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Congress members on student loan debt and the inflation reduction bill. The latest on the R. Kelly trial. An ominous forecast for extreme weather in this region. And a vending machine for art.
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Aug. 23, 2022 - Full Show
8/23/2022 | 56m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Congress members on student loan debt and the inflation reduction bill. The latest on the R. Kelly trial. An ominous forecast for extreme weather in this region. And a vending machine for art.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.
>> AND I'M AMANDA VINICKY.
BRANDIS FRIEDMAN IS ON ASSIGNMENT.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> NEW WITNESS TESTIMONY IN R. KELLY'S CHICAGO TRIAL SAYS THE STAR PAID OUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO RECOVER A SEX TAPE WITH A MINOR.
WE SHARE THE LATEST.
>> LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPACT OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, CANCELING STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND MUCH MORE.
>> THERE'S HOT AND THERE'S REALLY HOT.
A STUDY SUGGESTS ILLINOIS WILL SOON BE PART OF AN EXTREME HEAT BELT.
>> DECADES LATER FORMER AND CURRENT RESIDENT OF WEST CITY ARE DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS CAUSED BY INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN THAT COMMUNITY.
>> THERE'S BIG NEWS ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S BIGGEST PLANET.
A LOCAL ASTRONOMER HELPS US PROCESS STUNNING NEW IMAGES OF JUPITER.
>> AND VENDING MACHINES FILLED WITH ART AND GOODIES.
MEET THE MAKERS BEHIND AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS.
>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A HIT-AND-RUN THAT KILLED THREE MEN AND INJURED A FOURTH OUTSIDE THE GEOFFREY PUB IN THE SOUTH SHORE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DAVID BROWN SAYS 34-YEAR-OLD TAVIS DUNBAR HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
>> THIS IS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE.
WON'T BE TOLERATED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
AND THIS ARREST WAS THE RESULT OF HARD WORK DONE BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TRUE COMMUNITY COLLABORATION.
FROM THE BEGINNING, COMMUNITY MEMBERS STEPPED FORWARD AND SPOKE UP TO HELP US HOLD THIS OFFENDER ACCOUNTABLE.
>> BROWN SAYS DUNBAR SURRENDERED TO POLICE MONDAY AFTER IDENTIFIED AS THE ALLEGED DRIVER OF THE CAR WHO INTENTIONALLY STRUCK THE VICTIMS.
>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT IS DECLINING TO ENDORSE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM A COMMISSION SHE CREATED THAT 13 MONUMENTS BE REMOVED INCLUDING THE CITY'S THREE STATUES OF CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS.
THE COMMISSION IN THE WAKE OF THE SOCIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS RECOMMENDS THE CITY REMOVES THE ITALO BALBO MONUMENT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY DEPICT NATIVE-AMERICANS.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
I DON'T.
AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT'S EASIER TO SAY THIS SHOULD GO AND THAT SHOULD GO THAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE RELEASE ON THE FORD DEARBORN BRIDGE EASIER TO SAY LET'S REMOVE THESE BECAUSE THEY DON'T REFLECT THE TRUE EXPERIENCE OF NATIVE-AMERICANS IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR CITY, BUT JUST THE MECHANICS OF DOING THAT ARE VERY, VERY COMPLICATED.
>> NO SPECIFICS ON THE COLUMBUS STATUES.
YOU CAN READ THE COMMISSION'S FULL REPORT ON OUR WEB SOIFT.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS RESIDENTS SUPPORT THE CHICAGO BEARS COME TO THE AREA BUT OPPOSE TAXES TO HELP THE TEAM PAY FOR IT.
THE POLL SURVEYED REGISTERED VOTERS AND 72% SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD A STADIUM AT THE FORMER ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL RACE COURSE BUT 68% OPPOSE USING TAX DOLLARS TO SUBSIDIZE THE MOVE AND FOUND STRONG SUPPORT FOR AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS FROM USING TAXPAYER FUNDS TO HELP BUILD A STADIUM FOR THE BEARS.
UP NEXT, NEW WITNESS TESTIMONY IN R. KELLY'S CHICAGO TRIAL.
SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.
>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> A FORMER ASSOCIATE OF R. KELLY SAYS THE R&B STAR REPEATEDLY PAID HIM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO RECOVER AN ILLICIT SEX TAPE THE SINGER FILMED HIMSELF PART OF NEW WITNESS TESTIMONY IN R. KELLY'S FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRIAL IN CHICAGO.
WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE CASE AND JOINS US WITH MORE.
MATT, REMIND US WHAT R. KELLY IS CHARGED WITH AND WHAT THE NEW TESTIMONY WAS ABOUT?
>> R. KELLY IS FACING MORE THAN A DOZEN CHARGES INCLUDING PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, CONSPIRACY TO RECEIVE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND CHILD ENTICE.
AND TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.
MUCH OF THE TESTIMONY HAD TO DO WITH THE CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.
CHARLES FREEMAN A FORMER ASSOCIATE AND FRIEND OF KELLY'S TESTIFIED HE WAS CONTRACTED BY DARRYL McDAVID AND ANOTHER MAN TO RECOVER THIS VHS TAPE THAT KELLY HAD ALLEGEDLY PRODUCED HIMSELF OF HIMSELF SEXUALLY ABUING A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL AND DETAILED HOW HE DID GET THE TAPE BACK AND MADE COPIES AS INSURANCE IN CASE KELLY DID NOT PAY HIM THE $1 MILLION AND THE LENGTHS HE WENT THROUGH TO GET THE PAYMENT OVER THE ENSUING YEARS.
>> IT SEEMS TO PROVE THAT KELLY KNEW THIS WAS WRONG?
>> THAT'S WHAT THE PROSECUTION WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE.
NOW, KELLY'S ATTORNEYS HAVE PORTRAYED THIS ASSOCIATE AS A LIAR AND CON MAN.
SO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT HE IS JUST MAKING IT UP TO MAKE HIMSELF LOOK BETTER.
>> TODAY WAS THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE TRIAL.
>> THE KEY TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION SO FAR WAS A WOMAN USING THE PSEUDONYM JANE AND SHE WAS THE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN THE TAPE THAT FREEMAN WAS CONTRACTED TO RECOVER.
SHE TESTIFIED LAST WEEK THAT KELLY SEXUALLY ABUSED HER HUNDREDS OF TIMES WHILE SHE WAS A MINOR AND THE TAPES WERE AT THE HEART OF THE 2008 PORN TRIAL IN COOK COUNTY.
AND JANE DID NOT TESTIFY AND HE WAS ACQUITTED.
THIS WEEK JANE'S MOTHER TESTIFIED HER FAMILY FELT SO THREATENED BY KELLY THEY FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES.
>> THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO GO THREE WEEKS.
MORE LEFT WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN COMING DAYS?
>> WE'RE EXPECTING TO GO A MONTH.
THERE IS A LOT OF TESTIMONY LEFT.
CHARLES FREEMAN WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW THERE WILL BE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF SOME OF HIS CLAIMS AND PROSECUTORS EXPECT TO CALL ANOTHER VICTIM WHO SAYS SHE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY KELLY LATER THIS WEEK.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US, MATT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN READ MATT'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT'S WTTW.COM/NEWS.
AND NOW, TO PARIS WITH LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
PARIS?
>> IT WAS A CONGRESSIONAL COMPROMISE FEW SAW COMING BUT LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT A SWEEPING CLIMATE AND HEALTHCARE BILL INTO LAW.
WHEN WILL AMERICANS START TO FEEL EFFECTS OF THIS NEW LAW?
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MUCH MORE ARE CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY A DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO'S NORTH SIDE.
CONGRESSMAN RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI A DEMOCRAT FROM SCHAUMBURG AND CONGRESSMAN SEAN CASTEN A DEMOCRAT FROM DOWNERS GROVE.
WE INVITED ALL THE REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION.
BUT WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING BACK HERE WITH US.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW ABOUT CANCELING STUDENT LOAN DEBT UP TO $10,000 WHETHER OR NOT HE IS GOING TO DO THAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE?
>> I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE.
I DON'T HAVE PREKNOWLEDGE BUT TOO LONG YUCK AND -- YOUNG AMERICANS HAVE BEEN HELD BACK FROM THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THEY CAN'T BUY A CAR OR A HOUSE.
THIS WILL BE A HUGE HAND UP TO LOWER AND MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS.
WITH 15 MILLION AMERICANS WILL GET A BENEFIT FROM THIS ACT.
>> CONGRESSMAN CASTEN THERE IS AN ARGUMENT IN THE PARTY AND WITHOUT THAT IT BENEFITS THOSE THAT MIGHT BE EARNING DECENT INCOMES AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE WHO DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE AND EARN LESS.
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS.
MY UNDERSTANDING HE IS INTENDING TO TAILOR IT TO A FOLKS AT THE LOWER END OF THE INCOME SCALE.
IT'S WORTH NOTING WE HAVE $1.7 TRILLION OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT DUE TO THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
AND WHENEVER JAY POWELL COMES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE HE SAYS YOU SHOULDN'T COUNT THAT AS AN ASSET BECAUSE A GOOD "CHICAGO SUN-TIMES" SOMETHING NOT GOING TO BE REPAID.
WE DON'T GAIN ANYTHING FROM SOCIETY WHEN WE LEAVE PEOPLE INDEBTED FROM COLLECTION.
I ARGUE THE NET POSITIVE IS GREATER ON OUR SOCIETY IF WE FIND WAYS TOED PEOPLE CAN BUY A HOME AND START A BUSINESS AND WE'LL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE DETAILS ARE.
>> AS YOU SAID IT'S EXPECTED TO BE TAILORED TO THOSE PERHAPS ON THE LOWER END OF THE INCOME SCALE.
CONGRESSMAN CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA LAWRENCE SUMMERS BRIEFS THAT IT COULD EXACERBATE INFLATION BY PUTTING THIS MUCH MONEY BACK INTO FOLKS POCKETS.
WHAT ABOUT THAT ARGUMENT?
>> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW IT'S STRUCTURED AND HOW IT ENDS UP GETTING ADMINISTERED.
BUT I THINK THAT THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HELD BACK IN STARTING VENTURES THAT COULD PRODUCE MORE GOODS AND SUPPLIES FOR OUR ECONOMY THERE WERE BASICALLY, THERE BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ INCREASING SUPPLY AND LOWERING PRICES OF GOODS AND SERVICES BECAUSE THEY ARE HELD BACK BY THE STUDENT DEBT.
THIS COULD BE A NET POSITIVE IN THE LONG-TERM ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
BUT, AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE DETAILS ARE WHEN THEY ARE ANNOUNCED.
>> WE'LL AWAIT THE PRESIDENT'S BRIEFING ON THAT TOMORROW.
CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY ON THIS INFLATION REDUCTION ACT DEALS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, IT DEALS WITH HEALTHCARE.
ON THE HEALTHCARE BIT, THE GOVERNMENT CAN NOW NEGOTIATE TOP DRUG PRICES, CAP ON INSULIN PRICES OUT OF POCKET FOR MEDICARE RECIPIENTS.
WHEN ARE AMERICANS GOING TO START TO FEEL THESE BENEFITS?
>> LOOK ON THE ACT AS A WHOLE, ON THE CLIMATE SIDE, RIGHT AWAY.
THOSE TAX INCENTIVE ALSO GO INTO EFFECT RIGHT NOW.
AS THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE LAW.
SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH PEOPLE PURCHASING SOLAR PANELS, ENERGY EFFICIENT DEVICES, ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
GOING TO HELP COMPANIES, TOO.
A FEW EXAMPLES.
YOU UPGRADE YOUR BREAKER BOX, UP TO $4,000 REBATE.
2500 FOR ELECTRIC WIRING THIS WILL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY INCENTIVE TO MOVE TO 40% REDUCTION EMISSIONS BY 2030.
THAT STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> CONGRESSMAN CASTEN ON THOSE TAX INCENTIVES CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BEEN A BIG CONCERN IN CONGRESS AND THERE ARE REPORTS AT THAT TIME $7,000 REBATE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES MIGHT BE OFFSET IF AUTOMAKERS RAISE THE PRICE.
DO YOU WORRY THAT THINGS LIKE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN?
>> NO, LOOK I TRUST MARKETS THAT ARE GOING TO COMPETE ON THAT PRICE.
THE $7,000 DEDUCTION WE SHOULD CLARIFY IT'S BASICALLY HALF OF THAT YOU CAN GET ON THE BALANCE WILL DEPEND ON HAVING DOMESTIC CONTENT AND WE JUST SAW THIS WEEK, HYUNDAI ANNOUNCED THEY ARE GOING TO ACCELERATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S. EV PLANT AND THEY WANT TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES TO CAPTURE THAT CREDIT.
AND FURTHERMORE, THAT CREDIT IS TAILORED MUCH AS THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT IT'S TAILORED AT FOLKS AT THE LOWER INCOME LEVEL.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE LESS THAN $150,000 OF INCOME OR 225 OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME TO QUALIFY FOR THE CREDIT.
THE CREDIT IS NOT GOING TO TARGET PEOPLE BUYING $200,000 CARS.
THEY ARE TARGETING PEOPLE IN THE CHEVY BOLT RANGE AND EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN THIS IS GOING TO ACCELERATE A TREND TO BRING MORE EV'S ON THE MARKET.
>> AND THE IDEA IS TO START TO MOVE THE MARKETS TO RENEWABLES.
CONGRESSMAN CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA DO YOU BELIEVE THE BILL CAN HELP REDUCE EMISSIONS GLOBALLY TO BE POINT THEY NEED TO BE TO STOP THE WARMING THAT IS GOING ON 2° OR MOREOVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS?
>> WELL, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE CONCERTED ACTION BY COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES JOINING WITH US.
HOWEVER, FOR INSTANCE PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED HE WANTED TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES BY 50% SINCE 2005 LEVELS.
AND WITH THIS INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WE WILL GET TO ROUGHLY 40% BELOW 2005 LEVELS.
A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO THE GOAL.
I DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO USE THIS TOPIC AS AN ICEBREAKER IF YOU WILL WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO GET THEM OFF THE SIDELINES TO DO MORE THAN THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING TO GET US TO THE GOAL THAT WE ALL WANTED AS PART OF THE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE ACCORD.
MY BILL, WHICH INCENTIVIZES THE CREATION OF SOLAR PANELS, SOLAR COMPONENTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS TO BE BUILT IN THE UNITED STATES WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WANT TO CREATE WEALTH AND PROSPERITY FROM THE SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY REVOLUTION HERE IN THE U.S. AND THAT MANUFACTURING CREDITS ARE GOING INTO PLACE STARTING IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
>> SO YOUR BILL FOLDED INTO THIS OVERALL BILL.
CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY IT'S CALLED THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.
HOW EXACTLY DOES IT REDUCE INFLATION?
>> LOOK, I MEAN IT HELPS PEOPLE ADJUST WITH FIXED COSTS.
THERE IS NOT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT DOESN'T GO HOME AND TALK TO SENIOR CITIZENS WHO HAVE TOUGH CHOICES TO MAKE ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
THEY EITHER PAY THEIR BILLS OR THEY BUY THEIR MEDICINE FOR THAT WEEK OR THAT MONTH.
WHEN THEY CAP IT AT $2,000 THAT IS GOING TO BE A GAME-CHANGER.
IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO NEGOTIATE FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING MEDICARE, THAT IS GOING TO BE A GAME-CHANGER.
IT'S GOING TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE COST PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE AS MY COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT ON LOWER INCOMES ON FIXED INCOMES.
IT'S GOING TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY INFLATION THE MOST IN THE SHORTEST PERIOD OF TIME.
>> WE'RE GOING TO LEAVETH THERE BUT WE JOINED BY THE CONGRESS MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND THAT RAID ON MAR-A-LAGO YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT.
FOR NOW, OUR THANKS TO REPRESENTATIVES MIKE QUIGLEY, RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI AND SEAN CASTEN.
>> AND NOW TO AMANDA AND CONCERNS ABOUT EXTREME WEATHER.
AMANDA?
>> ILLINOIS WILL SOON BE PART OF A CLUSTER OF STATES IN AN EXTREME HEAT BELT THAT IS ACCORDING TO A STUDY THAT FINDS A QUARTER OF LAND IN THE U.S. IS AT RISK OF THE MOST EXTREME LEVELS OF HEAT EXPOSURE.
THAT IS TEMPERATURES EXCEEDING A 125° HEAT INDEX.
JOINING US ARE MATTHEW EBY THE C.E.O.
OF THE FIRST STREET FOUNDATION, THE NONPROFIT MEASURES CLIMATE RELATED RISKS AND CONDUCTED THE STUDY.
AND SCOTT COLLIS AN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTIST AND DEPARTMENT HEAD AT THE ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY MANY WE WILL LOOK AT A GRAPHIC FROM THIS REPORT IT COMPARES PREDICTED TEMPERATURES IN 2023 NEXT YEAR TO 30 YEARS FROM NOW.
2053 SHOWING THE INCREASE OF THESE EXTREME HEAT DAYS.
MATTHEW WHO ARE EXACTLY EXTREME HEAT DAYS?
HOW DID YOU MEASURE THAT?
>> AN EXTREME HEAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE YOU WOULD EXPECT IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
AND CURRENTLY, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 7 MILLION AMERICANS LIVING IN POCKETS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD EXPERIENCE A LEVEL OF HEAT ABOVE 125°.
BUT WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING WITH EMISSIONS AND THE CHANGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE OVERALL, IS THAT THAT EXTREME HEAT BELT ACTUALLY THEN GROWS AND ENCOMPASSES AREAS FROM THE TOP OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA THROUGH AND UP TO CHICAGO.
WHERE WE WOULD EXPECT EVERY YEAR AT LEAST ONE DAY OVER 125° IN THE LOCAL AREA.
>> NOT A SWATH THAT WE WANT TO BE PART OF I BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE 107 MILLION AMERICANS WILL BE PART OF THAT GROUP IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS AND THAT IS A POPULATION LIKE EIGHT TIMES THE SIZE OF ILLINOIS.
SCOTT, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
>> WELL, IT IS ANOTHER WAY OF PAINTING A PICTURE.
WITH INCREASED RESOLUTION AND INCREASED FIDELITY BASICALLY, PUMPING GREENHOUSE GASES INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IS GOING TO WARM THE ATMOSPHERE BUT IN PLACES WHERE MOST PEOPLE LIVE WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE SO MUCH ASPHALT, BLACK ROADS AND CITIES LIKE CHICAGO WILL BE IMPACTED EVEN MORE.
>> YOU'RE SAYING CITIES LIKE CHICAGO BECAUSE THERE'S PAVEMENT, THE BUILDINGS AND SO IT JUST CHANGES THE EQUATION?
>> YES.
SO THE GREAT WORK THAT MATT HAS DONE THEY'VE TAKEN THE NORMAL CLIMATE MODEL LIKE LOOKING AT AN OLD PICKS LATED CAMERA AND ZOOMED IT INTO THE EXTREMELY HIGH RESOLUTION, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE RESOLUTIONS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, AND IN OUR CITIES, ESPECIALLY IN POOR AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE LESS AIR-CONDITIONING AND LESS ABILITY TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED THE MOST.
>> MATTHEW, WHAT IS DRIVING THIS HEAT BELT PARTICULARLY AS IT GOES SO FAR NORTH INTO INDIANA, INTO ILLINOIS?
WE KNOW THAT THE SOUTHERN STATES HAVE GOTTEN PARTICULARLY HOT.
BUT WHY SO FAR NORTH?
>> YEAH.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
AND SCOTT WAS GOING THROUGH IT.
IT IS A MIXTURE OF COMPONENTS THAT COME TOGETHER TO THEN GIVE YOU THAT LOCALIZED HEAT.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING UP NORTH THAT WE DON'T SEE IN THE SOUTH IS A PROXIMITY TO WATER.
WHEN THE WIND BRINGS THAT COOLER TEMPERATURE FROM THE WATER INTO LAND, IT ACTUALLY RESISTS THE TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING TOO HOT.
AND SO PLACES LIKE FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA THAT YOU WOULD AUTOMATICALLY EXPECT TO ACHIEVE THOSE EXTREME TEMPERATURES ARE ALMOST NATURALLY PROTECTED.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ELEVATION AND WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM TO PLACES LIKE CHICAGO THEY DON'T HAVE THAT COOLING EFFECT AND YOU END UP WITH THE ADDED ELEMENTS OF HAVING THINGS LIKE I AM PERV ROUSE SERVICES, STEEL OR CONCRETE THAT ABSORB HEAT AND GET HOTTER AND THAT IS WHEN YOU END UP WITH THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES.
>> MATTHEW, IT'S SUMMER AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HOT IN THE SUMMER IN PLACES LIKE CHICAGO.
SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL RIGHT JUST UNCOMFORTABLE AND THE EXTREME AND HAZARDOUS HEATS?
>> SURE.
SO THERE IS A COUPLE WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOU THINK OF A HEAT INDEX IT IS A MIXTURE OF HUMIDITY AND ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURES.
AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOUR BODY AS IT PERSPIRES THAT IS HOW IT COOLS.
WHEN YOU END UP IN THE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES THAT ARE SO HOT YOUR ABLE IT I TO REGULATE YOUR TEMPERATURE STARTS TO DECREASE.
YOU END UP WITH DANGEROUS DAYS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WHICH ARE 103°OR HOTTER.
OR AT THE HIGHEST POINT THE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DAYS OVER 125 WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
AT THOSE TEMPERATURES YOU END UP WITH THINGS LIKE HEAT STROKE IS VERY LIKELY.
OR YOU END UP WITH THINGS LIKE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SO STEEL LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT ABSORBS THAT HEAT AND GETS VERY HOT.
RAIL TRACKS ARE SO HOT WHEN YOU HAVE A TRAIN GO ON THEM THEY CAN KINK AND BUCKLE AND CAUSE TRAINS TO DERAIL.
PERSONAL HEALTH TO INFRASTRUCTURE STARTS TO CHANGE AND REACT DIFFERENTLY.
>> SCOTT, SO SORT OF HEARD MATTHEW TOUCH ON THAT IN TERMS OF IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THAT?
I'M THINKING ILLINOIS WE HAVE A LOT OF AGRICULTURAL TERRITORY?
>> YES.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED STUDYING PLACES LIKE ARGONNE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IS THE IMPACT ON AREAS THAT'S ARE FAIRLY UNIFORM LIKE AGRICULTURE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE SAW THE STORMS THAT CAN GET GOING BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA ENERGY BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA WATER VAPOR IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
WHAT WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IS MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW CLIMATE INTERACTS AT THAT STREET-LEVEL.
MATT'S GROUP HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN TAKING THE COURSE DATA AND MAKING HIGH RESOLUTION.
WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING IS TAKING THE MEASUREMENTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE WEATHER AND CLIMATE INTERACT WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THERE IS A TWO-WAY FEEDBACK.
YOU HAVE THE CITY CHANGES THE CLIMATE AND ALSO THE CLIMATE CONNECTS AND CAN CHANGE THE WAY THE CITY IS WORKING AS WELL.
>> LET'S PUT UP A MAP FROM THIS STUDY THAT DETAILS THE AMOUNT OF CON SEC UDAYS -- CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE 100°.
ARE WE ALREADY SEEING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHICAGO I'M THINKING FLOODING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO RECENTLY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION RELEASED A 20 YEAR NORMALS.
THEY LOOK AT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OVER PRECIPITATION OVER 20 YEARS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WHAT SHOULD MY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.
THEY MOVED FOR 10 YEARS DOWN TO THE NEW TRACK WE CAN SEE CLIMATE CHANGE THERE.
CHICAGO IS BECOMING WETTER AND WE'RE GETTING MORE RAINFALL ALL AT ONCE MORE FLASH FLOODS AND CHICAGO GETTING HOTTER.
>> A LOT OF MORE TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR THAT AND POTENTIAL PREVENTION.
WE'LL HAVE TO SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
OUR THANKS TO MATTHEW EBY AND SCOTT COLLIS.
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
>> UP NEXT, A LOOK INSIDE A NEW EFFORT TO HELP LOCAL ARTISTS SELL THEIR CREATIONS.
STAY WITH US.
>> MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING DAZZLING NEW PICTURES OF JUPITER FROM THE WEBB TELESCOPE.
>> FIRST IT IS A KIND OF AN ART GALLERY INSIDE A VENDING MACHINE.
THERE IS A NEW EFFORT TO BOOST THE PROFILE OF ARTISTS AND MAKERS IN CHICAGO AND PUT MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.
MARC VITALI HAS A LOOK AT THE LIGHTER SIDE OF BUYING ARTWORK AND OTHER FUN STUFF SOMETIMES JUST GO ALONG WITH YOUR BEER.
>> AT METROPOLITAN BREWING IN AVONDALE AND THE CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER IN THE LOOP, REPURPOSED VENDING MACHINES ARE STOCKED WITH VINTAGE PAPERBACKS, NOVELTIES AND ART.
WE SCORED A SIGNED PRINT FOR $15.
THE MACHINES ARE OWNED AND OPERATE BY LOCAL COMPANY GOOD THINGS VENDING.
>> IT IS A CREATIVE VENDING MACHINE PROJECT.
IT STOCKS LOCAL ART, NOSTALGIA ITEMS AND CORNER STORE TYPE STUFF.
I WILL TRY ANYTHING WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE MACHINE.
THERE IS A PRICE RESTRICTION WHICH IS 1-20 DOLLARS AND SIZE IT NEEDS TO BE THE SIZE OF A BAG OF CHIPS OR CANDY BAR.
>> PRODUCTS MIGHT INCLUDE A GAME OF BIRD BINGO, JEWELRY, OR EMBROIDERED PATCHES.
AND STEF SAYS BUSINESS IS BOOMING WITH MACHINES NEEDING TO BE RESTOCKED WEEKLY.
>> I WENT TO THE SCHOOL AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AND I LEARNED WHAT MAKES ANY EDUCATION ANY COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL ARE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CONTRIBUTING.
>> THE VENDING MACHINES THEMSELVES ARE CANVAS FOR LOCAL ARTISTS COMMISSIONED TO PAINT THEM.
AND THE ITEMS WITHIN ARE TAILORED TO THE AUDIENCE AT THE CULTURE AFTER CENTER THINGS ARE MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY.
BUT YOU HAVE TO VISIT THE BREWERY IF YOU WANT A LOCALLY MADE PIN THAT IDENTIFIES YOU AS A CHEESE SLUT.
>> I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE REACH OUT TO COLLABORATE WHEN THEY COME WITH IDEAS THAT BREAK OUTSIDE OF WHAT I'VE DONE BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S ITS OWN SATELLITE RETAIL MOMENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME RULES THAT LIKE A BRICK AND MORTAR SHOP WOULD WE CAN GET PLAYFUL.
>> ONE COLLABORATOR IS HANNAH SELLERS THE CREATOR OF CAT DROOL COLORING BOOKS AND MORE.
>> IT IS MY ART PRACTICE BORN OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
I AM A DESIGNER BY TRADE AND SO DOING CAT DROOL LETS ME SET DOWN THE RULES OF DESIGN AND PROCESS MY EMOTIONS AND LIFE AND IT'S CALLED CAT DROOL BECAUSE MY CAT DROOLS WHEN HE IS HAPPY.
IT TOTALLY GIVES MY ART A DIFFERENT FORM AND SHAPE AND ALSO GIVES ME A DIFFERENT VENUE.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE MY ART AT METROPOLITAN BREWING AND I'M FLOORED THAT PEOPLE BUY THEM.
LIKE STUFF WILL BE LIKE YOUR ROW SOLD OUT AGAIN AND I'M LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
A STICKER OF MY CAT DROOLING.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> THE MACHINES ACCEPT CASH OR PLASTIC AND PROFITS ARE DIVVIED UP.
>> RIGHT NOW THE WAY IT'S SETUP ARTISTS' GOODS ARE IN THE MACHINE ON CONSIGN.
IT'S 60/40 IN FAVOR OF THE ARTISTS.
IF I HAVE TROUBLE KEEPING THEM STOCKED SOMETIMES I WILL PURCHASE WORK WHOLESALE.
>> JOY.
THAT IS THE THING I FEEL MOST BECAUSE THAT PERSON DECIDED TO WALK UP THERE AND DO WHAT I'M INTO AND SEEING SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING LIKE OPEN A GRAB BAG OR CHECK OUT A NEW ARTIST PRODUCT WHILE HANGING HERE.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THE PROJECT COMES TO LIFE.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.
>> WHAT A FUN CONCEPT.
GOOD THINGS VENDING MACHINES CAN BE FOUND AT THE CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER AND METROPOLITAN BREWING.
A THIRD MACHINE IS SET TO BE INSTALLED AT THE WAY OUT BAR IN LOGAN SQUARE NEXT MONTH.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON THEIR INSTAGRAM PAGE VIA OUR WEBSITE.
BACK TO AMANDA.
>> THANK YOU.
STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... REPORTS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK 700 PAGES OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO HIS FLORIDA HOME LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WEIGH-IN.
FORMER WEST CHICAGO RESIDENTS FEEL THE IMPACT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE LEFT BEHIND BY A CHEMICAL CORPORATION DECADES AGO.
AND BIG NEWS ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S BIGGEST PLANET.
A LOCAL ASTRONOMER HELPS US PROCESS THE WEBB TELESCOPE'S NEW IMAGES OF JUPITER.
FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION WHILE WEARING A CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SWEATSHIRT IS SET TO STAND TRIAL MAY 1.
30-YEAR-OLD KAROL CHWIESIUK REJECTED AN OFFER FROM FEDERAL PROSECUTORS TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A SINGLE CHARGE.
THAT AGREEMENT WOULD HAVE MEANT A MAXIMUM SIX MONTHS PRISON TERM.
KAROL CHWIESIUK SENT PICTURES OF HIMSELF FROM OUT THE CAPITOL AND INSIDE THE OFFICE OF A SENATOR WHICH GOT TRASHED ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS.
KAROL CHWIESIUK IS FACING FIVE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES INCLUDING DISORDERLY CONDUCT, DISRUPTING GOVERNMENT BUSINESS AND ENTERING A RESTRICTED BUILDING.
HE WAS STRIPPED OF POLICE POWERS AND CHARGED IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
>> MOST AMERICAN ADULTS WANT TO SEE GUN LAWS MADE STRICTER ACCORDING TO A POLL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND "THE ASSOCIATED PRESS" WHICH SHOWS 71% OF AMERICANS SAY GUN LAWS SHOULD BE TIGHTENED.
THAT FIGURE INCLUDES HALF OF REPUBLICANS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS AND A MAJORITY OF ADULTS IN GUN OWNING HOUSEHOLDS.
THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN JULY 28-AUGUST 1 AFTER A STRING OF DEADLY MASS SHOOTINGS INCLUDING THE ATTACK ON THE JULY 4TH PARADE IN HIGHLAND PARK.
>> THE DEFENDING WNBA CHAMPIONS ARE HOPING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.
TO DO THAT, THE CHICAGO SKY WILL HAVE TO BEAT THE LIBERTY IN TONIGHT'S WIN OR GO HOME GAME THREE.
AFTER A LOSS IN THE SERIES OPENER THE SKYDOME NATURED NEW YORK TO WIN BY 38 POINTS SATURDAY.
THAT IS THE LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY IN WNBA PLAYOFF HISTORY.
IF THE SKY WIN TONIGHT, THE TEAM WILL GO ON TO FACE EITHER THE DALLAS LINGS ON THE CONNECTICUT SUN.
THAT SERIES IS ALSO TIED WITH GAME THREE TOMORROW.
AND NOW PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.
>> EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM WE DISCUSSED THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND NOW WE'RE JOINED BY CONGRESSMEN, MIKE QUIGLEY, RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI AND SEAN CASTEN.
WE INVITED ALL THE REPUBLICANS FROM THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION AND NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION.
CONGRESSMAN CASTEN ON THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE THE AP HAS A POLL SHOWING 70% OF AMERICANS THINK GUN LAWS SHOULD BE STRICTER.
THE HOUSE DID PASS AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.
ANY CHANCE AT ALL IN THE SENATE OR NO?
>> NO, I THINK WHAT REALLY TROUBLES US ALL IN THE HOUSE AND IS THE THINGS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT HAVE A HARD TIME PASSING THE SENATE.
WE CAN'T GET THE SENATE TO TAKE UP A VOTE ON THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN BECAUSE THEY ARE PRIORITIZING THE FILIBUSTER OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
I THINK WE'RE TROUBLED BY THAT.
BUT I THINK WE CAN SHOW IN THE HOUSE WHAT IS POSSIBLE NOT JUST ON ASSAULT WEAPONS BANS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIONS, THE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MORE GUNS OFF THE STREET.
THE MAJORITY OF GUN DEATHS ARE BY SUICIDE.
AND THE MAJORITY OF MASS SHOOTERS ARE YOUNG WHITE MEN WITH A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
TWO-THIRDS OF ALL MASS SHOOTERS HAVE A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IF TWO-THIRDS OF ALL CAR FATALITIES HAPPENED IN ONE TYPE OF CAR WE WOULD TAKE THE CAR OFF THE ROAD.
WE PASSED A BILL AND THERE IS A LIMITED TAKEAWAY FROM THE SENATE PACKAGE BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE JUDGED NOT BY WHAT WE PASSED BUT WHETHER THE NUMBER OF GUN DEATHS IS DECLINING AND WE ARE NOT SUCCEEDING.
>> A LOT OF THINGS PASSED THE HOUSE ON ISSUES LIKE VOTER PROTECTION, GUN RIGHTS THAT DO NOT SEEM TO GET ANY MOMENTUM IN THE SENATE.
CONGRESSMAN CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA THERE ARE IDEAS ONE FROM MALONEY WOULD IMPOSE A 20% TAX FOR ASSAULT WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS OR IMPORTERS.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE TALKING ABOUT?
>> THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN LIMIT THE ACCESS TO THESE WEAPONS OF WAR, THESE AR-15 AND ASSAULT STYLE WEAPONS.
I ACTUALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO QUESTION GUN COMPANY C.E.O.S AT AN OVERSIGHT HEARING CHAIRED BY CAROLYN MALONEY.
AND WE FOUND THAT THE GUN COMPANIES MADE $1 BILLION OFF THE SALE OF THESE AR-15 WEAPONS OVER JUST THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND SO IT IS A HUGE MONEYMAKER FOR THEM.
AND SO IS IT ANY WONDER THAT THEY AND THE NRA ARE AGAINST BANNING THE SALE OF THESE WEAPONS?
NOT TO ME IT ISN'T.
AND, YET, THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DON'T BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THESE AR-15'S.
BAN THE SALE OF THEM.
RAISE THE MINIMUM AGE FOR PURCHASING THEM, PREVENT DOMESTIC ABUSERS FROM GETTING ACCESS TO ANY WEAPONS.
AND YET, THE GUN COMPANY C.E.O.S AND THE NRA ARE AGAINST IT FOR-PROFITS AND THEY ARE PUTTING PROFITS OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE OUTSIDE INFLUENCE EVERY TIME THE ISSUES COME UP.
WE SHOULD MENTION THE MODEST GUN BILL THAT DID CLEAR THE HOUSE AND SENATE, CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY LET'S MOVE TO THE TRUMP RAID.
ACCORDING TO A LETTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD TAKEN 700 PAGES OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO MAR-A-LAGO.
THESE ARE RECORDS THAT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES HAVE SOUGHT AND THE DOJ SUBPOENAED FOR THEM AND TOOK SOME AND DISCOVERED THERE WERE MORE THAT TRUMP LAWYERS WERE NOT FORTHCOMING ABOUT.
THEN THEY GOT MORE WITH THE SEARCH WARRANT.
HOW SERIOUS A POTENTIAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS THIS?
>> LOOK, IT DOESN'T GET MORE SERIOUS.
AND THE FACT THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HIMSELF WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN ITS APPROVAL TELLS YOU THAT THEY ARE BEING VERY CAREFUL.
I'M SURE THE F.B.I.
WAS WHEN THEY CONDUCTED THE RAID.
RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI AND I SERVE ON THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE.
THIS INFORMATION DISCUSSED AS IT WAS AS TOP SECRET, WITH THE LETTERS THAT THE GO WITH IT, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO KEEP SAFE.
THE LANGUAGE THEY TELL US IS OUR NATIONAL SECURITY WOULD BE GRAVELY IMPACTED UPON ITS RELEASE.
WHY ANY FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD WANT THIS, IS MINDBOGGLING AND PARTICULARLY SCARY.
AND HIS REACTION TO THIS IN THE TYPICAL BLUSTER IS THAT AS CONCERNING BECAUSE OF THE THREATS THAT IT CON NOTATES AND WE'RE SEEING THE BEGINNINGS OF THE VIOLENCE THAT IT WILL CREATE.
>> AND CONGRESSMAN CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA BEING ON THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ARE YOU PRIVY TO WHAT THE DOCUMENTS MIGHT CONTAIN AND HOW CONCERNING THEY MIGHT BE TO NATIONAL SECURITY?
>> WE'VE WRITTEN A LETTER TO HAINES THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REQUESTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONTENT AS WELL AS MOST IMPORTANTLY, DAMAGE TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY BY POTENTIAL EXPOSURE OF THE DOCUMENTS.
GOD FORBID TO OUR ADVERSARIES.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MIKE SAID WHEN WEE SEE THESE DOCUMENTS ESPECIALLY THE ONES MARKED LIKE TSSCI, WHICH IS THE MOST PRECIOUS, THE CROWN JEWELS OF OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ONLY REVIEWED WITHIN BUNKERS THAT ARE UNDER ARMED GUARD.
AND PEOPLE TAKE INVENTORY OF THESE MATERIALS EVEN AS WE'RE REVIEWING THEM AND THEN THEY TAKE THEM BACK UPON OUR COMPLETION OF OUR REVIEW.
THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD BE OUT OF A SECURE FACILITY IN THE BASEMENT OF MAR-A-LAGO, POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO VISITORS OR POTENTIALLY OUR ADVERSARIES IS VERY DISTURBING ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE ESPIONAGE ACT WAS INVOKED IN THE WARRANT FOR THE COLLECTION OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.
THE ACT THERE HAS TO DO WITH DEFENSE RELATED INFORMATION.
SO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TOP SECRET INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE, THAT'S WHAT RAISES EVERYBODY'S EYEBROWS AND MORE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT IS IN THESE DOCUMENTS AND GET THEM BACK.
>> RAISING EVERYONE'S EYEBROWS THREATS AGAINST THE F.B.I.
CONGRESSMAN CASTEN ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF WHAT THE F.B.I.
IS FACING HERE LOCALLY IN CHICAGO.
AND OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY?
>> I THINK WE'RE QUITE CONCERNED.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE STORY TODAY THAT THE I.R.S.
AGENTS ARE SAYING [INAUDIBLE] THERE IS A REAL QUESTION HERE THAT WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES AS AMERICANS.
NOT AS DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS.
DO WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT IS BOUND BY THE RULE OF LAW?
AND THE LAW APPLIES EQUALLY TO ALL.
AND THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO WERE CHANTING ABOUT SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT NOT THAT LONG AGO ARE CALLING TO DEFEND THE F.B.I.
NOT BECAUSE THEIR VIEWS CHANGED BUT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE WHO WERE THEIR FRIENDS BROKE THE LAW AND HAD BEEN PROSECUTED.
EITHER YOU DEFEND THE RULE OF LAW OR YOU ARE A PARTY TO THE DEMISE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND IT IS DANGEROUS FOR THE RISKS OF PLACING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BECAUSE THE RHETORIC COMING OUT OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DANGEROUS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE IF WE ARE NOT PROTECTED BY THESE INDIVIDUALS THEN OUR COMMUNITIES AREN'T SAFE.
BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S DANGEROUS FOR THE VIABILITY OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
AND I STRONGLY HOPE THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL START TEMPERING DOWN THE RHETORIC AND PUTTING DEMOCRACY FIRST AND NOT ENCOURAGED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO THAT SOON AND FRANKLY I'M SCARED.
>> AND SOME MEMBERS HAVE FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAS CALLED ON SOME BUT THE VAST MAJORITY STAYED SILENT OR SUPPORTED SOME OF THAT RHETORIC.
WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THANKS TO CONGRESSMEN, RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI, MIKE QUIGLEY AND SEAN.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> UP NEXT, THE IMPACT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE LEFT BEHIND BY A CHEMICAL CORPORATION.
BUT FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> THE TRIAL FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINSTSTERRY GENETICS STERIGENICS.
LONG BEFORE THAT CASE RESIDENTS IN THE SUBURB OF WEST CHICAGO STRUGGLE WITH HEALTH ISSUES STEMMING FROM THE MISMANAGEMENT OF TOXIC WASTE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
A FORMER POLLUTER CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY IN 1980.
AND THE HAZARDOUS WASTE WAS FINALLY REMOVED IN 2015.
BUT THE HEALTH ISSUES REMAIN.
AND JOINING US ARE ERIKA BARTLETT, FORMER WEST CHICAGO RESIDENT AND CANCER SURVIVOR.
TED HOGAN A PH.D.
IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR THE ANORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.
HE IS A FORMER WEST CHICAGO RESIDENT.
AND JUILETA ALCANTAR-GARCIA A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND OFFICIAL OF IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY DUPAGE BORN AND RAISED IN WEST CHICAGO.
WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
TED HOGAN YOU SPENT THE FIRST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE IN WEST CHICAGO.
CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TOXIC CONTAMINANTS FOUND ALL OVER THAT COMMUNITY?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
YES, THERE WERE A PLANT A RARE EARTH PLANT YOU'VE READ ABOUT AND SEEN A LOT OF COVERAGE OF RARE EARTH MINING TAKING PLACE FOR YEARS AND LOTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
ONE OF THE LARGEST PLANTS IN THE WORLD WAS IN WEST CHICAGO OF ALL PLACES.
AND THE MATERIAL THEY LEFT BEHIND WAS RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
AND IT INCLUDES RADIO ACTIVE SOIL.
AND THE PARK I USED TO PLAY AS A KID AND ALSO IT WAS DISTRIBUTED AS A LANDFILL FOR HOUSES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF OVER 600 HOUSES HAD TO BE -- THE PROPERTY HAD TO BE REMEDIATED BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> HOUSES, RESIDENTS WERE TAKING THE TOXIC MATERIAL AND PUTTING IT INTO THEIR YARDS AND GROUNDS.
ERIKA BARTLETT YOU ARE A CANCER SURVIVOR.
YOU STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS LINKED TO THE RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION IN WEST CHICAGO.
AND THEN YOU WENT AND KNOCKED ON DOORS OF NEIGHBORS TO FIND OUT THEIR SITUATION.
WHAT DID YOU FIND?
>> WHEN I FIRST TALKED TO PEOPLE I WASN'T SURE IF I WOULD FIND ANY CONNECTION BUT THE MORE PEOPLE I TALKED TO, THE MORE CLEAR IT WAS TO ME THERE WAS A PATTERN I WAS SEEING WHAT SEEMED TO BE HIGH INSTANCE OF CAPPER IS IN AREAS SURROUNDING THE FACTORY AND THE POLLUTED SITES IN THE TOWN.
AND A LOT OF IT WAS SAD TO HEAR.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WEREN'T NECESSARILY AWARE OF THE WHOLE STORY OR WHY IT WAS THERE.
AND THAT WAS CONCERNING TO ME.
>> AND JUILETA ALCANTAR-GARCIA YOU ARE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS BORN AND RAISED IN WEST CHICAGO.
MANY LATINOS BEGAN MOVING THERE A FEW DECADES AGO.
AND THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE EXTENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THAT EXISTED THERE.
HOW COME SO MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THE DARK FOR SO LONG?
AND HOW DID THEY START FINDING OUT?
>> WELL, I BLAME THE LANGUAGE BARRIER BECAUSE MOST OF THESE PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW ENGLISH.
THIS WAS SUBSEQUENT TO A MUSHROOM FARM THAT SOLD ITS HOMES THEY HAD FOR THESE PEOPLE.
AND COINCIDENTLY THERE WERE HOMES FOR SALE IN ANOTHER AREA IN TOWN.
AND THESE PEOPLE WERE TOLD YOU CAN BUY HOMES HERE AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE REALLY ECONOMIC HOMES FOR THEM.
SO THERE WAS NO DISCLOSURE.
THERE WAS NOTHING TELLING THEM ANY WARNINGS.
I BELIEVE THE REALTOR THE REAL ESTATE REGULATIONS WEREN'T AS SPECIFIC OR PRECISE ABOUT DISCLOSING WHAT A HOME HAS BEFORE YOU BUY IT.
AND TODAY WE DO HAVE THOSE LAWS.
BUT I THINK BEFORE 1975 OR 1980 IT WASN'T THAT WAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS IN THEIR HOME.
AND MOST OF THEM WERE LATINOS AND PEOPLE THAT MY PARENTS KNEW, AND DEVELOPED CANCERS THAT WE WERE MY FATHER, MY MOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY WERE ASTONISHED AT THE PEOPLE THEY KNEW AND HAD PASSED AWAY OR HAD DEVELOPED THE CANCER THEY NEVER HEARD OF.
OR AN ILLNESS THEY NEVER HEARD OF.
>> TRAGIC CONNECTION HERE.
AND TED HOGAN, WE SHOULD MENTION THE COMPANY AT THE CENTER OF THIS KERR McGEE IS NOT AROUND ANYMORE.
THIS HAS BEEN A DECADES' LONG FIGHT TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT IS THE STATUS RIGHT NOW?
>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT MOST OF THE SOLID WASTE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY BUT THERE'S POTENTIAL GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE.
AND IT WAS NOT JUST IN THE TOWN THEY HAD TO DIG UP THE DUPAGE RIVER FOR A NUMBER OF MILES TO REMOVE THE CONTAMINATION FROM THE SEDIMENT IN THE SOIL, TOO.
SO THERE MAY BE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION.
THE WELLS ARE NOT REACHING THAT AREA RIGHT NOW.
BUT, AGAIN, RADIATION STAYS AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT THAT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> IT'S TAKEN DECADES TO CLEAN UP AND WE SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY THAT SAID THERE'S STILL MITIGATION GOING ON NOW.
ERIKA BARTLETT THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT WITH KERR McGEE FOR ABOUT $4,000 TO KIDS WHO GREW UP IN WEST CHICAGO.
IS THAT SUFFICIENT?
HAS THAT COMPANY BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE ENOUGH IN YOUR ESTIMATION GIVEN THE DAMAGE AND THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT IT CAUSED?
>> WELL, WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR LAWSUIT WAS THAT IT WAS THE FIRST LAWSUIT IN THE COUNTRY PROVIDING MONEY FOR MEDICAL MONITORING.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SICK THEY WERE SETTING THE MONEY ASIDE TO HAVE CHECKUPS AND KEEP YOUR WITH YOUR HEALTH AND CATCH ANY HEALTH CONCERNS OR PROBLEMS EARLY.
BUT IN REALITY WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING $4,000 DOESN'T LAST A DAY.
>> ESPECIALLY WITH MEDICAL BILLS IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH SOME CHRONIC ILLNESS OR CANCER.
JUILETA ALCANTAR-GARCIA, GIVE US A SYNOPSIS OF HOW ARDUOUS THIS FIGHT AS BEEN AND HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN TO CLEAN UP THE COMMUNITY?
>> I BELIEVE THE IMAGE MIGHT HAVE FROZEN.
ERIKA BARTLETT I WILL THROW THAT QUESTION TO YOU.
AND YOU NO LONGER LIVE THERE.
BUT WE SAW IN RESEARCHING THIS WE HAD NOTTAGE FROM WTTW WAY BACK IN 1990 ON THIS.
GOING BACK 30 YEARS.
HOW HARD AND LONG A FIGHT HAS THIS BEEN?
>> SOME OF THE FIGHT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS A KID.
THERE WAS A GROUP AND THEY FORMED WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT KERR McGEE INTENDED TO BURY THE WASTE IN OUR TOWN.
>> ONE OF THE RADIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS.
>> YES.
SO THAT GROUP KIND OF FORMED TO FIGHT THAT.
AND THEY GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN AND A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PREVENT KERR McGEE FROM DUMPING AND BURIES THAT WASTE IN WEST CHICAGO.
THAT WAS A BIG VICTORY FOR THEM.
AND THAT WAS WHERE THE FIGHT STARTED.
>> AND JUILETA ALCANTAR-GARCIA BEFORE WE LOST YOU THE QUESTION WAS A SENSE OF HOW LONG AND TOUGH THIS FIGHT AS BEEN?
>> TOO LONG.
IT'S STILL GOING ON.
BECAUSE THERE'S STILL TOO MUCH WORK TO DO.
THE SITUATION WITH THE WATER WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO LOOK INTO THAT OURSELVES AT THE IMMIGRANT SOCIETY OF DUPAGE.
THERE'S STILL SOMETHING GOING ON AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT -- THERE ARE PEOPLE SICK IN WEST CHICAGO.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE $4,000 A FEW YEARS AGO, IS ENOUGH.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND I HOPE MY FELLOW WEST CHICAGOANS HOPE TO SEE THIS RESOLVED AND TRANSPARENCY FROM OUR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWARDS WEST CHICAGOANS.
SPEAK UP.
TALK TO US AND LISTEN TO US.
>> THIS AGAIN A CASE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES WE SEE THE STERIGENICS CASE IN COURT RIGHT NOW.
OUR THANKS TO ERIKA BARTLETT, TED HOGAN AND JUILETA ALCANTAR-GARCIA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> UP NEXT, BREATHTAKING NEW PICTURES OF JUPITER.
SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.
>> GIANT NEWS FROM THE GIANT PLANET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW IMAGES FROM NASA OF JUPITER.
CAPTURED BY THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPE BUILT.
THE $10 BILLION TELESCOPE IS AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.
THESE NEW PHOTOS CAPTURED THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S LARGEST PLANET IN WAYS WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
HERE TO SHARE HIS INSIGHTS AND ENTHUSIASM IS ASTRONOMER MARK HAMMERGREN PREVIOUSLY WITH ADLER PLANETARIUM NOW AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT WITH FARTHER HORIZONS.
MARK, THESE PICTURES THEY ARE STUNNING, OUT OF THIS WORLD EVEN.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS WHAT EXCITES YOU MOST?
>> FIRST IMPRESSION WOW THIS IS AMAZING.
THESE IMAGES SHOW JUPITER IN MORE DETAIL IN DIFFERENT BANDS OF LIGHT, DIFFERENT COLORS OF LIGHT THAN HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BEFORE.
SO WHENEVER YOU OBSERVE SOMETHING IN MORE DETAIL OR IN A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU LEARN NEW THINGS.
>> ESPECIALLY SOMETHING ALL THAT FAR AWAY.
LARGE THOUGH IT IS.
ONE THING DRAMATICALLY ON DISPLAY IS JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT AND THAT IS A STORM LARGE ENOUGH TO SWALLOW EARTH.
TELL US MORE WHAT YOU SEE?
>> YES.
SO THE GREAT RED SPOT JUMPS OUT RIGHT AWAY AND IT'S VERY BRIGHT WHICH MEANS APPROPRIATELY FOR A STORM IT HAS HIGH ALTITUDE CLOUDS AROUND IT AND THE CLOUDS HAVE A HAZE SO THEY REFLECT MORE LIGHT.
DESPITE THE FACT THIS TELESCOPE OBSERVES IN THE INFRARED THIS IMAGE IS COMPOSED OF REFLECTED SUNLIGHT RATHER THAN EMITTED HEAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS REFLECTED LIGHT.
WE HAVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF JUPITER.
YOU HAVE TWO MONTHS OF JUPITER APPEARING IN THE IMAGE AS WELL.
AND YOU'VE GOT THE AURORA AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES OF JUPITER PLUS I THINK WHAT IS COOL BACKGROUND GALAXIES AS A PHOTOGRAPHY GEEK AND ASTRONOMY PROFESSIONAL, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT YOU HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE CONTRAST IN THE SINGLE IMAGE.
>> ALSO, RINGS AND MOONS WITHIN THE RINGS, RIGHT?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THE SMALL MOON MAYBE ABOUT 10 MILES ACROSS IT RESIDES IN JUPITER'S RINGS.
AND WHY IS THAT THE CASE?
BECAUSE THE MOON GETS KNOCKED BY STUFF THAT STUFF WHICH BLASTS DEBRIS OFF OF THAT SATELLITE.
AND THEY GO INTO ORBIT AROUND JUPITER AND THAT FORMS THE RINGS OF JUPITER.
>> INTERESTING.
NOW, ALSO INTERESTING IS HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.
BECAUSE THE WEBB TELESCOPE POWERFUL BUT TURNING WHAT IT CAPTURES INTO IMAGES, I MEAN THIS ISN'T AS SIMPLE AS I DON'T KNOW, TAKING A PHOTO AND THEN GETTING FILM PROCESSED AT WALGREENS.
WHAT IS INVOLVED WITH PRODUCING AND TRANSLATING THESE INTO IMAGES?
>> MANY, MANY STEPS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
YOU GET THE RAW DATA AND YOU HAVE TO CALIBRATE THEM.
AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ERRORS.
THE SPACE TELESCOPE IS IN SPACE SO IT GETS HIT WITH COSMIC RAYS AND THEY CAUSE ARTIFACTS IN THE IMAGES.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE.
YOU COMBINE THE DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS THE COLORS OF LIGHT AND TRY TO MAKE A PRETTY PICTURE AND THEN YOU GOT SOMETHING DOMINATED BY THE BRIGHT JUPITER.
YOU GOT TO WORK MAGIC REALLY TO BRING OUT THE DETAILS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
AND THIS WAS DONE BY AN AMATEUR SCIENTIST.
A CITIZEN SCIENTIST.
NOT A PROFESSIONAL NOT SOMEONE WHAT IS EXPERT IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
THIS IS SOMEONE WHO LOVES, LOVES THE FIELD.
AND PRODUCED THESE GORGEOUS IMAGES AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS.
>> LITERALLY PROCESSING THE IMAGES DID BEAUTIFUL WORK.
WE DID HOWEVER GET THE FIRST IMAGES FROM THE WEBB TELESCOPE LAST MONTH AND THAT INCLUDED PLANTARY NEBULA AND A QUINTET OF GALAXIES.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THOSE IMAGES?
>> GORGEOUS AS WELL AND THE VIEW IN THE INFRARED LIGHT GIVES US A VIEW THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE IN THIS DETAIL.
WHAT WE SEE IN THOSE TWO IMAGES ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF COOLER MATERIAL THAN WE'VE SEEN OPTICLY.
OPTICLY WE CAN SEE STARS AND THE COMBINED LIGHT OF BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF STARS.
BUT GALAXIES AND THIS PLANTARY NEBULA FEATURED ALSO HAVE DUST IN THEM.
CONDENSED STAR STUFF.
AND THAT IS VERY HARD TO OBSERVE BUT IT GLOWS WITH ITS OWN HEAT AND THAT CAN BE SEEN IN THE INFRARED IN THE IMAGES.
TELLS US A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEM.
>> STAR STUFF.
YOU POINTED OUT JUST THERE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE WEBB TELESCOPE VERSUS ITS PREDECESSOR THE HUBBLE AND OTHER TELESCOPES.
IN GENERAL, $10 BILLION, IS IT $10 BILLION BETTER?
>> OH, GOSH, YOU KNOW HOW DOES ONE ASSIGN A COST TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
WELL, TO SOME EXTENT ALL OF THIS BASIC SCIENCE IS A LUXURY TO HUMANS.
AND THEN AGAIN SO ARE MOVIES AND BOOKS OF ALMOST ANY KIND.
HUMANS DON'T LIVE JUST BY BREAD ALONE.
HUMANS ARE CURIOUS.
AND THESE KINDS OF DISCOVERIES REALLY ARE WHAT GIVE HUMANITY A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, I THINK.
>> AND SO SPEAKING OF ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT WHAT DO YOU HOPE NASA FOCUSES ON AND THAT THE WEBB IS USED FOR NEXT?
>> I'M PRIMARILY A PLANTARY ASTRONOMER SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT JUNE FER IS GETTING -- JUPITER IS GETTING ITS DUE.
ASTEROIDS WILL BE IMAGED.
BUT HUBBLE -- SORRY, JWST IS GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE DISTANT UNIVERSE TELLING US MORE ABOUT THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR UNIVERSE AND FORMING STAR SYSTEMS.
AND FORMING STAR SYSTEMS PLANTARY SYSTEMS THAT IS WHAT I THINK WILL REALLY BE COOL.
>> VERY COOL ALL OF IT.
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