JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS ELECTS RUNNING SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM LOCAL REACTION.

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS A DEADLINE TO STUDY ON HOW OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED.

AND THE PARIS OLYMPICS WRAP UP THIS WEEKEND.

A LOOK AT THE BIG WINS AND HISTORIC MOMENTS FOR TEAM AMERICA.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

THE PICK IS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS IS CHOOSING MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ TO BE HER RUNNING MATE ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

PROMISED.

OPPORTUNITY AND JUSTICE IS NOT JUST FOR SOME, BUT FOR ALL.

SO PENNSYLVANIA, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I FOUND THAT SULLIVAN.

THE HARRIS WALL SIGNS WERE ALREADY PRINTED WHEN THE PAIR APPEARED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, A RALLY IN PHILADELPHIA THAT KICKED JUST ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.

HARRIS SAYS THE 60 YEAR-OLD GOVERNOR HAS, QUOTE, DELIVERED FOR WORKING FAMILIES AS GOVERNOR COACH TEACHER AND A VETERAN.

WELL, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER WAS ALSO AMONG THE CONTENDERS FOR THE NUMBER 2 SPOT ON THE TICKET.

HE SAYS HARRIS AND WALLS HAVE HIS FULL SUPPORT.

I COME TO WORK EVERY DAY KNOWING THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND WE HAVE OVER THE LAST 5 AND A HALF YEARS.

AND SO I CONTINUE TO COME TO WORK WITH GREAT DEAL OF JOY NOT SORRY AT ALL ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A TERRIFIC MIDWESTERN GOVERNOR IN TIM WALZ.

IT'S BEEN CHOSEN AND I'M GONNA GO OUT AND SUPPORT HIM AND THE TICKET AND KAMALA HARRIS EVERY DAY.

HARRISON WAS WILL BE RUNNING AGAINST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP AND HIS RUNNING MATE, SENATOR JD VANCE OF OHIO TODAY.

VANCE CALLED WAS HIS RECORD A JOKE LABELING HIM ONE OF THE MOST FAR-LEFT RADICALS IN GOVERNMENT OR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS AND MORE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

NOW, GOVERNOR PRITZKER MADE THE REMARKS THAT YOU JUST HEARD WHILE HE WAS SIGNING A BILL AIMED AT MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON TO OBTAIN A STATE ISSUED ID CARD.

I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT OBTAINING A STATE ID, HE'S ONE OF THOSE CRITICAL BARRIERS FOR WOMEN COMING HOME BECAUSE IT CREATES CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES WITH EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING AND MORE.

AND THE WORST THING ABOUT THESE KINDS OF AREAS IS THAT WOMEN ARE PUNISHED FOR SURVIVING WHEN WE CAN NOT OVERCOME THEM.

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND ADVOCATES SAY GETTING AN ID WHILE REENTERING THE COMMUNITY IS OFTEN MADE HARDER BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY CARD REQUIREMENT.

THIS LEGISLATION MAKES IT EASIER BY ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A PHYSICAL CARD, INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS CAN START THE PROCESS WHILE STILL IN CUSTODY AND HAVE THE ID READY UPON RELEASE, MAKING IT EASIER TO APPLY FOR JOBS, HOUSING A BANK ACCOUNT AND TO RECEIVE HEALTH CARE.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING PARENTS TO GET THEIR STUDENTS UP TO DATE ON THEIR VACCINES AHEAD OF THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT SAYS PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND PROOF OF REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS BY OCTOBER 15TH.

THAT'S THE END.

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR CPS IS AUGUST.

26TH.

ITS BEEN PUSHED BACK A WEEK WHILE THE CITY HOST THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO ACCESS YOUR CHILD'S OFFICIAL IMMUNIZATION RECORDS.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE SO YOU T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

UP NEXT, DETAILS ON A MISSED DEADLINE BY THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS CHOOSES A RUNNING MATE TODAY.

MEANWHILE, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT MISSES A DEADLINE TO LAUNCH A STUDY ON HOW OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED AND THE CTA TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS UPDATING ITS TRANSIT SYSTEM.

HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS AND DIVINITY HEADER.

SHARON AND NICK BLUMBERG.

HEY, GANG.

SO LET'S START WITH THE VEEPSTAKES, RIGHT, AMANDA, WHO IS TO MALLS AND AND WHAT YOU CHOOSE HIM.

SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY SHE CHOSE HIM BECAUSE SOME OF THIS, I THINK, REALLY IS CHEMISTRY IN THAT.

IT'S GOT TO BE PART OF THAT.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DO OFTEN IGNORE.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARTNER.

SOMEBODY YOU CAN COUNT ON SOMEBODY YOU'VE GOT A TRUSTING REALLY GET ALONG WITH.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY PART OF IT.

BUT HE'S ALSO A 2 TERM GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA, A STATE THAT HIS GAME DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES IN THE LEGISLATURE THERE AND REALLY ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THE BIG TICKET ITEMS ORDERED.

FRANKLY, WHAT WE'VE ILLINOIS, IN TERMS OF PROTECTIONS FOR REPRODUCTIVE LEAVE FOR WORKERS, ALL THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

HE ALSO HAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE WANTING A CANDIDATE TO SORT OF APPEAL TO BASE THINGS LIKE HE WAS IN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

SO HE HAS MILITARY EXPERIENCE SERVED IN KNOWS WASHINGTON AND THOSE ARE ALL THE SORT OF THINGS.

AND I THINK ALSO IMPORTANTLY, HE IS SOMEBODY SEEMS TO AT LEAST FAR ACCEPTED BY ALL PARTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE MODERATES AS WELL AS THE PROGRESSIVES THAT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF HER OTHER POTENTIAL.

HEATHER, HOW HOW'S THE PARTY RESPONDED SO FAR?

WELL, EVERYBODY HAS A MAN TO SAID ACROSS THE BOARD IS THRILLED WHEN YOU HAVE SENATOR JOE MANCHIN FROM WEST VIRGINIA AND REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ SINGING FROM THE SAME HYMN KNOW AND BOTH PRAISING TIM WALZ HAS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT CHOICE.

THAT TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS PICKED PICKED HIM.

BUT OF COURSE, RUBBER MEETS THE MORE THAN 70% OF AMERICANS HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS KIND ARE YOU LOOKING?

WHITE HAIRED GUY IS AND THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT HIM IN SHORT ORDER AND IT CAN BE BUMPY, AS I THINK SENATOR JD VANCE WOULD TELL HIS NEW SORT OF COUNTERPART SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO TO PLAN.

THAT SAID TIM WALZ HAS LOT MORE EXPERIENCE AS A POLITICIAN.

THEN JD VANCE DOES.

AND CERTAINLY HARRIS IS HOPING THAT THOSE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WILL PROVE WELL AS HE STARTS CAMPAIGNING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH ACROSS ALL OF THE SWING STATES THIS WEEK IN THE PRODUCT NOT PERHAPS NECESSARILY TO BRING MORE PEOPLE ON BOARD.

THERE IS A LOT OF TALK, OF COURSE, ABOUT THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA AND TRYING TO WIN THAT BATTLEGROUND STATE.

BUT IT CAN ALSO BE TO YOUR POINT ABOUT VANCE.

PICKING SOMEBODY WHO IS IT GOING TO STEER FOLKS AWAY?

EVEN DOESN'T MAYBE BRING IN MORE VOTES TO THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN.

YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE ALL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA QUESTION, TOO.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DOUBT AS TO WHETHER THIS NOTION THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM A EVEN A VERY POPULAR GOVERNOR WILL NECESSARILY BRING ALONG THEIR HOME STATE WHEN IT IS A SWING STATE LIKE PENNSYLVANIA.

SO I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE PATH TO 2.70, FOR THE HARRIS TICKET.

PENNSYLVANIA IS A REALLY, REALLY KEY STATE FOR THEM.

BUT JOSH PEER DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY GET IT.

WHILE WE'RE ON IT, WHAT HAS REPUBLICANS REACTION BEEN TO THIS TICKET WILL TO STEAL HEATHER'S PHRASE?

THEY'VE CERTAINLY BEEN SINGING FROM THE SAME HYMNAL, BUT THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY SONGS OF WORKED REALLY QUICKLY TO PAINT HIM WAS, YOU KNOW, FAR LEFT ILLINOIS GOP CHAIR CATHY SAUDI CALLED HIM A RADICAL LEFTIST.

SHE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DIG AT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER MIDWESTERNER WHO WAS IN THE RUNNING JB PRITZKER SAYING AMERICANS CAN BREATHE EASY.

THAT PRITZKER IS NOT GOING TO BE THE VP ON THE TICKET.

YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM THE NATIONAL REPUBLICANS AS WELL, REALLY TRYING TO TIE TIM WALZ'S.

THEY HAVE MANY DEMOCRATS THIS ELECTION CYCLE, TOO.

YOU KNOW, THE INFLUX OF NEW ARRIVALS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, MINNESOTA HAS BEEN A TOP DESTINATION FOR MIGRANTS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES.

OF COURSE, OVERLOOKS THE FACT THAT TIM WALZ REALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH US.

YOU KNOW, MIGRANTS WHO HAVE BEEN BUSSED BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TO NEW YORK.

THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT NEW YORK'S MAYOR PUT INTO PLACE TO GIVE THEM BUS TICKETS TO ALLOW THEM TO MOVE TO OTHER CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE MIGRANTS SHOWS THE TWIN CITIES, CERTAINLY YOU CAN SAY THAT'S BECAUSE OF MINNESOTA'S WELCOMING POLICIES TOWARD THEM.

BUT IT'S NOT AS THOUGH THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WALLS ENGINEER NECESSARILY.

I THINK WE'LL ALSO SEE REPUBLICANS MAKE AN ISSUE OF WALLS BEING GOVERNOR DURING THE PROTESTS THAT FOLLOWED AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER.

AND SO THAT CERTAINLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT DID HE WAIT TOO LONG?

DID HE DO THE RIGHT THING IN CALLING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD?

SO WE'VE MENTIONED GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF HIS RESPONSE EARLIER IN THE SHOW, AMANDA, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE WAS IN THE SPOTLIGHT A LITTLE BIT WHEN HE WAS IN CONTENTION AND GOING THROUGH THE VETTING PROCESS, THOUGH HE WAS NOT CHOSEN.

OBVIOUSLY, WHAT HAS HE SAID IN RESPONSE TO IT TODAY?

HE ACTUALLY GOT SOMEWHAT CANDID TODAY AFTER BEING REALLY KG IN SORT OF COY.

HOW WE FAR WAS IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW IT WENT.

WE DIDN'T GET A TON OF DETAILS, BUT HE DID SAY THINGS LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT SUCH AS IT WAS AN HONOR AND HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE HARRIS TICKET.

HE REVEALED IT.

HE KNOWS WOLOSZYN CONSIDERS WELL AS THE FRIENDS THAT THEY WERE GOVERNORS ELECTED THE SAME YEAR WENT THROUGH THE COVID PANDEMIC TOGETHER AND MADE A LOT OF SORT OF SIMILAR DECISIONS IN TERMS OF THERE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WITH MASKING AND SUCH.

SO HEAT SAID ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

WE ALSO QUESTIONED HIM THIS MORNING ABOUT HIS POLITICAL FUTURE.

AND IS HE LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, RUNNING AGAIN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2 YEARS SEEING AS HE WILL BE ON THE TICKET OR WOULD HE CONSIDER A POSITION A PRESIDENT HARRIS'S CABINET?

SHOULD THAT AN OFFER?

MADE AVAILABLE TO HIM AND HE DIDN'T GO THERE.

HE SAID THAT HE ISN'T CONTEMPLATING EITHER OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW THAT HE LOVES HIS JOB AS GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS.

AND HE'S ACCOMPLISHED A LOT BUT WANTS TO MORE NOT PLAYING ANY OF THOSE THOSE WHAT IF TEAMS, BUT HE DID REVEAL, BUT THAT THE VETTING PROCESS THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN WAS EXTENSIVE.

I THINK RULING WAS THE WORD THAT HE'S GROWING IN LONG AND LONG, EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME.

SO SOME NOTABLE, ILLINOIS AND SO ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SUPPORTING THIS TICKET.

INTERESTINGLY, SOME OF THEM CALLING THEMSELVES REPUBLICANS FOR HARRIS.

NICK ON THIS.

WELL, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY NOTABLE ILLINOIS FORMER CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER, JOE WALSH, FORMER GOVERNOR JIM EDGAR.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM A OBAMA ERA TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.

YOU KNOW, LONGTIME REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN, RAY LAHOOD, WHO'S A SON DARON, IS CURRENTLY IN CONGRESS, IS ALL IN FOR, YOU KNOW, THE TRUMP PENCE TICKET.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE WHAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT AS THE TRADITIONAL ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN, NOT NECESSARILY THE FOLKS WHO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE REINS OF POWER IN THE STATE PARTY RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, APPEAL TO A WIDE SWATH OF VOTERS AND WHO HAVE BEEN VERY UPFRONT ABOUT SEEING TRUMP AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, TO THE NORMS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO SOME ARE THE, YOU KNOW, THE BOUNDARIES THAT SHOULD BE AROUND THE PRESIDENCY AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN KINZINGER'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF IS TAKING A ROLE WITH THE NATIONAL HARRIS CAMPAIGN AS DIRECTOR OF REPUBLICAN OUTREACH.

SO, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY THERE ARE SOME FOLKS HERE WHO ARE WILLING TO CROSS PARTY LINES FOR WHAT THEY SEE IS A CANDIDATE WHO AT LEAST AS FAR CLOSER TO THEIR MODERATE PRINCIPLES YOU KNOW, THE GUY AT THE TOP OF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS GROUP WILL BE ABLE TO BRING ALONG?

SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, MAY BE DISGRUNTLED, ILLINOIS.

REPUBLICANS WEREN'T PLEASED WITH THE CURRENT POSITION OF NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY.

WELL, ILLINOIS IS A BLUE STATE.

SO THEY'RE NOT PLAYING FOR THE MARGINS HERE, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO SET UP A PERMISSION STRUCTURE FOR REPUBLICANS IN OTHER STATES SO THEY SEE PEOPLE LIKE JIM EDGAR AND RAY LAHOOD WHO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF PARIS IS OK FOR THEM, MAYBE SHE'S OKAY FOR ME AND MAYBE I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A SECOND LOOK.

BUT THIS IS THIS ARTWORKS WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE ON THE MARGINS HERE RIGHT I'M HEATHER CITY COUNCIL GIVING OR GAVE CPD 90 DAYS TO LAUNCH THIS THAT WOULD LOOK INTO HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS DEPLOYING OFFICERS REMIND US WHAT THE STUDY WOULD DO AND WHY THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED IT.

WELL, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD SIMPLE QUESTION TO ANSWER, RIGHT.

WHERE DO OFFICERS WORK?

WHEN DO THEY WORK AND WHAT THEY DO?

BUT IT IS NOT A SIMPLE ANSWER.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, THE CITY COUNCIL SAID, LOOK, CPD NEED FIGURE OUT.

HOW TO TELL US WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE CONSENT DECREE TO FEDERAL COURT ORDER THAT ORDERED CPD TO REFORM ITSELF.

SO THEY GAVE US THE NCPD 90 DAYS TO FIGURE OUT 3RD PARTY GROUP FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS WORK IN TO GET STARTED.

THAT THAT WORK IS NOW 2 MONTHS OVERDUE.

AND THERE ARE REAL QUESTIONS BASED ON A NEW AUDIT BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

JUST DE PERE BERG.

HOW CPD IS TRACKING SORT ANY OF HOW THOSE OFFICERS ARE ASSIGNED NOW, INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID, LOOK, I'M LOOKING INTO THIS.

CAN YOU GIVE ME MORE DATA ON THIS?

AND CPD SAID, SURE, HAPPY TOO.

IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE THAT DATA HAS BEEN OFFERED AND SORT OF THE UNDERLYING POLITICS OF ALL OF THIS IS THAT OFFICER SIMON 0 SUM GAME.

YOU CAN PUT ONE OFFICER IN ONE PLACE.

AND IF THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND THAT IS A POLITICAL DECISION.

IT ALSO MEANS THAT YOU CAN SEE PARTS OF THE NORTH SIDE IN DOWNTOWN SORT OF MAKING HAVING TOO MANY OFFICERS.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF MURDERS AND SHOOTINGS AND VIOLENT CRIMES THAT OCCUR ON THE SOUTH AND THE WEST SIDE.

BUT YOU'RE AN OLDER PERSON, YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO SEE OFFICERS REDEPLOYED FROM YOUR AREA.

SO THIS IS A BIG ISSUE AND IT IS ONE THAT POTENTIALLY A FEDERAL JUDGE COULD GET INVOLVED WITH IF THE CITY DOESN'T SO LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSPORTATION NEWS BEFORE WE GET TO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS BEFORE WE RUN NICK CUT THE RIBBON ON THE NEW L STOP AT DAMON IN LAKE JUST YESTERDAY.

WAS THIS AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE GREEN?

MUCH WON'T THIS STATION HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE 1948.

AND IT FIXES WHAT WAS A MILE AND A HALF GAP IN THE GREEN LINE.

THERE.

SO THIS IS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TO STATIONS THAT WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR ONE ANOTHER.

THIS IS GOING TO CREATE FOR THE DNC.

YOU KNOW, A TRANSIT STOP THAT IS FAR CLOSER THAN ANYTHING WE HAD BEFORE.

ALTHOUGH THE PINK LINE TRACKS GO CLOSER TO THE UNITED COUPLE OF WEEKS.

YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, LOCAL LIKE ALDERMAN WALTER BURNETT HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE SAID AT THE UNVEILING THAT THIS WAS PARTIALLY ABOUT ECONOMICS AND IT WAS PARTIALLY ABOUT ETHNICITY.

THIS IS PASSING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A LARGELY BLACK WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE KINDS OF TRANSIT SERVICE THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY RELY ON.

SO THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF THE CTA HAS PUSHED IN RECENT YEARS TO CLOSE SOME OF THESE EQUITY GAPS.

SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THE STATE THE CITY TO HIT THE BRAKES ON A PLAN OVERHAUL OF LAKESHORE DRIVE.

WHY AREN'T THEY ON BOARD WITH THIS PROJECT TIME?

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOT UP 3, 4 BILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG POTENTIALLY TO DO A HUGE OVERHAUL OF ALL THE LANES ON NORTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

BUT WHAT YOU KNOW, SOME OLDER PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, STATE REPS HAVE BEEN SAYING IS, LOOK, THIS PROJECT HAS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS OF RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO SEE THINGS LIKE BUS, RAPID TRANSIT OR, YOU KNOW, BETTER BIKE OPTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THE LANE ALIGNMENTS THAT THEY'VE COME OUT WITH.

THEY JUST THINK IT'S STILL TOO CAR FOCUSED.

AND I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND STATE WHERE THEY WANT TO BE ON CLIMATE GOALS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS.

AND I THINK THE FACT THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE COMING OUT NOW AND MAKING A PUBLIC SHOW ALONG WITH A LOT OF INFLUENTIAL LOCAL, YOU KNOW, PLANNING TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS AND SAYING THIS ISN'T A GOOD IDEA.

WE NEED TO PAUSE AND RETHINK THIS I THINK IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERING THIS IS A PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT HAS THE IMPRIMATUR OF THE STATE AND CITY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS.

AND YESTERDAY GOVERNOR PRITZKER SIGNING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD END THE STATEWIDE ONE PERCENT.

GROCERY TAX.

WHEN CAN ILLINOIS AND EXPECT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE IN THE GROCERY BILL.

A LITTLE BIT IS RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S JUST A ONE PERCENT TAX.

SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SAVING A TON OF THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE UNTIL 2026, YOU ALSO HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT.

WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH THAT NEW ONE PERCENT CHANGE DIFFERENCE MAKES.

BUT ALSO THIS IS MONEY THAT CURRENTLY GOES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND SO THEY'RE ALSO WE HAVE BUILT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSTITUTE THEIR OWN TAXES.

YOU MIGHT BE SAVING ON THE STATE SIDE.

THIS IS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE THAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT FROM PRITZKER, WHATEVER HIS POLITICAL FUTURE DOES, BUT IT MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY SAVE YOU ANY MONEY IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING A LOT OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES TO INSTITUTE LOCALLY CHAOS AND THAT WILL BE FUN.

ALWAYS FUN WITH SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

THANKS, AMANDA, HEATHER AND NECK.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

UP NEXT, A LOOK AT THE BIG WINS AND HISTORIC MOMENTS SO FAR FOR TEAM AMERICA AT THIS YEAR'S OLYMPICS.

ATHLETES COMPETING IN THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS ARE IN THE HOMESTRETCH AND IT'S BEEN EXCITING, HISTORIC AND IT'S GOT THAT SORT OF GENOCIDE.

KWOK AMERICAN ATHLETES ARE SHINING BRIGHT IN THE CITY OF LIGHT PICKING UP THE MOST MEDALS AT 86, INCLUDING 24 GOLD.

FANS CAN CONTINUE TO CHEER ON THEIR FAVORITE ATHLETES UNTIL SUNDAY.

THAT IS WHEN THE GAMES CONCLUDE.

BUT FOR NOW, JOINING US VIA ZOOM IS MAGGIE HENDRICKS AND EDITOR AT OLYMPICS DOT COM.

MAGGIE, THANKS FOR FITNESS.

AND I KNOW IT'S A BUSY TIME FOR YOU.

YEAH, BUT ALWAYS BE ABLE EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT TO SO WE KNOW THE OLYMPIC GAMES THAT KICKED OFF A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROVERSY THIS YEAR.

THE OPENING CEREMONY FEATURING SOME COLORFUL MOMENTS LIKE A DEPICTION OF WHAT SOME THOUGHT WAS IN REFERENCE TO LEONARDO DA VINCI'S THE LAST SUPPER, A ROBOTIC COURSE.

AND I'M MARIE ANTOINETTE'S SEVERED HEAD.

SOME ARE SAYING THE THERE IN THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE ARE SAYING THAT THE INJURY IS ANTI CHRISTIAN AND DIVISIVE.

BUT WHAT'S YOUR TAKE WAS UNSUITABLE FOR THE GENERAL AUDIENCE.

HE WAS VERY FRENCH.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M A BIG OPENING CEREMONIES ALWAYS ARE ARE VERY EMBLEMATIC OF THE PLACE WHERE THE OLYMPICS ARE HAPPENING.

THAT WAS A VERY FRENCH STAYING IN EVEN THE THAT SOME CHRISTIANS, CATHOLIC.

I WASN'T OFFENDED SOME CHRISTIANS ARE OFFENDED ACTUALLY A REFERENCE TO DINE ANY SENSE A GREEK SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ABOUT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LEARN MORE ABOUT FRENCH CULTURE AND IT TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY INSTEAD OF JUST, YOU KNOW, FINDING ANOTHER THING TO BE MAD ABOUT.

WE'RE WAY.

I AGREE.

IT WAS DEFINITELY VERY ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GAMES AND THE ATHLETES.

WE ARE SEEING SOME OLDER COMPETITORS THIS YEAR U.S. WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS.

THEY'RE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN BECAUSE THEY'RE THE OLDEST U.S. WOMEN'S TEAM SINCE 1952, THEY'VE GOT AN AVERAGE AGE OF 22 YEARS OLD.

SIMONE BILES BEING OLD IS GOLDEN GIRL AT 27 WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT?

MAGGIE?

IT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE GYMNASTICS USED TO BE ONE OF THOSE SPORTS THAT JUST KIND OF SHARED THROUGH YOUNG BODIES OF AND SO NOW THEY ARE TRAINING BETTER, THEIR TRAINING, SMARTER, ESPECIALLY SIMONE BILES.

BUT WE HEARD THIS FROM ALL OF THE ATHLETES THAT HAVE MUCH MORE OF AN I TO THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND SEEING HOW MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL THOSE ARE CONNECTED.

AND SO JUST A HEALTHIER GROUP.

AND BECAUSE THEY'RE HEALTHIER, THEY CAN COMPETE LONGER.

AND THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THAT AND I YELL COLLEGE SPORTS ALLOWS FORGIVENESS, MAKE MONEY VOLUNTEERS.

BUT THAT ALSO CONTINUE TO COMPETE IN COLLEGE.

SO YOU HAVE 3 MEMBERS OF THE TEAM COMPETED IN NCAA LEVEL.

WE KNOW THAT SHE DIDN'T COMPETE AS MUCH AS SHE HAD EXPECTED DURING THE 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS.

YOU GOT THE TWISTIES WHICH A MENTAL BLOCK, BUT ALL EYES HAVE.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, BEEN ON HER ARE LOOKING AT JORDAN CHILES RIGHT NOW.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE BILES HAS NOT DISAPPOINTED THIS TIME, BUT LET'S ALSO TALK ABOUT THE U.S. MEN'S GYMNASTICS CAPTURING THE HEARTS OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS ZONE.

PAUL, YOU DO.

THEY TOOK HOME THE BRONZE.

WHY HAS THE INTERNET GOING NUTS FOR THESE GUYS?

I THINK THEY'RE JUST SO LIKABLE AND ALSO SO REPRESENTATIVE, YOU LOOK AT THAT TEAM YOU SEE SOMEBODY LIKE YOU WHEN THEY VESTED IN TRAVERSE STEPHEN NEDOROSCIK, WHO IS YOU KNOW, JUST CAME DID AMAZING THINGS ON THE POMMEL HORSE, WHETHER THAT'S FRED RICHARD OF MICHIGAN GUY WHO JUST IS SO EXCITED FOR EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY HAS THEIR THEIR PLACE ON THAT TEAM AND THEY ALL DID REALLY WELL TO WIN A BRONZE MEDAL FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE U.S.

SINCE 2012.

SO I THINK THEY'RE JUST WE JUST SEE OURSELVES IN MORE THAN SOME OF THE DAY.

ATHLETES WHO WE KNOW WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE LIKE, YES, YEAH.

THEY'VE A LOT OF FUN TO TO KEEP UP WITH OKAY.

SO THERE'S BEEN A FEW HISTORIC MOMENTS AS WELL.

BOXER SENDING GAMBOA BECOMING THE FIRST REFUGEE ATHLETE TO WIN AN OLYMPIC MEDAL.

SHE TOOK HOME THE BRONZE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE TEAM AND MADE HER HOME COUNTRY OF CAMEROON, PROUD.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD MAKE NOTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE TEAM HOW IT IS THE BIGGEST ONE THIS YEAR SINCE THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH IT IN TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF IS WINNING THIS MOMENT WHEN THE WORLD IS FACING MULTIPLE REFUGEE CRISES.

AND THE REASON MY SON TO BE AN INCUMBENT IS A REFUGEE IS BECAUSE SHE'S WE'RE STILL SHE HAD TO LEAVE CAMERA BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T HERSELF THERE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHILE THE UK HAS WELCOMED HER.

SHE'S STILL REFUGEE.

PRESIDENT.

AND I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE DISPLACED, AS YOU THERE ARE 220 MILLION PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED RIGHT NOW AND GET TO HAVE THEIR OWN TEAM.

EVEN THOUGH I'M SURE THEY WILL STILL CHEER FOR THEIR HOME COUNTRY, THEY GET HAVE THEIR OWN TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO THEY UNDERSTAND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.

AND THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SPECIAL THING FOR ANY OF TO SEE SOMEBODY LIKE US IN THE OLYMPICS.

IMAGINE WHEN YOU COME TO ALL OF THE TRAUMA OF A REFUGEE, IT JUST MEANS SO MUCH MORE.

IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO ANOTHER MAJOR HEADLINE, MAGGIE, FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS AT THE SENATE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HOSTING A NUMBER OF SWIMMING EVENTS THERE, SWIMMING RACES, BUT IN STRONG, SOME THE SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS THAT CHICAGOANS HAVE HAD ABOUT CHICAGO RIVER AND BEING ABLE TO SWIM IN IT FREQUENT TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER IS SAFE TO SWIM IN.

BUT SOME ATHLETES HAVE REPORTEDLY GOTTEN SICK SINCE SWIMMING IN THE RIVER.

WHY DO YOU THINK THE FRENCH HAVE BEEN INSISTENT ON MAKING THE SAND AVAILABLE FOR SWIMMING 6 MILES?

I MEAN, IT'S HONESTLY IT'S A VERY SIMILAR THING TO CHICAGO READ THE CHICAGO RIVER, WHO'S RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN.

SAME THING WITH THE SENATE GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART ALL OF PLACES THAT WE HEAR ABOUT.

IF WE SEE A MOVIE OF ALL THE TIME WHEN WE SEE THINGS HAPPEN IN PARIS.

AND SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE A CENTERPIECE OF IT BECAUSE THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO CLEAN IT UP.

JUST LIKE WE HAVE HERE.

AND SO I THINK THEY REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND SO THEY DID.

AND NOW WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT THE EFFECTS.

THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME ATHLETES WHO HAVE SAID GOTTEN SICK.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY'VE TESTED AND TESTED.

THE LEVELS HAVE BEEN WHAT THE OFFICIALS HAVE FOUND, EXPECT ACCEPTABLE.

SO IT'S A IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION.

YEAH, AND THEY TRY.

I MEAN, IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT A CENTERPIECE.

OBVIOUSLY, THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS ON THE SAND, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

HONESTLY, OKAY.

FEW SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HOPING TO BEFORE THE OLYMPICS CLOSE OUT?

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AND SEEING POSSIBLY DIANA BECOME THE FIRST TEAM SPORT ATHLETE TO 6 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS AND THE U.S. WOMEN BECOME 8TH THE WIN THEIR 8TH STRAIGHT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL.

I MAKE SURE I GET THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TEAM AND REAL QUICK REMIND US WHEN WE CAN SEE THE OLYMPIC WOMEN PLAY THE BASKETBALL A PLAYER SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT.

THEY WILL HAVE SEMI OR A QUARTER FINAL GAME AGAINST NIGERIA TOMORROW 2 O'CLOCK CENTRAL.

ALL RIGHT.

KEEP UP, FOLKS.

ALL RIGHT, MEGAN HENDRICKS, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

HAVE A GOOD ONE.

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