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

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE NEW YORK DO THIS TODAY.

>> COULD CHICAGO FOLLOW NEW YORK CITY'S LEAD AND REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR RESTAURANTS AS COVID CASES SURGE?

>> NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHETHER PREGNANT PEOPLE SHOULD RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

>> WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HIT A BIT OF A STALEMATE.

>> IS IT LIGHTS OUT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY BILL IN SPRINGFIELD?

>> RESEARCH SHOWS AN AVERAGE PERSON IN JUST ABOUT FIVE GRAMS OF PLASTIC EACH WEEK A LOOK WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ELIMINATE PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE GREAT LAKES.

>> THE INDUSTRIAL AREA.

>> BIKING ON CHICAGO'S SOUTHEAST SIDE HOW A PROGRAM IS RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT TRANSIT BARRIERS IN THE AREA.

>> MILLIONS OF BIRDS DIE EACH YEAR FROM COLLIDING WITH BUILDINGS NEW STATE LEGISLATION HOPES TO CHANGE THAT.

[♪♪♪] >> CHICAGO'S ORIGINAL "HAMILTON"'S MIGUEL CERVANTES JOINS US IN ADVANCE OF A RARE SOLO PERFORMANCE IN TOWN >> AND PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS ARE IN CHICAGO BARACK OBAMA AND MICHELLE OBAMA VISIT THE ART INSTITUTE STRAIGHT FROM THE SMITHSONIAN'S PORTRAIT GALLERY.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> THE CITY'S COVID-19 TRAVEL ADVISORY IS ONCE AGAIN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE MORE STATES AS CASES RISE NATIONWIDE.

THIS WEEK, THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS ADDING GEORGIA, HAWAII, KENTUCKY, SOUTH CAROLINA, UTAH AND PUERTO RICO.

THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER TO 19 STATES AND TWO TERRITORIES UNDER THE ADVISORY WHICH REQUESTS BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE UNVACCINATED TRAVELERS FROM THOSE PLACES TO RECEIVE A NEGATIVE COVID TEST WITHIN 72 HOURS OF ARRIVAL OR QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS.

CHICAGO'S TOP DOCTOR SAYS WHILE THE CITY'S CASE RATE IS HIGHER IT'S BETTER THAN MANY OTHER STATES UNDER THE ADVISORY.

>> THE CASE RATES WE'RE SEEING ALTHOUGH THEY ARE RISING ARE BETTER THAN WE HAVE BEEN AT ANY POINT PRIOR TO THE VACCINE BEING AVAILABLE.

AND 99.9% OF VACCINATED CHICAGOANS HAVE NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 SINCE BEING VACCINATED.

WE'RE HEARING ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS I KNOW PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM WE ARE INVESTIGATING THEM AND FOLLOWING THEM UP.

BUT 99.9% OF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED ARE NOT HAVING BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS.

>> AND IN JUST A FEW WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR VACCINE PASSPORTS AND VACCINATED PREGNANT PEOPLE LATER IN THE BROADCAST.

>> THE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER FACING CHARGES FOR HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION COULD LOSE HIS JOB WITH C.P.D.

SINCE HE NO LONGER HOLDS A FIREARM OWNER IDENTIFICATION CARD.

THAT IS THE LATEST FROM COURT DOCUMENTS FOR C.P.D.

OFFICER KAROL CHWIESIUK.

HE FACES FIVE MISDEMEANORS RELATED TO THE INSURRECTION AS VIDEOS AND PHOTOS SHOW HIM INSIDE A U.S.

SENATOR'S OFFICE THAT DAY.

C.P.D.

REQUIRES ALL SWORN OFFICERS TO POSSESS A VALID FOID CARD WHILE ON DUTY BUT KAROL CHWIESIUK HAD TO SURRENDER HIS IN CONDITION OF RELEASE FROM JAIL.

>> UP NEXT, WILL CHICAGO REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION TO DINE AT RESTAURANTS?

STAY WITH US.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> NEW YORK CITY BECOMES THE FIRST CITY IN AMERICA TO REQUIRE PROOF OF A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE FOR WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS FOR INDOOR DINING, GYMS AND PERFORMANCES.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID HE SUPPORTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATES MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

>> I THINK THEY JUST NEED TO GIVE THE AUTHORITIES OF THE RESTAURANTS OR BUSINESSES TO SAY IN ORDER TO COME IN YOU HAVE TO GIVE PROOF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED OR YOU CANNOT COME IN.

>> COULD CHICAGO FOLLOW SUIT AND REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATIONS?

TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS?

JOINING US ARE LEAN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -- COLLEEN CONNELL, ROBBIE LANE CO-OWNER OF THE FOUR MOON TAVERN.

RENEE LABRANA OWNER OF OUR PUBLIC HOUSE IN ROGERS PARK AND SAM TOIA PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE ILLINOIS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

OR BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

RENEE LABRANA I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE BEEN REQUIRING PROOF OF VACCINATION AT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT SINCE JUNE.

WHY DID YOU MAKE THAT DECISION AND HOW HAS IT BEEN GOING?

>> WHEN I TALKED WITH MY STAFF, AFTER THE PANDEMIC SHUT US DOWN WE HAD 100% COMING BACK.

AND WE SPOKE WITH ALL OF THEM TO MAKE THAT DECISION ALONG WITH MYSELF.

AND EVERYONE WAS FOR IT.

SO IT SEEMED LIKE A NO-BRAINER.

>> AND TELL ME HOW IT WORKS?

YOU CARD PEOPLE AT THE DOOR AND ASK FOR THEIR VACCINATION CARD AS WELL?

>> RIGHT THEY NEED TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION WHETHER IT BE A PHONE SHOT OR THEIR CARD ALONG WITH THEIR ID.

>> AND ROBIE, YOU ACTUALLY HAD AN EMPLOYEE TEST POSITIVE AND YOU'VE GONE DOWN THIS ROUTE, TOO, REQUIRING VACCINATION AND MASKING.

TELL US HOW THAT HAS BEEN GOING?

>> WE STARTED DOING THE MASKING LAST WEEK.

AND ASKING FOR VACCINE CARDS IF YOU ARE GOING TO SIT AT THE BAR.

IT'S BEEN GOING OK.

IT IS BUMPY HERE AND THERE BUT FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTIVE.

>> AS WE MENTIONED, NEW YORK INSTITUTED THIS MANDATE TO GO TO RESTAURANTS, BARS, AND INDOOR ACTIVITIES.

CHICAGO PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER ALLISON ARWADY WAS ASKED WHETHER CHICAGO WILL FOLLOW NEW YORK CITY'S LEAD TAKE A LOOK.

>> CERTAINLY, WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS.

WE WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT PLAN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THE CITY LEVEL.

WE ARE WORKING ON THE TECH BUSINESS THAT WILL HELP BUSINESSES WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN THAT.

RIGHT NOW FOLKS LOOKING AT THEIR CARDS I LOVE IT THANK YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES.

IT IS A BIG DECISION TO TRY TO IMPOSE THAT ON AN ENTIRE CLASS OF BUSINESSES.

>> SAM TOIA AT THIS POINT THE CITY IS LEAVE TO GO TO ESTABLISHMENTS TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

YOU REPRESENT THE INDUSTRY AT LARGE IN ILLINOIS.

HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS?

AND ABOUT CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL PLACES REQUIRING PROOF OF VACCINATION?

>> WELL, FIRST OFF, PARIS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

WE AT THE ILLINOIS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL DINERS, STAFF AND VISITORS TO GET VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO THAT SIMILAR VACCINE MANDATES FOR INDOOR DINING ARE NOT NECESSARY.

THAT IS NUMBER ONE.

YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS THEY ARE ALWAYS ABOUT SAFETY THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF EVERY RESTAURANT OWNER IS THE SAFETY OF THEIR TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS.

WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT RIGHT.

EACH RESTAURANT OWNER HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR HIM OR HER HOW THEY WANT TO RUN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT BUT THE LARGER RESTAURANTS MIGHT BE EASIER TO DO THE SMALLER RESTAURANTS IN OUR 77 COMMUNITIES YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT CARDING PEOPLE AT THE DOOR AND MAKING SURE THEY MATCH THE VACCINE CARD.

IT'S BEEN A DEVASTATING 18 MONTHS AND RESTAURANT OWNERS AND OPERATORS ARE PAYING BILLS FROM 16 MONTHS AGO.

WE HAVE TO GET THE RESTAURANT REVISITTIZATION FUND REPLENISHED ONLY ONE-THIRD OF THE RESTAURANTS WERE ABLE TO USE THE GRANTS.

TWO-THIRDS OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN GRANTS.

>> A LOT OF PLACINGS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.

COLLEEN, DO YOU SEE ANY CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES HERE WITH RESTAURANTS DECIDING THAT THEY WON'T SERVE YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE PROOF OF VACCINATION?

>> NO, PARIS I DON'T SEE CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES.

WE'VE REQUIRED PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR DECADES IN THIS COUNTRY TO GET ADMITTED INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND TO BOARD AIRPLANES TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.

FOR COUNTRIES AT RISK.

THERE ARE NO LEVEL LIBERTIES ISSUES UNLESS WE SEE DISCRIMINATORY ENFORCEMENT LIKE REQUIRING PEOPLE OF COLOR TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION BUT NOT REQUIRING WHITE PEOPLE TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION AND WE ARE NOT SEEING ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE THAT IN NEW YORK WHERE OUR OTHER GUESTS, NO, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUE IN THE ABSTRACT LIKE THIS.

>> RENEE LABRANA DO YOU GET PUSHBACK FROM CUSTOMERS WHO DON'T HAVE VACCINATION PROOF AND WANT TO GO TO YOUR ESTABLISHMENT?

>> OF COURSE.

WE'VE HAD A FEW BAD REVIEWS.

AND WHAT IS NICE FOR US UNFORTUNATE WE HAVE OUTDOOR DINING FOR PEOPLE CAN DINE STILL AT OUR ESTABLISHMENT OUTSIDE.

BUT IF THEY WANT TO COME INSIDE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW THAT PROOF.

>> ROBBIE LANE HAVE YOU NOTICED ANY DIFFERENCE IN BUSINESS SINCE YOU'VE INSTITUTED THE MAX MANDATE AND THE VACCINATION REQUIREMENT TO SIT AT THE BAR, HAS IT HURT BUSINESS?

HAS IT IMPROVED BUSINESS?

>> IT IS A BIT OF A FLUX RIGHT NOW.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE LAST VACATIONS IN IN AUGUST.

SO SOMETIMES THAT KNOCKS US DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT LAST WEEKEND DIDN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE.

SO MAYBE A LITTLE BUT I DON'T THINK SO AND ON THE OTHER HAND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN THAT WE'RE DOING IT AND THEY LIKE IT.

SO WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE TO COME IN.

>> SAM TOIA DO YOU HAVE MEMBERS EXPRESSING FEARS AS WE ALL SEE THE CASES RISING AGAIN, FEARS OF POSSIBLE SHUTDOWNS AGAIN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

LIKE I SAID THE LAST 16 MONTHS HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING TO THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.

SO THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT UP ABOUT REPLENISHING THE FUND IS SO IMPORTANT.

AND THEY ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR STAFF TRYING TO ENFORCE THE VACCINATION RULES.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE NOT TRAINED FOR.

THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT THEIR STAFF TO BE THE VACCINE POLICE, THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

>> THEY ARE NERVOUS ABOUT HAVING TO DO THAT AND DEALING WITH GUESTS THAT MIGHT BE UNHAPPY.

>> EXACTLY.

>> COLLEEN, YOU SAID IT'S FINE IT DOESN'T BRING UP CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES IF PRIVATE BUSINESSES ARE ENFORCING A MANDATE WHAT ABOUT NEW YORK CITY, A MUNICIPALITY ENFORCING VACCINE MANDATES TO GO TO RESTAURANTS IF CHICAGO DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD THE A.C.L.U.

BE OK WITH IT?

>> IF ALL LIKELIHOOD, YES.

>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT MORE?

>> FOR THE SAME REASONS.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS A CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUE.

CITIES AND STATES ENFORCE PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS ALL THE TIME.

AND I THINK THE QUESTION IS EVEN HANDED NONDISCRIMINATORY ENFORCEMENT.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A STRONG PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST HERE.

AND ENFORCING PROTOCOL TO PROTECT AGAINST COVID INFECTIONS.

AND SO, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUE IN THE ABSTRACT AS PRESENTED.

>> COLLEEN CAN SOMEBODY SAY THEY OBJECT ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS AND A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS HAVE POSSIBLE ALLERGIES TO WHAT IS IN THE VACCINE.

ARE THOSE CONCERNS AT ALL?

>> YES, THOSE ARE CONCERNS, BUT, I THINK EVEN IN THE CASE OF RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS LET'S TAKE THAT FOR A MOMENT.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE HEALTHCARE BASED ON YOUR OWN RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS OR VIEWS.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE CORRESPONDING RIGHT TO ENDANGER OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOUR HEALTHCARE DECISIONS.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE A VACCINE ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CORRESPONDING RIGHT TO GO UNVACCINATED FOR EXAMPLE INTO A RESTAURANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

RENEE LABRANA, AND YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS AND BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME IN UNVACCINATED INTO YOUR RESTAURANT.

ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT BUSINESS GOING FORWARD?

CAN YOU CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND DO THE BUSINESS YOU NEED TO DO TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF?

>> WELL, AGAIN, I SAID WE ARE FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT OUTDOOR AREA SO THAT IS AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT IS REALLY NICE IS NONE OF OUR STAFF HAS GOTTEN SICK.

AND I THINK EVERYONE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY THANKING US.

WE HAVE THE FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET BY IT BUT FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE ARE TAKING US FOR IT AND EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT SMALL GLIMMER WHEN NO ONE HAD MASKS ON AND YOU COULD HUG YOUR FRIEND.

>> ROBBIE LANE IS THAT THE WAY YOU SEE IT?

CAN FOUR MOON SUSTAIN ITSELF WITH THE VIRUS CIRCULATING BUT WITH THESE PROTECTIONS?

>> I THINK SO.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT OUTDOOR SPACE, TOO.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ONBOARD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS TO COLLEEN CONNELL, ROBBIE LANE, RENEE LABRANA AND SAM TOIA THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'VE SEEN THE IMAGES OF ISLANDS OF PLASTIC FLOATING AROUND IN OCEANS.

THE PROBLEM IS BAD IN THE GREAT LAKES AS WELL.

IN FACT, SOME 22 MILLION POUNDS OF PLASTIC FINDS ITS WAY INTO THE GREAT LAKES EACH YEAR.

AND THAT IS A SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER FOR 30 MILLION AMERICANS INCLUDING ALL OF CHICAGO.

THE MAIN CULPRIT HERE: MICRO PLASTICS AND WHAT ARE KNOWN AS PLASTIC PELLETS.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SOLUTIONS IS ANDREA DENSHAM SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION POLICY AND ADVOCACY AT THE SHEDD AQUARIUM.

ANDREA DENSHAM WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> PERSPECTIVE HOW BAD IS THE PROBLEM IN THE GREAT LAKES AND SPECIFICALLY LAKE MICHIGAN?

>> RIGHT.

YOU GAVE THE QUOTE OF 22 MILLION POUNDS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.

10 MILLION OF THOSE ARE IN LAKE MICHIGAN ITSELF.

AND THAT WE THINK IS PROBABLY AN UNDERESTIMATE UNFORTUNATELY.

YOU NOTED PLASTIC PELLETS WHICH ARE FANTASTIC ALTHOUGH CONCERNING STUDY WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER OF THIS LAST YEAR BY PATRICIA COCHRAN NOTING THAT 66% OF GREAT LAKES BEACHES HAD PLASTIC PELLETS.

PREPRODUCTION PELLETS THAT ARE USED IN THE CREATION OF OUR SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.

>> TELL US MORE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT PICTURES OF PELLETS.

IF YOU ARE WALKING ON A CHICAGO BEACH YOU MIGHT GET THESE STUCK BETWEEN YOUR TOES WERE ARE PLASTIC PELLETS SUCH A CULPRIT HERE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS PATRICIA NOTES IS NOT ONLY THE PREDOMINANCE OF THEM ON OUR BEACHES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES BUT THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES AND MANUFACTURING THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.

AND THAT IS FROM ONTARIO TO THE MICHIGAN-WISCONSIN AND ACROSS TO ILLINOIS.

THOSE FACTORIES ARE OFTEN COLLOCATED NEAR WATER BECAUSE IT'S HELPFUL IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

AND AS THERE'S A LITTLE LESS CARE THEN THERE COULD BE TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE PELLETS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION AND INSIDE AND BACK OUT, THOSE PELLETS GET FREE AND IT IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PELLETS WHICH ARE SURROUNDED BY DANGEROUS CHEMICALS STAY WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND WITHIN THE MANUFACTURER ITSELF.

AND WE KNOW THAT IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE THEY'VE HAD A BILL LIKE THIS THEY HAVE A RULE AND A REGULATION LIKE THIS FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS IT WORKED.

WE CAN DO IT.

WE ARE HOPEFUL IT PASSED THE HOUSE AND IT'S ON TO THE SENATE AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO WANTS THE SOLUTION TO BECOME LAW AND CONTACT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE SENATE AND TRY TO MOVE THE BILL FORKED.

>> SENATOR DURBIN HAS A BILL THAT WOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH PLASTIC PELLETS.

IS IT MAINLY FINDING THE COMPANIES THAT DO DISCHARGE THEM ACCIDENTALLY OR NOT ACCIDENTALLY INTO WATERWAYS AND INTO THE LAKE.

>> IT'S EMPOWERING EPA TO HAVE THE POWER TO HAVE CONSEQUENCES WHEN THOSE ARE RELEASED INTO THE WATERWAYS.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED WHEN THOSE CONSEQUENCES AND THOSE REGULATIONS ARE THERE, THERE'S CHANGES IN PRACTICE AND WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE WATERWAYS.

IT'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION WITH A STRAIGHTFORWARD BILL.

IT IS SENATOR DURBIN'S BILL AND WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AT THE SHED AQUARIUM WHEN HE RELEASED AN ANNOUNCED THIS BILL AND WE ARE HAPPY THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALREADY MOVED IT OUT OF THE HOUSE.

SO IT'S BACK TO THE SENATE AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO GET THIS PASSED INTO LAW.

>> AND THIS MIGHT BE PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT THAT IS BEING NEGOTIATED RIGHT NOW?

>> WHAT WE SAW IN THE HOUSE AND WE WANT TO THANK REPRESENTATIVE BLOOMENTHAL TO INCLUDE IT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EFFORT ON INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH BY THE WAY IS AN IMPORTANT EFFORT THAT I HOPE EVERYONE IS HELPING SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY.

IT PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND BACK TO THE SENATE.

THERE MAY BE VEHICLES WITHIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.

BUT IT ALSO COULD BE A STAND ALONE BILL.

WE'RE HOPING FOR IT TO MOVE AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY BEHIND THAT.

>> YOU MENTIONED 22 MILLION POUNDS OF PLASTIC.

THROUGH THE PELLETS OR MICRO PLASTICS IN THE GREAT LAKES.

DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE DRINKING PLASTIC?

>> YOU KNOW THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE ARE MICRO PLASTICS IN OUR WATER.

AND I LIVE CLOSE TO THE LAKE LIKE SO MANY OF US AND THAT IS MY DRINKING WATER AS WELL AND THE DRINKING WATER OF MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.

ALL OF US HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MICRO PLASTICS.

WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM SINGLE-USE PLASTIC AND ENCOURAGE AND INCENTIVIZE BUSINESSES TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

WE FOUND AT SHEDD WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE BUSINESS CHOICES, NOT ONLY DO CONSUMERS LIKE IT, BUT YOU CAN MOVE MARKETPLACES.

>> AND YOU CAN HAVE AN IMPACT.

IS THE PROBLEM PRONOUNCED WITH PLASTICS LIKE PLASTIC BOTTLES LIKE YOU SEE IN THE OCEAN?

I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT IN THE GREAT LAKES.

BUT IS THAT A PROBLEM AS WELL?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE DO RESEARCH AND DO GREAT HARD AND FANTASTIC WORK CLEANING UP THE CHICAGO RIVER AND LET ME TELL YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAKE SHORE AND CHICAGO RIVER WITH PLASTIC POLLUTION IS SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE IT CAN GET CAUGHT THERE.

AND YOU WILL SEE WHETHER AT A DOCK OR IN THE CHICAGO RIVER OR A PLACE WHERE IT'S COLLECTED PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES ALL SORTS OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC.

AND YOU ARE RIGHT I'M FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND PROUD OF THAT.

AND IN OUR HOME STATE, SINCE I WAS A KID WE HAD A 10 CENT BOTTLE BILL.

AND PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE 10 CENTS SITTING ON THE GROUND THEY PICK IT UP AND MOVE IT AND CONTAIN IT WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND JEFFREY GETTLEMANS CONTAINED.

WE CALL THAT EXTENDER PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY THEY PRODUCE SOMETHING AND THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAVED WELL WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND GETS RECYCLED.

>> ANDREA DENSHAM THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING ALL THIS TO US.

>> THANKS VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> YOU AS WELL.

AND UP NEXT, A BIKE PROGRAM ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TRANSIT BARRIERS IN THAT AREA.

STAY WITH US.

>> MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING WHAT THE LATEST RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT THE COVID VACCINE AND PREGNANT PEOPLE.

FIRST, CHICAGO'S SOUTHEAST SIDE HAS LONG BEEN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.

THIS HAS DRAWN CRITICISM FOR ITS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND RESIDENTS' HEALTH AND SOME SAY THE COMMUNITY'S INDUSTRIAL HISTORY ALSO MEANS IT'S MORE DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS TO GET AROUND BY FOOT OR BIKE.

ONE SOUTH DEERING BIKE PROGRAM IS WORKING TO CYCLE IN AWARENESS ABOUT TRANSIT BARRIERS IN THE AREA.

>> PARTS OF BIG MARSH PARK USED TO BE A DUMPING GROUND FROM WASTE FROM STEEL MILLS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AND THE PARK DISTRICT WORKED TO RESTORE THE AREA'S 300 ACRE SPACE AND THE NONPROFIT FRIENDS OF BIG MARSH WORKED TO DEVELOP THE AREA FOR ECORECREATION.

TODAY IT IS ALSO A BIKE PARK.

>> I LOVE THE TRACK.

I FELL BUT IT MADE IT BETTER BECAUSE I WAS LIKE OK, WELL I KNOW JUST TO GO FASTER AND DON'T STOP.

>> BUT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE'S STORIED INDUSTRIAL PAST AND PRESENT MAKE IT HARD FOR LOCALS TO ACCESS THE PARK AND GET AROUND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

>> WHILE BEING SURROUNDED BY FIVE COMMUNITIES IT IS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE ACCESSED BY HEAVY INDUSTRY 50 YEARS AGO.

>> SINCE THE OPENING IN 2016 FRIENDS OF BIG MARSH FOCUSED ON FINDING WAYS TO CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH THE SPACE AND THE BIKING OPPORTUNITIES.

IN 2019, IT CREATED THE BIG MARSH BIKE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM.

IT TEACHES TEENS ABOUT BIKE MECHANICS, SAFETY AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITIES.

>> I TEACH THEM THE BASIC BIKE MECHANICS LIKE HOW TO FIX A FLAT HOW TO ADJUST THEIR HANDLE BARS AND THE SEATS BUT THE COOL PART ABOUT THE PROGRAM I GET TO SEE THE TEENS ON BIKES AND HELMETS AND WE VISIT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

>> THEY BIKE AROUND BIG MARSH PARKS TRAILS.

>> THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE TRACK IS IT'S DESIGNED FOR BEGINNERS LIKE YOU AND ME.

>> THE PROGRAM MEETS FOUR DAYS A WEEK.

TWO ON-LINE AND TWO IN-PERSON AS IT TRANSITIONS FROM A VIRTUAL PROGRAM LAST SUMMER AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

BYRON WHITE SAYS THROUGH THE PROGRAM HE LEARNED HOW TO PREPARE FOR A SAFE BIKE RIDE.

>> I WAS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT YOU MIGHT THINK YOUR BIKE GOOD AND THE TIRE MIGHT POP.

>> THE TEENS LEARN HOW TO BUILD BIKES.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD A BIKE UNTIL CHENTAL HANDY TAUGHT ME AND I WAS LIKE WHAT IS THIS GREEN STUFF?

IT'S FOR THE SEAT.

>> PROJECT COORDINATOR CHENTAL HANDY HOPES THE PROGRAM WILL BRING ATTENTION TO TRANSIT BARRIERS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

>> IT IS A HIGHLY INDUSTRIAL AREA.

18 WHEELERS ARE A PROBLEM.

WHILE WE DO HAVE BIKING LANES ON STONEY ISLAND IT GETS DANGEROUS WHEN YOU ARE ALONE OR THAT PATH AND YOU SEE LIKE TWO TRUCKS RIDING LIKE SIDE-BY-SIDE AND YOU'RE JUST ON YOUR BIKE TRYING TO HANG ON.

>> WHEN WE VISITED RAYMOND WELDON WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE HIS FIRST RIDE THROUGH TRAFFIC WITH THE PROGRAM.

>> I'M KIND OF EXCITED BUT I AM A LITTLE SCARED TO DO IT.

SINCE IT'S LIKE TONS OF HEAVY METAL MACHINES RIDING RIGHT PAST ME.

>> MARIA TENNYSON SAYS TRAVELING BETWEEN COMMUNITIES ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE REQUIRES BIKERS COULD BE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

>> IT IS A BIG ROLE WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON OUR SURROUNDINGS AND WE HAVE TO GET TO KNOW THE PLACE AND GO ON THE SIDEWALK AND RIDE THROUGH THERE.

>> MARIA TENNYSON PLANS TO CONTINUE USING THE SKILLS SHE LEARNED FROM THE PROGRAM LONG AFTER IT'S OVER.

>> ONCE I LEARN EVERYTHING FROM HERE I COULD TAKE IT ON AND IF I HAVE MY SIBLINGS WANT TO RIDE A BIKE I TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THAT.

>> THE BIKING AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS EXPANDING TO BE YEAR-ROUND AND THIS SUMMER BIG MARSH PARK EXPECTS TO OPEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER A SPACE FOR EDUCATION AND ECORECREATION.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... TWO DOCTORS WEIGH-IN ON THE RECOMMENDATION FOR PREGNANT PEOPLE TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

>> EXELON WARNS IT'S WEEKS AWAY FROM SHUTTING DOWN A PAIR OF NUCLEAR PLANTS IN ILLINOIS.

AMANDA VINICKY SHARES WHAT IS AT STAKE.

>> NEW LEGISLATION WILL REQUIRE ILLINOIS' STATE BUILDINGS TO BE BIRD FRIENDLY.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHY?

THE RETURN OF CHICAGO'S "HAMILTON" PERFORMER MIGUEL CERVANTES RETURNS TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" TO TELL US WHY HE IS BACK IN TOWN.

>> AND PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS ARE BACK IN THE CITY.

BHAR BAR AND MICHELLE OBAMA VISIT -- BARACK OBAMA AND MICHELLE OBAMA VISIT CHICAGO FROM THE SMITHSONIAN'S GALLERY.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... A FEDERAL MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS REPORTEDLY BEEN EXTENDED FOR 60 DAYS LASTING NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 3.

THE DECISION COMES FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AND APPLIES TO ALL AREAS WHERE THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL TO HIGH INCREASES IN COVID-19 INFECTIONS.

THOSE METRICS WOULD APPLY TO CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY.

ILLINOIS' EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRED THREE DAYS AGO AS OFFICIALS POINTED RENTERS TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN AID TO STAVE OFF ARE EVICTIONS.

AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ADMITTED TODAY HE WAS UNSURE THIS LATEST ORDER WOULD ULTIMATELY HOLD-UP UNDER COURT SCRUTINY.

>> WORKERS AT THE ART INSTITUTE INTEND TO FORM A UNION.

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO WORKERS UNITE WILLED REPRESENT 300 EMPLOYEES AND WILL BE PART OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEW UNION ARE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY WANT A BIGGER SAY IN WAGES, HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS THERE.

ILLINOIS HEALTH OFFICIALS RECORDED THE FIRST KNOWN CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN THE STATE THIS YEAR.

A COOK COUNTY MAN IN HIS 80s HAS CONTRACTED THE VIRUS ACCORDING TO STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS AND THE VIRUS COMES FROM INFECTED MOSQUITO BITES.

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE FEVER, NAUSEA AND MUSCLE ACHES AND THE STATE'S PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS FOUR OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE INFECTED WILL NOT SHOW ANY SYMPTOMS.

>> AND NOW BACK TO BRANDIS AND THE LATEST GUIDANCE ON PREGNANT PEOPLE AND THE COVID VACCINE.

BRANDIS?

>> PARIS, PREGNANT PEOPLE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDED TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

TWO LEADING ORGANIZATIONS IN OBSTETRIC CARRIE LEASED THE RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER HEARING FEEDBACK.

AS THE DELTA VARIANT IS CAUSING A SPIKE IN CASES AND THOSE WHO ARE PREGNANT FACE AN INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING SEVERE COVID.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE Dr. PRIYA RAJAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE AND Dr. CARMEN ADAMS ATTENDING PHYSICIAN AT COOK COUNTY HEALTH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ON STET RICKS AND -- OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY.

>> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHY BOTH THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS AND THE SOCIETY FOR MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE WHY ARE THEY MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION?

>> ONE IS THAT WE'VE KNOWN FOR SOMETIME NOW THAT PREGNANT WOMEN WHO GET COVID-19 INFECTIONS GET MORE -- GET SICKER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

THEY FALL INTO THAT HIGHER RISK CATEGORY WITH HIGHER RATES OF NEEDING ICU CARE, VENT LATER SUPPORT.

THEY HAVE HIGHER RATES OF PREMATURE DELIVERY SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE PREGNANT PERSON'S STATUS IS DETERIORATING AND SOME PREMATURE INFANTS.

HIGHER RATES OFSY ZAIRIAN.

CAESAREAN DELIVERY.

AND IF YOU HAVE COVID-19 ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING SEVERE INFECTION, OBESITY, CARDIAC DISEASE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, RESULT IN HIGHER RISK FOR YOU TO BE VERY SICK AND YOUR PREGNANCY TO BE SICK.

THERE'S SOME DATA THAT SUGGESTS THAT THE PLACENTAS ARE AFFECTED BY THE INFECTION.

THAT IS ONE ASPECT OF IT.

THE OTHER ASPECT IS THAT THE SAFETY DATA THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR HAS BEEN VERY REASSURING.

NEARLY 140,000 PEOPLE THAT REGISTERED THROUGH THE BE SAFE SYSTEM THERE'S BEEN NO SAFETY SIGNAL TO SUGGEST AN INCREASED RISK OF MISCARRIAGE OR BIRTH DEFECTS OR PREMATURE DELIVERY IN ANY OF THOSE PATIENTS.

THERE IS SOME PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGESTING THERE'S EFFICACY OF THE VACCINE IN PREGNANT POPULATIONS.

SO THE VACCINE WORKS TO PREVENT INFECTION IN THESE PATIENTS.

AND VERY PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGESTING THAT WE CAN SEE ANTIBODY LEVELS IN BLOOD AND BREAST MILK SUGGESTING THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW WITH OTHER VACCINES THERE MAY BE NEONATAL PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19.

>> A LOT OF DATA.

Dr. ADAMS YOU ARE AN EXPERT BUT WERE YOU PREGNANT DURING ONE OF YOUR COVID SHOTS.

HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT DECISION FOR YOURSELF?

>> SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINE EARLY AND I WAS AT THE END OF MY PREGNANCY.

AND HAD A SESSION WITH MY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AS WELL AS MY WORK COLLEAGUES.

AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THE RISKS AND BENEFITS.

KNOWING THAT PREGNANT WOMEN THAT GET COVID ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEVERE DISEASE AND KNOWING THAT I AM AT HIGHER RISK BEING A BLACK FEMALE AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT PUT ME IN A HIGHER RISK CATEGORY.

I KNEW IF I WERE TO GET COVID I WOULD GET REALLY SICK T MADE SENSE TO GET THE VACCINE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

AND I GOT MY FIRST DOSE WHEN I WAS TOWARDS THE END TWO WEEKS BEFORE I DELIVERED AND MY SECOND DOSE A WEEK POSTPARTUM.

>> THE RISK OF GETTING COVID OUTWEIGHED THE RISK OF UNKNOWN FROM THE VACCINE?

>> EXACTLY.

AND THE ONLY VACCINES THAT WE DO NOT RECOMMEND IN PREGNANCY ARE THOSE LIVE VIRUSES IT MADE SENSE THERE WOULD BE LITTLE RISK WITH THIS VACCINE.

>> ACCORDING TO THE C.D.C.

PREGNANT ASIAN PEOPLE HAVE THE HIGHEST VACCINE COVERAGE AT 33% GETTING ONE DOSE.

ON THE OTHER END OF THAT SPECTRUM, PREGNANT BLACK PEOPLE ARE AT THE LOWEST WITH A 10%.

Dr. ADAMS WHY DOES THIS GAP EXIST?

>> I THINK IT'S MULTIFACTORIAL.

I THINK THAT IN A LOT OF MY BLACK PATIENTS HAVE SOME MISTRUST OF THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND THAT'S BASED ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

AND THOSE CONCERNS ARE VALID.

AND MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE VACCINE AND I LIKE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT MY OWN PERSONAL STORY OF HOW I CHOSE TO GET THE VACCINE.

AND REMIND THEM THAT THESE VACCINES WERE STUDIED IN A DIVERSE PATIENT POPULATION.

SO THERE WERE BLACK WOMEN INCLUDED IN THE STUDIES AND SO THEY WERE WELL REPRESENTED IN THE TRIALS.

>> AND THIS NEWS ABOUT VACCINATING PREGNANT WOMEN AS COVID CASES ARE ON THE RIDES.

Dr. RAJAN WHY ARE PREGNANT PEOPLE AT A HIGHER RISK FOR SEVERE COVID?

>> I DON'T THINK WE KNOW FOR SURE BUT FACTORS MAY PLAY A ROLE.

PREGNANCY IS A TIME WHEN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE BIT SUPPRESSED.

THAT MAY BE PART OF THE FACTOR.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES TO THE WAY YOUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM WORKS AND YOUR LUNGS CAN EXPAND.

THOSE MAY PLAY A ROLE AND ADDITIONAL FACTORS THAT WE ARE NOT IDENTIFYING.

SOMETIMES HESITANCY TO TREAT OR TO IDENTIFY ILLNESS IN PREGNANCY CAN SOMETIMES BE PART OF THE ISSUE.

WE HAVE THE TENDENCY TO USE THE SAME TREATMENTS AND THEY DELAY DIAGNOSIS IN PREGNANT WOMEN THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THEM BECOMING MORE SICK.

ALL OF THOSE MAY PLAY A ROLE WHY PREGNANT WOMEN GUT MORE SEVERE ILLNESS IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE IN OTHER INFECTIONS.

INFLUENZA.

>> AND Dr. ADAMS WE HAVE ABOUT 45 SECONDS LEFT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM PATIENTS WHO ARE HESITANT REGARDING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT RISKS FOR THE FETUS?

>> RIGHT.

PATIENTS WILL BRING UP SEVERAL CONCERNS MOSTLY REGARDING THEIR CONCERN ABOUT MISCARRIAGE OR HAVING A STILLBIRTH OR HAVING AN EARLY DELIVERY AND PRETERM DELIVERY.

AND I TRY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED SINCE WE STARTED VACCINATING WOMEN AND THAT REALLY THAT HAS NOT SHOWN TO BE THE CASE AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED RISK IN DEVELOPING ANY OF THOSE COMPLICATIONS IN PREGNANT PATIENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE VACCINE.

>> IT IS A MYTH THAT HAS TO BE DISPELLED.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THANKS TO Dr. RAJAN AND Dr. ADAMS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON A DEAL TO KEEP OPEN A PAIR OF ILLINOIS NUCLEAR PLANTS WITH MORE AT STAKE, DO ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO GET IT DONE?

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW.

WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THIS?

>> BRANDIS, MONTHS AND YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS HAVE LED TWO FEUDING SIDES TO REACH AN AGREEMENT THEY HAVE AGREED THEY ARE DEADLOCKED SPELLED OUT OF LETTERS UNDER THE MAN TELL OF THE CLEAN JOBS COALITION BLAMING LABOR, THEY OPERATE UNDER THE GROUP CLEAN JOBS ILLINOIS.

WE REGRET WRITE TO REGRETFULLY INFORM YOU THAT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS CLEAN JOBS COALITION AND EMPLOYMENT JOBS AROUND PASSING A CLIMATE AND EQUITABLE JOBS BILL IN ILLINOIS REACHED AN IMPASSE.

THEY CITED INTRACTABLE DIFFERENCES.

BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP'S FAILURE TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WE ARE FORCED TO DECLARE AN IMPASSE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.

WE DO NOT RELISH THIS MOMENT NO ONE WINS IN THIS SCENARIO.

AND THAT IS ANOTHER POINT ON WHICH THE TWO SIDES ARE AGREE.

THE ENERGY PACKAGE AT ISSUE IS MASSIVE BUT IT IS HAS A MAIN PREROGATIVE FLIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE BY RELYING MORE AND COMPLETELY ON RENEWABLE AND CARBON FREE ENERGY.

NOW TO DO THAT TO TRANSITION TO THAT POINT THE NEED NEEDS EXELON TO KEEP OPEN FIRST A PAIR AND A TRIO OF NUCLEAR GENERATORS IN ILLINOIS.

THIS EVEN AS EXELON IS THREATENING TO SHUTDOWN THE DRESDIN REACTOR IN NOVEMBER AND THEN THE BYRON ONE AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH.

THE A.F.L.-C.I.O.

'S PAT DEVANEY SAYS IT'S FUNDING TO KEEP IT OPEN BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF UNION JOBS AT STAKE.

>> NUMBER TWO, THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON RELIABILITY IN THE STATE.

ILLINOIS NUCLEAR CURRENTLY PROVIDES OVER 50% OF THE BASE LOAD USED BY CONSUMERS IN THE STATE.

AND LASTLY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE.

IF IN FACT THAT GENERATION GOES AWAY, CARBON FREE GENERATION WE WILL BE FIRING UP COAL PLANTS IMPORTING FOSSIL GENERATION FROM OUT OF STATE TO REPLACE THAT AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THAT THOSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES PROVIDE.

>> JUST HOW TO PHASE OUT COMMANDS TO PRODUCE ENERGY IS THE MAIN STICKING POINT.

UNIONS WANT TO KEEP THE PLANTS OPEN FOR A RATIONAL TRANSITION PERIOD.

NOW, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WANT HARD CLOSURE DATES.

THE ASSISTANCE ON ALLOWING ALL COAL AND GAS PLANTS TO STAY OPEN AND POLLUTE FOREVER IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITIES AND CLIMATE THAT NOT AFFORD OR SURVIVE.

NOW, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER USUALLY BY THE WAY, A STEADFAST ALLY OF UNIONS, IS SIDING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS ON THIS ONE.

HIS OFFICE ISSUING A LETTER SHAMING LABOR.

I HAVE NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH AS PRO COAL FORCES HAVE SHIFTED THE GOALPOSTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS THE LETTER READS.

IF YOU ARE WILLING TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO MOVING FORWARD, THE IMPASSE YOU FIND YOURSELVES AT CAN BE RESOLVED.

AND YET, THAT IMPASSE REMAINS.

DESPITE THAT STAND STILL THERE ARE MORE POINTS ON WHICH THE FEUDING SIDES AGREE AND MAINLY THAT IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON FROM THEIR TALKS AND HIGH TIME FOR THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AND THE GOVERNOR TO TAKE CHARGE.

SENATOR BILL CUNNINGHAM A DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO IS ONE OF THE LEAD NEGOTIATORS ON THIS AND SAID IF ALL SIDES FOCUS ON COMMON GROUND HE IS OPTIMISTIC THEY WILL REACH A COMPROMISE.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF COMMONALITY.

ALL SIDES WANT TO PUT US ON A PATH OF SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND WANT TO CREATE JOBS ALONG THE WAY.

SO I THINK IF WE FOCUSED ON THAT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE.

>> ONE ELEMENT THOUGHT TO BE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL BUT ACTUALLY THEY GENERALLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT ON AND HAVE FOR MONTHS IS THAT ILLINOIS WILL KEEP OPEN THE NUCLEAR PLANTS BY PUTTING A $700 MILLION SURCHARGE ON RATEPAYERS' BILLS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

BILL CUNNINGHAM SAYS FOR THE AVERAGE RATE PAYER THAT IS ABOUT 80 CENTS MORE ON AN ELECTRIC BILL.

BUT HE SAYS THAT HAS GOTTEN MORE COMPLICATED SINCE IT WAS AGREED TO AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE PROSPECT THAT THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WILL PROVIDE MONEY IS SETTING ASIDE FUNDING IS FOR ENDANGERED NUCLEAR PLANTS?

>> SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL WHAT IS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT RATEPAYERS IN JEOPARDY AND HAVE THEM PICK UP THE TAB FOR SOMETHING THAT WASHINGTON MIGHT PICK UP A MONTH DOWN THE LINE.

>> EXELON SAYS IF IT DOES PASS THAT FEDERAL DEAL WOULD NOT DO WHAT IS NEEDED TO STAVE OFF THE PLANTS FROM CLOSING AGAIN AS SOON AS SEPTEMBER.

AS FOR WORRIES ABOUT COST EXELON WARNS THAT NOT DOING ANYTHING WILL RAISE ELECTRIC BILLS FOR ILLINOISIANS EVEN HIGHER STILL.

BY THE WAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY NOT SIMPLE AT ALL THERE.

EXELON SAYS IT CANNOT WAIT TOO LONG FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO ACT.

THE BYRON PLANT IS CLOSING IN SEPTEMBER BARRING A STATE DEAL EXELON WARNS.

MEANWHILE, WIND AND SOLAR JOBS ARE AT STAKE, TOO.

NAKHIA CROSSLEY IS WITH THE SOLAR INDUSTRY AND SAYS ILLINOIS' RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY LOST 3500 JOBS AND COUNTING.

>> THE STATE'S FUNDING FOR THE SOLAR PROGRAMS COMPLETELY RAN OUT AT THE END OF 2020.

AND SO NOW LARGER COMPANIES ARE HAVING TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT CONTINUING TO EMPLOY CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS.

>> SHE SAYS THAT WOULD GO FOR SMALL COMPANIES BASED IN ILLINOIS.

IT WOULD BE TRAGIC FOR ILLINOIS TO HAVE COME ZOO FAR ON THE -- SO FAR ON THE ENERGY FRONT AND LOSE MOMENTUM SHE IS CALLING ON THE LEADERS TO TAKE ACTION.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS AND NEW LEGISLATION AIMED AT PROTECTING BIRDS IN ILLINOIS.

>> THANKS.

NEARLY 600 MILLION BIRDS ARE KILLED ANNUALLY IN NORTH AMERICA DUE TO DECISIONS WITH BUILDINGS.

WILDLIFE ADVOCATES HOPE THAT FACT CHANGES IN ILLINOIS NOW THAT THE STATE HAS BECOME THE LATEST ENTITY TO ENACT LAWS AIMED AT STEMMING THE CARNAGE.

PATTY WETLI JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

I KNOW PATTY, WE HATE SEEING BIRDS SMASH INTO WINDOWS.

TELL US ABOUT THE BIRD SAFE BUILDINGS ACT?

>> THIS IS AN INTERESTING CASE OF WANTING OUR GOVERNMENT OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS TO BE LESS TRANSPARENT.

SO TO BE CLEAR, THIS NEW LAW ONLY APPLIES TO STATE BUILDINGS SO EVERY HOMEOWNER DOES NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS YET.

BUT IT IS A WAY TO EMPHASIZE MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE FEWER OF THESE COLLISIONS AND PUTTING SOME MEASURES IN PLACE ON ANY NEWLY CONSTRUCTED STATE BUILDING OR ANY ACQUIRED OR RENOVATED STATE BUILDING WHERE THE FACADE IS SIGNIFICANT MORE THAN 50% OF IT IS UNDERGOING CHANGES.

AND THAT'S REGARDLESS OF HEIGHT.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LITTLE KNOWN FACT, BUILDINGS UNDER FOUR STOREYS TALL ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS TO BIRDS AS SKYSCRAPERS.

>> HOW DOES A BIRD FRIENDLY DESIGN WORK HOW CAN YOU RETROFIT A BUILDING TO MAKE IT BIRD FRIENDLY?

>> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE EXTERNAL LIGHT ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT IS DANGEROUS TO BIRDS AND GLASS, GLASS, GLASS IS SUPER DANGEROUS TO BIRDS BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S TRANSPARENT OR A REFLECTION MAY MISTAKE IT FOR THE OUTDOORS.

A COUPLE THINGS ARE MINIMIZE OR REDUCE THE LIGHTING.

AND THEN THIS LAW SPECIFIES A MINIMUM -- MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GLASS THAT CAN BE USED REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF GLASS IN BUILDINGS OR REQUIRING THAT THE GLASS THAT IS USED IS MANUFACTURING TO BE BIRD FRIENDLY.

>> PATTY WETLI THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ PATTY'S STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND UP NEXT, WE CATCH UP WITH CHICAGO'S "HAMILTON" STAR.

FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> IT'S PROBABLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN NEARLY FIVE YEARS SINCE "HAMILTON" OPENED IN CHICAGO WITH A DEDICATED CAST.

IT RAN FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS CLOSING IN JANUARY 2020.

YOU REMEMBER.

DURING THAT TIME, ACTOR MIGUEL CERVANTES ORIGINATED THE TITLE ROLE IN TOWN AND HE WILL AGAIN PLAY "HAMILTON" FINALLY WHEN BROADWAY REOPENS NEXT MONTH.

SO JOINING US ONCE AGAIN ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MIGUEL CERVANTES.

WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW AND WELCOME BACK TO CHICAGO.

YOU'RE BACK IN TOWN FOR A SOLO PERFORMANCE AT THE METROPOLITAN CLUB THIS WEEK.

WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING BACK IN CHICAGO?

>> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT CHICAGO AS LIKE MY OTHER HOME.

IF I EVER HAD MY WAY, THEY DIDN'T ASK MY OPINION BUT IF I HAD MY WAY I WOULD HAVE STAYED IN CHICAGO AND DONE THE SHOW FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BUT IT WAS NOT AN OPTION.

SO COMING BACK HERE BEING IN THE CITY AND RECONNECTING WITH FRIENDS WE'VE MADE HERE, IS FEELS LIKE HOME AND IT FEELS SO AMAZING TO BE BACK IN THE TOWN THAT EMBRACED US MY FAMILY AND THE SHOW FOR SO MANY YEARS.

THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS IS A LOT OF TIME TO SPEND AND DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN ARMITAGE WHERE WE USED TO LIVE IT DOESN'T FEEL SO FAR REMOVED.

>> I'M SURE THE FOLKS GETTING TO SEE YOU PERFORM ARE THRILLED YOU ARE BACK.

HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM MUCH IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE LIKE?

>> I'VE DONE A FEW STARTED DOING ZOOM APPEARANCES LIKE THIS.

BUT SITTING IN MY OFFICE AT MY HOUSE.

RARELY WEARING SHOES AND SINGING SONGS ON MY GUITAR FOR EVENTS OR FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS OR SOMETHING FOR SCHOOL GROUPS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TEACHING AND DOING WORKSHOPS.

I HAVE BEEN PERFORMING A LITTLE BIT AND RECENTLY MOST RECENTLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING OUT MORE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO EVENTS LIKE THIS IN PERSON AND SING "HAMILTON" TUNES AND TELL STORIES AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO GET THE ENERGY OF A LIVE AUDIENCE.

WHILE I ENJOY A SORT OF INTIMATE ZOOM CONVERSATION IT'S NOT THE SAME SEEING PEOPLE.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCES OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS IN PERSON AND CONNECTING WITH REAL PEOPLE IN REAL SPACE.

>> AND "HAMILTON" REOPENS ON BROADWAY NEXT MONTH.

YOU IN THE LEAD ROLE.

YOU'VE HAD OPENING NIGHTS BEFORE.

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT?

>> YOU KNOW, I TALK ABOUT THE FINAL PERFORMANCE IN CHICAGO A LOT.

AS BEING SOMETHING SING USE GAR.

IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE "HAMILTON" IS NEVER GOING TO CLOSE AGAIN AND MY EXPERIENCE IN CHICAGO AND OUR COMPANY WAS CINGULAR AND THAT FINAL PERFORMANCE JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.

AND I GOT TO SEE MANUEL MIRANDA PERFORM IT WAS OVERWHELMING THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT AND LOVE THAT COMES OUT OF THE AUDIENCE.

>> HAVE YOU MISSED PLAYING THE ROLE?

YOU'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF PERFORMING HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON YOUR GOLF GAME WHEN BROADWAY WAS DARK?

>> I HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO PLAY GOLF.

I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE GOLF COURSE.

SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

MY SIDE BUSINESS THE SHOE CADDY GOLF GADGETS HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET LOVE.

BUT AS FAR AS SINGING "HAMILTON" SONGS AND THE MORE I'VE BEEN DOING IT THE MORE I REALIZED HOW MUCH I MISSED IT.

I DO MISS IT SO MUCH.

THE ENERGY OF THE SONGS AND THE FEELING OF BEING IN THE SHOW.

I SORT OF HAD TIME OFF AND NICE TO SPEND TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND THAT HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BYPRODUCT OF THIS TIME FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT I MISS THAT I MISS THAT THE ONLY FEELING THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU ARE ON STAGE WITH YOUR COMPANY MEMBERS AND DOING THIS AMAZING THING TOGETHER.

>> WE HAVE A BIT OF VIDEO OF YOU PERFORMING "HAMILTON" TUNES AT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S INAUGURATION.

THOSE SONGS HAVE A BAND BEHIND THEM DO THEY ADAPT TO SOLO GUITAR?

>> YES.

I LIKE PLAYING THE GUITAR MESSING AROUND I'M NO ERIC CLAPTON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I ENJOY MESSING AROUND AND FINDING WAYS TO PLAY THE SONGS.

AND THEY WORK WELL.

AND IT FEELS COOL TO HAVE A DIFFERENT VIBE.

EVERYONE CAN LISTEN TO THE SOUNDTRACK AND HEAR THE WAY IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND THEY CREATED THE TUNES.

BUT IN AN ACOUSTIC VERSION IN MY OWN COVER VERSION HAS THIS OTHER SORT OF I CAN PUT MY STAMP ON IT.

AND I FIND IT AND THEN THE TUNE THE MELODY MAYBE DIFFERENT WHAT THE MELODY IN THE SHOW IT FEELS LIKE A RE INTERPRETATION.

AND THE INAUGURATION WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIME I DID ONE OF THE HAM JAMS AS I LIKE TO CALL THEM ON THE GUITAR.

>> MIGUEL, IT'S WIDELY KNOWN HERE IN CHICAGO THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE KELLY SADLY LOST YOUR DAUGHTER AT THE AGE OF THREE.

HOW HAVE YOU AND YOUR WIFE KEPT HER MEMORY ALIVE THROUGH THE WORK YOU DO WITH CURE AND THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION?

>> WE HAVE SORT OF CONTINUED TO FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH CURE HERE IN CHICAGO.

ON-LINE, WE DID AN EVENT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 A VIRTUAL EVENT AND WE ARE DOING ANOTHER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021.

AND ALSO THESE APPEARANCES I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO I VERY MUCH FOCUS ON THE WORK WE DO WITH CURE AND THE WORK TEAR DOING AND THAT IS HOW IT'S ALMOST BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE WE LOST HER WE ARE CONTINUING MY WIFE KELLY IS THE BOARD CHAIR OF CURE THIS COMING QUARTER OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT IN THE NONPROFIT SHE WILL BE TAKING OVER AS THE BOARD CHAIR.

WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED AND AS WE GET BACK TO BROADWAY WE ARE GOING TO DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THE WORK IS PUSHED FORWARD.

THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE AND MY WIFE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCES HERE IN CHICAGO AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO.

OUR EFFORTS ARE DOUBLED AT LEAST OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS.

AND THEN WE MISS HER AND WE MISS GRIEVE FOR HER AND THAT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE.

>> I'M SURE.

AND OF COURSE WE ARE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR TALKING ABOUT HER AND OF COURSE ABOUT YOUR WORK.

BEST OF LUCK IN THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING AND BREAK A LEG.

MIGUEL CERVANTES THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> UP NEXT, CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS OF A FORMER PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY.

STAY WITH US.

[♪♪♪] A PORTRAIT IS A WAY OF COMMEMORATING A PRESIDENCY BUT BARACK OBAMA AND MICHELLE OBAMA MADE A STATEMENT BY CHOOSING CONTEMPORARY ART TIFTDS MARC VITALI RECENTLY GAVE US A PREVIEW AND HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> THEY ARE RECASTING WHAT A PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT CAN BE.

THESE ARE ENDURING LINCOLN CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS.

IT IS NOT DOCUMENTATION.

THESE ARE ARTWORKS.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHY WE'RE SEEING THEM IN THE GALLERIES HERE AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

>> IN THE SUMMER OF 1989, THE MUSEUM WAS THE SITE OF THE OBAMA'S FIRST DATE AND NOW THEIR PORTRAITS HANG IN THE MODERN WING.

THE LIKENESS OF FORMER BARACK OBAMA WAS PAINTED BY ARTIST WILEY.

THE PORTRAIT OF FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA WAS PAINTED BY AMY SHERALD.

>> THEY WERE A BOLD CHOICE AND THAT IS FOR MANY REASONS.

BOTH ARTISTS THEY REALLY TAKE PORTRAITURE TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND SHIFT THE TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT OF WHO IS BEING PORTRAYED IN A PORTRAIT THEY ARE VIVID AND EXPERIMENTAL AND CONCEPTUAL.

EVERYTHING THAT DEFINES 21ST CENTURY CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE OBAMAS ARE CHAMPIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

>> PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS TEND TOWARD TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATIONS.

THE OBAMAS CHOSE THE ARTISTS TO PAINT THEIR PORTRAITS AND SAT FOR THE PAINTINGS WHICH WERE UNVEILED IN FEBRUARY OF 2018.

>> THEY ARE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS PAINTED BY BLACK ARTISTS.

IN THE PRESIDENT'S PORTRAIT FLOWERS REPRESENT DIFFERENT MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE INCLUDED ARE CHRYSANTHEMUMS THE FLOWER OF CHICAGO.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SIT FOR A PORTRAIT AND THE POWER ENGAGED IN THAT POSTURE.

AND HE IS LEANING FORWARD AND THERE IS A GAZE HE IS LOOKING RIGHT AT YOU.

AS MUCH AS IT ALMOST RENDERED IT'S INCREDIBLY SURREAL LIKE HE IS FLEET SNOOK THERE IS SYMBOLISM AT PLAY IN SHERALD'S PORTRAIT OF THE FIRST LADY.

THE PRINTS IN THE DRESS IS REMINISCENT OF AFRICAN QUILT RENDITIONS.

>> ONE THAT IS SO GENEROUS AND INVITING AND INCLUSIVE.

>> CHICAGO IS THE FIRST TOP IN THE TOUR OF THE PORTRAITS ON LOAN FROM THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.

>> AS AMY SHERALD SAID SHE PAINTS AMERICAN PEOPLE AND BLACK AMERICAN PEOPLE BECOME PRESIDENTS AND FIRST LADIES IT FITS WITHIN HER PRACTICE WHILE ALSO BOTH PORTRAITS BECOMING A RADICAL SHIFT IN WHAT WE KNOW AS PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITURE.

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

>> AND THE OBAMA PORTRAITS EXHIBITION IS ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO THROUGH AUGUST 15TH.

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