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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN MANY ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I MADE A DECISION TO END THIS WAR.

>> REACTION TO THE REMOVAL OF U.S.

TROOPS AND THE END OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN FROM CONGRESS AND A FORMER U.S.

AMBASSADOR TO NATO.

>> WE CAN ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING WE DID WHAT WE COULD.

>> STATE LEGISLATORS ARE REDOING A LAW THAT PASSED THIS SPRING.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY.

>> COVID-19 CASES AMONG CHILDREN ARE ON THE RISE.

COULD THE RETURN OF IN-PERSON SCHOOLING TRIGGER MORE CASES?

>> EVERYTHING WE DO IS ABOUT RECLAIMING.

>> BECOMING ORAL HISTORIANS A NEW GAGE PARK PROGRAM IS TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO DOCUMENT THE STORIES OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.

>> YOU LOOK LIKE THE "CANDYMAN".

>> GENTRIFICATION, HORROR AND ART IN THE "CANDYMAN" MOVIE.

>> THE FIRST BUSINESS TO OPEN UNDER A NEW PILOT PROGRAM FOR EATERIES IS HERE.

WE'VE GOT THE SCOOP.

[♪♪♪] >> AND STITCHES IN TIME.

AN EXHIBITION BLENDS MUSIC, HISTORY AND FABULOUS FABRICS AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CHICAGO HAS UPDATED ITS TRAVEL ADVISORY WITH NEW GUIDANCE FOR UNVACCINATED TRAVELERS AND NOW EVERY STATE IN THE COUNTRY FALLS UNDER THE ADVISORY EXCEPT ONE: VERMONT.

THE ADVISORY MEANS UNVACCINATED TRAVELERS FROM THOSE AREAS SHOULD BE TESTED BEFORE DEPARTURE AND AFTER ARRIVAL AS WELL AS QUARANTINE FOR FULL SEVEN DAYS EVEN IF YOU'VE TESTED NEGATIVE.

THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS IF TRAVELERS DO NOT GET TESTED THEY SHOULD QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS.

>> AND MORE THAN 20 BUSINESSES RECEIVED CITATIONS FOR FAILING TO ENFORCE THE CITY'S REIMPOSED MASK MANDATE THIS MONTH.

THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION SAYS IT'S ISSUED 16 NOTICES AND 22 CITATIONS FROM AUGUST 20 WHEN THE MANDATE WENT INTO EFFECT THROUGH AUGUST 29.

SOME OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS SHOWN HERE WERE GIVEN A NOTICE TO CORRECT MEANING THE BUSINESSES MAY HAVE FAILED TO POST MASK MANDATE SIGNS OR FIXES.

IT'S PUTTING ALL BUSINESSES ON HIGH ALERT THAT WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCING THE MANDATE.

>> THE MOTHER OF FALLEN CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER ELLA FRENCH IS EXTENDING HER THANKS TO THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TODAY ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FRENCH'S 30TH BIRTHDAY.

IN A LETTER SHARED TODAY THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ELIZABETH FRENCH SAID QUOTE... SHE SIGNED THE LETTER PK HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA GRACE.

FRENCH WAS SHOT AND KILLED THIS MONTH DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE WEST ENGLEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

UP NEXT A REMAP REDO WITH STATE LAWMAKERS.

WE'LL EXPLAIN RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> LINES OF POLITICAL POWER ARE BEING DRAWN IN SPRINGFIELD.

OR TO BE MORE PRECISE, REDRAWN.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN.

AMANDA, WHAT IS GOING ON AS LEGISLATORS ARE BACK IN SPRINGFIELD FOR A SPECIAL SESSION?

>> THE MAIN GOAL IS REDOING THE LAW THAT PASSED IN JUNE THAT LAW PUT IN PLACE BOUNDARIES FOR ILLINOIS HOUSE AND SENATE DISTRICTS AND THE GUYS ARE -- THE LINES ARE THE KEYS TO POLITICAL POWER BECAUSE THE VOTERS WHO ARE INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED FROM THE DISTRICT REALLY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER A CANDIDATE HAS ANY CHANCE EVEN OF GETTING TO SPRINGFIELD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

AND BY ITS NATURE, THIS ONCE IN A DECADE REDISTRICTING PROCESS IS THEREFORE PAR SIN.

OF PARTISAN.

BUT WHAT IS DIFFERENT THE DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR'S MANSION DREW THE MAPS WITHOUT CENSUS DATA BECAUSE THE DATA HAD NOT ARRIVED COME SPRING AND IF THEY HAD WAITED UNTIL THAT CENSUS INFORMATION DID ARRIVE AT STATES UNTIL EARLIER THIS MONTH, DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE HAD TO WORK WITH REPUBLICANS TO DRAW THOSE MAPS.

AT A HEARING IN SPRINGFIELD THIS MORNING, SPONSOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE LISA HERNANDEZ PROMOTED THE LATEST VERSION AS IMPROVED.

>> THE ADJUSTED MAP BEFORE YOU TODAY IS ONE YOU CAN BE PROUD TO SUPPORT.

EACH OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE ADJUSTED MAP BEFORE YOU WAS DRAWN TO INCORPORATE THE 2020 CENSUS DATA AND BE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN POPULATION.

>> THAT IS IMPORTANT SAYS FRANK CALABRESE A CONSULTANT THAT WORKS WITH POLITICIANS SOMETIMES TO HELP TO FIGURE OUT THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

SO HE HAS A MORE FUN TITLE MAP MAKER.

AND FRANK CALABRESE DID AN ANALYSIS WITH THE POLITICAL BLOG CAPITAL FACTS AND SAYS THAT THE ORIGINAL VERSION THE ONE THAT BECAME LAW HAD A DEVIATION OF 30% AS IN POPULATION SHIFTS THAT WERE SHOWN IN THAT CENSUS DATA SHOWED THAT DISTRICTS HAD WILDLY UNEVEN NUMBERS OF RESIDENTS.

>> THE REASON THEY ARE BACK IN SPRINGFIELD IS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE DISTRICT THAT IS MUCH LARGER OR SMALLER THAN ANOTHER DISTRICT.

THE MAP THAT WAS PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY, ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME AT 108,000 AND CHANGE.

>> FRANK CALABRESE SAYS ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN MAP MAKERS HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS MAKING SURE THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS AND LAWS THAT INSURE THAT MINORITY POPULATIONS HAVE REPRESENTATION.

HE SAYS THIS MAP DOES A GOOD JOB OF THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRICTS WITH A MAJORITY OF BLACK RESIDENTS.

NOT QUITE AS SO MUCH THAT CASE FOR DISTRICTS WITH THE MAJORITY OF LATINOS AND THAT IS THE CONTENTION OF A LAWSUIT THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BY THE MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.

AS REPEATEDLY WHAT CHANGE BETWEEN THE FIRST VERSION OF THE MAPS AND THE ONE UP FOR DEBATE NOW, HERNANDEZ STRUGGLED TO GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER.

>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT UM, THAT FEEDBACK -- THERE WAS SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE.

IT MIGHT NOT BE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WOULD WANT, BUT DEFINITELY THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION AND ADJUSTMENT THAT TOOK PLACE.

>> EVEN SHE IS SAYING THE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE IN LIGHT OF CONSIDERATION OF FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH-IN.

THIS LATEST VERSION WASN'T INTRODUCED UNTIL MID-MORNING.

AT A HEARING JUST AFTER THE PROPOSAL'S RELEASE, REVEREND ROBIN HOOD PLEADED WITH LEGISLATORS TO MAKE THE PROPOSED MAP AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR REVIEW AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE VOTING ON IT.

>> WE ACTUALLY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN ACCURATELY ENGAGE IN WHAT IS BEST FOR THE DISTRICT.

BECAUSE SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO SEE PAINFUL RESOURCES JUST LEAVE THEIR DISTRICTS.

>> INSTEAD OF 30 DAYS HE GOT 20 MINUTES TO REVIEW IT LEADING REPUBLICANS TO CONTINUE THE ASSERTIONS THAT THE PROCESS IS A SHAM.

>> IT JUST TIPS TO FER THE FARCE THAT HAS BEEN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS TO REDISTRICTING.

SO WE JUST CONTINUE THE CHARADE WE'VE SEEN ALL YEAR LONG.

>> NOT JUST REPUBLICANS COMMON CAUSE BOYCOTTED PARTICIPATING IN A REDISTRICTING HEARING CALLING THE PROCESS MISHANDLED AND CREATED TO INSURE AS LITTLE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE WITH THE VENEER OF PUBLIC ACCESS.

IT'S SHAMEFUL AND OUR ORGANIZATION REFUSES TO ADD LEGITIMACY TO AN UNDEMOCRATIC PROCESS JAY YOUNG SAID IN A STATEMENT.

LEADERS OF THE MUSLIM AND MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITY ARE SURE TO BE DISAPPOINTED AFTER AN ACTIVE EFFORT TO BE DRAWN INTO DISTRICTS WHERE THEIR COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE POWER AS A VOTING BLOC.

>> THEY SHOWED UP AT EVERY REDISTRICTING HEARING AND THEY APPARENTLY WERE REALLY LEFT OUT OF THE MAP.

THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS HAS A VERY LARGE PALESTINIAN AND ARAB COMMUNITY AND THEIR DISTRICT WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR STATE HOUSE DISTRICTS AND THERE'S REALLY NO COHESION TO THE DISTRICTS FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

>> THE LEGISLATURE IS AT IT TONIGHT AND THAT LATEST VERSION OF THE MAP MADE PUBLIC THIS MORNING NOT EVEN THE FINAL ONE.

ANOTHER VERSION CAME OUT THIS EVENING.

I WILL, HOWEVER, SPARE YOU THE SUSPENSE HOW THIS IS GOING TO END.

YOU WILL HAVE DEMOCRATS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASS IT AND GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SURE TO SIGN IT THAT MEANS HE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE BREAKING A CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO VETO ANY PARTISAN-DRAWN MAP.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A MATTER THAT IS TOSSED TO THE COURTS.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS AND CONGRESSIONAL REACTION TO THE END OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.

PARIS?

>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SPOKE EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE OFFICIAL END OF THE 20-YEAR WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.

HERE IS SOME OF WHAT HE SAID.

>> I WAS NOT GOING TO EXTEND THIS FOREVER WAR.

AND I WAS NOT EXTENDING A FOREVER EXIT.

THE DECISION TO END THE MILITARY LIFT OPERATIONS AT KABUL AIRPORT WAS BASED ON UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF MY CIVILIAN AND MILITARY ADVISERS.

>> AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE MILITARY'S PULL OUT FROM AFGHANISTAN AND MORE IS CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS A REPUBLICAN FROM TAYLORVILLE WHO IS THE RANKING REPUBLICAN ON THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.

WE INVITED A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS FROM THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION TO JOIN US BUT THEY DECLINED OUR INVITATION.

CONGRESSMAN DAVIS THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT THERE HE HAS DEFENDED ENDING THIS WAR AFTER 20 YEARS AND DEFENDED THE EXECUTION OF THE WITHDRAWAL.

DO YOU AGREE WITH HIS ASSESSMENT?

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION COMPLETELY OWN THE BOTCHED EXECUTION OF THIS PLAN.

IT WAS A PLAN THAT WE HAVE SEEN HAS HAD DEADLY CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY AND THIS WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE WORST DECISIONS MADE BY ANY PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> WHICH DECISION?

THE DECISION TO END THE WAR OR HOW IT WAS DONE?

>> THE EXECUTION OF THIS PLAN WAS ABYSMAL.

WE HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN THE HANDS OF THE TALIBAN.

HIS OWN MILITARY LEADERS HAVE QUESTIONED THAT VOTE OF UNANIMITY BUT HE IS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

HE OWNS THIS.

AND FRANKLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN AFGHANISTAN, WE AS LEADERS HAVE TO EDUCATE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AS TO WHAT IS THE BEST PLAN OF ACTION IN ANYTHING WE DO.

AND I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY FOR HIM AND HIS ADMINISTRATION TO TALK ABOUT HAVING A FORCE OF 2500 ROTATING AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL IN AFGHANISTAN TO KEEP THE EMBASSY OPEN, TO KEEP BAGHRAM AIR BASE AND BE THAT MAXIMIZER TO THE AVERAGE BEGAN MILITARY AND AFGHAN GOVERNMENT.

INSTEAD HE PULLED OUT.

AND AFGHANISTAN IS NOW UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE TALIBAN AND THEY HAVE MORE PROVINCES TODAY THAN THEY DID ON SEPTEMBER 10TH OF 01.

>> THE PRESIDENT SAYS THERE WAS UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD LONGER THAN THEY DID.

WERE THERE ANY CREDIBLE VOICES SAYING THE OPPOSITE?

PLANNING FOR A WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT OCCURRED?

>> LET ME JUST SAY I'VE BEEN IN TOP SECURITY BRIEFINGS, TOP LEVEL THAT I CANNOT TALK ABOUT HERE AND I WILL TELL YOU I DIDN'T GET THE INDICATION THAT THERE WAS UNANIMITY AND THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.

HOWEVER, I CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT THE DETAILS.

BUT IN THE END, HE IS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

HE MAKES THE FINAL DECISIONS WITH MILITARY LEADERS.

AND THEIR JOB IS TO GO EXECUTE THE ORDERS.

THEY EXECUTED THE ORDERS.

AND FRANKLY NOW CONGRESS IN A BIPARTISAN WAY NEEDS TO DO ITS JOB AND WE NEED TO CONDUCT OVERSIGHT.

WE NEED TO BRING THE MILITARY LEADERS IN FRONT OF CONGRESSIONAL PANELS.

HAVE THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ASK THE QUESTIONS.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW THE ANSWERS.

>> YOU'RE CALLING FOR CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES INTO HOW THIS DRAWDOWN WAS HANDLED?

>> YES, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON THAT CHAIRMAN SMITH OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND ALSO OTHER COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION THERE IS NO REASON THEY SHOULDN'T BRING IN MILITARY LEADERS AND ASK THEM WHY THIS DECISION WAS MADE AND ASK THEM WHY THEIR PLANNERS WERE SO WRONG IN THINKING THAT THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF WHEN THEIR ENTIRE SECURITY APPARATUS WAS BUILT UPON OUR FORCES AND OUR AIR POWER BEING FORCE MAXIMIZERS.

>> THERE ARE REPORTS THERE ARE BETWEEN 100-200 AMERICANS LEFT IN AFGHANISTAN.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKIN SAID THERE WOULD BE DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS TO HELP GET SOME OF THESE FOLKS OUT THAT WANT TO COME OUT.

WHAT IS THE DIPLOMATIC LEVERAGE THE U.S. HAS?

>> ZERO.

BECAUSE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BOTCHED THIS SO BADLY, WE HAVE NO LEVERAGE OVER THE TALIBAN.

AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION STAGED A PHOTO-OP ACTING LIKE THE LAST AMERICAN OUT WAS THE GENERAL IN CHARGE WHEN WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS STILL THERE.

THIS, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF ISSUES LIKE THIS, WILL GO DOWN IN AMERICAN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE WORST DECISIONS A PRESIDENT HAS EVER MADE.

>> CONGRESSMAN, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH A LOT OF REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT GROUPS THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE AFGHANS THAT REMAIN THOSE, THOSE THAT ASSISTED THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR FAMILIES ALL OF THEM ARE IN DANGER OF BEING KILLED BY THE TALIBAN.

WHAT CAN YOU DO WHAT CAN CONGRESS DO TO ASSIST IN THEIR EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT POTENTIALLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES?

>> WELL, MY OFFICE HAS DEALT WITH SOME OF THE SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA REQUESTS AND MY OFFICE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN MAKING SURE THAT FAMILIES OF AMERICANS AND THOSE WHO SUPPORTED OUR AMERICAN EFFORTS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE ARE NO AMERICANS THAT ARE THERE TO SAFELY EVACUATE ANY OF THESE AMERICANS OR ANY OF THE AFGHAN INTERPRETERS WHO HAVE RISKED THEIR LIVES IN HELPING OUR MILITARY.

IT IS A SHAME.

IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION MADE SURE THEIR LIVES AND THEIR ABILITY TO GET HERE SAFELY AND WORK THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS ARE SEVERELY CHALLENGED RIGHT NOW.

>> THE FACT THERE ARE SO MANY AFGHANS AND SEVERAL DOZEN AMERICANS DOES IT MEAN THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL WITH THE TALIBAN TO INSURE THEIR SAFETY?

>> SEVERAL DOZEN?

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS STILL STUCK AND THAT IS JUST THE NUMBER THAT IS REPORTED.

LET'S NOT DOWNGRADE IT'S DOZENS.

BECAUSE ONE IS TOO MANY, PARIS.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TALIBAN, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO PROVIDE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS WITH THE TALIBAN WHEN THEY ALLOWED THE TALIBAN TO PROVIDE SECURITY IN KABUL.

THEY GAVE UP KABUL TO THE TALIBAN AND THEY'VE ALREADY CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TALIBAN TO VIEW THEMSELVES AS A LEGITIMATE PART OF THE GLOBAL SOCIETY.

AND THAT IS JUST AMAZING TO ME THAT THE PRESIDENT STILL DOES NOT TAKE ANY BLAME FOR HOW BADLY THIS ENTIRE SITUATION WAS BOTCHED.

THAT LED TO THE DEATHS OF 13 BRAVE AMERICANS.

>> AND TO BE FAIR, CONGRESSMAN, I SHOULD MENTION THE FORMER PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION DID NEGOTIATE WITH THE TALIBAN AND DID NEGOTIATE AN INITIAL WITHDRAWAL DEAL AND INITIAL TIMELINE.

I WANT TO MOVE TO DOMESTIC POLITICS BECAUSE BEFORE THIS TRANSPIRED THERE WAS AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT YOU WERE HELPING NEGOTIATE AND IT PASSED THE SENATE.

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT IN THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, THERE IS NO STATUS.

THE SPEAKER DECIDED TO CALL FOR A VOTE SOMETIME AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

MY COLLEAGUES WHO MANY OF THEM ARE MY FRIENDS ON THE MODERATE SIDE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THEY CAVED.

THEY DECIDED TO VOTE FOR THE RULE TO ALLOW THE 3.5 TRILLION RECONCILIATION PACKAGE THAT WILL BANKRUPT OUR FAMILY FARMS, FROM BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE NEXT GENERATION BY THE HEINOUS TAX CHANGES BEING PROPOSED.

AND REALLY WHAT IT'S DONE IT'S ALLOWED THE PROGRESSIVES TO HAVE THE LEVERAGE AND THEY HAVE NOW SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT VOTE ON ANY INFRASTRUCTURE BILL UNLESS IT'S CLOSELY ATTACHED TO THE 3.5 TRILLION RECONCILIATION THAT INCLUDES THEIR LIBERAL WISH LIST.

>> DOES THAT IMPERIL THE CHANCES IN THE HOUSE?

ANY CONSENSUS ON A ROLL CALL AT THIS POINT FOR THAT BILL FOR THE $1 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE BILL?

>> NO.

THERE'S ZERO CONSENSUS OR THEY WOULD HAVE IT IT.

THE SPEAKER CAN CALL THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION ANY DAY SHE WANTS.

WE WERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. SHE CHOSE NOT TO AND TELLS ME THAT SHE IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT THE FAR LEFT PROGRESSIVES AND THAT WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANT AND THEY ARE TRYING TO LEVERAGE A POPULAR TITLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO PASS A 3.5 TRILLION WISH LIST THAT THEY HAVE NOW SELF TITLED HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

IF YOU WERE A TAXPAYER IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, BE CONCERNED WHEN MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES IN WASHINGTON BEGIN TO RATIONALIZE WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT IS NOT.

WE KNOW WHAT IT IS.

AND DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY TRY TO FOOL YOU INTO SPENDING TRILLIONS MORE.

>> CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, PARIS, TAKE CARE.

>> YOU AS WELL.

>> AND LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN WITH A FORMER U.S.

AMBASSADOR TO NATO.

FIRST, TO BRANDIS AND A LOOK AT THE RISING NUMBER OF COVID CASES AMONG KIDS.

BRANDIS?

>> AND PARIS, THE INFECTIOUS DELTA VARIANT LED TO AN INCREASE IN CHILDREN TESTING POSITIVE FOREVER COVID.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE RISE IN CHILDREN AGED 5-11 TESTING POSITIVE SINCE THAT GROUP IS TOO YOUNG TO BE VACCINATED.

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S FIGURE SHOWS 660 CHILDREN IN COOK COUNTY, AGES 5-11 HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE WEEKENDING AUGUST 21.

THE NUMBERS ARE BEEN RISING SINCE THE END OF JUNE WHEN 29 CHILDREN WERE DIAGNOSED.

JOINING US TO SHARE INSIGHTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE VIRUS ON CHILDREN IS Dr. TINA TAN PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

Dr. TAN IS AFFILIATED WITH LORI CHILDREN'S HAPPEN.

AND Dr. TAYLOR HEALD-SARGENT AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I UNDERSTAND THAT LAURIE IS SEEING A RISE IN CHILDREN WITH COVID.

HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE WOULD YOU SAY YOU'VE BEEN SEEING?

>> AS IT'S BEEN THROUGH MOST OF THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE SEEN THE RATE MIMIC WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ADULTS.

AS THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE ADULTS INCREASED SO HAS THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE CHILDREN.

AND IN THE ADULT POPULATION A LOT CAN BE VACCINATED BUT IN THE CHILDREN THAT CAN'T SO THE RATES ARE CONTINUING TO RISE.

>> AND Dr. TAN WOULD YOU SAY THIS INCREASE IS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE DELTA VARIANT?

>> YES.

WE KNOW NOW THAT THE DELTA VARIANT ACCOUNTS FOR 93% OF THE AMOUNT OF COVID THAT IS BEING SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CASES ARE GOING TO BE CAUSED BY THE DELTA VARIANT IN THE CHILDREN.

>> AND IS THE DELTA VARIANT NECESSARILY MORE DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN, Dr. TAN?

>> NOT NECESSARILY MORE DANGEROUS.

BUT DEFINITELY MORE TRANSMISSIBLE.

WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH TRANSMISSIBILITY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO COVID BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE VACCINATED ARE GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO GET IT.

>> HOW SEVERE ARE THE SYMPTOMS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED?

>> SO JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, OVERALL CHILDREN DON'T GET AS SEVERE OF SYMPTOMS AS ADULTS.

BUT WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN SYMPTOMS IN GENERAL WITH THE DELTA VARIANT.

MOST OF THESE ARE MORE LIKE YOUR COMMON COLD WHAT WE CALL UPPER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, COUGH, CONGESTION, IT MIGHT SEEM ALLERGIES.

WHEN THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH KEEPING FLUIDS DOWN OR BREATHING THAT IS WHEN THEY HAVE TO BE HOSPITALIZED AND WE'VE SEEN THIS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

A CERTAIN PROPORTION THANKFULLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF CHILDREN COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT THAT ARE TESTING POSITIVE HAVE TO BE HOSPITALIZED WITH THESE SEVERE SYMPTOMS BUT THE NUMBERS RISE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED ARE ALSO RISING.

>> HERE IN CHICAGO, WE KNOW THAT KIDS HEADED BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM JUST YESTERDAY.

HERE IS Dr. FAUCI AND WHAT HE TOLD CNN WITH JAKE TAPPER DISCUSSING VACCINE MANDATES FOR CHILDREN.

>> I BELIEVE THAT MANDATING VACCINES FOR CHILDREN TO APPEAR IN SCHOOL IS A GOOD IDEA.

AND REMEMBER, JAKE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.

WE HAVE MANDATES IN MANY PLACES IN SCHOOLS PARTICULARLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT IF IN FACT YOU WANT A CHILD TO COME IN WE'VE DONE THIS FOR DECADES AND DECADES.

>> THAT WAS SUNDAY NOT YESTERDAY.

BUT CHILDREN UNDER 12 NOT YET CLEARED FOR THE VACCINE HERE IN CHICAGO.

STUDENTS ARE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.

Dr. TAN ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT WE COULD SEE A JUMP IN CASES BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE BACK IN CLASSROOMS?

>> YEAH, WE COULD SEE A JUMP IN CASES.

BUT I THINK THAT IF MASK MANDATES ARE IN PLACE AND OTHER TIERED MITIGATION PROTECTIVE PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE, THIS IS GOING TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF DISEASE THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING.

ESPECIALLY IF ALL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION ARE VACCINATED.

>> WE HEARD Dr. FAUCI TALK ABOUT VACCINE MANDATES IN SCHOOL.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE SEEING IN THE COMING MONTHS WHEN THAT IS AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR?

>> I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE.

WE NEED TO USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO US TO END THIS PANDEMIC AND TO DRIVE THESE RATES DOWN.

VACCINES ARE MOST EFFECTIVE PREVENTATIVE TOOL.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING MASKS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING WE HAVE PAIRED WITH VACCINES WHEN WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE THINGS IMPROVE.

>> Dr. TAN, CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12, PARENTS THE WORLD OVER PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW MANY DO ANYWAY, WHEN THEIR CHILDREN IN THAT AGE GROUP WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW SOON THAT COULD HAPPEN?

>> CURRENTLY THE TRIALS ARE ONGOING TESTING THIS VACCINE IN INDIVIDUALS UNDER 12 YEARS OF AGE.

IT'S EXPECTED THAT THAT DATA FROM THOSE TRIALS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE BY THE MIDDLE OF FALL AND IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, AND EUA FOR THE USE OF THE VACCINE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> AND SOME PARENTS MIGHT BE WONDERING IF WE SAW VACCINES FOR ADULTS ROLL OUT SO QUICKLY WHY ARE CHILDREN TAKING LONGER?

WHAT ARE THE EXPERTS WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW?

>> THE F.D.A.

IN JULY PUT OUT A REQUEST TO MODERNA AND PFIZER ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION ON THE USE OF THE VACCINE IN THESE CHILDREN AND THEY ALSO ASKED BOTH COMPANIES TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT THEY WERE ENROLLING IN THE 5-11-YEAR-OLD AGE GROUP.

BECAUSE OF THIS REQUEST AND THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION, THIS HAS PUSHED BACK THE AVAILABILITY OF THE VACCINE FOR A MONTH OR TWO.

>> Dr. TAYLOR HEALD-SARGENT IS THERE ANY REASON THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL HEALTH RISKS TO CHILDREN WITH REGARDS TO RECEIVING THE VACCINE?

AND WOULD WE EXPECT THAT CHILDREN MIGHT RECEIVE THAT AGE GROUP THEY MIGHT RECEIVE A SMALLER DOSE THAN ADULTS?

>> WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN AND PARTICULAR THIS AGE GROUP DO RESPOND VERY WELL TO VACCINES.

AND SO IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING AND WHAT I'VE HEARD IS IT'S EXPECTED THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY END UP HAVING A LOWER DOSE APPROVED.

AND THAT SHOULD HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE SIDE EFFECTS THAT ARE MORE INFLAMMATORY, SUCH AS YOUR SORE ARM OR THE RED ARM.

THE RARE SIDE EFFECTS THE ONES THAT ARE CONCERNING WE DON'T EXPECT TO BE SEEN -- LIKE WE DIDN'T SEE THEM MUCH WITH THE ADULT POPULATION.

AND THE GUIDANCE OUT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE JUST YESTERDAY REAFFIRMS THAT THE HEART RISK AND OTHER RISKS ARE VERY RARE AND LESS THAN THE RISK OF THE DISEASE ITSELF.

>> BEFORE I LET YOU GO WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE TO PARENTS REGARDING GETTING YOUR CHILDREN VACCINATED WHEN THAT BECOMES POSSIBLE?

>> JUST DO IT.

PLEASE, GO OUT AND GET YOUR CHILDREN VACCINATED.

I KNOW ALL VACCINES ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY THAT IS WHY WE HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY AS A MEDICAL COMMUNITY TESTING THESE.

WE HAVE NOT SKIPPED ANY STEPS.

WE ARE MAKING SURE THEY ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND I CANNOT WAIT TO HAVE MY CHILDREN VACCINATED.

>> SUPER SIMPLE ADVICE, BORROWING FROM THE NIKE SLOGAN JUST DO IT.

THANK YOU TO Dr. TAYLOR HEALD-SARGENT AND Dr. TINA TAN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, HOW THE GAUGE PART LATINX COUNCIL IS TEACHING YOUTH TO BE ORAL HISTORIANS.

STAY WITH US.

>> AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING MORE ON THE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN WITH A FORMER U.S.

AMBASSADOR TO NATO.

>> BUT FIRST A NEW OUTDOOR EXHIBITION IN GAGE PARK TELLS THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HISTORY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE.

IT'S PART OF A NEW PROGRAM STARTED BY THE GAGE PARK LATINX COUNCIL.

INVITING THE AREA'S YOUTH TO RECLAIM THE COMMUNITY'S NARRATIVE.

>> MARCOS HERNANDEZ GREW UP IN THE GAGE PARK AREA ON CHICAGO'S SOUTHWEST SIDE.

HERNANDEZ SAYS THE MEDIA OFTEN FOCUS ON VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT CONTEXTUALIZING NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGES BY DISINVESTMENT.

>> THE ONLY NARRATIVE THAT IS TOLD ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSES ON THAT TRAUMA THAT TRAUMA.

AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WANTEDDED TO RECLAIM OUR NARRATIVE.

WE WANTED THE PEOPLE FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO TELL THEIR STORIES ON THEIR OWN TERMS.

>> HERNANDEZ IS ONE OF 10 GAGE PARK YOUTH WORKING TO CHANGE THIS NARRATIVE.

THEY ARE PART OF A NEW PROGRAM CALLED DOCUMENTOGRAFIA.

RUN BY THE GAGE PARK LATINX COUNCIL AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM.

IT IS A PAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT TEACHES YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO BE ORAL HISTORIANS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> A LOT OF OUR HISTORIES AS LATINX FOLKS ARE ORAL AND IF THEY ARE NOT DOCUMENTED THEY ARE LOST WHEN WE LOSE GENERATIONS OF FOLKS.

AND SO WE WANT TO COMMIT TO CURATING AND PROTECTING THOSE HISTORIES.

>> THE PARTICIPANTS SPENT THE FIRST PART OF THE PROGRAM LEARNING FROM MUSEUM CURATORS AND THE SECOND PORTION COLLECTING STORIES FROM THE COMMUNITY'S RESIDENTS.

THEY CAPTURE TO DO THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AND ORAL HISTORIES.

>> HERNANDEZ SAYS MORE AUTHENTIC STORIES ARE TOLD WHEN RESIDENTS DOCUMENT THEIR OWN COMMUNITY'S HISTORY.

>> WE GOT STORIES ABOUT JOY, COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES.

AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TOWARDS TO ACTION AND GET STORIES NOT RELATED TO MOBILIZING FOR ACTION, JUST STORIES OF PEOPLE LIVING THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

>> THE PROGRAM LEARNED ABOUT STUFF THAT WE WOULDN'T LEARN IN SCHOOL AND WE WOULDN'T SEE IN MEDIA.

>> THE PARTICIPANTS FINISHED THE PROGRAM BY CREATING AN OUTDOOR EXHIBITION OF THEIR WORK IN A GARDEN RUN BY THE COUNCIL.

THEY MADE A PROTOTYPE OF THE AREA TO PLAN THE LAYOUT.

>> WE LEARNED HOW TO CURATE AN EXABTION TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.

NOT JUST RICH PEOPLE TO GO TO MUSEUMS.

THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN AT ALL TIMES AND IN THE COMMUNITY IN A GARDEN SPACE.

IT'S NOT LOCKED UP.

>> THE EXHIBITION CONNECTS GAGE PARK'S HISTORY WITH ITS PRESENT.

THROUGH ISSUES LIKE GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.

>> CONNECTING THAT ISSUE TO LIKE DISPLACEMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHETHER IT WAS THIS COMMUNITY OR MAYBE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

>> THE EXHIBIT COVERS ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WHITE FLIGHT AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL ANTONIO SANTOS SAYS THE VISION IS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND TO MAKE THE CULTURAL CENTER A HUB FOR GAGE PARK'S HISTORY.

>> THAT HISTORIES CAN LIVE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.

AND WE'RE NOT DEPENDING ON MUSEUMS AND INSTITUTIONS TO DO THE WORK TO SHOW OUR STORIES SOME DIGNITY.

>> THE EXHIBITION IS LOCATED IN THE GARDEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH HOLLEMAN AVENUE AND WEST 5 THIRD PLACE IN GAGE PARK.

>> THANK YOU.

AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... CHICAGO NOW HAS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR NEW EATERIES OPENING AMID THE PANDEMIC.

WE SHARE THE STORY OF THE BUSINESS TO MAKE USE OF THE SWEET DEAL.

>> A FORMER AMBASSADOR TO NATO SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON THE END OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE CHAOTIC WITHDRAWAL FROM THE COUNTRY.

>> GENTRIFICATION HORROR AND ART IN A NEW "CANDYMAN" MOVIE WE TALK TO A CRITIC TO HEAR HER THOUGHTS ON THE FILM.

[♪♪♪] >> AND STITCHES IN TIME AN EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE BLENDS, MUSIC, HISTORY AND FABULOUS FABRICS.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> MORE STATES ADDED TO CHICAGO'S COVID-19 TRAVEL LIST TODAY LEAVING ONE STATE THAT IS NOT ON IT.

AND THAT IS VERMONT.

CITY OFFICIALS ADDED CONNECTICUT, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WASHINGTON D.C. AND GUAM TO THE ADVISORY.

NOW UNVACCINATED VISITORS TO CHICAGO FROM THOSE STATES ARE URGED TO QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS OR RECORD A NEGATIVE TEST FOR THE CORONAVIRUS WITHIN 72 HOURS OF THEIR ARRIVE ACCORDING TO CHICAGO OFFICIALS.

>> A SUBURBAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED TO HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE JANUARY 6TH RIOTS ON CAPITOL HILL.

BRADLEY RUCKSTALES STRUCK THE PLEA AGREEMENT AND WILL SUBMIT TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVIEW REGARDING HIS ACTIONS SURROUNDING THAT EVENT.

BRADLEY RUCKSTALES WAS FIRED AS C.E.O.

SHAMBURG BASED TECH COMPANY.

HE IS CALLED THE EVENT THE SINGLE-DIGITET WORST PERSONAL DECISION OF HIS LIFE.

>> AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM, THE UNITED STATES HAS ENDED ITS 20-YEAR WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.

PRESIDENT BIDEN CLAIMED SUCCESS WITH THE MISSION OF AIRLIFTING MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY EVEN AS IT COST THE LIVES OF 13 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS AND HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS IN RECENT DAYS.

THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED THE WHITE HOUSE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE SWIFT SURRENDER OF AFGHAN FORCES TO THE TALIBAN.

>> THAT ASSUMPTION THAT THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD ON FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEYOND MILITARY DRAWDOWN TURNED OUT NOT TO BE ACCURATE.

>> AND JOINING US NOW IS IVO DAALDER, PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS AND FORMER U.S.

AMBASSADOR TO NATO FROM 2009-2013.

IVO DAALDER THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> MY PLEASURE GOOD TO BE BACK.

>> IN THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY, IS THIS WITHDRAWAL AND THE ENDING OF THIS WAR AND THE EXECUTION OF IT, SEEN AS A SUCCESS AS THE PRESIDENT SEES IT?

>> WELL, I THINK YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

FIRST OF ALL ON THE DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO WITHDRAW.

I THINK LARGELY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE SEEING THAT DECISION AS THE RIGHT DECISION A DECISION THAT WAS IN FACT LONG IN COMING AND PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN A LOT EARLIER.

IT IS PROBABLY A DECISION THAT WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM MORE CONSULTATION WITH OUR ALLIES AT NATO WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US IN THIS MISSION FROM DAY ONE UNTIL THE VERY LAST DAY.

BUT OVERALL, THE IDEA THAT THE UNITED STATES AND ITS ALLIES SHOULD END THIS MISSION IS SOMETHING THAT FINDS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT AMONG ALLIES AND AMONG THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

THEN THE QUESTION ON EXECUTION AND ONE HEARS RUMBLING FROM ALLIES, PARTICULARLY IN EUROPE THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH CONSULTATION NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION BEING SHARED ABOUT HOW THE WITHDRAWAL WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

I THINK LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE ONE CAN SAY THERE IS A REASON TO BE CRITICAL AND ONE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB.

OVERALL WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT ANY EVACUATION PARTICULARLY ONE THAT TAKES PLACE IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IS GOING TO BE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT AND EXTRAORDINARILY COMPLEX AS AN OPERATION.

AND WITHIN THAT BACKGROUND NO ONE HAS EVER TAKEN 122,000 PEOPLE OUT OF A COUNTRY IN WHICH IT NO LONGER CONTROLS THE GROUND LET ALONE OR MUCH ELSE.

>> CERTAINLY THAT HAPPENED IN A SWIFT AMOUNT OF TIME.

BUT THE PRESIDENT KEEPS SAYING THAT CONSENSUS WAS THAT AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES WOULD HOLD LONGER WERE THERE ANY VOICES IN THE UNITED STATES OR AMONG U.S.

ALLIES THAT SAID THE OPPOSITE THAT SAID THE U.S. SHOULD PREPARE FOR A SCENARIO WHERE THE TALIBAN TAKES OVER IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE?

>> I MEAN THERE WERE NO DOUBT SOME VOICES HERE AND THERE.

THERE'S BEEN INTERNAL REVIEWS OF THE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES BY MEMBERS OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S GROUP IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THAT HAVE WARNED THAT PERHAPS THESE FORCES WERE NOT AS STRONG AS PEOPLE HAD HOPED.

CLEARLY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ITSELF AND PRESIDENT HIMSELF LONG BELIEVED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN WAS CORRUPT THAT IT WOULD BE UNABLE TO STAND ON ITS OWN TWO FEET FOR ALL THAT LONG.

THAT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

THE ASSUMPTION THAT SOMEHOW IT WOULD STAY IN CONTROL FOR LONG ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE ON THEIR OWN WAS PROBABLY A WRONG ASSUMPTION.

PROBABLY HAVE TO BE RELOOKED AT AS ONE TAKES AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW.

BUT NO ONE AS FAR AS I CAN TELL INCLUDING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WAS SAYING THAT THE TALIBAN WILL BE ABLE TO TAKEOVER IN THE END WAS A MATTER OF DAYS OR WEEKS ALL OF THE DISTRICT CAPITALS LET ALONE KABUL.

AS IT DID ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST.

>> ASSUMPTION AMONG HAWKISH VOICES THERE WAS A MIDDLE GROUND WHERE THE U.S. COULD MAINTAIN A SMALL TROOP PRESENCE IN THAT COUNTRY AND IT WOULD HAVE REMAINED MORE STABLE THAN IT IS TODAY, I GUESS IN PERPETUITY.

IS THAT A REALISTIC ASSUMPTION?

>> YEAH, I'M WITH THE PRESIDENT ON THIS ONE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT OPTION WAS A REAL OPTION.

THE IDEA TO SOMEHOW THE STATUS QUO AS IT EXISTED ON JANUARY 20, 2021 WHEN JOE BIDEN BECAME PRESIDENT COULD BE PROLONGED IN PERPETUITY WITH THE CURRENT FORCES ON THE GROUND.

REMEMBER JUST 2500 U.S.

FORCES TO 8,000 TOTAL TROOPS WITH THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS AS WELL.

THOSE FORCES WERE THERE UNDER AT ASSUMPTION AND THE SITUATION THAT EXISTED IN THE COUNTRY WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE UNITED STATES AND ALL FOREIGN FORCES INCLUDING CONTRACTORS WERE GOING TO BE WITHDRAWN BY MAY 1, 2021.

THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP NEGOTIATED WITH THE TALIBAN IN FEBRUARY OF 2020 IN RETURN FOR THE TALIBAN NOT ATTACKING U.S.

FORCES AND NOT DOING LARGE SCALE CARNAGE AGAINST THE AFGHAN CIVILIANS.

WE WOULD WITHDRAW.

THE QUESTION THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD BEFORE HIM WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT WAS EITHER TO FULFILL THAT COMMITMENT IN ONE FORM OTHER ANOTHER.

OR TO SAY NO, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND STAY IN AFGHANISTAN.

BUT STAYING IN AFGHANISTAN WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKING ON THE TALIBAN.

THE TALIBAN BY THAT TIME HAD BEEN IN THE STRONGEST MILITARY POSITION INCLUDING CONTROLLING MAJOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY SINCE THE WAR IN 2001.

5,000 TALIBAN PRISONERS HAD BEEN RELEASED AT THE BEHEST OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS PART OF THIS DEAL.

OTHERS HAD FLOWN ACROSS THE BORDERS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER FORCES.

WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THOSE ON WHETHER THAT WAS TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE TROOPS OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW I HAVE NOT SEEN THE ANALYSIS.

BUT THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD HAVE KEPT SECURITY IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN THE TALIBAN WAS ON THE VERGE OF VICTORY WAS 2500 TROOPS DOESN'T STRIKE ME.

>> AND THE PRESIDENT SAID THE ALTERNATIVE WAS INDEED GOING TO BE AN ESCALATION.

WHAT IS NEXT FOR AFGHANISTAN UNDER TALIBAN RULE?

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL THE TALIBAN IS NOT IN FACT RULING IN TERMS OF GOVERNING THE COUNTRY.

IT IS IN CONTROL SOLE CONTROL OF ALL THE MAJOR CAPITALS MUCH OF THE RURAL AREA.

BUT IT NOW HAS TO DO TWO THINGS ONE IT HAS TO TAKE CARE OF A COUNTRY OF 39 MILLION PEOPLE.

HALF OF WHOM ARE LIVING IN SUBSISTENCE AND BECAUSE OF DROUGHT AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ARE FACING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

THEY HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO DELIVER FOR THEIR PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN SECURITY.

THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT IN CONTRAST TO THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM THEY HAD WHEN THEY WERE IN CONTROL IN THE LATE 1990s IS NOW INTEGRATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY.

DO THEY HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE FINANCIAL MARKETS WHO KNOW HOW TO DO TRADE AND KNOW HOW TO RUN A COMPLEX SYSTEM?

THAT IS CHALLENGE NUMBER ONE.

CHALLENGE NUMBER TWO, OF COURSE, IS THAT THEY MAY HAVE WON THIS PARTICULAR BATTLE IN A LONGSTANDING FIGHT WITHIN AFGHANISTAN BUT WHETHER THEY CAN WIN THE WAR IN THE LONG-TERM IS TO BE SEEN.

ALREADY WE ARE SEEING OPPOSITION FORCES MARSHALLING IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND WE MAY WELL SEE UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN MORE FIGHTING, MORE CONFLICT TO DECIDE WHO GETS TO CONTROL WHAT PART OF AFGHANISTAN FOR HOW LONG.

>> WE HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS IS THERE SOUL SEARCHING THE UNITED STATES IS DOING NOW IN TERMS OF THIS NOTION OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OF EXPORTING DEMOCRACY TO A PART OF THE WORLD THAT HAS NOT HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH DEMOCRACY AND EXPORTING IT VIA THE SWORD?

>> I SURELY HOPE SO AND I THINK THE STRONGEST PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS WERE DIRECTED AT THIS.

THIS IDEA THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN GO INTO COUNTRIES WITH LARGE MILITARIES AND SOMEHOW TRANSFORM THE SOCIETIES FROM THE INSIDE OUT IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY WE'VE TRIED IT.

IT DOESN'T WORK.

IT HASN'T WORKED IN AFGHANISTAN.

WE SPENT TREASURE IN LIVES AND IN CASUALTIES, IN MONEY, AND IN THE END WE END UP WHERE WE STARTED WITH THE TALIBAN IN CONTROL OF THE VERY COUNTRY THAT WE INVADED ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.

>> A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

IVO DAALDER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> ONE OF THE PANDEMIC'S GREATEST IMPACTS HAS BEEN ON THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND CHICAGO ISN'T IMMUNE.

ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE CITY'S EATERIES CLOSED TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY LAST YEAR.

BUT NOW MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL HOPE A PILOT PROGRAM WILL HELP EASE THE ECONOMIC BLOW.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US WITH THE QUOTE-UNQUOTE SCOOP AND WE'LL GET TO THE SCOOP PART IN A SECOND.

HEATHER TELL US ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES OPENING IN THE WAKE OF THE CLOSED EATERIES?

>> WELL, WE SAW ALL OVER THE CITY EMPTY STOREFRONTS WHERE RESTAURANTS BASICALLY CLOSED UP, TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS, LOCKED THE DOOR AND THEN NEVER REOPENED.

THE CITY IS LETTING NEW RESTAURANTS THAT WANT TO TAKEOVER THOSE SPACES WHICH STILL HAVE THE KITCHENS AND ALL OF THE FIXTURES ALL SETUP TO DO SO TWO WEEKS FASTER THAN NORMAL BY WAIVING THE NEED FOR A HEALTH INSPECTION BEFORE IT OPENS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THOSE CASH REGISTERS RINGING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> AND YOU SPOKE TO ONE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT MADE USE OF THE PROGRAM.

TELL US ABOUT SCOOPS DESSERT BAR?

>> BRITTANY GUMBINER OPENED JUST RECENTLY AND SHE TOUTS THE GOLD COAST CAFE AS THE PLACE FOR THE FIRST ALL VEGAN ALL GLUTEN-FREE SWEET TREAT PLACE.

AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST PERSON TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE NEW RULES WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 31 AFTER BEING PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND SHE SAID IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

BECAUSE OPENING A BUSINESS DURING THE PANDEMIC WASN'T EASY.

BUT IN THIS CASE, CITY HALL MADE IT EASIER AND FASTER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, OUR THANKS TO HEATHER, SCOOPS FOR THAT SCOOP.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, PARIS.

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

>> AND NOW BRANDIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> HEATHER ALWAYS HAS THE SCOOP.

>> THE REMARK OF THE "CANDYMAN" MOVIE FROM THE 90s WAS JUST RELEASED IN THEATERS.

THE FILM DIRECTED REVISITS THE LORE OF THE ORIGINAL MOVIE AND A DIFFERENT CABRINI GREEN.

>> THE LEGEND IS IF YOU SAY HIS NAME FIVE TIMES WHILE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR HE APPEARS IN THE REFLECTION AND KILLS YOU.

>> WHO WOULD DO THAT?

>> "CANDYMAN".

"CANDYMAN".

>> AND JOINING US WITH HER TAKE ON THE FILM IS SHERI FLANDERS, A FREELANCE WRITER WITH THE CHICAGO READER WHO WROTE ABOUT THE FILM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE ARE GOING TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO SAY HIS NAME TOO MANY TIMES.

SO FOR THOSE OF US -- OWE FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN IT WHAT STORY DID THE ORIGINAL "CANDYMAN" TELL?

>> WELL, THE ORIGINAL "CANDYMAN" TOLD THE STORY OF A GRAD STUDENT WHO GOES TO CABRINI GREEN ON SEARCH OF AN URBAN LEGEND.

SHE COMES IN DIRECT CONFRONTATION WITH THE "CANDYMAN" AND SPIRITUALS INTO MADNESS.

>> WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NEW FILM FOR YOU?

>> FOR THE NEW FILM FOR ME ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IT DOES IT CENTERS THE BLACK EXPERIENCE WHEREAS THE LAST FILM THE 1992 FILM WAS A BIT ABOUT WHITE SAVIORISM GOING INTO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SAVING THEM.

THIS IS MORE ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE AND THAT TRAUMA THROUGH OUR OWN LENSES.

>> SO FOLKS KNOW GIVE US A QUICK OUTLINE ON WITHOUT SPOILERS ON HOW THIS FILM GOES?

WHO DOES WHAT?

>> IT STARTS WITH THE LEAD CHARACTER HE IS AN ARTIST AND STRUGGLING TO GET HIS CAREER GOING AND HE REVISITS "CANDYMAN" THE URBAN LEGEND TO TRY USE THAT INSPIRATION FOR HIS ART.

AND ART BEGINS TO TAKE ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN AND THAT IS WHEN THE HIJINX ENSUE.

>> AS WE DISCUSSED THE MOVIE REVISITS WHERE THE ORIGINAL TOOK PLACE CABRINI GREEN.

HERE IS A LOOK.

>> I FEEL REALLY CONNECTED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

CABRINI GREEN WAS A PROJECT.

I JUST MOVED IN AROUND THE CORNER.

THE CANDY TRACK I'M AN ARTIST YOU LOOK FOR "CANDYMAN"?

>> I WILL NOT LIE I'VE ONLY SEEN THE TRAILER AND I'M ALREADY SCARED AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THE ORIGINAL SINCE 1992 BECAUSE IT WAS SCARY AND THAT IS THE CABRINI GREEN IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT IS TODAY.

HOW DO THE TWO CABRINI GREENS DIFFER?

>> WELL, I LOVE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FILM DOES SO WELL IT REVISITS CABRINI GREEN AS IT IS TODAY AND ADDRESSES THAT LEGACY OF GENTRIFICATION HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DISINVESTED AND NOW HOW WE HAVE THESE NEW COMMUNITIES MOVING IN AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE BLACK AS CONSPIRACYING ARTISTS TRYING TO MAKE YOUR OWN WAY KNOWING THAT THAT LEGACY HANGS ABOVE YOU.

>> AND OT SUBJECT OF ART, THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A PAINTER.

AND THE CREATORS OF THE FILM INCLUDED ART FROM A VARIETY OF GREAT ARTISTS.

AND YOUR REVIEW YOU WRITE ABOUT HOW THE FILM USED ART AS PROVOCATION.

TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> YES.

SO SOME OF THE SERIOUS SEQUENCES IN THE MOVIE AND IT'S NOT SO SCARY ILY YOU WILL LOVE IT.

WE'RE TOLD IN THE SHADOW FROM MANUAL CINEMA AND IT IS REALLY OUTSTANDING AND OUTSTANDING TECHNIQUE.

IT IS REALLY ALLOWS YOU TO TELL THAT STORY THAT IS JUST SO PAINFUL BUT IN A WAY THAT YOU KEEP A CREATIVE DISTANCE AND MAYBE SCARIER COULD HAVE BEEN AS WE SAW THE BLOOD AND GORE I THINK IT LOOKS BETTER THAN THAT IT'S VERY WELL DONE.

>> LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT MANUAL CINEMA BECAUSE THEY USED THAT TO PORTRAY SOME OF THE VIOLENT SCENES VERSUS SOME OF THE BLOOD AND GORE THAT HORROR MOVIES ARE KNOWN FOR.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT KIND OF ARTISTRY OF USING PUPPETRY INSTEAD?

>> I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

I THINK IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE THE ART INTO A PLACE THAT IS THE STORY AND THE VIOLENT INTO A PLACE THAT IS MORE METAPHOR CAL AND IT ALLOWS US TO FIND NEW CONNECTIONS THAT WE WOULDN'T IF WE WERE JUST REACTING TO THE EHH.

>> JUST REACTING TO THE SCARINESS.

IN YOUR REVIEW YOU SAY THE FILM DOESN'T GET INTO THAT DREAD AND THAT HORROR.

BUT YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE BLACK AUDIENCES DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT SORT OF TRAUMA AS ENTERTAINMENT.

TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> YES.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THAT BLACK AUDIENCES WE'VE GONE IN CINEMA FROM THE PLACE OF REFERENCE TO THE PLACE OF KIND OF EXPLICITLY TELLING OUR STORIES GOING THROUGH THE PAIN NOT TO A POINT WHERE WE WANT TO TELL OUR STORIES WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY A SLASHER SUMMER FILM WITHOUT HAVING TO ALWAYS GO AND DELVE INTO THE DARK PARTS OF OUR SOUL.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE THINGS HAPPENED AND THAT IS PART OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO ELEVATE THAT AND MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE OUR OWN NEW EXPERIENCES.

>> IF YOU HAD CRITICISMS OF THE FILM WHAT MIGHT THAT BE?

>> I THINK THE ONE CRITICISM THAT I MIGHT HAVE HAD IS THAT MAYBE IT ISN'T TRULY SCARY.

FOR MY TASTE.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SCARIER AND AT THE SAME TIME I THINK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE A LITTLE SQUEAMISH THAT WILL WORK WELL.

>> BOTTOM LINE A REMARK THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE WITH OUR MODERN LENS APPLIED TO IT?

>> I THINK ABSOLUTELY THIS IS A REMIX THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE AND I THINK THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH IT.

>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

I STILL MIGHT HAVE TO SKIP IT BECAUSE IT LOOKS SCARY.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO AVOID SCARING ME AWAY.

SHERI FLANDERS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> AND BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE ON MANUAL CINEMA THE COMPANY THAT MADE THE "CANDYMAN" TRAILER.

>> HISTORY, MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARE ALL STITCHED TOGETHER IN A SHOW AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

PRODUCER MARC VITALI VISITED THE PANDEMIC DELAYED EXHIBITION WHEN IT OPENED.

HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT THE STORY BEHIND THE TECHNICOLOR TEXTILES.

>> THEY MAY LOOK LIKE PAINTINGS OR PHOTOGRAPHS BUT THEY ARE QUILTS INSPIRED BY DOCUMENTARY PHOTOS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND FAMILY SNAPSHOTS.

WE SPOKE WITH THE ARTIST FROM HER STUDIO IN NEW JERSEY.

>> LIKE WALKING THROUGH A FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM.

I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE SEEING THEM AND THEY ARE ALSO SEEING US IN WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM FROM WHATEVER TIME THEY SOME OF MY PHOTOS COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 1850s AND THE 1940s AND THEY ARE LOOKING BACK AT US, IN OUR TIME.

[♪♪♪] >> BISA BUTLER AND HER HUSBAND A LONGTIME DJ CURATED A SPOTIFY PLAY LIST OF SONGS TO COMPLIMENT EACH ARTWORK AND ADDS NOTES OF VISUAL ELEGANCE TO HER SUBJECTS.

>> I'M LOOKING AT PEOPLE DURING WORLD WAR II, A LOT OF THE PHOTOS IN THE EXHIBIT, AND BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE MIDWEST WERE STRUGGLING AND SO SOMETIMES THEIR CLOTHING IS WORN AND FRAYED OR SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE ON SHOES OR THE HAT COULD BE TORN.

AND BECAUSE I'M SEWING AND MY NATURE I FEEL COMPELLED I HAVE TO FIX THOSE THINGS.

[♪♪♪] >> MY MOM AND MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME TO SEW.

MY MOTHER WAS A FRENCH TEACHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A HOMEMAKER BUT THEY WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE REPLICA CHRISTIAN DIOR GOWNS OR REPLICA HALSTON.

I THINK ABOUT MYSELF BEING LIKE ONE IN THE SUCCESSION OF THIS LONG LINE OF CULTURES.

AND THAT IS ONE THING THAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT QUILTING THAT IT GROUNDS YOU IN THIS HISTORY OF WOMEN CREATING.

>> NOW, BUTLER'S MODERN WORKS ARE INSTALLED IN GALLERIES RESERVED FOR CENTURIES OLD EUROPEAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.

>> IT'S MIND BLOWING.

HAVING MY INSTALLATION ABOVE THAT GRAND STAIRCASE, IT'S BEEN TRIPPY AND WONDERFUL.

>> WE ASKED AN ART INSTITUTE TEXTILE CURATOR FOR HER TAKE ON THE ARTWORK.

>> THERE IS IS A SCULPTURAL QUALITY AND IN MANY OF THEM A SENSE OF MOTION I NOTICE IT IN THE FACES AND THE HANDS AND YOU WILL SEE TOO AN EVOLUTION OF HER PRACTICE IN THE WORKS AND EXHIBITION WHERE SHE IS ADDING LAYERS AND STITCHING MORE TO REALLY CREATE THESE CULTURAL EFFECTS.

>> BISA BUTLER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE INFLUENTIAL CHICAGO ART COLLECTIVE THAT EMERGED IN THE 1960s.

>> I WENT TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

AND OUR PROFESSORS IN THE PAINTING FACULTY CAME FROM THE MOVEMENT.

AND THEY BASICALLY REPRESENTED I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE VISUAL ARTISTIC ARMS OF THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT.

THE PHILOSOPHIES THAT THEY HAD WAS THAT ARTISTS SHOULD REFLECT THE COMMUNITY.

>> YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT MY WORK CAN INFORM AND EDUCATE PEOPLE AND ALSO SPEAK TO PEOPLE'S SENSIBILITY OF LOOKING INTO EACH PERSON AS A REAL HUMAN BEING WHO DESERVES RESPECT AND RECOGNITION JUST THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD LOOK AT A PIECE OF ARTWORK.

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

>> BISA BUTLER'S SHOW IS ON VIEW THE ART INSTITUTE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THROUGH SEPTEMBER 6TH.

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

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