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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> AND I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I'VE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT ROD BLAGOJEVICH.

>> THE ONLY ILLINOIS GOVERNOR TO BE IMPEACHED GOES TO COURT SEEKING THE ABILITY TO RUN FOR OFFICE ONCE AGAIN.

>> UNDERSTANDING HOW COVID-19 AFFECTS PEOPLE'S SMELL AND TASTE.

A NEUROBIOLOGIST SHARES NEW RESEARCH.

>> AND THE FRIENDS DECIDE THEY WILL SHARE THE CELEBRATION.

>> A U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM DOCTOR ON SOME OF HIS FAVORITE MOMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON THE MENTAL PRESSURES FOR TODAY'S ATHLETES.

>> IT WAS 10 MINUTES OF THUNDEROUS, APOCALYPTIC SOUNDS.

>> RESIDENTS SAY THEY ARE FED UP WITH CARAVANS OF MOTORCYCLES AND OFF ROAD VEHICLES CAUSING HAVOC ACROSS THE CITY.

>> WE ARE REPEALING ILLINOIS' ARCHAIC HIV CRIMINALIZATION LAW.

>> REACTION FROM ADVOCATES IN ILLINOIS WHO WORKED TOWARD THIS REPEAL.

>> AMAZON CUSTOMERS SHOPPING AT WHOLE FOODS WILL FACE A FEE FOR DELIVERED GROCERIES THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> AN EXIT INTERVIEW WITH A CHICAGO COMMISSIONER CAN A 30-YEAR IN CITY GOVERNMENT.

>> PERFECT FOR A VISUAL LEARNER AND A PERSON HAS TO SEE IT.

>> MEET A LOCAL KA LICK FER USING HER PASSION TO HELP BUSINESSES AND THEIR BRAND.

>> EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 51 SHOT OVER THE WEEKEND.

BUT WITH VIOLENCE METRICS UP 10% FROM LAST MONTH, CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN FOCUSED ON THE INCREASE IN GUNS RECOVERED TODAY.

>> WE ARE ON PACE TO BE ABOVE 12,000 GUNS RECOVERED IN THE CITY AN HISTORIC HIGH.

WHICH YOU SHOULD NOT BE RUNNING IN PLACE AS FAR AS HOMICIDES AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE UP 10% WITH THE PACE OF THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE IN RECOVERING GUNS.

>> THE SUPERINTENDENT CONTINUES TO BLAME THE COURTS FOR RELEASING CRIMINALS TO HOME MONITORING FOR THE UPSWING IN VIOLENCE.

>> CREWS DOVE INTO LOLLAPALOOZA'S MOSH PIT FOR CLEAN UP IT WILL TAKE TIME AFTER THE FOUR-DAY EVENT.

ORGANIZERS ESTIMATE AN AVERAGE OF 100,000 ATTENDEES PER DAY WITH 19 ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO GET IN FOR FREE.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER CHOSE TO SKIP THE EVENT OVER THE CONCERNS OF THE DELTA VARIANT OF COVID-19.

>> PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO YOU KNOW, GOT UP TO NEAR THE DATE AND DECIDED YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER NOT GO OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

THERE IS NO MIXED MESSAGE.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND THE CITY'S PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER ARE DEFENDING THEIR DECISION TO LET THE FESTIVAL PROCEED AS CRITICS DECRY IT AS A POSSIBLE SUPER SPEEDER EVENT.

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WATCHING COVID-19 DATA IN THE WAKE OF LOLLAPALOOZA AND URGING INDOOR MASKING AND VACCINES.

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION IS REPORTING THE NATIONAL DAILY COVID CASE AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 72,000.

THAT SURPASSES THE PEAKS SEEN LAST SUMMER BEFORE THE U.S. HAD A COVID-19 VACCINE.

HERE IN ILLINOIS, TEST POSITIVITY RATE IS UP TO 4.9% THE HIGHEST SINCE APRIL AND BEFORE LOLLAPALOOZA STARTED ILLINOIS HOSPITALIZATIONS JUMPED 35% IN ONE WEEK.

THE CITY STATE AND C.D.C.

ARE ALL RECOMMENDING MASKING INDOORS FOR THE VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED.

THE FEDERAL EVICTION MORATORIUM ENDED.

NOW HOUSING ACTIVISTS FEAR THE LOOMING SPECTER OF MASS EVICTIONS.

TONI PRECKWINKLE SAYS THERE IS A FREE PROGRAM OFFERING MEDIATION BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND TENANTS TO AVOID EVICTION PROCEEDINGS.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS ONLY CONGRESS CAN EXTEND THE FREEZE ON EVICTIONS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RULED THE C.D.C.

OVERSTEPPED ITS AUTHORITY BY CREATING THE POLICY.

JUDGMENTS CAN BE ENFORCED STARTING SEPTEMBER FIRST.

UP NEXT, FORMER GOVERNOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH IS BACK IN THE NEWS.

STAY WITH US TO HEAR ABOUT HIS LAWSUIT.

>> FORMER ILLINOIS GOVERNOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH SPENT THIS AFTERNOON AT A PLACE HE CAME TO KNOW VERY WELL: THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE.

THIS TIME IT WAS BY CHOICE.

HE IS TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE STATE.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AMANDA, WHY IS HE BACK IN COURT?

>> PARIS, YOU KNOW HE MAKE AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION IT IS BY CHOICE AND HE WAS ALONE.

THE LAST TIME IT WAS WITH THE FEELINGS OF ATTORNEYS, ONLOOKERS AND JOURNALISTS WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED OF A SERIES OF CORRUPTION CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED EXTORTION AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BRIBES.

>> I'VE NEVER HAD MUCH LUCK IN THIS BUILDING TO BEGIN WITH BUT I'M GOING TO TRY.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES INVOLVED.

LIKE THE WEAPONNIZATION AND THE POLITICIZATION OF PROSECUTION AND IMPEACHMENT.

AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE NECESSARY LEGAL AND ROUTINE PRACTICES THAT TAKE PLACE IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS ALL THE TIME.

>> NOW, BLAGOJEVICH SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON THAT IS UP UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2020 WHEN THEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP COMMUTED HIS SENTENCE.

THE COMPLAINT THAT BLAGOJEVICH FILED WOULD ALLOW HIM TO RETURN TO HIS PREVIOUS OCCUPATION THAT OF POLITICIAN.

BLAGOJEVICH IS NOT SEEKING TO LIFT HIS CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, RATHER HE IS SEEKING TO ESSENTIALLY OVERTURN PART OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 2009 IN SPRINGFIELD WHEN LEGISLATORS IMPEACHED AND REMOVED HIM FROM OFFICE AND AT THAT TIME THE ILLINOIS SENATE TOOK A VOTE SAYING THAT BLAGOJEVICH COULD NEVER AGAIN RUN FOR STATE OR LOCAL OFFICE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

IT'S THAT BAN THAT BLAGOJEVICH WANTS LIFTED.

HIS COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT PREVENTING HIM FROM RUBBING OUTWEIGHS ANY HARM THAT COULD BE CAUSED BY DENYING THE VOTERS THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR OTHER AGAINST HIM IN A FREE ELECTION.

HOUSE G.O.P.

LEADER JIM DURKIN WAS THE TOP REPUBLICAN ON THE SPECIAL HOUSE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE THAT IMPEACHED BLAGOJEVICH IN ' 09 AN ACTION THAT HE SAID BLAGOJEVICH DESERVED FOR REPEATEDLY PUTTING UP THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR FOR SALE.

>> WHETHER IT WAS SELLING THE U.S. SENATE SEAT SHAKING DOWN HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES, FORCING A PAY TO PLAY OPERATION WITH LEGISLATION, THE LIST GOES ON.

AND HE WAS CONVICTED.

HIS CONVICTIONS WERE UPHELD BY THE APPELLATE COURT, THE SUPREME COURT AND YOU KNOW I'VE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT ROD BLAGOJEVICH.

>> BUT BLAGOJEVICH IS BACK NOW ALLEGING THAT HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO CALL DURING THOSE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS ALL RELEVANT WITNESSES NOR WAS HE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ALL EVIDENCE.

INCLUDING AN AIRING OF F.B.I.

WIRETAPS OF HIS CONVERSATIONS THAT STILL REMAIN SECRET.

NOW, DURKIN CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS AN OUT RIGHT LIE.

>> YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT LACK OF PROCESS WHEN YOU DON'T PARTICIPATE.

HE WAIVED EVERY RIGHT THAT HE IS NOW CLAIMING THAT HE WAS DENIED.

>> I CALLED FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR JEFF CRAMER FOR HIS LEGAL TAKE.

>> NOW, THIS IS INTERESTING WHAT HE SAYS HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CALL CERTAIN WITNESSES AND WAS DENIED DUE PROCESS OF LAW.

IF IT WAS IN A COURT OF LAW IT WAS IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ARGUMENT BECAUSE DEFENDANTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL WITNESSES.

HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING.

IT WAS NOT A LEGAL PROCEEDING.

IT WAS A POLITICAL DECISION.

>> AND AN IMPEACHMENT IS INHERENTLY A POLITICAL PROCESS.

KRAMER SAYS IT WILL BE AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR BLAGOJEVICH.

STILL HE SAYS THERE MAY BE A PATH FOR THE FORMER GOVERNOR.

>> IF THERE WAS A POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT SAID CERTAIN PEOPLE CAN'T RUN FOR OFFICE WE WOULD SAY THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS.

IT DENIES SOMEBODY THEIR DUE PROCESS.

THERE IS A CERTAIN LEVEL WHERE IT REACHES A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION IF YOU WILL OR DUE PROCESS RIGHT WHICH IS WHAT HE IS ARGUING.

>> NOW, IF BLAGOJEVICH IS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER VOTERS WOULD EVER TAKE HIM BACK IS ANOTHER ONE ENTIRELY.

BLAGOJEVICH SAYS HE IS RUNNING, WELL, AS IN JOGGING.

HE HAS LONG BEEN A JOGGER BUT HE IS NOT RULING OUTRUNNING FOR OFFICE IN THE FUTURE.

SO HE SAYS HE HAS NO PARTICULAR PLANS TO DO SO.

>> I HAVE NO PLANS TO RUN FOR ANY PARTICULAR OFFICE.

THE IDEA OF DOING THAT AGAIN, IS REALLY IS AN UNHAPPY THOUGHT IN MANY WAYS IT IS A HARD BUSINESS AND HARD ON YOUR FAMILY.

AND WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY IS DIFFICULT.

IT'S NOT THAT I HAVE SPECIFIC PLANS HOWEVER I'M NOT GOING TO RULE OUT OPTIONS.

I WAS A GREAT GOVERNOR FOR THE PEOPLE I DID THINGS FOR PEOPLE.

>> BUT DURKIN SAYS HE STANDS BY THE PREVIOUS GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S ACTIONS SAYING THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO CROSS THEIR T'S WITH THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AND ALSO TO PROTECT FUTURE ILLINOISIANS FROM BLAGOJEVICH.

>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

WE HAVE ILLINOIS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF CORRUPTION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS WITH GOVERNORS.

AND WE ARE NOW WE'VE PASSED A LAW BACK THEN WHICH WE SAID ENOUGH'S ENOUGH THAT WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT A GUY LIKE ROD BLAGOJEVICH WHO IS IS SUCH AN EGO MANIAC THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE TO FIGHT HIS CONVICTION.

>> DURKIN SAYS THAT BLAGOJEVICH IS AND ALWAYS WAS A SHOWMAN AND HE SUSPECTS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THE FORMER GOVERNOR TO GET BACK IN THE LIMELIGHT AFTER MAYBE SOME OF THE MEDIA ATTENTION HAS WORN OFF.

AND THAT MAY WELL BE WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

ABC HAD A LOT OF CAMERAS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE THAT FEDERAL COURTHOUSE AND A CREW MEMBER SAID THAT IS IN ANTICIPATION OF A DOCUMENTARY ON BLAGOJEVICH SET TO AIR THIS FALL.

AND THIS GIVES THEM EXTRA FOOTAGE AND CONTENT.

BACK TO YOU.

>> IT APPEARS THE FORMER GOVERNOR RETURNING TO HIS PUBLICITY SEEKING WAYS.

THANK YOU.

>> NOW TO BRANDIS AND A CHECK IN ON THE TOKYO OLYMPICS FROM TOKYO.

>> AND PARIS IN THE CONTEXT OF A DEADLY GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND SURGE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES IN JAPAN, THE DECISION TO HAVE THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO HAS BEEN QUESTIONED BY MANY.

BUT EVEN WITH JAPAN'S CAPITAL UNDER ITS FOURTH STATE OF EMERGENCY AND SPECTATORS BANNED FROM THE STADIUMS THE GAMES HAVE GONE AHEAD.

JOINING US FROM TOKYO TO GIVE US HIS IMPRESSION OF THE GAMES IS Dr. HUTCH ONE OF THE LEADING DOCTORS Dr. MARK HUTCHINSON HE IS PROFESSOR OF ORTHOPAEDICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS AN EARLY MORNING IN TOKYO AS YOU ARE SPEAKING TO US.

BEFORE WE GET TO SOME OF THE OLYMPIC ACTION GIVE US YOUR SENSE OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN JAPAN, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE AT THE GAMES RIGHT NOW?

>> IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN RIO.

WE WEAR MASKS EVERYWHERE AND THERE IS LESS INTERACTIVE SOCIALIZATION WE ARE CAREFUL.

BUT I THINK THE JAPANESE HAVE DONE VERY WELL AT THE GAMES.

I THINK THE JAPANESE POPULATIONS AND THEIR OPINIONS IMPROVED.

THERE WAS CONCERN EARLY BUT THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LIKE FOR THE ATHLETES?

IS IT STRANGE FOR THEM TO DMET AN EMPTY STADIUM?

HAS THAT DIMINISHED THE EXPERIENCE FOR SOME OF THEM?

>> I THINK IT'S MIXED.

MOST OF THE ATHLETES HAVE GOTTEN USED TO THAT DURING COVID.

SO YES IT'S DIFFERENT.

IT IS NOT THE SAME OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE BUT THEY ARE REPRESENTING THEIR COUNTRY AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

ONCE THEY ARE DONE HERE THEY ARE OLYMPIANS FOR LIFE.

IT'S STILL AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR THEM >> NOW, DESPITE NOT HAVING THE CROWDS, THERE'S BEEN VERY SPECIAL OLYMPIC MOMENTS AS THE OLYMPICS IS ABLE TO CREATE AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE WAY THE MEN'S HIGH JUMP CONCLUDED.

EXPLAIN WHY THAT WAS SO UNUSUAL AND SPECIAL?

>> WELL, I LOOK FOR THE OLYMPIC MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE GAMES.

YOU SAW THE ATHLETES THE ATHLETE FROM QATAR AND ITALY WHO TIED AND THEN THEY MOVED UP THE LADDER TO HIT THE HIGHER NUMBER AND BOTH COULD NOT MAKE IT.

THE DECISION WAS TO HAVE A JUMP OFF, AND I THINK IT WAS BARSHEM AND ASKED IS IT POSSIBLE TO SHARE THE GOLD AND THEY SAID IT IS.

SO THEN IT WAS THIS WONDERFUL GLOBAL CELEBRATION WHAT THE OLYMPICS ARE ABOUT IS THIS SAFE AND COMPETITIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND COMING TOGETHER THROUGH SPORT.

IT WAS REALLY AN AMAZING OLYMPIC MOMENT.

>> I THINK OF TWO OF THEM ARE GOOD FRIENDS IF YOU GOING TO SHARE A GOLD YOU WANT IT TO BE WITH A FRIEND.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ALL OF THE NETWORKS TEND TO BE SMALL THE GUYS HAVE BEEN JUMPING VERSUS EACH OTHER FOR A LONGTIME.

THEY ARE CLOSE FRIENDS AND SHUNT ACTIVE.

IT WAS A COOL EVENT.

IT WAS COOL TO WATCH THEM SHARE THE PODIUM AND SHARE THE FLAG WALKING AROUND THE TRACK IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

>> AND THERE'S BEEN FOR MICHAELA SKINNER, SHE IS A GYMNAST AND SHE WON THE SILVER AFTER SHE STEPPED IN TO REPLACE SIMONE BILES IN THE VAULT COMPETITION.

WHAT MAKES THAT SO SPECIAL TO YOU?

WE OFTEN MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ONLY FOCUSING ON THE GOLD MEDAL WINNERS BUT SILVER IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT.

>> OH, MY GOSH, MICHAELA AND THE ENTIRE GYMNASTICS TEAM WHO SAID THERE IS A TOUGH MOMENT WE HAVE TO STEP UP IT'S WHAT TEAMS DO.

FOR MICHAELA SHE HAS HAD A TOUGH ROAD.

SHE SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY WAS LEFT OUT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAST AND KEPT ON IT HERSELF HER DEDICATION TO SPORT AND SUCCESS AND THE DEDICATION TO THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT TO GIVE HER OLYMPIC OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK IT WAS SIMONE WHO CALLED HER AND SAID DO NOT LEAVE.

WE MAY NEED YOU TO STICK AROUND.

SHE STUCK AROUND AND THEN YOU SEE THIS WONDERFUL AMERICAN SUCCESS IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE.

>> OF COURSE SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMPETING HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR SIM'S DECISION TO -- SIMONE BILES' DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE DECISION.

SOME CRITICIZE HER SAYING SHE NEEDED TO PRIORITIZE HER MENTAL HEALTH AND SHE HAD THE TWIN CITIESTIES AND YOU'VE WORKED WITH GYMNASTICS TEAMS BUT IT IS HE SERIOUS WHAT ARE THE TWISTIES?

>> IT IS FOR HER WORST THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD.

IF YOU GET DISORIENTED WHILE YOU ARE IN THE AIR DOING FLIPS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LAND SHE COULD LAND ON HER NECK AND WE WOULD ALL GO WHO LET HER JUMP?

SHE IS SO AMAZING SHE KNOWS HER BODY TO WELL.

AND THAT SHE KNOWS SHE WAS OFF AND THAT THE TEAM WOULD BE BETTER NOT HAVING HER MAKE A MISTAKE OR GET INJURED.

AND SO I'M JUST EXCITED FOR SIMONE THAT HOPEFULLY SHE IS FEELING SOME BETTER AND IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE EVERYTHING SHE IS CAPABLE OF.

BECAUSE SHE IS THE GREATEST OLYMPIC GYMNAST OF ALL TIME IN TERMS OF THE IMPROVEMENT.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER FINAL PERFORMANCE SHOW THAT.

>> AND SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPETING ON THE BEAM ON TUESDAY.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH FOR ATHLETES IN PARTICULAR.

NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS COME UP AROUND ATHLETES IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MENTAL PRESSURE THAT THEY FACE AND HOW IT CAN IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO COMPETE AND ALSO JUST THEIR LIVES AND THEIR HEALTH?

>> WELL, HUGE STRESSES.

I THINK IT IS WE AS FANS AND THE PRESS PUT SO MUCH STRESS ON THEM AND THEY PUT PRESSURE ON THEMSELVES TO SUCCEED.

AND SO IT IS DIFFICULT.

AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY THE BIGGEST STAGE IN THE WORLD AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

BUT THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS DONE AMAZINGLY WELL.

I'VE WATCHED THEM FOR 20 YEARS.

THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS AND ACCESS POINTS AND SCREENING EVERYDAY HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

DO YOU NEED ANYTHING?

AND THE INTENSITY OF FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR AMERICAN ATHLETES IS AMAZING.

IT'S UNIQUELY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

IT IS A STEP UP AND A CREDIT TO THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

>> I'M SURE THAT IS POSITIVE TO HEAR.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

Dr. MARK HUTCHINSON JOINING US FROM TOKYO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> THANK YOU, BRANDIS.

>> AND NOW BACK TO PARIS FOR A LOOK AT AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MOTORCYCLE NOISE THAT HAS BEEN BUILDING OVER THE PAST YEAR.

>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SCENE FROM AN APOCALYPTIC MOVIE.

RIDERS OF MOTORCYCLES OR OFF ROAD VEHICLES SPEEDING DOWN CITY STREETS BLASTING LOUD MUSIC PERFORMING TRICKS AND CAUSING HAVOC.

RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS DESCRIBE A NOISY PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN FESTERING FOR A YEAR AND ONE THAT HIT A FEVER PITCH OVER THE WEEKEND BUT ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS LISTENING.

>> LOLLAPALOOZA WASN'T THE ONLY EVENT THAT RAISED THE DECIBEL LEVELS DOWNTOWN.

CARAVANS OF MOTORCYCLE RIDERS WERE ALL OVER THE CITY PERFORMING STUNTS AND MAKING SCREECHINGLY LOUD NOISE.

>> I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 20 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER HEARD THE NOISE LEVEL TO THIS EXTENT BEFORE.

>> SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE RESIDENT SAYS THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME ALMOST A DAILY OCCURRENCE.

HE SAYS HE WITNESSED DRAG RACING, WHEELIES AND OTHER STUNTS ALONG MICHIGAN AND ROOSEVELT ROADS.

>> I AM ON THE 13TH FLOOR OF MY BUILDING AND IT WILL DROWN OUT MY RADIO, IT WILL DROWN OUT MY TELEVISION.

IT'S THAT LOUD.

>> IT BEGINS IN THE 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. AND GOES UNTIL 2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M.

IT USED TO BE MORE ISOLATED ON JUST THE WEEKENDS NOW WE ARE HEARING THIS DURING THE WEEK AS WELL.

>> JAMES LAVINE LIVES IN THE SOUTH LOOP AND POINTED US TO SKID MARKS IN THIS INTERSECTION.

ODDS ARE IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY YOU'VE SEEN THEM TAKING OVER THE STREETS.

THE GROUPS USUALLY ORGANIZE VIA SOCIAL MEDIAN ATTRACT RIDERS FROM THE CITY, SUBURBS AND OVER THE BORDER IN INDIANA AND WISCONSIN.

HERE, CELLPHONE VIDEO CAUGHT HOARDS OF THEM TRAVELING DOWN THE EISENHOWER.

LAKE SHORE DRIVE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE DESTINATION BUT THE PROBLEM HAS METRICULATED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS WAS THE SCENE LAST WEEK AT HALSTED AND FULLERTON.

THIS WEEKEND, THE INTERSECTION OF BELMONT AND SHEFFIELD IS BLOCKED OFF SO A CAR CAN PERFORM DOUGHNUTS.

AND LOWER WACKER DRIVE HAS BEEN A REGULAR HOTBED OF ACTIVITY.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE BEING TAKEN OVER BY SOME FOREIGN FORCE OR SOMETHING.

WE'VE NEVER EVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO STOP IT.

>> DEBRA IS THE PRESIDENT OF STREETERVILLE ACTIVE RESIDENTS THEY SAY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT STEPPING IN.

>> THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES AT THIS POINT.

UNTIL THE CITY COMES UP WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, WHAT IS GOING TO STOP THESE PEOPLE FROM REPEATING THESE ACTIONS?

>> SECOND WARD ALDERMAN SAYS THE CARAVANS ARE LAWLESS BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TIED.

>> THEY ARE VIOLATING SO MANY PARTS OF THE VING CODE AT ANY ONE MOMENT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY WE NEED MORE LAWS ON THE BOOKS WE NEED TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AT ENFORCING THE LAWS WE HAVE.

>> HOPKINS SAYS THERE ARE VIDEO AND AUDIO SCANNERS THAT DETECT THE ACTIVITY BUT IT'S HARD FOR POLICE TO GO AFTER THE RIDERS BECAUSE CHASES CAN TURN DEADLY.

CITY COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO GO AFTER THE BODY SHOPS THAT SOUP UP THE VEHICLES.

>> ALMOST EVERYONE OF THEM HAS AN ILLEGALLY MODIFIED VEHICLE THAT IS NOT STREET LEGAL.

>> LIKE WITH HOMICIDES, POLICE SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN LAYS MUCH OF THE BLAME ON THE COURT SYSTEM.

SAYING HE BELIEVES THERE ARE TOO FEW CONSEQUENCES FOR OFFENDERS.

>> WE DO WHAT WE CAN IN CITING AND ARRESTING WHEN APPROPRIATE.

BUT IT IS THE COURTS THAT LOW LEVEL CRIMES ARE JUST NOT A THING OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCE IN OUR COURTS.

THE REVOLVING DOOR SPINS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

IF IT MOVES AT ALL.

>> LITTLE COMFORT TO RESIDENTS WHO SAY THE PROBLEM IS MAKING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS UNLIVABLE.

>> MOVING IS DEFINITELY A CONSIDERATION AT THIS POINT IF NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO CURB THIS.

>> AND WE REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE LARGER GROUPS ON FACEBOOK CALLED CHICAGO UNITED RIDERS BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE AND THAT GROUP POSTS VIDEOS OF THE RIDES THROUGH THE CITY AND PROMOTES TACO TUESDAY A REGULAR TUESDAY NIGHT RIDE THAT THEY LOOK FORWARD TO.

BUT DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS CERTAINLY DO NOT.

>> TACO TUESDAYS IS CODE FOR RIDING.

WE HEARD ALDERMAN BRIAN HOPKINS SAY THIS, THESE RIDERS ARE LIKELY BREAKING MULTIPLE LAWS.

>> FIRST OFF THERE IS A NOISE ORDINANCE YOU CANNOT GO ABOVE A CERTAIN DECIBEL LEVEL IN THE CITY AND THEY ARE VIOLATING THAT WITH THE NOISE.

AND THEN THESE MODIFIED OR REMOVED MUFFLERS ON THE MOTORCYCLES AND THE THREE-WHEEL CARS, THOSE ARE ILLEGAL VIA STATE LAW AND CITY LAW AND VIDEO CIRCULATING OF A PURPORTED EVENT THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND WHERE THE MOTORCYCLE CAUGHT FIRE.

THE GUY DOING A WHEELY AND IT CAUGHT FIRE AND PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT AS WELL.

>> PARIS THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, HOW ADVOCATES SAY A REPEAL OF THE HIV CRIMINALIZATION LAW AFFECTS THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

STAY WITH US.

>> PEOPLE WITH HIV CAN NO LONGER BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED FOR EXPOSING SOMEONE ELSE TO THE VIRUS WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE THIS MAKES ILLINOIS THE SECOND STATE TO REPEAL SUCH A LAW THIS FROM THE 1980s MAKING HIV EXPOSURE A FELONY.

ADVOCATES SAY THE LAW DISCOURAGED TESTING AND TREATMENT FOR HIV AND THAT THIS REPEAL IS OVERDUE.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE TIMOTHY JACKSON, THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WITH THE AIDS FOUNDATION CHICAGO AND THE LEAD LOBBYIST OF THE BILL'S REPEAL.

AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE CAROL AMMONS A DEMOCRAT WHO SPONSORED THE BILL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TIMMOTHY LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE GOVERNOR SIGNING THIS BILL LAST WEEK?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

EMOTIONS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

AS A PERSON LIVING WITH HIV FOR 12 YEARS, THERE WAS ANXIETY, THERE WAS JOY THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TEARS BUT MOSTLY IT WAS REALLY A WEIGHTLIFTED OFF OF MY SHOULDERS AND THE SHOULDERS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ACROSS ILLINOIS THAT THEY WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR HEALTH CONDITIONS BEING WEAPONIZED AGAINST THEM I'M GRATEFUL TO CAROL AMMONS AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND OTHERS FOR THEIR WORK IN ADVANCING THE LEGISLATION.

>> AND REPRESENTATIVE CAROL AMMONS WHY DID YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS LEGISLATION?

>> I THINK TIMMOTHY EXPRESSED THAT AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

THIS BILL REFLECTS SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT WE NEEDED TO CORRECT THE WRONG THAT WAS HISTORICAL RECORD WHEN IT CAME TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV.

SO I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THAT.

I HAVE A LONG LEGISLATIVE RECORD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

I FOUND THIS TO BE NOT JUST CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BUT THIS IS ALSO HEALTHCARE JUSTICE IN THE FACE OF COVID.

AND SO I THINK IT WAS HIGH TIME THAT ILLINOIS TOOK THE LEAD ON THIS INITIATIVE AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE GOT IT SIGNED LAST WEEK INTO THE GOVERNOR SAW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LEGISLATION.

>> AND TIMMOTHY HOW DID THIS PARTICULAR LAW AND LAWS LIKE IT HOW DID THEY IMPACT PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV?

>> YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HARMS OF WHICH ONE BASED ON CURRENT SCIENCE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A THING UNDETECTED UNTRANSMITTABLE WHICH MEANS A PERSON LIVING WITH HIV WITH AN INDETECTIBLE VIRAL LOAD THEY POSE ZERO RISK IN TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS.

SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A HUGE BOON FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OVERLY HARSH AND DISCRIMINATORY TO THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY RAVAGED BY HIV, BLACK, LATINX, INDIGENOUS AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIES AND MORE THAN ALL OF THOSE IT INFLICTS HARM.

AND ALSO STANDS IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES.

BECAUSE A PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH THIS LAW, IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD HIV.

AND SO PEOPLE LITERALLY TOLD US WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GET TESTED FOR HIV BECAUSE I CAN BE CHARGED FOR HIS CRIME.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND THAT STANDS IN CONTRAST TO WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET TESTED AND GET INTO TREATMENT.

HAVING SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS THAT STOOD IN THE WAY OF US DOING THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE BARRIER TO ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC HERE IN ILLINOIS.

>> AND LET'S GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

ANALYSIS OF COURT DATA SHOWS THAT BLACK MEN MAKEUP TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE CHARGED UNDER THIS LAW AND ACROSS GENDER LINES 75% OF THOSE CHARGED ARE BLACK AND THAT IS THE CIRCUIT THAT COMES FROM THE CHICAGO READER.

WHY HAVE BLACK PEOPLE BG BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE LAW?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

IT'S REALLY JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SYSTEMIC RACISM.

I THINK REPRESENTATIVE AMMONS HIGHLIGHTED NOT ONLY IS IT A CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUE, THIS IS A HEALTHCARE JUSTICE ISSUE AS WELL.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE REALLY SEEN WHERE YOU HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

THERE IS NOT JUST CHICAGO OR COOK COUNTY CENTER ONE OUT OF EVERY TWO GAY BLACK MEN IN THIS COUNTRY WILL CONTRACT HIV IN THEIR LIFETIME.

BASED ON THE C.D.C.

50%.

AND JUST TO PUT IT INTO BROADER TERMS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT STATISTIC.

I AM A GAY BLACK MAN LIVING WITH HIV.

AND SO THAT JUST PUTS INTO REALLY INTO FOCUS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE REMOVE THIS LAW AND THAT WE FOCUS ON EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT NOT ONLY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT LATINX COMMUNITY AND OTHERS AS WELL.

>> AND YOU'VE SAID TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, NO ONE IS CURRENTLY IN PRISON FOR THIS LAW.

BUT THERE'S OTHER DATA FROM COOK COUNTY THAT SAYS THAT FROM 1990-2016, 60 PEOPLE WERE CHARGED.

REPRESENTATIVE AMMONS WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT THIS LAW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHARGED AND PEOPLE IMPRISONED?

>> YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY TELLS ME THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

IF WE KNOW THAT 50% THAT INCLUDES MY OWN FAMILY MEMBERS MY OWN SON, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE HAS EVERY OPPORTUNITY AFFORDED TO HIM TO GET GOOD QUALITY HEALTHCARE AND TO NOT IN THE EVENT THAT HE MAY CONTRACT HIV OR MY DAUGHTER FOR THAT MATTER COULD CONTRACT HIV OR CHILD COULD BE BORN WITH IT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE LAWS ON THE BOOKS THAT DENY THEM THEIR ACTUAL RIGHTS.

AS WELL AS PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH STATUS.

IT LEADS TO UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS, STATUS CHANGES, DISCRIMINATION.

WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE OUTCOME FOR A PERSON WHO IN REALITY HAS A HEALTH ISSUE THAT REALLY JUST NEEDS ADDRESSING.

AND SO THAT IS WHY THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT TO REMOVE THE STIGMA AND THE DISCRIMINATION AND REMOVE THE CRIMINALIZATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN OUR STATE.

>> ALL RIGHT THAT WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU TO TIMOTHY JACKSON AND REPRESENTATIVE AMMONS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT THANKS.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... NEW LIFE IN THE OLD MARSHALL FIELDS BUILDING WHO IS THE NEW TENANT SHARING OFFICE SPACE?

THAT AND MORE FROM CRAIN'S.

>> A LEAD NEUROBIOLOGIST SHARES HIS FINDINGS BEHIND THE MYSTERY OF COVID-19'S TOLL ON SMELL AND TASTE.

CHICAGO'S MAYORS HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR STRONG PERSONALITIES WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE WORKING WITH THEM?

AN OUTGOING CITY COMMISSIONER SHARES HER THOUGHTS.

AND ANGEL IDOWU INTRODUCE US TO THE CONCEPT OF MIND MAPPING THAT IS VISION BOARDING WITH A TWIST.

>> FIRST MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

>> GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNS A BILL MODERNIZING GUN SALES IN THE STATE.

IT REQUIRES UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL GUN SALES IN ILLINOIS.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE LICENSING SYSTEM HAD BEEN ANTIQUATED AND HAD NOT SEEN UPDATES IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

>> IT ISN'T EVERYTHING THAT GUN SAFETY ADVOCATES WANTED AND IT ISN'T EVERYTHING THAT THOSE WHO ARE SUPPORT THE ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WANTED.

BUT THIS WAS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD AND AGAIN, PROGRESS, PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE.

>> THE 3,000 PAGE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS NOW HEADING TO NEGOTIATIONS IN THE SENATE.

DESPITE THE BIPARTISAN BEGINNING NOT ALL LAWMAKERS SAY THEY'RE SOLD ON THE DETAILS YET.

HERE IS WHAT LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT BEING APPROVED BEFORE THE AUGUST RECESS.

>> WE NEED CONSENT FROM OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TO START THE AMENDMENT PROCESS AND WE AWAIT THEIR ANSWER.

I HOPE WE CAN USE OUR TIME IN THE SENATE EFFICIENTLY.

LET'S START VOTING ON AMENDMENTS.

THE LONGER IT TAKES TO FINISH THE BILL, THE LONGER WE'LL BE HERE.

>> OUR FULL CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL MUST NOT BE CHOKED OFF BY ANY ARTIFICIAL TIMETABLE THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE PENCILED OUT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

>> CUB FANS ARE STILL REELING FROM THE CLUB'S TRADING OF ITS CORE SUPERSTARS.

AND MAKING IT TOUGHER TO SWALLOW, CHRIS BRYANT, ANTHONY RIZZO AND BAEZ HIT HOME RUNS IN THE FIRST GAME FOR THE NEW TEAMS.

CUBS CHAIRMAN TOM RICKETTS SENT A LETTER... >> AND IT ONLY TOOK 110 YEARS TO BUILD THE LAST GREAT CUBS TEAM.

AND NOW TO BRANDIS FOR SOME OF TODAY'S TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES.

BRANDIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AMAZON CUSTOMERS WHO SHOP AT WHOLE FOODS FACE A FEE FOR DELIVERY.

A NEW RESIDENTIAL TOWER IN THE LOOP DROPS CONDOS AND GOES ALL RENTAL AND NEW LIFE IN THE OLD MARSHALL FIELDS BUILDING.

HERE TO GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES IS CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR ANN DWYER.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.

WORLD'S LARGEST RETAILER IS ADDING A DELIVERY FEE FOR PRIME MEMBERS, SHOPPING AT WHOLE FOODS IN CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES.

HOW BIG A FEE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT GROCERY DELIVERY ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A DELIVERY FEE OF $9.95 PER ORDER AND THIS UNDERSCORES JUST HOW COMPETITIVE AND DIFFICULT THE GROCERY E-COMMERCE GAME IS RIGHT NOW.

EVEN IF YOU ARE LIKE AMAZON, THE BIGGEST RETALL COLLOSS SASS, CHICAGO IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF CITIES OTHERS INCLUDE BOSTON AND PORTLAND, MAINE, WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT THIS CHARGE STARTING AUGUST 30TH.

NOW, THIS IS A TURNAROUND FROM THE TIME JUST AFTER AMAZON BOUGHT WHOLE FOODS WHEN THE COMPANY ELIMINATED THE 14.99 A MONTH CHARGE FOR GROCERY DELIVERY.

AND SOLD THAT AS A PERK FOR AMAZON PRIME MEMBERS.

YOU COULD GET FREE GROCERY DELIVERY.

WELL, THIS ROLL OUT, I THINK, IS A VERY STRONG SIGN THAT FREE DELIVERY MAY NOT BE SUSTAINABLE FOR WHOLE FOODS EVEN THOUGH A COMPANY SPOKESPERSON DOES EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS JUST A PILOT PROGRAM AT THE MOMENT.

>> THE PIKER LINE RESIDENTIAL TOWER WAS BUILT AS APARTMENTS AND CONDOS NOW IT'S SWITCHING TO ALL RENTALS.

WHAT DOES IT TELL US?

>> THE DEMAND FOR APARTMENTS IS RED HOT EVEN IN THE LOOP.

BUT THAT TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONDO MARKET RIGHT NOW IS A MUCH TRICKIER AFFAIR.

THE DOZEN OR SO CONDOS THAT THE ARE BEING MARKETED AT THIS PROPERTY PARK LINE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY OFFICES HERE AT RANDOLPH OFF MICHIGAN AVENUE, WERE OFFERED AT AN AVERAGE OF $711 A SQUARE-FOOT.

CONDO BUYERS HAVE BEEN PAYING A LOT LESS THAN THAT FOR A DOWNTOWN CONDOS RIGHT NOW.

AND THE APARTMENT PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IS 98% LEASED.

SO THE BUILDING OWNERS ARE GOING TO TRY NOW TO RENT THOSE CONDO UNITS INSTEAD.

AND YOU CAN GET INTO ONE IF YOU CAN SCROUNGE UP $9,000 A MONTH.

>> I WILL WRITE THEM A CHECK.

THE OLD MARSHALL FIELDS BUILDING ON STATE STREET GETTING A NEW TENANT.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT COMPANY?

>> THE COMPANY IS CALLED INDUCE TREEIOUS.

THEY ARE A COMPETITOR TO WE WORK.

THEY ARE CLOSE TO SIGNING A DEAL TO TAKE 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE IN THE NEWLY RENOVATED OFFICE PORTION OF THE OLD MARSHALL FIELDS BUILDING ON STATE INDUSTRY.

THEY ARE GOING TO OCCUPY A SLICE OF THAT 650,000 SQUARE-FOOT PROJECT.

BUT THE COMPANY THAT IS DOING THE REFURBISHMENT BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES WHICH OWNS THAT BUILDING, IS HOPING THAT GETTING INDUCE INDUSTRYIOUS ONBOARD WILL HELP TO ATTRACT OTHER TENANTS TO THAT RADICAL RETHINKING OF THE SPACE AT THIS HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDING.

>> AN INTERESTING REUSE.

ANN DWYER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANKS.

OVER A YEAR INTO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND STILL SO MANY UNKNOWNS ABOUT THE VIRUS.

AMONG THESE THE MYSTERY SYMPTOM OF LOSING THE SENSES OF SMELL AND TASTE.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS HIS RESEARCH FINDINGS ON HOW THE VIRUS IS AFFECTING THOSE THINGS IS Dr. SANDEEP ROBERT DATTA PROFESSORS OF NEUROBIOLOGY AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YOU LED A TEAM THAT RESEARCHED WHY THESE SYMPTOMS PERSIST IN SO MANY COVID-19 PATIENTS.

WHAT DID YOU FIND.

>> WE WERE REALLY CURIOUS LIKE MANY PEOPLE HOW IT IS THAT THIS VIRUS ATTACKS YOUR SENSE OF SMELL AND YOUR SENSE OF TASTE.

AND SO TOGETHER WITH A LARGE TEAM OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS WE KIND OF PROBED THE CELLS IN YOUR NOSE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING YOU TO SMELL AND THROUGH OUR RESEARCH WE WERE ABLE TO PROPOSE ONE POSSIBLE WAY THAT WE THINK THIS VIRUS IS CAUSING MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO GET INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS TO LOSE THEIR SENSE OF SMELL.

>> FOR THE LAY PERSON EXPLAIN WHAT THAT ONE POSSIBLE WAY IS.

>> SMELL ODORS ARE TENTACLES THAT THE ARE FLOATING THROUGH THE AIR AND WHEN YOU TAKE A SNIFF INTO YOUR NOSE YOU INHALE THESE CHEMICALS INTO YOUR NOSE AND THEY TRAVEL TO THE BACK OF YOUR NOSE WITH A SPECIALIZED TISSUE CALLED THE OBVIOUSLY FACTORY EPITHELIUM.

IT HAS CELLS WITHIN IT AND THE IMPORTANT CELL IS CALLED A NEURON.

AND YOUR NEURON LIKE THE NEURONS IN YOUR [INAUDIBLE] BUT THEY DON'T LIVE IN YOUR BRAIN THEY LIVE INSIDE OF YOUR NOSE AND THEY HAVE SENSORS THAT INTERACT WITH CHEMICALS ARE YOU BREATHING IN AND WHEN THESE NEURONS INTERACT WITH ODORS THEY SEND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO YOUR BRAIN THAT TELLS YOUR BRAIN WHAT IT IS YOU'RE SMELLING.

NOW, THESE NEURONS ARE FRAGILE.

AND THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY CELLS CALLED SUPPORT CELLS THAT BASICALLY PHYSICALLY SUPPORT THESE NEURONS AND HELP THEM STAND UP.

THEY OFFER THE NEURONS ENERGY.

THEY MAKE SURE THE ION BALANCE IS PERFECT.

AND THE SUPPORT CELLS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR SENSE OF SMELL.

AND WHAT WE PROPOSED IN OUR RESEARCH IS THAT THE VIRUS IS LIKELY TO ACT CAUSING YOU TO LOSE YOUR SENSE OF SMELL BY PRIMARILY INFECTING THESE SUPPORT CELLS.

AND IN WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THE TIME MY LAB GOT INTO THIS PROBLEM, FROM HUMAN PATIENTS IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THIS VIRUS ATTACKS THE SUPPORT CELLS IN YOUR NOSE AND DOING SO CAUSES MOST PATIENTS THAT HAVE COVID TO HAVE SOME DEGREE OF SMELL LOSS.

>> AND MOST PATIENTS RECOVER THAT SMELL AND TASTE LOSS BUT SOME ARE EXPERIENCED THIS FOR A YEAR.

HAS YOUR RESEARCH DISCOVERED ANYTHING INTO THOSE CASES?

>> AGAIN AS WITH EVERYTHING IN THIS PANDEMIC WE ARE LEARNING AS WE GO.

WE THINK THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PATIENT.

AND THE FIRST AGAIN THEY GET INFECTED AND THE CELLS GET INFECTED AND THAT TEMPORARILY SHUTS DOWN YOUR SENSE OF SMELL AND WHEN YOU CLEAR THE VIRUS AND THE INFORMATION GOES AWAY THE CELLS GET BETTER AND THEN YOU CAN SMELL AGAIN.

BUT IN SOME PATIENTS WE THINK THAT THE FACT THAT THE SUPPORT CELLS GETS INFECTED CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE AND CAUSE SOME OF THE NEURONS IN YOUR NOSE TO DIE.

AND ONE OF THE SPECIAL THINGS ABOUT THE EPITHELIUM IS THAT THE NEURONS INSIDE CAN REGENERATE AND REGROW AND REWIRE INTO YOUR BRAIN.

BUT THAT TAKES TIME.

AND SO WE THINK THAT IS IN SOME PATIENTS THEY GET INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS AND THEY LOSE THE NEURONS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR SENSE OF CHEMICAL AND THOSE HAVE TO BE REBUILT AND THAT CAN OFTEN TAKE MONTHS AND SOME CASES WE KNOW NOW IT CAN TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR.

>> THEY NEED TO BE REBUILT, DO PATIENTS ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO WORK TO DO THAT?

AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE ESTEEMED HARVARD NEUROBIOLOGIST OF THIS VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF PUTTING AN ORANGE ON THE BURNER AND BURNING IT AND THEN PUTTING BROWN SUGAR ON IT AND POOF PROBLEM SOLVED.

ANY MERIT TO THIS?

AND IF NOT IS THERE A WAY TO REBUILD THOSE NEURONS FOR PATIENTS EXPERIENCING THESE SYMPTOMS.

>> I WAS EXCITED WHEN I SAW THAT VIDEO IT CIRCULATED AROUND MY COLLEAGUES.

UNFORTUNATELY AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT YOU CAN GAIN YOUR SENSE OF SMELL BY SMELLING A BURNT ORANGE.

THERE IS EVIDENCE FOR SMELL THERAPY WHERE YOU GET COMMON SMELLS THAT ARE STRONG, PEPPERMINT OIL OR CLOVES AND A COUPLE TIMES A DAY YOU SMELL THEM AND TELL YOURSELF WHAT THEY ARE AND IT'S THOUGHT THROUGH MECHANISMS WE DON'T YOU HAD THAT THIS EXPERIENCE WITH FAMILIAR SMELLS REPEATEDLY MIGHT IMPROVE THE RATE AT WHICH YOU RECOVER AND THERE IS CLINICAL EVIDENCE ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT STRONG THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THAT AS A STRATEGY TO HELP PEOPLE WITH LONG-TERM LOSS OF SENSE OF SMALL PERHAPS RECOVER MORE QUICKLY.

>> Dr. SANDEEP ROBERT DATTA INTERESTING RESEARCH.

A LOT THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DISCOVERING ABOUT THIS STRANGE BUT SYMPTOM FOR COVID-19.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, WBEZ REPORTER AND GUEST HOST OF SATURDAY NIGHT'S "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES" MICHAEL PUENTE HAS AN EXIT INTERVIEW WITH A 30-YEAR CITY VETERAN.

FIRST WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER... LAST WEEK THE CITY SLAPPEDDED TWO COMPANIES WITH NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION AND FINES FOR VIOLATING THE CITY'S SICK LEAVE LAW.

OREO MAKER MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL AND TRI CITY FOODS OWNERS OF BURGER KING FRANCHISES.

THAT EFFORT WAS ONE OF THE FINAL ACTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION.

WHICH IS CHARGED WITH MAKING SURE BUSINESSES ARE LICENSED AND FOLLOWING THE LAW.

AND PROTECTING CONSUMERS FROM FRAUD.

JOINING US NOW IS THE OUTGOING COMMISSIONER OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, ROSA ESCARENO.

ROSA, WELCOME TO LATINO VOICES.

>> THANK YOU MICHAEL FOR HAVING ME.

>> AS WE MENTIONED THE CITY LANDED A MAJOR PAY OFF FROM TWO COMPANIES FOR VIOLATING WORKERS' SICK LEAVE PROTECTIONS.

EXPECT WE'LL SEE MORE SETTLEMENTS IN THE YEARS TO COME?

>> WE HOPE NOT.

BUT THE GOAL FOR US IS TO INSURE THAT THE EMPLOYERS ACROSS CHICAGO ABIDE BY CHICAGO'S LABOR LAWS.

AND WE DO A LOT OF WORK UP FRONT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING WITH EMPLOYERS AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY SO THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND.

OUR GOAL IS NOT TO BE PUNITIVE OUR GOAL IS TO INSURE ALL THE GREAT POLICIES THAT ARE REALLY HELPING WORKERS AND HELPING OUR ECONOMY ARE BASICALLY, ABIDED BY.

>> RIGHT.

BEFORE WE GET INTO MORE LABOR ISSUES FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW YOUR STORY, YOUR MOTHER BROUGHT YOU AND YOUR SIBLINGS HERE AT A YOUNG AGE.

WHAT PROMPTED THE MOVE?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, MY FATHER ACTUALLY HAD BEEN A FARM WORKER A FEW YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND UPON HIS RETURN ON ONE OF HIS VISITS HE PASSED AWAY.

OF AN ILLNESS.

SO MY MOTHER WAS LEFT WITH A DIFFICULT DECISION.

AND SO CHOSE THAT MY FATHER HAD ALWAYS WANTED US TO ACTUALLY COME TO THE UNITED STATES.

SO HIS DEATH UNFORTUNATELY IS WHAT TRIGGERED THAT MOVE.

BUT MY MOM WAS A WIDOWED MOM MOTHER AT THAT TIME WITH SIX CHILDREN MY BROTHER WAS SIX MONTHS, THE YOUNGEST.

AND I WAS A CHILD AT THE TIME AND THAT IS WHAT PROMPTED US TO COME HERE.

SEARCHING FOR A BETTER LIFE JUST LIKE MY FATHER KNEW THAT HIS WORK IN THE FARM WORLD AND EVENTUALLY WORKED IN A COUPLE FACTORIES IN THE UNITED STATES IT'S WHAT BROUGHT US HERE.

>> ROSA DID YOUR MOTHER INSPIRE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN SO PRIVILEGED TO BE IN THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SERVANT AND THROUGHOUT MY YEARS IT'S BEEN ABOUT HOW DO WE GIVE BACK BUT WHEN WE CREATED THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS IN 2018 GOING INTO 2019 I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT MY MOM.

SHE WOULD WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING HAVE TO BE AT WORK BY 5:00 A.M. AND DID THE THAT FOR YEARS STANDING UP FOR 30 YEARS.

EVERY TIME I GO INTO MY WORK SPECIFICALLY AROUND ESTABLISHING POLICY DRAFTING LEGISLATION, EVERYTHING DEALING WITH WORKERS, NOT JUST MY MOM'S STORY BUT MY MOM'S STORY IS REPLICATED THOUSANDS OF TIMES.

WE SAW A LOT OF THIS MICHAEL AROUND THE PANDEMIC.

WITH OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS HAVING TO LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES BEHIND.

PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK.

SO THAT THEY COULD REALLY KEEP OUR CITY OPEN.

BUT THEIR INSPIRATION IS THEIR FAMILIES.

I THINK THIS IS THE CONNECTION THAT I SEE WHEN I IN THE POSITION TO HELP WORKERS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WORKERS.

BUT LET ME JUST SAY IT IS ABOUT THE WORKERS BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW WE ALL BENEFIT AS A CITY.

BECAUSE WHEN WE IMPROVE THE BENEFITS AND LIFE OF WORKERS WE IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY AND WE ALL BENEFIT FROM A STRONGER ECONOMY ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.

>> ROSA, YOU STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO.

HAS IT BEEN CHALLENGING NAVIGATING CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP AS CHICAGO'S MAYORS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR STRONG PERSONALITIES?

>> WELL, LET ME SAY AND I THINK PEOPLE FIND THIS INTERESTING, BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE MET A TOUGHER BOSS THAN MY MOTHER.

AND A WOMAN WITH REALLY, REALLY STRONG WILL.

AND SO I THINK THAT WORKING FOR OTHER MAYORS HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE PRIVILEGE FOR ME JUST SO SEE THE CITY TRANSFORM.

I STARTED HERE IN THE LATE 80s.

AND LOOK AT CHICAGO TODAY.

YOU LOOK AT OUR CITY THEN AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

THIS IS THE DIFFERENT MAYORS COMING IN AND TRANSFORMING OUR CHICAGO.

AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND YES, DO WE HAVE MORE TO DO?

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT I THINK EVERY MAYOR HAS PUT IN SO MUCH GREAT WORK IN TO MAKING CHICAGO THE GREAT CITY IT IS TODAY THIS IS WHY THE LABOR PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO PLACE SINCE 2018 AND MORE TO COME ARE JUST YET ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY TO BE BETTER THAN WHEN I CAME INTO MY JOB.

>> ROSA, YOU ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO STAY ONLY FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT'S TERM THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT.

HOW EMOTIONAL WAS IT TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S BUSINESSES AND WORKERS OVER THE PAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF?

>> YES.

YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THIS PERSONAL -- I ALWAYS LOOK AT THINGS FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.

IN THIS JOB OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

I TELL PEOPLE WE HAD A PODCAST AND BRING IN BUSINESS OWNERS TO TELL THEIR STORIES SO THAT OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CAN LEARN FROM THOSE STORIES.

THROUGH THIS TIME, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW SO MANY INDIVIDUAL STORIES KNOWING MANY BUSINESSES WERE CALLING ME DIRECTLY STRUGGLING, KNOWING THAT THEIR LIFE'S EARNINGS WERE ABOUT TO BE LOST DURING THIS ENTIRE 16 MONTHS, AND SO IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

BUT I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURS.

IS THAT THEY ARE SO VIBRANT THAT THEY ARE NOT THEY DON'T GIVE UP EASILY.

THEY ARE FIGHTERS.

I KNOW CHICAGO'S ECONOMY IS GOING TO BE EVEN GREATER THAN WE WERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

BECAUSE THEY ARE ABOUT THE FIGHT.

THEY ARE ABOUT FOLLOWING THAT DREAM AND NOT LETTING GO.

AND SO YES, VERY EMOTIONAL BUT I ALSO HAVE SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THAT ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.

AND CHICAGO IS A MECCA FOR BUSINESS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOSTER AND SUPPORT OUR ENTREPRENEURS ESPECIALLY THE SMALL ONES BECAUSE IT'S THROUGH THOSE SMALL ONES THAT THEY GROW.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS MICHAEL, THAT THE MAJORITY OF JOBS CREATION ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND OF COURSE IN OUR CITY IS THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT EMPLOY THE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES IN OUR CITY.

>> 30 SECONDS LEFT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MISS MOST ABOUT WORKING FOR THE CITY?

>> THAT PERSONAL BRINGING THAT SERVICES AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIRECT IMPACT.

I'M GOING TO MISS THAT.

BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY.

>> OUR THANKS TO ROSA ESCARENO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> AS PEOPLE BEGIN TO EMERGE AFTER MONTHS OF ISOLATION, MANY ARE CONSIDERING NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES BUT FEEL UNSURE ABOUT WHERE TO BEGIN.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU SHARES MORE ON HOW A LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR IS USING A CREATIVE TAKE ON VISION BOARDING TO HELP PEOPLE FIGURE OUT THE FIRST OR NEXT STEP IN STARTING A BUSINESS ALL WHILE PRESERVING AN ART FORM SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT.

[♪♪♪] >> HER CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR KAREN SPEARS IT BEGAN WITH A LOVE FOR HANDWRITING.

>> OVER THE YEARS, ALL OF MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I SHOULD SHOW MY HANDWRITING.

IT WAS NOT UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL THAT I GOT MY FIRST TASTE IN DOING THAT.

I SOLD CANVASS.

>> AS SHE PICKED UP GRAPHIC DESIGN SKILLS TO DIGITIZE HER HANDWRITING, SPEARS SIDE HUSTLE GREW AND AFTER A FEW YEARS SHE DECIDED TO BUILD BRANDS CREATIVELY ON A FULL-TIME BASIS CREATING HER BUSINESS, KARERACTER.

>> AND GETTING A CAREER AND GOING TO A 9-5 AND WANTED TO SEE WHAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP HAD TO OFFER I AM A CREATIVE IN THE INTERSECTION OF LOVING THE PROCESS OF BUILDING SOMETHING STARTING SOMETHING NEW.

AND THAT'S HOW KARERACTER WAS BORN OUT OF THE LOVE FOR WANTING TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE'S IDEAS TO COME TO FRUITION THROUGH THAT CREATIVE PROCESS.

>> SPEARS USED THIS LOOK TO USE A TOOL THAT SHE FOUND PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN FEELING UNMOTIVATED.

>> WE HELD 90 MINUTE MIND MAPPING SESSIONS.

HOPE THEM TO DISCOVER THE CREATIVE POSSIBILITY.

MY MAPPING WAS A GREAT WAY TO ALSO INTRODUCE CREATIVE IDEAS FOR OUR CLIENTS.

THEY WOULD SEE MY SCREEN AND I WOULD HAVE MY iPAD AND THEY WOULD SEE THEIR IDEAS COMING TO LIFE AND THAT WAS A GAME-CHANGER.

>> HOW DOES MIND MAPPING WORK?

IT BEGINS WITH A BRAIN DUMP WITH ANY QUESTION OR AFFIRMATION OR POWER QUOTE ON YOUR MIND.

THEN TIME TO HIT THE MAP.

THESE QLDS ARE THEN CATEGORIZED BY QUESTIONS THAT SPEARS WORKS TO HELP CLIENTS FIND ANSWERS TO.

>> LET'S SAY IF WE WROTE DOWN MY MOOD IS ANXIOUS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START IN MY BUSINESS.

NOW YOU HAVE A TANGIBLE QUESTION THAT YOU CAN FIND AN ANSWER TO.

WHICH LEADS US INTO THE FINAL PART OF OUR FIRST PHASE OF THE MAP EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES.

>> THOSE POSSIBILITIES ARE THEN EXPLORED ON THE FINAL MAP BROKEN UP INTO THREE PHASES TO HELP CLIENTS STAY ON TRACK WITH THEIR GOALS.

THIS METHOD HAS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR BRAND SPEARS HER TEAM HAS WORKED WITH.

>> THROUGH THAT PROCESS THEY WERE ABLE TO VISUALIZE HOW THEY CAN TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES TO MAKE THEM DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COMPETITORS.

>> SPEARS LOOKS AHEAD HOW SHE CAN USE THIS STYLE TO HELP PEOPLE PURSUE THEIR PASSION SHE HAS TWO GOALS.

>> BEING A FOUNDER ESPECIALLY AS A BLACK WOMAN UNDER 25, LIKE JUST PART OF ME THAT REALLY WANTS TO SEE HOW I CAN IMPACT YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND SHOW THEM THAT THERE IS A PATH THEY CAN PURSUE THAT ISN'T TRADITIONAL.

THEY DON'T TEACH HANDWRITING IN SCHOOL EVERYONE IS GIVEN AN IPAD WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS ART FORM THAT IS HANDWRITING?

AND MY GOAL IS TO PRESERVE THAT ART FORM NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL OR MESSY YOUR HANDWRITING MAY BE, HANDWRITING IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE HAS AND WE CAN KEEP IT ALIVE AND MIND MAPPING IS A WAY TO DO THAT.

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

>> AND KAREN SPEARS WILL BEGIN KARERACTER ACADEMY THIS FALL A MORE IN-DEPTH MIND MAPPING WORKSHOP FOR CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> INTERESTING.

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AS THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES INCREASE A GROWING CALL FOR PREGNANT PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED WHAT DO DOCTORS RECOMMEND?

A BIKE PROGRAM ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TRANSIT BARRIERS IN THE COMMUNITY AREA.

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