>>> HI THERE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US RIGHT ON CHICAGO TONIGHT BUT VOICES.

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

WE WILL UNCOVER WHAT RELIEF IS AVAILABLE FOR FLOODING VICTIMS.

>>> EMMETT TILL AND HIS MOTHER, MAMIE TILL-MOBLEY, WILL BE PART OF A NATIONAL MONUMENT.

>>> THREE JOURNALISTS WILL SHARE THEIR INSIGHTS ON HOW CRIME IMPACTS COMMUNITIES.

>>> AND A SOUTHSIDE COUPLE IS CLEANING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A PLANT-BASED DETERGENT.

>>> SUPPORT FOR RESIDENTS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE HISTORIC RAIN AND FLOODING, AFTER THIS.

>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE BY FUNDING FROM FIFTH THIRD BANK AND THESE DONORS.

>> AT FIFTH THIRD BANK, WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN DIVERSE VOICES ARE HEARD, THE COMMUNITY IS MADE STRONGER.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TOGETHER WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

>> WEST SIDERS WERE HIT HARD BY FLOODING MORE THAN A MONTH AGO.

MORE THAN 8" OF RAIN FLOODED BASEMENTS AND RUINED PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS.

EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICES HAVE BEEN SERVING THE DAMAGE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF RELIEF MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.

JOINING ME IS ALDERWOMAN EMMA MITTS AND STEPHEN ROBINSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN CAPITAL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT STEPHEN ROBINSON, WE SPOKE WITH YOU SOMETIME AFTER THE FLOODING.

WEEKS LATER IS WHERE WE ARE NOW, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE RECOVERY?

>> I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A SLOW MOVING TRAIN AT THIS POINT.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT A FEMA HAS HIT THE GROUND.

BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE IN THE STATE, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE STATE COULD STILL COME FORWARD WITH FUNDS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.

>> ALDERWOMAN MITTS, YOU HAVE BEEN OUT WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS, WALK US THROUGH WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROCESS.

>> RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY, THE GOVERNOR AND THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE IT ALL WRAPPED UP BY FRIDAY, NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN EVERYONE WILL KNOW, MEDIA OUTLETS WILL NO THAT THEY HAVE DEFINITELY MADE THE DECLARATION.

AND TO FILE THE APPLICATION, IT WOULD BE FROM THE TIME THAT THE PRESIDENT GIVES THE DECLARATION, WE HAVE 60 DAYS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GO TO THE LOCATION.

WE HAVE GOT TO WAIT UNTIL THEY LINEUP THE LOCATION AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO FURTHER INSTRUCT CONSTITUENTS AS TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO APPLY.

>> ALDERWOMAN MITTS, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING FROM NEIGHBORS IN YOUR WARD ?

>> WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOW.

THEY NEED TO COME FORWARD WITH INFORMATION.

THEY NEED A PROCESS BY WHICH TO ALLOW FEMA TO COME IN.

I HEAR THE WORD PROCESS ALL THE TIME THERE.

NOW THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND THE PRESIDENT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH CLAIMS.

BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT FEMA IS GOING TO BE DOING, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS , HOMEOWNERS .

THEY CALL THAT AN INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.

AND THEN EVERYONE , THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY WILL PROBABLY NEED TO WORK WITH THE FDA.

>> IT SOUNDS A LOT OF PROCESSES.

GG BROWN, YOU AND OTHERS ON YOUR BLOCK, YOU INTERACTED WITH FEMA WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

>> PEOPLE FELT SEEN.

IT DEFINITELY MOVES SLOW BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO SHARE WITH THE FEMA REPRESENTATIVES THE DEVASTATION THAT OCCURRED.

I KNOW THAT ALDERWOMAN MITTS ALONG WITH OUR FEMA REPRESENTATIVES AND A GROUP CALLED 1000 STRONG THEY ASKED IF IT WAS A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE OR MULTI FAMILY.

HOW MUCH WATER DID YOU GET, DID YOU HAVE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS THAT WERE DAMAGE AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOLD IN THEIR BASEMENT, BECAUSE THE PROCESS HAS MOVED SO SLOWLY.

>> THAT IS WHAT I ASKED TODAY .

WE NEED SUPPORT WITH THE CLEANUP.

WHO CAN GET THAT TO US?

AND SO.

>> THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT PEOPLE DO NOT WAIT ON THE FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT TO COME THROUGH WITH WHATEVER CLEANUP FUNDING MIGHT BE DOWN THE ROAD.

BROWN AS YOU SAID, THE MOLD CAN FESTER.

>> IF YOU ARE AN 80-YEAR-OLD SENIOR AND YOU LIVE IN A BASEMENT APARTMENT, YOU CANNOT MOVE THE COUCH.

YOU UNDERSTAND ?

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT PHYSICALLY DO THIS.

I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THE TEAM TO GO INTO THE BASEMENT.

THAT IS RISKY BECAUSE THE MOLD HAS SETTLED.

BUT IT IS STILL NECESSARY.

IN ADDITION TO US GIVING OUT CLEANING SUPPLIES EVERY MONDAY.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO WHAT EVER WE CAN, TRYING TO GET THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.

>> DO AND SOME OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOU HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING RESIDENTS WITH CLEANING SUPPLIES.

SOME RESIDENTS ARE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO START DOING THE CLEANUP.

STEPHEN, WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL RELIEF THAT IS HOPEFULLY THERE FOR YOU ALL DOWN THE ROAD?

>> I HAD A GENTLEMAN TODAY SAY THAT HIS HOT WATER TANK WENT OUT.

THAT IS PRETTY MUCH A WASH FOR HIM.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF TASK FORCE THAT WILL COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THE ALDERMAN AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY.

BUT SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE IN THESE HOMES TO PREVENT THE WATER FROM COMING BACK IN.

>> THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST FLOOD.

THE WATER ROSE , IT ROSE THE FIRST TIME ABOUT 2 ' , THEN IT WENT DOWN .

AND IT LEFT 4' OF WATER IN THE BASEMENT.

I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING WITH THE HEAT, THE OCEANS ARE WARMING.

WE WILL SEE MORE THINGS HAPPENING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I TALKED TO CONGRESSMAN DAVIS AND I WAS HOPING TO GET AN ANSWER FROM HIM LATER TODAY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON, D.C., SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF WE WOULD BE MOVING FASTER WITH FEMA.

WE NEED PEOPLE IN PLACE TO GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE FOR THEM.

THEY REALLY NEED THAT FUNDING.

>> SORRY, WE ARE FRESH OUT OF TIME, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL HEAR FROM THE THREE OF YOU WANT IN THE FUTURE , AS WE FOLLOW UP WITH THIS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF RELIEF CAN COME YOUR WAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, THANK YOU, STEPHEN ROBINSON, GG BROWN, AND ALDERWOMAN EMMA MITTS.

>>> THE STORY OF EMMETT TILL AND HIS LITTLE MARTY IS NOW CEMENTED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

HE AND HIS MOTHER, MAMIE TILL-MOBLEY, WILL BE HONORED WITH A MEMORIAL IN THREE SITES .

THIS COMES AFTER MAMIE TILL-MOBLEY WROTE TO PRESIDENT DWIGHT D EISENHOWER MEETING FOR A RESPONSE.

SHE NEVER RECEIVED ONE.

>> WE HAVE A PRESIDENT TODAY AND A VICE PRESIDENT WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO NOT ONLY THE DRAMATIC TRAUMATIC FEELINGS , BUT TO SEND A HIGHER MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT WE VALUE.

WE VALUE ALL LIFE AND I THINK IT IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT.

DOES IT MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF MAMIE TILL-MOBLEY ?

NO, BUT IT DOES ENCOURAGE US THAT WE CAN KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

IT IS INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NATIONAL MONUMENT AND PARTICULARLY THE DEDICATION OF SEVERAL NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE THAT STARTED WITH THE EXPOSURE OF THE TORTURE AND LYNCHING OF EMMETT TILL THAT SPARKED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE LESSONS.

NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THE GROUNDS OF THESE MONUMENTS AND NOT THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY MEAN.

WHAT THEY MEAN NOW, WHAT THEY MEANT IN 1955, WHAT THEY MEAN IN MOVING THE COUNTRY FORWARD.

IN THINKING ABOUT THAT, THERE IS A LESSON.

IN THAT LESSON, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE MONUMENTS ARE TEXTS OF A STORY.

A STORY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE TOLD THROUGHOUT GENERATIONS.

IT CANNOT BE CENSORED OR BANNED.

>> THE EMMETT TILL AND MAMIE TILL-MOBLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT IS LOCATED IN THREE SITES THAT THE OTHER TWO SITES ARE IN MISSISSIPPI.

THE SITE WHERE IT WAS BELIEVED EMMETT TILL'S BODY WAS FOUND.

>>> UP NEXT, HOW MEDIA OUTLETS CONTRIBUTE TO THE PERCEPTION OF VIOLENCE AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THE PUBLIC.

STAY WITH US.

>>> LOOKING AT THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA AND THE PERCEPTION OF VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY IS A DISCUSSION WE HAD IS VIOLENT CRIME OUT OF CONTROL, OR IS THE MEDIA DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING OUR PERCEPTION OF IT?

WE SPOKE WITH THE COFOUNDER OF THE TRIBE, A DIGITAL MEDIA OUTLET, CHARLES WHITAKER AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, AND RECENTLY RETIRED CBS 2 REPORTER DAVID BLAKELY .

WE BEGAN BY ASKING WHITAKER WHETHER MEDIA IS PRESENTING A DISTORTED PICTURE OF VIOLENT CRIME.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE DISTORTING IT.

WHAT WAS SAID IN THE EARLIER PIECE, THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH CONTEXT.

IF IT BLEEDS , IT LEADS.

WE KNOW THAT GETS EYEBALLS.

BUT WE ARE STILL TRAPPED BY THE CONSTRAINTS OF OUR FORMAT , THE NEWSCAST DOES NOT ALLOW US THE TIME TO PROVIDE CONTEXT , THE ABILITY TO EXPLORE HOW AND WHY WE HAVE THE CRIME THAT WE HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE NECESSARILY HYPING THE VIOLENCE.

BUT WE ARE NOT PROVIDING THE FULL PICTURE.

>> YOU SAID THAT AFTER MANY YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT IT IN A NATIONAL NEWSROOM, FOCUSING ON VIOLENT CRIMES AND HOMICIDES, HOW IS THAT IMPACTING THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SAFETY IN CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS ?

>> IF YOU TAKE A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, IT SHINES LIGHT ON IT.

THE WAS AN INCREASE IN CRIME DURING THE GEORGE FLOYD UPRISING AND DURING THE PANDEMIC.

BUT THAT WAS REAL.

THE CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL.

IT IS SKEWED.

MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT CHICAGO HAD ITS RECORD NUMBER OF MURDERS IN 1974 AND MAYOR DALEY TWO , AND NO ONE WAS SAYING THAT CRIME WAS OUT-OF-CONTROL THEN.

BY THE WAY, THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE 200 MORE PEOPLE MURDERED IN CHICAGO.

>> IT WAS APPROACHING 1000.

>> RIGHT, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS STARTED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND IT WAS DRIVEN BY, I THINK, THE NEWSPAPERS.

THE TRIBUNE, IN PARTICULAR, STARTED RECORDING A WEEKEND MURDER TALLY.

A WEEKLY MURDER TALLY.

IN A WAY THAT THEY HAD NOT BEFORE.

AND THAT INCREASED PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION THAT CRIME WAS DEFINITELY A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN IT WAS.

>> IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE AN EDITORIAL SHIP TO START FOCUSING ON A WEEKEND OR WEEKLY CRIME, HE SAID.

THERE IS A TRIBUNE OP-ED THAT SAYS THAT THE VIOLENT CRIME BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WAS ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF WHAT IT WAS DURING.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AT THE CENTER OF THIS?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT THE NEWS MEDIA DOES A LOT TO SHAPE THE ATTITUDES AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF CRIME AND SAFETY.

AND EVEN AS WE -- THE MEDIA HAS A ROLE IN DEFINING WHAT CRIME IS.

SHOOTINGS, HOMICIDES , BUT THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT PEOPLE BREAK THE LAW, RIGHT ?

IT HELPS A CERTAIN WAY TO SHAPE WHAT OUR SOCIETAL PRIORITY SHOULD BE.

I THINK THAT THE MEDIA HAS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY.

WE SEE THAT THEY ARE NOT REALLY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.

>> CHARLES, IN THAT 30-MINUTE TIMEFRAME, HOW CAN A NEWSCAST DO A BETTER JOB OF PROVIDING CONTEXT AND NOT JUST SPOT REPORTING ON INDIVIDUAL CRIMES?

>> YOU NEED THE COURAGE AND CONVICTION TO DO JUST THAT.

YOU NEED MOMENTS IN TIME, AS IT WAS SAID, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE MURDER RATE WAS FAR HIGHER THAN IT IS NOW.

WE NEED TO GET A SENSE OF THE CRIME, HOLISTICALLY, NOT THE MOST SENSATIONALIST CRIMES.

WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE BELIEVING WE LIVED IN A DYSTOPIA AND HEALTH SCAPE.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE APPROACH TO COVERING CRIME ?

THE SPOT NEWS REPORTING ?

>> I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAD TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF A MURDER VICTIM'S FAMILY TO TRY TO TALK TO THEM.

WHAT I TRIED TO DO IS CONVINCE HIM THAT I WAS GOING TO TELL THE STORY OF THE PERSON IN THEIR FAMILY WHO HAD BEEN LOST WITH INTEGRITY AND SENSITIVITY , TO MAKE THEM INTO A HUMAN BEING AND NOT A STATISTIC.

BUT I THINK WHAT NEWSROOMS NEED TO DO, PROBABLY, IS TO FOCUS ON FEWER CRIMES AND MORE INTENTIONALLY DECIDE WHAT THEY COVER.

AND ASK THEMSELVES THE QUESTION, WHAT LIGHT IS THIS GOING TO SHINE ON THE GREATER PROBLEM?

REPORTING ON THIS PARTICULAR CRIME.

WE DO NOT DO PERPETRATOR WALKS , MUG SHOTS, FOR LOW-LEVEL CRIMES.

BUT ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT THAT CAN BE MADE, IN SOME PLACES NEWSROOMS ARE COMMITTING TO COVER A CRIME FROM BEGINNING TO END.

THEY MAKE A DECISION AT THE BEGINNING TO COVER IT AND THEY COVERED IT THROUGH THE TRIAL IN THE PROCESS.

THAT CAN BE A LONG PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN COOK COUNTY.

THE TRIBUNE HAS HIGHLIGHTED RECENTLY THIS.

IF YOU DO NOT DO THAT, IF THERE WAS AN ACQUITTAL, IF A CONVICTION IS OVERTURNED, THEN THE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE SUSPECT NEVER ULTIMATELY GETS THAT STORY TOLD, EITHER, IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE CASE TO ITS CONCLUSION.

>> THAT COULD IMPACT A PERSON FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

I DO BELIEVE THAT LOCAL MEDIA KIND OF ONES WITH THE POLICE NARRATIVE OF THINGS, WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME.

CAN YOU EXPOUND ON THAT?

THIS WAS A BIG ISSUE THAT CAME UP IN THE McDONALD CASE.

>> YES, NEWS RELIES HEAVILY ON THE POLICE.

WE ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE, AND WE REGURGITATE THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC BUT THE CPD HAS THE CONSENT DEGREE, BECAUSE THEY VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF BLACK RESIDENTS.

HOW CAN WE DETERMINE THAT IT IS ACCURATE IF WE ARE RELYING SO HEAVILY ON IT?

>> IN THE FLOYD McDONALD CASE, THE POLICE WERE OFFERED A SPOKESPERSON RIGHT ON THE SCENE.

A LOT OF TIMES, THE MEDIA WOULD RUN WITH THE FACT THAT THEY WERE PROVIDED.

CHARLES WHITAKER, YOU HEARD YOUNG PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY DO NOT WATCH LOCAL NEWS OR TRUST NEWSPAPERS OR LOCAL TV ANYMORE.

HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT?

>> AGAIN, WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS.

IT IS A CRISIS FOR US TO LOSE THIS GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY ARE TURNING OFF AND TUNING OUT OF NEWS.

THAT MEANS THEY ARE NOT HEARING A LOT OF VITAL INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY ARE SO TURNED OFF BY THE DEPICTIONS OF THEMSELVES THAT THEY ARE SEEING.

WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB, AS MORGAN SAID, TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE.

>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> A SOUTHSIDE COUPLE IS WORKING TO HELP CLEAN UP THEIR COMMUNITY , ONE LAUNDRY LOAD AT A TIME.

THEY HAVE HAD HELP FROM A PLANT-BASED DETERGENT.

WE GO TO HYDE PARK.

>> Reporter: JUST OFF 53rd STREET, A LAUNDROMAT IS CLEANING LOADS OF LAUNDRY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.

>> OUR DETERGENT IS DIFFERENT THEN THE BIG BOX BRANDS.

WE HAVE NO IRRITANTS, ARTIFICIAL COLORS.

>> Reporter: THAT IS THANKS TO SYLVIA AND AUGIE.

>> WE HAVE A PLANT-BASED FORMULATION THAT WILL NOT BE HARMFUL TO THE WATERWAYS.

WE ONLY USE ESSENTIAL OILS FOR THE FRAGRANCE AND WE ONLY USE PLANT-DERIVED INGREDIENTS.

>> Reporter: THEY CREATED A NEW DETERGENT.

>> PEOPLE DESERVE SOMETHING PRECIOUS FOR THEIR SKIN.

>> Reporter: THEY DECIDED THEY NEEDED A LAUNDROMAT AND THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP, THE DIRTY LAUNDRY POP-UP WAS BORN.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF BUILDINGS WITH 30-PLUS UNITS AND ONE LAUNDRY AREA WITH TWO OR THREE MACHINES .

THIS IS A BIG PUSH FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA.

>> Reporter: 40 $14.99 BOTTLE, YOU CAN EXPERIMENT WITH IT.

>> MOST PEOPLE SAY THEY DO NOT FEEL IRRITATED AND THEY SAY THEY'RE CLOSE SMELL CLEAN, AND ONCE THEY TRY IT, THEY LOVE IT.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNAL SPACE EXPANDS BEYOND THIS.

THEY HAVE EXTENDED THURSDAY HOURS, WEEKLY DISCOUNTS FOR SENIORS, AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS.

>> IS A GOOD ATMOSPHERE.

YOU KNOW, A FAMILY .

I THINK THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD FEEL.

NO TENSION, NO STRESS.

YOU COME HERE AND YOU RELAX AT THE LAUNDROMAT.

>> Reporter: WITH THE POP-UP RUNNING INTELLECT COVER, THE BUSINESS PARTNERS, WHO ARE ALSO LIFE PARTNERS, SAY THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ITS LONGEVITY, NO MATTER THE LOCATION.

>> THIS IS INTEGRITY, IN MY OPINION.

WE WANT TO BRING SOMETHING WARM AND FUZZY AND BEAUTIFUL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE PEOPLE.

THAT IS WHAT WE ALSO WANT IN OUR RELATIONSHIP.

IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 40 YEARS.

NO, BUT HOW MANY?

12 YEARS.

>> WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 12 YEARS.

>> IT FELT LIKE ABOUT 40 THOUGH.

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES , I AM ANGEL IDOWU.

>> YOU CAN FIND DINOBI DETERGENT IN SELECT STORES IN HYDE PARK.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.COM/NEWS, FOR THE VERY LATEST IN WTTW NEWS.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING US ON FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU CAN CATCH BLACK VOICES AND LATINO VOICES AGAIN AT 6:00 P.M. JOIN US AT NOON FOR OUR VIRTUAL CHICAGO TONIGHT VOICES CONVERSATION.

WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE IMPACT OF SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE ON EVERYDAY LIFE.

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FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES , I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

STAY SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD