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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN IS ON ASSIGNMENT.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES THAT I THINK ARE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> IT'S OFFICIAL.

CHICAGO IS GETTING ANOTHER 10 YEARS OF LOLLAPALOOZA.

WHAT THE DEAL COULD MEAN FOR CITY REVENUE AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

>> AFTER BEING A VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME OVER HOSTING A FAMILY FRIENDLY DRAG SHOW A BAKERY IS TOLD IT CAN NO LOCKER HOLD PUBLIC EVENTS.

>> THEY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PROTEST BUT ALMOST LOST THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF IT.

THE TWO C.P.S.

TEACHERS SHARE THEIR REACTION.

>> WE URGE RUSSIA TO TAKE THE OFFER SERIOUSLY.

>> BRITTNEY GRINER FROM DETENTION IN RUSSIA HIT A SNAG.

WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST.

>> COULD ANOTHER INSURANCE PRICE HIKE MEAN A RED LIGHT FOR SOME DRIVERS?

THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> WHITE SOX GREAT MINNIE MINOSO RECEIVES BASEBALL'S HIGHEST HONOR WE TALK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT FINALLY SEEING THIS RECOGNITION.

>> AND THE LEGENDARY BUD BILLIKEN PARADE IS EXPANDING ITS REACH TO A DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO TODAY'S TOP STORIES BEGINNING WITH AL-QAEDA LEADER AL-ZAWAHRI HAS BEEN KILLED IN A U.S. DRONE STRIKE IN AFGHANISTAN.

AL-ZAWAHRI TOOK OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AFTER THE U.S.

KILLED ITS LONG TIME LEADER BIN LADEN IN 2011.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CONFIRMED AL-ZAWAHRI'S DEATH IN A VIDEO ADDRESS EARLIER THIS EVENING.

>> THE MONKEYPOX VIRUS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN ILLINOIS PER A PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SAYS HE IS MAKING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION TO EXPAND THE RESOURCES AND COORDINATION EFFORTS OF STATE AGENCIES IN RESPONDING TO THE OUTBREAK.

THE VIRUS HAS SO FAR BEEN FOUND TO DISPROPORTIONATELY SPREAD AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH OTHER MEN.

PRITZKER SAID THE STATE WILL INSURE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO STAY SAFE WHILE INSURING THEY ARE NOT STIGMATIZED.

ACCORDING TO THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THERE ARE 520 PROBABLE AND CONFIRMED CASES OF MONKEYPOX IN ILLINOIS.

>> DOMESTIC WORKERS IN ILLINOIS MUST NOW BE PAID AT LEAST THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE 12 AN HOUR.

AND ALSO ENTITLED TO OVERTIME PAY.

IT COMES AS THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAS FINALIZED RULES SURROUNDING DOMESTIC WORKERS' EMPLOYMENT.

THE CHANGES COME AFTER STATE LAWMAKERS EXTENDED MINIMUM WAGE PROTECTIONS TO DOMESTIC WORKERS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE LAW.

UNDER THE AMENDED RULES EMPLOYEES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO PAY DOMESTIC WORKERS FOR ALL HOURS WORKED, INCLUDING TIME-AND-A-HALF FOR OVERTIME.

SPECIFY HOW THEY WILL ACCOUNT FOREST AND SLEEP PERIODS.

SET PERIMETERS FOR MEAL OR LODGING COSTS CAN BE DEDUCTED AND KEEP WAGE AND HOUR RECORDS.

>> UP NEXT, LOLLAPALOOZA GETS AN ENCORE IN CHICAGO.

STAY WITH US FOR MORE.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... .

>> GOOD NEWS FOR FESTIVAL GOERS AND MUSIC FANATICS, LOLLAPALOOZA IS STAYING IN CHICAGO FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

NOT SO GOOD FOR THE ATTRACTTORS OR THOSE THAT BELIEVE IT SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN GRANT PARK.

CITY OFFICIALS AND PRODUCTION COMPANY CONFIRMED THE PACT LAST NIGHT AS THE FOUR-DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL CAME TO AN END.

LOLLAPALOOZA HAS GENERATED $2 BILLION FOR CHICAGO'S ECONOMY SINCE 2010 WITH OVER 300 MILLION IN 2021 ALONE.

>> THE REVENUES IMPROVE YEAR-OVER-YEAR WE GET TO SHARE IN THAT WITH LOLLA.

WE ARE PARTNERS IN THIS TOGETHER AND I THINK HAVING THAT STABILITY SO FRANKLY THEY CAN BOOK THEIR ARTISTS YEARS IN ADVANCE, REALLY IS, I THINK, TO BENEFIT NOT ONLY TO THEM BUT ALSO A BENEFIT TO US.

IT IS A BENEFIT TO HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.

>> AND HERE TO DISCUSS THIS DEAL AND MORE ARE SELENA FRAGASSI, ENTERTAINMENT CONTRIBUTOR FOR THE "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES" HAS BEEN COVERING LOLLA FOR 12 YEARS FOR VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS.

AND MICHAEL JACOBSON PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE ILLINOIS HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION.

WE ALSO INVITED A CITY REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS C3 PRESENTS BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE.

AND WE ARE GLAD THAT THE TWO OF YOU ARE HERE.

SELENA FRAGASSI YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS SINCE ITS REVIVAL 12 YEARS AGO.

THE CITY TOUTS ITS MASSIVE ECONOMIC BENEFITS.

IS IT THE ECONOMIC BOON THAT OFFICIALS ADVERTISE IT AS?

>> I MEAN, I WOULD SAY SO IT'S BEEN SAID $2 BILLION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN SINCE 2010.

AND I THINK IF YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND THERE IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE THAT COME FROM OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO, THE HOTEL ROOMS ARE BOOKED AT 90%.

A LOT OF RESTAURANTS ARE FULL.

A LOT OF CELEBRITIES ARE GOING TO RESTAURANTS INCREASING THEIR PROFILE.

SO I THINK SO.

>> THAT CONTRACT STATES THAT SOMETHING LIKE 2.2 MILLION GOES TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE TAX BENEFITS FROM THE AMUSEMENT TAX.

MICHAEL JACOBSON WHAT HAS IT MEANT FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN TERMS OF REVENUES AND THE TAXES THEY GENERATE?

>> REALLY OVER THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS, LOLLAPALOOZA ALWAYS OUR BIGGEST WEEKEND FOR OUR YEAR FOR HOTELS.

MOST OF OUR HOTELS WERE SOLD OUT AT A HIGH RATE.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT HAS NOT JUST ON OUR HOTELS BUT THE ECONOMY AND THE TAX REVENUE, JUST LAST YEAR THERE WERE 13 MILLION IN TAX EXPENDITURES GENERATED WITHIN OUR HOTELS NOT INCLUDING WHEN THEY GO OUT AND RIDE IN OUR TAXICABS OR EAT IN THE RESTAURANTS OR VISIT MUSEUMS.

THEY DON'T JUST GO TO GRANT PARK AND BACK AND FORTH THEY ARE DOING THINGS ACROSS OUR CITY MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY'S BRAND.

WE NEED A MORALE BOOST AROUND THE WORLD AND LOOK AT THE FACT WE BRING 400,000 PEOPLE FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN PUT A PRICE TAG WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CITY'S BRAND AND REPUTATION.

>> LOLLAPALOOZA BEING AN INTERNATIONAL BRAND.

SELENA THIS EXTENSION IS THE FESTIVAL GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT GOING FORWARD THAN IT HAS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

>> .

>> THEY ARE EXTENDING THE CAPACITY.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF THE FESTIVAL THAT IS SO LARGE TO BRING IN ALL THE PEOPLE.

AS WE SAW WITH JAY HOPE WHO IS BRINGING IN A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC.

>> SOUTH KOREAN MUSIC GROUP.

>> AND SO THEY ARE ON HIATUS AND HE HAS EMBARKED ON A SOLO CAREER IT WAS HISTORIC HIS FIRST U.S. FESTIVAL APPEARANCE AND BROUGHT IN A NEW DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE.

THE MORE THAT LOLLAPALOOZA IS PLAYING WITH THE MUSIC CURATION MORE PEOPLE WILL COME IN THAT WERE NOT THERE BEFORE.

>> TO APPEAL TO A BROADER AUDIENCE.

MICHAEL JACOBSON IT IS A BOON TO YOUR INDUSTRY AND YOU HAVE ALDERMEN LIKE REILLY DOWNTOWN, KING, SAYING THE CITY'S NEGOTIATING THESE CONTRACTS WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT FROM CITY COUNCIL.

SHOULD THERE BE MORE TRANSPARENCY HERE?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF WHY YOU HAVE CITY AGENCIES.

THERE'S FESTIVALS IN EVERY PARK ACROSS THE CITY EVERY WEEKEND OF THE SUMMER.

WE CAN'T RELY ON CITY COUNCIL TO NEGOTIATE EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT FOR EVERY SINGLE FESTIVAL THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE PARK DISTRICT AND D CASE, THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS TO WORK THROUGH THESE CONTRACTS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU SAW HERE.

I THINK CITY COUNCIL ABSOLUTELY HAS A ROLE AND A SAY HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE BUT I DON'T THINK THEY CAN GET INTO THE WEEDS OF EVERY CONTRACT FOR EVERY FESTIVAL.

>> CERTAINLY THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVALS ARE MUCH, MUCH SMALLER IN SCALE THAN LOLLAPALOOZA WHICH IS GIGANTIC.

SELENA FRAGASSI WHAT IMPACT HAS THE FESTIVAL HAD ON THE MUSIC SCENE?

MANY CLUB OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT CONTRACT WHERE THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY THAT LOCAL CLUBS NOW THAT HAS GONE AWAY, CORRECT?

>> THAT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT VENUES BENEFIT AS WELL.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE AFTER SHOWS.

GREEN DAY PLAYED AN AMAZING SHOW AT METRO THAT WAS A COVETED SPOT AND RAISED METRO'S PROFILE.

VENUE ALSO BENEFIT FOR HAVING LOLLAPALOOZA HERE N TERMS OF MUSIC ACTS THERE IS A GREAT STAGE AT LOLLAPALOOZA CALLED THE BMI STAGE A LOT OF BANDS MADE THEIR CAREERS THERE INCLUDING CHANCE THE RAPPER.

>> WHO APPEARED IN A SPECIAL APPEARANCE THIS WEEKEND THOUGH HE WAS NOT BOOKED.

MICHAEL, HOW IS THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY HANDLED THE SAFETY CONCERNS GIVEN THE FACT THERE IS A MASS SHOOTING HAPPENING EVERY WEEK IN THE UNITED STATES AND THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AROUND LOLLAPALOOZA.

>> YEAH.

AND IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO LOLLAPALOOZA.

WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AND STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

IT IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR A SITUATION LIKE LOLLAPALOOZA.

WE HAD NO MAJOR ISSUES WHICH IS GREAT TO HEAR.

IT IS A LARGE FESTIVAL.

BUT I THINK IT IS A YEAR-ROUND DISCUSSION HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS ARE KEPT SAFE AND THERE IS A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS AND PROTOCOLS THAT MOST VISITORS DO NOT REALIZE OR SEE THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES WITHIN OUR HOTELS AND OUTSIDE OF OUR HOTELS TO MAKE SURE THE VISITORS ARE KEPT SAFE.

WE ARE HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE WEEKEND WENT AND THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE.

>> NO MAJOR SAFETY INCIDENTS WE KNOW OF REPORTED.

MICHAEL, AGAIN, KNOWING THAT THIS IS A MAJOR BENEFIT TO THE INDUSTRY THAT YOU REPRESENT, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN AND AROUND THE LOOP THAT SAY GRANT PARK SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF COMMISSION TO THE PUBLIC FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN THE SUMMER.

WHAT ABOUT THAT?

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VALUE OF OUR PARKS THAT IS WHAT MAKES CHICAGO GREAT.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND THE PARKS PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME, ESPECIALLY AS WE WAIT FOR A RETURN TO OFFICE TO PICK UP, AND THERE'S ALL THE CONVERSATION HOW WE REINVIGORATE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND GET PEOPLE DOWNTOWN YOU, HEAR PEOPLE SAYING WE NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESS ACTIVITY KEEPS UP DOWNTOWN.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT LOLLAPALOOZA OR THE NASCAR RACE WHICH IS TAKING HEAT RIGHT NOW, YOU CANNOT SAY WE NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND CRITICIZE EVERY SINGLE EVENT THAT WE BRING DOWNTOWN TO BRING AN SELENA SAID THAT NEW DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT COME INTO THE LOOP AND SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY THE WAY THEY DO.

IT IS A BALANCING ACT.

I'M NOT SAYING KEEP THE PARK CLOSED FOR MONTHS ON END AND RESTRICT IT TO RESIDENTS.

BUT I THINK THERE IS A BALANCING ACT TO BE HAD AND I'M HOPEFUL WE FOUND THAT.

>> QUICKLY, YOUR HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEKEND, THE MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS?

>> GOSH THERE WERE SO MANY.

THERE WAS A GREAT ITALIAN BAND WHO WON THE EURO VISION CONTEST AND NOW BREAKING INTO AMERICA AND THEY HAD A GAME CHANGING EXPERIENCE.

METALLICA WAS AMAZING.

AND JAY HOPE WILL EMBARK ON A SOLO CAREER AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE HE GAVE.

>> WHEN MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CAME OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE JAY HOPE CONCERT.

I WATCHED THAT METALLICA SET AND MAN, THEY STILL BRING IT DESPITE, 60 YEARS OLD IT IS INCREDIBLE.

THANKS TO SELENA FRAGASSI AND MICHAEL JACOBSON WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> A NORTHWEST SUBURBAN BAKERY IS TOLD IT CANNOT HOLD FUTURE EVENTS IN ITS SHOP.

LAST WEEK WE SHARED THE STORY ABOUT A BAKERY AND CAFE IN LAKE IN THE HILLS 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHICAGO IT WAS THE VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME PREPARING TO HOST A FAMILY FRIENDLY DRAG SHOW.

THE OWNER TOLD US ABOUT THE ONGOING THREATS AND AGE GRI MESSAGES -- ANGRY MESSAGES SHE CONTINUES TO RECEIVE.

SHE WAS TOLD THE EVENT VIOLATED A LOCAL ORDINANCE AND HAD TO REFRAIN FROM HOLDING THEM.

UPDATING US IS CORINNA SAC OWNER OF UPRISING BAKERY AND CAVE FAY AND KEVIN FEE SPECIAL COUNSEL AT THE A.C.L.U.

OF ILLINOIS.

AND WE INVITED THE VILLAGE TRUSTEES OF LAKE IN THE HILLS AND THE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR THEY DECLINED TO JOIN US.

WE WELCOME BOTH OF YOU.

AND CORINNA SAC WELCOME BACK.

FIRST, AS I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD A MEETING WITH VILLAGE OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS LAST THURSDAY.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING?

>> [AUDIO INTERRUPTION] [NO AUDIO] [NO AUDIO] EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

THE VILLAGE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE EVENTS AT UPRISING BAKERY FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS UNTIL THE BUSINESS WAS ATTACKED BY AN EXTREMIST VANDAL.

AND ONLY AT THAT POINT DID THEY CHANGE COURSE AND SUDDENLY TELL HER SHE COULD NOT HOLD ANYMORE OF THESE DRAG EVENTS THAT CAUSED THE CONTROVERSY, BUT CANCELED HER DISNEY KARAOKE, VARIOUS OTHER FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS ENTIRELY BECAUSE THEY DEEMED THE SPEECH APPARENTLY TOO CONTROVERSIAL AND THAT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM.

>> ALTHOUGH CORINNA SAC, THE VILLAGE IS SAYING THEIR REASON SOMETHING BECAUSE THE LANDLORD OF THE BUILDING HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND OTHER NEARBY BUSINESSES HAVE COMPLAINED.

YOUR RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE REASONING THAT THE VILLAGE HAS GIVEN?

>> UM, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT THERE WERE ANY COMPLAINTS OR VIOLATIONS AND WE'VE BEEN HOSTING EVENTS FOR -- WE'VE HOSTED DOZENS OF EVENTS OVER THE MONTHS WE'VE BEEN OPEN AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I WAS MADE AWARE OF THESE COMPLAINTS OR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.

>> PARIS, IF I COULD JUMP IN THERE, TO ECHO WHAT CORINNA SAC SAID, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS IS NOT JUST OUR VIEW AND CORINNA SAC'S VIEW THIS IS THE VILLAGE'S OWN INTERPRETATION OF ITS OWN ZONING ORDINANCE UP UNTIL THE POINT OF THE HAVEN'TLISM.

IN FACT, THE VILLAGE SIGNED OFF ON THIS DRAG EVENT IN ADVANCE SAYING THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH IT GOING FORWARD.

IT WAS ONLY AT THE MOMENT THAT THE WINDOWS OF THE BAKERY WERE SMASHED AND HATEFUL ANTI-LGBTQ EXTRA FETTY WAS SCRAWLED OVER THE INSIDE OF THE STORE THAT THE VILLAGE TOOK THIS NEW POSITION THAT WE BELIEVE IS A PURE PRETEXT AND EXCUSE TO SHUTDOWN SPEECH THAT THE VILLAGE DEEMED TOO CONTROVERSIAL.

>> SO CORINNA SAC, YOU'VE HELD MANY EVENTS THERE, NOT JUST THE PLANNED DRAG SHOW BUT OPEN MICS AND ART CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ARE YOU SAYING THE VILLAGE KNEW ABOUT THE EVENTS AND KNEW THAT IT VIOLATED ITS OWN ZONING ORDINANCE BUT HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THOSE EVENTS CONTINUING?

>> CORRECT.

SO ONLY WHEN AN EVENT BECAME CONTROVERSIAL AND UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THEM DID THEY DECIDE TO CHANGE COURSE AND HOST THIS MEETING AND TRY TO ENFORCE THESE ZONING AND CODES.

>> KEVIN FEE ON LEGAL GROUNDS THE VILLAGE IS CITING THIS ORDINANCE SAYING THEY ARE NOT ZONED FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

DO YOU HAVE A STRONG LEGAL CASE WHEN THE VILLAGE IS BASICALLY SAYING WE'RE ENFORCING THE ORDINANCE WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, PARIS, IT'S PROBLEMATIC AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE VILLAGE TO SELECTIVELY ENFORCE THE ZONING ORDINANCE BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH AT ISSUE.

EVEN SO WITHIN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE IT IS NOT OUR BELIEF THERE WAS ANY VIOLATION.

AND IT WAS NOT THE VILLAGE'S BELIEF WITH RESPECT TO THIS BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS UP UNTIL THE MOMENT THAT THESE WINDOWS WERE SMASHED.

>> CORINNA SAC IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WIGGLE ROOM IN THE ORDINANCE?

DOES IT NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU CAN'T HOLD THESE EVENTS?

>> YES, I BELIEVE THERE'S WIGGLE ROOM AND DISCUSSIONS TO BE HAD.

>> AND SPEAKING OF DISCUSSION, YOU'VE RECEIVED LAST WEEK WHEN YOU TALKED TO US YOU TOLD US ABOUT THE LETTERS YOU WERE RECEIVING THREATENING LETTERS AND VOICE MAILS.

ARE YOU STILL RECEIVING THAT?

AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

>> YES, WE ARE STILL RECEIVING ALL OF THAT.

IT'S LOOKING THE SAME.

AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REPORTING EVERYTHING AS WE SHOULD.

>> AND KEVIN FEE THERE'S BEEN A MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE VANDALISM, A 24-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS WEARING PROUD BOYS CLOTHING, ALLEGEDLY A MEMBER OF THAT GROUP.

HE WAS LET OUT ON A THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.

DO YOU THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE?

>> WE'LL ALLOW THOSE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS TO PLAY OUT.

WE DON'T HAVE COMMENT ON THE WAY THAT HAS BEEN HANDLED BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IDEA OF SPEECH BEING TARGETED BY EXTREMISTS COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY.

AND EFFECTIVELY GETTING WHAT THEY WANTED WHICH IS TO SHUTDOWN THESE GREAT COMMUNITY EVENTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL KEEP MONITORING THE CASE OUR THANKS TO CORINNA SAC AND KEVIN FEE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> .

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

SO PLEASE STICK AROUND.

>> ONE OF THE OLDEST PARADES IN THE CITY'S SOUTH SIDE IS MARCHING ITS WAY DOWNTOWN.

THE BELOVED BUD BILLIKEN PARADE IS CELEBRATED IN A FILM PROJECTED BENEATH THE STARS.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU TAKES US TO THE LOOP FOR MORE ON THE STORY.

>> CHICAGO NEWSPAPER IS REALLY WHAT CAUSED A LOT [INAUDIBLE] >> 93 YEARS LATER, THE BUD BILLIKEN PARADE OR THE BUD, IS STILL MARCHING DOWN KING DRIVE CELEBRATING ONE OF CHICAGO'S MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.

>> WE ARE ABLE TO SHOW THAT YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER, KIDS CAN COME TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE AND PEACEFUL WAY.

>> THE PARADE MARCHS FROM 39TH TO 55TH ON KING DRIVE.

BRINGING TOGETHER BLACK CHICAGOANS THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD AND FUN.

BUT THIS YEAR, THE PARADE IS ALSO TAKING OVER A PROMINENT DOWNTOWN BUILDING AND A PROJECTION FILM TITLED BILLIKEN.

IT FEATURES DANCERS FROM THE TALENT DANCE COMPANY.

>> WE DID GET FOOTAGE NOT KNOWING IF WE WOULD MAKE IT.

BUT TO HAVE THE FOOTAGE PREPARED AND READY IT WAS DOPE AND EXCITING TO SEE IT.

>> AS ONE OF MANY DANCE GROUPS TO PERFORM IN THE PARADE, SHE SAYS WATCHING THEMSELVES DOWNTOWN IS IMPORTANT.

>> SEEING THEM UP THERE IT PUSHES THEM TO WANT MORE AND DO MORE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO HOPE WHEN THEY SEE THIS AND THEY SEE WE'RE DOING THINGS WITH THE KIDS THAT WE NORMALLY DON'T DO IT'S GOING TO GET BIGGER.

>> THAT EXPOSURE THE FILM PROVIDES IS NOT JUST FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ATTEND THE PARADE.

>> IT'S POWERFUL THAT BUD BILLIKEN WILL BE DISPLAYED THE ON THE MERCHANDISE MART BECAUSE IT GIVES PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GREAT EVENT THAT'S HUGE BEYOND MEASURE.

BUT ALSO THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN FEEL PROUD ABOUT THEIR TRADITION.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 93 YEARS.

93 YEARS AND MANY GENERATIONS GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE BUD BILLIKEN DISPLAYED IN A WAY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED BEFORE.

FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> SUCH TALENT I LOVE TO SEE IT.

BRILLIANT AND LARGE LIKE THAT.

CAN YOU CHECK IT OUT, BILLIKEN AT ART ON THE MART EVERY NIGHT AT 9 AND 9:30 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7TH.

THE PARADE IS SATURDAY AUGUST 13TH AND IT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT A GREAT TRADITION THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RECENT APARTMENT SALES REVEAL ENTHUSIASTICKIC INVESTORS IN CHICAGO'S SUBURBS THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

THEY ENCOURAGED THE STUDENTS TO PROTEST BUT ALMOST LOST THEIR JOBS BECAUSE OF IT.

THE TWO C.P.S.

TEACHERS SHARE THEIR REACTIONS.

THE RELEASE OF BRITTNEY GRINER FROM A RUSSIAN PRISON MAY HAVE BEEN HIT WITH A SETBACK.

AND WHITE SOX GREAT MINNIE MINOSO RECEIVES BASEBALL'S HIGHEST HONOR.

WE TALK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS ABOUT FINALLY SEEING THIS LONG AWAITED RECOGNITION.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAYS CHICAGO HAS SEEN A SHARP DROP IN HOMICIDES AND SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR.

>> CHICAGO HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN BOTH HOMICIDES AND SHOOTINGS FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH.

THAT IS FIVE IN A ROW.

WE ARE DOWN 38% OF HOMICIDES THIS JULY COMPARED TO JULY 2021 AND 25% IN SHOOTINGS COMPARED THIS JULY TO JULY IN 2021.

>> AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT 44 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND FIVE PEOPLE KILLED IN 36 SEPARATE SHOOTINGS BETWEEN FRIDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

>> THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS HAS DROPPED 63 CENTS IN THE PAST MONTH.

ACCORDING TO AAA THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS 4.21.

DOWN 14 CENTS SINCE LAST WEEK BUT GAS PRICES IN CHICAGO ARE RUNNING ABOVE THAT NATIONAL AVERAGE AT 5.35 A GALLON.

THE AVERAGE PRICE IN ILLINOIS IS 4.63.

>> STAR TREK ACTOR AND ILLINOIS NATIVE NICHELLE NICHOLS WHO PLAYED THE LIEUTENANT ON THE ICONIC SCI-FI SERIES HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 89.

THE TRAIL BLAZING ROLE INCLUDED AN ON SCREEN INTERRACIAL KISS WITH WILLIAM SHATNER ONE YEAR AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECLARED INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE LEGAL.

SHE TOLD THE STORY HOW SHE WAS PERSUADED TO STICK WITH THE SHOW FOLLOWING A CONVERSATION WITH Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. KING A FAN TOLD HER SHE COULDN'T QUIT BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLE IN CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA.

SHE WORKED AS A SINGER AND DANCER IN CHICAGO AT THE AGE OF 14.

HER SON SAYS SHE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES IN SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO.

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

>> THANKS, PARIS.

STATE FARM HITS ILLINOIS AUTO CUSTOMERS WITH YET ANOTHER PRICE HIKE.

SUBURBAN APARTMENTS ARE SEEING MAJOR INVESTMENT GAINS AND A LOOK AT WHAT IS ON THE ROAD AHEAD FOR ELECTRIC TRUCK MAKER RIVIAN.

HERE IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS REPORTER DANNY ECKER.

LET'S START WITH THE STORY ABOUT STATE FARM.

THE INSURANCE COMPANY RAISING AUTO RATES FOR THE THIRD TIME IN ILLINOIS THIS YEAR.

HOW MUCH?

WHY ANOTHER JUMP?

ON TOP OF THE HIKE GAS PRICES AND INFLATION ALL THAT?

>> YES, IT'S GETTING TOUGH TO KEEP YOUR CAR COSTS FROM SOARING RIGHT NOW.

STATE FARM THE AVERAGE POLICY PREMIUM IS GOING UP BY 8.4% THEY ANNOUNCED WHICH MAY BE THE STEEPEST ONE TIME PRICE HIKE EVER IN ILLINOIS THAT BRINGS THE INCREASE WITH TWO OTHERS THEY'VE HAD TO 16% WHICH IS 127 PER YEAR.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY IT'S BEEN PIECEMEAL BUT WE'RE SEEING THIS ACROSS ALL THE MAJOR AUTO INSURERS.

GIK CO-BOOSTED THEIR RATES AND IT'S FROM STATE FARM'S PERSPECTIVE IT'S INFLATION, COST OF LABOR AND GOODS ARE UP.

CLAIM COSTS ARE HIGHER AND RATES ARE GOING HIGHER AND WE SAW THE RATES DROP IN 2020 AND NOW WE'VE COME BACK AND THEN SOME FROM THE SAVINGS.

>> PERHAPS IF YOU DO GET INTO ANY SORT OF AUTO WRECK OR ACCIDENT, WE KNOW THE PRICE OF CARS IS MORE EXPENSIVE TOO, RUNNING A CAR ALL THAT.

DAMAGE.

MOVING ON.

CRAIN'S REPORTS THAT 1300 APARTMENTS IN THE CITY SUBURBS HAVE CHANGED HANDS.

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE SUBURBAN APARTMENT MARKET?

>> YEAH, IT SAYS THAT INVESTORS HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN IT.

THESE WERE TRADED IN TWO DEALS THAT COVERED SHAMBURG, PALATINE, ELGIN AND GLENVIEW A FEW WEEKS AFTER A COMPLEX IN PALATINE SET A RECORD FOR THE MOST MONEY PAID FOR A MULTIFAMILY IN CHICAGO.

RENTEDS WERE UP 17%.

AND IT'S ESPECIALLY NOTABLE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AS THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN MORE SLUGGISH.

THESE ARE DEALS COMING WITH A LOT OF INVESTIGATORS PUTTING THEIR PENCILS DOWN AND SEEING THE INTEREST RATES SURGE.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY MORE DEALS WE SEE LIKE THIS.

>> IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE CHICAGO MARKET?

>> CHICAGO MARKET HAS BEEN THE SAME.

DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN STRONG.

THE DEMAND FOR RENTALS RIGHT NOW IS REALLY ONE OF THE BRIGHT SPOTS IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

>> UNLESS YOU ARE THE RENTER.

LASTLY, RIVIAN IS BUILDING THE MODEL SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER BUT IT STRUGGLED TO RAMP UP THE PLANT IN ILLINOIS DUE TO PARTS SHORTAGES.

YET, THE COMPANY IS OPENING SERVICE CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO WHAT IS THE LATEST?

WHAT GIVES?

>> RIVIAN IS GOING THROUGH GROWING PAINS AS IT TRIES TO COMPETE IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SPACE.

IT'S TOUGH THESE DAYS WITH IT'S HARDER TO GET PARTS AND MORE EXPENSIVE.

AND ILLINOIS HAS A STAKE IN RIVIAN'S GROWTH WITH THE PLANT DOWN IN NORMAL.

THE COMPANY SAID IT WOULD BE LAYING OFF 6% OF THE WORKFORCE BUT IT CANNOT AFFORD TO SLOW DOWN OPENING UP SERVICE CENTERS THAT IS THE LIFE BLOOD OF A CAR MAKER.

CUSTOMERS NEED PLACES TO SERVICE THEIR VEHICLES.

RIVIAN HAS OPENED A CHICAGO SERVICE CENTER THEY'VE TRIED TO DO MORE MOBILE SERVICE.

THEY COME TO YOU TO FIX YOUR VEHICLE TO DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES.

WE'LL SEE WHAT IS AHEAD FOR THIS COMPANY.

>> AND PARDON THE PUN BUT IT LOOKS LIKE RIVIAN TRYING TO PUT BRAKES ON THE FEDERAL CLIMATE BILL.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER DAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WITH THAT BREAKDOWN OF THE CRAIN'S HEADLINES, DANNY ECKER.

>> THANKS, AMANDA.

>> TWO TEACHERS AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL GET TO KEEP THEIR JOBS AFTER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY NOT TO FIRE THEM.

GOING AGAINST A HEARING OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION.

THE TEACHERS DEFENSE, THE DISTRICT SAYS IT FOR VIOLATING SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

THE TEACHERS AND THEIR UNION SAY THEY ARE FACING RETALIATION FOR ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH.

PROTESTING AGAINST A METAL SCRAP COMPANY'S ATTEMPTED MOVE INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.

HERE IS BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT AFTER THE VOTE... >> I WANT TO AFFIRM THAT THIS BOARD BELIEVES IN CULTURALLY RELEVANT EDUCATION AS IT IS A CORE VALUE OF C.P.S.

>> JOINING US ARE THE PAIR OF TEACHERS, CHUCK STARK A SCIENCE TEACHER AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND LAUREN BIANCHI WHO TEACHES SOCIAL STUDIES ALSO AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH.

AND WE DID ASK THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE AND C.P.S.

SAYS IT COULD NOT MAKE AN ADMINISTRATOR AVAILABLE ON SHORT NOTICE THEY DID SEND US A STATEMENT WHICH WE WILL GET TO SHORTLY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

CHUCK LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU.

AT THE HEART OF THIS IS A PROTEST OVER THE COMPANY RMG MOVING THE METAL SCRAPPING OPERATION FROM LINCOLN PARK TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE NEAR GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

HOW DID THE TOPIC COME UP WITH YOUR STUDENTS?

>> I APOLOGIZE.

I WILL GET BACK TO ANSWERING THAT.

I KNOW THAT OUR TIME IS SHORT.

AND I DO WANT TO GET SOME THANK YOUS OUT THERE WHILE I HAVE THIS MOMENT.

IT'S IMPORTANT I WANT TO THANK THE SOUTHEAST SIDE COMMUNITY.

THERE WERE LOTS OF TEACHERS, FRIEND, STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND ORGANIZERS FROM THE SOUTHEAST SIDE THAT CAME OUT AND STOOD BEHIND AND BY LAUREN AND I.

AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLY MOVING AND I'M CREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.

AND THERE WERE THREE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD OF ED TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR NEW SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AND THEY HAD TO CHANGE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO SAY TO COME TO OUR DEFENSE.

AND YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF ED FOR WORKING INDEPENDENTLY.

>> AND THE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND THAT MAKES IT SIGNIFICANT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> COULD YOU GET TO THIS ISSUE.

HOW DID THIS FIRST COME UP?

WITH YOUR STUDENTS?

>> HOW THIS FIRST CAME UP WITH OUR STUDENTS WAS BACK IN IT WAS EARTH DAY OF 2020.

AND WE HAD JUST STARTED REMOTE LEARNING.

AND AS YOU PLAYED THAT CLIP FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WE ARE ALWAYS BEING ASKED TO TEACH SOCIALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING.

WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS PERMIT THAT GENERAL IRON WAS APPLYING FOR ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL.

AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT PARTICULATE MATTER AND THE 14 TONS OF PARTICULATE MATTER THAT WOULD BE RELEASED FROM GENERAL IRON BLOWING TOWARDS THE SCHOOL.

WE STARTED LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IS PARTICULATE MATTER HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE BODY.

AND STUDENTS TOOK IT FROM THERE.

AND IT BECAME FROM SOMETHING WHERE WE LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS, TO THEN STUDENTS TELLING US THAT THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

AS EDUCATORS WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES ARE WE GOING TO JUST GAS LIGHT STUDENTS OR STAND BEHIND THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.

>> LAUREN CAN YOU SPEAK TO SPECIFICS AND IT'S DIFFERENT IN YOUR CLASSROOMS AND THE STUDENTS THAT YOU COLLABORATE WITH.

DID YOU SPECIFICALLY TELL THEM TO ATTEND ONE OF THESE PROTESTS GIVE THEM DIRECTIONS TO GO?

>> LOOK, YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED FOR ALL C.P.S.

TEACHERS BUT SPECIFICALLY SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS IN CRITICAL COMMUNITY ISSUES AS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED CIVICS COURSE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED AND REQUIRED IN MANY CASES TO OBSERVE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND THAT INCLUDES VOTING, YOUR RIGHTS AND, OF COURSE, THROUGHOUT U.S. HISTORY YOUR RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE.

YOUR RIGHT TO ADVOCATE.

YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

>> AND LAUREN HOW DO YOU BRIDGE THAT LINE BETWEEN TEACHING THAT AND ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION WITHOUT PERHAPS TRYING TO DICTATE TO STUDENTS HOW THEY MIGHT FEEL ABOUT A PARTICULAR ISSUE?

IS THAT DIFFICULT?

>> WELL, I MEAN IF ANY OF YOU OUT THERE TRIED TO DICTATE ANYTHING TO A TEENAGER YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT REALLY POSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW WE FACILITATE AND CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS, RESEARCH AND ENGAGE AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES ABOUT THE TYPE OF CITIZEN THEY WANT TO BE.

I AM A SOCIOLOGY TEACHER AND AT THE HEART OF THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY IS INEQUITY.

AND SO THIS IS AN ISSUE OF EQUITY.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT EQUITABLE.

YOU KNOW THE FEELING THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL COLLAPSED ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

STUDENTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION THIS DOESN'T GET PAST STUDENTS THEY KNOW ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENT ATHLETES THEY TRAVEL.

THEY TRAVEL TO SCHOOLS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

THEY SEE THE FACILITIES AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE FACILITIES ACROSS THE CITY.

AND OUR STUDENTS ARE SPEAKING UP AND SAYING, WOW, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT A SCHOOL BUILDING COULD BE AN EMPOWERING BEAUTIFUL SPACE BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE BUILDING I'VE LEARNED IN.

>> I WANT TO GET TO THE REACTION FROM THE DISTRICT AND THAT IS THEY SAY THERE ARE SEVERAL INSTANCES OF POOR JUDGMENT EXERCISED BY EACH OF YOU.

AND ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING... >> CHUCK, WE ONLY HAVE A MINUTE LEFT.

BRIEFLY, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?

>> I THINK THE UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THE BOARD TO VOTE NOT TO TERMINATE US, AGAINST THE REQUEST OF C.P.S.

AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THAT REQUEST INITIALLY CAME FROM.

THAT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE.

I UNDERSTAND IT IS A VERY UNUSUAL TURN OF EVENTS FOR THE BOARD TO UNANIMOUSLY GO AGAINST SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I REALLY THINK THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF RIGHT 0 THERE.

>> AND 30 SECONDS LAUREN, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT GREEN SCHOOLS THAT WAS PART OF THE EFFORT FOLKS WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

>> SO MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY ALLIES WE ARE LAUNCHING A CAMPAIGN FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART GREEN NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

C.P.S.

HAS COMMITTED TO PUTTING SOLAR PANELS ON 12 SCHOOL BUILDINGS THIS YEAR.

THAT IS A WONDERFUL START BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

>> YOU WANT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH TO BE ONE OF THEM GIVING THAT DETERIORATING CONDITION YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE, OUR THANKS TO CHUCK STARK AND ALSO TO LAUREN BIANCHI.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, A DIPLOMATIC SETBACK FOR THE RELEASE OF AMERICAN BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR BRITTNEY GRINER.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... CAN ACCORDING TO SEVERAL NEWS REPORTS RUSSIA WANTS TWO PRISONERS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RELEASE OF WNBA STAR BRITTNEY GRINER AND FORMER MARINE PAUL WHELAN.

THE U.S.

OFFERED RUSSIA A SWAP FOR VICTOR BOUT.

MOSCOW NOW WANTS TO ADD A MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN GERMANY WHICH ADDS A NEW LEVEL OF NEGOTIATIONS.

HERE IS WHAT SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY BLINKEN SAID ABOUT HIS CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV ON FRIDAY.

>> WE HAD A FRANK AND DIRECT CONVERSATION.

I PRESSED THE KREMLIN TO ACCEPT THESE SUBSTANTIAL PROPOSAL THAT WE PUT FORTH ON THE RELEASE OF PAUL WHELAN AND BRITTNEY GRINER.

>> AND JOINING US ARE ALBERTO COLL PROFESSOR OF LAW AND U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS AT DePAUL UNIVERSITY LAW OF.

HE SERVED IN THE PENTAGON.

AND T.J. QUINN AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR ESPN.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

TJ GET US UP TO SPEED ON BRITTNEY GRINER'S CASE AND WHERE HER CURRENT STATUS IN RUSSIAN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW?

>> THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FINAL WEEK OF HER TRIAL.

THE SOURCES CLOSE TO THE CASE TOLD ME THEY ARE EXPECTING A VERDICT AND A SENTENCE FRIDAY.

TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE JUDGE READS A FULL REPORT INTO THE RECORD AND SHE PLEADED GUILTY THEY KNOW IT WILL BE A GUILTY VERDICT.

THE QUESTION IS THE SENTENCE.

BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT WITH THIS IS THEY'VE KNOWN ALL ALONG AND U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THROUGHOUT IT'S MERELY A FORMALITY.

IT'S PART OF THE THEATRE OF THE LARGER NEGOTIATION WHICH IS THEY EXPECT THAT SHE WILL COME HOME BY A DEAL CUT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

AND THIS IS SIMPLY RUSSIA PLAYING OUT TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT IS A LEGITIMATE PROCESS.

>> RIGHT.

IT APPEARS RUSSIA OBVIOUSLY WANTS TO USE THIS AS COLLATERAL TO GET FOLKS RELEASED.

TJ SHE FACES A 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE?

>> SHE DOES.

TYPICALLY THEY HIT AMERICANS WITH HEAVY SENTENCES AND MARK FOGLE WAS SENTENCED.

SIMILAR CASE HE BROUGHT MEDICAL MARIJUANA INTO THE COUNTRY.

HE HAS NOT DISPUTED THE FACTS WHAT HE WAS ACCUSED OF.

HE SAID I HAD A LEGITIMATE PRESCRIPTION IN THE U.S.

IT WAS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND HE GOT A 14 YEARS SENTENCE.

ONE DIFFERENCE IN THE CASE HE HAS NOT BEEN DECLARED WRONGFULLY DETAINED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT WHILE BRITTNEY GRINER HAS.

SO WHATEVER NEGOTIATIONS MAY HAPPEN FOR HIM, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION IF THERE'S BEEN TALKS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES BUT BRITTNEY GRINER IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE NEXT STEP.

>> AND ALBERTO COLL ABOUT THAT NEXT STEP, REMIND US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PRISONER SWAPS AS A TENTATIVE FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA AND OTHER FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.

>> SO, THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS PRISONER EXCHANGE.

AND THE KEY DIFFERENCE IS THAT IN THE PAST GOING THROUGHOUT THE COLD WAR, THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA WOULD EXCHANGE PRISONERS BUT THEY WOULD BE USUALLY PEOPLE AT THE SAME LEVEL.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD HAND OVER CONVICTED RUSSIAN SPIES AND THEY WOULD HAND OVER PERSONS WHO WORKED FOR THE C.I.A.

WHO WERE AMERICAN SPIES.

SO THAT WAS THE TYPICAL PATTERN.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS, IS THAT RUSSIA WANTS TWO VERY HIGH VALUED PEOPLE FOR THEM.

ONE IS A CONVICTED ARMS TRAFFICKER WHO IS SERVING A 25-YEAR SENTENCE VICTOR BOUT WHO SOLD ARMS THROUGHOUT ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA INCLUDING TO A NUMBER OF TERRORIST GROUPS AND PEOPLE ENGAGED IN KILLING AMERICANS.

THE OTHER ONE IS Mr. CRASS COULD HAVE WHO MURDERED A FORMER CHECHEN FIGHTER WHO HAD TAKEN REFUGE IN GERMANY AND HE MURDERED HIM IN BERLIN.

SO THESE ARE TWO HIGH PROFILE RUSSIAN AGENTS, RUSSIAN TARGETS OF GREAT VALUE TO THEM.

AND THEY WANT THEM EXCHANGED FOR BRITTNEY GRINER WHO IS AN AMERICAN ATHLETE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN NO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES, NO POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF ANY KIND.

AND, OF COURSE, Mr. WHELAN WHO ALSO DID NOT DO ANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS IS THE DIFFERENCE.

AND ALTHOUGH WE CAN BE SYMPATHETIC TO THE IDEA OF THESE PRISONERS EXCHANGES WE HAVE TO KEEP SOMETHING IN MIND: SHORT-TERM IT WILL FEEL GOOD TO HAVE BRITTNEY GRINER BACK TO HAVE PAUL WHELAN BACK.

BUT LONG-TERM, RUSSIA AND OTHER BAD ACTORS WILL SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO KEEP GRABBING AND ARRESTING ARBITRARILY UNSUSPECTING AMERICANS TO TRADE THEM FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.

>> T.J. QUINN COULD BACKLASH HERE FOR THOSE REASONS DERAIL ANY POTENTIAL DEAL JUST BECAUSE OF HOW DANGEROUS THE TWO RUSSIANS PRESUMABLY ARE?

>> ALBERTO COLL'S POINT HAS BEEN CRUCIAL TO THIS ALL ALONG AND SPEAKING TO EXPERTS LIKE HIM, IT'S PROBABLY WHY WE SAW REALLY UNPRECEDENTED CANDOR FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT LAST WEEK WHEN SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY BLINKEN SAYS THAT THE U.S. HAD INDEED MADE THAT OFFER THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY WOULD HAVE ADMITTED THEY HADN'T PREVIOUSLY.

AND ALSO MADE IT CLEAR TO RUSSIA, LOOK THAT SECOND DEAL IS OFF THE TABLE.

WE TALKED ABOUT VICTOR BOUT THE DEAL IS FOR VICTOR.

RUSSIANS SOUGHT HIM FOR A LONGTIME.

THERE'S BEEN A CLEAR RECOGNITION FROM THE EXPERTS I'VE SPOKEN TO THAT THEY HAD TO SPORT OF PREPARE THE GROUND FOR THE U.S. PUBLIC THERE WOULD BE BACKLASH.

THE DEFENSE FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS WHO FOLLOW THIS, IS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO TWO TRACKS AT ONCE; ONE IS GET THE DEAL GET THEM HOME IF THAT IS THE PRICE PAY IT.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE PRESIDENT BIDEN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE PUNITIVE ACTIONS AGAINST PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE ILLEGAL DETAINMENTS SAYING THEY ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

GET THEM HOME AND TRY TO REMOVE INCENTIVE THAT EXISTS FOR KIDNAPPING IN THE FUTURE WHETHER OR NOT THAT SELLS POLITICALLY THEY FIGURED IT SEEMS THERE'S NO OTHER CHOICE FOR THEM BUT THAT PATH.

>> ALBERTO COLL, IF THIS DEAL GOES THE WAY THE RUSSIANS WANT IT TWO FOR TWO INSTEAD OF THE TWO FOR ONE VICTOR BOUT AND ADDING ON THE OTHER, DO YOU THINK THE U.S.

PURSUED THAT DEAL OR DO THEY BACK DOWN?

>> I THINK EVENTUALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION POLITICALLY TO GO AHEAD AND CUT THE DEAL.

THE FAMILIES OF BOTH OF THESE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY OUTSPOKEN.

THERE IS A LOT OF PUBLIC PRESSURE ON THE ADMINISTRATION.

AGAIN, THE PROBLEM IS, YES, YOU GOT A SHORT-TERM VICTORY.

BUT THEN YOU'RE SETTING A VERY, VERY BAD PRECEDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT THE PRESIDENT ISSUED IS LARGELY MEANINGLESS.

IT REALLY DOESN'T CREATE ANY INCENTIVES FOR RUSSIA NOT TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN.

SO THE ONLY THING THE UNITED STATES CAN DO AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS AND IT DOESN'T WORK, BASICALLY TO TELL AMERICANS NOT TO TRAVEL TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

WHERE THEY COULD BE ARRESTED ARBITRARILY AND USED AS PAWNS.

BUT AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVEL.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE DOING THINGS IN THESE COUNTRIES.

AND THEY WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY VICTIMIZED AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WHICH IS A VERY, VERY HARD CHESS PLAYER WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARREST THEM AND IN RETURN THEY GET BACK PEOPLE THEY WANT TO GET BACK.

>> DELICATE BALANCE AND GRINER WAS IN RUSSIA BECAUSE SHE WAS A PLAYER FOR A TEAM IN RUSSIA WHICH PAID HER MORE THAN THE WNBA HAS.

OUR THANKS TO ALBERTO COLL AND T.J. QUINN THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, ONE OF MINNIE MINOSO'S KIDS REFLECTS ON HIS DAD RECEIVING BASEBALL'S HIGHEST HONOR.

THAT IS IN A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" LATINO VOICES WITH MARISSA PARRA OF CBS2.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

ON JULY 23, MINNIE MINOSO MADE THE ULTIMATE HOME RUN A FOREVER HOME IN THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.

KNOWN TO MANY AS THE LATINO JACKIE ROBINSON HE PLAYED 12 SEASONS IN CHICAGO FOR GENERATIONS OF WHITE SOX FANS HE WAS A FAVORITE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD AND HIS SPIRIT OFF OF IT.

MINNIE MINOSO'S WINDOW GAVE THE INDUCTION SPEECH AT THE COOPERSTOWN CEREMONY.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> MINNIE WAS NEVER BITDER DESPITE THE INJUSTICES AND HARDSHIPS HE FACED.

TODAY'S HONOR BESTOWED ON MINNIE IS APPROPRIATE NOT ONLY AS A HALL OF FAME PLAYER HE WAS ALWAYS A GENTLEMAN AND HALL OF FAME PERSON OFF THE FEED AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> ENJOING US TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, MINNIE MINOSO'S SON CHARLIE RICE-MINOSO, AND BASEBALL HISTORIAN AND UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HISTORY PROFESSOR, ADRIAN BURGOS.

CHARLIE DO YOU, FIRST WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SEEING THAT MOMENT FINALLY COME?

>> IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR.

AND IT WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL.

IT WAS -- I LOVED SEEING THE HUGE DISPLAY OF BLACK AND LATINO REPRESENTATION IN COOPERSTOWN.

I FELT SO PROUD OF THE JOB MY MOTHER DID DELIVERING THAT SPEECH ON DAD'S BEHALF BUT SHE WAS RIGHT IN SAYING THE WEEKEND WAS BITTERSWEET.

IT WAS SWEET KNOWING THAT DAD'S HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS WILL LIVE ON.

BUT IT WAS BITTER BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THE HONOR NOT HAPPENING IN OUR DAD'S LIFETIME, IT ALSO MISSED OUR BROTHER'S LIFETIME AS WELL WHO WE JUST LOST TO ALS IN MARCH.

THEY PLAYED SIDE-BY-SIDE TOGETHER AS FATHER AND SON IN THE MEXICAN PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES AND HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT WOVEN JOYED THE FESTIVITIES MORE THAN DAD.

>> THAT IS SO SPECIAL.

ADRIAN BURGOS YOU WERE THERE FOR THE CEREMONY, TOO.

AND HAVE LONG BEEN VKING FOR MINNIE MINOSO'S INDUCTION.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE THE EFFORTS COME TO FRUITION?

>> WELL, IT WAS ACTUALLY SPECIAL FOR ME BECAUSE I GOT TO SEE SHARON, CHARLIE, SEE SELL YEAH, AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

I WAS SITTING A RUM ROWS BEHIND THEM.

TO SEE THEIR JOY.

THIS IS WHAT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONIES ARE ABOUT IT'S ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

IT'S SAD THAT MINNIE WHO LOVED HIS FANS, LOVED HIS FAMILY, WAS NOT THERE FOR THAT.

BUT THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE FOR MINNIE AND HIS COUNTRYMEN, TONY, WERE SO HAPPY TO SHARE THIS DAY TOGETHER WITH THE FAMILY AND THAT MADE IT SO SPECIAL.

>> CHARLIE, YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED THIS A MOMENT AGO, YOU SAID YOUR DAD WAS NOT THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER IN YOUR FAMILY.

YOUR BROTHER FOLLOWED IN THE MEXICAN LEAGUES.

TELL US MORE ABOUT HIM?

>> WELL, DAD'S MINNIE ME BUT IT'S HARD TO SAY SOMEONE WHO WAS 6'4" WAS HIS MINNIE ME.

HE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON.

HE WAS SO MUCH AS A GENTLEMAN AS OUR DAD WAS.

I LOVED TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP HE HAD WITH THIS WIFE.

HE WAS A GREAT PERSON AND PASSIONATE ABOUT BASEBALL AND PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS COMMUNITY AND FAITH.

AND HE ADORED OUR DAD.

THE TWO WERE THICK AS THIEVES.

AND I'D LIKE TO THINK THEY WERE WITH US IN COOPERSTOWN TOGETHER BUT AGAIN THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT BETTER IF THEY WERE THERE THEMSELVES AND IF DAD WERE ON THE STAGE THEY BOTH EARNED BEING THERE THEMSELVES IS WHATNOT ONLY OUR FAMILY WOULD HAVE WANTED FOR DAD TO HAVE ACCEPTED THAT HIMSELF.

BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT HE DESERVED AND ALSO I'M SURE ALL THE FANS IN ATTENDANCE AND WHO SUPPORTED OUR FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN THAT.

BUT STILL, WE FIND COMFORT KNOWING THAT HIS LEGACY AND CONTRIBUTION ALSO LIVE ON.

>> ADRIAN BURGOS WE KNOW THAT MINNIE WAS INDUCTED ALONGSIDE BUCK O'NEAL WHO HAD LONG CAREERS IN THE LEAGUE.

HOW IMPORTANT TO CORRECTING THE HISTORICAL RECORD WERE THESE INDUCTIONS?

>> THEY WERE VERY IMPORTANT.

STARTING WITH BUD FOULER THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL BALL PLAYER TO MAKE A NATIONAL NAME FOR HIMSELF.

WHO GREW UP IN COOPERSTOWN.

IN THE 1870s.

TO MINNIE MINOSO THE FIRST AFRO CUBAN LATINO TO STAR IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

MOVING FROM THE NEGRO LEAGUE INTO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THAT HE INSPIRED SO MANY AND I THINK FINALLY COOPERSTOWN AND OTHER PEOPLE AROUND BASEBALL ARE GETTING A SENSE WHAT MINNIE MEANT TO A LOT OF PLAYERS.

THEY ALL LOOKED UP TO MINNIE BECAUSE HE WAS AND THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE THIS WAS OUR JACKIE ROBINSON.

HE DID IS IT WITH STYLE, GRACE, AND ENTHUSIASM AND EXCELLENCE ON THE FIELD.

AND HE MADE HIMSELF SUCH A PART OF THE CHICAGO OF THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY WAS WHY WE SO WANT TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE WHO AND WHAT HE DID AND TO HAVE IT LIVE ON.

>> CHARLIE TO SAY THE LEAST YOUR FATHER WAS SUCH A BELOVED FIGURE IN CHICAGO.

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HIS FANS ABOUT THIS INDUCTION THIS WEEK?

>> JUST THAT, AGAIN, WAS LONG OVERDUE AS ADRIAN MENTIONED.

BUT IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO HEAR THE AMAZING STORIES HOW DAD HAS CONNECTED WITH INDIVIDUALS NOT JUST ACROSS CHICAGO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE WORLD IN LATIN AMERICA AND WITH HIS COUNTRYMEN.

IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO JUST HEAR HOW HE'S CONNECTED WITH SO MANY AND THAT HE'S STILL YEARS AFTER HE PASSED THAT HE'S STILL LOVED.

AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO EVEN ALL WEEKEND, THERE IS LIKE A A RUNNING JOKE THERE WAS A SONG OF WRITTEN ABOUT DAD IN CUBA AND IN ENGLISH IT SAYS THAT ANYTIME MINNIE MINOSO WOULD BE AT BAT THE BALL WOULD HIT THE CA CAS.

TONY MENTIONING THAT IN HIS OWN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AND ALSO TO SEE HIM ALL WEEKEND EVERY TIME HE WOULD SEE MYSELF OR MY MOM OR SISTER HE THAT IS WHAT HE WOULD SAY AND DO THIS OWN CHACHA ABOUT DAD BECAUSE HE LOVED HIM SO MUCH.

IT WAS VERY SURREAL AND I'M STILL JUST IT'S STILL COMFORTING BUT I JUST WISH PEOPLE WERE HERE TO SAY AND SHARE THIS LOVE WITH DAD IN PERSON.

BUT I DO HOPE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE OTHER PIONEERS AND FIGURES IN BASEBALL FOR EXAMPLE LIKE LEWIS DIONNE WHO ADRIAN MENTIONED OR OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO SPORTS AND SOCIETY WHO ARE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN RECEIVE THEIR LAURELS WHILE THEY ARE STILL WITH US AND WHILE THEY ARE STILL AROUND TO ENJOY THEM.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH SHARING A LOT OF WHAT YOU REMEMBER AND WHAT YOU KNOW HIS LIFE AND HIS LEGACY AND CONGRATULATIONS ON WHAT IS A BIG HONOR.

WE WILL BE SEEING MORE PHOTOS OF THE LIFE OF MINNIE MINOSO LATER IN OUR PROGRAM.

OUR THANKS TO CHARLIE RICE-MINOSO AND ADRIAN BURGOS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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AND WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH MORE FAMILY PHOTOS OF MINNIE MINOSO.

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

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