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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK WATCHING BASEBALL AND HAVING THAT SOUTH SIDE PRIDE.

GO SOX!

>> FUN IN THE SOUTH SIDE WE ARE LIVE FROM BRIDGEPORT WITH THE RETURN OF WHITE SOX FANS TO GUARANTEED RATE FIELD AND HOW BUSINESSES ARE SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC.

>> THE U.S.

CONSIDERS BOYCOTTING THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS IN BEIJING DRAWING A WARNING FROM CHINA'S GOVERNMENT.

>> SCIENTISTS OUT 150EUD CHICAGO SAY THEY MAY HAVE MADE A DISCOVERY THAT WITH UPEND THE KNOWN LAWS OF PHYSICS.

>> A PROGRAM TO VACCINATE HOME BOUND CHICAGOANS LAUNCHES AND CRITICS SAY OFFICIALS NEED TO SPEED IT UP.

>> BY CREATE TO GO OURSELVES WE ARE ALREADY BEING LIBERATED BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT OTV IS ABOUT.

>> A CHICAGO NONPROFIT COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY IN VIDEO.

>> GEOFFREY BAER SERVES UP FAST FOOD HISTORY WITH A SIDE OF SUPER SIGNS IN "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

>> AND WE CHECK IN WITH LOCAL BIKE SHOPS AND CYCLING GROUPS ON WHAT IS AHEAD THIS SEASON AFTER A RECORD 2020.

>> AND BRANDIS AS YOU MENTIONED I WILL BE REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT FROM BRIDGE PORT FOR OUR LATER "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019 WHITE SOX FANS ARE BACK AT QUANTITIED RATE FIELD TO WATCH THEIR TEAM.

WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST AND WE CHECKED WITH COMMUNITY ANCHORS AND WE'LL HEAR HOW THEY HAVE BEEN FARING A YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC.

FIRST, BACK TO YOU.

>> AND NOW TO TOP STORIES... A SOUTH SIDE RESIDENT IS FREE ON BOND TONIGHT AFTER BEING CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING OF A 21-MONTH-OLD AFTER AN APPARENT BUT OF ROAD-RAGE ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE THURSDAY.

43-YEAR-OLD JUSHAWN BROWN IS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL USE OF A WEAPON ACCORDING TO A C.P.D.

NEWS RELEASE.

BROWN WAS RIDING IN THE CAR WITH THE 21-MONTH-OLD WHO IS HIS GRANDSON AND FIRED AT THE S.U.V.

INVOLVED IN THE ALTERCATION.

POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE PERSON IN THE S.U.V.

THAT FIRED THE BULLET THAT HIT THE CHILD.

LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL'S SAY THE 21-MONTH-OLD IS IN CRITICAL BUT SHOWING SIGNS OF BRAIN ACTIVITY AND REMAINS IN A INDUCED COMA.

>> ALL SUBURBAN CUMBERLAND COUNTY RESIDENTS OVER 16 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE STARTING MONDAY.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AS STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS GET READY FOR ALL ILLINOISANS TO BE ELIGIBLE ON THAT DATE.

LORI LIGHTFOOT ANNOUNCED ALL CHICAGOANS ARE ELIGIBLE STARTING APRIL 19TH BUT PRITZKER SAYS CHICAGOANS CAN SIGN UP FOR ANY MASS VACCINATION SITE STARTING MONDAY AS WELL.

>> SO THERE WILL BE A WEEK BETWEEN APRIL 12 AND APRIL 19TH.

BUT IF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO COME TO OUR MASS VACCINATION SITES, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME.

>> AND STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN 3700 NEW COVID CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WITH 34 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

THAT MAKES FOR A STATE-WIDE CASE TOTAL OF 1.269 MILLION AND A DEATH TOLL OF 21 H. 487.

AND 6.7 MILLION ILLINOISANS HAVE RECEIVED ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE SO FAR.

>> A LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO PROFESSOR TAKES THE STAND IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN.

LOYOLA CRITICAL CARE SPECIALIST Dr. MARTIN TOBIN TESTIFIED THAT CHAUVIN'S KNEE TO GEORGE FLOYD'S NECK WAS THE CAUSE OF FLOYD'S NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE WHICH THEN LED TO HIS DEATH.

TOBIN REFUTED QUESTIONING FROM THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS THAT INSINIATED FLOYD COULD HAVE DIED FROM DRUGS IN HIS SYSTEM.

>> Mr. FLOYD DIED FROM A LOW LEVEL OF OXYGEN.

AND THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO HIS BRAIN THAT WE SEE AND ALSO CAUSED A PEA ARRHYTHMIA THAT CAUSED HIS HEART TO STOP.

>> WHITE SOX ARE UNDERWAY IN THE HOME OPENER AGAINST THE ROYALS AFTER A RAIN DELAY AND IT'S BEEN WORTH THE WAIT FOR THE 8,000 PLUS.

A TWO-RUN BOMB FOLLOWED BY YOU GUESSED IT, THE ALL WORLD 28-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE MERCEDES WHO PUNISHES THIS BALL 485 FEET FOR A FOLLOW-UP SOLO SHOT GIVING THE SOX A 3-0 LEAD RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

AND RIGHT NOW THE SOX ARE UP 4-0 IN THE 6TH.

THE CUBS BEAT THE PIRATES IN PITTSBURGH EARLIER TODAY.

AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR A LOOK BEHIND THAT WHITE SOX HOME OPENER.

BRANDIS.

>> THAT IS RIGHT WE HEARD FROM AMANDA THE WHITE SOX PLAY AT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD IN THE ARMOR SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT MOST WOULD CLAIM IT AS BRIDGEPORT IN FACT ACROSS THE STREET.

THAT IS WHERE AMANDA VINICKY AND QUINN MYERS SPENT THEIR DAY AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

NOT THE BEST WEATHER FOR BASEBALL AMANDA, BUT HOW ARE THINGS OTHERWISE?

>> YEAH, BRANDIS A WEEK AGO IT WAS FREEZING FOR THE CUBS HOME OPENER ON THE NORTH SIDE AND IT'S GETTING CHILLIER HERE BY THE MINUTE AND THE SOX WERE STUCK WITH RAIN FOR THE HOME OPENER.

BOTH TEAMS LIMITED IN THE NUMBER OF FANS ALLOWED IN THE BALL PARKS AND HERE AT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD WHERE YOU CONSIDER IT COMISKEY EVERYTHING IS CASHLESS NO PURSES ALLOWED AND MASKS REQUIRED.

BEFORE THE GAME WE AND OTHER SOX FANS KEPT DRY FOR A BIT AT SHINNICK'S PUB SERVING BEERS FOR 83 YEARS.

>> OK, THE BAR IT STARTED WITH MY GRANDPARENTS BAB IN 1938.

GEORGE AND MARY.

AND THEN IN 1965, MY MOM AND DAD TOOK OVER.

AND THEN BY 1988, AFTER WE LOST MY MOM MY DAD PASSED THE BAR ON TO THE NINE CHILDREN NINE OF US OWN IT.

I HAVE FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.

>> AND YOU STILL GET ALONG?

>> IT IS AMAZING ISN'T IT.

[LAUGHTER] >> YOU GOT TO GIVE IT TO CELINE SHINNICK.

SHE WAS BUSY AND BOOKING IT BEHIND THE BAR.

HER RECORD FOR STEPS WHILE TENDING BAR 17,000 STEPS.

STILL, TODAY COULDN'T BE AND WASN'T ANYWHERE NEAR AS BUSY AS IT USUALLY WOULD BE FOR A SOX HOME OPENING DAY.

>> GOOD CROWD INSIDE AND OUT BEFORE THE GAME AND AFTER THE GAME IT'S A HUGE CROWD AFTER THE BALL GAME.

BUT IT'S CHANGED.

WE WON'T SEE THAT THIS YEAR BUT I'M GLAD WE ARE OPEN.

>> NOW, IT REALLY IS A FAMILY AFFAIR AT THE PUB.

ONE OF THE SHINNICK GRANDCHILDREN HAD A PREGAME PRIME SEAT AT THE BAR AND SHE SAYS IT IS AWESOME TO HAVE BASEBALL BACK.

>> NOW IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT JUST A BALL GAME IT'S THE ATMOSPHERE IT'S THE FAMILY, IT'S THE FANS, OUR REGULARS IT'S EVERYTHING ALL COME TOGETHER BEING HERE AGAIN AND YOU KNOW WE'RE STILL IN THE PANDEMIC A LITTLE BIT BUT WE ARE ON THE WAY OUT.

AND YOU COULD FEEL THAT AROUND.

>> AND EVERGREEN PARK RESIDENT JIMMY BROSNAHAN SAYS LAST YEAR WAS BRUTAL THE FIRST YEAR HE BOUGHT SEASON TICKETS.

HE SAYS THEY TRANSFERRED OVER SO INSTEAD HE HAS TICKETS FOR ALL OF THIS SEASON STARTING WITH TODAY.

AND IT MEANS THAT AS LONG AS GOD FORBID THERE ARE NOT ANY COVID SHUTDOWNS HE IS GOING TO BE BACK OVER AT SHINNICK'S THIS SPRING AND SUMMER.

>> I COME BEFORE THE GAME AND I WALK TO THE PARK AND I GET A DOG AT 35TH STREET DOGS ON THE WAY TO THE GAME AND WE GO TO TURTLES AFTER THE GAME.

OUR RITUAL.

SO I LOVE THAT.

>> A FEW BLOCKS AWAY WE FOUND DIEHARD SOX FANS.

THE OWNERS OF THE STOCKYARD COFFEE HOUSE BUT IT'S BECOME A NEIGHBORHOOD STAPLE.

THE SISTERS WHO BOTH LIVE NEARBY THEIR COFFEE HOUSE AND MOVED TO BRIDGEPORT A DOZEN YEARS AGO THEY LOVE COFFEE.

THEY ALSO LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE EASY COMMUTE AND BEING TUCKED BETWEEN CHINATOWN AND CANARYVILLE.

>> IT'S BECOMING MORE DIVERSE NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW YOUNG MOVING IN AND WE HAVE LIKE TRADITIONALLY, IRISH, ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE FAMILIES BUT EVERYBODY IS CLOSE-KNIT.

>> I THINK IT IS A FAMILY HARD-WORKING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST GROWING AND CHANGING AND THERE IS A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND A LOT OF WE'RE HOPING MORE BUSINESSES COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> STOCKYARD COFFEE HOUSE SPECIALTIES ARE SERVED UP FROM TIME TO TIME.

TWO SOX PLAYERS WHO DO COME BY AND THOSE SPECIALTIES INCLUDE A MEXICAN MOCHA.

>> WE HAVE OUR CHOCOLATE THEY AND THAT IS A SWEETENER THAT WE MAKE AND WE MAKE IT THE TRADITIONAL WAY SO IT'S VERY.

>> IT GOES BACK TO OUR ROOTS WE COME FROM A WIG MEXICAN FAMILY.

HAVING THE LATTE YOU KNOW WE HAD A DRINK THIS SUMMER SPECIALTY DRINK REFERENCING SELENA AND THE SHOW.

>> FOR ANOTHER TASTE OF THE CHANGING BRIDGEPORT WE STOPPED AT BRIDGEPORT BAKERY 2.0.

IT HAD BEEN A LOCAL STAPLE ESPECIALLY KNOWN FOR ITS POLISH FOOD FOR 50 YEARS UNTIL IT CLOSED IN LATE 2019.

SOME MONTHS LATER IN JANUARY 2020, YES, JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THE BAKERY REOPENED WITH NEW OWNER CAN LAO.

>> THE COMMUNITY DID WANT TO CONTINUE THE BUSINESS BECAUSE I'M FROM BRIDGEPORT AND PEOPLE WERE SAD WHEN THIS CLOSED.

AND THEN I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE CUSTOMERS.

GOD, YOU ARE OPEN?

AND KEEP GIVING SUGGESTION AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS CAN YOU MAKE THIS AND CAN YOU MAKE THAT AND I TRIED TO GET DIFFERENT VARIETY OF CULTURE.

>> OFFERING NOW RANGE FROM ITALIAN TO POLISH AND MEXICAN CONCHA AND NOW CHINESE DUMP PLINGS.

FLAVORS AND DIVERSE AS BRIDGEPORT RESIDENTS.

THE ASIAN POPULATION TO BE NEARLY 40% THAT IS A JUMP OF 50% IN ABOUT 20 YEARS' TIME.

CAN LAO IMMIGRATED FROM CHINA IN 2001.

ABOUT 33% OF BRIDGEPORT RESIDENTS ARE WHITE, 23% HISPANIC LATINO.

AND THE CENSUS BUREAU DOES NOT SURVEY RESIDENTS TO SEE WHETHER THEY ARE FANS OF THE CUBS OR THE SOX.

MORE SOX IN THIS TERRITORY.

THE STOCKYARD COFFEE HOUSE AND BRIDGEPORT BAKERY 2.0 HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN COMMON BECAUSE THEY WERE SO NEW WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS HIT, THEY HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING COVID RELIEF MONEY.

BEING A NEW BUSINESS THAT IS JUST GETTING STARTED DURING A PANDEMIC NOT EASY BUT BOTH SAY THEY ARE MAKING IT ALL RIGHT.

AND WE HAVE TO GIVE AN EXTRA SHOUT-OUT TO CAN LAO HE IS NOT ONLY A BUSINESS OWNER AND A BAKER HE IS ALSO A PHARMACIST.

SO WHEN HE IS NOT AT THE BAKERY, HE'S BUSY GIVING PEOPLE JABS IN THE ARM OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.

OR HELPING PEOPLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO GET ONE FOR THEMSELVES.

SO WE WILL BE BACK SOON WITH A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.

AMANDA SOUNDS GREAT AT BOTH PLACES THE COFFEE HOUSE AND THE BAKERY.

MAYBE THERE WILL BE SNACKS THE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU.

>> TO PHIL PONCE AND A LOOK AT SPORTS INTERSECTING WITH POLITICS.

PHIL?

>> BRANDIS, IN LESS THAN A YEAR, THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS WILL TAKE PLACE IN BEIJING CHINA THE DISCUSSION OF A U.S.-LED BOYCOTT OF THE GAMES WAS SPARKED BY COMMENTS MADE BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE SPOKESMAN NED PRICE.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AS PART OF OUR THINKING ON THE BEIJING OLYMPICS IS ENGAGING WITH PARTNERS WITH ALLIES TO COORDINATE CLOSELY ON DECISIONS AND APPROACHES TO THE GOVERNMENT IN BEIJING.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR A BOYCOTT OF THE BEIJING GAMES DUE TO CHINA'S ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE SINCE WALKED BACK PRICE'S COMMENTS, CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE GAMES IS ONGOING.

JOINING US IS DALI YANG A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND SPECIALIST ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS.

PROFESSOR YANG THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND LET'S ESTABLISH EXACTLY WHY ARE SOME OF CHINA'S CRITICS CALLING FOR A BOYCOTT?

>> WELL, THIS IS CLEARLY NOT NEW.

WE RECALL 2008 AND THERE WERE ACTUALLY CALLS FOR BOYCOTT AT THAT TIME AS WELL IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE [INAUDIBLE] NOW PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IS FROM BEIJING TO HONG KONG TO TAIWAN TO OTHER ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

AND OF COURSE THERE IS COVID AS WELL.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT THIS HIGH PROFILE EVENT AND TRYING TO PUT THEIR AGENDA ON TO THE OLYMPICS.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD WHAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN PRICE SAID THIS WEEK?

HOW DID YOU TAKE THAT?

>> WELL, I WASN'T SURPRISED.

THERE WAS CONSIDERATION OF U.S.

PARTICIPATION EXACTLY HOW THE U.S. WILL PARTICIPATE.

BUT I WOULD BE SURPRISED FOR BOYCOTT BECAUSE ANY BOYCOTT OF THAT NATURE WOULD HURT OUR ATHLETES WHO FOR MANY OF THEM THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THIS EVENT AND OF COURSE FOR MANY OF THEM THIS IS THEIR ONLY CHANCE TO SHINE.

SO IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THINK CAREFULLY.

SO I WASN'T SURPRISED ALSO THAT THERE WAS THE WALK BACK BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE EARLIER BOYCOTTS IN 1980 AND 1984 IN PARTICULAR >> WELL, AFTER THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN MADE THAT STATEMENT CHINA ISSUED A SWIFT WARNING IN REACTION PROMISING A QUOTE ROBUST CHINESE RESPONSE WHAT FORM COULD THAT RESPONSE TAKE?

>> WELL, CLEARLY, CHINA HAS BEEN VERY ACTUALLY RESPONSES TO VARIOUS ISSUES TALKING TOUGH TRYING TO ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY OF THREAT.

AND OF COURSE, CHINA HAS BEEN POSING SANCTIONS ON COUNTRIES FROM NORWAY TO AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH KOREA AS WELL AND GIVEN THE U.S.-CHINA TRADE WAR WHERE THERE'S TIT FOR TAT CHINA CAN ADOPT A VARIETY OF MEASURES INTO THE SANCTIONS AND OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

I THINK WHAT THE CHINESE SPOKESMAN IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH IS TO SAY WE STRONGLY ARE OPPOSED TO IT AND THERE WILL BE A COST TO DOING SO AND TRYING TO FORESTALL A UNITED FRONT AGAINST THE OLYMPICS.

>> THEY THERE WERE TO BE A BOYCOTT, WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON CHINA?

>> THE CHINA BOYCOTT IS VERY UNLIKELY.

IN FACT, I THINK THE EASIEST WAYS TO SAY WELL, THE U.S.

DOES NOT WANT TO BE DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICALLY HEAVILY INVOLVED AND THE PRESIDENT WOULD NOT BE TRAVELING THERE AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD NOT BE TRAVELING THERE AND IN CONTRAST TO 2008 WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH DID GO THERE.

IN THAT SENSE THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE ALREADY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE COULD BE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DISPLEASURE EXPRESSED.

SO WE ARE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT A FULL BOYCOTT.

>> AS WE'VE MENTIONED AND AS YOU ELUDED THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE SINCE WALKED BACK THOSE COMMENTS.

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY ARE SORT OF COMING BACK FROM THAT EDGE?

>> WELL, CLEARLY, THERE IS A VERY STRONG PUSHBACK FROM THE SPORTS COMMUNITY.

AND ALSO LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT MANY OF THOSE ATHLETES HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTRAORDINARILY HARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC LIKE THE REST OF US.

AND YOU WANT TO SHUTDOWN THAT ALL FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OLYMPICS DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE TO ME.

>> IF YOU WERE ADVISING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REGARDING HOW THEY SHOULD APPROACH THE OLYMPICS OR PRESSURE CHINA TO IMPROVE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> WELL, CLEARLY AT THIS POINT, THERE IS A UNITED VERY STRONG SENTIMENT BIPARTISAN IN FACT, IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WITH REGARD TO CHINA AND A LOT OF THAT DISPLEASURE HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO CHINA AND CHINA GETS THE IDEA.

SO THERE CAN BE AS THE U.S. AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD A MEETING IN ALASKA WITH THE CHINESE COUNTERPARTS.

SO THERE WILL BE CONTINUING DIALOGUE ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.

AND I THINK CHINA IS MAKING SOME EFFORT TRYING TO SMOOTH THE EDGES.

BUT IT'S CLEARLY AT THIS POINT NOT SEEN AS ENOUGH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WASHINGTON.

BUT CLEARLY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, FOR THE TWO SIDES TO ENGAGE IN FURTHER DIALOGUE AND TAMP DOWN THE RHETORIC AND PERHAPS MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE.

AND OF COURSE, THE IRONY IS THE PANDEMIC MAKING IT ALSO EASIER FOR BOTH SIDES.

THE PRESIDENT AND THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE PANDEMIC, IS NOT LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE ANYWAY.

AND BEIJING CAN EXPLAIN IT BY SAYING THERE IS A PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON PEOPLE TRAVELING TO BEIJING.

THERE WILL BE A LIMITED EVENT ANYWAY.

SO BOTH SIDES CAN SAY THAT THE ATHLETES COMPETE NONETHELESS.

>> PROFESSOR YANG THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHTS WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE MOST WELCOME.

>> AND NOW PARIS WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA VINICKY WHO SPENT THE DAY IN BRIDGEPORT AS PART OF OUR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

WHAT DO YOU GOT?

>> I'M JOINED NOW BY ANNA SCHIBROWSKY SHE IS WITH THE BRIDGEPORT ALLIANCE IT IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT IS BASED HERE IN BRIDGEPORT.

WE ARE A YEAR INTO A PANDEMIC.

TELL ME WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE ON THE GROUND HERE IN BRIDGEPORT?

>> WE'VE SEEN THERE IS A LACK OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE CITY.

AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU THINK WOULD STILL HELP OR COULD HAVE HELPED THIS PAST YEAR THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN?

>> WE'VE SEEN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAD MASS TESTING SITES AND MASS VACCINATION SITES AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT DESPITE HAVING A HUGE STADIUM WHERE THAT COULD TAKE PLACE.

>> HAVE YOU BEEN ASKING FOR IT.

THERE IS A STADIUM RIGHT HERE AND I KNOW WE HAVE ASKED IN CONVERSATIONS Dr. ALLISON ARWADY SAYS YEAH, YOU COULD SEE THAT THERE IS ONE RIGHT NEXT TO WRIGLEY AND GALLAGHER WAY.

HAVE YOU BEEN ASKING FOR ONE HERE?

>> WE HAVE NOT ASKING THE ALDERMEN FOR IT BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WE HAVE HELPED.

WE SETUP GREATER BRIDGEPORT MUTUAL AID WHICH HAS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE SINCE APRIL OF LAST YEAR.

>> HOW?

>> MUTUAL AID FUNDRAISED $40,000 SO WE HAVE REDISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE LAST YEAR.

IN THE FORM OF $200 GRANTS AND $50 OF FREE GROCERIES THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS SHOP FOR AND DELIVERED TO PEOPLE'S PORCHES.

>> IS THAT STILL GOING ON?

WE ARE COMING TO WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK EVERYONE HOPING IS THE END OF THIS PANDEMIC?

>> SO WE'VE TRANSITIONED TO MORE OF A NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR DIRECT GIVING PROJECT BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT WHAT PEOPLE NEEDED WAS CASH TO PAY THEIR BILLS.

SO WE'RE NOT DOING GROCERY DELIVERY BUT WE ARE ENCOURAGING NEIGHBORS TO GIVE TO ONE ANOTHER.

FROM THE NEIGHBORS I'VE TALKED TO THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER.

PEOPLE WILL NOW OWE $12,000 OF BACK RENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING SINCE LAST MARCH.

I THINK WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT FOR A WHILE.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PREPARE FOR THAT?

I'VE ASKED OUR OFFICIALS THERE IS A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS BUT THAT RENT IS GOING TO COME DUE?

>> IN DECEMBER, GREATER BRIDGEPORT MUTUAL AID PARTNERED WITH BRIDGEPORT ALLIANCE, CBAC AND LEGAL AID ORGANIZATIONS TO DO A HOUSING RIGHTS TRAINING TO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AROUND EVICTION AND THE MORATORIUMS AND WE WILL HOLD ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WHEN WE HEAR THAT THE MORATORIUM IS COMING TO AN END.

>> AND BRIEFLY GET BACK TO WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MASS TESTING OR VACCINATION SITE HERE?

>> I THINK THAT OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE WARD ALDERMAN PATRICK THOMPSON AND JOHN DALEY DO NOT HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL AND ARE NOT CONNECTED ENOUGH WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE WARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS NEEDED.

>> AND BRIEFLY, YOU DID SPEAK WITH "CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" NICK BLUMBERG ABOUT A DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PLANNED FOR HERE AND WHAT IS THE STATUS?

>> IT IS GOING AHEAD.

WE FOUGHT IT EVERY CHANCE WE GOT.

BUT IT'S PASSED THE CITY ZONING STEPS AND IT'S GOING AHEAD.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 2:00 A.M.

SON FACILITIES IN THE WARD.

>> LOTS OF CHANGES IN THE WARD.

THANK YOU TO ANNA SCHIBROWSKY FOR JOINING US.

WE'LL SEE YOU SOON WITH THE BRIDGEPORT MARITIME MUSEUM THE CHICAGO MARITIME MUSEUM.

>> IT'S STARTLING TO HEAR PUBLIC OFFICIALS WITH THE LAST NAME DALEY NOT TO HAVE THE MUSCLE TO BRING A TESTING SITE TO BRIDGEPORT.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD HEAR?

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

HOW A LOCAL NONPROFIT IS CREATING SPACES FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR IN TELEVISION PRODUCTION.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> A CHICAGO NONPROFIT GEARED TOWARD PROMOTING MORE DIVERSITY IN TELEVISION IS GEARING UP FOR THE ARTISTS SHOWCASE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

ANGEL IDOWU SHARES HOW THE GROUP OTV WORKS TO NOT ONLY CREATE MORE INCLUSIVE SPACES BUT OLD EXISTING INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE MCA ACCOUNTABLE.

[♪♪♪] >> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES HAVE BEEN CAST OUT OF FILM AND TELEVISION.

AND BEING AS WE ARE IN THIS REALLY UNIQUE POSITION TO AMPLIFY ARTISTS AND CELEBRATE THE GIFTS THAT INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES BRING TO THE WORLD WHAT IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL IS THAT NOW WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION.

>> IT IS A FOUNDATION ABOUT FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING.

OPEN TV OR OTV IS A PLATFORM FOR MULTIHIVE FEN NATURED ARTISTS.

THEIR SHOWCASE OTV TONIGHT EXPLORES HOW THEIR ARTISTS ARE ROOTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND TELEVISION.

>> HAVE FUN.

>> ALL OF OUR ARTISTS COME TO US WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF BACKGROUNDS.

AND WE ARE PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR THE ARTISTS TO TELL THE STORIES.

>> IT'S TRANSACTIONAL IN HOLLYWOOD.

YOU PITCH AN IDEA LIKE COOL WE LOVE YOUR IDEA AND EVEN IF IT'S THE MOST FRAGILE PIECE OF ART THOSE THINGS ARE NOT CONSIDERED.

WHAT IS CONSIDERED IS IS IT GOING TO SELL?

IS IT GOING TO PROFIT?

OTV'S MISSION IS ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT THE ARTISTS AND THEIR VISION IS FIRST AND FOREMOST.

AND ALSO WORKING WITH ARTISTS THROUGH THE ENTIRE CREATION WHATEVER LEVEL OR STAGE THEY ARE AT TO ITS COMPLETION.

>> OTV ARTIST SURE VIN AND VICTORIA AGREE THE SHOWCASE WILL GIVE A PEAK OF THE SERIES LOW STRUNG WHICH EXPLORES THE ANTICS OF TWO BLACK QUEER CHICAGOANS.

>> YOU SEE IT ON WHITE TV.

THE MORE CONTENT THAT COMES OUT FROM BLACK CREATORS THE MORE WE'LL START TO SEE EVERY PART OF THAT SPECTRUM AND I THINK THAT IS A POWERFUL THING >> YES, SHOWCASING THE DIVERSITY.

BLACK AS BLACK PEOPLE WE ARE DIVERSITY BUT THERE'S DIVERSITY WITHIN THAT THERE ARE SUBSETS OF PEOPLE.

>> LANGUAGE, BOOTLEGS BAB BELL, MOUTH SAUCEY AND SLICK QUICK CARD CRACKING GRAMMAR.

>> FOR THE FIRST POET LAUREATE, IT'S VITAL THEIR WORK BE INCLUSIVE FOR EVERYONE.

NOT JUST FOR BLACK AND BROWN EARS.

>> I LOVE TELEVISION, I LOVE ACTING.

I LOVE SINGING, I LIVE FOR THEATRE.

BUT THERE'S TROPES THAT WHITE HOLLYWOOD LIKES.

WE DON'T CARE BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR BLACK IS BOUNTIFUL.

AND OUR BOUNTY IS BEAUTIFUL.

TO THE POINT OF OUR AUTONOMY IS OURS.

EVERYBODY'S VOICE, MINDS, BODY IS THEIRS FOR THEIR OWN AND NOT FOR AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALL OF BLACK PEOPLE.

IT'S ABOUT LANGUAGE THAT'S WHAT IT IS FOR ME.

I LIKE TO MAKE LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL.

MY LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL.

>> THE ACCESSIBILITY OTV WORKS TO PROVIDE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES IS NOT JUST FOR ITS ARTISTS BUT FOR EXISTING INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE MCA AS WELL.

THAT'S WHERE ITS ANNUAL SHOWCASE WILL BE LIVE STREAMED FROM NEXT WEEKEND.

>> THAT REMOVING OURSELVES OR YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY JUMPING TO A REACTION WE WANT TO TAKE THE LONG DREAM, RIGHT, THE LONG ROAD AHEAD WHICH IS YOU KNOW, ROOTED IN LIBERATION AND EQUITY AND IT IS ONE OF THE BLUEPRINTS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HOLD A SEAT IN COMMUNITY AND ALSO HOLD A SEAT WITHIN THESE REALLY NEW ANSWERED TROUBLED HISTORICALLY PROBLEMATIC INSTITUTIONS AND AGAIN, BRIDGE A GAP FOR DEEPER UNDERSTANDING.

[♪♪♪] >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> OTV TONIGHT AIRS NEXT SATURDAY AT 8:00 P.M. AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO VIEW THE PROGRAM.

>> AND PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

A LOT OF CREATIVE WORK WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THAT.

AND THEIR LIVE STREAM.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" CITY OFFICIALS LAUNCH A NEW PROGRAM TO VACCINATE HOME BOUND FOLKS AGAINST COVID-19 WE HAVE THE DETAILS ON HOW IT WORKS.

>> SCIENTISTS AT TERMMY LAB FERMILAB MAY HAVE MADE A DISCOVERY THAT WOULD TRANSFORM OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC PHYSICS.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY PHYSICS.

GEOFFREY BAER TAKES A BITE OUT OF SIGNAGE IN FAST FOOD HISTORY IN TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

AND WE CHECK IN WITH A LOCAL BIKE SHOP AND CYCLING GROUP HOW THEY ARE FARING AFTER THE BOOM IN BIKING AND WHAT IS AHEAD THIS SEASON.

FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED ACTION ON GUNS TODAY.

THE ACTIONS RANGE FROM TIGHTENING REGULATIONS ON HOMEMADE GUNS GHOST GUNS TO FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION BUT BIDEN URGED CONGRESS TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS LIKEN ACTING A FEDERAL BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.

>> THERE'S NO REASON SOMEONE NEEDS A WEAPON OF WAR WITH 100 ROUNDS, 100 BULLETS THAT CAN BE FIRED FROM THAT WEAPON.

NOBODY NEEDS THAT.

>> AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES IN THE WAKE OF SHOOTINGS IN ATLANTA GEORGIA, AND COLORADO AND AS THE CITY OF CHICAGO SEES HOMICIDES SKYROCKET THIS YEAR.

AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS REPORTING AN OUTBREAK OF COVID ON THE CAMPUS.

UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED ALL CLASSES WILL GO REMOTE AND ALL CAMPUS RESIDENTS MUST BEGIN WEEK LONG STAY-AT-HOME ORDER.

THEY SAY THEY HAVE DEFECTED 50 CASES MANY TIED TO PARTIES HELD BY OFF CAMPUS FRATERNITIES IN THE LAST WEEK.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS BACK TO YOU WITH DETAILS INTO A COVID VACCINE PROGRAM FOR HOME BOUND FOLKS.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

IN EARLY MARCH, CHICAGO OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED A COVID-19 VACCINE PROGRAM FOR HOME BOUND NEIGHBORS BUT NOW MORE THAN A MONTH LATER CRITICS SAY THE PROGRAM IS OFF TO A SLOW START.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR HOME BOUND CHICAGOANS TO GET VACCINATED FOR COVID-19?

>> THEY CAN SIGN UP WITH THE CITY AND THEY WILL GET PUT ON A WAIT LIST THAT HAS NEARLY 4,000 CHICAGOANS WHO ARE WAITING FOR A TEAM OF PARAMEDICS AND VOLUNTEERS TO COME TO THEIR HOUSE TO VACCINATE THEM AS WELL AS THEIR CAREGIVERS.

>> BUT THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM WHAT ARE FOLKS SAYING?

>> WELL, PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF THE PROGRAM HAVE YET TO GET SCHEDULED AND THEY ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST MEDICALLY VULNERABLE.

SO, OF COURSE, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND CATCH COVID BUT THEIR CAREGIVER MIGHT AND IF THEY GET COVID THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET SEVERELY ILL OR EVEN DIE.

SO THEY WANT TO BE VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WHAT THE CITY HAS FOUND IS THAT WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT BACKLOG, ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE CALLING TO FINALLY SCHEDULE HAVE FOUND A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET A VACCINE.

PERHAPS PUTTING THEMSELVES AT GREATER RISK OF CATCHING COVID OR ANOTHER ILLNESS.

SO THAT IS FRUSTRATING AND CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK WHICH IS REALLY LABOR INTENSIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THERE.

AND IT IS RELATIVELY QUICK.

BUT IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T DO HUNDREDS OF A DAY SO TO SPEAK.

>> A BIG UNDERTAKING TO SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE CITY.

HEATHER CHERONE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

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

>> UP NEXT, NEW FINDINGS FROM FERMILAB THAT COULD UPEND THE KNOWN LAWS OF PHYSICS.

STICK AROUND.

>> IT'S THE CHICAGO AREA DISCOVERY THAT COULD SHAKE THE UNIVERSE.

OR AT LEAST OUR UNDERSTANDING OF IT.

AND IT'S BASED UPON THE STUDY OF TINY PARTICLES CALLED MIEUX ONS THAT ARE BEHAVING IN WAYS.

HOW COULD THIS EXPERIMENT AT FERMILAB UPEND WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW ABOUT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING?

JOINING US IS CHRIS POLLY AT FERMILAB AND ONE OF THE LEAD RESEARCHERS ON THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU TO BE BEING HERE.

>> GOOD TO BE HERE.

>> THIS WORK IS MAKING HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD.

FIRST OF ALL, WE ELUDED TO THE STANDARD MODEL OF PHYSICS.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> YOU CAN THINK OF THE STANDARD MODEL OF PHYSICS AS SORT OF THE UNIVERSE BROKEN DOWN ON THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL SCALE.

PARTICLES WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN ARE THE BASIC INGREDIENTS OF THE UNIVERSE AT THE SMALLEST SCALES PARTICLES INVOLVED AND WHAT ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL FORCES THAT GOVERN HOW THE PARTICLES INTERACT.

WE ARE ONE STEP DOWN FROM THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS THAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT AND MORE FUNDAMENTAL.

BUT THE AMAZING THING KNOWING THE THINGS ABOUT THE SMALLEST SCALES, THAT INFORMATION HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE LARGEST SCALES ALL THE WAY UP TO SUPER NOVA EXPLOSIONS AND HOW THE UNIVERSE EVOLVED.

>> WHY ARE THESE EXPERIMENTS CAUSING SO MUCH INTEREST AND DELIGHT AMONGST SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD?

>> IT'S BECAUSE THE MURON IS AN INTERESTING PARTICLE WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR QUITE SOMETIME IT IS NOT THE FACT THAT IT EXISTS THAT IS INTERESTING WE USE IT TO PROBE OTHER BASIC LAWS OF PHYSICS AT FERMILAB.

THE THINGS THAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THESE MUONS WE MAKE A SOURCE OF THEM AT FERMILAB WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LABORATORY OUTSIDE OF THE CHICAGO AREA.

WE MAKE THEM IN A PARTICLE ACCELERATOR BECAUSE YOU CAN SORT OF THINK OF THEM AS ELECT TORONTOS THEY ARE SIMILAR THEY HAVE THE SAME CHARGE AND SPIN PROPERTIES BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN FUNDAMENTAL WAYS.

THEY ARE 200 TIMES MORE MASSIVE AND THEY ARE UNSTABLE THEY LIVE FOR TWO MILLIONTHS OF A SECOND.

WE MAKE THESE AT THE FERMILAB COMPLEX BY ACCELERATING PROTONS AT THE HIGH ENERGY SMASHING THE TARGET AND COLLECT THE MUONS THAT COME FROM THAT PROCESS.

THE THING WE ARE INTERESTED IN IS CALLED THE MAGNETIC MOMENT OF THE MUON.

BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE SPINNING TOPS AND THEY HAVE CHARGE, MUONS LIKE THEIR ELECTRONS, YOU CAN THINK OF AS HAVING THEIR INTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD THEY GENERATE A MAGNETIC FIELD LIKE A BAR MAGNET.

THE GOAL IS TO MEASURE THE STRENGTH OF THAT BAR MAGNET TO HIGH, HIGH PRECISION.

SO WHY DO WE DO THAT?

THE REASON WE ARE INTERESTED IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE MUON IS BECAUSE OF THE STRANGE FACT THAT IN THE UNIVERSE PARTICLES ARE NEVER REALLY ALONE.

THEY ARE CONSTANTLY SURROUNDED BY AN ENTOURAGE OF PARTICLES THAT DISAPPEAR.

THEY APPEAR FOR AN INSTANT AND THIS IS HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.

SO THE PARTICLES THAT APPEAR IN THE FIELD OF MUON CHANGE THE STRENGTH OF THAT MAGNETIC FIELD SLIGHTLY BECAUSE YOU CAN THINK OF THE INTERNAL MAGNET AS BEING SCREENED BY THE OTHER PARTICLES THAT APPEAR.

THE REASON IT'S INTERESTING WE KNOW FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF PHYSICS ALL THE PARTICLES WE'VE DISCOVERED CAN FLUCTUATE IN AND OUT AND CHANGE THIS INTERNAL MAGNETIC STRENGTH OF THIS MUONS.

BY GOING OUT AND MEASURING A VERY, VERY PRECISELY WE CAN CALCULATE WHAT WE EXPECT BASED ON THE KNOWN PARTICLES IN THE UNIVERSE AND WHAT IF WHAT YOU FIND IN AN EXPERIMENT DIFFERS FROM THAT CALCULATION, THEN YOU HAVE TO WONDER ARE THERE OTHER FORCES APPEARING THAT WE HAVE NOT DIRECTLY DISCOVERED.

>> THE MUONS THE BEHAVIOR IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU EXPECT IT TO BE GIVEN THE STANDARD LAWS OF PHYSICS.

WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS THEN FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE IN GENERAL?

>> WELL, SO THE THIS EXPERIMENT IS A FOLLOW-UP EXPERIMENT TO ONE THAT WAS DONE 20 YEARS AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY AND IN THAT EXPERIMENT THEY DID SOMETHING SIMILAR.

THEY STORED MUONS AND HOW STRONG THE FIELD IS AND IT DIFFERED FROM THE EXPECTATION FROM THE STANDARD MODEL PREDICTION BY A NUMBER WE CALL AN AMOUNT OF THREE SIGMA, THAT IS THREE STANDARD DEVIATIONS AND THAT MEANS IF YOU RAN THE EXPERIMENT A THOUSAND TIMES YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO FIND SOMETHING AS STRANGE THAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THREE IN 1,000 EXPERIMENTS.

THAT DIFFERENCE HAS INTRIGUED PARTICLE PHYSICISTS FOR 20 YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WONDERING IS THAT A HINT THERE'S NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS ENTERING IN THE ENTOURAGE NEW INGREDIENTS IN THE RECIPE OF THE UNIVERSE.

A FERMILAB WE'VE REPEATED THAT EXPERIMENT WITH HIGHER STATISTICS WITH MUCH MORE MODERN TECHNOLOGIES AND MUCH MORE POWERFUL COMPUTER SIMULATIONS AND WE FOUND THAT RESULT FROM 20 YEARS WE FIND A RESULT THAT IS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DISCREPANCY HAS GROWN FROM WHAT IT WAS ROUGHLY THREE SIGMA IN THE BROOKHAVEN ERA TO A 4.2 SIGMA STANDARD DEVIATION.

>> THIS DOESN'T MEAN THERE WAS A MISTAKE IN THE STUDY.

THIS SIGNIFIES THAT THERE'S SOMETHING UNDISCOVERED HERE?

>> YES.

THE HEADLINE NEWS HERE IS THAT THIS EXPERIMENT HAS CONFIRMED THE BROOKHAVEN EXPERIMENT AND NOW THAT PROBABILITY OF THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STANDARD MODEL PREDICTION AND THE EXPERIMENT WOULD ONLY BE EXPECTED TO BE BY CHANCE ONE IN 40,000 TIMES.

NOW WE KNOW THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING DRIVING THIS DISTANCE -- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THEORETICAL PREDICTION AND THE EXPERIMENT.

THERE'S THREE OPTIONS THERE.

EITHER THE EXPERIMENT CAN BE WRONG.

WHICH WE DON'T THINK IS LIKELY NOW THAT WE HAVE DONE A FOLLOW-UP EXPERIMENT A NEW EXPERIMENT AT FERMILAB.

AND THERE COULD BE THAT THE STANDARD MODEL PREDICTION SOMETHING WE DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE NORMAL PARTICLES THAT IS ACTIVE IN THE FIELD THEY CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT AND THEY ARE EXCITED TO LOOK AT THE CALCULATIONS AGAIN WITH THE RESULT IN HAND.

OF COURSE THE INTERESTING POSSIBILITY IS THAT THAT DIFFERENCE THAT ONE IN 40,000 PROBABILITY IS DESCRIBED BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING NEW IN THE UNIVERSE SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT DISCOVERED AND WE HAVE GOOD REASONS TO BELIEVE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE.

FOR INSTANCE WE LOOK AT AND WE CAN WEIGH THE MASS OF THE UNIVERSE AND WE FIND THAT THERE'S ROUGHLY FOUR OR FIVE TIMES MORE MASS IN THE UNIVERSE THAN WE CAN EXPLAIN WITH THE VISIBLE MATTER, THE STARS THE PLANETS AND THE PEOPLE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MATTER IS.

>> AND THAT COULD GET TO THE DISCUSSION OF DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY WHICH AS I KNOW, PHYSICISTS AND SCIENTISTS HAVE NOT UNLOCKED THE MYSTERY OF THAT.

AND WE CAN'T DO IT ON THIS SHOW BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.

BUT CHRIS POLLY THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS.

>> AND NOW BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> PARIS, THANK YOU.

NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA VINICKY WHO IS JOINING US LIVE FROM BRIDGEPORT AS PART OF OUR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

AMANDA?

>> BRANDIS EARLIER TODAY WE STOPPED BY THE CHICAGO MARITIME MUSEUM AND, YES, CHICAGO DOES HAVE A MARITIME MUSEUM.

IT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BRIDGEPORT ARTS CENTER AT 35TH STREET AND THAT BUBBLY CREEK.

I SPENT TIME WITH CURATOR SYLAN HOFFMAN AND BEGAN ASKING HIM ABOUT THE MUSEUM'S MISSION.

>> WE ARE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE OUR FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY HERE IN BRIDGEPORT.

WE TELL THE STORY HOW CHICAGO WAS FOUNDED BY THE WATERWAYS.

IT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WATERSHEDS OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

>> AND SO WHAT IF PEOPLE WERE TO COME HERE WHAT DO THEY LEARN ABOUT?

THEY START WITH THAT HISTORY AND MOVE FORWARD?

>> THEY LEARN HOW CHICAGO TRANSFORMED FROM A MUDDY MARSH INTO THE METROPOLIS IT IS TODAY.

A LOT OF CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS AND A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AS WELL INNOVATIONS AND ENGINEERING TO KEEP SUSTAINABLE AREA FOR A LARGE POPULATION.

>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IN REAL-LIFE THAT ARE SPECIAL?

>> WE HAVE A GREAT COLLECTION OF ARTIFACTS.

IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE OUR NEW MURAL WITH VISITORS THIS YEAR AS WE WORK TO REOPEN.

IN NOVEMBER, THE UBS ART COLLECTION DONATED A 20-FOOT LONG WPA MURAL TITLED THE HISTORY OF SHIPS.

IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO GUSTOV DAHL STROM AND IT DETAILS SHIP BUILDING FROM TALL MASTED SAILING SHIPS TO SIDE PANEL BOATS TO LARGE PASSENGER BOATS AS WELL.

AND THE ARTIFACT ITSELF HAS ITS OWN HISTORY.

THE MURAL.

BECAUSE IT WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE LAWSON SCHOOL FOR THE WPA AND EXPLAINED IN THE BUILDING DOWNTOWN.

>> REOPENING, WHY WERE YOU CLOSED COVID OR ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF IRONY HERE?

>> A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, ACTUALLY.

IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR WE CLOSED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN IN MAY, WE SUSTAINED A FLOOD THAT HAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO RECOVER EVER SINCE HAD DRY WALL REINSTALLED AND THEY ARE PAINTING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MUSEUM AS WELL.

FINISHING UP THE FINAL TOUCHES.

IT'S GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY THOUGH, TO REDESIGN SOME OF OUR EXHIBITS AND LOOK FORWARD TO NEW THINGS.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK TO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MUSEUM THAT COVERS MUCH OF CHICAGO'S MARITIME PAST.

WHAT IS CHICAGO'S MARITIME FUTURE?

>> WELL, IT'S EXCITING.

WE ARE WORKING WITH FRIENDS OF THE CHICAGO RIVER TO HELP CLEAN UP BUBBLY CREEK AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FUTURE PLANS AS FAR AS SUSTAINING A POPULATION OF THIS SIZE AND SUSTAINABLE WATERWAYS.

THE TARP PROJECT WITH THE McCOOK RESERVOIR COMING LIVE IN 2029 TO HANDLE MORE STORM WATER IMPACTS.

A LOT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BE INSPIRED BY THE HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO WATERWAYS AND THE MARITIME HISTORY.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MARITIME MUSEUM?

YOU SAID YOU ARE CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS IN BRIDGEPORT AND THE MUSEUM HAS BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN THAT.

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE AS HOPEFULLY THE SURGE IN CASES GOES BACK DOWN AND FOLKS GET VACCINATED AND PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME HERE AND ENJOY THINGS.

>> WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO THE MUSEUM.

WE HAVE A THIRD FRIDAY EVENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH OUR COMMUNITY IT IS VIRTUAL EVENT EVERY THIRD FRIDAY.

WE HAVE OUR ROTATING SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT ENGAGING EXCITING ASPECTS OF MARITIME HISTORY.

THIS MONTH ON APRIL 16TH WE HAVE DANIEL GIFFORD AN AUTHOR OF THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE WHALE BARK WHALING BARK PROGRESS HE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH CHICAGO HISTORIAN.

SO YOU GET ON OUR WEBSITE AND CHECK THAT OUT.

AND HOPEFULLY SOON WE WILL BE RETURNING TO LIVE THIRD FRIDAY EVENTS HERE AT THE MUSEUM.

>> AND NO RELICS OR ARTIFACTS WERE DAMAGED IN THE FLOODING.

JUST DRY WALL.

THE CHICAGO MARITIME MUSEUM SET TO OPEN THEY HOPE THIS SUMMER.

WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THAT WITH SYLAN HOFFMAN.

SO THANKS TO HIM AND BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, LOCAL FAST FOOD HISTORY IN AN ENCORE EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> IT MAY NOT BE SO GLAMOROUS ANYMORE BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CLAMOURED TO ENJOY THE NOVELTY OF EATING FAST FOOD FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR CARS.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE TO REVISIT THE HAPPY DAYS OF CHICAGO'S DRIVE IN RESTAURANTS IN TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

HELLO AGAIN GEOFFREY.

>> HI, BRANDIS.

>> THIS QUESTION COMES FROM HARRY... >> OH, WELL, BRANDIS, YOU GOT TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

THE SIGN IS A SHOW STOPPER.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

BEEFY 19 WAS A HAMBURGER DRIVE IN ON THE NORTH SIDE IN BOWMANVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SERVED QUOTE HEFTY FOOD AT SKINNY PRICES.

THE 19 IN THE NAME REFERS TO THE PRICE OF THE HAMBURGERS, 19 CENTS ALL WE WERE ABLE TO FIND WAS THIS ONE PHOTO AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TRACK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIRL ON THE SIGN.

BUT BEFORE BEEFY 19 CLOSED IN THE EARLY 1980s, LIKE VIRTUALLY ALL DRIVE INS IT WAS A POPULAR HANGOUT FOR TEENAGERS IN THE HOT RODS AND MOST ARE GONE NOW THE TEENAGERS AND THE HOT RODS AND THE DRIVE INS.

BUT THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE SPOTS THAT HUNG ON TO THAT HANGOUT VIBE.

>> 19 CENT HAMBURGER.

DRIVE INS AND NOT DRIVE-THRUS?

>> RIGHT WE SHOULD MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN DRIVE INS WHERE YOU ORDERED FROM YOUR CAR AND A SERVER WOULD BRING THE MEAL TO YOUR CAR AND YOU WOULD EAT IT IN YOUR CAR.

THAT IS VERSUS THE MUNDANE DRIVE-THRUS WHERE YOUR ORDER IS HANDED TO YOU FROM A WINDOW AND I DRIVE AWAY.

ACROSS THE COUNTRY DRIVE INS IN PARTICULAR OFTEN HAD QUIRKRY ARCHITECTURE AND OUTRAGEOUS OUT SIZED SIGNAGE THAT DREW ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS LIKE MOTHS TO A FLAME.

MOST FAMOUS IN CHICAGO IS THIS CUTE COUPLE MORI AND FLORIE HOT DOG TO GO ON TOP OF THE SUPERDAWG DRIVE IN ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

THE MEATSY MASCOTS WERE NAMED FOR THE COUPLE WHO FOUNDED THE RESTAURANT MAURY AND FLORIE BERMAN.

YOU CAN PULL UP INTO A SPOT AND ORDER FROM THE CAR SIDE SPEAKERS AND A CAR HOP WILL BRING THE ORDER OUT TO YOUR CAR.

>> AND THAT DAYS LIKE THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD OPTION FOR DINING OUT RIGHT NOW.

>> MAYBE WE WILL HAVE A RESURGENCE.

BOTH MAURY AND FLORIE PASSED WAY BUT THE BERMAN FAMILY RUNS THE BUSINESS.

SUPERDAWG IS THE LAST SAUSAGE STANDING WITHIN CHICAGO CITY LIMITS SOME SURVIVE IN THE SUBURBS.

>> WHERE DID DRIVE INS ORIGINATE?

>> OK.

SO THE FIRST DRIVE IN RESTAURANT HAD THE APPETIZING NAME OF THE PIG STAND IN DALLAS.

IT OPENED IN 1921 JUST AS THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WAS GETTING REVVED UP.

THE OWNER JESSE KIRBY SAID THE IDEA WAS SIMPLE.

PEOPLE WITH CARS ARE SO LAZY THEY DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OF THEM.

>> WELL, DRIVE INS WERE NOT INVENTED HERE BUT CHICAGO MUST HAVE HAD PLENTY OF DRIVE INS BACK IN THE DAY?

>> WE HAD GREAT ONES IN THE SOUTH SIDE BEVERLY NEIGHBORHOOD JANZEN'S DRIVE IN.

AND SLINGING BURGERS HOT DOGS AND MILKSHAKES FROM THE GROOVE ANY MID-CENTURY BUILDING IN THE 1960s.

JANZEN'S ENDED THEIR CAR HOP SERVICE YEARS AGO BUT THE MANAGER TOLD US THEY WILL BRING ORDERS OUT TO CARS FOR SOME LONG TIME PATRONS WHO MISSED OLD DAYS.

NOW, THE SKY HIGH DRIVE IN RESTAURANT IN THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD DID NOT NEED AN OUTRAGEOUS SIGN TO ATTRACT ATTENTION SINCE THEY SALVAGED DC SIX AIRLINER ON A CHICAGO STREET CORNER WAS ENOUGH TO TURN HEADS.

THE OWNERS USED THE PLANE'S CABIN AS A 10-TABLE DINING ROOM AND THAT WAS PERCHED OVER A LUNCHEONETTE THAT SERVED DRIVE IN CUSTOMERS AT GROUND LEVEL.

>> DID THAT CONCEPT TAKE OFF?

>> NO, NOT REALLY.

IT CLOSED IN JUST AFTER TWO YEARS IN 1965.

SO EVEN THOUGH MOST DRIVE INS ARE A THING OF THE PAST SOME TAKE OUT JOINTS KEEP UP THIS TRADITION OF SUPER SIZED SIGNAGE.

WE WILL SHOW YOU FAVORITES.

THIS ONE IS FROM LEM'S BAR QUEUE IN THE CHATHAM NEIGHBORHOOD THEY HAVE BEEN OFFERING RIB TIPS UNDER THIS SIGN SINCE 1968.

IN NORTHWEST BELMONT CRAGIN LEANS INTO THE GREEK HERITAGE AND A GIANT CONE OF GYROMEAT.

AND PETERSON WOLFFY'S HAS BEEN WORKING OVER CHICAGO HOT DOGS SINCE 1967.

>> WOLFY'S IS NOT FAR FROM THE STATION HERE.

>> GEOFFREY BAER THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE CHICAGO STYLE HISTORY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS AND WHILE YOU ARE THERE SUBMIT YOUR OWN QUESTION TO GEOFFREY BAER AND THERE'S MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" AHEAD.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> BICYCLE SALES SKYROCKETED IN 2020 AS THE PANDEMIC FORCED MORE PEOPLE TO EXERCISE AND COMMUTE OUTDOORS.

BUT THE SURGE IN DEMAND AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES LED TO SHORTAGES, STILL BEING FELT IN CHICAGO'S CYCLING COMMUNITY.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" QUINN MYERS CHECKED IN WITH LOCAL BIKE SHOPS AND CYCLING GROUPS ABOUT THE PAST YEAR AND WHAT TO EXPECT THIS SEASON.

>> BIKE SHOPS ACROSS CHICAGO SAY THEY'VE NEVER QUITE EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE 2020.

>> IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN A BIKE RETAILER THAT LONG AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE.

>> JUSTYNA FRANK IS THE CO-OWNER OF COSMIC BIKES IN JEFFERSON PARK WHICH SELLS AND FIXES A WIDE RANGE OF STYLES.

AT FIRST, FRANK SAYS THE BIKE BOOM WAS GREAT.

UNTIL THEY RAN OUT OF STUFF TO SELL.

>> SOMEHOW WE WERE STILL CHUGGING ALONG.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN BUT AT SOME POINT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE WE COULD GET.

THERE WAS A POINT IN THE SUMMER WHERE WE COULDN'T GET INTERTUBE SIZES.

REALLY BASIC COMPONENTS TO DO REPAIRS ON PEOPLE'S EXISTING BIKES.

>> BIKE SALES JUMPED 65% IN 2020 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR ACCORDING TO DATA FROM MARKET RESEARCH FIRM THAT CAME ON TOP OF A HOST OF PANDEMIC-RELATED SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES FOR BIKE MANUFACTURERS.

IN CHICAGO, THAT TRANSLATED INTO LONG WAITS FOR MAINTENANCE LAST SUMMER AND AN ALMOST TOTAL SCARCITY OF NEW BIKES.

>> LAST YEAR PEOPLE WERE LIKE YEAH, THIS MUST BE GREAT.

YES, THE DEMAND WAS GREAT BUT IT HAS TO BE COUPLED WITH SUPPLY IF YOU HAVE DEMAND AND NO SUPPLY YOU ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME EXPLAINING TO PEOPLE WHY YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE.

>> BIKE OWNERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTIALLY RESTOCK AND CATCH THEIR BREATH AFTER THE BOOM BUT BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE MARKET THERE MAY BE ANOTHER SHORTAGE THIS YEAR.

>> WE CAN'T ORDER MORE BIKES FOR 2021.

WHATEVER WE ARE GETTING IN, NOW, IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

AND THEY'VE STARTED LOOKING AT 2022.

>> GILLIAN FORSYTH OWNS AND OPERATES BFF BIKES IN BUCKTOWN WHICH SELLS BIKES AND APPARELL GEARED TOWARD WOMEN.

GILLIAN FORSYTH SAYS IN THE PAST WHEN THEY DID NOT HAVE A PART SHE WOULD ORDER IT AND IT WOULD COME.

THESE DAYS BFF IS TRYING TO STOCK UP.

IN CASE THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LEFT IN A FEW MONTHS.

>> BRING YOUR BIKE IN AND YOU'RE CROSSING YOUR FINGERS HOPING WE CAN GET THE PART IF YOU NEED IT.

>> WHILE THE PAST YEAR HAS PUT A SIGNIFICANT STRAIN ON LOCAL BIKE SHOPS, IT'S ALSO BEEN A BOON TO AREA CYCLING GROUPS.

IN SOUTH SUBURBAN ALSIP WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE CHICAGO CHAPTER OF BLACK GIRLS DO BIKE.

A CYCLING CLUB ORGANIZED BY AND FOR WOMEN OF COLOR, ALTHOUGH ALL WOMEN ARE WELCOME.

THE LEADER CELESTE ADAMS SAYS THEY HAVE SEEN A SURGE OF INTEREST SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

>> PEOPLE WERE REALLY GETTING INTO CYCLING.

AND THEY WERE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO VARIOUS CYCLING GROUPS.

HEY, CAN I JOIN?

WE HAD WELL OVER 100 PEOPLE JOIN OUR CLUB IN 2020.

>> BLACK GIRLS DO BIKE PAUSED GROUP RIDES FOR SAFETY REASONS IN 2020.

BUT ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE A FULL CALENDAR THIS SEASON.

JUST THIS WEEK, ABOUT 15 WOMEN SHOWED UP FOR AN AFTERNOON RIDE ALONG THE CAL-SAG CHANNEL.

>> EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN RIDING INDIVIDUALLY WE HAVE MISSED TRULY MISSED RIDING WITH OUR CLUB WITH OUR GROUP WITH THE CAMARADERIE OF A GROUP.

WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT.

PEOPLE SAY I HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT, I GOT TO GET A NEW BIKE I HAVE TO THEY HAVE A LOT OF REASONS.

RIDE WHATEVER YOU HAVE.

COME ON OUT RIGHT NOW AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS.

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

>> LOCAL SHOPS SAY IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BUY A NEW BIKE AND EXPECT TO PAY MORE AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT BLACK GIRLS DO BIKE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW.

STAY CONNECTED BY SIGN UP FOR YOUR DAILY BRIEFING.

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>> AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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