>>: THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

HERE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>>> WHAT ALLISON ARWADY'S OUSTING MEANS AND WHAT -- >>> AND A RARE SHOW OF PAINTINGS IN AN ART SHOW IN CHICAGO.

NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

ATTORNEY SAY MORE WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD ALLEGING A FORMER OB/GYN INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCH THEM AND WAS REGULARLY DRUNK ON THE JOB.

>>> LAWYER SAY THE HEALTHCARE COMPANY FAILED TO RESPOND QUICKLY ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE DOCTOR.

IN ONE OF THE LAWSUITS, THE WOMAN SAYS THE INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING AND GROOMING STARTED WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> I JUST FEEL REALLY BAD FOR PREVIOUS SELF AND THAT I DIDN'T REGISTER HOW AWFUL IT WAS AND THERE HAS JUST BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT HE PUT ME INTO THAT ARE VERY WRONG SO COMING SWORD IS JUST HELPFUL TO ME .

THE WOMEN BEHIND ME.

ANYBODY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO.

>> THE STATE HAS PERMANENTLY DEACTIVATED THE DOCTORS MEDICAL LICENSE.

IN A STATEMENT, DELETE HEALTH AND CARE SAYS THAT IT TAKES ALLEGATIONS OF PHYSICIAN MISCONDUCT VERY SERIOUSLY.

ADDING, QUOTE, THEY BEHAVE NEATLY DENY THAT THEY ALLOWED DR. CANNON TO ENGAGE IN THIS CONDUCT AND HE HAS NOT HAD ANY PATIENT CONTACTS AS HE DEPARTED THE PRACTICE IN 2020.

>>> WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT STRIKE AS IN BALLS AND STRIKES.

UNIONIZED -- THE PARK TODAY BEFORE THE FINAL GAME BETWEEN THE CUBS AND THE SOX .

THEY ARE DISBANDING A CONTRACT FROM A COMPANY THAT RUNS THE CONCESSIONS, LEAVY, AND SAY THEY HAVE BEEN WITHOUT ONE FOR TWO YEARS.

THEY MENTION THE FACT THAT THE -- STRUCK A DEAL AT GUARANTEED RATE FIELD.

RECENTLY, THE PAYS A $20 MINIMUM WAGE TO NON--- EMPLOYEES.

>>> JUST FIVE DAYS AWAY FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, THE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERING A $5 MILLION CONTRACT TO SPEND ON COVID RAPID TEST FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THE DISTRICT SAYS THE AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SHIFT TO A FULLY RAPID TESTING MODEL VERSUS THE HYBRID MODEL OF PCR TESTING AND RAPID TESTING TO USE LAST YEAR, -- UNDER THE CONTRACT , SCHOOLS WOULD RECEIVE AUTOMATIC -- DIFFERENT POINTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR DURING HOLIDAYS AND SPRING BREAK.

MEANWHILE, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON AND CEO PEDRO MARTINEZ -- BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AT MEDICAL PREP HIGH SCHOOL ON THE LEFT SIDE.

>> WHETHER YOU ARE LEARNING ENGLISH, WHETHER YOU ARE A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT, OR WHETHER YOU ARE AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT OR WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE ARTS OR CONSTRUCTION, THAT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST BE AND CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY OF HOW WE EDUCATE PEOPLE.

>> CPS STUDENTS RETURN TO CLASS NEXT MONDAY.

>>> HELD COURT AT THE STATE FAIR ON THE ANNUAL DEMOCRATS DAY IN SPRINGFIELD.

OTHER TOP OFFICEHOLDERS LIKE U.S.

SENATOR -- HAD THEIR MOMENTS, AS WELL.

TOUT ILLINOIS ' CREDENTIALS AS A PROGRESSIVE BULWARK.

>> WHERE THE PARTY THAT STANDS UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.

WE ARE THE PARTY THAT STANDS UP FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND VOTING RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

>> TOMORROW IS THE ANNUAL REPUBLICAN DAY AT THE STATE FAIR.

>>> COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, I LOOK INTO AN ART EXHIBIT BY A 20th CENTURY PAINTER WHO FOUND HER GROUND IN MEXICO.

>>> HEAVY FLOODING, WE WILL FINALLY SEE SOME FEDERAL RELIEF.

WHAT YOU WILL KNOW, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA -- THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHER FOUNDATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> WITH AN 8000 -- BASEMENT FLOODING THE SUMMER, FEDERAL RELIEF IS ON THE WAY.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ISSUED A -- IT COMES MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER NEARLY NINE INCHES OF RAIN FLOODED PARTS OF THE CITY WITH THE WEST SIDE AND PARTICULARLY HIT HARD.

DANNY DAVIS IS JOINING US NOW, A DEMOCRAT FROM THE AUSTIN -- AND G2 BROWN .

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, THE FOLKS THAT WERE IMPACTED , WHAT DOES THIS DECLARATION GOING TO MEET FOR THEM?

>> IT MEANS THAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS RESPONDING AS THEY WOULD EXPECT IT TO DO AND IT'S REINFORCING THE FACT THAT IF YOU GO THROUGH THE STEPS, THE PROCESSES, MAKE YOUR CASE , YOU GET RESULTS.

>> AND BROWN, WOULD YOU FACE IN YOUR HOME ?

WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GET OUT OF THIS RELIEF?

>> YOU KNOW, FIRST I WANT TO THANK CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER TYRA STAMPS AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WERE DILIGENT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FEMA ASSISTANCE.

THAT WAS IMPORTANT.

I WOULD SAY THAT I HAD ABOUT FOUR FEET OF WATER IN OUR HOME.

WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE SOME FORM OF INSURANCE SO WHILE IT WAS TRAUMATIC AND WE LOST A LOT , WE WERE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN A LOT OF MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD.

A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE MET, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T -- THEY ARE NOT A HOMEOWNER.

THEY ARE A TENANT OR THEY ARE UNDERINSURED.

THEY HAVE A POLICY THAT DIDN'T COVERED WHAT WAS HAPPENING IT WAS A BIG EFFORT ON THE GROUND TO SORT OF -- WE HAVE LEADERSHIP -- SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK 1000 STRONG BLOCK CLUB , WEST SIDE HEALTH AUTHORITY, -- CAME FROM THE SOUTH SIDE.

HELPED DISTRIBUTE CLEANING SUPPLIES AND MORE TO THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

>> SO IT'S A GROUP EFFORT.

THE FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE INSURANCE OR UNDERINSURED, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO TAP INTO FUNDS HERE?

>> THEY WILL.

WE SUGGEST THAT IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE, MAKE USE OF IT.

TRY AND SEE WHAT YOU GET.

BUT IF YOU DON'T OR IT DOESN'T COVER ALL OF IT, THEN CALL FEMA.

MAKE A CLAIM.

FILL OUT A CLAIM , GIVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN AND THE SOONER YOU DO IT , THE SOONER YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS SO JUST DO IT RIGHT NOW AND ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES CAME TOGETHER.

THAT IS THE MOST REWARD .

ALL LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, EVERYONE, THE MAYOR, THE GOVERNOR, THE COUNTY BOARD, THE ALDERMAN STATE -- ALL THE PEOPLE.

THE ORGANIZATIONS, THE GROUPS, THEY DID OUTSTANDING WORK AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING.

>> GOOD ADVICE.

SO BROWN, ANYTHING YOU CAN ADD TO THAT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW THAT ARE WONDERING, DO I QUALIFY FOR THIS?

HOW CAN I SIGN UP?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I AGREE WITH THE CONGRESSMAN.

WHAT'S CRITICAL IS THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST FLOOD THAT WE HAVE ENDURED.

SO SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE IN REGARDS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES .

IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE, RIGHT?

BECAUSE WHEN FLOODS HAPPEN ON JULY 2nd, YOU GOT TWO FEET.

THEN IT WENT DOWN.

THEN IT CAME BACK UP.

SO THE IDEA WAS THAT OUR SEWERS WERE OPENED UP SO THAT OTHER AREAS WOULD NOT FLOOD.

I THINK THAT JUST LIKE , UNFORTUNATELY, WHITE JACKSON HAS CLEAN WATER, BLACK JACKSON HAS 30 WATER.

>> -- THEY OPENED UP WERE ON THE WEST SIDE.

>> ABSOLUTELY POINT >> I WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE WEST SIDE THAT DAY, TOO.

YOU COULD NOT GO UNDER -- >> THE CARDS WERE FLOATING.

I THINK THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE WITH FEMA WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AROUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

I KNOW I LIVE IN AUSTIN SINCE 2008.

AT LEAST OUR FOURTH FLOOD.

>> CONGRESSMAN, HERE'S THE PERSON YOU GOT ASK ABOUT THIS.

IS THERE SOMETHING BIGGER HERE TO DO WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE?

>> I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION GIVEN.

THERE ARE GROUPS FORMING WITH TASK FORCES TO KEEP LOOKING AT WHAT CAN HAPPEN OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME LOCAL -- EXPERTS , PEOPLE WHO HAVE INDICATED THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE HOUSING IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODS WITH A HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN.

SO WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO IT WITH THE PEOPLE AND I THINK WE WILL COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS.

>> WELL YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF ABOUT THIS.

WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM AND HOW DID THAT CONVERSATION GO?

>> I SAID WE NEED MONEY IN ILLINOIS.

>> NOW HE HAS TO GO DOWN TO HAWAII.

SO -- >> ILLINOIS , OF COURSE WE KNOW ILLINOIS -- LIKE I SAID, WE NEED FEMA MONEY.

AND -- >> HOW MUCH DOES THIS UNLOCK?

>> I TELL YOU.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DEAL BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE FILING CLAIMS AND THOSE CLAIMS WILL ADD UP.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE BUT I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY PLEASED AND VERY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS RESPONDING.

>> WHAT ARE THE BIG ISSUES THAT YOUR FELLOW NEIGHBORS ARE FACING IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW , STILL WEEKS LATER?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS -- SOME FOLKS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE MOLD CUT OUT OF THE BASEMENT SO PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY MANAGING THE MOLD BY BLEACHING IT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE THE START , WEEKLY GIVEAWAYS OF CLEANING SUPPLIES.

TO TRY TO HELP FOLKS BE ABLE TO CLEAN THEIR HOMES THE BEST THEY COULD.

BUT ALSO, ELDERS WHO CAN'T LIFT THE COUCH AND SO THERE ALSO TEAMS THAT ARE GOING TO THE BASEMENT AND HELPING TO CLEAN OUT A LOT OF THE MATERIAL.

SO I KNOW ON MY BLOCK, THERE ARE SEVERAL SENIORS AND HE HAD TO GET TEAMS TO GO IN THEIR BASEMENT AND HELP REMOVE .

SO IMAGINE, TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FLOOD, THE COUCHES STILL THERE .

OF COURSE, DISABLED WATER TANKS, DISABLED WATER BOILERS.

ALL THE FURNITURE.

SENTIMENTAL MEMORABILIA.

WHETHER IT'S PICTURES, FAMILY HEIRLOOMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE LOST A LOT.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE.

THERE'S STILL AN IMPACT MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER THIS HAPPEN.

A LOT OF RAIN EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE SO WORRIED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN.

BUT CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, MR. BROWN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU BET.

>>> WITH THE RECENT FIRING OF TOP DOG MEANS FOR MAYOR JOHNSON'S AGENDA.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> WHERE HAVE WE BEEN, WHERE ARE WE YET, WHERE ARE WE GOING?

>> HELP ANYONE AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH ACADEMICS, SUPPORT, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

JUST PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE WHERE YOU CAN BE THERE.

>> THIS IS THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> ♪ ♪ >>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON -- AND UNCEREMONIOUSLY OUST DR. ALLISON ARWADY, THE FORMER HEAD OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM AS THE MAYOR HEARS HIS 100th DAY IN OFFICE.

WELCOME BACK, SO SHE WAS ALREADY FIRED FRIDAY, BY AMIR JOHNSON.

CHIEF OF STAFF IMMEDIATELY.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY POLITICAL FALLOUT?

>> WELL YOU SEEN SOME -- THE UNCEREMONIOUS WAY THAT THIS HAPPENED.

FRIDAY EVENING.

APPARENTLY AMIR JOHNSON DIDN'T DO HIMSELF, HIS CHIEF OF STAFF WHEN INDENTED AND THEN FOLKS ARE SAYING SHE SERVED VERY ADAMANTLY DURING COVID, COMMUNICATING EVERY DAY.

SHE WAS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE CITY SAFE AND HELPING IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE CLOSURES AND REOPENINGS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING.

BUT OTHER FOLKS SAY, WELL, AMIR JOHNSON SAID IN THE CAMPAIGN THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO KEEP HER.

I HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS, THAT THEY WERE IRKED BY THE FACT THAT SHE STILL TRIED TO PUBLIC -- KINO WAGE A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO KEEP HIS JOB.

YOU CAN BLAME HER FOR WANT TO KEEPING THIS JOB.

THIS IS WHAT SHE LOVES SO CLEARLY, NO LOVE LOST THERE.

CARLY BRITTNEY JOHNSON MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHO EXACTLY IS GOING TO TAKE OVER.

>> HEATHER, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE AGENDA?

>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND ALLISON ARWADY WERE NOT BEHIND.

SPECIFICALLY, TREATMENT OF TRAUMA, WHICH WILL EXPAND A NONPOLICE RESPONSE TO 911 CALLS FROM PEOPLE EXPERIENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS AND THE REOPENING OF THE PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC.

THIS IS REALLY A RETURN TO THE STATUS QUO POLITICS BEFORE COVID UPENDED EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR LIVES.

ALLISON ARWADY BARELY WAS CONFIRMED IN 2019 BECAUSE SHE BACK TO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT'S DECISION TO BREAK CAME PRE-AND PROMISE TO REOPEN THIS PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS.

JOHNSON HAS PROMISED TO GET THAT DONE, AND NOW, SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE TO HELP THEM DO IT WHILE PRESIDING OVER THE ONGOING PANDEMIC.

IT'S NOT OVER YET.

>> NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, WE LIKE TO SEE -- YOU WANT TO REOPEN SCHOOLS .

THEY WERE AGAINST IT AT THE TIME AND IN THEIR OTHER EMPLOYEE UNIONS BEHIND THIS PUSH TO REOPEN SOME OF THESE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNIONIZING .

>> HEATHER, YOU MENTIONED THE TREATMENT, NOT TRAUMA AND JOHNSON APPARENTLY GETTING READY TO MOVE THAT BACK IN.

IS STILL NOT CERTAIN YET WHETHER HIS NEW APPOINTEE FOR TOP COP SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.

WILL COME BACK TO HIM SHORTLY.

>> INDEED.

>> HOW IS HE DOING WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT PARK?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE SLOWER TO ROLL OUT SOME OF THE BIG INITIATIVES THAT SOME OF HIS PREDECESSORS HAD, BUT ONE CAN ARGUE HE'S JUST TRYING TO BE PATIENT TO GET IT RIGHT.

THIS PUBLIC HEALTH MOVE, I THINK IT CAME LATER THAN MANY PEOPLE EXPECTED.

THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER POSITIONS I HAVE YET TO BE FILLED, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT WERE GOING TO GET TO, POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT'S FILLED NOW.

THIS A CONSENSUS PICK, WHICH IS VERY RARE.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE HE WAITED TO THE LAST MINUTE TO NAME THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.

HEATHER, ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR LARRY SNELLING AND THEY ARE --?

>> I DID IT WAS NOT BY MISTAKE THAT MAYOR JOHNSON STOOD BESIDE ALDERMAN, -- WHO ARE CERTAINLY CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE MORE CONSERVATIVE PRO-POLICE CAUCUS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT INDICATES THAT ANY OPPOSITION TO HIS NOMINATION IS NOT GOING TO COME FROM THAT SORT OF SIDE OF THE LITTLE WHILE.

SO THAT MEANS THAT HE IS NEARLY ASSURED CONFIRMATION BECAUSE THE MAYOR'S ALLIES ARE NOT GOING TO HURT THE MIRROR BY SORT OF REJECTING SUCH A PROMINENT PICK.

SO, BUT FIRST, LARRY SNELLING IS GOING TO HAVE TO SORT OF GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF THE NEWLY FORMED COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS CONFIRMATION HERE IS, WHICH, AS PARENTS AND I BOTH KNOW, CAN TURN DICEY UNDER THE BEST TERMS.

>> A LOT MORE WE ARE GOING TO HEAR -- I MEAN PARIS, DO YOU THINK HE CAN REFORM THE DEPARTMENT?

>> REFORM IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT FACTOR HERE WAS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SEEMED TO BE A CONSENSUS ACROSS THE WHOLE SPECTRUM, THAT IT WAS A BAD CASE LEFT IN EVERYONE'S MOUTH FROM DAVID BROWN WHO CAME FROM DALLAS AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED SOMEONE FROM WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT YOU ALSO NEED SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO SPEED UP COMPLIANCE WITH THE -- AND REFORM GROUPS LIKE THE ACLU ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CHIEF SNELLING OR SOON-TO-BE CHIEF SNELLING IS GOING TO DO ON THIS.

HE CERTAINLY HAS SAID THE RIGHT THINGS ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE F.O.P.

PRAISED THIS ELECTION.

IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU HAVE A CONSENSUS FROM F.O.P.

AND REFORM GROUPS SAYING THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON.

THE FACT THAT IT WAS SOMEONE FROM THE INSIDE, THAT WAS THE MAIN THING THAT THEY WANTED TO ACHIEVE.

>> AND THEY GOT.

>> SO TODAY WAS GOVERNOR STAY AT THE STATE FAIR.

HEATHER, TELL US WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS TO HIS FELLOW MEN?

>> THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT THE REPUBLICANS AND THAT YOU SOME SALTY LANGUAGE I CANNOT REPEAT ON AIR HERE.

THIS IS TO SAY THAT THIS REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BECOME THE PARTY OF LIES AND UNTRUTHS AND ANTI-DEMOCRACY.

IT WAS A PREVIEW OF GOVERNOR SERVING AS AN ATTACK DOG FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS THE CAMPAIGN PIECE INTO THE -- AND I THINK IT'S AN INDICATION THAT PRITZKER IS GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, NOT ONLY AS THE CONVENTION COMING HERE TO CHICAGO, BUT PRITZKER IS NOT JUST GOING TO RAISE MONEY AND HE'S SHOWN THAT HE CAN COMMAND MEDIA ATTENTION BY USING THAT LANGUAGE.

>> MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, HE'S BEEN NOTICEABLY MOM ON THE WHOLE INDICTMENT WITH HIS PREDECESSOR, PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WHY DO YOU THINK HE'S BEEN QUITE ABOUT THAT?

>> I THINK THERE'S NOTHING THE PRESIDENT HAS TO GAIN FROM WEIGHING IN WHATSOEVER BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS BIDEN TRYING TO PUNISH HIS MAIN POLITICAL OPPONENT AND BIDEN HAS GOT TO STAY OUT OF THE FRAY AND MAKE SURE THE PERCEPTION OF THIS IS STILL INDEPENDENT, WITH AN INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PURSUING ALL AVENUES THAT THEY CAN WITHIN THE LAW.

SO I THINK ALSO, I MEAN, TRUMP, AS ALWAYS, SUCKS UP ALL THE SORT OF MEDIA OXYGEN HERE.

ALL THESE CASES.

THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY.

FORMER PRESIDENT FACING MORE THAN 90 CRIMINAL INDICTMENT.

EXTREMELY EXTRAORDINARY AND BIDEN AS, YOU KNOW THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREEN JOBS BILL.

>> THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

>> SORRY.

EVEN I CAN REMEMBER.

HE'S TRYING TO SELL AND IT'S GETTING DROWNED OUT HERE BY ALL THIS IS AROUND TRUMP.

>> MEANWHILE, CANDIDATES MET -- REMIND US WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT DOES.

>> THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE -- PARTY GETTING TOGETHER AND PICKING THEIR CHOICES FOR THE OFFICES ON THE BALLOT AND REALLY, THE MARQUEE RACE IS GOING TO BE THE PUSH TO REPLACE STATES ATTORNEY KIM FOX IS NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.

THE COUNTY BOARD GOT HER PICK.

CLAYTON HARRIS THE THIRD OVER THE FINISH LINE.

HE NOW HAS THE PARTY, YOU KNOW, PICK, WHICH MEANS THAT HE IS GOING TO STILL FACE A VERY CLEAR CHALLENGE FROM EILEEN O'NEILL BURKE WHO ASKED THAT THE PARTY REMAIN NEUTRAL IN THIS RACE.

SHE WAS REBUFFED AND SHE IS GOING TO FACE A LOT OF CRITICISM ABOUT HER TIES TO REPUBLICANS UP AND DOWN THE BATTLE.

>> THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST TIME WITH THAT WAY AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGERS ARE ONE OF THE CANDIDATES AT THE TIME, AS THE PARTY TO REMAIN NEUTRAL AND THEY DID NOT.

SPOT LIKE POLITICS , HEATHER CHERONE.

>>> UP NEXT, THE ART INSTITUTE OF A SURREALIST ARTIST, BUT FIRST, LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> ♪ ♪ >>> STRAIGHT PEOPLE OCCUPY FANTASTIC PLACES.

IN THE NEW EXHIBITION OF ARTIST -- THE PAINTING WERE MADE BY AN ARTIST WELL-KNOWN IN MEXICO BUT WHOSE WORK IS REALLY SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY.

PRODUCER MARC VITALI MET -- BY -- >> Reporter: THEY CONJURE IMAGES OF DREAMS AND MAGIC .

>> THERE'S ABSOLUTELY AN INTEREST IN OCCULT PRACTICES, TARRANT , MAGIC.

THERE'S A UNIQUE SPACE THAT'S ENTIRELY HER OWN AND IS VERY INTER-TEXTUAL AND SORT OF HAVE REPRESENTS TO MECHANICAL DRAWING AND MAYBE TO DEVOTIONAL ARE BUT ALSO TO ASTRONOMY, ALCHEMY, MUSIC.

>> YOU SEE SCIENCE AND MATH AND SCIENCE FICTION AND -- SHE WAS A VERY COMPLEX AND VERY CURIOUS WOMAN.

>> SHE IS REMEDIOS VARO, A SPANISH BORN PAINTER WHO SETTLED IN MEXICO CITY AFTER FLEETING WORLD WAR II.

IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AND THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN MEXICO.

WE SPOKE WITH THE COCREATOR FROM HER HOME IN MEXICO CITY.

>> SHE IS PAINTING IN THE MID-1950S.

SOMETHING THAT LOOKS COMPLETELY OUT OF HER TIME.

HER PAINTINGS ARE LIKE A WHOLE NEW UNIVERSE.

SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFINE HER.

>> Reporter: REMEDIOS VARO FLOURISH IN MEXICO, AND A TIME WHEN EX-PATRIOTS WERE WELCOMED BY ARTIST.

>> IT WAS A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN TO SHOW THEIR WORK AS THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS.

SHE'S INTERESTED IN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS AND BELIEF AND SHE'S INTERESTED IN THE EFFICACY OF ART.

COMING UP WITH NEW WAYS THAT SHOW HOW SOMEONE WITH A CREATIVE IMAGINATION WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFECT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE.

>> SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET AND ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY AND THINKING ABOUT FEMALE LEAD QUANTITY.

NEW POSSIBILITY TO CHANGE THINGS.

>> THERE HASN'T BEEN A MAJOR MUSEUM EXHIBITION SINCE 2000 SO WERE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS GREAT CONCENTRATION OF HER WORK HERE, ALSO INCLUDING HER NOTEBOOKS, MANY DRAWINGS THAT SHE MADE.

BOOKS FROM HER PERSONAL LIBRARY.

PAGES IN WHICH SHE WROTE DOWN SPELLS AND RECIPES.

>> HER WORK REALLY, REALLY -- HAS NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND A LONG TIME IN FRONT OF THIS PAINTING, BECAUSE THEY REALLY -- THEY HAVE THIS HISTORY IN NOT ONLY THE STORY, BUT ALSO IN THE WAY THEY WERE MADE THAT REALLY CATCHES YOUR EYE AND -- >> THE WORKS AND YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY AND THEY WERE WERE CLOSE LOOKING.

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS MARC VITALI .

>> REMEDIOS VARO DIED SUDDENLY IN 1963 AT THE AGE OF 65.

THE NEW EXHIBITION IS CALLED SCIENCE FICTION.

IT WILL BE ON VIEW UNTIL -- AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DON'T FORGET THE STATE CONNECTED WITH US BY SIGNING FOR OUR DAILY BRIEFING AND YOU CAN GET YOUR CHICAGO TONIGHT STREAMS ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, AND OUR WEBSITE, WTTV.COM /NEWS.

YOU CAN JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5:30 AND 10:00.

>>> AND A HONDURAS SINGER REINVIGORATE HIS CAREER WITH HELP FROM A HOT LOCAL BAND.

NOW, FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND STAY SAFE, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

>> ♪ ♪ >> CLOSE CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY -- AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES.

FOR CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL -- AND PROUD SPONSOR OF PROGRAMMING THAT OFFERS ADVICE AND STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE