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

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND R AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO TURN THE TIDE ON THE NEXT WAVE.

>> ILLINOIS IS IMPLEMENTING NEW MASK AND VACCINE MANDATES.

AND THERE'S ALREADY PUSHBACK.

>> I FEEL LIKE I WAS A GREAT GOVERNOR FOR THE PEOPLE I DID THINGS FOR PEOPLE.

>> DISGRACED FORMER GOVERNOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH SUING TO BE ABLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN THAT AND MORE IN OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

>> THE DANGER OF DISSEMINATING DISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA DURING A PANDEMIC.

A NEW SURVEY SHEDS LIGHT.

>> THE C.D.C.

ANNOUNCES A NEW BAN ON EVICTIONS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR CHICAGO RENTERS AND LANDLORDS.

A TARGET WAREHOUSE DRAWING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY CONCERN.

>> IT IS A PRESERVATION SUCCESS STORY THAT THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN MOVED 26 FEET.

>> HISTORICAL BUILDING IS SAVED.

A LOOK AT WHY THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY MADE THE MOVE.

[♪♪♪] AND FINDING BEAUTY IN ABANDONED PLACES.

A PHOTOGRAPHER EXPLORES FORGOTTEN CORNERS OF THE MIDWEST.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> A GRIM COVID MILESTONE IN COOK COUNTY.

COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT TONI PRECKWINKLE ANNOUNCES THE COUNTY SURPASSED 11,000 COVID DEATHS.

PRECKWINKLE USED THE OCCASION TO URGE RESIDENTS TO GET VACCINATED NOTING THAT BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ARE BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED WITH THE VIRUS.

CHICAGO IS AVERAGING 260 NEW CASES PER DAY OVER THE LAST WEEK ALONG WITH 19 NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS AND BETWEEN ONE AND TWO DEATHS.

THE NUMBERS ARE UP SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE WEEK PRIOR ALTHOUGH PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER Dr. ALLISON ARWADY SAYS THE INCREASE IS NOT RELATED TO LOLLAPALOOZA.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE GOVERNOR'S STATE-WIDE SCHOOL MASK MANDATE IN JUST A BIT.

>> A LARGE NEW AMAZON DELIVERY FACILITY IS SET TO BREAK GROUND IN CHICAGO'S HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT ALL RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT.

A GROUP OF WEST RESIDENTS PROTESTED OUTSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT.

THEY ARE WORRIED THIS AND OTHER PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS GOING UP WILL CAUSE PROPERTY VALUES AND THUS PROPERTY TAXES TO RISE.

THEY WANT AMAZON AND OTHER COMPANIES TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE IN TAXES BROUGHT ON BY AN INCREASE IN VALUE.

>> WE WOULD LIKE SOME TYPE OF BENEFIT FROM THE BUSINESS.

TO ENHANCE AND GIVE QUALITY A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE TO WEST HUMBOLDT PARK NOT TAX US OUT.

>> AND LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM WE WILL HAVE DETAILS ON A TARGET WAREHOUSE IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CONCERNS SOME RESIDENTS ARE EXPRESSING ABOUT THAT FACILITY.

>> NEXT, THE LATEST MASKING GUIDANCE IN ILLINOIS.

STAY WITH US.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> ILLINOIS HAS NEW MASK MANDATES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY BUT THERE IS PUSHBACK.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST.

WHAT ARE THE NEW REQUIREMENTS?

>> PARIS, ILLINOIS IS NOT REQUIRING UNIVERSAL MASKING AGAIN THOUGH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION DOES RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE DON A FACE MASK IN PUBLIC SETTINGS WHERE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF SPREAD OF THE COVID VIRUS AND IT DOES INCLUDE IN COOK COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

BUT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TODAY ANNOUNCING THREE NEW TARGETED MANDATES.

FIRST EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY MASKS ARE REQUIRED IN SCHOOLS.

BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS.

AND THAT IS FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

PRITZKER SAYS TOO FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS CHOSE TO FOLLOW C.D.C.

MASKING GUIDANCE.

>> GIVEN THE C.D.C.

'S STRONG RECOMMENDATION, I HAD HOPED THAT A STATE MASK REQUIREMENT IN SCHOOLS WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY.

BUT IT IS.

THE DELTA VARIANT IS HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER PREVIOUS FORMS OF THIS VIRUS.

>> THAT DOES MEAN THAT STUDENT ATHLETES AND THEIR COACHES WILL HAVE TO WEAR MASKS WHEN THEY ARE PRACTICING OR PLAYING GAMES WHEN THEY ARE INSIDE, OUTSIDE WHERE THERE'S LOWER RISK OF TRANSMISSION, THE GOVERNOR SAYS NO MASKS WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETES.

PRITZKER SAYS ENFORCEMENT OF THE MASK MANDATE WILL BE SCHOOLS' RESPONSIBILITY IT IS THEIR JOB TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE AND ILLINOIS HAS POTENTIAL RECOURSE IF THEY DON'T.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ENDEAVORING THAT SCHOOLS CAN BE HELD LIABLE IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE MANDATES PUT IN PLACE.

THERE IS EVEN THE ABILITY FOR THE STATE TO REVOKE RECOGNITION STATUS FOR A SCHOOL.

THOUGH I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN LONG AFTER OTHER MITIGATION OR EFFORTS ARE MADE TO GET A SCHOOL TO IMPOSE MITIGATIONS.

>> PRITZKER'S ACTION DREW REBUKE FROM REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNOR FOR GOING IT ALONE TAKING UNILATERAL ACTION INSTEAD OF INVOLVING THE LEGISLATURE TO COMBAT THE COVID VIRUS.

THE THREE REPUBLICANS WHO DECLARED BIDS TO RUN AGAINST PRITZKER IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION THEY WERE VOCIFEROUS IN THEIR OPPOSITION.

GARY RABINE SAYS IT IS ABOUT CONTROL NOT SCIENCE.

AND PAUL SCHIMPF SAYS PRITZKER'S ACTIONS ARE AGAINST THE CIVIL LIBERTIES HE EFENDED AS AA MARINE.

AND DARREN BAILEY CALL TO DO A POWER GRAB AND MASKING IS A MATTER OF FREEDOM.

>> WE CANNOT SIT BACK AND LET ONE PERSON WHO HAS NEVER STEPPED FOOT IN MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS OUR STATE PRETEND THAT HE KNOWS BEST FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND OUR SCHOOLS.

PARENTS, TEACHERS AND ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE MAKING THIS DECISION AT A LOCAL LEVEL.

>> BAILEY TRIED TO QUESTION THE SCIENCE SAYING THAT CHILDREN AREN'T GETTING SUPER SICK AND THAT SCHOOLS ARE NOT THE SOURCE OF COVID OUTBREAKS.

BUT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH DR. NGOZI EZIKE SAYS THE SCIENCE DOES SHOW THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THIS MORE TRANSMISSIBLE DELTA VARIANT, SHE SAYS THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE YOUNGER THAN THE AGE OF 20 WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID TRIPLED FROM 2.5% IN JANUARY TO 7.8% IN JULY.

>> WHILE MOST CHILDREN WHO GET COVID HAVE FEWER SYMPTOMS THAN ADULTS THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN STILL GET COVID-19 AND THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY SPREAD IT TO OTHERS.

WE HAVE CLEARLY WITNESSED THAT SPREAD THIS SUMMER THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS.

NUMEROUS CASES OF COVID-19 HAVE BEEN LINKED TO YOUTH CAMPS.

>> MOVING ON TO THAT SECOND MANDATE THAT THE GOVERNOR IMPLEMENT TO DO REQUIRES MASKS TO BE UNIVERSALLY WORN IN LONG-TERM CARE SETTING LIKE NURSING HOMES, AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN HOTBEDS FOR OUTBREAKS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN THIS THIRD ACTION: STATE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS MUST GET THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE INCLUDING VETERANS HOMES, DEVELOPMENTAL HOMES AND PRISONS, WORKERS HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER 4 TO GET VACCINATED.

>> MANY OF THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES EMPLOYEES HAVE THEMSELVES NOT BEEN VACCINATED.

THEY RUN THE RISK OF CARRYING THE VIRUS INTO WORK WITH THEM.

AND THEN IT'S THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ENDING UP SERIOUSLY SICK, HOSPITALIZED OR WORSE.

IT IS A BREACH OF SAFETY, IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG AND IN ILLINOIS IT'S GOING TO STOP.

>> ACCORDING TO STATE AGENCIES, 53% OF STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS AND HOSPITALS ARE VACCINATED.

CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AND STAFF AT ILLINOIS PRISONS AND THEN AT ILLINOIS RUN VETERANS HOME THE PERCENTAGE OF VACCINATED STAFF IS 64%.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE'S LARGEST PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNION, AFSCME SAYS THESE EMPLOYEES BRAVELY WORKED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC AND MOST CASES THE VACCINATION RATES ARE HIGHER THAN IN THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THOSE STATE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED.

WE STRONGLY OPPOSE ANY EFFORT TO DEFINE THESE EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN RECOGNIZING THEIR DEDICATION AND THE VITALLY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE TO PROTECTING HEALTH AND SAVING LIVES.

AFSCME'S DIRECTOR SAID IN A STATEMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

LOOK FOR THE GOVERNOR NORMALLY ALLIED WITH UNIONS AND THE AFSCME TO HAVE TO NEGOTIATE OVER THIS.

SO FAR, THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT SPELLS OUT THE MANDATES BUT HIS OFFICE DOES SAY ONE IS COMING AND WHILE THE GOVERNOR CALLED THE INITIAL STEPS HE SAYS THERE IS NO PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR ANY SORT OF SHUTDOWN OR EVEN A UNIVERSAL MASK MANDATE FOR MASKS HAVE TO BE WORN INSIDE PUBLIC PLACES UNLIKE WHEN ILLINOIS PREVIOUSLY TOOK THOSE STEPS THINGS ARE DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPTION OF GETTING THE VACCINE WHICH HE ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO DO.

PARIS WITH THAT BACK TO YOU.

>> A LOT OF NEW REGULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS AND A RENEWED EFFORT AIMED AT KEEPING TENANTS IN THEIR HOMES AMID THE PANDEMIC.

>> THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ANNOUNCES A NEW MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS AS THE BAN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENDED LAST WEEKEND.

THIS TIME, THE MORATORIUM LASTS UNTIL OCTOBER 3 AND IS INTENDED TO HALT EVICTIONS IN COUNTIES WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF COVID TRANSMISSION.

THE BAN SURPASSES ILLINOIS' SUSPENSION ON EVICTIONS SET TO END AUGUST 31.

JOINING US FOR MORE ARE MIKE GLASSER THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDING OWNERS ALLIANCE.

AND MICHELLE GILBERT, LEGAL AND POLICY DIRECTOR AT THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR BETTER HOUSING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START OFF BY GETTING YOUR REACTIONS TO THE NEWS.

MICHELLE GILBERT LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE.

>> WELL, WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR THE TENANTS IN THE STATE WHO ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.

ILLINOIS HAS ALWAYS HAD GOOD MORATORIUM AND SO ALL OF ILLINOIS NOT JUST THE COUNTIES WITH THE HIGHEST ARE COVERED BY THE GOVERNOR'S MORATORIUM.

>> AND MIKE WHAT IS YOUR REACTION, PLEASE?

>> EVICTIONS ARE NOTHING THAT HOUSING PROVIDERS WANT TO DO.

IT'S ULTIMATELY A LAST RESORT MEASURE THAT WE WANT TO SOMETIMES NEED TO PURSUE ONLY AS A MEASURE OF LAST RESORT AFTER ALL EFFORTS EXHAUSTED THEMSELVES.

WE ARE IN FAVOR HAVING THIS RIGHT AGAIN.

AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME.

WE FIND THAT EVICTIONS A NECESSARY TOOL THAT WE NEED AT OUR DISPOSAL NOT TO PHYSICALLY DISPLACE PEOPLE BUT TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS WHERE GEORGE ACHESES HAVE NOT WORKED IN THE PAST.

>> DO YOU THINK THIS WILL PROTECT PEOPLE IN COOK COUNTY AFTER ILLINOIS' EVICTION BAN ENDS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH?

>> WE NEED TO SEE WHAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER WILL DO NEXT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THERE'S NO SPACE BETWEEN US ON EVICTIONS BEING BAD FOR BOTH HOUSING PROVIDERS AND TENANTS.

THE THING WE NEED TO DO IS JUST KEEP THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FLOWING.

IDA HAS DONE A GOOD JOB.

THEY HAVE $200 MILLION OUT THE DOOR WE NEED TO GET MORE MONEY OUT THE DOOR FASTER.

BECAUSE EVICTION IS A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION.

THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS GOING TO HELP THE LANDLORDS AND KEEP THE TENANTS HOUSED.

>> MIKE, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS NEW FEDERAL BAN AND WHAT COOK COUNTY HAS IN PLACE?

>> WELL, COOK COUNTY HAS PREVENTED US OR IN THE STATE IN GENERAL HAS PREVENTED US FROM FILING EVICTIONS FOR COVERED PEOPLE.

AND WHEREAS THE C.D.C.

GUIDELINES ARE MORE LANGS AND THE C.D.C.

GUIDELINES PREVENT THE PHYSICAL EVICTION OF PEOPLE.

SO WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FILE EVICTIONS AGAIN ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE ARE -- I WANT TO SAY MOST TENANTS ARE TERRIFIC AND HONORING THEIR OBLIGATIONS.

MOST HOUSING PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN TERRIFIC AND WHEN THERE'S NEGOTIATIONS, THEY HAVE OFTEN BEEN FRUITFUL AND HAVE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO LIVE AND THE MEDIA DOESN'T COVER THOSE SITUATIONS IT'S NOT NEWSWORTHY.

THE MORE CHALLENGING INSTANCES WHEN THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TENANT AND THE HOUSING PROVIDER.

WE KNOW INSTANCES WHERE TENANTS HAVE GONE 18 MONTHS AND WITHOUT AN EVICTION OPPORTUNITY -- OWE NOT OPPORTUNITY BUT RECOURSE IN PLACE OFTENTIMES HOUSING PROVIDERS ARE STUCK WITH NO ABILITY TO MOVE THE CASE FORWARD.

WE'VE TRIED MEDIATION AND TRIED INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND THAT IS WHY WE FEEL THAT EVICTION THE ABILITY TO FILE AN EVICTION CAN OFTENTIMES GET THE NEGOTIATION AND THE DISCUSSION TAKING PLACE AT A MORE SERIOUS LEVEL WHERE THE TENANT MIGHT UNDERSTAND HEY IF I DON'T NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH I MIGHT HAVE TO PAY A CONSEQUENCE.

>> DATA FROM THE ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SHOWS THAT WITH THEIR RENTAL PROGRAM THE ILLINOIS RENTAL PAYMENT PROGRAM MORE THAN 22,000 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN FUNDED OUT OF 95,000.

AND THAT IS ALSO OVER 187 MILLION DOLLARS.

BUT SOME APPLICANTS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THAT MONEY.

MIKE, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AND YOUR REACTION TO WHAT MICHELLE MENTIONED ABOUT THE MONEY NOT FLOWING QUICKLY ENOUGH TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT?

>> I THINK IT IS A HUGE TASK FOR ANY OF THESE GOVERNMENTAL BODIES TO DISTRIBUTE AND ALLOCATE THIS MONEY IN A FAIR MANNER.

I KNOW THAT IDENTIFY KA HAS BEEN -- IDA HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION FOR BEING ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY FOR ALLOCATING THE MONEY.

THE CITY ALSO IS FINALLY DISTRIBUTING MONEY.

IT TAKES TIME TO DO IT RIGHT.

I KNOW EVERYBODY IS IMPATIENT I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ARE IMPATIENT THEY WANT TO SEE THE MONEY.

BUT MY, GOD IT IS A TOUGH TASK TO FIGURE OUT WHO DESERVES IT AND HOW DO WE GET THE MONEY IN THE RIGHT PEOPLE'S HANDS.

I APPLAUD THE EFFORTS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY THERE WILL BE MORE MONEY AGAIN.

>> AND TO THAT NOTE, MICHELLE IN HERE ONE MORE TIME, IS THERE STILL ASSISTANCE FOR RENTERS?

WHAT IS AVAILABLE?

>> THERE IS ASSISTANCE.

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

TENANTS CAN CALL THOSE SERVICE CENTERS FOR ASSISTANCE.

ALSO SOME CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING DELEGATE AGENCIES STILL HAVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT IDA IS DOING, THEY ARE IN A CURE PERIOD RIGHT NOW.

SO IF A LANDLORD OR A TENANT GETS AN E-MAIL FROM IDA IN FACT I WOULD SAY SCAN YOUR E-MAILS AND LOOK FOR E-MAILS FROM IDA.

BECAUSE IF YOU FORGOT TO CLICK ON A DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN CURE THAT APPLICATION.

AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO DO THE CURE.

BUT CURE AND IS BETTER THAN DENIAL.

>> SOUNDS LIKE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS STILL THERE FOR THEM.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU TO MICHELLE GILBERT AND MIKE GLASSER FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

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

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

>> AND FOR MANY OF US SOCIAL MEDIA IS A CONVENIENT WAY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES BUT SHARING FALSE INFORMATION OR MISINFORMATION ON PLATFORMS LIKE FACEBOOK DURING THIS PANDEMIC CAN MEAN LIFE OR DEATH.

A RECENT NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF MORE THAN 20,000 AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOUND THAT THOSE WHO RELY ON FACEBOOK FOR COVID NEWS WERE LESS LIKELY TO GET THE VACCINE THAN THOSE THAT RELIED ON OTHER SOURCES.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE MISINFORMATION IS PETER ADAMS, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE NEWS LITERACY PROJECT AND EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT.

DEDICATED TO NEWS CONSUMPTION.

PETER GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> THIS STUDY CAME OUT OF NORTHWESTERN AND FOUND THAT THOSE THAT RELIED ON FACEBOOK FOR THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON COVID WERE LESS LIKELY TO TAKE THE VACCINE AND MORE LIKELY TO DISTRUST THE VACCINE THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF DATA LIKE THAT?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WHEN PEOPLE THE PEW CENTER HAD A SIMILAR SURVEY BACK IN 2020 LAST SUMMER.

THAT SAID THE SAME THING.

PEOPLE WHO RELIED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NEWS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SHUN MAINSTREAM STANDARDS NEWS SOURCES ARE OFTEN LESS INFORMED AND MORE VULNERABLE TO FALSE BELIEFS AND MISS NOOTION WHEN YOU SEE THE STUDIES HOW BIG A ROLE IS FACEBOOK PLAYING IN THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN WHERE SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THE POPULATION REFUSE TO GET VACCINATED?

>> THE CAUSE AND EFFECT IS TRICKY.

IT MIGHT BE THAT PEOPLE WHO DISTRUST MAINSTREAM NEWS SOURCES OR ARE CYNICAL ABOUT THEM TURN TO FACEBOOK AND IT MIGHT BE THAT SOME FOLKS WHO ARE NOT THAT WAY TO START WITH SEE MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK WHICH INFLAME THAT AND TURN THEM TOWARD DISINFORMATION.

IT'S PROBABLY BOTH.

BUT WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE IS DESPITE Facebook's STATEMENT THAT THEY WILL TAKE DOWN COVID-19 MISINFORMATION IF THEY SEE IT THERE IS A LOT OF COVID MISS AND DISINFORMATION ON THE PLATFORM INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE SO-CALLED DISINFORMATION DOZEN, THE 12 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE 65% OF ANTI-VACCINATION MISINFORMATION ON-LINE.

>> WHO ARE THEY?

GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE?

>> JOSEPH MERCK LA HE HAS WELLNESS PRODUCTS AND ANTI-VACCINATION BOOKS ON AMAZON.

FACEBOOK IS NOT ALONE IN EXACERBATING THIS PROBLEM BUT HE HAS A PAGE ON FACEBOOK.

SHERRY PENNY DOES AS WELL AND THEY PEDDLE FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT VACCINES AND INFLAME PEOPLE'S FEARS AT A TIME WHEN WE DESPERATELY NEED CLEAR ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF THE VACCINE.

>> IS MOST OF THIS COMING FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWINGLY DISSEMINATING THIS INFORMATION BUT IT'S LUCRATIVE AND BUILDING BRANDS AND IT GETS ATTENTION AND RILES PEOPLE UP?

>> IT'S HARD TO KNOW.

CERTAINLY THERE ARE ANTI-VACCINATION ACTIVISTS AND SOME OF THOSE DOZEN THAT I MENTIONED WHO BELIEVE THAT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS TRUE.

THEY BASE A LOT OF THEIR BELIEFS ON WIDELY DISPROVEN STUDIES AND STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN RETRACTED.

INTENT IS HARD TO KNOW.

THE IMPACT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT AND THINK ABOUT AND TRY TO MEASURE.

FACEBOOK DOESN'T MAKE THAT EASY, BY THE WAY.

THEY MAKE ACCESS TO DATA ON THE PLATFORM THEIR TRANSPARENCY IS OPAQUE.

RESEARCHERS DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS THEY NEED TO TRACK THESE THINGS VERY WELL.

>> AND WHAT ARE THE EXAMPLES THE MOST PERNICIOUS EXAMPLES OF MESSAGES THAT GET SHARED ON FACEBOOK WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT THE VACCINE?

>> SURE.

THEY PUSH A LOT OF FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE VACCINE CHANGING YOUR DNA WHICH ISN'T TRUE.

OLD RUMOR WAS IMPLANTING MICROCHIPS.

ONE RUMOR IS THAT BIG PHARMA HAS CONSTRUCTED THE PANDEMIC OR BLOWN IT OUT OF PROPORTION TO PUSH THIS AS A MONEY GRAB OR TO NORMALIZE VACCINES.

YOU SEE A LOT OF RHETORIC THAT RESEMBLES PREVIOUS ANTI-VACCINATION MESSAGES BUT WE'VE SEEN NEW ONES AS WELL.

>> AND YOU ARE SAYING FACEBOOK IS NOT DOING ENOUGH.

WHAT ELSE DOES THIS PLATFORM AND OTHERS HAVE TO DO TO HELP STEM THIS PROBLEM?

>> IT'S TOUGH.

THERE'S NO ONE SILVER BULLET.

ONE THING THAT THEY NEED TO DO IS ENFORCE THEIR COMMUNITY STANDARDS THEY NEED TO MODERATE THEIR CONTENT MORE CONSISTENTLY AND NEED TO WALK THE WALK AND GIVE RESEARCHERS ACCESS TO DATA SO AWE CAN LEARN MORE HOW MISINFORMATION CIRCULATES AND THEY NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE ROLE THEIR ALGORITHMS PLAY IN HELPING PEOPLE LIKE THIS NETWORK AND REACH NEW AUDIENCES.

ANTI-VACCINATION ACTIVISTS, DISINFORMATION, EXTREMISTS WANT TO BE ON MAINSTREAM PLATFORMS SO THEY CAN EXPOSE PEOPLE TO THEIR MESSAGE AND MAYBE DRAW THEM IN.

SO GIVING THESE PEOPLE A PLATFORM, IS A REAL PROBLEM.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR ALGORITHM COULD DRIVE SOMEONE DOING SEARCHING AND CURIOUS RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF ACTORS.

>> THERE IS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ALGORITHMS THAT TAKE PEOPLE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, PETER, THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO COVID.

SOCIAL MEDIA HAS SPREAD ALL KINDS OF OF DISINFORMATION ON THE ELECTION THEY TRIED TO CRACKDOWN ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT IS THE LARGER SOLUTION HERE BECAUSE IT DOES CONFUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE?

>> SURE.

I THINK LOOK, THERE IS NO ONE SOLUTION IT'S GOT TO BE A MULTIPRONGED APPROACH ON THE PART OF THE COMPANIES BETTER CONSENT MODERATION.

AND THEY NEED TO PUSH AND PROMOTE CREDIBLE INFORMATION.

AND THEN AS I SAID, WORK ON HOW THEIR ALGORITHMS ARE FUNCTIONING.

BUT WE AS A PUBLIC NEED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE DO NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELY ON ANY ONE SOURCE OF INFORMATION.

AND TO DO A BETTER JOB OF UNDERSTANDING WHY CERTAIN THINGS MIGHT APPEAL TO US IN AN EVENT LIKE THE PANDEMIC WE ARE LOOKING FOR EASY ANSWERS AND LOOKING TO IT IS A FEARFUL QUESTIONABLE TIME AND IT HAS BEEN FOR SOMETIME AND IT'S DRIVEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ON-LINE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS.

THE PROBLEM IS WE PREFER SIMPLE ANSWERS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS BUT THERE ARE NO SIMPLE ANSWERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE PANDEMIC AND WE SHOULD BE READY TO ACCEPT THAT.

>> PEOPLE WANTING SIMPLE ANSWERS WHY CONSPIRACY THEORIES TAKE ROOT.

PETER ADAMS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS ALWAYS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND UP NEXT, A PHOTOGRAPHER EXPLORES ABANDONED PLACES IN SEARCH OF UNCOMMON BEAUTY IN THE RUST BELT.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> AND MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE PROGRAM INCLUDING OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE LATEST NAME BEING TOSSED AROUND IN THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE.

>> FIRST, PLENTY OF US TAKE PICTURES OF THE LAKEFRONT OR MILLENIUM PARK BUT A AN AFFILIATION OF PHOTOGRAPHERS EXPLORES THE CITY THROUGH THE NEGLECTED PLACES AT PERSONAL RISK AND SOMETIMES LEGAL JEOPARDY THEY LOOK FOR BEAUTY IN FADED LOCALS.

MARC VITALI MET ONE SUCH PHOTOGRAPHER IN SEARCH OF "ABANDONED CHICAGOLAND".

>> TIME SEEMS TO STAND STILL AS BUILT ENVIRONMENTS ARE RECLAIMED BY NATURE.

THE SETTINGS MIGHT SUGGEST STEPHEN KING OR HEAVY METAL ALBUM COVERS.

WHERE SOME SEE SCARY OTHERS SEE OPPORTUNITY.

>> WE WOULD DRIVE AROUND AND SOMETIMES YOU'D FIND STUFF THAT IS IN PLAIN SIGHT BUT THAT WAS COMPELLING.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

>> THIS IS BY STEELWORKERS PARK AT 87TH AND THE LAKEFRONT WHERE CONCRETE WALLS ONCE HELD IRON ORE BOUND FOR SOUTH WORKS.

>> IT'S INTERESTING TO COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS AND IMAGINE OK WHAT WAS THIS LIKE IN THE 60s WHEN THE STEEL MILLS WERE HUMMING?

>> JERRY OLEJNICZAK HAS A BLUE-COLLAR DAY JOB WITH AN AUTO DETAILER.

HIS HOBBY HAS GROWN INTO A SIDE HUSTLE.

HIS FIRST BOOK REDISCOVERS "ABANDONED CHICAGOLAND" FROM KENOSHA TO GARY AND ALL POINTS BETWEEN.

THERE ARE NO PEOPLE IN THE PHOTOS.

SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE THEY LEFT IN A HURRY.

OR MIGHT RETURN AT ANY MOMENT.

>> THERE IS A BASELINE SORT OF SADNESS AND .

YANCY TO ALL THE SHOTS.

I THINK DECAY CAN BE BEAUTIFUL.

THE AMERICAN RUST DEALT OBVIOUSLY IS A GOLD MINE FOR THIS STUFF.

THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN GO WITH THE PHOTOGRAPH.

YOU CAN BE DOCUMENTARIAN SHOW IT AS IT IS AND LEAVE IT BE.

BUT THE CAMERA IS DIFFERENT THAN THE HUMAN EYE.

SO THE HUMAN EYE SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

SOMETIMES YOU ACTUALLY NEED A DECENT AMOUNT OF TWEAKING THAT IS WHAT I DO TO HAVE THE SAME EMOTIONAL RESONANCE THAT IT WILL WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT IT.

>> HE IS PART OF AN ALLIANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS AROUND THE WORLD.

THEY PRACTICE URBEX PHOTOGRAPHY NAMED FOR URBAN EXPLORATION BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS URBAN.

>> THE URBEX COMMUNITY IS A NETWORK.

AND YOU TALK PEOPLE UP AND YOU MAKE CONNECTIONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I MEAN I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT THERE IS TO FIND AROUND CHICAGO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN NEW YORK OR DETROIT.

YOU HAVE TO COUNT ON PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU SOME INTEL.

>> I'VE KNOWN JERRY OLEJNICZAK FOR 10 YEARS.

HE IS ALWAYS PLANNING THE NEXT PHOTOGRAPHY TRIP THAT MIGHT TAKE HIM FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO CHILDREN NOBODY.

>> CHER NORTHBOUND.

>> THE TOWN CERNOBYL.

>> AND THE HISTORY THAT GOES WITH IT IS INCREDIBLE.

IT WAS WORTH THE TRIP.

>> OLEJNICZAK HAD A GUIDE ON THAT TRIP BUT MANY EXCURSIONS MIGHT INVOLVE A BIT OF TRESPASSING.

>> THERE'S DEFINITELY LEGAL RISKS THOSE ARE HONESTLY, THE THING THAT I WORRY ABOUT THE MOST.

THERE ARE SOMEPLACES WHERE NOBODY CARES IF YOU ARE IN AND SOMEPLACES IF YOU GET CAUGHT IT'S A FELONY OR A MISDEMEANOR OR JAIL TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND.

>> WITH THE PERSONAL HAZARDS EVERYWHERE HE IS WISE TO SHOOT WITH A GROUP.

>> SOME OF THE PLACES CAN BE RISKY.

I MEAN I'VE HAD A FRIEND FALL THROUGH THE FLOOR IN A DEPARTMENT STORE AND I HAD TO PULL HER OUT.

>> URBEX PHOTOGRAPHY HAS A NICKNAME, RUIN PORN.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RUIN PORN VERSUS WHAT I PUT OUT, IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PORNOGRAPHY AND TASTEFUL EROTICA.

>> THIS IS A GREAT LOB HOBBY AND ANY OF THOSE INTERESTED IN TRYING IT OUT.

THINK, BE CAUTIOUS, WEAR GOOD SHOES AND ALWAYS WEAR LONG PANTS AND DO IT LEGALLY, KIDS.

DO IT LEGALLY.

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

>> THE BOOK, "ABANDONED CHICAGOLAND" WAS JUST PUBLISHED YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

>> PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> MAKES ME WANT TO VISIT SOME OF THOSE PLACES.

>> THANK YOU.

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

IT'S NOT THE TENANTS MAKING A MOVE BUT THE BUILDING.

WHY DID THE CTA MOVE A 1,000 TON STRUCTURE?

A NEW TARGET WAREHOUSE OPENS IN LITTLE VILLAGE AND WHAT SOME RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DESPITE THE NUMBER OF JOBS IT BRINGS.

>> AND PARENT PUSHBACK OVER GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S CALL FOR MAIVES IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM WEIGHS IN ON THAT AND MUCH MORE.

BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> NEW ALLEGATIONS LODGED AGAINST THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT AN ALLEGED WRONGFUL RAID.

A BLACK FAMILY IS SUING C.P.D.

SAYS OFFICERS BROKE DOWN THEIR DOOR AND POINTED GUNS AT TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND TRIED TO COVER UP THEY HAD NO EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY THE RAID.

THE FEDERAL LAWSUIT IS THE LATEST TO ACCUSE THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT OF WRONGFULLY RAIDING THE HOMES OF FAMILIES OF COLOR.

FOLLOWING THE WRONGFUL RAID OF ANJANETTE YOUNG.

ILLINOIS' LARGEST HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS MANDATING VACCINATION FOR WORKERS.

ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH WILL REQUIRE VACCINES FOR ITS 75,000 WORKERS BOTH IN ILLINOIS AND IN WISCONSIN.

OTHER LARGE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS IN THIS STATE LIKE RUSH, UI HEALTH AND LOYOLA AND CHICAGO MEDICINE INSTITUTED VACCINE MANDATES AS WELL.

A SOUTH SIDE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCING IT'S CANCELING DUE TO THE RISING CASES.

ORGANIZERS OF THE HYDE PARK SUMMERFEST ARE CALLING OFF THE EVENT SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE SEPTEMBER 11TH AND 12.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION BUT THEY FELT AN OBLIGATION TO PUT THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE.

NEW DETAILS ON WHAT THAT FEDERAL BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL COULD MEAN FOR ILLINOIS.

ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE, ILLINOIS STANDS TO RECEIVE NEARLY $10 BILLION FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS.

1.4 BILLION TO FIX BRIDGES.

4 BILLION FOR MASS TRANSIT.

149 MILLION FOR NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE GRANTS AND IMPROVE BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS.

THE WILL PASSED SOME HURDLES IN THE SENATE AND IS STILL BEING DEBATED.

>> AND NOW TO BRANDIS WITH A LOOK AT A CHICAGO BUILDING THAT IS ON THE MOVE.

BRANDIS.

>> PARIS WAIT UNTIL YOU GET A LOAD OF THIS.

IF YOU LOT YOUR LAST MOVE WAS A HASSLE THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY HAS YOU BEAT.

THE AGENCY RELOCATED A WHOLE BUILDING.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER PATTY WETLI JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN.

THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

SO THE CTA TWEETED VIDEO OF MOVING A BUILDING 26 FEET.

WHY IN THE WORLD DID THE CTA WANT TO MOVE A 1,000 TON STRUCTURE?

>> THIS BUILDING IS 127 YEARS OLD AND IT'S BEEN A THORN IN THE CTA'S SIDE FOR 100 YEARS NOW.

AND THE TRAINS HAVE HAD TO CURVE TO GO AROUND THE PEOPLE.

AS PART OF THE MODERNIZATION PROJECT THEY ARE MOVING THE BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A STRAIGHT SHOT AT THE TACKS AND MOVE -- TRACKS AND MOVE TRAINS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND FASTER ALONG THAT PORTION.

IN THE LAKEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> HOW UNUSUAL IS THIS IN CHICAGO?

>> CHICAGO IS FAMOUS FOR BEING ABLE TO MOVE BUILDINGS BACK IN THE 1850s WE MORE OR LESS RAISED THE ENTIRE CITY FROM FOUR TO 14 FEET AND DURING THE DEPRESSION THERE WAS A FAMOUS CASE OF A CHURCH MOVED UP IN THE RAVENSWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO.

BUT CERTAINLY THE ADVANTAGE HERE IS THAT THIS HISTORIC BUILDING PART OF A LANDMARK DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO BE PRESERVED.

A LITTLE BIT OF THE OLD CHICAGO PRESERVED ALONGSIDE THE NEW CTA TRACKS.

>> KEEPING IT INTERESTING.

PATTY WETLI THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

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

>> AND NOW TO PARIS FOR DETAILS ON A NEW TARGET WAREHOUSE IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT CONTROVERSIAL SMOKESTACK IMPLOSION IN LITTLE VILLAGE ALL TO MAKE WAY FOR A TARGET WAREHOUSE FACILITY THAT OPENED LAST WEEK ON THE SITE OWNED BY HILCO.

THE LARGEST SUPPLY CHAIN FACILITY IN THE U.S. AND IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT MORE THAN 80 CHICAGO AREA STORES.

BUT THE WAREHOUSE SPARKED MORE PROTESTS AMONG RESIDENTS IN THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY THAT SAY THEY DON'T WANT IT THERE.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY ARE EDITH TOVAR A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH THE LITTLE VILLAGE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION.

AND ALDERMAN MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ OF THE 22nd WARD.

WE INVITED TARGET TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION BUT THE COMPANY SAYS IT IS NOT ABLE TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

BUT WE DO WELCOME THE TWO OF YOU HERE.

>> EDITH TOVAR I WILL START WITH YOU.

THERE WAS A PROTEST LAST WEEK AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THIS FACILITY.

WHAT ARE YOU AND SOME OF YOUR FELLOW RESIDENTS CONCERNED WITH?

>> WELL, IT'S BEEN ONGOING CONCERN RIGHT?

THIS WAREHOUSE FACILITY IS A CONTINUATION OF A TOXIC LEGACY THAT THE FORMER CRAWFORD COAL PLANT LEFT BEHIND.

WE ARE STILL SEEING THE COAL PLANT EFFECTS.

AND WITH THE SHUTDOWN, ALSO THE COAL PLANT THAT TOOK YEARS TO SHUTDOWN WE ARE SEEING THE CONTINUATION FROM COAL TO DIESEL POLLUTION.

WE ARE LITERALLY EXCHANGING ONE POLLUTION TO THE OTHER AND TO BE SOLD -- >> DIESEL POLLUTION IS COMING FROM THE TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE WAREHOUSE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN THE WAREHOUSE HAS NOT BEEN IN OPERATION YET BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING TRUCK COUNTING SINCE JULY AND WE'RE SEEING TWO DIESEL TRUCKS PER MINUTE IN THE INTERSECTION OF 31 AND PULASKI.

TO SAY THAT THE WAREHOUSE IS NOT GOING TO CAUSE US MUCH POLLUTION BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE GOING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS DOES NOT DENY THE FACT THAT AIR POLLUTION IS NOT STAGNANT IT TRAVELS, IT DOES NOT IDENTIFY PROPERTY LINES.

IT WILL NOT STAY WITHIN PROPERTY LINES.

SO THE WORRY IS STILL THE SAME IS THAT LITTLE VILLAGE CONTINUES TO BE A SACRIFICE ZONE.

AND WE REALLY WANT TARGET TO NO LONGER BE PART OF EXCHANGE -- >> THEY DID JUST OPEN IN THAT SITE OWNED BY HILCO WHICH HAD OWNED THAT PROPERTY FOR A WHILE.

ARE THERE NET BENEFITS TO THE FACILITY IN LITTLE VILLAGE?

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME ON.

I THANK THEM FOR THEIR ADVOCACY.

THEIR WORK PUSHED THE AGENDA HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT A GREEN NEW DEAL IN OUR COUNTRY.

AND THE FACT IS THAT WE NEED TO BE THINK BEING GOOD PAYING CAREER ORIENTED JOBS.

THE FACT IS THAT THIS FACILITY WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO ME COMING HERE.

I AM DEALING WITH THE REALITY.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE HERE.

THEY HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL BENEFITS HERE.

THEY WILL BE HIRING UP TO 2,000 INDIVIDUALS AT THIS LOCATION.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS MANY OF THOSE JOBS GO TO RESIDENTS FROM AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM OUR ZIP CODE AND ZIP CODES.

>> HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT THEY HIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM LITTLE VILLAGE?

>> SO WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING THEM.

THERE'S BEEN A TABLE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS MEETING WITH TARGET FOR SOME MONTHS NOW.

WE GOT THEM TO AGREE TO MEET WEEKLY.

ONE OF THE NEGOTIATING POINTS WE HAD WE WANTED THEM TO DO TWO TARGETED JOB FAIRS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THOSE JOB FAIRS ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY AS THEY RAMP UP THEIR HIRING.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'VE HIRED SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE BUT MANY MORE TO BE HIRED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS MANY OF THOSE JOBS GO TO OUR RESIDENTS IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

>> EDITH TOVAR, THE JOBS WOULD START AT $18 AN HOUR, DECENT WAGES.

DOES THAT BLUNT SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS IF THEY HIRE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY PAY DECENT WAGES?

>> NO.

TARGET CORPORATION IS MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION AND A LIVABLE THRIVING WAGE HERE IN CHICAGO ESPECIALLY IS ABOVE $20.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT WAREHOUSING JOBS ARE DANGEROUS LABOR INTENSIVE JOBS.

WHY DO WE WANT OUR NEIGHBORS TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT TYPE OF LABOR?

WE ARE NOT HERE TO DENY AND TO LOOK DOWN AT THESE TYPE OF JOBS.

A JOB IS A JOB.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW WITH NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED WE WANT TO BE ADVOCATING FOR THESE WORKERS.

WE WANT THEM TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR WORKERS RIGHTS AND WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT CHICAGO IS A UNION TOWN.

AND IF THESE WORKERS WANT TO FORM A UNION LET'S SUPPORT THEM AND LET'S DO THAT.

TARGET SHOULD NOT BE WASTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO BUST UNIONS THAT ARE FORMING IN DIFFERENT WAREHOUSES.

THAT [INAUDIBLE] >> ALDERMAN RODRIGUEZ THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, DIESEL EXHA HAUFT FROM THE TRUCKS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND THEY ARE BANNED FROM GOING ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS BUT THAT EXHAUST CAN TRAVEL INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS?

>> A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE I COULD NOT AGREE WITH EID DEBIT MORE ON UNION RATES AND LIVING WAGE.

I STRESS THAT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE EFFORTS THE WORKERS TRY TO GO THAT ROUTE.

WHICH I HOPE THEY DO AND MAKE SURE THEY EXERCISE ALL THE RIGHTS THEY HAVE.

BUT I DID A FOLLOWING.

I THINK IT'S EASY TO GO TO WAR.

BUT I PREFER TO TALK AND NEGOTIATE.

THE FACT IS IT'S INEVITABLE THAT TARGET WILL BE HERE.

THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEEDED TO COME HERE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED AND FOLKS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HIRED AND ALSO IT WAS NO SMALL TASK TO BE ABLE TO GET THE AGREEMENTS THAT TARGET TRUCKS WOULD NOT COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

FOLKS ARE RIGHT.

DIESEL FUEL DOES SEIPP INTO COMMUNITIES.

BUT ONE THING WE KNEW FROM THE COMMUNITY HEARING THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT THOSE TRUCKS SHOULD NOT BE COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I LIVE FIVE BLOCKS FROM THE SITE AND WE HAVE TOO MANY TRUCKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT THOSE TRUCK ALSO NOT COME IN.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE AIR POLLUTION PART OF THE REASON I WAS AGAINST THE AIR QUALITY ORDINANCE EARLIER IN THIS TERM IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WENT FAR ENOUGH.

THE FACT IS WE NEED TO BE HOLDING CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE AND THEY NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF GROUPS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

JOIN ALDERMAN SPOSATO IS INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE TO TAKE STILL FUNDS AND RETROFIT DUESLE FLEETS IN OUR CITY.

WE NEED TO BE DOING MUCH MORE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CHANGING OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

IT NEEDS TO LEAVE THE OLD ECONOMY.

>> A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TO IT.

THANK YOU TO EDITH TOVAR AND ALDERMAN MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, MASKING MANDATES AND EVICTION MORATORIUM AND BLAGOJEVICH IS BACK IN THE NEWS.

OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM TACKLES ALL THAT AND MORE BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... MASKINGS MANDATE, COVID VACCINE REQUIREMENTS AND THE PUSHBACK THAT AND MORE IN OUR WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

JOINING US ARE AMANDA VINICKY, AND OF COURSE, PARIS SCHUTZ.

SO TEAM AS WE HEARD EARLIER, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ANNOUNCES MASKING MANDATES FOR SCHOOLS.

LOOK WHAT HE SAID TODAY.

>> THIS IS A MANDATE.

THIS IS A MANDATE ACROSS OUR K-12 SCHOOLS, P-12 SCHOOLSNESS CHILDCARE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE KEEPING THE CHILDREN UNVACCINATED AND VACCINATED SAFE AND THEIR FAMILIES IMPORTANTLY BECAUSE THIS VIRUS CAN BE TAKEN HOME.

>> AND YOU COVERED THIS.

WE KNOW THAT SEVERAL SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE BATTLING WITH PARENTS.

WHAT ARE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FEARING?

>> WELL, YOU HAVE SOME TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FEARING AN OUTBREAK IN THEIR SCHOOLS PARTICULARLY WITH YOUNGER STUDENTS WHO THOSE UNDER 12 WHO DON'T HAVE THE APPROVAL TO GET THAT COVID VACCINE.

AND THEN AS YOU NOTED THE GOVERNOR SAYING THEY COULD BRING IT TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND ANYBODY WITH CO-MORBIDITIES OR THERE COULD BE OUTBREAK IN A SCHOOL THAT WOULD LEAD TO GREATER LEARNING LOSSES AS THE GOAL IS TO HAVE IN-PERSON CLASSES AND IF THERE IS TO BE OUTBREAK THEN KIDS WOULD BE HOME.

BUT THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF SENTIMENT WHY YOU ARE SEEING THE BATTLES PLAY OUT AS SCHOOL BOARDS HAD BEEN LEFT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS INDIVIDUALLY.

WHERE PARENTS ON BOTH SIDES SOME PARENTS DON'T WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL THEY ARE FRIGHTENED ABOUT THIS.

AND OTHERS SAYING WAIT A SECOND I DON'T WANT MY KID IN A MASK I'M OVER THIS AND SO THIS IS REALLY POLITICALLY BRUISING FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

AND BRIEFLY THIS DOES COME AS THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION IS CONTINUING TO OPENLY CALL FOR NEGOTIATIONS AND MORE FROM LIGHTFOOT'S APPOINTED C.P.S.

BOARD INCLUDING THEY WANT THINGS LIKE CONTACT TRACING IN SCHOOLS AND MORE VENTILATION NOT INCLUDED OPENLY IN THEIR DEMANDS, VACCINE MANDATES FOR CTU TEACHERS.

>> AND STATE WORKERS IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS ARE BEING TOLD TO GET THE VACCINE WHICH FOLLOWS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MANDATE FOR FEDERAL WORKERS AND CONTRACTORS.

PARIS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POLITICAL RISKS AND BENEFITS OF THE MANDATES?

>> WELL, YOU HAVE THE STATE'S LARGEST PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNION ALSO SAYING WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE BUT THEY ARE NOT SO HOT ON ENDORSING VACCINE MANDATES.

I THINK THAT MOST OF ILLINOIS BEING VACCINATED THAT MORE ILLINOISIANS APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE A VACCINE MANDATE THAN DISAPPROVE OF IT GIVEN THE RATE OF COVID.

CERTAINLY THERE IS POLITICAL RISK FOR GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ISSUING THE MASK MANDATE.

IT'S PROVEN TO BE UNPOPULAR IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE STATE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATE OF VACCINATION AND YOU LOOK AT THE COVID CASES GOING UP THERE'S PROBABLY MORE POLITICAL UPSIDE FOR DOING IT.

>> ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH SYSTEMS ADDS ITS NAME TO THE GROWING LIST OF AMERICAN COMPANIES REQUIRING THE STAFF TO VACCINATE.

IS THE BALANCE SORT OF TIPPING IN THAT DIRECTION?

>> THE CORPORATIONS OF COURSE DON'T HAVE TO FACE THE SAME POLITICAL BATTLES THAT PRITZKER AS HE IS TRYING FOR A SECOND TERM AND OTHER POLITICIANS HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER ONE, BY THE WAY.

ALSO I THINK WALGREENS REINSTITUTING MASKS IN THEIR STORES AND BIG CHICAGO AREA BASED COMPANY.

I THINK IT'S TIPPING SOMEWHAT BUT WE COULD SEE IT MORE IF THE F.D.A.

AS IS EXPECTED TAKES ACTION TO MOVE THESE VACCINES INTO FULL APPROVAL THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CITED BY SKEPTICS AS ONE REASON THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE FULL F.D.A.

CLEARANCE SO WE ARE EXPECTING THAT FEDERAL AGENCY TO ACT WITHIN A MONTH ON THAT.

>> AND PARIS LAST NIGHT WE COVERED HOW NEW YORK CITY WILL START REQUIRING PROOF OF THE VACCINATION AT RESTAURANTS, BARS, GYMS AND PERFORMANCE VENUES.

DO WE THINK CHICAGO COULD FOLLOW SUIT?

>> THE STATE'S TOP Dr., Dr. ALLISON ARWADY IS SAYING NO, THAT IS NOT THE ROUTE THEY WANT TO GO AND YOU SEE MORE AND MORE PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISHMENTS INSTITUTINGER IN OWN VACCINE MANDATES IF YOU WANT TO BE A CUSTOMER YOU HAVE TO SHOW US PROOF OF VACCINATION.

AT THIS POINT, THE MAYOR AND Dr. ARWADY WANT TO CONTINUE ON THAT ROUTE.

BUT THE C.D.C.

TODAY CAME OUT WITH PROJECTIONS OF WHERE THE INFECTION RATE COULD GO AND IF IT CONTINUES TO GO UP AND CONTINUES TO SKYROCKET, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE MAYOR REVISITED THAT.

>> RIGHT.

THAT SKYROCKETING IS A SCARY THOUGHT.

AMANDA, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS LOLLAPALOOZA WON'T BE A SUPER SPREADER EVENT BUT DOWN STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING FESTIVAL GOERS TO GET TESTED.

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

>> SOME OF THE FEARS THAT CERTAIN MEDICAL EXPERTS HAVE HAD IS THAT THIS IS AN EVENT WHERE YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE PACKED TOGETHER, COMMINGLING FROM ALL AREAS OF THE STATE AND GOING BACK WITH IT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES AND THIS COULD BE A WAY TO SPREAD IT AND PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE MORE ASYMPTOMATIC AND SPREAD IT WITHOUT KNOWING IT.

I THINK A PRECAUTION NOT JUST DOWN STATE I KNOW ONE CHICAGO RESTAURANT THAT IS REQUIRING ANY STAFF WHO ATTENDED THE LOLLAPALOOZA FESTIVAL TO GET VACCINATED FOR THE COVID VACCINE.

SO THIS IS OF COURSE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF MIXED SCIENCE IN THAT IT IS OUTDOORS, TRANSMISSION NOWHERE NEAR AS HIGH BUT PEOPLE CLOSE TOGETHER AND SINGING AND SHOUTING, SPITTING, SPREADING.

>> GETTING THE VACCINE AFTER THE FACT IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOU IF YOU GOT INFECTED AT LOLLAPALOOZA UNLESS I'M GETTING THE SCIENCE WRONG.

>> TESTING.

>> I THINK -- I HEARD VACCINE I THINK SHE MEANT TESTING.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> IT'S BEEN A LONG PANDEMIC, EVERYBODY.

WE KNOW THAT FORMER LAWMAKER AND MODERATE REPUBLICAN KIRK DILLARD IS FLIRTING WITH THE IDEA OF RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AGAINST J.B. PRITZKER.

GIVE US THE LATEST AND SHOULD J.B. PRITZKER BE WORRIED?

>> IS THIS A SIGN THAT THE FOLKS IN THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE NOT THRILLED WITH THE CANDIDATES AND THE ONES THEY HAVE MIGHT APPEAL TO A DOWN STATE BLOCK OF VOTERS.

IN ILLINOIS THE TRADITION HAS BEEN THAT REPUBLICAN CAN WIN STATE-WIDE.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS.

REPUBLICAN STATE-WIDE OFFICIALS.

BUT THE TEMPLATE IS USUALLY BEING PRO BUSINESS AND MORE MODERATE ON SOCIAL ISSUES.

KIRK DILLARD IS SAYING HE IS FIELDING CALLS SAYING THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THINK HE MIGHT BE THAT GUY.

ARE THERE BIG FUNDERS LIKE KEN GRIFFIN THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE STATE IF KEN GRIFFIN GETS INVOLVED HE WENT TOE-TO-TOE AGAINST PRITZKER IN THE INCOME TAX AMENDMENT.

GRIFFIN MIGHT BE ABLE TO FUND A CANDIDATE.

AND THAT WOULD PRESENT A FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNOR PRITZKER BUT DILLARD IS NOT COMMITTING JUST SAYING HE IS FIELDING CALLS.

HE WAS A FORMER STATE SENATOR REPUBLICAN HE CUT AN AD FOR BARACK OBAMA AND WORKED ACROSS THE HIGHLY AND HEAD OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND HAD TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HE IS SEEN AS THE GUY THAT IS MODERATE THAT CAN WORK ACROSS THE AISLE.

>> ONE REPUBLICAN WHO IS ALREADY IN THE RACE HAS RESPONDED TO THIS IS DARREN BAILEY IS HE CONCERNED THAT A HIGHER PROFILE MODERATE MIGHT BE GETTING IN THE RACE?

>> NO.

I DON'T THINK DARREN BAILEY IS.

HE IS DEFINITELY STAKED OUT A DIFFERENT SORT OF CAMPAIGN PLATFORM THAN DILLARD WOULD INTERESTING, THERE IS A LOT OF FOCUS ON STATE SENATOR DARREN BAILEY BECAUSE HE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF SUING AGAINST GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER'S COVID MANDATES AND YOU HAVE TWO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, PAUL SCHIMPF, KIND OF TAKING A LESS DRASTIC PLAN BUT GARY RABINE A BUSINESSMAN WHO HAS MONEY NOWHERE NEAR RAUNER MONEY BUT ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE THIS A RACE AND THUS FAR HAS NOT DONE SO WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED THE COVID VACCINE AND MORE OF A SKEPTIC OF ANY OF THAT SCIENCE.

I THINK THAT REALLY SORT OF AS PARIS SAID POLITICIANS GET CALLS FROM FOLKS SAYING RUN.

YOU NEED THE CALL FROM SOMEBODY WITH BIG MONEY HE IS LOOKING FOR THAT GRIFFIN BLESSING AND THEN PERHAPS PRITZKER WOULD HAVE MORE WORRIES ABOUT A RACE FROM A CENTRIST REPUBLICAN.

>> TALKING ABOUT A FORMER GOVERNOR, ROD BLAGOJEVICH, BACK IN THE NEWS SUING OVER THE BAN ON HIS RUNNING FOR OFFICE AFTER HE WAS IMPEACHED AND REMOVED FROM OFFICE.

AMANDA HE WAS PARDONED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER SERVING EIGHT YEARS.

REMIND US WHY HE CANNOT RUN?

>> NOT A FULL PARDON HE WAS COMMUTED.

NOT QUITE THE SAME, RIGHT?

SO HE DOESN'T HAVE -- REALLY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL SEPARATELY, WHEN THE ILLINOIS SENATE VOTED TO REMOVE BLAGOJEVICH FROM OFFICE, ALSO PASSED A MEASURE THAT EXPLICITLY SAID NO MORE ROD BLAGOJEVICH RUNNING FOR WHAT THEY COULD CONTROL AND THAT IS OFFICES IN ILLINOIS BE IT STATE OFFICE, STATE-WIDE OFFICE OR LOCAL OFFICE.

AND SO HE IS NOW ALLEGING THAT THAT IS UNFAIR AND THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS ARE WRONG AND I WILL ADD HIS LEGAL PAPERWORK DID NOT BRING UP BUT THERE IS AN ILLINOIS LAW THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED AND HELD UP PREVIOUSLY.

THAT SAYS THOSE THAT ARE CONVICTED OF QUOTE-UNQUOTE INFAMOUS CRIMES CANNOT RUN AGAIN FOR OFFICE IN ILLINOIS.

DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT FITS UNDER THAT CATEGORY WHEN YOU LOOK AT STATE STATUTE AND I TRIED TO READ IT.

BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE THAT WHAT BLAGOJEVICH WAS BY THE WAY, CONVICTED OF REGARDLESS OF THAT COMMUTATION WOULD COUNT AS INFAMOUS.

>> MOST FOLKS WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

PARIS, IF HE SHOULD WIN IN COURT WHAT ARE THE CHANCES HE RUNS AGAIN?

>> I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO WIN IN COURT.

THIS IS NOT A LEGAL EVENT.

THIS WAS A POLITICAL EVENT WHEN HE WAS IMPEACHED.

HE DID GET DUE PROCESS AND CHOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE.

MEGHAN DWYER ASKED THE GOVERNOR WHY DIDN'T YOU E FAIL WHY DID YOU COME TO THE PLACE YOU HATE?

AND AMANDA BROUGHT UP THE FACT THERE WERE CAMERAS FROM ABC AND MEMBERS SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO DO A DOCUMENTARY.

LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS A PUBLICITY STUNT AND THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS FORMER GOVERNOR SAYING WEIGHS A GREAT GOVERNOR FOR THE PEOPLE.

LET'S NOT FORGET HIS APPROVAL RATING WAS 12% AND THAT WAS CAUGHT ON WIRETAP PHONE CONVERSATIONS WHEN HE IS EXPLAINING ABOUT THAT SAYING I GAVE YOUR GRANDMA FREE RIDES ON THE TRAIN AND GAVE YOUR KIDS FREE HEALTHCARE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS DOCUMENTARY IS ABOUT.

>> WE'RE TUNING IN FOR THAT.

WE HAVE 60 SECONDS.

LAWMAKERS AND ENVIRONMENTALS AND ComEd'S PARENT COMPANY ARE AT AND IMPASSE OF THE NUCLEAR PLANTS.

>> THERE ARE NUCLEAR PLANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE IN THIS POSITION YOU HAVE A CHANGED MARKET FOR ENERGY THAT IS MAKING IT SO THAT YES, OUR REPORT BY THE PRITZKER COMMISSIONED, IS FOUND YES, THESE PLANTS ARE AT RISK OF IN A SHORT ORDER LOSING MONEY.

BUT WHAT?

IS IT A HANDOUT?

I THINK THAT THERE IS CERTAINLY THOSE WHO ARE SKEPTICAL ESPECIALLY GIVEN WHAT ComEd HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF THIS BRIBERY SCANDAL.

AND WHAT IS INTERESTING TO ME, BY THE WAY, IS THAT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER ASKED TODAY HE SAID I OFFERED A COMPROMISE IN THE SPRING A COMPROMISE THAT LEGISLATORS DID NOT GET BEHIND DOES NOT HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS BUT HE SORT OF SAYING TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT AND THIS IS THE SECONDARY WHERE HE IS AT LOGGERHEADS WITH UNIONS.

>> THANKS, THAT'S SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

AMANDA VINICKY AND PARIS SCHUTZ.

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

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

>> JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING TO ROGERS PARK INCLUDING A STRIP MALL AND COMMUNITY SPACES.

>> AND THE CHANGES THAT WATER SAFETY ADVOCATES WANT TO SEE ALONG THE LAKEFRONT AND WHY THE PARK DISTRICT SAYS THEY LIKELY WILL NOT PROTECT CHICAGOANS.

>> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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