>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I AM PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

>> A PASSING OF THE TORCH AT CITY HALL AS MAYOR ELECT BRANDON JOHNSON GETS READY TO TAKE OFFICE.

>>> THERE IS A TRAGEDY AT EVERY TURN HERE.

>> BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PARING DOWN SOME PROPERTY.

>>> A GROWING NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS ARE APPLYING RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION THE LATEST INSTALLMENT EXPLAINS IT.

>> WISCONSIN, WE DID IT.

>> THE MUSKRATS DEMOCRATS FLIP THE STATE.

WHAT CAN IT MEAN?

>> RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS CONVERGE THIS WEEK.

HOW LOCAL CHICAGOANS ARE CELEBRATING.

>>> WE HAVE A SPECIAL WEEK, HOLY WEEK , RAMADAN AND PASSOVER ALL COINCIDE.

>> THANK YOU AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

>>> THE OUTGOING MAYOR MEETS THE INCOMING MAYOR.

BRANDON JOHNSON WENT TO THE FIFTH FLOOR OF CITY HALL THIS AFTERNOON FOR A MEETING WITH MAYOR LIGHTFOOT.

JOHNSON SAID HE TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIONS AND HOW THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER.

JOHNSON SAID THE MEETING WAS HISTORIC.

>> I AM DEEPLY HUMBLED BY THE GRACIOUS RECEPTION OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

SHE IS CERTAINLY SOMEONE THAT I BELIEVE THE CITY OF CHICAGO WILL CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE IN THE COMING DAYS.

>> AS WTTM NEWS WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLANS TO TEAR DOWN A CENTURY OLD BUILDING THAT IS NEXT TO TWO SKYSCRAPERS.

THE PROPERTY HAS SAT VACANT AND HAS FALLEN INTO EXTREME DISREPAIR.

PRESERVATIONISTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORS.

>> Reporter: THE FOUR BUILDINGS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF STATE AND ADAMS DATE BACK MORE THAN ONE SENTRY.

>> OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION THAT MANAGED THESE BUILDINGS HAVE LET IT FALL INTO DISREPAIR FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES TO APPOINT WHERE WE ARE IN A CRISIS SITUATION.

>> Reporter: WE LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO TEAR DOWN THE THREE-STORY BUILDING AT 208 TO 12 SOUTH STATE.

IT WAS A FORMAL RETAIL SPACE BUILT IN 1920 AND LIES BETWEEN THE SENTRY AND CONSUMERS BUILDING.

TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS THE GOVERNMENT ALSO WANTS TO TEAR DOWN SAYING THEY POSE A SECURITY THREAT TO THE NEARBY COMMUNITY.

>> THERE IS $52 MILLION CONGRESSIONAL FUNDS EARMARKED TO DEMOLISH THESE BUILDINGS.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE DEMOLISHED.

THEY ARE PART OF HISTORY AND PART OF THIS COMMUNITY OF SOME OF THE FIRST SKYSCRAPERS.

>>> THEY CLOSED OFF THE SIDE WEEKS BECAUSE THE CRUMBLING FA÷ADE POST THE DANGER TO THE POPULATION.

THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT MANAGES GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES SAYS THEY DID AN ASSESSMENT FOUND THE NON-HISTORIC BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN UNDER REPAIR FOR SEVERAL YEARS IS NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

>> IF THOSE TWO BUILDINGS ARE DISTRESSED IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE IT MAKES ME CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THE PLANTS TO SAVE THE BUILDINGS CONSIDERS TEARING DOWN THE SMALL BUILDING THAT IS NOW SLATED FOR DEMOLITION BUT WANTS THE SKYSCRAPERS TO BECOME CITY LANDMARKS.

>> WE NEED TO REVIVE THE COMMERCIAL AREA NEAR STATE STREET.

>> Reporter: PRESERVATION'S PLANS WILL REPURPOSE THE BUILDING AND ADDRESS SECURITY CONCERNS.

THEY DON'T WANT TO TEAR DOWN HISTORIC BUILDINGS BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO A FEDERAL BUILDING MAY SET A BAD PRECEDENT.

>> WE THINK THESE COULD BE REFASHIONED.

>> THE GSA TELLS WTTM NEWS THE DEMOLITION IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK.

THE SENTRY AND CONSUMERS BUILDING CAN'T BE TORN DOWN RIGHT NOW.

>>> SECRETARY OF STATE ELECT IS PICKING UP WHERE HIS PREDECESSOR LEFT OFF .

HE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON URGING DONOR INCREASES.

YOU CAN SIGN UP ONLINE OR AT THE DMV.

7.5 MILLION RESIDENTS ARE SIGNED UP AND THERE ARE 4000 PEOPLE IN NEED AND ON THE WAITING LIST.

>> PLEASE BE AN ORGAN TISSUE DONOR.

I AM LITERALLY BEGGING YOU.

BECOMING AN ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR IS SIMPLE AND IT TAKES TO JUST ONE MINUTE TO SIGN UP.

>> ONE DR.

DONATED A KIDNEY TO MAKE A POINT.

>> I FEEL BAD FOR EVERYONE OF THEM.

I CAN'T JUST PICK ONE PERSON .

I COULD NOT DO THAT.

I COULDN'T PICK JUST ONE.

DONATION KICKED OFF A KIDNEY CARE DONATION.

THAT MEANS HER KIDNEY WENT TO A WOMAN IN VIRGINIA WHO HAD BEEN STRUGGLING TO FIND A MATCH.

THAT PATIENTS SPOUSE COULDN'T GIVE HIS KIDNEY TO HIS WIFE BECAUSE IT WASN'T A GOOD MATCH, SO HE DONATED IT TO ANOTHER PATIENT.

>>> THREE MAJOR HOLIDAYS COINCIDE THIS WEEK.

CHICAGOANS ARE CELEBRATING PASSOVER, EASTER AND RAMADAN.

>>> PLUS, RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

WE WILL EXPLAIN.

>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY JOHN AND ALEXANDRIA NICHOLS.

>>> CHICAGO JUST GOT THROUGH ANOTHER ELECTION CYCLE.

THERE WERE NINE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR AND YESTERDAY, THEY DID IT ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES 50% OF THE VOTE.

WHAT IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT WAY?

WHAT COULD YOU DO IF YOU COULD VOTE IN ORDER OF YOUR PREFERENCE?

THERE IS A SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT AND IT IS CALLED RANKED CHOICE VOTING AND IT HAS SOME BACKERS AND DETRACTORS.

HOW WILL IT WORK?

WTTM NEWS EXPLAINS.

>> PEOPLE ARE ACCESSED WITH RANKINGS.

THE NCAA TOP 25 , MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR, YOU NAME IT, WE RANK IT.

IS THE VOTING NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS ARE APPLYING RANKING VOTING.

HOW DOES RANKED CHOICE VOTING WORK?

INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR JUST ONE CANDIDATE , A VOTER RANKS THEM STARTING WITH THEIR FAVORITE.

IF THAT PERSON GETS MORE THAN 50% OF PLACED VOTES IT GOES TO A RUNOFF AND THE VOTES ARE REDISTRIBUTED.

LET'S SEE THE RACES BETWEEN THE CLASSIC CHICAGO HOT DOG , DEEP DISH PIZZA, ITALIAN BEEF, AND THE GREEK YOUR ROLE.

PIZZA GETS 30, PIZZA 20 AND THE GYRO CLOSED.

IN A REGULAR VOTING, HOT DOG WINS, BUT NOT IN RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

IT GOES TO SECOND CHOICE COUNTING.

SO, WHO DID THE GYRO LOVERS VOTE AS THE NUMBER TWO?

LET'S SEE IF HOT DOGS WIN?

NO GYRO FANS RANKED HOTDOGS SECOND.

HALF WENT TO PIZZA AND HALF WENT TO BEEF.

NO ONE HAS CRACKED 50%.

BEEF IS LAST AND SO IT IS OUT AND GETS REDISTRIBUTED.

PIZZA WINS 55-45.

ADVOCATES ARGUE RANKED CHOICE VOTING IS MORE DEMOCRATIC .

DETRACTORS SITE VOTER CONFUSION AND LOWER VOTER TURNOUT.

THAT IS THE DISH ON RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

>> NOW THAT YOU ARE ALL HUNGRY WE WILL GET INTO THE Q&A ON THIS ISSUE.

THERE BEEN STATES ARE CONSIDERING RANKED CHOICE VOTING .

JOINING US NOW TO BREAK DOWN WITH THAT WOULD MEAN OUR ANDREW , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAIR VOTE ILLINOIS AND NATE ATKINSON , PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU.

ANDREW, YOU LAID OUT THE BASICS.

MAKE A CASE FOR RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

>> RANKED CHOICE VOTING HELPS INSURE THAT A REPRESENTATIVE OUTCOME OCCURS.

THERE HAS TO BE SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY.

RANKED CHOICE VOTING LEADS TO LESS POLITICAL TOXICITY .

IF IT IS NOT IN THE CANDIDATES INTEREST OR IS NOT A LEADING STRATEGY , THEY MAY NOT WANT TO.

OTHER BENEFITS ARE BEING CONSIDERED.

I CAN WRITE MY CHOICES IN ANY ORDER I LIKE.

I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT SPOILING THE ELECTION.

ONE THING I WILL THROW IN IS IT OFTEN ELIMINATES A TOXIC ELECTION.

WE RUN THE WHOLE ELECTION ONE TIME .

>> WE WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF OR SO.

>> NATE?

>> RANKED CHOICE VOTING IS A DAY , NOT AN IT.

IT IS ONE TYPE OF VOTING.

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYSTEMS.

RANKED CHOICE VOTING ALLOWS CANDIDATES TO RUN AN ELECTION WITHOUT A SPOILER.

THIS RANKED CHOICE VOTING IS BIASED A WAY FOR MODERN CANDIDATES.

SO, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A LEFT-WING CANDIDATE AND A RIGHT-WING CANDIDATE AND A MODERATE.

THE MODERATE CANDIDATE MY GET THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS.

BUT, THIS ELIMINATES THE VOTERS THAT GIVE THEM SUPPORT IN THE FIRST ROUND.

EVENTUALLY, IT GOES BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL ELECT VOTING OF A RIGHT-WING AND A LEFT-WING CANDIDATE.

WE SAW THIS HAPPEN IN ALASKA.

>> THIS WAS THE ELECTION THAT INVOLVED SARAH PALIN.

WHAT ABOUT DRAWING OUT THE MODERATE VOICES?

>> IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO ENGINEER A WIN FOR A MODERATE CANDIDATE.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE ELECTED.

PEOPLE WHO ARE PREFERRED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE.

THAT IS WHAT RANKED CHOICE VOTING IS.

IT HELPS THE VOTERS , WHOEVER BEST REPRESENTS THE VOTERS ACTUALLY GETS THE WIN.

IT HELPS WITH A BROAD BASE OF SUPPORT.

>> YOU MENTIONED THAT THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING SYSTEM THAT WE OUTLINED IS JUST ONE OF MANY.

IS THERE A SYSTEM THAT YOU WOULD FIND PREFERABLE?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE EARLY ON IN THE STAGE.

SOMETHING THAT IS QUITE FAMILIAR IS THAT WE THINK ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND THE WORLD CUP AS ROUND ROBINS.

SO, LET'S GO BACK TO DEMOCRACY WITH THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT AND A MODERATE, IT PUT THE ACTUAL WINNER IN A HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTEST WITH THE SECOND MOST POPULAR VOTE-GETTER.

BECAUSE OF THE FEATURE OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING WE ELIMINATED A CANDIDATE WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.

YOU GET THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS.

>> SO, MAYBE A MATCHUP STYLE RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

THERE ARE BILLS IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR LOOKING AT RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

HOW WOULD THOSE BILLS IMPACT OUR VOTING?

>> THERE IS A BILL RIGHT NOW IN THE HOUSE THAT WOULD BRING RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES RIGHT HERE IN ILLINOIS.

IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE A VERY CROWDED FIELD AND THERE IS ANOTHER BILL IN THE SENATE AND IT IS THE SAME THING.

IT WOULD PUT RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN EFFECT FOR VOTING FOR PRESIDENT.

>> VERY EXCITING.

I HOPE WE CAN SETTLE ON THE BEST VOTING SYSTEM THERE IS.

ANDREW SILVA THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT AHEAD.

PLEASE STICK AROUND.

CALLED IT THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION OF THE YEAR.

IT DREW PLENTY OF NATIONAL ATTENTION AND EVEN MORE MONEY .

FUNDING FOR THE RACE WAS MORE THAN $40 MILLION.

IN THE END, THE DEMOCRAT BUILT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN THE STATE HIGH COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS.

JOINING AS TO EXPLAIN THE IMPLICATION OF THAT VICTORY IS SHAUNA JOHNSON WITH WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WHAT DOES THIS ELECTION INTO THE STATE?

>> I THINK IT IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR US.

WE ARE USED TO HEARING EVERY ELECTION CYCLE THAT THIS ELECTION IS THE BIGGEST ELECTION OF THEM ALL.

THIS ONE LIVED UP TO THE BILLING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

FIRST OF ALL, HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN SINCE LIBERALS HAVE HAD A MAJORITY ON OUR COURT.

TYPICALLY, IN STATEWIDE ELECTIONS, WE ARE A STATE THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.

THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN IN CONSERVATIVE HANDS FOR 15 YEARS.

THAT IS A BIG CHANGE FOR US ALONG THOSE LINES.

ALSO , JUST THE SIZE OF THE ISSUES THAT THIS COURT IS NOW POISED TO DEAL WITH MAKES THIS ELECTION SO CONSEQUENTIAL BECAUSE THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ONLY OF THE FULL FRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MINDS RIGHT NOW BUT ALSO HAVE CONSEQUENCES POTENTIALLY, FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIG ONES THEY ARE EXPECTED TO HERE.

ONE ON ABORTION AND ONE ON THE ELECTION MAP.

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT ABORTION?

>> SHE HAS BEEN UNSPOKEN ABOUT HER PERSONAL BELIEFS ON ABORTION.

SHE SAID SHE BELIEVES THAT WOMEN HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

SHE ALSO SAID SHE IS NOT SAYING HOW SHE WOULD RULE ON THE CASE IN THE COURT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN SHE IS TALKING TO SUPPORTERS THEY BELIEVE SHE IS IN THEIR CAMP AND THAT SHE WILL RULE THEIR WAY.

THERE IS A CASE WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE WISCONSIN COURT SYSTEM RIGHT NOW THAT IS PRETTY CONSEQUENTIAL.

WE HAVE, IN WISCONSIN AN ABORTION BAN THAT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR , IN 1849 THAT HAD BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS , BUT IT WAS PUT BACK INTO EFFECT AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE.

A LAWSUIT WOULD OVERTURN THE ABORTION BAN AND IT WOULD GO BEFORE THE COURT.

>> THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION MAP.

WHAT ABOUT THAT ONE?

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CASE IS YET EXACTLY, BUT WE KNOW THE BROAD STROKES OF THE ISSUE.

IN WISCONSIN , WITH CLOSED STATEWIDE ELECTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MORE THAN A DECADE NOW, IT IS A VERY LOPSIDED LEGISLATURE WITH REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES , THANKS IN LARGE PART TO A REPUBLICAN DRAWN LEGISLATIVE MAP.

THAT WAS LAST YEAR ENDORSED BY THE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY ON THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT .

THE WINNER SAID SHE THINKS THE MAP IS RIGGED AND THAT SHE WOULD LIKE FOR THE COURT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE MAP.

SHE IS GOING TO BE IN THE MAJORITY RIGHT NOW AND WILL PROBABLY GIVE THEM THEIR WISH BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GROUPS AND A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS, EVEN MAYBE OUR GOVERNOR WHO WILL BE ABLE TO FILE SOMETHING BEFORE THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT AND SAY, LET'S RECONSIDER THIS MAP AND REDRAW IT .

>> OKAY, TWO CASES THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>>> UP NEXT, HOW CHICAGOANS ARE CELEBRATING HOLY WEEK, PASSOVER AND RAMADAN.

BUT FIRST, HERE IS THE WEATHER.

>>> >>> THIS YEAR MANY RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS ARE ALIGNED WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES.

THIS WEEK , JOANNA HERNANDEZ VISITED A FEW COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE CELEBRATING.

JOANNA JOINS US NOW FROM INSIDE ST. MARY OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

JOANNA?

>> Reporter: NOT TOO LONG AGO THIS CHURCH WAS FILLED FOR THE MASS OF THE LAST SUPPER.

JESUS SAT DOWN WITH HIS LAST SUPPER WITH HIS DISCIPLES .

IT WAS AN INTIMATE MOMENT WHERE JESUS WAS SAID TO WASH THE FEET OF HIS 12 DISCIPLES AND TAUGHT THEM ABOUT FORGIVENESS.

CHRISTIANITY HONORS THIS IS A SACRED HOLIDAY.

THERE ARE MORE SPECIAL HOLIDAYS FOR OTHER RELIGIONS.

INSIDE A PHYSICAL DIOCESE OF CHICAGO, DOZENS OF MINISTERS PARTICIPATE IN A RENEWAL OF VOWS.

IT IS ALL CALLS HOLY WEEK THAT IS CELEBRATED FROM VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE DIOCESE.

>> THEY ARE CALLED TO GOT TO COME TOGETHER AND RENEW THEIR VOWS THEY TOOK BOTH AS THEY BECAME ORDAINED AS DEACONS AND PRIESTS, BUT ALSO RENEW THEIR BAPTISMAL VOWS.

>> Reporter: SHE IS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WHO IS A BISHOP.

SHE SAID THIS IS A MOMENT OF TRANSFORMATION.

>> LAST WEEK , WHEN I PREACHED IT WAS A HIGH, HOLY DAY FOR MANY DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.

NOT JUST CHRISTIANITY , BUT FOR PEOPLE TO REBOOT, REINVIGORATE AND TOTALLY COME INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH WHOMEVER THEY ARE TIED TO.

>> Reporter: A MESSAGE THE RABBI CONNECTS WITH AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CELEBRATING PASSOVER AND COMMEMORATING THE ENTRANCE OF JESUS.

THE COMMANDMENT ON PASSOVER IS TO SEE YOURSELF IN THE STORY.

WE HAVE A BIG MEAL ON THIS DAY AND WE HAVE AN HOUR OR MORE TO GET TO THE MILL.

THE RABBI SAID IT IS AN EXPERIENCE CENTERED AROUND IDEAL FREEDOM .

THEIR ANCESTORS SHARED A RITUAL FEAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLIDAYS.

>> THERE ARE SPACES FOR DIFFERENT APOSTOLIC ITEMS.

THIS PLATE COULD BE IN THE CENTER OF THE TABLE.

>> Reporter: PASSOVER BEGAN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE PLATE IS A STAPLE A VARIETY OF FOODS.

>> THIS IS A BITTER HERB THAT REMINDS US HOW BITTER IT WAS TO BE A SLAVE.

IT IS VERY SPICY.

YOU CAN SEE IT DRAW TEARS.

IT IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU AN FEELING OF WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO BE A SLAVE.

>> Reporter: AT THE CHICAGO LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD, MUSLIMS GATHER FOR A NIGHT OF REFLECTION DURING RAMADAN.

THEY FAST EVERY DAY FROM DON TO DESK.

>> YOU ARE AT YOUR MOST NATURAL STATE WHEN YOU HAVE NO FOOD AND WATER IN YOU.

>> Reporter: THE HOLY TIME WHERE PEOPLE UNITE FOR PRAYER, FASTING AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH.

IT IS TRADITION TO CHANT AND PLAY TRUMPS DURING GATHERING .

THIS IS WHEN MUSLIMS CONNECT WITH THE DIVINE.

>> IT ALLOWS YOU TO TURN OFF EVERYTHING THAT USUALLY ROCKS THE SPIRITUAL.

BY THE END OF THE MONTH PEOPLE ARE FEELING THEIR BEST BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

I THINK WE DON'T OFTEN TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK OUT THE CONNECTIONS AS WE COULD AND AS WE SHOULD.

I THINK FAITH SHOULD ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS PEOPLE IMPROVE CONNECTIONS .

>> Reporter: DESPITE BEING DIFFERENT, ALL OF THESE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS ARE INTENDED FOR SELF REFLECTION.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TOGETHER ON GOOD FRIDAY TO REMEMBER THE DAY CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED.

>> THANK YOU.

A LOT OF CHICAGOANS OBSERVING THESE HOLIDAYS THIS WEEK IN.

THIS IS OUR SHOW FOR THURSDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT WILL RELOOK AT WHAT THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION COULD LOOK LIKE.

>>> AND AT 10:00 , WHAT IS UP NEXT AFTER A JUDGE LOOKS AT AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY SAFE.