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CTA says it’s trying to close the huge staffing shortfall that’s been causing ghost trains and buses. Examining a legislature theory once called fringe that is now before the Supreme Court. And the possibilities of percussion.
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Dec. 6, 2022 - Full Show
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CTA says it’s trying to close the huge staffing shortfall that’s been causing ghost trains and buses. Examining a legislature theory once called fringe that is now before the Supreme Court. And the possibilities of percussion.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.
I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE NIGHT OFF.
>>> THERE IS A DOMINO EFFECT.
>> TRANSIT SERVICE IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF HUGE STAFFING SHORT BALL.
>>> THIS IS A CASE THAT SHOULD BE DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT 9-0.
>> A CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION LAW CASE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
>>> AND THIRD COAST PERCUSSION EXPLORES THE POSSIBILITIES OF PERCUSSION.
>>> CHICAGO VOTERS NOW KNOW WHICH CANDIDATE MAYOR WILL HAVE THE TOP SPOT ON THE BALLOT.
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HELD A LOTTERY TODAY.
ONLY CANDIDATES WHO WERE IN LINE AT 9:00 A.M. ON THE FIRST DAY OF FILING WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LOTTERY.
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST -- RICKEY HENDON SAID WHY HE IS CHALLENGING THE PETITIONS AND A FEW OTHER CANDIDATES REACTED TO THE LOTTERY.
>> NOT ONE SIGNATURE IS GOOD ON THE ENTIRE PAGE.
>> IT IS HELPFUL TO BE AT THE TOP.
>> IT IS NICE TO HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE POSITION, BUT THE VOTERS ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT NUMBER PEOPLE ARE.
THE VOTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
>> FOR THE REST OF THE QUARTER, VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
>>> J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED THE AMENDMENT TO THE STATE THE ACT PASSED BY STATE LAWMAKERS LAST WEEK.
IT INCLUDES CLARIFYING COURT AUTHORITY CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC MONITORING, OUTLINING GUIDELINES FOR TRESPASSING VIOLATIONS, AND CREATING A GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP PUBLIC DEFENDERS.
SUPPORTERS SAY IT ENSURES THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO POSE A RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY ARE NOT RELEASED BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY BAIL.
AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT A SAFETY RISK BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY BAIL.
>>> TWO BROTHERS ARE FACING FEDERAL CHARGES FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY ON HOLY MORNING.
A 21-YEAR-OLD, SEEN HERE, AND ANOTHER ONE GOT AWAY WITH $1 MILLION WHEN THEY POINTED GUNS AT A TRUCK DRIVER WHEN HE WAS FEELING AN ATM.
THE OLDER BROTHER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNGER ONE.
A JUVENILE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN STATE COURT.
>>> HOW THE CTA IS TRYING TO CLOSE A STAFFING SHORTFALL AFTER THIS.
>>> YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE LONG HOURS CTA TRAIN OPERATORS ARE PAID FOR AND THE SAFETY RISKS THAT COME WITH IT AND THE EFFECT ON THE BUDGET.
AS THEY TRY TO ASK THE PROBLEM WITH SHORT STAFFING, THEY ARE TOUTING AN AGGRESSIVE NEW PROGRAM TO GET NEW WORKERS ON BOARD.
NICK BLUMBERG JOINS US NOW.
>> Reporter: A RAISE FOR NEW CT EMPLOYEES ARE ALL PART OF THE PLAN TO ATTRACT AND KEEP BUS AND TRAIN OPERATORS AND MECHANICS AS THEY CAUGHT THEIR WAY OUT OF A STAFFING SHORT BALL.
THEY ANNOUNCED NEW BUS OPERATORS AND MECHANICS WILL GET A $1000 HIRING BONUS AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR RETENTION BONUSES THROUGH THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
THE STARTING RATES ARE ON THE RISE, BUT WITH HUNDREDS OF POSITIONS VACANT AND BIG GAPS IN TRAIN SERVICE, MANY WHO USE IT ARE VENTING THEIR FRUSTRATIONS.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE AN HOUR TO ME THAT WE WAITED FOR THE BUS TO COME, AND I WAS VERY HEATED ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: ON A RECENT WEDNESDAY DENISE WAS TIRED.
HER COMPLAINT TO BEEN ECHOED BY PASSENGERS AROUND THE CITY AND BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> CONSTITUENTS DEPEND ON CTA.
THERE IS A DOMINO EFFECT WHEN IT IS NOT AT ITS BEST.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT HOW SHORTSTAFFED THEY ARE.
>> WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF EMPLOYEES LEAVE AND THE MASS RESIGNATION STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
WE ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HIRING OPERATORS.
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE 1 TO 200 OPENINGS FOR TRAIN OPERATORS.
THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING JOB FAIRS ALL YEAR TRYING TO GET APPLICANTS.
>> I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES THAT I'M DEALING WITH TODAY.
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH A COLLEGE TO HELP NEW HIRES GET A COMMERCIALS LEARNER PERMIT.
AND THEY HAVE DONE AWAY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT OPERATORS START AS PART-TIMERS AND ALLOW THEM TO START WORKING FULL-TIME.
>> WHEN I CAME IN IN 1998, I CAME AND PART TIME.
PART-TIME TO ME WAS A ROUGH PART OF MY LIFE.
I THINK IT WILL BETTER SUIT WORKERS.
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE LOST HUNDREDS OF OPERATORS.
CTA CAN GO FURTHER IN CHANGING PRACTICES LIKE RELAXING RULES OF PEOPLE WHOSE COMMERCIAL LICENSES WERE SUSPENDED FOR THINGS OTHER THAN A MOVING VIOLATION LIKE MISSING CHILD SUPPORT OR CREATING AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR BUS CLEANERS.
>> EVERYONE IS NOT COLLEGE MATERIAL.
WHEN YOU'RE 21, MAYBE SEE IF THEY WANT TO DRIVE A BUS.
THAT WOULD BRING MORE PEOPLE AND KEEP THE WORKFORCE GROWING.
>> Reporter: HE'S WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE WAITING.
>> WHEN YOU SEE A BUS DRIVER, DO NOT ATTACK THEM.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE IT CAN BE SUCH A TOUGH JOB, CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND POTENTIAL APPLICANTS ARE LOOKING ELSEWHERE.
JOBS LIKE DELIVERING PACKAGES FOR UPS OR FEDEX REQUIRE A COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE BUT DO NOT REQUIRE DRIVERS TO INTERACT WITH PASSENGERS.
>> AND THEY OFFER COMPETITIVE WAGES AND BENEFITS EQUAL TO WHAT TRANSIT DOES NOT AND SOMETIMES BETTER >> Reporter: HE LEADS THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION AND 96% SAID THEY ARE EXPERIENCING A SERIOUS WORK FOR SHORTAGE.
>> 84% INDICATED THAT THE SHORTAGE HAS A RIGHT TO THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE DAILY SERVICE.
IT HAMPERS THE RELIABILITY OF SERVICE AND IN THEIR CLIMB BACK TO CLAIMING RIDERSHIP GAINS AGAIN.
>> Reporter: THE SHORTAGE IS NOT DRIVEN BY PEOPLE GOING TO OTHER TRANSPORTATION JOBS.
>> RETIREES MAKE UP ABOUT 24% OF WORKERS WHO MOVE ON.
>> Reporter: AND REPLACING WORKERS IS NOT SIMPLE.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN JOB QUALITY OVER THE YEARS.
>> Reporter: A REPORT CALLED BUS OPERATORS IN CRISIS AND REASONS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING IS INCREASED COST OF LIVING, TENSION BETWEEN WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT, INCREASE IN ASSAULTS ON DRIVERS AND >> YOUNGER OPERATORS GET THE WORST DROUGHTS AT THE WORST TIMES AND THEY HAVE THE HARDEST JOBS TO DO HAVING THE LEAST EXPERIENCE >> Reporter: IT WILL TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN DRIVERS.
EVERYTHING FROM MAKING WORKERS PART OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS TO PROVIDING THE FACILITIES AND CONNECTING WORKERS WITH CHILDCARE AND OTHER SERVICES.
>> ENSURING THAT THEY CAN LIVE FULLER LIVES IS A HUGE FACTOR.
>> WORKERS ARE FEELING STRETCHED AND UNDER A LOT OF STRESS.
>> Reporter: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY HIRE THE STAFF THAT THEY NEED TO REDUCE THE STRAIN ON CURRENT WORKERS AND THIS SERVICE THAT PASSENGERS RELY ON.
THEY WILL ADVOCATE FOR THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE.
>> ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY, AFFORDABILITY, SAFETY, AND RELIABILITY.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY NOW NEEDS TO BE HIRING WORKERS.
>> Reporter: AS THEY WORK TO DO THAT, THEY ARE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SCHEDULE TO REFLECT SERVICE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE.
>> IF THAT IS THE CASE, THE REPERCUSSIONS [ INDISCERNIBLE ] >> I'M NOT DOING SERVICE CUTS.
THERE IS NOTHING IN MY PLAN TO JUST ANYTHING AROUND CUTTING SERVICES.
I'M LOOKING AT WAYS I CAN ENHANCE SERVICE.
>> Reporter: THE REASON THEY CAN RUN THEM IS BECAUSE OF FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING.
THE MONEY IS MAKING UP FOR LOST REVENUE FAIRS IF THE AGENCY CANNOT HIRE STAFF AND IMPROVE SERVICE AND GET RIDERS BACK BEFORE THE MONEY RUNS OUT -- >> WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND THE TRAINS USED TO RUN AND THE LINES WERE 24 HOURS AND THAT'S THE LONGER THE CASE.
>> Reporter: AS OF LAST MONTH CTA HAS HIRED 390 BUS OPERATORS WITH THE GOAL OF 400 50 BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE AGENCY JUST HELD ANOTHER CAREER FAIR THIS PAST FRIDAY.
>> GREAT REPORTING.
>>> IF YOU MISSED THE STORY YESTERDAY ON SPIKES IN OVERTIME, YOU CAN GET ON OUR WEBSITE AT WTTW.COM.
>>> DETAILS ON THE CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION LAW CASE, THE FIRST LOOK AT THE WEATHER.
>>> OUR CULTURE IS FUN AND VIBRANT.
>> LET ME HELP YOU.
>>> SOME LEGAL OBSERVERS ARE CALLING IT THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION LAW CASE IN DECADES.
IT WILL GO BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT TOMORROW.
IT IS MOORE V. HARPER.
AND ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT LEGISLATURE THROUGH.
IT'S WHETHER THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT HAS THE RIGHT TO INVALIDATE GERRYMANDERED MAPS DRAWN BY THE LEGISLATURE.
THIS IS WHAT ERIC HOLDER TOLD US ABOUT THE CASE.
>> THIS WORKS UNDER THIS NOTION THAT SOMEHOW LEGISLATURES CAN INDEPENDENT THE OPERATE AND INDEPENDENTLY OF GOVERNORS WHEN IT COMES TO DRAWING DISTRICT LINES AND IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE NOTION OF CHECKS AND BALANCES.
THIS SHOULD BE DECIDED 9-0.
IS A FRINGE THEORY.
>> JOINING US NOW IS A PROFESSOR OF LAW.
AND A PARTNER AT A LAW FIRM AND CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE AND HE IS ALSO THE CHAIR OF OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE JUST HEARD FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, THIS THEORY A FRINGE THEORY THAT IT'S NOT JUST DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS THAT AND GET IS A BAD IDEA.
SOME CONSERVATIVES HAVE COME OUT AGAINST THIS.
IT WOULD NOT GO OF THE AMERICAN SOUNDING.
IS A VALID LEGAL ARGUMENT?
>> IT IS A VALID LEGAL ARGUMENT.
I DISAGREE WITH IT IN THE WAY IT IS FRAMED.
WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION MEAN WHEN IT SAYS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING UP THE ELECTION RULES IS ASSIGNED TO THE LEGISLATURE IN EACH STATE.
WAS A HIGHLY MECHANICAL WAY OF SAYING SOME CHAMBER OR PARENT CHAMBERS -- THE BEST READING IS WHATEVER IS THE LAWMAKING PROCESS SET UP BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THAT STATE.
IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO DENIGRATE OR MINIMIZE THE ROLE OF THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS AND WHAT THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION SAYS IS WHATEVER THE STATE CAN'T TUITION PROCESSES FOR MAKING ELECTION LAWS IS, THAT IS THE PART OF STATE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DECIDING HOW TO CONDUCT FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
THE POINT BEING FROM THE BEGINNING THAT FEDERAL ELECTIONS AND STATE ELECTIONS AND LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE TO BE HELD UNDER THE SAME GROUND RULES AND AT THE SAME TIME.
>> YOU FILED AN AMICUS BRIEF.
WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS?
>> I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS THEORY SINCE THE 2020 ELECTION WENT IT EMERGED AS A DECISIVE VERY AFTER THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT SAID THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAD TO BE ACCEPTED.
SO I BECAME INTERESTED IN THE THEORY THEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN TURNS ME IS THE IDEA THAT STATE ELECTIONS IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS SHOULD BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME UNDER THE SAME GENERAL PRINCIPLES, WHICH IS HOW IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
BUT THE INDEPENDENT STATE LEGISLATURE THEORY WOULD CREATE A SITUATION WHERE IF THE STATE COURT SET THIS LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNDER THE STATE, TUITION, IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO APPLY IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
WE WOULD HAVE A VERY CHAOTIC AND CONFUSING THING AND WOULD BE UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE.
>> SOME PEOPLE FEAR THE SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH NORTH CAROLINA THAT WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO DEMOCRACY?
>> I DON'T SEE A PERIL TO DEMOCRACY.
I SEE A DANGER OF CREEPING CONTROLLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF ALL ELECTIONS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.
WE WANT STATES TO BE IN CHARGE OF HOW ELECTIONS ARE GOVERNED.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE ROLE THE STATE COURTS.
IN MY MIND THE PREVAILING VIEW OF WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS IS WHATEVER THE STATE, TUITION SETS UP AS THE LAWMAKING PROCESS IN MOST STATES IT MEANS TWO CHAMBERS AND LEGISLATION PRESENTED TO A GOVERNOR WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VITO.
ONE STATE IS NEBRASKA.
THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE STATE AND SOME STATES DID NOT HAVE A VETO PROCESS AND IT VERY STATE TO STATE BY VIRTUE OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE ROLE THE STATE COURTS AFTER THE LEGISLATURE ASK.
IF THEY SAY THAT IT VIOLATED THE STATE CONSTITUTION IN SOME PROCEDURAL WAY OR SUBSTANTIVE WAY, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
THE PROBLEM WE GET INTO IS WHETHER OR NOT STATE COURTS GET TO REWRITE NEW LEGISLATION OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD OR DO THEY GO BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE.
IF THE STATE COURT SHOULD NOT REWRITE THE LAW, IT SHOULD SEND IT BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO CORRECT WHATEVER ERRORS >> THE INTENT OF THE THEORY IS SO THAT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS TO MAKE A DECISION VERSUS THE LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES THROWING OUT THE RESULTS OF ELECTION.
>> THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO THE EXECUTIVE PROCESS.
BY THE WAY, IN SOME STATES THE PROCESS COULD BE DELEGATED TO IT INDEPENDENT COMMISSION.
THAT IS WHAT THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> I AGREE WITH MUCH OF THE SAID.
I DISAGREE THAT STATE COURTS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ISSUE ORDERS THAT CHANGE THE LAW UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
ALL COURTS OF EQUITABLE POWER AND THIS DOES NOT APPLY SIMPLY TO REDISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT THE ISSUE IS, BUT DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE UNDER EXTREME TIME PRESSURE, AND THERE MAY NOT BE TIME TO SEND THINGS BACK AND WE COULD END UP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH DUAL SYSTEMS.
>> WHAT IS THE LEGAL PRECEDENT?
HAVE THEY WEIGHED IN ON THIS BEFORE?
>> THERE IS NOT MUCH AND IT IS OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST IT.
THERE CASES THAT DO EXACTLY WHAT JOE HAS DESCRIBED AND THEY SAY THAT IT IS A LAWMAKING PROCESS AND IF THAT MEANS A GUBERNATORIAL VETO, THEN THERE IS.
IF THAT MEANS THERE'S A REFERENDUM AND PEOPLE REJECTED, THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS.
IN 2015 THE SUPREME COURT UPHELD AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION CREATED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA THROUGH THE INITIATIVE PROCESS.
2019 SUPREME COURT IN REJECTING FEDERAL ABILITY COURTS TO LOOK AT GERRYMANDERING POINTED TO THOSE AMENDMENTS AND SAID IT'S OKAY IF THE FEDERAL COURTS DON'T DO IT BECAUSE THERE ARE WAYS THAT THE STATE CONSTITUTION CAN ADDRESS THIS.
>> THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RULE UNTIL JUNE.
ANY SENSE AS TO WHICH WAY THEY MIGHT BE LEANING?
>> SOME JUSTICES SAID THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT, BUT SINCE THEN THERE HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH TO COME OUT THAT DEMONSTRATES -- THERE'S NO BASIS OF BOARD.
>> THEY'RE OFF FOUR JUSTICES WHO WANTED TO HEAR THE CASE.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS WERE A 9-0 DECISION.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>>> WE INTRODUCE YOU TO THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ENSEMBLE, THIRD COAST PERCUSSION.
>>> CHICAGO IS HOME TO GRAMMY-WINNING QUARTET OF CLASSICALLY TRAINED PERCUSSIONIST.
AND WHETHER THEY ARE PLAYING COWBELLS OR TOOTHBRUSHES, THEY DRUM UP A LOT OF ATTENTION.
THEY ARE CALL THIRD COAST PERCUSSION AND HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.
>> WE ARE BASED IN CHICAGO AND WE TORE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACROSS THE WORLD AND WE WRITE SOME OF OUR MUSIC.
>> THAT INCLUDES PHILIP GLASS, MISSY MAZZOLI, AND THIS WORK FROM DANNY ELFMAN.
>> WE TRY TO BE WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM A PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE AND PLENTY OF THINGS YOU COULD NEVER EXPECT.
>> ONE NEW WORK HAS BEEN MAKING MUSIC WITH A TABLE FULL OF EVERYDAY ITEMS.
>> ANY OBJECT IN THE WORLD CAN BE A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT.
WE EXPLORE ALL THOSE POSSIBILITIES.
>> THEY MET WHILE SITTING AT NORTHWESTERN AND THEY MAKE THE RECORDINGS IN TOWN.
>> CHICAGO IS OUR HOME AND WE FEEL LIKE IT HAS NURTURED US AND HELP US TO BECOME THE GROUP THAT WE ARE.
THE FOUR OF US HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER FOR OVER 17 YEARS.
THERE IS A FREEDOM THAT COMES WITH THAT.
>> WHO PLAYS WHAT IS NOT AN ISSUE AND ANYONE CAN PLAY ANYTHING.
>> WE WILL LOOK AT A PIECE AND IN THE SAY I WANT TO PLAY THAT PART OR WANT TO PLAY THAT PART OR WE JUST DIVIDE THEM UP ALPHABETICALLY BY OUR LAST NAME.
>> THE MOST COMMON MISCONCEPTION ABOUT PERCUSSION IS THAT WILL BE A BUNCH OF DRUMMERS PLAYING ON DRUMS NONSTOP.
SPOKE WE DO THAT AND WE LEFT THAT BUT MELODY IS A PART OF THIS AND SO IS HARMONY.
THE COOL THING ABOUT ONCE YOU'VE OPENED UP YOUR EARS THAT ANY SOUND ANYWHERE THAT IS INTERESTING IS IMPORTANT AND WE HOPE THAT SOME PEOPLE COME TO OUR CONCERTS AND LEAVE LISTENING TO THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
>>> TOMORROW NIGHT THEY PERFORM ON THE CAMPUS OF DePAUL UNIVERSITY.
THEY WILL PERFORM THREE WORLD PREMIERES.
THE MOST RECENT ALBUM IS UP FOR 2 GRAMMYS IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST CHAMBER MUSIC AND BEST ENGINEERED CLASSICAL RECORDING.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEM ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE WILL WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.
>>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR MY.
PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. >>> CANDIDATES LOOK TO REMOVE OTHERS FROM THE FEBRUARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
WE DIG INTO WHAT IT MEANS IN THE RACE FOR MAYOR.
AND WE VISIT A BOXING CLUB FOR KIDS.
FOR ALL OF US, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
Chicago Ensemble Explores Possibilities of Percussion
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Clip: 12/6/2022 | 3m 16s | Chicago is home to a Grammy-winning quartet of classically trained percussionists. (3m 16s)
CTA Works to Tackle Huge Staffing Shortfall
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Clip: 12/6/2022 | 7m 35s | The CTA is losing staff members and is looking to hire for hundreds of positions. (7m 35s)
Supreme Court to Decide State Legislatures' Electoral Power
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Clip: 12/6/2022 | 8m 52s | A Supreme Court case could impact the future of federal elections. (8m 52s)
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