>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

PARIS SCHUTZ WILL JOIN US SHORTLY.

>>> HERE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW CHICAGOANS ARE LOOKING AT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARMING ACROSS THE REGION.

>>> DID THE PREDICTION OF EXCESS POLICE OFFICERS EVER MATERIALIZED ?

>>> AND 100 DAYS IN OFFICE, THAT AND MORE FROM THE SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAMS.

>>> IT WASN'T AN ORDINARY DLG .

>> PLUS, THE SAUSAGE KING AND QUEEN OF CHICAGO CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF RATING OVER MILWAUKEE.

>>> IT MIGHT LOOK BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE BUT IT IS DANGEROUS.

CHICAGO OFFICIALLY SET A NEW HEAT RECORD FOR THIS DATE, A HIGH OF 98 DEGREES.

THE HEAT INDICES SOARING INTO THE HUNDREDS, AND WE ARE IN MORE FOR TOMORROW.

HOW IS THE CITY BEATING THE HEAT, PARIS SCHUTZ IS JOINING US FROM THE BEACH.

>> Reporter: HEY, BRANDIS.

THIS IS THE BEST DATE TO BE, AND IT STILL 90 DEGREES .

FOLKS FILLING IN THE WATER.

THE HEAT INDEX GOT AS HIGH AS 115 EARLIER TODAY AT MIDWAY, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT'S OF THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR HEAT ON THIS VERY DATE.

THIS HAS CAUSED CPS TO RESCHEDULE SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES, ANY PRACTICES FOR ATHLETICS HAVE BEEN MOVED INDOORS RIGHT NOW.

KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL WITH AIR CONDITIONING, ALTHOUGH WE ARE TOLD BY PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL, THAT THE AC WAS NOT REALLY WORKING VERY WELL.

YOU SEE WINDOWS OPEN HERE.

WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM CBS ON THE SITUATION.

COOK COUNTY -- STARTING TO SEE SOME ADMISSIONS TO THE E.R.

DUE SOON -- HEAT TODAY.

THEY SAID TO WATCH OUT FOR SOME ELDERLY RESIDENTS IN THE CITY.

>> THE ONE POPULATION IT'S REALLY HIGH RISK ARE ELDERLY PATIENTS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS, ON A LOT OF MEDICATIONS, AND A LOT OF TIME, THE MEDICINE THEY ARE ON AND THE HEALTH PROBLEMS WILL MAKE IT FOR THEIR BODIES HARD TO DEAL WITH VERY HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

>> Reporter: THE DOCTORS SAY IF YOU DO HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE FOR WORK LIKE WE HAD TO BE TODAY, OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON, BE CAUTIOUS AND BE AWARE OF THE SIGNS OF HEAT STROKE.

>> THE BIG THINGS YOU LOOK FOR, PEOPLE GET HEAT EXHAUSTION, THEY WILL BECOME DIZZY SO LIGHTHEADED, THEY HAVE A BIT OF A HEADACHE.

THAT'S WHEN YOU WANT TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE CLIMATE.

MAYBE PUT A COOL WASHCLOTH OVER THE NAPE OF YOUR NECK, AIR CONDITIONING AND START HYDRATING.

THE SIGNS OF HEAT STROKE ARE CONCERNING, YOU BECOME CONFUSED.

MAYBE HAVING DIFFICULTY WALKING.

GET A VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE.

YOU WILL STOP SWEATING, AND REALLY WHAT'S CONCERNING ABOUT THAT AS YOU MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS OF BECOMING CONFUSED SO IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE OUT WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, IF THEY SEE THOSE SIGNS, YOU NEED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE.

>> Reporter: ALSO VULNERABLE, THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE HOMES OR AIR CONDITIONING IN THEIR HOMES.

THE CITY HAS OFFERED UP SIX SPOTS ACROSS THE CITY FOR COOLING CENTERS, INCLUDING HERE IN UPTOWN, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE OPEN FROM 9:00 AND 5:00 TOMORROW.

DEPARTMENTS OF FAMILY AND SUPPORT SERVICE BRANDY CANARSIE SAYS HER -- AND CALLING ON VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

>> WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING -- VULNERABLE SENIORS AND WITH SMALL CHILDREN SPEARED WE'VE BEEN DOING ROBOCALLS FOR OLDER ADULTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING, WE ARE GETTING OUT TO THE UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW ABOUT IT, HAVE WATER, MAKE SURE THAT THAT IF THEY WANT TO COME INTO A COOLING CENTER, THEY CAN, AND LASTLY, WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO WELL-BEING CHECKS FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THOSE WHO NEED THEM.

>> Reporter: HOW ELSE CAN YOU BEAT THE HEAT, HERE IS A DELICIOUS WAY.

WHY DON'T YOU HEAD OVER TO MARIO'S ITALIAN LEMONADE ON TAYLOR STREET.

THE ICONIC SPOT FOR SOME ITALIAN ICE.

IT WAS A PLACE TO BE, ESPECIALLY AFTER 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, AS STUDENTS ACROSS THE -- AND THEY LIGHT UP THERE.

WORKERS SAW A STEADY STREAM AND SATISFIED CUSTOMERS ALL DAY.

HOW GOOD DOES ITALIAN LEMONADE HIT WHEN IT'S THIS HOT?

>> LIKE 1000% TIMES BETTER LIKE IT'S WAY BETTER WHEN IT'S HOT OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING THAT SENSATION OF LIKE COOLNESS INTO YOUR BODY SO, YEAH.

IT HIS WAY BETTER.

>> Reporter: I THINK DR.

RECOMMENDED.

WHAT HAS BUSINESS BEEN LIKE TODAY?

>> IT'S BEEN PRETTY BUSY FOR THE MORNING.

USUALLY IT GETS BUSIER AT NIGHT, BUT IT'S BEEN A PRETTY CONSTANT CROWD COMING IN TODAY.

>> Reporter: AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK IN ON YOUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIEND, THEY DON'T HANDLE THIS HEAT VERY WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY TO REGULATE IT, SO FROLICKING AROUND IN LAKE MICHIGAN IS A GOOD ACTIVITY FOR THEM TO DO, AND THEN WE DO GET TO DO THIS ALL TOMORROW.

THIS EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN PLACE IN COOK COUNTY UNTIL 8:00 P.M.

TOMORROW NIGHT.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU IN THE COOL STUDIO.

>> PARIS, I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO GET SOME ITALIAN ICE AND THAT YOU FIND SOME AIR-CONDITIONING RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU KNOW I DID .

>>> AS WE JUST HEARD FROM PARIS, IT'S HOT OUT THERE.

TO RECAP THE INFORMATION, MULTIPLE AGENCIES ACROSS THE -- WHERE FOLKS CAN FIND RELIEF.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS OPENED 27 TOTAL CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY.

IT'S EXPANDING HOURS TODAY TODAY AND TOMORROW TO 8:00 TO 7:00 P.M. AS WELL AS USING THE CITY PARK DISTRICT FIELD HOUSES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES AS COOLING CENTERS.

COOK COUNTY SAYS IT'S USING ITS NUMBER -- TO INCLUDE COURTHOUSES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

THEY WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:30 A.M. TO -- AND IT SAYS IT'S COMMUNITY CENTERS WILL ALSO PROVIDE RELIEF TODAY AND TOMORROW.

>>> THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO HELP CLEAN ENCAMPMENTS AND -- IS HAVING -- SUCCESS.

THE OIG REPORTS THAT A PROGRAM WITHIN THE FOUND HOUSING FOR NEED 94% OF 240 RESIDENTS LIVING IN ENCAMPMENT BETWEEN LATE NOVEMBER AND SPRING 2022.

83% WERE STILL HOUSED BY THE FALL THAT YEAR.

THE PARTNERED WITH CHICAGO'S CONTINUUM OF CARE TO HOST THOSE EVENTS, WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO SLEEP, ALL THE STEPS NEEDED TO SECURE HOUSING AFTER ONE DAY.

>>> AFTER 11 DAYS OF JURY SELECTION AND THEN TESTIMONY, THE FEDERAL CASE AGAINST MICHAEL MADIGAN -- WERE MADE AND ATTEMPTED OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARGUED THAT HE COULD'VE BEEN A STAR WITNESS INTO HIS FORMER BOSS, MICHAEL MADIGAN, AND HIS LONGTIME COMPETENT, MICHAEL McLEAN, BUT INSTEAD, LIED ABOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF MADIGAN AND McLEAN'S ACTIONS.

ARGUING THAT HE WASN'T LYING, BUT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALLEGED CRIMES THAT HE MAY HAVE COMMITTED.

>>> CLASSIC -- WAS THE FOCUS OF THE VISIT TO THE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY TODAY.

>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE WHEN IT COMES TO -- ONLY 9% OF THE PLASTIC PRODUCE THAT WE USE IS ACTUALLY RECYCLE.

THE REST OF IT ENDS UP IN THE WATERWAYS.

50% , 50% OF TRASH IS BEING DUMPED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN, FOR EXAMPLE , JUST PLASTICS.

>> DICK DURBIN IS TOUTING A BILL HE INTRODUCED LAST MONTH, PROHIBITING PLASTIC PALLETS BEING DISTRIBUTED INTO WATERWAYS FROM FACILITIES THAT DISTRIBUTE, MAKE, OR USE PLASTIC PALLETS.

THEY OFTEN MAKE THEIR WAY INTO WATERWAYS, LIKE THE GREAT LAKES, THROUGH SPILLS, BEING WASHED DOWN DRAINS, AND ANOTHER OF METHODS.

>>> COMING UP IN THE PROGRAM, RECAPPING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

>>> BUT FIRST, POLICE LEVELS PLUMMET.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ALEXANDRA AND JIM.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION, AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON MARKS HIS 100th DAY IN OFFICE TODAY AND THERE IS NO SIGN THAT HIS ELECTION TRIGGERED AN EXODUS OF OFFICERS , DESPITE WARNINGS FROM THE LARGEST POLICE UNION PRESIDENT THAT IT WOULD.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US WITH A LOOK -- HEATHER, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

SO THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF -- TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES ON MARCH 27th THAT THERE WOULD BE, QUOTE, BLOOD IN THE STREETS.

HE PREDICTED 802,000 OFFICERS WOULD LEAVE THE FORCE.

DID THAT HAPPEN?

>> NO, IT DID NOT.

IN MAY, CPP HAD -- ON-DUTY AND ON AUGUST 1st, THEY HAD TWO MORE OFFICERS THAN THAT.

NO SIGN OF AN EXODUS TO TWO OUTSIDE.

IT'S ALSO STEADY DURING JOHNSON'S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.

>> HOW HAS THE SIZE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHANGE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ?

>> IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS DROPPED IN SIZE BY ABOUT 11%, AS PART OF A NATIONWIDE STAFFING CRUNCH THAT HAS REALLY MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO KEEP VETERAN OFFICERS ON THE FORCE AND TO HIRE NEW ONES.

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON APPOINTED LARRY SNELLING -- WHO IS SAID TO BE THE CITY'S NEXT -- OFFICER WELLNESS.

>> HE'S THE ONE WHO CAME UP THROUGH THE RANKS IN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SO HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO -- INNING CHICAGO.

HE SAYS HE WILL DO HIS BEST TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MANAGEMENT OVER TIME AND CANCEL DAYS OFF IN ORDER TO HELP OFFICERS HAVE A BETTER WORK LIFE BALANCE.

HE WILL FACE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS AS HE IS CONFIRMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

>> I'M SURE HE WILL.

THIS LEAVES ABOUT 1700 VACANT POSITIONS IN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

>> THAT'S A REALLY BIG QUESTION FACING THE MAYOR IN HIS NEXT 100 DAYS.

IN THE NEXT MONTH, PEOPLE DETAIL THE DEFICIT OF THE BUDGET, AND THEN IN OCTOBER, HE WILL UNVEIL THE SPENDING PLAN FOR 2024.

WHETHER HE WILL CLOSE THOSE VACANT POSITIONS AND USE THAT MONEY FOR OTHER INITIATIVES IS A CRUCIAL QUESTION.

THAT MONEY COULD HELP REOPEN THOSE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS HE'S PROMISED, OR -- TO PEOPLE WHO CALL 911 WHILE SUFFERING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

>> THE TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA INITIATIVE WE'VE HEARD A LOT.

HEATHER SHARON, WE WILL SEE YOU SHORTLY IN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> THANK YOU, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY.

IT'S ON WTTV.COM.

AND BE SURE TO JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT FOR OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE MAYOR ON HIS FIRST 100 DAY.

OUR SPOT LIKE -- OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WEIGHS IN ON THAT A MUCH MORE, COMING UP NEXT.

>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON MARKS 100 DAYS IN CITY HALL.

>>> X -- KICK OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE, THE SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, HEATHER SHARON, MATT MASTERSON, AND SPECIAL GUEST, JOHN BYRNE OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

SO , THE FIRST 100 DAYS, EVERYBODY.

WHAT TYPE OF LEADER HAS HE SHOWN TO BE SO FAR?

>> WELL, HE PROMISED TO BE COLLABORATIVE, TO BRING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE BEFORE HE MAKES A DECISION, AND, IN SOME WAYS, HE HAS DONE EXACTLY THAT.

SEVERAL TIMES HE HAS TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE IS NOT A DICTATOR, WHICH IS A STARK DIFFERENCE FROM PAST MAYORS.

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT DID NOT HESITATE TO SORT OF SAY HER WAY OR THE HIGHWAY, AND OF COURSE, RON LEARNED FOR THE BEST.

>> SOME OF THE MORE IMMEDIATE ISSUES SINCE TAKING OFFICE, THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A BIG CHALLENGE FOR ANY MAYOR.

JOHN, HOW HAS THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN HANDLED?

>> HE'S DOING HIS BEST TO HANDLE THE MIGRANT SITUATION.

OPENING A BUNCH OF NEW SHELTERS BUT HE GOT THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE $1 MILLION IN SPENDING TO HELP DEAL WITH THAT, BUT ALSO, HIS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF SAID THE OTHER DAY THAT THEY EXPECT IT TO GET MUCH WORSE AS REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS TRY TO POKE CHICAGO IN THE EYE BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NEXT YEAR.

>> THEY'VE GOT A YEARS WORTH OF TIME TO SEND MORE BUSES OF PEOPLE.

>> MORE BUSES.

THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RAMP IT UP.

>> OF COURSE, THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE WILL COME BACK TO THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

HEATHER, SPEAKING OF THE MIGRANTS, THERE'S ALSO BEEN THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, REPORTEDLY TURNING AWAY SOME OF THE MIGRANT STUDENTS AS THEY REPORT TO A CPS SCHOOL THIS WEEK.

WHAT HAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID ABOUT THAT?

>> THEY SAY THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM DON'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA, GETTING THEM ENROLLED, GETTING THEM CONNECTED TO SERVICES, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY BEEN SOME HICCUPS, AND TO SOME EXTENT, THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THIS CRISIS BEGAN NEARLY A YEAR AGO AND THE CITY HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AS THIS SORT OF RENEWED RESEARCH BEGAN IN APRIL, EVEN BEFORE MAYOR JOHNSON TOOK OFFICE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THE DISTRICT HAS SAID IS OF COURSE, THE REPORT SAYS THAT A SHORTAGE OF SPANISH-SPEAKING BILINGUAL TEACHERS WHO KNOWS IT'S DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT.

HEATHER, THE MAYOR ALSO HAD SEVERAL IMPORTANT VACANCIES TO FILL IN HIS CABINET.

ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS?

>> HE NEEDS A NEW HEALTH COMMISSIONER BECAUSE HE FIRED ALSO NEEDS A HOUSING COMMISSIONER AND A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

SO, REALLY, HE HAS NOT PRIORITIZED FILLING OUT THOSE CABINET LEVEL POSITIONS AND I AM SURE, WHEN HE COMES ON THE SHOW TOMORROW, WE WILL ASK HIM ABOUT THAT AND HE WILL, I EXPECT, SAY SOME VERSION OF WE WANT TO BE DELIBERATIVE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS TO HAVE THEIR SAY ABOUT WHAT THIS NEW CABINET SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

THE QUESTION IS, ARE SOME ON THE LEFT BEING UNDONE WHILE THOSE DELIBERATIONS GO ON?

>> OF COURSE, WE ARE COUNTING ON THAT TOMORROW WILL GET THE CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM.

JOHN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON SOME OF THE MAJOR AGENDA ITEMS?

THE TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA ITEMS?

>> YEAH, BRINGING CHICAGO HOME, JUST WORKING ON APPROVING SOME MONEY FOR THAT.

ON TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA, THERE IS A HEARING, BUT THAT IS AS FAR AS THEY GOT ON THAT ONE.

SO WITH TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA, BRING CHICAGO HOME, HE IS MOVING AHEAD ON THAT ONE.

>> AND OF COURSE, REMIND US WHAT BRING CHICAGO HOME AND TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA OUR.

>> BRING CHICAGO HOME IS, HE'S GOING TO INCREASE THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX AND RAISE $100 MILLION TO HELP AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

HE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS GOING TO NOT GO AHEAD WITH HIS ORIGINAL PLAN AND INSTEAD HAVE A THREE-TIERED SYSTEM WHERE IF YOUR REAL ESTATE TRANSFER, YOU ARE SELLING YOUR HOUSE, YOUR PAYMENT WILL ACTUALLY GO DOWN BETWEEN 1,000,001.5, HE GOES UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN ONE .5 MILLION, IT GOES UP QUITE A BIT MORE.

SO THEY HOPE TO RAISE $1.5 MILLION FOR THAT TO HELP AND HOMELESSNESS , HOMELESS SERVICES, TREATMENT NOT TRAUMA IS HIS PLEDGE TO REOPEN MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS AROUND THE CITY AND TO HAVE -- NOT HAVE POLICE RESPOND TO PROBLEMS WITH MENTAL HEALTH BREAKS WHEN PEOPLE CALL WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

>> SO, MATT, CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE PERJURY TRIAL TODAY.

WHAT DID JURORS HERE IN COURT?

>> SO THAT GRAND JURY TESTIMONY IN 2021 AND WHAT HE SAID ON THE PHONE AND RECORDED WIRETAPPED CONVERSATIONS WITH MICHAEL McLEAN.

OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL YEARS, HE TOOK UP A LOT OF THE TRIAL.

THE GRAND JURY THAT TESTIFIED BEFORE MATT AGAIN -- WHO WAS THE -- TO THE STAFF.

PROSECUTORS SAY HE REPEATEDLY LIED TO TRY AND MINIMIZE -- THAT MADIGAN HAD GIVEN HIM -- 2018 AND 2019.

THEY SAY HE IS PROTECTING HIS -- THIS TIGHTKNIT GROUP BUT ANYWAY, McLEAN AND MEGAN WERE INDICTED.

THEY ARE FACING AN ATTORNEY CASE NATURE, BUT MASON'S ATTORNEY ARE SAYING HE DIDN'T LIE, SIMPLY THAT HIS CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN YEARS BEFORE HE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE GRAND JURY AND THEY WERE ABOUT THINGS THAT HE SAID WERE SOMEWHAT IRRELEVANT TO THE TOPIC.

THEY WERE OFF-THE-CUFF CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD, THEY HAD ALREADY RESIGNED BEFORE A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS TOOK PLACE SO HE WAS SAYING THAT THESE WERE SOME IRRELEVANT TOPICS AND HE SIMPLY DIDN'T REMEMBER.

THEY HAD TO PROVE THAT HE NOT ONLY MISSPOKE, BUT HE WILLFULLY DID SO TO THE GRAND JURY.

>> AND MATT, WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE TRIAL?

>> SO CLOSING STATEMENTS WRAPPED UP TODAY, DELIBERATIONS STARTED BRIEFLY.

THOSE WILL RESUME TOMORROW AND CHURROS WILL HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS THEY NEED IF THEY WANT TO CONVICT OR ACQUIT ON CHARGES OF PERJURY AND ATTEMPTED OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

>> AND WE WILL HAVE ALL EYES ON THE FEDERAL COURT IF THAT HAPPENS.

AS WE MENTIONED, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STARTED NEXT WEEK.

NEXT WEEK, THEY ARE GOING TO GET AN ELECTED PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.

WHAT COULD THIS MEAN?

>> IT'S A BIG CHANGE FOR EDUCATION IN CHICAGO.

ADVOCACY AND PUSH FOR FOR DECADES EVEN.

IT'S GOING TO GET PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND JUST THE PEOPLE IN CHICAGO MORE OF A VOICE.

THINGS LIKE BETTER CONTRACTS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES AND HOW THINGS GO DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN SCHOOLS.

SO NOW, MAYOR JOHNSON MADE HIS APPOINTMENTS LAST MONTH OR EARLIER IN HIS TERM.

THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO SORT OF SETTING THIS TRANSITION UP, MAKING THINGS MOVE FREELY, GOING INTO THE NEXT 15, 60 MONTHS BEFORE THE CHANGE ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE.

THERE'S GOING BE A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO GO INTO PLACE BEFORE THE ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE NEXT FALL.

>> I WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THE BOARD WORKS WITH THE MAYOR, -- CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT THE KIND THAT WE ARE USED TO SEEING.

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THEY CALLED IT -- HISTORIC RESET, WHICH WE JUST HEARD ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT SAYING, THEY ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED WITH THE MINISTRATION FOR THE FIRST TIME.

HEATHER, WHAT IS THIS OPTIMISTIC TONE MEAN FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE CONTRACT WHICH IS UP NEXT SUMMER.

>> THIS IS REALLY A BIG CHANGE.

TO EVEN SEE THE HEAD OF CTU NEXT TO THE MAYOR.

EVERYONE SINGING FROM THE SAME HYMNAL, SO TO SPEAK.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

THE PROOF, HOWEVER, WILL BE IN THE PUDDING.

CAN JOHNSON AND DAVIS NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT THAT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP AND HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY DOES JOHNSON HAVE TO SORT OF MAKE GOOD ON WHAT CTU DEMANDED FROM MAYORS RAHM EMANUEL AND LORI LIGHTFOOT?

THEY WANT -- AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND -- THOSE ARE BIG ASKS AND THOSE NEGOTIATIONS EVEN BEFORE -- >> THAT IS SPOTLIGHT.

JOHN BURNS, MATT MASTERSON, HEATHER CHERONE.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

>>> UP NEXT.

HOT DOGS AND A HOT DAY, BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> IN 1940, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND -- WAS UNDEVELOPED PRAYER IS, BUT A PAIR OF NORTHSIDE -- A PLACE TO HOP OFF THE STREETCAR OR DRIVE IN FOR A BITE.

CHICAGO HAS CHANGED A LOT SINCE 1948, BUT NEARLY NOTHING HAS CHANGED AT SUPER DOGS.

THAT'S JUST HOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

SUPER DOGS SUPER FAN ERICA GUNDERSON HAS THE STORY AS THE DRIVE-IN CELEBRATED ITS 75th BIRTHDAY EARLIER THIS SUMMER.

>> HIGH, THANKS FOR STOPPING.

MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER, >> Reporter: CUSTOMERS -- RECEIVE THE SAME CHEERFUL GREETING SINCE THEY OPENED IN 1948.

75 YEARS LATER, THE RESTAURANT AND ITS D.C. ROOFTOP -- CAN BE CALLED CHICAGO ICONS.

BUT WHEN IT STARTED, SUPER DOGS WAS JUST MEANT TO BE A SUMMER BUSINESS TO HELP THE COUPLE PAY FOR COLLEGE.

>> NEITHER OF THEM HAVE ANY RESTAURANT BACKGROUND.

LET'S OPEN A RESTAURANT, A BUSINESS TOGETHER.

THEY WERE MARRIED LESS THAN A YEAR, THE CREATIVITY, THE FORETHOUGHT, TO DO THIS AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

>> Reporter: ONCE THEY RELISH THE TASTE OF THEIR HOTDOG LIFE, THERE WAS NO GOING BACK.

>> IT WAS THEIR PASSION.

THEY LIKED IT.

THEY LIKED IT SOUNDLY AS A BUSINESS ANY HOBBY.

EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T -- ALMOST NEVER.

THEY WOULD STEP IN.

>> Reporter: THEY STEPPED IN WITH -- HE ALSO RAISED THREE OF THEIR OWN LITTLE WIENERS AT THE RESTAURANT.

>> I LEARNED THAT ABC AND THE NUMBERS SITTING AT MY MOMS SIDE, LISTENING TO THE ORDERS.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE ALSO JOINED THE HOTDOG PACK, ALONG WITH MANY LONGTIME EMPLOYEES.

>> I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG THAT IT'S JUST EASY.

EVERYBODY IS NICE, EVERYONE'S A FAMILY.

IT'S LIKE -- >> MY ADULT CHILDREN GREW UP IN THE BUSINESS.

THEY BOTH LOVE -- THEY BOTH WORK HERE .

AT LEAST A COUPLE OF SHIFTS, AT LEAST.

PLUS, MY NIECE JOINED OUR BUSINESS 13 YEARS AGO.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY LOST ITS ORIGINAL HOTDOG LEVERS IN 2015 AND 2018, BUT SUPER DOG REMAINS FAITHFUL TO THEIR VISION.

>> THE MENU HAS BEEN THE SAME SINCE IT STARTED, THE WE TALK TO THE SWITCHBOARD, EVEN TO THE WAY YOU SAY HIYA , THANK YOU FOR STOPPING.

THAT IS THE PHRASE WE USED YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE WILL CONTINUE SAY.

>> Reporter: FOR ME, THAT'S THE BEST PART.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A MAGICAL PLACE.

WE PILED THE FAMILY INTO THE STATION WAGON AND MADE THE LONG DRIVE DOWN MILWAUKEE AVENUE UNTIL WE SAW THEM WINKING AT US.

CLEARLY, I'M NOT ALONE.

>> MY DAD USED TO COME HERE ALL THE TIME AND HE WOULD TAKE IT -- AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A NIGHT OUT.

>> IT HAS THE BEST --!

>> YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BRING THIS TO YOUR CAR AND IT'S JUST A NICE EXPERIENCE.

>> TO HAVE A PLACE LIKE THIS FOR THE LAST 75 YEARS, I THINK IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW GOOD IT IS.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY THE FAMILY SAYS THEY PLAYED TO KEEP SUPER DOGS JUST THE WAY IT IS FOR MANY DECADES TO COME.

>> BEING AN ICONIC CHICAGO INSTITUTION, AND AS I LIKE TO SAY, IS BEEN AT THE SAME CORNER OF MILWAUKEE FOR 75 YEARS, THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING EVERY DAY .

>> Reporter: FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THIS IS ERICA GUNDERSON .

>> SHE REALLY DOES LOVE SUPER DOGS.

FOR ALL ITS RETRO CHARM, THERE IS ONE VERY MODERN SUPER DOG STORY.

THE BERMAN GRANDDAUGHTERS, LORI, WHO MANAGES THE LOCATION, SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGNED TO GET AN OFFICIAL HOTDOG AMMONIA CREATED IN 2015 AND NO, THERE IS NO CATCH UP ON THE M.O.

G. THAT'S OUR SHOW THAT FORGET TO STATE UP TODAY.

WTTV.COM/NEWS.

YOU CAN ALSO THE SHOW VIA PODCAST AND THE VIDEO APP.

PARIS AND I SPEAK WITH MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON ABOUT HIS HIS FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, STAY HEALTHY AND COOL OUT THERE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSE CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LOB , A PERSONAL