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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN IS ON ASSIGN MANY.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> IT'S JUST REACHED A REALLY A FEVER PITCH.

>> FOLLOWING YET ANOTHER CHAOTIC WEEKEND OF DRAG RACING WHAT SOME LOCAL ALDERPEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE ABOUT IT.

>> DETAILS IN INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN THE CITY.

>> C.P.S.

STUDENTS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL SO WHAT CAN TEACHERS AND FAMILIES EXPECT?

ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE HEAD OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION.

>> PROTESTORS CAMP OUT IN AN UPTOWN PARKING LOT TO THREE AND BLOCK A NEW LUXURY CONDO DEVELOPMENT.

>> WE ARE FULLY PREPARED TO CONTINUE WITH FURTHER DIRECT ACTION.

>> WORKERS AT A UNIONIZED STARBUCKS IN EDGEWATER GO ON STRIKE OVER CLAIMS THAT MANAGEMENT IS RETALIATING AGAINST WORKERS.

>> WE HAD 20 MISSILES.

AND 20 WARHEADS.

>> CHICAGO'S ONCE HOME TO NEARLY TWO DOSE NIKE MISSILE BASES WHAT THE SITES LOOK LIKE TODAY IN "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> AND MOVIE HISTORY AND GRAPHIC ART COME TOGETHER IN A COLAS SAL COLLECTION OF MOVIE POSTERS AND CARDS FROM HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A NEW POLICY GUARANTEES CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS AT LEAST ONE DAY OFF EVERY WEEK AND A MINIMUM OF NINE HOURS OF REST BETWEEN SHIFTS.

THAT IS UNLESS THE HOLIDAY REQUIRES ADDITIONAL POLICE POWER.

SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAITH A STATEMENT... BROWN'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS AN ANALYSIS THAT FOUND 1,000 OFFICERS WERE SCHEDULED TO WORK 11 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE DAYS THIS YEAR SINCE 2018, 10 OFFICERS HAVE DIED BY SUICIDE INCLUDING THREE IN JULY.

>> ALDERMAN TOM TUNNEY OF THE 44TH WARD WILL NOT RUN FOR REELECTION.

TUNNEY IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO SERVE ON THE CHICAGO CITY COUNSEL.

HE WAS ELECTED 20 YEARS AGO IN 2003 TO REPRESENT LAKEVIEW AND WRIGLEYVILLE.

I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TIRELESSLY FOR THE WARD THROUGH MY LAST DAY ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

AS I LOOK AHEAD, I SEE SO MANY GREAT WAYS IN WHICH I CAN CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY I LOVE.

TUNNEY SAID IN A STATEMENT.

ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS THERE WILL BE AN OPEN CONTEST FOR THE 44TH WARD IN THE ELECTION.

TUNNEY ENDORSED HIS CHIEF OF STAFF BENNETT LAWSON.

>> PROSECUTOR REST THEIR CASE IN THE FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRIAL OF CHICAGO BORN R&B SINGER R. KELLY.

IN THE TWO WEEKS OF EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY MORE THAN 20 GOVERNMENT WITNESSES INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN WHO SAY THEY WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY KELLY.

SOME WERE AS YOUNG AS 14 YEARS OLD WELL UNDER THE LEGAL AGE OF CONSENT IN ILLINOIS.

THE DEFENSE WILL BEGIN PRESENTING ITS CASE ON THURSDAY.

CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.

>> UP NEXT, THE HEAD OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION ON TACKLING NEW CHANGES THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> SCHOOLS ABOUT A WEEK-AND-A-HALF INTO SESSION AND C.P.S.

STUDENTS HAVE SEEN SOME CHANGES IN THEIR CLASSROOMS.

AND COVID PROTOCOLS NO LONGER REQUIRE SOMEONE TO QUARANTINE IF THEY HAVE HAD AN EXPOSURE.

AFTER TWO YEARS WILL STUDENTS GET TO ENJOY A FULLY UNINTERRUPTED SCHOOL YEAR.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES STUDENTS AND PARENTS CAN EXPECT IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION PRESIDENT STACY DAVIS GATES.

WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

COVID WORK STOPPAGES WILL THIS BE A FULL SCHOOL YEAR OF LABOR PEACE AND KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM?

>> WELL, I THINK THE QUESTION IS WILL WE HAVE THE TYPES OF MITIGATIONS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, PARIS.

THE WORK STOPPAGES WERE BECAUSE OF COVID, BECAUSE THERE NEEDED TO BE MITIGATIONS IN PLACE.

NOT BECAUSE OF JUST WORK STOPPAGES.

THAT SAID, COVID IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A VACCINE AVAILABLE.

AND KEEPING SCHOOLS OPEN MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITH US TO GET OUR STUDENTS VACCINATED AGAIN.

THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE AT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT VACCINATED.

THERE IS A SLOW UPTAKE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

JUST THIS WEEK, WE HAVE ABOUT 600 OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEMBERS STUDENTS INCLUDED, THAT HAVE SELF REPORTED THE COVID -- THAT THEY HAVE CONTRACTED COVID.

THAT IS WITHOUT THE MASK.

ALSO, YOU KNOW AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, THE LABOR BOARD SAID THAT THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE DISTRICT HAVING TO NEGOTIATE WITH US ABOUT MASKING.

AND THAT IS A DISTRICT AND THE MAYOR GOT THAT WRONG.

WHAT I WILL SAY, PARIS, IT'S BEEN QUITE THE JOURNEY.

COVID HAS BEEN FRIENDLY TO NO ONE.

AND I'M PROUD OF OUR MEMBERS FOR INSURING THAT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES CAN BE AS SAFE AS THEY ARE AND WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

>> YOU BRING UP THE JUDGE RULED IN YOUR FAVOR THE CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO NEGOTIATE GETTING THAT MASK MANDATE TAKEN AWAY.

THEY DIDN'T NEGOTIATE THAT WITH YOU IN GOOD FAITH.

SO THE C.P.S.

HAS BASICALLY FOLLOWING THE C.D.C.

GUIDELINES RIGHT NOW WHICH ARE MORE RELAXED.

ARE YOU OK WITH THAT?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, ASK THE 600 PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN INTERRUPTED WITH COVID HOW THEY ARE FEELING ABOUT THAT.

MASKING IS A MITIGATION THAT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT.

MY CHILDREN STILL WEAR THEIR MASKS TO SCHOOL.

IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR MY HOUSEHOLD.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT HELPS KEEP US ALL SAFE.

>> IS THERE A SAFETY AGREEMENT IN PLACE BETWEEN C.T.U.

AND C.P.S.

FOR THIS YEAR AS HAS BEEN REPORTED?

IT SOUNDS LIKE THINGS YOU ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON?

>> YOU ARE HEARING THAT COVID IS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH STABILITY.

COVID IS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH GOOD HEALTH.

OUR SAFETY AGREEMENT THAT WE CONCLUDED WITH PEDRO AND HIS TEAM SAID CLEARLY THAT WE HAVE A SAFETY NET.

MEANING THAT TESTING IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

MEANING THAT WE STILL HAVE SCHOOL WIDE SAFETY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE A SAFETY NET TO CATCH US IF THINGS GO IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE FACING TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY A TEACHER SHORTAGE.

PEDRO MARTINEZ SAYS C.P.S.

HAS MOST OF THE TEACHER POSITIONS FILLED BUT THEY ARE 900 SHORT ON STAFF MEMBERS.

WHAT IS C.T.U.

PLAN TO DO TO TRY AND ACCELERATE THE HIRING OF SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS?

>> AGAIN, THE TWO WORDS I WILL USE IS PARTNERSHIP AND WITH.

WE DON'T KEEP TEACHERS INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS IF WE DON'T TEACH THEM WELL.

THE LABOR UNREST YOU DETAILED WAS ABOUT THE INHUMANITY OF THE PLANS THAT WERE PUT FORTH IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE BURDEN THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND CLINICIANS HAVE TO SHOULDER BECAUSE WE ARE NOT WORKING WITH OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ALSO GET TO MAKE DECISIONS.

WE'VE HAD TO FORCE OUR WAY.

THE FIRST THING I WILL SAY YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDING, AGAIN, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IS SENDING FUNDING TO CHICAGO.

OUR DISTRICT WITH OUR MAYOR'S FUNDING FORMULA IT SENDS LESS MONEY TO THE SCHOOLS THAT NEED THE MOST.

WE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

IT BURNS PEOPLE OUT.

IT'S TOUGH BEING IN THE CLASSROOM WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU NEED.

>> THERE ARE CANDIDATES TO FILL THESE POSITIONS AND C.P.S.

NEEDS TO HIRE THEM?

OR THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH FOLKS IN THE PIPELINE TO GET THE POSITIONS?

>> I THINK IT'S THE MIDDLE.

OUR PIPELINE HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED.

WE NEED TO GET MORE BLACK AND BROWN TEACHERS IN THE PIPELINE.

AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE COLLABORATION FROM TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ZEROING IN ON THE ACTUAL EXPERTISE AT THAT TIME THEY NEED TO HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM.

THAT IS ONE THING.

AND THE SECOND THING IS WHAT I ELABORATED ON INITIALLY.

YOU HAVE TO TREAT PEOPLE WELL ONCE THEY BECOME A PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THE THIRD THING IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP IN HOW YOU CREATE POLICIES.

THE POLICIES THAT WORK INSIDE THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ARE POLICIES THAT ARE CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED WITH THE PEOPLE NOT AGAINST THEM AND NOT IN SPITE OF THEM.

>> RELATED TO THIS, STACY, 10 YEARS AGO THE SCHOOL CLOSINGS WERE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL.

BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE MANY EN UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS AND A REPORT SHOWED THAT IT COSTS MUCH MORE PER STUDENT TO EDUCATE PER STUDENT AT AN UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOL.

PEDRO MARTINEZ HINTED AT PLANS TO RETHINK SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE DONE?

WHAT SHOULD C.P.S.

'S PLAN BE FOR THE UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS?

>> THE FIRST THING IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT UNDER ENROLLED MEANS.

WE HAVE TO DEFINE UNDER ENROLLED.

DOES THAT BLACK CHILDREN ON THE WEST OR SOUTH SIDE MEANS THEY GET A SMALLER CLASS SIZE?

DOES IT MEAN THAT WHEN YOU HAVE UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS THAT YOU HAVE LESS STUDENTS THERE BUT THEY MAY HAVE MORE NEEDS?

SO YOU CAN CREATE A SCHOOL DAY THAT RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE.

FOR INSTANCE, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOW IS UPSIDE-DOWN.

IS THERE A WAY TO REFILL THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE BLACK SCHOOLS WHO GO TO SCHOOLS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF THE CITY.

CAN WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO OFFER SOMETHING TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN PLACES THAT ARE QUOTE UNDER ENROLLED THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IN OTHER PLACES.

THE REIMAGINATION HAS TO BE WITH US.

LISTEN THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW.

THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD IS THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO US UNTIL WE ARE ON THE PICKET LINE.

WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IN THIS ERA OF LEADERSHIP, IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AT A TABLE AND PARTNER AND TO CREATE THE TYPES OF POLICIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL GROW OUR DISTRICT, THAT WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES THAT CHOOSE OUR DISTRICT AND TO PROVIDE A BASE LEVEL OF SUPPORT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED BY THE UNDER FUNDING OVER GENERATIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT.

A POLITICAL QUESTION YOU ARE NOT RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRANDON JOHNSON IS CONSIDERING IT, IS BRANDON JOHNSON THE C.T.U.

BACKED CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR?

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS.

BRANDON JOHNSON SHOULD CONSIDER IT.

BRANDON JOHNSON LEADS HIS COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN EVERYDAY TO DROP CHILDREN OFF TO SCHOOL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

HE KNOWS THE STRUGGLE OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS.

AND BEYOND THAT, LOOK, WE NEED PARTNERSHIP.

WE WANT TO WORK IN COLLABORATION TO MAKE THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE SHINING STAR OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IS WITH A LEADER WHO IS INVESTED BECAUSE HE HAS FAMILY, BECAUSE HE IS LIVING IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT THE MOST.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OUR THANKS TO STACY DAVIS GATES FOR JOINING US AS ALWAYS.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> AND NOW TO AMANDA FOR A LOOK AT THE ALARMING RATE OF TRAFFIC DEATHS IN CHICAGO.

>> PARIS, NEARLY TWO DOZEN ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASKING THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TO USE FUNDS FROM THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE FEDERAL LAW TO IMPROVE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERYONE.

ACCORDING TO CITY DATA SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 31 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST DEATHS IN CHICAGO.

MORE THAN 1800 INJURIES, AND OF THOSE INJURIES, 390 PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS WERE LEFT INCAPACITATED.

INITIATIVES LED BY CHICAGO OFFICIALS AIM TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY BUT WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE.

JOINING YOUR ARE AMY RYNELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID SIGN ON TO THE LETTER.

AND DAVID SMITH THE BHOIK AND PEDESTRIAN PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

AMY LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU.

ILLINOIS IS HOPING TO GET A LOT OF MONEY FROM THAT FEDERAL LAW AND IN THIS LETTER ASKING THE GOVERNOR AND I DOT TO USE SOME OF THE MONEY FOR REASONS LIKE MAKING ROADS SAFER FOR VULNERABLE USERS.

WHAT IN A PRACTICAL WAY DOES THAT MEAN?

>> OUR ROADWAYS ARE DESIGNED TO FACILITATE SPEED TO MOVE CARS FROM A TO B AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH PEOPLE WHO WALK TO GET AROUND PLACES, TAKE BUSES AND WITH CYCLISTS IT MAKE OUR ROAD MORE DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE NOT INSIDE A MULTITON VEHICLE.

THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE STATE LEVEL TO CHANGE POLICY AND PRIORITIES AROUND MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER AND MANY OF THOSE STREETS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FALL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE EXAMPLE WHAT YOU COULD DO TO A STREET TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR A VULNERABLE ROAD USER A PEDESTRIAN, A BICYCLIST?

>> SURE, THE MORE LANES THERE IS TO CROSS THE MORE UNSAFE IT IS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FOUR-FIVE-AND SIX-LANE STREETS AND TO MAKE THOSE SAFER FOR EVERYONE AND SLOW CARS DOWN.

REDUCE THE TRAFFIC LANES AND BUILD IN OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE DRIVE SLOWER AND MAKE CROSSING SAFER.

THINGS LIKE RAISED CROSSWALKS.

SHORTER DISTANCES FOR CROSSING.

PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND OTHER THINGS.

>> DAVID LET'S GO TO YOU.

BECAUSE SORT OF MIX IN WITH THIS CDOT IS FIVE YEARS INTO VISION ZERO CHICAGO.

AND THAT IS A TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN THAT AIMS TO DO JUST WHAT IT SAYS AND THAT IS ELIMINATE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES FROM TRAFFIC CRASHES LITERALLY DOWN TO ZERO.

OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

IS IT REALISTIC?

>> WELL, AMANDA, AT THE CITY OF CHICAGO WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN MOVE AROUND OUR CITY, MOVE AROUND OUR STREETS SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE.

WHETHER YOU ARE A CHILD OR A SENIOR CITIZEN.

NO MATTER YOUR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION WHETHER YOU ARE WALKING, BIKING GETTING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT OR DRIVING.

AND REGARDLESS OF YOUR ABILITY.

A PERFECTLY ABLE-BODIED INDIVIDUAL OR IN A WALKER OR WHEELCHAIR EVERYBODY DESERVES TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND OUR CITY SAFELY.

AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT AS A DEPARTMENT AND AS A CITY.

>> DAVID, I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT ARE THE PROGRAM'S SUCCESSES IN TRYING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL?

>> WE'VE HAD EXCITING WORK HAPPEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

A PART OF THAT HAS BEEN THANKS TO A LOCAL FUNDING SOURCE CALLED CHICAGO WORKS WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED UNDER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

IT'S PROVIDED OVER $20 MILLION OF ANNUAL MONEY FOR COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS.

WITH THAT FUND WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING MORE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VULNERABLE ROADWAY USERS PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING THAN EVER BEFORE.

PROTECTED BIKE LANES, NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.

ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES IN NEW AND DIFFERENT AND EXCITING WAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE IN YEARS PAST.

AND WE'VE BEEN OFFERING EXCITING PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR CAR.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN REALLY EXPANDING THE PROGRAM CALLED LEARN TO RIDE.

WHERE WE'VE BEEN TEACHING ADULTS AND KIDS HOW TO RIDE A BIKE.

WE'VE HAD 70 OF THESE EVENTS ALREADY THIS YEAR.

AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW AND HAVE HEARD, WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY 5,000 BICYCLES OVER THE COMING YEARS TO CHICAGOANS.

>> EVEN IF YOU DON'T FORGET HOW TO RIDE A BIKE SOMETIME IT IS CAN BE SHAKY.

AMY UNFORTUNATELY WE HEARD STATISTICS AT THE TOP HERE NOT JUST IN CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS BUT NATIONALLY THERE IS A LOT OF DATA THINGS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF SAFETY WITH INCREASES IN SPEEDING, MORE CRASHES.

WHAT IS BEHIND THAT TREND?

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?

>> PEOPLE ARE WRITING BOOKS ABOUT THAT.

SO I THINK THE MOST BASIC I THINK THE STREETS, STREET DESIGN CAME OUT OF HIGHWAY DESIGN AND THAT IS FOR FAST TRAVEL AND OUR CITY STREETS AREN'T APPROPRIATE FOR THAT.

I THINK MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT WALKING AND BIKING AND GETTING AROUND IN WAYS OUR CITY IS MULTIMODAL.

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC ONLY 60% OF US GOT AROUND REGULARLY VIA CAR.

SO AS MORE PEOPLE TRANSITION TO OFFICIALLY SHORT TRIPS ONE MILE OR LESS, THREE MILES OR LESS TO GET THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL, TO PICK UP GROCERIES, WALK TO THE LIBRARY ET CETERA, THERE IS NO NEED TO GET IN THE CAR FOR THAT.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS NOT BUILT TO SUPPORT THAT IN THE WAY IT SHOULD.

THERE ARE REALLY POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT MORE SPEEDING AND IT FEELS REALLY DANGEROUS OUT THERE.

>> CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS THERE IS AN ALDERMAN INTRODUCED AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ADD CAMERAS TO C.T.A.

BUSES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR TICKETING IF THERE IS A CAR THAT IS BLOCKING FOR EXAMPLE A BUS-ONLY LANE.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?

WOULD MORE CAMERAS HELP?

>> YES, THERE IS A LOT OF PRACTICES AROUND BUSES INCLUDE GETTING CARS PARKED OUT OF BUS LANES.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT KEY OF MAKING TRANSIT.

A MUCH MORE VIABLE OPTION FOR THOSE OF US THAT RIDE TRANSIT TO GET AROUND AND OTHERS WHO COULD MAKE THE CHOICE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE DIFFERENT TOOLS TO ALLOW THE BUSES TO SPEED UP AND HAVING CARS PARKED IN THE BUS LANES AND THE BIKE LANES NOT ONLY SLOWS PEOPLE DOWN BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE BIKE LANE MAKES IT A LOT MORE UNSAFE TO TRAVEL.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO ABOUT THAT.

CITY IS WORKING ON SOME OF IT.

BUT WOULD ALL THE SOLUTIONS WE NEED TO GO BIGGER, BOLDER, FASTER.

TO SAVE LIVES.

DAVID, IS THE CITY IS LOOKING AT THE INITIATIVES, HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS?

>> WELL, I THINK WE MEASURE SUCCESS BY THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE CREATE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY IS A HUGE PART OF THE SUCCESSFUL CITY.

REDUCING CRASHES, MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER IS A HUGE PART OF MEASURING SUCCESS.

BUT ALSO CREATING VIBRANT SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES IS REALLY THE GOAL.

AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN CHICAGO, WHAT CITIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE DOING, BIKING, PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY IS A HUGE PART OF BUILDING SUCCESSFUL CITIES >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO BE WITH US BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SAFE TRAVELS TO YOU GOING FORWARD AMY RYNELL AND DAVID SMITH.

>> NOW, BACK TO PARIS FOR A LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT ANOTHER ROAD HAZARD.

PARIS?

>> UNLAWFUL DRAG RACING IN CHICAGO REACHED A QUOTE FEVER PITCH.

THAT IS ACCORDING TO CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN WHO SAID AS OF YESTERDAY, NINE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND SEVEN CARS IMPOUNDED.

AND AT LEAST ONE PEDESTRIAN DIED AS A RESULT OF A EXPECTED DRAG RACE NEAR MIDWAY.

JOINING US ARE JULIE DARLING AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER WITH THE WEST LOOP COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.

ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS OF THE SECOND WARD ON THE NORTH SIDE AND ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ OF THE 25TH WARD ON THE WEST SIDE.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

STARTING WITH YOU JULIE DARLING LET'S LOOK AT THE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN THE WEST LOOP OVER THE WEEKEND.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING OVER THE PAST YEAR OR TWO.

IT IS NOT NEW BUT IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN NOW.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS?

>> OUR NEIGHBORS ARE VERY CONCERNED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

GETTING WOKEN UP AT 1-3:00 A.M. WITH WHAT IS GOING ON.

IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRST-RESPONDERS AND NURSES AND DOCTORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMING HOME AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT AND IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS IN ABSOLUTE UPROAR OVER IT.

>> AND ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ IT IS NOT LIKE THIS IS NEW BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE REACHED A FEVER PITCH.

WHY HASN'T THE CITY BEEN ABLE TO QUELL THIS?

>> WELL, AS A COUNCIL WE INTRODUCED ALDERMAN HOPKINS PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT IS IN EFFECT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS IS NOW AFFECTING ALMOST EVERY WARD ACROSS THE CITY AND IT'S BECOMING NOT ONLY MORE FREQUENT AND MORE VIOLENT.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IS THAT OUTSIDE OF THE IMMEDIATE APPROACH TO THE ORDINANCE, IMPOUNDING AND HEFTY FEES THAT COME WITH IT I THINK WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

MY CONCERN IS THE STATE OF THE CITY ON THE CONDITIONS IN THE SCHOOLS ARE MAKING THIS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK WHEN WE SEE THE ISSUE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND WE ARE NOT TAKING ACTION OUTSIDE OF THE ACTION THAT CITY COUNCIL IS TAKING.

AND THIS IS GOING TO JUST GET WORSE AND WORSE IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION AND A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG ADULTS AND MINORS HAVE ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS AND BEYOND AND WITH DOWNTOWN WE'RE SEEING ALL THE ISSUES GET WORSE AND WORSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WHAT THE CITY NEEDS.

>> ALDERMAN HOPKINS THE ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD IMPOUND SOMEONE'S VEHICLE AND CHARGE THEM WITH A $10,000 FINE IT'S BEEN IN EFFECT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A DETERRENT?

>> IT ALREADY IS.

WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE MONITOR THE OPEN SOURCE CHANNELS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN THESE ACTIVITIES RELY UPON.

THEY HAVE YouTube CHANNELS.

THIS IS A VERY SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVEN PHENOMENON.

THEY WANT ATTENTION.

THEY CRAVE LIKES AND SUBJECT VIBERS AND FOLLOWERS.

WE'RE WATCHING THEM RESPOND TO NEWS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND TO THE FACT AS YOU MENTIONED IN THE LEAD WE'VE IMPOUNDED SEVEN VEHICLES.

AND BY THE WAY THAT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

WE HAVE PLANS TO IMPOUND DOZENS MORE IN THE COMING WEEKS.

WE THINK THAT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THOSE VEHICLES.

IT IS THEIR PRIZED POSSESSION.

AND THE LAST THING THEY WANT IT FOR THAT THING TO BE HELD CAPTIVE AND WALKER DRIVE WE'VE HAD TO GO IN OUR CAREERS AS CHICAGO RESIDENTS.

THAT IS NOT THE PLACE YOU WANT A VEHICLE AT THAT TIME YOU CARE ABOUT TO BE IMPOUNDED.

AND THIS IS A STRONG DETERRENT EFFECT THAT IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.

>> JULIE DARLING DO YOU BELIEVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO STOP THESE ON THE SCENE?

>> I THINK THAT THEY ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE ENGINE GIVEN.

I THINK THE ORDINANCE IS A GREAT FIRST STEP.

NOW WE NEED TO -- IT HAS TO BE EXPONENTIAL FORM.

WHEN THERE IS A 9-1-1 CALL PLACED AND THERE'S URGENT MATTERS TAKING PLACE, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.

SO WHILE I AGREE THIS IS A GREAT FIRST MEASURE AND THAT MORE CARS WILL BE IMPOUNDED, IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.

AND I'M WITH ALDERMAN LOPEZ ON THAT STATEMENT THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THE ROOT ISSUES OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

AND BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT.

WHETHER OR NOT THAT INCIDENT TOOK PLACE WAS RELATED, ALL THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE IS ONE MORE SITUATION.

>> YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS KILLED NEAR MIDWAY IN WHAT OFFICIALS SUSPECT WAS A DRAG RACE.

ALTHOUGH THE DEFENDANT THERE WAS SAYING THEY WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE A CARJACKING.

DO YOU KNOW ANYMORE ABOUT THAT CASE?

>> WE HAVE EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WERE ENGAGED IN DRIFTING EARLIER IN THE EVENING AND THE EVIDENCE DOES POINT TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE DRAG RACING.

THEY ARE NOT ADMITTING THAT.

BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE SAW THOSE CHARGES.

>> IF INDEED THAT IS THE CASE IT'S COSTING LIVES.

LET'S HEAR WHAT SUPERINTENDENT BROWN HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

>> WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS STARTED DOING AS FAR AS LOOKING AT ORDINANCES, THAT CAN HOLD THESE PEOPLE MORE ACCOUNTABLE PRIMARILY TAKING THEIR CARS.

WE NEED TO DO MORE OF THAT.

MORE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR CARS AND THEN THAT WOULD DISCOURAGE THEIR BEHAVIOR.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ALDERMEN TO DO SOME OF THE SPECTATOR ENFORCEMENT.

SOME CITIES HAVE SPECTATOR ENFORCEMENT.

VIOLATIONS JUST AS A SPECTATOR.

>> BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ WHAT ABOUT THAT?

SHOULD THERE BE AN ORDINANCE THAT CHARGES SPECTATORS THAT WATCH THIS?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED WE NEED TIME TO SEE HOW THE ORDINANCES ARE GOING TO WORK.

THESE THINGS TAKE TIME.

MY CONCERN WHEN WE START GOING AFTER ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE DUE PROCESS AND BE CAREFUL THIS DOES NOT BECOME ALMOST AN INVITATION TO GET MORE AND BIGGER CROWDS.

I DO THINK THAT IN MY OPINION WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ROOT CAUSES AS JULIE WAS MENTIONING WE HAVE TO LOOK THESE ARE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL IS TAKING.

BUT THE ROOT CAUSES OF THIS LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED THIS SUMMER.

WE GOT LITTLE PROGRAMMING IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO NONE.

WE HAVE LITTLE ACTIVITIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND MINORS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE ISSUES GROWING AND GROWING IN FREQUENCY AND THEY ARE GOING AGAIN IN THE CONFRONTATIONS WE SEE.

AGAIN, I DO THINK WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

THIS IS A FIRST STEP AND WE NEED TIME BUT THE ROOT CAUSES IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND START ACTING ON.

>> I SHOULD MENTION A LOT OF THE FOLKS COMING IN ON THE MOTORCYCLE CARAVANS WERE COMING FROM BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

MANY FROM FAR AWAY OF THE CITY.

ALDERMAN HOPKINS IN TERMS OF THIS ONLOOKER PART OF THE ORDINANCE HOW SPECIFICALLY WOULD THAT WORK?

>> IF YOU PARK A VEHICLE IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO PROVIDE BASICALLY WHAT IS A STAGE OR A TRACK THEY ARE USING VEHICLES TO ENFORCE THE BORDERS WHERE THE DRIFTING AND THE DOUGHNUTS TAKE PLACE WITHIN IT YOU ARE CONSIDERED A PARTICIPANT IN THE EVENT.

SO WE DO HAVE ALREADY UNDER CURRENT LAW WE HAVE THE MEANS TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST SPECTATORS IF THEY ARE THERE PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT AND SERVING TO CREATE THE AREA WHERE THE ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE.

WE'RE TARGETING THE VEHICLES WHO ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN THE DRIFTING AND THE RACING.

BUT AS WE EXPAND OUR EFFORTS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID HE WITH LIKE TO SEE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE I ASSUME HE IS TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE TEETH TO IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US USE THE TEETH THEY WERE GIVEN WHEN THE ORDINANCE PASSED A MONTH AGO.

WE HAVE DOZENS OF CARS INVOLVED IN THIS, HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS WITH THEIR CARS, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK TO IMPOUND HUNDREDS OF CARS AT ONCE.

IT REQUIRES A GREAT MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES, MANPOWER, TOW TRUCKS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STREETS AND SANITATION ALL OF THAT.

A LOT OF THE PLANNING THAT IS GOING FORWARD RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF RAMPING UP AS WE TEST THIS OUT ON A SMALLER SCALE, AND EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE POTENTIALLY COULD IMPOUND DOZENS OF CARS AT ONE TIME.

AND TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION IF WE DO THAT THAT ABSOLUTELY WILL HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT.

ONE OF THE REASONS SO MANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS CAME TO CHICAGO LAST WEEKEND FROM AS FAR AWAY AS CALIFORNIA WE HAD PEOPLE HERE FROM 14 STATES BECAUSE OF THE WORD WAS OUT.

YOU CAN GO TO CHICAGO AND GET AWAY WITH THIS.

THE POLICE SEEM TO BE NOT TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

THAT IS CHANGING.

AND THE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE.

>> BEEF TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE.

THANKS TO JULIE DARLING, ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS AND ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ.

THANKS SO MUCH.

>> AND UP NEXT WE SHOW YOU A COLOSSAL COLLECTION OF RARE MOVIE POSTERS SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> WHEN YOUR HOBBY TURNS INTO ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF MOVIE POSTERS IN THE WORLD WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE.

A LOCAL COLLECTOR HAD 45,000 POSTERS AND LOB WI CARDS HE SOLD SOME AND KEPT OTHERS AND SHARED THE CREAM OF THE CROP.

HE SHOWED "CHICAGO TONIGHT" HOW IT COMBINED FOR AN ARTFUL FORM OF ADVERTISING.

MARC VITALI HAS THE STORY.

>> FROM A GIGANTIC SPANISH POSTER FOR THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK CLASSIC NORTH BY NORTHWEST, TO A RARITY THAT FEATURES OZ WALT THE LUCKY RABBIT THE PROTOTYPE FOR MIKKI MOUSE AND ENOUGH CARDS TO FILL THE LOBBIES OF 100 MOVIE THEATERS.

A COLLECTION WHEN COLORFUL MOVIE POSTERS MADE LASTING IMPRESSIONS.

BACK IN THE DAY IT WAS THE ONLY FORM OF ADVERTISING.

THIS WAS MEANT TO GRAB YOU BY THE LAPELS AND SAY GET IN THIS MOVIE THEATRE AND SEE THIS FILM.

>> DWIGHT CLEVELAND HAS HAD A PASSION FOR POSTERS AND LOBBY CARDS SINCE THE 1970s.

HE HAS WORKED FROM 56 FROM COUNTRIES.

HIS COLLECTION WAS THE FOCUS OF A BOOK CINEMA ON PAPER.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES.

>> I COLLECT DIFFERENTLY FROM MOST COLLECTORS WHO COLLECT BY FILM GENRE OR PARTICULAR MOVIE STAR, DIRECTOR.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE POSTERS FIRST AND THE ARTWORK.

AND THEN I LEARNED TO LOVE THE MOVIES AFTER THAT.

EVERYTHING THAT I OWN I LOVE FROM AN ARTISTIC STANDPOINT.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO DEFINE IN WORDS IT IS MORE OF A VISCERAL REACTION THAT I GET WHEN I SEE SOMETHING AND I KNOW I HAVE TO OWN IT.

IT SPEAKS TO ME AND SAYS TAKE ME HOME.

>> HE BEGAN HIS COLLECTION AS A TEENAGER WITH A GARY COOPER LOBBY CARD.

>> A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WAS ALSO A COLLECTOR AND ASKED HIM TO HUNT DOWN POSTERS ON HIS WANT LIST.

>> IN THE COURSE OF HUNTING DOWN THE THINGS ON HIS WANT LIST, I FELL IN LOVE WITH ALL SORTS OF OTHER MOVERS AND BECAME HOOKED AND IT'S BEEN MY DRUG OF CHOICE EVER SINCE.

>> HE CONTINUED COLLECTING THROUGH A CAREER RENOVATING HISTORIC CHICAGO HOMES.

HE HANDLES MOVIE HISTORY WITH THE SAME CARE.

>> I STARTED OUT AS A COLLECTOR AND THEN I LEARNED ABOUT RESTORATION.

AND ARCHIVING AND CATALOGING AND ALL THAT STUFF.

AND NOW I'VE TRANSITIONED MORE INTO ADVOCATE IN TERMS OF ELEVATING THE ART FORM.

>> CLEVELAND REDUCED HIS STOCKPILE WITH DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

HIS COLLECTION IS THE BASIS OF AN EXHIBITION ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN EARLY FILM HISTORY AT THE POSTER HOUSE MUSEUM IN NEW YORK CITY.

HIS ADVICE TO COLLECTOR... >> I GUESS THE BEST ADVICE IS BUY WHAT YOU LOVE.

THAT IS WHAT I'VE DONE AND EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN INTO PLACE.

>> NOW, WITH HIS SMALLER COLLECTION HE IS EYEING ITS FUTURE.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT IN A AN INSTITUTION THAT WILL TREAT IT PROPERLY AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR 23EU78 SCHOLARS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND HOW THAT HAPPENS, I DON'T KNOW YET.

BUT I'M CERTAINLY TAKING CALLS ON THAT.

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

>> POSTERS GRAB ME BY MY LAPEL.

THERE IS MORE FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH COLLECTOR DWIGHT CLEVELAND ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT HIS BOOK.

AND IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN NEW YORK CITY, HIS EXHIBITION WOMEN IN EARLY HOLLYWOOD IS AT THE POSTER HOUSE MUSEUM UNTIL OCTOBER 9TH.

NOW PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF OLD MOVIES I NEED TO CATCH UP ON TOO.

STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"..., STARBUCKS EMPLOYEES SAY MANAGERS ARE TARGETING THEM FOR DISCIPLINE BECAUSE OF SUPPORT FOR UNIONATION.

ACTIVISTS PUSHING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAMP OUT IN A FORMER HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT TO BLOCK A APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THESE SITES AND WHAT THE OLD MILITARY GROUNDS LOOK LIKE TODAY IN "ASK GEOFFREY".

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER BLIND TRUST AND INVESTMENTS IN COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS WITH THE STATE.

ACCORDING TO A BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION INVESTIGATION PRITZKER'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO INCLUDES INTERESTS IN 12 FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES THAT EARNED MORE THAN $20 BILLION IN STATE BUSINESS SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE THAT INCLUDES SAN TEEN, THE COMPANY OF ONE OF THE MAIN MEDICAID PROVIDERS.

PRITZKER HAD TO KNOW ABOUT SOME INVESTMENTS WHEN HE FILED HIS ECONOMIC DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS WITH THE STATE.

BUT IN A RESPONSE, THE PRITZKER CAMPAIGN STATED QUOTE... >> THE STATEMENT GOES ON TO RIDICULE THE BGA AND BELIEVES THE ORGANIZATION HAS IT WRONG.

>> FORMER SOVIET LEADER MIKHAIL GORBACHEV DIES AT THE AGE OF 91 IN MOSCOW COULD YOU.

HE IS KNOWN WITH ENDING THE COLD WAR WITHOUT BLOODSHED AND KEY REFORMS THAT LEAD TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION.

HIS DEATH WAS RELEASED AFTER A LONG AND GRAVE ILLNESS.

ILLINOIS REPORTS ITS FIRST HUMAN CASE AND FIRST HUMAN DEATH OF WEST NILE VIRUS SO FAR THIS YEAR.

THE VIRUS WAS DETECTED IN COOK COUNTY IN A 70-YEAR-OLD WHO BECAME ILL THIS MONTH AND LATER DIED.

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR SAID IN A STATEMENT QUOTE... >> NOW, AMANDA WE GO BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

WORKERS AT A UNIONIZED STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP IN EDGEWATER WALKED OFF THE JOB TODAY PROTESTING WHAT THEY SAY IS A PATTERN OF THE COMPANY ILLEGALLY DISCIPLINING EMPLOYEES AS RETALIATION FOR ORGANIZING.

AS "CHICAGO TONIGHT" NICK BLUMBERG REPORTS THOSE CHARGES HAVE BEEN ECHOED BY PRO UNION STARBUCKS WORKERS AROUND THE U.S. >> EMPLOYEES AT THE CLARK AND RIDGE STARBUCKS CALLED A ONE-DAY UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE STRIKE TUESDAY THE SAME DAY THE COMPANY LAUNCHED THE LINE OF YEARLY FALL DRINKS.

WORKER EMILY ALAIMO SAYS MANAGEMENT'S ATTITUDE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

WE HAD A CULTURE OF IT'S CHILL IT IS A FUN PLACE TO WORK.

IF YOU ARE CHALKING IN A COUPLE MINUTES LATE NO ONE IS GOING TO GET ON YOUR BACK.

UNTIL THE UNIONIZATION STARTED NOW WE HAVE TARGETS ON OUR BACK.

>> SHE WAS GIVEN A FINAL WARNING WRITE UPS WERE FOR A DAY SHE WAS SICK AND STILL TOLD TO COME IN AND GOT ILL ON HER WAY TO WORK.

>> BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING I WAS SEVEN MINUTES LATE.

I TOLD MY MANAGER I'M SICK THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS IS WHY I'M LATE AND SHE SAID WELL, I STILL NEED YOU TO BE HERE SO NOBODY ELSE IS STRESSED OUT.

>> A SPOKESPERSON SAID IN A STATEMENT STARBUCKS HAS GREAT PARTNERS AND WE VALUE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WE RESPECT OUR PARTNERS RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN LEGALLY PROTECTED PROTEST ORALLY WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EACH PARTNER WHO CONTINUES TO WORK AND WE DO OUR BEST TO LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF ALL OUR PARTNERS.

THE EDGEWATER STARBUCKS IS ONE OF SEVEN UNIONIZED LOCATIONS IN THE CHICAGO AREA AND ONE OF MORE THAN 200 AROUND THE U.S.

SO FAR NONE OF THE UNIONIZED COFFEE SHOPS HAS A CONTRACT.

EDGEWATER WORKER CHRIS TRASCAPOULOS IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL BARGAINING COMMITTEE AND SAYS THE COMPANY WON'T COME TO THE TABLE.

>> WE'VE SENT OUT MASS LETTERS ON BEHALF OF STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK.

AND IT'S FRUSTRATING.

WE WANT TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH AND THEY KEEP SAYING THEY WANT TO AS WELL.

>> EMPLOYEES AROUND THE U.S. HAVE ACCUSED STARBUCKS OF RETALIATING AGAINST PRO UNION WORKERS.

THE BOARD ACCUSED THE COMPANY OF VIOLATIONS INCLUDING WRONGLY TERMINATING EMPLOYEES AND WITHHOLDING RAISES.

EMILY ALAIMO SAYS THE NARRATIVE THE PRO UNION WORKERS ARE ENTITLED IS OFF THE MARK.

>> WE ARE OUT HERE WORKING SO HARD DOING THIS UNPAID WORK TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.

AND IT'S BECAUSE STARBUCKS IS UNWILLING TO DO SO.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M NICK BLUMBERG.

>> STARBUCKS HAS CONSISTENTLY DENIED CLAIMS OF UNION BUSTING CALLING THEM CATEGORICALLY FALSE AND SAYING THE COMPANY WILL DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CHARGES.

UP NEXT WHY SOME UPTOWN RESIDENTS ARE PROTESTING A NEW LUXURY CONDO DEVELOPMENT BUT FIRST A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... [♪♪♪] >> AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVISTS IN UPTOWN HAVE BEEN CAMPED OUT IN A PARKING LOT FOR MORE THAN A WEEK TO BLOCK CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW LUXURY CONDO DEVELOPMENT.

THE LOT WAS OWNED BY WEISS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND SOLD AND OWNED BY LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY AND THAT COMPANY AIMS TO BUILDING A 300 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING AND EIGHT UNITS WILL BE AFFORDABLE.

IN A COMMUNITY RAVAGED BY HOMELESSNESS ACTIVISTS ARE CRYING FOUL AND JOINING US NOW ARE ANGELA CLAY, AN ORGANIZER WITH NORTH SIDE ACTION FOR JUSTICE.

A PROGRESSIVE GROUP ADVOCATING FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

CLAY IS RUNNING TO REPLACE RETIRING 46TH WARD JAMES CAPPLEMAN.

AND ADAM GOTTLIEB AN ORGANIZER WITH THE CHICAGO UNION OF THE HOMELESS AND WE REACHED OUT TO LINCOLN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND THEY DECLINED.

WE APPRECIATE THE TWO OF YOU BEING HERE.

ANGELA CLAY I WILL START WITH YOU.

PROTESTORS HAVE BEEN CAMPED OUT IN THIS PARKING LOT WHAT IS IT THEY ARE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH?

>> WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH BRINGING THE VOICES OF THE FOLKS IN OUR WARD TO THE SEAT OF POWER.

WE HAVE FELT LIKE OUR MOST NEEDIEST NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN IGNORED.

AND AS A COMMUNITY THAT IS VIBRANT AND DIVERSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS THEIR HOME AS WELL.

AND THAT THEY HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT SUPPORTS THEM AS WELL, TOO.

>> ADAM GOTTLIEB WHAT ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL DO YOU FIND OBJECTIONABLE?

IS IT THAT RELATIVELY SMALL PORTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THEY ARE PROPOSING?

>> IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, PARIS.

EVERY BLOCK IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PRACTICALLY THEY HAVE NEW HIGH COST APARTMENTS AND CONDOS GOING UP AND RENTS ARE SKYROCKETING AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING PUT OUT OF THEIR HOMES BY RISING RENTS.

MEANWHILE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN [INAUDIBLE] FOR YEARS WHO ARE LIVING IN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND WE'RE SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH UPTOWN RESIDENTS AND CHICAGOANS ALL OVER DESERVE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES DESERVE COMMUNITY CONTROL OVER THE PLACES WHERE THEY LIVE AND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE.

>> ANGELA CLAY AT THE SAME TIME THIS WAS A PARKING LOT.

SO IT IS NOT AS IF THE COMPANY IS TEARING DOWN AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT PEOPLE LIVED IN.

IS IT APPLES AND ORANGES HERE?

>> WELL, IT'S NOT.

AND THE REASON WHY WE SAY THAT THIS IS AN EXPANSION SPACE.

SO IT HAS BEEN USED FOR A MULTITUDE OF PURPOSES AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC IT WAS USED TO SCREEN FOR COVID-19 TESTING.

IN A WAY THAT KEPT THE ENTIRETY OF THE HOSPITAL SAFE BECAUSE IT WAS OUTDOORS, IT HAD ACCESS ON AND OFF TO LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A PARKING LOT.

IT IS AN EXPANSION SPACE THAT CAN BE TURNED INTO A MULTITUDE OF THINGS TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ON A HEALTHCARE BASIS, OR AS A CONSUMAL BASIS.

WE DON'T SEE IT AS A PARKING LOT.

WE SEE IT AS AN EXPANSION SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> ADAM GOTTLIEB WE INVITED LINCOLN PROPERTY TO COME ON THE SHOW, IF YOU WERE SITTING ACROSS FROM THEM ON ZOOM, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO WITH THIS?

>> WE'D LIKE THEM TO IMMEDIATELY SELL THE LOT BACK TO OR WORK WITH THE CITY TO TURN THIS LAND INTO SOMETHING IN THE INTEREST OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AS ANGELA SAID IT CAN BE USED FOR ANY NUMBER OF EXPANDED HEALTHCARE SERVICES, CENTERS, HARM REDUCTION CENTER OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BUT WE WANT THEM TO IMMEDIATELY STOP THIS HARMFUL PROJECT AND WE THINK HOUSE SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED HOUSES NOT FOR RICH PEOPLE TO MAKE A PROFIT OFF OF.

>> ANGELA CLAY WHAT ABOUT THE COMPANY PROMISING TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING?

SAY THEY DID THAT.

WOULD THAT WIN SUPPORT?

>> IT IS A CONVERSATION, RIGHT.

I DON'T SPEAK SOLE FROM MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AS A COMMUNITY FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DISCUSSION THAT FELT EQUITABLE FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES FIGHTING FOR THIS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

IT IS NOT JUST SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SAYING WE'LL THROW YOU FOUR MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS IS THAT OK?

NO, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEM OF OUR WARD RIGHT NOW.

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK LIKE ADAM MENTIONED THERE IS UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING GOING UP.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LONGEVITY HERE.

WE ARE A WARD THAT IS PRIMARILY C.T.A.

TEACHERS.

WE ARE A WARD OF FAMILIES.

SO THE HOUSING STOCK THAT WE'RE BUILDING IS NOT SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES TO STAY HERE AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE.

SO AFFORDABILITY, ABSOLUTELY WILL BE A POINT THAT WE WILL PUSH BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE STOCK AND THE LONGEVITY OF THE HOUSING AS WELL.

>> ADAM GOTTLIEB YOU GOT INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

HOW ACUTE IS THE PROBLEM OF AFFORDABILITY AND HOMELESSNESS SPECIFICALLY IN UPTOWN?

>> WE ARE IN A CRISIS HERE.

AND UPTOWN IS MORE VISIBLE THAN ALMOST ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

ALTHOUGH YOU CAN SEE TENTS POPPING UP ALL OVER CHICAGO BUT THE TENTS HAVE BEEN INCREASING FOR THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN IN THE FALLOUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ONE OF THE LARGEST HOMELESS COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO RIGHT NOW.

AND A LOT OF OUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS COALITION IS COMING FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE OR ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND WE SAY HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT.

WE WON'T GO WITHOUT A FIGHT.

>> ANGELA CLAY THE CURRENT ALDERMAN CAPPLEMAN IS RETIRING YOU ARE ONE OF FOLKS ANNOUNCING THEIR INTENTIONS TO RUN.

HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THE ALDERMAN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WHERE DOES HE STAND ON IT?

>> WE'VE TRIED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR ALDERMAN.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE BEEN IGNORED.

THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT AS YOU KNOW, NONVIABLE VOICES.

AND THAT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO OUR MULTIRACIAL COALITION THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD HERE.

WE ARE A COALITION OF FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY RISING RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES WITH OUR COMMUNITY HOSPITALS LIKEWISE.

AND HE HAS TAKEN A STAND THAT THIS IS A GREAT ADJUSTMENT AND ADDITION TO OUR WARD.

AND LOOK, THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION ABOUT IF WE WANT DEVELOPMENT.

DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AGREE THAT OUR WARD NEEDS.

BUT IT HAS TO BE ON IN AN EQUITABLE FASHION THAT SUITS THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS NO MATTER THEIR INCOME.

WE'VE TRIED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS CIVICALLY AND THEY'VE UNFORTUNATELY GONE IGNORED.

>> HOPEFULLY WE CAN HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER AND WE'LL KEEP FOLLOWING THIS.

THANKS TO ANGELA CLAY AND ADAM GOTTLIEB THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, CHICAGO WAS ONCE HOME TO TWO DOSE NIKE MISSILE BASES WHAT THE SITES LOOK LIKE TODAY IN AN ENCORE EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY".

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE MAY BRING BACK MEMORIES OF THE COD WAR AS THE U.S. AND OTHERS ENACT SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA.

A VIEWER ASKED US ABOUT ESCALATING TENSIONS.

WE DIG INTO THAT AND MORE IN OUR INSTALLMENT OF "ASK GEOFFREY".

GEOFFREY WELCOME BACK TO THE STUDIO WE'RE GLAD YOU ARE HERE.

LET'S GET TO THE QUESTION... >> WELL, OUR QUESTIONER IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

THERE WERE NO ICBM'S OR BALLISTIC MISSILES AT MONTROSE HARBOR BUT THERE WAS A NIKE MISSILE BASE THERE RIGHT THERE AT MONTROSE HARBOR.

NIKE MISSILES WERE DEFENSIVE WEAPONS.

THE COUNTRY'S FIRST SURFACE TO AIR GUIDED MISSILE SYSTEM WHEREAS ICBM'S WERE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS WHAT LEAD TO NIKI MISSILES BECOMING OBSOLETE.

THE U.S.

DEVELOPED THE NIKE MISSILES DURING THE COLD WAR TO DEFEND SOVIET BOMBERS THAT WERE ARMED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABLE OF REACHING ANY TARGET IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

>> HOW MANY OF THESE SITES WERE THERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

>> ABOUT 300 NIKE MISSILE SITES.

THEY WERE INSTALLED IN RINGS AROUND MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS AND OTHER STRATEGIC SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THE EARLY 1950s.

IN THE CHICAGO AREA THERE WERE ABOUT 20 OF THEM.

MONTROSE HARBOR WAS THE RADAR AND COMMAND CENTER THAT CONTROLLED A BATTERY OF MISSILES LOCATED NEXT DOOR AT BELMONT HARBOR.

ANOTHER LAUNCH FACILITY HARD TO PICTURE THIS WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE IN JACKSON PARK WITH RADAR AND CONTROL RIGHT THERE ON THE POINT.

AND THERE WERE ALSO CHICAGO AREA SITES AT WOLF LAKE, FORT SHERIDAN, THE SKOKIE LAGOONS AND ELSEWHERE AND THESE WERE PLACED STRATEGICALLY TO OVERLAP SO NO PART OF THE AREA WOULD BE LEFT UNPROTECTED.

I ACTUALLY GREW UP NOT FAR FROM THE SKOKIE LAGOONS AND I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER SEEING THE MISSILES THERE RIGHT IN THE SKOKIE LAGOONS FROM TIME TO TIME AS WE DROVE BY ON THE EDEN EXPRESSWAY.

INITIALLY THE UNITED STATES USED NIKE AJAX MISSILES.

BUT THE AJAX COULD ONLY TRAVEL 25 MILES AND MILITARY LEADERS FELT THAT WAS NOT FAR ENOUGH.

THE NIKE HERCULES WAS AJAX'S SUCCESSOR WHICH COULD TRAVEL UP TO 90 MILES AND THE FIRST NIKE HERCULES IN CHICAGO WAS THAT THAT BELMONT HARBOR SITE.

THE MISSILES ALONG WITH THE FUEL AND WASTE PRODUCTS WERE STORED IN LARGE UNDERGROUND BASEMENTS BIG VAULTS SOMETIMES MANY STOREYS DEEP AND A LARGE ELEVATOR WOULD BRING THE MISSILE UP TO THE SURFACE AND CREW MEMBERS WOULD PUSH THE MISSILES INTO POSITION.

NO MISSILES WERE EVER LAUNCHED IN CHICAGO.

BUT THE CREWS WOULD PRACTICE BRINGING THEM FROM UNDERGROUND AND POINTING THEM UP AT THE SKY AND AS A LITTLE KID WE COULD SEE FROM THE EDENS EXPRESSWAY IN THE SKOKIE WI LAGOONS.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE ICBM END TO THE END OF -- LED TO THE END OF NIKE.

>> NIKE WAS TO DEFEND AGAINST MANNED AIRCRAFT BUT THE SOVIET UNION SHIFTED THE STRATEGY BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WERE VULNERABLE TO ATTACKS FROM THE NIKE MISSILES, THE SOLUTION WAS INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES THAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE QUESTION AND THOSE COULD BE LAUNCHED FROM SOVIET SOIL.

THE CHANGE MADE THE DEFENSE OBSOLETE AND U.S. DEFENSE DOLLARS WERE SHIFTED TO DEVELOPING AMERICA'S OWN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES AND ALSO AT THE TIME THE GROWING WAR IN VIETNAM.

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BEGAN PHASING OUR NIKE BASES IN THE MID-1960s AMID BUDGET CUTS AND DEACTIVATED MOST OF THE SITES AFTER THE SECOND STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY WAS SIGNED BY THE SOVIET UNION AND THE U.S.

IN 1974.

AND BY THE WAY, THE U.S.

STILL HAS AN ARMS LIMITATION TREATY WITH RUSSIA THAT RUNS THROUGH 2026.

>> DID THE U.S.

INSTALL SITES FOR INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES IN THE CHICAGO AREA?

>> NO, NEVER HAD THAT.

THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO INSTALL ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILES IN SUBURBAN VERNON HILLS DESIGNED TO SHOOT DOWN INCOMING ICBM'S AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SENTINEL PROGRAM.

A DIFFERENT DEFENSIVE WEAPON THAN THE NIKE MISSILES.

BUT THAT PLAN FACED A LOT OF CRITICISM AND PUSHBACK BOTH LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND SCIENTISTS.

THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MISSILES' MARGIN OF ERROR AND THE PROXIMATION TO CITIES THAT COULD HAVE LEAD TO AN IMPACT OF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR.

THERE WAS A LAWSUIT BUT, BEFORE THAT CAME TO TRIAL PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCED THE MISSILE PROGRAM WOULD BE SCRAPPED SO NO MISSILES WERE EVER INSTALLED AROUND MAJOR CITIES.

>> WERE REMNANTS OF NIKE SITES STANDING?

>> ALMOST ALL OF THE TOWERS AND CONTROL FACILITIES ARE GONE NOW INCLUDING ALL TRACES AT MONTROSE HARBOR TO OUR VIEWER'S QUESTION.

BUT SOME BUILDINGS STILL STAND INCLUDING IN WOLF LAKE WHERE THERE IS AN ACTUAL NIKE MISSILE ON DISPLAY.

AND BELMONT HARBOR SAME THING.

BECAME A LARGE GRASSY AREA BUT IT SHOULD BE SAID IN 1971 BEFORE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GAVE UP OWNERSHIP OF THAT SITE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OCCUPIED IT DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT TURN THE AREA INTO PUBLIC HOUSING AND A SCHOOL FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

EVENTUALLY THEY WERE FORCIBLY REMOVED AND THEY WENT ON TO OCCUPY OTHER FORMER MILITARY GROUNDS.

>> NEARLY FIVE DECADES AFTER THE LAST NIKE SITE CLOSED SINCE THEN RUSSIA HAS INVADED UKRAINE CAN WE DRAW LESSONS BY RECALLING THAT ERA OF NIKE MISSILES IN THE COLD WAR ARMS RACE?

>> WELL FOR ONE THING THAT I REMEMBER IT WAS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE AND FOR THAT AND OTHER REASONS, THE TWO COLD WAR SUPERPOWERS STEPPED BACK FROM THE BRINK SIGNING THAT SALT TREATY THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AIMED AT LIMITING PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR TIPPED MISSILES AND THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSED.

ALL I CAN SAY WE CAN ONLY HOPE THE WORLD LEARNED FROM HISTORY AS EVENTS UNFOLD IN UKRAINE TODAY.

>> CERTAINLY DEVASTATING WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.

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