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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN IS ON ASSIGNMENT.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE HAVE AN INFLATION CRISIS, A BORDER CRISIS, A PRIME CRISIS.

>> IT'S G.O.P.

DAY AT THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR.

HOW REPUBLICANS SAY THEY PLAN TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF ILLINOIS AND WASHINGTON.

>> WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE SAFE EVACUATION OF AS MANY PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE.

>> CHICAGO AREA VETERANS REFLECT ON THE AFGHANISTAN WAR AND AMERICA'S CHAOTIC WITHDRAWAL AS THOUSANDS TRY TO FLEE THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER.

>> WE WANT MEDICINE THAT WORKS WHEN IT WORKS.

>> THE CONTRACT WITH SHOTSPOTTER WHICH ACTIVISTS SAY DOES NOT WORK.

>> A STUDY ON HOW URBAN ENVIRONMENTS HELP FIGHT DEPRESSION.

>> NOT ONLY ARE THEY SAFE WHEN THEY COME IN BUT FEEL WELCOME.

THIS IS MY SECOND HOME.

>> A NEW YOUTH HUB IS UNDERWAY IN CHICAGO'S AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS COMING TO THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY.

>> I'M ANGEL IDOWU AND COMING UP TONIGHT WE ARE TAKING A RIDE ON CHICAGO HISTORY.

>> AND GEOFFREY BAER ON THE REFORM SCHOOL THAT WAS ONCE WTTW'S NEIGHBOR IN TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> AND PARIS, I'M IN AUSTIN AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

NOW, LOCATED ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE, AUSTIN IS ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGEST COMMUNITIES.

IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS DEALT WITH DECADES OF DISINVESTMENTS.

AND NOW THE AREA IS STARTING TO SEE A HANDFUL OF DEVELOPMENTS UNDERWAY AND RESIDENTS AND NONPROFITS ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THE COMMUNITY FACES FIRST WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

AND FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THE FUNERAL OF SLAIN CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ELLA FRENCH.

FRENCH'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND SCORES OF OFFICERS INCLUDING HER FORMER PARTNER AND CURRENT PARTNER'S FATHER WHO HAS BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

CARDINAL CUPICH LED THE SERVICE FOR THE FALLEN OFFICER AND CALLED FOR UNITY.

>> LET US TAKE A STEP BACK.

AND PUT ASIDE ANY IMPULSE THAT WOULD DIVIDE US AND INSTEAD FIND HOW CONNECTED WE CAN BE WHEN WE SHARE OUR BURDENS, OUR SORROWS, OUR GRIEVING.

YES, LET US REAP TOGETHER AND FOR ALL THOSE SHE CARED ABOUT.

FOR THE CHILDREN YOUNG AND OLD CUT DOWN BY GUNFIRE EVERYDAY ON OUR STREETS.

>> MEANWHILE, FIVE PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR HEAT STROKE DURING THE SERVICE.

THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS FOUR POLICE OFFICERS AND A TEENAGER STANDING OUTSIDE THE CHAPEL ON THE SOUTH SIDE WERE OVERCOME BY THE HEAT WHILE DRESSED IN FULL UNIFORM.

ALL ARE EXPECTEDDED TO RECOVER.

>> OPPONENTS OF THE JACKSON PARK LOCATION FOR THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER ARE APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT.

PROTECT OUR PARKS FILED AN EMERGENCY REQUEST TO STOP DEMOLITION WORK WHICH STARTED THIS WEEK.

THE GROUP LOST ITS CASE WHEN THE COURT OF APPEALS DECLINED TO BLOCK THE GROUNDBREAKING AND CONSTRUCTION.

THE GROUP SAYS THE CENTER WILL DEMOLISH SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF JACKSON PARK WHICH WILL HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE.

THEY WANT THE COURT TO STOP MORE WORK ON THE CENTER.

TREE CUTTING IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER FIRST.

>> AND UP NEXT, AMANDA VINICKY HAS A LIVE REPORT FROM SPRINGFIELD FOR G.O.P.

DAY AT THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR.

PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> DEMOCRATS HAD THERE DAY IN THE HOT SUMMER SUN, SO TODAY WAS REPUBLICAN'S TURN TO GET INTO CAMPAIGN MODE WITH AN ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ILLINOIS' G.O.P.

'S TOP LEADERS AND A RALLY AT THE STATE FAIR.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US FROM INSIDE THE FAIR'S MAIN GATE.

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?

>> WELL, REPUBLICANS, PARIS, HOLD VERY LITTLE CONTROL IN ILLINOIS.

THEY ARE SUPER MINORITIES IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

THEY HOLD NO STATE-WIDE OFFICES AND MAKEUP LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

BUT THEY WANT TO CHANGE THAT.

AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DARIN LAHOOD OF PEORIA AREA KNOWS WHAT HE WOULD WANT TO DO IF REPUBLICANS ONCE AGAIN GOT CONTROL OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CONGRESS.

>> BAN CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN EVERY DIVERSITY TRAINING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

WE OUGHT TO HIRE 100,000 NEW POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS COUNTRY TO SUPPORT LAW AND ORDER.

THIRDLY, WE GOT TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE PATRIOTIC EDUCATION K-12 TEACH OUR KIDS TO LOVE AMERICA.

AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GO AFTER BIG TECH HOW IRONIC IS IT THAT THE LEADER OF THE TALIBAN HAS A TWITTER ACCOUNT AND PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T?

>> EVEN WITH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS BOUNDARIES, STILL UNDETERMINED, ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS DO HOPE TO TURN THE TIDE IN WASHINGTON BY WINNING SOME COMPETITIVE DISTRICTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CONTROL OF DEMOCRATS.

ANOTHER BIG PRIORITY IS WINNING BACK THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION OR THE RELATIVELY NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN DON TRACY PUT IT SAVING ILLINOIS FROM KING PRITZKER AND DRUNK DEMOCRATS ADVANCING PRITZKER'S AGENDA.

>> WHO CONTROL HIS AGENDA.

UNDER KING PRITZKER ILLINOIS IS WOKE AND WEAK AND FOLLOWING BEHIND STATES THAT SURROUND US HERE IN ILLINOIS.

SO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT MY BIGGEST PRIORITY IS IN 2022?

IF YOU HAVE NOT GUESS TO DO LOOK AT THE BANNER.

STAY IT WITH ME.

LET'S FIRE PRITZKER!

>> NOW, DESPITE THAT AS I AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE THE TRIO OF CANDIDATES SO FAR IN THE RUNNING TO GET THE CHANCE TO TAKE PRITZKER ON DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THOSE PRESUMABLY VERY ENGAGED VOTERS AT THIS G.O.P.

RALLY.

AND DON TRACY SAYS THERE WASN'T TIME.

BUT HE SAYS THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME UNTIL THE PRIMARY BECAUSE OF THAT, LAW THAT DEMOCRATS PASSED PUSHING BACK THE PRIMARY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS UNTIL NEXT JUNE.

IT'S ANOTHER 313 DAYS AWAY.

THE REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES DID HOWEVER GET TO SPEAK AT A SMALLER MORNING MEETING AND REPORTERS DID CATCH UP WITH THEM AFTERWARDS.

DARREN BAILEY IS A CROWD FAVORITE AND HE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF BY FILING LAWSUITS AGAINST COVID RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE MADE BY PRITZKER VIA EXECUTIVE ORDER.

BAILEY SAYS IS NOT ANTI-VAX AND NOT ANTIMASK BUT HE IS PRO FREEDOM.

BAILEY ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNED INDOORS WITHOUT A MASK BUT HE REFUSES TO SAY WHETHER HE HAS GOT ESPECIALLY THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE.

>> WHERE IS THE HIPA RULES?

I DISAGREE WITH THAT ARE WE GOING TO WALK AROUND WITH A CARD?

>> AND THAT IS THEIR RIGHT.

AND THAT IS WHAT I STAND FOR.

FOR GOVERNMENT AND THE ISSUES IS WRONG.

>> NOW, SUBURBAN BUSINESSMAN GARY RABINE SAYS THAT HE IS NOT ANTI-VAX BUT HE HIMSELF IS NOT VACCINATED.

ALTHOUGH THE C.D.C.

RECOMMENDS THAT THOSE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS DO GET THE VACCINE.

GARY RABINE SAYS HE HAD COVID SO HE HAS THE ANTIBODIES.

>> THE C.D.C.

CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT I LISTEN TO THE SCIENTISTS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I BELIEVE THIS...

VACCINES TO DEMAND A VACCINE IN ANYBODY IS WRONG.

>> HE'S BREAKING WITH C.D.C.

AND PROMINENT RESEARCH BY SAYING HE HAS READ UNSPECIFIED STUDIES THAT HE SAYS SAY THAT THOUSANDS OF DEATHS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE COVID VACCINE.

NOW, GARY RABINE HAS PUT $250,000 INTO HIS OWN CAMPAIGN AND IS UNSURE HOW MUCH MONEY HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SPEND BUT HE SAYS UNLIKE ANOTHER WEALTHY REPUBLICAN WHO PUT A LOT OF MONEY TO WIN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND THAT IS FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER, SAYS HE IS NOT LIKE RAUNER.

>> I'M NOT A PRIVATE EQUITIES GUY.

I AM A PERSON THAT HAS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST TO GET THINGS DONE AND THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> NOW, FORMER MARINE AND ILLINOIS SENATE SENATOR PAUL SCHIMPF TAKES ANOTHER VIEW ON THIS ISSUE.

>> GETTING EVERYBODY THAT CAN TAKE THE VACCINE VACCINATED I THINK THAT IS HOW WE MOVE PAST THIS.

I AM VACCINATED AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED.

>> PAUL SCHIMPF SAYS HE IS AGAINST COVID VACCINE MANDATES AND STATE MASK MANDATES.

HE IS PUSHING WHAT HE CALLS A PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS.

HE SAYS THAT PRITZKER ABUSED CONTROL OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE RATHER THAN WORKING IN A TRANSPARENT FASHION WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES THE MASK MANDATE PROPONENTS COMPARE IT TO SEATBELT LAWS AND THEY ARE MISSING THE FOREST FROM THE TREES BECAUSE WE HAVE SEATBELT LAWS PASSED THROUGH THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

THEY WERE NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS MANDATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OR ADMINISTRATIVE FIAT.

>> NOW, ONE REPUBLICAN WHO PREVIOUSLY CAME UP SHORT IN HIS BID TO BE ILLINOIS' GOVERNOR IS KIRK DILLARD.

AND HE HAS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FIELD SO FAR.

>> WELL, IF THE ELECTION WERE TODAY GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WOULD DEFEAT THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.

BUT IT IS A LONG WAY AWAY.

>> HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAS UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.

AND THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING HAVE TO DO WELL IN THE SUBURBS THAT WILL BE THE KEY BATTLEGROUND.

>> IT IS WIDELY EXPECTED THAT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FIELD IS NOT YET SETTLED.

HOWEVER YOU HAVE DILLARD, HIMSELF, CONTEMPLATING A RUN HE SAYS THAT BUSINESS EXECUTIVES ARE ASKING HIM TO TRY TO PUT HIS NAME IN THE RING.

BUT ALSO REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS, JUST ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" LAST EVENING.

HAS NOT RULED OUT A RUN.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME QUIET TALK THAT OTHER REPUBLICANS WILL ALSO TRY TO STILL ENTER THE RACE AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THEY DO STILL HAVE TIME.

AND A FEW REPUBLICANS SAY WHILE DEMOCRATS MAY HAVE THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING THEIR PARTY A FAVOR BY PUSHING BACK THE PRIMARY UNTIL LATE JUNE OF 22, THEY SAY THIS ADVANTAGES THEM BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM MORE RUNWAY TO RECRUIT AND CONSIDER WHO IS GOING TO BE RUNNING AND TAKE THAT MODERATE STANCE AND TO FUNDRAISE.

PARIS SPEAKING OF TIME, STATE FAIR TIME IS OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY.

I HAVE TIME TO GET THE CORN DOG, FUNNEL CAKE, WHAT HAVE YOU.

>> THE DEEP FRIED EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DEEP FRIED CELERY DOWN THERE.

A LOT TO BE SORTED OUT IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FEEL THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE WEST SIDE HAS LONG STRUGGLED WITH GUN VIOLENCE BUT RESIDENTS ARE WORKING TO BRING INVESTMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" JOANNA HERNANDEZ AND MARISSA NELSON SPENT THE DAY IN THE AREA AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND JOANNA JOINS US NOW.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

THE COMMUNITY IS FACING MANY CHALLENGES INCLUDING GUN VIOLENCE.

ONE ORGANIZATION IS WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENT CALLED BUILD.

THE GROUP WORKING WITH THE YOUTH HERE ON THE WEST SIDE AND THEY ARE GETTING READY TO START BUILDING A HUGE FACILITY THAT WILL NOT ONLY HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BUT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

>> CURRENTLY IN OUR BUILDING WE CAN HAVE ABOUT 100 KIDS AND THAT IS TIGHT.

SO WE CAN PACK THEM IN AND BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.

ONCE WE OPEN THE DOORS HERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE 2,000 KIDS IN THE BUILDING.

IT'S SCARY TO THINK 2,000 KIDS BUT AMAZING YOU WOULD HAVE 2,000 KIDS WHO WANT TO BE IN A POSITIVE SPACE.

>> ADAN ALONZO IS THE C.E.O.

OF BUILD AND IS ONE OF THE DOZENS OF PEOPLE WORKING TO COMBAT VIOLENCE BY BRINGING BIG INVESTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE HAVE KIDS HUNDREDS OF THEM GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE KIDS PLANNING WHAT THEY CALL THE SUMMER KICKBACKS PLANNING EVENTS FOR THEIR PEERS HERE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

>> THE YOUTH CENTER IS ON WEST HARRISON STREET AND IS EXPANDING TO A 50,000 SQUARE-FOOT CAMPUS A SPACE THAT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY CENTER, TRAINING KITCHEN AND ATHLETIC FACILITY AND MEDIA SPACE.

IT WILL BE OPERATING FROM 6:00 A.M.-MIDNIGHT.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING.

THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THEM.

AND WHAT WE ENVISION A YEAR FROM NOW, AND THE FEEL OF IT, AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN THE CICADAS HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR THE COMMUNITY IS TO GIVE HOPE AND TO SHOW THEM THAT PEOPLE DO CARE.

>> A MISSION THAT CO-OWNER CHAMILLE WEDDINGTON OF SWEET CHEESECAKE IS TAKING ON BY GIVING ENTREPRENEURS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK AT HER SHOP.

>> WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED OJAMA AND IT IS A PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY WHERE ENTREPRENEURS CAN DISPLAY THEIR WARES ON OUR SHELVES NOT TYPICAL, I GUESS OF A CHEESECAKE SHOP OR A BAKERY.

BUT WHEN PEOPLE COME IN THEY GET A CHANCE TO SEE HANDMADE ARTISAN CRAFTED STUFF THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE AN INTEREST IN.

WE HAVE CANDLES BY LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

THEY MAKE A GREAT CHEESECAKE SCENTED CANDLE FOR US AND WE HAVE A AND THEY DO AMAZING TABLE WARE, PLACE MATTES AND NAPKINS.

>> SHE HOPES HER CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THRIVING STOREFRONTS AND THAT IS NOT DIFFICULT.

WE HAVE THE REAL ESTATE.

WE JUST NEED OUR WOULD LIKE TO THINK, RESOURCES, AND THE RIGHT PRODUCTS I WOULD LIKE TO THINK PRODUCTS THAT BRING VALUE TO A COMMUNITY.

>> LESS THAN A MILE AWAY ON CHICAGO AVENUE IS TINA AUGUST FROM THE AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SHE IN FRONT OF THE FIRST BLACK-OWNED TRAVEL AGENCY GONE AGAIN TRAVEL AND TOURS.

THE CHAMBER IS PREPARED TO BRING THE OUTDOOR DINING PROGRAM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE FIRST IN AUSTIN.

>> THERE IS NO OUTDOOR SEATING IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

THERE'S SEATING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES EXCEPT FOR THE WEST SIDE AND THIS WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY THE AUSTIN CHAMBER TO BRING OUTDOOR SEATING WHILE CREATING ARTS AND CULTURAL SPOTS.

>> THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS PART OF A LARGER INITIATIVE CALLED AUSTIN FORWARD TOGETHER THIS MAP SHOWS 11 PROJECTS IN THE WORKS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING POP-UP BASKETBALL COURTS.

>> DOWN THE STREET WE HAVE THE LARMY THAT WILL BE RENOVATED AND MIXED HOUSING.

AND STORES THERE.

SO IT IS A LOT OF COMMERCE THAT IS COMING UP AND DOWN THE CHICAGO AVENUE.

>> BILL'S COMMUNITY HUB IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR.

ADAN ALONZO EMPHASIZES THERE IS MUCH MORE TO AUSTIN THAN THE GUP VIOLENCE IN THE NEWS.

HE IS CONFIDENT IN A FEW YEARS MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES WILL BE INVESTING AND STAYING TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT IF YOU ONLY LOOK AT THE BAD YOU WILL ALWAYS ONLY SEE THE BAD.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK DEEPER AND GO BEYOND THAT YOU WILL SEE THE AMAZING THINGS.

>> THE FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY FALL OF 2022 AND CONSTRUCTION IS STARTING IN OCTOBER.

PARIS, I TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS, JOANNA.

THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S PROCESSED 6,000 PEOPLE WHO WILL SOON BE DEPARTING AFGHANISTAN THROUGH THE KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THIS AS OFFICIALS FEVERISHLY TRY TO EVACUATE AMERICAS AND ALLIES.

THE CHAOTIC WITHDRAWAL AND TALIBAN TAKEOVER WITH WEIGHS ON THE MINDS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE 20-YEAR WAR.

JOINING US ARE TWO VETERANS OF THE WAR AND CHICAGO NATIVES, BRENT WEBB WHO SERVED FROM 2006-2012.

HE WAS DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010 WHEN HE FLEW SPECIAL FORCES AND THE SECOND COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION IN CHICAGO.

AND TOM AMENTA, FORMERLY A MEMBER OF THE 75TH RANGER REGIMENT AND SERVED TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN OPERATIONS TO FIND HIGH VALUE AL-QAEDA TARGETS INVOLVED IN THE SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACKS AND COAUTHOR OF THE SOON TO BE RELEASED BOOK THE 20 YEAR WAR.

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TOM AMENTA, FIRST, YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO THE IMAGES WE'VE SEEN OF PEOPLE DESPERATELY TRYING TO FLEE IN KABUL AND THE SHOCKINGLY SWIFT TAKEOVER OF THE COUNTRY BY THE TALIBAN.

>> ANGER.

JUST FURRY.

I'M SO ANGRY AND UPSET.

JUST WE THE MILITARY ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO IS PLAN FOR THE BEST CASE, THE WORST CASE AND THE MOST LIKELY CASE CARRY.

AND THE WORST WAS NOT CONSIDERED BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING IT RIGHT NOW.

AS MANY AS THE 6,000 ON THEIR WAY HOME AND THANK GOD FOR THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN IF THE AMERICANS OUR CITIZENS CANNOT GET TO THE AIRPORT.

WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO GET THEM.

UNLIKE THE BRITS AND THE FRENCH THAT HAVE THEIR SPECIAL OPERATIONS TROOPS TO ACTIVELY BRING THEIR PEOPLE TO THE AIRPORT.

AND FURTHER WE DON'T HAVE A REAL SOLID PLAN TO SUPPORT AND BRING OUR ALLIES BACK AS WELL.

IT'S JUST SOUNDS HARSH BUT IT IS UNMITIGATED DISASTER AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T SEE THIS OR DIDN'T -- WAS NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.

>> WE HAVE HEARD REPORTS THERE HAS BEEN TROUBLE GETTING TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN KABUL.

>> BRENT WEBB YOUR REACTION TO EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FIVE DAYS?

>> BEING IN THE VETERAN COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO YOU HEAR STORIES FROM FOLKS.

AND LAST FRIDAY WHENEVER THE COUNTRY STARTED TO FALL APART I HAD A VIETNAM VETERAN AND HE SAID HE BUTTON HOLED ME IN THE HALLWAY AND BRENT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN IS GOING TO HURT REALLY BAD.

AND I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MEANT I WAS THINKING WE HAVE A CHANCE AND KABUL IS NOT DOWN YET.

WE HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR SO LONG.

AND THEN SUNDAY WHEN WE SAW KABUL HAD FALLEN I REMEMBER IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FEELINGS OF DESPAIR AND POWERLESSNESS AND A SENSE OF JUST YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THEY LET IT GET THIS BAD.

AND TOM IS RIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BEING ON THE GROUND WE TRIED TO TAKE THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS INTO MIND TO MAKE THE PLANS AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT HAPPENED AND THAT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE WANTED THIS TO GO DIFFERENTLY.

>> AND WHILE THE POTENTIAL SCENARIOS YESTERDAY CHAIRMAN MARK MILLLY ECHOED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S COMMENTS THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT THINK THE TALIBAN WOULD TAKEOVER SO FAST.

>> IT WAS NOTHING THAT I OR ANYONE ELSE SAW THAT INDICATED A COLLAPSE OF THIS ARMY AND THIS GOVERNMENT IN 11 DAYS.

>> TOM AMENTA, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU THERE WOULD BE NO INTEL THAT AT LEAST CONSIDERED THIS AS A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN SO FAST?

>> NO.

AND THE REASON THAT I SAY THAT IS WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE DOING AND HOW WE WERE SUPPORTING THE AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY AND THE POLICE FORCE THROUGH AIR RESOURCES, AIR COVER MISSIONS LOGISTICS AND THINGS HELP SUPPORT THEM TO DO THEIR MISSION.

AND SO WHEN YOU REMOVE THOSE THINGS YOU ARE GOING TO CREATE A PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO BE HONEST WHAT WE DID TO THE AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY AND THEIR POLICE FORCE.

WE DEMORALIZED THEM BY LEAVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FROM BAGHRAM.

WE DID NOT HAVE A PROPER HAND OFF.

WE BOUNCED.

SO WHEN THEY ARE RELYING ON US FOR THE SAFETY OF BOTH DRONE FEEDS FROM PREDATORS AND BOMBING MISSIONS AND HELICOPTER SUPPORT NEEDED FOR ATTACK RUNS AND ALSO THE LOGISTICS HOW TO FEED THEM AND KEEP THEIR AIR FRAMES THEIR LABOR AND THOSE THINGS THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ALL THAT IS GONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

THAT IS GOING TO JUST BE CRUSHING TO ANY MILITARY IF THEY HAVE NO LOGISTICS LET ALONE EXPECTING YOUR ALLY.

AND THE OTHER THINGS THE ADMINISTRATION IS TALKING ABOUT THE WILL TO FIGHT, ACCORDING TO THE BROOK ITION INSTITUTE 45,000 AFGHANS DIED IN SERVICE OF THAT NATION IN THE PAST SIX YEARS.

SOMEHOW THEY DON'T HAVE THE WILL TO FIGHT THAT IS A 2,000% INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS OVER THE LENGTH OF THE WAR.

I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON BUT POINT OUT THE NARRATIVE THEY DID NOT HAVE A WILL TO FIRE THEY WERE NOT CAPABLE, I THINK IS FALSE.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE LOGISTICS AND THE SUPPORT WE WERE GIVING THEM AND HOW WE PULLED THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT NO LESS, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FACTORED INTO THAT POTENTIAL WORST CASE SCENARIO.

>> BRENT WEBB YOU DEPLOYED IN 2010.

THE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SAYING WE SHOULD NOT BE THERE NATION BUILDING DID YOU SENSE OF WHAT THE OVERARCING PURPOSE WAS?

AND DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT FEELING ON THAT NOW?

>> I DO THINK AND IT WAS SO LONG AGO AND WE'VE LINGERED HERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

WHEN I WAS IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO GO.

I FELT I KNOW I WANTED TO SERVE THAT PURPOSE A GOOD PURPOSE FOR THE UNITED STATES.

AND IT FELT LIKE A SENSE OF THAT WHEN WE GET THERE WE ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS WORK.

WHEN WE WERE THERE AS WE WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW A WAR IS MADE UP OF MANY BATTLES AND WE FOUGHT IN MANY BATTLES ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THINGS.

WE WERE PROTECTING SCHOOLS AND TAKING OUT ENEMIES CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGERS TO AMERICAN TROOPS AND COALITION TROOPS.

AND I WAS A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN I WORKING IN INTELLIGENCE COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS THIS HYPER FOCUS ON DOING THESE SMALLER TASKS HOPING THEY WOULD BUILDUP TO A SORT OF LIKE A HUGE LIKE COMING TOGETHER OF ALL THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND UNIFIED PLAN THAT DROVE OUT THE ENEMY FORCES AND THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED.

AND THE EARLIER QUESTION, THERE WAS A SENSE THEN THAT THE OFFICERS TO BE WORKED WITH NOT THAT THERE WEREN'T INCREDIBLE OFFICERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO PROTECT THEIR FORCES BUT OTHERS I SERVED WITH THAT THEY SIMPLY, I THINK, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SENSE OF OR THERE WAS A SENSE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND IT WILL COME TOGETHER AND THERE WAS NOT A SENSE OF REALISM THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND WHO ARE THE MAJOR PLAYERS AND COME WITH A PLAN TO MAKE THIS WORK.

IT WAS A LOT OF SAME THINGS WE DID IN VIETNAM AND STRATEGIES, THAT WORKED SOME OF THE TIME.

AND I NEVER FELT THERE WAS A UNIFIED SENSE OF THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE AND A LOT OF VETERANS ARE QUESTIONING THEIR SERVICE AND QUESTION WHAT THE MEANING OF THIS WAS WHEN THEY LEFT THE WAR I SAID I WILL GO BACK AGAIN BUT I WANT THERE TO BE A CLEAR SIGN OF LEADERSHIP WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND WHAT THE END GOAL IS AND THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED.

>> A LOT OF LOOKING BACK.

AND TOM AMENTA YOU MENTIONED YOU FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS WITHDRAWAL HAS BEEN A DISASTER.

HOW DANGEROUS IS IT RIGHT NOW FOR AFGHANS THAT HELPED THE UNITED STATES FORCES?

AND WHAT DOES THE U.P.S.

NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY EVACUATE THEM GOING FORWARD?

>> WELL, I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE GOTTEN COMMUNICATIONS FROM FRIENDS THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE IN REALTIME AND THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE GETTING TEXT MESSAGES, THEIR AFGHAN COLLEAGUES ARE GETTING NOTES PUT ON THEIR DOOR SAYING WHEN THE AMERICANS LEAVE YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

AND I'VE HEARD THAT FROM MORE THAN ONE PERSON.

THE AFGHAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMUNITY IF THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN GET OUT WITH US THEY ARE TRYING TO GET UP NORTH TO ATTEMPT TO FIGHT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN A GUN FIGHT NO MATTER WHAT.

THEY HAVE BEEN HIGHLY TARGETED.

AND HOW TO GET THEM OUT?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JOE BIDEN HAS TO HAVE THE HUMILITY TO ADMIT THAT HE MADE A MISTAKE THAT HE DID NOT DO LAST NIGHT AND THAT INTERVIEW SAYING HE DID NOT THINK HE MADE A MISTAKE AND DIDN'T THINK THERE'S NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR.

AND SEND OVER PEOPLE THAT ARE CAPABLE OF ENFORCING THE SAFETY OF MOVING THIS THROUGH.

YOU ARE SEEING VIDEO OF PEOPLE GETTING SHOT AT OF DUCKING FROM GUNFIRE TRYING TO GET TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

I REALLY DON'T WANT MY FRIENDS IN CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMUNITY TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO LIVE UP TO OUR PROMISES AND FIND A WAY TO GET THE 10,000, 7500 AMERICANS THAT ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WE NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE CAPABLE OF NOT JUST SABER RATTLING BUT SAY IF YOU MESS WITH US WE WILL UNSEED THE SWORD.

I'M NOT SAYING DO IT.

I'M SAYING WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CAPABILITY WHICH WE'RE LACKING UNLIKE SOME OF OUR ALLIES LIKE THE BRITISH AND THE FRENCH THEY BROUGHT THE SWORD THEY ARE NOT USING IT BUT THEY WILL IF THE TALIBAN DECIDES THEY WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THE PULLOUT OF THOSE FOREIGN NATIONALS.

>> THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO WATCH FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

AND WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

OUR THANKS AGAIN TO BRENT WEBB AND TOM AMENTA THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE IN JUST A MOMENT.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING A NEW STUDY HOW URBAN ENVIRONMENTS HELP FIGHT DEPRESSION.

FIRST, THIS WEEKEND, A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE CITY'S AIR AND WATER SHOW IS FLYING OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.

AND ANGEL IDOWU KNOWS JUST WHERE TO TAKE IN THE AERIAL VIEWS, LIVE FROM LAKE MICHIGAN, OF COURSE AND INTRODUCES US TO A BOAT TOUR PACKED WITH CHICAGO FACTS.

>> THEY ARE RIDING ON A PIECE OF CHICAGO HISTORY.

>> ALL ABOARD THE CHICAGO FIRE BOAT.

BETTER KNOWN AS FRED A. CONTRIBUTIONY.

UNLIKE MOST OF THE BOATS ON LAKE MICHIGAN THIS HAS A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THE CITY AND THE AIR AND WATER SHOW.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR MOST UNIQUE BOAT THAT YOU WILL SEE OUT ON THE WATER.

THIS BOAT WAS BUILT IN 1936.

IT WAS THE CITY'S FIRST DIESEL POWERED FIRE BOAT FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO FIT UNDERNEATH ALL THE BRIDGES.

>> USING WATER FROM THE LAKE A FIRE BOAT HELPS PUT OUT FLAMES ON THE SHORELINE.

>> WHEN IT WAS ACTIVE IT WAS PART OF THE AIR AND WATER SHOW THEY WOULD PUT ON A DISPLAY AND SHUTOFF THE WATER CANNONS.

>> THE BOAT WAS FUNCTIONAL UNTIL 1981.

NOW IT RIDES THE WAVES OFFERING EDUCATIONAL TOURS OF BOTH THE CITY'S HISTORY AND THE BOAT'S HISTORY AS WELL.

THESE TOURS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE WEEKEND'S MODIFIED AIR AND WATER SHOWS IN WHICH ONLY THE BLUE ANGELS WILL PERFORM.

REGARDLESS, FOR NAVY VETERANS AND CO-OWNERS, ERIC AND RAY, BEING ABLE TO SHOWCASE THEIR HOMETOWN ON A MILITARY TYPE VESSEL IS AN EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

>> ONE OF THE REALLY COOLEST THINGS EXPERIENCE THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO HAVE IS FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAD LOVED ONES THAT SERVED ON THE BOAT OR THE OTHER OLD FIRE BOATS AND THEY WOULD TELL US STORIES OR GIVE US PICTURES OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

THAT'S FOR US THE MOST HEARTWARMING LIKE THINGS TO GET.

>> WHETHER IT'S FOR A FAMILY OUTING OR TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WINDY CITY, THIS IS TRULY A RIDE ON A PIECE OF CHICAGO HISTORY.

>> IT IS ICONIC.

WE ARE ONE OF TWO OLD FIRE BOATS.

THE OTHER ONE IS IN NEW YORK.

>> THIS WEEKEND SPECIFICALLY IT'S REALLY A SPECIAL EVENT LIKE THE WHOLE AIR AND WATER SHOW IS USUALLY COOL.

BUT THE MAIN PART THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IS THE BLUE ANGELS YOU FEEL THE ENERGY OF THE PLANES THEY ARE GOING SO FAST.

THE JETS.

IT'S A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> GREAT SHOTS THERE.

TOURS DURING THE AIR AND WATER SHOW ARE THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 11:30-1:30 WITH TICKETS $75 FOR ADULTS AND $55 FOR KIDS.

THERE ARE OTHER TOURS OFFERED THROUGH NOVEMBER.

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"...

ADDRESSING VIOLENCE ON THE WEST SIDE.

WE TALK WITH AN AUSTIN COMMUNITY LEADER ABOUT BUILD CHICAGO'S INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

>> YOU WENT TO A DOCTOR, A HOSPITAL AND THEY HAD AN 86% FAIL RATE WOULD YOU KEEP GOING TO THAT DOCTOR?

>> NO.

>> ACTIVISTS ARE DEMANDING THE CITY END THE CONTRACT WITH WHAT THEY SAY IS AN INEFFECTIVE GUN DETECTION SYSTEM.

HOW SHOTSPOTTER IS RESPONDING.

>> A NEW STUDY EXPLORES HOW THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS GOOD AND BAD LEAD TO LOWER RATES OF DEPRESSION IN CITIES VERSUS SUBURBS AND SMALL TOWNS.

AND WHAT BECAME A ST. SCHOLASTICA SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD BOYS, GEOFFREY BAER HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT IN TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE LIFE OF ELLA FRENCH WAS CELEBRATED TODAY BY MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO PACKED THE CHAPEL AND OUTSIDE THE PARISH.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY REMEMBERED HER FOR HER KINDNESS, HUMOR, PASSION AND LOVE OF DOGS.

HER MOTHER TALKED ABOUT HER GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE SUPPORT SHE HAS RECEIVED.

>> I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY.

ELLA WOULD BE HONORED.

I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENT.

ELLA WAS SO PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.

I CLOSE WITH THE WORDS I ALWAYS TOLD ELLA AS SHE HEADED INTO WORK... BE CAREFUL AND BE SAFE.

>> AND NOW WE GO BACK TO JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO SPENT THE DAY REPORTING IN AUSTIN AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> NOW, THANKS.

WE ARE HERE WITH LIZ ABUNAW, OWNER OF 40 ACRES FRESH MARKET.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

>> IT'S WARM OUT.

>> IT IS A NICE DAY.

>> YES.

>> FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT 40 ACRES FRESH MARKET IS TELL US ABOUT THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEARS?

>> YES.

40 ACRES FRESH MARKET IS A SMALL GROCERY BUSINESS THAT LAUNCHED IN JANUARY OF 2018 TO ADDRESS THE FOOD ACCESS NEED IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

WE STARTED WITH POP-UP MARKETS AND EXPANDED TO MANAGING FARMERS MARKETS MORE POP-UP MARKETS AND DAILY DELIVERY SERVICE.

AND IN Q3 OF 2022 WE ARE SET TO OPEN OUR VERY FIRST BRICK AND MORTAR GROCERY STORE ON CHICAGO AVENUE.

>> HOW EXCITING IS THAT.

TELL US ABOUT THE NEW STORE COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> IT'S REALLY EXCITING.

IT'S A PROCESS.

A PROCESS THAT I DON'T THINK I ANTICIPATED AT FIRST.

WE ARE DOING TRANS FORMATIONAL CHANGE WITH THE GROCERY STORE.

WE WANT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BUY HEALTHY FOOD AND WE WANT BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WITH MEET THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE AN EXPERIENCE AROUND WELLNESS AND FOOD AND HEALTH AND COMMERCE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.

SO LIKE WE'RE CHANGING STREET SCAPES AND DOING STUFF IT'S LIKE BRINGING IN DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.

AND SO IT'S EXCITING.

AND BUT IT'S REALLY COMPLEX WORK.

BUT WE'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN WITH OUR PARTNERS AT WEST SIDE HEALTH AUTHORITY, AND YEAH, SO WE'RE DISMATTING THAT BY -- ESTIMATING BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR OR SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE READY TO OPEN.

>> AMAZING.

AND YOU ARE HOSTING A FARMERS MARKET HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> YES.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO SPONSORED CITY MARKETS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS CHICAGO AND WE MANAGE THE ONE HERE IN AUSTIN AT THE AUSTIN TOWN HALL, 5610 WESTLAKE STREET THURSDAY 1:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. YOU WILL FIND OUR FRIENDS LIKE THANK GOD FOR RAW VEGAN TREATS AND BIG TASTIES DESSERTS AND BRENNA'S GREENHOUSE.

CHICAGO MEAT COLLECTIVE, TOO.

A FARMERS MARKET HERE IN AUSTIN EVERY THURSDAY.

>> I LOVE THAT AND QUICKLY WHY IS THIS WORK IMPORTANT TO YOU?

>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GOES -- IT'S MORE THAN JUST FOOD WE ARE DEVELOPING A HEALY COMMUNITY.

IT'S THE JOBS.

LIKE I SAID IT'S THE PLACE FOR WELLNESS MAKING THE COMMUNITY MORE WALKABLE AND DRAWING MORE BUSINESSES IN BECAUSE THE GROCERY STORE IS AN ANCHOR WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT ON CHICAGO AVENUE.

>> THANK YOU, LIZ.

SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

PARIS STAY TUNED IN A FEW MINUTES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION RIGHT NOW WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> YOU CAN SENSE HER PASSION FOR THAT EXCITING DEVELOPMENT THERE IN AUSTIN.

UP NEXT, CONCERNS OVER CHICAGO'S SHOTSPOTTER CONTRACT.

FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> ACTIVISTS AND YOUTH LEADERS ARE CALLING OUT THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH THE SHOTSPOTTER SYSTEM.

THEY SAY THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT EXTENDED THEIR AGREEMENT WITH AN INEFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

SO, MATT, THIS CONTRACT WITH SHOTSPOTTER WAS SET TO EXPIRE TODAY.

WHAT ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEMANDING FROM CITY LEADERS?

>> SO THESE ACTIVISTS WANT TO SEE THIS CONTRACT CANCELED.

THE CITY REPORTEDLY AGREED TO A NEW TWO-YEAR DEAL TO KEEP USING THE TECHNOLOGY INTO 2023.

AND POLICE SAY THAT IT PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN HELPING TO REDUCE CRIME AND MAYBE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO GO INTO A BOND HEARING AND LISTEN TO THEM REFERENCE SHOTSPOTTER THE ACTIVISTS SAY IT'S INEFFECTIVE AND CAN PUT PEOPLE INTO DANGER BY SENDING POLICE INTO COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY THINK THERE IS A REPORT OF GUNFIRE ON HIGH ALERTS.

AND IT OFTEN BE A FALSE ALARM.

>> HERE IS WHAT ONE OF THE ACTIVISTS SAID TODAY ABOUT SHOTSPOTTER.

>> SURVEILLANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS 86% AND TURNS UP NO CRIME AT ALL.

OFFICERS ARE BEING DEPLOYED NEEDLESSLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THEY ARE TREATING ALL OF OUR PEOPLE LIKE A SUSPECT.

>> WHAT SHE IS CONTENDING SHOTSPOTTER SENDS OUT FALSE ALARMS TOO OFTEN IT SAYS THERE'S GUNSHOTS FIRED BUT IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

IS THERE ANY DATA THAT SHOWS HOW EFFECTIVE SHOTSPOTTER IS?

>> THAT IS FROM A REPORT PUBLISHED THIS YEAR BY McARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER AT NORTHWESTERN FOUND THAT 86% OF ALERTS DO NOT RESULT IN A CRIME OR INCIDENT THAT HAD BEEN COMMITTED AND THAT WAS A BIG POINT OF CONTENTION FOR THE ACTIVISTS TODAY THAT CHICAGO'S WASTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT IS NOT PROVIDING THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE CITY IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

>> IS THERE COUNTER EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT IT DOES?

>> SHOTSPOTTER RESPONDED TO ME THEY SAID THAT McARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER REPORT HAD ERRONEOUS CONCLUSIONS AND POINTED TO THEIR OWN REPORT A SEPARATE REPORT THAT FOUND THEY HAVE A 97% ACCURACY RATE AND THE COMPANY TOUTED ITSELF SAYING THEY HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL TO CHICAGO'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE.

THIS TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

>> COMPETING REPORTS AND COMPETING SETS OF DATA.

MATTHAU.

>> THANKS, PARIS >> NOOR >> FOR FOLKS CONSIDERING LEAVING THE CITIES FOR THE SUBURBS, A STUDY CONCLUDES THAT RATES OF DEPRESSION ARE LOWER IN BIG CITIES THAN IN SUBURBS OR SMALL TOWNS.

THIS DESPITE THE PROBLEMS THAT CITIES HAVE FACED LIKE CRIME AND CONGESTION.

AND JOINING US IS ONE OF THE STUDY'S COAUTHORS, LUIS BETTENCOURT, PROFESSOR OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION AT THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

EXPLAIN YOUR FINDING FOR US IF YOU WOULD?

>> SO WE ASSEMBLED SEVERAL SOURCES OF BIGGER DATA THAT ALLOWS TO CHARACTERIZE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION IN U.S.

POP LATHESES.

ORIGINAL NEEDED IN DIFFERENT CITIES.

AND THESE ARE STUDIES FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

WHAT WE FIND IS SOMEWHAT SURPRISINGSLY IS RATES OF DEPRESSION ARE SMALLER IN LARGER CITIES.

AND THEY DO SO IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FACT THAT IN LARGER CITIES PEOPLE HAVE MORE SOCIAL CONTACTS LARGER SOCIAL NETWORKS.

AND THAT IS KNOWN TO BE PROTECTIVE AGAINST CERTAIN MENTAL DISEASES PARTICULARLY DEPRESSION.

WE FIND THIS EFFECT IN LARGER CITIES PEOPLE MAY HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS BUT IN REGARDS TO DEPRESSION THEIR RATES ARE SMALLER.

>> YOU ARE SAYING THE BIG FACTOR HERE IS SOCIALIZATION, PEOPLE ARE IN MORE CROWDED SPACES AND INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE MORE.

IS THIS A MAIN FACTOR THAT CAUSES DEPRESSION, LACK OF THIS?

>> YES.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE THINK IS GOING ON AND WHAT IS CHARACTERISTIC AS A CITY AS A WHOLE FOR WHICH WE HAVE DATA IN THIS STUDY.

THE SIGNATURE WE GET ESSENTIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A LARGER CITY, IT YOU TEND TO DO THINGS WITH MORE PEOPLE.

A LOT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE NOT DEEP IN TERMS OF FRIEND ANDS AND FAMILY AND ALLOW YOU TO SEE THINGS AND HAVE CHOICE AND THAT IS KNOWN TO BE PROTECTIVE AGAINST DEPRESSION AND WE PUT TOGETHER FACTS WE HAD FROM STUDIES THAT PREDICT A FORM BY WHICH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW INCREASES WITH CITY SIZE TOGETHER WITH THE FACT HAVING MORE OF THOSE CONTACTS LEADS TO A SMALLER RISK OF DEPRESSION.

>> EXACTLY THAT THEY ARE HAVING LARGER SOCIAL CIRCLES SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR.

AND THIS IS NOT TRUE OF EVERYBODY IN DETAIL.

BUT WORKS AT THE LEVEL OF THE CITIES.

>> YOU LOOKED AT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH FOR THIS TELL ME ABOUT THE DATA THAT YOU ANALYZED TO COME TO THESE CONCLUSIONS?

>> MENTAL HEALTH IS HARD TO DIAGNOSE BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN WAYS IN WHICH BOTH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND OTHER FEDERAL BUREAUS, MEASURE THE ONSET OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND THESE ARE NATIONAL SURVEYS THAT HAVE BECOME BIG ENOUGH TORE ORGANIZED IN DIFFERENT CITIES.

WE USE THAT DATA WITH TRADITIONAL AND A GOLD STANDARD AND WE USE A LOT OF TWITTER DATA THAT HAS BEEN ANALYZED MORE AND MORE TO JUDGE SENTIMENT.

IT'S BEEN SHOWN IN SMALLER STUDIES THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TELL IF SOMEBODY IS EXPRESSING DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS WITH GOOD CONFIDENCE BY ANALYZING HOW THEY ARE TALKING ON TWITTER AND WE USE THE RESULTS AND THE RESULTS ARE CONSISTENT.

AND SO [AUDIO INTERRUPTION] THIS IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO BOTH YOU KNOW, HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY AND PUSH THEM A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS USING HAVING LARGER POPULATIONS.

>> ARE THERE TANGIBLE PUBLIC POLICY INITIATIVES THAT YOU RECOMMEND COMING OUT OF YOUR FINDINGS IN THE STUDY?

>> WELL, SO, DEPRESSION IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND HAS ENORMOUS COST.

THERE ARE MANY CAUSES TO DEPRESSION.

OFTEN AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL IT IS SEEN AS A SIGN OF AGING OR UNEMPLOYMENT OTHER SOCIAL STRESSES, SEGREGATION.

BUT WHAT OUR FINDINGS SHOW IS THAT THERE IS A GENERIC EFFECT THAT GREATER SOCIALIZATION EVEN WHEN IT IS SUPERFICIAL AS WE HAVE IN A LARGER CITY IS PROTECTIVE.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW WITH BETTER DATA AND COLLEAGUES IS TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY INSIDE CITIES WHERE WE KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, SURVEY EMPLOYMENT DATAS WILL HAVE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES.

AND BY DOING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TARGET MORE LOCAL POPULATIONS WHERE POLICY IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE ARE DOING IN CHICAGO IN RELATION TO NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE IN SUBURBS OR SMALL TOWNS ARE THERE THINGS PLANNERS CAN DO TO INCREASE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS OR THE BUILT IN ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE DEPRESSION?

>> SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE ARE REPORTING INCLUDE THE SUBURBS IN THE SENSE THEY BELONG TO LARGER CITIES.

BUT IF YOU LIVE IN A SUBURB IN SOME SENSE THERE'S MORE ISOLATION BUILT IN.

SO IT REQUIRES THAT YOU STILL CONNECTED TO OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH COMMUTING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

BUT THOSE BECOME MORE INTENTIONAL.

THAT INTENTIONALITY IS IMPORTANT AND WHEN IT'S LOST THROUGH COVID IT HAS CONSEQUENCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AS WE KNOW FINDING OUT MORE.

FROM THE POINT OF VIEW SMALLER TOWNS AND TOWNS IN PLACES OF THE COUNTRY LOSING POPULATION THIS GIVES US AN ALERT THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEGRADE.

AND THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT ACTIVITIES AND PLACES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT CREATES THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE ACCIDENTAL AND JOYFUL SOCIAL INTERACTION AND THAT ALSO MAY CREATE NEW SOURCES OF CHOICE AND PURPOSE IN PEOPLE'S LIVE.

THIS HAS TO BE DONE MORE INTENTIONALLY IN PLACES WHERE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN MORE NATURALLY LIKE THE BIGGER SPACE.

>> INTERESTING RESEARCH.

THANK YOU TO LUIS BETTENCOURT.

THANK YOU.

>> MY PLEASURE THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW WE CHECK BACK IN WITH JOANNA HERNANDEZ WHO IS REPORTING LIVE IN AUSTIN ON THE WEST SIDE AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> JOANNA?

>> THANKS, PARIS WE ARE HERE WITH BRADLY JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AT BUILD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> I AM DOING WELL.

>> AWESOME.

I WANT TO START OFF CHICAGO LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH GUN VIOLENCE AND THE WEST SIDE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THAT.

WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT BUILD IS DOING TO RESPOND TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> YOU KNOW I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.

BUILD OUR RESPONSE TO GUN VIOLENCE IS GIVING OPPORTUNITY AND ACTIVITIES.

THINGS THAT WE'RE OFFERING YOUNG PEOPLE IN PLACE OF VIOLENCE IN PLACE OF GUNS IN PLACE OF DRUGS IN PLACE OF GANG INVOLVEMENT.

WE ARE OFFERING THEM HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGH A MYRIAD OF PROGRAMS FROM ARTS TO MUSIC TO DANCE TO SPORTS TO TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC PRODUCTION ALL THOSE THINGS.

INCLUDING THE FARM LIKE WE ARE HERE ON THE IRIS GARDEN THE MINI FARM WITH CHICKENS.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE OFFER TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHOW THEM SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS POSSIBLE FOR THEM.

>> I LOVE THAT.

HOW DO YOU TALK WITH THE YOUTH WHEN YOU DO HEAR OF ANOTHER SHOOTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS LIKE FOR THEM?

>> NUMBER ONE IT'S TRAUMA.

MANY TIMES YOU TRY TO PRETEND LIKE IT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU.

I KNOW.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR GAME FACE OUTSIDE.

SO YOU TRY TO SUPPRESS IT.

BUT YOU CAN'T.

WHAT I TALK TO THEM ABOUT IS THAT THERE'S HELP AND HOPE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN OFFER YOU.

AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES EVERYTHING THAT THEY MAY POSSIBLY NEED TO HELP THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE OFFER THOSE THINGS TO THEM AND WE DO OFTEN.

>> WHAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT THE YOUTH EXCEL IT?

>> WOW.

THEY LOVE THE MUSIC AND THEY LOVE THE ART.

VISUAL ART AND MUSIC.

VISUAL ART BECAUSE THAT BECOMES A THERAPEUTIC TOOL WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO RELEASE THINGS INSIDE OF THEM THROUGH PAINTING AND THROUGH DESIGN AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THEY ARE DOING.

>> THAT IS AMAZING.

ONE LAST QUESTION WHAT IS ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE TO A YOUNG PERSON IN A TOUGH SITUATION RIGHT NOW?

>> I WOULD TELL THEM THE NUMBER ONE THERE'S HOPE.

WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON AROUND US, IT'S EASY TO THINK THERE'S NOT.

BUT A PLACE LIKE BUILD AND OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL, WE ARE OFFERING PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO FIND WHAT THEY NEED AND TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES AND TO THE YOUNG PERSON AND WE'LL GIVE THEM AN AVENUE AND SHOW THEM AND SUPPORT THEM SO THEY CAN MOVE FOR IN THEIR LIVES.

>> THANK YOU BRADLEY FOR JOINING US.

THAT IS ALL FOR US HERE TODAY WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> JOANNA THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT THE BACK STORY OF CHICAGO'S SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD BOYS IN AN ENCORE EDITION OF "ASK GEOFFREY".

STICK AROUND.

[♪♪♪] FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS CHICAGO BOYS WHO WERE SCHOOL SKIPPERS WERE SENT TO A RESIDENTIAL SETTING 600 FEET FROM WHERE I'M SITTING AT WTTW.

OUR OWN HISTORY TEACHER Mr. GEOFFREY BAER IS HERE WITH A LESSON ABOUT THE CHICAGO PARENTAL SCHOOL IN TONIGHT'S "ASK GEOFFREY".

HELLO Mr. GEOFFREY BAER HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M FINE, HOW ARE YOU.

>> DON'T CALL ME Mr. PARIS SCHUTZ.

OUR QUESTION COMES FROM MAX... >> AS YOU MENTIONED THIS QUESTION DEFINITELY HITS CLOSE TO HOME.

WTTW'S STUDIO IS JUST STEPS AWAY FROM WHERE THE CHICAGO PARENTAL SCHOOL STOOD UNTIL THE EARLY 1980s.

TODAY IT IS THE CAMPUS OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.

THE SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1902 TO EDUCATE -- THE CHICAGO PARENTAL SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1902 TO REHABILITATE BOYS AGED 7-14 WHO WERE BEHAVIORALLY TROUBLED OR CHRONICALLY TRUE ANT.

THE 50-ACRE CAMPUS WAS NORTH OF THE FOSTER AND EAST OF PULL PUL.

>> WHY DID THEY CALL THE PARENTAL?

>> PARENTAL REFERS TO THE SCHOOL TAKING PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY LIVED THERE.

OVER ITS 70 YEARS, THE PARENTAL SCHOOL'S CAMPUS GREW TO INCLUDE A FARM WITH ANIMALS AND PLAYGROUNDS A SWIMMING POOL AND HEALTHCARE AND TRAINING FACILITIES.

THE ARCHITECT DESIGNED THE SCHOOL'S BUILDINGS WHICH WERE ARRANGED AROUND A LARGE WATER BASIN WHICH YOU CAN SEE THEM ENJOYING.

THE 10 COTTAGES THEY WERE CALLED HELD 35 RESIDENTS EACH INCLUDING COTTAGE PARENTS.

THESE WERE MARRIED COUPLES WHO HELPED TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN.

>> HOW WOULD A KID WINDUP AT THE SCHOOL?

>> WELL, THE PARENTAL SCHOOL'S ORIGINS GO BACK TO THE SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENT OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, LED BY PEOPLE LIKE JANE ADAMS.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENFORCE LAWS THAT COMPELLED PARENTS TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS.

SO TRUE ANT OFFICERS WOULD TRACK DOWN SCHOOL SKIPPERS AND PETITION COURTS TO COMMIT THEM TO THE CHICAGO PARENTAL SCHOOL FOR REHABILITATION.

BUT BOYS COULD BE SENT THERE FOR BEING DEEMED INCORRIGIBLE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CHILDREN COULD BE COMMITTED TO THE SCHOOL WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS' CONSENT.

>> WOW.

FOR BEING DEEMED INCORRIGIBLE.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR KIDS THERE WHAT WAS THEIR LIFE LIKE?

>> IN THE EARLY DAYS THE SCHOOL'S APPROACH WAS SIMILAR TO MILITARY TRAINING.

UNIFORMS, TO PROVIDE THE DISCIPLINE AND STRUCTURE THAT THEY THOUGHT THE BOYS LACKED.

AND TO TEACH THEM GOOD HABITS AND MORALS AWAY FROM WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS NEGATIVE INFLUENCES.

EDUCATION IN ALL THE USUAL SUBJECTS WAS OFFERED AS WELL AS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

STUDENTS TENDED THE GARDENS AND FARM ANIMALS AND RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE COTTAGES CLEAN AND THEY HAD A SCHOOL NEWSPAPER NAMED...

WAIT FOR IT...

THE SKIPPER.

MOST BOYS ATTENDED THE SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE RETURNING HOME.

>> YOU MENTIONED TENDING THE GARDENS.

AND THE VICTORY GARDENS ARE THOSE THE VICTORY GARDENS THAT THE VIEWER IS TALKING ABOUT?

>> THEY WERE.

THOSE GARDENS WERE PART OF THE SCHOOL UNTIL WORLD WAR II.

AND THEN THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY ALLOWED 300 NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILIES TO USE THEM FOR THEIR OWN VICTORY GARDENS.

>> THE PARENTAL SCHOOL IS NO LONGER THERE.

WHY DID IT CLOSE?

>> IT IS A BIG OPEN FIELD NOW BEHIND WTTW.

WELL, OTHER INSTITUTIONS STARTED ADDING BUILDINGS TO THE PROPERTY FIRST IN 1961, THE CHICAGO TEACHERS COLLEGE AS WE'VE SAID NOW NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, BUILT THERE.

AND IN 1965 HERE IS A PHOTO OF WTTW STUDIOS WHICH WERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD PARENTAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

AND HERE IS A LOOK AT THAT SAME VIEW TODAY N1973, NEIU TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PARENTAL SCHOOL.

BY THEN PUBLIC SENTIMENT HOW TO DEAL WITH TRUANCY WAS SHIFTING TOWARDS KEEPING CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN HOMES OR IN FOSTER HOMES.

TWO YEARS LATER STATE FUNDING RAN OUT AND IT WAS THE END FOR THE CHICAGO PARENTAL SCHOOL.

>> AND I RECOGNIZE THOSE BUILDINGS.

HOW IS CHRONIC TRUANCY HANDLED NOW?

>> WELL, C.P.S.

DOES HAVE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS STRUGGLING WITH ATTENDANCE OR ISSUES.

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS.

>> AND THOSE BEAUTIFUL OLD BUILDINGS IT IS AN EMPTY FIELD WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BUILDINGS?

>> NEIU NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY REUSED SOME OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS BUT LACK OF FUNDING FROM THE STATE CAUSED THEM TO DETERIORATE AND ACTUALLY IN A GRIM POSTSCRIPT, A NEIGHBORHOOD TEENAGER COMMITTED SUICIDE IN ONE OF THE ABANDONED BUILDINGS AND AFTER THAT ALL OF THEM WERE RAISED.

TODAY THE ONLY HINT ARE THE BENCHES OUTSIDE THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND THEY ARE MADE FROM ORNAMENTAL LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS RECLAIMED FROM THE PARENTAL SCHOOL'S ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.

>> I KNOW THOSE BENCHES WELL.

GEOFFREY THANK YOU SO MUCH AS ALWAYS.

MY PLEASURE.

>> AND DON'T FORGET YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CHICAGO PARENTAL SCHOOL AND GET EDUCATED ABOUT OTHER "ASK GEOFFREY" TOPICS AND SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION TO GEOFFREY BAER.

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

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

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. FOR "THE WEEK IN REVIEW".

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

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