>> HI THANKS FOR JOINING US IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, VOICES.

I'M IN CHILE.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

A PUSH TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS IN SOUTH SHORE AMID GENTRIFICATION CONCERNS SPARKED BY THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER.

>> EVERYONE DESERVES QUALITY HEALTH CARE.

>> A NEW STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL LOOKS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO SICKLE CELL DISEASE TREATMENT.

WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR PATIENTS.

AND A NEW BOOK CELEBRATES BLACK CHICAGO'S INFLUENCE.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT HAS AGREED HEAR JUSSIE SMOLLETT'S APPEAL.

NOW IT COMES MORE THAN 2 YEARS AFTER THE FORMER EMPIRE STAR WAS CONVICTED OF ORCHESTRATING AN ELABORATE HATE CRIME HOAX AGAINST HIMSELF.

SMOLLETT WAS SENTENCED TO SERVE 150 DAYS OF HIS 30 MONTH PROBATION SENTENCE IN JAIL.

BUT THAT SENSE HAS SINCE BEEN PUT ON HOLD DURING HIS EXCESSIVE EXTENSIVE APPEAL.

SMOLLETT'S ATTORNEYS ARGUE DOUBLE JEOPARDY SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED WHEN A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FILED RENEW CHARGES AGAINST HIM AFTER COOK COUNTY JAIL DROPS THEIR INITIAL CASE.

NOW, FORMER GOVERNOR PAT QUINN WANTS VOTERS TO WEIGH IN ON WHETHER TO USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR A NEW BEARS OR WHITE SOX STADIUM.

AQUINAS PUSHING FOR A REFERENDUM TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.

THAT WOULD ASK CHICAGO VOTERS WHETHER STATE OR LOCAL TAXPAYER MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT TO BUILD A NEW STADIUM OR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.

FILED THE PETITION TODAY AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

>> I THINK THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO ARE SPORTS FANS.

BIG-TIME SPORTS BUT WE'RE ALSO FANS OF THE TAXPAYER.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DAY PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

>> GET A FAIR SHAKE.

>> AND THE SHEDD AQUARIUM'S NEWEST OTTER OFFICIALLY HAS A NAME MEETS OTHER VIA WHO WAS RESCUED LAST OCTOBER FROM ALASKA.

NOW THE SHEDD AQUARIUM SAYS ON-LOOKERS COFFEE, ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER TO RESCUE THE PUP AFTER NOTICING IT WAS IN DISTRESS.

THE SEA OTTERS NAME COMES FROM THE SELDOVIA VILLAGE TRIBES AND ALASKA WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PUPS RESCUE SHEDD AQUARIUM SAYS, ALTHOUGH VIA AS INTERACTIVE AND COOPERATIVE WITH THIS CARE TAKERS, IT HAS BEGUN MEETING THE OTHER RESCUED OTTERS AT THE AQUARIUM.

AND UP NEXT, GENTRIFICATION CONCERNS AND SOUTH SHORE.

HEATHER?

SURE AROUND JOINS US WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER >> CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> THERE'S A RENEWED PUSH TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS FOR LONG-TERM HOMEOWNERS IN SOUTH SHORE FROM GENTRIFICATION.

NOW IT COMES AS CONSTRUCTION ON THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER CONTINUES.

AND JACKSON PARK ADVOCATES ARE HOPING THE PASSAGE OF A NON-BINDING BALLOT QUESTION WILL BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO YEARS-LONG FIGHT REPORTER HEATHER SURE AROUND JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO HAVE WALK ME THROUGH IT.

NEARLY 80% OF VOTERS IN 2 PRECINCTS OF THE 7TH WARD ENDORSED AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT.

THAT WAS AIMED AT ALDERMAN GREG MITCHELL AND MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

WHAT EXACTLY DID VOTER SUPPORT?

>> SO THIS MEASURE WAS CRAFTED BY A COALITION OF GROUPS WHO HAVE LONG BEEN CONCERNED THAT SOUTH SHORE AND WOODLAWN IS NOW GROUND 0 FOR CHICAGO'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.

AND THEY'RE HOPING THE RESULTS OF THIS ADVISORY REFERENDUM WILL CONVINCE ALDERMAN MITCHELL AND MAYOR JOHNSON TO PUT THE FULL FORCE BEHIND A PROPOSAL FROM ALDERMAN DESMOND NANCY OF THE 5TH WAR THAT WOULD EXPAND PROTECTIONS NOW IN PLACE IN WOODLAWN TO THOSE LIVING IN SOUTH SHORE.

THIS PROPOSAL WAS INTRODUCED NEARLY 6 MONTHS AGO.

IT STALLED IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE 5TH WARD ALDERMAN YANCEY SAID THAT THE RESULTS ARE MORE EVIDENCE THAT ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS ARE NEEDED FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENTS IN SOUTH SHORE.

>> WHAT'S NEXT IN THE FIGHT OVER GENTRIFICATION IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ESSENTIALLY MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE CITY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON LAND.

THE CITY OWNS NEAR THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER AND IT WOULD ALSO SET ASIDE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP LONGTIME HOMEOWNERS STAY IN THEIR HOMES WITH GRANTS FOR REPAIRS AND REALLY FOR PROPERTY TAXES.

BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHEN YOU'VE GOT SORT OF A GENTRIFYING AREA, THE VALUE OF THOSE PROPERTIES CAN SKYROCKET, WHICH MEANS THAT LONGTIME HOMEOWNERS MAY BE HIT WITH MASSIVE PROPERTY TAX BUT ANY PROGRESS HAS BEEN COMPLICATED BY THE TENSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OTTERMAN NANCY AND ALDERMEN.

MITCHELL WHO BOTH SHARE SOUTH SHORE.

SO WHERE DO THEY STAND NOW?

AFTER LAST MONTH'S CONFRONTATION?

SO AFTER THE FEBRUARY 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING ALDERMEN, YANCEY SAID ALDERMAN MITCHELL ATTACKED HIM.

NOW ALDERMAN MITCHELL SAYS THAT HE DIDN'T DO THAT.

HE WOULDN'T DO THAT.

BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT THESE 2 OLDER PEOPLE WHO SHARE A NEIGHBORHOOD DISAGREE ON WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO AND BECAUSE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S LONG TRADITION OF ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE, IT WOULD BE VERY UNLIKELY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR A WARD WHERE THE LOCAL ALDERPERSON DIDN'T NEED IT.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS ADVISORY REF, LOU, WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT TO SORT OF INCREASE PRESSURE ON ALDERMAN MITCHELL AND ON MAYOR JOHNSON, WHO CAMPAIGNED ON THIS ISSUE BUT HASN'T REALLY THROW THE FULL FORCE OF HIS OFFICE BEHIND IT.

ALL RIGHT.

LOTS GOING ON IN SOUTH SHORE AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> IT'S ALL AT WTC W DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

SICKLE CELL DISEASE AFFECTS ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE ACROSS ILLINOIS.

AND IT'S MOSTLY IMPACTING BLACK COMMUNITIES.

NOW THE INHERITED DISEASE, A CURSE WHEN HEALTHY RED BLOOD CELLS BECOME SICKLE SHAPED.

AND STEPH, WHICH CAN LEAD TO ANEMIA AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS.

AND WHILE GENE THERAPIES HAVE EMERGED TO TREAT THE DISEASE, THE HIGH COSTS CAN LIMIT THEIR ACCESS.

BUT A NEW STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO ADDRESS THIS BY EXAMINING HOW ILLINOIS'S THE MEDICAID PROGRAM CAN HELP COVER EXPENSES.

>> FAIRNESS DEMANDS THAT AS PROGRESS IS MADE, WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE THOSE TREATMENTS AND CURES ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS A SIMILAR EFFORT THROUGH.

SHE MS TO SOLVE FOR THESE CHALLENGES.

MY GOAL IS TO MAKE EMERGING AND TRANSFORMATIVE GENE AND CELL THERAPY TREATMENTS AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL ILLINOISANS WHO NEED >> JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR RENEE SHAW AT RITZ ELLIOTT ADVOCACY WORK OR WITH THE SICKLE CELL DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS AND ALSO A SICKLE CELL PATIENT.

AND DOCTOR A LOWKEY FROM THE UAE HEALTH DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY.

SPECIAL SPECIALIZES IN THE TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR A NEW SHOW.

LET'S START WITH YOU.

AND NOW WE JUST HEARD GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND HIS GOALS THAT HE HAS FOR THE COUNCIL.

WHAT ARE SICKLE CELL DISEASE ADVOCATES HOPING TO SEE FROM THIS AND HOW DO THEY HOPE TO BE INVOLVED?

YES, GREAT QUESTION.

I BELIEVE SICKLE CELL PATIENTS.

>> REALLY FELT LIKE THIS WAS A MAJOR WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY, NOR THE DISPARITIES THAT WE FACE IS PATIENTS.

AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS BEGINNING STEPS TO FOR NEEDED EQUITY SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.

WE HOPE THAT THIS COMMITTEE INVOLVES STAKEHOLDERS LIKE OUR FAILED SCHOOL, HAVE REALLY BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A VERY LONG TIME FOR THIS DISEASE.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS SUCH AS LIVE AGAIN.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS SUCH AS RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISPARITIES THAT EXIST IN A SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

AND WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ACCESS TO CARE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW COSTS AND FEASIBILITY OUR MAJOR THINGS FOR THIS DISEASE.

WHAT IMPACT DO YOU SEE THIS HAVING ON THOSE THAT ARE LIVING WITH THE DISEASE IS I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT THIS IS WILL NOW FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD.

SOMETIMES THE KELSO DISEASE MAKE YOU FEEL SILENT AND INVISIBLE BECAUSE OF THE MANY COMPLICATIONS AND BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THE FAKE 100,000 DOESN'T LIKE MANY.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RACE, THE RACE CITY OF THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED, THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO ARE LIVING IN THIS IN THIS STRUGGLE.

AND SO FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT FEELS LIKE OUR VOICES WILL FINALLY BE ELEVATED IN.

PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW.

DOCTOR MOOKIE, WE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT OF HOW SICKLE CELL DISEASE CHANGES THE STRUCTURE OF RED BLOOD CELLS.

>> BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE GREATER AND PACK SAID IT HAS ON SOMEONE'S SO INTERESTING THAT IN OUR DNA WE HAVE THINGS CALLED NUCLEOTIDE PEERS, 3 BILLION OF THEM IN EACH CELL.

>> THERE'S A CHANGE IN ONLY ONE OF 3 BILLION THAT ACTUALLY CAUSES SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS?

IT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT IT DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO HELP PROTECT YOU FROM DYING FROM MALARIA, WHICH IS STILL A REALLY COMMON DISEASE IN THE WORLD.

DO NOT VERY COMMON IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS HEMOGLOBIN, WHICH IS THIS MOLECULE, THE THIN RED BLOOD CELLS AUCTION TO THE CELLS.

IT ALLOWS THE HEMOGLOBIN TO FORM LONG CHAINS AND ONE SUCH FORM IN THESE LONG CHAINS.

IT STARTS AT DAMAGE AND THE INSIDE OF THE CELL.

IT MAKES THESE LONG CHANGE BECAUSE THE SHAPE CHANGE.

SO LOOKS LIKE A SICKLE AND THEN IT ALSO BURSTS OPEN THE CELL.

SO WE MAKE 2 MILLION RED CELLS A SECOND, THIS 250 MILLION OF THESE MOLECULES THEM AND EVOLVED TO HAVE NICE NORMAL RED CELL THERE.

WHEN ALL THESE THINGS COMPLYING OUT BECAUSE JUST CATASTROPHIC TO PEOPLE.

SO THERE IS NO WALK IN THAT IN SOME MANNER IS UNAFFECTED THE UNITED STATES AND IN DEVELOPED ECONOMIES.

THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY WITH BEST CARE RIGHT NOW THAT WE KNOW PEOPLE HAVE AT LEAST A 20 YEAR DECREASE.

EX-WIFE EXPECTANCY COMPARED TO PEOPLE WITHOUT THE DISEASE WORLDWIDE.

50% OF PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE TYPE II.

45?

SO THIS IS HUGE IMPACT DISEASE AND SOMEONE MAY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE DOING WELL.

BUT 10 MINUTES OF THIS AIR CONDITIONED, IT'S TOO COLD HERE.

SHE CAN END UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH THE SEVERE PAIN EPISODE.

THIS TONS OF OTHER COMPLICATIONS THAT GO ON STRESS PAIN IS MOST SIDE EFFECT OF THE DISEASE AND THE PAIN CAN BE EXCRUCIATING.

PEOPLE WILL HAVE HAD NATURAL CHILDBIRTH FEEL THAT THE PAIN FROM SO IT WORSE THAN THAT.

THERE'S ISSUES THAT WILL OCCUR SAYING THE UNITED FOR PATIENTS, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN STATES, WE HAVE 6 SUBSIDIES ARE OF AFRICAN BACKGROUND.

WORLD, THE COUNTRY WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF PEOPLE AS INDIA, ITS NORTHERN MEDITERRANEAN AND FREQUENTLY REQUIRE HIGH DOSES OPIOIDS NORTH OF CONTROL, THE PAINTING GOING INTO RIVERS AND THROUGH WEIGHT, ENDLESS HOURS, WAIT MORE HOURS THAN WHITES, WHO WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

LOW AMOUNTS PAIN MEDICINES THAT THEY GET.

AND SO THAT STRESS STRESSES OUT THE PATIENT.

YEAH, WANT TO ASK RENEE SHOULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIKE WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE IS LIKE LIVING WITH THE DISEASE.

HE JUST KIND OF MENTIONED SOME OF EXPERIENCE.

BUT TELL US ABOUT YOUR THAT IS VERY I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FROM POWER IN ALL OF THAT.

BUT >> STAPLES CENTER.

IS SOMETHING I WOULDN'T WISH ON MY WORST ENEMY.

I DON'T KNOW A DAY WITHOUT PAYING 50, 50 AGE OF 11.

>> AND OFTENTIMES SOMETIMES THE SICKLE CELL PATIENTS, WE CATEGORIZE OUR AND PEOPLE SAY IT'S AN INVISIBLE COMPLICATION BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING POINT BORN INSIDE OF MY BODY BY JUST LOOKING AT ME, OFTENTIMES IT TAKES SOMEONE REALLY BELIEVE WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING TO REALLY SUPPORT AND HELP US.

BUT PRIMARILY WHAT EXPERIENCE.

I RESPECT EVERYTHING EQUITY THAT A PERSON WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE USUALLY ENCOUNTERS, WHICH INCLUDES LONG WAIT TIMES, NOT HAVING THE APPROPRIATE MEDICATION THAT BECAUSE CORP, TREATMENT IS THE MAIN TREATMENT UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT NOW THERE 4 FDA APPROVED MEDICATIONS FOR THIS DISEASE.

AND OFTENTIMES WE GO THROUGH BATTLES OF INSURANCE COVERAGE AND LITERALLY JUST REALLY NOT FEELING NORMAL AS A PERSON FEELING LIKE I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN.

MY WILL NEWS AND WHO I WANT TO BE.

THOSE ARE JUST A LITTLE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT EXPERIENCED THAT THE PATIENT.

>> NOW, DOCTOR MOOKIE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE GENE THERAPY IS NOW AND IMPACT THAT THEY'RE HAVING?

SO THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF GENE THERAPIES IS THERE'S ONE CALLED THE BUT CLASSIC ONE WHERE IF YOU HAVE A RELATIVE.

AND THEY CAN DO SOME TESTS TO SEE IF WOULD BE A THING CALLED THE MATCH.

IT TURNS OUT THIS PROBABLY 10, 20% OF PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE HAVE THAT BECAUSE SIBLINGS HAVE A 25% CHANCE OF HAVING SICKLE CELL DISEASE DEPENDING UPON THE GENETICS OF THE THEY'RE ALSO AT HIGH RISK OF.

HAVING THE DISEASE.

AND SO NOW THERE'S NEW THERAPIES AND THIS IS THE GENE THERAPIES THAT ARE COMING ABOUT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS POTENTIALLY INTERESTING IS THAT NEWBORNS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE TOO MANY PROBLEMS.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENT HEMOGLOBIN.

THIS AUCTION CARRYING PRO TEAM THAT FETUSES HALF AND IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF LIFE THAT STOPS BEING MADE AND THEN HEMOGLOBIN THAT CAUSES SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

POLICE TRUCKS INCREASES.

IT TURNS OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN INDIA ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER MUTATION WHERE THEY DON'T TURN THAT SHEEN OFF.

SO THEY HAVE ENOUGH OF SOMETHING ELSE IN THE RED CELL SO THAT WHEN THE SICKLE HEMOGLOBIN LOSES OXYGEN, THE CHANCES OF THESE 2 MOLECULES HITTING DECREASES.

SO THE PATIENTS REALLY PRETTY WELL.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THERAPY.

IS THIS SOME DRUGS HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED AT U OF I TO TRY TO INCREASE OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN.

BUT NOW THERE'S THIS NEW GENE THERAPIES AND 2 OF THE ONES THAT THE ONE THAT IS APPROVED ACTUALLY INCREASES AMOUNT OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN, A NEW SO IT DECREASES THE CELLS.

BREAKING A LAW FIRM.

THE ATION.

BELIEVE THAT REALLY IS FOR THE PRIMARY POINT THAT CAUSES.

YOU KNOW, EVERY ORGAN GOING TO FUNCTIONAL.

SO WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE.

BERNIE SHAW JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

>> YOU KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LIKE A LIVING WITH THE DISEASE, BUT WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO OTHERS THAT ARE THAT ARE FIGHTING?

>> KEEP THAT YOUR LIFE IS WHERE FOOD AND THAT THERE ARE ADVOCATES OUT HERE THAT WERE YOU TO FEEL FIREMEN FOR YOU DO YOU DID NOT FEEL LIKE YOUR VOICE HAS POWER.

WE BELIEVE THAT IT DOES HAVE POWER AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SOCIETY HERE WITH US UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS FIRED BY GOVERNOR PREPARED.

IT'S JUST THE START OF WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR SICKLE CELL PATIENT.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.

UP NEXT, A LOOK AT BLACK HOW BLACK CHICAGO HAS INFLUENCED CULTURE.

>> OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

A NEW BOOK EXPLORES BLACK CHICAGO'S INFLUENCE ON POP CULTURE AND THE WORLD.

NOW THE BOOK IS CALLED.

WE ARE THE CULTURE BLACK, CHICAGO'S INFLUENCE ON EVERYTHING.

AND JOINING US NOW IS THE OFFER ARIANNE THAT'LL SORRY.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING HAS IN THE AIN SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

I KNOW THAT THIS BOOK WAS SEVERAL SEVERAL YEARS IN THE MAKING.

AND HOW DID THE CONCEPTUAL THE CONCEPT OF THE BOOK COME ABOUT?

WELL, I DEFINITELY WANT IT TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS.

>> AS TO CHICAGO, RIGHT?

AND BEING A CHICAGO AND LOVE IN THIS PLACE.

SO MUCH.

I RECOGNIZE THAT ESPECIALLY HERE IN CHICAGO HOW WE ARE VIEWED SOMETIMES WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD IS NOT AS INFLUENTIAL AS WE REALLY ARE.

AND SO THEN BEING A BLACK CHICAGO AND I WANT MAKE SURE THAT KIND OF BROUGHT THAT HOME AND BROUGHT IN A LOT OF THE CULTURE THAT I GREW AND THAT I STILL LEARNING ABOUT A LOT OF THAT HISTORY AND REALLY BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF JUS.

SHOW PRIDE WHAT WE HAVE HERE CHICAGO AND HOW IT HAS SPREAD EVERYWHERE.

SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR CITY WHILE RESEARCHING FOR BOOK?

I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WAS SOUL TRAIN, RIGHT?

BUT WAS THERE ANY CHICAGO HISTORY ASSERTED BETS THAT?

>> YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, I HAD NO IDEA.

YEAH, THERE FOR SO MANY.

AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAD A LITTLE INKLING ABOUT.

>> BUT THAT I JUST HAD NO IDEA.

JUST HOW INFLUENTIAL IT WAS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WITH HAIR CARE, I KNEW, YOU KNOW, FROM GIRL UNDER THAT WE HAD A PRETTY STRONG BLACK HAIR CARE INDUSTRY YOU KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE HAD SO MANY INFLUENTIAL FAMILIES CREATE THESE BRANDS.

AND I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW THERE INFLUENCE EXTENDED INTO, FOR EXAMPLE, ENTERTAINMENT RE LIKE TOP.

JUST MENTIONED SALT RAY.

SOUL TRAIN HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REMAIN AS AND BEEN ABLE TO GROW IF THEY HADN'T OF BEEN FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, BLACK HAIR CARE COMPANIES THAT PUT MONEY INTO THAT ADVERTISING WHEN MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD SO IT'S ALSO INTEGRATED.

AND I JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M STILL LEARNING MORE AND MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS PLACE IT JUST MADE ME WANT TO LIKE, KEEP GOING AND LEARN MORE.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS A REPORTER, IT WAS A LOT OF THE HAD BEEN WHAT I'VE ALREADY BEEN REPORTING ON.

>> AND SO JUST KIND OF SIT DOWN FORMALIZING AND SPREADING IT OUT.

I JUST LIE SO MUCH MORE, THOUGH.

AND SO WHEN I WAS READING WE'RE LEARNING SO MUCH RIGHT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ALONGSIDE OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY.

BUT YOU SAY THAT THIS ISN'T A MEMOIR THAT A MAN WAS TIE, WHICH DO THINK I MEAN, BECAUSE FIRST THAT I PUT IT INTO HISTORY.

BUT I THINK THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE ESSAYS IN THERE AND THE POINT OF THOSE ESSAYS ARE NOT TO >> SHOW ANY TYPE OF EXCEPTIONAL MORE SPECIAL THAN US.

IT'S REALLY THE SHELL LIKE, HEY, I EXPERIENCED THIS REALLY COOL THING.

THIS IS MY CONNECTION TO THIS SUBJECT MATTER.

THIS IS MY FAMILY'S CONNECTION AND I'D BET YOU IF YOU BLACK, CHICAGO AND YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION TO THIS SAME WAS REALLY TRY TO LIKE.

CONNECT US IN TO TALK ABOUT THESE CONNECTED EXPERIENCES.

SO I GUESS I COULD SAY LIKE PART S A PAR BUT I DIDN'T WANT IT TO NECESSARILY BE A MEMOIR ABOUT ME.

ONLY CHOSE STORIES THAT WAR RELAY DOUBLES STORIES THAT ACT OUT.

TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN NOW, YOU KNOW, MOST OF CAN RELATE AND ANOTHER THING THAT YOUR BOOK HIGHLIGHTS AS SEVERAL LIKE INFLUENTIAL MEDIA MAKERS THAT STARTED IN CHICAGO, INCLUDING THE CHICAGO DEFENDER WHO CREATED INFAMOUS OUTSIDE BUT BILLIKEN PARADE.

>> WE ALSO HAVE THE JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY AND OPRAH WINFREY WHO GOT HIS START HERE.

SO HOW WOULD YOU SAY THAT THESE OUTLETS THAT YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED HAVE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TODAY?

YEAH, I THINK THAT REALLY HOW WE INTERACT WITH A LOT OF MEDIA.

>> CAN BE SEEN IN THE START OF SOME OF THOSE RIGHT?

WE TALK ABOUT THE DEFENDER, HOW INFLUENTIAL IT WAS.

AND EVEN YOU KNOW, IT'S AT YOU KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE LIKE A REALLY STRONG PERSPECTIVE >> IN A WAY THAT >> I SEE NOW IN CERTAIN PIECES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EBONY IN JACK LIFESTYLE, RIGHT SHOWING BLACK LIFE STOUT ON THE PAGES IN GLOSSY MAGAZINES, RIGHT?

MAKING IT LOOK A RING AND BEAUTIFUL AND SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO ASPIRE TO LIKE.

THAT'S WHAT WE STILL TRY TO DO TODAY.

AND SO IT JUST REALLY INFLUENTIAL MOST NOTICE ANOTHER THING THAT YOU HAD WHILE I WAS READING THAT TRIBUTE TO DIFFERENT MUSIC GENRES THAT ORIGINATED HERE.

SO BLUES JAZZ.

WHY DID YOU DECIDE WELL, ONE THING WAS THAT I REALIZE THAT I WRITE A WHOLE BOOK JUST ABOUT THE MUSIC RIGHT >> AND SO HAS TO MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS.

AND I COULD INCLUDE A LOT.

AND SO WHERE EVER I COULD I REALIZE HOW CAN I INTEGRATE MUSIC BACK INTO THIS?

AND I THINK BECAUSE MUSIC REALLY IS THE SOUNDTRACK ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE DO.

IF YOU'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, EBONY AND JET, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO WERE AMAZING MUSICIANS THAT CAME THE RULES.

THEY SAYING >> THEY ALL JUST HAD TO GET THIS A BEAUTIFULLY CONTINUING WITH MUSIC.

TIDBIT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR BOOK IS KIND OF A PLAYLIST A FEW.

WELL, RIGHT, WHETHER IT BE STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF A DIFFERENT SECTION OF CHAPTER YOU'VE OUTLINED ARTIST THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO.

SO SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE HOW I GOT OVER BY MAHALIA JACKSON GO BY COMMON AND I'M READY BY MUDDY WATERS.

>> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO INCORPORATE A PLAYLIST?

YEAH.

WELL, ONE WAY IS THAT IT AWAY FROM ESA TRACK DIVE INTO SOME OF THE THAT COULD YOU KNOW, GET IN 2 IN DEBT.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE MAYBE SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER ON GOSPEL, BUT CHICAGO BALL WAS SO INFLUENTIAL IS SO IF LYNCH, RIGHT?

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT LIKE THAT INFLUENCE IS SPREAD THROUGHOUT.

I EVERY PIECE OF THIS BOOK TO BE A DIFFERENT WAY TO BE BY CHICAGO.

THE SONG.

WOW.

IT'S SO GREAT.

AND SO AGAIN, THE BOOK IS CALLED.

WE ARE THE CULTURE PLAQUE, CHICAGO'S INFLUENCE ON EVERYTHING AND IT'S SET TO BE RELEASED APRIL 16TH.

WE HAVE THOSE DETAILS AND THAT FULL PLAYLIST ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST FROM W T TW NEWS.

>> AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDER A MEASURE THAT WOULD PUBLICLY TRACK THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS EVICTED FROM CITY SHELTERS EVERY DAY.

AND A NEW POLL SHOWS DONALD TRUMP'S SUPPORT AMONG LATINO VOTERS IS NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES, I'M ANGEL THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FOR THAT IS PROUD TO BE A MULTI-LINGUAL