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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN IS ON ASSIGNMENT.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> PUBLIC SAFETY IS JUST FRANKLY IN JEOPARDY.

JUSTICE IS IN JEOPARDY.

>> HIGH PROFILE RESIGNATIONS RAISE QUESTIONS WHY THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEYS OFFICE IS LOSING PROSECUTOR.

HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI RILES UP BEIJING AND POSSIBLY THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HER VISIT TO TAIWAN.

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF MONKEYPOX IN COOK COUNTY JAIL AFTER THE FIRST CASE?

AS RENTAL PRICES RISE SO DO TENANT UNIONS WERE ORGANIZATIONS ARE CALLING ON THE STATE TO LIFT RENTED CONTROL BANDS.

RELATIONSHIP WITH CONSERVANCY CONNECTS TEENS WITH THE PRAIRIE.

>> MEDICALLY AND MEDICATION AND DISEASE ARE COMPLICATED.

>> AND A LOCAL PHARMACIST HELPS TO UNCOMMON INDICATE THE TOPICS BY OFFERING PRESCRIPTIONS WITH A DOSE OF CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING.

[♪♪♪] >> AND FAMOUS DISASTERS REIMAGINED ON CANVAS.

MEET A CHICAGO ARTIST INSPIRED BY HISTORY AND CATASTROPHE.

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

BACKLASH IS BUILDING AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR DARREN BAILEY FOR COMPARING ABORTION TO THE HOLOCAUST.

IT WAS LIVE STREAMED ON FACEBOOK IN 2017 WHEN BAILEY RAN FOR THE ILLINOIS HOUSE.

>> I BELIEVE THAT ABORTION IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ATROCITIES OF OUR DAY.

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ATROCITIES FOREVER THE ATTEMPTED EXTERNAL NATION OF THE JEWS IN WORLD WAR II DOES NOT COMPARE IN THE SHADOW OF THE LIVES LOST SINCE ABORTION.

>> J.B. PRITZKER WHO IS JEWISH IN THE ELECTION.

PRITZKER TWEETED IN PART... >> THE TEEN THAT WAS SEEN ON VIDEO BEING PUNCHED BY OAK LAWN POLICE IS BEING RELEASED TO THIS FAMILY.

17-YEAR-OLD HADI ABUATELAH WALKING OUT OF THE DEN TENSION CENTER WITH A WALKER WAS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR AT A HEARING FOR A FELONY WEAPONS CHARGE, RESISTING ARREST AND CANNABIS POSSESSION.

BUT THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ASKED TO POSTPONE THE HEARING TO REVIEW WHETHER PROSECUTORS WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROSECUTION.

THEY CALLED THE TEEN'S ACTIONS EXCESSIVE AND THEY FILED A CIVIL LAWSUIT ALLEGED HIS CIVIL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.

>> THEY WILL CHECK AND SEE IF THEY WILL GO FORWARD WITH THE CASE AND I RESPECT THE DECISION TO DO SO.

>> WE STAND WITH HADI ABUATELAH AND AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY.

WE PRAY FOR A POSITIVE RESULT AND PRAY FOR HIS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

>> AND CONGRESSMAN JOINS HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI IN TAIWAN.

RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI SEEN ON THE FAR RIGHT AND U.S.

POLITICIANS DEFIED CHINESE THREATS BY MAKING THE TRIP.

CHINA CONDEMNED THE THREAT AS A PEACE TO STABILITY AND RESPONDED BY CONDUCTING MILITARY EXERCISES.

THE SPEAKER AND THE DELEGATION SHOWS HOW STRONG THE AMERICAN COMMITMENT IS TO TAIWAN.

WE WILL HAVE MORE IN A BIT IN THE PROGRAM.

UP NEXT, A MASS EXODUS AT THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> SINCE COVID LOTS OF PEOPLE CHANGED THEIR JOBS AND OUTLOOK ON WORK BUT THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS SEEING A DEGREE OF TURNOVER THAT IS RAISING ALARMS.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH MORE.

>> .

>> YEAH, WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE SHIFT COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE GREAT RESIGNATION AND COOK COUNTY'S STATE'S ATTORNEY'S KIM FOXX'S OFFICE BLAMED THAT FOR THE POOL OF PROSECUTORS.

DAN KIRK SAYS ASA A.

LEAVING IN DROVES ISN'T NORMAL.

EVEN GREAT RESIGNATION NORMAL.

>> AND ANYBODY WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS SIMPLY TRYING TO CREATE AN ALTERNATE NARRATIVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THE TRUTH WHICH IS THAT PEOPLE CANNOT TOLERATE WORKING THERE ANYMORE IF IT DOESN'T MATCH THEIR VISION OF JUSTICE.

AND FRANKLY, EXPOSING THE POPULATION OF COOK COUNTY TO DANGEROUS CRIMINALS WHO EVERY REASONABLE PERSON AGREES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WALK THE STREETS SHOULD NOT COMPORT WITH ANYBODY'S SENSE OF INTEGRITY AND MORALS AND ETHICS.

THAT IS WHY I'M NOT SURPRISED ALL THE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING IN THE NUMBERS THEY ARE.

>> KIRK WAS THE TOP ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY UNDER ANITA ALVAREZ WHO FOXX VESTED N THE PRIMARY.

PRIOR TO THAT HE WORKED AS A PROSECUTOR.

AND KIRK SAYS HIS COMMENTS ARE NOT SOUR GRAPES.

RATHER HE KNOWS HOW THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO GO IT IS A CHALLENGING JOB.

BUT HE SAYS HE IS IN TOUCH WITH CURRENT AND FRIENDS WHO ARE FRUSTRATED HOW THINGS ARE GOING UNDER FOXX.

FRUSTRATIONS THAT HAVE DRAWN PUBLIC ATTENTION WHEN JAMES MEASURETY RECENTLY RESIGNED AND BROADCASTED FOXX WRITING...

I CAN NO LONGER WORK FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION.

I HAVE ZERO CONFIDENCE IN THEIR LEADERSHIP.

MURPHY WENT ON TO WRITE TO COLLEAGUES THAT WHILE HE BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE IN JAIL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD BAIL HE DISAGREES WITH FOXX'S ROLE IN WHAT HE SAYS WAS A RUSHED STATE LAW THAT DOES ELIMINATE CASH BAIL AND MAKING OTHER CHANGES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

MURPHY SAYS THAT FOXX REGIME IS FOCUSED ON PR STUNTS AND ISN'T LIVING UP TO PROMISES ON FOCUSING ON PROSECUTING CRIME AND IS NOT SUPPORTING ASA'S IN THE COURTROOM TRENCHES.

AND ALSO REFERENCES LOW STAFFING LEVELS THAT HE SAYS ARE AT DANGEROUS LEVELS.

WE COULD NOT REACH MURPHY.

BUT KIRK SAYS THERE SHOULD BE THREE ASA'S PER COURTROOM TO HANDLE THE HUNDREDS OF CASES.

AND WHEN IT DIPS BELOW THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM.

>> YOU SEE SUPERVISORS IN THE OFFICE SENDING OUT DESPERATE PLEAS FOR PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER ON DAYS OFF OR NOT TAKE VACATION BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDERSTAFFED.

AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS JUST FRANKLY IN JEOPARDY.

JUSTICE IS IN JEOPARDY.

EVEN JUSTICE FOR THOSE ACCUSED OF CRIME.

YOU NEED AN ADEQUATELY STAFFED STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DO JUSTICE BOTH FOR THE ACCUSED FOR THE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND FRANKLY IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL OF US THAT LIVE HERE AND WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE COMMUNITY.

>> KIRK SAYS THAT MURPHY PUBLIC CONDEMNATION OF FOXX IS COURAGEOUS GIVEN HER ROLE IN THE MODERN DEMOCRATIC COOK COUNTY MACHINE.

NOW, MURPHY IS NOT THE ONLY ONE TO LEAVE RECENTLY, THOUGH, WITH THAT LETTER, AND HIS LONG TENURE IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

DID YOU HAVE YESTERDAY, ANOTHER SUPERVISOR, AND LONG TIME ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY RESIGNING.

NOW, THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" REPORTING LAST MONTH ABOUT HOW FOXX'S OFFICE IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE WAVES OF EXITING ATTORNEYS.

FOXX HAS DEFANDERS AND PEOPLE CAN LEECH AND ARE DOING SO FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.

WE ARE A SOURCE WHO SENT ALONG A RESIGNATION LETTER FROM ONE WHO WROTE SHE REGRETTED HAVING TO MOVE OUT BUT THE FAMILY WAS MOVING OUT OF STATE.

AND ANOTHER LETTER FROM A HIGH PROFILE SUPERVISOR WHO LEFT THAT IS CHIEF OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION SHE RESIGNED IN FEBRUARY.

TOLLER'S LETTER DOES MAKE REFERENCE TO THE PANDEMIC ERA STAFFING SHORTAGES SHE CALLED SIGNIFICANT BUT TOLLER GIVING A SHOUT-OUT TO FOXX THANKING HER FOR TRUSTING HER WITH A PROMOTION.

WE DID REACH OUT TO FOXX'S OFFICE MULTIPLE TIMES, SEEKING AN INTERVIEW AND ANSWERS AND BEFORE SHOWTIME WE GOT SOMEONE SAYING THEY ARE WORKING TO RECRUIT MORE AND HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN LEGAL HIRING.

HERE IS A PHOTO OF FOXX SWEARING IN A NEW CLASS OF ASA'S BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.

FOXX'S OFFICE SAYS THAT IN JANUARY OF 2020, THE OFFICE PREPANDEMIC HAD 770ASA AND IS NOW SLIGHTLY BELOW THAT WITH 749.

IN A STATEMENT STAY SAYING WHILE THE CCSAO LIKE OTHER FRONTLINE EMPLOYERS HAS NOT BEEN [INAUDIBLE] WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING OUR DEDICATED ATTORNEYS AND STAFF FACED WITH DOING MORE WITH LESS PARTICULARLY IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.

WE RECOGNIZE THE RIGORS OF THIS DIFFICULT WORK AND THE TOLL IT BEARS, YET OVER 1100 EMPLOYEES SHOW UP EVERYDAY TO WORK ON THE FRONTLINES AND BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE TESTAMENT OF THE SPIRIT OF THIS OFFICE AS WE SEEK JUSTICE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF COOK COUNTY.

NOW, BY THE WAY, KIRK AGAIN AND OTHERS NOT BUYING IT.

FOXX DID COME UNDER SCRUTINY DURING HER BID FOR A SECOND TERM TWO YEARS AGO BUT SHE WON REELECTION.

IF SHE DOES RUN AGAIN SHE WILL BE UP IN 2024.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI LANDED IN THE ISLAND NATION OF TAIWAN EARLIER TODAY CAUSING PREDICTABLE BACKLASH AMONG LEADERS IN MAINLAND CHINA AND CHINA'S AM WAS DOCTOR TO THE U.S -- AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. >> WE WILL TAKE WHATEVER WE CAN TO RESPOND AND TO PROTECT TO SAFEGUARD OUR SOVEREIGNTY TERRITORY.

AND OUR RESPONSE WILL BE VERY FIRM, STRONG AND FORCEFUL.

>> THE HOUSE SPEAKER'S VISIT HAS DRAWN PRAISE FROM SEVERAL REPUBLICANS WHO TAKE A TOUGH STANCE AGAINST CHINA AND IS CONSISTENT WITH U.S.

SUPPORTS FOR THE NATION.

AND JOINING US IS CRAIG KAFURA A FOREIGN POLICY SPECIALIST AT THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP.

AND TOM GINSBURG PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

WE INVITED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TAIPEI CULTURAL OFFICE TO JOIN US BUT THEY DECLINED REFERRING US TO A MESSAGE POSTED BY THE AMBASSADOR NOTING THAT TAIWAN AS WELCOMED MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS AND THE SHARED COMMON INTEREST IN HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

CRAIG KAFURA REMIND US WHY SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO TAIWAN IS SEEN AS SO PROVOCATIVE TO THE CHINESE?

>> SO THE TAIWANESE STATEMENT IS ACCURATE.

IT DESCRIBES THAT THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN HAVE A CLOSE BUT UNOFFICIAL RELATIONSHIP.

WHAT MAKES SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO TAIWAN UP SITTING FOR CHINA IS DUE TO THE TIMING.

THIS COMES RIGHT AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF DAY FOUR THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY.

AND COMES JUST BEFORE THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP'S ANNUAL RETREAT WHERE THEY GATHER AND DISCUSS ISSUES AND A COUPLE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE 20TH PARTY CONGRESS IN CHINA WITH.

AND IT MEANS THERE'S PRESSURE INSIDE CHINA FOR THE STRONG RESPONSE THAT THE AMBASSADOR MENTIONED.

>> IT COULD COMPLICATE POLITICS IN CHINA.

HOW DOES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY VIEW TAIWAN?

IS IT A LEGAL STATE OR AS THE CHINESE VIEW IT A BREAK AWAY PROVINCE?

>> THE GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA AND TAIWAN FORMALLY CLAIM TO BE THE RIGHTFUL GOVERNMENT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

FOR SEVERAL DECADES THAT HAS BEEN A FICTION FROM THE ANGLE OF TAIPEI.

BUT AS A FORMAL MATTER, THEY BOTH CLAIM TO BE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

THAT MEANS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS STUCK BETWEEN RECOGNIZING ONE OR THE OTHER.

AS THE LEGITIMATE REPRESENTATIVE.

THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED NATIONS SWITCHED THEIR RECOGNITION IN THE 1970s.

THERE IS A HANDFUL OF COUNTRIES THAT RECOGNIZE TAIWAN AS THE LEGITIMATE REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

FOR THE MOST PART, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOLLOWED THE UNITED STATES IN HAVING INFORMAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH TAIPEI, BUT FORMALLY RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC AS THE SOLE LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED THERE MIGHT BE POLITICAL PRESSURE IN CHINA FOR A STRONG RESPONSE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT RESPONSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE?

>> WE STARTED TO SEE SOME OF THAT RESPONSE.

IT STARTED LAST NIGHT WITH A SERIES OF ECONOMIC RESTRICTIONS PUT ON TAIWANESE FOOD EXPORTERS TO MAINLAND CHINA AND WE'VE SEEN MILITARY EXERCISES THAT THEY WILL CONDUCT IN THE WATERS AROUND TAIWAN.

SOME OF THE ZONES WILL OVERLAP WITH TAIWANESE TERRITORIAL WATERS WHICH IS A NEW FUTURETER FOR THIS RESPONSE.

AND WE'VE SEEN CYBER TACKS OCCURRING.

THESE ARE PROBABLY NOT THE ONLY RESPONSES BUT THE OTHER RESPONSES WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.

>> AND TOM, CRAIG MENTIONED IT IS A POLITICALLY TRICKY TIME FOR CHINA.

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE PURPOSE OF PELOSI GOING THERE AT THIS TIME STRATEGICALLY FOR THE U.S.?

>> FOR THE LIFE OF ME I CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT.

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS EXECUTED TO TO EXECUTE OUR FOREIGN POLICY.

THE TIME SOMETHING NOT IN THE AMERICAN INTEREST.

A POLITICAL STUNT THAT GOES AGAINST WHAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WANTS TO DO I CANNOT UNDERSTAND OR FATHOM AND I DON'T THINK IS A WISE MOVE MYSELF.

>> NO STRATEGIC INTEREST FOR THE U.S. AT THIS MOMENT FOR HER DOING THIS.

CRAIG KAFURA DOES THIS COMPLICATE EFFORTS BETWEEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND CHINA PARTICULARLY ON ISSUES LIKE SUPPORT FOR RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR?

>> I DON'T IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEIR LIVES EASIER AND WHY WHEN THE TRIP WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED YOU SAW PUSHBACK FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SOME NOTES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WERE NOT PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITH PELOSI FOR PER TIMING OF THIS TRIP.

THAT SAID I'M NOT SURE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MAKE OR BREAK ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO RUSSIA.

THEIR PARTNERSHIP AS THEY'VE NOTED IS STRONG.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RATIONALES FOR DOING IT.

AND CHINESE OFFICIALS WILL OFTEN LIKE TO LINK THE ISSUES IN PUBLIC IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THAT FOLLOWS THROUGH IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION.

>> TOM, HOW TO YOU THINK THIS COMPLICATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA IN A FRAUGHT MOMENT OBVIOUSLY?

>> YES, I THINK IT DOES COMPLICATE IT.

AGAIN, CHINA ON MANY, MANY MATTERS.

AND SO I THINK THE RESPONSE WHICH CRAIG REFERRED TO, SO FAR HAS BEEN ABOUT TAIWAN.

BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE ABOUT THE UNITED STATES.

AND YOU KNOW, MEMORIES ARE LONG IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD.

THIS WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN AND IT WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES DOWN THE ROAD.

I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE COLLATERAL GAIN.

SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GET POLITICAL BENEFIT AND NANCY PELOSI'S DISTRICT IN SAN FRANCISCO IS A VERY ANTI-CHINA DISTRICT.

BUT THAT SAID, SHE IS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

SHE IS IN SOME SENSE REPRESENTING THE COUNTRY WHEN SHE GOES SOMEWHERE.

AND YOU KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT COORDINATION AND SUPPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHOEVER WAS IN THE OFFICE.

>> PERHAPS SHE IS GETTING MILEAGE IN HER DISTRICT WHICH HAS A HEAVY ASIAN-AMERICAN POPULATION.

>> CRAIG KAFURA DO YOU VIEW POSSIBLE RETALIATION AS TOM IS SAYING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND COULD THAT BE SOME KIND OF ESCALATING MILITARY CONFLICT?

>> I DON'T KNOW I WOULD EXPECT CHINA TO ESCALATE MILITARILY DIRECTLY WITH THE UNITED STATES.

BUT YOU MIGHT SEE CHINA TAKE A HARDER LINE OF OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST TO THE UNITED STATES.

PERHAPS CHINA WILL POSTPONE MEASURES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

BASING PLANES ON THE ISLANDS THEY HAVE RECLAIMED.

PERHAPS ANNOUNCING AN AIR DEFENSE ZONE OTHER AREAS WHERE CHINA COULD MAKE AMERICA'S LIFE DIFFICULT BEYOND JUST AROUND TAIWAN.

>> THE BACKDROP IS FEARS THAT CHINA WOULD INVADE TAIWAN LIKE RUSSIA DID UKRAINE AND TRY TO RECLAIM IT.

WHAT ARE THE REALISTIC POSSIBILITIES OF THAT HAPPENING?

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS A NEAR TERM POSSIBILITY.

I THINK THE UKRAINE INVASION BOUGHT TAIWAN A FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WHICH THE WORLD PUT UP AGAINST RUSSIA.

CHINA'S CURRENCY IS NOT CONVERTIBLE WIDELY AND I DON'T THINK THEY ARE READY TO ABSORB THE SANCTIONS.

NOW SEEING WHAT HAS HAPPENED ARE GOING TO BE PLANNING WITH ALL THAT IN MIND AND THAT REMAINS THEIR STATED GOAL, IS TO TAKE THE ISLAND BACK ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

>> COMPLICATED GEOPOLITICIANS.

THANKS FOR CRAIG KAFURA AND TOM GINSBURG FOR MAKING SENSE OF IT FOR US.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THERE ARE 533 CONFIRMED MONKEYPOX CASES IN ILLINOIS.

AND ONE OF THOSE CASES WAS CONFIRMED LAST WEEK IN COOK COUNTY JAIL.

SO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS NOW CONSIDERED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THE STATE?

JOINING WITH US MORE ARE AMANDA KLONSKY RESEARCH AND POLICY FELLOW AT THE COVID BEHIND BARS DATA PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES LAW SCHOOL AND Dr. EMILY LANDON DIRECTOR FOR INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT U CHICAGO MEDICINE.

TOM DART'S OFFICE DID NOT HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE TO JOIN US TONIGHT.

Dr. LANDON WHAT IS THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR MONKEYPOX FOR THE FIGHT TO CONTAIN IT HERE IN ILLINOIS?

>> YOU KNOW THESE KINDS OF DECLARATIONS ARE IMPORTANT FOR FOCUSING A LIGHT ON SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY AFFECTING THE CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS AND SO WE GET SPOTS ON TV LIKE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW AND MORE PEOPLE MAY PAY ATTENTION.

BUT IMPORTANTLY IT GIVES ACCESS TO FUNDING THAT CAN HELP OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL CONTACT TRACING AND PUBLIC HEALTH, ADDITIONAL VACCINE, ADDITIONAL SORT OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED TO HELP PEOPLE COPE WITH THIS SORT OF PROBLEM, ARE EASIER TO DO ONCE WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

>> AND AMANDA KLONSKY THAT ONE REPORTED CASE IN COOK COUNTY JAIL HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT MONKEYPOX SPREADING GIVEN WHAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AT COOK COUNTY JAIL AND JAILS WITH COVID?

>> I'M VERY CONCERNED.

THE CROWDED INHUMANE CONDITIONS IN JAILS ARE TAXPAYER FUNDED INCUBATORS FOR COVID AND INTENSIFIED THE SPREAD OF COVID FOR THE LAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS.

THE CONDITIONS ARE A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE JAIL BUT IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND BLACK AND LATINX PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICULARLY IMPACTED BY OVERPOLICING AND ARE OVERREPRESENTED IN THE JAILS.

>> AND Dr. LANDON HOW MIGHT MONKEYPOX SPREAD IN TIGHT COMMUNITY SETTINGS LIKE A JAIL?

COOK COUNTY MENTIONED THEY BELIEVE THE PERSON THAT HAD IT HAD IT BEFORE THEY WENT INTO CUSTODY AND THEY HAVE ISOLATED THAT PERSON?

>> MONKEYPOX AND COVID ARE DIFFERENT.

ONE COASTED IS SPREAD THROUGH -- COVID IS SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR WE BREATHE AND WE SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

MONKEYPOX A LOT MORE ABOUT DIRECT SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT ESPECIALLY WITH LEGIONS.

THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH RESPIRATORY DROPLETS.

LIKE KISSING SOMEONE, SHARING CUPS WITH THEM, IT CAN CONTAMINATE YOUR SHEETS AND YOUR CLOTHES BUT IT IS NOT AS LIKELY TO CONTAMINATE THE AIR AROUND YOU.

WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY BETTER FOR US TO CONTROL IT IN THESE TIGHT QUARTERS AND JAILS.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO CHANGE IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE LIVING THAT CLOSE TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO AVOID GIVING ONE ANOTHER MONKEYPOX.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IS THAT MONKEYPOX TAKES ABOUT 14-DAY -- 8-14-DAYS TO DEVELOP AFTER AN EXPOSURE.

YOU CAN USE VACCINATION AFTER AN EXPOSURE TO HELP PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING SICK WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT OPTION IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE COMES INTO A JAIL SETTING AND DEVELOPS MONKEYPOX THAT THEY PICKED UP OUTSIDE OF THE JAIL KEEPING IT FROM SPREADING INSIDE OF THE JAIL.

RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DOSES OF THE MONKEYPOX VACCINE TO BE ABLE TO PROMISE THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ONE.

>> THE AVAILABILITY IS A BIG ISSUE.

>> AMANDA, WE SAW THE RASHES OF COVID IN COOK COUNTY JAIL, THEY KIND OF GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL BUT WE SEE A HUGE SPREAD OF THE OMICRON BA.5 VARIANT WHAT IS THE SITUATION THERE AND IN JAILS IN GENERAL RIGHT NOW?

>> WITH THE RAPID SPREAD OF THE COVID VARIANT JAILS ARE THE SITES OF LARGE OUTBREAKS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

AND A LOT OF THIS IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC VIEW BECAUSE SO MANY JAIL AND PRISONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES CAN KEPT ALL DATA COVID REPORTING.

AS OF JULY 26, THE COOK COUNTY JAIL REPORTS 41 ACTIVE CASES AND 75 AMONGST STAFF.

AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT 10 DETAINED PEOPLE AND SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE STAFF DIED OF COVID SO FAR.

SO COVID IS NOT OVER.

AND WE KNOW THAT THE CONDITIONS INSIDE OF THE JAIL AMPLIFY THE SPREAD OF VIRUSES.

THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE MITIGATION AT THAT TIME PARTICULARS THAT Dr. LANDON SHARED OR BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEHIND BARS WHICH EXPERTS HAVE SAID FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO PREVENT MASS OUTBREAKS OF COVID AND OTHER VIRUSESES.

THE CROWDS CONDITIONS PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN 6 BY 6 FOOT CELLS WITH TWO TO THREE PEOPLE.

AND THE IDEA THAT WE CAN PREVENT CLOSE CONTACT IS MYTHOLOGICAL.

>> THAT WAS MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, WITH THE SPREAD OF THE VARIANT RIGHT NOW, SHOULD THE JAIL REDUCE THE POPULATION LIKE IT DID IN THE BEGINNING AND THEY FOCUSED ON THOSE CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANORS, THOSE THAT HAD HEALTH ISSUES AND THOSE THAT THEY DEEMED WOULD NOT BE A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

IS THAT AN APPROACH THAT WOULD BE WARRANTED NOW?

>> WE HAVE TO DECARS RATE.

WE CANNOT RELY ON JAILS TO MAKE US SAFE.

THEY ARE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING OUTBREAKS IS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEHIND BARS BECAUSE OF THE CROWDED CONDITIONS CREATE THE CONDITIONS WHICH THE VIRUSES CAN BE SPREAD.

AND IT IS NOT JUST MONKEYPOX.

MONKEYPOX IS A SCARY VIRUS OF THE MOMENT.

BUT PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE JAIL GET STAPH INFECTIONS, MRSA AND OTHER VIRUSES THAT SPREAD BECAUSE OF CLOSE CONTACT AND BECAUSE OF CLOSE CONTACT WITH LAUNDRY.

IMAGINE BEING THE PERSON PAID VERY LITTLE TO COLLECT THE LAUNDRY AND SHEETS OF PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE INFECTED WITH THIS VIRUS?

SO THIS ADVICE TO DECARS RATE HAS BEEN SWEPT UNDER THE RUG AND AS A RESULT OF THAT MILLIONS OF PREVENTIBLE COVID CASES AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEATHS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY PRISON AND JAIL LINKED SPREAD OF THAT VIRUS AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> AND THIS VIRNT IS SPREADING -- VARIANT IS SPREADING.

I HAD IT RECENTLY.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT THE WAY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PAST VARIANTS?

>> THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE.

THE NEW VARIANT IS CAUSING MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MORE SERIOUS ILLNESS.

THE BA.5 VARIANT HAS GIVEN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN OUR HOSPITAL TRIPLED ONE WEEK AND DOUBLED AGAIN THE NEXT WEEK.

AND THAT IS THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE ARE SEEING MORE PATIENTS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL THAN WE'VE HAD SINCE FEBRUARY.

AND IT IS AND WE'RE CERTAINLY HAVING ISSUES WITH STAFFING AS ARE EVERY HOSPITAL IS SEEMING THAT SAME INCREASE.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN WE HAVE HIGH TRANSMISSION AND ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS WE CAN'T GET TOGETHER AND MAKE THE DECISION THAT WE'RE GOING TO WEAR MASKS IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO BE THAT ARE NONELECTIVE.

GROCERY STORES, PHARMACIES, LIBRARIES, THE DMV THERE IS NO NEED FOR A TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE TO RESULT IN A VIRUS THAT IN THE WORST CASE CAN RESULT IN SOMEONE'S DEATH FOR MOST OF US IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT THERE IS LONG COVID THERE'S UNKNOWN LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF COVID THAT WE'RE JUST STARTING TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT.

I'M NOT WILLING TO TAKE ON THAT LEVEL OF RISK IN ORDER TO PICK UP MY GROCERIES.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT OTHER PEOPLE REALLY WOULD BE IF THEY UNDERSTOOD AS MUCH ABOUT THE VIROLOGY AS I DO.

>> A LOT TO KEEP OUR MINDS ON.

THANKS TO AMANDA KLONSKY AND Dr. EMILY LANDON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> THANKS.

>> AND UP NEXT, A PAINTER TURNING HISTORIC TRAGEDIES INTO INSPIRATION FOR HIS ART.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> A WORD OF WARNING OUR NEXT STORY CONTAINS IMAGES THAT ARE AS FRIGHTENS AS THEY ARE FASCINATING.

HE PAINTINGS PICTURES OF TRAGEDIES, FIRES AND TORNADOES AND DISASTERS THAT TOOK PLACE IN CHICAGO AND ELSEWHERE.

MARC VITALI MET A PAINTER INSPIRED BY HISTORY AND CATASTROPHE.

>> .

A RAILWAY DISASTER IN OHIO AT 1867.

A CIRCUS FIRE IN CONNECTICUT IN 1944.

AND THE SINKING OF THE LADY ELGIN IN LAKE MICHIGAN IN 1860.

THESE DEPICTIONS OF CALAMITY WERE MADE BY LOCAL ARTIST ERIC EDWARD ESPER WHOSE WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED ON WTTW'S CHICAGO STORIES.

HERE IS THE IROQUOIS THEATRE FIRE OF 1903.

IT MAKES SENSE HIS WORK ENDED OCCUPY ON PBS.

>> I BECAME INTERESTED IN HISTORY FROM READING WAR HISTORY WHICH IS VERY, YOU KNOW, DISASTROUS ITSELF.

AND I BECAME INTERESTED IN HISTORICAL DISASTERS FROM WATCHING DOCUMENTARIES AND CHANNEL 11 WTTW.

THE FIRST ONE WAS THE EASTLAND DISASTER WHICH INSPIRED ME TO MAKE A PAINTING OF IT.

AND I PAINTED THAT AND IT SOLD RIGHT AWAY.

AND I DECIDED THAT WOULD BE A GOOD BODY OF WORK TO CONTINUE WITH.

>> THEY RANGE FROM THE LOOP L TRAIN DERAILMENT TO THE 1909 CHICAGO WATER CRIB FIRE WHICH TOOK PLACE TWO MILES OFFSHORE.

THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON THE MIDWEST.

THE 1896 TORNADO THAT STRUCK DOWN ST. LOUIS AND THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE.

>> REFERENCES FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

>> LONG BEFORE HE APPLIES OIL PAINT TO CANVAS HE DOES HIS HOMEWORK.

>> A LOT OF RESEARCH, YEAH.

I WATCH AS MUCH INFORMATION ON TV I CAN FIND.

LOTS OF INTERNET SEARCHES FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, LOTS OF THAT.

AND I READ TWO OR THREE BOOKS IF I CAN FIND THAT MANY ON THE EVENT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO TRY AND GET THE DETAILS RIGHT.

IT TAKES A LONGTIME.

SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR PER PAINTING USUALLY.

>> ESPER WORKS AS AN ART INSTALLER AT GALLERY VICTOR WHICH REPRESENTS HIM.

WHEN HE MOVED TO CHICAGO FROM MICHIGAN HE WAS A LANDSCAPE PAINTER.

HIS PAINTING ARE OVER DONE FROM A BIRD'S EYE POINT OF VIEW.

>> MY OBJECTIVE WAS TO SHOW AS MUCH AS I COULD TO NOT JUST SO JUST ZOOMIN ON I PORTION BUT TOE THE SCENE AND THE BIRD'S EYE VIEW HAS THAT EARLY AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION QUALITY TO IT.

>> SOMETIMES HE PAINTS LANDSCAPES IN PLACES RELATED TO NOTORIOUS MOMENTS.

THIS IS THE SPAHN RANCH IN CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS TO CHARLES MANSON AND HIS FAMILY.

AND THIS IS THE COMPOUND IN WACO TEXAS.

OTHER DARK DAYS IN CHICAGO HISTORY INCLUDE THE FIRE AT OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS AND THE ILL-FATED FLIGHT 191.

>> I TRY AND KEEP IT TASTEFUL WITHOUT TRYING TO DEPICT DEATH IT IS MORE REALIZING THAT IS HAPPENING THAN IT IS DEPICTING IT.

>> A LOT OF THINGS HAVE INSPIRED ME TO PAINT THESE.

I USED TO DO POSTER RESTORATIONS I WAS INTO THE OLD ILLUSTRATION POSTERS AND THEN I GOT INTO THE HISTORY FROM WATCHING DOCUMENTARIES AND INSPIRED ME TO PAINT THESE MOST DRAMATIC SCENES I COULD IMAGINE.

THEY ARE NOT A SUNNY DAY AT THE BEACH IN THESE.

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING STORY THAT BEHIND EVERYONE OF THESE INCIDENTS THAT WOULD DRAW PEOPLE IN TO THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT.

IT'S SOMETHING TO TRY TO REMEMBER.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> AGAIN THE ARTIST IS ERIC EDWARD ESPER AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF HIS WORK ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" TENANTS IN CHICAGO PUSH TO END A BAN ON RENT CONTROL AS RENTAL PRICES SKYROCKET.

AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY CONNECTS TEENS WITH THE ILLINOIS PRAIRIE.

>> MEDICINE, MEDICATION AND DISEASE ARE COMPLICATED.

>> HOW A LOCAL PHARMACIST IS HELPING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BETTER UNDERSTAND THE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MORE DELAYS IN THE RACKETEERING CASE AGAINST FORMER ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL MADIGAN AND HIS LONG TIME CO-DEFENDANT MIKE McCLAIN.

A JUDGE GRANTED THE DEFENSE TEAMS AN EXTENSION THROUGH FEBRUARY TO REVIEW THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY PROSECUTORS.

THE NEXT HEARING IS JET FOR JANUARY 9TH.

AND CHICAGO CUBS FANS CAN EXHALE.

THE CUBS DID NOT TRADE ALL-STARS AND FAN FAVORITES WILSON CONTRERAS AND IAN HAPP.

THE PAIR SAID THEIR GOOD-BYES TO TEAMMATES BEFORE THE TRADE DEADLINE TODAY BUT THEY ARE STICKING AROUND.

ONE OF BROOKFIELD ZOO'S MOST FAMOUS RESIDENTS DIED.

JOE HAD JOE THE WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA SUFFERED A FATAL CARDIAC ARREST DURING AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE THIS WEEKEND.

JOE-JOE MOVED TO THE ZOO AND LIVED 10 YEARS BEYOND THE MALE LIFESPAN FOR CAPTIVITY.

>> RENT PRICES ROSE 9.4% IN 2022.

NOW, LOCAL TENANTS ARE UNIONIZING IN HOPES OF PUSHING FOR AN END TO A RENT CONTROL BAN IN ILLINOIS.

AND HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW TENANTS ARE FIGHTING TO STAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHETHER OR NOT RENT CONTROL IS A SOLUTION ARE JANE GARVEY, LEADER AT THE CHICAGO CREATIVE INVESTORS ASSOCIATION, BEN AVIS A MEMBER OF THE NORTH ST. PAULING RENTERS ASSOCIATION, AND JOHN BARTLETT AND MICHAEL MINI EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGOLAND APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

BEN, RENTS HAVE SHOT UP ALL OVER THE CITY BUT ESPECIALLY LOGAN SQUARE THE AREA YOU ARE PART OF.

GIVE US A SAMPLE WHAT TENANTS ARE FACING IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

>> A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS RECEIVED RENT INCREASES FROM 15-20%.

AND THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED WAGE INCREASES OF THAT MUCH SO IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET THERE.

BUT LUCKILY THROUGH NEGOTIATING WE HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE RENT INCREASES AT 9% AFTER HELPING NEGOTIATE FOR THAT.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING SOME OF THE RATES DOWN.

THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT FORCES LANDLORDS TO GIVE ADVANCED NOTICE FOR INCREASES.

ARE LANDLORDS FOLLOWING THE RULES?

>> YES, I THINK THEY ARE.

AND THAT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE NOTICE TO TENANTS AS OPPOSED TO THE 30-DAYS.

THERE WAS EITHER A SICK 0-DAY OR 120-DAY NOTICE.

AND SO FOR SITUATIONS WHERE LEASE IS NOT GOING TO BE RENEWED TENANTS DO HAVE THAT EXTRA TIME TO MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.

>> AND JANE GARVEY, LANDLORDS OBVIOUSLY PERHAPS FACE RISING ASSESSMENTS, PROPERTY VALUES, TAXES DO THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO PASS THE COSTS ON TO THEIR RENTERS?

>> I THINK MOST LANDLORDS OPERATE BASED ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

WHEN YOU PUT AN AD OUT THERE AND GET FLOODED WITH CALLS, IT'S A CHOICE OF EITHER RAISE THE RENT ACCORDINGLY SO BASICALLY WE'RE BALANCING ACT.

AND, YES, YOU DO BRING A GOOD POINT.

WE'RE FACING TREMENDOUS INCREASES IN COSTS ON ALL FRONTS.

WE'RE ALSO FACING TREMENDOUS INCREASES IN RISK.

WE'VE SEEN THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN SHUTDOWN OUR INCOME AND NOT TAKE AWAY THE COSTS.

AND THAT HAS SCARED A LOT OF OWNERS OUT OF THE MARKET AND ALSO DECREASED THE SUPPLY OF AT LEAST SMALLER UNITS THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN SELL TO OCCUPANTS OR MOVE INTO THEMSELVES OR TURN INTO CONDOS.

>> DIFFERENT MARKET FORCES AT PLAY.

JOHN BARTLETT HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE THE TENANTS ORGANIZATIONS BEEN?

YOU HEARD BEN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE RENT INCREASES DOWN.

HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE THE UNIONS?

>> I THINK THAT WHEN TENANTS FORM UNIONS THEY TEND TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO NEGOTIATE REDUCED RENT.

UNFOR THE THATLY MOST TENANTS ARE NOT PART OF A UNION AND DON'T THINK TO NEGOTIATE AND THEY END UP PAYING HIGHER RENT THAN THEY NEED TO.

>> BEN AVIS HOW DID THIS TENANTS ORGANIZATION COME TOGETHER?

>> WE STARTED ORGANIZING AT THE MARCH 2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT.

OUR FOUNDING MEMBER LOST THEIR JOB AND WERE AFRAID THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY RENT.

THEY WENT WITH A PETITION TO THE NEIGHBORS AND FIGURED WE WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION AND STARTED TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND PRESENTED A PETITION TO OFFER RELIEF ON RENT WHICH WAS IGNORED.

BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A THREE-MONTH RENT FOR A DOZEN TENANTS.

AND WE'VE KEPT TOGETHER AND INCREASED OUR NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT AND GOTTEN MORE OF TOGETHER WITH EACH OTHER.

>> AND MICHAEL MINI ONE OF THE THINGS THE ORGANIZATIONS WANT TO DO IS LIFT THE STATE-WIDE BAN ON RENT CONTROL WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR UPWARDS OF 25 YEARS.

IT IS A DEBATE HERE IN CHICAGO.

IS THAT A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THE TIMES WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW?

>> NO.

WE BELIEVE IT IS NOT A GOOD SOLUTION AND IT'S PROVEN TO NOT WORK IN MARKETS WHERE IT HAS BEEN TRIED.

MOST RECENTLY, RENT CONTROL WAS ENACTED OR APPROVED BY VOTER REFERENDUM IN THE TWIN CITIES IN MINNESOTA AND ALREADY WE HAVE SEEN A PRECIPITOUS DROP IN THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PERMITS.

ST. PAUL IN PARTICULAR BY 61%.

AS WE HAVE SAID BEFORE, WHEN YOU ENACT RENT CONTROL IN MARKETS IT TENDS TO HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT OF TRYING TO KEEP RENTS LOW BY DRIVING INVESTORS OUT OF THE MARKET, REDUCING SUPPLY AND PUSHING UPWARD PRESSURE ON RENTS.

ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION I KNOW OBVIOUSLY EVERY COMMUNITY EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS DIFFERENT.

BUT WITH REGARD TO THE RENT INCREASES THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT AS JANE MENTIONED, DURING THE PANDEMIC WE WENT THROUGH A LONG PERIOD WHERE RENTS DID NOT RISE AT ALL.

AND IN FACT, IN SOME INSTANCES RENTS WERE REDUCED OR HEAVY INCENTIVES WERE PROVIDED.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASES WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE RENTS THAT HAD NOT INCREASED DURING THE PANDEMIC AT ALL.

>> AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS EVICTION MORATORIUM IN PLACE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

JOHN BARTLETT WHAT ABOUT THAT?

RENT CONTROL, THE PERENNIAL LEGISLATIVE FIGHT IS THAT SOMETHING YOU BELIEVE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD PASS AND THE GOVERNOR SHOULD SIGN?

>> I CERTAINLY DO.

IT'S ONE OF THE MANY TOOLS WE NEED TO START REDUCING RENTS.

RENTS ARE FAR TOO HIGH.

20% OF ALL RENTERS ARE PAYING HALF OF THEIR INCOME TO RENT.

AND THAT IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND WE CAN'T KEEP PUTTING THAT PRESSURE ON RENTERS TO THINK THAT OH, THEY WILL BE OK BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT.

AND WE KNOW EVICTIONS ARE A PROBLEM.

THEY ARE A PROBLEM IN MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

AND THE REASON THERE ARE SO MANY EVICTIONS IS BECAUSE RENTS ARE TOO HIGH.

I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT ALONG WITH OTHER, I MEAN IT'S NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION BUT THAT IS ONE OF THEM.

>> JANE GARVEY, WHAT ABOUT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE?

IS THIS GOING TO BE TOUGH ON LANDLORDS ON BUILDING OWNER IF RENT CONTROL IS ENACTED?

>> IT CERTAINLY WILL BE AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEING TOUGH ON TENANTS WITH CONTINUAL DRUM BEAT OF WE NEED RENT CONTROL, OWNERS AND THINGS THAT ARE ARE AFFECTING EVERYONE, THE OWNERS ARE GOING OK I NEED TO BE AT MARKET BECAUSE THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE FROM WHERE I AM NOW.

THOSE LANDLORDS ARE LOOKING AT IT AND GOING I'M CHARGING $900, THE MARKET IS AT $1700 I NEED TO GET MY RENT CLOSER TO 1700 OR I WON'T BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK TO MARKET.

THAT IS AN ISSUE.

AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE REAL SOLUTION HERE IS MORE SUPPLY.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY WAYS OF GETTING MORE SUPPLY.

AND CAUSING A DISINCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR EVERYONE.

>> BEN AVIS WHAT ABOUT THAT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING A BETTER WAY TO GO?

>> THAT IS A SOLUTION AND ULTIMATELY WE BELIEVE IN DIRECT POLITICS AS WE UNDERSTAND WE ARE THE ONES WHO PROVIDE LANDLORDS WITH THE MONEY THAT MAKES THEM ABLE TO OPERATE AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO INFLUENCE THINGS LIKE LEGISLATION THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED FOR LOWER HOUSING RATES.

AND IF RENT CONTROL MADE PRICES HIGHER WE WOULD NOT SEE LANDLORDS FIGHTING AGAINST THAT.

WE WANT TO CONCENTRATE OUR ECONOMIC POWER TO KEEP HOUSING AFFORDABLE AND TAKE CONTROL OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSING THAT IT CAN BE RATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE.

>> AND MICHAEL MINI WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IF RENT CONTROL IS NOT THE SOLUTION, WHAT IS THE SOLUTION IN YOUR MIND?

>> AS WE MENTIONED IT IS A SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUE.

AND WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING.

THE NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ASSOCIATION ISSUED A REPORT THAT INDICATES THAT CHICAGO NEEDS UPWARDS OF 30,000 UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS IN THE LARGER BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO MEET DEMAND.

WE'RE ENCOURAGED AND WE WORKED WITH SEVERAL ALL OF THE GROUPS REPRESENTED ON THIS CALL HERE, WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PASS AN OMNIBUS HOUSING BILL LAST YEAR.

THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HELP SPUR DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE HOUSING.

IN PARTICULAR, THERE IS A PROVISION THAT PROVIDES A PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE FOR OWNERS, INVESTORS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ALL OF THEIR MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND WE THINK THAT IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS HELPING TO MEET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CHALLENGE THAT WE FACE.

>> ALL RIGHT CRUCIAL ISSUE HERE.

AND THANKS TO JANE GARVEY, BEN AVIS, JOHN BARTLETT AND MICHAEL MINI FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, CONNECTING TEEN ENVIRONMENTALISTS WITH THE ILLINOIS PRAIRIE.

THAT IS IN A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... CALLS TO ADDRESS THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE BECOME URGENT.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE SCALE POLICY EFFORTS MAKING LASTING CHANGE OFTEN STARTS WITH INDIVIDUALS.

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY'S YOUTH PROGRAM IS HOPING TO BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM IS A PAID INTERNSHIP THAT HELPS 16-18-YEAR-OLDS EXPLORE ILLINOIS' NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

JOINING US NOW ARE DEBRA WILLIAMS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND DANIELLE BROGAN, AN INTERN WITH THE YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL THINKERS PROGRAM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

DEBRA WILLIAMS LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE, HOW DID THE PROGRAM COME ABOUT?

>> WELL AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WITH THE DESIRE TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY, WHERE I SERVE WHICH IS ILLINOIS THE PRAIRIE CAPITAL OF THE PRAIRIE STATE, I DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM WITH HELP AND INPUT FROM COLLEAGUES SO THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THE BALANCE WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE AND NATURE.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S NOT JUST REACHING OUT TO TEEN ENVIRONMENTALISTS IT'S REACHING OUT TO TEENS WHO COME SONT'S EVEN LIKE NATURE.

BUT THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR EXPERIENCES WHERE WE LOOK AT HOW TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIOLOGICALLY.

>> DANIELLE BROGAN DESCRIBE A TYPICAL DAY IN THE FIELD FOR AN INTERN?

>> A LOT OF OUR DAYS WE SPENT DOING RESEARCH OR LEARNING ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF NATURE AFFECT PEOPLE NOWADAYS AS WELL AS EVERY THURSDAY WE GO OUT WITH THE STEWARDSHIP TEAM AND ALLOWED TO HELP OUT IN THE PRAIRIES.

WHETHER THAT BE CATCHING BUGS OR PULLING WEEDS.

IT WAS REALLY JUST IN ORDER TO GET US OUT INTO NATURE AS WELL.

>> DID YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF AN ENVIRONMENTALIST BEFORE COMING TO THE PROGRAM, DANIELLE?

>> WELL, I WAS IN THEORY I'D ALWAYS CARED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I COULD HELP.

BUT BEING OUTSIDE ASPECT, I DID NOT KNOW I WOULD ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I DID.

>> DEBRA WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS KIND OF WORK?

>> I BELIEVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO BE ENGAGED AS THEY LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AND THEN TO BE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS, YES, ENVIRONMENTALLY AND HOW WE ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE.

OFTEN WE WANT TO GET THE WORK DONE THAT IS CONNECTED TO ITSNAER AND THE ENVIRONMENT BUT DON'T NECESSARILY ADDRESS PEOPLE CLIMATES AND HOW WE RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER AND HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT YOU CANNOT DO IT WITH PULLING IN PEOPLE LIKE A NOOSE AROUND THEIR NECKS BUT BEING RESPECTFUL WITH THE PEOPLE.

AND YOUNG PEOPLE HOW THEY ENGAGE IN THE VARIETY OF ATMOSPHERES THEY ARE IN THAT IS NOT AN EITHER OR.

>> DANIELLE WHAT MADE YOU INTERESTED IN THIS PROGRAM?

>> WELL, MY HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY TEACHER RECOMMENDED IT TO ME.

AND NEXT YEAR, I AM MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY WITH A MINOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND COMMUNICATIONS.

WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES RELATES BACK TO THE NATURE ASPECT AND COMMUNICATIONS RELATES TO THE PEOPLE ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM.

>> OK. OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE TAKEN SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM THIS INTERNSHIP AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT APPLYING IT IN YOUR COLLEGE STUDIES BY ADDING THE COMMUNICATIONS >> OF COURSE, IT THOUGHT ME THAT INTERACTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE HAS REALLY JUST HELPED ME REALLY CONNECT AND BE ABLE TO LEARN AND HAVE RESPECTFUL DIALOGUES WITH OTHERS.

>> DEBRA YOU'VE MENTIONED ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM IS CONNECTING PEOPLE TO PEOPLE AND PEOPLE TO NATURE.

TELL US WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT?

>> WELL, BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE THUS FAR JUST SINCE 2015 WITH THE WHOLE THING WITH CONSERVATION AND CARING FOR THE EARTH, I FOUND THAT OFTEN THERE WAS THE INTRIGUE OF NATURE, THE TREES AND THE BIRDS WHICH IS WARRANTED.

BUT HOW I RELATE TO SOMEBODY WHO IS RIGHT NEXT TO ME THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WAS CHAMPIONING.

SO WHEREAS SOMEBODY MAY SEE A RARE BIRD AND BE ALL EXCITED REALIZING THAT THE PERSON YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH ON A DAILY BASIS OR ONCE, IS ALSO VERY RARE AND VERY VALUABLE.

AND TRYING TO BRING A LENS TOWARDS LOOKING AT IT IN A BALANCED WAY AND BOTH BENEFIT.

>> DEBRA, ALSO EXPLAIN IF YOU WOULD THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING TEENS INVOLVED IN LEARNING ABOUT SORT OF NATURE AND HOW MUCH DOES CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE COME INTO THAT LEARNING?

>> WELL, I WILL GO BACK IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE PROGRAM WASN'T DESIGNED JUST TO GET TEENS INVOLVED IN THE EFFORT.

BUT IT WAS AN ECONOMIC PIECE THAT WAS CONNECTED THERE.

AND AS I TALKED ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT THEMSELVES AS WELL IT'S SOMETIMES THE FIRST JOB FOR SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

WORK ETHIC.

RESPONSIBILITY.

INDEPENDENCE, FUNCTIONING.

BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW AND MANY -- WE HAD FIVE INTERNS THIS YEAR SEVERAL LIKE THEY LEARNED SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T KNOW.

AND NOW THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT THEY CAN ADDRESS IT.

AND WANTS TO PASS IT ON WHERE THEY FEEL KNOWLEDGEABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED IT.

TEENS HAVE A VOICE AND TEENS HAVE IMPACT AND INFLUENCE.

JUST SO HAPPENED THAT OUR PROGRAM FOCUSES ON 16-18-YEAR-OLDS AND THEY KNOW SOMEBODY AND SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY SO IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE MESSAGE AND CONNECTING PEOPLE TO PEOPLE AND PEOPLE TO NATURE.

WHICH MEANS JUST PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE.

AND WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE CLIMATES INTENTIONALLY.

>> DANIELLE YOU'VE TOLD US WHAT YOU PLAN ON STUDYING IN SCHOOL.

AND YOU'VE MENTIONED YOU ARE GOING TO MONMOUTH COLLEGE IN THE FALL.

CONGRATULATIONS THERE.

HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PROGRAM SORT OF HELPING YOUR PROFESSIONAL GOALS LATER ON?

>> WELL, REALLY JUST BEING ABLE TO FURTHER INTEREST MYSELF IN NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS ONCE I DO GET TO A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL BEING ABLE TO OPEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND HAVE IT BE A MUTUAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING SOMEONE BLAMING THE OTHER WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE WANT AS MS. WILLIAMS TAUGHT ME.

>> DEBRA THIS WEEK AS THE LAST FIELD DAY FOR THE PROGRAM.

ARE THERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE?

>> ACTUALLY, YES.

WE'VE BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] LIKE AUGUST 20 WE ARE HAVING A PRAIRIE DAY WHICH IS IN 345RBG HAM AND THEN ON OCTOBER FIRST WE ARE HAVING THE NATURE FESTIVAL.

IT IS A FOUR GROUPS ARE PARTNERED AND [INAUDIBLE] >> SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.

BEST TO LUCK TO YOU DANIELLE BROGAN AND AUDRA WILSON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US >> THANK YOU.

BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AF THIS.

WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE CLEAR COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL TO GOOD OUTCOMES.

IN THE WEST LAWN COMMUNITY, A FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN PHARMACIST IS TRYING TO BRIDGE THE COMMUNICATION GAP BY ADDING A DOSE OF TRUST AND UNDERSTANDING TO HIS PATIENTS' PRESCRIPTIONS.

ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THE STORY.

>> I TRY TO GET HERE EARLY BECAUSE IT IS A BUSY STORE.

PRESCRIPTIONS START ROLLING IN ON-LINE OR ON THE PHONE.

>> AT THE 63rd AND PULASKI CVS PATIENTS ARRIVE FROM OPEN TO CLOSE.

>> MOST OF THEM ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS.

WE WILL FILL 600 PRESCRIPTIONS A DAY.

I WILL WORK WITH THEM TO FILL THE PRESCRIPTION, VERIFY THE PRESCRIPTION AND SERVE OUR PATIENTS WHEN THEY COME HERE.

OFTEN ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME IN AND START TRYING TO SPEAK WITH US AND HEAR WE CAN SPEAK SPANISH WITH THEM.

I HEAR RELIEF.

>> TO CRISTOBAL ALVAREZ, PHARMACISTS ARE MORE THAN PEOPLE WHO DISPENSE YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS THEY ARE HEALTHCARE'S MOST ACCESSIBLE AMBASSADORS.

>> IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION DURING THE DAY YOU CAN WALK INTO THE PHARMACY AND ASK TO SPEAK TO THE PHARMACIST.

YOU CANNOT WALK INTO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND ASK TO SPEAK WITH A NURSE OR A DOCTOR WE CAN EXPLAIN AND SPEAK WITH THEM IN WAYS THAT MANY A DOCTOR AT A CLINIC MIGHT NOT HAVE THE TIME TO.

>> ALVAREZ SAYS THE PATH TO THE PHARMACY BEGAN AS A CHILD WHEN HE WAS CALLED UPON TO ACT AS A TRANSLATOR BETWEEN SPANISH SPEAKING FAMILY MEMBERS AND ENGLISH SPEAKING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

>> MY GRANDMA, DIABETIC NOT A WORD THEY COULD SHARE WITH THE DOCTOR.

IT WAS MY JOB EVEN AS A CHILD TO TRY TO TRANSLATE THAT.

>> IN COMMUNITIES LIKE WEST LAWN, ALVAREZ SAYS COMMUNICATING WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS OFTEN MEANS SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE BUT ALSO THE SAME CULTURE.

>> I SEE A LOT OF MEXICAN AMERICANS OR RECENT IMMIGRANTS THAT COULD USE THAT SUPPORT TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE.

HOW DO I BUY A PRESCRIPTION IN MEXICO?

YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING A COUGH YOU ASK THEM FOR A ANTIBIOTIC AND THEY HAND IT TO YOU AND YOU CANNOT DO AT THAT TIME HERE.

THAT HAPPENED WITH AN ANTISEIZURE MEDICATION.

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THEY CANNOT COME IN AND GRAB A SEIZURE MEDICATION OFF THE SHELF.

>> CVS'S Dr. STEPHANIE WHYTE SAYS ALVAREZ'S EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE COUNTER REFLECT THE DRUGSTORE GIANTS RESEARCH INTO HOW LATINOS PREFER TO INTERACT WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

>> IF WE LOOK AT HOW COMMUNITIES OF COLOR RESPONDED AMONG OUR NONWHITE CHICAGOANS WHEN THEY ARE SELECTING THEIR MOST TRUSTED HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, 31% SELECT PROVIDERS WHO UNDERSTAND AND RELATE TO THEIR CULTURE.

AND 39% WERE SELECTING PROVIDERS WHO UNDERSTAND THEIR LIFESTYLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT IMPACT THEIR HEALTH.

AND WHEN IT PERTAINED TO THINGS LIKE ROUTINE CARE FOR ILLNESSES OR INJURIES, MORE THAN A QUARTER OF OUR NONWHITE CHICAGO RESPONDENTS RELY ON LOCAL PHARMACIES MORE THAN TWICE THAT OF WHITE RESPONDENTS.

>> ALVAREZ SAYS EVEN WHEN THEY CAN'T BE OF DIRECT HELP, THE PHARMACY TEAM TRIES TO BE A RESOURCE FOR THEIR PATIENTS.

>> SOMEONE COMES IN WITH AN OPEN WOUND I CANNOT STITCH THEM UP BUT I CAN SAY THAT NEEDS YOU TO GO TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

I'M LIKE WELL WE'LL HAVE TO FIND YOU.

>> AND WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHCARE CONVERSATIONS, A STRONG DOSE OF TRUST IS OFTEN JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED.

>> MEDICATIONS AND DISEASE ARE COMPLICATED.

IT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE IN A WAY THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.

AND THAT CULTURALLY AFFIRMING HEALTHCARE IS SO VITAL.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON.

>> AND CVMENTD VS IS OFFERING FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS HAD IN THE COMING WEEKS.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. GHOST BUSES AND TRAINS, CRIME AND LOW RIDERSHIP WE SPEAK WITH THE C.T.A.

PRESIDENT ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND MORE.

OF AND THE MORTON SALT SHED IS CHICAGO'S NEWEST MUSIC VENUE.

WE GET A TOUR.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND ENJOY THIS EVENING.

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