>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT STOP-AND-FRISK PRACTICE COULD SOON GET COURT OVERSIGHT.

THE LATEST IN WHAT THIS REFORM HAS SEEN AND WHAT IS NEXT.

MEDICAL STUDENTS WERE TO REBUILD BROKEN TRUST FOLLOWING HISTORICALLY RACIST MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS.

AND HEALTHCARE IN THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

A LOOK AT LORETTO HOSPITAL.

AND A LOCAL COMPANY LOOKING TO OPEN ON THE SOUTHSIDE.

AND REMEMBERING THE LOCAL CREATOR OF THE DANCE PHENOMENON, CHA-CHA SLIDE.

POTENTIALLY OVERSIGHT FOR THE STOP AND FRISK POLICY .

>>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT STOP-AND-FRISK PRACTICE CALLED INVESTIGATIVE STOPS COULD SOON HAVE COURT OVERSIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE CITY AND THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL HAD AN AGREEMENT TO SHIFT THIS.

DURING A PUBLIC HEARING THIS WEEK, POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP SAY IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS A RESIDENT OF ROGERS PARK.

HE WAS ELECTED TO THE 20th DISTRICT COUNCIL AND HE'S PROGRAM MANAGER FOR COMMUNITIES PARTNERING FOR PEACE AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIRECTOR.

AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY RENEWAL SOCIETY.

MICHELE GARCIA, AND EDDIE JOHNSON, FORMER CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

MICHELE, LET'S START WITH YOU.

BREAK IT DOWN FOR US.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH COURT OVERSIGHT?

>> IT WOULD MEAN THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD GO TO THE JUDGE WITH PROBLEMS AND ASKS TO BE AT THE TABLE AND ASKED THAT THE VOICE BE HEARD TO CHANGE THE POLICY AND PRACTICES THAT CPD IS USING.

IT POTENTIALLY COULD BE GREAT BECAUSE IT WILL BE IN A TRANSPARENT WAY.

RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT STIPULATION BEFORE THE COURT, IT IS NEGOTIATED WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT.

THE HEARING WE HAD EARLIER WAS THE DEMAND THAT TO REMEMBER PEOPLE IMPACTED BE AT THE TABLE SO THAT THEIR VOICES CAN BE COUNTED.

>> WHAT ARE THE PARTICULAR THINGS THAT ARE MISSING FROM THE WAY THEY NEGOTIATED IT?

>> THERE ARE THREE BIG AREAS THAT ARE MISSING.

RIGHT NOW THE STIPULATION DOES NOT MEET CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER.

THEY SAID THEY ONLY PRIVATE WHEN A POLICE OFFICER STOPS SOMEBODY SOLELY BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.

IT SAYS THAT RACE ONLY HAS TO BE A MOTIVATING FACTOR, WHICH MEANS AWAY THE STIPULATION IS WORKING, AN OFFICER COULD SAY, I STOP THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK AND IT IS A HIGH CRIME AREA, AND THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH IT.

THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE IDEA WE ARE LIMITING THIS TO RACE HAS TO BE GONE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS ALLOWED IN THE STIPULATION THAT WE KNOW ARE RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY, SUCH AS CRIMINAL EXPERIENCE.

THE OTHER AREA THAT IS LIMITED IS THERE ARE NO METRICS TO STOP THIS.

THERE IS NOTHING THERE SAYING WE WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS.

>> I KNOW YOU WORK ON THIS.

BUT YOU TESTIFIED AT A HEARING.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SPEAK UP?

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE MISSION IS TO ERADICATE RACISM AND POVERTY.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THE DISPARITIES IN DISPROPORTIONATE WAYS THAT THESE IMPACT IMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND PERSONS IN MARGINALIZE COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC INCOME.

BUT ALSO PERSONALLY, AS A WOMAN OF COLOR, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SHARE MY PERSONAL LOCATION AND NARRATIVE SO I CAN SHED LIGHT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED.

>> YOU TESTIFIED ABOUT A RECENT EXPERIENCE YOU HAD WITH THE RIDE-SHARE DRIVER.

GIVE US SOME CONTEXT.

WHAT ARE THESE INVESTIGATIVE STOPS, AND WHEN CAN AN OFFICER DECIDE TO PERFORMANCE?

>> HERE IS THE THING.

JUST ON THE SURFACE, WE HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT.

NOW WHAT IS OCCURRING IS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE VICTIMIZATION OF THE AREAS WHERE THESE COPS ARE PATROLLING.

IF I'M A BLACK MAN AND I'M A VICTIM OF CRIME AND I SAY, NO MATTER WHAT COLOR THE OFFICER IS, AND I SAID IT WAS A BLACK MALE WEARING WHATEVER, THEY GET THAT CALL AND THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR A PERSON THAT MATCHES THAT DESCRIPTION.

BEING A FORMER COP, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE PERPETRATE CRIMES, THEY WILL START TO DISCARD CLOTHING.

SAID THAT IS THE PREMISE OF HOW THESE STOPS ARE SUPPOSED TO GO.

I WOULD SAY THIS.

YEARS AGO, CPD WOULD JUST INDISCRIMINATELY STOP BLACK PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE AND CRIMES IN THOSE AREAS.

BUT WE SHOULD NOT JUST STOP PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE.

AS LONG AS YOU'RE DOING IN THE FRAMEWORK THAT I JUST DESCRIBED, YOU SHOULD BE OKAY.

GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN.

HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU SEEN OR EXPERIENCED THIS?

>> FROM MY YOUTH ALL THE WAY TO ADULTHOOD MAY BE ABOUT 2 TO 3 TIMES A WEEK ON AVERAGE.

I WAS PULLED OVER FOR A STOP AND FRISK.

FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE DRIVING A CAR AND YOUR STOP?

OR YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK?

>> I BELIEVE IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL, THAT THE AVERAGE SCENARIO LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE, IT'S VERY PHYSICAL.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I NUMBER WITH A PULLED ALL MY HOMEWORK AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES ON THE FLOOR AND TOLD ME SPREAD MY LEGS AND TOUCHED ME INAPPROPRIATELY.

THAT WAS COMMON PRACTICE AND AS A CHILD I DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS ILLEGAL.

AND THEY WOULD CALL A ROUTINE STOP AND FRISK.

IT WAS MORE LIKE SEXUAL ASSAULT.

IT WAS VERY PHYSICAL AND VERY DEMEANING, AND ULTIMATELY THEY DID NOT GET RESULTS.

AND MAYBE WE WERE NOT THAT BIT THAT DESCRIPTION, BUT THEIR WAY OF GOING ABOUT TO FIND THAT PERSON, WAS DEMEANING AND IT BREAKS DOWN PSYCHOLOGICAL DISH IT BREAKS DOWN TRUST BETWEEN PEOPLE AND POLICE, AND AS A PERSON WHO FIGHTS THIS, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE IN THE STREET WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THIS HAPPENING AND PERPETRATED BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US.

>> HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THESE KINDS OF ENCOUNTERS IMPACT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

>> IT IS TRAUMATIZING.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE HOLE PERSON IN THE SANCTITY OF LIFE.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO WALK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEY ARE AFRAID TO GET IN THE CAR AND HAVE A NICE CAR AND DRIVE, THEY ARE AFRAID TO SIT ON THE FRONT PORCH.

THEY ARE AFRAID TO BE HUMAN.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT THAT HAS CAN PREVENT PEOPLE FROM LIVING A HEALTHY LIFE.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER THE VOICES AND NARRATIVES, LIKE MY BROTHER JUST SHARED, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS IS A TACTIC THAT COULD BE PREVENTATIVE.

BUT IF IT IS NOT RESULTING IN FINDING GUNS AND DRUGS, THEN WHY IS THIS PRACTICE NECESSARY.

>> THE ACLU DISH THAT RESULTED A DECLINE OF PEDESTRIAN STOP AND FRISK'S.

WHAT ELSE HAS YOUR TEAM FOUND?

>> ENTERED THE AGREEMENT, THEY WERE DOING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.

THE NUMBERS WENT DOWN TO THAT AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THE DATE IS TELLING US WHAT CPD DID IS THEY SWITCHED PRACTICES TO STOPPING CARS.

AND THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.

AND THE DATA THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COLLECT UNDER ILLINOIS LAW THAT BARACK OBAMA PASSED, SHOWS THAT THEY ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY STOPPING BLACK DRIVERS AND LATINO DRIVERS.

THE SAME BAD BEHAVIOR BUT JUST A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PRACTICE.

>> WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS BEHIND THE INCREASE IN THIS?

>> IT IS THE THING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COME UP WITH A NUMBER TO SAY SOMETHING IS TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW.

IT WILL BE DETERMINED BY WHAT IS GOING ON IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.

IF WHAT THEY ARE DESCRIBING, IT BREAKS MY HEART TO HEAR THAT.

I WAS STOPPED UNDER STOP-AND-FRISK AND IT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING.

WE TRY TO IMPLEMENT TRAINING , TO LET OFFICERS KNOW WHEN THE PROPER TIME IT IS TO DO THESE THINGS.

I WILL NOT SIT HERE AND SAY BECAUSE WE'RE GOT MONITORED FOR WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS STOP-AND-FRISK, AT LEAST I KNOW I DID NOT.

YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE COMMUNITY TRUST, BUT YOU HAVE TO POLICE, ENTITY DIFFICULT THING JUGGLING ALL THESE THINGS.

I KNOW YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND BELIEVE IN IT.

I BELIEVE IN IT, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME IN THESE AREAS.

I'M NOT SAYING YOU INDISCRIMINATELY GO OUT AND STOP PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU SHOULD NOT.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A VALID REASON, THAT'S WHEN YOU DO IT.

>> WE HAVE 30 SECONDS.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE COMES OUT OF THIS?

>> RESULTS.

IF YOUR PULLING OVER 500,000 PEOPLE WITH 1% RESULTS, LET'S CHANGE THE METHOD THAT WE ARE DOING THESE KIND OF THINGS.

NEW MEASURES AND THINGS THAT WORK AND LET'S GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

AND LET'S PUT THE PEOPLE MAKING THE DECISIONS AT THE TABLE.

>> I KNOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> DOCTORS GIVING HEPATITIS TO CHILDREN.

ENFORCED STERILIZATION IN MIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS.

BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS ON HEALTHCARE CAREER PATHS SHARE THEIR FINDINGS ON HIS EXPERIENCE DURING A SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

THEY WANT TO REBUILD SHATTERED TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THEY FELT PEOPLE OF COLOR SHOULD NOT [ INDISCERNIBLE ] BE MORE CONSIDERATE OF THE PAST AND LISTEN TO THEIR PATIENTS AND SHOULD BE OPEN AND HONEST.

>> TRYING TO PUT A PRICE TAG, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON EMPOWERING [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND EDUCATION.

>> THEY ARE PART OF THE EDUCATION AND CAREER PROGRAM CALLED REACH.

THEY WANT TO CREATE DIVERSITY IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.

BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

HOSPITAL VOTED ON A DEAL THAT WOULD AND AN 11 DAY STRIKE.

IT WAS REACHED ON THURSDAY AND WAS REPORTED BY WTTW NEWS.

IT INCLUDES INCREASES AND YEARS OF SERVICE INCREASES AND RECOGNITION OF THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY.

THE HEAD OF THE UNION JOINED US THURSDAY TO DISCUSS THIS.

WE ASKED TO WALK THROUGH THE KEY ELEMENTS AND WHAT IT TOOK TO REACH THIS DEAL.

>> WE ARE REALLY PLEASED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE GOT RAISES FOR ALL OF THE JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND WE GOT MINIMUM RATES INCREASED FOR ALL JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.

WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE AGREEMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, 11 DAYS STRIKING IS CHALLENGING AND HAS ALL KINDS OF STRUGGLE, BUT MEMBERS ARE EXCITED AND WE ARE PREPARED TO PRESENT THAT TO THEM FOR RATIFICATION.

>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE RATE INCREASES?

HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE THEY?

>> THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT.

I CANNOT GIVE YOU SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY NUMBERS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR.

THEY MAKE LORETTO HOSPITAL MORE COMPETITIVE THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE STRIKE, AND WE THINK IT IS A FIRST STEP IN MAKING HOSPITALS GOOD PLACES TO WORK THAT WILL HELP MAKE THESE COMMUNITIES BETTER.

LORETTO IS A STAPLE AND AN INSTITUTION, AND WE KNOW BECAUSE OF THE LOW WAGES THERE WERE STAFFING CHALLENGES .

>> WHAT WAS THE KEY TO REACHING THIS DEAL?

>> I THINK THE KEY REALLY IS TO PUT THE WORKERS FIRST SACRIFICED SO MUCH, AND MANY OF THEM SACRIFICED MORE BEFORE THE STRIKE.

WE GOT SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS, FAITH LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, REVEREND JESSE JACKSON SHOWED UP AND OFFERED HIS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE PARTIES TO COME TOGETHER.

THE MAYOR, BRANDON JOHNSON, DID THE SAME THING.

CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, HELPED TO PUSH US ALL TOGETHER AND GOT US TOGETHER TO HASH THIS THING OUT AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVED.

>> TELL US ABOUT THE WORKERS.

WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT JOBS DID THEY PERFORM?

>> WE REPRESENT ABOUT 200 WORKERS IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT JOB CATEGORIES.

FOOD SERVICE, CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS, WE REPRESENT NUCLEAR MED TAX, JANITORIAL WORKERS COMP PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING BUT REGISTERED NURSES WITH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON SERVICE WORKERS.

BUT IT COVERS THE GAMUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEFT NO ONE BEHIND IN THIS AGREEMENT AND MADE SURE THAT THE LOWEST WAGE WORKERS SAW IMPROVEMENTS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RESPECTED HIGHER WAGE FOLKS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT SACRIFICED SO MUCH ALSO RECEIVED THIS.

>> ONE OF THE ISSUES YOU HAD BEEN HIGHLIGHTING WAS A HIGH TURNOVER RATE OF EMPLOYEES AS A RESULT OF THE RELATIVELY LOW PAY.

DO YOU THINK -- DOES THIS DEAL BRING EMPLOYEES UP WITH OTHER HOSPITAL WORKERS IN CHICAGO, AND COULD IT KEEP MORE WORKERS ON BOARD?

AND LESS TURNOVER?

>> WE THINK IT CERTAINLY IS A GOOD FIRST STEP.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IT IS A SAFETY NET HOSPITAL.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SAFETY NET HOSPITALS WE ALSO REPRESENT.

THEY ARE PART OF A LARGER HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT FOR SO MANY YEARS HAS NOT GOTTEN THE TYPE OF FUNDING AND SUPPORT THAT IT HAS NEEDED.

WE ARE EXCITED THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD SOLIDIFYING THAT WORKFORCE AND STABILIZING THAT WORKFORCE SO THE HOSPITAL CAN DO ITS MISSION.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT HOSPITALS LIKE LORETTO GET THE KIND OF FUNDING THAT THEY NEED SO THAT WORKERS CAN GET THE SUPPORT AND WAGES THAT THEY NEED AND SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GET THE KIND OF QUALITY CARE DELIVERED THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.

>> THAT WAS THE HEALTHCARE PRESIDENT, GREG KELLY.

YOU CAN WATCH THAT INTERVIEW ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> ONE OF CHICAGO'S DANCE COMPANIES IS GETTING A BIG FINANCIAL BOOST.

THE DEEPLY ROOTED DANCE THEATER GOT IT TO ME DOLLAR GRANT.

THE MONEY IS GOING TO A NEW DANCE CENTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

THEY OPERATE OUT OF THE STUDIOS OF BALLET CHICAGO.

>> AS WE LOOK TO MOVE INTO A BEAUTIFUL, STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY, IT WILL BE LOCATED ON WASHINGTON PARK SOUTH.

IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY.

IS A PERMANENT HELP FOR THE DEEPLY ROOTED DANCE THEATER.

AND HAVE IT IN A SPACE THAT IS STATE-OF-THE-ART.

THAT HAS SIX STUDIOS, A BLACK BOX THEATRE, WE WILL HAVE A ROOFTOP GARDEN SEE PEOPLE CAN GO THERE AND MEDITATE.

A LIBRARY AND MORE.

WE ARE QUITE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THIS WILL BE A SPACE WHERE WE CAN COME TO THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE IMMUNITY CAN SEE THEMSELVES.

>> THEY WILL BREAK GROUND IN THE WASHINGTON PARK STATE STREET CORRIDOR IN EARLY 2025.

AND YOU CAN CATCH THEIR PERFORMANCES ON SEPTEMBER 7th.

>>> DJ CASPER, WROTE AND RECORDED THE CHA CHA SLIDE.

A STAPLE AT PARTIES AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

HE DIED OF CANCER.

IN 2018 WE SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT HIS ICONIC SONG.

YOU DEFINITELY KNOW THIS SONG.

AND MAYBE YOU KNOW THE DANCE.

>> WE WERE AT A PARTY AND A LADY WAS 90.

BUT EVEN STILL, SHE WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO SLIDE.

>> YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW DJ CASPER.

HE PUT THESE TOGETHER TO CREATE THE CHA CHA SLIDE ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.

>> I DIDN'T THINK THE CHA CHA SLIDE WOULD DO WHAT IT DID.

>> IT BROKE THE BILLBOARD HOT 100.

IN 2004 WAS NUMBER ONE IN THE UK AND IN 2018, IT WAS A MUSICAL STAPLE FOR EVERY KIND OF GATHERING.

DJ CASPER BEGAN MAKING MUSIC AS A TEENAGER.

HE SAID HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NATURAL ENTERTAINER.

>> DO YOU THINK, WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE THIS PERSON HAPPY.

AND THE CHA CHA SLIDE MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

>> IT DID NOT START OUT AS A SONG OR DANCE.

HE ORIGINALLY CREATED IT AS A FAVOR FOR HIS NEPHEW WHO WAS A PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINER.

>> I CREATED FOR AN AEROBICS WORKOUT AND I ENDED UP PUTTING MUSIC BEHIND IT.

>> PEOPLE STARTED ASKING ABOUT IT AND HE BEGAN SELLING COPIES.

BUT I DID NOT DO THIS THROUGH ANY LABEL.

>> EVERYBODY COPIER HANDS.

>> IT WAS NOT LONG THE FULL WORD BEGAN TO SPREAD.

HE WAS A REGULAR AT EVENTS.

>> WHEN I MET CASPER, HE USED TO COME TO THE TASTE, AND HE IS A GREAT STEPPER.

HE WOULD WIN ALL OF THE CONTESTS.

HER STATION WAS THE FIRST PLAYED SONG ON THE AIR.

>> PEOPLE CALLED THE RADIO STATION AND ASKING TO HEAR THE CHA CHA SLIDE.

AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.

>> THEY TRACKED HIM DOWN FOR A COPY, AND ONCE IT HIT THE AIRWAVES, RECORD LABELS TO NOTICE.

IT HIT ALL AT ONCE.

UNIVERSAL RECORDS WANTED ME TO GO ON A TOUR.

I GOT CONTACTED FROM LONDON.

IT STARTED GETTING CRAZY.

>> SUDDENLY, WAS A NATIONWIDE PHENOMENON WITH A VIDEO SHOT IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO.

THEY SAID THE SECRET WAS ITS STRAIGHTFORWARD SIMPLICITY.

>> YOU DON'T NEED ANY RHYTHM.

YOU CAN JUST FOLLOW ALONG.

>> IT IS EASY MOVEMENTS AND STEADY RHYTHM AND DANCERS PUT THEIR OWN STAMP ON IT.

>> SIMPLE MEANS WHEN YOU CONNECT WITH THE HUMAN SPIRIT, THERE IS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT CASPER HAS A WAY TO PULL OUT.

IT IS IN A CATEGORY BY ITSELF.

>> CASPER TOOK THE SLIDE INTERNATIONAL.

>> THERE WERE 10,000 PEOPLE AT HEATHROW AIRPORT WAITING FOR CASPER.

10,000 PEOPLE.

>> IT SLID ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE.

IT WAS EVEN IN A McDONALD'S COMMERCIAL.

WHILE THE CHA CHA SLIDE IS NOT AT THE TOP OF THE SLIDES ANYMORE, IT IS THE IN THE TOP OF PLAYLISTS.

>> EVERYWHERE.

IN CHINA, EVERYBODY CLAP YOUR HANDS.

>> WHILE HE ADMITS HE'S KIND OF TIRED OF IT, HE SAID SEEING THE JOY IT BRINGS TO OTHERS IS A LOT OF FUN.

>> I DON'T GET SICK OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THEMSELVES.

>> RIGHT FOOT LEFT STOP.

>> THE BIRTHDAY GIRL WAS DOING THE SLIDE AT A PARTY I WAS AT.

HE DIED THIS WEEK.

THAT IS OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.

FROM ALL THIS YEAR, I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.