILLEGAS, PAT DOWELL AND JASON ERVIN FOR MUCH MORE FROM CITY COUNCIL.

ALDERMEN VILLEGAS AND ERVIN YOU REPRESENT THE RESPECTIVE WARD MAPS.

THERE'S LESS THAN A MONTH TO GO FOR AN AGREEMENT STRUCK IN CITY COUNCIL BEFORE IT GOES TO REFERENDUM.

IS IT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THERE WILL BE NO AGREEMENT?

>> I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.

I THINK THAT EVERYONE IS WORKING TOWARD AN AGREEMENT BUT I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY A QUESTION BETTER SUITED FOR MY COLLEAGUE WE ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO SIT DOWN AND CALMER HEADS WILL PREVAIL.

>> ALDERMAN VILLEGAS ONE ADDITIONAL LATINO MAJORITY WARD IN THE MAP YOU ARE BACKING.

WHERE IS THE COMPROMISE HERE IS THERE ONE?

>> I AGREE WITH ALDERMAN ERVIN AS WELL.

AS LONG AS WE GET IN A ROOM AND TALK I THINK WE CAN GET TO A COMPROMISE.

WE BOTH ARE LOOKING AT DATA DISSEMINATING IT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION HOW WE WANT TO SEE THE REAPPORTIONMENT.

BUT I THINK THAT IF WE GET IN A ROOM AND TRY TO MAKE -- GET A COMPROMISE I THINK WE CAN GET THERE.

>> ALDERWOMAN DOWELL, THE GROUP THAT BACKED THE PEOPLE'S MAP SAYS CITY COUNCIL SHOULD SUSPEND THE RULES AND HAVE A VOTE ON THE MAPS.

ANY CHANCE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> WHY SUSPEND THE RULES?

YOU HAVE THESE SETUP AT THE BEGINNING ON THIS PROCESS HOW REMAPPING WOULD TAKE PLACE.

WE'RE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.

AND WE SHOULD STICK TO THE RULES WE PUT IN PLACE AT THE BEGINNING.

THERE'S NO NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

>> AND ALDERMAN HOPKINS IT LOOKS LIKE TALKS MIGHT HEAT UP AGAIN BEFORE THE DEADLINE THIS GOES TO THE VOTERS.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE VOTERS CHOOSING BETWEEN THESE TWO MAPS?

>> I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE VOTERS CHOOSING.

I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT.

I FULLY EXPECT THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL CONTINUE UP TO THE 11TH HOUR JUST AS BEEN MENTIONED.

IN THE EVENT THE NEGOTIATIONS GOES TO THE VOTERS THAT IS FINE.

IT SHOULD BE UP TO THE VOTERS TO BREAK THE STALEMATE.

>> DOES THIS COME DOWN TO A COUPLEFUL ALDERPEOPLE A COUPLE OF WARDS SAYING CAN YOU DRAW ME A MORE FAVORABLE WARD.

CAN YOU LET US IN ON THAT?

>> I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ASK THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LATINO CAUCUS.

THE 34 OF US SAT DOWN AND WORKED WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING PEOPLE ALONG IN THIS PROCESS.

I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY THEY HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CHICAGO.

I JUST DON'T SEE THIS PLAYING OUT WELL FOR ANYBODY THIS ISSUE BECOME HIGHLY DIVISIVE WILL BECOME NASTY AND THAT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY OF BROAD SHOULDERS BUT YOU CAN'T UNRING A BELL AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT PEOPLE DO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO A RATIONAL CONCLUSION.

AS I'VE STATED BEFORE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THIS CITY WILL NOT LIVE ON ITS KNEES.

>> ALDERMAN VILLEGAS IS THERE A PROPOSAL THAT YOU AND THE LATINO CAUCUS WOULD BACK THAT DID NOT HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL LATINO MAJORITY WARD THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PROPOSAL?

>> I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE DIALOGUE JUST AS CHAIRMAN ERVIN MENTIONED.

IF WE GET IN A ROOM TRY TO COME TO A CONCLUSION AND COMPROMISE, LOOK AT DATA.

LOOK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE CENSUS JUST REPORTED THERE WAS AN UNDER COUNT OF LATINOS OF 5.5% AND 3% AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND OVERCOUNT OF CAUCASIANS AND ASIANS.

IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT NEW DATA AND CONTINUE TO ANALYZE IT AND REAPPORTION IT ACCORDINGLY, I THINK WE CAN GET TO A COMPROMISE BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE TRUE DISCUSSIONS AND BOTH PARTIES BE WILLING TO DISCUSS WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS ALDERMAN ERVIN STATED.

>> ALDERWOMAN DOWELL ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES INTRODUCED A NEW ETHICS ORDINANCE THAT WOULD RATCHET UP THE FINES ALDERPEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR VIOLATING THE ETHICS CODE AS MUCH AS $20,000.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WOULD SUPPORT?

>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO CHAIRMAN MICHELLE SMITH ORDINANCE.

I BELIEVE SHE IS SUBMIT TO GO TOMORROW.

I HAVE NOT REVIEWED THE DETAILS OF IT.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT -- I'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD ETHICS AMONG THE CITY COUNCIL, AMONG ALL OF US.

SO I'M PREPARED TO GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO WHAT SHE HAS PRESENTED TOMORROW BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN IT.

>> ALDERMAN HOPKINS FROM WHAT WE KNOW IT WOULD BEEF UP THE FINES TO $20,000 AND SMITH WHO IS SPONSORING THIS WANTS TO BEEF UP THE OFFICE OF THE ETHICS COUNCIL SO THAT THEY HAVE TEETH.

WOULD YOU SUPPORT THIS?

>> YEAH I'M OPEN TO CONSIDERING IT.

ULTIMATELY AS WE'VE LEARNED IN THE CITY YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE INTEGRITY.

IF YOU COULD DO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE FOUND A WAY TO PASS LAWS AND EVERYONE FOLLOW THEIR CONSCIOUS AND DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING WHICH IS THE DEFINITION OF ETHICS.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD PROVIDE FURTHER DISINCENTIVE TO BREAK THE RULES, SURE IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AND I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT IT.

>> AND THE NEWS TODAY THAT THE WARD SUPERINTENDENT FOR 45TH WARD JIM GARDINER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO SELL A GUN WHILE HE WAS ON THE CITY CLOCK.

I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE GANG PROFITS ORDINANCE THAT THE MAYOR PUSHED THAT HASN'T GONE ANYWHERE.

IT'S BEEN DELAYED.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SHE HAS THE VOTES.

IS THERE AN 11TH HOUR BOOST TO THE BILL THAT MIGHT GET IT PAST CITY COUNCIL?

>> I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CHALLENGES AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY IN RELATION BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR STREETS.

AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER BY GOING AFTER THOSE WHO ARE PROFITING FROM THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY THAT IS HAPPENING THE LIVES BEING RUINED.

AND YET, MANY DON'T LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT PROFIT FROM THE PAIN AND MISERY OF A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I LOST A RELATIVE RECENTLY TO A DRUG OVERDOSE AND THAT STUFF IS REAL AND THE PAIN AND HURT THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH BEHIND THE PROFITS OF OTHER PEOPLE, THAT IS REAL.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF HOW CAN WE DISRUPT THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO WANT TO DISRUPT THE LIVES OF SO MANY CHICAGOANS AS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

I'M HOPEFUL THROUGH MORE TALKS AND NEGOTIATIONS WE CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HONESTLY CAN GO AVIDS WHO ARE BASICALLY DOING OUR COMMUNITIES HARM.

>> OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOUR FAMILY ON THAT.

ALDERMAN VILLEGAS IT'S GOTTEN OPPOSITION FROM THE UCLU AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, HEAD OF THE FOP CATANZARA IS THAT ENOUGH OPPOSITION TO SINK IT HERE?

>> I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOU GET BOTH A.C.L.U.

AND FOP OPPOSING A PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

MEMBERS OF THE BODY HAVE SUPER MAJORITY ARE NOT SOLD ON THIS IDEA YET.

AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE THE A.C.L.U.

AND FOP BOTH FREEING THIS LEGISLATION IS BAD AND DETRIMENTAL TO THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, AND YOU HAVE TO -- IT GIVES PAUSE AND THERE HAS TO BE TWEAKING TO GET IT PASSED.

>> AND THIS WOULD BE A MAJOR DEFEAT FOR MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IF IT DOES NOT PASS.

WE'LL WATCH AND SEE THAT TOMORROW AS WELL.

OUR THANKS TO ALDERPEOPLE, BRIAN HOPKINS, GILBERT VILLEGAS, PAT DOWELL AND JASON ERVIN THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> AND PARIS, CITY OFFICIALS ARE READY TO RESUME INSTALLING WATER METERS IN CHICAGO HOMES.

THE DECISION COMES NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HALTED THE WORK AMID CONCERNS IT WAS CAUSING LEAD TO POLLUTE THE DRINKING WATER IN THOUSANDS OF CHICAGO HOMES.

JOINING US NOW IN AN INTERVIEW TO DISCUSS THIS AND MORE IS CHICAGO WATER COMMISSIONER ANDREA CHENG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TELL HUSBAND HOW DID THE CITY DECIDE IT'S NOW SAFE TO INSTALL THE WATER METERS?

>> SURE, SURE.

REGIONALLY, THE METER SAFE PROGRAM HAD BEEN STARTED IN 2009.

AND HAD ABOUT 130,000 METERS INSTALLED BETWEEN THEN AND 2019 WHEN PAUSED.

AND IT WAS PAUSED BASED ON RESULTS FROM A RESEARCH STUDY THAT SHOWED A SLIGHT ELEVATION IN WATER LEAD LEVELS AFTER METERS WERE INSTALLED IN SOME HOMES.

AND WE KNEW THAT THE METERS DID NOT HAVE LEAD IN IT AND IT HAD TO BE A DIFFERENT DISTURBANCE-BASED FACTOR CAUSING THE INCREASE.

SO AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF LOOKING INTO WHAT OPTIONS WE HAD, WE WERE LAUNCHED THE ULTRASONIC METER STUDY IN 2020 TO INVESTIGATE WITH THE ULTRASONIC METERS MIGHT HAVE LESS IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL LEAD LEVELS.

AND WHY DID WE LOOK AT ULTRASONIC METERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO MOVING PARTS COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL WATER METERS THAT DO HAVE MOVING PARTS.

THAT IS BECAUSE THE MOVING PARTS COULD DISTURB THE CORROSION WITHIN THE PIPES AND THAT COATING KEEPS THE LEAD LEECHING INTO THE SYSTEM.

ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO GET 200 PEOPLE INTO THE ULTRASONIC METER STUDY WHICH TOOK A WHILE BECAUSE IT WAS DURING COVID IT WAS LAUNCHED A MONTH BEFORE COVID STARTED SO WE COULDN'T GET INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES RIGHT AWAY.

WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT WE HAD ENOUGH DATA TO SAY FROM A STATISTICAL STANDPOINT THAT WE COULD CONFIDENTLY RESTART THE PROGRAM WITH MODIFICATIONS TO EMPHASIZE HEALTH AND SAFETY.

AND THOSE MODIFICATIONS INVOLVED MANDATORY FLUSHING.

BUT WE FOUND WAS THAT IT'S LESS ABOUT METER INSTALLATION AND MORE ABOUT FLUSHING AND WATER USAGE.

>> OK. YOU KNOW THEN THAT BY USING THE ULTRASONIC METERS THAT DISTURBANCE THAT CAUSED THAT INCREASED LEAD LEVEL IN THE WATER IS LESS LIKELY.

THAT SAID THERE ARE STILL HOW MANY SO MANY LEAD LINES OR WATERLINES THAT STILL ARE AFFECTED BY LEAD.

WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO INSURE THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR CHICAGO HOUSEHOLDS?

>> I DO WANT TO BACK UP.

WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE ULTRASONIC METERS AND THE TRADITIONAL METERS WERE WITHIN THE ERR OF MEASUREMENTS WHEN IT CAME TO LEAD LEVELS BUT THAT BOTH OF THOSE WERE WITHIN THE ERR OF SEASONAL CHANGES IN LEAD LEVELS DUE TO MANY IT IS.

THE ORIGINAL STUDY FOUND TWO PARTS HER BILLION AND WE FOUND 1.2 WITH ULTRASONIC PARTS HER BILLION DIFFERENCE IN LEAD AND WHAT YOU GET FROM THE TEMPERATURE VARIATION IS 3 PARTS PER BILLION.

BUT WHAT WE FOUND MORE IMPORTANTLY WAS THAT THE FLUSHING THAT WE WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO AFTER THEY INSTALL THE METERS TO GET RID OF LEAD PARTICLES THAT MIGHT COME THROUGH WHEN YOU CUT PIPE WAS NOT BEING DONE BY FOLKS FOR THE ONES THAT DID FLUSH, THEY HAD LOWER LEAD LEVELS.

PART OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS HAVING A MANDATORY FLUSH AFTER A METER INSTALLATION THUS RENDERING THAT MUCH MORE SAFER PROCESS.

AND BY FLUSH I DON'T MEAN THE TOILET.

BECAUSE I GET THAT QUESTION A LOT.

I MEAN THE FAUCETS, SHOWERS IT CAN BE ANYTHING THAT MOVES WATER IN THE HOME.

WITH THAT MODIFICATION, ALONG WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER FILTERS TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE AND TESTING ALSO TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE THAT WILL BE THE KEY TO RESTARTING METER.

>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO GET TO.

DATA OBTAINED BY WTTW NEWS ALSO SHOWS THAT CITY CREWS HAVE REPLACED 74 OF THE APPROXIMATELY 400,000 LEAD SERVICE LINES RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTAMINATING TAP WATER SINCE THE CITY'S 2020 ROLL OUT PLAN.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS BEHIND THIS DELAY IN REPLACING THE LINES?

>> I'D SAY WE NEED [INAUDIBLE] IT STARTED IN 2021 THE PROGRAM.

AND WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS ROLLED OUT IS ONES THAT THE FOCUS ON EQUITY AND THAT SORT OF IS THE KEY MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WORKS IN CHICAGO.

MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE GOTTEN MORE LEAD SERVICE LINES REPLACED BUT NOT IN FULL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT EQUITY.

SO WE DO HAVE ABOUT 74 COMPLETED BETWEEN OUR EQUITY PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR HOMEOWNER INITIATED PROGRAM.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON OUR PILOT WORKING ON LEAD SERVICE REPLACEMENT AT THE SAME TIME AS WATERMAINS.

AND ANYONE CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THAT ON LEAD SAFE CHICAGO.ORG.

>> WHEN YOU SAY FOCUSING ON EQUITY SHIFTING YOUR FOCUS TO BE SURE THAT EXOOTS THAT NEED -- COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT MORE ARE SEEING THE PLACEMENTS MORE QUICKLY?

>> WE ARE NOT SHIFTING IT.

IT'S THE IMPORTANCE FROM THE BEGINNING.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT END UP IN THE CITY THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE SEEN ONLY THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD WILL GET IT DONE.

WE'RE FOCUSING ON LOW INCOME.

OUR FUNDING OF THAT EQUITY PROGRAM SO WE ARE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAST LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO REPLACE IT BUT ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED WITH CHILDREN IN THE HOME OR ELEVATED LEAD LEVELS ARE A PRIORITY IN THAT PROGRAM.

>> PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANKS TO COMMISSIONER ANDREA CHENG FOR JOINING US.

>> A SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY'S OLDEST BLACK CAMERA CLUB.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> THEY FOCUS THEIR CAMERAS AND PEOPLE AND THE LANDSCAPED BEAUTY OF SOUTH SIDE PARKS.

NOW THEY ARE COMBINING THEIR PASSION FOR PICTURES WITH EARLY CHICAGO HISTORY.

THE WASHINGTON PARK CAMERA CLUB WAS ORGANIZED IN 1955 THE OLDEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CAMERA CLUB IN THE CITY.

WE MET THEM TO FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR PRESENT DAY DIVE INTO THE CITY'S PAST.

HERE IS MARC VITALI WITH THE STORY.

>> I GREW UP HERE.

I MOVED IN IN ' 59 I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.

AND FOR US WHEN YOUR PARENTS SAY GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY THAT MEANT WE COULD GO TO THE PARK IT WAS ONLY A BLOCK AWAY.

THIS WAS MY BACKYARD.

WHY PLAY IN THE ALLEY WHEN YOU CAN PLAY ON THE GRASS?

>> SHOT CRIME SCENES FOR 10 YEARS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT NOW IT'S MORE OF A JOY.

YOU CAN SIT BACK AND TAKE WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO TAKE.

>> WE SPOKE WITH A FEW OF THE 40 PLUS MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON PARK CAMERA CLUB IN THE 345 ACRE PARK THAT GIVES THE CLUB ITS NAME.

THE LATEST PROJECT BLENDS PAST AND PRESENT.

THEY ARE PAIRING OLD VIEWS OF THE PARK WITH NEW INSPIRATIONS.

IT IS A TRIBUTE TO THE PARK'S CREATOR, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED WHO COMPLETED THE PARK IN 1871.

>> WE FOUND OUT THIS WAS A CELEBRATION FOR OLMSTED'S 200TH BIRTHDAY.

AND FOR THIS MAGNIFICENT SPACE IT'S STILL HERE AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY HE LEFT IT.

VERY SMALL CHANGES.

AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS THAT HE GAVE THE COMMUNITY THE SPACE.

>> IN ORDER FOR YOU TO APPRECIATE THE PARK YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE BELLY OF IT.

THERE'S HIDDEN SPACES AND THAT IS WHAT OLMSTED WAS KNOWN FOR YOU.

YOU WILL WALK THROUGH A PATH AND THE PATH WILL OPEN UP TO A LAGOON.

GREENSPACES.

>> OLMSTED WAS AN ARTIST, CONSERVATIONIST AND EARLY ABOLITIONIST.

THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS SPONSOREDDED BY THE HYDE PARK SOCIETAL SOCIETY.

THE PROJECT HAS AN ENTHUSIASTICKIC SUPPORTERS IN A LOCAL HISTORIC.

>> FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED WAS A REMARKABLE HUMAN BEING.

HE IS CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND HE HAD THE IDEA THAT AMERICAN PARKS WOULD BE KIND OF THE TREMENDOUS DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT DURING VICTORIAN SOCIETY THERE WERE FEW PLACES OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND CLASSES COULD EVER EVEN MINGLE OR MEET OR SEE EACH OTHER BUT PARKS WERE THE SPACES THEY WERE THE PARKS THAT BELONGED TO ALL THE PEOPLE.

>> THE WASHINGTON PARK CAMERA CLUB IS MADE UP OF BEGINNERS AND PROFESSIONALS.

IT IS AS THEY PUT IT WHERE GREAT MINDS CLICK.

>> WE FORM OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

YOU SHOOT YOUR NATURAL INSTINCTS.

I WILL SAY IT THIS WAY... NO MATTER WHAT MY ASSIGNMENT IS IF A CHILD WALKS BY OR A FAMILY WITH THEIR CHILDREN, I WILL STOP AND TAKE THAT PICTURE BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

TO SEE BLACK FAMILIES OUT ENJOYING THE COMMUNITY.

SHE CHILDREN.

>> WHEN I COME OUT I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE AND THEY ARE SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE PARK.

SO I'M SHOOTING THEM AND THEN THE LANDSCAPES WHEN YOU COME TO THE PARK YOU TAKE A LOT OF THIS FOR GRANTED BUT THIS WAS ACTUALLY A GIFT FROM OLMSTED HE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS 150 YEARS AGO.

>> THE CHICAGO PARK SYSTEM IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE FOR THE CITY NOT ONLY JUST THE MOST INCREDIBLE PLACES TO GO BUT THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY LIVING WORKS OF ART.

>> NOTHING'S CHANGED.

THESE ARE THE SAME LOCATIONS SOME OF THE TREES ARE OLDER THAN THE PARK ITSELF.

>> WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THIS.

I ENJOYED IT.

THANK YOU OLMSTED.

[LAUGHTER] >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED DESIGNED THE CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK AND THE GROUNDS OF THE U.S. CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON D.C. WEIGHS BORN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY AND IT IS THE LAUNCH OF THE CAMERA CLUB'S EXHIBIT CALLED SOUTHPARK THEN AND NOW.

AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

STAY CONNECTED WITH US BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

AND YOU CAN GET "CHICAGO TONIGHT" STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, YouTube AND WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SHOW VIA PODCAST AND THE PBS VIDEO APP.

AND PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. >> NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

[♪♪♪]