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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> IF THEY WANT TO OPEN SCHOOLS SAFELY THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GET THE DETAILS RIGHT.

>> AFTER A YEAR OF REMOTE LEARNING HIGH SCHOOLS ARE SET TO REOPEN IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.

BUT THE TEACHERS' UNION SAYS THE DISTRICT SHOULD WAIT.

>> DANGEROUS TACTICS.

>> THE MAYOR IS DEMANDING CHANGES TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY FOR ON FOOT CHASES THE FOP RESPONDS.

>> IT'S REPUBLICANS WANT TO DANCE LET'S GO, LET'S GO BIG ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> CONGRESS GEARS UP FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE FIGHT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WEIGHS?

>> LEARNING MORE WHO WERE THE U.S. CAPITOL RIOTERS ON JANUARY 6 A REPORT DIGS INTO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE ARRESTED.

>> WILL THERE BE A RETURN TO NORMAL FOR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEOPLE?

A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SHARES HIS THOUGHTS.

>> THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH.

>> REFLECTING WHO OUR COMMUNITY IS RIGHT NOW.

>> AND HOW A PILSEN MURAL IS DOCUMENTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

ILLINOIS SEES ITS HIGHEST COVID TOTAL IN THREE MONTHS.

3800 NEW CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND 28 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE TOTAL OF 1.265 MILLION CASES AND 21,423 DEATHS.

THE TEST POSITIVITY RATE HAS RISEN TO 4.ONE%.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS THE UPWARD TRENDS MEAN THAT THE BRIDGE PHASE TO A FULL REOPEN WILL REMAIN ON HOLD.

>> THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IS INCREASING.

THE NUMBER OF CASES OF PEOPLE GOING INTO ICU BEDS IS INCREASING AND THAT IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO US.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE REOPEN FURTHER IN THE STATE THAT WE GET THAT UNDER CONTROL.

>> A 21-MONTH-OLD BOY SHOT IN THE HEAD ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE YESTERDAY IS IN A COMA ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

THE BOY WAS PUT INTO A COMA AS DOCTORS CONTINUED TO OPERATE ON HIS BRAIN.

THE BOY WAS SHOT IN A ROAD-RAGE INCIDENT YESTERDAY NEAR ROOSEVELT ROAD ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

POLICE HAVE QUESTIONED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING.

>> AN LAPD SERGEANT TESTIFIES THAT VIDEO SHOWS THAT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN USING DEADLY FORCE BY PRESSING HIS KNEE TO GEORGE FLOYD'S NECK FOR NINE MINUTES.

JODY STIGER SERVED AS A PROSECUTION WITNESS IN CHAUVIN'S TRIAL TESTIFYING THAT EVIDENCE SHOWS CHAUVIN'S USE-OF-FORCE EXCESSIVE.

HE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER IN FLOYD'S DEATH.

WITNESS TESTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TOMORROW.

>> HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED BACK IN THEIR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS NEXT WEEK AND THEIR STUDENTS A WEEK LATER.

THOUGH THE TEACHERS' UNION AND THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING THE TWO SIDES HAVE NOT REACHED A DEAL AND THE UNION IS ASKING FOR MORE TIME.

BRANDIS HAS MORE ON THIS.

WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR?

>> PARIS, THIS MORNING, THE UNION SAID IT'S ASKING THE DISTRICT TO DELAY THAT REOPENING BY A WEEK OR MORE.

THE UNION SAYS CASES ARE ON THE RISE AND AS VACCINE ELIGIBILITY EXPANDS, WHY NOT ALLOW MORE TIME TO LET MORE PEOPLE GET VACCINATED ESPECIALLY STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> ARGUMENT HERE IS VACCINATE EVERYONE WHO IS ELIGIBLE RIGHT NOW UNDER THE FDA RULES IF YOU CAN VACCINATE 16-YEAR-OLDS AND UP AND ADDRESS HALF THE ISSUE, HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S A REAL ADVANTAGE.

>> NOW, WE KNOW KINDERGARTEN-8 HAVE BEEN BACK IN THEIR BUILDINGS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS LEARNING IN-PERSON IN A HYBRID SCHEDULE AND THAT IS A CONCERN THE UNION HAS HOW WELL IS THAT WORKING?

THE UNION WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ASSESS MANY OF WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT BEFORE MOVING AHEAD WITH HIGH SCHOOLS.

MEMBERSHIP REPORTED THAT THE HEALTH SCREENER NEEDED BEFORE ENTERING A BUILDING AND PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE IT ON-LINE.

THE UNION IS CONCERNED WHETHER THERE ARE ENOUGH CONTACT TRACERS AND WHETHER AS MANY CUSTODIANS AS PROMISED ARE BEING HIRED.

>> THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS GOING BACK FOR K-8 LAGGED WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE LEARNING TO RETURN?

>> THE DATA SHOWS 26,000 STUDENTS PLAN TO RETURN THAT IS 35% OF HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND THE DISTRICT POINTS OUT THAT CAN VARY FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.

SOME HAVE 250 AND OTHERS HAVE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.

THE SCHOOL RIGHT HERE AS 1500 STUDENTS ENROLLED.

CURRY HIGH SCHOOL HAS ALMOST 3,000.

THE DISTRICT SAID BECAUSE OF THOSE DIFFERENCES IT IS ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AN IN-PERSON RETURN LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM WITH SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE.

SOME TEACHERS ARGUE THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

>> OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE TAKING MULTIPLE BUSES.

MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS IN TEMPORARY LIVING SITUATIONS MEANING THEY ARE UNHOUSED OR THEY MOVE FROM HOME TO HOME OR DOUBLED UP.

THEY ARE IN VULNERABLE POSITIONS.

AND THE RESPONSE WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE DISTRICT IS VERY MUCH, WELL, YOU KNOW WE'LL LET YOU ALL FIGURE IT OUT THE SCHOOLS CAN FIGURE IT OUT.

>> THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN CONTENTIOUS HAS C.P.S.

GIVEN ANY INDICATION THAT IT IS WILLING TO AGREE TO THE DELAY THAT C.T.U.

IS ASKING FOR?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE GIVEN AN INDICATION AND THE ANSWER IS NO THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO AGREE TO IT.

THE MAYOR WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS TODAY AND POINTS TO THE AGREEMENT THAT THE DISTRICT REACHED WITH TEACHERS TO REOPEN SCHOOLS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THAT LAYS OUT WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD WARRANT A CLOSURE TO THE CLASSROOM, THE SCHOOL OR THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

>> THAT'S BAKED INTO THE PLAN.

SO WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE PLAN.

THERE'S NO BASIS FOR US TO RENEGOTIATE THAT.

THE TERMS ARE ONES THAT WERE AGREED TO BY THE C.T.U.

A MATTER OF A FEW WEEKS AGO.

I SEE NO BASIS FOR DELAY AND IT'S MY EXPECTATION THAT WE WILL BE OPENING UP HIGH SCHOOLS AS INDICATED BY C.P.S.

>> NOW, THE MAYOR WENT ON TO SAY SHE IS IN TOUCH WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER ALLISON ARWADY MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY REGARDING THE CITY'S CASE RATES AND SEEING NOTHING THAT WOULD TRIGGER A CLOSURE.

AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WE DID RECEIVE A STATEMENT FROM Dr. ALLISON ARWADY AND THAT IS NOT IT ON THE SCREEN BUT Dr. ARWADY SAYS THAT BASED ON THE DATA THERE IS NO REASON TO DELAY THE OPENING OF SCHOOLS.

BUT THAT WAS RECENT INCREASES IN COVID CASES, THAT IS LARGELY BEEN DRIVEN BY ADULTS 18-39 NOT THOSE WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

I WILL SAY THE DISTRICT ALSO SENT US A STATEMENT AS WELL THAT SAYS QUOTE... >> C.P.S.

POINTS TO THE MARCH BOARD MEETING WHERE THEY ANNOUNCED INTENTIONS TO PRIORITIZE VACCINATIONS FOR STUDENTS OVER AGE 16 AFTER STAFF VACCINATIONS AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH CDPH ON THAT PLAN.

C.T.U.

PRESIDENT JESSE SHARKEY PLANS TO HAVE A UNION WIDE DISCUSSION ON NEGOTIATIONS TOMORROW AND THEY EXPECT BARGAINING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

JUST WHO WERE THE PEOPLE THAT STORMED THE U.S. CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6?

AN ANALYSIS BY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S PROJECT ON SECURITY AND THREATS DUG INTO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE 377 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR THE CAPITOL ATTACK.

AND THE STUDY'S AUTHOR HAD EXPECTED TO DISCOVER SOMETHING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS BUT WAS SURPRISED THE DATA TOLD A DIFFERENT STORY.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS HIS FINDINGS IS UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR ROBERT PAPE WHO SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL'S CHICAGO PROJECT ON SECURITY AND TERRORISM AND LEAD INVESTIGATOR ON THIS REPORT.

WELCOME BACK AS ALWAYS.

YOUR LAST STUDY LOOKED AT THE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF SOME OF THE RIOTERS.

AND THIS STUDY LOOKED AT DEMOGRAPHICS AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

WHAT DID YOU FIND?

>> WELL, WE FOUND SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WERE INITIALLY EXPECTING.

PARIS, I STARTED THIS COMING AS A PROFESSOR FROM READING A LOT OF THE STUDIES AND DOING STUDIES ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE AROUND THE WORLD WHERE ECONOMIC FACTORS PLAY A ROLE.

WELL, THAT LED ME TO ECONOMIC ECONOMIC FACTORS MAY PLAY A ROLE HERE BUT OFF THE BAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 377 AND WITH THE LARGE RESEARCH TEAM OF 20 PEOPLE WE CAN EXAMINE ALL THE COURT DOCUMENTS AND STUDY THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF MATERIAL WE SEE 45% ARE C.E.O.S, BUSINESS OWNERS, COME FROM WHITE-COLLAR OCCUPATIONS LIKE DOCTORS, ATTORNEYS, ACCOUNTANTS.

WELL, IF 45% ARE COMING FROM THAT KIND OF ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, YOU CAN SEE POVERTY IS REALLY NOT LIKELY TO BE.

SO THAT OPENED OUR EYES.

THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.

IT CAN TELL YOU THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T EXPECT.

AND THEN YOU CAN GO FURTHER.

>> AND YOU CAN CONCLUDE THAT ECONOMICS IS NOT THE PRIMARY DRIVER.

AND THE MAP WHERE THEY COME FROM.

HEAVY MOUNTAIN TEXAS, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, FLORIDA BUT COUNTY BY COUNTY YOU LOOKED AT TRENDS WHICH COUNTIES WHAT DID THAT TELL YOU?

>> WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE COUNTIES AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED IS FIRST OVER HALF COME FROM COUNTIES THAT BIDEN WON.

AND THAT MEANS WE ALSO KNOW THEY ARE COMING FROM URBAN AREAS.

THEN WE DID STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND IT TURNS OUT THE MORE URBAN THE AREA, THE LESS LIKELY WAS A COUNTY TO HAVE AN INSURRECTIONIST RELATED TO CAPITOL HILL ON JANUARY 6.

>> THE MORE RURAL AREA.

>> THE MORE RURAL THE AREA THE LESS LIKELY.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT PERCENT TRUMP VOTE AND THE MORE TRUMP VOTE THE LESS LIKELY WAS A COUNTY TO SEND AN INSURRECTIONIST.

STRIKING BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WOULD THINK THE MORE RURAL THE MORE VOTE FOR TRUMP?

NO, THAT IS NOT IT.

THE KEY FACTOR WE FOUND WAS THE COUNTIES THAT LOST THE MOST WHITE POPULATION THAT IS NON-HISPANIC WHITE POPULATION SINCE 2015 WERE FAR MORE LIKELY TO SEND AN INSURRECTIONIST AND THAT IS A FINDING THAT WOULD HOLD BY CHANCE FEWER THAN ONE IN A THOUSAND TIMES.

YOU CAN'T GET THAT BY JUST FLIPPING A COIN.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY ROBUST FINDING.

AND WE CONTROL FOR POPULATION SIZE AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND CONTROL FOR DISTANCE TO WASHINGTON D.C.

SO WHAT THIS FACTOR THAT JUMPS OUT TELLS US IS THAT THIS IS PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FEAR OF THE GREAT REPLACEMENT.

AND THAT IS WHY WE DID ANOTHER STUDY.

SO -- >> WHEN YOU SAY GREAT REPLACEMENT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

ARE YOU SAYING THE CONCLUSION IS THAT THE RIOTERS WERE DRIVEN BIRACIAL RESENTMENT, RACIAL ANXIETY AND NOT NECESSARILY ECONOMIC?

>> WE'RE FINDING EVIDENCE THAT THE KEY DRIVER IS FEAR THAT THE RIGHTS OF HISPANIC PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE ARE OUTPACING THE RIGHTS OF WHITE PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY THE GREAT REPLACEMENT.

AND THE COUNTY LEVEL ANALYSIS THAT I JUST DISCUSSED IS POINT NUMBER ONE.

BUT WE WENT FURTHER.

WE CONDUCTED A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF ALL AMERICANS WITH THE NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH COUNCIL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED POLLING AGENCIES IN THE WORLD.

WE DID A GOLD STANDARD SURVEY AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED WAS THAT 4% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT BOTH THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN IN 2020 AND WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A VIOLENT PROTEST.

THAT'S 10 MILLION PEOPLE.

>> THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> WE FURTHER STUDIED THAT RIGHT THERE IS WE NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE LIKE FORMER SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY JAY JOHNSON IS GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.

THEN FURTHER WE FURTHER ANALYZED THE RISK FACTORS AND AGAIN, THE RISK FACTOR THAT JUMPED OUT IN OUR SURVEY WAS THE BELIEF THAT THE RIGHTS OF HISPANIC PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE ARE OUTPACING THE RIGHTS OF WHITES.

>> MULTIPLE DATA POINTS HERE THAT RACIAL RESENTMENT ANXIETY IS THE MAIN DRIVER HERE AND AS YOU ARE SAYING TALKING ABOUT BEEFING UP SECURITY INTELLIGENCE THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH.

WHAT CAN POLICYMAKERS TAKE AWAY FROM THE STUDY TO DEAL WITH THIS?

>> THAT THIS IS ROOTED IN SOCIAL CHANGE.

THIS IS ROOTED IN OUR SOCIETY.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NEED TOP ACADEMIC EXPERTS TO WORK WITH TOP POLICY PRACTITIONERS WITH OUR GOVERNMENT TOGETHER TO DO MORE WORK TO THICKEN UP THE UNDERSTANDINGS THAT WE NOW HAVE AND TO DEVELOP CREATIVE POLICY INITIATIVES.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED, PARIS, BY A QUICK REACH TO A JOBS PROGRAM OR A QUICK SHOOT FROM THE HIP SOLUTION.

THIS IS SERIOUS.

BECAUSE THIS IS POINTING TO QUITE A VOLATILE 2022 ELECTION SEASON.

AND MORE VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITIES.

SO WE NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND IT NEEDS TO BECOME A NATIONAL PRIORITY.

>> LANDMARK STUDY AND GIVEN YOUR WORK STUDYING NATIONAL SECURITY AND EXTREMISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST I'M SURE THAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS AND THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR JOINING US.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, CHICAGO POLICE HAVE YET TO RELEASE FOOTAGE OF THE MARCH 29TH POLICE SHOOTING OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO.

THE MAYOR SAYS SHE IS FRUSTRATED IT HASN'T BEEN MADE PUBLIC YET.

HOWEVER, ADAM TOLEDO'S DEATH SPURRED CALLS FOR CHANGES TO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY ON PURSUITS LIKE THE ONE WHICH ADAM TOLEDO WAS SHOT.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE.

>> YEAH, BRANDIS THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN, ANGER AND QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER TO SHOOT THE TEEN ULTIMATELY KILLING ADAM TOLEDO.

POLICE SAY THERE HAD BEEN AN ARMED CONFRONTATION AFTER TOLEDO AND A MAN RAN FROM OFFICERS THEY WERE ON THE SCENE AFTER TECHNOLOGY DETECTED GUNFIRE NEARBY IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

ON MONDAY, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ORDERED THE C.P.D.

TO ENACT A NEW FOOT PURSUIT POLICY BEFORE SUMMER.

>> WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT PUSH THE FOOT PURSUIT POLICY REFORM OFF FOR ANOTHER DAY.

>> THE A.C.L.U.

ILLINOIS' LEGAL DIRECTOR SAID FOOT PURSUITS ARE DANGEROUS.

>> THEY INVOLVE OFFICERS CHASING PEOPLE THROUGH THE STREETS THAT ARE OFTEN CROWDED.

SOMETIMES AT NIGHT.

IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT.

WITH ADRENALINE RUNNING THROUGH THEIR SYSTEMS AND THIS IS THE CONTEXT THAT CAN LEAD TO EXCESSIVE FORCE AND TOO OFTEN DOES LEAD TO EXCESSIVE FORCE.

>> CHASES ON FOOT HAVE BEEN SCRUTINIZED FOR YEARS INCLUDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO THE CONSENT DECREE THAT IS RIGHT NOW SUPPOSED TO BE GOVERNING THE C.P.D.

'S CONDUCT.

NUSRAT CHOUDHURY SAYS THE DOJ WAS EXPLICIT THAT THE C.P.D.

'S RELIANCE ON FOOT PURSUITS HAS BEEN UNSOUND AND UNNECESSARY.

ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL SAYS THAT THE CONSENT DECREE HOVERS FOOT CHASES IN DETAIL.

>> IT MANDATES TRAINING.

IT MANDATES DATA COLLECTION.

ON FOOT PURSUITS AND IT EMPOWERS THE MONITOR TO MANDATE A FOOT PURSUIT POLICY AFTER ASSESSMENT OF THE DATA.

>> HE SAYS THAT DATA IS HAPPENING AND THE MOST RECENT REPORT BY THAT INDEPENDENT MONITOR OVERSEEING THE C.P.D.

'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSENT DECREE FOUND THAT THE C.P.D.

'S FOOT PURSUITS HAVE INCREASED THAT RESULTED IN THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE.

THE MONITOR CALLING FOR THE C.P.D.

TO ADOPT A TRUE FORMAL POLICY ON FOOT PURSUITS RIGHT NOW THE DEPARTMENT HAS NONE.

>> BUT THE DEPARTMENT HAS CURRENTLY IS A TRAINING BULLETIN.

RIGHT OFF THE BAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE DEPARTMENT ADOPT A FORMAL POLICY WITH RESPECT TO FOOT PURSUITS.

POLICIES ARE MORE FORMAL GUIDANCE FOR OFFICERS THEY HAVE SUPERVISORY IMPLICATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IMPLICATIONS.

>> HEAD OF CHICAGO'S POLICE UNION, JOHN CATANZARA HAS IDEAS ON WHAT A NEW POLICY SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

>> WELL, I WOULD HOPE THE POLICY STARTS WITH A CLEAR MESSAGE COMPLY WITH POLICE LAWFUL ORDERS TO STOP.

TO DROP A WEAPON.

TO STOP RUNNING.

TO GIVE UP, SURRENDER WHATEVER THE CASE MAYBE.

>> ADVOCATES WHO HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR REFORM HAVE IDEAS, TOO.

THEY SAY THAT THE NEW POLICY NEEDS TO INCLUDE GUIDANCE FOR POLICE EVEN ON WHEN A POLICE OFFICER SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT PURSUE A SUSPECT ON FOOT.

>> AND IMPORTANTLY RELATED TO THAT WHEN A FOOT PURSUIT SHOULD END WHEN TO STOP THE CHASE SHOULD BE IMPORTANT.

GUIDANCE ABOUT THE FACT THAT PIANO MERELY RUNNING AWAY, FLIGHT ALONE SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION TO ENGAGE IN A FOOT PURSUIT.

>> JOHN CATANZARA SAYS THIS FOCUS THE EMPHASIS ON A NEW POLICY IS AN EXAMPLE OF QUOTE BLAMING THE POLICE HE SAYS LIKE THEY ARE THE ONES DOING SOMETHING WRONG WHEN IN FACT IT IS THE CRIMINALS WHO ARE IN THE WRONG.

IMAGINE A SCENARIO HE SAYS THAT COULD LEAD TO A CHASE.

>> YOU PULL UP ON A SUBJECT.

BY THE TIME YOU RIFLE THROUGH IN YOUR HEAD ALL THE DO'S AND DON'T'S OF THAT POLICY THE OFFENSER WILL BE LONG GONE.

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS INSTAIN TANIOUS ACTION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO DO?

ALL YOU ARE DOING IS GIVING THE CRIMINALS OF THIS CITY MORE BREATHING ROOM TO NOT ONLY KNOW THEY JUST DRIVE AWAY AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHASE THEM IN A VEHICLE AND RUN AWAY AND WE WILL NOT CHASE THEM ON FOOT.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CATCH A CRIMINAL RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME EVER WITH THIS POLICY AND THIS MINDSET?

>> THE C.P.D.

TRAINING BULLETIN REVISED IN FEBRUARY DOES ADDRESS A VARIETY OF FACTORS LIKE PARTNERS SPLITTING IF THE SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE ARMED, IF THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS AN OFFICER CAN DO BESIDES PURSUING A SUSPECT ON FOOT AND WHEN ENGAGING IN A FOOT PURSUIT, DEPARTMENT MEMBERS WILL ASSESS THE RISKS THROUGH THE PUBLIC, TO THEMSELVES AND TO THE FLEEING SUBJECT.

WHETHER THE OFFICER IN THE ADAM TOLEDO INCIDENT WAS RIGHT TO HAVE PURSUED THE SUSPECTS ON FOOT, ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL SAYS HE CANNOT SAY HE HAS NOT SEEN THE VIDEO AND DOESN'T KNOW THE DETAILS.

>> WHAT I DO KNOW AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THAT WHETHER OR NOT A POLICY ON FOOT PURSUITS IS ADOPTED SHOULD NOT HINGE UPON A TRAGIC SITUATION.

IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS PRO-ACTIVELY DONE.

>> AND VOBS LIKE THE A.C.L.U.

SAYS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE.

>> THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY TACTICS THAT INTERFACE WITH THE USE-OF-FORCE THAT CAN HURT PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AND LIVES ARE AT STAKE.

>> ADVOCATES SAY THAT GOING FORWARD AS THE C.P.D.

DOES DEVELOP THIS NEW POLICY IN COMING WEEKS, THAT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THE C.P.D.

HAS TO INVOLVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

>> CHICAGO CHILDREN'S MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THE FINDINGS AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHO SURVEYED 1500 PARENTS ACROSS THE CITY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEIR CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR.

AMONG THE KEY FINDINGS, ALMOST HALF OF ALL OF THE PARENTS SPOKE TO THEIR CHILD'S PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS.

24% SAID THEIR CHILD USED MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL SERVICES OVER THE PAST YEAR.

BUT 18% SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCESS SUCH SERVICES FOR THEIR CHILD.

JOINING US NOW TO TELL US MORE IS Dr. MATTHEW DAVIS DIRECTOR AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL'S STANLEY MANN CHILDREN'S REASEARCH INSTITUTE.

HE COAUTHORED THIS REPORT.

Dr. DAVIS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BEHAVIOR CHANGES THAT PARENTS REPORTED IN YOUR SURVEY?

>> WHEN WE ASKED PARENTS ABOUT WHAT SYMPTOMS THEY WERE NOTICING, WE HAD THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF PARENTS SAID THEIR KIDS WERE HAVING MORE TRAN TRUMPS THAN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, SLEEP PROBLEMS INCLUDING NIGHTMARES AND ALSO EXPERIENCING MORE DIFFICULTY GETTING ALONG WITH PEERS.

SOME KIDS WERE HAVING SYMPTOMS SUCH AS HEADACHES AND STOMACH ACHES AND ALL ARE COMMON THINGS WE SEE WHEN KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE YET TO DESCRIBE THEIR EMOTIONS ARE INSTEAD EXPRESSING THE EMOTIONS THROUGH BEHAVIORS.

>> DID ANY OF THE FINDINGS SURPRISE YOU OR CONFIRM WHAT YOU'VE SUSPECTED AS A PHYSICIAN?

>> THESE TYPES OF CONCERNS THAT PARENTS HAVE BEEN RAISING IN OUR REPORT ARE CERTAINLY THE TYPES OF REPORTS THAT I'VE HAD FROM PARENTS IN MY CLINIC AS PART OF LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NETWORK.

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING IS JUST HOW COMMON THESE CONCERNS ARE.

TO HAVE HALF OF PARENTS IN CHICAGO SAY THAT THEY HAVE SOUGHT -- YES THEY HAVE SOUGHT PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER'S SUPPORT FOR HEALTH NEEDS IS A REMARKABLE NUMBER AND WE ESTIMATE IF WE APPLY THAT TO 2-11-YEAR-OLDS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS FOR 70,000 CHILDREN DISMOO BALLOONING IT SOUNDS LIKE.

YOUR REPORT SHOWS HOW CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES CHANGED DURING THE PANDEMIC NOT SURPRISINGLY THEY ARE SPENDING LESS TIME IN-PERSON WITH THEIR FRIENDS THEY ARE DOING LESS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THEY ARE SLEEPING MORE, SPENDING MORE TIME ON SCREENS.

HOW DO THESE CHANGES IMPACT A CHILD'S EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH?

>> THE FIRST THING TO RECOGNIZE ABOUT THE PANDEMIC IS WHAT WE ALL KNOW FROM OUR OWN EXPERIENCE AND THAT IS HOW INCREDIBLY DISRUPTIVE IT'S BEEN TO THE NORMAL ROUTINES WE HAD BEFORE.

THE CHANGES YOU ARE DESCRIBING ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON KID ACTIVITIES THAT KIDS HAVE EVERY CHANGE AND THAT DISRUPTION IS UNSETTLING TO MOST CHILDREN.

ALTHOUGH MOST KIDS HAVE A LOT OF RESILIENCE IN THEM, THE AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION IN THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, HAS REALLY BEEN TREMENDOUS.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A MORE SEVERE DISRUPTION THAN WHAT THE PANDEMIC CAUSED.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS FOR CHILDREN WHO MAY HAVE HAD EXISTING BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES BEFORE THE PANDEMIC PERHAPS CHILDREN WITH AUTISM ESPECIALLY HAVE THEY BEEN EXACERBATED?

>> BRANDIS THAT IS A PARTICULAR GROUP THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE WORKING HARD TO TRY AND SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES CONCERNED ABOUT THE BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS THAT THEIR CHILDREN WERE HAVING WHETHER IT BE AUTISM SPECTRUM OR OTHER CONCERNS.

BECAUSE OF THE DISRUPTION WITH THE PANDEMIC, THE REGULAR ROUTINES THAT ARE VITAL TO HELPING CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS COPE WITH THAT DAILY GOALS THEY HAVE HAVE ALSO BEEN BLOCKED OR OBSTRUCTED IN KEY WAYS.

AND THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES.

WHAT THAT IS LEADING TO, HERE IN CHICAGO AND OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL, IS THE NEED FOR HOSPITAL LEVEL CARE FOR SOME CHILDREN WHOSE NEEDS HAVE REALLY INCREASED DURING THE PANDEMIC EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN TRYING VERY HARD IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING TO MANAGE THEM.

>> A STRUGGLE FOR THOSE FAMILIES I'M SURE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC HIT BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THE HARDEST.

WHAT DIFFERENTS DID YOU NOTICE FOR CHILDREN OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES?

>> OF COURSE THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATION HERE IN CHICAGO.

AND AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WITH OUR PEER INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE COPING STRATEGIES WITH COVID-19 ARE BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITIES NOT ASKING THE COMMUNITIES TO COME AND FIND THOSE STRATEGIES.

WHEN WE ASK PARENTS FROM ALL THE 77 COMMUNITY AREAS OF CHICAGO ABOUT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN WHAT IS STRIKING IS THAT ALL PARENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS IN A SIMILAR WAY.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT LIKE COVID-19 ITSELF HAS AFFECTED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS AFFECTING ALL FAMILIES.

>> YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE BEHAVIOR CHALLENGES THAT YOUNGER KIDS ARE EXHIBITING.

BUT WHAT ABOUT TEENAGERS AND HOW MIGHT THE SORT OF THE SIGNS OF DISTRESS DIFFER FOR AN OLDER GROUP OF CHILDREN?

>> BRANDIS THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

AND SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IN PEDIATRICS FREQUENTLY IS IF TEENS CAN EXPRESS THOSE FEELINGS THEY OFTEN WILL EXPRESS HOW MUCH THE STRESS THEY ARE HAVING.

BUT IF THEY ARE NOT AS COMFORTABLE EXPRESSING THAT WHAT WE WE MAY SEE IS WITHDRAWING FROM FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS OR WELL ESTABLISHED FRIENDSHIPS.

CHANGES IN EATING AND SLEEPING BEHAVIORS.

AND WE MAY SEE ACTING OUT EVEN IN THE OLDER AGE KIDS IN WAYS THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR TO THEIR FAMILIES.

>> AND IN ABOUT THE 30 SECONDS WE HAVE LEFT, Dr. DAVIS, WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR PARENTS?

WHERE CAN THEY GO FOR HELP IF THEY NEED IT?

>> ONE OF THE REASSURING PARTS OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE SAW SO MANY PARENTS REACHING OUT TO THE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS THEY ARE THE FIRST LINE OF SUPPORT.

OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST COMPANIONS IN THE CITY ARE A VITAL PART OF THE TEAMWORK AS WELL.

AND PARENTS WHO ARE IN DISTRESS SHOULD KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND THERE ARE MANY RESOURCES THERE'S NAMI CHICAGO HELP LINE THE CRISIS TEXT LINE YOU TEXT HOME TO 741741 OR IN CASES OF EXTRAORDINARY DISTRESS REACH OUT TO THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE 1-800-273-TALK.

>> Dr. MATTHEW DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> UP NEXT, RECOUNTING A NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY WITH THE HELP OF A MURAL.

STICK AROUND.

MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING WHAT A RETURN TO NORMAL COULD LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

PUBLIC ART HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH PILSEN.

A MURAL ON 18TH STREET IS USING THE MEDIUM TO PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORY AND TO MEMORIALIZE NEARLY 50 RESIDENTS.

>> LIZETTE GARZA'S FAMILY HAS LIVED IN PILSEN FOR THREE GENERATIONS.

SHE IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> AND SHE IS ONE OF 46 RESIDENTS FEATURED ON A MURAL.

>> A LOT OF IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANCE PUTTING DOWN HISTORICAL ROOTS, WHAT IT MEANS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE.

>> ARTIST PABLO SERRANO AND MATEO ZAPATA CREATED THE 4,000 SQUARE-FOOT PAINTING IT'S NAMED SOMOS PILSEN WHICH MEANS WE ARE PILSEN.

>> THE MURAL IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF A COMMUNITY IN MOTION.

AND PART OF THAT MOTION IS IN AFFIRMATION OF THE THINGS THAT BRING US TOGETHER.

>> THE MURAL IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF CARNITAS DON PEDRO ON PILSEN'S 18TH STREET.

A COMMUNITY STAPLE.

THE LATE DON PEDRO OPENED THE RESTAURANT IN 1981.

THE DUARTE FAMILY COMMISSIONED THE MURAL IN HONOR OF PEDRO.

THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAK TO THE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> BEING SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS I RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY ON THERE AND I UNDERSTAND LIKE THE ROLES THEY PLAY.

>> MARCUS IS MARY ANN SIMS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK FAMILIES TO MOVE IN PILSEN IN THE EARLY 60s.

>> ZAPATA SAYS THE RURAL IS THE WAY TO SOLIDIFY THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORY IN THE FACE OF GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.

>> THE MURAL IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORY FROM ALL THE WORK THAT OLDER GENERATIONS HAVE PUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE STARTING TO STEP UP TO PUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT ERASED.

>> SOMOS PILSEN FEATURES ESSENTIAL WORKERS, MUSICIANS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

>> ONE COMMUNITY LEADER ON THE MURAL IS CONCEPCION RODRIGUEZ, KNOWN TO MANY AS CONCHA SHE LIVED ON THE SAME STREET SINCE 1967 AND CONTINUED HER LATE BROTHER'S WORK OF DISCOURAGING YOUTH FROM JOINING GANGS.

>> I HAVE LETTERS OF KIDS WRITING TO ME TELLING ME THAT THEY THANK ME BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF A GANG BECAUSE OF MY BROTHER AND MYSELF.

>> RODRIGUEZ IS KNOWN TO SOME PILSEN RESIDENTS AS THE DEATH LADY.

SHE VISITS SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS TO TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF JOINING GANGS.

SHE BRINGS ARTICLES ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED OF GANG VIOLENCE AND A COFFIN WITH A MIRROR INSIDE.

>> FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO LOOK IN THERE AND SEE THEIR REFLECTION THAT IF YOU ARE IN A GANG, THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO END UP.

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BEING IN A GANG, JOINING A GANG DON'T DO IT.

>> SOMOS PILSEN IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOUNG PEOPLE A POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF POWER IN CONTROLLING YOUR OWN NARRATIVE.

AND IT'S BEEN TOO OFTEN THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE REPRESENTED AS CRIMINALS WHETHER IT BE IN THE MEDIA OR BY CONSERVATIVE POLITICS.

AND IT'S UP TO US TO CHANGE THAT.

>> SEEING ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SEEING ANGELA MILLER.

SEEING DON PEDRO UP THERE LOOKING AT IT.

I'M PROUD OF IT.

BECAUSE THESE ARE THE LATINOS THAT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

NOT JUST IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT IN SOCIETY.

>> AND WHILE PUBLIC ART IS COMMENT IN PILSEN ZAPATA HOPES THE MURAL WILL INSPIRE OTHER COMMUNITIES TO LEVERAGE ART TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT", RESEARCH SHOWS THE VACCINE IS NOT AS EFFECTIVE ON IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEOPLE WILL THERE EVER BE A RETURN TO NORMAL?

>> NOT TOMORROW BUT NOW.

>> AND OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM HAS MORE ON THE MAYOR'S CALL TO CHANGE THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.

BUT FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

A GROUP OF CHICAGO AMAZON EMPLOYEES WALKED OFF THE JOB TODAY.

THE EMPLOYEES WORK AT THE MEGA ON-LINE RETAILORS' GAGE PARK DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND CALLING ON THE COMPANY TO STOP UNDER STAFFING THE FACILITY AND TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WORKING 10-AND-A-HALF HOUR SHIFTS.

AMAZON TOLD WTTW NEWS IT RESPECTS EMPLOYEES' RIGHTS TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND THE COMPANY IS MAKING CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULES TO CREATE MORE FULL-TIME SHIFTS.

MUCH MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND CHICAGO'S MOST NOTORIOUS LOVE BIRDS ARE GETTING AN EXPANDED HOME.

THE PARK DISTRICT VOTED TO EXPAND THE PROTECTED AREA OF THE MONTROSE DUNE NATURAL AREA AT MONTROSE BEACH THE NESTING HOME OF THE PLOVER PAIR MONTY AND ROSE THEY CALL THE EXPANSION A HUGE WIN AND SAY OTHER SHORE BIRDS REGULARLY SPEND TIME ON THEIR ROUTES AT THE SHELTER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AS YOU SEE MONTY AND ROSEN GAUGING IN THEIR COURTSHIP AND MORE ON THIS STORY AND 0 OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.

>> A JOHNS HOPKINS STUDY FINDS FEWER THAN 20% OF ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS GENERATED AN ANTIBODY RESPONSE TO THE FIRST DOSE OF THE COVID VACCINE THAT STUDY RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT VACCINE PROTECTION FOR NOT ONLY THOSE PATIENTS BUT FOR OTHERS WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH HIV, AIDS, CANCER PATIENTS, PEOPLE TAKING MEDICATIONS FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, LUPUS, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND JOINS US IS Dr. MICHAEL ANGARONE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THIS STUDY ONLY AROUND 20% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER THE FIRST SHOT IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS UNIVERSITY 95 IN HEALTHY PATIENTS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ABOUT THE EFFICACY OF THE VACCINE IN THOSE PATIENTS?

>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

AND THIS STUDY REALLY LOOKED AT JUST THE RESPONSE TO THE VACCINE WITH ANTIBODY LEVELS AFTER THE FIRST DOSE.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW EFFICACIOUS THE VACCINE WILL BE BUT IT DOES RAISE OUR CONCERN FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMUNE SUPPRESSED OR COMPROMISED MAYBE NOT RESPOND AS WELL TO THE VACCINE AND BE AT RISK FOR ACQUIRING CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.

>> AND WE MENTIONED WHO FELL INTO THE CATEGORIES.

WHAT WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE A STUDY AFTER THE SECOND DOSE SHOWING?

>> SO WE'RE HOPING THAT AFTER THAT SECOND DOSE WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE AN ANTIBODY RESPONSE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IN LOOKING AT HOW MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECOME INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS WHETHER OR NOT THEY DEVELOP THE ANTIBODY.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER ARMS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT PROTECT US AND ANTIBODIES ARE JUST ONE MARKER OF THAT.

>> IS THIS TRUE WITH OTHER VACCINES, SAY THE FLU VACCINE THAT IS LESS EFFECTIVE IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED INDIVIDUALS?

>> YES.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT IS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR VACCINES, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WITH IMMUNE SUPPRESSED CONDITIONS OR ON MEDICATIONS, THEY DON'T RESPOND AS WELL TO OTHER VACCINES.

INFLUENZA, PNEUMONIA, HEPATITIS-B.

>> DOES THIS MEAN THE INDIVIDUALS MIGHT WANT TO WAIT BEFORE GETTING VACCINATED OR SHOULD NOT BE IN A HURRY TO DO SO?

>> I THINK WE SHOULD PROMOTE GETTING VACCINES FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE IMMUNE SUPPRESSED.

THIS STUDY DOES NOT TELL US THAT IT IS NOT SAFE.

THE VACCINE WAS SAFE IN THE INDIVIDUALS.

THE STUDY TELLS US THAT THE IMMUNE RESPONSE THAT RESPONSE WAS LESS.

BUT WE STILL WANT OUR IMMUNE SUPPRESSED INDIVIDUALS TO GET VACCINATED AND WE WANT THEIR FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE THEY ARE AROUND TO GET VACCINATED.

THE STUDY DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD HALT OR SLOW DOWN THE VACCINE ROLLOUT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

>> AND FUR HE STUDIES SHOW THAT INDEED IMMUNE SUPPRESSED INDIVIDUALS DO NOT RESPOND TO THE VACCINE THE SAME WAY THAT HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS DO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR RETURN TO NORMAL FOR THEM?

DOES THAT MEAN THEY MIGHT HAVE TO BE QUARANTINED LONGER, WEAR MASKS LONGER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION?

>> THAT MIGHT BE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS BEHIND AFTER IMMUNE COMPETENT GENERALS OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC GET VACCINATED WE ARE PROMOTING WEARING A MASK AND DISTANCING UNTIL THE PANDEMIC GETS UNDER CONTROL.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS IMMUNE SUPPRESSED THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE AROUND EVERYDAY MIGHT BE IMMUNE SUPPRESSED WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM AND THEY MAY INDEED NEED TO WEAR MASKS AND DISTANCE AND HAVE TO TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS FOR LONGER THAN THE REST OF US OR START THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY ARE GETTING INVOLVED WITH A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AT LEAST UNTIL THE PANDEMIC GETS UNDER CONTROL AND WE GET MORE INFORMATION HOW GOOD THE VACCINES WORK OR HOW POORLY THEY WORK.

>> OR DOES IT MEAN THAT THE GENERAL POPULATION MIGHT HAVE TO KEEP RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE AND MASK WEARING IN PLACE DEPENDING ON HOW BIG A PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT IS IMMUNOSUPPRESSED.

>> WE DON'T KNOW THE POPULATION THAT IS IMMUNE SUPPRESSED IS LARGE.

I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE MESSAGING OF ALL OF US EVEN AFTER WE GET THE VACCINE SHOULD WEAR MASKS WHEN WE ARE IN A PUBLIC PLACE OR WE'RE IN A RESTAURANT OR A SUPERMARKET OR OTHER PLACES WHERE WE'RE AROUND OTHER PEOPLE.

IF EVERYONE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR FAMILY IS VACCINATED INCLUDING OURSELVES AND WE ARE IMMUNE SUPPRESSED THAT MASK STARTS TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS VACCINATED AND PROTECTED.

BUT I THINK WHEN JUST THINKING ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO PROMOTE STILL PROTECTING EVERYONE ELSE THAT IS AROUND US INCLUDING THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US WHICH ARE THE IMMUNE SUPPRESSED INDIVIDUALS.

>> MASK WEARING MIGHT HAVE TO STICK AROUND FOR A LONGTIME.

AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TALK ABOUT THE DANGERS OF COVID SYMPTOMS IN FOLKS THAT ARE IMMUNOSUE PRESS SECOND THERE EVIDENCE SAY YOU ARE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU HAVE A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF PERHAPS CONTRACTING MORE SEVERE COVID SYMPTOMS?

>> THERE ARE GROWING STUDIES AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS.

AND WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT, YES, INDIVIDUALS WHO FALL INTO THESE IMMUNE COMPROMISED CATEGORIES ARE AT HIGHER RISK OF BEING HOSPITALIZED MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS FROM THIS INFECTION MORE LIKELY TO BE IN THE ICU.

SO WE'RE GETTING MORE OF THAT INFORMATION AND, YES, THOSE PEOPLE ARE AT HIGH-RISK OF DEVELOPING MORE SEVERE INFECTION.

>> YOU SEE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TALKING ABOUT REOPENING AND GETTING BACK TO NORMAL IN THE SUMMER MIGHT PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE TO RETHINK CONSIDERING WHATEVER FUTURE STUDIES MIGHT SHOW ABOUT IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PEOPLE?

>> WE MIGHT AND THAT IS WHERE GETTING MORE DATA IS GOING TO HELP US.

EVEN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF CASES AND HOW MANY CASES MIGHT BE BREAKING THROUGH VACCINE OR THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT MIGHT BE DUE TO THE VARIANTS THIS IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A MOVING TARGET WHY YOU HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT SETTING FIRM DATES OR TIME PERIODS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.

I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYONE INCLUDING THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IMMUNE SUPPRESSED.

>> SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT COVID-19.

AND THE VACCINATION.

Dr. MICHAEL ANGARONE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND UP NEXT OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM TAKES A LOOK AT CHICAGO'S EXPANDED VACCINE ELIGIBILITY.

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS MAKES HER FIRST TRIP TO CHICAGO SINCE TAKING OFFICE.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS THE CITY WILL FOLLOW NEW FEDERAL GUIDELINES TO MAKE THE COVID VACCINE AVAILABLE TO ALL ADULTS THIS MONTH.

PLUS, HOW OFFICIALS ARE RESPONDING TO A STRING OF SHOOTINGS CONGRESS GEARS UP FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE FIGHT AND A PUBLIC OFFICIAL IS REPORTEDLY FACING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.

HERE WITH ALL OF THAT AND MORE, AMANDA VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

SO, GUYS, VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WE KNOW SHE CAME TO TOWN YESTERDAY TO PROMOTE THE BIDE ADMINISTRATION'S COVID RECOVERY EFFORTS AND THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN BUT A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH POLITICIANS FOLLOWING HER VISIT WAS LEFT MARRED BY A BIT OF CONFUSION YOU WERE THERE, WHAT HAPPENED?

>> IT WAS VERY STRANGE.

SO FIRST OF ALL, VICE-PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS NEVER SCHEDULEDDED TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF THE NEWS MEDIA ALONGSIDE LORI LIGHTFOOT OR OTHER CHICAGO OFFICIALS WHICH IS TYPICAL WHEN SUCH A HIGH PROFILE DEMOCRAT COMES TO TOWN.

INSTEAD, SENATORS DICK DURBIN AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH WITH LORI LIGHTFOOT AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WERE SCHEDULED TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE NEAR THE VACCINATION SITE THAT THE VICE-PRESIDENT TOURED.

HOWEVER THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR NEVER ARRIVED.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT THE MAYOR'S TEAM TOLD HIM THAT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS CANCELED.

AND THE MAYOR SA SAID WELL, IT STARTED BEFORE SHE GOT THERE BECAUSE SHE HAD A ONE-ON-ONE CONFERENCE WITH THE VICE-PRESIDENT.

SO SHE DECIDED TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR 90 MINUTES LATER AT CITY HALL BUT WHAT WAS REALLY SORT OF PIQUING EVERYBODY'S INTEREST WAS THE FACT THAT THE ORIGINAL SITE WAS BESIEGED BY PROTESTORS CHANTING ANTI-LIGHTFOOT, ANTIPOLICE SLOGANS AND INCENSED BY THE DEATH OF ADAM TOLEDO.

WHO WAS KILLED BY POLICE A WEEK AGO.

SO IT WAS A VERY UNUSUAL PRESS CONFERENCE.

WHEN WE MADE IT BACK TO CITY HALL I ASKED THE MAYOR DID YOU CANCEL THE PRESS CONFERENCE BECAUSE OF THE PROTESTORS?

OR WERE YOU STILL PEEVED WITH GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER FOR SIGNING TWO BILLS THAT YOU OPPOSED AND SHE SAID NO IT WAS LOGISTICS BUT THAT IS NOT HOW A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO A CITY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

>> LET'S GET TO THE BILLS.

BECAUSE SOME ARE WONDERING IF THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO BECAUSE MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT OPPOSED THE BILLS THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED.

WHAT WERE THEY?

>> THESE WERE BILLS ONE OF THEM GIVES MORE POWER TO THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

CONSTANTLY THAT C.T.U.

THAT YOU REPORTED TODAY AT ODDS WITH BOTH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS IN GENERAL THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION AND OF COURSE, HAD ENDORSED LIGHTFOOT'S OPPONENT TONI PRECKWINKLE AND THE OTHER MEASURE IS GOING TO BE A BIGGER FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT INCREASES THE PENSION BENEFITS THAT A CERTAIN GROUP OF CHICAGO FIREFIGHTERS ARE GOING TO RECEIVE.

ALWAYS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS INVOLVED AND THEIR RETIREMENT BENEFITS BOTTOM LINE CITIES GETTING MONEY FROM THE FEDS BUT IN A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL POSITION AND THIS IS GOING TO ADD TO THE CITY'S BUDGET.

THOSE ARE THE TWO BILLS AND IT DOES SEEM THAT EVEN IF BOTH SIDES SAY WE GET ALONG THAT RELATIONS ARE FROSTY.

ON TOP OF THAT WE GOT WORD A BIT AGO THAT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER TONI PRECKWINKLE, THAT COMMITTEE PEOPLE HAVE ENDORSED BILLS THAT ARE BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WOULD PAVE THE WAY FOR AN ELECTED CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD.

THESE ARE PROPOSALS THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, AGAIN, OPPOSES.

AND INSTEAD YOU HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S BIG LEADERS ALL ENDORSING AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

YET AGAIN.

>> AND THE MAYOR SAID -- >> SHE HAS SAID SHE DOES SUPPORT AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD BUT NOT THE MEASURES WE'VE SEEN IN SPRINGFIELD.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID ALL ADULTS IN THE U.S. SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE ON APRIL 19TH AND THE CITY WILL FOLLOW SUIT EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN MOVING SLOWER THAN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

HERE IS Dr. ALLISON ARWADY.

>> THE ONLY HESITATION HAS BEEN VACCINE SUPPLY.

AND WE ARE NOT SEEING THE HUGE INCREASES PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON ISSUES WITH MANUFACTURING THAT CAME TO PLAY.

BUT I REMAIN CONFIDENT I THINK TALKING TO THE GROUP THIS MORNING, THEY HAVE MADE EVERY COMMITMENT TO KEEP BUILDING VACCINE AND AS WE EXPAND ELIGIBILITY I THINK WE WILL HAVE DEMAND FOR A LONGTIME.

>> PARIS WHY HAS CHICAGO BEEN EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY MORE SLOWLY THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE?

>> WELL, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID THE CITY WILL BE OPEN TO ALL ADULTS WHO WANT THE VACCINE STARTING APRIL 19TH GOING ALONG WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DEMAND THERE.

ALTHOUGH AS YOU HEARD Dr. ARWADY SAYS IT'S BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT SEEING ENOUGH VACCINE TO MEET THE DEMAND ESPECIALLY GIVEN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE WHERE YOU HEAR THERE ARE SURPLUSES AND CERTAINLY CHICAGO RESIDENTS CAN GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY CAN GO TO OTHER PLACES IF THEY ARE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED BECAUSE AS MAYOR SAID, EVEN THOUGH ADULTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT.

YOU MIGHT HEAR MORE STORIES OF HEADACHES ON WEBSITES AND WEBSITES FREEZING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THAT APPOINTMENT.

AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID YESTERDAY SHE SPOKE WITH THE VICE-PRESIDENT ABOUT THAT AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT ONLY REAL STATEMENT WAS WELL THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IS GETTING MORE VACCINES AND THEN IT WILL BE UP TO THE STATE TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO CHICAGO.

>> AS WE HEARD IN THE SHOW, AFTER THE KILLING OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT THIS WEEK CALLED FOR A POLICY ON CHICAGO POLICE FOOT PURSUITS CALLING IT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS URGENT ACTION.

>> NOT TOMORROW BUT NOW.

FOOT PURSUITS PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE.

OFFICERS SAFETY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY FOR THE PURSUIT AND FOR BYSTANDERS.

AS C.P.D.

ENGAGES IN HUNDREDS OF FOOT PURSUITS ANNUALLY AND MANY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> AMANDA YOU COVERED THIS FOR US TONIGHT AND HOW DIFFICULT MIGHT BE THE CHANGES TO GET THROUGH?

>> THIS WILL PRESUMABLY BE HAPPENING IN SHORT ORDER HERE THAT SAID, SUBJECT TO CHANGE THERE IS A CONSENT DECREE THAT IS OVERSEEN BY AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR AS WELL AS A JUDGE.

DEPENDS HOW MUCH ENGAGEMENT THE C.P.D.

IS GOING TO HAVE WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

SOME OF WHICH HAS, BUT THERE IS A GROUND SWELL OF DESIRE AMONG VOCAL ACTIVIST TO SAY LISTEN TO US YOU NEED TO BE ON THE GROUND HAVING CONVERSATIONS NOT JUST LISTENING TO THE A.C.L.U.

BUT TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOSTLY IMPACTED PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN CHICAGO WHERE THEY ARE BESIEGED MORE AND WHY WE HAVE THE CONSENT DECREE IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE OF USE-OF-FORCE THAT IS SEEN MORE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

SO I DO THINK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THINGS SUCH AS WHEN AS WE HEARD EARLIER, A LIMIT ON HOW LONG THESE POLICE CHASES SHOULD GO, WHAT POLICE NEED TO CONSIDER IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT THEY ARE IN, WHO ELSE IS AROUND, WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A SUSPECT OR CATCH UP WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THEY WANT TO PURSUE AT A DIFFERENT TIME OR OPPORTUNITY VERSUS CHASING THEM.

>> PARIS THERE HAVE BEEN HIGH PROFILE SHOOTINGS IN DAYS INCLUDING THE 21-MONTH-OLD SHOT IN THE APPARENT ROAD-RAGE INCIDENT ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING FROM POLICE?

>> POLICE SAY IS THEY HAVE QUESTIONED SOMEONE IN CONNECTION WITH THAT A PERSON OF INTEREST.

BEYOND THAT VERY LITTLE.

THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS GANG-RELATED.

THEY BELIEVE IT WAS A ROAD-RAGE ISOLATED INCIDENT LIKE THAT.

WE ARE NOT HEARING A LOT ON HOMICIDE RATE IN GENERAL WHICH AGAIN, IT WAS A BAD WEEKEND OVER EASTER AND YOU ARE SEEING NUMBERS THIS YEAR THAT OUTPACE LAST YEAR WHICH WAS A PARTICULARLY BAD YEAR.

AND IF IT CONTINUES IN THIS TREND IN TERMS OF HOMICIDES AND SHOOTINGS, IT'S GOING TO BE UP THERE WITH SOME OF THE RECORD-HIGH YEARS OF 30 PLUS YEARS AGO WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT NO PUBLIC OFFICIAL WANTED NOBODY WANTS NO ONE THOUGHT THEY WOULD SEE AND SO MANY COMPLICATED FACTORS THAT LEAD TO GUN VIOLENCE BUT YOU ARE NOT HEARING A LOT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLAN IS FOR THE SUMMER.

WHY IS THERE A SPIKE THIS YEAR, AND WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO ABOUT IT.

>> AND HEATHER THIS COMES AMID THIS DRAWN OUT BATTLE OVER POLICE REFORM SPECIFICALLY PROPOSALS FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE.

WHERE DOES THAT STAND THIS PROCESS?

>> IN LIMBO WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I -- I THINK MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS POLICE CUSTODY AND THE PROTESTS WOULD GIVE NEW LIFE TO THIS.

AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE NEW PROPOSALS.

THERE IS NOW A UNIFIED PROPOSAL FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD PUT AN ELECTED BOARD IN CHARGE OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAID SHE WILL INTRODUCE HER OWN VERSION OF AN ELECTED BOARD BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN THAT PROPOSAL WILL COME FROM THE MAYOR OR WHETHER IT COULD WIN ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS.

AND THAT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS LEFT UNDONE FROM THE LAST MAJOR CHICAGO POLICE SCANDAL THE MURDER OF LAQUAN McDONALD AND THIS WAS A CENTERPIECE OF THOSE REFORM EFFORTS THAT IT JUST HAS NOT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE WHILE THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GRAPPLING WITH SUCH AN INTENSE SPIKE IN VIOLENCE, ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER POLITICAL ISSUES THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ARE FACING.

>> AND HEATHER, THE LATEST ELECTED OFFICIAL CAUGHT UP UP IN THE FEDERAL CORRUPTION PROBE OF ILLINOIS POLITICS IS LOU WIZ ARROYO JR. WHO WAS SUBPOENAED HIS FATHER A FORMER STATE LAWMAKER WAS INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES IN 2019.

WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE REPORT?

>> WBEZ REPORTED THAT FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SUBPOENAED HIS TAX RECORDS.

LIKE MANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.

HE IS A REGISTERED LOBBIEST TO LOBBY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THAT IS TOTALLY LEGAL.

AND IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THE FEDS ARE LOOKING FOR OR WHAT THEY FOUND BUT IT IS PART OF THE SWIRLING CORRUPTION AROUND LOBBYING AND CROSS LOBBYING AND THERE ARE MANY PROPOSALS THAT WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE GAINED TRACTION TO GET THROUGH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OF COURSE, I SHOULD MENTION THAT ARROYO JR.'S WIFE WAS A LOBBIEST FOR ComEd WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EXTENSIVELY AND HIS FATHER IS AWAITING TRIAL ON CHARGES THAT HE ESSENTIALLY BRIBED STATE SENATOR FOR A CLIENT OF HIS LOBBYING FIRM.

THIS WILL TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON STATE OFFICIALS WHO ARE GRAPPLING WITH WHETHER TO PASS ETHICS REFORMS.

BUT IT DOES REMIND US ALL THAT THE FEDS ARE OUT THERE SERVING SUBPOENAS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY ARE WELCOME TO CALL ALL OF US TO LET US KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

>> AND UPS THE PRESSURE ON HIS DAD, TOO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> NOW, PARIS, YESTERDAY YOU SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION INCLUDING A SENATE MANEUVER THAT WILL LET THEM TAKE UP PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT THE FILIBUSTER HOW CONTENTIOUS IS THIS PROCESS EXPECTED TO BE?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL FALL ON THE LINES OF WHAT CONSTITUTES INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IS POPULAR ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS BUT REPUBLICANS MESSAGING ON THAT AS WELL.

THERE ARE THINGS IN THAT LIKE HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE OR ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS AND IT WILL FALL DOWN HOW TO PAY FOR IT.

DEMOCRATS WANT A RISE IN THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX TO 28%.

BUT EVEN IF RECONCILIATION IS USED WHICH IT CAN BE ON THIS WE ARE DEMOCRATS PASS THIS ON A PARTY LINE VOTE DO NOT BE SURPRISED WITH THE RETURN OF EARMARKS THAT REPUBLICANS STICK THINGS IN IT FOR THEIR DISTRICT AND IF THE BILL PASSES THEY HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND A RIBBON CUTTING AT A NEW BRIDGE.

>> I THINK THEY CALL THAT PORK.

AMANDA 30 SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT WILL ELECTION DAY IN CHICAGO THERE WERE SUBURBAN RACES ONE TO TWO RACES THAT CAUGHT YOUR EYE?

>> AGAIN, JUST REFERRING BACK TO THAT CORRUPTION SCANDAL, YOU DO HAVE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING A BRIBE FROM AN EXECUTIVE OF THE RED LIGHT COMPANY SAFE SPEED THAT IS LOUISVILLE PRESCOTT APPEARS TO HAVE WON [INAUDIBLE] CHRIS GETTY NOT CHARGED BUT LIONS VILLAGE HALL WAS RAIDED AND IT'S KEY YOU SAW SOME.

>> THE KEY IS LOW TURNOUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

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