>> GOOD EVENING.

AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES I'M JOINED ON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

THE STATE OF LATINO POLITICAL POWER IN ILLINOIS AFTER THIS WEEK'S PRIMARY ELECTION.

PLUS, A LOOK AT LATINO REPRESENTATION ON THE JUNE.

IT'S A BRANCH BENCH.

WE HAVE THE LATEST ON HOW THE CITY IS HANDLING MIGRANT EVICTIONS FOR CHICAGO SHELTERS.

>> BEING A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN AND NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN FOR ME.

>> AND WE TAKE YOU INSIDE A DANCE STUDIO PROMOTING BODY INCLUSIVITY.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS CAN ASK FOR ARBITRATION IF THEY ARE ACCUSED OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT.

>> BUT THE HEARING STILL HAVE TO BE PUBLIC.

THAT'S THE RULING FROM A COOK COUNTY JUDGE EARLIER TODAY, POLICE DISCIPLINED HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF THE DISPUTE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE UNION REPRESENTING MOST POLICE OFFICERS.

THE UNION HAS BEEN PUSHING TO TAKE AWAY POWER FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE PORT TO DECIDE THE FATE OF OFFICERS FACING TERMINATION OR A YEAR OR MORE OF SUSPENSION.

TODAY'S RULING BACKS OF MUCH OF WHAT THE POLICE UNION WAS SEEKING.

THE CITY CAN STILL APPEAL.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON'S CHIEF OF STAFF IS ON HIS WAY OUT.

RICH GUIDICE WAS A 30 PLUS YEAR VETERAN OF CITY POLITICS.

HE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS THE HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS UNDER MAYORS, RAHM EMANUEL AND LORI LIGHTFOOT GUIDE WAS THE GUY FOR LESS WAS ON THE JOB FOR LESS THAN A YEAR.

THE CHICAGO NATIVE SAYS HE'S LEAVING NEXT MONTH FOR AN UNDISCLOSED DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF CHRISTINE UP FACILITIES IAS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER HIS POSITION.

ILLINOIS DRIVER'S LICENSE FACILITIES WERE BACK OPERATING THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A MAJOR DISRUPTION EARLIER TODAY.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE SAID THE SYSTEM WAS RESTORED AT 11, 30 IN THE MORNING.

HE SAID THE CAUSE WAS AN OUTRAGE IN THE NATIONAL NETWORK THAT CONNECTS A DRIVER'S LICENSE FACILITIES AS A RESULT DMV, THESE WERE UNABLE TO AXE IS A KEY DATABASE SEARCH TOOL THAT LETS THEM VERIFY INFORMATION.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS RESIDENTS WHO HAD DRIVER'S LICENSE APPOINTMENTS THIS MORNING WERE NOTIFIED DIRECTLY AND THEIR APPOINTMENTS WERE RESCHEDULED.

>> MEGA MILLIONS MANIA WAS IN FULL FORCE TODAY AS PEOPLE GATHERED INSIDE A GAS STATION IN MAYFAIR FOR A CHANCE TO SCORE FREE LOTTERY TICKETS AS THE JACKPOT FOR FRIDAY NIGHT'S DRAWING APPROACHES.

LISTEN UP.

1 BILLION DOLLARS.

THE ILLINOIS LOTTERY HOSTED A TAKE A GRAB CHALLENGE.

PLAYERS ENTERED A MACHINE WITH SECONDS TO GRAB AS MANY MEGA MILLIONS TICKETS AS POSSIBLE.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO PURCHASE A TICKET IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO GET MINE.

UP NEXT, THE LANDSCAPE OF LATINO POLITICAL POWER AFTER THIS WEEK'S ELECTIONS.

STAY WITH US.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE >> THIS WEEK'S ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION SAW A NUMBER OF INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING LATINO LEADERSHIP IN STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS.

WBTW NEWS AND OF ANY KEY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

AMANDA, LET'S GET TO IT.

WHAT THIS TUESDAY PRIMARIES SAY ABOUT LATINO REPRESENTATION?

>> WELL, SAYS, I THINK THAT WE'RE STILL SORT OF FIGURING THIS OUT.

WE KNOW THAT TURN OUT WAS DISMAL ACROSS THE BOARD AND THAT HOLDS TRUE AS WELL.

WE BELIEVE FOR LATINO VOTERS, WHITE VOTERS, BLACK VOTERS, VOTERS IN GENERAL CLEARLY DID NOT COME OUT ON TUESDAY.

BUT WE KNOW THAT INCREASINGLY THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE LATINOS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

THE ILLINOIS LATINO FROM THE THE LATINO POLICY FORUM THAT IS DID STUDY AND REALLY LOOKED AT SORT OF SOME OF THE CENSUS NUMBERS AND FOUND THAT 400,000 MORE ELIGIBLE LATINO VOTERS IN 2020, THEN THERE WERE IN 2010 AND THAT IS ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE BECAUSE THERE IS A VERY YOUNG POPULATION OF LATINOS.

SO AND AS THEY GROW UP AND BECOME VOTING AGE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO INCREASE.

SO PRESUMABLY THAT IS GOING TO LEAD TO MORE LATINO POWER AT THE POLLS ARE REALLY COUNTING ON THOSE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND VOTE.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT CIRCUIT COURT CLERK, IRIS MARTINEZ, LOSING.

>> WELL, SO THIS IS SORT OF THE REVERSE OF THAT.

I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY.

SO.

THE LATINO POLICY FORUM CONVENES WHAT'S CALLED THE ILLINOIS LATINO AGENDA.

AND I'M TOLD THAT THE LATINO AGENDA HAD MEETING WITH THE HEAD OF THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND HAD STRESSED THAT THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE ENDORSEMENTS FROM THIS POWERFUL BODY FOR SOME OF THEIR OFFICES.

AND THAT INCLUDED ONE THAT HE'S HELD BY IRIS MARTINEZ WHO HAD BEEN SERVING AS THE COOK COUNTY COURT CLERK.

INSTEAD IN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FAIRLY RARE IN GENERAL, THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIDN'T GO WITH THE INCUMBENT, DID NOT GO WITH MARTINEZ.

SO WHERE THE WAS ARE LOOKING TO LOOK GOING FORWARD.

BUT REALLY, I THINK THE RESULT OF THIS GO BACKWARD IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE OR WHATEVER THE INTERNAL MACHINATIONS WERE AT THE THOSE LETTERS OF SORT OF THE COOK COUNTY MACHINE, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

>> AND WHY THEY CHOSE TO NOT GET BEHIND MARTINEZ.

SHE DID LOSE AND HER FOLKS REALLY DO POINTS TO THE POWER OF THAT PARTY.

IT HAS TO DO WITH MONEY.

IT HAS TO DO IS SORT OF THE ARMY THAT GOES BEHIND.

KNOCKS ON DOORS, GETS PEOPLE TO VOTE.

AND LATER, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THE DISCUSSION AS WELL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN JUDICIAL RACES AND REPRESENTATION IN THAT 3RD BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

BUT ALSO FRUSTRATION ON THE PART OF THESE LATINO LEADERS THAT NOT ONLY SOMEBODY WHO THEY SAY THIS WAS AN ACT BECAUSE MARTINEZ HAD THEN IN MANY OFFICES FOR A VERY LONG TIME, PROVEN WORTH TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT SHE WAS EXCITED, BUT ALSO JUSTICE JUDGE JESSE RAY HAS WHO HAD RUNNING FOR THE ILLINOIS SUPREME SAYS IS A LATINO FRONT SPLIT.

NOW.

I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT QUESTION.

WHAT ABOUT STA'S LEGISLATION RACES?

WELL, SO THIS IS ONE WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO KEY ON HIGH-PROFILE RACE.

ALL A LOT OF MONEY WAS SPENT TIME TALKING WELL OVER 2 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH A LOT OF MONEY SOME LITTLE DISTRICT CHICAGO.

AND THAT IS THE 20TH DISTRICT THAT HE'S BEEN CURRENTLY REPRESENTED BY STATE SENATOR NATALIE TORO.

SHE WAS APPOINTED OVER THE SUMMER TO FILL A SPOT THAT COME ACTUALLY SENATOR KRISTINA PAST YOAN ISAIAS HAD LEFT TO GO WORK FOR MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION.

SHE CAMPAIGNED FOR AND YOU SAW HER HAVING THE BACKING OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATS, BUT THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANT TO CROSS THE AISLE AND GUZMAN AND SHE REALLY PREVAILED IN THIS RACE.

AND SO AGAIN, THE LEAD TEAM KNOWS THAT I SPOKE WITH IN SOME OF THE LATINO LEADERSHIP SAY THAT ONCE UPON A TIME THEY WERE REALLY FIGHTING FOR THERE TO BE ANYBODY IN ANY OF THE SEATS ARE CONTESTS.

AND THIS IS THE SEAT, BY THE WAY, INTERESTINGLY, THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD BY IRIS MARTINEZ THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THAT.

AND NOW THERE 2 WELL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE CAMPAIGNING.

AND THEY SAY THAT THAT IS FOR SURE PROGRESS.

AND WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR LAST QUESTION.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN REALLY TAKE AWAY FROM TODAY'S TUESDAY'S RESULTS OR IS IT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT?

I IT'S COMPLICATED AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF ALL THESE SORT OF ON POLITICAL MACHINATIONS AND ALLIES, IT GOES, OF COURSE, BEYOND BEING LED TEEN OTHERS RELATIONSHIPS.

THERE'S SO MUCH THERE.

BUT AS I NOTED, THERE IS GOING TO BE, I THINK THEY INCREASING LATINO POWER.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT CHRISTINA PAST KNEES.

I WHO VACATED STATE SENATE SEAT BECAUSE AS YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, SHE IS NOW GOING TO BE SERVING IN A REALLY HIGH PROFILE POSITION, NOT ELECTED.

BUT AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, AMANDA, FOR THAT BREAKDOWN.

UP NEXT, A CLOSER LOOK AT LATINO JUDGES.

STAY WITH US.

>> TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION INCLUDED THE RACE FOR A SEAT ON THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT PITTING INCUMBENT JOY, CUTTING HIM AGAINST COOK COUNTY APPELLANT COURT JUSTICE.

THE CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTED THE LACK OF LATINO REPRESENTATION ON THE STATE'S TOP COURT, WHICH HAS LONG BEEN A CONCERN OF MANY IN THE LATINO LEGAL COMMUNITY AND BEYOND DESPITE A LOSS FOR REYES EFFORTS TO BRING LATINO LEADERS TO THE COURT SYSTEM CONTINUE.

>> JOINING US NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT IN COOK COUNTY.

APPELLANT COURT JUSTICE IS JESSE REYES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

OF COURSE, OUT AT FIRST QUESTION, THE COURTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BLIND.

WHY THEN DO YOU THINK IS IMPORTANT?

HAVE LATINO ON THE STATE'S HIGH COURT'S?

WELL, I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE CARD LADY JUSTICE SUPPOSED TO HAVE LIFE FOLLOWS.

>> BUT IT'S THE PERSPECTIVE, THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SIT ON THE BENCH TO MAKE THE DECISIONS.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY THE COURT TO REVIEW.

YOU NEED THAT EXTRA ADDED PERSPECTIVE, A LIVED EXPERIENCE ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A YOU KNOW, MY VIEW, IT WILL ONLY MAKE DECISIONS WERE NOT ONLY MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE LITIGATION.

>> BUT WE'RE ALSO MAKING DECISIONS REGARDING SOCIETY.

THE HOUSE JUST IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM OUR DECISION.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE PERSPECTIVE REALLY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION NOT ONLY FOR THE PARTIES BUT ALSO FOR SOCIETY, SOCIETY IS MADE UP OF VARIOUS PEOPLE IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES, VERY ETHNICITIES, RELIGIONS.

IT'S ON US SO FAR AND ORIENTATION.

SO YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

THEY ARE STILL EAGER TO ACCOMPLISH?

WELL, I'M CONTINUING ON THE CAUSE OF DIVERSITY.

I BELIEVE THAT DIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, DURING CAMPAIGN WAS VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE BROUGHT OUT ISSUES ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE COURT.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.

AND I WILL YOU KNOW, STRIVING TO BRING THAT MESSAGE OUT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A TIME BELIEVER OF DIVERSITY BACK IN THE 2000 SIGNED A SMALL GROUP OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS STARTED WAS KNOWN AS THE DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION.

WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF DIVERSITY OUR LEGAL PROFESSION AND OUR COURTS.

AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, ENDEAVOR IN MIND TO TRY TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY IN TALKING ABOUT.

WOULD JUST SHARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOUNG EXPIRING LAW STUDENTS HAVE WHEN TRYING TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL.

>> AGAIN, I THINK IT'S THE FINANCES, THE FINANCES OR ARE, YOU KNOW, THE LAW SCHOOL NOW IS VERY EXPENSIVE THAT IT WAS AN MORE OR LESS.

>> EXPENSIVE WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTEN VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MORTGAGE PAYMENT.

NOW, IF YOU GO TO LAW SCHOOL AND ALSO YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT THEY DID, CONNOR IS WITH REGARDS TO THE BOTTOM STAMP.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S GOT TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE.

ALSO.

SO I THINK ONE OF THE OBSTACLES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING INTO LAW SCHOOL AS FINANCE IS THE SECOND ONE ALSO IS REGARDS TO EDUCATION.

I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I RAN TO QUOTE YOU KNOW, MARIAN WRIGHT YOU CAN'T BE WHAT YOU CAN SEE.

AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRIVING I CAN PAY WAS STRIVING TO GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS USE OF YOU SAID YOU GREW UP IN PILSEN.

SO YES, STILL GO BACK.

YOU MENTIONED GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN SPEAKING WITH STUDENT THAT?

SO I GO BACK TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND I GO BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

>> FOR THEM TO SEE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.

MANY PEOPLE THEY GROW UP IN THAT TYPE OF A COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL THEY KNOW IS THERE.

THERE'S THEIR SURROUNDINGS RIGHT?

AND SO IF YOU WHEN YOU GO AND TALK TO AND THEY CAN CREATE SOMETHING, YOU CREATE A PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS A YOUNG MAN.

YOU KNOW WHO I'M JUST RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, CAME UP TO AND IT BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT?

YOU AND THAT MOTIVATED HIM?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

WE'RE REALIZING THAT MOTIVATED HIM NOW?

HE'S THIRD-YEAR LAW AND AND HE'S GOING TO GRADUALLY AND PRETTY SOON.

BUT THAT MESSAGE OF WHY NOT YOU RESONATED WITH THIS YOUNG PERSON.

AND SO VERY PROUD OF FACT, WHEN I DO GO TO SCHOOLS THAT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE IS LISTENING THAT HE'S PURSUING NOW.

WAS THERE A TIME BEING A LATINO PLAYED A ROLE OR WAS IT A FACTOR IN THE CASE?

>> I'M SORRY.

YOU MEAN ALL SO, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S THAT PLAYS A ROLE.

AND THEN ALSO AS A AS A IT WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS IN FRONT OF WHEN I WAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT AND HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED BECAUSE HE WAS DISCIPLINING HIS CHILD.

>> YOU KNOW, HE GOT UNDER THE BELT AND WAS WAS HITTING THEM IN HIS NEIGHBORS CALLED THE POLICE.

AND SO THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY ARRESTED HIM.

AND SO THE PROSECUTORS AT THAT TIME ON NEED TO INCARCERATE HIM.

BUT I REALIZE, YOU KNOW, CULTURALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IN OUR CULTURE AND WANTED A CULTURE, ME AND MANY OTHER CULTURES THAT THERE'S A FORM OF PHYSICAL INFORCEMENT OF THE RULES, YOU KNOW, MY MOM USED TO ALWAYS USE WHAT WE CALL THE CHINA CLUB, EYE.

THAT STORY IS WHAT HIS MOTHER WOULD THE BILL.

AND SO THIS GENTLEMAN BECAUSE HE WASN'T BORN HERE.

>> YOU KNOW, HE RECENTLY COME TO THIS COUNTRY.

HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND CULTURALLY.

YOU KNOW WHAT SOCIETY HERE IN REQUIRES IS ABUSE PHYSICAL ABUSE.

YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY FOR HIM, HE YOU KNOW, HE JUST DID WHAT CULTURE BECAME, YOU KNOW, NATURAL TO HIM.

I THEY DID THE SAME THING TO HIM GROWING UP.

SO HE WAS JUST TRYING TO DISCIPLINE HIS UNDERSTOOD THAT.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LATINO OR PRESENTATION THAT WHAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S SUPPORTED?

BECAUSE THERE'S TO AGAIN THAT THERE'S THAT PERSPECTIVE RIGHT?

I UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WASN'T YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T TRYING TO TORCH IS CHILD.

HE'S JUST TRYING TO DISPLAY HIS AS A RESULT OF IT.

YOU KNOW, WE PUT THEM UNDER SUPERVISION.

WE DON'T INCARCERATE HIM.

AND WE GET A HANDLE GO TO ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES.

SOME CURIOUS ABOUT THE THOUGHTS ON THIS DISCUSSION THAT THERE'S A DIVIDE AMONG LATINOS AND THEY DON'T AGREE ENOUGH ON THE ISSUES.

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A JUDGE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS THAT THE LATINOS DON'T AGREE ON THE ISSUES?

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GENERATION.

RIGHT.

THEN AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I MEAN, I DISCUSSION A LIVELY DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES IS VERY IMPORTANT >> IT ALSO FOR MY GENERATION, THE BABY SHOW.

>> TO TO TO THE NEXT THING WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS, A DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS ON VARIOUS ISSUES.

AND PROVIDES A VERY LIVELY DISCUSSION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY THAT ASPECT OF IT.

AND I GUESS OTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE WHEN ELECTING OFFICIALS?

WELL, AGAIN, THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON ELECTED OFFICIALS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE LOVE IN IN A SOCIETY THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT GENERATIONAL VIEWS, DIFFERENT GENERATIONAL LAW OUTLOOKS.

AND SO AS A RESULT OF IT, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ELECTED LEADERS OR OFFICIALS NEED TO LISTEN TO THE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OUT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS?

YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT DIVERSITY.

SO MY QUESTION IS ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT IN PARTICULAR SCENE IS SEEN AS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE IN THE COUNTRY.

DO YOU SEE IT THAT WAY?

>> I SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN HAS BECOME DIVERSE, BUT HE NEEDS TO BE BETTER.

AND THAT'S WHY I RAN BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LOT IN A VOICE AND A LOT PERSPECTIVE.

A LIVED EXPERIENCE PERSPECTIVE AND THEN ALSO SOMEONE FROM, YOU KNOW, BLUE COLLAR BACKGROUND, COLLAR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU KNOW, THEY ADD THAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE DECISIONS THAT BY ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT LIVED EXPERIENCES ON THE BENCH.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT AFTER ALL IN COOK COUNTY, 20% OF THE POPULATION IS LATINO.

I 20 ALMOST 30%, SHOULD SAY IN COOK COUNTY, 20% IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TERMS OF HAVING THAT PERSPECTIVE ON THE BENCH.

AND LAST QUESTION, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS ONE OF YOUR MODELS MODEL WHAT IMPORTANT MY MILES O?

>> THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT I KNOW THAT NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FORTUNATE TOO, HAVE ROLE MODELS IN FRONT OF ME LIKE IT WAS GORE'S WARTIME.

YOU KNOW WHO HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT SAYING TAKE IT ON TO MYSELF AS SOMETHING THAT THAT ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY, MY PLEASURE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

APPELLATE COURT JUSTICE, JESSE OF A U.S. UP NEXT, THE LATEST ON HOW THE CITY IS HANDLING THE EVICTION OF MIGRANTS FROM CHICAGO SHELTERS.

>> CHICAGO >> OFFICIALS HAVE BEGUN SLOWLY VICTIM MIGRANTS FROM CITY SHELTERS, EVEN AS MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO SCRAPE THE 60 DAY LIMIT ON SHELTER STATE.

LET'S LISTEN TO ALDERMAN ON THE DAMASCUS URGING THE MAYOR TO REVERSE COURSE.

>> THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE IN THE BUSINESS OF HANDING OUT EVICTIONS.

NO ONE IN NEED OF SHELTER, WHETHER THEY ARE NEWLY ARRIVED OR WHETHER THEY WERE BORN AND RAISED HERE SHOULD EVER FACE THE FEAR AND INSTABILITY OF BEING EVICTED FROM A CITY SHELTER KNOWING THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

>> WDW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER JOINS US NOW WITH MORE WITH THE LATEST NOW.

HEATHER, BREAK IT DOWN FOR U.S. CITY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN GOOD BEGUN ENFORCING THE POLICY ON SUNDAY.

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVICTED SO FAR?

WELL, ORIGINALLY WE THOUGHT 34 PEOPLE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE CITY SHELTER ON SUNDAY, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE QUALIFIED FOR ONE OF A NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS FROM THE 60 DAY IN FACT, ONLY 3 PEOPLE ON THAT FIRST DAY HAD TO LEAVE ON MONDAY.

5 PEOPLE AND THEN AGAIN UNTIL WEDNESDAY WHEN 7 PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE.

SO THAT ONLY A TOTAL OF 15, WHICH RAISES REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE AND WHERE THEY WILL GO.

IF THEY DO HAVE TO GO.

AND NOW THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.

NEARLY HALF OF THOSE EVICTIONS CAME ON THE SAME DAY THAT ALDERMAN VASQUEZ AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CALLED FOR JOHNSON TO RETHINK THE PLAN.

ANY SIGN THE MAYOR?

>> PLANS TO LISTEN.

SO THE MAYOR WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT ON WEDNESDAY.

HE SAID, LOOK, I DON'T RELISH THIS, BUT THE CITY HAS NO CHOICE.

HE SAID ABSENT SUBSTANTIAL IN CONSIDERABLE HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE HE SAYS >> THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS JUST NOT EQUIPPED TO HOUSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SENT HERE REALLY WITH NOTHING MORE THAN THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK.

AND THIS IS SORT OF THE LAST RESORT FOR THE CITY, AS I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BRACING FOR MORE BUSES TO START COMING FROM TEXAS PAID FOR BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.

AS THE WEATHER STARTS TO WARM UP BY HIS DECISION.

HE AND THE CITY IS COPING WITH THE MEASLES OUTBREAK WITH AT LEAST A DOZEN CASES CONFIRMED AT THE CITY'S LATEST SHELTER.

WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THIS?

WELL, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THE OUTBREAK AT THE SHELTER IS GETTING SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE.

THERE HAVE BEEN 2 CASES OF MEASLES CONFIRMED IN CHICAGO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THOSE ARE RELATED TO THE MIGRANT SHELTER IN PILSEN, BUT APPEARS EFFORTS BY CITY OFFICIALS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS AT LEAST APPEARING TO SHOW RESULTS.

YOU TALKED BIT ABOUT MORE BUSES POSSIBLY COMING HERE.

WHAT'S WHAT'S THE STATUS YOU WOODS AND THE LANDING ZONE?

SO IF PEOPLE NEED SHELTER AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO, THEY CAN GO BACK TO THE LANDING.

SO WHICH IS THOSE BUSES IN THE LAST LOOP WHERE IF THERE ARE BEDS, THEY WILL FIND NEW.

THEY CAN HAVE THE SORT OF START OVER AGAIN, GET ANOTHER 60 DAY LIMIT IN THE SHELTER.

CITY OFFICIALS SAY I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, IF ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EVICTED FROM THE SHELTERS HAVE ACTUALLY TRIED TO DO THAT.

THE ISSUE IS IS THE CITY HAS REALLY STARTED TO CLOSE SHELTERS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY WITH LESS THEN SORT OF 11,000 PEOPLE IN SHELTER RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S DOWN 10% FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT DROP.

AND IF CITY OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING TO SAVE MONEY AND CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS, IT MAY LIMIT THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE FORCED TO LEAVE SHELTER TO RETURN TO SHELTER.

AND IS THERE ANY WORD ON MORE FEDERAL RESOURCES?

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGET DEAL THAT IS MOVING THROUGH CONGRESS RIGHT NOW.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT AID FOR CITIES TO SORT HELP COPE WITH THIS CRISIS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, IT'S NOT JUST CHICAGO.

IT'S ALSO DENVER IN NEW YORK, WHICH ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO SORT OF HELP THESE PEOPLE.

NOW, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON VERY PROUD.

HE SAYS THAT CHICAGO IS REALLY DOING MORE THAN ANY OTHER AMERICAN CITY TO HELP THEM.

BUT HE SAYS THE THE PRESSURE IS JUST TOO GREAT.

WELL, THANK YOU, HEATHER, FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS THINGS.

JOHN, A UP NEXT.

A DANCE STUDIO THAT IS WELCOMING TO ALL WOMEN.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> ARE YOU LOOKING TO SPICE UP YOUR WORKOUT ROUTINE WITH SOME DANCING WITH STUDY AND THE SOUTH LOOP IS DOING JUST THAT.

WE WENT THERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OWNER'S PASSION FOR ENCOURAGING SELF LOVE AND INCLUSIVITY AND HER JOURNEY TO THE WORLD OF DANCE.

>> WE FOCUS ON HAVING A GOOD TIME HAVING SO CARDIO DURING A DANCE FITNESS CLASS.

WHETHER YOU'RE SWINGING YOUR HIPS TO YOUR FAVORITE SONG OR BREAKING IT DOWN TO AN ELECTRIC THE CLASS IS A FULL HOUR OF A CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE ROUTINE.

LOVE BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO SOME GOOD MUSIC AND, YOU KNOW, SHAKING A LITTLE BIT.

>> IT'S CALLED DIVA DANCE, CHICAGO, A DANCE STUDIO CENTERED ON COMMUNITY IN BUILDING CONFIDENCE.

LEXI LONG'S WORTH IS THE OWNER OF THE CHICAGO BRANCH.

>> DAVID AND ITS NATIONWIDE FRANCHISE.

I WAS A MEMBER IN HOUSTON AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH.

AND I MOVED TO CHICAGO AND I FOUND ONE HERE AND I STARTED TAKING CLASSES.

AND THEN STARTED WORKING THE FRONT DESK AND THEN I STARTED TEACHING CLASSES.

AND THEN I GOT THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME THE OWNER.

>> DURING THE DAY, LEXI IS A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST AND BY NIGHT SHE RUNS THE DANCE STUDIO DRIVEN BY BODY INCLUSIVITY.

>> I'VE GROWN UP IN THE DANCE INDUSTRY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING DANCING GROWING UP AND BEING COMPACT COMPETITION DANCE.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE SAFEST SPACE.

4 PEOPLE IN A BIGGER BODY.

AND SO IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE SPECIALLY AS ADULTS YOU KNOW, OUR BODIES CHANGE AS WE GROW UP AND, YOU KNOW, BECOME INTO WOMANHOOD.

AND SO MAKING PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SPACE WHERE YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU CAN DANCE.

HOWEVER YOU WANT AND NO ONE'S GOING TO JUDGE YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SPACE.

>> ONE OF THE REASONS GABRIELA LOPEZ, A GRADUATE STUDENT AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, WAS MOTIVATED TO JOIN.

>> TRIED SOME OTHER DEALS AND IT WAS JUST LIKE EITHER A CERTAIN MORE PROFESSIONALS ARE.

THEY HAD ADVANCED HOIST LIFE AND TOOK ALL THESE PROFESSIONAL CLASSES.

AND I CAME HERE AND PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE COME IN ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS SIZES.

>> FROM POP IT ON, THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERYONE ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

IT FEELS SO GREAT TO PUT WOMEN IN A SPACE WHO MIGHT LOOK LIKE ME WHO MIGHT BE A PERSON OF COLOR WHO MIGHT BE A BIGGER BODY OR WHO MIGHT JUST BE LOOKING FOR A GREAT WORKOUT.

>> USING DANCE AS A TOOL TO CELEBRATE MOVEMENT AND SELF-LOVE.

A MESSAGE LEXIE SAYS HER MOTHER FROM BILLY'S INSTILLED IN HER.

>> AND BE WHO YOU ARE AND LIKE YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT.

SO JUST LIKE OWNING THAT I'VE KIND OF JUST GROWN UP IN THIS WAY.

WERE YOU JUST LIKE DESTINY'S YOU KNOW, KEEP THE PUSH >> IT'S BEEN NEARLY A YEAR SINCE LONG'S WORTH TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE DANCE STUDIO AND SHE SAYS ITS SUCCESS HAS LED HER TO LOOK INTO OPENING A SECOND LOCATION TO OWN A STUDIO.

IT FEELS.

>> REALLY LIBERATING, YOU KNOW, BEING A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN FOR ME.

>> THEN STEVE IS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK.

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I'M JOINED THAT MAN THIS STAY HEALTHY.

STAY SAFE.

WHEN HAS NOT >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH THAT IS PROUD